Lone Tree Voice 081723

Lone Tree City Council members, former city mayors and community members gather at the Lone Tree Civic Center on Aug. 1, 2023, to celebrate Pamela Schenck-Kelly, Park Meadows’ senior general manager, and her retirement. Story on page 6.

PHOTO BY TAYLER SHAW

School district seeks $66M mill levy override, $484M bond

Voters decide Nov. 7

BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Douglas County voters will be asked in November to approve a $66 million mill levy override and $484 million bond for the school district to invest in increasing sta pay and building three new schools.

During the Aug. 8 meeting, the school board voted unanimously to approve ballot language for the bond and mill levy override, as well as a bond plan and salary schedule, which outlines how all of the money will be spent.

Superintendent Erin Kane said the district needs the funding to offer competitive pay and address the need for new schools and building maintenance. Since the bond and mill levy questions failed last November, Kane said the district’s situation has gotten more dire.

“In 2022, it was urgent and we have de nitely reached critical,” she said, pointing to the district’s move to rolling cancellations for bus routes and numerous vacant positions, including 52 teachers, 155 educational assistants and 104 bus drivers.

e $66 million mill levy override would be used exclusively for sta pay and bene ts and school security sta , while the $484 million bond would go to the district’s capital needs.

If the mill levy override were to pass, teachers would get an average 9% raise, classi ed sta would see a 9% raise and other sta would receive a 7% raise. e increase would make Douglas County’s starting pay $50,182, which is more comparable to surrounding districts. e current starting pay is $45,209.

e mill levy override ask includes $6 million to fund additional school resource o cers and school security specialists.

A majority of the bond, $226 million, would be dedicated to building elementary schools in Sterling Ranch, the Canyons and Crystal Valley. e bond would also fund security updates, building maintenance, career and technical education, special education and athletics and activities.

If both the bond and mill levy override pass, taxpayers would see a $20 increase per $100,000 of their residential property value. For example, a $1 million home would pay $200 per year.

School board members were united in their support for the funding measures.

“When I look at the consequences of not putting these measures on the ballot, I simply cannot look the other direction,” said Vice President Christy Williams . “Our teachers are doing more for less, but that is only realistic for so long.”

Several community members, students and district sta also urged the board to support the bond and mill levy override.

Olivia Abeyta, Kennedy Lay eld and Kaitlin Anderson, seniors at Chaparral High School, said they’ve experienced how a lack of funding impacts their school, including seeing teachers leave, learning in leaky classrooms and using old technology.

“Funding is truly the most important thing to ensure that future students experience what we did growing up,” Lay eld said. “With all of the wonderful opportunities DCSD has given students, why stop now?”

A few speakers questioned the timing of asking for more funding during a year where property taxes will increase. e Douglas County GOP issued a statement opposing the bond and mill levy override because of the tax increase.

However, none of the speakers denied Douglas County’s funding needs.

Christa Gilstrap, campaign manager for Invest in DCSD, the political issue committee supporting the funding questions, said she’s feeling optimistic as more people than last year are already donating and volunteering.

“I’m happy to report that this year not only did we not lose momentum, but we have gained it,” Gilstrap said. “We’re seeing the community come together to support our schools. We’ve already raised almost as much as money this year as we did the entire campaign last year.”

Invest in DCSD is hosting a campaign launch party from 2-5 p.m. Aug. 13 at Rhyolite Park in Crystal Valley.

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Turning the page to our next chapter

NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER

Dear readers and supporters: Today begins a new chapter for this newspaper and Colorado Community Media, and we’re excited to share updates on our move to a new printing facility, why that matters and news of the upcoming launch of a revamped website.

We conducted a comprehensive analysis of options, aiming to keep costs down and changes as minimal as possible while understanding that Colorado’s Front Range has limited printing facilities available.

We’re pleased to share that we identi ed a nearby printer that is capable of taking on our products and began printing there this week. While the move won’t cause signi cant changes to our newspapers, you’ll likely notice a few di erences.

We also had to make tweaks to some delivery times, as well as more closely aligning some of our publications geographically. As a subscriber, you may not even notice these changes; the goal was to streamline our work behind the scenes to keep production and delivery as consistent as possible.

dedicate an upcoming column to these improvements, but will share a few speci cs here, too:

— Our publications will soon be under one umbrella, meaning you can easily shift from one local news source to another to learn more about communities across the region.

— With more multimedia elements, including audio and videos, we’re making our stories more inclusive.

Linda Shapley

In June, we learned that the facility that prints our portfolio of two dozen weekly newspapers and magazines would be closing this month. At the time, we pledged to nd a solution that would ensure little to no disruption to our printing and distribution schedule.

e most notable change is the size of our newspapers. Moving to a di erent press, regardless of which option we landed on, necessitated altering the page size. at means a slightly smaller page. Despite the change, you can still expect the same volume of local news stories, advertisements and other features we’re committed to providing to you.

Our newspapers, printed and delivered to driveways and mailboxes, remain an important platform for getting you local news. Even as we evolve digitally, we know many of our subscribers appreciate the experience of a newspaper, and we’re continuing to explore longer-term options for consistent printing in the years to come.

In terms of our digital evolution, we’re extremely excited to soon be launching a new website that will allow us to publish more quickly. I’ll

— e website will be easier to navigate and update as news happens. ere’s much more to come on that front, and I look forward to sharing additional details soon. In the meantime, thank you for your support of local journalism –– we couldn’t do this without our members, advertisers and readers.

Linda Shapley is the publisher of Colorado Community Media.

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Highlands Ranch fireworks rescheduled to December

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After concerns over weather led o cials to cancel a Fourth of July reworks show in Highlands Ranch, the display is now rescheduled for Dec. 16, according to Douglas County.

Fireworks are planned to launch at Highland Heritage Regional Park, but o cials are asking the public to watch the show at other locations.

“ ese are going to be so high and so bright that you’re going to be able to see them from your house in Highlands Ranch,” said Wendy Holmes, spokesperson for Douglas County.

Fireworks shows also took place in Douglas County in mid-December in 2021, when the reworks sites at Rueter-Hess Reservoir and Griggs Road in the Highlands Ranch area both resulted in brush res, according to a post on Twitter from South Metro Fire Rescue at the time.

“(South Metro Fire) was on site … when they occurred and additional resources were called to help,” the post says. “No injuries occurred and no structures were threatened.”

O cials put on reworks shows in December 2021 because of delays in the preceding months due to concerns about dryness, Holmes said. Asked about reworks and re risk, the county pointed to its approval process for professional rework displays in unincorporated Douglas County.

Unincorporated areas, like Highlands Ranch, are parts of the county that sit outside of corporated cities and towns.

“ e following, sequential process

is shared to ensure you are aware of all that must occur to ensure the highest level of safety by anyone producing a professional reworks display in Douglas County,” the county’s website says.

Among other steps, that process includes:

• A professional “condition analysis” and a meeting a week before the display to determine whether it’s safe to proceed as planned. County commissioners will have a discussion with re protection agencies and law enforcement to gather input on current launch conditions. Based on this meeting, a decision will be made to proceed or cancel.

• A “site inspection” prior to the day of the event, along with approval from the re protection agency.

e process can involve “site improvements” to mitigate risk based on recommendations and conditions — that can include mowing and trenching.

• A re protection personnel inspection on the day of the event. e process takes into account re restrictions and a “site security” review.

• And a nal decision, a “go / no go” for the event.

Information about current re restrictions in Douglas County, as determined by the sheri ’s o ce, is available at the county O ce of Emergency Management’s webpage at tinyurl.com/DouglasFireRestriction.

In the interest of public safety, Douglas County law enforcement asks the public to plan ahead and honor road closures as well as the “No Parking” signs near the launch site, the county’s website says.

If you’re an older adult, you won’t want to miss an upcoming opportunity to explore the latest trends in living and aging well. Tickets are on sale now for the Douglas County Seniors’ Council Vintage and Vibrant event from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28, at the Parker Arts, Culture and Events (PACE) Center

Registration is available online through Sept. 15 by visiting douglas.co.us and searching for Vintage & Vibrant

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, visit douglas.co.us and search for Business Meetings.

Older Adults: Tell us what you need

If you are approaching retirement age, living in retirement or know and care about an aging adult in Douglas County, we want to hear from you. Join your Board of Douglas County Commissioners at several listening sessions in July and August to help inform services and policies for older adults in Douglas County. For dates, times and locations, visit douglas.co.us and search “Older Adult Initiative”

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Lone Tree leaders honor retiring Park Meadows senior general manager

Retires after 27 years

BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Laser-focused, passionate, honest and committed to excellence — that’s how Lone Tree leaders described Pamela Schenck-Kelly, Park Meadows’ senior general manager, in honor of her retirement.

City o cials and community members gathered in the Lone Tree Civic Center in early August to celebrate Schenck-Kelly and her 27year career, recognizing the impact she has had on the local community.

“We have all bene ted individually and as a community from having the stewardship of Pam Kelly at the Park Meadows Retail Resort,” Lone Tree Mayor Jackie Millet said.

Millet read a proclamation from the City of Lone Tree in honor of Schenck-Kelly, detailing her career and community contributions over the years.

Schenck-Kelly oversaw the completion of the Park Meadows building develop-

ment, its grand opening and further expansions in 1997, 1998 and 2008, according to the proclamation.

Beyond her work at Park Meadows, she also served as a Douglas County planning commissioner, a founding member of the Lone Tree Arts Center Fund Board, and a South Metro

Denver Chamber board member.

Re ecting on her career, Schenck-Kelly said it was not an easy decision to step down.

“ e team that I had the opportunity, over the 27 years, to work with at Park Meadows was extraordinary. ose people were

just absolutely wonderful,” she said.

City o cials gave Schenck-Kelly several retirement gifts, including a key to the city and personal street sign, as well as praised her achievements.

Millet said Schenck-Kelly set the bar for excellence, always looking at how to

improve things.

“Pam, you made me a better planning commissioner. You’ve made me a better councilmember. You for sure made me a better mayor,” Millet said. “You have set a bar very, very high and you’ve achieved that bar. And we all just want to step up to a level that you have set.”

Two former mayors of Lone Tree, Jack O’Boyle and Jim Gunning, also highlighted the bene cial impact of Schenck-Kelly’s leadership of Park Meadows on the city.

“For those of you who have worked with Pam closely, Pam always had a vision,” Gunning said. “Her laser focus, really, on getting those things done, was a bene t to the City of Lone Tree.”

Schenck-Kelly said the city was “the most extraordinary partner.”

“I can’t thank you enough for the privilege and this just absolutely extraordinary experience,” she said to the crowd. “I really appreciate everything that you’ve done to make my career so wonderful.”

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Lone Tree City Council members, former city mayors and community members gathered at the Lone Tree Civic Center on Aug. 1, 2023, to celebrate Pamela Schenck-Kelly, Park Meadows’ senior general manager, and her retirement.

PHOTO BY TAYLER SHAW

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Local stormwater agencies are teaming together to bring you this message. We take this so seriously that we posted this ad rather than send you more garbage in the mail. One thing is clear: our creeks, rivers and lakes depend on you.

Douglas County School District grapples with sta shortages

BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Douglas County School District is starting the school year down hundreds of sta , from teachers to bus drivers, because of a lack of competitive pay.

Compared to surrounding districts of similar size, Douglas County o ers some of the lowest salaries and hourly wages for teachers, education assistants and bus drivers, though not for a lack of appreciation.

School districts received an 8% funding increase from the state for the 2023-24 school year, but Douglas County lags behind in o ering competitive salaries and wages because of

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di erences in locally provided funding, Superintendent Erin Kane said.

“Over time, as our neighbors have passed mill levy override after mill levy override, their funding per student continues to increase,” Kane said.

Douglas County receives $1,167 per student through mill levy overrides, which is less than Denver Public Schools ($3,308 per student), Littleton Public Schools ($3,240 per student), Cherry Creek School District ($3,239 per student) and Je erCo School District ($1,910 per student).

is year, by drawing down district reserves, Douglas County was able to raise starting teacher salaries from $43,680 to $45,209. However, other districts also raised their starting salaries.

Cherry Creek School District starts teachers at $57,000; Denver Public Schools starts at $54,141; Je Co School District o ers $50,000; and Littleton Public Schools’ teachers start at $51,274.

One Legend High School teacher left the district on the rst day of school for a job in Cherry Creek, his colleague told the school board at the Aug. 8 meeting.

Several district sta voiced concern about the impacts of the sta shortages that night. Julie Crawford, a principal at Eldorado Elementary, said hiring over the summer was a struggle for schools.

“ e decrease in the applicant pool and the scarcity of quali ed candidates have been deeply concerning,” she

said. “Simply put, it is not that we have unquali ed applicants, it’s that we have zero applicants.”

Douglas County has 52 teacher openings currently, which is similar to the number of openings last year, 59, but has had fewer applicants for the openings compared to last year, Kane said. Kane added that more candidates are declining job o ers than last year. Other positions have seen a more signi cant increase in openings. Last year, the district started with 75 open bus driver positions and 98 open education assistant roles. is year, the district is short 104 bus drivers and 155 education assistants.

Kane said the shortages mean

Metro district o ering new senior center memberships

BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e Highlands Ranch Metro District recently started o ering inaugural memberships to the new senior center. e memberships will be available up until the much-anticipated center ofcially opens.

Several years ago, the metro district determined there was a need for services to support the needs of the Highlands Ranch senior population. To meet that need, the district approved the construction of a new senior

center to be located on the southside of Highlands Ranch Parkway, east of Broadway.

e building will be about 22,000 square feet, with a total site footprint of nearly ve acres.

In addition, Douglas County will have a 2,000 square foot area that functions as a satellite o ce, which will provide social services such as resources and referrals.

According to the metro district website, the senior center is anticipated to open in March of 2024.

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In the meantime, adults 55 years of age and older, including their spouse, are eligible for an inaugural membership to the senior center.

ose with the membership will experience many of the fall programs o ered by the center before it opens in 2024, which senior center sta have put together at Mountainview Community Christian Church, located at 40 E Highlands Ranch Pkwy.

In addition to some of the social activities such as social hours and board games, Community Relations Manager Sherry Eppers said the metro district will be o ering programs throughout Healthy Aging Month and National Senior Center Month in September.  ese programs include a trail walk and barbeque, introduction to pickleball, introduction to bocce ball, a picnic lunch and games at Northridge Park located at 8800 S Broadway.

“All these programs in September for Healthy Aging Month are all complimentary from the district,” said Eppers.  ere are also a variety of classes available for a fee.

Fitness classes include strength and balance, yoga, and a rhythm and moves dance class.

Among the numerous classes, others include art, fall succulent arraignment, holiday wreath making and estate planning.

Descriptions and registration for programs can be found at https://web2. myvscloud.com/wbwsc/cohighlandsranchwt.wsc/splash.html.

e one-time membership fee of $20 for Highlands Ranch residents and $25

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the district has had to rely more on substitute teachers, contracting with third-parties for transportation for special education students and instituting rolling cancellations of bus routes.

“It means an increased work load for our employees because when you’re down a teacher, all the other teachers are trying to pick up the slack left behind,” she said.

In an e ort to address hiring and sta retention, the school board approved ballot language for a $66 million mill levy override at the Aug. 8 meeting. e money would go to increasing pay and bene ts, as well as adding security sta .

for nonresidents is available until the door to the center o cially opens.

“ ose inaugural members will get that $10 discount on a 2024 annual membership once the senior center opens,” said Eppers.

Inaugural membership bene ts include:

• A $10 discount on the 2024 annual membership

• An inaugural membership pin

• A key fob with an inaugural membership design

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• Reduced fees for senior center programs

• Free access to virtual program

• First access to volunteer opportunities

Inaugural members will also have the opportunity to attend a pre-opening event. e date of the event has yet to be determined, but it will be based on the construction and grand opening schedule, said Eppers.

e details for the pre-opening event are still being nalized.

“People will be able to be among the rst people to see and tour the new senior center,” said Eppers.

Memberships can be purchased at the Metro District Service Center, 3290 Redstone Park Circle, by cash, check or credit card. Proof of age will be required at registration.

More information regarding the membership and fall programs can be found at highlandsranch.org/recreation/senior-center-programs-services or by calling 303-785-0320.

A more natural approach to urbanism.

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Yoga in the Park

Join RidgeGate and South Suburban Parks and Recreation for free community yoga classes on the grass at the south end of Belvedere Park, at the corner of RidgeGate Circle and Belvedere Lane. Please bring your own mat, water bottle and towel to all classes. In case of heavy rain or lightning, class will be cancelled.

Tuesday, August 29th, 6:30-7:30pm

Guided Nature Hikes

Each year, RidgeGate teams up with the South Suburban Parks and Recreation District to provide free, guided nature hikes. These hikes are led by professional naturalists from the district, and offer insight and education into the natural ecosystems within the open space at RidgeGate. Registration is required and available at RidgeGate.com

Thursday, August 24th, 6-7:30pm – Leave No Trace

Wednesday, August 30th, 7-8:30pm – Blue Moon

Saturday, September 2nd, 7:30-9pm – Snacks Under the Stars

Friday, September 8th, 5:30-7pm – Reptiles in the Region

Friday, September 29th, 6:30-8pm – Harvest Moon

Sunday, October 8th, 4-5:30pm – Amazing Corvids

Friday, October 20th - 5-6:30pm – Stories from the Heart

Saturday, October 28th, 5:30-7pm – Hunter’s Moon

Experience Historic Schweiger Ranch

The restoration of the 38-acre historic Schweiger Ranch, led by the Schweiger Ranch Foundation, gives us a glimpse into settlers’ lives. Today, the ranch is open to the public for self-guided visits and a variety of events throughout the year. Register for or learn more about these events online at SchweigerRanch.org

Saturday, August 19th, 10-11am – Guided Public Tour

Saturday, August 19th, 6-7:30pm – Campfire Storytelling Series (Ranger Trey)

Wednesday, August 30th, 7-8:30pm – Natural Heritage Walking Tours with SSPRD (Blue Moon & Bats)

Saturday, September 9th, 10-11am – Guided Public Tour)

Saturday, September 23rd, 6-7:30pm – Natural Heritage Walking Tours with SSPRD (Urban Coyotes)

All events are held within the RidgeGate community, just south of Lincoln Avenue, on both sides of I-25.

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First-time author Michael Lee releases children’s book

BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Blending his passion for technology and art into adventure, rst-time author Michael Lee published “Drone Away From Home” to help encourage younger audiences to read and inspire readers to explore.

Highlands Ranch resident Lee, a military veteran, was rst inspired to tell a story of adventure after moving to Colorado in 2010 and seeing the beauty of the state. When his three children were young, he used to take them to the park where they would y kites.

Lee wrote a story called “ e Kite in the Cloud,” but was not completely satised with it, leaving the story to sit in his computer.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Lee was looking for a creative outlet and decided to come back to the story.

“You don’t see too many people ying a kite nowadays,” said Lee. “I swapped out the kite for drones and made it much more interesting.”

“Drone Away From Home” is a story that involves friendship, overcoming obstacles and going on a worldwide adventure.

Lee’s story is about a young boy named Darius and his drone friend, Finton. One day, Finton gets lost in a storm and meets a cloud named Sophia who helps him nd his way back to Darius.

“You just hear all the stories of how you know, kids weren’t reading during

the pandemic,” said Lee. “My goal was to help inspire kids to both read and write about technology.”

Lee got a master’s degree in Information Technology and is now an engineer. Lee said this book and his future books are going to infuse technology, whether it’s about how technology can help people or bring people together.

“Drone Away From Home” is the start of a series. Lee plans to have another book come out next year.

e next book will be a kind of prequel as it will take kids through the process of how a drone is created in a factory and the tests drones have to go through before they can go to a store to be sold.

Lee also plans to write multiple spin-o series based on the cloud, the drone and the little boy from “Drone Away From Home” each having their own series.

For “Drone Away From Home” Lee commissioned illustrator, Nyrryl Cadiz, from the Philippines and together, they created the images for the book.

Lee’s book was published by Book Baby in June and on Aug. 19 from 1 to 3:30 p.m., he will be holding an event at the Highlands Ranch Library to celebrate the launch of the book.

e book is available at Book Baby Bookshop, Amazon, Walmart, Barnes & Noble and Wheelers Books for $17.99.

“I look forward to releasing more creative children’s books that use technology and friendship and overcoming challenges,” said Lee. “And just helping inspire more and more readers.”

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Laydon criticizes Thomas during public meeting regarding newsletter

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

One of Douglas County’s elected leaders criticized his colleague for writing about a funding advisory board in a way he compared to “doxing” after a disagreement about how arts and culture money should be spent.

“We had our SCFD (Scienti c and Culture Facilities District) board show up with their hair on re because you had released information about them, attacked them in a newsletter apparently and said things that really made them not want to work with us,” Commissioner Abe Laydon said to Commissioner Lora omas during an Aug. 8 meeting of county o cials.

e Scienti c and Cultural Facilities District is a government body that includes seven counties in the Denver metro area. One penny on every $10 in sales and use tax collected goes to the district to fund organizations that provide arts or science programs, the district’s website says.

e metro area’s largest cultural organizations — such as the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and the Denver Zoo — receive speci c amounts of funding.

But counties also make decisions about how the tax revenue is spent. Each county receives a share of the tax collected, and then county cultural councils review applications from organizations and make recommendations on their county’s funding priorities, the district’s website says.

ose recommendations are then reviewed and approved by the county commissioners or a city council and the SCFD board of directors.

omas’ email newsletter took issue with the actions of the Douglas County Cultural Council.

“ is year there was more funding available for distribution than there were requests, but (Douglas County) commissioners did not learn about this windfall until after the council had made recommendations,” omas wrote in an Aug. 6 newsletter.

Organizations outside of Douglas County that can prove that they provide services to county residents are eligible for funding, according to omas’ newsletter. For example, Dinosaur Ridge in Je erson County has received funding from Douglas County in the past because it can show Douglas County residents visit that venue, she wrote.

But “I felt strongly that after all of the requests for funding had been ful lled, that the Cultural Council should disperse the additional $500,000 only to organizations located in Douglas County, such as the Highlands Ranch Cultural A airs, the Lone Tree Symphony

Douglas County commissioners George Teal, left, Chairman Abe Laydon and Lora Thomas. FILE PHOTO

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Elections that matter

While national politics tend to get more of our attention — just read last week’s column — I have to say as a journalist, I have always loved covering the local elections. Decades ago as a young journalist, I started covering school boards, town councils and county commissions.

e education was invaluable because it did not take a lot of time for me to realize that while national political topics are talked about, griped about and get the mainstream media’s main attention — It’s the local races that mean more to our daily lives.

What does that mean?

For starters, once we became homeowners, my husband and I got a crash course in where property taxes go. Why our assessed value means anything — especially this year in Colorado.

When we started having children and growing our family — we quickly learned why the quality in a local school district matters and why we should be concerned about what teachers are paid.

At the city council level — it’s not just about taxes. ese elected boards have a hand in our everyday lives. What speed limit should you be traveling on that street? Well — it’s your local elected leaders who get to decide.

Which roadways are in shambles and should be repaired? Well — it’s that local elected board who hears from sta and decides whether or not to pay millions toward xing it.

Should that massive mulitiuse development be built on neighboring land? Again, it is the local elected board that decides to give it a thumbs up or a thumbs down. Although, personal interjection here, from Arizona to Colorado I have always been a bit surprised on how easily most of these projects get a thumbs up even

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when there is not enough water to support such a plan, but that’s a column for another day.

Our school boards are becoming more and more political with each election cycle. ese are the elected boards where I am the most concerned. As politics seeps into our classrooms and we start wondering why. Again, it’s that local elected board setting the tone and establishing policy.

Most of the school districts have candidates running in the November election in Douglas and Arapahoe counties. Even if you do not have children — you should be paying attention to who is running and who are the most reasonable candidates.

e o -year elections are the ones where we are not deciding who gets to be president, we are deciding who gets to set tone, pace and cost of our everyday lives. Voter turnout for elections such as the one coming up on Nov. 7 should get way more turnout than they tend to get.

Besides electing who will represent us — we often are asked to consider tax increases. Douglas County School District has approved asking again this November for more money. More may do so.

In Parker — residents will be asked to make changes to the town charter. While that may seem vague — these are governing policies that residents have an o cial say in. A resident’s vote does matter.

ese are the elections that matter and need our attention — I would say now more than ever.

elma Grimes is the south metro editor for Colorado Community Media.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Not so sure about override

e mill levy override proposed by Dougco Schools Superintendent Erin Kane is not about teacher salaries but to mask the real reason why Dougco teachers are reportedly leaving in droves. e Dougco political climate has not been teacher-friendly for years. is feud came to a head during the 2020 COVID pandemic with teachers and medical professionals being portrayed as the bad guys over masking, vaccinating students and many other community health concerns. One prominent Republican politician from Parker went as far as doxxing the names and addresses of employees of Tri-County Health which may have contributed to the ring of Tri-County by Dougco commissioners.

I have paid Dougco property taxes for 47 years without having a student in the district and have always supported our schools. With a 50% property tax increase in 2024, and the “double whammy” mill levy override proposed by Superintendent Kane, I may be forced to vote against the override which would be a rst for me. e mill levy override and my $1,669.85 property tax contribution to Dougco schools would be better spent on a recall petition of the entire Dougco school board.

Roy Legg Highlands Ranch

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at charter facts

e article by the superintendent of Douglas County Schools revealed the problems of funding our schools and how Douglas County falls short of other districts. One factor that was omitted from her point of view was how our local money is funding out-of-district students in our schools, especially charter schools. Charters enroll over 70% of out-of-district students who receive our local funds and at times trump our students from enrolling into a charter. What is the total costs that Douglas County taxpayers are giving these out-of-district students? If these students are coming from districts that have more MLO money, maybe one solution is to have them bring their MLO funds with them, freeing up our local money to improve our local schools. Maybe another solution is to prioritize our students rst in enrolling into a charter school and not let a sibling of a current enrolled out-ofdistrict student trump our student. I believe School of Choice Laws state if room is available and not for outof-district students over in-district students. How many Douglas County parents attempted to enroll their child into a charter and were denied due to lack of room?

Dave Usechek

Parker

Thelma Grimes

The real us vs. the online us

Wouldn’t it be fantastic if we could live our social media life all the time?

I mean we post beautiful and happy pictures of ourselves, our family and our friends. We post our smiles and celebrations. We post pictures of oceans, mountains, sunrises, sunsets, boats and our favorite vacation spots. We post pictures of our delicious meals at home or in restaurants and sometimes include our frosty beverage or share the bottle of wine we just ordered. We love to post pictures of our children and grandchildren, our dogs, our cats, horses, turtles and any other pet we own. I don’t know about you, but I want to live in that world of love, happiness and beauty all of the time.

ere are some folks out there who prefer to post negative thoughts. ey go on toxic rants and, well, just post some not-sonice things. e good news is that we can choose to unfriend them or mute them for a while. ere is just too much goodness in the world that we don’t need to get mired in the yuck and muck of life.

What would it look like for us to be more consistent, the same yesterday, today and tomorrow? What would it look like for us to be so consistent in our actions, thoughts, words and posts? What would it look like and feel like if we were the same happy, cheerful, thoughtful, fun and loving person that people see on social media?

I guess the hard question we must ask ourselves is this, “Why am I not the same person that I want others to see in me?” What is driving my inconsistency? Am I faking it? Am I faking it just so others don’t see the real me or the other side of me? Or that they won’t see the di culties in my life or my moments of being fragile?

ere is that joke about a police o cer pulling over a car. ere was a woman showing animated signs of being angry and upset, waving her arms around, screaming and demonstrating all kinds of road rage. When the o cer pulled her over, she asked why she was being pulled over. e o cer replied that he thought the car may have been stolen. Confused, the woman asked why. e o cer said because he saw the Jesus bumper sticker and

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the sh emblem on the back of the car and then saw the anger and road rage going on so he simply assumed that the car must have been stolen.

How many times have we argued with our spouse or children and then when a friend shows up, we put on our best smile, happy face, and kindest appearance? We have all done it and have done it more times than we care to remember. We have all done it, and all the while knowing we were faking it or being disingenuous.

What if our good, kind, cheerful, thoughtful, fun and loving social media self became our everyday self? It would be wonderful, wouldn’t it? However, we know that life happens, and yes there is the muck and yuck of life that happens. We have seasons that are more difcult than others and most of the time, that is when we look for quiet solitude and when we allow our emotions to be expressed. It’s OK to feel hurt, angry and upset when necessary, its natural. I am talking more about the everyday attitude we walk around with most of the time.

We have been so blessed, there is no reason to walk around looking like the picture on our driver’s license. Or like we have been weaned on a pickle. In our most di cult days, we have to channel our better self, showing up with grace regardless of the circumstance.

Do you share the bright, happy, cheerful, and loving moments of your life on social media? Would it be fantastic if most of our days we showed up to life like that? I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can work toward consistency whether we are on social media or not, it really will be a better than good life.

Michael Norton is an author, a personal and professional coach, consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator of individuals and businesses, working with organizations and associations across multiple industries.

earning about history is more fun when you experience it.

at’s why the metro area has a wide range of places to experience Colorado’s history rsthand. Museums, tourist attractions and more provide venues for adults and children to get hands-on learning about Colorado history from the Jurrasic age to the 1900s.

From dinosaurs to mining and railroad history to early home and school life — the metro area has plenty of locations where families can have fun and learn a bit in the process.

Living history museums enable visitors to experience the everyday home life of ordinary people who toiled on Colorado’s farms, ranches, factories, mines, smelters and more, according to Kevin Rucker, a senior lecturer in MSU Denver’s history department.

For example, “visitors are able to visualize and empathize with what it took for women to take care of a household and raise families,” he said.

Rucker pointed to the Four-Mile House, Golden Prospect Park, Littleton Heritage Museum, Black Western History Museum, Molly Brown House as a starting point for all of the living history locations in the area. Colorado Community Media takes a look at some of the places in the metro area that provide hands-on history.

Who doesn’t love dinosaurs?

Morrison is home to two spots where families can learn about dinosaurs — Dinosaur Ridge and the Morrison Natural History Museum.

logic and paleontological features. Visitors can check out the area themselves or with volunteers and geologists to learn about the dinosaurs that roamed the area. ere’s a museum and gift shop at C-470 and Alameda Parkway, and Dinosaur Ridge has Dinosaur Days throughout the year.

Close by is the Morrison Natural History Museum on Highway 8 just south of downtown Morrison, where families can learn more about dinosaurs. e museum is also a research center, so in addition to visiting the museum, people can take archeological trips.

Stegosaurus Day is always fun for kids as they try their hands at peeling away rocks to nd fossils.

Gold rush

Clear Creek County has several locations to learn more about Colorado’s mining history. At the Phoenix Gold Mine southwest of Idaho Springs, history comes alive as visitors go underground in a gold mine, pan for gold to try to strike it rich themselves and more.

Mine owner Dave Mosch, whose family has lived in Colorado since the 1860s,

called the Phoenix Gold Mine fascinating for those who haven’t seen up close what mining was like, especially in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He noted that the mining-support industry also brought people to Colorado — building houses, operating shops and providing personal aspects of life to miners.

“Colorado is a beautiful place, but what originally brought people here was the gold,” Mosch said. “ e more you understand mining, the more you understand the growth of our state.”

He and all of Clear Creek County are proud that the Colorado gold rush began in 1859 in the county.

Trains and more trains

e founder of the Colorado Railroad Museum understood how big the railroads were to settling Colorado.

“Bob Richardson (the founder of the museum) realized that people needed to know how it all got started, how people traveled to Colorado and how hard it was,” Roni Kramer, director of education for the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, explained. “It is important to see every aspect of people’s beginnings and how they got here on the train. Honestly, it’s such an interesting story.”

While adults may be more interested in historical tidbits, children have the opportunity to check out all areas of di erent train cars. ey ring bells, move through

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Dinosaur Ridge has interpretive signs along two miles of trails that explain the local geology, fossils, and many other geo- Halloween fun

at the Colorado Railroad Museum includes a zombie train ride. COURTESY PHOTO

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kitchen and bunk cars to see how people traveling by train ate and slept, and more. And who wouldn’t love to have a birthday party in a caboose?

e railroad museum continues to get more interactive, Kramer said, with train rides, turntable demonstrations, art activities, a locomotive simulator and more — everything to please train lovers and train novices alike.

A farming life

Daily life on the plains in Colorado evolved between the 1860s and the 1890s, and the Littleton Museum has two working historical farms for visitors to learn about what life was like then. Historic interpreters in period clothing are happy to explain trades and skills of the time, plus they maintain the gardens, pumpkin elds and livestock.

According to the Littleton Museum, great care has been taken to ensure that plants and animals are historically accurate for the time period they represent.

e 1860s farm is a pioneer homestead during Littleton’s settlement period, a time before train travel, when oxen-drawn wagons were the main source of transportation. e schoolhouse at the farm, the rst in Littleton, showed how residents were moving forward to establish a formal township. e 1860s farm also has an ice house, sheep shed and barn.

e 1890s farm, which has a barn, tool shed, and privy, also has a working blacksmith shop, which was important to farm communities.

e shop depicts blacksmithing in 1903, when electricity reached Littleton.

The importance of history

“History is important,” Kramer said, explaining that people need to learn to appreciate how difcult it was to settle Colorado.

Rucker added that farmers in the early settlement days of Colorado worked from dawn to dusk just to survive. In addition to farming and raising animals, families tended gardens, and women taught school, did laundry, took in boarders, and sewed and mended clothes to make extra money to buy necessities. It was a di cult way of life, something people should understand and appreciate.

“It was just the reality of the time,” Rucker said.

WANT TO LEARN MORE?

Dinosaur Ridge

Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily 16831 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison dinoridge.org

Morrison Natural History Museum

Opens at 10 a.m. daily

501 Highway 8, Morrison morrisonco.us/335/Morrison-NaturalHistory-Museum

Colorado Railroad Museum

17155 W 44th Ave, Golden Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily coloradorailroadmuseum.org

Phoenix Gold Mine

Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily

800 Trail Creek Road, Idaho Springs phoenixgoldmine.com

Littleton Museum

10 am and 4 pm Tuesday through Sunday 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton museum.littletonco.gov

Visitors wait to take a tour at the Phoenix Gold Mine near Idaho Springs. The mine is one of several spots in the county to experience what mining was like after the gold rush started in Colorado in 1859. Clear Creek County was the location of the start of the state’s gold rush.

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Denver writer’s new book has unusual approach

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Blend historic ction and culinary tidbits and enjoy “A Bakery in Paris,” a new book by a Denver writer, Aimie K. Runyan, which strikes me as a spot-on choice for laid-back summer reading ...

Opening up in 1870, this story follows members of a family — two women in particular — and the family bakery in Montmarte until the 20th century, though it is no longer open now ...

Included in the latter part of this book are a number of recipes, including Madelines Au Citron, Brioche and more, with bits of lore on preparation and garnishing ... One can almost smell the oven’s current product on a given day!

e bakery was located on the Place Royale and the family who operated it — and lived above it — await invasion by the Prussians as the story begins in September 1870, with older sister Lisette ... It continues to alternate a storyline between Lisette in 1870 and her descendent Micheline in 1946, through several generations of the family of owners and the history that accompanies them through the

years, with small details about clothing and bakery products, ongoing accounts of the looks and aromas of bakery products — plus local history and stories about Paris through the years, including various invasions by Germans ... And then, there are those recipes ...

Interesting structure for this novel ... It relates to other titles I have read over the years that deal with the same history ... familiar names and places ...

It is February 1946 and Papa had died during the war. Maman had more recently just walked away and never returned, leaving her daughters to run the bakery and care for each other.

But the book starts with Sept 7, 1870 ... Lisette rushes into the kitchen with items from the market. A guest was expected for dinner and the father of the house is insistent about prompt dinner service ... Tarts are still needed for dessert and Lisette quickly gets to work on them.

Gadspard d’ Amboise, a prospective suitor for Lisette, is expected and she rushes to get dressed up, with help from the maid, Marie. By the end of the evening, Papa has o ered her hand in marriage to the young

man, who accepted ... and the parents discuss wedding plans without including their daughter ...

By December 1870, there was a food shortage and it was dicult to nd our for the bakery’s use. People, such as the neighbor Monsieur DuQuay, were slowly starving.

Micheline was able to attend a baking school, due to another neighbor’s generosity and her love, Laurent, also attended, where they learned skills that really helped with operating the bakery.

As one reaches later chapters, there are recipes and instructions for items such as pu pastry and a reader thinks she might actually be capable of creating such a delight. ose later chapters are interspersed with instructions for baking fancy recipes: Mille-Feulle A L’ Ancienne (pu pastry), for example. (Colorado bakers would have to calculate altitude adjustments ...)

But, as a longtime recipe reader, I found pleasure in just learning how it is done, with no inclination to really try!

“A Bakery in Paris” by Aimie K. Runyan is available in paperback from Morrow — $18.99.

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Recreation District. Tickets cost $10, which covers up to 6 family members. Concessions available. No outside alcohol allowed. Opens at 5:30 p.m. Movie at 7 p.m. See ssprd.org and hudsongardens.org.

Miners Alley

“Avenue Q” is performed from Aug. 11 through Sept. 17 at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Tickets: $44 to$56. See minersalley.com or call 303-935-3044.

Little Golden Books

“Golden Legacy: Original Art from the Little Golden Books Series” is featured at Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St., from Oct. 15 through Feb. 18, 2024. Included with gardens’ general admission. See botanicgardens.org.

Children’s books

A “Booker’s Dozen” titles of new children’s books are announced, from which the 2023 Booker Prize will be selected by this year’s judges. See thebookerprizes.com.

Colorado author

Colorado author Mary Taylor Young will appear at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 15 at the new Castle Rock Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., to talk about her new book, “Bluebird Seasons,” based on her chronicling seasonal cycles of nature and habitats in Colorado. Register at dcl.org/featured-events.

New book on Amazon

New listing on Amazon: “ e Blue McKellogg” by Craig Marshall Smith. (Story of a sad blue-

haired lesbian soccer player, who misses a penalty kick, succumbs to a vegemite sandwich addiction and doubles in size — or something like that.)

History group

Reminder: Highlands Ranch

Historical Society presents “Life Upon the Wicked Stage” by Veda Rodgers at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 21 at Southridge Auditorium, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road. See thehrhs.org.

Curtis Center rough Aug. 26: e Annual

All Colorado Art Show at Curtis Center for the Arts, 2349 E. Orchard Road, Greenwood Village, Monday to Friday: 8:30-4:30; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. 303797-1779.

Arvada Center

Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., presents: “Carole King: Beautiful” Sept. 8 through Oct. 15. Tickets start at $56. See arvadacenter.org or call 720898-7200. ASL accessible performance: Sept. 21 and 24.

Depot Art Gallery

“Best of Colorado” art exhibit is at the Depot Gallery, 2069 W. Powers Ave. through Sept. 10. See depotartgallery.org.

Curious Theatre

Curious eatre Company presents “ e Minutes” by Tracy Letts, with an 11-member company cast, directed by Christy Montour-Larson, on Sept. 7-Oct. 14. Tickets 303-623-0524, curioustheatre.org.

Lakewood shows

Lakewood Cultural Center and Performance Now present: “Seussical,” “Newsies,” “ e Music Man” and “Pirates of Penzance” this season. See lakewood.org.

Lawsuit aims to persuade voters to not mess with TABOR

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

A law passed by Democrats in 2021 that’s intended to make it harder to persuade Colorado voters to cut their taxes is the target of a federal lawsuit led Aug. 7 by a conservative group that’s perpetually trying to reduce the state’s sales, income and property tax rates through ballot questions.

“ e initiative process exists in Colorado to ensure that citizens have a voice when it comes to enacting policy reforms in areas where the legislature has failed to act,” Michael Fields, who leads Advance Colorado, said in a written statement. “Politicians at the Capitol have unconstitutionally stacked the deck against citizen-driven ballot initiatives that reduce taxes, and Advance Colorado is suing to ensure that ballot initiatives generated by citizens are described accurately on the ballot and not subject to compelled speech or governmentenforced lies.”

Advance Colorado is what e Colorado Sun refers to as a darkmoney group because it doesn’t reveal its donors. e nonpro t has taken up the Republican policy and legal mantle in Colorado in recent years since the GOP is in a historic minority at the state Capitol. e 2026 election will be the party’s next real shot at winning back a majority.

Advance Colorado also recently sued Democrats in the Colorado Senate over their use of a secret voting system to prioritize state spend-

ing.

e 2021 legislation, House Bill 1321, was passed by Democrats and signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis. It requires that voters be informed of three programs and services that would be most a ected by ballot questions decreasing taxes. (For state tax reductions, that’s likely to always be K-12 education, higher education, and health care policy and nancing, namely Medicaid.)

e measure mandates that ballot initiatives cutting statewide taxes appear in the following format: “Shall there be a reduction to the (description of tax) by (the percentage by which the tax is reduced in the rst full scal year that the measure reduces revenue) thereby reducing state revenue, which will reduce funding for state expenditures that include but are not limited to (the three largest areas of program expenditure)?”

e bill was a clever imitation of the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, the

1992 constitutional amendment and Republican heartthrob that requires all tax increases that go before voters to scream the question in this all-caps format: “SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $(AMOUNT)

ANNUALLY?”

But Advance Colorado argues in its lawsuit that House Bill 1321 violates the U.S. Constitution because it requires tax-cutting ballot measures to mislead voters with “poison-pill language” in some instances.

Not all state tax cuts immediately reduce the amount of money that can be spent on state programs and services in Colorado. at’s because TABOR also caps the amount of government growth and spending each year to the annual increase in in ation and population. It requires that any tax revenue collected above that cap be refunded to taxpayers, thus making it unavailable for state programs and services.

In other words, spending on programs and services is not reduced in years when the TABOR cap is exceeded — and the cap has been exceeded repeatedly in recent years and revenue is forecast to exceed the cap through at least the next several scal years.

“ e state is violating the First Amendment by mandating untrue language on the ballot,” Fields said in his statement.

e lawsuit says the state’s Title Board, which determines the language of ballot measures, has even noted the discrepancy.

“ e Title Board has held that it has no discretion to edit or elimi-

nate this language even under circumstances where the members of the Title Board do not believe that it accurately describes the measure at issue,” the suit says.

Advance Colorado is the lead plainti in the case, but it’s joined by former U.S. Sen. Hank Brown, Logan County Commissioner Jerry Sonnenberg, Mesa County Commissioner Cody Davis, El Paso County Commissioner Carrie Geitner and Englewood City Councilman Steven Ward.

Troy Eid, a former U.S. attorney in Colorado under President George W. Bush, is representing the plainti s. Eid’s wife is a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

e defendants are Gov. Jared Polis and Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, whose o ce is where the Title Board is housed.

Annie Orlo , a spokeswoman for Griswold, said the Secretary of State’s O ce is reviewing the lawsuit.

“Generally, it is important that Colorado voters have information to adequately consider the impact of tax cuts,” Orlo said.

e governor’s o ce declined to comment on pending litigation.

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

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Residents say aircraft noise from Centennial Airport has ‘gotten worse’

BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Despite months of raising concerns about aircraft ying over residential areas surrounding Centennial Airport, residents say the issue of frequent tra c and noise persist.

“I’ve been attending these meetings for the last, feels like close to a year. And I have to say, it hasn’t gotten better. It’s gotten worse,” said Amy Friedman, who lives in unincorporated Arapahoe County.

She was among 11 residents who spoke during the Aug. 2 Centennial Airport Community Noise Roundtable meeting.

e roundtable — made up of local elected o cials from Arapahoe and Douglas counties, appointed community representatives, airport sta , and others — is meant to work with the airport to nd ways to reduce and mitigate the impact of aircraft noise, according to its website.

Although residents expressed frustration, members of the roundtable said progress has been made.

e Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently joined a subgroup that involves Centennial Airport leaders and ight schools to address community concerns.

“ at’s really positive progress,” said Centennial Airport Executive Director and CEO Mike Fronapfel. “We’re one of only a handful of

airports in the country where the … FAA has come around and gone down this path, with setting up a technical committee to address some of the noise concerns.”

Fronapfel encouraged community members to o er comments on the FAA’s noise policy review, given that the FAA extended the deadline for public comment to Sept. 29. ose interested in learning more can visit faa.gov/noisepolicyreview.

Residents voice concerns, frustration Centennial Airport, located in Arapahoe County near Dove Valley Regional Park, is one of the 25 busiest airports in the nation, according to the FAA.

For months, residents have been attending meetings to raise concerns about increased air tra c, noise and lead pollution impacting the community, speci cally those living north of Arapahoe Road.

One of the main sources of noise complaints is training aircraft, as residents have described training planes ying loops over their homes.

In the pursuit of relief, two resident groups have formed — Quiet Skies Over Arapahoe County, which advocates for changes, and Safe Skies Colorado, which is pursuing legal action.

At the Aug. 2 meeting, Lisa Mauvais, of Arapahoe County, shared examples of when aircraft have trav-

eled north of Arapahoe Road, showing visuals of how frequently planes y loops over residential areas.

Mindy Davine, who lives in Greenwood Village, said she is tired of getting woken up by aircraft noise at 5 a.m. and hearing aircraft again at 10 p.m.

“We keep repeating the same thing over and over and over again,” Davine said to the roundtable. “It’s been almost a year, and nothing has changed. It’s gotten worse.”

Mike Koscielniak, from Castle Rock, said he is a pilot and part of the Colorado Pilots Association. He said he has attended the last few meetings and has been writing to the board of directors about them.

“We’re aware of what’s going on. And I feel your pain,” he told attendees.

He said he would like to see more pilots and ight school representation at the meetings.

“ ere should be more engagement of the pilot community with the residents,” he said. “I know we’re trying to get the board to do stu , but they can’t do it unless they get the cooperation from the pilots.”

Residents continued to raise concerns about lead pollution, given that aviation gasoline is the fuel most commonly used in piston-engine aircraft and is the only transportation fuel in the U.S. to contain lead, according to the FAA.

In October 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed an endangerment nding for lead emissions from aircraft engines that operate on leaded fuel.

“When it comes to our children the science is clear, exposure to lead can cause irreversible and life-long health e ects,” said EPA Administrator Michael Regan in a news release. “Aircraft that use leaded fuel are the dominant source of lead emissions to air in the country.”

According to the news release, the EPA’s consideration of endangerment is “a rst step toward application of EPA’s authority to address lead pollution.”

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser signed a letter July 18 urging the EPA to adopt the proposed nding.

“ e proposed nding is one important and necessary step towards addressing this problem and protecting adults and children most at risk from lead exposure due to avgas (aviation gasoline),” he wrote.

Earlier this year, Centennial Airport became the rst in Colorado to o er unleaded aviation gasoline.

For the month of May, unleaded fuel made up 15% of the airport’s overall aviation gasoline sales, said Centennial Airport Executive Director and CEO Mike Fronapfel. In the month of June, it made up 20% of overall sales, he said.

“We’re hoping that we continue to see that progress,” he said.

FAA joins group with Centennial Airport users, leaders

Months after requesting the FAA get involved in a sub-roundtable technical working group to work with airport leaders on addressing community concerns, o cials said the FAA is now participating.

Fronapfel said he is really excited that the FAA is nally at the table.

In March, Fronapfel asked the noise roundtable to form a subroundtable technical working group to explore and recommend solutions to the issues caused by the extended training pattern tra c.

Fronapfel said he and Brad Pierce, the chair of the noise roundtable, sent an email Feb. 14 requesting the FAA participate in the working group.

During that March meeting, members of the noise roundtable approved a motion to form the technical working group as a subcommittee of the noise roundtable.

In May, airport leaders announced they would hire a lobbying and advocacy rm, e Normandy Group. Louis Dupart, founding partner of e Normandy Group, spoke at the June noise roundtable meeting and said he was working to get the FAA to join the technical working group.

Pierce said during the Aug. 2 meeting that the FAA has joined the group, which has been renamed and is now called the Centennial Airport Community Noise Roundtable Study Group Committee.

e study group committee is made up of some members of the noise roundtable, Arapahoe County Commissioner Jessica CampbellSwanson, the ight schools and the FAA, Pierce said.

“We have, I think, everybody there that has the authority and the determination and dedication to solving, or at least looking at solving, the problem,” he said.

55-year-old Castle Rock pitcher finally gets shot at pro baseball

older teammate.

BY JOHN RENFROW JRENFROW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

From all-state high school baseball pitcher to pro decades – yes, decades – later, Dan Clemens of Castle Rock is looking back in amazement. As generations have come and gone, at 55 years old, he’s still standing on the mound, which is exactly where he wants to be.

“We shouldn’t let age get in the way,” Clemens said.

He’s now in the ninth inning of his career. Here’s his story, inning by inning.

Inning 1: A promising start

When Clemens was a sophomore at Douglas County High School in the mid 1980s, he wasn’t even on the varsity baseball team. He played JV, and wasn’t exactly an All-American.

Two years later, after being given a chance by a beloved coach, Clemens realized and rose to his potential. He became a decorated all-state pitcher (twice), with a scholarship to Colorado State University. He left high school with all the glittering dreams of a potential pro.

His future was shaping up just as he imagined. But a curveball would throw him o his trajectory.

Inning 2: A rough setback at CSU

Injuries would derail his hopes at CSU. Clemens su ered a torn labrum and underwent three shoulder surgeries, which is a potential nail in the co n for a still-developing pitcher. It seemed his eld of dreams was turning into a nightmare. e injuries were bad. Clemens wouldn’t be able to play and he eventually learned that he could never return to the game in college.

“ is set o what I call a ‘dysfunctional relationship with the game,’” Clemens said. “I couldn’t be close to it because it reminded me of what I lost, but I couldn’t be away from the game I love either.”

In short, Clemens’ college career was over before it began.

Inning 3: After decades, a spark of inspiration, then hope

So, Clemens went on with life –

and without high-level baseball. He said he stayed away for a while, struggling with what the game had taken away from him.

e years passed until he irted with playing again. He joined what he calls “old man leagues,” such as the National Adult Baseball Association and the Men’s Senior Baseball League, where he played for more than 20 years recreationally. It was good to be back on the eld, but it wasn’t the same.

en, an unexpected opportunity came. One of his friends and teammates, Bill Rogan (a longtime Denver-area sportscaster), was hired as a manager in the Pecos League, a 16-team league for smaller cities that do not have MLB teams.

at’s how, in 2019, at the age of 51, Clemens’ forgotten baseball dream was revived. But when he got the call, he wasn’t sure what to think.

Inning 4: Returning to the mound

“It was kind of out of the blue,” Clemens said. “I actually kind of thought I was getting punked, and a couple of buddies of mine would be in on the call. Once I realized it was actually for real, I was like, ‘Well, gosh we’re 30 years too late on this.’”

After some research on the league and not being able to deny his interest, Clemens knew he had to go for it.

When he showed up, he said he couldn’t help but feel out of place among players in their 20s. ey were young, in their primes and raising the eyebrows at their new,

“When I got there and saw the size and speed and skill of my teammates and opponents, that’s when reality kind of started to sink in, like ‘Oh my gosh, what have I gotten myself into?’” Clemens said. “My teammates were very supportive, but I think they were also skeptical. Like, ‘I know we’re hurting for pitching, but I guess this is what the bottom of the barrel looks like.’ I had to very quickly earn some respect.”

Inning 5: Something to prove

So Clemens got to work on the mound, trying to forget everything, especially his age. He strived to focus solely on his mechanics and his craft. e pitches zinged over the plate, and Clemens said he was surprised at the shape he was in.

“I had struck out their numberthree hitter for the second time in the game,” Clemens recalled. “It ended the third inning. And as I walked o the mound the stud in our dugout yelled to our team, ‘ e dude is legit!’ And that really was, ‘OK, I think I’ve been accepted and I’m now one of them.’”

is lifted a longtime weight o Clemens’ shoulders and allowed him to focus on his game. Getting lost in the competitive energy of a high-level baseball game, it became addicting once more.

Inning 6: Turning a corner Clemens pitched four games in 2019 before the league was shut down due to the COVID-19 for two seasons. He returned in 2021 to pitch one game and pitched two games earlier this year before the Drakes’ season ended.

Last month, at age 55, Clemens became the oldest player in Pecos League history to record a win on the mound.In seven innings, Clemens scattered 12 hits and gave up only 4 runs in the victory.  e week after, Clemens started again and recorded a second win.

Inning 7: A full-circle journey

At that moment, Clemens’ baseball journey had come full circle. No, he would never know if he truly

Dan Clemens became the oldest player in Pecos League history to record a win on the mound at age 55. The pitcher from Castle Rock was all-state at Douglas County High School before injuries derailed his career. COURTESY OF KLAUDIA ROSE

Dan Clemens’ dream was decades in the making

Littleton’s Timothy White researches cognitive deficits he lives with

BY SHEA VANCE SVANCE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Although his roots are in Colorado, where he is pursuing a degree at the University of Colorado Denver, Timothy White spent the summer at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio researching chemotherapy-induced cognitive de cits.

In addition to his passion for neuroscience, he brings a unique personal experience to the lab: almost a decade ago at the age of 18, he was diagnosed with the type of cancer — acute lymphoblastic leukemia — he is researching, and he continues to live with cognitive de cits associated with several years of chemotherapy.

“Chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment, or the mechanisms of cognitive de cits associ-

ated with any cancer, it’s very under researched,” White said.

White grew up in Littleton, having been homeschooled through high school before pursuing psychology at Arapahoe Community College. He personally struggles with two of the main de cits that he studies in mice: executive function and memory.

White has been a student of science for several years now, having earned an associate’s degree in psychology from ACC before starting at CU Denver, where he is now working toward a bachelor’s of psychology. It wasn’t until about a year ago when he decided “on a whim” to pursue neuroscience studies at a convention in San Diego.

“I noticed there was a presentation being done on an ALL leukemia mice model, and I was like ‘oh,

that’s super cool,’” White said.

Although he had to catch a ight back home before the presentation, he arranged to meet for co ee with the speaker, Dr. Teresa Reyes from the University of Cincinnati, to talk about her research.

After the conference, he knew he wanted to study chemotherapyinduced cognitive de cits in graduate school, and he started looking into applications. He stumbled upon a webpage for the University of Cincinnati’s Rise Up program for neuroscience, headed by Reyes. With only hours before the application window closed, White gathered last-minute letters of recommendation and applied.

Now, at the close of his summer research position, he feels the lab has made real progress, not only in their internal studies, but in the eld at large. By taking previous research methods a step further and inducing both sexes of mice with leukemia before treating with chemotherapy, White said the lab in Cincinnati is providing a more accurate and practical look at chemotherapy-induced cognitive de cits.

“ ey’re already trying out new diets to try and create a preventative bu er,” White said. “ is isn’t just ‘yes, we want to understand what’s happening in the brain.’ ey are already using this model to try and nd preventative measures and create some kind of extra leg-up on preventing cognitive de cits following treatment.”

White’s struggle with memory continues to be a barrier in his education, but he said that his research cohort has shown support.

“If I’m feeling stressed or anxious or I’m having trouble doing something, everyone in the lab has been more than happy to jump in and help me in whatever ways that I need, and I think that is the environment they would have even if I wasn’t there,” White said. “Everybody there wants to help each other and collaborate.

White has stumbled upon a few surprises — personal and professional — along the way, one of which was the discovery that he actually enjoys living in Ohio.

“I love it here in Cincinnati. I don’t like it when I go too far out of Cincinnati, but Cincinnati is great,” White said.

He also found that he was “freak-

prepared for the research position.

“I feel like every time you start a new job, you have to, like, mentally fortify yourself and get to a point where you feel like you belong,” he said.

“For me personally it’s like OK, I have this memory disorder, I’m an undergrad, I do have research experience but I haven’t worked with genes. ere are all of these things and then when I got here and started working, it was like ‘okay, this is doable.’”

In a research capacity, he unexpectedly found gender-speci c neurological di erences in the mice resulting from the chemotherapy. He said the lab is still unsure about what these ndings mean, but that it’s “really interesting and very strange.”

He now prepares to return to CU Denver for the start of classes, where he will continue working in a neuroscience lab studying alcohol and social bu ering. He looks forward to bringing some new gene-related research skills back to Denver.

As he prepares to nish his bachelor’s degree — hopefully this coming spring, he said — he is looking to grad school, and the University of Cincinnati is at the top of his list. He is also looking at some schools in his home state.

Less than a year after a spontaneous trip to San Diego for a neuroscience conference, White has found a place in a deeply personal eld of research, and is only at the beginning of his journey into cognitive science.

Timothy White, at left, with lab advisers Dr. Matia Solomon and Dr. Teresa Reyes.

PHOTO BY ANDREW HIGLEY

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Orchestra, the Performing Arts Academy and the Cherokee Ranch and Castle,” omas wrote.

“Laydon agreed with me, and the commissioners sent an email to the cultural council requesting that it meet to reconsider its recommendations and only provide the windfall funds to Douglas County-based organizations,” she continued.

e county Cultural Council recently met, and the request to keep the dollars in Douglas County failed on a 5-2 vote, according to omas’ newsletter.

omas’ newsletter criticized the decision and said: “I would like to give credit and applaud the courage of Cultural Council members Ann Speer and Sid Simonson who voted in the minority to respect Douglas County taxpayers and organizations.”

e newsletter then included a link that read: “Click here for a roster of the cultural council members.” It led to a page on the county’s website that describes the cultural council and lists its members.

“I call it doxing,” Laydon said at the Aug. 8 meeting of commissioners and other county o cials.

e Merriam-Webster website de nes “doxing” as “to publicly identify or publish private information about (someone) especially as

a form of punishment or revenge.”

But whatever a person calls it, “I don’t think that’s productive, and I don’t think that’s respectful,” Laydon said.

omas responded that she shared the names of two individuals who voted on the cultural council for the distributions to be “done the way you and I had requested.” She added that the link to all the board members’ names is public information on the county’s website.

Said Laydon: “ e way in which you characterize our volunteers can be negative even when it is true ... e credibility of what we do as a county is undermined when we’re attacking volunteers.”

omas said the volunteers agreed to serve on a board that distributes large amounts of money.

“I know from working with you, Lora, that you are deeply committed to the service of our citizens. You’re punctual, organized and you want to do what’s right. And you’re committed to the truth, and I get that, and I respect that, and I respect your service,” Laydon said. “But I think the way you go about approaching it is often very detrimental to your interests and the county’s.”

omas’ newsletter said a recommendation is due to SCFD for funding by Aug. 11. at is after Colorado Community Media’s deadline for this story.

For updated informaiton, visit douglascountynewspress.net.

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1. “Beach Party,” in 1963, starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello. There were seven beach films over the years.

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Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE

Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0106

To Whom It May Concern: On 6/2/2023 9:30:00

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: CARL D. GRANT AND SHERIANNE V. GRANT

Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, F/K/A

THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2005-4, NOVASTAR HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-4

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/26/2005

Recording Date of DOT: 11/2/2005

Reception No. of DOT: 2005105932

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $311,920.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $325,960.93

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

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 333, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 110-J, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Which has the address of: 10125 Spring Water Court, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129

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, September 27, 2023, 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: 8/3/2023

Last Publication: 8/31/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 6/2/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

RANDALL CHIN

Colorado Registration #: 31149 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, DENVER, COLORADO 80204

Phone #: (303) 350-3711

Fax #:

Attorney File #: 00000009686460

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2023-0106

First Publication: 8/3/2023

Last Publication: 8/31/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0117

To Whom It May Concern: On 6/20/2023 12:22:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: Daniel Lee Moffett Jr. and Wendi Renee Moffett

Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS") as nominee for American Financing

Corporation, Its Successors and Assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: NewRez LLC, F/K/A New Penn Financial, LLC, D/B/A Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 1/19/2017

Recording Date of DOT: 1/26/2017

Reception No. of DOT: 2017006173

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $169,200.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $158,406.13

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 said 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 16, BLOCK 3, PULTE HOMES AT ROXBOROUGH VILLAGE FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Which has the address of: 9828 Fairwood Street, Littleton, CO 80125

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 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: 8/17/2023

Last Publication: 9/14/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 6/20/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

HOLLY SHILLIDAY

Colorado Registration #: 24423

7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230 , CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112

Phone #: (877) 369-6122

Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-23-957025-LL

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE

DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2023-0117

First Publication: 8/17/2023

Last Publication: 9/14/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0098

To Whom It May Concern: On 5/26/2023 12:08:00

PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: WILLIAM ARVIDSSON AND ANN MARIE ARVIDSSON

Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR BROKER SOLUTIONS, INC.DBA NEW AMERICAN FUNDING, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: MIDFIRST BANK

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/22/2019

Recording Date of DOT: 11/19/2019

Reception No. of DOT: 2019078925

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $259,239.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $250,473.32

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Borrower's failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 440, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 111-B, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Which has the address of:

Douglas County Warrants

9626 Whitecliff Place, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129

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, September 13, 2023, 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: 7/20/2023

Last Publication: 8/17/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 5/26/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

ALISON L. BERRY

Colorado Registration #: 34531 9540 MAROON CIRCLE SUITE 320, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990

Fax #: (303) 706-9994

Attorney File #: 23-030075

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2023-0098

First Publication: 7/20/2023

Last Publication: 8/17/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

City and County

PUBLIC NOTICE

DOUGLAS COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION

“Pursuant to § 39-8-104, C.R.S., notice is hereby given that beginning September 1, 2023, the Douglas County Board of Equalization will meet

BASEBALL

was good enough to be a pro in his heyday. No, he’ll never stop asking himself “What if?”

But in a small way, it was enough of an answer to bring back his joy and rediscover his true love of the game.

“When you’re out there playing, there’s a little bit of a di erent look in people’s eyes when they’re like, ‘You’re with us and we hope you do well’ versus ‘You’re one of us, and we’ve got your back,’” Clemens said. “I feel I had labored for 30 years and loved the game, and this was one small way it showed me it loved me back.”

Inning 8: Sharing the love of the game

As Clemens began to tell his story

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e group already had its rst meeting, which Pierce said focused more on getting to know one another and did not involve talking about potential solutions yet.

“ e takeaway, for me, is the FAA was actually there,” Pierce said,

to friends and family, he was met with several di erent comments like “Wow! at should be a movie!” or “Wow! You should write a book.”

He was hesitant at rst, but after some thinking, he set out to do just that. He and his sister began speaking about possibilities, as she had worked on movie scripts in the past. Together, they wrote a movie script entitled “ e Dude is Legit,” following his story from beginning to end.

He believes it could be the next great baseball movie, adding there hasn’t been one since “Moneyball” was released in 2011.

“A lot of the really good sports movies you think of, like ‘Hoosiers’ and ‘Rudy,’ and some of those, they’re not so much about the sports action,” Clemens said. “ ey’re really more about, what does the sport tell us about being human? How we can learn, grow, develop and understand ourselves a

adding that there were four FAA representatives who attended the meeting in person.

Pierce said a lot of people had their hand in getting the FAA to participate.

Arapahoe County Commissioner

Leslie Summey, who is on the noise roundtable, said she and Commissioner Bill Holen spoke with the FAA while they were in Washington D.C.

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at 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, CO, to review the assessment roll of all taxable property located in the County as prepared by the County Assessor, and to hear appeals from determinations of the Assessor.”

little bit better.”

Inning 9: A movie script ending

e plot tackles nostalgic baseball tropes like the ever-present “baseball gods” that award or take away success from players on the eld, while telling the true story of Clemens’ journey on the diamond – from su ering injuries to overcoming perceived roadblocks like age and destiny.

e script has since won four di erent awards from di erent lm festivals and awards ceremonies. While currently in the fundraising stage, Clemens said he’s hopeful for pre-production to begin in the spring.

You don’t have to be a baseball fan to enjoy the lm, either, he said.

“I think people who are not baseball fans are going to get a lot out of it, too,” Clemens said. “ ey’ll see themselves in it in terms of their

“I took your concerns to Washington D.C.,” she said. “I have been very excited to know that I got to be a part of that, that helped to get those four people in the room from the FAA.”

Summey said that in her viewpoint as a commissioner, the progress is slower than everybody wants it to be.

“However, it is now moving in a way that I don’t think it was. And

printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com.

passions, their dreams, their lost aspirations. I’m 55 now, and it’s really easy to let age get in the way and be an excuse for not doing things. I think it’s a reminder that that’s really just a number in our head. We have amazing opportunities in the world around us to do things longer.”

It all comes back to the high school mound in Douglas County for Clemens.

It’s where he originally found the con dence to excel on the eld, and he never lost that con dence. He just misplaced it after he was injured in college. It took him 30 years to rediscover it, and he wouldn’t trade the journey for anything.

It taught him many lessons, including that not even the passage of decades of time could stop him from achieving his dreams.

For more information about his upcoming lm, check out www. legitdude lm.com

that’s exciting,” she said.

Alison Biggs, a Douglas County representative on the noise roundtable, said the study group committee is a good example of what the noise roundtable is doing and also how much the community’s involvement has helped.

“We’ve got a lot to do yet, but at least we’ve got a toe hold going,” she said. “We’ve got to keep all working together for this.”

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ORDER OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO

Kristin Randlett, Clerk to the Board

Legal Notice No. 945835

First Publication: August 17, 2023

Last Publication: August 17, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Bids and Settlements

Public Notice

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) #038-23 COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES

The Department of Administration, Mental Health Initiative, of Douglas County Government, hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests responses from responsible and highlyqualified individuals/companies for community mental health center case management services.

The RFQ documents may be reviewed and/or

RFQ responses shall be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked “RFQ #038-23, Community Mental Health Center Case Management Services” prior to the due date and time. Electronic and/or faxed responses will not be accepted. RFQ responses will be received until 3:00 p.m., on Thursday, August 31, 2023 by the Douglas County Finance Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Responses will not be considered which are received after the time stated.

Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all responses, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a said response and furthermore, to award a contract for items herein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the County to do so. Additionally, we reserve the right to negotiate optional items and/or services with the successful company.

Please direct any questions concerning this RFQ to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Supervisor at 303-660-7434 or criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Legal Notice No. 945855

First Publication: August 17, 2023

Last Publication: August 17, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to:

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ALBERT MULLER III - LINDA S VELASQUEZ

AKA LINDA SUE VELASQUEZ - LINDA S

VELASQUEZ

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 20th day of October 2011 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to BRAD L. AVERILL the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit:

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to BRAD L. AVERILL. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2010. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of HIGHLAND MEADOWS PROPERTIES LLC for said year 2010

That said BRAD L. AVERILL on the 8th day of September 2022 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 30th day of November 2023 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 17th day of August 2023

/s/ David Gill County Treasurer of Douglas County

Legal Notice No. 945848

First Publication: August 17, 2023

Last Publication: August 31, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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