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Sentence meant to send message STEM shooter gets life in prison without parole, plus 1,282 years

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The most heavily populated parts of north Douglas County would stay where they are in the 4th Congressional District. And the biggest cities in Arapahoe County — including Aurora, Centennial,

Breathless, Syketha Sprague tried to describe for a Douglas County judge the lifelong impact of a school shooting.

Her voice started out as a strained whisper. Sprague uttered her words between gasps for air. Tears choked the visibly shaken woman. Then she made an admission to the packed galley.

For more than two years, Sprague has struggled to look John and Maria Castillo in the eyes, she said.

Sprague’s only son survived the May 7, 2019, shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch, which left senior Kendrick Castillo dead and eight other students injured.

Every birthday, every holiday since, reminded her the Castillos lost their only son that day while she still held hers.

As Sprague spoke, John put his arm around Maria, who wept into her mask. Just like every past hearing, the couple sat in the front row of the Castle Rock courtroom.

Following a five-hour hearing on Sept. 17 hearing, District Judge

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People who attended the Aug. 24 Douglas County School Board meeting stood in support of comment they supported and faced PHOTO BY JESSICA GIBBS the back of the room when they disagreed with public comment.

County leaders grapple with raucous meetings COVID-19 response drives tense debates, disruptions

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER AND JESSICA GIBBS EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Several security guards and

uniformed officers positioned themselves between the audience at an Aug. 24 meeting of the Douglas County School Board and the board’s seats at the dais.

Confusion consumed the room as guards tried to clear the crowd of roughly two dozen. About half of the people left but the rest lingered,

trying to figure out if they would be let in later or if the meeting was over. Guards were not sure, but they needed people to leave, they said.

Minutes earlier, the board directors had abruptly left the room.

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Latest congressional map keeps House members apart Redistricting changes still possible; deadline Sept. 28

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Seven Stones hosts pet memorial event Cemetery holds event each year for beloved animal companions

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A botanic garden and cemetery in Chatfield gave community members the opportunity to grieve the pets they lost over the past year during a memorial event Sept. 12 Seven Stones cemetery, which is mostly for people but also has a pet ossuary, hosts the annual event to allow residents to scatter their companions’ ashes for free.

“We thought it would be very important to give our families an event to celebrate the life of their pet that they had,” said Becky Holm with Seven Stones.

About 25 people attended and 15 pets were celebrated, she said.

The event typically honors people’s cats and dogs but also sometimes features other animals such as birds.

“It’s such a beautiful event and it is always at the perfect time of year be-

Those who attended the pet memorial were invited to bring photos of their pets as they said goodbye.

About 25 people gathered on Sept. 12 to honor pets they lost over the past year in a ceremony at Seven PHOTOS COURTESY OF SEVEN STONES Stones - Chatfield cemetery.

cause the weather is amazing out here this time of year,” Holmes said. “The

gardens and beauty of nature really helps families process their grief.”

The memorial, sponsored primarily by Caring Pathways, began at 10 a.m.

and ended at about noon.

Attendees shared stories about their pets and had a chance to participate in a craft to memorialize their pet.

A ceremony led by Mourning to Light Pet Loss focused on “the importance of pets in our lives and how much joy they bring us,” Holmes said. “And how they’re always with us.”

The memorial “gives them a place to process the loss of their sweet little family members,” she said.

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Mask rules drive parents’ demand for doctor notes Colorado pediatricians are being bombarded with requests

BY OLIVIA PRENTZEL THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado parents are seeking an end-run around mask requirements at their children’s schools: Doctor’s notes exempting them for dubious medical reasons.

And in mask-averse Douglas County, where elected leaders already opted to create their own health department to sidestep unpopular COVID-19 public health orders, some parents aren’t taking “no” for an answer.

Hundreds of parents have called Pediatrics at the Meadows in Castle Rock to request doctor’s notes — some who turned angry when their requests were denied and promised “physical, financial and political revenge.”

“We understand and empathize with families who are looking for ways to help their children avoid the burden of mask-wearing. Trust me, I get it,” Dr. Michael Milobsky said in a Facebook post about the flood of calls that left staff members feeling “under attack.”

But Milobsky said the clinic would continue to side with American Academy of Pediatrics’ recommendations regarding

First-graders are seen on their second day of school on Aug. 12 at Second Creek Elementary School in Commerce City.

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your child, and they infect a child who is undergoing chemotherapy, a newborn, or a pregnant teacher, who, as a result of being infected (die), I AM RESPONSIBLE.” Demand for notes jumps Demand for doctor’s notes is spiking as mask policies remain contested across the state, sparking heated public health meetings and leading to increased police presence at some schools as children returned to classes this fall.

The school year got underway just as the highly transmissible coronavirus delta variant drove a wave of new infections across Colorado. As of Sept. 13, the state Department of Public Health and Environment reported 80 ongoing outbreaks of the coronavirus at K-12 schools across the state.

In recent says, Dr. Hector de Leon in Fort Collins said he has received at least a dozen requests for doctor’s notes exempting children, and that his colleagues based in Denver have received several requests a day.

Explaining to parents who insist their children not wear a mask has been a challenge at times.

“More often than not we are not able to write these letters,” said de Leon, a pediatrician with Kaiser Permanente. “We give families other tips and tools to get the masks going. I understand that it is a tough thing that parents are faced with. But our job is to try to keep as many kids as possible safe and from getting sick with COVID.” Many pediatricians, like de Leon and Milobsky, stand by the American Academy of Pediatrics’ recommendation for universal mask wearing in schools given that the majority of the student population is ineligible for vac-

cines. Wearing masks is proven to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 and protect those who are not vaccinated.

Even so, some parents are frustrated and others become upset when de Leon refuses to write the notes, he said.

“It’s important to start by framing for families why we are doing this and why we are asking for masks, still. The fact is, with children, kids under 12 especially, we don’t have a vaccine for them.

So we’re trying to get them back in school in a safe way,” de Leon said.

Jeffco reviews requests As of Sept. 7, Jeffco Public Schools had received 208 mask exemption requests, 59 of which were denied because the application did not meet the requirements outlined by Jeffco Public Health, school district spokeswoman Cameron Bell said.

While the school district does not set the criteria for mask exemptions, it is reviewing requests to ensure they meet the requirements of the public health order issued by the county’s public health department in late August, Bell said.

The Jeffco district also received 281 religious exemption requests, which were all denied as they do not meet the criteria of the public health order, she said.

In southwest Colorado, the schools in San Luis haven’t reported an uptick in doctor’s notes for children, said Toby Melster, superintendent of Centennial School District R-1.

“I’ve seen some of the stories about the contentious board meetings where they are going to be discussing either wearing a mask or not wearing a mask,” Melster SEE NOTES, P5

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said. “But so far, our community has been really good. We haven’t had a lot of pushback, to be honest with you.”

At least three of the schools in the San Luis Valley that do not require its students to wear masks have had to quarantine classrooms due to COVID-19 infections, but the Centennial School District, which is based in the town of San Luis and requires masks, has not had to require any of its classes to quarantine thus far, Melster said.

List of reasons is short Despite the large number of requests for notes, the list of medical-based reasons to not wear a mask is short, said Dr. Sara Saporta-Keating, an infectious disease specialist from Children’s Hospital Colorado.

“Ultimately, what it comes down to is a person’s ability to take a mask off if there is a problem,” Saporta-Keating said.

Children younger than 2 are exempt, as are children who physically are unable to take off their mask or unable to communicate that they need the mask off in an emergency situation, she said.

“Really what we try to do is weigh the risk and benefits of wearing the mask versus potentially getting COVID,” she said.

While some parents feel wearing a mask could be difficult for children with asthma, it can

Since this newspaper went to press, Colorado Community Media reporters have been following fast-moving developments in the ongoing debate over school COVID-safety mask-wearing policies and the Tri-County Health Department. For the latest news, visit ColoradoCommunityMedia.com.

I think the school and teachers’ peace of mind as well, understanding that when there is good mask-wearing, it really decreases the chance of a COVID outbreak occurring within a school,” she said.

Fewer outbreaks in schools also means that children will have more access to their support systems in schools, rather than being isolated at home, Saporta-Keating said.

“We know there are a lot of challenges with mental health, particularly right now,” she said, “but one thing we know is that the return to normalcy and the return to the support systems that children have in their schools is incredibly important and can actually benefit them from a mental health standpoint.”

actually provide them with more protection and potentially shield them from other respiratory diseases that could trigger an attack, Saporta-Keating said.

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One speaker after another took to the lectern, most lambasting school board directors about COVID-19 precautions in schools, including a masking mandate.

People cheered, shouted, jumped, flashed jazz hands, stood up in support of comments they agreed with and turned their backs on speakers they disagreed with.

Throughout the meeting, Douglas County School Board President David Ray struggled to maintain order, repeatedly asking people to refrain from outbursts.

Just shy of 11 p.m. that night, Director Krista Holtzmann said she wanted to address misinformation shared about the coronavirus during public comment. She spoke for nearly a minute, urging people to rely on public health agencies when sourcing information about the pandemic, including the TriCounty Health Department. (The health agency represents Douglas, Adams and Araphoe counties, although Douglas County commissioners are seeking to leave the agency amid disputes over COVID-19 responses.)

Then audience members interjected. “You work for us, not for them,” a man said from the back of the room.

Ray, the board president, cautioned that he would take a meeting break if interruptions did not stop.

But people continued talking over him.

Ray picked up his gavel and thumped the dais. The seven directors stood and walked out.

“Tri-County is lying to you and you know it,” a man called to directors as they left.

District leader reacts The scene at DCSD’s Aug. 24 board meeting was the latest in a string of public meetings, in Douglas County and elsewhere, where tensions and emotion have boiled over, often when COVID-19 precautions were the topic of discussion: • A raucous back-to-school town hall in early August where people booed DCSD Superintendent Corey Wise over mask rules.

• A meeting where Douglas County commissioners were openly at odds about how to handle outbursts from a crowd listening to their discussions about mask mandates.

• A county hearing where attendees shouted out as commissioners made their comments.

It’s happening in a traditionally conservative county where all three county commissioners and many residents often have pushed back against school mask-wearing rules and other COVID-related restrictions.

The discourse is testing public officials as they grapple with keeping decorum and giving people a space where they feel they can talk freely. For school board directors, that pressure comes as they also cope with a deluge of frustration directed squarely at them.

At the end of the Aug. 24 school board meeting, Director Elizabeth Hanson resigned, not as director but as the board secretary, citing

the strain on her mental health from processing contentious emails sent to the board.

“The derogatory names and extreme aggression directed at board directors are some of the worst I have ever seen,” Ray told Colorado Community Media by email as she was traveling. “The task of maintaining an orderly meeting pales compared to the task of protecting others from such egregious attacks on their mental health.”

The district has weathered comparably tough times before, Ray said, but recent meeting behavior is still unusual.

“Sadly, there is an increase nationwide of individuals disrupting school board meetings,” Ray said.

“Social media sensationalizes these occurrences. In addition, there are political entities encouraging this behavior as a means to rile people up, especially in anticipation of an election.”

At times during public comment periods, community members have reacted to recent meeting conduct.

While some people said they do not approve, or were surprised by how much frustrations have escalated, occasional commenters have remarked that they could empathize with parents who are fed up with pandemic precautions.

Modeling ‘inappropriate behavior’ Ray said there will always be issues that lead to disagreements, and that public comment combined with emails that board members receive show a near-even split between people who support and oppose masking requirements.

“I believe the emotional escalation of the mask issue is more of a reflection of the fatigue and extreme frustrations with enduring a global pandemic,” he said.

Disorderly meetings can hinder directors from conducting district business, Ray said, like considering budgetary items. But decorum is about more than keeping meetings running smoothly — it’s also about providing a respectful and safe environment for everyone present, he said.

At the Aug. 24 meeting, Ray went back and forth deciding whether to allow people to stand up when they heard comments they supported.

He at first called the demonstration a good nonverbal way of expressing views during the meeting.

Later he questioned whether allowing it was emboldening vocal outbursts and deterring people from sharing different views.

Ray said by email that some of the behavior — such as people stomping when they stood up or “aggressive body movements” — fell short of providing “a safe space for those who wanted to share a different perspective.”

“When there is a large number of people representing the same perspective, it is highly intimidating for someone to speak with a different perspective,” Ray said by email.

“This intimidation is even more pronounced when some individuals heckle and shout disparaging things about a speaker’s comment that they disagree with.”

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for children,” and worried someone would be “emotionally hurt.”

He also felt anxiety “for our law enforcement who are present to protect everyone in the room.”

County commissioners’ debate Douglas County’s board of commissioners ran into a similar situation at their Aug. 19 meeting where they decided to opt out of a Tri-County mask mandate for students and teachers in schools.

During the first few public speakers, the audience, which filled up the hearing room and an overflow room, clapped in reaction to those supporting the opt-out.

After it happened several times, Commissioner Lora Thomas, who was serving as the chair that day, attempted to bring order to the room.

“We really want to hear from you so we’re just asking for some order in here so everybody can come up and speak, and we’re not going to have clapping in here please,” she said.

Moments later, Commissioner Abe Laydon broke in with his own perspective about the applause.

“As a point of personal privilege I’m going to ask the chair to walk back that decision. I think all of these people took their time out of their day to be here and as one commissioner, I’m OK with you expressing yourself however you’d like,” he said.

The audience responded with more claps and shouts of “thank you.”

Then, during the rest of the meeting, attendees cheered in support of those who spoke in favor of opting out of the mask mandate and shouted out at the few speakers who spoke against it.

One speaker who opposed the county’s decision to opt out of the mask mandate began her comments with “My viewpoint differs from the majority here, but it’s still a valid opinion and please don’t laugh, as I didn’t laugh at you.”

Commissioner Thomas wrote in an email to Colorado Community Media after the meeting that the audience’s “emotional outbursts” had prevented those with the minority opinion from having a fair opportunity to express their views.

“This was a public hearing for all citizens to address their government to ensure that their voices were heard. And we failed,” she wrote. “We are left to wonder how many more decided not to speak because of the hostile atmosphere in that room.”

‘It’s just disappointing’ Another speaker who called into the hearing virtually and spoke against the opt-out, Brian Clarke, was repeatedly interrupted by laughs and jeers during his comments to the commissioners.

Clarke said in an interview with Colorado Community Media that he was distracted by the audience’s outbursts during his comments.

“It’s just disappointing. It feels like a mob mentality when you have people feeding off each other’s energy. A room full of people that

all agree with one another and don’t want to hear anything that doesn’t reinforce their position, it’s just disappointing,” he said.

Commissioners also ran into struggles maintaining decorum during an April 27 meeting where Commissioners Laydon and George Teal proposed a resolution to censure Thomas over a dispute among the board members. Attendees repeatedly shouted out their reactions and comments from the gallery as the commissioners made comments from the dais.

The commissioners discussed the future of hearing room decorum during an Aug. 24 work session.

“Historically, all boards have asked for speech to be directed to the commissioners only, to wait until it’s their turn and not to have the emotion and outbursts from the audience because it is disruptive,” County Attorney Lance Ingalls said. “It can also be stifling to other people.”

Ingalls went on to say it’s up to the board how they will handle hearing room decorum and Thomas asked for a specific policy on the issue going forward.

“I think there needs to be a constant, a steady rule for the whole room so that the chair is not using his or her bias to decide who can have emotional outbursts and who cannot,” she said.

Thomas added that the state legislature does not allow applause or outbursts during testimonies.

‘I would ask for respect’ Laydon defended his stance on allowing applause in the room.

“What we saw in our hearing was reflective of the level of emotion and the level of desire that our citizens have to be able to express themselves freely under the First Amendment,” Laydon said. “I think bad things happen when we decide to silence our public and tell them that our voices are more important than theirs.”

Thomas responded that asking for decorum isn’t silencing anyone.

“When people are clapping and cheering and shouting down people, that is when we are inhibiting people’s First Amendment rights,” she said.

Laydon pressed on, stating he believes that a certain level of applause from the audience is orderly, but that jeering and intimidation are not.

“For citizens to take a day off of work to sit in a four-hour meeting, to tell them to just sit there and be quiet, I don’t know any parent in this county that’s going to respond well to that. And I’m not going to be part of it,” he said.

Commissioner Teal voiced support of Laydon’s point of view and the commissioners moved on from the topic.

At the start of a Sept. 7 meeting where the commissioners planned to vote on the formation of their own health department, Laydon, then serving as chair, asked for order before public comment began.

“In Douglas County we welcome freedom of speech and your opinions,” Laydon said. “I would ask for respect, order and decorum in this hearing room. We’ll allow for that to occur but at any time if it is out of order or disrespectful I will call the meeting back to order.”

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Douglas County reps level accusations at Tri-County Health Agency refutes claims of ‘censorship,’ hears claim of ‘compromised’ board members

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Kevin Bracken, Douglas County’s newest representative on the TriCounty Health Department board — a longtime critic of the agency — has asked it to investigate what he alleges was “illegal” activity regarding the video recording of the board’s Aug. 30 meeting.

And another Douglas County representative to the board, Linda Fielding, accused fellow board members of being “compromised” at the meeting.

The Aug. 30 meeting saw contentious exchanges between Tri-County officials leading up to the agency’s decision to require mask wearing by everyone inside schools as a COVID-19 safety measure and to repeal the ability of counties to opt out of its public health orders.

Those actions have met with stout opposition from Douglas County’s elected commissioners, who are taking steps to pull the county out of its 55-year-old relationship with Tri-County, the public-health agency for Douglas, Adams and Arapahoe counties. The Douglas County

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Kevin Bracken emailed his accusations to other Tri-County board members, along with elected leaders in the three counties. The email was forwarded to Colorado Community Media by Douglas County Commissioner George Teal.

In his email, Bracken referred to his comments at the Aug. 30 meeting.

“I just want it noted that the (video of the) Aug. 30 meeting had a very concerning fast forward through several of the board members’ comments. (Comments of) mine and Dr. Fielding in particular were (affected) more than any other board members,” Bracken said during the Board of Health’s Sept. 9 meeting.

Bracken added: “I find it very concerning if this file was edited.”

‘Was it intentional or not?’

Ronnae Brockman, the Tri-County executive assistant who helps run health board meetings, criticized Bracken’s comments and called them “false claims.”

“If you continue to engage in this hostile and defamatory behavior, I will take legal action against you,” Brockman told Bracken.

Bracken responded that he never alleged that Brockman, specifically, edited the video.

Brockman said that because of her position, when Bracken says a video was edited, “that is defamatory to me.”

“There is a difference between saying, ‘Hey, you guys, I noticed this is something happened on your video,’” Brockman said. “It’s very different than your accusatory email.”

Board President Kaia Gallagher, an Arapahoe County representative, acknowledged there was disruption in the video, saying: “The

MORE ON THE MASK DEBATE ONLINE Since this newspaper went to press, Colorado Community Media reporters have been following fast-moving developments in the ongoing debate over school COVID-safety mask-wearing policies and the Tri-County Health Department. For the latest news, visit ColoradoCommunityMedia.com.

question really is, was it intentional or not?”

Gallagher said a disruption in recording has occurred before.

“To the extent possible, the TriCounty Health Department staff will look into it,” Gallagher said.

Bracken said the Aug. 30 video is the only file that has been fast-forwarded through “in the recordings I’ve had an opportunity to watch.”

Jan Brainard, another Board of Health member from Arapahoe County, said she remembers that “after the very first Zoom meeting,” referring to a video-conferencing service used to conduct meetings remotely, she noticed a problem with the video recording.

“I called or sent an email to Ronnae (Brockman) and asked her where I could find it, and it was the exact same thing. There were parts of it missing,” Brainard said.

She added: “My point being that this is not intentional. It was not directed at Mr. Bracken.”

Bracken appears to be correct that his comments at the Aug. 30 meeting were affected by the disruption more than other board members’ comments in the period that runs from roughly 49:00 to 1:12:00 in the recording (available SEE ACCUSATIONS, P16

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Yes, some Douglas County families support school masking Masks protect vulnerable, curb spread, keep schools open, they say

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Heidi Reasoner felt a sense of relief when the Douglas County School District began requiring masks as a COVID-19 safety measure, first for students in preschool through sixth grade and later for all people inside district buildings older than 2.

Reasoner is immunocompromised. The Ponderosa High School teacher was diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder about a year ago, which causes her immune system to attack itself. She is fully vaccinated against COVID-19 but still leery of contracting the virus, she said, which her body would struggle with if she caught it when off her medication.

“It was scary at first to get diagnosed with this and have this life-altering thing happening right in the middle of a pandemic,” she said.

Amid protests and tense school board meetings, where many families have voiced vehement opposition to mask mandates, other Douglas County families are nervously hoping the district stays its course — particularly as

think that there’s no point,” she the county creates its own health said. department, which would void The student said she grew Tri-County Health Department’s frustrated watching student mask mandate for people in walkouts protesting mask requireschools 2 and older. ments, saying Several peomasks are a ple contacted simple step to Colorado Comcurb COVID’s munity Media spread. She to express their wore her mask support for in hallways masking and or in crowded mask-wearing spaces before rules, but dea mandate for clined interhigh school stuviews, were not dents but would available or did remove it if not respond sitting at lunch to further with people she requests for knew. comment.

Once masks People who became redeclined quired, she interviews or asked they not Erica, followed that be named in whose son is a sophomore at policy.

“Mandating this story cited Highlands Ranch High School them, it seemed concerns about reasonable to retaliation me. There’s a from commulot of kids who nity members wouldn’t wear them otherwise who oppose masking. and a lot of kids who still don’t,” A Ponderosa High School stushe said. dent who supports masking spoke The Ponderosa student said to Colorado Community Media on there is enough evidence showing the condition she not be named masks help contain COVID-19’s for fear of brushback among spread. But 10 years from now, students. if that is proven otherwise, she “A lot of kids at my school get won’t regret masking, she said. very intense about the mask “Even if they were right about mandate, specifically the kids who

‘My stance is to follow the science and listen to the experts who have spent a lot of time in their respective field to be able to provide recommendations.’

none of the science mattering, there is nothing wrong with trying to help other people,” she said.

Another Douglas County parent who supports mandates, Erica, asked that Colorado Community Media refer to her by first name only, also out of concern that her family would receive backlash in the community.

Erica’s son is a sophomore at Highlands Ranch High School and her daughter attends Cresthill Middle School. Both her children voluntarily wore masks from the first day of school, she said.

“My stance is to follow the science and listen to the experts who have spent a lot of time in their respective field to be able to provide recommendations,” she said.

Erica and her children estimated about 60% of students started wearing masks correctly once mandates began, but that few students masked when it was voluntary.

Erica said the lack of masking left her with intense anxiety, especially as case rates climbed among school-age students in Douglas County. Watching mask protests and parents condemn mandates at school board meetings left her demoralized.

“It just feels like it’s a losing battle,” she said. “I’m so exhausted from the outrage and the anxiety that I feel like I’m kind of SEE MASKING, P13

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Adding experience to life’s greatest teachers

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his column is dedicated to all the wonderful and committed teachers in our communities. Before the pandemic began, they already had my deepest respect. So, a big shoutout to each teacher in my life who helped me in some WINNING way along life’s journey, I appreciWORDS ate you all so much.

Teachers have a special gift and calling. And yet teachers are also grossly overworked and underpaid, and in many cases, overly criticized and underappreciated. All Michael Norton of this has become amplified over the past 19 months as our already stretched education system is caught in the collateral damage of the pandemic and other societal pressure points.

Masks, vaccinations, social distancing, hybrid learning, conflicting curriculums, forced curriculum change mandates, belief systems and constrained budgets all coming to a boil of disruption at the same time. My admiration for the teaching community only increases

as they continue to pour into their students while giving tirelessly of themselves.

By the way, I am including the entire teaching community. Educators at every level, coaches, mentors, trainers, corporate learning teams.

Each person who has a platform to develop their students, learners, and those they coach must deal with the very same things as someone who is teaching in a classroom, teaching virtually, or in some hybrid delivery model.

What can we talk about? What can’t we say? Where are the boundaries? Are there any boundaries?

How do we stay healthy? How can we keep our students safe? Is what we taught yesterday still relevant, let alone accepted today? Are there new skills, thoughts and theories that need to be explored? These are just a few of the variables and curveballs being thrown at those responsible for our education and personal and professional development.

Here is the upside. Never in history has the learning community been in such a position to acquire knowledge through academic, coaching, and training best practices coupled with access to information. And

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Paying for politics Now that our Douglas County leadership fulfilled their promise to walk away from Tri-County Health and appoint a board that a majority of the members have no health background but do have strong political ties that will carry out the political agenda of the party, how much can taxpayers be expected to pay for this new health organization? Is it going to more or less than the $2 million currently being paid?

I would suspect they have no clue!

For a group that speaks from a platform of lower taxes, voice of choice on personal decisions, where was the choice for taxpayers to give a voice in this move? Were they afraid of what the outcome of a vote?

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never has there been a time where we have had the opportunity to experience life with all its conflicts, contrasts, and challenges that we are living through today. Teaching theory, providing structure and concepts for problem-solving are important. And when we add the potency of real-world experiential learning to the solid fundamentals and advanced applications of teaching we have an enormous opportunity for growth.

Some believe that experience is life’s greatest teacher. This is only true if we learn from those experiences. The important thing is that when we fail, and we will, that we learn from that failure. Equally as important is that when we succeed, we learn from our successes. If we will let it, life has so much to teach us when it comes to understanding what works and what doesn’t work in the real-world. Life teaches us how to live, communicate, and optimize our performance at home and at work.

As we think about the future generations and the future leaders in our communities, government and in the workplace, we should be thinking about how we could impact their growth and the future of soci-

ety. Are we encouraging our teachers, educators, coaches and students at every level through dialogue or are we talking at them? When we provide life experiences and we are actively and openly talking about what is happening locally and globally today, we will have the greatest impact on where out students are going tomorrow.

“The best teachers are those who show you were to look but don’t tell you what to see.” - Alexandra K. Trenfor. We have a lot of people telling us where to look and what to see and hear right now. As students, and we are all students, we should consistently be challenging ourselves to look at life through the lens of concepts, theories, and experience.

Do you have a favorite teacher, coach, mentor, or trainer? Are you learning and growing from life’s lessons? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@tramazing.com, and when we can add our life experiences to our learning, it really will be a better than good year.

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t’s no secret that Colorado has one of the highest suicide rates in the nation. But what remains elusive is why and what we can do about it to truly make a signifiGUEST cant difference.

As the former state COLUMN legislator who led the establishment of the Colorado Suicide Prevention Commission, and a commissioner serving on it now, my commitment to finding the answer is fierce. But as a suicide-loss survivor, Linda Newell my drive for this quest is even stronger.

By now, almost everyone probably knows that it is Suicide Prevention Month across the country.

I could go on and on with a whole bunch of statistics alarming you of the too-often occurrence of someone killing themselves in Colorado, but instead, let’s focus on what we can do to potentially prevent it.

It is not only up to therapists, hos-

pitals, and the government to take action. Yes, we can continue to focus on it and build an infrastructure of systems and resources that people in need can use. And in Colorado, we’re doing a good job of that, considering the lean state budgets we have.

But what can you and I do to stop anyone from harming themselves?

Well, if we’re too late in the process, we can sometimes do nothing, honestly.

And in those circumstances, we will hopefully not allow ourselves to feel guilt or ask ourselves, “What could I have done?”

Sometimes, we are completely unaware of what’s going on inside another person, and there’s nothing we can do about it.

However, there are some proactive things we can do to “set the infrastructure” in our families and relationships that can make a big difference, and even save a life. Let’s talk about our children, for instance.

We may not want to admit it, but the statistics show that in Colorado, some children are considering ending their own lives as early as 6 years old. Why?

What drives a child to think about that or even think of suicide as an option?

And what can we do to prevent that?

Research tells us that one of the most effective protective factors against youth suicide is the child having a relationship with at least one trusted adult.

As an example, this one supportive relationship can be a parent, family member, teacher, minister, or therapist. Having someone who can listen, give loving advice, or just intentionally sit with them occasionally can be profound in them feeling heard and being accepted just as they are. That then can lead to feeling cared about and a sense of hope in the surrounding community.

As minor as this may sound, this one act can make a big difference in a child’s mental well-being. So, prioritizing our time with our kiddos and using empathy and listening skills can serve as a protective shield against them having thoughts of hopelessness or self-harm that can lead to suicide.

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Biden touts need for bolder response to climate change President visited NREL lab in north Jeffco on Sept. 14

President Joe Biden speaks Sept. 14 at the National Renewable Energy Lab’s Flatirons campus in Jefferson County.

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

“Folks, we’ve got to pick up the pace.”

That was President Joe Biden’s message as he spoke Sept. 14 about his plans to address climate change while creating new jobs during a visit to the National Renewable Energy Lab’s Flatirons campus, located north of the Rocky Flats Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County. d During his roughly 15-minute speech, Biden touted the need for the federal government to establish more ambitious goals for reducing emissions and addressing climate change than were set even by the Obama administration, in which he served as vice president.

“When those (goals) were set, we had more time,” said Biden. “We - don’t have that time now. The goals are different because the necessity is there … We don’t have much more than 10 years, for real.”

Among the new goals set by Biden is for the nation to reach 100% carbon-free power by 2035. Biden said he also recently announced a new target for the country to reduce its carbon emissions by between 50 and 52% by 2030.

Biden said the need to take bolder, more aggressive steps to address climate change has become starkly apparent recently, with nearly one in three American communities being struck by weather disasters in the past few months.

Biden said within the two weeks

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just going numb.”

Reasoner’s daughter Zaida attends fifth grade at Sedalia Elementary and masked before mandates came down. Zaida estimated about 10% of students voluntarily masked at the start of the school year.

Zaida said most students were respectful of her choice to wear a face covering, but she faced occasional pressure to stop.

“Some kids were telling me to just take my mask off. They told me that my mom wouldn’t even know about it,” she said. “I told them I would keep it on.”

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If we all took the time to act proactively by creating more loving and supportive relationships with each other, that one act could eventually be saving a life. Don’t wait till it’s too far down the line and they’re cutting themselves, abusing drugs or alcohol, or showing signs of actual suicidal thoughts.

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before his Colorado stop, he had made visits to California, New Jersey and Louisiana, where he surveyed damage from the Caldor Fire and Hurricane Ida. Coloradans, he said, are also becoming increasingly familiar with the effects of disasters driven by climate change.

“Even if it’s not in your backyard, you feel the effects when you turn on the local weather and in addition to the temperature and precipitation you want to know what the local forecast is going to be…” he said.

“You saw the vicious cycle this summer when heavy rains combined with the burn scar of the 2020 Grizzly Creek fire resulted in mudslides that washed out an entire section of Interstate 70.”

“The bottom line is it’s everywhere,” he later said.

However, Biden also touted the benefits that an increased focus on addressing climate change would bring, including the creation of well-paid, union-backed jobs.

“When I think of climate change, I think jobs,” Biden said.

She’s glad the district is requiring them, and believes students are more protected, she said.

In addition to being vulnerable to COVID-19, Reasoner experienced a loss during the pandemic. Her father died in November from COVID-19. Being unable to visit with him as he fought the virus or plan a normal funeral was difficult on the entire family, she said.

As she watched people in the district protest mask mandates, she wondered how many have experienced the pandemic’s toll on a personal level.

“They really don’t see the bigger picture of who we are trying to protect,” she said. “We’re trying to protect everybody, not just the vulnerable.” before it’s too late.

If you or a loved one is having thoughts of self-harm or suicide, please reach out to your therapist or call 800-273-8255 or 911.

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He said those possibilities are already apparent in Biden’s infrastructure bill, which he said would put 800,000 people to work, including a large portion in work related to addressing the climate crisis.

Biden was introduced by Julian Aguilar, a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 68 union of Xcel Energy workers in Colorado.

“Being here at NREL shows the future of our industry, renewable and sustainable energy…” he said.

“When you see all these new technologies you might think the future doesn’t look much like the past, but one thing the past and the future will have in common is that they be built by unions.”

Xcel Energy is the first utility in the nation to set a goal of being carbon-free, Biden said.

Gov. Jared Polis also spoke at the event at NREL. He thanked Biden for visiting the facility, which he said is “powering the renewable energy revolution,” and said the state will continue to partner with the Federal government as it works to meet its own goal of using 100% renewable energy by 2030.

“President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda directly helps support the work we are doing here in Colorado, one of the leading states on the clean energy revolution,” Polis said.

Biden, who completed a tour of the NREL foothills facility prior to his speech, praised NREL and said the Build Back Better plan also includes more funding for the lab and similar organizations.

“We’ll be making those breakthroughs in solar wind and storage out of these facilities,” he said.

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Local teen finished seventh in Tokyo Olympics

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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hen Colin Duffy first laid eyes on an indoor climbing wall, he was only 3 years old.

The colorful holds drew his attention and he begged his parents to let him give the sport a try. By 7, he was climbing in full-sized gyms. And now, at 17, Duffy was the youngest competitor in the first-ever Olympic sport climbing event.

“I think I just love how unique of a physical challenge it is,” he said about the sport. “Not only do you have to be strong enough to solve the climbs and problems but you also have to use your brain, figuring out body position and what the best strategy is going to be for each route.”

Duffy, a Broomfield resident and a student of Stargate Charter School in the Adams 12 district, grew up climbing in the area. He frequents local rock climbing gyms like G1 Climbing + Fitness, and his favorite local spot to climb outdoors is Rocky Mountain National Park.

Duffy qualified for this year’s Olympic Games in 2020 when he won the International Federation of Sport Climbing’s Pan American Championship in Los Angeles.

“I was kind of just awestruck after qualifying,” he said. “It didn’t really feel real.”

Then, the Olympic Games were delayed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Leading up to the Tokyo Olympics, Duffy, like many Olympic athletes, had to face a variety of new training methods due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For several months, gyms were closed and Duffy had to practice his climbing on an at-home wall in his basement.

When gyms opened, he adjusted to training while wearing a mask. Then, two weeks before the climbing competitions started, he traveled with the rest of the four-person U.S. team to Tokyo in early August.

Once in Japan, Duffy and his colleagues began to work on acclimating to the humid, hot weather they’d be competing in.

“I think the most noticeable difference for me was the heat,” Duffy said. “I’ve always been used to dry heat and a lack of humid-

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Duffy was one of eight climbers who made it into the Olympic finals out of 20 male athletes. In the finals, he finished seventh overall.

In the speed competition he ranked fifth, with 6.35 as his fastest time. In the bouldering event he finished in fourth place, and in the lead competition he ranked third.

Nathaniel Coleman, the other male climber from the U.S., took silver in the competition. Brooke Raboutou — from Boulder, Colorado — placed fifth in the women’s competition.

“I had a lot of fun,” Duffy said. “I think a lot of people probably look at it as the most intense event possible, but I think outside of the competition days, being around the village and being surrounded by so many incredible athletes, everyone is always smiling and just happy to be there with their teammates.”

Colin Duffy, who placed seventh in the first-ever sport climbing competition in the Tokyo Olympics, competes in a PHOTOS BY DANIEL GAJDA lead climbing event in Innsbruck, Austria.

ity, so being in such an intense climate and having to compete outdoors in that was really kind of hard to adjust to.”

Sport details At this year’s Olympics, the sport climbing event displayed three disciplines of indoor climbing: bouldering, lead climbing and speed climbing.

In the bouldering event, athletes attempt to scale short, challenging pre-set routes, also known as problems, which are made up of plastic imitation rocks of various shapes and sizes.

The walls in this event are about 15 feet high and surrounded by large pads.

Climbers don’t use any

rope for this event.

During lead climbing, the athletes are tied into a rope as they see how high they can get on a wall more than 50 feet high. As they climb, the competitors attach their rope into clips placed along the wall. On the ground, a belayer attached to the same rope is ready to catch the climber if they fall or finish the route.

While each route and problem in the lead climbing and bouldering disciplines is unique and neverbefore-seen by the athletes, the speed climbing event is different in that it presents the same route in every competition. Athletes dart up this standard route to see how quickly they can

press a touchpad at the top.

The fastest speed at the finals of the Olympics was 6.02 seconds.

In this year’s Olympics, climbers were required to participate in all three events, with their score being determined by how they ranked in each one.

Some in the sport criticized this format because of the inherent differences between speed climbing and the other two disciplines.

Duffy’s favorite climbing events are bouldering and lead climbing, he said. In the next Olympic games, there will be one competition for speed climbing and one combining bouldering and lead.

Enjoying the games As the youngest climber there, Duffy felt like he was able to relax and not put too much pressure on himself, he said.

“I think it allowed me to climb pretty loosely, especially in the qualifiers, I felt like I had nothing to lose being the youngest one there,” he said. “I know I’ll have other opportunities in the future, and being so young, there’s really no pressure or expectations on me, so my main goal was just to have fun.”

Due to the pandemic, Duffy’s family was not able to attend the games in person and instead had to wake up each night of the event about 2 a.m. to watch the competition in real time. But Nancy Duffy, Colin’s mom, said it wasn’t difficult to stay alert.

“When your kid is going, you’re nervous,” she said.

“So it’s easy to stay awake at that point.”

Duffy hopes to compete again in the next Summer Olympics in Paris in 2024, he said.

“I just hope in the future that climbing continues to gain recognition. I think it’s a sport that … people are really fascinated by,” he said. “It’s much different than the traditional sports you’ll see. Hopefully people that watch the Olympics really enjoy it and it starts to gain more traction.”

For those curious about the sport, Duffy has one main piece of advice: “Search for a local gym around you,” he said.

“Everyone should try climbing. It’s a very fun sport,” he said. “And probably very different than most people are used to.”

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Theresa Slade sentenced Devon Erickson, the older of two gunmen convicted in the shooting, to life in prison without a possibility of parole plus — according to prosecutors’ calculation — 1,282.5 additional years.

At the hearing, numerous victims said that they received a life sentence the day of the attack. Years of physical trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, and for scores of people, survivor guilt.

Sprague castigated the adult STEM School gunman for shattering lives. She grew up in an area plagued by violence, and she sent her son to STEM School because she “wanted a different life for my child.”

“I pray that you acknowledge what you have done,” she said. “I pray God has mercy on your soul.”

The sentence’s weight The sentencing hearing served as a milestone in a case that took nearly 2 1/2 years to reach that point — convicting and sentencing both gunmen.

In a news conference following the hearing, Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock and 18th Judicial District Attorney John Kellner commended people impacted by the attack for standing up in court and speaking about their experiences.

“Here they are today still carrying that day with them, but being strong enough to say ‘We want to tell you how we feel, we want to have justice,’” Spurlock said.

The sentence itself was noteworthy, prosecutors and law enforcement said, and came down in stark contrast to Erickson’s co-defendant, Alec McKinney.

The younger convicted shooter was 16 at the time of the attack — his codefendant, Erickson, was 18 — and was sentenced in July 2020

by District Judge Jeffrey K. Holmes to life in prison plus 38 years, with the possibility of parole after 40 years. Former 18th Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler, who led the prosecution of Erickson, has lambasted a juvenile offender program for which McKinney could qualify, possibly securing his release in 25 years.

Erickson’s sentence of life in

In a June 15 file photo, John Castillo speaks with reporters after a jury found Devon Erickson, the person who fatally shot Castillo’s son Kendrick, guilty of first-degree murder. Behind him are investigators and prosecutors from the district attorney’s office.

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prison without the possibility of parole, plus 1,282.5 years, was the maximum sentence possible for each charge connected to a victim, Brauchler said.

Based on the charges in Erickson’s conviction, state statute required he receive life in prison without the possibility of parole, but Slade had some discretion over how many years she tacked on.

Prosecutors said in court they believed the range to be an additional 400 years on the low end and 1,276 on the higher end, although the sentence ultimately exceeded their estimate.

People who gave impact statements pleaded for the maximum sentence allowed by law.

Erickson’s defense attorney, David Kaplan, spoke at length to the judge and courtroom, telling Slade that the individual he and

his colleague know is capable of rehabilitation and got swept up in the tragedy amid personal crisis.

The number of years she added would not make a real difference in achieving accountability, he said, and risked glorifying the crime.

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online at tinyurl.com/TriCountyAug30Video), when much of the board discussion took place.

But many comments from John Douglas, executive director of TriCounty Health, were also disrupted, including comments from Douglas that appeared not to be in response to Bracken. Not all of Bracken’s comments were disrupted.

Claims of members ‘compromised’ What could be called the most controversial part of the meeting discussion is still almost entirely intact on the recording. That’s when Fielding references Colorado statute 18-8-306, a state law that prohibits coercion of public officials. The law bars “attempts to influence any public servant.”

“I have information directly about one case, and there may be other cases that I suspect, and this is concerning board members who have been basically compromised because they have had complaints filed against them,” Fielding said during the Aug. 30 meeting.

During the meeting, Fielding called the meeting itself “compromised” and said it should be canceled “until we can resolve the status of those board members.”

It wasn’t clear from her comments which board members Fielding was referring to or where complaints

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were allegedly filed, and she did not offer evidence to back her claims of coercion. Colorado Community Media reached out to Fielding with questions about the allegations, but she did not respond.

Asked about Fielding’s claims, Becky O’Guin, spokesperson for TriCounty Health, said on Sept. 1: “We ... do not have information on what Dr. Fielding mentioned during the meeting. Any legal issues would be taken up in executive session with the board of health and (its) legal counsel,” An executive session is a closed-door meeting, often held to discuss legal questions.

HIPAA a factor, Tri-County says During the Sept. 9 Board of Health meeting, after Bracken raised his concerns about the Aug. 30 meeting video, Fielding suggested that Tri-County staff contact Zoom to try to improve the quality of meeting recordings and recover some of what was fast-forwarded through; Bracken seconded that motion. The board voted it down.

An email from Bracken to other board members and county officials regarding the meeting video said: “I am requesting an investigation into tampering, censorship, and this illegal activity.”

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Dr. Fielding’s comments is entirely coincidental. Finally, the compression issue isn’t unique to the August 30th Board of Health meeting. It has occurred on recordings of other Board meetings as well as internal TCHD meetings.”

O’Guin’s Sept. 10 statement noted that the meeting videos often include places where the video is “compressed” and the sentences are unintelligible, meaning they sound like they are being “fast-forwarded” through.

O’Guin pointed to recordings of Tri-County’s previous three regular Board of Health meetings as examples of when the disruption occurred in the past. She noted disruption in the June 10 meeting at 45:14, in the July 8 meeting at 56:51 and 1:05:17, and in the Aug. 12 meeting at 33:07.

“We have talked to Zoom about this issue and have been told that, unless we record to the cloud, we will continue to experience these issues. Unfortunately, TCHD is prohibited from recording to the cloud

by HIPAA and must record the meeting on a TCHD computer,” O’Guin’s statement read. (“The cloud” refers to the use of remote internet services rather than software on a user’s own computer.)

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, is a federal law that required the creation of national standards to protect sensitive patient health information from being disclosed without the patient’s consent or knowledge, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website.

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situation, O’Guin on Sept. 13 said: “TCHD has (an) enterprise-wide Zoom account with HIPAA-compliant features. TCHD staff use Zoom for telehealth appointments and other tasks that involve handling protected health information (PHI) on clients.” (Telehealth means the providing of health care or publichealth activities remotely via telecommunications technology, such as videoconferencing.)

“We have agency-wide HIPAA policies and procedures and through our Zoom account, staff are blocked from recording to the Zoom Cloud to reduce the potential for accidental disclosure of PHI because the Zoom Cloud is not HIPAA-compliant and not under TCHD’s control,” O’Guin continued. “We are looking into purchasing additional Zoom licenses that are outside of our HIPAA-compliant licenses to enable better Zoom recording quality.”

“We are considering an alternative Zoom account that lacks HIPAAcompliant features for public meetings,” O’Guin added.

Based on meeting length according to the official meeting minutes and the length of the recording, about 30 minutes was lost from the Aug. 30 meeting, according to O’Guin.

Zoom automatically converts recordings to an MP4 file when the meeting ends, and this file was uploaded in its entirety to Tri-County’s website, O’Guin said.

“The file cannot be fixed. This is how the video was converted by Zoom. Please note that TCHD isn’t required to post these recordings but did so in an effort to be transparent,” O’Guin said.

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Parker residents put on their lederhosen and grabbed their dachshunds for this year’s Oktoberfest event from Sept. 17 through 19.

The event, put on by the local Council of Arts, Science & Culture, took place in the parking lot of O’Brien Park.

The traditional fall event featured Bavarian dancers, live music, games, beer, food and dachshund races.

Emily and Jason Hockney brought their 6-year-old daughter to the event from their home in Highlands Ranch.

“We love all of Parker’s events,” Emily Hockney said.

Staff of a beer stand prepare Paulaner beers for customers at the Sept. 19 Oktoberfest event in Parker.

The family all took turns throwing hatchets at a target at one of the vendor booths.

“We’ve always wanted to do it. We saw it and had to do it,” she said.

The event featured dozens of vendors including craft sellers, local businesses and military representatives.

A man dressed in lederhosen enjoys the festivities at the Parker Oktoberfest event PHOTOS BY ELLIOTT WENZLER Sept. 19.

Workers at a German-style food vendor serve customers at a Sept. 19 Oktoberfest event in Parker’s O’Brien Park.

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Proposed redistricting map issued Sept. 15 shows which congressional districts would include parts of Douglas, Arapahoe, JefferMAP BY COLORADO INDEPENDENT CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING COMMISSION son and Denver counties.

The 6th District includes most of Aurora and Arapahoe County, a safe seat for incumbent Rep. Jason Crow, of Centennial, with a 15% Democratic advantage.

The 7th District now includes most of Jefferson County, but also small portions of Adams, Boulder, Broomfield, Douglas and El Paso counties as well as all of seven mountain counties. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, of Arvada, would find himself in a potentially competitive district with a 6% Democratic advantage.

The new 8th District includes much of Adams and Weld counties, including Greeley, Thornton, Commerce City and much of Westminster. Democratic state Rep. Yadira Carveo, of Thornton, recently announced plans to run in the district, which has a Democratic advantage of about 4%.

The political competitiveness of the districts is based on an average of election results from eight statewide races between 2016 and 2020.

The percentages above represent the difference between the percent of votes cast for a Republican candidate and the percent of votes cast for a Democratic candidate.

There’s disagreement about what constitutes a “competitive district.”

While the Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission views an advantage of 8.5% or lower as a competitive district, the congressional commission hasn’t defined a range.

Morgan Carroll, chair of the Colorado Democratic Party, disputed the congressional commission’s formula for determining the political competitiveness of a district.

“Measuring competitiveness by focusing on strong years for one party and ignoring 2014 — which was a strong year for the other party — is simply wrong,” Carroll said in a statement. “As a result, this could very likely end up a 4-4 map after the midterms, which is in no way reflective of Colorado voters.”

Currently, four of Colorado’s seven U.S. House members are

Democrats. Members of Congress don’t need to live in the district they represent.

A third congressional map drawn by staff may be released Sept. 23, if the commission doesn’t adopt a plan before then. The commission must adopt a map by Sept. 28 to submit to the Colorado Supreme Court by Oct. 1.

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Littleton, Englewood, Greenwood Village and Sheridan — would be in the 6th District, along with the Columbine and Ken Caryl areas of Jefferson County.

The new 8th Congressional District in the north Denver metro region would be nearly 39% Hispanic. It would encompass Northglenn, Thornton, Brighton, Commerce City and Fort Lupton.

And the proposed 7th District, now centered in the north and west metro area, would include much of Jefferson County and stretch to South Park in the central Rocky Mountains.

The new map, released Sept. 15, groups most of the Western Slope and southern Colorado into a single, L-shaped 3rd Congressional District.

Northwest high-country counties including Routt, Jackson, Eagle, Summit and Grand are grouped with Larimer and Boulder into a proposed 2nd Congressional District. And the new districts would no longer pit Garfield County Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert against Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse of Lafayette.

The map is the second to be drawn by nonpartisan staff based on 2020 census data, and incorporates input from the public about previous drafts.

Commissioners voted earlier in September to base the latest map on one drawn by Commissioner Martha Coleman, a Democrat from Fort Collins who is a geographer.

The latest map would create three safe Democratic districts, three safe Republican districts and competitive 7th and 8th Congressional Districts, according to a report by nonpartisan legislative staff.

In three districts, the Hispanic population would make up more than a quarter of the total district.

The latest map is markedly different from two previous proposals.

Here’s a look at how the districts shape up: The 1st District centered in Denver remains safe for Democratic U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, with a 57% Democratic advantage The 2nd District still includes Boulder and Fort Collins, but stretches west to Routt County and includes Summit and most of Eagle County. It also includes Neguse’s home in Lafayette, and would give Democrats a nearly 34% advantage.

The 3rd District stretches from Moffat County in the northwest, south through Mesa and Pitkin counties to Cortez and La Plata counties, then east to Pueblo and Las Animas County. Unlike a map released earlier this month, Boebert’s Silt home remains in the 3rd District, and she’d have a nearly 10% GOP advantage.

The 4th District still includes much of the Eastern Plains, as well as Windsor and much of Douglas County. Incumbent U.S. Rep. Ken Buck of Windsor would have a nearly 27% advantage.

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The death of a South Metro Fire Rescue firefighter-paramedic highlights the cancer risks that first responders face across the country.

Centennial-based South Metro, which serves parts of Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson counties, on Sept. 15 announced the “line of duty death” of Anthony Palato, known to his coworkers and friends as Tony.

Four years ago, Palato was diagnosed with an “occupational cancerous tumor,” the department tweeted. Palato had gone into remission, but the cancer returned.

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Results from that registry aren’t expected to be public until 2024 or later.

Earlier this month, PBS NewsHour reported on the long-term health issues that first responders to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks still face two decades later.

Speaking to NewsHour, physician and epidemiologist Dr. Steven Markowitz said that over 20,000 responders and residents enrolled in the federally funded World Trade Center Health Program have been treated for cancer.

The CDC and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health completed a multiyear study in 2016 of nearly 30,000

firefighters in three major cities — Chicago, Philadelphia and San Francisco — to understand any potential connections between their jobs and cancer diagnoses.

The study found that firefighters, compared to the general public, had a higher risk of cancer diagnoses and cancer-related deaths.

“If you are a firefighter and you are healthy right now this study does not mean that you will get cancer. We don’t know, simply from this study, whether or not you will get cancer. Instead, our study found that fire fighters, on average, have a higher risk of certain types of cancer compared to the general population,” the researchers concluded.

They also noted that if you are a firefighter and currently have cancer, that doesn’t not necessarily mean it was related to your service.

An update from 2020 on the study confirmed the previous findings.

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The shooter’s parents, grandfather and girlfriend told the room he showed remorse in private moments, despite a stoic persona in court.

As Erickson’s loved ones spoke about his life before the shooting — trips with his father, bonding with his grandfather, his mother’s health struggles — the convicted shooter at last broke down, quietly sobbing as he hunched over in his seat.

Shooting survivors in the gallery reacted with a mix of shock, dismay, or disbelief to comments made in defense of Erickson’s character.

Parents buried their faces in their hands or motioned for defense attorneys to hurry up. Former STEM students raised their eyebrows or quietly shook their heads.

Judge Slade didn’t buy it either.

Erickson’s reactions appeared “manipulative at best,” she said.

He failed to offer a reason behind the attack, something she heard victims cry for in victim impact statements, she said.

Slade also told the defendant he had not taken accountability. A nearly 600-page presentence investigation included a one-page statement purportedly written by him, but it included nothing substantive, she said.

“It was a shell,” she said.

She noted that he listened unflinchingly to survivor testimony until his family spoke about what he is losing, such as freedom to pur-

sue his interests or family time.

“Today is the first time I have seen you show any type of emotion,” she said.

Slade said the sentence she handed down was aimed at punishment and deterrence, “to make sure that this never happens again.”

John Castillo, Kendrick’s father, called the defendant’s emotional displays narcissistic. Apologies from the gunman’s parents felt canned, he said. He walked out of court as they testified.

Spurlock, the county sheriff, said people who gave victim impact statements calling the defendant unremorseful and a coward got the message across to Slade.

“That we do want to deter, we want to let everyone know that this is not acceptable at any level, and that the State of Colorado is going to punish people that put harm on our children and our schools,” he said.

DA Kellner vowed to always uphold Kendrick’s memory.

“Today’s sentence from the judge honored that memory and the sacrifice of Kendrick Castillo, and today’s sentence from the judge recognized the profound horror, the terror that was inflicted by this defendant on our community,” he said.

“This will be my last official act as torney at Kellner’s invitation. a prosecutor for the 18th Judicial The pandemic caused a painful District.” drawing-out of the older suspect’s As is always the case, John case after multiple rescheduled triCastillo said, the possibility of apals, Brauchler said. He called that peals loom. Defense attorney Julia another testament to the commuStancil said she did not have any nity’s resiliency. comment when reached by email.

“We did this during COVID. We He watched as the gunman’s lawdid this with social distancing and yers and family took notes during masks,” he said. “We got this thing the sentencing hearing, he said, done.” wondering if that was a precursor Brauchler thanked Kellner for alto more legal battles. Whatever lowing him to stay on. Brauchler’s comes, he and Maria will attend tenure as DA was bookended by any future hearings as they did the Aurora theater killings and the throughout the court cases, he said.

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Englewood’s football team used support from Johnson & Johnson as a cure for an inexperienced offensive line during a 19-14 win over Littleton in a penalty-filled game played Sept.

16 at Randy Penn Stadium, the Englewood Pirates’ home field.

When we say Johnson & Johnson, we’re not writing about the company that develops medical devices and pharmaceuticals, but instead about senior brothers Gunner and Hunter Johnson.

Hunter Johnson is a safety, kick returner and wide receiver.

Gunner Johnson is the Pirates’ quarterback.

Against the Littleton Lions, Hunter returned the opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown to give the Pirates a quick lead.

Then with 2:33 left in the game, he caught a 13-yard scoring pass from Gunner Hunter to provide the winning margin after Littleton had grabbed a 14-13 advantage earlier in the final quarter.

“They are so competitive with one another, let alone with the other team,” Englewood coach Mike Campbell said about the Johnson brothers. “They are like energizing bunnies, man, they just play. We’d love to play Gunner on defense some but he hits so hard I’m worried he would be hurt. He doesn’t know how to be a Deion Sanders and usher you out of bounds.”

Campbell then explained the important of having players like

the Johnsons.

“We’re struggling up front right now. We started two freshmen, two sophomores,” he said.

“And we had a starting center get hurt in practice and we had a center that hadn’t played in a varsity game. We have a lot of learning going on up front.”

It took Hunter Johnson just 14 seconds to push the Pirates into the lead with the opening kickoff return.

“It is always good to get off to a good start, especially our team,” said Hunter. “It’s good to get that quick boost, get everybody pumped up and get the momentum on our side.”

Gunner Johnson, a 6-foot-1, 165-pounder just like his brother, was sacked by the Lions’ Peter Braun on the Pirates’ game-deciding drive, which pushed the ball back to the 13-yard line.

But he connected with his brother on the next play for the winning TD. “I look for him all the time,” said Gunner. “He’s going to be open and I throw him the football. It was a big win for us.

We were down, only dressed 17 players.”

Littleton, which snapped a 29-game losing streak with a win over Denver Lincoln in this season’s opener, was down coaches because of COVID protocols and defensive coordinator Ryan Wesley was the acting head coach.

“We were facing such an uphill battle,” said Wesley. “I’m actually the fill-in head coach.

We have seven coaches on staff, four of which weren’t able to be here. They got sick and were not able to be here.

“This was just last minute on Monday so we were rolling with just two coaches all the way up SEE FOOTBALL, P24

Englewood’s Hunter Johnson (3) scored twice on a kickoff return and the game-winning pass from his brother Gunner during the Sept. 16 game against Littleton. The Pirates won, 19-14. PHOTO BY JIM BENTON

Top-ranked soccer team can’t vanquish rival Castle View boys have to settle for tie against Regis Jesuit

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Jack Pucciano of Castle View looks to take a loose ball and make a play during a 1-1 tie against Regis Jesuit in a Sept. 14 match.

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Castle View, the topranked boys soccer team in the CHSAANow.com Class 5A poll, ran into a stubborn opponent on Sept. 14 in its Continental League opener against Regis Jesuit.

The Sabercats of Castle Rock were coming off a 3-2 overtime victory over second-ranked Boulder and had chances to escape with another OT win but had to settle for a 1-1 tie against the Raiders in a match played at Lou Kellogg Sta-

dium in Aurora.

“It wasn’t one of our best games but a lot of that had something to do with Regis going real hard,” said Castle View coach Mark Burfeind. “We just tried to weather the storm and made too many mistakes.”

Aurora-based Regis grabbed a 1-0 lead after Sabercats keeper Ryen Royce came 20 yards out from the goal in an attempt to deflect a high shot only to see the ball wind up at the feet of Regis’ Joseph Bennett, who scored at the 16-minute mark of the first half.

“He (Royce) came out of the box and tried to hit it with his chest and it kind of rolled off his arm and right to them,” said Burfeind.

Senior Bailey Voit, off an assist by Antonino Piscitel-

la, tied up the match for Castle View in the second half in the 56th minute, but then the Sabercats were bottled up for most of the rest of regulation time as the Raiders applied offensive pressure.

“Like I said, they came out on fire and we never matched what they were doing and we struggled the whole game,” added Burfeind.

Castle View had at least two good chances to win during the two 10-minute overtime sessions.

Senior Jack Pucciano, who had 16 points in Castle View’s first five games, got free on a breakaway with 1:35 still to play in the first OT, but his shot was SEE SOCCER, P24

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to the game and we got our third coach back. This was my first time having to call a varsity game. The guys came out and left it on the field.

They fought hard.”

Junior Brycen Mhlanga set up both Littleton TDs with runs of 29 and 87 yards before being stopped at the one-yard line both times. Quarterback Timmy Higgins scored on quarterback sneaks both times and gave Littleton a 14-13 lead with 10:51 remaining in the game.

“What really hurt us was that opening kickoff,” said Wesley. “That’s the extra points on that scoreboard.

Their offense put up 12 so that one kind of is what it is.

“We come in to fight and we’re trying to turn the program around.

It’s been a losing program for so long.

If we have to go down, we go down

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handled by the Regis goalie.

“Probably our overall best player got the ball on a breakaway and the keeper made a good save,” said Burfeind.

Then in the second OT, Chardel Moussata came in alone on the Regis goal but his shot sailed wide of the net.

“We moved one of our outside mids who is really fast up top and he got a breakaway and just hit it off the side of his foot,” explained Burfeind. “He had the whole goal open. Yeah, we had a few chances.”

Castle View has a 6-1 overall

Englewood quarterback Gunner Johnson (2) delivered the game-winning pass to his brother Hunter with 2:33 left in the game to give the Pirates a 19-14 win over Littleton in the Sept 16 game. PHOTO BY JIM BENTON

swinging.”

Littleton, which is 2-44 over the past five seasons and hasn’t had a winning record since 2009-10, had the ball briefly twice after the Johnsonto-Johnson scoring pass but couldn’t generate an offensive push.

record after a 3-2 overtime win over Chaparral on Sept. 16 when Chardel Moussata scored the winning goal. Regis was 2-2-1 following a 1-0 win over Legend on Sept. 16.

“As bad as we played, a tie isn’t all bad in this game,” explained Burfeind. “It doesn’t hurt us. We had a pretty hard non-conference schedule and we got through that and so a tie isn’t all bad. We would have liked to have a win, but a tie is better than a loss. You look at the grand scheme of things, it is not a killer.

“I expected better but it was still one of those games when we didn’t play well. I told the boys it is minor, don’t let the highs be too high or the lows be too low and come back and be ready to go.”

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Castle Rock teen gets within feet of $1M Kaden Lebsack treasures experience on ‘American Ninja Warrior’

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In a record-breaking season, Castle Rock teen Kaden Lebsack came up just short of earning the $1 million grand prize as he was the last one standing in the 13th season of “American Ninja Warrior.”

Lebsack did win $100,000 for strength and agility.

In the Sept. 13 finale, Lebsack continued to shock viewers as he zoomed through Stages 2 and 3 in his quest to have a shot at Stage 4.

Lebsack broke the record of not only being the youngest ever to complete Stage 3 but was also the first rookie to do so.

“Being the only rookie to ever complete Stage 3, I know I wouldn’t be here today if it wasn’t for my coach, John Maul,” Lebsack said. “He has trained me

since I was 10 years old. He has put a lot of time and dedication into my training.”

After the Stage 3 competition, Lebsack was the only ninja left standing, earning his opportunity to proceed to Stage 4, where the only thing standing between him and $1 million was a 75-foot rope climb, which he had to do in 30 seconds or less.

With the country watching, Lebsack started the climb quickly, hitting the 30-foot mark, then 40, and then he ran out of steam.

Getting near the 50-foot mark, Lebsack ran out of time, missing becoming a teenage millionaire by about 10 feet.

After the show, Lebsack said, “I am super happy to complete Stage 3, but I will not be content until I conquer Stage 4. The rope climb was harder than I thought it was going to be. I really didn’t have a good technique. It will be something I will be working on now.”

In the 13th season of “American Ninja Warrior,” Lebsack, at 15, was the first teenage ninja to ever compete on the final stage. This was the first season teenagers

were allowed to compete alongside adults. Lebsack outlasted 17 other teenage competitors.

Lebsack breezed through the season with ease, showing that the discipline is not about age, but about training. On the finale, Lebsack’s parents Ryan and Brandi said he started wanting to become a ninja when he was 8.

The couple opened a training facility in Castle Rock to allow Lebsack to train full time. Ryan said his son has remained dedicated to the dream of becoming a Ninja Warrior, training “like an Olympian.”

Lebsack said competing will always be a memorable experience because he was able to compete alongside veteran ninjas whom he has respected for years.

“It was amazing to get their support and have them cheering me on,” he said.

In looking at the future, Lebsack said he and Stage 4 still have unfinished business, and if the show asks him back, he will return.

Kaden Lebsack said he will always treasure the “I want to compete in Ninja as opportunity to compete on the “American Ninja long as my body allows,” he said. Warrior” program.

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CIANCONE, LAURA 14.53 CINTAS CORPORATION 1,050.56 CINTAS CORPORATION 4,851.00 CITY OF AURORA 34,677.52 CITY OF CASTLE PINES 170,641.78 CITY OF LITTLETON 8,843.94 CITY OF LONE TREE 1,429,674.49 CL CLARKE INC 13,312.75 CLARKSON, COREY 211.20 CODE-4 COUNSELING 250.00 COLLINS ENGINEERS INC 1,000.00 COLORADO ASPHALT PAVEMENT 500.00 COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF TAX APPRAISERS 4,735.00 COLORADO BARRICADE COMPANY 149,416.60 COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA 7,486.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 112.40 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT 705.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 11,455.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH 350.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE 3,653,521.68 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF STATE 20,164.00 COLORADO DESIGNSCAPES INC 5,950.00 COLORADO DESIGNSCAPES INC 29,918.25 COLORADO DOORWAYS INC 1,759.38 COLORADO JAIL ASSOCIATION 20.00 COLORADO JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT 542.00 COLORADO PAINT COMPANY 26,785.00 COLORADO STATE TREASURER 9,117.01 COLUMBINE PAPER & MAINTENANCE 1,321.26 COMPASSCOM SOFTWARE CORPORATION 2,459.17 COMPASSION ADULT DAYCARE 17,000.00 COMPUTRONIX INC 28,400.00 CONSOR ENGINEERS LLC 15,878.22 CONTINUUM OF COLORADO 21,449.00 CONVERGEONE INC 2,493.28 COORS DISTRIBUTING COMPANY 23,104.00 CORDANT HEALTH SOLUTIONS 32.40 COUNTY LINE LWECW LLC 1,000.00 COYLE, MICHAEL J & ANNE M 133.45 CRISIS CENTER 10,363.09 CRL ASSOCIATES INC CSST SOFTWARE LLC CUMMINS SALES AND SERVICE CYNTHIA R HODGE & ASSOCIATES DAVID EVANS & ASSOCIATES INC DAVID R KEMP PLUS INC DAWN B HOLMES INC DC GROUP INC

43,100.00 3,500.00 854.10 6,572.90 1,174.00 1,600.00 33,605.00 41,084.70

DEERE CREDIT INC 410,886.47 DENOVO VENTURES LLC 7,675.00 DENVER SOUTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP 70,000.00 DESIGN CONCEPTS CLA INC 1,207.75 DEVELOPMENTAL PATHWAYS INC 1,905,250.69 DIAZ, CARLOS 99.40 DIGITAL IMAGING BY DESIGN 478.70 DISPLAY SALES 483.00 DISTRICT ATTORNEY, 18TH DISTRICT 1,444,792.71 DNA DIAGNOSTICS CENTER INC 87.00 DOCKERY, REBECCA 99.40 DOOLEY ENTERPRISES INC 55,548.22 DORRELL III, RONALD 123.20 DORRELL, STEPHANIE 123.20 DOUGLAS COUNTY BOYS LACROSSE BOOSTERS 200.00 DOUGLAS COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF’S ASSOC 19,820.75 DOUGLAS COUNTY HOUSING PARTNERSHIP 273,909.64 DOUGLAS COUNTY INMATE WELFARE ACCOUNT 1,070.00 DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF 30.00 DR BRENNA TINDALL & ASSOCIATES 1,000.00 DRC CONSTRUCTION SERVICES INC 4,049.83 DUNCAN, ALEXANDER 196.63 DYCK, DAINNA J 176.71 DYER-JONES, LARA 160.72 EAN SERVICES LLC 264.74 EARTHWISE ENTERPRISE 1,786.60 EGAN, BRYAN 110.17 ELLISON, STEPHEN & PACHAREE 2,500.00 EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL DENVER 8,321.00 ENTRATTER, FELICE A 99.40 ENVISION IT PARTNERS 2,488.00 ESKER SOFTWARE INC 863.88 EWING IRRIGATION PRODUCTS INC 424.57 EZ LINER INDUSTRIES 747.40 FASTENAL COMPANY 21.80 FEDEX 131.93 FELLING TRAILERS INC 32,807.20 FELSBURG, HOLT AND ULLEVIG 139,714.23 FILEVINE INC 18,113.65 FIRE ALARM SERVICES INC 520.00 FIRESIDE MASONRY & CONSTRUCTION 25,908.80 FIRST AMERICAN MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS 15.00 FISCHER, BECKY 191.70 FLESSNER, STEPHEN 65.92 FLOORZ LLLP 15,469.18 FOOTHILLS DOG AGILITY EQUIPMENT RENTAL

475.00

FRANKLIN, BRIAN FRANKTOWN ANIMAL CLINIC FREDERICKS, FRANK FREDRICH, CATHLEEN FRENCH, JA’DAE FRIZELL, ELIZABETH FRONT RANGE LEGAL PROCESS SERVICE FRONTIER FERTILIZER & CHEMICAL COMPANY GADES SALES COMPANY INC GADZIALA, CAMILLE GALLS LLC GARBUTT, DANIEL A GARCIA, JULIE GAUCK, BRIAN Q GAUGHAN, JENNIFER GAUTHIER, GABRIEL

23.39 1,212.98 412.67 217.86 264.49 486.95 75.00 1,563.58 6,762.00 330.18 19,451.77 4,316.25 50.00 600.00 196.22 393.89

Telephone/Communications Travel Expense Sidewalk Repair Projects Professional Membership & Licenses Escrow Payable Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Travel Expense CPR Training Service Contracts Due to Aurora - MV License Fee Due to Castle Pines MV License Due to Littleton-MV License Due to Lone Tree-MV License Professional Services Travel Expense Therapy Engineering Services Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Road Repair & Maintenance Newspaper Notices/Advertising County Fair Services/Fair Show Management Due to State-Marriage License Due to State-Marriage License Professional Service Fees Due to State - MV Due to State - eRecording Snow Removal Surrey Ridge Concrete Replacement Repair & Maintenance Supplies Professional Membership & Licenses Due to State-Family Friendly Court Paint & Road Striping Unemployment Claims Janitorial Supplies Telephone/Communications Developmental Disabilities Grant POSSE 7.4 Upgrade Traffic Signals - Engineering Developmental Disabilities Grant Software/Hardware Support County Fair Service/Fair Event Medical, Dental & Vet Services Escrow Payable Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Reimbursement for Community Services Annual Live Town Hall Meetings Software/Hardware Support Service Contracts Conference, Seminar, Training Fees ITS Infrastructure Study Other Repair & Maintenance Service Medical, Dental & Vet Services UPS Unit Replacement at Wilcox Building Motor Grader Leases Software/Hardware Support Professional Membership & Licenses Building Landscape Design Mill Levy Distribution Travel Expense County Fair Service/Fair Marketing Operating Supplies Legal Services Professional Services Travel Expense Firearm Supplies Travel Expense Travel Expense Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Security Services Emergency Rent Assistance Funding Professional Services/Booking Fees Process Service Fees Case Management Repair & Maintenance Service Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Travel Expense Travel Expense Instructor Travel Waste Disposal Services Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Escrow Payable Student Travel Travel Expense Software/Hardware Support Software/Hardware Support Operating Supplies Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts Operating Supplies Postage & Delivery Service Cars, Vans, Pickups Road-Street Drainage-Engineering Computer Software/License Repair & Maintenance Service Repair & Maintenance Service Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Travel Expense Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Sheriff’s Department Carpet Replacement County Fair Services/Fair Show Management Travel Expense Medical, Dental & Vet Services Travel Expense Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Travel Expense Meeting Expense Process Service Fees Grounds Keeping Supplies Traffic-School Flasher Parts Travel Expense Clothing & Uniforms Instructor Travel & Fee Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder County Fair Service/Fair Rodeo Travel Expense Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder

GESICK, DEBBIE GMCO CORPORATION GOMMEL, HUGH E & SANDRA E GOOD EARTH PRODUCTS INC GOODBEE & ASSOCIATES GOUDY, MALISA GREAT ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENTS GREENBERG & SADA PC GREENBERG, MICHAEL ALAN GROUND ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS INC GUTHRIE, JOSHUA DOUGLAS HAMILTON, JEFFREY A HARTMANN, GARY K HBS HDR ENGINEERING INC HEALTH ADVOCATE SOLUTIONS INC HEALTH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES HEALTHCARE MEDICAL WASTE SERVICES LLC HEATHCOAT, LAURA HELP & HOPE CENTER HELTON & WILLIAMSEN PC HIGHLANDS RANCH METRO DISTRICTS HILL, ASHLEY HIRERIGHT LLC HIXON INC HKS UTILITY SERVICES LLC HODITS, SARAH HOFFMAN, DARCY HOKE, SARAH E HOLLIDAY, NICOLE A HOME CARE ASSISTANCE OF DOUGLAS COUNTY HR GREEN INC HRSC HIGHLANDS RANCH SENIOR CLUB HSS - HOSPITAL SHARED SERVICES HUDICK EXCAVATING INC HUERTA, JENNIFER M HUMANE SOCIETY OF PIKES PEAK INTERMOUNTAIN RURAL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION IREA IVANUSA, STEPAN & OKSANA IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA

200.00 81,720.00 259.22 927.32 1,402.50 173.11 5,124.10 3,272.43 312.00 75,780.10 56.36 337.50 106.22 184.00 213,906.86 1,281.00 1,492.50 49.00 102.96 273,618.04 1,047.40 12,625.40 65.00 1,881.86 92.70 655.00 124.88 650.00 402.68 127.80 1,951.00 740.00 400.00 7,944.00 1,302.00 217.73 36,175.00 45,000.00 186,869.94 117.81 1,068.00

J & A TRAFFIC PRODUCTS J & V STRIPING LLC J BROWER PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES & CONSULTING J P MORGAN CHASE BANK AROCKI, SAMANTHA JAY DEE CLEANING & RESTORATION INC JEFFERSON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO JHL CONSTRUCTORS INC JOB STORE INC, THE JOHNSON, JOI JOHNSON, NICHOLAS W ON P DICKEY LLC JOYCE HOMES KAHN CONSTRUCTION KALIHER, MEGHAN KANE, MICHELLE KDVR.COM KELTY CONSTRUCTION INC KENNEDY - COLORADO LLC KIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY KIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY KLEEN TECH SERVICES LLC KLINGER, CHRISTAL E

3,380.00 9,609.00 180.00 940,234.44 69.72 6,381.60

Fair Judges/Referees Fees Aggregate Products Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Operating Supplies Professional Services Travel Expense Ecological Consulting Services Insurance Claims Refund Construction Inspection Services Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Purchased Services Employee Recognition Supplies Waste Disposal Services Road-Street Drainage-Engineering Advocacy Fees Mental Health Services Biohazard Waste Removal Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Reimbursement for Community Services Engineering Services Water & Sewer Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Recruitment Costs Operating Supplies Road-Street Drainage-Engineering Travel Expense Veteran Affairs Stipend Travel Expense Travel Expense Senior Services Grant Professional Services Contributions Security Equipment Professional Services Travel Expense Animal Control Services Relocate Transmission Pole on Pine Drive Utilities/Electric Plan Checking Fees County Fair Services/Fair Show Management Sign Parts & Supplies Paint & Road Striping Mental Health Services PCard Purchases 07/05/21-08/04/21 Office Supplies Repairs & Maintenance Event Center

4,585.31 956.67 1,810.00 1,455.84 184.80 99.40 8,820.00 2,500.00 22,046.20 334.71 231.73 3,750.00 5,000.00 14,184.55 42,942.72 672.42 68,218.00 100.08

Foster Care Collaborative Senior Services Grant Escrow Payable Contract Work Travel Expense Travel Expense Roofing Inspections Escrow Payable Insurance Claims Travel Expense Travel Expense Fair Marketing & Sponsorship Escrow Payable Building/Land Lease/Rent Asphalt & Asphalt Filler Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder County Wide Janitorial Services County Fair Services/Fair Show Management KNOTHEAD TREE AND LAWN CARE 9,337.50 Road Repair & Maintenance KOCH LANDSCAPES AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS 2,000.00 Repair & Maintenance Service KUMAR AND ASSOCIATES INC 16,455.23 Road Repair & Maintenance KURITZ, ANDREW 207.40 Travel Expense KURITZ, ANDREW 2,000.00 Tuition Reimbursement KUTAK ROCK LLP 10,802.20 Legal Services KWGN-TV 500.00 Fair Marketing & Sponsorship LADUKE, AMANDA 20.00 Client Refund LAMB-STAR ENGINEERING LLC 880.00 Road Repair & Maintenance LANGILLE, GARY & JANET 218.28 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder LEBLANC, CODY 200.00 Fair Judges/Referees Fees LEE, LUANNE 41.60 Fair Show Management LEE, MICHAEL 257.22 Travel Expense LESTER, VICTORIA 10.00 Professional Membership & Licenses LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS 11,211.28 Telephone/Communications LEXISNEXIS RISK SOLUTIONS 27,562.50 Software/Hardware Subscription LINDT, TANNER 99.40 Travel Expense LITESYS INC/INTELICOM INC 121.99 Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts LITTLETON EQUINE MEDICAL CENTER 1,500.00 County Fair Service/Fair Rodeo LOCKHART, DENNIS F 748.14 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder LONG, PAT 1,369.61 Travel Expense LOUVIERS WATER & SANITATION 4,513.81 Water & Sewer LOUVIERS WATER & SANITATION 5,014.00 Wildlife Management LUCEY, NICHOLAS E 85.00 Fair Judges/Referees Fees LUMIN8 TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES LLC 1,368.00 Traffic Signal Maintenance LYFT INC 216.10 Travel Expense LYLES, CELESTENE (TENA) 483.17 Travel Expense LYNN PEAVEY COMPANY 317.75 Operating Supplies LYTLE WATER SOLUTIONS LLC 5,474.00 Water Consulting Services MADISON INDUSTRIES INC OF GEORGIA 12,399.75 Insurance Claims MAES, CHRIS D 650.00 Veteran Affairs Stipend MALFER, DENNIS JOHN 1,047.20 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder MANNA RESOURCE CENTER 321.49 Emergency Rent Assistance Funding MAPLE STAR COLORADO INC 6,793.00 Other Professional Services MARQUEZ, RYAN J 174.89 Travel Expense MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC 93,614.46 Asphalt Overlay MARTIN, BETTY & ALICIA SIDLO 1,000.00 Fair Marketing & Sponsorship MARTINEZ, GARY 250.00 Fair Judges/Referees Fees MASTIN, CYNTHIA & BENJAMIN 193.14 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder MATRIX DESIGN GROUP INC 21,285.50 Crowfoot Engineering Design MAVERUDZE, WONDER 42.60 Travel Expense MCLELAND, KATRINA 191.70 Travel Expense MERCADO, CHRISTOPHER & KATRINA L 162.32 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder MERIDIAN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT 801.77 Water & Sewer MILLER WENHOLD CAPITOL 9,166.66 Lobbying Services MILLS, DEBORAH M 404.22 County Fair Awards/Meals MLH PHOTOGRAPHY 1,550.00 County Fair Services/Fair Live MOBILE RECORD SHREDDERS 2,830.20 Waste Disposal Services MOFFITT JR, ROBERT 99.40 Travel Expense MONTESSORI SCHOOL AT LONE TREE 1,000.00 Schools MORTENSEN MOUNTAIN LLC 1,200.00 Waste Disposal Services MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC 2,240.00 Communication Equipment Continued to Nex t Page 939714

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Public Notices Legals City and County Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING A public hearing will be held on Oct. 19, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. before the Douglas County Board of County Commissioners in the Commissioners Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, CO. The hearing is for the adoption of the 2020 National Electrical Code, with amendments. For more information call Korby Lintz, Chief Building Official, Douglas County Building Division at 303-660-7497.

Legal Notice No. 939718 First Publication: September 23, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: SANDRA FARR AKA SANDRA RUTH FARR -

OCCUPANT - LINCOLN LTD - BLUE SPRUCE SERVICING COMPANY LLC - SCOTT DAVID KASSING - SANDRA FARR AKA SANDRA RUTH FARR C/O SENIORCARE LLC - SANDRA FARR AKA SANDRA RUTH FARR & GLYNN CATLEDGE AKA GLYNN NEWTON CATLEDGE - CLARKE LIVING TRUST - WALTER F CLARKE & SARA M CLARKE AS TRUSTEES OF THE CLARKE LIVING TRUST - MELANIE DOUGLAS PC - MARTHA BROWN GUARDIAN FOR SANDRA FARR C/O SENIORCARE LLC - DR CHRISTOPHER R THORNTON AS CONSERVATOR FORMERLY MARK ELLIOTT AS CONSERVATOR - GLYNN CATLEDGE AKA GLYNN NEWTON CATLEDGE You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 2nd day of November 2017 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13, LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 37 BLK 19 PERRY PARK 5 1.128 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13, LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2016. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of SANDRA FARR for said year 2016 That on the 16th day of December 2020 said FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13, LLC assigned said certificate of purchase to BLUE SPRUCE SERVICING COMPANY LLC. That said BLUE SPRUCE SERVICING COMPANY LLC on the 23rd day of December 2020 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 December 2021 unless the same has been redeemed.

Continued From Last Page: Page 2 of 2: No. 939714 MOUNTAIN VIEW ELECTRIC INC 630.68 MOYERS, ANN 432.88 MTM MARKETING 1,800.00 MTM RECOGNITION 3,300.55 MULLER ENGINEERING COMPANY INC 22,166.86 MURLOWSKI, JAMES ROBERT 144.63 MUSANDU, DAN 269.36 MUSCO SPORTS LIGHTING LLC 1,800.00 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION INC 45,764.00 NEWMAN, DAVID MICHAEL 145.56 NEXT PHASE ENGINEERING LLC 3,675.00 NICOLETTI-FLATER ASSOCIATES 770.00 NILEX CIVIL ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP 7,676.00 NMS LABS 8,713.00 NORTH LINE GIS LLC 1,890.00 NORTHWEST SIGN RECYCLING LLC 4,516.42 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH CENTERS OF THE SW 2,985.00 O’CONNELL, LETA 91.50 O’DONNELL, THOMAS 70.43 ORACLE AMERICA INC 13,211.06 ORMSBEE, SONIA 186.03 PACIFIC OFFICE AUTOMATION INC 279.68 PALLAS, TONNA 600.00 PALMER, ELLEN 153.60 PALMER, NICOLE E 129.08 PANORAMA WELLNESS AND SPORTS INSTITUTE 10,000.00 PARKER WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT 2,858.00 PARRISH JR, ANTHONY 314.61 PAWS 4 PRODUCTIVITY LLC 450.00 PEAK OFFICE FURNITURE INC 71,266.26 PERFORMANCE CONSTRUCTION 1,240.00 PERRY PARK WATER & SANITATION 9,891.79 PETERSON, PAYSON W 400.00 PHOENIX SUPPLY LLC 2,759.55 PHYSICIANS MEDICAL IMAGING 222.96 PINERY HOMEOWNERS 705.66 PINERY WATER DISTRICT 7,011.04 PIPER, TODD & KRISTINA 2,500.00 PMAM CORPORATION 2,600.34 POLK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE 50.68 POO CREW LLC, THE 560.00 POTTER, SHAWNA 117.93 POUPPIRT, DAVID ELWOOD 66.00 PR DIAMOND PRODUCTS INC 2,293.00 PRO COM - PRO COMPLIANCE 2,100.00 PRO RODEO HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM 1,000.00 PROFESSIONAL RODEO COWBOY’S ASSOCIATION 54,000.00 PROULX, BRADLEY 165.00 PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS 12,650.00 PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO 10,000.00 PUBLIC TRUST ADVISORS LLC 11,666.66 PUEBLO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 430.00 QUALITY LANDSCAPE AND SOIL PRODUCTS 410.79 QUINN, TERENCE T 736.83 R.E. MONKS CONSTRUCTION 4,983.75 RAMPART LANDSCAPE & ARBOR SERVICES 4,800.00 RANDAZZO, WENDY 809.22 RANKIN, MARK 42.60 RAPID7 LLC 22,525.00 REDDING, TAYLOR 1,342.49 REID, JONATHON 1,500.00 REITA CREEK SCOREBOARDS 15,000.00 RG LANDSCAPING SERVICES LLC 16,195.00 RK WATER LLC 2,490.00 RMS RECOVERY MONITORING SOLUTIONS 1,275.00 ROADSAFE TRAFFIC SYSTEMS 787.77 ROCK PARTS COMPANY, THE 8,487.58 ROCKY MOUNTAIN AIR SOLUTIONS 38.20 ROCKY MOUNTAIN MAIL SERVICES 1,761.48

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 16th day of September 2021 /s/ David Gill, Douglas County Treasurer Legal Notice No. 939675 First Publication: September 16, 2021 Last Publication: September 30, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Children Services (Adoption/Guardian/Other) Public Notice DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT, STATE OF COLORADO 4000 Justice Way Castle Rock, CO Douglas County, CO 80109 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO In the Interest of: ADETOKUNBO GALI, D.O.B.: 3/20/2017; ZAMIRAH RUTHERFORD, D.O.B.: 4/18/2009; Children, And concerning: BRITTNEY RUTHERFORD, D.O.B.: 9/2/1988; Mother; ADEDAYO GALI, D.O.B.: 8/5/1982; Father of Adetokunbo; ORLANDO COLEMEN, Possible Father of Zamirah; JOHN DOE, Possible Father of Zamirah, Respondents.

Attorney for Department: R. LeeAnn Reigrut, #28833 Angela Borkowski, #50088 4400 Castleton Ct. Castle Rock, CO 80109 (303) 814-5326 Fax: (303) 479-9259 lreigrut@douglas.co.us aborkowski@douglas.co.us CASE NUMBER: 20JV201

Utilities/Electric Travel Expense County Fair Service/Fair Marketing Recognition Programs Engineering Services Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Repair & Maintenance Service Electrical Installation/Repairs Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Traffic Center Operations Manual Other Training Services Construction/Maintenance Materials Forensic Testing Wildfire Mapping Sign Parts & Supplies Recruitment Costs Travel Expense Travel Expense Software/Hardware Support Travel Expense Copier Charges Workers Compensation Claims Fair Judges/Referees Fees Travel Expense Training Services Water & Sewer Travel Expense Human Services Puppy Visit Furniture/Office Systems Parks & Recreation Improvement Bulk Water Fair Judges/Referees Fees Prisoner Maintenance Supplies Operating Supplies Repair & Maintenance Service Water & Sewer Escrow Payable Alarm Administration Expenses Process Service Fees Pet Waste Removal Travel Expense Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Operating Supplies Medical, Dental & Vet Services Fair Marketing & Sponsorship County Fair Awards/Fair Rodeo Travel Expense Recruitment Costs Escrow Payable Accounting & Financial Services Legal Services Aggregate Products Travel Expense Repair & Maintenance Service Repair & Maintenance Service Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Travel Expense Network Testing Travel Expense Escrow Payable County Fair Service/Fair Rodeo Landscaping Sidewalk Project Service Contracts UA Testing Paint & Road Striping Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts Operating Supplies Postage & Delivery Service

SAVIO HOUSE SCHRAMM, VERITY SCHWAB MFG & ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPLY SCHWAB, GREG SCHWEIZER EMBLEM COMPANY SEDALIA LANDFILL SEDAM, PENNY SGR LLC SHEARER, PAMELA SHILOH DESIGNS EMBROIDERY SHILOH HOUSE SHORE, MARK & KELLEY SHUMS CODA ASSOCIATES SIGNDESIGN SILICI, FRANK SILVERADO RANCH INC SKIP-LINE INC SLATE COMMUNICATIONS SMARSLOK, GREG SOURCE OFFICE PRODUCTS SOUTH METRO FIRE RESCUE AUTHORITY SOUTHLAND MEDICAL LLC SPECIAL OLYMPICS COLORADO SPEEDING, NICOLE SPIDR TECH SPOK INC SPRADLIN PRINTING INC STATE OF COLORADO STERKEL, MICHELLE STEWART, GREGORY MATTHEW STONEGATE VILLAGE METRO SUMMIT PATHOLOGY SUMMITSTONE HEALTH PARTNERS SUNSTATE EQUIPMENT CO LLC SUPER SEER CORPORATION SWANSON, BILL SWARCO REFLEX LLC T & A ROPING T4S PARTNERS INC TACTICAL & SURVIVAL SPECIALTIES INC TAFOYA, BRANDON WAYNE TAYLOR MORRISON OF COLORADO TAYLOR, TRAVIS L TECHNO RESCUE LLC TELLIGEN TERRACARE ASSOCIATES LLC TEXAS ROADHOUSE OF PARKER THIN LINE THREADS LLC THOMPSON, STACY THOMSEN, MICHAEL W THOMSON REUTERS WEST TIGER CORRECTIONAL SERVICES TILMAN, TERRYL TO THE RESCUE TOUCH PHRASE DEVELOPMENT LLC TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK

206.71 249.66 173.80 426.52 1,200.00 2,500.00 63.83 1,880.00 440.55 300.00 78.10 2,940.00 500.00

3,870.21 315.00 5,825.42 2,227.20 411.40 382.62 11,809.00 3,428.40 105.00 827.50 48,602.90 2,500.00 123,275.00 756.00 313.34 1,200.00 673.35 1,265.00 2,500.00 946.99 601.52 1,052.99 1,500.00 134.74 55,034.10 513.18 152.00 4,631.33 75.00 441.22 14,894.02 385.00 5,600.00 84.80 607.00 71.07 22,000.00 2,250.00 40,257.50 7,188.90 671.56 2,500.00 250.00 14,224.95 4,330.41 144.00 875.00 165.00 300.00 650.00 1,062.51 48,415.58 99.40 3,689.00 6,800.00 1,201,762.42

DIVISION 8

DEPENDENCY SUMMONS This Summons is initiated pursuant to Rule 2.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Rule 4 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, and Section 19-3-503, C.R.S. 2020.

You have the right to have this matter heard by a district court judge rather than by the magistrate.

You may waive that right, and in doing so, you will be bound by the findings and recommendations of the magistrate, subject to review as provided by sec. 19-1-108(5.5), C.R.S. 2019, and subsequently, to the right of appeal as provided by Colorado Appellate Rule 3.4.

TO: JOHN DOE, D.O.B.: UNKNOWN TO THE RESPONDENT NAMED ABOVE: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed which alleges that the above-named child is dependent or neglected as per the facts set forth in the Dependency and Neglect Petition, a copy of which may be obtained at the office of the Douglas County Attorney’s Office.

This summons is being initiated by the Douglas County Department of Human Services through its counsel.

A Return of Service for Respondent Father, John Doe has been set for November 22, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in Division 8, Douglas County District Court, 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80109.

Parties shall attend by calling 720-437-6180, extension 75590# unless otherwise ordered by the Court.

Dated: September 13, 2021 /s/ Angela Borkowski Angela Borkowski, #50088 Assistant Douglas County Attorney Legal Notice No. 939710 First Publication: September 23, 2021 Last Publication: September 23, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Your presence before this court is required to defend against the claims in this petition. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, THE COURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR ABSENCE, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE, TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND MAY ENTER A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT THEREBY ADJUDICATING YOUR CHILD AS A DEPENDENT OR NEGLECTED CHILD.

Douglas County Warrants ROLLINS, GORDON & DORIS ROXBOROUGH STATION LLC ROXBOROUGH WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT RUNBECK ELECTION SERVICES INC RUSTAGE, TANIA RWW INC SABULSKY, JEAN SAFE AND SECURE SCHOOLS & INDUSTRIES LLC SAFETY AND CONSTRUCTION SUPPLY SAFEWARE INC SALVADOR, ROSANNA C SANDOVAL ELEVATOR COMPANY LLC SAVE THE COWBOY

You have the right to request a trial by jury at the adjudicatory stage of this petition. You also have the right to legal representation at every stage of the proceedings by counsel of your own choosing, or if you are without sufficient financial means, appointment of counsel by the Court. Termination of your parent-child legal relationship to free your children for adoption is a possible remedy in this proceeding. If that remedy is pursued, you are entitled to a hearing before a Judge. You also have the right, if you are indigent, to have the Court appoint, at no expense to you, one expert witness of your own choosing at any hearing on the termination of your parent-child relationship.

If you are a minor, you have the right to the appointment of a Guardian ad litem to represent your best interests.

Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Building/Land Lease/Rent Water & Sewer Software/Hardware Support County Fair Service/Fair Event Escrow Payable Fair Guest Services Instructor Travel & Fee Clothing & Uniforms Service Contracts Travel Expense Service Contracts County Fair Services/Fair Show Management Other Professional Services Contract Work Disaster Bags Other Repair & Maintenance Service Clothing & Uniforms Waste Disposal Services Professional Services Legal Services Contract Work County Fair Awards/Fair Livestock Child Welfare Services Escrow Payable Elevator Inspections & Testing County Fair Services/Fair Live Fair Show Supplies County Fair Service/Fair Event Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts Public Affairs Escrow Payable Office Supplies Building/Land Lease/Rent Operating Supplies Contributions Fair Catered Meal/Fair Sheriff’s Office Customer Service Infrastructure Pager & Wireless County Fair Printing/Copy Postage & Delivery Service Fair Judges/Referees Fees Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Water & Sewer Forensic Testing Other Professional Services Operating Supplies Clothing & Uniforms Fair Show Management Paint & Road Striping County Fair Service/Fair Rodeo Tax Roll Processing Application Clothing & Uniforms Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder Escrow Payable Fair Judges/Referees Fees Waste Disposal Services Wellness Program Repair & Maintenance Supplies Fair Catered Meal/Fair Clothing & Uniforms Prisoner Haircuts Veteran Affairs Stipend Software/Hardware Subscription Inmate Meals Travel Expense Transportation Services Grant Software/Hardware Support Due to Castle Rock-MV License

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TOWN OF LARKSPUR TOWN OF PARKER TPM STAFFING SERVICES TRACY, MARK C TRI-COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TYLER TECHNOLOGIES INC UCHEALTH UMB BANK UNCC UNIFORMS WEST UNITED REPROGRAPHIC SUPPLY INC UNITED SITE SERVICES UNITED TACTICAL SYSTEMS LLC US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS VAN BIBBER, CHRISTY VAN DIEST SUPPLY COMPANY VAN HORN, KYLIE VAN NOORDT, TIM VAN WINKLE, CHERI A VANCE BROTHERS INC VANNATTER, BRIAN VERSATILITY CREATIVE GROUP LLC VISITING ANGELS OF DENVER VISTUBA, KYLE A WADE, WES WAGNER EQUIPMENT COMPANY WAGNER, JEREMY WALCHER, DAVID C WALZ, ELIZABETH WARNER, CAITLIN WASTE CONNECTIONS OF COLORADO INC WATER & EARTH TECHNOLOGIES INC WAVESPARK TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LLC WEAR PARTS & EQUIPMENT CO INC WEINROTH, BENJAMIN WEIS, KEITH WELLER, EDWARD WELLS FARGO BANK WEN INDUSTRIES WES TEST

1,555.57 786,908.20 4,701.62 330.00 21,414.58 1,796.00 3,178.32 368.60 1,580.04 4,264.26 14.76 23,311.55 853.00 2,000.00 75.00 15,940.00 1,930.00 165.00 148.95 19,706.10 553.80 475.00 4,998.75 78.10 99.40 59,708.10 38.08 149.10 360.75 70.62 520.00 14,453.50 750.00 35,954.37 100.00 17,903.07 44.95 1,638.93 99.04 34,851.50

WEST VALLEY CONCRETE LLC WESTERN ACCESS CONTROLS INC WESTERN PAPER DISTRIBUTORS INC WESTSIDE TOWING INC WILDFIRE PROTECTION PROS LLC WILLIS TOWERS WATSON SOUTHEAST INC WILSON & COMPANY INC WINSLOW, CODIE WIZ-QUIZ DRUG SCREENING SERVICE WOODS, JEFF WORLD COMPASS ACADEMY WURTH, RENEE XCEL ENERGY YACUTA, TIFFANY M ZAPFE, TINY ZEPESKI, ZACHARY ZIMMERMAN, SCOTT M

12,100.00 750.00 3,787.07 5,448.75 16,500.00 4,580.29 29,995.24 66.81 25.00 20.50 5,771.97 20.00 43,513.37 2,000.00 202.64 19.80 304.64

TOTAL AMOUNT OF DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2021

Due to Larkspur-MV License Due to Parker - MV License Contract Work Travel Expense Nurse Support Program Software/Hardware Support Medical, Dental & Vet Services Banking Service Fees Utility Locating Services Clothing & Uniforms Computer Supplies Equipment Rental/Fair Administration Firearm Supplies Easement Fee Fair Judges/Referees Fees Noxious Weed Chemicals Tuition Reimbursement Travel Expense Travel Expense Asphalt & Asphalt Filler Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder County Fair Service/Fair Marketing Senior Services Grant Travel Expense Travel Expense Fleet Outside Repairs Travel Expense Travel Expense Travel Expense Travel Expense Waste Disposal Services Hayman Gauge Maintenance Purchased Services Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts Fair Judges/Referees Fees Professional Services Professional Membership & Licenses Banking Service Fees Operating Supplies Materials Testing Construction Inspection Fairgrounds Walkway Repairs Repair & Maintenance Janitorial Supplies Vehicle Tow Services Dawson Butte Management Liability Insurance Roads, Street, Drainage Engineering Travel Expense Other Purchased Services Travel Expense Schools Client Refund Utilities/Electric & Gas Tuition Reimbursement Travel Expense Travel Expense Travel Expense

$19,978,637.33

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