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was also deaf and blind — contracted a fatal disease while in the care of Ridge State Home in Arvada. “It is a look at the value his life really had and what value came with his death,” FarmerSelden said.
The Douglas County Health Department will allow people to opt out of local masking requirements in schools under a new health order aimed at curbing COVID-related masking mandates for students and staff. Children’s Hospital Colorado strongly rebuked the move, along with the board’s attempts to link masking with mental illness in children. The Douglas County School District requires universal masking in its schools. An Oct. 10 statement released by the district said “DCSD procedures for masking in schools remain in place with the exception of a new avenue for families to exempt their children from maskwearing, if desired.” Families may submit written exemptions to the masking mandate directly to their schools, the statement said. Face coverings will still be required by everyone on school buses because of a federal mandate. Douglas County leaders have charted a new course on COVID safety, steering away from the policies of the Tri-County Health Department, which has overseen
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The completed PACE Center in downtown Parker is located at 20000 Pikes Peak Ave.
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The Parker Arts, Culture & Events Center, also known as PACE, is celebrating a decade in the community this month with
a series of free and reduced-cost events. The PACE Center opened its doors on Oct. 28, 2011 after the town council approved the purchase of the land and a $21.7 million construction budget for the project. Carrie Glassburn, the PACE Center’s cultural director, wrote in a recent letter to the community that the center has welcomed over 1 million patrons to its facilities
since opening. “Thanks to the foresight of several Town leaders and citizens who recognized the importance the arts play in building a strong community, the PACE Center was designed and developed and quickly became the cultural hub for Parker and the surrounding region,” Glassburn’s letter said. SEE PACE, P8
Local author’s book looks at value of life She writes about sibling’s 1974 death, attitudes in society BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
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Colorado Community Media honored for past women of excellence Colorado Press Women celebrates 80 years BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
With a long history of producing community journalism, several newspapers that are now part of Colorado Community Media have been led by strong women since they started being published. As part of celebrating its 80th year as an organization, Colorado Press Women (CPW) recently recognized women from four Colorado Community Media (CCM) newspapers who were employed by or owned the publications, dating back to the 1940s. The women were also original members of CPW. CCM honorees include: Co-publisher Katherine Bemis of the Littleton Independent Owner and publisher Vera West Parson for the Golden Transcript Owner and publisher Mary H. Isham and editor Lucille Hastings of the Brighton Blade Co-publisher C.A. of the Fort Lupton Press
CPW also paid tribute to Daisy Baber, a longtime columnist with the Lyons Recorder. Accepting the certificates on behalf of CCM during the Oct. 2 hybrid meeting was new publisher Linda Shapley. Like the women being recognized by CPW, Shapley brings decades of newspaper experience to CCM. “I’m honored to continue the news leadership that these remarkable journalists helped begin 80 years ago,” Shapley said. “As the original founders said, ‘Press women have a weapon to shape the peace or destruction of the world,’ and I aim to use that weapon responsibly to build up the next generation of journalists and create stronger communities across the Front Range.” Shapley is referring to the early days of CPW in 1941 when it became an affiliate of the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW), which was established in 1938. In recruiting CPW members, on the eve of the U.S. entry into World War II, NFPW founder Bertha Bless said, “Press women have the opportunity of the century
Katherine Bemis as a co-publisher of the Littleton Independent was one of the first charter members of the Colorado Press Women in the COURTESY PHOTO 1940s.
to create a thinking America that can lead the world out of its present chaos. We must save not only the right of the press but also Americans. Grassroots journalism represented in small town and country newspapers doesn’t know its own power. Press women have a weapon to shape the peace of de-
struction of the world.” Today, CPW is a diverse organization of professional communicators, both men and women, who are reporters, editors, broadcasters, public relations practitioners, publishers, advertising and marketing practitioners, college communications educators,
graphic designers, photographers, freelance writers and others. “Looking back 80 years at the state of Colorado Press Women, what impresses me most is that 13 of our charter members were publishers and/or editors or their small-town newspapers — strong women,” said CPW President Sandy Nance. “It’s no wonder that equality for women has been as basic an expectation of our membership as our support for the First Amendment.” Early on, CPW focused on establishing rural libraries. Today, Nance said CPW works to help people sort fact from fiction on the Internet. With the emergence of teleconferencing and Zoom, Nance said CPW will focus on increasing membership throughout all of Colorado and not just newspapers along the Front Range. Today, Colorado Community Media continues to grow, focusing on the importance of community journalism. The media company currently owns 24 community newspapers in Adams, Arapahoe, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Jefferson and Weld counties.
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County holds community health assessments Evaluation is part of new health department BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
About 150 people attended online and in-person meetings from Oct. 4-6 to contribute to a community health assessment (CHA) currently being administered by Douglas County. The meetings took place in Highlands Ranch, Parker, Larkspur, Franktown, Roxborough and Castle Rock. The assessment is part of the county’s new health department, which was created after commissioners voted to split from TriCounty Health Department Sept. 1. Douglas County will continue to receive services from Tri-County until at least 2023. The county contracted with Health Management Associates (HMA) for $144,720 earlier this year to complete the CHA along with a public health improvement plan (PHIP). Both are requirements of a local health department. This assessment’s goal is to “collect and analyze qualitative and quantitative health-related data” from community members and partners, according to HMA documents. The team has gathered survey responses, input from the community input meetings and health data gathered by other health agencies to create its report. Once the full report is finished, it is intended to be used to inform local decision-making related to public health.
The report, which typically takes about a year to complete, is set to be finished by the end of October. HMA also planned to conduct focus groups with business leaders and Spanish-speaking Douglas County residents before completing the report, according to HMA. Questions about the process can be submitted to the county online at douglas.co.us/citizenconnect. The survey, which HMA said was not conducted to be statistically valid, asked residents about their biggest health concerns. About 4,632 people completed the survey. The results, presented during the community input meetings, show that the majority of the respondents said the worst health problems in the community are mental health problems, vaccine-preventable hospitalizations or death, and social media. Most respondents also said that the three “most risky and/or harmful behaviors” in the county are not getting vaccinated against COVID-19, unsafe driving behaviors and not wearing a mask. Data gathered by HMA and presented at the community meetings show various county rates related to health including chronic disease, birth rates, life expectancy, injuries, behavioral health and communicable diseases. The meetings also consisted of breakout group sessions where representatives from HMA listened to residents’ thoughts about the data and information presented. More details on the survey responses, the health data and the CHA and PHIP processes are available at douglas.co.us/communityhealth-assessment.
Highlands Ranch woman arrested in connection with infant death Peyton Green taken into custody in Wyoming after yearlong investigation BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Following a 12-month investigation, Douglas County sheriff’s deputies have arrested 20-year-old Peyton Green on suspicion of murder in the death of her newborn baby in September 2020. After authorities obtained an arrest warrant, Green, formerly of Highlands Ranch, was found in Wyoming on Sept. 30, the sheriff’s office said. On Oct. 5, Douglas County sheriff’s deputies transported Green from Wyoming to a local detention facility where she was booked on suspicion of murder, tampering with a deceased human body and
attempting to influence a public servant, the sheriff’s office said. While details surrounding the yearlong investigation have not been made available to the public, a sheriff’s office news release said that on Sept. 28, 2020, deputies were called to a local hospital regarding a woman who had been brought in for a medical emergency and had possibly just given birth. However, at the time of the call, the woman, recently identified as Green, did not have a baby with her, the sheriff’s office said. With concerns that a newborn baby might need assistance, deputies went to Green’s house, where they discovered the body of a deceased infant, the sheriff’s office said. Green is being held on a no-bond hold, the sheriff’s office said. As the case is still being investigated, no other information has been released by the sheriff’s office.
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Youth Congress seeks delegates Douglas County students, in grades 9-12, have an opportunity to become involved as youth delegates at the 2021 Douglas County Youth Congress on Oct. 25 from 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. at the Highlands Ranch Mansion. To complete your online registration or to learn more visit douglas.co.us and search for Youth Congress.
2021 State of the County-Watch Live The Board of Douglas County Commissioners invites you to join them virtually on Oct. 27 from 8-9 a.m. to recognize all that has been achieved by many in Douglas County through remarkable partnerships. From transportation infrastructure and county services to natural resources. From public safety and human services to economic prosperity. Watch at douglas.co.us/state-of-the-county or on our Facebook page.
Slash mulch site closing for the season on Oct. 30 Time is running out to clean up tree limbs, shrubs and brush from your property and reduce your wildfire risk. Dispose of them at the County’s slash-mulch site, 1400 Caprice Drive in Castle Rock. Open Saturdays-only from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. through Oct. 30. For more information visit douglas.co.us and search for Slash.
Online Tax Lien Sale Nov. 4 The annual Tax Lien Sale will be held via internet auction on Nov. 4. For guidelines and to register visit zeusauction.com The statutory interest for the 2021 Tax Lien Sale is 9%. More information is available at douglas. co.us/treasurer or by calling 303-660-7455.
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A cut above the rest Meat cutting competition held in Douglas County BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Nearly 30 butchers from Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico gathered in Highlands Ranch for a chance to win $20,000 in the annual Slice on Ice Qualifier Competition, hosted by the Texas Roadhouse steakhouse chain. The ice rink at the new South Suburban Sports Complex was turned into a makeshift meat locker on Oct. 4, as competitors were given a total of 40 pounds of beef to carve up during a one-hour competition. Stephanie Keck, a Texas Roadhouse marketing coach, said it is exciting to get back to hosting the competitions in the area, given they were canceled due to the pandemic in 2020. Keck said the Oct. 4 event in Highlands Ranch was a qualifier competition, which means the winner not only receives $20,000 but also earns to the right to go on and compete in the semi-finals. Winners of the semi-final events go on to compete in the 2021 national competition where the winner is crowned Meat Cutter of the Year. The semi-finals and national competition will be held in Nashville in February. “At Texas Roadhouse, our profes-
Nearly 30 butchers from Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico competed for the $20,000 prize on Oct. 4.
sional butchers hand-cut every steak in each restaurant,” said Mike Castaneda, Texas Roadhouse senior product coach. “Our meat-cutting challenge recognizes the significant contributions of our talented butchers and we’re
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proud to reward and honor these individuals through this national competition.” With judges constantly watching through the hour, Clint Hacker, the competition emcee, said competitors are judged on width of the cuts of sirloin, filet and ribeye. They are also judged on muscle-to-gristle ratio, marbling and technique, Hacker said. Mark Gurger said he drove from Albuqurque to compete in the 2021 competition. While he measured the fat down the center of a cut of meat in preparation of the official start time, Gurger said he has competed several times because “it is really a lot of fun.” Zuriel Rubio, a native of Mexico, said he currently works in a restaurant in Wyoming. He said he was excited to come to the Highlands Ranch competition, noting this is SEE CUTTING, P7
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Zuriel Rubio, of Wyoming, competed for the sixth time in the annual Butchers Slice on PHOTO BY THELMA GRIMES Ice competition hosted by Texas Roadhouse.
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his sixth time competing in the Slice on Ice challenge. “I come every year because it is not just about a competition,” Rubio said. “I get to see other techniques and learn from others. I think that is the best part.” Texas Roadhouse officials said it is important to host the competition and constantly encourage consistency among meat cutters. In an average year, Texas Roadhouse
butchers cut about $1 million worth of meat and spend between seven and eight hours per day cutting meat in a 35-degree walk-in cooler. The National Meat Cutting Challenge is part of Texas Roadhouse’s Meat Hero Program, which was created in 2001 to recognize daily efforts of the company’s meat cutters, who hand-cut each steak served at each restaurant. Since the first Texas Roadhouse opened in 1993, the chain has grown to more than 580 locations in 49 states, including several in metro Denver, and 22 locations in nine foreign countries.
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Just over two years after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer, Suzi McCumber continues to stress the importance of regular screenings. If McCumber had not gotten the recommended mammogram and treatment, her doctors said there is no way she would have survived more than a year. McCumber, a Littleton-area resident, has remained positive throughout her treatment process. In high spirits, she happily reported that after more than a year of chemotherapy and radiation, she has moved on to the final stages of treatment, which is taking a pill for a few years to keep the cancer from coming back. “I will continue to take this pill and do whatever the doctors tell me to do,” said the 67-year-old. “I just can’t stress enough how important it is for women to continue getting those screenings and tests. Sometimes you just do not know a lump is there. Sometimes you cannot feel it. I did not feel anything. The 3D mammogram found a mass all the way back in my pectoral muscle.”
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A boy listens to his headphones as Douglas County Board of Health members debate allowing students and teachers to opt out of masking mandates in schools at an Oct. PHOTO BY JESSICA GIBBS 8 meeting.
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. For the latest news, visit ColoradoCommunityMedia.com. hope it ends masking mandates in schools. People who opposed masking mandates said they interfere with learning, increase mental illness in children, are ineffective at containing COVID-19 or are not necessary because children are at less risk for severe illness. “I just want us to have the freedom to choose,” Katie Webb said. Others pleaded with the health board to let masking mandates continue without an opt-out option. James Poplawski of Parker said the health order and “being antimask” scares him as a parent. The pandemic has taken people’s loved ones — parents, grandparents and people at high risk of COVID-19 — and they will continue to be vulnerable if masking mandates are removed, he said. “Very few kids wore masks to school,” he said of the 2021-22 school year’s start. “And what did it do to cases? They spiked.” Debating masks The health order is largely an argument against masking mandates in schools. “There is insufficient data to suggest that schools and childcare facilities — including those that do not require students to be masked — are significant drivers of community transmission of COVID-19,” the order states. The order says “studies are inconclusive” about the benefits of masking, and points to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study conducted in Georgia, which it says found masking offers some benefit to adults, although not a statistically significant difference in COVID-19’s spread among schools that masked and those that did not. The health order cites strong vac-
cination rates in the county paired with what it calls low “severity metrics,” such as deaths and hospitalizations among people 17 and younger. Children remain at low risk for severe illness from COVID-19, while older people or individuals vulnerable to the virus have had ample opportunity to become vaccinated, the order states. A Tri-County Health spokeswoman said staff were not available when asked for comment about the Douglas County Health Board order and its statements about masking research. Douglas County still qualifies as an area of “high community transmission” under Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance, with a seven-day cumulative incidence rate of nearly 185 per 100,000 people, as of press time. Incidence rates in the Douglas County School District were cut nearly in half in recent weeks. On Sept. 26, they stood at 358 for 5 to 11-year-olds and 213 for 12 to 17-yearolds. By Oct. 3, those rates were 158 and 97 respectively. That was down from August, when incidence rates in the district gradually increased until they peaked at 474 on Aug. 29 for 5- to 11-year-olds and 322 for 12- to 17-year-olds. The seven-day moving daily incidence rate has generally declined among 12- to 17-year-olds in Douglas County since Sept. 5, a few days after a mask mandate went into effect for all people 2 and older inside schools and childcare centers. Rates also improved among 6- to 11-year-olds between Sept. 5 and Sept. 17, when they began creeping back up, from roughly 27 cases per 100,000 people on Sept. 17 to 35 as of Sept. 24. More recent data is incomplete. The school district’s stance The order passed Oct. 8 also appeared to take aim at the Douglas County School District’s stance on masking. The school district’s policy is to manage common communicable diseases in accordance with Colorado Department of Public Health SEE HEALTH, P13
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Farmer-Selden’s parents struggled to find ways to help their son to thrive despite his disabilities and often ran into challenges from the state, she said. Farmer-Selden wrote the 104page book, titled “Value of a Life,” in part to let readers know about the legislation that came from her family’s advocacy, she said. “I wanted others to know as a society we have not really come that far in inclusion for people with disabilities,” she said. “It is my personal belief that you can measure a society’s moral compass not by the rhetoric of its public officials but by the way traditionally marginalized groups are faring and honestly, I believe that Colorado still has a long way to go especially in providing equity in services outside of the metro area.” Farmer-Selden began writing the book in November 2019 and it was published in February 2021. In her writing, she used documents and journal entries from her mother about the struggles the family faced in “attempting to provide the best possible life for my brother,” she said. She also used documents showing the lack of services that were available to her brother due to the severity of his disabilities. Farmer-Selden said that during her writing process, she was challenged by memories of the “nega-
tive attitudes” her brother and family experienced for “allowing him to be an active member of our family.” “This did not just come from neighbors but from some members of our extended family,” she said. The final chapter of the book is a copy of Farmer-Selden’s mom’s diary from the final days of Jules’ life. “As my mom passed away in 2002, I felt an incredible sense of responsibility in representing what she would want to communicate if she were writing the chapter herself and I felt it was only fitting that she gets the final word in this book,” she said. Farmer-Selden decided to write the book after trying to find services for her foster son, who is on the autism spectrum. “I struggled to understand why nearly 50 years after my brother’s death, Americans with disabilities are still challenged with physical environments that are not accessible,” she said. Farmer-Selden also said she believes people with disabilities lack assistive technology and internet access and experience negative attitudes from others. “We need to be conscious of the attitudes we hold regarding others who are not like us,” Farmer-Selden said. “If I can have one person act on this message, I have been successful in this effort and honored my brother and my parents.” The book, sold for $12, is available for purchase at tinyurl.com/ Value-of-a-life.
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and Environment and Tri-County Health Department guidance. In recent weeks, the district has been steadfast in its policy requiring masks for all people 2 years and older, regardless of vaccination status. The district implemented that policy when Tri-County Health issued a universal masking mandate that took effect Sept. 1. The Douglas County Board of Health let that mandate dissolve when it took over jurisdiction of public health in the county. The Douglas County Board of Health’s order says, “state and Tri-County guidelines encouraging masks be required are not to be interpreted as compelling any school district, individual school, or daycare in Douglas County to mandate mask wearing on their premises.” Those entities could choose to
mandate masks, the order says, but that mandate is “subject to the exemption provided in this order.” Schools Superintendent Corey Wise said in a letter to the community on Oct. 1 that removing masking mandates in schools would lead to more quarantines that can disrupt children’s learning. A district spokesman said Wise was not available for an interview regarding the Douglas County Board of Health’s Oct. 8 vote and that district leadership was not immediately available to answer questions emailed for the district. A spokeswoman later provided letters the district sent to the community on Oct. 9 and 10. Wise’s Oct. 1 letter emphasized Tri-County Health still has power to order a school to close, order isolations and quarantines, and require mitigation measure to reduce the spread of illness in outbreak and other high-risk situations. “Our students and staff need routine and consistency,” Wise wrote.
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elcome back to part three of this five-part series on “The WINNING 5 C’s of Retaining Top WORDS Talent.” In week one we discussed the importance of connecting with our team members, and last week we added a discussion around collaboration. Recognizing that everyone on Michael Norton our team, including our top performers, wants to be part of the creative and strategic thinking that will lead to personal and professional success. Next up is the role of change and how managing change can make or break us when it comes to attracting, hiring, developing, and retaining top performers. As I prepared for this series, I had time to spend a few hours on my favorite beach. A beach I knew growing up, and a beach I visited often even after moving to Colorado. And as I walked along the shoreline, I thought about how much I have
seen the beach change over the years. And although it changes with every storm, wind gust, and tide, it is still the beach. Superstorm Sandy back in 2012 leveled most of the homes along this stretch of beach. Most of which have been rebuilt, even more beautifully than before. Dredging and relocating sand has also played a role in the protection of the beach from the erosion that comes along with the storms, winds, and tides. The beach endures the changes that the storms, winds, and tides throw its way. This is similar to our businesses in a way. Businesses today face storms, winds, and tides too. They come in the form of shifts in the economy, an unexpected pandemic, innovation and technology advancements, societal pressures, and a volatile political landscape. As we think about attracting, hiring, developing, and retaining current and future top performers, we must acknowledge that how we manage change, will directly impact how we hire, who we hire, and how long they stay with us as a part of our team. Join me back on the beach for a moment. As I walked along the
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Policymakers must enforce law Hospitals are the last resort for many, but unfortunately, whether it be life-saving procedures or standard care, these visits can leave individuals with thousands of dollars in medical bills. Surprise billing is an issue both in my home state of Colorado and America as a whole. Most Americans expect to pay only a standardized copay through their insurance, but there are countless stories of patients being saddled with surprise bills that they were not prepared for. Recent polling from ALG Research and Keating Research, conducted on behalf of Consumers for Quality Care, showed that more than three-quarters of Coloradans are concerned about receiving these surprise bills. Fortunately, legislation passed in December 2020 will protect Americans from many of these surprise bills beginning in 2022, including “balance billing,” which occurs when a patient is unknowingly treated by an out-of-network SEE LETTERS, P15
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shoreline, I walked with others combing the beach for pristine shells, sea glass, and other treasures that the new tide had washed ashore. I watched as people would pick up a shell, look at it and determine to keep it or toss it back. That made me think of the top talent that is out there looking to join a winning team and growing company. Just like the walk along the beach, there are many people trying to find those top performers, those potential new team members that can make such a huge difference for our business. Our job as leaders and coworkers is to walk the beach as often as we can. To look for not only the best and the brightest, but to also see what is broken, what needs change, or what change needs to be managed differently. Tom Peters and Robert H. Waterman used the phrase, “Management by wandering around,” in their book, “In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best Run Companies.” It means we purposely walk the beaches of our business looking for opportunities to recognize people, make changes, and learn what is most
important about the way we manage change and lead our business. Is this a case for “Change Management?” In a way, yes. But “Change Management” will be limited in its success if we fail to first identify what needs to change and then include a change readiness and communications strategy. When we lack connection, overlook collaboration, and then mismanage change, others will easily come by and pick up the best and brightest as they walk along the shoreline looking for top talent for their own organization. The storms, winds, and tides will certainly shape our business, they will cause us to change, and change for the better. Are you ready to manage those changes? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@ tramazing.com, and when we can change with the tide, avoid erosion, and keep our best and brightest, it really will be a better than good year. Michael Norton is the grateful CEO of Tramazing.com, a personal and professional coach, and a consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator to businesses of all sizes.
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year are carrying over. Because of the hesitancy to get screenings, Hafertepen said, when women are getting the original diagnosis the disease has already progressed to stages 2 or 3. With regular screenings, she said, doctors can catch cancer at stage 1 or zero. When breast cancer is caught in an early stage, Hafertepen said the prognosis and the treatment is a lot better. Hafertepen said women are slowly getting back on track with mammograms and pap smears, but the pandemic has caused a backlog. “We are still trying to make up for a significant dip from last year,” she said. Hafertepen said it is not just a problem doctors along the Front Range are seeing — the problem is nationwide. The Prevent Cancer Foundation, a U.S.-based nonprofit organization, released the results of a survey in August where 2,003 women between the ages of 21 and 60 were surveyed. According to the results, 90% of the women surveyed said when pandemic restrictions were lifted, they engaged in normal activities, such as visiting family and friends, dining out and shopping. Only 48% of women visited their doctors’ offices. Hafertepen said besides the fear of COVID creating a hesitancy to get regular screenings, women traditionally tend to take care of everyone else and ignore their own needs.
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Hafertepen said it is not uncommon for a woman to ignore a strange lump or discharge, which are both breast cancer symptoms that should be checked out immediately. “When they finally come in about a mass or continued discharge, the results are worse,” she said. “If we had seen them six months ago when they first noticed the symptoms, the prognosis is much better.” Hafertepen said a lot of women do not realize that they do not even need a doctor’s referral to get a regular screening mammogram every year. The only time a referral is required is if there are symptoms present. “If you feel something or notice something, go get it checked out. Call your doctor immediately,” Hafertepen said. According to the American Cancer Society, women should start getting annual mammograms at age 40. Hafertepen said getting that first baseline reading at 40 is important for doctors to keep track of breast changes each year after. That first breast exam can cause a lot of stress and anxiety, Hafertepen said. “The anxiety is understandable, but you can truly get over that anxiety by just getting it done,” she said. “If you do not do it, that anxiety will stay there lingering in the back of your mind.” Women can call any of the variety of mammogram service providers along the metro area and make appointments. Centers such as Invision Sally Jobe even make getting a mammogram fit schedules for busy women. Appointments can be made on Saturdays and evenings.
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LIFE Horse culture still kicking in modern West
Growth changes state but love of horses is forever BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
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n 1950, metro Denver’s population hovered right around 500,000. Farms and horse properties could still be found throughout the close-in suburbs. By the mid-1970s, the population had more than doubled and subdivisions had eaten away at sprawling open spaces. But it was still common to see leisure riders on horses, trotting down trails along Morrison Road, Alameda Avenue or Dry Creek Road. Today, the metro population is closing in on 3 million fast. Development and an explosion in residents have made things feel more like a big city than the cowtown vibes of yesteryear. But if you look closely, you’ll still find horse culture holds a special place in the heart of folks throughout the metro area. It’s a warm, late September morning as Joe McClellan makes his way toward his first job of the day. With an unbelievable view of the Flatirons as his backdrop, McClellan gets down to business. His dual degrees in architectural and civil engineering will be put to good use at the job site, but not to design or build a house. He’s there to shoe some horses. McClellan is a certified Natural Balance Farrier. More than a decade ago, he traded in his engineering career for a life working with the animals he loves. He said he was always fascinated by horses and a 2009 Natural Balance Hoof Trimming course set him on the path he’d been looking for. Applying engineering principals to every hoof he shoes, McClellan found a way to combine two things he loves into the freedom to work for himself. Shoeing horses from Fort Collins to Castle Rock and everywhere in between, and owning two horses of his own, McClellan spends his life immersed in local horse culture. Karen Richard owns the property with the fantastic view. She moved here in 1984 to be able to keep her horses on her own land. She’s owned horses for close to 50 years. She says in those days she would drive more than 100 miles to work and back each day to make her dream a reality. She didn’t come from a horseowning family. “I was just an anomaly, I guess,” she says. Richard’s horses, Tilly and Summer, are two of McClellan’s three clients at this stop. The other is a 23-year-old palomino Richard boards, named Sweetie. Sweetie’s owner, Bob, says she’s taught him a lot. “Like how to be a human,” he says. Bob leased Sweetie, taking care of her for a few years before her previous owner agreed to let him buy her. “I don’t refer to myself as her
Joe McClellan, farrier and trainer, works with his horse, Aspen.
owner,” he says. “I refer to myself as her staff.” Over the years, Richard has done both Western and English riding styles, competing in dressage, a form of horse riding performed in exhibition, with Tilly, a liver-chestnut thoroughbred. Now, Richard is content to just ride on her own property for fun. She says horses have given her more than she can express throughout her life. More than just fulfillment, she says horses have given her the gift of being present in her surroundings. Beyond their beauty, she thinks horses have a special place in this world. McClellan agrees. “Human beings couldn’t be where they are today without horses supporting us,” he says. “They transported us. They fought battles with us. They farmed with us. They’re amazing animals and we actually don’t deserve them. They deserve for us to treat them better.” Sixty miles southeast, Heidi Knab is chatting with customers at the Rusty Spur Saddle Shop in Parker. Her business card lists her position as “Head Cowgirl.” She also happens to be the owner of the tack/gear shop she founded after two decades teaching school. A lifelong rider, Knab says one day she was driving all over town looking for a new saddle. Her inability to find what she was looking for gave her the idea to start the business. Now, more than three years later, she says things are good and her business is continuing to grow. “The timing was right for me to change careers and open the business,” she says. “We started off with 30 saddles and now we sometimes have up to 200.” She jumped into a three-year lease with no prior business expe-
rience, but says she always knew it was going to work. She also has 1,500 consigners helping her stock merchandise and a deal with Colorado Saddlery to carry their new saddles. The store also has everything a rider could need for English and Western tack, clothing, boots, blankets, trailer supplies, grooming products and more. According to Knab, Douglas county ranks second in the nation for horse ownership per capita. “It’s huge, for horses,” she says. “I would have thought it would be Kentucky or something like that, but Douglas county is way up there.” Despite her parents not being horse people, Knab says she and her sister started doing barrel races at local shows and a ton of trail riding when she was a kid. “Horses are enchanting animals. I bought my first horse with babysitting money when I was 11 — of course, I also had to take out a loan from my parents,” she says. “My sister got me into it. She was really horse crazy.” Now, as she gets ready to enter her fourth year as a business owner, Knab says word of mouth is still her primary form of engaging new customers. She also employs staff members who have different expertise in riding styles, to appeal to Douglas county’s broad customer base. Guidance from other women in the tack industry was invaluable when she started out. But that didn’t surprise her. She thinks horse people she’s met are some of the most loyal, appreciative, kind individuals around. And that loyalty goes both ways. Relationships and customer service are what she says make the whole thing tick.
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Old adages about not mixing business with pleasure notwithstanding, Knab says opening the store actually feeds her passion for riding. She says she’s learned a ton from customers and hopes she’s paying that knowledge forward as well. Her repertoire includes showings, clinics, an obstacle challenge series and a lot of horse camping. Carol Perry is a native Texan who’s called Douglas county home since the ‘80s. She’s been a horse person her whole life. But she’s retiring from the hobby and recently she’s been selling off gear through Knab’s store. Her stable of horses has gone from eight down to one — a Swedish warmblood grand prix dressage horse that is 26 years old. Perry says retiring from the horse world has been an incredibly difficult decision. At her age, she says she wants to simplify her life, but the challenges that ever-increasing population and development have created for riders have hastened her departure. She says resources for horse people are becoming more restrictive each year and the people passing legislation aren’t paying enough attention to the billion-dollar equine industry here. But it’s also increasingly difficult to compete for trail space with mountain bikers — even in places like The Pines and Dawson Butte that were created to include horses. If you’re a lifelong horse person, or just thinking about maybe getting started, Knab says her shop is a nexus — a place people can come to get information and find their people. She holds community events once per quarter and welcomes everyone with a passion for horses to attend.
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Woodcarvers invite public to annual show
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he Colorado Carvers Club will hold its Annual Woodcarving Show, Competition and Sale on the weekend of Oct. 23-24 at the West Metro Fire Training and Event Center, 3535 SONYA’S S. Kipling St. in Lake- SAMPLER wood, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 23 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 24. coloradocarvers. org.
Sonya Ellingboe Miners Alley “The Crucible” plays at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave. in Golden, through Nov. 7. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. minersalley. com, 303-935-3044. (“Pay-itforward pricing” on tickets, to help people come back to the theatre, per director
Len Matheo.)
at the Center.”
Cherry Creek Theatre “Steel Magnolias” plays through Oct. 24 at the Elaine Wolf Theatre, Mizel Arts and Culture Center, 350 S. Dahlia St., Denver. (Special dinner package at the nearby Nona’s Bistro for $16.50.) cherrycreektheatre.org.
Call for clarinetist The Colorado Wind Ensemble will hold an open audition for one clarinet position: Prepare a video no longer than five minutes, including a lyrical selection and a technical selection. Email, Dropbox or YouTube to CWE. They rehearse 7-9 p.m. on Tuesdays at the King Center, 855 Lawrence Way, Denver. coloradowindensemble.org.
Jazz orchestra Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra presents “The Music You’ve Been Missing” at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 16 at The Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Tickets: $24-$38, 720-898-7200, arvadacenter.org. A note on the Arvada Center website says: “To protect the health of our visitors and artists, the Arvada Center will require all individuals to show either proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to attend performances in our theatres starting September 28. All visitors ages 2+ must wear a mask when
Central City Opera The 89-year-old company announces that its next season, in the old Opera House in Central City, will include “The Light in the Piazza,” “Fledermaus” and “Two Remain.” The company performed in Littleton’s Hudson Gardens last summer. centralcityopera.org. MOA “The Fantasy Show” is open at the Museum of Out-
door Arts Indoor Gallery, 1000 Englewood Parkway, as is work by the 2021 Design and Build Emerging Artists and 2021 Artist Fellow Tiffany Matheson, through Dec. 17. Hours: WednesdayFriday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. moaonline.org. Colorado Ballet “Giselle” is performed at the Elle Caulkins Opera House, Denver through Oct. 17. Tickets start at $40- $160, coloradoballet.org. Upcoming: “The Nutcracker” Nov. 27-Dec. 24; “Romeo and Juliet” Feb. 4-13, 2022; “Wizard of Oz” March 11-20, 2022. 303-837-8888, ext. 2. Tesoro The Annual Tesoro Historic Lecture Series, with a series of dinner lectures held at the Fort Restaurant in Morrison, also offers free local afternoon lectures, starting Oct. 16/17. On Oct. 16, Dr. David Wrobel will
speak about remarkable women such as Isabella Pfeiffer, Isabelle Bird and Mary Kingsley, at the Buck Recreation Center, 2004 W. Powers Ave., Littleton at 1:30 p.m. Free, but reservation needed through South Suburban Parks and Recreation website, ssprd.org, or 303347-5999. Repeated Oct. 17 at History Colorado at 2 p.m. and at a dinner lecture at the Fort Restaurant, reservation needed. 303-839-1671, tesoroculturalcenter.org.
Tesoro at Lone Tree “The Santa Fe Trail: Two Hundred Years of Songs and Tales” will be presented by Mark Gardner and Rex Rideout at 4 p.m. at the Lone Tree Hub, 8827 Lone Tree Parkway. Free, but registration is required: ssprd.org or 303-347-5999. While the COVID-19 pandemic continues, public events frequently are canceled or rescheduled. Check with organizers before you go.
‘Cross Words’ is new work by local playwright BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The configuration of the smallish Bond Trimble Theatre at Vintage Theatre in Aurora dictates a set, designed by company director Bernie Cardell, that has the audience almost in the living room/dining room with the actors — and it works well! The company is presenting a clever new work by Denver playwright Scott Gibson, “Cross Words.” The play was the winner of Vintage Theatre Company’s 2019 Mystery Thriller new Play Showcase, and is now in its first production — a milestone for any new play. Lights go up with a frowning woman, Flora (Molly Turner), seated at the dining table working on a crossword puzzle ... “How’s her highness?” says her sarcastic husband Tim (Luke Rahmsdorff-Terry). “I hate our life,” she snaps. “One person’s life is another person’s `just
in time,’” he replies. The mood is set and we learn that the couple has come to live with her elderly Aunt Rosamunde, assuming that they will inherit her considerable fortune when she passes on ... But they’re impatient with the elderly relative’s ongoing vigor — and with the run-down house and leaky roof ... What if she were to fall down those stairs ...? “We still have to decide which of us will ...” “Dead people keep their plans to themselves ...” Enter Jan Cleveland, as Aunt Rosamunde’s attorney Clarrisa, who strides into the setting dressed in a spiffy tweed vested suit, obviously suspicious of the couple, as she looks after her client’s interests. “Aunt Rosamunde called you?” Tim wonders. “We planned on tomorrow night,” she replies. Tim comments about their agreement with Aunt Rosamunde “to
make it worth our while, our future seen to ...” if they were to live with her for a while ... helping with her day-to day needs. Aunt Rosamunde rings a bell upstairs, calling for assistance ... Scowling, Flora heads for the stairs, which protrude into the dining room, a constant reminder. Next scene has Tim practicing CPR on a beach ball ... Young, somewhat-challenged nephew Emory (Elton Tanega) appears: “Mr. Benson says to drop these buckets off and go right home ... Why were you giving CPR to that beach ball? And why were you calling it Aunt Rosamunde? That ball doesn’t have a heart ...” Turns out Emory and Flora are to share the inheritance. “I left my shoe and sock upstairs,” Emory says, returning soon: “The lady upstairs wants to see you ... I helped her get up ... she’s pretty mad ...”
Later, Emory staggers into the house, with a bloodied face. Clarissa runs in soon after — she had collided with Emory’s bike ... “I’ve always ben a careful driver — he was there without warning.” “I already knew,” he said. The lawyer had called his wife. Vintage Theatre Company was founded in 2002 by Craig Bond, Debbie Laureta, Chris Goranson, Lindsay Sanders Goranson and David Trimble, with a space on 17th Street, and it was moved into the Dayton Street location in 2012, where they have three performance spaces. Vintage Theatre is at 1468 Dayton St. in Aurora. “Cross Words” plays Friday/Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. through Nov. 7. Tickets: 303-856-7830, vintagetheatre. com. While the COVID-19 pandemic continues, public events frequently are canceled or rescheduled. Check with organizers before you go.
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Prop 120 will drop property taxes — at least for some Measure is one of 3 on Colorado’s statewide ballot BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN
Colorado’s residential property taxes are already among the nation’s lowest, but a measure on the 2021 statewide ballot would drop them ever lower — for some. Proposition 120 would, if approved by voters, reduce the property tax assessment rates for multifamily housing to 6.5% from 7.15% starting in 2022. If you owned affected property valued at $300,000, you would pay $1,950 per 100 mills (a mill is a $1 payment on every $1,000 of assessed value) versus $2,145. The rate would also be reduced under Proposition 120 for lodging properties from 29% to 26.4%. If you owned affected property valued at $300,000, you would pay $7,920 versus $8,700. Proponents of the measure say a property tax reduction for multifamily housing could reduce rents and encourage investment to ease the state’s housing shortage. Lower property taxes for lodging property may allow businesses to expand and hire more employees. “Property values are skyrocketing right now,” said Michael Fields, who leads Colorado Rising Action, the conservative fiscal policy nonprofit behind the ballot measure. “People don’t have the money in their pocket to pay higher property taxes.” Fields called Proposition 120 “a first step to ensure that people can stay in their homes.” Conversely, opponents argue that slashing property taxes may result in local government cuts, including for schools and fire departments that rely on property tax revenue to operate. Scott Wasserman, who leads the liberal-leaning fiscal policy nonprofit Bell Policy Center, said he’s concerned about the permanent nature of the cuts and how they don’t take into consideration the financial needs of local governments. “We’re continuing to set statewide assessment rates regardless of how it impacts different counties,” he said. In the final days of Colorado’s
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2021 legislative session, a bipartisan measure passed that blunted the effects of Proposition 120. Senate Bill 293 created new subcategories of residential and commercial property in an effort to limit the effects of the ballot measure. It then drove down the assessment rates for those new categories, though by not as much as Proposition 120 would have. Single-family properties are taxed on 6.9% percent of assessed value, down from from 7.15% Multifamily properties are taxed on 6.8%, down from 7.15% Agricultural property’s rate dropped to 26.4%, from 29% Property used to produce renewable energy is taxed on of 26.4% of assessed value, down from 29% There’s a big catch, however. The rate decreases under Senate Bill 293 apply only in the 2022 and 2023 tax years. After that, state lawmakers will have to decide whether to continue with the lower assessment rates or raise them to their previous levels. Because Senate Bill 293 was passed after the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office approved Proposition 120 for the signature-gathering process, the language on your ballot will ask if all property tax and com-
mercial tax assessment rates should be dropped. Don’t be confused. That’s not the case. Nonpartisan legislative staff estimate that the assessment rate reductions would decrease property tax revenue for local governments across Colorado by $46 million in 2022 and $50.2 million in 2023. The revenue decrease is expected to be even larger in later years due to a scheduled increase in the assessment rate for multifamily housing in 2024. Because property taxes fund schools, there may be a hit to Colorado’s education system. The impact will vary by district since different districts impose different mill levy rates. The state legislature may backfill some of the losses. Again, don’t be confused by the language on your ballot, which warns of a $1 billion hit to government coffers. That estimate was created before Senate Bill 293 passed and Proposition 120 was effectively scaled back. Proposition 120 would also allow the legislature to keep $25 million over the state’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights cap to be used to fund exist-
ing reimbursements to local governments for the homestead property tax exemption. Seniors and veterans with a service-related disability are eligible for the exemption, which allows those who qualify to exempt 50% of the first $2,000 of residential value from property taxes. In 2020, the average exemption was $584. Here’s more helpful information from nonpartisan staff at the legislature: “In years the exemption is available, the state reimburses local governments for the revenue reduction resulting from the property tax exemption. The state spent $157.9 million on local government reimbursements in state budget year 2020-21. In some years, the state legislature has made the exemption temporarily unavailable as a budget balancing decision. The last year the exemption was not available was 2011.” There’s one more thing voters may want to know: Fields has vowed to file a lawsuit seeking to invalidate Senate Bill 293 should Proposition 120 pass. “They can’t kneecap or adjust our ballot initiative when it’s already through the process,” Fields said in explaining his legal argument against Senate Bill 293. If the lawsuit is successful, it’s not clear if Proposition 120 would then reduce the assessment rates for all property and residential taxes in Colorado. However, that’s what the Common Sense Institute believes would happen. “It is a serious concern,” said Wasserman, from the Bell Policy Center. Wasserman worries that the lawsuit could serve as a slippery slope affecting future legislatures and future ballot issues. “Just because you take out a ballot title doesn’t mean you get to have the exclusive conversation about an issue in Colorado,” he said.
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Prop 119 would raise marijuana taxes for out-of-school learning Measure is one of 3 on Colorado’s statewide ballot BY DANIEL DUCASSI THE COLORADO SUN
Colorado voters will decide in the election ending Nov. 2 whether to raise taxes on recreational marijuana to help fund a new state program aimed at providing Colorado students with out-of-school learning opportunities. The program — called Learning Enrichment and Academic Progress, or LEAP — would pay service providers, like private tutoring companies or even public school teachers looking for extra work, to provide a wide variety of educational or development support services to K-12 students in the state. Supporters of the measure, called Proposition 119, say that by giving kids from lower income families a chance to access tutoring and enrichment programs, the program can help those kids catch up academically to their more privileged peers and start to reverse the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on learning. Public education advocates who oppose the measure, however, paint it as a slippery slope to vouchers and a threat to the state’s public education system, and argue that any new tax revenue for education should go into the existing system rather than
a whole new program. Meanwhile, opponents in Colorado’s cannabis industry say the increased sales tax is regressive and may push consumers back into the black market. Proposition 119 would create the LEAP program to provide financial support to Colorado students between the ages of 5 and 17 who are eligible to attend public school. A new state agency, called the Colorado Learning Authority, would run the program independent of oversight by the State Board of Education and the Colorado Department of Education. The governor would appoint a nine-member board to oversee the agency. The measure would prioritize students from low-income families who otherwise couldn’t afford the supplemental services by giving them the first shot at receiving benefits under the program. In 2023, financial aid awards of at least $1,500 would first have to go to students from households with income at or below the federal poverty level, then to students from house-
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holds with income less than twice the poverty level. Any funding left over would be open to students from households with higher incomes. After 2024, the Colorado Learning Authority would get new flexibility to determine the award amounts as well as how it would distribute the money. The agency would set criteria for selecting and certifying the service providers. The types of educational or developmental support services providers could offer include tutoring, assistance targeted at students with special needs, language instruction, additional academic support materials, career and technical educational training programs, physical therapy, social emotional learning and mental health services. However, the measure would block the program from being used for school tuition or for lessons or materials that are part of a student’s regular school day. Colorado school districts and charter schools would automatically be certified as providers and teachers would get priority for approval. The program would be paid for by raising retail marijuana taxes by 5 percentage points, to 20% from 15%, phased in over three years. The tax rate would jump 3 percentage points in 2022, and then an additional percentage point in 2023 and 2024. The new taxes are estimated to raise more than $87 million next fiscal year, which starts July 2022. The new revenue would be exempt from state constitutional spending limits. The measure would also annually divert roughly $20 million from the State Land Trust, which supports funding for public schools, to the State Public School Fund, with an equivalent amount going from the general fund to support the new program. According to an analysis by nonpartisan legislative staff, the changes would mean less investment earnings in the state’s permanent fund by about $48 million over 10 years, including nearly $31 million that would otherwise go toward funding K-12 education. However, supporters point out that $20 million a year from the state land trust would result in a net increase in funding for public schools, above the lost potential revenue. Proponents of Proposition 119
see the measure as a way to close the achievement gap by giving kids from low income families some of the same opportunities as kids who live in higher income households. “There has been a longstanding opportunity gap in Colorado, and that was made worse in the pandemic,” said Curtis Hubbard, a Democratic consultant serving as spokesman for the campaign to support Proposition 119. “This is a targeted measure to direct help for out of school learning opportunities to the kids who need them the most.” Hubbard described the measure as a “targeted solution” to what he called “the opportunity gap,” only made worse by restrictions on inschool learning that were in place during the pandemic. “We can’t wait to address the learning loss that occurred in the pandemic,” he said. “And we can make a difference in the lives of hundreds of thousands of kids who didn’t have access to tutors, or test prep, or laptops, or internet service or whose families speak a language other than English in the home who may have already been behind.” Mike Johnston is a Democratic former state senator and the head of Gary Community Ventures, a public-benefit corporation that has contributed nearly $1.5 million support of the measure. Though Gary does invest in for-profit companies, Johnston said Gary does not have any investments that would be providers for LEAP. Johnston said Coloradans have an obligation to address learning disparities in Colorado. “The only way to really close that gap long term is to focus on all of the out-of-school and summer school learning opportunities that are driving those gaps in addition to what’s happening in K-12,” Johnston said. “When you look at the opportunities that a lot of middle class or upper middle class kids have, whether it is for additional tutoring, whether it is for summer camp, whether it is for after school science programming, those are the things that both help kids catch up and keep up.” Brenda Dickhoner leads conservative education advocacy group Ready Colorado, which has given $325,000 to the campaign supporting SEE PROP 119, P21
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Proposition 119. “We’re really excited about LEAP because this program empowers parents to spend dollars how they see fit for their children,” Dickhoner said. “Giving parents the ability to choose how to spend their dollars, whether it’s for math, tutoring, or piano lessons, or speech therapy is incredibly important to helping those kids thrive.” The measure enjoys a slate of high-profile supporters on both sides of the aisle, including former governors Bill Ritter (a Democrat) and Bill Owens (a Republican), Democratic former Denver mayor Wellington Webb, Colorado state senators Bob Gardner (a Republican) and Rhonda Fields (a Democrat) and Democratic former U.S. Senator Mark Udall. What opponents say Judy Solano is a Democratic former state representative and school teacher who is helping lead the opposition. She also serves as chairwoman of the nonprofit group Advocates for Public Education Policy. Solano sees the program as unnecessary and has concerns about giving public money to private providers, which could include forprofit companies, describing it as “a slippery slope.” She also wondered why the measure created a new agency to administer the program. “If the people that were backing this really cared about having adequate funds for students, why
would they create a whole new big agency that’s going to have administrative costs that we don’t really know?” she asked. Perhaps the harshest critics of the program are a group called Taxpayers for Public Education, led by Cindy Barnard. Barnard framed the measure as “basically a voucher initiative” that “creates another government bureaucracy that basically lacks complete accountability and transparency” and as a threat to public education funding. Like Solano, she thinks the money would be better used inside the public school system. Barnard also suggested that the measure doesn’t do enough to prohibit discrimination by providers against students and fears religious providers would be able to deny services to LGBTQ youth. Supporters disagree, pointing to language in the measure that states that the financial aid from the program must “be provided and administered in a manner that does not discriminate against any eligible child or youth, eligible child or youth’s family, provider, or learning opportunity on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, native language, religious affiliation, national origin, gender, military status, sexual orientation, gender variance, marital status, or physical or mental disability.” The Colorado Parent Teacher Association also opposes the measure. Similarly, the board of directors of the Colorado Association of School Boards voted to oppose Proposition 119. The measure has also attracted
critics from Colorado’s cannabis industry. Colorado Leads, an association of marijuana companies in the state, opposes proposition 119 because of the increased taxes. “This initiative imposes a regressive tax on people’s pain, especially veterans, teachers and the elderly who need cannabis for medicine but can’t get a medical card, and while local communities generate this tax, local school boards have no say over the education programs it pays for,” said Chuck Smith, CEO of BellRock Brands and board president of Colorado Leads. “If these ballot measures are so beneficial to all Coloradans, why aren’t other industries asked to pay their fair share of these taxes?” Others in the industry suggest the increased tax rate could push people back into the black market, an objection Johnston dismissed. The practice of people buying marijuana off the street, he said, is “a bygone era” that people won’t go back to at this point. The board of the state’s largest teachers union, the Colorado Education Association, couldn’t settle on whether to support or oppose the proposition, resulting in the CEA taking a neutral stance. Sun reporter Jesse Paul contributed to this story. This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.
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Arapahoe High School in Centennial has come close many times to winning a state golf championship. The Warriors were second the past two seasons and third in the previous two campaigns. Arapahoe’s golfers dominated for most of the regular season, and on Oct. 5 at the Colorado Springs County Club the team wrapped up its first state golf title since 1988. The Warriors held a one-shot lead after the first day of competition but came in with a 216 during the final round to finish with 438 strokes to outdistance Greenwood Village’s Cherry Creek High School by 17 strokes. Creek finished second at 455. Highlands Ranch was third at 458. “It feels really special,” said Arapahoe coach Harry Buckner. “This is a special group of kids. They challenged each other all year in all of our practices and competition. “Thirty-three years ago is the last time we won a state championship. That’s a long time ago. We’ve been knocking on the door but it’s so hard to open because there are so many good teams.” Arapahoe senior Will Kates didn’t have to wait 33 years to win his second state individual title championship. Kates, who captured the state championship in 2019, shot a final round of 1-under-par 70 and tied first-day leader Wesley Erling
of Pine Creek for first place with 142 two-round totals. Kates won a playoff on the second playoff hole with a seven-foot birdie putt to earn his second state championship. “I kinda made some really good putts today and that kinda of kept me in early,” said Kates. “I built off that and kept going from there.” And he made the biggest putt on the second extra hole of the playoff, which was the 524-yard, par 5 first hole. “I had that exact same putt on the first this morning, so I hit it on my line and it went in,” Kates continued. “It’s pretty cool to win. If you told me my freshman year that I would win two state championships I wouldn’t have believed you. “Winning state is just as cool as the individual, to be honest with you. My base goal this year was to get the team title.” Kates was the leader but Max Zadvorny had a 1-over-par 72 and wound up in eighth place with a total of 149. Matthew Wilkinson and Grant Juergens each had final rounds of 74. Wilkinson came in tied for sixth at 147 and Juergens was ninth at 150. Luke Cushman of Castle View High School in Castle Rock had a final-round 72 and came in tied for third place at 147, and Ryan Peragallo of Highlands Ranch tied with Juergens for ninth place. Cherry Creek’s Jonathan Trigg had a 151 total to lead the Bruins’ charge into second place. Despite the large margin of victory, Buckner admitted to being SEE GOLF, P23
Arapahoe’s Will Kates won the state Class 5A individual golf title with a putt on the second playoff hole and led the Warriors to their first team championship in 33 years. PHOTO BY JIM BENTON Here he reacts after sinking the birdie putt to win the playoff.
Legend girls win league softball championship Titans beat Chaparral 3-0 in matchup of teams from Parker area BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Legend’s Kaylynn English sparked the Titans to a 3-0 victory over Chaparral on Oct. 4 in a game to decide the outright Continental League softball title. English had three hits and stole three bases, includPHOTO BY JIM BENTON ing home, to set the tone for the victory.
Junior shortstop Kaylynn English is a leader on the girls softball team from Parker’s Legend High School. English was the spark plug for the Titans with three hits, two runs scored and three stolen bases as Legend downed nearby Chaparral, 3-0, on Oct. 4 to win the regular season Continental League softball championship. “She is a good kid,” said Legend coach Kristen Shirk. “She definitely sets the tone for our team. She knows that. That puts more pressure on her at times but she was pretty loose (against Chaparral) and
set the tone. We do play to win banners for the school. That’s a goal.” English got three singles in four at-bats and her base running led to Legend’s first two runs, which staked them to the early lead which they held. She led off the game with a single, moved to second on a wild pitch, stole third base and scored on another wild pitch. “Baserunning is my favorite part of the game,” said English. “I love catching people and when I’m on third I look for the pitch in the dirt or up high.” In the third inning, English led off again with a single, advanced on a wild pitch and stole home to score the second run when the catcher was not sharp throwing the ball back to the pitcher. “I saw she (catcher) SEE SOFTBALL, P23
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concerned heading into the final round of the two-day tournament. “Yeah, I was concerned,” he said. “We had a one-stroke lead after the first day. We were scared. You never know what is going to happen. I
Two of the Continental League’s best pitchers squared off in the Legend-chaparral softball game on Oct. 4, The Titans’ Cameron Poncho, left, and Chap’s Emma Crosby, right, both game up six hits and each fanned 12 batters in the game which PHOTO BY JIM BENTON Legend won, 3-0.
and nothing more than singles. We were 3-13 last year and nobody picked us to do anything this year so to be 17-6 is pretty remarkable.” Both Legend and Chap are expected to host two of the eight regional state qualifying tournaments to be held Oct. 16. Two teams from each regional will advance to the 16-team Class 5A state tournament, which will be held Oct. 22-23 at the Aurora Sports Park. thought we would play good, we always play better the second day than we do the first day. All four guys played really well.” In the Class 3A state tournament that was held at Spring Valley Golf Club in Elizabeth, Lutheran’s Aj Papajohn finished tied for sixth in the individual standings after turning in rounds of 75 and 73 for a 148 total.
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didn’t look at me at all and kind of lobbed it (the ball) back to the pitcher._I looked at my coach and she nodded her head and I knew what that meant. “The next pitch she didn’t look at me and I just went.” Chap needed to defeat Legend to gain a share of the league title, but the Titans wound up the regular season with a 19-4 overall record and 9-1 in the league. The Wolverines finished at 17-6 overall with a 7-3 league mark. The title game matched two of the Continental League’s best pitchers in Legend junior Cameron Ponich and Chap senior lefthander Emma Crosby. Each pitcher allowed six hits and struck out 12 batters. Ponich lowered her earned run average to 1.57 with 157 strikeouts. English’s three hits raised her batting average to .536 and the fact that it came in a championship game against a team from a rival school was important. “I’ve faced her (Crosby) since I was 8,” recalled English. “She’s always been one of the top pitchers. I was nervous but I had confidence and trusted myself.” Chap stranded six of the eight runners it left on base in the final four innings. “We had the tying run on but we have a lot of young kids,” said Chap coach Alan DiGiosio. “Cam’s (Ponich) a pretty dominant pitcher so we were in it in the seventh so I’ll take that. “I’ll put Crosby up against anybody. She’s had a heck of a year. She was right there with Cam neck to neck. She gave up six hits and three in that leadoff spot
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Denver Art Museum’s Martin Building reopens after $150M project Tickets to the renovated north campus now available BY MAGGIE DONAHUE DENVERITE
For more than three years, the north side of the Denver Art Museum campus has been closed for renovation. But soon, just in time for what is now known as the Lanny and Sharon Martin Building’s 50th anniversary, visitors will finally get to see inside the eight-floor structure designed by Gio Ponti, as well as the new Anna and John J. Sie Welcome Center. The reimagined campus will reopen to the public with a free admission day on Oct. 24. The newly restored Martin Building offers 33,328 square feet of new gallery and public space, educational programming, artist interactions, expanded outdoor spaces, and sweeping views of the city and mountains. It also features the new Jana & Fred Bartlit Learning and Engagement Center, which offers more than
17,600 square feet of programming space, workshop rooms, community galleries and interactive gathering spaces, including activations by artists Frankie Toan and Moe Gram. The 50,000-square-foot Welcome Center, which connects the Martin Building to the museum’s Frederic C. Hamilton Building to the south, will offer ticketing guest services, programming spaces, an art conservation and technical studies laboratory, and two new dining spaces, including the quick-service Café Gio and the Ponti Restaurant, which features a locally sourced menu by James Beard Award-winning Denver chef Jennifer Jasinski “We are looking forward to being open for creativity, joy and wonder – welcoming our community into new, dynamic spaces this fall, to explore art, world cultures and their own creativity,” museum director Christoph Heinrich said in a press release. Press materials also say that as part of the Martin Building’s redesign, its galleries have been updated with a commitment to inclusion. Some of those initiatives include
A view of construction in 2018 of the Anna and John J. Sie Welcome Center at the Denver Art Museum, with the Lanny and Sharon Martin Building in the background.
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highlighting more contemporary and community artists, as well as including bilingual art labels in both English and Spanish throughout the entire museum campus. Some of the updated or new collection galleries include the Northwest Coast and Alaska Native galleries, Indigenous Arts of North America galleries, Latin American Art and Art of the Ancient Americas galleries, Asian Art galleries, European Art Before 1800, Textile Art and Fashion and Photography galleries, and Western American Art galleries. The first floor of the Martin Building, which once was used primarily as art storage, will operate as the 6,500-square-foot Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Gallery. The space will open with “ReVisión: Art in the Americas,” an exhibition highlighting about 180 works from the DAM’s Latin American and Art of the
Ancient Americas collections. The renovations cost $150 million to build. Denver Art Museum Board Chairman Lanny Martin and his wife Sharon Martin, for whom the Martin Building is named, contributed the first $25 million. Voterapproved Elevate Denver Bonds covered an additional $35.5 million, and the museum helped cover the rest by matching public investment dollars at a three-to-one ratio. The renovated campus will reopen to the public Oct. 24 with an opening day celebration from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. While it’s free to attend, guests must reserve tickets, which are now available. And if you’re a member and you want to check out the campus early, you can attend a Member Preview on Oct. 21, 22 or 23. You can find more information on museum admission online at denverartmuseum.org. This story is from Denverite, a nonprofit Denver news source affiliated with CPR News. Used by permission. For more, and to support Denverite, visit denverite.com.
The Denver Art Museum’s new Sie Welcome Center.
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The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 24, BLOCK 3, MEAD'S CROSSING AMENDMENT NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.
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.
Which has the address of: 11281 Rodeo Cir, Parker, CO 80138 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 8, 2021, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the
Legal Notice No. 939718 First Publication: September 23, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Bids and Settlements PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on October
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30, 2021, final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and Paonia, the Douglas County Fiber Mapping And Expansion Project, Douglas County Project Number TF-2018-033 in Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said Paonia, Inc. for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said October 30, 2021 file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Board of County Commissioners, c/o Director of Public Works Engineering, with a copy to the Project Engineer Danny Montoya, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104. Failure on the part of claimant to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve said County of Douglas from all and any liability for such claimant's claim. The Board of Douglas County Commissioners of the County of Douglas, Colorado, By: Janet Herman, P.E., Director of Public Works Engineering. Legal Notice No. 939829 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Account Number: 2734
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: BCP-MIDTOWN INVESTMENTS I LLC - OCCUPANT - COMIAN XI TAX LIEN FUND LLC - REGISTERED AGENT DONALD J MARCOTTE BCP-MIDTOWN INVESTMENTS I LLC - THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF PARKER - JEFF TOBORG MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF PARKER FORMERLY DAVID CASIANO MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF PARKER - CHRIS VANDERPOOL ACTING TOWN CLERK OF THE TOWN OF PARKER FORMERLY CAROL BAUMGARTNER TOWN CLERK OF THE TOWN OF PARKER - PARKER WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT - FRANK JAEGER DISTRICT MANAGER PARKER WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT - BRIAN W BAIR MANAGER BCP-
MIDTOWN INVESTMENT I LLC You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 12th day of November 2013 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to COMIAN XI TAX LIEN FUND LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: TR IN NE1/4 9-6-66 & NW1/4 10-6-66 LYING E OF LOT 4 WESTCREEK 2 1ST AMD 0.135 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to COMIAN XI TAX LIEN FUND LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2012. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of BCP-MIDTOWN INVESTMENTS I LLC for said year 2012 That said COMIAN XI TAX LIEN FUND LLC on the 28th day of July 2021 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 27th day of January 2022 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 14th day of October 2021 /s/ David Gill County Treasurer of Douglas County
EUGENE STUBBLEFIELD AKA LEE EUGENE STUBBLEFIELD JR PRESIDENT COLORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO - KENNETH J WEILER AKA KENNETH WEILER SECRETARY COLORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 6th day of November 2014 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to MARGIE CLEMMER the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: LOT 33 BLK 3 MERIBEL VILLAGE 1 0.512 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to MARGIE CLEMMER. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2013. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of GARTHY L DENT for said year 2013 That said MARGIE CLEMMER on the 8th day of March 2021 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 27th day of January 2022 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 14th day of October 2021 /s/ David Gill County Treasurer of Douglas County
Legal Notice No. 939818 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 28, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Legal Notice No. 939819 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 28, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED
PUBLIC NOTICE
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: GARTHY DENT AKA GARTHY L DENT AKA GARTHY A DENT AKA GARTHY ALFRED DENT - OCCUPANT - JOHN DAGOSTINO - MARGIE CLEMMER - GARTHY DENT AKA GARTHY L DENT AKA GARTHY A DENT AKA GARTHY ALFRED DENT C/O BEATRICE R DENT FAMILY ESTATE TRUST - GARTHY DENT AKA GARTHY L DENT AKA GARTHY A DENT AKA GARTHY ALFRED DENT C/O BEATRICE RUTH DENT & BRET ALLAN DENT - GARTHY DENT AKA GARTHY L DENT AKA GARTHY A DENT AKA GARTHY ALFRED DENT C/O OLENA DENT & DAVID MICHAEL DENT - GARTHY DENT AKA GARTHY L DENT AKA GARTHY A DENT AKA GARTHY ALFRED DENT C/O DEANNE CHRISTINE BROCK - COLORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO - LEE E STUBBLEFIELD AKA LEE
PURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAW OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, Prom Discount Liquor SM & NH Inc. d/b/a Prom Discount Liquor, has requested the Licensing Officials of Douglas County to grant a Liquor License for a Retail liquor license at the location of 2030 E County Line Road in Highlands Ranch, CO 80112. The Public Hearing on this application is to be held by the Douglas County Local Liquor Licensing Authority at 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80104 on Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. Date of Application: September 27, 2021 Officers: Sara Mesfin – Director/President, Tewelde G Kidane – Director/ Secretary Legal Notice No. 939824 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
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