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Colorado supply of homes rises, prices still climb Ripple effects of inflation bring changes

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

From June 2021 to June this year, the number of active listings for single-family homes in the Denver

metro area jumped up by about 52%.

Statewide, the number saw about a 43% uptick.

But despite the larger pool of options, home prices continue to climb. The median sales price rose 11% statewide in that same time, and it increased by about 11% in the Denver metro area, where the median sales price sat at a staggering $647,500 as of June.

The good news? The 11% price bump represents a notably smaller year-over-year increase than Colorado had endured each month over the past year, according to a Colorado Association of Realtors report.

The jump in the supply of available homes means buyers now have a better chance of purchasing a house, but prices in metro Denver and Colorado at large remain notori-

Douglas County School Board tries to rebuild trust at retreat

ously expensive.

“The story here, just to be frank, is not that all the sudden the market has drastically changed — it’s that it mellowed out compared to 2021 and 2020,” said Matthew Leprino, a Realtor based in metro Denver. “The current state of Colorado’s housing market is not that different from SEE HOUSING, P10

Parker focused on economic future Council approves path forward

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Douglas County School Board President Mike Peterson speaks at a retreat on Aug. 6 at the Legacy Campus in Parker. Board members PHOTO BY MCKENNA HARFORD met in the first of a two-part retreat to discuss trust and norms.

Goals, state of district spur discussion

BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

At the first of two retreat sessions, Douglas County School Board directors aired concerns and discussed proposed norms in an effort to address rifts among the board and with the community.

The retreat on Aug. 6 at the Legacy Campus in Parker consisted of directors outlining policy governance goals, the state of the district and what is needed to accomplish the board’s goals. Much of the discus-

sion centered on rebuilding relationships among the board and with three key groups: teachers, parents and students.

Directors Susan Meek and Elizabeth Hanson focused their comments on the lack of trust within the group and the community’s perception of the board. Meek brought up the lawsuit against the district for firing former Superintendent Corey Wise as one of the main catalysts for losing support.

“I don’t know how we move forward and build trust when we have issues that we haven’t addressed or discussed as a team,” Meek said.

Board majority members, Directors Mike Peterson, Becky Myers, Christy Williams and Kaylee Win-

egar, didn’t comment on the ongoing lawsuit.

Myers did respond to say that trust has been lost on all sides and she was working to address it.

“We’re not the only ones being distrustful,” she said. “I know that the people you’re talking to are saying they don’t trust the board. Well, I’m hearing that same thing and getting those same conversations.”

Many of Hanson’s comments were about wanting to find solutions to the loss of trust among the board and with teachers and parents, as well as suggesting better communication is crucial. She both accepted and doled out blame for the SEE RETREAT, P5

The Town of Parker is continuing to invest in its financial growth as the town council approved a $138,000 contract to develop a comprehensive economic development strategic plan Aug. 1.

This is one of several recent moves by the town to prioritize its economic growth.

“The goal of this plan is to create a blueprint for how we want Parker to grow in the commercial space and the job market space,” said Parker Mayor Jeff Toborg.

The contract will permit Progressive Urban Management Associates to begin their three-step process to develop the strategic plan.

The project will look at how to advance things like diverse housing stock, small businesses, downtown development, transportation and social equity and inclusion, said Deputy Town Manager Bo Martinez.

The town expects the planning process to take about six to nine months with it beginning this fall and finishing in spring 2023, SEE PLAN, P9

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Artwork throughout the county The Douglas County Art Encounters outdoor public art program has recently installed 26 pieces by 14 artists in public places throughout Castle Rock, Highlands Ranch, Lone Tree, Parker and Roxborough.

The 2022-2023 sculptures were selected from 57 entries by local and national artists and are showcased in parks and near entrances of recreation centers, shopping centers and libraries in Douglas County.

Whether a public art enthusiast or new to public art, citizens are encouraged to visit all 26 sculptures and then use the Vote4Art tool to nominate a favorite for a People’s Choice Award by Jan. 31, 2023. Since the program’s first public art installation in June 2008, thousands have visited the

325 outdoor art installations exemplifying a variety of mediums.

Art Encounters draws visitors to the retail and civic areas where the pieces are displayed while promoting public interest in art and developing community pride. Please take time to visit the sculptures over the next several months and then vote for your favorites.

Conceived by the Douglas County Cultural Council in 2007, Art Encounters is a year-long outdoor art exhibit showcasing sculptures, in various media and styles. Since its inception, the project has been funded, in part, by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District and the Philip S. Miller Trust.

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Celebrating National Night Out The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and other departments throughout the region celebrated the national program, National Night Out, event on Aug. 2. The program is aimed and bringing the community and local authorities together.

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School Zone safety is a shared responsibility Please remember: Reduce your speed. Don’t drive distracted. Respect crossing guard instructions, and follow specific student drop-off and pick-up procedures. Learn more at douglas.co.us and search School Zones.

Douglas County needs you Erin Kane, right, the superintendent for Douglas County School District, shook hands with the Ponderosa High School graduates as they received their diplomas May 17.

PHOTO BY ELLIOTT WENZLER

Douglas County schools welcome students back Superintendent is focused on educational outcomes

BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Douglas County School District is gearing up for the start of classes, with the upcoming year expected to be similar to last year in terms of educational priorities and preparing students for their futures.

Superintendent Erin Kane said she most looks forward to getting to have school buildings filled with students again after the summer break. Her focus is improving educational outcomes for all students.

“We’re really excited to welcome the kids back to school, it’s our favorite time of the year,” Kane said. “We’re so optimistic to move forward and focus on what all of us went into this business to focus on, which is the kids.”

Curriculum goals center around advancing literacy, developing essential skills and setting students up to be successful in college or the workforce. Kane noted there are not currently plans for curriculum changes and any proposals would have to be approved by the Board of Education.

“I don’t anticipate any sweeping differences,” Kane said.

District officials are still in the process of creating a universal pre-school program, which is a new requirement in Colorado after the passage of a law in April.

Chalkbeat Colorado reports that no entities applied to the state to oversee Douglas County’s universal preschool by the initial June 24 deadline.

When it comes to COVID-19 policies, Kane said the district will follow the guidance of the local Douglas County Health Department, which recently was created in 2021 after the county split from Tri-County Health Department in 2020. The health department does not have any current health orders

in place regarding COVID-19.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still recommends anyone who tests positive for COVID-19 should isolate for at least five days and unvaccinated people should quarantine for five days after a COVID-19 exposure.

“We’ll just have the usual policies we have regarding any communicable disease,” Kane said. “We continue to have sick kids stay at home.”

Still Colorado’s third largest school district, enrollment sits at about 64,000 students, which is similar to the 2021-22 school year, but not yet back to pre-pandemic numbers. Kane said growth is uneven across the district, with an increasing need for new schools in Crystal Valley and Sterling Ranch, while the Highlands Ranch area sees fewer students.

“We’re seeing a lot of growth in various areas, but we’re also seeing decline in various areas, so we have a little of both,” she said.

Douglas County schools will employ around 8,500 people with more than 4,400 being licensed educators, which is similar to last year’s numbers as well, Kane said.

As of Aug. 2, the district’s career portal listed 496 open positions with 97 of them requiring a license.

“The last two years have been really rough on teachers,” Kane said, citing the stresses of the pandemic.

Currently, the district is in the process of potentially going to voters for a mill levy override to increase staff compensation and a bond for capital improvements, like constructing new neighborhood schools.

No specific language for a mill levy override or bond has been approved, but Kane is adamant about the need for additional funding to help keep Douglas County schools successful and competitive.

The Board of Education is expected to make a final decision on whether to ask for mill levy override and bond, as well as specific language, in August.

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Commissioners Teal, Laydon vote to investigate Thomas again

Douglas County Commissioners Abe Laydon, George Teal and Lora Thomas.

First report cost $17,000

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Two of Douglas County’s commissioners are conducting another investigation into their fellow commissioner just a few days after their previous investigation concluded.

This time, Commissioners Abe Laydon and George Teal asked their staff to look into whether Commissioner Lora Thomas publicly released results from their previous investigation to a media outlet.

The county paid $17,000 over the past few months to outside legal counsel to research allegations Teal and Laydon made against Thomas. Last week, they announced the investigation was complete but said they wouldn’t make the full results public.

22nd Annual The county’s public records office responded to a request from Colorado Community Media for the document by saying it was

considered “confidential attorney client privilege.”

On July 29, CBS Colorado aired a story in which they showed the opening page of the report and referenced specific lines from it.

Thomas was interviewed in the story.

Teal made a motion Tuesday morning to conduct another investigation into whether Thomas released the document to CBS. Laydon seconded that motion and the two voted in favor of it.

They then passed another motion directing their legal counsel to “provide enforcement options” if it’s found Thomas did release the document.

Thomas left the meeting early and wasn’t present for the votes or discussion.

County attorney Lance Ingalls told Teal and Laydon it’s possible that because one media outlet has the document, it may not be able to be considered privileged anymore.

He also discussed another argument the county has heard that the document shouldn’t be

FILE PHOTO BY ELLIOTT WENZLER

kept private after commissioners have read from and discussed it in public.

Both Teal and Laydon said they would like to still see the document kept from the public.

“I have nothing to hide,” Laydon said.

He added that he doesn’t want the names of county staff members discussed in the report made public to protect them.

Teal and Laydon asked for an investigation into Thomas in April after they said she violated the board’s direction by asking their legal counsel for names of supporters of a controversial water proposal from the San Luis Valley. The proposal, from Renewable Water Resources, had strong opposition in the southern Colorado community and Laydon expressed concern for its supporters.

The investigation found that Thomas gave direction to the county’s legal staff that was “contrary to a prior vote” by asking for the names of supporters Laydon planned to meet

with.

The report also looked into allegations that Thomas created a hostile work environment and caused the resignation of a first responder in the county by distributing an anonymous letter received by the county that detailed concerns about employees of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. The investigation found that Thomas did distribute that letter but didn’t determine who wrote it, according to the county’s announcement.

“The investigation found that it was more likely than not that Commissioner Thomas did not create a hostile work environment or cause the discharge of a former employee,” according to the public announcement.

Thomas did not reply to a request for comment for this story.

An executive session, or closed-door meeting, titled “investigation update” was scheduled for the commissioners Aug. 9 at 9:15 a.m. Results from the meeting were not available at press time.

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damaged relationships.

Hanson said her decisions and experience during the pandemic showed her that many parents felt unheard and she admitted to losing their trust. However, she added that the majority directors’ actions regarding firing Wise and directing new Superintendent Erin Kane to evaluate the equity policy equally upset educators in the district.

“I lost part of the parents … and if we’re being really honest and candid and really looking at ourselves, you have lost part of the teachers and the educators,” she said. “We can’t be successful until we rebuild that.”

In later comments, Meek said she felt many of the district’s concerns stem from the conversation about the equity policy and potential changes. Meek emphasized those conversations should stay top of mind and that she hoped to include more student voices in the equity policy discussions.

“I think getting equity right and

figuring out what it means for everyone to feel valued and respected and included — on the board, but also student-wise — (should be a priority),” Meek said.

Hanson also pointed to the language used by the majority board directors, especially when referencing teachers, as another barrier to building trust. She cited former comments made about some teachers putting the union above education, as well as accusations of teachers being too biased or political.

“There are more teachers willing to walk for your recall than for their own pay raise. That is not OK,” Hanson said.

Hanson also noted that she believes the board isn’t doing enough to highlight all of the good happening within the district.

“It’s the middle that we have completely failed to communicate with and work with and show respect to,” she said.

Board President Peterson thanked Hanson for her thoughts and agreed that the district could do better in focusing on positive things and communicating more clearly. For his part, Peterson said the board should focus on balance.

“We do need to make sure that we balance parent voice and honoring our teachers and giving them the ability to do what they do best, which is teach our kids,” he said.

“I would like to concentrate on that balance and I know I have work to do in that area, especially the words and messaging to teachers.”

He acknowledged that some of his past comments could have come off as derogatory, even if that’s not what he intended.

“I’ve been imprecise with my language and I’ve had people come back to me and say ‘Mike, it sounds like you’re not appreciative of teachers,’ and I’m totally appreciative of teachers and what they’ve been through,” he said.

While discussing communication breakdowns, Peterson and Myers said some of their comments were misinterpreted or taken out of context. One example Peterson gave was the community perception that the board drastically changed the equity policy when it asked the superintendent to evaluate it.

“We didn’t rescind it, we didn’t change it, we didn’t alter it, we still have the same policy in place,” he said.

Peterson also addressed Hanson’s comments about his actions regarding Wise’s firing, noting there was a mutual loss of trust at the time.

Hanson said she felt disrespected when Peterson didn’t inform her about his plan to meet with Wise to discuss his job. Peterson responded that he felt disrespected by the special meeting called in response to that meeting.

“If I could go back and replay that and have done things differently, would I? Yeah, I would, with the 20/20 hindsight from where we are today,” he said. “I still believe that I would have cast the same vote at the end of a different process.”

Myers, David Ray, Winegar and Williams did not speak to the current state of the board.

Winegar did say she felt the district’s monitoring reports will be crucial to keeping track of accomplishments and areas of concern, while Williams said she wanted to know what each director needed to move forward.

At press time, the board was to continue its retreat on Aug. 9, where the agenda includes setting norms.

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Dawson Trails proposal includes 5,800 housing units 3.2M square feet of commercial, Costco

BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Castle Rock officials will consider an amended plan for the 2,000-acre Dawson Trails development this month, which would include funding for the Crystal Valley Interchange and the possible construction of a Costco.

Developers for Dawson Trails, Westside Investment Partners Inc., will present the proposed development plan for the area west of Interstate 25 and south of Territorial Road to the town planning commission and board in August to begin discussions of incentives and requirements.

The plan lays out more than 5,800 housing units, around 750 acres of

open space and 3.2 million square feet of commercial development, retail, industrial and office space.

Under the proposal, the commercial and mixed-use developments would be centralized in a corridor near I-25, surrounded by more residential neighborhoods.

In order to bring a Costco to Castle Rock, Dawson Trails is asking for up to $10 million in incentives for the bulk-buy store.

Once open, Castle Rock could expect to see around $4-6 million annually in sales tax, which would be the single largest tax generator locally, according to a news release from the town. The release also noted that Longmont recently gave $10.9 million in incentives to get a Costco constructed in town.

With the taxes raised, Castle Rock would have the budget for 18 more fire and police staff from 2025-2027.

As part of the proposed plan, Dawson Trails would pay $50 mil-

lion for the construction of the Crystal Valley Interchange, a $118 million project being done in partnership with Douglas County.

Additionally, the developer would pay $4 million toward a future fire station in the area and dedicate around 230 acres for a fire station, parks, schools and town facilities.

The developer would determine the construction of housing, but the Crystal Valley Interchange is scheduled to be finished in 2025 and the opening of Costco would likely be that same year, if approved.

Current zoning for the Dawson Trails development would allow up to 7,900 housing units and 17.5 million square feet of commercial, retail, industrial and office space.

The plan will go before the planning commission on Aug. 11 and then will be discussed by the town board at the Aug. 16 and Sept. 6 meetings, which will include public hearings.

The Dawson Trails development, outlined in blue, proposes more than 5,800 housing units and 3.2 million square feet of commercial space. As part of the proposal, Castle Rock could offer incentives for a Costco and the developer of Dawson Trails would pay for road work and a new fire station.

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Man convicted of decades-old murder sentenced to life in prison David Anderson found guilty in 1981 slaying

BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

David Anderson, the 63-yearold man convicted of killing then

34-year-old Sylvia Quayle in 1981, was sentenced to life in prison by an Arapahoe County judge Aug. 4.

The case had been without a suspect for decades until early 2021, when

breakthrough DNA testing technology allowed investigators to pinpoint suspects.

“As decades passed, many people thought this case would remain unsolved forever,” said John Kellner, district attorney for the 18th Judicial District. “Advancements in science combined with the tenacity of investigators and prosecutors led to justice today.”

According to a district court affidavit, Quayle’s body was found by her father, William Quayle, in her home at 3800 S. Ogden St in Cherry Hills Village.

Police responded to his call of a “woman down” just before 8 a.m.

Aug. 4, 1981, and found Quayle dead at the scene. Her father told officers he found her body “lying on the living room floor, nude with her arms above her head” and a white towel covering her face, the affidavit said.

According to the affidavit, police noted Quayle’s hands were covered in blood and she had red marks on her neck, according to the affidavit. An investigation revealed she had been shot with a .22 caliber bullet in the top of her head and stabbed three times in her upper back, with evidence of strangulation.

Ottis Toole, an infamous serial killer who had falsely confessed to hundreds of murders across the U.S., was charged with Quayle’s murder after he confessed to the crime two years after it occurred, but never faced trial for it.

DNA evidence in 1993 disproved Toole’s confession, causing the case to go cold for more than 25 years.

In 2000, a DNA sample that had been collected at the 1981 crime scene was submitted to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation but was left unidentified.

In 2020, Cherry Hills Village police began working with former Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrisey, whose company United Data Connect provided police with genetic genealogy testing, a relatively new technol-

ogy.

The company began developing leads for the unidentified DNA sample, which encompassed a pool of more than 3,300 people, Morrisey said.

Through extensive research and investigation, Morrisey said his team was able to home in on one suspect and, on Jan. 17, 2021, a company investigator traveled to Cozad, Nebraska to secretly collect DNA from Anderson.

The investigator recovered items from the dumpster for the apartment complex where Anderson lived.

About 15 items were tested, with DNA from a Vanilla Coke can matching the sample from the crime scene.

A warrant for Anderson’s arrest was soon issued and he was arrested in Nebraska on Feb. 10, 2021.

An Arapahoe County jury failed to reach a verdict during Anderson’s first trial in early March. He was convicted of the murder during a second trial June 30.

“We’re very grateful for the numerous investigators, analysts and forensic scientists who, through the decades, refused to let the passage of time deter them in their quest for justice,” said Chief Deputy District Attorney Chris Gallo following the trial. “We certainly hope that this small measure of justice brings some degree of peace to Sylvia Quayle’s family, who has waited more than 40 years for this result.”

Jo Hammit, Sylvia’s sister, said in a statement that the murder “turned my family’s world upside down.”

“For the past 41 years, Sylvia missed out on family celebrations and numerous social occasions,” Hammit said. “Mr. Anderson has lived for the last four decades without giving his crime or my sister a second thought, while my family has suffered irreparable mental and emotional anguish during this time of uncertainty. I have found it necessary to forgive Mr. Anderson, but he needs to bear the consequences of his actions.”

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County to fund housing for people with developmental disabilities Dollars will pay for hotel conversion

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A portion of the county’s federal COVID dollars will go toward housing residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities, or IDD, after commissioners announced a partnership with Wellspring Community.

Wellspring Community, a nonprofit based in Castle Rock, helps meet the social, emotional, intellectual and job-related needs of about 100 adults with disabilities in the county.

Through $6.4 million of the

county’s American Rescue Plan Act funding, Wellspring will convert La Quinta Hotel at 884 Park St. in Castle Rock into about 35 apartment units for independent living for their clients.

The apartments will have a kitchen, bathroom, living space and bedroom and will have 24/7 support for residents.

The hotel is located next to Wellspring’s main facility, allowing residents to easily participate in daily programs there. The units are planned to be an affordable option for families.

“I think that this project specifically, it’s going to be more than just a housing facility,” said Wellspring Executive Director Nicole DeVries.

“Because of where its located it will

become more part of the community here in Castle Rock,” As care for people with disabilities has improved, life expectancy has increased substantially, DeVries said.

“Families that used to outlive their child with IDD, and now that is no longer the case,” she said. “Which is a beautiful and wonderful thing and also now has created a very significant issue for families.”

About 70% of the families served

by Wellspring have no residential care plan for their loved one in the future, she said.

The organization, formed in 2008, also operates the Castle Rock Collective, a coffee shop which employs their clients.

The commissioners approved the purchase in October. It is scheduled

to close in October and will be functional some time next year.

The commissioners have decided to focus their $68.2 million in American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA, funding on seven areas: water and wastewater, homelessness, broadband, mental and behavioral health, wildfire suppression, economic investments and the intellectual and developmental disabilities community.

“The citizens of Douglas County have made it clear that supporting persons with IDD is a high priority. Ensuring that there is a greater physical presence in this County that delivers effective services will help accomplish this goal,” Commissioner Abe Laydon, the board chair, said in a statement released by the county.

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State’s unemployment loan on track to be paid off

BY TAMARA CHUANG THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado has paid back 87% of the $1 billion it borrowed from the federal government to provide outof-work Coloradans unemployment benefits during the pandemic. As of the start of August, the outstanding balance was $133.1 million.

There’s still a way to go to get the depleted unemployment insurance trust fund healthy again. But with Colorado’s strong job recovery in the past year, the state is on track to pay off the loan by Nov. 10, in time to eliminate a higher federal tax that would start for employers in January, according to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.

Ryan Gedney, a senior economist at the labor department, credited federal pandemic aid that reduced the loan by more than half in recent months. But that wasn’t the only reason, he said. With more people returning to work and fewer collecting unemployment, more money is going into the unemployment trust fund than leaving it.

“A stronger-than-expected economic recovery also aided in relative improvement in the UI trust fund, mainly due to a steep decline in benefit payments,” Gedney said.

The state paid weekly relief to a record number of people who lost their jobs due to pandemic disruptions that started in March 2020.

More than $3.5 billion in regular unemployment benefits was paid to

out-of-work Coloradans in the following two years.

Colorado used $600 million from its share of the American Rescue Plan Act, which nearly two dozen states also tapped to pay off their federal unemployment loans, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Of the $600 million, Colorado used $580 million to pay down the loan, saving $20 million to pay interest later. The trust fund is only allowed to fees, like loan interest.

Other states, including Ohio and Georgia, used much more of their ARPA allotment to eliminate their entire loan. Texas used $7.2 billion to pay off its loan and replenish its trust fund.

That’s what Colorado should have done, said Doug Holmes, president of UWC Strategic Services, a Washington, D.C.-based organization that advises businesses on unemployment and workers’ compensation issues.

“The reason for the insolvency in large part was due to governmentmandated shutdowns in light of the pandemic,” Holmes said. “There should therefore be a recognition of the need to restore balances prior to the mandated shutdowns. Employers did not cause the insolvency.”

If more states had used the federal help to build back their trust fund, the states would be better prepared for the next recession, he said.

Since the Treasury allowed states to use ARPA funding to pay off the loans and refill their trust funds, “We recommended it to everybody,”

Holmes said.

Two big financial holes for employers Paying off the loan is one financial chore for Colorado. The other is replenishing the trust fund, which had $1.1 billion before COVID-19 struck.

The fund was wiped out within five months. Without outside help, employers will shoulder the financial burden, which has grown since the pandemic. According to the state labor department, 203,000 employers paid for unemployment insurance for their staff in the fourth quarter of 2021. That’s up 11% from the 183,000 employers contributing in the fourth quarter of 2019.

The trust fund is supposed to be large enough to cover workers who lose their jobs during an economic downturn. When it’s not solvent — it hasn’t been solvent since August 2020 — a surcharge turns on and employers must contribute additional money for every worker.

To assist employers, the state legislature passed laws in 2020 and 2022 to stop the surcharge through 2023. But if the trust fund doesn’t get to an estimated $1.2 billion by the end of the fiscal year, or June 30, the surcharge will resume Jan. 1, 2024. — unless it’s paused again. And the following year, the trust fund needs to be at $1.3 billion by June 30.

Gedney doesn’t think Colorado will meet those minimums in time.

“Even based on a strong growth forecast, the trust fund balance would be below $1.2 billion for both of those periods, thus I anticipate the solvency surcharge would be in effect for 2024 and 2025,” he said.

“However, it’s possible the solvency surcharge is turned off again through future legislative action.”

But based on assumptions about the economy and labor market growth and even another possible recession, the fund could reach $2 billion anytime from 2025 to 2028.

Doing so would keep future solvency surcharges at bay and better prepare the state for another recession.

• 2023 increases for employers • No change in rates since they’re already at the highest level • Taxable wage base increases to $20,400 per worker. That means employers must pay insurance on a worker’s first $20,400 of pay, up from $17,000 in 2022.

• No UI trust fund solvency surcharge because SB 234 stopped it for one year • No change in the Federal Unemployment Tax Act if federal loan is repaid by November 10. If it’s not repaid, employers will start paying $63 in FUTA per employee per year, instead of $42.

The state stopped borrowing federal money last year because there’s enough money coming in to cover

Coloradans on unemployment. That number has been in decline from last year. And based on current forecasts, there will be enough additional revenues in the trust fund to make the Nov. 10 repayment deadline.

But if the state leaves even a dollar on the outstanding loan on Nov. 10, employer taxes will rise.

That’s because failure to pay off the loan would cause a reduction in a tax credit known as FUTA, for the Federal Unemployment Tax Act that created it.

Instead of paying 0.6% on the first $7,000 of an employee’s wage, the employer will pay 0.9% to the IRS. That increases the tax by 50%, resulting in payments of $63 per employee instead of today’s $42 per worker.

“Avoiding a FUTA credit reduction would save Colorado employers around $50 million in potential additional costs,” Gedney said.

States that didn’t pay off their entire loan using federal aid should have made sure that enough of the loan was paid off to avoid losing any of the FUTA credit in November, said Holmes, with UWC Strategic Services.

That tax burden, Holmes said, “should be avoided particularly when employers are recovering from a recession. Increased taxes impose increased costs of hiring and make it more difficult for employers to rehire or hire new employees.”

The local chapter of NFIB, an organization representing small businesses and a client of UWC, lobbied state lawmakers last spring to use ARPA funds to pay off the loan.

Businesses are already paying more on insurance premiums after another law kicked in to raise the base wage used to calculate premiums.

But many companies have essentially moved on, said Tony Gagliardi, NFIB’s state director for Colorado.

“My members are busy running their business,” Gagliardi said.

“While this topic comes up for discussion, they’re not dwelling on it because (they’re) making sure they can keep the business staffed. I don’t know how many restaurants I’ve been into in recent months where many tables are pushed to the side because they don’t have enough servers. Or they’ve gone to takeout only.

I’ve never seen anything like this in my life where there’s placards on the doors advising customers they have an employee shortage, please be patient.”

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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Martinez said.

The company selected has also worked in cities such as Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs and Englewood.

Progressive Urban Management Associates will focus on community engagement throughout their process, with the first step including workshops, roundtables and an online survey. They will also begin by looking at the town’s current market standing, demographics and aspirations.

The next step will look at up to five municipalities in Colorado that have enacted economic development initiatives. The final step will be a combination of the previous two.

The project will conclude with a leadership retreat and development of the plan.

Town Councilmember Josh Rivero said in the meeting when he was first elected he was shocked at all the planning the town does.

“Sitting up here 10 years later, I realize how important they are,” he said. “The best way I can sum it up is ‘measure twice, cut once.’

The plans allow us to not make mistakes.”

Councilmember Cheryl Poage said she would like to see the plan include development of “higherend jobs” to keep residents in the community.

When Toborg was running for mayor in 2020, he focused on

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bringing an economic development program to the community.

Since he was elected, the town has hired Martinez as deputy town manager and economic development director. Martinez has prioritized retaining local businesses, attracting new businesses, branding and other development strategies.

“It’s really the way we shape and actually kind of pivot from a bedroom community to a community where there are good-paying jobs and people can work and live in the same town,” Toborg said.

The town is also in the process of bringing new developments to five town-owned parcels on Mainstreet. Confluence Companies, which developed portions of downtown Castle Rock and Golden, presented a possible plan for the spaces in April. The plan included more restaurants, retail space, plazas and residential units.

The Mainstreet project, which is still being developed, would take up to 10 years to complete and would cost about $300 million.

“We know we need to have a vibrant downtown and we know we’re missing opportunities with having those plots of land undeveloped,” Toborg said, “We’re hoping that this plan takes us above that and says this is where you can go.”

Toborg said his hope is that the project will allow Parker’s residents to have a say in the town’s growth, that it will provide actionable steps and bring in fresh, new ideas for the community.

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2019.”

Already sky-high housing prices saw a spike after the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, but the effects of inflation now appear to be pressing the brakes on homebuying — at least partly.

“As fears of inflationary pressures reach households through the grocery store and gas pump, home buyers have adopted a more cautious attitude,” Cooper Thayer, a Douglas County Realtor, said in the association’s report.

Early pandemic years affected demand Surging prices for consumer goods such as gas and food helped catapult U.S. inflation to a new four-decade peak in June, the Associated Press reported.

Inflation can occur when demand for a good exceeds the production capacity for that good, driving up prices. It can also happen when production costs increase and result in price hikes, for example.

The government fights inflation by raising what are called interest rates, or the amount a lender charges a borrower for a loan. A country’s central bank — such as the Federal Reserve in the U.S. — causes interest rates to rise or fall.

By sharply raising interest rates, the Fed hopes to tamp down consumer demand. Higher rates will make it more expensive to carry a credit card balance, get a car loan or buy a house, National Public Radio reported.

The hike in interest rates is a main factor driving the increase in the pool of available homes, but the dizzying level of housing prices themselves appears to be slowing demand down too, Leprino said.

“I wouldn’t say it was totally unexpected. You can’t have the kind of price appreciation that we’ve had” and not see a slowdown at some point, said Leprino, using a term for an increase in price.

In July 2021, the metro Denver area saw an 18% increase in median sales price compared to the prior year. Statewide, the increase in that time was nearly 19%, sitting at $525,000.

When looking at the current market, the public should “remember that 2021 was an exceptional year for real estate, fueled by historically low interest rates and unprecedented buyer demand,” Durango-area Realtor Jarrod Nixon said in the report.

When employers decided employees didn’t have to be in the office amid the pandemic, some people had more flexibility in where they were going to live and drove up suburban home prices, Ron Throupe, an associate professor of real estate, said in a University of Denver article. People suddenly began looking at housing in new ways, Leprino said.

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gym, their schools for the kids, and suddenly people needed way more space,” Leprino added.

Home prices ‘always go up’ But housing prices had been on a steep upward swing for years in Colorado even before the pandemic.

“I think everybody’s spent the past 14 years or so waiting for the next shoe to drop,” wondering whether a new housing recession will occur, Leprino said.

But “we’ve just gone down to a simmer now,” Leprino added.

The yearslong stretch of high housing prices in Colorado — particularly in metro Denver — raises the question: When will housing become more affordable again?

In the historical trend of home prices, there may be short-term regressions in price: 2007 and the next couple years are good examples, Leprino said.

“But by 2014, we had more than rebounded the prices of what they would have already been had the dip not taken place,” Leprino continued.

“In a long-term scenario, (housing prices) always go up,” Leprino added.

One factor that makes the housing market so stubborn: Colorado has long been an attractive destination for people moving from out of state.

Colorado experienced a positive “net migration” during the 25 years dating back to the early 1990s, according to a 2018 article from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Net migration is the difference between the number of people coming into and the number of people leaving an area.

An estimated one-third of net migrants that came to Colorado from 2010 to 2016 were from California, Illinois and New York, while migrants left Colorado for Wyoming, South Carolina and Arkansas. Overall, Colorado attracted more individuals than it lost from most states, according to the reserve bank article.

“Denver has been such a draw for people for so long because it was inexpensive, because it’s clean, because it’s safe,” but those attributes aren’t quite as true today, Leprino said.

While Leprino notes that he is not an economist, he guessed that demand from people who want to move to

metro Denver from outside of Colorado — as well as demand from people wanting to move to metro Denver from other places within Colorado — could theoretically decrease based on a myriad of factors. Chief among those could be crime, cost of living, quality of education, and aspects such as traffic or access to jobs, Leprino said.

“I don’t think (Denver’s quality of life) is in jeopardy but do see that either demand going down because of these factors or more building — or a combination of both — would ease housing shortages,” said Leprino, who is CEO of the real-estate brokerage Remingo in metro Denver.

Net migration into Colorado in 2020 is estimated at 27,000, according to the state Demography Office’s website.

That’s the lowest number since 2005, according to the site, and represents a large drop from recent years.

Workers’ pay not keeping pace Fewer buyers bought homes in Denver this June than any time over the previous six months, according to the Realtors association report. The downtick in sales is a cause of the increased inventory, or available housing, according to the report.

Meanwhile, the rate of new housing construction isn’t making much of a difference, Leprino said.

“I don’t think it’s making any difference whatsoever in prices,” Leprino said, adding that “we are so far behind” in housing supply. He didn’t want to speculate regarding how much more construction it would take to make housing more affordable.

Because housing prices always go up in the long term, the Colorado Association of Realtors says purchasing real estate is a strong investment “because you’re never going to lose money” in the long term, Leprino said.

The other side of that coin: Homebuying only grows further out of reach for people living on lower incomes, particularly because the rise in housing prices in recent decades far outstrips the increase in what American families earn.

In the last decade, the median home price rose roughly 30% and incomes crept up just 11% over the same time period, according to a Bankrate analy-

sis of data from the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index, CNBC reported in 2021.

Over 50 years, the difference is even starker. After accounting for inflation, home prices have jumped 118% since 1965, while income has only increased by 15%, according to a separate report by online brokerage Clever Real Estate, based on census data, CNBC reported.

Throupe, the associate University of Denver professor, said in the DU article that “there’s no one solution” to the housing crisis.

“It’s going to have to be a group of items for getting people into property.

It’s not one size fits all,” Throupe said in the article. “Some of it is government programs. Some of it is cooperation. They need to expand on existing programs and other programs to fit different needs.”

The Colorado Association of Realtors defines the seven-county Denver metro area as Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties.

The association’s most recent report as of early August, dated July 13, is based on June 2022 numbers.

WHAT REAL-ESTATE PROFESSIONALS AROUND METRO AREA ARE SEEING “Interestingly, while the singlefamily market in Douglas County continues to slow down, the townhouse/ condo market accelerated, likely due to buyers being priced out of singlefamily homes,” Douglas County-area Realtor Cooper Thayer said in a report by the Colorado Association of Realtors.

WHY IS INFLATION SO HIGH? A combination of factors boosted inflation to such high levels.

After the coronavirus pandemic led to lockdowns and other restrictive measures that disrupted global supply chains — and governments issued stimulus checks and increased unemployment benefits to blunt the impact of those measures on individuals and small businesses — the post-vaccine economy bounced back, and demand quickly outpaced supply, according to the website Investopedia.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in early 2022 led to a series of economic sanctions and trade restrictions on Russia, limiting the world’s supply of oil and gas, according to the financial information site.

At the same time, food prices rose as Ukraine’s large grain harvests could not be exported. As fuel and food prices rose, it led to similar increases down the value chains, according to the site.

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William Tutor of Huntsville, Texas pulls down his target in the steer wrestling event on Aug. 6 at the Douglas County Fair and Rodeo in Castle Rock..

Local favorite Maddy Rohr makes her turn in Women’s Barrel Racing at the Douglas PHOTOS BY PAUL DISALVO County Fair and Rodeo in Castle Rock.

Clayton Savage of Banner, Wyoming, attempts to hold on in the Bull Riding event at the Douglas County Fair and Rodeo in Castle Rock.

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Colorado heat deaths may be undercounted Official number is low, but reality is more complicated

BY JOHN INGOLD THE COLORADO SUN

Missy Anderson stepped out of the shade and into the worsening heat of another day in one of Denver’s hottest summers on record.

Anderson is an injury prevention coordinator at Denver Health, meaning she works to deter the kinds of accidents and events that often land people in the hospital. On this July day, that involved giving a demonstration on the health dangers that summer heat can pose. She had parked her SUV in the driveway in front of the hospital and stuck a thermometer inside. Next to the car was a sign displaying the result.

It was about 95 degrees outside.

Inside, the temperature after just a few minutes had already climbed above 150 — hot enough to kill. In a few minutes more, it would hit 165.

“We don’t think a lot about heat in Colorado,” she said. “We usually think about cold weather because that’s what we’re known for.”

Just going by the official numbers, the health impacts of high heat are not something we need to think a lot about in Colorado. There have been no hot car-related deaths reported in the state so far this year.

Last year, only five people in the state died from heat-related causes, according to death certificate data compiled by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. That encompasses all deaths with heatstroke, dehydration or hyponatremia as a contributing factor.

In 2020, there were six heat-related deaths in the state. Kirk Bol, the manager of CDPHE’s vital statistics program, wrote in an email to The Sun that the numbers from both years are a statistically significant increase over the 20-year average of 2.7 deaths per year.

Compared to the hundreds of heatrelated deaths that are documented annually in places like Phoenix and Las Vegas, though, the numbers make it appear as if Colorado has

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little to worry about, even as summertime temps creep higher.

In 2020, the second-hottest summer on record for Denver and the one with the most 90-degree days, only about 300 people visited the emergency room in Colorado for heat-related illnesses and only about 40 people were hospitalized, according to CDPHE. Until recently, even official heat warnings have been rare in the state, due to Colorado’s traditionally low humidity and cool overnight temperatures.

But experts in public health and prevention, such as Denver Health’s Anderson, say those official numbers are missing the bigger picture.

All the different ways that heat harms The problem with tracking heatrelated deaths is that its most pernicious impacts typically leave no trace.

“I would consider heat to be a threat-multiplier, meaning it often puts other coexisting medical conditions in crisis,” said Dr. Jay Lemery, an emergency medicine specialist and the co-founder of the Program on Climate and Health at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

The result is that when, say, a patient with cardiovascular disease shows up at the hospital during a heat wave, doctors typically see and address the medical issue. They don’t recognize the impact of heat that may have pushed the patient’s condition into crisis.

The same goes for patients with chronic diabetes. Or kidney disease.

Or the elderly. Lemery calls these patients “physiologically vulnerable.”

“That little push off the cliff gets people in trouble and they’ll have exacerbations of their disease,” Lemery said.

Dr. Ryan Lawless, a trauma surgeon at Denver Health, gave an example of how this works. On a recent night, a patient came into the hospital who had been found lying on the floor at home. The patient had underlying medical conditions, which is what caused the hospitalization and what doctors focused on for treatment.

But how the patient ended up on the floor and what role a recent run of scorching temperatures had played in worsening the patient’s condition were not part of the diagnosis. Heat may have been the triggering factor, but it didn’t make the official statistics.

Accidents caused by dizziness from dehydration, asthma brought on by poor air quality during heat waves, falls caused by touching a hot hand railing and pulling back — none of those get filed as being heat-related.

“A lot of times, we think ‘medical problem,’” said Denver Health’s Anderson, a former emergency department nurse, “when in fact it may have been the heat.”

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few months ago, Douglas County commissioners Abe Laydon and George Teal decided to come together and vote to have fellow commissioner Lora Thomas investigated.

In the April vote, Laydon and Teal removed Thomas as of the board and wanted her investigated FROM THE chair for conduct after she allegedly circulated an EDITOR anonymous letter criticizing employees of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. Apparently, they felt Thomas was doing things for her own political advantage.

Fast forward to July and the $17,000 report is now completed. However, while taxpayers funded the latest episode between Thomas and the two male commissioners – It appears Teal and Laydon are not as excited about letting the people read it.

Thelma Grimes After an executive session to discuss the report’s finding, Thomas publicly stated she wanted the report released. The other two disagreed, calling it “privileged and confidential.”

Here’s the problem — you want to use taxpayer money to act like three children fighting over who gets to go first on the dodgeball court — you don’t get to decide to keep it all secret.

Douglas County is a highly educated community and citizens can easily read through the report and decide for themselves what they think.

Secondly, if that report had stated Thomas was indeed guilty of the allegations — Commissioners Teal and Laydon would have voted so fast to release it to the public. But because the nearly $20,000 venture seems to be nothing but a big waste of time and money — they are not so eager to show their cards.

Instead, Laydon and Teal believe the county coffers are this open pit of money to continue carrying out vendetta after vendetta. Now, they must investigate how the report got out to a TV station. Let’s call it a waste of money because as of right now, our reporter, Elliott Wenzler, should be reading the report. As of right now, any member of the public who has requested it, should be reading it.

Spending more money to get back at Thomas is childish and should only happen if Laydon and Teal want to fund it themselves.

On his Twitter page last week, Laydon talked about how the report showed things Thomas had done wrong. How it proved her wrongdoing, but he didn’t believe it should be public.

Sorry gentlemen, you do not get to vote and spend the money and then hold all the power on who can and cannot see it. It’s called transparency, and if you cannot live with the results of the can of worms you opened — you should find another line of work.

Now, looking at the bigger picture. The ongoing feud between the three of you has grown tiresome. The reports of you all yelling at each other during business hours in your offices is ridiculous. The way you treat each other in meetings is unprofessional and unacceptable.

Citizens of Douglas County deserve better than how all three of the commissioners treat each other.

The will of the people voted all of you into the seats you are currently sitting in. All of you need to respect each other and the fact that the people voted for each of you.

To citizens — I say it may be time to research options on how this three-member board can be turned into five. With five members, the bullying, bickering and continued nonsense may stop when two do not have the opportunity to go against one at every turn.

As of press time, the report had not been made public. The commissioners were supposed to discuss the issue further this week. I can only hope they chose the right path in terms of transparency and the public’s right to know.

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

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ll of us who have flown have experienced turbulence. Some of us experience anxiety and fear as we drive our fingernails into the armrest or the arms of the person sitting next to us. Many regular flyers have come to know and trust in the pilots and aircraft and are confident that we are okay. While some even treat the turbulence like a thrill ride or roller coaster.

On a flight from Denver to Phoenix several years ago, our plane went through incredibly intense turbulence.

My seatmate was not a frequent flyer and was already anxious about the trip, and the choppy air had her holding onto the armrests with a white-knuckled death grip. And when the plane took a tremendous jump, her fingernails left the armrest, and she immediately dug them into my forearm.

Is there turbulence in the world? Absolutely. This is not a shock to anyone.

When pilots experience turbulence, they attempt to find smoother air, and most times, they seek higher altitudes to see if they can get us to less bumpy airspace so we can feel better and have a more enjoyable remainder of our flight.

I have noticed throughout my life that when faced with turbulent or difficult times, situations, or people, looking for a higher altitude means taking the high road. And I would have to say that by finding a higher altitude in almost every turbulent and trying situation, taking the high road has made all the difference in finding that smooth air so

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Trying, challenging, and difficult times know no prejudice. We all eventually go through seasons of life that are incredibly hard, causing us great pain physically, mentally, and spiritually. And for Michael Norton so many of us, we react hastily and maybe even angrily instead of taking a moment, responding favorably as we look for the onramp to the high road. And by the way, I can share with you that when taking the high road, we never run into a traffic jam as many people would prefer to stay in the fight or keep perpetuating an argument, failing to find smoother air and peaceful resolutions.

There are undoubtedly turbulent global situations that we cannot influence at all. Yet we can still find a higher ground or a higher altitude to try and maintain order and find peace. The events, arguments, and divisiveness going on right now are causing a tidal wave of differences of opinions and creating a breeding ground for violent responses, chaos, and confusion. My encouragement is that when we find ourselves right in the middle of it, we can stop, pause, and remember to find a higher altitude and smoother air by taking the high road.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Release the pricey report Two Douglas County commissioners’ vendetta against their fellow commissioner, Lora Thomas, has crossed the line into obsession. Incredibly, Laydon and Teal refuse to release the investigative report into Thomas’ behavior for which taxpayers paid $17,000, because, as CBS news revealed, the report found her actions were “not only legal but harmless.” Laydon and Teal, incensed that taxpaying citizens are demanding they release the report exonerating Thomas, have stooped to ordering another investigation — this time into whether Thomas gave the report to CBS reporter Shaun Boyd.

This is outrageous. Laydon read portions of the report at the Aug. 2 board meeting. According to the county attorney, the fact that a media outlet has the report, coupled with Laydon’s reading part of it, could cancel his and Teal’s claim of attorney-client privilege that they’re using as an excuse to keep the report secret.

Secrecy seems to be a specialty of Laydon and Teal. The two also voted to keep secret a report by water expert and attorney Stephen Leonhardt against the scheme from the Renewable Water Resources (RWR) investor group to pipe water from the parched San Luis Valley to Douglas County. Thomas opposed the plan that would cost the county

millions and spend years in water court, and Teal supported it — incidentally, his wife works for the largest developer in Colorado, Richmond American Homes.

Laydon and Teal now are preventing the citizens they claim to serve from seeing the Lora Thomas report. July 27, the two released a summary that absurdly tried to condemn Thomas for her actions that the report concluded were lawful and not harmful. One was her asking attorney Leonhardt to collect names and affiliations of individuals attending a meeting Laydon had arranged in the San Luis Valley without Commissioner Thomas. All three commissioners have every right to ask who is attending such meetings; however, Laydon and Teal voted to keep that information secret because, said Laydon, farmers there feared retaliation for supporting the RWR project.

But of the six attending, three were major RWR players and investors who would make millions if the RWR project was approved, including former governor Bill Owens and Sean Tonner.

I ask citizens to email Laydon (alaydon@douglas.co.us) and Teal (gteal@douglas.co.us) urging them to release the Thomas report and reinstate her as chair. Their baseless attacks are infuriating citizens who feel like fools for electing them and damaging the reputation of

Douglas County.

Joy Overbeck, Parker End bias against renters I could not agree more with editor Thelma Grimes’ column “A Sad Reality” (July 28) in which she cited the unfortunate, negative perceptions of those who rent their homes in our community.

Many citizens cannot afford their own homes in Colorado.

Many prefer to rent. Regardless, people need a place to live.

Perhaps these complainers would prefer that people live on the street.

The height of elitist snobbery is the assumption that renters are riff-raff who lower our property values simply by existing. For all the talk of love, peace and acceptance, let’s walk the walk.

Hilary Osborne, Parker DCSD board majority not for community Regarding the story “Law enforcement investigating DCSD board members over allegations of perjury”: What Douglas County School

Board President Mike Peterson et al don’t want you to know is their prime allegiance isn’t to the Douglas County community.

Rather, they kowtow to the Koch network and Colorado’s ultraconservative think-tanks such Leadership Program of the Rockies, Independence Institute and Mountain States Legal Foundation.

Peterson et al have appeared on Fox News and other rightwing outlets, not because they are stellar public servants; their elevated publicity is the product of the dark-monied Koch Network/Donors Trust influence and propaganda.

Peterson et al accuse Mr. Marshall of frivolous, selfserving lawsuits. What they fail to acknowledge is this — the community and its plain ole citizens have underwritten Marshall’s courageous acts, and we’ll continue to provide our resources.

By the way, Marshall has yet to lose even one suit he’s brought against the county and school district. “Batting 1000,” I guess we’re saying.

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’ve been writing this column for years, and I often get a few email or in-person responses, mostly positive, but sometimes opposing views, of course. I love that. It shows me we live together in a community full of diverse thought. But that’s usually.

Last month, my post-Roe column drew several opposing responses in the form of letters to the editor and emails. It is clear that this issue draws passionate beliefs and feelings. But I thought it fascinating that all of those were written by

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by Buffalo Springfield titled “For What It’s Worth.” And some lyrics should remind us of what’s happening around us and that we can find our way to being less combative, more cooperative, less angry, and more agreeable, even if it is agreeing that we can disagree. The lyrics go like this, “There’s battle lines being drawn, nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong.”

Instead of rushing to judgment where we feel others are wrong, we should try to navigate through the turbulence by finding a higher altitude. Stephen Covey and others have encouraged us

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to “Seek first to understand and then to be understood.” Many have forgotten this effective technique and only look to push their agenda, beliefs, and opinions.

How about you? Have you experienced a smoother ride through the turbulence by taking the high road? Or could you use a little reminder to help you find higher altitude and smoother air?

Either way, I would love to hear your story at mnorton@xinnix. com, and when we can navigate through the turbulence, it will be a better than good year.

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Immersive art has found its place in Denver, bringing audiences through the screen and onto the stage

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eethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” is immersive, drawing the listener into a carefully crafted soundscape of strung-out emotions and mountains crashing. Salvador Dali’s “Melting Clocks” is immersive, transporting the viewer to a surreal world of heat and time amuck. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” is immersive, throwing the reader into an age of bootlegging, jazz and prosperity before the Great Depression.

Any great work of art is immersive — what differentiates these classics from today’s definition of immersive art is a matter of purpose and choice. An audience chooses how they interact with the art, the art giving them the agency to act on that and what that art, this medium, can impress onto the audience because of it.

“We wanted to give [the audience]

agency, but also to create a contextualized experience so they aren’t just sitting in the dark half of a theater, but are part of the event, because they are moving their eyeballs and ear canals in the world,” said Patrick Mueller, Denver-native, and artistic director at Control Group Productions, a production company based out of Lakewood.

The company’s most recent project, “The End,” came to a close in Denver last month after bringing its audiences far from a darkened theater, forcing them to smell the refineries in Commerce City and walk around fallen bricks in an abandoned hideout, all on a Mad Maxesque bus touting other survivors in a post-apocalyptic climate change warning story.

The goal, according to Mueller, was to give “an experience of what it feels like at the precipice of a de-civilizing moment, something

falling apart in a serious way.” But to impress that weight on the audience, he said the immersion was “crucial.”

Audience becomes involved “It feels like people are looking at it in the face at this point, but they still aren’t figuring out how to change behavior,” he said. Really, he elaborated, the show allows people to be involved, to see themselves inside this crisis in a way that screen or theater cannot do, a way that forces people to look it in the face and “not having it be this virtuosity that is celebrated by distancing and elevating it onto the stage.”

But Mueller sees the style doing even more than that single project’s goal: “We can offer what people are most hungry for, if they actually think about it — a rich experience that they’re part of, a social interaction for people that may spend their

whole day working from home — being out in the world and experiencing it really differently.”

And for Zach Martens, co-founder of OddKnock, that is practically the goal of the production company’s work.

“Coming through the pandemic, everyone has been isolated and gotten very used to it, and gotten used to spending a lot of time in front of Netflix,” he said. “People are being trained to sit still and isolated, and those are the two things that I think will destroy humanity the fastest.”

OddKnock’s latest project (which also closed in Denver last month) was “From on High,” an absurd satire that brought the audience into an ‘80s office full of co-workers with an almost religious fervor for profits, and an obsessive work ethic.

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ART the co-workers become more and more unhinged.

But people are free to explore the office and interact with their “coworkers” and fellow audience members alike. As people are dragged left and right for different tasks, audience members have those close interactions with strangers and are pushed to involve themselves.

To Martens, it’s a “massive win for us, because then you go home and realize you really felt something. For that brief moment a complete stranger touched me, patted my hand and made me do something, and that just doesn’t happen anymore,” he said.

He added that people disengage with the world around them until they decide otherwise.

“And I think we’re saying, ‘Engage, engage, engage,’” he said.

The show itself gives people choices, he explained. To not be a cog in a machine like it may feel like in everyday life, even if the show is a stringent office setting.

“But by putting them in that position we’re saying, ‘Do you like this?

Do you feel this? This is what you do every single day of your life,’” Martens said. “We’re just saying, ‘Look, this is the world we’re living in, do you agree? Do you want this? If you don’t, make a choice about it.’”

These choices, this interaction, this is what the immersive art does, according to Martens. “That’s why we do what we do: You can’t smell or touch or taste anything that’s happening on a Netflix show.”

Body movement a major element In both shows, interpretive dance was a vessel of emotion, a push to the plot, and another way of pushing the audience through the screen and into the show. It makes the audience realize “all the things that our bodies can do in action, because we’re right there, we can see the hair follicles, and the sweat beads, and maybe even smell the person,” according to Mueller.

“I think as an immersive audience member, it reminds me of my own body’s capacities,” he continued, an ideal shared by Martens.

More than just reminding the audience of their body’s capabilities, though, there’s also the mind’s capabilities.

“We want to create spaces that allow people to see their creative potential and how much they are a creative being,” said Chadney Everett, senior creative director of Convergence Street at Denver’s Meow Wolf and lead designer of House of Eternal Return at Meow Wolf Santa Fe. “...not only being a creative being, but also how necessary they are to the environments they create.”

At Meow Wolf, artists create environments, Everett said. Worlds that “really allow you to feel like you’ve been transported to another place, and therefore free you to express yourself in a different way in that space.”

The immersion allows a “mar-

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The outside of Meow Wolf in Denver by Justin DeCou.

A retro computer setup in Denver-based OddKnock productions’ “From on High.”

The logo of the fictional company “BANR” in Denver-based OddKnock productions’ “From on High.”

riage” of the audience and what they created, creating something new and better, he explained. Like a tree falling in the forest with no one there to hear it, the art — the environments — don’t “exist until the audience comes and interacts with it, and brings it to life with their unique perspective,” he said.

The start of Denver’s immersive art scene is before Meow Wolf, OddKnock and Control Group Productions came to town, according to Mueller.

“There was a really particular point in time that immersive had a big moment of entering public consciousness in Denver, and there were a lot of factors involved in that, but specifically, Charlie Miller’s Off-Center production of ‘Sweet and Lucky,’” he said.

“Sweet and Lucky,” in which Mueller was a cast member, premiered in 2016 by Third Rail Projects and was commissioned by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ Off-Center program. Created by Zach Morris, “Sweet and Lucky” was an immersive theatrical piece described by Westword at the time as “designed to take you out of your everyday reality and deposit you in a shifting, dreamlike world where memories come and go and you occasionally find yourself doubting your own senses.”

“It’s had a big effect on the fact that Denver is now a fairly major hub for immersive art and performance,” Mueller continued.

This exiting of reality had been a running thread through these immersive pieces since.

“But I think a lot of the impulse that is driving the local scene is the fact that Coloradans are highly active people,” Mueller said. “They spend a lot of time outdoors, have a very socially focused recreational lifetime around breweries and distilleries and food and nightlife.”

With no deep tradition of live theater, according to Mueller, immersive is a way of bridging the gap between “that feeling of it’s for grandma, or snooty New Yorkers.” It brings the audience shoulder to shoulder with the performers, who rely on the audience’s reaction to propel a scene.

Meanwhile, a gallery may be the perfect setting for paintings, Everett explained.

“The white walls ask me to focus on that piece — taking away all other information around it is exactly right for that thing.”

Everett also is a writer, musician and painter, who says of those art forms: “They do all work, but in different ways. They each serve their own function.”

Really, immersive art should be used because it’s the best tool for the job, according to Mueller.

Even within immersive art, there is a difference in approaches and goals. But the main difference that Mueller sees between the types of projects is their purpose.

“I definitely find a different value in work that talks about the human condition in a way that addresses social ills and social justice,” he explained. “I’m interested in art that makes people do and be better in their world.”

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concert and a fireworks show on Aug. 12 at Littleton’s Sterne Park will mark the start of the 2022 Western Welcome Week, the signature Littleton event that occurs each summer.

Bring a blanket or chairs and a picnic to this kickoff event from 5 to 9:30 p.m. Sterne Park is at Spotswood Street and Shepperd Avenue, southeast of downtown Littleton.

Outdoor art sale Aug. 13 is the date for Littleton Fine Arts Guild’s “Art at Bega Park” event, at 2250 W. Main St. in downtown Littleton. Western Welcome Week is underway with this annual outdoor art sale from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. — followed by a Little Jam Concert with the Cowboy Dave Band at 6:30 p.m. at Sterne Park ... (go to westernwelcomeweek.org for a complete schedule). Note: The Littleton Fine Arts Guild will also mount an exhibit at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton, “Arts and Literature,” through Aug. 30 during library hours. And — visit the Depot Gallery, 2069 W. Powers Ave., Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Also, LFAG’s Wild West Show is exhibited in the Stanton Gallery at Littleton’s Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St. On stage Also in Western Welcome Week: “Summer Comes to the Diamond O” presented by the Encore Players at Littleton United Methodist Church

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Iconic parade Parade Day! Aug. 20 brings bands and marching groups to Littleton for the Western Welcome Week Grand Parade down Littleton Sonya Ellingboe Boulevard and Main Street from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Also on that day: the 62nd Craft and Home Improvement Fair, formerly known as the WWW Sidewalk Art Show, runs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Main Street and side streets in downtown Littleton. Main Street is closed to traffic all day.

Live music Live music at Tagawa Gardens, 7711 S. Parker Road, Centennial, with the Bluzinators on Aug. 19 at 6 p.m.

Blues, swing and more. Presented in cooperation with Arapahoe Libraries. All ages. Food trucks will be onsite at 5 p.m. and the concert will be held inside, with chairs provided, from 6 to 8 p.m. 303-LIBRARY. Lakewood play “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish and I’m in Therapy!” plays at Lakewood Cultural Center, 480 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood, through Aug. 21. Tickets: $45-$65. lakewood. showare.com.

Papier-mache bowls by Brigitte Runnalls are set for display at Littleton’s Bega Park.

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Denver Modernism Week Denver Modernism Week kicks off Aug. 19 with an event from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Sheraton Downtown, hosted by Charles Phoenix, “King of Retro.” I.M. Pei Tower Building at Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, 1550 Court Place. denvermodernismweek.com.

Arvada Center Arvada Center: “Into the Woods”

by Stephen Sondheim plays Sept.

9-Oct. 9 at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Tickets: arvadacenter.org, 720-898-7200.

Clyfford Still Museum “You Select: A Community-Curated

Exhibition” opens Aug. 19 at the Clyfford Still Museum, 1250 Bannock St., Denver and will run through Feb. 12, 2023. Many works will appear for the first time, after an online voting process. See clyffordstillmuseum.org. 720-354-4875. Admission charged.

Tesoro event coming Mark the calendar: Tesoro’s Annual 1840s Rendezvous and Spanish Colonial Market will be held Sept.

10 and 11 at the Fort, 19192 Highway 8 in Morrison. Artists will sell and demonstrate their work. Food, games, 19th-century fur trade scene.

TesoroCulturalCenter.org Adults: $5, children 12 and under free.

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Raphael Fonseca, associate curator at the Denver Art Museum in a new position underwritten by John and Sandy Fox, opened a new exhibit: “Who Tells a Tale Adds A Tail,” a collection of modern and contemporary art from Latin America, on July 31.

Nineteen millennial generation artists (born 1981-1996) from around the world who identify as having Latin American roots were commissioned to create new works for the special exhibition, which runs through March 5, 2023.

These works were “to be in dialogue with the unique architecture of the Denver Art Museum, with technology to ideas surrounding identity, to broader social and political issues.” Contributing artists were originally from Ecuador, Mexico, Bolivia, Guatemala, Peru, Argentina, Santo Domingo, Venezuela, Haiti and the U.S. Created in both two- and three-dimensional techniques, they are a far cry from the well-known portrait if Cortez one may think of as Latin American art.

The somewhat sinister “Vigilante Extended” by Vitoria Cribb, which has been used for a promotional

This untitled work by Tessa Mars is part of her “Praying for the Visa” series and is exhibited in the Denver Art Museum’s “Who Tells a Tale Adds A Tail” show. COURTESY PHOTO

image for the exhibit, is a still from a video that a visitor is inclined to watch more than once — fascinating storytelling in big, bright images.

Who is this person???

“U.S.A. (a spaceship)” is a large black sculptural work by Andres Pereira Paz, who lives and works between Mexico City and Berlin. The image is said to refer to decolonization, which is of high interest in Bolivia, where it is “a daily practice,” according to the artist. Almost two thirds of the population identify as indigenous and segregation is deep.

Contradictions abound — the root of Cruz’s work.

Eddie Rodolfo Aparacio focuses on migrant communities in Los Angeles, where he now lives and works in the Salvadoran diaspora. His “La Telena (Olympic Blvd and Burlington Ave.)” and “Ruta de las Flores” are large textile creations, suspended

from the ceiling.

There are several spidery images, including “Fist Spider,” from the series “Pajama Spiders,” by Brazilian artist Yuli Yamagata and her “Rushy Spider.” They are large and a bit threatening to a wandering viewer!

Alan Sierra is a Mexican artist/ writer who lives and works in Basel, Switzerland and his neon images seem to be in their own little world as they glow on a gallery wall.

Ana Segovia grew up in a Mexican family of filmmakers and creates images that would seem to be fragments of films, with individuals in costume at times and seeming about to speak to a visitor ...

This is an exhibit very much worth visiting and one leaves with an impression of sound as well as visual image, I think. I can still hear voices and music when I look at these images ...

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here’s never been an entirely safe time to live life as a member of the LGBTQ+ community, but some historical moments are more difficult than others. But no matter what the national mood is, its always important to celebrate the lives and loves of the community members.

That’s just what Denver Film’s annual CinemaQ Film Festival has been doing for the last 14 years and that commitment remains as strong as ever in its first in-person event since the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We’re very excited to be doing this in-person after two virtual events,” said Keith Garcia, artistic director at the Sie FilmCenter.

“Though we were able to present some really great films virtually, there’s nothing like sharing the screen space with other people, experiencing the story at the same time and talking about it afterward.”

The 14th annual CinemaQ Film Festival runs at the Sie FilmCenter, 2510 E. Colfax Ave., from Thursday, Aug. 11 through Sunday, Aug. 14. Both passes and individual tickets are available.

One of the most exciting about this year’s event is that for the first time, the festival will be presenting the inaugural CinemaQ — LaBahn Ikon Film Award to actor, writer and producer Colman Domingo (“Zola,” “Euphoria” and “Fear the Walking Dead”). The award is named after presenting sponsor William LaBahn.

“We’ve always been caught in a

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One man accused me of being “hyperbolic” as I admitted I had painfully bawled with my children after the decision. And another told me via email that I was a “CNN fake.”

What do you think that’s about?

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little box being a `small’ festival, but it doesn’t have to be that way,” Garcia explained.

“We want to celebrate future icons in the queer community.”

Domingo will be on hand for the screening of Clarke Reader “New Moon,” the animated short film which he wrote, produced and stars in. The screening will be held at 7:15 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 12, and will include a reception, career clips package tribute to Domingo and an in-depth conversation between the actor and arts writer Lisa Kennedy.

The festival proper features 14 films, which run the gamut from comedies and dramas to documentaries and restored films. The event kicks off with “The Sixth Reel,” including a post-screening Q&A session with co-writers and directors Charles Busch and Carl Andress.

Other highlights include the documentary “Jeannette,” which tells the story of Pulse Nightclub shooting survivor Jeannette Feliciano, and “Loving Highsmith,” which examines the life of American novelist Patricia Highsmith and the challenges she faced leading a double life in the public eye.

“I hope the festival serves as a reminder that we all have more in common than differences,” Garcia said. “For me, the roots of CinemaQ are the three v’s’ — queer

vision, queer voices and queer visibility. When you put all three together, you get stories that are as much for the recognition and identification of the community as they are opportunities for exploration for the non-queer audience.”

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control their body? Or, perhaps it’s because they don’t have any empathy for women who don’t want to be pregnant or emotionally can’t be pregnant.

When I went through my chaplaincy training in seminary, I deepened my understanding and use of a trauma-informed approach with others.

Acknowledging patients’ stress, anxiety, or any emotion stemming from their lived experiences became especially critical as I served those different from me. It helped me become more empathic with male patients who were vulnerably sitting in a hospital gown attempting to

deal with their health predicament.

Considering the trauma they were experiencing helped me develop empathy for them even though I was not a male or ill. This, of course, helped me serve them more effectively as they felt more comfortable sharing and expressing their inner feelings.

We were also taught that there’s nothing better in relating to others than similar lived experiences. For instance, I fully knew that it was not my place to give men advice on their emotions about erectile dysfunction.

I needed to simply listen, honor the fact that I could not possibly know

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Much like last year’s successful event, the concert will feature a variety of pop, movie, classical and patriotic music. Em’s Ice Cream truck will be onsite for the purchase of delicious ice cream treats, and the combination of a perfect outdoor setting, delicious food and top-notch music makes this the quintessential summer activity.

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Japanese restaurant in RiNo Metro-area residents looking for the latest in delicious dining won’t want to miss the Japanese sandwich pop-up Sandoitchi, which will be setting up shop at RiNo’s Zeppelin Station, 3501 Wazee St., through Aug. 27.

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Clarke’s Concert of the Week — The Decemberists at Mission Ballroom The Decemberists are one of the more interesting success stories in indie rock. You don’t often expect a successful group to be one that creates epic ballads on historical events and deep dives into ancient folklore. And yet, that’s just what the group has done over its 20-year career. For me, albums like “The Crane Wife” and “What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World,” are bulletproof classics, and those are just two of the band’s eight albums.

As part of their wonderfully named “Arise from the Bunkers” tours, the group will be stopping at Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop St. in Denver, at 8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 12. They’ll be joined

by Jake Xerxes Fussell, making this a night of alternative folk you won’t soon forget.

Get tickets at www.axs.com.

Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@ hotmail.com.

the emotional pain they were going through, but acknowledge it anyway.

So, going back to the all-male responses on my post-Roe column, perhaps what’s needed for us to work through this together is a bit of empathy and acknowledging the real trauma many women are going through right now.

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BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

The same few months of 2020 that Colorado crown jewel Rocky Mountain National Park was suffering its worst losses from COVID closures, the whole place also nearly burned down.

Now, things are looking up in the original Switzerland of the West.

The park’s in-house firefighting crew, which said they’d been prepping for a sparkfest like East Troublesome for 20 years, used a landscaping “catcher’s mitt” to stop the record fire from blazing on into Estes Park in October 2020.

Those crews will be following up on that success with new federal grants to bolster firewall efforts on Deer Mountain, which stands sentinel between prime wildfire paths and Estes Park, evacuated as a precaution before East Troublesome smoldered out.

And with COVID’s grip loosened from much of the American psyche, the park returned to 4.4 million visitors last year — not a record, but enough to reinforce a timed-entry system that by some evaluations is going well.

Now park folks are ready to brag about some wins, not just some avoided losses.

• The Green Mountain Trailhead area on the west side, just north of fire central at Grand Lake, is back open. The before-and-after photos above show some intriguing recovery, though the deeply blackened trunks and trees bent over by firestorm winds will linger for decades.

• Over the next year, the park will use $19 million in federal economic recovery money to close, rebuild and reopen Moraine Park Campground, the largest in the park and for many Americans, their childhood memory of family camping.

• Nearly $40,000 in federal infrastructure law funds will go to more

Visitors line up at Rocky Mountain National Park’s Fall River Entrance Station, near Estes Park, on July 21, 2021.

fire mitigation on Deer Mountain, for brush clearing, tree limbing of the same kind that helped slow East Troublesome. If fire coming from the west gets over Deer Mountain, it would roar down Fall River, the Stanley Hotel, and into town.

• Planners are making progress on replacing the housing for 22 employees that was lost when East Troublesome swept through Kawuneeche entrance station on the west side on its way up and over the high country toward Moraine Park. Affordable westside housing is vital to attract park employees, RMNP spokeswoman Kyle Patterson notes, and to keep commutes shorter after long days on the trails.

The housing should break ground next spring, and “that’s a pretty quick turnaround in the federal government,” Patterson noted.

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The park is still seeing some of the same stresses hitting the surrounding territory. Park fire chief Mike Lewelling has been unable to completely round out his resident hotshot crew, as other jobs compete for their attention. Some of his crew is away now to protect Zion National Park in southwestern Utah.

“Our main message is we feel very, very fortunate that we have been able to receive the funds to be able to tackle these really important projects, with a park that’s as old as we are,” Patterson said, referring to the 1915 opening year. “We just have to continue to chip away at some of our deferred maintenance.”

Some of the boosts for the park were announced at the same time the National Park Service was reminding taxpayers of the economic impact of the lauded protected lands system in the U.S. In its annual impact report, the federal government said Rocky Mountain National Park had 4.43 million visitors in 2021, nearing pre-pandemic record levels. Those visitors spent $323.3 million for lodging, food and other services in the Estes Park area, supporting 4,421 jobs, the Park Service said.

Though not quite so high, impacts are significant from other national parks in Colorado.

Mesa Verde National Park in the Four Corners area attracted 548,000 visitors, spending $62.6 million and supporting 825 jobs, the report said. Great Sand Dunes reported about 603,000 visitors spending $41.3 million in the area, supporting 536 jobs. By contrast, Rocky Mountain National Park’s northern competitor, Yellowstone, attracted 4.9 million people spending $630.3 million, and supported

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8,736 jobs.

RMNP staff continue to tweak the timed-entry and hiker shuttle systems now embedded in park management. They may never go back to the previous jammed chaos, though the park has fielded equity complaints and held talks with a group demanding the entry system go through a more rigorous National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) evaluation process.

Dan Denning is part of a group that has circulated petitions they say have collected thousands of signatures questioning timed-entry reservations. They argue park officials have not presented statistics or studies documenting park overuse or crowding to justify such a big change for the public.

Meanwhile, they say a reservation system discriminates against locals, who use the park as a backyard for spontaneous picnics or family visits. Such a system also favors those with enough money to plan well ahead for air travel or RV vacations, or sign up for guided trips or other park uses arranged by others, they have told park officials.

Park officials have responded that annual visitation rose 42% from 2012, and that they have made presentations to the community about the impacts they see. They also have increased available reservation slots in subsequent years of testing the entry program, and keep the reservation windows to the busiest times of day and months of the year.

They say a formal NEPA process will take place in 2023, and there will be continued opportunities for public comment.

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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Brayden Munroe is a three-sport athlete at Chaparral High School, a status that has become more and more rare these days.

Munroe is now preparing for his senior football season at Chap but then will switch to playing basketball during the winter and baseball in the spring.

Multi-sport athletes have been disappearing in recent years because of this era of specialization, internet activities, off-season camps and club programs, which all have their advantages and disadvantages.

“It can be difficult,” admitted Munroe. “By now I’m just kind of used to not having a break. I’m used to going from one thing to the next. By now it is easier and I’m sure by my senior year I’m the most used to it. I’ve enjoyed doing it my whole high school career and I’m excited to do it again this year.”

Munroe, a 6-foot-2 180-pounder,

caught 56 passes for 1,048 yards for an 18.7 yard average per reception last season in football. He had 16 TD catches and averaged 156.3 allpurpose yards a game highlighted by 549 yards in kickoff returns.

He led the 5A South League in yardage per catch, total yards and total return yards (631).

Defensively in 2021, he was in on 41 tackles, intercepted four passes, had two fumble recoveries and blocked a field goal.

“I would like to think I’m going to do better this year but I always want to make sure that we identify teams and go for the win,” said Munroe. “I really enjoyed last year, catching passes and scoring touchdowns but I couldn’t have done it without the rest of the team.

“I like all the positions but I’ve always been more of an offensive guy. My mental toughness is what has to improve and I’m sure that’s important to a lot of high school football players. You have to enjoy it, you have to love it, you have to enjoy practice and stay in condition.

“If I’m playing defense and offense,” he continued, “I was a little bit tired and a little bit worn down in the second half, so this year being prepared for that and knowing what it took last year, I have to

step up. I’ve been running, lifting weights and pushing myself and just trying to get better every day.”

Last spring, Munroe hit .378 for the baseball team and stole 13 bases for the Continental League champions, who made it to baseball’s Final Four.

“Unfortunately we fell a little bit short in baseball,” he said. “I was really confident going into the playoffs and the Final Four.

I thought we were going to get it done. Just like football, we worked hard every day. We were a lot better than other teams thought we could be. Nobody thought we would end up where we were.”

In 20 basketball games, he averaged 1.9 points a game for a team that also won the league title.

“If I had to narrow it down it would be between baseball and football,” he said. “I love basketball but I don’t know if I love it as much as football and baseball.”

His college plans are unsettled right now heading into his senior year as he figures out his best options.

“I’m still sorting it out a little bit,” he added. “I might go play football in college or potentially play both football and baseball in college. I don’t know. It’s looking like football right now.”

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Jonathan Pira in his West Colfax neighborhood on May 31 as he goes door to door collecting signatures for a ballot measure that would raise fees to fund the construction and repair of sidewalks across the city.

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BY NATHANIEL MINOR DENVERITE

Denver voters will decide this fall whether to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to build and repair sidewalks across the city.

The Denver Elections Division on Aug. 2 announced that the Denver Deserves Sidewalks campaign submitted enough valid signatures to make the November ballot.

“We’ve been waiting very patiently to see if the mayor or City Council would take action,” said Jill Locantore, executive director of the Denver Streets Partnership, which sponsored the initiative. “But now the community has taken it into their own hands, gotten it on the ballot, and we’ll get to decide once and for all if sidewalks are truly a priority for our city.”

Locantore and other mobility advocates have grown frustrated with the city’s slow progress on its efforts to repair crumbling sidewalks and fill in gaps where sidewalks are nonexistent. Forty percent of the city’s streets have either missing or substandard sidewalks, the city reported in 2019. That fact, Locantore said, helped generate support for the initiative.

“Not only are people supportive, but they’re really passionate and excited about this as an opportunity

for our city,” she said.

If passed, the measure would make the building and maintaining of sidewalks — currently a responsibility of private property owners — the city’s problem. It would also impose new fees on property owners that would raise about $40 million a year — enough to repair and build new sidewalks across the entire city in just nine years, Locantore said.

Those annual fees, based on how much property faces a street, would be about $110 for the owner of a typical 50-foot-wide lot. But for some property owners on large lots in more suburban areas, the fees could exceed $1,000. That’s generated some opposition from City Councilman Kevin Flynn, who represents southwest Denver.

“I get the frustration of folks who think that the city is moving too slow with its program. And we are.

I get that,” Flynn told Denverite in June. “This, I think, may be the opposite end of that spectrum. [It] may be moving too fast and collapse of its own weight.”

Locantore said that such property owners currently face a potentially huge financial liability under the existing system, as they are responsible for repairs.

“The vast majority of property owners are going to be paying a very modest fee,” she said.

This story is from Denverite, a nonprofit Denver news source affiliated with CPR News. Used by permission.

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0082 To Whom It May Concern: On 6/14/2022 10:29:00 AM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: Jeffrey S Quartuch Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS") as nominee for The Mortgage Company, Its Successors and Assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/5/2016 Recording Date of DOT: 2/9/2016 Reception No. of DOT: 2016007508 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $315,185.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $293,344.70 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 32, BLOCK 19, THE PINERY SW FILING NO. 1A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 6716 Fonder Drive, Parker, CO 80134 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.

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the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 5, 2022, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 9/23/2019 Recording Date of DOT: 10/10/2019 Reception No. of DOT: 2019067395 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $474,400.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $468,195.44 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Dated: 6/14/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ILENE DELL'ACQUA Colorado Registration #: 31755 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230 , CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (877) 369-6122 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-22-938007-LL

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 13, BLOCK 3, VILLAGE OF PARKER FILING 8B 1ST AMENDMENT, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 23982 Glenmoor Dr, 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.

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0082 First Publication: 8/11/2022 Last Publication: 9/8/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0081 To Whom It May Concern: On 6/14/2022 10:39:00 AM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: Richard J Crawford AND Katherine A Crawford Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS") as nominee for The Federal Savings Bank, Its Successors and Assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 5, 2022, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 8/11/2022 Last Publication: 9/8/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

ILENE DELL'ACQUA Colorado Registration #: 31755 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230 , CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (877) 369-6122 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-22-937936-LL

Which has the address of: 19920 Summerset Lane, Parker, CO 80138 NOTICE OF SALE

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0081 First Publication: 8/11/2022 Last Publication: 9/8/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0079 To Whom It May Concern: On 6/14/2022 10:28:00 AM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: ABIGAYL RALSTON Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 9/12/2018 Recording Date of DOT: 9/13/2018 Reception No. of DOT: 2018055896 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $249,399.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $242,980.18 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Borrower’s failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

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THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 5, 2022, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 8/11/2022 Last Publication: 9/8/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/14/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: N. APRIL NORTON Colorado Registration #: 34861 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 22-027661 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Dated: 6/14/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

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.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 51, BLOCK 2, TOWN AND COUNTRY VILLAGE SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 2, COUNTY

Legal Notice No. 2022-0079 First Publication: 8/11/2022 Last Publication: 9/8/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Bids and Settlements PUBLIC NOTICE

Douglas County Semi-Annual Report Public Notice

COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, COLORADO COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, COLORADO TREASURER'S STATEMENT TREASURER'S STATEMENT Statement of Cash Receipts & Disbursements Statement of Cash Receipts & Disbursements For the 6 months Ended 2022 Ended June 30, 2022 ForJune the 630, months

BEGINNING CASH

COUNTY FUNDS

CUE PLAN ACT $1,508,128.41 DITURES AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT $6,517,359.82 CEMENT $2,803,755.39 CAPITAL EXPENDITURES TRUST $2,469,324.90 CAPITAL REPLACEMENT AL $86,329,268.14 CONSERVATION TRUST $91,672.66 COUNTY GENERAL AL DISABILITIES $698,359.82 ES DEBT SERVICE $4,484,740.23 RE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES $29,200,743.09 ICESHUMAN LIAB & SERVICES PROP INSUR $3,687,094.95 ICESINFRASTRUCTURE MEDICAL SELF INSUR $3,411,047.93 ICES-EMPLOYEE BENEFITS INTERNAL SERVICES LIAB & PROP$5,409,588.39 INSUR R SALES & USESERVICES TAX $28,756,853.45 INTERNAL MEDICAL SELF INSUR ONSTRUCTION $487,156.05 INTERNAL SERVICES-EMPLOYEE BENEFITS MENT AUTHORITY $13,433,305.37 JUSTICE CENTER SALES & USE TAX ALES & USE TAX $29,661,849.77 L.I.D. CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION USE TAX $6,532,359.82 LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY $0.00 E OPEN SPACE - SALES & USE TAX ($664,083.11) PARKS SALES & USE TAX ($227,470.73) PUBLIC HEALTH $39,676,295.60 USE TAX $79,915,431.56 PUBLIC TRUSTEE NTALRMHIDTA HEALTH $3,172,209.08 ITURE $785.00 ROAD & BRIDGE DISPOSAL SITE $122,237.95 ROAD SALES & USE TAX ON INFRASTRUCTURE $16,454,889.49

SAFETY AND MENTAL HEALTH SHERIFF FORFEITURE ASH & INVESTMENT WASTER DISPOSAL SITE XINGSOLID AUTHORITIES TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE EMENT DISTRICTS $4,141,180.70

NEOUS RECEIVABLES $78,691.27 NEOUS PAYABLES CASH & INVESTMENT $2,410,312.20 TREASURER'S

DUE TO TAXING AUTHORITIES

OUNTAIN GID & IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS

MISCELLANEOUS RECEIVABLES

$167.48

Y FUNDS MISCELLANEOUS PAYABLES $370,563,254.68

WOODMOOR MOUNTAIN GID TOTAL COUNTY FUNDS

ABATED AND DELINQUENT CURRENT TAX

CURRENT

BEGINNING TAX CASH

TAX

$0.00

$0.00

ABATED AND DELINQUENT INTEREST TAX

OTHER RECEIPTS

INTEREST

$0.00

$34,252,058.14 182.04 $0.00 0.00 70.83 864,304.10 0.00 98,094,768.84 0.00 0.00 26,973.99 282,152.42 0.00 4,804,077.00 2,222.30 0.00 777.18 1,250,885.02 10,956,748.03 0.23 1,259,867.27 0.00 13,431,792.30 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,959,865.45 0.00 9,295,780.85 742.29 1,168,960.97 6,369.50 50,421.85 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,421,108.77 0.00 8,309,878.77 28,091,263.72 0.00 1,133,798.69 0.00 0.00 9,618.62 24,760.89 0.00 9,594,190.49

2.20 $1,508,128.41 0.00 $6,517,359.82 0.00 $2,803,755.39 96,489,499.57 $2,469,324.90 0.00 $86,329,268.14 7,902,286.13 $91,672.66 2,949,122.46 $698,359.82 936.00 $4,484,740.23 0.00 0.00 $29,200,743.09 0.00 $3,687,094.95 0.00 $3,411,047.93 4,639.30 $5,409,588.39 20,632,485.97 $28,756,853.45 0.00 $487,156.05 0.00 $13,433,305.37 0.00 $29,661,849.77 0.00 $6,532,359.82 0.00 $0.00 41,748,555.73 0.00 ($664,083.11) 2,792,519.91 ($227,470.73) 0.00 $39,676,295.60 0.00 $79,915,431.56 0.00 $3,172,209.08 $785.00 $122,237.95 $16,454,889.49 661,883,222.90

(70.73) $0.00 0.00 2.20 0.00 0.00 (31,397.19) 0.00 0.00 96,489,499.57 (2,453.54) 0.00 (753.53) 7,902,286.13 (193.67) 2,949,122.46 0.00 0.00 936.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (3,672.94) 0.00 0.00 4,639.30 0.00 20,632,485.97 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (10,764.67) 0.00 0.00 (838.78) 0.00 0.00 41,748,555.73 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,792,519.91 0.00 0.00 0.00 (45,011.56)

70.83 $0.00 0.00 (70.73) 0.00 0.00 26,973.99 0.00 0.00 (31,397.19) 2,222.30 0.00 777.18 (2,453.54) 0.23 (753.53) 0.00 0.00 (193.67) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 742.29 0.00 6,369.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (3,672.94) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 9,618.62 0.00 0.00 623.38 0.00 0.00 (10,764.67) 0.00 0.00 0.00 (838.78) 0.00 0.00 0.00 159,345.52 0.00 0.00

168,704,568.41 1,357,882,164.49

30,213.32 $4,141,180.70 $78,691.27

0.00 661,883,222.90 0.00 ($95,156.61) 0.00

16.57 (45,011.56) 0.00 $206,760.41 0.00

$1,753,092,748.51 0.00

0.00 0.00

$834,433,483.49 $2,410,312.20

0.00 0.00

623.38 0.00 0.00 0.00 259,150.00

0.00 159,345.52 0.00

TRANSFERS OTHER IN

RECEIPTS

TOTAL RECEIPTS ANDTRANSFERS TRANSFERS

$0.00

IN

$34,252,058.14

0.00 $184.34 $34,252,058.14 $0.00 7,506.00 $7,506.00 182.04 0.00 0.00 $864,304.10 0.00 7,506.00 9,143,672.79 $203,723,518.00 864,304.10 0.00 1,817,426.40 $1,817,426.40 98,094,768.84 9,143,672.79 0.00 $8,184,207.31 0.00 1,817,426.40 1,047,865.32 $8,801,088.43 282,152.42 0.00 0.00 $742.56 4,804,077.00 1,047,865.32 0.00 $1,250,885.02 0.000.00 $10,956,748.03 0.00 0.00 $1,259,867.27 1,250,885.02 0.00 0.00 $13,431,792.30 10,956,748.03 0.00 0.00 $5,381.59 1,259,867.27 0.00 525,750.00 $23,120,797.98 13,431,792.30 0.00 0.00 $9,295,780.85 0.00 0.00 0.00 $1,168,960.97 1,959,865.45 525,750.00 0.00 $50,421.85 9,295,780.85 0.00 0.00 $0.00 1,168,960.97 0.00 0.00 $1,421,108.77 50,421.85 0.00 0.00 $50,057,288.45 0.000.00 $28,091,263.72 0.00 0.00 $3,926,103.20 1,421,108.77 0.00 0.00 $0.00 8,309,878.77 0.00 0.00 $24,760.89 28,091,263.72 0.00 0.00 $9,594,190.49 1,133,798.69 0.00 0.00 0.00 24,760.89 0.00 9,594,190.49 0.00 0.00 $662,256,706.86 0.00 0.00

$168,704,568.41 $1,357,882,164.49

0.00 259,150.00 168,704,568.41

$30,229.89 0.00

0.00

$12,542,220.51 1,357,882,164.49 $2,600,180,056.31 0.00

TOTAL

RECEIPTS DISBURSEMENTS

AND TRANSFERS

$35,876,315.45

752,064.98 $34,252,058.14 0.00 $184.34 57,048.24 $7,506.00 164,147,829.51 $864,304.10 31,848.60 $203,723,518.00 5,896,498.01 $1,817,426.40 7,455,341.66 $8,184,207.31 24,883.06 $8,801,088.43 1,364,606.99 11,105,284.65 $742.56 1,015,950.54 $1,250,885.02 1,754,249.80 $10,956,748.03 $89,793.69 $1,259,867.27 14,204,488.34 $13,431,792.30 4,170,266.36 $5,381.59 366,420.28 $23,120,797.98 75,947.03 $9,295,780.85 0.00 $1,168,960.97 1,386,696.87 $50,421.85 28,861,146.29 19,117,226.21 $0.00 2,916,491.73 $1,421,108.77 0.00 $50,057,288.45 49,113.28 $28,091,263.72 463,186.37 $3,926,103.20 $0.00 $24,760.89 $9,594,190.49 578,758,810.02 169,202,505.84 1,360,070,880.38

22,576.86 $662,256,706.86 $168,704,568.41

$2,409,237,471.04 $1,357,882,164.49

TRANSFERS OUT

DISBURSEMENTS $0.00

0.00 $35,876,315.45 0.00 752,064.98 0.00 0.00 1,573,615.32 57,048.24 0.00 164,147,829.51 0.00 31,848.60 0.00 5,896,498.01 0.00 7,455,341.66 0.00 0.00 24,883.06 0.00 1,364,606.99 8,840,172.87 11,105,284.65 0.00 1,015,950.54 0.00 1,754,249.80 1,817,426.40 $89,793.69 7,506.00 14,204,488.34 0.00 4,170,266.36 0.00 366,420.28 0.00 75,947.03 53,499.96 249,999.96 0.00 0.00 1,386,696.87 0.00 28,861,146.29 0.00 19,117,226.21 0.00 2,916,491.73 0.00 49,113.28 463,186.37 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00 578,758,810.02 169,202,505.84

TOTAL TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS ENDING TRANSFERS AND TRANSFERS DISBURSEMENTS CASH

OUT

AND TRANSFERS

$35,876,315.45 $752,064.98 $0.00 $0.00 0.00 $57,048.24 0.00 $165,721,444.83 0.00 $31,848.60 1,573,615.32 $5,896,498.01 0.00 $7,455,341.66 0.00 $24,883.06 0.00 $1,364,606.99 $11,105,284.65 0.00 $1,015,950.54 0.00 $10,594,422.67 0.00 $89,793.69 0.00 $14,204,488.34 8,840,172.87 $5,987,692.76 0.00 $373,926.28 0.00 $75,947.03 1,817,426.40 $0.00 7,506.00 $1,386,696.87 0.00 $28,914,646.25 $19,367,226.17 0.00 $2,916,491.73 0.00 $0.00 53,499.96 $49,113.28 249,999.96 $463,186.37

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 $578,758,810.02

$169,202,505.84 $1,360,070,880.38 $22,576.86 0.00

0.00

$12,542,220.51 1,360,070,880.38 $2,421,779,691.55 0.00

TREASURER FEES ENDING WITHHELD

CASH

TREASURER FEES WITHHELD

($116,128.90)

$5,765,479.18 $35,876,315.45 $2,811,261.39 $752,064.98 $3,276,580.76 $0.00 $124,331,341.31 $57,048.24 $1,877,250.46 $165,721,444.83 $2,986,069.12 $31,848.60 $5,830,487.00 $5,896,498.01 $29,176,602.59 $7,455,341.66 $3,573,372.98 $3,262,511.31 $24,883.06 $5,653,505.12 $1,364,606.99 $31,594,223.08 $11,105,284.65 $402,743.95 $1,015,950.54 $22,349,615.01 $10,594,422.67 $32,969,937.86 $89,793.69 $7,327,394.51 $14,204,488.34 ($25,525.18) $5,987,692.76 ($664,083.11) $373,926.28 ($193,058.83) $75,947.03 $60,818,937.80 $88,639,469.11 $0.00 $4,181,820.55 $1,386,696.87 $785.00 $28,914,646.25 $97,885.56 $19,367,226.17 $25,585,893.61 $2,916,491.73 $0.00 $49,113.28 $463,186.37 $87,639,077.54

($116,128.90) $5,765,479.18 $2,811,261.39 1,445,062.72 $3,276,580.76 $124,331,341.31 118,345.80 $1,877,250.46 $2,986,069.12 $5,830,487.00 $29,176,602.59 $3,573,372.98 $3,262,511.31 53.82 $5,653,505.12 296,071.60 $31,594,223.08 $402,743.95 $22,349,615.01 $32,969,937.86 $7,327,394.51 ($25,525.18) 527,924.69 ($664,083.11) 41,828.02 ($193,058.83) $60,818,937.80 $88,639,469.11 $4,181,820.55 $785.00 $97,885.56 $25,585,893.61

$7,820.51 $578,758,810.02 $169,202,505.84

443.35 $87,639,077.54 ($419,246.16) $2,429,730.00 $221,596.31

($419,246.16) $221,596.31

$548,963,619.44 $1,360,070,880.38

1,445,062.72 118,345.80

53.82 296,071.60

527,924.69 41,828.02

$167.48

30,213.32

0.00

16.57

0.00

0.00

$30,229.89

22,576.86

0.00

$22,576.86

$7,820.51

443.35

$370,563,254.68

$834,433,483.49

($95,156.61)

$206,760.41

$1,753,092,748.51

$12,542,220.51

$2,600,180,056.31

$2,409,237,471.04

$12,542,220.51

$2,421,779,691.55

$548,963,619.44

$2,429,730.00

Legal Notice No.: 942444 | First Publication: August 11, 2022 | Last Publication: August 11, 2022 | Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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Ponderosa linebacker has big plans Ethan Rodriguez wants to be noticed as college plans await

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Ethan Rodriguez expects to improve this season.

Rodriguez is a 6-foot, 180-pound linebacker for the Ponderosa football team and wants to step forward

and be noticed around other Class 4A circuits during the 2022 high school campaign.

“I want to get better,” he said. “I was second team all-conference last year so I want to improve for first team all-conference and the AllState team.

“I feel I have to improve on a little bit of everything. I had a pretty good year for me and I hope to build on that and have an even better season this year. I have to improve a little more in all the games.”

Rodriguez finished the 2021 season

with 97 total tackles, five sacks, one fumble recovery and one interception.

Ponderosa head coach Jaron Cohen expects Rodriguez to have another good season in 2022.

“Ethan is a very instinctive and aggressive player that has been a standout on the Mustang defense for the last two years,” said Cohen. “He is very passionate about the game and a true leader that we are fortunate to have on the squad. He excels as a pass rusher, fitting into the run defense, and defending the pass.”

Rodriguez isn’t sure yet what is ahead in the future.

“I really don’t have any college plans so far,” Rodriguez said. “I want to see if I can get anything for football so I have nothing planned so far for college.”

Ponderosa went 7-5 last season and lost in the second round of the 4A state playoffs to eventual state champion Chatfield.

“Over the summer doing the few things we did, we have a lot of skill,” said Rodriguez. “I’m excited to see what this team can do.”

Man charged with murder, attempted robbery Motive still not clear in Castle Rock attack

BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Formal charges for a man arrested in connection with a fatal stabbing in Castle Rock included multiple counts of attempted aggravated robbery.

Police arrested Jason Menton, 22, at the scene of a fatal stabbing on July 17 and continue to investigate the death. The Douglas County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Joshua Schnell, 37.

On July 21, the DA’s office formally charged Menton with murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, attempted assault, two counts of attempted aggravated robbery and two counts of menacing.

Menton is being held in the Douglas County Jail without bond.

HEAT FROM PAGE 12

change’s consequences will play out across the state, the Colorado Health Institute has launched an initiative called Acclimate Colorado. The idea is to map which concerns will be most prevalent in which places, and then help local officials understand how best to respond in their areas.

Some parts of the state are at risk for extreme heat — think the Eastern Plains and areas around Grand Junction.

Other areas, especially those in

Castle Rock police continue to investigate a motive for last month’s fatal stabbing.

According to Menton’s arrest affidavit, police responded to a report of a stabbing around 9:30 p.m. July 17 at Parry’s Pizza in Castle Rock.

Three employees, including Schnell, were closing the restaurant for the

day when Schnell was attacked and stabbed multiple times, per the affidavit.

The two employees on scene told police that a man in a yellow bandanna and yellow shirt, later identi-

the mountains, are particularly vulnerable to major wildfires. And then there are underlying social and health circumstances that place some communities more at risk than others. Communities with higher rates of poverty, higher rates of non-English-speaking residents and higher rates of non-white residents may be at greater risk of suffering more due to climate change.

The same goes for communities with higher rates of chronic illness.

Karam Ahmad, a senior policy analyst at CHI who is working on the Acclimate Colorado project, said his organization hopes to create a Colorado “where communities

are prepared to meet the emerging health challenges caused by a warming climate.” (You can dive deeper into CHI’s climate change impact maps here.)

One of the things that makes the CHI initiative unique is that it is not focused on trying to stop climate change from happening or to mitigate its effects. Instead, the organization made a conscious decision to think of climate change as a present-tense risk to health in Colorado, something that should be dealt with just like any other ongoing health crisis.

Lemery agreed that the medical and public health communities need

fied as Menton, had been parked outside of the restaurant earlier in the day, acting in a suspicious manner, and then returned at closing.

An employee found Schnell outside the back of the restaurant and Menton allegedly threatened them with a knife before fleeing.

Police found Menton in the alley behind an attached business and the affidavit says he had bloodstains on his clothes and body. An officer also found the handle of a folding knife, missing its blade, in Menton’s pocket.

According to the affidavit, the blade of the knife was later found near Schnell’s body.

Police do not believe Menton and Schnell knew each other and continue to investigate Schnell’s death, including identifying a motive.

Menton is scheduled to return to court on Sept. 19.

Court records show Menton was cited for assault in Douglas County on July 1. to become better prepared for handling climate impacts like extreme heat and all the consequences they bring.

“Every year, I see this, and I get more and more scared,” he said.

“It’s a palpable sense of something’s changing, something’s different and it’s not going to get better.”

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.

Public Notices 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 September 4, 2022, final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and Hudick Excavating, Inc. DBA HEI Civil for the FP-P1 Pine Gulch Dam Conversion Project, Douglas County Project Number SP 2021-010, in Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said Hudick Excavating, Inc. DBA HEI Civil 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 September 4, 2022, 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, Zachary Humbles, P.E., 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.

Legal Notice No. 942439 First Publication: August 4, 2022 Second Publication: August 11, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Account Number: 2734 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 September 4, 2022, final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County

and Kiewit Infrastructure Co. for the Palmer Divide Avenue Phase 2 Construction Project, Douglas County Project Number CI 2021-043, in Douglas County; and that any person, copartnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said Kiewit Infrastructure Co. 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 4th day of September, 2022 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 Karl Lucero, 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.

Legal Notice No. 942428 First Publication: August 4, 2022 Second Publication: August 11, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Account Number: 2734

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2022

PRESENTS

Holiday Craft Show & Mini-Market Saturday Nov. 26

10am - 6pm

Sunday Nov. 27

10am - 2pm

Douglas County Fairgrounds 500 Fairgrounds Dv. Castle Rock, CO.

Come shop for unique gifts and special items during the Colorado Community Media Holiday Craft Show and Mini-Market; With more than 200 exhibitors filling the Douglas County Fairgrounds, this is the best place to find that special, personal gift for friends and family.

The show will feature handmade crafts in all areas from metal and leather, to flowers, baskets, ceramics, and so much more.

In it’s third year - expanding into two buildings.

In 2021, 3,000 customers attended

Admission is free to the public Interested in selling your handmade crafts?

Interested in hosting classes?

Contact Event Producer Thelma Grimes at tgrimes@coloradocommunitymedia.com All applications must be approved to participate