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A publication of Week of August 25, 2022 DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADOFREE ParkerChronicle.net VOLUME 20 | ISSUE 39INSIDE: VOICES: PAGE 14 | LIFE: PAGE 16 | CALENDAR: PAGE 19 | SPORTS: PAGE 22

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As students walk back into classrooms in the fourth school year amid the coronavirus pandemic, parents may ﬁnd themselves wondering: When can we stop worrying about COVID-19?

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“As we go into our third fall living with COVID, this has been an extraordinary experience for society, for public health departments, for folks that have been most impacted,” said Dr. John Douglas, head of Tri-County Health Department. “It’s been a hugely tragic circumstance. We’ve lost over a million people in the U.S. I think we’ll be learning from this as we go.”

In Douglas County, scores were up across the board and surpassed 2019 scores in almost all areas, except math for grades 6, 7 and 8. The district’s score across all grades for English Language Arts is 59.7% of students met or exceeded expectations and math is 49%.

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“We’re really really proud of our teachers, our kids and all of the hard work our families have done over the past two years to make sure our kids stayed on track,” Superintendent Erin Kane said. “Truly, our teachers just did an amazing job through really hard times, so we’re incredibly proud of our staff and ourKanestudents.”pointed to the ELA scores in all grades and overcoming the 2019 scores as some of the highlights of the results. The district has prioritized improving literacy over the past few years and the scores show that work is paying off, Kane said. “I’m really excited to watch what happens to literacy in our district over the next year while we are implementing all the science based reading programs,” she said. “We’re really hoping we can continue to move our students and help them make a great deal of progress in the area of literacy.”

While experts say the pandemic looks much different than it did last year, predictions about what the return of school means in this era of fast-changing variants can be a mixed bag.

Kane also highlighted the third grade math scores for the district, Douglas County students perform well in state CMAS test

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“My guess is bringing kids back to school will probably increase (COVID) transmission among kids, but it will probably have a limited impact on the community. Part of the reason I say that is we have so much built-up immunity,” Douglas said, referring to people who have been vaccinated and the unvaccinated who have been infected. But each COVID variant can

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Douglas County School District’s state standardized testing scores consistently ranked higher than the state’s and neighboring districts’ results, as well as scores higher than pre-pandemic levels. On Aug. 17, the Colorado Department of Education released the Colorado’s Measures of Academic Success or CMAS scores for the state and individual districts. Colorado’s state score for all grades on the English Language Arts, or ELA, portion had 43.2% of students meet or exceed expectations. In math, 31.5% of students met standards. Both scores are below 2019 scores, but grade level break-downs show improvement over last year’s scores in most grades.

An Aug. 18 article about the sale of properties on Parker’s Mainstreet incorrectly stated the town council had approved the sale agreement. The sale agreement still needs to be approved on second reading Sept. 6, where there will be a public hearing.

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Local boy wins award for reporting house fire South Metro Fire Rescue said on Aug. 15 multiple callershearing a loud boom and seeing active fl ames coming from a gas meter on the side of a vacant home on E. Dorado Avenue. Thunderstorms, lightning and heavy rain were all moving through the area at the time. According to the social media post, 9-year-old Hunter was one of the neighbors who fi rst saw the fi re and alerted his parents to call 911. When fi refi ghters arrived on scene, they found fl ames on the side of the home crawling up the exterior. Crews deployed a hose line to fl ow water between the fi re and the house in order to keep the structure from catching on fi re and becoming too hot. They also used thermal imaging cameras to monitor the heat levels both inside and outside the house.

South Metro’s Fire Investigator on scene determined the likely cause of the ﬁ re was due to the roof being struck by lightning and then the electrical current traveling through the gutters and impacting the gas line.

The Town of Parker is reminding residentsdogs must be on a leash at all times when not in a secure yard or designated off-leash dog park. Make sure the person holding the leash is able to control the dog at all times. Many dangerous dog cases occur when a dog breaks free from a child holding a leash or an adult not properly monitoring their dog.

Xcel Energy Colorado arrived on scene with heavy equipment to dig into the yard and clamp the gas line in order to stop the leak and active fi re. Luckily, no one was in the home when the fi re started and surprisingly the fi re did not extend to the structure.As crews were wrapping up on scene, fi refi ghters from Engine 17 found Hunter and gave him a Community Award Challenge Coin for his courageous actions.

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“Students actually like virtual services,” Fujii said. But ACC’s reputation as an “earn and learn” environment, as Edwards called it, still grants students a unique and often advantageous in-person experience.Byoffering programs that allow students to be hands-on in their ﬁeld, such as working in a dealership through the college’s automotive program, students can fast-track their way into the workforce at a time when employers are desperate for talent and jobs are abundant.

“I remember a time on campus when it was hard to ﬁnd a parking spot, and I hope we get back to that soon,” Fuglei said.

“When you look at it nationally, we lost almost 1 million community college students nationwide (in 2021),” GarciaAmidsaid.inﬂation, when “people are facing rising rents, gas prices and grocery prices, people need to work,” Garcia said, leaves education to be seen as an unaffordable luxury for some. “What we have to do is convince them that they can still take classes while working and while taking those classes they can better prepare themselves for the future,” Garcia said.

Monica Fuglei teaches an English class at Arapahoe Community College, which is expected to see higher enrollment this school year compared to last.

“In Colorado, there have been identiﬁed parts of the workforce where we need to grow our talent, such as healthcare, cybersecurity,” Edwards said. “I’m excited about the upcoming year, I’m excited in the direction we’re going.”Such programs are able to “deliver real work opportunities that lead to a living wage,” said Garcia, who hopes it will be a major seller to those looking to take advantage of increased wages amid a volatile economic landscape. Still, challenges remain outside of just bringing in enough students, Garcia said, as the college system sees an exodus of staff and faculty looking for better pay.

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While the demand for in-person learning has increased as students head towards the fall semester, online classes and services still remain popular, Edwards said. There has been a 5% increase in students signed up for online courses this semester compared to last ACCfall.President Stephanie Fujii said the pandemic showed the college it could offer options for students in ways it hadn’t tried before.

The college was an outlier in the metro region last year, when most urban community colleges saw a dip in 2021 enrollment rates compared to 2020, with some as large as 14%. “We’re really proud that ACC continues to be responsive and serve the community, and I think our enrollment numbers show that,” Edwards said. “We’re both relieved and proud.”

Joe Garcia, chancellor for the Colorado Community College System — which encompasses 13 colleges with 35 locations across the state — said he remains “guardedly optimistic” that overall enrollment rates will improve from last year.

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“Some of our college’s lost more than 20% of their workforce in one year,” Garcia said, stressing a need for increased salaries and beneﬁts for public education workers. But even as obstacles lie ahead, the energy seems palpable for ACC as it approaches a new school year.

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About 80% of ACC students attend classes part-time, with many working or raising families meaning online learning, as well as other resources such as advising, can be a key factor in allowing them to continue school.

With ACC appearing to be on pace for even higher enrollment this year, Edwards said the numbers are a testament to the college’s ability to weather the pandemic — which has widely been labeled a culprit for most schools’ enrollment drops — as well as meeting students’ needs at a precarious economic moment.

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Buoyed by promising enrollment and a continued return to normalcy as schools emerge from the disruption of COVID-19, Fuglei, the English instructor, said she is looking forward to “bustling hallways” and full classrooms.

Arapahoe Community College sees increased enrollment

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Monica Fuglei is as busy as she’s everAnbeen.instructor at Arapahoe Community College who also chairs the school’s English department, Fuglei is currently “building classes like mad” as she gears up for the fall semester, set to begin Aug. 22. “We’re finding we’re having to be a little more fluid and agile in terms of enrollment,” Fuglei said. “It brings new pressures, but they’re good pressures.”Increasing enrollment numbers at ACC are heralding the excitement felt by Fuglei, with data showing a roughly 5% increase in enrolled students in early August compared to the same time in 2021, a difference of about 250 students.Numbers are still coming in almost every day and the percent increase is constantly changing, according to Lisa Matye Edwards — vice president of student affairs — who anticipates the final total will exceed the college’s 2021 enrollment.In2021,ACC saw enrollment of 7,038 students, up from 6,594 in 2020 —a 6.7% increase — according to data from the Community College System.

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Thomas didn’t respond to questions about the release of the report, according to the memo. She has asserted multiple times in meetings and in her newsletter to constituents that she believes the privileged nature of the document had already been broken by Laydon discussing parts of it publicly.

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Attorney findings Ingalls wrote in the “facts” section of the memo that Thomas had released the report and discussed the contents in a televised interview, “despite knowing the (board of county commissioners) intent to maintain the confidential and privileged nature of the report.”

The investigation found that while Thomas had distributed the sheriff letter, doing so did not create a hostile work environment. It also found she did direct legal representation to provide her with information the board had determined to keepTealsecret.andLaydon initially voted to keep the investigative report confidential, but after it was shared with the Denver TV station, decided to release it.

An investigation by the Douglas County government’s attorney found that Commissioner Lora Thomas released a confidential memo to the media and that she could have broken the law by doing so.Thomas’ fellow commissioners directed their staff to look into the possible breach after Thomas appeared in a CBS Colorado story discussing the report. Images and full quotes from the report were included in the TV story. While the state doesn’t have specific laws for the situation, County Attorney Lance Ingalls said there are seven criminal offenses that could apply, including official misconduct, embezzlement of public property and abuse of public records, according to a county memo. After voting to make the memo by the county attorney public in an Aug. 15 meeting, commissioners Abe Laydon and George Teal voted not to take any immediate action against“WhileThomas.wecould pursue further actions, I know the public is concerned with one thing from this board, which is upstream governance and serving the county to the best of our abilities,” Laydon said.

Charge details Ingalls explained each possible criminal offense in the memo. The possible charges are: first degree official misconduct; second degree official misconduct; embezzlement of public property; abuse of public records; theft of trade secrets; second degree criminal tampering; and commercial bribery and breach of duty to act benefitpauseperspective,agreedonboardternalshouldandreport.—dockmation.forsayingLaydontivemadethemeetings.andremovalThomas,takeincludechargeschargecourtonlyhavegestingSeveraleachmarybothertyEmbezzlementdisinterestedly.ofpublicprop-andcommercialbriberyarefelonies.Ingallsincludedineachsum-thelikelihoodinwhichchargecouldbeargued.includedcaveats,sug-somechargesdidn’tstrongevidenceorwouldapplydependingonhowadefinedcertainterms.Thepossibleembezzlementandthetwopossibleofmisconductdidn’tanycaveats.Ingallssaidtheboardcouldotheractionsagainstincludingcensure,fromappointmentsexclusionfromconfidentialIntheAug.15meetingwherememowasdiscussed,Tealamotiontogointoexecu-sessionwithoutThomas.spokeagainsttheidea,hefeltitwasimportantallofthemtoheartheinfor-TealalsomadeamotiontoThomas’payby$17,000thecostoftheinvestigativeAgainLaydondisagreedsaidhebelievestheboardinsteadreviewtheirin-policies.“Ourpublicweariesofthishavingdysfunction,”Lay-said.“AlthoughIdon’tdis-withCommissionerTeal’sIthinkweneedtoonallthattodayfortheofourpublic.”

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The report in question, a 12page document, shows the full results of a $17,000 investigation into Thomas by outside legal counsel. Teal and Laydon initiated the probe after accusing Thomas of circulating an anonymous letter that criticized specific employees in the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, creating a hostile work environment. They also accused her of emailing county legal representation with a request not authorized by the full board.

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Instead of permanently remov ing her, it was decided they would rotate the chair position between Thomas and Laydon. Afterwards, the commissioners brought in a moderator to attempt to repair their relationship. But in April, Laydon and Teal again voted to remove Thomas from her position and began an internal investigation.They ac cused her of circulating an anony mous letter that criticized specific employees in the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and emailing county legal representation with a request not authorized by the full board.Theinvestigation found that while Thomas had circulated the sheriff letter, doing so did not cre ate a hostile work environment. It also found she did direct legal representation to provide her with information the board had deter mined to keep secret. Teal and Laydon initially voted to keep the investigative report confidential, but it was then shared with a Denver TV station. After being directed by Teal and Laydon to look into it, their staff found that Thomas had released theWhilereport.they were presented with several legal actions they could take against Thomas, they decided not to take any for the moment.

Stu Parker, the chairman of the Douglas County Republican Party, said the party hasn’t yet taken a stance on the issue. “I’m not against adding two com missioners but there’s not enough information yet,” he said. “Yes it could be good or it could be bad.”

Teal said he doesn’t think adding commissioners is a good idea but if it were to happen, he believes it should be done through the homerule

Parker Mayor Jeff Toborg, also a Republican, said he’s often won dered why Douglas County, which has about 360,000 residents, only has three county commissioners.

Weld County and Pitkin County have moved to ﬁve commissioners as part of their home-rule char ters. Denver and Broomﬁeld have city council structures with 13 and 10 representatives, respectively. Boulder County has attempted to approve the expansion at least four times, according to Douglas County staff. Jeffco has attempted to do so at least twice. The Douglas County commis sioners didn’t direct staff to con tinue pursuing the action during the Aug. 15 meeting.

Five in Adams Adams County was the most re cent to expand its board, with vot ers approving the change in 2012. Two additional members officially joined the board in 2015. Erik Hansen, who was elected in 2010, said he campaigned with the promise of adding more commis sioners after a scandal in which seven people, including Adams County staff members, were charged and a commissioner was investigated.“Communities do this usually because they have a reason, some thing is happening that’s dysfunc tional on the board or something in the community is driving it,” he said. “Commissioners aren’t going to normally vote to dilute their ownThosepower.”insupport of the change felt it would create a healthier, more representative county gov ernment structure for the growing community, Hansen said. Those against it worried it would be too costly.TheAdams County commission er expansion was approved with 57% of the vote. Hansen went on to serve with the five-person board until 2019. “I think there was probably more thoughtful debate with five than there would have been with three,” he said. “You have more different ways to look at things. I think all of that adds more to discussion” Hansen said he advocated for the expansion of the board because he believes it helps the board func tion“Whenbetter.you have three all you need is a friend,” he said. “But with five, you need a majority.” Hansen added that more com missioners means greater repre sentation in a large community. “Counties get bigger and they obviously have more diversity and you want to have that diver sity represented on the board of county commissioners,” he said.

needs is more politicians,” Com missioner Abe Laydon said in response.Thethree commissioners have clashed several times in the past few years, with many recent deci sions being 2-1. Most recently, Laydon and Com missioner George Teal initiated an investigation, accusing Thomas of creating a hostile work envi ronment and deliberately going against the board’s direction.

Of the 12 counties who are eligible through their population size, several have moved to ﬁve commissioners, including Adams, El Paso and Arapahoe counties.

• All ﬁve commissioners elected by the whole county but three must live in speciﬁc districts

Commissioners’ fracture The relationship among Douglas County’s commissioners began to fray in April 2021 when Teal and Laydon voted to remove Thomas from her position as chair follow ing a national media request gone awry. The two accused Thomas of using her role as chair of the board to lie to residents and “at tempt to inﬂuence the board” after she was she wasn’t selected to speak with the media outlet.

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Why three? In Colorado, every county government initially begins with three commissioners, said Eric Bergman, policy director for Colorado Counties Incorporated, or CCI. But five out of the state’s 64 counties have moved to five. “Every county from time to time takes a look at this,” Bergman said.CCI is a nonprofit organization that provides assistance to county commissioners, mayors and coun cil members in Colorado, focusing on education and state legislative

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Thomas regularly criticizes Teal and Laydon in her weekly newslet ter, accusing them of conspiring to damage her reputation, making poor decisions and “silencing her.” “This is the most hostile person I’ve ever encountered,” Laydon said in one meeting. “I have never had an enemy in the world until I got to this seat.”

County, GOP respond Thomas, at the losing end of many 2-1 votes, said she’s warmed to the idea after hearing more questions from constituents about the possibility of adding commis sioners.“I’vealways been opposed to it because it would grow govern ment,” she said. “But I don’t know how to break this logjam with George and Abe.”

Parker added that while it would allow commissioners to have some back-up for their various com mittees, the cost could impact the counties’ other functions. Current ly, Parker said he doesn’t believe the dynamic among the commis sioners has impacted the county’s governance.“You’dlike to see people getting along, but is it affecting how the county is run?” he said. “I haven’t seen full evidence of that.”

“Douglas County is geographi cally large enough that I would think having ﬁve would be better,” ToborgLaydonsaid.doesn’t see any beneﬁt to adding more commissioners, he said.“If you think about increasing government, growing government and the number of politicians at the helm, it ultimately just leads to a slowdown,” he said. “It’s more deliberations, it’s more debate, it’s more back and forth.” He added that in his view, re gardless of the number of com missioners, all it takes is one member to make it divisive.

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representation.Onceacounty has more than 70,000 residents, a citizen’s group or the county commissioners can put a question on the ballot asking residents if they wish to add two more.The board itself can also decide to do so if residents vote in favor of becoming a home-rule county. The maximum number the board can have is ﬁve. If the commissioners or citizens decide to put the question on the ballot, they must also ask what make-up of the board residents would prefer. There are four op tions and at least two must be placed on the ballot. The options are:

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“Everymethod.municipality here in Douglas County has seven mem ber councils and every single one of them in recent memory has had some degree of factionalism,” Teal said. “The idea that … you’re going to eliminate factionalism by going to ﬁve people is naive in my mind.”

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“Our view is that this is not, we’re not in a recession,” Wobbekind said. “Despite the slowdown in the ﬁrst half, expectations are that the 2022 overall GDP will be positive. Right now, the forward-looking forecast for the third quarter is running at about one-and-half percent for GDP growth. But this is still obviously a much more moderate growth economy than we had in 2021.”

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According to data provided by the Leeds School of Business at University of Colorado, the number of new business filings was slightly negative from a year ago, at -0.2% in the second quarter, which was the first annual decline since the start of the pandemic.Andthenumber of companies showing signs of failure grew at double-digit rates — delinquent filings were up 9.8% while companies that dissolved their business grew 27%.Brian Lewandowski, executive director of Leeds’ Business Research Division, speculated that more businesses would have dissolved earlier if it hadn’t been for federal stimulus packages that provided financial aid to small businesses, like the popular Paycheck Protection Programs.

“I think there’s a fair amount of concern that we’re going to see bankruptcy and those kinds of things uptick over the next two quarters,” Wobbekind said. “Some of the funding that was out there has run out. We’re hearing this from the banking community and elsewhere.”

“Perhaps the rise in dissolutions and delinquencies are a sign of some of that strain on businesses now that the stimulus has gone away,” he said. “With a slowing national economy, can we expect to see the rise in business failures over the coming quarters?”Hiscolleague Richard Wobbekind thinks so. Even though bankruptcy ﬁlings fell in the pandemic, recent data lags.

The nation’s gross domestic product slowed in the ﬁrst half of the year, which can indicate an economy in recession. Nevertheless, strong job numbers and a growth in the number of businesses in good standing are evidence that Colorado’s economy is holding steady.

BY TAMARA CHUANG THE COLORADO SUN The Colorado Secretary of State’s ofﬁce last week shared the latest quarterly update on how small businesses in the state are doing. It’s mixed, Secretary of State Jena Griswold said. Job growth remains strong, but the number of businesses that are delinquent in ﬁling regular reports or repaying a debt rose.

“And while many new entities are filing with our office, the report also notes an uptick in delinquencies and dissolutions as well as signs of pessimism from the business community due to inflation, supply-chain disruption, worker shortages and interest rates among other factors that continued to place pressure on small business owners,” Griswold said during a news conference.

Cases of monkeypox, a rare but serious disease, are rising, and Colorado health ofﬁcials told reporters in a brieﬁng Aug. 18 they’re ramping up in response.

“I think there’s reason for concern for monkeypox because we’re seeing an increase in infections,” said Dr. Connie Price, the Chief Medical Ofﬁcer with Denver Health. “We have an opportunity that I think was much greater than we had with COVID to actually control it.”

Herlihy said the agency is having conversations with higher education institutions, which she said have learned a lot from the COVID-19 experience, including in resident halls, considered congregate, or higher risk, settings.

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Monkeypox vaccines are available but in short supply, Bookman said, based on the federal allocation of it.

The health department created the dashboard with input from community leaders, LGBTQ advocacy organizations, and local public health agencies, to ensure data transparency while protecting patient privacy.

State advises schools Herlihy noted the state recently updated its school guidance around COVID-19 and said there’s guidance there about general infection prevention strategies in schools. She said public health ofﬁcials believe brief interactions without physical contact, so passing someone at a grocery store, would not be considered a risk for monkeypox transmission.“Again,themajor route of transmission really continues to be that close physical contact, including contact during sex,” she said.

Young adult men face most monkeypox risk

“We have been working closely with trusted community members to develop the data sharing practices,” on the website, said state epidemiologist Dr. Rachel Herlihy. She said that included some “data suppression” to protect privacy, especially in less populated counties “when there’s case counts of one or two, there is the potential for individuals to be identiﬁed.”

The updated dashboard clearly spells out how monkeypox is now hitting Colorado. A bar near the top shows six people are hospitalized, no one in the state has died and cases have been identified in 19 counties. The first cases were found in Colorado in May. The numbers grew from there to six in June, 66 in July and 94 in August, for a total of 168 to Denverdate.has recorded 59 cases, followed by Adams, Arapahoe, Jefferson and El Paso counties also in double digits. Eighty-five percent of cases are in men. The bulk of the cases are in younger adults: three Nearly 77% of cases are in people who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual.Following on the heels of two-plus years of grappling with COVID-19, and with other diseases like polio reemerging in the U.S., another health department official sought to reassure“PublicColoradans.healthwillalways be monitoring the situation and always ready to scale our response and that we would communicate to the public,” no matter the threat, said Scott Bookman, who directs the Division of Disease Control and Public Health Response. “We are preparing to respond in any way that we need to, and we are committed to transparent, open communication with the public, so they understand their risk and understand the actions that they need to take.”Based on the data the state health department is collecting both here in Colorado and nationally, “we are seeing that the greatest risk at this time is among, gay, bisexual, or other men who have sex with men,” said Herlihy. “That is primarily, here in Colorado, in the Denver metro area, but we have seen cases outside of the metro area as well.”

Price said monkeypox is not as transmissible as COVID-19 and that it’s unlikely to evolve that way. More information about the monkeypox outbreak will now be published online. It clearly shows the group currently most at risk, based on the data: young adult men in or near Denver.

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The state said it’s expanding the data on the monkeypox dashboard they rolled out earlier this month. It will now include county-level case counts and demographic data.

Questions arise But as the state looks to ramp up response to the spread of another contagious disease, plenty of questions are popping up: about vaccines, tests, risks in schools and colleges.Asforschools, Herlihy said “I think it is important to note in the data that I shared today, that we have not seen any pediatric cases here in Colorado. But we are CDC.”Shesaid the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had let Colorado public health ofﬁcials know they expect to release school and childcare guidance very soon. She said the state health department is talking to partners across the state and “encouraging the routine practices that we use now to prevent communicable diseases in schools, our practices that really should continue for monkeypox.”

“Some of the strategies that they’ve been using, things like having places for students to isolate if they were to test positive, are going to be potentially important strategies again,” she said.

Dashboard tracks disease

“Now we are hopeful that we will see more coming, in the coming weeks and coming months,” he said, adding that the state is prioritizing the vaccine to the places where we are seeing the largest amount of community spread and where the need is, which now is in the Denver metro area. He said the state is expanding its distribution network; it now includes 59 providers, to which it’s distributed 3,500 doses. He said the state has administered more than 4,000 doses and that vaccine data also would appear on the state’s website.Pricesaid Denver Health has administered nearly 500 doses to people who meet criteria for close contact. Price added that there are non-research, experimental treatments available to those who have severe disease once they are diagnosed.Herlihysaid monkeypox testing is expanding and commercial labs nationwide have been coming online to test as “Commercialwell. lab testing is available and really recommended for patients who have insurance, that can be processed through primary care providers or other healthcare providers,” she said. “We know that most large systems in the state now are able to collect specimens and do thisShetesting.”saiditdoes not require preapproval from the state health department and specimens can be collected with materials that many providers have on hand. This story is from CPR News, a nonproﬁt news source. Used by permission. For more, and to support Colorado Public Radio, visit cpr.org.

State health o cials step up response as case numbers rise

Colorado a step closer contracts

Colorado continues to work towards providing residents with lower cost prescriptions.

Seeking federal approval Colorado has not yet identiﬁed which drugs it will seek to import. Some — biologics, like insulin, for instance — are off the table due to federal regulations. For others, it depends on how negotiations with manufacturers go, Reveley said. But the state is expected to ﬁnalize its list in the coming months because it’s a requirement for winning federal approval for the program.

BY JOHN INGOLD THE COLORADO SUN Colorado has taken another step toward importing lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, after signing contracts with companies on both sides of the border that will handle the transaction.

“We are poised to be able to do what is right and poised to be able to take on those who would impede us in bringing savings to Coloradans,” she said.

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“Drugs that enter the United States through drug importation schemes would circumvent FDA’s review and approval of our medicine supply,” Priscilla VanderVeer, the vice president of public policy at the pharmaceutical industry group PhRMA, said in a statement following a committee hearing on the federal Advocatesbill.for importation, including Bimestefer, said the programs will have numerous safeguards, including a requirement that drugs be purchased directly from manufacturers. But those requirements also make the pharmaceutical industry’s opposition more consequential — essentially giving the industry veto power over the programs. Still, Bimestefer said she is optimistic that some manufacturers will want to work with Colorado to export Canadian drugs.

Even if the program receives federal approval, it still faces significant hurdles. Among the biggest: Will Canada actually go along? For years, officials and advocacy groups in Canada have raised concerns about what large-scale export of drugs to the U.S. would do to the price and supply of medicines in Canada. This resulted, in late-2020, in a rule blocking the export of medications that are in short supply.“Our health care system is a symbol of our national identity and we are committed to defending it,” Canada’s health minister said at the time.But, to Bimestefer and other Colorado officials, this is not exactly a no.Bimestefer said she has held meetings with the Canadian consulate to better understand Canada’s position, and she believes Colorado can construct its program in a way that does not hurt Canada’s pharmaceutical supply. The state, she said, will only look to import drugs that are not in shortage — and most of the most commonly used medications are“Wenot.have committed to monitor and to not import drugs in a way that would impede any of their supplies,” Bimestefer said, speaking of a need to “be a very good partner to our friends to the north.” “I believe they came down in a way that allows us to do this.”

The state hopes that bringing in regular, everyday prescription drugs from Canada, where they are sold at a lower price than in the United States, will help lower drug costs for people here. On Aug. 18, the state announced that it has signed deals with three companies: AdiraMedica, a wholesaler with a subsidiary in Canada that will act as the exporter; Premier Pharmaceuticals, an Idahobased wholesaler that will act as the importer and distributor; and Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Safety, which will run a program to collect reports on the drugs’ safety.

Bimestefer said the state plans to submit its application to the federal Food and Drug Administration this fall. After that, it’s unclear how long the feds will take to review it.

Beating industry opposition If Canada goes along, that leaves only one obstacle remaining: the pharmaceutical industry, which has staunchly opposed the effort.

“We are going to ﬁnd manufacturers who are willing to negotiate. If we didn’t think we would be able to ﬁnd manufacturers who are willing to negotiate, we wouldn’t be pursuing this.”

State moves toward importing drugs from Canada

In 2020, the industry ﬁled a lawsuit seeking to stop implementation of the federal rules for state importation programs. That lawsuit is still ongoing — Florida earlier this year ﬁled an amicus brief in support of the federal rules; Colorado has not done the same, according to federal court records. The industry also opposed a bill in Congress that would write the federal rules on state importation programs into law.

Florida was the ﬁrst state to ﬁle an application with the feds, but, nearly two years later, it still doesn’t have an answer.

Navigating Canadian concerns

A Polis priority Colorado’s drug importation program is a major piece of Gov. Jared Polis’ health care agenda, one that has taken on even greater signiﬁcance in an election year as Polis touts his efforts to save people money.Inastatement, Polis called the Aug. 18 announcement of the program’s contractors “a major piece in place to make drugs more affordable.”“Iam proud to see the progress of the program and the steps forward in making lower health care costs a reality across Colorado and look forward to delivering real results and savings,” Polis said. In her own statement, Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera, a four-time cancer survivor, referenced her personal experiences trying to pay for life-saving medications and said the administration is “committed to creating new innovative ways to ensure all Coloradans have access to high quality and affordable health care.”

State drug importation programs were made possible under rules passed during the Trump administration and continued during the Biden administration. But, so far, no state programs have been approved.

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“We have hit a major milestone on importation, and that is, if you will, setting up the pathway and the partner contracts in order to enable the importation.” said Kim Bimestefer, the executive director of the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, which is overseeing the importation program. How it will work Bimestefer’s department administers Medicaid in Colorado. But the drug-importation program is not aimed at reducing the state government’s prescription drug spending — which is around $1 billion a year, Bimestefer said. The explanation for that is contained in a report released by the department last year that found, due to rebates and federal regulations, the prices Medicaid pays for drugs are already comparable to the prices of drugs in Canada. Bimestefer said Medicaid’s drug spending has been ﬂat in recent years, while it has continued to climb for people on private insurance.Asaresult, the state has set up the importation program with the goal of helping those privately insured folks, with the imported drugs ultimately ending up in local pharmacies.Lauren Reveley, who is leading HCPF’s drug importation program, said AdiraMedica will work with the state to negotiate to purchase drugs from manufacturers in Canada. AdiraMedica will then buy the drugs and sell them to Premier Pharmaceuticals. Premier will contract with a laboratory to test the drugs and make sure they are what they claim to be, then will repackage and relabel the drugs and distribute them to participating Colorado pharmacies, which will sell them to consumers.Meanwhile, Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Safety will set up a program to monitor for adverse events and other safety concerns, so the state can spot problems in the supplyReveleychain.said the system is designed to be market-driven, meaning the state will facilitate it but not need to ﬁnance it with taxpayer dollars. So far, Colorado has spent about $1.5 million to get the program up and running, Reveley said.

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Hundreds celebrate foster care and kinship families

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“On any given day, there are about 430 children in foster care across the three counties,” Wolfe said.

Ellett estimated the program has about 180 certiﬁed foster and kinship families, with kinship families making up about 30%. Certiﬁed kinship families, she explained, are those who choose to take in someone who is biologically related to them or who they have a connection to, whether it be as a teacher, neighbor or friend.

One of the challenges the program faces is recruiting foster families, especially ﬁnding families who are interested in caring for older children and teenagers, Ellett said.

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Among those celebrating and recognizing the hard work of foster parents was Robert Hansen, otherwise known as Magic Rob, who performed a magic. Before working full-time as a magician, he said he worked at a treatment center as a counselor for kids with behavior disorders.

He said he felt very lucky to be part of the event, which he called amazing. “These are my people,” he said.One of Ellett’s favorite parts of the day was seeing people smiling

There are about 50 to 80 children waiting for placement across the three counties on any given day, she “About 80% of our placement needs, so about 80% of that 50 to 80, are for kids 10 years old and older,”

Maryanne Grant’s journey to becoming a foster mom started with her work as a court-appointed special advocate, otherwise referred to as TheseCASA.volunteers are appointed by a judge to advocate for a child’s best interest in court, often helping advocate for children who have experienced abuse or neglect, according to the National CASA/GAL Association for Children. “I was a CASA and I always just felt like I wanted to do more — bring them home with me, and I couldn’t,” said Grant, adding that she is single. “I knew I wanted to be a mom, and it just seemed like the nextGrantstep.”became licensed in November 2021, and she currently has a 13-year-old foster daughter who has been in her care for the past three months. She said she had another teenager before that. Always looking for something fun to do, when Grant heard the Collaborative Foster Care Program would be hosting an appreciation event for foster care and kinship families on Aug. 13 at Sheridan Community Park, which is not far from where she lives, she decided to attend with herGrantfamily.brought along her foster daughter, her foster daughter’s half-sister and another foster child who Grant helps care for when her foster parent is busy. The three girls ranged in age from 7 to 13, she said. The group of four were among hundreds of people at the carnivalthemed event, which featured a variety of attractions including large inﬂatable bounce houses, carnival games, face painting and balloon twisting, and a dunk tank. One of the most popular attractions of the event was a large foam machine that created a giant pile for people to run through, resulting in many foam-covered children running through the ﬁeld.

Hayley Wolfe, Logan Ellett and Jaalah Neerhof of Collaborative Foster Care Program smile as they stand in front of the pile of foam at the Aug. 13 event.

“The kids that we dealt with, if they didn’t make it in a therapeutic foster home, they came to us. And if they didn’t make it with us, they had to go to the mental hospital,” he said. “These kids, a lot of them, they just fall through the cracks.”

Wolfe hoped families felt seen and celebrated at the event, recognizing the volunteers and community members who showed up to help support the families.

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“We traditionally, pre-pandemic, hosted appreciation events once a year … for all of our foster and kinship families. And it’s just to give them a space to come together and connect,” said Logan Ellett, a supervisor at Collaborative Foster Care Program. “It’s just to show them how much we care for them and appreciate Collaborativethem.”Foster Care Program is a communal effort between Jefferson County, Arapahoe County and Douglas County, said Hayley Wolfe, a recruitment and retention caseworker. The program recruits, trains and provides support to both foster care and kinship families.

“This community is one of the best things about it.”

“I just think it’s really nice to be with people who get it,” Grant said, adding that she recognizes a lot of people at the event from previous virtual meetings.

Seeing other foster families was a highlight for Grant, she said as she sat underneath a tree and watched the three girls running around and enjoying the event.

Just recently, she took her foster daughter somewhere and a young child asked where the foster daughter’s parents were. Grant said it broke her However,heart.atthis event, she knew she didn’t have to worry about anyone asking something like that. It was nice to be able to relax and allow the kids to do their own thing, she said.

“We call it co-parenting,” Grant said, saying she can be an aunttype ﬁgure for the other foster kids.

“We all get that it is really, really hard,” she said. “When we can have a good day, it’s like, it makes those hard parts seem not so terrible.”

“This is family, you know — like our version of it,” she said. “Chosen family is just as important as blood family.”Those interested in learning more about the Collaborative Foster Care Program can visit: collaborativefostercare.com.

Parker Chronicle 11August 25, 2022 who she knows typically don’t, she said.“We hope they just take some joy away from this,” she said. “I hope they gain connections with other people. I hope they know that even though we typically interact with them in a different fashion, that we love them and support them.”

Grant said some of the difﬁculties of being a foster parent includes navigating the behaviors and therapy needs of the child, as well as any potential triggers.

Having a support system with other foster care moms has also been important, Grant explained. For example, she knows another foster parent who lives nearby and is also single, and she said they help one another take care of each other’s foster kids.

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At the individual level, though, it’s important to realize that a lot of COVID is still circulating, so it’s a good time for people to make sure they and their families are vaccinated, Carlton said.Just as the school season arrived, COVID protocols continued to loosen at the federal level, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer suggesting people stay home after a virus exposure to see whether they catch COVID. The federal agency is now “recommending that instead of quarantining if you were exposed to COVID-19, you wear a high-quality mask for 10 days and get tested on day 5,” an Aug. 11 news release announced.

“I don’t think next spring is an unlikely time frame for us to look back and say, ‘This is probably how COVID’s going to behave,’ ” Douglas gave as an estimate. And while researchers likely won’t develop a new vaccine for every variant, there could be a new COVID vaccine every year, similar to the ﬂu, Douglas said. Right now, COVID is much less dangerous than it was, but it’s still affecting society in ways ranging from interrupting kids’ education to driving up the death toll, Carlton noted.

In July 2021, Colorado removed mask requirements for schools and repealed the mandate for school protocols regarding outbreaks and other instances of COVID-19 cases. That meant that schools no longer needed to adhere to the broad quarantine and isolation requirements in the state’s earlier public health orders. (The state still put forth nonessential guidance for schools.) And state and local public health ofﬁcials still had “statutory authority to institute quarantine and isolation as needed to stop the spread of disease,” the state public health department said at the time.

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And while Colorado’s hospitalizations have come back down after a long plateau — the number was 236 in mid-August — it’s anyone’s guess as to when the next wave will arrive, particularly as school gets underway.

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In January, the state’s quarantine guidance updated to align with a change in CDC guidance, outlining that students and staff generally don’t need to quarantine if they were up to date on COVID vaccination. For those not up to date, the guidance shortened the recommended quarantine to ﬁve days, with ﬁve additional days of masking — down from the earlier suggestion of 10 days of quarantine.Asof August, quarantine in K-12 settings after “routine classroom exposures” is no longer recommended unless it’s part of a strategy put in place at the discretion of the school, district, or local public health agency when COVID cases are increasing, outbreaks are detected or community COVID levels are escalating, according to the state health department.

“What we do know is masks are a highly effective tool for slowing the spread of (COVID) from one person to another, particularly if you wear a high-quality mask and both people are wearing a high-quality mask,” Carlton said. A KN95 or N95 mask would count as high quality, she said. Is it endemic yet? With some luck, COVID could be moving toward an endemic phase — where the disease is a more regular occurrence.Douglas,the head of Tri-County Health, broke down the terminology like this: an epidemic is an occurrence of a health problem that exceeds what is expected. A pandemic is when that happens on a global basis.“Endemic is when things are happening — it could be a high level, could be a low level — but it’s what you expect,” Douglas said. He added: “I think we are getting to a point where we expect to be living through waves caused by new variants. We expect to (respond) to it with newNewvaccines.”variants could be more contagious and may be either less severe or more severe than earlier versions of the virus, Douglas said. “I think we’ll know more about endemic stage in the rearview mirror,” Douglas said. He envisions a time when public health ofﬁcials can look back and notice that the situation hasn’t been changing much — when variants arise but don’t behave much differently from each other.

“Sports start again, parents start going back in the ofﬁce — there’s all this mixing that changes as schools reopen. And that remixing of populations can facilitate” COVID spread, Carlton said. She added: “But we think that immunity is high enough that we shouldn’t see a dramatic spike in cases and hospitalizations.”

Colorado still sees ups and downs Despite the many months of living without broad public health mandates in metro Denver counties, Colorado is seeing much fewer COVID hospitalizations than at the same time last year. Back in the spring, Colorado hit a milestone: The state saw the lowest number of Coloradans hospitalized with COVID since the start of the pandemic — 77 statewide — on April 12, according to a report from the Colorado School of Public Health. The low point in hospitalizations arrived even amid the highly contagious Omicron subvariants, and that’s partly because they seem to be less severe than the Delta variant was, Carlton said. Another factor was the rollout of Paxlovid, an antiviral drug that Carlton called “a game changer” for people who are at risk for COVID hospitalization — even though the drug isn’t yet as widely available as she would like. But like clockwork, hospitalizations came roaring back, reaching 324 in mid-July, according to the state’s COVID website. (Not all patients who are counted are hospitalized “due to” the virus. For some, COVID is a less important or “incidental” ﬁnding, such as for patients who are admitted for other reasons but test positive for COVID later. The most recent breakdown showed about 63% hospitalized “for COVID” and about 31% hospitalized “with COVID” in early August.)

In Carlton’s view, “what sometimes gets lost in the messaging” is that the CDC still recommends masking after an exposure — and to stay home for ﬁve days if a test comes back positive.

“In a typical year pre-COVID, inﬂuenza killed 12,000 to 52,000 people per year in the U.S. … so far in 2022, we’ve had about 187,000 COVID deaths in the U.S.,” said Carlton, who works in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Colorado School of Public Health. Strict COVID rules long gone For this school year, the state public health department signaled it will continue the more hands-off approach to COVID it began a year ago and has since loosened further.

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(Colorado’s August guidance echoes the state’s recommendations back in February, which suggested moving toward focusing less on quarantining of staff and students after exposures to COVID in school, according to a news release.) STEFAN BRODSKY

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Parents did the best with the hands they were dealt during that time. I, for one, spent 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. every day serving as a schoolteacher to a teenager and two elementary school kids. I did not want them to fall behind academically. I was blessed with the ability to commit to that daily routine.However, my now 8-year-old would say regularly that while “Mom Academy” had some good points — he missed his friends, he missed social interaction and he missed his teachers.Academically and mentally — It is going to take a long time to overcome the damage to our children. For some, there may never be a true return to “normal.”

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

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W hen we think about lions, we might think about a ﬁerce beast, the king of the jungle, roaming the Sahara in their majestic form. Or maybe the only time we have seen a lion is at the zoo or in a movie. Either way, there is no mistaking their roar and their incredible strength.

What about the lion tamers, what comes to mind when we think of them? Someone controlling the lion with a whip and a stool. Again, maybe we have seen live shows where the lion tamer commands the great beasts and controls them as we watch from the arena or from our TV. In a sense we are all lion tamers as we try and control our own metaphorical lions. What are those lions in our life that may need controlling, and if not controlled can lead us down dark and desperate roads, or certainly lead us astray from our journey toward success? The lions are those things we can control, whether it’s controlling ourselves and how we react or respond to things and the habits we have. If the habits are bad, we still have the power to control them. If they are good habits, we may still have room to improve or simply not backslide.

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This is further evidence that you cannot remove children abruptly from structured lives. You cannot halt learning and convince yourselves that online learning is the same.

A publication of L ast week the Colorado Department of Education released 2022 results for the state’s standardized tests that were administered in the spring. While the state touted increases in both English and math for 2022, they have to admit the damage is still not repaired. That damage being canceling school amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. I am never going to come around to how politicized COVID became and how much we as a society lost because of it. One of the main areas for me that will also have a twinge of resentment and anger is forcing our children to stay home for 18 months.Thetest scores are just another layer of evidence in a growing list of proof that extensive damage was done to our schoolage and college-age kids. The test scores may be somewhat better — but they still are not back to 2019 levels. According to a Colorado Sun story regarding the standardized test, during a virtual press conference state ofﬁcials prefaced the release of the latest results with a reminder that, although many Colorado students resumed a greater sense of normalcy throughout the school year, others still experienced interruptions and setbacks.Thinkabout that — We are more than two years past the March 2020 doomsday for schools, yet we are still dealing with it. Some schools are not back to full capacity. Some schools still struggle with student enrollment. We cannot gain what we lost in academics when we do not even have the teachers and assistants we need to get through a normal week. Students falling behind in reading are likely not getting the extra assistance because teachers are stretched thin and support staff is not automatic at a lot of our Multipleschools.school districts have started the new school year with teacher and staff shortages across all spectrums. Bringing academic levels up is not likely if we do not have the staff to do it. Teachers have stressed that kids, following the at-home school experiment that failed horribly, have not returned to normal in many ways. Not wearing a mask and going to school every day is not the normal I refer to. I refer to normal in terms of behavior, learning capabilities and focus. Teachers across the metro area have continually said that after the school shutdowns our children came back with more behavioral issues, fell behind in academics and are struggling with anger and outbursts.

When thinking about taming our lions, it comes down to our willingness and decision to make the necessary changes and then take the required action steps to keep those lions tamed. A lion is a very beautiful yet dangerous beast. The lion can either dominate us with fear, or we can learn how to keep those lions in our life in check. Here are some, and you probably have a few of your own. Anger, impatience, bad habits, instant gratification, urge to always be right, talking more than listening, being a know-it-all, not prioritizing faith, family, and friends, indulgences, obsessions, not saying “no” enough, lack of forgiveness. And any one of these lions when not tamed or controlled can absolutely wreak havoc in our life and destroy relationships. At times we all must accept our role as a lion tamer. The dragon is a fire-breathing, flying beast that is terrifying. The dragon looks to kill and destroy. The dragon is recognized as evil. Although there have been some lighthearted movies about dragons, in this illustration let’s stick with the evil ones, because they are the ones that do the most damage. That leads us to the dragon slayer. We see the dragon slayer as brave, shield and sword in hand, and most times in a shining suit of armor riding on a big and beautiful horse as they courageously seek the battle with the dragon. Their mission is not to control or tame, their mission is to slay the dragon. We become dragon slayers when we identify those things and people in our life that we just need to remove. The metaphorical dragons in our life are many times either found within our hearts or in between our ears. Or they are found in such a bad habit, a habit that cannot be tamed or moderated,

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name or will a generic work as well for you? Is there a new medication your doctor recommends? After you update your list (especially if not all of your medications are ﬁ lled at the same pharmacy), talk to your pharmacist about possible duplications (more than one drug for the same purpose unintentionally being used together) or potentially harmful interactions between medications.

Coming to the rescue is the Colorado State Health Insurance Assistance Program, also referred to as SHIP. It is funded by Medicare to provide accurate and unbiased plan

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• Are all the drugs you take covered by your current plan? Will they be covered by your current plan next year? You can check your plan’s website or call your plan to ﬁ nd out.

• Determine if your current plan’s beneﬁ ts are meeting your needs.•Reading your mail this time of year is very important, especially if it comes from your plan or a government agency (state or federal). Any changes to your coverage or assistance with the cost of your coverage will be sent to you in the mail. Plan on setting aside some time to at least read the highlights of the 2023 Medicare & You handbook. The new changes to Medicare are generally contained in the ﬁ rst few pages. A copy of this informative publication should reach you by mid-October. Remember you don’t have to go through this decision-making process alone. In order to assist you in sorting through all of your choices and selecting the best plan, the Seniors’ Council of Douglas County is hosting a Medicare Open Enrollment presentation by Desiree Boelte, SHIP Program Manager, on Thursday, Oct. 6 at 10 a.m. at the Parker Library, 20105 East Mainstreet in Parker. Desiree will share information about the 2023 changes to Medicare, the plans available in Douglas County and answer any questions you may have about your upcoming choices. Please join us!

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

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Medicare’s annual open enrollment period is designed to provide an opportunity for you to learn about these changes.Medicare’s 2022 open enrollment period begins Oct. 15 and ends Dec. 7. However, well before then, you’ll be receiving mail from your current plan with its upcoming changes, advertisements from other companies sharing their beneﬁ ts and cost information for your consideration, a 2023 Medicare & You handbook from the federal government and probably advertisements for Medicare seminars in your area sponsored by insurance company representatives. Try not to be overwhelmed!

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Editorial got it right Thelma Grimes’ Aug. 11 editorial, “Cough it Up,” was a breath of fresh air. Between the legally suspicious antics of the new school board, the silly battles between the commissioners, not to mention the lack of empathy and care for fellow citizens by refusing to mask, while ridding us of our much-needed health department, it has been incredibly embarrassing to live in Douglas County. Someone ﬁ nally said what needed to be said. Thank you! Adoree Blair Children’sHighlandsadvocateRanch

Five commissioners needed The article “Commissioners Teal, Laydon vote to investigate Thomas again” points to more than just the dysfunction of a Board of County Commissioners. The series of incidents of internal disputes on the Douglas County BOCC highlights a serious and growing issue of governance. The governance structure of having three county commissioners in a county of around 345,000 citizens with a mega “non-city” Highlands Ranch (pop. 107,000) invites dysfunction at the least and far worse problems of ineffective governance. Citizens of the municipalities in Douglas County have a far closer and more responsive relationship with their government offi cials, with each having a council of seven members. Yes, even Larkspur has more than three council members! A much overdue but partial solution is to increase the size of the BOCC from three to fi ve and require that commissioners be elected in-district rather than at large. Our neighboring counties, Arapahoe and El Paso, made this change years ago, following the procedure set out by the state. We should call on the BOCC to but a bad habit that needs to be slayed. Then there are those people in our lives, they are our family, friends, coworkers, neighbors, and others who are close to us. Some are fellow dragon slayers, who will go into battle with us to help us overcome challenging times or hardships. Some need a dragon slayer because they may not be up for the fight themselves. And then there are those other people-dragons who cause us stress through their negative attitude, condescending remarks, and toxic influence or input in our lives. How about you? Are there lions in your life that need to be tamed? Are there dragons in your life that need to be slayed? Do you need a fellow dragon slayer to help you in the battle? I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail. com, and when we can be a lion tamer or a dragon slayer as needed, it really will be a better than good life.

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he time is fast approaching when you can determine if the Medicare plan you are on this year is the best choice for you next year. Medicare plans can change beneﬁ ts, their lists of covered drugs and, in the case of managed care plans, their provider networks.

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Current CMS membership is over 1,000 people, Lubow said, adding that a huge draw has been the ability to gather mushrooms in the wild that would be expensive to purchase from a grocery store, such as porcini, chanterelles, morels and matsutake.

“Most of the addition (of new club members) came in the last few years,” said former CMS president Ed Lubow. “The majority are there because they want to ﬁnd something they can take home and eat.”

For anyone just starting out, Lubow highly recommends going on a mycological society-led foray to learn the basics of hunting and identification, which is key for gathering to eat. He also recommends beginner foragers invest in a regional book on mushroom and fungi“Therespecies.area number of local mycological societies,” he said. “Go join one, because you’ll be around people with the same interest and with more experience, so you’ll learn relatively quickly. The No. 1 rule for eating is if in doubt, throw it Beyondout.” the culinary foragers, Lubow said he’s also seen more interest from hikers and outdoor enthusiasts who like finding more ways to connect with nature and learning about their surrounding environment.Fungiarean integral part of forest health, breaking down nutrients into the soil for plants and trees to “Whatuse.you discover fairly quickly is that if you go out there thinking you’re going to find morels, except for a rare lucky day, you’re not going to succeed, so you start realizing that you’re passing lots of mushrooms,” Lubow said. “For me, it turned into, even the ones I can’t eat are kind of interesting.” Luckily for foragers, there’s no shortage of wild mushrooms in Colorado. From the southern San Juans to the Flat Tops in Steamboat Springs, there’s bound to be a bounty.However, public lands have different requirements for foragers for mushrooms. National and state parks do not allow foraging, while national forests typically require a permit. Depending on the ranger district, some permits are free and others can cost around $20 per year. Even urban parks in the Front Range are home to fungi finds, though it’s less likely to find anything worth eating. Some mushrooms in urban areas can be interesting because they’re not local, but accidentally brought in, Lubow said. Lubow cautioned that it’s always on the foragers to know what lands they are on and the rules of the land.Prime mushroom season in Colorado runs from mid-July to late September, though certain species thrive outside of those months as well. Altitude also plays a role in determining what species foragers are likely to find. “For Colorado, the key thing is moisture,” Lubow said of ideal mushroom conditions.

P opping up alongside the wildﬂowers, near creek beds and scattered through meadows in Colorado’s forests are a rainbow variety of fungi, which an increasing number of foragers are taking advantage of. Whether foragers are gathering some of Colorado’s prize edible species or just exploring to identify and learn, the Colorado Mycological Society has seen a hike in the number of people signing up for guided forays and club meetings.

There are a number of important parts of the mushroom to look at in order to identify it, according to Vera Stuckey Evenson’s “Mushrooms of the Rocky Mountain Region.” First, observe the environment, since some species are associated with certain trees and whether it’s growing in the ground or on bark will help deﬁne it. On the actual mushroom itself, look at the cap for colors and textures; examine underneath the cap to see whether it has gills, teeth or pores; check the stem for coloring or patterns; and smell it for any distinctive odors. Also be sure to get the base of the mushroom from the ground, which can also be a helpful feature. For species that look alike, sometimes a spore print, where the cap of the mushroom is removed and placed on paper to capture falling spores, or chemical tinctures, which react with certain species, are needed for a the ranger district, some permits are free and others can cost around Beware that some of the prettired and white-spotted amanita

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Gear for gathering mushrooms includes a knife for cutting stalks out of the ground or off trees, a brush for cleaning dirt off and a structured container, such as a basket, cardboard box or mesh bag. Plastic is not recommended because it can speed up spoilage. Once on the trail, focus on the forest ﬂoor and tree trunks and it likely won’t be long before you notice mushrooms under brush, at the base of Aspens or on a fallen log. If foraging in a more urban or popular area, be sure to avoid gathering where there’s dog poop or pesticides or herbicides used. Beware that some of the prettiest-looking mushrooms, like the red and white-spotted amanita muscaria, can be toxic if ingested.

Lubow also likes to set a high standard for picking mushrooms he plans toConditionseat. like browning or softening, as well as bug tunnels, are signs that a shroom is past its prime.“Ifyou wouldn’t buy a fruit in the same condition at your grocery store, don’t eat it,” Lubow said. For those lucky enough to gather choice edibles, Lubow again recommends turning to local mycological societies for recipes and cooking tips. Foragers lay out their bounty on a picnic table for identiﬁcation of the dozens of species found in Clear Creek County’s Mount Evans area.

Mushroom identiﬁcation book Small knife Brush Basket, cardboard box, mesh bag or a nonplastic container Hiking gear Water refer this measure to the ballot in 2023 to be effective in 2024, if possible. This is at least a start to more representative, responsive, and transparent governance in the county.

ing mushrooms doesn’t hurt the fungi since mushrooms are the fruits of the larger mycelium, or root structure. Picking can also couraged to only gather what they plan to use and Colorado national for commercial collecting.

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Former Colorado Mycological Society president Ed Lubow uses a loupe to examine a smaller mushroom for identiﬁcation. Lubow regularly leads forays for the mycological society and has noticed a growing number of people interested in foraging.

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Republican nonsense What part of Secret, Top Secret and other government security clearances do Republicans and Republican members of Congress not understand? One of the most responsible positions a member of the U.S. military, or government employee, can have is the lowly position of Personnel Records Clerk. I held one of those positions at the Air Force Academy in 1960 when the first-ever class graduated. This required a Secret clearance which was increased to Top Secret when the cadets become Air Force officers. Our records were kept in a locked file cabinet with only two keys, mine and my immediate supervisor’s. Leaving a cabinet unlocked over night was a court-martial offense as was leaving a personnel file on a desk over night for the cleaning crew to view.

Thank you, Linda Newell Thanks to Linda Newell for her columns concerning the Dobbs decision. The fact that the negative responses she received in response to her column were almost all from men reveals the impulse some men have to exert control over women’s bodies. Whether you are a woman or man, you are entitled to your opinion about abortion, and entitled to express it. But the underlying gender power politics involved in many anti-abortionists’ views will not stop with Dobbs. Better stock up on those birth-control pills ladies!

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A common species found in Colorado forests is the Aspen bolete, which some people eat and others avoid due to gastrointestinal concerns.

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KathyCastleMcKittrickRock Pro-life movement cares In response to Linda Newell’s “Since you asked …” column on Aug.Not11:only a woman (the only gender with a uterus), but a man too can understand the dignity of God’s most precious creation, an unborn child. It’s not just Christians but scientists too who understand that life begins at the moment of conception.Notonlydoes the pro-life movement care about the defenseless baby but we also care about the mother. As such we support resources that care for women and families.Pleasesee LoveLine as one such organization. We never want a woman or other affected family member to suffer the after-effects of an abortion. This too is trauma.The recent decision on Roe brought the abortion debate back to the individual states, where it should have been all along. Hopefully we can work together to assist a woman who ﬁnds herself with an unwanted pregnancy and bring that pregnancy to full term allowing a couple the opportunity to adopt her baby.

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Lets assume the Trump raid discovered computerized American citizen personnel files such as the dossier on the president of France. Why would Trump want these files? Why would the Republican Party want him him to have these files? Why are they fighting tooth and nail for him to keep these files? The most valuable asset America has is not a bomb, plane or piece of military equipment, but its citizens. Its free citizens.

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The annual Friendship Powwow, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sept. 10, will bring color and excitement to the Martin Building Sie Welcome Center at the Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway. This annual event celebrates the culture and creativity of diverse Indigenous communities across Denver and the Front Range. Native American dance competitions, hands-on activities and artist, food and vendor booths. Music and dance performances. Admission to the Denver Art Museum is free for all visitors as well. See denverartmuseum.org. Call for artists Entries for the Littleton Museum’s 2022 Own an Original Exhibit are being accepted by the Littleton Fine Arts Board through Sept. 29 at 11:59 p.m. The theme is Labyrinth and the juror will be Molly Casey from the art consulting firm, NINE Dot Arts. Numerous interpretations are expected and happily anticipated. Applications through: callforentry.org. The opening reception and juror’s awards will be Nov. 3 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Exhibit will run through Dec. 31. Victoria water lilies Hudson Gardens and Denver Botanic Gardens anticipate Victoria water lilies to start opening their spectacular blooms. On the first night, the flower is white and female and releases a scent to attract beetles which fertilize its pollen. The flower closes and traps the beetles inside until the second night when the flower opens as a male with purplish color. The beetles fly off to the next flower and hand. One drink included with ticket and a cash bar will be available with theme-based drinks. Miss Modernism will appear. modernism-week-lic-17552427905.eventbrite.com/o/denverMCA

Dancers at the Friendship Powwow at the Denver Art Museum. COURTESY PHOTO BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Bravo Cello has an extensive repertoire, and the four members — Carole Whitney, Sarah Biber, Heidi Mausbach and Diane Betkowski — performed a really varied and delightful program for the music lovers who attended the ﬁnal summer musical program in Englewood’s Hampden Hall on August 13. Throughout the year, Englewood Arts Presents, led by Eric Bertoluzzi, a Colorado Symphony cellist for many years, has offered a variety of chamber music programs, presented by classically-trained musicians on Saturday afternoons, with reasonable ticket prices. We were happy to see advance notice for fall 2022!The quartet began the program with Randall Thompson’s “Allelulia,” followed by Vivaldi’s popular “The Seasons,” four movements for summer, autumn, winter, spring. They included three arrangements Bravo Cello quartet is musical delight

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The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, at 1485 Delgany St., opens a new exhibit on all ﬂoors on Sept. 16 called “The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture and The Sonic Impulse.” Artworks drawn from visual imagery found in music, videos, song lyrics and cultural ephemera. Hours: Wednesday-Friday: noon to 7 p.m.; Saturday: noon to 9 p.m., Sunday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 303298-7554, mcadenver.org. Admission charged. Public parking garage at 1900 16th St. Fairy tales plus... Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., opens “Into the Woods,” with music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, on the Main Stage Sept. 8 to Oct. 8. Directed by Lynn Collins. Musical direction by Trent Hines. Tickets: arvadacenter.org, 720-8987200. Performance Now Subscriptions to the Highlands Ranch-based Performance Now Theatre Company’s new season of four shows are available. “A Grand Night for Singing” will run Sept. 9 to 25; “Little Women” Jan. 6-22; “Carousel,” March 17 to April 2 and “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” June 9 to 25. Presented at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 471 Allison Parkway. PerformanceNow. org, box ofﬁce: 303-987-7845.

September means Powwow time

Jack Johnson @ 12pm Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, 6350 Greenwood Plaza Blvd., Greenwood Village, United States Wind, Women, & Water Clinic @ 4:30pm / $35 Cherry Creek Reservoir, 4800 S Dayton St, Greenwood Village. 303-757-7718

Fri 9/02 Sasha Alex Sloan @ 2pm Gothic Theatre, 3263 S Broadway, Englewood, United States Studio@Mainstreet - Jaxen Spurs Live @ 4pm Studio@Mainstreet, 19604 Main‐street, Parker, United States Dirty Side Down Band: Dirty Side Down @ Platte River Bar & @Grill5pm Platte River Bar & Grill, 5995 S Santa Fe Dr, Littleton Ashley Cooke: Seven Peaks Music Festival 2022 @ 6pm Villa Grove, San Luis Valley, 33825 285 Hwy, Dove Valley Jessie Murph @ 8pm Gothic Theatre, 3263 S Broadway, Engle‐wood

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Sat Sun9/039/04 Dierks Bentley: Seven Peaks Festival 2022 @ 6pm Villa Grove, San Luis Valley, 33825 285 Hwy, Dove Valley Teague Starbuck @ 4pm Halfpenny Brewing Company, 5150 E Ara‐pahoe Rd Unit D1-B, Centennial Dear Marsha,: DM and her Freaky band @ Platte River @ 7pm Platte River Bar & Grill, 5995 S Santa Fe Dr, Littleton The Get Up Kids @ 1pm Gothic Theatre, 3263 S Broadway, Englewood, United States Reid Tynan @ 5pm Private Event, Littleton, United States That Arena Rock Show @ 6pm Philip S. Miller Park Amphitheater, 210 E Wolfensberger Rd, Castle Rock Gothic Theatre, 3263 S Broadway, Engle‐wood Kids’ Zone: Busy Builders (3-6 yrs) Sep 27th Parker Recreation Center, 17301 E Lincoln Ave., Parker Marty NIghtengale @ 5pm Tailgate Tavern & Grill, 19552 Mainstreet, Parker Ladies Night @ 5pm Stampede, 2430 S Havana St, Aurora Rockstar Aaron: Forbidden Bingo at 'Bout Time Pub & Grub @ 7pm Bout Time Pub & Grub, 3580 S Platte River Dr A, Sheridan Le Youth @ 4:30pm Gothic Theatre, 3263 S Broadway, Englewood, United States Pat McGann @ 6:30pm Comedy Works South, 5345 Land‐mark Pl, Greenwood Village

Thu 9/01 BOOM Sports: (18 mos-6 yrs) 10 Punch Card FALL22 @ Sep5am1st - Dec 31st Parker Fieldhouse, 18700 E Plaza Dr, Parker Kids’ Zone: Gym Jam (3-6 yrs) Sep@FALL225am1st- Dec 31st Parker Recreation Center, 17301 E Lincoln Ave., Parker, United States Timber Trail Intermediate Band @ 6:15am / $414 Sep 1st - May 23rd Buffalo Ridge Gym, 690 Castle Pines Pkwy, Castle Pines. 303-912-0701 Franktown Intermediate Band @ 7am / $414 Sep 1st - May 23rd Franktown Music Room, 1384 N. State Hwy 83, Franktown. 303-912-0701

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Comedy legend comes to Comedy Works South I miss Craig Ferguson’s presence on late night all the time. He was always so funny and insightful and delightfully Scottish. If you’re like me and missed his wry sense of humor, you’re in luck, because he’ll be stopping by Comedy Works South , 5345 Landmark Place in Greenwood Village, at 7:15 and 9:45 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 26 and Saturday, Aug. 27 and 6 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 28. If you’re not familiar with Ferguson, he’s a multiple Grammy nominated, Peabody and Emmy Award-winning actor, writer, producer, director and comedian. Get tickets at com/comedians/craig-ferguson.https://comedyworks.

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Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Robert Plant and Alison Krauss at Red Rocks Robert Plant was the lead singer of Led Zeppelin. The lead singer of Led Zeppelin is playing Red Rocks. I really shouldn’t have to write anything else for you to purchase tickets. On the off chance you need a little more, here we go — Plant will be joined by folk/bluegrass legend Alison Krauss in support of their second album of duets, “Raise the Roof,” which was released last year. Like their blockbuster debut, “Raising Sand,” the album finds the duo delving deep into country, folk and alt rock. I really can’t think of a better venue for the pair than Red Rocks , 18300 W. Alameda Parkway in Morrison, which they’ll be playing at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept.You1.should already have tickets, but if you don’t, get yours at www. ticketmaster.com.

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The Art Students League of Denver is bringing its Summer Art Market back for the 29 th year, providing shoppers the chance to explore creations by about 120 vendors, plus watch art demonstrations, sample eats and drinks andThemore.market is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27 and Sunday, Aug. 28 at the West Wash Park neighborhood bordered by East 1st Avenue, Sherman Street, East 4th Avenue and Logan Street. This year’s event marks the league’s 35 th anniversary and will feature all original and locally made visual arts in a range of mediums. More information and tickets can be found at ASLD.org.

The new location is also allowing Allegro to try out new projects like an upcoming foray into preschool classes with a nationally recognized program that is specifically designed to be fun and engaging and provide children with the opportunity to try a variety of instruments.

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“Allegro has been around for 24 years and I purchased it five years ago because I knew we needed to keep a music store here,” said owner Rick Henson. “We’re not just a place parents come for recorders — we are a place for people to ask questions, we support our local schools and we provide a sense of community that none of the big stores or websites canAllegrooffer.”recently moved to a new location at 11475 Twenty Mile Road, Suite A, which allows the business to provide a muchexpanded range of services to customers, further cementing it as the city’s musical place to be. In addition to selling all manner of instruments, the business also sells all the necessary accessories and also provides rentals for those who only need an instrument for a finite period of time. According to provided information, about 200 residents take lessons at Allegro and instructors (including Henson, who has taught private drum lessons for more than a decade) now have more space to do that, with nine studios for private lessons and a large room for ensemble and group learning.“Everything got bigger and better as a result of this move —we have more products and it’s so much easier to shop because of the space,” Henson said. “We also have a waiting room for parents, so they don’t have to sit in their car waiting while their student is learning. It’s just a more enjoyable experience for everyone.”

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All of these efforts are in support of building more than a business — the aim is to create a place where people want to spend their time while sharing a love of music. And it seems like it’s working.“Theother day two dads whose kids were having lessons might have formed a band themselves,” Henson said. “They’re both novice players and they wanted to play together. That kind of thing doesn’t happen without a physical store.”Find out more about the store at www.allegromusicparker.com.

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T here’s no such thing as a typical community hub — each hub is as unique as the community it represents. So, it’s not surprising that one of Parker’s favorite spots is Allegro Music, its only full-service music store.

Tax revenue from the bulk-buy store will be important to the town’s ability to continue adding police and ﬁre staff, Corliss said.

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 o er incentives for a Costco and the developer of Dawson Trails would pay for road work and a new ﬁre station.

COURTESY OF TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK Costco to get $10M incentive

Town gives initial approval for Dawson Trails Development

provided through sales tax,” he said.

Council member Caryn Johnson asked several questions about potential impacts to trafﬁc, but representatives for the developers shared studies that showed minimal impact to trafﬁc quality.Public comment was mostly in support of the project, though a few people raised concerns about the development’s density. The council will vote on the second reading of the development plan and agreement on Sept. 6.

BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Castle Rock approved initial plans for the Dawson Trails development, which is outlined to bring more than 5,800 housing units and 3.2 million square feet of commercial space, including a Costco. Council members approved the ﬁrst reading for planning documents for Dawson Trails, a planned neighborhood on 2,000 acres of land east of Interstate-25 and south of Territorial Road, on a unanimous vote. Staff also walked the council through contributions from the developer for the Crystal Valley Interchange and a proposed $10 million incentive for Costco. Town Manager David Corliss broke down the $10 million incentive, telling the board the incentive was warranted because of Costco’s sales tax revenue, which is estimated around $4-6 million annually.

The incentive would be two parts with $3.5 million upfront from the Economic Development Fund and the remainder coming from remitting a third of the store’s sales tax revenue up to $6.5 million, which Corliss estimated would take two or three years.

“If we don’t have additional revenue with Costco, we’re going to have a significant challenge being able to fund additional police officers and firefighters.”Underthedevelopment agreements, the developers, Westside Investment Partners Inc., would contribute $50 million to the Crystal Valley Interchange project, which aims to improve traffic near the Dawson Trails projects.Ifcouncil approves the development plan and incentive agreements, construction on the Crystal Valley Interchange would start next year and finish in 2025 with the opening of 5,850 housing units, 3.2 million square feet of commercial space, around 750 acres of open space and around 230 acres to be dedicated to the town for a fire station, parks, schools and town facilities. Additionally, the developers would pay $4 million for a future fire station.Larry Jacobson, of Westside Development Partners, said he envisions the build out schedule would happen over a 20 year period. Under the proposal, the commercial and mixed-use developments would be centralized in a corridor near I-25, surrounded by more residential neighborhoods.Currentzoning 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.

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The Lions start out with nonleague games against Mead (state 3A ﬁnals), Discovery Canyon, Pueblo East and Montrose (state 4A playoff semiﬁnalist).“Thatisone of the things we wanted to do. We needed to be challenged,” said coach Stephen Robbins. “How we can put ourselves in the position, in the playoffs, how will we know what it takes to win tough games? It’s not going to be easy. We had a lot of running clocks last year. It’s not going to be that way this year.” Ryan Kenny will be back for his senior season. He gained 750 yards a year ago and scored 11 touchdowns.Some things won’t change, such as a desire to run offensive plays every 12 to 15 seconds, perhaps in as little as eight seconds. “Tempo matters. You can see how it gives us an advantage,” Robbins said.“It works well,” added Braeden Mitchell, who had 19 tackles last season. “I liked it a lot. It doesn’t give the defense much time to prepare for what we are doing. It’s a big advantage. We practice it every day. Everyone needs to be of the same mindset.”

BY STEVE SMITH

PHOTO BY JIM BENTON Highlands Ranch player takes medalist honors in tourney

But there is one thing lingering over the Lions this season ... that two-point loss in the semiﬁnals last year.“We took the loss hard,” said Jadon Williams, who ﬁnished the campaign with 24 total tackles. “But as soon as it happened, we were back in the weight room and looking forward since that last game. We have a different attitude going into the weight room. We set a goal that we want to win state. We’ve been dedicated. We’ve been working hard.” “We’ve added coaches,” added linebacker Josh Ayers, who recorded 74 tackles. “The weight room has expanded. We’re taking the weight lifting more seriously because the coaching staff is taking it more seriously.”

August 25, 202222 Parker Chronicle 22-Sports SPORTS LOCAL

Lions made it to 3A semiﬁnals last season BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Launching the season opener with a victory is good, but Cherry Creek ﬁeld hockey coach Paula Petit-Molina knows things can change during the season.Creek defeated Arapahoe, 4-0, in a game played on Aug. 18 at Powell Middle School in Littleton.

Lutheran preps for another run through playo s

The Lions of Lutheran High School made it to the semiﬁnals of the state 3A football tournament a season ago. Eventual champion Fort Morgan beat LHS by two points.

Lutheran senior linebacker Trey Ciccio answers a question during CHSAA Fall Sports Media Day, held Monday, Aug. 15, at Empower Field.

Aiden Krusoe, a senior at Highlands Ranch, has averaged 71.1 strokes in the ﬁrst four tournaments this season and has been the medalist twice.

Krusoe was the low scorer for the second straight year at the Denver Public Schools Invite, which was held Aug. 8 at Wellshire, with a 2-under par 69, and Highlands Ranch won its second consecutive team title. At the third Centennial League meet on Aug. 17 at Meadow Hills golf course, Krusoe ﬁred an even par 70 and ﬁnished behind co-medalists Connor Scheich of Mountain Vista and Regis Jesuit’s Jake Irvine, who both carded 1-under-par 69s. Highlands Ranch won the tourney with Regis the runner-up.

Prep golfers get in the swing of things

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Aiden Krusoe is a conﬁdent high school golfer these days. Krusoe is a senior at Highlands Ranch and took medalist honors with a 1-under-par 70 in the Continental League’s second tournament on Aug. 9 at King’s Deer Golf Club in Monument. Spencer Schlagel of Legend and Charlie Tucker of Rock Canyon tied for second with even par rounds of 71. Kruose birdied the 539-yard, par 5 tenth hole to give him the 1-under-par score.

Creek wins ﬁeld hockey season opener

PHOTO BY STEFAN BRODSKY

“I’m so excited to have that as the season opener,” said Petit-Molina. “My kids have been ready and working hard all preseason. “A win is a win and I know as a coach and somebody that has played in Colorado (Kent Denver) myself that anything can change during the season. The season opener win is a good place to start and gives us a good foundation of what we need to work on for the future. I never expect anything.” Junior Taylor Shoflick scored the first goal of the season for the Bruins and sophomore Grace Manning also tagged on a goal. Emerson Helm was the leader as the sophomore tallied two goals for Creek. “Everybody did pretty well,” added Petit-Molina. “I think my seniors played well and I’m really proud of them because they have been through a lot the last couple years so for them to alternate being really strong, really positive and really encouraging. A couple of them had injuries. They are coming back strong and so they all have to come out with good energy and good leadership on the“It’sfield.actually funny because I run a camp over the summer,” she said. “So the players have been playing over the summer. They are very committed and from the beginning Cherry Creek is still like a family.

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“Right now I’m playing good,” said Krusoe. “I feel my putting is the best it’s ever felt. My swing feels good. I’m just playing Highlandsconﬁdent.”Ranchhead boys golf coach Jon Cushing has similar feelings.“He’s been a good player ever since he was a freshman,” added Cushing. “He’s made it to three state tournaments and he’s a leader on the team. He’s put in the work.” Cushing says Krusoe is long hitter like most high school boys golfers but points out he is different because he follows up his drives with a complete all-around game. Krusoe is also a basketball player for Highlands Ranch, but this season golf has reached the point that he can’t wait to tee it up for the next round. “I’m just having fun,” he said. “In the past I put a lot more pressure on myself. Right now I’m just enjoying it and enjoying my senior season, having a fun time and the scores will follow. I just take it one shot at a time and simplify the game. “I’ve just focused on the mental side more than the swing because I know I have swing and can do anything that anybody else can do. I just see myself doing a lot of good things on the course and just try to go out and do it and try to keep a positive attitude. I just try to go hit one good shot and follow it up with the next. I try not to think too far ahead.” However, he is thinking about college.“I’d love to go to Michigan State,” Krusoe said. “I’ve already turned in my application. That’s my dream school. I just want to be a student and have“Myfun.grandpa played basketball there and my dad’s side of the family just loves that school. I grew up watching all their football and basketball games. I’m going back during fall break to watch the Michigan StateWisconsin football game.” Highlands Ranch ﬁnished third in last season’s 5A state tournament. Arapahoe, led by seniors Grant Juergens and Max Zadvorny, is back as the defending state champions. The Warriors were the state runners-up in 2020 and 2019. Other South Metro teams to watch this season include Valor Christian, Rock Canyon, Regis Jesuit and Cherry Creek.

Abby PHOTO BY JIM BENTON August coming have had three together.” Cherry Creek, ranked ﬁ fth in the latest CHSAANow.poll, will have to deal with two-time defending state champion this

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Lasseter (15) of Cherry Creek smacks the ball upﬁeld during the game against Arapahoe on Aug. 18. The Bruins won, 4-0

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Regis has been in the past four championship games and won three of Coloradothem.Academy, which has won six state titles and been the runner-up seven times, is second ranked and Kent Denver is third. Kent Denver has won 10 state titles with the last one coming in 2016. Cherry Creek has captured two state titles and fi nished second fi ve times while Arapahoe started the season ranked fi fth.

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48,164.10 Due

Parker Chronicle 29August 25, 2022 Parker Legals August 25, 2022 * 1 www.ColoradoCommunityMedia.com/Notices Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 legals@coloradocommunitymedia.com PUBLIC NOTICES Douglas County Warrants Public Notice Commissioner’s Proceedings July 2022 Vendor Name Total Description 18TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT JUVENILE $17,000.00 Professional Services & Contributions 18TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT VALE FUND 5,960.00 Due to 18th Judicial District-VALE 53 CORPORATION LLC 56,030.00 Iron Horse Bridge and Inca Road Drainage Projects AAPEX LEGAL SERVICES LLC 445.00 Legal Services ABSOLUTE GRAPHICS INC 12,069.49 Clothing & Uniforms ACORN PETROLEUM INC 233,985.59 Fleet Tanks Fuel ADOLFSON & PETERSON CONSTRUCTION 2,500.00 Escrow Payable ADVANCED PROPERTY MAINTENANCE INC 590.00 Repair & Maintenance Service ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN CASA 38,058.13 Professional Services AECOM USA INC 12,760.71 Bayou Gulch Road Project AGING RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY 5,742.00 Senior Services Grant AGUIRRE, EDITH SOTELO 134.63 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder ALBERT FREI & SONS 124,077.05 Aggregate Products ALCOHOL MONITORING SYSTEMS INC 3,339.30 Alcohol Monitoring Fees ALFRED BENESCH & COMPANY 87,229.40 Waterton Road Phase 2 Project ALLIANT INSURANCE SERVICES INC 6,700.15 Liability Insurance ALLIED UNIVERSAL SECURITY SERVICE 67,671.22 Security Services ALSTON, MARSHA 880.00 Youth Awards - Rapids Tickets AMERICAN PUBLIC HUMAN SERVICES 2,314.00 Professional Membership & Licenses AMERICAN TARGET COMPANY 896.00 Firearm Supplies AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION 2,815.00 Building/Land Lease/Rent ANDRUSS, OLIVIA 750.00 Operating Supplies ANY LAB TEST NOW MURRAY, UT 49.00 Purchased Services APDC COLORADO LANGUAGE CONNECTION 678.60 Professional Services APEX SOFTWARE 4,050.00 Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance APONTE PUBLIC AFFAIRS INC 2,081.25 Professional Services APPLIED CONTROL EQUIPMENT 4,584.66 Business Personal Property Tax Rebate ARAPAHOE COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES 5,155.75 Legal Services ARAPAHOE/DOUGLAS WORKS WORKFORCE CENTER 47,229.23 Case Management ARGIS SOLUTIONS INC 34,600.00 Consulting Fees ARMOR CORRECTIONAL HEALTH SERVICES 10,307.44 Medical, Dental & Vet Services ARMORED KNIGHTS INC 1,238.40 Armored Car Services ARROW POINT SURVEYING LTD 30.00 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder ARS SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY LLC 1,424.87 Construction/Maintenance Materials ASA PROCESS SERVICE 1,810.00 Purchased Services ATKINS NORTH AMERICA 35,100.74 C-470 Trail Project ATTWOOD PUBLIC AFFAIRS 6,250.00 Lobbying Services AUSLYN GROUP 2,390.00 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees AUT VENTURES LIMITED 6,500.00 Professional Services AUTOMATED BUILDING SOLUTIONS 9,200.00 Service Contracts AUTRY, GARY 20.00 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder AVERETT, ASHLEY 183.57 Travel Expense AVERY, DANIEL 76.87 Travel Expense AVIENT CORPORATION 33,410.56 Business Personal Property Tax Rebate AWARDS WITH MORE 70.00 Office Supplies AXE WOMEN LOGGERS OF MAINE 3,950.00 County Fair Service/Fair Event AXIOM HUMAN RESOURCE SOLUTIONS 176.90 Computer Supplies AZIMUTH SURVEY COMPANY 20.00 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder AZTEC CONSULTANTS INC 1,560.00 Monument Replacement Project AZTEC SURVEYING AND LOCATING 13,095.96 Traffic Signal Utilities BACA III, PAUL E 200.60 Travel Expense BACKUS, LAURA 173.93 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder BARRETT, JULIE 407.00 Travel Expense BASELINE ASSOCIATES INC 1,540.00 Recruitment Costs BAUER, JENNY 100.00 Judges/Referees/FairShowManagement BAY SERVICE LLC 1,500.00 County Fair Service/Fair Event BEACON COMMUNICATIONS LLC 6,732.06 Audio and Video Room Upgrades BEARCOM WIRELESS WORLDWIDE 142.59 Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts BEEMAN, JON 1,600.00 County Fair Service/Fair Event BEGAYE, REGINA 200.00 Security Deposit Refund-Fairground BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONSULTANTS INC 630.00 Mental Health Services BELL SURVEYING COMPANY 60.00 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder BEYOND TECHNOLOGY 1,072.26 Computer Supplies BJORK, PATSY 356.44 Travel Expense BLACK HILLS ENERGY 30,108.44 Utilities/Gas BLOSHENKO, DINA O 95.02 Travel Expense BOND, KEVIN 310.59 Travel Expense BORKOWSKI, ANGELA 232.01 Travel Expense BRADY, DEREK 200.00 FairJudges/Referees/ShowManagement BRAZIEL, TAMMY 472.61 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder BREAK THROUGHS INC 3,350.00 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees BREWER, PERRY D 125.00 FairJudges/Referees/ShowManagement BRIDGEVIEW IT INC 40,355.00 Professional Services & Recruitment Costs BUCKEYE CLEANING CENTER OF DENVER 8,572.66 Janitorial & Operating Supplies BUHLER, THOMAS 147.63 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder BURNS FIGA & WILL PC 19,030.44 Legal Services C & L WATER SOLUTIONS INC 10,088.75 Storm Sewer Repair Highlands Ranch CALIBRE PRESS INC 1,680.00 Training Services CALPHO 140.00 Professional Membership & Licenses CAMPBELL, CHRIS R 200.60 Travel Expense CARAVEO, EMILY 255.94 Travel Expense CARING COMMUNITIES OF COLORADO 75,428.00 Mental Health Services CARRERA, NICHOLE 158.00 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder CARTEGRAPH SYSTEMS LLC 500.00 Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance CARTER, KATHERINE 194.23 Metro Area Meeting Expense CASTLE PINES CONNECTION 3,500.00 Newspaper Notices/Advertising CASTLE ROCK CHEVROLET BUICK GMC 10,787.41 Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts CASTLE ROCK CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP 1,846.78 Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts CASTLE ROCK CONSTRUCTION 195,052.27 Meridian Boulevard Reconstruction CASTLE ROCK FORD 5,729.14 Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts CASTLE ROCK ROCK INC 8,652.38 Aggregate Products CASTLE ROCK SENIOR CENTER 19,010.00 Transportation Services Grant CASTLE ROCK VIOLIN STUDIO 600.00 County Fair Service/Fair Event CASTLETON CENTER WATER & SANITATION 62.00 Water & Sewer CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CENTRAL COLORADO 42,424.38 Community Support CAUDILL, JESSE R 1,168.39 Travel Expense CCMSI 9,211.11 Workers Compensation Claims CENTER COPY PRINTING 500.35 Printing/Copying/Reports CENTRAL SALT LLC 9,887.18 Salt & Other Ice Removal CENTRIFUGE TRAINING SOLUTIONS 2,025.00 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees CENTURY LINK 17,657.13 Telephone/Communications CHAMBERS CONSULTING INC 20.00 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder CHATO’S CONCRETE LLC 1,574,384.12 Poston Parkway Project and Sidewalk Repairs CHATO’S CONCRETE LLC 2,452.00 Sidewalk Repairs CHERRY CREEK BASIN WATER AUTHORITY 22,326.04 Due to State-Cherry Creek Basin CHICAGO TITLE OF COLORADO INC 35.07 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder CHSDA-COLORADO HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION 6,401.00 Professional Membership & Licenses CHURCH OF THE ROCK 11,920.63 Emergency Rent Assistance Funding CINTAS CORPORATION 120.00 Operating Supplies

338,100.45 Intergovernmental-Castle Pines CITY

MV License Fee

Aurora

82,287.39 Intergovernmental-Aurora CITY

Castle Pines MV License CITY

PINES 176,471.37 Due

16,968.64 Due

Littleton-MV License CITY

CITY OF AURORA toCITY OF AURORA OF CASTLE to OF CASTLE PINES OF LITTLETON to OF LITTLETON OF LONE OF LONE TREE

28,876.86 Intergovernmental-Littleton CITY

1,236,416.49 Intergovernmental-Lone Tree CIVIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE 359.90 Books & Subscription CL CLARKE INC 13,400.31 Professional Services CLARK, RAND M 126.40 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees CLAYTON & COMPANY INC 13,737.50 Professional Services CLEAR-ARMOR LLC 78,750.00 Security Enhancements COALITION FOR THE UPPER SOUTH PLATTE 4,056.25 Escrow Payable CODE-4 COUNSELING 1,600.00 Professional Services COHEN, KARINA 506.82 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder COLORADO ASPHALT PAVEMENT 250.00 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees COLORADO CHILLER SERVICES 12,933.95 Repair & Maintenance Service COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA 6,418.47 Newspaper Notices/Advertising COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT 1,089.00 Due to State-PH Marriage License COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 10,215.00 Due to State-Colorado Traumatic Brain Injury Trust COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 7,260.00 Due to State-HS Marriage License COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE 2,792,634.72 Due to State - MV COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE 30,295.65 Due to State -Drivers License COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF STATE 14,906.00 Due to State - eRecording COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 322.80 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder COLORADO DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S COUNCIL 90.00 Books & Subscription COLORADO DOORWAYS INC 508.25 Repair & Maintenance Supplies COLORADO HOUSING & FINANCE AUTHORITY 62.00 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder COLORADO JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT 596.00 Due to State-Family Friendly Court COLORADO KEYS 4,000.00 County Fair Service/Fair Event COLORADO PAINT COMPANY 31,061.25 Paint & Road Striping COLORADO SECRETARY OF STATE 7.50 Due to State-Voter Confidentiality COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION 87,412.51 1st Quarter 2022 Services COLUMBIA ULTIMATE 2,529.45 Support/MaintenanceSoftware/Hardware COLUMBINE PAPER & MAINTENANCE 349.74 Janitorial Supplies COMPASSCOM SOFTWARE CORPORATION 306.00 Telephone/Communications COMPTON, PHILIP C 250.00 Payroll Reissue COMPUTRONIX INC 8,538.00 Support/MaintenanceSoftware/Hardware CONSOR ENGINEERS LLC 5,825.00 Traffic Signals - Engineering CONTACT WIRELESS 2,010.27 Support/MaintenanceSoftware/Hardware CONTINENTAL PARTITION SYSTEMS LLC 3,390.00 Professional Services CONTINUUM OF COLORADO 13,226.00 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Grant CORDANT HEALTH SOLUTIONS 108.20 Medical, Dental & Vet Services CORE & MAIN LP 1,497.20 Construction/Maintenance Materials CORE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE 136,942.06 Electric CORE ELECTRIC LOCAL ADDRESS 160.00 Security Deposit Refund-Fairground COSTA, JUSTIN PAUL 183.56 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder COSTAR COMPS 65.00 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder COSTAR REALTY INFORMATION INC 7,067.22 Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance CRISIS CENTER 24,366.65 Reimbursement for Community Services CRISTANDO HOUSE INC 150.00 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees CRYE PRECISION LLC 20,389.50 Clothing & Uniforms CSST SOFTWARE LLC 17,442.00 Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance CURTIS, THOMAS S 238.10 Travel Expense CUTTING, ALLISON E 89.58 Metro Area Meeting Expense D L ADAMS ASSOCIATES 1,485.00 Professional Services DAHL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES 5,793.75 Professional Services DAVIS, CHRISTINE 100.00 FairJudges/Referees/ShowManagement DAWN B HOLMES INC 20,825.00 Medical, Dental & Vet Services DC GROUP INC 3,115.33 Service Contracts DELGLEIZE, MEGAN 88.13 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder DENOVO VENTURES LLC 7,500.00 Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance DENVER HEALTH & HOSPITAL AUTHORITY 678.04 Forensic Testing DENVER SPRINGS, LLC 6,366.29 Business Personal Property Tax Rebate DIETRICH, JENNIFER 1,115.70 Tuition Reimbursement DISTRICT ATTORNEY, 18TH DISTRICT 807,208.90 Legal Services DMC WEAR PARTS LLC 24,500.00 Operating Supplies DODRILL, STEVEN 126.40 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees DOLEZAL, MARY 40.00 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder DOMINGUEZ, ERNIE 1,500.00 FairJudges/Referees/ShowManagement DOOLEY ENTERPRISES INC 98,958.76 Firearm Supplies DOUGLAS COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF’S ASSOCIATION 5,273.00 Security Services DOUGLAS COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION 170.00 Professional Services DOUGLAS COUNTY INMATE WELFARE ACCOUNT 2,400.00 Professional Services/Booking Fees DOUGLAS COUNTY NEWS PRESS 40.00 Books & Subscription DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 825.00 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 90,000.00 Insurance Claims-Liability DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 19,420.61 Travel Expense DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF 35.00 Purchased Services DRC CONSTRUCTION SERVICES INC 7,252.12 Professional Services DREAM FINDERS 10,000.00 Escrow Payable DREXEL BARRELL & COMPANY 160.00 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE 7,449.00 Purchased Services DUNNAWAY, KELLY 232.83 Travel Expense DYCK, DAINNA J 244.90 Travel Expense DYER-JONES, LARA 725.14 Travel Expense EAGLE LAND SURVEYING INC 50.00 Fee Refunds - 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Clerk & Recorder JOB STORE INC, THE 4,720.42 Contract Work/Temporary Agency JOHN ELWAY CHEVROLET 32,762.00 Purchase of 2022 Chevy Blazer JOHNSON, STEVEN P 303.60 Travel Expense JON P DICKEY LLC 9,580.00 Roofing Inspections JR ENGINEERING LLC 135.00 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder KALIHER, MEGHAN 420.73 Travel Expense KEITH, BRIEN 1,054.36 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder KEN CARYL GLASS INC 12,200.00 Insurance Claims-Property KENNEDY - COLORADO LLC 15,310.51 Building/Land Lease/Rent KENNEDY, LORI 221.13 Travel Expense KIEFER FARMS PERCHERONS 3,500.00 County Fair Service/Fair Event KIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY 201,058.44 Asphalt & Asphalt Filler KINGDOM SIGHT STUDIOS 100.00 Security Deposit Refund-Fairground KINNON ENTERTAINMENT 13,141.25 County Fair Service/Fair Event KLEEN TECH SERVICES LLC 5,029.38 Service Contracts KODIAK RANCH LLC 3,000.00 County Fair Service/Fair Event KONECNY, FRANCIS & ROSEMARY 332.12 Fee Refunds - Clerk & Recorder KOPRIVA, MICHELLE 588.00 Professional Services KRUG, ERIKA 500.00 FairJudges/Referees/ShowManagement KUMAR AND ASSOCIATES INC 5,949.91 Professional Services LACHEY, DONNA JANE 200.00 FairJudges/Referees/ShowManagement Continued to Next Page 942553

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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 Legaltrust.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

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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.

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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N. ANDREW COPLAND, CPA, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Legal- Notice No.: 942553 First Publication: August 25, 2022 Last Publication: August 25, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Continued From Last Page: Page 2 of 2 Douglas County Warrants

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: 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: Outstanding$474,400.00 Principal Amount as of the date hereof: Pursuant$468,195.44toC.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.

August 25, 202230 Parker Chronicle Parker Legals August 25, 2022 * 2 PublicPublicLegalsTrusteesPUBLICNOTICEParkerNOTICEOFSALETrusteeSaleNo.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: Outstanding$249,399.00 Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $242,980.18

The address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness N. APRIL NORTON Colorado #: 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 #: 706-9990 706-9994 #: MAY FORECLOSURE the Trustee http://www. Legaldouglas.co.us/publictrustee/NoticeNo.2022-0079

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The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 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

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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 Legaltrust.Description of Real Property: LOT 51, BLOCK 2, TOWN AND COUNTRY VIL LAGE SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF 19920WhichSTATEDOUGLAS,OFCOLORADO.hastheaddressof:SummersetLane,Parker, CO 80138

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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 Firstextended.Publication: 8/11/2022 Last Publication: 9/8/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/14/2022 DAVID DOUGLASGILLCOUNTY Trustee

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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 Firstextended.Publication: 8/11/2022 9/8/2022 Douglas County News 6/14/2022 DOUGLASGILLCOUNTY City and County Public Notice Notice of Public Hearing

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A public hearing will be held on September 19th, 2022 at 6:00 p.m., before the Douglas County Planning Commission and on September 27th, 2022 at 2:30 p.m., before the Board of County Commissioners in the Commissioner’s Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, CO, for a proposed amendment to the Douglas County Zoning Resolution. The proposed amendments would reduce the threshold for administrative PD amendments to minimum setbacks, minimum lot sizes, and maximum building heights from a 40% to a 20% change. The amendment proposal would reduce the threshold for an Administrative Variance from a 40% to a 20% adjustment for, the minimum area of a lot, the maximum height of structures or fences on a lot, the minimum setbacks for structures on a lot, and the minimum off-street parking requirements for the use(s) on a lot. The proposal would also reduce the threshold for an Administrative Variance to ad just the maximum devegetated area for keeping livestock on a lot from 35% to 20%. Finally, the draft amendments include technical corrections to address typographical errors, spelling errors, and references to other regulations. more information call Douglas County Plan ning, 303-660-7460. File Number: DR2022-003. Legal Notice No. 942565 First Publication: August 25, 2022 Last Publication: August 25, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Misc. Private Legals Notice

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31August 25, 2022 for the cello literature for multiple celli by Erinn Renyer, particularly noting the skill, craftmanship and beauty: “a joy for cellists and audiences around the world.” Those works were: Bizet’s famous “Habanera,” Delibes’ “Pizzacato Polka” and Joplin’s “The Entertainer” and “The Easy Winner.” A pleasing work was a Beatles medley: “Hey Jude,” “Yesterday” and “Eleanor Rigby.” And dance rhythms drive Abreau’s “Tico Tico”, Piazolla’s “Libertango, Oblivion,” Michael Kibbs’ “Mello Cellos Tango.” Hard to sit still, as it was with Delibes’ “Pizzicato Polka.” Dreamier and very familiar works wound up the program: French singer Edith Piaf’s “La Vie en Rose” and the lovely “Over the Rainbow” by Arlen, which brought up images of a young Judy Garland for this ancientTicketswriter!arenow available for a Fall Chamber Season, which starts on Sept. 24 with Lara St. John, violin and Mark Kennedy, piano, including Bach’s Partita No. 2 for solo violin and Franck’s “Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano.” Oct. 22 brings “Schubert Octet for Winds and Strings,” with violin 1 Yi Zhao; violin 2 Dmitri Pogorelov; Soﬁa Basile, viola; Seoyin Min, cello; Owen Levine, bass; Jason Shafer, clarinet; Tristan Rennie, bassoon; Young Kim, horn. woodarts.org or contact ebertoluzzi1000 Englewood Parkway, just north 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 Firstextended.Publication: 8/11/2022 Last Publication: 9/8/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 6/14/2022 DAVID DOUGLASGILLCOUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ILENE ColoradoDELL'ACQUARegistration #: 31755 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230 , CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (877) 369-6122 Fax Attorney#: File #: CO-22-937936-LL *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. Publisher:LastFirstLegaldouglas.co.us/publictrustee/NoticeNo.2022-0081Publication:8/11/2022Publication:9/8/2022DouglasCountyNews Press PUBLIC NOTICEParkerNOTICEOFSALE 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: Outstanding$315,185.00 Principal Amount as of the date hereof: Pursuant$293,344.70toC.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.

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NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF PARKS AND OUTDOOR RECREATION - LAWRENCE C RIDER AS ATTORNEY IN FACT FOR ROGER A JARRELL TRUSTEE FOR ROCKY MOUNTAIN TRUST NO 1 - RICHARD E ROMEO AKA RICHARD EDWARD ROMERO AKA RICHARD ROMERO AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN TRUST #1 - RICHARD E ROMEO AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN TRUST #1 - ROCKY MOUNTAIN TRUST #1 C/O RICHARD E ROMEO - STATE OF COLORADO ACTING BY AN THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE DIVISION OF PARKS AND OUTDOOR RECREATION AND BOARD OF PARKS AND OUTDOOR RECRE ATION - COUNTY OF DOUGLAS TRUSTEE You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 1st day of November 2018 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to MIKE KIN CADE the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: ALL MIN INT IN TRACT IN SW1/4SE1/4 24-7-69 MIN INT = 17.148 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to MIKE KINCADE. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2017. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of ROCKY MOUNTAIN TRUST NO 1 for said year 2017 That said MIKE KINCADE on the 4th day of November 2021 the present holder of said cer tificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 1st day of December 2022 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 18th day of August 2022 /s/ David Gill County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No. 942516 First Publication: August 18, 2022 Last Publication: September 1, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice

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Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ILENE ColoradoDELL'ACQUARegistration #: 31755 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230 , CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (877) 369-6122 Fax Attorney#: File #: CO-22-938007-LL *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. Publisher:LastFirstLegaldouglas.co.us/publictrustee/NoticeNo.2022-0082Publication:8/11/2022Publication:9/8/2022DouglasCountyNews Press

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

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 Legaltrust.Description of Real Property: LOT 32, BLOCK 19, THE PINERY SW FILING NO. 1A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF WhichCOLORADO.hasthe address of: 6716 Fonder Drive, Parker, CO 80134 NOTICE OF SALE

To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occu pancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: ROCKY MOUNTAIN TRUST NO 1 C/O HEATHER BRICE TRUSTEE - OCCUPANT - RIO STAR LLC - BRHISD COLORADO LLC - MIKE KINCADE - ROGER A JARRELL AKA ROGER ARLYN JARRELL 2 TRUSTEE FOR ROCKY MOUNTAIN TRUST NO 1 - ROGER A JARRELL TRUSTEE FOR ROCKY MOUNTAIN TRUST NO 1 - THE STATE OF COLORADO FOR THE

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 and each of you are hereby notified that on the 1st day of November 2018 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to MC CULLISS OIL & GAS INC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: ALL MIN INT IN SW1/4NE1/4NE1/4 18-6-65 MIN INT = 10 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2017. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of MICHAEL E CHILDS for said year 2017 That said MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC on the 26th day of December 2021 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 1st day of December 2022 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 18th day of August 2022 /s/ David Gill County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No. 942515 First Publication: August 18, 2022 September 1, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County

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August 25, 202232 Parker Chronicle 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 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 Admission is free to the public PRESENTS 2022 Holiday Craft Show& Mini-Market 10amSaturdayNov.26-6pm 10amSundayNov.27-2pm Douglas 500FairgroundsCountyFairgroundsDv.CastleRock,CO.