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The Chamber of Commerce is set to have a candidate forum Oct. 6.

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Douglas County School District is pushing back against discrimination claims made by a former assistant principal who sued the district over his termination after he objected to a theater performance of ‘The Laramie Project.’ Corey McNellis, previously the assistant principal and athletic director for Ponderosa High School, sued DCSD in July, alleging he was ﬁred for expressing Christian beliefs. A response from DCSD ﬁled in U.S. District Court on Aug. 30 argues the district did not discriminate against McNellis because he made the statements as a district employee.

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Following the Biden administration’s Aug. 24 announcement of a sweeping plan to reform the student loan process for millions of federal borrowers, local educators said they see both beneﬁts and challenges lying ahead. The proposal, one of Joe Biden’s chief promises during his 2020 presidential election campaign, could eliminate student debt entirely for nearly half of all borrowers, according to an analysis by the education department, which estimates 43 million Americans have federal student loans. It seeks to do this by forgiving $10,000 of federal debt for all borrowers making no more than Biden’s student debt relief plan met with mixed reactions

School district to ﬁght lawsuit

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Five candidates are running for Parker Town Council seats

Five candidates for Parker’s town council election have been finalized after filings were submitted the last week of August. election in 2022. Winners of the November election will be seated to four-year terms. Incumbents Josh Rivero, Anne Barrington and Cheryl Poage have all entered the race in hopes of beingBrandire-elected.Wilks and Brian Carruthers are the two other candidates.Barrington and Rivero were elected in April 2021 during an election cil member from 2012 to 2020, is the owner of Fika Coffee House. Barrington is the owner of Barrington Group Real Estate and co-owner of Card My Yard Parker. Poage is a retired employee of South Metro FireWilksRescue.also ran for town council in 2020. In 2021, she supported Rivero oversee master plans, hire the town administrator and approve the annual budget, which in 2022 was $129 million.Thesix-member council makes decisions for the town with the mayor casting votes to break ties. In other local elections, residents will vote for county commissioner, sheriff and clerk and recorder. The first round of campaign finance reports for the candidates will be posted within a few days after it’s due, Oct. 18.

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Some say it is not enough

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Douglas County’s longtime attorney alerted the commissioners he will be resigning from his position effective Oct. 3 Lance Ingalls, who has been in the role since 2000, announced his decision about two weeks after writing a memo that Commissioner Lora Thomas may have committed crimes when she shared a conﬁdential county document with the media.Ingalls’ annual salary is about $215,000.Inhisresignation letter, Ingalls did not provide a speciﬁc reason for his departure.

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The county will conduct a national search for Ingalls’ replacement with Deputy County Attorney Kelly Dunnaway ﬁlling in as interim before the replacement is selected.

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Learn how to keep children safe One Thursday, Sept. 29, Attorney Lara Baker who will present information and answer questions about legal issues that can impact children as they navigate their adolescent years. From sexting to parties, Ms. Baker will provide information about the juvenile justice system and how to steer clear of it.

The Town of Parker is looking for striking images that depict life in Parker—natural landscapes, wildlife, events, facilities, businesses, architecture, weather or even people living life in our Town. Winning photos will be included in our 2023 Calen-

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Longtime county attorney resigns without reason

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The special seminar will be held at the Castle Pines Library event hall, starting at 5:30 p.m. Hot topics to be covered include:•Arethere any laws about minors and vaping? What are the details of sexting laws? What’s an MIP (minor in possession) and what implications could it have? How is cyber-bullying on social media deﬁned and what are the legal implications? Are photos, videos or messages ever really deleted? Can they be accessed by law enforcement for an investigation? What happens to a minor who gives a peer something without their knowledge? (drugs or alcohol)

Video of Town Meetings Moving to YouTube in Mid-September Live coverage of the Town of Parker’s public meetings will be making the move to YouTube this month, beginning with the Sept. 8 Parker Planning Commission Meeting and the Sept. 19 Town Council Meeting. The switch to YouTube from Facebook, the Town’s current live video platform, will make it easier for more residents than ever to stay informed about local government.Toaccess these upcoming public meetings, and to view other great video content from the Town of Parker, visit com/TownOfParkerCO.www.YouTube.

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“After discussion with the board we have mutually agreed that now is the right time for my role as county attorney to come to an end,” according to the letter.

The Philip S. Miller building at 100 Third St. in Castle Rock is the primary location for Douglas County government o ces. COURTESY OF DOUGLAS COUNTY National search underway Avalanche branded street hockey stick and

The Town of Parker invites the community to enter your best Parker photographs in our 2023 Calendar Photo Contest.

• What’s the law around adults/parents either providing or condoning substances at their home? What’s the liability?Although Baker’s talk is targeted toward adults, teenage children may also beneﬁt from attending.To register to attend the event, visit the website at bit.ly/3q2TzP1

“We have the highest degree of respect and appreciation for Mr. Ingalls and his years of service to Douglas County,” Commissioner and board chair Abe Laydon said in an Aug. 23 meeting. “We realize that over time there is a mutuality of change that can occur and we certainly support those changes as theyIngalls,happen.”through a spokesperson, declined an interview with Colorado Community Media.

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Kyle Southern, The Institute for College Access and Success associate vice president of higher education quality, said there’s two sides to the announcement. It’s life changing, especially for borrowers from low-income backgrounds. But a larger conversation about student debt needs to happen, especially when it comes to which students leave college with debt. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat Colorado. More at chalkbeat.org.

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The Douglas County Veterans Service Office will be closed Sept. 12-16 while staff attends certification. Visit douglasveterans.org for more information on benefits, services and military retiree information, as well as other helpful links for veterans.

Douglas County residents may dispose of unwanted electronics free of charge at Techno Rescue, 3251 Lewiston St. in Aurora, weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and occasional Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Proof of residency is required. For a list of acceptable items, Saturday drop-off dates and more, visit douglas.co.us and search Electronics Recycling.

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Records can be obtained in-person by visiting the the Douglas County Health Department at 410 S Wilcox St. No appointments are necessary. Or, visit douglas.co.us and search for Vital Records for ways to obtain records online, by mail or by email. Whether you’re a young person looking for career guidance, have recently been separated from a job or are considering a new career path, Arapahoe/Douglas Works! provides a variety of no-cost employment assistance services. For more information and to get started, visit adworks.org

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In a long-awaited announcement, President Joe Biden on Aug. 24 said his administration will cancel $10,000 in student loan debt for borrowers who make less than $125,000 a year, or $250,000 for taxpayers who ﬁle jointly. In addition, Biden said many students from low-income backgrounds will receive an additional $10,000 in relief.The unprecedented maneuver by Biden should reach over 43 million borrowers and even wipe out loan repayments for some. But it likely won’t ﬁx some of the larger issues surrounding student debt — namely the cost of college and the large amounts borrowed by some to foot the cost of college. Nationally, student debt has ballooned to over $1.7 trillion.

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said in a news release Wednesday that student loan debt has hindered many Americans’ ability to achieve their dreams — including buying a home, starting a business, or providing for a family. The department also announced other changes to make repaying loans easier. “Getting an education should set us free; not strap us down,” Cardona said. “We’re delivering targeted relief that will help ensure borrowers are not placed in a worse position ﬁnancially because of the pandemic, and restore trust in a system that should be creating opportunity, not a debt trap.” Biden ran on canceling at least $10,000 in student loan debt and faced pressure from advocates to cancel much more. He repeatedly delayed a decision amid intense debates about whether debt cancellation would advance economic justice or disproportionately beneﬁt higher-earning Americans during a time when the working class is struggling. The plan provides more help to the students who started with the least. About 27 million Pell Grant recipients should be eligible to receive up to $20,000 in loan forgiveness. Pell Grants cover a portion of college costs for students from low-income families, with the large majority of eligible students coming from households that earn less than $60,000 a year.

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Voting open for Art outdoorEncounterssculptures 26 sculptures are showcased throughout Castle Rock, Highlands Ranch, Lone Tree, Parker and Roxborough. You’re invited to visit the sculpture locations and nominate your favorite for a People’s Choice Award by Jan. 31, 2023. For art locations, voting online and more visit artencounters.douglas.co.us

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Fake nipple exposure stirs controversy, Teal calls for action Laydon, Thomas disagree

In a social media post, Douglas County Commissioner George Teal said he’s interested in banning an LGBTQ event from county-owned property after an uproar over the celebration.DouglasCounty PrideFest, an event with exhibits, live performances and food and drink, held its annual event at the Douglas County Fairgrounds in Castle Rock on Aug. 27. During a drag show at the celebration, a performer’s breast plate and false nipple were temporarily exposed.Videos of the performance circulated on social media, where some commenters expressed frustration with the exposure at an event not designated for adults only. Organizers have sent out an apology over what happened, saying it was not a planned part of the“Itperformance.isnotinline with the family-family entertainment we had planned,” according to the statement. “We are adding additional steps and oversight to our entertainment planning process to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future.”

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“I am going to continue to support liberty principles and the Constitution of the United States, particularly the First Amendment, but of course with all the legal time, place and manner restrictions to ensure our venues are not being used to display activity that is illegal,” according to the statement.

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Commmissioner Lora Thomas said she has not had any conversations about the event and that she wouldn’t make a decision on a ban until after all the information and any legal advice are available.

The county has received nearly 150 emails about the event — both complaints and supportive messages — since Aug. 21, according to the county’s ofﬁce manager. performance. BY NINA JOSS

Castle Rock Pride, the non-proﬁt that hosts the event, has the mission of building a supportive community for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender residents of Castle Rock, Colorado and surrounding areas.

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On Aug, 23, commissioners unanimously approved an Intergovernmental Agreement for $300,000 for the construction of a regional disc golf course in Castle Pines. The disc golf site construction project will include the disc golf course, a parking lot, drainage infrastructure in case of flooding, a trailhead and site amenities, said Steve Shoultz, assistant director of Parks, Trails and Building Grounds at Douglas County. The 31-acre site will have restrooms, shelters and bike racks on Hess Road near Rueter-Hess Reservoir, he said. In disc golf, players tee off from a specific location and try to get a frisbee in a basket in the fewest number of throws, Shoultz said. Representatives from Castle Pines said in a previous meeting that disc golf is one of the fastest growing sports in the U.S., according to Schoultz. “There are sites around the metro area that see upwards of 12,000 rounds played a year,” he said. The proposal was presented to the Douglas County Parks Advisory Board on March 7. The board voted unanimously to recommend commissioners approve the plan, Shoultz said. The Parks Advisory Board recommended partnership funding from the Park, Sales, and Use Tax because the amenity would provide a regional benefit, according to a staff report. The $300,000 IGA will cover almost half of the $650,000 total project cost, according to Schoultz. “The community is very excited to get started with this and we hope with your approval this evening that we can get to where we’re breaking ground in October,” said Castle Douglas

Commissioner Abe Laydon said in a statement Tuesday he would “not use the power of government to support thinly veiled bigotry and anti-gay rhetoric.”

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In Teal’s Facebook post, he said he believes the exposure constituted a violation of zoning uses for the fairgrounds. “Exotic adult entertainment is not an allowed use at the fairgrounds,” he said. “Doesn’t matter if accidenital.”Headded that he has had issues with Pridefest in the past and that it’s an “honor and privilege” to now be in a position to address his concerns. Teal indicated that another commissioner would vote with him to ban the event but neither of the other two commissioners have voiced interest in the action.

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Abe Laydon said Douglas County is able to create partnerships like this one with its municipalities because citizens approved a measure regarding open spaces, parks and natural resources several decades ago. Thanks to this measure, the county has several million dollars that it can use annually for partnerships to fund parks, he said. “This is a perfect example of that partnership,” he said. The Pronghorn Park and Regional Disc Golf Course is expected to open in 2023, according to the city’s website.

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Colorado voters will have a chance in November to weigh in on the state’s longThe Colorado Secretary of State’s Office announced Friday that three ballot measures that would change booze policy in the state — including one that would let grocery stores sell wine — have qualified for the November ballot after their supporters collected a sufficient number

The following measures qualiﬁed: • Initiative 96, which would open the door for liquor retailers to be able to open an unlimited number of stores in Colo• Initiative 121, which would let retailers who have a license to sell beer, such as • Initiative 122, which would let thirdA fourth alcohol-policy measure, Initiative 135, which would have required local approval for liquor license changes in an effort to slow down grocery stores’ ability to begin selling wine in addition to beer, failed to make the ballot after its supporters didn’t turn in the signatures they had Millions of dollars are already being spent in support of initiatives 96, 121 and 122, including nearly $2 million from U.S. Rep. David Trone and his brother, Robert, who own the national Total Wine & More chain. The Trones are supporting Initiative 96, which would let Total Wine open more stores in Colorado.

Total Wine has two Colorado stores and will soon open a third. Small retail liquor stores are fiercely opposed to the measure.Already on the ballot was Initiative 58, a measure to decriminalize and regulate the use of “magic” mushrooms, and Initiative 31, a measure asking voters to reduce the state income tax rate to 4.4% fromAdditionally,4.55%. Initiative 108 qualified for the ballot last week. It would divert 0.1% of taxable income from the general fund to the state affordable housing fund, which would represent about $270 million in its first year. While taxes wouldn’t be raised under the proposal, the amount of money available for Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights refunds would be reduced by whatever is set aside for the housing fund. The legislature referred two statutory measures to the ballot this year, including one that would reduce state income tax deductions for people with higher incomes and use the savings to provide free K-12 school meals for all students. The other would require detailed information about how ballot measures changing the income tax rate would impact various income brackets to be more prominently displayed to voters. This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

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McNellis was fired in October 2020 after an investigation into emails he sent regarding the high school production of “The Laramie Project,” a play about the aftermath of the murder of Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming in 1988. In emails to school staff, McNellis asked if he had any recourse should he disagree with the production and later, offered to give a Christian perspective on the play. “Forgive me for having a different viewpoint and the audacity to publicly share it,” McNellis wrote in anAccordingemail. to McNellis’ lawsuit, shortly after the email exchange, he was placed on leave and, ultimately, fired. The suit alleges that Danny Winsor, the district’s executive director of schools for the Parker region, told McNellis he was placed on leave for his “religious comments” and the email exchange was the basis for his termination.However,the district argues McNellis did not make his comments as a protected citizen, but rather as a district employee since he used his school email address to respond and refers to himself as both a parent and staff member in the emails. “McNellis was using his school district email address through the school district email system to simultaneously email a captive audience of the entire Ponderosa staff about a school district program was an administrator, signing the emails as the Ponderosa Athletic Director/Assistant Principal,” the lawsuitAdditionally,says. the district claims McNellis doesn’t provide evidence that his termination was based on his religion and that he received due process because he was notified of the allegations and given a chance to respond.Inresponse to McNellis’ claim that other staff were not disciplined for similar behavior, the district says there’s no evidence to support that. Ultimately, the district argues McNellis didn’t prove he engaged in protected speech, so there was no discrimination at play in his termination. The filing asks the judge to dismiss the case. 1

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“This is students being able to ﬁnish degrees,” Mendez said, adding the cap on monthly payments and elimination of interest rates “is a pretty big deal” for ﬁnanciallystressed students.

The relief could be huge for students teetering on the edge of ﬁnishing a degree. Facing a rising cost of living from housing to food, making monthly loan payments can spur some students to drop out of their education, Mendez said.

Joe Garcia, president of the Community College System — which encompasses 13 colleges with 35 locations across the state — said he opposed broad debt cancellation, especially for higher income earners, but became supportive of Biden’s plan. “I think it’s well-tailored, but not perfect,” Garcia said. According to the Biden administration, nearly 90% of the debt cancellation will go to low and middleincome borrowers making less than $75,000 a year. Most of those borrowers owe between $8,000 to $10,000, Garcia said, a demographic that will more often default on payments and who Garcia said need relief most. He believes the plan will have a minimal impact on inflation. Loan payments have been paused since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and the pause has been extended to Dec. 31 under Biden’s plan.Garcia said the moratorium demonstrates that not repaying loans has had little correlation to inflation. And since the loans were already paid out by the government, it has been debated if taxpayers will really foot the bill for the cancellation, or if Congress will simply lose those repayments as a source of revenue.“Ithink it will have a significant impact on the ability of individuals to improve their credit ratings, return to school and I hope that those things will ultimately benefit the economy,” Garcia said. Going beyond the $20,000 maximum for debt cancellation would have been a “bridge too far for most taxpayers,” Garcia said, adding Biden’s plan is a “reasonable compromise.”Forborrowers owing well above $20,000, the impacts of Biden’s plan could provide piecemeal progress. Rachel Newlon, a full-time English teacher at ACC, holds $150,000 in student debt. Newlon said she had little-to-no financial aid when she pursued her undergraduate and graduate degrees. Debt, she said, was the price for an education. “It just seemed like the easiest way to go,” she said. “I made the choice to go to school because I wanted to go into an employment that was more rewarding … but we shouldn’t be penalized for that.”

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But borrowers, whether they’re in school or not, still have several hoops to jump through before they see loan relief. The education department is preparing to launch an online application in early October that could get borrowers relief within four to six weeks of applying. That application must be ﬁled before Nov. 15 and will only apply to loans borrowed before June 30. Mendez said part of her job is now making ACC students aware of the timeline and process to ensure they receive relief.

“Havinginterest.a little bit of help is nice because I don’t make enough money to throw large sums at bringing it down,” she said, adding she makes about $75,000 yearly. And the cost of loans is more than just monthly payments, Newlon said. It has affected her otherwise healthy credit score, hampering her prospects of owning a home. While she said Biden’s plan provides welcomed relief, it falls short of addressing the greater need to bring down the cost of college, she said.“There’s clearly acknowledgment that there’s an issue,” Newlon said.

According to a report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, between 1980 and 2019, the average price for college increased 169%. Yet wages have lagged far behind. Garcia said what little federal aid there is for college, such as Pell Grants, has also failed to meet today’s tuition costs. According to the Biden administration, those grants used to cover nearly 80% of tuition and now only covers a third. Biden had tried to boost Pell Grants through sweeping social policy legislation last year but those efforts died in Congress after failing to gain enough support in the Senate.“A hard-working student simply cannot go to school and pay their own way even at a state school,” Garcia said. “I think that’s what critics of my age tend to forget when we pat ourselves on the back saying ‘we paid our own way.’”

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Newlon believes she will qualify fo $10,000 off her loans. But what excites her more is the reduction in monthly payments and cancellation of

Biden’s plan has been met with ire from those who feel it will alienate taxpayers — the vast majority of whom do not hold federal student debt— as well as borrowers who feel it does not go far enough, with some calling for up to $50,000 in debt cancellation.And concerns over its impact on inﬂation and whether it’s fair for borrowers who already paid off their debt have risen to the forefront of the loan forgiveness debate.

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I think there has to be a balance. For the most part, I could absolutely do most of my job from the comforts of my own home. However, the pandemic has shown me what is lost in doing that. For one, the interaction with other reporters, editors, and our company’s senior management happens a lot less. I am a true believer that my work family is just as important of my home family. We work together, cry together, take on the public together. They all matter. I want to hear about their families, victories and losses in life. The compromise comes with hybrid working. Encourage employees to pick a few days a week to be in.

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Thelma Grimes One of my closest friends is Brian, and he stands out to me for many reasons. He is a strong man of faith, a true prayer warrior, a loving and devoted father and husband, a gift to the community we live in, and really to anyone who has the privilege of meeting Brian. Many people speak of their philosophy of hoping to leave every person they meet better off than when they had met them, and if you spend time with Brian, even if it is for five minutes, you will know what I am talking about. We share insights about life and business, and we definitely enjoy getting together over a beer or three to let our creativity take over and speak about what else we can do to serve others. Brian and I had a chance to play golf last week and he started our conversation in the cart by telling me, “You are that person.” And he said it with such conviction, I was curious to know what he meant. He said it again, but this time he wasn’t just referring to me, he was referring to all of us. Whether at work, at home, in the community, or anywhere else, if something needs to be done, we all have the opportunity to step up and “Be that person.” He was not speaking about specific skills we would need to take care of a complex task, but more of the day-to-day things that so many take for granted or simply walk away assuming someone else would take care of it, are that person NORTON, P11

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I respect a lot about my dad when it comes to his work ethic. I have his work ethic. But, I also look at how much he gave to companies before he had his own business. I look at all he gave after his business failed during the recession and he moved to a company. Could he have given less and enjoyed a better worklife balance?

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I don’t know if I am in favor of staff only doing the bare minimum all the time, but I respect the idea of setting and sticking to reasonable boundaries.

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e recently celebrated, or rested, on Labor Day. When the topic of labor comes up, it’s been an interesting few years as employees and employers work to find some sort of of Labor website, it says, “work is changing, but America has always been a country filled with hard workers.” I agree — America does work hard. However, what that looks like has steadily changed since the pandemic sent everyone home and likely had many rethinking their lives. For employers and employees — the debate and negotiations over several issues are moving into view. One of those being the concept of working from home permanently. Now that COVID is seemingly here to stay and Americans are being told to get back to normal, some employers want staff to return to in-office work. In February, pewresearch.org came out with a study on how COVID reshaped work in America. According to the research, nearly six in 10 workers who say they can work from home are staying home. Many say they are doing this by choice rather than necessity.

This leads to how, by generation, the workforce has changed. My dad, the baby boomer generation, worked hard. His skin is stained from decades in plumbing, running his own business and working hard.

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A term describing today’s younger workforce is “quiet quitting.” While I am not fond of the term, I am intrigued by the meaning. The main meaning for “quiet quitting” is an employee setting boundaries and not taking additional work. That means doing exactly what the job description says.

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The other fascinating part of the workforce changes is the term, “The Great Resignation.” During the pandemic, people left their jobs for something better or for nothing. Some of this had to do with low pay, but a lot of stories and reports on the “Great Resignation” comes down to people wanting to experience a true work-life balance.

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Secondly, I ﬁnd it odd that if a mother and/or her partner experience a miscarriage or premature delivery, everyone will do everything humanly possible to preserve that life but if the child is not wanted at the time, it can be discarded and has no worth.

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men be so interested in allowing the government to tell a person with a uterus what they are not allowed to do with their own body?” After careful consideration, I think Linda may already know the answer.

This is in response to Linda Newell’s guest column dated Aug. 11. Linda asks the question “Why would

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Lastly, the question remains — is it the right of the mother alone to terminate the pregnancy or do the father and preborn child have any rights? I guess we will ﬁnd out.

3) Moving to ﬁve seats, with geographic representation, better meets the needs of neighborhoods. Of course, at least two of the current incumbents won’t present the concept to voters, so it looks like we’ll have to petition for the update. It will take about a New York minute to fulﬁll the petition signatures.

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and maybe even think it’s not our responsibility.Ifthereisapiece of trash on the ground, do we walk by it or do we pick it up and throw it away? Or are we hoping someone else will come by and clean it up? If an elderly person who needs help with a shopping cart and maybe getting across the street, do we stop what we are doing to assist them, or walk away and hope that some other nice person might come by to help? If we see someone who needs an ear to listen or the need to be consoled, do we avoid them or sit and listen or offer a hug? We can “Be that person.” At work, if a co-worker needs a hand, even though it’s not in our job description, do we offer to help in some way to help lighten the load? Or do we avoid making eye contact and leave the area and let them struggle or again, hope someone else might be more willing to help? If we have taken the last cup of coffee, do we reﬁll the pot? If the printer is out of paper, do we load more paper or wait for someone else to do it when they come to pick up the print job and realize there was no paper? We can “Be that person.”Ifweknow our neighbor just left for vacation and a box is dropped off on their porch, do we secure it and hold it for them, or do we let it sit there and watch as other boxes may show up? If they left their garbage cans out and were gone for a day, do we at least move them into their driveway or maybe take them to where they belong, or do we allow them to stay out there all day signaling to anyone that the homeowner may not be at home? We can “Be that person.” Think about any one of these examples and hundreds more like them where a simple task that we are easily capable of doing but don’t because we don’t have time, we see it as it being below ourselves, or we just simply expect or hope that someone else will do it. I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can do as Brian says and “Be that person,” it really will be a better than good life.

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As expected after nearly a year of researching possible tax increase for schools our Douglas County School Board approved a ballot question that even research demonstrated it may not pass. The last bond and MLO tax issue may have passed because charter schools were promised funds from the approved vote. I agree that charters should receive some of the funds but why are they receiving bond money when the state provides over $100 per child to charters for capital needs when our regular schools have to rely on local tax money? Charters should receive MLO funds equal to what the per-pupil allocation would allow but for our students only. Charters enroll over 70% of all out-of-district students and receive our local money. Since our superintendent claims other districts have more MLO money than Douglas County then shouldn’t these students coming from other districts attending our charters with open arms bring the MLO funds from their district with them rather than us funding them? The Stem Academy enrolls over 400 out-of-district students taking our local money. Why should we approve more bond/ MLO funds when our students get a smaller share and charters already get more capital money from the state than regular schools?

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us? Just note the amount of controversy over the members themselves, not to mention their divisiveness over just about every issue except asking for more money as in the upcoming bond issue. If possible, we should be consider reducing our school board to threeInsteadmembers.ofarguing with the points made by the Adams County commissioner or boring you with the extensive dealings I’ve had with Colorado county governments let me simply define my two high level empirical findings. First, it’s important to know that the Douglas County government with three members is the best in Colorado, and second, there’s no comparison between the decisive deliberation of three commissioners (good, bad, or ugly) versus the divisive and political environment of having five. Additionally, there are three reasons why this idea of adding two commissioners is before you in the first place and why it could only have come from Thomas who and can’t run for another term. First, the other commissioners George and Abe would never have introduced such a bad idea (just ask them or read Elliott’s article). Second, creating these additional positions could possibly give Lora wiggle room for running again after her present term expires and don’t put personal motives past her. Third, the change would be permanent and Lora apparently only cares about her problem of eliminating the current conflicts she consistently has with the other two commissioners; she doesn’t seem to care about the long-term consequence of never being able to return to the best combination of having three commissioners.

Firstly, it generally takes two people in order for a child to be conceived, therefore the male partner may not agree totally with the women’s decision to end the pregnancy. An abortion is not a simple medical procedure in the same way as compared to breast augmentation, tubal ligation or even a hysterectomy as it involves three people; the mother or pregnant person, the father, and the child with its own DNA and personhood.

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The bad idea of adding two more Douglas County commissioners as published Aug. 25 by Elliott Wenzler is an article that reads more like a story or allegory than a news article; albeit it’s provided with legitimate sources - Commissioners George Teal and Abe Laydon, and Parker Mayor Jeff Toborg. This bad idea is (not surprisingly) based on a request to county staff from Commissioner Lora Thomas. The article could have ended after its clear explanation of why we have three county commissioners, thank you very much, but instead proceeded to quote previous Adams County Commissioner Erik Hansen to opine about the beneﬁts which do not grasp the root causes of having ﬁve versus three commissioners. The elephant in the room for anyone following Douglas County politics is our seven-member school board who are not associated with a political party. How’s that working out for

It’s time for ﬁve There are strong logical arguments for upgrading to ﬁve commissioners: 1) Three commissioners can’t adequately represent the whole county of 375,000 residents. The concentration of power and decision-making in the hands of three individuals means 40% of county residents typically aren’t represented. 2) It’s time to bust the GOP stronghold on local political power and intra-party distractions. Ideally, having more people stepping up as worthy Independents would create diversity vs straight party voting.

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At Mango House in Aurora, such sentiment could not better describe the mission of P.J. Parmar, who began the organization in 2014 to provide resources — primarily low-cost health care — to refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented immigrants.Italsoserves as a marketplace, with a grocery store and several vendors preparing and selling freshmade food from their home countries.“Mangoes are from everywhere our patients come from, but they are not from the U.S.,” said Parmar, whose family immigrated from India, where mangoes are cherished andParmarabundant.said he chose the name Mango House because he wanted something “tasty and fun” that paid homage to his patients and patrons.

Siri Tan, who began serving Burmese cuisine from his stall — Urban P

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Currently, it is home to five small food stalls: Urban Burma, known for its rice noodle bowls, curry and samosas; Jasmine Syrian Food, with cumin and lemon flavored hummus and chicken; Odaa Ethiopian Restaurant, providing an abundance of flavorful meats and vegetables; Nepali Mountain Kitchen, serving up warm curry and momo; and Golden Sky Sushi, which offers a fusion of Japenese and other Asian cuisines. “All my tenants are my patients,” Parmar said. “I like to think what we do is unique.”

He said he sees people from a broad swath of countries and regions, including Nepal, Burma, Somalia, Iraq, Eritrea, Afghanistan and Ethiopia.Somewho come to Mango House do so for space to start their business.

For many, mangoes are deﬁned by bright colors, aromatic ﬂavor and embodiment of the sun-soaked tropics.Butfor some Denver-area business owners, the fruit is also a sense of identity, cultural connection and one’s openness to the new. From a refugee resource center offering an array of dine-in cuisines to a dessert bar fusing traditional Hong Kong sweets with Western styles, the mango serves as a token of the wider world for a land-locked metropolitan area.

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Burma — in 2019, said without Mango House “we wouldn’t exist.” Tan said he “wanted to introduce Burmese cuisine into the Denver area” and, through a patchwork of cooking education that included recipe books, online videos and tips from the Burmese community, he made that dream a reality. “I love Asian food, all kinds of Asian food,” Tan said. “When I hear that people like our food, that’s what makes me happy.” For Parmar, he hopes the food of Mango House can offer an invitation for Coloradans to explore something new and build relations with their immigrant neighbors.

Mango House Location: 10180 E Colfax Ave, Aurora Hours: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, closed Sunday

The shop also serves ﬂavors for other desserts that include matcha, durian and taro.

A vegetable plate — served at Odaa Ethiopian Restaurant — consisting of lentils curry, carrots, cabbage, potatoes, beets and salad served with injera bread.

Symbol for a mission For Marc Corona, who runs Mango Tree Coffee in Englewood, mangoes serve as a form of expression for the business’ larger mission.Abranch of MANNA Worldwide — a global nonproﬁt network that works with organizations in 50 countries — all proceeds from Mango Tree go back into MANNA’s efforts to ﬁght global poverty, which include building schools and food centers and expanding access to water, education and job opportunities.

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Emma Mo, a co-owner of Mango Mango in Denver, presents a plate of sticky rice and fresh mango at the store Aug. 23.

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Mango Tree partners with area churches and other organizations to provide packed lunches to Englewood Schools students, a complement to the district’s free and reduced lunch program.“We want to be an asset to the community,” Corona said, adding that the coffee shop also serves as a gathering space, much as its namesake mango tree did 20 years ago. “It’s cool to see the community have the same mindset as we do of ‘hey, we like to do things together.’”

Some of these come in the form of warm dishes, popular during the winter, Kao said. Others, such as bright green durian pancake rolls and purple-powdered taro cakes, present a unique and inviting option for customers — though these desserts are more subtle and savory compared with the reliable sweetness of the mango counterparts.

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Corona said the coffee shop’s name harkens to a MANNA trip in 2002 when community members gathered under a mango tree in Kenya to discuss anti-poverty programs for the area.“As we’ve built Mango Tree, that’s the mindset that we have, creating a space where everybody feels welcome and can be a part of something bigger than themselves,” Corona said. Opened in June 2021, Mango Tree roasts its coffee in-house and offers a reliable cafe menu complete with espresso-based drinks, chai and teas.But one standout item is the mango shot, a blend of mango chunks, keﬁr — a fermented dairy product — and spices. “I think one of the main aspects that drives what we do is this sort of passion and drive to have fun,” Corona said. “Having a mango shot was just another way to create that experience forPeoplepeople.”are at the heart of Mango Tree’s ethos, Corona said, and outside of providing assistance to global poverty-ﬁghting efforts, the business also strives to be an advocate locally.

Mango Mango Location: 1144 S Colorado Blvd, Denver Hours: noon to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, noon to 11 p.m. Friday through Sunday

For business owner Robert Kuo, who co-owns Mango Mango Desserts in Denver, bringing customers the tastes of Asia drove him to open his“Ishop.think people like to come to try new things,” said Kuo, who opened the store in 2019 alongside his business partner, Emma Mo. Founded in Flushing, New York, Mango Mango has since been franchised to several locations across the U.S. Kuo, who immigrated from Taiwan at age 5, said he fell in love with the business after first trying it in Flushing and sought to open one in Denver because, at the time, he saw no “truly Asian dessert places.” The dessert bar, offering roughly 30 meals and 20 drinks, imbues the sweet and citrus-like flavors of mango into nearly all its cuisine. The signature dessert is modeled after a traditional Hong Kong favorite and consists of mango ice cream, fresh fruit, juice and soba — edible starch pearls that Kuo said have been eaten “way, way, way before boba.” Mangoes, Kuo said, are “in every corner of Hong Kong,” and that dessert, in particular, is a beloved treat. “A lot of people like mango and I think it’s a perfect fit (for our shop),” Kuo said. Mango Mango offers a pallet of other sweet treats, some of which are inspired by more Western foods such as a layered crepe cake with mango cream filling or fresh-baked waffles drizzled with chocolate and cold mango chunks. And it’s not just mango that’s on the menu.

“I’d like to think we aren’t just preaching to the choir, with our restaurant-goers already loving refugees,” Parmar said. “I do think, occasionally, someone — adult or even a child — who has doubts towards foreigners is brought as part of a group, and their eyes are opened a bit when they are here. At least their mouths, or palates, are opened.”

The Castle Rock Chorale holds auditions on Sept. 13. For information or to schedule an audition, contact Beryl Fanslow at thecastlerockchorale.org.artisticdirector@

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Depot Art Gallery “Side By Side” is the new exhibit by the Littleton Fine Arts Guild at the Depot Art Gallery, 2069 W. Powers Ave. Open Tuesday-Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission.

The popular “Doors Open Denver” programming, presented by the Denver Architectural Foundation, runs Sept. 26 to Oct. 16, featuring in-person and virtual tours, including ﬁrst-time tours at the Denver Zoo. Also: DCPA, Elitch Theatre, Nordlund House, Red Rocka, U.S Air Force Academy. See denverarchitecture.org for ticket and time information.

The 2022 Littleton Craft Fair, hosted by the Friends of the Littleton Library/Museum, will be Oct. 1, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., just north of the museum in Ketring Park, 6028 S. Gallup St. Last we heard, there were some booth spaces remaining (10’x-10’ space costs $185; corner space is $200, plus a $5 non-refundable application fee). All items shown must be original and handcrafted by the crafter or artisan. No resale items, commercial products or services. Buntport “Coyote, Badger, Rattlesnake” is written by the Buntport actors in collaboration with playwright Ellen K. Graham and will return to the stage at 717 Lipan St., Denver, Sept. 30-Oct. 15. Buntport is entering its 22nd season, which will continue with two new works written by the company members, as is their custom. Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.; Sundays at 3 p.m. One Monday performance on Oct. 10 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: name your own price. See: buntport.com. 720-946-1388.

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The Legendary Ladies will present “Extraordinary Women of the West” at 2-3 p.m. Sept. 10 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Six women who challenged conventions, interpreted by costumed performers. Note that all events in the Pam Houston One Book One Littleton program are sold out. Good idea... Doors Open Denver

H ell and Back” is the newest installment in Wyomingbased writer Craig Johnson’s entertaining novels about Walt Longmire, basis for the popular television series. Johnson will appear at 7 p.m. on Sept. 16 at Highlands Ranch Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., to talk about his writing — and to sign copies of the new book afterward. Tickets cost $32 and include a hardcover copy of “Hell and Back,” dessert bites and a place in the book signing line. DCL.org/featured-events or Eventbrite.

Brew Tour Douglas County Libraries have partnered with local craft brewers and coffee houses for a Brew Tour again through Sept. 30. Register at DCL.org/brew-tour.

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The 57th Annual Own an Original Fine Art Competition will be held Nov. 4 through Dec. 31 at the Littleton Museum. Entry is on CaFE through Sept. 29. CallforEntry.org. Juror will be Molly Casey of Nine Dot Arts. molly-casey.)(ninedotarts.com/about/ St. Andrew “All St. Andrew Art Show” will be Sept. 16 to Nov. 2 at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch. An opening reception will be Sept. 18 from 10 a.m. to noon. There will be 2D and 3D art by members, family and friends. Exhibit hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday. The community is welcome.

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CAREGIVING: Making sure all resident’s health and medical needs are met is our number one priority. Our caregivers genuinely care for our residents and this is demonstrated in the attentive and professional way they go about each day tending to our resident’s needs. This can be as simple as reminding residents it’s meal time or making them aware of activities taking place. Or, it can be as involved as medication management, helping some residents dress for the day or transfer from beds to chairs, etc.

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NUTRITION: Feeding the mind and body nutritionally is one more critical piece to the health and wellness puzzle. At Elk Run, our Director of Culinary Services not only addresses nutrition for our resident’s daily, but he also brings creativity and variety to the menu. The kitchen considers fiber, protein and fruits and vegetables as well as making sure everything is pleasing the palate. Meals can be as simple as bacon and eggs and they can get as interesting and sophisticated as beef tips with chimichurri and tri-colored cauliflower or roasted tenderloin with truffle, garlic mashed potatoes. Our culinary team specializes in scratch-made ethnic dishes ranging from Greek, Chinese, Italian, Classic American and more.

At Elk Run, Health and Wellness are at the forefront of what we do every day. Our mission each day is to provide services that enhance the quality of life for residents. We accomplish this through many facets of daily life including: caregiving, activities and nutrition.

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ACTIVITIES: We are extremely proud of our robust and creative activities program at Elk Run. Each day includes opportunities for exercise for both the body and mind. Morning exercise classes like cardio drumming and tai chi are very popular among residents. Other activities promote conversation and comradery among residents such as our men’s and women’s groups. A favorite among our residents is our weekly pet therapy. From dogs, to goats, to horse, we have had lots of four legged visitors come to enrich the lives of residents. Some of the beneﬁts of pet therapy include: increased self-esteem and conﬁdence, improved social skills, reduced risk of depression, lessened levels of anxiety and reduced feelings of loneliness. Other popular activities that are good for mind, body and spirit include: bingo, jeopardy, happy hour and live music.

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4. GET HEALTHY SLEEP – Sleep is a new addition to the Essential 8 list in 2022. It is estimated that adults need 7-9 hours of sleep each night. Children require more through nighttime rest and naps.

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A chieving optimal heart health in the U.S. is not looking promising as Americans continue to lose ground. According to a recent study published by the American College of Cardiology, or ACC, only 6.8% of American adults have achieved optimal heart health. It breaks down ﬁ ve key areas that affect heart health:• sugar Blood pressure disease

8. MANAGE BLOOD PRESSURE – Keeping blood pressure within acceptable ranges can keep a person healthier longer. Levels less than 120/80 are optimal. High blood pressure is deﬁned as 130-139 for the top number and 80-89 for the bottom number. To learn more about the American Heart Association’s recommendations for maintaining a healthy heart and lifestyle, visit the website at heart.org.Toﬁndout what your heart score is currently, visit mlc.heart.org.

1. EAT BETTER – According to the AHA, Americans should aim for an overall healthy eating pattern that includes whole foods, lots of fruits and vegetables, lean protein, nuts, seeds and cooking non-tropical oils such as olive and canola.

6. CONTROL CHOLESTEROL – High levels of non-HDL, or bad cholesterol, can lead to heart disease.

Each year, the American Heart Association, or AHA, releases a checklist known as Life’s Essential 8. The list provides key measures for improving and maintaining cardiovascular health, which helps lower risk of heart diseases, stroke and other major health problems. In unveiling the 2022 list, the AHA had some new items and guidance for others, including new suggestions for diet and adding sleep. The Life’s Essential 8 list if comprised of two major areas –Health behaviors and health factors.

2. BE MORE ACTIVE – Adults should get 2.5 hours of moderate or 75 minutes of vigorous physical activity per week. Kids should have 60 minutes every day, including play and structured activities.

7. MANAGE BLOOD SUGAR – Most of the food American eat turns into glucose, which is the sugar that the body uses as energy.

5. MANAGE WEIGHT – Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight has many beneﬁts. Body mass index, a numerical value of weight in relation to height, is a useful gauge, according to the AHA. An optimal BMI is 25.

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The Essential 8 list includes:

3. QUIT TOBACCO –Use of inhaled nicotine delivery products, which includes traditional cigarettes, e-cigarettes and vaping, is the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S., according to AHA. This includes about a third of all death from heart disease. It is estimated that a third of all children between ages 3 and 11 in the U.S. are exposed to secondhand smoke or vaping.

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“Sleep is highly important, but I have to admit, even doctors have a lack of sleep,” Park said. “Being well rested makes a huge difference. It is associated with sleep apnea and obesity. Everything, when it comes to the heart, is really interconnected. It also just allows the body to reset.”

Even as more information and education is coming along to redevelop guidelines to achieve optimal heart health, Park said busy people are struggling to meet all ﬁ ve key areas. When it comes to diet, Park said Americans are busy and constantly on the go. That means more fast, easy food.

• Depression • Elevated blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol levels • Obesity On the other hand, putting a priority on getting enough rest, according to the AHA, can help with:

According to a recent study released by countingsheep.net, Colorado is one of the states struggling to get enough sleep, ranking 23rd. The study was created through analyzing county health rankings and Google search data. Some of the data to rank each state is based on how many people attempt to treat insomnia with medications.Accordingto the study, overall, in the past year, 30% of Coloradans have not got sufﬁ cient sleep each night, which is over 1.7 million adults. Based on Google search data, it was found that these insufﬁ cient sleepers have searched for sleep medication online 203,760 times over the past year. This indicated 11% of Coloradans who suffer from insomnia treat the condition with sleep medication, ranking the state’s residents as the 23rd unhealthiest sleepers in America.

When it comes to exercise, Park says it is important to take small steps towards achieving big goals. A person can take short walks and runs that will help lead up to exercise and ﬁ tness goals over a short period of time. Park said people often say they do not have time for exercise, which he stresses cannot be completely true.

To get what is considered by medical professionals as a “healthy” night’s sleep, it is recommended that adults get between seven and nine hours. Children require more at 10 to 16 hours per day with night and naptime.

When it comes to eating, Park said this is one of the biggest struggles in making lifestyle changes. When a person is used to the fast-food line every day, taking small steps to realign habits is important.

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Vermont was ranked as the nation’s unhealthiest sleep state. Pennsylvania was ranked on the opposite end of the list as the nation’s healthiest sleep state.

A constant on the heart health lists from multiple organizations is healthy eating and exercise.The AHA stresses that developing a healthy eating pattern can increase heart health. Besides eating smaller portions in general, the AHA recommends a heavy dose of vegetables and fruits every day, along with limiting sweetened drinks, alcohol and sodium.Avoiding trans-fat is also recommended.When it comes to his patients, Park said diet is a constant discussion for patients suffering from heart disease and having other issues.The second continuous discussion is exercise. According to the AHA, adults should get a weekly total of at least 150 minutes of moderate aerobic activity or 75 minutes of vigorous aerobic activity.

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“We are on the go and eating out a lot more,” he said. “That also translates to not having enough time for exercise and we are not getting enough sleep.” Sleep a newer key factor

Park said one of the common struggles between patient and doctor is getting on a realistic plan both can live“Aswith.aphysician, in general, you can tell your patients to do something but it comes down to if they will listen.”

“Everyone has some time somewhere,” he said. “I waste plenty of time when I think about it.”

Every year, the AHA updates what is known as Life’s Essential 8, which are key measures for improving and maintaining heart health. Making the 2022 list for the ﬁ rst time is sleep, which Park said should be considered as Americans grow more tired.

“It is hard to just tell someone to stop doing something they have formed a habit to,” he said. “Instead of just stopping, I encourage people to just start cutting back, taking less.”

Nutrition Examination Survey of more than 55,000 U.S. adults over the age of 20 from 1999 to 2018. The data revealed that many Americans meet at least one of the ﬁ ve identiﬁ ed risk factors, leading to potential risk for heart attack or heart failure, stroke or other associated complications such as Type 2 diabetes.Dr. Jeffrey Park, a cardiologist with Aurora Denver Cardiology at The Medical Center of Aurora, said the study results are eye-opening.“Americain general has been experiencing a decline in optimal heart health for some time,” Park said. “It may be surprising but it is also a matter of what we know now compared to what we knew from the past. We learn more as these risk factors are included in the equation.”

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A marathon, not a sprint Park said a common disconnect between doctor and patient is people thinking they have to change lifestyle and everything they are eating and doing all at once.

Park said this mentality leads to failure because a person cannot make lifestyle changes in only a day.

The result of a lack of sleep is not just tired people, it is now being associated with poor hearth health. According to AHA, poor sleep can put a person at higher risk for:

• Having a stronger immune system•Improving mood and energy

Instead, Park said people should listen to their doctors and start implementing the recommendations slowly.

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Geva said other students worry differently. These are the students who may not have had a bad year last year but worry about the unknown, stressing about what could happen and thinking the“Itworst.isnot uncommon to have a student have more anxiety by creating things that could go wrong and really thinking the worst in their minds,” Geva said. For these students, Geva said it’s important to communicate with children and talk them through the created anxiety. Emphasize that the horrible things they are imagining in their minds are likely never going to become reality. These days, students are worried about grades and meeting expectations. They worry about doing well in athletics and participating in various programs. As pressures mount, Geva said a student can stay stressed out and anxious throughout the school year.

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“It is important in that child/parent relationship to establish a routine,” she said. “Make it a habit to keep hanging out and doing things together. Do not get into a habit of only talking to them when there is a problem.”

Having relationships with other parents is beneﬁcial, Geva said, because children often leave out details about the day. Having other parents talking and telling each other what is going on can help in keeping tabs on the daily activities of the class.

A child’s gender is also a factor in how much parents should be checking in with their children.

Geva said as students are getting more adjusted to the school year, parents can help stave off some anxiety by talking things out, stressing that something that happened during fall or winter break last year may not happen again this year. A bad grade from a class last year doesn’t mean it will happen again this year.

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Geva said throughout the year, parents should often work toward doing mental health check-ins with both elementary and high-school level children. Working on time management skills and helping to manage required down time can also help relieve pressure and anxiety students feel today.

As the school year continues, Geva said parents should also promote structured schedules, regular bedtimes and push for good hygiene and eating habits.Through communication, reasonable expectations and check-ins, Geva said stress and anxiety cannot be completely eliminated for students, but it can be dealt with regularly. Parents can be proactiveallyear

“When you hear news, confront (your child),” Geva said. “Tell them the news you have heard from other parents.”

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By nature, Geva said girls are encouraged and naturally tend to express themselves and show emotion. “Boys are a little more tricky,” she said. “It is really a societal thing, and every age is different. It is always important to check in and ask questions regularly.”Forany child, Geva said parents should grow concerned if a child is suddenly displaying different character traits or having abrupt changes in mood.Having an established relationship will help parents identify and react when children are struggling.

When it comes to grades and expectations, Geva said parents should keep up with children and have set standards and expectations. However, she recommended only checking grades sporadically to keep tabs on a student rather than“Childrendaily. really do want independence,” Geva said. “But for parents, checking grades sporadically, doing routine check-ins with teachers and keeping in touch with other parents can keep you informed about your child.”

Geva said parents can create down time by encouraging a child to just go to the grocery store for a bit, go for a calm, relaxing walk or even stress the importance of play time. “It’s important to do activities that have no real objectives,” Geva said. “Helping to give the child a connection and letting them know they are OK.” While managing activities and time for elementary students is easier, Geva said overseeing how much high schoolers are relaxing and destressing can be more of a challenge.Gevasaid regular communication and encouragement is important for teenagers. For parents, cutting a child a break is also important, Geva said. “If a child is really wanting to shift, change or quit an activity – listen to them,” Geva said. “Allow them to adjust to do what is really best for them.”

It is common when a new school year rolls around for students to be anxious and nervous, but experts agree that stress and worry can continue as the ﬁrst days turn into weeks andDr.months.AnatGeva, a clinical psychologist with the HealthONE Behavioral Health & Wellness Center, said the beginning of a school year can come with a variety of nerves.Some students may be worried that bad things from the previous year will happen again this year.

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It may not be widely known that women face unique risk factors for stroke throughout their lifetime. Things like pregnancy, preeclampsia and chronic stress can increase the risk for high blood pressure, a leading cause of Cardiovascularstroke.disease, including stroke, is the leading cause of death among women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and 1 in 5 women will have a stroke. However, a large majority of strokes can be prevented.Caringfor yourself by understanding your risk factors can help reduce your risk for stroke and provide a better quality of life. Start managing your stroke risk with these tips from the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association: Monitor Your Blood Pressure

• Arm weakness – Is one arm weak or numb? Ask the person to raise both arms. Does one arm drift downward?

Take Care of Your Mental Health Some stress is unavoidable but constant stress is not healthy. Chronic or constant stress may lead to high blood pressure and other unhealthy behavior choices, which can increase risk for stroke. Based on ﬁndings in a Stress in America 2020 survey conducted by the American Psychological Association, the top sources of stress are money, work, family responsibilities and health concerns. Managing your stress and blood pressure can improve your overall health and well-being. Reclaim control of your schedule and build in time to invest in your health. Find 10 minutes every day to do something for you, like listening to music, meditating or going for a walk Plan for Pregnancy

The ﬁrst step you can take in reducing your risk for stroke is knowing your blood pressure and keeping it in a healthy range. High blood pressure is the No. 1 preventable cause of stroke, according to the American Heart Association.

The best way to know your blood pressure is to have it measured at least once per year by a health care professional and regularly monitor it at home then discuss the numbers with a doctor. For most people, a normal blood pressure should be 120/80 mm HG or less. In addition to properly monitoring blood pressure, maintaining a healthy weight, being physically active, eating healthfully and reducing or eliminating alcohol and tobacco usage can help control blood pressure. If you do develop high blood pressure, work with a health care professional on a plan to help manage it.

• Speech difﬁculty – Is speech slurred? Is the person unable to speak or hard to understand? Ask the person to repeat a simple sentence like “The sky is blue.”

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Learn the Warning Signs A stroke can happen to anyone at any point in life. Immediate treatment may help minimize the long-term effects of a stroke and even prevent death. Learn how to spot a stroke F.A.S.T:

In the United States, high blood pressure during pregnancy is becoming more common, according to the CDC, and medical conditions including preeclampsia, gestational diabetes and blood clots during pregnancy all increase stroke risk during and immediately following a pregnancy.Managing conditions like high blood pressure before getting pregnant helps keep you and your baby healthy during pregnancy and beyond. In addition, your health during and immediately after a pregnancy can shape the lifelong health of you and your child. If you’re planning to become pregnant or are currently pregnant, it’s important to regularly monitor your blood pressure.

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• Face drooping – Does one side of the face droop or is it numb? Ask the person to smile. Is the person’s smile uneven?

• Time to call 911 – If someone shows any of these symptoms, even if the symptoms go away, call 911 and get to a hospital immediately. Check the time so you’ll know when the ﬁrst symptoms appeared. Talk to your doctor about ways to improve your well-being and help prevent stroke. Find more wellness tips at stroke.org.

Abramczyk-Thill said a statistic that may surprise parents is the head injuries associated with sledding. Whether it’s a small hill in the neighborhood or a day trip to the mountains, she said sleds move at a quick speed and crashes often cause head injuries.

Arm, leg and head injuries are often associated with the ice. Abramczyk-Thill said whether it is a child, teenager or adult, during the winter ice causes a wide variety of Abramczyk-Thillinjuries. said it is important to clear driveways, sidewalks and areas where children are most active during the winter. It is also important to teach safety to children when ice is present, meaning not walking and playing on it. Spring and summer In school, spring sports brings baseball, track and ﬁeld and softball, which comes with more head injuries, especially when an athlete is hit by a line drive.The warmer months also bring more outdoor activities, including riding ATVs, Abramczyk-ThillAbramczyk-Thillsaid.said a variety of ages ride ATVs and there are usually lax rules with wearing helmets and rules for passengers.Seeing ATV injuries from a passenger falling without a helmet is common, Abramczyk-Thill.

• Rear-facing seats from birth until ages 2 to 4, depending on weight and state law.

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“There are some common myths out there,” she said. “One of those being that they will show symptoms right away. Signs and symptoms can be delayed.”

Abramczyk-Thill said concussions are a common theme throughout the year, and doctors see a lot during the winter months.While they see some sports injuries with falls and hits for indoor sports such as basketball and wrestling, the bulk of injuries can come form outside play.

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Year-round injuries In what is a year-round struggle for doctors, Abramczyk-Thill said hospitals often see children who were in the wrong car seat or not in one at all.

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Because of the variety of symptoms someone with a concussion might show, Abramczyk-Thill said it is important to know the child well and be weary of any sudden changes in the following:

Abramczyk-Thill said all of these signs can come over days, not immediately after a head injury. According to the Centers for Disease Control, other symptoms of a concussion include:

Abramczyk-Thill said which seat a child is sitting in should never about their age. It should always be about their size.

• Appears dazed and stunned • Moves clumsily • Answers questions slowly • Loses consciousness • Nausea or vomiting • Bothered by light or noise Winter injuries

Because of how hard a person can hit the ground in a crash, Abramczyk-Thill recommends requiring children to wear helmets while sledding. It has become more common in riding bikes, scooters and other equipment, and AbramczykThill said sledding should be added to the“Alist.lot of us grew up without wearing a helmet and, especially for something like sledding, we may not even think about it,” Abramczyk-Thill said. “It’s just important to protect your brain because you only have one.”

• Booster seat should be used once a child outgrows a forward-facing car seat and kept until a child ﬁts safely on a seat with knees over the edge.

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• Are they sad or depressed suddenly?

• Are they getting confused easily and showing cognitive issues?

The CDC reported that when it comes to car crashes, a large number of child deaths and injuries are due to improper restraints. In 2019, more than 600 children 12 and younger died in motor vehicle crashes, and more than 91,000 were injured. Of the children 12 and younger who died in a crash (for whom restraint use was known), 38% were not buckled up. Parents and caregivers can make a lifesaving difference by checking whether their children are properly buckled on every trip.

• Forward-facing car seat is not to be used for children until age 5, depending on weight and state law.

hether they are in elementary, high school or college, children and teenagers are always susceptible to getting hurt, so much so that injury designations are split by season in many hospitals. Amanda Abramczyk-Thill, the injury prevention education outreach coordinator at Children’s Hospital Colorado, said children and teens are always active and injuries come with the territory. From bumps and bruises from a simple bicycle crash to the more serious injuries related to a head bump –Abramczyk-Thill said parents should be constantly in tune with how their children are feeling and acting. Fall injuries In the fall, Abramczyk-Thill said it’s the start of the new school year and sports programs are getting back on track. Kids are playing at recess and the weather is still good enough for bike, scooter and evening activities. “In the fall, (hospitals/doctors) see an uptick in a variety of falls,” she said. “More kids are playing on the playgrounds at recess and sports gets going.”When it comes to elementary-school children, Abramczyk-Thill said the falls on the playground are not usually due to the equipment itself. Instead, it usually comes down to how it is being used. “You have cases where a child may be using equipment that is not quite for their age or size,” she said. “Or, you have cases where the children are using the equipment improperly and that leads to injury.”With playground equipment, besides the traditional scrapes and bruises, Abramczyk-Thill said hospitals see more arm and leg injuries. In sports, Abramczyk-Thill said there are a variety of injuries from everything from football and cheerleading to soccer. In recent years, hockey has also grown in Inpopularity.sports,Abramczyk-Thill said it might be surprising to learn that besides concussions, a common injury doctors see is to the Abramczyk-Thilleye. said in any sport, parents might consider getting protective eye gear for athletes in all sports. This should become as common as the helmet and mouth guards, she added. Learn the signs Because concussions receive the most media attention and are one of the injuries coaches and parents are more vigilant about, it is important to understand the signs and symptoms, especially the subtle ones no one expects.

CDC recommendations include:

• Mood – Are they more irritable and irrational?

Abramczyk-Thill explained that if a child is not big enough to be sitting in a seat with just a seatbelt, their knees do not quite reach properly over the edge of the seat. In the event of a crash, their bodies tend to slip under the seatbelt restraints and serious injuries can happen.

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Whether you’re rarely sick or have conditions that require frequent visits to the doctor, having a trusted and skilled health care provider is an important step in protecting your health. Any number of reasons can result in needing to ﬁnd a new doctor, such as moving to a new community, changes to your insurance, your old doctor retiring or needing a specialist.These suggestions from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) can help you be more efﬁcient and thorough as you look for a doctor who is right for you.

To find a doctor who takes your insurance, call your insurance company and ask for a list of doctors near you who are in-network or use the insurance company’s website to search for a doctor. It’s also a good idea to call the doctor’s office and ask for confirmation they take your plan. You should have your insurance, Medicare or Medicaid card handy in case the office needs your plan details.

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Talk to people you know about whether they have a provider they like. If you’re looking for a new provider because of a move or retirement, ask your current doctor for a recommendation. If you need to make a change with your primary care doctor but see specialists or other medical professionals you like and trust, you can also request referrals from them.

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Take a Deeper Look Online research can tell you a great deal about potential doctors, from biographical information and credentials to ratings by former patients.When searching for a new provider, another important area to consider is financial relationships. One resource patients can consider is Open Payments, a national disclosure program within CMS that provides visibility into financial relationships between drug and medical device companies and physicians, and teaching hospitals. The government requires pharmaceutical companies, device manufacturers and group purchasing organizations to report funds they give health care providers in the form of meals, entertainment, travel, gifts, consulting fees, research payments and more, promoting transparency and helping uncover potential conflicts of interest. It’s important to know most health care providers receive payments. Just because financial ties are reported does not mean anyone has done anything wrong. However, patients can use the information to talk with their provider about why they recommend certain medications or treatments, including asking about generic options, which are equally as effective as name brands but typ-

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ically less expensive. It’s also an opportunity to start a discussion with a provider about areas of professional interest and expertise based on research or consulting.

Listen to Your Gut If you’re undecided, request an introductory appointment with a provider you’re considering. Look for a clinic where you are treated with respect and the medical team listens to your opinions and concerns. You should feel comfortable asking questions, and the doctor needs to be able to explain things in ways you understand. Find more resources for your health care needs at cms.gov.

Some of the providers you consider may not be viable options for simple reasons, like their practice isn’t currently taking new patients or they don’t have ofﬁce hours matching your schedule. You can also consider questions such as hospital afﬁliations and whether other providers can help if you need emergency care and your doctor isn’t available.

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SERVINGS: 4 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 small onion, chopped 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, plus additional, to taste, divided 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice 1 cup Israeli pearl couscous 3/4 teaspoon ground turmeric 1 1/2 cups water 1 can (15 ounces) no-salt-added chickpeas, 1drainedcupred California grapes, halved 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro or freshlyparsleyground black pepper, to 4tastecups lightly packed baby arugula lemon wedges In large saucepan over medium heat, heat oil. Add onion, cumin, 1/2 teaspoon salt and allspice; cook, stirring, until onion is softened, about 3 minutes. Add couscous and stir 1 minute to toast lightly. Add turmeric and water; bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer until couscous is tender, about 15 minutes. Stir chickpeas, grapes and cilantro into couscous then season with salt and pepper, to taste. Transfer couscous-grape mixture to large bowl, add arugula and toss well. Serve warm or at room temperature with lemon wedges. Nutritional information per serving: 370 calories; 12 g protein; 61 g carbohydrates; 9 g fat (17% calories from fat); 1 g saturated fat (2% calories from saturated fat); 0 mg cholesterol; 160 mg sodium; 8 g ﬁber.

PREP TIME: 20 minutes COOK TIME: 10 minutes SERVINGS: 4 1 frozen cauliﬂower pizza crust (11 ounces) 1 tablespoon, plus 4 teaspoons, extra-virgin olive oil, divided 2 medium carrots, peeled and trimmed 1 medium fennel bulb, quartered and trimmed 1 medium yellow bell pepper, halved and 1/2trimmedmedium red onion 16 black California grapes, halved 1 cup canned or cooked chickpeas, drained and rinsed, divided 2 tablespoons ﬁnely chopped fresh parsley 2 tablespoons pesto salt, to taste freshly ground black pepper, to taste 1 ounce fresh goat cheese, crumbled Heat oven to 400 F. Place frozen crust on large, parchment-lined baking sheet and brush top lightly with 2 teaspoons olive oil. Bake until crust is lightly golden, about 10 minutes. Transfer to cutting board and cut into quarters.

Brush ﬁllets lightly with 1 tablespoon olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper, to taste. Pour wine in pan, scatter grapes around and sprinkle pistachios and parsley on ﬁsh.

Roast salmon 7 minutes for medium-rare; 8 minutes for medium.

1/4 cup shelled, unsalted pistachios, coarsely chopped 2 tablespoons ﬁnely chopped Italian parsley 5 ounces baby spinach 1/4 red onion, thinly sliced 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar Heat oven to 400 F. Lightly oil shallow, 9-by-13inch baking dish.

If you’re like many Americans who put a priority on well-being, choosing simple yet healthy snacks and ingredients is an easy first step. For example, grapes are a popular and convenient fruit that can also be an ally in wellness, offering an abundance of health benefits that can help you get (and stay) on the right track.The next time you enjoy an outdoor adventure, pack along a healthy snack such as California grapes. They can go with you on hikes and bike rides or to the gym as a healthy and hydrating source of energy. Heart-healthy grapes also deliver beneficial antioxidants and other polyphenols and are a good source of vitamin K, which supports bone and heart health. With no need to peel, cut, core or slice, grapes are perfectly portable when you’re on the go.

Grapes and Your Skin While naturally hydrating and delivering beneﬁcial antioxidants and other polyphenols, grapes also offer more: they may help support healthy skin even when exposed to UV light. In a study conducted by the University of Alabama, subjects consuming 2 1/4 cups of grapes every day for two weeks showed increased resistance to sunburn and reduced markers of UV damage in skin cells.

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Using mandolin, peeler or large, sharp knife and cutting board, thinly slice carrots, fennel, bell pepper and onion. Transfer to mixing bowl and add grapes and 1/2 cup chickpeas. Add parsley, pesto and 1 tablespoon olive oil; toss well. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.

SERVINGS: 4 4 wild sockeye or coho salmon ﬁllets (about 5 ounces each) 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided salt, to taste freshly ground black pepper, to taste 1/3 cup dry white wine 1 cup green California grapes

Crunchy Salad Pizza on Cauliflower Crust is a simple way to get your fruits and veggies in a fun, tasty recipe. When it’s time for a filling yet nutritional dinner, Warm-Spiced Chickpeas and Couscous with Grapes and Arugula makes for an ideal vegetarian meal. Plus, this easy-to-make dish includes 8 grams of fiber to help support colon health. Grapes and seafood are a classic combination, and this Roasted Salmon and Grapes with Pistachios Over Fresh Greens is no exception. A perfect dish for family dinners or inviting guests for a meal, it offers antioxidants and other polyphenols from grapes along with healthy omega-3 fats from fish. Whatever your path to health, eating well and encouraging healthy habits can be deliciously easy with the benefits of grapes. Find more health benefits and good-for-you recipe ideas at GrapesFromCalifornia. com.

Using fork, coarsely mash remaining chickpeas and remaining oil; spread among pieces of crust. Mound grape-vegetable mixture on top. Dot with goat cheese and serve. Nutritional information per serving: 490 calories; 9 g protein; 66 g carbohydrates; 22 g fat (40% calories from fat); 4 g saturated fat (7% calories from saturated fat); 30 mg cholesterol; 380 mg sodium; 4 g ﬁber.

Nutritional information per serving: 360 calories; 31 g protein; 12 g carbohydrates; 19 g fat (48% calories from fat); 3 g saturated fat (8% calories from saturated fat); 65 mg cholesterol; 105 mg sodium; 2 g ﬁber.

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Pat ﬁsh dry and place skin side down in pan.

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As an easy, versatile ingredient that can be used in a wide variety of recipes, grapes offer delicious taste, texture and color – plus a healthy boost – that make them an appealing addition to snacks and meals. An added bonus: Grapes help support heart, brain, colon and skin health.

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In large bowl, toss spinach, onion, remaining oil and vinegar. Season with salt and pepper, to taste; toss again and divide among four plates. Place ﬁsh on top of greens. Spoon roasted grapes around ﬁsh.

FAMILY etween work, family obligations and a constantly changing world, people in the United States are stressed. In fact, U.S. workers are among the most stressed in the world, according to a State of the Global Workplace study. While some stress is unavoidable and can be good for you, constant or chronic stress can have real consequences for your mental and physical health. Chronic stress can increase your lifetime risk of heart disease and stroke. It can also lead to unhealthy habits like overeating, physical inactivity and smoking while also increasing risk factors, including high blood pressure, depression and anxiety. However, a scientiﬁc statement from the American Heart Association shows reducing stress and cultivating a positive mindset can improve health and well-being.

Understanding stress is an important step in managing and reducing it. Consider these things to know about stress and how it could affect your life:

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A positive mindset can improve overall health. Studies show a positive mindset can help you live longer, and happy individuals tend to sleep better, exercise more, eat better and not smoke. Practice positive self-talk to help you stay calm. Instead of saying, “everything is going wrong,” re-frame the situation and remind yourself “I can handle this if I take it one step at a time.”

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• Today, 1 in 3 adults in the U.S. report being worried or depressed.•Higher levels of the stress hormone cortisol are linked to increased risk of high blood pressure and cardiovascular events like heart disease and stroke.

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Having a pet may help you get more ﬁt; lower stress, blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar; and boost overall happiness and well-being. When you see, touch, hear or talk to companion animals, you may feel a sense of goodwill, joy, nurturing and happiness. At the same time, stress hormones are suppressed. Dog ownership is also associated with a lower risk of depression, according to research published by the American Heart Association.Findmore stress-management tips at Heart.org/ stress.

Stay Active Exercise is one of the easiest ways to keep your body healthy and release stress. Physical activity is linked to lower risk of diseases, stronger bones and muscles, improved mental health and cognitive function and lower risk of depression. It can also help increase energy and improve quality of sleep. The American Heart Association recommends adults get at least 150 minutes per week of moderate-intensity activity, 75 minutes of vigorous activity or a combination. Meditate Incorporate meditation and mation.abilityandtheimprovereduceshowstress.distanceminutestopracticesmindfulnessintoyourdaygiveyourselfafewtocreatesomefromdailySomestudiesmeditationcanbloodpressure,sleep,supportimmunesystemincreaseyourtoprocessinfor-

Gratitude – or thankfulness – is a powerful tool that can reduce levels of depression and anxiety and improve sleep. Start by simply writing down three things you’re grateful for each day.

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“Like all districts, (we have) been able to have some positions to help with any learning gaps that opened up in the last three years in the pandemic. An example of that is math interventionists and reading interventionists,” Dallas said. Dallas spoke of ESSER money, or the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funding from the federal government via laws such as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security — or CARES Act and the more recent American Rescue Plan Act.

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“We’ve been declining for, gosh, probably 20 years, and we’re supposed to decline continually,” Karen Quanbeck, superintendent of the Clear Creek School District just west of Jefferson County, said about student enrollment. But she’s conﬁdent her district can ﬁght the predicted decrease.

“It’s not huge shifts, but again, it’s really been buffered by the grant positions we have, which really is not sustainable — you really have to have your enrollment increase to support those positions,” Quanbeck said. Otherwise, there isn’t enough funding because grants eventually end.Seeking grant funding for teaching positions is common especially in small rural districts because of the funding issues in those areas,

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Clear Creek County’s district has added grant-funded positions, and depending on the year of the pandemic, the district’s stafﬁng levels have either decreased or remained stable, Quanbeck said.

Meanwhile, the Elizabeth district’s number of teachers has also seen an uptick.Elizabeth had 126 individuals contracted as teachers as of May 2020 data, and it now has 133 teachers on contact, according to the district. The district’s number of teachers was relatively stable in the few years before 2020, according to Shuman. Despite headlines about teacher where school districts have brought on new teachers with pandemic assistance-related funding.

As several school districts around the immediate Denver area have lost large numbers of students during the coronavirus pandemic, some districts — including ones in rural places and the outskirts of the Denver metro area — are seeing a different trend.

“Not only do we have that challenge competing with the large districts that neighbor us, but the pool of candidates that are available in the teaching profession is lower than it has been in the past. So we’ve got the double whammy,” said Kin Shuman, director of human resources for Elizabeth School District.School districts also face challenges in ﬁlling the other positions that keep schools running, including outside the classroom.

Anecdotally, the Clear Creek County district is seeing growth in younger grade levels, Quanbeck said.

“In fact, for the ﬁrst time in a long time in Idaho Springs, our preschools are full, and we had to split a typically one-kindergartenclassroom grade level into two,” Quanbeck said.

as of February 2020, according to the district. As of the most recent count, the number was 701, the district said.

On the other hand, rural districts must compete against larger school districts in the metro area in terms of the salary they can pay teachers.

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Teacher salaries continue to be an issue in Colorado as pay falls behind national averages.

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A school district’s number of students is important because it affects how much funding the district gets, known as “per-pupil funding.” Some rural districts, such as in Clear Creek and the Elizabeth School District east of Douglas County, are beneﬁtting from housing market trends that bring in new families with children.

“We do have a significant need for more special education teachers and paraprofessionals,” said Abbe Smith, spokesperson for the Cherry Creek School District in Arapahoe County. “We have had staffing shortages in areas such as bus drivers, food and nutrition workers, and Housing weighs on student numbers Clear Creek County’s district may end up escaping the metro Denver trend of large student losses, at least in part because of housing trends caused by the pandemic. Before the virus affected the market, families were aging in Clear Creek County and not being replaced in their homes by families with kids, Quanbeck said. When workplaces decided employees didn’t have to be in the office amid the pandemic, some people had more flexibility in where they were going to live and drove up suburban home prices. Some people found they needed more space as families stayed in during the pandemic’s early days. “There are interesting forces at play that no one could have predicted: that inspiration for our families who raised their kids to maybe sell their houses because they can get so much money for them,” Quanbeck said.She added: “Both Floyd Hill and Idaho Springs are good examples of the housing prices just astronomically increasing, and that just causing houses to sell and then be purchased by different folks, and we just love it when they have kids.”

The trend is similar in the rural Elizabeth district in Elbert County, where large developments have enabled the student count to increase over the last two to three years, Shuman said. In the 2019-20 school year, the Elizabeth district counted 2,373 students. As of Aug. 22 this year, the district’s unofﬁcial count was 2,511 students.“Ithink it’s fair to say the assumption right now is the cost of housing increase in Elizabeth, like many other fringe areas to larger cities, hasn’t quite kept the rate of change as Denver proper and as a result has been more enticing to families who (can’t afford) Denver,” said Bill Dallas, Elizabeth’s acting interim superintendent. Outside funding for teachers

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In Mapleton, there are no “neighborhood schools,” the district’s website says. Instead of automatically enrolling students in their neighborhood’s school, the district allows them to select a school “based on the learning style, interests, and passions” of the child, the site says.

The former “Golddigger” property saw plans to feature some “workforce housing,” where at least some of the units are below market rate, and some are available to the district’s educators, Quanbeck said. “I just am glad I’ll be able to help teachers with housing because when they drive through two or three other districts where they can make $5,000 to $10,000 more” it can be difficult to work in Clear Creek, Quanbeck said. Many teachers live outside the county and commute, sheInsaid.theDouglas County School District in the south Denver metro area, officials are considering larger pay increases to incentivize more teachers to remain in the district. The district will ask voters for a “mill levy override” — a tax increase — in November, an effort that will be “100% dedicated to increasing teacher and staff pay,” said Erin Kane, the district’s superintendent. “We really are doing everything we can to make sure we’re paying our teachers as competitively as possible,” Kane said. The move comes as other Denverarea districts have approved or are considering raises for teachers or other staff. Douglas County’s proposed pay increase would give teachers up to a 9% increase in pay, according to Kane. Douglas County had 3,662 teachers as of February 2020 and has 3,522 teachers as of late August this year, according to the district. It’s a decrease that Kane said was not a significant drop. Douglas County’s teacher count tracks with its student count, Kane said. Looking ahead, Douglas County district officials are working on programming at the high school level to help develop future teachers who can stay in the county, Kane said. “We’re working through what it’s going to look like, but it’s a teacher academy in the hope that our kids can get a college credit toward a teaching degree and hopefully come back and teach in Douglas County,” Kane said.

teachers and paraprofessionals more dire,” said Smith, the Cherry Creek spokesperson. “We are able to support all classrooms and needs right now, but we are also still seeking to hire more staff in this area.” For this school year, the Cherry Creek district gave all teachers a salary increase via movement in “steps and lanes” and with a 3% raise, SmithTraditionally,said. teachers have been paid on “step and lane” salary schedules where teachers earn raises for each additional year of experience, or “steps,” and can move to higher “lanes” by earning additional education credits and degrees, according to the National Council on Teacher Quality. Smith added: “Certainly, we believe housing costs in the Denver metro area are part of the driving force behind the teacher shortage in Colorado.”InClearCreek County, which doesn’t include much ﬂat land where homes can be built, the district recently sold Golddigger ﬁeld and other pieces of land it considered “excess property,” Quanbeck said. At least part of the change was a move to support local teachers’ ability to live close to where they work in Clear Creek.

“Families are invited to consider everything from location and grades offered to school model and programs when choosing a school in Mapleton, which I think is very attractive to new and returning families,” Melissa Johnson, a Mapleton spokesperson, told Colorado Community Media.

Cherry Creek district in Arapahoe County counted 56,172 students in the 2019-20 school year and 53,558 in 2021-22, according to state data. The district didn’t respond by press time regarding how many students it currently has.

Not just a teacher shortage While the oft-discussed teacher shortage looks different in different places, Elizabeth’s leader noted that teaching positions aren’t the only ones with a spotlight on them. “The reality is we are all impacted by this teacher shortage, and it isn’t just teachers — it’s paraprofessionals, it’s bus drivers, it’s cooks, it’s everything,” Dallas said. Cherry Creek — a district that includes much of Centennial, south Aurora and nearby suburbs — said in a statement it is “fortunate in that we have not seen a signiﬁcant decline in teachers” since the pandemicCherrybegan.Creek had 3,405 teachers in the 2019-20 school year, and it counted 3,318 teachers in the 2021-22 year, according to the state’s data online.“The pandemic deﬁnitely made the shortage of special education

Choice a factor in Adams district In the rural Elizabeth district in Elbert County, the number of students who live in Elizabeth but go to other districts is a “wash” compared with the number of out-of-district kids choosing to attend school in the Elizabeth district, Shuman said — the two numbers have been generally close enough that they don’t make much of a difference.

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But Mapleton Public Schools, a district of roughly 9,000 students just north of Denver in Adams County, every year attracts thousands of families who cross district boundaries to send their kids to schools there, the news outlet Chalkbeat reported in 2021. Their choices have helped keep up Mapleton’s enrollment during a time when most other metro area districts are losing students, Chalkbeat reported.

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Douglas County counted 67,305 students in the 2019-20 school year, according to state data. The district’s count was 63,249 as of late August this year, according to numbers provided by the district. The drop in enrollment came as districts across the state saw similar trends, according to Kane. “A lot of kids (were) moving into home schooling,” she said. The district generally can’t track all the students who went into home schooling, she added.“Welost a lot of kids due to not having some of the schools open ﬁve days a week” during the early part of the pandemic, Kane said. Part of Douglas County’s decrease in enrollment was due to a unique drop in students from HOPE Online closing its elementary operations, which accounted for a decrease in about 1,400 students, according to Kane.HOPE Online was authorized by Douglas County, but they had students across the state who were factored into Douglas County’s student count, Kane said. But ofﬁcials anticipate some growth in both the student count and teacher count over the next few years as Douglas County housing development continues.

The older parts of school districts in the south metro area can contribute to falling student enrollment, but at the same time, newer neighborhoods in other parts of the same districts can provide new students.

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Quanbeck added. At least in Clear Creek County, the challenges of teaching during the pandemic don’t appear to have deterred teachers from sticking around.“Weare not seeing people leave the profession because they are exhausted, frustrated, burnt out. I thought we would, but we didn’t. People came back,” Quanbeck said. Clear Creek County’s district had 42 teachers as of February 2020, and it had 47 teachers as of the most recent count, according to the district.

Fueling growth in the Cherry Creek district’s east side, new homes were still being built in the east Centennial and far-southeast Aurora areas, but enrollment had been dropping in the district’s west side and other pockets even before theLikewise,pandemic.some Douglas County areas see “tremendous growth” where young families are moving in. But on the other hand, there are areas like in Highlands Ranch where young families moved in 20 to 25 years ago and never left, meaning today’s young kids are not replacing the ones that grew up there before, KaneMeanwhile,said. the two major drivers of falling enrollment in Denver are declining birth rates and rising home prices that push families out of the city and prevent new ones from moving in, the news outlet Chalkbeat wrote in 2021 about the Denver Public Schools district. “In the few years before 2020, we were pretty ﬂat,” Kane said of Douglas County. “Our enrollment’s been ﬂat for a while because we have areas of our district (that have) been growing and areas of our district that have been aging out.”

For those who live within Mapleton’s boundaries, the district provides transportation to their school of choice if they live a mile or more from that school, according to the website.“Aswe are just starting our second week of school, our current teacher, employee and student counts are still a bit dynamic. In general, though, we are seeing stable growth in all areas and can report a similar stable, slightly upward trend over the last few years,” Johnson said in late August.

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Legacy’s Tate Hansen, left, and Arapahoe’s Andrew Chalmers chase after the ball.

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Grandview tops Chaparral in girls volleyball Chaparral sophomore Kai Kofoed (21) had 10 kills to lead the Wolverines in a 3-2 loss to top-ranked Grandview on Aug. 30. PHOTO BY JIM BENTON Wolverines nearly take win against No. 1 team VOLLEYBALL, P31

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Chaparral, the thirdranked Colorado Class 5A girls volleyball team, faced its biggest test of the young season on Aug. 30. The Wolverines almost passed the test but topranked Grandview captured the decisive fifth set to collect a 3-2 Grandview,victory.coached by former Ponderosa mentor Rob Graham, won the first two sets against Chap, 25-18 andThe25-15.young Chap team, with Makenzie Branden and Kailea Trinque the only two seniors on the team, came back to take the third and fourth sets, 25-20 and 25-16. In the fifth set, Grandview finished strong and won 15-8.Grandview, paced by the play of Emerson Deferme and Gabriella Placide, led all the way in the initial set and won six of the final seven points. The Wolves came on late in the second set to pull out another win but Chap dominated in the third set and finished strong in the fourth to force the fifth set. In the fifth set Chap could not get close toward the end of the 15-point set and the Wolves stretched their winning streak over Chaparral to five games. Chap, however,holds a 14-12 edge in the matches between the two perennial strong volleyballDeferme,schools.a junior, had 17 kills and eight blocks for Grandview in the match. Senior Placide had 12 kills, Brenna Kelly was credited with 17 digs, Keona Bui had nine total blocks and Evelyn Klumker finished with 36 assists.

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Coach Amanda West’s Wolverines were 3-1 heading into the 16team Chaparral Showcase tournament, which will be held Sept. 2-3 at the Gold Crown Foundation in Lakewood.Chapwill play Cherokee Trail in its ﬁrst tourney match while Grandview is also in the tournament and will play Denver South in the ﬁrst round.

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Sophomore Kai Kofoed played well on the front line for the Wolverines and wound up with 10 kills. Junior Aliah Snider had 13 digs, 15 assists and two aces in an all-around performance while junior Ella Vogel had 23 digs for Chap and Brandon was in on seven blocks.Grandview, last season’s 5A state runners-up, defeated Chap 3-2 in the third round of the 2021 state tournament and improved its record to 2-0 this season.

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PHOTOS BY JIM BENTON Junior Ella Vogel (8) talks with Chaparral coach Amanda West during a break in the action of the Grandview-Chaparral match on Aug. 30. Top-seeded Grandview edged No. 3 Chap, 3-2.

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Denver startup provides opportunity for organic farmers

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Michael Moss is the owner and lead farmer for Kilt Farm. Through a new partnership, his organic produce can reach consumers across the Denver metro area.

“They don’t become farmers so they can spend time in an ofﬁce and spend a ton of time packaging and spend a ton of time marketing, you know? All of that taking away from the actual work that needs done in the ﬁeld,” Mihon said.

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But farmers’ markets come with challenges, too. For one, the time and energy to travel and set up at the market is time and energy spent away from the farm. Secondly, hours and location are most often controlled by the market, not the individual vendors.

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Pinemelon is the sister company to the online grocery store Arbuz, based in Kazakhstan. Currently, the only location in the United States is in Denver. Its 30,000-square-foot warehouse contains pantry staples and local produce and meat that it can deliver to anyone in a half-anhourChristinradius.Mihon, co-owner of Tasty Acres Colorado, said that before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, her family’s farm made the biggest profit by selling to restaurants. But when the pandemic hit and restaurants shut down, Mihon was in a difficult spot financially. Now in partnership with Pinemelon, Mihon said she could sell her produce directly to them without having to take on administrative“Thatduties.really frees us up to work on growing the food and build our food systems without getting lost in the administration,” Mihon said. She also explained the real reason why she and her husband became farmers was to focus on the food.

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Local farmers can have many different revenue streams, but they’re not all created equal. Some farmers may wholesale their produce to grocery stores or, perhaps they’ll sell directly to restaurants. But according to two local farmers who recently spoke with Rocky Mountain PBS, the real money is in farmers’ markets. Some studies show that farmers make “40%-70% more for their products at the market than selling them through wholesale outlets.”

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A new start-up called Pinemelon, launched in April of this year, offers a chance for participating farmers to extend their reach to customers by cutting out the middlemen.

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Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0081

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§38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of 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

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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 54, BLOCK 1, COMPARK FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 8351 Dove Ridge Way, Parker, CO 80134-8889NOTICEOF SALE

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: AMY K HUNT Colorado Registration #: 37160 450 EAST 17TH AVENUE, SUITE 210, DENVER, COLORADO 80203 Phone #: (303) 592-4500 Fax Attorney#: File #: RIPPLE 8351 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 2, 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: 9/8/2022 Last Publication: 10/6/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 7/15/2022 DAVID DOUGLASGILLCOUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ANNA ColoradoJOHNSTONRegistration #: 51978 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 350-3711 Fax Attorney#: File #: 00000009544206

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// Publisher:LastFirstLegalwww.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/NoticeNo.2022-0108Publication:9/8/2022Publication:10/6/2022DouglasCountyNewsPress

Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0108

Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 7/5/2022

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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.

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.

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

Phone #: (303) 706-9990

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

Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0082

NOTICE OF SALE

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https://

Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0107

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 12, BLOCK 3, REATA NORTH FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

DAVID DOUGLASGILLCOUNTY

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To Whom It May Concern: On 7/5/2022 8:44:00 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: SAMUEL O. LA DUE AND SHERON H. LA DUE Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN FINANCING CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 22-027931

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Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0079

To Whom It May Concern: On 7/14/2022 4:52:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: BRANDON C GONZALES AND CATARINA M GONZALES Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LOANPAL, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: AMERIHOME MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 4/10/2020 Recording Date of DOT: 4/23/2020 Reception No. of DOT: 2020032527 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: Outstanding$474,000.00 Principal Amount as of the date hereof: Pursuant$472,371.17toC.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of Legaltrust.Description of Real Property: LOT 10, BLOCK 10, ROCKINGHORSE SUBDI VISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 23669 E Swallow Cir, Aurora, CO 80016 NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE OF SALE

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.

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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 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-22-938007-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 PUBLIC

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: N. APRIL NORTON Colorado Registration #: 34861 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 22-027661 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. Publisher:LastFirstLegaldouglas.co.us/publictrustee/NoticeNo.2022-0079Publication:8/11/2022Publication:9/8/2022DouglasCountyNews

DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// Publisher:LastFirstLegalwww.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/NoticeNo.2022-0107Publication:9/8/2022Publication:10/6/2022DouglasCountyNewsPress

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Which has the address of: 22303 E Idyllwilde Dr, Parker, CO 80138

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.

PUBLIC NOTICEParkerNOTICEOFSALE

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

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 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

§38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Borrower’s failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of 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

To Whom It May Concern: On 7/14/2022 3:29:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: RIPPLE PROJECT 8351 DOVE RIDGE WAY, LLC, A COLORADO LIMITED LI ABILITY COMPANY Original Beneficiary: WEINBERG SERVICING, CurrentLLC Holder of Evidence of Debt: WEINBERG SERVICING, LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/26/2019 Recording Date of DOT: 2/27/2019 Reception No. of DOT: 2019009972 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: Outstanding$485,000.00 Principal Amount as of the date hereof: Pursuant$305,000.00toC.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.

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 Public Trustee

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 26, 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: 9/1/2022 Last Publication: 9/29/2022

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 9/27/2018 Recording Date of DOT: 10/4/2018 Reception No. of DOT: 2018061035 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: Outstanding$520,000.00 Principal Amount as of the date hereof: Pursuant$504,829.08toC.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.

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: Pursuant$242,980.18toC.R.S.

The Board of Douglas County Comm issioners of the County of Douglas, Colorado, By: Janet Herman, P.E., Director of Public Works. Legal Notice No.942715 First Publication: September 8, 2022 Second Publication: September 15, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Account Number: 2734 Misc. Private Legals Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, STATE OF CONSOLIDATEDCOLORADONOTICEOFPUBLICATION

Silvia Soﬁa Torres Rodriguez’s “Royal Canal” photo (left) and “Canal 1” photo (right) from her time in Amsterdam will be on display through Sept. 22 at the Arapahoe Community College Colorado Gallery of the Arts. COURTESY PHOTO

Moss said for a long time, people asked to have his produce brought to locations like Aurora, Denver and Englewood, which he had to decline due to distance. But now, this partnership allows him to extend his impact.

Another mobile displays a collection of picture postcards, each one with a memory for that particular traveler — and probably for many other gallery visitors. Trish Sangelo said that people are already beginning to sign up for the next ACC Study Abroad: May 27 to June 7, 2024, to Lisbon, Seville, Madrid and Barcelona. Contact her for S.Artsgalleries.hoe.edu/campus-community/art-trishsangelo@arapahoe.edu.information:Thegallerywebpageisarapa-ColoradoGalleryoftheisattheACCCampusat5900SantaFeDrive,Littleton.

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Andrea K. Truett CLERK OF THE COURT 4000 JUSTICE WAY CASTLE ROCK, CO 80109 by Margaret Corbetta, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 942724 First Publication: September 8, 2022 Last Publication: September 8, 2022

Michael Moss is the owner and lead farmer for Kilt Farm, another farm that works with Pinemelon. Located in Longmont, Kilt Farm is an 80-acre regenerative, organic farm that supports a 250-family CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program.

Failure on the part of claimant to file such state ment prior to such final settlement will relieve said County of Douglas from all and any liability for such claimant's claim.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT IN THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS FILED IN THIS COURT UNDER THE “UNIFORM DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE” AND “UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION” ACTS, due diligence has been used to obtain personal service within the State of Colorado and further efforts would be to no avail: therefore, publication has been ordered: NUMBER: NAME: TYPE OF ACTION Case No. 2020DR00495 Derek Michael Donohue v Terri Lynn Donohue Registration of Foreign Decree A copy of the Petition and Summons may be obtained from the Clerk of the above Court dur ing regular business hours (7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) and that failure to respond to this service by publication within thirty-five (35) days of the publication date may result in a default judgment against the non-appearing party.

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Tasty Acres is a no-till farm in Lakewood.

This story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonproﬁt public broadcaster providing community stories across Colorado over the air and online. Used by permission. For more, and to support Rocky Mountain PBS, visit rmpbs.org.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on October 8, 2022 final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and SMH West LLC for the FP-B1 Baldwin Dam Conver sion Project, Douglas County Project Number SP 2021-002, in Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said SMH West LLC, for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said October 8, 2022, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Board of County Commissioners, c/o Director of Public Works Engineering, with a copy to the Project Engineer, Zachary Humbles, P.E., Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104.

“We feel it is our duty to help these farmers get this food into the mouths of people,” Gengel said.

Public Notices 2022 organic-practicing, regenerative farm, which grows an assortment of lettuces, baby root veggies, radishes and tomatoes. They are also a no-till farm, meaning they do not plow their ﬁelds with power tools. This method can increase the nutrients in the farm’s soil. Mihon described her farm as being cared for on a “human-scale,” meaning there is no mass production done that she and her husband can’t complete by hand.John Gengel, the director of merchandising at Pinemelon, said their priority is to work with smaller farmers that are passionate about regenerative or organic farming practices.

“You know I have a 19-month-old son, and he’s eating my food,” said Moss. “And I’m seeing kids grow up eating my food, and that really gives me a lot of hope.”

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COURTESY OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM Art, Creative Writing, Humanities, Photography and Spanish are the participating programs that had students in Arapahoe Community College’s well-organized Study Abroad program this past summer, which carried students to a pair of legendary old European cities: Amsterdam and Berlin, led by faculty member/gallery director Trish Sangelo. The Colorado Gallery of the Arts at ACC-Littleton is hosting a handsome exhibit of art by those students, “Across the Globe, Next Stop ... Amsterdam and Berlin,” through Sept. 22. The exhibit includes works in two and three dimensions by travelers who shared their impressions in a variety of techniques: a collection of tiny bicycles hung from a metal- framed mobile, photographs of historic buildings and canals in both cities, translate the individual response of each traveler. Reflection of sunlight on water, inviting doorways, closeups of delicious-looking foods: a fat sandwich, cut in half, pastries, pizza, a platter of meats ... yum! Sunsets, of course and all sorts of street scenes. The detail-ﬁlled photo “Canal 1” by Silvia Soﬁa Torres Rodriguez shows a mix of color and business. Paula Vann’s photograph, “Ancient Stairs,” leads the imagination up and around a curving rosy brick wall — what is up there? Perhaps a cozy kitchen or sitting room.Oldbuildings tell numerous stories, with traditional Greek-motif borders along walls and around entrances, as well as statues and reliefs that tell stories about historic figures — legendary and/or local. These artists did slow down toPaintingslook. and textile art completed after a traveler’s return offered a different response, as did a handmade scrapbook, “Frozen Memories,” by Jessica Rich, that held tickets, advertisements, small maps, pictures and colorful ads and programs that gave an up-close and personal image of the trip and the traveler. To the right of the entrance is a long flag/textile hanging by Carol Emberly called “Graffiti Berlin,” with photo images printed on a gauzy, colorful fabric. It floats in a breeze created by air circulating in the gallery. She also exhibits small prints, including “Berlin Street Art.” One could almost hear the street sounds in Carson Neavy’s “Into the Sunset” photo of Berlin, with older city buildings, a dome in the background, a canal with people seated on benches chatting — and that sunset sky, reflected in the water. It’s printed on metal, according to the label. Rexi Jacquez notes next to her photos: “Berlin is covered in graffiti — from the streets themselves to the tops of the buildings. (The Berlin Wall is no exception).”

September 8, 202240 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.