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New COVID-19 restrictions will prohibit indoor dining, personal gatherings

Adams County works towards oil and gas rules

County to propose amendments in accordance with new state standards BY LIAM ADAMS LADAMS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Adams County kicked off a process to update its oil and gas regulations that will conclude with a Board of Commissioners vote in July. The county will recommend to the board a series of major text amendments, including a minimum setback distance and a water and wildlife protection plan, among others. The amendments follow new state regulations the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) approved in November. Commissioners discussed the text amendments briefly at a March 16 study session, saying they wanted to wait for a future study session to have a more robust discussion. In the coming months, the county will solicit public comments through

A natural gas well can be seen among homes in the Wadley Farms III subdivision of unincorporated Adams County. PHOTO BY STEFAN BRODSKY

remote means and in stakeholder meetings and then draft formal amendments. There will be another

ments in a public hearing.

board study session and planning commission public hearing before commissioners vote on the amend-

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More than 130,000 Adams County residents vaccinated and more on the way with new site More than 84,000 people have Newly operational Dick’s received one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, 47,000-plus have A long line of cars outside the city of Brighton’s rapid testing sitereceived at Sporting Goods Park mass both doses, according to Tri-CounRiverdale Regional Park. The site has had to close early many days in recent ty’s dashboard. With the achieveweeks due to highsite demand. Adams County’s testwhat positivity rate vaccination has goal ments 14-day so far and is to come, Health believes it can was 15.9 percent, as of Nov. 17, accordingTri-County to Tri-County Health Department. reach its goal to make vacto vaccinate thousands of positivity Brighton and Commerce City’s test rates were bothenough higher than cines available for all eligible adults 13 percent. Forty-five people in Brighton 29 in Commerce City have inand the Tri-County area by May , in people a day died from COVID-19 related health issues. To limit the spread COVID-19, accordance with a goalofPresident Joe Bidenthat set last week. indoor and BY LIAM ADAMS at least 15 counties moved to tighter restrictions prohibits When Biden announced that LADAMS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM personal gatherings. About 6.8 percent of Adams County’s population is fully vaccinated, according to a Tri-County Health Department update to the Adams County Board of Commissioners at a March 16 study session.

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goal, “We saw no reason why we shouldn’t be using the same framework,” said Dr. John Douglas, TriCounty’s executive director, the Photo by BelenatWard study session. Currently, there are 37 healthcare providers in Adams County admin-

istering vaccines, ranging from a Tri-CountyBy clinic Westminster EllisinArnold to other clinics with Clinica FamColorado Community MediaHealth ily Health and Salud Family Centers, to pharmacies and King As Denver counties continue to Soopers. Themetro Thornton Fire Departinch closer to local stay-at-home orders ment has also been inoculating community members. under Colorado’s system ofThirteen coronavirusother providers the county who related restrictions,inthe state announced have received approval to provide a new level of await rules that prohibits indoor the vaccine doses, said Sara dining and personal gatherings — Garrington, Tri-County’s emer-a changepreparedness that applies to the majority of the gency and response manager. Denver metro area and many counties in If all 50 approved providers had other regions. vaccines, the county’s total weekly The state’s COVID-19 dial, doses. which has vaccine capacity is 16,800 been in effect since September, is within the set “You have a lot of capacity of different levels,”ofGarrington restrictions that each Adams County said. The caveat, Douglas added, is

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that there aren’t enough vaccines to meetisthe capacity . “Webased thinkonall county required to follow the three ofofour counties may bespread. underseverity a county’s local virus allocated in terms of vaccines,” The dial grew Douglas said.out of the state’s safer-athome — the policy that came after Thatorder trajectory will change, though, withstay-at-home the Dick’s Sporting the statewide order this Goods Park massnumerous vaccination site spring and allowed types of that the state runs that opened on businesses to reopen. March 22. It was open for four days, The state recentlyThursday switched ,tofor color Monday through its identifiers — levels blue, yellow and first week. The site’s goal for the fi rst week is than to administer 2,000 — to orange rather numbered levels doses a day , said Micki Trost, a red avoid confusion. Until Nov. 17, level spokesperson for Colorado Division meant a stay-at-home order. Now, level of Homeland Security & Emergency red — “severe risk” — is the,secondManagement. Eventually the plan is for the site to be open six days a week and to administer 6,000 doses Please see RESTRICTIONS, Page 2 a day.

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Caroline (Grubb) Swieter July 16, 1936 - March 14, 2021

Emilie Hannah Caroline (Grubb) Swieter went home to Jesus on Sunday, March 14, 2021. She was born in Tilden, Nebraska to Wesley and Claudia (Weise) Grubb on July 16, 1936. Caroline grew up in a loving home and was the oldest of six children. She learned valuable lessons for life whether it was washing parts in her father’s automotive shop, helping her mother with the baking business, or caring for her younger siblings. Her faith started at a young age and helped form the woman of integrity and character that she became. At 16 years old she completed preliminary nursing training and worked as a nurse’s aide in Chicago for the summer. Then, after graduating from Tilden High School in 1955, she moved to Colorado where friends Mary Ann and Eddie Vienot welcomed her to their home and she completed her degree in nursing at the University of Denver in 1959. Caroline worked in a variety of hospitals in the Denver and Brighton areas as a registered nurse in ER as well as other departments. She transitioned to school nursing during which time she earned her master’s degree in Community Health from the University of Colorado as well as obtaining her licensure as a nurse practitioner. In the early nineties she retired as the district nurse from the Brighton School District. In 1960 she married Walter Swieter from Hampton, Iowa and to this union two children were born, Dwayne and David. Caroline was a member of Gospel Hall for over 60 years where she enjoyed fellowship and worship with fellow Christians. She loved the Lord and enjoyed studying His word through Bible Study Fellowship. Caroline enjoyed the mountains and spent time hiking, four-wheeling, and snowmobiling in Colorado and Wyoming and recently enjoyed a four-wheeling trip with her family in South Dakota. In addition, Caroline enjoyed spending time on the water, especially visits on a house

boat to Lake Powell. She was an avid reader, enjoying a variety of authors and genres. Caroline was instrumental in founding the Salud Family Health Center spending a number of years as a board member including serving as board chair multiple terms. She also enjoyed having breakfasts with a group of friends from nursing training and having lunch dates with a group of close colleagues from the Brighton School District. Over the past 18 years, she especially enjoyed vacationing and traveling with her immediate family and spending time at all of her grandsons’ various activities. Caroline was preceded in death by her husband Walter (2013), her parents, and her brother Stanley. She is survived by son Dwayne of Colorado, son David (Ellen) of Keenesburg, Colorado, and her grandsons Wesley and Benjamin. In addition, she is survived by her siblings Angeline (Gene) Frazee of Fallon, NV; Charles (Linda) Grubb of Fall River Mills, CA; Charlotte (Gene) Huntley of Elkhorn, WI; and Debbie (Jack) Smith of Tilden, NE; her sister-in-law Sharon Grubb of Tilden, NE; brother-in-law Clarence (Bonnie) Swieter of Dumont, IA as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and dear friends. Viewing was on Friday, March 19, 2021 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at Tabor-Rice Funeral Home in Brighton, CO, with services on Saturday, March 20 at 11:00 a.m. at Fourway Baptist Church, Fort Lupton, CO. Additional services were at BrockhausHarlan Funeral Home in Tilden, NE on Tuesday, March 23 at 11:00 a.m. with interment beside Walter in the IOOF Cemetery in Tilden, NE. In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to Mission Aviation Fellowship. P.O. Box 47, Nampa, ID 83653

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Brighton Animal Sanctuary Needs Rescuing The Sanctuary is in need for food and supplies BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A Brighton-based animal sanctuary that’s been rescuing animals finds it could use a little saving itself. “We can use cash, hay, we need about 200 bags of Timothy Standee Grass Pellets, chicken food, sweet grains, rabbit food, towels, paper towels, garbage bags said,” Maxine Mager owner of the non-profit Creative Acres sanctuary. The sanctuary has rescued animals for more than 35 years, providing a no-kill shelter with a free-roaming home. But since the pandemic began, it was unable to have fundraisers to help with the cost and need help. Not only has the sanctuary been hit financially, but it’s still reeling from the damage from extensive damage caused by a fire that broke out and spread into the sanctuary in 2018. The fire allegedly was started by off-duty deputies at a shooting range next door during windy and dry conditions. Mager filed a lawsuit against the Adams County Sheriff ’s department in 2019. “The lawsuit was dropped, so I have to file an appeal. I need to hire an attorney, but I do not have the

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Greg Dean, the county’s oil and gas liaison commented at the March 16 study session, “I already have been told that the rules are too strict and not strict enough, and we haven’t even released the draft language yet.” Three of the county’s major oil and gas regulations — setbacks, cumulative impacts and community outreach — do not meet new state standards, explained Dean. In addition to updating those three, the county will be revising other regulations and in a couple of cases, exceeding state standards. County staff will also be proposing eight new impact plans for dust, odor, lighting, water and wildlife protection, community outreach, traffic and transportation, noise mitigation and cumulative impacts. The dust mitigation plan, for example, would place restrictions on construction vehicles’ speed and construction on high wind days. The community outreach plan would require the county to improve com-

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Bobby the sheep and Alpacas Lucky with Miss “T” behind her were given to the sanctuary because the owner got very ill. Photo by Belen Ward

money right now,” said Mager. The sanctuary houses up to 300 animals such as cats, dogs, horses, miniature horses, chinchillas alpacas, emus, duck, chickens, goats, swans, iguanas, macaw, and sheep. Mager is originally from New York when she came to Colorado she was inspired to open an animal sanctuary. “I was already taking care of animals for people, I found out there was not a lot of no-skill freeroaming shelters. I just wanted to help animals,” said Mager. Pacemaker Creative Acres Sanctuary was also the first animal shelter to put a pacemaker in a dog in February 2010. Guiedo, a 12-year hound mix,

munication to communities disproportionately impacted by drilling through neighborhood meetings. In September 2019, Adams County Commissioners approved a series of oil and gas regulations that, at the time, were stricter than some state regulations. The commissioners, for example, approved a 1,000-foot minimum setback for oil wells from residences, schools and environmentally sensitive areas when the state required a 500-foot setback. Industry proponents were highly critical of commissioners. Then, last year, COGCC approved a series of statewide regulations, including a 2,000foot minimum setback, tightening the requirement from even that of Adams County. Local governments can only pass stricter regulations from the new state standards, not less restrictive. Though some of the county’s proposed text amendments are expected due to new state standards, they will be a big deal. For that reason, Board Chairperson Eva Henry said she was puzzled that she hasn’t heard from many community members about the regulations yet. She said, “I haven’t heard from either the industry or our residents. It’s eerily quiet for me.”

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was diagnosed with a heart block. It causes the organ to contract to disrupt the blood flow which would cause sudden death. Mager drove Guiedo for over an hour to a veterinary cardiologist in Denver. He was one of 230 veterinarians in the United States and Canada to do the risky surgery. “Guiedo was going to die and after the surgery, he was pumped up with life. It felt vindicated and I was happy. I paid $5,000, but it was worth it. He passed away a year later but he lived a good quality of life. He had the spirit to live,” said Mager. Mager runs the sanctuary by herself and once in a while she hired volunteers but due to COVID, she has not. She is also involved with education, animal rights, and legislation. “We have helped up millions of people with education and teaching about animals through our website,” said Mager. Also, with the help from Dr. Rice who is a retired veterinarian from Brighton he taught Mager some medical procedures and treatments to help her animals if they become sick. They also do training and physical therapy. “He told me if I was gonna do this, we’re gonna learn how to do it. So he taught me how to do almost a lot of different things medically” said Mager. And I do lots of re-

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search too.” Most of the animals come from people who are sick have died or are in the military. Jax’s Farm & Ranch store in Lafayette helps with delivery of supplies. “We have a big customer base. We love helping the farms, pets, and animals in the community. We step in to fill the void,” said Morgan Dowdall, Store Manager. Brighton Lowes also has helped with donating towels, shovels, and fencing. Mike Hall Store Manager at Lowes in Brighton said “I have known Maxine since 2014. To do what she does on her own, I’m amazed and admire her energy.” “One time she came into the store and had a sheep that broke its leg, she and I brainstorm ideas to build an apparatus for the sheep to keep it upright so it can heal,” he added. “Her dedication, mentally and physically, and does not abandon ship, she’s an amazing person. We always help out when we can with trash cans, hoses, and towels. “ To donate go through the website at www.creativeacres.org. Or go through coloradogives.org. Also, send donations or supplies to Creative Acres Sanctuary, P.O. Box 1143, Brighton, Colorado. For information or questions call 303659-4792.

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Law will give financial relief to Colorado schools Districts will receive funds that were expected before enrollment decline BY JASON GONZALES COLORADO SUN

Colorado school districts will get some financial relief under a bill signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis on March 15. Under normal conditions, Colorado schools are funded based on enrollment. The legislation approved by Polis ensures Colorado school districts will receive the money they originally expected for the 2020-21 school year despite about 30,000 fewer students showing up, a 3.3% decline in enrollment. The law also sends millions to rural school districts to meet the unique needs of small and isolated schools. Lawmakers quickly approved the bill this year, which represents one of the first major pieces of education legislation to see Polis’ signature. Bill sponsor and Joint Budget Committee Vice Chair Rep. Julie McCluskie, a Dillon Democrat, said legislators are doing everything they can to put students, teachers, and parents at the center of the

pandemic recovery. “This funding boost protects schools across our state from catastrophic budget cuts at the worst possible time,” McCluskie said in a news release. Every year, Colorado withholds millions from schools to pay for other priorities. Known as the budget stabilization factor, this amount grew to $1.2 billion this budget year due to major economic uncertainty last spring. The bill reduces that amount by $121 million. Colorado’s K-12 budget is about $7.2 billion. Colorado will also send an extra $60 million to school districts — $41 million to make up for lost local tax revenue and another $19 million to districts that saw particularly large enrollment declines or that experienced a notable decrease in the number of students living in poverty. Education officials don’t believe child poverty really declined. Instead, they think fewer families filled out paperwork for federal lunch subsidies because schools didn’t require them this year. For that reason, lawmakers decided to maintain funding based on previous student counts. Rural districts will receive an additional $25 million from a new nicotine tax approved by voters in November.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed bills March 15 designed to give financial aid to Colorado school districts. FILE PHOTO

House Education Chair Barbara McLachlan, a Durango Democrat, said in the news release that lawmakers recognized that teachers and students have been some of the hardest hit by the pandemic. “Building back stronger means making sizable investments in education and working to give our schools the funding they need to get back on track and start bridging the COVID education gap,” McLachlan said. Colorado lawmakers are also

working on complex tax changes that could bring in more money for K-12 over time. Meanwhile, Colorado schools also expect to see a major infusion of money from the American Rescue Plan, 20% of which must be used to make up for lost learning time during the pandemic. This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. Used by permission. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com.

Efforts aim to identify students with dyslexia early Denver, Boulder districts lead way with screening to tackle reading issues BY MELANIE ASMAR AND ANN SCHIMKE CHALKBEAT

The Denver school district will pilot a screener for dyslexia this fall after years of public outcry from frustrated parents, recommendations by school district working groups, and a delay caused by the pandemic. And Denver’s pilot isn’t the only one. The Boulder Valley School District launched a dyslexia screening pilot at 10 schools last fall that has already screened 345 kindergartners. A state pilot program may also launch in the coming months, but a dearth of applicants makes its fate uncertain. Colorado education officials were set to select five elementary schools for the one-year, $92,000 pilot program in late April. By the application deadline on March 12, just five schools had applied, and state education officials are still determining whether they all meet participation requirements. New dyslexia screening efforts in Denver and Boulder — plus the possible state pilot — come amid a nationwide push to boost reading achievement, including by paying closer attention to students with reading-related disabilities. Experts estimate that dyslexia affects 5% to 15% of the population. In Colorado,

that could be more than 100,000 school-age children. Dyslexia is a learning disability that impairs reading. People with dyslexia have difficulty identifying speech sounds, decoding words, and spelling them. “These are kids who can’t distinguish ‘eh’ and ‘ih’ in ‘pen’ and ‘pin,’” said Robert Frantum-Allen, the special education director for Denver Public Schools, who has dyslexia himself. “You can throw letters at them, but those letters don’t stick because they seem interchangeable.” The three pilot programs cover different grade spans and use different screening tools. The Denver and Boulder pilots include Spanishlanguage assessments for English learners, while the state pilot does not. In Denver, parents for years have asked the district for two things: A better way to screen students for dyslexia and the use of sciencebased methods to teach reading. In September 2019, Nicole Wallerstedt told the school board about her daughter Finley. The year before, Finley had fallen off “the thirdgrade cliff,” her mother said. Third grade is when many students shift from “learning to read” to “reading to learn.” Finley fell behind. It was a year of tears, social anxiety, therapist visits, and missed days of school. Wallerstedt said she watched her loud, outgoing child become withdrawn. An eventual diagnosis of dyslexia, which led to help and accommodations in school, brought Finley back, she said. “Imagine how different it would

have been for Finley if she got screening out of kindergarten and (her dyslexia was) caught early,” Wallerstedt said. “It would have taken the shame away from it. It would have given a plan. There would have been no stigma. “And there hopefully would have been no third-grade cliff to fall off of.” ‘No ill intent’ Earlier in 2019, a Denver task force of parents, educators, and advocates for people with disabilities had recommended that all students entering the district be screened for predictors of future reading problems, including dyslexia. And in April 2020, a district working group recommended piloting two particular screening tools. The group suggested screening all kindergarten and first-grade students at 20 schools using a tool called Shaywitz DyslexiaScreen, which reportedly costs $1 per student. Administered by a classroom teacher, it identifies students as either “at risk” or “not at risk” for dyslexia. The group also recommended piloting a second, more expensive screener at 10 of the 20 schools. The Predictive Assessment of Reading would be given to students who scored “at risk” on the Shaywitz screener at a cost of $7 per student. The goal would be to give classroom teachers more information about where at-risk students might need extra help. Crucially, the Predictive Assessment of Reading is available in both English and Spanish, according to

the working group’s report. That’s critical for Denver Public Schools, which is under a federal court order to provide equivalent curricular materials in both languages. “The time for us to begin our dyslexia screener pilot is now,” wrote Holly Baker Hill, the facilitator of the working group and a special education instructional specialist for the district. But 11 months later, the pilot has yet to begin. Parents and students are frustrated by the delay. At a school board meeting last month, second-grader Forest Hansen said he’d been selling face masks sewn by his grandma to raise money so Denver could start the pilot. Forest has dyslexia, which he didn’t know until his family paid for private testing. With the help of outside tutoring, he’s doing well in school. Forest said he wants other kids to get help too. “Dr. Hill, I think you are listening right now,” Forest said. “My mom will send this check to you.” It was for $136. District officials said they never abandoned the idea of a dyslexia screener. Frantum-Allen, Denver’s special education director, said the COVID-19 pandemic, which began just before the working group issued its recommendations, put the pilot project on hold. “There’s no ill intent or anything we’re trying to cover up here,” he said. “We were trying to deal with the crisis priorities first and foremost.” Now that teachers are being vacciSEE SCHOOLS, P6

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VOICES We are orphans, but we’ll be OK

She loved people. She loved kids. She loved animals. She volunteered extensively. She walked extensively. She drove until she was 95. She lived on her own until she was 97-plus. She made friends easily, even when she moved into a memorycare unit. She was raised by a single parent, long before that became common. She worked for the U.S. government for a time. She met her husband while they worked in the meteorology department at the California Institute of Technology in California. She asked him for a Saturday off to attend a football game. Theodore didn’t care, and she made sure she did. Their first date was to a football game. She was my mother.

So many experiences Mom died at 100 years and two months last week, surrounded by family members. COVID kept other friends away. One hundred years and two Steve Smith months of so many Sports experiences .. the introduction of interstate travel by car and plane, a world war, the Depression, computers, the internet. She never lost her in learning, her interest in people, young kids, pets. Or crossword puzzles. Or Sudoku. Or reading. Mom and Dad made sure to pack enough books to last on their many travels together. And if they ran out, well, there was always a bookstore nearby. Mom loved to smile. She loved

good jokes and bad. She loved music and gave her three sons that love of music as well. She loved live theater. She loved good movies. She loved to cook, especially during the holidays. Her surviving sons pull out some of her old recipes and try to cook them as she would have. They don’t taste as good, but they are treasured memories. Mom started us on a holiday habit of pan-fried burgers for Christmas Eve supper. It started because she invited a friend up for the holidays and insisted “all we’re going to have is hamburgers.” That was 50-plus years ago. Loved unconditionally A few years ago, CBS newsman Steve Hartman aired a story after his father died. Paraphrasing his comment, he said he was an orphan, but only because no one was left on earth that would love him as unconditionally as his parents.

My older brother, Geoff, and I sadly joined that crowd last week. We won’t be the first. We won’t be the last. But you know what? We’re going to be OK. We told Mom in the days before she died that we would be OK, that it was OK for her to go to her reward. A rich reward for marrying the love of her life, raising three sons and doing exactly what she was put on earth to do. You can’t ask for a better life. Geoff and I couldn’t have asked for a better set of parents, for a frontrow seat for two lives well-lived. We’ll shed some tears because Mom was a big part of our lives. In due time, those tears will become pleasant memories and smiles. We’ll miss her terribly. But in time, and even though it will be empty, we will move forward. Because we told Mom we’d be OK.

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News Briefs Tax prep Free tax preparation is available to those who ean $57,000 or less in Commerce City. The place to go is Adams City High School, 7200 Quebec St., from 3:30 to 7 p.m. Thursdays, April 1 and April 8. Two Saturday sessions (8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. April 3 and April 10) are also on the docket. Email hmorris@getaheadcolorado.org. Call 303-659-6005. Top award for PVHS student Prairie View High School student Tayler Dominguez is a member of the 2020-2021 Colorado Spirit coaches Associtation all-Colorado spirit team. Dominguez is the captain of the ThunderHawks’ spirit squad. United Power election Four board seats are up for grabs on United Power’s board of directors. The election is during the co-op’s annual meeting Wednesday, April 14. The available spots will represent the East, West, South and Mountain districts. To be eligible, candidates have to be United Power members and receive United Power service at his/her primary residence in the district to be represented. Meet the candidate meetings are set for 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 29, at the Carbon Valley Service Center, 9586 E. I-25 Frontage Road, Longmont; and at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 30, at the Fort Lupton Recreation Center, 203 S. Harrison Ave. The coop plans to live-stream the annual meeting. If conditions allow,

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nated and schools have reopened for in-person learning, Frantum-Allen said the district plans to resume the work related to the dyslexia screener, which he said will be part of a larger process to identify students with reading difficulties. “I see this as a way of identifying, `What are the true needs?’ so we can help teachers address those true needs,” Frantum-Allen said. A modest statewide test In 2019, dyslexia advocates pushed for a state law authorizing statewide dyslexia screening for children with reading struggles, but ended up endorsing a more modest proposal for a five-school pilot program. It was supposed to start last fall, but was postponed. A new application window opened during the winter, but with fewer applications than expected, the pilot’s future is up in the air. If it goes forward as planned, kindergarten through third-grade students at participating schools will be screened starting in the fall. A University of Oregon group will lead the pilot, which in addition to screening children for dyslexia risk aims to bump up the quality of core reading instruction and intervention programming using a program developed by the university called ECRI — Enhanced Core Reading Instruction.

the coop plans to invite members for an in-person meeting at Riverdale Regional Park. Drawing contest Almost Home Inc. is asking students in Adams County to submit creative drawings for a contest, “What Does Home Look Like to You?” Almost Home will hang the drawings in its new office space. One entry per student. The handdrawn work has to be on an unlined, 8 /5-by-11-inch sheet of paper. The student’s name, grade, school and contact phone number have to be on the back of the drawing. There are three age categories .. kindergarten through fifth grade, sixth through eighth grade and ninth through 12th grade. Prizes will be awarded to the top two finishers in each age group. Mail entries or drop them off at the Almost Home office, 22 S. Fourth Ave., Brighton 80601. The deadline is Wednesday, March 31. Call 303-6596199. Vegetable garden series The third of the series”Adams County Vegetable garden” (10 a.m. Saturday, April 3), talks about maximizing yields, harvesting and growing for others. The program is through a partnership with Brighton Shares the Harvest and Colorado State University’s Grow & Give Victory Garden project. It’s designed to offer skills to succeed in vegetable gardening, whether you’re new to the effort or a veteran. Nancy Nelson, a research professor at the University of Oregon who’s helping lead the pilot, said the goal is to ensure children are getting the right kind of reading instruction — explicit and systematic, with special help for struggling readers that aligns with whole-class lessons. The pilot will include lots of training for school staff, possibly starting later this spring. “Screening doesn’t mean a child’s going to get special education,” Nelson said. Still, the pilot’s format is meant to get kids much earlier access to specially tailored help rather than waiting until they’re desperately behind, she said. The pilot includes a two-step screening system, with the first step relying on the Acadience reading assessment, which is already used by many Colorado schools to comply with the state’s reading law, the READ Act. Students flagged by Acadience would get 30 minutes of extra instruction each day on foundational reading skills, with lessons previewing what will be covered the following day during whole-class reading lessons. Project leaders estimate 20% to 25% of students will fall into this group, but the proportion could be higher at some schools. After two months, students who don’t make progress with the extra instruction would undergo a second screening, with information from various assessments and sources including family history of reading difficulty. School staff would intensify instruction for flagged students.

Register on Eventbrite (https://adamscountyveg21.eventbrite.com). 27J goes virtual in hiring event The 27J school district is offering a virtual hiring event from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 3. Register at https://docs.google.com/ forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScmDtw_u6wbKLS0XBMZOzhGAwQNgk532GXGYrz1zhtxOob--g/viewform. 27J Education Foundation scholarships The 27J Education Foundation is accepting applications for its student scholarship through April 6. Applications have to be sent to 27Jfoundation@sd27j.net. Call 303655-2900. ‘In Memory’ display for Wall That Heals event extended The city of Brighton said the deadline to submit names for the “In Memory” display (part of “The Wall That Heals” program coming to Brighton over Labor day weekend) is July 31. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s In Memory program honors those who returned from the war and later died. The wall will be in Carmichael Park, 650 E. Southern St. To apply online, visit www.VVMF. org/In-Memory-Program. ONGOING Senior meals Eagle View Adult Center and Volunteers of America are offering a box of five frozen meals delivered to your home. You must be 60 or Those who still don’t respond will likely qualify for special education services, falling into a catchall category under federal law called “specific learning disability,” which includes dyslexia. (Schools don’t make dyslexia diagnoses, and an official diagnosis is not necessary for students to fall into the specific learning disability category.) Nelson said about 5% to 10% of the school’s total K-3 students could end up qualifying for special education. The state pilot will only include reading assessments in English. Nelson said the pilot’s protocols would require modification to work in Spanish or other languages, and while that’s an important step, her team first wants to demonstrate outcomes for students receiving instruction in English. All kindergartners — eventually The Boulder Valley district launched its dyslexia screening pilot last fall, screening 345 kindergarteners at 10 schools, including one charter school. District officials will screen a random sample of those children again this spring to determine if the timing of the screening during the year makes any difference. Until then, the district won’t release the number of students who showed up as “high-risk” for dyslexia characteristics on the screening. “We’re still figuring out validity,” said Michelle Qazi, Boulder Valley’s director of reading, noting that parents weren’t notified last fall if their children fell into the high-risk category, but will be at the end of

older and be a resident of Brighton. The suggested contribution for the meals is $2.50 meal / $12.50 per box, although the ability to pay is not the deciding factor if you are eligible. Boxes are delivered Thursdays. Call 303-655-2075 and leave your name and phone number. Eagle Express rides Barr Lake State Park will offer virtual rides aboard the Eagle Express. Join Ranger Michelle and her friends as they read a story about our natural world that is sure to entertain your preschooler while teaching them about plants, animals and our planet. Call 303-659-6005. COVID-19 vaccines The Salud clinic in Fort Lupton, 1115 Second St., is offering COVID-19 vaccinations to those 70 years of age and older, health-care workers and workers in the state’s 1b category. You don’t need to be a patient Register at saludclinic.org. Legal self-help clinic The Access to Justice Committee hosts a free, legal self-help clinic from 2 to 3:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of every month. The program is for customers who don’t have legal representation and need help navigating through legal issues. Volunteer attorneys are available to discuss such topics as family law, civil litigation, property and probate law. Call 303-405-3298 and ask for the Legal Self-Help Clinic at least 24 hours in advance. this school year. For most students, Boulder’s pilot program uses a free assessment called the Mississippi Dyslexia Screener. Native Spanish speakers are screened with the Spanish-language version of a common reading test combined with a spelling test from a different assessment. Qazi said students who score in the high-risk range on the dyslexia screener won’t automatically need special education services. The district already uses a high-quality phonics program — Fundations — for all early elementary students, she said. Knowing through the screening process which kindergartners have dyslexia traits will help teachers provide more intensive help to those who need it, she said. “This is just one more piece of data that can help us lower the number of kids who fall through the cracks,” said Qazi. Boulder’s three-year pilot will expand to 22 schools next year and to the rest of the district’s 37 elementary and K-8 schools the following year. Qazi said the district trained staff who normally administer vision and hearing screenings to conduct the dyslexia screenings last fall. Some screenings were done in person and some online. The district budgeted $102,000 for the pilot program. This story is from Chalkbeat Colorado, a nonprofit news site covering educational change in public schools. Used by permission. For more, and to support Chalkbeat, visit co.chalkbeat.org.

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Garza-Alarcon wins first place in state wrestling meet BY CHRISTIAN CHACON SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Fort Lupton High School freshman D’mitri Garza-Alarcon took first place at the state 3A wrestling tournament, an event that occurs once a year to determine the best wrestlers in Colorado. “The tournament went really well,” Garza-Alarcon said. “I took first. The semifinals went semi-well because I got a penalty call. It was nerve-wracking because I didn’t know you could get penalized twice in the same call.” But the tournament was good, and he overcame that. “The finals match felt like I had control of the match when I started it like I was there to win it,” he said. The journey to victory wasn’t easy. A couple of years ago, GarzaAlarcon had surgery from shattering his tibia and growth plate. Five

screws had to be put in the plate. The first couple of months after the surgery were very, very tough to walk, he said. And after two months, it was very nerve-wracking to wrestle. “It was kind of scary. I didn’t want it to break again,” he said. “Then after some exercises, I strengthened it, and it’s back to normal now.” Garza-Alarcon has also found it difficult to be away from family and friends during his wrestling endeavors. “Sometimes you’re away from your family a lot,” he said. “You lose a lot of friends in this sport because you have to go to your practices and your tournaments.” There are also many upsides to wrestling. “I like that you get to go to places. And everywhere you, go you get to meet someone new,” he said. “It’s fun when you go to a big tourna-

Fort Lupton’s D’mitri Garza-Alarcon gets the bear-hug treatment from coach Tom Galicia after winning the state 3A wrestling tournament title at 126 pounds in COURTESY PHOTO Pueblo.

ment. The feeling is nice. “I love wrestling. It’s very good. It teaches your kid how to be a good character. It teaches them the way of life, all the struggles they need to overcome,” he added. “It’s in the

sport. It helps you with waking up in the morning and doing what you have to do.” He didn’t win first place in the state championship on his own either. “Thank you to all my supporters,” he said. “I’d like to say thank you to my coaches, my mom and dad for always supporting me and never giving up on me.” Garza-Alarcon, like all wrestlers, followed strict precautions connected to the pandemic before the tournament, even to a point of a self-quarantine. At the beginning of the wrestling championship tournament, or for a couple of weeks prior, wrestlers had to get a negative COVID test or they could not participate. Heavy precautions and deep sanitizations were also implemented during the tournament.

End of the line for Holy Family girls basketball team BY STAFF REPORT

Holy Family’s girls basketball teams didn’t have many answers for some long-range shooting by Mullen High School in the 4A semifinal round March 18.

The Mustangs made five of seven from the 3-point line in the second quarter and went on to a 75-50 win on the Tigers’ floor. The Mustangs outscored Holy Family 27-7 in the second quarter to put the game out of reach. Megan

Pohs, who finished with 23 points, hit two of her five, 3-point baskets in the second period. Gracie Gallegos added 16 for Mullen, while Kilah Freelon tossed in 10. The Mustangs were 10-for-17 from beyond the arc.

The Tigers finished with a 13-2 record. Sophomore Fiona Snashall scored 22 points over the last three quarters, including 11 in the third period. Daniella Hren had six points.

Holy Family’s Alyssa Wells (23), attempts a shot against Mullen’s Imani Perez during a CHSAA girls 4A semifinal playoff game at Holy Family High School in Broomfield March 18. The visiting Mustangs dashed the Tigers’ state title hopes with a convincing 75-50 victory. COURTESY OF DAVE SANDERS

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals City and County PUBLIC NOTICE Public notice is hereby given that the following ordinances were introduced on first reading on the 15th day of March 2021, by the City Council of Commerce City and will be considered on second and final reading on the 19th day of April 2021. INTRODUCED BY: ALLEN-THOMAS, FRANK, GRIMES, GUARDIOLA, HURST, HUSEMAN, MADERA, NOBLE, SMITH Ordinance 2268 – AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 3-2304 AND 6-2012, CONSOLIDATING SECTIONS 6-2012 AND 6-2013, AND REPEALING AND SAVING SECTION 6-2013 OF THE COMMERCE CITY REVISED MUNICIPAL CODE TO MODIFY RESPONSIBILITIES AND STANDARDS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF WEEDS AND GRASSES AND INCREASING PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. Ordinance 2323 – AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2021 BUDGET OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO BY THE RECOGNITION OF THE ADAMS COUNTY OPEN SPACE GRANT FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $92,500 FOR THE TURNBERRY PARK SKATE SPOT PROJECT AND THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXPENDITURE THEREOF. Ordinance 2324 – AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2021 BUDGET OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO BY APPROPRIATING $301,900 FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO COVER EXPENSES RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING SERVICES CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXPENDITURE THEREOF. Copies of said ordinances are on file in the Office of the City Clerk, City of Commerce City at 7887 E. 60th Ave., Commerce City, CO 80022, for public inspection during the hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. During instances of the city facilities being closed, electronic copies may be requested via email to dgibson@c3gov.com. BY ORDER OF CITY COUNCIL CITY OF COMMERCE CITY BY: Jordan Roberts, Deputy City Clerk Published in the Sentinel Express: Tuesday March 23, 2021

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Morgan Hill Metropolitan District No. 3 (District) is requesting sealed bids for furnishing of all labor, material, and equipment necessary to complete the following District improvement projects: Morgan Hill Filing 2 Landscaping (District Improvement Areas).

2266 – AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT BY AMENDING THE COMMERCE CITY REVISED MUNICIPAL CODE, INCLUDING SECTION 3-2304 AND ARTICLES III, V, VI, AND XI OF THE COMMERCE CITY LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, REPEALING AND RESERVING SECTION 21-3216 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, ENACTING A NEW SECTION 21-3235 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, APPROVING AND IMPLEMENTING A BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES DOCUMENT, AND ESTABLISHING RELATED PENALTIES AND PROCEDURES 2320 – AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2300 TO EXTEND THE TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS ON FEES THAT CAN BE CHARGED FOR THIRD-PARTY FOOD DELIVERY SERVICES IN THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO 2325 – AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2021 BUDGET OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO BY APPROPRIATING PORTIONS OF THE UNENCUMBERED FUND BALANCE OF THE GENERAL FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $139,185 FOR SHARED COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH AEROTROPOLIS REGIONAL COMMITTEE MARKETING STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT - PHASE III AND AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXPENDITURE THEREOF. Copies of said ordinances are on file in the Office of the City Clerk, City of Commerce City, 7887 E. 60th Ave., Commerce City, CO 80022, for public inspection during the hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. During instances of the city facilities being closed, electronic copies may be requested via email to dgibson@c3gov.com. BY ORDER OF CITY COUNCIL CITY OF COMMERCE CITY BY: Jordan D. Roberts, Deputy City Clerk Published in the Sentinel Express: Tuesday, March 23, 2021 Legal Ad No.: CCX111153

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The General Contractor will work closely with the District Project Team and the Landscape Architect during construction of the Landscaping. Base bid work shall include: Site Grading and Drainage, Soil Conditioning, Turf Green Space (Sod or Native seed), Plantings, Irrigation Systems (both Temporary and Permanent), and Entrance Monumentation. The Owner will provide geotechnical engineering and project surveying. District projects are tax exempt. Due Date for Bids: 12:00 NOON on Friday, April 16th, 2021 Construction Bid Documents can be requested and obtained electronically from Morgan Hill Metropolitan District No. 3 starting on Wednesday, March 24th, 2021 via e-mail to info@cdgcolorado. com. Questions are due in writing by Friday, April 9th, 2021 at 5:00 PM to info@cdgcolorado.com and will be answered in an addendum. Bids are due by 12:00 NOON on Friday, April 16th, 2021 to Morgan Hill Metropolitan District No. 3 2500 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite 220, Boulder, CO 80302 or submit via email to info@ cdgcolorado.com. The Owner has sole discretion in selection of the bid and may reject any bid and waive any informalities in the Bid. Bids will not be read aloud. Legal Ad No.:CCX111154 First Publication: March 23, 2021 Last Publication: March 30, 2021 Published In: Commerce City Sentinel Express

INVITATION TO BID Date: March 23, 2021 Sealed Bids will be received by the South Adams County Water and Sanitation District acting by and through its South Adams County Water and Sanitation District Activity Enterprise (Owner), Attn: Dawn Fredette, 6595 East 70th Avenue,

Commerce City, Colorado 80022, until 4 p.m., local time, April 2, 2021, for the project entitled “Aqua Guard Bar Screen and Screen Washer Rebuild.” At said place and time, and promptly thereafter, all Bids that have been duly received will be publicly opened and read aloud. The project generally consists of supplying new Aqua-Guard Factory Original Equipment replacement parts, electrical panel and screen washers from Parkson Corporation, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (or equivalent) needed to rebuild the District’s existing two main influent Aqua-Guard Bar screens located at the South Adams County Water and Sanitation District’s Williams Monaco Wastewater Treatment Plant, 9702 Monaco Street, Henderson, Colorado 80640. All replacement equipment must be an exact match, without modifications, to fit the existing Aqua Guard screens. All Bids must be in accordance with the bidding package on file with the South Adams County Water and Sanitation District, 6595 East 70th Avenue, Commerce City, Colorado 80022. Copies of the bidding package, including a required replacement parts list for use in preparing Bids may be obtained from J-M Grebenc, Wastewater Systems Manager, Williams Monaco WWTP, at 9702 Monaco Street, Henderson Colorado 80640; jmgrebenc@sacwsd.org. Bid documents will be available on March 24, 2021 at no charge. Bids will be received on a lump sum basis. After approval by the District’s Board of Directors it is anticipated that the Supply Agreement will be signed and the purchase order will be issued around April 20, 2021. Replacement parts and equipment shall be delivered to the District within 12 to 14 weeks thereafter. The District reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, including without limitation, nonconforming, nonresponsive, unbalanced, or conditional Bids. If it appears Owner can perform the Work or secure material for less than the lowest Bid, it may proceed to do so. Owner reserves the right to act in its best interest and may terminate, modify or suspend the process, modify the terms and conditions of this bidding and selection process, and/or waive informalities of any submission By: Vicki Ennis Secretary South Adams County Water and Sanitation District acting by and through its South Adams County Water and Sanitation District Activity Enterprise Published: March 23, 2021 in the Commerce City Sentinel Express Legal Ad No.: CCX111155

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NOTICE is hereby given that the South Adams County Water and Sanitation District (“District”) of Adams County, Colorado, will make final payment at its offices at 6595 E. 70th Avenue, Commerce City, Colorado, 80022, on April 2, 2021, at the hour of 3:00 p.m. to Glacier Construction Co., Inc., 5460 South Quebec Street, Suite 200, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 for all work done by said Contractor(s) in construction work performed for the District.

Project Contractor: Glacier Construction Co., Inc. Project Name: 2019 Alluvial Well Improvements Project Location: The project is generally located at multiple sites in the Irondale area of Commerce City.

Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by any contractors or their subcontractors, in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplies rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work, and whose claim therefor has not been paid by the contractors or their subcontractors, at any time up to and including the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done, is required to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid, and an account of such claim, to the District at the above address, Attn: Dawn Fredette, District Clerk and Legal Assistant, on or before the date and time hereinabove shown. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement of claim prior to such final settlement will release the District, its Board of Directors, officers, agents, and employees, of and from any and all liability for such claim.

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