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Denver school enrollment predicted to drop 6% by 2025 Home prices rise, birth rates fall, and district could see less money

BY MELANIE ASMAR CHALKBEAT

A view from the Mount Evans summit.

The highway to the summit is scheduled to open for vehicle traffic June 4, depending on weather.

While prices remain the same based on vehicle type, there will now be an additional $2 reservation fee. Those entering the highway on bikes and on foot do not need reservations, USFS spokeswoman Reid Armstrong said.

Once the online reservation system goes live, which was scheduled for this week, Armstrong said visitors will be able to purchase various tours based on

Enrollment in Denver Public Schools is expected to decrease 6% by 2025 — nearly double the rate of decline that district officials predicted before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new analysis presented to the school board May 17.

Elementary school enrollment, which has been falling for several years now, will continue to decline, the analysis says. But for the first time, officials are predicting declines at the middle school level as smaller cohorts of students move up through the grades.

Denver Public Schools is the largest school district in Colorado, serving about 90,000 students this year. That’s already down from more than 93,000 students last year — a higher than 3.5% year-over-year enrollment decrease driven by the pandemic.

Declining enrollment can have huge impacts on a district. Colorado school districts are funded per pupil. Fewer students means less state money to run the district. Enrollment declines can also lead to controversial decisions about whether to close or consolidate schools, a conversation that Denver school board members have said is coming.

The two major drivers of falling enrollment in Denver are declining birth rates and rising housing prices that push families out of the city and prevent

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Mount Evans to reopen with timed-entry reservations Online system will be similar to process used for Rocky Mountain National Park

BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Those wanting to visit Mount Evans this summer will need to make reservations first.

The U.S. Forest Service and other stakeholders are implementing

a timed-entry reservation system, similar to the one used at Rocky Mountain National Park. Visitors can buy passes online, enter during a two-hour window, and stay as long as they desire.

Clear Creek District Ranger Scott Haas said the intent is threefold: protect the public and USFS personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic, improve visitor experiences, and preserve the health of the mountain’s flora and fauna.

He also believes the new system will alleviate the summertime traffic jam around Echo Lake Lodge.

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Polis signs $34 billion state budget into law Plan sets aside historic reserves

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Gov. Jared Polis signed Colorado’s $34.1 billion fiscal year 2021-22 budget into law on May 17, restoring cuts made as the coronavirus crisis descended on the state last year while also saving a historic amount for future economic downturns.

The Joint Budget Committee, the Legislature’s budget-writing panel, had to contend with constantly changing tax-revenue projections that were made uncertain by the pandemic.

“This is the culmination of a yearlong process — and it’s always hard. But this is the hardest it’s ever been because of the changing numbers,” Polis said just before signing Senate Bill 205 at the Capitol.

The budget takes effect in July, when the next fiscal year begins.

It sets aside more than $1.5 billion for Colorado’s reserve fund that can be tapped by future Legislatures. It also includes 3% raises for state employees, $480 million to reduce Colorado’s annual K-12 school funding shortfall and a $20 million line item to create hundreds of new around-the-clock care slots for people with develop-

mental disabilities.

Also in the budget is $800 million for a state coronavirus stimulus package, the largest slice of which is being dedicated to infrastructure projects. Bills that are part of the package were still being debated in the Legislature.

The governor called the budget “an investment in our children, an investment in our future.”

State Sen. Dominick Moreno, a Commerce City Democrat who leads the Joint Budget Committee, marveled at the difference a year has made in the state’s budget situation. His panel went from having to make tearful cuts to having enough money to pay for new programs and initiatives.

“There is so much good in this budget that will help Colorado recover,” Moreno said.

State Rep. Julie McCluskie, a Dillon Democrat who is vice chair of the panel, highlighted spending in the budget around wildfire preparedness and response.

“We are going to make sure that we are ready for this year’s wildfire season,” she said.

State lawmakers had far more money to spend next year than expected because the pandemic’s toll on Colorado’s economy wasn’t as bad as the state’s fiscal analysts feared. The budget represents $3.8 billion more in spending over the current fiscal year. Much of the windfall represents unspent tax revenue, not future revenue.

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Gov. Jared Polis speaks before signing Colorado’s 2021-22 fiscal year budget into law.

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As the budget was debated in the Legislature, lawmakers made a number of changes to the document first drafted by the Joint Budget Committee. The ones that made it into the final version include: • $1 million more for body camera expenses for local law enforcement agencies, bringing the total to $4 million • $1 million for the School Bullying Prevention and Education Cash Fund • $250,000 for the Suicide Prevention Program • $1.1 million in general fund dollars for reintroduction of gray wolves • $125,000 to hire a chief educational equity officer in the Colorado Department of Human Services The changes resulted in a smaller amount — 13.41% of the budget instead of 13.5% — being set aside in the reserve fund. The Joint Budget Committee initially wanted $1.75 billion to be put in the savings account, but that number was reduced to about $1.5

billion to balance out the changes requested by other lawmakers.

The budget does not include $3.8 billion in federal coronavirus stimulus money heading to Colorado as part of the American Rescue Plan. That money will be distributed by the Legislature separately. Lawmakers and nonpartisan staff are still working to determine the rules around how that money can be used.

Sen. Bob Rankin, one of two Republicans on the budget committee, praised Moreno for how he ran the budget process. But he noted that the panel’s work isn’t done.

“The task ahead of us is almost as hard,” said Rankin, who lives in Carbondale. “We literally have $4 billion (to determine how to spend). So the work is not over.”

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.

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Western Slope still stuck in drought Drastic cutbacks planned in planting, grazing because of low snowpack

BY MICHAEL BOOTH AND ZACH BRIGHT THE COLORADO SUN

The Ute Mountain Ute Reservation sits at the lower end of a 40mile, gravity-fed canal, and waits for whatever water the towering San Juan mountains will give up for the season.

By the second week of May, it was clear 2021 will be a bust. The Utes’ farm enterprise has already switched to hopes for next year and fervent wishes that the hot winds and wildfires won’t do too much damage before then.

Simon Martinez oversees thousands of acres of alfalfa hay and specialty corn for the Ute Mountain Ute Farm and Ranch Enterprise, 400 miles from well-watered Denver. In a normal year, 25,000 acre-feet of water come down the canal from McPhee Reservoir to irrigate Ute crops.

This year, the Utes’ junior water right will get them only 2,500 acrefeet from fast-draining McPhee.

Late in last summer’s drought, the Dolores River reservoir hit dead pool, meaning there wasn’t enough water to spin hydroelectric turbines and generate electricity for the Four Corners region. River

outflows from the dam this summer are likely to hit record lows, and downstream fish will die.

Martinez and 20 Ute employees, half the number of a normal year, will grow crops on only one-tenth their usual alfalfa and corn acreage as the devastating Western Colorado drought drags on.

“So we’re feeling it this year,” Martinez said. “It’s basically been two years, and we hope for there not being a third.”

Colorado’s historic tendency to move water to where people need it has numbed city dwellers to the plight of places currently not getting enough. Denver is nearing its total precipitation for all 12 months of 2020 in just the first five months of 2021, 9News meteorologist Chris Bianchi said. The South Platte River basin snowpack — snow that accumulates in the mountains that waters much of the Front Range population — sat at a sopping 114% of normal in mid-May. But snowpack meant to slake the Utes and other farmers and ranchers and towns in the Four Corners is at 36%. And it’s disappearing fast.

The U.S. Drought Monitor reported that 13% of the state, mostly in the highly populated northeast, had some relief from long-term drought in the past month, just weeks after the same map showed abnormally dry or drought conditions plaguing the

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Jose Valdez plants watermelon seedlings May 17 on land leased by Hirakata Farms in Rocky Ford. Plastic mulch covers the plants that are irrigated with drip tape drawing PHOTO BY MARK REIS/SPECIAL TO THE COLORADO SUN on ground water when canal irrigation isn’t possible.

entire state. Officials from Denver Water said storage levels for reservoirs fed largely by the South Platte and Fraser River basins are near normal, at 80% capacity compared to the typical 82%.

However, 75% of the state remains in drought and western Colorado is experiencing the worst of it, said Becky Bolinger, assistant state climatologist at Colorado State University. The western half of the state didn’t get the snowpack it needed to in colder months, and likely won’t make up those deficits in summer monsoons. Coupled with a high melt rate over dry soils that must be hydrated before water can make its way to bodies of water, that means not enough water makes it

downhill to reservoirs.

“It peaked too early, it peaked too low, and nothing has been really slowing that melt rate,” Bolinger said. “So those areas are likely to completely be melted out of snowpack before early June.”

“It’s going to be a rough summer, I believe, for a lot of farmers and ranchers on the West Slope.”

Much of the northeastern portion of the state is greening up this spring in just the way farmers and ranchers look for.

Some of the northeast and central regions beyond Denver, where everything from sugar beets and wheat to cattle and hay fodder are raised, enjoyed the same weekly SEE DROUGHT, P4

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Taste of Colorado moving to new locations

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BY MAGGIE DONAHUE DENVERITE

For years, every Labor Day weekend, A Taste of Colorado brought dozens of booths to Civic Center Park, serving up food from local Colorado restaurants. The free event brought hundreds of thousands of visitors to enjoy live music and art and to sample some of the best food the state has to offer.

Last year, the pandemic forced organizers to cancel the festival, marking the first time in almost 40 years that it didn’t operate. Now, Taste is returning, though it will look a bit different from festivals past.

The Downtown Denver Partnership announced that Taste will return to Denver over Labor Day weekend, but this year’s version will be held downtown, where it will host attractions, events and food tastings out of restaurants and venues scattered around the area.

“Taste of Colorado is a well-loved tradition that spans generations,” said Sharon Alton, vice president of downtown experience at the Downtown Denver Partnership.

“We’re proud to bring Taste back as we emerge from the pandemic,

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this year in a new format that will be a true celebration of our city’s culture and everything that our city’s artists, musicians, and restaurateurs have to offer. Never has it been more important to highlight all things local, and we can’t wait to do just that alongside our community over Labor Day weekend.”

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b p attractions in the coming months. M In the meantime, local artists and h musicians can apply to participate. s f A Taste of Colorado dates k • Sept. 4: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

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on Lawrence Street between 15th and 17th streets, while booth and tent vendors will operate in Skyline Park, where the Skyline Beer Garden and Southwest Rink have been held. Participating downtown restaurants can operate out of their own locations and won’t have to pay a fee to participate. Each restaurant will offer at least two highlighted Taste items in the form of tiny samples.

Downtown Denver Partnerships will announce a full lineup of

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with “good, consistent shots of moisture in March and April and into May” that are expected to continue.

“For two-thirds, three-quarters of the population of the state, what they see outside the window is promising, is good,” said Bianchi.

rains and September to May snows as the Front Range.

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which area or areas around Mount Evans they intend to visit.

Entry before 8 a.m. and after 6:30 p.m. will remain free, however if someone is taking up a parking spot during the day, they need to have a reservation, Armstrong clarified. Likewise, if visitors only want to drive the highway without stopping, they can get a free hang tag at the welcome station.

“Our estimations are that most people are going to want to get a reservation,” Armstrong continued.

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new ones from moving in.

But the pandemic has exacerbated the losses, especially at the preschool and kindergarten levels.

Many young children who left for homeschooling or private preschool haven’t come back asking for a seat in a public preschool or kindergarten classroom this fall.

“There is a chance, and I am hoping, that maybe all of a sudden tons of kids show up in October Count next year that we weren’t predicting,” said Sara Walsh, the district’s planning director, referencing Colorado’s annual student count that happens in October. “But I think right now, we think enrollment

Even with the reservation system, there is a possibility that trailheads will still be full for those arriving later in the day.

Thus, the USFS will be monitoring and adjusting the system as needed as part of its adaptive management, Armstrong said.

“We’re basing it on data we’ve collected about use patterns and available parking spots,” she said.

Haas told the Clear Creek County commissioners during a May 18 meeting that there will be signs along the major thoroughfares to inform visitors of the change, and there might be some day-of passes available at the welcome station.

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declines will be pretty significant over the next five years.”

The declines will be steepest in the northwest, southwest, and north-central parts of the city, the analysis says. All three areas are traditionally working-class neighborhoods that lost families as housing prices increased, causing significant enrollment drops in schools.

So many elementary schools in southwest Denver have seen declines that listing them took an entire page in the district’s analysis document. Grant Ranch ECE-8 in the southern Marston neighborhood lost 57% of its students from 2016 to 2020, going from 361 students to 157.

Schools are funded per student, and those with fewer than 300 students struggle to hire enough

staff to maintain robust programming. Under-enrolled schools often can’t afford to hire two teachers per grade, which sometimes results in large class sizes or combined classes.

Walsh said it’s particularly striking to see enrollment declines at elementary schools that not too long ago had waitlists of students clamoring to get in.

“These are really strong schools with amazing programs that families love, but the number of kids living in the area just continues to decline,” she said.

There are indications that the enrollment decline will also shift the demographics of the district.

Denver Public Schools has already become whiter and wealthier over the past decade, and this year’s kindergarten class is whiter and

‘Know before you go’ With land managers across the state anticipating incredibly high levels of use this summer, the USFS and its partners are encouraging visitors to research their recreation areas and be aware of any new rules before visiting.

One major change for the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests is a food storage order at all sites, which should minimize bear encounters. Haas and Armstrong said bear encounters in the ARNF numbered in the hundreds last year, and thankfully, no one was hurt.

Another major change in Clear

wealthier than this year’s ninth grade class.

This year’s ninth grade class is 22% white, while this year’s kindergarten class is 32% white. The percentage of Black students has held steady over the years, but the percentage of Hispanic students has declined while the percentage of white students has increased.

Similarly, 65% of this year’s ninth graders qualify for subsidized school meals, an indicator of low family income, while only 56% of this year’s kindergarteners qualify.

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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Western Welcome Week The 93rd Annual Western Welcome Week, “Together Again,” will be held Aug. 13-22, with the Craft Fair and Grand Parade scheduled on Saturday, Aug. 21. Download Craft Fair application — due by July 1. The Craft Fair is for handcraft vendors. Contact the Western Welcome Week office for commercial opportunities, booth pricing and availability. There will be a limit of 65 vendors. Deadline to apply is July 20 and there will be a waiting list.

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Lone Tree Arts Center Nicolle Davies is announced as

the new executive director of Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St. Prior service includes direction of the Arapahoe County and Charleston, S.C. library districts, and the Highlands Ranch resident is currently assistant commissioner of the Colorado State Library.

The City of Lone Tree received more than 100 applications for the position and conducted 12 initial interviews. Also, marketing director Leigh Chandler is promoted to a new position as artistic director of Lone Tree Arts Center. “Tuono,” Latin for thunderclap, is installed as part of the center’s Art on Loan program. The work is by Collin Parson and Jodie Roth Cooper and is formed from Corten Steel and mirror-polished stainless steel.

Water garden plants Reminder — the Annual Colorado Water Garden Society’s Plant Sale will be on June 6 at Hudson Gardens and Event Center, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. (Business office/residence patio.) Free admission. Sale: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Tesoro Cultural Center Tesoro Cultural Center’s Annual Indian Market and Ceremonial Dance returns to The Fort, 19192 Highway 8, Morrison on June 5-6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days.

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CherryArts The annual Cherry Creek Arts Festival, which was scheduled in early July, is postponed until Sept.

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It will be at Cherry Creek Shopping Center, across First Avenue, directly across from its traditional home in Cherry Creek North. cherryarts.org.

Buntport Theater “Space People in Space” is a short original comedy about the people on the forefront of the colonization of Mars, created by the most clever Buntport company. It will take place in the Buntport parking lot at 717 Lipan St., Denver. Tickets are nameyour-own-price. Actors will be fully vaccinated and will do temperature checks before every performance.

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Jazz orchestra Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra will perform “Basie, Blues and More!” at 2 p.m. June 6 at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood. Count Basie’s “Blues in Hoss Flat,” Stan Kenton’s “A Little Minor Blues,” Chick Corea’s “Armando Rhumba” and more.

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May 27, 2021

VOICES

Some words are great, and others just grate

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o,” “listen,” “to be honest,” “at the end of the day,” “it is what it is,” “like,” “literally,” “right?”

An April column QUIET invited readers to nominate words DESPERATION and phrases that should be banned for overuse, misuse, or uselessness. The response was far greater than I anticipated.

Why we are often careless when communicating is a Craig Marshall topic for another Smith column. Someone I know says “At any rate” without knowing she’s saying it.

The usual suspects - including “usual suspects” - were nominated.

The one syllable word that has topped every one of these annual lists made it there again.

An expletive the writer admitted is here to stay was nominated for the first time. Take a guess.

Many of this year’s words were pandemic-related and should go away once the coast is clear.

“Social distancing,” “unprecedented, “new normal,” and “we’re all in this together.”

“Have a nice day,” the young woman repeats with the sincerity of a torpid parrot to every customer, never once something else more interesting or thoughtful she could say.

A variant, submitted by Lindi Brubaker (Highlands Ranch), is even more unwelcome.

“Have a nice rest of the day.”

Don’t begin a comment with “To be honest,” wrote Bob Marttila (Highlands Ranch) who added, “The person who uses `To be honest’ may not have been honest in the past and may not be in the future.”

“No worries.” “No problem.” “My bad.” “This too shall pass.”

“Kiddos.” “You guys.” “Dude.”

“Icon” and “iconic.” “Robust.”

Some readers didn’t explain themselves; others went into great detail.

Mike Dabney (Highlands Ranch): “Stakeholder.” Sharene Schmalz (Cincinnati, Ohio): “Frankly.” R. Johnson (Englewood): “Arguably.”

On the other hand, Tom Kocialski (Centennial) submitted a dissertation, edited here, on “systemic.”

“It may be just me, but I prefer to

use the word `systemic’ in a biological sense as associated with a system within the human body, or a root system of a plant. I would prefer to use the word `systematic’ to relate to processes that are implemented by a system.”

Terry Gong (Arvada): “How was your weekend?” coming from an employee who asks inappropriate personal questions.

Kalvin Huck (Arvada): “Having said that” and “That being said.”

The all-time loser lost again.

“Like.”

A Castle Rock reader who wants to remain anonymous stated, “It’s an indication that the speaker is lazy-minded and is resorting to empty equivocations. It undermines whatever they are trying to say. I stop listening.”

I like it like that.

Pat Olson (Centennial) wrote, “Last week I was at the dog park and listened to a lady say `like’ every 10 words.”

Douglas Wolf (Wellington, Florida; yes, Florida) agrees with Olson.

“Increasingly, its use has permeated the conversation of those who are old enough to know better.”

Elizabeth No Last Name (Golden) submitted, “To make a long story short,” and added, “My husband uses it many times a day. Just tell your information, please. It doesn’t make you look smarter or more knowledgeable to begin with that annoying phrase.”

(Good luck at home, Elizabeth, after your husband reads this.)

P. Hudson (Centennial), proposed a word I’m unable to mention, except in its sanitized form.

“I think screenwriters must be paid by the ‘f-word.’ None of my friends is as profane as the characters in contemporary movies.”

He added, “If Martin Scorsese remade ‘On the Waterfront’ it would burn your ears off.”

(Note: it’s spoken 506 times in Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street.”)

Martin Culpepper (location unknown), being impertinent, nominated “every word in your article.”

“Go figure.”

Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.

Bigger, better, faster, higher, smarter

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ociety thrives on one-upmanship. In everything we do, whether we realize it or not, we set a bar. And as we set the bar, more often than not, we try and WINNING improve upon what- WORDS ever it is we are doing. Sometimes this just happens and we become accidental goal setters. However, there are certain things and times in our life when we become intentional about Michael Norton setting the bar and even raising the bar.

Whatever it is we did, we know that with some extra effort we can do it bigger, better, faster, higher, or farther. If we are a hardwired competitor, we look at what others around us are doing and immediately think the same thing, don’t we? If they can do it, then I am sure I can crush it. Does this happen because we are fascinated with winning or because we are compelled by compe-

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Game on. The race is on. The heat is on. Bring it on. These are the things we say or the voice that we hear in our head when we are faced with a challenge, even if the challenge is self-imposed. Conceivably there is no competition because the other person, team, or company has no idea that we have become determined, and have set out to not only raise the bar but raise it so high that no one will ever catch us.

Sometimes this is exactly what we need to break out of a slump or reignite our passion. We need something to chase. We need a goal, a quota, or a target that forces us out of our comfort zone and into our “Go Zone” so we can go bigger, better, faster, higher, farther in whatever it is we are pursuing.

Then again, sometimes it’s OK to let others go ahead, and go as far and as fast as they please. Last week I was driving on the highway and staying in the flow of traffic when I looked in the rearview mirror to see another car bobbing and weaving through traffic. He flew by me

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There was a time in my life where I would have felt that same pull and let my pride get the better of me.

Thankfully, the wisdom of maturity has conquered my foolish pride and I sat back and let them all pass. As we rounded the next bend, there were a few state troopers waving the drivers over to the side of the road. There was no moment spent gloating over their demise as I have had my share of speeding tickets in this life. In this case it was better to let others go faster.

Continuing my drive, it gave me time to reflect on the bigger, better, faster, higher, and farther concept.

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one or something bigger, better, smarter, and faster than me. Rushing into competing is the equivalent of taking a “Fire, Aim, Ready” approach. On one hand it is great to be motivated to pursue a goal or target. On the other hand, sometimes prudence really is the better part of valor.

Have you ever found yourself getting caught up in the moment and feeling the need to demonstrate your superiority in a situation?

Conversely, have you experienced the rewards of making sure that you were in the best position possible before moving forward? As always, I would love to hear your story at mnorton@tramazing.com, and when we can choose those moments where it would serve us best to go bigger, better, faster, higher, and farther, it really will be a better than good year.

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Think you don’t have time to start seeing a primary care doc? Think again!

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s many Coloradoans make health a focus amid COVID-19, one potentially overlooked priority is establishing a relationship — or GUEST re-engaging — with COLUMN a primary care physician. Whether you have employer coverage or benefits through Medicare or Medicaid, a primary care physician can be a key resource to help you maintain Dr. Donna O’Shea or improve your well-being, including to help prevent illness and detect diseases as early as possible.

While the number of primary care physicians in Colorado is trending upwards, the state ranks 24th in the country at 256 providers per 100,000 residents, according to a report from America’s Health Rankings. Unfortunately, the number of Americans overall who have a relationship with a primary care physician is on the decline, with an estimated 25% of people lacking this type of ongoing relationship with a care professional.

Reversing that trend is important, as research shows strengthening primary care may contribute to improved access to health-care services, better health outcomes, and a decrease in hospitalizations and emergency

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department visits.

If you think you’re healthy enough that you don’t need a primary care physician — or maybe you’ve been rationalizing that you are too busy to establish a relationship with one — consider the following: Recognize the value of primary care Primary care physicians can be a convenient and more affordable way for people to address their day-to-day health-care needs, such as annual checkups, preventive screenings, routine care and chronic condition management if needed. Typically, primary care physicians serve as a first contact for people as they navigate the health system — helping to identify risk factors for disease, more effectively manage chronic conditions and coordinate with specialists. All of this may add up to improved well-being and quality of life. In fact, people with a relationship with a primary care physician may be more likely to receive high-value care services, such as preventive screenings, and report better care access and experiences with the health-care system as compared to people without this type of care professional. The result is a 33% reduction in annual health-care costs for people with access to a primary care physician.

Find the right doctor and care setting Finding the right physician and care setting may be a challenge for many people, in part because some

individuals may not be aware of their options or how to compare the quality and cost of health-care professionals. There is often wide variation in the quality and cost of health care services, even though there is often little or no corresponding improvement in health outcomes for services performed by higher-priced care professionals. To help find the right health-care professional, people can compare publicly available, online patient-posted reviews to help research primary care professionals in their local areas. For a more detailed analysis, some health plans offer online search capabilities that identify quality care professionals, as determined by national standardized measures for performance and local geographic area benchmarks for cost-efficiency.

More broadly, some health plans and hospitals make cost estimate information available online, including actual contracted rates for hundreds of “shoppable” medical services.

When it comes to evaluating the right setting for care, a doctor’s office is not the only way to access in-person care. For instance, people enrolled in some Medicare Advantage plans may have access to programs that provide annual health and wellness visits from the convenience and privacy their homes.

types of care virtually, including with local physicians who are increasingly embracing this technology to “see” patients. This is especially important amid COVID-19, as many people continue to practice social distancing. There’s been a more than 10-fold increase in the use of virtual care since the emergence of COVID-19, including for urgent, preventive and chronic condition management. Other studies have shown that some people who see a doctor virtually report no difference in the quality of the visit, compared to an in-person appointment, and that some patients vastly preferred a virtual experience, due to the convenience and the elimination of travel time.

More broadly, a growing number of Americans are relying on virtual care for urgent care needs and remote patient monitoring programs to help manage more serious illnesses or chronic conditions, such as type 2 diabetes. People can check with their health plan or local care professional to determine what types of virtual resources may be available to them.

To help make health a priority in 2021, don’t underestimate the potential impact of developing a relationship with a primary care physician as part of a holistic approach to maintaining and improving your well-being.

Go virtual Smartphones and computers are making it possible to access various

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Gender influences various health issues

steoporosis is more common in women.

Symptoms of coronary artery disease and heart attack may be different between men and GUEST women.

COLUMN Women have a harder time quitting smoking than men.

Women are twice as likely as men to experience depression.

Even the results of common screenDr. Kimberly Winter ing tests may be different between the sexes.

These are just a few of the health differences between men and women.

I encourage all women to schedule your annual women’s well-visit with your doctor to talk about preventive care and screenings that check for risk factors for chronic conditions and early signs of disease. Women should consider a variety of screenings depending on their age or risk factors.

In particular, there is a focus on significant health disparities affecting women of color.

About 700 women still die each year in the U.S. from complications due to pregnancy. American Indian, Alaska Native and Black women are two to three times more likely to die of pregnancy-related causes than white women. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), two out of three pregnancyrelated deaths are considered preventable.

It’s a good practice to consult your doctor about contraceptives and sexually transmitted infections. Testing for cervical cancer will help detect the high-risk human papillomavirus virus which can lead to cervical cancer. And, mammograms are the best way to find breast cancer early, when it’s easier to treat and before it’s big enough to feel or cause symptoms.

Some diseases such as diabetes are not so easily detected without medical tests. Women can develop diabetes during pregnancy known as gestational diabetes. Others may want to be screened for diabetes mellitus, a group of diseases that affect how your body uses blood sugar, after pregnancy.

Women are twice as likely as men to experience depression, with some experiencing mood symptoms related to hormone changes during puberty, pregnancy and perimenopause. Anxiety screenings may also be appropriate given the high levels of anxiety disorders pregnant or postpartum women experience, as well as women who may be victims of domestic violence.

As I noted earlier, women have a harder time quitting smoking than men because they metabolize nicotine, the addictive ingredient in tobacco, faster than men. Metabolism differences may explain why nicotine replacement therapies, such as patches or gum, work better in men than women.

Knee injuries, such as ACL tears, are more likely to occur in women and girls while playing sports. This difference is due to aspects of a woman’s anatomy.

ferences in symptoms of coronary artery disease and heart attack between women and men, the results of common screening tests may also be different. These differences can lead to a misdiagnosis.

For women aged 50 and continuing to age 75, there are additional health concerns: • Colorectal cancer screenings are encouraged.

• And osteoporosis is more common because they have less bone mass than men and can experience more bone loss during hormonal changes at menopause.

It’s also very important to be atten-

tive to mental health, including managing stress and getting enough sleep, getting active and attending regular checkups and well-women visits with a primary care physician or advanced care practitioner.

Amidst all of these medical warnings and concerns, there is good news.

Women can begin and achieve better health at any age or life circumstances. Understanding these key women’s health issues is an important step on the way to better health.

Dr. Kimberly Winter is a family medicine physician with New West Physicians located in Highlands Ranch.

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DJs ready to mix it up

Recent proms are just the tip of the iceberg for live entertainment companies that are wanting to increase business after a slow and difficult year of public health restrictions.

Imprint Entertainment has done three proms at Denver metro high schools this spring.

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Live entertainment companies and DJs are eager to go back to normal after a year of restrictions tied to COVID-19.

After a long and difficult year, live entertainment companies and DJs want to go back to normal. They have managed with socially distanced events, or private proms or virtual proms. But many look forward to events, weddings being chief among them, where more people are allowed.

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Prom season ushers in new year after long lull caused by pandemic

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ear that? Well, if the noise you heard any time in the past year, there’s a good chance it wasn’t the sound of a disc jockey booth.

Not surprisingly, business has been bad for DJs and live entertainment companies. COVID-19 restrictions reduced the number of gigs for Denver metro DJs to nearly zero.

Many squeaked by from working virtual proms and socially distanced bar mitzvahs and bat mitzvahs, but it’s already much better because there are now real proms and other events as public health restrictions loosen.

“I feel like we went from hibernating bears to

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chickens with our heads cut off,” said Rikki Mor, operations manager at Denver-based Imprint Entertainment. For most of last year, Mor said she could count the number of live events Imprint booked on two hands.

Michael Crabtree, owner of Denver-based DJ Guy, said business was down 80% to 85% from 2019 to 2020. DJ Connection, a nationwide company that has a Denver office, had 4,000 events scheduled last year, three-quarters of

which were canceled, said owner Jason Bailey.

Some events were entirely nonexistent during the pandemic, such as school dances and corporate events. All of the companies worked weddings and Imprint did a few bar and bat mitzvahs, one of which was a “carmitzvah,” Mor described.

At the carmitzvah — held at Wings over the Rockies in Denver— people congregated and celebrated by setting up tables at their adequately distanced

parked cars, Mor said.

Another pandemic-flex event the DJs worked was the “private prom.”

DJ Guy booked one with about 25 high school students from different schools, whose parents (the parents were in a friend group) put on for their kids at a small venue. Crabtree jokingly said, “It felt a lot more like parents planning a party for themselves and the kids were invited.” The ratio SEE DJ, P11

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of parents who took photos in the photo booth versus the students is evidence of that, he added.

That said, the students seemed like they had a lot of fun because “they had been stripped of some of these fun and engaging things that have been a rite of passage in high school,” Crabtree said. Not only were the restrictions slightly looser at the private prom, but parents were more relaxed about the music. For example, at a school-sanctioned dance, Crabtree might not be allowed to play an unedited version of Cardi B’s “WAP,” but the private prom parents didn’t have a problem with it.

“It’s kinda funny,” Crabtree said.

Slightly similar, DJ Connection worked virtual proms, where a student and their date were at individual homes and streamed into a group Zoom. The DJ, in his own Zoom box, played the music and performed as they normally do — even pausing at points to hype up the crowd by saying, “we got some shout-outs here!” or “we’re giving out prizes!” — to make the experience feel as normal as possible, Bailey said.

Virtual proms have been fun, but also, “weird because you can’t see the kids … it’s a strange experience for us because DJs feed off the crowd’s energy,” Bailey said.

However, those strange events have helped the bottom line. Even then, Imprint had to lay off a few full-time employees and a few DJs departed. DJ Connection dealt

For many live entertainment companies, the past year has been challenging since most of the events the companies booked were canceled. However, many managed through smaller, socially distanced events. Imprint Entertainment performed at socially distanced bat mitzvahs.

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with the same problem, but it didn’t end up laying off full-time employees because it’s a larger company. Still, Bailey worries if he’ll have enough DJs to work the bevy of events the company

After a year of limited events, live entertainment companies and DJs are hoping for a return to a more normal world.

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is lining up for later this year. A few DJs with DJ Guy were furloughed.

“I don’t personally see us recovering as an industry until at least 2022 to 2023, depending,” said Crabtree.

Things are picking up, though.

Imprint recently did a prom at Legacy High School, an Adams 12 Five Star Schools district school, and DJ Connection did a prom at Horizon High School in Thornton, another Adams 12 school. DJ Guy recently did a dance with Douglas County School District and is looking to book events with Jefferson County Public Schools.

Imprint, DJ Connection and DJ Guy all have tons of weddings on the horizon. Many are rescheduled gigs, but some are new

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events. On June 26, Bailey said DJ Connection will be at 19 events in Denver, over half of which are rescheduled events.

Like other businesses, live entertainment companies are cautiously optimistic about the prospect of more, and larger, gatherings as more people are vaccinated. That’s what excites the live entertainment companies, despite the struggles they still deal with. Mor said, “It is enthralling, and it is exciting.

I think people have just missed being together. I think there is a little bit of anxiety for people to go back into situations. But it’s overwhelmingly more that people are so thrilled and excited to be together; it just provides a sense of adrenaline.”

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A good guide to nearby mountain adventure

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here is nothing inappropriate in venturing in the outdoors on your own, after all the whole outdoors world suggest a sense OUTDOOR of adventure and offers exploring LIVING the unseen, the unknown, the new.

But there is also something to be said for preparing and researching.

The Georgetown, upper Gilpin County I-70 region is a growRon Hellbusch ing attraction for the knowledgeable and the adventurous newbies and inquisitive outdoorsman. This region offers an interesting combination of mountain flora and fauna.

The variety of wildlife, plant, trees and historical waste mineral from the Clear Creek drainage basin’s rich silver and gold mining history, is well within reach of the outdoor explorer. However, to fully experience these assets of nature can be far more fulfilling with some local help from one who knows.

This is where Georgetown’s Kimberly Knox’s local experience enters the picture. Kimberly provides a unique service of guiding individuals, families and youth groups, and sharing the offerings to Front Range outdoors visitors.

With over three decades of hiking, studying, writing, photographing and recording the region’s natural outdoors, Kimberly Knox has assured visitors they can become comfortably familiar with this region of our Front Range moun-

tains.

“I stress outdoors safety and value of good hiking equipment, as first step priorities, as we plan and prepare the hikes,” Kimberly stated. Given her broad experience in group adventure guiding, rockclimbing and mounting biking, Kimberly can offer hikes in a wide range of environments.

“Clear Creek has so much to offer in steep mountain slopes with amazing vistas, to wildflower meadows with small flowing snow melt brooks with opposing vertical rock walls with raging white-water rapids,” she advised.

Kimberly customizes her clients’ experience and fitness level with options for an exciting and positive hiking experience. She can include in her planning snowshoes with poles or other unique all-weather

equipment, plus a snack for the beginner, in the price of the tour.

For those excited about outdoors activities, but not sure what specific activities to pursue, Kimberly offers “first time support” training and basic pursuit of many adventures to help clients chose their best match.

Kimberly invites calls to further describe services Georgetown Outdoor Discovery provides at 303-900-2672 or email geogetownoutdoordiscovery.com. Colorado’s spring and early summer is prime time to enjoy the Mile High State’s extended beauty by exploring the environment of the Front Range mountain outdoors.

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Nonprofit aims to help students IFCS also looks for donations to support the program

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As the pandemic’s economic effects continue to strain families, a south Denver metro nonprofit is gearing up to provide students with new backpacks, school supplies and family meal support.

“IFCS sees firsthand, daily, how community support makes a difference in addressing inequities that are currently exacerbated by the pandemic,” the nonprofit said in a news release.

Integrated Family Community Services — which serves families and individuals in the EnglewoodLittleton area and beyond — is looking for support from the community for its “Ready, Set, School!” program.

The effort is aimed at students in kindergarten through eighth grade and leans on “the generosity of community sponsors,” the nonprofit said in the release.

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IFCS needs financial support to provide school supplies and food boxes to roughly 500 local students.

Donations may be made at ifcs. org/donate/ready-set-school-donations.

For the 2021 “Ready, Set, School!” program, IFCS has a service area of western Arapahoe and northern Douglas counties, including Englewood, Sheridan, Littleton, Centennial, Highlands Ranch, Glendale, Lone Tree and Greenwood Village.

The service area also includes southwest Denver neighborhoods, including Bear Valley, College View, Fort Logan, Harvey Park, Harvey Park South, Marston and South Platte. (Southwest neighborhoods are further defined as being south of Jewell Avenue and west of Santa Fe Drive, the release said.)

Integrated Family Community Services sits at 3370 S. Irving St. in the Sheridan area.

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Attorney: S. Blake Harris Mile High Estate Planning 1660 17th Street, Suite 120 Denver, CO 80202 Phone Number: 720-924-6171 FAX Number: 720-330-3261 E-mail: blake@milehighestateplanning.com Atty. Reg. #: 45942 Case Number: 2021PR030500 NOTICE OF NON-APPEARANCE HEARING BY PUBLICATION A hearing on the PETITION FOR FORMAL PROBATE OF WILL AND FORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Proof of publication will be filed upon completion.

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