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Denver’s COVID-19 grants total $14 million Businesses, nonprofits got help in program that some criticized

BY ESTEBAN L. HERNANDEZ DENVERITE.COM XXXX@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Pepper is passionate about helping students achieve their academic goals and recently assumed a role as the vice president of finance and operations at Emily Griffith Technical College, 1860 Lincoln St. in Denver.

“If you even have a thought (of pursuing higher education), reach out,” Pepper said. “We will partner with you and meet you for the rest of the way.”

Pepper, who has held professional roles in education since 2006, is one of three recent new hires at

The city’s economic development office handed out roughly $14 million in grants to hundreds of businesses and nonprofits in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chief business development officer Deborah Cameron, who works at the city’s economic development office, provided those figures during a presentation to a city council committee Jan. 13.

The money was provided from March through December 2020.

Businesses received up to $7,500 in aid.

Some local business owners have criticized the grant program’s application process for being too convoluted. They argue the city could be doing more to support them.

The city has provided more than $12 million in grants to more than 2,000 small businesses so far.

Cameron said the money for the grants came from federal and local sources, as well as corporate donations. Applications for the latest round of emergency funds are due on Jan. 26.

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Individualizing the educational journey Emily Griffith Technical College implements its new student lifecycle system

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Being a first-generation college graduate, Erin Pepper started a trend in her family.

After she earned her bachelor’s degree, she went on to earn a master’s degree.

While Pepper was working

toward her master’s degree, her father was then inspired to go back to school to earn his associate’s degree.

And now, the trend has been passed on to Pepper’s three Pepper children. Her oldest son graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 2019. Her middle son will be starting college this year. And her youngest son, a freshman in high school, recently decided he is going to pursue an engineering degree and will soon start looking into colleges.

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No ‘magical number’ for herd immunity Even with arrival of vaccine, there are many factors to consider

BY JOHN INGOLD THE COLORADO SUN

On Jan. 13, Colorado officially crossed the 209,000 mark for the number of people who have received at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine — meaning that more than 3% of the state’s population is now on its way to immunity through inoculation.

But how much further do we still have to go?

The launch of the vaccination campaign reignites questions about what it means to reach “herd immunity” in the state — that glorious threshold shrouded in the mind’s eye in a magical fog, for beyond that point lies normalcy.

More technically, once enough people in a community are immune from a virus to reach herd immunity, the virus can’t find enough susceptible people to jump into and the local epidemic begins to die out.

There’s a problem with this clean, perfect image of herd immunity, though. It is, alas, not quite as simple as it seems.

“There is not a magical number,” said Dr. Lisa Miller, an epidemiologist and a professor at the Colo-

rado School of Public Health.

Miller, with more than 20 years working in public health, knows this problem well. She previously worked at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment as the head of the Communicable Disease Branch and as the state epidemiologist.

“I think it’s easier to think of it as a range of numbers,” she said.

“This really isn’t an exact number.”

And even that range of numbers is difficult to pin down with a virus as new and evolving as the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic. There’s a bunch of different factors to consider.

The magic formula

Herd immunity is a complicated concept, but it’s also just a pretty simple formula. To calculate the percentage of people who need to be immune from a virus in order to reach herd immunity, all you have to know is the virus’s basic reproduction number — its R0 (pronounced R-naught). The number represents the average number of people that each infected person will pass the virus to.

Once you know that, calculating herd immunity is something any schoolkid could do, using the formula. Here it is: 1 - (1 ÷ R0) Divide 1 by the R0 value, then subtract the result from 1. If your

R0 is a terrifyingly high 18 (which it can be with measles), then the herd immunity threshold is 94%.

If R0 is 2 — something more akin to a slow-spreading common cold — the herd immunity threshold is 50%.

It’s also important to note that R0 is separate from the severity of the virus. Some fearsome viruses, like ebola, have low R0 values.

Number isn’t stable

This is where we run into the first pothole on the way to herd immunity nirvana, though. R0 isn’t a fixed number for any virus.

“There is no one exact number for R0,” Miller said. “That can vary depending on the population, depending on the virus.”

And the R0 for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is especially uncertain. Some estimates come in as low as 2. Some are as high as almost 6.

Miller said most studies are pegging the R0 for the coronavirus between 3 and 5. That means the herd immunity threshold is between 67% and 80%.

(Quick side note: We’re talking about the natural reproduction number here — how the virus would spread in a population with no immunity if we did nothing to stop it. Researchers in Colorado are also trying to estimate the effective reproduction number, which is how the virus is spreading now after taking into consideration everything we’re doing to slow it down, such as mask-wearing and social distancing. The latest estimates place the effective reproduction number in the state at 0.7, meaning the virus is in decline for now.)

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Even if we think we have a good handle on the R0 for SARS-CoV-2, that doesn’t mean it will stay put.

The newly discovered variant of the virus first identified in the U.K. is a good example of this.

Researchers estimate that the variant may be as much as 70% more transmissible. The researchers arrived at these estimates by looking at rates of spread during periods of high levels of social distancing in England, and warned that “extrapolation to other transmission contexts therefore requires caution.”

So it’s not clear what the new variant’s R0 might be or, in turn, how much that would impact the herd immunity threshold. But a more transmissible coronavirus would require a community to have greater levels of immunity before it clears the bar.

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The concept of one, simple herd immunity number rests on a bit of a fallacy. It imagines that, in a large state like Colorado, everyone just mixes randomly like pingpong balls in a lotto drawing.

But Miller said that is obviously not the way society works.

“These are really theoretical measures,” she said.

So it is entirely possible that Colorado could reach an 80% overall vaccination rate against the

coronavirus and still have large pockets of the population that are prone to outbreaks. This is the scenario that public health leaders have been warning about for years with diseases like measles.

Different communities within the state will also have different herd immunity thresholds. That is because R0 for the virus will be different depending on how populations interact. Dense communities where people live closer together, giving the virus a better chance of spreading, will have a higher herd immunity thresholds. Less dense communities will have lower ones.

As a piece published in 2019 in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases put it: “Because R0 is a function of the effective contact rate, the value of R0 is a function of human social behavior and organization, as well as the innate biological characteristics of particular pathogens.”

How good is the vaccine?

Now let’s talk about what it means to be immune. It’s not the same thing as being vaccinated.

Miller said no vaccine is perfect.

Even the best don’t work for 100% of the people who receive them.

The current coronavirus vaccines, made by Pfizer and Moderna, put up mind-blowingly-good efficacy numbers in clinical trials — both around 95%. When one of the key researchers who helped develop the vaccines heard those results, he reportedly sat down at his desk in his home office and wept.

A really good vaccine makes herd immunity a lot easier. It means that more of those who have been vaccinated are also immune, allowing them to count toward reaching the threshold, something Gov. Jared Polis nodded to in a news conference in December.

“The pandemic aspect of it is over once a sufficient number of people have been vaccinated,” Polis said. “I’ll leave that to the scientists to say whether that is 50% or 70% or 80%, but it’s a lot lower percentage of people before the pandemic is over at 94% efficacy than it would be if the vaccine were only 60 or 70% effective.”

Real world is test

Miller cautioned that efficacy and effectiveness are two different concepts in the public health world. Efficacy is what happens in a study, when everything is done as by-the-book as possible. Effectiveness is what happens in the grime and grind of the real world.

We don’t yet know what the effectiveness of the coronavirus vaccines is.

Miller said this probably isn’t a huge deal with the current vaccines. As long as they keep their real-world effectiveness near their clinical trial numbers, the population of vaccinated-but-not-immune people won’t be large enough to make much of a difference.

But this analysis changes if vaccines that come out in the future aren’t as successful.

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January 21, 2021

Keeping Denver’s buildings safe and sanitized Local janitors rally to celebrate reinstatement of cut hours

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Janitors are on the frontlines of the pandemic, keeping the buildings clean during the COVID-19 public health crisis.

“Janitors in our city will continue to do what it takes to keep our communities safe during the pandemic,” said Patricia Robles, vice president of property services for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 105, in a news release.

Robels has been a janitor in Denver’s buildings for 30 years. “With a vaccine on its way, it’s imperative that we maintain the high level of trust our community has in knowing that the buildings where we work and patronize are safe and sanitized.”

On Dec. 9, SEIU Local 105 organized a car rally in downtown Denver to celebrate an agreement with Commercial Cleaning Systems — a large cleaning contractor that serves the Denver-metro area — to fully reinstate janitors’ hours.

The rally was originally planned to be in protest to Commercial Cleaning Systems abruptly cutting the workers’ hours during the pandemic and just before the holiday season, states a news release from SEIU Local 105

A few hundred of Colorado’s janitors participate in a car caravan on Dec. 9 organized by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 105 to celebrate an agreement with Commercial Cleaning Systems that fully reinstated workers’ hours previously cut by the cleaning conPHOTOS BY CHRISTY STEADMAN tractor.

announcing the event.

The reduction of hours affected hundreds of Denver’s janitors — some got their hours cut and others were laid off, said Eva Martinez, who has been a janitor in Denver’s buildings for 26 years. This reduction in hours not only affected the workers’ income, but also their health insurance, Martinez added.

But a janitor’s responsibility of properly sanitizing surfaces and work areas to ensure the public’s safety amid the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t go away — in fact, they were tasked with the same amount of SEE JANITORS, P11

Eva Martinez, who has been a janitor in Denver’s buildings for 26 years, is one of hundreds who gathered – a few were on the streets but the majority were part of a car caravan – in downtown Denver on Dec. 9 to celebrate a full reinstatement of hours previously cut by the cleaning contractor Commercial Cleaning Systems.

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Preliminary data for the vaccine made by AstraZeneca — one of the next up in the pipeline — showed it to have 70% efficacy, on average.

That’s low enough that it could impact herd immunity calculations.

“In that case,” Miller said, “it might be useful to understand if it changes this range we’re talking about.”

Infection immunity unclear

There’s another way people could potentially be added to a herd immunity calculation, and it’s a crude one: by gaining immunity the oldfashioned way through infection.

In the race between virus and vaccine in Colorado right now, the virus is way out in front. The latest modeling estimates project that more than 1.3 million Coloradans have been infected with the coronavirus. That’s nearly a quarter of the state.

But there’s no consensus on whether those people should count when thinking about the state’s herd immunity threshold. Many people who have been infected develop at least short-term immunity — and maybe longer-term, as well.

Dr. Eric France, CDPHE’s chief medical officer, said in an interview last month that so-called natural immunity gained through infection will be “an important contribution” to reaching herd immunity in Colorado.

“Add to that the 70% to 90% of

January 21, 2021 people who will say they want to be vaccinated and we’ll be fine with regards to herd immunity,” France said.

Do kids count?

Colorado’s vaccination campaign currently envisions inoculating only people 18 and older. That may change if clinical trials show the vaccines are also safe and effective No firm promise for kids. But, right now, kids are off But some medical experts note the table. that natural immunity appears to So does that mean they count vary from person to person. And against the herd immunity calculasome people have reported two tion? separate coronavirus infections If they do, it would be incredibly over the course of the pandemic. difficult for Colorado to reach herd At a news conference last month, immunity statethe current wide. There are state epidemiolnearly 1.3 milogist, Dr. Rachel lion kids ages Herlihy, said 17 and younger there had been in Colorado, acabout 300 people cording to State in Colorado who Demography Ofhad tested posifice estimates. tive once and They make up then, some time nearly 22% of later, tested the state’s popupositive again. lation.

It is unclear, If none of though, how Dr. Rachel Herlihy, them are vaccimany of those are true reinfecstate epidemiologist nated and natural immunity tions. is not counted, “I think it means Colothere’s, unforturado would have to vaccinate over nately, lots of things we still don’t 85% of the adult population just to know about reinfection with this reach the lowest level in the estivirus,” Herlihy said then. mated herd immunity range.

This uncertainty causes Miller But what if kids don’t spread to urge caution. Stick with what the virus as easily as adults? you’re sure of, she said.

Some studies have suggested that “What we’re really focused on younger kids are less likely to be and what we can control is that virus-spreaders. Others have found vaccine herd immunity,” she said. evidence of the opposite.

“The goal and what public health Miller said the unknowns are reais focused on is looking at the person to continue testing the vaccines centage of the population that is in order to one day make them vaccinated.”

‘I think there’s, unfortunately, lots of things we still don’t know about reinfection with this virus.’

available to children.

“They are part of the population, so I think that’s an important issue,” she said.

Disease likely here to stay

The good news about COVID-19 is that, as vaccines go into arms, herd immunity can now be reached without accepting the massive death toll that would go along with trying to achieve it through infection.

The bad news about COVID-19 is that it is likely here to stay, even after we reach herd immunity. And it is uncertain how often we’re going to need to keep getting vaccinated in the future in order to stave it off.

“There’s still lots we still have to learn about how to maintain immunity with the vaccine,” Miller said. ”This is all assuming vaccine protection is maintained, so we have to figure out how to do that.”

To public health professionals like Miller, this means the message on herd immunity has to be one about endurance and vigilance.

Thus, Miller thinks the focus on a single, magical number for herd immunity is counterproductive.

It’s not a finish line we can cross and then immediately declare victory. This is a race we’re just going to have to keep running for a while.

“The debates about the number,” she said, “are missing the point.”

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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Helping small businesses survive pandemic City and new startup partner to provide free e-commerce platform

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A new Denver-based startup called Shop Sidewalk Inc. and the city’s Denver Economic Development & Opportunity (DEDO) have partnered to provide locally-owned brick-andmortar businesses a free e-commerce platform to help small businesses survive the COVID-19 pandemic.

A news release states that “the pandemic has driven a significant amount of consumer activity online

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A similar program for nonprofits launched in June. That program has doled out nearly $2 million to 184 small nonprofits, who can receive up to $15,000. The money comes from both local and federal sources.

Since August the city has provided businesses more than 7,000 personal protective equipment kits, each worth about $350 and funded through federal aid.

Cameron said her office has partnered with the Denver Public

as customers look for safe, contactless ways to shop for items while mitigating the spread of COVID-19.

As a result, many brick-and-mortar retail stores without effective online sales channels have seen significant losses in revenue.”

Shop Sidewalk’s e-commerce platform makes use of geolocation and is designed to help potential customers find and purchase products in close proximity to their neighborhood, in addition to providing an online presence for Denver businesses that currently have little to none.

“We are excited to partner with Sidewalk to help Denver retailers access and improve their use of online sales channels that enables them to generate revenue, while operating within public health and

safety guidelines,” said Eric Hiraga, executive director of DEDO, in a news release. “Micro and small businesses are the backbone of our local economy and we want to continue offering all the support that we can, to not only survive this crisis but to thrive long after this has passed.”

The news release says all small brick-and-mortar retail businesses within the city of Denver are encouraged to sign up for Shop Sidewalk’s free e-commerce marketplace. The news release adds that specific outreach efforts “will focus on small businesses in neighborhoods where some of the city’s

Library to loan out laptops and WiFi hotspots for up to three months.

Funded by federal dollars, about 300 laptops and WiFi hotspots have been purchased.

Cameron said people with a library card can request a laptop by calling their local branch. She said more than 100 people have already requested the materials. The laptops and WiFi hotspots are meant for adults who need internet access to find jobs or learn new skills.

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Animal adoption agencies seeing a doggone frenzy

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ecause of the pandemic, which of the following is way up nationwide?

Average per-person daily intake of calories from sugar?

QUIET Trips to the liquor DESPERATION store?

Pet adoption?

I don’t have the facts in front of me about calories and alcohol, just the assumption that both are true.

There are facts, however, that show Craig Marshall pet adoption in the Smith past year was not only way up but highly competitive.

Adoption agencies all over the country are experiencing something unique: They’re running out of pets; some have seen double the requests for dogs since the pandemic came along.

This is good news, but it comes with some bad news and an advisory (from me).

According to the Better Busi-

ness Bureau, “The number of complaints about fraudulent and nonexistent breeders has never been higher.”

At times, humans are an industriously evil lot.

If there’s a market value in deception, mankind will find it.

Dogs, cats, birds, fish, and even ferrets are “going like hotcakes,” said one operator of an animal shelter in Maryland.

Why? I don’t have room to go through all of the reasons why Harry enhances my life and makes it worth waking up every morning and chewing (as Emo Phillips said) through the leather straps.

Today, 35.7 million Americans live alone. When quarantined, that’s a lot of solitary souls trying to make the best of it — psychologically.

I can’t think of anything better than spending the day with Harry.

I’d take him over Audrey Hepburn.

And that would have been true before “social distancing.”

On January 6, like everyone else, I watched the horrific events unfold in Washington, D.C., glued to the

screen and mesmerized, revolted, saddened and disgusted.

Harry?

Harry came to me with a leash in his mouth.

Three of my friends adopted cats last year and they weren’t random acts: Each had owned cats in the past.

The advisory I mentioned is just this: Pets, especially dogs, require time, money, and commitment — and respect.

Harry’s annual Wellness Exam is coming up. He’s on a prescription diet. His teeth have to be cleaned.

Dog ownership isn’t what it once was.

The American Pet Products Association estimated we spent $99 billion on pet industry expenditures in 2020.

Some of that might include stupid hats and costumes, but the majority went to food, training, and medical care.

Although Hexe, my boyhood dachshund, was loved, she was treated very differently than I treat Harry. Dogs were, well, dogs back then. Now they are important mem-

bers of the family.

In the absence of a family, Harry is my son. His well-being is my well-being.

Experts warn that “adoptions should not be spontaneous,” but there probably were a few of those.

Research beforehand helps. There are sites (adoptapet.com, for example) that will help you determine which (breed) dog is best for you.

As great as dachshunds are, they’re not for everyone. Some of you may remember Smitty. He was adopted, at the age of 5, from the great, no-kill MaxFund Shelter in Denver.

I was his third owner. It’s my understanding he may have nipped a child who was playing too aggressively with Smitty when he was a puppy.

Please: Do your homework.

Mark Twain said, “The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not man’s.”

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The grand illusion in the land of confusion

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usic just seems to have a way of connecting us with feelings of inspiration, motivation, adventure, romance, sorrow, and love. We can remember where we were the first time WINNING we heard those WORDS songs, and the people or person that we were with, and how we experienced the music.

Dating myself here as I share that I am a little stuck in the ‘70s and early ‘80s when it comes Michael Norton to my preferred genre of music. My playlists for working out, walking, or skiing are a collection of my favorite songs from that era. This week, as I was listening to one of my playlists, I found the irony and prophetic wisdom in a couple of the songs that made it into my mix.

The first was Styx, “The Grand Illusion,” and the song that followed was Genesis, “Land of Confusion.”

I asked myself: “Irony or prophecy?”

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Styx’s “The Grand Illusion” lyrics caught my attention: “Welcome to the grand illusion, come on in and see what’s happening, pay the price, get your ticket for the show.”

It made me think of everything that has been going on in our country. The points of view, posts, political speeches, censorship and what the news covers and does not cover. And just how serious of a situation we are in no matter what side we fall out on. And in the situations that we are finding ourselves in could well be described as the grand illusion that appears in our news and social media each day. Are we believing in the magic of the spin doctors on all sides and at every level, so much so, that we cannot determine what is real?

Genesis’ “The Land of Confusion.” This was a unique political song for Genesis. It refers to the thinking of world leaders at the time, specifically the United States and Russia. And on the heels of the Styx song mentioned above, “The Land of Confusion” filled my ears and my heart with the recog-

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nizable beat and lyrics. And as the song played, as loud as I could get it to play, I found myself anticipating and waiting for a particular part of the song, “There’s too many men, too many people, making too many problems, and not much love to go-’round, can’t you see this is the land of confusion.”

Could it be any more spot-on today, especially considering that it was released in 1986? We need more love to go-’round.

As we all come to the same conclusion that it is an illusion and it is confusion, we will find ourselves thinking, “Now what?” For those of us not caught up in the mania that is taking place, we wonder how we should respond, what can we do, how do we live, work, and play amidst the illusion and confusion? Here is the answer, just as we have seen magic shows and magicians live or on television, and then we get to see the hacks from behind the scenes, we are entertained for sure, but we accept it at face value. It is magic. So, when we think of the grand illusion let’s look for the hack and the reality.

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to convince us through emotion but looking through the illusion and confusion by using our good judgment and common sense to draw our own conclusions.

One last song lyric from a tune by the Moody Blues, “Late Lament.” Consistent with using good judgment and common sense, we remember the lyric in this Moody Blues’ classic, “But we decide which is right, and which is an illusion.”

How about you? Are there songs that remind you of certain times in your life? Do those songs resonate with you today based on the world we are living in? There are so many great classics from yesteryear that are just so relevant today and I would love to hear your favorites at mnorton@tramazing. com. And when we can work our way through the grand illusion and the land of confusion, it really will be a better than good year.

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Welding is one of the programs offered at Emily Griffith Technical College.

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The new system places great focus on the middle steps, which helps ensure each student’s experience is individualized, Jones said. For example, one of Jones’ responsibilities will be overseeing the Career Navigators in the Navigation Center.

The Career Navigators “will help students choose a career path and a program within that path,” states a news release.

“The Career Navigators make sure the students’ stories are heard,” Jones said.

In addition, students will work with Career Coaches to help connect them with career and job opportunities once they complete their program, states a news release.

Numbers from 2019 reveal that Emily Griffith sits at 86% for program completion and 81% for job placement, Johnson said.

“This lends to our slogan, ‘the engine that powers Colorado’s workforce,’” Johnson said. When you talk about education, he added, “you’re talking about peoples’ lives.”

Pepper agreed.

“Making education affordable and successful for all students who want to seek higher education,” she said, “can change the trajectory of their family’s lives.”

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Emily Griffith. The other two are Randy Johnson, who is the college’s new executive director; and Joshua Jones, who serves Emily Griffith as manager of the college’s new Navigation Center.

Johnson comes to Emily Griffith after serving Denver Public Schools since 2008. With DPS, he Johnson was most recently the regional instructional superintendent for schools in the central region of Denver.

Jones has been involved with higher education for nearly 15 years, having worked at Elsmere Education, Jones which is a Denver-based educational consultant; and as the senior director of admissions at the former Art Institute of Colorado.

“Emily Griffith is a very impressive school,” Johnson said. “We serve a lot of students, and we’re looking at how we can serve students better.”

All three of these team leaders — Pepper, Johnson and Jones — will play an important role with the college’s new student lifecycle system, which helps students successfully navigate their schooling, education and career.

“We’re here to help them,” Pepper said of Emily Griffith’s students.

“We understand that it’s an educational journey.”

Expecting the student lifecycle system to be fully implemented in January, its focus is on the whole student, Jones said.

The student lifecycle system can be explained as a six-step process that helps guide students through their entire academic career and beyond. The six steps are: recruitment; triage, which helps students learn what resources are available; career and education exploration; career planning; education; and career placement.

“It starts with that initial conversation,” Jones said, “and moves forward from there.”

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Some people like to use trekking poles when they go snowshoeing.

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ith health officials continuing to encourage outdoor activities amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, there’s one affordable winter activity that’s getting folks outside, active and socially distanced: snowshoeing.

The sport, essentially the winter version of hiking, is a great way to enjoy being outside in the winter without having to empty one’s pockets to buy ski or snowboard gear and pricey lift tickets, said Frank Bulkley, owner of Eskimo Ski Shop in Centennial.

“If you want to get outside and get some fresh air, it’s a great way to do it. It doesn’t have to be a 10-mile hike either,” he said. “It’s a simple way to get out there and do something different in the snow.”

The only things needed to start snowshoeing are waterproof boots, waterproof layers like a jacket and pants and of course, the snowshoes, which can be rented for under $20 per day.

While hiking boots and shoe spikes can perform well when a trail is packed down with snow or a bit icy, snowshoes really thrive in snow about a foot or more deep, Bulkley said.

Jake Thomas, manager at Mountainside Gear Rental in Golden, says the best way for beginners to try out snowshoeing is to head to familiar territory. “(Go) somewhere you’ve already been, somewhere you’re comfortable with going that’s not super remote,” he said. “Maybe somewhere you hike in the summer.”

It’s also best to go with a buddy and remain within cell service, he said.

A pair of snowshoers trek on Mount Sniktau near Loveland Pass.

“Any precautions you would take while hiking, you should take while on snowshoes,” Bulkley said.

That includes carrying a headlight, being ready for weather changes, bringing plenty of water and snacks and knowing how to react if confronted by wildlife. Those snowshoeing off trails or in the backcountry also need to be aware of avalanche precautions.

Many hiking websites, such as AllTrails.com, will have comments from recent hikers on snow conditions for specific areas or trails.

Thomas likes to recommend Golden Gate State Park, St. Mary’s Glacier

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and trails around Nederland to those interested in snowshoeing.

How they work

Snowshoeing is largely intuitive.

The shoes snap on and off easily and are lightweight enough to carry in a backpack until needed.

“They’ve come a long way from the big clunky ones that looked like tennis rackets on your feet,” Thomas said.

Snowshoes vary in size based on a person’s weight and the snow conditions. They work by distributing the wearer’s weight across the surface of the snow, preventing the person

from sinking more than a couple inches.

“As long as you’re fit and able to push yourself a little and try something new, it’s really for everyone,” Thomas said. “It is a little more physically demanding than hiking.”

Thomas likes to bring trekking poles when he goes out. They aren’t essential, but they can help with balance, he said.

“In the wintertime, when everything is covered in snow, things are much more serene and quiet. You get to be more in touch with what’s going on around you,” he said. “It’s viewing the world in a different lens. Looking around and seeing untouched snow all around you is a really cool thing.”

Crescent Moon Snowshoes, based in Englewood, also makes foam snowshoes, which are perfect for beginners, said Tanner Dunn, vice president of the company.

The shoes strap on and connect to the heel of the wearer’s shoes, unlike other snowshoes, Dunn said.

“You can give them to anyone, they’re so intuitive and easy to walk in,” he said.

Normally, the company offers direct sales and rentals of these shoes, but this year, their inventory has been depleted as a surge of buyers have appeared during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dunn said.

“It’s one of the few winter activities besides skiing,” Dunn said.

“Snowshoeing is easier to go and grab real quick.”

For Dunn, one major benefit of snowshoeing is how easy it is to feel like you’re the only person on a trail.

“It’s so quiet. I love hiking, too, but it’s really hard to find a trail that’s not packed — whereas snowshoeing, it’s just dead quiet. It really is different,” he said. “So many people hike but not that many snowshoe.”

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JUDITH ANN REES, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30003

Personal Representative 1627 41st St. Evans, CO 80620

Paul W. Miller, Personal Representative 13194 W Yale Pl Lakewood, CO 80228

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Cynthia A. Plampin, aka Cynthia Ann Plampin, aka Cindy Plampin, aka Cindy A. Plampin, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 513

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ezequiel Hernandez Venegas, also known as Ezequiel Hernandez, aka Ezequiel Venegas, aka Ezeguiel Hernandez Venegas, aka Ezeguiel Hernandez, aka Ezeguiel Venegas, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR31508

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personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado, on or before May 21, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before May 14, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Steven M. Gruenler, Personal Representative 22305 Quail Run Way Parker, CO 80138 Legal Notice No. 80822 First Publication: January 14, 2021 Last Publication: January 28, 2021

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work, but less hours to do it, states the news release.

“Today we’re relaying the message that Commercial Cleaning Systems did the right thing” by reinstating the janitors’ hours, said Magda

Astudillo who has been a janitor in Denver’s buildings for 20 years.

According to the SEIU website, Local 105 represents more than 8,000 people who are employed in healthcare, janitorial, security and airports throughout Colorado and the southwestern United States.

Internationally, the union consists of 2 million people throughout the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico, states

spokesperson for the SEIU. They did receive their PPE, Fernandez said, and there was an agreement reached to extend the current contract to June, which is when negotiations will take place again.

“We want this dialogue to continue so we can keep our city safe,” Astudillo said, “and so that our janitors and essential workers are being treated with respect.”

the SEIU website.

In May, SEIU Local 105 organized a car rally in downtown Denver during contract negotiations, which happens every four years. On topic this year was personal protective equipment (PPE), including gloves and masks for janitors; proper cleaning and sanitizing disinfectant; wages; and maintaining health-care benefits, said David Fernandez, a

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Conifer, CO 80433

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Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Andrew William Howell, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR000191 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before May 7, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 80817 First Publication: January 14, 2021 Last Publication: January 28, 2021 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Barbara Elizabeth Cook, aka Barbara E. Cook, aka Barbara Cook, aka Barbara Mann, aka Barbara Coleman, Deceased Case Number: 20PR31643

Adoption / Guardianship

Martin M. Howell, Personal Representative 169 Preston Drive Gillette, NJ 07933

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before May 14th, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 80808 First Publication: January 7, 2021

Jennifer Mackety, Personal Representative 26894 Grey Moose Trail

after the first date of this publication to serve a copy of your response to Jennifer D. Andrews at 2200 N 30th St Ste. 202 Tacoma WA 98403 or a court may enter an order granting the adoption and terminate your parental rights.

Legal Notice No. 80828 First Publication: January 21, 2021 Last Publication: February 25, 2021 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch

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Superior Court of Washington County of Pierce No. 20-5-00714-1 In re the adoption of Noah James Oler-Hinz.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of ELAINE RITA BERGER, a/k/a ELAINE R. BERGER, a/k/a ELAINE BERGER, Deceased Case Number: 2020 PR 31629

Notice and Summons by Publication to Kelsey Anne Oler: a petition to terminate parental rights, adopt the child and change name to Noah James Hinz was filed on 11/05/2020. You have sixty days

personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before May 21, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael H. Berger, Personal Representative c/o Steven R. Hutchins, Esq. Hutchins & Associates LLC 1999 Broadway, Suite 1400 Denver, Colorado 80202 Legal Notice No. 80832 First Publication: January 21, 2021 Last Publication: February 4, 2021 Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch

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