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ELBERT COUNTY, COLORADO
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VOLUME 125 | ISSUE 29
Douglas County identifies body found in 1993 The 20-year-old woman has been known as ‘Jane Doe’ until now BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office has taken a step forward in solving a cold cases after investigators, using genetic genealogy, confirmed the identity of a woman found dead in an area between Woodland Park and Decker in 1993. Rebecca “Becky” Redeker, 20, was known as “Jane Doe” for decades after her death. The woman, who spent much of her life in the Colorado Springs area, was found when Sheriff Tony Spurlock was a sergeant with the office. “I remember seeing her at the scene,” he said at a press conference
A photo board, showing several images of Becky Redeker. Her body was discovered in a forest in Douglas County, but has only now been identified.
PPE, protecting vulnerable populations, economic recovery take priority
PHOTO BY ELLIOTT WENZLER
held on Aug. 13 to announce Redeker’s identification. Redeker also lived in the Manitou Springs area from 1985 to 1988 and attended Coronado High School in 1989. That year, she was living in a group home in Colorado Springs. In
1990 and 1991, she lived at a group home in Denver and in 1992 she moved around to multiple other areas include Black Forest, Green Mountain Falls and Woodland Park,
BY TABATHA STEWART SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
The Elbert County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously to approve rezoning from agriculture to commercial, as a Special Use by Review, for Healing Pines Recovery Center, located at 5550 County Road 24 in Elizabeth, during the Aug. 12 BOCC meeting. The approval comes after nearly a year of going back and forth with the developer, Paul Leafstedt, in an attempt to quell the objections and fears of neighbors and residents who vehemently expressed their opinions against the recovery center.
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“Words can’t describe the excitement and relief I am feeling. The knot I have carried in my stomach for 10 months now is gone. That is a long time to go through something this stressful, truthfully it felt like several years,” said Leafstedt. “I am so happy that we get to bring these much-needed services that currently don’t exist, at any level of care, to Elbert County. I’m grateful to have the professional, creative, and compassionate staff who have stuck with us through this turbulent process.” Healing Pines will be a residential recovery center on 40 acres that will house up to eight residents, all men 18 and older, during their addiction recovery process. Leafstedt has stated that all residents would be screened carefully, and those with violent or criminal histories would not be accepted into the program. He hopes to utilize the rural setting in helping with the healing and recov-
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ery of his clients. Leafstedt filed his formal application for a Special Use by Review on Jan. 20, and a series of public meetings were held, where many residents expressed concerns about the facility being in their neighborhood. Among the concerns were parking, increased traffic, the prospect of unattended recovering addicts roaming the neighborhood, and having single men, recovering from addiction, living next to children on neighboring lots. Some of the public meetings ran so long with public comment that the BOCC carried the discussion over to subsequent meetings. Those delays, coupled with COVID-19 restrictions, repeated requests for more information by commissioners, and contention from community members were frustrating to Leafstedt and his team.
Through the Coronarivus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Elbert County will receive $2,294,004 in reimbursement to offset costs incurred for fighting the spread of the virus, protecting community members and helping restore economic balance within the county. The money can be used for anything related to COVID-19, but any program, purchase or project must be completed by Dec. 30, 2020. The money cannot be used for already budgeted items or put into the general fund. Any money that is not used by the end of the year goes back to the State of Colorado. “If we can spend every dime within our community we can make huge impacts here,” said Commissioner Chris Richardson, at the Aug. 12 Elbert County Board of County Commissioners meeting. “Anything not spent by the end of the year goes back to Colorado, and $2 million in Denver could have a much smaller impact than here.” Under a county proposal for spending the money, $103,085 of the funds would be distributed proportionately to the towns of Simla, Kiowa and Elizabeth, under an intergovernmental agreement, and each town would use those funds for individual town needs.
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Recovery center in Elizabeth gets green light County OKs rezoning after imposing conditions on Healing Pines
Elbert County ponders CARES funds
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FUNDS FROM PAGE 1
The county plan calls for $229,000 of the funds, approximately 10% of the CARES award, to be held in a contingency reserve. County officials reached out to county departments and agencies, asking for ideas on how their departments could utilize the remainder of the funds, and came up with a list of 34 possible projects that might qualify for reimbursement. County Manager Sam Albrecht told commissioners the list is only a draft of ideas, and the county will spend the next few weeks prioritizing that list before it begins awarding funds. A substantial portion of the funds, $600,000, is allotted for business grants to local businesses that were affected by the governor’s Stay at Home and Safer at Home orders, which would range from $1,000 to $10,000. Also, $50,000 could be allotted for nonprofit grants for county nonprofits such as food banks, and possibly could establish a meals-on-wheels program for local seniors. An estimated $75,000 could be used to hire one fulltime public health employee who would perform data collection and contact tracing. The two nursing homes in Elbert County are each slated to receive $2,500 for PPE and equipment, with $20,000 on the list to be used for a one-year supply of PPE for county operations. Hiring someone to develop audit and processing controls to administer the funds would cost about $50,000, and upgrading the Phoenix Technologies IT contract for COVID-19 support is estimated at $150,000. Other ideas that made the list are one fulltime employee for economic recovery, ($100,000), HVAC improvements to the jail to increase ventilation, ($150,000), replacing the county website content management system to support online transactions and support social distancing ($50,000), and the purchase of a remote-control robot for the sheriff ’s office to use for delivery of meals, search of quarantine residences and other distantly controlled tasks, ($60,000). Albrecht told commissioners that the process
has been a bit frustrating, as they continue to get conflicting guidelines on what is acceptable from the state and federal level. “The frustrating piece of this is that the agreement we got from the state, after we were told to follow federal guidelines, has some restrictions on the improvements that are different than the federal guidelines,” said Albrecht. Albrecht said another challenge is the fact that they are competing with other counties and towns for some of the same services, and everyone must have their services completed by the end of the year. “Every other county is buying PPE and updating their websites,” said Albrecht. While county commissioners are hoping to take advantage of the CARES Act funding, some residents are not happy with the proposed list of projects, and question whether or not Elbert County should even be using the funds since they don’t believe the county is recognizing the severity of the pandemic or enforcing state mandates for social distancing and face coverings. Resident Archie Aquino, PhD, has lived in Elbert County since 1994, and sent a letter to the commissioners expressing his concerns. “I am concerned that Elbert County is receiving funds for conditions that the county has repeatedly indicated is not a problem in our rural neighborhood,” said Aquino. “If that is the case, we should allow other communities which have acknowledged COVID-19 as a serious issue be given access to funding for programs we do not need. “The Elbert County Sheriff has stated that they will not be enforcing the Colorado State mandate for wearing masks in places of business. This was put in place by Governor Polis to mitigate the possible spread of the Coronavirus to susceptible individuals in our community. As a result, some businesses in Elbert County do not enforce the mandate as well. … If the Sheriff is not willing to safeguard our citizens, what makes me believe that the Sheriff ’s department will take on any support of programs proposed by the BOCC?” A full list of proposed projects can be found at https://elbertcoco.civicclerk.com/Web/GenFile. aspx?ad=1119.
How strong is your purchasing power? STAFF REPORT
Across metro Denver, one county stands out for the high purchasing power its residents enjoy, but two others are above average nationwide, according to a new report. For its latest annual report on the topic, SmartAsset, a New York-based personal-finance data company, compared counties across the United States on their residents’ purchasing power -- the ratio of their household median income, minus income taxes, to the local cost of living -- based on 2018 data. In Colorado, Elbert County came out on top in SmartAsset’s estimation, with median income of $92,849 and an annual cost of living of $51,237. Cost of living is a government measure of the typical expenses a household faces, from housing costs to groceries to medical bills to haircuts. Elbert scored a “purchasing power index” rating of 71.64 in the SmartAsset report, with 50 being the national median. There was a sizable gap between Elbert and any other Colorado county in the SmartAsset report. Broomfield County came in at No. 2, with a purchasing power rating of 64.55 based on median income of $85,639 and cost of living of $50,433. Arapahoe County came in at No. 7 statewide -- purchasing power index 57.07, median income $69,553, cost of living $44,082. Elbert, Broomfield and Arapahoe were the only metro Denver counties in SmartAsset’s purchasing power Top 10 for Colorado. Other Colorado counties include Weld at No. 3, Eagle at No. 4, Teller at No. 5, Grand at No. 6, El Paso at No. 8, Garfield at No. 9 and Larimer at No. 10. Nationwide, three of the 10 counties with the highest purchasing power are in energy-rich North Dakota, including No. 1 Billings County, SmartAsset estimated. As for median income alone, leaving cost of living aside, SmartAsset placed Douglas County at No. 6 nationwide with a typical income of $111,154. SmartAsset based its report on data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2018 American Community Survey, the MIT Living Wage Study, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ 2018 Consumer Expenditure Survey. For more from the report and an interactive map, visit tinyurl.com/PurchashingPower.
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Opinion: Mental challenge of coronavirus surprised me
More time at home means more time to welcome furry family members
BY JOSEPH RIOS JRIOS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
July 29 was the 10th day I had been sick with the novel coronavirus, and by that time, I had all the symptoms you’ve read about or heard about. I had a fever, I could feel myself losing my breath if I did something as simple as make my bed. I had a cough, and I could barely walk around my tiny apartment or walk outside to throw out the trash. But it wasn’t until July 29 that I really realized that I was sick with coronavirus. I was watching the Colorado Rockies play against the Oakland Athletics, and I saw the cardboard cutout fans placed in the stands of the ballpark and the players and coaches in masks. I heard the artificial crowd noise at the game, and it may sound goofy, but watching the Rockies that day is when I started to mentally feel like I had the virus. Watching the “new normal” Rockies game with all of its changes and precautions to protect people from the virus drove home the fact that I was sick with a deadly virus that has been the cause of at least 167,000 deaths in America. That moment made it more real than my positive test, it made me fearful, and it made my anxiety about my illness worse.
Animal adoptions brighten life during pandemic BY LILLIAN FUGLEI SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
Joseph Rios.
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There is a big difference between having coronavirus and reading about it or hearing about it from someone who had it. I had spent nearly every week since the pandemic began writing about the virus and had interviewed people who were sick with it — but I still didn’t realize how mentally challenging it would be to have coronavirus. SEE CHALLENGE, P13
The novel coronavirus has meant a lot more time at home for many people, which has some perks — including an increase in pet adoptions. “Since we knew we’d be home all summer, and since we limit how much going out and about we do now, we thought it was a good time to get a puppy,” said Jennie Shipman of Littleton. She and her family adopted a 9-week-old collie puppy named Lucky to keep themselves busy during a long summer at home. “Having Lucky here brings a lot of joy to our home,” Shipman said. “He is a great reason to put our electronics away and devote our time to doing things with him.Our kids are surprised by how much energy he has, and everything he has to learn.” For shelters like Littleton’s Humane Society of The South Platte Valley, the pandemic means heightened cleaning measures and a limit on volunteers, but they stand ready to facilitate adoptions — now by appointment.
Jennie Shipman of Littleton said her family adopted Lucky, a collie puppy, motivated in part by how much time they’re spending at home during the pandemic. COURTESY PHOTO “In Colorado in general, there are lots of humans looking to adopt their new friends” said Kelsey Kennelly, the center’s outreach director. “It’s a good place to be for homeless animals.” She believes the increased time at home has led to more adoptions. “For people who are at home more than they would normally be, one of the most obvious benefits is being able to help the animal get situated in its first few nights, weeks and months in a new environment,” Kennelly said. “By being physically there with the animal as they adjust, adopters are able to monitor the animal’s behavior more closely and ensure they are on the path to success.” Lillian Fuglei is a senior at Heritage High School in Littleton.
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“We, as an applicant, did absolutely everything by the book regarding the Special Use Application,” said Leafstedt. “From day one, we were never late on any items, turned in everything that was ever asked of us including performing tasks such as traffic studies, site plan surveys, the list goes on and is very long. We were completely prepared and compliant in absolutely every area. Due to certain missteps out of our control, coupled with this being a new type of applicant for the county and COVID, the process took much longer than necessary.” During the Aug. 12 BOCC meeting, commissioners asked Leafstedt about 19 different points of concern with his application, ranging from questions about the well on the property to whether or not a commercial kitchen would be installed. Privacy fences, property barriers, maintenance of the driveway and smoke/fire detectors
were also addressed. Commissioner Chris Richardson warned Leafstedt that if approved, there could be a review of the Special Use by Review if any Healing Pines clients wandered off the property and into neighboring yards. “If there’s a resident leaving the property, there could be a review of the SUR,” said Richardson. “The expectation is that folks would not be wandering the neighborhood. I would like to make that a condition that you would be back before us if that happens.” Leafstedt reminded commissioners that clients are there by choice, and if they choose to leave the program the facility would make arrangements for someone to come pick them up. Richardson also warned that if the county received complaints from neighbors about the facility, the county compliance officer would investigate, and three complaints within six months would trigger a review of the rezoning. Leafstedt questioned who would determine if the complaints were valid. “I’m concerned because there’s been
a hostility from some neighbors,” said Leafstedt. “And my concern is they could just call. I would like to have some protocols in place with the compliance review.” Leafstedt addressed each of the 19 concerns verbally, but it appeared as if the decision might be delayed yet again, when Commissioner Grant Thayer asked for those conditions in writing “It sounds like you’re verbally agreeing to lots of conditions, but it would make me more comfortable if we had a list of those conditions before we vote on it,” said Thayer. “I’m one of those people who gets nervous when we have a lot of verbal commitments but no written documentation.” Chairman Richardson called for a recess to allow Leafstedt and his team to put their commitments in writing, and when the meeting resumed he presented the document to the commissioners, who voted unanimously to approve the SUR. Thayer voted yes and wished Leafstedt well, and recommended he “figure out how to get along with
your neighbors.” Commissioner Rick Pettitt said he “found this compatible with the county’s regulations provided you comply with all the conditions.” Richardson gave his vote of approval, stating that “I think in general this is going to be a good thing.” “The result went the way it was intended to, and for that I am grateful,” said Leafstedt after the meeting. “My family and I look forward to coming down from Arvada to live in beautiful Elizabeth. We look forward to bringing the highest level of care for a disease that is expected to kill twice the amount it did in 2017, which was over 150,000 people. This is a deadly, sad disease that affects the entire family, it does not discriminate, and we hope to be an epicenter of knowledge and help for the community. Many community businesses and neighbors are utilizing us for community service opportunities and we are partnering and participating in the services they offer. I invite anyone in the community to contact me and see how we can work together.”
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COVID-19 testing: Important, say officials, but is it free? Some health plans have refused to pay costs, lawmakers say BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
More than half a year after COVID-19 emerged as a major threat to Coloradans, a big question remains surrounding a key element in the war against the disease: testing, and whether it should be free for everyone. Widespread confusion over whether getting tested for the virus is free has continued months after Congress appeared to put the question to bed with two laws in March, and questions have still lingered this summer as to when the public may be hit with unexpected costs. Some health insurance offered by Americans’ employers — known as self-funded or self-insured health plans — have refused to pay for COVID-19 tests at all or have required that consumers pay some costs, according to a letter from congressional Democrats to federal officials in July. That’s despite the fact that federal guidance issued in late June appeared to affirm that insurers refusing to pay for tests for those with COVID-19 symptoms, or who had recent exposure to COVID-19, is unlawful. Self-insured plans must cover services related to testing, according to the June 23 guidance by the federal Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury. But that guidance served up another
complication: A rule that COVID-19 testing for employment purposes — such as when a workplace requires tests before employees return to work — are not required to be covered. Neither is testing under proactive public health efforts to better understand how the coronavirus is spreading. Colorado officials have, at times, been quick to paint the cost of testing as simple. “Testing is free,” a March 10 state news release said. “Whether you have Medicaid or Medicare or private insurance or no health care insurance, cost is not a barrier — there is no copay, there is no out-of-pocket for testing,” Gov. Jared Polis said at a May 18 news conference. The reality is more nuanced, although many insured Coloradans — if not the vast majority — should be able to undergo testing without costs if they have symptoms or if they believe they have been exposed to COVID-19. Uninsured Coloradans can also access free testing depending on where they seek the service. On Aug. 11, Polis announced the opening of two new drive-up sites for free public testing at the Aurora Sports Complex and at Hyland Hills Water World in Federal Heights, joining the existing site at Pepsi Center. At press time yet another site was expected to be announced south of Denver. In making the announcement, the governor said fast testing will be the key to stopping the virus’ spread and returning Colorado to normal. “We know that our success against this virus relies on information,” Polis said. “This is a war and intelligence is critical, knowing where the enemy is and if you are in danger.”
Area residents receive COVID-19 tests at one of the state’s two new fasttrack testing sites at Water World in Federal Heights on August 14. The tests, performed by Mako Medical for the state and for Adams County, are free of charge. PHOTO BY STEFAN BRODSKY
Employer-based plans in spotlight In their July 7 letter, congressional Democrats cited a report by Kaiser Health News, a nonprofit news outlet that covers national health policy. Many Americans are covered by self-funded plans, where an employer’s money pays the claims, KHN reported. It may not be clear to employees that they are in such a plan, the outlet added. Many of the companies with those plans have operated as if they’re exempt from the federal rules, the outlet reported May 22. The U.S. Labor Department, which regulates self-funded health plans, could not immediately be reached for
comment on whether self-funded plans are widely refusing to pay for COVID-19h tests or requiring consumers to bear t part of the cost in Colorado and other s a states. The Colorado Division of Insurance t didn’t have information on that ques- e f tion because of its lack of authority over self-funded plans, Vincent Plymf ell, the division’s assistant commiss sioner, told Colorado Community w Media. s “Knowing the varied nature of employers (and) self-funded plans, it is b likely that their approach to these situF ations is also varied,” Plymell said. Under the Families First Coronavi- R N rus Response Act — passed by Congress in mid-March and amended by P the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Eco- W nomic Security (CARES) Act — health t care coverage must generally provide COVID-19 testing and the health care v office visits that ultimately result in a a test, without any cost-sharing. That’s a b term that means the costs consumers u pay out of their own pockets, including 7 deductibles, copayments and coinsur- i t ance. s The federal June 23 guidance says both insured and self-insured group o health plans are required to comply p with those requirements. a Testing for workplaces, pandemic data b s That federal guidance says the requirements don’t apply for testing for employment purposes or testing as g part of certain public health data-gath- a d ering about the pandemic. “Clinical decisions about testing are s made by the individual’s attending b o SEE TESTING, P7 i o s a f p t n f
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health-care provider and may include testing of individuals with signs or symptoms compatible with COVID-19, as well as (individuals without symptoms) with known or suspected recent exposure” to the coronavirus, the federal guidance says. It adds: “Testing conducted to screen for general workplace health and safety, such as employee ‘return to work’ programs,” or for public health surveillance for the coronavirus, “is beyond the scope” of the law. Congressional Democrats — Reps. Frank Pallone Jr. of New Jersey, Robert Scott of Virginia and Richard Neal of Massachusetts, and Sens. Patty Murray of Washington and Ron Wyden of Oregon — took issue with that interpretation. “We find the administration’s revised guidance deeply concerning as it appears to be a change that is without basis in the plain language of the statute,” the lawmakers wrote in the July 7 letter. They added: “Widespread testing must be in place to detect and stop the spread of COVID-19, and ensuring safety in the workplace is critical.” As of Aug. 6, the Colorado Division of Insurance didn’t know if some private insurers stopped fully covering all consumer costs for testing required by a workplace or for public health surveillance purposes, Plymell said. The rub over public health datagathering may be moot in Colorado, according to the state public-health department. “We do several different types of surveillance testing to understand the burden of disease in Colorado — none of those samples are billed to private insurance,” the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said in a statement. “The costs of analysis are captured by public health funding for public health surveillance programs. For example, we take a systematic sample of specimens that test negative for influenza and test them for COVID at the state lab.” When testing is covered The Colorado Division of Insurance estimates that one-third of Coloradans’ health insurance plans are ones the division regulates; one-third are self-funded plans that the division doesn’t regulate; and one-third are public plans, such as Medicaid, Medicare and those of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, according to Plymell. People with any kind of private health insurance should have free access to the COVID-19 test — along with health care provider visits associated with getting the test — with no co-pays, deductibles or co-insurance charged, according to the state insurance division. Under the division’s emergency regulation, that’s true not only if a doctor recommends a test but also if a person feels they have symptoms and they need to get tested, Plymell said. And if a person is asymptomatic but is told by their health care provider that it is medically appropriate to be tested anyway, the test and visit should be covered with no cost-sharing. “Being exposed to COVID-19 or believing one had been exposed would be the likely scenario why a provider would deem a test medically appropriate if the person was asymptomatic,” Plymell said. Other reasons would likely be on a case-by-case basis. But Coloradans likely wouldn’t be covered without cost-sharing “if someone is asymptomatic and they think it
would just be a good idea to get a test,” Plymell said. Coloradans should check with their health care provider to be sure of costs. Medicare, Medicaid, VA For Coloradans with Medicare, all of the costs are covered if a doctor orders a COVID-19 test, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Under Colorado’s Medicaid program — Health First Colorado — and the Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+), all the costs of testing and the doctors’ visits associated with getting tested are covered, according to the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing. Tests for Medicare and Medicaid members must be ordered by the member’s doctor or other health care provider, said Marc Williams, spokesman for the department. “Medicaid will cover the test at 100% provided the patient is enrolled in Medicaid and the provider is also a Medicaid-enrolled provider,” Williams said. Medicaid members can locate enrolled providers through the “find a provider” page at healthfirstcolorado. com/find-doctors, according to Williams. The Veterans Affairs website says testing is based on many factors, including the severity of symptoms, other existing illnesses or conditions, possible exposure and other criteria. VA health facilities have been testing veterans who meet the testing criteria provided by the federal Centers for Disease Control, the site says. There’s no charge for testing, according to the VA. For the uninsured A government program to reimburse health care providers and facilities for testing and treatment of COVID-19 for uninsured individuals provides funds to eligible providers, said Scott Kodish, a spokesman for the federal Health Resources and Services Administration. Health care providers can request reimbursement and will be reimbursed generally at Medicare rates, subject to available funding, Kodish has said. For those served by those providers, there are no charges to uninsured patients. An online CDC page lists health care providers who have agreed to the terms of the program and received reimbursement for COVID-19 testing of uninsured individuals: tinyurl.com/ LocationsForUninsured. Uninsured Coloradans should contact the state Health Care Policy Department at 303-866-2993 to ask about options. To apply for Medicaid and Child Health Plan Plus, visit coloradopeak.secure.force.com. Local testing sites Some of Colorado’s dozens of local testing sites did not list a recommendation for a doctor’s note for testing in May. Coloradans should contact the state public-health department or the sites themselves for questions about insurance and other requirements they may have for getting tested. Find the list of locations and contact information at the bottom of the page at tinyurl.com/TestingLocationList at the “find a community testing site” link. After months of limits on who has priority for testing, the state announced in May that test capacity had grown to include members of the general public with symptoms. Asymptomatic Coloradans could also be tested at some locations, according to testing sites’ information at the time.
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ach and every day in Colorado, there are more than 2 million rear-end collisions caused by motorists following too closely, resulting in numerQUIET ous injuries and deaths and millions DESPERATION of dollars in auto repairs and medical care. It is a known fact that there are no tailgaters in heaven. They all go south. Nevertheless, the problem persists. Or: Is it a problem? Craig Marshall If it’s routine, then maybe it’s not a Smith problem. Maybe I’m the problem. Maybe it’s un-American to be a good driver. That must be it. There is a three-way stop near me. If ever three cars arrive at the same time, the odds are 50-50 that someone
won’t stop or someone will enter the intersection when it’s not their turn. If someone can’t figure out a threeway stop, maybe they shouldn’t be allowed to wed. Have children. Vote. Then again, it could just be that I’m the one who is out of step. If everyone is doing it, it can’t be wrong, right? It does make me wonder how half the people on the road passed their driver’s test. (I guess we can all behave for 10 or 15 minutes.) Come ride with me: If we can get from here to Home Depot without witnessing 10 moving violations I’ll buy you a velocipede. Did you know it’s against the law to park on the wrong side of the street in a residential neighborhood? Some of my neighbors haven’t heard the news. If someone doesn’t know which side of the street to park on, maybe they shouldn’t be allowed to order Chinese. Or own a dish washer.
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ou may have had the perfect meal recently, accompanied by a perfect bottle of wine. Maybe you had a perfect tee shot, driving it WINNING dead center in WORDS the middle of the fairway. Or maybe you had the perfect start of your day with time spent reading, exercising, and a healthy breakfast. But have you ever met a perfect Michael Norton person? I don’t mean the perfect person for you; many have met their soulmate in life. And I don’t mean the perfect person to help you out when you needed it, like the perfect friend. What I am asking is, have you ever met a perfect person? A person who is perfect in every way. There is not a blemish to be found on them or in them. They are never wrong. They have never made a mistake. They have never had a bad day or created a bad experience for anyone. They practically walk on water. Oh, well there was that one perfect guy who walked on water. But since then, who? Like me, who is far from perfect, I am sure you have met a few folks along the way who believe that they are perfect in every way. When they are wrong, it’s usually someone
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else’s fault. When they are right, they are really right. And they usually prefer to keep company with friends who they believe are less than perfect, just to maintain an air of superiority. Believe it or not, some of those perfect people who are without fault even judge the rest of us at times. Although you may feel like this column isn’t off to a typical “Winning Words” or positive attitude vibe found in previous columns, I assure you it is. You see, my hope is that I can take some of the pressure off of those of us who are less than perfect, reminding us that we do not have to be perfect, we can just be ourselves. People who love us will love us for our awesomeness, our mediocrity, and our faults. And they will love having perfect meals with us, helping us to finish off those perfect bottles of wine. An acclaimed author and speaker, Dr. Maryann Rosenthal, gave us some incredible advice when she said, “Strive for excellence and not perfection.” That was sound guidance, especially for those of us who are striving so hard for perfection. This was an eye-opener for me because even though I have been far from perfect, I used to put a lot of pressure on myself to live up to that standard for myself and other people. And knowing that I was never going to walk on water, I chose to take her advice and strive for excellence instead of perfection.
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Striving for excellence doesn’t mean that we will be excellent. Striving for excellence means that we will do everything we can to be better at whatever it is we want to be better at. Being better to ourselves and our loved ones, being better at our work, better at staying fit, better at looking at the world around us and determining to be a part of the solution and not a part of the problem. And as we strive for excellence, sometimes we will achieve it, but if we fall short, we will have achieved more than we had ever hoped to achieve. If you do happen to have a perfect person in your life, never let them judge you. They have no idea the road you have traveled. But what you can do is strive for excellence in accepting who they are, and refusing to judge them in return. If they are important to you, strive for excellence in loving them. How about you? Are you striving for excellence knowing that by doing so it will elevate your performance? Are you wrestling with trying to be perfect? I really would love to hear your story at mnorton@tramazing.com, and when we can remember that “Nobody’s Perfect” it really will be a better than good week. Michael Norton is the grateful CEO of Tramazing.com, a personal and professional coach, and a consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator to businesses of all sizes.
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I probably expect too much of people. You’re lucky I’m not governor. I’d make it illegal for anyone wearing perfume to get on an elevator. I’d make it illegal for anyone who wasn’t a baseball player to wear a baseball cap backwards. I’d make it illegal for anyone to say, “Me and her.” Each and every day in Colorado, there are over 3 million rear-end collisions caused by motorists following too closely, resulting in numerous injuries and deaths and millions of dollars in auto repairs and medical care. What difference does it make if I am exaggerating? No one will drive any differently because of something I say. And another thing. We all want to hear your music just as much as you do; so be sure to turn it up, and increase the bass. An automobile allows each and every one of us the freedom to move about this great country of ours as fast and inconsiderately and obnox-
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rchbishop Desmond Tutu, in the documentary film “I AM,” was asked how to change the world. “How do syou eat an elephant?” he replied. “One bite at a time.” Behind the humor, FINANCIAL what Tutu meant STRATEGIES was that everything in life that seems daunting, overwhelming and even impossible can be accomplished gradually by taking on just a little at a time.¹ Many of us may feel that our current Patricia Kummer economic situation is also daunting and staying on track with our financial plans may seem impossible. Some have lost jobs, others took early retirement, investments are volatile, medical -
costs are rising; the list goes on and on. When our world changes and becomes unpredictable, we tend to shy away from trying to plan in any way. Investors may feel whipsawed by a handful of stocks hitting all-time record highs, while so many other industries are struggling. It is also difficult to grasp what is going on in the economy when our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second quarter decreased 32.9%.² Corporate earnings are also negative, however, 89% of companies that reported are 22.4% above estimates.³ We call this “less bad.” So maybe we are not drowning but certainly gasping for air. We can also be concerned about the political arena, a global recession and China. All of this reminds me of New York Times columnist and author Carl Richards, CFP®. His famous drawing of two spheres
Berries, jam and muffin fun with kids
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uplink! Kuplank! Kuplunk!” It’s the sound of late summer berry picking in Robert McCloskey’s “Blueberries for Sal” where Sal and her mother meet Little Bear and her mother bear on the same blueberry hill. LIFELONG The moms mistake LEARNING each other’s chilEsther Macalady dren, but all ends well. Berries are perfect for young children. They are the right size to pick, count, and eat. They are little, but packed with vitamins and eminerals. If children are wary of vegetables, try offering berries. Picking Berries Berry picking is a great way to get the family outside and let children munch as you gather some to take home. They can combine their pails for blueberry snacks, pies, pancakes and muffins or place a bowl next to plates at any meal. Then talk about what animals like to eat berries. There are many fiction books about berries. You can have a little economics lesson. Discuss how food gets to our grocery stores and why berries are expensive. What people bring berries to market like farmers, pickers, truck drivers, packers, and grocery store employees? Show children how to freeze hand -picked or store bought berries. Spread them flat on cookie sheets so they do not touch each other and place in the freezer. When they are hard, transfer them to freezer bags and lay flat in the freezer. These easy snacks will not clump together.
Kid’s Freezer Jam Children can smash some berries and add a few drops of honey for fresh jam, cream cheese, and a bagel. Freezer jam takes only 30 minutes and can have little sugar. This jam uses pectin, a natural thickening agent found in and around plant cell walls that helps bind those cells together. Jars can be kept in the freezer for a year or refrigerator for three months. Low sugar freezer jam recipes are found on premium pectin for less or no sugar needed packages in the canning aisle and surejell.com. Kids’ Muffins For easy blueberry muffins you will need 1 cup soy milk, and 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar set aside in a bowl. Meanwhile, in a separate bowl mix 2 cups flour, 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder, ¼ teaspoon baking soda, and ½ teaspoon salt. In another bowl mix ½ cup plus 2 Tablespoons sugar, ¼ cup plus 2 Tablespoons oil, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Add a little zest of lemon, if desired. Stir the flour mixture bowl into the sugar mixture bowl. (You may want to save some of the flour to coat the blueberries.) Pour in the soy milk and vinegar curdled mixture. Stir. Finally, fold in the blueberries gently and place in 25 muffin papers in a muffin pan. Bake 20-25 minutes at 375 degrees. Serve cool. Esther Macalady is a retired teacher in Golden, Colorado. For more fun see grandparentsteachtoo.blogspot. com and wnmufm.org.
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puts this into perspective. Picture two circles about four inches, each overlapping about one-half inch in the middle. In the circle on the left are, “Things That Matter.” In the circle on the right are, “Things You Can Control.” In the tiny part where they overlap are, “Things You Should Focus On.” There is your first bite of the elephant; a half-inch list of things that are important that you can actually impact. That’s where you start to plan. The rest is noise, or, on some days, mayhem. Richards states, “The amount of time we spend worrying seems to go up exponentially when we don’t have a plan.” So how do you plan during all of this uncertainty? One step at a time. It is important to stay focused on the goal, even if you have been derailed temporarily. Keeping your eye on the target can help you make better decisions along the way. One common mistake people make is looking for the quick fix or magic bullet. We advisors see investors searching for the “shiny object” instead of going back and working the financial plan. Chances are the things that appear to be too good to be true can oftentimes get you into
more trouble than if you just stick to the plan. Let your advisor help you make the adjustments needed to address your short-term needs while still keeping on track for the end goal. You will feel less stress and gain confidence in your decisions, which can be something solid to lean on during times of uncertainty. You don’t need to fix everything at once — that could result in throwing darts at the wrong target. You will find that keeping your plan current helps you make progress, one solid step at a time. 1.Psychology Today; 2. Bureau of Economic Analysis; 3. FactSet Patricia Kummer has been a Certified Financial Planner and a fiduciary for over 30 years and is Managing Director for Mariner, LLC d/b/a Mariner Wealth Advisors, an SEC Registered Investment Adviser. Please visit www.marinerwealthadvisors.com for more information or refer to the Investment Adviser Public Disclosure website (www. adviserinfo.sec.gov). Securities offered through MSEC, LLC, Member FINRA & SIPC, 5700 W. 112th Suite 500, Overland Park, KS 66211.
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University of Denver graduate student has found a way to combine her love of the outdoors with her passion for helping others. Brittney Woodrum, 27, is an ambassador for ShelterBox USA — an international disaster relief organization that “focuses on providing shelter to those who have lost it” through natural disaster or conflict, Woodrum said. A ShelterBox is a container of essential items to sustain displaced people. To bring awareness and raise money for the organization’s COVID-19 emergency relief fund, Woodrum has embarked on her Climbing for a Cause: the Fourteeners Project — she will be climbing all 58 of Colorado’s 14,000-foot mountains. And she’s climbing them with a 60-liter teal ShelterBox on her back. “ShelterBox ambassadors tend to do crazy challenges with the box,” Woodrum said, adding the box accompanies them on the physical challenges for awareness purposes. “Physical
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MORE ABOUT SHELTERBOX To learn more about ShelterBox and Brittney Woodrum’s Climbing for a Cause: the Fourteeners Project, or to donate, visit www.shelterboxusa.org/Fourteeners. Follow Woodrum’s progress on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/the14ersProject. challenges are nothing new to me (and) I’m always looking for opportunities to combine my passions.” Woodrum is a triathlete and in the past has participated in physical challenges for various fundraising/awareness events. She became an ambassador for ShelterBox after learning about the organization as she was researching humanitarian groups that she could get involved with as she pursued her master’s degree. Originally from Kentucky, Woodrum earned her undergraduate degree in nonprofit administration and Spanish from the University of Kentucky. She lived abroad for about five years — most of the time was spent in southeast Asia — and moved to Denver about a year ago to earn a graduate degree in humanitarian assistance from DU. Colorado was particularly attractive to her because of the state’s abundance of outdoor recreation, she said, pointing out that she had heard of Colorado’s iconic fourteeners. ShelterBox is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in both 2018 and 2019. It got its start as a project by a Rotary Club in England. What ShelterBox does is provide people who have been displaced because of natural disaster or conflict with the essential items needed to set up a household, said Kerri Murray, president of ShelterBox USA. These items include a tent, in addition to other basic needs such as water filtration, solar-powered lights, warm blankets, cooking equipment and even a children’s activity set, Murray said. “They’re little things,” Woodrum said, “but they play a big role in keeping vulnerable communities safe.” ShelterBox has responded to at least 300 disasters around the globe, Murray said, including the 2015 earthquake in Nepal and the earthquake in Haiti in 2010. Since 2012, ShelterBox has provided emergency shelter to about 250,000 displaced Syrian refugees. “The need for ShelterBox has grown because of COVID-19,” Murray added. “And it has also had to adapt because the needs are different for this (public health) disaster.” One adaption is including water basins and soap in the box, Murray said. Woodrum had originally planned on doing her Fourteeners Project after she had graduated from DU. But then the coronavirus hit and began to spread worldwide. “Disasters haven’t stopped just because COVID is happening,” Woodrum said. “It was challenging to be stuck at home and not able to help. I felt this was the time to do this project.
Brittney Woodrum, an outdoor enthusiast who has a passion for helping others, smiles as she summits Blanca Peak in the Sangre de Cristo Range. Woodrum, who is pursuing a master’s degree at the University of Denver, is climbing all 58 of Colorado’s 14,000-foot mountains to benefit ShelterBox USA, which is an international disaster relief organization. COURTESY PHOTOS Brittney Woodrum pauses for a photo as she makes her way up Longs Peak. Woodrum is an outdoor enthusiast who has a passion for helping others.
It’s something I can do without putting others at risk” of spreading the virus. Woodrum is camping on public lands about 97% of the time, and the other 3% will be at a private residence -- no hotel/motel stays are part of the excursion, Woodrum said. She also spent May and June dehydrating food to minimize trips into towns, she added. The ShelterBox she is hiking with is mostly empty, with the exception of water, snacks and extra layers of clothing, Woodrum said. It weighs about 10 pounds, Woodrum said, adding everybody always wants to know how much it weighs. Woodrum’s goal is to fundraise $1,400 per peak, for a total of about $80,000, all of which will go to ShelterBox’s
COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund. A special peak sponsorship is available for people or a group of people who donate the entire $1,400. Calling such a supporter a mountain hero, Woodrum will climb the mountain with an item or keepsake that the donor provides and take a photograph of herself at the top with the item. And/or they can choose to get a name mention by Woodrum in a video at the summit. She began on July 10. Woodrum expects to finish the challenge with Pikes Peak near the end of September. Woodrum “wants to make a difference in the world,” Murray said. And “what’s so touching is that ambassadors work to help people who they’ll probably never meet in their lifetime.”
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Residents donate thousands despite canceled fundraiser Summer Jam concert is now set to return in 2021 BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Last year, John Saunders and Bill Clarke watched 2,400 people pile into the amphitheater at Philip S. Miller Park in Castle Rock for the annual concert they cofounded, Castle Rock Summer Jam. After headliners The Fray wrapped up, Saunders and Clarke handed a $10,000 check raised through ticket proceeds and business sponsorships to The Foundation for Douglas County Schools. The men raise funds for a local cause each year through the concert. This year went differently. John’s daughter, Katie, and Bill’s daughter, Katelyn, helped fundraise $10,000 despite COVID-19 canceling the 2020 Summer Jam concert. Elle King was supposed to headline. On July 30, the 15-year-olds handed a check to Dan Marlow, executive director of the Douglas/Elbert Task Force’s Help & Hope Center, on the amphitheater stage in front of empty seats. Katie said she wanted to ensure something positive came out of ” the canceled event. To Marlow, that’s more important than ever. Demand for rent and utility assistance from the center has spiked approximately 30%, he said. Eviction moratoriums lifted. Stimulus funds waned. People are still losing jobs, he said.
The Fray performs at the 2019 Castle Rock Summer Jam. The center also had to double its food bank budget in April, May and into June. The Help & Hope Center gets supplies through a food rescue program and would typically receive one to two pallets of food a day from grocery stores clearing out shelves. For months, Marlow said, the pandemic’s blow to supply chains meant grocery stores no longer had those
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pallets of food to give the center. Supplies are more available now, he said, but demand for food assistance is still up slightly. Marlow is not sure how long demand will stay high, but he expected “it to be crazy” through the end of 2020. “It’s hard to predict anything in this environment,” he said. Saunders and Clarke said they
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according to a release from the sheriff ’s office. Twice in 1989, she was reported missing. In March of 1990, she was reported missing again, according to DCSO. She was found dead in June 1993 near the Rainbow Falls campground of the Pike San Isabel National Forest, Spurlock said. Investigators believe she had already been dead for 72 hours when she was found and that she was likely homeless at the time of her death. Undersheriff Holly NicholsonKluth was also at the sheriff ’s office at the time, working as a detective. “As a new detective in 1993 I had no idea this case would haunt me for 27 years,” she said at the press conference. “She is someone. She is no longer our Jane Doe. Thank God for that.” Now, the sheriff ’s office is working on its next phase of the case: the death investigation. “We are asking for anyone who knew Becky, who recognizes any of these photographs of her, anyone that she was with in the summer of 1993, anyone she might have talked to … or anyone who saw her, if they
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could contact the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office” Spurlock said. “We really need that.” Anyone who knew or interacted with Redeker can call 303-784-7815 to speak with the lead detective in the case. The sheriff ’s office was able to get in touch with Redeker’s remaining family, which includes her brother and mother, Spurlock said. “You can imagine how difficult it is for them to have not known where their daughter was,” Spurlock said. The Metro Denver Crime Stoppers organization announced during the press conference that they have increased the reward for information leading to an arrest in the case to $10,000. So far, Redeker’s cause of death is unknown and there are no persons of interest in the case, Spurlock said. Detective Shannon Jensen, who works with DCSO cold cases, identified Redeker by combing through genealogical data on the database GEDMatch. Using DNA from Redeker, she found the woman’s fourth cousin and then began working to identify closer relatives, Jensen said. Throughout the process, she used 65 family trees consisting of 4,400 possible relatives of the woman. “We had to do a lot of digging,” she said.
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Douglas County restaurant that defied orders closes permanently C&C Coffee and Kitchen shutters one of two locations BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A Castle Rock business that drew national attention for defying public health orders and reopening during restaurant shutdowns has permanently closed, its owners say. C&C Coffee and Kitchen owners Jesse and April Arellano announced through a July 24 Facebook post that they were closing their Castle Rock location but will continue operating their store in Colorado Springs. They first opened C&C in Castle Rock in 2013. The Arellanos said they were struggling with both sales and adequate staffing during the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. The Castle Rock location’s last day of operation was July 26, they said. “We are going to try to stop the financial bleeding between our two locations,” the couple said. The coffee shop garnered support but also swift and widespread criticism when it opened to in-person dining on Mother’s Day, in violation of public-health orders in effect at
A steady stream of people stopped by C&C Coffee and Kitchen on May 12. Some hoped to order food and found the restaurant closed. Others taped cash donations to the storefront. A few came simply to see the spectacle. PHOTO BY JESSICA GIBBS the time in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Video footage taken by a Colorado Community Media reporter showed lines forming out the door and people crowded inside the shop. Masks were scarce and patrons did not observe social distancing. At the time, Colorado only allowed restaurants to perform curbside, pickup and delivery services. Gov. Jared Polis said on May 11 he was “extremely disappointed” to see the business and its customers
breaking the law. If other businesses emulated the behavior, it could lead to COVID-19 outbreaks, he said. The Tri-County Health Department ordered C&C to close on May 11 and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment suspended its license on May 12. CDPHE Executive Director Jill Hunsaker Ryan said in a May 12 statement that actions like C&C’s could “defeat the progress made during the Stay-atHome order,” calling it “irresponsible behavior.”
The Castle Rock restaurant reopened in June. The Arellanos filed a lawsuit against the governor and state and local health agencies, claiming restaurant shutdowns violated constitutional rights and caused “economic catastrophe” for their operation. The couple said the shutdowns had pushed their business to the brink of bankruptcy and that they felt their option was to shutter the café for good or illegally reopen. “We did not know that it would have gained as much attention as it had. We knew that we were going against the grain,” the couple’s Facebook statement said. The Arellanos criticized Polis for having “personally attacked us” and called the shutdowns hypocritical, saying large businesses were not scrutinized as heavily as small businesses. Members of the community -- including House Minority Leader Patrick Neville, R-Castle Rock -- rallied around C&C, including by taping cash donations to the shop’s entrance in the days after it closed. As of July 28, a GoFundMe had raised $35,680 for the C&C. Before Mother’s Day, the business also received $5,000 from a grant program the Town of Castle Rock launched during the pandemic. The Arellanos were not available for comment on the closure.
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and recording of the above listed documents. To obtain a copy of the Documents, please contact: Howard J. Beck; BECK, PAYNE, FRANK & PIPER, P.C.; 3025 S. Parker Road, Suite 200; Aurora, CO 80014; Telephone: (303) 750-1567; Facsimile: (303) 750-7530; Email: mail@beckpayne.com. Legal Notice No. 24412 First Publication: August 20, 2020 Last Publication: August 27, 2020 Publisher: The Elbert County News
Water Court Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO JULY 2020 WATER RESUME PUBLICATION TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN WATER APPLICATIONS IN WATER DIV. 1 Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are notified that the following is a resume of all water right applications and certain amendments filed in the Office of the Water Clerk during the month of JULY 2020 for each County affected. 20CW3112 BRUCE RICCI, PO Box 610, Parker, CO, 80134. Frederick A. Fendel, III, Eric K. Trout, Petrock Fendel Poznanovic, P.C., 700 17th Street, Suite 1800, Denver, CO, 80202. Application for Underground Water Rights From Nontributary and Not Nontributary Sources and Approval of Plan for Augmentation, in the Nontributary Lower Dawson, Denver, Arapahoe And Laramie-Fox Hills Aquifers and the Not Nontributary Upper Dawson Aquifer in ELBERT COUNTY. Subject Property: 35.1 acres generally located in the NE1/4, Section 5, Township 9 South, Range 64 West of the 6th P.M., Hamilton Rezone, Lot A, also known as 29684 County Road 17-21, Elizabeth, CO, 80107, as shown on Exhibit A (“Subject Property”). Source of Water Rights: The Upper Dawson aquifer is not nontributary as defined in C.R.S. § 37-90-103(10.7), and the Lower Dawson, Denver, Arapahoe, and LaramieFox Hills aquifers are nontributary as defined in C.R.S. § 37-90-103(10.5). Estimated Amounts: Applicant estimates the following annual amounts
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may be available for withdrawal: Upper Dawson – 10.32 af/yr (NNT); Lower Dawson – 7.36 af/yr (NT); Denver – 14.70 af/yr (NT); Arapahoe – 12.20 af/yr (NT); Laramir-Fox Hills – 11.65 af/yr (NT). Proposed Uses: Domestic, commercial, irrigation, stockwatering, fire protection, and augmentation purposes, including storage, both on and off the Subject Property. Jurisdiction: The Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of this application pursuant to C.R.S. §§ 37-90-137(6), 37-92-203(1), 37-92-302(2). Summary of Plan for Augmentation: Groundwater to be Augmented: Approximately 10.32 acre-feet per year of Upper Dawson aquifer groundwater. Water Rights to be Used for Augmentation: Return flows from the use of not nontributary and nontributary groundwater and direct discharge of nontributary groundwater. Statement of Plan for Augmentation: The Upper Dawson aquifer groundwater will be used for domestic purposes, including in-house use, irrigation, commercial, stockwatering, and fire protection, through one or more wells, both on and off the Subject Property. Applicant reserves the right to amend the amount and uses without amending the application or republishing the same. Sewage treatment for in-house use will be provided by non-evaporative septic systems. Return flow from in-house use will be approximately 90% of that use, and return flow from outside irrigation use will be approximately 15% of that use. During pumping Applicant will replace actual depletions pursuant to C.R.S. § 37-90-137(9)(c.5). Depletions occur to the Running Creek stream system and return flows accrue to that creek system and are sufficient to replace actual depletions while the subject groundwater is being pumped. Applicant will reserve an equal amount of nontributary groundwater underlying the Subject Property to meet post pumping augmentation requirements. Applicants request the court approve the above underground water rights, find that Applicants have complied with C.R.S. § 37-90-137(4) and water is legally available for withdrawal, find there will be no material injury to the owners of or persons entitled to use water under any vested water right or decreed conditional water right, and grant such other and further relief as is appropriate. 4 pages. WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDICATED THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BY THESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECT IN PRIORITY ANY WITHIN THIS DIVISION AND OWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTS MUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY
STATUTE OR BE FOREVER BARRED. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any party who wishes to oppose an application, or an amended application, may file with the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038, Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statement of Opposition, setting forth facts as to why the application should not be granted, or why it should be granted only in part or on certain conditions. Such Statement of Opposition must be filed by the last day of SEPTEMBER 2020 (forms available on www.courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’s office) and must be filed as an Original and include $192.00 filing fee. A copy of each Statement of Opposition must also be served upon the Applicant or Applicant’s Attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service of mailing shall be filed with the Water Clerk. Legal Notice No. 24411 First Publication: August 20, 2020 Last Publication: August 20, 2020 Publisher: The Elbert County News Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO JULY 2020 WATER RESUME PUBLICATION TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN WATER APPLICATIONS IN WATER DIV. 1 Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are notified that the following is a resume of all water right applications and certain amendments filed in the Office of the Water Clerk during the month of JULY 2020 for each County affected. 20CW22 THOMAS KILIJANEK AND DARCIE JOHNSON, 36237 CR 21, ELIZABETH, CO 80107. 720-663-4495 OR 720-431-0534. APPLICATION FOR UNDERGROUND WATER RIGHTS IN THE DENVER BASIN AQUIFERS IN ELBERT COUNTY. Applicant seeks to adjudicate the well, permit 105810, and to adjudicate the non tributary and not nontributary Denver Basin groundwater underlying a 4.49 acre tract of land lying in the SE1/4, SE1/4, S32, T7S, R64W of the 6th PM, including the Dawson, Denver, Arapahoe and Laramie Fox Hills aquifers. WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDICATED THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BY THESE
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YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any party who wishes to oppose an application, or an amended application, may file with the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038, Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statement of Opposition, setting forth facts as to why the application should not be granted, or why it should be granted only in part or on certain conditions. Such Statement of Opposition must be filed by the last day of SEPTEMBER 2020 (forms available on www.courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’s office) and must be filed as an Original and include $192.00 filing fee. A copy of each Statement of Opposition must also be served upon the Applicant or Applicant’s Attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service of mailing shall be filed with the Water Clerk. Legal Notice No. 24410 First Publication: August 20, 2020 Last Publication: August 20, 2020 Publisher: The Elbert County News
Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on July 22, 2020, that a Petition for a Change of Name has been filed with the Elbert County Court. The Petition requests that the name of Amelia-ann Read Garripoli be changed to Amelia-ann Blaisy Read. Case No.: 2020 C 20 Gena L. Parker, Clerk of Court By:Jafeen Jenkins, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No: 24409 First Publication: August 13, 2020 Last Publication: August 27, 2020 Publisher: Elbert County News
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