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Public health officials are under attack Workers face threats, vandalism, job loss amid COVID-19 crisis Kim Beaver, owner of Skadoodles Boutique in Elizabeth, is adjusting to doing business under the current statewide mask order. She offers appointments outside of normal business hours for customers, and she and her staff adhere to the mask rule.

“The town is following the executive order set forth by the governor,” said Grace Erickson, assistant town administrator.

“Everyone in town should be following the order, including our town staff while they are on the clock or representing Elizabeth.

Joni Reynolds, the head of Gunnison County’s public health department, entered kind of a routine as the coronavirus crisis descended on Colorado earlier this year: Long hours. Sleepless nights. A police escort home.

A wave of threats over her efforts to keep her community safe amid the pandemic made her fear for her safety. There were also suspicious packages left outside her house and sent to her office, both of which were unsettling but weren’t dangerous.

“References to Nazism. Calling me Mrs. Hitler,” Reynolds said, recounting the contents of the hate mail she received. “Calling me vile names — curse words. Threatening harm to me, my family, my home. Assuring they would remove me from my job and take ‘all my worldly possessions.’”

Public health officials in every corner of Colorado have become the target of threats, vandalism and even attack ads in newspapers and on the radio as a result of their handling of the pandemic.

They are unelected government workers who typically do important, but seldom acknowledged, work preventing disease outbreaks and inspecting restaurants.

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Elbert County businesses adjust to health rule Creativity is in order as retailers deal with challenges

BY TABATHA STEWART SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Kim Beaver has owned Skadoodles Boutique for 16 years, and moved her store from Castle Rock to Elizabeth three years ago. She, like most busi-

ness owners, has never dealt with the constantly changing challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. Adjusting her business model to adhere to the current statewide face covering mandate is just the latest obstacle Beaver faces.

“Face covering is kind of a new normal,” said Beaver. “We are doing everything we can to help our customers feel safe when shopping in the boutique, and getting creative with helping them shop if they don’t feel comfortable coming inside. I’ll take pictures and text them SEE BUSINESSES, P11

Mask rules get differing approaches Elizabeth will enforce, county will recommend

BY TABATHA STEWART SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Anyone shopping or doing business within the Town of Elizabeth

will be expected to adhere to the statewide facial covering mandate, a town official says.

Those not in compliance are at risk of being reported to the Elizabeth Police Department, and could face possible trespassing tickets if they refuse to wear a mask in a publicly accessible private establishment.

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Girl Scouts of Colorado offers new diversity-inclusion program Entire community invited to participate STAFF REPORT

Girl Scouts of Colorado has launched a new program for which any youth in the community can participate.

The program is called Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. It is “designed to help participants start the conversation about race and racism by learning to appreciate diversity and honor and celebrate differences,” states a news release.

Anybody is welcome to participate in the program — it is not limited to Girl Scouts, and is designed for families, communities, schools, religious groups and other social engagement groups.

The programming includes hands-on activities, reflective writing, discussions on understanding and more, states a news release.

The activities ease the way for having “meaningful conversations with youth starting at kindergarten through 12th grade,” states the news release. All activities are available in Spanish.

A comprehensive list of the activities for each age level can be found on the Girl Scouts of Colorado’s website: www. girlscoutsofcolorado.org. Everyone who completes the activities for the program will earn the “Diverse. Inclusive. Together.” patch. A digital version of the patch is available for those who are not

Girl Scouts.

The programming brought to the community through a multi-partner partnership between the Girl Scouts of Colorado, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Colorado Mountain College, Denver Public Schools and KMGH-Denver7.

In addition to the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion activities, the program also includes virtual roundtables for anyone who would like to participate.

Called Conversation Starters: Let’s Talk Differences, the virtual roundtables will provide families with the “tools they need to begin talking about issues related to race and racism,” states a news release.

The Conversation Starters will be offered twice. The first one is for parents and caregivers, and it takes place on July 30. The second takes place on Aug. 13, and is “specifically designed to answer questions on these topics directly from children,” states the news release.

“The Girl Scout movement has been about social justice, equity and inclusivity from its very beginning, and part of the Girl Scout mission is to make the world a better place,” said Girl Scouts of Colorado’s CEO, Leanna Clark. “As an organization, Girl Scouts of Colorado is recommitting to that mission. That’s why we’re opening up this programming beyond girls and beyond our Girl Scout community to make it available to as many people as possible. We hope families will take part together to deepen their understanding of themselves and others.”

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Per the governor’s order, the police department and officers don’t have to wear masks, but they will be wearing facial coverings when they are out and about.”

Elizabeth Police Chief Stephen Hasler said the mask mandate is a passionate subject, and his officers would prefer to be problem solvers and will try to bring people into voluntary compliance. If that fails, they will issue a ticket for trespassing.

“What we have is an executive order that mandates people in private public areas have to wear a mask,” said Hasler.

“When you look at that it’s basically telling a business that if someone comes into your business they have to wear a mask. If not, you can ask them to leave. If we get called and somebody’s refusing to leave, if we can’t bring them into voluntary compliance, we will give them a trespass ticket.”

Hasler said they haven’t had any cases of someone refusing to wear a mask and refusing to leave an establishment, and he hopes residents will continue to respect each other and business owners.

“When you go into a business and they require a mask, it’s not because they’re being dictatorial to you. It’s because the governor has asked them to make sure you’re wearing a

mask, and they could lose their license and lose money,” said Hasler. “It’s not the businesses, it’s the governor’s mandate.

We’re all stuck with this and we’ve got to get through it together.”

Elbert County Sheriff Tim Norton issued a statement saying that his deputies “WILL NOT be taking any action to cite citizens of businesses for not wearing masks.” The statement urged citizens and businesses to take steps to protect their own health and safety, “whether that means carrying a concealed weapon or wearing a mask. Be smart and do what is right for you.”

Elbert County commissioners also posted on their website a statement urging personal responsibility.

“We believe that with the right information and advice, citizens will make good decisions for themselves. We trust you to continue doing what is right for yourselves, your families and your neighbors,” the statement read. “Please use your best judgment regarding the use of a face covering and be respectful of the personal choice made by other individuals (which may be based on medical or other conditions) and the businesses that require them.”

Elbert County has a relatively low rate of COVID-19 infections, with 75 confirmed cases and two deaths as of July 22. Most of the cases have been localized in the western part of the county.

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back and forth for customers, and you can also call us and set an appointment to come in and shop during our off hours.”

Skadoodles carries clothing and accessories for women, as well as some local artisan-made home goods. Retail therapy, according to Beaver, makes some people feel better after months of staying at home.

“We do have a lot of women over 50 who shop here,” said Beaver. “Myself and all of my employees are over 50 and we try all of the merchandise ourselves, and sometimes a new outfit just makes you feel better about the world.”

Two of Beaver’s employees are older than 70, and when Gov. Jared Polis called for non-essential businesses to close their doors in March, she quickly complied to keep her employees safe. Beaver said she was reluctant to apply for any small business assistance loans, but eventually did and used the money to keep paying her employees. When she reopened the boutique, daily life was much different for her and her employees.

“We do a lot of cleaning,” said Beaver. “We even clean all of our coins.

And one of my employees has been making masks, which we use and sell here in the store.”

As far as customers wearing facial coverings in the store, Beaver said they have all been respectful and adhered to the facial covering mandate.

“I think the important thing is to not hold it against anyone either way — whether they choose to wear a mask or not,” said Beaver. “We will always

Kim Beaver, owner of Skadoodles Boutique in Elizabeth, says she and her employees do a lot of cleaning in the store, including cleaning all coins.

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wear a mask, but I assume if someone comes in without one that they have a good reason for not wearing one.”

One good thing has come from the pandemic and the changing regulations, according to Beaver.

“Community members are really coming together to help each other and support their local businesses,” said Beaver. “And, now we can add nice masks to our line of accessories.”

Michelle Rink, executive director of the Elizabeth Chamber of Commerce,

echoes Beaver’s sentiments about community supporting their local businesses.

“There’s been a lot of positivity in the community,” said Rink. “We want to support each other, and many of our businesses have made special accommodations for those who either don’t feel safe going into a business, or prefer not to wear a mask while shopping.”

Rink recommends contacting any local business to find out what accom-

modations they will make for anyone who is in a high-risk category, or can’t wear a facial covering.

“We realize that during this time, hitting the Amazon button from the safety of your home is easier, but when all this is over with we want to make sure your favorite shops and restaurants are still here,” said Rink.

“We want to make sure we don’t let this year take over our normal life.

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Your purchasing power goes further in Elbert County STAFF REPORT

Across Colorado, Elbert County stands out for the high purchasing power its residents enjoy, according to a new report.

For its latest annual report on the topic, SmartAsset, a New York-based personalfinance 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.

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ies 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.

Among counties in metro Denver, 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 energyrich 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.

Parker auto-emissions testing station open STAFF REPORT

The Parker Air Care Colorado vehicle-emissions inspection station reopened July 20, joining 12 other locations already open. The station is at 10199 Park Glen Way. Various emissions stations were closed for safety reasons during the coronavirus pandemic.

Testing volume was expected to be extremely high initially, according to a news release from Air Care Colorado, as the agency works through a backlog of tests for March, April and May renewals.

To help reduce wait times, motorists with registration renewals that are due in July are being urged to wait until August to get inspections. July

registrations will not be late as there is a 30-day grace period following the last day of each renewal month.

To avoid the busiest times, motorists should consider visiting midweek in mid- to late-afternoon. The busiest times are early mornings and Mondays.

Extensive safety procedures are in place to help ensure social distancing during the testing process and limit contact points to help reduce the threat of coronavirus transmittal between staff and customers.

ACC staff monitor temperatures, wear masks and gloves at all times, practice social distancing as much as possible and periodically clean and disinfect surfaces. Motorists are also required to wear masks, practice social distancing and, in most cases are limited to only one person

per vehicle.

Air Care Colorado and state officials have also altered the testing process to limit person-to-person and person-tovehicle surface contact and to control waiting times and locations.

“We are eager to open our Parker and Longmont stations to add convenience for motorists to the south and north of the Denver metro,” said ACC Program Manager Chuck Purnell.

“Our team is working diligently to safely test vehicles as quickly as possible, while ensuring a safe and clean environment. We continue to work toward reopening all remaining stations as soon as we are safely able.

Motorists can find new testing procedures, safety information and suggested times for testing at aircarecolorado.com or by calling the Air Care Colorado hotline at 303-456-7090.

Colorado Renaissance Festival out, Douglas County Rodeo in The rodeo has limited tickets available

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While the Colorado Renaissance Festival has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Douglas County residents still have the option of attending another popular summer event: the county fair and rodeo.

The annual Renaissance Festival, held in Larkspur, was canceled July 15 after already being postponed earlier in the summer.

“We have been hopeful that circumstances would improve so that we could operate safely,” according to the release announcing the cancellation.

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The Colorado Renaissance Festival, pictured here in 2019, is located near Larkspur in a permanent village built for the event.

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But during the coronavirus crisis, the harsh spotlight of a politicized pandemic has shined upon them.

Some have faced blowback from their bosses — often county commissioners — and have been forced out of their jobs. Others have resigned because the stress and pressure just aren’t worth it.

“It just adds additional stress and strain on a workforce that has been responding even before the very first case was registered in the state of Colorado and the first death was registered in the state of Colorado,” said Theresa Anselmo, executive director of the Colorado Association of Local Public Health officials, which represents the state’s local public health departments. “They’ve been working nonstop, essentially, since the beginning of February, some of them earlier.”

With no end to the pandemic in sight, officials worry whether Colorado’s network of local public health departments can tamp down the vitriol while trying to keep on top of the worst pandemic the world has experienced in 100 years. At some point, they fear, the combined pressure could become too heavy.

“We’re in this for the next 12 to 24 months. Even with a vaccine, this isn’t going to go away in Colorado,” Anselmo said. “So public health will be on the front lines of this for months, if not years, to come.”

Anselmo even has a folder in her email inbox dedicated to all of the threats her members have received: twice-vandalized cars, a photograph with comments about “bodies swinging from trees,” the arrest of a man who said health officials “deserve to pay.”

“I’ve never experienced anything to this level” Dr. Mark Johnson, who leads Jefferson County Public Health, says he’s been involved in contentious battles with the state legislature and over the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge, the former nuclear weapons trigger factory near Golden that now is open for public recreation.

But coronavirus is a different beast.

“I’ve never experienced anything to this level,” he said.

Johnson said his agency has received a number of threats, which have been turned over to the Jefferson County Sheriff ’s Office for investigation. Police have increased their patrols around the health department

Health workers collect patient information from people waiting to be tested for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, outside the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s lab in Denver’s Lowry neighborhood on March 11.

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building.

Johnson even said a police car has been parked near his home to keep things calm. But his department continues to be at the center of tensions surrounding the coronavirus crisis.

Recently, Johnson was locked in a court battle with the owners of Bandimere Speedway over a packed July 4 event. The controversy drew supporters and detractors to the Jefferson County courthouse where there were dueling demonstrations. The speedway argued that public health limitations placed on them would end their business.

A judge ruled July 21 that Bandimere must abide by countywide health orders.

“This is the most politicized or partisan pandemic that the world has ever seen,” Johnson said.

Jordan Kemp, deputy director for public health in Alamosa County, said after a photo of the health department director was posted online with crude and threatening comments, the agency shut down its offices — “just to be safe and just to kind of give everybody a day to breathe a little bit.”

In Las Animas and Huerfano counties, a group called “Colorado Coun-

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EDITOR’S NOTE This story is the result of a reporting collaboration by Colorado Community Media and The Colorado Sun. ties for Freedom” ran an ad seeking to diminish the authority of health department director Kim Gonzales.

Gonzales is the official whose car has been vandalized twice since the coronavirus crisis began, according to Anselmo.

“It is time we bring life back into our communities and protect the American dream by opening up all of main street,” the ad says. “Protect our communities in Walsenburg and Trinidad and the American dream like other counties in Colorado have done. … We need to unite and diminish the authority of the health department director, Kim Gonzales.”

A person who gave their name as J.R. Rags and said they were behind Colorado Counties for Freedom said in an email that “these health department directors are generally not qualified to make decisions for everyone” “There are many concerns about kids not attending school, business closures and government overreach,”

Rags said. “And as you can imagine our group has found that true, unbiased media and journalism is almost dead in America.”

In Gunnison County, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched a battle with local leaders and public health officials over an order requiring second home owners to stay away. It was issued out of concerns that the county’s limited medical resources could be overrun, but drew intense blowback, including a federal lawsuit from an Arvada couple.

“The banishment of nonresident Texas homeowners is entirely unconstitutional and unacceptable,” Paxton said in a written statement.

In the wake of the debacle, a group of second homeowners has formed a political group to try to oust the Democratic majority on the Gunnison County commission. “I think the county commissioners are using a sledgehammer when a screwdriver is probably more appropriate,” said Trudy Vader, who is vying for a seat on the board.

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Baisley, R-Roxborough Park — even called for criminal charges to be filed against Jill Hunsaker Ryan, the head of Colorado’s Department of Public Health and Environment, for her agency’s handling of death certificates of people who had COVID-19 and then died. Prosecutors said there was no evidence a law had been broken.

The public health officials who spoke to The Colorado Sun and Colorado Community Media say they can understand people’s reaction.

In fact, they have a diagnosis: the vitriol is a symptom of the pandemic.

“I’ve tried to relate it back, as a nurse and as someone who has been in public health for a number of years, to just really the trauma that people have experienced — an unprecedented level of trauma where the world literally shifted overnight,” said Reynolds, the Gunnison County public health chief. “And the fear.

And the not knowing — the uncertainty of the future — I think has really caused the reactions that we’ve seen.”

The unknowns might be chalked up to a communication issue.

“I don’t think we have done a great job in this country teaching people how science works,” Johnson said.

A worker at a coronavirus drive-up testing site in Montrose.

One county has gone through two public health chiefs Some local public health leaders have simply thrown in the towel or have been pushed out of their positions. The Colorado Association of Local Public Health Officials counts at least six resignations and one firing in Colorado since the pandemic began.

Emily Brown says she was terminated as Rio Grande County’s public health

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director after clashing with county commissioners in late May. She wanted to keep restrictions in place while the elected leaders were pushing for them to be relaxed.

Brown told The Associated Press and Kaiser Health News that the commissioners “were tired of me not going along the line they wanted me to go along.”

The replacement Rio Grande County hired to fill

Brown’s shoes, Paul Wertz, has since resigned. “I have concluded that I do not have the board’s support,” he wrote in an email, according to The Monte Vista Journal.

In Weld County, Dr. Mark Wallace’s 20-year run as the head of the local health department ended when he left his job after clashing with county commissioners over how to begin loosening coronavirus restrictions.

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Wallace announced his retirement in May, about a week after the correspondence was made public. He did not respond to Colorado Sun messages seeking an interview.

The Local Public Health Officials association said the other retirements happened in Clear Creek, Saguache, Fremont and Custer counties.

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sense of relief among our citizens, at least the majority of our citizens.”

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“I think it’s deeply — and I want to underscore deeply — disappointing, in the time of a pandemic, the divisiveness in this country,” Douglas said.

“The people on the frontlines responding to the pandemic are getting attacked. It’s clearly a minority, but a vocal minority.”

The situation has even drawn the attention of the governor.

“Now more than ever the work of our local public health directors is crucial to successfully fighting this virus and protecting Coloradans,” Gov. Jared Polis said in a written statement. “We need to do everything within our power to support our local heroes and use their expertise and knowledge to win.”

Tri-County’s big troubles You could call Tri-County the epicenter of Colorado’s epidemic of rage being directed at public health officials. Nowhere else in the state has the combination of frustrations, threats, vandalism and political fallout played out more clearly, altogether and all at once.

Tri-County’s Deputy Director Jennifer Ludwig said the department started taking heat early on in the health crisis, after issuing a stay-athome order in March ahead of Colorado’s statewide mandate.

At first, backlash fixated on department executives. Then it spilled over into vandalism at Tri-County’s buildings. The department’s Aurora South location was targeted six times.

“We closed that office after, I believe, the third window got broken,” she said.

Police arrested 36-year-old Dan

Jefferson County Public Health Executive Director Dr. Mark Johnson (left) receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award from Public Health in the Rockies in 2019. He’s held his position for decades.

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“They’re just not getting the message,” Pesch said, according to arrest documents. “So, I just have to keep increasing the intensity.”

When Tri-County’s board was poised to adopt a mask mandate earlier this month, the department’s phones started ringing with complaints. Once the order passed, the hate mail started, Ludwig said.

This time, critics aimed their frustrations at the board of health, calling directors “tyrants” and “Nazis.” On July 8, Tri-County closed its Greenwood Village location for two days while police investigated a threat against the agency.

Ludwig said her employees are battling burnout. Doing their jobs amid

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threats, vandalism and backlash has been “very distressing, and I think it’s disheartening,” she said.

Some of those same workers are now bracing for unemployment because of the breakup with Douglas County, which is expected to happen in a year. If it ultimately happens, it will be the end of a five-decade-plus partnership.

Douglas County Commissioner Abe Laydon, who helped make the decision to sever ties with Tri-County, defended the move. He said commissioners grew frustrated when Tri-County’s board voted to implement the maskwearing mandate in Douglas County, even though the health department’s staff had recommended that the county be given a choice whether to opt into the mandate.

Laydon also pointed to Douglas County’s explosive growth as another reason for the split.

“This isn’t a divorce,” he said. “I think this is really more of an emptynest scenario, where the kids have grown up a bit and you love them on to bigger and better things.”

(Gov. Polis has since implemented a statewide mask-wearing mandate, which applies to Douglas County.)

Leaving Tri-County and opting out of the agency’s mask order quickly emerged as hot button issues in the races for Douglas County commissioner. Two of the county’s three seeks are contested in November.

Commissioner Lora Thomas, a Republican, is seeking re-election in November and running against Democratic challenger Darien Wilson.

Commissioner Roger Partridge is term-limited. He will be replaced by whomever wins the contest between Republican George Teal, now a Castle Rock councilmember, and Democrat Lisa Neal-Graves. Victoria Reynolds, a Libertarian, is also running for Partridge’s seat.

Wilson and Neal-Graves have been critical of the commissioners’ handling of the pandemic and the relationship with Tri-County.

Laydon said he has “the highest level of respect” for public health workers and Douglas, the Tri-County chief. He urged community members to stop spreading hate and to “try to assume the best” of people responding to the pandemic.

Asked if Douglas County’s departure could stoke the anger directed at Tri-County, Laydon said he believes the decision will have “just the opposite” effect.

“I think it was a move to protect the public health professionals, because I think in many ways it’s a safety valve,” he said. “I think there was a lot less vitriol (after), so I think there’s a

How to make it in the long run The stressors placed on local public health agencies across Colorado have prompted them to develop coping strategies.

In southwest Colorado, officials have created a support group.

The Colorado Association of Local Public Health Officials says it has solicited the help of a social worker to help out local public health directors who need an outlet. It’s also working to tap the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s crisis counseling team, which normally responds to tragedies like a mass shooting, to offer aid to overwhelmed public health workers.

“They can’t even lift their heads up out of the trenches to stop the work enough to take care of themselves,” Anselmo said. “I will often close a conversation that I’m having with a director by saying ‘i hope you get some peace’ or ‘I hope you have some time this weekend to rejuvenate and take care of yourself. Often the response I will get is ‘nope, not this weekend. I have x, y, z to do.’”

Ludwig said Tri-County employs a health and wellness nurse coordinator who sends newsletters to staff twice a week. Tips cover mindfulness and links to mental health resources, and the newsletter also includes bits of humor.

Executives have also increased communication with employees, holding town halls every Friday to address hard topics, she said, “such as the decision of Douglas County to withdraw.”

Jefferson County Public Health has even assigned several staffers to a unit dedicated to respond to the mental health needs of its roughly 180 employees so they can get care if they have to deal with a particularly traumatic coronavirus case or if the workload is simply getting to them.

Great demand prompted the team to grow after it was initially formed.

“Over time I think a lot of the staff are absorbing the stress and the trauma,” said Jennifer Anton, who is heading up behavioral health messaging for Jefferson County’s health department.

Jim Austin, who leads the local public health department in Montrose, said he’s found success in allaying community concerns about coronavirus-induced restrictions. Yes, he says, there are still frustrations and “people who are upset and need to be talked through the issue.”

But he has found that taking the time to explain why rules are being put in place has helped prevent some of the backlash seen elsewhere.

“It requires patience. It requires hanging in there with people and making sure to answer their questions,” Austin said. “But that’s our job. We understand people’s frustrations. It’s summer time. It’s events season.”

Back in Gunnison County, Reynolds said she is frustrated by how much more difficult the attacks have made it for her to accomplish the already difficult job. At the time the hate was streaming in, the county was one of the areas hardest hit by the pandemic.

“At a time when we’re really in a crisis in our community and nationally, it’s a limited capacity as far as your emotional reserve,” Reynolds said. “I think what frustrated me the most is I had to expend some of my time when I needed to rest or some of my emotional energy really in an area that didn’t benefit the community.

And that’s really where I wanted to be focusing my energy.”

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Last call for alcohol pushed earlier

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The cutoff for selling alcoholic beverages is normally 2 a.m. in Colorado, but for roughly the next month, last call for alcohol will be 10 p.m. statewide, Gov. Jared Polis announced.

That doesn’t mean restaurants or bars must close at that time, but they must stop selling alcohol at that point.

Polis’ executive order on the matter took effect at 10 p.m. July 23 and will last for the following 30 days, but it could be extended further.

The order was later amended to apply only to those licensed to sell alcohol for on-premises consumption.

Alcohol may still be delivered, and grocery and liquor stores may continue alcohol sales after 10 p.m., but that time is the last call for sales for on-premise consumption or takeout alcohol orders, according to a governor’s office news release.

Polis generally argued against last-call laws, saying that if a locality wants to “have a bar open until 4 in the morning or 6 in the morning,” it should be able to, and that localities that don’t want to have bars running all night should be able to able to set a time limit on their own.

He called on state legislators to change that legal framework when

Colorado exits the pandemic — when, Polis hopes, “there will be an even better nightlife in Colorado.”

On June 30, just 12 days after Colorado allowed certain bars and nightclubs to open in-person service, a concerning uptick in COVID-19 cases fueled by young Coloradans forced state officials to close those establishments again.

Under the new closure, effective July 1, some bars that operate similar to restaurants may continue in-person service as long as patrons remain with their party, spaced 6 feet apart with no mingling, according to a news release from the governor’s office.

Those bars that function with a fullservice kitchen or provide food from a licensed retail food establishment, such as a neighboring restaurant or food truck, were able to open along with restaurants as of May 27, according to a state fact sheet.

All bars still are permitted to sell alcoholic beverages for takeout or delivery if the beverages are sold with food, and they still can operate if they’re open under a variance.

The safer-at-home order refers to bars, taverns, brew pubs, breweries, microbreweries, distillery pubs, wineries, tasting rooms, special licensees, clubs and other establishments that offer alcoholic beverages for on-site drinking as “bars.”

Now in its 102nd year, please join us for the annual celebration of Douglas County’s 4-H Program and our County’s agricultural and Western heritage.

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FREE electronics recycling event and added drop-off location

The Ducky Derby is an annual fundraiser for local rotary clubs and popular family event in Castle Rock.

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Ducky Derby rescheduled for August in Castle Rock Event is local Rotary clubs’ largest annual fundraiser STAFF REPORT

The biggest annual fundraiser for Castle Rock area Rotary clubs has been rescheduled for August after organizers called off the event — first scheduled for June — amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 24th Annual Rotary Ducky Derby will take place Aug. 23 alongside the farmers market in Festival Park, 300 Second St. The event will kick off at 8 a.m. as the farmers market opens booths for business and Rotary Club members run activities for children.

Those activities will include face

painting, a bouncy house and carnival games. Club members will also sell tickets to the Ducky Derby.

At 1 p.m., Rotary members will launch roughly 10,000 rubber ducks into East Plum Creek, sending the ducks off on a race toward the finish line. The first few ducks to the finish win cash prizes for ticketholders whose ticket number matches numbers on the ducks.

The Rotary clubs hold the event each year as a fundraiser for local charities. This year proceeds will be primarily be distributed to local nonprofit Wellspring Communities, which serves adults with special needs.

Tickets are available for purchase and more information can be found at rotaryclubofcastlerock.org.

Douglas County residents are invited to recycle unwanted electronics for FREE on Aug. 8, from 9 a.m. 1 p.m. at EchoPark Stadium in Parker. Stay in your vehicle and staff will unload. No paper shredding services will be available. NEW: Douglas County residents can also drop off accepted electronic items for free Aug. 5 – 12, during business hours, at Techno Rescue, 3251 Lewiston St., Suite 10 in Aurora.. Proof of residency will be required. For more information visit douglas.co.us/community-recycling-event

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Slash-mulch site open The County’s main slash-mulch site, at 1400 Caprice Drive in Castle Rock, is open from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. on Saturdays only through Oct. 26. For more information, directions and a list of acceptable items visit douglas. co.us and search for Slash Mulch.

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For those in the middle, America is like dodgeball

ne of Steve Allen’s regular comedy routines was reading letters to the editor the way he imagined the writers wrote them: angry.

QUIET He’d sit at his desk wearing an upDESPERATION turned fedora with a press card in the band.

Allen, the original host of “The Tonight Show,” would end the bit with a punch line.

A few readers have disagreed with me over the past eight Craig Marshall years, but not many have written angry.

Smith A recent one, however, pointed out that I wasn’t a “real man,” that I’m a “whiner” and a “Communist.”

Based on my comments about civility and mutual respect when it came to Fourth of July fireworks, he also assumed my political affiliation.

What goes with having an opinion these days about anything except

peanut butter and jelly sandwiches is a rebuttal.

Those of you who are planning to major in journalism, you need to know you can be as right as right can be and someone will think you’re wrong.

The temptation is to rebut the rebuttal. And that brings out the worst in many of us, including me.

Shut up and write?

It’s impossible to do both, unless, as I said, it’s about peanut butter and jelly. However, it’s likely that’s not even a safe topic.

I’d hear, “No, peanut butter and jam.”

“No, peanut butter and cream cheese.”

Or, “You need to be more sensitive.

Some of us are allergic to peanuts.”

True or false? There was a hit record about peanut butter? True, and it’s good.

“Peanut Butter” was released by the Marathons in 1964. The history of the Marathons is “shrouded in mystery and confusion,” according to Oldies. com.

The name Marathons was a pseudonym for the Vibrations, who had a 1961 hit with “The Watusi.”

(Not to be confused with the “WahWatusi” by the Orlons, unless, of course, you don’t mind a little confusion.)

Some think Mr. Ed, a palomino, was fed peanut butter and his attempts to chew were meant to look like he was talking to Wilbur.

Allan “Rocky” Lane provided Mr. Ed’s voice. Lane starred in cowboy Bmovies in the 1940s and 1950s, including the “Red Ryder” series.

A column about a talking horse is a lot safer than ones about the First and Second Amendments or whether masks should be mandatory.

But now that you know how they were able to get Mr. Ed to talk, some might argue animal abuse.

“Did they test Ed for peanut tolerance?”

“Mr. Ed” tested my tolerance: for inanity. There wasn’t a good joke in a carload.

Where was I? If you think I’m wrong about ex-

pressing an opinion in 2020, give it a try. Almost anything will do.

Keep the statues or get rid of them?

Allow the flags? Change mascots?

A reader informed me that her high school mascot was a Hunter, and decals depict a Hunter aiming a rifle. It’s a little reminiscent of Mark McCloskey, the St. Louis man who pointed his weapon at protesters outside his home.

McCloskey and his wife Patricia either stood their ground or overreacted. Take your pick.

Their weapons were taken away from them; sympathizers replaced them.

See? As Bob Dylan said, “You’re right from your side, I’m right from mine.”

Johnny Cash said, “The one on the left is on the right.”

And Plato said, “Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.”

Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident.

He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.

We cannot allow this sort of ineffective leadership to wield power in Douglas County despite well-funded efforts to get them in office.

This November, we must vote to elect Republicans who will stand for equality and tolerance, who will fight for our freedom of speech and improve our way of life, not tear it down.

If we allow these “moderate” Democrat leaders into office here, their tolerance for groups like Antifa and acquiescence of political violence will mean dark days for Douglas County.

Charles Carlisle Highlands Ranch

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There are two comments in particular I have heard over and over on Fox, after forcing myself to listen. First, they continue to mention that Democrats favor “open borders.” Secondly, they continue to promote the idea that Democrats are OK with crime, looting, violent protests, etc. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Democratic Party and VP Biden do not favor open borders, crime or looting.

Recently, on the Sean Hannity show on Fox, Rudy Giuliani went so far as to declare that Black Lives Matter is a terrorist organization! The unfortunate aspect of these Fox News misstatements is that the less-informed and less-educated citizens of this country, which is a majority of Fox viewers, are influenced and swayed by the false Fox News propaganda.

Jim DeWall Centennial

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Kellner is choice for DA I was very concerned reading George Brauchler’s recent article in The Denver Post about sharply rising crime rates. Denver, for example, is on pace for its most murders in a decade. Compared to the first six months of 2019, Aurora has seen a 400% increase in filed murder cases this year. There are worrisome longer-term trends as well, such as a 118% rise in violent crime in Douglas County over the last five years.

Resisting and reversing these trends is why I believe it is crucial we elect John Kellner for district attorney of Douglas, Arapahoe, Elbert and Lincoln counties.

John served our country as a Marine, achieved great success in prosecuting criminals in our region (including being named “Prosecutor of the Year” in 2016 by the Colorado District Attorneys Council), and is ready to protect and represent us as our next district attorney.

John’s strong experience in criminal prosecution will keep our communities safer. Using this experience, he will implement proactive policies to deter criminals and reduce gun violence, as well as support law enforcement agencies in keeping us safe.

School safety is also a core focus for John. He will ensure schools have the resources they need to promote safety and prevent violence. He believes in early intervention and collaboration with our community to achieve that.

We live in a great community, but to preserve it we must proactively reverse these dangerous crime trends.

John Kellner is the right experienced, courageous servant leader to

help us accomplish this!

Will Johnson Highlands Ranch

Lock up coronavirus rule-breakers Gathering in crowds, without face coverings or distancing, is just plain criminal! Such actions risk not only the health and lives of those who do so.

Many others are also endangered: medical workers, first responders, seniors — their parents and grandparents. They extend the restrictions on fellow citizens, particularly those of us in senior living communities. The bottom line is these persons should be incarcerated in large groups away from us and without access to health-care workers, thus unable to risk anyone else’s health or life.

Bruce Johnson, Ph.D. Centennial Don’t obscure Antifa tactics This weekend I watched with sadness as Antifa “protesters” turned on Coloradans with violence. Regular folks from around the state peacefully gathered at the sixth annual Back the Blue rally on July 19 to support our brave police officers. Then an anti-police mob marched into the middle of the event screaming curses and assaulted people, some using illegal batons.

Ordinary Coloradans are now being silenced through aggression and violence while Governor Polis and the city’s weak leadership decline to protect the rights of all. Antifa may be the radical wing of the left, but these so-called “moderate” Democrats are the ones quietly empowering them by turning a blind eye as the group uses violence and fear to intimidate their neighbors.

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BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Classes will be held at Colorado School of Mines campus in the fall — but life on campus will still look plenty different.

In a message sent to students and faculty on June 22, School of Mines President Paul C. Johnson and four other administrators outlined plans for the fall semester, which will kick off on Aug. 24 with the school sticking with its planned semester calendar.

Little else, however, will be unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic, including the way many classes will be delivered. The administrators said Mines will be working with a reduced number of classrooms and lower occupancy limits that have left the school expecting approximately 60 to 70 percent of classes to occur on campus in lecture halls or lab settings with social distancing requirements in place. The remainder of Mines courses will be offered in remote, hybrid or online formats.

Hands-on, project-based and firstyear classes and labs are being prioritized for in-person delivery, while the “needs of faculty” are also being considered. All classrooms are also being outfitted with equipment that will allow all classes to be recorded which Johnson said will allow for “flexibility

and eliminate the pressure to attend in-person if you do not feel well or need to isolate or self-quarantine.”

Students wishing to delay their return to campus will also be provided with remote or online course options, according to the statement.

Other hallmarks of campus life will also continue in the fall, but often in a significantly revised form. In May, Mines suspended its on-campus living requirement for first-year students decided to limit occupancy of residence halls to 80% to allow for safe social distancing to be maintained and reserve a substantial number of rooms for possible use for self-quarantine and isolation. Amenities like the dining halls and student recreation center will also be opened but with capacity restrictions and other safety protocols in place.

Even traditions like the M Climb and Convocation will likely look different as the administrators said the Student Life team is “working hard to ensure our new students enjoy many of the traditional Welcome Week activities with new precautions in place.”

The school is also instituting several health and safety rules, including a requirement cloth masks be worn indoors and “in any setting where it is difficult to maintain social distancing.”

The release also asks students and faculty to commit to the Oredigger Promise — a commitment to adopt the practices and attitudes necessary to safely return to and remain together at Mines.

“When we return to campus, we must all pledge to keep ourselves and one another safe,” the administrator’s

A sign on the doors of every Mines campus building provides a reminder of steps to take to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

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statement read. “Most students may be in the low-risk group with respect to COVID-19 impacts, but others in our community are not. We also have to think of our faculty and staff and their immediate families. Even if you have little worry for yourself, please think of them.”

Tucker Orr, who will be a sophomore at Mines this year, said he is glad the school will be holding some classes in-person given the in-person interaction and hands-on experience that is integral to many classes. But at the same time, he is also glad he and

the rest of Mines student community will be able to watch classes online.

“I’m not too worried about going back,” said Orr. “I think we have a pretty good community at Mines and are going to try to help each other out and not get this thing spread all over the place.”

But Justin Pace, who will be starting a graduate degree in Mines this fall after completing his undergraduate there in the spring, said his reaction was decidedly more mixed.

“I feel like a lot schools are being pressured into making decisions right now and Mines is one of them,” Pace said.

Pace said he is concerned outbreaks in the dorms could still be an issue whether the dorms are at 80% or 100% capacity, and also worries campus could still end up being too crowded.

“One of the issues is if people have online classes that take place 10 minutes after an in-person class then 10 minutes isn’t enough time to go home so the same amount of people are going to be on campus,” he said. “So, I feel like most people are going to be on campus and its going to be kind of rough to deal with all the restrictions.

I think a lot of people are stressed out about how education is going to be for the next year.”

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Sensory Park in Westminster at 7577 W. 103rd Ave. offers a playground that is Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant and therapy-focused, according to the city.

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There’s more to parks in the Denver area than Cherry Creek State Park, Standley Lake Regional Park, Washington Park and the other big names,

and there’s lots to find beyond the old standby down your street.

Here’s a look at some unique and standout parks in the north, south and west metro suburbs.

Arvada Britton Park in east Arvada offers a farm-themed playground with a bluegrass and native grass design.

It’s a great place to see bees and butterflies, and kids there can pretend to drive a large tractor, says Ben Irwin, a spokesman for the city. The park sits near North Sheridan Boulevard at 5574 W. 69th Ave. In north Arvada, Volunteer Firefighters Park is a firefighter-themed park commemorating the contributions of the city’s volunteer firefighters, including a monument to them.

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Lakewood Lasley Park in east Lakewood features a games court with ping pong, cornhole and chess, outdoor fitness equipment, sand volleyball, basketball, tennis courts and a “modern playground,” says Stacie Oulton, a spokeswoman for the city. The park’s “storybook design theme” features mosaic artwork by local artist Annette Coleman and quotes selected by children at the nearby elementary school, Oulton says. That park sits at 6677 W. Florida Ave. near South Wadsworth Boulevard.

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Westminster Westminster Center Park is also known to locals as the “Peter Pan Park.” The park takes inspiration from landmarks of London, referencing Big Ben in the play structure and the River Thames in the water play features, along with Peter Pan’s Neverland in the pirate cove, according to the city’s website. The water play area may be closed to encourage social distancing. The park is found in central Westminster near North Sheridan Boulevard at 4801 W. 92nd Ave. Sensory Park offers a playground that is Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant and therapy-focused yet fun for all kids, says Angela Simental, a Westminster parks spokeswoman. It’s easy to access through the local trail system. Sensory Park is the city’s first completely accessible play area built in cooperation with Children’s Hospital Colorado, Simental says. It sits in the west part of the city near North Wadsworth Boulevard at 7577 W. 103rd Ave.

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Lakewood’s Carmody Park at 2200 S. Kipling St. features a universal playground for kids of all abilities and an accessible fitness zone.

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ground features a climbing wall, slides and Australian-themed designs. A path leads to Main Reservoir, where shoreline fishing is popular, Oulton says. The park is located in central Lakewood near South Kipling Street at 10600 W. Kentucky Drive.

Littleton Creekside Experience Park, a nearly 6-acre open space park, features a tree house-style overlook, boulder scramble, sand play area, and a log, stump and boulder trail. It’s located on the north edge of Littleton near Englewood, not far from West Belleview Avenue, at 4829 S. Santa Fe Drive.

War Memorial Rose Garden in Littleton was created in 1946 when Littleton citizens donated money to acquire land for a park that would honor veterans of World War I and World War II, according to Becky Grubb, a spokeswoman for South Suburban Parks and Recreation. More than 1,300 roses bloom at this park, which also features a gazebo and Orian Sterne Fountain, Grubb says. It sits near West Littleton Boulevard at 5804 S. Bemis St. Writer’s Vista Park sits along

on the High Line Canal and offers “amazing mountain views,” Grubb says. Along with a recently renovated playground and restrooms, the park includes playgrounds for kids of all ages and a large, shaded picnic pavilion. In south Littleton not far from South Santa Fe Drive, the park is located at 1900 W. Mineral Ave. Castle Rock Philip S. Miller Park offers a particularly wide range of activities, including at the Miller Activity Complex. In all, the park boasts a pool, indoor playground, trampolines, indoor turf fields, splash pad, functional fitness area and golf simulator. Outdoors, the park has an athletic field, “adventure playground,” outdoor fitness area, amphitheater, events building, a pond, 7 miles of unpaved trails, a 1-mile paved trail loop, zip lines and an “epic adventure tower,” says Jeff Smullen, Castle Rock’s assistant director of parks and recreation. The park sits in the central part of town, not far from Interstate 25, at 1375 W. Plum Creek Parkway.

One of the newest trails in Castle Rock’s system is the Legacy Trail at Gateway Mesa Open Space. It runs through large stands of mature Gambel oak, ponderosa pine and Douglas fir forest while also traversing interesting rock formations along the edge of the mesa, Smullen says.

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PUBLIC NOTICES CONCERNING THE ABANDONMENTS LIST OF WATER RIGHTS IN ELBERT COUNTY

The Division Engineer, in accordance with §37-92-401, Colorado Revised Statutes (2019), has compiled the list of absolute water rights that he or she “has determined to have been abandoned in whole or in part and which previously have not been adjudged to have been abandoned.”

Williams, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC Section 106. Specific information regarding the the Federal Communications Commission, 47 A complete list of water rightsCFR that§1.1307, have been the opinion of the Division Engineer, may be found on the Division 20554.

A copy of the Request should of also be project is available by contacting EBI Consulting, byabandoned, notifying theinFCC of the specific Resources https://www.colorado.gov/water. provided to EBI Consulting at 6876 Susquehanna Project 6120004658-AMGWater during normal (DWR) busi- website reasons that the action may have a significant Trail South, York, 17403. ness hours. Comments must be received at 6876 impact on the water quality of the human environment.

If you wish to object to the inclusion of any right on the Division Engineer’s abandonment list, you PA must file a written statement Susquehanna Trail South, of York, PA 17403, or via forJuly Environmental filed be submitted using DWR’s Abandonment objection with the DivisionRequests Engineer by 1, 2021. WeReview requestmust that be objections Legal Notice No.or24401 telephone at (585) 815-3290 within 30Form, days of this can within 30 days the datewebsite that notice of the project“Abandonment Objection which be obtained onof the DWR (search keyword 2020”) from any DWR office.

First Publication: July 30, 2020 publication. Interested persons may also review is published on the FCC’s website and may only Theat Abandonment List, with raise any revisions made asconcerns. a result ofThe written will be filed with Water Court by Last Publication: July 30,the 2020 the application for this project environmental FCCstatements strongly of objection, December 31, 2021.

Once the list is adjudged by the entry of a decree by the Water Court, such decree willCounty be conclusive Publisher: The Elbert News as to the www.fcc.gov/asr/applications by entering encourages interested parties to file Requests abandonment the file water right.

Antenna Structure Registration (Form of 854) for Environmental Review online at www.fcc.gov/ ### no. A1169891. InterestedIn persons may raise asr/environmentalrequest, they may filed the following table, U indicates units of either C=cfs or but A=acre-ft.

Thebe uses being abandoned are either 'All Uses' indicating all environmental concerns about the uses project under withora the paper copy by mailing Request to FCC If any aspect of the decreed place of use is being decreed of the water right, individual uses listed,the such as Irr=Irrigation. the National Environmental Policy Act rules of Requests for Environmental Review, Attn: Ramon abandoned, that is indicated by 'Yes' in the Place column.

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WATER DIVISION 1 ABANDONMENT LIST Structure Name Water Source

Water Rights AGATE DITCH

BOONE WELL 1-14871 Public Notice

Decreed Amount

Aband Amount

Remain U Abandoned Amount Uses

Agate Creek South Platte River

30.0000 0.2600

30.0000 0.2600

0.0000 C All Uses 0.0000 C All Uses

Place No No

BOONE WELL 2-14872

South Platte River

0.2900

0.2900

0.0000 C All Uses

No

CONCERNING THE ABANDONMENT LIST OF WATER RIGHTS IN ELBERT COUNTY

BOONE WELL 3-3199F

South Platte River

0.2900

0.2900

0.0000 C All Uses

No

BOONE WELL 4-3198F

South Platte River

0.2900

0.2900

0.0000 C All Uses

No

The Division Engineer, in accordance with §37-92-401, Colorado Revised Statutes (2019), has compiled the list of absolute water rights that he or she “has determined to have been abandoned in whole or in part and which previously have not been adjudged to have been abandoned.”

A complete list of water rights that have been abandoned, in the opinion of the Division Engineer, may be found on the Division of Water Resources (DWR) website https://www.colorado.gov/water.

If you wish to object to the inclusion of any water right on the Division Engineer’s abandonment list, you must file a written statement of objection with the Division Engineer by July 1, 2021. We request that objections be submitted using DWR’s Abandonment Objection Form, which can be obtained on the DWR website (search keyword “Abandonment 2020”) or from any DWR office.

The Abandonment List, with any revisions made as a result of written statements of objection, will be filed with the Water Court by December 31, 2021. Once the list is adjudged by the entry of a decree by the Water Court, such decree will be conclusive as to the abandonment of the water right.

In the following table, U indicates units of either C=cfs or A=acre-ft. The uses being abandoned are either 'All Uses' indicating all decreed uses of the water right, or the individual uses listed, such as Irr=Irrigation. If any aspect of the decreed place of use is being abandoned, that is indicated by 'Yes' in the Place column.

DEITRICH DITCH 2

Kiowa Creek

1.5000

1.5000

0.0000 C All Uses

No

GODLEY WELL 2-3740-F GODLEY WELL 5

South Platte River South Platte River

1.5600 0.2780

1.5600 0.2780

0.0000 C All Uses 0.0000 C All Uses

No No

HERBST SPRG

South Platte River

0.0001

0.0001

0.0000 C All Uses

No

HOWELL WELL 2-20205-2

South Platte River

0.2900

0.2900

0.0000 C All Uses

No

HOWELL WELL 3-19955

South Platte River

2.0900

2.0900

0.0000 C All Uses

No

KRUSE MAULDIN DITCH

Running Creek

1.5000

1.5000

0.0000 C All Uses

No

PHILLIPS WELL 1-20002-1

South Platte River

1.1500

1.1500

0.0000 C All Uses

PHILLIPS WELL 2-20002-2

South Platte River

1.0000

1.0000

0.0000 C All Uses

No No

SIEFKAS SUMP 14697

South Platte River

0.7800

0.7800

0.0000 C All Uses

No

SIEFKAS SUMP 19991-1

South Platte River

1.6000

1.6000

0.0000 C All Uses

No

SIEFKAS SUMP 19991-2

South Platte River

1.0000

1.0000

0.0000 C All Uses

No

SIEFKAS SUMP 19992

South Platte River

0.7800

0.7800

0.0000 C All Uses

No

WILLIAMS WELL R20700

South Platte River

1.1200

1.1200

0.0000 C All Uses

No

WATER DIVISION 1 ABANDONMENT LIST Structure Name Water Source

Decreed Amount

Aband Amount

Remain U Abandoned Amount Uses

Place

AGATE DITCH BOONE WELL 1-14871

Agate Creek South Platte River

30.0000 0.2600

30.0000 0.2600

0.0000 C All Uses 0.0000 C All Uses

No No

BOONE WELL 2-14872

South Platte River

0.2900

0.2900

0.0000 C All Uses

No

BOONE WELL 3-3199F

South Platte River

0.2900

0.2900

0.0000 C All Uses

No

BOONE WELL 4-3198F

South Platte River

0.2900

0.2900

0.0000 C All Uses

No

DEITRICH DITCH 2

Kiowa Creek

1.5000

1.5000

0.0000 C All Uses

No

GODLEY WELL 2-3740-F GODLEY WELL 5

South Platte River South Platte River

1.5600 0.2780

1.5600 0.2780

0.0000 C All Uses 0.0000 C All Uses

No No

HERBST SPRG

South Platte River

0.0001

0.0001

0.0000 C All Uses

HOWELL WELL 2-20205-2

South Platte River

0.2900

0.2900

0.0000 C All Uses

HOWELL WELL 3-19955

South Platte River

2.0900

2.0900

KRUSE MAULDIN DITCH GENERAL FUND PHILLIPS 1-20002-1 HEALTHWELL FUND ROAD &WELL BRIDGE FUND PHILLIPS 2-20002-2 SALES & USE FUND SIEFKAS SUMP 14697 LEAF FUND HUMANS SERVICE SIEFKAS SUMP 19991-1 FUND GRANT FUND SIEFKAS SUMP 19991-2 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND IMPACTSUMP FUND SIEFKAS 19992 CONSERVATION TRUST FUND WILLIAMSALL WELL R20700 TOTAL FUNDS

Running Creek 010 South 015Platte River 020Platte River South 025 South 040Platte River 050Platte River South 060 South 075Platte River 085Platte River South 090 South Platte River

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AARMS ADAMSON POLICE PRODUCTS ADANI SYSTEMS INC ADVANCED QUALITY AUTO REPAIR AFLAC AIRGAS INTERMOUNTAIN AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES INC

Software Support Uniforms Equipment Repairs Auto Rep Benefits Payable Welding Supplies Equipment Parts/ Accessories Operating

AMERICAN DATABANK AMERICAN FIDELITY ASSURANCE COMPANY AMERICAN FIDELITY HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION AMERICAN MECHANICAL SERVICES OF DENVER AMPRO FIRE EXTINGUSHER SERVICE ARAPAHOE HEATING SERVICE INC AUTO CHLOR SYSTEM OF DENVER AXIOM HUMAN RESOURCE SOLUTIONS INC. BANK OF THE WEST BARRY MITCHELL BC SERVICES BERG HILL GREENLEAF AND RUSCITTI BLACK HILLS ENERGY BLUE TARP FINANCIAL INC BULLSEYE SUPPLY LLC CAROLYN BURGENER CENTURYLINK CERTIFIED LABORATORIES CHRISTIAN CONSTRUCTION CINTAS COBITCO COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION CONCJ1522 COLORADO COMMUNITY COLORADO COUNTY ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION COLORADO DEPT OF HEALTH AND ENVIROMENT COLORADO ORAGANIZATION FOR VICTIM ASSISTANCE COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION COMCAST COMPASS DRONE CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS COOKS CORRECTIONAL CORPORATE BILLING LLC CORRECT CARE SOLUTIONS COUNTY HEALTH POOL COVERTRACK GROUP INC D AND D TIRE SERVICE INC DEEP ROCK DIGITAL DATA SERVICES DJ PETROLEUM INC

Benefits Payable Benefits Payable

1.5000 $995,359.12 1.1500 6,999.94 258,750.19 1.0000 311,281.64 0.7800 635.44 27,447.21 1.6000 18,233.75 1.0000 1,425.62 34,624.02 0.7800 8,394.63 1.1200 $1,663,151.56 AMOUNT $175.00 348.06 750.00 1,066.51 1,830.22 888.41 2,788.93 55.90 10,742.83 5,880.42

Capital outlay Equipment Blding Repairs Equipment Repairs /Operating

10,790.00 400.00 560.00

Contract Services Credit Card Radio Pager Civil Process Contract Litigation Utilities Capital outlay Operating Contract Services Utilities Equipment Parts Gravel Uniforms Crack Seal

68.60 11,586.94 1,381.26 60.00 27,813.35 1,067.63 234.89 5,000.00 800.00 1,463.84 141.38 10,260.78 1,377.04 1,276.99

Operating CCW CBI Advertising Dues VITAL STATISTICS VA Training Operating Operating Capital outlay Utilities Other Equipment Fuel/Equipment Medical Services Benefits Payable Equipment Auto Rep Shop Supplies Professional Service Fuel

623.50

632.50 1,532.00 51.97 600.00 9.00 950.00 300.00 91.76 12,158.10 232.87 62.55 510.43 21,282.55 112,707.60 2,014.90 1,868.16 9.45 580.00 35,840.35

Legal Notice No.: 244394 First Publication: July 9, 2020

Last Publication: July 30, 2020 Publisher: Elbert County News

Elbert County Warrants No No Public Notice

0.0000 C All Uses No PAYMENTS FOR PUBLICATION JUNE 2020 1.5000 0.0000 C All Uses No DOUBLE DIAMOND MAINTENANCE INC Capital outlay 11,500.00 1.1500 0.0000 C All Uses DOUGLAS COUNTY DETENTIONSNo DIVISION Inmate Housing 3,630.72 1.0000 0.0000 C All Uses No EATON CORPORATION Capital outlay 1,780.00 0.7800 0.0000 C All Uses No ELBERT COUNTY NEWS Dues 40.00 ELBERT COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE Fuel/Maintenance 1,976.10 1.6000 0.0000 C All Uses No ELBERT COUNTY TREASURER Intragovernmental Fund 1.0000 0.0000 C All Uses No Transfer/Cost Cllocation 425,305.33 ELIZABETH Blood/Alcohol Analysis 150.00 0.7800 0.0000FIRE C All DEPT Uses No EMERGENCY VEHICLE SPECIALISTS Auto Rep 734.50 1.1200 0.0000 C All Uses GR LLC No ENERTIA CONSULTING Professional Service 5,940.00 ENGLEWOOD CAMERA Equipment 3,969.90 EWING Blding Repairs 666.45 FLAT AND FANCY Capital outlay 1,190.00 FRANCY LAW FIRM PC Civil Process 30.00 FRONT RANGE KUBOTA Equipment Parts/ Road Rebuild 1,432.17 GALLS LLC DBA NEVES UNIFORMS Equipment/UNIFORMS 1,230.36 GENERAL SHALE BRICK INC Gravel/CAPITAL OUTLAY 6,300.00 GLASER GAS COMPANY Utilities 144.02 GLOBAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY Equipment 192.79 GLOBAL PROPANE Child Welfare 599.99 GLOBE TRAILER MANUFACTURING INC Capital outlay 70,310.64 GREAT WEST LIFE AND ANNUITY Benefits Payable 77,591.63 HBS Utilities 857.52 HD SUPPLY Equipment Parts 8.52 HIGH PLAINS FOOD STORE Fuel 4,668.50 HOME DEPOT CREDIT SERVICE Blding Repairs 2,381.74 HONNEN EQUIPMENT COMPANY Equipment Parts 1,495.25 INTEGRATED ELECTRIC Blding Repairs 5,251.50 INTEGRATED VOTING SOLUTIONS Ballots/Forms/Shipping 19,159.60 INTEGRITY AUTO REPAIR Auto Rep 2,558.32 INTERMOUNTAIN RURAL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION Utilities 6,748.43 IRON MOUNTAIN Contract Services 30.00 J&A TRAFFIC PRODUCTS Signs 5,850.00 J&S CONTRACTORS SUPPLY CO Blades, Teeth 26,622.48 JACKS TIRE AND OIL Tires 4,215.94 JEFFERSON COUNTY DEPT OF HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT Operating 1,890.00 JOHN DEERE FINANCIAL Blding Repairs 488.28 JOHNSON CONTROLS Contract Services 3,786.00 KIMBALL MIDWEST Equipment Parts 301.00 KIMLEY-HORN & ASSOCIATES Professional Service/ Transportation Plan Grant 6,552.50 KIOWA AUTO REPAIR AND ALIGNMENT CENTER Auto Rep 1,085.52 KIOWA WATER & WASTE WATER AUTHORITY Utilities 1,941.61 Krav Maga Worldwide Training 1,700.00 LANCE WHEELER PLUMBING INC Capital outlay 7,610.00 LAWSON PRODUCTS INC. Equipment Parts 1,567.21 LEGAL SHIELD Benefits Payable 435.60 LENOVO INC Equipment 17,692.40 LEWAN & ASSOCIATES, INC. Copier 960.90 LISA FLANNAGAN-CRANE Operating 1,000.00 MATTHEW BENDER OPERATING 90.61 MAUREEN PELLOWSKI Contract Services 240.00 MCCANDLES INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS OF COLORADO Equipment Supplies 532.11 MEDVED COLORADO Equipment Repair 56.35 MHC KENWORTH-DENVER Equipment Repair 652.22 MIKE JOOS Reimbursement 11.00 MINES & ASSOCIATES PC Other Benefits 356.40 MOUNTAIN VIEW ELECTRIC Utilities 332.73 N2IT PLUMBING Blding Repairs 250.00 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES ADMINISTRATORS State County Administration 130.00 NICOLETTI-FLATER ASSOC. Training 3,000.00 NORTHERN SAFETY CO INC Safety Supplies 839.39 OFFICE OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY 18TH DISTRICT District Attorney 159,440.75

OUTLAW HEAVY HALL LLC Forfeiture Board 4,600.00 PHOENIX TECHNOLOGY GROUP LLC Operating/Equipment 4,429.76 PITNEY BOWES Postage Inventory 5,017.00 POSTMASTER GENERAL Postage 55.00 PRAIRIE TIMES Operating 672.00 PRO AG SOLUTIONS Weed Control 14,000.00 PROFORCE Equipment/Uniforms 12,731.40 PSYCHOLOGICAL RESOURCES Operating 135.00 PUREWATER DYNAMICS INC Equipment Rental 115.00 QUILL CORPORATION Janitorial Supplies 758.13 RAMPART SUPPLY Capital outlay 1,425.62 RAYNA MENSING Reimbursement 132.89 RESTORATION KING Capital outlay 13,133.65 RIDGELINE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES INC Capital outlay 7,999.00 RMMI Contract Services 4,673.81 ROBS SEPTIC SERVICE AND PORTA POT RENTAL Equipment Rental 420.00 ROCK PARTS COMPANY Equipment 4,282.50 ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRING & SUSPENSION INC Equipment Parts 112.12 ROCKY MOUNTAIN TARGETS Capital outlay 4,582.25 ROYAL B THREADS LLC Office Supplies 1,208.00 RUBIN BROWN LLP Financial 14,000.00 RYDERS PUBLIC SAFETY Uniforms 179.85 SAFETY-KLEEN CORP. Other Fluids 160.00 SEALMASTER Equipment Parts 34.00 SIGNAL GRAPHICS Operating 911.06 SLATE COMMUNICATIONS Professional Services 1,000.00 SMARTDEPLOY Software Support 920.10 SOUTHWEST MOBILE STORAGE Child Welfare 306.00 SSU PROCESS SERVING/INVESTIGATIONS Child Support 80.00 STAPLES ADVANTAGE Office Supplies 2,024.96 STATE OF COLORADO Motor Vehicle Renewal Card 1,500.19 STATE OF COLORADO JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT State County Administration 18.00 STEPHANI TURNER Uniforms 125.00 STONE OIL CO INC Fuel 10,434.28 SYSCO FOOD SERVICES Prisoner Meals 7,292.17 TEX AND LINDA ADUDDELL Gravel 5,701.50 TEXAS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Benefits Payable 679.13 THE LAW OFFICE OF JEFFREY J TIMLIN Contract Services 19,229.60 THE SIDEWELL COMPANY Professional Service 14,514.00 THYSSENKRUPP ELEVATOR CORPORATION Elevator Service 700.71 TLO LLC Software Support 98.40 TOWN OF SIMLA Utilities 92.60 Transwest Truck Trailer RV Equipment 518.10 TRUCKHUGGER TARP SYSTEMS Equipment Repair 649.20 TRUE VALUE HARDWARE Blding Repairs 318.39 TURNKEY CORRECTIONS Operating 38.00 UNITED REPROGRAPHIC SUPPLY INC Copier 733.26 US ARMOR CORPORATION Equipment 15,869.00 US BANCORP Lease/Purchase Principal 21,211.71 US BANK EQUIPMENT FINANCE Copier 169.00 VERIZON CONNECT NWF INC Radio Pager 368.27 VERIZON WIRELESS Telephone Maint./Repair 8,438.44 WAGNER EQUIPMENT CO INC Blades, Teeth/Equipment 247,061.69 WAKEFIELD AND ASSOCIATES INC Civil Process 15.00 WAXIE SANITARY SUPPLY Janitorial Supplies 3,085.40 WEAR PARTS & EQUIPMENT COMPANY INC. Blades, Teeth 1,304.96 WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL LEASING Copier 484.78 XEROX CORPORATION Copier 3,790.03 ZIRCON CONTAINER COMPANY Capital outlay 240.00 TOTAL $1,663,151.56

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July 30, 2020

Three awarded teen court scholarships

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Parker Teen Court has announced the recipients of its 2020 Teen Court Scholarships to three local program volunteers: Alex Silverhart, Whitney Humecky and Madeline Borgelt.

Scholarship recipients were selected based on a variety of criteria, including service time, quality of leadership and mentorship with younger program volunteers and defendants, and overall experience with the Parker Teen Court program. Recipients were chosen by a representative from the Parker Town Council and the Municipal Court judge.

All three scholarship winners plan to further their education in college.

Silverhart will attend Colorado State University in Fort Collins. Borgelt has selected Colorado Christian University. Humecky plans to attend the University of Texas at Arlington.

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“However, due to guidelines and restrictions ... and for the safety of all involved and the community, we feel this is in the best interest of everyone.”

The festival plans to return in 2021 with an event date of June 12 through August 1.

The Douglas County Fair and Rodeo, however, is still scheduled to take place July 30 through Aug. 2, as of press time.

Parker Teen Court is a communitybased intervention/prevention program designed to provide an alternative response to the juvenile justice system for first-time, non-violent, misdemeanor juvenile offenders.

Community youth volunteers who serve in the program learn more about possible future careers in the legal profession while helping to determine appropriate sanctions for juvenile offenders who have elected to participate in the system. Positive peer influence helps hold youth offenders accountable and promotes long-term behavioral change that leads to enhanced public safety.

For more information on Parker Teen Court, including how to get involved as a youth or adult volunteer, visit www.ParkerOnline.org/ TeenCourt or contact Teen Court Coordinator Carolyn Sheridan at csheridan@parkeronline.org or 303-805-3171.

While many of the fair’s traditional public events are canceled, there will still be a Junior Livestock Sale. That part of the event will be limited to 175 people and will have an option to participate online.

Limited tickets and online viewing options are also available for the rodeo events, such as bull riding and a show from the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association.

The event was authorized under Douglas County’s variance for large gatherings and event venues, approved June 26, according to a release from the county.

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