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Police chief resigns Stephen Hasler leaves Elizabeth department after six years at helm

BY TABATHA STEWART SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Jimmy Brown, 52, is the Kiowa County coroner as well as a farmer and owner of funeral homes in Eads, Cheyenne Wells and PHOTO BY MARC PISCOTTY Burlington. He was photographed at the funeral home he owns in Cheyenne Wells.

‘Our people are tough’ Amid drought, rural community’s residents face mental health challenges

BY SUSAN GREENE COLORADO NEWS COLLABORATIVE

EADS — “The Splotch,” as some here call the brown mark on the map they check weekly, is the color of scorched earth.

Here in Kiowa County, farmers have always relied on whatever moisture happens to fall from the sky rather than on irrigation.

In August, this 1,300-person

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CALL FOR HELP Whatever you are going through, crisis counselors and professionally trained peer specialists are available to help. Call the Colorado Crisis Service hotline at 1-844-493-TALK (8255).

There is no wrong reason to reach out.

Elizabeth Police Chief Stephen Hasler turned in his resignation on Dec. 29 after six years as the department’s leader. Hasler has had a tumultuous relationship with new town board of trustees member Ron Weaver for the past year, and Hasler said he was retiring after 46 years in law enforcement rather than stay with the town.

“All I can say is that it was tough working for a town where a member of the board had a personal vendetta against me for police actions I had taken against him in SEE CHIEF, P8

SETTING GOALS, PRIORITIES

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Elbert County case diagnosed with mutant COVID-19 strain Variant believed to be more contagious but not more deadly

BY ERIN PRATER THE DENVER GAZETTE

The United States’ first confirmed case of a new, highly transmissible COVID-19 variant recently announced by officials in the United Kingdom and a second potential case are members of the Colorado National Guard who were deployed to a nursing home in Simla, state officials said Dec. 30. Simla is a rural town of fewer than 1,000 people in south-central Elbert County.

Both were sent Dec. 23 to aid the Good Samaritan Society nursing home, about an hour outside of Colorado Springs, where an outbreak was underway, said Dr. Rachel Herlihy, an epidemiologist with the state health department, at a Dec. 30 press conference on the state’s virus response. They were tested on Christmas Eve. Six National Guard personnel were deployed to the facility to assist with testing, and two have since tested positive for COVID-19: the individual with the variant, and the other individual suspected of having it, she said, adding that it’s possible that the preexisting outbreak and new case of the variant are not connected, and that the positive Guardsman contracted the

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variant in the community, outside the facility.

There is currently no evidence that the variant is now circulating at the nursing home, she added, but said additional testing is underway.

The potential case has not yet been confirmed because genome sequencing is still underway, said Dr. Emily Travanty, scientific director of the laboratory services division at the state health department. The signal is weaker in the sample in question, making confirmation more difficult. The work should be completed within the next week, she added.

The country’s — and the state’s — first case is a man in his 20s, with no travel history and no close contacts yet identified, state officials said Dec. 29. He has mild symptoms and remains in isolation, Gov. Jared Polis said at the Dec. 30 press conference.

That variant identified in the case, known as B.1.1.7, is the same one discovered in Europe this month. It triggered alarm when announced by Britain’s prime minister and caused dozens of countries to ban flights from the United Kingdom, as well as strict lockdown measures in southern England. It appears to be 70% more transmissible than the dominant strain of COVID-19, Colorado officials said last week.

The variant “very likely exists in many states,” Polis said, particularly in the mid-Atlantic area, where there are high rates of travel to and from the U.K. Additionally, all Coloradans 70 and older can soon receive the COVID-19 vaccine, Polis said as he announced that the state was entering Phase 1B of its vaccination plan.

Many areas of the state are entering the phase, Polis said, adding that nearly 80% of COVID deaths are among those 70 and older.

It will likely be four or five weeks before everyone 70 and older who wants the vaccine will have received their first dose, he said.

Phase 1B had included moderaterisk health care workers with less direct contact with COVID patients, such as home health, hospice and

National Guard was called to nursing home amid outbreak

dental workers, as well as emergency services personnel, firefighters, police, correctional workers and those in funeral services.

As of Dec. 30, that category was amended to include “frontline essential workers” in education, food, agriculture, manufacturing, public transit, grocery and public health, among other categories, as well as direct care providers for Coloradans experiencing homelessness, and some frontline journalists, in addition to those 70 and older.

Workers who qualify under Phase 1B will likely be vaccinated at sitebased clinics in the coming weeks, Polis said. As to when Coloradans

70 and older can receive the vaccine, it will depend on the supply in their area, he said.

Individuals in Phase 2 — including those at high risk due to medical conditions and those ages 65-69 — will likely be vaccinated in late spring or early summer, he said, adding that a doctor’s note would be required for those with a medical condition. The rest of the population — including those ages 12 and up, not 16 and up — are likely to be vaccinated this summer, he added.

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New DA keeps Brauchler on STEM School shooting case John Kellner also announced his leadership team

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Eighteenth Judicial District Attorney-elect John Kellner has asked outgoing District Attorney George Brauchler to stay on the STEM School Kellner Highlands Ranch shooting case and lead the prosecution team, according to a news release from the office.

Kellner will be sworn in as district attorney on Jan. 12, ahead of a February trial for the STEM shooting’s older suspect.

Brauchler, who is term-limited, will serve as a chief deputy district attorney throughout the trial’s duration, working with the district on a part-time basis.

Kellner said Brauchler is invested in both the community and the case after working with victims for more than 18 months.

“I’m grateful to Mr. Brauchler for his commitment to the victims and families involved in the STEM shooting to see this trial through,” Kellner said in the release.

The May 7, 2019 shooting left eight students injured and 18-yearold Kendrick Castillo dead.

Defendant Devon Erickson

pleaded not guilty nearly one year ago. Charges include felony firstdegree murder. His trial begins Feb. 1. Erickson’s former codefendant, Alec McKinney, pleaded guilty to similar charges and was sentenced in July to life in prison plus 38 year, with the possibility of parole after 40 years.

Kellner also announced who he named to his leadership team in the sprawling judicial district representing more than a million people in Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties.

• He selected Tom Byrnes, a chief deputy district attorney in the district, as his assistant district attorney — the No. 2 position within the office.

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community bordering on Kansas was the first part of Colorado where drought conditions surpassed “extreme” to a level meteorologists call “exceptional.” That designation — which since has hit wide swaths of the Western Slope — stands out on the drought map as a big brown pock.

Week after rainless week throughout this year’s growing season, it festered like a wound not just on local farmland, but also on the emotional landscape.

“It’s horrible, just horrible, the ways drought can affect the human mind,” says Jimmy Brown, a thirdgeneration farmer in Eads whose wheat and grain sorghum crops withered this year, just like those of his neighbors. “I doubt there’s a person here whose mental health hasn’t been affected by it.”

The Eastern Plains have had dry spells. Some old-timers remember Dust Bowl conditions in the 1930s.

Their children weathered extreme drought in the mid-1950s, and their children’s children endured acute dryness in 2002 and 2012. Each generation has taught the next to take the long view because they have learned that wishing — or praying — for rain doesn’t make it happen.

Yet nobody here can remember a year so parched that little grew higher than their work boots. No one recalls ground so dry that even the bindweed stopped growing.

Nobody had seen so many rain clouds roll in late afternoons dur-

ing monsoon season, only to watch them keep rolling eastward without bursting.

Even before smoke from the late-summer mountain wildfires wafted in, Brown says “You couldn’t see the sun here because of all the dirt blowing.” On the road to his fields this fall, his pickup kicked up enough dirt to form dust devils.

“You can smell the dirt. You can feel it in your nose and sinuses. You can see how everything’s so brown, so dead all around you. You can feel how it’s all so depressing,” he says.

Brown, in addition to farming, serves as Kiowa County’s elected coroner and lone funeral director.

He’s not a mental health expert, but is more tuned in than most to how locals are feeling. With drought, he says, comes uncertainty, even among the majority of growers who carry insurance compensating them for the losses. With uncertainty come powerlessness, irritability and dread.

“People tend to be shorter with one another, to withdraw,” he says, noting that he is no exception.

Hard to stay on track

Brown had a hard time this year mustering the energy to feed and water his cattle, check his fences and tend to the endless other tasks required to run a farm, even one with crop failure. He followed headlines about Kansas farming communities 200 miles east producing their best crop yields ever, pondering the fickleness of drought.

The splotch feels like a curse.

“You come to doubt if it’s ever going to rain again. You know it will, but you don’t know when. So you ask yourself: What am I doing here?

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ABOUT THE SERIES This story is part of a statewide reporting project from the Colorado News Collaborative called On Edge. The intent is to foster conversation about mental health in a state where stigma runs high.

This project is supported in part by the Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Reporting and a grant honoring the memory of the late Benjamin von Sternenfels Rosenthal.

Why are we doing this? And what exactly is the point in it all?” Brown says.

Growers speak of a rootedness — financial, family, and spiritual — needed to withstand a year as dry as this, let alone several of them.

They do not speak of mental health factors, the complex mix of genetic vulnerabilities, trauma, addiction, brain chemicals, nerve circuits and other triggers that contribute to mental illness and make the ground more shaky for some than others. Especially in a county where data show residents’ discomfort taking about person problems is 11% higher than the statewide average, they cannot know what challenges were faced by the local father whose 16-year-old son discovered his body after his recent suicide. Or by the four men with ties to Kiowa County who ended their lives two years ago — three of them within two weeks of each other, and two of them farmers.

That string of suicides prompted the local mental health services provider to offer classes on recognizing signs of mental health crisis. It held special training for loan officers, machinery dealers, auctioneers and bankruptcy clerks to spot signs of po-

tential suicidality in their clients and urge them to seek professional help.

Dawn Beck is a physician’s assistant at the Eads Rural Health Clinic and Kiowa County Hospital. Her patients bristle at words like anxiety and depression. If the land is sick, so will be the people who work it, and there’s nothing to be done but wait it out, she says they tell her.

“They say ‘Well, we’ve been through this before,’ even though this is by far the worst year anybody can remember. It’s a pride thing. A cowboy thing. And it’s just eating people up.”

Brown, 52, has lived here all his life except for college. The splotch, he estimates, “is the topic of 99 out of 100 conversations” here this year.

Those interactions sound more like “Man, we need rain,” “Have you seen it this dry before?,” “When is it going to end?” than “I can’t sleep,” “I’m drinking too much” or “I’m feeling down.”

“Our people are tough. They prefer to just weather the storm. I don’t think mental health is ever a topic of conversation around here,” he says.

“We talk about the things we understand — interest rates, commodity prices, land values, weed control, farming techniques. That’s how we operate around here. It’s our culture. And whether it’s right, wrong or indifferent, it’s not going to change.”

This story is brought to you by COLab, the Colorado News Collaborative. If you’re struggling, help is available on Colorado’s crisis hotline. Call 1-844-493-TALK(8255).

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To view various public meeting agendas and to participate in-person or remotely visit douglas.co.us and search for Meetings and Agendas.

Curious about Douglas County 4-H? From fun and engaging projects to leadership building, there is something for everyone. Attend a 4-H 101 virtual information session in January. Sessions include presentations about program opportunities and a live Q & A. Visit douglas.extension.colostate.edu/4-h and look for the 4-H 101 tab for more details.

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Men’s group seeks volunteers in Elbert County

BY TABATHA STEWART SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Before moving to Elbert County several years ago, Willie Colby belonged to a service group called Dads of Castle Rock. The group consisted of men who helped people in the community by offering services such as plumbing, home repairs, delivering groceries and sometimes paying bills when someone in need fell short on finances at the end of the month.

He got so much satisfaction from helping others that he recently created a similar organization specific to Elbert County, and is calling on men from the area to join the new group called Brothers Outreach of Elbert County.

“We really accomplished a lot through the Dads of Castle Rock,” said Colby. “I wanted to start a similar group here to bring the men of Elbert County together to help other residents in the area.”

The group has been well received, with nearly 100 men joining within the first two weeks of its creation.

Brothers Outreach has spent the past several weeks helping deliver orders from local restaurants to people who are homebound, without charging any fees a delivery service would. They also pooled their money together to buy new tires for a mother who couldn’t afford to purchase them herself.

“Eventually we will become a 501(c)(3), then we’ll be able to accept and distribute cash donations,” said Colby. “But for now, we know there are a lot of people we can help with the combined services of men in the group.”

The concept of the group, accord- F ing to Colby, is for men with varying backgrounds and skills to offer services that people would normally pay for, but due to the hard economic times may not be able to afford.

“If you bought a new sink and need to have it installed, give us a call. If you are doing a DIY tile job and have questions, give us a call,” said Colby.

Men of all ages are invited to join, as long as they work or live in Elbert County. Colby encourages young men to join as well, as the group will offer the chance for them to work with other men and learn

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new skills while helping others.

“This is a great opportunity for young men who might not have specific skills, but have youth and strength on their side, to work with older men who can teach them a few things,” said Colby.

Brothers Outreach has received some criticism on social media for not including women, and according to Colby they are simply following a model that he has seen work well in other counties, including the Dads of Castle Rock and Guys

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• Vicki Klingensmith will serve as the senior chief deputy district attorney in the district’s Arapahoe County office. Klingensmith has been a prosecutor in the community for more than 16 years.

• Chief Deputy District Attorney Chris Wilcox will retain his role in the Douglas County office.

Eva Wilson will lead the Elbert

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“Honestly, helping other makes you feel good,” said Colby. “We’re not saying that women don’t have the ability, it’s just something we’ve seen work phenomenally well as a men’s group.”

Rules of the group are simple — don’t be a rat, don’t bring any drama and keep whatever happens in the group within the group. And be ready to help wherever there is a need.

Men interested in joining the group, anyone seeking help or knows someone who needs help, can reach Colby through the Facebook page Brothers Outreach of Elbert County.

County office. Wilson has worked in the 1st Judicial District for 16 years, and previously served as a prosecutor in the 18th Judicial District for two decades.

Kellner said he views the 18th Judicial District as one of the state’s best, but vowed do more to “support victims, tackle rising violent crimes in our communities, support rehabilitation for defendants, and improve transparency and accountability to create a more equitable criminal justice system.”

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VOICES

Sibling is almost like one of the family

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y sister and I are unalike.

My sister and I are so unalike I required a DNA sample before I agreed to include her in my will.

“Cindy” makes lists.

QUIET She makes lists DESPERATION of the lists she is going to make.

I make lists of the lists I am not going to make.

In a recent email, she wrote, “Yes, I do write out a grocery list.

Lately, I’ve been Craig Marshall going to the store Smith about every two weeks instead of every week. At home I keep a list of things that I might want from many different places. Then before I go to Kroger or Target or wherever, I make a new list for only that particular store.

“Today I had a lengthy list.

A few things weren’t available

because of the holiday season, but I was only getting those things to try a new recipe. I’ll put those things back on a list for the next time I go.”

I wrote back, “As soon as possible, read your last email out loud to your therapist. And send another DNA sample.”

Me? I go to the grocery store every other day, partly to shop and partly to remind myself why I live alone.

Something happens to people in grocery stores that doesn’t anywhere else.

Anne Teak, a Stanford University psychologist, commented, “Shoppers will stare at cans they’ve seen all their lives and wonder if, after a century, Campbell’s might have added sea bass or rum to its tomato soup. I can’t explain it.”

She can’t explain human behavior and she’s a psychologist.

How can a sister and a brother be so different?

I’m not convinced we’re related.

We look different. She was

homecoming queen and I have a face like a first baseman’s mitt, and right now it’s the bottom of the ninth.

Cindy does what she’s told. Her doctor insisted that she schedule appointments to have her ears cleaned with cotton swabs.

And she does.

“Don’t they sell Q-tips in Michigan?” I asked.

HBO has been showing “The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart,” a documentary that focuses on brothers Barry, Robin, Maurice, and touches on Andy.

Barry is the only living Bee Gee. Their biggest success came during the era of Top Forty radio when they had four or five songs in constant rotation.

Good for them; hard on the disc jockeys, as one admits.

For a while their music was unavoidable on AM radio.

The brothers squabbled, particularly Barry and Robin, broke up, got back together and had hit records in the 1990s.

There is no doubt they were brothers.

Not a speck of contrary data.

Sure, my sister and I have the same last name. But that says little. “Smith” is the most common surname in the United States.

I want to make it clear that I am not ashamed of her. In fact, I am proud to be her brother, if, in fact, we are related.

But now and then something will come up, like her lists, that makes me question our relationship.

On separate occasions she has used the words “veggie” and “fridge.” Once in the same sentence.

I closed my eyes and let the moment pass.

P. S. Did you know that Shirley MacLaine and Warren Beatty are sister and brother?

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

2020 might have won, and 2021 has just begun

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friend of mine is an expert in emotional relevance.

His name is Alon Zaibert and he writes a terrific blog. In a blog that he wrote just before Christmas, Alon visits the WINNING topic of identifying and embracing WORDS the struggles we all face.

“It is clear we want to believe those who are sharing with us their personal story as in our core, we are good.

Michael Norton We root for the hero who struggled and came out victorious. We relate to them because we struggle as well. And when we see someone who has done it, like us, we relate to them. We cheer for their achievements as if they are our own. But it seems that most of us use others’ victories as another excuse to stay stagnant. To not go ahead with their own desires and wishes. It is the struggle ahead that scares most of us.” — Alon

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Zaibert As I read his blog, I thought about the year that has passed, and the lingering impact and effect that the year has left us with.

For many of us, it is that the year 2020 had won, as we lost people, jobs, businesses, and for some of us, we lost hope. Yet it is also true that 2021 has just begun. We are still facing overwhelming uncertainty, still grieving, worried, and wondering. The struggle is real, and I do not want to diminish the reality of that.

Each year we recognize the first day of January as the start of something new. New hopes and dreams, new goals and objectives, and a new and fresh start at life.

This year seems different as we have many of the same battles still ahead. My encouragement is that we do identify and embrace the struggles that we are facing. Let’s lean into them instead of trying to outrun them. When we try to run away from our struggles, sooner or later we will run out of energy, we will become exhausted, and now we will have to face our struggles from a disad-

vantage as we are wiped out from our attempt to avoid and evade them.

As Alon says, “It is the struggle ahead that scares most of us.”

Whatever struggle we are facing, if we allow it to, the grip of fear will control us. No matter the magnitude of what we face, we still get to decide what we will allow and what we will not allow when it comes down to how we will choose to respond.

Fear is real. We need to try and lean into that fear and find the first seed of courage, that when nurtured, will grow and give us the strength and courage we need to embrace our struggles and fears. Remembering what Mark Twain said, “Courage is the resistance to fear, mastery of fear — not absence of fear,” has always been a source of inspiration for many.

The last word is control. We need to focus on the controllable instead of becoming consumed with what is uncontrollable. The things that we can control as we embrace the struggle are our behaviors, attitudes, and actions. We

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can make the choice to love and support those around us in their struggles. We can control what we read, watch, and listen to, filling our minds and hearts with positive thoughts and winning words.

The year 2021 has just begun, how will you embrace the struggles and the opportunities that may come your way?

I know that embracing the struggle or leaning into the struggle might sound like a rahrah message, but I assure you it is not. It’s probably the best advice that had been passed along to me in my own struggles, and now I am sharing it with you. I really would love to hear how 2021 is beginning for you at mnorton@ tramazing.com. 2020 may have won, and 2021 has just begun, giving us time to do what we can to help make this a better than good year.

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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‘Set small goals’ and ‘find the joy’

Pandemic has taken a toll on mental health, but resolutions may be helpful

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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fter the most disruptive year in generations upended the social, financial and mental well-being of billions across the world, the question many face with the arrival of the new year is: What’s next?

For some, the tradition of new year’s resolutions may serve as a natural springboard for considering that question. It’s not easy, though, when “fatigue” has been the buzzword defining many people’s collective state of mind for months.

That includes “Zoom fatigue, pandemic fatigue, compassion fatigue,” said Cynthia Grant, the chief clinical officer for AllHealth Network, a nonprofit mental health organization in the south metro area.

“I think everyone is trying to stay safe and sane, but the prolonged nature of what we’re dealing with leaves many emotionally depleted, overwhelmed, feeling guilty, uncertain, helpless and exhausted by the choices we have to make every day to keep ourselves safe,” Grant said.

In some ways, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted life similarly to how a natural disaster does, affecting people’s mental health on a wide scale.

“The toll that a natural disaster takes on individuals, families, and communities is well-known in the mental health field,” said Grant, who is also a licensed clinical social worker. “They disrupt our daily lives sand remind us of our lack of control in the world. COVID forced us to change our routines and discon-

IF YOU NEED HELP Cynthia Grant, the chief clinical officer for AllHealth Network, a nonprofit mental health organization in the south metro area, offered advice to those feeling more depressed, anxious or stressed out than usual due to the pandemic.

“Learn to say no to things that are not a priority for you or that may add to your burden. Continue to speak up and ask for what you need. More people are asking for help, and more mental health resources are available than in the past: traditional therapies, apps (like CALM and Headspace) and group support,” Grant said. “Know that you are not alone and

help is right here for you. The Colorado Spirit program at AllHealth Network is a free program open to anyone who needs psychological support due to the pandemic. Counselors are available by phone (or) Zoom, or you can review resources on our website.”

That site is allhealthnetwork.org/ colorado-spirit.

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nected us from our social supports. The quarantine and saferat-home regulations stripped away many of our coping mechanisms that help tame mental illnesses. We couldn’t see or hug our friends, go to the movies or even work out at the gym.”

But the pandemic has reshaped life in unique ways, too, according to Shawn Worthy, a clinical psychologist and professor of human services at Metropolitan State University of Denver.

Natural disasters “are events that are sudden — they have a big impact and then you can respond, so they’re very acute situations,” Worthy said.

On the other hand, the pandemic is “kind of the chronic situation.

This has been going on for almost a year now, about 10 months now. So the length of the difficulty, I think, impacts people differently.”

Short bursts of traumatic experiences can be harrowing, Worthy said, noting that comparing trauma can be problematic.

“But what I can say is that the longterm,

chronic mental health drain that the pandemic is having on most people certainly is creating this kind of slow-rolling but intense trauma for most people,” Worthy said.

On top of that, the pandemic has affected some vastly more than others in a financial sense, Worthy noted.

“If you have a job you can do at home or is relatively safe, that’s one thing,” Worthy said. “But if you have a job in the entertainment industry, restaurant industry, travel industry, hospital industry, (the effect is great). A lot of them are thinking of how to pay the bills, how to have a holiday dinner — all those very basic-level things.”

The start of the pandemic was marked by a “great solidarity” in fighting the coronavirus, but as the crisis continued to rage, “it hasn’t been the same boat for all of us,” Grant said.

“It’s been said that some of us are hanging on to a life raft while others are on a yacht,” Grant added.

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the past,” said Hasler. “I have always made my decisions based on the best public safety interests of the town and not political interests. I hate the politics involved in the job and after 46 years of service, I had the luxury of being able to retire so I did not have to continue to put up with his neverending false allegations.”

While the town had not yet issued an official press release, trustee Weaver confirmed Hasler’s departure.

“The chief has resigned, and I think it’s good for the town,” said Weaver. “Earlier this month he was placed on administrative leave, and after he returned he decided to retire. Since it is a personnel issue the matters leading up to his resignation are confidential.”

Weaver blasted Hasler during a June 9 board meeting, calling him unprofessional, deceitful, disrespectful and showing a lack of leadership.

“I call your actions disgusting. I can’t believe the lack of organization from the people that we trust to keep us safe,” said Weaver. “I would think we would be able to stay safe in our homes. The people do not trust Elizabeth Police Department,

‘The chief has resigned, and I think it’s good for the town.’

Ron Weaver, board of trustees member and the police department has demonstrated the fear that you’ve created. I do not feel safe in my own home with the lack of leadership you provide in our community.”

Mayor Pro Tem Angela Ternus defended Hasler during the June meeting, saying she completely trusted the police department.

“I have lived in town for 24 years, and this is the best department and best chief this town has had since I lived here,” Ternus said during the meeting.

Ternus wished Hasler well in his retirement.

“I will say that I wish the best for Chief Hasler in his retirement and appreciate his years of service in our community,” said Ternus.

Hasler came to the United States from London in 1991, and served in Pueblo County, Manitou Springs, Erie and Lone Tree before becoming the chief of the Elizabeth Police Department in November 2014.

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“Hopefully for a fair number of people, it’ll be those kinds of fundamental things — the relational factor in our lives,” Worthy said.

Still others have been unable to go out and enjoy their passions — fitness and travel may be high on the list of people’s priorities, Worthy said.

Even something as basic as saving money could be a popular goal so that people can prevent ending up in a compromising situation again, Worthy continued. Some behavior may harken back to those who went through the Great Depression and kept money in their shoeboxes and other obscure places to guard against financial hardship.

“You’d find money in their mattress, people from that era,” Worthy said. “It was fascinating.”

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school, grief over the loss of a loved one, or being isolated for so long it had bred loneliness, depression, anxiety, sleepless nights and increased substance use,” Grant said. “These are normal reactions to an abnormal situation.”

‘The relational factor’

Those wondering how to navigate the hurdles may be reshuffling their priorities. Asked how the pandemic could tend to affect the goals people set, Worthy said there’s no specific research to guide that answer.

But “what I’m guessing is that typically, when people have faced trauma, their response is one that is more focused on the more fundamental kind of issues,” Worthy said. “So like, spending better quality time with family, not taking for granted your grandma and grandpa who you haven’t been able to see (consistently) in a long time.

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Grant thinks that in the new year, many will set goals related to making physical and mental health a priority.

“We are also seeing people set priorities with a focus on making

expressionism, surrealism and realism, portraits, landscapes, graphics, ceramics, fiber arts, photography, sculpture ... Large and small-scale works by members of this versatile, longtime coop group which has moved to Lakewood from its former Santa Fe Drive location. Hours during COVID restrictions (check for updates before going): Friday 6 to 9 p.m.; Saturday/Sunday noon to 4 p.m.; coreartspace.com, 303-2978428. (Littleton’s Michelle Lamb, who painted the city’s light rail station mural, is an active member.)

“Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Mexican Modernism” continues to Jan. 24 at the Denver Art Museum. Timed tickets must be

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The exhibit includes more than 20 artworks by Kahlo and was organized by the Vergel Foundation in collaboration with the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL) and curated locally

by Rebecca Hart, who serves as the Vicki and Kent Logan Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the DAM. It includes more than 150 artworks, focused on the post-Mexican Revolution works of internationally celebrated artists. Just announced: “Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France” will be presented at DAM Nov. 14, 2021 to Feb. 13, 2022. More than 100 paintings made from 1855 to 1913 will show the French influence on American painting of the period.

time to connect in our relationships with friends, family, neighbors, and even the server at our favorite restaurant or the person we used to see on at the gym,” Grant said. “I also recommend that people prioritize setting goals that are fun and bring joy — whether that is something small like dancing in the kitchen, taking a sunrise walk, an aspirational goal like reading 52 books in a year or taking a long-awaited trip with friends. Find the joy!”

Grant’s advice is to set goals that are “reasonable, do-able and something you can look back on and know you hit it and checked the box.”

“I encourage people to set small goals — what Arianna Huffington calls `microsteps,’ a big idea that’s too small to fail. For example, if your goal is to cut your social media use in half, start by not having your phone with you when you’re eating, then try not to have it in your bedroom,” Grant said.

“There’s a little bit of pride in each step that gets accomplished that makes us feel good about

achieving our goals.”

Worthy emphasized the dual benefits of focusing on helping others.

“If you can turn the focus away from yourself and onto potentially helping other people who are less fortunate, that is always a good thing, because it makes you feel good and it makes someone else feel good,” Worthy said, using the example of volunteering at a food bank or a similar establishment that helps others.

Sunlight can be another tool: Take advantage of the Denver area’s 50-degree winter days when they happen. Just getting out and walking around in the sun is good for the mood, Worthy said.

Asked about any new year’s resolutions of his own, Worthy laughed and replied that his goal is to live well every day.

“It’s really trying to strive for balance in my own life, and balance means between financial balance, physical-fitness balance, social balance — all of those things,” Worthy said, “to keep working on that and trying to find a positive center.”

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