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Elbert County News welcomes new lead writer I look forward to bringing a local perspective to the paper BY CHANCY J. GATLIN-ANDERSON SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
Kiowa Schools have gone remote until May 17.
senior nights got canceled due to COVID,” said senior student athlete Dustin Wenz. “It is kind of sad to say that our last weeks of high school are online and we won’t be able to be around our friends.” In Mader’s letter, the district anticipates that in-person learning will resume on May 17 along with all school activities and athletics. Their goal is to finish the school with near normal activities and
I would like to introduce myself as the newest lead writer for the Elbert County News and express my goals for contributions moving forward. I am 33 years old and I live in the Spring Valley Ranch area with my husband and two orange cats. In addition to my work with the Elbert County News, I serve as a college anthropology instructor for Washington State University’s Global Campus, which is the university’s onGatlinAnderson line program. I am also a Ph.D. candidate in anthropology researching contemporary Japanese culture and behavior. Throughout my career as a community researcher, I have devoted my time to studying culture and working to bring positive change to communities all over the world. Originally from Georgia, I have experience working with students with special needs, with underprivileged Black youth groups, Atlanta’s Asian refugee community, and various Asian religious communities around the state. I also have experience working with the Maya
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COVID closes Kiowa Schools Seniors dismayed by closure during waning weeks of academic year BY CHANCY J. GATLIN-ANDERSON SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
On May 5, Superintendent Scott Mader announced that as of May 10, all of Elbert County School District C-2 (Kiowa Schools) and
their associated activities would be closed for in-person learning due to a rise in COVID-19 cases. Three students tested positive for the virus spanning all three schools in the district. The decision to close was made in conjunction with Elbert County Health officials for the safety of all students. The sudden closure, however, has left many seniors feeling upset about the impact of the closing on their final weeks of k-12 schooling. “Both football and basketball
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ast week in this space you were able to hear from Ann and Jerry Healey, who have entrusted their collection of 24 community newspapers to us at the newly formed Colorado News Conservancy. This week, as the new owners and operators of this newspaper, we want to give you an opportunity to hear directly from us and learn about our plans. With an eye toward retirement, grandkids and new adventures, Ann and Jerry sold Colorado Community Media to the Conservancy. The Conservancy is a partnership between the National Trust for Local News and The Colorado Sun, a local digital news organization that some of you may already know. We were aided by a network of Colorado organizations who share our commitment to keeping newspapers in local hands and to ensuring that you continue to benefit from the unique, hyperlocal coverage that you have come to expect from this newspaper and the others in the CCM family. One of the Colorado Community Media newspapers has been serving its community for more than 150 years, and others have decades of history. We feel a deep responsibility to continue that legacy and ensure your paper is still providing quality news and information for decades to come, as well as bringing the businesses
From left, Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro and Lillian Ruiz, co-founders of the National Trust for Local News, and Larry Ryckman, editor-in-chief of The Colorado Sun, are leaders of the Colorado News Conservancy partnership that has purchased Colorado Community Media.
that provide the core financial support for these publications together with readers in the local communities they serve. So what will change, and what won’t? We’ve already heard those questions from readers and local business owners who feel strong ties to the reporters, editors, sales staff and others who bring the news to you. For starters, we are seeking to fill the big shoes of Jerry Healey
in the role of publisher. We are looking for someone who is as passionate about community and local service as Jerry has been. We are so grateful that he has agreed to stay on this month to help ensure we have a smooth transition. We do not plan the staff cutbacks, cost-cutting or layoffs that have become far too common in the news business these days. In fact, we are looking to bolster the fine work already being done to serve you, the readers and supporters of this paper. Our job is to keep your local media strong and growing. The Colorado Community Media name will stay the same, as will the name of the newspaper you know and trust. The same goes for the phone numbers, email addresses and the website of your paper. You can reach out to the hardworking people here at the paper in the same ways you always have. We purchased Colorado Community Media because we are
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Planes collide over state park, no one injured Aircraft were on approach to land at Centennial Airport BY ZACH BRIGHT THE COLORADO SUN
Two small airplanes collided over Cherry Creek State Park on the morning of May 12 as they prepared to land at Centennial Airport, one of the nation’s busiest general aviation airports. No one was killed or injured. One aircraft with two people aboard crash-landed roughly four miles north of Centennial airport in Cherry Creek State Park while the other, which had just one occupant, landed safely at the airport. Air traffic control recordings and flight tracking websites show the planes collided as they both turned toward Centennial Airport’s parallel runways. The plane that landed safely was a Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner operated by Key Lime Air. FlightAware.com records show the Metroliner, a twin-engine propeller plane, was headed to Centennial Airport from Salida. A photo of the Metroliner at Centennial Airport showed a large section of the aircraft’s rear fuselage missing. Key Lime Air uses the Metroliner to ferry freight across Colorado. The plane that crashed was a Cirrus SR-22, which had taken off from
Firefighters inspect the crash site of a Cirrus SR-22, which collided with another aircraft COURTESY OF SOUTH METRO FIRE RESCUE as both prepared to land at Centennial Airport on May 12.
Centennial Airport about an hour earlier and was heading back to the airport after flying up to the Fort Collins area, according to FlightAware records. The Cirrus deployed a parachute it is equipped with that can allow the aircraft to float to the ground
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Runway 17 right, on a different air traffic control frequency. The Cirrus pilots were warned not to veer too far to the east and stay toward the west end of Cherry Creek Reservoir as they turned their plane south to line up to land. Air traffic control warned the Cirrus that the Metroliner was nearby. Moments later, the planes collided. “Looks like the right engine failed so I’m going to continue my landing,” the Metroliner’s pilot said, apparently not realizing the collision had happened. Another pilot called air traffic controllers to say they saw the Cirrus with its parachute deployed floating down to the ground, indicating there was a collision. South Metro Fire Rescue and the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s office responded to the collision. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board will be investigating the crash. “Initial report indicates collision happened as airplanes were landing,” the NTSB tweeted. “The NTSB will travel to the scene.” Staff writer Jesse Paul contributed to this report. This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. Used by permission. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com.
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to carry out eighth grade promotion and high school graduation as planned. However, students and staff with symptoms of COVID-19 must remain home. Students and staff will receive a notification from the district if the return date changes. Though general activities are slated to return to normal for the final week, it seems that COVID-19 is still impacting the overall senior experience. “Usually, we do a senior lunch with the seniors and their parents, which I was really looking forward to,” said graduating senior Briana Lindauer. “It is hard to get excited about things for fear that they will be canceled because of COVID.” To keep up with the latest updates regarding the closure of Kiowa Schools, please visit www.kiowaschool.org.
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in Belize, store workers on the Greek Island of Lemnos, middle and high school students in Montpellier, France, and the Japanese body positive fashion community of Tokyo. I have worked not only to help better these communities, but to tell their stories. Locally, I am a moderator for Denver Fatties, a group for men and women devoted to body positivity as well as the creator and administrator for Colorado Crafting for a Cause. I also recently obtained my certification as a Kansas City Barbeque Society Certified Barbecue Judge and plan to attend and judge at events across the state. I am also
The Kiowa Schools parking lot was empty as learning went remote due to COVID-19.
a member of the Rocky Mountain BBQ Association. My goal for the Elbert County News is to provide a local perspective to the paper, which I can strengthen as a reporter who actually resides in the county. Having spoken with multiple residents, they are excited to have a fresh, local perspective to the paper. My goal moving forward is to not only provide local news, but to highlight the beauty that is Elbert County and its people. I invite the community to reach out to me with story ideas and to share their perspectives on local issues. I look forward to working with the Elbert County community and am honored to help bring the local news every week. To contact me with stories, please email me at elb.chancy@gmail.com.
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Accepting a special invitation to attend the art dedication, former Columbine High School Principal Frank DeAngelis speaks about mental health and community PHOTO BY THELMA GRIMES strength.
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the positive and come together as a community. Two years after the shooting at STEM Schools Highlands Ranch, one student did just that in her path to earn the Girl Scouts Gold designation. Now a senior, Grace Bielefeldt was a sophomore when the shooting occurred on May 7, 2019. Bielefeldt said she can remember being shuffled from the school to the Northridge Recreation Center. To date, SEE DEDICATION, P7
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she still struggles to go into some of the rec center rooms, especially the tennis courts. On May 4, in a special art dedication, Bielefeldt returned to the recreation center, only this time she was capping off a two-year effort to bring light and positivity while emphasizing the need for more mental health awareness. The project was also aimed at recognizing the importance of a community coming together in the face of tragedy. The four panels of art focus on the positivity, light, and mental health. The location for the paintings is about community. Bielefeldt said it came to her when she was trying to figure out what project to do to earn her gold badge. After the shooting, she recalled religious leaders, community leaders and random citizens who gave her quilts, brought food, and just checked on her to see if she was OK. “This felt like the perfect opportunity to give back to the community that helped me,” she said. “I have a lot of bad memories about this location. I wanted to do something to brighten the area and serve as something positive. I remember after the shooting, during a vigil, students calling for help for mental health. I hope when people look at these paintings, they feel the positive and know they are seen.” To turn her vision into reality, Bielefeldt commissioned local artist
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want people to see something different every time they look. Representing winter, spring, summer and fall — they serve as a metaphor or an analogy of what a person goes through in struggling with mental health.” Holmes admitted there was a lot of pressure to develop images that would suit the cause. “As I worked on them, I was not always sure I liked what I saw,” Holmes said. “I knew I could not just put the canvas in the corner and forget it. I kept going to turn this wonderful young lady’s vision into reality. I had a desired outcome and message to carry out.” While focusing on the importance of mental health and letting members of the community know no one is alone, Holmes and Bieldefeldt did not want to make it a memorial, but also did not want to forget the victims in the shoooting. The two came to the agreement to place a subtle but meaningful tribute in one of the panels. That tribute is a small heart in the sky of panel No. 2. In seeing the panels, Douglas County Commissioner Lora Thomas said she is blown away not just by the work Holmes produced, but with the message and dedication shown by Bielefeldt. “Just look at all the badges on her vest,” she said, “that alone demonstrates her drive and dedication throughout her entire life.” Douglas County Sheriff’s Office
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Chief Steve Johnson said, “It is inspirational for all of us to see this young lady take such bold steps to embrace tragedy.” By special invitation from Bieldefeldt, former Columbine High School Principal Frank DeAngelis spoke about surviving tragedy and getting help when needed. DeAngelis said students like Bielefedlt are special in “changing our lives every day.” DeAngelis said just like he found in 1999 after the Columbine shooting, the community is strong, people are strong, and they can heal. In working to heal, DeAngelis said an important thing to remember is that getting counseling and admitting to needing help is not a weakness. Instead, he said, it is a sign of strength. “It is a marathon and not a sprint,” he said. “There’s going to be some journeys. There is going to be some ups and downs. Just never give up.”
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May 20, 2021
‘Junior’ no more if bill passes for two colleges Colorado schools in Sterling, Trinidad, La Junta have seen sharp enrollment declines BY JASON GONZALES CHALKBEAT
Colorado lawmakers and college officials hope a name change will help reverse years of sharply declining enrollment at two rural campuses, and in turn, also help support the towns they serve. The change, requiring legislation, would remove the “junior” from Trinidad State and Otero junior colleges. The bill would leave Northeastern Junior College in Sterling as the last remaining higher education institution bearing the name in the state — and one of the few left in the country. Its enrollment has declined 48% in a decade, but community backlash over the proposed name change caused legislators to exclude the college from the bill. While a simple fix, officials hope the removal of “junior” will have a big impact when it comes to marketing the two schools to prospective students. College officials at the schools for years have complained that the antiquated term has hampered recruiting and given potential students an erroneous impression of being less
Northeastern Junior College, pictured here, in Sterling, could become the last junior college in the state. A bill in the legislature COURTESY OF NORTHEASTERN JUNIOR COLLEGE would remove “junior” from the name of two other colleges.
than a full-fledged college. Colorado Community College System Chancellor Joe Garcia said the coronavirus pandemic has placed the state’s junior colleges at increased risk. Although the state will continue to supplement the school budgets to counteract enrollment declines, Garcia said they need to thrive as important parts of the
economic ecosystem of the small towns where they reside. The name change represents only one part of a greater effort to make the schools successful, he said. The state has begun narrowing the subjects they offer to those that have the most potential to lead to good jobs, in areas such as nursing, energy, and information technology.
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May 20, 2021
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Yoga in the Park Join RidgeGate and South Suburban Parks and Recreation for free community yoga classes on the grass at the south end of Belvedere Park, at the corner of RidgeGate Circle and Belvedere Lane. Please bring your own mat, water bottle and towel to all classes. In case of heavy rain or lightning, class will be cancelled. Registration is required and available at RidgeGate.com.
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May 20, 2021
VOICES We’ve come a long way together
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e’s been following me for years. Waiting for me around every corner. I can’t get away from him. The truth is I don’t QUIET want to. Bob Dylan was DESPERATION born on May 24, 1941. That means he’ll be 80 years old in a few days. What I have is an appreciation for an earthly character who sits in front of a typewriter and makes strange and Craig Marshall wonderful word Smith connections with life. There are two ways to take him. One is straight like a shot of rye. His voice, I’m told, is a nasally mutter in concert, but recorded its lack of refinement is perfectly suited for his unique lyrics. Or you can take him prettied up by others. The first Bob Dylan song I heard performed by someone else was “It Ain’t Me Babe,”
by a group called the Turtles. Others soon followed: Peter Paul and Mary, the Byrds, the Band, Joan Baez, the Beatles, Nina Simone, Linda Ronstadt, Johnny Cash, Jimi Hendrix. And Duke Ellington. Dylan’s first radio hit, “Like a Rolling Stone,” peaked at number 2 in 1965. Although it didn’t do much for me, there was a lot of it: At six minutes it was twice as long as everything else on Top Forty radio. Between the release of “The Times They Are a-Changin” in 1964 and “Things Have Changed” in 2000 not a lot did change. And they still haven’t. “Come senators, congressmen, please heed the call / Don’t stand in the doorway, don’t block up the hall / For he that gets hurt / Will be he who has stalled / There’s a battle outside and it’s ragin’ / It’ll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.” That could have been written earlier this year. His folksy fans booed with
intolerance when he plugged in his guitar. That was a personal discovery about hypocrisy. One that continues to be sustained in abundance by politicians and priests and countless others. Half the time I didn’t know what he was talking about. Then I quit wondering and just went along. “An’ he just smoked my eyelids and punched my cigarette.” Bob Dylan? Eighty? It can’t be, but it is. “Your debutante just knows what you need, but I know what you want.” Half a dozen songs of his songs make me put down whatever I am doing and listen. “Memphis Blues Again” is one. The lyrics make no sense. But I quote them to someone if it’s only to myself all the time. The end of the song is an unexpected perfection about any experience we go through that we don’t want to repeat. “An’ here I sit so patiently / Waiting to find out what price
/ You have to pay to get out of / Going through all these things twice.” In 1959, singer Bobby Vee and his band the Shadows were looking for a piano player. Dylan introduced himself as Elston Gunnn (yes: three “n’s”), and said he had just gotten off the road with Conway Twitty. Gunnn didn’t own a piano and played on one that was out of tune. Eventually, Vee decided the band couldn’t afford him and Gunnn left. In 2013, three years before Vee’s death, Dylan sang Vee’s “Suzie Baby” as a tribute. We separated for a while after his motorcycle accident and again during his born-again period (1979-81). But since then it’s been like old times and good. Some people get into your life and stay there. If you’re lucky. Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.
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s I sat outside enjoying my morning coffee and reading the news, the calm and normalcy of my day was interrupted WINNING by several people walking in my diWORDS rection. They were easy enough to notice, as they were wearing hats showing who they supported, and they had big buttons pinned to their jacket making it very clear whose Michael Norton side they were on. And if that wasn’t enough, they marched down the street shouting at all those who they believed were against them. Thinking that the commotion would pass, and I could get on with a quiet cup of coffee and some reading time, things only became more interesting. Coming from the opposite direction was another group of people wearing hats and buttons, even carrying flags and pennants that made it clear that they were in complete
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opposition of the first group. As I sized up the situation, it became abundantly clear that their paths would collide right in front of me. A few people seated at the other tables on the patio became a little anxious. Some seemed ready to jump in and pick a side. Looking at what both groups represented, I realized that I didn’t support either one. I didn’t have a dog in this hunt, as some might say. As one group drew closer from my right, I could hear the taunting getting louder. As the other group approached from my left, the name calling started. It appeared that things were going to get ugly and get ugly fast. Those that were a little anxious made the move back inside the coffee shop. And those customers who just a few minutes earlier were sitting quietly sipping on coffee began getting fired up and moved closer to the oncoming fray. With limited options, and I was forced to decide. I secured my coffee with one hand, pocketed my phone with the other, and prepared to escape. The people in red hats and red T-shirts were moving quickly
toward the people with blue hats and blue T-shirts. The people wearing blue were not backing down, they stood their ground. Just when the two sides were about to have a final showdown of guts and glory, I came up with a way to stop the insanity. I shouted, “Go O’s!” The people wearing red stopped and stared. The group in blue looked at me in confusion. But there I was, the Oriole fan that I am, bringing peace to a potentially hazardous baseball fan brawl. The Red Sox fans began to laugh, the Yankee fans laughed even harder. Peace was restored with both sides reminding me that the O’s were in last place. Just then a Red Sox fan challenged me, asking me who I would root for between the Yankees and Red Sox. I said that I root for them both, that if my O’s were out of contention, I wouldn’t care who won, just as long as whoever won the division, that they would go on to win the World Series. Reminding them that we are all in the same division and at the end of the day, we should be rooting for each other
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not fighting and arguing over nonsense (said with my best attempt at a Boston accent). Red verse Blue, Blue verse Red, it’s all nonsense. One day maybe we will all realize that our teams are stronger together, and that we have the best chance of winning when we are aligned and pulling for one another instead of trying to tear each other down. This is a fictitious story and it could appear that I am taking a tough and complex situation and oversimplifying it or not respecting the gravity or potential consequences should one side get their way. However, I will stand firm in my belief and root for us all to win and win together. I would love to hear your story at mnorton@ tramazing.com, and when we can come together to root for each other, it really will be 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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May 20, 2021
Considering the steps to gun violence Q&A with David Kopel
a single magazine. The legislative sponsors of the 2013 magazine ban parroted the words of the gun prohibition lobbies by claiming that standard magazines “were designed to have one purpose and that is to kill large numbers of people quickly. and have “no purpose in our community. They’re used for war.” This is hate speech against the many good people, including law enforcement officers, who own and use such magazines for lawful defense.
BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
In the wake of the March 22 shooting in Boulder, Colorado Community Media reporter Ryan Dunn spoke to gun safety activist Shannon Watts about the state of firearm legislation in Colorado. To gain a more complete perspective on gun safety issues in Colorado, Dunn also spoke to David Kopel, research director of the Independence Institute and adjunct law professor at the University of Denver. Kopel is the author of 17 books — including “The Truth About Gun Control” and “Things You Can Do to Protect Your Gun Rights” — and more than 100 scholarly articles published in journals from Harvard, Yale, the University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins, Brown University, and others. He is also an adjunct scholar with the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank in Washington, D.C., and the vice chair of the Colorado State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Their conversation has been slightly edited for clarity. The suspect in the recent King Soopers shooting in Boulder is a 21-year-old recent graduate of Arvada West High School. How does a young person carry out a shooting like this? David Kopel: It’s the same unanswerable question of why anyone chooses extreme evil. Why did dictators in the 20th century murder over 200 million defenseless unarmed victims? The answer isn’t “mental illness,” because the vast majority of people with mental illness — even severe schizophrenia — are not violent or homicidal. The answer isn’t “Islam,” because the vast majority of American Muslims are tolerant and law-abiding good citizens. The defendant has a criminal history and has been characterized as “mentally unstable” by family members. How was he still able to purchase a gun? Whatever the family knew was never communicated to authorities. It’s possible that if someone had come forward, an order might have been entered against him possessing firearms. Even then, people intent on mass murder are the most difficult to prevent from acquiring guns, because the crimes are usually planned long in advance, so there’s almost always time for a criminal to acquire firearms on the black market. The United States tried alcohol bans for decades, and those failed. The federal “war on drugs” that started in 1911 is still going on and may have caused much more harm than it prevented. The prospects for success of gun bans are even dimmer, since there are over 400 million guns in the
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How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected gun violence? The lockdowns, forced isolation, and replacement of human interaction with screen time have had deleterious effects on the mental health of many millions of people. Again, the vast majority of people with mental problems are not violent, but for the very small number who are borderline, aggravating their problems can push them over the edge. The same has been true for substance abuse, domestic violence, and other crimes, some of which in-
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How would you describe the current state of gun legislation and gun culture in Colorado? Colorado has a long and constructive culture of lawful gun ownership, going back to pre-territorial days. Then, as now, plenty of good people owned standard magazines and used them for lawful defense against violent attackers. Cities such as Denver, which knew that local law enforcement couldn’t protect everyone all the time, recognized the right of people to protect themselves. The current anti-gun legislation is very Trumpian. After the San Bernardino murders, candidate Trump announced his plan for a ban on Muslims entering the United States. This was malicious lashing out at an entire group that supposedly should be punished for the heinous crimes of two people. Some of the proposed new Colorado bills are in that same vein. This includes the bill to allow persecution of gun owners in cities where such persecution is politically popular.
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United States; alcohol and drugs are consumables that get used up and have to be replaced, whereas firearms do not. There are a lot of mass shootings that people have never heard about because a law-abiding citizen with a firearm shot the criminal before lots of people could be killed. The Boulder store that the criminal attacked happened to be in a community where the criminal’s risk of being confronted by an armed citizen was relatively low, compared to many other locations in Colorado. The defendant was found with nine magazines over the legally specified capacity of 15 rounds. How do over-capacity magazines work, and how do gun owners get access to them despite their legal status? “Over-capacity” is an incorrect term. Most of the magazines that are banned in Colorado are standard magazines that are made by the firearms manufacturer for the particular firearm — such as the 17-round standard magazines for the Glock 17 pistol. Lawabiding citizens choose standard magazines for exact same reason that law enforcement officers do: the lawful protection of self and others. I’ve filed briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court, Colorado Supreme Court, and other courts on behalf of the National Sheriffs Association and most Colorado sheriffs. As the sheriffs explain, when defenders have less reserve ammunition, they must fire fewer shots. This increases the danger that the criminals will injure the victim. Even most defensive shots by law enforcement officers miss, and a single hit is usually not enough to stop a criminal immediately. Because criminals decide the time and place for attack, a victim has to be able to deter or repel multiple assailants solely with the ammunition available in
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May 20, 2021
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Thoughts on gardening in the high desert Patches of nature provide nourishment for body and soul BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Why have gardens? “It is well for us to analyze just why we risk sprained backs, blistered hands and depleted pocketbooks to have gardens,” wrote George Kelly. “Gardening brings us closer to Nature and supplies part of our craving for beauty. We all have a craving for beauty ... After a frustrating day trying to get along with hordes of unreasonable people, nothing calms one more than an hour in the garden ... Those who learn their lessons from the garden are the calmest, wisest and healthiest of all people.” When we moved to Littleton in 1956, it was from Ames, Iowa, where everything would grow happily in that black, rich soil, with just very minimal encouragement. A patch behind our barracks-style student housing provided enough tomatoes,
salad greens and other veggies to feed the two of us and several neighbors. We bought a Littleton home, near Marathon Oil, where my former husband had a job and moved into a house with lots of room to grow plants and a family. (I soon found myself passing a petition to annex Aberdeen Village into the City of Littleton and in another year, a petition to pave the clay streets, which were slick and difficult after rain.) We purchased a shovel and found clay really tough to dig! We learned about “winter kill” the result of the drying effect of the hot winter sun. As well as the alkaline condition of the soil. The folks at the newly open research center told us about Cottonwood Garden Shop on Santa Fe Drive and the wonderful proprietors, George and Sue Kelly, who had designed Marathon’s grounds, and they set a path towards green things that has lasted. Readers who can find a used copy of George Kelly’s first book, “How to Have Good Gardens in the Sunshine State” or the follow-up, “Rocky Mountain Horticulture,” (Pruett Press, Boulder, 1957), would prob-
ably still find it useful, although we have a much greater range of plant materials to choose from, thanks to growers who adapted many native Western plants and learned from Kelly and others how to reproduce quantities of them reliably. His guidelines for choosing basic trees and plants are based on this place, rather than trying to grow a garden like we did back East. Still, many years later, it’s a joy to contemplate my now-small balcony container garden and to read about National Wildlife Federation magazine’s suggestions in an article, “Homegrown for Good” about an organic garden in Minnesota that is based on biodiversity. And another at Sweden’s Lund University encouraging a great variety of pollenenhanced plants and fruit “which provide egg-laying sites for many species of butterflies.” The whole pitch is a switch in thinking (from eliminating that caterpillar eyeing the cabbage to letting it exist as food for a hungry bird which will want to visit). Ecologist Henrik Smith of Sweden’s Lund University says of gardens, “Their conservation value may be particularly important in cities,
where surrounding landscape may be intensely developed.” Blossoms of fruits and vegetables provide pollen and nectar for native bees, butterflies and flies, as well as the fat bumblebees we see. (In fact, native bees — more than 100 varieties in Colorado — are a new interest here.) To increase a home food garden’s wildlife benefits, one can interplant with native plants that provide some “wildlife-friendly weediness.” Songbirds and other predators will feast on aphids, scales, whiteflies, cutworms, stinkbugs and slugs. Native asters, goldenrods, wild roses and berry bushes will attract “garden helpers.” Of course, avoid pesticides and increase the diversity instead to attract other wildlife. And find some little people one can encourage to “really look!” The article “Homegrown for Good” by Jessica Snyder Sachs, opens with a wonderful photo of a hoary squash bee wallowing in a golden squash blossom’s pollen and talks about attracting butterflies; “from plain cabbage whites to dramatic long-tailed skippers and black swallowtails, whose caterpillars nurture songbirds” ... Think biodiversity ...
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out studying the history of the Mile-High City and suddenly finds himself investigating the sudden disappearance of a friend. Created by Kenny Moten and Jessica Hindsley, the four-episode series will make its fully-produced world premiere in June. The project is one of two selected out of 39 entries by the Powered By Off-Center program. Launched in 2018, it is a residency program for local artists that culminated in two fully-supported workshops at the DCPA, Charlie Miller, Off-Center curator, explained. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the program was adapted to propose safe theatrical experiences that could be fully produced at the DCPA in June. “The goal has been to inspire new ideas, build new creative partner-
ships, and contribute to Colorado’s local artistic ecology,” he added. Among the requirements for this year’s entries into the program were to be theatrical at its core, put the audience at the center of the story and be able to run for at least a month and accommodate at least 1,000 audience members through the run. “Of all the projects proposed, ‘The Bright Lights of Denver’ best met all our selection criteria,” Miller said. “It tells a compelling story and explores issues very relevant to Denver today. And it provides exciting opportunities for the audience to get out into the world and engage with the characters and the story.” Audiences don’t just listen - they can interact with the characters through their Instagram accounts
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its annual plant sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 6 at the Hudson Gardens and Event Center, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, (CWGS members 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.). Admission free. Miners Alley Playhouse Children’s Theatre performances written and directed by Rory Pierce: “The Stuff of Dreams.” Saturdays at 1 p.m. Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Sandman.” Billie McBride in Concert: An Improbable Career,” May 19 at 7:30 p.m. 1224 Washington St., Golden, minersalley.com, 303-9353044. Town Hall Arts Center “Shout! The Mod Musical” plays May 21 to June 20 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450
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confronting Denver: the growth of the city, the lack of affordable housing, and gentrification.” Get more information on the podcast at www.denvercenter.org. Farmers market launches at City Park The newly-launched City Park
W. Main St., Littleton. Box office: 303-794-2787, ext. 5. Tickets: $37-$52. Celebrate music, fashion, freedom of the 1960s. Directed by Kate Vallee. Townhallartscenter. org. COVID 19 protocols include mask. Star Wars show “May the Art be With You” is an all-Star Wars art exhibit at Spectra Art Space, 1836 S. Broadway, through June 6. Call for hours: 720535-7244, spectraartspace. com. Denver Art Museum “each/other” brings art by Marie Watt and Cannupa Hanske Luger, the first exhibit to feature together the works of two contemporary indigenous artists who both focus on collaborative art-
Farmers Market started up on May 15 and will run from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday through Oct. 30 at 2551 E. Colfax Ave in Denver. The market will feature more than 60 Colorado-based food startups, established brands and artisans. All participating businesses are part of the agricultural industry, in the form of the food they produce or through products like botanical soaps, flowers or zero waste supplies. In addition to the traditional
making in their practices. The artists’ work will converge with a new, monumental artist-guided community artwork. There are 26 mixed media sculptures, wall hangings and installation works. denverartmuseum.org. Tickets on schedule. RoxArt RoxArt Gallery at Aspen Grove, 7300 S. Santa Fe Drive, offers a variety of classes, such as: Valorie Snyder will host an open studio for oil painters of all skill levels. She will visit with each individual about where they are and what help they need. Take home a work of art. roxartscouncil.org. Installation “Shiki Dreams” by Denver-based Prismajic is an
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Lone Tree The Lone Tree Backyard Brew Bash will showcase Beer, Bourbon and Bluegrass on May 29 at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. 720-5091000, tickets. Masks required to go inside the building and encouraged if you can’t stay 6 feet apart outside. Food trucks, bourbon seminar, yard games. Ticketed. lonetreeartscenter.org.
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schools this year to Otero College and Trinidad State College. Otero is in La Junta, in the southeastern plains, and Trinidad is in the southern Colorado town of the same name, near the New Mexico border. Colorado’s three junior colleges are the oldest in the community college system, Garcia said, and numerous other state schools have undergone name changes. While prominent in the early 1900s, junior colleges have mostly vanished. Across the nation, only 15 colleges still carry the “junior” within their name, which is another
name for community college. Typically, the schools are non-bachelor’sdegree granting institutions, although Colorado has approved them awarding bachelor’s degrees. College officials, of course, can’t say whether, when, or by how much the name change will increase enrollment. But they hope it will halt, if not reverse a trend. Over the past decade, enrollment at the junior colleges has dropped off dramatically. The coronavirus has caused numbers to dip further. Enrollment declined by more than 43% at Otero and by 31% at Trinidad State. Otero’s student population has dwindled from 1,823 students in 2010 to 1,039 in 2020. Trinidad’s student population has dipped from about 1,916 students to 1,317 during
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lege from the bill. School President Jay Lee said he’s sought for six years to get the name changed. Over time, the area’s graduating high school population has dwindled, leaving fewer potential Northeastern students in Sterling, located in Colorado’s northeastern plains. “For potential students that are from beyond our immediate area, they often ask the questions: What’s a junior college and how is that different from community colleges? How is that different from a university or, even, is a junior college a real college?” Lee said. Lee said selling the school’s small-town setting already can pose recruitment hurdles, but the name intensifies the issues. He added that hiring more recruiters to explain how a junior college serves students doesn’t make sense for an already cash-strapped college, even if the school has plenty to offer, including sports and small communities that welcome students, he said. Lee hopes the community will reconsider the name change, to allow Northeastern to more easily explain its mission. “I do hope that we will be able to drop the word `junior’ from our title,” Lee said, “because after this legislation, which does look like it will go through, we will be the last junior college in the state.” This story is from Chalkbeat Colorado, a nonprofit news site covering educational change in public schools. Used by permission. For more, and to support Chalkbeat, visit co.chalkbeat.org.
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Parents should weigh COVID risk for kids Summer plans could raise chance of children getting disease BY JOHN INGOLD THE COLORADO SUN
These are heady times for parents in Colorado who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. A summer of possibility sprawls out ahead: travel, visits with family, ball games with friends. But this optimism is colliding head-on with a reminder that, while vaccinated adults are wellprotected against infection, their unvaccinated children are not. The state’s fourth wave of coronavirus cases is being driven by the young. People age 19 and younger currently make up more than a quarter of all new cases in the state — the group’s highest proportion of the pandemic. Outbreaks in schools are growing. Cases among high school and middle school students are rising faster than among any other age group. “Their rate is much higher than what we’re seeing on average for adults, and the increase we’re seeing is pretty steep at this point,” Dr. Rachel Herlihy, the state epidemiologist, said last week. So does this mean parents need
to dial back their families’ postvaccination plans to boring from roaring? Not quite, said Dr. Sam Dominguez, an infectious disease specialist at Children’s Hospital Colorado. But parents who have less concern about their own health now that they’re vaccinated will need to continue taking precautions to protect their kids. “I think we need to think about kids in the same way we think about unvaccinated individuals,” Dominguez said. In other words: Kids too young to be vaccinated still need to be cautious about socializing in large groups, eating indoors or having close contact with other unvaccinated people. Good and bad news The pandemic has already been difficult for parents trying to understand the risks posed to their children. Kids are much less likely to suffer a severe illness if they are infected with the coronavirus. People age 19 and younger make up less than 0.2% of the state’s COVID-19 deaths and only about 3% of the state’s total coronavirus hospitalizations. “Overall kids are doing much better than their adult counterparts in this pandemic,” Dominguez said. This has caused some experts to argue that the risk calculations
should be different when it comes to kids and adults. The wellknown economist Emily Oster has said that parents should think of their children as being like vaccinated adults, when it comes to the risk of getting really sick. Though it’s rare, kids can suffer serious consequences from COVID-19. Colorado has seen several dozen cases of coronavirus-related multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, a life-threatening condition. Others have experienced long-term symptoms, such as the loss of their sense of smell. More easily transmissible coronavirus variants have become the dominant forms of the virus spreading in the state. Herlihy, the state epidemiologist, estimated last week that the B.1.1.7. variant, which was first identified in the United Kingdom, now accounts for roughly 50% of the state’s cases. While Dominguez said there is no evidence yet that the variants hit kids harder than the virus’s original forms, he said the fact that they are more transmissible will likely lead to faster, wider spread among unvaccinated people, driving case counts higher. And that will naturally lead to more hospitalizations, including in kids. Dominguez said Children’s Hospital Colorado has already seen an uptick in hospitalizations for COVID-19 as cases have risen in
the community. Navigating summer socializing Dominguez recommends that unvaccinated children follow the same public health guidance for unvaccinated adults. (The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has created a handy chart.) This means trying to keep most social activities outdoors. Unvaccinated people attending a small, outdoor social gathering with fully vaccinated friends or family don’t even need to wear a mask. But outdoor dining with people from multiple households is considered risky for the unvaccinated, and attending crowded outdoor events, like a concert or a ball game, is even riskier. Small indoor events require the familiar precautions — masks and distance. It’s probably best to forgo large indoor events. Dominguez said the same precautions that apply for kids in social gatherings should also apply in places like summer camps. “I think we all want to get out and start doing different things,” Dominguez said. “But I think we need to think of kids as being in the unvaccinated group and following guidelines.” There is good news, though. Currently, kids as young as 16 can receive the coronavirus vaccine
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Legal Notice No. 24611 First Publication: May 20, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Elbert County News
City and County Public Notice
Water Court
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR SPECIAL EVENT LIQUOR LICENSE
Public Notice
PURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAWS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE ELBERT TOWN COMMITTEE, PO BOX 372, ELBERT, CO. 80106, SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION ON MAY 6TH, 2021, TO OBTAIN A SPECIAL EVENT LIQUOR LICENSE FOR THE ELBERT DAYS EVENT. THE EVENT WILL BE HELD ON JULY 3rd, IN THE TOWN OF ELBERT, 24223 ECCLES STREET.
DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO APRIL 2021 WATER RESUME PUBLICATION TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN WATER APPLICATIONS IN WATER DIV. 1
OFFICERS: IRENE BROWN, EVENT MANAGER WENDY WALP, TREASURER
Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are notified that the following is a resume of all water right applications and certain amendments filed in the Office of the Water Clerk during the month of APRIL 2021 for each County affected.
THE HEARING IS TO BE HELD BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON THE 2ND DAY OF JUNE 2021, TO DETERMINE WHETHER TO GRANT THE SPECIAL EVENT LIQUOR LICENSE, IN THE ELBERT COUNTY BUILDING, COMMISSIONERS’ BOARD ROOM, 215 CO-
21CW3059 EDWIN P. TAYLOR AND GREGORY L. HAINEY, 1016 Singing Hills Road, Parker, CO 80138. Matthew S. Poznanovic, Eric K. Trout, Hayes Poznanovic Korver LLC, 1999 Broadway, Suite 3200, Denver, CO 80202. APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF PLAN FOR AUGMENTATION, IN THE NONTRIBUTARY
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LOWER DAWSON, DENVER, ARAPAHOE, AND LARAMIE-FOX HILLS AQUIFERS AND THE NOT NONTRIBUTARY UPPER DAWSON AQUIFER, IN ELBERT COUNTY. Subject Property: 62 acres generally located in the NW1/4 NW1/4, Sections 11 and 20, Township 7 South, Range 65 West of the 6th P.M., also known as 1016 County Road 166, Elizabeth, CO 80107, Elbert County, State of Colorado, as shown on Exhibit A (“Subject Property”). Applicants are the sole owners of the Subject Property. Well Permits: There is one existing well on the Subject Property registered under Well Permit No. 39111, which will be repermitted pursuant to the proposed augmentation plan in this application. Additional well permits will be applied for prior to construction of wells and only after approval of a plan for augmentation for additional wells. Source of Water Rights: The Upper Dawson Aquifer is not-nontributary as defined in C.R.S. § 37-90-103(10.7), and the Lower Dawson, Denver, Arapahoe, and Laramie-Fox Hills aquifers are nontributary as defined in C.R.S. § 37-90-103(10.5). Decreed Amounts: The following annual amounts were decreed in Case No. 2008CW133 (“08CW133 Decree”), are owned by the Applicants, and are available for withdrawal: Aquifer
Annual Amount – 100 Years – (acre-feet)
Upper Dawson (NNT) 9.76
Annual Amount 300 Years (acre-feet)
Total Amount (acrefeet)
3.25
976
Lower Dawson (NT) 6.2 Denver (NT) 34.3 Arapahoe (NT) 29.5 Laramie-Fox Hills (NT) 17.2
2.07
620
11.43
3,430
9.83
2,950
5.73
1,720
Decreed Uses: The water withdrawn pursuant to the 2008CW133 Decree may be used, reused, and successively used and after use, leased, sold, or otherwise disposed of for domestic, commercial, irrigation, stock watering, recreational, fish and wildlife, fire protection, and any other beneficial purpose, to be used on or off the land described herein. This water will be produced for immediate application to said uses, for storage and subsequent application to said uses, for exchange purposes, for replacement of stream depletions resulting from the use of the water, and for augmentation purposes. Municipal use is allowed if such ground water is conveyed to a municipal water supplier. Jurisdiction: The Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of this application pursuant to C.R.S. §§ 37-90-137(6), 37-92-203(1), 37-92-302(2). Summary of Plan for Augmentation: Groundwater to be Augmented: Approximately .55 acre-feet per year for 300 years of Upper Dawson Aquifer groundwater. Water Rights to be Used for Augmentation: Return flows from the use of not nontributary and nontributary groundwater and direct discharge of nontributary groundwater. Statement of Plan for Augmentation: The Upper Dawson Aquifer groundwater will be
used for in-house use (0.3 acre-feet), 4,000 sq/ft of home lawn, garden, and trees (0.2. acre-feet), and stockwatering of up to 4 domestic animals (0.05 acre-feet) through existing Well Permit No. 39111, or new wells if needed. Applicants reserve the right to amend the amount and uses without amending the application or republishing the same. Sewage treatment for in-house use will be provided by non-evaporative septic systems. Return flow from in-house use will be approximately 90% of that use, and return flow from irrigation use will be approximately 15% of that use. During pumping Applicants will replace actual depletions pursuant to C.R.S. § 37-90-137(9)(c.5). Depletions occur to the Monument Creek stream system and return flows accrue to that creek system and are sufficient to replace actual depletions while the subject groundwater is being pumped. Applicants will reserve an equal amount of nontributary groundwater underlying the Subject Property to meet post-pumping augmentation requirements. Applicants request the Court approve the above augmentation plan, find that Applicants have complied with C.R.S. § 37-90-137(4) and water is legally available for withdrawal, find there will be no material injury to the owners of or persons entitled to use water under any vested water right or decreed conditional water right, and grant such other and further relief as is appropriate. 3 pages. WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDICATED THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BY THESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECT IN PRIORITY ANY WITHIN THIS DIVISION AND OWNERS
Elbert County Warrants, April 2021 Public Notice GENERAL FUND HEALTH FUND ROAD & BRIDGE FUND SALES & USE FUND LEAF FUND HUMANS SERVICE FUND GRANT FUND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND IMPACT FUND CONSERVATION TRUST FUND TOTAL ALL FUNDS
010 015 020 025 040 050 060 075 085 090
$555,149.99 11,934.55 948,533.54 58,240.00 37,303.36 31,645.24 79,515.92 80,120.50 28,592.71 261.18 $1,831,296.99
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Tires Software Support Equipment Auto Rep & Maint Benefits Payable Welding Supplies Reimbursement Equipment/supplies
$890.56 175.00 15,659.00 1,729.56 1,055.90 1,049.86 67.03 807.01
Benefits Payable
4,004.02
Benefits Payable Uniforms Elevator Service GPS Monitoring Equipment Rental
12,058.86 1,627.25 475.00 524.80 560.75
State County Administration Credit Card Equipment Insurance Repairs Utilities Civil Process Salt And Sand Child Support Training Equipment Parts Contract Services
71.50 20,316.87 119.76 5,799.49 3,296.38 15.00 21,790.32 1,080.00 900.00 18.44 1,200.00
Covid 19 Inmate Mental Health Utilities Equipment Parts Training
3,684.30 20,222.52 304.88 733.28 125.00
Covid 19 Signs
1,238.00 6,012.00
CCW CBI Fee Advertising
3,444.50 265.05
Dues
600.00
Septage Program
1,380.00
Dues Elevator/Generator Service Operating Utilities Blding Repairs Other Equipment Office Supplies
335.00 9,621.65 187.60 319.42 565.00 233.19 250.00
Social Services Admin Medical Services Benefits Payable Software Support Blding Repairs Planning Commission Planning Commission Professional Service Shop Supplies
5.24 22,133.85 124,398.53 1,427.34 202.00 238.83 233.00 9,652.50 89.97
Asphalt Repair Fuel Blades, Teeth Operating
15,341.53 58,399.54 3,500.00 350.00
Inmate Housing Operating
3,246.32 76.95
PAYMENTS FOR PUBLICATION APRIL 2021
EAST CENTRAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS EC CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT ELBERT COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE ELBERT COUNTY REPUBLICANS ELBERT COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE ELBERT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT C-2 ELBERT COUNTY TREASURER ELEVATOR TECHNICIANS COLORADO ELIZABETH AREA CHAMBER of COMMERCE ELIZABETH FIRE DEPT EMERGENCY VEHICLE SPECIALISTS ENGLEWOOD CAMERA ESRI FORENSIC PATHOLOGY CONSULTANT FRANKTOWN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FRONT RANGE KUBOTA GALLS LLC DBA NEVES UNIFORMS GARY PASTORE GLASER GAS COMPANY GLOBAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY GOOD YEAR GRAINGER GREAT WEST LIFE AND ANNUITY GREG LAUDENSLAGER HBS HIGH PLAINS FOOD STORE HIGH PRAIRIE SURVEY CO HOME DEPOT CREDIT SERVICE HONNEN EQUIPMENT COMPANY HP INC IACME ICMA INTEGRITY AUTO REPAIR INTEGRITY COACHING AND CONSULTING LLC INTERMOUNTAIN RURAL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION INTERSTATE BILLING SERVICES IRON MOUNTAIN J&S CONTRACTORS SUPPLY CO JCH2 ENTERPRISES JEB BILMIRE JOE SMITH JOHN BUSSIE JOHN DEERE FINANCIAL JONATHAN ROLLF JONATHAN ROLLF KERMIT WITHERBEE KIMLEY-HORN & ASSOCIATES KIOWA AUTO REPAIR AND ALIGNMENT CENTER KIOWA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT KIOWA WATER & WASTE WATER AUTHORITY LAWSON PRODUCTS INC. LEGAL SHIELD LENOVO INC LEWAN & ASSOCIATES, INC. LEXIPOL LLC LN CURTIS AND SONS LUKE MINER MAK VALUATION CONSULTANTS MATT MARTINICH MCCANDLES INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS OF COLORADO METRO COLLECTION SERVICE INC MHC KENWORTH-DENVER MICHAEL’S LANDSCAPING MICHELLE BEAUDOIN MINES & ASSOCIATES PC MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS CREDIT COMPANY LLC MOUNTAIN VIEW ELECTRIC N2IT PLUMBING NAPA CALHAN NELSON & KENNARD NMS LABS NORTHERN SAFETY CO INC NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OBEAM OFFICE FURNITURE EZ PALESTRA GROUP INTERNATIONAL PARKER INTEGRATIVE HEALTH PARKER PORT-A-POTTY INC.
Dues Capital outlay Blade Rodeo Refunds Fuel/Maintenance Refunds Postage Capital Outlay Refunds Covid 19 Auto Rep Black & Gray Mj Grant Software Support Autopsies Covid 19 Signs Uniforms Dues Utilities Equipment Tires Blding Repairs/supplies Benefits Payable Employee Referral Program Utilities - Trash Fuel Professional Service Equipment Parts Equipment Repairs Child Support Training Dues Auto Rep
4,500.00 38,000.00 180.78 345.00 11,689.85 345.00 640.27 28,899.50 575.00 227.50 3,071.73 1,732.98 4,389.04 1,250.00 210.00 60.90 1,901.45 36.05 424.42 587.41 9,948.70 3,715.35 99,591.40 500.00 1,185.00 463.46 1,950.00 473.55 10,694.40 2,901.72 450.00 878.22 1,330.84
Covid 19 Utilities Equipment Parts Contract Services Blades, Teeth Gravel Employee Referral Program Canine Unit Reimbursed Impact Blding Repairs/Supplies Employee Referral Program Reimbursement Refunds Professional Service/ Transportation Plan Grant
6,425.00 7,677.97 4,013.51 30.00 24,954.60 86,106.07 500.00 50.00 28,592.71 2,330.75 500.00 82.25 345.00 64,245.10
Auto Rep Blood/Alcohol Analysis/Covid 19
179.98 535.00
Utilities Equipment Parts Benefits Payable Equipment Copier Operating Uniforms Equipment Contract Services Child Welfare
2,127.64 390.16 415.88 3,598.58 808.68 5,846.00 2,730.00 710.40 5,000.00 560.00
Equipment parts Civil Process Equipment Repair Capital Outlay Refunds Other Benefits
179.74 30.00 335.60 3,875.00 575.00 367.20
Vehicle Lease Payment 15,636.00 Utilities 1,051.84 Blding Repairs 375.00 Equipment Parts 258.07 Civil Process 15.00 Autopsies 147.00 Safety Supplies 856.04 Training 4,500.00 Blding Repairs 9,346.00 State County Administration 2,077.50 Black & Gray Mj Grant Expense 3,800.00 Colorado Works 1,286.50 Equipment Rental 425.32
PETER HOOGENDYK PHIL LONG COLLISION CENTER PHOENIX TECHNOLOGY GROUP LLC PITNEY BOWES GLOBAL FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC POCKET PRESS PUBLISHING POSTMASTER GENERAL POWER MOTIVE PRAIRIE TIMES PRO AG SOLUTIONS PROCOM LLC PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY PROWERS COUNTY PSYCHOLOGICAL RESOURCES PUREWATER DYNAMICS INC QUILL CORPORATION RADIUS 180 RAE AND CO CPAS LLC RANCHLAND NEWS RATTLESNAKE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT RICHARD FRANKS RMMI ROBS SEPTIC SERVICE AND PORTA POT RENTAL ROCK PARTS COMPANY ROGER BURTON RUNNING CREEK QUICK LUBE OF ELIZABETH RURAL SOLUTIONS RUTH FREEMAN SAFARI AUTO GLASS SAFETY-KLEEN CORP. SEVERSON SUPPLY CO SIGNAL GRAPHICS SIGNATURE PUBLIC FUNDING CORP SILVER CLOUD PROPERTY MAINTENANCE LLC SKILLPATH SEMINARS SLATE COMMUNICATIONS SNAP-ON INDUSTRIAL STAPLES ADVANTAGE STATE OF COLORADO STEEL CORNER STERICYCLE STONE OIL CO INC SUNDANCE PRINTING SYMBOL ARTS LLC SYSCO FOOD SERVICES TEX AND LINDA ADUDDELL TEXAS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY THE LAW OFFICE OF STEPHANIE L EXNER LLC THOMAS EISENDRATH TLO LLC T-MOBILE TOWN OF SIMLA Transwest Truck Trailer RV TRUCKHUGGER TARP SYSTEMS TRUE VALUE HARDWARE TURNKEY CORRECTIONS UC HEALTH ULINE UNITED REPROGRAPHIC SUPPLY INC US BANCORP US BANK EQUIPMENT FINANCE VAN SANDS VAUGHN CONCRETE PRODUCTS INC VERIZON CONNECT NWF INC VERIZON WIRELESS VIAERO WIRELESS WAGNER EQUIPMENT CO INC WAKEFIELD AND ASSOCIATES INC WAXIE SANITARY SUPPLY WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL LEASING WESTSIDE TOWING WEX BANK WITT BOYS-NAPA WOLD ARCHITECHTS AND ENGINEERS XEROX CORPORATION TOTAL
Planning Commission Insurance Repairs Services
505.95 15,260.25 51,091.66
Postage Meter Operating Postage Equipment Repairs Public Outreach Weed Control Drug Testing Service Training Child Welfare Operating Equipment Rental Office Supplies COVID 19 Financial LEAP Covid 19 Civil Process Child Care
1,003.77 359.60 1,000.00 2,460.00 659.00 1,550.00 317.00 1,645.00 1,951.00 135.00 115.00 2,755.06 300.00 43,308.28 1,076.00 223.50 15.00 1,506.94
Covid 19 Auto Rep Planning Commission
550.00 7,409.07 132.08
Auto Rep Child Support Prisoner Meals Auto Rep & Maint Other Fluids Equipment Repair Office Supplies Lease/Purchase Principal
104.96 250.00 60.00 1,499.00 160.00 2,419.77 1,560.15 87,524.39
Covid 19 Training Professional Service Capital outlay Office Supplies Motor Vehicle Renewal Card Welding Supplies Haz Waste Rem Fuel VOCA Operating Prisoner Meals Gravel Benefits Payable
6,700.00 32.82 6,187.00 28,998.00 500.13 2,887.42 2,424.89 294.20 24,756.87 745.32 2,692.98 4,750.21 5,697.51 675.05
Professional Services Operating Software Support Telephone Utilities Equipment Parts Equipment Repairs Blding Repairs Operating Blood/Alcohol Analysis Equipment Copier Lease/Purchase Principal Copier Planning Commission Road Rebuild Construction Radio Pager Telephone Utilities Equipment/Capital Outlay Civil Process Janitorial Supplies Copier Operating Operating Equipment Parts Kiowa Shop Copier
9,882.50 300.00 127.10 19.62 106.57 559.42 268.00 459.86 22.00 874.92 190.96 165.1 86849.03 169 227.7 27492 404.75 16937.43 3325.61 446250.58 30 2304.2 431.07 445.5 206.57 154.03 1750 3942.68 $1,831,296.99
Legal Notice No.: 24610 First Publication: May 20, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Elbert County News
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Bouhall named executive director at Life Care Center of Stonegate STAFF REPORT
Life Care Center of Stonegate in Parker, Colorado, recently named Mary Beth Bouhall as its executive director. Before coming to Life Care Center of Stonegate, Bouhall was director of operations for CHI Living Communities, for a year. Prior to that appointment, she was a regional administrator for CHI for three years for the Denver area.
She has 28 years of experience in senior care, starting in admissions. Bouhall’s interest in senior care was sparked by her close relationship with her Bouhall grandparents. “My grandparents came to live with us when I was 15,” said Bouhall. “We took care of them before they eventually had to go to a
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made by Pfizer, and Dominguez said he hopes the ability to socialize more freely will be a strong inducement for older teens to get the shot.
nursing home. We have so much to learn from our seniors, and I love to be able to serve them.” Originally from Jacksonville, Florida, Bouhall earned a bachelor’s degree in history and humanities with a minor in business from Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana. She moved to Colorado in 2015 and currently lives in Parker with her husband, Chris. They have three children. Life Care Center of Stonegate, lo-
Pfizer has asked federal regulators to approve its vaccine for use in kids as young as 12 — a request regulators could grant as soon as next week. Pfizer and another vaccine maker, Moderna, are also conducting clinical trials for their coronavirus vaccines in kids as young as 6 months old. So it’s likely that children will one day be able to join their parents among the fully vac-
cinated. Until then, Dominguez recommends playing it safe. “They don’t get as sick as adults do,” Dominguez said of kids. “But we also know it’s not zero risk.” This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. Used by permission. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com.
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Public Notices OF AFFECTED RIGHTS MUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE OR BE FOREVER BARRED. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any party who wishes to oppose an application, or an amended application, may file with the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038, Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statement of Opposition, setting forth facts as to why the application should not be granted, or why it should be granted only in part or on certain conditions. Such Statement of Opposition must be filed by the last day of JUNE 2021 (forms available on www.courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’s office) and must be filed as an Original and include $192.00 filing fee. A copy of each Statement of Opposition must also be served upon the Applicant or Applicant’s Attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service of mailing shall be filed with the Water Clerk. Legal Notice No. 24615 First Publication: May 20, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Elbert County News Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO APRIL 2021 WATER RESUME PUBLICATION TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN WATER APPLICATIONS IN WATER DIV. 1 Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are notified that the following is a resume of all water right applications and certain amendments filed in the Office of the Water Clerk during the month of APRIL 2021 for each County affected. 21CW3058 ALEXIA HONEGGER AND PATRICK HONEGGER, 5101 Bluebell Trail, Elizabeth, CO 80107. Matthew S. Poznanovic, Eric K. Trout, Hayes Poznanovic Korver LLC, 1999 Broadway, Suite 3200, Denver, CO 80202. APPLICATION FOR UNDERGROUND WATER RIGHTS FROM NONTRIBUTARY AND NOTNONTRIBUTARY SOURCES AND APPROVAL OF PLAN FOR AUGMENTATION, IN THE NONTRIBUTARY DENVER, ARAPAHOE AND LARAMIE-FOX HILLS AQUIFERS AND THE NOT-NONTRIBUTARY UPPER AND LOWER DAWSON AQUIFERS, IN ELBERT COUNTY. Subject Property: 35.25 acres generally located in the NW1/4, Section 9, Township 7 South, Range 64 West of the 6th P.M., also known as 5101 Bluebell Trail, Elizabeth, CO, 80107, Elbert County, State of Colorado, as shown on Exhibit A (“Subject Property”). Applicants are the sole owners of the Subject Property. Well Permits: There is one existing well on the Subject Property under Well Permit No. 211506, which will be re-
permitted under the augmentation plan proposed in this application. Additional, well permits will be applied for prior to construction of wells. Source of Water Rights: The Upper and Lower Dawson aquifers are not-nontributary as defined in C.R.S. § 37-90-103(10.7), and the Denver, Arapahoe, and Laramie-Fox Hills aquifers are nontributary as defined in C.R.S. § 37-90-103(10.5). Estimated Amounts: Applicants estimate the following annual amounts may be available for withdrawal: Aquifer Annual Amount (acre-feet) Upper Dawson (NNT) 5.71 Lower Dawson (NNT) 3.31 Denver (NT) 14.84 Arapahoe (NT) 16.91 Laramie-Fox Hills (NT) 9.13 Proposed Uses: Domestic, commercial, irrigation, stockwatering, fire protection, and augmentation purposes, including storage, both on and off the Subject Property. Jurisdiction: The Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of this application pursuant to C.R.S. §§ 37-90-137(6), 37-92-203(1), 37-92-302(2). Summary of Plan for Augmentation: Groundwater to be Augmented: Approximately 1.5 acre-feet per year of Upper Dawson aquifer groundwater. Water Rights to be Used for Augmentation: Return flows from the use of not nontributary and nontributary groundwater and direct discharge of nontributary groundwater. Statement of Plan for Augmentation: The Upper Dawson aquifer groundwater will be used for domestic purposes, including in-house use, irrigation, commercial, stockwatering, and fire protection, through one or more wells, both on and off the Subject Property. Applicants reserve the right to amend the amount and uses without amending the application or republishing the same. Sewage treatment for in-house use will be provided by non-evaporative septic systems. Return flows from in-house use will be approximately 90% of that use, and return flows from irrigation use will be approximately 15% of that use. During pumping Applicants will replace actual depletions pursuant to C.R.S. § 37-90137(9)(c.5). Depletions occur to the Running Creek stream system and return flows accrue to that creek system and are sufficient to replace actual depletions while the subject groundwater is being pumped. Applicants will reserve an equal amount of nontributary groundwater underlying the Subject Property to meet post pumping augmentation requirements. Applicants request the Court approve the above underground water rights and augmentation plan, find that Applicants have complied with C.R.S. § 37-90-137(4) and water is legally available for withdrawal, find there will be no material injury to the owners of or persons entitled to use water under any vested water right
or decreed conditional water right, and grant such other and further relief as is appropriate. 3 pages. WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDICATED THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BY THESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECT IN PRIORITY ANY WITHIN THIS DIVISION AND OWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTS MUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE OR BE FOREVER BARRED. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any party who wishes to oppose an application, or an amended application, may file with the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038, Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statement of Opposition, setting forth facts as to why the application should not be granted, or why it should be granted only in part or on certain conditions. Such Statement of Opposition must be filed by the last day of JUNE 2021 (forms available on www.courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’s office) and must be filed as an Original and include $192.00 filing fee. A copy of each Statement of Opposition must also be served upon the Applicant or Applicant’s Attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service of mailing shall be filed with the Water Clerk. Legal Notice No. 24614 First Publication: May 20, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Elbert County News Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO APRIL 2021 WATER RESUME PUBLICATION TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN WATER APPLICATIONS IN WATER DIV. 1 Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are notified that the following is a resume of all water right applications and certain amendments filed in the Office of the Water Clerk during the month of APRIL 2021 for each County affected. 21CW12 DENNIS AND KAY MOORE, APPLICATION FOR UNDERGROUND WATER RIGHTS IN THE DENVER BASIN AQUIFERS IN ELBERT COUNTY 2215 Marge Ct, Parker, CO 80138; 303-646-3398; dennismoore_@msn.com; All applicants listed have joint ownership of the parcel and/or joint consent to withdraw the water underlying the parcel(s), which is/are the subject of this application. All of the parcels of land claimed in this application are contiguous (that is, no part of land claimed in the application is physically separate from the rest of the land). The parcel of land consists of 3.88 acres, more or less, in Elbert County, located generally in SW 1/4 SW 1/4 S1,
T7S, R65W of 6th PM, in Elbert County. The claim of Applicant(s) to the water underlying the parcel described previously is based on ownership of the parcel. The Applicant seeks to adjudicate the Denver Basin ground water underlying the Subject Property in all of the available aquifers. Applicant certifies that Applicant owns the Subject Property free and clear of all liens and encumbrances and that no other person or entity has a financial interest in the Subject Property. There is one well located on the property. Those wells are permitted under well permit No. 138929. The application is seeking to adjudicate the existing well located on the property.
Elizabeth, CO 80107
WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDICATED THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BY THESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECT IN PRIORITY ANY WITHIN THIS DIVISION AND OWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTS MUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE OR BE FOREVER BARRED.
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Elbert County, Colorado on or before September 8, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any party who wishes to oppose an application, or an amended application, may file with the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038, Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statement of Opposition, setting forth facts as to why the application should not be granted, or why it should be granted only in part or on certain conditions. Such Statement of Opposition must be filed by the last day of JUNE 2021 (forms available on www.courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’s office) and must be filed as an Original and include $192.00 filing fee. A copy of each Statement of Opposition must also be served upon the Applicant or Applicant’s Attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service of mailing shall be filed with the Water Clerk.
Legal Notice No. 24612 First publication: May 20, 2021 Last publication: June 03, 2021 Publisher: Elbert County News Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Rainey Arlie Gordon, aka Rainey A Gordon, aka Rainey Gordon, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR030019
Mulvihill & Fruhwirth, P. C. Cheryl Mulvihill Attorney to the Personal Representative 19751 East Mainstreet #330 Parker, CO 80138 Phone Number: 303-841-2752 Legal Notice No. 24607 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Elbert County News PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Gwen Marie Listul, aka Gwen M. Listul, aka Gwen Listul, Deceased Case Number: 21 PR 30016 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Elbert County, Colorado on or before September 7, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.
Legal Notice No. 24613 First Publication: May 20, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Elbert County News
Notice to Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Shirley Myrle Shelton, Deceased Case Number: 21PR176 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before September 20, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.
John Newsome & Associates, P.C. Attorney to the Personal Representative 516 North Tejon Street Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903 Phone: (719) 246-7949 Fax: (719) 531-7113 Legal Notice No. 24606 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Elbert County News
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Lynda Ruggeberg, Personal Representative 5512 Harbor Town Drive
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