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as residents who watched the ceremony from the town’s live Facebook page. “However, they say the greater the obstacle the more glory in overcoming it.”

The idea for the trail was floated back in 2015, when the town received grants from the Colorado Department of Transportation and Great Outdoors Colorado.

Several firefighters from throughout the metro area deployed to assist in Colorado wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Laura in Texas.

Denver Fire Department, South Metro Fire Rescue and Castle Rock Fire Department each sent first responders to College Station, Texas, along with other members of Colorado Task Force 1, the Coloradobased emergency response team for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

About three dozen metro area first responders from Colorado Task Force 1 joined other FEMA task force members from around the country at College Station on Aug. 27. The task force members, made up of firefighters, physicians, paramedics, hazardous materials technicians, heavy rigging specialists and canine handlers, will help in various capacities depending on the needs upon arrival, according to South Metro Fire Rescue Public Information Officer Eric Hurst.

Hurricane Laura struck Louisiana and the Texas coast Aug. 26 as a Category 4 storm. Gusts reached up to 150 mph, according to Weather. com. The National Hurricane Center warned of an “unsurvivable storm surge.”

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A sensory garden has been installed at Evans Park where the Elizabeth town trail intersects at the ballfields. The garden was created by Zoe Sockriter, 17, and was dedicated to children with disabilities.

PHOTO BY TABATHA STEWART

Evans Park now features sensory garden Community seeks ways to prevent vandalism after two occurrences

BY TABATHA STEWART SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Zoe Sockriter, 17, wanted to do something nice for her community,

and for her last project as an American Heritage Girl. Inspired by a sensory garden — a type of landscape that aims for multiple sensory impacts on visitors — that she had

seen while vacationing with her family in Estes Park, Sockriter has spent the past year fundraising and SEE GARDEN, P4

Elizabeth town trail opens route to outdoor activity 1.5-mile route overcame obstacles on its path to completion

BY TABATHA STEWART SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

After five years in the works, including several setbacks such as

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weather, grant issues and COVID-19, the Elizabeth town trail has been completed. The completion was recognized with a ribbon cutting Aug. 20, as Mayor Megan Vasquez invited residents to enjoy exercising and recreating along the 1.5-mile trail.

“During the past five years the town, along with our contractors, faced many obstacles bringing this project to life,” said Vasquez in a speech addressing attendees as well

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Castle Rock man indicted in border-wall case Shea tied to ex-Trump aide Steve Bannon in counts

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A Castle Rock man has been indicted and arrested with three other men, including former White House adviser Steve Bannon, on charges of fraud stemming from a campaign that raised millions to build a southern border wall.

Timothy Shea, 49, of Castle Rock was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. Both charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

Brian Kolfage, 38, of Miramar Beach, Florida; Andrew Badolato, 56, of Sarasota, Florida; and Bannon, 66, of Washington D.C., face the same charges.

All four men were arrested on Aug. 20, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of New York. Shea appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kristen L. Mix in Denver federal court that afternoon.

In the virtual court hearing, Shea was granted a $250,000 unsecured bond under numerous conditions.

Shea can travel in Colorado and New York, where his court hearings will be held, but cannot travel internationally and must surrender any passports he possesses.

He is also prohibited from raising any money for the We Build

the Wall campaign or transferring money in accounts associated with the fundraiser.

Bannon is the best known of the men who were indicted. Bannon, former executive of conservative media outlet Breitbart News, was a leader of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and later served as chief strategist during the first year of the Trump presidency.

An indictment unsealed in New York alleges the men “orchestrated a scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of donors” through an online crowdfunding campaign called “We Build the Wall,” which raised more than $25 million.

The indictment alleges all four men “collectively received hundreds of thousands of dollars in donor funds from We Build the Wall,” despite Bannon and Kolfage claiming the fundraiser was run by a volunteer organization and that Kolfage would “not take a penny in salary or compensation,” according to the indictment.

Shea allegedly controlled a shell company the men used to funnel We Build the Wall money to Kolfage, according to the indictment.

The indictment alleges Kolfage took more than $350,000 in donations for personal use. Bannon controlled a nonprofit which he allegedly used to “secretly pay Kolfage and to cover hundreds of thousands of dollars in Bannon’s personal expenses,” the indictment says.

“To conceal the payments to Kolfage from We Build the Wall, Kolfage, Bannon, Badolato and Shea devised a scheme to route those

Former White House advisor Steve Bannon speaking at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland. PHOTO BY GAGE SKIDMORE/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS payments from We Build the Wall to Kolfage indirectly through (Bannon’s nonprofit) and a shell company under Shea’s control, among other avenues,” the indictment says.

The men allegedly used fake invoices and “sham `vendor’ arrangements” to make cover up the payments, according to the indictment.

The indictment says the fundraising leaders and the campaign’s website falsely claimed to prospective donors that “100% of your donation” would be given to the government and if the wall was not built the fundraiser would “refund every single penny.”

Within one week of launching the fundraiser in December 2018, Kolfage and Shea raised $17 million, according to the indictment. The fundraiser also generated swift and intense scrutiny.

Denver TV station KUSA-9News began investigating the fundraiser in 2018 after a post office box in Castle Rock was listed as a donation site. Shea’s wife, Amanda, told the news station at the time the couple helped created the GoFundMe with Kolfage.

The Sheas ran the back end of the campaign while Kolfage served as the fundraiser’s face, she told

9News. Kolfage in 2018 refused to identify his Castle Rock “business associates” to The Denver Post and said they were not involved in the fundraising.

This is not the Sheas’ first brush with controversy. The couple also runs the Facebook page Top of the Rock, which last year drew criticism after posting that people could recieve free gun range passes if they signed a petition to recall Gov. Jared Polis at a local gun shop, DCF Guns.

Josh Barton, the vice president of sales and marketing for DCF Guns, told Colorado Community Media then that the gun shop had not intended to offer bribes, saying other community Facebook pages shared about the petition “and that’s what stirred everything up.”

The Top of the Rock post was later edited to remove the offer of free range passes.

The incident prompted more than two dozen complaints with Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold’s office, though a spokesperson for 18th Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler, whose district includes Douglas County, said Griswold never called for an investigation.

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Gov. Jared Polis at an Aug. 21 news conference announces an extension of the state’s “last call” rule on serving alcohol.

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Polis extends ‘last call’ drinking order, but allows extra hour Governor said he could soften rule if disease trends improve

BY MARIANNE GOODLAND COLORADO POLITICS

Gov. Jared Polis has extended for another 30 days the July 21 executive order mandating a “last call” for breweries, restaurants and similar establishments to serve alcohol.

The new order, which went into effect Aug. 22, changed “last call” to 11 p.m., an hour later than the previous executive order.

In his Aug. 21 announcement, Polis said that if the data continues to show positive COVID-19 trends, within a month he could change the cutoff time to midnight, which is what restaurant owners are calling for.

The data being used to make decisions about restaurants and bars are “across the board,” Polis said, including epidemiological data and scientific studies that show how it spreads in different environments, as well as contact tracing and where people have likely contracted the virus.

State epidemiologist Dr. Rachel Herlihy said that there has been a substantial decrease in COVID-19 cases among 20- to 29-year-olds, the age group “we know spends more time in bars and restaurants and later into the evening.”

Chris Fusilier, owner of Blake Street Tavern in Denver and a lead plaintiff in a lawsuit filed on behalf of restaurants and bars against the state challenging the last call order, said Polis’ change would not stop efforts to move forward with the lawsuit. The Denver judge hearing the lawsuit has ordered the two sides to go to mediation, and the plaintiffs are seeking an expedited process, Fusilie said.

The lawsuit also challenges an order reducing restaurant capacity to 50 people per room; Fusilier said that for his business, that’s a maximum of 17% of his total capacity of 900.

“I’m fighting for my life” right now, said Fusilier, who also is concerned about what happens once the fall and cold weather begin to set in, and they can no longer offer patio seating.

The governor on Aug. 21 also announced a revamping of the Colorado Department of Public Health and

Environment’s website offering COVID-19 data. Herlihy said the changes consolidate data in one place, and among the most significant changes, the site will provide “patient-level demographics” -- age, race, sex and ethnicity information, and how it’s changed over the course of the pandemic.

That also includes demographic information for hospitalized patients and where they went after discharge, such as going home, a skilled nursing facility or long-term care, she said.

According to the Aug. 19 outbreak report from CDPHE, 561 outbreaks (defined as at least two positive cases) have been reported since the pandemic began.

Among the 561 outbreaks, 32 were at sit-down restaurants; an additional five are breweries or bars.

Half of the restaurant outbreaks are marked as “resolved,” meaning those outbreaks have been investigated and are considered over. Not one lists a customer who said they contracted COVID-19 at a restaurant or bar. The 150 positive or presumed positive cases are all for employees.

The original “last call” order applied to restaurants, bars with food service, breweries and tap houses and liquor stores. However, Polis amended the order on July 23 to allow liquor stores to remain open until midnight. Restaurant owners alleged in the lawsuit that he did so under pressure from industry lobbyists.

The lawsuit, filed by the Tavern League of Colorado, initially sought a temporary restraining order putting the “last call” on hold until a trial could be held. In court documents, the league said Polis’ decisions around limiting customer capacity on June 30 and the “last call” order on July 21 were arbitrary and not based on any scientific data, in contrast to other public health orders that the governor has said rely on science.

On July 30, after a two-day hearing, Denver District Court Judge Brian Whitney denied the restraining order.

While calling the selection of 10 p.m. “arbitrary,” Whitney said people left to their own devices won’t take necessary precautions and the virus will get out of control.

This story is from Colorado Politics, a statewide political and public policy news journal. Used by permission. For more, visit coloradopolitics.com.

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recruiting volunteers to help install a sensory garden at Evans Park in Elizabeth. The garden, which she designed herself, sits at the bottom of the ballfields, along the roundabout that links the new Elizabeth town trail to the park.

“I wanted to dedicate this garden to the children with disabilities in town,” said Sockriter. “I have a nephew who has autism.”

The garden includes a shady bench that looks out over the trail, and original artwork made of repurposed tires, some painted like a caterpillar, and one painted in the likeness of the American flag. Flower boxes include Russian sage and irises, and a river of blue rocks flow through the area.

Wind spinners hang from the tree, and a small garden attracts butterflies for visitors to observe.

Sockriter spent two days working with volunteers to install the garden, which she called Stars and Stripes. She completed the garden Aug. 8, and sadly, just a few days later, someone had vandalized the project.

“They tore up a couple of the tires, which were anchored in concrete, and rolled them down the hill in the park,” said Sockriter. “It was just devastating to see that someone didn’t care about my efforts and those of

the volunteers that helped me.”

Sockriter removed one of the tire pieces, but less than a week later, vandals had struck again.

“I had a tire structure that was three painted tires stacked on top of each other,” said Sockriter. “Those same kids, I’m guessing, came in and took them apart and took a piece from another structure and threw them down the hill.”

Sockriter has taken one structure out completely, and is still hoping to replace another one, but fears the vandals might just continue destroying her work.

“I have some wind chimes that I was hoping to put in as part of the sound and listen part of the garden,” said Sockriter. “But I’m afraid they’ll steal them.”

News of the vandalism sparked outrage on social media, with residents suggesting installing cameras around the installation to catch the vandals, and offers of help to replace some of the structures.

But for Sockriter, the damage done goes deeper than monetary values placed on the artwork.

“Look at what you’re doing and you’re making other people feel,” said Sockriter.

“Someone put a lot of work into this project and to have it taken apart and vandalized could really hurt some people at heart. A lot of people worked on this and were looking forward to this garden, a lot of them with disabilities, and you took that away from them.”

An original piece of artwork in the new sensory garden near the ballfields at Evans park was vandalized less than two weeks after the garden was completed.

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Town officials envisioned a trail that would link Evans Park and Old Town, providing residents with not only a way to exercise or ride their bikes, but also make it safer for community members to walk about town without having to cross Highway 86. Turnover in staffing at the time rendered the project stagnant until 2018, when the town revived the project.

“Back in 2015 the board of trustees wanted to create a trail that would help unify and connect the community,” said Vasquez. “Today, we stand here in the middle of a 1.29-mile segment of the trail. This trail helps connect the town to our citizens, to our schools and to Elizabeth Park and Rec.” Construction on the trail began in January, with an anticipated completion date of April. The completed trail begins on Elbert Street in front of Running Creek Elementary, then heads east to the floodplain, then north to Main Street. A portion of the trail goes under the Koa Avenue bridge and follows the floodplain farther north, then winds east again and ends at the ballfields at Evans Park.

The trail is made mostly of concrete and is 14 feet wide, with a yellow divider line that allows walkers and cyclists to safely utilize the trail.

Interpretive signs and benches line the trail, and a serenity garden was recently installed at the ballfields by a community volunteer.

Funding for the project came largely from grants, with a final cost totaling nearly $1.5 million dollars, and the town paying approximately $300,000.

The Elizabeth Town Trail covers 1.5 miles and connects Old Town to Evans Park.

During her ceremonial speech, Vasquez thanked CDOT, HPM Contracting, Stantec, NV5, Great Outdoors Colorado and the Town of Elizabeth

Elizabeth Mayor Megan Vasquez addresses community members at the ribbon cutting for the Elizabeth Town Trail.

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staff for their parts in bringing the trail vision to fruition.

“On behalf of the board of trustees, we thank you for your hard work

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and time put into this project,” said Vasquez. “For us this is so much more than a trail, it’s about connecting our community.”

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‘If I can beat that, nothing scares me’ Jason Jahanian on his near-death experience with COVID-19

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Alone and isolated in an ICU bed, stuck with three IVs, a feeding tube and connected to a ventilator, Jason Jahanian prepared himself to die.

“I was in a bad place,” Jahanian said.

Just two weeks prior to being admitted to the hospital for COVID-19, Jahanian thought he could beat it.

“I thought, ‘I’m a healthy guy, no preexisting conditions or anything.

I’m going to get this knocked out in a week or two,” Jahanian said.

One evening, while Jahanian still battled the disease self-quarantined from his home, he noticed his hands turned white after washing them.

At that moment, he said, he began to quietly panic.

“I don’t fit the normal demographic (of being at-risk). That was the confusing thing about it,” Jahanian said.

“I was very surprised, more than anything, ‘How is this really happening to me?”

The 41-year-old resident of Lone Tree is an avid runner with a love for the outdoors. He boasts a garage full of mountain bikes, dirt bikes and kayaks — just about anything that can move and can fit. He runs marathons, triathlons and a variety of races as well.

Jahanian developed symptoms

Jason Jahanian poses with a T-shirt celebrating his comeback against COVID-19, a battle that took a month and nearly took his life.

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March 23. Six days later, he was admitted to Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree.

Before he left, he said goodbye to his daughter and son, who are 8 and 4, not knowing if he would see them again.

Jahanian said he avoided that mindset and tried hard to not panic.

He asked his wife, a nurse, what to

expect. Maybe he’d be put on oxygen for a few days and come home. When he said goodbye to his wife in the car before being taken in at Sky Ridge, Jahanian thought he couldn’t get much worse.

“I was scared, but I did not want to get myself into a panic mode. I was cautiously optimistic, but who knows?” Jahanian said.

ECMO treatment helped save his life Jahanian is alive today thanks to a treatment called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).

ECMO treatment pumps and oxygenates blood outside the body, allowing the heart and lungs to rest.

“I tell patients and their families it’s similar to treating failing kidneys with dialysis,” said Dr. Michael Firstenberg, a cardiothoracic surgeon at the Medical Center of Aurora.

The treatment has been recently used as a last resort for patients with a fighting chance of surviving COVID-19.

“It doesn’t cure the problem, but it allows the body to rest and the body gets enough oxygen while the body is healing up from the infection,” Firstenberg said.

The technology to perform ECMO treatment has been around for several decades. In 2009, the treatment was used more to treat patients suffering from H1N1. It is typically used to treat severe lung diseases.

The treatment is not found everywhere; the Medical Center of Aurora is the only area hospital with a fully developed program. ECMO is used about a couple thousand times a year nationwide, Firstenberg said. It is resource-intensive and difficult to do without a proper cardiac surgery department.

“It’s not like every hospital is going to offer it, although that is changing over time,” he said.

‘I just skyrocketed from there’ Jahanian said he remembers bits and pieces of his first day at Sky Ridge. Twenty-two hours after being admitted, doctors hooked him up to a ventilator. Jahanian’s condition continued to worsen in the next few

Jason Jahanian, 41, considers himself an active person and in relatively good shape. When he learned he tested positive for COVID-19, he figured his immune system would fight it off with no problems. A few weeks later, Jahanian found himself fighting for his life. days. On April 7, he transferred to the Medical Center of Aurora.

Jahanian spent one week on ECMO and a ventilator. After the first day of treatment, he began to show signs of slight improvement. The one-week mark is usually where doctors need to determine if the treatment is working or not. After two weeks of the treatment, other vital organs can begin to shut down.

Doctors told Jahanian later that, essentially, his immune system was so good, it continued to attack his organs when the virus was no longer a threat.

“It was my own body doing a lot of the damage to my own body,” Jahanian said.

After nine days on ECMO, doctors gave Jahminin an immune-supressing drug to allow his organs to heal.

One day later, Jahminin showed signs of improvement. The day after that, Jahanian received an injection of convalescent plasma with antibodies.

“I just skyrocketed from there,” Jahanian said.

Jahanian stayed five more days at the hospital before he was released.

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‘Victoria Longwood’ water lilies are a pretty big deal Plant lovers can get notified when remarkable flowers are about to open

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Water Gardens and surrounding ponds at Hudson Gardens in Littleton display more than 140 varieties of aquatic plants, which serve as a cover for a variety of minnows, tadpoles and other small critters. With a minimum amount of patience, one can spot a frog sitting on a floating leaf, and in the evening those frogs sing and serenade the surroundings.

The large leaves of the Victoria water lily provide an especially fine perch for these small pond critters as they also offer shade for the swimming residents of the ponds. Each leaf can grow 10 inches in a day, according to material provided at the Gardens.

The Victoria water lilies were discovered in Bolivia in 1801 and are only native to South American river basins, such as the Amazon. Botanists and plant collectors were bringing them to Europe by the mid-19th century, where the first display was at Britain’s Crystal Palace.

In 1851, specimens were also introduced in the U.S. In 1960, Longwood Gardens, near Philadelphia, introduced the “Victoria Longwood,” which is the variety found at Hudson Gardens.

These remarkable plants, with the second largest leaf of any plant in

A “Victoria Longwood” water lily is an extravagant specimen on display at Hudson Gardens in Littleton.

COURTESY PHOTO the world, were introduced in the Littleton gardens in 1997 and have been growing well since. This summer, plant lovers can register to be notified when a Victoria water lily is about to open in the evening. Members of the active Colorado Water Garden Society maintain the Water Garden ponds and members meet with viewers to experience the opening of this spectacular bloom. The Victoria water lily is hermaphroditic: It changes from female to male overnight as it blooms.

Leaf pads can expand more than 20 inches in a day, growing to as much as

8 feet in diameter, with each leaf lasting about a week. For most of the year, the Victoria water lily is distinguished only by these large lily pads, but in late July and early August, nightblooming flowers appear and last only 48 hours. Each plant produces about 10 to 12 flowers a season, according to the publication available at Hudson Gardens. The day before the plant flowers, a tennis ball-sized bud rises from the water and will open to reveal as many as 50 petals. Its fragrance resembles tuberose, pineapple and banana. In its native setting, the bloom reopens a second night, admitting pollinating

scarab beetles, which don’t live here — only in South America. The flower closes on the beetles, changes from female to male and opens to release the insects that have fertilized the plants.

Hudson Gardens’ information also says that the Victoria water lily is over 160 million years old — it appeared when South America was still connected to Africa and Antarctica. There are two species: Victoria Amazonica and Victoria Cruziana.

Natives of South America make flour from the seeds of the Victoria water lily to bake cakes.

Hudson Gardens’ Water Lily Pond was created in 2012 to house the Victoria water lily collection. It also presents other types of water lilies and duckweed, the smallest flowering plant in the world, which looks like a dense green mat. Flowers are tiny and dangle beneath the water’s surface, as do the roots. We are told that duckweed, often thought to indicate an unhealthy pond, actually helps balance the ecosystem and provides shade for the underwater wildlife. It also provides a source of fat and protein for birds.

While visiting the Water Gardens, take time to look for the lotus, which, like the water lilies, is rooted in a natural soil bed under the water.

Hudson Gardens, at 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, is open sunrise to sunset daily. Admission is free. Parking near entrance. In addition to ponds, flower gardens are in full bloom. Visit HudsonGardens.org for information about classes and special programming. The popular Sunday concerts are not being held this summer.

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s if things GUEST weren’t hard COLUMN enough for Colorado’s small businesses, news comes that the Trump administration plans to claw back a chunk of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds that legitimate businesses have Brett Wesner used as a lifeline to keep their employees on the payroll.

When Congress passed PPP, the legislation made it clear that these loans would ultimately be forgiven if businesses used them for approved purposes, mostly payroll. And, the law

ensured — in writing — that any forgiven amounts would not be taxable, meaning that businesses could use all those funds to keep folks employed.

More than 13,300 Colorado businesses, including this newspaper, signed up in good faith, secure in the knowledge that if they used those funds as Congress intended, they would be forgiven and not taxed. This program helped support or create approximately 900,000 jobs in our state, according to the Small Business Administration.

Well, Congress may have said one thing, but President Trump’s Treasury secretary, Steve Mnuchin, has other ideas. According to the Treasury Department, forgiven funds may not be taxable, but the payroll businesses paid with those funds can no longer be

considered a business expense.

Now, we don’t know Mr. Mnuchin personally, but our guess is that, as Treasury secretary, he probably knows something about math: Disallowing businesses from claiming that payroll as an expense is the same thing as taxing the forgiven loan.

Which means that Colorado’s small businesses are going to get hit with a huge surprise tax bill, but most won’t know it until — wait for it — after the November election! Surprise!

Now some members of the U.S. Senate weren’t amused by this little “Lucy with the football” tomfoolery.

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, has led a fight in the Senate to tell the Treasury Department that they meant what they said: the forgiven loans should

not be taxable, including through the back door. Other senators are worried about the “optics” of standing up for small businesses, if you can imagine.

Colorado’s own Sen. Cory Gardner was an early supporter of a bill Sen. Cornyn introduced (S. 3612) to fix the problem.

Treasury cannot be allowed to override Congress’ promise to our small business community.

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It’s time for all of us to go off on a limb Here’s the secret to getting ‘It’ done

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his is an emotional commercials, especially in plea directed to furniture store ads. anyone within the From deep in the ottosound of my writmans a blonde walks toward the camera gesturing ten voice who talks with all over the place. their hands.

Again, it’s to Please: Stop, quit, QUIET desist, cease. Enter DESPERATION make you think there are deals to be rehab. Borrow a made and the furnipair of handcuffs ture can’t be beat. from me.

It (hand talking) I know why must work, because it’s done and it’s been going on who is likely to for a long time in do it: preachers, marketing. I wish it proselytizers and would stay there. politicians. Certain But it has moved professions think Craig Marshall into daily life. I see it helps to sell it in stores. I see it products.

Smith on the streets. At a I’ve heard some safe distance, of course. nationalities are more We’re the only animal inclined than others.

There’s a congresswoman that does it.

Sure, there are the matwe all know. Her vocal ing motions we’ve all seen cords are attached to her arm muscles. She looks like on “Animal Planet,” but this is different. At least, I she’s signing for the deaf. assume it’s different.

Maybe someone coached How we express ourher. selves is important. It “Wave your arms all over involves word choice, the place. They’ll think you enunciation, composure, know what you’re talking and body language. about.”

Or it can look like the I can’t watch. She hypnoflailing of someone with a tizes me. bag over their head.

I’m told it shows that the Remember cops who speaker is engaging, vivadirected traffic? Or maybe cious, energetic, and pasyou have seen them in sionate. Save it for a bear. films? They were masters They say you should with their hand motions “make yourself big” if confronted by a bear. That’s and whistles, weren’t they?

That’s where it belongs. what waving your arms You’ve heard of “semaaround does: it makes you phore”? big.

“A system of sending Big and annoying. messages by holding the Hand talking is done arms or two flags or poles all the time in television JERRY HEALEY President

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hatever “It” is that we have to get done, there is a secret to making sure that we actually get it done. It’s called accountability, or rather WINNING personal acWORDS countability.

If you are a regular reader of this “Winning Words” column, and even though I am placing the focus this week on people in the Michael Norton profession of selling, what I share below is applicable to all of us who are striving to stay as productive as possible in all walks of life. So, I encourage you to keep reading.

Over the past several months we have all participated in our own version and reality of the “Next Normal.” Some of us chose to participate fully and look for new and innovative ways to work, live, and play. Others fell into the flow and tried to keep pace with what was happening around them. And then there were some who wanted to wait and watch what would be happening next. Possibly waiting too long and losing energy and momentum along the way.

Our daily routines were shifted and, in many cases, completely turned upside down. In the world of professional selling, some folks decided that they would fully participate and amplified their work ethic and behaviors, holding themselves personally accountable for getting “It” done,

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whatever “It” was. “It,” in professional selling, could include continuous learning and honing of sales skills. “It” could be committing to prospecting or making a daily commitment to check in on prospects, channel partners, and customers. “It” could be learning how to better understand technology and how to connect and engage remotely. Whatever “It” is, this group was going to get it done with or without management’s direction.

For the teams and individuals who went along for the ride initially, we see that they eventually found their rhythm and understood the effort and behaviors necessary to succeed in getting things done. They realized that the competition was getting close, and sooner or later could take away their business. Salespeople who initially followed old selling habits, even if they were good habits, realized that in the new business landscape they needed to change, and not only change, but hold themselves personally accountable to make the transition and stay relevant, adding value and getting “It” done for themselves and their customers.

Some of the watchful waiters eventually took notice what was happening around them and made the decision to get back in the game of selling. They realized that if they didn’t do “It,” no one else would. And if they watched and waited too long, they would probably be invited to find success elsewhere. And in that moment, they also stumbled across the secret to getting “It”

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in certain positions according to an alphabetic code.”

Right now it’s sending this message: “Stop, quit, desist, cease.”

Over in Hawaii, women wear grass skirts and tell stories with their hands and arms. Fine. Again, that’s different.

Their speechless stories are told by gestures and hips.

Signers for the deaf, semaphorers (new word), and hula dancers, and that’s it. If you aren’t one of those, don’t raise your hand.

There’s help. There has to be.

Ask a friend: “Do I annoy you when I talk with my hands?”

If the answer is “No,” disregard everything I’ve said.

It’s possible you are unaware of what you are doing. The same goes for most of us who interject filler words, you know, when we express ourselves. The primary offender in 2020 is “like,” but “you know” is right up there.

If I encounter a hand talker who uses filler words, I excuse myself and say I have to go home and check on the roast in the oven.

There is nothing more important today than ridding the planet of hand talkers. I think we can all agree on that.

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Equine event is special for school for the blind In 1st outing since February, students meet mounted unit

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In their first outing in months, students and staff from Littleton’s Colorado Center for the Blind got in touch with their equestrian side on Aug. 3, grooming horses from the Arapahoe County Sheriff ’s Mounted Patrol at Sterne Park.

“It’s really calming,” said Derek Roberts, a student at the renowned school that teaches blind people skills in self-reliance, as he ran his fingertips along the back of Ruthie, a 22-year-old mare. “I try to be a calm person myself. I’d like to think we’re making a connection.”

The visit from the Sheriff ’s Mounted Patrol was the center’s first outing since Feburary, said Dan Burke, the center’s spokesperson.

Normally, summers at the Center for the Blind would be filled with activities like whitewater rafting and rock climbing, he said, but amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, a lot of programs are on hold. Summer camps for teens are on hiatus, as are classes for seniors. The center is down to 18 students in its main program, from 28 to 30 normally.

“It’s going to be this way for a while,” Burke said. “We’re adjusting to the limitations.”

The event was a natural fit for the mounted patrol, said Lt. Rich Anselmi, who heads the unit.

“We really cherish opportunities to go out and connect with the community,” Anselmi said. “Grooming a horse is a very tactile experience — you do it by feel. We thought this would be a really good fit.”

All of the unit’s horses are owned by volunteers or officers themselves. The unit boasts more than 20 volunteers, many of them teenagers. While four of the unit’s horses are owned by officers and tasked with everything from park patrol to search and rescue, others are retired from the Westernaires precision drill team. Others, like Love Bug, are miniature horses and certified therapy animals.

Restarted in 2019 after a 30-year gap, the Sheriff ’s Mounted Patrol Unit only became fully functional in June. An-

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done, personal accountability. No excuses.

I have been so blessed to work with and learn from amazing partners, clients, sales leaders, and salespeople today and throughout my career.

And I have seen so many incredible programs, attended hundreds of seminars, and read countless books on yselling. I share that with you because when I am having conversations about sales success or analyzing the difference between underperforming, average, and top performing sales people, there is one thing that salespeople at the very top consistently do better than their peers. They hold themselves personally accountable for doing the behaviors and getting “It” done.

Yevette Delconte, a student at the Colorado Center for the Blind, pets Booger, so named for his habit of getting feisty with his handlers.

Eliza Portugal pets Love Bug, a miniature therapy horse. selmi said it’s a great way to connect with the community.

“It can be hard to connect with the public from inside a patrol car,” Anselmi said. “Even when we’re on foot, people don’t always want to chat. But when we bring out the horses, everyone loves to come up and meet them.

It’s a really fun way to get people more comfortable with law enforcement.”

Getting up close and personal with the horses was an enriching experience, students and staff at the Center for the Blind said.

“It’s amazing,” said Eliza Portugal, who teaches Braille, as she scratched Love Bug behind the ears. “I’ve never felt an entire horse before.”

For others, the experience was nostalgic.

“I used to ride horses in Philadelphia, but it’s been a long time,” said student Mark Leary as he brushed out the mane of Rainbow, a Shetland pony.

“This really takes me back. It’s a good feeling.”

Working with horses is therapeutic, Anselmi said.

“As the old saying goes,” he said, “There’s nothing better for the inside of a person than the outside of a horse.”

If you are not in the world of professional selling, and have read along this far, you know that the secret to getting anything done, getting “It” done in our personal or professional life, comes down to holding accountability, personal accountability. No excuses.

So how about you? Did you decide to fully participate early on and amplify your game? Did you fall into the flow and eventually pick up the pace? Or have you been a watchful waiter and now trying to regain your momentum? I would love to hear how you are getting “It” done today at mnorton@ tramazing.com. And when we realize the secret to accomplishing anything is personal accountability, it really will be a better than good week.

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nstructors at the Parker Dance Academy are getting better at using their words.

Studio director Lexie Steinhauser has danced and taught dance for years. But even she struggled when it came to teaching through a computer screen.

“Usually, as you’re teaching the technique of dance, you go around and touch their shoulders, tell them to go back, tell them to fix their foot,” said Steinhauser. “We’ve gotten really into imagery with our students, and with movement, how you utilize different body parts.”

Without the ability to get up close with their students to adjust an elbow here or a plie there, dance teachers are adapting their methods to reach students beyond the studio.

“As dancers, especially dance teachers who have worked all over the world, you have to learn how to adapt to a situation no matter what,” Steinhauser said. “It’s part of the gig.

If someone goes the wrong way, makes a wrong step, gets too close to another dancer, the music stops, the audience throws something at you — you have to adapt to that situation and make it seem like nothing has gone wrong.”

Dance instructors throughout Denver are finding new ways to reach their students and picking up new tricks themselves along the way.

Allison Jaramillo, co-director of the Littleton Ballet Academy, said the instructors found some new tools while learning to teach virtually. The angle with which the students position their web cameras can sometimes help instructors visualize a student’s form. The shy students in class have been noticeably more engaged.

Less-advanced dancers don’t feel left behind in a big group and end up discouraged.

“They knew they weren’t the best in the class, but all of a sudden they were the best in their house,” Jaramillo said.

They say dance like no one’s watching, Jaramillo said.

“For some of them, it was actually true.”

The pre-ballet students, from ages 3 to 6, have been the most difficult to engage. Students are sometimes left without a parent watching at home and become distracted.

Instructors have to be more expressive and praise the students as much as possible. Lisa Leafgreen, director of education at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, said the instructors have to give twice the effort to get half the output from the students.

“It’s just not an ideal format for a performing art,” Leafgreen said. “But we adjusted. They pivoted their teaching style like we all did to put more into their teaching. It’s not that they didn’t before, but it takes more excitement and exuberance.”

Jaramillo said the Littleton Ballet Academy may not be back to full inperson teaching for several months.

The academy is operating under a “hy-

Students at the Parker Dance Academy do plie squats led by Studio Director Lexie Steinhaus. Some students say their strength has improved over the months because they have been forced to relearn some of the basics from home.

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Students at the Parker Dance Academy are back in the studio, and some say in better shape than when they left. Being away and struggling with learning how to improve from home, some say they’ve gone back to basics, and are better for it.

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brid” model, letting students choose to stay home or find spots in a class. The school won’t be holding any performances until at least spring, hoping to perform “The Nutcracker” as soon as they can.

“The ones that started coming every day because they had nothing else to do realized they started improving, which helped them keep up,” Jaramillo said.

High school students lost their proms, graduations and most of their spring semester. Lisa Leafgreen, director of education at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, said the center set out to make sure its art programs were one of the few things that didn’t close or cancel.

“As writers need to write, dancers need to dance,” Leafgreen said. “It is such an important time to stay connected.”

The Arvada Center is offering in-person classes for its all its usual dance courses. Capacity is limited to about half as many students with social distancing maintained. Lessons are available online as well.

Leafgreen said the shift to a virtual teaching format has given the center more opportunities to reach a wider range of people as well. Leafgreen said the center has had people take virtual lessons from across the country. One person tuned in from Guatemala.

“As a director of education, that was something that wasn’t on my trajectory of what I thought our program would be doing, but we shifted, we pivoted, we’re nimble and it opens different possibilities,” Leafgreen said.

Dance instructors are just beginning to venture into this world of virtual

Students at the Parker Dance Academy take part in an outdoor lesson in a parking lot near the studio. Dancers and teachers are adjusting to virtual and socially distanced learning, creating unique obstacles and opportunities.

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teaching, Leafgreen said.

“I wake up each day thinking, ‘OK, is this going to happen? Is that going to happen?’” Leafgreen said. “How do we stay relevant here? How do we continue to keep kids engaged? It’s rethinking everything we do.”

Without any competitions to work toward, no thunderous applause to look forward to and no “The Nutcracker” over the holidays, instructors are also finding new ways to motivate their students.

Steinhauser says she tries to remember what makes dance important to the kids.

“A lot of these kids, the reason they dance is for the friends and community and the relationships you only get with someone in an artistic way,” Steinhauser said. “We’ve been continuing to think outside the box to move together.”

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Denver Fire sent 10 first responders, South Metro Fire Rescue sent 12 and Castle Rock Fire Department sent one to help with Hurricane Laura.

The task force could help dealing with floodwaters, technical rescues, humanitarian work or delivering supplies, Hurst said.

Colorado Task Force 1 is a Coloradobased team designed to assist searchand-rescue operations, emergency medical care and in other capacities as they are needed. The task force has about 200 members in all.

Department heads do not expect any diminishment in local services, according to a Denver Fire spokesperson.

“The large number of firefighters we have allows us to maintain these services. We will not allow that to be compromised to maintain our certification and accreditation,” the spokesperson said. “We have that in the back of our minds all the time.”

Local fire agencies also have crews deployed to assist with Colorado’s Pine Gulch and Cameron Peak wildfires.

The Pine Gulch Fire, 18 miles north of Grand Junction, had engulfed more than 139,000 acres as of Aug. 27, making it the largest wildfire in the state’s recorded history. The fire was about 53% contained with almost 1,000 people working to douse the blaze, according to the Grand Junction Field Office for the Bureau of Land Management.

The Cameron Peak Fire, on the Arapahoe and Roosevelt national forests in northern Colorado, remained at 0% containment and had burned across 23,000 acres, fire officials said.

About 700 people are working on that blaze.

The Grizzly Creek Fire, near Glenwood Springs, has burned 32,000 acres and is 61% contained, according to the White River National Forest office.

About 700 people are working on that blaze as well.

South Metro Fire Rescue currently has eight firefighters assisting crews battling the Pine Gulch and Cameron Peak fires and one more assisting fire prevention in Pike National Forest.

Denver Fire sent has sent at least 60 members of its 158-person Wildland Crew to assist in the two largest local wildfires, according to the department’s Twitter account. The department also sent three wildland engines and a suppression module, a device designed to protect electrical devices from voltage spikes.

Castle Rock Fire sent three firefighters to assist with the Grizzly Creek Fire.

“There is no negative impact locally with these deployments,” Castle Rock Fire Chief Norris Croom stated in an Aug. 27 email. “We have a reserve brush truck that gets placed in service to fill in for the deployed truck, and we have sufficient staffing to allow for these deployments.”

South Metro deployed its first two crews Aug. 13, according to South Metro Fire Rescue spokesperson Connor Christian. South Metro deployed one crew of three to the Pine Gulch Fire area near Glenwood Springs and a four-person crew to the Cameron Peak Fire in Larimer County. One battalion chief was sent to command a crew of 20 in Pike National Forest and one lieutenant safety officer was sent to assist with Pine Gulch as well.

The three-person crew sent to Pine Gulch came from Station 41 in Parker on a Type 3 brush truck. That crew

Denver Fire Department personnel prepare to leave for College Station, Texas, Aug. 27 to assist with the aftermath of Hurricane Laura. The storm, which reached Category 4 status at landfall, slammed Louisiana and southeast Texas. The personnel are part of Colorado Task Force 1, a statewide response team associated with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). COURTESY PHOTO returned Aug. 24. Another threeperson crew from Station 39 in Castle Pines left Aug. 24 to replace the first Pine Gulch crew. The four-person crew fighting the Cameron Peak Fire came from Station 33 in Centennial in a Type 6 brush truck and has not yet completed its deployment.

Crews will rotate based on roughly two-week rotations until their services are no longer needed.

A Type 3 brush truck can hold up to 500 gallons of water and is typically found in departments of rural, mountainous communities. A Type 6 brush truck is better suited for off-roading and can hold up to about 300 gallons of water.

South Metro will not deploy any more crews to assist other fires in Colorado, Christian said. The depart-

ment may still send single-resource deployments, like the lieutenant and battalion chief.

The State of Colorado has a statewide open fire ban effective through mid-September.

Christian reminded homeowners to be cognizant of the high fire danger.

“Our biggest tip is to be very cognizant of making sure no one is having flammable materials around dry vegetation,” Christian said. “We also encourage mitigation around homes.”

Christian said South Metro has responded to multiple grass fires along the highway — occasionally caused by something as simple as a loose tire from a semi-truck.

“It can catch vegetation on fire extremely quickly,” Christian said. “It is

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South Metro Fire Rescue has fire mitigation tips available on their website at southmetro.org.

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For 14 days at the Medical Center of Aurora, Jahanian was asleep. He woke up periodically and believes he captured some images in his dreams.

The dreams were the longest and most vivid he’s ever had, he said. Every time, he would dream of his kids and his wife. Sometimes they were nightmare scenarios, where he lay on his deathbed or his entire family died.

“Those dreams hit me pretty hard,” Jahanian said. The dreams were so powerful, he still has to hold back tears when describing them.

Jahanian calls the moment he finally came to after his ECMO and ventilator treatment the moment he “woke up.” When the doctor awakened him, Jahanian believed he was still dreaming. He heard the voice of a doctor telling him where he was and why he was there. He heard his wife and kids were excited to see him, and he shot up in his bed.

“It was the single best moment of my life. Like ‘Oh my God, everything is back. My family is back. Everything is normal,’” Jahanian said.

Jahanian lost 30 pounds. He didn’t have the strength to lift his arms above his head or stand up.

After four days of recovery, Jahanian said he shifted his mentality to regain control of his own body again.

“Yes, I was out of it, but I had this phrase going through my head — ‘You want to feel alive? Look alive!’”

Jahanian said. “I said ‘I’m owning this thing. If I’m really doing better, I’m owning it.”

Still COVID-isolated, he walked laps in his hospital room — after three laps he would collapse in his bed for three hours. He looks at a picture of himself at the time, almost unrecognizeable to the clean-cut, built man who came out on the other end.

Jahanian set goals to get back to his old self. He considered it a win when he walked around the block without a walker. He relished saying goodnight to his kids again. He broke down crying when he reached the top of the Bluffs in Lone Tree because he never thought he’d be there ever again.

“I look at that picture at least every other day, and I’m owning it—I’m owning it in the sense that if you can make it through that, you can make it through anything, and it gave every sort of accomplishment so much more meaning,” he said.

Jahanian is back to running and finished his first self-timed marathon Aug. 22 since COVID hit.

“I’m not afraid of anything anymore, in a way,” Jahanian said. “If I can beat that, nothing scares me.”

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NOTICE TO: Antonio M. Sanchez, above-named parent(s) or legal custodian(s).

1. A Termination of Parental Rights Petition has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Juvenile Court located 313 N. Main Street, Center City Minnesota, alleging that parental rights of the above-named parent(s) or legal custodian(s) to the child(ren) named in the petition should be permanently severed.

Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice State of Minnesota District Court Judicial District: 10th Court File Number: 13-JV-20-84 Case Type: Juvenile

2. Notice is hereby given that the matter of said Termination of Parental Rights Petition will be called for hearing before the Juvenile Court via Zoom. Please call Court Administration for Zoom instructions on how to attend your hearing: 651-213-7010. The hearing shall take place September 28th, 2020 at 2:00PM

In the Matter of the Welfare of the Child(ren) of: Traci May Butzine Potter, Antonio M. Sanchez, and Jacob A. Potter

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WITNESS, the Honorable Judge Bollman of District Court BY: Kris Cunningham, Court Administrator

Please take notice IN Self Storage - Elizabeth located at 230 S. Elizabeth St., Elizabeth, CO 80107 intends to hold a sale to sell the property stored at the Facility by the below list of Occupant who is in default at an Auction. The sale will occur as an online auction via www.storagetreasures. com on 9/20/2020 at 9:00am. Amber George unit #C069. This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply.

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You are hereby notified that Silver J. Ranch Inc, a Colorado corporation, was dissolved on August 21, 2020. Unless sooner barred by any other statute limiting actions, any claim against the dissolved entity will be barred if an action to enforce the claim is not commenced within five years after the publication of this notice or within four months after the claim arises, whichever is later.

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5. If you fail to appear at the hearing, the Court may still conduct the hearing and grant appropriate relief, including permanently severing the parental rights of the above-named parent(s) or legal custodian(s) and taking permanent custody of the child/ren named in the Petition.

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Elbert County Payments 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

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A And E Tire Inc A1 Chipseal Co Aarms Account Brokers Of Larimer County Adamson Police Products Advanced Quality Auto Repair Afd Pavement Marking Llc Aflac Airgas Intermountain Alan Krenek Alessandra Navetta All About Stucco And Exteriors All Access Inc All Traffic Solutions Inc Always Connect Solutions Amazon Capital Services Inc American Fidelity Assurance Company American Fidelity Health Services Administration Arapahoe Heating Service Inc Atkinson Noland And Associates Attenti Us Inc Auto Chlor System Of Denver Bank Of The West Barry Mitchell Baseline Engineering Corp Berg Hill Greenleaf And Ruscitti Beth Willcox Beverly Susan Shick Black Hills Energy Blue Tarp Financial Inc Bradford Eidt Briana R Ross Brick Repair Denver Carolyn Burgener Cdw Government Central States Hose Centurylink Certified Laboratories Charlie Schaben Cintas Cintas Corporation Civic Plus

Tires Chip Seal Software Support Civil Process Uniforms Auto Rep & Maint Paint/Stripping Benefits Payable Welding Supplies Election Judge Election Judge Capital Outlay Capital Outlay Maint. Agreement Equipment Blding Repairs/Supplies Benefits Payable

Cobitco Colorado Barricade Co Colorado Bureau Of Investigation Concj1522 Colorado Community Colorado Department Of Public Health And Environment Colorado Party Rents Colorado State University Extension Comcast Consolidated Communications Corporate Billing Llc Correct Care Solutions County Health Pool County Sheriffs Of Colorado County Wide Diesel Repair Cowboy Iron Daniel A Michalak Danny Willcox David Lenio Deep Rock Dennis Maddox Denver Industrial Sales And Service Co Inc

$614,538.58 14,189.29 213,609.25 902,378.70 23,496.38 134,369.88 46,574.97 35,700.53 169,780.89 6,600.00 $2,161,238.47

Benefits Payable Blding Repairs Blding Repairs Gps Monitoring Equipment Repairs Credit Card Radio Pager Professional Service Contract Litigation Election Judge Election Judge Utilities Equipment Election Judge Election Judge Capital Outlay Contract Services Office Supplies Water For Roads Telephone Equipment Parts Employee Referral Uniforms Safety Supplies Software Support /Professional Service Crack Seal Signs Ccw Cbi Fee Advertising Consumer Protection /Vitals/Owts Operating Payroll Reimbursed Operating Utilities Equipment Parts Medical Services Benefits Payable Dues Equipment Rental Capital Outlay Planning Commission Election Judge /Planning Commission Planning Commission Shop Supplies Building Pre Co Deposit Asphalt Repair

Amount $790.00 689,624.46 175.00 15.00 291.80 2,834.13 30,983.00 1,830.22 975.18 247.00 13.00 25,978.14 5,339.04 1,500.00 4,434.50 2,856.31 4,862.41 11,638.98 1,342.45 3,475.00 243.20 402.25 20,700.57 2,031.68 394.51 1,716.00 464.75 65.00 1,090.03 100.96 601.80 230.75 9,722.39 900.00 184.64 609.98 1,802.09 141.38 500.00 660.97 462.69 12,030.02 633.27 5,248.50 2,517.00 386.29 1,632.25 1,920.00 7,442.40 81.76 233.95 723.25 22,119.55 118,245.70 3,670.18 500.00 6,600.00 141.84 1,047.88 183.28 9.45 250.00 99.50

PAYMENTS FOR PUBLICATION JULY 2020 Department Of Local Affairs Advance From State 26,495.69 Dj Petroleum Inc Fuel 38,254.79 Donald Charobee Election Judge 15.00 Douglas County Detentions Division Inmate Housing 3,513.60 Douglas County Septic Blding Repairs 75.00 Douglas County Treasurer Dispatch Service 52,700.50 E470 Public Hwy Authority Operating 231.55 East Central Council Of Governments Dues 4,500.00 Eaton Sales And Service Capital Outlay 1,780.00 Elbert County Road And Bridge Gasoline/Postage 1,148.01 Elbert County Treasurer Fair Events 1,750.00 Eli Jarrett Reimbursement 32.01 Elizabeth Area Chamber Of Commerce Covid 19 2,500.00 Emergency Vehicle Specialists Auto Rep/Capital Outlay 4,683.24 Enertia Consulting Gr Llc Professional Service 8,175.00 Evenflo Company Child Fatality 992.61 Francy Law Firm Pc Civil Process 15.00 Galls Llc Dba Neves Uniforms Uniforms 3,212.46 Gary Mayfield Election Judge 63.96 General Air Equipment Parts/Tools 2,825.26 Global Equipment Company Equipment 771.90 Grainger Grounds Maintenance/ Operating 876.06 Great West Life And Annuity Benefits Payable 108,326.00 Greeley Subaru Capital Outlay 28,784.74 Hbs Utilities 2,096.52 High Plains Food Store Fuel 5,482.98 Home Depot Credit Service Blding Repairs 2,801.97 Honnen Equipment Company Equipment Parts 1,612.47 Idemia Identity And Security Usa Maint. Agreement 932.80 Integrated Electric Blding Repairs 15,854.88 Integrated Voting Solutions Equipment Repairs & Maint. 8,210.44 Integrity Auto Repair Auto Rep 434.59 Integrity Coaching And Consulting Llc Covid 19 2,150.00 Intermountain Rural Electric Association Utilities 7,657.41 Istonish Child Welfare 1,314.00 J&S Contractors Supply Co Blades, Teeth 322.20 Jacks Tire And Oil Tires 694.41 Jc Electric Professional Service 850.00 John Deere Financial Blding Repairs/Supplies 1,604.87 Johnson Controls Blding Repairs 998.00 Jon Surbeck Election Judge 113.75 Julie Charobee Election Judge 13.00 Justin Klassen Planning Commission 119.12 Karen Suchan Election Judge 170.04 Kelly Davis Reimbursement 27.55 Kiewit Infrastructure Co Asphalt Repair 99,095.15 Kimball Midwest Equipment Parts 373.05 Kimberky Babcock Election Judge 13.00 Kimley-Horn & Associates Bridge/Road Rebuild Construction 19,885.00 Kiowa Auto Repair And Alignment Center Auto Rep 255.20 Kiowa Water & Waste Water Authority Utilities 6,253.94 Kip Parker Planning Commission 30.00 Koobi Llc Refunds 500.00 Kremer Contruction Refunds 100.00 Lance Wheeler Plumbing Inc Blding Repairs 3,483.53 Lawson Products Inc. Equipment Parts/Shop Supplies 1,163.92 Legal Shield Benefits Payable 435.60 Lenovo Inc Equipment 27,208.45 Lewan & Associates, Inc. Copier 122.88 Lisa Mackiewicz Employee Referral Program 500.00 Mak Valuation Consultants Contract Services 5,000.00 Maplestar Child Welfare 1,425.00 Marjorie F. White Election Judge 13.00 Mary Louise Jacobson Fb Royalty 399.68 611.00 Maryrobin B. Wills Election Judge Maureen Pellowski Operating 240.00 Mccandles International Trucks Of Colorado Equipment Parts 1,671.44 Medved Chevrolet Buick Gmc Equipment Parts 164.24 Mgt Of America Cost Allocation 5,825.00 Mhc Kenworth-Denver Fuel/Equipment/ Capital Outlay 274,718.85 Michael Watters Employee Referral/ Reimbursement 285.00 Michelle Schrote Reimbursement 431.79 Mines & Associates Pc Other Benefits 356.40 Mountain View Electric Utilities 292.57 N2it Plumbing Blding Repairs 25.00 Nms Labs Autopsies 935.00 Pacific Concepts Operating 671.63 Parker Port-A-Potty Inc. Equipment Rental 490.00 Patty Lampman Election Judge 50.96 Peter Hoogendyk Planning Commission 229.92

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Phoenix Technology Group Llc Potestio Brothers Equipment Inc Power Equipment Company Inc Poysti And Adams Prairie Times Pro Ag Solutions Proforce Psychological Resources Purewater Dynamics Inc Quill Corporation Rampart Supply Rattlesnake Fire Protection District Rayna Mensing Revize Llc Rhomar Industries Rmmi Robert J Hammervold Robs Septic Service And Porta Pot Rental Rock Parts Company Rocky Mountain Information Network Inc Roses Creamery Royal B Threads Llc Royce Undustries Cleaning Systems Rubin Brown Llp Rumsey Consulting Ruth Ann Stricker Safari Auto Glass Safety-Kleen Corp.

Safeway Signal Graphics Slate Communications Smartdeploy Southwest Mobile Storage Staples Advantage State Of Colorado Stephani Turner Stericycle Stone Oil Co Inc Street Smart Rental Suburban Propane Sun Valley Electric Inc Suzanne Oneil Sysco Food Services Tamara Palmer Tex And Linda Aduddell Texas Life Insurance Company The Law Office Of Jeffrey J Timlin Tlo Llc T-Mobile Todd Pederson Town Of Simla Tracker Software Tracy Ducharme Transwest Truck Trailer Rv Travis Turner Tri State Oil Reclaimers Inc True Value Hardware Tyler Technologies Tyler Technologies Inc Ultra Chem Inc United Reprographic Supply Inc United States Geological Survey Us Bancorp Us Bank Equipment Finance Valerie Woirhaye Van Sands Verde Technologies Verizon Connect Nwf Inc Verizon Wireless Viaero Wireless Wagner Equipment Co Inc Waxie Sanitary Supply Wells Fargo Financial Leasing Wendy Walp Xerox Corporation Total

Equipment/ Network/Software 64,388.68 Auto Rep 127.43 Equipment Repair 878.76 Financial 1,848.14 Public Outreach 672.00 Weed Control 12,825.00 Equipment/Uniforms (1,266.16) Operating 675.00 Shop Supplies 25.00 Office Supplies 4,459.40 Blding Repairs 836.32 Water For Roads/Rebuild 455.00 Reimbursement 20.63 Software Support 1,800.00 Crack Seal 493.22 State County Administration 94,981.27 Election Judge 273.00 Equipment Rental 310.00 Auto Rep/Equipment Parts 7,357.72 Software Support 100.00 Fair Events 150.00 Office Supplies/Operating 3,634.12 Shop Supplies 875.15 Financial 10,000.00 Child Welfare 1,470.00 Election Judge 13.00 Equipment Repairs & Maint. 200.00 Other Fluids 160.00 Fb Royalty Other 99.98 State County Administration 399.62 Professional Service 1,000.00 Software Support 684.00 Child Welfare 306.00 Office Supplies 1,969.83 Motor Vehicle Renewal Card 3,720.22 Uniforms 131.00 Haz Waste Rem 278.76 Fuel 13,727.79 Tools & Supplies 755.78 Equipment Rental 78.20 Blding Repairs 1,289.00 Election Judge 13.00 Prisoner Meals 765.29 Refunds 500.00 Gravel 7,131.60 Benefits Payable 679.13 Contract Services 23,779.90 Software Support 117.60 Telephone 411.37 Equipment Repairs 36.67 Utilities 92.60 Software Support 2,000.00 Election Judge 726.70 Equipment Parts 965.88 Employee Referral 250.00 Oil 100.00 Blding Repairs 316.46 Rms 757.47 Office Supplies 268.00 Covid 19 183.98 Copier 290.73 Usgs Water Level Monitoring Program 10,143.75 Lease/Purchase 31,329.22 Copier 169.00 Reimbursement 24.90 Planning Commission 194.56 Misc. Ph Grant 6,240.00 Radio Pager 356.18 Telephone 8,257.87 Utilities 1,587.67 Equipment Parts 10,381.74 Janitorial Supplies 781.89 Copier 180.29 Election Judge 201.50 Copier 3,413.75 $2,161,238.47

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Alzheimer’s Association offers free webinars in September STAFF REPORT

The Alzheimer’s Association offers a variety of free webinars for caregivers and anyone who would like to learn more about the disease.

September’s free webinars highlight Alzheimer’s research and the latest advances in research to find a cure for Alzheimer’s disease.

Among the September webinars are: The 10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease Noon to 1 p.m. Sept. 2, 6-7:30 p.m.

Sept. 15, and noon to 1 p.m. Sept. 24 Attendees will learn about the 10 common warning signs, what to watch for in yourself and others, typical age-related changes, the benefits of a diagnosis, early detection and more.

Understanding Alzheimer’s and Dementia 4-5 p.m. Sept. 10, 3-4 p.m. Sept. 17, and noon to 1 p.m. Sept. 30 This webinar will offer an opportunity to learn about the impact of Alzheimer’s, the differences between Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, risk factors, current research, treatments to address some symptoms and more.

Understanding and Responding to Dementia-related Behavior 1-2:30 p.m. Sept. 14 Behavior is a powerful form of communication and one of the primary ways that people with dementia communicate their needs and feelings as the ability to use language declines.

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Dementia Conversations 11 a.m. to noon Sept. 16, and 10-11:30 a.m. Sept. 28 This webinar will provide tips on how to have honest and caring conversations with family members about going to the doctor, when to stop driving and making legal/financial plans.

Effective Communication Strategies Noon to 1 p.m. Sept. 8, 1-2:30 p.m.

Sept. 18, 4-5 p.m. Sept. 24, and 2-3:30 p.m. Sept. 29 This workshop teaches caregivers to decode verbal and behavioral communication from someone with Alzheimer’s and other dementias. De-

velop strategies for having meaningful connection with people in differing stages of dementia.

Healthy Living for Your Brain and Body: Tips from the Latest Research 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sept. 10, 4-5 p.m.

Sept. 17, and 1:30-3 p.m. Sept. 25 The health of the brain and body are linked, but now science is able to provide insights into how we can optimize our physical and cognitive health as we age. Learn about research in the areas of diet and nutrition, exercise, cognitive activity and social engagement, and use hands-on tools to help you incorporate these recommendations into a plan for healthy aging.

To learn more about Alzheimer’s Association, visit www.alz.org or call its 24/7 Helpline: 800-272-3900.

Public Notices Elbert County Salaries 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

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A And E Tire Inc A1 Chipseal Co Aarms Account Brokers Of Larimer County Adamson Police Products Advanced Quality Auto Repair Afd Pavement Marking Llc Aflac Airgas Intermountain Alan Krenek Alessandra Navetta All About Stucco And Exteriors All Access Inc All Traffic Solutions Inc Always Connect Solutions Amazon Capital Services Inc American Fidelity Assurance Company American Fidelity Health Services Administration Arapahoe Heating Service Inc Atkinson Noland And Associates Attenti Us Inc Auto Chlor System Of Denver Bank Of The West Barry Mitchell Baseline Engineering Corp Berg Hill Greenleaf And Ruscitti Beth Willcox Beverly Susan Shick Black Hills Energy Blue Tarp Financial Inc Bradford Eidt Briana R Ross Brick Repair Denver Carolyn Burgener Cdw Government Central States Hose Centurylink Certified Laboratories Charlie Schaben Cintas Cintas Corporation Civic Plus

Tires Chip Seal Software Support Civil Process Uniforms Auto Rep & Maint Paint/Stripping Benefits Payable Welding Supplies Election Judge Election Judge Capital Outlay Capital Outlay Maint. Agreement Equipment Blding Repairs/Supplies Benefits Payable

Cobitco Colorado Barricade Co Colorado Bureau Of Investigation Concj1522 Colorado Community Colorado Department Of Public Health And Environment Colorado Party Rents Colorado State University Extension Comcast Consolidated Communications Corporate Billing Llc Correct Care Solutions County Health Pool County Sheriffs Of Colorado County Wide Diesel Repair Cowboy Iron Daniel A Michalak Danny Willcox David Lenio Deep Rock Dennis Maddox Denver Industrial Sales And Service Co Inc

$614,538.58 14,189.29 213,609.25 902,378.70 23,496.38 134,369.88 46,574.97 35,700.53 169,780.89 6,600.00 $2,161,238.47

Benefits Payable Blding Repairs Blding Repairs Gps Monitoring Equipment Repairs Credit Card Radio Pager Professional Service Contract Litigation Election Judge Election Judge Utilities Equipment Election Judge Election Judge Capital Outlay Contract Services Office Supplies Water For Roads Telephone Equipment Parts Employee Referral Uniforms Safety Supplies Software Support /Professional Service Crack Seal Signs Ccw Cbi Fee Advertising Consumer Protection /Vitals/Owts Operating Payroll Reimbursed Operating Utilities Equipment Parts Medical Services Benefits Payable Dues Equipment Rental Capital Outlay Planning Commission Election Judge /Planning Commission Planning Commission Shop Supplies Building Pre Co Deposit Asphalt Repair

Amount $790.00 689,624.46 175.00 15.00 291.80 2,834.13 30,983.00 1,830.22 975.18 247.00 13.00 25,978.14 5,339.04 1,500.00 4,434.50 2,856.31 4,862.41 11,638.98 1,342.45 3,475.00 243.20 402.25 20,700.57 2,031.68 394.51 1,716.00 464.75 65.00 1,090.03 100.96 601.80 230.75 9,722.39 900.00 184.64 609.98 1,802.09 141.38 500.00 660.97 462.69 12,030.02 633.27 5,248.50 2,517.00 386.29 1,632.25 1,920.00 7,442.40 81.76 233.95 723.25 22,119.55 118,245.70 3,670.18 500.00 6,600.00 141.84 1,047.88 183.28 9.45 250.00 99.50

PAYMENTS FOR PUBLICATION JULY 2020 Department Of Local Affairs Advance From State 26,495.69 Dj Petroleum Inc Fuel 38,254.79 Donald Charobee Election Judge 15.00 Douglas County Detentions Division Inmate Housing 3,513.60 Douglas County Septic Blding Repairs 75.00 Douglas County Treasurer Dispatch Service 52,700.50 E470 Public Hwy Authority Operating 231.55 East Central Council Of Governments Dues 4,500.00 Eaton Sales And Service Capital Outlay 1,780.00 Elbert County Road And Bridge Gasoline/Postage 1,148.01 Elbert County Treasurer Fair Events 1,750.00 Eli Jarrett Reimbursement 32.01 Elizabeth Area Chamber Of Commerce Covid 19 2,500.00 Emergency Vehicle Specialists Auto Rep/Capital Outlay 4,683.24 Enertia Consulting Gr Llc Professional Service 8,175.00 Evenflo Company Child Fatality 992.61 Francy Law Firm Pc Civil Process 15.00 Galls Llc Dba Neves Uniforms Uniforms 3,212.46 Gary Mayfield Election Judge 63.96 General Air Equipment Parts/Tools 2,825.26 Global Equipment Company Equipment 771.90 Grainger Grounds Maintenance/ Operating 876.06 Great West Life And Annuity Benefits Payable 108,326.00 Greeley Subaru Capital Outlay 28,784.74 Hbs Utilities 2,096.52 High Plains Food Store Fuel 5,482.98 Home Depot Credit Service Blding Repairs 2,801.97 Honnen Equipment Company Equipment Parts 1,612.47 Idemia Identity And Security Usa Maint. Agreement 932.80 Integrated Electric Blding Repairs 15,854.88 Integrated Voting Solutions Equipment Repairs & Maint. 8,210.44 Integrity Auto Repair Auto Rep 434.59 Integrity Coaching And Consulting Llc Covid 19 2,150.00 Intermountain Rural Electric Association Utilities 7,657.41 Istonish Child Welfare 1,314.00 J&S Contractors Supply Co Blades, Teeth 322.20 Jacks Tire And Oil Tires 694.41 Jc Electric Professional Service 850.00 John Deere Financial Blding Repairs/Supplies 1,604.87 Johnson Controls Blding Repairs 998.00 Jon Surbeck Election Judge 113.75 Julie Charobee Election Judge 13.00 Justin Klassen Planning Commission 119.12 Karen Suchan Election Judge 170.04 Kelly Davis Reimbursement 27.55 Kiewit Infrastructure Co Asphalt Repair 99,095.15 Kimball Midwest Equipment Parts 373.05 Kimberky Babcock Election Judge 13.00 Kimley-Horn & Associates Bridge/Road Rebuild Construction 19,885.00 Kiowa Auto Repair And Alignment Center Auto Rep 255.20 Kiowa Water & Waste Water Authority Utilities 6,253.94 Kip Parker Planning Commission 30.00 Koobi Llc Refunds 500.00 Kremer Contruction Refunds 100.00 Lance Wheeler Plumbing Inc Blding Repairs 3,483.53 Lawson Products Inc. Equipment Parts/Shop Supplies 1,163.92 Legal Shield Benefits Payable 435.60 Lenovo Inc Equipment 27,208.45 Lewan & Associates, Inc. Copier 122.88 Lisa Mackiewicz Employee Referral Program 500.00 Mak Valuation Consultants Contract Services 5,000.00 Maplestar Child Welfare 1,425.00 Marjorie F. White Election Judge 13.00 Mary Louise Jacobson Fb Royalty 399.68 Maryrobin B. Wills Election Judge 611.00 Maureen Pellowski Operating 240.00 Mccandles International Trucks Of Colorado Equipment Parts 1,671.44 Medved Chevrolet Buick Gmc Equipment Parts 164.24 Mgt Of America Cost Allocation 5,825.00 Mhc Kenworth-Denver Fuel/Equipment/ Capital Outlay 274,718.85 Michael Watters Employee Referral/ Reimbursement 285.00 Michelle Schrote Reimbursement 431.79 Mines & Associates Pc Other Benefits 356.40 Mountain View Electric Utilities 292.57 N2it Plumbing Blding Repairs 25.00 Nms Labs Autopsies 935.00 Pacific Concepts Operating 671.63 Parker Port-A-Potty Inc. Equipment Rental 490.00 Patty Lampman Election Judge 50.96 Peter Hoogendyk Planning Commission 229.92

Phoenix Technology Group Llc Potestio Brothers Equipment Inc Power Equipment Company Inc Poysti And Adams Prairie Times Pro Ag Solutions Proforce Psychological Resources Purewater Dynamics Inc Quill Corporation Rampart Supply Rattlesnake Fire Protection District Rayna Mensing Revize Llc Rhomar Industries Rmmi Robert J Hammervold Robs Septic Service And Porta Pot Rental Rock Parts Company Rocky Mountain Information Network Inc Roses Creamery Royal B Threads Llc Royce Undustries Cleaning Systems Rubin Brown Llp Rumsey Consulting Ruth Ann Stricker Safari Auto Glass Safety-Kleen Corp.

Safeway Signal Graphics Slate Communications Smartdeploy Southwest Mobile Storage Staples Advantage State Of Colorado Stephani Turner Stericycle Stone Oil Co Inc Street Smart Rental Suburban Propane Sun Valley Electric Inc Suzanne Oneil Sysco Food Services Tamara Palmer Tex And Linda Aduddell Texas Life Insurance Company The Law Office Of Jeffrey J Timlin Tlo Llc T-Mobile Todd Pederson Town Of Simla Tracker Software Tracy Ducharme Transwest Truck Trailer Rv Travis Turner Tri State Oil Reclaimers Inc True Value Hardware Tyler Technologies Tyler Technologies Inc Ultra Chem Inc United Reprographic Supply Inc United States Geological Survey Us Bancorp Us Bank Equipment Finance Valerie Woirhaye Van Sands Verde Technologies Verizon Connect Nwf Inc Verizon Wireless Viaero Wireless Wagner Equipment Co Inc Waxie Sanitary Supply Wells Fargo Financial Leasing Wendy Walp Xerox Corporation Total

Equipment/ Network/Software 64,388.68 Auto Rep 127.43 Equipment Repair 878.76 Financial 1,848.14 Public Outreach 672.00 Weed Control 12,825.00 Equipment/Uniforms (1,266.16) Operating 675.00 Shop Supplies 25.00 Office Supplies 4,459.40 Blding Repairs 836.32 Water For Roads/Rebuild 455.00 Reimbursement 20.63 Software Support 1,800.00 Crack Seal 493.22 State County Administration 94,981.27 Election Judge 273.00 Equipment Rental 310.00 Auto Rep/Equipment Parts 7,357.72 Software Support 100.00 Fair Events 150.00 Office Supplies/Operating 3,634.12 Shop Supplies 875.15 Financial 10,000.00 Child Welfare 1,470.00 Election Judge 13.00 Equipment Repairs & Maint. 200.00 Other Fluids 160.00 Fb Royalty Other 99.98 State County Administration 399.62 Professional Service 1,000.00 Software Support 684.00 Child Welfare 306.00 Office Supplies 1,969.83 Motor Vehicle Renewal Card 3,720.22 Uniforms 131.00 Haz Waste Rem 278.76 Fuel 13,727.79 Tools & Supplies 755.78 Equipment Rental 78.20 Blding Repairs 1,289.00 Election Judge 13.00 Prisoner Meals 765.29 Refunds 500.00 Gravel 7,131.60 Benefits Payable 679.13 Contract Services 23,779.90 Software Support 117.60 Telephone 411.37 Equipment Repairs 36.67 Utilities 92.60 Software Support 2,000.00 Election Judge 726.70 Equipment Parts 965.88 Employee Referral 250.00 Oil 100.00 Blding Repairs 316.46 Rms 757.47 Office Supplies 268.00 Covid 19 183.98 Copier 290.73 Usgs Water Level Monitoring Program 10,143.75 Lease/Purchase 31,329.22 Copier 169.00 Reimbursement 24.90 Planning Commission 194.56 Misc. Ph Grant 6,240.00 Radio Pager 356.18 Telephone 8,257.87 Utilities 1,587.67 Equipment Parts 10,381.74 Janitorial Supplies 781.89 Copier 180.29 Election Judge 201.50 Copier 3,413.75 $2,161,238.47

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