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March 25, 2021
ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO
A publication of
EnglewoodHerald.net
VOLUME 101 | ISSUE 5
State to open bars in many counties ‘Dial 3.0’ to take effect March 24; state to make dial optional for counties by mid-April BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
ard’s absence continues to eat away at his loved ones. “I’m completely lost,” said Lisa Paris, Howard’s partner for most of the last decade, through tears. “I don’t know what to do with myself half the time. I try not to sleep my life away. Carl wouldn’t want that.” The strangest thing, Paris said, is the notes she keeps finding around the house — love notes Howard
After six months living under the state’s “dial” system of restrictions, Coloradans will soon see individual counties making the calls on what coronavirus precautions to enforce. On March 19, the state released a draft of the latest in a monthslong line of revisions to the COVID-19 dial. But this time, the state publichealth department announced its intention to retire the dial system: By April 16, the dial will become guidance, rather than an order, that counties can choose to adopt or not. The state’s color-coded COVID-19 dial is the set of restrictions counties must follow based on the local spread of the virus. The system affects capacity at restaurants, other businesses, indoor and outdoor events, and other settings. Colorado originally implemented the dial on Sept. 15. Among the dial’s six levels, blue — the current level of many counties
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Lisa Paris lost Carl Howard, the man she called the love of her life, last June to a hit-and-run driver. Howard’s loved ones are PHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT seeking donations to buy him a permanent memorial plaque at Olinger Hampden Cemetery.
Victim’s family seeks memorial in unsolved hit-run Loved ones need help with permanent marker for Carl Howard, beloved father, partner BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
As the months tick by since the still-unsolved hit-and-run death of
Carl Howard, his loved ones are hoping to memorialize the man whose death gouged a devastating wound in their lives. Howard, 54, was riding his bicycle when he was struck and killed by a driver in a dark pickup truck near the intersection of South Bannock Street and West Radcliff Avenue in Englewood last June 23. No arrests have been made in the case. Nearly nine months later, his killer remains a mystery, but How-
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