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VOLUME 100 | ISSUE 32

State plan would unify mental health services Fragmented system now in place needs to improve, task force says

BY JENNIFER BROWN THE COLORADO SUN

Katie DeGroot, the owner of The Peace Place, shows off one of her tie-dye creations at her new shop at Quincy and Broadway.

PHOTOS BY DAVID GILBERT

Tie-dye master sets up shop in Englewood Katie DeGroot sells groovy handmade gear at The Peace Place

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Katie DeGroot is ready to help people show their funky side.

DeGroot opened The Peace Place, a shop filled with her handmade tiedye creations, at Quincy Avenue and Broadway in late August.

The shop has way more than SEE SHOP, P9

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Tied-up tie-dye shirts soak in the back room of The Peace Place, Katie DeGroot’s tiedye shop at Quincy and Broadway.

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When Vickie Zacher found out her 11-year-old daughter was getting notes from kids at school suggesting that she kill herself, the Eagle County mom took her to a mental health counselor.

A program through Zacher’s job paid for three, one-hour sessions. But the price for more sessions was $270 per hour, and Zacher couldn’t afford it.

When her daughter turned 12, the girl’s pediatrician discovered she had been cutting herself and suggested she take medication. The first psychiatry appointment Zacher could get for Olivia was two months out.

A few weeks before that January 2018 appointment, 12-year-old Olivia tried to kill herself. The girl spent a few days in an in-patient Denver behavioral health program and was released after telling doctors she was no longer suicidal — a lie that other hospitalized children suggested the girl tell if she wanted to go home.

Zacher knew her daughter was still struggling, so she restarted her search for help and found a partialhospitalization program. Olivia attended for 12 days — until the family’s insurance company said it would no longer pay.

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Colorado Department of Human Services executive director Michelle Barnes announces a new action plan to consolidate mental health services in Colorado as she stands with Gov. Jared Polis outside the governor’s mansion on Sept. 23.

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On Feb. 7, 2018, three days after her 13th birthday, Olivia came home from school and killed herself. “My worst nightmare became real,” Zacher said.

Zacher shared her story Sept. 23 in a garden outside the governor’s mansion, recounting one of dozens of stories highlighting the massive failures of a fragmented mental health system told during the last year to Gov. Jared Polis’ statewide behavioral health task force.

The group produced an action plan that calls for creating a centralized office for mental health — named the Behavioral Health Administration — instead of the splintered system that now includes 75 programs spread across three state agencies.

The state’s suicide prevention office is part of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, yet crisis services — including 24-hour, walk-in services for mental health — are overseen by the Colorado Department of Human Services, for example.

Substance abuse programs are housed within the human services department, but many are funded by state Health Care Policy and Financing.

“If we’re trying to prevent suicides, we also need to make sure we have a response to suicide and they are connected to each other,” said Robert Werthwein, the director of the state Office of Behavioral Health, which will oversee the new administration.

“We’ve really got to pull substance abuse and mental health together.

We’ve got to stop treating them like they’re two different systems.”

PHOTO BY JENNIFER BROWN/ THE COLORADO SUN

The task force, which included 27 members ranging from mental health experts to county commissioners, wants the new state office to serve as a single point of entry for behavioral health care. The point is to avoid stories like the one shared by Zacher, who felt alone and without an advocate for her daughter as she tried to navigate the complex systems of treatment and insurance coverage.

Care coordinators at this new office would link Coloradans with the right programs and help set up funding, replacing a system that, for example, sends a person to one office for mental health care and another office to set up addiction treatment.

“If people walk in the door and say we need help, we’ve got to adapt to them, not them adapting to us,” Werthwein said. “We will walk with you through this very hard time.”

But there is no new money for what Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera called a “massive transformation” of the behavioral health system, at least not initially.

Michelle Barnes, executive director of the state human services department, said the governor “has made it very clear that this isn’t the time to be putting a lot of budget proposals forward.”

“And we adapted and we changed and we are happy to say that this will cost you nothing new,” she said.

For now, the office will operate on existing funding within the state human services department. It’s unclear, however, how it would provide coordinated care navigators without additional resources.

Polis, who established the task force in 2019, praised the group for designing a “system that puts people first.”

The current system is too fragmented, he said.

“It means too many Coloradans are slipping through the cracks when there are ways to help them,” Polis said. “We need to streamline this.”

For Zacher, help never came, no matter how many calls she made and how many times she argued with her insurance company.

“I do feel my daughter could have been saved, but she was just a number pushed through the system that failed us,” she said. “No one took the time to completely understand what my daughter was going through so they could help her.”

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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The Arapahoe County Public Works Division is seeking input from residents, specifically those who drive, bike or walk within the county’s transportation system.

Officials want to learn the community’s priorities to help determine investments in the transportation network and plan for the future, according to a county news release.

Residents can join the conversation by taking an online survey, dropping a pin on an interactive map or sharing ideas on virtual sticky notes at www.arapahoegov. com/2117/Transportation-MasterPlan-Feedback.

Among the priorities already identified is easing traffic congestion.

“With growth and more cars on the road, creating a vision for the approximately 1,100 miles of roads that Arapahoe County maintains will be essential to minimize congestion, preserve our quality of life, ensure shorter response times in emergency situations across the County and manage future growth,” the news release states.

Visit www.arapahoegov.com/ transportationplan for an overview of the planning process, to sign up for project updates and take the online survey to help inform the planning process. The deadline to submit a response is Oct. 9.

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Pandemic is unusual crisis hurting college enrollment Hard times usually cause numbers to rise at community colleges

BY JASON GONZALES CHALKBEAT.ORG

The coronavirus pandemic is causing fewer students to enroll in Colorado’s community college system this fall, especially those who are first-generation and low-income.

The roughly 9% drop in enrollment highlights the brutal situation that COVID has created and decisions thousands of students face. The pandemic also is altering student behavior patterns. Typically, community college enrollment increases during an economic downturn.

That’s not the case right now.

Community colleges tend to educate students who are more likely to be adults, low-income, or first-generation than are students in four-year colleges. Schools have shifted to hybrid instruction to ease coronavirus concerns about the spread of the virus, and online enrollment has grown. But that doesn’t ease the challenges students face and that are exacerbated by the virus, such as feeding families, needing to work, and having a harder time juggling finances while attending school.

If institutions can’t find a way to lure students back, it could affect the long-term prospects for both students and colleges.

Community College of Aurora President Betsy Oudenhoven said enrollment at her college has decreased 18% from last year. Surveys of the Aurora campus show students who are low-income, first-generation and not from the U.S. have been more likely not to attend this fall — groups that make up a large share of her student body.

“It just feels like layers and layers that have hit our students really hard,” Oudenhoven said.

State data show that university undergraduate enrollment also is decreasing.

David Baime of the American Association of Community Colleges said that nationally two-year colleges are experiencing a 10% to 12% decline in enrollment.

Out of the ordinary The decrease is atypical. Even during the Great Recession, as in other economic downturns, community college enrollment increased. That’s because people might seek out new skills and credentials that they hope will make them more employable.

But it appears that COVID is squeezing people harder.

“Community college students are typically working more. They’ve got more familial responsibilities,” Baime said. “All these things have made them the likeliest people to be impacted by this.”

Colorado’s community colleges are seeing pronounced declines this year among first-generation students, with numbers dropping by 16%. Meanwhile, Pell Grant-eligible students who receive more federal aid due to their economic status also decreased by 14%. Many of these

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WHAT THE NUMBERS SHOW Below is the percentage change in headcount from 2019 to 2020 at metro area community colleges: Arapahoe Community College: +4.4% Community College of Aurora: -18.4% Community College of Denver: -13.9% Front Range Community College: -5.7% Red Rocks Community College: -23.3% (Numbers based on Sept. 9, 2020 enrollment data provided by the Colorado Community College System to the Colorado Department of Higher Education. Compiled

by Jason Gonzales, of Chalkbeat.) students may also be first-generation college-goers.

Almost every community college is enduring student population declines. But the Colorado Community College System has lost fewer students than it feared, said Joe Garcia, the system’s chancellor.

“For a while, we thought we were going to be down 30%, and that was quite alarming,” Garcia said.

Arapahoe Community College President Diana Doyle, who heads one of two schools in the state that saw enrollment increases, said factors behind the growth include serving a greater proportion of middle-class students, and a smaller segment of lower-income and firstgeneration students than at other community colleges.

The virus, however, has changed Arapahoe’s demographic, she said.

More students who typically would attend a four-year university are attending Arapahoe instead, Doyle said.

State universities see declines The changes in student behaviors also have affected state universities.

Undergraduate enrollment has fallen at the University of Colorado system, the Colorado School of Mines, Western Colorado State University, and Adams State University, according to numbers provided by the Colorado Department of Higher Education.

Adams State experienced a 6% dip in undergraduate enrollment.

The school, however, is reporting flat enrollment this fall thanks to an increase in graduate students.

Adams State expanded opportunities at its graduate schools to students who might need additional training during the pandemic, said Cheryl Lovell, the school’s president.

Half of the regional university’s population in Alamosa is considered in high financial need, Lovell said.

“We knew our growth in graduate programs would not only meet workforce demand to provide highly trained, skilled advanced employees,” Lovell said. “It also provided an upward mobility for our students to advance themselves professionally.”

At the Community College of Aurora, Oudenhoven said the enrollment dips won’t impact student services and support this year. The enrollment declines won’t prompt immediate cuts thanks to federal stimulus money.

She does worry about the future, she said.

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COVID status and recovery A new online “dial dashboard” unveiled by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment gives local governments and residents the ability to track the COVID-19 recovery progress using key metrics. See where Arapahoe County stands by visiting covid19. colorado.gov/data/covid-19-dial/covid19-dial-dashboard Shred-a-thon The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office is holding their annual shred-a-thon on Saturday Oct. 3 from 7 a.m. to noon.

They will shred up to three legal-sized boxes or kitchen-sized trash bags full of sensitive documents in exchange for a voluntary donation to Metro Denver Crime Stoppers.

Visit arapahoesheriff.org for more information.

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CU begins phase 2 of COVID-19 antibody testing in Arapahoe County

BY MICHAEL KARLIK COLORADO POLITICS

The University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus has wrapped up its first phase of COVID-19 antibody testing on Arapahoe County first responders, and was commencing testing of the county’s general population.

The COVID-19 Arapahoe SErosurveillance Study, or CASES, determined that 4% of the police, firefighters and emergency medical participants tested positive for antibodies, which indicates a past coronavirus infection.

The goal of the first phase was to establish a baseline prevalence of the disease and whether infections increased after the loosening of public health restrictions.

Researchers also sought to compare different methods of obtaining blood samples for testing.

In the second phase, slated to begin Sept.

14, approximately 1,200 households have received postcards with instructions for participating. Although anyone over age 5 living in the randomly-selected homes may

get tested, only those selected households are eligible.

CU will send a “Sun Bus” to various neighborhoods where people can receive the tests. They will undergo a finger prick blood draw and will receive the results for free.

“If you test positive for antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 it can mean several things,” CU explained. “You most likely were exposed to the virus, had the COVID-19 infection and now have antibodies to the virus in your blood.”

The university added it is possible, but unlikely, that people who test positive have a current infection, and that modifications to work or home arrangements based on a positive antibody test are not recommended.

Later in the fall, researchers may ask participants in phase two to undergo a second pin prick test — one in which they collect the sample themselves.

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State financial support drops Governmental support for higher education fell by 5% this year. Community colleges and small regional universities rely more heavily on money from the legislature than do the University of Colorado Boulder and Colorado State University.

Next year is a bigger concern. State tax revenue will still be down and federal stimulus money that ensured colleges weren’t cut by 58% this year aren’t a guarantee, Garcia said.

“We’re hoping they will continue to invest in our future by investing in our students and our institutions, but we’re not confident that that’s going to happen,” he said.

Enrollment will also still be a concern, as it is a heavy driver of revenue. Larger schools such as the University of Colorado Boulder depend on tuition revenue.

Preliminary data at the University of Colorado Boulder indicates overall fall 2020 enrollment dipped about 1.6%.

The school expects to feel the squeeze from lower tuition revenue for several years, said spokeswoman Deborah Mendez-Wilson. The school will trim costs, including eliminating vacant positions, cutting discretionary spending, postponing some commitments, and consolidating.

Presidents like Oudenhoven said despite the worries, the focus for her school is making this semester work for students.

“I’m trying to figure out with my colleagues, what can we do?” she said. “We’re not helpless in this. We’re not controlling the virus, but we control our response to it.”

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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Soon-to-be Eagle Scout brings ‘gaga ball’ to Goddard Collin Laughlin, 13, builds spot for sport with a little help from friends

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Goddard Middle School has a new place to play an unusual sport, thanks to a soon-to-be Eagle Scout.

Faced with a summer of canceled plans, Boy Scout Collin Laughlin, 13, set out to design, plan and build a “gaga pit,” used for playing the dodgeball-like sport of gaga.

With his schedule cleared, Laughlin decided to tackle the public service project necessary to advance to Eagle Scout, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.

“I’ve already got enough merit badges — you need 21, and I’m at 31,” Laughlin said. “I’ll be honest, my motivation there is to beat my dad. He earned 38, so I’m almost there.”

Laughlin saw how much his classmates enjoyed gaga ball games in outdoor education class, and decided Goddard could use a gaga pit of its own.

With help from his dad John, the Scoutmaster of Troop 361, Laughlin set out to recruit friends and fellow Scouts to help. With the blessing of Goddard Principal Bryan Breuer and a donation from the Goddard ParentTeacher Organization, Laughlin was off to the races.

“I knew I would need help and people pushing me forward,” Laugh-

Collin Laughlin, 13, stands in front of the gaga ball pit he designed and built for his Eagle Scout project -- with a lot of help from friends.

COURTESY PHOTO lin said. “Once we laid out the plans, it started dawning on me how many hours it was going to be.”

Thankfully, he found plenty of help. A gaga ball supplier gave him a discount on materials once they heard about the project. A local lumberyard operator, charmed by the youngster

who showed up in a Scout uniform, gave personalized assistance.

The help continued: numerous classmates and fellow Scouts signed on. When the group set out to rip up the sod on Goddard’s lawn, a nearby Bobcat operator working on a school construction project drove over to

help out.

After three weeks and 300 cumulative work hours, the octagonal wooden pit was complete.

“I’m joyful, because every time I’m at school I’m able to see kids playing in it,” Laughlin said. “It brings a smile to my face. And my dad is proud of me.”

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Littleton Public Schools struggling with growing quarantines Hundreds sent home at multiple schools; superintendent wants regulations relaxed

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Littleton Public Schools continues to endure widespread quarantines across the district as students and staff sporadically test positive for COVID-19, leaving students, parents and teachers frustrated and overwhelmed.

Between Aug. 24, when in-person learning resumed, and Sept. 25, the district has seen 19 quarantines, spurred by 19 positive cases. A cumulative total of 768 students and 103 staff at seven schools have been sent home for two-week quarantines so far this school year, according to district data.

Because none of the cases have been shown to have been transmitted within schools, none qualify as an outbreak as defined by the Tri-County Health Department, said district superintendent Brian Ewert.

The sporadic partial quarantines have left teachers reeling, said Amanda Crosby, the head of the district’s teachers union.

“There just aren’t enough teachers or enough substitutes,” Crosby said.

“Staff is absolutely exhausted.”

Because the district adopted a “hybrid” model — a model that sees

kids in classrooms just two days a week, spending the rest of the week online — teachers are on the hook to create lessons for the classroom and for students at home in quarantine, Crosby said.

“It’s getting very difficult to do this job,” said John Solomon, a teacher at Littleton High School who called into the Board of Education’s Sept.

24 meeting.

“There’s no relief in sight,” Solomon said. “We’re all feeling quite burned out.”

A shortage of substitutes prompted the district to close Heritage High School to in-person learning completely in early September, after about a third of the school’s teaching staff were quarantined.

The shutdowns and measures against the virus have left parents exasperated, with some calling for a return to full-time in-person learning.

One parent of a ninth-grade student under a quarantine who called in to the Sept. 24 meeting said his son is struggling in his advanced calculus and physics classes, which translate poorly online.

“I understand the desire to keep children safe, but fear seems to be the dominant factor,” the parent said. “Parents and teachers are doing the best they can, but this is a poor facsimile … remove the shackles from our education system, and bring back the full-time experience.”

Another parent of a high school student who called into the meeting said she feared ongoing quarantines

and isolation would wreak havoc on youth mental health.

“We’re laying the groundwork for social and emotional issues to come,” the parent said. “Connectedness between individuals can be protective and prevent suicidal thoughts and behaviors … these are words to heed in times of unnecessary and very exaggerated quarantines.”

Ewert, the superintendent, said he feels caught between a rock and a hard place.

“Yes, the quarantines are somewhat overreaching,” Ewert said, saying the district is beholden to guidance from the Tri-County Health Department and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

“When we have one case, in effect everyone who was in a classroom with that person goes on quarantine,” he said. “That’s an incredible amount of people. We’d like to tighten that up to everyone within six feet for more than 15 minutes, but the health departments aren’t ready to go there.”

Ewert said his frustration is compounded because so far none of the students or staff who have been quarantined have come down with symptoms or cases themselves.

“It does not seem to be spreading at school,” Ewert said. “It appears our face mask and distancing efforts are working.”

Ewert said he was further frustrated in mid-September when Gov. Jared Polis announced many school sports, including football, could restart, which he said seemed to

undermine the strict measures the district has taken to keep students separated.

“I really don’t see how that’s helpful in the face of the tight parameters the health department has us under,” he said. “If COVID is what the experts say it is, football sure sounds like a super-spreader situation to me. I hope I’m wrong.”

There’s another wrinkle: The district’s fully-online alternative to in-person learning, called TOPS, is beginning to shrink in enrollment as students trickle back into classrooms.

At its highest, TOPS had 1,740 students in all grades, Ewert said, but that number has since declined to just over 1,600.

Some parents said they overestimated the amount of support they would get online, Ewert said, though he noted that surveys found more than half of parents who responded said they were satisfied with the program.

The problem? The more students return to the classroom, the more difficult it becomes to maintain social distancing protocols.

“There’s simply no way I can have 2,000 at Arapahoe (High School) and keep them six feet apart,” Ewert said.

Ewert said the current regulations may soon force more schools to close to in-person learning.

“We just don’t have the staff coverage to keep this up,” Ewert said.

“People don’t realize the amount of time and energy we’re spending trying to keep schools open.”

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At a racetrack that became ground zero for the debate over Colorado’s pandemic crowd-size limits, a gathering of at least hundreds amassed for a group photo at the end of a protest against what organizers called “unconstitutional” public health orders and executive orders.

The “Stop the COVID Chaos” rally at Bandimere Speedway on Sept. 1 — featuring Republican state House Minority Leader Patrick Neville and conservative commentator Michelle Malkin, known for her appearances on Fox News — was the site of a different event July 4 that prompted Jefferson County Public Health to pursue legal action for violating crowd size limits.

At the time, the state had limited outdoor venues to 175 people per activity at events.

A week after the protest rally, the state announced it would allow the Denver Broncos to host roughly 5,700 fans at a Sept. 27 game — a development that drew questions from media about whether state officials gave the Broncos special treatment.

SALT Magazine, an arts and culture outlet, published an article that suggested the Broncos’ deal represented a “slap in the face” to event venue owners such as those in the music industry.

Gov. Jared Polis’ office has pushed back on the accusations, arguing the Broncos’ crowd-size agreement falls under guidelines that had already been in effect.

“The Broncos submitted a carefully crafted plan to prioritize the safety of staff and visitors that fell under existing guidance for outdoor venues,” said Shelby Wieman, a spokeswoman for the governor’s office. “The state worked closely with the Broncos on this pilot to ensure all public health guidelines were being met.”

A ‘pilot’ plan Colorado’s agreement with the Broncos didn’t allow for massive crowds packed together — rather, fans were to be separated into sections of up to 175 people, according to a Broncos news release. Since June 18, the state has allowed outdoor event crowds of up to 175 people per activity with a minimum of 6 feet between individuals or non-household contacts.

The Broncos deal actually mirrors a plan that Jefferson County worked with Bandimere to develop during the summer.

According to a statement posted on the Jefferson County Public Health website, the county health agency and Bandimere agreed to “clear, courtordered requirements,” including limiting groups within the venue to 175 people. Bandimere was to use what the state calls a “social distancing calculator” to determine how many people, up to 175, could safely maintain distance in separate areas such as individual grandstands.

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vironment. Groups no larger than 175 were to use designated entrances and exits and be seated together in a defined section, the letter says.

But the Broncos appeared to be among the first organizations in Colorado widely known to have designed an event with that method of separation. The state public-health department did not directly address a question from Colorado Community Media about whether the department made efforts to let outdoor venues know about the ability to host crowds in separate 175-person groups.

The state’s online guidance for outdoor events, as of Sept. 25, still appeared to imply that separate groups of 175 are only allowed in venues “that have multiple designated activities/ events that are physically separated, such as a fair with activities taking place in separate buildings,” rather than allowing for separate groups of 175 if they’re at the same activity, such as a football game or a concert.

“The health and safety of Coloradans continues to be our top priority,” the department said in a statement.

“CDPHE looks forward to working with any venue that wants to submit a plan to operate while prioritizing the health and safety of Coloradans.”

A July 30 update to Colorado’s safer-at-home order — the policy that came after the statewide stay-at-home order — tweaked the order’s language to say that outdoor events could allow 175 people per designated activity “or area.” The state public-health department did not comment on whether that change generally allowed large crowds to be broken into 175-person groups.

Rather, the department described the Broncos’ plan as a “pilot” that “may be a model for outdoor venues looking to submit similar plans,” the department said in its statement.

At Broncos games, stadium capacity will initially be limited to less than 8% of its regular number, according to a governor’s office news release.

Each group of fans were to be asked to use concession and restroom areas located in the vicinity of their section, according to the Broncos news release.

Not all outdoor venues have facilities to ensure that visitors can safely enter or that crowds do not form — aspects such as the number of bathrooms or having multiple entrances and exits, according to state officials.

The department mentioned sitespecific “variances” — exceptions to the state’s rules that must be applied for — as an avenue to event facilities

hosting larger crowds. Site-specific variances have been allowed since an update to the safer-at-home policy on June 30, according to the state publichealth department.

Outside the limits When Bandimere Speedway secured its agreement with Jefferson County to host larger crowds, the venue allegedly broke that deal.

Jefferson County public health officials testified in court in July that they attended portions of a July 4 event at Bandimere and witnessed public health order violations that came after the speedway had reached an agreement with the county to ensure it followed those rules. Jefferson County Public Health Executive Director Mark Johnson said Bandimere agreed to cap attendance at 4,500 but that Bandimere later said the event drew an estimated 7,500 people.

“To be clear, Bandimere did not submit an event request or site-specific variance request to the state,” the state public-health department said.

“Jefferson County allowed Bandimere to host a larger crowd as long as they followed established state guidelines.”

The SALT Magazine article decrying the Broncos deal described it as giving “the Denver Broncos a special variance.” But the Broncos did not receive a variance, according to state officials.

The team worked with the state for months according to public health order requirements that professional sports teams must work directly with the state on any plans for spectators, according to state officials.

“We hope this is a model for other outdoor venues who may be looking to submit similar plans,” Wieman said.

“And we look forward to working with those venues to ensure the safety of Coloradans.”

The state’s most recent update to the safer-at-home policy allows for 50% capacity or up to 175 people at indoor events and 50% capacity or up to 250 people at outdoor events if a county qualifies for the least-restrictive level of new safer-at-home guidance. That can include counties with a two-week rate of up to 75 new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people.

Arapahoe, Douglas and Elbert counties qualified for that level, while Adams, Jefferson, Denver, Broomfield and Boulder counties fell into the new middle level of safer-at-home guidance as of Sept. 25.

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Katie DeGroot squirts dye onto a rolled-up shirt, the first step in creating a tie dye masterpiece.

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rainbow T-shirts: DeGroot’s shelves and racks are lined with baby clothes, hoodies, hats and tapestries in a mind-melting menagerie of colors and designs. “No two pieces are alike,� DeGroot said. “That’s the beauty of tie-dye: Everyone can find the exact piece that speaks to them. Colors communicate a lot about how we feel and how we see ourselves, and I want to help people express that.�

DeGroot herself wasn’t always so expressive. With a mind for math and science, she spent years in the corporate world, in accounting and finance. But cubicle life was stultifying, and the Colorado native wanted to break free. “I always thought you had to be precise with your creativity,� DeGroot said. “For some reason I had it

in my head that if you were going to draw or paint or write, you had to do it with precision.�

Then, she discovered tie-dye, where she found the freedom to let her freak flag fly. “I can put my love and heart into every piece,� she said. “Plus, it gets me out of my head.�

Still, she finds it a melding of the analytical and the creative: There’s the science of how different dyes will respond to different fabrics, or the geometry that allows for complex designs.

DeGroot began selling her creations at fairs and festivals a couple years ago, but 2020 was supposed to be the start of her grandest adventure. She planned to toss her equipment and her dog in her van and strike out across the country, selling her wares at craft fairs along the way.

Alas, the pandemic had other plans, and DeGroot found herself grounded. But soon she found what

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o you know anyone, you know, who says “you know” excessively?

Watching a documentary the other night, I started counting the number QUIET of times a commentaDESPERATION tor said “you know.”

He reached 14 during one short stretch.

However, if I blocked out the “you knows” (a near impossibility) he made many good points, which raised the question about form vs. content.

Craig Marshall Is it forgivable to Smith overlook hems, haws, uhs, and other filler words, if, nevertheless, there’s significant content?

Is it forgivable when the English language is taken for a ride in car with four flat tires, if there are genuine insights and observations that provide meaning, wisdom or humor?

The answer, of course, is yes.

Take “Huckleberry Finn.” Take the Joads, who weren’t exactly scholars in “The Grapes of Wrath.”

Purists would probably want Bob Dylan to go back and add a “g” to all of his gerunds.

Saying “you know” apparently give the speaker time to think of what to say next.

Many of us can think faster than we can talk. Consider your ability to form an intelligent comment extemporaneously. It’s almost a miracle.

It’s a snap if you have a script.

Winging it, off the cuff, takes some doing.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Gardner follows predictable path Senator Cory Gardner’s recent statement that confirmation hearings should go forth now (some 40 days before the presidential election) to fill the SCOTUS vacancy created by Justice Ginsburg’s death, citing “constitutional authority,” directly contradicts his 2016 statement on the same issue. Then he declared that “our next election is too soon and the stakes are too high” (nine months before the presidential election) to hold hearings for the SCOTUS vacancy created by Justice Scalia’s death.

To some this may seem like the height of hypocrisy. Whereas a hypocrite fails to follow one’s own expressed moral rules and principles, I don’t see Gardner, on the whole, fitting that description Perhaps on the surface he looks like one. But there is no constitutional compass guiding Gardner here. Deep down he is always true to his White Patriarchy Must Retain Power (at all costs) compass whose North Star is the McConnell/Trump dyad. Although he’ll never publicly say that because that would put that power at risk.

If you start with that premise, you can predict what he’ll do. All of his actions follow that credo. His statements just try to cover it up.

Lynne Popkowski Littleton Protect kids’ health As an early learning professional who works with child care providers across Colorado, I see first-hand the incredible impact quality early learning has on a child’s mind, creativity, intellect and development. That is why I am pleased to see that Proposition EE — the Cigarette, Tobacco and Nicotine Products Tax — will be on the November ballot. If passed, this measure would help secure universal preschool in Colorado.

Proposition EEis a win-win for the future of our children. If passed, it would increase taxes on tobacco products and initiate expanded taxes on nicotine products— including vaping products.

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No one writes with interjections such as “you know” or “uh.”

(Did you know that “uh” is a legitimate Scrabble word?)

This column will take up to an hour to write. If I were to be interviewed instead, I might triple the number of words in half the time.

Writing enables me to take my time, proofread, edit, and edit some more until what I have written is expressed to the best of my ability.

Stick a microphone in front of me and I might say “you know” and not even know it, which I think was the case with the man in the documentary.

He was discussing Eric Clapton’s output in the 1970s in luminous terms that were littered with “you knows,” referred to as “acknowledgment words.”

I’m sure I have said “you know,” but

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Are you currently working with someone who you admire and respect as a leader? Have they been able to provide WINNING guidance to you and your WORDS organization as they navigate change and work hard to keep up with the rush and crush of challenges and opportunities?

What traits stand out to you?

Over the course of my career, I have been blessed to work with great leadership. Some of the leaders Michael Norton were managers, chief executive officers, or business owners, all who provided terrific insights and contributed wisdom that furthered my own leadership journey. Other leaders were part of business groups, mentoring and coaching relationships, and some were, and are, close friends.

Through my experiences and through these relationships, here’s one of the lessons that I learned and have shared with people who have been a part of the teams I have personally led. It’s something that was demonstrated to me by some of the most influential managers and leaders I had the privilege of working with. It’s the idea of providing people with information that they can put to use immediately to help solve a problem, increase performance, and improve productivity. Not information overload, or simply theory, but actionable guidance that slowly builds the strengths and capabilities of individu-

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not 14 times in two minutes.

There was an art history teacher, a distinguished man who had written art history texts, who lectured from a lectern.

He couldn’t get from one end of a sentence as short as this one to the other without saying “uh” two or three times.

Try listening to that for an hour.

I couldn’t. I began to keep track.

Art historians are a lot of fun. They always require a book they’ve written.

One of the presidential candidates has talked about his boyhood stutter.

One of the presidential candidates seemingly talks without filtering his thoughts.

As we age, many of us lose our fluency.

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als over a sustained period of time as they practice and apply the guidance given.

Why is this relevant, especially now? It’s relevant now because the expectations put on individuals and organizations has never been greater. And that means that the pressure on leadership is escalating at an equal to, or even amplified rate. And we need to take the pressure off of both.

Our ability to receive and deliver leadership in small doses will do more than just provide guidance, it will accelerate success. Life is moving fast; business is moving faster. There is this need for speed that is driving many decisions that we face at home and at work. The way that we achieve proficiency and the best way for us to help those on our teams to become proficient, and do so at the speed of expectation, is to layer in guidance at the pace that we can absorb strategies and skills. Doing so will turn those strategies and skills into tactical applications in whatever role we play.

Here’s the other thing, many of the leadership skills or competencies that characterize some of the greatest leaders throughout history are the same skills and competencies that we use in our everyday lives such as; communication; creativity; the ability to earn, build, and maintain trust; taking action; courage; goal setting; decision making; time management; organization; setting proper expectations; inspecting what is expected; accountability; and living and working with integrity. Pick any one of these traits that need attention, work on it, and then move on to the next.

Another supporting lesson I learned along the way is that we really can make

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Change is the only constant

ncient Greek philosophers taught valuable lessons that are still relevant today.

“Change is the only constant in life” from Heraclitus, the Greek FINANCIAL philosopher from STRATEGIES 500 BCE¹ is one of my favorites. I think it certainly applies to our current economic situation.

No one can predict what is going to happen, except we know there will always be change. Yet, the uncertainty of what Patricia Kummer that change will be can be unsettling. We know the stock market does not seem to like uncertainty, and neither do most humans, however change is the constant that we live with. The next best thing we can do is prepare, be flexible and anticipate change, rather than fight it.

We did not predict COVID-19; how-

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radical changes in small action-oriented steps.

“Have a bias towards action — let’s see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps r and take the first step right away.” — Indira Gandhi And Jack Welch tied this idea together when he said, “An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.”

ever, we did plan on a market decline in 2020. Analysts predicted negative corporate earnings for the second quarter by -43%. Yet, we had a pleasant surprise when it was only -32%.² The stock market rallied, even though those are significant losses, leaving many investors on the sidelines.

Planning for the future requires lots of assumptions that cannot be guaranteed to happen. We don’t know how long we will live; if we will get sick; if certain companies thrive and others go under. This makes it difficult to commit to a plan with so much uncertainty. However, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail,” as an aphorism sometimes attributed to Benjamin Franklin says.

Whether the economy recovers, or the recession drags on, each household will have its own circumstances and financial commitments that need to be met. We can’t wait to find out about the election, or the next quarter’s earnings to start working on the future.

We can build on things that have been proven in history, such as the principle that more positive financial results are typically derived from long-term investing. We know that risk increases with higher returns. We know that high debt will deplete your net worth. We know education and health are important for anyone’s future. We can start to build on a few solid concepts that will help stabilize your plan when change does occur.

This year is all about change.

Many are focused on the challenges, but our current environment also poses some opportunities. Many folks are refinancing their homes at lower interest rates. Some taxpayers who find themselves in a lower bracket are converting to a Roth IRA. Many are beefing up their education through online classes and workshops. There is always a way to use change to your advantage if you have the framework of your goals and resources outlined. This identi-

fies what you have to work with and what you are working for.

Procrastination is the enemy. Waiting to see what the next change is will keep you from advancing. There will always be another obstacle. It is kind of amazing that something said 2,500 years ago can be so relevant today. It is up to you to find ways to make change help you move forward, instead of holding you back.

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Teaching an actionable strategy or skill and providing an environment for practice that leads to proficiency is what leads to lasting change. The kind of positive change that inspires confidence and trust in leadership.

How about you? Are there strategies and techniques that you would like to develop for yourself or share with your team? Do you have leadership knowledge that can be captured and delivered in smaller doses to help accelerate success? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@tramazing.com and when we realize that we can impact positive and lasting change through a little bit of leader-

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I watched Johnny Carson, the late night talk show host, lose his fluency.

Instead of crisp and clean monologues, they turned into garbled ones.

Carson’s gift for recovery, however, saved him. He’d tap the overhead microphone when they were no laughs and ask, “Is this thing on?”

There was a Time magazine article

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The next sentence wouldn’t come to him as easily as it once did.

In art classes we were taught form and content are equally important. I have since learned it’s not always true.

But you know that, don’t you?

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“It’s a long time to be sitting around twiddling thumbs, and we’re creative people,” Montour-Larson said. “We have things to share with the world.”

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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ithout many opportunities to perform in front of a live audience, some Denver-area entertainers have turned to podcasting as a new way to grow an audience and stay creative.

Local entertainers, including comedians, actors and producers, have started these shows to stay relevant and busy as the weeks of industry shutdowns due to COVID-19 have turned into months.

Denver resident Anthony Kapfer, a local comedian, started a show with friends called “Is This Anything?”

The show, with six episodes so far, started as just a video call between friends and eventually blossomed into a podcast.

The four hosts, some in Denver and others in New York City, meet up on Zoom and try out new joke ideas with each other, then offer tips for how to make the concept stronger and funnier.

“We just wanted to meet up because it had been two months since we had a chance to work on new material in front of an audience,” Kapfer said. “It’s a nice way to feel like we’re still doing stand-up comedy in a time when we can’t do stand-up in the way we’ve done it for years.”

Sometimes, the show has guest comedians on to try out their material. Everyone has the same amount of time to run through their ideas and get feedback. One reason for working on jokes, even without a chance to perform them, is to have fresh ideas when live shows resume.

“We want to have new stuff,” Kapfer said. “We don’t want to go back to comedy doing the same jokes we were doing six months ago... everything has changed.”

For Kapfer and his fellow hosts, it has been strange going so long without telling jokes to an audience.

“The podcast has been really nice because it sort of forces me to think about writing,” he said. “It’s easy at a time like this to think: ‘what’s the point?’”

The show features everything from fully developed jokes to simple strands of an idea.

Here they grow Not all performers are using their pre-COVID 19 career as the subject-matter for their new podcast, however.

Christy Montour-Larson and

Klint Rudloph, left, and Paul Dwyer are both hosts of a new podcast called “Dance Dads,” set to launch soon.

COURTESY PHOTOS Weiss and Montour-Larson, both Wheat Ridge residents, also bring in actors from throughout the Denver area to help them make spoof commercials.

“It’s nice to have a reason to get out of the bed and do something creative,” Montour-Larson said. “Especially when there’s so much happening you have no control over.”

In addition, the hosts, who are also neighbors, get to use many of the skills they’ve gained through working in theater including producing, acting, teaching and marketing.

Getting together Chris Starkey, who owns Imprint Group, an entertainment company in Denver, started his podcast, “Dance Dads,” after a video of himself and his daughter dancing went viral.

“It’s four dads with kids who are the same age,” Starkey said about the podcast.

“We talk about relevant topics that have to do with being home during COVID.” Starkey’s other hosts include Randy St. Pierre, a stage technician at the Lone Tree Arts Center, performers Brian Smith and Klint Rudolph and Paul Dwyer.

“We used to get together every Friday anyway and talk about entertainment,” Starkey said. “The podcast gives us an opportunity to still get together.”

As of press time, the show was planned to launch the last week of September.

The hosts also have another podcast called “Places Please” about the entertainment industry in the Rocky Mountain Region. This show, however, was discontinued until live shows begin again.

“I tell people all the time it’s the greatest opportunity of our career ... to create a personal brand or podcast,” Starkey said. “Because you have everyone’s attention right now.”

Montour-Larson also said she sees this as a good time to start a podcast.

“If you have something you want to share with the world, just do it,” she said.

“Don’t worry about making it perfect.”

Edith Weiss and Christy Montour-Larson talk about how to preserve home-grown produce in one of their first episodes of “Upside Down Tulips,” a new gardening podcast.

Edith Weiss for instance, both formerly worked in theater but when all their shows were canceled, they decided to start a podcast about gardening.

The show, “Upside Down Tulips,” gives tips and answers questions about growing flowers, vegetables, herbs, indoor plants and other topics like composting and canning

produce.

“Anything that grows, we talk about,” Montour-Lasron said.

Montour-Larson and Weiss are both long-time gardeners and have noticed their hobby getting more attention in recent months as COVID-19 has pushed residents into the outdoors.

The title photo for “Is This Anything?” a podcast made by professional comedians who are trying out their new material on each other.

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riends of late artist rita derjue have established a scholarship fund at Arapahoe Community College for women and minority students who are studying art at the college. To donate to the fund, go online to https://interland3. donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink. aspx?name=E330750&id=30 or send a check and explanaSONYA’S tion to Arapahoe Community ColSAMPLER lege Foundation, 5900 S. Santa Fe Dr., Campus Box 43, Littleton, CO 80120. derjue, who passed away in June, was internationally recognized for her dramatic watercolors of mountain scenery and historic Sonya Ellingboe sites.

Lone Tree performances e Lone Tree Arts Center’s Main Stage Theater is starting some live nperformances in October, featuring local artists as well as some on tour.

“Motones & Jerseys in Harmony” plays Oct. 16-18, featuring Emcee Mary Louise Lee overseeing an evening of 60s music in a competition between these two groups. The audience will decide the winner in each performance Oct. 16-18. Think Marvin Gaye,

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other real-world challenges, with 50% of proceeds to be donated to 4Oceans’ Pound + program to fund removal of trash from the oceans. Each ticket ($30) equates to a pound and a half of trash removed. Masks required. betsystage.com. For ages 16 and older.

Smokey Robinson, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, The Temptations, Beach Boys … “Adam Pascal: So Far” plays Oct. 24 at 1:30 and 8 p.m. On Oct. 25 at 7 p.m., the feature attraction will be “Rene Heredia’s Flamenco Fantasy Theatre,” Spanish dance with castanets, foot stomping, syncopated clapping and beautiful costumes, accompanied by guitarist Andreana Cortes, Heredia’s niece. Tickets, 720-509-1000, lonetreeartscenter.org.

Depot Art Gallery The Depot Art Gallery and Caboose, 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton, will reopen on Oct. 2 with the first live show since that nasty virus appeared on the scene. “Best of the Best” will feature two- and three-dimensional works by member artists. Safety restrictions will be posted and at first, the gallery will only be open Friday, Saturday, Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The guild will also keep its Virtual Gallery operant (depotartgallery.org) as well as work displayed at Nixon’s Coffee House in Englewood, the Arapahoe County Justice Center, Vita, Stanton Gallery at Town Hall ... 303-795-0781, depotartgallery.org.

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the Daniels and Fisher Tower on the 16th Street Mall. It will show works designed by female and binary architects, with the hope of inspiring young women to consider an architecture career. Sponsored by Colorado AIA. Betsy Stage The Betsy Stage, at 1137 S. Huron St., Denver, presents “Being Here,” a compilation of monologues chosen by the actors, dealing with issues such as homelessness, Black Lives Matter,

Virtual Insider tours Doors Open Denver, presented by the Denver Architecture Foundation, offers 12 tours over three weeks, including the new Freyer-Newman Center at Denver Botanic Gardens, Fitzroy Place/Iliff Mansion and the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library. Dates: Through Oct. 15, Monday through Thursday, one tour per day, from 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Visit denverarchitecture.org. DAF’s audio tours are accessible year-round at denveraudiotours.org, featuring two journeys, 24 locations-historically significant to Denver and Colorado.

Center for Visual Art “The Walls Between Us” presented by the collective, Artnauts, continues through Oct. 17 at the Center for Visual Art, 965 Santa Fe Drive, Denver.

Artnauts has a social justice focus and the theme of his show came from a discussion of crossing borders.

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Enjoy an outside chance for live theater Hudson Gardens lawn is venue for lovely musical show

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

“Almost Heaven: The Songs of John Denver” is an appropriate title for Town Hall Arts Center’s production at Hudson Gardens, running through Oct. 11. The lawn next to the blooming Rose Garden is marked with “pods” that hold a blanket or up to four chairs, inviting a relaxed audience to enjoy a LIVE performance with five singers/“Storytellers” and a fourpiece band. The air is sweet and the audience happy to be there.

Henry John Deutschendorf Jr., who understandably took on the stage name of John Denver, was born in

New Mexico and gained international recognition as a composer, songwriter and performer before his untimely death as he solo-piloted his own airplane and crashed.

Harold Thau is credited with the concept for this appealing show and Jeff Waxman for the orchestrations and vocal arrangements in the production. The program says: “songs by John Denver and others,” but the “others” are not spelled out.

Skillfully interwoven are familiar songs such as “Rocky Mountain High,” “Leaving on a Jet Plane,” “Sunshine on My Shoulders,” “I Guess I’d Rather Be in Colorado,” “Take Me Home, Country Roads” and more ... easy listening. Some audience members brought a picnic, while others just relaxed and visited before the performance and during a brief intermission. (No food was on sale at

IF YOU GO Tickets for “Almost Heaven: The Songs of John Denver” at Hudson Gardens ($45) are available at the Town Hall Arts Center box office, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton, from Tuesday to Thursday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., or online at townhallartscenter.org. (303794-2787, ext. 5) A reminder: if you make a personal visit to Town Hall’s box office: Littleton Fine Arts Guild has mounted an exhibit in Stanton Gallery called “This is Colorado,” which marks the start of an ongoing cooperation between these two longstanding organizations — LFAG will continue to fill the gallery with a variety of fine art — some entirely by members and at other times, open to area artists. All involved should benefit, we think! the venue, though it may be during the daytime shows at the trail entrance ...)

Performers include Town Hall repeat-performers Matt LaFontaine, Mark Middlebrooks, Alison Mueller and Zach Stanley, as well as area newcomer Tasha Waters, who recently relocated from Philadelphia.

The atmosphere is laid-back and fragrant.

Director/choreographer Nick Sugar has created nice patterns of movement for these Storytellers, but they can’t be dancing on lumpy grass as they might on a wooden stage floor.

Voices blend smoothly and each singer is a solo-quality performer as well — what a joy to experience this on a lovely summer-into-fall evening outside!

Donna Debrecini leads the musicians: Mitch Jervis on guitar, Scott Alan Smith with bass, banjo and harmonica, and percussionist Larry Ziehl, filling that delicious night air with music.

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Indie food show ready for Amazon Prime time ‘What’s on the Menu?’ features Parker restaurant

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We hope, with this release, it will help those seven businesses in growing and recovering.

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We plan to start scouting for Season Two in Tennessee. When we first started to scout, COVID happened, so we’re on a hold until everything is back, and until everything is open there’s nothing we can really do. We have to see what restaurants survive the pandemic. All seven (Denver) locations are still open, so that makes me happy. For them it’s tough to survive something like this, and they’ve fared pretty well.

An independent food series starring a former Parker resident is now available to the public.

“What’s on the Menu? With Michelle Ullmann” is available on Amazon Prime Video after two years of shooting and editing. Michelle Ullmann hosts the show teaching viewers complex intricacies of the restaurant business.

Ullmann features seven Denver-area restaurants, from Aurora to the Tech Center to downtown. The first episode in the series features La Baguette de Normandy, a French bakery and restaurant in Parker.

Ullmann and her family moved from Parker to Hendersonville, Tennessee, at the beginning of the year to begin shooting Season Two of the series in the Nashville area. Shooting has been delayed due to COVID-19, Ullmann said.

Colorado Community Media interviewed Ullmann about her journey to bring “What’s on the Menu?” to life.

What was your initial reaction?

Relieved, and also a little bit stressed.

Now that it’s out there, are we going to grab the viewers’ attention now? It feels really, really good to be done with the “doing” of the show for Season One. I’m a little stressed for the next step, and that’s back to the producer hat, and I’m also excited for Season Two.

What has life been like for you as you look toward the next season?

Fairly hectic. We have four kids, who have been doing virtual schooling for the first day. We got them settled into school and got them packed. My father had been sick, so we’ve been back and forth between Arizona. My husband does a lot of the editing, working probably 40-50 hours a week at his day job and working for me 20 hours on the weekend. He’s been supportive and working more hours than I’d want to ask him for.

What do you do this for?

We want to support that idea that … everybody has their favorite chains — they are tried and true — but when you go somewhere new, ask a local because they’re going to be the ones that know the best locally owned places to eat.

They’ll happily tell you nine times out of 10. They love to talk about it. All you have to do is ask.

Michelle Ullmann, host of “What’s on the Menu? With Michelle Ullmann” is preparing for her second season on the show in Tennessee as the first one, featuring a Parker restaurant, is officially available to stream on Amazon.

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BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A few dozen walkers, cyclists and kids on the playground added up to a typical weekend scene at deKoevend Park and the High Line Canal Trail that runs along the park’s edge.

Aside from some face coverings and a sign along the trail that encouraged staying 6 feet apart, the west Centennial park — like others in the metro area — remained a refuge from the visible changes the pandemic has brought to local communities.

“It’s a great community amenity,” George Weaver, a former director of community development for Greenwood Village, said of the canal trail on Sept. 20.

George and Kathie Weaver, Centennial residents, often walk the local trails including the High Line Canal.

They once walked the canal in different segments from the Roxborough Park area to the east Denver area over a summer, Kathie Weaver said.

“It’s a chance to get closer to nature without having to drive at all,” Kathie Weaver said of the canal.

The High Line Canal Conservancy, a nonprofit that works to preserve the canal, put on a 71-day “Walk For The Canal” challenge starting Aug. 1 to get

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Victorian Horrors @ the Molly Brown House Museum will be offered again this year with in-person and at-home options for the spooky experience.

Victorian Horrors is environmental theater presented by Castle Lion Development, set within the Molly Brown House Museum, 1340 Pennsylvania St. in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood.

The in-person experience starts with a pre-recorded video transmission of a story from a Gothic horror author who has come back from the grave. This takes place onsite, and after listening to the tale, attendees are invited to tour the 14-room Molly Brown House Museum. It will be decorated by Denver’s authentic oddities dealers, The Learned Lemur and Atomic Folk Art, to create a Victorian cabinet of curiosities — creepy taxidermy, spiny specimens and rattling bones. The tours are primarily self-guided with audio narrated by specters from the past, but docents will be present.

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Those who prefer the at-home version will have access to the pre-recorded video transmission of the story, which can be viewed from anywhere, but the ticket does not include access into the Molly Brown House Museum.

A different story and author will be featured each night.

This year’s stories include “The invisible Man,” “Frankenstein” and “La Llorona.” “La Llorona,” translated to “The Weeping Woman” in English, will be presented in both Spanish and English. The authors of these Gothic horror tales will be portrayed by local actors David and Julia Payne, Jim Hunt, Trina Magness, Josh Hartwell, Gabriella Cavallero and John Wittbrodt.

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To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Public Trustees

On June 29, 2020, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0172-2020 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 30, 2020, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) JOEL RYAN Original Beneficiary(ies) FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DENVER, A DIVISION OF FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SANTA FE Current Holder of Evidence of Debt FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DENVER, A DIVISION OF FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SANTA FE, N/K/A SUNFLOWER BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust June 03, 2015 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 03, 2015 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D5057989 Original Principal Amount $458,100.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $293,425.50 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 1, BLOCK 5, EUCLID HEIGHTS FILING NO. 2 SUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 6606 S APACHE DRIVE, LITTLETON, CO 80120.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 10/28/2020, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 9/3/2020 Last Publication: 10/1/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 06/30/2020 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Drew P. Fein #48950 Rachel H Connor #50831 Neal K. Dunning #10181 Douglas W Brown #10429 Brown Dunning Walker PC 2000 S. Colorado Blvd., Tower Two, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80222 (303) 329-3363 Attorney File # 3124-169C The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0172-2020 First Publication: 9/3/2020 Last Publication: 10/1/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0162-2020

Original Grantor(s) WILLIAM M DEWAR II AND MAUREEN A DEWAR Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR FINANCE AMERICA, LLC, DBA FINAM, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE UNDER THE INDENTURE RELATING TO IMPAC CMB TRUST SERIES 2005-6 Date of Deed of Trust May 09, 2005 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust May 17, 2005 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5070940 Original Principal Amount $246,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $261,381.51 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 1, BLOCK 3, WALNUT HILLS-FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 7811 E BRIARWOOD BLVD, CENTENNIAL, CO 80112-1308.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 10/28/2020, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 9/3/2020 Last Publication: 10/1/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 06/29/2020 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Anna Johnston #51978 Randall Chin #31149 Joseph D. DeGiorgio #45557 Ryan Bourgeois #51088 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000008903155 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO. 0162-2020 First Publication: 9/3/2020 Last Publication: 10/1/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0183-2020 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On July 28, 2020, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) ROBERT M. WILLIAMS

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Original Beneficiary(ies) DONNA J SNYDER Current Holder of Evidence of Debt 249 E HIGHLINE NOTE LLC Date of Deed of Trust December 31, 2014 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust January 02, 2015 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D5000321 Re-Recording Date of Deed of Trust January 05, 2015 Re-Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D5001095 Original Principal Amount $64,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $50,225.14

December 06, 2014 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust December 15, 2014 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D4117011 Original Principal Amount $30,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $14,104.85

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

LOT 20, BLOCK 2, VALLEY VIEW HGTS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO. 249307, HIGHLINE MEADOWS CONDOMINIUMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARATION RECORDED OCTOBER 25, 1978, IN BOOK 2873 AT PAGE 367, AND CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED ON OCTOBER 25, 1978, AS RECEPTION NO. 1786266, BOOK 36 AT PAGES 31 AND 32 OF THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE RECORDS, TOGETHER WITH THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE THE FOLLOWING COMMON ELEMENTS: PARKING SPACE 590, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 249 E HIGHLINE CIR UNIT 307, CENTENNIAL, CO 80122.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 11/25/2020, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 10/1/2020 Last Publication: 10/29/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 07/28/2020 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Carol M. Conley #21390 Gantenbein Law Firm 1760 Gaylord Street, Denver, CO 80206 (720) 441-3625 Attorney File # Robert Williams The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO. 0183-2020 First Publication: 10/1/2020 Last Publication: 10/29/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0176-2020 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On July 10, 2020, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) LEO B HALL, JR Original Beneficiary(ies) WESTERRA CREDIT UNION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt KEN MCFARLAND PROPERTIES INC Date of Deed of Trust

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Also known by street and number as: 3300 WEST MOUNTAIN ROAD, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80110.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 11/04/2020, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 9/10/2020 Last Publication: 10/8/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 07/10/2020 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Drew P. Fein #48950 Rachel H Connor #50831 Neal K. Dunning #10181 Douglas W Brown #10429 Brown Dunning Walker PC 2000 S. Colorado Blvd., Tower Two, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80222 (303) 329-3363 Attorney File # 4067-020 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0176-2020 First Publication: 9/10/2020 Last Publication: 10/8/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

City and County Public Notice Request for Proposal Safe Stops Through Sheridan The City of Sheridan (the “City”) is currently accepting proposals from consultants to collect data, prepare preliminary and final designs, and prepare quantities and estimates of construction costs for the construction and installation of various bus stop amenities (including benches, trash cans, and shelters) at approximately 32 bus stops located within the City of Sheridan per CDOT’s 2019 M&S and Road and Bridge Standards.

A copy of the Request for Proposal may be obtained from the City’s website www.ci.sheridan. co.us/bids. Sealed proposals are due to the City of Sheridan by 10:30 AM MST, October 9, 2020 to the Sheridan Municipal Center, Attn: Director of Public Works, 4101 S. Federal Blvd., Sheridan, CO. 80110-4316.

Legal Notice No.: 300712 First Publication: September 24, 2020 Last Publication: October 8, 2020 Publish in: Englewood Herald

WHEREAS, on September 22, 2003, a certain Deed of Trust was executed by Donald L. Nelson and Julia M. Nelson, as Grantors, in favor of Alliance Guaranty Mortgage Corp. as Beneficiary, and the Public Trustee of Arapahoe County, Colorado as Trustee, and was recorded on September 29, 2003, at Reception Number B3214046 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, Colorado; and

WHEREAS, the Deed of Trust was insured by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the Secretary) pursuant to the National Housing Act for the purpose of providing single family housing; and

WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of the Deed of Trust is now owned by the Secretary, pursuant to an assignment recorded on December 21, 2011 at Reception Number D1126094 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe Colorado.

WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Deed of Trust in that Paragraph 9 (a) (i) has been violated; and

WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent is $226,215.94 as of July 20, 2020; and

WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust to be immediately due and payable;

NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to the powers vested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, 12 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR part 27, subpart B, and by the Secretary’s designation of me as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on January 22, 2018 at Reception No. D8006757 in the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder’s Office, notice is hereby given that on October 20, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. local time, all real and personal property at or used in connection with the following described premises (“Property”) will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder: THE WEST 50 FEET OF LOT 1 BLOCK 5 GAMBLE ADDITION COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO PARCEL NO 1973-03-4 25-001 Commonly known as: 10300 7th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80010.

The sale will be held at 10300 7th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80010.

The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid the lesser amount of the loan balance or the appraised value obtained by the Secretary prior to sale.

There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his prorated share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale.

When making their bids, all bidders except the Secretary must submit a deposit totaling 10% of the Secretary’s bid in the form of a certified check or cashier’s check made out to the Secretary of HUD. A deposit need not be accompany each oral bid. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of 10% of the Secretary’s bid must be presented before the bidding is closed. The deposit is nonrefundable. The remainder of the purchase price must be delivered within 30 days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of a certified or cashier’s check. If the Secretary is the highest bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveying fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery date of the remainder of the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title. At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them.

The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extension will be for 15-day increments for a fee of $500.00, paid in advance. The extension fee shall be in the form of certified or cashier’s check made payable to the Secretary of HUD. If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due.

If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder may be required to forfeit the cash deposit, or at the election of the foreclosure commissioner after consultation with the HUD representative, will be liable to HUD for any costs incurred as a result of such failure. The Commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD representative, offer the property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder.

There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase

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Learning labs offer option in trying time Shai Learning Labs provide support for virtual learners in small groups

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Sometimes 8-year-old Griffith Saxe will say that he doesn’t like school.

“But, really, I love it,” he said.

Griffith is a third-grader at Teller Elementary School in Denver’s Congress Park neighborhood. His favorite subjects are P.E. and science, but what he really enjoys about going to school is making friends and the peer-to-peer learning experience.

“He’s very bright,” said his mother, Meredith Goldburg. “But he did not adapt well to virtual learning. We had a difficult time with it.”

Still, the family was not comfortable with Griffith going back to school full-time for in-person learning during the 2020-2021 academic year because of the pandemic. They researched some private schools, but decided that wasn’t a good fit for them — they wanted to continue to supporting Denver Public Schools and keep Griffith part of the Teller community.

Then they found an option that met their needs — the Staenberg-Loup Jewish Community Center’s (JCC Denver) Shai Learning Labs.

“He seems less stressed,” said Gareth Saxe, Griffith’s dad. “As odd as it all still is (the pandemic), he’s having a much more normal school year.”

JCC Denver, 350 S. Dahlia St., opened its Shai Learning Labs on Aug. 31. The learning labs are available to students from any school district in grades kindergarten through fifth grade.

They provide small-group support for students who are doing virtual learning. The students’ work is assigned by their school district, and parents still interact directly with their child’s teacher. What the learning labs do is provide a socially distanced space where the students can learn with adult supervision to ensure students are completing their assignments and following a school-like routine; as well as tutoring, homework help and tech support, if needed.

“It creates a school atmosphere for virtual learning,” said Daniel Siegel, associate director of Camp Shai at JCC Denver. “We’re not their teachers, but we’re there, helping them (the students) through all of it.”

Care providers experienced JCC Denver is a licensed childcare

Alan Alvarado works on his virtual learning assignments at the Shai Learning Labs, located at the Staenberg-Loup Jewish Community Center in Denver.

Corbin Smith uses headphones and a laptop during his virtual learning experience at the Shai Learning Labs, which is offered by the Staenberg-Loup Jewish Community Center in Denver.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF DANIEL SIEGEL/CAMP SHAI provider, so the adults in the learning labs have experience working with children in the K-5 age group, Siegel said. The learning labs are being hosted through JCC Denver’s Camp Shai, which is a day camp offered for Denver-metro youths in grades kindergarten through eighth grade.

Parents of youths who attended Camp Shai had asked if JCC Denver would consider hosting a learning lab, Siegel said, because they trusted that JCC Denver would be able to provide a structured learning environment that would be safe during the pandemic.

With the learning labs, students are divided into small, separate groups of six to eight children, and the groups do not intermingle to adhere to social distancing. During virtual learning time, each student has a divider between them, similar to some office setups. These dividers serve two purposes, Siegel said. One is for social distancing, and the other is to provide a focus zone for learning. Games and recreational activities during breaks, and/or once virtual learning is completed, have been adapted to be socially distanced, Siegel said. Additionally, both the students and staff wear masks the entire time and practice frequent hand washing.

Students also stick to a schedule, like they would at in-person school, Siegel said.

“It’s hard to be in a routine when stuck at home,” he said. “This gives them routine. And the kids are super happy to be around kids their age.”

LEARN MORE To learn more about the Staenberg-Loup Jewish Community Center (JCC Denver), visit www.jccdenver.org. A direct link to the Shai Learning Labs is: www.jccdenver. org/communities/youth/learning-labs.

That webpage has information on cost of enrollment to the learning labs, a sample schedule, COVID-19 precautions the JCC Denver is taking and more.

Though JCC Denver is “not the only one doing this,” Siegel said, it is one way the organization is helping to fill a need in the community. The additional responsibility for parents to navigate their children’s educational needs every day can be difficult — whether they’re working from home or away from home, Siegel said.

Additionally, JCC Denver is a nonprofit, Siegel said. The learning labs, he said, are a creative way for JCC to bring in revenue. Although Camp Shai hosted youths this summer, it was nowhere near the amount in past years because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Need will determine future Currently, Shai Learning Labs has 35 students enrolled, and there are only a few spots still available. JCC plans on operating the learning labs through this semester, and possibly next semester depending on the need, Siegel said. The organization is also exploring options to possibly open the learning labs for students who attend hybrid school, meaning part virtual and part in-person learning.

Like Griffith Saxe, Nina Visser enjoys the social aspect of school. She is an only child, and it’s important to her parents that she has interaction with other children her age. Nina, 8, is in the third grade and has attended Palmer Elementary School in Denver’s Hale neighborhood since she was in kindergarten.

“We believe strongly in public education,” said Sara Visser, Nina’s mother, adding she wanted Nina’s school get the funding for her enrollment in the 2020-2021 school year.

Nina’s father, Klaas Visser, is a pilot and is sometimes away from home for three to four days at a time. Sara Visser works part time as an aide to a Denver city councilmember. The family was able to make their schedules work to balance virtual learning last year, but there were times that Nina’s grandmother had to come over so Sara could attend a virtual meeting or a conference call.

“Grandma couldn’t help with the computer,” Nina said.

So, for the 2020-2021 school year, the Vissers looked into hiring a teacher to facilitate a learning pod for about five to eight of Nina’s classmates, but that didn’t work out, Sara Visser said.

Then, Sara Visser, who is a Denver native and grew up involved with the JCC, heard about the Shai Learning Labs.

“We knew they would do it well,” she said.

Nina enjoys seeing her teacher from Palmer every day, even though it is in a virtual format. But what’s exciting about the learning labs, she said, is that she has made two new friends.

The learning labs “are very helpful,” Nina Visser said. Although it’s not quite as good as going to school with a teacher in the classroom every day, she said, “you still learn better there (at JCC) than at home.”

Public Notices price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein, HUD does not guarantee that the property will be vacant.

The scheduled foreclosure sale shall be cancelled or adjourned if it is established, by documented written application of the mortgagor to the Foreclosure Commissioner no less than three (3) days before the date of sale, or otherwise, that the default or defaults upon which the foreclosure is based did not exist at the time of service of this notice of default and foreclosure sale, or all amounts due under the mortgage agreement are tendered to the Foreclosure Commissioner, in the form of a certified cashier’s check payable to the Secretary of HUD, before the public auction of the property is completed.

The amount that must be paid if the mortgage is to be reinstated prior to the scheduled sale is $226,215.94 as of July 20, 2020, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage

agreement if payments under the deed of trust had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary out of pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement.

Tender of payment by certified or cashier’s check or application for cancellation of the foreclosure sale shall be submitted to the address of the Foreclosure Commissioner provided below.

Dated: September 14, 2020 Foreclosure Commissioner Deanne R. Stodden 1430 Wynkoop Street, Suite 300

Denver, CO 80202 Telephone: (303) 623-1800 Email: foreclosure@messner.com Legal Notice No. 300711 First Publication: September 24, 2020 Last Publication: October 8, 2020 Publisher: The Englewood Herald

Notice to Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Adolfo D. Armijo, aka Adolfo Damian Armijo, aka Adolfo Armijo, Deceased Case Number: 20PR30969 All persons having claims against the above

named estate are required to present them to the co-personal representatives or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before February 1, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Waldo Armijo, Co-Personal Representative 7367 Brixham Cir. Castle Rock, CO 80108 Olivia Killough, Co-Personal Representative 5621 S. Kittredge Ln. Centennial, CO 80015 Legal Notice No. 300718 First Publication: October 1, 2020 Last Publication: October 15, 2020 Publisher: The Englewood Herald Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of HELEN J. GORDON,

a/k/a HELEN JANE GORDON, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30863

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 February 1, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kathryn D. Yankowsky Personal Representative 1266 Gaylord Street Denver, CO 80206 Legal Notice No. 300717 First Publication: October 1, 2020 Last Publication: October 15, 2020 Publisher: The Englewood Herald

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