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Cowboy Up in Kiowa rodeo celebrates 25 years Court dismisses airport’s challenge on flight paths

Thousands jam fairgrounds to enjoy Western spectacle BY CHANCY J. GATLIN-ANDERSON SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

For many attendees, it was standing room only at the 25th annual Cowboy Up in Kiowa rodeo on June 26. The threat of rain didn’t stop the thousands of people who crammed into the Elbert County Fairgrounds arena to watch bareback bronc riding, barrel racing, breakaway roping and more. The crowd was filled with excited families with children, couples and friend groups, making the atmosphere electric. The 25th anniversary celebration of the rodeo was postponed in March 2020 due to growing concerns over COVID-19, making the 2021 return particularly exciting. The Cowboy Up in Kiowa Rodeo is among the first wave of large-scale events in Elbert County since the slowing of COVID-19 cases and increased vaccination rate. For some attendees, it was their first venture out into large, crowded events amidst the pandemic. “It was definitely nice to get out with people again,” said Josh Hood of Spring Valley Ranch. “There was a completely oversold crowd. People were sitting on fences and just sitting on the ground. It was one of the best rodeo experiences I’ve had in a long time.”

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Centennial Airport opposed FAA’s Denver Metroplex plan, fearing noise, effect on safety BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The 2021 Elbert County Fair Princess, left, and 2021 Elbert County Fair Queen. PHOTO BY CHANCY J. GATLIN-ANDERSON

In what may serve as an anticlimactic end to a years-long dispute between metro Denver governments and the Federal Aviation Administration, a federal court has dismissed Centennial Airport’s challenge to the FAA’s approval of a plan to reroute metro Denver airplane traffic. “I think frankly the court punted on this — didn’t want to touch this with a 10-foot pole,” Robert Olislagers, the airport’s director, said at a June 17 meeting of the airport’s board of leaders. The FAA’s plan to optimize arrival and departure at local airports is called the Denver Metroplex project, and it includes Denver International Airport, Centennial Airport and some others. An FAA environmental-assessment study had looked at impacts the project could have on noise, air quality, wildlife, and historic and cultural resources. It said the proposed change in flight paths was expected to have “no significant impacts” on those aspects of the project’s area, including metro SEE FLIGHT PATHS, P11

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Looking back at history of Independence site Land where community is being built has rich past BY CHANCY J. GATLIN-ANDERSON SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

The land and homestead structures where the Independence neighborhood is being built have a lively and rich history and add to our historical understanding of Elizabeth and Elbert County. The following is the first part of a two-part series on the homestead’s history as presented by Craft Companies. “While we’ve shared the history of the Independence Neighborhood before, the first look into the rich history of the land was based on limited knowledge and artifacts acquired from our initial exploration of the property. Knowing there had to be more to the story with the land’s 120+ year heritage, we (Craft Companies) commissioned a research team from The History Quest to dive deeper into the historic lives of the families who lived here and document their discoveries for all to enjoy. Much of the source material for their findings was researched online, as well as scouring local libraries, social clubs, historical repositories and elsewhere for accurate documentation to piece the timeline and family trees together. Additionally, researchers uncovered a treasure trove of personal be-

Part of the Bentley family, the original homesteaders of the land.

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which aided their study. The following is an overview of the land’s history, the families who owned and ranched it, and how it came to be the amazing conservation community we know today as Independence. The original Bentley Ranch was part of a community known as Hill Top (and later Hilltop), which today covers the Elizabeth, Franktown and Parker postal codes. Up until 1867, it remained a swath of largely forested area occupied by Indigenous Americans. With the passing of the Homestead Act in 1862, homesteaders began to make their way west, forming ranches, logging camps and sawmills across the plains and beyond. By 1874, Elbert County, as part of the Colorado Ter-

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ritory, was incorporated and divided into Douglas and Elbert counties. The only real connection Hill Top had to the surrounding communities at the time was the Denver and New Orleans Railroad (D&NO) which brought growth and commerce over time. In 1896, not long after the railroad’s introduction, a post office and general store were F opened nearby, and Hill Top became a more substantial stop on the tracks between Denver and Pueblo. As Hill Top continued its transformation into a more substantial community, a search back through an extensive family tree (eventually leading to the Bentleys) revealed a

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Victorian-style homestead built circa 1921.

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Buy your tickets today! Join your friends and neighbors July 31 - Aug. 8 for old-fashioned family fun. Visit Discovery Ranch and become a farmer for the day! Join in the stick-horse rodeo or pie-eating contest. Enjoy live music, classic fair food, as well as – a foodie’s favorite – food trucks. For more information, a schedule of events or to purchase tickets online visit FairandRodeoFun.com or call 720-733-6941.

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Pioneer homestead house in 2021.

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man by the name of John (Yohan) Demont, who laid down his roots in Hill Top around 1900. According to documents, he became well known in the community and surrounding areas for his skilled ranching and farming, cultivating crops of winter wheat and rye. It is believed he eventually purchased the land now

known as Independence from one of the original homesteaders who was granted the plot by the Homestead Act of 1862. According to The Castle Rock Journal, John Demont married Theresa Urbascheck on February 27, 1900, and had a daughter, Marie “Mary” Elizabeth Demont, born on February 07, 1901. Their family lived and worked on the original homestead until Marie’s passing in 1980.

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Meanwhile, on the other side of the family tree, Dick Bentley (born December 31, 1892), along with his parents, Grant and Maybell, moved from South Dakota to Elizabeth in 1910. As a young man, Dick spent much of his time working

Where the Independence development sits was once working farmland. PHOTOS COURTESY OF CRAFT COMPANIES

on the Demont (later Bentley) family ranch. While it’s unclear when he and Marie Demont first met, his frequent visits to her family’s property, along with letters the two sent each other, indicate he stopped by more often to see Marie than to merely work and collect his wages from her parents. Marie and Dick Bentley married on April 15, 1920. After the wedding, Dick built a home for them

on his family’s property featuring a modest floorplan resembling a typical two-room pioneer homestead house. There, in 1921, they had their only child, Grant Demont Bentley. In 1937, Dick, Marie and Grant moved back to the Demont ranch to help her parents work the farm ….” Please look for the second part of the history of the Independence homestead in a future issue.

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y friend, Mark, and his girlfriend, Deborah, have tickets for a vacation in Hawaii. Sounds great. But the timing isn’t. The tickets were QUIET a gift, he told me, and arrangements DESPERATION began before all of the traveling restrictions were put into place. They’ve both been vaccinated ... but they have had to be COVID-19 tested. “Then we have to download a PDF Craig Marshall of the results to a site, fill out another Smith health and safety form, and make photocopies of the documents.” Their carrier, Southwest, is having some problems. I remember the good old days when I’d hang around the railyards with my guitar and wait for an open freight car to come along. I’d jump on board and sing Woody Guthrie songs from here to Chi-town.

Well, maybe not. But I do remember when I could drive to Stapleton, buy a ticket, and board a plane without being scanned, groped, sniffed, scrutinized or disrobed. Air travel isn’t what it used to be and isn’t what it used to be two years ago. Now there’s a good chance a passenger will decide he or she wants to beat up a flight attendant. Theories abound. These aerial skirmishes are a direct consequence of a period in American history when individuals, long thought to be willing to cooperate and act like adults, are now shedding that illusion and reverting to primordial behavior on flights, at NBA games and in fast food restaurants. A recent incident at an Ohio McDonald’s devolved into an argument when a customer became irate and went berserk because an employee would not mix flavors of a slushy drink together. The customer now faces assault charges. Is it safe to leave your home?

Probably not, but what other choice do we have? In the case of air travel: none. Unless you have your own jet or access to one. What has become of us? Something I began noticing in the mid-1990s led to an earlier retirement than I planned. Disrespect in the classroom. Students were more adversarial than ever, confrontational, and disputatious. I was threatened and stalked. There were no physical altercations, just verbal disputes that were out in the open. Many led to grievances and hearings. The students who didn’t drop out were asked to leave. Over what? Not always but most often: grades. Grades replaced learning as the primary focus of many college students. There was a time when grade disputes were addressed during office hours. Then they wicked into the classroom. Now it seems disagreements with authority, rules and regulations —

reasonable ones too — have popped up in places where there didn’t exist before. The Ohio woman went behind the counter, struck and injured two female McDonald’s employees. At least the other customers could leave if they wanted to. If the nutcake on Southwest 409 loses his grip, he’s performing to a captive audience. “How was your flight, dear?” “Oh, nothing out of ordinary. We were diverted to Albuquerque because of an unruly passenger. Everyone had to deplane. The man was taken into custody. We reboarded two hours later. No big deal. Business as usual.” “That’s nice, honey.” Mark is a noted local wit. Hawaii has something to look forward to. I told him to take along a big supply of Hawaiian punch lines. Get it? Hawaiian punch. Do they still make that stuff? Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.

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professors who beamed when talking about their students, doctors, nurses, lawyers, bakers, athletes, actors, taxidermists, salespeople, CEOs, stay-at-home parents, and so many others that it is impossible to list them all here. And as I look back on some incredible memories of my time spent traveling, I am most grateful for the conversations with my seatmates as they shared their passion and heart for the work they did. They always took their heart to work. They went to work with a servant’s heart. They saw themselves as more than an employee, consultant, or owner of a company. They saw themselves as being a difference-maker in some way. I remember sitting on a flight with one maintenance worker who was employed at the same hospital for many years. He didn’t talk about the grind, or the hard work, or the long hours. His eyes shined and his smile widened when he spoke about the cleanliness of the rooms he cared for, his responsibility to do his part in saving lives. Yes, this man talked about his role in saving lives as he held himself personally account-

able for keeping “his” patients safe from any germs. Yes, he said, “His” patients. Wow! That is pride, joy, enthusiasm, and such an inspiring example of always taking our heart to work. Today our supply chains are struggling in many cases because there are shortages of workers. Many have decided not to return to work right now. Maybe it’s because they don’t feel safe, some are worried about the virus, others about workplace safety, and sadly, many who would still rather receive unemployment benefits and stimulus dollars instead of going back to work. It is hard to bring our hearts to work when we aren’t going to work. There are stories upon stories of our grandparents and great-grandparents and their tremendous work ethic. Almost all of us have heard the saying, “No matter what you do, do it to the best of your ability. If you are sweeping floors, be the best floor sweeper this world has ever known.” Whatever it is we are doing in life, when we do it with heart, we will feel so much better than finishing our day and just punching out.

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Punching in and punching out each day is up to each one of us. If that is how we see our day, then it will be almost impossible to find joy at work. And I am not singling out any level of an organization or any specific job function. From my friend and seatmate who takes such pride in his work, all the way up to the CEO of any company, if we aren’t bringing our heart to work, then punching in and punching out is all that our day will be and feel like. Is it time for you or someone you know to get back to work? Is it time to change the way we think about what we do and how and who we serve so that we can take pride and find joy in our job? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@ tramazing.com, and when we can remember to always bring our heart to work, it really will be a better than good year. Michael Norton is the grateful CEO of Tramazing.com, a personal and professional coach, and a consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator to businesses of all sizes.

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Mental health apps are confusing glut Only a tiny handful have been vetted, out of tens of thousands BY JENNY GOLD KAISER HEALTH NEWS

In the eyes of the tech industry, mental health treatment is an area ripe for disruption. In any given year, 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. experience a form of mental illness, according to federal estimates. And research indicates only about half of them receive treatment in a system that is understaffed and ill distributed to meet demand. For tech startups looking to cash in on unmet need, that translates into more than 50 million potential customers. Venture capital firms invested more than $2.4 billion in digital behavioral health apps in 2020 — more than twice the amount invested in 2019 — touting support or treatment for issues from burnout and depression to ADHD and bipolar disorder. At least seven mental health app companies have achieved “unicorn” status and are valued at more than $1 billion. But even as industry hype mounts, researchers and companies are scrambling to prove these apps actually work. Of the estimated 20,000 mental health apps available for download on personal computers and smartphones, just five have been formally vetted and approved by the Food and Drug Administration, which largely has taken a hands-off approach to regulating the space. “Development has really outpaced the science,” said Stephen Schueller, a clinical psychologist at the University of California-Irvine who specializes in the development and evaluation of digital mental health products. Type “depression” or “anxiety” into an app store, and you’ll be met with a dizzying list of results. There are thousands of “wellness” apps like Headspace that counsel people on breathing exercises and other techniques to help them feel more mindful. Apps such as Woebot and TalkLife profess to help manage conditions like anxiety and postpartum depression using games, mood journaling or text exchanges with peers or automated bots. Some apps are meant to be used alongside in-person therapy, and others on their own. Several of the most popular, like Talkspace, BetterHelp and Ginger, promise access to treatment with a licensed therapist over text message, phone or video. Others, including Brightside and Cerebral, connect users yto psychiatrists who can prescribe antidepressants. Most products make their money by charging consumers a monthly or annual fee, with the option to purchase extras like video sessions with a therapist. Others contract directly with employers or insurers. And, yes, a small portion of these

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apps have promising research to back them up. Several studies, for example, have found that cognitive behavioral therapy, a mainstay of treatment for depression and anxiety that seeks to help patients change negative thought patterns, is as effective when delivered using web-based platforms as when done in person by a licensed professional. And the pandemic has bolstered claims that patients are willing to trade in-person visits for the ease of online connection. Upbeat view “Digital mental health can be viewed as a way to extend the mental resources that we have,” said David Mohr, who directs the Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. A step-care model, for example, would allow patients with milder symptoms to be treated via technology while reserving inperson care for patients who need something more. The challenge for consumers is separating the apps that might help from those that offer little more than distraction — or could actually do harm. Some companies offering mental health treatment had recently been doing something totally different — for example, an online seller of erectile dysfunction and hair loss treatments has started offering psychiatric evaluations and prescribing and selling antidepressants. Tech companies are by nature for-profit and, in the rush to compete in a saturated market, many are selling a product with an appealing user interface but little evidence of effectiveness. A 2020 analysis by Australian researchers reviewing nearly 300 apps for anxiety and depression found just 6% of the companies that boasted SEE APPS, P10

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Christan “Chrissy” Brand, 42, of Franktown, CO, passed away at her home on June 18, 2021. She was born July 20, 1978 in Denver, CO, the daughter of Lowell Hal and Kathy Turner. Chrissy was a 1996 graduate of Ponderosa High School in Parker, CO and attended the University of Colorado at Denver for two years. Upon the death of her father in 1997, she managed the family business, Turner Stables in Parker, CO. On September 27, 2003, she married Eric Paul Brand in Annapolis, MD. She and her husband Eric were cattle ranchers on the farm they shared in Franktown, CO. Chrissy also was a Show Horse trainer. Chrissy was a talented artist who did beautiful pencil sketches. She participated in numerous competitive horse show events over the years, including the National Western Stock Show. She was an avid reader and had a great love of books, history and nature. She

had a special passion for all animals…horses, dogs, cats, cows and just about anything that walks, flies, swims or crawls. Survivors are her husband, Eric Paul Brand, Franktown, CO; mother, Kathy L. Turner, Parker, CO; uncle, Terry Neil (Kathy) King, Barrington, IL; cousin, Shari (James) Ashley, Parker, CO; and her mother-in-law, Sue (Pete) Bielski, Annapolis, MD. She was predeceased by her father, Lowell Hal Turner, grandparents, Neil L. King and Joan King, and her aunt Sharon Noel and her uncle Robert Noel. To help others, Christan chose to be an organ and tissue donor. Services will be held on Saturday July 17, 2021 at 11:00am at Spring Valley Cemetery, 13944 Spring Valley Road, Larkspur, CO 80118. Memorial Donations may be made to the Buddy Center of Castle Rock, 4556 Castleton Court, Castle Rock, CO 80109, 303-751-5772.

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an evidence-based framework in the app store description for their products had published any evidence. Nor do star ratings and download totals offer much context: An April study from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School found little correlation between app store metrics and treatment quality. “No one is competing based on privacy, safety or evidence. They’re competing on aesthetics, in part, on page ranking, marketing on brand awareness,” said Dr. John Torous, director of the digital psychiatry division at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and one of the authors of the April study. “There’s an implicit assumption that the app is better than nothing. But what if it isn’t better than nothing?” One problem, said Dr. Ipsit Vahia, a geriatric psychiatrist and medical director of the McLean Institute for Technology in Psychiatry, is that randomized control studies of the kind that might prove an app’s effectiveness can take years, far slower than the rapid innovation in tech. “In general, the health care industry and the technology industry work at very different paces,” Vahia said. Seeing differences Dr. David Mou, a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital who is chief medical officer at Cere-

July 8, 2021 bral, said he agrees that everything new in health care must be done deliberately and conservatively to avoid patient harm. But he said some people in the mental health field are painting all companies with the same brush and failing to differentiate those that are datadriven from those trying to grow at any cost. “They look at us and say we’re all VC-backed bros in a basement trying to redesign health care. And that’s not true. It may have been true 10 years ago, but it isn’t true today,” said Mou. The long-term winners, he said, will be those that are “evidence-based and measure quality like crazy.” Cerebral offers online therapy and medication management and delivery for a range of mental illnesses. The monthly subscription fees range from $29 to $325, depending on the level and frequency of care, as well as insurance coverage. Mou said Cerebral is already able to demonstrate some advantages. While many top hospital systems might have a months-long wait for care, he said, someone in crisis can reach a Cerebral provider almost immediately. “Within minutes you are able to talk with someone with one of our instant live visits. That in itself is a huge win.” Even critics of the tech explosion are quick to acknowledge that the current brick-and-mortar system of mental health is dated and inadequate. In recent years, the issues surrounding mental illness and lack of access to treatment have infiltrated public dialogue. Brain illnesses that many families once

squirreled away from view have become the stuff of celebrity culture and dinner-table chatter. Improvement difficult Yet even as advocates have made strides in acceptance, truly improving the lives of people with mental illness has proven stubbornly difficult. Over the past several decades — while the U.S. successfully lowered death rates for cancer, heart disease and other major illnesses — deaths by suicide and drug overdose have continued to climb. Federal law theoretically requires insurance companies to cover brain illness as they would any other illness. But finding affordable care remains a challenge, largely because of a shortage of licensed mental health professionals and ongoing inequities in insurance coverage. In a nation where huge swaths of the population lack a primary care doctor and health insurance — but most everyone has a cellphone — connecting people to treatment via mobile apps would seem a logical solution. And, for some, the opportunity to talk about their mental health challenges anonymously makes online treatment an attractive alternative. Still, many of the experts who welcome the potential for innovation in mental health treatment acknowledge that consumers are getting little guidance in how to choose a reputable option. “Wellness” apps that promote a healthy lifestyle or apps that help people manage their disease without providing specific treatment suggestions can avoid FDA regulation. But even those that offer patientspecific diagnoses and treatment recommendations that would seem to fall squarely under the FDA’s authority do not seem to garner the agency’s attention, according to industry experts. “The FDA has been really, really lax on enforcing in digital health for reasons that are not entirely clear to me,” said Bradley Merrill Thompson, a lawyer at Epstein Becker Green who advises companies on FDA regulations. “Anybody could spend 20 minutes on the app store and find dozens of examples of apps that make medical device claims, and that have been doing so for some time, without any effort by the FDA to rein them in.” In response to questions from KHN about its approach to regulating mental health apps, the FDA

sent a brief statement. “As circumstances change and new needs arise, FDA is ready to meet and address these challenges, especially in the areas of mental health,” the statement reads in part. “We would like to see more evidence-based products in this area, which is why we remain committed to facilitating the development of additional safe and effective therapies for patients who rely on these products.” Psychiatrist has unique view Dr. Tom Insel, a psychiatrist and neuroscientist, has a unique view of the evolving landscape. In 2015, Insel left his job as director of the National Institute of Mental Health, a post he had held since 2002, trading the halls of government for the open floor plans of Silicon Valley to work in digital mental health. He started at Google’s Verily, then co-founded Mindstrong Health, a startup researching how smartphone technology could be used to predict and diagnose mental health crises. He has since left to advise California officials on behavioral health issues. Insel said he believes in the promise of digital mental health but that it will take time to find its highest and best use. He noted, for example, that most of the apps on the market focus on the problem of access: They make care more convenient. But they’re overlooking a more basic problem: quality. Unlike most fields of medicine, mental health providers rarely measure whether the care they provide makes patients better. “A lot of what we need is not just more access. It’s not just recreating the brick-and-mortar system and letting people do it by phone or Zoom,” Insel said. Instead, he argued, digital health should focus on measuring whether treatments improve people’s lives. “I have no doubt that this field will transform mental health treatment and diagnosis,” Insel said, “but we’re in the first act of a fiveact play. I don’t think we’re anywhere near the kinds of solutions that we need in the real world.” This story is from Kaiser Health News, a nonprofit news service covering health issues. It is an editorially independent program of Kaiser Family Foundation, which is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente. Used by permission. For more, khn. org.

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Denver and the Greeley area. The FAA released an official final word — a “finding of no significant impact” and “record of decision” — which enabled the agency to move forward with the Metroplex project. The decision was announced in January 2020. The finding meant the FAA determined that a further review, called an environmental impact statement, wasn’t necessary before the plan was put into action, according to the FAA’s website. Despite the court challenge, the project went into effect as scheduled on March 26, 2020, nearly four years after the FAA put the plan in motion, according to Centennial Airport. Local officials in the south Denver metro area and beyond were hoping to pump the brakes, fearing increased noise and some pilots flying over what Centennial Airport has argued is unsafe territory. Centennial Airport; the boards of commissioners of Arapahoe, Douglas and Gilpin counties; and the City of Greenwood Village filed legal action in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in March 2020, a few days before the plan’s implementation date. It was the latest outcry in years of complaints local officials had raised about the plan. While the plan was to directly impact only a handful of airports, potential effects could be felt in an area that includes all, or portions of, 31 counties in Colorado, although the FAA’s analysis indicated only a few dozen people would experience notable noise increases, located in unincorporated Jefferson County and unincorporated Elbert County. ‘Standing’ a sticking point The court’s dismissal of local officials’ challenge to the FAA’s plan largely rested on legal technicalities rather than on whether the plan would have negative effects on south metro Denver and other areas. In its decision — dated June 8 of this year — the court wrote that the local governments failed to demonstrate “standing,” or the right to file a court challenge given the circum-

From Nov. 18 through Dec. 20, 2019, the public was able to comment on any of the changes made between the draft environmental assessment of the Denver Metroplex plan and the final environmental assessment. Changes between the draft study and final study are listed at tinyurl. com/MetroplexFinal. The rest of the documents related to the plan are available at tinyurl.com/MetroplexProjectWebsite. The link labeled “final EA full document” still goes to the draft, but the one above it lists changes made in the final study. The Federal Aviation Administration held 12 public meetings, mostly in the Denver metro area, stances of the case. The dismissal “is very disappointing because they did not rule on the merits” of the arguments, Olislagers said. The arguments raised against the FAA’s plan, according to the court’s decision, included the following: • The FAA insufficiently considered various aspects of the Denver Metroplex plan’s impact on the surrounding area. • The agency did not “encourage or truly permit community involvement in the Metroplex design process.” • Gilpin County claims that the agency failed to meet its duties under the National Historic Preservation Act. The FAA’s NextGen project — an effort to increase safety and efficiency of air transportation across the country — began in 2007 and is expected to be largely in place by 2025. The Denver Metroplex plan is part of the FAA’s effort to comply with the NextGen process. In the court case, the local officials argued that Congress, by mandating that the FAA perform certain studies in connection with NextGen, meant for the agency to suspend any further action on NextGen projects until those studies were completed. The court roundly criticized the way local officials brought their challenge, sometimes citing a lack

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at which FAA representatives answered questions about the project and took written comments. Those ran from April 29 to May 16, 2019. Around that time, the agency took comments online and by physical mail during a roughly six-week public comment period about the draft EA. The FAA sent out an announcement of the project in May 2016. Public comment was initially accepted through early June 2016, according to the notice. The agency hosted 12 public workshops to explain the project and take comments between April and May 2017. It also fielded online comments for a month afterward. of evidence given. “Even if the city and counties’ theory of standing on behalf of their citizens was without infirmity, it would still be lacking in any support,” the court wrote. “For example, (the bodies) offer no evidence demonstrating how ‘Metroplex will directly affect the efforts of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties to reduce and mitigate noise and other aircraft impacts.’” The legal action was also filed in part by Mountain Aviation Inc., a charter and owner-operated aircraft services company headquartered at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in the Broomfield area. The challenge argued that “safety

concerns regarding the new arrival and departure procedures constitute injury with respect to operators such as Mountain Aviation,” according to the decision. But, it continued, “Mountain Aviation has not substantiated those passing assertions” that it was injured, or negatively impacted. The decision also said the challenge “fails to make any argument, let alone produce or point to any evidence, that Gilpin County has standing to bring its three NHPA claims.” May be end of line for complaints At the June 17 meeting of Centennial Airport’s board, officials’ comments signaled that they’re unlikely to contest the FAA’s plan further in court, though it’s unclear whether appealing the decision is entirely off the table. The now-dismissed action was a petition for review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, filed in March 2020 by the Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority — the government body that oversees the airport — and Greenwood Village, Gilpin County and Mountain Aviation Inc. Arapahoe and Douglas counties filed a separate petition for review in March 2020, and the two petitions were consolidated into one case. Initially, Centennial Airport had filed a petition for review in June 2019 but later withdrew its case because the filing was premature, and the court formally dismissed the case in August 2019. The new petition bore no difference from the airport’s side of the case, according to the airport.

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istory Colorado and the Colorado Rockies Baseball Club Foundation have collaborated to present “Hall of Legends” during MLB All-Star Week, July 10-18 at SONYA’S the Rally Hotel at McGregor Square, SAMPLER across 20th Street from Coors Field. Advance tickets ($10) are available at Rockies.com/ HallofLegends and in person at the Rally Store, 20th and Wazee, with all profits benefiting Sonya Ellingboe the Foundation to support underprivileged and at-risk youth. The exhibit of more than 30 objects includes Joe DiMaggio’s jersey when he hit his last home run in the final game of his career and a Hank Aaron’s bat and glove — and for the first three days only, a PSA gem mint 10 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card, known as the Holy Grail of baseball cards. Memorabilia in the Hall of Legends is lent by private collector Marshall Fogel of Denver. “Hall of Legends”

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July 8, 2021

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DCPA The Denver Center for the Performing Arts has sent notice of a new season, starting in November. See denvercenter.org. Curtis Center Curtis Center for the Arts, 2349 E. Orchard Rd., Greenwood Village, will open the 38th “All Colorado Art Show” with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. on July 10. Juror Mike McClung will speak at 2 p.m. on July 24. The exhibit runs through Aug. 28, with hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. McClung is a partner in Michael Warren Contemporary in Denver’s Santa Fe Arts District. Admission is free. 303-797-1779. Arapahoe Community College News from Trish Sangelo at ACC’s Gallery: The annual “Kaleidoscope” exhibit will be virtual this year, running July 12 to Dec. 31, while also virtual will be “Across the Globe — Next Destination Italy,” the annual

A mint-condition 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle baseball card will be displayed for three days in the “Hall of Fame” exhibit presented by History Colorado and the Colorado Rockies Baseball Club Foundation. COURTESY PHOTO

cultural exhibition (which in the past has followed at trip organized by the gallery. In-person exhibitions in the gallery will be open Mondays through Thurs-

days from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., depending on staffing: the ACC Student Invitational Aug. 23-Oct. 22; “Shared Visions: Collaborative Works by Colorado School for the

Blind Students and ACC Art Students” Nov. 8-17, with opening reception Nov. 11, 5-7 p.m. And finally, the (usually) annual “This is Colorado — Statewide Exhibition,” presented by the Heritage Fine Art Guild, will run Nov. 28 to Dec. 21, with a reception Dec. 2. (We will repeat these later ones — it’s just good to hear about them now ...) Some readers may want to enter that Heritage show — we haven’t received a call for artists yet!

9319. See the library’s website for details of “Kidstage” on Tuesdays in July at 6:30 p.m.; live storytimes on Facebook at 10:30 Mondays and Thursdays. In-person storytime is at 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. on Tuesdays, with pre-registration required. (Masks not required, but recommended for anyone who wants to stand near the storyteller!) Go to englewoodco.gov, click on the library link at the top and follow the prompts.

Vintage Theatre Vintage Theatre Productions, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora, announces the return of live performances with 11 shows scheduled in their two theatres for the 2021-2022 season. First: “Five Guys Named Moe,” in the Nickleson Auditorium, July 23-August 22. (Littleton’s Linda Suttle will direct “Young Frankenstein” in September — more later.)

Reminder Central City Opera Festival will be held at Hudson Gardens and Event Center, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive in Littleton. “Rigoletto” and “Carousel” will play on different nights. Tickets: $25$75, time varies. Call Central City Opera, 303-292-6700, for tickets.

Englewood Public Library Kids can still register for the summer reading program, in person or online. Kids 1-10: read 10 hours: Teens 12-18: read 24 hours. Call Mrs. Kimberly on the children’s hotline, 720-425-

SunSET Concerts Englewood’s SunSET Concert Series starts July 22 at CityCenter Amphitheatre, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood. July 22: Nothing But Nineties; July 29: Hazel Miller and the Collective; Aug. 5: The Walker Williams Band; Aug. 12: Raising Cain. Free.

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Date: August 24, 2021 Time: 9:00 a.m. Place: Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission The Chancery Building 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 801 Denver, CO 80203

Public Notice

PETITIONS

BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

DEADLINE FOR PETITIONS BY AFFECTED PERSONS: July 26, 2021

IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN OPERATIONS FOR THE NIOBRARA FORMATION, UNNAMED FIELD, ELBERT COUNTY, COLORADO CAUSE NO. 535 DOCKET NO. 210500086 TYPE: POOLING NOTICE OF HEARING GMT Exploration Company LLC, (Operator No. 10243) (“Applicant”) filed an Application with the Commission for an order to pool all oil and gas (“mineral”) interests in lands identified below. This Notice was sent to you because the Applicant believes you may own mineral interests that will be pooled if the Commission approves the Application. Pooling is the consolidation and combining of mineral interests so that all mineral interest owners receive payment for their just and equitable share of produced oil and gas. For more information about the Commission’s pooling process, please see a brochure on the Commission’s website here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14QaK0JG6G35g vqwq5pp5t1psF0fDil0M/view APPLICATION LANDS Township 6 South, Range 64 West, 6th P.M. Section 8: All Section 9: All Section 10: W½ DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION OF HEARING (Subject to change) The assigned Hearing Officer will hold a hearing only on the above referenced docket number at the following date, time, and location:

Any interested party who wishes to participate formally must file a written petition with the Commission no later than the deadline provided above. Please see Commission Rule 507 at https:// cogcc.state.co.us, under “Regulation,” then select “Rules.” Please note that, under Commission Rule 510.l, the deadline for petitions may only be continued for good cause, even if the hearing is continued beyond the date that is stated above. Pursuant to Commission Rule 507, if you do not file a proper petition, the Hearing Officer will not know that you wish to formally participate in this matter and the date and time of the hearing may change without additional notice to you. Parties wishing to file a petition must register online at https://oitco.hylandcloud.com/DNRCOGExternalAccess/Account/Login.aspx and select “Request Access to Site.” Please refer to our “eFiling Users Guidance Book” at https://cogcc.state.co.us/ documents/reg/Hearings/External_Efiling_System_Users_Guidebook_20201109.pdf for more information. Under Commission Rule 508, if no petition is filed, the Application may be approved administratively without a formal hearing. Any Affected Person who files a petition must be able to participate in a prehearing conference during the week of July 26, 2021, if a prehearing conference is requested by the Applicant or by any person who has filed a petition. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION For more information, you may review the Application, which was sent to you with this Notice. You may also contact the Applicant at the phone number or email address listed below. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if any party requires special accommodations as a result of a disability for this hearing, please contact Margaret Humecki at Cogcc. Hearings_Unit@state.co.us, prior to the hearing

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and arrangements will be made. OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSIONOF THE STATE OF COLORADO By: Mimi C. Larsen, Secretary Dated: June 21, 2021 GMT Exploration Company LLC c/o Jamie L. Jost Kelsey H. Wasylenky Jost Energy Law, P.C. 3511 Ringsby Court, Unit 103 Denver, CO 80216 720-446-5620 jjost@jostenergylaw.com kwasylenky@jostenergylaw.com Legal Notice No. 24641 First Publication: July 8, 2021 Last Publication: July 8, 2021 Publisher: Elbert County News

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ELBERT, STATE OF COLORADO 751 Ute Avenue, Kiowa, CO 80117 Phone: (303) 621-8521 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO In the Interest of: CHLOE SANFILIPPO, DOB 08/05/2006 and CALLEIGH WELDON, DOB 03/25/2014 Child(ren), ELBERT COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Petitioner, And concerning: ALEXA WELDON, CHRISTOPHER WELDON, and JOHN DOE, Respondents KIMBERLY WELDON, Intervenor Stephanie L. Exner, #42535 Elbert Special County Attorney P.O. Box 1462 Thornton, Colorado 80614

Cayden Michael Mahoney be changed to Cayden Michael Chavez-Mahoney Case No.: 2012 DR 129 IV-D Case No: 20-903037-44-6A

303-362-3749 Stephanie.Exner.Law@gmail.com Case Number: 20JV12 Division: 1 NOTICE OF ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND DEFAULT JUDGMENT

By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that an Adjudicatory Hearing regarding JOHN DOE is set for July 15, 2021 at 11:00 AM in Division 1 at the Elbert County District Court, 751 Ute Avenue, Kiowa, Colorado 80117. You have the right to be represented by an attorney during these proceedings; if you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to represent you. In the event you fail to appear for said hearing at the date and time indicated, the Petitioners, the People of the State of Colorado and the Elbert County Department of Human Services, will request that the Court enter a default judgment against you and adjudicate the child dependent and neglected in accordance with the Colorado Children's Code. This hearing may be conducted electronically or by telephonically as follows: https://judicial.webex.com/join/Judge. Gary.M.Kramer Dial (720) 650-7664 (local Denver area) or (415) 655-0001 (U.S.) Enter Meeting Code:927-598-250 # Respectfully submitted this 29th day of June, 2021.

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on June 20, 2021 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Elbert County Court. The Petition requests that the name of Carston Garrett Mahoney be changed to Carston Garrett Chavez-Mahoney Case No.: 2012 DR 129 IV-D Case No: 20-903037-44-6A By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 24643 First Publication: July 8, 2021 Last Publication: July 22, 2021 Publisher: Elbert County News PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

/s/ Stephanie L. Exner Stephanie L. Exner, #42535 Elbert Special County Attorney

Public notice is given on June 20, 2021 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Elbert County Court.

Legal Notice No. 24646 First Publication: July 8, 2021 Last Publication: July 8, 2021 Publisher: Elbert County News

The Petition requests that the name of Chase Robert Mahoney be changed to Chase Robert Chavez-Mahoney Case No.: 2012 DR 129 IV-D Case No: 20-903037-44-6A

Name Changes

By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. 24645 First Publication: July 8, 2021 Last Publication: July 22, 2021 Publisher: Elbert County News

Legal Notice No. 24644 First Publication: July 8, 2021 Last Publication: July 22, 2021 Publisher: Elbert County News

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