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October 29, 2020

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JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO

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VOLUME 154 | ISSUE 47

County sees need for more data as COVID-19 cases continue to increase Restrictions likely to be increased soon if numbers remain at current levels Ultra runner, Courtney Dauwalter, runs on Apex Trail in Golden on a 2018 training run.

PHOTO BY HANNAH MORVAY

Golden woman runs 278 miles over 56 hours to win unique race

Courtney Dauwalter ran 4 miles an hour for more than two days BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A lot of trips to Tennessee revolve around visiting Graceland or the Grand Ole Opry. But last week

Golden’s Courtney Dauwalter went down to the Volunteer State with an entirely different kind of goal: to keep running one 4.1-mile lap an hour for as long as she possibly could. That goal was fulfilled on Oct. 20 when, over two days after embarking on her first lap, Dauwalter completed her 68th loop to become the last runner standing at the 2020 Big’s Backyard Ultra race — and thus its American winner.

approved bond measure. Eric Stout, Associate Principal of Warren Tech South, got the ball rolling with introductions and shout-outs to all of the people who made the day possible. The new campus will be the third for Warren Tech in Jefferson County, joining the Central campus in Lakewood

Jeffco officials asked for more specific data from Jeffco Public Health about where and among whom COVID-19 is spreading in Jeffco during a meeting held to discuss how the county should address a continuing rise in new cases that could lead the state to impose new restrictions on county businesses. The meeting was held on Oct. 19 after the county was notified by the Colorado Department of Public Health that the county had been moved from Safer at Home Level 2 to Safer at Home Level 3 on the state COVID-19 status dial, which would further limit how gyms, restaurants and other businesses can operate. However, JCPH Executive Director Jody Erwin said the move is considered “informal” for now and the county should have about four weeks to reduce its case numbers enough to move back into Level 3 or at least negotiate on whether all Level 3 restrictions will be put into effect in Jeffco. However, JCPH now does have the ability to “formally” move Jeffco into Level 3 and impose all accompanying restrictions if it determines Jeffco’s case data warrants doing so, he noted. “They are going to work with us and give us some flexibility and our hope is that as we get to the end of the four weeks as long as we are continuing to make progress they will continue to have some flexibility with us,” said Erwin. A spokesman for CDPHE offered the

SEE WARREN, P6

SEE COVID, P2

Held in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, this year’s Big’s Backyard Ultra matched 13 American runners who had to start a new lap at the beginning of each hour that would then be finished within that hour. Lap after lap, repeated until there was only one runner remaining, who is the winner. Dauwalter completed her 68 laps in 56 hours, 52 minutes and 29 SEE RUNNER, P5

Warren Tech South construction underway New classes and offerings at new location BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A groundbreaking celebration for the new Warren Tech South campus took place Oct. 20 at a site on

the Dakota Ridge High School property in Littleton. Masked attendees chatted and mixed, and the steady beep of heavy equipment filled the air, as speeches were given and ceremonial dirt was shoveled. The new campus, estimated to cost $10 million, is part of Jeffco Public Schools’ Capital Improvement Program, and will be funded in part by the November 2018 voter-

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BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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Community bike shops offer help, skills to kids P14


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