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Outbreaks rock county’s assisted-living facilities Coroner begging residents to wear masks as vulnerable populations weather pandemic

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Steve O’Hare has worked every holiday season for the past seven years at The Gardens in Highlands Ranch. This is his time PHOTOS BY ELLIOTT WENZLER away from his full-time job as a PGA golf caddy.

Tree tradition remains intact

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Shoppers at a local garden store strolled the facility, picking out their Christmas trees Dec. 9.

“I like that one,” one boy said to his parents, pointing to one of the tall trees.

The boy’s brothers and parents, the Stone family, from Highlands Ranch, usually buy their Christmas trees from The Gardens, a local store selling real and artificial trees, indoor and lawn decorations, plants and other items. The store is located at 9542 S. University Blvd., SEE TREES, P4

Nick Stone, left, 17, and his dad Dave Stone look through Christmas trees at The Gardens. The family said both height and fullness are important to them when picking out a tree.

NEW TRADITIONS Families find new ways to celebrate the holidays

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Douglas County Coroner Jill Romann sat in her office with Lauren Stockton, one of her certified death investigators, going down the list of recent pandemic victims who came through the office.

“Seventy-eight, 89, 63, 92, 81, 82, 76, 79, 99, 93,” Romann said, reading off their ages.

Romann The bulk of people from Douglas County to die of COVID-19 in recent weeks are older than 65 and coming from assisted living or specialized nursing facilities, Stockton said.

State data shows there are nine active outbreaks at assisted living, skilled nursing and similar centers in the county, with at least 36 deaths across them. The data also shows that Douglas County nursing facilities are seeing their largest outbreaks yet amid the pandemic.

“Our senior community is extraordinarily vulnerable to this disease.

And I get questioned all the time, ‘Did they die of COVID or with COVID,’” Romann said.

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NOT READY FOR TIP-OFF Basketball is among the winter sports that will have a later start due to COVID-19 P23

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Keep It Up, Douglas County!

COVID safety measures help restaurants stay open. Thank you for your continued support. Servers and staff appreciate your gratuity. Learn more at douglas.co.us/douglascovid19/ keep-it-up-douglas-county

Holiday fireworks planned for Dec. 19 Welcome the holiday season and celebrate the resilience and positive spirit of our community by watching high-in-the-sky fireworks shows Dec. 19 at 7 p.m. The 30-minute displays will launch from Rueter-Hess Reservoir and near Rocky Heights Middle School. Watch from the safety of your home or vehicle at a nearby location. For more information visit douglas.co.us/fireworks

COVID-19 Impact Grants available Applications are being accepted for the Restaurant and Indoor Event Venue Grant and Small Business Grant Programs until Dec. 30. Grants are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. To review eligibility details and deadlines for each program and apply visit douglas.co.us/cares-act

Community COVID-19 testing events through Dec. 30 COVID-19 swabbing and antibody testing with or without health insurance are available at locations throughout the County. To preregister and to learn more visit douglas.co.us/covid19-testing/events.

For information about other testing providers visit douglas.co.us/covid19-testing-locations

Do it online, Douglas!

Residents and businesses may access over 60 online services. For your convenience drop boxes are also available for Assessor, Motor Vehicle and Recording services, Visit douglas.co.us/covid19 for more details and drop box locations.

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Douglas County School District announces second-semester plan District will return students to in-person learning through phased approach

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Douglas County School District plans to return elementary schools to full, in-person learning at the start of the spring semester and will take a phased approach to sending secondary students back to a hybrid learning model.

The Douglas County School Board threw its support behind the plan presented by interim Superintendent Corey Wise at its Dec. 10 board meeting.

Public comment at the meeting’s start was filled with emotional pleas from special education, elementary and Wise high school parents asking directors to send students back to in-person learning.

Parents said children are being robbed of a normal school experience, that grades are suffering significantly and children’s mental health is floundering amid the isolation and stress of remote education.

Wise said district administrators understand pressures on the community, but he also wants families to understand the barriers he believes stand between the district and a quick return to in-person learning.

“I want you to know that as we evaluate, as we look into this, we do hear you,” Wise said.

Wise said a phased approach will allow the district to monitor two things: its ability to sustain in-person learning at an operational level and the safety of inperson learning based on COVID-19’s status in the community.

The district will likely assess bringing middle school students back to hybrid learning at the Jan. 19 board meeting, according to the plan. Middle schools could restart hybrid learning by late January or early February if the district chooses to switch them back from remote education.

The district could then discuss sending high school students back to hybrid learning at the board’s Feb. 16 meeting, with a possible start date in late February or early March.

Those dates could change, and students could return to some in-person learning sooner if possible, Wise said.

Operational pressures became a significant hurdle during the fall semester. Numerous schools were forced to switch from hybrid to remote learning temporarily after COVID-19 exposures placed more teachers in quarantine than there were available substitute teachers.

Then the district made a switch back to full remote learning at all grade levels on Nov. 30 as COVID-19 cases surged statewide.

Wise and Tri-County Health Department Executive Director John Douglas said state outbreak guidelines — which are legally binding for school districts — placed immense strain on school districts’ abilities to conduct inperson learning.

Wise said he hopes quarantines requirements can shrink from 14 to 10 days for exposed people in district schools and that new guidance from a task force established

by Gov. Jared Polis to send students back to in-person learning is expected in the coming days.

Chief Human Resources Officer Amanda Thompson said the district now has a pool of more than 600 substitutes and is hiring 70 more in the next two weeks.

She thanked community members for applying to become substitutes and asked them to continue.

As the district assesses sending students back to some in-person learning, it will keep a close eye on its substitute teacher request and fill rate, Wise said. The district’s ability to provide schools with as many substitutes as are requested will affect the district’s ability to conduct in-person and hybrid learning.

A key COVID-19 data point will be the two-week cumulative incidence rate per 100,000 in Douglas County. Right now, that sits at 830, Douglas said.

Wise stressed multiple factors will influence the district’s decision to change learning models, but the district might consider sending middle schools back to hybrid if the incidence rate is near 650 and operationally the district can manage keeping students in schools.

“This is not set in stone. This is one of the measures,” Wise said.

Wise said the district is confident most COVID-19 exposures this semester came from outside schools, and that district buildings provide a controlled environment for children.

“We do believe transmission within our schools is very low,” he said. “I think our schools are safer. I think our kids are safer in controlled spaces, and our schools are controlled spaces.”

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Highlands Ranch Metro District hires new general manager Mike Renshaw, of Georgia, will start in January

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Highlands Ranch Metro District has hired a successor to longtime General Manager Terry Nolan, who announced his retirement in the spring.

Mike Renshaw, who will begin as the general manager Jan. 18, is moving to Highlands Ranch from his position as the county manager of Barrow County, Georgia.

Renshaw has worked in local govRenshaw ernment for 27 years, including as city manager in Grantville, Georgia, and the director of the Bureau of Code Enforcement for the City of Atlanta. He’s also worked in local governments in Mesa, Arizona, and Camden County, North Carolina.

“I’m excited to start working and engaging and getting involved with the community,” Renshaw said in an interview with Colorado Community Media.

Renshaw has a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and a master’s in public administration from Arizona State University. He and his wife Judy have five children and two grandchildren. Renshaw, originally from Detroit, is a Navy veteran and has also served as a police officer in Arizona.

“I’m a big proponent of efficiency and effectiveness,” Renshaw said.

“What can we do as an organization to improve how we deliver services?”

Renshaw plans to focus on getting to know the organization after he begins, along with hitting the ground running on the long-talkedabout senior center project, he said.

“That will be a project of mine that I will dig into relatively quickly,” he said.

Renshaw also hopes to implement a new public dashboard on the metro district website that will include a variety of metrics for each department, showing how effectively those departments are operating.

“Mike brings experience and a sophistication in communication with the general public,” board chair Mark Dickerson said. “I think he’s going to enable the public to really understand what we do and how we benefit the community as a whole.”

The metro district conducted a national search to fill the position using a recruitment firm.

“We knew there would be a lot of candidates locally but we engaged a recruiting firm to do a national search to find the very best candidates,” Dickerson said.

Renshaw will be only the third manager to lead the metro district in its 40-year history, according to a news release from the district.

Nolan served in the position for 24 years.

“We have benefitted from extraordinary leadership in the past and I firmly believe that with Mike, it’s going to continue,” Dickerson said.

Nolan’s last day will be at the end of this year and the metro district’s head of finance, Stephanie Stanley, will serve in the position for the twoweek period before Renshaw begins.

“Just stepping off the plane and driving into Highlands Ranch, I was sold,” Renshaw said. “It’s such a lovely community.”

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November was Douglas County’s worst month of pandemic Nearly 60 people died with the virus, according to the coroner

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

November was by far Douglas County’s worst month of the pandemic, according to data from the Tri-County Health Department. More people were infected, more people died and more people went to the hospital with COVID-19 than at any other point in the pandemic.

“By the most serious metrics we track, November was a worse month than the peaks in April,” Dr. John Douglas, executive director of Tri-County, said in a meeting with Douglas County commissioners Dec. 8.

The highest month for hospitalizations in the spring, which was when the first wave of the virus struck, was April, and there were 72 hospitalized cases in Douglas County. In November, there were 171.

In November, 56 people in Douglas County died with the virus, according to the coroner’s office.

In April, the spring month with the highest death count, 34 died. As of Dec. 11, 145 people from Douglas County had died from COVID-19 since the pandemic began, according to Tri-County.

That trend is also playing out in senior living facilities, nursing homes and other similar businesses. These facilities are facing their largest SEE NOVEMBER, P5

The members of the Stone family, from Highlands Ranch, decide between two Christmas trees while shopping PHOTO BY ELLIOTT WENZLER at The Gardens on Dec. 9.

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near the corner of Highlands Ranch Parkway and University Boulevard.

“We like their trees and the people here are super helpful and nice,” Andrea Stone said.

This year, The Gardens started selling Christmas trees before Thanksgiving, which

is earlier than usual, because of high demand, said staff member Steve O’Hare.

“Everyone was bored so they just decided to start buying trees,” he said.

The store offers a variety of trees from Colorado, North Carolina and Oregon.

O’Hare likes working at the store during the Christmas season as a switch from his regular job in golf as a PGA caddie, he said.

“I just like the atmosphere,” he said. “It’s nice and it keeps you in the Christmas spirit.”

This holiday season may be unusual with the new addition of masks and social distancing, but the Stone family is focusing on the traditions that remain unchanged.

“The silver lining is that everyone is home,” Andrea said. “I love having the family time despite everything being closed down.”

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Republican confirmed winner in DA race Democrat Padden concedes to Kellner after close contest

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Republican John Kellner was confirmed the victor over Democrat Amy Padden in a close contest for 18th Judicial District attorney after the state completed a mandatory recount in the race.

Kellner secured 50.12% of the vote, or 287,402 ballots, while Kellner Padden garnered 49.88%, or 285,977 votes. The district comprises Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties.

Kellner, who will succeed Republican George Brauchler, celebrated with a statement on social media.

“It’s official! The recount is complete across all four counties and I’ll be taking the oath of office as the next DA of the 18th Judicial District on Jan. 12. Thank you to everyone who helped make this possible,” Kellner wrote on Twitter.

Padden conceded on Dec. 5, still waiting on results from Lincoln County but expecting a final margin of 1,425 votes, or less than 0.25% difference.

In a release, Padden’s campaign pointed to the number of registered voters in the district — 27.5% are Democrats and 30.3% Republicans — and that 21,000 more Republicans cast ballots in the race than Democrats.

“We ran a positive, policy-based campaign that resonated with hundreds of thousands of voters. I am eternally grateful to my family, my team, and our amazing group of supporters for all their support,” Padden said in a statement.

Padden said she has offered Kellner her help in implementing reforms promised on the campaign trail.

The candidates had squared off touting their experience and ability to helm the state’s most populous judicial district amid nationwide calls for criminal justice reform.

Kellner has pledged to make more data available than what the district publishes today regarding criminal justice statistics and demographics of people in the system. He also promised community town halls and an external audit of prosecutorial data to check the system for implicit bias.

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outbreaks yet, according to state data.

There are likely several reasons that the pandemic worsened in November, including people getting together for holidays like Halloween, Douglas said.

“Things (are) a lot more open than during the stay-at-home phase. (There’s) cooler weather, so it’s less easy to be outdoors,” he said as other possible reasons. “(There is) COVID fatigue on many personal prevention measures.”

The first half of December brought a slight improvement in statistics with a downturn in hospitalizations and cases per 100,000 residents.

Hospitalization rates in early December had gone slightly down with 68% of ICU capacity and 78% of inpatient beds in the county filled.

“It is likely that some of the unpleasant restrictions of the higher levels on the dial are helping out,” Douglas said, referring to the state’s color-coded tool for COVID-19 restrictions.

Douglas County is currently in level red, the second most restrictive level. County commissioners are working on a plan to have some of those restrictions, like a ban on indoor dining, lifted.

Data from the coroner’s office shows that 41 people died with COVID-19 in the first two weeks of December. There is often a delay

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In a statement released through a spokesperson, commissioners said they are hopeful that by encouraging “public health practices and personal responsibility,” they can reduce future hospitalized cases and deaths.

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Will metro counties see a second stay-at-home order?

‘Too early to tell,’ says health chief as deaths, cases appear to level off

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

On April 22, 40 people in Colorado died with coronavirus, marking the state’s one-day record for deaths among people with COVID-19 in the spring.

After months of the daily death count falling and then staying steady, it jumped back up in the fall.

Colorado matched its record on Nov. 11. A week later, the state posted a one-day total of 42 deaths.

On both Nov. 27 and Dec. 1, the state saw 60 deaths each day among those with coronavirus, Colorado’s worst days on record as of Dec. 11.

The rate of deaths — and new COVID-19 cases — now appear to be leveling off, but Colorado’s new cases per day still dwarf the reported numbers from the spring and summer, making Colorado’s previous “peaks” look like tiny blips. If the death rate only plateaus, Colorado could still see dozens dead each day.

And if public health officials decide that the Denver metro area — and other regions — need more coronavirus-related restrictions, they have few places left to go other than to impose the kind of stay-athome orders that drastically recast life and business in the spring.

It’s too early to say for sure, but at least as of Dec. 10, fears of Thanksgiving gatherings unleashing more severe virus spread in Colorado appear not to have come true. The rate of new cases appeared to have plateaued, or even slightly declined, according to the state’s COVID-19 website data.

The head of Tri-County Health Department said it’s “too early to tell” whether Denver metro counties will need new stay-at-home orders.

“I am pleasantly surprised that we haven’t seen more of a post-Thanksgiving bounce,” said John Douglas, executive director of the health agency for Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties. “I suspect this is due to the red-level capacity limits and the publicity about the gravity of the pandemic that got many of us practicing safer behaviors.”

Douglas referred to the “red” restrictions on Colorado’s COVID-19 dial, a level that bans private gatherings, indoor dining at restaurants and tightens capacity limits at some types of businesses. It took effect Nov. 20 in Denver metro counties and other areas of the state. Now, just over half the state’s 64 counties operate in level red.

State public health officials wouldn’t say how likely new stay-athome orders are for metro Denver and other regions. Officials are “pleased to see a plateau in cases, but our numbers still are significantly higher than they were in the spring,” said a statement from the

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“It appears that the level red mitigation tactics are working. That said, we don’t yet know if increases from Thanksgiving will create a spike or what cases will look like after the December holidays,” the statement said. “We need Coloradans to continue to avoid gatherings with other households, wear masks when interacting with people outside of their household and maintain at least 6 feet of distance from others.”

Getting to ‘level purple’

Continuing its county-by-county approach to coronavirus restrictions, the state’s new revision of the COVID-19 dial — the color-coded set of restrictions counties must follow based on local virus spread — added a “level purple” in November. That’s the new term for a stay-at-home order.

While a county qualifying for lower dial levels depends on the local rates of new cases, how many COVID-19 tests come back positive and the trend in hospitalizations, a move into level purple depends more squarely on whether hospital capacity risks being breached. That scenario could be defined a few different ways, according to the public health order behind Colorado’s dial, but the simplest is when hospitals approach 90% of their reported “surge capacity.”

Surge capacity means a hospital’s ability to transition medical and surgical beds to intensive care unit (ICU) beds, create plans for additional staffing, and manage or delay elective surgeries, according to the State Joint Information Center. “Elective” means a surgery can be delayed without undue risk to health.

Estimates based on data from before Thanksgiving say that if Colorado kept up its levels of maskwearing, physical distancing and moving activities outside, then hospital and ICU demand may stay within Colorado’s estimated surge capacity, according to a Dec. 4 report by the Colorado School of Public Health.

But if Coloradans let their guard down enough over the holidays, demand on hospitals could break those estimates, the report says.

If that happens, the state could

reach ICU surge capacity in early January or even late December depending on how closed-off Coloradans keep themselves from contacts.

What’s more, local public health agencies, such as Tri-County Health in the metro area, could choose to issue their own stay-at-home orders whether the state’s dial requires it or not. Back in March, three metroarea public health departments issued stay-at-home orders, covering Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas, Jefferson and Boulder counties, just before Gov. Jared Polis announced the statewide stay-at-home.

But Tri-County Health probably wouldn’t issue its own order at this point in the pandemic, said Douglas.

“I think this is unlikely since we now have a state framework (the dial) for all counties contributing to, or at risk from, a breach in hospital capacity to move together, which would be much more effective than movement of individual counties,” Douglas said.

Program could loosen limits

Meanwhile, businesses’ eyes are set on the state potentially going in the other direction: loosening rather than tightening restrictions, and possibly reopening indoor dining.

As of mid-December, the state public-health department was considering new rules that would let businesses operate at higher capacity than current restrictions normally allow — as long as the businesses stick to strict protocols designed to prevent the virus’ spread in their buildings.

Colorado calls it the “business best practice certification” program, modeled after a system Mesa County has “pioneered and has successfully run since the summer,” according to the state public-health department. That’s known as the “5-star rating program.”

If the state adopts a similar program, businesses could generally operate based on a level of the state’s COVID-19 dial that is one notch less severe than the level the business would otherwise have to follow. For example, a business in a “level orange” county could operate at “level yellow” capacity restrictions.

It was still unclear as of Dec. 11 whether the state will allow businesses in level red counties to SEE ORDER, P10

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“It doesn’t matter if they died ‘of ’ or ‘with.’ They died because of COVID. Their life was shortened because of COVID and the question of ‘of ’ or ‘with’ COVID is really a moot point.”

Some centers have evaded widespread death among residents despite a high number of infections, but not all.

An outbreak unfurled at the Castle Rock skilled nursing center Brookside Inn on Oct. 13, beginning with numerous infections among residents and staff but exploding in November.

As of early December, nearly 200 residents and staff have been infected. More than two dozen residents have died at the center during the outbreak.

“It was devastating,” Brookside administrator Jarom Eberhard said.

“But we do see light at the end of the tunnel.”

‘It’s been really hard’

Eberhard hopes Brookside is nearing the end of its outbreak.

A resident has not tested positive since a round of testing on Dec. 3, he said on Dec. 9.

That’s relieving news for an industry in which staff can become like “a second family” to the people they care for.

Employees provide 24-hour care for people no longer able to care for themselves, he said. That not only requires getting physically close to residents but often leads to a tight bond between the health care workers and the people they serve.

“It’s been really hard for our staff, obviously the residents and family members. It’s been a difficult time,” he said.

The skilled nursing facility was able to trace the start of its outbreak to a new resident who tested positive for COVID-19 shortly after being admitted to Brookside, Eberhard said.

“From there it just spread to the staff and then spread to other residents,” he said. “We’ve seen throughout the nation regardless of your rating, or if you’re a big facility, small facility, for profit, not-forprofit, it didn’t really matter with COVID. If it got into your building, it is very challenging to get it out.”

The admission of an ill resident coincided with an uptick in cases

Douglas County Coroner Jill Romann is urging county residents to take precautions FILE PHOTO against COVID-19, including wearing masks.

throughout the community, he said.

As members of the health care industry, Brookside encourages following proper social distancing within the broader community, he said.

Staff live and move throughout surrounding areas, running the risk of getting exposed and carrying COVID into their place of work, he said.

“Anything that happens in the community, we get affected,” he said.

Tri-County Health Department data shows at least 50 people died in Douglas County from COVID-19 in November. The average age of COVID-19 victims in Douglas County is 82. Nearly 79% of COVID-19 deaths are among people 75 and older.

The total number of deaths since COVID-19 reached Douglas County in March, among other statistics posted to Tri-County Health’s website, is often outdated because of reporting lag times.

As of mid-afternoon Dec. 7, Romann confirmed that Tri-County Health’s published data did not yet reflect an additional 10 lives lost to the pandemic. There had been 132 people from Douglas County who died because of COVID-19 by that time, she said, not the 122 published online.

Brookside is not the only facility hit by outbreaks, although others

are seeing far fewer deaths, according to state data.

At assisted living facility Parker Senior Living by MorningStar, 60 residents and 33 staff have tested positive for the virus during an ongoing outbreak first declared on Nov. 5. Seven people have died.

The Brookdale Highlands Ranch assisted living facility officially became an outbreak site on Nov. 15. There, 30 residents and 13 staff members have tested positive, with two more suspected cases among staff. One person has died.

The Suites Parker, a skilled nursing center, was designated an outbreak site on Sept. 21 and remains on the state’s list of active outbreaks. Among residents, at least 53 people became infected with COVID-19. One person has died.

Nearly 20 staff members had tested positive.

And assisted living facility Legacy Village of Castle Pines saw at least 19 residents test positive with another probable case amid an ongoing outbreak first declared on Nov. 13. An additional 11 staff members tested positive. No one has died at the facility during the outbreak.

For several facilities, this is not the first outbreak to breach the facility during the pandemic. But none of the incidents on the state’s list of resolved outbreaks at assisted liv-

ing or specialized nursing facilities reached the more than 24 confirmed resident infections and no more than seven people died in an individual outbreak during the spring and summer.

Ashley Richter, the communicable disease epidemiology manager for Tri-County-Health Department, oversees contact tracing for the health agency.

Asked what the Douglas County data can tell the community — and how one location can be hit especially hard amid outbreaks while others less so — Richter said those numbers demonstrate the volatility of this health crisis.

“We have seen throughout the pandemic that some people get incredibly sick while others get what they describe as a ‘minor cold.’ There’s no way for us to predict the severity of symptoms or how a specific individual will react to the virus,” she said via email.

It also stresses the need for vigilantly practicing precautions, she said. A person might only experience minor symptoms but can also spread COVID-19 to someone who has “a devastating outcome.”

A community can support its neighbors in congregate housing by strictly abiding by visitation guidelines, she said. Do not visit a loved one if feeling ill.

“The residents of these facilities, for the most part, aren’t leaving and getting exposed outside the facility. The virus physically has to be brought in,” she said.

‘It’s all related’

While local facilities weather outbreaks, some Douglas County communities are criticizing level red public health restrictions and pushing to further reopen the local economy.

The Town of Castle Rock recently adopted a resolution rebuking the state for placing Douglas County under level red restrictions and closing restaurants to indoor dining.

The town’s resolution said it will not participate in enforcing the health order. Local business owners and elected leaders have fiercely disputed a link between indoor dining and significnant community spread.

Richter cautioned reopening communities too soon can still affect vulnerable community members.

“It’s all related,” Richter said.

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people can become exposed, which means that those individuals can go into nursing facilities or see friends and continue to spread the virus.”

Castle Rock Mayor Jason Gray said the town is kept informed of local outbreaks through Tri-County Health but does not get involved in monitoring the matters unless the business or Tri-County requests town assistance.

Gray said he was disheartened to hear about the outbreak at Brookside.

“I’ve long said since this started that I don’t care if you’re 8 years old or 80, if you have a preexisting condition or not, or if you are elderly, every life is precious,” he said. “I think it’s awfully sad that that’s happening.”

Gray said the town is responding

to strong and often polar opposite opinions among community members regarding how best to handle the pandemic.

“There are a lot of people who have come to me and are upset that they feel like the town or the county is not taking that as seriously as we should, and we also have a lot of people who think that we are taking it too seriously and that businesses need to be open,” he said.

He would tell community members critical of the town’s calls to reopen businesses that local leaders are trying to balance caring for residents’ health and their livelihoods.

“I don’t think that should be a choice we make, about who we are more compassionate too,” he said.

Gray is an advocate for variance programs allowing restaurants that meet certain requirements to resume indoor dining, something now prohibited under the county’s level red status.

“I don’t want to lose anybody else, but the fact is we are going to, so if we can mitigate that as much as possible and start the reopening process of our businesses, I would like to,” Gray said.

Douglas County commissioners are leading efforts to establish a variance program for local restaurants and have written letters to the state urging further reopening of Douglas County’s businesses.

A spokeswoman said Douglas County is not involved in responding to local outbreaks, but commissioners are regularly briefed on the pandemic’s status by Tri-County Health. The county does operate work groups to facilitate connecting older adults with resources they need during the pandemic, particularly assisting those isolated by the crisis.

Commissioners did not offer comment regarding the status of outbreaks at county nursing centers.

Precautions urged

Romann, the county coroner, is begging the community to wear masks and continue taking pandemic precautions — and not only because she sees the pandemic’s deadly toll through her line of work.

In October, Romann’s 75-year-old husband was hospitalized for eight days because of COVID-19 while she battled the virus at home. He lost 28 pounds but recovered.

“While I was sick, I was worried sick about him,” she said.

Romann, 64, still can’t taste food.

And she remembers the anxiety of being separated from her husband, unable to visit him at the hospital or easily speak with him while he relied on an oxygen mask.

She wants people to stop asking if elderly pandemic victims died “of ” or “with” COVID-19, and she wants people to wear masks.

“We are not out of this,” she said.

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School district plans to name new superintendent in May

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The Douglas County School Board has approved a timeline for selecting the district’s next superintendent, aiming to have the process wrapped up in May. The board approved the plan as part of its consent agenda, a group of items passed in a single vote, during its Dec. 10 meeting.

The timeline kicks off this month, with the selection of a search firm and the planning of community engagement efforts throughout December and January.

The district will take up a survey of staff and community members in February to develop a “leadership profile.” The district will also gather focus groups of administrators, staff, students, parents and community members before finalizing the “superintendent

profile” and job application.

The district will spend March promoting the position and recruiting candidates. In April, it will screen candidates, interview top candidates and select a finalist or finalists.

The process is slated to finish in May. The finalist or finalists will interview with constituents and stakeholder panels, hold open forum community meetings and undergo interviews with the board before the new superintendent is selected.

Thomas Tucker resigned as superintendent in September, citing personal and family reasons while also under investigation for allegations of workplace discrimination, although he was cleared of any policy violations.

Longtime district employee and cabinet member Corey Wise is serving as interim superintendent.

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operate at level orange, though. That was to be determined depending on data from Mesa County on whether a 5-star program is compatible with the red level, according to the state public-health department.

Asked whether the program would allow indoor dining in level red counties, the State Joint Information Center seemed to indicate it would, saying: “In the draft proposal, if a county qualifies and chooses to develop the 5-star program, indoor dining could be allowed.”

It’s also unclear whether the state will roll out the program on schedule.

“While the program might launch on Dec. 18, counties will likely need additional time to implement it,” the information center’s statement said.

Vaccine not immediate fix

Even as word of vaccine rollouts spread across the nation, state officials are hoping Coloradans keep in mind that the general population won’t have access to a vaccine until the summer — and that’s if everything goes according to plan.

The highest-risk health care workers and individuals, and then moderate-risk health care workers and first responders, are expected to have access to the vaccine this winter, according to Colorado’s COVID-19 website.

Up next are other high-risk individuals and essential workers in spring, and then comes the general public — anyone age

18-64 without high-risk health conditions — in the summer.

But a speedy timeline depends on “steady shipments of vaccines from the federal government and steady administration of the vaccine by providers around the state,” a governor’s office news release said.

An estimated 1 in 40 Coloradans are infectious with COVID-19 — the highest prevalence to date, the School of Public Health’s Dec. 4 report says.

And even accounting for the lack of testing early in the pandemic — a factor that makes Colorado’s spring tally of COVID-19 cases appear artificially low — Coloradans are now likely becoming infected at more than twice the true rate experienced during spring, according to the report.

The estimated peak in the spring of all asymptomatic and symptomatic infections — not just the cases that are actually reported, generally, through testing — is estimated to have occurred around late March, with nearly 6,000 new infections in one day.

In mid-November, the one-day estimate of new infections had reached around 13,000. The reported number of new cases for Nov. 12 was 6,600.

Even by a conservative estimate, Colorado could see nearly 5,600 deaths associated with COVID-19 by the end of the year, the report says.

As of Dec. 10, Colorado had seen 3,012 deaths due to COVID-19. The total deaths among cases was 3,846 — the number who died with COVID-19 but not necessarily due to it.

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hat’s science got to do with it?

What’s science but a secondhand emotion?

Music, eventually, finds its way into almost everything, including a pandemic. The same is true for all of the arts.

Visual artists, QUIET filmmakers, writDESPERATION ers, and others have been reacting to COVID-19 ever since it began to hit America and, in many ways, limit Americans.

Musicians have responded to dire conditions, authority, wars, prejudice, Craig Marshall Smith and innumerable hardships forever.

Some of us may have been initiated by Woody Guthrie’s politically charged anthems. He also wrote “This Land is Your Land.”

The decade of the 1960s was a ripe period for musicians, many of whom were tagged as “protest singers,” especially Bob Dylan, but also

The news right now is a bombardment.

Listening to music is one of the ways I (try to) overcome the frustrations and anxieties. I don’t invite “protest” music into that as I did during, for example, the Vietnam War. Music and movies are my antidote. After a day saturated with “Breaking News” I want comedy, romantic comedy, drama, but I don’t want violence, revenge, meanness or cruelty. There’s plenty of that in the paper.

After he left Them, Van Morrison recorded “Brown Eyed Girl,” which you can hear at least once a week on the radio.

“Skipping and a jumping / In the misty morning fog with you” is a long old way away from “No more celebrities.”

Often it’s the other way around.

Artists protest when we’re young, then soften (or resign) as we get older.

Of course, many go down fighting whatever it is.

Pete Seeger was still being Pete Seeger until the day he died (2014 at

Peter, Paul, and Mary, Phil Ochs, Richie Havens, Joan Baez, Nina Simone, even Marvin Gaye.

A British band at the time, Them, was uninvolved, and recorded hits such as “Gloria,” “Baby, Please Don’t Go,” and “Here Comes the Night.”

The lead singer, who was born in 1945, went solo and still performs.

I was half-surprised to read about a song he’s written and recorded titled “No More Lockdown,” and anti-lockdown tune.

“No more celebrities / No more celebrities telling us / Telling us what we’re supposed to feel / No more lockdown.”

He takes a bigger swing at “experts.”

“No more Imperial College Scientists making up crooked facts.”

It’s not smooth and pretty, is it?

Neither was Dylan’s “Masters of War,” a song I have outgrown; not one I’m likely to listen to on a Sunday in 2020.

As an artist, I have always avoided current events, choosing instead to find solace in painting and drawing rather than a forum.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Who should be the judge?

The column “Before Sharing that article or meme…” by Tiffany Curtin in the issue of Dec. 3 states, “A research study

by Princeton University and NYU revealed that adults over 65 are more than twice as likely to share false information over Facebook….” So, who is or should be the judge of what is false information? Facebook would have you believe that they are the judge. Also, Twitter seems to think they are the judge. What has happened to free speech?

Certainly, universities are not good judges of what is misleading as they censor free speech on their campuses according to their own political views. In Ms. Curtin’s point 4, that we should look for a video that has been altered, think back to how CNN (and others) altered the video of Nick Sandmann. They had to pay this young man for falsely representing what had happened at the March for Life in 2019. So, who can we trust to give us accurate information?

Instead of worrying about the spread of misinformation, we should be more concerned about allowing the free flow of ideas.

There should not be one person

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or group that decides what is deemed to be true and what is deemed to be false. And who is to say that older people do not understand better what they are forwarding? Their worldly experience more than makes up for less experience with digital media.

Jeri E. Brown Castle Rock Don’t call health clubs essential

A recent letter to the editor concerning health clubs did have one point correct, this pandemic is having an impact on everyone’s mental health. I do question the need to place health clubs as essential to solving problems and deserving of state funds compared to other small businesses that will not receive these funds due to their timing.

If health clubs are essential, what percent of the total population do they serve, 10%-20%-30% to warrant essential? How are they more essential than are schools or churches that are experiencing financial difficulties? Schools service a higher percentage of the population and many of these kids that cannot have in-person contact may be SEE LETTERS, P13

the age of 94).

I probably won’t add “No More Lockdown” to my playlists. However, I understand Morrison’s desire to produce such a song.

I’ll let you in on a secret: These columns give me an opportunity to achieve the very same thing, albeit without the edge or the angle.

Morrison is adhering to the unwritten “Artist’s Responsibility.”

Choosing to will cost him some of his audience.

A best friend and I have been exchanging daily messages, each swathed in humor, wordplay, and nonsense.

Another friend and I dwell on the pandemic and politicians.

Which do you think I look forward to the most?

One day, Mark and I exchanged, explained, and debated our favorite humorists. It was hotly contested, meaningless, without importance or merit.

And wonderful.

Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.

Who is on your Have Not Called list?

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special thanks to one of our community families, Mr., and Mrs. Arthur Emerson, for inspiring this week’s column, your encouragement is greatly appreciated.

Who is on your Do Not Call list?

I don’t mean the businesses you have WINNING asked to stop calling WORDS you, or the Do Not Call lists that you have registered your telephone number with to stop telemarketers from trying to reach you. No, I am referring to the people in your life who have made your Michael Norton Do Not Call list.

Well, maybe we don’t refer to it as a Do Not Call list, but for too many of us, somehow along the way we have intentionally or inadvertently created our own Have Not Called list. Life gets in the way, we grow apart, work is too demanding, our calendars are already jam packed, we have been on video calls and conference calls all day and just can’t make time for one more call. Our ears are sore, our voice is

crackling, and we just need to hit the pause button.

Let’s back up eight months to when this pandemic became more real than many people had predicted. As we were going through restrictions and quarantines, many families took advantage of the time to schedule family video conferences, bringing in aunts, uncles, cousins, in-laws, and friends together as a way to stay in touch during a crisis. It was more than we had ever done before the pandemic came around. And it was awesome, tiring maybe, but awesome all the same.

It seems that the longer this virus hangs around, the more serious it has become; the more our calls and video conferences may have slowed down as well. For those of us who were all working remotely, and in some cases, going to an office or other place for that human touch, we had some of our needs met through interactions or engagement with others. Unfortunately, this is not the case for many other folks. And they are not “just other folks,” they are our folks, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, sisters, brothers, and friends who have been shuttered in

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End of life planning is crucial for orderly procedures

hat do Jimi Hendrix, Steve McNair, Aretha Franklin, Prince, Howard Hughes, and Chadwick Boseman have in common?

They all died without a will.* The end of the year causes me to FINANCIAL think you should make sure you have STRATEGIES your house in order.

You don’t have to be wealthy to create an estate plan, in fact, everyone should have a will and or a trust. The famous people listed above, as well as many Patricia Kummer others who died without leaving behind their final instructions, could have avoided leaving their loved ones in a lurch.

An estate plan is not just about leaving money or assets to the right people. It is also about running a business, raising children, keeping the family home or setting up trusts to care for family members. There could be a rental property, a pension plan or a safe of bonds or CDs that should be addressed.

Many young families hesitate

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place for a very long time.

Who is on your Have Not Called list? That question was in no way intended to make you feel guilty, if you have read this column before, you will know that is true. Instead, consider it encouragement to make calls, send texts, write letters or quick notes, send cards, drive by their home, wave through a window, or anything that will let anyone close to you know that they are loved, not forgotten, appreciated, and important to you.

There is that saying about being lonely, even when we are not alone. And when I think about that, I think about the nurses, doctors, first responders, military personnel, teachers, and others who have been on the front lines from day one. They are usually never alone, but many have shared that they have never felt lonelier. I’ll bet that each one of us knows someone who serves our community who would love to receive a call, a text, a card or anything letting them know that they are not alone, and that they are in our thoughts.

The list of excuses we can use to convince ourselves that we don’t

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experiencing the same mental issues as those adults who may or may not need a health club to unwind.

If Colorado is such a great place to live and offers many activities like walking, bike riding, etc., can’t this be an avenue to relieve stress other than paying for a health club and the state bailing them out with additional funds? I agree small businesses are hurting due to pandemic

to make a will, because they don’t want to have to name a guardian for their children. Yet, all adults and some minors with assets should have a will. Amy Winehouse died at age 27. Sonny Bono died in a skiing accident, both without a will. Yes, we even need to plan for the unexpected.

Intestate means someone has died without a will. The probate court is where a judge will determine who will receive assets according to state law. Since probate is a public process, many people want to avoid that. It also requires a six-month wait to determine if there are any creditors who need to come forward and make a claim against the estate.

Proper estate planning may help avoid the probate process.

A will provides an avenue for you to leave instructions about how to distribute your assets, name a personal representative to settle the estate, and name guardians for a minor or a child with a disability.

This is a very important first step in estate planning, to draft a will.

Keep in mind that a will by itself may not avoid probate. It depends on what the instructions in the will are. Some wills direct a trust have the time will only provide us with a temporary sense of absolution. The day will come when we will think to ourselves that we could have tried harder, we should have called, written that letter, or drove by their home so they can see us through the window. We will wish that we would have let those on the front lines know how much we appreciate, respect, and love them.

One of my very favorite motivational speakers and influencers on my life was a man by the name of Jim Rohn. His quote here may just sum up my encouragement to you this week, “Don’t say, If I could, I would. Instead say, If I can, I will.” You can make that call, you can reach out, and you can make the difference in the life of someone who really needs to not feel lonely or alone today.

So how about you? Is there someone on your Have Not Called list? I can’t wait to hear what happened when you contacted them or let them know how much you care when you email me at mnorton@ tramazing.com. And trust me, when you make that call, it really will be a better than good week.

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. but to call health clubs essential doesn’t fit into my priorities.

Dave Usechek Parker Kids need in-person learning

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Making do for the holidays Traditions change as celebrants face season unlike any other

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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rom her family’s locally famous light display to their traditional Christmas party — which usually includes around 75 people and even a hired Santa — Jennifer Shelton loves to go big on Christmas.

But this year, COVID-19 has led the Arvada resident to rethink her approach to the cherished holiday. The lights at her home 19275 W. 84th Place are already as bright as ever but there will be no party this December.

Instead, Shelton and her family are focused on enjoying some new, more pandemic-friendly festivities. So far, their agenda has included multiple movie nights and plenty of baking and crafting, with the family making plans to learn how to make their own Advent wreath for their Christmas table.

She’s also planning on having her mother-in-law over for a day of baking with her daughter, who has never had time to learn the mother-in-law’s recipes.

“I’m just trying to keep the spirit alive even though we can’t do some of the stuff that we used to do,” Shelton said.

But while Shelton and her family are trying to make the most of this unusual holiday season, she said it’s still hard to not be able to enjoy more social activities like parties with friends and gift exchanges. That feels particularly true at the end of a difficult year that saw Shelton’s daughter spend 10 days in the hospital and her grandmother die of COVID-19.

Still, there also positives to a slower-paced holiday season, including more opportunities to spend more time with family and pause to be thankful for all she does have.

“Normally, I’m still shopping, but this year I already did all of my shopping online so I am able to spend time with my family and enjoy the season a little bit more by sitting down and watching movies and things like that,” she said. “I usually wouldn’t be able to do that because I would be running around like a crazy person.”

A cardboard tree

Given the risk posed by COVID-19, Aleya Jean and her partner will be staying home in Golden this Christmas. However, they plan on choosing another day in the future to “designate as Christmas” and will use it to go see family when it is safe to travel again.

In the meantime, however, Jean plans to enjoy the cardboard tree she constructed with her husband.

“That’s been a tradition for a few years, but now that we have so many

Aleya Jean and her partner created this cardboard tree.

Passersby have made of tradition of hanging ornaments on a tree along the Ralston Creek Trail in Arvada.

Amazon boxes it was really easy,” Jean said. “And we didn’t have to go out and interact with people to purchase a real Christmas tree.”

A harder holiday for some

For Katie Bartlett, this Christmas will mean will mean putting on a brave face for her kids. That’s because COVID-19 has impacted her family’s income tremendously and left them behind on rent and utilities.

Still, they did some decorating inside and are planning to do the tree next.

“It is hard because as a parent you feel like a failure,” Bartlett said.

“Don’t get me wrong, we have plenty to be thankful for such as our health.

But it is still hard.”

Casey Romero, meanwhile, doesn’t know where she will be spending Christmas this year.

She and her family were hoping to drive out to South Carolina to bring her son, who is serving on a military base, home to Littleton for his first Christmas since moving away.

But the pandemic had other ideas and her son recently received word that he would not be allowed to travel more than 1,200 miles from his base as a result of increasing COVID-19 cases around the country.

“Now we are hoping to get approved to drive out there and see him maybe in a VRBO (vacation rental) with maybe socially distancing,” said Romero. “But right now we don’t really know if that will get approved,

we are just hoping.”

If that doesn’t get approved, Romero said they will plan to lie low and find a way to “celebrate from afar.”

That will be a bummer, particularly since Romero has not been able to hug her son since he left for boot camp in May. Still, “it’s not great but there are worse things, and you have to take your wins where you have them,” she said.

“I do think people need to remember that our military personnel are very lonely right now,” Romero added. “We feel we have rights to do everything and see everybody but at the end of the day there are a lot of them who don’t get to see family. We have to be grateful for what we have.”

Communities changing course

Few Front Range cities are as synonymous with Christmas as Golden.

There, December weekends typically mean big crowds of shoppers during the day that become even bigger in the evening as people cram downtown to catch a glimpse of Santa Claus when the Olde Golden Christmas parades make their way through downtown.

This year, however, the city’s holiday planners are instead orienting the festivities around resident’s homes, while nodding to another canceled favorite, the Candlelight Walk. During that event, residents would gather to go caroling down Golden’s main street, Washington Avenue, with a candle in hand.

“This year we are handing out these battery-operated commemorative candles and we are asking everyone to place one in their window and light it every night at 7 to show that unity that we have in the community, and that even though we can’t come together we are all still together,” said Nola Krajewski, the executive director of the Golden Chamber of Commerce.

The cancellation of Golden’s parade also means that local kids did get the chance to march in it with Santa.

But they were still able to be sworn

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in as official “Golden Christmas elves” during the annual Golden Elf Academy. Organizer Stacy Fowler said she was happy to turn the event virtual this year.

“I think that there is so much that kids aren’t even able to do and such a shortage — you can’t even see Santa right now in a lot of places,” she said. “This is some way for them to be involved with Santa in a virtual way at least for an hour.”

Other communities are also planning their own shows of holiday togetherness amidst the separation required by the pandemic.

In Westminster, Arvada, Centennial and other communities, residents have been circulating a Facebook post asking “everyone to step out on their doorsteps to spread Christmas sprit and help Santa fly his sleigh” at 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve. “After this awful year, it would be an amazing memory for the kids and the communities,” the post reads.

“End 2020 with a bit of magic, hope and togetherness.”

Cheryl Truax-Williams is among those planning to participate.

“This is how traditions start,” she said.

Old traditions get new life

But while COVID-19 is creating new traditions, it’s also providing fuel for existing ones to grow as they take on new meaning at a time when so many are spending the holidays apart.

Three years ago, Chris Hohenstein began adding his own ornament to a growing collection that he noticed on a couple of trees along the Ralston Creek Trail near his home. This year there seem to be more ornaments than ever on the trees, which are located along the trail a couple turns west of Eldridge Street.

“It’s a wonderful hometown-type tradition that someone started in the neighborhood and everyone seems to enjoy and keep going year after year,” said Hohenstein. “And it’s just a wonderful treat to see as you are out for a walk on the trail.”

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‘Own an Original’ goes online Museum’s yearly art show takes virtual approach as COVID closes facilities

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Forty-two Colorado artists submitted 158 artworks to be juried by Dr. Sarah Magnetta earlier in the fall for Littleton’s 2020 Own an Original exhibit-the 55th year for this event.

Usually, the opening of this exhibit is celebrated with a festive reception at the Littleton Museum. At times, there has even been live music ...

The theme, determined when the call for artists was announced, was “Liberating Humor,” which turned out to be a savvy choice by the Littleton Fine Art Board.

“To liberate is to provide freedom from the limitations of thought or behavior,” said the announcement.

Just as the exhibit opened on Nov. 20, a few people got to see it, then all city build-

ings were closed per Colorado health order. Closed down along with what seems like the remainder of the world ... Oh my!

One can still access the images on the city website and hopefully, the museum will be able to open before the exhibit’s Jan. 2, 2021 closing date — keep an eye out for announcements. In the meantime, your computer screen continues to be the avenue to the arts ... go to www.littletongov.org/cityservices/city-departments/ museum and click on “Liberating Humor” and then on “Digital Exhibit.”

Dr. Sara Magnetta is assistant professor of global contemporary art in the School of Art and Art History at the University of Denver. Her choice for “Best of Show” was “My Las Vegas Money,” a tempera painting by Olga and Aleksey Ivanov showing the back of a framed artwork, with a small roll of bills tucked in the corner of the frame — and what appears to be a receipt for the piece illustrated — and a green and white lollipop! Just in case.

Visual artists can be cre-

“My Las Vegas Money,” a tempera painting by Olga and Aleksey Ivanov, is part of Littleton Museum’s online “Own an Original” exhibit.

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ative with words too ... See also: Susie Drucker’s “Loo With a View”; Mary Clark’s “Down on the Ranch,” a small herd of curious cows; “Talk to the Moon” by Jesse Guess (a crow atop a globe, as though he owns the world); “Where Have You Been?” by Dawn Hendrix — a goofy peacock close-up portrait. One hears shrill sounds by just looking!

The Ivanovs also have a piece called “Collector’s Chair” which is worth a chuckle. In fact, the whole show is entertaining — give

yourself a break and linger on this website awhile ...

The color and clear reproduction are fine — one just doesn’t get a conception of size, although of course it’s stated for each piece. And texture shows clearly in the photographs.

Highlands Ranch sculptor Shohini Ghosh exhibits one of her cast bronze sculptures: “Infinity,” with a mini-storyline: “A lady dancing with such grace that her grace and balance creates the infinite balance of movement and grace.”

In the three-dimensional department, sculptor Jutta Golas entered a ceramic sculpture: “On Top of it All.” The Best of Show winners will get to mount a whole show next year, sharing space with the Best of Show winner in the “Eye of the Camera” photography exhibit. We enjoyed visiting their website and look forward to more exposure to their work ...

Other winners: first place: Anne Feller, “Embrace”; second place: “Chromaticism VI” by Matthew Bollinger, who says the museum is right in his neighborhood.

Third place went to Will Barker’s “Upheaval.”

Honorable mention awards: Jesse Guess for “Talk to the Moon”; Heidi Rounds for “The Sprinkler”; and Shara Oliman for “Carrot-ish.”

We’ll hope to announce a reopening of City of Littleton facilities soon, but for now, an online look may help with a hunger to see new artworks in the round ... (And of course it’s there at midnight if the reader feels antsy then!)

Theater offers holiday show in streaming style

“F

rom Vintage, With Love,” described as a “Holiday Cabaret,” featuring Randy Chalmers, SONYA’S Isabelle Duran, Eli- SAMPLER sha Horne, Traci Kern and Mary Louise Lee, will be available through streaming starting Dec. 11. The holiday show is conceived by Christopher Page-Sanders and J. Allen Roberts. Tickets cost Sonya Ellingboe $20, from Vintage Theatre. See VintageTheatre.org.

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Winners of the “Y/OUR Denver” 2020 photography competition will be on display through March 1 on the Denver Architecture Foundation and Colorado Photographic Arts websites — DenverArchitecture.org and cpacphoto.org/exhibitions.

Best in Show: “Crossed Paths”

by Scott Wilson; Best Exterior: “Reconstruction of the Denver Art Museum” by Faina Gurevich; Best Interior: “Belly of the Cathedral” by Edward Huang; Best Detail: “Denver Series # 72”

by Rodney Gene Mahaffey. The annual “Doors Open Denver” event consisted of three weeks of

virtual tours this year.

Benchmark Theatre

Benchmark will hold its annual “Feverdream Festival,” following a 48-hour playwriting festival.

Writers will take guidelines, genre, holiday prompts and create a 10-minute play. All plays will be on Benchmark’s website and a select few will be performed. For details, visit benchmarktheatre.com. No entry fee, no competition — get together with other creatives.

Town Hall Arts Center

Starting in mid-December, Town Hall will showcase new concerts from local artists: David Nehls,

Matt Dailey and more. Visit the website for more information soon. As of press time, during box office hours, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Monday to Friday, doors are open for a visit to “It’s A Small World” exhibit by Littleton Fine Arts Guild members, who will present rotating exhibits in the gallery in the future ...

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The History Colorado Center at 1200 Broadway, Denver, is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Sunday. Visit the website for program information.

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Deputies say thank you to community with gift cards

Deputy Jason Blanchard, left, and Deputy Brian McKnight spoke to residents while handing out Chick-fil-A and Starbucks gift cards on Dec. 9.

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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wo Douglas County sheriff ’s deputies, dressed up in festive hats and elf ears, handed out gift cards to Highlands Ranch residents Dec. 9 in an event aimed at giving back to the community.

Deputy Jason Blanchard and Deputy Brian McKnight sang Christmas songs with residents as they handed out the cards to Starbucks and Chick-fil-A customers.

“The reason we’re out here today is we want to give back to the amazing community that sup-

ports us all year long,” Blanchard said in a Facebook Live video of the event. “This is our way of just saying thank you to all of you for supporting us.”

The sheriff ’s office chose businesses that have helped and supported the department, Blanchard said. They plan to do more events like this with other businesses in the future, he said.

Deputies asked their gift card recipients to tell them their favorite Christmas movie and sing a song with them.

“I can’t believe you guys are doing this,” one recipient said.

“Thank you for what you do, thank you so much.”

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BY HANNAH METZGER THE DENVER GAZETTE

Denver’s famous Tattered Cover bookstores are changing ownership for the second time since the retirement of longtime owner Joyce Meskis in 2017.

The independent bookstores were purchased by a team of Coloradobased investors in a private sale announced Dec. 9, ending 49 years of private ownership.

Previously, the stores were owned by husband-and-wife duo and book industry veterans Len Vlahos and Kristen Gilligan.

The pair assumed operational control in July 2017 after a two-year apprenticeship under Meskis and transition of power beginning in July 2015.

The new owners are Denver natives and longtime friends Kwame Spearman and David Back, founding partners of Bended Page, LLC. “We see Tattered Cover as more than a bookstore,” said Back, whose first job at age 15 was as a cashier at Tattered Cover’s Cherry Creek store. “It’s a place where memories are made and where everyone should feel at home.”

Back said, as owners, he and

In this photo from 2015, Margaret Shaheen, general manager of the Tattered Cover formerly located at the Highlands Ranch Town Center, sets up a display of books prior to the store’s move to the Aspen Grove shopping center in Littleton later that year. FILE PHOTO

Spearman plan to increase community engagement and connection through the bookstores’ operations.

“As we approach Tattered Cover’s 50th anniversary we are honored and excited to invest in this important community treasure and ensure it remains a piece of the Colorado experience for generations to come,” Spearman said.

The 2015 sale of Tattered Cover came as a shock to the Denver community as Meskis had owned the bookstore since 1974 when it was just a single struggling shop in Cherry Creek.

Under Meskis, Tattered Cover became the state’s largest bookstore chain, a staple of Denver’s independent literary culture and an international tourist destination, growing from one location to four through-

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In 2015, Vlahos told NPR that he and his wife were “humbled” by receiving ownership and would “try to continue the legacy.”

However, by May 2020, Vlahos told Westword that the COVID-19 pandemic was “knocking us on our butt,” having cut sales to only a fraction of what they were before.

Earlier this year, Vlahos and Gilligan made the decision to close Tattered Cover’s 1994 location at the corner of 16th and Wynkoop streets in favor of a move to McGregor Square near Coors Field in early 2021.

A fifth Tattered Cover location is still in the works, planning to open in Westminster.

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The Christkindl Market is at the Denver Civic Center this year, with lots of gift ideas, hot drinks and goodies. Downtown Littleton: Check downtownlittleton. com for weekend programs on Littleton’s Main Street. (Saturday afternoon.) Or just appear to shop and perhaps enjoy a treat ...

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Start of winter high school sports pushed back Basketball season among those delayed by tightened COVID-19 restrictions

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Coaches for Season B sports had been looking over their shoulders for about a month, waiting to find out if their teams would be able to play as originally scheduled.

Then, word came down Dec. 7 that due to rising COVID-19 cases in Colorado, the start of Season B would be delayed. Practices can begin Jan. 25, and competition can start Feb. 1. Season B sports include boys and girls basketball, boys and girls wrestling, girls swimming and diving, ice hockey and spirit.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment sent a communication to the Colorado High School Activities Association that the scheduled start of Season B on Jan. 4 will be pushed back and no variances will be given at this time to CHSAA. This could also mean the planned starts of Seasons C and D could also be affected.

“Obviously, it is tough news to hear that we may indeed be losing

even more games already cut down from 19 to 14 at the varsity level,” said Cherry Creek boys basketball coach Kent Dertinger. “I understand the need to push it back for safety reasons, and ultimately, I just hope the seniors will get to play a senior season, even if it is modified. We already have a sour taste in our mouths after the way last season ended for us, and we are chomping at the bit to get going again. We carry that chip on our shoulder daily and promise to leave it all out on the court this season.”

Jill Hunsaker Ryan, executive director of CDPHE, sent a letter to CHSAA Commissioner Rhonda Blanford-Green and expressed concern about holiday festivities swelling the transmission of COVID-19.

“Hospital admissions are steadily increasing, and the past six weeks have produced a significant increase in the number of deaths statewide. With the Thanksgiving holiday just behind us and the impending December holiday festivities, we are very concerned that the rate of transmission will continue to increase,” Hunsaker Ryan wrote, according to a news release issued by CHSAA. Hunsaker Ryan said there was

not enough information to determine what the cases and hospitalizations would look like in January and that Season B sports would operate under restrictions in the level on the dial of the county of the school. For counties in level red — which includes Arapahoe, Douglas, Jefferson, Denver, Adams and many other counties — that means no indoor sports are authorized.

She also said the priority is on a return to in-person learning for students and noted that Season B sports are conducted indoors, which reduces the ability to ensure social distancing.

“This in turn may further promote disease transmission at a time when we need to ensure that students and teachers are protected and that in-person learning is the highest priority,” Hunsaker Ryan wrote.

Coaches of Season B teams are left to keep looking over their shoulder and study reports to find out if there will eventually be a season.

“Having the season moved back again is hard for sure,” said Rock Canyon girls basketball coach Becky Mudd. “Basketball, and all sports, are absolutely needed right now, and we should be looking for ways to do them with safety

protocols in place. We are used to hearing over and over that sports are an integral part of the educational experience and that we are developing the whole child, and yet now the narrative is that we can’t have sports. We have to get back to school first.

“I would contend that the two are intertwined, that we need to find ways to do both. I also believe that participation in some way, even if modified, would have noticeable and measurable positive effect on student performance.”

Heritage hockey coach Jeremy Simms has adjusted his time with his players.

“It has been very difficult keeping the players motivated, but we have just needed to get creative with practices and include more fun games in practice,” he said.

“This has been a very difficult year for out teams, coaches and players. The players have continued to work hard and continued to develop even though they are not sure when or if they will be playing games.

“When I let the players know the CHSAA season was pushed back again, they were all very disappointed but decided to take it as an opportunity to keep working and get ready to play... when it does start up.”

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C R O S S W O R D LETTERS P U Z Z L E FROM PAGE 13

We’re all trying to make this work.

And while Polis is urging schools to open, he’s added complexity with the fluctuating quarantine guidelines that impact staffing. One thing is certain — our kids are suffering academically, mentally and emotionally from remote learning and we need them back in school ASAP to minimize long-term damage.

Children’s academic performance deteriorates with remote learning.

Douglas County is seeing a significant drop in student grades and attendance is down across the country.

Nationally, just one in five teachers say they’re teaching the same amount of content as last year. And once kids get behind, data shows it’s quite hard for them to catch-up.

In addition, mental health-related emergency room visits are up 25% to 30% for children across the nation. We all hear the stories of kids breaking down crying after hours of staring frustratingly at the screen.

Importantly, children are at extremely low health risk from this virus and studies show schools are not super-spreaders. Indeed, European schools have largely remained open and haven’t contributed to a rise in cases with similar studies corroborating this in the U.S. The same is true of charter and private schools.

Focused protection for teachers is important, especially for those in more vulnerable categories. Can the more vulnerable teach remotely to families who choose that option, while the rest teach in-person? How can we creatively increase the number of subs?

The science is showing our kids need in-person learning and can do

so responsibly. With our support, let’s expect our leadership to make this happen.

Will Johnson Highlands Ranch Rebuild economy, safeguard planet

It’s mid-December and it’s 65 degrees today. Our Colorado weather has always been extreme, but THIS IS NOT NORMAL. We can’t hide from the truth that climate change is here, affecting us drastically. Colorado saw massive wildfires this year that set our state ablaze. The three largest in state history happened basically at the same time. Bad, badder, baddest. I kept checking on my home county, Larimer, praying the places I knew so well would not burn to ash and friends would not lose their homes.

With new leadership entering the White House in January, I hope that as a country that has always met unpleasant challenges and surmounted them, we will finally go into high gear to control climate change. This change of administration from a climate denier to a climate champion represents a new direction for our country, ready to tackle the climate crisis head on while at the same time begin healing and rebuilding our economy from the COVID-19 pandemic.

I strongly encourage Senators Bennet and Hickenlooper, and all Colorado’s congressional delegation to lead efforts to power up our economy. Create good-paying jobs by making smart investments in clean, renewable energy and electric vehicles. Support innovation and entrepreneurship that will get us there. That way we can pass on to the next generation a healthier planet and better economy.

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Public Notice Commissioner’s Proceedings November 2020 Vendor Name Total Description 3M COMPANY $ 4,017.06 Sign Parts & Supplies 53 CORPORATION LLC 82,649.00 Pipe Repair A BETTER HAULING COMPANY 900.00 Waste Disposal Services AARON M CASSELMAN DC PC 7,362.28 Community Outreach ABF CONSULTING INC 307.59 Travel Expense ABSOLUTE GRAPHICS INC 404.00 Clothing & Uniforms ACORN PETROLEUM INC 73,692.55 Fleet Tanks Fuel AD MILLER SERVICES INC 150,235.75 Highland Heritage Expansion ADAPTIVE INTERVENTIONS 14,266.67 Mental Health Services ADDICTION RESEARCH & TREATMENT SERVICE 220.00 Other Professional Services ADVANCED PROPERTY MAINTENANCE INC 4,197.50 Repair & Maintenance Service AECOM USA INC 7,857.48 State-CDOT AGGREGATE INDUSTRIES 48,553.95 Aggregate, Asphalt & Asphalt Filler AGING RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY 114,765.89 Senior Services Grant ALCOHOL MONITORING SYSTEMS INC 2,293.40 Alcohol Monitoring Fees ALFRED BENESCH COMPANY 24,510.75 Roads, Street, DrainageEngineering ALL ANIMAL RECOVERY 2,600.00 Other Purchased Services ALLIED UNIVERSAL SECURITY SERVICES 50,325.54 Security Services ALTITUDE SIGNAL LLC 4,770.00 Traffic Signal Parts AM SIGNAL INC 1,320.49 Traffic Signal Parts AMAILCO INC 988.13 Service Contracts ANDERSON , ANDREW 124.88 Election Judges/Referee Fees ANDREWS, SHANITA 25.18 Travel Expense ANGELA S EVANSON DDS PC 7,078.42 Community Outreach ANGELSENSE INC 799.80 Software/Hardware Subscription APDC COLORADO LANGUAGE CONNECTION 737.46 Translation Services APONTE PUBLIC AFFAIRS INC 1,833.33 Lobbying Services ARAMARK SERVICES INC 17,818.44 Inmate Meals ARAPAHOE COUNTY 7,842.95 3rd Quarter Implementation Fees ARAPAHOE COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES 4,495.08 Legal Services ARAPAHOE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE 94.00 Process Service Fees ARAPAHOE/DOUGLAS WORKS WORKFORCE CENTER 12,225.67 Case Management ARCHITERRA GROUP INC 21,492.60 Parks & Recreation Improvements ARMOR CORRECTIONAL HEALTH SERVICES 215,555.97 Medical, Dental & Vet Services ARMORED KNIGHTS INC 1,520.50 Armored Car Services ARROW J LANDSCAPE & DESIGN INC 120,535.98 Bayou Gulch Improvements ARVIDSON , TIMOTHY 95.62 Election Judges/Referee Fees ASLAN CONSTRUCTION INC 8,774.00 Escrow Payable ASTROPHYSICS INC 10,120.00 Service Contracts ATTWOOD PUBLIC AFFAIRS 6,250.00 Lobbying Services AUSLYN GROUP 5,975.00 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees AUTOMATED BUILDING SOLUTIONS 28,825.00 Justice Center Upgrade AXIOM HUMAN RESOURCE SOLUTIONS 203.00 Computer Supplies AXON ENTERPRISE INC 3,245.00 Computer Supplies AZTEC CONSULTANTS INC 32,540.00 Roads, Street, DrainageEngineering BALCOMB & GREEN 5,618.00 Legal Services BARTLETT , MICHAEL 77.13 Election Judges/Referee Fees BASELINE ASSOCIATES INC 1,470.00 Recruitment Costs BATTERIES PLUS 67.80 Traffic-School Flasher Parts BEACON COMMUNICATIONS LLC 8,300.00 Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance BEARCOM WIRELESS WORLDWIDE 49,580.30 Base Station Radio Replacement BEAUMONT, KAYDANNIELLE A 218.16 Travel Expense BEHAVIORAL HEALTH GROUP 120.00 Other Purchased Services BELL, JAMES 218.08 Other Professional Services BELLOT , VIRGINIA 205.24 Election Judges/Referee Fees BEYOND TECHNOLOGY INC 2,447.94 Computer Supplies BIG DOG MOBILE MARKETING & GRAPHICS 6,584.06 Window Tinting BLACK HILLS ENERGY 21,562.08 Utilities/Gas BLUE360 MEDIA 162.75 Books & Subscription BOB BARKER COMPANY 2,223.59 Prisoner Maintenance Supplies BOGDEWIECZ , GEORGE 200.62 Election Judges/Referee Fees BOND, KEVIN 293.25 Travel Expense BOURDEON, JENNIFER 140.00 Wellness Program BRANNAN AGGREGATES 110,945.37 Salt & Other Ice Removal BRIDGEVIEW IT INC 7,392.00 Contract Work/Temporary Agency BRINKWORTH, TOM 664.44 Operating Supplies BRITE, CHRISTINE 1,350.00 Tuition Reimbursement BRODY CHEMICAL 792.67 Construction Maintenance Materials BROWN , DANIEL WILLIAM 75.00 Election Judges/Referee Fees BURKHART DENTAL SUPPLY COMPANY 789.28 Repair & Maintenance Service BURNS FIGA & WILL PC 118.00 Legal Services C & L WATER SOLUTIONS INC 281,304.00 Culvert/Pipe Repair CAMPANIA D ITALIA LLC 10,000.00 Community Outreach CANYON RIDGE CHIROPRACTIC PC 6,618.09 Community Outreach CARING COMMUNITIES OF COLORADO 44,420.00 Mental Health Services CARTEGRAPH SYSTEMS LLC 41,220.00 Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance CASTLE PINES CONNECTION 6,156.00 Newspaper Notices/Advertising CASTLE ROCK HOME CARE INC 928.00 Senior Services Grant CASTLE ROCK SENIOR CENTER 9,882.28 Community Support CASTLE ROCK SENIOR CENTER 7,802.00 Transportation Services Grant CASTLETON CENTER WATER & SANITATION 62.00 Water & Sewer CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CENTRAL COLORADO 403.13 Community Outreach CBM CONSULTING 7,726.42 Other Professional Services CCAA-COLORADO COUNTY ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION 450.00 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees CCP INDUSTRIES INC 735.34 Operating Supplies CEMEX MATERIALS INC 5,632.17 Aggregate Products CENTENNIAL CONCRETE & WATERPROOFING LLC 67,948.00 Parking Garage Repairs CENTER COPY PRINTING 64.00 Printing/Copying/Reports CENTURA HEALTH 118.80 Medical, Dental & Vet Services CENTURY LINK 16,375.00 Escrow Payable CENTURY LINK 14,805.33 Telephone/Communications CHARRY, JORGE A 4,529.53 Other Professional Services CHATO’S CONCRETE LLC 342,227.48 Sidewalk Repair Projects CHEROKEE RANCH AND CASTLE FOUNDATION 14,172.17 Community Outreach CHITTIM, JAMIE 8,681.00 Compensation CHRISTOPHER GREEN DMD PLLC 7,399.29 Community Outreach CHRYSO INC 2,703.36 Construction Maintenance Materials CHURCH OF THE ROCK 37,105.70 Community Support CHURCH OF THE ROCK 7,265.80 Temporary Assistance to Needy Families CINTAS CORPORATION 2,309.00 Service Contracts CITY OF AURORA 28,707.75 Due to Aurora-MV License Fee CITY OF AURORA 46,985.80 Forensic Crime Lab Contribution CITY OF CASTLE PINES 82,356.48 Due to Castle Pines-MV License CITY OF CASTLE PINES 19,446.05 Intergovernmental-Castle Pines CITY OF LITTLETON 2,026.14 Due to Littleton-MV License CITY OF LONE TREE 4,002.00 Due to Lone Tree-MV License CITY OF LONE TREE 171,119.37 Intergovernmental-Lone Tree CITY OF WOODLAND PARK 33.70 Bulk Water CIVICORE LLC 3,000.00 Software/Hardware Subscription CL CLARKE INC 14,239.16 Other Professional Services CLOCKTOWER FAMILY DENTAL PLLC 10,000.00 Community Outreach COCO INC DBA DOUG’S DINER 2,432.52 Community Outreach CODE-4 COUNSELING 3,950.00 Therapy COFFEE, RONALD MARC 2,683.57 Fire Deployment Reimbursement COLLINGS , CATHRYN 29.12 Election Judges/Referee Fees

COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 30,282.50 COLORADO CHILLER SERVICES 420.00 COLORADO CODE CONSULTING LLC 8,355.00 COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA 10,958.31 COLORADO COUNTY TREASURERS’ ASSOCIATION 900.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT 540.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 3,600.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE 7,146.96 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE 3,962,787.15 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF STATE 23,090.00 COLORADO DESIGNSCAPES INC 2,380.00 COLORADO DOORWAYS INC 3,597.31 COLORADO MECHANICAL SYSTEMS 84,028.06 COLORADO PAINT COMPANY 41,959.50 COLORADO PIPELINE REHABILITATION LLC 106,938.00 COLORADO SECRETARY OF STATE COLORADO WING CIVIL AIR PATROL COMMUNITY SAFETY 1ST COMPASSCOM SOFTWARE CORP COMPUTRONIX INC

35.00 7,054.71 450.00 1,546.34 56,750.00

CONCRETE EXPRESS INC CONTINUUM OF COLORADO CONTINUUM OF COLORADO CORDANT HEALTH SOLUTIONS CORUS360 COUNTY OF SUMMIT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OF COLORADO CRISIS CENTER CROSSPURPOSE

490,329.68 4,650.00 10,125.00 99.60 15,750.00 15.00 750.00 14,770.01 3,000.00

CUMMINS SALES AND SERVICE DAVID R KEMP PLUS INC DAWN B HOLMES INC DEAN , LISA DEAN, TYLER DELVE, DEREK S DENOVO VENTURES LLC DENVER COMMERCIAL PROPERTY SERVICES DENVER HEALTH & HOSPITAL AUTHORITY DENVER REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS

15,837.16 3,850.00 23,533.00 214.72 158.15 247.50 13,950.00 5,000.00 252.90 20,000.00

Due to CBI - Concealed Handgun Insurance Claims-Property Elevator Installation/Testing Newspaper Notices/Advertising Professional Membership & Licenses

HOFFMAN, DARCY HOME PRIDE LLC HONNIBROOK LLC HOPPER, KARIN D HORNE , SUSAN HORROCKS ENGINEERS

Due to State-Marriage License Due to State-Marriage License Due to State -Drivers License Due to State-MV Due to State-eRecording Contracted Snow Removal Repair & Maintenance Supplies Boiler Replacement Paint & Road Striping Roads, Street, DrainageConstruction Due to State-Voter Confidentiality Fire Watch Other Professional Services Telephone/Communications Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance Peoria Lane Widening Developmental Disabilities Grant Transportation Services Grant Medical, Dental & Vet Services Business Analyst Printing/Copying/Reports Operating Supplies Community Support Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Service Contracts Exterior Painting Medical, Dental & Vet Services Election Judges/Referee Fees Travel Expense Instructor Travel Software Development Support Garage Sweep & Power Wash Forensic Testing Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance Other Purchased Services Q2 2020 Economic Report Mill Levy Distribution October 2020 Medical Supplies Community Outreach Legal Services Community Outreach Parks & Recreation Improvement Community Support Newspaper Notices/Advertising

HR BACKCOUNTRY CONSERVATION & EDUCATION 2,574.93 HUERTA, JENNIFER M 329.19 HUMANE SOCIETY OF PIKES PEAK 34,975.00 HUNZICKER , KERSTIN 210.00 HYLEN , CHARLES S 166.88 I 8 4 DONUTS LLC 2,532.70 ID INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES LLC 4,479.50 IMS PRINTING & SIGNS 1,606.93 INGRANDO , DELLA B 840.00 INSIGHT PUBLIC SECTOR INC 24,732.00 INTEGRATED CLEANING SERVICES 990.00 IREA 88,848.28 JACQTHAL ENTERPRISES 5,623.08 JAMES R PEPPER LLC 7,010.00 JEFFERSON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 12,864.35 JNRH VENTURES LLC 1,485.79 JOB STORE INC, THE 27,316.44 JOHNSON CONTROLS 15,496.10 JOIN ME LLC 5,940.70 JORDAN RESTAURANT GROUP LLC 10,000.00 JP NIXON CONSULTING 3,000.00 JUST BETWEEN FRIENDS 339.00 KAHN CONSTRUCTION 85,526.98 KAY, JASON W 45.00 KELLY , GERALD 75.00 KENNEDY - COLORADO LLC 13,783.23 KIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY 8,468.37 KIM & JANG INC 2,413.91 KING SOOPERS/CITY MARKET 5,937.50

DENVER SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT 48.95 DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH PARTNERS INC 1,950.00 DEVELOPMENTAL PATHWAYS INC 5,906.91 DIAMOND DRUGS INC 3,975.00 DIO’S PARKER RIB HOUSE INC 9,983.57 DISTRICT ATTORNEY, 18TH DISTRICT 693,816.42 DK-GA INC DBA SPORTSFAN AND SOCKEM 6,608.83 DLH ARCHITECTURE LLC 1,676.10 DOCTORS CARE 3,963.89 DODGE DATA & ANALYTICS 214.00 DOUGLAS COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF’S ASSOCIATION 6,783.00 Security Services DOUGLAS COUNTY INMATE WELFARE ACCOUNT 2,322.50 Professional Services/Booking Fees DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 275.00 Professional Membership & Licenses DOZOIS , CHRISTOPHER 79.31 Election Judges/Referee Fees DULLEA , ERIK 75.00 Election Judges/Referee Fees DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE 12,863.00 Other Purchased Services DYCK, DAINNA J 175.95 Travel Expense DYKE , NOLAN 208.88 Election Judges/Referee Fees EARTHWISE ENTERPRISE 1,625.00 Waste Disposal Services EICHER, ABBEY 185.73 Travel Expense ELEGANT NAILS SPA LLC, THE 1,151.00 Community Outreach ELMORE, WAYNE 120.00 Professional Membership & Licenses EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL DENVER 2,826.00 Student Travel EMPIRE TITLE OF COLORADO SPRINGS LLC 300.00 Other Professional Services EMPLOYERS COUNCIL SERVICES INC 279.00 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees EMR ENTERPRISES LLC 4,990.00 Reclamation & Seeding ENGEL, CINDY 200.00 Security Deposit Refund-Fairground ENTERPRISE 740.66 Travel Expense EQUITY & INCLUSION MM CONSULTING 12,000.00 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees ERO RESOURCES CORPORATION 2,635.53 Natural Resource Site Review ESKER SOFTWARE INC 880.27 Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance ESPINOZA, KATHLYNNE 10.00 Fee Refunds-Clerk & Recorder EVANS, SANDRA A 9,326.50 Other Professional Services EZ LINER INDUSTRIES 8,341.54 Equipment & Motor Vehicle Repairs FASTENERS INC 1,867.81 Sign Parts & Supplies FEDEX 84.53 Postage & Delivery Service FELSBURG, HOLT AND ULLEVIG 110,135.96 Roads, Street, DrainageEngineering FIRE ALARM SERVICES INC 17,797.00 Service Contracts FLETCHER III, CHARLES 374.88 Election Judges/Referee Fees FLONNES , JOSEPH 191.38 Election Judges/Referee Fees FRANKTOWN ANIMAL CLINIC 1,030.35 Medical, Dental & Vet Services FRENCH, JA’DAE 369.38 Travel Expense FRONT RANGE LEGAL PROCESS SERVICE 95.00 Process Service Fees FRONT RANGE WIRELESS 2,500.00 Escrow Payable FRONTIER FERTILIZER & CHEMICAL COMPANY 5,157.11 Repair & Maintenance Supplies GADES SALES COMPANY INC 6,250.00 Traffic-School Flasher Parts GADZIALA, CAMILLE 214.51 Travel Expense GALLS LLC 32,064.59 Clothing & Uniforms GILLIS, SARAH 75.00 Facilities Use Fees GLOBAL CONCEPTS INTERNATIONAL LLC 546.51 Community Outreach GLOSSY NAIL BAR LIMITED 7,284.00 Community Outreach GMCO CORPORATION 129,785.00 Dust Suppressant/Ice Removal GOLDEN , JOHN 207.62 Election Judges/Referee Fees GOVCONNECTION INC 271.24 Computer Supplies GRAINGER 2,384.82 Emergency Response Supplies GREAT ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENTS 6,348.26 Ecological Consulting Services GROUND ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS INC 38,379.50 Construction Inspection Services HAMILTON, JEFFREY A 2,718.75 Election Judges/Referee Fees HAMMON , KAREN 133.00 Election Judges/Referee Fees HAO BO CORP DBA CHILDREN’S LIGHTHOUSE 10,000.00 Community Outreach HARRIS GOVERN 17,100.00 Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance HARTFORD TECHNOLOGY RENTAL CO 21,976.50 Equipment Rental HARTLEY, JOSEPH 1,946.50 Other Professional Services HBS-HOME BUILDERS SERVICES 348.00 Waste Disposal Services HDR ENGINEERING INC 30,702.31 State-CDOT HEALTHCARE MEDICAL WASTE SERVICES LLC 282.00 Biohazard Waste Removal HELENA AGRI ENTERPRISES 6,886.08 Operating Supplies HELP & HOPE CENTER 5,770.24 Reimbursement for Community Services HELTON & WILLIAMSEN PC 622.50 Other Professional Services HIXON INC 28.30 Operating Supplies HKS UTILITY SERVICES LLC 4,535.00 Roads, Street, DrainageEngineering HODITS, SARAH 239.78 Travel Expense

650.00 3,500.00 4,873.79 1,814.40 212.24 67,118.47

KLOPFENSTEIN , WILLIAM KNISLEY , MICHAEL KNOPP, SYNNEVA (PETTY CASH) KNOTH III, JOHN F KONNECH INC KRAUS , DAVID KRAV MAGA WORLDWIDE INC KRIER , ERICA KSL CONSULTING INC KUBICZ, ELZBIETA J LAMB-STAR ENGINEERING LLC

158.62 75.00 504.00 130.00 27,333.00 75.00 650.00 75.00 14,720.00 4,538.55 7,197.50

LANDRUM REAS INC 1,350.00 LANGUAGE TESTING INTERNATIONAL 60.00 LASER TECHNOLOGY INC 143.00 LEHTOLA , SUSAN 215.74 LIFEHEALTH 7,680.00 LIFELONG INC 218.75 LIGHTING ACCESSORY & WARNING SYSTEMS 14,100.00 LINNEBUR , TYLER 75.00 LINSTROM , BRENDA 101.50 LIVING CENTER LLC 380.00 LIVINGSTON , CYNTHIA W 32.62 LOGIC INTEGRATION LLC 39,680.65 LOKAL HOMES 14,699.20 LONE TREE PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY PLLC 7,717.60 LUCIE GIRL PRODUCTIONS LLC 3,171.09 LUCIER, ROBERT B 349.00 LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL 87,560.28 LUTTRELL, TELAYNA 366.00 LUV IT IND LLC 7,745.16 LYLES, CELESTENE (TENA) 132.37 MAGIC NAILS AND LASH 10,000.00 MAGIC RABBIT CAR WASH & DETAIL 322.00 MALDONADO, MICHAEL 15.30 MARILEE LANGHOFF PC 14,500.00 MARINER BUSINESS SOLUTIONS 1,082.50 MARQUEZ, RYAN J 19.21 MARTINEZ , KARON 52.50 MARTINEZ , STEVEN 52.50 MASLIN , LAWRENCE 79.89 MATT & MARY INC 9,602.34 MBF INDUSTRIES INC 5,048.00 MCDOWELL, STEPHANIE J 400.00 MCELDOWNEY, SCOTT 1,200.00 MCNUTT, JAMES 20.00 MCQUEEN , MITCHELL 102.62 MEADOWS ORTHODONTICS 10,000.00 MEADOWS ORTHODONTICS AT FOUNDERS PLLC 10,000.00 MEDLINE INDUSTRIES INC 1,827.00 MERIDIAN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT 1,215.54 MERRYMAN , ALEX 75.00 METRO TAXI 350.00 MILDREN, JODI B 155.08 MILE HI GOLDEN RETRIEVER CLUB 14.50 MILE HIGH BEAUTY INC 2,390.45 MILLER , PAM 202.72 MILLER WENHOLD CAPITOL 9,166.66 MIND BODY LIFE TRANSFORMATION CENTER 840.00 MITCHELL, MICHAEL 151.00 MOBILE RECORD SHREDDERS 7,034.98 MOIRA RESTAURANT GROUP LLC 10,000.00 MOMENTUM INVESTMENTS INC DBA SPORT CLIPS 2,254.80 MOODY , JENNIFER 219.24 MOON, JASON 4,346.50 MOTES , KEVIN 201.00 MOTES , LORI 228.62 MOUNTAIN VIEW ELECTRIC INC 997.33 MULLER ENGINEERING COMPANY INC 48,922.21 MUNDELL , ROBIN 120.12 MUNOZ, MARIA 162.16 MURPHY , BRIAN J 377.26 MW GOLDEN CONSTRUCTORS 8,840.44 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS 90.00 NB CONSULTING INC 109.38 NBCS INC DBA SAHAIR SALON 2,258.07 NILEX INC 830.00 NMS LABS 4,955.00 NTT CLOUD COMMUNICATIONS 15.26 NUTRIEN AG SOLUTIONS 18,053.51 NUTTALL , MICKEY 206.50 O’HAROLD, MARK 231.00 OLDCASTLE INFRASTRUCTURE 7,855.50 OLSON, EBONY 413.00

Veteran Affairs Stipend Community Program Supplies Community Outreach Other Professional Services Election Judges/Referee Fees Roads, Street, DrainageEngineering Community Outreach Travel Expense Animal Control Services Election Judges/Referee Fees Election Judges/Referee Fees Community Outreach Other Professional Services Operating Supplies Election Judges/Referee Fees Software Subscription Service Contracts Utilities/Electric Other Professional Services Roofing Inspections Foster Care Collaborative Community Outreach Contract Work/Temporary Agency Fire Alarm Replacement Community Outreach Community Outreach Other Professional Services Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Justice Center Dock Remodel Repair & Maintenance Service Election Judges/Referee Fees Building/Land Lease/Rent Asphalt & Asphalt Filler Community Outreach Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Election Judges/Referee Fees Election Judges/Referee Fees County Fair Service/Administration Other Purchased Services Software Subscription Election Judges/Referee Fees Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Election Judges/Referee Fees Information Technology Consulting Instructor Fees Road Repair, Maintenance & Overlay Election Judges/Referee Fees Recruitment Costs Repair & Maintenance Service Election Judges/Referee Fees Wellness Program Other Professional Services Cars, Vans, Pickups Election Judges/Referee Fees Election Judges/Referee Fees Medical, Dental & Vet Services Election Judges/Referee Fees Video Wall Integration Escrow Payable Community Outreach Community Outreach Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Schools Travel Expense Community Outreach Travel Expense Community Outreach Fleet Outside Repairs Travel Expense Escrow Payable Software/Hardware Subscription Travel Expense Election Judges/Referee Fees Election Judges/Referee Fees Election Judges/Referee Fees Community Outreach Cars, Vans, Pickups Other Purchased Services Building/Land Lease/Rent Fee Refunds-Human Services Election Judges/Referee Fees Community Outreach Community Outreach Emergency Response Supplies Water & Sewer Election Judges/Referee Fees Transportation Services Grant Travel Expense Fee Refund-Fairgrounds Community Outreach Election Judges/Referee Fees Lobbying Services Community Outreach Travel Expense Waste Disposal Services Community Outreach Community Outreach Election Judges/Referee Fees Instructor Fees Election Judges/Referee Fees Election Judges/Referee Fees Utilities/Electric Construction Project Design/Road Repair Election Judges/Referee Fees Travel Expense Election Judges/Referee Fees Community Outreach Membership Dues Travel Expense Community Outreach Construction Maintenance Materials Forensic Testing Telephone/Communications Operating Supplies Election Judges/Referee Fees Travel Expense Sweeper Wash Bay Materials Fee Refunds-Sheriff’s Office

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Public Notices Legals Bids and Settlements PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on January 17, 2021, final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and ABCO Contracting , Inc. for the LINCOLN AVENUE SIDEWALK, CHAMBERS TO KEYSTONE PROJECT; CI 2020-031 in Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said ABCO Contracting, Inc. for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said January 17, 2021, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Board of County Commissioners, c/o Director of Public Works Engineering, with a copy to the Project Engineer Karl Lucero, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104.

Failure on the part of claimant to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve said County of Douglas from all and any liability for such claimant's claim.

The Board of Douglas County Commissioners of the County of Douglas, Colorado, By: Janet Herman, P.E., Director of Public Works Engineering.

Legal Notice No. 938450 First Publication: December 17, 2020 Last Publication: December 17, 2020 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on the 11th day of JANUARY 2021, final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas

County and ARROW-J LANDSCAPE & DESIGN, INC. for the BAYOU GULCH REGIONAL PARK SITE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT – INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) #019-20 (PO#40552 & PO#40553); and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said ARROW-J LANDSCAPE & DESIGN, INC. for or on account for the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said 11th day of JANUARY 2021, to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Douglas County Government, Board of County Commissioners, c/o Parks, Trails & Building Grounds, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104.

Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve said County of Douglas from all and any liability for such claimant’s claim. The Board of Douglas County Commissioners of the County of Douglas, Colorado, By: Carolyn S. Riggs, CPPB, Purchasing Supervisor, Douglas County Government.

Legal Notice No. 938440 First Publication: December 10, 2020 Last Publication: December 17, 2020 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice

a.m. on Wednesday, December 30, 2020, at the Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104. All questions are due to Daniel Roberts, P.E., Project Engineer by 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 5, 2021. The Bid Opening will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 12, 2021, at the same address.

The Project includes the following major items and approximate quantities: • •

46,900 linear feet of curb, gutter and sidewalk 11,740 square yards of concrete pavement

Prior to submitting a Bid Proposal, Bidders shall have received prequalification status (active status) with the Colorado Department of Transportation to bid on individual projects of the size and kind of work as set forth herein.

Any questions on the bidding process shall be directed to Daniel Roberts, P.E., Project Engineer at 303.660.7490.

Plan holder information, can be found on the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website.

Legal Notice No. 938462 First Publication: December 17, 2020 Last Publication: December 17, 2020 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Account Number: 2734

PUBLIC INVITATION TO BID Separate sealed bids for 2021 SIDEWALK REPAIR AND CURB RAMP RETROFIT PROJECT; CI2021-001 will be received by the Owner, Douglas County Government, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104, until Tuesday, January 12, 2021, at 2:00 p.m.

This project consists of the removal and replacement of approximately 46,900 linear feet of curb, gutter and sidewalk, and approximately 11,740 square yards of concrete pavement and curb ramps, at various locations throughout Douglas County. Bid items include hot mix asphalt for patching, unclassified excavation and aggregate base course.

The Contract Documents will be available after 10:00 a.m. on Monday, December 21, 2020, through Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website (www.rockymountainbidsystem.com) or they may be obtained at the above address.

Electronic versions of the Plans obtained by any other means than as described above may not be complete or accurate, and it is the Bidder’s responsibility to obtain a complete set of the Project Plans and Specifications. Douglas County will not be held responsible for misinformation received from private plan rooms.

A PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held at 10:00

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT, STATE OF COLORADO 4000 Justice Way Castle Rock, CO Douglas County, CO 80109 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO In the Interest of: ZAMIRA ROSE ARMIJO, D.O.B.: 9/9/2020; Child, And concerning: LUCIA CAMILLE ARMIJO AKA CAMILLE ARMIJO, D.O.B.: 11/26/1991; Mother; TIMOTHY JAMES MACULEWICZ, D.O.B.: 12/7/1977; Possible Father, JOHN DOE; Possible Father Respondents, And ARIANA ARMIJO, D.O.B.: 7/18/1998, Maternal Aunt, MONICA ARMIJO, D.O.B.: 8/19/1974, Maternal Grandmother,

Special Respondents.

Attorney for Department: John Thirkell, #13865 R. LeeAnn Reigrut, #28833 Angela Borkowski, #50088 4400 Castleton Ct. Castle Rock, CO 80109 (303) 814-5326 Fax: (303) 479-9259 jthirkel@douglas.co.us lreigrut@douglas.co.us aborkowski@douglas.co.us CASE NUMBER: 20JV174 DIVISION 8 DEPENDENCY SUMMONS This Summons is initiated pursuant to Rule 2.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Rule 4 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, and Section 19-3-503, C.R.S. 2019.

You may waive that right, and in doing so, you will be bound by the findings and recommendations of the magistrate, subject to review as provided by sec. 19-1-108(5.5), C.R.S. 2019, and subsequently, to the right of appeal as provided by Colorado Appellate Rule 3.4.

This summons is being initiated by the Douglas County Department of Human Services through its counsel.

Dated: Angela Borkowski, #50088 Assistant Douglas County Attorney Legal Notice No.938471 First Publication: December 17, 2020 Last Publication: December 17, 2020 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Adoption / Guardianship

TO: JOHN DOE TO THE RESPONDENT NAMED ABOVE: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed which alleges that the above-named child is dependent or neglected as per the facts set forth in the Dependency and Neglect Petition, a copy of which may be obtained at the office of the Douglas County Attorney’s Office.

A Return of Service for Respondent Father and Permanency Planning Hearing have been set for February 8, 2021 at 9:15 a.m. by phone: 720437-6180 + 75591#, in Division 8 of the Douglas County District Court, 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80109.

Your presence before this court is required to defend against the claims in this petition. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, THE COURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR ABSENCE, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE, TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND MAY ENTER A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT THEREBY ADJUDICATING YOUR CHILD AS A DEPENDENT OR NEGLECTED CHILD. You have the right to request a trial by jury at the adjudicatory stage of this petition. You also have the right to legal representation at every stage of the proceedings by counsel of your own choosing, or if you are without sufficient financial means, appointment of counsel by the Court. Termination of your parent-child legal relationship to free your children for adoption is a possible remedy in this proceeding. If that remedy is pursued, you are entitled to a hearing before a Judge. You also have the right, if you are indigent, to have the Court appoint, at no expense to you, one expert witness of your own choosing at any hearing on the termination of your parent-child relationship.

If you are a minor, you have the right to the appointment of a Guardian ad litem to represent your best interests.

You have the right to have this matter heard by a district court judge rather than by the magistrate.

Public Notice DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT, STATE OF COLORADO 4000 Justice Way Castle Rock, CO Douglas County, CO 80109 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO In the Interest of: JUSTYCE NEUNG PERSON, D.O.B.: 04/11/2020; BEYONTON JOEL SAINTE, D.O.B.: 06/29/2007; Children, And concerning: UNIQUECA STARR PERSON, D.O.B.: 10/07/1983, Mother; STEVEN JIM CHAHAN, D.O.B.: 03/25/1984, Father of Justyce Person; JOEL SAINTE, D.O.B.: 12/9/1979, Father of Beyonton Sainte; Respondents; And JENNIFER HAMILTON, Family Friend, Special Respondent.

Attorney for Department: R. LeeAnn Reigrut, #28833 Kathryn Cherry, #42682 4400 Castleton Ct. Castle Rock, CO 80109 (303) 814-5325 lreigrut@douglas.co.us kcherry@douglas.co.us CASE NUMBER: 20JV150 DIVISION 8 DEPENDENCY SUMMONS

This Summons is initiated pursuant to Rule 2.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Rule

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RUDOLPH , KATHI RUNBECK ELECTION SERVICES INC RYAN, KEVIN SAINT LUKES METHODIST CHURCH SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY SCHULTE INDUSTRIES LTD SCHWAB MANUFACTURING & ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPLY SCHWEIZER EMBLEM COMPANY SECOR CARES SEDALIA LANDFILL SELECTRON TECHNOLOGIES INC

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SEMPERA SHADWICK, KELLY & TERRY SHANNON & WILSON INC SHERWOOD , DANIEL SHILOH HOME INC SHOCK , JEFFREY SHRED-IT C/O STERICYCLE INC SILICI , FRANK SILVA CONSTRUCTION INC SINGLETRACK TRAILS SIRIUS COMPUTER SOLUTIONS INC

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14,991,108.01

THE ABOVE AND FOREGOING IS A CONDENSED STATEMENT OF THE BILLS APPROVED FOR PAYMENT DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2020 BY THE DOUGLAS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS UNDER WHOSE DIRECTION THIS NOTICE IS PUBLISHED. N. ANDREW COPLAND, CPA Legal Notice No.: 938451 First Publication: December 17, 2020

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Last Publication: December 17, 2020 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

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Worship, ceremonies now classified as essential

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In light of federal court input on capacity limits at houses of worship, the state public-health department has reclassified worship and related ceremonies such as weddings to be “critical services” — meaning they now can exceed capacity limits meant to combat the coronavirus.

Those activities are now classified as critical in the same way other exempt industries and activities — such as health care, food banks, child care and a long list of others — are given exceptions in the public health order behind Colorado’s COVID-19 dial. That’s the colorcoded system of restrictions counties must follow based on their local virus spread.

The revised guidelines apply to worship and associated ceremonies such as weddings, funerals and baptisms, whether religious or

secular. But after-parties for these activities are considered indoor or outdoor events, according to the State Joint Information Center, which takes questions for the state public-health department. Indoor and outdoor events have their own specific limits in Colorado’s dial.

Ceremonies and worship services must do their best to follow public health recommendations, the department said in a news release.

“But (they) may exceed recommended capacity caps if they cannot conduct their essential activity within those restrictions,” the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said in the news release. The changes took effect Dec. 7.

Ceremonies and worship services still must require masks indoors, other prevention measures such as 6-foot spacing between members of different households, and appropriate sanitation, according to the release. Outdoor activities are still

strongly preferred, it added.

Input from the U.S. Supreme Court recently indicated that limits on religious activities could not be more restrictive than requirements implemented for other sectors, the statement from the State Joint Information Center said.

“As such, Colorado aligned our public health order with these rulings and have simply categorized worship activities and associated ceremonies as critical services or activities without further sectorspecific restrictions,” the statement said.

John Douglas, head of Tri-County Health Department, expressed some concern about expanded attendance at worship gatherings.

“This is complicated due to the recent Supreme Court decision and First Amendment rights,” Douglas said. “Church services and gatherings have been sources of ‘superspreader’ events and have been identified as important areas of

(virus) transmission in published studies.”

If religious services and life-rite events are handled carefully — with masks, social distancing, adequate ventilation and people staying home when sick — they can be relatively safer, Douglas said.

“Faith leaders will have to be particularly attentive to these parameters during the end-of-year holiday season to avoid circumstances of COVID spread during their gatherings,” Douglas said.

The state also expanded the ability of educational indoor settings such as museums to operate.

Indoor events in general are closed in level-red counties — which includes the entire Denver metro area and much of the rest of Colorado — but now, educational institutions such as museums, aquariums and zoos may operate at 25% capacity or, generally, 25 people per room, whichever is fewer. That’s another change that took effect Dec. 7.

Public Notices Douglas County Conservation District Public Notice Douglas County Conservation District The Douglas County Conservation District Draft 2021 Budget is available for public comment on December 28, 2020 at 6pm at the Regular Meeting of the Board of Supervisors. Please contact Heather Kelly, District Manager at Admin@DouglasConserves.org with any comments/questions or to join the Regular Meeting via Zoom.

4 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, and Section 19-3-503, C.R.S. 2019.

TO: JOEL SAINTE, D.O.B.: 12/9/1979 TO THE RESPONDENT NAMED ABOVE: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed which alleges that the above-named children are dependent or neglected as per the facts set forth in the Dependency and Neglect Petition, a copy of which may be obtained at the office of the Douglas County Attorney’s Office.

A Return of Service and Adjudicatory Hearing for Respondent Father Joel Sainte, a Pre-Trial Conference and Return of Service for Respondent Father Steven Chahan, and a Permanency Planning Hearing have been set for December 21, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. by calling 720-437-6180 followed by access code 75590 #. All parties are ordered to appear unless otherwise directed by the court.

Your presence before this court is required to defend against the claims in this petition. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, THE COURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR ABSENCE, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE, TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND MAY ENTER A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT THEREBY ADJUDICATING YOUR CHILDREN AS DEPENDENT OR NEGLECTED CHILDREN. You have the right to request a trial by jury at the adjudicatory stage of this petition. You also have the right to legal representation at every stage of the proceedings by counsel of your own choosing, or if you are without sufficient financial means, appointment of counsel by the Court. Termination

of your parent-child legal relationship to free you children for adoption is a possible remedy in this proceeding. If that remedy is pursued, you are entitled to a hearing before a Judge. You also have the right, if you are indigent, to have the Court ap point, at no expense to you, one expert witness o your own choosing at any hearing on the termina tion of your parent-child relationship. If you are a minor, you have the right to the appointment of a Guardian ad litem to represent your best interests

You have the right to have this matter heard by a district court judge rather than by the magistrate You may waive that right, and in doing so, you wi be bound by the findings and recommendations of the magistrate, subject to review as provided by sec. 19-1-108(5.5), C.R.S. 2019, and sub sequently, to the right of appeal as provided b Colorado Appellate Rule 3.4.

This summons is being initiated by the Douglas County Department of Human Services through its counsel.

Dated: 12.3.2020 /s/ Kathryn Cherry R. LeeAnn Reigrut, #28833 Kathryn Cherry, #42682 Assistant Douglas County Attorney Legal Notice No. 938449 First Publication: December 17, 2020 Last Publication: December 17, 2020 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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