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October 29, 2020

JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO

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VOLUME 37 | ISSUE 16

County sees need for more data as COVID-19 cases continue to increase Restrictions likely to be increased soon if numbers remain at current levels BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Eric Stout, Associate Principal of Warren Tech South, speaks at the Oct. 20 groundbreaking ceremony in Littleton.

Walk, in which participants walk miles as part of fundraising efforts to feed the world’s hungry. Myers, 12, has been participating in the walk since he was 4, becoming the star fundraiser of the Littleton chapter — now called the Foothills CROP Walk. This year, he brought along some

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

SEE SCOUTS, P6

SEE COVID, P2

PHOTO BY BOB WOOLEY

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

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

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

approved bond measure. Eric Stout, Associate Principal of Warren Tech South, got the ball rolling with introductions and shout-outs to all of the people who made the day possible. The new campus will be the third for Warren Tech in Jefferson County, joining the Central campus in SEE WARREN TECH, P11

Boy Scouts take strides for those less fortunate Led by champion fundraiser Josiah Myers, the boys of Troop 36 trudge the trails BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

For most Americans, food is often no farther away than the refrigerator. But for people in the

developing world, getting something to eat or drink can require walking miles a day. Those are the people on Josiah Myers’ mind every year as he undertakes the annual CROP Hunger

INSIDE: VOICES: PAGE 12 | LIFE: PAGE 14 | CALENDAR: PAGE 17 | SPORTS: PAGE 19

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Community bike shops offer help, skills to kids P14


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