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TIME TO TALK Law enforcement officers are increasingly finding themselves responding to calls involving people with mental illness, many of whom are left to the jail system for treatment of their conditions. Find out how local authorities are responding to this call to action on pages 7-13, as we bring you part two of our ongoing series on the impact of mental illness on Douglas County.

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Local students walk out to show support for shooting victims

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Teens stayed out of class ‘Everyone walked out for 17 minutes to represent for their own reasons.’ the number of people Martin Calderon killed in Florida attack Chaparral High School student

BY TABATHA STEWART TSTEWART@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Students at Chaparral, Highlands Ranch and ThunderRidge high schools walked out of school Feb. 21 to show support for victims and family members of the recent school shooting in Florida.

Students organized the walkouts, which were not sanctioned or organized by the Douglas County School District, via social media. At about noon, students stayed out of class for 17 minutes — one minute for each victim of the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

Shortly after the walkout ended, some Chaparral students who were done with school for the day could be found at a park near campus.

“Everyone walked out for their own reasons,” said Martin Calderon, a 17-year-old student at the Parker school. “We wanted to show our support for those in Florida. Some took the chance to talk to their friends and other students about what’s going on in schools.”

Via Twitter, the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office said school resource officers monitored the walkouts at the three schools and that they were peaceful.

Interim DCSD Superintendent Erin Kane sent a statement to parents in the district, recognizing the students’ rights to express themselves in a safe manner, but saying the district didn’t condone any walkouts organized by students.

“It has come to our attention that some of our students may be participating in a school walkout today to show solidarity for the victims of last week’s tragedy in Parkland, Florida,” the statement reads. “There is talk that these type of walkout

events could happen at schools across the country. Douglas County School District is not endorsing, nor hosting these walkouts, nor are we endorsing any particular viewpoint or advocacy group. However, we do respect the right of our students to express themselves as long as it is done safely. As always, school staff would ensure the safety of our students. If a parent wishes to excuse their student from school, they may do so. The job of our staff is to facilitate the safety of our students, to minimize the disruption to the learning environment and to get back to educating students as soon as the events have ended.”

Chaparral student Reagan Davis, 17, participated in the walk-out, and said she has increased concerns about safety at school because of recent shootings around the nation.

“I get afraid sometimes — it’s hard for students to trust coming to school is safe with all that’s going on,” Davis said. “With the psychological problems of these shooters, and with the bullying that goes on, it’s clear that if they don’t get help this can keep happening.”

Parent Marita Tilger supported her daughter’s decision to participate in the walk-out, and was angered by the negative responses on social media about kids just looking for a way to get out of class.

“This was a very symbolic act,” said Tilger. “My daughter said it was about showing respect for the lives lost last week, not necessarily because of gun or mental health issues.

I think more parents need to listen to these kids, and not just talk at them.

These kids are going to be voting next year.”

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KFC store manager is family man who works long hours, enjoys mountain biking About me I was born and raised in Colorado, and have lived between the Colorado Springs and Denver areas. I came to work in the city of Lone Tree because I wanted a change of pace from Colorado Springs. I live in Aurora and am the store manager at Kentucky Fried Chicken in Lone Tree, on Yosemite and Lincoln. I have a lovely wife and a 6-year-old daughter who is smart as a whip.

Why I love Colorado I love the weather in Colorado and try to get out and mountain bike when I’m not working. I also love the people of Colorado, especially those who have become regulars at my store. I

often work more than 60 hours a week, and I’m passionate about customer service so it’s always nice to see repeat customers and people who come in because they love the service and the food. I’ve been with KFC since I left high school, and really enjoy the career path I’ve chosen. I also enjoy the occasional poker game when I have time.

In my opinion the world would be a better place ...

If everyone would treat each other with respect. The old cliché “do unto others” holds true, if we all treated each other like we want to be treated the world would be a better place. I try to lead by example with my daughter, and she already knows to treat others well.

My inspiration My mom has been my biggest inspiration in life. She’s very strong and independent. She’s also very successful, is everything I hope I will be.

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Democrats in Legislature stop three gun bills After Florida school shooting, lawmakers hear testimony on widening firearm freedom in schools

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Three gun-related proposals — one propelled by a former Columbine High School student — in the state Legislature hit a wall the week after a shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17, but two more bills were on the runway as of Feb. 22.

A bill to allow the permitted concealed carrying of handguns on the grounds of public elementary, middle, junior high or high schools in the state was struck down in committee on a 6-3 party-line vote Feb. 21, according to a news release from the state House Democrats, who are in the majority. Generally, people 21 and older in Colorado can get permits for concealed carry.

Among the bill’s sponsors was state House Minority Leader Patrick Neville, R-Castle Rock.

“As a former Columbine student who was a sophomore during the shootings on April 20, 1999, I will do everything in my power to prevent Colorado families from enduring the hardships my classmates and I faced that day,” Neville said in a news release.

The proposal, House Bill 18-1037, has been introduced every year Neville has served in the House — since 2015 — according to a news release from the state House Republicans. It would have made concealed carry legal in schools by default, but it would have allowed school districts to override that or make other school-specific policies regarding carrying guns, according to Joel Malecka, spokesman for the House Republicans.

The bill was introduced Jan. 10, and lawmakers heard testimony during a hearing that lasted more than nine hours Feb. 21 on that and two other gun-related proposals, with testimony charged by the Feb. 14 shooting in Parkland, Florida. Students from Littleton Public Schools came to the Capitol and gave input to lawmakers on the same day as a walkout at all three LPS high schools regarding policies related to guns and what the response to mass shootings should be.

Though gun-related proposals are heard annually, this year’s testimony was remarkable because of the number of students who spoke, the Democrats’ release said. Students from a number of different schools, including from Nederland, came to the Capitol, Malecka said. Students, including some from Arapahoe High School, testified.

“If guns are allowed at school, I will

stay home,” Elina Asensio, a 12-yearold area student, said to the State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee, which considered the House bills.

People testified in support, too, including a former Columbine High student who was at the school during the 1999 shooting, Malecka said.

State Rep. Mike Foote, D-Lafayette, chair of the committee, voiced opposition.

“I have heard these bills for five years now, and I keep coming back to the fundamental idea that it’s absurd to suppose that the way to reduce gun violence is to add more guns to the mix,” Foote said, according to the release.

Malecka said it was about deterring future school shootings.

“Forcing a would-be shooter to consider that they may face opposing force (would help),” said Malecka, adding that creating that uncertainty could stop shootings. “You don’t attack a police station because you know” people are armed inside.

A bill to expand concealed-carry rights in the state Senate is still alive.

But this one would not allow concealed carrying of guns on school grounds. Senate Bill 18-097, sponsored

by Neville’s father, Republican state Sen. Tim Neville of Jefferson County, would allow law-abiding people the right of concealed carry without a permit. It was introduced Jan. 22 and moved forward to the Senate Appropriations Committee, according to a news release from Senate Republicans Feb. 15. Both the elder and younger Neville sponsored the House bill.

“The idea behind constitutional carry is that you should be able to carry a concealed handgun without applying for government permission,” Tim Neville said, according to the release.

Another bill stopped in the House on Feb. 21 would have repealed the magazine-limit law passed in 2013, according to the Democrats’ release. It failed on another 6-3 vote.

The proposal, HB18-1015, would have eliminated the limit of 15-round capacity for gun magazines and would have allowed the sale or transfer of high-capacity magazines. It was introduced Jan. 10.

Tom Sullivan, the father of one of the 12 people killed in the 2012 Aurora theater shooting, asked sponsors of that bill if they would review the video showing the violence caused by such a magazine in that shooting, the Democrats’ release said.

“July 20, 2012, was a before-and-after moment for my city,” said Rep. Mike Weissman, D-Aurora, according to the release. “After what we’ve heard from Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan, I think that alone ought to drive a 9-0 vote against this bill.”

A third bill stopped in the House on a 6-3 vote was HB18-1074, which would SEE BILLS, P6

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Eagle Ridge Elementary students learn through science fair Youngsters explore scientific questions, look for answers

BY TABATHA STEWART TSTEWART@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Can the use of virtual-reality goggles help humans become more compassionate?

That’s the question 12-year-old Charlie Linville decided to tackle during Eagle Ridge Elementary’s annual science fair Feb 22.

“I was thinking people might be more compassionate about people with disabilities if they knew what it felt like to have a disability,” said Charlie, who is in the sixth grade.

Charlie said his father has taught him a lot about coding, which allowed him to write a software program that used virtual-reality goggles to simulate a particular disability. Charlie programmed the goggles to simulate Alice in Wonderland Syndrome, which is a rare neuropsychological disorder where the human eye sees objects in a distorted manner, with some things appearing smaller or larger than they actually are.

“As part of my project, I decided to bring awareness to the rare disorder as well. I also programmed a simulation of eye floaters, because I know people who have floaters and they said

Ann Linville, 10, shows parents and students at Eagle Ridge Elementary what happens when an experimenter reverses the directions for making slime.

TABATHA STEWART sometimes it’s difficult to see,” said Charlie.

Charlie recruited several people to try his experiment, hoping they would get a better understanding of what it’s like to see the world through the eyes of someone with a disability.

His conclusion?

“I think this is a super useful program that everyone could use. Like people in restaurants could know how it feels to have autism or other disabilities,” said Charlie. “I only chose two disabilities for the project, but I could program any I wanted into it.”

Fourth-graders Kaushik Vukanti

and Sanyak Dome were a big hit at the science fair, as attendees gathered around their exhibit to watch their volcano “erupt.” The volcano was made of papier-mache, and when the two poured vinegar, baking soda and

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School board addresses workplace sexual harassment Human resources department reviews practices, policies

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In light of the recent heightened focus on sexual harassment in the workplace, the Douglas County School District revisited its policies around the issue at a Feb. 20 school board meeting.

“Certainly we have seen, nationwide, some great concerns about this issue and we really wanted to understand where we are with this as a district, what our practices are,” said school board President David Ray. Last October, several Hollywood actresses came forward with stories of sexual abuse from movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. The allegations initiated a nationwide movement encouraging individuals to share their stories of sexual harassment with the hash tag “#MeToo.” At the school board meeting, Steve Colella, the district’s chief human resources officer and acting legal counsel, led a presentation on sexual harassment and hostile work environment to the seven-member board.

“We didn’t need Hollywood to shed light on this,” Colella said. “This is

‘What are we teaching our children about what’s not acceptable to say and what’s not acceptable to put up with? ... It can’t end here.’

Anne-Marie Lemieux Douglas County School Board Member

something that is important and it happens and just as important is how you react.”

Since the beginning of the 2016-17 school year, 17 allegations of sexual harassment/misconduct and related hostile work environment among employees and employees with students have been reported to the district, according to Colella.

Eight of the accused individuals are no longer employed with the district.

The others were not terminated for a number of reasons, including the issue being a misunderstanding or the behavior stopping as soon as it was identified, Colella said in his presentation.

On the issues of sexual harassment and hostile work environment, Douglas County abides by federal and state law. It also has a thorough set of

district policies that outline appropriate and prohibited behaviors in the workplace.

“Staff Conduct” guidelines emphasize the obligation to report any type of harassment, among employees and between an employee and student.

District policies are listed at www. dcsdk12.org/board-education/boardeducation-superintendent-policies.

The district also holds annual training sessions on topics including respect at work, mandatory reporting and keeping students safe.

“The goal is to have the training, the way we process complaints, the way we talk about harassment across the district, help make reporting as comfortable as it can possibly be,” Colella said.

If the human resources department receives a report, it has an obligation

to “thoroughly and thoughtfully investigate actionable allegations,” Colella said. Regardless of the outcome, the department meets with the accuser and the accused.

If the allegation involves a student, law enforcement is immediately contacted and the employee is placed on leave, Colella said. When the district gets the OK from law enforcement, parents are notified.

If a report involving another employee results in a termination, it’s likely the details won’t be released to the public.

“We treat it as private matter,” Colella said. “When that employee doesn’t show up, it’s understood that that employee is no longer with the district.”

Board members thanked Colella for his timely presentation. From the human resources team, Ray said he wants more data on trends seen in the district and more training for employees.

Board member Anne-Marie Lemieux requested that a future conversation address student-on-student harassment. She said she has had parents report to her kids’ conversations that are “completely inappropriate.”

“What are we teaching our children about what’s not acceptable to say and what’s not acceptable to put up with?”

Lemieux asked. “I’d request that we continue this conversation at the student level. It can’t end here.”

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Kaushik Vukanti, left, and Samyak Dome, fourthgraders at Eagle Ridge Elementary, demonstrate what happens when you mix vinegar, baking soda and food coloring during the school’s science fair.

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food coloring into the top of it, the ingredients mixed and bubbled up over the top, much to the delight of the crowd.

“It was mess, but as long as I have tissue paper I can clean it up, so it turned out OK,” said Samyak.

“It was successful, when the vinegar and baking soda mix, they cause the reaction that makes it erupt,” said Kaushik.

Ann Linville and her partner Sophia Wittwer questioned the process of making the popular “floam” or slime that kids play with. There are several do-it-yourself recipes for making the gooey substance, and the two decided to try the recipes, but in reverse order of the recommendations.

“What would happen if we mixed the ingredients backwards?” asked

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Ann. “We thought the floam wouldn’t work because we thought the foam beads would suck up all the activator.”

The conclusion? Floam worked regardless of the order of ingredients.

More than 160 students in grades kindergarten through sixth participated in the annual science fair,

which was sponsored by the Eagle Ridge PTA. Students could present either an experiment or an invention.

Seniors from Highlands Ranch honor society viewed the student projects, and presented each of them with a grade based on the factors of scientific discovery, such as hypothesis, conclusion and overall presentation.

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have extended the right to use deadly force against an intruder under certain conditions to include owners, managers and employees of a business. That was introduced Jan. 16.

Still upcoming for a committee vote is a bill to ban possession, buying and selling of “bump stocks,” or as the proposal would define them, “multiburst trigger activators.” The bill, SB18-051, defines them as devices that attach to semi-automatic guns and allow them to fire two or more shots in a burst, or a device that increases the rate of fire of a semi-automatic gun.

The Las Vegas shooter in October, who killed 58 and injured more than 500, used a bump stock during his attack, authorities said. The bill was introduced Jan. 10 and was scheduled for a committee hearing Feb. 26, which was then rescheduled to March 19.

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Troy Thompson, a clinician, left, and Marcos Whyte, a Castle Rock police officer, sit in their patrol car while on duty Feb. 16 as part of the Community Response Team. The team responds to mental health calls as part of a unique program seeking to keep people with mental illness out of jail and the emergency room, but also to provide follow-up care.

JESSICA GIBBS

Mental health calls challenge police Increasingly, officers must rely on training that did not exist decades ago

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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n the dark, early-morning hours of New Year’s Eve, Douglas County Deputy Zackari Parrish pleaded through the closed door of a Highlands Ranch apartment with a tenant he believed to be experiencing a manic episode.

“It’s Zack. Matt, open the door,” Parrish can be heard saying on the body cam recording.

Parrish and fellow deputies had already responded to the apartment a few hours earlier on a disturbance call. “We’re here because we want to make sure you’re OK,” Parrish had said then to Matthew Riehl. This time, they wanted to place Riehl on a mental health hold.

But minutes after they entered his apartment, Riehl fired repeatedly, the bullets from his rifle piercing his bedroom door and hitting Parrish, who fell to

WHY WE WROTE THE STORIES Turn to page 14 for our editorial that gives insight into this week’s package on mental health in Douglas County. the ground and later died. Four other officers and two civilians were wounded but survived.

Riehl was killed as a SWAT team tried to rescue Parrish.

In the days that followed, details of the shooter’s struggle with mental illness came to light through reports from law enforcement agencies.

“Emotionally, this is pretty draining and it’s sad,” Tony Spurlock, sheriff of the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office, said at that time. He believed his deputies had done everything right, responding with compassion and patience. “They knew his history and they knew his propensity to have some mental health issues.”

The tragic incident is an extreme reflection of the complex

challenges law enforcement today face when trying to protect their communities. National statistics show one in five people live with a mental illness and one in 25 with one so serious it interferes with major life activities.

That means police officers are dealing with mental health issues on their calls every day.

To be clear, the majority of calls don’t end in such deadly violence. Of the 500 mental health calls his deputies responded to in about a year, Spurlock emphasized the only one to turn violent was the one in which Parrish was killed.

And mental health professionals point to research that shows people who have serious mental illness and are receiving treatment are no more likely than the general public to become dangerous.

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About the series Today’s report on how mental illness affects the work of law enforcement agencies and the jail system in Douglas County is the second in Colorado Community Media’s ongoing Time to Talk series that looks at how mental health challenges and illnesses affect our communities. The first segment, published in December, can be found by clicking on the Time to Talk box at coloradocommunitymedia.com.

The next installment of the series will explore how social media is affecting our children’s emotional intelligence and self-esteem, the mental illnesses most prevalent among them and why, and suicide. Subsequent focuses will include mental health challenges among seniors, families and employers, and how substance and alcohol abuse exacerbates the issue.

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however, that officers responded to 250 calls involving suicidal or potentially suicidal people in 2017.

“But that number,” Cauley said, “doesn’t represent the number of FROM PAGE 7 people that we handle or come into contact with on a daily basis on a “The vast majority of people with number of other types of calls.” mental illness are not violent,” said Every mental health call looks difLaura Usher, program manager at ferent, officers say, and whatever the National Alliance on Mental Illness. situation may be, it’s often difficult to “People with mental illness are much immediately know whether mental more likely to be the victims of viohealth is the root problem or if some lence.” other issue is at hand, like a medical But the prevalence of mental health condition or sudden emotional crisis. challenges has inexorably altered Brian Briggs, a deputy with the policing: Officers don’t just fight crime Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office, — they must also be social workers knows mental health issues well. He and counselors. has worked in drug courts, in the Interviews with leaders of Douglas county jail’s mental health pod and County’s three city police departtoday serves on a specialized team in ments and the sheriff ’s office, as well which he responds to mental health as law enforcement training profescalls alongside a clinician. sionals and experts in the mental Over his 20 health field show years in law many factors — enforcement, some out of law Briggs said enforcement’s he has seen a control — affect culture shift in how law enforcehow the general ment handles public views mental health mental illness calls and often — there is more limit their capatolerance and bilities in getting willingness to people help. speak about the They point to issue. limited fundThat shift has ing, too many crossed over shuttered mental into the law enhealth and forcement field substance abuse as well, he said, programs, fewer bringing more beds at state awareness and mental health empathy. hospitals and “Twenty fewer resources years ago, in general.

Kirk Wilson nobody The mental Lone Tree police chief would walk health compoaround saynent is not new to ing they were police work, Lone depressed,” Tree Police Chief Briggs said.

Kirk Wilson said.

“It’s a culture shift society-wise and “It’s been around for decades — if not from the beginning of law enforce- absolutely in law enforcement.”

That heightened empathy has ment,” he said. “It’s not easy to solve helped improve how officers handle and it’s not even really a law enforcesuch calls, he said, but the complexment problem. It’s a community ity of mental health means situations problem.” are always different and often present unexpected challenges.

Numbers don’t tell whole story Castle Rock Police Chief Jack ‘Hardly any place to help people’ Cauley says there’s no doubt officers Among the factors that make reare handling more mental health calls sponding to mental health calls more today than they did 30 years ago. challenging has been the gradual, but Numbers on exactly how many of the county’s tens of thousands of calls consistent, decrease in community programs and resources for the menare related to mental health issues are tally ill, law enforcement officials say. unclear — each department tracks The respected CIRCLE Program, calls in different ways. And somefor instance, which was previously times, officers are dispatched on calls run out of the state’s largest referral not flagged as a mental health issue, hospital in Pueblo to treat people with only to learn upon arrival the disturmental illness and addiction, tempobance is the result of a mental health rarily closed last summer because of condition. staffing shortages. Although a spokesLone Tree, for instance, does not woman for the Colorado Department track the exact number of mental health calls, Sgt. Tim Beals said. But it of Human Services said it may soon did place individuals on mental health reopen, Briggs named the closure as a big loss for the mental health system. holds 48 times in 2017. Parker police “There is hardly any place to help does track them: They responded to at people anymore,” said Briggs, who least 222 mental health calls last year, also noted that lack of insurance or spokesman Josh Hans said. the wrong kind of insurance often The Castle Rock Police Department said it doesn’t know how many mental keeps the mentally ill from finding health calls it had based on how its database is categorized. It does know, SEE CHALLENGE, P10

‘It’s not easy to solve and it’s not even really a law enforcement problem. It’s a

community problem.’

Members of the Castle Rock Community Response Team are, from left, clinician Troy Thompson, case manager Leandra Montoya and Castle Rock police Officer Marcos Whyte.

The three dispatch to calls together when an incident is identified as involving a mental health issue.

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Mental health holds weigh liberty vs. public safety Officials: Colorado’s threshold among highest in nation

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

When a person in a mental health crisis is an imminent danger to himself, herself or others, or is gravely disabled by a mental illness, mental health and law enforcement professionals may place them on a mental health hold. Mental health holds can last up to 72 hours, although they are sometimes much shorter.

That means a person would be taken to a hospital or a Colorado Crisis Services walk-in center, where he or she would be evaluated and treated to determine whether they should be involuntarily committed to treatment.

The threshold for placing someone on a mental health hold in Colorado is one of the highest in the nation, said Chief Medical Officer Patrick Fox of the Colorado Department of Human Services.

If a state sets the threshold too low, people who are not going to act violently may be unnecessarily detained, he said. But when the threshold is set too high, some violent people might not be prevented from harming themselves or others.

“There are going to be violent people that I don’t catch because they don’t meet the threshold,” Fox said. “It means that people break through.”

Camille Harding, director of the human services department’s Community Behavioral Health division, which oversees mental health holds, said placing someone with a mental illness on a mental health hold is a judgment about whether or not that person has the means to act on what he or she is doing.

Fox said he believes the threshold in Colorado is too high, an issue that’s been a point of contention in previous years among legislators, policy makers, law enforcement, mental health professionals and the public.

Fox and Deputy Brian Briggs of the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office also said knowing when to place someone on a mental health hold is a fine line to walk. Officials must

weigh a person’s liberty against public safety.

“It’s tough,” said Briggs, who also considers the threshold very high.

“It’s a serious matter, because you are literally taking away somebody’s rights.”

The most common example of when mental health holds are used are for suicidal people, Lone Tree Police Chief Kirk Wilson said.

It’s difficult for the state Department of Human Services to provide the exact number of mental health holds in a given year. Facilities that take mental health hold patients but are not regulated by the Office of Behavioral Health historically have not been required to report that information, leaving the state with incomplete data.

Based on information the department does have, it knows that in the 2016-17 fiscal year, at least 37,771 people were placed on mental health holds in Colorado, about 2,800 more than the previous fiscal year. Some of those individuals were placed on multiple holds, bringing the number of holds up to approximately 52,661, more than 13,000 than the previous fiscal year.

Senate Bill 17-207, signed by Gov. John Hickenlooper last May, increased funding for the state’s crisis services system and for law enforcement, Harding said. That will ensure walk-in centers and crisis stabilization units have the ability to triage people placed on emergency mental health holds.

The bill also made a key change to how mental health holds are carried out.

In May 2018, law enforcement officers will no longer take a person in a behavioral health emergency to jail if they have not committed a crime, and instead, must take them to a mental health or emergency medical services facility.

The bill also requires any hospital accepting mental health hold patients, including those not regulated by the Office of Behavioral Health, to report its data concerning mental health holds to the state by July 1, 2019.

The hope is that the state may gain more accurate numbers on mental health holds, a Colorado Department of Human Services spokeswoman said.

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‘All of our jails are psychiatric facilities’ Half of inmates in county jail have mental illness

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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t 17 years old, Michael was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. He also was battling an addiction to heroin. Through his father’s private insurance, he received treatment and medication for both.

In 2010, when his father lost his job and he was forced to apply for Medicaid, Michael’s access to care declined.

Although he continued to take medication for his bipolar disorder, his addiction to heroin worsened over the following years. Then a 2016 conviction for menacing and providing alcohol to a minor sent him to the Douglas County jail for six months.

“I was struggling really bad,” said Michael, 34, who requested that his last name be withheld for privacy reasons. “I couldn’t get clean on the outside — it was impossible.”

But jail, he says, proved to be a blessing.

There, he received medication for his mental illness, met with a counselor for an hour each week and participated in group therapy. He acquired a sense of accountability and respect for authority. These days, Michael lives in Highlands Ranch with family and has a steady job.

He never expected the help he needed would come from behind bars. But jails and prisons across the country are increasingly becoming a repository for men and women with mental illnesses and substance-abuse disorders, which experts say often go hand in hand. The increasing numbers are challenging detention system philosophies and straining resources in efforts to develop programs to address the needs.

The Douglas County jail is no exception.

Fifty percent of the approximately 320 inmates in the Douglas County jail have a diagnosed mental health condition. And even though the jail is doing what it can to be a leader in mental health practices, many inmates are not being adequately treated because of a dearth of funding and resources, said Kevin Duffy, captain of detention for the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office, who has overseen the Douglas County jail since 2014.

In fact, the population of inmates with mental illnesses at the jail has increased so much — in 2014 about 40 percent of inmates had a diagnosed mental illness — the jail in 2015 had to expand its mental health unit.

“When people look at county jails, they think we are housing bad guys,” Duffy said. “All of our jails are psychiatric facilities. We are criminalizing mental illness.”

‘They can’t get the help elsewhere’ The Douglas County jail sprawls through the basement floor of the Douglas County Justice Center, an

Shauna Shipps, left, licensed professional mental health clinician, and Jennifer Glenn, health services administrator, review paperwork at the Douglas County Justice Center. The two work in the jail, which in recent years has seen an overwhelming number of inmates with mental illness. “There are just no resources,” Glenn said. “You have mentally ill people on the streets, not taking their medication, and then they commit a crime.”

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BY THE NUMBERS: DOUGLAS COUNTY JAIL IN 2017 7,838 inmates were booked into jail.

875 inmates had mental health evaluations.

2,315 inmates were on psychiatric referrals.

333 inmates were on suicide watch, more than 100 compared to two years earlier.

50 percent of the average daily population was on psychiatric medication.

Source: Capt. Kevin Duffy of the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office

BY THE NUMBERS: A NATIONAL LOOK 37 percent of prisoners and 44 percent of jail inmates had been told in the past by a mental health professional that they had a mental disorder.

Of those individuals, nearly 24 percent of prisoners and 30 percent of jail inmates were told they had major depressive disorder. Nearly 18 percent of prisoners and 30 percent of jail inmates were told they had bipolar disorder.

35 percent of male prisoners and 41 percent of male jail inmates had a history of mental

health problems.

66 percent of female prisoners and 68 percent of female jail inmates had a history of mental health problems.

36 percent of prisoners and 43 percent of jail inmates with a history of mental health problems were sentenced to less than a year.

expansive brick building next to Interstate 25 in Castle Rock. A chamber of fluorescent-lit hallways, just off the elevator, monitored by cameras and ID scanners, leads to the cells.

Inmates dressed in colored jumpsuits are spread among nine pods or housing units. The jail’s capacity is 518 inmates, though authorities prefer to stay under 400. The average length of stay is 17 days. The maximum is two years.

Through the thick sliding door of the K-Pod — the mental health and medical unit also referred to as King Pod because it is the largest of the nine — is a small room with surveillance cameras, computer screens and panoramic glass windows. On the other side of the glass are two levels of holding cells and two common spaces, where on a January day, one inmate was seen sweeping the floor.

Several others sat behind closed doors.

“Not a lot of deputies have the patience to deal with this,” said Douglas County Deputy Tiffany Yacuta, who spends 10 hours a day, four days a week in the pod, where there are a range of behaviors and personalities.

She oversees the unit and checks on

the inmates’ wellbeing. “I feel like I can advocate for them.”

The pod is a special management unit for people with mental health and medical problems, though mental health needs — most commonly bipolar, personality and post-traumatic stress disorders — consume the majority. The goal is to get the inmates stable enough to transition into the jail’s general population, Yacuta said.

Completed in 1999 for about $41 million, the Douglas County Justice Center underwent a $24 million expansion in 2014 that included construction of the K-Pod. When it first opened in 2015, 10 beds served inmates with medical needs, such as wheelchairs, walkers or canes. Twenty-one beds were for inmates with mental health issues.

Eighteen months later, the jail restructured the pod. Beds for inmates with mental health needs rose to 27.

Beds for inmates with medical issues decreased to four.

Males occupy 19 of those beds. Eight are for females.

“With the increasing problems with the inmates who had severe mental health issues, primarily males, we had to make some adjustments to the

Source: A 2017 report from the U.S. Department of Justice that includes studies from 2011-12.

Kevin Duffy, who has served as captain of detention at the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office since 2014, has witnessed the growing number of mentally ill inmates in his county jail.

“What is causing our society to be so mentally unstable?” he asked. “That is the million-dollar question.” unit,” Duffy said. He and other clinicians who work in the jail noted that in recent years, the mentally ill female population also is increasing.

The mental health crisis stretches beyond prisons and jails. In the U.S., one in five adults — or about 43.8 million people — are living with mental illness. Because of lack of resources, costs and stigma associated with such illnesses, many won’t receive the help they need.

More than 2.3 million people across the country are in state and federal prisons or local jails. About 20 percent of those in jails and 15 percent of inmates in state prisons have a serious mental illness, according to the Treatment Advocacy Center, a national mental health policy organization.

That means, for example, in 2014, based on the total national inmate population, some 383,000 individuals with severe psychiatric disease were locked up — nearly 10 times the number of patients in the nation’s state psychiatric hospitals, the center found.

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care at facilities.

The trend of dwindling resources dates back to the 1960s, following a national campaign to de-institutionalize the mental health system that in the long run created a major gap in programs and facilities to help those with mental illness, law enforcement and mental health experts say.

“They didn’t go anywhere; we didn’t fix them,” said Patrick Fox, chief medical officer for the Colorado Department of Human Services. “We just moved them to another place.”

The expense of running such programs also has contributed to the problem.

“It’s no surprise that you’re trying to find ways to treat people humanely in a less expensive way,” said Neil Gowensmith, director of the Denver Forensic Institute for Research, Service and Training at the University of Denver. “But that just hasn’t happened yet.”

De-institutionalization lasted until roughly 10 years ago, when lawsuits began demanding higher capacity at hospitals, Gowensmith said. Now, he added, mental health authorities, state hospital administrators and legislators must secure the funding to make that happen.

Until the problem is fully resolved, however, what this means for law enforcement, Spurlock said, is fewer places to take the mentally ill encountered by officers.

Training, new programs offer solutions To help their officers understand and better handle situations involving mental illness, law enforcement agencies in Douglas County and across the nation are not only focusing on training their officers on mental health issues but also are creating innovative programs that meld the law enforcement and mental health fields.

The Crisis Intervention Team, commonly called CIT, is an internationally recognized program that the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office and Parker, Lone Tree and Castle Rock police departments say is critical training for their officers.

“We think equipping every patrol officer with this knowledge can only enhance their ability to help residents during a crisis event,” Parker Police Chief David King said.

The program is the “gold standard” in policing the mentally ill, said Anne Mosbach, coordinator for the Douglas County Mental Health Initiative, a coalition of 37 partner organizations working to fill the gaps Mosbach in the county’s mental health resources.

The course teaches law enforcement how to recognize and build rapport with a mentally ill person. Throughout the training, panels of people with mental health conditions explain to officers what it’s like to be in psychosis, and professional actors provide role-playing exercises so officers can practice de-escalation techniques. The

Deputy Brian Briggs with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office serves on one of two Community Response Teams in the county. Briggs has served in law enforcement for 20 years, including many positions where he worked with the mentally ill. Briggs believes the public is more willing to speak about mental illness today than in years past: “It’s a culture shift society-wise and absolutely in law enforcement.”

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Officers learn how to de-escalate situations involving mental illness Program, considered best in industry, being used by county, city agencies

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office and Parker, Lone Tree and Castle Rock police departments are in the process of putting all their officers and dispatchers through Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training, an internationally recognized program that teaches how to recognize and build rapport with a person experiencing mental illness.

Eighty percent of the Parker Police Department has completed the training, and 68 percent of Castle Rock officers and 82 percent of Lone Tree officers have done so.

In the sheriff ’s office, 50 percent of deputies are trained in CIT. “It’s really advanced training for police officers that didn’t exist 30 years ago,” Castle Rock Police Chief Jack Cauley said.

Founded by the Memphis Police Department in 1988, the 40-hour course is considered the leading program in policing the mentally ill. Through the training, panels of people with mental health conditions explain what it’s like to be in psychosis. Professional actors provide role-playing exercises, so officers can practice de-escalation techniques. The focus is on communication and avoiding the use of force.

“The goal is to train officers that folks with mental health issues goal is that officers will be able to communicate effectively enough that the mentally ill person will willingly accept resources or treatment, preventing the need to forcibly detain or place

are much more than mental health people,” said Dara Rampersad, a CIT expert who has served on the program’s international board of directors. “They have full lives.”

Douglas County police chiefs agree the CIT program offers crucial mental health training to law enforcement. But some law enforcement officials don’t necessarily think every officer in an agency should have it.

Jeff Santelli, a retired Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office deputy who now works as a CIT trainer, suggested that CIT should be a specialized presence in law enforcement, likening it to SWAT teams.

Just like SWAT officers, CIT officers require a specific skillset, Santelli said.

“It’s actually a very similar analogy to CIT,” he said. “It’s a specialized training of communication and not everybody is the best communicator.”

Santelli also cautioned not all agencies can afford CIT training, the cost of which depends on various factors.

The price can run from $6,000 to $25,000, Santelli said. Some agencies itemize the expense in their budgets; others pursue grants.

And some, such as Douglas County, which pays for the program with booking fees from the jail, find creative funding avenues.

But agencies may consider the program worth the expense: Studies show CIT is effective at reducing use of force — in some departments bringing it lower than 5 percent — and preventing negative outcomes that could result otherwise, Santelli and Rampersad said. the person in jail or at the emergency room.

“My first scenario was a girl in a car crying ... with a knife to her neck, and they were like, ‘OK, go de-escalate

that,’ ” Briggs said of his CIT training in 2003.

CIT decreases law enforcement’s use of force when interacting with the mentally ill, bringing it lower than 5 percent in some departments, said Dara Rampersad, a CIT expert who has served on the international board of directors for CIT International.

Briggs understands first-hand how CIT training can affect a situation’s outcome.

He still remembers the gun-wielding Vietnam War veteran he came across about 15 years ago when responding to reports of gunfire on a rural Douglas County property.

He and a partner found a man, likely suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, bunkered down inside a crawl space beneath his home, convinced he was in a war zone surrounded by enemy troops.

“The first thing we saw was a gun coming out from under the crawl space,” Briggs said.

They spent 20 minutes behind a shield convincing him he was safe and he could put down the weapon. Once he did, they rushed him. There was a gun. The situation was tactical.

Today, rushing the man wouldn’t happen, Briggs said. CIT teaches officers to talk a person through his or her psychosis, calm them down and encourage them to willingly accept help.

Joining forces Law enforcement agencies in Douglas County and across the country also are embracing programs that pair officers with mental health professionals to respond to mental health calls.

Co-responder programs developed in Los Angeles and San Diego pair law enforcement with behavioral health specialists to intervene on mental health-related calls. Arvada, Littleton and Parker are among those using these two-person teams already, but more will launch in Colorado communities this year.

Detective Tyler Herman with the Parker Police Department spearheaded its co-responder program, implemented last June. His involvement comes from a passion for helping the mentally ill.

“We owe it to them to get the best shot at getting better,” Herman said.

The Colorado Department of Human Services in January announced financial awards to help communities with co-responder teams expand their services and support several more looking to begin co-responder programs.

Castle Rock police and the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office have Community Response Teams, or CRTs, in place.

Through the CRT program, a law enforcement officer and a clinician work together in a patrol car for a full 40-hour week. Case managers also accompany the CRT on some calls, and paramedics are on call to respond if needed. In some cases, a mentally ill person is transferred to a facility for treatment, and in others, they are treated on-scene and allowed to stay in their homes.

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sheriff in the region is swamped with cases that involve mental health, said Neil Gowensmith, assistant clinical professor at the University of Denver’s Graduate School of Professional Psychology.

But in his view, the Douglas County jail system stands out because of the amount of awareness it shows for those experiencing mental illness.

“I can say that they do have a captain that seems to understand the importance of addressing mental illness and the population that he is dealing with,” said Gowensmith, who has worked in forensics in various jails and hospitals. “They have dedicated resources and staff to addressing mental health needs in their population.”

Duffy and about 12 mental health professionals, social workers and deputies meet once a week around a large table in a jail conference room to review the cases of inmates’ they are concerned about, one by one, on a large projector. They discuss the progress or regression of each person and decide into which pod, if any, he or she should be transferred. Often, mental health is part of the conversation.

The jail’s two mental health care clinicians, and two clinicians from AllHealth Network who are there thanks to a state grant, oversee and counsel more than 300 inmates. About three times a month, the jail’s sole nurse practitioner prescribes medication for the 50 percent of inmates with a diagnosed mental illness. Deputies and nurses can only force a medication if it is court-ordered or necessary for calming an inmate, Duffy said.

Every day, health services administrator Jennifer Glenn and mental health care clinician Shauna Shipps said they see the effects of lack of community treatment options for people with mental illness.

“There are just no resources,” Glenn said. “You have mentally ill people on the streets, not taking their medication, and then they commit a crime.”

Some inmates, booked in jail for petty crimes or misdemeanor charges, sit and wait while their mental state languishes.

Said Shipps: “It’s more sad that they end up here because they can’t get the help elsewhere.”

But housing mentally ill inmates takes professionals, space and programs that jails frequently do not have the money for, mental health experts and law enforcement officials in Colorado say.

The result, they say, is overcrowded jails in many regions, a maxed-out state mental health institute and an overwhelming number of inmates who are not getting the treatment they need.

Colorado’s only mental health institute for court-ordered individuals or individuals found not guilty by reason of insanity is in Pueblo. Since 2000, the institute has seen a 931 percent increase in judge-ordered competency restorations for individuals to stand trial, according to the Colorado SEE JAIL, P12

Douglas County Deputy Tiffany Yacuta stands in the center of the K-Pod, a special management unit in the county’s jail that houses inmates with mental health or medical problems. “I feel like I can advocate for them,” Yacuta said of inmates with mental illnesses.

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Culture shift affects jail population

BY ALEX DEWIND AND JESSICA GIBBS

Law enforcement and mental health experts point to a culture shift in the approach to mental health treatment in the 1960s for the drastic rise in inmates with mental illness.

In 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed into law the Community Mental Health Act, which moved away from involuntarily housing patients in asylums, sanitariums and state-run institutions. Community health care centers to better treat patients emerged.

But because of inadequate funding, in part due to the Vietnam War, the program wasn’t as effective as the administration had hoped, said Dr. Neil Gowensmith, assistant clinical professor at the University of Denver’s Graduate School of Professional Psychology.

“A lot of people were released from hospitals onto the streets without any safety net or Gowensmith mental health care in place and their symptoms re-emerged,” said Gowensmith, who has worked in forensics in various jails and hospitals.

Then, in 1965, the federal government signed into law Medicaid to provide health care to low-income people.

The program offered benefits for individuals treated at community healthcare centers. But it failed to assist individuals in psychiatric hospitals, which further pushed people out of those settings, national mental health organizations say.

In 1969, California passed a law prohibiting involuntary commitment to a mental health institution without a court hearing, resulting in the release of thousands of people onto the streets, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. The law set the precedent for the rest of the nation.

The initial shift away from institutions wasn’t without reason, Gowensmith said. Sanitariums were dismal places, “over-crowded, unsanitary and very dangerous.”

But funding continued to falter. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter signed the Mental Health Systems Act, which provided grants to community mental health centers in an attempt to strengthen the mental health care system. Soon after, President Ronald Reagan repealed the law, established block grants for the states and cut federal funding by 30 percent. The block grants were to be allocated for mental health and substance abuse care.

Following the Great Recession, states cut $4.35 billion in public mental-health spending between 2009 and 2012, according to mental health and state policy organizations.

Gowensmith and other mental health experts call

what happened next “trans-institutionalization.” Communities were unable to cater to the broad needs of the mentally ill. Instead of receiving care, many were moved to different types of institutions — community hospitals, shelters and jails.

In the 1950s, about 500,000 people were in jails and prisons and a similar amount were in psychiatric hospitals, according to Gowensmith.

Today, fewer than 40,000 people are in psychiatric hospitals and more than 2.2 million are in jails and prisons.

“There are a lot of people who probably need psychiatric hospital care and the beds just don’t exist, so they fall through the cracks and in the arms of the police,” said Gowensmith. “Police don’t have a lot of options aside from arrest, and when a person is in jail, it’s like a funnel — your options get fewer and fewer as you go farther down the criminal justice funnel.”

Patrick Fox, chief medical officer for the Colorado Department of Human Services, said Colorado is still feeling the effects of the national campaign to de-institutionalize the mental health system.

Resources and funding must be available across the different systems of care, he said.

Fox When an inividual is released from one institution, such as a mental health hospital, it’s likely he or she will go into another, such as a community mental health center.

“In the broad sense,” Fox said, “if we want to think about the impact on the system as a whole, we need to remember that as people move across systems of care – from community mental health centers, to jail, into the state hospital for competency restorations, back to jail, back to the community — the resources necessary to keep those systems operating don’t flex as rapidly as the individuals do.”

Additionally, he said, money-saving efforts in the form of reducing hospital beds haven’t helped.

In Colorado, there is the 449-bed Mental Health Institute in Pueblo providing inpatient behavioral health services for adults, adolescents or geriatric patients who are court-ordered or found not guilty by reason of insanity.

At its peak in 1961, the hospital housed 6,100 patients.

The state’s second mental health hospital at Fort Logan predominantly serves low-income individuals. Ten years ago, Colorado Mental Health Institute Fort Logan had 173 beds. Now it has 94.

“It used to be a robust, thriving institution,” Gowensmith said of Fort Logan. “And now most of those buildings are shuttered and just in disrepair.”

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meet to ensure they continue going to therapy and taking medications.

The CRT started in Castle Rock in early 2017 with a pilot team jointly operated by the Castle Rock Police Department and the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office. A second team was added in December. The program was organized by the Douglas County Mental Health Initiative and modeled after a similar program in Colorado Springs. To date, it has worked with 259 individuals, making contact with them nearly 600 times through 911 calls, referrals or follow-up visits.

From May to August 2017, 60 percent of people treated by the pilot CRT team were stabilized on-scene, according to Douglas County’s website.

“It’s an extremely beneficial program, providing resources and connection to resources for the community,” said Amanda Throckmorton, a Castle Rock police officer with a background in psychology who helped pilot the CRT. Briggs agreed: “It’s putting the clinicians on-scene to do the assessments.

That’s why CRT is revolutionary.”

Looking forward Law enforcement has clearly taken more ownership in helping the mentally ill, even if that wasn’t its original role, said Mosbach of the Mental Health Initiative.

“As much as there are parts of the system that really need to be more supported,” she said, “I have seen a greater compassion.”

But training and new police-based programs — and more compassion — aren’t the only solutions to the challenges that officers deal with on a daily basis, law enforcement and mental health professionals say.

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Department of Human Services. Last year, the mental health institute performed 2,000 competency evaluations, nearly double the amount performed five years ago.

A bed to restore competency costs $696 a day, according to Patrick Fox, chief medical officer at the Colorado Department of Human Services. The cost to house an inmate in jail, depending on several factors, including the kind of mental health treatment, generally costs $35 to $90 a day.

“A jail is predominantly run by deputies with a small cadre of health professionals,” Fox said. “Hospitals, like forensic hospitals, are run by a huge phalanx of health professionals with a small cadre of security forces.

They are almost like the inverse of each other.”

Inmates with mental illness in Douglas County jail may spend weeks waiting for an evaluation to determine if they can get a bed at the state’s mental

Leandra Montoya sits at her desk in the Castle Rock Police Department, where she files notes for cases handled by the Community Response Team.

JESSICA GIBBS

Parker Police Chief David King, second from right, talks with officers outside of the Parker Police Department, 18600 Lincoln Meadows Parkway. His team has a large focus on mental health in the community.

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MENTALLY ILL DOESN’T MEAN DANGEROUS The Dec. 31 death of a Douglas County Sheriff’s Office deputy in a shootout involving a mentally ill man, who also was killed, is a rare occurrence.

As Sheriff Tony Spurlock pointed out, of the 500 or so mental health calls his deputies responded to in 2017, the incident that killed Deputy Zackari Parrish was the only one to turn violent.

“No evidence suggests that people with serious mental illness receiving effective treatment are more dangerous than

individuals in the general population,” says the Treatment Advocacy Center, a national mental health policy organization.

A small number of individuals with serious mental illnesses — who are not being treated or who are also abusing alcohol or drugs — commit acts of violence, the center reported.

Research shows people with mental illness are more likely to be victims of violence.

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finding the money to fund treatment programs or other resources in the community.

“I think it’s hard not to talk about funding in these conversations,” said Mosbach, noting how treatment providers struggle to keep up with demand for services.

Funding for the mental health system is “clearly a major point of

contention and a major gap,” Gowensmith said. When competing for money against issues like public safety, transportation or tax reform, “it just loses out.”

But it needs to start winning, officials say.

Briggs recalls a dozen mentally ill people who came and went five to seven times each during the years

‘In a jail, at least families know the person is safe, fed, cared for and their mental health needs are met.’

Kevin Duffy Captain of detention, Douglas County Sheriff’s Office health institute.

“Their bonds are minuscule but families can’t take care of them. It can be a huge drain financially and emotionally on a family,” Duffy said, of caring for a person with a mental illness. “In a jail, at least families know the person is safe, fed, cared for and their mental health needs are met.”

Collaboration is key A directed and joint community effort is needed to generate more funding, increase the numbers of mental health professionals and create a

societal shift in attitude toward people with mental illness, mental health experts and law enforcement say.

Laura Usher, program manager for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, believes that if funding were adequate, community mental health centers and programs — such as supportive housing — could treat the majority of people with mental illness. And, she added, mental health care must be integrated into primary health care.

“Often, our system will treat one and not the other and we have bad out-

he spent working in the county jail, between 2009 and 2012.

People weren’t getting adequate treatment — they were just getting out, he said. “That’s when I learned this is not working as a system.”

For Sheriff Tony Spurlock, the issue became even more personal the day his deputy died.

In late January, Spurlock sat in a sheriff ’s office conference room, reflecting on the shooting and the mental health system as a whole. Mental illness shouldn’t be criminalized, he said, but those with mental health conditions keep landing in his jail.

“I could take you down to my jail right now and show you inmates who should not be here,” he said.

That frustrates him. One day he hopes the trend will change, but like many officials in the state, Spurlock said he has no perfect answer.

“In some cases, like the murder of Zack Parrish, there is no doubt that the killer had a mental issue,” Spurlock said. “It’s a constant battle to try and do the right thing for these people and to try and provide public safety for the other folks that are just passing through and passing through life.”

DID YOU KNOW? • More than 2 million people with mental illness are booked into jails each year in the United States.

• The annual cost of housing an inmate with mental illness in jail is $31,000 — three times the amount of housing an inmate without one.

Source: National Alliance on Mental Illness comes when we do that,” said Usher.

“We need to improve the services that are available in communities long before a crisis occurs, so that people can get help for serious conditions.”

Collaboration among available resources is key, mental health experts say.

Duffy has made that a mission since taking over supervision of the jail in 2014.

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transportation, food assistance, health insurance and treatment centers for substance use disorders.

A letter of recommendation from an AllHealth Network clinician helped Michael land his job at Goodwill, where he works in donations.

His story, he says, is a testament to the effectiveness of the jail’s programs.

During his six-month sentence, he received a new medication that stabilized his bipolar disorder and went through the state-funded Jail Based Behavioral Health Services (JBBS) Program, which provides counseling for inmates with substance use and mental health disorders.

“The one-on-one (counseling sessions) helped the most because I hadn’t had a one-on-one with a counselor who cared about me in a long time,” Michael said.

For Duffy, stories like Michael’s show that with the right resources, an inmate can be successful at life after jail.

It’s all about giving inmates a hand up, Duffy likes to say, not a handout.

“Our job is not to judge or punish these people. Our job is to safely and humanely house these people and treat them with dignity and respect,” Duffy said. “We are dealing with human beings down here and we are going to treat them like that.”

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Checkups mean ‘I’m more likely to stay sober’ Inmate: Program’s accountability makes the difference

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Wearing an orange T-shirt and pants, Samuel Cardona sat at a round table in a small glass-walled room of the Douglas County jail, as he talked to a reporter. It was an afternoon in January. He had just finished his shift at the jail’s bakery.

Making desserts for inmates helps him get through his sentencing, the 31-year-old said candidly. He is in jail on drug charges. That day was his 100th, with 90 more to go.

It’s not his first time behind bars — Cardona said he has been in and out of trouble since he was 21 years old.

But this time looks promising, thanks to the services offered in the Douglas County jail.

Cardona is in the state-funded Jail Based Behavioral Health Services

(JBBS) Program, which supports county sheriffs in providing resources for inmates with substanceuse disorders and co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders. The program provides two clinicians from AllHealth Network, who lead one-on-one and group therapy in the jail.

Inmates have to apply for JBBS and be accepted into the program.

There is almost always a waitlist for the 30 spots.

Cardona meets with the group every Tuesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. They review worksheets, reflect on weekly issues, think through processes and exchange feedback. He has learned how to manage his behavior, he said, and developed healthy coping skills.

When he is released from jail, he knows that a JBBS clinician will check in with him periodically for a year.

Which may make the biggest difference of all.

“Checkups after I get out provide accountability,” Cardona said. “If I know someone is going to come to my front door and make sure I’m sober, I’m more likely to stay sober.”

Alex DeWind DeWind, 25, joined Colorado Community Media in September 2015 and reports primarily on Highlands Ranch and the Douglas County School District. She grew up in Basalt, a small mountain town outside of Aspen, and graduated from the UniDeWind versity of Colorado-Boulder.

Gibbs, 25, began Jessica Gibbs reporting for Colorado Community Media in August 2016.

Originally from DeWitt, a small town in southeast Nebraska, she graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and covers Douglas County, Castle Rock and nearby communities.

Gibbs DeWind and Gibbs have spent two months delving into how the prevalence of mental illness has created unique challenges in the daily work of law enforcement and our detention systems.

“No one ever thinks of a jail as a place for people experiencing mental illness,” DeWind said. “The compassion shown by those working at the Douglas County jail struck me . . . We need to extend that compassion and awareness into society as a whole.”

“As officials on the forefront of the issue have said, there is no perfect answer for improving the mental health system or law enforcement’s role in policing the mentally ill,” Gibbs said. “Let’s keep asking the tough questions until those answers can be found, so those with mental illness have the resources they need and the public rests assured the system is working at its best.”

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n Castle Rock last year, police responded to 250 calls involving suicidal or potentially suicidal people.

Douglas County deputies responded to at least 500 calls related to mental health in 2017, Parker police to 222 such calls.

Lone Tree officers placed individuals on mental health holds 48 times.

Half of the population in the Douglas County jail has a diagnosable mental illness.

“When people look at county jails, they think we are housing bad guys,” said Capt. Kevin Duffy, of the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office. “All of our jails are psychiatric facilities. We are criminalizing mental illness.”

The prevalence of mental illness

OUR VIEW in our society today is no longer a surprise. One in five people live with mental illness and one in 25 have a serious mental illness, national mental health organizations say. That means, most likely, we all know someone who is struggling with anxiety, depression or some other mental health condition.

It also means the jobs of the men and women who promise to keep the public safe have become even more complicated and challenging.

This week, the second part of Colorado Community Media’s Time to Talk series about the state of mental health in Douglas County focuses on how mental illness is affecting the

daily work of our law enforcement officers and jail system.

They are taking on the challenge in impressive ways, undergoing training to be able to handle mental health situations with compassion and understanding, creating innovative programs that pair the law enforcement and mental health fields in responding to calls. In the Douglas County jail, mental health clinicians work alongside deputies in an expanded unit set aside for those struggling with mental illness. Collaboration with organizations in the community helps inmates find jobs and stay on their medications, with the goal of not seeing them again behind bars.

But a frustrating lack of resources, from money for more mental health support on the job to fewer com-

munity programs for people who should be in treatment rather than in jail, constrains just how much law enforcement agencies can do.

“I could take you down to my jail right now and show you inmates who should not be here,” Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock said.

Mental health professionals have long advocated for more funding to provide adequate mental health resources to meet the challenge of mental illness in our society — before a crisis occurs. It’s clear that a concerted, collaborative effort is required to reverse the decades-long trend that began with an admirable effort to deinstitutionalize people with mental illness in the 1960s but SEE OUR VIEW, P15

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I just received an invitation to pre-order a 2019

SUV. The vehicle isn’t in the works: It already exists.

I received the invitation in February 2018.

When I was a kid, the debut of the new year automobiles was a very big deal. Maybe some of you remember?

It happened in the fall, not the previous winter.

We would be teased with full-page newspaper ads and flashy television commercials, and almost all of the American cars were debuted at about the same time.

Now it’s whenever they feel like it.

The first sign of trouble was the 1964 1/2 Mustang. The 1964 Mustang had been a huge success, and Ford was in high gear for the 1965 Mustang, but Ford was asked to provide the pace car for the 1965 Indianapolis 500, and came up with a special convertible. It was later turned into a production vehicle.

In our home, the weeks before the debut of the new models was

just like the weeks before Christmas.

My father sold Buicks.

But when he saw the 1958 Buicks, he moved down the street and sold Fords.

QUIET He brought home DESPERATION a new demo once a month, and we pretended it was the family car.

I am sure there are men and women leaning into their computers somewhere, designing 2020, 2021, and 2022 automobiles.

Craig Marshall When I was in high school, freshSmith men who made a team were awarded sweater numerals.

My numbers looked like the distant future, beyond my comprehension.

We were assigned George Orwell’s “1984” and that was even more incomprehensible. Then 1984 came and went.

Next stop? Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey,” but first

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In touch and staying in touch with those who mean so much

f we look back over the past sevjust stay connected through social eral weeks, months, or even years, media.

I would bet that we can think of Now for me personally, my greatsome people in our lives aunt doesn’t have email, she doesn’t have a cell phone, and that we wish we would have WINNING she is certainly not on social stayed in touch with more WORDS media of any kind. She lives in often. an assisted living residence now Maybe it’s a parent, a that my great-uncle has passed grandparent, an aunt or away. uncle, a sibling, a child, a The two of them were very friend, or maybe even a cogood to my sister and me over worker. Someone who we lost the years. They never had chiltouch with and we realized dren of their own, and I know that we could have done a they loved being there for us in better job of being the one to so many ways. A painful confeskeep the connection going.

Maybe something got in Michael Norton sion for me is that there was a period of time where I lost the way. Perhaps it was distouch with them, and it was all on me. tance, and the miles between the two Each year they would send cards of you just became a mile too far.

Or maybe it was a disagreement or a and call on birthdays and holidays, and in turn we would send a card simple difference of opinion that was back. never quite resolved.

Unfortunately, it became the acHere’s the one that might ring truer cepted norm in the rush and crush than the others, maybe we just didn’t of life as I was “busy” and was doing invest the time to make a call, send an everything I could for my own family. email, stay in touch via text, or even

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foundered as federal funding to treat these individuals was cut in the 1980s and 2000s.

In that vein, more should look at the example set by the Douglas County Mental Health Initiative, a coalition of 37 organizations from the public, private, faith-based and citizen sectors of our communities, that has been toiling for three years to identify gaps in mental health resources and develop ways to fill those holes. One of those ways, a program that piloted successfully last year, brings police officers, mental health professionals and paramedics working together on mental health situations.

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we were supposed to party like it was 1999.

Kubrick’s film was released in 1968.

Prince’s song was released in 1982.

I retired in 2003, and I kept the intention to myself for two years. They were very long years. I marked off the weeks on my calendars.

It’s been 15 years. Where did it go?

What did I do? Who was I with?

Hindsight, it is said, is 20/20. I am looking forward to the year 2020 already for two reasons. One for a reason I can’t tell you, and another for a reason I can: there will be a presidential election.

Things will start to warm up in 2019.

I expect it will be fraught with political thunder, layered with impressive promises, and scripted by Monty Python. I can’t wait.

I want you to get out “Dark Side of

We hope this week’s stories provide a glimpse into the unseen challenges that police officers and deputies face each day — and to the innovative and caring ways in which they are responding. We hope, too, that they highlight the reality that the challenge of improving this dilemma belongs to us all — lawmakers, government, community and business leaders, and everyday citizens.

Lone Tree Police Chief Kirk Wilson notes that the mental health component to police work has always existed.

But “it’s not easy to solve and it’s not even really a law enforcement problem,” he said. “It’s a community problem.”

It’s going to take all of us to find a solution.

the Moon,” and listen to “Time.”

“You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way.”

On his deathbed, David Cassidy said something that was more meaningful, I think, than anything else he had ever said or had ever done.

“So much wasted time.”

I have frittered and I have wasted.

I try not to anymore: There are far fewer calendar years left in my life than there were when I was handed my high school numerals.

When I was 14, I looked at men my age now, and thought they were walking antiques. What were they doing out of bed?

Now I am one of them. It’s funny how that happens. You get up in the morning and go to work, and the next thing you know you’re getting discounts at the zoo.

Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident.

He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.

I made the excuse that time was not my friend and just continued to accept that the occasional holiday card and seldom telephone call were okay.

Shame on me. These were two really important people in my life and I needed to fix that. I wrote them a very heartfelt letter, as I knew my uncle enjoyed writing. It was probably that they were so awesome that they never made me feel bad about our lack of communication, instead just expressed extraordinary gratitude that we were talking again and writing.

They lived in Maine, and as I lived in Colorado, it wasn’t like I could just drive over for a Sunday dinner. So we agreed to talk each week and continue writing. I also added sending a postcard from wherever I happened to be traveling to that week.

Reading this column might seem like you are subjected to torture, like being forced to watch someone else’s home videos. My intent is not to

torture you, but to remind us all that there are people in our lives that are just too important to settle for a holiday card or seldom telephone call.

And I really don’t care what the cause of the lack of connection or communication might be, all I do know is that one day we will all realize that all we did was make excuses for not staying in touch.

If it was a disagreement or fight, that’s okay, forgive them and reach out. If it is just too many miles apart, so what, they have telephone calls, texts, emails, letters, Facetime and Skype and for that. If it is pride, have a good look in the mirror and talk with yourself, they were important to you and they are still important to you or you wouldn’t even be reading this far into my column.

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Flu season makes impact across Colorado Health officials say it’s not too late to get vaccine

BY TABATHA STEWART TSTEWART@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A record number of Coloradans have been hospitalized for the flu this year, and metro-area health officials are urging residents to get the vaccine for the contagious illness if they haven’t already done so.

This year’s flu season has resulted in more than 3,550 people being hospitalized in Colorado, with one recorded pediatric death in the state. According to a Feb. 17 flu report issued by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, the 2017-2018 season has seen the highest number of influenza-associated hospitalizations in a single season for Colorado.

The nation has seen some of the

WHO SHOULD GET THE VACCINE? People 6 months of age and older are recommended for an annual flu vaccine, with rare exceptions, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Rare exceptions include people with severe, life-threatening allergies to the flu vaccine or any ingredient in the vaccine. This might include gelatin, antibiotics or other ingredients. Those who have a history of severe allergic reaction to eggs, the CDC says, should be vaccinated in an inpatient or outpatient medical setting, under the supervision of a health care provider who is able to recognize and manage severe allergic conditions.

The vaccine can “reduce flu illnesses, doctors’ visits, and missed work and school due to flu, as well as prevent flu-related hospitalizations,” the CDC’s website says.

For more information, go to www.cdc.gov/flu. highest levels of flu-like illness and hospitalization rates in recent years,

BREAKDOWN BY AGE According to the Colorado Flu Report dated Feb. 17, below are influenza-associated hospitalizations by age group. Numbers are the rate per 100,000.

Younger than 6 months — 107.2 6 to 23 months — 65.3

19 to 24 years — 15.6 25 to 49 years — 21.6

2 to 4 years — 40.6

50 to 64 years — 66.7

5 to 18 years — 14.5

65 and over — 272

with elevated activity occurring in most of the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

With about two months left in the flu season, which typically runs from November through the end of April, local

officials say vaccination is still a good idea — even amid talk of this season’s vaccine being less effective than in a typical year.

“It’s not just how effective the vaccine is at completely preventing infection,” said Dr. John Douglas, executive director of Tri-County Health Department, which serves Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties. “The vaccine can also reduce the severity of the infection, and is fairly effective in reducing the degree if you get infected.

It can also reduce your contagiousness to others, so if you live with somebody who would really get sick with the flu, get vaccinated. You’ll be doing them all a favor.”

There are four types of influenza in play this year, Douglas said, and the effectiveness of the vaccine has varied depending on the type of flu. H3N2 (A) has been one of the most common

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Walter, a bulldog who lives in Connecticut, and has never been to Lone Tree. But thanks to local Girl Scout Troop 59, he will be receiving a stateof-the art prosthetic leg and paw, to replace the front leg he is missing.

Walter is a rescue dog who was used for “bait” for dog fighting, and his violent past has left him missing his front right leg and right ear.

The troop reached out to Justin Finesilver, owner of Pawsthetics Animal Prosthetics, a nonprofit in Centennial, and wanted to raise money to help pay for Walter’s mobility devices. Pawsthetics works with animals around the globe to help them get mobile and healthy, using 3D printing technology and a network of volunteers.

“We’ve been overwhelmed by how much work these girls have done,” said Finesilver. “It really speaks to a number of different things about being a part of a Colorado community. I would have never imagined in a million years how much effort they have put into it. We are just thankful to say the least.”

The girls presented Finesilver with a check for $865, which will cover most

Justin Finesilver, owner of Pawsthetics, receives a check from Lone Tree Girl Scout Troop 59, to help pay for a prosthetic leg and paw for Walter, a rescue dog in Connecticut. of the costs associated with creating a prosthetic for Walter.

According to Finesilver, they seldom meet the animals they’re helping, and instead rely on volunteers and remote work.

“We send them a cast kit, and they make a cast of the part needed for the animal, they return it to us, and we use a 3D printer to create the prosthetic,” said Finesilver. “We send it back to the volunteer. Sometimes it can take several tries to get the perfect fit, or the animal grows and their needs change. It can be costly, and donations like these help us keep the cost free.”

Girl Scout Brie Baker said she presented the idea to the troop to help Pawsthetics after watching YouTube videos of pets getting makeovers, and the troop decided to undertake the

Walter, a rescue dog in Connecticut, will receive a prosthetic leg, like the one featured here, thanks to Girl Scout Troop 59 in Lone Tree, who raised $865 to cover his cost.

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“I saw them giving neglected animals makeovers, like cutting their hair and bathing them,” said Brie. “I thought we could do that and more, like a body makeover.”

The troop of 14 girls decided to hold a craft fair and sold dog beds, treats, magnets and Christmas ornaments to raise money. Rylie Hinkhouse, Diana Baker, Julianna Porter and Alana Carter made dog treats for the sale, and tested them by feeding them to their own pets. Taylor Mabley made

ornaments, and Isabella Amaya asked for donations in lieu of birthday presents. Ashley Gorski and Vanessa Kendall made dog beds using pillows and discarded fabric from neighbors, and Emily Anderson created posters pleading Walter’s case.

Walter is only one of dozens of animals waiting for prosthetic mobility devices, and Finesilver said they have created parts for dogs, cats, chickens and a tortoise.

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9:00am & 10:45am  9:00am - Sunday School Little Blessings Parents Day Out www.littleblessingspdo.com

9:30am – Traditional  11:00am – Contemporary

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Parker

Centennial Sunday Services - 10 a.m.

St. Thomas More Catholic Parish & School

Seven Sunday Masses Two Daily Masses Confessions Six Days a Week STM Catholic School Preschool – Grade 8

8035 South Quebec Street Centennial, CO 80112 303.770.1155

www.stthomasmore.org

Congregation Beth Shalom

Cimarron Middle School 12130 Canterberry Parkway Parker, CO 80138 www.CSLParker.org

Serving the Southeast Denver area

Call or check our website for information on services and social events! www.cbsdenver.org

303-794-6643

Highlands Ranch

(Nursery & Sunday School offered during 11am service)

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Trinity Lutheran Church & School

Sunday Worship 8:00 & 10:45 a.m.

Sunday School Bible Study 9:30am Trinity Lutheran School & ELC (Ages 3-5, Grades K-8)

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Pine Lane Elementary South 6475 E Ponderosa Dr. Parker, CO 80138 303-941-0668

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Presents

Summer Camp & Activity Listings

YMCA Denver has released 2018 summer day camp schedule for Denver Metro Area With the chill in the air, it may seem too early to start planning for summer, but local programs and organizations have released their 2018 summer camp calendars. The themed programs are being held at different dates and times depending on location between May and August.

Some of the 2018 week-long camps being held between May and August include:

YMCA Denver

Work hard! Play Hard: The day camp is scheduled for early June, where local youth will participate in a vigorous week of sports.

Registration for summer day camps started on Feb. 12. To participate in the camps, the cost is $195 for non-members per week, and $190 for members. A mandatory $25 deposit is required for every camp you register for. There is a $35 registration fee for each child. For information, visit the YMCA website at www.denverymca.org.

Gold Rush: Campers will experience the places and events that make Colorado unique.

Under the Sea: Bring your submarine and sunscreen. The July camp will explore the world of pools and water parks.

Y Camp Throwdown: Discover what you are capable of in a week of friendly competition, starting June 18.

Get your body moving while learning new leadership skills.

You’re bacon me crazy: Bring your appetite during food week. The food week camps will be held at various locations in July.

Mighty jungle: Discover creatures that slither, crawl, swing, climb and run during the adventurous week in July.

T.H.O.R: Today’s heroes or rapscallion: Be a hero or a rapscallion, or villain, during crimefighting week.

Mad Science: Create anything you put your mind to in a week of science exploration and learning.

Take part in a variety of experiments and activities.

Imaginarium: Lear, play and experiment during the week all about using your imagination.

Rock the Decades: Here’s where the real fun begins with a week of sporting the hair, clothes and learning the history by decade. Dance moves will be involved.

Holidaze: Halloween and Christmas in July could be fun. With this week, campers will get to celebrate some of their favorite holidays.

H2 Oh Year!: Swim, splash, slide and soak it all in during the swim week.

Staycation: Sometimes it’s fun to stay and enjoy the friends living nearby over summer break.

Engage with those friends in local camp activities.

Summer Rewind: To end summer with a band, campers will celebrate the start of school with trips and games.

YMCA Camp locations in the Denver Metro Area include: Adams County

Denver

• Belle Creek Charter School - 10693 Belle Creek Blvd., Henderson • Monterey Community School – 2201 McElwain Blvd., Denver • Reunion Rec Center - 17910 E. Parkside Dr. North, Commerce City

• Cook Park Recreation Center - 7100 Cherry Creek Drive South, Denver • Conservatory Green at Stapleton - 8499 Stoll Place, Denver • Denver Green School - 6700 E. Virginia Ave., Denver • Dora Moore Elementary - 846 Corona St., Denver • Downtown Denver Expeditionary School - 1860 Lincoln St, Denver • Holm Elementary - 3185 S Willow St, Denver • Isabella Bird Community School -2701 N. Lima St, Denver • McKinley Thatcher Elementary- 1230 S. Grant St, Denver • Scheitler Recreation Center - 5031 West 46th Avenue, Denver • Schlessman Family YMCA - 2625 S. Colorado Boulevard, Denver • Southwest Family YMCA - 5181 West Kenyon Avenue, Denver

Arvada • Allendale Elementary- 5900 Oak Street, Arvada • Kinder Camp for ages 4-6 at Duncan YMCA - 6350 Eldridge St., Arvada • Susan M. Duncan Family YMCA - 6350 Eldridge Street, Arvada • Three Creeks K-8 - 19486 W. 94th Ave, Arvada • Weber Elementary - 8725 W. 81st Place, Arvada

Aurora • Dartmouth Elementary- 3050 S Laredo St., Aurora • Global Village Academy Aurora - 403 S Airport Blvd, Aurora • Murphy Creek K-8 - 1400 S. Old Tom Morris Road, Aurora • Wheatlands - 6601 South Wheatlands Parkway, Aurora • Vista PEAK Exploratory - 24551 E. 1st Ave., Aurora

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JULY 9 – AUG 10

Golden • Shelton Elementary - 420 Crawford St., Golden

Lakewood • Dennison Elementary (Exploration Education Camp) - 401 Independence St, Lakewood • Vivian Elementary - 10500 W. 25th Ave, Lakewood

Littleton • Littleton Family YMCA - 11 West Dry Creek Court, Littleton

Parker • Global Village Parker - 18451 Ponderosa Dr., Parker

ATHENA PROJECT CAMPS Week-long camps for girls 6th–10th grade in playwriting, visual arts, fashion design, storytelling for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, and improv.

AthenaProjectArts.org WRITE IMPROV GIVE BACK DESIGN FASHION ACCESS ART

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2018 Summer day camp programs Arvada Creekside Cubs Older Tots: For 4-year-olds and 5-year-olds with preschool experience.

Sign up for either or both 4-week sessions.

For information, call or email Michele at (303)421-1119, or CampbellCottages@ ApexPRD.org. The camp is located at Campbell Cottages, 10425 W. 64th Pl. Arvada.

Ensemble Theatre Company: Ensemble Theatre Company is a children’s theatre dedicated to creating a professional theatre experience for children while teaching basic theatre skills. For kids ages 7-14. The summer program is hosted at 6165 Ames St., in Arvada. For more information, visit the website at

www.ensembletheatrecompanyetc.com/ etccamps.html.

Team 7-12 camps: The ultimate choice in recreational day camps. Staff provides a fun, varied, yet structured program. Each week is a fun-filled package of activities, including sports, swimming, crafts, outdoor games and a Friday field trip. The 7-12 camps are being held at two locations, including the Secrest Recration Center, located at 6820 W. 66th Ave. Arvada. The second location is the Apex Center, located at 13150 W. 72nd Ave. Arvada Tiny Tot Summer Camp: For 3-year-olds (birthday on or before June 1) and 4-yearolds who have not had preschool experience.

The summer season includes two 4-week sessions, Jun. 6-Jun. 29 and Jul. 6-Jul.

27. For information, call or email Michele at (303)421-1119, or CampbellCottages@ ApexPRD.org. The camp is located at Campbell Cottages, 10425 W. 64th Pl. Arvada.

South Suburban Park and Recreation District Camp Xplosion Goodson: The camps is for area youth between the ages of 11 and 14, between May and August. The Goodson Camp is held Monday through Friday between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. The camp is held at the Goodson Recreation Center, located at 6315 S. University Blvd., Centennial. For more information, contact Jessica Skiera at JSkiera@ssprd.org.

Camp Xplosion Lone Tree: The camps is for area youth between the ages of 11 and 14, between May and August. The Lone Tree Camp is held Monday through Friday between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. The camp is held at the Lone Tree Recreation Center, located at 10249 Ridgegate Circle. For more information, contact Jessica Skiera at JSkiera@ssprd.org.

Club Goodson: The camps is for area youth between the ages of 5 through 10, between May and August. The Goodson Camp is held Monday through Friday between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. The camp is held at the Goodson Recreation Center, located at 6315 SEE SUMMER, NEXT PAGE

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our kids work hard during the school year, but they lose an average of 2 months of learning each summer. Explore new interests with Better Brains Through Building where kids use real tools and wood to make toys and games. Gain new skills in The Science of Music and Sound I or II and learn to design and build musical instruments. Develop muscles and math skills in Moving With Math.

Camps are available for students entering 2nd through 6th grades in the fall. Half day camps start at 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Full day camps end at 4 p.m.

Camps are limited to maximum of 12 students per camp with student/staff ratio of 4:1, so register early.

Location: Faith Mountain Church, 12344 W Alameda Pkwy, Lakewood CO 80228

Register at www.TPR.camp

For more information contact Dr. Fun at 720.837.9505 Serving Lakewood parents and campers since 2010.

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FARM CAMPS Join us for a week on the farm to dig in the dirt, meet farm animals and connect with nature!

FARM, FABLES AND FAIRY TALES

June 11-15, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. • July 9-13, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Explore the art and science of storytelling. From magic beans to talking trees, learn about connections to plants and wildlife in our favorite stories, fables and fairy tales.

NOCTURNAL NATURE

June 18-22, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. • July 16-20, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Discover the exciting world of plants and animals that live in the dark. Explore nature trails and make crafts while learning about nocturnal and underground wildlife at Chatfield Farms.

REGISTER TODAY Call 720-865-3580 botanicgardens.org/education

Northglenn Youth Theatre Academy offers camps, classes, workshops and personalized training for young actors of all ages and abilities.

Theatre and Art Classes & Camps

Broadway Bound Comedy Tonight Dance for the Actor

Coding with Kids: Coding with Kids offers a variety of STEM summer camps for children of all skill levels from ages 5 to 17.

A proven curriculum drives engagement and learning outcomes, while our small class sizes ensure plenty of personalized attention. Camp themes include game development, Minecraft Modding, and robotics and electronics. Learn more at www.codingwithkids.com/#!/.

Butterfly Pavilion: At the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster step to Water’s Edge and see an underwater world full of sea

Summer Camp at Chatfield Farms: Join us for a week on the farm to dig in the dirt, meet farm animals and connect with nature while learning about the daily rhythms outside of the city. Each day you will make new discoveries on the farm through art, science and garden exploration. www.botanicgardens.org/ program-series/garden-camps-kids.

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Additional Day Camps In The Denver Metro Area

Denver Bontanic Gardens: The Gardens has camps for kids only that are full of garden explorations, games, activities, cooking and plants to take home. Weeklong camps are offered during spring and summer breaks. Camps take place at York Street and Chatfield Farms. All camps are 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. and are for ages 6-12. For information, visit the website at www. botanicgardens.org/program-series/ garden-camps-kids.

Registration starts

CLASSES :: meet 1-2 days a week

Music Class: Ukulele

Club Lone Tree: The camps is for area youth between the ages of 5 and 10, between May and August. The Lone Tree Camp is held Monday through Friday between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. The camp is held at the Lone Tree Recreation Center, located at 10249 Ridgegate Circle. For more information, contact Jessica Skiera at JSkiera@ssprd.org.

Explore the art of live theatre!

at the DL Parsons Theatre

Intro to Acting

S. University Blvd., Centennial. For more information, contact Jessica Skiera at JSkiera@ssprd.org.

creatures. Explore the tropical rainforest where 1,600 butterflies rule the sky.

Summer camps are offered for youth between ages 5 and 12. Camps are offered during the summer from June to August, as well as on Out of School Days during the school year. The camps or held at 6252 West 104th Ave., Westminster. For more information, visit the website at www. butterflies.org/summer-camps/.

Jun 13-Aug 25

Jun 4-Jul 23

CAMPS :: meet Monday-Friday Performance Camps NYT Jr. Drama Kids Interactive Theatre Masked Acting Musical Theatre Camp

Art Camps Photography Camp Art Space Camp Extreme! STEAM It’s a Jungle Out There May the Art Be with You

Ages 14-18

Jun10-Aug 12

NYT Academy | Northglenn Arts | 303.450.8785

at the DL Parsons Theatre 11801 Community Center Drive, Northglenn

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GOP governor candidates avoid squabbles in forum Stapleton, Coffman, Mitchell, Robinson jockey to stand out on issues

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Powerful statewide positions and big family names — think Bush and Romney — hover over the Republican race for governor. But political posturing about being an outsider was also on display at a GOP candidates’ forum in Denver that saw four hopefuls discuss energy, transportation and job training.

“I come to you as a family man,” said Victor Mitchell, a businessman from Castle Rock who called himself an outsider.

“I’ve never signed anything but a paycheck.”

Mitchell served in the state Legislature from 2007-09 and had about $2.2 million on hand as of February. And he wasn’t the only one to position himself as a common-sense newcomer — Doug Robinson, a former investment banker and a Mitt Romney nephew, stressed his experience in the technology industry.

Walker Stapleton, state treasurer and a second cousin of former President George W. Bush, came out aggres-

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES’ FORUM UPCOMING The Denver Business Journal and the Colorado Business Roundtable will also host a candidates’ forum for the Democratic gubernatorial candidates March 29 at the History Colorado Center, 1200 N. Broadway, Denver.

Breakfast service and registration will begin

at 7 a.m. with the forum starting at 7:30 a.m. Cost to attend is $50. Candidates to be featured include U.S. Rep. Jared Polis; former state Treasurer Cary Kennedy; Noel Ginsburg; former state Sen. Mike Johnston; and Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne.

Register at cobrt.com/events/cogovdem.

sively after the Democratic gubernatorial candidates, drawing a clear line and sounding confident enough to look past his GOP opponents. Cynthia Coffman, state attorney general, sounded some moderate notes, touted her experience in office and even got some laughs along the way. The forum steered mostly clear of personal or even policy-based attacks among the Republican candidates.

Here’s what the candidates had to say on transportation, energy and job training at the Feb. 21 forum hosted at the History Colorado Center by the Denver Business Journal and the Colorado Business Roundtable, an organization that advocates for business interests in legislation.

said.

“Apprenticeship periods of five years (have) a tremendous chilling effect,” Mitchell said. “We’re not teaching vocational classes in schools, especially our rural schools.”

Doing so would “make sure that Colorado is very much open for business,” he added. Stapleton echoed that point, saying the state should be a better partner in making sure companies can fill the jobs they offer.

“We have candidates on the Democratic side that are telling people everyone should go to college and ... be saddled with debt, and the jobs won’t be waiting for them,” Stapleton said. Investing in vocational training could come from current state funds, he said.

Coffman supported incentivizing skills training done on the job for employees who are just starting out.

Robinson took the opportunity to again talk up his experience in a technology nonprofit, KidsTek, which provides technology-based education programs, and said businesses should lead on filling the gaps rather than the

Training for future Vocational education, sometimes called career and technical education, is necessary in bridging Colorado’s rural-urban economic divide, Mitchell

From left, gubernatorial candidates Walker Stapleton, state treasurer; Victor Mitchell, former state representative from Castle Rock; Doug Robinson, former investment banker; and Cynthia Coffman, state attorney general, just after a Feb. 21 Republican candidates’ forum. The event was hosted at the History Colorado Center in Denver by the Colorado Business Roundtable and the Denver Business Journal.

ELLIS ARNOLD government.

Roads, bridges and other ‘modes’ The candidates offered varying degrees of support for spending on multimodal transportation, or transportation that includes public transport like the RTD light rail.

“I was in the (former Gov. Bill) Owens administration when we did the T-REX project,” said Coffman, who was Owens’ chief legal counsel. CoffSEE FORUM, P30

COLORADO GARDEN & HOME SHOW

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SHOW FEATURES:  Experience the Denver Botanic Garden’s “Pollinator Garden” presented by Bellco  Stroll through 11 beautifully landscaped gardens

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Take light rail to the Convention Center or park at Sports Authority Field at Mile High Lot C (West on Colfax from I-25. North on Federal Blvd) for $5 and ride the free shuttle to the show.

Produced by Colorado Garden Foundation, a non-profit organization providing grants and scholarships statewide.

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LIFE

Live deliciously at Red Rocks’ Local Sets

D During a 2017 Harlem Globetrotters game, Firefly Fisher shows off his talent and HIS hard-earned skills on the court.

COURTESY PHOTOS

Globetrotting the world around

World-famous team highlights the best of basketball, showmanship

BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Whether you’re a basketball fan or not, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve encountered the Harlem Globetrotters at some point.

The team has been entertaining basketball fans and wider audiences alike since it was founded by Abe Saperstein in 1926. Over the years, the Globetrotters have built a reputation as being especially skilled at tricks, dunks and other displays of court mastery. But as Firefly Fisher, a guard on the team for nine years, can attest, all that ease on the court requires countless hours of work.

“On this team, you have to be entertainers and basketball players,” the 31-year-old New York native said. “You have to be a special individual to do this job, and work extremely hard. But it’s all a positive, especially when you get to introduce basketball to families.”

Going to a Harlem Globetrotters game is more than just going to a basketball game. The interactive experiences gives audiences a chance to interact with players like guard TNT Lister.

As part of the Harlem Globetrotters’ 92nd world tour, the team will be stopping by the Pepsi Center, 1000 Chopper Circle in Denver, at noon and at the 1st Bank Center, 11450 Broomfield Lane in Broomfield, at 7 p.m., both on March 17.

In anticipation of the metro-area stops, we spoke to Fisher about his road to the court, teaching the next generation, and what it’s like to be a member of a team that includes Pope Francis as an honorary member.

How did you get into playing basketball?

I was born and raised in New York. My parents were the ones who introduced me to the game when I was about 5 years old, and I grew up playing in the Boys and Girls Club. I never played any recreational ball for city teams or anything like that, and started on junior varsity in eighth grade.

I guess I was a late bloomer to organized ball, but I just loved it.

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IF YOU GO WHAT: Harlem Globetrotters games WHERE: • Pepsi Center, 1000 Chopper Circle, Denver • 1st Bank Center, 11450 Broomfield Lane, Broomfield WHEN: Saturday, March 17 Pepsi Center, Noon 1stBank Center , 7 p.m.

TICKETS: www.harlemglobetrotters.com/ tickets

uring summer months, it’s not difficult at all to get people to spend an evening at Red Rocks Amphitheatre.

During the much colder off-months, which are November through March, it gets a little trickier. But the park and Aramark Sports and Entertainment COMING have come ATTRACTIONS Services up with a new way to not only to draw a crowd in the cold, but also to offer a uniquely intimate experience.

That’s how Red Rocks Local Sets was born.

“It’s a really fun event and a great Clarke Reader time at a place as beautiful as Red Rocks,” said Kristen Kennelly, special events operations with Aramark. “People get to have this rare experience at the amphitheater, and they get to do so without dealing with parking and all the crowds of people at a normal concert.”

The monthly event series began in November, and the final Local Set of the year, featuring local bands Many Mountains and Miguel Dakota and the Differents, will be at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 10, at the park’s Ship Rock Grille, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway.

The indoor event includes hors d’oeuvres, a complimentary welcome drink, carving stations and dinner buffet favorites. All of this is followed by performances by the bands of covers and originals. Tickets are $45.

“Bands get really excited about this, because there’s not many opportunities to play Red Rocks,” Kennelly said.

“They may not be to the point where they can sell out 10,000 tickets on the main stage, but this is a great place to start.”

Visitors who want the same view that countless performers on Red Rocks’ world-famous stage have had can take a backstage tour of Red Rocks for an additional $8, on top of the entry ticket.

“Most of the experiences people have at Red Rocks aren’t as intimate as these are,” Kennelly said. “We’re already planning on offering this again for 2018-2019, and might offer it twice a month if it continues to grow in popularity.”

To get your tickets, visit www. redrocksonline.com.

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Glow-in-the-dark critters are focus of museum exhibit

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reatures of Light” at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, is a collaboration between American Museum of Natural History in New York, the Field Museum in Chicago and the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa. It explores creatures, fungi and minerals that glow in the SONYA’S dark — and insights SAMPLER as to why. Largerthan-life models, exhibits of land and sea, especially deep oceanic life, explore the phenomena of bioluminescence and biofluorescence — rather common in the depths of the ocean and less so on land Sonya Ellingboe — although we have seen summer fireflies.

Free with general admission. Through June 10. Dmns.org/creaturesoflight.

teaches at Art Students League of Denver, his studio and elsewhere in the area. Registration required: Cost: $50, non-members; $35, members, heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.

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This giant glowing mushroom draws kids into an exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, “Creatures of Light,” focused on creatures, plants, fungi minerals that glow and glitter. COURTESY PHOTO

Silver sounds The Ainomae Ensemble plays at 2 p.m. on March 10 at Hampden Hall in the Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Cellist Silver Ainomae will lead CSO musicians in a program including: Kodaly: “Duo for Violin and Cello” and Messiaen: “Quartet for the End of Time.” Tickets: $20/$15. Englewoodarts.org.

(dinner series, $68) at 19192 Highway 8 in Morrison. March 10 at 4 p.m. the Lone Tree Hub at 8827 Lone Tree Parkway will host “George Bent: Man of Many Worlds” by John Steinle; repeated March 11 at 2 p.m. at the Denver Central Library at Broadway and West 14th Avenue Parkway and at 6 p.m. at The Fort. March 17 at 4 p.m. the Buck Recreation Center in Littleton will host “George Bent and his Five Wives: Uncovering a Half-Breed History of North America,” by Dr. Anna Hyde; it will be repeated March 18 at 2 p.m. at Denver Central Library and at 6 p.m. at The Fort. For reservations: 303-8391671 or TesoroCulturalCenter.org.

George Bent In March, the Tesoro Historic Lecture Series will focus on George Bent, son of William Bent, who established Bent’s Fort, with a lecture at Denver Central Library (free) and at The Fort

Arts guild Heritage Fine Arts Guild presents a pastel workshop with artist Chuck Ceraso from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 3 at First Presbyterian Church of Littleton, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. Ceraso

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Clarke’s Concert of the Week: Lorde at Pepsi Center Ever since New Zealand’s Lorde smashed into the pop world with her 2013 hit “Royals” off her debut album, she’s proven herself a pop star ahead of her time. Her approach to songwriting and use of electronic influences has changed the way musicians like Taylor Swift and many others make .music.

Lorde is touring in support of her stellar sophomore album — last year’s “Melodrama” — and is stopping by the Pepsi Center, 1000 Chopper Circle, at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 5.

Not only will concertgoers get the opportunity to see one of the best musicians at the height of her powers, but her openers are nothing to turn up your nose at.

Tove Styrke also works in the pop soundscape created by Lorde, but brings her own sense of style to the music.

But the real exciting opener is Run The Jewels, the rap duo of EL-P and Killer Mike. The pair have been making some of rap music’s best work over the past four years, and their socially conscious and bombastic music is the perfect pairing for Lorde’s take on pop.

This is almost guaranteed to be one of the year’s best shows, and it shouldn’t be missed. Head to www.altitudetickets.com/events/detail/lorde to get your tickets.

Pliny the Younger makes rare appearance A famous Russian will be making a stop at a bar in Highlands Ranch for just one day, and there’s going to be a line, so you’re going to want to get there early.

The famous Pliny the Younger beer, which is brewed in very limited quantities by Russian River Brewing Co., will be tapped at Parry’s Pizzeria & Bar’s Highlands Ranch location, 9567 S. University Blvd. at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 3.

The doors will open for the beer tapping at 10 a.m., and the first 60 people in line will get a ticket for Pliny the Younger, and thus are guaranteed a pour. The remaining beers will be raffled off.

According to information from Russian River, Pliney the Younger is almost a true Triple IPA with triple the amount of hops as a regular IPA. This beer is very full-bodied with tons of hop character in the nose and throughout. It is also deceptively wellbalanced and smooth.

In addition to this special tapping, Parry’s will be tapping several other Russian River beers, as well as brews from Surly Brewing Co. and Anchor-

Soundtracks — times two!

“A Night at the Movies” will be the Arapahoe Philharmonic’s next concert at 7:30 p.m. March 10 at Fisher Auditorium, Englewood Campus, 3800 S. Logan St., and again at 2:30 p.m. and March 11 at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 8817 S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch.

The winner of the 2017-2018 Vincent C. LaGuardia Jr. Conducting Competition will be featured. Tickets: Arapahoe-phil. org, 303-781-1892.

MOA exhibit The Museum Outdoor Arts has updated its “Cabinet of Curiosities and Impossibilities” and added more magic to a fairy tale/nursery rhyme experience. Admission is free. Look in the hall when you visit “Intersecting Formations.” On the second floor of the Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway, moaonline.org. `Lamb of God’ The Littleton Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints invites the community to performances of “Lamb of God,” performed by the Mormon Chorale and Orchestra: March 17 at 7:30 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, 1820 Broadway, Denver, and March 21 at 7:30 p.m. at Newman Center for Performing Arts, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., Denver. The choral work was written and composed by Rob Gardner. To buy tickets, go to www.lambofgodco.org/. age Brewing Co. Parry’s will also offer its breakfast pizza, which includes scrambled eggs, green peppers, onions, bacon, cheddar.

For more information, visit www. parryspizza.com/locations/highlandsranch.

Colorado Book Festival highlights local literary all-stars Colorado is home to a vibrant and dynamic community of authors, so full of genres and styles that it can be difficult to keep up.

For those searching for a look into the world of Colorado authors, don’t miss the Colorado Book Festival at the Central Denver Library, 10 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on March 3.

The free festival will showcase more than 120 Colorado authors, 60 panelists, best-seller author Peter Heller and Colorado state historian Patricia Limerick as keynote presenter, story-telling and more. Book clubs are encouraged to attend as a group.

Visitors can participate in “Why Mysteries are Popular During Fraught Times,” “Exploring Spiritual and Faith Elements of the Transformative Memoir” and “Defamation, Plagiarism, and Writing Beyond the Legal Limit.”

Visit www.cobookfestival.com to register your book club, plan the authors you want to see, and more.

Jazz orchestra “The Duke, the Count and Stevie too!” is the name for a 2 p.m. March 10 Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra concert at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood. Art Bouton of Lone Tree, band director, says vocalist Robert Johnson will be featured in music by Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Stevie Wonder.

Orchestra members have toured/are touring with nationally-recognized big bands across the country-including lead trumpet Greg Gisbert, a Heritage High graduate. Tickets start at $20, 303-987-7845, Lakewood.org/tickets.

Harlem Quartet and more As part of the Next Stage Now series, the Harlem Quartet will join the Denver Philharmonic and Cuban pianist Aldo Lopez-Gavilan in a concert at 7:30 p.m. March 9 and 10 in the Studio Loft at the Denver Performing Arts Center, 14 th and Champa streets in downtown Denver. Tickets $25-$35, AXS.com.

Buntport “The Book Handlers” is the new original production by the Buntport Theater company through March 17. Performances: 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays March 4 and 11, Monday, March 12.

Tickets: buntport.com, 720-946-1388.

Civil War medicine Dr. Robert E. Mallin will speak tonight, March 1, at 7 p.m. at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton, about Civil War medicine and surgery. Admission is free, but tickets are required, 303-795-3950.

CJRO brings big band jazz to Lakewood For that quintessential big band jazz sound, you’re not going to find a better bet in the metro area than the Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra.

The group will be honoring two classic jazz greats, and new arrangements of a living soul legend, with its “The Duke, The Count, and Stevie, too!” program, which is at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 10, at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway.

Featuring the vocal stylings of singer Robert Johnson, the Repertory Orchestra is boasting a top-tier talent bench. Lead trumpet Greg Gisbert is a regular with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and toured with Buddy Rich and Woody Herman. Jazz trombonist Paul McKee also toured with Woody Herman and appeared on several Grammynominated recordings. Also Grammynominated, lead trombone Steve Wiest toured with Maynard Ferguson and Doc Severinsen and directed the highly acclaimed University of North Texas One O’Clock Jazz Ensemble.

For more information and tickets, call 303-987-7845 or visit www.Lakewood.org/Tickets.

Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. A community editor with Colorado Community Media, he can be reached creader@ coloradocommunitymedia.com.

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Tension and wit play out on Lakewood theater stage ‘A Kid Like Jake’ produced at Bench

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Michael Duran’s delightful blocks/ games-like set at the newly located Bench at 40 West Theatre in Lakewood suggest child’s play as lights dim and one tunes into Alex Wheeler (Adrian Egolf), stewing over an essay.

It’s part of a kindergarten application for her bright 4-year-old son Jake — she hopes to get him admitted to one of the prestigious private Manhattan schools so he’ll have the best possible start in his education ... Such is the opening of “A Kid Like Jake.”

Enter Greg Wheeler, Jake’s dad and a successful lawyer (Antonio Amadeo), who, while encouraging her, also expresses concern over Jake’s preference for all things Cinderella, instead of GI Joe. Tension ... Alex has recently repaired a broken Cinderella figure.

While young Jake never actually appears on the scene, he is certainly the center of this world, staged by skilled director Warren Sherrill. Linda Suttle of Littleton was assistant director.

“When Jake was born, I felt like I was starting my life,” Alex recalls, perhaps a typical thought with immature young mothers, who have yet to figure out all the moving pieces involved in family life.

The anxious parents visit consultant Judy (Martha Harmon Pardee) at Jake’s preschool, who reminds them of the odds — “Dawson had 500 applications for 30 spots last year.”

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Juror Gary Reed, general manager of Reed Art and Imaging and fine art photographer and teacher, was this year’s juror. He selected 58 photographs by 42 artists from entries of 251 images submitted by 92 artists, said Fine Arts Board Chair Denise Weed, as she introduced Reed and

IF YOU GO The Littleton Museum is located at 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton. Admission is free. The gallery is open during museum hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays; 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays.

303-795-3950. named the winners. Reed visited with many of the photographers in the gallery, talking technique and other aspects of the entries.

For the first time, the Fine Arts Board decided to have a theme for the exhibit: “Past Due,” with subtitles: “Abandoned, Out of Season, Forgotten, Late Arrival” ... allowing leeway for numerous interpretations, but it set a tone and provided some entertaining titles — take time to enjoy them when visiting the exhibit.

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WORLD FROM PAGE 24

Do you remember the first time you saw or heard of the Globetrotters?

I didn’t really watch them as a young kid, but I knew about them because my parents had grown up watching them. What I did know is that they traveled all over and that brought a lot of happiness to people.

Playing for them is a great way to make my parents proud, which is always a goal for a kid.

How did you become a Globetrotter?

I started playing for them in 2009, after being drafted to the team in 2008.

I went to Siena College in upstate New York, and our team went to the NCAA in 2008. I shot 44.4 percent from three-point range as a senior that season and that’s when I was

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The popular photography show was initiated by an early Fine Arts Board member, the late Gene Kramer, and has grown stronger since then to include a range of images: from thought-provoking portraits and architectural subjects to abstract patterns that seem to be ready to make a ruckus at times, travel memories and lush natural settings. Technical sophistication abounds.

Reed awarded the Best of Show/ Black and White award to J.K. Schnelzer for his “Going to Temple,” which pictures a diminutive, bent, elderly Indian man heading up the steps of an old stone temple, carrying a tiffin

JAKE FROM PAGE 26

increases as each parent stresses over what might be best for their beloved child — who has been angry enough to throw Cinderella at a babysitting grandma.

Pearle’s dialogue is crisp and brings some humor to relieve tension in this collision course, but disagreements continue. And to add problems — Alex

drafted. Since, I’ve been to 65 different countries, and love what I do.

When I tell people I was picked for the team, they always say it’s right up my alley. I was voted class clown as senior, but I was also voted most likely to succeed. I’m just being me.

What is key to being a good member of the Globetrotters?

You have to be a great basketball player, and you have to be willing to listen to all the veteran players.

But what’s most important is you have to respect the culture of Globetrotters.

If you come into the organization not knowing the history and sacrifices others made before you, it’s important to learn. You can go learn how to do tricks and stuff, but that’s all after they teach you the history.

Not many people can last with the organization because it’s quite a commitment, and there’s a lot of time away from the family. We’re on the road for more than 200 days a year, and all the stuff people see us doing

that perhaps contains his dinner — or is he delivering it to someone else?

A viewer could make up several possible stories.

Rich textures and dramatic lighting draw one into the scene. Schnelzer said the photo was taken in northern India, Rajasthan. A look at his website tells us that he exhibits nationally and internationally and is co-owner of Western Exposure and Colorado School of Photography.

The Best of Show/Color was awarded to Karen Kirkpatrick for her appealing “Where are the Oats?” She said it’s a photo of her sister’s horse, with head hanging out of the weathered wooden barn door, checking out its surroundings.

Soft evening light makes the color rich and subtle — and invites a passer-by to stop and offer a pat. She also

is newly pregnant! Madison McKinley Scott appears as a sympathetic nurse in a brief doctor’s office visit.

The play is well-written — it premiered in New York at the Lincoln Center. The production is polished and professional and we’ll look forward to seeing more works by this young playwright, as well as additional productions by this recently organized theater company. Later this year, watch for “The Arsonists,” “Uncanny Valley,” “What You Will” and the second annual “Fever Dream Festival.”

ABOUT LINDA SUTTLE Linda Suttle, who by day serves as victims service coordinator with the Littleton Police Department, is a is a familiar figure in the Denver area theater community as an actor and a director.

She said she asked Warren Sherrill if she might work with him as assistant director of “A Kid Like Jake” in order to learn how he works with actors and be involved

with “an exciting new play.”

Suttle grew up in the Littleton area with her family and their horses. At one time, their home was at the present location of Damon Runyon Elementary School, then at a spot farther west.

She started singing with a band first and then began acting and directing. She has taken a bit of time off

from her usual theatrical activities on evenings and weekends to enjoy an advanced acting class at Denver Center for the Performing Arts, based on playwright/director Martin McDonagh’s works (including “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”) and is cast for a role in “Kentucky Cycle” at Vintage Theatre this summer.

on the court is only about 40 percent of what we do.

The rest of the time we’re visiting schools, talking to students about bullying and character building, and just being ambassadors of good will.

As a Globetrotter, you’ve done some military tours. What is it like playing for people serving in the armed forces?

We’ve done six military tours, and it’s a great experience every time.

In my first year, we went to Iraq, and just three years ago, we went to Afghanistan. We did our first-ever Hoops for the Troops event in Hawaii this December.

It’s so amazing to put smiles on the men and women who serve our country. And few people can relate to being away from their families and helping people like they can.

home, which I’ve run for 14 years.

I’ve always worked with kids, and always tried to be a positive role model to them.

In a way, I was a Globetrotter before I officially became one.

There’s nothing better than going back to your community and teaching kids. I don’t want to forget where I came from, and want my hometown to be successful as possible.

What do you do for fun or to relax when you’re not playing?

I spend time with my family, and I have my own basketball camp back

What’s your favorite part about being a Globetrotter?

Putting smiles on people’s faces.

So many people have bad days or are facing challenges in their life — like relationships, financial or school.

But when you come to a Harlem Globetrotter game, you’re guaranteed to forget about your problems for two hours.

You don’t have to love basketball to love the Globetrotters, because at our games you’re going to laugh, hear great music and get to party. It’s an experience everyone should have at some time.

won this award several years ago.

Stroll through the beautifully displayed collection to enjoy a great variety of ways to see the world around us: On the back wall is Bridget Calip’s “Snoqualmie Foggy Railroad Trestle,” winner of First Place/Color — a large, brilliantly hued image, captured in Washington state, that happily announces “Fall!”

Orange, red and yellow fallen leaves coat the tracks and invite a hiker to swoosh feet in them.

Second Place/Color went to Tony Ortega’s nostalgic “Comanche Drive Inn.” Coreen Zuniga’s “Secrets of the Past,” which received First Place/ Black and White, seems especially filled with stories — from family photos and a pattern of branches, surrounded by an elaborate frame.

“Wheels and Gears” by William Wiebeseck won Second Place/Black and White, with its precise lighting and pattern.

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strains, and according to Douglas, the vaccine rate of effectiveness has been about 25 percent. The vaccine has been between 42 percent and 67 percent effective in fighting other types of flu, he said.

According to the CDC’s seasonal infuenza vaccine effectiveness report, since 2005, effectiveness has ranged from a low of 10 percent in 2005 to a high of 60 percent in 2010-11, with a typical year being 40-something percent.

Impact on children Douglas said the one pediatric death this season in Colorado is one too many.

“As it’s turning out, the majority of the kids nationally who died from the flu did not get the vaccine,” said Douglas. “The vaccine is never perfect, but is does appear to still have some protectiveness to it.”

The state reports flu-associated hospitalizations, and as of Feb. 17, 36 children under the age of six months have been admitted to hospitals so far; 66 children from six to 23 months have been admitted, and 81 children between two and four years have been admitted.

While 146 school-age children from 5 to 18 years old have been admitted to hospitals, officials at metro-area school districts say they have not seen a higher-than-usual absenteeism rate this school year.

“According to attendance numbers, we’ve remained pretty consistent with

Many believe nausea and vomiting are the first signs of influenza, more commonly known as the flu. According to Dr. John Douglas, executive director of Tri-County Health Department, nausea and vomiting are not signs of influenza, but rather symptoms of a stomach virus.

True flu symptoms can come on quickly, and include upper-respiratory issues, a runny nose and cough, along with a sore

throat, Douglas said. A fever, fatigue and body aches can also be symptoms of the contagious illness.

“You can start your day feeling fine, but by the end of the day have a severe sore throat and fever, along with a cough that leaves you feeling miserable,” Douglas said. “You need to heed those symptoms and avoid going to work, out in public or to that party you were planning on.”

this time last year,” said Paula Hans, public information officer for the Douglas County School District. “During the December and January time frame, we always have about a 94 to 96 percent attendance rate, and that has remained consistent this year.

“We recommend hand washing and using hand sanitizer, and staying home if you’re showing any symptoms, whether you’re a student or a staff member. Neither should come to school until they’ve had at least 24 hours without a fever, without using any medication. Our health and wellness team monitors and takes action if needed, but we haven’t received any concerns about excessive illness.”

ally so far, so this is pretty serious.”

Peko said recognizing true flu symptoms is vital in combating the spread of influenza.

“Influenza comes with a true fever, body aches and a cough,” said Peko.

“It’s highly contagious, and anyone with the flu should wait until at least 24 hours without a fever, without using ibuprofen or Tylenol, before returning to work or school.”

Douglas agrees that identifying the flu is key to preventing spread of the virus, and recommends calling your doctor for a prescription for Tamiflu if you believe you have the flu.

“If you get a flu-like illness, and especially if you have an underlying medical condition, we recommend you make that phone call to your doctor for an antiviral. Don’t go to a waiting room and infect other people,” said Douglas.

Flu season is something everyone needs to take seriously, and taking precautions benefits communities across the state.

“Flu kills more people than any other infectious disease,” he said. “We have better prevention tools, but we need as many people as possible to take it seriously.”

Know the symptoms Dr. Ashley Peko, assistant medical director of the emergency department at Parker Adventist Hospital, said getting a flu shot is still an important option for those who haven’t already.

“We’re seeing the flu in everybody, of all ages. Proportionately it’s been those without a vaccine, but those who have received the vaccine are also at risk,” said Peko. “There have been more than 63 pediatric deaths nation-

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you were the one at fault, I promise you that they do.

What’s the worst thing that can happen? The person doesn’t respond? Well at least you put in the effort. What’s the best thing that can happen? You reconnected with people who have always meant something to you. These are the people we stay in touch with and who we hope to stay in touch with forever.

By the way, my great-aunt is still alive. We stay in touch each week and I send her flowers every month.

Before moving into her assisted living apartment, she was quite the gardener, and she loves flowers so very much. It’s the best 30-60 minutes of my week, and the best use of a little extra cash that I can think of.

So how about you? What are you waiting for? Is there someone you really need to reconnect with and make sure that they know how you feel about them? They are only a phone call, text, email, letter, or postcard away. I would love to hear all about how you stay in touch at gotonorton@ gmail.com, and when we can put pride and excuses aside to reconnect with those who are most important to us, it really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is a resident of Castle Rock, the president of the Zig Ziglar Corporate Training Solutions Team, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach.

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Political Douglas County Democrats executive committee meets at 7 p.m. the second Monday of every month at various sites.

Contact Mike Jones at 720-509-9048 or email info@DouglasDemocrats.org. Socialdiscussion meetings take place in Highlands Ranch, Castle Rock, Parker, Lone Tree and Roxborough. Visit douglasdemocrats.org and click on calendar for information.

Douglas County Republican Women meets at 11 a.m. the third Wednesday each month at the Lone Tree Golf and Hotel for dialogue about current issues presented by informative speakers. Call Barbara Piper at 303-768-8370 or go to www.dcgop.org or www.dcrw.org.

Highlands Ranch, Roxborough, and Lone Tree Democrats meet at 7 p.m. the third Thursday of every month for topical speakers and lively discussion at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 S. Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Visit www.douglasdemocrats. org for more information.

Libertarian Party of Douglas County: 6 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at On the Rox Sports Bar, 11957 Lioness Way, Parker. Topics include items of general libertarian interest and organization for local activism to make a difference in our political landscape. All welcomed. Go to lpdg.org.

Lone Tree Democrats meet for First Friday Happy Hour the first Friday of every month

at Los Arcos. Call Gordon at 303-790-8264.

Parker Democrats meets at 7 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month for discussion of timely topics, led by knowledgeable speakers, at the South Metro Fire Station 45, 16801 Northgate Drive, Parker. Visit www. douglasdemocrats.org for information.

Professional AAUW, American Association of University Women, Littleton-South Metro Branch, invites graduates who hold an associate or higher degree from an accredited institution to participate in activities that advance equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research. For details on upcoming events and membership information contact 2president1719@gmail.com.

BNI Connections of Lone Tree (www.thebniconnections.com) invites business owners to attend its meeting held each Tuesday, 7:15-9 a.m. at the Lone Tree Recreation Center, 10249 Ridgegate Circle. There is no charge to attend a meeting as a guest.

Please visit www.thebniconnections.com or contact Jack Rafferty, 303-414-2363 or jrafferty@hmbrown.com.

League of Women Voters of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties encourages community members to participate in one of our three monthly meetings. Help us create a democracy where every person has the desire, the right, the knowledge and the confidence to participate. Feel free to call or email Jo Ann Feder at 904-608-3932 or jolvs10s@gmail. com for details.

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Applications now accepted for spring citizens academy

Highlands Ranch High School’s choir is hosting a 30th anniversary on March 9 starting at 7 p.m.

The Talons, pictured at left, will be performing.

Workings of DA’s office will be explored by area residents

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Highlands Ranch High School choir celebrates 30 years Special guests to perform at celebration set for March 9

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Thirty years of Highlands Ranch High School alumni are coming together for a special community event.

On March 9, the school’s choir is hosting a 30th anniversary starting at 7

There’s still an opportunity for alumni to participate in the opening performance.

Those interested can sign up at www. bit.ly/howellhrhs.

Adria Herscher, director of choirs, expects every choir director from the past 30 years at the event. She encourages the public to attend.

“Being able to sing with 30 years of choir students is what I’m most excited for,” said Herscher, the director of nine years.

p.m. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at www.seatyourself.biz/hrhs.

The show is at the school, 9375 Cresthill Lane in Highlands Ranch.

The evening will begin with a performance from 45 alumni of the choir, followed by a performance from the school’s a cappella group, called the Talons. Special guest Face Vocal Band, an all-vocal rock band from Boulder, will perform next. The internationally acclaimed group is currently in Sweden on its third European tour.

IN THEIR BUSINESS Eyeglass store opens in Arapahoe County America’s Best Contacts and Eyeglasses has expanded with a new location near Centennial and Lone Tree.

The store carries designer eyeglass frames, contact lenses and eyeglass accessories, and is equipped with state-of-theart optometric equipment. Eye exams are offered by a professional optometrist.

The new shop is in the Centennial Promenade at 9609 E. County Line Road.

Ranch Smokehouse opens in Highlands Ranch The Ranch Smokehouse and Grille, a restaurant specializing in slow-smoked barbecue favorites, recently opened in Highlands Ranch.

This is the second restaurant owned by husband and wife team Scotty Smith and Joylyn Quintana. It is based upon the original concept of the Genesee Pub and BBQ in Golden. Both locations offer slow-smoked barbecue favorites, such as brisket, ribs, pulled pork and prime rib.

The Ranch Smokehouse and Grille menu also includes steaks, seafood and salads.

The restuarant is in the Highlands Ranch Town Center North at 1164 Sgt. Jon Stiles Drive, Highlands Ranch.

Jimmy John’s sandwich shop opens A Jimmy John’s sandwich shop is now open at 9567 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch.

“This is our first Jimmy John’s store and we’re excited to serve fresh, fast, and tasty sandwiches to our community in Highlands Ranch,” said owner Alex Sobolevsky. Sobolevsky says he plans to hire 25 employees.

Customers can stop by the new location, call the store at 303-862-5221, or order online at online.jimmyjohns.com.

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Interested residents can learn more about the criminal justice system during a free, seven-week citizens’ academy offered by the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office.

Academy classes take place from 6-9 p.m. Wednesdays from April 11 to May 23 in the DA’s Douglas County office, 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock.

Each class explores the role of various members of the office.

The academy gives students an in-depth look at what happens from the time someone is arrested, all the way through a potential trial and conviction.

Attendees will explore the functions of the specialized units in the district attorney’s office including the special victims unit, the economic crimes unit, the cold case unit, crime scene investigations, county court and juvenile justice.

Students also will have the chance to learn the intricacies of a jury trial.

Limited space is available.

Preference is given to applicants who live in the 18th Judicial District — Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties — and are first-time attendees.

Participants must be at least 18 years old.

Those who are interested must complete an application and pass a criminal background check to be considered for attendance.

Members of the media are welcome to apply.

The application is on the office website at www.da18.org/ community-outreach/citizensacademy.

The deadline for applications is March 9.

Applications can be mailed to Barbara Martin-Worley, Office of the District Attorney, 18th Judicial District, 4000 Justice Way, Ste 2525-A, Castle Rock, CO 80109; emailed to bmw@da18.state. co.us; or faxed to 720-733-4689. If a mailed application might not be received by March 9, please call Martin-Worley by that date at 720-874-8487 to let her know the application is on its way.

Once the academy is full, applicants will be placed on a waiting list.

Attendees will be notified of their acceptance in the academy no later than March 20.

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Lone Tree Networking Professionals is a networking/leads group that meets Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m. at Rio Grande Restaurant in Lone Tree. Exclusive business categories are open. Visitors and new members are welcome. Contact Don Shenk at 303-7460093.

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Professional Referral Network meets at 7:15 a.m. Tuesdays at Great Beginnings, east of I-25 at Lincoln Avenue. Call Ronald Conley at 303-841-1860 or e-mail www. professionalreferralnetwork.org.

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man said extra money Colorado will take in due to the recent federal tax cuts should be used for transportation spending and that a percentage should go toward the light rail, which she says the state must get more people to use in order for it to be successful.

Other candidates beat around the multimodal question, though.

“Remember that business-school class?” Robinson asked the crowd.

“Commerce follows infrastructure.”

Rural roads like U.S. Highway 24, not just Interstate 25, need to be widened, Robinson said. When the moderator asked about other forms of transportation, he added, “Sure, I think you have to do (multimodal) as well, but it’s really about our roads.”

Mitchell said that the Colorado Department of Transportation is badly managed and would use the state’s Legislative Audit Committee in a performance-based way to evaluate it.

Colorado can’t have “a first-world economy with a third-world infrastructure,” Stapleton said, adding that the head of CDOT would be an engineer “when I’m governor.” He stressed roads and bridges specifically and mentioned doing more for rural areas.

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“You know where the Democrats stand — they want to put the thumb of government in favor of one kind of energy over another,” Robinson said, adding that “renewables are fine” but should compete in the market without government help.

Robinson implied that fracking doesn’t cause pollution, and Stapleton said it can be done safely. The Environmental Protection Agency in 2015 found that fracking has not led to widespread impacts on drinking

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Our membership ranges from the 40s to 60-plus. We usually meet at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month. For specific meeting information, contact campingsingles@ gmail.com Front Range Woodturners Club meets from 6-9 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month in the basement of the Rockler Woodworking store at 2553 S Colorado Blvd. Anyone interested in woodturning is welcome.

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Learn to Fly Fish: 9-11 a.m. Saturdays at Orvis Park Meadows, 8433 Park Meadows Center Drive, Unit 149, Lone Tree. The free Fly Fishing 101 course teaches the basics including fly casting, outfit rigging, and knot tying. After completing FF101, sign up for the free FF201 class at a local stocked pond and practice hooking, playing and landing fish. For information or to sign up, call 303-768-9600 or go to www.orvis. com/s/park-meadows-colorado-orvisretail-store/620. water, but did find that drinking water was affected in some cases and that fracking fluid has reached surface water and groundwater in some instances. Those cases were relatively few, but the study recognized that its data could be underestimating.

“We all want clean air and clean water,” Mitchell said, but added that renewables shouldn’t be subsidized.

He and Stapleton pointed to Democratic proposals to transition the state to 100 percent renewable energy use by 2040, which he said would be too expensive.

When asked how to address homeowners’ concerns about drilling encroaching on their areas, each candidate didn’t answer until pushed by the moderator. Robinson said there should be clear rules on where suburban sprawl can grow; Coffman said people have to accept the risks of building schools or houses where there might be drilling.

Other remarks In a forum that mostly avoided the Republicans comparing themselves to one another, Stapleton made a point of directing points at the Democrats, tagging gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Boulder) as “running to end the energy industry as we know it” for his 100 percent renewable-energy proposal.

Stapleton also said Democratic candidates’ push for a single-payer health-care system, in which all residents could buy health care from the government rather than private insurers, would send businesses packing.

Coffman praised Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker for implementing one of the nation’s “right-to-work” laws, which generally prevent labor unions from requiring employees to pay fees or dues. She wants such a law passed in Colorado.

Robinson said virtual reality and artificial intelligence are coming “in a big way” to the Colorado economy and that workers need to be prepared for the future.

The forum seldom discussed education funding, but Mitchell said he’d push for a freeze on higher-education costs during his tenure if he were to be elected.

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THINGS to DO

THEATER

Improv Show with Third Kind Improv: 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, March 7 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. Go to arapahoelibraries.org.

Something’s Afoot, A Musical Whodunit: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays through March 25 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton. Additional shows at 2 p.m. March 10 and 6:30 p.m. March 28. Tickets available at the box office, either in person or by calling 303-794-2787 ext. 5, or online at townhallartscenter.org/ somethings-afoot.

ART/CRAFTS

Pastel Workshop: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday, March 3 at First Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton. Presented by Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County and taught by Denver artist and teacher Chuck Ceraso.

Registration required. Go to www. heritage-guild.com/current-workshops.html.

Lessons and Lemonade: 9:30-11 a.m. or 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Saturday, March 10 (Color Field Painting with Jo Ann Nelson and Judy Pendleton) at Hobby Lobby, Colo.

83 and Mainstreet in Parker. For ages 9-14. Registration required; go to www.parkerartistguild.com/ classes/youth.

MUSIC

Piano Concert: Jooeun Pak: 2 p.m.

Sunday, March 4 at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd., Highlands Ranch.

Pak will play selections

by Chopin, Ginastera, Hayden and Vine. Contact: Mark Zwilling 303 794-2683 or mzwilling@gostandrew.com Lenten Recitals: 12:10-12:40 p.m.

Wednesdays in Lent at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 9203 S. University Blvd. in Highlands Ranch. A soup lunch is also served for a donation. March 7: Jean McKibben, hand bells; March 14: St. Andrew Sisters, choral group; March 21: Ben Ehrlich, organist. Contact: Mark Zwilling 303 794-2683 or mzwilling@gostandrew.com

FILM/MOVIES

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Wonder: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 3 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S.

Helping Boys Thrive Summit: 1-9 p.m. Friday, March 9 at Mission Hills Church, 620 SouthPark Drive, Littleton. Go to missionhills.org/ boysthrive.

this week’s TOP FIVE Get a Jump on College: 9 a.m. to 1p.m. Saturday, March 3 at Douglas County High School, 2842 Front St., Castle Rock. Students can take a free practice ACT, SAT or P-SAT, and parents will attend workshops on how to pay for college, admission guidelines and tips for taking the ACT and SAT. Students, bring 2-3 sharpened pencils, a calculator, snack and bottled water. Seating is limited. Go to https://ibpo.wufoo.com/forms/2018act-sat-and-psat-practice-exam/ to sign up.

Diversity and Inclusion: 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 6 at Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Jill Tietjen, author of “Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America,” honors the accomplishments of women throughout U.S. history across all ethnicities and all fields of endeavor.

Local History Films and Popcorn: 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 7 at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Channel 8 film will highlight the history of the Cherokee Castle. Also, learn about the moving of the train depot, which is now the Castle Rock Museum in a film by the society. “A Landmark for All” is a film on the history of Castle Rock, which was produced by local historians.

Refreshments served at 6:45 p.m. Go to www.

Holly St., Centennial. Go to arapahoelibraries.org.

Bad Movie Night: Runaway: 6:308:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 6 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. Go to arapahoelibraries.org.

Classic Movie Night: Awaara: 6-9 p.m. Thursday, March 8 at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial. Go to arapahoelibraries.org.

READING/ WRITING

Book Lovers: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 7 at the Roxborough Library, 8357 N. Rampart Range Road, Suite 200. Discover new authors and find your next great read. Adults. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Writers Group: 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, March 7 at the Englewood Public Library, Altenbach Room, 1000 Englewood Parkway.

All experience levels welcome. For adults. No registration required.

Thursday Sundown Book Club: 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, March 8 at the Englewood Public Library, Anderson Room, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Book is “The Obsession”

by Nora Roberts. For adults. No registration required.

castlerockhistoricalsociety.org or contact the Castle Rock Museum at 303-814-3164, museum@ castlerockhistoricalsociety.org.

Colorado History from a Child’s View: 8:30-9:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 7 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton.

The Littleton Optimist Club welcomes speaker Sue Luxa, former language arts teacher and elementary school librarian who has published three children’s historical fiction books for third-, fourth- and fifth-graders - “Denver Days,” “A Cabin in Cripple Creek” and “One Golden Summer.” Luxa’s books complement the Colorado history curriculum.

Genetic Counseling: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 7 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker.

Melissa Gilstrap, genetic services coordinator at Parker Adventist Hospital, will talk about the importance of family health history, how to document that history and how to use the information for health care and genetic testing. She also will discuss genetic counseling and genetic tests. Call 303-805-6800 or email PACEedu@parkeronline.edu. Part of the Parker Arts Adult Lecture Series.

EVENTS

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Paper Airplane Challenge: 4-5 p.m. Friday, March 2 at Southglenn Library, 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial. Teens: Learn how to fold some intermediate paper airplanes. Then, glide them through our obstacle course against other competitors.

Go to arapahoelibraries.org.

Enhance Your Genealogy Research with Online Media: 7 p.m.

Tuesday, March 6 at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Led by professional genealogist Diane Barbour. Go to https://hrgenealogy.wordpress.com.

Downhill Colorado: 6:30 p.m.

Friday, March 2 at the Lone Tree Library, 10055 Library Way. Ski mountaineer Jon Kedrowski and nature photographer John Fielder talk about their books, ski descents, and Colorado winters over hot toddies. Book sale will follow presentation. Ages 21-plus.

Registration is required at 303-7917323 or DCL.org.

Colorado Republican Caucus: 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 6. Find caucus location and register at www. cologop.org

Open Play: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 3 at Englewood Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Storytime room open with a variety of toys that will spark the imagination. Call 303-762-2560.

Hummingbirds of the Front Range: 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 6 at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Presented by Tom Bush, owner of the Front Range Birding Company. Visitors and new members welcome. Visit doug-

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Englewood Community Workshops: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 7 at Colorado’s Finest High School of Choice, 300 W. Chenango Ave., Englewood; and 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 15 at Swedish Medical Center, Pine Room, Second Floor, 501 E. Hampden Ave., Englewood. Share ideas for what you would like Englewood to become, or how you would like it to stay. Go to www.englewoodco.gov.

Celebrating the 80s: Ready Player One: 7 p.m.

Friday, March 9 at the Lone Tree Library, 10055 Library Way. Celebrate the movie release of “Ready Player One” and all things 1980s with retro gaming, virtual reality, themed crafts, refreshments and prizes.

Teens and adults. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL.org.

Learn About: Ballet: 1:30 p.m.

Friday, March 9 at the James H. LaRue Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Colorado Ballet presents basic ballet for adults, including movement, history and a Q&A. Ages 50-plus.

Registration is required at 303-7917323 or DCL.org.

Monday Morning Links Ladies Golf League: Accepting applications for the Monday morning 9-hole golf group. Group is open to women golfers ages 21 and older. Applications and more information available at The Links Golf Course Pro Shop. Contact Sherrie Mitchell at 303-799-4583 or email mmlinksladies18@gmail.com.

Broken Tee Women’s 9 Hole Monday Golf League is seeking new members. League plays on Monday mornings from April to September at Broken Tee Golf Course, 2101 W. Oxford Ave., Englewood. This is the league’s 40th anniversary. Contact Sharron Quirin at 303-549-8545.

HEALTH

Foundations for Marriage: 6:30-9 p.m. Friday, March 2 and 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 3 at Cherry Hills Community Church, Pavilion 2, 3900 Grace Blvd., Highlands Ranch. Couples need to attend both days. Go to http:// chcc.org/starting-your-marriage/ for information and to sign up.

What’s On Tap For Health Care: 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, March 7 at St. Patrick’s Brewery, 2842 W. Bowles Ave., Littleton. Presented by the League of Women Voters of Jefferson County. Go to www.lwvjeffco. org, call 303-238-0032 or email info@lwvjeffco.org.

EDUCATION

Women of Denver History: 2-3 p.m.

Saturday, March 3 at Southglenn Library, 6972 S. Vine St., Centennial. Active Minds program; RSVP at 303-542-7279.

French Conversation Circle: 1-2 p.m. Wednesday, March 7 at the Englewood Public Library, Altenbach Room, 1000 Englewood Parkway. Practice French skills; all levels welcome. No registration required.

Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.

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Valor Christian’s Mason Hoehn (10) gets tangled with Pueblo County’s Emilio Aguilera (20) and Dawson Lambert (5) as they all go for the puck. Valor won the second-round playoff contest 6-1 on Feb. 23, and then defeated Aspen 4-2 the next day to advance to the Frozen Four against Monarch.

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Chaparral, Valor advance to Frozen Four STAFF REPORT

Chaparral, a first-year hockey program, and Valor Christian have advanced to the semifinals of the state hockey tournament, but both teams will face tough challenges in the Frozen Four.

Chaparral (16-5-1) draws unbeaten and last season’s state runner-up Regis Jesuit (21-0-0) in a 5 p.m. semifinal contest on March 1 at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Valor Christian (19-2-0) takes on defending state champion Monarch (19-2-0) at 7:30 p.m. at the

Pepsi Center. The state championship game will be played on March 6 at the Pepsi Center.

Chaparral, a co-op team made up of players from the high schools in Parker, is seeded 13th in the state tournament bracket. It defeated Rampart 8-0, edged Fort Collins 4-2 in the second round, and topped Steamboat Springs, 8-5, to gain a spot in the Frozen Four.

Tyler Johnson had three goals and four points in the win over Steamboat Springs and also collected the game-winning goal in the victory

against a Fort Collins team that had topped the Wolverines twice during the regular season Chaparral will be facing a Regis program that has won three state tittles over the past seven seasons.

“Our boys played with a lot of heart to earn a trip to the Frozen Four,” said Chaparral coach Ryan Finnefrock. “They put in a lot of work this season and they deserved it. We’ll have an extremely tough test against a great Regis team.

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Area teams make runs in basketball playoffs STAFF REPORT

ThunderRidge, Rock Canyon and Chaparral were all No. 1 teams in the CHSAANow.com poll late in the regular season and those three teams have advanced into the Sweet 16 round of the Class 5A boys state basketball tournament.

Cherry Creek and Mountain Vista were two other south metro teams that will play in Feb. 28 boys Sweet 16 games.

Valor Christian faced Jeffco 4A rival Evergreen in a 4A Sweet 16 boys game and Ponderosa also advanced after a second-round victory.

South metro 5A girls teams that played Feb. 27 in the Sweet 16 were Highlands Ranch, Cherry Creek, Arapahoe, Castle View and Mountain Vista. Valor Christian hosted a 4A Sweet 16 contest.

Boys Great 8 games in Class 5A tournament will be held March 3 at the Denver Coliseum, with girls 5A

Great 8 contests set for March 2 at the Denver Coliseum.

Class 4A Great 8 contests will be played at the site of the highest seeds.

Results of first- and second-round games involving south metro area schools are as follows.

BOYS Second round Rock Canyon 75, Columbine 46 — SEE BASKETBALL, P34

od Sherman is excited about the upcoming high school football season. I know because he used the word “excited” several times in a brief conversation.

Yes, I know, that statement might sound silly since Sherman has been associated with the Valor Christian football program OVERTIME that has won 112 games over 10 seasons and seven state championships.

Most people would be excited about coaching within the program that exists at Valor.

Sherman was the Eagles’ head coach Jim Benton the past five seasons, but Valor announced in December that he was out as football coach.

He examined other opportunities but was named on Feb. 15 the new coach at Arapahoe, a program that has gone 8-15 the past two seasons.

“We just felt like this was right,” said Sherman. “I think sometimes when you get pushed out of the nest you take a step back and say: `Where is the opportunity for impact and where is an opportunity to maybe hopefully do something that is great?’ My wife and I feel that opportunity exists at Arapahoe. We’re really excited about it.”

Sherman has met with Arapahoe players and their parents. He explained his visions for changing the culture at Arapahoe.

“When I was at Valor I helped set the athletic culture,” said Sherman, who was Valor’s first athletic director. “There are adjustments when you are changing cultures versus when you are starting from scratch.

There are probably more similarities.

Sometimes communities, schools and football programs don’t understand they can be great.”

He mentioned Pomona, which ranks 65th in CHSAA enrollment figures, as an example that big things can be accomplished. Pomona has an enrollment of 1,432, but the Panthers over the past few years have won state championships in football, wrestling, gymnastics and boys track.

Arapahoe’s enrollment is 2,155, the 14th-largest in the state.

Sherman said players have been receptive to his ideas and he is creating his coaching staff with members of the Warriors staff, coaches he has coached with before and some former players.

SEE BENTON, P35

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The Jaguars broke open the game in the second and third quarters and coasted into the Sweet 16.

ThunderRidge 78, Greeley West 51 - Senior Justin Mccaw hit five of the team’s 10 field goals from 3-point range and scored 23 points.

Chaparral 65, Mountain Range 49 - Junior Bryce Matthews scored 18 points and the Wolverines shot 58 percent from the field.

Cherry Creek 47, Highlands Ranch 40 - Dimitri Stanley scored 20 points as the Bruins earned a second-round victory, which ended the Falcons season with a 17-7 record.

Mountain Vista 78, Chatfield 68 Senior Connor Staib had 32 points as the hot-shooting Golden Eagles made 52 percent of their field goal attempts and advanced into a Sweet 16 contest against Continental League opponent Chaparral.

Regis Jesuit 61, Douglas County 52 - The Huskies stayed close until the fourth quarter before losing and seeing their season end with a 15-10 record.

Valor Christian 72, Vista Peak Prep 58 - The Eagles were accurate, shooting 55 percent from the floor, and sophomore Roger Rosengarten led the way with 16 points.

Ponderosa 80, Roosevelt 69 — Seniors Braden Bradshaw (31) and Connor Hawk (29) combined for 60 points in the Mustangs’ second round victory.

First round

March 1, 2018M Douglas County 61, Rocky Mountain 44 - The Huskies used a big third quarter to seal the win. CamRon Dunfee led the way with 17 points as Douglas County hosted its first playoff game in 10 seasons.

Cherry Creek 68, Horizon 39 — The Bruins jumped to a 27-point halftime lead and cruised to a win as freshman Chase Penry and junior Alec Pell each had 10 points.

Monarch 70, Legend 67 - The Titans saw a 13-point lead disappear in the fourth quarter in the 5A opening round setback to Monarch. Legend ended the season with a 12-12 record.

Rangeview 63, Arapahoe 52 (OT) The Warriors were outscored 15-4 in overtime and were ousted from the 5A playoffs. Junior Lane D’Angostino scored 13 points to pace Arapahoe.

Columbine 65, Castle View 53 - The Sabercats ended the season with a 12-12 record following the first-round setback.

Mead 55, Littleton 47 - The Lions’ comeback in the fourth quarter fell short in a 4A first-round loss. Senior Jason Levy scored 17 points but the team shot only 31 percent from the field and ended the season with an 8-16 ledger.

Lutheran 66, Manual 56 - The Lions captured third place in the 3A Metro District tournament with the win over the Thunderbolts and earned the 12th seed in the 3A boys state tournament. Lutheran will play LaJunta in a first-round contest on March 2.

GIRLS Second round Highlands Ranch 68, Legacy 25 Autumn Watts scored 22 points as the

Falcons scored early and often.

Cherry Creek 63, Bear Creek 12 The Bruins led 45-2 with 3:55 left in the third quarter and romped to a second round win over the Bears.

Mountain Vista 59, Rampart 48 - Makenzie Gamble, a 5-foot-6 sophomore, scored 25 points to help the Golden Eagles gain a berth in the Sweet 16.

Arapahoe 55, Chaparral 47 (OT) Junior Eliana Mcclarie had 15 points and sophomore Kali March 13 as the Warriors took charge in overtime.

Castle View 61, Loveland 33 — Junior Madison Hema had a doubledouble with 24 points and 10 rebounds as the Sabercats used a big second half to secure the victory.

Valor Christian 44, Standley Lake 32 — Senior Madison Altman’s 16 points, two assists and three steals sparked the victory as the Eagles beat the Gators for the third time this season.

Mesa Ridge 56, Littleton 55 - The Lions saw a fourth-quarter lead disappear in the 4A loss. Rebekah Sandstrom’s 19 points topped Littleton.

First round Arapahoe 68, Arvada West 38 - Junior Eliana Mcclarie scored 18 points and the Warriors shot 55 percent from the field in an opening-round 5A win.

Littleton 42, Canon City 37 - Rebekah Sandstrom scored nine points and pulled down 15 rebounds as the Lions advanced.

Rangeview 49, ThunderRidge 44 The Raiders outscored the Grizzlies 15-5 in the third quarter and posted a 5A first-round triumph. Sophomore

Hiedi Haze scored 22 points to top the Grizzlies, who ended the campaign with a 9-15 record.

Rampart 53, Rock Canyon 30 - The Jaguars trailed by 23 points heading in the fourth period and dropped a 5A first round road contest that saw their final season record dip to 6-18.

Pueblo East 48, Ponderosa 27 — The Mustangs were eliminated from the 4A playoffs and ended the season with a 9-15 record.

Kent Denver 55, SkyView Academy 31 - In the first round of the 3A Metro District playoffs, the Hawks played from behind the entire game. Junior Natalia Miller-Forrest led the way for the Hawks with nine points. SkyView Academy lost 37-34 to Bishop Machebeuf in a consolation game and ended the season with an 11-11 record.

Kent Denver 52, Lutheran 44 — The Lions lost the championship game of the 3A Metro District tournament but earned a No. 9 seed in the state tournament bracket and will play The Academy in a March 2 opening game

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“There is great excitement at Arapahoe, and that’s not a statement that there was not excitement in the past,” added Sherman. “I am incredibly excited. I didn’t take this job because I have a son I want to coach. I didn’t have to have a football job. I took this job because of how excited my family and I are to build the program at Arapahoe High School that can ultimately be synonymous with excellence in football.”

Pilot seasons Boys volleyball, girls wrestling and unified bowling are closer to becoming Colorado High School Activities Association’s sanctioned sports.

All three activities were approved Feb. 21 by the board of directors to begin pilot seasons.

Under a newly adopted bylaw, the three sports were the first to present pilot programs for consideration. The Classification and League Organizing Committee, the Sports Medicine Committee, the Equity Committee and the Legislative Council need to support the new sport.

The boys volleyball pilot season will be this spring. Girls wrestling will start its pilot season in the 2018-19 winter season. The timetable for co-ed unified bowling will be revealed at the April meeting of the board of directors.

FROZEN FROM PAGE 32

“We’ll go into the game like the 1980 men’s Olympic team, trying to pull off a miracle,” Finnefrock said. “I asked the boys every game this postseason, `are they satisfied?’ Their answer was no. So anything can happen.”

Valor Christian’s two losses this season came to Regis and Monarch.

The Eagles, the third seed in the tournament behind Regis and Monarch, earned a 6-1 second-round win

Changing seasons Spring is approaching, as official practice for spring sports teams started Feb. 26. Baseball, girls golf, boys and girls lacrosse, girls soccer, boys swimming, girls tennis and boys and girls track are the spring sports.

Defending area state champions are Valor Christian in 4A baseball, Ralston Valley in 5A girls golf, D’Evelyn in 4A girls soccer, Mountain Vista in 5A girls soccer, Valor in 4A boys lacrosse and Cherry Creek in 5A boys lacrosse. Cherry Creek is the defending 5A girls tennis champion.

Lutheran is the defending 3A boys track and field champion.

Jim Benton is a sports writer for Colorado Community Media. He has been covering sports in the Denver area since 1968. He can be reached at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com or at 303-566-4083. over Pueblo County and got goals from Colton Carlson and Luke Wheeler in the third period in a 4-2 quarterfinal victory over Aspen.

Carlson’s goal at 2:55 of the third was the game winner.

In other tournament games involving south metro teams, Castle View notched a 5-2 first-round win over Mountain Vista but was eliminated with an 8-1 loss to Monarch in the second round.

Aspen downed Heritage, 4-1, in the second round. Kent Denver went into overtime before defeating Cherry Creek, 4-3, in a second-round contest.

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Boys volleyball and girls wrestling will have two-year pilot seasons.

There are 23 states that currently sanction boys volleyball and seven states, including Colorado, considering the sport. There were 50 club boys volleyball teams competing in the Colorado Boys Volleyball Association in 2017.

Only six states sanction girls wrestling but Georgia, Oregon and Colorado are considering adopting the sport.

During the recently completed season there were 235 female wrestlers who competed on boys teams and there were several girls-only tournaments.

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Public Notices Misc. Private Legals Public Notice INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) #006-18 PURCHASE AND APPLICATION OF DUST SUPPRESSANT

The Department of Public Works Operations of Douglas County Government, hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests bids from responsible and qualified firms for the provision of the purchase and application of dust suppressant, as specified.

The IFB documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com. IFB documents are not available for purchase from Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the above-mentioned website. While the IFB documents are available electronically, Douglas County cannot accept electronic bid responses.

Two (2) copies of your bid response shall be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked “IFB No. 006-18, Purchase and Application of Dust Suppressant”. Electronic and/or faxed bid responses will not be accepted. Bids will be received until 11:00 a.m., on Friday, March 16, 2018 by the Douglas County Finance Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Bids will not be considered which are received after the time stated, and any bids so received will be returned unopened.

Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a said bid and furthermore, to award a contract for items herein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the County to do so. Additionally, we reserve the right to negotiate optional items/services with the successful bidder.

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Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a said bid and furthermore, to award a contract for items herein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the County to do so. Additionally, we reserve the right to negotiate optional items/services with the successful bidder.

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City and County Public Notice INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) NO. 007-18 HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES FACILITY SOUTH REMODEL PROJECT The Facilities, Fleet and Emergency Support Services Department of Douglas County Government, hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests bids from responsible and qualified firms for all materials and services required to complete the remodel of the southern section of the Health & Human Services facility.

The IFB documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com. IFB documents are not available for purchase from Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the above-mentioned website. While the IFB documents are available electronically, Douglas County cannot accept electronic bid responses.

ON TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2018 @ 9:00AM THERE WILL BE A MANDATORY SITE VISIT RELATED TO THIS PROJECT. THE MANDATORY SITE VISIT WILL ALLOW ALL INTERESTED PARTIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW THE LOCATION AND DISCUSS THE PROJECT DETAILS. THE MANDATORY SITE VISIT WILL BEGIN IN THE MAIN LOBBY OF THE HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES FACILITY, 4400 CASTLETON COURT, CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO 80109. ONLY THOSE PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS ATTENDING THE MANDATORY SITE VISIT WILL BE ALLOWED TO SUBMIT A BID ON THIS PROJECT.

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The Facilities, Fleet and Emergency Support Services Department of Douglas County Government, hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests bids from responsible and qualified firms for all materials and services required to complete the remodel of the southern section of the Health & Human Services facility.

The IFB documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com. IFB documents are not available for purchase from Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the above-mentioned website. While the IFB documents are available electronically, Douglas County cannot accept electronic bid responses.

ON TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2018 @ 9:00AM THERE WILL BE A MANDATORY SITE VISIT RELATED TO THIS PROJECT. THE MANDATORY SITE VISIT WILL ALLOW ALL INTERESTED PARTIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW THE LOCATION AND DISCUSS THE PROJECT DETAILS. THE MANDATORY SITE VISIT WILL BEGIN IN THE MAIN LOBBY OF THE HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES FACILITY, 4400 CASTLETON COURT, CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO 80109. ONLY THOSE PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS ATTENDING THE MANDATORY SITE VISIT WILL BE ALLOWED TO SUBMIT A BID ON THIS PROJECT.

City and County

Three (3) copies of the bid response shall be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked “IFB No. 007-18, Health & Human Services Facility South Remodel Project” and mailed or hand-carried to the address shown below prior to the due date and time. Electronic and/or faxed bid responses will not be accepted. Bids will be received until 2:00pm, on Monday, March 19, 2018 by the Douglas County Finance Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Bids will not be considered which are received after the time stated, and any bids so received will be returned unopened.

Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a said bid and furthermore, to award a contract for items herein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the County to do so. Additionally, we reserve the right to negotiate optional items/services with the successful bidder.

Please direct any questions concerning this IFB to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Supervisor, 303660-7434, criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Legal Notice No.: 932767 First Publication: March 1, 2018 Last Publication: March 1, 2018 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Douglas County Annual Report Public Notice

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Public Notice

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) #008-18 COLORADO WORKS or TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE for NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) To advertise your public notices call 303-566-4100 CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES

City and County PUBLIC NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAW OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, G & S Service Company d/b/a Franktown Market , whose address is 6800 South Dawson Circle #201, Centennial, Colorado, has requested the Licensing Officials of Douglas County to grant a Retail 3.2% Beer Off Premises Liquor License at the location of 1958 North Highway 83, Franktown, Colorado, to sell at retail fermented malt beverages for consumption off the premises. The Public Hearing on this application is to be held by the Douglas County Local Liquor Licensing Authority at 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018 at 1:00 p.m.

Date of Application: February 14, 2018 Officers: Meyer Sussman, President/Director/Treasurer Jeffrey Sussman, Executive Vice President/Secretary/ Director Judith Sussman, Vice President

The Department of Human Services of Douglas County Government hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests proposal responses from qualified providers for the provision of services related to Colorado Works or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TA NF) Case Management Services.

City and County

The RFP documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com. RFP documents are not available for purchase from Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the above-mentioned website. While the RFP documents are available electronically, Douglas County cannot accept electronic proposal responses.

RFP responses will be received until 4:00 p.m. on Friday, March 23, 2018 by Douglas County Government, Finance Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Three Proposal responses must be submitted in a sealed envelope, plainly marked “Request for Proposal (RFP) #008-18, TANF Case Management Services”. Proposal responses will not be considered which are received after the time stated and any proposals so received will be returned unopened.

Public Notice

Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a said proposal and furthermore, to award a contract for items herein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the County to do so. Additionally, we reserve the right to negotiate optional items/services with the successful vendor.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) #008-18 COLORADO WORKS or TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE for NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES

Please direct any questions concerning this RFP to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Supervisor, 303660-7434, criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Legal Notice No: 932750 First Publication : March 1, 2018 Last Publication: March 1, 2018 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

The Department of Human Services of Douglas County Government hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests proposal responses from qualified providers for the provision of services related to Colorado Works or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Case Management Services.

Legal Notice No.: 932776 First Publication: March 1, 2018 Last Publication: March 1, 2018 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

The RFP documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com. RFP documents are not available for purchase from Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the above-mentioned website. While the RFP documents are available electronically, Douglas County cannot accept electronic proposal responses.

Three (3) copies of the bid response shall be COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, COLORADO RFP responses will be received until 4:00 p.m. submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked on Friday, March 23, 2018 by Douglas County “IFB No. 007-18, Health & Human Services FaTREASURER'S COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, COLORADOSTATEMENT cility South Remodel Project” and mailed or Statement of Cash Receipts & DisbursementsGovernment, Finance Department, Purchasing TREASURER'S STATEMENT hand-carried to the address shown below prior Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle the 6 &months Ended December 31, 2017 Statement of Cash For Receipts Disbursements to the due date and time. Electronic and/or Rock, Colorado 80104. Three Proposal reFor the 6 months Ended December 31, 2017 faxed bid responses will not be accepted. Bids sponses must be submitted in a sealed envelwill be received until 2:00pm, on Monday, March ope, plainly marked “Request for Proposal ABATED AND DeTOTAL TREASURER 19, 2018 by the Douglas County Finance (RFP) #008-18, TANF Case Management Ser- TOTAL partment, Purchasing Division, Third Street, vices”. Proposal responses TRANSFERS will not be conBEGINNING CURRENT DELINQUENT OTHER TRANSFERS RECEIPTS DISBURSEMENTS ENDING FEES ABATED AND 100 TOTAL TOTAL TREASURER Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104.

Bids sidered which are received after the time stated CASH TAX TAX INTEREST RECEIPTS INRECEIPTS AND TRANSFERS DISBURSEMENTS OUT AND TRANSFERS CASH FEES WITHHELD BEGINNING CURRENT DELINQUENT OTHER TRANSFERS TRANSFERS DISBURSEMENTS ENDING will not be considered which are received after and any proposals so received will be returned CASH TAX TAX INTEREST IN AND TRANSFERS DISBURSEMENTS OUT AND TRANSFERS CASH WITHHELD the time stated, and any bids so received will be RECEIPTS unopened.

COUNTY FUNDS returned unopened.

Douglas County Government reserves the right Y FUNDS CAPITAL EXPENDITURES $7,636,700.92 $23,926.30 reserves ($188.92) $968.41 $80,165.09 $1,264,500.00 $1,369,370.88 $2,870,562.12 371.59 Douglas County Government the right to reject any and$6,135,509.68 all proposals, to waive$0.00 formalit- $6,135,509.68 to reject any and all bids,($188.92) to waive formalities, ies, informalities, or irregularities contained in a $8,345,500.00 CAPITAL REPLACEMENT 0.00 0.00 in0.00 680,750.83 42,768.00 $723,518.83 0.00 EXPENDITURES $7,636,700.92 $10,669,602.01 $23,926.30 $968.41 $80,165.09 $1,264,500.00 $1,369,370.88 $6,135,509.68 $0.00 8,345,500.00 $6,135,509.68 $2,870,562.12 $3,047,620.84371.59 formalities, or irregularities contained in a said said proposal and furthermore, to award a conCONSERVATION TRUST $3,559,100.92 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 650,418.08 0.00 $650,418.08 0.00 427,249.14 0.00 $427,249.14 REPLACEMENT $10,669,602.01 bid 0.00 a contract 0.00 680,750.83 42,768.00 $723,518.83 8,345,500.00 $3,047,620.84 $3,782,269.86 and furthermore, to award for tract for items herein, either in whole $8,345,500.00 or in part, if 1,796,244.17 72,773.38 123,860,224.56 3,008,248.00 $126,868,472.56 28,013.18 ATIONCOUNTY TRUST GENERAL $3,559,100.92 $105,274,652.74 0.00either 0.00or in (34,405.16) 650,418.08 77,609,982.36 0.00 11,303,807.58 $650,418.08 $90,748,402.33 $427,249.14 $3,782,269.86 $69,154,582.51 it is 427,249.14 deemed to be in the0.00 best interest of the items herein, in whole part,0.00 if it is DEBT SERVICE $2,524,441.71 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,827,380.20 $1,827,380.20 4,259,425.25 0.00 $4,259,425.25 $92,396.66 GENERAL $105,274,652.74 deemed 1,796,244.17 (34,405.16) 77,609,982.36 11,303,807.58 $90,748,402.33 123,860,224.56 3,008,248.00 we$126,868,472.56 $69,154,582.51 28,013.18 County to do so. Additionally, reserve the to be in the best interest of 72,773.38 the County $1,706,201.85 140,237.31 1,891.71 0.00 $145,327.43 1,471,362.06 0.00 with $1,471,362.06 $380,167.22 2,186.31 right to negotiate optional items/services do so. Additionally, we reserve right0.00 to ne- 5,675.67 0.00 RVICE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES $2,524,441.71 to 0.00 0.00 the (2,477.26) 1,827,380.20 $1,827,380.20 4,259,425.25 0.00 $4,259,425.25 $92,396.66 the1,471,362.06 successful vendor. optional items/services success- 1,729.00 HUMAN SERVICES $6,076,974.72 42,716.14 (782.79) 5,772,634.48 24,500.00 MENTAL DISABILITIES $1,706,201.85 gotiate 140,237.31 (2,477.26)with the5,675.67 1,891.71 2,034,306.68 0.00 2,578,130.00 $145,327.43 $4,656,099.03 0.00 $1,471,362.06 $5,797,134.48 $380,167.22 $4,935,939.27 2,186.31 ful bidder.

INFRASTRUCTURE $0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,500,000.00 0.00 $2,500,000.00 0.00 0.00 $0.00 $2,500,000.00 ERVICES $6,076,974.72 42,716.14 (782.79) 1,729.00 2,034,306.68 2,578,130.00 $4,656,099.03 5,772,634.48 24,500.00 $5,797,134.48 $4,935,939.27 Please direct any questions concerning 0.00 this RFP INTERNAL SERVICES LIAB & PROP INSUR $4,419,917.23 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 754,516.04 0.00 0.00 $754,516.04 686,272.08 $686,272.08 RUCTURE $0.00 Please 0.00 2,500,000.00 $2,500,000.00 0.00 Supervisor, $0.00 $2,500,000.00 $4,488,161.19 to Carolyn0.00 Riggs, Purchasing 303direct any questions0.00 concerning this IFB INTERNAL SERVICES MEDICAL SELF INSUR $1,927,233.38 0.00 0.00 0.00 8,440,835.69 200,000.00 $8,640,835.69 7,914,870.87 0.00 $7,914,870.87 SERVICES LIAB & PROP INSUR $4,419,917.23 to Carolyn Riggs, 0.00 Purchasing 0.00Supervisor, 0.00303754,516.04 0.00 $754,516.04 686,272.08 0.00 $686,272.08 $4,488,161.19 $2,653,198.20 660-7434, criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to INTERNAL SERVICES-EMPLOYEE BENEFITS $2,528,528.74criggs@douglas.co.us, 0.00 0.00 to 0.00 1,121,018.02 0.00 $1,121,018.02 852,443.14 200,000.00 SERVICES MEDICAL SELF INSUR $1,927,233.38 660-7434, 0.00 0.00 0.00 8,440,835.69 200,000.00 $8,640,835.69 7,914,870.87 0.00 Friday, $7,914,870.87 $2,653,198.20 $2,597,103.62 5:00 p.m., Monday through excluding $1,052,443.14 8:00 a.m.

JUSTICE CENTER BENEFITS SALES & USE TAX 0.00 0.00 0.00 14,557,047.10 0.00 0.00 $14,557,047.10 holidays.

5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding SERVICES-EMPLOYEE $2,528,528.74 $35,466,365.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,121,018.02 $1,121,018.02 852,443.14 5,903,158.56 200,000.00 8,821,806.36 $1,052,443.14 $14,724,964.92 $2,597,103.62 $35,298,447.19 L.I.D. CAPITAL $507,780.16 0.00 111,343.20 0.00 0.00 1,560.25 0.00 0.00 $112,903.45 4,725.96 0.00 $4,725.96 $615,957.65 46.39 CENTER SALES & USECONSTRUCTION TAX $35,466,365.01 holidays.

0.00 0.00 14,557,047.10 $14,557,047.10 5,903,158.56 8,821,806.36 $14,724,964.92 $35,298,447.19 Legal Notice No.: 932776 LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY (7,004.52) 15,437.25 0.00 $3,167,322.66 0.00 6,150.40 ITAL CONSTRUCTION $507,780.16 $24,039,661.72 111,343.20 1,258,611.20 0.00 0.00 1,560.25 1,900,278.73 0.00 $112,903.45 4,725.96 10,647,065.73 0.00 $4,725.96 $10,647,065.73 $615,957.65 $16,559,918.6546.39 First Publication: March 1, 2018 Legal Notice No.: 932767 LINCOLN STATION SALES TAX IMPROVEMENT $0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4,098.63 0.00 0.00 $4,098.63 4,098.63 0.00 $4,098.63 $0.00 ORCEMENT AUTHORITY $24,039,661.72 First Publication: 1,258,611.20 15,437.25 1,900,278.73 $3,167,322.66 10,647,065.73 $10,647,065.73 $16,559,918.65 6,150.40 Last Publication: March 1,0.00 2018 March (7,004.52) 1, 2018 0.00 0.00 88,000.00 2,360,162.03 OPEN SPACE SALES & USE TAX STATION SALES TAX- IMPROVEMENT $0.00 $16,883,727.05 0.00 March 1,0.00 0.00 0.00 4,098.63 5,849,679.47 0.00 $4,098.63 $5,937,679.47 4,098.63 $4,098.63 $3,242,734.38 $0.00 $19,578,672.14 Publisher: Douglas882,572.35 County0.00 News-Press Last Publication: 2018 PARKS SALES & USE TAX $10,591,322.59 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,165,261.83 $1,165,261.83 1,090,377.30 42,768.00 $1,133,145.30 $10,623,439.12 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press $16,883,727.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 5,849,679.47 88,000.00 $5,937,679.47 882,572.35 2,360,162.03 $3,242,734.38 $19,578,672.14 ACE - SALES & USE TAX TRUSTEE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 158,389.30 0.00 $158,389.30 162,906.59 0.00 $162,906.59 ALES &PUBLIC USE TAX $10,591,322.59 ($822,438.12)0.00 0.00 0.00 1,165,261.83 $1,165,261.83 1,090,377.30 42,768.00 $1,133,145.30 $10,623,439.12 ($826,955.41) RMHIDTA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 $1,150,574.19 0.00 $1,008,375.06 RUSTEE ($822,438.12) ($406,652.97)0.00 0.00 0.00 158,389.30 1,150,574.19 0.00 $158,389.30 162,906.59 1,008,375.06 0.00 $162,906.59 ($826,955.41) ($264,453.84) ROAD & BRIDGE (11,130.08) 24,583.38 0.00 $30,584,746.62 9,472.00 ($406,652.97) $55,712,472.69 0.00 6,780,011.05 0.00 0.00 1,150,574.19 6,690,442.24 0.00 5,215,618.00 $1,150,574.19 $18,699,524.59 1,008,375.06 30,584,746.62 0.00 $1,008,375.06 ($264,453.84) $43,827,250.66 ROAD SALES & USE TAX $37,280,862.76 0.00 0.00 0.00 13,972,117.91 0.00 $13,972,117.91 7,369,932.47 882,481.22 $8,252,413.69 RIDGE $55,712,472.69 6,780,011.05 (11,130.08) 24,583.38 6,690,442.24 5,215,618.00 $18,699,524.59 30,584,746.62 0.00 $30,584,746.62 $43,827,250.66 $43,000,566.98 9,472.00 SOLID WASTER DISPOSAL SITE $349,249.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 56,173.41 0.00 $56,173.41 59,332.05 0.00 $59,332.05 $346,090.39 LES & USE TAX $37,280,862.76 0.00 0.00 0.00 13,972,117.91 0.00 $13,972,117.91 7,369,932.47 882,481.22 $8,252,413.69 $43,000,566.98 STER DISPOSAL SITE $349,249.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 56,173.41 0.00 $56,173.41 59,332.05 0.00 $59,332.05 $346,090.39 TREASURER'S CASH & INVESTMENT TO TAXING AUTHORITIES ER'S CASH DUE & INVESTMENT IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS $52,259,729.78 34,798,006.60 (25,748.06) 373,418.44 100,175.00 0.00 $35,245,851.98 84,353,308.37 0.00 $84,353,308.37 $3,152,273.39 86,077.50 TO TAXING &AUTHORITIES MISCELLANEOUS RECEIVABLES $52,259,729.78 ($272,688.00) 0.00 0.00 0.00 4,269,495.40 0.00 0.00 $4,269,495.40 0.00 $4,444,946.40 MPROVEMENT DISTRICTS 34,798,006.60 (25,748.06) 373,418.44 100,175.00 $35,245,851.98 84,353,308.37 4,444,946.40 0.00 $84,353,308.37 $3,152,273.39 ($448,139.00) 86,077.50 MISCELLANEOUS 0.00 0.00 0.00 362,833,388.01 0.00 0.00 $362,833,388.01 0.00 $348,822,817.91 CELLANEOUS RECEIVABLES PAYABLES ($272,688.00) $3,341,074.22 0.00 0.00 0.00 4,269,495.40 $4,269,495.40 4,444,946.40 348,822,817.91 0.00 $4,444,946.40 ($448,139.00) $17,351,644.32 CELLANEOUS PAYABLES $3,341,074.22 0.00 0.00 0.00 362,833,388.01 0.00 $362,833,388.01 348,822,817.91 0.00 $348,822,817.91 $17,351,644.32 WOODMOOR MOUNTAIN GID $5,966.90 3,636.54 0.00 98.50 38,582.06 0.00 $42,317.10 48,124.56 0.00 $48,124.56 $159.44 33.50 OR MOUNTAIN GID $5,966.90 3,636.54 0.00 98.50 38,582.06 0.00 $42,317.10 48,124.56 0.00 $48,124.56 $159.44 33.50 TOTAL COUNTY FUNDS $381,259,787.04 $44,954,732.51 ($81,736.79) $494,684.03 $505,455,886.20 $23,685,465.61 $574,509,031.56 $646,766,479.82 $23,685,465.61 $670,451,945.43 $285,316,873.17 $132,350.87 COUNTY FUNDS $381,259,787.04 $44,954,732.51 $505,455,886.20 $574,509,031.56 $646,766,479.82 $23,685,465.61 $670,451,945.43 $132,350.87 Legal Notice No.: 932756($81,736.79) $494,684.03 First Publication: March 1, 2018 $23,685,465.61 Last Publication: March 1, 2018 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press $285,316,873.17

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