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BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

City of Lone Tree officials announced that they expect at least a $6.4 million loss in tax revenue due to the statewide shutdown caused by COVID-19, about 9% of what it had initially predicted for total revenue in 2020.

The city has furloughed part-time staff at the Lone Tree Arts Center and implemented a hiring freeze on new positions for the city in an effort to remedy the revenue loss. The city had planned to hire for several new positions in 2020 and spend more money on its police department this year, according to the 2020 adopted budget.

Lone Tree had been preparing for possible budget impacts of COVID-19 since the first week of March, said Deputy City Manager Kristin Baumgartner in the April 7 city council meeting. The city has developed a revenue projection model to be easily adjusted as more information is available, Baumgartner said.

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April 16, 2020A

Answering your questions about COVID-19 in Colorado What are stay-at-home order limits? When will COVID-19 peak occur? Can a person get COVID-19 twice? And more

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Still have questions about COVID19? You’re probably not alone.

Just over a month after authorities detected the new coronavirus in Colorado, information about the disease itself — and how Colorado policies are reacting to it — is still evolving and can be tough to follow.

Here is a look at questions about COVID-19 in Colorado, including answers about how the statewide stay-at-home order is enforced (hint: you don’t need to provide paperwork to police), whether you can leave your house to take care of a friend, when the pandemic will reach its peak in Colorado and more.

How far can a stay-at-home order go?

It’s unclear, but it appears unlikely that the order could get much more extreme.

Under Colorado law, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has broad authority to close theaters, schools and other public places. The agency also can seek isolation or quarantine of individuals when necessary to protect public health, according to a fact sheet from the office of Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser.

The health department’s executive director, Jill Hunsaker Ryan, has not said the state is considering closing more types of businesses or giving people less ability to leave home — nor have other state officials.

The state has been evaluating the success of the order, and “if we need to do something differently around the stay-at-home order, we certainly can,” Ryan told reporters April 6.

But she added: “When we make these decisions in Colorado, the governor takes into account personal

freedom and economic consequences and then tries to balance all that in the context of hospital capacity.”

When will the peak occur?

The “peak” is the time when the number of reported COVID-19 cases reaches its highest point.

Data show that Colorado’s social distancing has slowed the spread of COVID-19 and has delayed the peak to some degree.

For a while in March, the number of COVID-19 cases in the state was doubling every 1 1/2 days. As of early April, cases were doubling roughly every six days, according to state officials.

The peak “could be anywhere from May until later in summer, and we hope to narrow that down,” Rachel Herlihy, state epidemiologist, told reporters on April 6. She noted that predictions depend on the level of social distancing the stay-at-home order achieves — in other words, how well people comply.

Can I take care of a friend?

The statewide stay-at-home order explicitly says Coloradans can leave home to care for family members and pets — and even livestock — in another location. But what about a friend?

The order also allows for taking care of other “vulnerable” people.

During the pandemic, state officials have used that term to mean people more likely to become infected with COVID-19 — people older than 60 or those with serious health conditions.

Young people who have disabilities or other needs may need support, too, said Mike Willis, director of the state Emergency Operations Center.

The word “vulnerable” used in this part of the stay-at-home order isn’t limited to older adults, or people with disabilities or serious health conditions, according to Ian Dickson, a spokesman for the state health department.

And in general, the order allows Coloradans to deliver necessary services or supplies, such as food or other groceries, to others.

What about school resources?

Under the order, Coloradans can still get meals or collect materials for online class from schools or related institutions.

What happens when stay-at-home order ends?

The order is set to expire April 26.

But even if it is lifted on that date, life won’t fully snap back to normal until there are medical advancements regarding the virus, such as a vaccine, Gov. Jared Polis said at an April 8 news conference.

“The guidance around how we do business and live our lives in a safe way, because the COVID-19 virus will still be with us after April 26, will be issued before April 26,” Polis said.

State officials are considering how restaurants can reopen in some way, whether it’s at the end of April or later, Polis said.

Lifting the order likely doesn’t mean going to a crowded concert at the Pepsi Center or going to a crowded bar and dance club anytime soon, Polis told reporters two days later.

Can I get COVID-19 twice?

Based on public health officials’ understanding of other coronaviruses, those who recover from COVID-19 should have immunity, said Ryan, the health department director.

But the full picture is not yet understood, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Patients with MERS-CoV — another coronavirus that causes severe respiratory illness — are unlikely to be reinfected shortly after they recover, but it is not yet known whether similar immune protection will be observed for COVID-19 patients, the CDC’s website says.

Will I get pulled over by police?

Violating Colorado’s statewide stayat-home order could result in a fine of up to $1,000 and imprisonment in a county jail for up to one year.

But Coloradans likely won’t see law enforcement conduct road checkpoints or pull over drivers or pedestrians to enforce the order. When asked about such measures, Willis said the state encourages voluntary compliance.

The 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, which covers Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties, said this in a news release: “Law enforcement and public health officials are tasked with investigating possible violations of the orders, but if they question you, you do not need to provide any paperwork or documentation that your travel is essential.

There are no checkpoints because of COVID-19.”

Is testing free?

In March, there was confusion over the actual cost of a COVID-19 test.

“Testing is free,” a March 10 state news release said.

The cost of medical visits related to getting tested was a different story.

Now, because of recent federal legislation, people with any kind of private health insurance should have free access to the COVID-19 test — along with any doctor visits associated with getting the test — with no co-pays, deductibles or co-insurance charged, according to the Colorado Division of Insurance.

Coloradans should check with their health-care provider to be sure, though.

For Coloradans with Medicare, all of the costs are covered if a doctor orders a COVID-19 test, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Under Colorado’s Medicaid program — Health First Colorado — and the Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+), all the costs of testing and the doctors’ visits associated with getting tested are covered, according to the state Department of Health Care Policy and Financing.

Uninsured Coloradans should contact that office at 303-866-2993 to ask about options. To apply for Medicaid and Child Health Plan Plus, visit colorado.gov/peak.

Can I get a test?

The state is working toward mass testing capability to more accurately quarantine individuals “instead of quarantining an entire society,” Polis has said.

Such an effort could take weeks or perhaps months to be ready, he said in late March.

In the meantime, the state health department has reminded residents that at-risk individuals — such as hospital patients, health-care workers and some others — are first in line for scarce testing supplies.

“If you have only mild symptoms, self-isolate and don’t wait for a test,” Scott Bookman, incident commander for the department, said in a March 30 news release.

How can I get financial or other help?

The state has put together a website of resources for food, shelter, rental assistance, unemployment assistance, child care, health care and more: stayathomeco.colorado.gov/ get-help-now.

Or call 2-1-1 for help with many of these resources.

How can I get help as a business?

Small business owners in Colorado with fewer than 500 employees can apply for a paycheck protection loan to help keep their workforce employed during the pandemic.

Visit the U.S. Small Business Administration’s website for more information: www.sba.gov/funding-programs/ loans/coronavirus-relief-options.

CORRECTION A previous edition incorrectly stated the seat for which Jennifer Mitkowski is running. She is a candidate for state House District 43.

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April 16, 2020

Some essential workers get raises, boosts in benefits

COVID-19 Community Response

m Home Depot employees manage the line outside of the store in Highlands Ranch in late March. Employees said people were mostly buying home improvement gear, cleaning products and supplies for home repairs in case of an emergency.

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Companies praise those who have kept businesses running

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Many grocery and home improvement workers are being rewarded by their companies for enduring several weeks of chaotic shopping and for putting themselves at risk to provide important goods and services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Some essential businesses are giving workers enhanced benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic, from one-time bonuses to free lunch during shifts.

What is deemed essential versus nonessential has been somewhat controversial. Certain franchise locations in Colorado like Hobby Lobby and Michael’s stayed open as long as possible before being forced to shut down under threat of citation from state authorities.

Grocery stores, feed stores and hardware stores are considered essential.

Essential businesses, as defined by the state, are businesses that provide critical infrastructure, manufacturing, retail or other services, health care operations, construction or necessities to those in need.

Many stores have implemented plexiglass partitions at check lanes, adjusted store hours to give employees more time to rest, clean and restock.

Home Depot has seen a surge in activity since the start of stay-at-home orders, according to a release from the company. Home Depot announced April 1 it has added 80 hours of paid time off for all full-time hourly work-ers, 40 for part-time, to be used any time during 2020 or paid out if not /used. Full-time workers age 65 of older have been given 160 hours of paid time off, 80 for part-time. All full-time employees will be given bonuses of $100 per week and $50 per week for part-time.

Albertson’s Companies, which owns Safeway and Albertson’s supermarkets, announced April 7 it has joined

the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union in a joint effort to seek a temporary designation of “extended first responders” or “emergency personnel” for supermarket employees for priority in things like COVID-19 testing or access to personal protection equipment during the outbreak.

Kroger, which owns King Soopers, is offering companywide paid sick leave, enhanced benefits for child care and mental health services, a benefit giving some hourly workers access to their paychecks faster, and companywide pay raises of $2 above base rate.

“Kroger’s most urgent priority is to provide a safe environment for associates and customers, with open stores, comprehensive digital solutions and an efficiently operating supply chain, so that our communities have access to fresh, affordable food and essentials,” said Rodney McMullen, Kroger’s chairman and CEO, in an April 1 release. “We are so proud of our dedicated associates who are on the front lines serving our customers when they need us most. A huge thank you to all of our associates, whose efforts are nothing short of heroic.”

Murdoch’s in Parker, a feed and supply chain, has been giving employees free lunch, bought from local restaurants, during their shifts. At-risk employees have been given paid time off and all employees received small bonuses.

Lowe’s announced in an April 2 release the company is providing a $2 an hour wage increase for all employees for the month of April. The company is also providing employees with personal protective equipment.

“We are continually working on ways to protect and support our associates and our customers during this time when we are all adjusting how we work and live,” said Marvin Ellison, Lowe’s president and CEO in the release. “I’m announcing these new operational changes as we continue to keep the health and well-being of our associates and customers top of mind, especially as they look to us now more than ever for essential products, services and support.”

Assistance is as close as your phone or computer. We understand that this is a difficult time for many in our community. Douglas County is ready to help you find support. Call 303.688.4825 for information about human services countywide including: *Food, shelter and childcare emergency assistance *Aging, employment and disability resources *Physical and mental healthcare The call center is staffed 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday through Friday to answer your questions and provide assistance. Call to speak with department staff or visit DouglasCOVID19.com

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month What would you do if you suspected child abuse or neglect? Call 303.663.6270 or 1.844.4CO.KIDS. Visit douglas.co.us and search Child Welfare to know the signs of child abuse and neglect and what to do if you believe a child is at risk.

Business Personal Property Tax Declarations deadline changed Business owners who own or lease Business Personal Property (BPP) with a total market value greater than $7,700 are, by state law, required to report the property to the County Assessor annually. Considering the current public health crisis, the 2020 due date for BPP declarations has been extended to June 15, 2020. For more information visit douglas.co.us/assessor

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April 16, 2020A

Sheriff’s office continues to find groups gathering Only three written warnings have been issued for violating order

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

With the COVID-19 stay-at-home order still in place but some residents violating it, the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office has had to add a new service to their workload: breaking up illicit group activities.

As of April 8, the sheriff ’s office had received 161 calls for service in response to group gatherings and deemed 45 of them as actual violations of the state’s public health order, said spokeswoman Lauren Childress.

They had also issued three written warnings for people or businesses who still didn’t comply when approached by deputies, Childress said.

“That’s a boost in calls in addition to what we already have,” she said.

“We’re still responding to all normal calls for service so this just increases our workload.”

Sheriff Tony Spurlock decided to

step out of the office and get a firsthand look at the county by taking on patrol duties Wednesday, April 8.

In doing so, he found that while his department has had some calls for groups gathering at parks or school fields, most people are complying with the order. Usually, the groups turn out to be polite and respectful when asked to disperse, he said.

“I think we are seeing a lot of people in our parks and trails but they’re all doing an exceptional job of social distancing,” he said.

When deputies do see people gathering, the main goal is to educate them on the public health order and the virus, Spurlock said.

Spurlock’s office alone has had 73 people call out sick since the virus began spreading, with 11 testing positive for COVID-19. One of these employees is in critical condition, he said.

“This is not just the flu,” he said.

“This is a serious illness.”

The deputies are permitted to break up these gatherings during the public health order.

“There’s a lawful public health order in place that was issued by the state,” he said, “And those orders are pretty clear.”

City pushes ahead despite distancing Official functions continue with help of technology

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Lone Tree City Council held its second-ever virtual council meeting April 7. Through Microsoft Teams, a virtual meeting app, Mayor Jackie Millet led the meeting remotely with councilmembers and some staff participating from home.

Council held its first virtual meeting at the start of widespread cancellations and closures March 17. The city will continue holding meetings virtually as long as the shutdown order is in place.

City Manager Seth Hoffman gave an update to residents on the city’s response to COVID-19.

“We are very focused as a staff, as you can imagine, on this response and we’ve really thrown a serious amount of attention to what we can do to support the community, the economy and the health of our friends and neighbors,” Hoffman said.

Hoffman said the city’s leadership team has met daily since March 13.

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Lone Tree, like other Colorado cities, is heavily dependent on sales taxes, to the tune of 68% of its general fund revenue. The city budgeted for $74.1 million in total revenue and $49.8 million in expenditures, according to its 2020 adopted budget. Lone Tree has one of the lowest sales tax rates in the Denver area at about 6.8%.

“No formal budget amendment has been completed at this time. However, we have had preliminary discussions with the city council and have expenses that can offset the revenue impact,” city spokesperson Denisse Coffman stated in an email April 10.

Coffman stated the city has been able to mitigate some of the revenue loss through various expenses the city will not have to make due to the stayat-home orders issued March 26. The city has also saved some money on

coronavirus-related resources for businesses and individuals, as well as a link to learn more about how to help others.

Deputy City Manager Kristin Baumgartner presented on city services, reporting that Lone Tree’s main city functions have remained fully operational and have adopted social distancing requirements, including the Lone Tree Police Department, building department, community development, finance, public works, municipal and teen court and city council meetings. Snow and trash removal will continue as normal, Baumgartner said.

Customer service calls are directed straight to staff members. Some projects, like the adaptive signal project, are still going. Teen court has been moved to virtual meetings as well.

The city has also been able to conduct construction plan reviews and issue building permits electronically, provide online payment options and continue processing of already submitted projects.

The city has taken recovery initiatives in four categories: public safety, public health, economic recovery and community connection/well-being.

For more information, visit the city’s website at cityoflonetree.com.

operational costs due to limited staff and closures of city facilities.

Several projects planned to go out to bid in 2020 have been tabled, Coffman said.

The city’s finance department must bring a budget amendment proposal before council for approval.

City officials considered 2020 to be a planning year. Baumgartner expected 2020 to be a slow year in terms of project movement, as the city prepares for development in RidgeGate East. The earliest building applications have a target timetable of 2021 for ground to be broken in RidgeGate East.

The city had planned for 47 new projects in 2020, one-third of its total budget. Capital outlay, with about $20.9 million budgeted, makes up half of the city’s planned expenditures.

Lone Tree, like its neighbors, had experienced the same pinch in sales tax revenue growth in the last five years.

The city expected its rate of growth in sales tax revenue to remain relatively flat at 0.2%.

By state law, Colorado municipalities must maintain emergency reserves of 3% of its entire budget, which in Lone Tree works out to just over $1 million and must operate under a balanced budget.

“I want to thank my fellow department heads and city council for getting on this so quickly,” Baumgartner said. “I feel like we’re in a really good place and we’ll continue to update as we receive more information.”

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April 16, 2020

South Suburban facing cuts as shutdowns drag on Staff furloughed without pay; district burning through reserve funds

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South Suburban Parks and Recreation is facing an uncertain future as COVID-19 shutdowns drag on.

South Suburban, which runs a vast array of indoor and outdoor recreational facilities across the south Denver metro area, shut down the vast majority of its facilities, and all clubs, sports and activities on March 17.

The district’s parks and trails remain open, some teeming with people as shutdowns eliminate most other recreational activities.

The district is losing about $750,000 in revenue every week its facilities are closed, said Executive Director Rob Hanna.

The district has indefinitely furloughed Hanna nearly all of its 1,400 part-time employees, Hanna said, and about half of its 241 full-time employees. The remaining skeleton crew is made up of workers deemed essential who handle facilities maintenance and administration.

Part-timers are not being paid, according to an email Hanna sent to staff, and full-time employees are instructed to use up their vacation and sick days, then apply for unemployment.

“We had to stop the bleeding,” Hanna said. “Never did we imagine we’d face a scenario like this.”

At this rate, the district will burn through its reserve cash in 60 days, Hanna said, at which point it will be time to look at cuts.

The district has taken cost-saving measures, like melting one of the two sheets of ice at the district’s Ice Arena in Centennial.

It’s not yet clear where cuts would come from.

“There are a lot of what-if scenarios,” Hanna said. “We’re looking at every area of the organization. The hard part is, nobody knows how long this will go on.”

There are other snags. Local city and county governments are likely to see huge drops in sales tax revenue, putting cost-sharing efforts on district improvements in peril.

‘We had to stop the bleeding. Never did we imagine we’d face a scenario like this.’

Rob Hanna, South Suburban Parks and Recreation executive director If bans on gatherings continue into the summer, the district may not be able to host concerts at The Hudson Gardens, meaning it wouldn’t qualify for $400,000 in funding from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District.

Hanna said he anticipates shutdowns and gathering restrictions will be slowly phased out, but even once they’re lifted, he’s not sure the public will want to gather in groups like they did before the pandemic.

“Just because the governor says we can open, I doubt we’ll be back at 100% revenue,” Hanna said. “I think this will cause long-term changes in our psychology.”

Gov. Jared Polis issued a statewide stay-at-home order on March 26, and he recently extended the order —

which had been scheduled to expire April 11 — to April 26.

South Suburban construction projects, like a new recreation complex in Centennial and rebuilds on four outdoor pools, will continue for now, Hanna said, but others in the planning stages may be postponed.

Planned replacements of the Littleton Tennis Center in west Littleton and the Sports Dome at the Family Sports Center in Centennial could be pushed back.

The district is working on applying for federal relief, but federal programs are continuously evolving and staff are trying to figure out how much the district might qualify for, Hanna said.

The 2008 recession hit the district hard, Hanna said, causing years of deferred maintenance that the district has only begun to catch up with in recent years.

Hanna said he doesn’t expect this shutdown or the possibility of an economic recession to have as severe an impact on the district.

“The last recession was based on deeper economic issues,” Hanna said.

“If we get on top of this thing, if we bend the curve or we get a vaccine, we could bounce back quicker.”

Hanna said he’s not sleeping much lately.

“If a tornado hit Goodson Rec Center, I’d know how long it would take to get things back to normal,” he said.

“With this, we just don’t know.”

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April 16, 2020A

Colorado businesses face warnings, adjustments Some stores, including Hobby Lobby, raise red flags amid COVID-19 restriction

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BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A local bicycle shop seeing more demand. Record stores leaning on mail service just to survive. A large craft store chain defying the government and staying open amid the pandemic.

COVID-19 has drawn a line in the sand for businesses — critical vs. noncritical, as deemed by the state — and it’s a distinction that has cost thousands of jobs across Colorado as the state’s restrictions on which businesses can operate remain in place for at least the next few weeks.

“It’s been really tough, honestly. We had to let most of our staff go,” said Michael Baca, a manager at Black and Read book and music store in Arvada.

The shop temporarily closed a few days before the state ordered “noncritical” businesses to reduce their in-person workforce by 50% by March 24. Then came Colorado’s stay-at-home order, tightening the grip even further and effectively closing many noncritical businesses altogether.

Bicycle repair shops landed on the long list of critical industries, along with health care, infrastructure, agriculture, grocery stores and many more

From left, Alex Rewun, 40; Paul Rodriguez, 26; and Brian Shuey, 37, the three owners and managers of The Bicycle Shack in Arvada, stand April 7 at their shop. Colorado’s stay-at-home order deemed a long list of industries “critical” — meaning employees in those sectors can still come to work — and bicycle repair shops are on that list.

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— a turn of luck that’s working out well for The Bicycle Shack in Arvada.

“We’ve actually seen a pretty big influx of — I don’t know if you’d call it ‘panic bicycle buying,’” laughed Brian Shuey, a manager at the shop, who guessed that the bump in demand might be the normal rush the store sees in spring amid tax returns.

Although the shop can stay open, it has taken steps to reduce the number

of people inside at one time — the stay-at-home order requires businesses to keep people at least 6 feet apart as much as possible.

Then there was Hobby Lobby, a craft store giant that stayed open in spite of the state’s order, arguing it provided “essential products” amid the pandemic in an April 3 statement. The company received a letter dated April 1 from the Colorado Attorney General’s Office demanding that it close.

“For the avoidance of doubt, and as you have been previously notified, Hobby Lobby is not a ‘critical business’ and is not otherwise exempt,” the letter says.

‘We’re hanging in there’ The staff at Black and Read is smaller than many other businesses that have been forced to close to the public, but the music shop is still feeling the impact.

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If Coloradans suspect an employer is staying open in violation of the stay-athome order, they should reach out to their local public health agency, according to Gary Sky, spokesman for Tri-County Health Department. That’s the local health agency for Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties.

Jefferson County Public Health, Denver Department of Public Health and Environment, and Elbert County Public Health are some of the other agencies in the area.

The state recommends local public health agencies or local law enforcement first reach out to the business to seek voluntary compliance, according to a fact sheet by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office.

Coloradans also can file a report with that office at covid19@coag.gov if local law enforcement or a local public health agency is unresponsive.

“It’s been rough — we’re hanging in there,” said Baca, whose shop let go of about five employees and told them to file for unemployment assistance.

He hopes to bring them back when the economy starts to revive.

The employees still on board saw their hours cut, and some come to the shop to list items for sale online.

“We’ll ship to anyone we could,” said Baca, who uses platforms such as Amazon to keep sales afloat.

Under the state’s order, noncritical businesses are allowed to perform “minimum basic operations,” such as building and inventory maintenance, payroll and activities that facilitate employees working from home, said Gary Sky, spokesman for Tri-County Health Department, which covers Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties.

Tri-County was seeking clarification from the state regarding noncritical businesses filling delivery orders, Sky said.

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South Suburban recommends voters apply for absentee ballot STAFF REPORT

The number of polling places for the South Suburban Park and Recreation District’s May 5 regular district election has been reduced to one.

The state mandate that closes South Suburban facilities, to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, means that Goodson Recreation Center will be the only polling place for the election.

Instead of voting in person, South Suburban recommends that voters apply for an absentee ballot before the April 28 deadline.

South Suburban will begin mailing absentee ballots to those on the permanent absentee voter list the week of April 6. The only absentee ballot box drop location is outside of Goodson

Recreation Center, 6315 S. University Blvd., Centennial. The drop box will be available 24/7, until 7 p.m. on Election Day. Voters can also mail ballots to the designated election official at the South Suburban Park and Recreation District Administration Offices, 6631 S. University Blvd., Centennial, CO 80121. Additional postage is required.

For questions or to request an application for absentee ballot, contact Jennifer King, designated election official, at 303-483-7011 or email Elections@ssprd.org.

Additional information is available at ssprd.org/board-election. There, you can also find information about the three candidates vying for two seats on the board.

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Record shops aren’t considered critical businesses under Colorado’s order, but if a business is closed to customers, it can still operate, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. At least one other record shop in the west Denver metro area had announced its plan to continue mail service.

“The orders cannot anticipate every circumstance, which is why the governor has stressed the importance of following the spirit of the order and not seeking loopholes,” the department said in a statement. “A single person working alone in a workspace that is closed to other people would not violate the order.”

Other stores of all kinds around the metro area have shut down for now, such as Forever Flowers and Gifts, a family-owned business in east Centennial along Smoky Hill Road.

“We are all healthy and safe as of the close of business on Wednesday, March 25,” a voicemail recording for the business said. “We sincerely have the best wishes for the health, safety and prosperity of all our customers.

We look forward to serving again serving your floral needs whenever we are able to reopen.”

In Westminster, Catherines plussize apparel shop left a message on its Google Maps listing.

“For the well-being of our store associates and customers, our stores are closed temporarily. We will keep you informed as our stores reopen.

We look forward to serving you with styles that love you on Catherines. com.”

Warnings, voluntary compliance Hobby Lobby is one of the most high-profile businesses to defy stay-athome orders, and the letter it received from the state Attorney General’s Office April 1 directed all of the company’s Colorado locations to immediately close.

At the Hobby Lobby in Parker on April 1, a co-manager said the store was open but that by the next day it was to close based on instructions from his superior.

The store had not received complaints from employees about staying open, and it had not been contacted by authorities about the stay-at-home order, said the co-manager, Oscar, who did not feel comfortable giving a last name.

The company said in an April 3 news release: “We know our customers relied on us to provide essential products, including materials to make personal protective equipment, such as face masks, educational supplies for the countless parents who are now educating their children from home, and the thousands of small arts and crafts businesses who rely on us for supplies to make their products.”

The company announced it was temporarily closing all of its locations effective the night of April 3.

The Colorado Attorney General’s

Office did not comment on where else it has seen reports of noncritical businesses requiring employees to come to work.

“We are unable to discuss specific companies or details about the types of reports we are receiving at this time. We are working with the state health department, local agencies, and the governor’s office to review reports, determine which post the greatest risk to public health and safety and (on) appropriate enforcement action,” said Lawrence Pacheco, spokesman for the office.

Tri-County Health Department has resolved many reports of violations through education and voluntary compliance, according to Sky. “We have received 244 complaints, and most are able to be resolved over the phone,” Sky said April 3. “We have issued two formal warnings to businesses who have failed to come into compliance with the public health order.”

That includes one bar or restaurant and one retail facility.

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‘He is more than just a victim of coronavirus’ Steve Evans, 52, who died after battling COVID-19, is honored by procession

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Elly Evans stood on the sidewalk near the tap house her father once owned, tears spilling down her face and clutching her parents’ wedding bands, which she now wears on a chain around her neck.

Before her, a seemingly endless stream of cars drove back and forth in front of her father’s business, Astro Tap House.

Drivers honked as they saw Elly — non-stop for a while — blaring horns and drowning out live music played by a family friend. Many flashed peace and heart signs. They shouted, “I love you,” hanging outside car windows and sunroofs, waiving to her.

The April 9 procession was to commemorate her father, Steve Evans, 52, who died April 6 after a two-week battle with COVID-19 devastated his already compromised immune system.

With his passing, Elly lost her best friend, and life moving forward felt uncertain, she said. But the outpour-

People painted their vehicles with messages for the Evans family, waved signs and turned on hazard lights as they took part in a procession celebrating the life of Steve Evans.

PHOTOS BY JESSICA GIBBS ing of support during the procession left her overwhelmed.

“My dad knew all these people,” she said, barely stifling tears. “I figured it would be a decent amount of people, but not anything like this.”

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nonprofit, Dads of Castle Rock. The DoCR organized the procession and has vowed to support Elly, who is bracing for funeral costs and medical bills.

Vehicles poured into the Douglas County Fairgrounds where the procession began at roughly 6:30 p.m. Men wearing DoCR shirts directed traffic, lined up cars and instructed people not to get out of their vehicles because of social distancing requirements during the coronavirus pandemic.

The procession then crawled across downtown Castle Rock, past Castle Rock Mayor Jason Gray’s coffee shop, and through The Meadows neighborhood before ending at Steve’s tap house.

Spokesman for the DoCR Kodi Nottingham said Steve was an incredible friend and family member. His death is a “huge loss” for the community and the turnout for his procession left him flabbergasted, Nottingham said.

“Steve had such an impact on this community and you can honestly see that by how many people are showing up to do this for him,” Nottingham said. “This is a celebration of his life. He is more than just a victim of coronavirus.”

During their April 7 town council meeting, Castle Rock councilmembers remembered Steve as a pillar in the community. Councilmember Jess Loban called him “a treasure to Castle Rock” and asked people to pray for his family.

Mayor Gray said he knew Steve for 15 years. Steve once had an office by the mayor’s roasting room, and they talked often. Gray’s coffee shop, Crowfoot Valley Coffee, took coffee to Steve’s tap house and he remembers when Steve’s wife — and Elly’s mother — died in an accident more than 12 years ago.

“It’s a pain for all of us in the community,” Gray said of Steve’s death. “I want you guys to, everybody who can, to reach out to Elly, his daughter, and just remember them when you can.

It’s really, really difficult.”

A woman gives Elly Evans a hug during a procession to commemorate Elly’s father, Steve Evans.

Elly, 20, took a break from planning her father’s funeral to attend the procession. She’s comforted knowing her father can be with her mother again and plans to bury him alongside her at Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Under Colorado’s stay-at-home order, she is allowed a maximum of 10 people at his burial. That includes funeral home staff, leaving six spots available for family, including her.

Deciding which five of her father’s loved ones can attend his burial feels impossible, she said.

She can hold a viewing service remotely, livestreaming for family who can’t attend. Most of her father’s relatives live out of state and understand the pandemic doesn’t allow a normal funeral at the time being, she said.

Still, Elly hopes to give her father a proper celebration of life later this summer, where anyone who loved him can attend.

Nottingham said until that day comes, the DoCR hopes the procession will honor Steve and the way he touched people’s lives.

“We can still come together in these times to celebrate someone for who they truly are,” he said.

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“So much has changed. My son came back from college for virtual schooling, my other son is a senior in high school and wishes he could be with friends, and his prom was canceled. My daughter, 12, misses her teachers/ friends and is adjusting to online schooling. My husband and I are online more than ever for work.

On the plus side, we are having fun quality time together and doing nightly themes. Last night was karaoke, tonight is a luau with fake leis, fire and dinner outside. Our dog is getting lots of walks; the cat is happy to see us all the time.”

— Kyra Storojev, 53, Parker, business development consultant

“For most of my time in the store, this has been an unassuming job. It’s been a position where I tend to blend into the shelves ... I walked in on a Thursday to start my shift. I had heard about this virus spreading quickly around the globe and was struggling to make sense of it... Imagine my surprise that day when I walked into a store that looked like a Black Friday shopping spree full of customers and empty shelves... Now the shelves are starting to get full. A gentleman teared up and said kind words to me as I worked, grateful we were working to keep him fed. Even throughout the height of the panic people were kind and gracious.

It’s what keeps me optimistic about us all — that we will tough it out and be kind to each other through it all.”

— Adam Ross, 36, Parker, grocery store worker, small business owner

“The problem with the COVID-19 pandemic is you don’t know what you don’t know. As a (neighborhood watch) block volunteer coordinator, that’s the question I’m trying to answer.

My role is to make sure the lines of communication are open and that I’m listening to neighbors and responding to their needs if they need assistance. Most of us have probably developed contingency plans for groceries and prescriptions if we are confined to our homes. The Neighborhood Watch — COVID-19 program could be a backup to that contingency plan. Our block theme is: commitment, communication, collaboration, care.”

— Karl Bruce, 76, Lone Tree, retired

“We are balancing school and fun activities with our kids, while trying to keep our family business running. We get up at 7.30 a.m. each day and start with a bit of yoga ... It’s then upstairs to school while mum makes sales calls and offers small retail business outof-the-box alternatives to get our honey to their customers. We have to have some fun. So, we have set up in-house obstacle courses. My wonderful book club ladies and I have video calls, and I am in touch with my girlfriends in England and Holland via WhatsApp video. Our house in incredibly clean and tidy for a change, and there has been plenty of baking going on.”

— Ali French, 50, Parker, apiarist

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Movies make sense in a world that doesn’t

uring these strange days and nights, many of you are watching films to pass time.

So am I: QUIET mostly comedies, mysteries, and, DESPERATION believe it or not, love stories.

Yes, I am a bread crumb-encrusted old frog, but deep down (very deep) I am a romantic, bread crumb-encrusted old frog, with some love story suggestions.

Craig Marshall I can’t, however, recommend “Love Smith Story,” the 1970 movie based on Erich Segal’s book. Segal was a Harvard, Yale, and Princeton

professor who should have known better. I hope he grimaced all the way to the bank.

Everyone knows about “Casablanca,” so I will skip it. The same goes for “When Harry Met Sally” and “Titanic.”

One of my favorites is “Amélie,” directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou. It is exceptionally clever, visually exquisite (note: reds and greens throughout), and has a perfect soundtrack.

“Amélie” was my introduction to Sister Rosetta Tharpe, a female Bo Diddley.

Have you seen Travelocity’s garden gnome commercials? The marketing team swiped the idea from “Amélie.”

A drama released in 1946 is guaranteed to make your eyes blurry when Frederic March returns from the war and surprises Myrna Loy.

“The Best Years of Our Lives” includes an unforgettable scene of a B-17 and B-25 graveyard.

Look for: armless Homer (Harold Russell) asks Butch (Hoagy Carmichael) if he knows “Lazy River,” when Butch is playing piano in his Boone City bar.

Carmichael composed “Lazy River.”

Boone City is based on Cincinnati.

“Random Harvest” isn’t on my list, nor is “Wuthering Heights,” but both of them get votes from other film critics.

Is it possible to fall in love with a painting of a woman? Ask Dana Andrews who bids on a presumed dead woman’s portrait in “Laura,” also starring Gene Tierney.

Taking the presumed dead infatuation further, I recommend Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo.” James Stewart

falls in love with Kim Novak twice: once when she portrays Madeleine and then when she reappears as Judy.

John Wayne’s wooden acting goes well with Margaret O’Hara’s feisty performance in John Ford’s “The Quiet Man,” brilliantly filmed (except for the annoying rear projections) in Ireland.

“A Star is Born”? Not for me but for many others. Every era has its own, going back to Fredric March and Janet Gaynor, up to Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga.

How about some offbeat love stories?

Top of my list is “Harold and Maude,” starring Bud Cort, Ruth Gordon, and Cat Stevens’ songs.

At the time of filming, Gordon was 51 years older than Cort.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Not praiseworthy Recent letter author Priscilla Rahn wrote that Trump deserves praise. Ms. Rahn didn’t comment on why the president waited so long to get serious about the pandemic given we now know he was told in early January that a big problem was brewing. Nor did she comment on Trump’s decision in January to block Chinese tourists coming to America but didn’t quarantine Americans returning from China.

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He told state governors to find and purchase their own supplies and then ordered FEMA to stop ventilators ordered by Colorado.

Unfortunately, the pandemic apparently has not stopped the president from belittling those who disagree with him. The worst thing a true leader can do is to assume he is allknowing, something which Trump never fails to remind us. A bright spot is that he’s starting to listen to SEE LETTERS, P31

n last week’s column I made a recommendation to replace the word react with the word respond as sometimes we never just react, we either overreact and make things worse, or we underreact and don’t do enough. But when we respond, we tend to think a little more clearly and do exactly what is needed.

I have seen so many posts on social media where people pose the question, “When this quarantine is all over, what WINNING will be the first thing WORDS you do?” And I have seen some really funny replies, and some pretty scary replies. After enjoying a laugh, I started to think about the question again.

What will I do when this quarantine is all over?

Michael Norton After running through several things that I thought I might do, it occurred to me that I couldn’t really think of that one thing that I really wanted to do. There are just too many unknowns right now. So instead, I focused my energy on what I can still do during the quarantine. And what I want to do now is give as much hope and encouragement as I can to as many people as possible so that I can

make a difference in some way.

Years from now people will be talking about this time that we are all going through. The novel coronavirus and its impact on our society, the economy, and sadly, the loss of life. They will also talk about how we as the people who lived through it responded. And right now, we are the authors of what people will say in the future. Other than maintaining social distancing, wearing masks, and washing our hands we really can’t control what is happening around us. But we can control what is happening within us and our homes.

A huge shout-out to the medical community and everyone on the front lines, and to each and every first responder out there, we appreciate you all so very much. We don’t call a first responder a first reactor, do we? No, we call them a first responder. When we are given medication that doesn’t agree with us, we typically say that we are having a negative reaction. However, when we are given a medication that helps us to feel better, we typically say that we are responding favorably.

Do you see the difference? We can choose to respond favorably.

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The ongoing economic impact of COVID-19

he coronavirus (COVID-19) is in full force. The pandemic has touched the entire world in one way or another. It does not appear that anyone can escape the threat of the virus or the economic impact at this point.

There are still many unknowns.

It appears inevitable that we are in, or near, an economic contraction as well as significant changes to the way FINANCIAL we will do business STRATEGIES going forward.

Investors stuck at home and faced with 24/7 market news are likely to have a fair amount of anxiety about the condition of their investments and their retirement.

While the news has stated many times this Patricia Kummer is “unprecedented,” I would challenge that every economic downturn has been called the same.

It is amazing that the stock market follows similar patterns of decline and recovery, regardless of the catalyst that caused the volatility in the first place. It is important to keep these macro cycles in mind and focus on the outcome and where you would want to be positioned then.

People often feel the need to do something when a market decline hits.

In reality, staying the course and hold-

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we are still in it and as soon as it is all over. They will see how we responded and how we handled ourselves during this crisis. Did we stress ourselves out, did we get angry and cranky, did we create bigger problems? Or did we find peace and patience, did we take full advantage of our time together with family, did we do what we could to help others and volunteer? Did we react or did we respond?

We live in a world where we share what is happening in our lives through social media. Access to yinformation is everywhere. Artificial intelligence picks up on what we look at while we are online. It picks up on trends and then fills our social media

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Cat Stevens appears in a funeral scene; look closely.

The strangest love story? “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.” It starred Peter Sellers, who portrayed Group Captain Lionel Mandrake, United States President Merkin Muffley, and Dr. Strangelove.

Strongly recommended: “Roman Holiday.” If you haven’t seen it, I won’t spoil the ending. Audrey Hepburn co-starred with a man her own age, unlike “Love in the Afternoon” with

ing steady may be more difficult than the urge to do the wrong thing at the wrong time. Investors who work with advisers and have a financial plan to anchor to, will likely fare better than someone inclined to make a knee-jerk reaction. The plan provides the guardrails needed to keep you on track.

Your adviser can tell you where you are within those guardrails from both a short- and long-term perspective.

You don’t want to make long-term decisions with short-term information.

This, in part, is what adds volatility to the markets, only to find you end up in the same place you started.

Stress and uncertainty are the main enemies besides the obvious, COVID-19.

Stress can rob your immune system and uncertainty can lead to imagining extreme situations. I believe the fear of illness and death has added to the uncertainty and volatility beyond a normal correction or bear market.

In the coming weeks and months, there will likely be a lot of press about negative corporate earnings, rising unemployment and, yes, even recession.

This is a good time to remind investors that the stock market is often forward looking. The significant declines in the last few weeks could be the bell weather for expected bad economic news.

Now let’s look at all the positives that have occurred already. First the Federal Reserve was quick to cut interest rates aggressively. Next, we received the Family First Coronavirus feed with more of the same content.

So, if we are reacting and negatively ranting in our own posts, we will continue to see other negativity being posted. However, if we respond by looking at, and “liking” posts of a positive nature, we will continue to see uplifting content filling us with even greater hope and encouragement that we can share and pass along.

So how about you? Are you reacting or responding? And what will you be remembered for when this is all over?

I would love to hear your story at mnorton@tramazing.com, and when we all strive to make a positive difference in the world, it really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is the grateful CEO of Tramazing.com, a personal and professional coach, and a consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator to businesses of all sizes.

Gary Cooper (Cooper was 28 years older than Hepburn), or “Sabrina” with Humphrey Bogart (Bogart was 30 years older than Hepburn).

Hepburn, by the way, was born Audrey Kathleen Ruston.

There’s “Say Anything,” starring Ione Skye and Jon Cusack.

Skye is Scottish singer Donovan’s daughter. Donovan had hits with “Catch the Wind,” “Mellow Yellow” and “Jennifer Juniper.”

Finally, Charlie Chaplin’s love for the blind girl in “City Lights” is incomparable.

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

He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.

Response Act. This provides aid, sick leave and emergency funds to individuals and tax credits to employers. This Act also includes a 90-day extension on tax return filings and payments.

Then Congress passed a $2.2 trillion CARES Act stimulus package to shore up unemployment and provide a host of benefits. This includes cash to households under a certain income limit and relief for several industries hardest hit. These massive amounts of capital injections into the economy are designed to fill the hole created by the economic effects of COVID-19.

Now let’s look at how businesses and communities have stepped up to help.

Everything from apparel companies making protective gear, to Ford and GM making ventilators, and hotels and Navy ships turned into hospitals.

Neighbors are bringing food, sports teams and musicians are raising money, and technology is providing remote offices for millions.

Yes, these are interesting times: When pollution has all but disappeared; major insurance carriers have waived co-pays; and drug companies are working nonstop for a nonprofit cure.

Hopefully we don’t let this opportunity escape without finding ways to improve our world. And when we do, you probably won’t need to worry about your portfolio.

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LIFE Sean Thompson, founder of the Centered Path Buddhist meditation group in Parker, sits in his standard meditation position.

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HOW MEDITATION CALMS THE BODY There are two main branches of the body’s autonomic nervous system, which regulates its unconscious functions, such as digestion and heart rate.

These branches are the sympathetic — the fight-orflight system — and the parasympathetic — the rest and digest system.

“Meditation helps us tap into the parasympathetic nervous system,” said Dr. Justin Ross, a psychologist at UCHealth’s Center for Integrative Medicine. “Think about the sympathetic system being the gas on a car and the parasympathetic system being the brake … you need to learn how to use the brake appropriately.”

By engaging the parasympathetic system, the body’s rhythms become more balanced. The heart rate slows and the sympathetic system no longer pushes stress chemicals — such as adrenaline — into the bloodstream. Meditation also decreases cortisol, the main hormone contributing to long-term stress.

“You’re going to feel a better sense of focus and calm and relaxation,” Ross said.

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hen Sean Thompson developed a stress-related ulcer in college in 1988, a psychology professor recommended he try one simple practice to find relief: meditation.

After trying out the professor’s tape of a guided meditation, Thompson made a life-altering discovery.

“What happened was it worked,” he said. “I started feeling more relaxed.”

Twenty-four years later, Thompson founded the Centered Path Buddhist meditation center in Parker. The center, which he describes as more of a study group than a religious organization, teaches folks of all backgrounds how to harness the power of meditation.

“The only people who it can’t help are those who aren’t willing to try,” said Thompson.

Many psychologists, including Dr. Justin Ross at UCHealth’s Center for Integrative Medicine, also recommend the practice to reduce stress.

“There are tens of thousands of published studies on this,” Ross said. “The research at this point is pretty extensive and comprehensive across a wide range of conditions and concerns.”

Mindfulness meditation can reduce stress, anxiety and depression and improve wellness and the ability to cope with disease, he said.

“We talk about meditation as being a core pillar of wellness for all of us,” Ross said.

Especially now, as many people’s mental health is strained by the anxieties and uncertainties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, meditation can help everyone find a sense of peace, he said.

“This is going to help (people) better manage this unprecedented time we’re

GUIDED MEDITATION RESOURCES Many professionals agree that guided meditations, which are widely available, can be a great way to begin practicing meditation. Here are a few options: • Insight Timer (smartphone app) • Headspace (smartphone app) • Calm (smartphone app) • Three-minute breathing space (multiple videos available on Youtube) • Ask an Amazon Alexa device for a guided meditation The Jefferson County Public Li-

brary, in coordination with Jefferson Center for Mental Health, is hosting a weekly, phone conference with a guided meditation while the buildings are closed due to COVID-19.

The sessions are Thursdays at 10 a.m. and can be joined by calling 303-502-5189.

The Centered Path Buddhist Meditation Center, based in Parker, is hosting online meditations via Zoom video meetings periodically. Details are available at Facebook.com/thecenteredpath.

in,” Ross said. “It’s such a high time of anxiety, this is a really easy place to get relief.”

Mary Dohrmann, a psychologist with The Golden Wellness Center, encourages meditation as a way to cope with all of the daily changes prompted

by COVID-19, she said.

“When something gets taken away from you, that causes grief,” she said.

“People are trying to function in this new way of being, and that causes anxiety ... for that it would be wonderful to use these techniques to ground yourself every day.”

Dohrmann, Ross and Thompson agree that meditation can be extremely beneficial for those finding themselves frequently worried.

When anxious, “you’re like a bag in a windstorm,” Dohrmann said. “You’re not very rational, you can’t think clearly. Grounding yourself brings you back to (earth).”

Steps to meditation While meditation can be practiced anywhere, it’s best to find a quiet place to sit or lie down, Dohrmann said.

“Ideally you’re sitting comfortably on a cushion or against a wall or in a chair — with feet on the ground, not hanging,” she said. “And then just kind of rest your hands where they feel comfortable.”

Thompson recommends those inter-

Children and teenagers can benefit from meditation, said Mary Dohrmann, a psychologist with the Golden Wellness Center.

“Being body-aware and breath-aware can really be taught even to a 1-year-old,” she said.

For children this age, Dohrmann recommends parents hold the child in front of them and take deep, calming breaths, she said.

“They will mirror that and it will help them calm down,” she said.

With older kids, parents can sit in front of them and hold their hands as they breathe together, she said.

“It helps because attachment and touch calm anxiety,” Dohrmann said. “When in crisis ... they don’t have an adult brain to calm down. They need touch from a steady adult.”

Teenagers tend to do well with guided meditations, which are available through smartphone apps or Youtube videos.

These strategies don’t need to consume much time — they can be as brief as one minute, Dohrmann said.

“Everybody has a minute,” she said.

ested in beginning a practice start by choosing a quiet spot in their home that’s used solely for meditation, he said.

Once comfortable, the first thing to do is simply become aware of your body, thoughts and breaths.

“The only thing they need to learn how to do is shift their focus to the breath,” Ross said. “Every meditation practice has the foundational component of bringing awareness to the present moment.”

After that, the goal is to identify whenever a distraction comes up.

“It’s about recognizing when you’re not present and learning that you have the ability to bring your awareness back to something occurring right now,” Ross said. “That’s why the breath is so powerful, it can only occur right now.”

Often, beginners will notice their brain coming up with all sorts of distractions.

Have I finished the laundry?

Does the dog need a walk?

What will I make for dinner?

Thoughts and feelings like these are normal and will likely always come up. The hallmark of meditation isn’t halting these, but learning to recognize them and then return to the breath, Ross said.

It can be useful to identify where in the body the breath is most intensely

felt, whether that be in the belly, the nostrils or the chest, Thompson said. He also recommends trying to identify when there is a long or short breath.

“That gets the mind to calm down,” Thompson said.

Dohrmann suggests beginning with a simple technique of inhaling for four seconds, then exhaling for four seconds, repeating the breath pattern for two minutes.

No failure, just awareness Many people say the reason they haven’t tried meditation is because they can’t find the time, Ross said.

“The reality is … it can be as simple as three to five minutes a day,” he said.

It’s best to try to fit in a brief meditation every day, Dohrmann said, “But whenever you can do it is also best.”

Another reason people give for not wanting to try out meditation is because they worry they won’t do it correctly. But Thompson, Ross and Dohrmann agree there really isn’t a downside to trying.

“There really is no failure in meditation, there’s just observation and awareness,” Ross said.

Thompson points out that even if things don’t go according to plan, it still isn’t a failure.

“Worst-case scenario,” Thompson said, “you fall asleep.”

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Chuze Fitness Broomfield trainer Lindsay Gablehouse talks to the people watching her live video feed while sons Zachary and Ethan stretch.

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Working out while staying in Trainers offer video connections to keep customers in shape

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As challenging as it may be to keep up your fitness regimen while stuck in home quarantine, one thing is almost necessary — an internet connection.

As people across the country fondly recall their gyms stocked with rows of elliptical machines, racks of weights and a schedule full of Zumba classes, their trainers are busy uploading content for their clients at home, all designed to help them whip their bodies back into shape — or at least stop them from losing the physical gains they’ve made.

“I guess we are making the best of a bad situation and have kind of pivoted at this point,” said Jon Cerf, owner of fitness chain Core Progression.

“We’ve pivoted to running all of our facilities virtually for now and doing the quarantine.”

Cerf operates four Core Progression gyms in the Denver Metro area — in Arvada, Lakewood, Northglenn and downtown Denver — with more planned as franchises are slated to open in Florida, North Carolina, California and Nevada.

All the classes Cerf and his team have run in the past few weeks have been virtual.

“Anybody that was doing our small group offerings, we have livestreams through Zoom and Google Hangouts daily,” he said. “Clients that were doing private or semi-private sessions, we can do Facetime and Skype for a more private kind of workout.”

Body weight is all you need And while his gyms are all stocked with the latest equipment designed to push his customers to their physical limits, Cerf said there’s plenty to do in homes that have no such equipment.

Cerf was the official trainer for Fitbit

TIPS FOR EXERCISING AT HOME Body weight is king. Standard calisthenics that rely on gravity and body weight are still the best ways to get a workout.

Change the exercises to fit you. If doing a push-up is too hard, trying pushing up from the knees instead of your feet. Too easy? Try to clap in between push-ups.

Get creative. Plumb the depths of the storage closet, the kids’ toy box and the garage for equipment that can be lifted, pulled, pushed or stretched to work out your muscles.

Weight doesn’t matter. Fit by Hyland

Hills’ David Wagner posted a how-to video showing a vigorous workout using a roll of toilet paper.

Get outside. As long as walks in the park are acceptable, and keeping physical distance rules in mind, get out and walk.

Some fresh air and the sun can brighten your mood while you get your heart rate up.

Enlist the kids. Roll around with them, wrestle in the back yard, play catch with a ball or a Frisbee. Chuze Fitness trainer Lindsay Gablehouse said she was surprised how much of a workout she got just kicking a soccer ball in the backyard with her sons.

in Colorado for four years, hosting special exercise events around the area.

“Every workout I did for that was 100 percent body weight-based,” Cerf said.

That means lots of push-ups, sit-ups, lunges and squats, but Cerf said there are plenty of ways to vary the routine.

“We never did the same exercise twice in four years,” Cerf said. “And people were surprised. If you have equipment, great. But, as one client and I have joked, your body is heavier than any equipment you’d lift in the gym anyways.”

People who want to watch Cerf ’s workouts should pull up his website, coreprogression.com.

“Each studio has a different calendar, so if they wanted to work with the people in our Boulder location they can sign up there,” Cerf said. “Or if they don’t know which location, we can pair them with the person that’s the best fit during this time.”

Core Progression’s sessions range from $20 to $50 depending on the number of spaces and the duration of each workout. The private videos go both ways, with coaches watching the people training as much as the people training watch them.

Proper technique is key, he said: “It’s all kinesiology, physics and understanding anatomy and how to put people in the right position to get the most benefit. A lot of what we do is individual, and we like to tailor it to our clients. It’s not the same as being

there in person, but we can offer tips: Drop your hips, rotate left, bring your knee up. You are still getting that personal coaching as opposed to passively watching a workout.”

Lindsay Gablehouse, the fitness manager for the Chuze Fitness location at 120th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard, said her company is loading up videos on the internet, too. She runs the team training program and also leads cycling, body pump and yoga classes.

Chuze does not offer one-on-one training with their coaches, either online or at the gym. Instead, they focus on training in a group setting. During normal times, the gym hosts seven training sessions throughout the day beginning at 5 a.m. with room for up to 39 people.

“We had to close off, generally, on March 16,” she said. “That was on Monday, and on Wednesday the 18th we had our first live Chuze class. We had three instructors who went into the gym and did a live session. We had another on the 19th, from one of the instructor’s homes.”

They’ve since adopted a set schedule for content, much of it available for free — even to non-Chuze members.

“We are running seven sessions per day,” she said. “That includes three team training sessions, four group fitness classes — yoga, barre, dance classes and family workouts — and then a family program or a group meditation.”

She’s especially proud of the family sessions, which offer shorter 20-minute workouts and exercises good for all ages.

“We want them to work for little ones, moms and dads and older people,” Gablehouse said. “All they need is a water bottle and a place to work.”

The bulk have been filmed live by the instructors themselves in their own homes and streamed to Facebook and Instagram.

“Our team training sessions run on Instagram, we run two, one at 1 a.m. and at 1 p.m.,” Gablehouse said. “All of our family workouts are on Facebook.

Our group fitness sessions go back and forth, between the two platforms.”

Viewers don’t have to watch them live. Gablehouse said all of the sessions are archived on the @Chuzefitness IGTV link, instagram.com/chuzefitness/channel. They can find more by searching for #Chuzemovement, where coaches, trainers and members are encouraged to post unique ways to exercise without equipment.

Resistance is necessary “People are saying they miss their dumbbells, or the treadmill. So what can they do?” Gablehouse said.

She said she understands needing equipment upon occasion. She suggests using regular household items, like bottles of laundry detergent, to add resistance.

“We have to get creative,” she said.

“At this point we’ve all been told to just pick up some soup cans or the laundry detergent, and I think a lot of people just dismiss that idea. But at the end of the day we need something to pick up, something to push, we need something to pull, to rotate and to squat. So I tell people to go into the garage or the kids room and think creatively. We had one person that laid down flat on the ground and did bench presses with a mountain bike.”

David Wagner, general manager at Fit by Hyland Hills at 120th Avenue and Federal Boulevard, is also a fan of household items.

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With gatherings banned, options dwindle for funeral services Metro area families can choose to livestream or postpone

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

While losing a loved one at any time is difficult, planning a funeral has been made even more complicated as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to halt gatherings.

With the statewide stay-at-home measure aimed at stopping the virus spread in place, Denver-area funeral homes are working to find innovative ways to help clients celebrate their family member’s or friend’s life without a public service.

Many funeral homes, such as Dignity Memorial, are offering a livestream of funeral services so that more than immediate family members can view the event.

“Grief is an emotion with a lot of tears and hugging and hand-holding,” said Matt Whaley, Denver’s market director for Dignity Memorial. “It has been really, really different for us in the last few weeks.”

Dignity Memorial, which has several funeral homes around in the metro area, operates Olinger Crown Hill in Wheat Ridge, Olinger Chapel Hill in Centennial, Olinger Andrews Caldwell Gibson in Castle Rock and

The Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver is continuing to accommodate burials of veterans and is cataloging families who wish to have a memorial with honors later.

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Olinger Funeral, Cremation and Cemetery — Highland in Thornton, along with other locations in Denver, Aurora and Thornton.

Parker and Elizabeth Funeral Home in Parker and the Horan & McConaty chain of funeral homes have also adopted the livestream approach.

While some people have chosen this option, more have decided to simply postpone the memorial.

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“A lot of the time what we see is cremation. And that gives people the ability to put it off and have a service when we’re all back to where we can be together,” said Lloyd Harwood, general manager at Parker and Elizabeth Funeral Home.

For more traditional burials, some families are opting to hold an immediate, private burial but plan for a public memorial once the order has been lifted, said Michael Wellensiek, director of operations for Horan & McConaty. Postponing can have its own difficulties, however.

“No memorial at the time of death postpones grief,” he said. “To have a little finality in that moment is important.”

Horan & McConaty has seven locations including Arvada, Centennial, Lakewood and Thornton.

Wellensiek worries that some families will delay a public service only to eventually decide not to go through with one at all “and miss that opportunity to have people come support them,” he said.

“For people who are not allowed to have a ceremony, it’s difficult,”

he said. “They’re going through the grieving process.”

To help lessen the financial burden for the families who wish to have a private service now and a public service later, Horan & McConaty will only charge for one of these events, Wellensiek said.

Many family members of veterans are also choosing to delay the memorial services for their loved ones at Fort Logan National Cemetery, administrative officer David Roberts said.

“A lot of our volunteer support agencies that provide honors are not coming out for services,” he said.

For veteran services at the cemetery, honors can include traditions like a firing party or an honor bell. The cemetery is continuing to accommodate burials and is cataloging the families who wish to have a memorial with honors later.

The industry has changed in other ways too, Harwood said. Instead of folks coming into the funeral home to make arrangements, they’re asking to do so virtually, he said.

Funeral homes, as a business deemed essential under the state order, are also working to keep their employees safe as they continue to come to work. That means social distancing, avid cleaning and frequent hand-washing for the employees.

“The staff has a level of fear,” Wellensiek said. “They’re dealing with deceased people who died from the virus and family members who were maybe exposed.”

The employees — like those in many industries — are under added stress due to the virus, he said.

“We’ve really focused on also caring for our team,” he said. “Our biggest concern is if our staff gets sick, then we can’t serve the public.”

While funeral homes have been forced to change their policies, services and interactions with clients, most agree that the families they work with have handled the additional hardship very well.

“They’re frustrated like all of us that we can’t open these services up to more people,” Whaley said. “But families have been extremely understanding.”

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Horan & McConaty, which has seven funeral homes in the Denver metro area, is allowing clients who have a private memorial during the COVID-19 crisis to have a free public memorial once the state’s prohibition on large gatherings is lifted.

ELLIOTT WENZLER

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Turn your garden into a thriving success with help from the master gardeners at CSU Extension

By Thelma Grimes Colorado Community Media

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n Colorado, there’s a program comprised of 2,500 master gardeners across all 64 counties that develop science-based research and information, making it where you don’t have to spend hours upon hours researching how to develop and be successful at growing a garden.

Through the Colorado State University (CSU) Extension program, certified experts do the research, planting and studies to help you be successful in growing any kind of plant no matter where you live in the state. The master gardeners are available by phone, email and in person (when home-based orders are not in place). These gardeners can diagnose problem soils, identify viruses and insect issues through photos and lab testing.

“When it comes to the Extension program, we like to say why Google it?” said John Murgel, the CSU extension program associate for horticulture in Douglas County. “A Google search provides crazy results that takes you all over the map.

With Extension, you get one-on-one interaction, fact sheets on everything local. It’s an awesome resource.”

All of the master gardeners with the Extension program are certified horticulturist. Through a variety of outlets, including blogs, they provide help to gardeners with watering, planting guidelines, understanding sunlight, Colorado’s crazy weather patterns and explain what the elevation here means to seeds you put into the soil.

Patti O’Neil, horticulturist and urban food systems coordinator for CSU Extension in Jefferson County, said they want gardens to thrive and want residents to know they are here to help at every stage of gardening from planning, planting, growing to tips on how to store food after the harvest.

“One of our biggest fears is that a resident starts a garden without assistance, they fail and never come back to it again,” she said. “We want gardeners to plant vegetables, flowers and everything. We are here to make any garden, whether it’s here on the front range or up in the mountains, succeed.”

O’Neil said when home-based rules are not in

place, the Jefferson County offices can provide inperson diagnosis of plant problems and test soil in the lab. Classes are also offered in most counties.

With soil, we stress that it’s the most important aspect of getting started,” O’Neil said. “You can’t always just dig in some dirt and be successful.

We test soil in labs and can provide guidance on nutrients needed to get you started.”

O’Neil said with 155 master gardeners available in Jefferson County alone, they are always on hand to answer questions, help diagnose and solve problems and provide information.

“Call us with any questions,” O’Neil said. “Don’t be afraid to asks a lot of questions. We want to help with all of it.”

Murgel said when it comes to weather and landscape, Colorado is diverse. The master gardeners with CSU Extension take into account all Colorado landscapes and provide fact sheets on what to plant and when to avoid frost, weather issues or what to consider in regards to altitude.

“We understand that now isn’t a good time to plant tomatoes or squash, you want to wait for the heat,” Murgel said. “But radish doesn’t always do as well when it’s overheated, which means now is the time to plant some of your vegetables. Our websites and master gardeners can provide all of that information that is local to the area residents live.”

The CSU Extension program was established

by Congress in 1914, authorizing land-grant universities to get research-based information out to the public. Besides landscape and gardening the certified experts provide free information in agriculture, 4-H development, animal health, drought conditions, renewable energy, natural resources and food safety and health.

CSU extension is a partnership between the federal and state government and CSU. When it comes to gardening, Kyle Christensen, the extension director for Douglas County, said the

Talk to a Master Gardener in your county: Jefferson County: (303) 271-6632 Arapahoe County: (303) 730-1920 Douglas County: (720) 733-6940 Adams County: (303) 637-8100 Visit the website at: extension. colostate.edu/ topic-areas/ yard-garden/

Ghislaine Griswold with the CSU Extension program in Douglas County attends a county fair to provide community outreach and education on local gardening

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program is invaluable.

“The CSU Extension’s gardening programs are a great community resource,” he said. “Gardening is an important activity for so many reasons. It connects us to our agricultural history and heritage, and the health benefits are important too. Being outside in the garden helps us both physically and mentally. It also teaches us how to grow our own food. A vegetable garden doesn’t have to be big.

Any size connects us to our natural world.”

For gardening assistance, visit the CSU Extension website at xtension.colostate. edu/topic-areas/yard-garden/.

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Spring into a house upgrade with a home equity loan from Metrum Community Credit Union

The holidays are over, summer is coming and spring is starting to bloom.

For most, that means looking around the home and thinking about how you can improve the back-porch deck, open up the kitchen or remodel the bathroom.

Area may think. Getting a loan isn’t just based on how much you’ve paid on your mortgage, but also on what your home’s current market value is worth.

“Spring is when most people want to work on improving the house,” she said. “You can’t open up and remodel the kitchen during the holidays, and you don’t want to wait until summer to upgrade your back porch. Spring is the best time for upgrades so you can be ready for all the summer barbeques.”

Getting a home equity loan for home improvements makes sense for a variety of reasons, and is easier to get than many here in the Denver Metro

use as an emergency fund. If the water heater goes out, you can take out the money from this line-of-credit. You are able to draw the amount you need as you need it.”

“With fixed-rate and variable-rate options, we can find the loan that will fit your needs this spring.”

It also means looking at the budget and wondering how you can pay for the spring home upgrade. For those asking about cost, the answer could be a home-equity loan through Metrum Community Credit Union in Centennial.

Amber Breidenstein, the credit union’s Loan Manager, said between fixed-rate and variable-rate options, homeowners can tackle all their homeupgrade projects in 2020.

larger, up-front expenses. Breidenstein explained that the fixed-rate option means you get the entire loan up front, with a normal payment plan,

At Metrum, the Credit Union offers terms up to 20 years and financing available up to 90 percent of the appraised value of your home.

“When you apply for a loan, we look at the full market value and not just on what you owe on your home,” Breidenstein said. “With fixed-rate and variable-rate options, we can find the loan that will fit your needs this spring.”

A fixed-rate mortgage is a more attractive option for homeowners with

With a repayment term of up to 20 years, a variable-rate option is good for projects that have piled up in the home and for improving home efficiency with window and door upgrades, and replacing the aging water heater and furnace.

comparing it to that of a car loan.

These loans usually go towards major home projects such as a new roof, bathroom and kitchen remodeling and painting.

With a variable rate loan, Breidenstein said it’s more like a lineof-credit for homeowners with ongoing home-improvement projects.

“The variable rate is a line-of-credit that you can access for up to 10 years,” Breidenstein said. “It’s also great to

Getting a home equity loan allows homeowners to invest, improve and increase the value of the home.

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The value of gardening goes beyond what grows in the ground

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From the mental feeling of accomplishment to relieving anxiety, studies show gardening not only helps sooth the soul, it is also beneficial exercise and a good source of Vitamin D. SHUTTERSTOCK IMAGE

By Thelma Grimes Colorado Community Media

ardening is a great way to improve the community, beautify a yard or provide great-tasting fruits and vegetables. However, going beyond the roots, gardening has proven to be beneficial both mentally and physically.

Studies continue to show that gardening goes beyond the plants and provides true physical and mental health benefits.

John Murgel, a horticulturist with the Colorado State University Extension program in Douglas County, said for him, gardening provides connection to human history and human life.

“Gardening connects me to the outdoors, to the plants and wild birds and native bees that live in my neighborhood,” he said. “Depending on which plants I’m using at the moment, (gardening) can be everything from childhood memories from family heirloom plants or veggies to people in other ages and in other continents going back centuries or further. They give me deep perspective.”

On the physical side, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) says gardening is a great way to get exercise.

Gardening can decrease risk of high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis, heart disease, stroke,

depression, colon cancer and premature death.

Some of the top benefits of gardening include: A natural source of Vitamin D: Vitamin D increases calcium levels, which provides support for bones and the immune system. For older adults, increased Vitamin D can help improve serum levels.

Reducing stress: Gardening has proven to be a calming activity for those suffering from anxiety. Whether gardening alone, or with a group, digging in the dirt, planting, growing and harvesting can help create a calm.

Good exercise: Gardening is a good way to increase physical activity without feeling the pain of a full workout. The CDC recommends being active for at least 2.5 hours a week to strengthen muscles and improve bone health and circulation.

A good after-retirement activity: For many aging adults, retirement can become lonely. Gardening has served as a good hobby and way to engage with neighbors and feel a sense of accomplishment as the garden grows.

Decrease in dementia risk: A variety of studies have found that gardening helps the mind, decreasing the risk of dementia through physical activity.

Creates a healthier diet: By growing your own food, which means vegetables, gardeners tend to have better diets, which improves weight, diabetes risk, and lower blood pressure.

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April is FREE WINDOWS MONTH at Renewal

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Why is April one of the best times to replace your windows?

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You’ll like when Renewal

by Andersen tells you ‘No’ When it comes to home improvement projects, you want things done your way. After all, it’s your home, so you should get what you want. That’s true when you replace your windows and doors, too. You don’t want a company to tell you, “No.” However, with Renewal by Andersen, “No” isn’t a bad thing. In fact, they think it’s exactly what you want to hear.

NO “I’ll call you back in a few weeks.”

It’s hard enough to find a reliable contractor. It’s even more frustrating when you finally get in touch with one, and he tells you it will be a few weeks before he can get out to your home just to give you an estimate.

When you call Renewal by Andersen, you’ll speak immediately with someone who will set up your free appointment in under 10 minutes. Most times, that appointment is scheduled for less than 48 hours after your call.

NO “I’ll be there sometime between 8 AM and 12 PM.” Your time is valuable. So, it can be irritating when you’re given a 4-hour timeframe for an appointment. It seems unfair to sit around waiting, and sometimes the contractor doesn’t show up at all.

Renewal by Andersen respects your time. They meet with you at an exact time that fits your schedule. If you make an appointment at 10 AM, you can be sure your doorbell will be ringing at 10 AM. NO “I’ll try to give you my best estimate.”

An estimate is basically a guess on how much your project will cost, and that can be more frustrating than helpful. It can feel uneasy to commit to a project without knowing exactly how much it will cost. Plus, you may be surprised down the road by ‘hidden fees’ and ‘unforeseen expenses.’

Renewal by Andersen doesn’t do ‘estimates.’ During your initial consultation, they’ll go over every last detail of your project and give you an exact price quote that they’ll honor for one whole year.

NO “I need to run to the supply house. I’ll be back in a few hours.”

It can be really aggravating when work has started on your home and your contractor tells you he needs to run back to the supply house or big box store to pick up a part that he’s missing. Then he disappears from the job site for a few hours—or sometimes the whole day—and you’re stuck waiting around with your home in disarray.

Renewal by Andersen’s Certified Master Installers travel in ‘rolling workshops,’ fully equipped trucks with everything they need to complete your installation. They are so thoroughly prepared and experienced that they’re often able to install all of your windows and doors in just one day.

NO “You have to purchase the extended warranty to get the good coverage.”

You spend your hard-earned money on a home improvement

project—and then you find out you have to spend even more money to protect your investment. That doesn’t seem right!

In addition to the total cost of the windows, doors and installation, Renewal by Andersen’s down-to-the-penny price quote also includes their fully transferable warranty. So, you’ll have total peace of mind should anything happen to your windows or doors.

Renewal by Andersen’s financing options make your project more affordable.

Renewal by Andersen has special financing options that fit all types of budgets. So, you no longer have to suffer because of your bad windows and doors. Whether you choose to finance your entire project or just a part of it, Renewal by Andersen works with you to find an affordable solution.

In some cases, you can even replace all your windows and doors and just make one low monthly payment. Their financing options are a great way to get your project done and save money. You could even save enough to do other projects around your home.

You won’t get vinyl windows from Renewal by Andersen.

The technical name for vinyl is polyvinyl chloride. In simpler terms, vinyl is 100% plastic. It’s a soft, often weaker material used to make countless everyday items like raincoats, children’s swimming pools, traffic cones and vinyl records.

While it is low-maintenance, vinyl is not an ideal window material.

Due to vinyl’s high rate of expansion in the heat and contraction in the cold, window seals are more susceptible to breaking. If this happens, it may cause your windows to lose their energy efficiency.

Renewal by Andersen’s windows are made with their exclusive composite material called Fibrex®. It’s two times stronger than vinyl and warranted not to crack, rot or corrode.* And, because it never requires scraping or painting, it’s virtually a no-maintenance material.

For more information, schedule a free Window and Door Diagnosis by calling 720-465-5679 or visiting GreatColoradoWindows.com. *See limited warranty for details. “Renewal by Andersen” and all other marks where denoted are marks of Andersen Corporation. ©2020 Andersen Corporation. All rights reserved. ©2020 Lead Surge LLC. All rights reserved.

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April 16, 2020

If your furniture could use a spruce up, you’re in good hands you can skip the new purchase and go on enjoying fun times with your favorite people and pieces.

It’s springtime and while this spring has felt unfamiliar and unpredictable, there is one thing we can count on – summer is on the way! Like many Coloradans you may have spent more time at home lately, which can afford you a great opportunity to get your outdoor space spruced up and ready for summer.

Summer officially begins on Saturday, June 20, 2020 - how’s that for an exciting date! This year, more than most we don’t exactly know how summer will unfold. Whether we gather with friends and family in person or virtually, we can take time this spring to get our spaces cleaned up and ready to enjoy all summer long.

Spending time outside is one of several aspects of life in Colorado that many find so alluring. Outdoor entertaining, whether in the Mile High City, foothills, or Rockies, thanks to our warm days, cool nights, and overall low humidity can be amazing. Some of those same elements however, can wreak havoc on our outdoor furniture.

Colorado’s intense sun and dry climate can, over time, cause patio furniture straps to lose color, elasticity, and even strength. Similarly, furniture frames can be damaged from prolonged exposure to the elements.

Fortunately, you don’t have to add your patio furniture to the local dump, it can be repaired and made good as new so

With summer around the corner, consider taking this spring to prep your outdoor spaces. From cleaning out garden beds and boxes to repairing furniture, spring is a great time to get ready for spending more time outdoors relaxing, entertaining, and more.

If your furniture could use a spruce up, you’re in good hands. Locally owned Open Air Chair Repair can restrap, resling, and refinish your furniture so it looks good as new. With hundreds of outdoor fabrics and 50 vinyl strap options, Open Air Chair Repair will have your old pieces looking their best in just a few weeks. They also offer sandblasting, welding, and powdercoating to bring frames back from the brink of the junkyard.

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April 16, 2020

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Tips to make your aging home feel new this Spring A

By Thelma Grimes Colorado Community Media

s the spring season makes everything feel new and fresh, you might look at your aging home and wonder what you can do to make it feel newer.

No matter what the age of your home, spring is the perfect time of year to dive head first into the projects you’ve been putting off. The first step is setting a priority list and creating a budget. Here are some tips to make your home improvement projects happen this spring:

LOOK AT FINANCING

There are plenty of loan options available to homeowners to pay for the home-improvement projects.

Karen Padrevita, marketing and IT manager for Metrum Community Credit Union in Centennial, said homeowners can get home-equity loans easier these days. It’s not all about the amount you’ve paid down on you mortgage, but getting a loan is also based on the market value of your home. Based on your home’s needs, you can also get a line of credit to pay for multiple projects through a variable-rate option, or you can pay for a large project such as a roof through a fixed-rate loan that gives you a large sum at one time.

REFRESH, REDECORATE

If you’ve been in your home for a decade or more, it may be time for some change. Consider changing rooms to have a fresh feel. Whether it’s new furniture, color schemes or even some rearranging, change can make an old home feel new again. Replace old curtains, add new rugs or replace the carpet for a new look.

If your budget doesn’t allow all new carpeting, consider hiring a professional carpet cleaner.

FRESH PAINT

In all homes, walls can have dings and spots or chipping. Whether it’s outdoors or inside, a fresh coat of paint can liven up any room and increase the home’s value. Inside, housing experts still agree white and light shades of brown are common colors. Outside, consider a bright color with a new feel.

SPRING CLEANING

Everyone looks at spring as the best time of year to start fresh. In an aging home, spring cleaning is essential. Even if you clean regularly, everyone has spots throughout the home they miss. With a thorough, deep cleaning the home can feel new again. Also, consider hiring someone to professionally clean the carpet and don’t be afraid to get on your hands and knees to give the wood floors a fresh, bright look.

CONSIDER THE SMALL THINGS

While doors in an aging home usually are unique and add character, some updating and cleaning can help. Also, consider replacing old, dusty outlets and light switches throughout the home with new ones. New door knobs and paint on cupboards are also small projects that can make a big difference in an aging home.

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The roofing business is extremely competitive. As such, J & K Roofing continuously challenges itself to grow and position the company as the premier roofer in the Denver metro area. An important part of this effort is to have some of the best estimators in the industry as part of the J & K team. Their extensive knowledge of the insurance industry and the relationships they have established within it are critical to customer satisfaction.

A roof replacement is a task that most people dread having to do, especially if the reason is because of a weather event. There are more than 2,500 licensed roofers across the Front Range, but what does that really mean for consumers? Some homeowners buy from a good salesman without checking to see if he or she works for a good, local and established company.

This oversight could end up costing the consumer thousands of dollars and a home improvement nightmare.

Whether it is because of a recent hailstorm, or just normal wear and tear, a roof replacement can truly be disruptive and cause stressful days and sleepless nights. However, it doesn’t have to be.

J & K Roofing has been in business in the Denver area for 36 years. Since 1984, J & K has worked to consistently deliver on extensive knowledge and expertise in the roofing business and has built a company on the values of honesty, integrity and character. Just

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The estimators of J & K Roofing walk the homeowner through the process of checking the roof, gutters and exterior for damage and meet with the insurance adjusters to come up with a plan for repair or replacement. Their invaluable experience allows them to make certain that as a homeowner you are getting the most benefit from your insurance coverage.

In addition to residential and commercial roof installation, J & K has a department with a full-time staff dedicated to warranty work and repairs. The office staff provides

support to our sales team and customers and are always available to help answer any questions that may arise. This should be an easy process, and we are committed to making it that way.

From guidance in choosing the correct roofing material to meeting all code requirements on installation, protecting the biggest investment most families have is all in a day’s work for J & K Roofing. A family-owned and family-run business, J & K Roofing is accredited with the Better Business Bureau and carries an A+ rating.

We would encourage everyone to visit www.jkroofing.com and see what our customers have to say about our company and the quality of workmanship that we provide.

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April 16, 2020

“Making Your Home More Comfortable” is not only our tag line, it is our profession.

Family owned and operated in Arvada, Colorado since 1971, Lakeside Heating and Air Conditioning at 303-421-3572 provides reasonable, dependable, effective, residential home heating and air conditioning services for the Denver metro and all surrounding areas. We are reliable in our service and installation; we offer name brands like Lennox, Daikin, Bradford White, as well as many others.

We have polite, educated, drug-free and background-tested employees— not subcontractors—who work with you personally and professionally.

“Making Your Home More Comfortable” is not only our tag line, it is our profession.

We offer Instant Xcel Energy rebates, when available along with Instant or mail in rebates from the manufacturers of the equipment we offer. We also offer financing, with approved credit.

We take the worry out of registering your equipment as Lakeside Heating & Air Conditioning handles all the required paperwork from start to finish.

We pull building permits when we are hired to do your project, so you have peace of mind knowing our installations are up to current building codes.

and comfortable, by keeping cost of the ever- rising utility bills down.

We guarantee that we have all the proper licenses, insurance, and the knowledge to meet your needs. We are proud of our craftsmanship and in giving superior customer service, and we offer free in-home equipment estimates, as well as free second opinions when someone tells you your system needs costly repairs or needs to be replaced.

Lakeside Heating & Air Conditioning has been serving the Metro Denver area for more than four generations.

We have helped our clients keep their homes comfy and warm, yet also cool

Our philosophy has been and will always be that we run our company with honesty and integrity. We strive to always offer superior customer service and equipment service, and

We offer home heating and cooling solutions, as well as, water heaters, indoor air quality systems, and humidification products to fit almost any budget.

to commit to our customers that if in the event we mess up—we will make it right, guaranteed. We offer competitive prices, and we commit that we will never cut corners, nor will we sell you something you don’t need. We are a locally owned and operated business, proudly serving our community since 1971. Our reputation through the years says it all and proves that you can rely on us.

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Welcome to HANDYMAN HUB!

We’re your Home Repair, Handyman, and Remodeling solution in Colorado – Denver, Colorado Springs, Ft. Collins, Greeley, and Loveland areas.

We know it can be a little scary thinking about getting home repair and home remodeling done. We take great pride in our workmanship and in our level of customer service.

Whether you are doing a bath remodel, kitchen remodel, tile installation or need a handyman you will be glad you called Handyman Hub for your next home improvement project.

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EXERCISE FROM PAGE 13

“You can use a jug of water,” he said. “You hold it in front and do a front squat, just holding it in front of your face. Or you can use a chair or a staircase to do a tricep dip.”

Stairs are a good thing, too, and combining them with something heavy makes for a good workout.

Wagner said some equipment is small and inexpensive and easy to get — even in quarantine. He recommends going online to find elastic bands, wide strips of material that provide resistance and make anything, from a leg lift to an arm curl, more difficult.

Chuze’s Gablehouse said there is plenty of room for creativity, even in body weight exercises.

“We might all know the traditional moves, but for each one there are variations they can do to make those traditional moves different,” she said. “You can do push-ups from the knee, or from the toes. But you can also do them with one leg lifted. Those are not the same moves and the intensity differences you create there are dramatic.”

She found her children’s sled in her garage and gave herself a workout one day pushing it around the backyard.

She said getting outside, whether it’s on neighborhood sidewalks or just in the back yard, is very important.

“With everybody stuck in their homes, we need to play,” she said. “As the house feels smaller and smaller every day, the mental benefit of laughing

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COURTESY PHOTO the more you sit down, the more the quarantine gets in your way.”

That does not have to be limited to time spent working out.

“Do what you can to stay busy around the house,” Wagner said. “Do projects you’d normally be putting off.

Clean out the garage, or something.

There are all kinds of things you can do to keep active.”

and getting those natural endorphins running in your body is important. We need to take a couple breaks everyday to just feel good in our bodies and connect with our families.”

Hyland Hills’ Wagner agrees: Just about any movement is good movement.

“Constantly, constantly move. You want to make sure you get up and get some movement during the day,” Wagner said. “Just walk around your house, go on outside and go in the sun in your front yard. Movement is key.

You do not want to be sedentary, and

Gains in the kitchen Nutrition is another area to focus on while stuck indoors, and Wagner said he subscribes to the saying that

muscle gains — or weight loss — are made more in the kitchen than they are in the gym. It helps, because his spouse, Blythe, is the nutritionist for Fit, and she and nutritional pharmacist Ray Hinish have put together a series of podcasts called “Cut the Fat” (cutthefatpodcast.com) that focuses on eating well all the time — not just during a quarantine.

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Child care enrollment takes hard hit Some centers still open, others suspend operations during response to virus

BY CASEY VAN DIVIER CVANDIVIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

“Sanitizing like crazy” is just a part of life at child care centers, said Pam Kenney, director of Thomas Learning Centers. But in the wake of COVID-19’s arrival, the past weeks have seen Denver area daycares take a variety of extra precautions to make sure their kids go home germfree.

At Denver Child Care Center, teachers are working to help younger children stay spaced out even when they don’t understand social distancing. At Thomas Learning Centers, which has locations in Westminster and Lakewood, students are avoiding sharing toys, such as by using their own labeled bags of Play-Doh each day.

At both centers, ritual sanitizings of surfaces and toys have turned into multiple rounds of disinfecting, and every child goes through a quick wellness check before entering the classroom.

The Denver, Westminster and Lakewood centers are part of the state’s Emergency Child Care Collaborative, which the state government launched March 23 to allow some child care facilities to stay open amid stay-at-home orders.

Many other daycares in the area are also part of the initiative, which aims to provide daycare for essential workers, including those who work essential jobs from home and those who are continuing to work in person. The collaborative also covers the full cost of child care tuition for these families.

For Alexis Archuleta, an essential worker with Denver Human Services who has two sons attending Denver Child Care Center, “I wasn’t sure I’d be able to work from home if the center didn’t stay open,” she said.

“This really is the only feasible option. I couldn’t really have my boys around while I’m talking to the

For now, no children are playing and learning at KidsTown Parker, which has had to temporarily close because of low enrollment stemming from the COVID-19 spread and stay-at-home orders.

COURTESY OF KIDSTOWN people I’m assisting,” she said. “The center is so open in helping people that need it. I appreciate they’re taking precautions and that my kids are safe.”

For some child care facilities, the ability to continue doing business has offered hope that the centers can weather the storm during a time when more parents are staying home with their kids than ever, reducing a widespread need for child care.

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FIND CARE Essential workers in need of child care can get a referral to a center in the state’s Emergency Child Care Collaborative by going online to covidchildcarecolorado.com. ing to attend each day, enrollment has dropped significantly, said Rich Silvas, executive of operations. In turn, the daycare has had to cut staff members’ hours by about 50%, he said.

“Our staff is our family. We’re always worried about each other and it is difficult to say we’ve cut half of your work schedule, because that’s half of your income,” he said. “It’s hardship for everybody.”

At her centers, Kenney has also seen a drop in attendance due to the pandemic. On April 3, just four children were in attendance and the daycare has also cut staff hours, employing just one teacher a day instead of two.

However, the center is also committed to staying open for those who don’t have other options.

“We’re just trying to help our existing families, who are very appreciative,” Kenney said, “and trying to be part of the community.”

Other centers have been forced to close, not because they aren’t authorized to stay open, but because they don’t have the enrollment to make the money necessary to stay open.

That’s been the case for KidsTown Drop-In Child Care, which has locations in Highlands Ranch, Parker

and the Smoky Hill area.

A fourth KidsTown location, in Castle Rock, closed at the end of March because of the financial loss it has incurred from the coronavirus.

Regional director Hollie Wilson said because families are typically referred to full-time centers before part-time centers like KidsTown, the daycare’s enrollment dropped by about 99% with the spread of the coronavirus, forcing the centers to close.

Without steady revenue coming in, “we’re working with our business association or our local banks to make sure we do have that line of credit,” she said. “Our hope is to open our doors as soon as possible.”

In the meantime, the centers haven’t lost touch with the families they serve on a daily basis, Wilson said.

“We’ve been in contact with our regulars to ask if there’s anything they need and we’re going to be sharing books, crafts and sensory activities on Facebook,” she said. “We’re taking the next three to four weeks and we’re going to step it up (online) so this can continue to be a support even after we open again.”

Back in Denver, Silvas is likewise looking forward to the pandemic coming to an end and business returning to normal.

“We know we are going to fill up right away when this is over,” he said. “And the big question is, how long is this going to last?”

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With restaurant sales restricted, some have shifted to a grocery model

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Some sell and deliver items like bread, milk and eggs

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Before the COVID-19 pandemic reached Colorado, Indulge Bistro & Wine Bar was having a record year.

The restaurant’s three locations, Highlands Ranch, Golden and Centennial, were shut down for in-store dining March 17, along with the rest of the state’s sit-down food establishments.

“We knew it was going to have an impact on our business before the shutdowns,” said co-owner Peter Fatianow.

Fatianow, a long-time entrepreneur who owns the restaurant with his wife, said he knew the business would have to make a major shift to survive.

“Delivery can’t sustain a restaurant business right now,” he said.

The way he sees it, it doesn’t make sense to pay the costs of preparing the food in the hopes that there will be enough orders, he said.

Instead, he and his wife Delinda decided to switch their restaurant to a grocery model. The day after Gov. Jared Polis closed restaurants to dinein service, they opened the grocery and closed their kitchens for any food preparation.

“We were ready to roll,” Fatianow said.

Instead of shelves and carts, however, the store has dining tables and boxes of food products. Because of the virus, only five people are allowed inside at a time and they are required to stand on red x’s — six feet apart, of course.

The store also encourages patrons to place their orders over the phone so the employees can bring the food out to the car.

“It was very clear that the pain people were feeling is that they would go into grocery stores and shelves would be bare,” Fatianow said. “The other part is that higher risk people are concerned about touching grocery carts.”

The stores also deliver their grocery items, which include items like flour, bread, eggs, wine, vegetables, meat, fish and milk. The restaurant also offers a variety of food packs, such as the burger pack, which includes beef patties, brioche buns and a bottle of ketchup.

The stress of layoffs When the restrictions on dine-in service were announced, Indulge had to lay off about 70 of its 80 employees, only keeping a few to help with the grocery store.

“I’ve never had to have a mass layoff in any companies,” Fatianow said.

“That was by far the hardest thing in my entrepreneurial career that I’ve ever had to do.”

During that first week, Fatianow

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Delinda Fatianow, co-owner of Indulge Bistro and Wine Bar, holds up a bottle of oil for sale to customers. The restaurant recently switched to a grocery model after it was closed for dine-in service.

PHOTOS BY ELLIOTT WENZLER and his remaining team worked up to 18 hours per day as they pivoted their entire business model, he said.

“We had to figure out a way these leases were going to get paid or they were going to come take our house,” he said. “It was survival.”

Now that the grocery model seems to be thriving, they’ve granted themselves a few moments of rest before they start in on the next steps: figuring out what happens when the sanctions are lifted.

“What will restaurants look like when we reopen?” he said. “Are people going to want to come back?”

Fatianow hopes to see the regulations that were waived to allow restaurants like his to sell bottled wine and grocery products permanently changed.

“We’re trying to be proactive… and provide additional revenue streams for restaurants that make it out of this,” he said.

Indulge isn’t the only restaurant that has adopted this approach. Others in the area have also started selling bulk or raw items like eggs, condiments and even toilet paper.

Tributary Food Hall in Golden has temporarily shifted to a gourmet grocery store. While Taste of Philly in Highlands Ranch started selling grocery items at the start of the shutdown, the store eventually stopped after not finding many buyers, owner Martin Garvey said.

“One of the reasons we’re able to do this is because we have a completely different supply chain,” Fatianow said.

Fatianow expected they would make some sales, he said. What surprised him, is just how excited people are about what they see as fewer germs

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Indulge Bistro and Wine Bar now sells grocery staples like flour, sugar, salt, eggs and bread. and more accessible food.

“They appreciate that they don’t have to go to a grocery store,” he said.

“And we can help feed their family in a safe way.”

To provide the most accurate results by geographical area, Colorado Community Media does not require, but does encourage readers to vote for businesses in their immediate local community. All nominated businesses have an equal opportunity of winning, no purchase required. Please see voting website for complete contest rules and regulations.

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Salute to players after hoops cut short All-South Metro athletes honored in unusual season

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA

There were no state basketball champions crowned this season because of the COVID-19 threat that ended competition late in the playoffs in March. But there was plenty of time before that point for the best and brightest to emerge.

To that end, Colorado Community Media brings you the annual unveiling of our All-South Metro Basketball Teams.

Student-athletes were eligible for the recognition if they attended schools in the Douglas County and Littleton districts, as well as Valor Christian, Lutheran, Regis Jesuit, Englewood, Cherry Creek, Grandview, Smoky Hill, Eaglecrest and Cherokee Trail high schools. The selections were made by the CCM sports staff, with input from area coaches.

We’re also recognizing players of the year. For the boys, our choice is Kobe Sanders, of Chaparral. Jana Van Gytenbeek, of Cherry Creek, is our selection on the girls side. Read more about them and the dozen other stellar players in the following.

The girls team Player of the year — Jana Van Gytenbeek, Cherry Creek, 5-7, senior: The Stanford-bound Colorado Gatorade Player of Year is the state’s all-time assist leader with 671. She averaged 17.4 points, 7.7 assists and 3.2 steals a game.

Raegan Beers, Valor Christian, 6-3, sophomore: She was the Eagles’ leader with an average of 15.6 points and 9.9 rebounds a game and wound up with 15 double-doubles.

Lauren Betts, Grandview, 6-7, sophomore: She was the Centennial League’s leading scorer and rebounder, averaging 17.7 points and 11.1 rebounds. She had 14 double-doubles on

Senior Jana Van Gytenbeek, of Cherry Creek, is the Colorado Community Media South Metro Girls Basketball Player of the Year. the season and scored 62 points with 25 rebounds in three playoff games.

Cali Clark, Cherry Creek, 6-3, senior: The Colorado State signee was a big factor in the playoffs with 63 points and 36 rebounds in three games to improve her season averages to 13.9 points and 10.9 rebounds a game.

Liberty Line, Ponderosa, 5-7, junior: She was the Continental League leader in 3-point baskets made with 71 and averaged 16.3 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists.

Jada Moore, Regis Jesuit, 5-10, senior: She is committed to play at Kansas State and averaged 17.6 points per game. She averaged 8.8 rebounds, 3 assists and 3.4 steals.

Payton Muma, Highlands Ranch, 5-8, junior: The clutch free throw shooter led the Falcons with an average of 15.3 points, 3.7 assists

Senior Kobe Sanders, of Chaparral, is the Colorado Community Media South Metro Boys Basketball Player of the Year.

and 2.9 steals a game.

The boys team Player of the year — Kobe Sanders, Chaparral, 6-0, senior: He was named after Kobe Bryant and will play at Metro State after leading the Continental League with a 20.2 scoring average. He shot 50 percent from 3-point range, making 72, and had 4.5 assists a game.

Ryker Cisarik, Highlands Ranch, 6-9, senior: He was among the Continental League leaders with a 17.8 scoring average and contributed 8.3 rebounds a game.

Julian Hammond III, Cherry Creek, 6-2, junior: Hammond, the quarterback on the Bruins’ state championship football team, in hoops led the Centennial League in scoring at 21.9 points per game and pulled down 7 rebounds per contest.

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Reece Kelly, Mountain Vista, 6-2, senior: He was the Continental League leader with 8.8 rebounds a game and 85 3-point baskets made.

He averaged 18.5 points and shot 82 percent from the foul line.

Caleb McGill, Grandview, 6-8, senior: He will continue playing on the next level at the University of California, Davis. He averaged 17.2 points a game and pulled down 7.1 rebounds per game for the Wolves.

Quinten Rock, Smoky Hill, 6-0, senior: He scored 20.8 points a game and led the Centennial League with 130 free throws made. The Fort Hays State (Kansas) recruit made 63, 3-pointers and averaged 5 assists a game.

Bryson Stephens, Arapahoe, 6-1, senior: He can finish shots with either hand. He was second in the Centennial League with a 21.5 scoring average, which included a 46-point game.

Some golf courses doing brisk business Links stay busy as facilities open to public after shift in stay-at-home protocol

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Golfers have flocked to courses that are open during the COVID-19 pandemic, but many links remain closed.

South Suburban Parks and Recreation, due to Gov. Jared Polis’ stayat-home order, has closed all playgrounds, golf courses, driving ranges and related golf facilities, tennis/

pickleball courts, basketball courts and picnic areas.

That means there has been no activity at South Suburban Golf Course, Family Sports Golf Course, Lone Tree Golf Club & Hotel, and Littleton Golf and Tennis Club.

“We’re just keeping our golf courses closed for the safety of our community,” said Bill Ramsey who is the manager of golf and head golf professional at the Lone Tree course.

“We’re really looking at the community. The safety of the community is our number one priority and that’s why we are closed.

“I think all that are closed are municipal and special district golf

courses, and the ones that are privately owned and open to the public are the ones that are open right now.”

According to the Colorado Golf Association, among the Denver-area courses that have announced on their websites that they are open to the public after shutting down briefly are Riverdale in Brighton, Green Valley Ranch in Denver, CommonGround in Aurora, The Links Golf Course in Highlands Ranch, Todd Creek in Thornton, The Broadlands in Broomfield, Fossil Trace in Golden, Arrowhead in the Roxborough area, Colorado National in Erie, Raccoon Creek just west of Littleton, Universi-

ty of Denver Golf Club in Highlands Ranch and Plum Creek in Castle Rock.

The CGA reported on its website that late last month about 70 golf courses in Colorado were closed for coronavirus-related reasons. A majority of the public courses that remain closed are municipal or district courses. Both Topgolf locations in Centennial and Thornton are closed.

“Some courses are open and some are not,” said CGA Executive Director Ed Mate. “The way the policies are written by the regulation agencies has caused the inconsistency.”

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He said golfers who are still going to courses are “breaking the containment in a safe way.”

Courses that are open must follow guidelines set by local, district or state health agencies.

Guidelines differ from course to course but most include walking only for a round with no golf carts, removal of flag sticks and bunker rakes, encouraging proper social distancing, payment for golf rounds online in advance, no water jugs on the course, no in-restaurant dining, promoting hand washing and use of hand sanitizer, and no lingering in the clubhouse.

Those courses that are open have been busy.

“We’re booked solid and we have been,” said Kurt Huhn, of Raccoon Creek. “We got our guidelines from the Jefferson County Health people and we’re following the written guidelines, and the golfers are

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the smart people in our country — of course it only took 3 1/2 years for him to start.

Meanwhile, If Ms. Rahn wants to extend praise for leadership I suggest she look no farther than the governor of Colorado. Thanks to her letter, I am informed to not vote for her for regent since she is obviously too politically motivated to serve in such a critical role in our state’s education system.

Paul Mauro Highlands Ranch President part of problem In a recent letter to the editor, a candidate for CU regent told us what

complying pretty much. Once in a while they bunch up a little and the marshal jumps on them.

“Most of the time in golf you are 6 feet away from anybody anyway.

Playing golf these days is safer than going to the grocery store.”

Matt Goudy, of Plum Creek, has never seen anything like the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I’ve been working here for 10 years and it’s pretty unique,” said Goudy. “Golfers understand the social distancing, some follow the governor’s recommendation to wear masks and some don’t, but they are not high-fiving, hugging or touching.

“I would say it is working well and the people are generally pretty happy to get outside. The pace of play is really quite remarkable. If you think about a golf cart, most golfers drive to one ball, drive to the next ball and go hunt the golf ball. When they are alone they just go to their golf ball and hit it. It is an interesting time. You see a lot of people that haven’t walked in a while and they look tired.”

a wonderful job our president has been doing to fight the war against the viral enemy we are currently in.

I could not disagree more with her statements.

Whenever we have had to go into battle, the federal government has supplied the manpower, ammunition, ships, planes, and has laid out careful plans on how to win that war. Now, the governors are being told in order to win this viral war they must supply all these things for their states. We are told that the supply cupboard was left bare of ventilators and protective garments by the former administration. Whether that is true or not, our president has been in office three years. Why didn’t he resupply? I frankly can’t wait until November when we will vote him out of office.

Chris Jimroglou Lone Tree

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Public Trustees Public Notice Commissioner’s Proceedings March 2020 Vendor Name Total Description 18TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT VALE FUND $ 3,650.00 Due to 18th Judicial District-VALE 3D SPECIALTIES INC 4,770.58 Sign Parts & Supplies 3M COMPANY 1,507.50 Sign Parts & Supplies 53 CORPORATION LLC 55,200.00 Open Space Rough Grading A3 MERCHANDISE 1,151.00 County Fair Administration ABBEY , EUNICE SANTOS 1,101.31 Election Judges/Referee Fees ABSOLUTE GRAPHICS INC 403.00 Clothing & Uniforms ACORN PETROLEUM INC 161,355.01 Fleet Tanks Fuel AD MILLER SERVICES INC 137,095.04 Highland Heritage Stage Remodel ADAIR , CHARLOTTE 362.74 Election Judges/Referee Fees ADAPTIVE INTERVENTIONS 37,410.00 Mental Health Services ADDICTION RESEARCH & TREATMENT SERVICE 648.00 Therapy ADVANCED PROPERTY MAINTENANCE INC 7,716.00 Repair & Maintenance Service ADVANCED TRAFFIC PRODUCTS INC 8,181.50 Equipment/Traffic-School Flasher Parts AGING RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY 25,258.00 Senior Services Grant ALBERT , BARBARA ELAINE 155.26 Election Judges/Referee Fees ALCOHOL MONITORING SYSTEMS INC 23,042.49 Alcohol Monitoring Fees ALL ACCESS INC 1,132.15 Repair & Maintenance Service ALL ANIMAL RECOVERY 3,350.00 Other Purchased Services ALLEN , JUDITH F 1,169.98 Election Judges/Referee Fees ALLHEALTH NETWORK 22,192.68 Medical, Dental & Vet Services ALLIANCE ADJUSTING GROUP 500.00 Other Purchased Services ALLIANT INSURANCE SERVICES INC 123,678.95 Liability Insurance ALLIED UNIVERSAL SECURITY SERVICES 53,020.50 Security Services AM SIGNAL INC 6,578.84 Traffic Signal Parts AMAILCO INC 1,062.27 Service Contracts AMERICAN BOARD OF MEDICOLEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATORS 50.00 Professional Memberships & Licenses AMERICAN CIVIL CONSTRUCTORS 305,478.01 Southern Connector Project AMERICAN DIVERSITY 13,365.80 Printing/Copying/Reports AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION 724.00 Professional Memberships & Licenses AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION 2,553.00 Building/Land Lease/Rent AMICK , MARSHA ANN 612.50 Election Judges/Referee Fees ANDERSON , JAN SUE 900.00 Election Judges/Referee Fees ANGEL ARMOR 1,390.00 Clothing & Uniforms ANGELSENSE INC 3,199.20 Software/Hardware Subscription APDC COLORADO LANGUAGE CONNECTION 3,940.54 Translation Services APEX DESIGN PC 16,054.37 Fiber Mapping & Design APONTE PUBLIC AFFAIRS INC 3,666.66 Lobbying Services APWA-AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION 4,725.00 Professional Memberships & Licenses ARAMARK SERVICES INC 80,088.73 Inmate Meals ARAPAHOE COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES 4,495.09 Legal Services ARAPAHOE/DOUGLAS WORKS 27,354.80 Reimbursement for Community Services ARCHITERRA GROUP INC 50,913.10 Parks & Recreation Improvement ARKADIN INC 8.81 Telephone/Communications ARMOR CORRECTIONAL HEALTH SERVICES 443,453.23 Medical, Dental & Vet Services ARMORED KNIGHTS INC 2,412.80 Armored Car Services ASTROPHYSICS INC 9,120.00 Service Contracts ATTWOOD PUBLIC AFFAIRS 5,000.00 Lobbying Services AUBURN VENTURES LP 1,151.00 Transportation Services Grant AVERETT, ASHLEY 171.01 Travel Expense AXIOM HUMAN RESOURCE SOLUTIONS 159.50 Computer Supplies AZTEC CONSULTANTS INC 32,835.13 Road Repair & Overlay BABBITT, MONICA 65.64 Employee Recognition Supplies BACHHUBER, SUSAN 429.25 Travel Expense BAKER BALLISTICS LLC 178.00 Operating Equipment Accessories BARBERA, MAURICIO 195.50 Escrow Payable BARNES , MARY 521.36 Election Judges/Referee Fees BAROFFIO PSY D, JAMES R 300.00 Legal Services BARRETT, JULIE 38.95 Metro Area Meeting Expense BASELINE ASSOCIATES INC 1,260.00 Recruitment Costs BAZILE, THAICHA 448.44 Travel Expense BEACON COMMUNICATIONS LLC 27,633.11 Training Room Video System BEAUMONT, KAYDANNIELLE A 271.00 Travel Expense BEFORT , NANCY LEE 693.14 Election Judges/Referee Fees BEN FRANKLIN ACADEMY 4,404.14 Schools BENNINGTON MERCANTILE 963.25 Livestock Management - 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CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP CARING COMMUNITIES OF COLORADO CARLSON , SARAH M CARMODY , PATRICIA A CARPENTER , NANCEE D CARPENTER , RICHARD EARL CARWASH EXPRESS CASI COLORADO ASPHALT SERVICES CASON , FRANCES M CASTLE ROCK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL CASTLE ROCK HIGH NOON ROTARY CASTLE ROCK HOME CARE INC CASTLE ROCK SENIOR CENTER CASTLETON CENTER WATER & SANITATION CBM CONSULTING CCMSI (FEE PAYMENTS ONLY) CCS PRESENTATION SYSTEMS CENTENNIAL PRINTING CENTRAL SALT LLC CENTURA HEALTH CENTURY LINK CERTIFIED BUSINESS SERVICES CHADDERDON , KEITH E CHALLENGE TO EXCELLENCE CHATO’S CONCRETE LLC CHERRY HILLS COMMUNITY CHURCH

16,568.98 Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance 56,914.00 Mental Health Services 332.36 Election Judges/Referee Fees 634.62 Election Judges/Referee Fees 390.88 Election Judges/Referee Fees 390.88 Election Judges/Referee Fees 560.00 Fleet Car Wash Services 4,005.80 Asphalt & Asphalt Filler 782.60 Election Judges/Referee Fees 25,000.00 755.00 5,705.75 20,468.00 187.00 7,726.42 291.25 225.00 162.00 267,075.87 234.22 22,389.60 1,709.43 109.62 49,451.00 5,446.90 2,000.00

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2,200.00 2,000.00 9,303.10 3,325.49

CI TECHNOLOGIES INC

4,744.22

CINTAS CORPORATION CITY OF AURORA CITY OF CASTLE PINES CITY OF CASTLE PINES CITY OF LITTLETON CITY OF LONE TREE CITY OF LONE TREE CL CLARKE INC CODE-4 COUNSELING COFFEE, RONALD MARC COLORADO ASSESSORS ASSOCIATION COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION COLORADO COMMERCIAL ROOFING COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA COLORADO COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION

7,722.00 26,676.80 72,437.18 18,543.69 1,964.99 2,945.79 241,650.78 12,414.16 2,735.00 6,045.42 85.00 23,509.00 34,754.00 8,190.21

25.00 Professional Memberships & Licenses

COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT 261.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 3,853.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 1,740.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & EMPLOYMENT 230.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE 22,324.70 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE 350.00 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE 2,475,391.64 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF STATE 13,546.00 COLORADO DESIGNSCAPES INC 27,710.00 COLORADO FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION 200.00 COLORADO JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT 365.00 COLORADO PIPELINE REHABILITATION LLC 32,195.00 COLORADO SECRETARY OF STATE 5.00 COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION 133,706.82 COLORADO/WYOMING INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS 400.00 COMBINED SYSTEMS 3,314.98 COMMERCIAL FENCE & IRON WORKS 13,862.00 COMPASSCOM SOFTWARE CORP 8,106.52 COMPUTRONIX INC CONFLUENT DEVELOPMENT LLC CONTINUUM OF COLORADO

2020 Contribution Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Senior Services Grant Transportation Services Grant Water & Sewer Other Professional Services Review Fees/Bonds Repair & Maintenance Supplies Printing/Copying/Reports Salt & Other Ice Removal Medical, Dental & Vet Services Telephone/Communications Office Supplies Election Judges/Referee Fees Schools Sidewalk Repair Projects Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Trauma Assessments Tuition Reimbursement Escrow Payable Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Due to Aurora-MV License Fee Due to Castle Pines-MV License Intergovernmental-Castle Pines Due to Littleton-MV License Due to Lone Tree-MV License Intergovernmental-Lone Tree Employee Auto Allowance Therapy Wildfire Deployment Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Due to CBI-Concealed Handgun Gutter & Roof Repairs Newspaper Notices/Advertising

24,480.00 5,000.00 4,225.65

CONTINUUM OF COLORADO

28,500.00

CORDANT HEALTH SOLUTIONS CORNERSTONE ONDEMAND INC COUNTERTOP GUY, THE CPI GUARDIAN - CLEARWATER PACKAGING INC CPS HR CONSULTING CRENSHAW , JUDITH A CRISIS CENTER

498.20 64,500.00 550.00 1,189.28 17,589.00 604.38 18,748.31

CROSSPURPOSE

2,835.00

CROWN TECHNOLOGY LLC CT LIEN SOLUTIONS CTL THOMPSON INC CTS LANGUAGE LINK CUB SCOUT PACK # 856 CUMMINS SALES AND SERVICE CURRAN, LESLIE DAKE , JUDITH DAKTRONICS INC D’AMBROSIO, JENNIFER DARCY HOFFMAN DASPA

4,740.00 15.00 142.00 35.78 100.00 618.00 34.29 181.86 350.00 21.22 650.00 50.00

DAVID E GIRARD DAVIS & STANTON

650.00 4,938.00

Due to State-PH Marriage License Due to State-CO TBI Trust Due to State-HS Marriage License Other Professional Services Due to State-Drivers License Due to State-Handicapped Parking Due to State-MV Due to State-eRecording Contracted Snow Removal Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Due to State-Family Friendly Court Rural Culvert Repair Due to State-Voter Confidentiality 2nd-4th Quarter 2019 Personnel Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Firearm Supplies Facilities Gate & Fencing Communications/Computer Software/License Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance Escrow Payable Developmental Disabilities Mill Levy Grant Temporary Family Assistance Case Management Medical, Dental & Vet Services Software/Hardware Subscription Other Professional Services Operating Supplies Contract Work/Temporary Agency Election Judges/Referee Fees Reimbursement for Community Services Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Paint & Road Striping Fee Refunds-Clerk & Recorder Parks & Recreation Improvement Interpretation Services Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Service Contracts Travel Expense Election Judges/Referee Fees Other Professional Services Travel Expense Veteran Stipend Professional Memberships & Licenses Veteran Stipend Employee Recognition Supplies

DAVISSON, MEGAN DAWN B HOLMES INC DECKER, DUSTIN DELVE, DEREK S DEMKO DIJULIO , DEBORAH DENCO SALES COMPANY INC DENNIS , PHILIP A DENOVO VENTURES LLC DESIGN CONCEPTS CLA INC DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH PARTNERS INC DEVELOPMENTAL PATHWAYS INC DEVELOPMENTAL PATHWAYS INC DIECK , DENNIS DIEXSYS LLC

131.34 16,198.00 10.95 231.00 1,658.64 1,937.00 613.38 6,450.00 14,154.94 1,950.00 2,391,444.86 206,182.03 701.12 25,000.00

DIGISTREAM DENVER INC DISTRICT ATTORNEY DIVISION OF OIL AND PUBLIC SAFETY

13,360.00 2,081,449.26 160.00

DLH ARCHITECTURE LLC DLT SOLUTIONS LLC

2,761.50 8,180.72

DODGE DATA & ANALYTICS DOUGLAS COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF’S ASSOCIATION DOUGLAS COUNTY INMATE WELFARE ACCOUNT DOUGLAS COUNTY LIBRARY DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS RE-1 DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF DOUGLAS ELBERT COUNTY HORSE COUNCIL DQ CUSTOM REPORTS DRAKE, BARBARA DREHER CONSULTING LLC DUCHEIN , BRADLEY J DUCHEIN , SUSAN LOUISE DUMAS , EILEEN B DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE DUNCAN , CAROLE LYNN DYCK, DAINNA J E LIGHT ELECTRIC SERVICES EHLERS & ASSOCIATES INC EICHER, ABBEY ELKS LODGE 2873 ELZENBERGER, EMILY EMBASSY SUITES COLORADO SPRINGS EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL DENVER EMPLOYERS COUNCIL SERVICES INC EMPLOYERS EDGE INC ENTERPRISE ENVIROTECH SERVICES INC ENVISION IT PARTNERS ERO RESOURCES CORPORATION ESKER SOFTWARE INC ESPIOC-EMERGENCY SERVICES PUBLIC INFORMATION EVANS, SANDRA A EVIDENT INC EZ LINER INDUSTRIES FARIS MACHINERY COMPANY FARRELL , CARMEN KAY CHIDESTER FARRELL , DON EDMONDS FASTENAL COMPANY FAY MYERS MOTORCYCLE WORLD FEDEX FEHER , JOHN J FELSBURG, HOLT AND ULLEVIG FELT, JOHN AND PATRICIA FERGUSON, KIRSTEN FIELD , HARVEY EUGENE FIRE ALARM SERVICES INC FIRST AMERICAN TITLE FITHIAN, ABBY FLOOD, MICHAEL FOSS, ALAN FOUNTAIN-QUINTANA , BRITTANY V FRANKTOWN ANIMAL CLINIC FRANKTOWN ANIMAL CLINIC FREDERICKS, FRANK FRENCH, JA’DAE FRONT RANGE CHRISTIAN CHURCH GADES SALES COMPANY INC GADZIALA, CAMILLE GANNETT FLEMING INC GATES OF COLORADO GEORGE , KATHLEEN F GEOSHACK GIRARD, DAVID E GLOISTEN , KATHLEEN M GLOVER , ELEANOR IRENE GMCO CORPORATION GONZALES , DAVID GORMAN, THOMAS J GORMAN, THOMAS J GREAT ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENTS GREGORY , VONNA M GREY, TIFFANY GROUND ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS INC GUARDIAN TRACKING LLC

147.13

Travel Expense Medical, Dental & Vet Services Metro Area Meeting Expense Instructor Travel Election Judges/Referee Fees Sign Fabrication Election Judges/Referee Fees Software Development Support Parks & Recreation Improvement 3rd Quarter 2019 Economic Report Mill Levy Distribution February 2020 Mill Levy Distribution January 2020 Election Judges/Referee Fees Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance Surveillance Legal Services Professional Memberships & Licenses Parks & Recreation Improvement Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance Newspaper Notices/Advertising

3,249.00 Security Services 2,834.38 Other Professional Services/Booking Fees 16,074.00 Contributions 550.00 Professional Memberships & Licenses 569.00 Security Deposit Refund-Fairground 35.00 Process Service Fee 15.00 Professional Memberships & Licenses 700.00 Books & Subscription 311.99 Travel Expense 18,850.00 Technology Consulting 850.22 Election Judges/Referee Fees 715.12 Election Judges/Referee Fees 438.62 Election Judges/Referee Fees 11,636.99 Other Purchased Services 366.24 Election Judges/Referee Fees 157.74 Travel Expense 708.00 Facilities Use Fees 7,500.00 Other Professional Services 185.21 Travel Expense 571.00 Facilities Use Fees 110.23 Travel Expense 8,938.00 Instructor Travel 2,512.00 Student Travel 229.00 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees 1,800.00 Commissioner Coaching 215.01 Travel Expense 2,799.38 Salt & Other Ice Removal 2,488.00 Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance 588.03 Other Professional Services 882.51 Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance 180.00 Professional Memberships & Licenses 9,326.50 Other Professional Services 502.70 Operating Supplies 1,008.99 Equipment/Paint & Road Striping 109,940.00 Cars, Vans, Pickups 235.76 Election Judges/Referee Fees 211.12 Election Judges/Referee Fees 300.25 Consumable Tools 24,852.98 Cars, Vans, Pickups 306.20 Postage & Delivery Service 674.52 Election Judges/Referee Fees 70,531.73 Roads, Street, Drainage-Engineering 1,583.71 Fee Refunds-Clerk & Recorder 129.84 Travel Expense 402.50 Election Judges/Referee Fees 4,277.50 Repair & Maintenance Service 25,000.00 Buildings & Structures 34.04 Travel Expense 65.32 Travel Expense 41.50 Fee Refunds-Clerk & Recorder 941.28 Election Judges/Referee Fees 430.08 K9 Food 1,079.43 Medical, Dental & Vet Services 1,663.69 Travel Expense 340.13 Travel Expense 200.00 Security Deposit Refund-Fairground 6,462.19 Operating Supplies 181.70 Travel Expense 6,491.80 Roads, Street, Drainage-Engineering 16,675.00 Sidewalk Chase Drains 212.24 Election Judges/Referee Fees 2,855.75 Consumable Tools 650.00 Veteran Stipend 835.38 Election Judges/Referee Fees 663.84 Election Judges/Referee Fees 544,298.74 Salt & Other Ice Removal 384.00 Election Judges/Referee Fees 1,535.47 Travel Expense 14,146.83 Other Professional Services 4,197.00 Ecological Consulting Services 728.00 Election Judges/Referee Fees 100.50 Travel Expense 61,844.00 Construction Inspection Services 12,345.00 Software/Hardware Subscription

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250.00 200.76 1,194.00 1,142.26 1,562.80 931.00 559.00 440.00 1,946.50 80.00 25,785.45 2,468.10 270.00 31.00 13,101.28

HELTON & WILLIAMSEN PC 255.00 HENINGER, DAVID J 665.63 HERNDON, CHRISTOPHER 42.54 HICO DISTRIBUTING OF COLORADO INC 18.00 HIGHLANDS RANCH LAW ENFORCEMENT 18,209.50 HIGHLANDS RANCH LAW ENFORCEMENT 114,000.00 HIRERIGHT LLC 747.20 HIRSCH, JEREMY 123.20 HML TRAINING INC 8,017.08 HML TRAINING INC 1,101.23 HODITS, SARAH 197.28 HOFFMAN, DARCY 650.00 HOFSHEIER, TORI 94.39 HOME CARE ASSISTANCE OF DOUGLAS COUNTY 2,088.00 HOME SCHOOL CIVIL WAR BALL 1,269.50 HOPPER, KARIN D 412.94 HSS - HOSPITAL SHARED SERVICES 5,245.00 HSS - HOSPITAL SHARED SERVICES 9,000.00 HUDICK EXCAVATING INC HUERTA, JENNIFER M HUGHES & STUART MARKETING HUMANE SOCIETY OF PIKES PEAK HUMANETRICS LLC HUTCHISON , ROBERT TIM ID EDGE INC ID INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES LLC INDIGOLD CONSULTING LLC INFOMEDIA INC INGALLS, LANCE INGRAM , DENISE M INGRANDO , DELLA B INSIGHT PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES INSIGHT PUBLIC SECTOR INC

258,944.00 239.32 600.00 34,975.00 7,306.79 318.50 1,298.64 4,479.50 3,750.00 1,750.00 99.00 1,070.86 649.88 2,150.00 30,386.00

INTEGRATED CLEANING SERVICES 45,071.51 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR IDENTIFICATION 240.00 INTOXIMETERS IREA J BROWER PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES & CONSULTING J P MORGAN CHASE BANK J P MORGAN CHASE BANK JACQTHAL ENTERPRISES JAKUBOWSKI, MATTHEW JAMES R PEPPER LLC JEFFERSON COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO JOB STORE INC, THE JOHN ELWAY CHEVROLET JOHNSON , LINDA JOHNSON CONTROLS JOHNSON, ERIN JOHNSON, JOI JONES , MICHAEL JOSEPH JONES, JODI JORDAN PHD, KENYON P JUST BETWEEN FRIENDS KANE, MICHELLE KARY CABINET COMPANY INC KAVEN, GARY KENNEDY - COLORADO LLC KIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY KIME , DAVID E KIMLEY-HORN & ASSOCIATES KINDER , DEBORAH L KING SOOPERS/CITY MARKET

266.50 167,105.63 810.00 741,116.10 765,542.40 5,632.08 36.78 7,900.00 9,702.15 18.60 58.00 37.80 266,670.00 1,159.27 252.00 110.80 193.78 1,574.56 368.52 4,830.00 10,750.00 361.10 25,000.00 801.15 13,730.51 711.90 465.64 1,888.38 696.64 5,937.50

KISSINGER, CHRISTOPHER KLAFKA, CHUCK KLOPFENSTEIN , WILLIAM KOIS BROTHERS EQUIPMENT COMPANY KOSTROSKI , KAREN KRANIG, TODD KUBAT EQUIPMENT AND SERVICE KUBICZ, ELZBIETA J KUMAR AND ASSOCIATES INC KUMAR, KRISHNAKURUP RAJESH LABORATORY CORP OF AMERICA LAMB, JOHN LANGUAGE TESTING INTERNATIONAL LASER TECHNOLOGY INC LAUGHLIN, JODY S LAW OFFICE OF JEFFREY J TIMLIN LEE , LESLIE CHRISTINE LEE, LUANNE LENNAR COLORADO LLC LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS LEWAN & ASSOCIATES INC LEWIS, DAVID A

922.10 231.00 460.74 22,764.18 785.12 33.40 5,424.20 4,538.55 85.00 124.71 2,164.25 306.34 120.00 540.00 40.82 7,081.20 1,500.32 357.00 10,000.00 5,516.72 166.00 125.00

LEXISNEXIS RISK SOLUTIONS LIFE SUPPORT BEHAVIORAL INSTITUTE INC LIGHTING ACCESSORY & WARNING SYSTEMS LILLY , KREGG BRYAN LITTLETON EQUINE MEDICAL CENTER LIVING CENTER LLC LIVINGSTON , CYNTHIA W LOCLYZ MEDIA SERVICES LONGACHER, MARK LOUVIERS WATER & SANITATION LUDLOW , THOMAS HIBBARD LUKKEN , TERRY MILTON LYLES, CELESTENE (TENA) LYTLE WATER SOLUTIONS LLC MACIAS MUSCO , DOROTHY M MACMILLAN , EILEEN MARY MAKELKY, DAN MARQUEZ, RYAN J MARTINEZ , RUBY JOANN MASTER’S TOUCH, THE MATABI, JOTHAM MAYER, KIERSTEN J MAZZA DESIGNS INC MCDONALD , JAN M MCGUIRE , ROBERT GEORGE MCLAUGHLIN COUNSELING

5,744.00 243.75 15,143.73 956.62 94.00 380.00 1,058.12 4,850.00 179.20 178.52 413.00 401.38 611.81 4,586.04 124.88 526.66 802.15 254.39 483.14 5,220.00 637.16 12.25 1,300.00 415.38 674.52 350.00

Facilities Use Fees Election Judges/Referee Fees Tuition Reimbursement Election Judges/Referee Fees Election Judges/Referee Fees Election Judges/Referee Fees Roads, Street, DrainageConstruction Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Instructor Travel Waste Disposal Services State-CDOT Consulting Services Biohazard Waste Removal Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Reimbursement for Community Services Other Professional Services Fee Refunds-Clerk & Recorder Fee Refunds-Clerk & Recorder Office Supplies Academy Training Range Fees Recruitment Costs Travel Expense Other Professional Services Travel Expense Travel Expense Veteran Stipend Travel Expense Senior Services Grant Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Travel Expense Security System Equipment Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance Tomah Road Construction Travel Expense Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance Animal Control Services Douglas County Innovation League Election Judges/Referee Fees Building Security Supplies Other Professional Services Training Services Website Maintenance Travel Expense Election Judges/Referee Fees Election Judges/Referee Fees Training Services Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance Cleaning Services Professional Memberships & Licenses Operating Supplies Utilities/Electric Counseling Services PCard Purchases 01/05/20-02/04/20 PCard Purchases 02/05/20-03/04/20 Other Professional Services Metro Area Meeting Expense Roofing Inspections Foster Care Collaborative Process Service Fee Senior Services Grant Contract Work/Temporary Agency Cars, Vans, Pickups Election Judges/Referee Fees Repair & Maintenance Supplies Travel Expense Travel Expense Election Judges/Referee Fees Travel Expense Recruitment Costs Facilities Use Fees Travel Expense Courtroom Millwork Fee Refunds-Clerk & Recorder Building/Land Lease/Rent Asphalt & Asphalt Filler Election Judges/Referee Fees Traffic Signals - Engineering Election Judges/Referee Fees Gift Cards for Human Services Recipients Fee Refunds-Clerk & Recorder Travel Expense Election Judges/Referee Fees Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts Election Judges/Referee Fees Metro Area Meeting Expense Repair & Maintenance Service Instructor Travel Other Professional Services Fee Refunds-Clerk & Recorder Forensic Testing Travel Expense Recruitment Costs Repair & Maintenance Service Travel Expense Legal Services Election Judges/Referee Fees Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Escrow Payable Telephone/Communications Repair & Maintenance Service Professional Memberships & Licenses Software/Hardware Subscription Legal Services Cars, Vans, Pickups Election Judges/Referee Fees Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Medical, Dental & Vet Services Election Judges/Referee Fees Digital Media Services Travel Expense Water & Sewer Election Judges/Referee Fees Election Judges/Referee Fees Travel Expense Water Consulting Services Election Judges/Referee Fees Election Judges/Referee Fees Travel Expense Travel Expense Election Judges/Referee Fees Postage & Delivery Service Travel Expense Travel Expense Repair & Maintenance Supplies Election Judges/Referee Fees Election Judges/Referee Fees Other Professional Services

MCNEELY, DONALD E 62.90 MEREDITH, RODNEY L 345.63 MERIDIAN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT 42.63 METRO DENVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP 12,500.00 MEYER , EUGENE V 780.64 MEYERCHAK, WILLIAM 800.00 MICHAEL W THOMSEN 650.00 MILDREN, JODI B 223.10 MILE HI GOLDEN RETRIEVER CLUB 2,295.00 MILLER , KATHLEEN 658.98 MILLER WENHOLD CAPITOL 9,166.66 MISARE , SALLY A 746.62 MITCHELL, MICHAEL 139.61 MOBILE RECORD SHREDDERS 3,019.00 MOON, JASON 4,346.50 MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC 752,055.00 MOUNTAIN VIEW ELECTRIC INC 3,757.14 MTM RECOGNITION 1,714.51 MULLER ENGINEERING COMPANY INC 24,742.73

Fee Refunds-Clerk & Recorder Metro Area Meeting Expense Water & Sewer 2020 Annual Investment Election Judges/Referee Fees Insurance Claims-Liability Veteran Stipend Travel Expense Facilities Use Fees Election Judges/Referee Fees Lobbying Services Election Judges/Referee Fees Travel Expense Other Purchased Services Instructor Travel Radios, Parts & Repairs Utilities/Electric Recognition Programs Miller/Trail/Justice Center Pond Design 107.38 Election Judges/Referee Fees 1,038.38 Election Judges/Referee Fees 10,544.00 Repair & Maintenance Service

SHRED-IT SIGNDESIGN SINGLETRACK TRAILS SKY CLIFF CENTER SMITH MANUFACTURING COMPANY SOCIETY OF CREATIVE ANACHRONISM SOO , NANCY JORGENSEN SOURCE OFFICE PRODUCTS SOUTH METRO FIRE RESCUE AUTHORITY SOUTHLAND MEDICAL LLC SPATIALEST INC SPENCE CONSULTING SERVICES LLC SPRADLIN PRINTING INC SQUYER , PAUL B ST JOHN , HILARY STABO , GAYLE RENEE STADLER, BRANDY STANLEY CONSULTANTS INC

4,842.08 345.00 666.26 2,240.85 601.52 1,395.93 37,500.00 33,625.00 520.00 65.38 640.36 1,178.66 227.87 36,402.00

MULVEY , DEBORAH METZGER MURPHY , BRIAN J MW GOLDEN CONSTRUCTORS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY VETERAN SERVICE OFFICERS

STARCHASE LLC STARKEY, VICTORIA STATE OF COLORADO STATEWIDE INTERNET PORTAL AUTHORITY

2,580.00 86.65 5,060.21 26,841.01

100.00 Professional Memberships & Licenses Fairgrounds & Pinery LED Lights Facilities Use Fees Fee Refunds-Clerk & Recorder Other Professional Services Other Professional Services Emergency Response Services Election Judges/Referee Fees Election Judges/Referee Fees Escrow Payable Plan Checking Fees Construction Maintenance Materials Forensic Testing Operating Supplies Cars, Vans, Pickups Operating Supplies Recognition Programs Travel Expense Travel Expense Election Judges/Referee Fees Election Judges/Referee Fees Facilities Use Fees Equipment Rental Travel Expense Travel Expense Election Judges/Referee Fees Water & Sewer Travel Expense Employee Recognition Supplies Employee Wellness Services Furniture/Office Systems Bulk Water Election Judges/Referee Fees Metro Area Meeting Expense Prisoner Maintenance Supplies Security Services Water & Sewer Turf Friction Sweeper Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance PLATTSMIER , RICHARD ALAN 516.88 Election Judges/Referee Fees PLAYPOWER LT FARMINGTON INC 5,180.00 Parks Picnic Tables POWER DMS 239.50 Software/Hardware Subscription PRECISION FIRE PROTECTION INC 4,700.00 Fleet Fire Sprinklers PRO COM - PRO COMPLIANCE 2,817.45 Training/Medical, Dental & Vet Services PROFESSIONAL RODEO COWBOYS ASSOCIATION 100.00 County Fair Service/Fair Rodeo PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS 925.00 Recruitment Costs PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO 262.00 Fee Refunds-Clerk & Recorder PUBLIC TRUST ADVISORS LLC 11,666.66 Accounting & Financial Services PURPLE LOTUS WELLNESS YOGA LLC 450.00 Training Services QUISSELL , BARBARA K 542.50 Election Judges/Referee Fees RANDLETT, KRISTIN 159.80 Travel Expense READ , EDWARD J 932.12 Election Judges/Referee Fees RED SKIES SERVICES 600.00 Fire Mitigation Consulting REDDY, MEREDITH 162.97 Travel Expense REMY CORPORATION 21,400.00 Consulting Services RENEE , MICHELLE 553.00 Election Judges/Referee Fees RESPEC CONSULTING & SERVICES 1,486.25 Tomah Road Drainage Design REWUN , HENRY 433.86 Election Judges/Referee Fees REYNOLDS , JILLIAN 551.74 Election Judges/Referee Fees RHINEHART OIL CO INC 858.88 Propane Gas RICHMOND AMERICAN HOMES 17,432.35 Escrow Payable RICHWINE , MARJORIE K 661.36 Election Judges/Referee Fees RIDER, KATHERINE 141.80 Metro Area Meeting Expense RIGHT ON LEARNING 16,000.00 Tutoring Services ROBERTS , LYDIA DUNHAM 254.24 Election Judges/Referee Fees ROBERTS, DARRELL 230.58 Travel Expense ROCK ESTATES PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION 1,013.55 Contracted Snow Removal ROCKY MOUNTAIN ACCESS CONTROLS INC 894.00 Repair & Maintenance Supplies ROCKY MOUNTAIN ACCREDITATION NETWORK 250.00 Professional Memberships & Licenses ROCKY MOUNTAIN AIR SOLUTIONS 37.28 Operating Supplies ROCKY MOUNTAIN MAIL SERVICES 2,551.70 Postage & Delivery Service ROCKY MOUNTAIN OFFENDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 3,084.00 UA Testing RODRIGUEZ, JULIO 200.00 Security Deposit Refund-Fairground ROGGEN FARMERS ELEVATOR 2,342.21 Propane Gas ROHRER , BARBARA A 730.24 Election Judges/Referee Fees ROLLINS , DORIS 409.50 Election Judges/Referee Fees ROXBOROUGH WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT 152.42 Water & Sewer ROYAL PROCESS SERVING & PARALEGAL SERVICES 60.00 Process Service Fee RUFENER , CARROL B 744.38 Election Judges/Referee Fees RULLI , RAQUEL 1,144.00 Election Judges/Referee Fees RUNBECK ELECTION SERVICES INC 144,273.01 Printing/Copying/Reports RYDER , LYNETTE J 625.38 Election Judges/Referee Fees S & M WATER CONSULTANTS 210.00 Other Professional Services SAFETY AND CONSTRUCTION SUPPLY 320.29 Clothing & Uniforms SAFEWARE INC 1,200.00 Repair & Maintenance Service SALEK , MATTHEW EVAN 485.24 Election Judges/Referee Fees SAMS, WENDY 375.00 Conference, Seminar, Training Fees SAMS, WENDY 35.28 Travel Expense SARABIA, MICHAEL A 28.75 Travel Expense SAVIO HOUSE 956.90 Other Professional Services SCHAFER , GERALDINE 757.12 Election Judges/Referee Fees SCHMIDT, SANDY 4,173.84 Other Professional Services SCHOEBERL , MARK WILLIAM 703.36 Election Judges/Referee Fees SCHOEBERL , SHIRLEY M 703.50 Election Judges/Referee Fees S-COMM FIBER INC 5,773.00 Parks & Recreation Improvement SEARCY , SANDRA 914.76 Election Judges/Referee Fees SEATON , GREGORY 494.48 Election Judges/Referee Fees SECURITY TRANSPORT SERVICES 7,490.02 Transportation of Prisoners SEDALIA LANDFILL 9,073.36 Waste Disposal Services SEMPERA 7,932.50 Computer Consulting Services SEW-CIETY INC 250.00 Facilities Use Fees SHADY TREE SERVICE LLC 11,025.00 Arborist Services SHEA HOMES LP 500.00 GESC Permit-Grading SHEARER , PAMELA 973.28 Election Judges/Referee Fees SHERMAN & HOWARD LLC 4,557.50 Legal Services SHI INTERNATIONAL CORP 14,400.00 Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance SHILOH HOME INC 35,298.72 Building/Land Lease/Rent SHINE CHURCH 200.00 Security Deposit Refund-Fairground SHIPLEY, SEAN M 19.00 Metro Area Meeting Expense

NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION INC NATIONWIDE EXPOS NATIONWIDE TITLE CLEARING NB CONSULTING INC NCAFC GROUP LLC NET TRANSCRIPTS NIBLACK , DAN L NIBLACK , MARY NICHOLAS CUSTOM HOMES NICHOLS, KEVIN NILEX INC NMS LABS NUTRIEN AG SOLUTIONS O J WATSON COMPANY INC OAKLAND RANCH OCCASIONS CATERING O’CONNELL, LETA ORMSBEE, SONIA OSBORNE , SUSAN HENDERSON OSTRAVICH , GREGORY MACE PACA BUDDIES PAC-VAN INC PADEREWSKI, BREANNA PALMER, NICOLE E PALS , JAMES HAROLD PARKER WATER AND SANITATION PARRISH JR, ANTHONY PATTERSON, SUSAN-PETTY CASH PAWS 4 PRODUCTIVITY LLC PEAK OFFICE FURNITURE INC PERRY PARK WATER & SANITATION PETERS , JANELLE I PETTY, AARON D PHOENIX SUPPLY LLC PINERY HOMEOWNERS PINERY WATER & WASTEWATER DISTRICT PIONEER ATHLETICS PITNEY BOWES INC

18,090.00 7,000.00 10.00 5,576.33 5,822.92 573.12 123.76 85.12 2,500.00 1,585.46 582.00 8,903.00 2,769.87 184,327.00 4,685.99 6,366.60 75.14 40.32 1,063.79 422.24 545.00 294.00 62.10 240.74 1,042.02 4,244.35 311.19 119.63 450.00 101,998.72 1,207.66 866.60 98.61 2,490.80 1,019.50 400.32 2,899.79 296.52

215.02 756.00 3,620.00 500.00

STEVEN A RHOADS PHD INC STONE SECURITY STONEGATE VILLAGE METRO STOP STICK LTD STRICKER , JAMES ANDREW SUMMIT PATHOLOGY SUNDINE , CAROLE DIANNE SUNSTATE EQUIPMENT CO LLC SVENDSEN, SHARON SWEENEY , SANDRA A SWICKARD , LORENE COZETTE T D MERTLICH INC T R TRAINING INC T R TRAINING INC TAPPAN , CINDY TAYLOR, VIVIAN A TAYLOR, VIVIAN A TELERUS INC TELLIGEN TERRACARE ASSOCIATES LLC TEZAK HEAVY EQUIPMENT CO INC

4,500.00 2,476.05 955.26 709.00 250.88 403.00 443.24 62.00 61.96 847.12 347.62 7,082.42 5,822.92 413.66 1,164.94 11,090.33 26.56 750.00 4,363.16 1,116.00 124,874.25

THIN LINE THREADS LLC THOMAS, LORA L THOMPSON, BRIAN THOMSEN, MICHAEL W THOMSON REUTERS WEST

1,584.00 802.11 386.62 650.00 6,952.16

TILLQUIST , NEIL LESLIE TO THE RESCUE TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK TOWN OF LARKSPUR TOWN OF LARKSPUR TOWN OF PARKER TOWN OF PARKER TPM STAFFING SERVICES TRAFFIC CAST INTERNATIONAL

741.28 2,360.00 500.00 571,943.88 307,311.14 1,846.50 71.00 428.75 328,058.27 278,625.47 1,322.35 12,500.00

TRANSPORTS ACROSS COLORADO TAC INC

50.00

TRANSWEST TRUCK TRAILER RV TRIARC SYSTEMS LLC TRI-COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TRI-TECH FORENSICS TRUE NORTH SURVEYING & MAPPING TST INFRASTRUCTURE LLC TUCKER , JANEEN E TUMEY , PHYLLIS A TYLER TECHNOLOGIES INC ULINE UMB BANK UNCC-UTILITY NOTIFICATION CENTER OF COLORADO UNIFORMS WEST UNITED REPROGRAPHIC SUPPLY INC UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE URBAN DRAINAGE & FLOOD CONTROL US BANK VANCE BROTHERS INC VERIZON WIRELESS SERVICES VIGIL , EUGENIA LOU VIKEN DETECTION VISITING ANGELS OF DENVER WADE , MICHAEL WALKER, CLINT R WALZ, ELIZABETH WARREN PERFORMANCE HORSES WATER & EARTH TECHNOLOGIES INC WATKINS, DAVID WEAR PARTS & EQUIPMENT CO INC WEBOLUTIONS INC

171,391.00 85,684.05 4,254.74 988.00 3,000.00 30,457.52 929.60 964.00 10,725.00 596.99 374.42 1,895.28 740.95 210.34 2,274.01 200,000.00 3,658.78 6,665.50 1,737.42 666.96 315,000.00 4,157.25 1,160.46 10.95 400.19 210.00 12,000.00 1,132.03 10,604.68 4,920.00

WELD COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE WELLS FARGO BANK WESIERSKI , BRIDGET E WESIERSKI , WALTER P WESTERN PAPER DISTRIBUTORS INC WESTERN STORAGE AND HANDLING WESTERN TRADING COMPANY INC WESTSIDE TOWING INC WHITE , DONNA KATHLEEN WICK , SHIRLEY A WILDFIRE PROTECTION PROS LLC WILLIAMS, KELLY WILLOUGHBY, SHANNON WILLSON, AMY WILSON & COMPANY INC WILSON , LINDA LENORE WINDSOR COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE WINGER , MICHAEL WINTER EQUIPMENT COMPANY INC WITTNER, MATTHEW E WOODWARD , MARIAN XCEL ENERGY YOGASHIELD YOGA FOR FIRST RESPONDERS YOUNG WILLIAMS PC ZAPFE, MIKE TOTAL AMOUNT OF DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2020

45.25 147.00 707.14 707.14 10,517.12 6,970.00 121.49 6,923.75 1,120.35 1,081.64 1,200.00 589.55 123.63 268.59 2,851.72 557.48 150.00 642.88 11,949.45 346.50 432.88 47,158.50 662.50 89,604.74 100.00

Waste Disposal Services County Fair Livestock Sale Repair & Maintenance Service Developmental Disabilities Mill Levy Grant Grinder & Replacement Parts Facilities Use Fees Election Judges/Referee Fees Office Supplies Building/Land Lease/Rent Operating Supplies Software Development Computer Consulting Services Printing/Copy/Fair Marketing Election Judges/Referee Fees Election Judges/Referee Fees Election Judges/Referee Fees Travel Expense Roads, Street, DrainageConstruction Locate Launcher System Travel Expense Postage & Delivery Service Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance Instructor Fee Dome Camera & Mounts Water & Sewer Operating Equipment Accessories Election Judges/Referee Fees Forensic Testing Election Judges/Referee Fees Operating Supplies Travel Expense Election Judges/Referee Fees Election Judges/Referee Fees Other Professional Services Other Professional Services Travel Expense Election Judges/Referee Fees Other Professional Services Travel Expense Telephone/Communications Wellness Program Repair & Maintenance Supplies Parking Lot/Pipe/Drainage Construction Clothing & Uniforms Travel Expense Fee Refunds-Clerk & Recorder Veteran Stipend Books/Software & Hardware Subscription Election Judges/Referee Fees Transportation Services Grant Contributions Due to Castle Rock-MV License Intergovernmental-Castle Rock Warranty Surety Due to Larkspur-MV License Intergovernmental-Larkspur Due to Parker-MV License Intergovernmental-Parker Contract Work/Temporary Agency Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance Professional Memberships & Licenses Cars, Vans, Pickups Firearms/Tasers Waste Collection Charges Operating Supplies Daniels Park Legal Description Bannock/Sageport LID Design Election Judges/Referee Fees Election Judges/Referee Fees Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Operating Supplies Banking Service Fees Utility Notification Services Clothing & Uniforms Operating Supplies Postage & Delivery Service Urban Drainage & Flood Control Banking Service Fees Operating Supplies Cell Phone Service Election Judges/Referee Fees Backscatter Devices Senior Services Grant Election Judges/Referee Fees Metro Area Meeting Expense Travel Expense Facilities Use Fees Plum Creek Hydraulic Modeling Fee Refunds-Clerk & Recorder Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts Software/Hardware Support/ Maintenance Process Service Fee County Fair Awards/Fair Livestock Election Judges/Referee Fees Election Judges/Referee Fees Prisoner Maintenance Supplies Loading Dock Staircase Clothing & Uniforms Vehicle Tow Services Election Judges/Referee Fees Election Judges/Referee Fees Other Purchased Services Travel Expense Travel Expense Travel Expense Roads, Street, Drainage-Engineering Election Judges/Referee Fees Process Service Fee Election Judges/Referee Fees Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts Instructor Travel Election Judges/Referee Fees Utilities/Electric & Gas Other Professional Services Contract Work/Temporary Agency Personal Protection Equipment

$ 18,912,144.24

THE ABOVE AND FOREGOING IS A CONDENSED STATEMENT OF THE BILLS APPROVED FOR PAYMENT DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH 2020 BY THE DOUGLAS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS UNDER WHOSE DIRECTION THIS NOTICE IS PUBLISHED. N. ANDREW COPLAND, CPA, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

Legal Notice No.: 937316 First Publication: April 16, 2020

Last Publication: April 16, 2020 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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April 16, 2020

Arrow works on ventilators project, looks to boost virus testing UK effort to build thousands of ventilators, supported by Centennial tech company

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

One of Centennial’s largest employers is lending its forward-thinking tech expertise to a collaboration of businesses that aims to build thousands of ventilators — machines that help hospital patients breathe — in the United Kingdom. Arrow Electronics also is pushing to increase ventilator production and COVID-19 testing capacity in the United States.

“Through one of our partnerships, our teams are working overtime to support a government-private consortium to convert advanced automotive production plants to manufacture (thousands) of ventilators as quickly as possible,” said John Hourigan, spokesman for Arrow.

Arrow, an engineering and technology company headquartered at 9201 E. Dry Creek Road in Centennial, is using its global reach to assist a group of businesses that calls itself VentilatorChallengeUK. The group came together to support the National Health Service — the U.K.’s public health care system — in fighting COVID-19, the disease caused by a widespread

A team at Smiths Group, a global technology business, carries out final testing on new ventilators being produced for the United Kingdom’s National Health Service. A group of companies supporting the push for ventilators in the U.K. includes Arrow Electronics, headquartered in Centennial.

Arrow also is pushing to increase ventilator production and COVID-19 testing capacity in the United States.

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This consortium brings together some of the “most innovative companies in the world,” Dick Elsy, chief executive of High Value Manufacturing Catapult, said in a news release.

“Every day, their highly skilled staff collaborate to create solutions that help millions of people, and this project is no different,” Elsy, who chairs VentilatorChallengeUK, said in the release. “They are working together with incredible determination and energy to scale up production of much-needed ventilators and combat a virus that is affecting people in many countries.”

The NHS needs 30,000 ventilators within weeks to treat coronavirus patients, The Telegraph, a British newspaper, reported in a March 26 article.

Companies in VentilatorChallengeUK had received formal orders from the government in excess of 10,000 units, according to a March news release by the group.

“We are producing additional ventilators solely for use within the NHS,” said James White, a spokesman for the group. “If and when we are in a position to supply ventilators overseas, we will.”

Production began in early April, and the group is looking to build “as many as we can as fast as we can,” White said.

Arrow’s role in the effort is to contribute components and related engineering services.

On the U.S. side, Arrow is distributing components to several initiatives to increase ventilator production, Hourigan said.

Arrow is also working to help hospitals meet the increased demand for testing in the U.S., according to Hourigan.

“Arrow is working on the system control center to support a major global medical devices (company) in getting COVID-19 test kits to hospitals and test centers,” Hourigan said.

The company, Abbott, shipped 150,000 tests to locations in the U.S., according to a March news release from the company. Tests already were sent to hospital and academic medical center labs in 18 states including Illinois, California, New York, Massachusetts and Washington, the release said.

Arrow is contributing to Abbott’s effort to scale up its manufacturing production of tests. Abbott had set a goal to provide up to 1 million tests per week by the end of March, “ramping up production to the highest levels possible,” the release said.

More than 900,000 in the U.S. may require ventilator care during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Society of Critical Care Medicine.

Such projections are gross estimates, and some of the assumptions on which they’re based are uncertain, the nonprofit notes.

An analysis by that nonprofit said U.S. hospitals have 62,000 full-featured ventilators for advanced intensive care units with nearly 100,000 more with lesser capabilities, the Washington Post reported in March.

Breckenridge Brewery feeds hospital workers Partnership with Feeding the Frontline, support from community have helped provide 500 meals so far

Through the partnership with Feeding the Frontline and support from the community, Breckenridge Brewery met its goal of donating 500 meals to hospital workers at Littleton Adventist Hospital.

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Each month, Breckenridge putting in long hours at the hospital, NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF ELECTION candidates than offices to be filled, including and CERTIFIED STATEMENT filing affidavits intentdonato be write-in Brewerycandidates will match up toof250 sacrificing their own safety and time OF RESULTS candidates, for The Yard Metropolitan District tions to meet its goal of at the least 500for the with their families,” reads an excerpt DISTRICT (the “District”).

Therefore, election THE YARD METROPOLITAN District to be to heldlocal on Mayhospital 5, 2020 is hereby meals per month from the Farm House Restaurant cancelled.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to § 1website. “In an effort to help keep the 13.5-513(6), C.R.S., that, at the closeworkers. of busiPublic Notice The following office(s) remain vacant: ness on March 2, 2020, there were not more medical staff workers’ spirits up toand To make a donation, or to order food candidates than offices be filled, including NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF ELECTION VACANT May 2022 go to www. candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in bellies full, we are partnering with and drinks for Until carry-out, and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS candidates, for The Yard Metropolitan District VACANT Until May 2023 Feeding the Frontline to provide local Workers at Breckenridge Brewery make meals for medical workers at Littleton breckbrew.com/farmhouse-restaurant (the “District”).

Therefore, the election for the VACANT Until May 2023 THE YARD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT District be held during on May 5, 2020 is and herebyclick VACANT Until May the 2023 Frontline or hospital workerscancelled. withtomeals Adventist Hospital. The brewery is partnering with Feeding the Frontline and the on Feeding NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to § 1/s/ Ashley B. Frisbie this time of crisis.” community to provide food for hospital workers. call 303-803-1380.

COURTESY PHOTO 13.5-513(6), C.R.S., that, at the close of busiPublic Notice

Metropolitan Districts Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF ELECTION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS THE YARD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to § 113.5-513(6), C.R.S., that, at the close of business on March 2, 2020, there were not more candidates than offices to be filled, including

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF ELECTION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS

Metropolitan Districts

THE YARD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to § 113.5-513(6), C.R.S., that, at the close of business on March 2, 2020, there were not more candidates than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates, for The Yard Metropolitan District (the “District”). Therefore, the election for the District to be held on May 5, 2020 is hereby cancelled.

The following office(s) remain vacant:

ness on March 2, 2020, there were not more candidates than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates, for The Yard Metropolitan District (the “District”). Therefore, the election for the District to be held on May 5, 2020 is hereby cancelled.

Metropolitan Districts

The following office(s) remain vacant: VACANT Until May 2022 VACANT Until May 2023 VACANT Until May 2023 VACANT Until May 2023 /s/ Ashley B. Frisbie Designated Election Official Contact Person for District:

The following office(s) remain vacant:

Designated Election Official

VACANT Until May 2022 VACANT Until May 2023 VACANT Until May 2023 VACANT Until May 2023

Contact Person for District: Clint C. Waldron, Esq. WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Attorneys at Law 2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 2000 Centennial, Colorado 80122 (303) 858-1800

Metropolitan Districts

/s/ Ashley B. Frisbie Designated Election Official Contact Person for District: Clint C. Waldron, Esq. WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Attorneys at Law 2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 2000 Centennial, Colorado 80122 (303) 858-1800

Metropolitan Districts

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