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Lone Tree begins reopening process Many restaurants resume dine-in service

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Lone Tree businesses are once again opening after almost two months of statewide shutdown orders. Restaurants, gyms, salons and stores are back, provided social distancing guidelines are maintained.

And county leaders are looking at other ways to begin opening playgrounds, pools and more.

Douglas County restaurants received the green light from the state to allow dine-in service again May 24, five days before the statewide order was changed to allow dine-in service at 50% capacity. Lone Tree restaurants responded promptly, many making necessary changes to their dining area to adhere to the guidelines.

The Clock Tower Grill at Lincoln Station removed all bar seating and spaced tables out 6 feet apart. Servers and bartenders wear masks, while customers are encouraged to wear masks when they are not eating.

While Lone Tree restaurants are finding ways to reopen, managers still miss the pre-pandemic lunch rush in a city with much daytime economic activity, driven by Park Meadows mall and complexes like

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A bartender from Clock Tower Grill in Lone Tree serves a beer May 29. The bar seating has been removed and tables are spaced six feet apart as the bar is once again allowed to serve customers inside.

Charles Schwab and Sky Ridge Medical Center, which employ thousands of people. Before the pandemic, city’s daytime population of about 15,000 doubled during a workday.

Karrie Nolan-McCorkle, catering services manager at Newk’s Eatery, said curbside and take-out sales still make up the bulk of their revenue.

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Newk’s Eatery in Lone Tree is once again open to dine-in service. The restaurant relies on a heavy lunch rush thanks to nearby Sky Ridge Medical Center and the Charles Schwab campus. Newk’s has picked up business in the past couple of weeks. Workers must adhere to social distancing guidelines and wear facial coverings in shop.

“We used to have really heavy lunch sales,” Nolan-McCorkle said.

Newk’s, a sandwich shop in RidgeGate, re-opened for dine-in May 27.

Employees check the temperature of each customer who comes in. Hand sanitizer is provided throughout the shop and some tables have been removed to limit capacity. Employees are screened when they come in as well.

“We’ve been planning this for a while, and now it’s here,” NolanMcCorkle said.

‘We remain inspired’ Charles Schwab officials said that while the company has been able to operate with employees working remotely, there is no timetable for when employees will return to the office.

Spokesperson Mayura Hooper made a statement via email on behalf of the Lone Tree Charles Schwab: “Considering guidance from health experts, the CDC, the government and the logistics involved in preparing for a larger population of employees to be on site, we have made the decision to hold off on executing any company-wide return-to-office plans until at least September and have encouraged our employees who can work from home to continue to do so.

We hope this time will allow our employees to plan for their families and stay safe over the summer months.”

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time is right to return to the oft fice, we will follow a coordinated, a top-down and phased approach that safeguards our teams at every step.

We remain inspired by — and grateful for — our employees during this time and the way they have cared for one another, for our clients and for our communities.”

After successfully lobbying the state to allow dine-in service, Douglas County commissioners announced May 29 they are drafting nine new variance requests to open playgrounds, pools, libraries, movie theaters, event spaces and more. (See the story on Page 3.)

The Lone Tree Arts Center is a theater space still closed due to COVID-19. The Douglas County Library in RidgeGate also remains closed, as do the indoor recreation centers run by South Suburban Parks and Recreation.

For restaurants and retail owners, the new normal is becoming less new.

After one week of dine-in service being allowed once again, restauranteurs are looking at what this means for the future of the industry.

Having worked in the restaurant industry for seven years, NolanMcCorkle said she knew immediately the industry may never be the same.

“A lot of people recognize we stayed open and fought through this and they’re more eager to support those who fought through it,” she said.

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Douglas County wants to reopen pools, playgrounds, event centers Commissioners are preparing nine requests for variance from state order

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

On the heels of getting state permission to reopen restaurants, gyms and houses of worship with restrictions, Douglas County Commissioners are preparing several new variance requests to submit to state health officials, including requests to reopen playgrounds and pools and hold the Douglas County Fair and livestock auction.

The commissioners agreed on nine new requests, Commissioner Lora Thomas said May 29.

“We know part of the success we’re going to have in getting these to open is convincing the state health department that because our (COVID-19) numbers are so low here, … we can increase our gathering size,” Thomas said.

The current state order limits social gatherings to 10. Thomas noted the Park Meadows mall can fit 175 people safely within its walls under the state’s safety guidelines.

The requests include permission to reopen pools, playgrounds, movie and performance theaters, bowl-

Burgess Memorial Pool -- seen before the COVID-19 pandemic -- is located in Castle Rock and operated by the town.

COURTESY SHREFFLER PHOTOGRAPHY ing alleys, social event centers like the Highlands Ranch Mansion and wedding venues, libraries and team sports.

The commissioners and county staff, led by community development director Terrence Quinn, will also submit a request for permission to hold the Douglas County Fair this summer and another one for permission to hold graduation ceremonies at individual schools.

“We want to give our kids back the sense of being kids,” Thomas said.

Thomas added the Douglas County Fair, held in Castle Rock, is important for kids in 4-H who raise livestock specifically for the annual event. The fair has run continuously since 1918.

All variance requests will follow

the county’s suppression plan, which provides information on the county’s cases of COVID-19. Thomas said one person has been hospitalized due to the virus in the seven days ending May 29.

The state approved the Douglas County variance requesting a return to dine-in service at restaurants on May 22, five days before the health department allowed for the same throughout the state.

“Our staff said to us, ‘Commissioners, we have the bandwidth to keep writing these variances. We understand how to do it now. We’ve been successful, so why risk waiting when you could get things open for our citizens?’” Thomas said.

Thomas said commissioners’ top

priorities were to get pools and playgrounds open again. The requests must convince the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment that the county is capable of reopening certain facilities while managing social distancing guidelines and monitoring COVID-19 cases in the county.

Large salons — ones with individual rooms for massages or facials, for example — are not in the commissioner’s stack of new variance requests. Thomas said the county will wait on word from the state June 1 regarding large salons.

The variance requests were not submitted as of May 29. How soon the requests would be approved or denied is a mystery. The Park Meadows mall request to reopen its interior corridors took 10 days to approve, whereas the request to reopen restaurants, gyms and churches took four days.

The county is working closely with the Tri-County Health Department, Thomas said, to ensure proper safety guidelines are noted in each request.

Officials are working with business leaders and experts in various fields to establish guidelines for what is needed at a given facility.

“Our citizens are healthy and they take care of themselves,” Thomas said. “We started off in a better place than some counties because we’ve proven we’re ready, looking at our numbers.”

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How tragedy changed Douglas County school policing More SROs, new unit, detectives now serve county youths

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock was in the area of STEM School Highlands Ranch on May 7, 2019, when a harrowing call rang out from dispatch. A shooting was underway inside the K-12 school, with 1,800 students enrolled. Spurlock raced to the scene.

There, he watched his deputies descend on the building. He said he saw “the worry and the terror” in faces of parents who came searching for their children. The sight of injured students being carried from the school sticks with him.

Roughly one year later, Spurlock leans on the memory of his deputies delicately balancing the rescue of STEM School victims while preserving a crime scene.

“Those are hard to do together, because your first instinct is, let’s protect everybody,” he said.

Spurlock explained that when the first commander reached the site of the incident, the officer realized a suspect was not only alive but that an injured student, Kendrick Castillo, 18, was lying injured on the ground.

The commander “knew that we had a major crime scene,” the sheriff recalled. Castillo would be the sole fatality in the shooting in which eight students were injured, and is hailed as a hero.

As the first school year after the tragedy wound down, Spurlock spoke with Colorado Community Media about the tragedy’s toll on him personally, and how it impacted the law enforcement agency’s approach to policing youth and schools.

The sheriff ’s office launched a new unit called the JET team — Juvenile Enforcement Team — comprised of school resource officers who handle calls involving youth. The unit works when schools are on break.

The sheriff ’s office is also partnering with the county to run a Youth Community Response Team, which pairs a deputy and a clinician to handle calls involving mental health in children. Douglas County launched the unit in response to the STEM School tragedy.

With new county funding, the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office’s School Resource Officer program more than doubled its number of SROs this school year. It expanded into middle and elementary schools.

Before the incident at STEM, Spurlock said the SRO program was robust but strained in certain areas — particularly at the largest high schools in Highlands Ranch, where a single SRO was responsible for more than 2,000 students.

“We were constantly playing catchup, making sure that we had appropriate resources there,” he said.

“Because of STEM, we were able to

Deputy Jose Uribe serves as the STEM School Highlands Ranch school resource officer.

Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock in a file photo. get resources to not have to do that.”

Expanding the program Lt. Lori Bronner has overseen the SRO program in the sheriff ’s office for four years and runs the new JET unit.

The sheriff ’s office has long wanted to get SROs into middle schools, she said, because before this school year, SROs with a middle school near their assigned high school served both buildings.

That could leave one SRO responsible for more than 5,000 students.

“When the ratio was like that, it re-

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ally throws off the dynamics of what a true SRO is,” Bronner said. “They weren’t getting that deep connection of what a true SRO can do.”

During the 2018-19 school year, the sheriff ’s office provided nine SROs to local high schools, plus a corporal and a supervisor. That was the most it could do with the resources it had, Spurlock and Bronner said.

Police departments also provide SROs for schools in their jurisdiction and added SROs following the shooting.

By the end of the 2019-20 school year, Bronner had 24 SROs in place

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from the sheriff ’s office. The new positions are funded by an annual $3 million that the Douglas County Board of Commissioners offered local schools after the STEM tragedy.

The cost of SROs is split between the school and the sheriff ’s office, and the county’s $3 million had to be matched by the district and charter or private schools that sought it.

The Douglas County School District declined to comment for this story. A spokeswoman said the district is not discussing issues related to STEM while the shooting case remains open.

Spurlock said the JET team, which launched in March during spring break, is critical because the SROs have connections and resources other deputies do not.

As an example, if an underage party needs broken up, Spurlock said they now dispatch the JET team. The unit’s SROs can access school databases, determine which local schools the partiers attend, and often already know the students because they work in schools.

Bronner said evaluating the impact of the bolstered SRO program and the JET unit will be skewed this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

She does know their patrol deputies saw a 56% decrease in calls for service involving juveniles when the JET team was in action. That relieves pressure on the patrol, she said.

The sheriff ’s office also added two juvenile detectives and a corporal to its ranks.

The juvenile detectives help SROs investigate threats against a school.

They can look into a student with a pattern of misbehavior and form plans to support the child.

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Now when SROs or deputies with the department’s Youth Education and Safety in Schools (YESS) program conduct education in schools, “we are having much more conversations about mental health issues,” Spurlock said.

The sheriff ’s office in May transitioned away from its local Text-A-Tip program, which it began in 2009 before the state launched the Safe2Tell program, because the programs were near identical. Text-A-Tip and Safe2Tell allow students to anonymously submit tips about things like school threats or concerns for a friend’s well-being.

But officers encouraged using the programs when they both operated. Promoting the programs more enabled the sheriff ’s office to intervene in a number of teen suicides, Spurlock said, and led to child abuse investigations.

“That’s the goal,” he said. “To have these other kids say it’s OK to tell an adult, a responsible adult, this is what’s going on in a child’s life.”

The sheriff ’s office provided a breakdown of Text-A-Tips by middle and high schools for the year leading up to the STEM incident and the year after.

Numbers are not an exact total, as one tip could be recorded for multiple schools if it applies to more than one campus, but the sheriff ’s office recorded 798 tips between May 1, 2018 and May 31, 2019. From June 1, 2019 through March 23, 2020, the date Colorado Community Media’s record request was fulfilled, the sheriff ’s office recorded 530 tips.

The state compiles Safe2Tell data in a report for Colorado as a whole and does not release district and schoolspecific data publicly.

Guard’s actions questioned The tragedy also sharpened Spurlock’s views on working with private security companies.

The sheriff ’s office did not have an SRO assigned to STEM at the time of the shooting. Instead a private security guard was on duty.

STEM hired the security company after a dispute arose between it and the sheriff ’s office regarding SRO duties and fees. The two parted ways for the 2018-19 school year.

Arrest affidavits later showed investigators found the private guard mistakenly fired shots at responding officers during the shooting, injuring two students in the process. Spurlock told Colorado Community Media in February, when the younger suspect in the shooting pleaded guilty, that the guard caused avoidable harm.

“The key thing for me was that clearly the security guard was illtrained and ill-prepared, and in my opinion, acted recklessly and dangerously,” Spurlock said.

STEM had requested the guard be unarmed while working at the school, public records showed. Spurlock said the sheriff ’s office knew the school had contracted with private security, but his deputies did not know the guard was armed when responding to

Students were welcomed back to STEM School Highlands Ranch with hand-painted stars on Aug. 7, 2019.

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Dan May did not charge the guard, The sheriff ’s office once again Shamson Sundara of BOSS High provided STEM with SRO services for Level Protection, after closing a the 2019-20 school year. special investigation into the matter.

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The tragedy eventually led the sher- fore he was like, “Yes, I want it. Yes, I want it,” Bronner said. iff ’s office and STEM to resolve their Assuming the SRO role in a school disagreement, Spurlock said, calling coming back from a shooting “changtheir relationship good now. es your perspective,” Uribe said. He “Whenever you have a tragedy like feels as though he can’t let down his that, two things can happen. Either

‘I knew when I was thinking about who to put over at STEM, I needed somebody who wanted to be there, who is very outgoing and is going to be confident going into a situation where there is going to be an emotionally strong environment for a while.’

guard. He wants the community to know he is trained and prepared for anything.

“Things can go from being perfectly fine to very, very bad from one second to another,” he said. “I know it sounds bad, but it has to be true, but showing them that I’m ready to fight when the fight comes my way.”

Although he’s ready for a worstcase scenario, he said, Uribe doesn’t want to perpetuate paranoia.

His job sometimes involves being an informal counselor for children.

Students know he is not an expert, Uribe said, but he has an open-door policy if they need to talk. His time at STEM has been the most rewarding of his career, he said.

“I’ve seen them from the beginning of the school year, very shy, very apprehensive, unsure about what’s going to happen,” he said, “To starting to see them smiling more, less afraid of being in class.”

STEM’s Executive Director Penny Eucker said in a prepared statement that the school community is grateful for Uribe. “Deputy Uribe is a model school resource officer, and he is creating strong and meaningful relationships with our students, staff and families,” she said.

Uribe’s approach to serving as an SRO echoed how Spurlock and Bronner described the spirit of their programs.

“The goal is not to arrest kids. It is to keep them safe and to guide them when they are out and also be there, so they don’t get themselves in trouble,” Spurlock said of the JET team.

For SROs, he said, the goal is to keep students safe and healthy, “not to be the security guy at the front door.” Bronner said the STEM tragedy allowed the community “to realize the importance of SROs and all that they do, more than just being a police officer in the school.”

Rewarding work As STEM’s 2019-20 school year began, the sheriff ’s office sent multiple deputies and supervisors, Bronner included, to the school during pickup and drop-off. Bronner said they handed out junior deputy stickers, focusing extra attention on the younger children, while welcoming students to STEM. “Letting them feel comfortable, that it’s OK to come back to school and that they’re going to be OK,” she said.

Spurlock said that was more for comfort than security. The sheriff ’s office stationed deputies at entrances so they could be visible across the campus.

Slowly, Spurlock said, the sheriff ’s office weaned those deputies off, leaving Uribe to keep watch.

In closing the school year, Uribe said “nothing compares” with getting close to STEM students or changing an “I don’t want to be here” attitude into a smile, and an “OK, I’m going to try.”

The work, he said, is rewarding.

“I want those kids to go back to being kids, to being children. I want them to go back to laugh, to cry, to have fun, to get into trouble, the regular trouble that you get into at that age,” Uribe said. “And I want parents to go back to being parents.”

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School district predicts deficit up to $50M Staff members suggest ways to cut budget

fund, which comprises additional revenue sources. The general fund is roughly 77% per-pupil revenue this year.

“This isn’t a 9%, 12% and 15% cut to the entire budget,” Doan said.

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Douglas County School Board pored over the first draft of a proposed 2020-21 district budget on May 26 during a five-hour special board meeting where budgeting — with a focus on millions in suggested cuts — was the only topic of discussion.

District staffers are projecting a $30 million to $60 million budget deficit for district-run schools and programs spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The draft budget is far from final but offered an early glimpse at what district finances might look like once whittled down in response to pandemic-related revenue losses.

“Although everything is being done not to impact our classrooms, the reality is that there will be an impact to classrooms,” Board President David Ray said. “The significant amounts that we are needing to reduce creates a ripple effect that just makes it inescapable for us to think we can do business like we did a few months ago.”

Directors asked staff to return with a new draft that lessened the impact of cuts on high-risk students, such as students learning English as a second language or children receiving free and reduced lunch. Directors also asked to place a greater share of the burden on departments.

Some directors felt the initial proposals focused too many cuts at the high school level.

The board expects another budget update on June 9 and will approve the district’s budget on June 23.

The wide range in the Douglas County School District’s deficit projection is a reflection of the many unknowns regarding school funding in Colorado, DCSD Budget Director Colleen Doan said.

The state’s Joint Budget Committee recommended slashing the equivalent of $577 million from K-12 school district funding in the upcoming year, Doan said, but how that will translate

David Ray in a file photo. at the local level depends on what the state education department does with the school finance act.

In the 2018-19 school year, the school finance act provided for more than $7 billion in funding to Colorado school districts, according to the Colorado Department of Education.

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‘The reality is that even before this economic crisis, we live in a state where voters approve laws for a highly constricted government that is unable to effectively fund essential services and cannot save for a rainy day.’

State has choice of options The state has several options for enacting the cuts, Doan said, such

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Three-day furlough suggested Staff ’s first suggestion was an allstaff furlough of three days — which would save $6.1 million across all budget cut models.

The district could trim central and districtwide departments by reducing staff or cutting operational, nonsalary budgets, she said. Aside from furloughs, this option proposed the largest cut, ranging from $4.9 milllion to $12.9 million in reductions, depending on the model.

Staff suggested reducing transportation funding for field trips and athletics, possibly requiring schools to charter those services on their own using fees or donations. That would reduce spending between $2.9 million and $4.7 million.

Doan said the district typically holds 1% of its general operating budget as a contingency, in accordance with board policy. Directors could choose to reduce that by a fifth to a quarter, she said.

Reducing overtime and additional pay is another option, either by prohibiting overtime alone or halting both overtime and additional pay, which Doan described as compensation for when employees go above and beyond duties.

On the low end that could cut spending by $800,000 or on the high end, $3.7 million.

Some schools, although not all, have seen David Ray, a reduction in enrollment but Board President have not reduced staff accordingly, Doan said. Requiring them now to cut staffing to match lower enrollment could cut spending up to $2.9 million, according to the presentation.

The remainder of the 13 proposed cuts, such as eliminating mileage reimbursement or district-provided cell phones, would cut spending in the hundreds of thousands each.

as repurposing local mill levies or increasing the budget stabilization factor to levels not seen since the Great Recession.

Public school districts in Colorado receive funding from numerous sources but mostly the Public School Finance Act, according to the Colorado Department of Education.

The budget stabilization factor is a factor in the school finance formula created by Colorado’s Legislature folllowing the Great Recession, according to the Colorado School Finance Project.

The tool reduces funding for school districts proportionately and reduces state aid, balancing the state budget.

Doan presented three separate models of possible cuts to the district’s per-pupil revenue — 9%, 12% and 15% — and walked directors through a menu of 13 suggested areas they could choose to cut spending.

Doan said cutting per-pupil revenue does not impact the entire general

Online petition aim at proposed cut Staff ’s suggestion to cut special program spending anywhere between $400,000 and $700,000, which includes International Baccalaureate programming, sparked ire with some community members. Kyle Lewis, a 2020 graduating senior from Douglas County High School, started a Change.org petition urging the district to preserve funding for IB programs. The petition garnered roughly 1,900 signatures as of noon on May 29.

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Castle Rock coffee shop files lawsuit over shutdown C&C Coffee and Kitchen drew national spotlight for Mother’s Day crowd

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Castle Rock restaurant that drew national attention for opening to in-person dining on Mother’s Day in defiance of state and public health orders is suing the governor along with state and local agencies.

Attorney Randy Corporon filed the lawsuit on behalf of his clients, C&C Coffee and Kitchen owners Jesse and April Arellano, on May 22 in Douglas County District Court.

The Arellanos are alleging shutdowns of the restaurant industry during the COVID-19 pandemic were government overreach and constitutional violations that created “economic catastrophe” for their operation.

The suit names Gov. Jared Polis, the State of Colorado, the Tri-County Health Department, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and CDPHE Executive Director Jill Hunsaker Ryan as defendants.

Tri-County Health Department had ordered the restaurant to close and CDPHE indefinitely pulled C&C’s business license on May 11, the day

A steady stream of people stopped by C&C Coffee and Kitchen on May 12. Some hoped to order food and found the restaurant closed. Others taped cash donations to the storefront. A few came simply to see the spectacle.

JESSICA GIBBS after Mother’s Day. Polis and Hunsaker Ryan rebuked the business’ actions in statements and press conferences following the Mother’s Day incident, saying it could threaten lives and further the spread COVID-19.

The business’s reopening sparked a fierce debate regarding when to ease restrictions on small businesses experiencing economic hardships during the COVID-19 pandemic, while

also drawing strong criticism for the restaurant’s lack of social distancing that day.

Crowds packed the restaurant, masks were scarce and a line formed out the door.

The court filing refers to Polis’ categorization of essential and non-essential businesses during his pandemic response as arbitrary.

The lawsuit states that “given the governor’s unprecedented and unlaw-

ful exercise of executive authority” the court should “declare the defendants’ actions against plaintiff ultra vires (beyond one’s legal authority), unconstitutional and, therefore, void and of no effect.”

The Arellanos operate two locations of C&C Coffee and Kitchen, one in Castle Rock and one in Colorado Springs. The first opened in 2013 and the second in 2019.

The restaurants closed to dine-in on March 17 when the CDPHE issued a public health order closing all bars, restaurants, theaters, gyms and casinos, according to the filing.

The lawsuit states the Arellanos attempted to comply with the public health orders by offering curbside service until May 10, choosing to reopen its Castle Rock location then “due to several financial hardships.” The Castle Rock location has remained entirely closed since May 11.

The lawsuit says the coffee shop and restaurant earned a profit between Jan. 1 and March 14, but that revenue declined 55% the week of March 17 and it operated “at a further loss” from then on, despite laying off employees and cutting other costs.

The business is now in debt, the lawsuit states, and may not be able to reopen. The lawsuit asks the court to reverse the orders suspending its operation and award the Arellanos relief for attorney fees and costs incurred by suing.

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$3M in Douglas County flood projects announced Much of the funding will go to stream restoration

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

$3.09 million is being funneled into Douglas County drainage and flood mitigation projects after the Mile High Flood District announced its 2020 budget priorities list. $1.4 million of the funding will go toward capital improvement projects such as stream restorations and street improvements, said Laura Kroeger, MHFD’s engineering services manager.

“We’re trying to reduce flood risks in Douglas County,” Kroeger said.

Streams, which aid in flood management, are sometimes degraded due to urbanization. “So we’re trying to bring back the natural and beneficial functions of the stream,” she said.

Streams can help absorb storm flows, regenerate ground water and increase vegetation diversity in the surrounding community, she said.

Two of these projects will be in Parker, one in Highlands Ranch and the remaining three will be in unincorporated Douglas County.

Affected streams include Cherry Creek, Lemon Gulch, Timbers

Timbers Creek is shown after a restoration project is completed.

Creek, Happy Canyon Creek, Willow Creek and Marcy Gulch.

Some of the projects are in progress now and some still need to begin with most usually taking about three to five years to complete.

The remaining funds will go toward stream maintenance projects, including $40,000 for annual vegetation management and debris removal, more than $222,000 for sediment removal and $905,000 on additional restoration projects.

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‘Every day is Memorial Day for me’ Remembering those who gave all for their country

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n a mountainside in Afghanistan in 2005, Danny Dietz, graduate of Littleton’s Heritage High School and Navy SEAL, gave his life for his country.

Nearly 15 years later, his father, Danny Dietz Sr., spent Memorial Day in the shade beside his son’s grave at Fort Logan National Cemetery.

Danny Sr. greeted many visitors who thanked him for his family’s sacrifice.

“It’s hard for me to come here and see my boy lying in the ground like that,” Dietz said. “But on days like today, so many people come by and tell me they remember him. It means something. Every day is Memorial Day for me.”

Nearby, the Dauro sisters -- Grace, 5, Caroline, 3, and Vivienne, 1 -- wandered among the headstones, laying rose after rose on grave after grave.

The girls’ dad, Michael, a former Navy SEAL, said he brings them every Memorial Day. “These people shed their blood,” he said. “I want my girls to know that freedom isn’t guaranteed. It can be taken and lost, and people have paid the ultimate sacrifice to preserve it.

It’s worth defending.”

At Littleton’s World War II memorial in Ketring Park, Jan Merchant watched as the band of brothers from Veterans of Foreign Post No. 4666 honored the fallen.

For the first time, she was there without her father, Earle Reed, who served in the Army in World War II and died last year at age 103.

Reed only moved to Colorado at age 96, Merchant said, but made fast friends with the fellow veterans at the VFW. Stan McClure, who served with the Army in a remote jungle base in Vietnam, choked up as he remembered going to Rockies games with Reed.

At the lectern, retired Marine Col. Richard Swedberg called for a blessing.

Danny Dietz Sr. sits beside his son’s grave at Fort Logan National Cemetery in southwest Denver. Dietz Jr., a Navy SEAL, was killed in Afghanistan in 2005.

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“Stand up, stand tall and be proud to be an American,” said Bill Baldaccini of VFW Post #4666. “Be devoted to your country.”

“We remember those that served alongside these great warriors,” Swedberg said. “Those who are missing friends. Those that wonder why great men and women died and they are alive with only their memories. Bless them and bless their service.”

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South Suburban prepares pools, despite uncertainty ‘We still have a lot of questions unanswered’

BY LINDA KOTSAFTIS AND BRIAN WILLIE ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

South Suburban Parks and Recreation provides indoor and outdoor recreation to communities across the south Denver metro area. Those amenities look a lot different during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Lone Tree Recreation Center is scheduled to open on June 1 with safety guidelines in place. The district’s four outdoor pools are usually open by now, with crowds of 200-300 people at each location on a warm day.

RMPBS visited the Cook Creek pool as water was slowly pouring in.

“We are committed to getting this pool open in some capacity this summer,” said Kelsey Whisler, assistant recreation director with South Suburban. “It is an exciting day, but we still have a lot of questions unanswered.

We are filling the pool and it’s after Memorial Day so that’s definitely unusual. We unfortunately don’t have specific dates yet as to when we can open the pools, but we are hopeful and that’s why we are filling it. We hope to get some folks out here enjoying it soon.”

Typically, it’s the beginning of March when the agency begins the process of opening its outdoor pools.

A lot of that time is spent on recruiting staff and getting lifeguards trained.

Kelsey Whisler, assistant recreation director with South Suburban Parks and Recreation, at the Cook Creek pool in Lone Tree.

Water had begun to fill the Cook Creek pool in Lone Tree.

But because of COVID-19, they haven’t been able to do any of the usual work due to social distancing and mask wearing. Those restrictions have prevented lifeguard training.

Whisler says the agency is working through these issues now and does have several lifeguard applications.

As soon as they are able, they will begin running as many lifeguard classes as they need to make sure they are safely staffed, she said.

May was also National Water Safety Month because people are usually

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gearing up to go swimming. There are a lot of kids who haven’t been able to do swim lessons for the last three months, which is why South Suburban officials are concerned there could be more saves at its pools, so it’s important to have lifeguards and get them trained.

And there are other challenges the agency is working around.

“Will people have to wear a mask at the pool? We don’t know for sure.

We don’t know what our capacity will be,” Whisler said.

There will probably need to be limited pool furniture or none at all, she said. Locker rooms will also likely be closed.

With safety the No. 1 priority, the agency is looking at the best ways to do that for both staff and participants.

“I wish I had a magic ball to tell me when we’re going to open,” Whisler said. “If I’ve learned anything through this, it’s better not to make too many plans ahead. Once we get the go-ahead, we’ll work as quickly as we can to get open for the public.”

She said South Suburban was still looking at new guidelines released recently by Gov. Jared Polis that covered personal training at pools.

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Six Colorado artists have felt the impact that the cancellation or postponement of art festivals has had on their art careers, according to a news release, and have planned a virtual art fair.

Using Facebook Events, artists Liz Covert, Lauri Dunn, Victoria Eubanks, Amelia Furman, Katie Hoffman and Rita Valis have found a way to connect with their audiences. Artists will offer behind-thescenes views of their studios and artistic process, and some will set up displays. Viewers can ask questions about their work, purchase artwork and have it delivered to their home, the release said.

“Art fairs are such a special way to connect with your audience. Not only can patrons see a variety of work in one place, but they really offer an opportunity for a relationship to develop between artist and buyer.

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Police and black folks — the swagger and disrespect must end

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’m a 65-year-old black man, and I have literally spent most of my life doing everything possible to avoid encounters with police.

My mother warned me when I was about 12 to beware of the police because even though I was a good boy, I could be killed with impunity. I’d GUEST be just another dead black boy supposedly COLUMN mixed up in guns, drugs or gangs.

I wish I wasn’t afraid of the police. I have never had a cop live on my street. I’ve known only two law enforcement officers socially; one is a former FBI agent who I Gregory L. Moore met a decade ago and is a great guy, and the other is a black cop who I played street basketball with in the 1980s.

The vast majority of police never fire a weapon, but the bad deeds rightly get more attention because of the suffering.

As a journalist I did some of those stories. I wrote about suburban

took my license and registration and walked to his cruiser. When he came back, he said he was giving me a warning. Shocked, I said thank you.

He leaned into my car and replied: “Despite what you think, my job is not to make your day worse.”

There have been other encounters like that. But there have been dark moments.

Returning from a concert with four black male college classmates in the 1970s, we were pulled over and ordered out of our car in the snow, some of us without our shoes or coats on, because we allegedly “fit the description” of robbery suspects. After standing in the cold for a half hour, we were let go after we checked out with no warrants.

Then, there was the time in the early 1990s when I was traveling with my family from Boston to Vermont to start vacation. We were driving along a deserted New Hampshire road around midnight when we passed a cop sitting at a closed gas station.

My wife and son were slumped down in the car asleep, but I immediately knew it was trouble when the cop car slowly rolled out behind me.

police officers using sap gloves to beat suspects. I wrote about a white cop who shot and killed an unarmed black man, who was on his way home from a party. The police officer had numerous complaints against him and was known in the department as the “Orkin Man,” after a commercial for a pest-control company.

I’ve made it this far by being extremely careful. I’ve never hung out in bars, don’t lose my temper with authority figures, and haven’t had a fight since high school, all in an effort to avoid any dealings with the police.

Yet, I know the fear. I have been stopped at least 20 times by the police, fortunately without escalation.

Once I was stopped on an early Sunday morning as my family hurried to church. I was admittedly speeding.

But you could feel the air being sucked in by my family as I pulled over and waited for the officer to approach.

I rolled down the window, careful to put both hands in plain view on the steering wheel. The officer asked me if I knew why he stopped me. I quickly offered that I was late for church and was probably over the speed limit.

He said yes sir, that was correct,

After following me for a mile or so, the blue lights and siren came on. My wife jumped up in her seat and asked what was going on. I told her I didn’t know.

I was driving the speed limit, so that couldn’t be it. The officer tapped on the window and brusquely asked for my license and registration. I calmly asked him what was the problem, but he silently stalked off as my 8-year-old son came to life in the backseat.

As my blood began to boil, my wife and kid pleaded with me to stay calm.

No other cars were on the road. After about 10 minutes, the officer came back and handed me my documents.

My hands in plain view, I asked why he had stopped me. “You were driving too close to my vehicle,” he snapped.

I sat there for a moment fuming, letting him take off before me. I told my wife that he stopped me simply because he saw a black man and suspected I was a criminal only to be surprised to find a family.

Then, there was the time the cops showed up at my house in Golden.

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Money is in the cards, and some will stay there

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I found mine. How about you?

The Economic Impact Payment Cards QUIET are going to certain DESPERATION people who filed a tax return but don’t have bank information on file.

At first I thought it was a scam. No: It simply turned out to be a pain in the neck.

To activate the card, I had to call an 800 number.

Craig Marshall I guess they’re kind Smith of busy. At least that’s what I was told over and over and over.

It was mind-numbing. I thought it

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Eventually, I spoke with a customer service representative. She asked me everything except my birth weight.

Then came a series of questions. She wanted to know what state someone I have never heard of lived in.

And who “Micah” was.

I correctly answered the question about the make, model and year of my car, but it wasn’t good enough and I was denied activation.

However, something else was activated: my aggravation.

I thought it was pretty clever to issue cards rather than a paper check, which could have been deposited directly.

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daughters, and when she buzzed herself into our gated street she noticed a police car pull in behind her.

She assumed they were heading to a neighbor’s house, but they pulled into our driveway and asked for her brother, who was living with us at the time. He is the nicest guy and has never been in trouble.

But apparently he had gotten into a verbal altercation with a white guy after he rolled through a roundabout and cut him off as they both turned into a gas station. The enraged white guy berated him, and my brother-in-law gave it back to him.

As they both pumped their gas, the guy threatened to call the cops. My brother-in-law said go ahead, got into his car and headed home.

It’s mind boggling that two cops showed up at our house simply based on the word of a white guy over a minor traffic dispute. No witnesses, no physical altercation, no evidence of a crime.

After my wife in a tense exchange demanded the officers get off of our property as she held her brother in the

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cards or store credits and that adds up to tens of billions in unused money.

More than one-third with unused cards won’t use up all of the funds.”

The experience was so aggravating I thought about throwing the card away.

I counted to 10 and called the 800 number again.

For some reason, I was guided through a different menu and was able to activate the card without listening to the outgoing messages or talking with anyone.

Who knows?

Maybe your experience was or will be better than mine. In any case, read the letter that comes with the card, and take a look at the May 19 Forbes article that answers frequently asked questions about the cards.

Momma said.

Momma said, “Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth,” meaning don’t question the value of a gift.

Checking a horse’s teeth is one way to determine its age.

You’ve heard another expression, namely that someone is “long in the tooth.”

As a horse ages, its gums recede,

garage, they finally left. Incredibly, he was issued a court summons, which was withdrawn after I called the police chief to object. It is the only time I have ever mentioned my position as editor during a personal complaint.

We were outraged and have no doubt that my brother-in-law would have been face down in our driveway or worse had he stepped outside of that garage. And for what?

Watching the life ebb from George Floyd on TV brought these memories flooding back. I literally said that could have been me under that officer’s knee. And very few of my white friends can honestly say they had that feeling.

That speaks volumes. Over the years, I have had many discussions with white colleagues and friends about the police, and it’s clear that we live in different worlds.

They have run from police, driven off from traffic stops, and flung clipboards handed to them across highways without any repercussions.

I can’t imagine a black person getting away with that.

Maybe that’s because for many whites they know cops as fathers, brothers, cousins, friends and neighbors.

We, however, know them as a swagmaking the teeth look longer.

As I held my Economic Payment Card, I heard my mother telling me what not to do.

She’s been dead these 12 years but I am still governed at times by her guidance.

Coincidentally, as essayed two months ago, I was scheduled for gum surgery with Dr. Kim. It is now completed.

The procedures were costly. My Economic Impact Card is spoken for.

I am, in short, an aging horse, and if I had my choice it would be Seabiscuit: a plucky, unlikely-looking, top money-winning racehorse.

I recommend Laura Hillenbrand’s book, “Seabiscuit: An American Legend,” but not the film based on the book, or the 1949 Shirley Temple film “The Story of Seabiscuit.”

Watch it for actual footage of some of Seabiscuit’s races and skip the parts where Temple swoons over the jockey.

The debit cards, as an alternative to easily deposited checks, were a shrewd idea. The obstacles to activate them and the fact many will never be used partially or fully saves someone money.

Seven pounds, six ounces.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Inconvenience isn’t a tragedy Recently I read that Douglas County Commissioner Abe Laydon was appealing to the health department to reopen the pools because “it’s a tragedy that pools are empty.”

A tragedy is when more than 100,000 Americans have died in four months from complete mismanagement of a pandemic by the federal government. A tragedy is that our families, friends and neighbors continuing to be killed and discrimi-

nated against because of the color of their skin. A tragedy is the ongoing annual deaths of more than 40,000 people by guns due to lack of common-sense gun control.

I’d encourage our Douglas County commissioners and Mr. Laydon to get their priorities straight when it comes to what’s really important. A closed pool is an inconvenience, not a tragedy.

Carol Sorensen Lone Tree

gering, disrespectful, and threatening presence.

The history of the police and black people dates back to the slave catchers and overseers. A lot of police officers in our country come to the job generationally with stereotypes and disdain toward black people that has been handed down from the old days.

Whether they want to admit it or not, it is part of the DNA of the profession, and it really doesn’t matter what color the person is who wears the uniform. Those attitudes are ingrained in the culture.

So to fix the problem the culture has to be changed, which is no easy feat.

We have had black police chiefs, and that has not made much of a difference. To change the culture you have to send police officers who murder innocent civilians to prison, plain and simple.

Police officers who abuse their power have to be held accountable, just like in any other profession. A clerk miscounts the money, they get fired.

A journalist makes big mistakes, they get dismissed. You’re sitting in the car

when a companion robs a store, you go down, too.

The argument that we ask police to risk their lives and make split decisions is no excuse for them being wrong when making life-and-death decisions. They should have a higher standard to be right when using lethal force, not a lower one.

Reforming policing in America will require changing their culture, reinventing their training and unerring accountability.

I’m exhausted watching black men die at the hands of police. I hate seeing the fear in my daughters’ eyes from knowing I could die, begging for air, under the knee of a police officer.

I don’t hate cops. I fear them. But I’m about to turn 66 years old, and I’d like to exhale for a change.

Gregory L. Moore was the editor of The Denver Post from 2002 to 2016.

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Patrick Boland perseveres, helps others despite ‘suicide disease’

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or eight years, Patrick Boland, 16, has lived with a pain throughout his body that is so excruciating, it can feel as if he’s wrapped in barbed wire, doused in gasoline and set on fire.

He has had a headache for the past five years: It’s in his eyes, in his gums, everywhere.

He stopped attending school in person in the eighth grade and has had to relearn to walk four times when the constant, unimaginable pain — caused by a rare neurological condition — became too much.

But the Highlands Ranch teen never stays down for too long.

His passion for baseball gets him out of bed each morning. His treatment regimen propels him through each day. His mom, younger sister and several friends who understand his reality bolster his spirits.

And fierce independence and unwavering self-discipline form a bedrock of inner strength and have led him to want to create a community for others in his shoes.

Six years ago, Patrick, with his mother’s help, started the nonprofit Ferocious Fighters to connect those dealing with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome or CRPS. “CRPS is known as the suicide disease,” his mother Meg Boland said.

“Patrick was really in a bad place and didn’t want other people to feel as alone as he did.”

It has taken years of doctors’ appointments, experimental treatments and grit, but today, Patrick stands strong despite his physical suffering.

“I think I handle the pain really well at this point. But it took a really long time,” he said. “The pain doesn’t affect any functionality anymore — even if it’s as high as it can possibly be.”

The diagnosis Patrick was 8 when he jumped from a step in his front yard and twisted his left ankle. Four months later, he was still in excruciating pain. His ankle was cold to the touch. It turned purple.

“The doctors did an MRI and called me and said, ‘Everything is normal,’” Meg said. “And I said ‘Well, he hasn’t walked in four months.’ ...We went to the first physical therapy visit and within five minutes of being with Patrick, they said ‘This is CRPS.’” CRPS is a neurological condition that causes patients to experience constant nerve pain even after an injury has healed.

The illness is shrouded in mystery with very little known about its cause or how to treat it effectively, said Dr. Jeffery Kesten, one of Patrick’s physi-

Patrick Boland, 16, blends in with his fellow teammates despite his medical conditions. What makes him unique is his hard work, a coach for Mountain Vista baseball said.

Patrick Boland, 16, was diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome when he was 9 years old. A few years later, he started Ferocious Fighters, an international nonprofit organization benefitting other kids with CRPS. PHOTOS BY ELLIOTT WENZLER

Patrick Boland, 16, helps clean up the Mountain Vista High School baseball field during a practice in February. cians. Experts believe patients with CRPS likely have a genetic predisposi-

tion to the disease, but there is virtually always an inciting event, such as

a minor injury or surgery.

Sometimes, patients will experience swelling, color or temperature changes and nail or hair growth changes.

“He used to describe it as being wrapped in barbed wire, doused in gasoline and set on fire,” said Meg. One pain scale, called the McGill Pain Index, ranks CRPS higher than amputation of a finger without anesthesia and unprepared childbirth.

After his initial diagnosis in 2012, Patrick continued to receive more and more diagnoses for other conditions sometimes related to CRPS, including a lacking immune system, weakened cartilage and ligaments, frequent muscle cramps and other issues.

He has been in and out of a wheelchair as the nerve pain and other symptoms spread to the rest of his body, as it often does for CRPS patients.

About 200,000 people in the U.S. experience the condition every year, according to the National Organization for Rare Disorders.

While specialists can offer a variety of treatments, there is no cure.

The best CRPS patients can hope for is finding subtle relief, functioning through the pain or, if they’re one of the lucky ones, remission. Patrick has never entered remission, he said.

People with a CRPS diagnosis also commonly experience suicidal ideations, Kesten said. That’s why the illness has been dubbed “the suicide disease,” according to the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Sydrome Association, a nonprofit supporting people with CRPS, sometimes known as RSDS. “It must be a horrible place to be,” Kesten said. “I would be concerned if a patient did not have mental health support in a true chronic pain condition because I don’t have a clue how it would not get to you and those around you.”

Starting Ferocious Fighters Patrick, deemed a gifted student a few years before his initial injury, was 10 years old when he decided he wanted to help other kids with CRPS by sending them all care packages.

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But Meg explained that as a teacher at a Douglas County charter school, she couldn’t afford to send every kid with the disease a package.

“He said, ‘Well, how does Make-AWish do it?’ And I said well, they’re a nonprofit. He said ‘Well, let’s do that,” she remembers.

In 2014, Patrick registered Ferocious Fighters as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

Six years later, 1,253 kids in 19 countries are linked together through the organization. They range in age from newborns to 21-year-olds and live all over the world. Thirty kids are from Colorado, nearly all living along the Front Range. There are six in Douglas County.

That first year, the organization sent 70 care packages. In 2019, the number jumped to 350. So far, the organization has sent more than 1,000 packages total.

The packages include a blanket, a Ferocious Fighters T-shirt, a keychain, a hand-crocheted hat, a bumper sticker, a journal and rice hand warmers. All have flames on them to symbolize the burning pain that the kids experience.

They also include a hand-written, personalized letter from Patrick.

“I’m so sorry that you’re having such a great amount of sensitivity on your left leg,” he wrote in one letter.

“I know how hard that can be to deal with.”

Each letter ends with his sign-off: “Gentle Hugs, Patrick.”

There also are the quarterly encouragement letters and birthday cards. And every November, Ferocious Fighters organizes a virtual walk to encourage the kids to get moving, an important treatment for their disease.

The group also organizes dozens of support groups for kids and parents throughout the world.

In a note to Meg and Patrick, one mother expressed how much the package meant to her daughter.

“She will not be dancing at the dance or marching with the bands, she cannot keep up with friends and has missed out on several school trips and clubs,” read a note from Nina Nation, the mother of a 13-year-old in Nevada.

“But tonight, she got a package with her name on it, for her. She smiled. ... She opened the box and cherished everything inside piece by piece.”

Patrick has tried dozens of treatments throughout the years, including a host of prescription medications and experimental treatments. He’s been in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber; tried medical marijuana; taken ketamine pills; attempted painful “exposure therapy” sessions, which try to desensitize the patients’ nerves by vigorously rubbing them with a coarse blanket; seen chiropractors and massage therapists and more.

After eight years, Patrick has found a cocktail of supplements, medications and treatments that work for him. On top of his daily pills, he receives weekly immune boosters through an IV and, every three months, he undergoes an intense ketamine infusion used to treat chronic

The director of infusion at Alpine Health & Wellness begins an IV line for Patrick Boland as he prepares for a ketamine infusion. The treatment, which Patrick receives every three months, provides significant relief for his nerve pain but eventually wears off.

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pain conditions.

One morning in February, Patrick entered Kesten’s infusion clinic wearing a Mac Miller T-shirt, a beanie and sweatpants. At 6 feet 3 inches, he towered over his mother and the infusion director who is administering his treatment. As she prepared the medication, the infusion director asked what pain he was feeling on a scale from one to 10.

“It’s at an eight, but that’s only in my back and the rest of the body is a five,” Patrick said. “So really, really good.”

His baseline of pain on a daily basis is about a seven out of 10, he said.

It’s Patrick’s second day of the infusion therapy and, already, he’s reporting improved comfort. The treatment isn’t without side effects, however. He vomited the night before and on the way into the clinic. In the past, he’s experienced hallucinations, inability to eat, anxiety and memory loss from the treatment.

Every baseball day is a good day When asked about what parts of his day-to-day life bring him comfort and joy, Patrick has two answers: medication and baseball.

Patrick, who plays a variety of positions including first base and pitcher, wants to play in college with the longterm goal of being on a professional team.

Even though his education is online through Colorado Connections Academy, Patrick plays baseball for Mountain Vista High School in Highlands Ranch.

“Baseball keeps him alive,” his mom said. “This is his passion, this is what makes him want to get up in the morning.

To his coaches, Patrick is just another athlete, said Ron Quintana, Mountain Vista’s head coach. What

makes him stand out isn’t his constant battle with his health, but his deep discipline and fervent work ethic, he said.

“The other day we were working out and he didn’t have a ride to practice, ... so he ran from home,” Quintana said.

“When I ask him to do something, he will sprint to it.”

It may not look like it, but as Patrick trots around the baseball field during practice, helping wherever he can, he’s still in pain.

In February, before his most recent ketamine session, Patrick was experiencing the most intense pain he’s ever endured, he said.

But, he said, there’s a bright side.

“I’m at my worst right now. And I’m so happy to say that,” Patrick said before the treatment. “I’m still playing baseball, I’m being a normal teenager, I’m still hanging out with friends, suffering through school work, everything.”

Patrick Boland, 16, poses in his Mountain Vista baseball uniform before being required to turn it in. The school’s spring baseball season was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Aaron Carpenter, boys soccer coach at Rock Canyon High School in Highlands Ranch, had mixed feelings while filling time during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Colorado High School Activities Association issued a moratorium against in-person contact for coaches and players, plus all spring sports activities were canceled.

So Carpenter conducted private training sessions, made videos for his class and did some fishing and hiking.

“I was hanging in there, doing a couple private training sessions,” said Carpenter. “I just did one player or two at a time. I couldn’t train them on campus. I had to do it off campus and they couldn’t be my guys. The guys I’m training now are from Mountain Vista, our rivals, so I’m making them better.

“I’ve done all the online teaching.

I got pretty rehearsed on iMovie, making videos for my class each week. So that was interesting, trying to keep them engaged. The other part has been nice. I live in the (Colorado) Springs so I have quite a commute. It was nice to kind of hang out in the Springs. I love the trails and I fish a lot. I got a lot of fishing in during the spring.”

Carpenter doesn’t know yet what might be in store for school or fall sports events.

The CHSAA lifted its moratorium on June 1 with strict guidelines.

After June 1, decisions regarding athletics and activities through the summer months will be made at the local school level. The CHSAA suggested recommendations, which referred to national, state and health guidelines to assist with resuming activities and athletics while prioritizing safety standards and protocols.

“You are hearing the same stories we’re hearing as a teacher and coach,” continued Carpenter. “It’s pretty much each week we get updates and it’s a lot of unknown at this point. I think the board is getting together and trying to

formulate a better understanding of what they are going for by June 9. They are going to come up with several options, plan A, B, C and D. So we are just kind of waiting in the wings and hoping I don’t lose a season with the guys.

“I hope they all collaborate and go over the different ideas. Obviously liability is a big factor and safety is the biggest factor. A lot of forward thinking has to go into all this. It’s a challenge for everyone.”

Carpenter’s challenge is trying to forget the past and focus on what hopes will be an upcoming season.

“I’m still upset,” said Carpenter.

“I started four years ago with the class of 2020. They started with me and I was real close to those guys. I had 13 of them. We called them the Baker’s Dozen. They didn’t get their rite of passage to walk out of school and hug their coaches and teachers.

I normally take them out to dinner to celebrate. That was sad.

“But you have to have a positive attitude and I’m making videos for my returning players. They check in with me a few times a week.

It’s a good lesson for them about self-motivation and self-drive. I’m always motivated and it is sort of

a challenge and embrace it. How can we have an advantage over our rivals?”

Rock Canyon was 10-4-3 during the 2019 season.

“I’ve got another great group of guys that are hungry to make their mark,” said Carpenter. “We had a lot of young guys that moved up to varsity last year and they are going to be upperclassmen this year. I hope for their sake we can get the season in and always try to win the conference. Our conference was really strong last year, with three teams making the Sweet 16 including us.

“You have to be positive. I was even giving the guys challenges all spring. On Fridays, we would have competitions, and when they come back I said I would buy them lunch if they won a challenge.

“There was everything from juggling on video to making your family dinner. One week during a snow storm, who could build the biggest snowman. I put all that on social media. They had fun and followed it.

We had a good time with it. We like to keep things entertaining. I think I have about 10 lunches that I have to buy.”

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Lewis is worried that cutting funding to the IB program “threatens the continued existence of the IB program in the district,” he wrote in the petition.

“Not only would this deprive future students of IB’s incredible opportunities, but it would end the program prematurely for the students already participating,” Lewis’ petition reads.

The district is also faced with $7.9 million in mandatory expense increases, Doan said, or costs it will face regardless of available revenues.

More than half, or $4.3 million, is a loss of projected neighborhood perpupil count funding.

That means the pupil count for neighborhood schools is lower than the previous year and more funding is passing through the district to charter schools, as charters become a larger share of the district’s enrollment, she said.

Similarly, charter schools receive more of the district’s mill levy override dollars as they grow in enrollment. That will result in a $500,000 decrease to the district’s MLO share.

The district also expects a $1.5 million increase in special education .school-based staffing and a $1.6 million increase to its employer-share of PERA rate costs.

Revenue ideas offered To increase revenue, Doan presented suggestions ranging from increasing instructional fees, corporate sponsorships fees at athletic stadiums or facility rental fees. Increasing transportation fees, the daily fee for each ride, could raise the current cost of 50 cents to $1 or $1.50 a ride.

The school district does expect to receive federal relief dollars or already has from some programs, Doan said.

From the CARES Act, the Douglas County School District will receive $1.3 million that can only be used for COVID-19 response, and not to offset revenue shortfalls. The district has not received these funds yet.

DCSD has received $27 million from the Coronavirus Relief Fund, Doan said, but will not spend that money until guidelines for how it can be used are released.

The district also expects aid from the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund, part of the CARES Act, but does not know how much.

Tracie Rainey, executive director of the Colorado School Finance Project, cautioned directors to budget conservatively this year and warned the worst impacts from COVID-19 may not come immediately.

“The out years when we had the Great Recession and the impact on K-12 came in years two and three,” Rainey said. “As anticipated by the governor’s office and by Legislative Council, they are anticipating the out years two and three to be harder than the current one.”

The budget will almost certainly need to be amended throughout the year, she said.

President Ray said the task is tall when schools were already underfunded before the pandemic.

“The reality is that even before this economic crisis, we live in a state where voters approve laws for a highly constricted government that is unable to effectively fund essential services and cannot save for a rainy day,” Ray said. “This has resulted in the Douglas County School District being underfunded by nearly $600 million in just the last few years.”

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‘In This Together’ initiative helps build social closeness STAFF REPORT

The coronavirus pandemic has driven home the message that our physical and mental health are not separate.

To combat the loneliness, isolation and stress, and to get through the pandemic with healthier minds, Mental Health Colorado has started “In This Together” as a way for Coloradans to connect with people and just to chat, according to a news release.

Residents can sign up on Mental Health Colorado’s website, and they will receive a supportive call just for the therapeutic sake of old-fashioned conversation.

“As a society, we shouldn’t have settled on the term ‘social distancing,’

which is the exact opposite of what’s best for our mental health right now,” Mental Health Colorado President and CEO Vincent Atchity said in the news release. “What we need is social closeness, solidarity, and support. In This Together is a way to create a little bit of social contact, all over the state, with a friendly phone call.”

In This Together is for everyone, including older adults living alone, people who just recovered from a surgery, young people living in remote parts of the state, and new parents trying to put workable routines in place.

When people listen to and support each other, they feel and do better managing their way through challenges and have a better feeling for what

it means to be strong and united as a community, the release says.

The shame of talking about mental health has taken a notable shift during this pandemic. It is not as uncommon now to ask a coworker or neighbor about their mental health or to videochat just to admit that one is feeling lonely or anxious.

This is one positive outcome of the pandemic, the release says.

Atchity hopes these behaviors will continue long after the threat of the virus is gone.

“People don’t have to go through this, or any, hard time alone,” Atchity said in the news release. “We need to be increasingly understanding and compassionate with ourselves and others when it comes to our mental

health. Creating healthier minds is a cultural shift and an ongoing work in progress. And everybody can do it.”

The purpose of In This Together is to provide social connectedness by phone, not to provide mental health services.

Those who are more seriously concerned about their mental health should call the Colorado Crisis Services at 1-844-493-8255 or text “TALK” to 38255.

Anxiety is higher than usual worldwide due to the economic and health impacts of COVID-19, the release said.

Many are predicting that the curve of infections will precede a curve of mental health needs.

To sign up, visit mentalhealthcolorado.org/in-this-together.

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Englewood NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2020-0061 To Whom It May Concern: On 3/9/2020 10:10:00 AM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: LAUREL L ABBOTT Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR UNITED WHOLESALE MORTGAGE Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/11/2017 Recording Date of DOT: 10/11/2017 Reception No. of DOT: 2017069242 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $230,743.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $223,118.35

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 8, 2020, at the Public Trustee’s office, 402 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 5/14/2020 Last Publication: 6/11/2020 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 3/9/2020 CHRISTINE DUFFY DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

ANNA JOHNSTON Colorado Registration #: 51978 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 350-3711 Fax #: Attorney File #: 00000008763377

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: UNIT 205, CONDOMINIUM BUILDING 6, CANYON CREEK CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP FOR CANYON CREEK CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED ON DECEMBER 15, 2005, AT RECEPTION NO. 2005120596, IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, COLORADO, AND AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF CANYON CREEK CONDOMINIUMS, RECORDED ON FEBRUARY 25, 2005, AT RECEPTION NO. 2005016274 IN SAID RECORDS, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 15540 Canyon Gulch Lane Unit 205, Englewood, CO 80112 NOTICE OF SALE

Legal Notice No.: 2020-0061 First Publication: 5/14/2020 Last Publication: 6/11/2020 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Bids and Settlements Public Notice INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) #019-20 BAYOU GULCH REGIONAL PARK SITE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT The Division of Parks, Trails and Building Grounds of Douglas County, Colorado, hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests bids from responsible and qualified contractors to perform site improvements at Bayou Gulch Regional Park.

The site improvements will include modifications to existing chain link fencing, new wood fence, concrete flatwork and edging, landscaping, and irrigation. Bayou Gulch Regional Park is located at 4815 Fox Sparrow Road, Parker, Colorado 80134.

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PLEASE BRING A MASK/FACE (NOSE & MOUTH) COVERING AND A BUSINESS CARD. SIGN-IN SHEETS WILL NOT BE PASSED AROUND, CARDS WILL BE DROPPED INTO AN ENVELOPE. ON THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2020 @ 9:00 A.M., THERE WILL BE A MANDATORY SITE VISIT RELATED TO THIS PROJECT. THE MANDATORY SITE VISIT WILL ALLOW ALL POTENTIAL BIDDERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW THE WORK SITE LOCATION AND DISCUSS THE PROJECT DETAILS. THE MANDATORY SITE VISIT WILL BEGIN AT THE PICNIC SHELTER, ADJACENT TO THE PLAYGROUND, AT BAYOU GULCH REGIONAL PARK, 4815 FOX SPARROW ROAD, PARKER, COLORADO 80134. ONLY THOSE PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS ATTENDING THE MANDATORY SITE VISIT WILL BE ALLOWED TO SUBMIT A BID ON THIS PROJECT. The IFB documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com.

IFB documents are not available for purchase from Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the above-mentioned website.

While the IFB documents are available electronically, Douglas County cannot accept electronic bid responses.

Three (3) copies of your bid response shall be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked “IFB No. 019-20, Bayou Gulch Regional Park Site Improvements Project” and mailed or hand-carried to the address shown below prior to the due date and time. Electronic and/or faxed bid responses will not be accepted. Bids will be received until 11:00am, on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 by the Douglas County Finance Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Bids will not be considered which are received after the time stated, and any bids so received will be returned unopened.

Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a said bid and furthermore, to award a contract for items herein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the County to do so.

Additionally, we reserve the right to negotiate optional items/services with the successful bidder.

Please direct any questions concerning this IFB to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Supervisor, 303-6607434, criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Legal Notice No.: 937511 First Publication: June 4, 2020 Last Publication: June 4, 2020 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Misc. Private Legals Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to:

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

OCCUPANT - RONALD W ROUNCE AKA RONALD WILLIAM ROUNCE & PAUL WISE AKA PAUL E WISE AKA PAUL EDWARD WISE - ROBERT DINSMORE - EQUITY TRUST CO FBO ROSS J HEGSTROM IRA - RUTH M AND DOUGLAS H PENNINGTON - MARGIE CLEMMER -COLORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO - LEE E STUBBLEFIELD AKA LEE EUGENE STUBBLEFIELD JR PRESIDENT COLORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO - KENNETH J WEILER SECRETARY COLORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO - ROMAN S KUNCIW RONALD W ROUNCE AKA RONALD WILLIAM ROUNCE - CHARLOTTE BLAIR KUNCIW AKA CATHERINE BLAIR - OLYMPIA LOPEZ AKA OLYMPIA S LOPEZ AKA OLYMPIA G LOPEZ DEMETRIOS M SPANOLIOS AKA DEMETRIOS MARCUS SPANOLIOS - PAUL WISE AKA PAUL E WISE AKA PAUL EDWARD WISE - ALLEN HEDRICK AKA AL HEDRICK - THEODORE D PENNINGTON C/O RUTH M PENNINGTON

To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to:

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 15th day of November 2007 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to ALLEN HEDRICK the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit:

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 3rd day of November 2016 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to MARK ZIRINSKY the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit:

LOT 6 BLK 5 MERIBEL VILLAGE # 1 0.503 AM/L 0.508 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to ALLEN HEDRICK. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2006. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of RONALD W ROUNCE & PAUL WISE for said year 2006 That on the 6th day of December 2019 said ALLEN HEDRICK assigned said certificate of purchase to ROBERT DINSMORE.

That said ROBERT DINSMORE on the 6th day of December 2019 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 10th day of September 2020 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 21st day of May 2020 /s/ David Gill Douglas County Treasurer

OCCUPANT - ROBERT D ANDERSON & ALICE D ANDERSON AKA ALICE DOLORES ANDERSON AKA ALICE DAVENPORT ANDERSON AKA ALICE DEANN ANDERSON AKA ALICE DEVEREAUX ANDERSON - MARK ZIRINSKY - VOYAGER PACIFIC OPPORTUNITY FUND II, LLC - ANDERSON LIVING TRUST AKA ROBERT D ANDERSON & ALICE D ANDERSON AKA ALICE DOLORES ANDERSON AKA ALICE DAVENPORT ANDERSON AKA ALICE DEANN ANDERSON AKA ALICE DEVEREAUX ANDERSON - WILLIAM C CALDIS - FRHL LLC AND UMB BANK CO NA

LOT 1 BLK 2 PERRY PARK 7 0.931 AM/L

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to MARK ZIRINSKY. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2015. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of ROBERT D ANDERSON & ALICE D ANDERSON for said year 2015

That said MARK ZIRINSKY on the 12th day of November 2019 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 10th day of September 2020 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 21st day of May 2020 /s/ David Gill County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No.: 937470 First Publication: May 21, 2020 Last Publication: June 4, 2020 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Legal Notice No.: 937471 First Publication: May 21, 2020 Last Publication: June 4, 2020

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BASIC SYSTEM: $99 Installation. 36-Month Monitoring Agreement required at $27.99 per month ($1,007.64). 24-Month Monitoring Agreement required at $27.99 per month ($671.76) for California. Offer applies to homeowners only. Basic system requires landline phone. Offer valid for new ADT Authorized Premier Provider customers only and not on purchases from ADT LLC. Cannot be combined with any other offer. The $27.99 Offer does not include Quality Service Plan (QSP), ADT’s Extended Limited Warranty. ADT Pulse: ADT Pulse Interactive Solutions Services (“ADT Pulse”), which help you manage your home environment and family lifestyle, require the purchase and/or activation of an ADT alarm system with monitored burglary service and a compatible computer, cell phone or PDA with Internet and email access. These ADT Pulse services do not cover the operation or maintenance of any household equipment/systems that are connected to the ADT Pulse equipment. All ADT Pulse services are not available with the various levels of ADT Pulse. All ADT Pulse services may not be available in all geographic areas. You may be required to pay additional charges to purchase equipment required to utilize the ADT Pulse features you desire. ADT PULSE + VIDEO: ADT Pulse + Video installation is an additional $299. 36-month monitoring contract required from ADT Pulse + Video: $59.99 per month, ($2,159.64), including Quality Service Plan (QSP). Doorbell camera may not be available in all areas. GENERAL: For all offers, the form of payment must be by credit card or electronic charge to your checking or savings account, satisfactory credit history is required and termination fee applies. Certain packages require approved landline phone. Local permit fees may be required. Certain restrictions may apply. Additional monitoring fees required for some services. For example, Burglary, Fire, Carbon Monoxide and Emergency Alert monitoring requires purchase and/or activation of an ADT security system with monitored Burglary, Fire, Carbon Monoxide and Emergency Alert devices and are an additional charge. Additional equipment may be purchased for an additional charge. Additional charges may apply in areas that require guard response service for municipal alarm verification. Prices subject to change. Prices may vary by market.

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