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Lone Tree Arts Center to reopen soon First concert since shutdown set for July 24

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The assistant principal grew so distraught about managing the matter internally that she believed she was experiencing secondary trauma, according to interviews and statements from school staff cited in the incident reports.

The reports do not say that any adults were involved in sexual contact with children at the school.

School district employees named in the investigative reports did not respond to several requests for comment.

A Douglas County School District spokesperson provided a statement regarding the investigation on June 26 and asked Colorado Community Media to stop trying to contact the school employees directly about the matter.

As the Lone Tree Arts Center nears the traditional start of its fall programming, Director Lisa Rigsby Peterson finally has the answer to the question on her mind since March 15: What is to become of the center’s 202021 season?

“We are planning for our 20-21 season because if we don’t have a plan, we’re not going to be able to move forward,” Peterson said.

The Lone Tree Arts Center will reopen its doors and begin hosting live performances once again, with the first in-person concert since March scheduled for July 24 as of press time.

The State of Colorado approved a Douglas County variance request June 26, allowing theaters to reopen and permitting indoor and outdoor events under certain guidelines.

The Lone Tree Arts Center will host a Tunes on the Terrace concert by the Mary Louise Lee Band July 24-25, its first live performances since the start of statewide shutdown orders. Tickets went on sale July 8. (Lee is the wife of Denver Mayor Michael Hancock.)

The arts center will host concerts through early September, including Hazel Miller and the Collective Aug. 14-15 and Soul-X Aug. 28.

“Our goal is to unite those audiences and performers in the magic that

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‘I don’t feel safe’: A school’s nightmare How educators responded to alleged sexual contact by first-graders

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A principal has left the Douglas County School District for another job in education, months after his school became embroiled in a “failure to report” investigation into alleged “sexual contact” by first-grade children at the school.

Witness accounts detailed in Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office incident reports obtained by Colorado Community Media from officials alleged that young students at Sand Creek Elementary School in Highlands

Ranch persuaded and pressured other young students into inappropriate touching and exposing private body parts. Children involved in the alleged incidents were as young as age 6, the reports said.

The incidents are believed to have begun in October and continued into February before school staff became aware, according to the incident reports.

The case exposed confusion regarding mandatory reporting among school employees, particularly at the administrative level. The school’s assistant principal alleged she repeatedly asked her principal if they should involve law enforcement, while the principal maintained they could handle the situation administratively and directed her to oversee the school’s response, according to the incident reports.

MILLIONS IN SCHOOL CUTS But district officials are trying to steer reductions away from classrooms

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Teal defeats Dorris in testy GOP race for DougCo commissioner Republican to face Democrat Neal-Graves in November election

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Douglas County Republican voters chose George Teal over Clint Dorris as the party’s candidate for the District 2 county commission seat in a race that saw accusations hurled back and forth by the candidates’ backers.

Unofficial results as of July 1 seat in the primary election that ended

June 30 showed Teal with 53.6% of the vote and Dorris with 46.5%.

Teal, a Castle Rock town council member, will go up against Democrat Lisa NealGraves in the November general election. The three will compete for the District 2 commissioner seat, currently Teal held by Roger Partridge.

In unofficial primary results July 1, Republicans Teal and Dorris drew a combined 45,403 votes while Democrat Neal-Graves, who was unopposed, garnered 41,351 votes.

Dorris, who received about two-

thirds of the vote in the March 28 online Republican Party assembly, had been endorsed by Partridge.

District 2 encompasses southern and western Douglas County, including Castle Rock, Castle Pines, Larkspur, Perry Park and Roxborough.

While commissioners on the three-member board represent different geographic areas, they are elected at-large, meaning registered voters from the entire county were eligible to vote in the District 2 race.

It was the only contested primary election for Douglas County commissioner. In District 3, Democrat Darien Wilson and Republican Lora Thomas ran unopposed and will face off in the November.

Teal, a software project manager and IT business consultant, has served on the Castle Rock town council since 2014. In his campaign for commissioner, he supported adopting a local version of the Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR) and establishing Douglas County as a 2nd Amendment “sanctuary county” for gun rights.

Dorris, meanwhile, supported creating a 50-year water plan and eliminating any statute that “provides an unelected official or employee to override the decisions of elected officials,” he said in responses to a Colorado Community Media questionnaire.

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Turnout highest ever for non-presidential primary in Colorado COLORADO POLITICS

Secretary of State Jena Griswold deemed the June 30 election turnout the largest for a non-presidential primary in Colorado’s history, with 1,586,290 people casting ballots as of the July 3 tally, representing 45% of active voters.

“A total of 99.3% of voters cast a mail ballot, and there were not lengthy lines or wait times reported at in-person voting centers,” Griswold said. “Despite mis-

leading attacks, disinformation, and attempts to make vote-by-mail a partisan issue, Colorado’s election proves that mail ballots are the key to accessible voting during this health crisis.”

Her allusion was likely to comments President Donald Trump has made in recent months alleging that mail ballots lead to “rigged” elections. As recently as June 28, Trump tweeted, “Mail-In Voting, on the other hand, will lead to the most corrupt Election is USA history.”

He referenced 19% of mail ballots being rejected in a recent election in Paterson, N.J., in which two local officials were charged with fraud. However, NPR reported that in this election, the first to be entirely by mail in New Jersey, not all rejected ballots were likely fraudulent.

In Colorado, more than 918,000 ballots were cast in the Democratic Party’s primary, compared to 565,800 in the Republican Party’s, as of election night tallies.

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Turnout in the 2018 primary election, when all statewide executive offices were on the ballot, was just under 1.2 million. The presidential primary, which Colorado reinstated for the first time in decades this March, saw 1.8 million total ballots.

George Stern, the Jefferson County Clerk and Record, applauded his jurisdiction’s 48% turnout rate with no wait times for in-person voters on Election Day. He attributed the smooth

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This story is from Colorado Politics, a statewide political and public policy news journal. Used by permission.

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Colorado Book Award winners announced Authors give readings in event staged on Facebook Live STAFF REPORT

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administration to the fact that only 0.5% of voters cast ballots in person.

“High turnout, no lines, fast processing, great security, and now we’ve confirmed — pandemic proof,” he wrote in an email.

“Colorado has the answer to elections.”

Colorado Book Award winning authors read from their works at a Facebook Live celebration event that was watched by more than 1,000 viewers on May 30.

Special guests were Colorado Humanities and Center for the Book Board Chair Thor Nelson, a partner at Holland & Hart LLP; and Larry Ryckman, managing partner of The Colorado Sun. Sponsored by Outskirts Press and The Colorado Sun, the Colorado Book Awards recognize contributions by Colorado authors, editors and illustrators in 16 categories.

Learn more at coloradohumanities. org, or call 303-894-7951.

This year’s winners are: Anthology/Collection — “Rise: An Anthology of Change,” edited by Northern Colorado Writers (Northern Colorado Writers, LLC) Children’s Literature — “Truman” by Jean Reidy, illustrated by Lucy Ruth Cummins (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Simon & Schuster) Creative Nonfiction — “Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country” by Pam Houston (W.W. Norton & Company) General Fiction — “The Gifted

School” by Bruce Holsinger (Riverhead Books/Penguin Random House) General Nonfiction — “Taste the Sweetness Later: Two Muslim Women in America” by Connie Shoemaker (Amity Bridge Books) History — “Scholars of Mayhem: My Father’s Secret War in Nazi-Occupied France” by Daniel C. Guiet and Timothy K. Smith (Penguin Press) Juvenile Literature — “Tree of Dreams” by Laura Resau (Scholastic Press) Literary Fiction — “Burn Fortune” by Brandi Homan (CLASH Books) Mystery — “Celtic Empire” by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler (G.P. Putnam’s Sons) Pictorial — “Bird Parade” by Patrick Loehr (Centipede Press) Poetry — “How To Dress a Fish” by Abigail Chabitnoy (Wesleyan University Press) Romance — “Zapata, Book 1: The Border Series” by Harper McDavid (Soul Mate Publishing) Science Fiction/Fantasy — “An Illusion of Thieves” by Cate Glass (Tor Books) Short Story Collection — “Not a Thing to Comfort You” by Emily Wortman-Wunder (University of Iowa Press) Thriller — “The Dead Girl in 2A” by Carter Wilson (Sourcebooks) Young Adult Literature — “There’s Something About Sweetie” by Sandhya Menon (Simon Pulse, Simon & Schuster Children’s Division)

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Big win for Padden in Democratic race for 18th District DA She’ll face unopposed Republican Kellner in race to succeed George Brauchler

Padden has worked as an attorney for 25 years, starting her career in private practice before serving as a prosecutor at the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and within the 5th Judicial District.

She’s promised to be tough on hate crime, focus on immigrant communities in the 18th, reduce over-incarBY JESSICA GIBBS ceration and bring about police and JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM prosecution reform. She has said her experience with criminal justice Democrat Amy Padden will face reform set her apart from other off against Republican John Kellcandidates. ner in the November election for Leading up to the primary, Padden 18th Judicial District touted her work building a judicial attorney after Padden district adult diversion program glided to a win in the “from the ground up” and said she party primary that aims to expand the 18th Judicial ended June 30.

In unofficial results District’s adult diversion program. the morning of July She called racial inequalities the 1, Padden led Demomost pressing issue facing the 18th cratic opponent Matt Padden Judicial District.

Maillaro by nearly 2.5Padden snagged endorsements to-1 margin, 71.2% to 28.8% Padden from elected officials including U.S. enjoyed a wide lead in all four counSen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont; ties of the judicial district: ArapaU.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Colorado; hoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln.

Colorado state Sens. Julie Gonzales Padden deand Jeff Bridgclared victory es; and Denver and released School Board a statement Director Tay shortly after 9:30 Anderson. p.m. on June 30.

Maillaro, the “I am honored assistant disand humbled trict attorney in that the people the 18th District, of the 18th Juhas worked as a prosecutor for dicial District 22 years. supported my Endorsed vision for a more by state Sen. just district atRhonda Fields, torney’s office,” former Gov. Bill Padden said. “It Ritter and Arapis important that ahoe County we have a true Sheriff Tyler progressive to Brown, among reform the office others, Maillaro from the regreshad promised a sive state George focus on comBrauchler has munity engageput it in, and I ment if elected. am thrilled that He built a platthe voters of the form on bolsterfour counties of ing resources the 18th Judicial for crime vicDistrict decided Amy Padden, tims, expanding I am the right woman for that in her victory statement diversion and restorative jusjob.” tice programs Padden was and hiring a not immedimore diverse ately available team within the district. for comment. Maillaro provided a Maillaro said he believed addresswritten statement congratulating ing the juvenile justice system and Padden. steering children toward diversion “We ran an important issueprograms was one of the most imfocused campaign. I’m proud of portant issues facing the district. my team’s effort, and I believe we Padden will now prepare to square elevated the discourse surroundoff with Kellner in the November ing much-needed criminal justice general election. reform,” he said.

Kellner served active duty in the Combined, the two Democrats Marine Corps before forging a fullgarnered 138,708 votes, while unoptime career in law as a prosecutor. posed Republican Kellner drew In 2012, Brauchler tapped Kellner 93,595 votes in results early July 1. to help start a cold case unit in Padden, an Aurora resident, has the 18 th Judicial District. Today he vowed to bring change to the 18th supervises prosecution in DougJudicial District, casting both Maillas, Elbert and Lincoln counties laro and Kellner as establishment and remains in the Marine Corps candidates because of their current Reserves. leadership roles within the 18th.

‘It is important that we have a true progressive to reform the office from the regressive state George Brauchler has put it in, and I am thrilled that the voters of the four counties of the 18th Judicial District decided I am the right woman for that job.’

Two FREE electronic recycling events Douglas County residents are invited to recycle unwanted electronics for FREE on July 15 from 9 a.m.

3 p.m. at the Douglas County Fairgrounds in Castle Rock, and in Parker Aug. 8, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. at EchoPark Stadium. Stay in your vehicle and staff will unload. No paper shredding services will be available. For more information visit douglas.co.us/community-recyclingevent

Drive-thru Strive to Thrive Resource Fair The Strive to Thrive Resource Fair will be held July 28 from 3-6 p.m. at Southeast Christian Church, 9650 Jordan Rd. in Parker. Due to COVID-19 safety measures, this will be a “drive-thru” event. Douglas County families may register for school supplies by July 13 at https://bit. ly/2YMarwU. For more information visit douglas.co.us and search for Community of Care.

Unclaimed funds posted on County’s website Unclaimed funds could be checks which have not been cashed, property tax overpayments or overages on foreclosed property. Visit douglas.co.us and search for Unclaimed Funds for more information.

It’s wildfire season It only takes one spark to change your life forever. Thankfully, it takes only seconds to sign up for free emergency notifications at douglas.co.us/CodeRed ensuring that you will be in the know if a wildfire is happening near you.

What’s happening with your County government?

Our commitment to open and transparent government includes online posting of information about public meetings at which the business of government is conducted.

To view various public meeting agendas and to participate in-person or remotely visit douglas.co.us and search for Meetings and Agendas.

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With people spending more time at home, gardening has become a popular activity. Douglas County Master Gardeners are working and happy to answer your yard and garden questions. Contact them at dcmgardenr@ gmail.com or learn more at douglas.extension. colostate.edu/master-gardener/

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The district statement said staff members are required to abide by mandatory reporting laws as part of district policy.

“Any report involving the wellbeing and safety of our students is taken seriously. Staff members who do not follow policy will be disciplined as needed, up to and including termination. Additional training may be required for staff members returning to work. In this instance, we proceeded in compliance with our policies,” the statement said.

The Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office opened and closed two investigations into the matter. The investigating detective did not recommend any criminal charges.

The first probe looked at what the reports describe as possible “sexual assault” and “unlawful sexual contact” among first-grade students at Sand Creek. The second investigation examined whether staff and administration broke the state’s mandatory reporting law, which is a criminal offense and class 3 misdemeanor.

That law requires school officials and employees, among others responsible for children, to immediately report to authorities any suspected child abuse or neglect.

School district policies say that employees “shall not contact the child’s family or any other persons to determine the cause of the suspected abuse or neglect.” Those policies also say that “it is not the responsibility of the school official or employee to prove that the child has been abused or neglected.”

The district provides mandatoryreporting training for employees and requires reporting when sexual abuse is suspected or alleged among minors.

Six Sand Creek administrators and staff members were placed on administrative leave during the investigation, according to the incident reports.

They were Principal Casey Whitehurst, Assistant Principal Melissa Reister, first-grade teachers Joanie Smith and Misty Durante, school psychologist Arrah Hall and instructional assistant Wendy Schriener, according to the incident reports.

‘Alarmingly’ young The sheriff ’s office reports show that about three days passed from the time school staff learned of potential misconduct at the school and when administrators reported the incidents.

In that time, administrators launched an internal investigation without the help of police or human services until lower-level staff urged them to alert authorities.

The principal allegedly advised his assistant principal against reporting the situation repeatedly, believing the school could handle the children’s behavior administratively, according to interviews and statements in the incident reports.

Assistant Principal Reister alleged in a statement reviewed by investigators that Principal Whitehurst had stated similar cases were handled internally at his previous school, Cimarron Middle School in Parker, where, according to the Sand Creek website, he served as assistant principal for four years.

The principal’s name, image and biography were removed from Sand Creek’s website in June.

Staff members told investigators

Sand Creek Elementary School in Highlands Ranch. they did not report the incidents because they did not think they knew enough about what happened, or once they did, they assumed administrators already made a report, according to the investigating detective’s reports.

The alleged incidents largely took place in school bathrooms, but also on the playground, according to interviews conducted by Reister with students and parents.

Children under the age of 10 are too young to face criminal charges, according to the incident reports.

Included in the reports was an email from Sand Creek School Resource Officer Vance Fleet to a DCSO sergeant in which he remarked that the children involved were “alarmingly” young.

“There seems to be one (redacted)year-old (redacted) student driving this behavior. (Redacted) came from (redacted) and it sounds like there were similar incidents that occurred there that were never disclosed to the school after (redacted) transferred,” Fleet wrote.

The sheriff ’s office did not conduct a criminal investigation into the children’s behavior because of their ages and instead assisted with a Douglas County Department of Human Services investigation, according to the incident reports.

Principal not interviewed The detective leading the “failure to report” investigation, Detective Kristen Tinsley, did not interview the principal or assistant principal before closing the case, she wrote.

An attorney for Reister, the assistant principal, would not permit her to speak with law enforcement, according to Tinsley’s report. But investigators said they did obtain a 15-page statement Reister authored, detailing how the school responded day-by-day after learning of the incidents.

Principal Whitehurst did not return the detective’s calls and the case was closed without his participation, Tinsley wrote.

A spokeswoman for the sheriff ’s office said Tinsley consulted with the district attorney’s office and Tinsley’s supervisors, ultimately deciding

against filing criminal charges “since she could not prove that the principal had any information that he neglected to report.”

The sheriff ’s spokeswoman said Whitehurst was not required to respond to Tinsley’s attempts to contact him.

Tinsley said in the incident report that Whitehurst’s handling of the matter was the most difficult to scrutinize under the mandatory reporting law, which states mandatory reporters can face criminal charges if they “willfully” fail to comply with the statute.

“This investigation resulted in a gray area when it came to the decision to charge Casey (Whitehurst).

I cannot ethically charge someone when I am not able to completely articulate the appropriateness of the charge,” Tinsley wrote.

She also said the children’s alleged behavior at school was “either consensual or non-criminal.” This meant that the statute defining abuse and neglect would not have been violated by any failure to report the situation because the children’s behavior was not “unlawful sexual behavior,” she wrote.

Tinsley concluded her investigation, saying she was uncertain whether Whitehurst’s belief that the school did not need to report the incidents met the standard of willfully failing to report suspected abuse or neglect.

“Without being able to speak to Casey (Whitehurst), I cannot articulate if he told (Reister) that the incident didn’t need to be reported because he mistakenly believed the kids’ young age made a difference in the need to report, or if he willfully violated the statute,” Tinsley wrote.

She did not recommend charging the assistant principal because of the pressure Reister felt from Whitehurst’s instructions, the detective wrote.

Tinsley did not recommend charges against other school staff members because they thought school administrators reported the situation, according to Tinsley’s report.

A public-records request to the school district for the administrators’ and staff members’ employment sta-

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tus showed Whitehurst submitted his resignation notice on March 30 with a departure date of June 30. Whitehurst did not state his reason for resigning in the email beyond seeking other opportunities. He remained on leave through June, according to the district.

Whitehurst in March was named the principal of a middle school in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, according to a report in the Wisconsin Dells Events newspaper. A native of nearby Reedsburg, according to the paper, Whitehurst was slated to start work with the Wisconsin Dells School District in July and to take the helm at Wisconsin Dells Middle School in September.

Reister, Smith, Durante, Hall and Schriener were back on active status as of June, according to the district.

‘Bigger than we thought’ According to interviews Tinsley conducted with the first-grade teachers, and emails included in the incident report, the school was first tipped off to the alleged incidents around noon on Feb. 17. A parent emailed Smith, the first-grade teacher, stating a student was asked to perform a sexual act at school.

Smith forwarded the complaint to the school administration, according to emails included in the incident reports. Whitehurst responded shortly before 8 p.m. on Feb. 17, saying “we will definitely look into the situation tomorrow.”

Durante, another first-grade teacher, said she helped Smith forward the parent’s email to administration at the school on Feb. 18, according to the incident report. She did not know details of the situation, she said in a March 6 interview with Tinsley, only that two students were suspended and no longer allowed to use the restroom alone.

Smith told law enforcement she knew the email was serious but she did not believe the physical act described in the parent’s email took place, Tinsley wrote.

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internally investigating the allegations on Feb. 18 in order to compile an incident report and disciplinary plan, Reister’s statement said.

Reister’s 15-page account obtained by investigators said she felt uncomfortable doing this because of the students’ ages, but followed her superior’s instructions.

Between 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 18, Reister conducted several student interviews during which children informed her they had been asked to show private body parts and had engaged in inappropriate touching, according to her statement.

Some students reported that they complied with requests while others did not, according to Reister’s statement.

Reister was told that incidents occurred as far back as October and the most recent incident occurred roughly one week earlier, according to her statement.

Reister did not yet report her findings to law enforcement or child protective services, she said. At 10:35 a.m. on the 18th, according to her statement, she was leaving for a doctor’s appointment and ran into Whitehurst on her way out.

“I pulled him aside for a moment and told him this was bigger than we thought and shared my concerns.

I also informed him that there was touching, and I was getting uncomfortable interviewing or speaking with the students,” Reister’s statement said.

In a 1 p.m. meeting that day, Reister’s statement said, the principal instructed her to classify her incident report as “sexual misconduct,” which her statement said was a classification that did not require involving law enforcement. The principal did not believe they needed to contact authorities, she said.

“He said this is his warning and that if it occurs again, we will contact the police and go that route as (redacted) now knows better,” Reister’s statement said.

‘Broken hearted’ The afternoon of Feb. 18, Reister said she resumed interviewing students and identified two students she believed to be instigating the behavior among classmates, her statement said. By 3:45 p.m. that day, two students were placed initially on a one-day suspension.

Smith, the first-grade teacher, told investigators that Reister pulled students from class and eventually held a couple children in the office the remainder of the day, according to Tinsley’s report.

Smith “assumed that Casey and Melissa,” the principal and assistant principal, reported the incident because they were speaking to children, the incident report said. She never asked them if they made a report and did not think to report it herself because “she didn’t have all of the details,” the incident report said.

“She and Misty (Durante) were broken hearted to learn that four students had been involved and that not one of them came to a trusted adult to tell them what was going on,” the incident report said.

At the time of her March 2 interview with Tinsley, Smith said she still did not have the full story, Tinsley wrote.

The detective wrote in her reports that, “During our conversation, I told Joanie (Smith) that the incident was

reported to authorities on Thursday ians of a suspended student before (2/20/2020). Joanie immediately readmitting the student to school. started crying and said, ‘Thursday?’”

One of the students was kept in the the incident report said. principals’ offices the remainder of Hall, the school psychologist, said the day and the other was taken back the principal had asked her the afterto class in the first grade, according noon of Feb. 18 to give the first grade to her statement. Each was given a a presentation after students were bathroom safety plan, Reister’s statecaught “misbehaving in the bathment said. room,” according to her interview After those meetings, Reister said with Tinsley. she spoke with an individual about Whitehurst did not give Hall similar incidents that allegedly took specific directions or context for the place during an off-campus playpresentation, she said, so she spoke to date, her statement said. Reister told the class on Feb. 19 about “telling vs. the person they should report the tattling” and appropriate behaviors, incidents because they happened at according to the incident report. home and provided them information Included in the incident report was for School Resource Officer Fleet and an email that Hall wrote for parents Child Protective Services, her stateabout the presentation, which was ment said. sent and signed by Smith.

“At this moment, I began to realize “Some of our students have been Casey (Whitehurst) has been giving struggling with appropriate social me the wrong advice and I need to choices throughout the unstructured report this even without his (Whiteparts of our day hurst’s) permisand we feel that sion,” Reister, it has opened an referring to the opportunity for alleged at-school us to do some inincidents, wrote struction around in her statement. social behaviors She then spoke at school,” the with school email said. social worker Hall told Keri Morton, investigators she who pushed her was not provided to report the with full details matter, Reister’s of the incidents statement said. involving chil“(Morton) dren until Feb. helped me to 24. immediately call Reister re(School Returned to school source) Officer on Feb. 19 and beFleet to report gan investigating and then call another incident CPS to provide in the first grade them with the that later proved report as well. related to the Prior to Officer previous day’s Fleet leaving he interviews. reminded me of Melissa Reister, immediate reIn the course of these interassistant principal of Sand Creek porting, mandaviews, Reister reporting, Elementary School, telling in a tory again learned etc.,” Reister’s statement of a conversation with statement said. students were being asked by a Fleet instructPrincipal Casey Whitehurst peer to show one ed Reister “not another private to do anything body parts. One again or any inreported being terviews moving asked to show private body parts a forward,” her statement said. few times since Thanksgiving, her Tinsley interviewed Morton as a statement said. witness and not a suspect, the inci“I don’t feel safe with (redacted) dent report said. because (redacted) just keeps wanting Morton received a text from Reister me to do it and I won’t. I’m afraid (reon Feb. 19 asking about resources dacted) won’t play with me or be my for students “regarding some sort of friend. ... I’m uncomfortable because exposure,” she told Tinsley. Morton I’m thinking about it,” a student said, said she “trusted she was talking according to Reister’s statement. to a mandated reporter” -- Reister Reister said she conducted more -- “so she assumed everything was student interviews and later aphandled,” according to the incident proached Whitehurst, telling him reports. “this seems like it is steamrolling and Morton asked Whitehurst on Feb. getting bigger with (redacted) at the 20 to explain what was happening in center of my concerns,” according to the school, Morton told the detective, her statement. according to the incident report.

Reister asked to extend that child’s Morton said Whitehurst told her suspension, her statement said, and the school did not need to report the she told Whitehurst she felt uncomincidents because the incidents hapfortable allowing the student back pened in November, according to the into school and that student victims incident report. Morton did not say appeared traumatized, according to anything to him because he was her her statement. boss, Tinsley wrote, but she believed Whitehurst said they could not he was wrong. block the child’s access to education Morton then asked Hall, the school but might be able to keep the student psychologist, if she reported the in the office, Reister’s statement said. incident, and after learning Hall did not, found Reister, according to her ‘I was terrified to tell him’ interview with Tinsley.

The morning of Feb. 20, Reister “Melissa (Reister) told her from held a “re-entry” meeting with start to finish what had been going on the suspended students and their in in the building. Keri (Morton) told families, according to her statement. her to call it in ‘now.’ Melissa ‘melted’ District policy requires administraand said that she’d been carrying it tors meet with the parents or guardand didn’t know what to do,” Tinsley

‘I pulled him aside for a moment and told him this was bigger than we thought and shared my concerns. I also informed him that there was touching, and I was getting uncomfortable interviewing or speaking with the students.’

wrote in the incident report.

After reporting the incidents to Fleet and child protective services, Reister called Whitehurst, her statement said.

“I was terrified to tell him because I thought he was going to reprimand me for going over his head and doing what he told me not to do,” Reister said in her statement.

Whitehurst was not upset, she said, and said she was doing the right thing but he did not believe the incidents needed to be reported, according to her statement.

“He also said it happened back in November,” Reister’s statement said, but she corrected him, reminding him there were alleged incidents one week earlier and that she learned students intended to involve more children in the coming days.

“I told you that,” Reister said, according to her statement.

‘Try seeing the faces’ The day after Reister reported the incidents, the vice principal said she and Whitehurst continued debating if the child she suspected of instigating the behavior should be allowed back to school, her statement said.

Both first-grade teachers expressed concern about allowing the child back to class, her statement said.

Reister also fielded a call from a parent concerned about the suspended children returning to class, her statement said. Reister and Whitehurst agreed to ask Fleet’s advice, according to Reister’s statement.

Fleet agreed to research the issue and again reminded the administrators not to investigate or to speak with any students about the incidents and to immediately call him or police for assistance, Reister’s statement said.

Still that day, Reister and Whitehurst met with an individual who was upset that the school’s email to parents about the incidents was “vague” and “misdirected,” Reister’s statement said. “(Redacted) felt it downplayed what inappropriate behaviors were taking place in the first grade and didn’t address the real concerns for students,” Reister wrote.

After the meeting ended, Reister said Whitehurst remarked, “That was hard.” Reister responded by reminding him she had been “dealing with this alone all week.”

“Try seeing the faces of our firstgrade babies as I ask them if they feel safe and their expression viscerally changes and they say no because of a fear of (redacted) coming back,” Reister said, according to her statement.

On Feb. 23, several days after the school first learned of the incidents, Whitehurst told Reister that parents were calling for his immediate resignation, according to her statement.

As the two prepared for a meeting with parents, Whitehurst told her they needed to be strong, that they could not answer certain questions and they should not get emotional, according to her statement. He urged her to remain a “united front” and said they would “fight this battle together,” her statement said.

At 2:46 p.m. that day, Whitehurst called Reister about the meeting with parents, her statement said.

“I don’t know what to do. I am at a loss right now. Biggest thing is to document certain things outside of google docs,” Reister’s statement quoted Whitehurst as saying. “I don’t know why we didn’t call (the Department of Human Services). That is what I keep going back to in my mind.”

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Fireworks shows in county canceled due to danger

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Three Douglas County fireworks shows planned for the Fourth of July were canceled two days ahead of time due to fire danger.

Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock, who also serves as the county fire marshal, declared July 2 that the county was under Stage Two fire restrictions. This action barred the shows, slated to take place in Highlands Ranch, the Pinery and Castle Rock.

Almost every other major public fireworks display usually held across metro Denver had already been called off, largely because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Earlier, members of the BackCountry neighborhood in Highlands Ranch had exchanged emails with county officials over the residents’ concerns about the planned Highlands Ranch fireworks display.

That neighborhood had been threatened June 29 when a 460-acre fire burned across unincorporated Douglas County, causing mandatory

evacuations. BackCountry residents were required to leave their homes as the flames inched toward heir community.

While there ultimately were no structure damage or injuries, some area residents reported stress and anxiety around the planned July 4 event.

When Todd Varney, president of the BackCountry community’s homeowners association, heard that fireworks were planned to launch from Mountain Vista High School for the Fourth of July weekend, he and the other board members decided to take action.

In a letter to the board of county commissioners, the HOA asked them to delay the fireworks display.

“While we applaud your decision to help our county celebrate our independence, we don’t believe that this site is the best to keep our neighborhoods safe, especially with the thousands of acres of open space surrounding the high school site on 3 sides,” the letter said. “Our neighborhood is very concerned with fire danger, especially in light of recent events.”

Commissioner Lora Thomas responded in an email that was forwarded to the BackCountry community. In her response, she explained that a committee made up of South Metro Fire Rescue and Sheriff ’s Office personnel had researched conditions for fireworks.

“I’d like to also let you know how prepared Douglas County is to fight a fire,” her response said. “When the fireworks are launched, there will be firefighters on scene. ... As in every professional display, a detailed plan is developed to ensure safety for all involved.”

Thomas added that one reason the commissioners wanted to hold the fireworks shows was because of the difficult times the community has recently seen.

“Our community has struggled through the COVID shutdowns since mid-March and the commissioners wanted to celebrate the freedoms established by the Declaration of Independence from July 4, 1776; to remind the residents that this is America and we will survive,” the email said, as confirmed by Thomas.

BackCountry resident Beverly Fields was one of the people alerted to the evacuation order June 29 when the wildfire threatened her neighborhood.

“It’s very disturbing and scary.

You’re just not sure when you’re told to evacuate. ... Am I going to have a home when I come back?” she said.

When she learned that the county was planning a fireworks display at nearby Mountain Vista, Fields said she and other residents reached out to the county individually to express their concerns.

“They listened but their attitude was, we’re still going to go ahead,” Fields said. “I don’t understand how anyone felt this was a good idea. It just didn’t make sense.”

Thomas said she had heard from many residents who wanted the show canceled, but also from community members who wanted to see the display.

“We were letting the sheriff do his job,” she said. “It’s just important for them to know that we were listening, but we were listening to all of them.”

Commissioners plan to discuss when to reschedule fireworks shows in the future.

A booming July 4 was a bust for firefighters

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The Independence Day fireworks celebrations around metro Denver were loud and boisterous -- many of them illegal -- and they kept local fire-

fighters occupied through the night.

After months of being cooped up by COVID-19 restrictions, and with major public fireworks displays canceled, people across the region let loose with a barrage of do-it-yourself July 4 rockets and noisemakers.

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The morning of July 5, the agency released this tally of calls it had received since early the day before: • 8 brush fires • 6 outside fires • 5 illegal burns • 4 outside smoke investigations • 4 dumpster fires • 1 garage fire • 1 house fire “We’ve had eight fires caused by fireworks tonight,” Lakewood-based West Metro Fire Rescue chimed in late July 4. “ ... West Metro geared up for the 4th of July, putting more resources on duty, in case something like this would happen. Please celebrate safely.”

West Metro later told KUSA-9News that about a dozen fires in its territory were linked to fireworks, including fires in grass, dumpsters and on

a fence.

“We understand the frustration many of our community members are experiencing tonight due to use of illegal fireworks,” Aurora Fire Rescue tweeted July 4.

The Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office on July 4 pleaded with area residents on Twitter to “not call our dispatch center to report hearing fireworks.

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In most areas of metro Denver, home fireworks displays were illegal July 4, either under existing permanent local ordinances in places like Centennial, Lakewood and Littleton or under temporary countywide fire restrictions. Unincorporated Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson County were all under a fire ban prohibiting fireworks use.

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Teens stand for BLM on Independence Day Lone Tree protest follows Parker sit-in

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Three Lone Tree teens spent their Independence Day protesting in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, saying they hoped to make the point that July 4 does not mark a day of freedom for millions of Americans.

“Independence Day isn’t independent for all; 1776 wasn’t the start of it for the majority of Americans,” said Eileen Kennedy, a Rock Canyon High School student.

Maddie Provost, a recent Rock Canyon graduate, held a sign saying June 19 -- the date of Juneteenth -- should be America’s Independence Day. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the date of an order setting free slaves in Texas.

“We wanted to get the message out that not everyone is free right now and that the Fourth of July is mainly a political freedom for white people,” Provost said. “We wanted to come out here and, honestly, just make people think about their own privilege and how ignorance can contribute to the problem.”

The day before, dozens gathered at Parker Town Hall July 3 for a sit-in protest, also in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

The demonstration, a sit-in and discussion about race, was at least the fourth organized demonstration in support of Black Lives Matter in

People sit on the lawn in front of Parker Town Hall July 3 for a protest in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

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From left, Lexi Bauer, Eileen Kennedy and Maddie Provost stand on the corner of Commons Street and Lincoln Avenue in Lone Tree July 4 in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

NICK PUCKETT Parker. Demonstrators listened to speakers who led a discussion about what it’s like to be Black in America and how to resolve the divide the country currently faces.

Participants of the July 3 protest

reported that counter-protesters representing the “All Lives Matter” movement appeared at Town Hall. Though some verbal exchanges between the groups took place, no physical altercation occurred, according to witnesses.

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Killer gets life sentence in case from 1980 Slaying of Helene Pruszynski left her loved ones with pain for decades

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BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It has been 40 years since Helene Pruszynski was killed, but for her family and friends, it might as well have been yesterday.

That was the theme of a July 1 sentencing for the man who pleaded guilty to raping and killing the young woman.

Pruszynski was kidnapped Jan. 16, 1980 after getting off an RTD bus in Englewood. The 21-year-old had recently traveled to Colorado from Massachusetts for an internship with KHOW radio. She had dreams of becoming a journalist. The morning after her disappearance, she was found dead in a field in Douglas County.

Deputies from the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office arrested James Curtis Clanton, 62, in December of last year after cracking the case using genetic genealogy. After he was arrested, he admitted to the crime and pleaded guilty in February.

On July 1, he was sentenced by Douglas County District Court Judge Theresa Slade to life in prison. He has a chance to receive parole after serving at least 20 years, she said.

During the hearing, Pruszynski’s loved ones spoke about the impact the crime had on their lives.

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Undersheriff Holly Nicholson-Kluth speaks to reporters after the sentencing for James Curtis Clanton on July 1. rately express the pain, the anguish, heartache and deep sadness my family felt that day,” Pruszynski’s sister Janet Johnson said. “As the days and years passed, it never got any easier.”

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About 80 people joined the virtual courtroom and 13 people testified during the hearing.

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person who killed my beautiful friend is finally being brought to justice.”

Many of the testimonies included memories of Helene — her smile, warmth, kindness and the sense of ease that she provided to all who met with her. While every person testifying expressed a deep pain felt from losing Pruszynski, many also spoke about the love and light they still feel from having met her.

“While my heart was broken on the day I heard of Helene’s death and again when I heard the person who took her away from us was captured,” said Rosemarie Bruno, a friend of Pruszynski’s from college, “in the cracks of my broken heart there are bright rays of light and love and joy from Helene that illuminate these spaces of my heart.”

At some points, those testifying spoke directly to or about Clanton.

“For the convicted murderer sitting in his jail cell today, for overpowering and brutally taking the life of a gorgeous, innocent … woman, a very different fate awaits his soul,” said Mike Johnson, a high school friend of Pruszynski’s. “After he eventually dies, instead of being lifted to heaven, he will descend to hell ... good luck with that.”

Throughout the hearing, Clanton frequently wiped away tears, put his face in his hands and showed other signs of emotion. He chose not to speak during the sentencing and instead his lawyer, Daniel Cunny, made a brief statement on his behalf.

“As the years have passed, the sense of remorse Mr. Clanton feels for his

Undersheriff Holly Nicholson-Kluth embraces one of Helene Pruszynski’s friends who traveled to Colorado for the sentencing July 1.

James Curtis Clanton wipes his face as a slideshow of Helene Pruszynski plays during his virtual sentencing July 1.

PHOTOS BY ELLIOTT WENZLER act has only increased. In the immediate years following the murder, Mr. Clanton prayed for Ms. Pruszynski and the harm he caused her.”

Cunny said. “Mr. Clanton wants Ms. Pruszynski’s family ... to know that he’s sorry, but those words are probably meaningless based on the pain that he caused.”

After hearing the testimonies, Slade gave her sentence and accompanying remarks.

“There’s absolutely no way you can understand or comprehend the pain that has been expressed today,” she

said to Clanton. “But I do believe that you are sincere in your regret.”

The judge encouraged Clanton to take his life into his own hands and take any chance possible to do good and be a better person.

“It doesn’t matter that this happened 40 years ago other than the fact that, Mr. Clanton, you did get some form of a life,” she said. “It seems unjust ... what you do with the rest of your life, there are opportunities for rehabilitation.”

She echoed a poem, written by Pruszynski, that a friend of the

young woman’s had read during testimony. “`Let us live today with every hopeful promise of tomorrow,’” she said.

“It seems to me, that the way you all have described (Helene) that if she were able to join us today, in spite of what happened to her, she would probably, Mr. Clanton, still be giving you that message.”

In interviews following the hearing, Pruszynski’s family and friends who traveled to Colorado expressed relief at having finished the hearing.

“We’re just so appreciative of everything. It’s been 40 years and they didn’t give up,” said friend Kitsey Snow, about investigators. “Justice would be Helene being here, so it doesn’t even feel like justice. But I’m glad that he is away and not going to hurt anybody else.”

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Douglas County School District approves millions in cuts School board aims to keep $30.4 million in cuts away from classrooms

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Douglas County School District will enter the 2020-21 school year with millions in cuts to its budget amid the ongoing pandemic.

School board directors approved next year’s $670 million budget on June 23. The district laid out more than $30 million in cuts, a blow to school funding that Superintendent Thomas Tucker called monumental.

“That’s no small feat,” Tucker said.

Roughly $17 million in cuts will be focused at the district level and $3.5 million at the school-building level.

The total breakdown also includes about $4.2 million from furloughs that district employees will take in the upcoming school year.

“Our board gave us the marching order to ensure we keep the cuts as far away from the buildings and the classrooms as possible,” Tucker said.

Budget Director Colleen Doan explained the $30.4 million deficit comes from a $22.5 million decrease to the district’s share of per-pupil revenue from the state and a $7.9 million increase in mandatory expenses.

The School Finance Act resulted in a $457 decrease in per pupil revenue for the Douglas County School District from the 2019-20 school year. That equates to a $29.9 million revenue loss for the entire district. Some of that

loss passes through to charter schools, according to the budget.

The district expects further reductions to the School Finance Act midyear and will maintain $26 million in unassigned reserves to weather that projected revenue loss.

Doan outlined that cuts will be instituted at the school level based on a weighted formula — taking into account factors like a school’s percentage of free and reduced lunch pupils, gifted learners and English Language Learners — in an effort to protect atrisk students.

Staff will take two days of furlough and central administrators will take five days of furlough. Salaries are frozen at the 2019-20 school year level for those staying in their current positions.

In stimulus funds, the district will receive $1.3 million from the CARES Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief fund, $27 million from the Coronavirus Relief Fund and an undetermined amount from the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief fund.

The district planned to spend the $27 million on resources like professional development, personal protective equipment and technology as of June 23.

“We still have some things to celebrate. That one, we have a balanced budget,” Tucker said. “Two, we are not tapping into unassigned reserves.

That’s going to bode well for us into the future. Third, we’re only asking our buildings to shoulder roughly 11% of the cuts.”

Directors painstakingly debated how to make the millions in cuts in

Thomas Tucker, the superintendent of the Douglas County School District, addresses the Mountain Vista High School graduating class on June 26.

ELLIOTT WENZLER weeks leading up to budget adoption time, taking board meetings late into the nights and on one occasion into the early morning hours of the next day.

Initial projections in May placed the budget shortfall anywhere between $30 million and $60 million. By a June 9 update, Doan said outlooks improved and the district could more confidently estimate the deficit around $31 million.

Following a May 26 presentation on potential cuts, board members sent district staff back to the drawing board with instructions to focus more of the burden at the district level and less on high-risk or vulnerable students.

Staff had also proposed cuts to

special programming, including the international baccalaureate program.

That suggestion sparked concern from International Baccalaureate students who started a petition urging directors avoid cuts there. Staff removed that suggestion by June 9 and, by the final presentation on June 23, Tucker said staff was not recommending any special programming cuts.

Director Krista Holtzmann said she believed the district had “unified around the needs of students” through the final version of the budget.

“It does my heart well to listen to this presentation and see reflections of the process,” board President David Ray said.

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Colorado closes bars, nightclubs after young crowds spread virus Some counties get more relaxed phase of social distancing

Funding to prepare for new phase in COVID-19 response

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Just 12 days after Colorado allowed bars and nightclubs to open in-person service statewide, a concerning uptick in COVID-19 cases fueled by young Coloradans forced state officials to pump the brakes and close drinking establishments again.

“Our uptick, like the major spikes in other states, is largely among the younger demographic,” Gov. Jared Polis said at a June 30 news conference.

“I think it is partially attributable the bars and nightclubs and also potentially to the large public gatherings and the protest movements that we’ve seen outside. Those are two factors we’ve had in our state.”

While Colorado was “one of the first states to successfully transition” out of the stay-at-home phase of coronavirus restrictions into a “safer at home” phase with more economic activity — and, so far, has been spared the type of severe COVID-19 increases seen in nearby states — Colorado’s rate of new cases has risen for the last two weeks, Polis said.

“We’ve lost over 1,500 people to this.

This virus would take another 1,500 from us in a heartbeat if we let up, or more,” Polis said, also noting direr spread of the virus could mean an economic setback.

The governors of Texas and Arizona

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis in a May 15 appearance. have pointed to bars and nightclubs as a major source of their outbreaks, Polis said. Arizona moved to close bars, nightclubs, movie theaters and gyms on June 29, and Polis announced Colorado is closing its bars and nightclubs too.

Polis signaled Colorado could consider returning to similar closures of

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places such as gyms, pools and movie theaters if the virus’ spread isn’t stemmed.

One of public health officials’ goals is to prevent having to return to stayat-home orders — a possibility state officials have repeatedly acknowledged.

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rom 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. on July 4, my neighborhood sounded like Hell. I was Clint Eastwood mad and helpless.

I expected the worst because for QUIET weeks before the DESPERATION Fourth there were nightly fireworks all over metro Denver. The Denver Post reported, “From June 15 through June 21, the city fielded 750 firework calls, with June 21 alone prompting 317 Craig Marshall calls, according to Smith the Denver Police Department.”

Was the scale of illegal celebration larger this year because of a pent-up frustration with current events that include: a stay-at-home order, a safe-at-home-order, the protests and riots, failures of our leadership, and the cancellation

of games and events and performances? Or just the expression of outright rudeness that we’re so good at in America?

Take your pick.

CBS Denver reported, “The constant fireworks shown in the Copter4 video appear to be professional-grade fireworks. The helicopter crew said they had never seen anything like it.”

Oh, and, “Illegal fireworks are to blame for several fires around the Denver metro area.”

South Metro Fire Rescue tweeted, “This is what we feared, warned the community about and up-staffed 5 extra fire engines for.”

The Douglas County Sheriff ’s office tweeted, “Please do not call our dispatch center to report hearing fireworks. The call center is getting overrun with these calls.”

I’m not surprised, and no one else should be either. We’re a smug lot, we are.

The phrase “We’re in this together” was conceived in outer space.

We’re not in anything “together.”

The Fourth of July is always a good excuse to let off steam; there’s just more steam this year than usual. “Letting off steam” translates into, “I, me, mine. I, me, mine.”

During the evening, I heard from readers. One wanted to remain anonymous because the “main person” involved in what he estimated to be a $10,000 professional-grade fireworks display “seems to be a violent person.”

Another reader wrote, “This is terrible.”

Another, “Kona and Watson (her dogs) are running from room to room at this very moment.”

Another, “Times like this I wish I lived somewhere else.”

Another, “It’s like a war zone here.”

Harry and I made a quick trip to the store. On the way home I had to enter the wrong lane of a street that was swarming with kids who were setting off fireworks.

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bills like Universal Background Checks (HR-8) and Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Not only does this expose his constituents to unnecessary risks, but it also gives up Colorado’s “seat at the table” for future bills around guns and safety.

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rudeness to look forward to.

It’s reprehensible when someone imposes their will on someone else.

I think we could possibly agree on that. Maybe not even that.

How would you like it if I mowed my lawn at midnight?

Or woke the hood at 5 a.m. with a blaring rendition of the “1812 Overture”? You know? The full one with cannons?

I wouldn’t do it because I respect people who don’t disrespect people, and there were some in my community.

It’s only once a year? No. There will be more today and tomorrow, and disrespect will show itself in other forms, like the teenagers I see who can’t be bothered with masks.

Just not cool, I guess.

There’s an English proverb, “Empty pots make the most noise.”

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

People love to hear a good, positive story

ome of us like to tell a good story, some enjoy hearing a good story, and some of us appreciate both. And although there are a few people who seem to derive pleasure from a bad or negative story, I would say most people prefer a good story, maybe WINNING even a great story.

WORDS Every story usually has at least one primary theme and could also include a few subplots. Each story will have a central character and typically some supporting characters. Almost all great stories bring Michael Norton us on an adventure as we retell our own story or as we listen intently to the person sharing their own story. And isn’t it true that sometimes stories tend to get better each time we tell it? Well, maybe not better, but sometimes built up a little bit bigger or exaggerated slightly.

Are we more interested in telling our own tales? If the answer is yes, does that mean we may not be taking enough interest when others are sharing their story? A good storyteller is someone who can also listen and learn from the stories of others.

Good or great stories could be about something near and dear to our hearts as we reminisce about our memories of the people we have met or the places we have been. An inspirational story about achievement or overcoming an obstacle or challenge to accomplish a goal or fulfill a dream always makes for a good story too. For me, there is nothing like the comeback story. Whether it is a person or team competing and coming from behind to win, or an individual making a comeback after an injury or accident. As I listen to the story of work ethic and effort that they put into their recovery, I cannot help but become motivated by their discipline, determination, grit, and resiliency.

Hearing stories told by our grandparents, aunts and uncles, and longtime friends of the family can be amazing as we listen to tales of the past. Especially as seen from their eyes and what they may have experienced firsthand. All those victories and defeats, near misses, good times, bad times, hardships and opportunities, and all the laughs and tears along the way. Each in their own way makes for a good story.

My own grandfather was a fantastic storyteller. He captivated every-

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We need to vote in legislators that are not afraid to dive into these gun bills and make good laws out of them. We need candidates like Ike McCorkle who has real experience with guns through his military training. We need to vote out Ken Buck who hides under the prop AR15 in his office while voting against bills that real Colorado gun owners support. Ike can make sure that the gun safety bills that get passed in Washington are both reasonable and effective by engaging with other lawmakers to provide real-world facts and evidence-based data. Ike, a combat-wounded veteran, will represent us in Congress instead of running away from the fight and letting other legislators shape the future of gun safety laws.

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one’s attention who happened to be around him, whether he was telling a life story, a lesson learned, recounting a current event, or telling a joke.

He had this knack for maintaining a little mystery and creating suspense with each tale told and with every punchline waiting to be delivered.

This is important because there is still much life to be lived. We will have mystery and suspense because we do not know what the future holds. The story we will share with others tomorrow will be different than the story we might have told today. New stories are being written each day. The narrative is being written by all of us as we continue to live our lives. We get to add to our stories based on what we strive to accomplish, through life’s journey, and by the people we meet along the way.

People love a good story. People are

survive, but our health-care workers remain hard hit. In April, more than 1.4 million lost their jobs. While many health-care workers have been on the front lines in the fight against the pandemic, many other doctors and nurses have struggled to make ends meet. Elective procedures and treatments have been postponed and canceled, drying up revenue.

Now, Congress is threatening to hit our doctors and nurses with a financial double whammy: some proponents of government-run health care propose to “fix” a real problem — surprise medical bills, which can be financially devastating when a patient unknowingly obtains care out-of-network — with price controls (rate-fixing) on medical providers.

Congress needs to say no. Surprise medical billing is a real problem, but rate-fixing is no way to fix the problem.

Rate-fixing forces medical providers to perform treatments and procedures at arbitrary prices set by bureaucrats, typically well below market rates. It’s big government at its worst. Alternatives exist. Several states have successfully experimented with independent dispute resolu-

Statue was part of Colorado’s story Meet my great-grandfather, John Dare Howland, designer of the Civil War statue that stood near Colorado’s Capitol.

“Jack” Howland, was born in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1843, son of an Ohio riverboat captain, descendant of ancestors who arrived on the Mayflower. Tiring of the river, he left home at age 14, with 87 cents in his pocket. He worked his way west on riverboats to Fort Laramie, where he began living with the Sioux Indians, adopting their way of life.

His childhood love of drawing and painting allowed him to capture animals and hunting scenes, as well as the faces of American Indians, sketched from memory as they would never pose for a portrait.

At age 18, having failed at gold mining, Jack enlisted in Company B, 1st Regiment Calvary of Colorado Volunteers, serving in the Civil War. Discharged in 1864, he went to Washington, D.C., to continue his artistic career, and on to Paris, returning to be part of the Indian Peace Commission.

“Captain Jack” Howland became a respected artist in Denver, known for his many services to Colorado and for designing “On Guard,” the Civil War statue. He was described as “honorable, fearless yet considerate, one of the oldest pioneers, a scout over the plains before Colorado was known, a grand Army man, a good citizen, a celebrated artist, a family man, respected by all and loved by many.”

Now part of his story, part of Colorado’s story, is gone — and I am sad.

Linda R. Hindley Arvada Editor’s note: The statue was pulled down June 25.

Caring for our Community by looking for a good story. And it makes me think of the Steven Spielberg quote, “The most amazing thing for me is that every single person who sees a movie, not necessarily one of my movies, brings a whole set of unique experiences, but through careful manipulation and good storytelling, you can get everybody to clap at the same time, to hopefully laugh at the same time, and to be afraid at the same time.”

How about you? Do you love a good story? Maybe even a great story? Do you prefer to tell the story or hear the story?

I would love to hear all about your storytelling experiences at mnorton@ tramazing.com. And maybe through some great storytelling, we can all clap at the same time, making this a better than good week.

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Rate-fixing is always bad economics, but it is particularly injurious at a time when our health-care workers most deserve our support and when many of them are struggling to keep their operations afloat.

Colorado’s congressional delegation, particularly Sens. Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner, should lead the way toward a market-oriented solution to the surprise medical billing problem.

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A look at 5 fun places to take the kids during the summer of COVID-19

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t’s a summer like no other. With concerts, festivals, sports games and lots more off the table during the COVID-19 pandemic, kids and families might be going a bit stircrazy.

Here’s a look at five places to take the kids this year.

Littleton: Littleton Museum Step back in time and let the city melt away at Littleton’s living history museum. Spread over 40 acres beside Ketring Lake, the museum grounds feature two working 19th-century style farms.

The homestead buildings are not open, and neither is the museum’s main building — meaning the nearest air conditioning will likely be in your Travel back in time at the Littleton Museum, where visitors can get a glimpse of 19th-century life in the area.

DAVID GILBERT car. But the museum grounds make in place of openfor a pleasant air cars. Train stroll, and garganrides run Thurstuan cottonwoods days through Sunoffer shady groves days through the perfect for kicking end of August. back with a book.

Admission is Kids will dig the $10 for adults, $8 resident livestock for seniors, $5 for — a flock of baby kids, with kids lambs cavorts in under 2 free. Beone pasture, a pair cause the museum of oxen lumber in is operating at another. reduced capacity, reserving admisAdmission is sion online is free, but donations The Littleton Museum has churro breed are greatly apheritage sheep.

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Face masks are preciated. Guests required for all are encouraged to guests 2 and older. wear masks.

Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Current hours are 10 Tuesday through Sunday. a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday Closed Mondays. through Friday.

Location: 17155 W. Location: 6028 44th Avenue, Golden S. Gallup St., Contact: 303-279Littleton 4591 or coloradorYou won’t likely see Englewood’s Pirates Cove Water Park as crowded as this file Contact: ailroadmuseum. photo this year.

COURTESY OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD 303-795-3950 or org search “Littleton Museum” adults and $6.95 for kids and seniors.

Northglenn and Parker: Boondocks Fun Westminster: on littletongov.

Location: 9650 Sheridan Blvd., WestCenter Adventure Golf org. minster It took a bit, but Boondocks’ two One of ColoContact: 303-650-7587 or advenColorado locations, in Northglenn and rado’s finest Golden: Colorado turegolfandraceway.com.

Parker, are scheduled to reopen on mini-golf parks, Railroad Museum July 8. The family fun emporiums feaAdventure Golf Englewood: Pirates Cove Water Park ture bowling, laser tag, mini-golf, goKids can blow features three epic Water World in Federal Heights is karts and bumper boats. The Northoff some steam at the 18-hole courses, with closed this summer, but Englewood’s Colorado Railroad glenn location features a ropes course, challenging holes, Pirates Cove makes a decent substiMuseum, featurIn a 2019 file photo, Gary Cryan, and Parker’s features an immersive, elaborate scenery, tute. Featuring two king-size slides, a ing a 15-acre a volunteer at the Colorado Railroad virtual reality-like “dark ride.” and goofy special lazy river, an epic kids’ funhouse and railyard Museum, gets ready to take a group for a ride Reservations are recommended. The effects, includa classic lap pool with a diving board, stocked with on the Galloping Goose. This year, the Goose parks are offering three-hour “unliming an erupting the park should leave the kids pretty dozens of relis mothballed for now, replaced by ited fun passes” that offer access to all volcano. The whole worn out. ics of Western open-air cars. CHRISTY STEADMAN attractions. Face masks are strongly shebang is beneath a Reservations are required, and adrailroad heritage. encouraged. canopy of shade trees. mission is in two-hour blocks. Groups Some locomotives and Admission varies, but weekday There are a few restrictions: groups of up to eight are allowed. Outside railcars are open for exploring. The unlimited passes are $20 per person, are limited to four people, and face food and drinks are not permitted. museum basement features one of and $25 on the weekends. Hours vary, masks are required.

Reservations can be made 72 hours in the best model railroad layouts on the but the parks are closed on Mondays The park’s other attractions, advance by Englewood residents, or Front Range. and Tuesdays. including go-karts, a ropes course 48 hours in advance by non-residents.

Locations: Parker’s Boondocks is at The museum is still offering train and bumper cars, are still closed. The Face masks are required for entry.

18706 Cottonwood Drive, and Northrides around the museum grounds, concession stand currently sells only Prices vary, but non-resident adults glenn’s is at 11425 Community Center though tickets are limited to maintain prepackaged food. are $15 and non-resident kids are $14.

Drive. social distancing, and ordering online Adventure Golf is open from noon Location: 1225 W. Belleview Ave., Contact: Parker’s location is 720-842ahead of time is recommended. The to 9 p.m. every day in July, with hours Englewood 1100 or parker.boondocks.com. NorthGalloping Goose, a quirky passenger changing in August.

Contact: 303-762-2683 or piratescovglenn’s is 720-977-8000 or northglenn. vehicle built in the 1930s and typically used for rides, is mothballed for now, Prices vary, but start at $8.25 for ecolorado.com. boondocks.com.

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Rec center doubles as site for sculptures

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outh Suburban Parks and Recreation District has a Public Art Committee that has developed an Art-on-Loan Program, which exhibits large outdoor artworks by area sculptors for a year, giving artists considerable exposure for their works. SSPRD has purchased some works over the years but this program also offers art for the many visitors to its facilities to enjoy. (Two additional works were SONYA’S recently installed SAMPLER at Hudson Gardens in Littleton for a year.) At Goodson Recreation Center, 6315 S. University Blvd. in Centennial, see: “Dragon Fly” by Kyle Ocean, composed of mild steel; “Eye Love You” by Justin Deister, made Sonya Ellingboe of metal, wood and paint; and “Spiral”

by Joseph “Gary” Manuel — formed with steel and plywood by the former cabinetmaker. The sculptures are at the entrance and courtyard at Goodson and were selected through a competitive process. Sculptors receive an honorarium for the loan of their works and some have found a buyer.

Sundance Festival We got a message that films for the 2021 Sundance Festival are invited.

Next year, they will be shown in Utah, as usual, but also at 20 independent and community cinemas

Also open: In Englewood — Malley Recreation Center and Englewood Recreation Center. Make reservation here as well. 303-762-2680.

across the U.S. Starts Jan. 28, according to new director Tabitha Jackson.

Writing workshop Colorado Humanities announces a Veterans Writing Workshop online in July. Already underway — wish we had heard sooner — but interested writers can still join workshops, conducted by Cindy Skagg @ csskagg.com. She is handling enrollment: July 15: Fiction Narrative; July 22: Business Writing. Contact Josephine Jones — jones@coloradohumanities.org. 720-489-7188.

Parking for culture Parker offers Parking Lot Concerts in July at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave.: July 10 — Cody Sisters Band (Gypsy jazz, folk, modern.) July 17 — Bad Candy (three guys on guitars plus drummer: bluegrass, country, R&B, rock).

July 24 Nacho Men (street corner a capella originally, now with brass and drums.) $30 per vehicle — you must stay in your car. Box office: 303-805-6800, PACEtickets@parkerarts.org.

“Per-spec-tives” Exhibit of works by Littleton Fine Arts Board winners Courtney Cotton and Gabrielle Groves is still available virtually at the Littleton Museum. Go to littletongov.org and search for museum.

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The Denver Art Museum is open with a new exhibit of works by

Curtis Art Center Curtis Center for the Arts at 2349 E. Orchard Road, Greenwood Village, offers summer classes: 303-797-1779. Register at greenwoodvillage.com/art. Most are underway — check on availability and cost. Examples: July 18: “Illustrate a Family Recipe” with watercolors and hand lettering skills Paint lemons, strawberries, tomatoes, avocados ... 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mondays through July 27 — Live Model Quick Sketch with Cliff Austin; Abstract Colorado Painting for Beginners with Christian Dore online; Exploring Oil Painting with Aimee Denewweth; Watercolor Fridays, July 10-Aug. 14 with Rick Brogan; There are more...

“Freedom of Speech” is part of Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” series.

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American artist and illustrator Norman Rockwell. Prior reservations required due to limitations on entry. Masks required, as at Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Kirkland Museum and Denver Botanic Gardens. Admission charged for non-members. Hudson Gardens is open in Littleton, with free admission. Roses and other flowers are lovely.

Libraries Douglas County Libraries are open with modified services. Cleaning with EPE-registered disinfectants. Limitations on capacity ...

Study and meeting rooms by reservation only. No in-person storytimes at this time. Special play areas are not open.

In Jeffco Miners Alley Theatre in Golden has canceled the balance of the 2020 season. Arvada Center will relaunch its season in February 2021.

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Gallery marks anniversary with online exhibition Event is not part of festival this year

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Artists at Depot Art Gallery in Littleton are celebrating a 58th anniversary without the usual happy, crowded opening reception, which, at this time of year is ordinarily part of Western Welcome Week.

For this summer, the little red gallery will forgo its usual WWW show at its Powers Avenue home and run a collection of works by members online.

From current wording on the website at depotartgallery.org, we gather that the gallery will not reopen until 2021.

We look forward to re-entering this local historic gem, which was the railroad station built in 1888 for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. (Not to be confused with the historic stone and wood depot that serves as the Downtown Littleton Light Rail Station, after once serving the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad.)

Both were busy establishments, transferring milk cans for many area dairy farms into Denver creameries daily, as well as other freight and a number of commuters. The commuters are clearly still with us, but dairy cows, not so much!

There were also creameries in Littleton — dairy farming was a big business in Arapahoe and Douglas counties. Former Littleton Independent publisher Ed Bemis worked in Littleton creameries as a young man

The Depot Art Gallery in Littleton.

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and lived on a farm south of the old county courthouse, which is now Littleton’s Municipal Court.

Also on the Depot grounds is an 1880s caboose, which serves as an additional gallery. It was donated by a previous member.

The Littleton Fine Arts Guild was founded in 1962 by 10 women who loved to paint. It first met in the Grange Hall that stood at the corner of Orchard Road and University Boulevard and members kept an eye out for a more permanent location.

In 1976, the nation celebrated its Bicentennial, and some history-related grant money, plus donations by local supporters, was obtained to move and renovate the building with elbow grease and affection. It had stood unused in Bega Park. Local supporter and sculptor Varian Ashbaugh moved the building to its present location and

LFAG members went to work, aided by their families in many cases, scrubbing and painting, and waxing, plus installing wiring and plumbing.

Described as “a wooden frame, vernacular building, ‘Railroad Style,’ with wood board and batten structure,” the building opened in 1978, ready to exhibit works by guild members and other artists. It is a designated historic site.

The gabled roof and overhanging eves sheltered passengers from rain and snow. Most windows are original, according to the guild’s website — an important feature to historic preservationists.

The guild now numbers about 60 and includes photographers as well as painters and a few sculptors — and new members are welcomed. See information on the website at depotartgallery.org. In a normal year, members would hang new exhibits every month or two, in a calendar with themes announced each year. Most exhibits are juried by a visiting area arts professional.

Enjoy the online 58th Anniversary Exhibit by Littleton Fine Arts members and celebrate the historic buildings, which would have many stories to tell if they could speak! To view, go to depotartgallery.org.

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Football coach looks at past for future ThunderRidge’s Nisenson remembers spirit of his days playing for Grizzlies

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Doug Nisenson is a former football player at ThunderRidge High School and he’s now the head football coach for the Grizzlies.

ThunderRidge won two Class 4A state football championships in 2004 and 2005 when Nisenson played, and the Grizzlies captured three titles in six years starting in 2000.

Nisenson became the ThunderRidge head coach in 2017 and he wanted to re-create an atmosphere that existed when he played for the Grizzlies.

“One of the things I’m most proud of in three years is the mentality side,” said Nisenson. “When I played here it was always about us. It was about what we were going to go do. A couple years before I took over here it started to turn the other way. We started to worry about winning.

“Over the years our kids have sort of rebuilt the culture around how we work and how we practice and the importance of our attitude while we do that. In terms of comparing it to back then, we’re not as big as we were when I played and we look dif-

ferent in terms of what we do offensively and defensively. But worrying about the mindset of ourselves, it is back. That’s what I missed the most.

Part of it is the mindset that we`re going to fight you till the end and we’ve rebuilt that.”

Nisenson hasn’t had much of a chance to mentor any of his players because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It’s been an interesting summer,” said Nisenson. “Our district shut us down to July 1 and then since backed that off to June 22. The restrictions were tough but we were actually able to get our kids organized into some private trainers.

“The kids were training on their own, which is different, since we had not had any contact with them expect for Zoom meetings. It’s better than sitting out and doing nothing.”

However, the early work the team did was fundamental.

“All we were cleared to do is work out outside only and with no footballs involved,” explained Nisenson.

“So basically you are taking about speed, agility and footwork. It was one of those things where kids were back out and able to do those things.”

If the season is played, Nisenson has positive hopes for the Grizzlies.

“I do feel football season will be played whether it’s pushed back, shortened or played in the spring,” SEE COACH, P17

ThunderRidge football coach Doug Nisenson is most proud of the mentality his team has developed over the past three seasons.

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Both candidates advocated forming a Douglas County health department separate from the county’s current affiliation with the TriCounty Health Department as well as making Douglas County a homerule county.

During the campaign, supporters of Dorris have accused Teal, a U.S. Army veteran, of lying about his military record.

In a letter to Castle Rock Mayor Jason Gray dated May 19, David Stone, state commander of the Colorado chapter of Veterans of Foreign Wars, said Stone objected to Teal describing himself as “a veteran of Operation Desert Storm,” adding that Teal served in Germany during the operation. An email sent from the Veterans of Foreign Wars showing that it terminated Teal’s membership has circulated on social media.

Teal told Colorado Community Media in June that the accusations are a “smear campaign” that has been “blown out of proportion.”

Ryan Lynch, a spokesman for the Teal campaign, said the candidate has never lied about his military record.

“That is categorically unfounded,” Lynch said. “He’s never once said ‘I was in combat in Iraq.’ He does say he’s a veteran of Operation Desert Storm.”

Dorris said last month that the military accusation was an important part of the election because it calls into question his opponent’s honesty.

“It’s applicable here because if someone is lying to dishonor the military and themselves ... to

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he said. “It stands like the intention is to play it in the fall and I hold out hope that is going to stand.”

And Nisenson says ThunderRidge will have an interesting team this season.

“I feel pretty good about our team this year,” he admitted. “We’re going to be a team of a lot of experience and also a lot of new players. We’re bringing back 10 full-time starters

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and 12 that started at least two games and another kid that started a game.

We are young at receivers and quarterback.

“I hate the time we’ve lost because of the youth at some of our positions but I really feel good about our line. We haven’t returned this much experience on our line, offensive or defensive, in a lot of years. We have a stable of running backs and you’re going to see us use a lot more running backs. We have a lot of good experience on defense in the secondary and linebacker position. It all depends on how fast we can learn.”

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elevate themselves, what does that say about them relative to running for county commissioner or being an elected official?” he said.

However, Dorris at the time calls Teal a friend and says he doesn’t see this election as being overly contentious.

“This is small-ball pettiness,” he said.

A group called the Campaign Integrity Watchdog, whose director, Matt Arnold, is the designated filing agent for the Teal campaign, had filed two complaints against Dorris in the election, according to the state’s campaign records.

Both complaints claim that the Dorris campaign failed to include appropriate financial disclaimers on its website and in other materials. In the website complaint, the Elections Divisions of the Secretary of State’s Office recommended that it be dismissed.

In the second case, alleging that the Dorris campaign didn’t disclose the finances behind a packet of materials handed out to delegates, the Elections Division filed a complaint with the Colorado Office of Administrative Courts.

“They have filed frivolous claims against me,” Dorris said of the complaints.

The Teal campaign has had three penalties for late filings of major contributor reports.

Elected county officials who donated to the Dorris campaign include Sheriff Tony Spurlock, Undersheriff Holly Nicholson-Kluth and Renee Anderson, a Highlands Ranch Metro District director.

State Rep. Kim Ransom, R-Acres Green, along with county Treasurer Dave Gill and Parker Councilmember Jeff Toborg, donated to the Teal campaign.

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ARAMARK SERVICES INC ARAPAHOE/ DOUGLAS WORKS WORKFORCE CENTER ARCHITERRA GROUP INC ARMA DEI ACADEMY ARMOR CORRECTIONAL HEALTH SERVICES ARMORED KNIGHTS INC ARVADA RENT-ALLS INC ASSOCIATED BAG COMPANY ATKINS NORTH AMERICA ATTWOOD PUBLIC AFFAIRS AUBURN VENTURES LP AVE MARIA CATHOLIC SCHOOL AVERETT, ASHLEY AZTEC CONSULTANTS INC

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Description Due to 18th Judicial District-VALE Building/Land Lease/Rent Wakeman Dam Modification Clothing & Uniforms Emergency Response Supplies Synthetic Turf Replacement Professional Membership & Licenses Fleet Tanks Fuel Highland Heritage Expansion Highland Heritage Stage Remodel Firearm Supplies Mental Health Services Repair & Maintenance Service State-CDOT Employee Assistance Plan Asphalt & Asphalt Filler Senior Services Grant Computer Software/License Alcohol Monitoring Fees Other Purchased Services Clothing & Uniforms Medical, Dental & Vet Services Property/Liability Insurance Security Services Roof Maintenance Traffic Signal Parts Service Contracts Schools Southern Connector Project Professional Membership & Licenses Building/Land Lease/Rent 2019 BPPT Rebate Travel Expense Escrow Payable Clothing & Uniforms Translation Services Traffic Signals-Engineering Lobbying Services Professional Membership & Licenses Inmate Meals

5,028.00 280.00 320.00 95.98 237.19 2,950.00 218.39 450.00 2,863.71 29,390.55 17,560.04 70,825.93 234.60 4,778.50 3,104.68 1,216.00 105.00 587.00 1,675.00 784.00 2,145.28 12,494.00 100.00 641.81 274.68 185.00 114,331.90 15,045.71

Case Management Parks & Recreation Improvement Escrow Payable Medical, Dental & Vet Services Armored Car Services Cars, Vans, Pickups Operating Supplies Road-Street Drainage-Construction Lobbying Services Transportation Services Grant Schools Travel Expense Road Repair, Maintenance & Overlay Legal Services Recruitment Costs Insurance Claims-Property Traffic-School Flasher Parts Travel Expense Other Professional Services Travel Expense Recruitment Costs Computer Supplies Escrow Payable Utilities/Gas Construction Maintenance Materials Travel Expense Other Purchased Services Other Purchased Services Tuition Reimbursement Wellness Program Escrow Payable Conference, Seminar, Training Fees Election Judges/Referee Fees Election Judges/Referee Fees Contract Work/Temporary Agency Other Professional Services Construction Maintenance Materials Travel Expense Tuition Reimbursement Culvert/Pipe Repair 2019 BPPT Rebate

1,845.00 75.00 208.90 57,598.00 9,150.00 63.83 150.00 500.00 16,588.25 5,737.21 26,584.25 124.00 56,700.00 7,726.42

Recruitment Costs Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Travel Expense Mental Health Services Implementation Services Travel Expense Facilities Use Fees Security Deposit Refund-Fairground Senior Services Grant Aggregate Products Transportation Services Grant Water & Sewer Technology Support Other Professional Services

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2,587.70 17,100.00

CONTINUUM OF COLORADO CONVERGEONE INC COOK STREET CONSULTING INC CORHIO CORUS360 COUNTY SHERIFF’S OF COLORADO

2,325.00 34,468.50 12,500.00 200.00 12,240.00 12,729.40

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Not all bars closed On June 18, the state announced bars could open at 25 percent of the posted occupancy limit or 50 patrons, whichever is less. That change also included many other drinking establishments, such as breweries, distillery pubs and clubs.

Under the new closure — effective July 1 — some bars that operate similar to restaurants may continue in-person service as long as patrons remain with their party, spaced 6 feet apart with no mingling, according to a news release from the governor’s office.

That’s an update to Colorado’s safer-at-home order — the state’s current set of social distancing rules — which is extended until July 30.

Those bars that function with a full-service kitchen or provide food from a licensed retail food estab-

lishment, such as a neighboring restaurant or food truck, were able to open along with restaurants as of May 27, according to a state fact sheet.

All bars still are permitted to sell alcoholic beverages for takeout or delivery if the beverages are sold with food, and they still can operate if they’re open under a county “variance,” a waiver from the state’s social distancing restrictions. Numerous counties across Colorado have been granted variances in different forms.

The safer-at-home order refers to bars, taverns, brew pubs, breweries, microbreweries, distillery pubs, wineries, tasting rooms, special licensees, clubs and other establishments that offer alcoholic beverages for on-site drinking as “bars.”

‘Protect our neighbors’ outlined In mid-June, Polis announced details of the state’s third phase of social distancing, which the state dubbed “protect our neighbors.”

Officials on June 30 more clearly

Public Notices Legals City and County PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on July 14, 2020 beginning at 2:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible, in the Commissioner’s Hearing Room, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Douglas will conduct a public

hearing concerning the proposed adoption of a resolution amending the 2020 adopted budget.

Any interested elector of Douglas County may file an objection to the proposed amendment to the budget at any time prior to it’s final adoption by the Board of County Commissioners. A copy of said resolution may be obtained for inspection at the offices of the County Commissioners at the above address in Castle Rock, Colorado, or viewed on-line at www.douglas.co.us.

Legal Notice No. 937548 First Publication: July 9, 2020 Last Publication: July 9, 2020 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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outlined what it will look like.

Counties or regions of the state with low enough COVID-19 spread and robust enough ability to quash outbreaks will soon be able to allow all activities at 50 percent of pre-pandemic capacity, with at least 6 feet between non-household members and no more than 500 people in one setting at a time, according to state officials.

Starting the week of July 6, counties can request to qualify for the new phase. Areas will need to meet the following criteria: • Low disease-transmission levels, including stable or declining COVID-19 hospitalizations or fewer new cases in the past two weeks.

• Local public-health agency capacity for COVID-19 testing, contact tracing and outbreak response, including the ability to test 15 people per 10,000 residents per day, the ability to conduct contact tracing for at least 85 percent of assigned cases within 24 hours and strategies to offer testing to close contacts of outbreak-associated cases.

• Hospital ability to meet the needs of all patients and to handle the surge in demand for intensive hospital care, including capacity to manage a 20 percent surge in hospital admissions and patient transfers, and two weeks of personal protective equipment available.

Counties or regions also will need to create a “mitigation plan,” state epidemiologist Rachel Herlihy said at Polis’ June 30 news conference. That plan would list how counties will promote public compliance with social distancing guidelines, increase mask-wearing in public settings and increase flu vaccine uptake to ensure Colorado doesn’t lose health-care system capacity needed for COVID-19 patients.

The plans must be approved by local elected officials — including county commissioners and mayors — and hospitals that serve the county, law enforcement, emergency management officials, local public health directors and, if applicable, tribes, according to the news conference slideshow.

BE Informed!

Read the Legal Notices!

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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 TRANS AERO LIMITED TRANSUNION RISK & ALTERNATIVE

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TREANTOS, TAYLOR TRI-COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TRI-COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TRINITY LUTHERAN SCHOOL TRUE NORTH SURVEYING & MAPPING

2,000.00 621,535.75 3,623.07 5,000.00 3,500.00

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TST INFRASTRUCTURE LLC

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TW CABLE LLC TYREE, STEVEN & LINDA UCHEALTH ULINE ULTRAMECH LLC UMB BANK UNCC-UTILITY NOTIFICATION CENTER OF COLORADO UNIFORMS WEST UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY UNITED REPROGRAPHIC SUPPLY INC UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE UPS SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS INC US ARMOR CORPORATION US BANK VANCE BROTHERS INC VANCE BROTHERS INC VERIZON WIRELESS SERVICES VIGILANT SOLUTIONS LLC VIKEN DETECTION VILLALOBOS CONCRETE INC VISA TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS LLC VISITING ANGELS OF DENVER WALTER, GARY WALZ, ELIZABETH WARNE CHEMICAL & EQUIPMENT CO WASTE MANAGEMENT WATER & EARTH TECHNOLOGIES INC WEAR PARTS & EQUIPMENT CO INC WEBOLUTIONS INC WES TEST

1,472.50 2,500.00 942.90 90.90 30.01 341.41 2,473.40 4,230.80 142.50 35.11 114.00 2,078.64 21,730.00 313.58 18,706.00 8,180.00 1,735.69 32,745.00 3,525.00 1,077,985.93 1,705.00 4,378.75 299.25 386.98 99.57 16,147.02 34,703.41 35,394.80 3,700.00 50,305.00

WESTERN PAPER DISTRIBUTORS INC WESTERN STORAGE AND HANDLING WESTSIDE TOWING INC WETWORKS POOL AND SPA WILLIAMS, KELLY WILSON & COMPANY INC

649.40 21,345.00 9,643.75 1,811.50 34.21 49,575.00

WILSON & COMPANY INC WINKLE, SAMANTHA WL CONTRACTORS INC WORLD COMPASS ACADEMY WORTHAM, DANIELLE WS DARLEY & COMPANY XCEL ENERGY YANG, TONY KWANGYUH YOUNG WILLIAMS PC ZAPFE, TINY

48,092.50 2,000.00 5,832.78 11,137.50 735.10 492.07 33,054.64 169.74 72,663.70 945.00

TOTAL AMOUNT OF DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2020

Traffic Signal Parts Escrow Payable Medical, Dental & Vet Services Operating Supplies Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts Banking Service Fees Utility Notification Services Clothing & Uniforms State-CDOT Operating Supplies Postage & Delivery Service Operating Supplies SWAT Ballistic Vests Banking Service Fees Construction Maintenance Materials Parking Lot Maintenance Cell Phone Service Computer Equipment Office Supplies Jamaica Meridian Construction Escrow Payable Senior Services Grant Travel Expense Travel Expense Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts Waste Disposal Services Hayman Gauge Maintenance Equipment & Motor Vehicle Parts Other Professional Services Road Repair, Maintenance & Overlay Operating Supplies Lockers Vehicle Tow Services Escrow Payable Travel Expense Roads, Street, DrainageEngineering State-CDOT Tuition Reimbursement Traffic Signal Maintenance Schools Fee Refunds-Clerk & Recorder Emergency Response Supplies Utilities/Electric & Gas Fee Refunds-Clerk & Recorder Contract Work/Temporary Agency Tuition Reimbursement

$ 23,242,718.42

THE ABOVE AND FOREGOING IS A CONDENSED STATEMENT OF THE BILLS APPROVED FOR PAYMENT DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE 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.: 937636 First Publication: July 9, 2020

Last Publication: July 9, 2020 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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July 9, 2020

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Fire engulfs homes under construction in Highlands Ranch

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only happens when we are together and to do it as safely and enthusiastically as possible,” Peterson said.

Arts center officials have established protocol for patrons, staff and guests to follow to maintain safety. The center’s 484-seat main stage theater will seat 120 people to accommodate social distancing.

The arts center officials surveyed patrons about what would make them feel safe returning to the Lone Tree Arts Center. Overwhelmingly, Peterson said, people wanted others to wear masks and practice social distancing.

Some national and international touring artists have canceled their appearances due to concerns about the novel coronavirus. As a result, Peterson said, the arts center is emphasizing shows with homegrown talent.

The adjustment gives local performers an audience, provides more flexibility for last-minute changes and helps protects everybody from potential spread of the virus, Peterson said.

“We do have touring performers that we’ve confirmed are ready, willing and able to come back,” Peterson said.

“We want to make sure we are aware of what’s happening from a health perspective.”

The Lone Tree Arts Center had postponed 18 shows since March 15. The loss of shows and rental activities has contributed to a significant revenue drop. To make up for the decline, the center launched a fundraising program in anticipation of holding more consistent shows.

“No one is unaffected by the COVID

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The Lone Tree Arts Center is reopening its doors, with its first concert since March scheduled for July 24.

NICK PUCKETT pandemic. In this time, even though our doors have been closed, we have been working around the clock to plan for what can happen when we can reopen,” said Michelle Sosa-Mallory, director of corporate and foundation giving for the Lone Tree Arts Center.

“The need is really pretty pressing now so that we can continue to build on the successes we had in the past, and, as we reopen, continue to be the arts center that has become the center of the community.”

Peterson and Sosa-Mallory lead the “Set the Stage” fundraiser with the goal of $180,000, with most of that total already raised at press time by community leaders and business

partners.

“This is the community’s asset and it’s an asset to Lone Tree and the South Metro area” as well, Sosa Mallory said.

The arts center, which opened in 2010, generated about $4.1 million for the local economy in 2019, officials said. The center receives funding through grants, ticket sales and rentals.

“Since we are able to start back up again, that need for the support from the community as people are able is even more important because we want to be able to climb back to the heights we’ve reached in the past,” Peterson said. “We can’t do it ourselves.”

South Metro Fire Rescue personnel sprang into action in Highlands Ranch July 6 after a cluster of homes under construction was engulfed in flames.

The homes are just off County Line Road near McLellan Reservoir, at Riverscape Court and Channel Drive.

Two construction workers at the scene were reported to be injured and were in stable condition at press time. They were transported to a nearby hospital with burns, said spokeswoman Connor Wist.

The fire, first reported at 3:41 p.m, was deternined to have been accidentally caused by the usage of flammable liquids, Wist said.

The fire engulfed four buildings, then spread to a fifth building and nearby brush.

The woodframe buildings, all of which are three stories tall, were shown to be almost completely destroyed in videos shared by the fire agnecy on social media. A fifth building was partially damaged.

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