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School district grapples with reopening Dougco delays start amid uncertainty about reentry plans SHUTTERSTOCK IMAGE
Imagining Douglas County without Tri-County Health Commissioners, health chief address planned split at public meetings BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
With Douglas County and the TriCounty Health Department headed for a breakup, triggered by the health
agency’s recent order on wearing masks in response to the COVID-19 crisis, leaders explained themselves and addressed the public over the issue at a pair of meetings. The sessions came just before Gov. Jared Polis issued his own statewide order requiring mask wearing indoors on July 16. Still, at press time, Douglas County commissioners had not veered from their path, announced July 9, of ending ties with Tri-County Health in a year’s time
for Tri-County. Tri-County Health on July 8 approved an order by a 5-4 vote to require masks in public indoor spaces and outdoors where people can’t remain 6 feet away from others. The order includes a long list of exceptions, including for disabilities and medical or mental health conditions. More than half the state’s population had a mask-wearing
The Douglas County School District has delayed the start to its school year by roughly a week as district staff and board members grapple with forming a reentry plan amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools will open on Aug. 17 as opposed to the previous start date of Aug. 12. Superintendent Thomas Tucker announced the delay on July 14, one day after an hours-long board meeting offered few answers about how the district plans to usher students back in the fall. The district at this time intends to return with in-person learning, five days a week. Board directors on June 23 approved general concepts for reopening and contingency plans if in-person learning proves impossible. But on July 13, board directors pressed Tucker and district staff for more details in the plan to reopen schools. “We are at a point where parents need to have an exact understanding of what their child’s day is going to look like,” Director Elizabeth Hanson said. Some directors including Hanson and Krista Holtzmann said they had hundreds of unanswered questions. Teachers had expressed panic and terror at the thought of returning on
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and making other arrangements for administering public-health services in the county. On July 14, the commissioners — Roger Partridge, Lora Thomas and Abe Laydon — addressed the public on the matter, with each explaining their reasoning. About a dozen people submitted public comments at the virtual meeting. SEE COUNTY, P10
Tri-County mask order still stands alongside statewide rule Unlike the state, health agency requires masks outdoors BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Those who refuse to wear masks in public could technically face up to a $5,000 fine and up to 18 months in jail
once an order by the health agency for Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties goes into effect July 24. But that’s the standard maximum penalty set by state law for any violation of a local public health order in general, according to the Tri-County Health Department. “If enforcement action needed to be taken through legal means, our recommendation to the court would be no more than a $25 fine for a first violation,” said Gary Sky, spokesman
MORE MASKED AT THE MALL Park Meadows customers are covering up after order, officials say
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Polis hopes for ‘wake-up call’ with mask order ‘The virus doesn’t care what political party you’re in’ BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Faced with a potential exponential growth curve of COVID-19 cases that threatens to overrun Colorado’s intensive care capacity by early September, Gov. Jared Polis has issued a statewide mask-wearing order after repeated hesitation to take that step. “We’re really on the knife’s edge,” Polis said at a July 16 news conference, referencing the dire spikes in the coronavirus’ spread outside of Colorado. “Many nearby states have shown us what will happen. It’s not what may happen — it’s what will happen if we don’t regain our footing and take social distancing and masks seriously.” He added: “I’m hoping that (for) the people of Colorado ... this is a wake-up call for those who might have become a little bit lax. We need to take this very seriously. Our lives depend on it, and our economy depends on it.” Polis, who has cited research that shows masks are more effective than previously thought in stemming the spread of COVID-19, compared the state’s order on wearing masks in public to generally accepted traffic laws. “If you drive a car, you wear a seatbelt, you obey the speed limit, you drive sober,” Polis said. “It doesn’t
matter whether you agree politically with speed limits or with drunk driving laws, but we follow the law.” The governor announced he would sign an executive order that went into effect July 17 requiring that Coloradans older than 10 wear a face covering in public indoor spaces. That doesn’t include when a person is eating or working out on their own, but it applies in stores, at work and where people congregate, Polis said. That includes wearing a mask while using or waiting on a taxi, bus, light rail, train, car service, or ride-sharing or similar service, according to the order’s text. Unlike a recent order issued by the Tri-County Health Department, the local public health agency for Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties, the statewide order will not allow local governments to opt out of the requirement — other than when counties qualify for the state’s “protect our neighbors” phase of social distancing policy, which requires the virus’ spread to be under control in ways that are unlikely to be seen in the Denver metro area in the near future. Before Polis’ action, Douglas County has said it planned to opt out of the Tri-County order. On July 14, Jefferson County Public Health also issued an emergency mask-wearing order. Polis addressed the political nature of mask-wearing, a dividing line in American society that has showed in debates over mask orders in areas including the south Denver metro region in July. “Wearing a mask is not a politi-
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announces a new statewide order requiring those over age 10 to wear masks indoors on July 16. VIDEO SCREEN SHOT/GOVERNOR’S OFFICE VIA FACEBOOK cal statement. I don’t know how in anybody’s mind it’s become a game of political football,” Polis said. “It’s simple, it’s common sense and it’s data. The virus doesn’t care what political party you’re in, the virus doesn’t care what belief system you have, the virus doesn’t care what your ideology is. The virus is the virus, and it is a threat to every single one of us.” Mike Coffman, the Republican mayor of Aurora, one of Colorado’s largest cities, spoke alongside the governor in support of the mandate, saying he believes it is “the best and least invasive public health option
that is available to us.” “I know there’s going to be some grumbling about this. I get it. It’s a mandate from government,” said Coffman, a former congressman. But he added: “If people think wearing a mask is a hardship, they need to think about the others in our society that have been suffering and will suffer more if we have to reenact” restrictions on Coloradans’ lives that applied earlier in the pandemic. The statewide mask rule will expire 30 days from July 16 unless extended by another executive order. SEE POLIS, P6
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‘The governor is on a power trip’ STAFF REPORT
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis’ announcement of a statewide mask requirement was met with swift criticism from Republican leaders -including the top GOP member of the state House of Representatives House Minority Leader Patrick Neville announced his intent to legally challenge the order within hours of Polis’ July 16 announcement. “The governor is on a power trip and (in my opinion) his mask mandate is a clear violation of our civil liberties. I’ve retained counsel with the intent to sue,” the Castle Rock Republican posted on Twitter. Neville was not available for comment. The mask requirement went into effect July 17 for Coloradans older than 10. The order applies to public places like businesses or public transportation.
House Minority Leader Patrick Neville, a Castle Rock resident, visited C&C Coffee and Kitchen in Castle Rock on May 12, taping $20 to the storefront. The business caused a stir on Mother’s Day when it drew a big crowd of unmasked patrons. JESSICA GIBBS Some people are excluded from the order, including those who have a medical condition making masks intolerable.
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Park Meadows retailers and customers have been wearings masks since the mall reopened in late May. The mall requires masks indoors and officials say compliance has improved since the state-issued mask mandate that was effective July 17. NICK PUCKETT
More masked after mandate, says mall Park Meadows officials say customers more compliant after order BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Park Meadows reopened in late May as the first indoor mall in Colorado to do so since the start of widespread shutdowns in March. While no scientific data is available yet, Park Meadows officials say customers have been more compliant with wearing a mask in the days since Gov. Jared Polis’ mask order. On the afternoon of July 17, the first effective date of Polis’ order, every person seen inside the mall was wearing a mask except for customers at the dining hall tables, spaced out and limited in capacity. Business Improvement District Director Whitney Miller said the mall has relied on “self-policing” when it comes to masks. “It’s really hard to, as a business or an individual, enforce something that tightly when it’s been required by another entity,” Miller said. “We’ve done our best to encourage it.” Miller said almost all retail chains required masks through their corporate offices. “That helped us out in the enforcement factor because there didn’t need to be a lot of enforcement,” Miller said. Instead, she said, people have turned to education. All security guards at the mall carry disposable masks and will hand them out to people who did not bring one. “It’s not people willfully not going in without a mask, it’s more like ‘I left it on my tray and threw it away with my lunch on accident.’” The one thing Park Meadows did not want was to reopen and then close again, Miller said. “Our number one priority has always been for the safety and health of our customers, employees and our tenants, which is critical to us,” Miller said. “We really worked to ensure consistent protocols and practices
across the board.” Miller said mask compliance hovered around 80% to 85% prior to security enforcement. Most of the time, Miller said, people would forget to re-mask after eating or say they left a mask in their car. “There was a month to a monthand-a-half before we even opened that was straight-up just prep to open the doors. New protocols, new training for people. We worked really closely with the Lone Tree Police, with the Lone Tree City Council and the staff at the city and Tri-County Health (Department) to establish the best protocols to go about this,” Miller said. Lone Tree Mayor Jackie Millet said in an interview in early July that the city is working to keep businesses open and avoid shutdowns. Park Meadows sees itself as setting the standard for other malls in the area. Some feared Park Meadows and similar malls would become hot spots for infection. So far, according to available data from the Tri-County Health Department and Park Meadows officials, there is no more-significant risk at the mall than anywhere else. Much of the mall’s soft seating has been removed. Sanitation stations are becoming commonplace everywhere. Several stores like Lululemon and Forever 21 had lines out the door due to a capacity limit July 17. The mall seemed to have a population similar to a Friday afternoon in non-pandemic times. Miller said some of the changes they’ve had to make due to the pandemic will stick around. The mall is exploring options to have permanent infrastructure for curbside pickup for stores and restaurants at The Vistas, the southwest part of the mall. Up the street from The Vistas along Park Meadows Center Drive is a 50-foot metal frame for a movie screen. The mall has been hosting drive-in movie nights to fill the void of indoor movie theaters. To learn more, visit ParkMeadows.com/events. “Now that we’ve been open for about five to six weeks,” Miller said, we’ve gotten to see kind of where the trends were going.”
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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. For more information visit douglas.co.us and search for Community of Care.
FREE electronics recycling event Douglas County residents are invited to recycle unwanted electronics for FREE on Aug. 8, from 9 a.m. 1 p.m. at EchoPark Stadium in Parker. Stay in your vehicle and staff will unload. No paper shredding services will be available. For more information visit douglas.co.us/community-recycling-event
COVID-19 testing locations Wondering where to obtain COVID-19 diagnostic testing? For links and information about providers near you please visit douglas.co.us/covid19-testing-locations
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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TRI-COUNTY FROM PAGE 1
requirement in their municipalities and counties by mid-July, including many in the Denver metro area. Eight days after Tri-County Health’s action, Gov. Jared Polis signed an executive order that went into effect July 17 requiring that Coloradans older than 10 wear a face covering in public indoor spaces. That doesn’t include when a person is eating or working out on their own, but it applies in stores, at work and where people congregate, Polis said. That includes wearing a mask while using or waiting on a taxi, bus, light rail, train, car service, or ride-sharing or similar service, according to the order’s text. Counties and municipalities could opt out of Tri-County’s order by July 23, and Douglas County’s elected leaders announced plans on July 9 to do so. But the state’s order does not allow localities to opt out, at least not now. Because Tri-County’s order differs from the state’s in some ways, Tri-County’s will remain in effect for municipalities that haven’t opted out in Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties. Only areas in Douglas County that are outside of a municipality were to be opted out. The state’s order will apply in those areas, though. A key difference between the orders is that Tri-County’s requires masks outdoors when 6-foot distance from others cannot be maintained. TriCounty’s order also lasts longer — up to 90 days rather than 30 days for the state’s order, although both orders could be extended.
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tive action is not a public health order. “If you refuse to wear a mask as required in the executive order, you are violating a Colorado law and are subject to civil or criminal penalties,” a state spokesperson said July 17. “If you try to enter a store without a mask, you may be prosecuted for trespassing.” Tri-County has emphasized it doesn’t intend for police action to be its enforcement tool, stressing that the department is “focused on education and voluntary compliance with the masking order,” Sky said. The state takes a similar stance, said the July 17 statement from the Colorado State Joint Information Center, which includes staff from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. It’s unclear what it would it take for a person to be stopped by police and given a court summons or fine under the order — that will depend on the law enforcement agency in a particular area, said Mellissa Sager, policy and intergovernmental manager for Tri-County. The state didn’t outline what a police enforcement action would take, either. “We are asking people to do the right thing for themselves and for the safety of others. The goal of this is not to punish or prosecute people,” the information center’s statement said. And Tri-County officials — and the state — are not recommending arresting individuals based solely on the failure to wear a mask, Sager said. “Law enforcement action will depend on the individual agency but would likely only occur if another crime is committed,” Sager added. For both the state’s and TriCounty’s orders, people do not need a written exemption to show that an exception to the mask requirement applies to them. But an employer may require documentation from an employee in
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accordance with state and federal law, Tri-County’s order says. Colorado’s order includes exemptions for individuals “who cannot medically tolerate a face covering,” along with exceptions for some other cases, according to the order’s text. Tri-County’s order does not require that any child 5 or younger wear a face covering, but in light of the state’s order, Tri-County announced it would raise its age of exemption to 10 years to avoid confusion. Businesses in spotlight If a person who isn’t wearing a mask refuses to leave a business and is therefore trespassing, that is one example where law enforcement action would apply. “Law enforcement is not expected to respond to reports of face-covering violations unless the call involves trespass, disorderly conduct or other subsequent crime beyond the failure to wear a face covering,” Sky said. If an individual refuses to wear a mask for reasons not allowed under the order’s exceptions, a business or other publicly accessible facility is required to refuse entry to that person, according to Tri-County’s mask order. Any business open to the public that allows a person on its premises without a mask could have its license suspended or revoked, the order says. Similiarly, businesses may not provide service to people or allow them on their public indoor areas without a mask, according to the state’s order. Businesses violating the order will may have business license temporarily suspended. For businesses, if three or more complaints are received, Tri-County plans to “reach out with educational materials, take questions, chat SEE TRI-COUNTY, P23
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Governor reverses course Polis’ reversal on a mask rule comes on the heels of data that show hospitalizations due to COVID-19 could increase on a steep curve similar to the trend seen earlier in the pandemic. Colorado’s trajectory for hospitalizations during the stay-at-home order and shortly after it would have put the state on a decreasing trend, and more recently, hospitalizations were on track to stay almost flat, said Rachel Herlihy, state epidemiologist, who spoke at the news conference. But in light of the state’s behavior most recently, a steep upward curve is projected that could exceed Colorado’s capacity of intensivecare beds in September, with a peak in ICU need occurring sometime in October, Herlihy said. Two days earlier, Polis continued to strongly recommend masks but stopped short of issuing an order. He was concerned with whether a rule would increase mask-wearing. “It turns out that having this kind of (law) in place does increase mask wearing fairly substantially,” Polis said. He cited a survey by by an “outside group” that showed 67% of people wore masks in counties with no mask requirement, and in places with a rule, mask wearing stood at about 83%. A survey by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment showed 49% mask-wearing in places without a rule and 57% with a rule, Polis said. It appears mask requirements do
not make people less likely to follow social distancing, Polis added. Earlier in the month, the governor was still betting on persuasion instead of an order, hoping to try “every method of communication” to try to convince Coloradans to wear masks, he said. “If you’re somehow waiting to wear a mask until the governor tells you to, I hope you’ve heard that I’m telling you to. And if I haven’t been clear, I’m telling you to wear a mask: Wear a damn mask,” Polis said at a July 9 news conference. In the days before the statewide order, more than half the state’s population had a mask-wearing requirement in their local jurisdiction. That includes many municipalities and counties in the Denver metro area. “Coloradans value their bodily autonomy and their liberty, but the reason this issue is more complex is it’s not so much about just your rights — it’s also about protecting the right to live of those who are impacted by your decisions,” Polis said. The way to avoid the need for another stay-at-home order is maskwearing and limiting socializing, Polis said. State officials have acknowledged several times that the state could see stay-at-home orders again if the pandemic becomes dire enough in Colorado. Coronavirus cases in the state have seen an upswing for roughly the past month. Order spotlights businesses Coffman took issue with TriCounty Health’s mask-wearing order for Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas because it allowed counties and municipalities to opt out.
“A majority of the workforce leaves Aurora in the morning and comes back in the late afternoon. And so, the notion that we could have this patchwork and have it be effective is just not possible,” Coffman said. In the past, including at a July 14 news conference, Polis had argued a statewide mask order would be difficult for the state to enforce and that efforts with local enforcement capabilities are more effective. What helped change his mind is the research that showed “the mere existence” of local requirements correlated to about 15% more mask-wearing, despite that they’re seldom enforced, Polis said. Under the state’s order, a person without a mask who refuses to leave a business would be trespassing — similar to if a person enters a store without proper clothing — and local law officers can enforce that, Polis said. Businesses serving the public may not provide service to a customer or allow a customer onto its public indoor space unless the customer is wearing a face covering, according to the governor’s office news release. Businesses will be required to uphold the requirement if they don’t want their licenses to be affected, Polis said. On the other hand, the order will give business owners firmer ground to stand on in requiring people to wear masks, Polis argued. “I’ve heard from many business owners who are frustrated that they haven’t had the moral authority” to ask people to wear masks, Polis said, adding: “This will help small business owners to make sure their customers are safe and that their employees are safe.”
Pumping brakes on reopening The state will slow the pace of Colorado’s lifting of restrictions with a two-week pause on issuing counties any new exceptions, or “variances,” to Colorado’s current limits on gatherings and activities under its safer-athome order, according to Polis’ presentation. Counties that already have variances but are seeing concerning COVID-19 levels must take “bold and urgent” steps to suppress the spread, or they risk losing the variances, according to the presentation. The state is still moving forward with its third phase of social distancing policy, the “protect our neighbors” phase, Polis said. The first two phases were the stay-athome and current safer-at-home orders. Once counties meet certain criteria, submit a plan to mitigate surges and are approved by the state, they can permit activities at 50% of pre-pandemic capacity “across all sectors,” with at least 6 feet between non-household members and no more than 500 people in one setting, according to the state’s framework. The state on July 7 released a form to allow counties to apply to qualify for that new phase of social distancing. Counties that qualify for the “protect our neighbors” phase may choose to become exempt from the mask order, according to the executive order’s text. While less-metropolitan areas may be able to qualify, “that is very unlikely to be the case for the Denver metro area in the near future,” Polis said.
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the information they had so far, board President David Ray said. Ray posted to his Facebook page after the meeting saying the board would meet again Saturday, July 25, in hopes staff will provide a clear picture of how schools will operate by then. “Speaking as one board director, I believe until a multitude of questions received are answered, I will not endorse or support the reopening of school (regardless of whether online, in-person, or a hybrid),” Ray wrote. Tucker released more information about reopening schools on July 17. Students will eat meals in the cafeteria, according to the update. Visitors to school will be limited. The district will provide face coverings to students and staff who need them. More questions would be answered in the coming days, Tucker said. A “full plan document” would be released the week of July 20, he said, promising to unveil “specific safety protocols.” “Thank you for your patience as we continue to navigate this process,” he said. Also on July 20, state health and education officials issued new voluntary guidelines for school districts planning to resume physical learning in the fall, recommending that students age 11 and older should wear masks and that high-school class sizes should be limited to help maintain social distancing. Debating when to start At the July 13 meeting, the district had about 20 days before students were slated to return on Aug. 12.
“I’m having anxiety right now because I don’t think we can be ready by (Aug. 12) and I don’t think our staff can be ready,” Ray said. Director Christina Ciancio-Schor suggested delaying school until Aug. 24 but possibly Sept. 7. Director Kevin Leung wondered if the district could start the school year remotely and observe neighboring districts, to learn from their experiences starting back in person. Denver Public Schools announced July 17 it will also delay its school year and start the school year remotely. Director Anthony Graziano suggested approving a plan to open Aug. 12 as presented on July 13. There will not be a perfect approach to reopening schools, Graziano said, and he doubted more time would help the district find better answers. “I feel like what’s being proposed is a very legitimate, very sound course of action,” he said. Tucker said the district would continue surveying the school community in an effort to learn how many students will enroll in its eLearning program and how many plan to return in-person. The district will provide an eLearning option for students unable to return in person or uncomfortable about doing so. Chief Academic Officer Marlena Gross-Taylor has said the program will differ from remote education conducted in the spring and that teachers will not be expected to manage both online and in-person instruction. But Hanson pointed out the community had little information about the eLearning program other than that it was promised to be “robust and comprehensive.” She wanted to know which curriculum the district will use and what sort
Superintendent Thomas Tucker, shown at Highlands Ranch High School graduation in June, is releasing safety protocols for the coming school year. JESSICA GIBBS of schedule students would follow. Would children roll out of bed at noon, she asked, or be expected to log online at 8:30 a.m.? “With all due respect, a survey to parents tomorrow will provide worthless information to the district because, as a parent who likely has more information than a significant number of our families, I can’t decide what I’m going to do for my own children at this point,” Hanson said July 13. “The details of how this is implemented and what this looks like has not been provided.” Tucker on July 17 released a list of Commonly Asked Questions famlies said they needed answered before choosing between eLearning and in-person learning. Students will be allowed to change their selection of in-person or eLearning if needed at
the end of the semester. Directors asked how extensively teacher input has been gathered. Ray noted about 40% of teachers surveyed to date said they did not want to return in-person or were unsure if the district should. The majority expressed interest in returning inperson. Information sent to families and made public on July 14 and July 17 said the plan for in-person learning will focus on a number of precautions. Face coverings will be encouraged among elementary students and required among middle school students, high school students, teachers and staff “unless physical distancing can be maintained.” Face coverings will be required on buses. SEE SCHOOLS, P9
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The district will also abide by an executive order from Gov. Jared Polis requiring face coverings for Coloradans older than 10 in public indoor places. The order is currently set to expire 30 days after July 16. Polis said the state has acquired enough medical-grade masks to provide some to school districts. That was expected to include “at least one mask per week per teacher,” he said. Details of the state’s plan to issue district masks were not immediately available. Students will be required to complete daily health checks, filling out a form about symptoms and being sent home if they register a temperature of 100 degrees or higher. The district’s eLearning program will include both live sessions with instructors and pre-recorded sessions. Attendance would be taken daily, and students will be graded based on 2020 Colorado Academic Standards. Tucker’s announcements did not specify what curriculum would be used in eLearning. The district is still waiting on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environement, according to the updates. Health director weighs in Tri-County Health Department Executive Director John Douglas spoke to board members July 13 about the state of COVID-19 locally, but also expressed support for reopening schools. Douglas said the district’s plan to return in-person made sense based on
data available as of July 12. The risks involved in shutting down schools is great, he said, pointing to the weeks of remote education conducted during the 2019-20 school year. “The price our kids paid — social, educational, mental health, for some even nutrition — is really an important price. It’s as an important price to me as a business closing and jobs being lost,” he said. “I think we are at a place now where we ought to do full reopening.” Shutting schools down in the spring was necessary “when we thought we had an epidemic that was behaving like flu,” he said. Douglas said an imperfect but growing database shows younger children don’t become infected or seriously ill from COVID-19 often. When they do become infected, “they don’t transmit very often,” he said. That becomes less true the older a person gets, Douglas said. An 18-yearold football player would be more likely to contract and spread COVID-19 than a child younger than age 10. Douglas strongly urged encouraging face coverings as much as possible in schools, “down to kindergarten” but especially among older students. He also noted data trends at the time showed a slight uptick in Douglas County’s case rate, although Douglas County had significantly fewer cases, hospitalizations and deaths than Adams and Arapahoe counties, the other counties served by Tri-County Health. “The rate of increase is going faster right now in Douglas County than it is in the other two counties,” he said. “That could very easily be mostly testing. I don’t want to say the sky is falling. I do, however, want to point out that we’ve got to be attentive to these kinds of numbers.”
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As of July 17, Douglas County was showing more than a 102% increase in average daily cases over the past two weeks, a stark contrast from Adams’ 24.7% increase and Arapahoe’s 72.3% increase. All three counties’ rates fell drastically by July 20, with Douglas County sitting at 67.5%. There were 54 deaths in Douglas County, 186 hospitalizations to date and 1,452 cases to date as of July 20. ‘Pioneers’ return to school Some Douglas County students are already back in school. Alternative school Daniel C. Oakes High School in Castle Rock resumed classes in-person July 8, becoming the “pioneers” of resuming school during COVID-19, as school board President Ray put it. D.C. Oakes Principal Derek Fleshman told board directors most students are complying with a mask requirement and grateful to be back on campus. That wasn’t the case for all staff, he said. “When you get into the staff conversation, I don’t want to get into the politics of it, but you are arguing different things and I think if we didn’t mention that we would be naive to what is happening in the world around us,” he said. “We are working through and trying to navigate those situations.” The school opened by suggesting masks but later changed policy to require face coverings inside the building. Fleshman said this was to avoid confusion. The principal had not encountered any students refusing to wear a mask in the first few days of school, he said. Tucker said staff are required to wear face coverings in district buildings, but he does not want masks to be a punitive issue. He is asking principals to individually sit down with
staff who refuse to wear masks and work with human resources if needed, he said. Certain employees, like those with medical conditions making masks intolerable, may not need to wear a mask, he said. D.C. Oakes teacher LeeAnne Ladd told board directors she was nervous to return to school but was proud of students. “The level of respect that they show the seriousness of this moment in our lives is pretty amazing,” she said. Ladd urged directors to require masks in school buildings. “That makes me feel quite a lot safer,” she said. “I think everyone in the building should have a mask on.” D.C. Oakes has more than 120 students enrolled this quarter. Five requested to attend online, Fleshman said. The school opened with 50% of students attending in the morning and 50% in the afternoon. The school’s size and structure make for different circumstances than what traditional schools will face, Fleshman said. Still, there are challenges for his building. “We are small, but we also have classrooms that cannot have more than four students with the social distancing standards that are currently in place,” he said. Fleshman said challenges aside, he believes parents and students want children back in school and that the hours spent planning to reopen were worth the time. He urged other principals to answer as many community questions as possible before reopening. “I think we need to be very strategic with how we roll this out. My best advice would be to caution them with being slow,” Fleshman said. “Because it is such a politically charged time.”
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“It’s important to know we are listening to you and we have heard your voices,” Thomas said. “I think what we’ve heard most of all is you feel like we have abandoned you, like we’ve left you without a health department, and you’re very concerned with what this is going to cost.” Laydon said the county is working through options regarding cost and continuity of services; no details about the county’s proposed independent health department have been finalized. The county is slated to pay an appropriation of $2.49 million this year to Tri-County Health for its services, not counting money for programs specific to the county. The agency’s current budget totals $44.1 million, with about 48% coming from federal and state sources. Laydon said he believes the county has a “wonderful” opportunity to save money while not duplicating services during this transition. The Tri-County Health Department Board of Directors voted July 8 to require the people it serves in Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties to wear masks in public settings, with a variety of exceptions. It gave local cities and towns the option to opt out of the order. Polis’ statewide mandate, however, will not allow local governments to opt out unless they can meet a rigorous standard in showing that they have the virus under control. At the July 14 Douglas County commissioners’ meeting, Thomas explained the role of Tri-County’s governing Board of Health, which adopted the agency’s mask rule, and how they are appointed. The board is made up of three medical professionals appointed by their respective county commissioners. Douglas County’s representatives are Marsha Jaroch, a nurse practitioner, Paulette Joswick, a registered nurse, and Zachary Nannestad, who holds a Master of Public Health degree. Thomas said the commissioners wanted the three Douglas County representatives on the Tri-County board to vote down the proposed mask rule. But while Jaroch and Nannestad voted “no,” Joswick voted “yes” on the July 8 mandate. Tri-County Executive Director Dr. John Douglas at the time of his agency’s July 8 mask order that it is less imperative for Douglas County to have a mask rule based on its current voluntary mask-wearing rate -- higher
Douglas County commissioners (from left): Roger Partridge, Lora Thomas, Abe Laydon COURTESY PHOTO than neighboring counties -- and its level of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. Douglas County has seen far fewer confirmed COVID-19 cases -- 1,427 as of July 19 -- than either Arapahoe (6,131) or Adams (5,115) counties, although it has seen a higher rate of cases adjusted for population over the first half of July than the other counties, Tri-County Health reports. At the July 14 meeting, Laydon reiterated he is not against wearing a mask and he urges all citizens to wear one. “The big difference, from my vantage point, is there’s this strong recommendation based on science, which I urge, and a mandate which could fine or criminalize” residents, Laydon said. Partridge said he wears a mask but agreed with his fellow commissioners that the mandate was overreaching. “You really have to match those data up together, when we look at the number of tests, then we look at the number of positive tests, then we look at the severity (of those positive tests), then we look at hospitalization rates,” Partridge said. After the commissioners spoke, several Douglas County residents provided comment in three-minute intervals. Every person who spoke during this time voiced opposition to the commissioners’ decisions on TriCounty Health. Stafford Black of Highlands Ranch said he worried about Douglas County becoming a viral hot spot. “Douglas County is part of the
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larger Denver region. We are not an island,” Black said. “We should commend ourselves for keeping our numbers so low and for our mask-wearing rates…but if we don’t take reasonable precautions, … that could easily turn in the other direction.” Zach Sloan of Castle Rock said he was concerned the commissioners did not present any alternative to the mask mandate to ensure the public’s safety. “What are we doing to be proactive instead of reactive?” he said. “I do not support the Douglas County Commissioner’s clearly partisan, political decision to sever ties with the Tri-County Health Department” and the decision to opt-out of the mask mandate, said another speaker, Brian Clarke of Highlands Ranch. “A mask mandate is not about punishing citizens,” he said. “It’s about setting community standards and making clear what our priorities are as a community.” The next day, Douglas, the TriCounty executive director, spoke at a virtual town hall meeting, moderated via telephone conference by Douglas County staff. He referenced a June study from the journal Health Affairs, which looked at 15 states and Washington D.C. regarding the effect of a mask order. He said the report indicated mask mandates reduced daily case rates by about 2% every day for 21 days after a mandate was signed. Douglas said in the most recent data, 80% of Douglas County residents wore a mask without an order. “It’s good, but even better could help (curb the spread), if we can go higher,” Douglas said. Douglas noted that the COVID-19 case rate in Douglas County is rising and looks similar to the curves seen in Arizona, Texas and Florida after Memorial Day. He said the county needs to introduce a mitigation plan to better curb the spread of the disease. One caller into the meeting, who has a medical condition exempting her from having to wear a face mask, said she has felt bullied by people because of her inability to wear a mask. She asked how Tri-County and local leaders can reconcile health experts’ advice to wear a mask while not feeling scrutinized by those in public. “The issue of mask wearing has gotten hyper-politicized on both sides, and you’ve experienced a situation where you’re feeling ostracized…and that’s really an issue,” Douglas said. “You can’t walk around with a sign on your neck saying, ‘Here’s my medical excuse’.”
He added: “What we need to do is calm this whole thing down. Masks are important. For people who cannot wear masks, they should not be worn, and for all of us — whether it’s me yelling at somebody or somebody yelling at me — all of our leadership positions need to seize opportunity to dial the rhetoric down.” Douglas acknowledged Douglas County has “natural advantages” over most places in the country when it comes to preventing community spread. He said the county has fewer people who work in essential industries, fewer communal living spaces and more spread-out housing. “You don’t have to have people in the hospitals if you have rapid community spread that impacts the opening of our schools,” Douglas said. The county commissioners responded to comments and questions regarding cost effectiveness and makeup of the to-be-established Douglas County health board. Partridge said the county will follow state guidelines of what is required from counties for a public health department. “Medical people are one of the most important people on a health board, but we’re all experts in our own health and Douglas County has proved that as the healthiest in the country.” Partridge referred to a 2019 report by U.S. News and World Report, which placed Douglas County as No. 1 on its list of the healthiest communities in America. The report takes into account 10 metrics, including cancer prevalence, obesity, crime rates, housing quality and the poverty level. Thomas said a feasibility study was not done prior to the commissioner’s July 9 decision, in response to a caller question. “Our concern is we could not allow the critical positions that affect the freedoms, liberties and livelihoods of Douglas County residents to be left in the hands of unelected appointees,” Thomas said. “We cannot put ourselves in a position where this happens again.” Thomas stated the commissioners had issue with the fact appointed medical professionals were calling the shots for the entire system. “What will be best for our citizens is letting them make their personal health decisions for themselves,” Partridge said. Laydon added there are redundancies between Douglas County and Tri-County Health already. Douglas County provides certain mental health services, he noted.
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ccording to a top-secret study that up until recently had been suppressed, for one week in January there were an identical number of bad people QUIET 18 and older living DESPERATION in America as good people. How the statistic was determined would take forever to explain. What qualified as bad? What qualified as good? Some general assumptions could be made about violent Craig Marshall gang members (bad) Smith and first responders (good). Not all priests and politicians are bad, so someone really had to do their homework. Is shoplifting bad? Yes. But was a single incident sufficient to be grouped with the bad population? The parts of the study that were not
redacted provided a few clues, but left me with a lot of unanswered questions. I have done some bad things in my life; at least by my definition. But maybe they weren’t bad enough. I’d like to think I am a good person, but some of my former students may not think so. At the time when the bad and good were evenly divided, there were 162,359,017 bad people and 162,359,017 good people that had been tracked. Hoping to break the tie before publication, the investigators located a young man who was about to turn 18 to a small town in Missouri and tempted him. That’s right. He was followed around on his birthday and into the only bookstore in town where by pre-arrangement he was given too much change for the purchase of the book he purchased, which happened to be “Crime and Punishment,” by the way. Would he keep the excessive amount or return it to the salesperson? Lana Del Rey sings, “I heard you like
the bad girls, honey, is that true?” The Shangri-Las sing, “He’s bad, but he’s not evil.” Jimmy Dean sings, “Big John, big bad John.” Dialogue in a 2003 film: “He’s wrong.” “Yeah, wrong can be fun.” Am I wrong? I might have been at one time. Now, like just about everyone who ages except Keith Richards, I have slowed. I drove the width of Kansas with my left turn signal on. Never was a rebel without a cause. Never had a pack of cigarettes in my Tshirt sleeve. Never walked around with toothpick dangling from my sensuous lips. All of these behaviors are signs of being bad. Then, of all things, in the early 1970s the word “bad” came to mean “good.” “He’s bad” meant “wonderful, deeply satisfying.” The bad-good committee members must have had their hands full distinguishing between bad when it’s bad and bad when it’s good.
Anyone who puts a hat on a dog is bad, as far as I’m concerned. Anyone who follows my car too closely is bad, as far as I’m concerned. Anyone who says “Me and her” is bad as far as I am concerned. But did transgressions like that impress the committee? Back to Missouri. The young man walked to the counter with his book and paid with a twenty. He was given change for a fifty but didn’t realize it until he was out the door and up the block. He stopped, reached in his pocket, and looked at the change he’d been given. Meanwhile, across the street he was being watched. The teeter-totter of good and bad in America was waiting on what he did next. And for once, there was some good news. Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@ comcast.net.
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County made wrong call Has common sense gone by the wayside? Will the ‘20s be driven entirely by a partisan divide that is growing alarmingly fast? It’s the fad to figure out what your ideological counterpart believes and accept the opposite, regardless of facts or common sense. Face masks have become the latest trigger point. On July 8 the TriCounty Health Department issued a mask mandate. Their order makes
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sense. Masks will contain your spit molecules from dispersing. If you happen to be pre-symptomatic, or asymptomatic, you could be unknowingly spreading COVID-19 around your community. A cheap piece of fabric is all it will take to reduce the area your molecules will travel. So, on July 9 when I heard my county (Douglas) had decided to cut ties with Tri-County Health, in part due SEE LETTERS, P13
hat happens when our “get-up-and go” has gotten up and went? That’s a question many of you have been asking in one way or another. While some continue to push through, living and working with tenacity, resiliency and grit, WINNING others are finding WORDS their energy being drained and their motivation running on fumes. If you are in the group who is pushing through, you are probably drawing on your purpose and passion, while measuring your Michael Norton performance. And if you consider yourself to be in the population of people who feels like their “get-up-and-go” has gotten up and went, then I encourage you to keep reading. And the first thing you should know is that you are not alone. The good news is that we can overcome the pandemic funk with a little pandemic purpose, passion and performance. When someone reaches out looking for a little motivational pick-me-up, here are the three questions I ask them: What were you
most passionate about pre-pandemic? What are you passionate about now? Does your passion provide you with a sense of purpose, or does your purpose fuel your passion? You are probably seeing and hearing about some of the hobbies, activities and learnings that people have become passionate about during this time. Everything from cooking, knitting, biking and working out to learning a foreign language, a new skill, or maybe learning to play an instrument. And looking at some of the posts and seeing for myself how people have mastered things in such a short amount of time, tells me that they went after it with purpose and passion. In a recent discussion with a friend of mine who found himself losing his motivation, I asked the three questions and enthusiastically shared how impressed I am with what people are doing these days and how driven they are to succeed. At first, he wasn’t buying in. He even said something to the effect of, “Good for them.” I reminded him that he called me, and my assumption was that he wanted my help. After a few more words of hope and encouragement I got him to play along and answer my questions.
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By the time we finished up he identified that what his passions were pre-pandemic are still his passions today. And after further discussion he also concluded that his purpose absolutely fueled his passion. You see, it would have been useless if I simply gave him some quick motivational thoughts and spoke about the need for a positive attitude. He might have
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to the mask order, I was disappointed. It makes no sense to cut ties with the current health department and pursue a new singular health department that will cost millions to create and will essentially do the same job. Consider that we already have laws that are based on public safety and infringe on our “freedoms,” think of seat belt laws. This small infringement of the mask mandate may seem inconvenient, difficult, irregular, but it will help. Tri-County Health was doing their job. It isn’t worth it to cut ties with the agency over a temporary public health mandate. How temporary will depend on all of us. Please Douglas County, set aside your political bias and use common sense. John Haider Castle Rock Disappointed in commissioners’ decisions We are residents of Highlands Ranch and parents to two young school-aged children. We decided to move to Douglas County for several reasons, including low taxes and the focus on health in this community. We are terribly disappointed in the recent decisions of the DougCo BOCC: to opt out of a mask order and leave the Tri-County Health Department in the next year. They are ignoring health experts’ recommendations with these decisions. We trust leaders to make common-sense decisions using all available resources, especially during this global pandemic. They did not. This is unacceptable and irresponsible and we have questions: What is the replacement plan? How much will it cost? Why will it be better for us as Douglas County residents? How can we develop an entirely new agency during the pandemic? What health-care professionals would work for this agency knowing the current board ignores experts? TCHD is one of the most cost-effective health agencies in our region, costing far less than most other Front Range agencies (see www.arapahoegov. com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/ Item/10805?fileID=17662). Why would we recreate the wheel during a pandemic? For a difficult-to-assemble, more expensive wheel? The board’s recent decisions risk our community’s health and will likely increase our costs. One person making similar points is Darien Wilson. She is a successful small business owner and understands how to make fiscally responsible decisions without sacrificing quality. We will be voting for Darien for DougCo BOCC in November. Julie and Matt McMonagle Highlands Ranch Urge county to reconsider The decision by the Douglas
felt better temporarily, but it would have worn off. So why am I sharing this story with you? Because maybe during this pandemic you have lost your motivation and inspiration too. And maybe like my friend, you aren’t bought in yet. And if this is you, I encourage you to answer these same three questions: What were you most passionate about pre-pandemic? What are you passionate about now? Does your passion provide you with a sense of purpose, or does your purpose fuel your passion? And don’t just think about them, write out your answers and talk through
them with someone else. It will make all the difference for you. And if you need a friendly ear to listen, send me an email. The last part of this is all about performance. When we can identify what drives us and fires us up, we can attach goals or performance metrics to our activities. No matter what it is we are trying to accomplish, we should know when we want to achieve it and what success milestones look like along the way. Without defining what success will look like, we will accept any level of accomplishment or possibly even stop at any time.
How about you? Has your “get-upand-go” gotten up and went? Is it time for an adjustment in the way you are thinking about what really motivates you? I would love to hear your purpose, passion, and performance story at mnorton@tramazing.com. And when we can identify what drives us and fires us up, it really will be a better than good week.
County Board of Commissioners to leave Tri-County Health Department (TCHD) will surely set Douglas County back in terms of both public and economic health. While the need for an established and competent public health organization should be immediately obvious in helping to prepare for and combat a public health emergency such as the COVID-19 pandemic, TCHD also offers more than 60 educational, public and environmental health programs. I have lived in Douglas County for the greater part of the last 50 years. In that time, I personally have taken advantage of many TCHD services including TB testing and immunizations, household chemical roundups, and obtaining septic system records and permits. I have benefited indirectly from restaurant, food truck and child-care inspections, and the support of school nurses, to name just a few. Douglas County’s 2020 financial contribution to TCHD is a deal at $2.49 million (of a $44.1 million budget). www.tchd.org/DocumentCenter/View/6619/2020-AdoptedBudget. I find it hard to believe that Douglas County could independently ramp up to TCHD’s level of service any time in the near future for this bargain price. A committee of three should not be allowed to impulsively derail public health solutions and threaten our county’s economy. Please contact the Douglas County Board of Commissioners and ask that they retract their letter indicating their intent to leave TCHD (bocc@douglas.co.us). There is no shame in changing their position in order to represent their constituents. Demand that they do so. C.S. Steinhaus Parker
months of 2019, Aurora has seen a 400% increase in filed murder cases this year. There are worrisome longer-term trends as well, such as a 118% rise in violent crime in Douglas County over the last five years. Resisting and reversing these trends is why I believe it is crucial we elect John Kellner for district attorney of Douglas, Arapahoe, Elbert and Lincoln counties. John served our country as a Marine, achieved great success in prosecuting criminals in our region (including being named “Prosecutor of the Year” in 2016 by the Colorado District Attorneys Council), and is ready to protect and represent us as our next district attorney. John’s strong experience in criminal prosecution will keep our
communities safer. Using this experience, he will implement proactive policies to deter criminals and reduce gun violence, as well as support law enforcement agencies in keeping us safe. School safety is also a core focus for John. He will ensure schools have the resources they need to promote safety and prevent violence. He believes in early intervention and collaboration with our community to achieve that. We live in a great community, but to preserve it we must proactively reverse these dangerous crime trends. John Kellner is the right experienced, courageous servant leader to help us accomplish this! Will Johnson Highlands Ranch
Commissioner should be ashamed “We cannot allow the critical decisions that affect the liberties and freedoms and livelihoods of Douglas County citizens to be left in the hands of unelected appointees,” said Commissioner Lora Thomas. What an ignorant thing to say. Do you go to a doctor for cancer or an elected official? Do you call a plumber or an elected official? Do you take your pet to a vet or an elected official? You pulled a very obvious political move with total disregard for human life. You should be ashamed of yourself. Tod Gilmore Parker Kellner is choice for DA I was very concerned reading George Brauchler’s recent article in The Denver Post about sharply rising crime rates. Denver, for example, is on pace for its most murders in a decade. Compared to the first six
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Sensory Park in Westminster at 7577 W. 103rd Ave. offers a playground that is Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant and therapy-focused, according to the city. COURTESY OF CITY OF WESTMINSTER
Metro area boasts eclectic places to have fun, explore BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
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n a summer where large gatherings of family, neighbors and friends are still barred, and with many wanting to avoid crowds out of caution, metro Denver residents have reconnected with taking an old-fashioned walk outdoors. It’s a ripe time to check out the parks in your area that you may have overlooked — or even to find a new park a few miles away. There’s more to parks in the Denver area than Cherry Creek State Park, Standley Lake Regional Park, Washington Park and the other big names, and there’s lots to find beyond the old standby down your street. Here’s a look at some unique and standout parks in the north, south and west metro suburbs. Arvada Britton Park in east Arvada offers a farm-themed playground with a bluegrass and native grass design. It’s a great place to see bees and butterflies, and kids there can pretend to drive a large tractor, says Ben Irwin, a spokesman for the city. The park sits near North Sheridan Boulevard at 5574 W. 69th Ave. In north Arvada, Volunteer Firefighters Park is a firefighter-themed park commemorating the contributions of the city’s volunteer firefighters, including a monument to them. It’s located near North Wadsworth Boulevard at 9190 W. 84th Ave. Westminster Westminster Center Park is also known to locals as the “Peter Pan Park.” The park takes inspiration from landmarks of London, referencing Big Ben in the play structure and the River Thames in the water play
Lakewood’s Carmody Park at 2200 S. Kipling St. features a universal playground for kids of all abilities and an accessible fitness zone. COURTESY OF CITY OF LAKEWOOD features, along with Peter Pan’s Neverland in the pirate cove, according to the city’s website. The water play area may be closed to encourage social distancing. The park is found in central Westminster near North Sheridan Boulevard at 4801 W. 92nd Ave. Sensory Park offers a playground that is Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant and therapy-focused yet fun for all kids, says Angela Simental, a Westminster parks spokeswoman. It’s easy to access through the local trail system. Sensory Park is the city’s first completely accessible play area built in cooperation with Children’s Hospital Colorado, Simental says. It sits in the west part of the city near North Wadsworth Boulevard at 7577 W. 103rd Ave.
playground,” says Stacie Oulton, a spokeswoman for the city. The park’s “storybook design theme” features mosaic artwork by local artist Annette Coleman and quotes selected by children at the nearby elementary school, Oulton says. That park sits at 6677 W. Florida Ave. near South Wadsworth Boulevard. One of Lakewood’s lesser-known parks is Sutherland Shire Park, named after Lakewood’s Australian Sister City, Oulton says. The playground features a climbing wall, slides and Australian-themed designs. A path leads to Main Reservoir, where shoreline fishing is popular, Oulton says. The park is located in central Lakewood near South Kipling Street at 10600 W. Kentucky Drive.
Lakewood Lasley Park in east Lakewood features a games court with ping pong, cornhole and chess, outdoor fitness equipment, sand volleyball, basketball, tennis courts and a “modern
Littleton Creekside Experience Park, a nearly 6-acre open space park, features a tree house-style overlook, boulder scramble, sand play area, and a log, stump and boulder trail. It’s located
on the north edge of Littleton near Englewood, not far from West Belleview Avenue, at 4829 S. Santa Fe Drive. War Memorial Rose Garden in Littleton was created in 1946 when Littleton citizens donated money to acquire land for a park that would honor veterans of World War I and World War II, according to Becky Grubb, a spokeswoman for South Suburban Parks and Recreation. More than 1,300 roses bloom at this park, which also features a gazebo and Orian Sterne Fountain, Grubb says. It sits near West Littleton Boulevard at 5804 S. Bemis St. Writer’s Vista Park sits along on the High Line Canal and offers “amazing mountain views,” Grubb says. Along with a recently renovated playground and restrooms, the park includes playgrounds for kids of all ages and a large, shaded picnic pavilion. In south Littleton not far from South Santa Fe Drive, the park is located at 1900 W. Mineral Ave. Castle Rock Philip S. Miller Park offers a particularly wide range of activities, including at the Miller Activity Complex. In all, the park boasts a pool, indoor playground, trampolines, indoor turf fields, splash pad, functional fitness area and golf simulator. Outdoors, the park has an athletic field, “adventure playground,” outdoor fitness area, amphitheater, events building, a pond, 7 miles of unpaved trails, a 1-mile paved trail loop, zip lines and an “epic adventure tower,” says Jeff Smullen, Castle Rock’s assistant director of parks and recreation. The park sits in the central part of town, not far from Interstate 25, at 1375 W. Plum Creek Parkway. One of the newest trails in Castle Rock’s system is the Legacy Trail at Gateway Mesa Open Space. It runs through large stands of mature Gambel oak, ponderosa pine and Douglas fir forest while also traversing interesting rock formations along the edge of the mesa, Smullen says.
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Kaleidoscope show makes transition to online viewing Show hosted by college adjusts by going virtual BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College in Littleton has hosted the annual and diverse Kaleidoscope Art Exhibition for the past 18 years, but this year, photographers, painters, potters and creators of crafts submitted images of 100 entries when gallery director Trish Sangelo sent out a call to artists. The exhibit is in virtual format and can be found easily on ACC’s website at arapahoe. edu/kaleidoscope. Oils, watercolors, mixed media, acrylic paintings, prints and handcrafted items are included in the “entries varied in many media, subject matter, style and technique,” Sangelo writes, adding that “the COVID-19 pandemic instantly changed how we temporarily view art ... As juror, artist, professor and gallery director, I focused on three main areas of critique: formal elements,
technical competency and individual expression. Each piece must stand alone on its merit.” Entries, as always, vary widely, but are consistently created with technical skill — including photography, oil painting, watercolors, oil and cold wax, mixed media, acrylic painting, pastels, plus handcrafted works in wood, clay, fiber and more — a greater variety of techniques, media and imaginative use of material than the average exhibit which may have limitations in some of those areas ... And the viewer may find a perfect gift here, to be delivered later. I did note a “sold” sign on something and would encourage more. We’ll become accustomed to more virtual art exhibits in the future, I’d imagine. “Individual expression has a way to evoke emotion, talk to us, pose a question, make us think and consider a new perspective,” Sangelo said. Find the exhibit on the Arapahoe Community College website and scroll through it several times — different details stand out with each pass. A touch on the image flips it to reveal the artist and more information on materials. A couple of clicks enlarges it for
Dorothy Jaltuch’s watercolor “Vernazza, Cinque Terre, Italie” is part of the 18th annual Kaleidoscope exhibit at Arapahoe Community College. COURTESY PHOTO closer inspection … Sangelo has worked hard to make the exhibit as accessible as possible. (I wish dimensions were included on the website — they would be another tool for the viewer, as
one becomes accustomed to a different way of experiencing art.) Most of these artworks are for sale, and would be a welcome addition to one’s home, or as a special gift ... contact
Sangelo at ACC if something strikes your fancy by writing to trish.sangelo@arapahoe. edu. Works vary from Tippy McIntosh’s beautifully finished piece created with hand-rubbed oils on camphor wood (which I badly needed to touch) to paintings of subjects ranging from landscapes, sunny and stormy, to radishes and a finely rendered cabbage — and textures including architecture, an old metal truck grill and Carol Broere’s clay “Circles.” In another category of color, inspiring an inclination to stroke the surface, is Centennial Elementary teacher Gayla Ruckhaus’ “Anaheims” created with bright felted wool and silk ... What a perfect gift for a pepper aficionado. Littleton artist Shirley Lamb’s entry is called “Spider Tree” and Susan Blosten exhibits a mixed media piece she named “Out on a Limb.” Note a print called “The Boatman” by Cynthia VeltmanMarshall. We hope the beautiful Colorado Gallery of the Arts will be open again to the community soon for in-person visits, but in the interim, be sure to experience the virtual Kaleidoscope.
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ocalist Mary Louise Lee will perform at Lone Tree Arts Center on July 24 and 25 at 8 p.m., and The Collective, with singer Hazel Miller, will star on Aug. 14 and 15. What a treat on a summer night! LTAC is at 10075 SONYA’S Commons St., Lone SAMPLER Tree. Box office: 720509-1000, lonetreeartscenter.org. Easing into opening Bemis Library at 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton, opened July 14 with limited hours: Tuesday to Friday: 1 to 6 p.m.; Saturday: 10 a.m. to 3 Sonya Ellingboe p.m. Call to schedule a same-day appointment: 303-7953961, as the number of visitors at any one time will be limited. All returns should be in the outdoor book drop. Computer sessions will be limited to one hour. Chat reference service Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to noon. Mask or face coverings for staff and visitors required — stay 6 ft. away from nonfamily members. Littleton Museum The Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup Street, Littleton is open limited hours, with prescheduled visits limited to one hour, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. 303-795-3950. Farmers market Highlands Ranch Farmers Market at 9288 Dorchester St. is open Sundays through Nov. 1, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Douglas Land Conservancy The Douglas Land Conservancy is in the final week of seeking photos for its Natural Douglas County note cards. Landscapes, wildlife or any other natural feature of Douglas County are eligible as subjects for the contest, which has a deadline of July 31. For details, go online to douglaslandconservancy.org/upcoming-events/natural-douglas-county-note-card-contest. ROX Arts Gallery open The ROX Arts Gallery at Aspen Grove, 7301 S. Santa Fe Drive in Littleton, is open Wednesday to Saturday from noon to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Inquire about classes and visits as the gallery is not at full speed yet and can allow 10 people with masks inside at a time, including members. 720-724-5730. Denver Botanic Gardens The Denver Botanic Gardens complex is at least mostly open to visitors and the Denver Museum of Nature & Science just reopened. For details, see botanicgardens.org and dmns.org. Denver Art Museum The Denver Art Museum is open and features an exhibit of Norman Rockwell’s very- American works. Timed tickets: dam.org. As for what used to be known as the musuem’s North Building (now called the Martin Building in recognition of a $25 million gift from J. Landis and Sharon Martin), it closed for a major renovation in November 2017; now it’s reopening in stages ahead of a planned late 2021 grand unveiling. Kirkland Museum Kirkland Museum at 12th Avenue
and Bannock Street, across from the Denver Art Museum, is open to visitors, as is the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, 1485 Delgany St. Tickets: See kirklandmuseum.org and mcadenver.org. Museum of Outdoor Arts The Museum of Outdoor Arts’ indoor gallery at 1000 Englewood Parkway features an exhibit of works by Robert Rauschenberg. See moaonline.org. Colorado Symphony Colorado Symphony has canceled concerts through Oct. 31. Call the box office by June 30 about options if you hold early-season tickets to exchange or donate. 303-623-7876.
Singer Hazel Miller performs Aug. 14 and 15 at the Lone Tree Arts Center. COURTESY PHOTO
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Colorado Renaissance Festival out, Douglas County Rodeo in The rodeo has limited tickets available BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
While the Colorado Renaissance Festival has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Douglas
County residents still have the option of attending another popular summer event: the county fair and rodeo. The annual Renaissance Festival, held in Larkspur, was canceled July 15 after already being postponed earlier in the summer. “We have been hopeful that circumstances would improve so that we could
operate safely,” according to the release announcing the cancellation. “However, due to guidelines and restrictions... and for the safety of all involved and the community, we feel this is in the best interest of everyone.” The festival plans to return in 2021 with an event date of June 12 through August 1. The Douglas County Fair
and Rodeo, however, is still scheduled to take place July 30 through August 2, as of press time. While many of the fair’s traditional public events are canceled, there will still be a Junior Livestock Sale. That part of the event will be limited to 175 people and will have an option to participate online. Limited tickets and online
viewing options are also available for the rodeo events, such as bull riding and a show from the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. The event was authorized under Douglas County’s variance for large gatherings and event venues, approved June 26, according to a release from the county.
Survey: Metro Denver homelessness was rising even before COVID-19 ‘Point in time’ tally shows 6,104 people unhoused in metro area BY ALAYNA ALVAREZ COLORADO POLITICS
The number of people experiencing homelessness in the Denver metro area continues to rise. At least 6,104 people were experiencing homelessness between dusk on Jan. 27 to dusk on Jan. 28 in the seven counties surveyed in the 2020 Point-in-Time census, a one-day count across the nation of people experiencing homelessness. The data reflects a 6% increase since 2019 and a nearly 15% rise from two years ago. “These data demonstrate homelessness was a crisis before COVID,” said Matt Meyer, executive director at the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative, which coordinates the PIT each year and reports the data to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. “With eviction moratoriums and other protective measures ending, we fully expect to see dramatic increases as a result of the economic impact of the pandemic,” he said. “Reinstating these moratoriums on a local or state level would significantly decrease the impact for those households on the edge that now face homelessness.” Denver represents the largest share of homelessness compared to neighboring counties surveyed in the region — Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Douglas and Jefferson — with a count of at least 4,171. The survey identified: 444 unhoused persons in Jefferson County, up from 434 in 2019. 476 unhoused persons in Adams County, down from 483 in 2019. 245 unhoused persons in Arapahoe County, up from 228 in 2019. 53 unhoused persons in Douglas County, up from 14 in 2019. Of the more than 6,000 people living unhoused in the entire metro area, 51% were living in shelters
Debris and belongings line the street on Jan. 15 at Denver’s Liberty Park near the state Capitol after a weeklong homeless encampment, while the city’s urban camping ban is in legal limbo. PHOTOS BY MARIANNE GOODLAND/COLORADO POLITICS within the region. A quarter of those surveyed said they were staying outdoors. Of the populations identified, 759 people were actively fleeing domestic violence, 627 were veterans, 278 were unaccompanied youth and there were at least 420 families. The survey also examined race and found that minority populations are disproportionately affected by homelessness. African Americans made up more than 20% of people experiencing homelessness, but they represent less than 10% of the general population. Indigenous populations make up about 2% of the general population but comprise about 5% of those unhoused. “The overrepresentation of people of color, specifically (B)lack and Na-
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Volleyball players ready if virus doesn’t spike season Rylie Kadel, Peyton Dunn had strong year in 2019 BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Rylie Kadel and Peyton Dunn are excited to start playing volleyball for Legend. Gyms opened for volleyball in Douglas County on July 21. Kadel was a returning first team all-state middle hitter in 2019, while Dunn comes back as second team all-state as a setter. Both were juniors. Kadel, a 6-foot-1 senior who has committed to play at Duke next year, had 428 kills last season, a 60.3 kills percentage and a .667 hitting percentage. She also had 71 blocks and the team scored 185 points off her serves. Dunn, a transfer from Fossil Ridge who will play at Oklahoma next season, had 853 assists and 203 digs last fall for the Titans. Both are ready to start practicing, with three other players off last season’s 24-5 team returning — and the team will have a group of talented freshmen trying out. “I think we will definitely be a good team,” said Kadel. SEE VOLLEYBALL, P18
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Dunn followed by saying “the leadership on the team is there for everyone.” Legend was a state semifinalist last fall before losing to Chaparral once again. Two of the Titans’ five losses came to Chaparral. Whether or not the fall sports season will be played is in doubt, with speculation shifting from day to day. CHSAA Commissioner Rhonda Blanford-Green issued a message on July 16. “Our office supports and respects the time taken at the state level to evaluate our proposed options for resuming athletics and activities for the 2020-2021 school year,” she said. “Their timeline is our timeline and we will be ready to play, with planned modifications, once approved.” So Kadel and Dunn will continue to wait to see if they can resume their magic. “Having Peyton, I can’t explain in words.” said Kadel. “For sure she times (her sets) for an athlete with
speed.” Dunn admits it took a while to adjust to the front-line players last season after coming from Fossil Ridge but she really enjoys being a teammate of Kadel. “For Rylie to be a teammate, she is such an advantage around the net,” she said. “Having her at the net is a big advantage. Rylie comes faster so I have to set her differently. She is definitely a big part of putting everything away.” Legend hopes to put other teams away if there is a season. “I don’t know. I’m worried,” said Dunn. “I saw the mask thing the other day.” Kadel is on the same page. “I hope we will get to have a season,” she concluded. Legend coach Travis Underwood had good things to say about both Kadel and Dunn. “Rylie’s leadership and adaptability excelled and allowed us to build on previous seasons to achieve our success last year and place Legend on the volleyball map,” said Underwood. “Peyton stepped into her position as a setter last year and helped us achieve our success.”
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COVID-19 testing events scheduled in Douglas County BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Douglas County has several upcoming opportunities for residents to receive a COVID-19 diagnostic test. All testing events will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., according to a news release. Antibody testing will not be offered at these events. No vehicle is required to receive a test, but you can drive through or bike through if you want.
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through the requirements of the order, provide template signage and generally provide resources and education to assist in compliance,” Sky said. “Sometimes we may need to visit a business in person and sometimes we may be able to provide information and links to resources remotely. Each response will start with a phone call,” Sager said. Tri-County staff likely won’t respond in person to individuals who are not wearing masks, as the department does not have the capacity to carry that out, Sager said.
Officials ask that people interested in receiving a test do not arrive before 8 a.m. to save space for vehicles. Wait times will vary throughout the day, depending on demand. Here are the upcoming testing dates and locations: • Aug. 4 - Castle Rock Adventist Hospital, 2350 Meadows Blvd. • Aug. 13 - CU Denver South (Lone Tree), 10035 S. Peoria Street. • Aug. 25 - PACE Center (Parker), 20000 Pikes Peak Ave. Any person living or working in
Douglas County can get tested, especially those who work in high-risk occupations, such as health care workers or first responders, live in long-term care facilities or other institutionalized settings or were in close contact with someone known to have COVID-19. You also are eligible to receive testing if you are a symptomatic individual, or are an individuals at high risk and/or considered high priority (child care workers, supermarket employees, caregivers, educators,
recent travelers, etc.). Forms will be available to complete upon arrival. You must bring your own pen and clipboard. You must bring a valid form of identification. The personal information you provide will be confidential and is only used to ensure proper follow-up after your test result. Test results are shared with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and Denver Department of Public Health and Environment.
“However, we encourage people to reach out to TCHD if they are seeing people not wearing their masks in certain areas as we will use this information to target our education campaigns,” Sager said.
been raised about the mask rule’s constitutionality, Sky cited the American Bar Association, which says on its website: “Under the U.S. Constitution’s 10th Amendment and U.S. Supreme Court decisions over nearly 200 years, state governments have the primary authority to control the spread of dangerous diseases within their jurisdictions. The 10th Amendment, which gives states all powers not specifically given to the federal government, allows them the authority to take public health emergency actions, such as setting quarantines and business restrictions.” Public health agencies are required by Colorado state law to “investigate and abate nuisances when necessary in order to eliminate sources of epidemic or communicable diseases,”
according to Sky. “In the event of a public health emergency, the (local health) agency shall issue orders and adopt rules consistent with the laws and rules of the state as the public health director may deem necessary for the proper exercise of the powers and duties vested in or imposed upon the agency or county or district board,” Sky cited. If Tri-County pursued a violation in court, the court would ultimately decide what the penalty would be, according to Sky, discussing the suggestion of an up to $25 fine for a first violation. However, Sky added: “Our recommendation may change for a more egregious violation of the public health order.”
Constitutional authority Since Tri-County voted to issue its order, the move has been criticized as government overreach in public meetings of the Castle Rock Town Council and the Douglas County Board of Commissioners, where officials and local residents weighed in. On the other hand, some Centennial city officials expressed skepticism that the order would be enforced aggressively enough to make people comply. Responding to concerns that have
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Separate sealed bids for Lincoln Avenue Sidewalk, Chambers to Keystone Project; CI 2020-031 will be received by the Owner, Douglas County Government, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104, until Tuesday, August 18, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. This project consists of installing approximately 2,300 square yards of 6-inch concrete sidewalk, 8 feet wide, along the South side of Lincoln avenue from Chambers Road to Keystone Boulevard. The Contract Documents will be available after 10:00 a.m. on Monday, July 27, 2020, through Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website (www.rockymountainbidsystem.com) or they may be obtained at the above address. Electronic versions of the Plans obtained by any other means than as described above may not be complete or accurate, and it is the Bidder’s responsibility to obtain a complete set of the Project Plans and Specifications. Douglas County will not be held responsible for misinformation received from private plan rooms. A PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 5, 2020, at the Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip
S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104. All questions are due to Karl Lucero, Project Engineer by 12:00p.m. on Tuesday, August 11, 2020. The Bid Opening will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 18, 2020, at the same address. The Project includes the following major items and approximate quantities: · 2,300 SY of 6” Concrete Sidewalk Prior to submitting a Bid Proposal, Bidders shall have received prequalification status (active status) with the Colorado Department of Transportation to bid on individual projects of the size and kind of work as set forth herein. Any questions on the bidding process shall be directed to Karl Lucero, Project Engineer at 303.660.7490. Plan holder information, can be found on the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website. Legal Notice No.: 937693 First Publication: July 23, 2020 Second Publication: July 30, 2020 Account Number: 00012184 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) #029-20 EAST-WEST REGIONAL TRAIL PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE The Division of Parks, Trails & Building Grounds of Douglas County, Colorado, hereinafter referred
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to as the County, respectfully requests bids from prequalified bridge manufacturers for the design, fabrication, and delivery of one (1) steel pedestrian bridge for the East-West Regional Trail. The bridge will be a clear span, welded corrosion-resisting (weathering) structural steel, truss pedestrian bridge with a concrete deck and abutment railings in accordance with the specifications and plan details. The IFB documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com. IFB documents are not available for purchase from Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the above-mentioned website. While the IFB documents are available electronically, Douglas County cannot accept electronic bid responses. Bid responses shall be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked “IFB No. 029-20, EastWest Regional Trail Pedestrian Bridge” and mailed or hand-carried to the address shown below prior to the due date and time. Electronic and/or faxed bid responses will not be accepted. Bids will be received until 3:00pm, on Friday, August 14, 2020 by the Douglas County Finance Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Bids will not be considered which are received after the time stated, and any bids so received will be returned unopened. Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a said bid and furthermore, to award a contract for items herein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the County to do so.
Additionally, we reserve the right to negotiate optional items/services with the successful bidder. Please direct any questions concerning this IFB to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Supervisor, 303-6607434, criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Legal Notice No. 937703 First Publication: July 23, 2020 Last Publication: July 23, 2020 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Misc. Private Legals Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: OCCUPANT - RICHARD B SUNDQUIST AKA RICHARD BRUEN SUNDQUIST - GRACETON LP - JAMES PIZZINO JR AKA JAMES D PIZZINO & DIANA L PIZZINO AKA DIANA LUISE PIZZINO - LYN CC LEWIS AKA LYN CAROL LEWIS - MARY SUNDQUIST AKA MARY J SUNDQUIST AKA MARY ELLEN SUNDQUIST AKA MARY LYNN SUNDQUIST
the 3rd day of November 2016 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to GRACETON LP the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit:
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and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to GRACETON LP. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2015. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of RICHARD B SUNDQUIST for said year 2015
That said GRACETON LP on the 20th day of December 2019 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 29th day of October 2020 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 16th day of July 2020 /s/ David Gill County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No. 937650 First Publication: July 16, 2020 Last Publication: July 30, 2020 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
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