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Campaign donations pouring in The races for two commissioner seats have seen more than 10 times the contributions as in 2016 Mike Shallenberger reacts to learning he won a $100,000 prize, most of which will go to STEM School Highlands Ranch, while $30,000 is for his personal use.

PHOTOS BY JESSICA GIBBS

STEM teacher wins $100,000 award Money will help buy engineering equipment for students

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A teacher at STEM School Highlands Ranch is one of three grand

prize winners from a pool of 600 applicants to win a $100,000 award from the Harbor Freight Tools for Schools prize program.

Engineering teacher Mike Shallenberger was surprised with the news on Oct. 14. Representatives of Harbor Freight and STEM School presented Shallenberger with a check and new toolbox outside his home in Highlands Ranch.

Of the award dollars, $70,000 will

ship with our municipal neighbors provides a regional solution that improves traffic flow along the entire Denver South corridor and increases the efficiency of our existing road network.”

The project is the first multijurisdictional traffic signal project in the region, according to the release.

The adaptive traffic signal system

Campaign contributions to candidates vying for two seats on the Douglas County Board of Commissioners already total more than 10 times the amount contributed in 2016, with tens of thousands of dollars coming from out-of-state sources, according to a Colorado Community Media analysis of campaign finance reports.

By the end of the 2016 election cycle, $52,234 had been contributed to the four candidates on the general election ballot in the races for the District 2 and District 3 seats. That figure excludes nearly $113,000 in loans that District 3 winner Lora Thomas gave to herself that year.

In this year’s two races, through Oct. 8, a total of more than $560,000 had been contributed to the two Democrats and two Republicans on the ballot.

In the District 2 race, Democrat Lisa Neal-Graves and Republican George Teal are neck and neck in terms of contributions, with NealGraves outraising Teal $128,316 to

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go toward skilled trades programs at STEM School and $30,000 to Shallenberger.

“Thank you. This is crazy. I normally don’t win a lot of things, honestly,” Shallenberger said after the reveal. “This is an honor.”

Shallenberger said he hopes to buy his students a robotic arm with the funds.

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Yosemite ‘smart’ traffic signal project finally here Multijurisdictional project to improve corridor traffic

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

South metro residents may start to find their commutes home are quicker these days.

The cities of Lone Tree, Centen-

nial and Greenwood Village finished the installation of new “smart” traffic signals at 42 intersections along Yosemite Street last month, capping a milestone project to improve traffic congestion.

“Reducing traffic remains a top priority for our community, and road congestion does not recognize city borders,” Lone Tree Mayor Jackie Millet said in an Oct. 14 news release. “This innovative partner-

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County proposes that state add ‘severity index’ for tracking COVID-19 The proposal is part of the county’s new mitigation plan for pandemic

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As part of a plan to reduce COVID-19 infections, Douglas County has proposed a new way for the state to track transmissions of the virus.

The “severity metric” would serve as a two-tier measure, factoring in both incidence rates and hospitalization incidence rates to determine how many restrictions a county should have in place.

At present, the state considers incidence rates, test positivity rates and whether or not hospitalizations are increasing in a county when looking at if a state should be in one of five phases, including the “Safer at Home” and “Protect Our Neighbors” phases. Douglas County is currently in the “Level 1 Safer at Home” phase, according to the state’s dial framework.

Dr. John Douglas, executive director of Tri-County Health Department, helped develop the severity metric, which he said makes more sense to him because it looks at the magnitude of case increases.

“Douglas County right now is an outlier in that hospitalizations rates are starting to go up across the state … so far that’s not really happening in Douglas County,” Douglas said. “To me, (the metric) allowed reality to be part of the process.”

Tri-County Health Department is based in Greenwood Village. The health department serves Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties.

If the state decides to include the metric moving forward it will work like this: Counties with both an incidence rate of up to 100 cases per 100,000 residents and a two-week hospitlization rate of six or less will be able to enter the “Protect Our Neighbors” phase, which is the most lenient phase.

If the county has an incidence rate of 125 cases per 100,000 residents and a two-week hospitlization rate of three or less, it can also enter the “Protect Our Neighbors” phase.

Counties will remain in level “Safer at Home Level 1” if the incidence rate is 125 per 100,000 people and the twoweek hospitalization rate is six or less.

They will also remain in that level if their incidence rate is up to 150 and the two-week hospitalizations is three or less.

The proposal is a part of the county’s latest mitigation plan, which it was required to create after cases began to increase in the county. The document, released Oct. 12, also includes plans for continued COVID-19 testing and increased public education messages about masking, hand washing and other means to decrease the spread of the disease.

Douglas said he hopes to see the severity metric adopted by the state.

“A statewide severity adjusted metric would be useful,” he said. “Ideally, I’d like to see them consider this more

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broadly.”

County Commissioner Roger Partridge added that when he’s spoken to other commissioners in the state, he’s gotten feedback that other counties would also like to see this measure put in place.

“I think there needs to be an emphasis on severity,” he said. “It’s time for the government to adapt and pay attention to the severity as a metric so we can provide the public with the best possible direction.”

Douglas said he believes the recent surge in cases is in part due to private gatherings at people’s homes.

“We know you’re sick and tired of COVID,” he said. “It’s still really important that you do these things … your health, your family’s health, your community’s health and your community’s capacity to … remain open, depends on this.”

Douglas County votes to continue SRO contract The agreement allows for 20 school resource officers

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Douglas County commissioners have voted to continue their costsharing contract that provides school resource officers to the county’s public schools.

The 2020-21 contract will allow for one sergeant, one corporal, 20 SROs and one Youth Education and Safety in Schools, or YESS, officer, throughout the district.

Lt. Robert Rotherham, of the sheriff ’s office, presented the proposal to commissioners. Rotherham said the county has been providing SROs in schools since at least 2003.

SROs have become a topic of interest in the Denver metro area this year as Denver Public Schools decided to remove the service. Commissioner Roger Partridge said during the Oct. 13 meeting that from what he’s heard, Douglas County residents are grateful the county hasn’t followed suit. He said he hasn’t heard any complaints.

“What I do hear is ‘thank you so much for giving security to the families and the school children.’ It’s a really heartfelt thanks to them,” he said.

In Douglas County, focus on school safety became enhanced in 2019 after a shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch left one student dead and eight others injured.

“In light of all we have going on this year, we reflect a lot upon the endeavors of last year with regards to school security,” Commissioner Abe Laydon said in the meeting. “Having the opportunity to tour Douglas County schools … It was an incredible honor for me to see the impact they have.”

Rotherham mentioned that he was a responding deputy to the STEM School shooting.

“I want to say thank you for the collaboration and support of the board in many ways in helping with our response and the aftermath,” Rotherham said.

After the shooting, the board allocated $10 million to school safety.

“I know we and the citizens really appreciate all the efforts the sheriff ’s office puts into protecting any child (and) any school-aged children in Douglas County,” Partridge said.

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$128,263 — a difference of $53 — according to the round of campaign finance reports turned in by Oct. 13.

In past elections, Democrats running for county commissioner have not been competitive in their fundraising efforts, according to the past 18 years of finance reports. Four years ago, the two Democrats running for commissioner combined to raise less than $4,000.

Teal says the difference this time is the influence of out-of-state interests.

“There’s a lot of money coming from around the country that’s being funneled to my opponent,” he said.

“This is a nationwide campaign that I find myself in.”

About a quarter of Neal-Graves’ contributions have come from outof-state donors, according to finance reports, which are available on the secretary of state’s TRACER website,

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coordinates stoplights along Yosemite from Lincoln Avenue in Lone Tree to Belleview Avenue in Greenwood Village. The system collects traffic data at an intersection using cameras and in-ground wireless sensors, which connects to an access point attached to the pole. The signals along the Yosemite corridor adjust in real time to optimize traffic flow.

“Improving the safety and efficiency of our roadways, while improving

tracer.sos.colorado.gov. That includes nearly 200 contributors from across the country.

Neal-Graves said these donations are all from communities she once lived in or from people who are members of the same non-political organizations in which she’s also involved.

“These are all my friends, they’re all people who support me,” she said.

“I’ve poured into their lives and they’re using this opportunity to pour into our lives here in Douglas County.”

Teal’s campaign also has benefited from non-Coloradans, with six donors contributing $13,635, a little more than 10% of his total contributions.

Also in District 2, Libertarian Victoria Reynolds has raised $7,730.

In the District 3 race, Thomas, the Republican incumbent, has outraised her Democratic opponent, Darien Wilson, by about $64,000 — $186,499 to $122,305. In this race, about 5% of donations have come

District 2 • Lisa Neal-Graves, Democrat: monetary

contributions — $128,316; monetary expenditures — $83,030; loans —$0 • George Teal, Republican: monetary contributions — $128,263; monetary expenditures — $116,668; loans —$35,000 • Victoria Reynolds, Libertarian: monetary contributions — $7,730; monetary expenditures — $6,676; loans —$0 (Totals as of Oct. 8, in reports filed through the Colorado Secretary of State’s TRACER website on Oct. 13.)

from outside Colorado for both candidates.

All three current commissioners are

Republicans, and the two races in 2016 were won by members of the GOP with about two-thirds of the vote.

the flow of traffic, are shared challenges among the cities of the south metro Denver area,” Centennial Mayor Stephanie Piko said. “This regional effort will ultimately result in enabling technology to improve traffic flow to keep our cities working for our residents.”

City public works departments, including Lone Tree and Centennial, already use closed-circuit TV cameras to manually adjust signals based on data collected from traffic incidents.

The project began as a pilot program, which finished in 2019, called “Project Mercury.” Installation began

early this year.

The multijurisdictional idea to provide smart traffic signal technology dates back to 2017.

Lone Tree contracted with Alpine Signal, LLC for more than $1 million to install equipment at 21 intersections along Yosemite.

Centennial has budgeted $6 million for its Intelligent Transportation System, which includes the adaptive signal project at 20 intersections.

All three cities used the same central software. Lone Tree uses Trafficware technology and Centennial and Greenwood Village use Centracs.

The project was borne out of the

area’s worsening traffic problem.

Rather than add more lanes for traffic to move through, the cities chose to experiment with the “smart city” technology.

“Smart city” technology describes devices that collect data to adjust automatically and accordingly to certain situations. More data translates to more accurate signal timings, so every time a person drives down Yosemite Street now, the more efficient a driver’s commute time.

Smart city technology can be installed in streetlights and can be used to identify the best place to put a particular development.

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CAMPAIGN DONATIONS IN THE COMMISSIONER RACES District 3 • Lora Thomas, Republican: monetary contributions — $186,499.33; monetary expenditures — $122,217.30; loans —repayment of $1,987 • Darien Wilson, Democrat: monetary contributions — $122,305.06; monetary expenditures — $128,214.58; loans — $16,849.39

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Probe finds ex-superintendent did not violate policy Tucker to begin new role in the Kentucky Department of Education

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

An independent investigation into former Douglas County School District Superintendent Thomas Tucker has concluded and found Tucker did not violate any district policies, according to a statement from the district.

Tucker was placed on paid administraTucker tive leave in September while he was investigated for allegations of workplace discrimination. He resigned while on leave, citing personal and family matters.

“The investigator found that the complaint was made in good faith, but that there was no policy violation,” a district statement said.

Tucker provided a statement via text message saying he supports investigating all claims of workplace discrimination “fully and promptly.”

“I cooperated completely to ensure this issue was resolved in a timely manner,” Tucker said. “I am happy to have been cleared in this investigation and excited to get back to the work of creating better and more equitable learning experiences for students in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.”

Tucker has accepted a position as deputy commissioner for the Kentucky Department of Education.

The department’s Commissioner of Education Jason E. Glass, former superintendent in Jefferson County, announced Tucker as the new deputy commissioner and the department’s first chief equity officer on Oct. 14.

Tucker starts his position there on Nov. 2.

Dr. Penny Eucker holds a check for $100,000 as she helps representatives of Harbor Freight present it to a STEM School Highlands Ranch teacher.

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The machine has been on his wish list for two years. Experience with the robotic arm could make students more competitive for internships and help them get industry certifications while still in high school.

But the robotic arm can cost tens of thousands of dollars, far more than what the average school budget can accommodate. With the prize money in hand, Shallenberger said he can start shopping.

As for the $30,000 he gets to keep, Shallenberger plans to pay someone other than him to work on his car for the first time in years, he said with a laugh.

Shallenberger’s 17-year-old son Henry is a student in the program and said the robotic arm will allow students to get direct experience with industry tools.

“I think it’s sick,” Henry said. “I think it’s very deserved. It’s a great program and it will be great to have the actual robots to learn on.”

The award is meant to honor excellence in skilled trades education, Scott Springer said, an education consultant for Harbor Freight.

This year’s applicants went through three rounds of judging from a panel of industry, education, trades, philanthropy and civic leadership experts.

Shallenberger is a 21-year teaching veteran. He designed a program called Career Discovery with local industry experts that offers students tours of

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Mike Shallenberger is an engineering teacher at STEM School Highlands Ranch. area businesses and helps coordinate paid internships.

Through the program, high school students can earn their associate degree, tuition-free. The program also sets students up to earn industry certifications in robotics, programming, mechatronics and mechanical design.

Brian Manley, an automotive technology teacher at Cherry Creek Innovation Campus, also won one of the three grand prize grants. Harbor Freight Tools for Schools is awarding a total of $1 million in prizes to 18 teachers nationwide.

The program began in 2017. The award program is meant to honor excellence in skilled trades education, according to a release from Harbor Freight.

STEM School Executive Director Dr. Penny Eucker said she was proud of Shallenberger and grateful to Harbor Freight for helping prepare students for their futures.

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Leader of human trafficking ring sentenced to 304 years Chauncey Price’s sentence was enhanced as a habitual offender

BY HANNAH METZGER THE DENVER GAZETTE

The leader of a human trafficking and forgery ring was sentenced to 304 years in prison by a Douglas County District Court judge, the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office said.

Chauncey Price, 30, was found guilty of 13 counts, including trafficking a minor for sexual servitude, human trafficking for sexual servitude, pandering of a child and forgery.

He was sentenced by Judge Theresa Slade on Price Oct. 8.

“This is not a normal sentence, but this was not a normal crime,” Slade said during the sentencing. “You are not a defendant who deserves a minimum sentence. … There is absolutely nothing this court can do to make these women whole.”

Three of Price’s victims testified against him during the trial. The victims said Price forced them to have sex with strangers for money that Price would then take.

Price and his associates placed on-

line ads selling sex acts with women and underage girls. He would provide the rented hotel rooms for the encounters, prosecutors said.

“He threatened to kill my sister if I didn’t work for him — that is when he turned me out. He kept pushing me to sleep with more and more men, up to eight a day,” one of the victims wrote in a statement read in court.

“I couldn’t even use the bathroom without someone watching me. Once I didn’t eat for three days.

“I came forward to save others from him. He exploited young girls, controlled them and manipulated them.

He will continue to do that if he ever gets out.”

Five co-defendants were also charged and sentenced in the case. Two of those cases included drug charges.

The ring also produced counterfeit currency and used the trafficking victims to pass the fake money at businesses across the state. Two co-defendants received sentences for forgery.

Agencies in the case included the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office, Lone Tree, Johnstown and Lakewood police departments, the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service.

Price’s sentence, one of the longest ever given for human trafficking, was enhanced because he is considered a habitual offender, having previously been convicted of four separate felonies.

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Man tormented Black hotel guests repeatedly, police say Report says Douglas Murphy, 51, suspected of threats at two Staybridge Suites properties

20 after allegedly repeatedly ringing the doorbell on the room of a Black couple. The woman said when she opened the door, Murphy brandished a handgun and said, “(N-word), you don’t belong here.”

Police were quickly able to identify Murphy as the suspect after Murphy speaking with the hotel’s general manager, who said he believed Murphy was the man who accosted the same couple two days earlier on the hotel’s patio.

Numerous guests reported a man fitting Murphy’s description as saying “(N-word)s go back home” to the couple before running off on Sept. 18, according to a front desk clerk interviewed by police. Guests then reported hearing a gunshot, the clerk said, and began flooding into the lobby.

The clerk called 911 and told guests to go to their rooms and lock the doors, he said. Responding officers were unable to locate a suspect or evidence of a shot being fired. The clerk said he later told frightened guests the noise had come from a firework.

Later in the day, one of the guests allegedly accosted by Murphy ap-

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

By the time Douglas Murphy was arrested for allegedly tormenting a Black family staying at a south Littleton hotel by threatening them with a gun and using racist language, he had been on the radar of hotel managers in Littleton and Lone Tree for alleged threatening, racist behavior for more than a month, according to a police report.

Murphy, 51, was arrested on Sept.

20 at the Staybridge Suites near C-470 and Santa Fe Drive, according to Littleton Police. He was charged with felony menacing and bias-motivated crimes, and as of Oct. 16 was still in the Arapahoe County jail, held on $25,000 bond.

According to an incident report obtained by Colorado Community Media, Murphy was arrested on Sept.

Staybridge Suites in Littleton.

proached the desk clerk and asked to be transferred to another hotel, but left when Murphy arrived. The guest later told police Murphy followed him to his room, saying “you don’t belong here.”

The clerk said he had been unnerved

by Murphy earlier in the day because Murphy had told the clerk he and his friends needed to “do something” about the “rough-looking crowd” outside, which the clerk took to mean the Black family sitting on the patio.

Police contacted Murphy at his hotel room, where he initially denied knowing anything about either incident, saying he thought the call to police was “some Black family trying to frame me.”

Police recovered a handgun from Murphy’s room, as well as two ammunition magazines, one of which was one round short of full.

Members of the family who accused Murphy of threatening them with a gun positively identified him, and Murphy was placed under arrest.

In an affidavit provided by the 18th Judicial District, police reported they were told Murphy was suspected of “similar incidents” at the Staybridge Suites near Park Meadows in Lone Tree.

The Littleton hotel is owned by KWB Hotels, a South Dakota-based hotelier that operates a handful of hotels around the country as franchises.

The Lone Tree location is owned and operated by IHG, a British hotel giant that owns nearly 6,000 hotels around the world.

KWB vice president Dan Boyum said staff at the Littleton hotel had no knowledge of prior incidents involving Murphy.

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Boyum said in an email. “We have no knowledge of any other similar incident at the Staybridge Suites in Lone Tree or anywhere else for that matter.

We have no idea how the connection to the other similar incident was made.

Our management and staff were not aware of the other incident at the Lone Tree Staybridge Suites.”

The police report, however, states that the general manager of the Littleton hotel told police he had received a call from the general manager of the Lone Tree location in mid-August, warning him that Murphy had been harassing Black guests at the Lone Tree hotel, but had checked out with the intention of moving to the Littleton hotel.

The Lone Tree manager told police that two separate Black families told him that someone slipped threatening notes under their doors. The manager said he suspected Murphy was the culprit, telling police Murphy had been “acting like an unofficial hall monitor, pointing out people and cars he thought management should look into,” according to the report.

The Lone Tree manager instructed staff to give letters to all guests on Murphy’s floor asking them to immediately report any harassment, the report says. Murphy checked out after the manager changed a policy Murphy had been using to rebook rooms using a one-day discount code.

A spokesperson for IHG, which owns the Lone Tree location, said in an email: “The safety and security of our guests and colleagues is always our top priority. In this case, we appreciate the efforts of law enforcement to safely manage the situation and would refer you to them for any details or questions on the investigation.”

Murphy is next scheduled to appear in court, for a preliminary hearing, on Nov. 3.

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Mask store capitalizes on moment in history Customers seek show of style as pandemic requires unwanted fashion accessory

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The COVID-19 Essentials chain recognizes that mask-wearing is more than a temporary inconvenience — it may become the norm well into 2021, or longer.

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Darcy Velasquez, 42, and her mother, Roberta Truax, were walking recently in the Park Meadows mall in Lone Tree, looking for Christmas gifts for Velasquez’s two children, when they spotted a store with a display of rhinestone-studded masks.

It’s an immutable truth of fashion: Sparkles can go a long way with a 9-year-old.

The store is called COVID-19 Essentials. And it may well be the country’s first retail chain dedicated solely to an infectious disease.

With many U.S. stores closing during the coronavirus pandemic, especially inside malls, the owners of this chain have seized on the empty space, as well as the world’s growing acceptance that wearing masks is a reality that may last well into 2021, if not longer. Masks have evolved from a utilitarian, anything-you-can-find-that-works product into another way to express one’s personality, political leanings or sports fandom.

And the owners of COVID-19 Essentials are betting that Americans are willing to put their money where their mouth is. Prices range from $19.99 for a simple children’s mask to $130 for the top-of-the-line face covering, with an N95 filter and a battery-powered fan.

Almost all shops and many pop-up kiosks in the Park Meadows mall now sell masks. But COVID-19 Essentials also carries other accessories for the pandemic, in a space that has a more established feel than a holiday pop-up store; permanent signage above its glass doors includes a stylized image of a coronavirus particle. Nestled beside the UNTUCKit shirt store and across from a Tesla showroom, it has neither the brand recognition

nor the track record of a JCPenney. But longevity doesn’t seem to have helped that clothing chain or many others escape industry upheaval during the pandemic. According to analysts at S&P Global Market Intelligence, retail bankruptcies from January to mid-August reached a 10-year-high.

Not that the COVID-19 Essentials owners want their products to be in demand forever.

“I can’t wait to go out of business eventually,” said Nadav Benimetzky, a Miami retailer who founded COVID-19 Essentials, which now has eight locations around the country.

That seemed to be the attitude of most of the customers who walked into the store on a recent Friday afternoon. Most understood the need for masks — face coverings are required to even enter the mall — and thus they recognized the business case for a COVID-19 store. Still, they hoped masks would soon go the way of bellbottoms or leg warmers. For the time being, they’re making the best of the situation.

Opportunity seized Nathan Chen, who owns the Lone Tree store with Benimetzky, previously ran a different store at the Denver airport, but as air travel declined, a COVID-focused business seemed a much better venture. The pandemic giveth and the pandemic taketh away.

Benimetzky opened the first COVID-19 Essentials store in the Aventura Mall in suburban Miami after seeing the demand for N95 masks early in the pandemic. “They’re ugly and uncomfortable, and everybody hates them,” he said. “I piggybacked off of that. If you’re going to wear a mask, you might as well make it fashionable and pretty.”

That could mean a sequin or satin mask for more formal occasions, or the toothy grin of a skull mask for casual affairs. Some masks have zippers to make eating easier, or a hole for a straw, with a Velcro closure for when the cup is sucked dry.

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Parker daycare provider arrested in infant death Amanda Anderson, 34, received seven cease-and-desist letters

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A Douglas County woman has been arrested in connection with the death of a 3-month-old child at the woman’s in-home daycare.

Amanda Anderson, 34, runs a daycare business out of her home in unincorporated Douglas County, just west of Parker, according to a news release from the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office Oct. 13.

DCSO deputies were dispatched to a medical assist at 2:28 p.m. By the time deputies had arrived, South Metro Fire Rescue responders transported the baby to a nearby hospital.

The baby was unconscious and not

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“What possible rehabilitation can there be for someone who repeatedly and wantonly engages in this inhuman conduct?” said District Attorney George Brauchler. “There is none.

This is why we build prisons.”

The longest sentence in a human trafficking case was 400 years, handed down by an Arapahoe County District

breathing, according to the DCSO release, and she was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Anderson is being charged with child abuse resulting in death, a class 2 felony.

Anderson received seven cease-and-desist orders from the Colorado Department of Human Anderson Services, the release states, five of which were issued prior to the infant’s death.

Deputies arrested Anderson shortly before 4:30 p.m. Oct. 13, and she was booked into the Douglas County jail.

She was being held on $50,000 bond.

The letters issued by CDHS stated Anderson illegally operated a daycare at her home for four years. The first of the seven letters is dated Sept. 16, 2016.

The investigation is still active, the release states, and no further information was available.

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Price was found guilty of trafficking a minor for sexual servitude, human trafficking for sexual servitude, criminal attempt to commit pimping of a child, criminal attempt to commit patronizing of a prostituted child, pandering of a child, violation of the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act, two counts of pimping, three counts of forgery and two possession charges.

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ne of our curly light bulbs burned out. Realizing I didn’t have a replacement, I went to a hardware store. They were out of curly light bulbs too.

QUIET “Yes, we’re out.”

DESPERATION “For how long?”

“Forever.”

Where was I (four years ago) when GE and others decided they would no longer manufacture compact fluorescent bulbs (CFB)?

And why didn’t I know CFB use Craig Marshall dangerous chemicals Smith such as mercury to generate power?

We’re back, as everyone but me must have noticed, to the old design, only with more efficient (and expensive) light emitting diode (LED) bulbs.

Cartoonists are relieved. For years

cartoonists have drawn a light bulb over someone’s head when they had an idea.

In other words, “the light went on.”

A curly bulb was 55% more difficult to draw.

Harry and I rely on electricity. We don’t camp, for one thing. Or purposely shut off the power for another.

When there is an outage we manage, but we wouldn’t be able to for very long.

This column would never happen if we lost electrical power. And I couldn’t listen to Yo-Yo Ma’s cello purring from my computer’s playlist.

You can visit Edison’s laboratory, the one where he tested more than 3,000 light bulb designs between 1878 and 1880 before getting it right.

The laboratory was located in Menlo Park, New Jersey, but a wealthy automobile manufacturer had it moved to Dearborn, Michigan, along with the Wright Brothers’ Dayton, Ohio, bicycle shop.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Support Tri-County In July of this year, the Douglas County commissioners sent a letter to Tri-County Health Department with the intention of ending their 50 year partnership in order to establish their own health department for the county. The impetus for this were orders issued by the health department during the COVID-19 pandemic to which they were opposed. To date, there has been no definitive plan presented to TCHD as to how and when this may occur. In the meantime, TCHD has to set budgets and attend to critical priorities with the eventuality of Douglas County’s departure still pending.

Currently, Douglas County per capita for many services rendered is $7. In a previous study looking at the feasibility of establishing a standalone health department for the county, it was estimated cost per capita would be in the neighborhood of $40 — a clear example of economy of scale for a current population of 370,000 persons.

No doubt, dealing with a pandemic has made for some very difficult decisions but they have been done in the best interests of all three counties. TCHD and the board of health are independent agencies by statute and cannot and should not be governed or influenced by political decisions.

If Douglas County is to continue to benefit fully as a member of TCHD, protecting the health of our citizens, then let your voices be heard in support of remaining in partnership SEE LETTERS, P13

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The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village next to it are highly recommended. Both were closed for 16 weeks and they’re facing “unprecedented financial challenges” like so many are.

The Museum and Village are enormous; one or the other a day is suggested.

Edison acquired 1,093 patents, a record. I applied for one.

My invention was a new kind of smoke alarm. It didn’t chirp and make you want to take a hammer to it like all of the others do.

No. Instead a small, colorful, plastic bird dropped out and whistled the first six bars of “Where or When.”

Currently available smoke alarms go off in the middle of the night. Just as bad, it takes forever to figure out which one it is.

With mine all you had to do was look for the bird, change the battery, and shove the bird back into its little compartment.

Unfortunately, I ran into some problems with the prototypes. Several of the birds short circuited and caught on fire.

I wish I had invented the cardboard box, among other innovations.

They’re always in demand, versatile, reusable and inexpensive to make.

How many do you have in your basement or attic right this minute?

Maybe you’ve heard of Amazon?

They ship 1,600,000 packages. A day.

Not all of them are cardboard boxes, but most of them are.

The first cardboard box was invented in England in 1817, but it wasn’t corrugated. In 1895, corrugated cardboard boxes were produced in America for the first time and were an instant success.

Humble as they are, they’re undeniably perfect. Unlike my smoke alarm.

The piercing chirp of a conventional smoke alarm sends Harry flying out SEE SMITH, P13

Why these times are the times to remember

here are certainly plenty of reasons for us to want 2020 to be a distant memory. The pandemic, the heartache of lives lost, the impact it had on our family and friends who suffered and recovered, and the economic burden and stress the pandemic created for so many WINNING individuals and businesses.

WORDS Layer on top of the pandemic: social unrest gripping our country, a very heated and contentious election year, one of the busiest hurricane seasons on record that left a wake of devastaMichael Norton tion, and hundreds of wildfires that burned out of control bringing more death and destruction. It’s no wonder why many are hoping Jan. 1, 2021 gets here sooner rather than later.

There were some very real and horrific events that took place this year. The losses, hurt, damage, chaos and confusion. Each one has been unnerving and unsettling, to say the least. And as with any event or season of life, the hope is that we will take something away from the experiences, even the pain. That we will learn from the failures and the mistakes that we made along the way.

That we will not only learn, but that we will make the changes and adjustments that will bring lasting change,

greater opportunities, a sense of calm, healing and hope, and a kinder society.

As I was taking a drive this past weekend, I heard Billy Joel’s song, “This is the Time.” As I reflected on the song lyrics, I thought, “Why is this the time to remember?” Then my thinking shifted. The song released in 1986 has nothing, and yet everything, to do with 2020. So, I challenged myself to try and think of why this would be a time to remember, even though we want it to be over.

The lyrics that really captured my attention were these, “This is the time to remember ‘Cause it will not last forever These are the days to hold onto ‘Cause we won’t, although we’ll want to” It’s a reflective and touching song that reminds us that there are parts of our life that we should be remembering, even now, and that there are people in our life that are important to us today and in all of our tomorrows as well.

There were family members, friends, and neighbors who were married. There were babies and grandbabies born into our families.

There were celebrations of life that gave us an opportunity to grieve, mourn, and lovingly remember those closest to us who had passed. There were more virtual calls with family and friends that would have never taken place in prior years. There was a sense of community connection and reaching out, with people help-

ing wherever they could. Initially, as the events of 2020 unfolded, we may have all had a reality check or perhaps been frozen with fear. But what I am hearing most about today, is resiliency and courage in the face of it all.

The year 2020 will indeed pass us by. For some, it will be goodbye and good riddance. And for others, we will look back on Dec. 31 and be reminded of how we personally handled the events of 2020. And when we do, we will look back on how we personally participated in 2020. We will ask ourselves things like: Was I helpful? Did I actively participate in the service of others? Did my voice add value to the conversation? Did my character remain intact? Did I avoid the blame game? Maybe, and most importantly, did I vote? Because one day in the future, as we look back on 2020 and how we remember it, will be dependent on how we worked, lived, and succeeded through it all.

How about you? Is this the time to remember? Was there a particular event that impacted you more than others? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@tramazing.com.

And when we can focus on this time, it just might be a time to remember, because it will not last forever, really making this a better than good week.

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

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Time to plan in fourth quarter

hird quarter is in the books, and we are heading into the last few months of the year.

And what a year it has been.

Investors have been on the edge of their seats with the election in a few short weeks and no end to COVID-19 in FINANCIAL sight. It is difficult to make many year- STRATEGIES end plans, but time is running out to stay ahead of your 2020 goals.

The calendar pages don’t stop turning, and soon we will be out of time to make important financial decisions. Patricia Kummer Use this time while you are waiting for the election to be determined, or for a vaccine, to take care of things you may have postponed. l Start with updating your financial plan. You may have put this off waiting for in-person meetings to resume. In reality, you can see your

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Marsha Jaroch Lone Tree (board of health member for Douglas County) Paulette Joswick Castle Rock (board of health member for Douglas County) Turn down Prop 113 If we want presidential candidates to value our Colorado voices, it’s important we vote no on Proposition 113. Prop 113 would give Colorado’s presidential electoral votes to whomever gets the most votes in the country, not based on whom we vote for in Colorado. To some, that may sound appealing on the surface but upon closer inspection this simply gives California the ability to dictate our nation’s presidential outcomes. Is that what we want?

California has swung national popular vote totals drastically before, such as recently when a candidate won by 1.4 million votes when adding up 49 states’ results — but then lost it by 2.8 million votes when California was included. In fact, Los Angeles County alone has a larger population than 41 other states do. It’s clear that if we go simply with the national popular vote, that California will be able to decide the president for the other 49 states.

It’s no surprise then that the majority of the funding for Prop 113 is coming from California.

If we give up our Colorado voice like this, candidates won’t focus on what’s important to us but instead on large population centers like California who will be deciding the outcome.

Our diversity of thought and experi-

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of the house. Didn’t they consider the effect the sound would have on dogs?

“Where or When,” on the other

own screen easier with web sharing capabilities these days so take advantage of this down time and update your financial advisor. It could have a significant impact on investment decisions going forward.

But first you need to see where you stand on income, expenses, taxes and goal planning.

Next take a deeper look at taxes.

Hopefully, you have filed your 2019 tax return by now, and you immediately get to turn around and address 2020 taxes. There are only a few months left to take advantage of year-end tax planning such as: • Maximize your 401(k) plan contributions at work • Fund your self-employment fund for earned income this year • Pay your estimated taxes if needed • Look at your portfolio and tax loss harvest or realize gains while you are in a low bracket • Consider Roth conversions if you are in a low bracket this year, or if you believe taxes will increase.

Don’t forget about open enroll-

ence across our country is one of our greatest strengths. That’s why it’s important for a president to earn not just the coastal population vote but the vote of those throughout the country.

Let’s preserve our Colorado voice by voting no on Prop 113!

Haley Anderson Highlands Ranch Keep GOP in charge of county Why would we want to change the party leadership of one of the best counties in the country? That’s a key question we should ask ourselves this election.

Douglas County is consistently recognized as having one of the best quality-of-life environments in the country.

For example, we were recently ranked the second healthiest community in the nation and the healthiest county in Colorado (for the fifth straight year)

by U.S. News! Their rankings were based on ten comprehensive factors including infrastructure, economic performance, and public safety. We know Douglas County is great—that’s why we choose to live here! And it’s great largely because it’s communitydriven and Republican-led.

For many decades, we’ve elected Republican leadership for Douglas County and those principles are at the heart of our community — such as low taxes, a welcoming business climate, freedom of choice, and respect for our police. Leadership that serves the people, not the other way around.

Those principles help create the quality of life that we love here.

Democrats, not satisfied with controlling our state government and many surrounding counties, are pouring huge sums of money into the Douglas County races to change these guiding principles. As they’ve done SEE LETTERS, P18

hand, is a soothing tune everyone can appreciate. It’s one of Harry’s favorites.

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

ment at work or for Medicare. Once you have your plan updated, it should provide clarity around what benefits you need.

Estate and elder care planning are also important pieces of your financial picture that often get pushed to the back burner. Review your estate documents, health care agent and financial power of attorney. Verify your beneficiaries on all of your accounts, including your bank accounts. Did you purchase something this year outside of your trust or your will? Property, vehicles and collectibles all need to be identified in your estate planning documents to ensure proper passing of ownership. This is also a good time to determine if you have the right insurance coverage for your household items, such as artwork, jewelry, antiques and collectibles.

Review your elder care plan with your family members. Do you have proper insurance or family support?

Have you made your wishes known and do you know the wishes of your parents? There may be little or no warning when extra care is needed so it is important to have a plan in place.

Finally assess your current port-

folio and see if it still addresses your goals. Determine if you are on track for retirement, travel, large purchases, education funding and other significant wishes. Revisit your risk tolerance for expected volatility in the coming weeks and months. Keep your eye on the long-term strategy to avoid making emotional decisions in the short term that may derail your goals over time.

Don’t wait for things to happen to you, take a proactive view of where you are and keep your house in order. This will help you adjust as needed once you have a solid plan in place.

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n a year that has already offered far too many tricks and too few treats, Halloween looms like a rotting jack-o’-lantern left out a week too long.

What has traditionally been a time of anticipation, fun, and friendly seasonal spookiness is now a source of uncertainty, worry and perhaps fear as people bemoan the potential loss of another cherished ritual and wonder whether trick-or-treating and other festivities can be safe and sensible this year (and what they will tell their kids if they aren’t).

Into the witchy brew that is a tired nation wondering whether haunted houses and candy corn will be the next casualties of the COVID-19 horror show (and all just before Election Day 2020, no less) have stepped several local medical experts who say that Halloween fun is still possible, but warn that it will require an adjustment in expectations and more pre-planning and flexibility than in a typical year.

“It can be a little different this year for Halloween 2020 but it can still be fun,” said Chris Nyquist, the Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control at Children’s Hospital Colorado. “And planning ahead is really important.”

During a virtual press conference on Halloween safety, Nyquist offered several ideas for how area families can modify trick-or-treating to make it into a safer activity with a focus on reducing the amount of contact kids and their families would have with other people as they trick-or-treat.

Those ideas include communicating with neighbors ahead of time around hygiene practices and making a plan to limit trick-or-treating to those neighbors who have agreed to follow safe distancing and hygiene practices.

“It’s that creativity that kids love with the whole idea of Halloween and what it means to them,” said Nyquist. “Is there a way to have a large tube that the candy comes down and they catch the candy so we can keep

a safe distance?’

Rachel Herlihy, the state epidemiologist with the Colorado Department of Health and Environment, said families whose children are participating in school or home-learning pods or cohorts could also coordinate together for celebrations that would reduce risk because those kids have already been exposed to one another.

Herlihy said her own 9-year-old daughter will be participating in such a celebration with parents heading to a local park to hide candy for their kids to find.

“It’s going to be a cross between Easter and Halloween with a Halloween candy hunt in the park and then we will spend some time in our yard having a little bit of a celebration afterwards with just the small group of kids she is routinely in contact with,” said Herlihy.

Trick-or-treating isn’t the only Halloween activity that will require some rethinking to be done safely this year.

Tips from a pro Eric France, the chief medical officer at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, said those planning to organize Halloween parties or visit haunted attractions or corn mazes should consider public health guidelines and how to reduce the spread.

“We want to focus on doing as many activities outdoors as possible,” said France. “Pumpkin patches, corn mazes, we know how to do these things in the safe way. Haunted houses might need to be transformed into haunted forests or other outdoor events as possible.”

Those organizing such events should also utilize strategies to implement one directional flow of participants and encourage mask wearing, he said.

Although most indoor haunted houses in the metro area are on hiatus this year, The 13th Floor in Commerce City is open after implementing several procedures and protocols intended to increase safety.

The owners of the 13th Floor declined to be interviewed for this story and instead directed Colorado Commu-

nity Media to their Scary Safe webpage, which details precautions ranging from limited attendance to requiring payments be made with credit cards.

“The nature of a haunted house is all about physical distancing; it always has been, it’s what we do normally,” reads a statement on the website. “The attractions are linear and very seldom would you ever come within 6 feet of other patrons. We do everything we can to make you feel ‘alone.’ But this year, we’re going above and beyond our normally safe and distanced methods of operation, and taking it to the next level.”

Check in advance Regardless of whether one plans on attending a family gathering or a pumpkin patch, France recommended getting in touch with the organizers to find out what precautions will be taken.

France said Colorado residents should also consider where their counties rate on the state’s new COVID dial when planning activities — and said the decision about what is safe should depend in part on where counties fall.

For example, those who live in communities rated as “high risk” should consider activities like a costume parade with predetermined routes to ensure safe distancing is maintained between participants or a driving tour of yard decorations while a small get-together of family or close friends could be doable in counties that are on safer-at-home level 1.

“Our approach to celebration should really be tuned into the dial,” said France.

Ideas for safe activities for each phase of the dial can be found at covid19. colorado.gov/halloween-tips-and-tricks.

Residents can view their county’s level at covid19.colorado.gov/data/covid19-dial/covid-19-dial-dashboard.

But regardless of where a county falls on the dial, France said it is important for those celebrating Halloween to follow basic health guidelines, such as wearing masks, frequently washing hands and not participating in any social activities if one is sick.

STAYING SAFE Here are some other general guidelines and tips for Halloween safety compiled from information released

by CDPHE, the CDC and Jefferson County Public Health.

Trick-or-treating • Stay in your neighborhood (the fewer houses you visit the safer you will be) • Avoid mingling with groups from other households.

• Keep your masks on — save the candy eating for home • If going door-todoor, limit the time spent at doorways Handing out candy • Wear a mask • Avoid contact as much as possible. For example, put out individual treat bags at the end of your driveway or yard’s edge that are easy to grab so kids don’t have to rummage through candy bowls.

You can also use a mug to scoop candy to avoid touching, or put out a tray with candy that is sanitized between groups.

• Greet trick-ortreaters from at least 6 feet away. Use tape to mark 6-foot spots for families to stand in while picking up their candy • Only use pre-packaged candy Parties • Wear masks at all times when within 6 feet of people who do not live in your household • Consider a small and short outdoor gathering — there is a

higher risk for transmission with more people and a longer event • Avoid self-serve table spreads • Keep a list of guests so they can be quickly informed in the event of COVID-19 positives Costumes • Costume masks are not a substitute for masks that protect against COVID-19 spread. Masks that protect against COVID-19 should be made from two or more breathable fabric layers that cover the nose and mouth, with no gaps around the face.

Wear non-costume masks when indoors with non-household contacts and outdoors whenever 6 feet of distance cannot be maintained.

• If wearing a costume mask over a cloth mask makes it hard to breathe, consider a Halloween-themed cloth mask as part of the costume instead.

• All children 3 years of age and older should wear a mask unless they cannot tolerate it.

Ideas for low-risk activities • Carving or decorating pumpkins with members of your household and displaying them • Having a virtual Halloween costume contest • Having a Halloween movie night inside your household • Having a Halloween scavenger hunt with members of your household

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Autumn beauty is in every direction

ecent photos from Littleton’s Andy Marquez remind us of how beautiful it is every direction we look outside.

Enjoy a walk in Sterne Park or along the South Platte Riverside, where the trail reaches into Douglas County and meets the C470 trail. Or head east to Goodson Recreation Center and the trail that picks up there — or SONYA’S head west to Deer SAMPLER Creek Canyon Trail.

Pack a lunch and picnic, or just saunter in the sunshine amidst the gold that surrounds. The high-country aspens have been great, but we’ve only got to step outside right here to enjoy now.

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CORE Gallery “Symbolic Nature” is the title of a new CORE Gallery member exhibit (Oct. 23-Nov. 8) at the new address: 6851 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood. (Large

at the Denver Art Museum, running through Jan. 24. Tickets ($20/$26) are being sold in two blocks and need to be pre-purchased. Available Nov. 12 online for Oct. 25-Nov. 30. Available Nov. 23 online for show dates Dec. 1 to Jan. 24. See denverartmuseum.org, 720-913-0130.

parking lot on the east side). Barbara Veatch, Centennial, is the featured artist. Veatch said: “My Mixed Media Drawings and Paintings look to the natural world for inspiration. I take elements and symbols and utilize them to create abstract narratives ...”

Opening reception Oct. 23 from 6 to 9 p.m. (First Friday.) See coregallery.org.

New recording “SAME SHIrT, DIFFERENT DAY” by newly-Littleton-based musician Rodney Rice, who is happy to now be located near Red Rocks, is available.

Visit rodneyrice.com.

The leaves changing at Sterne Park in Littleton.

PHOTO BY ANDY MARQUEZ is playing through Nov. 8 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton Street, Aurora.

Directed by Bernie Cardell and Rhyann Sims. Three short plays: “The Man Who Married His Mother-in-Law”; “Margaret Faydle Comes to Town”; and “Match Wits With Minka Lupina.”

Performances: Friday/Saturday: 7:30 p.m.; Sunday: 2:30 p.m. Tickets: $23, $30. vintagetheatre.com, 303-856-7830.

Opera Guild Watch for an announcement from Denver Lyric Opera Guild of a virtual version of the wonderful annual Master Class and singer competition, which results in one lucky winner receiving a nice cash boost as they begin a professional operatic career ...

See denverlyricoperaguild.org.

Denver Art Museum “Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Mexican Modernism” opens Oct. 25

Vintage Theatre “Murderers” by Jeffrey Hatcher

Jazz orchestra The Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra will perform from 7:30 to 9 p.m. on Oct. 30 at PACE Center, 20000 E. Pikes Peak Ave., Parker, with music

by Bill Withers, Al Green, Sam Cooke, Al Jarreau and Otis Redding. Tickets: 303-805-6800, parkerarts.org. They will be mailed with seating assignments, 3-5 days in advance. Seating will be properly spaced, masks required.

PACE Center Parker Arts Holiday shows are on sale: Parker Chorale Holiday; Christmas With the Clauses; Hazel Miller and the Collective’s Holiday Show and more. Also, in the Art Gallery: “Allegories of Transformation: Highlighting Indigenous Artists” through Nov. 18.

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Novel explores life of complex character Stephanie Harper of Littleton area makes debut

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

“Inside my apartment, I have everything I need,” he says. That apartment is in downtown Denver in a familiar neighborhood ...

Agoraphobic Wesley Yorstead — the central character in the debut novel “Wesley Yorstead Goes Outside”

by Littleton-area author Stephanie Harper — illustrates graphic novels, which he can readily do on his home computer, drawing on Harper artistic skills and an active imagination ...

His colorist, Rick, a longtime friend, comes by often to pick them up and complete the process for publication in graphic novels.

His neighborhood grocery store, Lafferty’s Neighborhood Market, employs a young man named Angel, who food

delivers weekly, responding to a quick phone order.

Wesley’s life is predictable and tidy, with everything in its proper place, so he feels safe and in control of his small world ... (He opened his window once ...)

He is haunted by witnessing a horrible crime scene, which has stayed with him.

“It’s midmorning on a Sunday in mid-September and the persistent knock on the door can only mean one thing: Angel’s arrived with my groceries.” Usually, Angel hands over his bags and he gives the black-haired guy a check. Done and gone.

Wesley has his groceries to organize and shelve.

But instead, on that day, “a pale figure stands in the spot where Angel should be.”

She pushes past and sets groceries on the stainless counter — after first resting them on the dirty floor in the hall. It’s Mr. Lafferty’s slender redhaired daughter, Happy, who explains that Angel’s grandma is ill and he is caring for her ... A quick verification call to Happy’s dad is necessary for comfort.

“Not much for decorating,” she observes after looking around, focusing on the art print of a Wassily Kandinsky painting.

She imagines that he produces comic books like “Batman,” rather than the illustrated classics he actually does. (His current project is actually “To Kill a Mockingbird.”)

To his horror, she plops on the sofa to visit!

By page 20, the reader can imagine where this might go, but Harper’s storytelling style — and the dialogue she creates — keeps one involved and entertained to the end, when things are actually going quite well for our hero.

Happy feels comfortable in the middle of Wesley’s terrain and asks: “Do you think I could borrow one of your books? I’d really like to read the `Hamlet’ one,” which he’d showed her with trepidation. Might she perhaps dogear a corner or smudge a page?

He agrees and she returns it later in fine shape — whew!

In the meantime, her presence and scent linger in his apartment — plus a few red hairs on the sofa ...

He wonders if she ever feels the

frantic way he does?? His new drawings reflect Happy. Lovely women who may populate the current book project. His friend Rick, who colors his work — and appreciates pretty women — is intrigued and teases.

Then she appears on a non-grocery evening, with a movie to share with him, plus a bottle of wine.

Wesley fills the reader in with bits about his struggle with mental illness: “I started having night terrors when I was five.” He’d wake up screaming and his mother would come to soothe him — but not his father ... These have translated to adult panic attacks. And full-fledged resistance to any unnecessary risk outside his space.

A sympathetic reader is intrigued and optimistic that perhaps there is a possibility for recovery, as he is able to help Happy deal with a difficult situation out of her past. Upbeat conclusion here.

Harper’s previous creation was a collection of poems: “Sermon Series.”

We’ll be interested to see what happens next ...

Look for “Wesley Yorstead Goes Outside” at your library or bookstore!

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All the flavors to entice kids.

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E-cigarette makers and vape shops are enticing kids with flavors like cotton candy, gummy bear and bubble gum. And nationally, over 5 million kids are using these flavored e-cigarettes.

Vape shops and tobacco companies say their products aren’t ending up in kids’ hands, but that’s just not true. Many retailers still sell to minors, and many of them in Denver even illegally sold products during the COVID-19 shutdown violating emergency orders.

Let’s stop pretending vape shops and the industry care about public health or the health of our children. It’s time to stop the sale of flavored tobacco products to protect our kids.

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in Denver and elsewhere, they’d bring more intrusive government, less choice, and higher taxes — a lower quality of life to our county.

Do we want that?

In these uncertain times, let’s preserve and continue improving what makes Douglas County great! Let’s continue voting for those Republican principles at the heart of our community.

Stephanie Gresh Castle Rock Pick Democratic principles Re: Sarah May’s Oct. 8 letter “Pick Republican principles”: We are indeed at a crossroads.

Republican and Democratic candidates do answer questions differently, such as: Economic freedom: As May notes, Republicans want to limit taxes (so Big Daddy can keep all his dough and to hell with infrastructure, social services, etc.) and “minimize burdensome regulations.” This essentially means “forget our air, water and climate — short-term corporate gains are much more important.” Regulations shouldn’t be overly burdensome, but Republicans

seem to think all of them are.

Choice: Yes, Republicans “champion health-care choices” like those benevolent, pre-ACA insurers that let us choose to be denied coverage due to pre-existing conditions, capped what they’d spend on the critically ill and left people with no coverage at all if they left a job. Republicans are all about school choice when it means diverting funds from our public schools to religious and private schools with no regard for the many children whose parents can’t afford such “choice.”

Safety: Democrats believe it’s time to take a hard look at how police departments operate. “Defund the police” is a rallying cry not to eliminate police departments but to reallocate some police department funds to other agencies that would likely be more effective.

With this election, we have a chance to reset with progressive Democrats who want to move things forward to make a better country, not sit on their hands like policy-averse Republicans attempting to roll back the clock to some mythical Mayberry that never existed in the first place.

Alex Miller Highlands Ranch Vote yes on 117 Of all the ballot propositions we’re voting on, one in particular is

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The ballot language for Prop 117 is a legal headache, but nonetheless, a “YES” vote has major implications for holding down the growth of our state government and its ability to allow enterprises to raise fees.

As simply put as possible — state government found ways around our Taxpayer Bill of Rights by allowing enterprises (see: government-created business ventures) to create fees that are essentially nothing more than stealth taxes. Think about this: Since TABOR was passed in 1992, giving us a voice in tax increases, we’ve approved just three, constraining the growth of government. During that time, however, the state has created

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• Email your letter to letters@coloradocommunitymedia.com and launched 15 enterprises, each of which have created fees. Each of which you pay.

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Owners say goodbye to indoor amusement park Husband and wife plan to open an outdoor amusement park when pandemic subsides

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Louise Elinoff had to make calls and cancel more than 200 birthday parties.

As the state rolled out restrictions in response to the pandemic in March, Louise and Nathan Elinoff — owners of a well-known line of amusement parks in the Denver metro area — were forced to close Lollipop Park, their location at 6901 S. Peoria St., just off East Arapahoe Road in the central Centennial area.

After nine years in business, the indoor amusement park has now shut its doors for good, the Elinoffs announced in late September.

“Nathan and I have been doing this for 38 years — been married for 43,” said Louise Elinoff, 61. “It’s in our DNA. We miss seeing the kids smile.”

Catering to children 10 and younger, Lollipop Park enjoyed record sales before the pandemic forced it to shutter, a news release said. The park had hosted thousands of birthday parties, drawing families with a mix of amusement park rides, a bounce house and other attractions, the release said.

The husband-and-wife team started out as high school sweethearts who met at George Washington High in Denver, going on to have three chil-

Nathan and Louise Elinoff, owners of amusement park and children’s entertainment establishments for more than 38 years, stand by the Ferris wheel Oct. 1 at Lollipop Park, an indoor amusement park in the central Centennial area that announced its permanent closure in late September.

PHOTO BY ELLIS ARNOLD dren. Along the way, it struck them that there wasn’t much for kids to do in Denver in winter. The couple shared a love of amusement parks, having growing up with Lakeside Amusement Park and the old Elitch Gardens.

“We thought, ‘Why don’t we put some amusement parks inside?’ ” Louise Elinoff said.

The Elinoffs also wanted to provide physical activity for kids. Their first children’s entertainment location — Nathan’s Physical Whimsical in Englewood in the early 1980s — featured a large ball pit, toy cars to ride in and other attractions, according to

photos on the couple’s website.

The 1980s also saw the couple open Nathan’s Physical Whimsical in Houston, Nathan’s Lollipop Park in Westminster and Funtastic Nathan’s in Englewood’s dearly remembered Cinderella City mall, which stood where Englewood’s city hall and Walmart are now located.

“We were in the Cinder Alley,” Louise Elinoff said, referring to one of the mall’s shopping areas. “Cinderella City was fabulous in the 1980s.

That was the place to go — everybody shopped there.”

The Elinoffs continued to branch

out in the 1990s with Nathan’s Classical Flying Pizza in Littleton and Funtastic Fun in Englewood, the latter of which operated until 2010. The couple also opened a Lollipop Park in California.

“We’re on our third generation of customers,” said Louise Elinoff, who has received messages from the public reminiscing about the old locations.

“We loved working with teenagers on staff,” she added. “We had grandmas come up to us saying they used to work at Funtastic Nathan’s.”

The couple’s entertainment offeriings became a statewide draw, seeing families roll in from mountain communities, Fort Collins and elsewhere in Colorado, Nathan Elinoff said.

After a long journey through the industry, Louise Elinoff said that even if Lollipop Park was allowed to open, it wouldn’t, as people don’t feel comfortable indoors during the pandemic, and Lollipop Park thrives on crowds.

The couple can’t feel sorry for themselves because so many worldwide have been affected by the pandemic, Nathan Elinoff said.

“We still feel thankful for our health and community,” said Nathan Elinoff, 63. He added: “When a vaccine is here, the virus is under control and the economy is strong, we’ll open.”

For the past five years, the Elinoffs have been working on a plan for an outdoor amusement park in the metro area, and they hope to cater to parents, some teenagers and especially kids, Louise Elinoff said.

“That’s the thing about amusement parks,” she said. “They never go out of style.”

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SAT remains popular despite declining relevance

BY JASON GONZALES CHALKBEAT.ORG

Despite state school board members deeming the SAT voluntary this year for Colorado high school students, the state education department ordered more than 30,000 test books for about 400 schools to administer it for free in September.

Although the Colorado Department of Education could not say how many students took the college readiness test last month, clearly many students still view the exam as important to their path to college.

James Yepez, a Palmer High School counselor in Colorado Springs, said his students are convinced they need to take the test to get into the school of their choice. College-bound students still believe SAT scores will help their admission chances, he said.

In Colorado, at least for the foreseeable future, the privately administered SAT isn’t going anywhere.

The state uses the test to rate school performance. Students also can use the test to demonstrate proficiency in English and math to meet new graduation requirements that apply to the Class of 2021. Much is also tied to the test, including the determination of merit scholarships — a requirement that’s been placed on pause for 2021 graduates by Colorado public universities, according to the Colorado Department of Higher Education.

Nationwide, more than 1,550 colleges have made the test optional for admissions, increasing about 50% this year, according to Akil Bello of the National Organization for Fair and Open Testing, which opposes how

standardized tests are used in admissions. That’s about two-thirds of all four-year degree granting accredited colleges nationwide, Bello said.

Many schools decided either just before or right after the start of the coronavirus pandemic, said Bello, who is senior director of advocacy and advancement.

He said the unusual circumstances this year can allow Colorado’s college leaders and policy makers an opportunity to reflect on the use of the test, especially for admissions.

Polis OKs provision In response to the pandemic, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed into law a provision that allows public colleges and universities to go test-optional.

The University of Colorado-Boulder and Colorado State University decided to go test-optional for one year.

Other Colorado colleges and universities also hit pause on using the SAT for admissions.

The testing companies argue research shows the tests are solid predictors of college success, especially in the first year. And the research also describes how the tests create a more complete picture of student abilities.

The SAT allows schools to sort thousands of applications, said Alejandra Dominguez, a success coach at AdvanceEDU, which provides underrepresented students support in accessing college.

But Dominguez, who has counseled students in the Denver area, said the tests don’t let students showcase their complexities, especially those who are low-income, have a disability, or are from underrepresented groups.

“The tests represent kind of a fixed mindset about students,” Dominguez said. “To think that we can look at a student’s score as a representation of what they can accomplish is just flatout wrong.”

Bello of Fair Test said success on the SAT or ACT can often be boiled down to whether families have the means to pay for preparation tools.

Often, low-income students don’t have access to those tools.

Given the mission of public schools, Bello said, “perpetuating wealth inequality” is not in the public good.

Bello said the tests only provide a small look into whether students can be successful in college. Numerous studies suggest grade-point averages are a better predictor of student success in college. And a slew of research shows students from low-income and underrepresented populations don’t test as well as their white, higherincome peers.

Report urges change A recent National Association for College Admission Counseling report examined the inequities associated with standardized testing for collegegoing students. The report calls for change to the admission process.

The report’s authors said 2020 is the year to reexamine the “appropriate uses, and potential misuses, of standardized tests.”

Colorado College in Colorado Springs made the SAT and ACT optional for applicants last year.

“I don’t think it put any of our decisions at risk,” said Admissions Director Matt Bonser. Before then, the school didn’t heavily weigh the

test. “We were focusing on those areas where students have spent most of their time over those prior 3 to 3 1/2 years,” he said. The change has been over a decade in the making, he said.

The college now reviews applicants’ academic work, grades, and interaction with their communities.

Bonser said he hopes the pandemic allows schools and families time to reflect on what they prioritize. Students shouldn’t have to stress over taking the test multiple times to get the best score, he said.

Yepez of Palmer High said it’s incredibly difficult to advise his students what to do about the test this year.

The differences in admissions requirements mean Yepez must tailor his advice to each college or university.

Yepez said he can’t advise students against taking the test, but tries his best to give them information to attain their goals and consider their individual circumstances. About half of Palmer High School’s student population is low-income and relies on scholarships to access college. Many of those awards require SAT scores.

“It kind of boils down to this sorting factor that indicates, in some way, the belief that because the students scored better on the SAT for three hours they somehow know more than the kids sitting next to them,” Yepez said. “I think that is a gross misunderstanding of what those tests really are showing about our students.”

This story is from Chalkbeat Colorado, a nonprofit news site covering educational change in public schools. Used by permission. For more, and to support Chalkbeat, visit co.chalkbeat.org.

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Frightful nights still on at Haunted Mansion Reservations required, but spooky fun continues at longtime Halloween staple

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Sure, a lot of traditions are on hold this year, but fortunately the Reinke Bros.

Haunted Mansion isn’t one of them.

The epic haunted house is one of just a handful operating in the Denver metro area this year, thanks to a hefty helping of disease prevention practices like temperature screenings, keeping the actors behind Plexiglas, keeping groups small and spacing out visitors with a reservation system.

But that doesn’t mean the experience is any less scary. Spread over 34 spooky rooms, the haunted house provides loads of frights, jumps, gross-outs and freakouts.

“We still came up with plenty of ways to scare the pants off you,” said Greg Reinke, who owns the combination haunted house and emporium of costumes and magic.

“The plus side is, with the groups spaced out like this, you’re pretty much on your own in there. It’s a great experience.”

The Haunted Mansion is at 5663 S. Prince St. in Littleton, and runs through Nov. 1.

Tickets are $19 per person Sunday through Thursday and $22 per person on Friday and Saturday. A special lights-on tour is available for younger kids on Saturday and Sunday and costs $10 per person.

Reservations are required, and can be made at reinkebrothers.com.

Greg Reinke, owner of the Reinke Bros. costume and magic emporium, hangs out with a couple of undead horses pulling a spooky carriage in the Haunted Mansion, one of just a few haunted houses operating in the Denver area this year.

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Creek, Vista set pace at state cross country Powerhouse teams from last year come back with strong performances

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It was a banner day for Cherry Creek on Oct. 17 at the state cross country championships but Mountain Vista also proved it is still a team to be watched.

Bruins senior Parker Wolfe won the Class 5A state title with a course record time of 15:10.4 at the Norris Penrose Events Center in Colorado Springs. Wolfe bettered the record of 15:12 set by Valor Christian’s Cole Sprout last season.

Creek junior Riley Stewart captured the 5A girls individual title with a winning time of 17:33.8. Cherry Creek’s girls team, second for the past two season, won the team crown and Mountain Vista’s boys team, second in 2019, won its sixth overall state championship.

“It was a pretty good day for us,” said Cherry Creek coach Ethan Dusto. “We’ve been working hard since March. The boys really put in together and the five of these girls were second last year and they really wanted it.

“Parker and Riley had targets on their back all year. It kept them motivated. I know with Parker it was about being able to set the record here. He knew what he wanted and went after it. It’s so difficult when you have had some success and the pressure to repeat keeps coming up. I was impressed they were able to handle it and did a great job.”

Wolfe had COVID-19 in July before the start of the season but was healthy enough to run in the Heritage Distance Classic (formerly the Liberty Bell) on Sept. 13 and beat the previous

The Mountain Vista boys won the Class 5A team championship at the state cross country meet. It was Vista’s sixth boys team state championship.

PHOTO BY JIM BENTON record set by Sprout with a nation’s best time of 14:30.

He and Sprout trained together last summer “I’ve been back to the doctor a couple times,” said Wolfe. “I’m pretty much back to normal and healthy again. I didn’t know how it would affect my lungs and all that. Coming into the season my goal was to get to the Liberty Bell, get that time and

make sure my lungs were still there and that happened. I’m pretty happy to set the (state) course record. I never thought I would be here. My freshman year I was a 4-foot-10 and a 95-pound scrawny kid.”

Stewart’s race was like the one run

by Wolfe. Both Creek runners put plenty of distance between them and the rest of the competitors.

“It’s just amazing to get the team

and individual titles,” said Stewart.

“This was the best day ever. For Parker to come out on top, he’s been working so hard for it and we have all been working hard. I was just trying to go hard the whole race and I wasn’t really focusing on what was going on behind. I was just looking at myself.”

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Running back sparks win for Golden Eagles Two-back rotation is new tactic for football team

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Mountain Vista senior Adam Holton made his debut as a running back on Oct. 16 in a game against Highlands Ranch at Shea Stadium and his performance deserves an encore.

Holton is a wide receiver/ linebacker who was moved to running back by head coach Garrett Looney in a new twoback rotation for the Golden Eagles.

He broke loose on an 80-yard touchdown run with 7:31 left

to play in the fourth quarter and his TD gallop broke a tie and gave Vista a 28-21 victory in the Douglas County league game.

“I just saw a hole, took off in it, saw open grass and turned the speed on,” explained Holton. “Our wide receivers got some good blocks. It felt really good. That was my first game playing running back. I liked it a lot. I want to be back there soon.”

But Holton still had work to do after his game-winning touchdown to help Vista even its season record at 1-1.

Highlands Ranch drove to the Vista 16-yard line but a fourth and four pass went off the fingers of a receiver and Vista gained possession with 4:24 left in the contest.

Holton carried the ball on

six of Vista’s next nine plays and three times picked up first downs as the Golden Eagles ran out the clock.

“We knew we couldn’t give them the ball back,” said Holton. “They had three timeouts left and we had to eat them up and just get yards. We knew we had to get the three first downs and we’d win.”

Holton also caught a 23-yard TD pass from quarterback Dane Dougherty who threw two scoring passes to Nick Stone in the close game that was tied on three different occasions.

“I told these guys that that was the type of game we found a way to lose last year,’ said Looney.

SEE BACK, P26

Mountain Vista senior Adam Holton played his first game as a running back on Oct. 16 against Highlands Ranch and his 80-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter was the difference in a 28-21 win for the Golden Eagles.

PHOTO BY JIM BENTON

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The other scoring runners besides Stewart for the Cherry Creek girls team were Shelby Balding, Addison Price, Addison Laughlin and Claire Semerod as the Bruins finished with 42 points.

Defending state champion Arapahoe was second behind Creek with 82 points. Valor Christian was third (90), Mountain Vista fourth (103) and Cherokee Trail fifth (130).

In 5A girls individual race, Cameron McConnell of Cherokee Trail was second behind Stewart with a time of 18:00.50. Ava Mitchell of Arapahoe ran fourth (18:13.20), Balding was fifth (18:20.60), Taylor Whitfield of Valor Christian sixth (18:20.70), Valor’s Brooke Wilson seventh (18:28.10) and Emily Lamontogne of Arapahoe eighth (18:34.30).

Mountain Vista’s boys team had 80 points to outdistance second place Chaparral (124) in the 5A boys team race. Valor Christian was fourth (147), Rock Canyon seventh (195) and Creek tenth (221).

Ty Garrett of Valor Christian was eighth in the individual standings with a time of 16:06.30 and Jayden

BACK FROM PAGE 25

“I like the growth of our program to find a way to win a game like that.

It’s always nice to beat the team down the street. It’s a good rivalry.

Highlands Ranch is a good football team. They are well-coached, big, physical, and we did a great job of sticking with it and found a way to win.”

Cherry Creek junior Riley Stewart nears the finish line of the 5A girls race at the Oct. 17 state cross country championships. Stewart was the individual state champion with a winning time of 17:33.8 and also helped the Bruins win the team title.

PHOTO BY JIM BENTON

Nats was Mountain Vista’s top runner in 10th place (16:14.00).

Unofficially, Holton finished with 171 yards on 18 carries.

Highlands Ranch quarterback Kyle Lindbloom threw touchdown passes to Jade Arroyo and Josh Lindahl and Jarrell Trahan ran for the Falcons’ first score of the game.

“They had a couple big runs and we got inside the 20-yard line three times and didn’t score so that didn’t help,” said new Highlands Ranch coach Tyson Lunquist, whose team is now 1-1 for the season. “We’ve got to get better.

We’ve got work to do.”

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MASKS FROM PAGE 9

The chain has locations in New York City, New Jersey, Philadelphia and Las Vegas, and is looking to open stores in California, where wildfires have only added to the demand for masks.

Initially, the owners really weren’t sure the idea would fly. They opened the first store just as malls were reopening following the lockdowns.

“We really didn’t grasp how big it would get,” Benimetzky said. “We didn’t go into it with the idea of opening many stores. But we got busy from the second we opened.”

Nancy Caeti, 76, stopped in the Lone Tree store to buy masks for her grandchildren. She bought one with a clear panel for her granddaughter, whose sign language instructor needs to see her lips moving. She bought her daughter, a music teacher and Denver Broncos fan, a mask with the football team’s logo.

“I lived through the polio epidemic,” Caeti said, as her latex-gloved hand inserted her credit card into the card reader. “It reminds me of that, but that I don’t think was as bad.”

She recalled how her mother had lined her and her siblings up to get the polio vaccine, and said she’d be first in line for a COVID shot.

That perhaps is the one essential the store does not carry. It hawks keylike devices for opening doors and pressing elevator buttons without touching them. Some have a built-in bottle opener. There are ultraviolet-light devices for disinfecting phones and upscale hand sanitizer that employees spray on customers as if it were a department store perfume sample.

But the masks are the biggest draw.

The store can personalize them with rhinestone letters or the kind of ironon patches that teens once wore on their jeans.

Upon entry, customers can check their temperature with a digital forehead scanner with audible directions: “Step closer. Step closer. Temperature normal. Temperature normal.”

The store also has added a sink near the entrance so customers can wash their hands before handling the merchandise.

Passersby puzzled Some mallgoers walk by the store in bewilderment, stopping to take photos to post to social media with a you’ve-got-to-be-kidding message.

One older white couple in matching masks noticed a mask emblazoned with the slogan “Black Lives Matter” in the storefront display, and walked away in disgust.

The store takes no political sides; there are three designs of President Donald Trump campaign masks, two for Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden.

One woman, who declined to give her name, came in wearing a mask below her nose and wondered whether a Trump mask would fit her smallish face. The Trump masks are among the more popular sellers, Chen said, so he keeps them in a bigger cabinet to accommodate the extra stock. It’s not clear if that will forecast the election results, as some have posited with Halloween mask sales.

Daniel Gurule, 31, stopped by the mall on his lunch hour to pick up an Apple Watch but ventured into the store for a new mask. He said that he normally wore a vented mask but that not all places allowed those.

(They protect users but not the people around them.) He bought a $24.99 mask with the logo of the Denver Nuggets basketball team.

“It takes away a little bit of our personalities when everybody is walking around in disposable masks,” Chen

said. “It kind of looks like a hospital, like everybody is sick.”

Most of the masks are sewn specifically for the retail chain, including many by hand. One of their suppliers is a family of Vietnamese immigrants who sew masks at their Los Angeles home, Benimetzky said. Chen said that it was hard to keep masks in stock, and that every day it seemed some other design became their best seller.

Dorothy Lovett, 80, paused outside the store, leaning on a cane with an animal print design.

“I had to back up and say, `What the heck is this?’” she said. “I’ve never seen a mask store before.”

She perused the display case, noting she needed to find a better option than the cloth version she was wearing.

“I can’t breathe in this one,” said Lovett, who is white, before deciding on her favorite. “I like the Black Lives Matter mask.”

This story is from Kaiser Health News, a nonprofit news service covering health issues. It is an editorially independent program of Kaiser Family Foundation, which is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente. Used by permission. For more, khn.org.

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Bids and Settlements PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on November 15, 2020, final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and Sturgeon Electric Company, Inc. for the 2019 Traffic Signals Installation Project; TF2018-037 in Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said Sturgeon Electric Company, Inc. for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said November 15, 2020, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Board of County Commissioners, c/o Director of Public Works Engineering, with a copy to the Project Engineer Danny Montoya, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104.

Failure on the part of claimant to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve said County of Douglas from all and any liability for such claimant’s claim.

The Board of Douglas County Commissioners of the County of Douglas, Colorado, By: Janet Herman, P.E., Director of Public Works Engineering.

Legal Notice No. 938063 First Publication: October 15, 2020 Second Publication: October 22, 2020 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Account Number: 00012184 Public Notice REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) #046-20 DOUGLAS COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER CONCESSION SERVICES The Douglas County Department of Facilities, Fleet and Emergency Support Services, hereinafter referred to as the County, is soliciting responses from responsible, qualified food service, café, concessionaire, coffee shop type companies to provide coffee and snack concession services at

the Robert A. Christensen Justice Center in Castle Rock, Colorado. The County will entertain franchise operation proposals. The privilege granted by this agreement gives the Concessionaire the right to sell coffee, specialty coffees, other hot/cold non-alcoholic beverages, pastries, pre-packaged snacks, and freshly prepared items.

The RFP documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com.

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

While the RFP documents are available electronically, Douglas County cannot accept electronic proposal responses.

RFP responses will be received until 3:00 p.m. on Monday, November 9, 2020 by Douglas County Government, Finance Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. All responses must be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked “Request for Proposal (RFP) #046-20, Justice Center Concession Services”. Proposal responses will not be considered which are received after the time stated and any proposals so received will be returned unopened.

Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a said proposal and furthermore, to award a contract for items herein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the County to do so. Additionally, we reserve the right to negotiate optional items/services with the successful vendor.

Please direct any questions concerning this RFP 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. 938112 First Publication: October 22, 2020 Last Publication: October 22, 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: MEADOWS CORPORATE CENTER JOINT VENTURE AKA MEADOWS CORPORATE

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CENTER JOINT VENTURE A COLORADO JOINT VENTURE - KW LANE LTD - MEADOWS CORPORATE CENTER JOINT VENTURE A COLORADO JOINT VENTURE C/O PATRINELY GROUP INC - C DEAN PATRINELY PRESIDENT OF MEADOWS CORPORATE CENTER PGI LLC A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILTY COMPANY AS MANAGING JOINT VENTURER OF MEADOWS CORPORATE CENTER JOINT VENTURE A COLORADO JOINT VENTURE - MICHAEL E NICHOLLS VICE PRESIDENT OF MEADOWS CORPORATE CENTER PGI LLC A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILTY COMPANY AS MANAGING JOINT VENTURER OF MEADOWS CORPORATE CENTER JOINT VENTURE A COLORADO JOINT VENTURE - OMNIVEST PARK RLLLP A COLORADO REGISTERED LIMITED LIABILITY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP C/O OMNIVEST REALTY INC -FREDERICK V MIALE JR PRESIDENT OF OMNIVEST INTERNATIONAL INC A COLORADO CORPORATION A GENERAL PARTNER OF OMNIVEST PARK RLLLP A COLORADO REGISTERED LIMITED LIABILITY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP - E S ALBA PRESIDENT OF OMNIVEST REALTY INC A COLORADO CORPORATION A GENERAL PARTNER OF OMNIVEST PARK RLLLP A COLORADO REGISTERED LIMITED LIABILITY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP - JOHN C MITCHELL III REGISTERED AGENT OMNIVEST PARK RLLLP A COLORADO REGISTERED LIMITED LIABILITY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OMNIVEST REALTY INC A COLORADO CORPORATION A GENERAL PARTNER OF OMNIVEST PARK RLLLP A COLORADO REGISTERED LIMITED LIABILITY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP - STEVE GRUENLER REGISTERED AGENT OMNIVEST REALTY INC A COLORADO CORPORATION A GENERAL PARTNER OF OMNIVEST PARK RLLLP A COLORADO REGISTERED LIMITED LIABILITY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP - OMNIVEST INTERNATIONAL INC A COLORADO CORPORATION AKA CATHAY GLOBAL INVESTMENTS INC A NEVADA CORPORATION A GENERAL PARTNER OF OMNIVEST PARK RLLLP A COLORADO REGISTERED LIMITED LIABILITY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP - MICHAEL BOYD ANDREWS & KURTH LLP - THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO HIGHWAY OFFICE BUILDING ATTN RIGHT OF WAY SECTION - US WEST COMMUNICATIONS INC A COLORADO CORPORATION - CASTLEWOOD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT AKA SOUTH METRO FIRE RESCUE - CHERRY CREEK BASIN AUTHORITY AKA CHERRY CREEK BASIN WATER QUALITY AUTHORITY - SOUTHGATE SANITATION DISTRICT - SOUTHGATE WATER DISTRICT SOUTH SUBURBAN PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT AKA SOUTH SUBURBAN PARKS AND RECREATION - OMNIPARK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT C/O BOB BLODGETT DISTRICT MANAGER CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP - TST INC OF DENVER AKA TTG ENGINEERS INC TST INC OF DENVER AKA TTG ENGINEERS INC CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY REGISTERED AGENT - DENMAR LLC AN INDIANA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AKA DENMAR LLC - DENMAR LLC AN INDIANA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AKA DENMAR LLC THE CORPORATION COMPANY REGISTERED AGENT - MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL INC AKA

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DELAWARE CORPORATION ATTN TAX DEPT - JAY L TOBIN VICE PRESIDENT BRINKER RESTAURANT CORPORATION A DELAWARE CORPORATION - ANDREWS & KURTH LLP ATTN MICHAEL R SHAW - INGRAM YUZEK GAINEN CARROLL & BERTOLOTTI ATTN NED R WEINSTEIN - LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC A DELAWARE CORPORATION - LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC A DELAWARE CORPORATION THE PRENTICE-HALL CORPORATION SYSTEM INC REGISTERED AGENT - MARK J MARCUCCI VICE PRESIDENT LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC A DELAWARE CORPORATION - LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC A DELAWARE CORPORATION ATTN JAIME FUERTES VICE PRESIDENT REAL ESTATE - OCCUPANT - MEADOWS CORPORATE CENTER PGI LLC A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY MANAGING JOINT VENTURER WITH MEADOWS CORPORATE CENTER JOINT VENTURE A COLORADO JOINT VENTURE - OMNIVEST PARK II LLC A COLORADO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AKA OMNIVEST PARK RLLLP -

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 5th day of November 2015 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to DOUGLAS COUNTY the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit:

ALL MIN INT IN PART SE1/4 10-6-67 MIN INT = 18.78 AM/L

and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to DOUGLAS COUNTY. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2014. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of MEADOWS CORPORATE CENTER JOINT VENTURE for said year 2014

That on the 18th day of June 2020 said DOUGLAS COUNTY assigned said certificate of purchase to KW LANE LTD.

That said KW LANE LTD on the 10th day of August 2020 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 28th day of January 2021 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 15th day of October 2020 /s/ David Gill Douglas County Treasurer Legal Notice No. 938033 First Publication: October 15, 2020 Last Publication: October 29, 2020 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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