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VOLUME 17 | ISSUE 4

Jeffco doing well on COVID-19

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

purchased the can on their own, those we can accept.”

The city will be hosting large item drop-off events for residents to bring up to five oversized items to be brought to the landfill. The first drop off event will be July 24 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Stenger Sports Complex, and the second will be Aug. 14 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at North Area Athletic Complex.

Kuroiwa said that thought the project has had its share of hitches, she is hopeful that the utility will come to be a positive program

While some Colorado counties have seen new COVID-19 case spikes in recent weeks, Jeffco has so far avoided that fate.

Instead, the county’s seven-day case incidence rate has been flatlined at around 23 new cases per 100,000 county residents since mid-June after declining rapidly for the two months before that. Those current sustained case levels represent the lowest case levels Jeffco has seen in over a year.

“Jefferson County is doing quite well I am very pleased to say,” Jefferson County Public Executive Director Dr. Dawn Comstock told Colorado Community Media on July 9. “Compared to other regions of the country and most other areas of our state, Jeffco has higher vaccination coverage, low communitywide spread currently and low hospitalization rates — and that’s all very, very good news.”

But even as the county is celebrating those successes, Comstock said there are still things that come her up at night. Right now, one of those things is the Delta variant, which officials say accounts for 80% of the cases currently being sequenced at the state lab and is considered more much contagious than any previous variants and the original virus.

Comstock said officials have confirmed that there have been cases of Delta in Jeffco and that at least one unvaccinated Jeffco resident died after contracting the Delta variant.

“As low as our community transmission and hospitalization rates are, they haven’t continued to drop as quickly as I would’ve expected given our high vaccination rates and this is undoubtedly because of

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A Republic garbage truck performs service in Arvada during the first week of the trash hauling program.

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New waste hauling and recycling program begins service in Arvada

Republic Services started trash pickup July 5

BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Republic Services’ waste hauling trucks and trash cans adorned with the city of Arvada logo began dotting Arvada’s streets the week of July 5, as the city’s new singlehauler waste hauling program commenced service last week.

While many residents spoke favorably of their first week with the

service, some reported confusion regarding what to do with their old cans and delays in receiving new carts.

Arvada’s Infrastructure Manager of Communication, Rachael Kuroiwa, said that all carts had been delivered by the end of the day July 7. Kuroiwa added that if a resident’s cart had not been delivered by their first service date, they may leave bagged trash on the curb to be removed free of charge.

“We can’t take any carts that are branded with a specific company,” Kuroiwa said. “If the company went out of business, or people

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Olde Town pedestrian mall conversion underway Semi-permanent project set to be completed

by November

BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The streets of Olde Town Arvada might be a bit dustier than usual this summer, as work to convert the historic district into a pedestrian mall has begun.

The work started June 30 and will continue through Nov. 1. The renovations will include installing new medians, removing existing striping from closed off areas and repaving crosswalks.

Work will typically take place on weekdays between 7 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. A representative from PCL Construction, the firm heading up the project, said visitors to Olde Town can expect some construction equipment moving throughout the area and “relatively short road closures.”

The representative added that well marked detour routes will be implemented to help visitors navigate the closures.

Concrete medians will replace the temporary barricades that currently block off the intersections of Olde Wadsworth Boulevard and Grant Place, Olde Wadsworth and 57th Avenue, Olde Wadsworth and Grandview Avenue, and Webster Street and Grandview. The crosswalks at these intersections will also be repaved.

Additionally, the existing road striping within the closed off area will be removed, including the center strip and the parking stall striping.

The streets of Olde Town Arvada initially closed to vehicle traffic June 12, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. After reception to the closure was largely positive — a survey conducted by the Olde Town Business Improvement District in fall 2020 found that 90 percent

A map of the road closures in Olde Town Arvada.

of the survey’s 1,165 respondents supported the street closure — the BID proposed keeping the change in place on a semi-permanent basis.

Olde Town BID Director Joe Hengstler said that the transition to the semi-permanent phase of the closure signals a new era and added that his office would continue to look towards utilizing the space for public art and other amenities over time.

“I think for Olde Town and for the businesses,” said Hengstler, “it’s a sign that we are moving out of the era of COVID, but we are moving toward a revisioning of what the space can be and with that will come the opportunity to have some more outdoor space to have some more

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public art and to look at different activations over time.”

While the work that will take place this summer is part of the semipermanent proposal, Arvada Director of Community and Economic Development Ryan Stachelski said at a March 17 meeting that if the city decides to make the closure permanent within the next five years, more money will be invested into converting the area into an open-air mall. The initial proposal from the BID called for $1 to $1.5 million for beautification of the area.

“If we were to go further and make it permanent, the cost could be considerably more than that,” said Stachelski. “Before we would even consider that type of investment, we

absolutely want to make sure that we are doing it the right way. This gives us to the time period where we can study this a little bit more and then and determine whether or not a bigger investment is appropriate.”

Henstler said that the majority of the work on the medians will be completed within the next few weeks and that after that phase, only minor installations would take place. Hengstler said that the work largely shouldn’t affect the overall visitor experience.

The BID is also working on the installation of street murals, according to Hengstler. The BID is currently in the process of selecting muralists, with painting slated to begin in mid-to-late August.

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Delta,” said Comstock. “It’s because those individuals in our community who are still unvaccinated are more easily transmitting COVID among themselves now because Delta is so infectious.”

In a statement issued on July 8, the CDC said that while it is possible for fully unvaccinated people to still contract COVID-19, “people who are vaccinated are protected from severe diseases and death.” The statement went on to say that “virtually all COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths are among those who are unvaccinated.”

Another concern for Comstock is the relatively low rate of vaccine uptake among the younger Jefferson County residents currently eligible for the vaccine. Comstock said that

as of July 9, 72.3% of all Jeffco residents old enough to get a vaccine have received at least one, including about 65% of those over 25.

However, that number drops to 58% for those 16-19 and just 49.3% for those 12-15 (the youngest age group eligible to be vaccinated).

Comstock said there are several factors likely contributing to the lower rate of vaccination among the county’s youngest eligible residents, including that young people became eligible for the vaccine more recently and only a few weeks before Jeffco schools closed and administering vaccines to those younger residents became more difficult.

But “hesitancy” among parents toward getting younger children vaccinated is also clearly part of the equation. However, Comstock said that concern is one she is really hoping can be done away with as “the evidence is quite definitive that these vaccines are incredibly safe

and incredibly effective across the age range.”

Comstock also said that while it is true most children have relatively mild cases of the illness if they are infected, there are some who do have more severe cases and end up hospitalized.

“More importantly, however, those younger children when they become infected they carry the virus to others in our community,” she said.

“The best way to ensure that everyone in our community is as safe and healthy as possible is to continue to ask everyone to stand together, help each other out, get vaccinated and get their children vaccinated.”

Comstock said that low rate of vaccination is particularly concerning given that the start of school in the Jefferson County school district is just over a month away. On July 9, the CDC issued guidance stating that safely returning to in-person instruction in fall 2021 is a priority.

The guidance also stated that achieving high levels of vaccination among eligible students, teachers, staff and household members is “one of the most critical strategies to help schools safely resume fall operations.”

Given that guidance, Comstock said she wants to encourage parents to get their eligible kids vaccinated as soon as possible so that they can be fully vaccinated at the start of the year (younger kids can only receive the Pfizer vaccine which requires two weeks after the second vaccination for someone to be considered fully vaccinated).

“Please, please don’t wait until right before the school year starts,” Comstock said. “Making sure that children and everyone else who is eligible get vaccinated is the best way we can ensure children can return to in-person learning and extracurricular activities safely without disruption this fall.”

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Xcel Energy Is Punishing Small Businesses Which Offer Workplace Charging

Golden Real Estate is justly proud — if I say so myself — of having a Net Zero Energy office, meaning that our solar photovoltaic panels produce all the electricity needed to heat, cool and power our office as well as to the charge the five Teslas owned by our agents and me and offering free EV charging to the general public. (We have four EV charging stations at our office — two for our own use and two for the public.)

Meanwhile, Xcel Energy boasts that it is moving in the direction of 100% renewable energy and facilitating the adoption of electric vehicles. A big part of that is promoting “workplace charging.”

They’re right to promote workplace charging over, say, charging stations at retail stores, because cars are parked for up to 8 hours at one’s workplace — long enough to fully charge almost any EV using a Level 2 (240V) charging station.

So why is Xcel Energy penalizing small companies like Golden Real Estate which have already installed workplace charging stations for EVs? As stated above, we generate all the electricity needed at our office on South

Golden Road. Until this March, our monthly Xcel bill was under $11 every month — the cost of being connected to Xcel’s electric grid.

But now our Xcel bill is over $300 per month, even though we are still generating all the electricity we use.

How can that be? It’s because one day in March we drew over 30,000 watts of energy during a single 15minute period, converting us automatically from standard “commercial” service to “demand” service. That means that in addition to the charges for electricity, we are now charged for the highest amount of electricity that we draw during each month.

The charge is about $15 per kilowatt of peak demand, so if our maximum draw of power during the month is 20 kilowatts, we are charged $300 on top of the charge for the net amount of electricity we draw during that month — even though that net amount is… zero!

The only way we could draw over 25 kW of electricity at a given time is because we are charging cars at all four charging stations, something Xcel says

Let’s Call It What It Is: ‘Climate Destabilization’ Regular readers of this column know that I’m a big proponent of addressing climate change. We are definitely feeling the effects of not addressing it this year with the “heat domes.”

Years ago, I suggested we refer to climate change as “climate destabilization,” because the kinds of flood/drought, hot/ cold episodes we are witnessing demonstrate exactly that. Although I’m not a scientist, I understand science, and I know that the jet stream is affected by changes in the Arctic, and the Arctic has been warming faster than the rest of the planet, as proven by the rapid reduction in summer

ice. The heat domes of summer and the polar vortexes of the winter are direct results of that polar warming.

We are fortunate to have the climate change deniers out of power so that we can finally address climate change. Have we passed the tipping point? A few years ago, citing the loss of summer ice in the Arctic, I said we may be, but we shouldn’t use that as a reason to stand by as the jet stream continues to lash the planet and as the Gulf Stream, responsible for keeping the European climate temperate, weakens.

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When I communicated my dilemma to Xcel Energy, the response was to tell me that they’re introducing a new EV charging tariff later this summer. Unfortunately, the tariff requires that Xcel install the charging stations and offers nothing to those of use who were early adopters and already have charging stations in place.

Under Xcel’s new tariff, my penalty, when compared to the current commercial rate, would drop to about $100 per month. But it’s still a $100 penalty.

The logical solution would be for Xcel to modify its commercial tariff to make the demand threshold 50 or 75 kW instead of 25 kW for forcing small businesses like us into their demand tariffs.

A contract on one of my listings fell on inspection last week, but the buyer would not say why and would not release the inspection report. Meanwhile, the inspector had met the seller during the inspection and expressed shock when told that the contract was terminated.

The logical conclusion was that the contract fell due to buyer’s remorse, i.e., a change of mind about buying the home.

The buyer and their agent could have simply stated that, because it’s a perfectly valid reason for terminating under the inspection contingency. It practically says as much in the contract itself.

(By the way, the home quickly went under contract again with a new buyer.)

The seller asked me how common buyer’s remorse terminations are, given the way buyers are being rushed into

making purchase decisions (at inflated prices) due to bidding wars.

So I did some research and found that contracts are not falling at a higher rate than they did, say, two years ago during the same week. Here are the specifics from my research on REcolorado.com: Of the 100 highest priced closings in early July that were on the market 1 to 20 days, 8% had a contract fall before a successful closing. During the same time period in 2019, 7% listings had a fallen contract before their successful closing.

Of the 100 lowest priced closings in early July that were on the MLS 1 to 20 days, 15% had a contract fall, compared to the same time period in 2019, when 16% had a contract fall before a successful closing.

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Babe Walls mural festival comes to Arvada Ralston Creek Trail to be painted from July 15 to 18

BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Babe Walls, a mural festival dedicated celebrating to women and non-binary artists, is returning to the West Metro area for its second annual installment — this time, with an exhibition at Arvada’s Ralston Creek Trail. The festival will be held from July 15 to July 18, with artists working from sunup to sundown, according to Babe Walls founder Alexandrea Pangburn.

The festival is open to the public and free to attend.

Pangburn added that artists who will be participating in this year’s edition of Babe

Walls — including Arvada artists Cam Palo, Coco Jenkins and Jahna Church — will have their work showcased at an exhibit at Balefire Goods in Olde Town beginning on July 16, at 6 p.m. that will feature food and drinks on opening night.

The mural festival was hosted in Westminster last year and saw muralists create artwork on buildings with the permission of local business owners.

Pangburn said that after the success of last year’s event, more artists and sponsors reached out to her to be a part of this year’s edition.

“Surprisingly to us,” said Pangburn, “a mural festival here to support specifically women and non-binary folks, we really hit a nerve with not only the local community, but the national and international community as well. We’ve had this out-

The 2020 Babe Walls roster of artists in front of a mural in Westminster.

pouring of support and just reached a lot of people that have reached out to us and wanted to be a part in some capacity, which has really been amazing.”

Pangburn added that the event’s focus on providing an outlet for women and non-binary folks to exhibit their art has proved to be a necessary addition to the local art scene.

“I noticed that the representation of women and non-binary people was low if at all,” said Pangburn, “and I just don’t think I really understood why that was happening. And then talking to more women, they just never really were given this opportunity. Whether their applications are being overlooked or whether it was just all about sup-

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porting people’s friends or whatever it was, there just wasn’t that representation for women.

“So,” Pangburn continued, “I originally just wanted to do this as a one-time event where we all just got together and did a festival, and then we started creating it and really found that there was a need for something like this.”

County waiving overdue property tax interest through Sept. 15 Tax collections running behind, Jeffco treasurer says

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

If you are a Jeffco property owner who is behind on paying your 2021 property taxes, listen up.

The county will waive all interest owed on overdue taxes if you pay those taxes by Sept. 15.

In a press release announcing the passage of a resolution allowing the county to waive that interest, Jeffco Treasurer Jerry DiTullio said the county’s property tax collections as of June 24 were approximately 10% lower than in 2020 as of June 24.

DiTullio said that number can be attributed to continued challenges

ASSESSMENT RATE REDUCED While the skyrocketing value of real estate means Jeffco residents are paying more property taxes than ever, residents are set to get a break for the next couple of years. A new bill passed by the state legislature reduced the assessment rate for residential property from 7.15 to 6.95 for the 2022 and 2023 property tax years. Owners of multifamily properties get an even bigger break; their assessment rate will go from 7.15 to 6.80. faced by both individuals and businesses as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

At the end of June, the state senate passed a bill allowing treasurers to waive interest or even eliminate its accrual altogether through the end of September with permission of their county commissioners.

DiTullio said the Jeffco commis-

sioners chose to waive interest provided the taxes are paid as a way of hopefully motivating people to pay their taxes now. Property owners who still have taxes unpaid after Sept. 15 will still be responsible for paying the interest.

“The goal is that we don’t want properties to go to a tax lien sale, we want them to get caught up,” said DiTullio in a call with Colorado Community Media. “The waiving of the interest is a carrot rather than the usual stick.”

While it may seem alarming that 10% of property taxes are still unpaid, DiTullio said that’s not a cause for concern for the county.

That’s because the county would expect the tax liens for any properties with unpaid taxes after Oct. 1 to be purchased by investors at the tax lien sale.

The waiving of interest is also not expected to have an impact because the county and the special

districts that receive property tax revenue cannot include anticipated revenue from interest in their annual budgets.

DiTullio said that property owners who received notices about being late on property taxes in the start of July will notice that the interest is amount is printed on the notice. However, the county has overhauled its online payment software to allow payment of just the principal while the interest is waived. Interest is also being waived when payments are made in person at the Treasurer’s Office.

Since announcing the program in June, DiTullio said the county has seen an uptick in payments and is optimistic that the county will only have around the typical non-COVID-19 number of tax liens in October, about 1,000.

“I feel very confident that by Sept. 15 we will be caught up to where we were last year,” he said.

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July 15, 2021 Dot Miller, left, and CSAE President Robert Golden at the CSAE Annual Meeting.

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Arvada Mayor Pro Tem Dot Miller wins CSAE Award STAFF REPORT

Dot Miller, Mayor Pro Tem of Aravada and CEO of The Solution, was named the Colorado Society of Association Executives (CSAE) 2021 Association Professional of the Year at the organization’s Annual Meeting on July 1.

CSAE is a nonprofit professional organization for trade organizations and professional organizations in Colo. Their Professional of the Year award is given to the person who best exemplifies “outstanding service and accomplishments in association nonprofit management,” according to their website.

Miller is the CEO of The Solution; an association management

company that works with 11 clients — including American Association of Code Enforcement, Colorado Arborists and Lawn Care Professionals, and the Westminster Chamber of Commerce — handling each aspect of their client’s managerial needs.

Miller also wrote the book “Executive Director Essentials” last year and serves on CSAE’s Board of Directors.

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Rocky Mountain Metro neighbors fear strategic plan

BY LIAM ADAMS LADAMS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Air traffic to and from the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport already upsets residents in Westminster and other nearby areas.

Proposed future development at the site would only make it worse, many neighbors believe.

At a June 21 meeting, people from Westminster, Broomfield, Superior, Louisville and unincorporated Boulder and Jefferson counties shared their opinions on a new airport strategic business plan. The plan directs and guides the construction of facilities across 200 acres within the next 20 years that can be used to solicit new investment opportunities.

The airport, which has a Broomfield address and is owned and operated by Jefferson County, identified eight separate parcels for new development, most of which are along the southwest quadrant near the Westminster border.

Potential future uses for the largest tracts include corporate, commercial, manufacturing, and general aviation, according to a presentation from Nick Johnson of Johnson Aviation, a consulting firm hired to develop the strategic business plan.

Existing operations are already problematic for neighbors, though. “I don’t think you need to expand it and here’s why. It’s already annoying as possible to sit outside for a conversation for breakfast lunch or dinner. I can hear the planes roaring around at 10:00 at night. I can hear them when I first get up in the morning,” said Chad Underwood, a Westminster resident, at the June 21 meeting.

Underwood said the noise problem has worsened over the last three years since he moved to the area. “It’s completely unbelievably hard to have friends over, family over and be able to have a conversation in the back yard,” Underwood said.

Noise was the most common complaint that neighbors discussed at the June 21 meeting. People also raised concerns about environmental pollution from aircraft fuel.

Noise has been a longstanding issue with the airport, which has set

The Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, which is owned and operated by Jefferson County, and is directly north of Westminster’s border.

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up a noise complaint form and an FAQ page about noise on its website.

There is also a community noise roundtable, which will review the strategic business plan at a July 12 meeting.

Other public commenters commended the airport for its noise mitigation efforts and said there should be a balance between airport operations and accommodating neighbors’ requests.

“Many of my neighbors view the strategic business plan to emotionally vent their frustrations with noise.

And I completely understand this as I experienced the same frustration at times,” said Superior resident Brad Walker. “But the solution to economically strangle the airport by restricting development is not reasonable.”

Walker is also a pilot who uses the airport for personal and business reasons. He said the flight school at RMMA from which he rents planes is limiting the number of students it enrolls because it can’t keep up with the demand.

Walker said, “The vast majority of people that you are going to hear from today simply want restrictions on operations and that is unlawful as well as against regulations.”

Johnson said in his presentation that the future development will create more jobs, generate additional local tax revenue, and will meet Federal Aviation Administration objectives.

After the community noise roundtable meeting, airport staff will review a draft version of the plan in August.

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for the city, and thanked residents for their patience throughout the rollout.

“It’s a very large project that effects a lot of households,” said Kuroiwa, “and we had about 30,000 carts to deliver. It’s had its challenges. I think we’ve gotten feedback that trash service happened — people put their trash out, they knew what day it was — and that’s what you want. You want to put your trash out and not really think about it.

“It’s a challenging transition for the community and the city,” Kuroiwa continued, “that hasn’t been hiccup-free. But we’re close and in a week of two, I think it’ll be running really well.

We really appreciate everyone’s patience as we start a new utility for the city. We have a lot of gratitude and we’re excited to be at this milestone.”

Community reception Reactions from the community have been mixed.

June Ammerman, a longtime Arvada resident, said she was unhappy that the new waste hauling program utilizes a single hauler, stating that she would have preferred a contract with

A new trash can is delivered.

multiple service providers.

“I’m quite disappointed that it’s all down to one service and greatly reducing the value of so many other services,” said Ammerman.

“My answer to that dilemma was to let this trash service have this section of the city and give everybody a piece of the pie. That would have been complicated, but it would have been very helpful to other trash companies.

Now we just have one big one, and it cuts out the little guys.”

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Ammerman added that she was glad there would be fewer garbage trucks on the streets but maintained that the single-hauler system was not her preference.

“It makes sense to have less of those big trucks rumbling on our streets all the time,” said Ammerman.

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Lynn Thompson said that her first week of trash service went smoothly and she, like Garrison, had not previously lived in a municipality that required residents to arrange their own trash hauling.

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Summer break rules for students. But for construction crews working on projects for the District’s Capital Improvement Program, the work goes on despite current triple-digit temperatures.

Jefferson Jr/Sr High School is getting new track and field facilities as well as building improvements, while Alameda International Jr/Sr High is getting a thorough revamp, albeit at a higher-than-expected price tag. The latest price estimate for the Alameda renovation/ addition is $19.4 million on the Jeffco Schools’ Flipbook.

And according to Tim Reed, Jeffco’s Executive Director, Facilities and Construction, the Guaranteed Maximum Price for construction of the partial replacement of Alameda International Jr./Sr. HS approved by the Board of Education is $25,941,546.

Alameda Principal Susie Van Scoyk spoke about renovations to her school during a ceremony to celebrate the installation of the final beam in the school’s new addition.

“We’re celebrating hope for the future,” she said. “It’s a huge addition and renovation. It’ll be an entirely new wing of classrooms — threestories high, new administration and offices, a new library, a new performing arts area, a new business classroom and a new fabrication room.”

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Redistricting commissions schedule public hearings Gatherings are chance to comment on proposed congressional and statehouse districts

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Coloradans have a chance to have their voices heard on proposals for redrawn congressional and legislative districts at a total of 32 meetings around the state through the end of August.

The gatherings are the public’s opportunity to address both the Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission and Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission, which will convene jointly at each meeting.

The Colorado Sun examined the initial congressional and legislative maps offered by nonpartisan legislative staff and comments submitted online by the public — most of which came before the preliminary maps were issued — from different corners of the state to get an idea of what concerns the commissioners might hear.

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House. But the impact on state Senate and House seats could also be big, with control of the state Legislature — currently dominated by Democrats — at stake.

The commission will hold hearings in the Denver metro area on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings and in other parts of the state on Fridays and Saturdays.

Most of the members of each 12-member commission will attend the hearings in person, though some will attend virtually. Typically, meetings will be chaired by a commission member from the congressional district in which they are held.

The venue for some meetings, especially those scheduled for August, aren’t yet finalized. View the redistricting commissions’ official calendar at redistricting.colorado. gov for the most up-to-date information.

Half of the state’s eight congressional districts would encompass all or part of the Denver metro area under the proposal from nonpartisan staff. And a significant number of state House and Senate districts are also in the area.

Ten of the commissions’ public hearings will be held in Denver metro communities, all on Tuesday or Wednesday evenings through Aug. 24.

More than 100 commenters from Lakewood already have chimed in, with most asking that Lakewood, which is in Jefferson County, be

kept separate from Douglas County. The two are drawn together in the proposed 7th Congressional District.

Meanwhile, the proposed map places the new 8th Congressional District in the area northwest and north of Denver, including the cities of Arvada, Westminster, Broomfield, Thornton, Brighton and Platteville. The map resembles one recommended by the Colorado Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, though it doesn’t stretch as far into Weld County as that group suggested.

Legislative districts are likely to be a focus of the hearings, too.

Three proposed metro-area Senate districts and five House districts would place incumbents in the same district.

Public comments sent to the commissioners asked them to consider: • Black, Hispanic and minority communities, whose populations have shifted from central Denver to Aurora, Commerce City and other suburban Denver areas.

• The impact of affordable housing and the interests of renters.

• Oddly-drawn district lines in the proposed legislative maps, including splitting the dorms of the University of Denver between two state House districts.

The Interstate 25 corridor north from Denver saw some of the state’s most explosive growth between 2010 and 2020, as subdivisions popped up on former agricultural land. That’s part of the reason the new 8th Congressional District was drawn in this area.

The first draft also would shrink the 2nd Congressional District,

still including the college towns of Boulder and Fort Collins, but no longer reaching across the Continental Divide into Eagle County.

The 4th District would include the northern and eastern parts of Weld County under the proposal, before stretching out to the Eastern Plains and south.

Residents of western Boulder County are upset at potentially being moved into the 3rd Congressional District under the proposed map. The 3rd District has been a Republican stronghold and it’s currently represented by U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert. Some 20 people submitted nearly identical comments to the commission objecting to the proposed change, which includes placing all of Summit and Eagle counties in the 3rd District.

Other comments received by the commissions thus far include: • Concerns about Longmont’s grouping with Weld, Douglas and Eastern Plains counties in the current congressional map, rather than with Boulder.

• Urging a congressional district be drawn along the northern I-25 corridor, including to keep Larimer and Weld counties together and separate from the Eastern Plains. Others, however, want to keep Larimer and Weld separate from each other.

• How rapid population growth and development in Greeley has given it more in common with metro Denver than with Fort Morgan, Sterling and Yuma.

• How a significant Hispanic population in Greeley could be grouped with those in Longmont, Brighton and Commerce City.

REDISTRICTING HEARINGS Hearings on proposals to reset the boundaries of Colorado’s congressional and legislative districts are underway across the state. Here are upcoming hearings in areas served by this and other Colorado Community Media newspapers.

For updates on meeting locations and details on redistricting plans, visit redistricting.colorado.gov.

Lakewood — Tuesday, July 20, 7 p.m., Lakewood Cultural Center Community Room, 470 S. Allison Parkway Englewood — Wednesday, July 21, 7 p.m., Malley Recreation Center Grand Ballroom, 3380 S. Lincoln St. Denver — Tuesday, July 27, time and location to be announced.

Centennial — Tuesday, Aug. 3, time and location to be announced.

Golden — Wednesday, Aug. 4, 7 p.m., Golden High School Auditorium, 701 24th St. Highlands Ranch — Wednesday, Aug. 18, time and location to be announced.

Commerce City — Tuesday, Aug. 24, 7 p.m., Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, Colorado, Yampa, and Gunnison Rooms, 6060 E. Parkway Drive Brighton — Wednesday, Aug. 25, time and location to be announced.

This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun. com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

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God bless Officer Beesley and Johnny Hurley

have been reluctant to wade into the conversation about the events in Olde Town from a couple of weeks ago. First of all, we almost never get good information early in the process, so it’s hard to form too many coherent HITTING thoughts without HOME good information.

And, secondly, so much emotion and so many reactions early in the process don’t move things forward too far.

But, I think I’m ready to wade in.

I think we now know enough Michael Alcorn about the events of the day to safely conclude that Officer Beesley was the victim of an ambush. I think it’s safe to say that Officer Beesley was not specifically the target — that is, it was not personal — but that the bad guy would have attempted to kill whichever of the Arvada P.D. responded to the call. This … this! ... is why I will

always give the benefit of the doubt to the men and women in blue, until the facts point the other direction.

There are not many jobs — thankfully — that require a man or woman to kiss their families good-bye in the morning, and then go to work and put on a uniform that makes them a target. The men and women in blue make it their job every day to stand between the darkness and the innocents in the world; if occasionally one of them lets too much of the darkness seep into their souls, that is a sad reality (it was in Joseph Conrad). But I am eternally grateful for their presence between my children and the demons.

Given that the bad guy emptied his shotgun after murdering Officer Beesley, and then ran back to his car to get an AR-15, there is no doubt that it was his intention to kill more people—perhaps many more. And, except for the presence of a good guy with a gun, there would be a lot more mourning in Arvada today.

Johnny Hurley took matters into his own hands, running towards the gunfire, and, somehow drawing on

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Griffith for council I’m writing today about how much I like Mike Griffith for Arvada City Council at-large. I am glad I took the time to get to know him and his family at his campaign kick-off party, and I encourage all interested citizens to reach out to him.

He is very approachable and will freely speak his mind on the complicated issues affecting our city.

Mike adores trees and open space and loves to talk about innovative ways we can improve the growth and development of Arvada to not harm the environment and enhance affordability and our quality of life.

After speaking with Mike, it is clear to me that he is the best candidate running to serve in the at-large position on the Arvada City Council.

Mary Bennetts, Arvada Killjoy In your July 8 edition of the paper you printed an article by Michael Alcorn titled “Taking the fun out of everything,” in which he criticized the airing of a national pickleball tourna-

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ment on TV as well as the youthful, fit competitors that were playing the game. I was surprised at his take on this.

First of all, pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in America, and has gained participation internationally as well. There are over 3 million pickleball players in the United States and it is a game that appeals to all ages and abilities. He did not mention ever trying the sport, so his understanding of the physical and mental aspect of the game is conjecture. Pickleball is a fun, competitive sport that provides an opportunity to get outside, get exercise, provide social interaction, and to play at any age and skill level and still be enjoyable.

My question to Mr. Alcorn is why would you pick out this televised event and decide it would be meaningful to criticize something that provides so much to so many people? The article, taking the fun out of everything, is appropriately named. Mr. Alcorn, you are the poster boy for taking the fun out of everything!

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an internal strength and some training, confronted and killed the bad guy, who had a vastly superior weapon. I’m always happier when the people who are trained, equipped and paid to do such things do them, but it’s hard to argue that Johnny Hurley didn’t do a great, great service to the community. Honestly, I don’t know what sort of financial arrangements have been made for his family, but, if you ask me, his family should receive the same municipal life insurance and pension that any great public servant receives.

What possessed Johnny Hurley to pick up the AR-15 is something we will likely never know for sure. I like to think that, in the moment of adrenaline, you’ve put a psychopath on the ground, Hurley just didn’t trust that the bad guy was going to stay down. So he picked up the long rifle on the ground to secure it away from the bad guy and, potentially, away from a co-bad guy. Unfortunately, that leaves him standing there with an AR-15 when Officer Number Two comes on the scene. And Officer #2 did exactly what he/she is trained

to do. Sadly for all of us, that resulted in the death of Johnny Hurley. It was a tragic sequence of unfortunate circumstances.

I tell you what: the person right now I feel a lot of compassion for is Officer #2. He/she did everything right. But, I’m pretty sure that doesn’t bring a lot of solace when the result is that you killed a hero.

I don’t blame him/her, I don’t want there to be any — ANY — disciplinary actions, and I seriously hope that he/she is getting whatever psychological help the department and the city can provide.

Sometimes, you do everything right, and the result still stinks. God Bless the Blue. And may the Lord have mercy on the soul of Johnny Hurley.

Michael Alcorn is a teacher and writer who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. His new novel, “Valkyrie’s Kiss,” a finalist in the ScreenCraft Book Competition, is available now at michaeljalcorn.net.

His opinions are not necessarily those of Colorado Community Media.

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JOE They were immigrants from Ireland to the UnitWEBB ed States in the 1880s, and what they did was take advantage of the blessings and opportunity that America offers everyone. They settled first in Milwaukee followed by Cleveland and ultimately lived in a suburb of Philadelphia Columnist — Bridgeport, Pennsylvania.

My great-grandfather worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad while my greatgrandmother stayed at home to take care of the large brood of children they had.

What they both did was work hard and sacrifice for their family. Those sacrifices paid off in ways both large and small over the years.

In the 1890s, an immigrant couple from Ireland was able to purchase their own home and with luck and persistence pay it off completely. Their 10 surviving children inherited it equally when they passed away. The only provision in the will I am told was that any

child could return to that home if they needed to do so.

Over the years some did. That is because my great-grandparents knew that life had the potential for downsides.

When some children were orphaned during the Spanish flu pandemic, my great-grandmother took them in and reared them as if they were her own rather than having them sent to an orphanage.

That is someone with an open heart and generous spirit. My family members were pillars of that community to such an extent that two of my greatgrandparents’ children were elected mayor. Later on in life, my great-grandmother lent a young man $500 during the Great Depression, so he could start his own business.

That young man, my grandfather, wanted to marry my great-grandmother’s daughter, my grandmother, and he did. My great-grandmother rolled the dice on a young man she thought was a worthy bet. It paid off with a new family that had a new story because an older lady decided to pay forward the blessings that she had received a long time ago.

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Now is the time to close the gap on broadband GUEST COLUMN

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he COVID-19 pandemic changed the way Americans learned, worked, and interacted. In a matter of weeks, kids took classes online from their kitchen table, work meetings were conducted on Zoom, and extended family members could only be seen on video. These shifts in life meant that having fast and secure internet became a necessary tool in order to keep up with the world.

Although we are now working hard to put COVID-19 in the past, the reality is that millions of American families still struggle to obtain broadband access simply because they can’t afford it at a time when broadband could not be more essential to everyday life. The problem gets worse the poorer you are. According to the Pew Research Center, among families making between $30,000 and $50,000 a year, 26% do not have broadband at home. For households earning less than $30,000 a year, 43% do not have broadband at home. The U.S. may lead the world in investments in broadband infrastructure with $1.8 trillion spent

by private companies since 1996, but we continue to leave the most vulnerable Americans without a permanent solution to help them acquire broadband.

The affordability gap persists despite the fact that many providers offer entry level plans for $10-20 and federal government programs aim to address affordability. But these are clearly inadequate.

The National Urban Institute’s Plan writes that Lifeline, the chief federal program that helps people pay for broadband is “deeply flawed with too small a subsidy, ineffective distribution” and relies on an unsustainable and regressive taxation system. Even the December 2020 COVID-19 Stimulus Package which expanded the benefit to $50 per month, while welcome, is temporary and won’t close the gap for people who already couldn’t afford access.

Luckily, we have the opportunity – and the will -- to make broadband for all a reality. The Biden Administration’s American Jobs Plan has committed to ensuring that every American household and business has access to broadband inter-

net. But if we’re serious about making broadband affordable for everyone, we need to get the details right.

Some of the proposals in Washington – like building government run internet in cities and suburbs that already have networks – would hurt the folks that they’re meant to help. After all, why spend limited tax dollars building another network in an area that already has great internet with multiple competing providers when we can help low-income families right now with a dedicated and adequate broadband subsidy to ensure they aren’t left behind?

We need to guarantee that all communities have access to affordable broadband. With broadband and internet becoming essential online tools for work, school, health care and even socializing -- now is the time to make the necessary decisions to close the digital divide and end the affordability gap once and for all.

State Representative Brianna Titone (DArvada) represents House District 27.

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Simon Glasser rides Fiona with help from volunteers Steva Gay, left, and Clark Bennett. The training is up to 45 minutes which includes the indoor arena.

PHOTO BY BELEN WARD

Loveland-based horse facility offers unique program for kids, vets and others

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

H

orseback riding offers a great way to get fresh air and exercise for some folks.

Others love it because they love the animals themselves.

But Noah Montgomery and Simon Glasser come to Loveland’s Hearts & Horses Therapeutic Riding Center as a regular part of their therapy. Riding horses, caregivers say, helps them physically and helps improve their quality of

life.

Montgomery is 6 years old with cerebral palsy ataxia and has been riding since he was 3.

Glasser is 5, diagnosed with a disease called Duchenne muscular dystrophy, who has been riding since preschool.

Ashley Montgomery, Noah’s mom, said it’s something he looks forward to.

“He loves riding Xellie and is probably one of the highlights of his week. It’s awesome they have a program for people like Noah.”

Justine Mathis, who babysits for Glasser, agreed.

“This program makes him feel good and helps with some of the strain,” she said.

Hearts & Horses is a therapeutic riding facility established in 1997. It was founded by a group of volunteers who were working at a previous therapeutic riding center after it closed.

“A group of volunteers got together and decided there’s still a need for this and got something started.

We were founded and ran by vol-

unteers for many years, and it’s a nonprofit registered 501(c)(3),” said Summer Alameel, development and communications manager of Hearts & Horses.

Hearts & Horses helps an estimated 1,000 participants per year.

With a quarter of a century of experience with special-needs riders, the center provides a special kind of therapy for people from ages 3 to 99.

“The services we provide for are SEE HORSES, P15

McNichols Civic Center reopens with MLB-themed exhibits COMING ATTRACTIONS

Clarke Reader

D

uring the COVID-19 pandemic, the curators behind galleries all over town found the loss of their spaces just as devastating as the artists.

Shanna Shelby, curator of exhibitions with the City and County of Denver’s Arts and Venues department, is still getting used to things returning to some kind of normal.

“It was really emotionally devastating to not have artwork on the wall for so long (at the McNichols Civic Center Building),” Shelby said. “Everyone is really excited to see the building reopened and to see artwork on the walls. This place is part of our community heart.”

McNichols, 144 W. Colfax Ave., is returning with three free new summer art exhibitions, all created with Major League Baseball’s All-Star Week in mind: Shades of Greatness (through Sept. 7), Black Love Mural Festival Remix (through Oct.

3) and All-Star Alliance: Denver’s CrossCultural Muralists (through Oct. 3).

According to provided information, Shades of Greatness (which will be on display on the first floor), is a critically acclaimed exhibition created with the Negro League’s Baseball Museum and tells the story of the historic organization. It features 35 original works of art produced by 28 artists from all over the country.

The Black Love Mural Festival Remix (on display on the second floor) features artists from the Black Love Mural Festival’s lineup of creatives. They were invited to collaborate to create 30 new works to be displayed in the show. And the All-Star Alliance (presented on the third floor) highlights the works of some of Denver’s most wellknown muralists, like Casey Kawaguchi and LaDopa. The artists were commissioned by the MLB to create baseballthemed murals, and they will also display

their studio work.

“The artists participating in some of these exhibits may not be trained, but the work is very powerful and impactful,” Shelby said. “And so positive.”

Most curators spend months, and sometimes even years, planning and preparing for an exhibition, but with the All-Star Game’s surprise move to Denver, things had to move quickly. The gallery’s staff had been scattered due to the pandemic, but the exhibits were still prepared in time for the game.

“Visually and thematically it all works really well together. And it’s a huge opportunity for these artists to be in front of so many because of the game,” Shelby said. “We’re all repairing, but it takes time.

Curating exhibits has been a lifelong joy for me, so this is a very joyful return. I think SEE READER, P15

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for post-traumatic stress disorder, cerebral palsy, autism and dementia. The participants are paired with horses in a structured therapeutic setting,” said Alameel.

Groundbreaking research Alameel pointed to the Man O’ War Project at Columbia University’s Irving Medical Center, the first university-led research trial to establish guidelines for the application of equine-assisted therapy, or EAT, for treating veterans with PTSD and to examine the effectiveness of the new treatment for veterans.

Hearts & Horses is part of that trial and Alameel said veterans in northern Colorado can gain access to this unique treatment option at no cost by working with Hearts & Horses.

“This groundbreaking research project will provide the first clinical evidence of the effectiveness of (equine-assisted therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder) for treating veterans who suffer from PTSD,” Alameel said.

Therapy trainer Rachel Karneffel has been teaching therapeutic riding for 20 years and has been with Hearts & Horses for more than six.

She is certified with the International Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship.

“Therapeutic riding or adaptive

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people are feeling a little tenderhearted, and we’re all so moved and happy to see what we have in this space.”

For more information on the exhibits, visit mcnicholsbuilding.com.

Sidewalk shopping in Cherry Creek There are few things better during the summertime than time spent outside in a beautiful space, which makes Cherry Creek North’s 51st Annual Sidewalk Sale a perfect fit for the season. The event runs from Thursday, July 15 through Sunday, July 18 in the shopping district, 2401 E. 2nd Ave. in Denver.

More than 70 businesses will be participating, including clothing re-

riding has been something that people have known for a very long time that works,” Karneffel said.

“We are doing autism studies here with our research at Colorado State University at the Temple Grandin Equine Center,” Karneffel said. “It proves what we already know, which is that horses are incredibly healing.”

Karneffel said the one therapeutic feature about horses is how their body moves with their rider’s body, much like walking. That steady, swaying movement of the horse comes from all angles and directions. How that movement differs between horses makes them better for certain riders and more useful for certain therapies.

“We try to match riders with a horse that has the movement closest to what they need, as well as the temperament,” she said.

Simon Glasser, the boy with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, has some muscle weakness. The way the horses moved hurt his legs at first, making just sitting on the horse difficult. Eventually, however, it helped him.

“The movement of the horse from side to side is moving his core to keep balanced, and moving his legs in a way that is similar to how he would be moving naturally,” said Karneffel.

‘Something incredible’ Hearts & Horses has one of the largest volunteer programs in Larimer County. Their numbers declined in 2020 due to COVID, tailers, fitness and wellness centers, hotels, home furnishing stores and more. There will be a number of deals available to shoppers on oneof-a-kind items, and even a prize of a $500 gift card. To see a list of participating boutiques, restaurants, art galleries and more, visit cherrycreeknorth.com/sidewalksale.

Follow the green light to the DL Parsons Theatre Longtime readers of this column will know that if there’s a production of “The Great Gatsby,” there’s a solid chance I’m going to write about it. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s story of Nick Carraway’s summer of 1922 in the fashionable town of East Egg and the doomed romance between Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan is a wonderful exploration and indictment of the American dream.

Nearly 100 years later, it still holds

but the group continued to have more than 200 active volunteers throughout the year. In any given year it could go up from 700 to 1,000 volunteers.

David Erbeck is a Hearts & Horses volunteer and a retired firefighter for nearly 30 years.

“It’s the greatest thing I’ve ever done. I got to be a part of something incredible, such as saving lives and rescues. I never cried in 30 years as a firefighter. It brings tears to my eyes — we’re saving people here and it’s amazing,” Erbeck said.

There are 26 horses and a handful of them are therapy horses in training. There is extensive training involved for therapeutic riding and an animal’s temperament is key. As a therapy program, it’s important to have a horse that does not spook easily.

There are other accommodations that must be made. Some of the riders use wheelchairs for mobility, so volunteers built a lift ramp to help riders get on and off the horse. In the outside area is a trail, called the “Trail of Discovery,” which they use for outdoor classes. It’s designed as a sensory trail for participants who have sensory issues such as autism spectrum disorder.

For Montgomery, riding has taught him the process of doing something physical while also teaching him the benefit of having patience — something necessary to ride a horse.

“If you can control 1,000-pound animals and get them to do what

you want in a kind, assertive, calm, relaxed way, you can do anything in your life. The magic of our students is to take those skills and bring them outside whether it’s physical, emotional, mental, and socially,” said Karneffel.

up.

Northglenn Youth Theatre will be staging a production of the classic at the DL Parsons Theatre, 11801 Community Center Drive, from Friday, July 16 through Sunday, July 18. Performances will be at 7 p.m. on Friday, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday, and 2 p.m. on Sunday. Visit northglennarts.org/production/ the-great-gatsby for in-person and livestream tickets.

Colorado bluegrass bands: Sugar Moon Band, High Lonesome and the Sam Armstrong Zickefoose Band.

Sugar Moon Band is an all female project based out of Longmont that blends original and traditional bluegrass music, while High Lonesome originally formed in Atlanta, but moved to the area not long after getting started. They focus on highspeed picking and vocal harmonies.

Finally, Sam Armstrong-Zickefoose is a Denver-based folk musician who plays in numerous local bands and combines clawhammer banjo, syncopated rhythms, drums and soaring fiddle melodies, according to provided information.

Visit kgnu.org/thecharles2021 for information and tickets.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Charles Sawtelle Memorial Mountain Jam KGNU Community Radio will pay tribute to Hot Rize guitarist Charles Sawtelle with the 33rd annual Charles Sawtelle Memorial Mountain Jam, held this year at noon on Sunday, July 18. The event will be held at Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St. in Boulder.

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Community support Hearts & Horses receives donations from the community and also has one large annual event, the “Lucky Hearts” annual gala in October at the Embassy Suites in Loveland, which also includes a casino night.

“We are currently looking for sponsors, corporate sponsors, family foundations and anyone who is looking to sponsor the event,” said Alameel. “It’s our primary source of funding for the year. We also have a lot of corporate support from individual donors giving $5 a month.”

An average lesson is $95. Hearts & Horses recognizes that some riders cannot afford that, so the group fundraises for every lesson, up to $60, to offset the cost. Even with a reduced fee of $35, it’s a lesson some families cannot afford. So, an additional 56% is needed in financial support for some of the riders in a form of a scholarship.

“We fundraise all of the money to make sure that we never turn a rider away because they can’t pay,” said Alameel.

Hearts & Horses is at 163 N. CR 29, Loveland. For more information call 970-663-4200, ext. 307 or visit HeartsAndHorses.org.

Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@hotmail.com.

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Rebuilt Jeffco courage garden rises from the ashes Gazebo and garden destroyed by fire given poignant rebirth

LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

With the courage garden now rebuilt, Exline said the county is looking for groups of volunteers to help maintain various sections of the garden on an ongoing basis. Anyone interested can call Victim Outreach at 303-202-2196.

For well over two decades, the Courage Garden that sits outside the Jefferson County Government Center has been a source of courage, healing and resilience.

But going forward, the garden’s connection to those concepts will be not just symbolic but literal as a large section of the garden that was destroyed in a fire last October has been rebuilt and is now springing forth new life once again.

On June 30, dozens of leaders from across the county gathered at the garden to mark its rebirth with a ribbon-cutting that celebrated the completion of the new gazebo that sits in the center of the garden and replaces the one ruined in the fire.

“This is an important day because it’s built back,” said Jeffco Sheriff Jeff Shrader during the ribbon-cutting ceremony. “And it’s built back stronger and more beautiful.”

Work on the Courage Garden began in the mid-1990s when members of Jeffco’s crime victim advocate staff asked the county about creating a permanent memorial

for county crime victims.

The garden grew significantly over the years with the addition of new plants, trees and gardens to honor the memory of individual crime victims.

But then came the Oct. 7 fire, which destroyed not only the gazebo dedicated to murdered Jeffco police officer Timothy Mossbrucker, but several of the surrounding plants and trees. The Golden Police Department believes the fire to be arson but has not made any arrests in the incident.

Vista Exline, the former Executive Director of Victim Outreach, Inc., said she and her former staff at Victim Outreach. immediately resolved to rebuild the gazebo and other destroyed portions of the garden.

However, it would take “well more than 100 donations from the community,” including a major one from the Golden Civic Foundation, plus volunteer hours from countless others to make that happen.

Among those who made significant donations was the 23rd Avenue Sculpture Studio, which

Sheriff Jeff Shrader, Lynn Mossbrucker and Golden Civic Foundation Executive Director Vista Exline cut the ribbon on the new gazebo at the Jeffco Courage Garden in PHOTOS BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO Golden.

constructed the new medal gazebo for a significantly discounted fee.

Exline said they chose to go with a fire-proof metal gazebo.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony also came at a poignant time for Jefferson County, which lost Arvada Police Officer Gordon Beesley and Golden resident Johnny Hurley in a high-profile shooting in Olde Town Arvada the week before.

“The Arvada community and all of Jefferson County has suffered a profound loss…” said County Commissioner Lesley Dahlkemper. “But as we know, we’ve been through crises before and we are a small community that comes together and takes care of another.

And that’s why the courage garden is here to help us heal together.

And if you look around not only will you see a place of solace but the faces of many who are here to help, including our victim advocates.”

Shrader said last fall’s fire and the subsequent rebuilding of the garden have also come amid a challenging year for law enforcement that him and other Sheriff’s

deputies to wonder if the fire was a “comment” on their work.

“But whether it was or whether it wasn’t, this gazebo was going to get rebuilt and it was going to get rebuilt stronger than it was before,” he said. “And that’s a symbol of the survivorship that goes on with people who have been victims of crime, that they are going to be stronger.”

Among those who helped cut the ribbon was Mossbrucker’s widow, Lynn, who recounted the brutal nature of going through the court proceedings for her husband’s killer and “what a relief it would’ve been to come out and see the courage garden” during the trial as current crime victims will now be able to do long into the future.

“It’s wonderful to be here today and see this gazebo so beautifully rebuilt and now perhaps even stronger than before and virtually fireproof,” she said. “This is what must happen to us, the victims of crime. Our loved ones are taken from us and we are made to walk through a fire we did not light and in order to survive, we must become fireproof.”

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BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

G

olden got a welcome injection of color and activity last week as Foothills Arts Center’s annual Arts Week took over the city.

The weeklong celebration of local artists kicked off on July 8 with an event that brought artists together to paint en plein air (outside) in the Golden Historic Park and along nearby Clear Creek. The festivities then continued with a film screening, a mural painting and a concert by the rock band Wildermiss, which features Golden native Caleb Thoemke on drums.

However, as always, the highlight of the week was the two-day Foothills Fine Arts Festival, which brought together 60 artists from as close as Golden and as far away as North Carolina and Tennessee.

After the festival took a hiatus in 2020, the artists and attendees alike seemed to agree it was great to be able to enjoy art together in-person once again.

Kids and adults both try their hand at making their own art pieces at a booth at the Foothills Fine Arts PHOTOS BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO Festival.

A woodchuck ornament hangs at the Foothills Fine Arts Festival on July 11.

Boulder artist Andrew Barker draws inside his tent at the Foothills Fine Arts Festival In Golden.

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Elephant Butte Fire a year later A move to mitigation and more

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It took 130 firefighters, numerous apparatus, 56,000 gallons of water from Evergreen Lake and a drenching downpour to put out last year’s Elephant Butte Fire.

The fire just west of downtown Evergreen, which started on July 13, 2020, forced the evacuation of 1,000 residents as firefighters spent 10 days containing the blaze that scorched 54 acres of timber and grassland in challenging, rocky terrain. Luckily, most evacuees were allowed back into their homes in a couple days.

The fire was terrifying for many as they worried about their houses, belongings, pets and livestock — and most importantly, their lives.

It was a wake-up call for some to prepare for wildfire.

“People are more aware of the need for wildfire mitigation and preparedness,” said Stacee Martin, Evergreen Fire/Rescue spokeswoman.

“It was a good wake-up call for our community. We like to think we live in this paradise, but there’s always a threat. We are super excited that people seem to be a bit more moti-

vated to do mitigation.”

Preparing for evacuation is just as important, she added.

“Are you signed up for CodeRED (the reverse emergency-notification system) and do you know a couple ways to evacuate out of your neighborhood?” she asked. “It takes a village to keep our community safe.”

She said while this summer’s rains have been great to keep things green, it also brings lightning, which can potentially spark a fire, and once things dry out — and they will — then the dried grass becomes a fire hazard.

“Don’t use the rain as an excuse that everything’s good,” she said.

Who’s to blame Fire officials announced last September that the fire was not nature caused, ruling out lightning.

The fire started on a section of the 70 acres along Upper Bear Creek Road owned by Ted and Julie Antenucci and quickly spread to Elephant Butte, which is owned

by Denver Mountain Parks. While rumors have circulated about how the fire might have started, fire officials will not comment because it is an ongoing investigation and are quick to point out that wildfires are difficult to investigate.

“It’s hard to prove an arson case,” SEE FIRE, P21

A year later, the Elephant Butte burn scar includes many blackened lodgepole pines that still stand tall as skeletal reminders of the forest as it once was. PHOTO BY GLENN WALLACE

A helicopter makes its way to the Elephant Butte Fire to dump water on the flames.

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Martin said, “and it’s even more difficult in a wildland case. It’s not like there are cameras in the woods.”

She hoped those responsible for starting the fire learned about the damage their carelessness caused and a lesson, noting that everyone needs to be smart about fire when they are outdoors.

The flames from the Elephant Butte Fire could be seen at night.

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A helicopter takes water from Evergreen Lake to douse the flames.

A round trip took about five minutes.

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Water quality, erosion control Despite a 54-acre burn area, the water quality in Bear Creek, which flows into Evergreen Lake, has been good.

Chris Schauder, the environmental department manager for the Evergreen Metro District, said there have been no issues with runoff as a result of the burn scar and rain. Some debris has moved down Elephant Butte, but it never entered the creek, and EMD used silt fencing and straw wattles to ensure silt didn’t enter the water.

Within the burn scar, some of the fallen trees and branches have been repositioned in erosion channels to keep more of the silt at bay.

Bear Creek and Evergreen Lake provide drinking water for a large share of Evergreen and for some cities down the hill.

Denver Mountain Parks, which owns Elephant Butte, has done some mitigation and seeding in the burn area, Schauder said.

Grateful community Evergreen is thankful for the quick actions of first responders

with Evergreen Fire/Rescue and the Jeffco Sheriff’s Office taking the lead. The fire department tweeted at 3:18 p.m. on July 13, 2020, that it was responding to a wildland fire, and within 40 minutes, the first evacuation orders were issued. Forty-five minutes later, additional evacuations were ordered.

Martin is thankful for all of the fire departments that answered Evergreen Fire/Rescue’s call for aid, and that no one died and no buildings were lost because of the fire.

Ted Antenucci summed up how Evergreen is grateful for the herculean efforts it took to keep the fire from spreading and potentially causing a wildfire disaster.

“The fire department did an amazingly great job,” he said. “I give them a whole lot of kudos.”

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Lot Que brings barbecue to northwest Arvada New restaurant from owners of Lot One opens in Five Parks

BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Residents of Candelas and northwest Arvada hankering for ribs, brisket or pulled pork are in luck this summer, as a new barbeque restaurant has opened up in Five Parks.

Lot Que — adjacent to and owned by the purveyors of Lot One — held its soft opening on June 22 and a grand opening on June 29.

Lot Que offers dine-in and catering options for customers and allows patrons at Lot One the option to order from the barbecue side’s menu while dining in at the original establishment.

Josh Timon, one of Lot Que and Lot One’s co-owners and co-founders along with Jamie Miles, said that part of his motivation for venturing into barbeque was the simple, barebones nature of the food.

“We’ll never be Texas,” said Timon, “what we do from a uniqueness perspective is our sides, having all these sauces. It’s kind of a melting pot of barbeque in Colorado. The goal was just to really get back to basics, let the meats speak for themselves.

“I think our sides,” Timon continued, “are the classic barbeque sides turned on its ear. We’ve got a sweet

KNOW IF YOU GO: Lot Que is located at 13730 W 85th Dr Unit 103 in Arvada and is open from Tuesdays to Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Fridays from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Lot Que is closed on Mondays.

To place a catering order, call 720949-0808. potato cornbread, we’ve got a coleslaw that’s got some Latin American flavors to it, our potato salad has a balsamic hint. So, all the classic sides, just with a little bit of a twist, just like we do at Lot One.” Lot Que’s menu features traditional barbeque fare like ribs, brisket, pastrami and turkey as well as sides including potato salad, baked beans, sweet potato cornbread and fried okra. As a dessert option, the restaurant serves High Point Creamery ice cream, the first in-restaurant retail location for the creamery.

The restaurant has an Old Hickory brand indoor smoker, which Timon says came highly recommended by other members of the Denver barbeque community. Lot Que’s meats are loaded into the smoker the night before they’re served and spend between 12 and 14 hours in the smoker, according to Timon.

Lorin Rice, the general manager of both Lot One and Lot Que, said that the reception from the community has been overwhelmingly positive

Exterior of Lot Que.

thus far, with the barbecue side doing over $4,000 dollars in sales on July 3 — the restaurant’s fifth day of operation — and fulfilled a 70-pound pulled pork catering order on their first day.

Timon said that he has felt compelled to bring a much-needed social gathering place to the area around Five Parks; western Arvada, Candelas, Leyden and Westwood Creek, namely, while adding that he feels that community support should be reciprocal when it comes to restaurants and patrons.

“We’ve always been huge support-

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ers of elementary schools, PTA’s, booster clubs, high schools, sports teams,” said Timon. “I feel that if you don’t support them, they won’t support you. The people around here, they want options, they want a place where they can go on a date night, they want a place where they can take their family, they want a place where they can have a girl’s night.

“We do a pretty great job with all of those,” Timon continued. “We’ve got a great patio with live music on Mondays and Tuesdays. We’ve giving people what I think they want.”

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NAAC stadium managers serve on groundbreaking U.S. Open crew Sun Roesslein and Christi Clay among 29 women on groundskeeping team

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A.J. Hill was the only woman on the maintenance team at the 2020 U.S. Women’s Open. This year, at the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, she was joined by 28 female colleagues as part of a 60-person staff.

The Olympic Club’s Director of Golf Maintenance, Troy Flanagan, had the idea to involve more women in the event’s maintenance team when the Olympic was named as the site of the Open a few years ago, but speaking to Hill solidified his push to put together a more diverse team than years past.

“I said, `Let’s try to have as many female volunteers as we could in the profession,’” said Flanagan. “We already had to have about 60 volunteers, so why not get as many women, and there’s been a push in our industry to diversify because we’re a heavily male-oriented industry.”

Among the 29 women that served on the Open’s maintenance team — the most women who have ever served on the event’s groundskeeping crew, according to Flanagan — were Sun Roesslein and Christi Clay, stadium managers at the North Area Athletic Complex near Arvada and Golden.

While Roesslein and Clay, who have been NAAC’s stadium managers for 16 and seven years, respectively, are no strangers to working on big stages — Roesslein in got her start in the field working for the Lexington Legends minor league baseball team and worked this year’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Coors Field, and both worked the 2005 MLB All-Star Game — the significance of this year’s U.S. Open was special.

“I think it’s definitely a historical experience to be a part of,” said Roesslein. “I don’t think that we’ll see the effects that it will have on the industry for years. I think it’s going to cause a ripple effect through the industry of sports turf management as well as ballpark management, but I think it’ll really take time to see the effects.

“For the Sports Turf Managers Association,” Roesslein continued, “women make up about 3% of our memberships. For the Golf Course Superintendents, female membership is like 1.7%.”

Roesslein and Clay were selected through an application process spearheaded by Flanagan, who used his industry contacts to work towards ensuring that his goal of having a more inclusive team than years past became known.

The team of 29 women worked

Roesslein, front, and Clay readying a bunker at the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open.

with the Olympic Club’s regular staff to prepare the course each day, running through a multitude of responsibilities including moisture testing, bunker management and cup setting each day to ensure that the event worked smoothly.

Roesslein and Clay said that the team gelled almost immediately, having to do very little make-up work after running through their morning agenda. Clay added that after a bit of initial trepidation, the Olympic Club’s regular staff got along well with the female volunteers.

“The regular grounds crew at the Olympic Club was working as well,” said Clay. ”They did their normal job, they did a great job, and they welcomed us there. It was really cool to work with them.

I think at first they were a little taken aback, like ‘Oh my gosh, we’ve got to work with all these women,’ but by day two they were jumping in all our pictures and smiling with us and having a great time.”

Roesslein added that she hoped the success of the crew at the U.S. Open would lead more women towards working in the sports field management industry.

“The visibility of females in the industry has grown in the last several years,” said Roesslein.

“So, I think just being able to see other women in the industry reach out — the coolest thing about our industry in general is that I can call anybody at any time and say, `I see you have had some experience with this issue, how’d you handle that?’ And the information sharing among turf managers is unlike any other industry I can think of.”

“It was super exciting, I think it’s great,” Roesslein continued. “it was a great stage to showcase that women can do all the same things and we’re just as qualified.

It was just a larger stage than anyone had seen in the industry and it was an honor to be a part of it.”

Sun Roesslein, left, and Christi Clay with the Robert Cox Trophy at the 2021 U.S. PHOTOS COURTESY OF SUN ROESSLEIN AND CHRISTI CLAY Women’s Open.

The grounds crew at the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open, which included 29 women.

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Anyone who has done much hiking or biking on a Jefferson County Open Space trail lately likely knows that the already-busy trail system seems to be more popular than ever. And if you’ve had the misfortune of trying to park at one of those trails, then you surely know the consequences of that increased popularity pretty well.

But now, Jeffco is launching a new pilot partnership with Lyft that is aiming to give the county’s open space users some relief — at least when it comes to visiting four of the system’s most challenging to park at trailheads.

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Trailhead, South Table Mountain Park - Camp George West Trailhead, South Table Mountain Park - Golden Hills Access, and White Ranch Park - East Trailhead. The discounts, which will be automatically applied, will be valid during park hours seven days a week.

According to a JCOS press release announcing the pilot, those locations were selected based upon visitor volume, available designated parking, reducing neighborhood/overflow parking, and illegal parking. Additional variables such as cell service and driver availability were also considered.

The pilot program will run through Dec. 31. At that point, JCOS will determine whether it will continue to find the program and expand it to serve more trailheads. Beyond relieving parking congestion, JCOS said the pilot will also provide better access to people who want to visit the trails but do not have a car.

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Metro area home sales set median price record in June Just 3,122 homes were listed for sale last month across metro counties

BY ESTEBAN L. HERNANDEZ DENVERITE

The median closing price for a home in the Denver metro area was a record $545,000 in June, according to the latest real estate market trends report from the Denver Metro Association of Realtors.

The amount is a 1.49% increase from May, and a whopping 22.47% increase compared to June 2020.

The report uses sales from 11 counties in the metro

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Realtor Brigette Modglin, who’s been part of the Association of Realtors’ market trends committee since 2016, said some of the reasons for the increase include more millennials looking to buy homes, buyers who want to work from home after the pandemic, and baby boomers who are also interested in buying, either by upsizing or downsizing from their current home.

She added there were some huge sales that may have skewed numbers a bit.

A home in ritzy Cherry Hills Village recently sold for $1.1 million above its initial listing price tag.

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She noted that this is why the median closing price is generally used more often than the average closing price, since Modglin said the average is the sum of all home sale prices divided by the total number of sales.

The median is more of the “middle” value and is more insulated from outliers like, say, a multimillion-dollar home sale.

The report said the average closing price for a home in the metro area in June was $643,645.

The report noted the average number of homes on the market for June is 16,098, based on figures from 1985 to

A street in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood in 2018.

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2020. The market is nowhere near that, with just 3,122 listings last month, a record low.

Despite being a record low, June’s homes-on-the-market figures were a 50.46% increase from May, far above the average 5.86% change.

But even then, the 3,122 listings were 51.09 percent fewer than in June 2020.

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