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VOLUME 17 | ISSUE 26

Olde Town hosts 6th Annual Eggnog By the numbers: Jeffco and Cider Competition Schools’ COVID update Case numbers, quarantines and test data for the current school year

BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Local children enjoy Scrumptious’ apple cider sorbet and eggnog ice cream in Olde Town Square.

PHOTO BY RYAN DUNN

Arvada Tavern named ‘Best Eggnog,’ Flights Wine Cafe claims ‘Best Cider’

BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The 6th Annual Eggnog and Cider Competition was held in Olde Town Arvada on Dec. 6, crowning the Arvada Tavern winner of the

‘Best Eggnog’ honors and Flights Wine Cafe winner of the ‘Best Cider’ category.

Hunter Bay Coffee Roasters won ‘Best Non-Alcoholic Eggnog,’ while Scrumptious took home ‘Best NonAlcoholic Apple Cider’ for

their apple cider sorbet.

The event invited attendees to walk between different Olde Town establishments and sample their cider and/or eggnog offerings, and then vote via a Google Forms survey after trying each entry.

Hunter Bay Retail Manager Gigi Polgar said she SEE EGGNOG, P16

Pam Yoder, project manager for the Jeffco Public Schools COVID Response Team, gave the Jeffco Board of Education an update on COVID numbers the District has seen thus far in the 2021 - 22 school year.

Yoder, speaking at the board’s Dec. 9 meeting, started with an overview of vaccination rates through Dec. 6., drawing from case numbers and statistics available on the Jeffco Schools COVID Dashboard, She said Jeffco students aged 5-11 have a vaccination rate of 30.7%. That percentage climbs considerably for students aged 12-15, to 72.2%. District students aged 16-19 are vaccinated at a rate of 70.9%.

Yoder said total staff (13,000+ employees) have an 81.8% vaccination rate, with 6.6% unvaccinated and 11.6% that have not reported. She said the “have not reported” category is made up primarily of charter schools who are collecting data locally, guest teachers and substitutes not actively working at this time.

When you break the numbers down even further, total core staff — educators, education support professionals and administrators, have an 89.8% vaccination rate, with 7.6% (approximately 730) remaining unvaccinated. About 250 core staff members (2.6%) have not yet reported their status.

Staff and student incident rates Since the beginning of the school year, there have been 4,104 staff and student cases combined.

The COVID Dashboard shows an uptick in cases as the year has gone on, with occasional dips. For context, the first week of school, there were 82 combined cases. The week after Thanksgiving, the district saw 538 total cases — 494 students and 44 staff members.

There have been 3,392 quarantines since Aug. 15.

Broken down by grade level, fourth, fifth and sixth grade students had the highest prevalence of cases reported, while Pre-K, seventh and eighth grades had the lowest.

Overall, elementary schools have seen a spike which Yoder said was due, in part, to the Delta Variant and the vaccine not being available to the majority of those students until recently.

Outbreaks There have been 29 outbreaks since the beginning of the school year. The District defines an outbreak as a school with 5 or more cases of COVID-19, of which at least one case has had a positive molecular amplification test or antigen test among students, teachers and staff from separate households, with the onset within 14 days in a single classroom activity or other close contact in-school setting.

An employee of Silver Vines Winery serves cider.

SEE UPDATE, P3

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The Rising Church in Olde Town Arvada restoring stained glass after vandalism

BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Work to repair stained glass windows at The Rising Church in Arvada is underway. The process of removing the windows from their sills began on Dec. 8 and the repair work is expected to take two to three months, according to The Rising Pastor Stephen Byers.

The windows were damaged last spring when someone threw rocks through the glass. The vandalism broke portions of the panes which are estimated to be between 97 and 98 years old. Byers said that the vandalism incident was not a hate crime against the church, but rather that the vandal was “mentally ill.”

The church’s insurance covered most of the repairs, but that the congregation is working to raise an additional $7,500 not covered by their policy, according to Byers. He added that their monthly insurance rate went up by $400.

The church has Centennial-Based window restoration company Scottish Glass doing the repairs.

“They said the repairs will take two months, so we’ll have plywood up for about two months, I believe.

It could be three months. And what they do is they take them to their shop, and they make glass that looks like the original,” Byers said.

Byers added that the windows hold a great significance to the church community.

“The beauty of it, when you’re worshipping is what is does to this room

in the mornings. The sun comes in from the east and it comes through that window. I don’t know, it’s just — the beauty is within the whole building,” Byers said.

Helping the homeless The Rising offers a number of services to the local homeless population through its homeless ministry, which includes a day shelter, two daily hot meals, legal services, showers and other amenities.

Homeless people must attend an orientation to access the church’s programs. Byers said that over the past three months, the church has aided 575 individual clients and averages 50 clients per day.

Mark Bertheuson has been a client of The Rising’s homeless services for about a month. He said the church provides a place for him to go when he’s not working his night shifts at FedEx or IHOP. “It’s nice. They feed you twice a day, they have lots of stuff out there as you can see when you walked in,” Bertheuson said. “It’s a nice place to be when you’re not working. You’re able to come here and take a nap.”

Byers said that the church works with homeless navigators and other outside agencies to provide a “onestop shop” for the homeless community.

“We have the homeless navigators come in here and so we work in tandem with them. We work with the severe weather shelter, so we’re kind of a one-stop shop. We try to build relationships with some of the home-

Scottish Glass workers remove the damaged stained-glass pane from the sill.

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less community,” Byers said.

Bertheuson said he wished municipal governments provided more services to homeless populations.

“I wish there was more from the cities to be able to help the homeless than what they’re doing now,” Bertheuson said.

History repeats itself The church and its stained glass have a storied history in Arvada.

The first church to be situated on the corner of Webster Street and 57th Avenue was a Methodist church, which later burned down but housed the windows that now adorn The Rising’s exterior.

Benjamin Wadsworth, widely regarded as the founder of Arvada and the town’s first postmaster, died while delivering the stained glass to the church after a similar vandalism incident.

“Mr. (Benjamin) Wadsworth, who started Arvada, was a Methodist, and some kids had thrown rocks through the windows - of that church, not the same as this one - and he was bringing the stained glass back with him in his buggy, and a dog jumped out and scared his horse and the horse reared up and Mr. Wadsworth hit his head and died, right out here on

57th,” Byers said.

Derek Espejo, Scottish Glass’ National Restoration and Business Development Specialist said he enjoys stained glass restoration because it allows him to learn about such history.

“I love it. I like learning about different architecture and history. It’s an industry unlike any other. The restoration industry hasn’t been around for too long. It’s starting to hit now in central and western parts of the United States. About every 100 years or so, windows will need to be restored,” Espejo said.

Espejo added that The Rising’s windows would have probably lasted a few more years if not for the vandalism.

“Unfortunately, these could have had some extra life in them, but they were vandalized. That’s what we’re here for…We’re just happy to help out Pastor Steve here. He’s doing a lot for the community here, so we’re happy to help them bring their windows up to a point where they can last another hundred years, plus, and also take precautions to help preserve them,” Espejo said.

SEE RESTORING, P5

Regis University names Arvada local Cody Teets interim president Pomona grad becomes first female leader of Regis

BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After rising through the ranks at the McDonald’s Corporation, Arvada local Cody Teets has taken on another leadership role — on Jan. 1, she will become the Interim President of Regis University.

She will succeed Reverend John Fitzgibbons, who has served as the university’s president since 2012.

She will become the first female president and first lay leader of the 144-year old Jesuit school.

The search for a permanent president will begin in 2022 and is expected to be completed that summer, according to a press release from the university.

Teets is known for her journey SEE REGIS, P3

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Testing According to Patrick Simpson, the District’s Executive Director of Athletics and Activities, no entire athletics team or activities program has been quarantined. He said schools have continued to offer a full range of extracurricular activities this school year.

Current district testing numbers show a 1.3% positivity rate out of 15,631 students tested as of Dec. 6.

The percentage for staff was a bit lower at 0.9% of 9,171 employees tested during the same timeframe.

As of the Dec. 9, meeting, there were 11 Jeffco high schools in outbreak status.

from being a cashier at an Arvada McDonald’s to eventually becoming a vice president at the corporation, which inspired her book “Golden Opportunity: Remarkable Careers That Began at McDonald’s.” Her McDonald’s career began while she was a student at Pomona High School in Arvada.

She graduated from Regis with a Master of Business Administration in 1998 and became a trustee at the university in 2013 and an affiliate professor in Regis’ MBA program in 2018.

“I feel it’s important that when you get to a certain place in life, when you can give back, that you do give back, and so it enabled me to stay engaged in what was going on in the business world and enabled

me to teach the next generation of leaders, while at the same time, I could tell you of how much I’ve learned from my adult students,” Teets said.

Bob Engel, the Chair of Regis’ Board of Trustees, said that Fitzgibbons had informed the board that he was intending to step down after a “taxing” couple of years.

Teets said that during her tenue, her priorities are to “develop diverse partnerships” and have a leadership presence on campus.

She added that while she appreciates the honor of being named Regis’ first female president, she feels that her service to the university exceeds that singular distinction.

“I’m honored, and I also believe that it comes with great responsibility and being a role model for the university, for women, for women in leadership. But I really see it as it’s not so much about being a female or male, it’s about having a diverse

Regis University Interim President COURTESY OF REGIS UNIVERSITY Cody Teets.

mindset, so that we can allow everyone to be their best selves,” Teets said.

Engel said that Teets’ appointment signals a shift in the culture he’s seen throughout his career but added that she was chosen simply because she was the best candidate for the job.

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Must Read: ‘From Homes to Cars, It’s Now Time to Electrify Everything’

This article, like the one below it, were printed last week in the Denver Post, but I don’t want readers of the Arvada Press and the Transcript to miss it, so I’m republishing it here.

Every now and then I read an article that I am compelled to share, because it simply “nails it.”

Such was the article by Saul Griffith, published Oct. 19, 2021, on the Yale School of the Environment website, www.e360.yale.edu, and re-posted Nov 30, 2021, on GreenBuildingAdvisor.com.

The thesis of that article is summarized as follows: “The key to shifting away from fossil fuels is for consumers to begin replacing their home appliances, heating systems, and cars with electric versions powered by clean electricity. The challenges are daunting, but the politics will change when the economic benefits are widely felt.”

The diagram above right shows what can be electrified in a home. Rita and I are most of the way there. This fall I purchased an electric snow blower to complement our electric lawn mower, weed eater, leaf blower and automobiles. Earlier this year I purchased a heat pump water heater to complement our heat pump hybrid furnace. (Hybrid, because it still burns natural gas when the outdoor temperature dips below 30° F.) All these electric devices are powered by the sun, thanks to our 10-kW solar PV system installed when we bought our home in 2012. Because we still cook with gas and occasionally burn gas in our furnace and fireplace, our Xcel bill is still around $35-40 per month, but we’re doing our part to “electrify everything.”

You can do that, too.

The central thesis of Saul Griffith’s article is that we have little control over the supply side of energy, although there are encouraging signs of it becoming less dependent on fossil fuels. But we have total control over the demand side of energy:

“We don’t have a lot of choice on the supply side, but we have all of the choice on the demand side. For the most part, we decide what we drive, how we heat our water, what heats our homes, what cooks our food, what dries our laundry, and even what cuts our grass. This constitutes our ‘personal infrastructure,’ and it is swapping out that infrastructure that will be a key driver of the global transition from fossil fuels to green energy.”

There’s a link to Griffith’s full article at GoldenREblog.com.

According to Griffith, who cofounded the non-profit Rewiring America, there are 280 million cars and trucks in America, 70 million fossil-fueled furnaces, 60 million fossil-fueled water heaters, 20 million gas dryers, and 50 million gas stoves, ovens and cooktops. Until now, the conversation has been about making each of those fossil fueled appliances more efficient, earning “Energy Star” ratings.

But the real goal should be to replace them with electric appliances burning the increasingly green electricity being generated by our electric utilities.

A common refrain from people regarding electric cars is that they are not really zero emissions because of how the electricity is generated. Back in 2012, I myself was reluctant to buy an electric vehicle because I didn’t want to “switch from burning gas to burning coal.”

However, that argument overlooks the relative efficiency of electric motors. In a fossil-fueled car, only 20% of the energy in the fuel is propelling the car. The rest is waste energy, primarily creating heat which then requires more fuel to cool it. In an EV, 90% of the energy from the battery propels the car. There’s almost no waste energy in a battery EV’s drive train.

A suitable analogy to the gas-powered car is an incandescent light bulb, in which light is a by-product of heating a filament.

It’s no surprise that the LED light bulb

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This is a question that seems to be on everyone’s mind, especially after a year which has seen double digit appreciation in home prices.

Finally, I found a focused discussion on this topic by highly knowledgeable persons that I can recommend. I have put a link for it at www.GoldenREblog.com.

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uses about 20% of the electricity of an incandescent light bulb for the same amount of light, because light is the primary product of the LED, not a by-product heating a filament.

Because of its relative efficiency, even if an EV is charged from electricity that is created entirely by coal, its carbon footprint is far below that of a fossil-fuelel vehicle. The same applies to today’s highly efficient heat pumps for both space heating (and cooling) and for water heating.

Griffith’s point is that more efficient fossil-fueled appliances won’t get us where we need to be to save the planet from catastrophic climate change. We need to get to zero emissions, which is only possible by going all-electric in our homes and vehicles as our electric utilities make their inevitable transition — whether incentivized by government or simply by the economies of renewable energy — to clean energy.

You, like me, will love the effects of this transition to all-electric living. Imagine a future where carbon dioxide is not a common household poison; where motorcycles don’t disturb the peace and quiet of our streets and canyons; where semis going down our canyons don’t use loud and polluting engine braking because their electric motors are providing all the needed brak-

ing as they generate electricity that goes back into their batteries; where our neighbors aren’t disturbed by loud lawn mowers, snow blowers and leaf blowers; and where children no longer suffer health problems from school bus exhausts or on playgrounds next to highways.

You’ll appreciate the near-zero maintenance of electric motors. My snow blower, lawn mower, weed whacker and leaf blower, like my electric cars, start by pushing a button or pulling a lever and never need a tune-up, refueling or oil change.

Griffith is not arguing that everyone should immediately swap out their fossilfueled cars or appliances but rather avoid replacing them with newer ones. Make the smart choice and replace them with their electric counterparts. You’ll be glad you did 5 years from now — probably sooner!

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Curling sheet, mini golf come to Olde Town in lieu of ice rink this holiday season

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Ice rink that debuted in 2020 shelved over logistical hurdles

BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Visitors to Arvada’s Olde Town Square this holiday season will be

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treated to curling, mini golf and fire pits in leu of the ice rink that debuted in the square last year.

Olde Town Business Improvement District Executive Director Joe Hengstler said that “logistical hurdles” prevented the ice rink from returning.

The curling sheet can be rented at a booth in Olde Town Square. Golf clubs can also be rented from the booth and fire pits are available on a

The curling sheet in Olde Town Arvada.

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first-come, first-serve basis.

Hengstler said that the synthetic ice deployed in the square last year was not a suitable option going forward.

“With the skating rink, the Square has a number of logistical hurdles that limit what we can do with a skating rink,” Hengstler said. “Overall, we would really prefer to have real ice for people to skate on, but that’s not a possibility and that has

to do with how level the square is.”

Hengstler added that some iteration of an ice rink could retun to Olde Town in the future.

“It’s at least a possibility, as Olde Town continues to evolve, so I’m not going to rule it out,” Hengstler said.

Mini golf rentals and the curling sheet are available Monday through Thursday from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Friday through Sunday 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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Workers form an assembly line to pass down the removed pane for repairs.

RESTORING FROM PAGE 2

It’s starting to hit now in central and western parts of the United States. About every 100 years or so, windows will need to be restored,” Espejo said.

Espejo added that The Rising’s windows would have probably lasted a few more years if not for

PHOTO BY RYAN DUNN

the vandalism.

“Unfortunately, these could have had some extra life in them, but they were vandalized. That’s what we’re here for…We’re just happy to help out Pastor Steve here.

He’s doing a lot for the community here, so we’re happy to help them bring their windows up to a point where they can last another hundred years, plus, and also take precautions to help preserve them,” Espejo said.

Mark Bertheuson, a client of The Rising’s homeless ministry.

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Arvada Fire hosts 11th Annual Firehouse Chili Cook-Off Cook-Off returns after COVID-19-induced hiatus, held at Elks Lodge for first time

BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Green and red chili galore filled the Arvada Elks Lodge on Dec. 6, as the Arvada Fire’s 11th Annual Firehouse Chili Cook-Off returned after a one-year COVID-induced hiatus.

All eight Arvada Fire Protection District fire stations and one member of AFPD’s board of directors entered homemade chili, with Station 5’s B shift’s entry garnering the most votes for having the most delicious overall chili. Station 2’s green chili had the most votes in that category.

Attendees who purchased tickets were able to sample all the entries and vote on which was their favorite.

All proceeds from the event benefit Friends of Arvada Fire, a 510(c) (3) nonprofit foundation that raises money to purchase equipment for the department not included in AFPD’s budget.

Friends of Arvada Fire President Sue Steward said she was excited to have the event back after being forced to cancel last year.

“It’s unnerving and exciting. With the announcement of the mask mandate, we were concerned we

wouldn’t be able to hold it,” Steward said. “We’re really excited to be here with the Elks and hold this in-person.”

Mark Ferguson, a member of Friends of Arvada Fire, stressed the importance of the event as a fundraiser for the foundation.

“This is one of our biggest fundraisers of the year. It allows us to buy equipment that’s not in the fire department’s annual budget,” Ferguson said. “In the past, we’ve bought stretchers, years back we bought all of the rigs tactical vests for active shooters.”

The cook-off was held at the Elks Lodge for the first time after the former location, Kline’s Beer Hall, closed last year. Ferguson said the space at the Elks Lodge was superior “We got with the Elks and they’re helping us out here, so this is like 100 times better. It’s much bigger and more spread out,” Ferguson said.

Elks Lodge Manager and Trustee Pat Salankey said the partnership came to fruition because of an overlap between the Elks and AFPD. “We have a few firemen in our lodge. They obvious do great things for our community and we do good things for the community and have a great facility,” said Salankey. “It’s good for the community; they can win a lot of money. We’re looking forward to a great success.”

The chili entrants were renamed with reindeer names to keep the voting impartial.

Chili is served at the 11th Annual Arvada Fire Chili Cook Off.

PHOTO BY RYAN DUNN

Folks sample the chili offerings in during the tasting stage of the evening.

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Peter Robert Dettmer, 69, is back in custody after evading capture for years.

Dettmer was arrested on 126 counts of sexual assault in 2016, but failed to appear at a hearing in January, 2021. The charges he’s facing include 63 counts of Sexual Assault — Victim Helpless, 62 counts of Sexual Assault — Victim Incapable and one count of Sexual Assault — Victim Incapable due to Force/Drugs/Other.

According to court records in the case, Dettmer originally posted a $2,000 bond and was released.

After failing to appear for his 2017 hearing, his bond was increased to $20,000. After his extradition was arranged this year, a judge set his bond at $1 million — cash only.

Arrested, April 27 in Cuenca, Ecuador, Dettmer was returned to the U.S. Nov. 23.

In a press release, Colorado First Judicial District Spokesman Michael Teague said Dettmer’s extradition was carried out by the FBI with assistance from the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of International Affairs and the U.S. Department of State.

Teague’s statement also said his office would not be releasing additional information or commenting further until the case is closed.

Dettmer is only the second person extradited from Ecuador to the United States in the past 27 years.

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Arvada City Council green lights new Meyers Pool natatorium New pool building will occupy current site, Mayor Williams comments on masks

BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Arvada City Council voted At the Dec. 6 to approve an intergovernmental agreement between the City of Arvada, the Jefferson County Public School District and the Apex Parks and Recreation District outlining renovations and operating procedures for the Meyers Pool, located at 7900 Carr St. The proposal was unanimously approved by council, who were the last involved party to formally make their decision on the IGA, following approvals by Apex on Oct. 7 and the JeffCo Public School Board on Nov. 4.

A new pool building will be constructed at the same site as the existing natatorium. Apex would operate the pool, Jeffco Public Schools would be the facility’s primary tenant and the City of Arvada would own the facility.

Apex Board of Directors President Vicki Pyne shared details on the proposal at their Oct. 7 board meeting.

“The city and the school district are the capital financers, 50% split. Right now, we’re looking at about a $35-36 million building, so about $17 million (each). They’ll finance it for 20 years; they’re using private financing. It’ll be in the neighborhood of about $800,000 per year,” Pyne said.

“In return the school district asked for free lane use for the high school girls and boys swim meets in season … We were able to limit it to the amount of lanes that they used in 2019. If they increase, then the pay a per-lane charge for that,” Pyne continued.

“The City of Arvada is the other 50%. They would be the owner of the facility. The school district basically said they don’t want ownership … The city would have ownership much like they do now.”

Councilmembers were enthusiastic about the project and the partnership, which has been in the works for years due to the current natatorium’s declining condition.

“I’m really happy to see this come to fruition. Absolutely tremendous work by the city team.

In today’s day and age, to be able to cooperate with another governmental entity with us to pull something like this off was quite exceptional, probably sets the

mold for how we do things in the future,” District 3 Councilmember John Marriott said.

District 2 Councilmember Lauren Simpson emphasized the pool’s importance for seniors and scholastic swimmers alike in the community.

“I’m very excited that we are building up this amenity anew for our community. It’s wonderful for our seniors, it’s especially wonderful for the students who are part of swim team here in Jefferson County, such an incredible asset for them. It would have been a travesty to lose that programming,” Simpson said.

Mayor Marc Williams praised the decision to keep the city’s major natatorium in eastern Arvada.

“I’m very pleased that it’s going in where it’s going in. Some of the earlier discussions had this facility moving much further west and I think the decision to have it remain on a more eastern side of Arvada sends a very loud message that we care about all of Arvada and that we will continue to provide assets throughout the city,” Williams said.

Masks The Dec. 6 meeting was held completely virtually — breaking from the hybrid format that council has regularly employed for the last few months - due to the most recent Jefferson County Public Health Department order on masking, Arvada Mayor Marc Williams said to begin the meeting.

“Since our last meeting, a public health order has come down that in effect mandated the wearing of masks for our city council meetings by the city councilmember as well as all people who would be in council chambers,” Williams said.

“Several councilmembers frankly are uncomfortable with that public health order as it pertained to our actions as a city council. I think there has always been a sentiment from the majority of council that if we’re going to be in council chambers having discussions with our citizens, we want them to be able to see our full faces, unmasked,” Williams added.

Williams said that he believes an exemption application will be filed with the JeffCo Public Health Department in the near future to allow council to return to hybrid meetings.

“I anticipate that we will be applying to the Jefferson County Health Department for an exemption so that we can start reconvening in council chambers, but it was my suggestion which council wholeheartedly supported that we conduct meetings virtually until such time as we can get that issue resolved,” Williams said.

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County business group opposes mask mandate ‘Fully Vaccinated Facility’ program has had some interest

BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Masks, and the Public Health Order (PHO) requiring people over the age of 3 to wear them in Jeffco’s public spaces, have residents and businesses on each side of the issue voicing their opinion and taking a stand on whether they will comply.

Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) Order 21006, enacted Nov. 24, has some people crying foul.

Jansen Tidmore, President and CEO of Jefferson County Economic Development Corporation (EDC), said his organization is against the order as written, believing a mandate places undue burdens on businesses.

In a letter to the health department, Tidmore said the EDC appreciates the important mission of the Board of Health, but has many items of concern regarding PHO 21-006. The EDC, Tidmore said, thinks JCPH Orders are being made in response to State PHO 20-38, which “strongly encour-

ages,” but doesn’t mandate face coverings.

Tidmore added that the EDC wants JCPH to “mimic” the state order and change the county’s mask “mandate” to “strongly encourage” indoor mask use.

Additionally, the EDC letter recommends that any orders put in place by JCPH be contingent on other metro communities passing the same or similar orders.

“At a minimum that includes the counties of Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, and Denver,” Tidmore’s letter states. “We would like to see it extended, but understand the challenge to Douglas, Clear Creek, Gilpin, El Paso, and Weld – based on the inbound / outbound populations from those counties to ours.”

In his letter to JCPH, Tidmore said the EDC could support an order that “strongly encourages” masks for all indoor settings and would support an “opt in” program for businesses to go mask free but require patrons to be vaccinated.

In a statement to the newspaper, JCPH Executive Director, Dr. Dawn Comstock, said most businesses in Jeffco have stepped up throughout the pandemic, and again following the announcement of Public Health Order 21-006.

“JCPH is proud to share that we’ve had far fewer complaints against businesses than we have had businesses that are interested in being a Fully Vaccinated Facility,” she said. “In fact, the inquiries from businesses that are excited about doing the right thing for our community outnumber the citizen complaints about businesses 3-to-1.”

Comstock said residents in Jeffco are taking a recent increase in cases of COVID-19 seriously and want to hold one another and the businesses they patronize accountable to ensure all in Jeffco are as safe as possible during this resurgence of COVID-19 and the stress on our hospital systems.

“Now, as we work toward launching in earnest the Fully Vaccinated Facility program, it will be vital to lift up the voices of those who are following every mitigation strategy possible to help keep our community safe, rather than spotlighting the few facilities in our community that may need more help to get there,” Comstock said. “JCPH is here to support those few businesses with education and other tools to help them fully adhere to the PHO.” JCPH continues to call on Jeffco residents to get a COVID-19 vaccine (or booster if you’re eligible), and to wear a mask in all public indoor spaces.

Masks not perfect, but do help, says local health chief Parents protesting the Tri-County Health Department mask order for kids ages 2 to 11 pray outside the Adams County Government Center on Aug. 24 before a county board PHOTO BY LIAM ADAMS of commissioners public hearing.

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His local public-health department has issued another mask-wearing mandate for two metro-Denver counties with nearly 1.2 million people.

Even so, John Douglas doesn’t hesitate to admit that masks aren’t perfect in the fight against COVID-19.

“But, like vaccines, they work better when more people use them,” Douglas, executive director of the Tri-County Health Department, told Colorado Community Media.

“Because, like vaccines, they can both prevent the individual from getting infected or sick,” and also can prevent spread of the virus to others, Douglas said.

Tri-County Health serves Adams and Arapahoe counties, and provides certain public-health services in Douglas County.

Under a Nov. 22 Tri-County order, all people 2 and older in Adams and Arapahoe County must wear a face covering in all public indoor spaces.

Authorities in Jefferson, Denver and Boulder counties have issued similar mandates.

With rates of new coronavirus cases recently reaching levels not seen since December of last year — and daily deaths among those with COVID-19 recently hitting numbers higher than they did during the first wave in spring 2020 — coronavirus hospitalizations in Colorado had for months been creeping up toward last December’s peak.

And while numbers so far this month suggest hospitalizations may finally be coming back down,

Colorado’s number of COVID-19 patients still sits high above what it was during most other parts of the pandemic.

Colorado had 1,368 people hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 as of Dec. 3 this year, according to state data. Colorado had the 10th-highest COVID-19 hospital demand in the United States as of early November, according to a Nov. 3 report by the Colorado School of Public Health.

But with the public hearing so many concerns about masks and mask effectiveness — and about vaccines — why wear a mask? Why get vaccinated when so many people already have been?

Colorado Community Media spoke to Douglas and reviewed other sources of information below to address those questions.

Like ‘sand through a chain-link fence’ At a contentious public comment session in front of Arapahoe County’s elected leaders after Tri-County Health issued its school mask order in August, a man offered an evocative picture of how he thought masks interact with the coronavirus.

“If you took a fist of sand and threw it through a chain-link fence, imagine how much of it would go through,” the man said during the meeting, noting how small the virus is.

A post on a popular social media page last year, focusing specifically on N95 masks, said: “COVID 19 virus particle size is 125 nanometers (0.125 microns); the range is 0.06 microns to .14 microns,” the post said, according to a USA Today fact-check report.

“The N95 mask filters down to 0.3 microns. So, N95 masks block few, if any, virions (virus particles).”

A micron is one one-thousandth of SEE MASKS, P9

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a millimeter — it’s also referred to as a micrometer.

But there’s more to it than that. A COVID-19 virus particle exists on a tiny scale — around 0.1 microns in size — but it is always bonded to something larger, an expert told USA Today for the report. In other words, masks don’t have to stop bare virus particles alone.

“There is never a naked virus floating in the air or released by people,” Linsey Marr, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech who specializes in airborne transmission of viruses, told USA Today.

The virus attaches to water droplets or aerosols — really small droplets — that are generated by breathing, talking, coughing and so on. These consist of water, mucus protein and other biological material and are all larger than 1 micron, USA Today reported.

Those points were echoed in a research article published in the journal City and Environment Interactions and available online in May 2020, a piece that also suggested the use of masks indoors and improving ventilation to combat COVID-19.

See that article at tinyurl.com/MaskArticleCity.

Douglas, the local health chief, has said masks have been shown to be “50-70% effective.” The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website says: “Multi-layer cloth masks can both block up to 5070% of … fine droplets and particles and limit the forward spread of

A sign read, “I don’t co-parent with the government” during an Aug. 30 protest against mask requirements at the Arapahoe County administration building in PHOTO BY ELLIS ARNOLD Littleton.

those that are not captured.”

Another speaker at that Arapahoe County commissioners’ meeting in August, from Centennial, said: “If you want to wear a mask, wear it. If you don’t, then don’t. If your guys’ mask works so well, why do I have to wear one? Why does my kid have to wear one?”

The issue arose again at a Nov. 22 Arapahoe commissioners’ meeting, where Commissioner Nancy Sharpe said: “I do think there’s a level of personal responsibility ... They should wear them if they want to wear them and if they need to wear them.”

Masks are primarily intended to reduce the emission of droplets toward others, an effect known

as “source control,” as opposed to “wearer protection,” the CDC’s website says.

But studies also demonstrate that cloth mask materials can also reduce wearers’ exposure to infectious droplets through filtration, including filtration of fine droplets and particles less than 10 microns.

“The relationship between source control and wearer protection is likely complementary and possibly synergistic, so that individual benefit increases with increasing community mask use,” the website adds.

See the long list of studies the CDC cites about mask effectiveness and related topics on the bottom of that page at tinyurl.com/MaskStud-

iesData.

“By the way, we often forget that this is (spreading) because a very large chunk — maybe 60% of COVID cases — (come from) people who are asymptomatic or presymptomatic,” Douglas said, using terms for people who have COVID-19 without symptoms or whose symptoms have yet to arise.

For a look at other mask data, see our previous story at tinyurl.com/ MoreMaskData.

Because masks aren’t a cure-all, physical distancing; meeting outdoors rather than indoors; avoiding large groups; and improving ventilation by opening windows or running heat, air conditioning, or an air purifier are all still important steps to take, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment reiterated on Nov. 24 ahead of holiday celebrations.

Masks in schools State health officials have presented data showing that requiring kids to wear masks while in school is associated with lower rates of COVID-19, The Colorado Sun reported in September, citing comments from Rachel Herlihy, the Colorado state epidemiologist.

The state public-health department looked at age-adjusted case rates for kids in 48 school districts, split into two groups by whether the districts are requiring masks in schools, the Sun reported. See that story at tinyurl.com/SunSchoolData.

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Counties without school mask requirements experienced larger increases in pediatric COVID-19 case rates after the start of school compared with counties that had school mask requirements, according to the Sept. 24 study. See that at tinyurl.com/CDCSchoolStudy.

While Douglas acknowledged it’s difficult to say unequivocally that the masks made the difference, he’s confident that the data back up that conclusion.

“What is notable in the data from CDPHE and even more so from the national study performed by CDC is that while rates were reasonably similar between districts that did and did not implement mandates going into the school year, they increased substantially more in the areas without mandates than in those that had them, which is highly consistent with a benefit of the mandate,” Douglas said.

Mental health concerns Douglas previously responded to concerns among some parents that masks are making kids anxious or leading to other negative mental health outcomes.

Mental health concerns among young people are likely due to family life and routines being disrupted amid the pandemic, along with isolation and uncertainty, according to Douglas.

Speaking to Colorado Community Media, Douglas said younger kids “probably do lose a lot of emotional cues” such as smiles, frowns or teachers’ lips moving.

“I don’t disagree at all that from a learning perspective, there may be an impact, but the counter to that is that masks have ended up being (what) allows kids to stay (safe) in the classroom anyway,” Douglas said.

As opposed to school being remote, kids get more social interaction from being in a classroom, Douglas said.

“You’ve got better education outcomes (and) probably better social-emotional outcomes” in that case, Douglas said.

The text of Tri-County Health’s initial mid-August school mask order also addressed the topic of mental health. It reads: “Children’s Hospital Colorado clarified that mask wearing has not been linked to mental health problems in children or any other group and did not contribute to their declared ‘state of emergency’ for pediatric mental health.”

Elizabeth Whitehead, a spokesperson for Children’s Hospital Colorado, confirmed the accuracy of that statement.

For more outside information on masks and mental health, see the “mental health” section of our previous story at tinyurl.com/ MasksAndMentalHealth.

Physical health concerns Another claim that came up during a Tri-County board of health meeting on Aug. 16: Masks problematically forcing a person to “rebreathe the carbon dioxide.”

Wearing a mask does produce a “small increase” in breathing resis-

Children hold signs protesting Jeffco Schools’ mask mandate for students ages 3-11.

PHOTO BY BOB WOOLEY

tance caused by the mask material filtering particles and any moisture that is trapped in the mask material, according to a commentary in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

“One consistently documented negative impact of wearing a mask for a long period of time is an increase in the development of headaches in people with a history of headaches,” the September 2020 article says. See it at tinyurl.com/ MasksAndBreathing.

“In otherwise healthy individuals, wearing masks, even for an extended period of time, does not produce any clinically relevant changes in circulating O2 or CO2 concentrations, and does not seem to impact tidal volume or respiratory rate,” the article says.

Douglas pointed to real-world experience: health and hospital settings, where health care providers have been wearing masks for “decades if not longer.”

“There have been virtually no detected impacts on acute health, long term health (or) job performance,” Douglas said.

Why more vaccinations?

The speaker at the Arapahoe County commissioners’ meeting in August from Centennial also asked: “If your vaccine works so well and you believe in it so much, why do I have to wear a mask? Why do I have to get a vaccine?”

Douglas, speaking to CCM, brought up the example of compelling people by law to wear seatbelts.

“We’ve made the decision that somebody dying in a car accident is a bad enough societal impact that something pretty minor … seatbelt wearing, is something we endorse and use,” Douglas said. He added: “Most of the time, a law like that is purely designed to protect the person using the preventive measure.”

He noted that the chances of the virus spreading — and the chances of more-dangerous variants developing — are reduced the more people get the vaccine.

“We’re in this national, if not global, lifeboat together because we share a contagion that can spread globally really quickly, certainly quickly nationally,” Douglas said.

Some people who are fully vaccinated will still get COVID-19, according to the CDC. An infection of a fully vaccinated person is referred to as a “vaccine breakthrough infection,” the CDC’s website says. Like other vaccines, COVID-19 vaccines are not 100% effective.

Dr. John Douglas, executive director of Tri-County Health Department since PHOTO BY ELLIOTT WENZLER 2013, at his home.

That’s part of why stopping the virus’s spread on a societal level is important — and it’s partly why mask wearing is still being urged.

Even when fully vaccinated people develop symptoms, they tend to be less severe symptoms than in unvaccinated people. This means they are much less likely to be hospitalized or die than people who are not vaccinated, the CDC’s website says.

Herd immunity Some may be wondering when enough people will be vaccinated for life to begin returning to some semblance of normal.

At one point, it was thought that “herd immunity” — a term for when enough people become immune that the spread of a disease becomes unlikely — could happen when around 70% to 80% of people attain immunity to COVID-19.

(See more on how that works in the sidebar in our previous story at tinyurl.com/HerdImmunityExplain.)

But there is uncertainty regarding the true herd immunity threshold.

What’s more, the delta coronavirus variant is more transmissible, a development that changes the percentage needed for herd immunity, according to an article from the American Medical Association.

“Herd immunity is a helpful concept but often difficult to operationalize and hang your hat on,” Douglas said. “The estimate went up because delta is over twice as contagious as the original strain. Eighty to 90% of persons in the population being immune is the best estimate at this point, but it would go higher if an even more contagious variant emerged.”

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It’s goodbye, again, and I have a favor to ask

’m not exactly sure what you’re supposed to do when you retire.

I hear that often it involves hikes and beers with friends and reading the great books and binge-watching Marvel movies. Those all sound rewarding. But I’m not sure that’s going to hold me for long.

So for now at least, I’m staying away from using the word “retire” in referring to what’s happening to me this week. I’ll just call it a transition from one state of being to another.

After Dec.16, I am stepping down as editor of Colorado Community Media, the publisher of 24 weekly newspapers, of which this is one, across eight counties.

I’m a lucky guy to have been working full time for newspapers for almost all of the last 40 years.

Every stop on my professional train ride has been fulfilling and, for the most part, big fun. And I feel like I’ve played a small role in a great endeavor serving a vital public need: Providing honest news and information.

Actually, I first exited this job last fall – I called it “semi-retiring” at the time — as I approached 65. I settled into freelance writing and reporting for various outlets along with contract editing for The Colorado Sun.

Then, early this year, The Sun became co-owner of Colorado Community Media as a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy.

Not long after that, Larry Ryckman, editor and co-founder of The Sun, asked if I would step back in for a few months Mark Harden while the hunt was underway for a new CCM publisher and permanent editor.

I’m grateful to Larry for the chance to work once again with our talented and enthusiastic crew of journalists. I’m also thankful that our new owners hired Linda Shapley, my former Denver Post colleague, as our publisher. She has worked tirelessly to bolster our business and to steer our company toward quality journalism and community service.

And come January, my role as CCM editor will be filled by Lisa Schlichtman, a veteran Colorado editor and a resourceful newsroom leader. I wish her great success.

The talented Thelma Grimes, who has been helping us cover Douglas County communities, has already as-

FROM THE EDITOR

sumed my other role, as the regional editor overseeing our weekly newspapers in Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas and Elbert counties, with help from copy editor Scott Gilbert. Thelma joins our regional editing team of Kristen Fiore (Jefferson and Clear Creek counties), Scott Taylor (Adams and Weld counties) and Christy Steadman (Denver neighborhood monthlies). Thanks to all of them for their efforts.

As you know, it’s been a tumultuous year amid the pandemic, with debates over masks, schools grappling with COVID-19 and race education, packed hospitals, contentious elections and businesses struggling to thrive again. Our reporters have shown dedication, creativity and courage in keeping you informed, in many cases covering stories that no one else is covering.

As I step away, I have a favor to ask.

It’s expensive to bring you the news you need. So I’m hoping you will help CCM continue as an honest, independent, locally-focused information source with a contribution.

Consider it an investment in democracy.

Through an initiative called #newsCOneeds, in collaboration with the Colorado Media Project,

if you contribute to CCM from now until Dec. 31, your money will be doubled, up to $1,000, for a total of $5,000 in matching funds.

For information on how to support us, go online to coloradocommunitymedia.com/readers-care, or call 303-566-4100.

If you’re a business, you can help underwrite our community journalism by advertising. Visit ccmengage. com for information. If you’re a reader, please patronize businesses that advertise in this newspaper and thank them for their support.

CCM is headed to a bright future under Linda and Lisa’s leadership and with ownership committed to the best in community news. I will be watching closely from the sidelines and cheering on CCM’s successes.

And I will be unfolding my hometown Centennial Citizen each week and clicking on ColoradoCommunityMedia.com to keep current.

It’s been a pleasure helping to bring you news. Thank you for reading, now and always. I wish you joyful holidays and a happy, healthy and prosperous new year.

After Dec. 16, reach Mark at mhardenpro@gmail.com.

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T

he mood is set in the parking lot: to get to the door, you have to cross a tiny footbridge.

Once safely across the bridge, you open the doors of the chalet — because, yeah, it’s not just a building, or even a house: it’s a chalet — and walk into HITTING a room that’s like something from a HOME fairy tale.

On the table in front of you are several tiers of cookies, arranged on platters of varying sizes, with every color of the rainbow represented. You look to your left to see a four-tier wedding Michael Alcorn cake, white frosting with pink and green frosting vines for trim, adorned with candied snowflakes and leaves which sparkle with grains of sugar. Over to your right are the glass cases which contain the pastries — cinnamon rolls, cheese danishes, more cookies … you can feel the sugar in the air.

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quiche, and, if I’m not mistaken, a cheese and spinach tort. Or something like that. I could be wrong.

Who walks into a room like that and looks for spinach dishes?

The people behind the counter welcome you with a smile and a laugh.

They’re happy to tell you all about whatever confection you’re curious about. The level of activity behind the counter and on through into the kitchen is frenetic on this Saturday morning, but nobody conveys any sense of stress or strain. And even while taking care of dozens of to-go orders, a roomful of patrons eating breakfast, and what appeared to be a young couple exploring wedding cake options, the ovens are all fired up, the aproned chef is wiping flour from his hands, and the true artists are focused on the fine work of decorating cakes.

Long-time Arvada residents recognize the place I’m talking about: of course, this is Das Meyer. It is a gift to the Arvada area.

A little east of Arvada is an entirely different sort of business. In the shadows of the lovely smokestacks of Commerce City is a building

that would be at home just off main street of any mountain town. You walk through the doors into a great room naturally lit by giant glass panel windows, and are confronted with a long bar, well-attended by what, it turns out, is mostly family.

They are moving up and down the bar, talking to guests, filling glasses with small tastes of their primary product: wine.

This is Balistreri Vineyards. What, you might ask, is a vineyard doing in Commerce City? Good question.

The vines, of course, are not in Commerce City; but the family has been in north Denver for…a while.

The Balistreris came to the Denver area after establishing their American bona fides in Detroit, having come originally from (of course) Sicily. The business is only about 25 years old, but the family tradition of making wines dates back at least a century in America, and, I suspect, a bit longer than that in “the old country.”

The show is run by John Balistreri. He is what they call the “vintner,” meaning he’s in charge of the wines.

Like every good man with an artistic

streak, the business seems to be handled mostly by his wife and daughter. Good thing — this allows John to play the role of bon vivant,moving up and down the bar, talking to all the guests, asking them what they like and what doesn’t sit as well, and maybe opening up something new and “just a little different” that you might like. It’s a good life, and a good business run with joy.

The reason I bring these two businesses to your attention is because one of the great gifts we are given in life is Passion. Rick Warren writes that “God gives you passions for a purpose” — in the case of these two businesses, their passion serves to bring people together over food and drink.

Is there a greater gift?

Michael Alcorn is a former teacher and current writer who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children.

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Close look at how redrawn political boundaries will affect Jeffco GUEST COLUMNIST

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he Colorado Independent Redistricting Commission has completed its work at redrawing the lines for state legislative and congressional districts for the next 10 years. With regards to how their work affected Jefferson County I think the commission deserves a B- for the completed project. They managed, in my opinion, to create a mostly purple map which means that newly redrawn districts can be competitive for either party.

That is the primary accomplishment of the new maps for Jefferson County. Anyone can view the new maps at www.redistricting.colorado. gov and zoom into their particular address to find their representative under the maps section of that website.

For my purposes in this article, I will describe how redistricting affects Jeffer-

son County. Most of Jefferson County is now in CD-7 with Rep Ed Perlmutter as their Congressman. The first exception is a small portion of the far northwest part of the county which is now in CD-2 represented by Joe Neguse. The second exception is a large part of south Jeffco which mostly traded representation from Representative Diana DeGette of Denver to Representative Jason Crow of Aurora.

Personally, I would preferred to have Jefferson County become one Congressional district but the commission saw things differently. Jefferson County will now be represented by 5 different state senators rather than 4.

Two of those districts SD4 and SD16 are multi county districts shared with other counties. SD19, 20 and 22 are wholly contained within the county. The Secretary

of State’s website has not provided voter registration statistics for these new districts. Colorado State Senators are elected for four year terms. SD4 will up for election in 2022 along with SD20 and SD22. SD16 and SD19 will be up for election in 2024.

Because assemblies dictate who the party nominees will be for legislative office what is certain is that other counties will have impact on Jefferson County elections.

This is true for contests for the State House of Representatives as well. What used to be HD22 on the old map has now been split up into three districts. The area east of Pierce Avenue is now part of HD38 and shares a representative with part of Arapahoe County. The rest of HD22 was split between a new HD25 which is partly in south Jeffco and the rest being in Evergreen the old HD25. The

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Arvada In Your Pocket Every so often, my girlfriend and I like to get away from everything for a couple of days. This time we chose a couple of days at The Hilton Garden Inn in Arvada.

It is an excellent establishment and their rates are great.

After our stay, the Hilton sent o me a receipt that detailed the bill.

I was surprised how much I had to give to the City of Arvada for the “privilege” of staying at the Hilton. We gave 11% of the total bill to Arvada and it was13% of the actual cost from the Hilton. d

I understand sales taxes, but “privilege” taxes and fees are quite annoying when Arvada did nothing to enhance our stay.

I would gladly pay extra to the Hilton for their excellent service, but Arvada ridiculous.

We will continue our getaways, but will have to see if other cities are more accommodating.

This is as ridiculous as paying a fee to use the Arvada Walmart.

That is why we shop in Westminster.

William L. Russell, Arvada

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rest of the old HD22 is in the new HD28. Other multi county districts from the new map are the new HD24 which is mostly Arvada. Part of the new HD29 and HD35 are in the both the Jefferson County and Adams County portions of Westminster. The new HD29 will also be in part of Broomfield. The influence of other counties in Jefferson County elections is the main change from redistricting. All this means is that people from other counties will have a say along with Jefferson County residents as to who the members of the legislature will be beginning in 2023. This is not anything new. We had two multi county districts from the last maps the new maps moved that up to five.

Joe Webb is the former chairman of the Jeffco Republican party.

OBITUARIES DAVIS

John ‘Andy’ Andrew Davis

August 8,1979 - November 23, 2021

For more information on services, where to send donations, or to read a full length obituary, please visit thenaturalfuneral.com/johnandrew-andy-davis/

John “Andy” Davis was born in Tallahassee, FL and passed away in Denver, CO on 11/23/2021.

He was a beloved member of his family and community and will be dearly missed.

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Melissa Sue Bonaker

April 19, 1949 - December 4, 2021

Melissa Sue Bonaker née Stevenson (Missy) passed away the morning of December 4th, 2021 after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. Missy was born in Buffalo, New York in April 1949.

Missy moved to Arvada in 2017 to retire from accounting and to be closer to her children and grandchildren. She found great joy in her retirement; single-handedly feeding every bird (and squirrel) who happened by her backyard and spoiling her grandkids with massive amounts of ice cream and sprite.

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She is survived by her son Chad (Alice Louise) of Denver, daughter Paige (David) of Arvada, honorary son Jay Mallatt (Rebecca) of Arvada, her four grandchildren: Jack, Robin, Clara, and Zoey, and her two sisters: Penny and Nici. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Jack, and her brother Jeff.

Plans for remembrance are pending.

Memorial donations can be made in her name to a local art center or swim team.

Donald Curtis Henke

April 18, 1927 - November 29, 2021

Donald Curtis Henke died suddenly cycling in the workout room of Covenant Living on Monday, November 29, 2021. He was born to William and Mary Ethel LaGrange Henke in Rock Island, Illinois on April 18, 1927. He is survived by his children April Sustad, Todd Henke (Nancy) and Tamara Buchan (Bill), nine grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents, his beloved wife Mary Dee Duncan Henke and sister in law, Elaine Graham Henke.

Services will be held at Arvada Covenant

Church, 5555 Ward Road, Arvada at 3 p.m. Tuesday, December 28, 2021.

Don will be given full military honors at Fort Logan National Cemetery at 12 p.m. December 28. A processional will leave from Arvada Covenant at 11 a.m. if you wish to join. If you are unable to attend, the memorial will be simulcast and can be found on the Arvada Covenant website: https://vimeo.com/653820086/328d6c9cbb Memorial Gifts can be donated to Royal Family Kids Camp, 1136 South Everett Street, Lakewood, 80232 or https://arvada. royalfamilykids.org.

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The New York Broadway costume shop Parsons-Meares, Ltd. paid special attention to the details in the new Colorado Ballet “Nutcracker” costumes they made, like these compass buttons that are sewn on the vest of the Drosselmeyer character.

A new military hat rests on storage bins that contain elements of “Nutcracker” costumes in the costume department at the Colorado Ballet Academy building in Denver on Nov. 16.

Colorado Ballet wardrobe manager Shirin Lankarani hangs part of a brand new costume at the Colorado Ballet Academy building in Denver on Nov. 16, where work was underway on the wardrobe for the 2021 production of “The PHOTO BY KATHRYN SCOTT Nutcracker.”

The pandemic posed both a challenge and an opportunity

BY MARK JAFFE SPECIAL TO THE COLORADO SUN

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hen Holly Hynes, the internationally renowned costume designer, sat in the Ellie Caulkins Opera House watching the Colorado Ballet’s “Nutcracker” she thought that it looked “pretty gorgeous” – then she got a closer look at the wardrobe backstage.

The 33-year-old costumes – hand-me-downs from the San Francisco Ballet – were definitely showing their age. “They were worn … patched,” Hynes said. “The capes were so heavy.”

It was time for new “Nutcracker” duds and Hynes, who has created tutus and tights for the New York City Ballet, the Bolshoi Ballet, London’s Royal Ballet and La Scala in Milan, was commissioned to design them.

It was part of a $1.5 million revamp of the company’s production with all new sets and 177 new costumes. But not long after Hynes saw “The Nutcracker” in Denver, the plans were almost upended, as were so many things, by the pandemic.

As theaters closed and new productions were postponed, all the shops that depend on supporting plays and dance saw their work evaporate.

“I had 17 projects that came to a screeching halt,” Hynes said. “It was great that the Colorado Ballet decided to go ahead. It made a huge difference to 18 shops in this project. Many of them would have folded if they hadn’t had the Colorado Ballet.”

In effect, the Colorado Ballet created its own

A member of the wardrobe staff, Kathy Scoggins, places finish touches on one of the new “Nutcracker” costumes inside the costume department at the Colorado Ballet Academy building in Denver on Nov. 16.

stimulus package for costume designers and makers in the depths of the pandemic.

“We started talking to the shops in New York and here in Colorado and they were very anxious to do the work, because they had none,” Gil Boggs, the Colorado Ballet’s artistic director, said.

“We got some benefit on price and we weren’t rushed.”

And the shops poured more effort into the project, Hynes said. “The work that came out of them was three times what we would have gotten if they had other projects.”

One of the workshops that was thrown a lifeline

was Parson-Meares, in Long Island City, New York. In its four decades, the shop has made the costumes for a legion of Broadway shows, including “Phantom of the Opera,” “The Lion King,” “Cats” and “Hamilton.”

But in early 2020 it had no work and its 58 employees were furloughed. Then the Colorado Ballet came knocking.

“The Colorado Ballet gave us work at a time when we would have had none,” said Sally Ann Parsons, owner of the workshop. The contract enabled Parsons to bring back 35 employees, split up into three shifts so there would never be too many people in the studio.

Among the costumes Parsons-Meares was asked to make were the tutu for the Sugar Plum Fairy, the mice – very important in the “Nutcracker,” for those not versed in it – the toy soldiers and the jester-like polichinelles, who spill from under Mother Ginger’s huge skirt.

Then the difficult part of crafting and fitting the costumes began. Normally the designer is very hands-on with the workshops and the ballet company and the costumes are fit to the dancers who will wear them.

But now everyone was isolated. Hynes’ assistant drove into New York City and came back with loads of swatches and trim and over five days she selected the fabrics while sitting on her back porch. “There was a sense of urgency because we were worried whether we’d be able to get everything, whether there would be supplychain issues,” she said.

Designs and cloth were distributed to the workshops and they began sewing. But the dancers who would be wearing them were back in Colorado. Measurements for each dancer had been sent along.

“We did fittings on dancers we knew, or Holly knew” that were about the same size, Parsons said. Hynes borrowed neighborhood kids for the children’s costumes. Her assistant had a camera so she could view the fittings remotely. “Holly didn’t see costumes close up until last spring,” Parsons said.

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Time matters as 2021 ends at Walker Fine Art

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ver the centuries many, many artists in all disciplines have tackled the fluidity and unknowability of time. Which means the contributors to Walker Fine Art’s latest exhibit, A Matter of Time, are in good company.

COMING The exhibition ATTRACTIONS runs at the Denver gallery, 300 W. 11th Ave., No. A, through Saturday, Jan. 15.

Participating artists — Kim Ferrer, Karin Schminke, Peter Illig, Julie Anderson, Mark Penner Howell and Clarke Reader Doug Haeussner — use painting, sculpture, photography and mixed media to explore the ways time is perceived and experienced.

We spoke to gallery owner Bobbi Walker about the exhibit, the artists and the mystery of time.

Interview is edited for clarity and brevity.

Tell me about the impetus behind A Matter of Time?

As Covid has unfolded and morphed over the past 21 months, I believe we have all felt a distinct disconnect in how we measure time.

Mark Penner Howell once told me that artists are the harbingers of change, the canaries in the coalmine, alerting society in times where important discourse is required.

The artists in this exhibition submitted bodies of work centered on trying to address the complex,

non-linear sequence of how time is experienced in this new world where there is no normal.

As you went about setting up the exhibit, what kind of story were you looking to tell?

Our daily lives have been adjusted and readjusted to accommodate the mandates and uncertainties of the pandemic. We have been shaken out of our routines as they are continually being redefined. This has given us the opportunity to slow down and address how we choose to spend our time. To reevaluate our priorities in a more intentional way, and reconsider how we treat each other.

What makes each of these artists’ work unique from your perspective?

Each artist is delivering their own approach to how the construct of time is perceived, measured and experienced. Because our interpretation of time has become fluid, our understanding of time has shifted, and it is unique to our individual reality. The diversity of medium of each body of work adds to the complexity of the exhibition while trying to convey an intangible concept.

The show tackles ideas around time — what role do you think time plays in the ability to understand or appreciate a work of art?

It has been rewarding to see that in slowing down our daily lives, people are spending more time with exhibitions. They are making an effort to see the intention of the artists and understand their connection to the underlying themes. There is more of

a dialogue between the artist and the viewer now which initiates a deeper conversation, transcending a simple aesthetic viewing of the work.

What do you hope people who see the show come away with?

I hope that people will walk away from this exhibition questioning their use of time, reevaluating the priorities that drive the use of each day. Thinking more deeply about how they approach, react and communicate with others.

For more information, visit walkerfineart.com/matter-of-time.

NUTCRACKER

needs to be continually upgraded and refurbished. It is never-ending.”

Boggs wanted to keep the ballet in its Victorian setting, as it was in the original production – no modern adaptation, he said. “I am a little anxious to see the audience’s reaction to changing something that was working well.”

For Hynes the costumes are, in the spirit of ballet, an exercise of theme and variation. “The first act is a period piece and in the second act you can let your imagination go wild,” she said.

“We try to carry something from the party scene that has stuck in Clara’s brain that carries over to the Land of Sweets,” Hynes said.

One of those is her mother’s plum-

colored dress transformed into the Sugar Plum Fairy’s tutu.

Another is a fabric print on a couch in the party scene that becomes the massive tent-like dress of Mother Ginger in the second act.

“I don’t know if the audience will catch it, but it is fun for us,” Hynes said.

One ballet tradition is that the dancer who first dances in a costume has his or her name sewn into it. When the Colorado Ballet would rent costumes from a big company, like American Ballet Theater, Ramos said he’d sometimes find the names of great dancers, like Mikhail Baryshnikov or Angel Corella, in his costume.

“It is very rare to have a costume

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And while the new costumes may not last another three decades, they were built to stand up to time.

“The costumes in a ballet like ‘Nutcracker’ are used for years and years, so you need to think about how you can make them adjustable,” Parsons said. There is extra material in the side seams and extra material in the bodices.

“Stretch is our friend so we want to incorporate it into jackets, bodices,” Hynes said. “The good thing about ‘The Nutcracker’ is that it fills the seats. The bad thing is it always

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K Contemporary closes 2021 and welcomes 2022 Denver’s K Contemporary is bridging the gap between 2021 and 2022 with two new shows — each bringing a unique perspective of the world: Angel Ricardo Ricardo Rios’ “Zona Rosa” and Shawn Huckins’ “I Know Not Where.”

The shows run at the gallery, 1412 Wazee St. in Denver, through Saturday, Jan. 8. “Zona Rosa” is Cubanborn Rios’ first show in Colorado and features more than a dozen large-scale paintings, according to provided information. Huckins’ show, “I Know Not Where,” is a continuation of his series, “The Birds Will Sing.”

For information on the exhibits, visit kcontemporaryart.com/exhibitions.

Share some holiday laughs with Sam Jay It is difficult to imagine a time when laughs are more necessary than during the stressful holiday

season. And Denver audiences can see one of the most exciting new comedic voices around in Sam Jay. A stand-up and Emmy-nominated writer, Jay made the leap to the big leagues with her new show, “Pause with Sam Jay” on HBO..

Jay will be performing at Comedy Works Downtown, 1226 15th St. in Denver, at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 16, 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 17 and Saturday, Dec. 18. Visit comedyworks.com/comedians/sam-jay for information and tickets.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats at the Mission Ballroom Homecoming concerts are almost always the best times to catch an artist live, and over the last decade or so Denver’s Nathaniel Rateliff has repeatedly proven that to be the case.

He’s closing out 2021 with a pair of performances at Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop St. in Denver.

When Rateliff performs with his group The Night Sweats, there’s always an extra element of swing to things, but these shows will be particularly special because the band will be joined by the legendary Preservation Hall Jazz Band from New Orleans.

Rateliff will be performing at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 16 and Friday, Dec. 17. All you need to know can be found at missionballroom.com/ upcoming-events.

Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@hotmail.com. made on you,” Ramos said. “It is so special to have your name in a costume. We are the first.”

Colorado Ballet’s “Nutcracker” runs through Dec. 24 at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in the Denver Performing Arts Complex.

For information and tickets, visit coloradoballet.org/The-Nutcracker.

You’ll also find special COVID safety rules.

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.

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Driver gets 110-year sentence for causing deadly I-70 crash Judge’s orders dictated by state law.

BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos, 26, convicted in October of four counts of vehicular homicide and numerous other charges, was sentenced Dec. 13 to a mandatory 110 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections.

Aguilera-Mederos was the driver of a semi-truck that crashed into multiple cars on eastbound I-70 on April 25, 2019, killing four people and injuring several others. The impact Rogel Lazaro of the crash caused a fiery inferno that made Aguilera national headlines.

During his trial, Aguilera-Mederos claimed the brakes on his truck had failed and he was unable to avoid the

wreck. However, prosecutors in the case pointed out several instances where Aguilera-Mederos’ actions led directly to the accident.

As he handed down the sentence, Judge A. Bruce Jones said the state legislature required him to order Aguilera-Mederos to serve the time consecutively.

Aguilera-Mederos was convicted of six counts of First-Degree Assault with Extreme Indifference that carried a mandatory sentence of 10-30 years each. Jones sentenced

Aguilera-Mederos to the required 10-year minimum for each count. He was also given mandatory minimum sentences of 5 years each for 10 additional counts that must also be served consecutively, thus adding up to the 110-year sentence. Eleven other counts Aguilera-Mederos was convicted of, totaling 30 years, will be served concurrently.

As the hearing concluded, Jones advised Aguilera-Mederos of his right to appeal the verdict and sentence.

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Tianna Juarez, an employee at Scrumptious, praised the candy and ice cream shop’s eggnog ice cream and apple cider sorbet.

“We entered both eggnog and cider. Our apple cider sorbet tastes just like the real thing. We have cinnamon in our eggnog ice cream. These are different from other people’s because they’re frozen. We hope that we win,” Juarez said.

The event was organized by the Olde Town Arvada Business Improvement District.

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Museum shares works of Americans in France Paintings from 1855-1913 on display at Denver Art Museum

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

“Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France,” now open at the Denver Art Museum through March 13, includes more than 100 paintings created between 1855 and 1913 by American painters, some who studied in official and private academies and some who roamed the city and countryside, painting images.

In preceding years, according to Curator Emeritus Timothy Standring, there was a focus on how paintings were done, consideration of the academic technique of the work, but by the period covered, concern had moved to what the painting said about a subject. Controversy still existed over what was most important in a work of art ... (As it does today!)

This exhibit is an absolute pleasure to contemplate for the lush colors in art that pop against deeply toned walls. Take a deep breath and start walking. Art is hung “salon style,” with a mix of sizes and subjects rather than with all in a neat row. “Do you know how brave it is to tell lenders that work will be hung salon style?” Standring commented.

IF YOU GO The Denver Art Museum, at 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway in downtown Denver, is open daily and this exhibit is on the second level of the Hamilton Building through March 13. It will then travel to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts from April 16 to July 31, 2022. Special ticketing is required. denverartmuseum.org, 720-865-5000. Advance reservations recommended.

At the turn of the century, Paris was the center of the art world and acceptance in the Salon (started in 1775) was a goal for artists from France, America and elsewhere.

James McNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent and Mary Cassatt were among the Americans who arrived to study.

Cassatt, who was 21 when she arrived in Paris, had particular challenges as women were not accepted to the prestigious Ecole des Beaux-Artes, nor allowed to socialize in cafes where male artists gathered. But her introductory portfolio was so accomplished that she was accepted in the atelier of Jean-Leon Gerome and supplemented her studies by making copies of masterworks at the Louvre, which she could sell. We are told that she formed a close friendship with painter Edgar Degas.

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Mary Cassatt’s “Mother and Child” from 1889 is displayed in the “Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France” exhibit at the Denver Art Museum. COURTESY OF DENVER ART MUSEUM

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Other American women artists with works exhibited include Elizabeth Jane Gardner, Cecelia Beaux, Lila Cabot Perry and Elizabeth Nourse.

Standring commented that it has taken 10 years to get this show together. “It becomes more and more difficult to stage a major loan show, with shipping and couriers.” The museum staff has worked steadily on the project.

“Americans could have gone to Dusseldorf, Rome, London,” Standring said as he started his press tour comments. But Paris won their

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initial interest and they spread out into the picturesque countryside as well.

There are 18 paintings by Cassatt, who did have work accepted/exhibited in the Salon. Included are early works, such as “The Mandolin Player” (1868) and “Mother and Child” (1889), which Standring considers to be her finest work.

A gallery is dedicated to Whistler, illustrating his many different approaches to painting. He began his time in France with study in the atelier of Swiss-born artist Charles Gleyre and works exhibited here include “The Coast of Brittany (Alone With the Tide)” (1861), “Blue and Silver, Dieppe,” (1880-85), “The Sea, Pourville” (1899) and “The Beach at Marseilles” (1901).

Sargent’s paintings are important to the period and this exhibit shows preliminary studies he painted prior to completing the well-known “Fishing for Oysters at Cancale” (1877).

We have in recent years enjoyed a major exhibit of Sargent’s works at the Denver Art Museum, but it’s good to recognize his involvement with these other painters as well.

It was a rich period that carried through in subsequent examples of American art.

An American group, known as “The Ten,” included William Merritt Chase, J. Alden Weir, Frank Benson, Edmund C. Tarbell, Thomas D. Ewing and Robert Lewis Reid. Their work was not immediately met with enthusiasm in America, but they persisted.

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In Colorado schools, scenes of disruption, destruction respect school staff and avoid succumbing to peers who are stirring up trouble.

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The classroom chaos comes as the state tries to offer more kids better access to mental health support, with a $9 million effort to connect kids in distress with three free mental health sessions.

All the volatility among young learners shouldn’t come as a shock, said Rebecca Holmes, president and CEO of the Colorado Education Initiative, which focuses on improving Colorado’s public education system and creating greater equity.

Prolonged school closures, adults clashing over political debates and families suffering job loss or the death of a loved one have all contributed to students misbehaving in school, said Holmes, whose nonprofit has worked with 35 districts this fall.

“Before we pathologize the behaviors of young people, let’s be honest about the state of the adults around them,” she said. “Modern humans aren’t great at managing the stress of prolonged uncertainty. In many cases, workplaces have changed policies and practices to accommodate our current realities. But we put young people back into schools, applied the old norms and schedules and ways of being, and are surprised that it appears to not be serving them.”

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Teresa Haynes, clinical director of a nonprofit that provides mental health support to 15 schools in Eagle County, is hearing from teachers about “some of the most extreme acting-out behaviors that they’ve ever seen in their careers.” Kids have thrown things, hidden under tables and destroyed property, she said.

The mental health pressures are manifesting as destruction and outbursts in the younger grades, and as a quieter, more subtle uptick in depression and suicidal thoughts in the older grades, she said.

Haynes, clinical director of Hope Center of Eagle River Valley, oversees a team of therapists who work inside schools as well as a mobile, 24/7 crisis unit that is regularly dispatched to school campuses. This school year, not quite half over, is on track to surpass last year’s record in terms of the number of students who received support and the number of interactions between students and Hope Center clinicians.

Already this school year, the nonprofit has connected with 485 students and logged 4,551 interactions, she said.

Many of those have been suiciderisk assessments for middle and high schoolers, but also for children as young as 6 and 7, Haynes said.

Coronavirus conflict wearing on kids Behavioral problems at school have been escalating for years, but the “prolonged period of stress on families” during the pandemic has made things worse, Haynes said. “I think it’s trickling down to younger kids,” she said.

Children are struggling because families are in stress — financial hardship, difficulty in paying mortgages and rent, and in some cases, more fighting at home. On top of that, kids who spent less time in the classroom last year and more time in Zoom or Google Meet are behind on social skills, including making friends and dealing with other kids they might find difficult.

“Some day, there will be some fascinating research,” Haynes said.

“There is a lot of division in our country about vaccination status.

Political division. It impacts families and it trickles down to kids. Sometimes, people don’t seem as nice to each other as they used to be. And I continue to hear, ‘I can’t take another thing’ and ‘Now there’s another variant.’ It seems never-ending.”

Don’t think those big-world conflicts aren’t affecting young people, said Sorin Thomas, founder of Queer Asterisk, a nonprofit that provides counseling for queer and transgender youth and adults in Denver, Boulder, Longmont and Fort Collins.

Too often, people are arguing about the effects on kids from masks or the virtual school year but avoiding the bigger picture, Thomas said. Psychologists know how fighting and stress within a family affect a child’s mental health — now put that on the scale of the country, where national and local leaders are frightened and arguing about how best to stop a deadly virus.

It’s the macrocosm of a dysfunctional family, said Thomas, who uses they/them pronouns.

“It’s quite frightening,” they said.

“The pandemic in and of itself is scary, and then the way that leaders and adults have handled it, that’s scary. These are things that are impacting young people.”

And while trying to grapple with their fear, kids have largely been robbed of the coping strategies they depend on to preserve their mental wellbeing — such as spending time with family members and friends, said Jenna Glover, a child clinical psychologist and the director of psychology training at Children’s Hospital Colorado.

Many kids have also lost a sense of hope as they’ve been deprived of coming-of-age moments like school dances, graduations, continuation ceremonies and first-day-of-kindergarten pictures, Glover said.

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Last-second TD gives Chargers 41-34 victory over Erie in 4A state championship game

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

DENVER — It will go down as the biggest touchdown pass in the history of Chatfield football.

Sophomore quarterback Jake Jones connected with sophomore tight end Drew Rohlman for a 32-yard touchdown with 11 seconds remaining in the Class 4A state championship game against Erie on Saturday afternoon at Empower Field at Mile High.

The final touchdown wrapped up a dramatic 41-34 victory to conclude a remarkable season for the Chargers in winning the school’s first state football title in 20 years.

“I just knew my job.

Thanks to my offensive line to give me the time to make that throw to Drew,” said Jones, who completed the Chargers’ only two passes of the game on the 7-play, 80-yard scoring drive in the final 2 minutes of the game.

“I took my three-step drop and I figured the outside shoulder was a better shot.

I threw it up to give it a chance.”

It was just the 11th catch of the season and fourth receiving touchdown of the season for Rohlman.

“I knew I was going to have a shot to make a play right there,” Rohlman said of the eventual game-winning touchdown catch. “I love that kid Jake Jones. He

put that ball in the perfect spot. I just made a play on it.”

Erie had scored back-toback touchdowns in less than four minutes to tie the game at 34-34 with 1:54 left to play. The Chargers (11-3 record) took over on its own 20-yard line. Senior Jake Marschall had a huge 11-yard run on a third-down play to keep the drive alive.

Jones, junior Mason Lowe and freshman Brock Narva connected with a 23-yard gain on a hook-and-ladder throw with 30 seconds left on the clock to get Chatfield across midfield. Lowe had a big 12 yard run to get the Chargers to the 30-yard line to get Chatfield in range for the scoring strike.

“We had been practicing that in practice all the time,” Lowe said of the hookand-ladder. “We just had to execute it and it worked. It was great.”

Chatfield coach Bret McGatlin admitted he was just hoping to get into field-goal range on the Chargers’ final drive. He went back to a pass play that the Chargers had run in the first half, but Jone got pressured and couldn’t get the pass away in time.

“We ran it early in the game and it was wide-open,” McGatlin said. “This time they covered Marschall and our tight end (Rohlman) got a step on his defender.”

Erie (13-1) got the ball back with only seconds left. The Tigers got the ball to mid-

field, but the clock ran out before Erie could get a legitimate shot at the end zone.

“It was crazy. What an incredible season,” said Lowe, who missed a part of the season with a broken bone in his foot. “We won all this games coming back.

We have such a brotherhood on this team. We love every single one of these people.”

Erie took an early 13-0 lead, but Chatfield answered with a 28-point second quarter to grab a 28-20 lead at halftime. Junior Sam Ayres and Marschall both had a pair of touchdown runs before half.

Narva had a huge defensive play in the third quarter for the Chargers. He had a tackle on Erie sophomore quarterback Blake Barnett on a 4-and-1 play from Chatfield’s 11-yard line.

“We had a speech in the locker room that we weren’t going to break,” Lowe said of the Chargers giving up 34 points defensively, but also forcing turnovers.

Chatfield turned around and had a 14-play, 89-yard scoring drive capped off by a 4-yard touchdown run by Narva to give the Chargers a 34-20 lead early in the fourth quarter.

“The future is still bright.

We have a lot of young kids on this team,” McGatlin said of the likes of Lowe, Jones, Rohlman and Narva that all came up big in the title game. “We are going to miss Marschall with his leader-

Chatfield junior Cole Roybal, 34, levels Erie punter Caleb Harner during a botched punt attempt during the second quarter Saturday, Dec. 4, at Empower Field at Mile High. The Chargers took over on Erie’s 7-yardline and scored two plays later giving Chatfield a 28-20 halftime lead.

ship. I am excited about the future. We are going to have to be good moving up to 5A.” Marschall finished with 27 carries for 151 yards on the ground in his final game for the Chargers. The senior finished with just under 2,000 yards rushing and 28 touchdowns.

“There is no way I can really convey to people the feeling,” Marschall said. “I love my brothers. That is why we won. The unconditional love we have for each other. We got the state championship for our school.

This is awesome.”

It was the first time Chatfield or Erie had ever played for a 4A state football title.

The Chargers actually won the 5A championship back in 2001 under then coach

Dave Logan. Erie was in the 3A title game in 2017, losing to Palmer Ridge.

Chatfield had three regular-season losses on the season. Pine Creek, Bear Creek and Dakota Ridge all defeated the Chargers. However, Chatfield got revenge with playoff wins over Dakota Ridge (quarterfinals) and Pine Creek (semifinals) to advance to the title game.

“It was an incredible dream. I’m glad it turned into reality,” Lowe said.

“I can’t wait to party with these guys. It’s going to be so fun.”

Dennis Pleuss is the Sports Information Director for Jeffco Public Schools. For more Jeffco coverage, go to CHSAANow.com.

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but over the last two years life has been unpredictable in a way that has caused so much stress in kids’ lives that it’s causing mental health problems,” Glover said.

But those mental health problems aren’t always easily identifiable. When teenagers and tweens are angry or irritable or lash out, that’s typically indicative of depression, Glover said.

Reteaching kids how to think about others In Bell’s classroom at KIPP Sunshine Peak Elementary, she picked up on behaviors from kids “trying to avoid work” and others seeking attention. She recalls one student who would lean far back in his chair, jump off swings or injure himself with a pencil to draw attention from the two teachers in the room. She also found students’ interactions became more aggressive, with a lot of roughhousing, and observed students missing some social cues.

“I think kids have been isolated for so long that they really haven’t had to think about other people in that way,” she said.

Bell realized the social emotional skills of her third grade students, who she also taught in first and second grade, had grown rusty and spent more time on those lessons.

“They’re still lagging because they haven’t had time to practice those skills,” she said.

About half the students in Bell’s class — 28 total — had a specialized learning plan or behavior plan and, even with a second teacher helping

her, she struggled to give them all the support they needed.

Bell and her co-teacher did what they could to create a better classroom environment for students, rearranging their classroom schedule so that kids were tackling harder subjects, like math, when they were fresh in the day.

But by the end of October, she was still overwhelmed and feeling like she needed more support from her administrators. Suffering scalp pain and tension in her neck and back, she made the hard decision to leave teaching.

The elevated behavioral issues, along with the lack of support from school leaders, contributed to her health issues, which ultimately propelled her decision to quit.

Gerardo Muñoz, a social studies teacher at the Denver Center for International Studies at Baker, pins part of students’ behavioral challenges this year on their struggle to adjust to classroom expectations. Many students have experienced more freedom in their learning environment amid the pandemic, working on assignments from their bed and getting up to grab a snack without asking.

“Now we’re asking them to come back as if the whole year and a half didn’t happen, as if they just know how to be in school,” said Muñoz, who is Colorado’s 2021 Teacher of the Year.

He urges schools to reflect on how much they’re listening to students amid the pandemic.

Madison Stockton, who teaches third grade literacy at Southmoor Elementary School in Denver, hasn’t experienced much chaos at school, but she recognizes that kids need a reminder of how to be respectful of adults and consider other people’s feelings. They’re not trying to be

malicious, she said, but are “out of practice.”

“Those are just skills that now need to be explicitly taught because we can’t really trust that they’re getting these skills elsewhere since we’re still in this kind of apocalyptic pandemic world,” Stockton said.

Students’ emotions have grown more intense amid the pandemic, she said, and while they’re able to better name their feelings this year, they’re having a harder time managing them.

She’s shifted her approach with students, starting the day with an exercise in which kids write down something kind someone did for them the day before and having kids rate themselves and the whole class on how they conducted themselves during recess.

She also awards students for good behavior with raffle tickets they can use to enter a class lottery and win prizes, and she gives the entire class points that they can use to earn class spirit days or extra recess time.

Those strategies have all helped.

But they can’t solve one problem still hanging over Stockton and her colleagues: a growing list of work responsibilities that cut into teachers’ time to thoroughly address behavior management.

“If we’re not given that time and given that space to really focus on classroom community,” she said, “then the kids are not going to feel safe and they’re going to act out.”

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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