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VOLUME 17 | ISSUE 42
City council workshop provides updates on Olde Town street closures
Visitors view the brickwork outside the station.
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Arvada Fire holds grand opening for new $4.1 million Station 3 at Kipling and 73rd State-of-the-art air handling systems installed in honor of Lt. Jim Schaefer BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The Arvada Fire Protection District held a grand opening ceremony on April 2 to celebrate the completion of its newest addition; Station 3. AFPD Station 3 is located at 7300 Kipling St. and replaces the old Station 3, which stood at the same site and was demolished in 2020. SEE STATION 3, P4
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Children pose with Arvada firefighters at the opening of Station 3.
Next phase of semipermanent plan to include community interest surveys, parking and traffic studies BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
At the March 28 Arvada City Council Meeting, Arvada Director of Community and Economic Development Ryan Stachelski gave an update on the Olde Town street closures, stating that the next phase of the semi-permanent plan will include more community outreach and studies on infrastructure, traffic, public safety and other factors. Stachelski recapped the closures that began on June 12, 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and have since been extended to a semi-permanent feature of the historic district. On March 8, 2021, council approved a five-year plan to keep the closures in place while the city team measures the efficacy and impact of the closures on local businesses. At the March 28 meeting, Stachelski outlined he next steps for the project. “We are really going to focus on SEE COUNCIL, P3
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Renowned French-Algerian guitarist Pierre Bensusan plays show, holds masterclass at Pickin’ Parlor “Mr. DADGAD” returns to Arvada after 15 years for first leg of spring tour BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Arvada guitar aficionados were in for a treat last week, as distinguished French-Algerian guitarist Pierre Bensusan played a show and held a workshop at the Olde Town Pickin’ Parlor on March 30 and April 2, respectively. The show and workshop were part of the first leg of Bensusan’s spring tour, which will run from March to May and include stops across the U.S. and Canada. The tour is Bensusan’s first since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Born in Oran, French-Algeria in 1957, Bensusan began playing guitar when he was 11 and has since become one of the most decorated acoustic guitarists in the world, having been named ‘Best World Music guitarist’ by Guitar Player Magazine and awarded the Rose d’Or at the Montreux Festival for his debut album. His most recent album, “Azwan,” was released in 2020. Bensusan said the opportunity to get back on stage was trepidations at first but has since become gratifying. “(It was) little bit terrifying at first, but extremely rewarding. Playing for people, it was something I was missing a lot, touring, seeing people, feeling their presence in the room. The music needed it. For two years, I’ve been playing at home, for myself, my dog and writing new compositions. I’m glad I’m back on,” Bensusan said. Pickin’ Parlor owner Kit Simon said Bensusan has held a workshop at the shop before, about 15 years ago. He heralded Bensusan as “the king” of DADGAD tuning — named for the note each string
French-Algerian guitarist Pierre Bensusan plays at the Olde Town Pickin’ Parlor in COURTESY PHOTO Arvada.
is tuned to and starkly different from standard EADGBE tuning — a district tuning Bensusan primarily plays in to produce his signature sound. “The unique thing about him is he plays in this special tuning, it’s called DADGAD — that’s a humorous but descriptive name for his tuning. It’s quite separate from regular guitar tuning. He’s Mr. DADGAD; he’s the king,” Simon said. Bensusan said he likes playing shows daily to stay engaged with his music. “I’m keen to play every day if possible. I like to give the music a chance to not have any days off. I feel the stages becomes my natural place, and that’s what the music needs,” Bensusan said. His masterclasses have gained popularity in the guitar world. Bensusan often hosts a workshop in conjunction with his shows, and also hosts a longer intensive workshop at his villa in France, which he said has been attended by Colorado players. Bensusan said his workshop covers all the basics of his playing style and is geared towards intermediate and advanced guitarists. “I think the transmission is very important. A short workshop can last 2-3 hours; sometimes I do all day workshops. We address specificities about the tone, the techniques, the way to hold the instrument, how to get the best tone, how to distribute the notes, how to put on fingers, an idea that’s been imagined. To use the guitar to the best potential,” Bensusan said. They’re keep about learning my approach to the music, how I compose. We address composition and arrangement, ear training, tuning,” Bensusan continued. Bensusan’s next show is April 8 in Albuquerque, Nevada. The Pickin’ Parlor is located at 7515 Grandview Ave, Arvada and is open from noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
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additional community input, updated design and layout configuration, what types of significant infrastructure changes would we like to see in Olde Town, what’s appropriate to invest the money – we want to be sure we’re investing it for the long term,” Stachelski said. Public safety for all of our different facets is important, and then creating that strategic vision for the next 20 years,” Stachelski continued. Stachelski continued to say that making sure that Olde Town is ADA accessible is a priority for the city team. Parklets have been added to many businesses for use as outdoor dining areas, Stachelski said, which he posited was impor-
tant for continuing to allow sidewalk access. The Olde Town Business Improvement District Board has been weighing a parklet agreement with businesses that would potentially include a lease, as the parklets are uniform and provided by the city. “By charging a lease to the parklet users, we’re able to then reinvest that money and support all the businesses in Olde Town,” Stachelski said. Stachelski added that in April, his team would have a quarterly display featured on arvada.org that would be a digital format measuring different facets of Olde Town; utilization of parking in the transit hub, utilization of parking in Olde town, pedestrian traffic, bike traffic, car traffic and scooter traffic. Council was generally supportive of the direction Stachelski laid out
for Olde Town, though Mayor Marc Williams emphasized the need to resolve some public safety issues in the area. “Until we fully recognize and address the issues that Scott Spears brought before us, we could build a wonderful, permanent, open, pedestrian-friendly space, and if people are not going to come because they don’t feel safe, it’s a total waste. Let’s not lose sight that we have to address the public safety issues as we go forward with this,” Williams said. At a previous city council meeting, Spears — the owner of Olde Town establishments such as Schoolhouse and Scrumptious — raised concerns about mounting public safety issues in the district, which he said had been endangering his employees. “In the past three months alone, we’ve had the managers of School-
house and So Radish threatened when asking people to remove themselves from our properties. We’ve had our bar staff cursed at, spit at when they refused to allow people to sit at our tables inside and eat food and drinks, they brought in themselves,” Spears said. The police were called for every incident, and although their response was great, my staff hasn’t seen any changes, and calling the police has become a daily, sometimes hourly burden on them. My employees don’t feel safe, and they’re looking for jobs elsewhere,” Spears continued. “Not only is employee safety and stolen property a major issue, but safety and enjoyment of our guests is also a major concern.” Without our patrons, our businesses will not survive,” Spears continued.
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Property Tax Increases for 2023 / 2024 Will Be Limited by TABOR in Some Jurisdictions
A couple weeks ago in this column, I warned homeowners that the current rise in home values means a proportionate increase in property valuations as of June 30, 2022, and therefore a likely rise in property taxes for 2023 and 2024. I wrote that because of a typical 30% increase in what your home could have sold for on June 30, 2022, over June 30, 2020, your property taxes could increase by 30%, but that didn’t take into account the effect of the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, or TABOR, which restricts how much revenue each tax jurisdiction can keep to population growth plus the increase in the cost of living. Under TABOR, if a taxing jurisdic-
tion collects more than that formula allows, it must refund the excess to the taxpayers. However, many but not all jurisdictions, obtained voter approval to keep any excess revenue. The term for this common ballot measure is “de-Brucing,” after Douglas Bruce, the author of TABOR. All but two counties passed such ballot measures and won’t have to refund their excess revenues to taxpayers — or, more commonly, reduce their mill levies so they only collect the allowed amount of revenue. Jefferson County is one of those counties that has not de-Bruced, so they will likely reduce their mill levy for 2023 and 2024 to limit
Many buyers and sellers and their agents have to deal with competing offers for new listings. The Colorado Real Estate Commission has offered no guidance on how to deal (or not deal) with multiple offer situations. Below, however, is NAR’s guidance based on the articles and Standards of Practice from the Realtor Code of Ethics. Note: The Code only applies to Realtors, and roughly half of licensed real estate brokers are not members of their local Realtor association. “When representing a buyer, seller, landlord, tenant, or other client as an agent, Realtors® pledge themselves to protect and promote the interests of their clients. This obligation to the client’s interests is primary, but it does not relieve Realtors of their obligation to treat all parties honestly.” (from Article 1 of the 2014 Realtors Code of Ethics) “Realtors shall submit offers and counteroffers objectively and as quickly as possible.” (Standard of Practice 1-6) Perhaps no situation routinely faced by Realtors can be more frustrating, fraught with potential for misunderstanding and missed opportunity, and elusive of a formulaic solution than presenting and negotiating multiple purchase or lease offers and/or counter-offers on the same property. Consider the competing dynamics. Listing brokers are charged with helping sellers get the highest price and the most favorable terms for their property. Buyers’ brokers help their clients purchase property at the lowest price and on favorable terms. Balanced against the Code’s mandate of honesty is the imperative to refrain from making disclosures that may not, in the final analysis, be in a client’s interests. (Revised 11/01) Will disclosing the existence of one offer make a second potential purchaser more likely to sign a full price purchase offer—or to pursue a different opportunity? Will tell-
ing several potential purchasers that each will be given a final opportunity to make their best offer result in spirited competition for the seller’s property—or in a table devoid of offers? What is fair? What is honest? What is to be done? Who decides? And why is there not a simple way to deal with these situations? As Realtors know, there are almost never simple answers to complex situations. And multiple offer presentations and negotiations are nothing if not complex. But, although there is not a single, standard approach to dealing with multiple offers, there are fundamental principles to guide Realtors. While these guidelines focus on negotiation of purchase offers, the following general principles are equally applicable to negotiation of lease agreements. (Revised 11/01) Be aware of your duties to your client— seller or buyer—both as established in the Code of Ethics and in state law and regulations. (Revised 5/01) The Code requires you to protect and promote your client’s interests. State law or regulations will likely also spell out duties you owe to your client. The Code requires that you be honest with all parties. State law or regulations will likely spell out duties you owe to other parties and to other real estate professionals. Those duties may vary from the general guidance offered here. Realtors need to be familiar with applicable laws and regulations. Be aware of your duties to other parties—both as established in the Code of Ethics and in state law and regulation. Remember that the decisions about how offers will be presented, how offers will be negotiated, whether counter-offers will be made and ultimately which offer, if any, will be….
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their property tax revenue despite the increase in valuations. In any county, however, the biggest mill levy is that of the school district, and, again, most school districts, including Jeffco’s, have de-Bruced and can enjoy the coming windfall in revenue by not reducing their mill levies. Any given property’s mill levy is the sum of individual mill levies from multiple taxing jurisdictions. You can see all those mill levies by looking for your property on the country assessor’s website. For example, in Jeffco, you’d go to http://propertysearch.jeffco.us. In other counties, just Google the county’s name + “assessor.” For any given address, you’re likely to find between 5 and 15 different jurisdictions with individual mill levies. In unincorporated areas of Jefferson County, for example, you’ll find separate mill levies for the county, for Jeffco schools, for the country sherrif (“law enforcement”), for your local water district, local park district, local fire district, RTD, drainage and flood control distict, etc.
As an aside, a lot of people think that “unincorporated” translates to lower property taxes, but the opposite is true. Denver has one of the lowest mill levies and, like Golden, includes police, fire, parks, and water services. Golden’s is second lowest, according to my research. Consider the following: the West Metro Fire District, serving much of Lakewood, collects about 13.2 mills from property owners in its taxing district — and that’s just for fire protection. Meanwhile, the City of Golden’s current mill levy is less than that (12.34 mills) and includes all municipal services — fire, police, parks and recreation, and more. Golden may have higher real estate prices, but our real estate is taxed at a lower rate than Lakewood and most of the rest of the county. The increase in valuation itself is not restricted by TABOR. That’s why it’s only a question of whether the jurisdiction has collected more money than it’s allowed to keep and must refund the excess to taxpayers. That’s where “deBrucing” comes into play.
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The new Station 3 includes a state-of-the-art air handling system and layout designed to help contain firefighter’s exposure to the dangerous carcinogens and pathogens they come into contact with on calls. The increased focus on decontamination was brought on in part by the death of Lieutenant Jim Schaefer, who served out of the old Station 3 and died of pancreatic cancer in 2015. Schaefer’s cancer was determined to be the result of workplace exposure to carcinogens. He is the only recorded line of duty death in Arvada Fire’s 115-year history. Arvada Fire Chief Mike Piper outlined the special features of Station 3, which include the aforementioned air handling systems and measures to minimize the station’s environmental impact. “The station has more sleeping rooms, a larger apparatus bay, has a photovoltaic solar system to reduce our energy bills and carbon footprint in accordance with our mission to protect the environment. It’s designed to reduce the exposure of our members to carcinogens and other pathogens,” Piper said. Piper said that the air handling systems work in conjunction with the station’s layout to contain exposures and added that the station incorporates the latest in decontamination technology. “When a firefighter comes back from calls, they’re contaminated,
Exterior view of Station 3 on April 2. COURTESY OF ARVADA FIRE
Visitors view the brickwork outside the station.
the air handling systems allow us to get rid of carcinogens and pathogens before they go into sleeping rooms and things like that. It contains our exposure. You can’t go into sleeping rooms without first going into the showers. The layout is conducive to the health and safety of employees,” Piper said. Piper added that while other Arvada Fire station have similar layouts and measures, Station 3 takes the practice to a new level. “Some stations have it to a lesser
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extent. Station 3 is the first new station we’ve built since 2008. In our industry, we’ve learned a lot about better ways to provide for the health and safety of our firefighters. We included all that knowledge and research into this facility,” Piper said. While a memorial for Schaefer still stands on the site of Station 3, Piper said that the real memorial is the potential lives that will be saved through the new air handling systems and layout of the station. “We have a memorial to Lieuten-
ant Schaefer on the site — really the design is, in my opinion the best tribute to Jim that we could have because it changes the way that we behave. It incorporates all the knowledge we have now that could have prevented his death,” Piper said. We didn’t know 30 years after doing this job everyone could get cancer. We changed; we incorporated those changes into this new facility so firefighters today can go and live healthy lives and retire,” Piper continued.
QUICK FACTS The new Station 3 is approximately 8,000 square feet. The previous Station 3 was about 3,000 square feet. The station cost $4.1 million to build, according to Piper.
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Wheat Ridge seeks young artists to create murals Selected artists will be featured at Wheat Ridge Recreation Center
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New home and garden shop Outside the Box holds soft opening in Olde Town Dorn Nienaber and Chris Spears bring curated garden goods to Arvada BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Dorn Nienaber and Chris Spears have been selling curated home and garden goods since 2016, but until April 1, they didn’t have their own space to showcase their finds. That all changed with the soft opening of Outside the Box, a new addition to Olde Town, located at 5760 Olde Wadsworth Blvd. The pair previously ran Outside the Box out of their home in Evergreen, traveling to pop up consignment fairs like Curate Mercantile and Sugar Mill. Once demand for their business grew to the point that they needed to rent out a warehouse to store their goods, they began looking for a brick and mortar shop. “In early February 2022 we found a real estate listing in Olde Town Arvada, visited it, fell in love, and the rest is history,” Spears said. Their shop is nestled at the entrance of Olde Town between Denver Beer Co. and Fuzzy’s Tacos. While the pair works tirelessly to offer the best goods to their customers
A display of windchimes and other garden decor at Outside the Box.
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Co-founders Dorn Nienaber (right) and Chris Spear (left) pose outside their shop.
— going to buyer fairs and working with a few consistent local artisans — they want to offer something for shoppers at every price point. “(We) strive to have price points for every buyer, with price points from $5 to over $500,” Nienaber said. The shop began business on a limited basis on April 1 and will host a grand opening this spring or summer.
The interior of Outside the Box, Olde Town’s newest home and garden store.
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Jeffco seeks community engagement around future budget challenges
Was your roof damaged this hail season? If you want to file an insurance claim, the fall months are the best time to do so. This will allow you to get any repairs done before the winter season. In the next fiscal year, Jeffco will face significant cuts to its General Fund. These cuts SHUTTERSTOCK could affect anything from Public Health funding to the Sheriff’s Office.
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In the next fiscal year, Jeffco will face significant cuts to its General Fund. These cuts could affect anything from Public Health funding to the Sheriff’s Office. Some Background The quality and quantity of county provided services largely depends on taxpayer revenue in the county’s General Fund. That revenue primarily comes from property taxes and fees for services. But the county only retains about 24 cents for every dollar of property taxes paid. The rest goes
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Relishing a Colorado landmark The iconic Coney Island Boardwalk is getting ready to go on sale BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The 42 foot long, 18 ton hot dog known as the Coney Island Boardwalk now sits up the hill in Bailey, waiting for a new owner to return it to its former glory. The structure originally was built on West Colfax Avenue in 1966.
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The first owner, Marcus Shannon, had dreams of the hot dog shaped building becoming a cornerstone of American eateries, envisioning a national chain. News articles from the 1966 Denver Post, provided by Colfax Avenue History Museum, told of the 25 cent hot dogs, special menu and 40 car parking lot the site would boast. After the production of the first restaurant however, the company went under. This was after the president of Boardwalk Coney Island Inc. said he expected to take over Denver in 14 months with the business, and continue to succeed from coast to coast. The singular location managed to stay open for three years. The cost to build the hot dog was $26,000. Colfax historian and museum curator Jonny Barber said that roadside attractions like the coney were part of the history of the area. “So much of that roadside Colfax weirdness is gone,” he said. Where did it go? Well, the entire 18 ton hot dog was put on a trailer and hauled up to Aspen Park along Highway 285 in 1970. There, it took on the name Coney Island Dairy Land (and subsequently dropped the last part of the name.) In its new home, the coney resumed business, changing hands multiple times throughout the years. On its last day open in Aspen Park, the line for the restaurant allegedly went on for miles. The bun did not stop there. In
The Coney Island Boardwalk at its original location on Colfax Avenue in the ‘60s. COURTESY OF THE COLFAX AVENUE MUSEUM
2006, it moved again, this time to its current location in Bailey, near Pike National Forest. The Coney Island Boardwalk is currently closed and looking for a new owner after some repairs are made. Coney Island Boardwalk neighbor and owner of the Fun and Funky Art Galleries and Giftshops nextdoor Andy Nortnick has lifelong memories of the coney.
“We used to go to it when I was in high school,” Nortnick said. Not only that, but Nortnick’s uncle was on the original crew that built the hot dog itself. Nortnick dispelled any rumors, and explained that the coney is in fact built from the ground up with stucco and is not built on an Airstream trailer like SEE LANDMARK, P9
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some may think. Nortnick retold the story his uncle told about how the workers on the coney got paid. “He was hired to help build this first hot dog, which was at some point going to be a chain of hot dogs. The foreman on the crew said, ‘You have two choices, we can pay you hourly or you can wait to have stock options for this chain that will probably explode.’ My uncle chose the hourly rate….they went bankrupt shortly after building the first one and the second one was never built.” Currently, Nortnick’s gallery is right next to the Coney Island Boardwalk. He recalled times of booming success for the restaurant, which led to great engagement at his business. “We want somebody to come on board who loves it as much as we do, we want somebody to return it to its heyday,” he said. Greg Aigner is currently working with Nortnick to repair the coney and get it ready to sell. He too has memories of going to the restaurant back when it was in Aspen Park. “I passed by it all the time….I drove by it many many times. I stopped one time, it wasn’t very crowded. I remember looking out the back, and it was basically a hot dog stand on a dirt path,” he said. Aigner’s brother is the current owner of the property, but as his conservator Greg is taking on the responsibilities for the maintenance
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and sale. “The plan is to sell the coney to an appropriate owner,” he said. Barber too has visited the coney, and notes that perhaps the most important part of the place is the experience of going. “It’s just the experience of being in the place, the kitschy nature of it, and it’s something when my kids were younger at the time and they got a huge kick out of it. It’s more the architecture that stands out in my mind than the cuisine,” Barber said. The Coney Island Boardwalk has garnered media attention for years,
being featured in national news publications like the New York Post, a documentary called “A Hot Dog Program” and perhaps most notably, in multiple episodes of the South Park TV show, most recently in an episode aired in February 2022. For now, Aigner and Nortnick are working to repair the roof, stucco, boardwalk and other issues with the building. Once they get the Coney Island Boardwalk back in shape, they hope to find a suitable buyer, even entertaining the idea of the South Park creators getting involved like they did with Casa Bonita in Lakewood.
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Jeffco Sheriff thinks fentanyl legislation requires changes BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
HB 22-1326 Fentanyl Accountability and Prevention is a bipartisan bill currently making its way through the state house. Sponsored by Representatives Alec Garnett (D) and Mike Lynch (R) along with State Senators Brittany Pettersen (D) and John Cooke (R), HB22-1326 is an attempt to address treatment options and change criminal penalties associated with synthetic opiates. The bill does a lot of things, including development and implementation of statewide preven-
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Fund to slow the rate of spending and balance the county’s budget — totaling $16.1 million in 2020 and approximately $8.7 million in 2021. Jeffco says these reductions have impacted essential public services such as public safety, roads and more. TABOR, the state’s Taxpayers Bill of Rights also factors into the equation, in that from 2015-2019, Jeffco hit the TABOR cap every year, which required the county to refund approximately $111 million in taxes collected over that timespan.
The penalties a bipartisan bill establishes for fentanyl possession has several law enforcement agencies including Jeffco’s Sheriff’s Office in opposition to its passage as SHUTTERSTOCK currently written.
Next Year Now, after two years of global pandemic, hard financial realities for Jeffco other counties are looming. Beginning in 2023, the county is facing up to an additional $20 million in cuts in the General Fund. What separates Jeffco from most other counties in the state however, is that according to Julie Story, Jeffco’s Public Affairs Director, it’s one of only two counties in the state that hasn’t been granted some sort of relief from TABOR revenue limits. Ballot Issue 1A was put forward in 2019. It was voted down, but had it passed, it would have allowed the county to opt out of TABOR for seven
years. How to get involved Story said the county is encouraging residents and taxpayers to get involved by registering to participate in one of the county’s Community Budget Forums, to help shape plans and prioritize for the coming year. “What we’re looking for is to have people get involved,” she said. “Attending 90 minute inperson meetings where people will be able to get more information about these funding challenges — break out into small group discussions to talk about these problems and possible solutions, but also county commis-
tion and education campaigns to reduce fentanyl use. But the penalties it establishes for fentanyl possession has several law enforcement agencies including Jeffco’s Sheriff’s Office in opposition to its passage as currently written. The bill is meant to combat rising death tolls and usage rates of fentanyl. But if passed, possession of up to four grams of fentanyl would still be classified as a misdemeanor offense. Charges and penalties would be tougher for someone caught in the act of selling the drug. SEE FENTANYL, P12
sioners will be there to listen to questions and hear feedback.” Jeffco’s website frames potential 2023 General Fund cuts with a call to action to increase funding. “Without support from our voters for additional funding, these cuts will reduce programs and services and the county will not be able to deliver those programs and services in the way in which the community is accustomed,” it says. There are currently six Community Budget Forums scheduled between April 4 and May 9. To find out more or register to attend a Community Budget Forum, visit jeffco.us.
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But to some law enforcement, the lethality of the drug makes that a distinction without a difference. Fentanyl is about 100 times more potent than morphine, according to The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). In the DEA’s estimation, two milligrams of fentanyl is a potentially lethal dose. Doing the math, it follows that since there are 4000 milligrams in four grams, there could potentially be 2000 lethal doses in the amount of fentanyl someone
would be charged with a misdemeanor for possessing. In case the metric system has you somewhat flummoxed and you’d like a real world example, four grams is the equivalent of about a leveled (not heaping) teaspoon of sugar. This is just a rough estimate, because particles of sugar won’t weigh the exact same as fentanyl particles. In a recent “Behind the Badge” newsletter posted to the Jeffco. us website, Sheriff Jeff Shrader wrote an open letter strongly opposing passage of the bill. “Currently, the legislation proposes to impart harsher penalties on dealers who sell fentanyl, but fails to render any substantial penalties on those
who possess it,” Shrader wrote. “I believe both possessing and dealing should be felony crimes, because even the smallest amount of fentanyl is dangerous and deadly.” Calling for real and significant consequences for those who use and possess the drug, Shrader said his fear is that fentanyl will bypass a judge and jury and take users straight to the grave. Referencing a recent fentanyl overdose case where five young people were found dead in a Commerce City apartment, and the public outcry that followed, Shrader said he agrees that treatment, education and the availability of Narcan for first responders are strong priorities. But he thinks a misdemeanor charge for four grams of fentanyl amounts to nothing more than a “slap on the wrist.” Adams County District Attorney Brian Mason described the scene inside the Commerce City apartment in an interview with Colorado Public Radio. “They essentially dropped dead where they were. They didn’t have time to call for help,” Mason said. “We’re finding fentanyl in cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine and oxycontin and, even in limited circumstances, we found it in marijuana. This is
a huge public safety crisis.” Denver Mayor, Michael Hancock has also been outspoken about the possession provision. Though he recently tweeted support for the bill, saying there were many solid pieces to it, Hancock implored legislators to revisit the possession penalties. “While a good start on a tough problem, I believe we must also address possession levels,” Hancock wrote. “The evidence is clear: half of all Denver overdose deaths are related to fentanyl. There is no safe amount of fentanyl unless directed by a physician, and unless we work to deter people from possessing amounts that are enough to kill up to 2,000 people, we cannot say we have fully addressed this problem.” Shrader said this is an issue people should challenge their legislators on and ask why all levels of fentanyl possession don’t warrant a felony charge. He said his office doesn’t want to over-criminalize individuals, but he thinks with a drug as lethal as fentanyl, an intervention like being taken to jail might actually be a step that saves people’s lives. HB 22-1326 will go before the House Judiciary Committee on April 12.
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Democrats push abortion bill through Gov. Jared Polis agreed to sign into law BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN
Democrats in the state legislature on March 23 sent Gov. Jared Polis a bill affirming access to abortion and contraception in Colorado. After the vote, Polis said he will sign the measure, House Bill 1279, into law. The legislation passed the Senate on a 20-15, party-line vote after it was debated on the floor for about 13 hours on March 22 and then more than two hours on March 23 as Republicans fought the measure’s passage. The bill was debated in the House earlier this month for 24 consecutive hours in what was one of the longest
Gov. Jared Polis delivered the annual State of the State address on Jan. 13. PHOTO FROM FACEBOOK
debates in the legislature’s history. Democrats introduced the legislation in response to questions about the future of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision protecting the right to an abortion without excessive government restriction.
The court could overturn the precedent in the coming months in a ruling in a case out of Mississippi, potentially opening the door for abortion restrictions in Colorado at the county or municipal level. Colorado, which in 1967 became the first state to loosen its abortion laws, is among the states with the fewest abortion restrictions in the nation. Abortion access wouldn’t be immediately affected in Colorado if Roe v. Wade is overturned, but abortion rights advocates warn there could still be threats. The concern among abortion rights groups is that conservative Colorado counties or municipalities could try to pass local measures banning or significantly limiting abortion access. Without the protections in Roe v. Wade, those local measures may not be challengeable in court without the passage of affirmative abortionaccess legislation at the Capitol.
But because House Bill 1279 changes only state law, Republicans would still be able to introduce bills and ballot measures seeking to limit abortion access. Only a constitutional amendment, which would require approval by 55% of voters, could more permanently settle the question. Colorado voters have consistently rejected ballot measures seeking to restrict abortion access. Abortion rights groups are considering whether to pursue a ballot measure in 2024 enshrining abortion access in Colorado’s constitution. 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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ne of these days I need to remove from the roof all the things I have flung up there to chase away the flickers. They’re those orange-feathered birds with long beaks and ill manners. Not content to roost in the surrounding trees, they settle in around the metal pipes jutting up from the roof to call to prospective honeys. Thus they begin a jackhammering routine that reverberates throughout the house to j-j-j-jar any sane person from sleep, concentration or just plain quietude. When they’re not drilling into the plumbing, they issue a jeering cry that just dares me to race outside, grab something handy and hurl it in their direction. Hence the need to retrieve barbeque tongs, a garden trowel, assorted sticks and an old shoe. I no longer snatch up small rocks from the landscaping and aim for those avian hooligans in flight. One of the rocks sailed clear over the roof and hit a car in the driveway. It landed with a crack to the glass. One of these days I need to
get that fixed. I miss my old shoe the most. It was already in my hand as I stood on one foot while trying to remove mud from it because flicker pecking season coincides with mud season in my backyard. I was particularly frustrated with the Judy Allison state of world affairs in that moment and so acquiesced to the impulse to strike out at something. I sent the shoe aloft with a might heave. Which upset my balance, causing me to grab for the nearest handhold and wrench the downspout away from the gutter. One of these days I need to reattach that downspout before the rains come and threaten to flood the basement. Such a task will require a ladder, which I hope does not scrape away the paint from the corner of the house again this time as I try to maneuver it into position. The
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scrape happened when the ladder slipped while I was trying to replace a torn screen. The tear occurred as I tried to use a rake to retrieve the dog’s favorite chew toy from the roof. One of these days I need to finish the repair to that screen and then touch up the paint. How do these birds manage to cause so much trouble? Truth be told, the problem is not the birds. It’s this hapless homeowner. There’s a certain territorial arrogance that follows someone into their domicile.(The same type of thinking often leads to road rage, but that’s a topic for another day.) Part of this proprietary attitude comes down from that old chestnut of common thinking “A man’s home is his castle.” Which by today’s quirky standards implies that so-called man caves need serious upgrades. It would be quite telling to see which consumers would fall for that one! As for the those raucous causes of torment, I may be exaggerating here a bit, but perhaps hyperbole wouldn’t be necessary if I could find
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another past time to distract myself from the rat-tat-tatting on my roof. Something that forces one’s thinking into a more methodical pace. Hmm. Ah ha! It’s Opening Day — and about time! Here’s the sign I would hold up if I were in the stands: “Don’t tell us how happy you are to return to the game when it’s obvious you won’t play for less than the amount required to fund a small school district!” It’s so wordy no one could read it. Just as well, then, to attend via the television. I especially appreciate a good scoop of a grounder followed by a sizzling throw that smacks deep into the first baseman’s glove. Though I wonder if any of those guys could hit a flicker pecking on a pipe. Judy Allison has enjoyed a long and varied career in media and has written for newspapers, magazines, cable TV, government entities and elected officials. She and her dog Torrey the Wonder-Bouvier wander through many neighborhoods in the region.
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elationships forged under high stress situations are some of the strongest people can create. There’s a reason soldiers who serve in combat bond so deeply. Abby Rosebrock’s “Blue Ridge,” is set in another location where people are going through some of the toughest things imaginable and bond over it - a halfway house. “Everybody knows someone with addiction problems or has gone through it themselves,” said Len Matheo, director and Miners Alley Playhouse executive and artistic director. “This show is cuttingly funny, laugh-out-loud funny, and also jaw-droppingly dramatic and serious. It’s about big issues.” The regional premiere of “Blue Ridge” runs at Miners Alley, 1224 Washington Ave. in Golden, from Friday, April 15 through Sunday, June 5. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. The show focuses on Alison (Jessica Robblee), a progressive high school teacher with a rage problem. After she gets back at her boss, she is sentenced to six months at a church-sponsored halfway house. But she doesn’t appear to be very focused on her own recovery. “I love this character. She’s a really interesting person, honest and well written,” Robblee said. “It’s a privilege
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to be in the room with characters like this. The setting feels like a place where people can be really brutally honest, and it’s still filled to the brim with solidarity and a real volatility.” Not only does the show tackle the challenges of addiction, but the stereotypes Clarke Reader and misconceptions that accompany life in the religious South. People make plenty of assumptions based on where a person was raised and what they believe in, and Matheo and the cast wanted to ensure audiences are treated to a more nuanced picture of human beings. “A real complex script takes audiences on a journey from beginning to end,” he said. “I want everyone to have an experience in the theater where you’re living and observing some other person’s life and you have a cathartic moment. Theater can be a catalyst for that.” The human connection is really the driving point of “Blue Ridge,” which Robblee said highlights just how powerful relationships can be in shaping a person’s life. “What if there was someone in your
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life you could be more honest with?” she said. “I hope it inspires people to be a little more fearless to have real conversations instead of just scratching the surface. You can get somewhere new by having conversations like that.” Get tickets at https://minersalley. com/. Fly to the Arvada Center’s last Black Box show The final entry in the Arvada Center’s 2022 Black Box Repertory Season is Lydia R. Diamond’s “Stick Fly,” which runs at the center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., through Thursday, May 19. Directed by Jada Suzanne Dixon, the cast includes Lavour Addison, Ryan George, Abner Genece, Constance Swain, Kristina Fountaine, and Noelia Antweiler, and uses family drama and comedy elements that people are so familiar with. According to provided information, the film focuses on “an upper-class Black family… that effortlessly blends conversations of the interconnectedness of race and class with everyday dialogue that reflects the values of any American family.” For tickets and information, visit https://arvadacenter.org/events/stickfly.
many people will be spending more time out in nature. Which makes it the perfect time for Wild Narratives, the newest exhibit at Walker Fine Art, 300 W. 11th Ave., No. A in Denver. The show runs through Saturday, May 7 and the gallery’s hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Featuring the work of six artists — Angela Beloian, Gavin Benjamin, Kevin Hoth, Sammy Lee, Don Quade and Meagen Svendsen — in a range of mediums, including sculpture, photography, oil and mixed media, the show allows for exploration of the themes of home, heart and solace. Find more information about the show at www.walkerfineart.com/wildnarratives-online-viewing-room. Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Chelsea Cutler at the Boulder and Ogden Theatre You can’t go wrong with the opportunity to see an up-and-coming performer that has all the potential to be a really special talent. With that in mind, you shouldn’t miss Westport, Connecticut’s Chelsea Cutler as she makes two stops in the Denver area — one at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 9 at the Boulder
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR In response to Sandi Diebel’s March 24 letter to the editor Ms. Diebel’s admission that she does not have children in school reveals Ms. Diebel’s uninformed agenda. I fail to comprehend how such a definitive opinion can be formed without either direct personal observation or second hand reporting from one’s children about what and how curriculum in schools is being administered. I sent three children through the Jefferson County Schools, all three of which received excellent academic preparation and are all three college graduates. Additionally, after retiring from my career I substitute taught in the Jefferson County Schools for four years. I was in classrooms ranging K-12 over one hundred times and I never once saw or heard a single teacher or administrator propagandizing about gender identity issues, hatred of our country, or pitting children against each other based upon race. I’ll report what I did see: Children as early as third grade struggling with gender identification and receiving minor teasing to out and out ridicule by their classmates. This is not a subject that should be swept under the rug. Children need to be educated on this issue. There is no indoctrination going on, and this is first hand observation and not ideology speaking. What Ms. Diebel wants is a return to segregated private schools using public money. Public schools have been an integral part of what has made the United States a worldwide academic leader. Her allegations against the teaching profession are prejudicial and insulting not to mention again uninformed. Bill Starks, Arvada In response to the March 24 article “Fed-up conservatives started organizing” A recent Arvada Press article highlighted a group of conservative
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women in our town who are working to promote their political beliefs. Although I don’t share their political views, I disagree even more with their use of the word “Christian” to imply that the Christian faith somehow aligns with what conservative Republicans are spouting today. As a Christian, my faith teaches me the value of seeking and speaking truth. I take seriously my responsibility to seek truthful news sources and avoid those that don’t meet journalistic standards, like Fox news or anecdotes posted on social media. I would feel wrong about sharing sensationalistic posts over Facebook that may not be credible. My faith acknowledges the continued presence of racism, and I work to understand that just because I don’t see racism happening (being white), it doesn’t mean that it isn’t happening. I work to understand how systemic racism continues to disadvantage people of color. I want our schools to teach the truth about our nation’s history – not just the history of white, male America. My faith values inclusion, meaning I work to include and respect LGBTQ+ people, instead of shaming them. Schools should teach biology and comprehensive sex education in our classrooms, recognizing that many kids are struggling with understanding who they are, and they should be provided with factual information from kind adults. We owe it to our children to be accurate, age appropriate and honest. I’m writing because I sometimes see conservatives use the Christian faith to justify their right-leaning beliefs. It’s clear to me that Christianity often aligns closer with the positions of the left. If Jesus were a public school teacher today, I believe he would teach our kids media literacy, biology and comprehensive sex education, the history of both white and non-white America, and the value of honesty and truth. Robin Kupernik, Arvada single “Your Shirt,” which has earned about 50 million streams on Spotify. Her most recent album, “When I Close My Eyes,” is a fantastically replayable pop album. Get tickets for either show at www.ticketmaster.com. Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@hotmail.com.
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Carol Hasket
August 15, 1941 - March 28, 2022
Carol Anne Haefele Alfred Abrahamson Haskett, age 80, died peacefully in her sleep on March 28th, 2022 at her apartment in Westminster, CO after a courageous battle with cancer. She was a beloved mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother, wife, friend, and teacher. Carol was born on August 15th, 1941 to Doris and George Haefele in Saginaw, Michigan. She graduated from Western Michigan University with a BA in Special Education (Speech Therapy) and an MA in Special Education (Emotionally Disturbed and Educationally Handicapped). In her youth, she traveled all around Europe, living in both Germany and Denmark. She moved to Colorado in 1968 and started working as an educational specialist in Jefferson County, Adams County, and Westminster public schools. She particularly enjoyed working with young children and taught in her beloved first grade classroom for twenty-four years. SYSLING
Carol is survived by her two children, Michael and Kirsten, as well as other children from her marriages, as well as numerous grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. Over the course of her life, she became the matriarch of her family, instilling passion and independence into those she loved. Carol had many passions and talents. She enjoyed traveling, quilting, basket weaving, gardening, baking, throwing pottery, knitting, and most of all reading. Carol was always picking up new hobbies and learning new skills to ‘keep herself out of trouble’. Per her request, there will not be a service to celebrate her life. Instead, please go out into the world and do something that makes you happy in her honor. In lieu of flowers, please donate to your local library. As she always told her granddaughter: “Take care and be good, and if you can’t be good - at least have fun”.
Teade Sysling
March 23, 1932 - February 23, 2022
A Celebration of Life for Teade will be held on April 8, 2022 at 3:00 pm at Horan & McConaty, 7577 W. 80th Avenue, Arvada , Colorado 80003. For full obituary please see HoranCares.com. HITE
Robert James “Bob” Hite
December 14, 1928 - September 23, 2021
Bob Hite, age 92 of Arvada, CO, passed away September 23, 2021 at Denver Hospice. Bob was born in Wichita, KS, to Russell ‘Poppy’ Hite and Bertha ‘MeMa’ McRoberts. In November of 1936 they moved to a family owned ranch in the Moreno Valley near present day Angel Fire, NM. At an elevation of 8400’ the family survived in a drafty log cabin with no electricity or running water, with Bob and his two younger sisters huddling around the coal fired stove in the mornings to warm up. Despite the hardships the family endured. Surrounded by forest Bob began his lifelong passion for all things “tree”. He crawled on his belly to catch rainbow trout, rode his beloved horse Thunder down to the highway to catch the school bus, and helped work what became known as “The Ranch”. In subsequent years Bob was shipped off to attend school in Wichita, KS, but would return to The Ranch for Christmas and summers where he longed to be. While attending Wichita State University Bob met his wife Joanne Harris and they married in 1953. Bob pursued graduate work in Geology at the University of New Mexico. After landing a job with the USGS Bob and Joanne moved to Salt Lake City, UT, before transferring to Lakewood, CO, in 1964. The family made a final move to Arvada, CO,
in 1966. Bob’s early work was in uranium, potash and cavern storage in the Paradox Basin of Utah where he invented the methodology of identifying potash, including grade and mineralogy and evaporite bed/cycles for basin analysis. Bob traveled to every continent working with local governments in Thailand, Egypt, Brazil and China, to name a few, discovering potash deposits. An essential mineral used to make fertilizer, potash is especially critical for poor and developing countries where food is scarce. After 30 years Bob retired from the USGS but continued working the globe as a consultant to companies exploring potash and polyhalite including BHP, RTZ, CVRD and Intrepid Potash. Bob was well known for his ever present “unique” sense of humor, confusing to some but beloved by many. He loved green tea, solar power, trees, cutting firewood, wood stoves and jazz music. Bob was an avid bicyclist and skier who especially enjoyed the deep powder he traversed while stationed in Utah. His wife Joanne passed away February 12, 2022. He is survived by his three kids Robin, Cass and Bruce Hite of Colorado and his sister Mary Pollitt of Wichita, KS. He is preceded in passing by his parents Russell and Bertha Hite and his sister Ann Lebus. A “Celebration of Life” is in the planning come this spring/summer.
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day was a good trip,” said Ed Bathke, a member of the Ghost Town Club since 1961. “So, there were a lot of little towns that were about 10 miles apart. “Today, you can go much greater distances in an auto pretty quickly, so therefore a lot of these little towns that were really supply points, business centers for their surrounding community, are now essentially ghost towns because people don’t need a supply point that close,” Bathke said. “What would happen to Georgetown if I-70 wasn’t there, or had not gone through? Or before that, (Route) 40?” Knightchild wonders. Towns that can’t reinvent themselves run the risk of falling by the wayside entirely. Cotopaxi was a community established along the Arkansas river by primarily Russian-Jewish settlers in the 1880s. When the colony failed, most of its residents scattered to other parts of the country, leaving little of the original settlement in place, according to Bathke. Uravan was a uranium mining town in Montrose County that went bust in
From the foothills of Douglas County to the cliffs of Battle Mountain, history abounds in Colorado’s uninhabited towns BYRYLEEDUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
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There’s nothing abandoned in Colorado,” proclaims Melanie Roth from a set of wooden steps outside a cabin in St. Elmo — a ghost town in Chaffee County. Roth’s assertion is a bold one considering the setting — a dead-silent main street consisting of 150-year-old buildings that haven’t been inhabited since the 1950s gives way to the towering foothills of Mount Princeton and the Collegiate Peaks. Here, over a hundred miles from the bustling cityscape of metro Denver, it’s easy to feel isolated — yet not entirely alone. St. Elmo is perhaps the most well preserved of Colorado’s many ghost towns — remnants of a bygone era when mining, agriculture and railroad routes largely governed where people lived. While many of these settlements have been decimated by years of weathering — and in some cases, vandalism — a small group of dedicated historians have worked to preserve them as markers of Colorado’s history. “Two things make Colorado ghost towns different than any other state,” said Lee Dahl, a member of the Ghost Town Club of Colorado. “First of all, the setting; a lot of them are up in the mountains, that kind of makes them a little remote, off the beaten path, not a lot of people knew about it for a long time. “The other thing is that a lot of those ghost towns had a huge infrastructure where you’d have a mine shaft, and a milling building, some rather large structures that were built rather stoutly for the industry. That made them interesting, also made them sturdy, so they’d withstand time,” Dahl continued. At a 1958 meeting of Colorado historians in Golden, a man named John Farr stood up after a presentation on ghost towns and said, ‘We ought to start a club.’ The Ghost Town Club of Colorado was formed shortly thereafter and remains active in educating and preserving Colorado’s towns of yesteryear. Ethan Knightchilde, a documentary filmmaker and member of the Ghost Town Club, said that many of Colorado’s ghost towns followed a similar trajectory; a discovery was made, followed by a boom, then a bust — then, the town went “ghost.” “When a town no longer had a
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reason to exist, it ceased to exist, in short. And so, a lot of the mining towns were built around a single commodity, whatever ore was in the ground. It’s a limited resource; when it ran out, the people left,” Knightchilde said. Joan Fields, a member of the Ghost Town Club since 1979, explained the difference between the two main types of ghost towns commonly found in Colorado. “It depends on where the ghost towns are. Because there are ghost towns out on the Eastern Plains, and a lot of those were based upon agriculture. The mountain towns, of course, if the minerals ran out or it wasn’t a particularly prosperous mine, oftentimes the towns would disappear,” Fields said. In the roughshod days of the American West, settlers moved like locusts across the country, building up towns around a single commodity with little regard for maintaining anything for the next generation, according to Knightchilde. Most of the settlers were men looking for work in mines or on farms, which begat a largely nomadic population, according to Fields. “A lot of communities didn’t have families. A lot of women didn’t move out west until they knew things were going to be settled, or there weren’t children involved. So, you’d pack your frying pan and your mule, you’d pack
your things, and you’d just go,” Fields said. Sometimes, according to Knightchilde, the difficulty of moving an entire household’s worth of possessions down a treacherous mountain pass made the task insurmountable, and settlers would simply move to the next town and start over. Sometimes, the towns would become something else entirely. “They’d become what we call ‘ghosts of their former selves,’” Dahl said. Ghosts you see, ghosts you don’t “Technically, towns like Georgetown and Silverton are ghosts,” Knightchilde said. “You’d never want to say that to a resident — they will take offense. But they are shadows of their former selves in terms of size, and their continued existence is because they no longer make a living off of what started them.” In a way, Knightchilde has a point — Georgetown today largely subsists as a tourist destination, far from its roots as a silver mining camp. When faced with the prospect of going ghost or reinventing themselves, towns of their ilk have been forced to find new ways to get by. Other historic settlements haven’t been as lucky as the roadside mountain towns. “In the old days, you’re traveling by horse and wagon, to travel 10 miles a
The St. Elmo General Store, which still operates during the summer months. PHOTO BY RYLEE DUNN
A store and post office in St. Elmo that doubled as the home of Annabelle and Tony Stark, the town’s last original PHOTO BY RYLEE DUNN residents.
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the 1980s as the United States began sourcing uranium elsewhere. Due to radioactive contamination, the town’s buildings were burned, and everything else was thrown in a pit and buried there, according to Fields and Dahl. Nevertheless, the town’s history isn’t entirely forgotten. “The people of that area have an annual reunion — they still get together, the people who worked there, especially the descendants of those people,” Bathke said. Some places don’t receive the same treatment. Dakan, a short-lived mining camp in Douglas County, is largely invisible to the naked eye. “If you go out there today and look, you’ll see a pasture. There is no sign of it whatsoever,” said Larry Schlupp, president of the Larkspur Historical Society. “There were numerous mines out there at one time — it was a gold town. “ Despite the many challenges surrounding the task, efforts to preserve ghost towns have gained steam in recent years. Dearfield, a historically Black settlement in Weld County, was in danger of seeing its few remaining buildings disintegrate before Colorado’s Most Endangered Places — an initiative of Colorado Preservation, Inc. — stepped in and listed the site on its “priority saves” list in an effort to raise funds and organize preservation efforts. In doing so, one of the state’s earliest markers of Black independence will live on for future generations to learn from and experience. “(Dearfield) was a colony founded by pioneering Black settlers who understood that having some independence and owning land and maybe farming and building a town was a greater way to achieve independence — freedom — in society,” said Kim Grant, director of Colorado’s Most Endangered Places. “They actually prospered there for 20 years, and then the Dust Bowl came, and climatic factors intervened that nobody really foresaw and it just ruined the farm economy for nearly everybody. And the town just died away,” Grant continued. While the town largely died off with its founder, Oliver Toussaint Jackson, in 1948, a few buildings — including a gas station, a diner and Jackson’s homestead — remain in rough shape. Now, with the help of Colorado’s Most Endangered Places, the buildings will be restored as tangible historical artifacts. A modern-day ghost Unique even among the colorful history of Colorado ghost towns is Gilman, a modern-day ghost that couldn’t survive its own reinvention. Early settlers arrived in Gilman around 1879, as overcrowding in Leadville forced miners to try their luck elsewhere. The town was formally settled in 1886 amid the Colorado silver boom. Gilman was initially named “Clinton” after John Clinton, a judge and speculator from nearby Red Cliff, but was later renamed in honor of Henry Gilman, a foreman of the Iron Mask Mine. Like many towns on Battle Mountain, life in Gilman revolved around mining. By 1890, the town had a growing population and a newspaper, the Gilman Enterprise. Then, the silver
Main Street in St. Elmo, a well-preserved ghost town in Chaffee County.
crash hit. “With the silver crash of 1893, a lot of the town was abandoned,” said Matthew Mickelson, the local history librarian for Eagle County. “It went from a population of well over 1,000 down to 400 at that point. Soon after that was when they started mining for zinc.” Faced with similar prospects of other boomtowns of the era — reinvention or abandonment — Gilman chose the latter and became a profitable zinc mining outfit that was purchased by the New Jersey Zinc Company in 1912 with designs of turning the settlement into a company town. “It was considered a model company town — a good one,” said Kathy Heicher, president of the Eagle County Historical Society and local history author. Heicher added that during this time, Gilman had a hospital, a store and even a bowling alley. New Jersey Zinc had a reputation for taking care of their workers, and wages and accommodations in Gilman were good throughout much of the 20th century. The population of Gilman hovered between 300-500 residents, with booms occurring around both world wars as demand for zinc increased. By the 1980s, however, natural resources in the mines were becoming depleted, and the town was growing less profitable. On April 11, 1985, residents of Gilman received a letter from the Battle Mountain Corporation — the name of the company that owned and operated the town at the time — stating that they would need to vacate the premises by June 30. The terms of the departure notice were severe. “We would like to offer rent-free living until your departure from the premises. In addition, we would like to offer Joe Trujillo’s assistance with packing your belongings, if necessary,” stated the letter from Battle Mountain Corporation. In an instant, Gilman — a mountain town that had prospered for almost a century — was gone. However, its story as a ghost town was just beginning. When the Battle Mountain Corporation abandoned the town, the property was completely abandoned, and the water pumps were shut off. Battle Mountain — which Heicher describes as a catacomb of mines — soon felt the impact of Gilman’s abandonment. “They shut off the electricity that had been pumping the wastewater out of the mines, and the mines started
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filling up with water and it got decades of toxic waste in there,” Heicher said. “The water started flowing out into the Eagle River. The Eagle River was flowing orange. You wouldn’t, in the 1980s, eat a fish that you caught in the Eagle River.” In 1986, the mine was declared an Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site and work began on quelling the contamination from the runoff. Cleanup work on the site was declared completed in 2001, but spikes in pollutants occur to this day, making the decontamination process ongoing. The pollution at the site has put a damper on plans to revive the area. Various proposals to make Gilman into a ski resort or additional housing for Vail workers have stalled because of the contamination. The town was annexed into nearby Minturn in 2008 with the hopes of bringing a ski resort plan to fruition, but the developer backed out shortly thereafter in 2009. Today, Crave Real Estate Ventures owns the townsite, which has become victimized by vandalism in recent years. Trespassers on the property are frequently cited. Nevertheless, remnants of Gilman’s heyday can still be found at the site. “They left in such a hurry, the people who have snuck into town say they went into the doctor’s office and there were X-rays lying around. One woman, whose dad had worked at the mine, was able to find his old paystub in the mine offices. That’s why people are really intrigued by it,” Heicher said. Heicher added that the “boom or bust” nature of Gilman’s history is representative of larger trends in Colorado history. “It was once a thriving, kind of utopian community, and people liked living there. Colorado is a boom and bust place. Whether it’s oil or whatever, it’s like a classic example of boom and bust,” Heicher said. ‘Take only photos, leave only footprints’ According to Knightchilde, the biggest threat to ghost towns isn’t time, or weather, or even pollutants — it’s people. “A century and a half of weathering can bring a building down, but people have had a disastrous effect on what remains of these towns,” Knightchilde said. Knightchilde and his Ghost Town Club compatriots rattle off examples of this problem — Lamartine was robbed
of its wood, the Lee Mansion in Capitol City was dismantled for its bricks, Carson has nary a plank of wood without someone’s initials echoed into it, Caribou’s buildings have been tagged heavily with graffiti. Human interference is not a new phenomenon — as Colorado’s even best-preserved ghost town can attest. By 1957, St. Elmo’s population had dwindled to just two residents — siblings Tony and Annabelle Stark. Urban legends detailing the Starks’ descent into madness became fodder for campfire circles, but their true fate was far more insidious. “They weren’t (mentally incompetent) at all — they weren’t,” Roth said on the cabin steps. “They might have been up here by themselves and they had a neighbor telling everybody they were loony tunes, and so they were declared mentally incompetent and removed. “Before the ambulance reached Nathrop, all of their valuable possessions were stolen by the person who promoted their insanity and commitment,” Roth continued. The town eventually was bequeathed to Marie Skogsberg, a family friend of the Starks, who passed down the legacy of preserving St. Elmo to her granddaughter — and Annabelle Stark’s goddaughter — Melanie Roth. Roth’s efforts have preserved St. Elmo as a snapshot of Colorado’s history, replete with sturdy buildings, historical exhibits and a general store that operates in the summertime. Organizations like the Ghost Town Club and Colorado’s Most Endangered Places have worked to preserve similar sites throughout the state. “We formed a preservation committee; we raise funds throughout the year and then at the end of each year we will present grants to deserving historical organizations in the state,” Bathke said of the Ghost Town Club. “Typically, they have to be 501(c)(3), so we avoid giving to an individual and we avoid any tax problems.” Knightchilde said that preservation efforts have galvanized recently, spurred in part by damage incurred by urban development in the late 20th century. “Preservation efforts have strengthened over the years. It’s not just ghost towns. During America’s love affair with urban renewal during the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s, we lost a lot. And that probably was galvanizing for preservation movements of all kinds,” Kightchilde said. “You have beautiful historic theatres that were bulldozed for parking lots. And you have people that love those types of buildings that can only see so much of that before they band together to do something about it,” Kightchilde continued. Members of the Ghost Town Club said that part of their mission is to educate people on the history of ghost towns, which they hope will in turn instill respect among visitors for the historic sites they go to. Fields said that one of the taglines of the Ghost Town Club is “Take only photos, leave only footprints.” “One of our challenges is getting the word out. We get so many people that come into our mountain towns on their ATVs and all they want to do is run up and down the road as fast as they can,” Fields said. Knightchilde said that traffic at ghost towns has been on the rise. SEE GHOST TOWN, P20
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Persistent state legislators are once again hoping to compensate Colorado landowners whose conservation easement tax credits were rejected and clawed back years ago, this time with a bill whose price tag to the treasury would be about $155 million. The effort by Sens. Faith Winter, a Westminster Democrat, and Cleave Simpson, an Alamosa Republican, revives a years-long effort to repay family ranchers and farmers who say they signed conservation easements in good faith only to have them rejected by state revenue officials who determined they were overvalued. The sponsors say they have put in more conditions since last year’s failed $149 million payback bill, including new limits on the easements’ value and who can still claim them. “We’ve been down that road,” Simpson said. “So let’s try to focus this in a little different direction.” Last year, when a similar bill flew through the Senate and died in a House committee, Winter said, “members still had concerns around these guardrails and making sure that we’re really addressing the family farms and ranches and not the speculators.” And this year, Winter said, the legislature has more revenue to work with. “So I think we’ll be more successful,” she said. The new bill, Senate Bill 119, will first appear at the Senate Finance Committee on March 16. Mark Weston, a prominent critic of the past payback attempts said this year’s bill does appear to have meaningful changes “preventing some of the worst abusers from qualifying” for repayment of credits. Changes include a requirement that families need to have owned the land for three years before applying for the initial tax credits, and capping tax credits at 250% of the purchase price of the land. That will cut out some speculators who tried to manipulate the system to get lucrative tax credits, without any real interest in the land or its conservation value, said Weston, an appraiser who opposes repayment and who reviewed many of the denied claims as the first director of the state Division of Conservation. It’s important for legislators and taxpayers to understand, Weston said, that “these credits were not disallowed arbitrarily by the Department of Revenue, but were scrutinized by a governor-appointed expert commission, qualified appraisal staff within the Division of Real Estate, along with the number crunchers in the Department of Revenue.”
Conservation easements, such as those that protect the Trinchera Blanca Ranch in southern Colorado, are intended to protect open space valuable for wildlife habitat or scenery. A conservation easement of 81,400 acres on the ranch protects the western slope of the Sangre de Cristo range between La Veta and Fort Garland, including PHOTO BY JOHN MCEVOY/SPECIAL TO THE COLORADO SUN Mount Lindsey and Mount Blanca.
Fixing past mistakes The 2022 bill is the latest attempt to restore controversial easement tax credits issued from 2000 to 2013, some of which investigators called spurious and the Colorado Department of Revenue denied after reviews by teams of appraisers. The conservation easements were originally intended to protect natural spaces while compensating family farmers and other longtime landowners for giving up their rights to develop the property. An appraiser estimated the value of the land and development rights, and the state issued tax credits that allowed the landowner to offset other taxes or get paid cash by investors who bought the credits. But the revenue department and many in the appraiser community said that in some cases unscrupulous investment advisers created partnerships or family groups to claim lucrative, overvalued credits for development that never would have happened. In one disputed case, a piece of land near Lamar that sold for $776,000 appeared to qualify for easement credits of $8 million. Some farming and ranching families have for more than a decade protested that they signed up for the earliest iterations of conservation easements in good faith to help save their family business and pay tax bills. They emphasize that the federal Internal Revenue Service allowed the tax credits even when state officials denied them and demanded repayment. The disputes eventually involved more than 800 cases and hundreds of millions of dollars in contested credits. Some families say paying back the credits or being confronted by investors who bought the rejected credits has ruined their lives. The fiscal note for the new bill says the
total of disallowed credits from 2000 to 2013 is now about $177.7 million. Some cases have been resolved or settled. This year’s bill calls for a newly created ombudsman in the state Division of Conservation to resolve disputes between parties who may be claiming the same credits. The bill would spend $5.8 million in the first year to hire about 17 full time positions to administer the credit disputes. Based on the percentage of credit holders expected to apply, restoring the credits would cost the general fund another $66.6 million the first year, and up to $88.8 million in the second year. The Colorado system for conservation easement tax has been tweaked multiple times since the period when officials say it was abused and families said they were unfairly denied. Last year, the legislature passed a bill sought by conservation groups that increased the amount of tax credit on new easements to 90% of the donated value, and added water conservation groups and others among those who could apply for credits. That bill was initially hailed as a companion to last year’s attempt at restoring credits to past denied credit holders. But the credit-restoration bill died in its second House committee vote on party lines dominated by Democrats, in what rural supporters called “pulling the football” after months of negotiations. 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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Dangerous materials used in firefighting foam are showing up in drinking water, soil Lawmakers to address ‘forever chemicals’ BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN
The sale of many products containing the dangerous “forever chemicals” known as PFAS would be banned in Colorado as early as 2024, under legislation recently introduced and backed by a host of consumer and environmental groups. Toxic PFAS chemicals, used as lubricants and repellants in products ranging from firefighting foam to clothing and cooking utensils, leak into groundwater and have been found in drinking water supplies in Colorado and across the country. Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser recently joined multiple states in suing the chemical manufacturers for decades of contamination that is proving exorbitantly expensive for state health departments and local water agencies to clean up. “We know these things are dangerous for our health. We know they are forever chemicals that are poisoning our water supply,” said Danny Katz, executive director of the nonprofit consumer group CoPIRG, in welcoming the bipartisan bill. “We need to act now to phase out as many of them as possible to protect our health and protect Colorado’s water.” The first sale ban would begin Jan. 1, 2024, for products with PFAS intentionally added in these categories: Carpets or rugs; cookware; cosmetics; fabric treatments; food packaging; juvenile products, oil and gas products;
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“The signs are there that they are increasingly being visited. If you are that interested, you will do some research, the way I did, the way everyone I’ve spoken to who has a love for these places did. And in doing so, you’ll gain respect for them. My hope is that once you’ve done that, you’re jazzed to go see the
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and textile furnishings. Through 2030, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment would be charged with identifying more categories of goods, and those would be added to the banned list. “I’d rather do the right thing, as quickly as possible,” said Rep. Lisa Cutter, a Littleton Democrat who is one of the bill’s prime sponsors. “But because there are manufacturers and companies that have been using these products, we’re trying to allow a reasonable offramp.” The earliest categories are in businesses where alternatives to PFAS are already being developed, sponsors said. Colorado may have the largest number of sites in the nation that have handled PFAS chemicals, due to firefighting drills and operations at military installations, mountain
wildland firefighting, and from PFAS chemicals in firefighting and other industrial materials at oil and gas exploration sites. About 21,000 industrial sites in Colorado appear on the previously undisclosed EPA database of locations that “may be handling” PFAS, with more than 85% of those places related to oil and gas, and heavy concentrations of possible locations at the industry’s core in Weld County, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which forced EPA to release the data. The same properties that make PFAS a lubricant or seal cookware also make them resistant to long-term impacts of heat or water, conferring the moniker “forever chemicals.” CoPIRG and others say the chemicals have entered Colorado waterways and “polluted communities like Foun-
place in person, you know something about its history, and you have a respect for it. You’re not going to run roughshod over it,” Knightchilde said. The allure of ghost towns varies from person to person. Some are drawn to the sites because they represent a beacon of a bygone era. Some, like Knightchilde, feel an intrinsic pull to their history. “There is that haunting feeling that the building is looking back at you. It’s almost like it’s beckoning you to know its history. People came under
unbelievable odds to get to this place and they brought their hopes, their dreams, their fears. They lived and died in these places. There’s this weight of history surrounding you,” Knightchilde said. “It’s part of our history. Many of us like to preserve our history,” Bathke added. “They say, ‘If you ignore your history, you’re only going to repeat the mistakes that were made in the past.’ There’s always that longing to go back to our roots, and that’s all part of it.”
tain, Frisco, parts of Denver, South Evergreen and Golden,” threatening serious health impacts. State health officials have launched a buyback program taking firefighting foam containing PFAS off the hands of local fire departments and replacing them with alternatives. Consumer and environmental protection groups want the federal EPA to move faster to set absolute drinking water standards to force PFAS cleanups. Colorado’s Department of Public Health and Environment moved deeper into PFAS regulation when it demanded more monitoring of the chemicals coming off the Suncor Energy refinery in Commerce City. Colorado will, for the first time, monitor and limit runoff of PFAS at Suncor as part of the draft of the company’s water quality permit unveiled in November. Regulators and consumers are finding out how ubiquitous PFAS chemicals are throughout industry and consumer goods, Katz said. “We’ve targeted mostly firefighting foam in the past, but this bill will also get at a number of consumer products including things like carpets and rugs, furniture, cosmetics, food packaging, and even things like dental floss,” he said. “We want to phase those 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. Members of the Ghost Town Club understandably bristled at the mention of vandalism. “Vandalism makes my blood boil because that just shows someone that’s completely lacking in any kind of sensitivity,” Kngihtchilde said. “You need tangible things to remind you of where you’ve been, who you’ve been, as a society,” Kngihtchilde continued. For Coloradans of nearly all backgrounds, ghost towns are exactly that.
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New mental health commissioner to focus on ‘front-door’ access to care Children and the fentanyl crisis also a priority BY JENNIFER BROWN THE COLORADO SUN
State officials behind an ambitious, and daunting, plan to build a new government agency for behavioral health have selected a physician who directed crisis services in Washington, D.C., to lead the transformation. Dr. Morgan Medlock, a public health expert who most recently was chief medical officer for the D.C. Department of Behavioral Health, spent the first two months on the job in Colorado touring the state’s mental hospitals, community mental health clinics and residential substance abuse treatment centers. As Colorado’s first commissioner of behavioral health, she reports to Gov. Jared Polis and is responsible for what’s been described as the state’s most monumental overhaul of mental health care in decades. The Colorado Sun caught up with Medlock in the midst of legislative debate on how to spend $450 million in “once-in-ageneration” federal coronavirus aid to reform mental health care and substance abuse treatment in Colorado, as well as legislation that will set the rules for the new Behavioral Health Administration. The new office will take over responsibility for more than 100 mental health and substance abuse programs that now are spread throughout at least four state agencies. By 2024, the office must create a statewide grievance system in which the public can report maltreatment or lack
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of access to care, and is expected to expand services, particularly in remote communities, according to the legislation. Medlock, who is on the faculty at Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Law, Brain and Behavior and was a clinical psychiatry fellow at Harvard Medical School, talked to The Sun about her plans for restructuring the system, tackling the children’s mental health crisis, and helping Colorado find its way out of the fentanyl epidemic. She has plans to hire an adviser for children and families, as well as a deputy commissioner for equity. In addition to a medical degree, Medlock has master’s degrees in divinity and public health.
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Building the ideal mental health system Medlock said her first priority is making sure people know where to go for treatment, which requires help from libraries, homeless shelters, doctor’s offices and more. “We have got to have a strong front door to treatment, a single door of entry, and we’ve got to develop that through unique avenues. As we think about what this front door looks like, it will have a digital component where people can get help. You need to know that you can walk into certain places, whether it be shelters or libraries, schools, and receive help and guidance into accessing those resources. We need to combine the digital solutions with the human solutions.” After focusing on the “front door” to care, particularly for those in crisis, Medlock said she will shift to improving long-term services for those in the system. “We need to do the same analysis across the continuum of care, and think about that in terms of intensive services, outpatient support, etc, housing support. But as we build the continuum of care, we’re focusing on the front door.” Building up the workforce is another key priority, as is setting up a grievance system so that people can seek help from the new Behavioral Health Administration when they can’t find treatment or when they receive inadequate care, she said. “Any system has to be accountable in a public way. And when people are not experiencing the outcomes that they deserve, and are not satisfied with care, they ought to be able to rely on us as the BHA to help them resolve
grievances and concerns.” Opioid abuse research at Howard University Before working for the behavioral health department in Washington, Medlock was the director of community engagement and new program development for the College of Medicine at Howard University, a private, historically Black university in the capital city. “I was really responsible for being a strategy architect and opening new doors for opioid use disorder treatment to our community, and particularly, to marginalized communities,” she said. “It was my job to travel D.C., and particularly to Wards 7 and 8, where we have the highest opioid overdose rates, and meet with community members, faith leaders, those with lived experience, nonprofit directors, SEE ACCESS, P22 Paid Political Ad
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Hiring an adviser for children’s mental health Medlock said she intends to hire a senior advisor for children, youth and families who will strategize about helping kids in mental health crises. To start, Colorado needs more psychiatric beds for children in order to spare them from traveling out of state for treatment, she said. The governor has plans to spend federal American Rescue Plan Act funds to create new neuropsychiatric beds for children. “Many of our kids who are now being shifted out of state are those with neuropsychiatric needs, and with intellectual or developmental disabilities,” she said. “And so I really want to applaud Gov. Polis for prioritizing this issue so that we can bring more beds online for our kids, and so that their families and parents don’t have to deal with moving their kids out of state to receive vital care.”
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and talk about how do we have a comprehensive strategy for reducing opioid overdose deaths in those communities. That work also dovetailed into policy work I was doing on the mayor’s opioid fatality review board.” The review board researched “root-cause analyses of opioid deaths, determining what policy solutions were needed to support individuals at risk of overdosing. We also analyzed the surge of fentanyl use in Washington, D.C., which has now, unfortunately, become a matter of national importance and crisis.” Reducing arrests of those with mental illness After joining the D.C. Department of Behavioral Health, Medlock focused on reducing arrests of people with mental illness and creating alternative ways to help people in crisis instead of charging them with crimes. During her tenure, the city cut down on criminal charges against people in behavioral health crises, including by having mental health professionals — or co-responders — join police officers on certain calls, she said. Several law enforcement agencies in Colorado, but not all, use co-responders. She intends to use her background in helping people who’ve experienced trauma feel comfortable accessing care to help develop policies in Colorado. “We took steps to work with national consultants on this issue to complete training and empowerment of our staff, to think about an individual in crisis as still a person and not a diagnosis. Not simply a charge. “Even though individuals are in crisis, it doesn’t mean that they cannot contribute to a joint decision about next steps, and about what they do to heal. We also need to think about housing, we need to think about transportation needs, we need to think about the context of a person’s life, and especially the economic context of a person’s life. And for our work
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in D.C., that became extremely important as we thought about how populations were shifting as it relates to housing and economic policy.” Responding to the fentanyl crisis Overdoses from fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid, have skyrocketed in Colorado during the past two years. Most pills now sold on the streets that look like OxyContin or Xanax are counterfeit and contain fentanyl. Last week, a Colorado Springs woman was arrested for selling the little blue pills near a high school, where a student overdosed and died at her desk. Medlock, who was on the D.C. Hospital Association’s opioid task force, said finding new ways to deal with the epidemic is among her top priorities. First up, she
wants to build a system in which people who need mental health treatment or substance abuse treatment walk through the same doors to receive treatment at the same place, instead of the current, splintered setup. “The Behavioral Health Administration does want to integrate those two parts of the system, and we’re doing that in an intentional way through our administrative structure. This issue is critically important. And when you add the lens of the pandemic and the hopelessness and the rise in anxiety and depression and suicidality that have all increased during the pandemic, and then you include the pre-existing opioid crisis, things are really at a dire level. The BHA is ready to step in and integrate our approach for individuals in substance-use crises.”
“Equity cannot be overstated” Medlock, who was vice chair of the American Psychiatric Association’s Council on Minority Mental Health and Health Disparities, said she’s received approval from the governor’s office to start a search for a deputy commissioner focused on equity and system effectiveness. “I cannot say enough about equity. We want the work that we do to be effective across the continuum of care, and we want it to be equitable across the lifespan. Children and youth right now deserve more than what we’re providing, and we know we need to do better there. We know that racial inequities in behavioral health care need to be addressed, we know that we need a more just system of care for individuals with disabilities. And so equity cannot be overstated.” 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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More people seek end-of-life prescriptions Some doctors still leery of aid-in-dying law BY JENNIFER BROWN THE COLORADO SUN
The number of Coloradans who received prescriptions to end their lives has increased each year since voters passed an aid-in-dying law in 2016, rising 18% in 2021. Last year, 222 people obtained prescriptions for the lethal doses of medication, which they must ingest themselves after getting approval from two physicians who certify that they have a terminal illness and fewer than six months to live. That brings to 777 the five-year total prescriptions since the End-of-Life Options Act was passed, according to a recently completed report on the law by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. The department tracked how many of those 777 prescriptions were dispensed — 583 — but is not required to follow up with patients’ families or doctors to find how many of those patients actually took the medication. Also, under the law, the cause of death listed on patients’ death certificates is not suicide but their underlying terminal illness, so it’s unknown whether they took the dosage — a mixture of medications called DDMA and DDMP — to end their lives. The median length of time between the date of a prescription last year and the patient’s death was 18 days. The report also found that the 777 prescriptions written in the past five years came from 198 doctors. Those numbers jibe with a study from Dr. Eric Campbell, a professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and a biomedical ethics researcher. The research, which included 300 physician surveys, found that many doctors are still wary of prescribing the medication. Campbell found that 81% of Colorado doctors said they were willing to discuss medical aid in dying with their patients and 88% were willing to make a referral to a physician who would prescribe the medication. However, fewer than half of doctors, 46%, were willing to sign off as the consulting
physician on an aid-in-dying prescription, and even fewer than that, 28%, were willing to serve as the attending, or primary, physician on such a prescription. And even though more than 80% of doctors said they were willing to discuss medical aid in dying, not nearly as many were ready to do it or had actually done it, according to Campbell’s research. About 52% said they had discussed aid in dying with a patient. “What that means is that people in general feel willing to do it, fewer are prepared, and even fewer have actually done it,” Campbell said. Among physicians who had prescribed medical aid in dying, 75% said it was “emotionally fulfilling and professionally rewarding.” Almost 47% described it as “ethically challenging.”
the decision, the patient is supposed to have a mental health consultation with a psychologist or psychiatrist. State data shows that in many cases, not all of the required paper was submitted as spelled out under the law. The state has a record of 667 attending physician forms for the 777 prescriptions written in the past five years, so 110 are missing.
Also, the state health department has a record of just 605 patient request forms, and 579 reports from consulting physicians. In all five years, just five mental health provider confirmation forms were submitted. Those are required only when the patient’s mental capacity is in question, however. The state health department report notes that the required documentation was incomplete, but says that the attending physician’s form attests that all requirements of the law have been met. The department is continuing to educate physicians about the requirements, the report says. The average age of those seeking a prescription last year was 73, while the youngest age was mid-20s, according to the state health department. Medicalaid-in-dying patients are required to be at least 18 and live in Colorado, under the law passed by voters in 2016. The lethal drugs, typically a powder, are often mixed into a drink — some aid-in-dying proponents suggest a strong liquor, warm water, juice or Gatorade — or a pudding, yogurt or applesauce. Most of the Coloradans who received prescriptions in the past five years died at home.
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Arvada West impressive in win over Green Mountain BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
LAKEWOOD — Back in 2002, Arvada West senior Danny Vais was one of the elite two-sport (basketball and baseball) athletes in Colorado. Twenty years later, Vais has returned to his alma mater as the head baseball coach for the Wildcats. “I’m excited to be back here with this group of guys,” Vais said Friday, April 1, after a non-league game at Green Mountain High School. “I’m excited to be back coaching in the city where I grew up. We just try to teach them everything that we can. I live and die with every pitch with these guys and enjoy myself.” A-West (7-2 record) has more to celebrate after a dominating 18-2 victory against Green Mountain. The Wildcats cranked out 17 hits and was able to induce the 10-run mercy rule after the
fifth inning to get back-to-back wins on back-to-back days after defeating Monarch 9-3 on Thursday. Lead-off hitter and freshman Tate Deal was instrumental going 4-for-5 from the plate with three doubles and 4 RBIs. “The tools speak for themselves,” Vais said of the freshman. “He plays the game even-keel the same way we preach to all of our guys. Play the game hard, but play the way you don’t get too high or too low.” A-West held a 4-2 lead heading to the fourth inning. The Wildcats broke things open with a 7-run top of the fourth, highlighted by junior pitcher Seth Dreeszen helping himself out with 3-run home run to opposite field. “Those innings are so helpful as a pitcher,” Dreeszen said of the Wildcats’ back-to-back 7-run inning in the SEE BASEBALL, P25
Arvada West junior Seth Dreeszen, 20, rounds the bases after a 3-run home run against Green Mountain on Friday, April 1. The Wildcats won 18-2 in the non-league PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS road game.
Golden girls lacrosse doubles-up on Ralston Valley BY BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
ARVADA — Golden’s girls lacrosse team doesn’t fear playing Class 5A squads during its non-league schedule. The Demons — No. 5 in the CHSAANow.com Class 4A rankings — know they need to be prepared for what is ahead during the final stretch of the regular season. “We know that and we knew that last year,” Golden coach Robby McClure said of playing in the best 4A league in the state. “We feel like someone from our division is probably going to be winning state or maybe even two teams in our league playing for the state title.” Last week, the 4A West League featured five teams that sit in the top-6 of the 4A rankings. Evergreen (defending 4A state champion), Poudre School District, Castle View, Golden and Green Mountain are all in the top-6. “It is very important that we build during the season to prepare for those last five league games,” McClure said. Golden (3-0 record) put its undefeated record on the line Thursday, March 31, at the North Area Athletic Complex against 5A West League’s Ralston Valley. The Demons scored three straight goals in the final seven minutes of the first half and went on a 4-0 run in the second half to take a 12-6 victory. “I think everyone came out a little nervous,” Golden senior Ava Ganter admitted as Ralston Valley actually held a 3-2 lead with under eight minutes to play in the first half. “Obviously this game is hard because we a playing a team we know and girls we know. Once we calmed down and caught our breath we gained some more confidence.” Ganter is brimming with confidence this season. The senior poured in five goals in the win against the Mustangs (1-2) to put her at 13 goals in three games.
Golden sophomore Baylee Wagner, right, zeroes in on stopping the run of Ralston Valley senior Rachel Valaika during the first half March 31 at the North Area Athletic Complex. Golden defeated Ralston Valley 12-6. PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Ralston Valley freshman Annie Diesslin, 10, and junior Ann Worthley, 9, put pressure on Golden sophomore Sydney Shanley during the first half March 31 at the North Area Athletic Complex. Golden won 12-6 to stay undefeated on the season. PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Back-to-back goals by Ganter midway through the second half pushed the Demons’ lead to 8-4. Ganter had plenty of support win the scoring column. Senior Tatum Miller and sophomore Callie McClure both had a pair of goals to lessen the scoring load on Ganter’s shoulders. “I have a lot of girls on my team that I trust and I know I can pass to,” Ganter said. “It is really helpful to have other teammates to look to. We are gaining that as the season goes on with other shooters and scorers we
can rely on.” Junior Taylor Tobin, sophomore Madeline Holunga and freshman Ady Brickle all added a goal in the victory for the Demons. Ralston Valley freshman Sara Walker had a pair of goals for the Mustangs. Senior Maddie Diesslin, sophomores Samantha Peters, Nicole McCarthy and freshman Taylor Sanders each had a goal for the young Ralston Valley team. “Our school and Ralston Valley have some girls that don’t have
lacrosse at their schools,” McClure said. “We hope we get those girls just like RV does. This is an important game, just like all of them. We are trying to build for the playoffs and go to state.” Golden is back to action this week facing another pair of 5A squads in Chatfield and Columbine. It might look like awhile off, but the Demons open conference play against defending 4A state champion Evergreen on April 19. “We have a really hard league and having these games before league are stressful, but they are good to get your feet underneath you,” Ganter said. Ralston Valley picked up its first win of the season edging Cheyenne Mountain 10-9 on Saturday, April 2, at Trailblazer Stadium in Lakewood. Dennis Pleuss is the Sports Information Director for Jeffco Public Schools. For more Jeffco coverage, go to CHSAANow.com.
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fourth and fifth that pushed the late to a 16-run advantage. “I love seeing all the guys in the dugout get excited. I’m really happy to see everyone succeed.” Seniors Mason Hagel-Pitt and Jaxon Gray, along with Deal and Dreeszen all had multiple-hit games. “Offensively, we’ve got the guys to do it,” Vais said of the Wildcats’ fourth game this season scoring double-digit runs. “They did a really good job working counts and making it hard on the pitchers where they had to come back into the zone.” Green Mountain senior Corbin Jantzer took the loss on the mound for the Rams. Jantzer pitched into the fourth inning before being lifted. Sophomore Craig Busse and freshman Demetreus Padilla finished on the mound for the Rams over the final two innings. Dreeszen improved his record to 3-1 on the hill this year while holding a 3.23 ERA. “To be honest, he (Dreeszen) has been doing that for us all year,” Vais said of Dreeszen’s his four innings of work while giving up just two runs on four hits. “He attacks the zone and makes minor adjustments from inning to inning for what the situation dictates.” Green Mountain seniors Dylan Hearn and Caton Lodice knocked in the Rams’ lone two runs in the third inning that cut A-West’s lead to 4-2. “I felt really good,” said Dreeszen, who ended his outing striking out the side in the bottom of the fourth inning. “I struggled a little early on. I tried to relax and get myself back up on the mound. Just had to stay composed.” A-West junior Tucker Deal pitched
Green Mountain senior Dylan Hearn watches a high pop-up during the Rams’ home game against Arvada West on Friday, April 1. Green Mountain suffered an 18-2 loss. PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
the bottom of the fifth inning for the Wildcats. Dreeszen admitted that he struggled a bit on the mound last year during his sophomore campaign. He worked hard during the off-season to have a bounceback year. A-West has non-league games against Rocky Mountain and Chaparral next week. The Wildcats begin Class 5A Jeffco League play April 19 against Columbine. “I feel like we have a very good chance to put some good games together once league comes,” Dreeszen said. “Coach Vais has done a fantastic job since he’s got here.” Green Mountain begins its 4A Jeffco League play against Wheat Ridge next week. The Rams (1-5) host the Farmers on Tuesday, April 5, and then are at Wheat Ridge on Thursday, April 7. Dennis Pleuss is the Sports Information Director for Jeffco Public Schools. For more Jeffco coverage, go to CHSAANow.com.
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Bill to protect workers who use cannabis fails House Bill 1152 was rejected on a 12-1 committee vote BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN
A Colorado House committee voted down a bill that sought to stop employers from denying jobs to or firing workers for their off-the-clock cannabis use, either medical or recreational. House Bill 1152 also sought to require employers to let their employees consume medical marijuana while on the job. The legislation included exceptions for workers whose jobs are in dangerous fields or require fine motor skills, such as positions involving the use of heavy machinery. The bill was rejected on a 12-1 vote in the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee on March 23 afternoon even after the measure’s sponsor, Rep. Edie Hooton, a Boulder Democrat, offered an amendment to dramatically scale back the legislation before the vote was taken. The amendment, which was adopted, would have erased all of the bill’s provisions and instead convened a panel to study the issue and make recommendations to the legislature about how em-
ployers can accommodate medical marijuana users. But even that wasn’t enough for lawmakers on the committee, who were concerned about any move toward forcing employers to allow their employees to use marijuana on or off the job. Many in the business community are fiercely opposed to the measure and testified in opposition to it on March 2. “I wasn’t surprised,” Hooton, who has brought similar legislation for several years, said of the outcome. “I got a lot of very, very valuable feedback about how we might be able to move forward in the future.” The question of whether the use of cannabis off the clock can disqualify a person for a job or lead to their firing has been swirling in Colorado since voters passed Amendment 64 in 2012, which legalized the sale and use of recreational cannabis. Most states that have lifted prohibitions on pot leave the question of how to handle employees’ marijuana use up to employers, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Nevada and New Jersey are two exceptions. In New Jersey, employers can prohibit employees from using cannabis while on the job or from showing up to
work impaired. But they are not allowed to penalize an employee solely because of their off-theclock recreational cannabis use. In 2015, the Colorado Supreme Court sided with Dish Network, which fired an employee, Brandon Coats, after he tested positive for tetrahydrocannabinol – or THC – in a random drug test. Coats had a medical marijuana card as a result of back spasms caused by his quadriplegia. Muscle spasms are one of the seven debilitating conditions for which medical marijuana can be recommended under Colorado law. The closely watched case highlighted Colorado’s pot paradox: Marijuana is legal but consuming it can still be grounds for termination. Amendment 64 included the following provision: “Nothing in this (ballot measure) is intended to require an employer to permit or accommodate the use, consumption, possession, transfer, delay, transportation, sale or growing of marijuana in the workplace to affect the ability of employers to have policies restriction the use of marijuana by employees.” Amendment 20, the 2000 ballot initiative allowing medical marijuana sales and use in Colorado, included a provision about how it
does not “require any employer to accommodate the medical use of marijuana in any workplace.” 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. Paid Political Ad
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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals City and County Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT at the meeting of the Arvada City Council to be held on MONDAY, April 18, 2022, at 6:15 p.m. at the Municipal Building, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada CO, City Council will hold a public hearing on the following proposed ordinances and thereafter will consider them for final passage and adoption. For the full text version in electronic form go to www.arvada.org/legalnotices, click on Current Legal Notices, then click on the title of the ordinance you wish to view. The full text version is also available in printed form in the City Clerk’s office. Contact 720.898.7550 if you have questions. CB 22-048 An Ordinance Amending Section 10.3.1, General Provisions, of Ordinance No. 1324, of the City of Arvada, Colorado. CB 22-049 An Ordinance Amending Section 7462, Membership; Appointment of Members; Term of Office, of Article III, Planning Commission, of Chapter 74, Planning and Development, of the Arvada City Code. CB 22-050 An Ordinance Authorizing an Additional Appropriation for Fiscal Year 2022. CB 22-051 An Ordinance Amending Subsection 70-103(A), of Chapter 70, Personnel Rules, of the City Code. Legal Notice No. 413680 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE The following ordinance was adopted by the City Council of the City of Arvada on second reading
following the public hearing held on April 4, 2022: Ordinance #4794 An Ordinance Amending Article IV, Division 1, Sections 154 & 162 and Article VI, Sections 213 & 214, of Chapter 54, Motor Vehicles and Traffic, of the Arvada City Code. Legal Notice No. 413681 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript
Metropolitan Districts Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF ELECTION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS MOUNTAIN SHADOWS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to § 1-13.5513(6), C.R.S., that, at the close of business on February 28, 2022, there were not more candidates than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates, for the Mountain Shadows Metropolitan District (the “District”). Therefore, the election for the District to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby cancelled. The following candidates for the District are declared elected by acclamation: Toni Keiser: Until May 2023 Kurtis Haeger: Until May 2025 Steven A. Roboff: Until May 2025 /s/ Ashley B. Frisbie Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Trisha K. Harris, Esq. WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Attorneys at Law 2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 2000 Centennial, Colorado 80122 (303) 858-1800
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Cimarron Metropolitan District, Jefferson County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513 (1), C.R.S. No self-nomination forms or affidavits for intent to run as a write-in candidate were received by the statutory deadlines.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the SABELL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT (the “District”), will hold a meeting at 5740 Olde Wadsworth Blvd, Arvada, CO 80002 and via teleconference on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at 1:30 P.M. for the purpose of conducting such business as may come before the Board including a public hearing on the 2022 amended budget (the “Amended Budget”). This meeting can be joined using the following teleconference information: Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88963741893?pw d=cjFaZUhEVXRYd1lLdG1MRnJxUElKdz09 Meeting ID: 889 6374 1893 Passcode: 995092 Call-In Number: 1-720-707-2699 NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Amended Budget has been submitted to the District. A copy of the Amended Budget is on file in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 E Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111, Colorado, where the same is open for public inspection. Any interested elector of the District may file any objections to the Amended Budget at any time prior to final adoption of the Amended Budget by the Board. This meeting is open to the public and the agenda for any meeting may be obtained by calling (303) 858-1800. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: SABELL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
/s/ Sue Blair Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Sue Blair, Designated Election Official Community Resource Services 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E Greenwood Village, CO 80111 303.381.4960 (voice) 303. 381.4961 (fax) sblair@crsofcolorado.com Legal Notice No. 413684 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Jeffco Transcript and the Arvada Press Public Notice NOTICE OF REGULAR ELECTION TO BE CONDUCTED BY MAIL BALLOT VAUXMONT METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
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of the Vauxmont Metropolitan District shall be held on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. The election is being conducted as a mail ballot election. Mail ballots are required to be mailed to eligible electors between April 11, 2022 and April 18, 2022. At said election, the electors of the District shall vote for two (2) Directors to serve a threeyear term of office on the Board of Directors of the District. The names of persons nominated as Director are as follows: Joseph Lanzetta Corinne Sheer Donald (Don) Sober Craig Conway Paul Hoisington Harold Hoffmeier Anna Smith Travis Hart Jonathan Morse Eligible electors may apply for new or replacement mail ballots and return voted mail ballots to the offices of the Designated Election Official, which is also the ballot drop-off/walk-in voting location, c/o Community Resource Services of Colorado, 7995 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, CO 80111. The offices of Community Resource Services of Colorado are open Monday through Friday during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from April 11, 2022, through May 2, 2022, and from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on May 3, 2022 (Election Day). VAUXMONT METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By:/s/ Sue Blair Designated Election Official Legal Notice No. 413670 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Golden Transcript Jeffco Transcript Arvada Press
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