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Arvada Chamber of Commerce hosts 71st annual Awards Luncheon

Arvada City Council to form Housing Advisory Committee Council aims to have the committee active by spring 2023, coordinator hired by end of 2022

BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Past and present Arvada Chamber award winners pose for a group photo.

Woman and Man of the Year honored along with other award winners

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The Arvada Chamber of Commerce held its 71st Annual Awards Luncheon on May 11 at the Arvada Center, honoring the Woman and Man of the Year and recognizing recipients of the Image Award, the Young Professional Leadership Awards, the Pioneer Award, the Rising Star Award and Lifetime Membership Awards.

“What’s so special about our community is the fabric,” said Arvada Mayor Marc Williams to kick off the ceremony. “People who are being recognized exemplify that by giving back to our community each and SEE AWARDS, P3

Arvada Chamber President Kami Welch presents the Rising Star Award to Genesis PHOTOS BY RYLEE DUNN Rodriguez Esparza.

At a special study session on May 4, the Arvada City Council unanimously decided to form a Housing Advisory Committee and hire a housing coordinator in an effort to combat what Mayor Marc Williams called “significant housing issues in Arvada.”

The Housing Advisory Committee will follow the timeline and procedures of other citizen committees — applications will open in fall of 2022 with interviews to follow in early 2023. The committee will be made up of nine members and is slated to become active around April or March 2023.

The hiring process for the housing coordinator position will begin soon, with a goal for having the position filled within the last six months of 2022.

Williams said the Housing Advisory Committee will oversee a wide range of issues pertaining to housing, with affordable housing being a priority.

“It’s going to be a very broad spectrum,” Williams said. “Obviously, we want to have diverse housing stock. We’ve heard loud and clear from citizens about attainable and affordable housing. (The committee will cover) a variety of housing, gated communities, issues of sustainability with housing. We want to cover the full spectrum of housing usage and choices.”

Council member Randy MoorSEE HOUSING, P2

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Second Saturdays return to Olde Town Arvada for 10th year

The scene in Olde Town Square during Second Saturday.

Concert series and street fair to feature local bands, artisans

Direville played the Town Square Stage lineup. Ryan Chrys and the Rough Cuts, Gram Good and the Painters and Boot Gun will play the series at later dates this summer.

The Buzz plays the Olde Town Square Stage at the first Second Saturday of 2022.

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Olde Town Arvada was bustling on May 14, as Second Saturdays returned to the historic district for its 10th season. The concert series and street fair will run through August, with dates future dates set for June 11, July 9 and Aug. 13.

On May 14, Guerilla Fanfare and The Pamlico Sound took the main stage, while The Buzz and

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man cautioned council that although the Housing Advisory Committee and housing coordinator will be assets for dealing with housing issues, their work to solve the issue must continue.

“Housing is not something we’re

going to solve, and check the box and call it done,” Moorman said.

“It’s going to be an ongoing problem, at least to me, and we hope to find solutions that can help it get better and better so it’s not so much of a problem. But I don’t see it getting solved in one, two, three years.”

Council member Bob Fifer added that he wants both newly formed positions to tackle more than just

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affordable housing, though he said that was still a large part of the issue.

“It’s not just affordable housing,” Fifer said. “We should look at all of our housing. I still struggle with the gated community conversation… Affordable, attainable, whatever you use, I agree that’s 80% of the conversation. But I don’t want it to be so narrowly focused.”

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every day.”

Gillian McCarron won Woman of the Year for her philanthropic efforts, while Jeff Cannon was awarded Man of the Year for his contributions to the Chamber and the Arvada Jaycees.

“When I was six, I had leukemia,” Cannon said. “Fortunately, things worked out and they developed a new drug — the good Lord helped out. I always figured if I went through all of that, then I’m supposed to be here to help.”

“I’m truly honored and humbled to be recognized alongside such an electric group of individuals,” McCarron said. “Giving back is a passion of mine.”

Mike Litzau was honored with the Pioneer Award for lifetime contribu-

The awards table at this year’s Arvada Chamber of Commerce Awards Luncheon.

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tions to the community — the first Pioneer Award Winner since Mary Jo Giddings in 2018.

Dan Quarantino, the assistant principal at Arvada High School, won the Image Award for his work with the school’s athletic depart-

ment and for spearheading the Arvada Sports Institute. Quarantino said he was grateful for the opportunity to work with local students on their athletic and academic goals.

“We’re so glad to represent this great community and work with

kids in this great community and we’re going to keep providing opportunities for kids in the community, especially the east Arvada community,” Quarantino said.

Emily Grace King — a gallery exhibition manager at the Arvada Center — and April Lambatos —the co-owner of Footer’s Catering and Social Capitol Event’s Center — won the Young Professional Leadership Awards.

King said she was focused on expanding free access to the arts to the public and providing equitable opportunities for artists, while Lambatos thanked her Footer’s team, which she called “the best team in the world.”

Genesis Rodriguez Esparza, a senior at Pomona High School, won the Rising Star award for her philanthropic efforts through the Girl Scouts of the USA. She was awarded a $500 scholarship as part of the award.

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The System of Listing Agents Sharing Commissions With Buyers’ Agents Is Being Challenged

The way real estate agents are compensated differs from that of any other industry, thanks to the creation of the Multi-List System or MLS, the essence of which is “cooperation and compensation.” Imagine going back to the days before the MLS (late 18th Century) when a real estate broker could only sell his own listings. The only way to have brokers show you listings of other brokerages is if each brokerage agrees to cooperate with sales agents from other brokerages by sharing their listing commission if they produce a buyer.

Litigation against the National Association of Realtors by the Department of Justice threatens to outlaw that system, which would have huge negative consequences not only for the industry but for

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There have been reports of scammers pretending to own vacant land that has no mortgage on it. They advertise it for sale by owner, seeking a quick close at an attractive cash price. They claim to be outof-state and do a mail-out closing providing forged IDs to an out-of-state notary They communicate only by text or email.

A licensed broker could be fooled into listing such a property with the fraudster, giving it an additional air of legitimacy.

Both brokers and prospective buyers can protect themselves by checking public records for the name and address of the property’s legal owner and reaching out to them. Some of us (including me) have an app to find the real seller’s phone number.

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I like to contrast how we are compensated with how car salesmen are compensated. Imagine if you were in the market for a car and went to a Ford dealership and spoke with a sales person who listened to your desired features and told you that a Chevrolet or Toyota would suit you best. He could take you to the other dealer’s lot, find the vehicle, get the key out of a window lockbox and take you for a test-drive. He or she could then write a purchase contract for that vehicle and earn the same commission from that dealership as from his own. That doesn’t happen. The sales person at each dealership can only sell their franchise’s cars.

As an aside, there are auto brokers who are hired by car buyers. These brokers can find a dealer with the car you’re looking for and get compensated by the car dealer and not by the buyer. I used an auto broker myself in 2012 to buy a Chevy Volt, which was a brand new model and hard to find in stock at any dealer. He found one that was en route to an Aurora dealership, which paid him a commission after I took delivery. But auto brokers are an exception. The car sales persons working at the typical car dealership cannot broker your purchase from another dealer the way I can broker your purchase of a real estate listing from any real estate brokerage.

This system of enabling any real estate broker to sell any other broker’s

The Net Zero Store Is Open for Business Since vacating Golden Real Estate’s original home at 17695 S. Golden Road (across from Taco Bell), we have converted that net zero energy location into — what else? — The Net Zero Energy Store, and it is now open for business weekdays. The concept is simple — to sell products and services that make your home more energy efficient — either step by step, or all the way to being “net zero energy.”

A net zero energy home is all-electric (no natural gas heating, cooking, grilling or fireplace), has its own solar panels to generate electricity from the sun, and optimizes the use of electricity through super-insulation, heat pump technology, induction ranges, energy recovery ventilators (ERVs) and other widely available technology.

The store, which has many such products on display, is manned weekdays by the sales team of Helio Home, Inc., which sells and installs all those products. Stop by to speak with a sales person who can talk knowledgeably about what’s possible in your own home. They also have a relationship with a credit union which lends money solely for sustainability projects and the purchase of used or new electric cars.

listing and earn a “co-op” commission is at the heart of our industry’s success, but some parties are trying to convince the Department of Justice and the federal judiciary that buyers, not sellers, should compensate their brokers.

But here’s a point that is being missed in this debate — the seller is NOT paying the buyer’s agent. Yes, it’s the seller’s money that goes to the buyer’s agent, but the listing agent is the one who is paying the buyer’s agent out of the commission which the seller has agreed to pay him or her. It says right in the listing agreement (Sec. 7.1.1) that the listing brokerage “agrees to contribute from the Sale Commission to outside brokerage firm’s commission as follows: __% of the gross sales price....”

Of course, at the closing table the seller’s settlement statement shows both commissions (to listing broker and selling broker) debited to the seller, but the total equals that in the listing agreement.

If the courts agree with the plaintiffs and with the Department of Justice in this matter, it would be sad and unnecessary disruption of a process which has in fact benefited both buyers and sellers

and contributed to our healthy real estate market.

The outlawing of co-op commissions would be so disruptive that, yes, the industry could adapt but it’s hard to imagine that it would be as easy to buy and sell real estate.

When Can Buyers and Sellers Talk Directly With Each Other?

There’s a well-established protocol that buyers and sellers are to communicate with each other solely through their agents and not directly. Here are two things you may not know.

Sellers can talk with buyers and/or their agents at open houses as long as they only discuss features of the house and not price or terms. They can also give their cell number to inspectors to answer questions that may arise.

At closing, buyers and sellers are advised to exchange contact info so they can be in direct communication later on for any reason. During a pre-closing final walk-through, I like to make the seller available to provide an orientation to the buyer to explain how things work.

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Pictured are three trucks which are sure to catch the eye of gear heads displaying their gas-powered cars and trucks that afternoon. We’re trying to get a Ford F-150 Lightning, too. We’re announcing the event early so that other EV owners can register their cars or truck for this special event. To do so, email Jim@GoldenRealEstate.com. During the event, you’ll want to go inside The Net Zero Store where several staffers from Helio Home, Inc., will be on hand to discuss the possibilities associated with electrifying your home and perhaps moving it toward net zero energy efficiency.

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More Coloradans are vaccinated than ever Nearly 3/4 of residents older than 5 are fully immunized against COVID

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Nearly three out of four Coloradans older than 5 are now fully immunized with two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the state’s vaccination dashboard.

That’s higher than the national average, which is about 66 percent, according to the New York Times, and puts Colorado at 16th highest among the 50 states.

Colorado recently topped a total of 4 million people who had gotten at least two doses, according to the state health department. More than half of all residents got the first two shots, plus a booster.

Colorado’s progress on the vaccination front comes at another uncertain point in the pandemic.

The latest wildly transmissible variant — BA.2.12.1 — has infected increasing numbers of people in the state and around the country. But many of the tools to limit spread have been dropped, and surveillance and reporting of coronavirus trends are less robust than earlier in the pandemic.

Those younger than 5 are still not eligible though approval could come soon. The Food and Drug Administration issued a timetable last month for a decision about authorizing a COVID-19 vaccine for the youngest children in the U.S. It said June 8 is the earliest date it’ll present data to outside advisers for a recommendation.

Getting vaccinated helps prevent severe illness, said Dr. Jon Samet, dean of the CU School of Public Health.

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“One thing that’s clear is if you had the first two shots, get the third,” he said. “There’s some data from Israel that that fourth shot helps, at least for a while.”

COVID is ‘mixed bag’ in Colorado The latest COVID-19 data in Colorado is a decidedly mixed bag.

COVID-19 hospitalizations rose to 110 last week — up 33 since midApril. But that’s 1,500 fewer than the highest level recorded in the omicron wave.

The positivity rate for COVID-19 test is staying above the key 5 percent threshold as public health officials closely watch. As of Thursday, the positive test rate was 6.3 percent, according to state data. It’s been above 6 percent for the last week and doubled since mid-March. But it’s five times lower than January’s omicron wave peak.

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“So much of what happens next in this pandemic depends on the next variant or variants,” which is why continuing to encourage Coloradans to get vaccinated and boosted is key, Samet added. “If we had one (variant) with a high degree of immune escape, that is vaccine acquired protection is not great against the variant, that would be a problem.”

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Other public health experts worry Colorado and the U.S. may be flying blind. Many governments dropped non-pharmaceutical interventions like masking and contact tracing, while not beefing up surveillance enough to give warning of a potential coming surge, said May Chu, an epidemiologist and clinical professor, also at the Colorado School of Public Health.

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contact tracing, from not promoting vaccination and boosters and the promotion of at home-testing, whose results are not seen by public health,” because most are not reported to health departments, “all point to an uneasy second half of the year,” Chu said.

“We are far from being ‘endemic,’ the point where the pandemic has become predictable, Chu said.

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Billions in funding for further COVID-19 prevention and protection is stalled in Congress. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis in March urged Congress to approve more money “to secure enough booster vaccine doses for all Americans and invest in variant-specific vaccines or a pan-COVID vaccine.”

It would protect against a range of variants should the science and data demonstrate the need, he said.

Wide disparities in vaccinations in Colorado Though vaccination has grown steadily in Colorado since vaccines first started to become available late in 2020, the pandemic’s first year, there’s wide variability across the state and

across populations.

One group has lagged consistently behind when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines: Hispanics.

Just 40 percent of that population has been vaccinated with at least one dose, according to the state’s dashboard. State models suggest the actual number may be higher, 48 percent.

Either way it’s measured, that trails all other groups for which the state has recorded information including white Coloradans (78 percent), as well as Black or African-American (66 percent), Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (69 percent), American Indian or Alaska Native (73 percent) residents.

“I am still seeing first and second vaccines. We are leaving my community behind,” said Julissa Soto, an independent health equity consultant who works with the state. Soto said she and others have helped vaccinate some 15,000 Latinos since last fall, but would like the numbers to be much higher. “Everyone is talk-

ing about the fourth booster and my community still struggles to get their first and second dose.”

Where the gaps are Gaps persist as well, comparing the state’s urban, suburban and rural counties.

More than 80 percent of those residents 5 and up have gotten two doses in Denver, several metro counties, and some mountain counties.

The figure is better than 70 percent for other large Front Range counties: Jefferson, Douglas, Arapahoe, Adams and Larimer counties.

For El Paso County it’s 67 percent, Pueblo County is at 61 percent and Mesa County, on the western slope, is at 54 percent.

Fewer than 50 percent of residents are vaccinated in many sparsely populated rural Colorado counties. In Kiowa, Rio Blanco, Cheyenne, Washington and Dolores counties the rate is below 40 percent.

The spotty coverage leaves un-

der-vaccinated areas especially vulnerable to future outbreaks.

Even where vaccination rates are higher, vaccine effectiveness wanes over time and almost half of all Coloradans have yet to get a booster dose, on top of the first two shots.

Chu also worries about another virus taking off in the coming months: the flu. She said Colorado has essentially not had to battle much influenza for two flu seasons now, because COVID-19 precautions also limited the spread of the flu. But “that could rise sharply this year,” she said.

Chu said work is underway to develop a “global platform” to monitor exposure to COVID-19 and other diseases of public health concern, “but this has many moving pieces. We cannot let our guard up just yet.”

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A strong cup of coffee may be the cure you need in the morning to wake up and begin working, but in Mozart’s time it was thought to also cure stomach ailments.

Hot chocolate, besides being delicious, was thought to make your blood vessels stronger.

“Remember, this is a time before there was medicine,” says Colorado pianist Katie Mahan. “So there were a lot of homeopathic treatments and it was believed that chocolate was really good to make strong blood vessels.”

Mahan says that Mozart liked both coffee and hot chocolate, but his favorite drink was warm almond milk. “In those days there wasn’t central heating and so the apartments were quite cold. And with this cold apartments many people developed hemorrhoids.” Mahan says the common treatment was warm almond milk.

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State to spend $28M to fund free summer trips RTD officials hope bus and train program will form ridership habits

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

If you build it, will they really come?

Or, more specifically, if you make transit free for one month will Coloradans start riding it and then come back when they have to pay?

Democratic lawmakers and Gov. Jared Polis hope the answer is “yes” as they prepare to spend $28 million on a program aimed at easing air pollution in Colorado, particularly during summer months when ozone levels are high.

Senate Bill 180 would allocate the money to let public transportation agencies, primarily the Regional Transportation District in the Denver area, offer free train and bus trips. RTD plans to use the money to offer free rides in August 2022 and 2023.

The idea, first unveiled by the governor late last year, is to get Coloradans to try out transit in the hopes that they will form a habit.

“We want to increase ridership because we want to increase the use of public transit because that helps our air quality,” said state Rep. Matt Gray, a Broomfield Democrat and prime sponsor of the measure.

But not everyone believes that the adage “if you build it they will come” applies in this case. RTD’s ridership is still recovering from the pandemic and the funding comes without data showing it’s a sure bet.

“Maybe if we would have come up with a bill that said each individual gets a free lunch or a Rockies ticket or a Broncos ticket maybe people would start to ride it more,” said

An RTD bus at the Adams County Justice Center parking lot, when the bus service went to the stop in 2020.

Sen. Ray Scott, a Grand Junction Republican and frequent critic of transit initiatives. “But I think it’s such a false premise to believe just because we keep throwing more money at these issues that it’s going to solve the problem.”

An example in Utah — kind of There’s not a lot of evidence to indicate that the idea behind Senate Bill 180 will work. Proponents of the measure often point to Salt Lake City, where the Utah Transit Authority in February raised money to offer free transit trips.

State Sen. Faith Winter, a Westminster Democrat and another prime sponsor of the measure, called the UTA initiative “highly successful,” but the data is difficult to parse because of how COVID-19 has affected ridership.

The UTA, which serves seven counties in the Salt Lake City area, raised about $2.5 million to offer the free trips and reported surging

ridership in February over January on weekdays (up 16.2%), Saturdays (up 58.1%) and Sundays (up 32.5%).

The UTA conducted a survey and found that 22% of riders in February were new, 72% of whom said they were riding because the service was free. Those new riders said they would ride RTA more frequently if it were free. But the survey didn’t ask people if they were more likely to continue using transit if they had to pay.

Megan Waters, the community engagement manager at UTA, said the agency was pleased with the increased ridership, but she admitted it’s tough to truly gauge how offering free transit trips affected ridership given that passenger numbers still haven’t returned to prepandemic levels, including during free-fare February.

January was also when the omicron coronavirus variant was spreading across the country. By February, the variant’s spread had

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slowed.

“I think right now we are in a really rough time to compare, with the pandemic changing all the time,” she said.

Waters said that while UTA was interested in seeing how offering free fares in February would affect ridership, the goal of the initiative wasn’t necessarily to build longterm passenger habits, which is why the agency’s poll didn’t ask about riders returning when they had to pay. The main goal was to improve air quality during a particularly bad air season in the Salt Lake City area.

“I did not personally bet on this because of what we saw in Utah,” said state Rep. Jennifer Bacon, a Denver Democrat who is working on the bill. “But what I bet on is we know that for a certain period of time, it helps us to get more cars off the road. Let’s give it a shot — and SEE TRIPS, P9

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that includes the upside of being able to maybe capture new riders.”

Setting up transit agencies for success The original plan for Senate Bill 180 was to offer free fares on ozone alert days, of which there were 65 between May 31, 2021, and Aug. 31, 2021, the highest on record.

But the proponents of the measure decided that wouldn’t necessarily breed success. For instance, RTD, which would receive $11 million in each of the next two years to waive its fares, has been struggling to hire drivers and would want to be prepared for any increase in ridership caused by waiving fares.

Instead of offering free fares on ozone days, RTD and the bill’s sponsors settled on waiving fares for the whole month of August in 2022 and 2023.

Troy Whitmore, who sits on the RTD board of directors, told lawmakers that his agency is concerned about having enough drivers for a free-fare August and whether it can handle the corresponding security needs.

Winter said the important thing is that when people get on an RTD train or bus during free-fare August that they are inclined to come back.

“We want to make sure we’re setting up all the agencies for success,” Winter said. “And so when we’re asking RTD to provide free transit, that’s not just about farebox replacement, that’s about hiring and recruiting drivers. It’s about cleanliness and safety and security. We need this to be a success. We need the experience to be great.”

As for how RTD plans to encourage people to use the free transit, a spokeswoman for the agency said “it’s too early to talk about our plans for fare-free August.”

“RTD is preliminarily preparing internally how to implement fare-free transit if the bill passes,” spokeswoman Marta Sipeki said.

Proponents of the measure expect RTD to advertise the waived

fares. The $22 million can also be used for that purpose.

In Salt Lake City, the UTA relied on earned media — i.e. stories in local news outlets — and partner organizations to get the word out about its free-fare February. The state’s transportation department posted about the initiative on its digital highway road signs. And, finally, UTA did purchase some billboards to advertise the program.

“I would not say we spent heavily,” said Waters, UTA’s community engagement manager.

Whitmore said RTD will “have a full-fledged PR campaign,” but the details of that campaign appear to still be in the works. He also said RTD isn’t sure how well free-fare August will work out.

“I don’t know that we have a good estimate,” Whitmore said.

What else is in the bill RTD isn’t the only Colorado transit agency that would benefit from Senate Bill 180.

The legislation also sets aside $6 million to allocate $3 million in each of the next two years to other transit agencies — including the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority that serves people in the Aspen and Glenwood Springs area — so that they, too, could offer free fares in the summer. Agencies would have to apply for grants from the Colorado Energy Office.

“Every transit agency in the state is eligible and I would expect them all to apply,” said Sen. Nick Hinrischsen, a Pueblo Democrat and prime sponsor of the bill.

The measure also would allocate $30 million to the Colorado Department of Transportation to establish a pilot project to expand transit, including through additional bus trips on Interstate 70 and Interstate 25.

Senate Bill 180 is awaiting final approval in the House.

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unny that the end of the scholastic road for so many students is called commencement, which denotes a beginning. Like so much nowadays, the word conveys several other meanings: to start, to confer, to convey approval or praise. All of these synonyms remain relevant to the occasion we also call graduation.

Given the way the world is changing by the day, that’s one small reassurance! Imagine if some instant messaging service promoting itself as an unabashed truth teller used the word commencement to describe the circumstance of someone in their twenties who is deep in debt with questionable life skills to pay it back.

Is it too late now to rant on about the absurdity of current trends in higher education? Very well.

I won’t. Except to say few sane people would agree to finance the purchase of a Rolls Royce when they come from a Ford Focus household.

I’ve sat through my share of commencement addresses and must admit that the tidbits of wisdom

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which struck me at the time did not revisit me in the moments I could have used some sage advice. For a time, I copied them onto sticky notes to leave on the fridge for quick reference. But then the more philosophical directives got all jumbled together Judy Allison with the everyday notes. I showed up for a committee potluck with nothing but a sense of wonder and drank in everything there — much to the annoyance of the other members. I’ve since learned how to better blend the small stuff into the big picture so once in a while everything really does make sense.

Only now I smugly question why so many others can’t accept real life over conspiracy theories.

A more obscure meaning of the word commencement is to commit to one’s charge. Now, to someone just out of school (who

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therefore think they know far more than they really do) this type of commencement can be a real challenge. What exactly is one’s charge? One graduation speaker referred to it this way: Your talent is your mandate. He was probably referring to the example that people who are good, say, at teaching others should pursue a career in education. Harder to discern a life path for people who perfected techniques for chugging beer while being held upside down.

Whatever the future holds, I can affirm regardless of the declarations on one’s diploma the tests will not end. Ever. Think you’ve scored well exercising patience while finding your niche? Great!

Get ready for a test of your faith in the goodwill of fellow earthlings.

Did you pass that one? Okay. Here’s a surprise exam on your fortitude to successfully come through the other side of disease or disaster or discord with previously supportive loved ones. Good luck. Chug some beer if you need to.

Because the tests never end, and in many cases seem to reoccur in

patterns, the people who manage better are the ones who never stop learning.Take the sales clerk who keeps losing his job because customers complain about his rudeness.The first time, he assumes it’s not his fault. The second time he decides sales isn’t his forte. But his resume leads him into another sales job where his manager warns him about his rudeness but also adds a bit of advice: This job is your chance to be excellent.

Bouyed by a new perspective, the sales clerk finally understands how one treats others reflects on oneself. All kinds of helpful revelations will follow.

So the actual and pragmatic meaning of commencement is school lasts forever. That’s one you can stick on the fridge.

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.

Less overthinking, more instinctive reasoning

o you ever think about your decision-making process?

I do. I mean, what else have I got to do, now that I’m retired?

But, I always did think about it, or at least I tried to. Sometimes, it helped me think through things, to question my preconceptions and work through if there was a better way to do things.

Sometimes, it just caused paralysis by analysis.

I’m thinking about this right now, in large part, because of the current juxtaposition of, basically, six major sports in America right now. Basketball and hockey are in their playoff seasons, baseball is still in the early, everybody-still-has-hope phase of their season, football just wrapped up their rookie draft and are having their first team activities, and golf is ramping up to its second major tournament of the year. It’s a very exciting time.

But every one of these sports has, to some extent, been influenced by “analytics” — the deep study of numbers related to the game. Starting with the Oakland A’s in the late 90’s, much of sport has been dominated by analytics (glorified in the movie “Moneyball”), making it possible, sometimes,

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for teams with fewer resources to compete; but, in many ways, basically ruining the games.

Baseball is largely unwatchable these days, on the major league level: 4 hour games mostly spent watching pitchers and catchers play catch, with an occasional 430-foot home Michael Alcorn run. Basketball (except for the Nuggets and Warriors) is similar: 15 seconds of a guy pounding the ball into the floor until he decides to attack the rim and get fouled or jack up a 3-pointer. And golf has been so influenced by numbers (clubhead speed and spin rate) that great golfers like Rory McIlroy have completely altered their games to try to get an advantage, and others, like Bryson DeChambeau, have adopted swings which, while impressive — if he plays at Castle Pines, he may leave orbit — almost guarantee a limited career, cut short by back injuries.

And pro football spends so much time looking at numbers before the draft

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that they manage an impressive 50% failure rate on 1st-round draft picks.

Paralysis by analysis.

There is, of course, another process, one espoused by the brilliant Malcolm Gladwell. In one episode of his podcast, “Revisionist History,” he talks about his hiring process for his group. It amounts to this: he has coffee with them. If he likes them, he hires them, with barely a look at the resume.

His logic — and it is the application of logic in a strictly Vulcan sense — is sound: if an extensive search and vetting process is going to result in a disappointingly low success rate, why waste the time? Take a nihilistic philosophical approach, put in place an automatic probationary period to test people, and run with first impressions.

Obviously, sports can’t run on a similar model. Though, to be fair, baseball has, essentially, had that approach to personnel for a century now: the minor league baseball system is exactly that sort of thing. And not everything can really work that way.

But, maybe the rest of the world would be better off if we did a little

less overthinking and a little more instinctive reasoning. Think about politics (you thought I left off a sport, didn’t you?): how many stupid ideas are the obvious result of a focus group and a poll of sympathetic voters, when the average Joe on the street can tell you in an instant “that’s stupid”?

Which brings me to Colorado’s caucus and primary system. “Focus group poll of sympathetic voters,” writ large. Which is why everybody who is not on either outer 35% of the electoral spectrum will, I suspect, look at their ballots in November and shake their heads.

Do yourself a favor. Try to see these people in person… and make a judgment. If there’s a “crazy” vibe, don’t vote for them. Trust your instincts more than the political calculus.

Michael Alcorn is a former teacher and current writer who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. His new novel, “Valkyrie’s Kiss,” a finalist in the ScreenCraft Book Competition, is available now at mjalcorn@comcast.net. His opinions are not necessarily those of Colorado Community Media.

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before they set them ablaze. She refuses.

In her hand she holds the instrument that will prevent them from setting them afire. A simple match, which she strikes, doing the deed herself.

In so doing, Mrs. Blake throws herself Jerry Fabyanic upon the pyre and self-immolates along with her treasure.

Whose act is pernicious and whose is noble? You decide.

“Fahrenheit 451” is a chilling tale despite its heated message. Bradbury wrote it eight years after the most notorious of book burners were defeated.

But the climate in America then was hardly free and open. It was the McCarthyism era, a shameful period of our past that was also an ominous prescient preview of America in the third decade of the twentieth-first century.

We are, despite George Santayana’s warning, in danger of repeating that past because we haven’t learned the lessons from it.

The title of “Fahrenheit 451” is derived from the temperature paper

n the Introduction to “The Republic of Imagination,” Professor Azar Nafisi relates an anecdote about a young Iranian ex-pat she calls “Ramin” who, at a book promotion event, basically told her she was wasting her time. Americans, he said, are very different than Iranians.

He insisted that Americans are from another world and don’t care about books. His words haunted Dr. Nafisi over the years. A decade later, she rebutted Ramin in that Introduction arguing that America still has an imaginative and curious ethos and points to those who haunt bookstores, go to readings and read in the quiet and privacy of their homes as evidence. But with the zealous crusade to ban book after book not only from schools but now from public libraries intensifying from smoldering to burning, I cannot help but find myself in sympathy with the young man’s point.

In his classic novel “Fahrenheit 451,” Ray Bradbury created an eerie but poignant scene in which the Firemen arrive at Mrs. Blake’s house after a neighbor denounced her to the authorities for having books. After dousing her cherished library with kerosene, they order her to leave

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reaches when torched. One wonders what the emotional temperature of book banners is. I surmise considerably higher than 98.6.

Is it fair to equate book burning with book banning? Yes. The difference is merely a matter of degrees.

While banning does not physically destroy books, it has the same effect as burning. It is censorship, a form of silencing as Professor Nafisi contends.

“Book bans,” she posited in a Washington Post op-ed, “are canaries in coal mines — indicators of the direction in which a society is moving.”

She, like Ramin, ought to know, having borne debilitating afflictions at the hands of Iran’s theocratic censors and refusing to buckle.

Book banning is more than silencing writers and depriving readers, particularly the young, of the opportunity to learn about and debate the merits of ideas. It is a form of dumbing down. Students subjected to such bans will inherently have comparatively limited proficiencies in multiple areas vis-à-vis their unencumbered peers. Thus, they will be underprepared for the world in which they will soon be engaging as adults.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Global warming: be aware and be active The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported in 2008 that our world was warming rapidly and that at 2 degrees Fahrenheit the melting of the arctic ice sheets is irreversible. We are there now. It is not a matter of “just” rising seas and the destruction of islands and coastal cities, it is the destruction of plants and animals that live in the oceans.

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King Henry V averred before the literal Battle of Agincourt: “All things be ready if our minds be so.”

The burning question each citizen must answer is how they will respond to the censoring. One powerful strategy is reading and talking openly about books under assault.

I sardonically quip that in a way I should thank the banners for helping me to compile my reading list. Some of the proscribed books I have read, but many, especially newer ones on the scene, I haven’t. Yet. Not all are my normal cup of literary tea, but then my curiosity prompts me to dig into them to see what the fuss is all about.

Unsurprisingly, I keep finding that it is, as the Bard once wrote, much ado about nothing.

“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture,” Bradbury said. “Just get people to stop reading them.”

Indeed. We are at a crossroad. To paraphrase Hamlet, to read unfetteredly or not to. That is the burning question before us.

Jerry Fabyanic is the author of “Sisyphus Wins” and “Food for Thought: Essays on Mind and Spirit.” He lives in Georgetown.

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Rena Anne Ball

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On Saturday, May 7th, 2022, Rena Anne Ball, beautiful daughter and sister, passed into peace at the young age of 21.

Rena was born on August 9th, 2000 in Pueblo, CO to Brian and Michaela Ball. She graduated high school in Arvada, CO in May, 2018.

Rena had a passion for music – she had an eclectic taste and had a playlist with a wide range of music genres that she loved. Rena also loved to roller blade, longboard, and just being outside in nature. She also loved to draw – she often went to the local coffee shop and would listen to her music and draw in

her sketchbook. She enjoyed archery, mudding, and sports – she had a strong sense of adventure and life, with a brave, exploring spirit.

Rena had a goofy sense of humor that was laugh out loud infectious, and had a knack for getting you to “spill the tea”, pulling others into shenanigans that would then be re-visited months and years later.

Rena will be missed so very much and will always hold a very special place in the memories and hearts of her mom and dad, and her sister, Iliana.

Rena is also survived by her grandparents, aunts and uncles, and numerous cousins.

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Experts around Denver metro area weigh in on the popular sport

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he South Platte River is a great place to get fish to bite, but local anglers say there’s a lot more to know about the river — and the sport — than just throwing out a line.

The sport of fly fishing, popularized in part by American novelist Ernest Hemingway, is a popular fishing method that involves sight fishing — actual-

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ly spotting the fish in the water before you cast — and uses a special rod, reel, line and flies.

The flies themselves are not real. They mimic the fish’s natural diet of insects in the streams and rivers in which they live. Anglers often have a whole kit full of different flies to match the “local cuisine” of bugs where they are fishing.

The Denver South Platte Rick Mikesell’s family has lived in Denver for three generations. He has dedicated many hours to fishing on the Denver South Platte, both on his own time and as a guide. He works as operations manager at Trouts Fly Fishing.

The Denver South Platte,

which runs right through the city, isn’t exactly what one might picture as a traditional fishing destination.

The urban location often has obstacles like rebar, scrap metal, shopping carts and other hazards in the water. Unhoused people often spend time near the river, setting up camp along the banks.

Mikesell said he frequently has people hesitant to fish in these areas because of this population, but he said being respectful to people on the river yields the best results.

“I’ve never had a negative experience as long as I treat other people with respect,” he said.

Colorado Parks & Wildlife does not stock the Denver section of the South Platte. A private entity stocks trout in the metro area, but the other fish in the river, including small mouth bass, carp and walleye, are naturally occurring.

Unfortunately for trout, their life cycle in the DSP can be fairly short. When temperatures begin to rise, these fish start dying.

“When we get into the summertime … .the summer gets really warm. For a trout, water over 68 degrees gets really stressful,” Mikesell said.

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Trouts Fly Fishing works on conservation efforts where the outfitter cleans the waters of the river and fundraises for conservation of the area. The group, according to Mikesell, does not believe the DSP should be stocked with trout at this time due to the warm water temperatures.

Further up the hill, things may not be better for trout.

The North Fork of the South Platte The natural flow of the North Fork is that of a small creek.

The waters are polluted with heavy metals like iron, copper and aluminum from various mining operations, according to Mikesell. Denver Water releases more water through Roberts Tunnel from Dillon Reservoir for their service areas, which increases the flow of the river and allows various outfitters to stock the waters with fish.

That is how Mikesell explained the area of the North Fork, which flows into DSP, and John Ellis, longtime angler and member of Evergreen Metro Water Board, corroborated what Mikesell said.

“When it’s real low, the minerals get on their gills and clogs them and essentially suffocates them,” Ellis said.

Ellis is also a board member of Evergreen Trout Unlimited. The group’s goal is to conserve and protect coldwater fisheries.

Right now, even in the foothills, conservation groups are worried about the warming waters, too.

“We’re very concerned with climate change,” Ellis said.

His group is working to monitor water temperatures in tributary streams to learn about warming, and members are hoping to replenish the Greenback Cutthroat Trout population, which happens to be Colorado’s state fish.

The warmer water can spell trouble for the resident insect populations, which are the food source for these fish. Warmer water can also mean less oxygenation for fish.

“How is the bug life doing? As it heats up, sometimes there’s less bugs, then they don’t have the bugs to eat,” Ellis said. “As water gets warmer, it doesn’t have as much oxygen.”

Getting out there Fishing the DSP, North Fork and countless other streams and lakes in Colorado can be a fun way to spend a warm summer day. Mikesell said the sport might take a little getting used to, though.

“For Denver South Platte, while it’s a high quality fishery, it’s not really beginner friendly,” he said.

He said learning to fish the river will take some casting skills and gear. He said becom-

‘Once we get into late May, early June, those fish are at the best time of their lives.’

Ellis helps Bear with his technique.

Rick Mikesell, Fly fishing guide ing a good angler requires a lot of practice.

“If the angler is willing to work at it and spend time, they can improve,” Mikesell said.

After spending years with a fishing rod in hand, even Mikesell doesn’t slay fish every day.

“I’ve been doing it for over 20 years, and I still have bad days all the time,” he said.

Michelle White, owner of Tumbling Trout Fly Shop in Lake George, has been fly fishing for over 20 years. When she became interested in guiding a number of years ago, she found herself stuck in a male-dominated sport and industry. So she decided to change it.

“One of the reasons I started my own fly fishing business seven years ago … no one would even look at my resume, so I started my own guide service,” she said.

Now, she encourages women to get involved in the sport. With lots of women’s beginner fishing groups popping up around Colorado, she hopes all beginners can enjoy the sport.

“Grab a friend and hire a guide and maybe join one of the women’s fly fishing groups,” she advised.

As for finding the perfect day to go out and fish, Ellis recommends a slightly overcast day for better vision, and Mikesell said to avoid the heat and avoid fishing right after rain storms, which can cloud the water.

Both anglers agreed that one of the most important pieces of gear to have is a pair of polarized sunglasses.

According to Mikesell, during the month of May, the bass and carp are spawning. Then, the fishing gets really good.

“Once we get into late May, early June, those fish are at the best time of their lives,” he said.

A quick Google search can yield hundreds of results for outfitters and guide services for fly fishing in Colorado, so the eager angler can take their pick, or simply get out there and start casting.

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Lynne Collins takes over theater at the Arvada Center

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ynne Collins has been announced as the Arvada Center’s new Artistic Director of Theatre, following the retirement of Rod A. Lansberry.

Collins, the current Artistic Director of Plays, first joined the Arvada Center in 2016 and lead the growth of the center’s Black Box Theatre and its repertory company.

“Lynne is a tremendously talented artist and a fierce advocate for inclusion in the arts,” said Arvada Center President and CEO, Philip Sneed. “Her dedication to the Arvada Center and the entire Denver theatre community alongside her innovative artistic vision make her the ideal choice to lead our theatre program into the next chapter on our journey.”

We spoke to Collins about her new role and what comes next.

Interview edited for clarity and brevity.

Tell me about becoming the new Artistic Director of Theatre?

We had some internal meetings about what to do now and where we’re heading. After talking it through it became clear we couldn’t ponder for too long with the season starting soon.

They came to me and I said okay.

I know the place well and have all the information and I’m also looking toward the end of my career, which means I’m in a nice

transitional place as a leader. What we need to do is rethink everything - there are lots of questions about how we do the work as a theater.

I want to do great work while here and be the leader for the next phase Clarke Reader of the Arvada Center.

Where do you see theater at the Arvada Center now?

We’re still in recovery from COVID and next year will probably still be a recovery year. And that starts to present a lot of questions we don’t have answers to yet. We don’t know if this is a permanent change yet - will people’s comfort zone in an enclosed space going to change in the long term?

And how do you plan for that?

There are more questions than answers right now, and while we know what the questions are, we don’t know how to address them.

What are you looking forward to in the new season?

I’m really excited about directing “Into the Woods” - I’ve never done a musical at the Arvada Center, so that’s exciting. I’m generally excited about how to make this transition - there’s a lot of intuitional knowledge here at the Arvada Center, which is really

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Ralston Valley lacrosse makes history at NAAC

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ARVADA — Ralston Valley’s boys lacrosse program went into uncharted territory this spring.

In its seventh season, the Mustangs played in their first playoff game May 11 at the North Area Athletic Complex. Ralston Valley also picked up its first postseason win with a 17-5 victory over No. 24-seeded Grand Junction.

“It’s special,” Ralston Valley coach Steve Annest said. “There are 16 seniors on this team. Many have been playing together since their freshmen year. There is a great history with these guys.”

No. 9 Ralston Valley hit the road to face No. 8 Kent Denver on May 14, at Kent Denver School in Cherry Hills Village. The Sun Devils (10-6 record) edged the Mustangs 11-9 to advance to the state quarterfinals this week.

Despite the loss it was a history making season for the Mustangs (10-7).

Senior Zach Friedman has been a staple for the program for four years. The defender and face-off specialist has is cherishing what this team has done before he heads to play lacrosse at Princeton University next school year.

“I think that was the dream,” Friedman said talking about playing a playoff game at NAAC. “A lot of these guys came in freshmen year with the mentality we were going to make something happen our senior year. We were going to make some noise around the state.”

A three-game losing streak at the

Ralston Valley senior Zach Friedman (7) feds off Grand Junction sophomore Tristin Cook during the Mustangs’ first-ever playoff game May 11 at the North Area Athletic Complex. The Mustangs won 17-5 to give the program its first postseason victory.

PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

end of the league season could have derailed the No. 9-seeded Mustangs.

However, wins over Denver East and Legend to close out the regular season allowed Ralston Valley to have some solid momentum coming into the playoffs.

Ralston Valley completely dominated the first half against Grand

Junction. Senior Nicholas Gates poured in five goals before halftime.

Junior Gunner Schoepflin and sophomore Cooper Anderson also added a pair of tallies going into the break giving the Mustangs a 12-0 lead with four minutes to play in the second quarter.

“It was fantastic,” said Gates, who

finished with five goals and four assist on the night. “We came out and tried to take care of business early by coming out strong.”

Grand Junction (9-7) ended the shutout with a pair of goals in the final minutes of the second quarter.

Senior Santiago Renteria and sophomore Maddox Castor scored for the Tigers.

The Tigers opened the second half with a goal by Luke Neville, but it would be the last one allowed by Ralston Valley starting goalie Noah Perea. The Mustangs also put in the next three goals to get the game to a 12-goal lead and running clock for the remainder of the fourth quarter.

Annest got several underclassmen into the game in the final quarter, including back-up goalies sophomore Luke Kellogg and freshman Griffin Niedzielski.

“Coach Annest put in a no excuses mentality for us,” Gates said of the injuries that plagued the Mustangs this season. “There is no excuses.

You have to show up and play. We got back on track.”

Ralston Valley will had a 3-game winning streak heading into its second-round playoff game against Kent Denver.

“Some of this group has been together since kindergarten or firstgrade,” Friedman said of the senior class. “Every extra game we get.

Every extra practice we get means so much to every one of us.”

Dennis Pleuss is the sports information director for Jeffco Public Schools. For more Jeffco coverage, go to CHSAANow.com.

Columbine soccer shines at Lakewood Memorial Field

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

LAKEWOOD — Columbine’s girls soccer team have discovered its scoring touch at the most opportune time.

The No. 6-seeded Rebels dominated No. 27 Eaglecrest 6-0, including scoring four goals in the final 13 minutes May 10 at Lakewood Memorial Field to advance to the second round of the Class 5A state tournament.

“Winning in the first round is good and it’s a great confidence booster for us,” Columbine senior Kacie Laurie said. “We have been struggling with scoring a little bit this season, but now we are starting to get it going.”

Columbine (13-3-1 record) suffered back-to-back shutout losses to Valor Christian and Grandview last week of the regular season.

However, the Rebels put up eight goals against Green Mountain in their regular-season finale and continued to hit the back of the net in their postseason opener.

Columbine senior Riley Kaali-Nagy (7) celebrates her first playoff goal with sophomore Olivia Ashbrook (2) during the Rebels’ 6-0 victory over Eaglecrest on May 10 at Lakewood Memorial Field.

Columbine won 6-0 and then shutout ThunderRidge 1-0 back at Lakewood Memorial Field on May 13 to advance to the 5A state quarterfinals.

PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Columbine sophomore Olivia Ashbrook (2) and Eaglecrest sophomore Nicole Heber (5) battle for possession of the ball during the Class 5A first-round playoff game May 10 at PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS Lakewood Memorial Field. The Rebels won 6-0.

It took a little bit to really get Columbine’s offense to stretch out its lead. Senior Riley KaaliNagy got the scoring going in the 3rd minute and junior Andrea Iljkic rocketed a shot from the top SEE SOCCER, P17

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of the goal box into the back of the net in the 24th minute to give Columbine a 2-0 lead.

However, that was all the scoring in the first half for Columbine.

“We felt at halftime we put on a really, really strong and dominate first half,” Columbine coach Brian Todd said. “We were dominating every phase of the game, just not cleaning things up in front of the goal.”

Columbine goalie Adelyn Todd had a couple of great saves early in the first half when Eaglecrest (7-6-1) was able to apply some pressure. The Rebels’ offense took over in the final 13 minutes scoring four goals.

“Our defense has been doing great all season,” said Laurie, who started the late-scoring barrage with her goal in the 67th minute. “Our offense needed to do something and we finally did.”

Thai Quallich knocked in a corner kick served by Katelyn Barnes in the 70th minute. KaaliNagy put in her second goal of

the night in the 71st minute and sophomore Olivia Ashbrook finished off the scoring with a tally in the 79th minute.

“I think we were overthinking a lot in the first half,” Laurie admitted.

Columbine’s thoughts will turn to No. 22 ThunderRidge.

The Grizzlies upset No. 11 Fruita Monument 2-0 on the Western Slope.

The Rebels took care of business in a late-night affair at Lakewood Memorial Field. Columbine won 1-0 against ThunderRidge to set up a state quarterfinal game Monday, May 26 (after press deadline) in Colorado Springs against No. 3 Pine Creek (16-1).

“It is an advantage,” Todd said of the Rebels playing on the natural grass field at the historic Lakewood Memorial Field. “Everyone is playing on (artificial) turf fields these days. We have an old-school grass stadium where we are very comfortable on. It’s our home and we try to take advantage of it.”

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Colorado lawmakers passed a bill on May 9 aimed at protecting residents in disputes with their homeowners associations.

House Bill 22-1137 limits HOAs from seeking foreclosure against homeowners who accumulate fines for violating community rules known as covenants. The bill also stops HOAs from assessing those penalties on a daily basis and limits them to $500. The legislation now heads to Gov. Jared Polis, whose office said he plans to sign it into law.

“As it currently stands, Coloradans have little recourse and almost no protections when facing down the endless resources held by associations and the lawyers they may hire,” bill cosponsor Sen. James Coleman, D-Denver, told his colleagues at a committee hearing on May 6.

The bill went through numerous changes after its first House committee hearing. Supporters said lawmakers removed a provision that would have limited the amount of legal fees that HOAs can charge residents in court cases but added provisions that specifically prohibited foreclosure on liens that only contain fines or the costs of collecting them.

Coleman said the changes were driven by hours of meetings with

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representatives of HOAs and their advocates. “We really took our time,” he said, “so that we ultimately make it so that our communities continue to be safe and beautiful, but at the same time folks aren’t losing their homes because they had weeds in their grass.”

Coleman represents Green Valley Ranch, a community that has become the subject of months of publicity after one of the HOAs there filed dozens of foreclosure cases against residents in the past year.

Rep. Naquetta Ricks, D-Aurora, was the bill’s initial sponsor.

An analysis of court case data by Rocky Mountain PBS and ProPublica found that Colorado HOAs have filed at least 2,400 foreclosure cases against residents since 2018. HOAs in the state have the legal right to seek foreclosure against homeowners who

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Many homeowners who faced foreclosure have told Rocky Mountain PBS and ProPublica that they ultimately ended up paying thousands of dollars more than their original debts to save their homes because the HOA billed them legal fees after they fell behind. Residents of one HOA community in Aurora, the Timbers Homeowners Association I, told the news organizations that they were surprised to learn their HOA has filed 41 foreclosure cases since 2018.

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“This bill is going to harm the people who keep their promises and cause expenses for those people.

It’s been through so many different amendments and variations, and it’s still so messy,” testified Lindsay Smith, an HOA attorney who heads Colorado’s legislative action committee for the Community Associations Institute.

The bill’s supporters said a provision that opens up small claims court as a venue for disputes could also make a big difference for homeowners who cannot afford to hire an attorney to fight their HOA. “The disputes that are creating all of the heat within HOAs finally have a place to go,” said Andrew Mowery, an HOA homeowner advocate whose group helped craft the original legislation.

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CITY OF ARVADA PLANNING COMMISSION /s/ Abigail Ogg, Secretary Legal Notice No. 413995 First Publication: May 19, 2022 Last Publication: May 19, 2022 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript and the Arvada Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT at the meeting of the Arvada City Council to be held on MONDAY, June 6, 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 22-055, An Ordinance Annexing Certain Land into the City of Arvada for 7850 Alkire Street, a 2.5-acre parcel of land approximately located at 7850 Alkire Street.

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