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Howard Ranch developer redT Homes postpones June 6 Arvada City Council meeting Rezoning proposal set for Aug. 15 city council meeting as developer regroups following backlash

BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A developer is reworking a proposal to bring over 60 homes to a 13-acre site at the southwest corner

of West 64th Avenue and Indiana Street after neighbors objected to a number of aspects of the proposed development, including the number of homes and in and out access from the site.

A June 6 city council meeting slated to decide on the rezoning of the property from RA residential agricultural to R6 residential 6th district has been postponed to Aug. 15.

The Arvada Planning Commission voted 6-1 to deny recommending the proposed development, dubbed Howard Ranch, to city council at a

May 17 meeting.

Now, Denver-based developer redT Homes says it will rework its proposal and engage the neighboring community with the hopes of making the proposal more amiable for all involved parties.

“We very much believe in everybody winning,” redT Homes Owner Nathan Adams said. “And right now, there’s going to be some really obvious losers if we go to city council on June 6.”

The first potential “loser” Adams mentioned was city council, who he

Lakewood Police Agent honored for stopping deadly rampage Says heroism that ended shooting spree was just part of her job

BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Lakewood Police Agent Ashley Ferris was honored May 18 for her role in stopping a Dec. 27, 2021 shooting rampage that left five people dead.

In a press conference before the ceremony, Ferris said she didn’t feel like a hero, but rather, like someone who did her job — a job she said was her honor to perform.

Ferris, having received hundreds of cards, letters and other gifts to cheer her on as she recovered from wounds sustained in the incident, is clearly thought of as a hero by her department and community.

“I’ve had some people ask me if I’m going to come back to Patrol, and I think I’ve made it clear already that that’s where my heart is,” she said. “And I absolutely will be back because the community really showed up for me.”

Ferris encountered gunman Lyndon McLeod, 47, after he had killed 28-year-old Sarah Steck — a desk clerk at the Hyatt House hotel SEE HERO, P3

said would be “put in the unenviable position of refereeing between our development and the adjacent neighbors that are against the development” if the June 6 hearing were to continue as schedule. redT Homes cancelled two meetings with local residents that were set to take place before the city council hearing, but Adams said the developer is hopeful to engage neighbors of the proposal and earn their support.

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Greenhouse raid at 72nd Avenue and Oak Street leads to four arrests, persons of interest

Narcotics and stolen car found during search on April 30, APD following leads

BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Lakewood police officer Ashley Ferris, center, receives the Medal of Valor and the Purple Heart while bookended by Lakewood Police chief Daniel McCasky, left, and division chief Anita Koester on May 18 during the 2022 Belmar Awards Ceremony at the Lakewood TIMOTHY HURST Cultural Center.

A greenhouse raid conducted by the Arvada Police Department on April 30 at the intersection of 72nd Avenue and Oak Street led to four arrests and additional persons of interest that APD is investigating, APD Public Information Officer Dave Snelling said. Narcotics and a stolen car were found at the site.

Snelling said that APD started investigating the greenhouse after neighbors became concerned about an increase in foot SEE RAID, P17

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Hanging Lake to reopen after a year-long closure

BY MATT BLOOK COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

Hikers will get the green light to return to the beloved Hanging Lake natural area starting June 25, forest officials recently announced.

The area has been closed to the public since last July, when mudslides in the Grizzly Creek Fire burn scar washed away several bridges along the lake’s main access trail. Hanging Lake itself was spared, but the trail damage made it impossible to access safely.

“We’ve made speedy progress on repair work,” said Leanne Valdhius, a district ranger for the White River National Forest. “There’s a lot of emotion and excitement around this for a lot of people.”

Permits went on sale on May 23.

Visitors must purchase one of the $12 passes on the city of Glenwood Springs’ website before making the trek.

Roughly 600 timed-entry passes will be available each day. The city will not bring back its shuttle ser-

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Carrie Wernecke, a resident of the Lakes of Westwoods Homeowners Association said that she

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vice to the trailhead due to safety concerns, so visitors will need to drive or bike to the trailhead themselves, said Lisa Langer, vice president of marketing for Visit Glenwood Springs.

“Because of the potential for bad weather, we’d prefer to have people here with their cars and be able to get them off the trail rather than wait for a shuttle bus,” she said. “When we get a lot of growth through the burn scar, we’ll start the shuttle again.”

A guard will be stationed at the trailhead’s parking lot entrance, and visitors without permits will be turned away, Langer said. Forest officials may institute periodic safety closures during rainstorms.

Hikers familiar with the terrain should expect to see new bridges and stepping stones along the steep, 1-mile route to the lake.

Large piles of rocks and debris from mudslides are visible from the main path.

Other than that, the famous waterfalls and vegetation surrounding Hanging Lake remain fully

intact, forest officials say.

The flash flood and mudslide that shut down Hanging Lake’s trail also mangled part of Interstate 70 in Glenwood Canyon, trapping more than a hundred motorists at one point and causing more than $100 million in damage.

Preparations for future slides are still underway.

Forest officials had to cancel roughly 15,000 hiking reservations to Hanging Lake following the slide. Restoration work is moving along partially thanks to a public fund started by The National Forest Foundation, a federal entity responsible for funding trail projects. Great Outdoors Colorado recently awarded a $2.8 million grant of its own to support the rebuild.

Workers put the finishing touches on one of the new wooden bridges lining the path on Wednesday. Each bridge is designed to withstand moderate mud flows that may come through the area again, said Joe Murphy, a builder with Summit to Sea, the

main contractor hired to do trail repairs.

“We’re shooting for this to last decades and decades,” Murphy said. “This is a really special place and we want it to be in great shape.”

Local and federal government agencies have spent more than $150,000 to get the trail into usable shape for this summer. Other work includes re-grading some of the steep inclines along the trail and removing loose boulders and rocks near the main walkway.

Design plans for a new, permanent trail are still in the preliminary stages, said Jamie Werner, stewardship coordinator with the National Forest Foundation.

“The long-term plan is going to take roughly 3 years to complete,” Werner said. “We want to make this trail as sturdy and stable as possible.”

and other Lakes residents have been meeting regularly with residents of neighboring HOA’s Wildflower Pond and Westwood Villas to discuss the proposal.

Wernecke said that the process thus far has been unfair to community members and called out a “broken system” in Arvada that she said fosters development with little transparency and cited last summer’s Amazon warehouse proposalas having set a negative precedent within the city.

“There’s no way for a resident to have my voice heard,” Wernecke said. “I don’t have the resources like they had to fight Amazon. And that precedent was set last year that you have to lawyer up and you have to have the time and the money and resources to fight it.”

Arvada Planning Commission Chair Michael Griffith clarified that when something is not approved by planning commission, applicants have a choice to start over or push forward and see if city council thinks differently than council about the project. “(The applicant) takes a risk — if council denies them, there’s a long process they have to wait before going before council again,” Griffith said. “Planning commission is an advisory body for council. (Council) look(s) toward planning commission to make recommendations and advisements on cases, and they consider planning commission findings when making final rulings.”

Griffith added that he did not agree with redT Home’s handling of their engagement with the community, which included launching a website directing people to send form emails in support of Howard Ranch to city council.

“As a private citizen, I feel it’s not about approval or denial for this particular project,” Griffith said. “It’s about the way the applicant is approaching doing work in our city. That’s the prob-

lem. Launching a full-on PR campaign is something I have never seen before in our city. I believe it sets a bad precedent.

“It’s not sustainable and it’s not equitable for communities and developers to feel they need to lawyer up when we see contentious projects,” Griffith continued.

Wernecke said that she’s not against development but felt like the website was a jab at residents who objected to the proposal.

“We’re not NIMBYs (Not in My Backyard),” Wernecke said.

“We’re not against development.

The developer has a website out there that’s against us. That feels slimy, that feels underhanded. I guess we’re just, as a community, we feel very deflated and defeated.”

Adams said the ‘Support Howard Ranch’ website was “the logical thing to do” in order to ensure that supporters of the development could make their voice heard to council.

“It’s semi-unique to this site,” Adams said. “What we’ve done historically and what other people have done historically is they go on foot and they walk around, and they look for support… We have a lot of support from people on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, people who have emailed and text messaged us and the very logical thing for us to do was put together a page for them to explain what we were doing, why it’s important and how to support us.

“City council is going to listen to their voters,” Adams continued. “We want them to hear from more of their voters than just the neighbors that aren’t happy with what we proposed at planning commission. Because there are a lot of people that believe in this development.”

The main issue planning commission found with the proposal was that the development only has one road for entry and exit — a

feature which becomes an issue when emergency exits are needed.

Adams said redT Homes approached neighbors at the Lakes of Westwood about getting additional access there, but the HOA declined to allow the developer to use their private property. Adams added that redT Homes is in talks with an industrial neighbor to secure an emergency exit.

“We’re very limited,” Adams said. “There’s two places where we could get additional access. One is through the neighborhood, the Lakes at Westwood… And I’ll tell you, if I had my children in the car with me and the neighborhood was on fire, I would damn sure drive through that gate. But the neighbors at the Lakes of Westwood have said that’s their private property, we’re not allowed to use it.

“So, we’re working with one of our industrial neighbors and we’ve had some favorable conversations with them to grant us access in the event of an emergency to utilize that,” Adams continued.

“And that wouldn’t spill into neighboring subdivisions, it would come out on a street.”

Adams also said that redT Homes’ modified proposal would include 64 homes, fewer than the 69 in the initial proposal.

Wernecke said that she would prefer that redT Homes talk to neighbors at their homes and see their tangible point of view, rather than scheduling a meet-and-greet at a brewery, which was scheduled and then cancelled in advance of the June 6 council meeting.

“We’d like them to talk to us,” Wernecke said. “I’d like them to come to my house and see what my viewpoint is from my side of the fence. I don’t want to meet you at a brewery. If you want to meet, come to my home and sit at my kitchen table. I’d be happy to meet with Nathan (Adams). I’d be happy to meet him face to face.”

This story is from Colorado Public Radio, a nonprofit news source.

Used by permission. For more, and to support CPR News, visit cpr.org.

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in Belmar.

“He made a quick movement with his right hand, and I tried to stop him, tried to stop his hand. I backed up and got distance and drew my gun,” Ferris said. “I told him, ‘don’t do this.’ And he said, ‘I’ll show you what I’ll do.’ And then we were engaged in a gunfight.”

Ferris took a bullet in the exchange, being struck in the abdomen, but was able to return fire, killing McLeod and bringing the day’s string of tragedies to an end.

“I knew that this guy had obviously intentions to kill, and I didn’t want him to hurt anyone else,” she said.

During her press conference remarks, Ferris gave a special

shout-out to a local Girl Scout troop, thanking them for a homemade card containing a band-aid. She said the band-aid was too special to use. She also wanted everyone who sent her a letter or gift to know she’s kept everything, re-reading the cards and letters several times during her recovery.

“I would really like to thank everyone. The outpouring of support has been paramount in my healing and my recovery,” Ferris said. “I think in a time where policing is kind of a tough job, that was just incredible to see.”

Though she was initially partially paralyzed from injuries she sustained, Ferris said she’s recovered the use of her leg and hopes to be running again in the near future.

In addition to Steck, McLeod killed four other victims that evening, including Alicia Cardenas, 44; Alyssa Gunn-Maldonado, 35;

Lakewood police officer Ashley Ferris, center, laughs with division chief Anita Koester after being awarded the Medal of Valor and the Purple Heart on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, during the 2022 Belmar Awards Ceremony at the Lakewood Cultural TIMOTHY HURST Center.

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National and State Realtor Associations Make Environment and Sustainability a Priority Issue

Many people, I have found, assume that Realtors, especially the top producers, must be conservatives who resist social policies, tax increases and liberal agenda items in general. That might, as with the majority of Republicans, include denial of human-caused climate change and opposition to any mandates that interfere with “individual freedom” such as mask or vaccine mandates.

Well, I’m pleased to report that at the association level, we’re a pretty liberal bunch. Yes, I know some Realtors who are hard-core Trumpers and live by the words of Tucker Carlson, but they’re in the minority.

I was heartened, for example, when the president of the National Association of Realtors (NAR) apologized for the group’s support of racist policies earlier in its 110year history in his speech to the annual convention. Compare that to conservatives across the country wanting to ban books and classroom discussion about “critical race theory,” which, by the way, isn’t taught below the college level but helps to rally to conversative base to vote out liberals on local school boards.

Then I read in this month’s Colorado Realtor Magazine about NAR’s commitment to “ESG+R,” which stands for Environmental, Social, Governance + Resilience.

As the article explains, ESG “is a set of standards for a company or practitioner’s operations that investors (or consumers) use to screen potential investments. Environmental criteria measure how that company or practitioner perform as a steward of nature. Social criteria examine how it manages relationships with employees,

suppliers, customers, and the communities where it operates. Governance refers to policies around leadership, executive pay, audits, internal controls, and shareholder rights. In short, ESG evaluates if a company, organization, or practitioner is operating sustainably. Globally, sustainability is rated as an important purchase criterion for 60% of consumers.”

The Realtor associations go beyond ESG to add R for Resilience, an aspect of sustainability.

Knowing Golden Real Estate’s (and my personal) commitment to such issues, you can understand how pleased I was to read of NAR’s commitment to the same values.

The fact that the Colorado Association of Realtors (CAR) made coverage of this NAR initiative a major article in its May magazine is an indication that Colorado Realtors are, through their association, fully on board with this issue.

What follows are some excerpts from the article which spoke to me: “Sustainability is the evolution of longterm value creation for people, planet, and the economy. If sustainability is the journey, then ESG is how we measure progress,” said Ryan Frazier, CEO of Frazier Global, a Colorado-based management consulting and environmental, social, governance (ESG) advisory business.

“We must integrate a culture of sustainability throughout our association and industry. By building a resilient real estate market today, we can create healthy, vibrant, and diverse communities for generations to come,” said 2022 NAR President Leslie Rouda Smith.

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"Leading by example, NAR is driving the real estate industry toward a more efficient and sustainable future," said NAR CEO Bob Goldberg. "As part of this responsibility, we are strengthening the association's support of sustainability efforts and increasing engagement on policies and programs that prioritize viability, resiliency, and adaptability. We are working to generate meaningful, lasting change that will benefit both current and future generations."

Millennials now make up 43% of homebuyers, the most of any generation, according to a 2021 report from the National Association of Realtors—and that number is only predicted to rise. And this generation has a reputation for being values-driven in their approach to their money and their careers. These choices drive where they choose to work, play, and buy a home.

About one-third of millennials often or exclusively use investments that take ESG factors into account, compared with 19% of Gen Z, 16% of Gen X and 2% of baby boomers, according to a Harris Poll on behalf of CNBC, which surveyed 1,000 U.S. adults ages 30 to 40 on a variety of topics. The escalating importance of ESG doesn’t just impact homebuyer sentiment.

It will also matter to brokerage firms looking to hire the best and brightest agents.

Companies that promote strong ESG values tend to attract and retain the best talent.

The Purple Report on ESG and Real Estate [by NAR] had 703 respondents.

51% live in Colorado and own a home or want to own a home in Colorado and 49%

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KEY FINDINGS: When asked, are you more likely or less likely to work with a Realtor who has a proficient level of knowledge and training on sustainability and sustainable housing practices when it comes to buying, selling, or investing in a home? 70% of respondents were somewhat or much more likely.

When asked, do you agree or disagree with the viewpoint that as the number of severe weather conditions, droughts, wildfires increase due in part to climate change, and with the potential risk to homes and commercial properties, Realtors need to be helping provide solutions that address climate change risks? 67% of respondents said they agree. The number jumped to 80% among those ages 18-24, and to 79% of those earning $150,000 a year or more.

When asked, are you more or less likely to choose a Realtor over an online platform when the Realtor provides you trusted expertise on things like community insights, price negotiation, and water and energy features? 63% of respondents said they would be MORE likely to choose a Realtor. That number jumped to 72% of those with undergraduate or post-graduate degrees.

As the National Association of Realtors Code of Ethics preamble tells us, “Under all is the land.” Our planet is the one resource we all depend on, as will our heirs.

The best time to care for it—and for them— is now.

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Perlmutter pushes for federal funding for Congressional District West metro cities could see millions for local projects STAFF REPORT

U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) announced support for new projects across the 7th Congressional District as part of the Community Project Funding requests for Fiscal Year 2023 on May 16.

The new Community Project Funding was first available in FY2022 in

which Perlmutter secured funding for ten Community Project Funding (CPF) requests totaling $7.6 million.

“All of these community projects represent critical investments and services for our community and the people who live here,” Perlmutter said. “I’m glad I once again have the opportunity to be a voice for my community and advocate for these important projects.”

Local governments and nonprofit organizations in the 7th Congressional District were encouraged to apply for funding. Several projects

have been submitted to the House Appropriations Committee for consideration in FY23, but are not guaranteed to receive funding. Those projects include Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver Programming (with including Lakewood locations), Food Bank of the Rockies Donation Facilities, Phase 2 of Wadsworth construction from 35th Avenue to 41st Avenue in Wheat Ridge and Peaks to Plains Trail funding in Golden.

According to Perlmutter’s press release on the funding requests, the Boys and Girls Clubs money would

provide high quality after-school and summer programming for 6-18 year olds within four Clubs in the 7th Congressional District from Lakewood to Commerce City. And the Peaks to Plains Trail project would improve connectivity of this regional trail route within downtown Golden and expand travel and recreational options for residents and visitors of Golden and Metro Denver. It would also work to improve the experience of one of the most congested trail segments and relieve potential conflicts with other Clear Creek users.

Jeffco moves to CDC’s COVID-19 Community Level Medium STAFF REPORT

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According to Navy officials, TOPGUN is a prestigious program only open to the top one percent of naval aviators. Aviators who attend the course are trained in a variety of areas including air combat, jet maneuverability, enemy tactics and more.

The mission of NAS Fallon is to support carrier air wings prior to deployment, as well as other units during training and exercises. This goal is achieved through 300 clear flight days a year, four bombing ranges, an electronic warfare range and many other training facilities.

The base is also home to a 14,000-foot runway, which is the longest in the Navy.

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The aircraft stationed at NAS Fallon support aircraft carrier missions around the world. This year, the Navy is celebrating the centennial of the aircraft carrier and its importance to naval aviation. When the air wing is embarked on an aircraft carrier, the ship contains more than 70 attack fighter jets, helicopters and other aircraft, all of which take off from and land aboard the carrier at sea. With more than 5,000 sailors serving aboard these ships, aircraft carriers are self-contained mobile airports.

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Serving in the Navy means Gottschalk is part of a world that is taking on new importance in America’s focus on rebuilding military readiness, strengthening alliances and reforming business practices in support of the National Defense Strategy.

“We are the first response in a global environment towards any kind of disaster or relief,” Gottschalk said. “It is nice to be used in that way. We need forward-deployed naval presence to accomplish that mission.”

With more than 90 percent of all trade traveling by sea, and 95 percent of the world’s international phone and internet traffic carried through underwater fiber optic, Navy officials continue to emphasize that the prosperity and security of the United States is directly linked to a strong and ready Navy.

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Attorney general, Golden High School host roundtable on student mental health GHS students, faculty are Sources of Strength for each other

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The year before Brian Conroy took over as Golden High School principal, three students died by suicide.

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Ficco told dozens of GHS students and faculty, elected officials and members of the press. “ … It’s so valuable to know that you’re not alone.”

Ficco added that even though students like helping their families and communities, it’s important for them to take time for themselves.

Sources of Strength, according to the program’s website, was founded in 1998 and has spread to hundreds of schools across the country. It’s a strength-based, comprehensive wellness program that works to prevent suicide, substance abuse and violence.

GHS teachers and Sources of Strength advisors Diane Nickell and Alisha Lawhorn explained that, of the 1,400 students, 60 were Peer Leaders during the 2021-22 school year.

These Peer Leaders are students from various social groups in the school whose word carries weight with their peers. The program helps students to work with their peers to identify the strengths in their life, Nickell and Lawhorn stated.

Freshman Noa Morgan said SEE ROUNDTABLE, P9

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2021-22 was the first time since sixth grade she had a real school year. Her seventh- and eighth-grade classes were almost completely online, and she felt very isolated from her parents despite being in the same house.

So, having a program like Sources of Strength to help her form connections with her new classmates was imperative. Because teachers don’t always know what’s going on, it’s crucial that students can talk to each other, Morgan described.

After the roundtable, junior Luke Henderson felt it went smoother than he’d been expecting. Of the topics the group didn’t have time to tackle, Henderson stressed how important it is for students to be outside and active, especially over the summer. They should stay in touch with their support systems as much as possible, and reach out to people if they need to talk.

“Staying on your phone all day is only going to create so much connection with the world,” Henderson said. “ … It took COVID for me to realize how important it was for me to spend time outside, spend time with friends, doing hobbies and activities.”

Weiser told the roundtable attendees he hoped to bring GHS’ successes elsewhere. Teen mental health is a nationwide concern, as emergency room visits, overdose deaths and other warning signs are rising.

While his office’s Safe2Tell program gets a lot of calls about suicide, these are in the very late stages. He wanted to find outlets like Sources of Strength to prevent suicide and improve mental health by helping students form connections with each other and their teachers.

“This is what true north looks like,” Weiser said, looking around the GHS library. “It’s on people like us to keep it going.”

Reinforcing the work Along with connecting with their classmates for Sources of Strength, the school’s Peer Leaders also put together larger mental healthfocused campaigns, such as the trusted adult program.

This one, Conroy and others explained, encourages students to find a mentor who can connect with

Golden High School students add to the Sources of Strength Wall 2021 on May 24, shortly before a roundtable with the Colorado Attorney General’s Office about student mental health.

them, show them that they care, and help them navigate the challenges of being a teenager.

“If kids don’t know that we care, and they’re worried about mental health and safety, then they’re not worried about history, music, and other disciplines they’re here for,” Conroy continued. “Because they’re spending so much brain power on that worry.”

The trusted adult program has also been rewarding for the faculty as well, school psychologist and Sources of Strength advisor Chris Reed added. Part of the program involves students writing thank you notes to their mentors, describing what their support has meant to them.

“There’s been a little bit of burnout over the last few years,” Reed said of teachers, “and (the program) reinforces for them the work we’re doing with our kids — the importance of that relationship.”

School nurse Valerie Borowiec said she was experiencing that burnout both as a faculty member and a nurse, but Sources of Strength has improved her morale along with her colleagues and students’.

“We get out of Sources of Strength as much as the students do, if not more sometimes,” she said.

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VOICES Ultimately, I’m Team America

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rdinarily in this space I would be making the case for various GOP candidates in Jefferson County and Colorado. While I will do that later on, I think a more important task needs to be accomplished. I spent a few years of my life actively advocating for the election of GOP affiliated candidates, but recently I asked myself if I could keep on doing that without reservation. The answer to that question should be and is no. While some may argue that the election of any Republican is better than any Democrat, I beg to differ.

I’m Team Elephant because I believe our platform is the best way to govern Colorado and the United States. Ultimately, however, I’m Team America because I want what I think is best for our country. Republicans running for high office do not have an entitlement to a Republican vote. If a Republican candidate were to have a probation revocation hearing in the middle of a primary campaign, that would be a huge red flag

about that candidate in my mind. Any criminal proceedings against a candidate should have the effect of a red flag as well.

Republican candidates should made of quality. Criminal proceedings not only weaken their chances against Columnist a Democrat but other Republican candidates as well.In my own case, if I found a Republican candidate who was unworthy of high office in a general election race I would not vote for the Democrat. I would instead undervote in that race.

What is undervoting? Undervoting is simply not making a choice amongst the candidates standing for election to that office. If you undervote, what you are doing is telling the GOP to do better the next time. If enough people undervote in a race where they would have ordinar-

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ily voted for the Republican then the Colorado GOP might just stand up and take notice.

I want to give you as a Republican voter the permission to feel free not to vote for a Republican candidate just because they are Republican.The good news is nearly all Republican candidates do not deserve an undervote. Any voter doing their research on candidates can determine those who do.

Now for recommendations. Primary ballots are mailed out on June 8. I will mark my primary ballot for Heidi Ganahl for Governor. Heidi Ganahl is a wonderful accomplished lady who will provide a wonderful contrast to Governor Polis.

I’m voting for two of Jeffco’s own Pam Anderson for Secretary of State and Lang Sias for State Treasurer. I will vote for John Kellner for Attorney General and Dan Maloit for the State Board of Education.I do not live in CD-7, but if I did I would vote cast my ballot for Tim Reichert. Reichert is someone present-

ing new thoughtful solutions to our problems. Colin Larson deserves your vote for another term as State Representative in House District 25. All Republican legislative candidates running in Jefferson County deserve your vote.

State Rep Mark Baisley is running in the new Senate District SD-4. Tim Walsh and Colby Dreschel are running for the Colorado Senate in SD-20 and SD-22 respectively.

The candidates for State Representative running in Jeffco are Fred Clifford in HD-23, Bill Patterson in HD-24, Christina Carlino in HD-27, Dan Montoya in HD-28, Vanessa DeMott in HD-29 and Jaylen Mosqueria in HD-38.

Our local candidates are Libby Szabo for Jeffco Assessor, Vicki Pyne for Clerk and Recorder, Faye Griffin for Jeffco Treasåurer, Ed Brady for Jeffco Sheriff, Matt Archuleta for Coroner, Bob Hennessey for Surveyor and Don Rosier for County Commissioner.

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

Address to City Council: May 16, 2022

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et me begin with a poem I wrote in response to the May 10 Study Session with the City Manager and Arvada City Councill on the DEI initiative. The words that follow are an abridged version of what was given as public comment during the May 16 City Council meeting.

POEM: Yesteryear, I had hope Yesteryear, I had hope I learned about the DEI initiative being championed in my community I met community members like myself passionate about humanity I met with the City Manager who shared my passion & concern Yesteryear, I witnessed my daughter playing with her African American, Latinx, mixed race, Muslim and gender fluid friends along side her White cis gender friends.

Yesteryear, I had hope...

As I watched the comments flood on our zoom call to observe the Study Session on DEI in Arvada and the subsequent behavior of our council members, especially those the White males (who shall remain nameless, you can watch the recording on Arvada City Council YouTube channel), I had a newfound understanding of the roadblocks to advancing equity, diversity and inclusion in Arvada. This is my response to anyone doubting the need...

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without ridicule or suspicion, to feel safe having our children live MLK’s dream side by side — playing, learning, collaborating, innovating, imagining a peaceful world where we all get along and bolster each other’s quality of life.

This is not about canBarbara J. Dray cel culture — stop recentering your white male privilege and your white fragility.

This is about seeing our humanity, this is about protecting individuals from diverse backgrounds & identities who don’t feel safe jogging on our streets, shopping in our stores, or working in our businesses for fear of being targeted by racial epithet, racial profiling and tracking or experiencing bias in our community.

This is about people’s lived experiences of not feeling safe, not feeling welcomed and not feeling like they can thrive in our community. Whether its opening up a business, shopping, eating out, playing on the playground, or getting exercise in public spaces.

There are POC who literally have to go into Denver — more diverse sections of town just to shop, work and exercise because they don’t feel safe in our community and rather not deal with the looks, the body language, the tracking or the harassment.

You are questioning the validity of need for DEI in our community and we are literally saying It. is. a. matter. of. life.

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or. death.

Did you see the news over the weekend? In my hometown of Buffalo NY (on May 14th), in broad daylight, a young cis-gender white male the age of 18 drove over two hours to a well-known black community with a shotgun emboldened with the “N” word on the barrel as he murdered 10 black people in cold blood and injured many more because he felt his white privilege was being threatened by the “great replacement” (a white supremacist theory explaining fall out of the increase of POC in our world).

This is the 198th mass shooting in 2022 — with just 19 weeks in that averages 10 mass shootings a week! How many more killings of innnocent black, brown and people of color needs to happen before you will believe what we are experiencing is a DEI crisis?

You say we don’t have racism in Arvada. Did you not see the parade of oversized pick up trucks emboldened to drive down Wadsworth every Saturday morning, claiming to be “patriots” displaying flags that symbolized hatred, segregation and white supremicist — nazi beliefs?

For the first time since living in Arvada, we felt unsafe expressing our commitment to DEI during the Trump Era after these men began to troll the neighborhoods during these Saturday events.

We took down our yard signs because one day one of these men drove slowly by our home hawking as our daughter was out playing in the front yard. It was bone chilling.

Now, I am OK with different belief systems — but when your assertion of

identity puts people at harm and is about violence against a people because of the color of their skin, their religious practices, thier gender identity, thier god given ability...YEAH I do have a problem with that AND we should ALL be outraged.

AND we all should work together for the betterment of humanity.

We can’t undo racism and other forms of discrimination by continuing to stay isolated in our little bubbles. By not having cross-talk and getting into right relationship with each other. It’s about bringing diverse communities together to have these courageous conversations, to break down the barriers, to develop authentic relationship with each other, and to champion comprehensive policies, practices and legislation that protects the humanity of us all.

In closing, I ask that we take a moment to remember the victims from our home town — Buffalo NY and take a long pause to ask yourself — how can we honor these senseless deaths? It is our time NOW to come together before it is too late. DEI taskforce must be assembled immediately and a DEI consultant must be hired to help our community do better.

Dr. Dray has been a Resident of Arvada since 2014. She is DEI consultant in education primarily with schools, districts, state departments of education, and university based teacher preparation programs under the Office of Civil Rights watch.

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We cannot become numb to it’: Colorado leaders react to elementary school shooting in Texas

BY KYLE COOKE ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

Familiar feelings of dread set in May 24 after a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. An 18-year-old gunman opened fire in classrooms, killing at least 19 children and two adults.

The attack happened at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, a predominantly Latino town west of San Antonio. Law enforcement officers reportedly killed the shooter.

Nearly 1,000 miles away in Colorado, state leaders reacted to the tragedy with a common message: shootings of this type are hauntingly familiar, and action is needed to prevent similar massacres in the future.

“Another senseless tragedy and another painful reminder that we must act,” Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said in a series of tweets. “Prayers and thoughts mean well. They are indeed comforting. But action is better. We as a society have to act.”

“This morning I visited Mancos Elementary School and saw the joy on the faces of students and teachers in their last week of school as they looked forward to new adventures this summer and next school year,” Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said. “Now fourteen students and a teacher at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas had their joy ended forever from a cold blooded attack and their parents, friends and families won’t ever hold them in their arms again or be able to watch them grow. Colorado’s hearts are heavy for our friends in Texas and join in showing love for the families and community affected.”

Polis released his statement before the full death toll was reported.

The Uvalde shooting happened just 10 days after a racist attack at a Buffalo grocery store that left 10 people dead. And this year alone, there have already been 27 school shootings, according to data from Education Week. Renewed calls for gun control legislation arose following the tragedy in Uvalde.

“This horrific gun violence is uniquely American. We cannot become numb to it,” tweeted Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado. “We need to act and #EndGunViolence now.”

For his part, Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), who was serving as the Governor of Colorado during the Century 16 movie theater shooting in Aurora, said, “As a parent, I weep. Our children deserve so much better than this nightmare. We need to protect our

future from this senseless violence.”

Democratic U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter of Colorado said, in part, “We cannot lose more children or loved ones. We must find a way to solve our country’s gun violence epidemic & save lives.”

Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, a staunch supporter of gun ownership who once said she would bring a handgun to Congress, encouraged people to “turn to God for comfort and healing,” later adding from her campaign’s Twitter account that “You cannot legislate away evil.”

Craig Nasion, a survivor of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, said, “This is America.

There is no end in sight for the steady cadence of mass gun violence we seem unwilling to ever address. A reality my peers could not have imagined on our worst day in April 1999.”

President Biden delivered a televised address May 24 to talk about the Uvalde shooting.

“Why are we willing to live with this carnage?” the president asked. “Why do we keep letting this happen? Where in God’s name is our backbone to have the courage to deal with it and stand up to the [gun] lobbies? It’s time to turn this pain into action.”

As Biden emphasized in his remarks, most Americans support legislation that would help curtail gun violence. But such bills have been nonstarters in Congress, largely due to the fact that they would require Republican support in order to pass. Less than a day after the shooting in Uvalde, several GOP lawmakers have already made it clear that they would not support gun control legislation.

Some are instead advocating for arming teachers, a policy that is unpopular on a national level.

After the shooting in Uvalde, NPR spoke with Ron Avi Astor, a mass shooting expert and professor at UCLA, who said he is unsure why gun laws have barely changed since the Sandy Hook shooting 10 years ago.

“Maybe it is money. Maybe it is the gun lobby. Maybe it’s become politicized and an ideological thing,” Astor said, “but [gun violence] should be treated as a public health measure.”

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Loving father, husband, brother and grandfather, George Ellis Over, passed away in the early hours of May 19th. He was surrounded by, and took communion with, his loving wife and children the day before.

George Ellis, was born to Harold and Ruth Over on June 12, 1941 in Roaring Spring, PA. While in school, he first realized his passion for music, especially singing. A member of the Church of the Brethren from a very young age, and then active in the Presbyterian Church, he participated in and directed church choir, community chorales and men’s quartets throughout his life. He also played string bass with Bluegrass groups and enjoyed participating in Tuba Christmas.

Denver metro area in 1972, then on to Cypress, CA in 1984. George retired from Nissan Motor Corp and moved back to Arvada, CO in June 1997.

He was an avid 4Wheeler who enjoyed exploring the roads less traveled and sharing them with friends and family. Favorite trails were around Empire, CO, Moab, UT and Anza Borrego, CA. Now that George has passed into the arms of our Lord, we should remind ourselves that while this is the end of his physical life on Earth, it’s the beginning of an eternal and beautiful journey for him.

George Ellis joins his father Harold and mother Ruth in Heaven. He is survived by many loving family members, including After attending Juniata College for a year, he wife Betty, sister Marian Grassmyer, brother joined the Air Force in 1960, where he played Ray Over (Judy), son John (Leslie), daughter Tuba in the Military Band. While stationed at Karen Cook (Ron), son Bruce (Tanya) Mather AFB, he met the love of his life, Betty, and grandchildren Emily, Melissa, Jared, in church choir. They married on December Kimberly, Elise, and Amber.

9, 1962, then moved to Lowry AFB in A memorial service will be held at Trinity Aurora, CO where son John was born.

Presbyterian Church, in Arvada, CO on June In 1965, they relocated to PA, and daughter Karen and son Bruce were born in Norristown. The family moved back to the

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BY RYAN ERNSTES SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Space dinosaurs. Project 626. Murder by the Campfire.

This is not a list of the internet’s latest conspiracy theories, but rather

the creations of Black Box Bakery, a space-themed wholesale and online retail bakery located in the RiNo district of Denver. And the baked goods look just as outlandish as they sound.

Scroll through the bakery’s Instagram feed, and you will find rainbow pastries, croissants that are apparently stranded on Mars, and aliendecorated cookies reading “You’re Out of this World” — all of which are as drool worthy as they are bizarre.

And the Earthly masterminds behind these edible creations? Twenty-

seven-year-old Arielle Israel and 24-year-old Megan Read.

Israel stands at 5’3” but carries herself with a certain defiant confidence and clarity of vision. Her reputation for croissants has earned her the nickname “The Laminator.”

She sometimes spends up to 12 hours a day on the laborious work of folding butter sheets into dough, folding it, running it through the sheeter to flatten it and repeating.

Working with dough lets Israel be aggressive, whereas Read handles

the more precise aspects of production. Read’s perfection of cakes and pastries gives her the moniker “Cake Queen.” Her energetic, can-do attitude matches the bright auburn of her hair.

Together, Israel and Read’s days go something like this: 2:30 p.m. to 12 a.m., pastry and croissant production; 12 - 1 a.m., packing; 1 to 3 a.m., deliveries; 3 to 11 a.m., sleep; and 11 a.m., wake up and start thinking SEE DOUGH, P13

From top: A space-themed, culinary creative force, Black Box Bakery features culinary delights that are “out of this world”.

Murder by the Campfire: double red croissant, toasted marshmallow, dark chocolate ganache, graham cracker.

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does this,” and so forth. Read does not share the same affinity for watching medical operations, but the two clearly have a long history of knowing each other’s quirks.

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about creating all over again.

Business takes off Israel and Read’s creations come to life in the windowless basement of the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Denver, itself a story with intriguing origins. Just a few months after starting Black Box, Israel and Read received an email on behalf of the CEO of a large hotel conglomerate, asking them to meet in a specified location to “discuss certain opportunities.”

The exchange had all the veiled secrecy of an interaction with the mafia, Read said. But low and behold, the mystery executive was a huge fan of their croissants and wanted to help launch the business to even higher places. The exchange eventually helped Israel and Read land their current workspace in the unused banquet kitchen of the hotel.

Israel and Read’s kitchen now gives them enough space to work alongside four other employees, including Israel’s husband and partner in Black Box, Ty Webb. The team goes to work aerating butter, cutting dough into circles and bathing their pastries in egg washes, which gives the final product that delectable golden-brown hue. Sometimes the crew listens to podcasts to stay entertained. Some of their favorites include “Serial,” “Stuff You Should Know” and “Behind the Bastards.”

On occasion, Israel might share her other hobby with Read — watching surgeries online. As it turns out, you can witness surgeons remove a blockage of the heart on Instagram and learn to spot the difference between a ruptured spleen and an intact one.

Macabre? Maybe a little. But Israel thinks the interest stems from a desire to understand how things work.

In baking, for instance, Israel must understand how each ingredient will change her final product. It was in culinary school that she first realized “the egg has this function; the sugar

Dynamic duo The pair go back to 2015, when they began their associate’s degrees at the Culinary Institute of America in New York. Israel was 20, having just completed her mandatory two years in the Israeli army, and Read was only 18. The two partnered up for a class and it immediately became clear they made a great team.

“She does all the things that I’m not good at or don’t like, and I’m the same for her,” Read said.

For the next few years, Israel and Read worked together in classes and at restaurants on the weekends. Their connection became almost telepathic, each knowing what the other would work on without having to communicate it.

After graduating from culinary school, Israel took a job as a pastry chef in Denver. Meanwhile, Read had just completed her manager’s training at a restaurant in New York.

But Israel saw the opportunities on the horizon and knew, “I need my partner.” She sent a formal job offer over to Read, and within a month, the dynamic duo was reunited.

Soon after, Israel and Read decided it was time to branch out on their own. A colleague in the industry introduced them to the concept of wholesale production: making baked goods to be bought by other cafes and restaurants. It was just what Israel and Read needed — a way to get their foot in the door without the high startup costs of running their own storefront.

Thus, Black Box Bakery was born.

Their specialty? Laminated pastries: anything made through rolling and folding layers of dough and butter.

If it sounds decadent and delicious, that’s because it is.

Exploring the creative possibilities But Israel and Read had no desire to create “just another bakery.” Instead,

they wanted to explore the unknown and embark on a journey of discovering what’s possible in the culinary sphere.

“It allows us to say, ‘you know, we’ve never seen a blue croissant before.

We’re gonna do that,’” Israel said.

And indeed, the bakery abounds with creativity and variety. Croissant varieties include strawberry, almond, Oreo, pistachio and cruffin — a cross between a cinnamon roll and a croissant.

As for the bakery’s out-of-this-world theme, Israel loves all things alien and conspiracy theory. She sees a metaphorical connection between her croissants and space, both whimsical, mysterious entities in her mind.

“People at home don’t know how croissants are made,” Israel said.

And that same principle could apply to much of space, too.

Once, after a long night of deliveries for the bakery, Read even had a firsthand experience with a UFO. In the dark, early hours of the morning, Read was driving home and spotted something in the sky that looked like a planet but was crazy bright. She immediately called Israel to describe what she was seeing.

“All of a sudden it zoomed across the sky,” said Read emphatically, using her hands to mimic the quick trajectory of the unidentified object.

She told Israel, “Bro, I think I just saw a UFO.” Paranormal or not, Israel and Read seem to draw inspiration from particular formative memories.

Like the first time Read tried a croissant in France. She entered a random bakery, stopped to pick up a croissant, and was walking to the subway when she took her first bite.

It literally stopped her in her tracks.

The sweet, grassy taste of the butter was like nothing she had ever tried before. Read wants this to be the visceral experience all people have when they taste Black Box’s goods.

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And at her childhood home in Israel, Friday nights were dedicated to food too. Israel would make challah bread, always met with constructive criticism driving her to be better.

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Those memories stick with her.

And now, Israel and Read long to produce baked goods that transport people to cherished memories of their own.

Storefront on the horizon Back in the kitchen, the clock has struck 2:30 p.m., which means production has begun. Occasionally, Israel and Read chatter with the team as they work. Other times they seem overcome by a quiet, determined focus, despite performing the same repetitive tasks they do day in day out.

It is clear the two take great pride in their work.

“They have a standard and will have that standard met no matter what. And if it isn’t met it doesn’t go on the plate,” said Blake Ritenour, close friend and former employee.

That standard is producing results.

Due to their success, Israel and Read look forward to opening their first storefront bakery in late summer or fall of this year. It’s a space in the Edgewater Public Market, a hip food hall in west-central Denver.

“It’s a dream,” Israel said. “Everyone wants to see their products and get that feedback” from their customers.

Despite their impressive accomplishments at a young age, Israel and Read are not pumping the brakes anytime soon. They are already dreaming about owning a restaurant, a hospitality group, a desert bar and a diner. They excitedly blurt out ideas, feeding off one another’s infectious enthusiasm.

On reflection, “I can see this getting, not out of hand, but...out of hand,” Read said, laughing.

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As we forge forward through the 2020s, the pressure for youth to succeed is starting to impact kids as early as preschool and could be robbing of them of their childhood as societal demands create more pressure and anxiety than ever before.

Over the last 100 years, the pressure to succeed in America has mounted. Whether it is the need to live the clichéd American Dream or the requirements set by parents that children will succeed and follow the path laid out for them, kids are taught early on that they have to not only get a high school diploma but, to be happy and successful, they must go to college as well.

A comic, created by Cartoonist Hilary Price, shows a mom lying on a table watching the sonogram of her baby. As the doctor checks things out, they start discussing the fact that it is never too early to start signing them up for sports and activities.

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From school work, planning for college and all other activities, students feel more pressure today than ever before.

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and we are spoiling it with expectations.”

Liaw, whose own family migrated to the U.S. and put similar pressures and her and her brother, said children of all ages and young adults entering college today are under more pressure to succeed than ever before.

Unfortunately, Liaw said, this results in higher anxiety, stress, fear of failure and poor mental health.

Changes by generation During the Silent Generation, which includes those born between 1925 and 1945, students were barely pushed to get high school diplomas.

Getting a job out of high school did not necessarily require a college degree, and families could still manage.

For women, getting an education was even less of a priority during the World War II era. Golden resident Audrey Pappenbrook, 83, said her dad told her she was expected to have children and raise a family.

She was not even expected to finish high school and going to college was almost unheard of for women.

Fast forward to the Baby Boomer generation, those born between 1946 and 1964, Pappenbrook said her own daughter Audrey Brooks, 62, was told grades are important and a high school diploma was a necessity. Pappenbrook said she gave her daughter the option to use

savings for a wedding or go to college. Brooks chose college and was the only female student sitting in engineering classes at a college in Illinois.

Jumping ahead to when psychologists agree that a major shift in expectations started is with the Millennials, or those born between 1981 and 1996.

Aurora resident Leah Neu described a world filled with anxiety, where coming home with a math test score of 91% meant her father wanting to know why. In her sophomore year in college, when Neu failed a math class, her father wanted to go have a talk with the professor.

Now, high schoolers and young adults, known as Generation Z, are feeling the effects of an ever-evolving wheel of higher expectations to finish college, look good on paper and succeed. The problem is for a lot of them, they are not the ones in control.

The parental impact Clinical psychologist Jenna Glover, of Children’s Hospital Colorado, said a parent’s impact on the direction in a child’s life has become more of a “culture thing.”

“We are in a competitive world where parents want to put kids in the best possible position to succeed,” Glover said. “(Parents) keep making them do more and more.

Parents do not take a step back and kids don’t either.”

Liaw said instead of sending their children the message that it is “OK to just be yourself,” parents have

placed a higher priority on stressing the need for the best grades, the best in athletics, the need to be involved in music, foreign languages and clubs.

Liaw said social media has only exacerbated the issues. At one time, she said, parents would compete in their circles. Once social media became common, parents started seeing what everyone everywhere is doing. That meant even stiffer competition to have perfect children, Liaw said.

“As parents, it is important to not get in the way of who (our children) were meant to be,” Liaw said. “It is not easy to navigate as a parent today.”

Glover said for kids, it means wanting to please parents by joining more, working harder and doing better.

“This has led to kids having stress, anxiety and suffering from exhaustion,” Glover said. “They are so busy in their daily lives that they are starting homework at 9 p.m. and only sleeping for a few hours. In reality, it is a really narrow route we put kids on from preschool and up.

Really, we are lacking in flexibility.

This leads to some kids getting in a situation where they fail. But they have not necessarily learned to pick yourself up and find the new avenue.”

Arapahoe Community College Dean of Students Javon Brame said policies have had to be put in place at the college level to prevent “helicopter parents” from managing their children’s lives even after they are considered adults.

A helicopter parent is a parent who takes an overprotective or excessive interest in the life of their children. Some of the signs of a helicopter parent include excessive anxiety about their children failing, hovering rather than encouraging and being overly involved in academics, recreational activities and friendships.

Brame said the local community college has had instances where parents have tried to change their child’s class schedules without their knowledge. The college has also had meeting with parents where administrators have to stress the student is in charge and can make their own choices regarding their education.

“We want students to have a support system and find their own way,” Brame said. “We need them to do this without their helicopter parents.”

Neu said her father comes from a medical background and expected her to follow suit. The Colorado Community Media graphic designer said she eventually had to stand up to him and make her own career choice.

Neu said her relationship with her father now is good and she does not regret standing up to him, but noted it was really tense to go into the arts rather than medicine based on the expectations he placed on her starting at a young age.

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“We went in with the intention to find items to prove theft and narcotics violations,” Snelling said. “We found narcotics and a stolen car. The search potentially created leads in other cases and we’re going to continue those.”

Photos of the site were shared in the Arvada Neighbors Facebook group on May

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Snelling said there were trailers and “other things” found at the site prompted APD to procure search warrants.

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Colorado climate conference warns of ‘small window’ to act There is 49% more heat currently trapped by human-emitted greenhouse gases

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Some of the nation’s leading climate scientists May 23 sounded an alarm about the urgency of addressing climate change over the next decade, as a key index used to measure humans’ impact on the warming planet ticked higher.

“Unfortunately,” said Ko Barrett, a senior climate advisor to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and a vice chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, “what we see is dire.”

Barrett was giving a keynote address to NOAA’s 50th Global Monitoring Annual Conference. The conference is hosted by NOAA’s Global Monitoring Laboratory, which is based in Boulder, though the conference is virtual this year.

As the name suggests, the conference brings together scientists with an expertise in climate monitoring — one presentation Monday, for instance, involved the possible use of instruments mounted in commercial airliners to measure atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide and other gases. The work of those

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scientists undergirds projections of how much the world will warm in coming decades as a result of human-caused greenhouse gas pollution.

Among the conference’s highlights is the unveiling of the latest entry in NOAA’s Annual Greenhouse Gas Index, which is a way to show how much extra heat humans’ greenhouse gas pollution traps, committing the planet to a hotter world. This year’s index rose to 1.49 — 49% higher than in 1990.

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The increase in the index is in line with increases over the past four years.

Carbon dioxide emissions are the biggest contributor to the increase in the index — 80% of the increase since 1990 is due to carbon dioxide.

Three gases — carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide — account for 90% of the increased heat trapped in the atmosphere due to human activity since the mid-1700s, Stein said.

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Methane emissions, which can come from oil and gas production and from livestock agriculture but also from thawing permafrost in the Arctic, are also rising quickly. Stein said the 17 parts per billion increase in observed atmospheric methane levels last year was the largest annual increase on record.

To Barrett, the NOAA climate adviser, these numbers paint a stark picture: The world is on course to miss its goals for limiting temperature increase.

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“The next decade is a critical time to address the climate crisis,” Barrett said. “We have a small window to shift to a carbon-neutral economy and hold climate impacts in check.”

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Glover said there are solutions to improving the current, fragile state of youth development today.

“I encourage parents to take a step back and reflect on what it really means to have a successful child,” she said.

Some principals to follow, Glover said, are for parents to be able to: • Be flexible • Be respectful • Be adaptable Failing to succeed The danger in the paths parents and society have established for children and young adults is the threat of failure.

Brame said students are already coming into college with the pressures and anxiety developed in high school where they had to have the right friends, make

the best grades, achieve the right status through clubs and extracurricular activities.

Once in college, students start getting a taste of the real world through carrying a full class load, and working and trying to keep up with the cost of inflation to eat and pay rent.

Brame said it is not unusual for colleges to transport students to local health institution to get mental health evaluations because they cannot handle meeting the expectations parents and society have put on them.

“For mental health and education, it’s like a third pandemic,” Brame said.

“They are carrying a full workload and so much weight and anxiety on their shoulders that something as simple as a flat tire pushes them past the breaking point.”

Brame said having counseling and mental health services available to students on campus is more important now that ever before. While Arapahoe Community College is working to keep up with demand, Brame said on a national level, many institutions are behind in implementing the level of

mental health care students need.

Dr. Sophia Meharena, a pediatrician serving patients in Aurora, said failure is hidden from children and youth today. Because failure is not an option, as adolescents grow, they do not know what it looks like, which means at the college level and beyond when young adults experience failure, they are not able to react.

Meharena, a Centennial resident, said parents have their own failures but tend to hide them from children, when they should be doing the opposite. Seeing a parent fail and move forward is important for children to see, she said.

Brame said without experiencing failure in their young lives, a young adult does not have the mental capability to pick themselves up and move on, learning from failure rather than just giving up.

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During the pandemic, Liaw said parents were forced to take a step back and stop attending the local soccer leagues, cancel tutoring and music lessons and enforce a certain amount of time be spent on homework and learning.

Liaw said children really just need the basics: • Warmth • Shelter • Love • Care • Comfort “For some families, the pandemic did force a reset,” Liaw said. “Some parents started asking what it means to be a good parent. For parents, it is hard to feel like you are not doing enough. It’s important for everybody to just start cutting themselves some slack.”

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