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Je co School District eyes elementary closures enrollment means some schools are at than half of capacity

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School is back in session — potentially for the last time at some Jefferson County elementary schools. As enrollments fall and classrooms stand empty, Jefferson County Public School District Superintendent Tracy Dorland was set to make a recommendation to the school board on Aug. 25 suggesting which schools could be closed after the 2022-2023 school year. Jeffco Schools have a capacity for 96,000 students. Currently, the district has 69,000 students enrolled.

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Clear Creek Valley Park was filled with families enjoying live music, inflatable obstacle courses and balloon magic on Aug. 20 for the fifth-ever Arvada Days festival. The festivities lasted from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and the event was free to the public.Arvada Days is funded by the city of Arvada along with a host of sponsors. The festival began in 2017 and is organized by the Arvada Festivals Commission.TheCOVID-19 pandemic shuttered the 2020 event. It returned last year alongside the Ralston House .5k Endurance Challenge, which was not held this year.

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Jeffco Schools Chief of Strategy and Communication Lisa Relou said the district is looking into a number of factors when making the decision on which schools to close, including enrollment and building utilization. According to data provided by the school district, nine Jeffco Schools use 50% or less of their building capacity: Peck Elementary, Swanson Elementary, Thomson Elementary, Emory Elementary, Glennon Heights Elementary, Lasley Elementary, Lukas Elementary, Bergen Meadow Primary and Weber Elementary.Ofthosenine, four have projected enrollments under 200 students as of Aug. 15: Peck (38% building utilization, 159 projected students), Thomson (39% building utilization, 193 projected students), Glennon Heights (43% building utilization, 138 projected students) and Bergen Meadow (44% building utilization, 193 projected students).

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The seventh time’s the charm for Denver-based developer redT Homes’ Howard Ranch proposal. Arvada’s City Council unanimously passed a rezone proposal needed for Howard Ranch to move forward at its Aug. 15 meeting. A 13-acre parcel of land located at the southwest corner of West 64th Avenue and Indiana Street was rezoned from RA- Residential Agricultural to R6- Residential 6 District. Howard Ranch — which will include 22 single-family detached homes, 12 cottages and 20 duplexes — is set to occupy the infill parcel between existing subdivisions Wildflower Ponds and the Lakes at Westwood Villas.Theproposal laid out by redT on Aug. 15 was the seventh iteration of the Howard Ranch development plan presented to city staff. At a May 17 meeting of the Arvada Planning Commission, the commission voted 6-1 against the proposal, citing City

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Eleven elementary schools have 200 or fewer projected students; Vivian Classical (129), Glennon (138), Peck (159), Parr (172), Colorow (179), Kullerstrand (179), Thomson (193), Campbell (195), Slater (200), Bergen Meadow (193) and Peiffer (200).

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After Dorland gives her recomforward with the proposal. That meeting is tentatively scheduled for Nov. 10, according to Relou. Community engagement work will take place throughout the process, with engagement specifically centering on the future use of the closed school buildings slated to begin in January 2023. Two Arvada elementary schools have closed in the last two years; Allendale Elementary in 2021 and Fitzmorris Elementary in 2022. Those schools were both closed in the spring — off-cycle for choice enrollment, potentially leading to difficulties for parents scrambling to find a new school for theirBecausekids.of that, the board asked district staff to look at the district holistically, according to Relou. The timing of the board’s decision this time around is aimed to give parents enough lead time to go through the choice enrollment process and not be in the same predicament as Allendale and Fitzmorris parents. “(The choice enrollment) process begins in January for most districts … we would all be telling you around the same time which school your child has a seat in,” Relou said. “So, the off-cycle means that entire first round of choice window was completely missed.“Those families didn’t know … those parents weren’t expecting to make a choice,” Relou continued. “They thought they’d be in the same school they were in last year and then we’re telling them ‘Your school is going to be closed next year and now you have to make a choice. And your choice comes after all of these other people have made and been accepted into their choices.’”

“The thing that might be a little bit different (from previous years) is that there will be between the school that is closing and where (students) will be going, more interaction between those two schools to make the transition smoother at the end of the year,” Relou said. “We have seen — I can speak from my experience with the Fitzmorris closure in the spring of last year — just how quickly after the uncertainty was over, that our staff members and families were getting back to the day-to-day business of school and great experiences for students and staff.”

Relou added that the district’s plan will seek to benefit all of its schools, including some of the larger schools that are “feeling it too” because the district is having to reallocate money from larger schools to service smaller

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“It’s hard that we have to do this work … unfortunately we’re at a point where we don’t have a choice,” Relou said. “We have to start to do something about this. We’re going to be honest with our community when we do get into this about where there’s an opportunity for input and where thereRelouisn’t.”continued that the question isn’t “Are we going to close these schools?” but “How can we treat, honor, respect and celebrate as changes are made as a district to ensure that the 69,000 students the district does have are having a thriving, extraordinary experience?” Why are there so many neighborhood elementary schools in Jeffco? To understand how the district got to the point of having to shutter some of its schools, it’s helpful to know why there are so many elementary schools in Jefferson County — 84 in a district of 69,000 students. For comparison’s sake, the Douglas County School District had 63,000 students and 48 elementary schools, Denver Public Schools had 90,000 students and 95 elementary schools and the Cherry Creek School District had 55,000 students and 43 elementary schools.Thedistrict was incorporated in 1950. At the time, 55,000 people lived in Jefferson County, compared to over 580,000 now. The county grew considerably over the course of the 1960s and 70s, and with that development, schools followed. Mark McGoff served on Arvada’s City Council from 2008 to 2019. During his tenure, he oversaw the approval of developments including Leyden Rock and Candelas.McGoffsaid that when a development is proposed, the plans are forwarded to the school district, which usually agrees to provide a school within the development

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As enrollments fall and classrooms stand empty, Je erson County Public School District Superintendent Tracy Dorland was set to make a recommendation to the school board on Aug. 25 suggesting which schools to be closed after the 2022-2023 school year. SHUTTERSTOCK IMAGE

November, district staff will work with families and staff at the affected schools to ensure that all parties have a positive experience for the remainder of this school year and some clarity on what the following year will look like.

Relou said that the data will be considered in conjunction with factors including the impact on other nearby schools, and that the criteria for recommending which schools to close is still being fine-tuned in an effort to solve what Relou called “a big puzzle.” She did not comment on which schools are in danger of closing.“Certainly there are some factors we’ve been talking about all along, like enrollment numbers and the utilization of the building that’s being used, but that also feeds into the ‘How much is it costing us to educate students on a per people basis at each school?’” Relou said. Relou continued that there’s not one factor in particular that the district has landed on yet. “We’re still looking at what our criteria is going to be,” Relou continued. “You can’t look at one school in isolation, of course. The small elementary schools issue affects nearly every articulation area in our district, and small or underutilized, but at the schools around it.”

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“Everyone was in line with the philosophy for small schools rather than a large school,” McGoff said. “That’s why today we don’t have big parking lots at elementary schools; we intended that kids would walk or be dropped off by their parents. So, a development that had 300 to 400 homes would have an elementary school. “The whole idea was that it would be walkable and a neighborhood center as well as a school,” McGoff continued.

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“During the 1960s, the district initiated its development to establish neighborhood schools located geographically across the district,” Eloe said. “As developers came into the community and wanted to build home developments they then set aside a piece of property so that Jeffco Public Schools would build a neighborhood school for that new development. This was a national model and approach used in public school districts across the United States in the 1960s forward.” Schools that were built during the 1960s include Allendale, Secrest, Fitzmorris, Campbell, Swanson, Peck and Hackberry Hill. Weber was founded in 1972.

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“I’ve done this 11 years and I have to say, this is probably one of the first times we’ve really witnessed the community engagement from the developer,” Fifer said. “I appreciate the fact that you took the time, you took the energy, and I genuinely feel like you’re trying to do something good for the community… I’ve never heard of a developer doing 7 iterations of a plan. I’ve never heard of a developer canceling two council meetings with us just so you can get it right.” After the meeting, Adams said that the pushback that took place early in the development process was a “wake-up call” for redT to do more community engagement.

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FROM PAGE 1 emergency egress concerns among other issues with the proposal. Then, the developer postponed their city council hearing — initially set for June 6 — with redT Owner Nathan Adams stating at the time there would be “some really obvious losers if we go to city council on June 6.”

Griffith said he was glad that redT engaged their neighbors and worked on the planning commission’s“redTconcerns.hadaPR campaign that was unlike anything I’d seen in the city,” Griffith said. “I felt like that was a challenge for the adjacent residents to have their voices heard, and that concerned me. But at the same time, after watching the council meeting, I understand that redT spent a great time of energy and effort reaching out to the adjacent residents.“Ithink this is an example where the applicant put extra effort into trying to meet the challenges that were brought up in the commission public meeting and I do like to see that,” Griffith continued.

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redT also set up a website directing people to send form emails in support of Howard Ranch to city council, a move that Planning Commission Chair Michael Griffith described as “something I have never seen before in our city. I believe it sets a bad precedent.”Sincethen, the developer hosted two meetings with HOAs, five larger meetings with neighbors and other meetings to gauge public feedback, according to Adams. In advance of the Aug. 15 council meeting, all seven council members visited the site with city team members, according to Arvada Mayor Marc Williams. redT put together a Good Neighbor Agreement with the Lakes of Westwoods HOA and promised to plant 3,000 new trees and pay $10,000 to have the trees planted in Arvada. The Howard Ranch proposal that was passed by council includes two acres of open space and a secondary emergency access point. All homes will be equipped with residential fireTwentysprinklers.public commenters attended the Aug. 15 meeting to voice their thoughts on the project. While most commenters voiced concerns, a few supported the proposal. Councilmember Bob Fifer praised redT’s engagement with the community and adjustments to the plan.

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“Monday’s council hearing was the culmination of 18 months of work, and after receiving a unanimous 7-0 vote in favor of the project, we are excited to be moving forward,” Adams said. “The first 15 months were heavy interaction with staff and planning commission, and three or four months ago we had a wake-up call that we needed to better engage the community.”

At the time the report was compiled, sales tax revenue saw a 9.6% increase over last year, but that figure is about equal to inflation, which was at 9% when the report was put together.“Inflation is definitely an immediate and ongoing concern…inflation rates are the highest they’ve been in a very long time,” Archer said. “The feds are doing what they can to cure that, but it’s still running pretty quickly. And the ongoing question ‘Are we in a recession or not?’” Answering that question, Archer said, is more complicated than it seems at face value, but for all intents and purposes — yes, we are.

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Archer explained that inflation directly affects the city’s ability to complete capital projects, which seek to help maintain or improve city assets.“Inflation has (historically) been very low as well, a couple of ‘peaks’ at 4% and 2.5% — now you can see that’s gone straight up,” Archer said. “We are worried that this will continue and have a direct impact on our ability to complete our capital projects, but we do like to see that it’s starting to tick down and hopefully the next few months it will continue that way.”

Archer added that golf courses — which were an area of concern last year — have seen a revitalization this year.

As inflation continues to rise, two consecutive quarters of negative growth at the federal level spells trouble for municipalities across the country — including Arvada — the city’s Director of Finance Bryan Archer said during the mid-year financial update given at the Aug. 15 city council meeting. Archer laid out a number of concerns for the city, chief among which are inflation, capital projects and community development.

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Starting with a silver lining, Archer said that Arvada’s revenues are currently trending positive — thanks in large part to inflation since most of Arvada’s revenue comes from sales tax, and when things are more expensive, the city collects more money.

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“So, technically, at the federal level, we are in a recession,” Archer said. “We’ve had two quarters of negative growth, but you may not know this: that until the group of eight economists chosen by the National Bureau of Economic Research declares a recession, we’re not in one. So, whenever that happens, I will come to you and tell you we’re in a recession. Right now, I will not tell you that.”

Property tax revenue is up about 7%, according to Archer, which he credited to growth in the city and growth in assessed value. Use tax and court revenues are negative compared to prior years. Community development was graded as an area to monitor on both the revenue and expenditure side, as “increase need” from housing and homelessness is affecting that department directly.

Snelling said he appreciated JCSO’s help in the case. “We’re very appreciative for their quick assistance in apprehending this suspect,” Snelling said.

High School around 11 a.m. Aug. 18. Cordova fled the scene in Arvada shortly after the shooting. Cordova is being placed in jail for the investigation of first degree murder. Snellingsaidhewasnot talking to authorities and asked for a lawyer.Snelling said he was unsure if the victim and the suspect were residents of the Palmetto Club Apartments, but said they had family or friends that live there, which explained their presence at the apartment complex. Cordova and the victim had been seen aguing in the leadup to the shooting, according to Snelling.

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The victim of a shooting that took place the morning of Aug. 18 at the Palmetto Club Apartments in Arvada is in stable condition after surgery, according to Arvada Police Department Public Information Officer Dave Snelling. One unidentified male victim was shot in the chest in the apartment complex’s parking lot by Jesse Cordova, 41, Snelling said. Cordova is in custody after being apprehended by Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office in Littleton near Columbine

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“We believe there was some ongoing disagreement,” Snelling said.

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Billick arrived at Crested Butte several decades ago as a biologist at the nearby Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory. Many experiments there have focused on the effects of warming temperatures on existing plants. One experiment involving year-round heat lamps specifically foretells a shift from the showy wildflowers of summer to a duller ecosystem dominated byTemperaturessagebrush. continue to creep higher, but at more than 8,900 feet in elevation, Crested Butte still has chilly winters. The overnight temperature during January averages 6 below. The takeaway here is that if Crested Butte is comfortable with the replacement technologies for natural gas, most other places in Colorado should be, too. Instead, we’re still tethering tens of thousands of homes and other new buildings each year to natural gas pipelines.Denver and Boulder have taken steps to push alternatives. Here and there individual action has occurred.

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission has now set out to create rules for evaluating these clean-heat plans. In filings beginning in December, real estate agents, home builders and even some municipalities have argued that converting from natural gas will add costs. That was the same message in recent meetings in Montrose and Grand Junction. In this complicated story, their message was simple: Don’t change.InPueblo, at a meeting across the highway from the steel mill, more nuance was evident. Laborers International Union representatives worried about how this will impact their livelihoods. Electricians, they should do fine in this shift to beneficial electrification. A local resident had no quarrel with eliminating natural gas but worried about the high cost of electricity in Pueblo. Reflecting later, Laura Getts explained the complexities of carbon reduction in buildings. She’s the business development manager for San Isabel Electric, a cooperative serving rural areas of Pueblo and two other counties in southern Colorado. They are among the poorest in the state. Converting from propane, even in existing buildings, is an easy sell, because of the cost of propane. Replacing natural gas in existing buildings is a tougher sell because it remains relatively inexpensive. The economics of all-electric in new buildings are compelling, she says. Even so, San Isabel has struggled to persuade most builders. Pueblo itself still has a goal of shifting to 100% renewables by 2035. The Pueblo Energy Advisory Commission, of which Getts is a member, is struggling to construct that pathway. The challenge, she says is to “reduce carbon emissions and do it rapidly and strategically without leaving people feeling powerless to make their own energy choices.”

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Ihave long been known to have pet peeves about the debris hikers drop along trails, but one piece of litter has become more annoying: the ubiquitous facial tissue.

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What to make of Crested Butte’s ban of natural gas: A small mountain town takes a big step

It’s Colorado’s first natural gas ban, although 80 other jurisdictions around the country have taken similar measures.“Therewas a lot of talk at council about it being a bold decision, but I don’t see it that way,” said Crested Butte Mayor Ian Billick. “Not only is it what we need to do, but we have all the tools to do it cost effectively.”

Crested Butte, a one-time coal mining town, has now turned its back on natural gas. Town councilors unanimously agreed that any new building erected on the 60 vacant lots cannot be served by gas. Major remodels must be electric-ready.

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A used tissue lying boldly in the middle of the path could indicate a person who does not know better. But a tissue stashed under a rock demonstrates that somebody knows it should be carried out, and is attempting to hide the evidence. While wearily picking up the umpteenth piece of used paper along a trail recently, I had to wonder why hikers don’t use handkerchiefs, or that incredibly versatile outdoor equivalent, theWesternersbandana. know bandanas as a square of imprinted cotton material used as neckwear or a hatband; a friend says they’re also great dinner napkins because they never needBandanasironing.are used to blow one’s nose or wipe the sweat off one’s face. Sometimes the same bandana is employed for both purposes, though for some reason that seems to freak people out. We are, after all, talking about hiking, an activity in which one can go days without a change of underwear or a bath. Also, ladies — the lowly bandana can be used as a pee rag to avoid leaving unsightly wads of toilet paper along the trail. Dangling one’s pee rag on the back of a pack allows ultraviolet light to kill the nasties. A bandana is usually cotton but can also be nylon, wool, microfiber, silk or fleece. It can be red, navy blue, yellow, magenta or puce – you name it. Bandanas can boast maps of the area, cattle brands, illustrations of edible plants, flowers or cloud formations. Some people may aspire to carry a bandana sporting lavender paisley delicately embroidered onto a chartreuse background – why not? A bandana can be used as a muffler to keep your neck warm, a scarf to keep your head cool, a hat to keep the part in your hair from being sunburned, or two tied into a belt keeps your pants up. It can be turned into a snare to catch small animals, a fishing line, a hammock for squirrels, a filter for drinking water or a necktie for your next formal party. Bandanas can be used to tie down

Allen Best publishes the e-magazine Big Pivots, which chronicles the energy and water transitions in Colorado and beyond. See more at BigPivots.com

The law identifies several pathways. They can, for example, help customers improve efficiency of buildings, so buildings need less gas to provide comfort. They can augment their methane obtained by drilling with that diverted from sewage plants, feedlots and other sources.Thefirst of their plans will be filed with state regulators in 2023. The bottom line is that the gas companies are selling land lines. They’ll have to adjust their business models.

In metro Denver’s more affluent northwest suburbs, city officials are also having the same conversation about the balancing beam. Christine Brinker of the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project reports a draft policy would give builders a choice between either all-electric or natural gas with extra energy efficiency. Unless a way can be found to cost-effectively sequester carbon emissions, natural gas will slowly be phased out in coming decades. Ironically, the arrival of natural gas was one reason that coal mining ended in Crested Butte in 1952 after a seven-decade run.

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your hat so it won’t fly away in the wind. They can secure your bottle of milk or wine cooling in the river so it won’t get washed down into the rapids, or your hiking buddy so he can’t interfere while you ransack his pack for chocolate (which, incidentally, was tied to a tree with a bandana so it wouldn’t fallTheyover).may be used as an arm sling for a broken clavicle, a tourniquet in case of bleeding, padding for splints when re-setting a bone or a gag to muffle the screams as one re-sets the bone. Several bandanas can be tied together to make a tarp, a ground cloth, an air mattress to be used with extreme haste or maybe an impromptu prom dress. They can be cut into pieces and used to play checkers. They can be folded up and used to patch your jeans. They can be unraveled (or raveled) and woven into a macramé belt. They can be lined with foil and used to boil water.Two can be tied together and used as a bikini bottom while one’s pants dry. They can be used to hold your hair back while you hike, to hold your food while you day hike or to hold over your face while you hold up a train. If soaked with water, bandanas can be used to lower the body temperature of a heat-exhaustion victim, or twisted into a “rat tail” and used to painfully snap someone who is stashing their used facial tissue under a rock. All in all, a bandana is something no hiker should ever be without. A bandana is truth, beauty, and a little bit of Rit dye. And once you join the ranks of bandana lovers, you, too, can sing the Chiquita Bandana anthem: “bandana, bandana, bandana is good enough for me.” Marjorie ‘Slim’ Woodruff is a contributor to Writers on the Range, writersontherange.org, an independent nonprofit dedicated to spurring lively conversation about the West. She is a Grand Canyon educator who also cleans up trails.

InMemoryLoving Lilly Quirk, of Arvada passed peacefully on 8-13-22. Memorial service Tuesday, 8-30-22 10:30 am at St Joan of Arc Catholic Parish, 12735 W 58th Avenue. Survived by: Husband Don Quirk, Children: Debbie Blake, Larry Quirk, Patrick Quirk QUIRK Lilly Quirk October 5, 1942 - August 13, 2022 Christ the Mountains the Plains 12735 W 303-420-1232 Daily 8:30am, Mon-Sat 8am Tue-Fri; 7:30am & 4:00pm Sat Saturday Vigil Mass: 5:00pm Sunday Masses: 7:30, 9:00, 11:30am, 5:30pm ST. JOANOF ARC CATHOLICCHURCH advertise your place of worship in this section, call Erin at 303-566-4074 or ColoradoCommunityMedia.comeaddenbrooke@email W we all knew intuitively that students’ education suffered during the pandemic, it was still sobering to see the latest standardized test results across Colorado. The results document that student test scores declined since the last pre-pandemic tests were administered to all third through eighth grade students in 2019.While standardized tests are not particularly popular and while there have been bi-partisan legislative efforts to scale them back, test results do show us trends of how students are doing on a macro level. Tests were canceled in 2020 and administered to a limited group of students inAs2021.would be expected given the disruption to schools, the 2021 tests showed significant declines, but those results provided limited chances to fully evaluate the results because the tests were not administered to all grades and participation levels were much lower than usual. All regularly tested students took the 2022 tests and levelsparticipationequaledprepandemic levels, so they give us a chance to examine how the chaos of the pandemic on our kids’ education affected their progression.

tinually prioritize the importance of public education and our societal need to prioritize it in our lives and to make sure our educational institutions have sufficient resources to do theirTherejobs.are federal resources related to the pandemic that we should use to address specific deficiencies that are a result of the disruptions in our kids’ studies so that they can catch up, but any conclusions about the impact of the pandemic on student achievement is incomplete unless it continues on to acknowledge when it came to K-12 education, we had plenty of work to do before the pandemic.Whilestandardized tests are not the do all and be all for measuring student achievement, they can be a helpful tool to measure trends in how students are meeting educational expectations. In both 2019 and 2022, less than half of all students who were tested in every grade (3rd through 8th) and for both English and math met or exceeded expectations. As this new school year starts with fewer COVID restrictions and a much more traditional operation of our schools than in the last two years, the results of this year’s standardized test scores is a good reminder that we owe it to our kids and to our collective future to make schools and student achievement a priority.

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The founder and first President of the Arvada Historical Society, Lois Lindstrom, was quite a letter writer. One of the tools she employed to help accomplish the goal at hand was the “letter to the editor.” If volunteers were needed, a letter. Solicitation of donations, another letter. Getting out the vote to create the Arvada Center, a pleading letter. Erroneous historical facts published, a stern letter! As its current president, I’ll take a page from her playbook and urge all Arvadans to support the organization she founded and that has contributed so much to Arvada. We are a membership organization and, to mark our 50th anniversary, we are offering 50% off new first year memberships. You can join for as little as $7.50 at historyarvada. org this month. You may also make donations there. Your support fuels this volunteer run organization to keep our history alive.

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There are a number of important parts of the mushroom to look at in order to identify it, according to Vera Stuckey Evenson’s “Mushrooms of the Rocky Mountain Region.” First, observe the environment, since some species are associated with certain trees and whether it’s growing in the ground or on bark will help define it. On the actual mushroom itself, look at the cap for colors and textures; examine underneath the cap to see whether it has gills, teeth or pores; check the stem for coloring or patterns; and smell it for any distinctive odors. Also be sure to get the base of the mushroom from the ground, which can also be a helpful feature.

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Current CMS membership is over 1,000 people, Lubow said, adding that a huge draw has been the ability to gather mushrooms in the wild that would be expensive to purchase from a grocery store, such as porcini, chanterelles, morels and matsutake.

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“Most of the addition (of new club members) came in the last few years,” said former CMS president Ed Lubow. “The majority are there because they want to find something they can take home and eat.”

For anyone just starting out, Lubow highly recommends going on a mycological society-led foray to learn the basics of hunting and identification, which is key for gathering to eat. He also recommends beginner foragers invest in a regional book on mushroom and fungi“Therespecies.area number of local mycological societies,” he said. “Go join one, because you’ll be around people with the same interest and with more experience, so you’ll learn relatively quickly. The No. 1 rule for eating is if in doubt, throw it Beyondout.” the culinary foragers, Lubow said he’s also seen more interest from hikers and outdoor enthusiasts who like finding more ways to connect with nature and learning about their surrounding environment.Fungiarean integral part of forest health, breaking down nutrients into the soil for plants and trees to “Whatuse.you discover fairly quickly is that if you go out there thinking you’re going to find morels, except for a rare lucky day, you’re not going to succeed, so you start realizing that you’re passing lots of mushrooms,” Lubow said. “For me, it turned into, even the ones I can’t eat are kind of interesting.” Luckily for foragers, there’s no shortage of wild mushrooms in Colorado. From the southern San Juans to the Flat Tops in Steamboat Springs, there’s bound to be a bounty.However, public lands have different requirements for foragers for mushrooms. National and state parks do not allow foraging, while national forests typically require a permit. Depending on the ranger district, some permits are free and others can cost around $20 per year. Even urban parks in the Front Range are home to fungi finds, though it’s less likely to find anything worth eating. Some mushrooms in urban areas can be interesting because they’re not local, but accidentally brought in, Lubow said. Lubow cautioned that it’s always on the foragers to know what lands they are on and the rules of the land.Prime mushroom season in Colorado runs from mid-July to late September, though certain species thrive outside of those months as well. Altitude also plays a role in determining what species foragers are likely to find. “For Colorado, the key thing is moisture,” Lubow said of ideal mushroom conditions.

P opping up alongside the wildflowers, near creek beds and scattered through meadows in Colorado’s forests are a rainbow variety of fungi, which an increasing number of foragers are taking advantage of. Whether foragers are gathering some of Colorado’s prize edible species or just exploring to identify and learn, the Colorado Mycological Society has seen a hike in the number of people signing up for guided forays and club meetings.

Gear for gathering mushrooms includes a knife for cutting stalks out of the ground or off trees, a brush for cleaning dirt off and a structured container, such as a basket, cardboard box or mesh bag. Plastic is not recommended because it can speed up spoilage. Once on the trail, focus on the forest floor and tree trunks and it likely won’t be long before you notice mushrooms under brush, at the base of Aspens or on a fallen log. If foraging in a more urban or popular area, be sure to avoid gathering where there’s dog poop or pesticides or herbicides used. Beware that some of the prettiest-looking mushrooms, like the red and white-spotted amanita muscaria, can be toxic if ingested.

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For species that look alike, sometimes a spore print, where the cap of the mushroom is removed and placed on paper to capture falling spores, or chemical tinctures, which react with certain species, are needed for a the ranger district, some permits are free and others can cost around Beware that some of the prettired and white-spotted amanita

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One of Colorado’s prize edible species of wild mushroom is the chanterelle. One of its more distinctive characteristics is its apricot odor.

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Some mushrooms are hard to identify based on physical appearance alone because of various doppelganger species. Lubow tells foragers that if they can’t positively identify the mushroom, they definitely shouldn’t risk eating it.

Former Colorado Mycological Society president Ed Lubow uses a loupe to examine a smaller mushroom for identification. Lubow regularly leads forays for the mycological society and has noticed a growing number of people interested in foraging.

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A common species found in Colorado forests is the Aspen bolete, which some people eat and others avoid due to gastrointestinal concerns.

positiveUnlikeidentification.pickingflowers, gathering mushrooms doesn’t hurt the fungi since mushrooms are the fruits of the larger mycelium, or root structure. Picking can also forests require a specific permit for commercial collecting. Lubow also likes to set a high standard for picking mushrooms he plans toConditionseat. like browning or are signs that a shroom is past its prime.“Ifyou wouldn’t buy a fruit in the same condition at your grocery store, don’t eat it,” Lubow said. For those lucky enough to gather choice edibles, Lubow again recommends turning to local mycological societies for recipes and cooking tips.

Each time an unhoused person is forcibly removed by police, officers also take their belongings, so Wise said the group often hands out new sleeping bags each month to the same people.

“We don’t deal with finding homes and shelters for them, we don’t have the capacity to be able to do that, but we do have the capacity to feed them,” Wise said. “We can do that, and that’s what we’re concentrating on.”

Gershberg said the idea of making a small improvement in someone’s day-to-day experience, hopefully one day leading to a bigger change, is the idea behind Sleep Tight Colorado. “Think local. Think small,” Ger shberg said. “Don’t think you need to save the world and get over whelmed by that thought.”

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A-West junior Brooklyn Burgess picked up the win in the circle. Burgess gave up a couple of flare hits in the first inning. Castle View’s Lorena Urrutia knocked in the Sabercats’ lone run in the top of the firstBurgessinning.struck out the side in the second inning and then stranded Ashlyn Acree at third base in the top of the third inning.

Arvada West softball has 13-run inning in win over Castle View

“It was very important,” Burgess said of leaving Acree stranded after a 1-out triple in the top of the third inning. “If we didn’t do that I don’t think the rest of the inning would have went the way it did.”

“I really think anyone in our lineup can deliver the big hit,” Millikan said.Millikan waved around No. 9 hitter — sophomore Hallie Thomas — for the final run of the game. Thomas ripped a line-drive over the left fielder’s head. The sophomore raced around for an inside-the-park home run to induce the mercy rule. “I was just thinking about getting a hit for the team,” said Langerak of her big day at the plate. “Just keep the momentum going.”

Arvada West senior Kendall Mulvaney is all smiles during the Wildcats’ 17-1 victory over Castle View on Friday, Aug. 19. A-West had PHOTOS BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ARVADA — Arvada West softball coach Brenna Millikan might have needed to ice her right shoulder after non-league home game against Castle View on Aug. 19. The Wildcats (4-0 record) stayed undefeated on the season with an impressive 17-1 victory in three innings against the Sabercats. Millikan just kept on waving her players home as they rounded third base in the 13-run bottom of the third inning for the“WeWildcats.havebeen working on keeping composed and calm in situations,” Millikan said. The bottom of the third inning was pretty chaotic with A-West sending 15 batters to the plate in the remarkable 13-run inning. The Wildcats cranked out nine hits and took advantage of three walked and a few fielding errors by Castle View (0-2). Three Wildcats — Kendall Mulvaney, Kelsie Johnson and Zoey Langerak — actually had two hits each in the third inning. Mulvaney started the inning with a leadoff single and drove a pair of runs in with another single later in the inning. Johnson also had a pair of singles while Langerak had a 2-run double and a triple later in the inning from her 8th hole slot in the batting order.

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Arvada West junior Brooklyn Burgess will share pitching duties with fellow juniors Mac Ferguson and Sofia Finney this season.

A-West’s pitching staff depth is solid this season with a trio of juniors — Burgess, Mac Ferguson and Sofia Finney — who all saw varsity action last“Weseason.areall sharing,” Burgess said of the Wildcats’ three junior pitchers. “We are honestly a team within the team. We all work really well together.”Therewasn’t much rest for the Wildcats. A-West hosted Legacy and Denver North the following day. Schools. For more Jeffco coverage, go

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Arvada West senior Aidan Bolduc, left, fends of Standley Lake sophomore Nathan Lee during the Wildcats’ 10-1 victory over the Gators on Thursday, Aug. 18, at the North Area Athletic Complex. Bolduc scored four goals in the season opener.

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ARVADA — Arvada West seniors Aidan Bolduc and Carter Sevier put on a scoring clinic Aug. 18 on opening night at the North Area AthleticBolducComplex.andSevier combined for seven goals as the Wildcats cruised to a 10-1 victory over area rival Standley Lake in a non-league game.“Ithink they came out and played the right way,” A-West coach Troy Gette said of Bolduc and Sevier putting in goals 10 seconds apart in the opening minute. “They just kind of settled in and took their foot off the gas a little bit. At halftime we made some adjustments. They came out and played the right way the whole second half.” Sevier found the back of the net in the 4th minute to give the Wildcats an early 3-0 lead. Standley Lake freshman Semi Gazlbara answered with a goal in the 11th minute. Both defenses tighten up for the remainder of the first half.

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“I think we have some pretty dynamic players this year going forward,” Gette said. “Hopefully our defense can match what our attack can bring us.”

Scoring was something A-West struggled with at times last year. The Wildcats scored just a single goal in their fi nal three league games last year as A-West fell to sixth in the conference standings and missed out on the postseason.“We always have high expectations in 5A Jeffco (league play),” Bolduc said of A-West eyeing a rebound year in league this season.Sevier put in his third goal of the game in the 67th minute.

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

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Junior Gael Martinez, sophomore Carson Welling and senior Yavani Tamayo got into the scoring action to get the Wildcats to double-digit goals in a game for the fi rst time in over a decade. “It’s a pretty balanced group from top to bottom,” Gette said of the Wildcats’ depth this season. “I’m really comfortable with players coming off the bench and not losing a beat.”

A-West took a 3-1 lead into“Forhalftime.thefirst eight minutes we were really pressuring with a lot of energy,” said Bolduc, who scored four goals which is just one goal behind his total of fi ve for the whole 2021 season. “It dropped for a little bit. We started to fi gure it out in the second half. We started connecting more passes and were able to fi nd each other to bring that energy back”Bolduc scored three goals over a span of 14 minutes in the second half. The Wildcats (1-0 record) tallied seven unanswered goals after halftime.

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A public hearing on the Service Plan will be held by the City Council of the City of Arvada (the “City Council”) on September 19, 2022, at 6:00 p.m., at City Hall, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, Colorado 80002, or as soon thereafter as the City Council may hear such matter (the “Public Hearing”).

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The maximum mill levy for the District for debt shall be forty (50) mills subject to certain adjustment and release provisions as contemplated and de scribed in the Service Plan. The maximum period of time which such levy shall be collected is forty (40) years after the initial imposition of such levy.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: MOUNTAIN METROPOLITANSHADOWSDISTRICT /s/ WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Attorneys at Law Legal Notice No. 414445 First Publication: August 25, 2022 Last Publication: August 25, 2022 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript and the Arvada Press Public Notice

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The District is a metropolitan district as that term is defined in Section 32-1-103(10), C.R.S., that may provide for the design, financing, acquisi tion, installation, construction, operation, and maintenance of Public Improvements. The Public Improvements are part, or all of the improvements authorized to be planned, designed, acquired, constructed, installed, relocated, redeveloped, and financed as generally described in the Special District Act, except as specifically limited in the service plan. The District’s boundaries are located generally south of two miles north of the United States Department of Energy, Rocky Flats Facility south property line, west of Alkire Street, North of ½ mile south of Highway 82, and east three miles west of Highway 93. For that portion of the District’s general obligation bonds which exceeds 50% of the District’s as sessed valuation, the District may impose mill levy up to 50 mills (subject to adjustment after January 1, 2004 for changes occurring in the method of calculating assessed valuation), less the number of mills necessary to pay any unlimited mill levy general obligation debt. For that portion of the District’s general obligation bonds which is equal to or less than 50% of the District’s assessed valu ation, either on the date of issuance or at any time thereafter, the District may impose a mill levy in the amount necessary to pay debt service on the general obligation debt, without limitation of rate. The Service Plan Amendment will limit repayment of any and all indebtedness (or use the proceeds of any mill levy for repayment of indebtedness) on any single property developed for residential to a term of forty (40) years after the year of the initial imposition of such mill levy unless (I) a majority of the Board of Directors of the District are End Users, as defined in the District’s original Service Plan, and (II) have voted in favor of a refunding of a part or all of the indebtedness.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Arvada City Council, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, will hold a public meeting at 6:00 P.M., on Monday, the 19th day of September 2022, at the Arvada City Hall, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, Colorado 80002 (https://arvada.org) and conduct a public hearing no earlier than 6:15 P.M., for the purpose of considering the adequacy of the Service Plan Amendment and to form a basis for adopting a Resolution approving, disapproving, or conditionally approving the proposed Service Plan Amendment for the District.

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Notice is hereby given that disbursements in final settlement will be issued by the Finance Director at 10:00 a.m., September 6, 2022 to Garney Companies Inc. for work related to Project No. Coal Creek Tank - No. 18-WA-10 and performed under that contract dated 14 June 2021 for the City of Arvada. Any person, co-partnership, association of per sons, company or corporation that furnished labor, material, drayage, sustenance, provisions or other supplies used or consumed by said contractor or his sub-contractors in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done by said Garney Companies Inc. and its claim has not been paid, may at any time on or prior to the hour of the date above stated, file with the Finance Director of the City of Arvada at City Hall, a verified state ment of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim.

NOTICE OF HEARING OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE BYLAWS OF THE CITY OF ARVADA LIQUOR LICENSING AUTHORITY 8101 RALSTON ROAD ARVADA, CO 80002

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Dated this August 25, 2022 Sarah Walters, Deputy City Clerk CITY OF ARVADA, COLORADO Legal Notice No. 414574 First Publication: August 25, 2022 Last Publication: August 25, 2022 Jeffco Transcript Public Notice NOTICE OF HEARING UPON APPLICATION FOR A NEW LODGING AND ENTERTAINMENT LIQUOR LICENSE OF THE TURN LLC D/B/A: THE TRN 5601 YUKON STREET ARVADA, CO 80002

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to Section 91-13 of the Arvada municipal code (the “City Code”), a Service Plan (the “Service Plan”) for the proposed Scenic Heights Metropolitan District (the “District”) has been filed with the City of Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado. The Service Plan is on file and open for inspection in the office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, Colorado 80002.

Pursuant to Section 91-15(e) of the City Code, any person owning property in the proposed District may request that such property be excluded from the District by submitting such request to the City Clerk no later than ten days prior to the Public Hearing.

Pursuant to § 91-13(2)(h), Arvada City Code, all protests and objections to the District’s proposed Service Plan Amendment shall be deemed to be waived unless presented at the time and in the manner specified in Arvada City Code Chapter 91.

Notice is hereby given that an application has been presented to the City of Arvada Local Liquor Licensing authority for a Lodging & Entertainment liquor license from The Turn, LLC, d/b/a The TRN, located at 5601 Yukon Street, Arvada, CO, whose controlling officer is Kent McCurdy, Owner, 5601 Yukon Street, Arvada, CO, United States The license would allow sales of malt, vinous and spirituous liquor by the drink for consumption on the premises at 5601 Yukon Street, Arvada, CO Said80002.application will be heard and considered by the City of Arvada Liquor Licensing Authority at a meeting to be held in the Arvada Municipal Complex Council Chambers, 8101 Ralston Road at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 8, 2022. The application was submitted on July 14, 2022. For further information call Sarah Walters, Deputy City Clerk, at 720-898-7544.

All protests and objections must be submitted in writing to the City Council at or prior to the Public Hearing or any continuance or postponement thereof in order to be considered. All protests and objections to the District not presented in this manner shall be deemed to be waived.

Dated this August 12, 2022 CITY OF ARVADA /s/ Kristen Rush, City Clerk Notice No. 414572 August 25, 2022 August 25, 2022 Transcript

Notice is hereby given that the City of Arvada Liquor Licensing Authority will hold a hearing and a subsequent vote regarding proposed amend ments to the Authority’s bylaws.

The proposed amendments will be heard and considered by the City of Arvada Liquor Licensing Authority at a meeting to be held in the Arvada Municipal Complex Council Chambers, 8101 Ralston Road at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sep tember 8, 2022.

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BY ORDER OF THE CITY OF ARVADA CITY COUNCIL Legal Notice No. 414564 Publication: August 25, 2022 Last Publication: August 25, 2022 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript and the Arvada Press Public Notice

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON SERVICE PLAN IN RE THE ORGANIZATION OF SCENIC HEIGHTS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, CITY OF ARVADA, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the MOUNTAIN SHADOWS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT (the District”), will hold a meeting via teleconference on September, 12, 2022 at 4:30 P.M., for the purpose of conducting such business as may come before the Board including a public hearing on the 2022 amended budget (the “Amended Budget”). This meeting can be joined using the following teleconference information: Join Zoom

The following resolution can be viewed in its en tirety in electronic form by going to www.arvada. org/legalnotices and clicking on Current Legal Notices. The full text version is also available in printed form in the City Clerk’s office. Contact 720.898.7550 if you have questions.

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NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Amended Budget has been submitted to the District. A copy of the Amended Budget is on file in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen, 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado, where the same are open for public inspection. Any interested elector of the District may file any objections to the Amended Budget at any time prior to final adoption of the Amended Budget by the Boards. This meeting is open to the public and the agenda for any meeting may be obtained by calling (303) 858-1800.

The purpose of the hearing is to consider the Service Plan and to form a basis for adopting a resolution approving, conditionally approving, or disapproving the Service Plan.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that, pur suant to § 91-15(e), Arvada City Code, the owner of real property within the District may file a peti tion with the Arvada City Council, stating reasons why said property should not be included in the proposed District and requesting that such real property be excluded from the proposed District. Such petition may be filed no later than ten (10) days before the day fixed for the public hearing on the Service Plan Amendment, but the Arvada City Council shall not be limited in its action with respect to the exclusion of territory based upon such request. Any request for exclusion shall be acted upon before the final action of the Arvada City DatedCouncil.this17th day of August 2022. Order of the City Clerk City Clerk Notice No. 414560 August 25, 2022 August 25, 2022 Jeffco

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NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that, pursuant to § 91-13(2)(g), Arvada City Code, all protests and objections must be submitted in writing to the Arvada City Council at or prior to the hearing or any continuance or postponement thereof in order to be considered.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AMENDED 2022 BUDGET

R22-052, A Resolution Accepting an Annexation Petition, Concerning 12016 West 82nd Avenue, Finding Said Petition Substantially Compliant With C.R.S. 31-12-107(1), and Setting a Public Hear ing for September 12, 2022, 6:15 p.m. for City Council to Determine Whether the Area Meets the Requirements of C.R.S. 31-12-104 and 105, and is Considered Eligible for Annexation.

Dated this August 25, 2022 /s/ Sarah Walters Deputy City Clerk CITY OF ARVADA, COLORADO Legal Notice No. 414573 August 25, 2022 August 25, 2022 Jeffco Transcript Public Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON SERVICE PLAN AMENDMENT PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to § 91-13, Arvada City Code, that there has been filed with the City of Arvada, Colorado, a “First Amendment to Service Plan for Canyon Pines Metropolitan District (formerly known as Jefferson Center Metropolitan District No. 5)” (the “Service Plan Amendment”) for the Canyon Pines Metropolitan District (the “District”). The Service Plan Amendment is available for public inspection in the office of the Arvada City Clerk, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, CO 80002, telephone number 720-898-7550.

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