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Economic experts agree that inflation is a worldwide problem

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENT REPORTER

On June 21, the Common Sense Institute (CSI), a non-partisan organization dedicated to free enterprise and a strong Colorado economy, held a panel discussion on the impact of inflation on the rising cost of living as part of its regular Eggs and the Economy program.

The program began with a sincere and inspiring bipartisan moment when with Rep. Shannon Bird (D), who chairs the State House Finance Committee, and CSI Board Chair Earl Wright giving one another kudos for the part each played in helping pass HB221029, a bipartisan bill that repaid the Public Employees’ Retirement Association (PERA), which has experienced longtime financial challenges, the money that it was supposed to be paid on July 1, 2020, but was cancelled due to the pandemic. The amount, originally scheduled to be $225 million, swelled to $380 million payable July 1 of this year. The increase effectively moved up payment of some of the money that was to be paid in 2023 to 2022. By any measure, it is a good thing for the public employees’ retirement fund to get a financial boost, and it is good that the state was willing and able to do it.

Rep. Bird presented a plaque to Wright “thanking him for his service to the State of Colorado” in the work he did to advocate for and help pass this legislation. As he accept-

Rep. Shannon Bird (D) presented CSI board chair Earl Wright with a plaque in appreciation of his help getting the bill passed that helped fund the longstanding PERA deficit

Steve Byers, Ph.D. is the CSI Senior Economist.

Rep. Shannon Bird (D), who chairs the House Finance Committee, has represented Adams County HD 35 since 2018. After redistricting, she is a candidate in HD29.

Luige del Puerto is Colorado Politics’ managing editor.

number his chart showed was for the increased cost of transportation, coming primarily from the rise in gas prices, which is a huge factor for Coloradans, who mostly drive everywhere all the time.

Brown also presented information on the financial impact of legislation passed by the general assembly this year. The two largest items on his list were SB22-238: 2023 and 2024 Property Tax and SB22-234: Unemployment Compensation. Both have significant impact, but wheth-

ed the award, Wright pointed to Bird and said, “She did all the work.”

Chris Brown, CSI’s longtime vice-president of policy and research, began the affordability discussion by pointing to the role of the 12-month 8.3% inflation rate on the cost of living. Brown calculated that food had increased $578 during the past year, housing had increased $1,130, and medical care had gone up $414. The largest

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er the impact is positive or negative is not crystal clear.

SB22-238 will lower property taxes for the next two years that would have otherwise gone up, by $500,000,000.

While that is a positive thing for residents, it has a negative impact on state revenues.

Similarly, SB22-234 increases benefits to unemployed workers, which is positive for those individuals, but ultimately decreases state revenues, which has a negative impact on the budget.

The panel that discussed issues around affordability consisted of Rep. Bird, Steven Byers, Ph.D., CSI Senior Economist, and Evelyn Lim, CSI Fellow, in addition to Brown. Luige del Puerto of Colorado Politics moderated and asked the questions.

Byers spent 23 years with the SEC and other federal agencies, as well as the public accounting oversight board, while producing award-winning research on economic impact analysis. Lim’s previous roles have included director of transportation security policy at the White House.

Bird was first elected in 2018 and chairs the House Finance Committee. She holds a master’s degree in finance as well as a law degree.

When the moderator asked the panel what the state or its people could do about the issue of affordability, she said, “The state is one part of a much larger ecosystem.

The issue of inflation is not unique to Colorado and it’s not even unique to the United States. The issue of inflation is impacting countries around the world.” She said that bringing down energy costs, getting a higher level of workforce participation, and resolving supply chain issues would be helpful. Lim agreed, adding that we should look at recent legislation that

Chris Brown is CSI VP of policy and research.

increases the cost of housing, “because what we want to do is reduce regulation that adds to the cost that hurts people (buying houses).” Byers pointed to the “huge supply chain disruptions” brought on by the pandemic,” which, when combined with monetary policy that made money “very cheap” and huge federal spending to combat the economic impact of the pandemic, resulted in “more dollars chasing fewer goods,” which results in inflation. He suggested that elected officials look at energy policy as a way of relieving inflationary pressure. Brown, the final panelist to address the question, agreed that, “This is a national phenomenon,” and, “There are real constraints that Colorado can’t overcome by itself,” but, “policy can make it worse.” On a positive note, he said that this year, “there was a definite recognition that the legislature has some ability to moderate this and not make it worse.”

Brown pointed to gas prices as an example of an issue that cannot be solved in Colorado because “it is driven, in large part, by higher commodity prices in the oil and gas,” an industry that “has faced massive disruption globally and are largely out of the state’s control.”

On the question of the cost of keeping a roof over Coloradans’ heads, Byers noted that “Housing prices started rising about seven or eight years ago in response to the huge influx of people that were moving to Colorado. At that time, we already had a housing shortage.” Since then, “We haven’t built enough housing to offset that increased demand… The other thing that he said has exacerbated the problem is the availability of cheap money motivated people to buy homes that they might not be able to afford as interest rates go up.

Bird pointed to actions by the general assembly “that put more money into people’s pockets,” like allowing seniors to deduct social security income on state tax returns (still a pending potential ballot measure) and exempting feminine hygiene products and diapers from state sales tax, which passed and is effective January 1, 2023. fmiklin.villager@gmail. com

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Six cases of monkeypox reported in Colorado so far

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENT REPORTER

Although monkeypox has had little impact on our state so far, state health officials want to make sure people recognize the symptoms and report it if they get it. Monkeypox shows up as a rash that can look like pimples or blisters that appear on almost any part of the body, including inside one’s mouth.

Some people also get a fever.

If one gets this virus, they should isolate at home, away from other people and pets, until all lesions heal and new skin forms. The illness often resolves without treatment, but there is vaccine in very limited supply that can be given after one is exposed to the virus. It will prevent it or make its symptoms milder.

On June 22, Dr. Rachel Herlihy, State Epidemiologist, and Scott Bookman, Director, Division of Disease Control and Public Health Response, held a press conference to share information about monkeypox in Colorado. Brian Spencer of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, moderated.

As of June 24, there were over 4,106 cases of monkeypox in 47 countries outside of central and western Africa, where they commonly occur.

In the U.S., 201 cases were reported in 25 states and Washington, D.C. Within Colorado, there were two cases reported in May and four through June 24, none of which required hospitalization. There have been no deaths from the virus in Colorado.

The fatality rate from monkeypox in the U.S. and all other countries outside of central and western Africa is less than one percent. All six cases in Colorado were found in people who recently traveled internationally or had close contact with someone who had the virus.

Monkeypox is unlikely to be spread through, “brief interactions without physical contact, “said Herlihy, emphasizing that it is very different than the COVID-19 virus. Monkeypox is spread through close contact with monkeypox rash, sores, or scabs from a person who is infected with it. It can also be spread through sexual contact, especially between men.

The virus can be transmitted from the onset of symptoms until all lesions have completely healed. The risk of contracting the virus is increased by travel to a country where the virus has been reported. In Europe, the largest number of cases (910) is presently in the United Kingdom.

There is a very limited supply of the vaccine available presently and it is controlled

The states shaded in blue, including Colorado, are the ones in which the 201 cases of monkeypox reported as of June 24 have been discovered.

by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CDPHE has up-to-date information on monkeypox on

its website at cdphe.colorado. gov/monkeypox.

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I’m a believer that the young men who wrote the Constitution of the United States were divinely inspired by the almighty.

“In God We Trust” was their motto and indeed America has been very blessed from the early day Indians saving the starving colonists.

It is the duty of the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the Constitution and The Bill of Rights. These documents have guided this nation for well over 246 years and have been a roadmap for freedom and liberty.

There is nothing in these documents that speaks to abortion, nor should there be. That is a personal issue for families and individuals to decide. I don’t believe there should be any law that dictates what a woman can do, or can’t do, with her physical being.

The Supreme Court, 50 years ago, ruled in favor of Roe v Wade, protecting a woman’s rights to an abortion. The recent decision to overturn this decision seems to be on the basis that it never should have been a federal law in the first place. The recent controversial court decision simply puts the decision back to the states and to the voters in each locality

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to vote for what the majority wishes to favor; that’s the way a democracy is intended to work.

Abortion may vary from state to state, but the federal government will not dictate to woman that they can, or can’t, have an abortion. It will be illegal in some states, and legal in others, depending upon a vote of the people. There will always be states that rule in favor, and no doubt states that oppose various forms of abortion. Washington should stay out of the bedrooms of America.

No doubt expenses will be available for women to travel to legal states for abortions under whatever pregnancy terms exist by voters.

The Supreme Court did not outlaw this practice of freedom choice but followed their individual belief of Constitutional mandates. If one believes in the Constitution being the law of the land, the Supreme Court Justices made the right decision.

If, on the other hand, women who want Federal protection for their bodies, it is their right to disagree and peacefully protest the decision. ***

Whether New York is safer, or more dangerous, by allowing open carry of guns is debatable. It would seem that more law-abiding people well-armed might be safer than being unarmed and only the criminals carrying firearms. *** During an NNA newspaper study mission in Beijing, China the group visited the building where unwanted babies were being sold to new parents, many from the United States. The going price, ten years ago, was around $35,000 a child, mainly girl babies being adopted. China only allowed couples to have one child, that has been changed to allowing three children today.

Bottomline, more unwanted babies should be put up for adoption here in the United States. There is a demand by many couples to have children, and perhaps pregnant women could sell the child in the womb, saving the life and enduring the pregnancy.

Rather than the ongoing debate over legalities, maybe more thought should be placed upon free birth control measures to reduce pregnancies and assist women in job training and equal pay. ***

Abortion beliefs may be on the ballot this fall but what about immigration and the wording in the Constitution about protecting the borders of the United States of America.

Article IV of the United States Constitution in section 4 states: “The United States shall guarantee to every State in the Union a Republican form of Government and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.”

The border states are being invaded. The abortion issue is not listed anywhere in the Constitution, but protecting states is front and center.

We either have a Supreme Court that upholds The Constitution, or we have mayhem across the land and this nation is defeated from within by shredding the beliefs that have made America great.

We’re in dangerous territory with inflation, weak borders, Ukraine, and China threatening Taiwan.

History relates, “Nero fiddled while Rome burned.”

History may be unfolding before our very eyes.

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Reverend Martin Niemoller “In Germany, the Nazis first came for the communists and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a communist. Then they came for the Jews and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me and by that time there was no one left to speak for me!”

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QUOTE of the WEEK Won’t it be wonderful QUOTE of the WEEK when black history and

native American history and Jewish history and all of U.S. history is taught from one book.

Just U.S. history.

– Maya Angelou

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The Supreme Court decision was about the Constitution, not abortion The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) sent shock waves into America recently with two important, and unfortunately controversial decisions. One was on gun rights, the other about abortion.

Reading the US Constitution, neither should be the least bit controversial.

The role of SCOTUS is not to make law or settle social and policy disagreements, but instead to ensure that laws passed by Congress or actions of the White House are constitutional. That is exactly what they did.

First was a decision that Americans have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defense. They affirmed legal carry outside the home, where the need for self-defense is greatest, not just inside the home as the most recent ruling, the Heller decision, declared.

The Second Amendment affirms, “The right of the people to keep and bear arms”. Arms doesn’t mean only muskets and cannons, weapons of the day when the Bill of Rights was drafted, but modern weapons as well. Otherwise, free speech would not include television, radio, or the internet as these didn’t exist when the First Amendment was written.

Regarding abortion, SCOTUS ruled on the law, not abortion per se, and did nothing to make abortion illegal or otherwise restrict it. Instead, they followed the Tenth Amendment, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

This allows the states, through a ballot referendum or through their elected legislatures to decide these issues, including abortion, gambling, recreational drug use, prostitution, and other activities not specifically mentioned in the Constitution.

Colorado was the first state to legalize recreational marijuana, a decision delegated to the states as weed is not mentioned in the Constitution. We became a marijuana tourism hotspot, for better or for worse. Abortion will follow a similar pattern in Colorado and about half the other states.

Colorado passed a law this year placing no limits on abortion around time or stage of pregnancy, far more generous than the original Roe decision.

Roe allowed restrictions and even prohibition of abortion after fetal viability. Despite the current SCOTUS ruling, abortion will be readily available in Colorado, and in many other states.

This means that a woman in Colorado, 40 weeks pregnant, can walk up one street to the hospital to deliver a healthy full-term baby, or down another to a Planned Parenthood clinic to abort that same healthy fullterm baby. This is what must be

meant by “a woman’s right to choose.”

Abortion tourism will become popular around the country as each state will craft its own abortion rules.

This is like medical

BY BRIAN C. tourism, patients JOONDEPH traveling to the Mayo Clinic for brain surgery or the Cleveland Clinic for heart surgery if these specialized services are not available in their home state.

Justice Kavanaugh wrote in his opinion, “That issue will be resolved by the people and their representatives in the democratic process in the States or Congress.” As it should be and as SCOTUS finally clarified after almost 50 years of controversy and division since Roe v Wade.

“As many people (hopefully) continue to read this blog, they might wonder why it’s named “Peri’s Point of View.”

Aside from the cute and catchy title, having perspective in life was a value I was taught from a very young age. Whenever I would complain about something minor, like being tired or bored, my parents reminded me to have perspective. This was their way of saying, “suck it up; remember how lucky you are.” Although, for many years, it was annoying, I’m so grateful for that reminder.

I love to write about everything glamorous and fun!

I have always loved seeing (and buying) new things.

Sitting down to write this article, I scrolled through my

blog for inspiration. I have just returned home from a seventeen-day vacation in Israel and Italy, and it was my first instinct to write about it (don’t worry, I’m sure it’s going to be the topic of many more articles), but I couldn’t help but think about the name of this column.

From the surface, it seems like my point of view is all about lifestyle, beauty, and fashion, which is valid for the most part. But I also think it’s important to share about other things, like why having perspective is so incredibly important. One of my favorite mantras in high school was, “everybody is fighting a battle they don’t speak about, be kind and patient no matter what.”

After attending two different schools, having my junior year during a pandemic, and being on a team with twenty-five other girls, I found myself saying this a lot. I believe that the worst thing we can do is be

quick to judge another person.

Taking a moment to have perspective can go a long way.

Although it may seem irrelevant, this column’s name and my blog are not! I hope that by reading this, you are reminded that perspective is critical and patience is vital. Let this remind us to take a deep breath and remember that we don’t always know the whole story. Everyone’s point of view is different!”

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Ms. Colorado Senior 2021 Dr. Marilyn Chipman, Ms. Colorado Senior 2022 Jeanne Knott and Colorado State Pageant Administrator/Publicity René Green

Ms. Colorado Senior “Queen’s Tea” held at Heather Gardens “Ladies of Elegance” sharing talent and spirit

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s. Colorado Senior celebrates the “age of elegance.”

Women who compete for the title must be at least 60 years young. Each year, a summer Queen’s Tea is held to show-

case talent of Cameo Club members – those who have competed in the past – and to raise funds. There was plenty of tea and tasty bites and talent when this year’s event was held at the Heather Gardens Clubhouse. Members of the Cameo Club, whether on stage or not, were in glitz, glamour, gowns, sashes and

crowns while guests also donned their finery accented with appropriate hats! The afternoon featured a vast silent auction and a variety of entertainment showcased on stage. Jake Jabs was auctioneer and drove up the bids for an exciting lineup of items including an ocean front condo in Treasure Island (Flori-

da), a Granby mountain condo in Colorado and an African Safari package. In addition, Dan Sharp Luxury in Cherry Creek donated a high-fashion mink scarf and Vintage Theater offered two season ticket (ten shows) vouchers for 2022-2023.

The competition for the next pageant will be held October 9, 2022 at the Parsons Theater in Northglenn. Ap-

Fabulous sounds of the 3 Divas – Karen Osburn, Marla Downer and Deejay Johnson

plications are being accepted now and space is limited.

Deadline is August 22. (Applicants must be at least 60 years of age by October 9, 2022) For further information about Ms. Colorado Senior, contact René Green, state pageant administrator at 720.374.6249 or visit: coloSRAmerica.com.

Cameo Club President Yvonne Guzman Rodriguez models the mink scarf from Dan Sharp Luxury Photos by Scottie Iverson

FAR LEFT: Cameo Showcase Emcee – Colorado’s own Michelle Rahn who was crowned with the national title in 2004 CENTER LEFT: Cameo Club Vice President Judy Rowe LEFT: Jake Jabs and René Green with the finale number “Tennessee Waltz”

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Apprentice Artist Picnic held in Cherry Hills Village

The last Apprentice Artist Picnic was held in 2019 and the Central City Opera (CCO) Guild was thrilled to bring back the annual event.

Beverlee Henry Fullerton opened her Cherry Hills Village home and hosted the FLEURISH event on her parklike property. Bold BBQ catered with volunteers of the Guild providing additional elements of the feast.

As a kick- off to the upcoming opera festival season, the picnic gives Guild members and guests an opportunity to welcome the visiting artists and get acquainted.

Central City Opera Guild was founded in 1974 under the direction of Barbara Ferguson. By 1975, there were 573

ABOVE: The large group of apprentice artists at the picnic

Photo by Susan Stiff

LEFT: Loyal Central City Opera supporter Beverlee Henry Fullerton hosted the event Photos by Scottie Iverson

What a pleasure it is to get to know the talented visiting artists before watching their upcoming performances on stage.”

- Louise Atkinson, Central City Opera Guild president

members.

The Guild assists with the Central City Opera House preservation and restoration projects, community education, cultural and social events Chair of the Apprentice Artist Picnic Lisa Curwen, President and CEO of Central and various City Opera Pamela Pantos and President Central City Opera Guild Louise Photo by Susan Stiff fundraising Atkinson campaigns throughout the fifth oldest opera company in the U.S. been presented in the magnificently Its home grandly opened in 1878 and restored building for 90 years. For year for CCO. was restored in 1932.

World-class further information: 303-292-6700 or Central City opera and theater productions have centralcityopera.org.

Opera is the

Jon DiGiovanni talks about the economy with Cor2Cor

BY SCOTTIE IVERSON

Cor2Cor, a professional business alliance for movers and shakers, held its Spring gathering at Eddie V’s in DTC with wine and appetizers. A favorite featured speaker was Jon DiGiovanni, VP First Trust Advisors – a private company based in Chicago.

DiGiovanni was bullish on the economy as of the Spring meeting. He referred often to the company’s revered chief economist Brian Wesbury saying that nothing feels recessionary this year and that there was more money in the economy today than two years ago.

BELOW: Featured speaker VP First Trust Advisors Jon DiGiovanni, Angelica Nelson (RBC Wealth Management) and David Evans (RBC Wealth Management)

Cor2Cor Board Member Allison Welch (As You Wish), Tyler Bogart (Logic Integration) Standing: Cor2Cor Board Member Nepeta Godec (RBC Wealth Management), Shawn Hansson (Logic Integration), Judith Pearson (Woodruff Sawyer) and Project C.U.R.E.’s Douglas Jackson. Bogart and Hansson were slated to be at Project C.U.R.E. just days after the meeting to assist with aid from Project C.U.R.E. to Ukraine Photos by Scottie Iverson

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Junior Achievement hopes to start serving students in south metro Denver in 2023

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENT REPORTER

On June 10, Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain (JA) celebrated the “topping off” of its new educational facility on Greenwood Plaza Boulevard and Fiddler’s Green Circle by unveiling its new logo and announcing that the building will also be home to the Colorado Business Hall of Fame.

JA’s new logo reflects its updated vision and role as a “fully integrated K-12 education partner that helps students connect what they learn in school to life outside the classroom, especially in the areas of managing money, work and career readiness, and entrepreneurship.”

JA’s curriculum for younger students is primarily deliv-

ered by its volunteers visiting school classrooms. Middle and high school students will go on field trips to the new JA Center in DTC for capstone programs, usually lasting four hours, that follow the Harvard Best Practices for Financial Literacy method. JA expects to see around 17,000 students there each year.

The new building will contain two major components of JA’s program for 11 to 18-year-olds—the JA Dream Accelerator (DA), made possible by The Daniels Fund, and the JA Finance Park, made possible by Robert and Judi Newman.

Focusing on JA’s role in education, Robin Wise, JA president and CEO, told The Villager, “When you look at research about kids, they come at their future in a different

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way than we used to come at it with a job. Kids today want careers, but they want to know what kind of a life they’re going to have. Kids have been told that they have to have a four-year degree, but with what’s happening with student debt, and kids going to school for two years and dropping out because they didn’t know what they really wanted to do or be, maybe college wasn’t even for them. The Dream Accelerator is a place where kids can discover their path to purpose, marrying what they’re good at with what they like to do and coming out with a type of occupational identity that they can actually envision.

We say, you can’t be what you can’t see.” She continued, “It’s a really important concept to get kids thinking about what they could be. Maybe it isn’t

four years of college. Maybe it’s the military. Maybe it’s earning a certificate or a twoyear associate’s degree or going into an apprentice program in the construction industry where they get paid while they learn. The DA offers so much more than a high school guidance counselor can, especially with an average of 450 kids on their roster.”

Using the DA, young people have an opportunity to define their path to purpose and marry their purpose and their interests to produce a potential career. Next, they define the goals they have for their lives (income, house, family, location, etc.) With that information, the DA will help students see if the career path they have chosen is likely to achieve the

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On the second floor of its new building, JA will have a large outdoor terrace with a horizontal fireplace and a glass railing that emphasizes the extraordinary mountain views from its location. It will be available for rent and JA hopes it will become a gathering spot for community meetings and events.

The building will also house an auditorium with bleachers that can move into the wall when they are not needed.

This project was begun back in January 2019, after Wise and the JA board realized that their Thornton facility, housed gratis in the American Furniture Warehouse building there, was overflowing and they could not meet rising demand for their programs.

Fundraising for the DTC building JA’s new logo signifies birds was suspended taking flight during the pandemic. Since things have returned to a more normal state, JA has raised $15 million and still needs $3 goals they have for their lives. million more to complete all There are 38,000 middle its plans. All of JA’s programs and high school students with- for young people are delivered in a 12-mile radius of JA’s completely free of charge. One new south location in both of the reasons they still need Denver and the suburbs. DA more money, Wise told The will capture data on students Villager, is, “We had a very that they can make available good security plan, initially, to their teachers. Although it but now, we’ve taken a few originated over a century ago more steps to make sure we as a program for rural children have cutting edge security for to get jobs in the city, today’s the kids.”

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I’ve tried hard to keep politics out of this column, and I will continue to do so.

But as the parent of a daughter and grandparent of her two girls (who, thankfully, are young women now), I am compelled to add my view to the ongoing debate over transgender athletes and President Biden’s proposed changes to Title IX. What a crock!

A 2022 report by the UCLA School of Law Williams Institute places the total number of transgender individuals in the United States at 1.6 million. That’s LESS THAN ONE PERCENT of the nation’s total population.

The same report puts the number of transgender teens (ages 13-17) at 300,000. That’s 1.4% of that population.

I don’t mean to diminish any minority group, but is the tail wagging the dog here?

By my rough calculations, the Liberal Left would corrupt female sports competition involving more than 10 million female teens in favor of upwards of 300,000 males who have decided they’d rather be female and treated as such.

The lightning rod in this controversy is University of Pennsylvania transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who formerly was William “Will” Thomas.

Lia, who is 6-foot-3 and broad-shouldered, has broken several Penn women’s swimming records—once beating a teammate by 38 seconds in the 1,650-meter freestyle.

(One of my granddaughters swam distance races in high school.)

Cynthia Millen, a USA Swimming official for three decades before she resigned to

dramatize her disapproval of allowing a transgender swimmer (Thomas) to compete against biological females, succinctly articulated the issue recently: “Boys will always have larger lung capacity, larger hearts, greater circulation, a bigger skeleton and less fat. While Lia Thomas is a child of God, he is a biological male who is competing against women, and no matter how much testosterone suppression drugs he takes, he will always be a biological male and have the advantage.”

Miller didn’t mention another compelling fact.

Lia, 22, has had the benefit of male puberty, which can extend to age 20 in some cases.

In justifying changes to Title IX—on the 50th anniversary of the landmark law that ordered equal opportunities and facilities for women’s sports, no less—one of Biden’s minions, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, declared: “Our goal is to give full effect to the law’s reach and to deliver on its promise to protect all students from sexbased harassment and discrimination.”

That’s fine. But how does allowing biological males to compete with biological females “protect” the girls and women? (And how would Cardona feel if his own daughter, Celine, 15, was faring poorly against a trans athlete?)

The use of steroids and growth hormones is prohibited because they give the athletes who use them an unfair advantage. Yet suppressed levels of the testosterone that makes males stronger and

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faster is permissible even if it gives them an edge over females in sports competition.

I can’t help but think that Joe Biden is simply taking the position that he thinks will most help him—politically— with the Far Left, which now appears to be his base.

A strong leader’s position, in my experience and practice, is: Don’t come to me with just the problem. Bring me a possible solution, too.

So, here’s something to think about.

For decades, horse racing has sought to equalize the relative abilities of entries in a given race by assigning different weights for the mounts to carry in the race, so that each has a roughly equal chance to run the same distance in a competitive length of time.

If transgender athletes are to be allowed to participate in timed sports, such as swimming and track, why not assign them time handicaps to level the pool or running track, so to speak?

How would such handicaps be determined? I don’t have the conclusive answer, but if baseball, for example, can come up with countless metrics to compare the performance and value of different players at the same position, someone can come up with an appropriate basis for handicapping transgender athletes going head-to-head with females.

A starting point might be to determine the difference between the male and female records in any given event and add those seconds and fraction to the finish time of the transgender swimmer or runner.

What about competition that isn’t timed? There are other ways to establish a handicap or allowance. In golf, for example, we have men’s tees and ladies’ tees.

In team sports, the first question to be answered is how many trans players may a team have? Is one male on a female volleyball or softball team enough to tip the scales against an all-female team?

Two? Whatever, set a limit.

Perhaps the long-term answer is to create a third category of competition: Men’s, Women’s and Trans.

But that, of course, would require more trans athletes.

Denny Dressman is a veteran of 43 years in the newspaper business, including 25 at the Rocky Mountain News, where he began as executive sports editor. He is the author of 14 books, eight of them sports-related. You can write to Denny at dennydressman@ comcast.net.

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50 years and growing SUBMITTED BY KATHY TURLEY

It was dark on April 8, 1972, when 250 guests were sitting in Christ The King Catholic Church waiting for the bride and groom to light their can-

dles and for the celebration to begin. Musicians were anticipating their next song and Father waited patiently for his part in the nuptials to start.

The couple approached

the altar to light their candles, unaware and unprepared for what was about to happen.

As the bride turned around to address the congregation, her veil caught

on fire. Calmly, not waiting a minute, the groom grabbed her veil and put out the fire. Later in the evening, one of the guests noticed the veil was burnt in a perfect heart shape.

Believing and professing a personal foundation principle that “there are no coincidences in life, and that everything happens for as reason,” the bride shared the following personal testimony: The bride’s mother’s birthday was on Valentine’s Day and although she had passed away many years before, the couple were convinced that she was at the wedding. Along with the Holy Spirit, and this was her sign of approval.

The couple’s firstborn came two weeks early prophetically on Valentine’s Day! This is our story! We were blessed and hope you have been blessed, as well. v

Fast forward 50 years On April 8, Tim and Kathy Turley celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary at St Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church in Denver. Monsignor Ken Leoni, who married the couple 50 years ago, in 1972, was the celebrant at the renewal Mass. The couple’s three children, Sean, Mary Kathryn and Bridgette, along with three grandchildren and 80 of their dearest friends attended the celebration.

In the wedding party were the four men, called “the unholy four,” who grew up together and attended St Francis High School in Mountain View, Calif. Two of them traveled from opposite sides of the country to share in the momentous occasion. A grand celebration culminated at the Indulge Bistro Restaurant in the Streets of Southglenn.

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LETTERS Accountability will provide Equitable Education

to over the past couple of weeks is why in the United States of America aren’t ALL our children receiving the absolute BEST education possible?

My wife and I had the opporHow are we as the United States tunity to attend the ACE Scholarof America with all our resources ship Luncheon a couple of weeks not turning out children and young ago. The theme was “Saving the adults that are capable, confident, American Student”, and the guest curious, and hopeful? How is school speaker was former Secretary of choice not a given for each and State Condoleezza Rice. The event every student? We are failing our was incredibly impactful on many children and in turn our futures. The levels. Foremost, the work ACE does ripple effects a poor and misguided to provide scholarships and access education system will have on our to a better education is beyond life future here at home and abroad will changing for the student and their become disastrously apparent all family. It would also not be a stretch too soon. to say there is a positive impact on The education system here in their community.

Colorado is set up under local conBut what I keep coming back trol. What that means is that the lo-

cal school boards are responsible for the education of our children within their district. The school boards are failing. They must be held accountable. The unions and associations that claim to be working for and in the best interest of our children have failed. No one is taking responsibility, but those in charge are happy to point their fingers to the parents or to not receiving enough public funding.

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COUNTY TREASURER NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to ALVA REEVES AND DILLARD REEVES TRUSTEE, INA GROUP INC, BRYANT DANIEL SMITH You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 1st day of November, 2018, A.D., the then County Treasurer of the County of Arapahoe, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC., the following described real estate situate in the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, to-wit: 1/176 INT IN M/R IN NE 1/4 284-62 aka mineral rights as described in schedule 1983-00-0-00-858 and said County Treasurer issued a Certificate of Purchase therefore to MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC.; That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent general taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2017; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of ALVA & DILLARD REEVES TRUSTEES for said year 2017; That said MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC., on the 10th day of March, 2022, the present holder of said Certificate, who has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate;

COURTS DISTRICT COURT ARAPAHOE COUNTY 7325 S. POTOMAC ST #100 CENTENNIAL, CO 80121 IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: Rachel K. Marosy FOR THE ADOPTION OF A CHILD Case Number: 2022 JA 000007 Division: Courtroom: ORDER FOR PUBLICATION AND MAILING The Court, having considered the Motion and Affidavit of the Petitioner(s), is satisfied that the Petitioner(s) has/have used due diligence to obtain personal service on the Respondent(s) at any address available; and that such efforts have failed or efforts to obtain same would have been to no avail, that the Respondent(s) cannot be found for personal service, and that the address of the Respondent(s) remain(s) unknown.

Therefore, the Motion is granted.

The Court orders that the Petitioner(s) shall complete service by publication in a newspaper published in this county or as other-wise specified by the Court.

That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC., on or about the 19th day of October, 2022, A.D., unless the same has been redeemed.

Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

Witness my hand this 10th day of June, 2022, A.D. Sue Sandstrom Treasurer Arapahoe County Published in The Villager First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Legal # 10806 ___________________________ NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to RUDOLPH CAFFEY, INA GROUP LLC, BRYANT DANIEL SMITH You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 1st day of November, 2018, A.D., the then County Treasurer of the County of Arapahoe, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to C.O.T.A. RESOURCES, INC., the following described real estate situate in the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, to-wit: 1/4 M/R ONLY UNDER HI/WAY AS DESC IN B1531 P343 IN NW 1/4 34-4-60 5.914A (MINERAL RIGHTS ONLY) and said County Treasurer issued a Certificate of Purchase therefore to C.O.T.A. RESOURCES, INC.;

That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of RUDOLPH CAFFEY for said year 2017;

That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent general taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2017;

That said C.O.T.A. RESOURCES, INC., on the 28th day of December, 2021, the present holder of said Certificate, who has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate;

That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of JACK WELLS CLARKE for said year 2017;

That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said C.O.T.A. RESOURCES, INC., on or about the 26th day of October, 2022, A.D., unless the same has been redeemed.

Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

Witness my hand this 17th day of June, 2022, A.D. Sue Sandstrom Treasurer Arapahoe County Published in The Villager First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: July 7, 2022 Legal # 10812 ___________________________ NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to JACK WELLS CLARKE, CHUCK FARISH You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 1st day of November, 2018, A.D., the then County Treasurer of the County of

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Arapahoe, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to C.O.T.A. RESOURCES, INC., the following described real estate situate in the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, to-wit:

That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent general taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2017;

Such publication shall be made as follows:

Published in The Villager First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: July 21, 2022 Legal # 10813 ___________________________ DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO 7325 South Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112 (303) 649-6355 Telephone

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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that an Adjudicatory Hearing regarding RESPONDENT FATHER, KAESEAN WILLIAMS is set for July 13, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. in Division 14 at the Arapahoe County District Court, 7325 South Potomac Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112. You have the right to be represented by an attorney during these proceedings; if you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to represent you. In the event you fail to appear for said hearing at the date and time indicated, the Petitioner, the People of the State of Colorado, will request that the Court enter a default judgment against you and adjudicate the child(ren) dependent and neglected in accordance with the Colorado Children’s Code.

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That said C.O.T.A. RESOURCES, INC., on the 23rd day of December, 2022, the present holder of said Certificate, who has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said C.O.T.A. RESOURCES, INC., on or about the 12th day of October, 2022, A.D., unless the same has been redeemed.

Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

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Treasurer Arapahoe County Published in The Villager First Publication: June 30, 2022 Last Publication: July 14, 2022 Legal # 10818 ___________________________ NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to JACK WELLS CLARKE, CHUCK FARISH, JOSEPH HUSS You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 1st day of November, 2018, A.D., the then County Treasurer of the County of Arapahoe, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC., the following described real estate situate in the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, to-wit:

That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of JACK WELLS CLARKE for said year 2017; That said MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC., on the 11th day of March, 2022, the present holder of said Certificate, who has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC., on or about the 19th day of OCTOBER, 2022, A.D., unless the same has been redeemed.

Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed.

Witness my hand this 24th day of June, 2022, A.D. Sue Sandstrom Treasurer Arapahoe County Published in The Villager First Publication: June 30, 2022 Last Publication: July 14, 2022 Legal # 10819 ___________________________

3/3072THS INT IN M/R ONLY IN SEC 32-5-60 aka Mineral Rights as described in schedule 2061-00-0-00-881 and said County Treasurer issued a Certificate of Purchase therefore to MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC.; That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent general taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2017; Arapahoe County and Douglas County, State of Colorado.

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BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SOUTH METRO WISE AUTHORITY By: Secretary – Board of Directors Published in The Villager First Publication: June 30, 2022 Last Publication: July 7, 2022 Legal # 10820 ___________________________ you must be at the Courthouse a half hour before the hearing is scheduled to begin.

Published in The Villager Published: June 30, 2022 Legal # 10821 ___________________________

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Scot Alan Brown, aka Scot A. Brown and Scot Brown, Deceased Case Number 22PR30694 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado or on or before October 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Linda Diann McCormick 605 Winterfield Drive, #803 Hutto, Texas 78634 Published in The Villager First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: July 7, 2022 Legal # 10814 ___________________________ NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Frances Smith Keleher, a/k/a Frances S. Keleher and Frances Keleher, Deceased Case Number 2022 PR 30695

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado or on or before October 31, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Patrick A. Keleher, Personal Representative 7185 S. Poplar Way Centennial, CO 80112 Published in The Villager First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: July 7, 2022 Legal # 10815 ___________________________ NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of MATILDA JEAN BEAVERS also known as MATILDA J. BEAVERS and MATILDA BEAVERS, Deceased Case Number 2022PR30378

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Arapahoe County District Court of the City of Centennial, Colorado on or October 30, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

The original of this document is on file at the law office of Donald Glenn Peterson /s/. Donald Glenn Peterson Donald Glenn Peterson Attorney for Personal Representative 4100 E. Mississippi Avenue, Suite 410 Denver, CO 80246 Telephone: (303) 758-0999 Published in The Villager First Publication: June 30, 2022 Last Publication: July 14, 2022 Legal # 10797

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