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Curtis Arts Center hosts 38th All Colorado Art Show

Greenwood Village Cultural Arts Manager Chris Stevens (left) showed us this acrylic on canvas work by artist Robert Gratiot titled “Budget, Denver” that won the 1st Place Juror’s Award for the 38th All Colorado Art Show at Curtis Arts Center.

Photos by Freda Miklin

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER

The All Colorado Art Show at Curtis Arts Center at 2349 East Orchard Road in Greenwood Village opened on July 10 and will run through August 28. This marks the 38th year of this show.

The juror for this year’s exhibit is Mike McClung, a well-known and highly respected expert in the field. He has owned the Michael Warren Contemporary, a gallery at 760 Santa Fe in Denver with his partner Warren Campbell since 2014.

There were over 600 entries for the exhibit, which Chris Stevens, GV cultural arts manager said “were the most we’ve ever had, by far.”

McClung selected 85 pieces to be shown, which included “a diversity of mediums and different experience levels. Some artists have shown for years and some are brand new,” Stevens told The Villager.

The Curtis Arts Center was built as a one-room schoolhouse in 1914 to serve ten students. Dedicated as the Curtis Arts and Humanities Center in 1991, it hosts dozens of art classes each year and regular art exhibits from the traditional to the more contemporary. Owned and operated by the City of Greenwood Village, Curtis is one of nearly 300 cultural organizations that receive funding from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District to support its popular programs. Greenwood Village retains a 30 percent commission on all art sold at the show and other events at Curtis, which is used to fund the GV Arts and Humanities Council.

The Curtis Arts Center is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturdays. The phone number is 303-797-1779.

Artist Susan Helbig told The Villager that her painting titled “Conveyance” Fmiklin.villager@gmail.com was not an abstract, but rather a realistic painting of the parts of an old SEE MORE PHOTOS ON PAGES 2 & 5 hearse that she found parked on the street in front of her studio.

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Curtis Arts Center hosts 38th All Colorado Art Show Artist Craig Rousse of Denver created “Captured in the Balance” using acrylics on cradled panel.

LEFT: Drew Sweeney and former Greenwood Village City Councilmember Leslie Schluter are longtime supporters of the arts who never miss a show at Curtis. The artist, Mark Perkins, combined random pieces that he found of a blender, a skateboard, electric stovetop burners, an old fence and other things that he put together to create what he described to The Villager as “an alter to the glory of everyday things.”

At least 300 people stopped by the opening reception of the 2021 All Colorado Art Show at Curtis Arts Center to see the art and connect with friends and neighbors, old and new.

Photos by Freda Miklin

LEFT: This iconic oil painting of the unique and brilliant Ruth Bader Ginsburg, United States Supreme Court justice from 1993 until her passing in 2020, was painted by Natalie Nichol of Greenwood Village. It was sold within the first hour it went on display.

LEFT: Artist James Overstreet of Cheyenne created this oil on panel work titled “Turtles in Time.”

RIGHT: Artist Nancy Eastman’s piece titled “Forest” is handmade paper applied to a photographic print that, she told us, “reflects the depth and darkness of the forest.”

RIGHT, BELOW: This bronze titled “First Love” by Lorri Acott is near the front door of the Curtis Arts Center, welcoming visitors.

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Healthy living would make America great Worried about the national debt? Fretting about our deficit?

Want to see a cut in government spending? Hoping for lower taxes? If these issues are on your mind, one of the best things you can do to play your part is to start living healthy. Cut out the soda, avoid most heavily processed foods, walk thirty minutes a day, and save the country.

Of all the spending in the United States at the federal level, it’s healthcare that is the true budget buster, accounting for nearly 25% of the budget.

It seems like every single day the news features another article about how to live healthier, and the benefits are not surprising to anyone who pays attention. Yet while people are living longer than ever before thanks to medical advances, most are not living healthier. Americans regularly put their health, both physical and fiscal, at risk by remaining sedentary, eating large amounts of processed foods, and relying on medications to treat conditions which could be improved through lifestyle choices. Nothing in the news has reversed these trends in the past three decades. However, perhaps a new angle regarding the pressure our weight and poor health are putting on the national pocketbook could redirect the discussion.

Dr. Ezekiel Immanuel, brother of former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Immanuel asserted in a column for the New York Times that “We Can Be Healthy and Rich.” Without doubt the greatest economic risk to the American budget is the unfettered growth in health care spending, predominantly via Medicare. Thus, if Americans simply consumed less health care and demand went down, the federal government could shave hundreds of billions of dollars off the federal budget. Instead, older and retired Americans, who are virtually uninsurable in the private market, are in need of increasingly costly health care. And, it affects those still working as well, for according to billionaire philanthropist Warren Buffett “medical costs are the tapeworm of American competitiveness.”

Medicare accounts for more than 15% of the federal budget, and hospitalizations are more than 40% of the cost of Medicare. Alas, it doesn’t have to be that way. The federal budget is straining under the burden of health care costs precisely because Americans are entering their later years in need of increasingly extensive and expensive care. Once Baby Boomers started retiring, with Generation X following soon, it’s no surprise the Medicare budget was going to balloon. The problem is that so many health care problems

are easily treatable with lifestyle, notably diet and exercise. Countless Americans are on blood pressure, insulin control, and cholesterol medica-

tions while making no changes to their lifestyle. These ailments are often predominantly lifestyle conditions, and much of the cost could be eliminated with healthy living.

Of course, the problem is not just an issue for government spending. The private health care and insurance system spreads costs across risk pools.

Thus, one person’s habits affect another person’s costs, and all consumers are intrinsically linked to each other whether they want to be or not. While many Americans consume little to no medical treatments, that doesn’t prevent their premiums from rising annually because overall costs and payouts still go up, and they do so at a rate which far outpaces inflation.

Granted, a broad range of illnesses and health care costs cannot be avoided.

The problem is that so many of the payouts are for preventable conditions. Thus, the best way to save money via health care spending is to simply not need to spend money on health care. Or more importantly, spend the money on health not sickness, and on true health care, as opposed to sick care.

If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that health care

is nothing short of a national security issue. Anyone who truly seeks to save money, both at a personal and federal level, should be doing everything possible to improve the overall health of the nation and decrease the need for and the consumption of health care, or more accurately “sick care.”

Health care is, or at least should be, the steps we take in life to avoid needing medications, doctors, and hospitals. And that starts with increasing physical fitness while decreasing consumption of empty carbohydrates and poor diets of processed foods. Our health, and the health of the nation, depends on it.

Michael P. Mazenko is a writer, educator, & school administrator in Greenwood Village. He blogs at A Teacher’s View and can be found on Twitter @mmazenko. You can email him at mmazenko @gmail.com

The problem is that so many of the (insurance) payouts are for preventable conditions. Thus, the best way to save money via health care spending is to simply not need to spend money on health care. Or more importantly, spend the money on health not sickness, and on true health care, as opposed to sick care.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY C NVERSATIONS

Arapahoe County to host in-person job fair Arapahoe County is hosting an in-person job fair on Saturday, July 17 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at CentrePoint Plaza, 14980 E. Alameda Dr. in Aurora. The County is seeking qualified candidates to work in the following departments: • • • •

Facilities and Fleet Management Community Resources Clerk and Recorder’s Office Open Spaces

• Human Services • Public Works • Sheriff’s Office

Interested candidates should visit https://bit.ly/ArapahoeCountyJobFair to register prior to the event.

Aid to Agencies applications open July 15 This annual grant program provides service-level funding for human services, health and wellness, and crisis intervention agencies.

Visit arapahoegov.com/aidtoagencies Last call for public competition entries Your zucchini is nice, but will it squash the competition?

We want to see your winning vegetables, photographs, quilts, flower arrangements, herbs, and more! Submit your entries for public competitions at the Arapahoe County Fair. Adult and youth categories! Creative Arts entry deadline: Wednesday, July 14.

Home Harvested and Home Grown: Friday, July 16. Walk-ins are also accepted on competition days. Download the rule book and entry forms at www.arapahoecountyfair.com/publiccompetitions.

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Part III: Many faces of the Soviet Union Russian Bravery Against the Nazi Invasion The Russian story relates that Czar Nicholas drew a red arrow line on a map directly from Moscow to St. Petersburg and they built the train exactly on a straight line drawn from city to city. He also moved the capitol from Moscow to St. Petersburg during his reign.

The 13 U.S. journalists boarded the “Red Arrow Express” late in the evening from Moscow, traveling to St. Petersburg. We had assigned berths in a private railroad car for the overnight journey.

We were only in that city for several days, but it was very memorable. First, our communist hosts took us to the Smolny labor hall where Lenin and his wife lived in a tiny one room apartment, now a museum. Smolny was where Lenin made his fiery speeches preaching revolution and revolt against the Russian royalty.

We were shown a movie depicting the Nazi invasion of the city that lasted almost two

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years bombing and starving the inhabitants. resulting in millions of deaths by bombs and starvation. However, Hitler’s 6th army was never able to cross the Volga river and capture the city. Eventually, the Russians surrounded the German army, captured thousands of Nazi troops, and started pushing the German army all the way back to Berlin where they reaped severe revenge.

Following the indoctrination movie routine, we were bused to the Hermitage Museum, the second largest museum in the world, containing countless works of western art collected by empress Catherine The Great who constructed the museum.

One of the most famous art collections of Rembrandts was donated to the Soviets

by Armand Hammer, founder of Occidental Petroleum. In later weeks we were to visit the retirement home of Lenin in Gorky, outside of Moscow, where Henry Ford had gifted a large crank handled oak telephone to the ailing leader. We learned at the home

I’ve been writing some vivid memories of my experience in the Soviet Union as an exchange journalist along with 12 other U.S. delegates from American newspapers.

Upon my return I published a small booklet of my adventures and thoughts related to the experience.

Russia has been in the news so much lately with President Biden’s meeting with President Putin it inspired me to recall some of my thoughts about that experience back in 1975 over 46 years ago.

Many events have changed during that period of time and most significantly, the Soviet empire collapsed and the USSR became the sole state of Russia. President Reagan was successful in having Gorbachev do what he said, “Tear down that wall” that separated West and East Germany.

Recalling these tales, I went back and read my booklet this week to see what further tales might be of interest. I will publish a few more in coming weeks like our meeting with the “hardliners” at Izvestiya, the major Soviet newspaper. They were brutal hosts who had nothing good to say about the United States. The paper

was controlled by the Communist Party. What struck me the most reading my thoughts from 46 years ago was some of my predictions about the future.

Many have come true.

Reprinted from “Many Faces Of The Soviet Union,” 1975.

“First of all, there is no country as good as the United States of America.

Our land is still young by European standards, our buildings are new, the fields are green, our people are happy and show it. Surely, we live in a land of many blessings and it certainly is a privilege to be an American.”

Several things separate us from the Soviet Union Probably the most obvious is our free enterprise system, the fact that people work for themselves and that we allow private industry to flourish without government management. Because of this ‘capitalism’ concept America has outraced all other forms of government and all other societies.”

“There are two dangers in our system as I see it: first, the government is always at the doorstep either with taxation or control. Under our system, if we destroy

that part of his success was electrification of the entire Soviet empire with a huge map showing the electric grid that he completed, bringing electric power to the impoverished nation. This was indeed a feat that led to his popularity among the rural country peasants. Apparently there was a lasting friendship established between Lenin and Henry Ford. Years later, back in the USA, I read about the founding in America of the REA, (Rural Electrification of America). Some early day critics denounced the project comparing it to Lenin’s Russia involvement of government control in the utility business.

Today, St. Petersburg may be called Volgograd and Putin has suggested renaming it Stalingrad once again.

Lenin was in poor health at his Gorky residence suffering from an assassination attempt, wounded by a pistol shot.

The Hermitage museum was a masterpiece of European art, Russian jewels and many of Peter The Great’s inventions. We only had several hours to tour, but this is a

our free enterprise system we have ruined our way of life of rewarding individual effort. Everyone should be interested in seeing that government only provides those functions outlined in the Constitution and things that private individuals cannot do for themselves. If we allow government to replace private business we will soon become similar to the USSR. The second danger of our system could ultimately be the concentration of the wealth in only a small percentage of the people.

It could be possible in the evolution of our society that corporations and a few powerful men could end up owning most of the country and the money. We then could have the aristocracy that only a few own, control, and monopolize the masses.

The question ultimately might boil down to who do you want to be dominated by, business or government?

Hopefully, it won’t be either, but a working combination between business that is allowed to make a profit and the government that provides for our defense and housekeeping chores. It does appear that both business and government are becoming more powerful, with the people caught in the middle.”

“We must remember

world class tourist destination.

A lasting memory was walking around the canal channeled city seeing cornerstones from the czar era of Masonic emblems on some of the brick and stone buildings. Relics of the royalty who ruled the nation until the revolution that occurred in 1917, resulting in the rise of the Marxist regime spearheaded by Vladimir LeninWe returned to Moscow, boarding the train for an all-night trip back to the Intourist hotel in Moscow.

I was not sleeping well so I arose from my bottom train berth and entered the railcar hallway around 5 a.m. I was met by a young lady in uniform that was the train car supervisor and she offered me a cup of tea that I readily accepted.

As we entered the outskirts of Moscow, I observed large groups of people huddled around fires attempting to keep warm in the cold November winter. Apparently these were homeless Russians suffering from the failure of communism. To be continued: Inside the Kremlin walls

that government in the U.S. gathers its powers from the people and the flow should be from the bottom up, not the top down. Regardless of political philosophy, all American people should be interested in keeping our nation at work, strong in defense and sharing the wealth and resource development by all people, including the American worker whose skill and sweat make everything move.”

Without workers there would be no profit and they must be rewarded. American workers live much better and make far more money than workers in the Soviet Union. But the Soviets recognize that the workers have great power and so they control them carefully.

In this country I feel we should bring our workers further into government, not just the unions, but we should elect more workers to office and get them more involved in the city, state and national government.

If everyone in America can share both in the prosperity and the responsibility, we have a great future together.

“Finally, the American way is to provide almost unlimited freedom.”

Written in 1975, Craig Daily Press, Bob Sweeney

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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 We don’t QUOTE of thestop WEEK playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

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38th All Colorado Art Show Continued from page 2

Artist Sina March, who lives in Wheat Ridge, was “walking around the lake” and saw this image. “It spoke to me of the passing era, an amusement park on its last legs,” she told us. The oil painting is called “Lakeside.”

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Recycled magazine paper on archival cradle panel is the medium used by artist Shara Oilman of Aurora for this piece called “You’ll Find Me In The Leaves.”

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Former GV Mayor Ron Rakowsky and Margaret Rakowsky stopped by to enjoy the show. He is seated next to Artist Jedi Valdez’ photograph titled “Iris Purple Glass.”

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Kentwood.com/EdieMarks Greenwood Village’s own Bob Doyle told The Villager that he created this oil painting called “Winter’s Path” from what he saw on a walk around Bear Creek during the height of the COVID-19 shutdown.

Robert Isaiah Ratterman is the artist of this oil on canvas piece, “Dreams of Flight.”

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Jerry Barnett - synonymous with music, bands and entertainment Locally, nationally and internationally Born in Detroit, known as a major center for the creation and performance of music, it’s fitting that Jerry Barnett earned a bachelor’s and master’s in music from the University of Michigan and became a professional in the business. It was Denver’s gain when after teaching music in Michigan, he came to Colora-

do to teach while honing his skills working with a diverse lineup such as Jack Jones, The Spinners, Helen O’Connell, Suzanne Somers, Bob Crosby, Bob Hope and Rosemary Clooney.

His flagship band Moment’s Notice was founded in the 80s and for forty years, he has been creating versatility; something exciting, something new, something cutting edge – a variety of bands (four with

a 1,500 song library) of different sizes for different audiences, different social occasions up to the full 21-piece orchestra. His sound has been heard from Denver to Colorado resorts for parties, weddings and fundraisers, from coast to coast and from New York City to London. Included in the list are: corporate and major events such as debutante balls (in and out of state), governor’s balls (in and out of

state) and, he performed for five U.S. presidents including a prestigious presidential inaugural ball. Jerry Barnett Entertainment has produced a Motown Review for The Denver Center and continues to produce corporate theatre theme parties. He was a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Special Event Society (ISES) and local ICON Lifetime Achievement Award as well

as 2013 ICON Award winner for “Best Entertainment Event in 2012.” Moment’s Notice Classic Division introduced Moment’s Notice New Generation featuring young, talented musicians and exciting 21st century bands and DJ combinations.

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Wowing audiences with a repertoire that spans Mozart, Motown and Bruno Mars

Colorado Ballet Auxiliary holds membership event at Valley Country Club There was lots of good news when Colorado Ballet Auxiliary sponsored a membership meeting during cocktail hour with a sumptuous spread of hors d’oeuvres inside and an outdoor bar, on the deck overlooking the golf course, at Valley Country Club. In introducing the special performances, Erica Fischbach, director of the Colorado Ballet Academy mentioned how proud she was of her team and the students from “pre pro.” “The kids actually grew at virtual academy,” said Adam Sexton, Colorado Ballet’s managing director of development. He also thanked outgoing co-presidents of the auxiliary Linda Heiss and Ghislaine Bruner with gifts and mentioned the possibility of 51 sugarplums to be presented at the traditional winter ball.

Present and past auxiliary presidents: Christine Fedorowicz, incoming president with Linda Heiss, Ghislaine Bruner and Audrey Graves

“We are so excited to be back!

It looks like we will have full capacity by fall.”

Colorado Ballet Managing Director of Advancement Adam Sexton and wife Silvia

Colorado Ballet Academy Director Erica Fischbach and student dancers: Bella Sor, Jordan Henry and Heather Ludlow Photos by Scottie Iverson

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New law lets GV impound vehicles for up to a year

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER

On June 7, in response to a request from GV City Councilmember Libby Barnacle for an ordinance to “allow for the (GV) municipal court to order the forfeiture of vehicles used in street racing,” the Greenwood Village City Council passed a new law that allows the city to seize a private vehicle and keep it for up to a year if the city determines that it was used for street racing or any of five other illicit activities: 1) prostitution, including soliciting for prostitution, pandering and pimping, 2) human trafficking, 3) gang-related activity, 4) vehicular eluding or attempting to elude (a police officer), and 5) drive-by crime.

GV Assistant City Attorney Shannon Chambers-Nelson described the confiscation of vehicles under this law as “a new form of nuisance abatement,” for any vehicle involved in speed contests or speed exhibitions, or any of the other illegal activities.

Under the new law, Chambers-Nelson said, the GV city attorney’s office could “bring a restraining order before the GV municipal court for forfeiture of (a) vehicle for 30 days up to a year.” There is no district court or county court outside the City of Greenwood Village involved in this process. The action is considered “civil and remedial,” and “all issues of fact and law shall be tried to the Municipal Court without a jury.” There is no requirement that anyone who used the vehicle in committing the named offense need be convicted of that offense or any other infraction, including any traffic infraction, for the restraining order for the vehicle to be issued.

An action filed by the GV city attorney for a temporary restraining order (TRO) for the offending vehicle must be accompanied by a “written verified complaint.” The “summons, complaint, and temporary re-

straining order” must be sent by first-class United States mail to the owner of the vehicle at the address on file with the state Division of Motor Vehicles. Any lienholder must also be notified by first class U.S. mail. Alternatively, “the summons, complaint and temporary restraining order shall be deemed served by impoundment or detention of the motor vehicle.”

The new law provides opportunities for a vehicle owner who had no knowledge that the vehicle was being used as a public nuisance, or, “is using all reasonable efforts to abate the vehicular nuisance activities, and (it is expected) that those efforts are likely to abate the vehicular nuisance activities,” to avoid having his or her vehicle confiscated.

In that situation, the owner can make their case and if they are successful in doing so, enter into a stipulation with the city to have the restraining order stayed.

City Councilmember Tom Dougherty noted that, if a vehicle was found to be a public nuisance and had not already been impounded, this process would require the owner’s cooperation to voluntarily relinquish it to the city. He asked what would happen if the owner said he/she didn’t know where the “offending” vehicle was located? Chambers-Nelson replied, “The TRO requires that they turn over the vehicle, the title, and I believe, the car keys. If they decided not to be compliant, we also have the contempt powers.” She continued, “Under the contempt powers, she (the GV municipal court judge) has the ability to do 180 days in jail and up to a $2,650 fine.”

After a vehicle is detained, the owner can request and receive a hearing and/or trial on the merits of the complaint in the GV municipal court, which will decide if the vehicle should continue to be detained or returned to the owner.

Once a vehicle that is found to be a public nuisance is detained

and has been held by the city for the amount of time stated in the restraining order (30 days up to a year), the owner will be sent a letter by first-class mail saying that the vehicle can be released upon “payment of all towing fees, storage fees, and all actual expenses incurred by the City,” plus a civil judgment of $500.

The owner must also execute an “unconditional release of the City of Greenwood Village and all of its employees and agents for the closure (detention of the vehicle) and any and all damages to said vehicle,” before he or she can get it back. The GV municipal court can reduce the impoundment and storage fees if it determines that they exceed the fair market value of the vehicle.

If the owner doesn’t respond to the letter sent by first-class mail to his or her last known address by paying the fees and costs assessed to get the vehicle back or seeking a reduction in the amount owed, “the vehicle will be deemed to have been abandoned and disposed of.”

Dustin Varney, GV police chief, said this law would help his department “keep the city safer, keep the citizens safer,” and that it was “a reasonable, necessary, and judicious tool that we can use.” Councilmember Libby Barnacle said, “This is a highly useful tool to hit some of these criminals right where it counts,” adding, “From 2020 (until today) there have been 157 instances of eluding one of the GV police officers,” which endangers officers and pedestrians.

In response to a question from Mayor Pro Tem Dave Kerber, Chambers-Nelson explained that “vehicular eluding” is a class five felony that requires one to operate a vehicle “in a reckless manner to get away from law enforcement.” Simple “eluding,” she said, is a class two misdemeanor that occurs when a vehicle that an officer believes has violated the law receives a visual or audible signal to stop and “speeds up or extinguishes

Judge sentences serial rapist to 136 years to life

An Arapahoe County District Court judge has sentenced a serial rapist to 136 years to life in prison.

“I am fully convinced, 100 percent, that there is no woman safe in America if you are out of prison,” Judge Ben Leutwyler told Tre Carrasco.

“You will continue to rape people … because you want what you want, and nothing will stand in the way except the government.

“You are a threat to every female in our country … and I must do what I can to promote community safety.”

An Arapahoe County jury on May 13 found Carrasco, 26, guilty in cases in Aurora and Cherry Hills Village after a five-day trial.

During the July 9 sentencing hearing, Deputy District Attorney Casey Brown recounted Carrasco’s history of sexual assaults and lack of any interest in rehabilitation in asking the judge for a

lengthy sentence.

“This defendant is a predator … This is not a defendant who can exist out in society without perpetrating on women,” Brown said.

“He feels entitled to his victims, and he has left a wake of destruction behind him.”

Carrasco was in prison for a sexual assault in Kansas. He was released and within days was accused of another sexual assault. He fled to Colorado.

On Feb. 7, 2019, Carrasco tried to kidnap a woman in the parking lot of a fitness club in Aurora. She got away, but he stole her car.

Then, on Feb. 12, 2019, Carrasco drove that car to a home in Cherry Hills Village where he raped a woman at knifepoint. He was arrested about five hours later in the same car stolen in Aurora.

The cases were prosecuted by

Brown and Chief Deputy District Attorney Christopher Gallo.

The jury found Carrasco guilty of: • 2nd-degree kidnapping, with a deadly weapon • Sexual assault, with a deadly weapon • Burglary, with a deadly weapon • Aggravated robbery, with a deadly weapon • Two counts of aggravated motor vehicle theft • Two counts of Criminal trespass • Attempt to influence a public servant • False reporting • Driving a motor vehicle without a license “This sentence will keep a dangerous predator off the streets and in prison, where he belongs,” said District Attorney John Kellner. “Perhaps his victims can take a small measure of comfort in knowing that their cooperation and testimony has led to this result.”

their lights,” to get away. Kerber pointed out that nothing in the new law prohibits a person from transferring ownership of their vehicle to another person after receiving a notice of the city’s intent to issue a TRO before that TRO is actually issued.

There was no mention in the staff report to the city council, nor was there any discussion

after the new law was introduced and before it was passed, about why prostitution, pandering, and pimping were included in the law as reasons for a vehicle to be confiscated for up to a year.

The vote was unanimous in favor of passage, with Councilmember Barnacle announcing her vote as “a resounding yes.” fmiklin.villager@gmail.com

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Littleton man dies tragically on Greenwood Village street

BY FREDA MIKLIN STAFF WRITER

At about 11:30 a.m. on July 5, police received an emergency call from a home in Centennial about a domestic violence incident. Per the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO), a female at that location “was transported to a hospital where she was treated.” The man involved in the incident, later identified as William Frank Cronister, had fled the scene but ACSO reported that deputies “were able to contact him by pinging his phone. He began making suicidal statements to them.”

While deputies were inves-

This undated photo of Billy Cronister is from his father’s social media.

tigating the incident in Centennial, another emergency

call came in, reporting a truck on fire in Greenwood Village about a mile away from the home in Centennial where deputies were investigating the domestic violence incident. GV police officers and ASCO deputies responded to the GV location, where they found a deceased individual on the ground near the truck who turned out to be Cronister. According to the Arapahoe County Coroner, Cronister’s death “was ruled a suicide due to inhalation of products of combustion due to self-immolation” (setting one’s self on fire). ACSO told The Villager that the location where Cronister died “had nothing to do with that neighborhood

(where he was found). It appears it’s just where he ended up.”

William Frank “Billy” Cronister IV was born in Bremerton, Washington on December 27, 1975 and had lived in Littleton for the past 20 years, according to the social media of his father, also named William Cronister. The elder Cronister’s post said that, in addition to his father, Billy Cronister is survived by two sisters and ten half-siblings.

Billy Cronister’s own social media, which said he worked at a local audio video business and had attended Highlands Ranch High School, contained a 1,400-word monologue de-

tailing events and his strong emotions about a long-term relationship. It begins with the words, “I don’t know how today is going to go, though likely my last.” His message was posted on social media at 11:28 a.m., two minutes before the emergency call came in about the domestic incident, He also made separate posts of philosophical quotes on July 5 at 12:45 a.m., 4:42 a.m., and 6:00 a.m.

No other information about the incident, including the condition of the woman involved in the domestic incident, has been released by ACSO, whose investigation is continuing. fmiklin.villager@gmail.com

Rep. Meg Froelich gives legislative wrap-up of 2021 session

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER

In a two-part report to constituents, Arapahoe County state House District Three Rep. Meg Froelich, who is the Democratic majority caucus co-chair, said that this year’s general assembly “championed policies that will not only support people in the aftermath of the pandemic but pave a hopeful path forward by creating a more equitable, sustainable, and prosperous Colorado for all,” adding that “91 percent of our passed legislation received bipartisan support.”

Froelich said that state leaders got public input on “how to allocate nearly $4

billion…from the American Rescue Plan (ARP).” Some of that money was used to “make housing more affordable, provide emergency behavioral health services and help workers complete degree or skills-training programs.

Nearly $1.8 billion of it was set aside for future transformational investments…that will be crafted through bipartisan interim processes.”

A significant legislative effort, SB21-260 “Sustainability of the Transportation System” was passed and signed by Governor Polis on June 17.

It creates “new sources of dedicated funding and new state enterprises to preserve, improve, and expand existing transportation infrastructure,

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quires people who are subject to a restraining order due to domestic abuse to disclose any firearms in their possession.

Froelich also told constituents that three new laws were passed to provide loans and grants to small businesses and the value of property exempt from the business personal property tax was raised from $7,900 to $50,000.

Luke Ragland named Sr. VP of Daniels Fund’s Grants Program

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Written by Louise Erdrich, this acclaimed and award-winning novel was published in 2012. This book is a coming-of-age story of a 13-year-old boy, Joe Coutts, who lives on the Ojibwe reservation in North Dakota in the spring and summer of 1988. Joe is frustrated with the investigation of a brutal attack on his mother.

Joe spends time with best friend Cappy and two other friends Angus and Zack over the summer. Eventually Joe and Cappy scheme to take justice into their own hands to avenge the attack on Joe’s mother.

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develop the modernized infrastructure needed to support the widespread adoption of electric motor vehicles, and mitigate environmental and health impacts of transportation system use,” as well as “expanding authority for regional transportation improvements,” according to Froelich’s report.

To address Colorado’s recent history of shootings, Froelich told constituents that the general assembly passed a “record-setting six gun violence prevention bills.” A new division within the state’s health department will focus on gun violence and prevention, loopholes in background checks will be closed, and local governments, including higher education institutions, will be free to enact measures that are stricter than state laws pertaining to firearms.

Other laws were passed that strengthened rules around storage and reporting of stolen firearms. The final piece of gun-related legislation re-

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Leadership Program of the Rockies alum Luke Ragland, class of 2012 and 2019 Leader in Action Award honoree, has been named senior vice president of the Daniels Fund’s Grants Program.

“We are pleased to announce that Luke Ragland has been named Senior Vice President of the Daniels Fund’s Grants Program.

“Luke has a proven track record of impact as a leader in Colorado’s education system and, as a fourth-generation Coloradan from the southwestern corner of the state, he brings a strong understanding of the needs of rural communities.

“Prior to joining the Daniels Fund, Luke served as the President of Ready Colorado, an education policy organization based in Denver. Previously, he served as Vice President of Policy at Colorado Succeeds,

Luke Ragland, LPR class of 2012 and 2019 Leader in Action Award honoree, whose stints included president of Ready Colorado and vice president of policy at Colorado Succeeds, has been named senior vice president of the Daniels Fund's Grants Program.

practiced commercial litigation at a law firm in Denver, and worked in the White House.

Luke serves on the board of

In the area of K-12 education, Froelich shared that total funding statewide is up by $751 million this fiscal year, which translates to an increase of $868 or 10.7 percent per pupil. Higher education cuts were restored, resulting in the current budget for higher education being $494 million higher than the previous one.

Six bills were passed by the legislature to increase the availability of mental and behavioral health services to the many Coloradans who can benefit from that help.

Froelich also reported that seven bills were passed to “protect our clean air and water, and address climate change,” including three specifically focused on wildfire risk mitigation in our state.

She also focused on HB211286, which “will reduce the carbon footprint of new construction through energy performance standards.” fmiklin.villager@gmail. com the Colorado Charter School Institute, a statewide charter school authorizer.

Luke Ragland, LPR class of 2012 and 2019 Leader in Action Award honoree, whose stints included president of Ready Colorado and vice president of policy at Colorado Succeeds, has been named senior vice president of the Daniels Fund’s Grants Program.

“We are excited for you all to get to know Luke as we continue working to make life better for people in the states that meant so much to Bill Daniels,” according to President and CEO Hanna Skandera, of the Daniels Fund.

The Daniels Fund Grants Program provides support to highly effective nonprofit organizations in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming in the areas of Aging, Amateur Sports, Disabilities, Drug & Alcohol Addiction, Early Childhood Education, Homeless & Disadvantaged, K-12 Education, and Youth Development.

July 15, 2021 • THE VILLAGER | PAGE 11

The hidden dangers of sleep apnea SAVVYSENIOR

high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, diabetes and dementia.

In fact, it’s estimated that every year, around 38,000 Americans die in their sleep from a heart attack or stroke because

BY JIM MILLER of sleep apnea.

But the good news is Dear Teri, that sleep apnea is very treatable If your husband is a loud and most insurance companies, snorer who wakes himself up including Medicare, cover it. during sleep, he probably needs to be tested for sleep apnea, a Who Has It? dangerous disorder that affects There are three types of sleep more than 22 million Americans, apnea: obstructive, central and but often goes undiagnosed. mixed. Of the three, obstructive Sleep apnea is a disorder that sleep apnea (or OSA) is by far causes a person to stop breathing the most common and occurs during sleep, hundreds of times when the throat muscles relax during the night, for 10 seconds during sleep, blocking the airor more at a time. Left untreated, way. it can cause extreme daytime While anyone can have it, sleepiness, as well as a host of sleep apnea is most common serious health conditions like Dear Savvy Senior, How can you know when someone has sleep apnea? My husband has become such a terrible snorer that he wakes himself up at night, and he keeps me up too.

Tired Teri

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in people who are overweight, male, middle-aged and older. For women, the risk increases after menopause.

The symptoms include loud snoring (however not everyone who snores has apnea), long pauses of breathing, gasping or choking during sleep and daytime drowsiness. But because most of these symptoms happen during sleep, most people don’t recognize them. It’s usually the person they’re sleeping with who notices it.

Diagnosing Sleep Apnea

To help you get a handle on your husband’s problem, the American Sleep Apnea Association has several diagnostic tests he can take at SleepApnea.org/ treat – click on “Test Yourself.”

If the screening indicates that he may have sleep apnea, make

What are the four key medical/ estate plan documents you need now?

Many of my clients have asked what are the critical documents needed, particularly in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. Simply being married does not give you the legal right to gain access to your spouse’s medical records or make medical decisions on your spouse’s behalf, even in an emergency.

To avoid this problem and to help others care for you and to achieve your overall estate planning goals, the following documents create an effective medical/estate plan package: 1. Healthcare Power of Attorney; 2. General Financial Power of Attorney; 3. Advanced Directive for Medical/Surgical Treatment (“Living Will”); and 4. Will (or a Will with a Trust).

Careful medical/estate planning should include preparation and signing of these documents, to accomplish your goals and protect you, both during your lifetime, and at the time of passing. The Power of Attorney documents allow you to designate those agents whom you authorize to help you on your behalf during your lifetime, and the Will/Trust documents allow you to nominate others to help with your estate after your passing, as well as to identify the beneficiaries and the distributions to them, to accomplish your estate planning goals.

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an appointment with his doctor or a sleep specialist who will probably recommend an overnight diagnostic sleep test called polysomnography, which can take place at a sleep center lab (see SleepEducation.com), or at home using a portable device.

Treatment Options

Your husband is at greater risk for sleep apnea if he’s overweight, smokes, and/or consumes excessive amounts of alcohol. Excess weight, especially around the neck, puts pressure on the airway, which can cause it to collapse. Smoking can increase the amount of inflammation and fluid retention in the upper airway. And alcohol and sleeping pills can relax the muscles in the back of his throat, interfering with breathing. Addressing these issues, if necessary, is usually the first line of treatment.

If that doesn’t do the trick, mild cases of sleep apnea may

respond to oral devices that fit into the mouth like a removable mouth guard or retainer. These devices work by positioning the lower jaw slightly forward to keep the airway open during sleep.

Another noninvasive treatment option to consider is the new FDA approved eXciteOSA device (eXciteOSA.com). This treats sleep apnea and snoring by improving tongue muscle function by delivering electrical stimulation to the tongue through a mouthpiece that’s worn for just 20 minutes during the day.

If none of these options work, the most effective and commonly prescribed treatment for OBA is a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device. This involves sleeping with a snorkel-like mask that’s hooked up to a machine that gently blows air up the nose to keep the passages open.

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Trade Story & Gray? Maybe, but maybe not

Well, baseball fans, the Home Run Derby and 91st AllStar Game are history.

So now it’s time to turn our thoughts to the approaching Major League Baseball Trade Deadline.

We’ve been hearing for months that the Rockies likely will move Trevor Story, and probably Jon Gray, by July 30. But I’m not so sure.

Gray will attract the interest of multiple teams contending for division titles or playoff berths.

But Colorado’s home team has spent more than two decades learning that its best hope for a solid starting rotation is developing its own. Now that the Rockies have four starters who learned to pitch by pitching at altitude—Gray, German Marquez, Kyle Freeland and Antonio Senzatela—it seems a stretch to think that one of them suddenly would be deemed expendable. Also, Gray has said he’d like to stay in Colorado—no insignificant statement coming from a quality pitcher.

In Story’s case, it’s a question of the market for his services.

Forget about San Diego (Tatis Jr.), the Dodgers (Corey Seager, when he’s recovered from his broken hand), San Francisco (Brandon Crawford, who made the All-Star team at 34), the Mets (Francisco

Lindor, who signed a 10year, $341 million contract in April), Milwaukee (Willy Adames, acquired in a trade with Tampa Bay a month ago), Boston (All-Star starter Xander Bogaerts), the White Sox (former batting champion Tim Anderson), Toronto (All-Star Bo Bichette, Dante’s younger son), and Houston (Carlos Correa, a pending free agent). The Cubs (Javier Baez, another soon-to-be free agent) belong in this group, too. (The latter two teams would have to feel that Story is better, and more worth keeping, than what they have.)

Tampa Bay and Oakland typically don’t pay players the kind of money Story will want in a long-term deal, and Cleveland unloaded Lindor rather than pay him Story-type money. The Phillies signed a free agent shortstop, Didi Gregorius, last off-season, and Washington has a budding star in Trea Turner, who also made the All-Star team. Seattle seems happy with young P.J. Crawford.

That leaves, as the likeliest candidates, the

Yankees, who are high on Gleyber Torres but disappointed with his .240 average and three home runs at the All-Star Break; Atlanta, which likes Dansby Swanson, a former overall No. 1 draft pick, but could use the kind of offensive jolt Story might provide; and St. Louis, new home of Nolan Arenado, where Paul DeJong is having a miserable season (under .200) after some productive ones.

As in most deals involving star players (the Arenado debacle notwithstanding), a trade comes down to value received. Gray would figure, at least potentially, to bring a lot, because starting pitching is so hard to find, and several contenders need another strong arm in their rotations. But what do the Rockies need? Reliable bullpen arms should top the list, with a legitimate catching prospect close behind. And that’s the snag. Any trade for Gray, it would seem, will bring only prospects.

No contender is going to weaken its bullpen to strengthen its rotation.

Likewise with Story, the likelihood of obtaining Major Leagueready talent is remote, especially if he goes to a team that views him as a rent-a-player (someone who finishes the season then becomes a free agent). And with the shortstop market thin, such a temporary addi-

The Constitution – Packing the Supreme Court

BY BILL BANTA Court-packing is an effort by the two elected political branches (legislative and executive) of the federal government to predispose the judicial branch (especially the 9 Justices who sit on the Supreme Court) to decide Cases in accordance with the policies of Congress and the President, and not necessarily in accordance with the Constitution and rule of law. The problem with “packing” the Supreme Court is that, as Alexander Hamilton agreed in Federalist No. 78: “[T]here is no

liberty if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers.”

Packing the court is done by passing a law to increase the number of Justices on the Supreme Court (each of whom has one vote in deciding a Case) to a number large enough to change the Court’s decisions, especially in Cases with important questions about what the Constitution allows the government to do. To the point, if the Constitution does not allow the federal government to do something, then

the government lacks the power to do it. So if Congress enacts a “law” not allowed under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, it is vital in a Case concerning the unauthorized “law,” that the Judges and Justices decide against the unauthorized act of Congress.

To understand how a court-packing effort comes about, assume that Congress and the President want the United States of America to have a higher birthrate. To carry out a birthrate policy would require new laws. Because laws must be constitutional, we read the eighteen short paragraphs in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution to see if Congress has the power to legislate a national birthrate. The powers enumerated in Section 8 say nothing about Congress having powers to increase or decrease the number of American babies. Therefore, we have the answer. Because the Constitution gives no authority or power to Congress over the birthrate, neither Congress nor the President may enact or enforce a law regarding a higher birthrate.

Nevertheless, suppose that Congress and the President insist on enacting a “law” to increase the birthrate despite the fact that Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution does not allow it. (In American government, Congress makes its policy decisions based on both legal and political considerations. So too does the President, which is why political parties are involved in elections.)

Because federal Judges and Justices are constitutionally bound to make decisions based on law alone (not politics), birthrate “laws” would lose in every Case decided by Judges and Justices who heed the Constitution and rule of law.

Given Hamilton’s insistence

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tion seems likely, which means a lower return.

It could come down to deciding which is better: the best package another team will offer for Story, or a compensatory draft choice if Colorado keeps him for the rest of 2021 then makes him a qualifying offer and loses him to free agency.

(Trevor himself was a compensatory pick in 2011, the 45th player chosen.)

Either or both, Gray and/or Story, might well be gone by August 1. But the more likely candidates for trades, it seems, are C.J. Cron, an experienced right-handed power bat who

would fit into many American League lineups as either a first baseman or designated hitter, and right-handers Daniel Bard and Mychal Givens, who could strengthen almost any team’s bullpen.

We’ll know in a couple weeks, or less.

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(Federalist No. 78) on the importance of independent (no politics) judging, the authority of the judiciary to prevent unconstitutional laws might well be the main reason why the Constitution separates the powers of government. Separated powers are divided and limited powers, essential for a nation whose people control their government under the rule of law.

As Alexander Hamilton further explained in Federalist No. 78, the courts’ duty “must be to declare all acts contrary to the manifest tenor of the Constitution void. Without this, all the reservations of particular rights or privileges [to the States or to the people] would amount to nothing.” In other words, unless there is judicial independence to “check” and invalidate “laws” enacted by Congress or enforced by the President but disallowed by the Constitution, the people and the States lose the protection of the Constitution in court. As a consequence, the people lose control over their government.

Indeed, the Constitution gives federal Judges and Justices extra-special treatment to assure their independence in judging cases. For instance, federal Judges and Justices are appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.

Federal Judges and Justices are not elected. Also, federal Judges and Justices have lifetime tenure. Federal jurists are neither term-limited nor do they serve at the will of anyone. As long as federal Judges and Justices maintain good Behaviour, they have job security for life. Finally, their compensation cannot be diminished while federal Judges and Justices are in office. There are no pay cuts even if judicial decisions dissatisfy Congress or the President.

President Biden’s would-be court-packing effort is not the first time the two elected political branch-

es of the federal government have tried to subject the independence of Supreme Court Justices. In the 1930’s, President Franklin Roosevelt was determined to persuade the Supreme Court to carry out his New Deal policies and legislation in spite of the limitations of Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. President Roosevelt devised a plan for Congress to pass a law to add five (5) new Justices, who he would appoint, in order to uphold New Deal laws and policies typically held unconstitutional by 5 to 4 votes in Cases decided by the Supreme Court.

Because Roosevelt’s court-packing venture was viewed as abusing the constitutional process that ensures an independent judiciary, the President’s plan was unpopular. The court-packing bill ended up being sent to a congressional committee and killed.

Still, Roosevelt’s stratagem unnerved one of the Supreme Court Justices, Owen J. Roberts, enough to persuade Justice Roberts to change his vote in Cases and decide in favor of New Deal outcomes. Justice Roberts’s abrupt voting shift, which began on March 29, 1937, was known as “the switch in time that saved nine.” From the day Roberts changed his voting, the Supreme Court decided New Deal issues and Cases in line with the political will of Congress and the President rather than strictly according to the Constitution.

That unconstitutional sea change was in keeping with what then-Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes had opined when Hughes was governor of New York: “We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is.” To which, Theodore Roosevelt rejoined that the Constitution does not belong to the Continued on page 13

July 15, 2021 • THE VILLAGER | PAGE 13

Republican legislators report to GOP regulars on the 2021 general assembly

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER

Republican state Sen. Jim Smallwood of Douglas County and Rep. Rod Bockenfeld, the sole GOP representative from Arapahoe County in the state House, shared their experiences from the just-completed legislative session with 60 members of the Arapahoe County Republican Breakfast Club at Maggiano’s DTC on July 7.

Packing the Supreme Court Continued on page 12 judges; the Constitution belongs to the American people.

If the Biden administration succeeds in changing the votes of the nine Justices sitting today on the Supreme Court, or if Congress and the President pass a court-packing law increasing the number of Justices disinclined to decide Cases within the limitations of the Constitution, we can expect further transmogrification in Supreme Court decision-making. Cases featuring issues such as abortion, free speech, religious freedom, critical race theory, education, freedom of the press, right to bear arms, search and seizure, due process, or equal protection would more likely be decided on political grounds and not on constitutional grounds if the Supreme Court is “packed” with ringers.

The founders who wrote the Constitution and the people and the States who ratified it established the three independent branches of government together with their respective checks and balances for a reason. Without these particular constitutional safeguards (Separation of Powers), what is there to restrain the federal government from becoming an unaccountable undivided force? The purpose of separating the three main government powers and keeping them independent of each other is to enable men and women in each branch of government, not to cooperate, but to restrict to their proper bailiwicks the separate and distinguishable powers of the other two departments.

Nothing is more important than to preclude government from becoming unseparated, unlimited, and tyrannical, lest constitutional self-government (the people’s control over their government) disappear.

In Federalist No. 47, James Madison put the problem nicely: “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many… may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”

We’ll see what happens with court-packing this time around.

In any event, as Thomas Jefferson himself observed over two centuries ago, the good thing about a written Constitution is that the people can always return to it (and return their government to it) if they choose.

Bill Banta is a Colorado lawyer in Arapahoe County. He practices commercial law and litigation, real estate law, probate law, and estate planning.

Smallwood, who is minority caucus chair in the state Senate and vice-chair of the legislative audit committee, told people it is important to participate in the ongoing public hearings of the redistricting commission because it could make a real difference in how districts are realigned following the 2020 United States Census. He cautioned people against paying much attention to the first draft of the realignment of the state House and Senate districts because “it’s going to change a lot before the final map is out.” Smallwood recommended that GOP members focus on areas west of the metro area, in Arapahoe County and in the eastern part of Boulder County,” for potential pickups for Republicans.”

Smallwood shared that there were many bills in the 2021 session that Republicans were able to amend based on their priorities because it was important to Democratic sponsors that they could describe their bills as bipartisan, even though there was little question that they would pass, since both the House and the Senate have Democratic majorities and Governor Polis is also a Democrat. On HB21-1232 Standardized Health Benefit Plan Colorado Option, Smallwood said that Republicans were able to change it from “the state taking over the health care system to just im-

Jim Smallwood represents state Senate district 4 in Douglas County and will chair the Legislative Audit Committee in the 2022 session of the general assembly.

Rod Bockenfeld represents state House district 56, which includes part of Adams and Arapahoe Counties. He was first elected in 2018 and reelected in 2020.

pacting hospital rates.”

Looking toward the 2022 election, he predicted, “Republicans are in the best position we’ve been in for years to take control by taking back the state Senate,” because it will only require a swing of three seats. He pointed out that the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) makes it harder for Republicans to get elected because TABOR “all but prevents anyone in the legislature from raising taxes or instituting new taxes,” thus Republicans cannot differentiate themselves from Democrats on that issue, as they do in other states.

State Rep. Rod Bocken-

feld talked about HB21-1217 Military Family Open Enrollment in Public Schools, a bipartisan law he sponsored that was signed into law by Governor Polis on May 28.

This bill, which he shared was brought to him by Aurora City Councilmember Curtis Gardner, requires public schools and charter schools to all-but-guarantee to children of active-duty military members from other states who are stationed in Colorado, the ability to open enroll at the public or charter school of their choice. Bockenfeld pointed out that not having this rule caused Colorado to be downgraded when the

U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) compared our state against Alabama in determining where the U.S. Space Force should be permanently located. In 2020, the federal government awarded it to Alabama. Earlier this year, it was announced that the Inspector General of the DOD, as well as the U.S. General Accounting Office, were reviewing that decision. Final results of those reviews have not yet been released.

Bockenfeld also told the crowd that he “wanted to talk about critical race theory,” because “it’s a hot button issue and folks need to get engaged.” He added that he represents eight school districts but the only one that he “is getting complaints (about) is Cherry Creek,” quickly adding, “I’m not saying that Cherry Creek is doing anything wrong.” As we reported in The Villager on July 1, the Cherry Creek School District has stated unequivocally that it does not teach critical race theory.

Elected officials who got up early to hear the speakers included Arapahoe County Commissioner Jeff Baker, Centennial City Councilmember Mike Sutherland, and Aurora City Councilmember Curtis Gardner, along with 2021 candidates for Aurora City Council at-large Becky Hogan and Dustin Zvonek. fmiklin.villager@gmail. com

St. Mary’s Academy wins 3A State Golf Championship

St. Mary’s Academy won the 3A State Golf Championship June 22 by 45 strokes over runner-up Vail Mountain in the two-round tournament in Pueblo, CO, capping an undefeated season for the Wildcats with a first ever state golf title. They posted an overall score of 468, with a first day round of 231 and second day round of 237.

On the individual leaderboard, freshman Maddy Bante won 2nd Place, with a twoday score of 145, two strokes behind Jefferson Academy’s Aubri Braecklein, and junior Natalie Tatar took 3rd Place with a two-day score of 154.

Junior Mallory Hopper tied for 11th Place with a combined score of 169. The SMA team was rounded out by freshman Reese Brown, who tied in the number 57 position with a combined score of 217.

Maddy Bante shot the lowPictured left to right: Reese Brown, Maddy Bante, Natalie Tatar, and Mallory Hopper est round of the day June 21 with a 71, leading the pack into today’s final round. winning the 3A Regional the Metro League All ConferSt. Mary’s Academy is The team donned different Championship by 46 strokes ence First Team, filling three Denver’s premier Indepenuniforms yesterday, bearing over Faith Christian on June of the four spots, and Reese dent, Catholic, Co-Ed Pre-K pink ribbons and pink Wildcat 7 and the Metro League ConBrown was named to the to Grade 8 and All-Girls High logos, in honor of Coach Wol- ference Championship by 31 Metro League All Conference School, founded in 1864 by ta Blackstone, who is going shots over Colorado Academy Honorable Mention Team. the Sisters of Loretto. Based through her third battle against on June 3.

Coach Wolta Blackstone was in Cherry Hills Village, St. breast cancer.

In Metro League awards named Coach of the Year. The Mary’s Academy inspires The Wildcats maintained announced last week, Maddy coaching staff also includes leaders to act with integrity, high margins over their nearBante, Natalie Tatar and MalRussell McFall, SMA teacher seek justice, build community, est competitors all season, lory Hopper were named to at the High School. and change the world.

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White Construction Group to relocate to Inverness —Continued from previous page—

After more than 36 years and two generations of ownership in Castle Rock, White Construction Group (WCG) will be opening a new chapter in its history with a move north to Inverness Park in July. The company’s new office will be located at 4 Inverness Ct E, Suite 100, Englewood, CO 80112.

Founded in Castle Rock in 1985 by namesake Tim White, WCG has managed some of the most prestigious construction projects in the Rocky Mountain Region and earned a reputation for personalized service and remarkable results. During nearly four decades, the company’s capabilities have grown to include specializations in historical restoration and preservation, adaptive reuse, parks and recreation, hospitality, multi-

expand its services to better meet the needs of clients of all types; as the company looks toward the future, this move is a strategic step forward toward its long-term goals.

Says company President and CEO, Chris Haugen, “We have been extremely successful in developing and recruiting some of the best talent available in the region, especially in the 4 Inverness Ct E, Suite 100, Englewood, CO 80112 Photo courtesy White Construction Group last few years. This family residential, office, and mal buy out of the company has allowed us to grow our more.

by President/CEO Chris Hau- portfolio and branch out into The move comes following gen, CFO Bill Thomas, and some really exciting markets. a transition in leadership that COO Trey Nobles. In the last An Inverness office allows began in 2016 and culminated several years, the company us to be closer to a lot of our in January 2021 with the forhas continued to grow and clients, design partners, and

subcontractors and affords us the space to take our business to the next level.”

Despite relocating, the company remains firmly rooted in Douglas County, with several construction projects in-progress around the community and an ongoing dedication to local non-profits, charitable organizations, and volunteer boards.

Continues Haugen, “Castle Rock has been an incredible home for WCG for our entire existence. We’ve had so much success here and it has allowed us to grow into a regional leader. Our commitment to this community won’t end with this move. We have multiple projects ongoing in the area and many of our people are raising their families here. Castle Rock and Douglas County will remain a top priority to all our people for as long as WCG exists.”

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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 TERRI A WALTERS IRREVOCABLE TRUST, TERRI A WALTERS, CITY OF ENGLEWOOD UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, SOUTHEAST METRO STORMWATER AUTHORITY You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 7th day of November, 2013, A.D., the then County Treasurer of the County of Arapahoe, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to BENTON YALE ELSBERG GST EXEMPT TRUST, the following described real estate situate in the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, to-wit: LOT 20 BLK 3 THE KNOLLS 5TH FLG aka 7477 S JACKSON ST and said County Treasurer issued a Certificate of Purchase therefore to BENTON YALE ELSBERG GST EXEMPT TRUST; Whereas, the said BENTON YALE ELSBERG GST EXEMPT TRUST did, on the 22nd day of June 2021 duly assigned the certificate of the sale of the tax lien on the property as aforesaid, and all its rights, title, and interest in said property, to 7477 REDEVELOPMENT LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent general taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2012; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of TERRI A WALTERS IRREVOCABLE TRUST for said year 2012; That said 7477 REDEVELOPMENT LLC, on the 22nd day of June, 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 a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said 7477 REDEVELOPMENT LLC, on or about the 10th day of November, 2021, 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 25th day of June, 2021, A.D. Sue Sandstrom Treasurer Arapahoe County Published in The Villager First Publication: July 1, 2021 Last Publication: July 15, 2021 Legal # 10307 ___________________________

ARAPAHOE COUNTY ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT ARAPAHOE COUNTY Florida Bike Path Project Project No. C20-028 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of County Commissioners of Arapahoe County, Colorado shall make final settlement with Concrete Express, Inc. for its work completed for Arapahoe County. The work performed under this contract dated April 1st, 2021, for the installation of a bike path, retaining wall, curb ramps and associated grading and paving, in Arapahoe County.

Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed or any of its subcontractors or that has supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used by Concrete Express, Inc. or any of its subcontractors in or about the performance of the work done within unincorporated Arapahoe County, whose claim has not been paid by Concrete Express, Inc. or any of its subcontractors may file a claim with the Board of County Commissioners of Arapahoe County, 5334 S. Prince St., Littleton, CO 80120, at any time up to and including August 15th, 2021.

This Notice is published in accordance with §38-26-107, C.R.S., and all claims, if any, shall be filed in accordance with this statutory section. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement and/or claim prior to the aforementioned date for filing claims shall release Arapahoe County, its officers, agents and employees from any or all liability, claims, and suits for payment to Concrete Express, Inc..

Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board Published in The Villager First Publication: July 8, 2021 Last Publication: July 15, 2021 Legal # 10313 ___________________________ ARAPAHOE COUNTY REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP-21-32 Heating and Plumbing Services Notice is hereby given that the

Arapahoe County Purchasing Division will be accepting proposals to enter a contract with qualified Contractor(s) for Heating and Plumbing Services to be offered July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2026, for the Arapahoe County Weatherization Program for lowincome, eligible households in Arapahoe and Adams Counties.

All Arapahoe County solicitations can be obtained from the County’s website. The Request For Proposal (RFP 21-32) document can be obtained by going to the Arapahoe County website www.arapahoegov. com, then go to the Finance Department, and under the Finance Department select Purchasing then go to the Quick Link for the Rocky Mountain ePurchasing website.

Electronic submissions will be accepted online via Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing Systems (RMEPS), www.bidnetdirect.com/colorado.

Submittals must be received, electronically, no later than 2:00 p.m. local time on August 12, 2021.

The County reserves the right to waive any or all informalities or irregularities and to reject any or all submittals.

Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board Published in The Villager Published: July 15, 2021 Legal # 10320 ___________________________

SPECIAL DISTRICTS NOTICE TO INTEGRATED PROJECT DELIVERY CONTRACTORS REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS SUNDANCE HILLS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT FACILITY REMODEL, TENNIS, PARK AND POOL PROJECT Owner: Sundance Hills Metropolitan District Project Name: Sundance Hills Tennis, Pool, Park and Clubhouse Facility Remodel Notice is hereby given that the Sundance Hills Metropolitan District (“District”) is requesting submittal of qualifications from interested firms for the role of integrated project delivery (“IPD”) contractor pursuant to § 32-1-1801, C.R.S., for the remodel design, and construction of park, clubhouse, tennis, and pool facilities, along with related activities on behalf of the District, generally located within or near the District’s boundaries.

The contractor shall be responsible for all aspects of contracting and construction of the project and shall provide for all aspects of the construction including compliance with financial restrictions, subcontractor bidding and contracting, and project schedules. The preliminary cost estimate for the project is approximately $1,200,000.

Respondents should provide

information and qualifications along with representative project experience. Additional information on the requirements and project can be obtained by emailed or written request at the addresses provided below. The District is located at 5626 S Galena Street, Greenwood Village, County of Arapahoe, Colorado (“Project”). General construction scope is as outlined in the Supplement to Request for Qualifications, dated July 6, 2021, which can be obtained by contacting the District at info@ccrider.us, 303-482-1002 OR as follows: Alyssa Tharrett and Christa Plaza alyssa@essenza-arch.com and christa@essenza-arch.com 303-952-5080 A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on Friday, July 16, at 1:00 p.m. at the Sundance Hills Metropolitan District facility, located at 5626 S Galena Street Greenwood Village, CO 80111.

Sealed Bids are due by July 26, 2021, not later than 5:00 P.M. MT to the District at alyssa@essenzaarch.com or Essenza Architecture, 685 S. Arthur Ave., Unit 12B, Louisville, CO 80027. Bids not received by 5:00 P.M. MT will not be considered. Bids will not be publicly opened and read.

SUNDANCE HILLS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL RESPONSES, TO WAIVE INFORMALITIES IN THE RESPONSE PROCESS, AND TO ACCEPT OR DECLINE ANY AND ALL RESPONSES. Published in The Villager Newspaper one-time on July 15, 2021.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: SUNDANCE HILLS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT Published in The Villager Published: July 15, 2021 Legal # 10322 ___________________________

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Charles Lester Duvall aka Charles L. Duvall, Deceased Case Number 21PR30570 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, on or before November 11, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Barbara A. Duvall c/o Scott J. Atwell 5673 S. Fulton Way Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Published in The Villager First Publication: July 8, 2021 Last Publication: July 22, 2021 Legal # 10319 ___________________________

MISCELLANOUS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Rural Utilities Service Hunter Solar, LLC: Notice of Availability of a Finding of No Significant Impact AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Finding of No Significant Impact SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Environmental Assessment (EA) associated with the proposed Hunter Solar Project. The EA was prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of NEPA (40 CFR Parts 1500- 1508) and RUS’ NEPA implementing regulations (7 CFR Part 1970, Environmental Policies and Procedures). The purpose of the EA was to evaluate the environmental impacts associated with a potential RUS loan or loan guarantee for the proposed project to Hunter Solar, LLC. The project consists of constructing a 75 MW alternating current (AC) Solar photovoltaic (PV) generation facility. The proposed solar generation facility is located on undeveloped, unincorporated, agricultural land in Arapahoe County, Colorado.

ADDRESSES: To obtain copies of the FONSI or EA or for further information, please contact: Ms. Christine Allen, Senior Environmental Protection Specialist, at USDA, Rural Utilities Service, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, 20250; telephone: (202) 692-4933; or e-mail: Christine.Allen@usda.gov SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Hunter Solar, LLC is proposing to construct a 75 MW alternating current (AC) Solar photovoltaic (PV) generation facility. The proposed solar generation facility is located on undeveloped, unincorporated, agricultural land in Arapahoe County, Colorado.

The precise location of the solar facility is along the intersection of E Quincy Ave (Highway 30) and N County Road 129 (N Brickcenter Road), Bennett, CO 80102. The Solar Facility will contain rows of Photovoltaic (PV) cell panels, or solar arrays, which are mounted on posts installed into the ground.

The solar arrays will be mounted on posts installed into the ground.

The solar arrays will be mounted on a tracking system. There will be

approximately 250,000 440-watt solar nodules, thirty (30) inverters and (30) transformers on site.

The Project will be completely enclosed by an approximately eight foot (8’) tall chain-link fence. The proposed solar facility will produce a power output of approximately 188,750,000 kilo- watt-hours (kWh) annually.

Notices of availability of the EA for public review were published on May 13th, and on May 27th in the weekly Greenville Village, Colorado The Villager. The EA was available for public and agency review, located at: https://www.rd.usda.gov/ resources/environmental-studies/ assessments20250-1548 .

The comment period ended on June 3, 2021. RUS received no comments from the public.

Alternatives considered by RUS and Hunter Solar, LLC include the no action alternative, and siting/ routing alternatives. Hunter Solar, LLC prepared an environmental report that describes the proposed project in detail and discusses its anticipated environmental impacts.

RUS conducted an independent analysis of the assessment and concurred with its scope and content. In accordance with 7 CFR § 1970.102(6), RUS accepted the assessment as its EA for the proposed project.

Based on its EA, RUS has concluded that the proposed project would have no significant effects to water quality, wetlands, the 100year floodplain, land use, aesthetics, transportation, or human health and safety. The proposed project will have no adverse effects on historic properties listed or eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. The proposed project will have no adverse effects on threatened or endangered species and would not disproportionately affect minority and low-income populations.

No other potential significant impacts resulting from the proposed project have been identified. Therefore, RUS has determined that the issued FONSI fulfills its obligations under NEPA for its action related to the proposed project. RUS is satisfied that the environmental impacts of the proposed project have been adequately addressed.

If RUS takes a Federal action on the proposed project, it will not result in significant impacts to the quality of the human environment.

Accordingly, RUS will not prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed project.

Published in The Villager Published: July 15, 2021 Legal # 10323 ___________________________

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BIKE FEST July 31, 3-10:30 p.m. in downtown Littleton.

CENTRAL CITY OPERA PARTNERS Free - with eight races, two under the lights with the WITH NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH nation’s top professional racers. Live music, food, beer FOR SUMMER FESTIVAL garden, cycling exhibits and the Strider course for Central City Opera’s 2021 Festival presented at the kids.

The Hudson Gardens & Event Center. July 3 - Aug. 1 for four-week extravaganza of storytelling & Powerful LPD SHARES SCAM ALERT voices, featuring classical music’s biggest talents, the Residents are receiving a fake photo red light Central City Opera Orchestra and rising stars from the ticket in the mail and are being asked to pay the ticket Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artists Training Program. online. This is not a valid ticket.

Info: 303-794-1551.

The musical Carousel and Rigoletto will be produced in the open-air.

Info: visit centralcityopera.org. Tickets: Call 303- DOUGLAS COUNTY FAIR & RODEO August 5-8. Bulls, ProRodeo, outdoor activities, 292-6700 or email boxoffice@centralcityopera.org

ENGLEWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD NIGHTS

Aug. 5 from 4-8 p.m. at Jason Park - 4299 S. Jason St. Aug. 19 at Denny Miller Field - 3600 S. Elati St. Bring your lawn chairs or blankets. Food trucks will be there.

BRASS RING 5K & KIDS FUN RUN/WALK August 7. Presented by Empower Retirement.

Barbara David Center patients, loyal supporters, and running enthusiasts to run for the cure for type 1 diabetes with proceeds to The Guild of the Children’s Diabetes Foundation. https://www.childrensdiabetes foundation.org/event/run-for-the-ring-virtual-5kkids-fun-run

COLORADO CELEBRITY CLASSIC (TAPS) Sept. 11, 5:30-9:45 p.m. at the Grove Family Ranch at Cherry Creek, 6225 S Fraser St., Centennial.

Remembering the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 for the loved ones of those who served and died. Saluting our Fallen Military Heroes. Nashville Singer-Songwriters Show & Dinner. Since 1994 the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) has helped more than 100,000 children, teens & adults grieving a military death. Services are provided free-of-charge and TAPS receives no government funds. Tickets: 303-696-0450

CLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER BLUE JEAN BASH

Aug. 12, 6:30 -10:00 p.m. Cielo at Castle Pines, 485 W. Happy Canyon Rd., Castle Rock. 6:30 Gourmet Food Stations & Silent Auction: 8:00 p.m. Program, live auction & dessert. Info: Valerie - 303-681-5054 or val@clothestokidsdenver.org

“GATHER FOR HOPE” WITH ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN CASA Aug. 21, Save The Date. Cielo at Castle Pines

COLORADO UPLIFT GUILD’S FASHION SHOW MEMBERSHIP LUNCHEON Sept. 27, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Colorado Uplift students will model fashions. At Lone Tree Golf Club & Hotel.

Questions: rachael.uplift@gmail.com

ARAPAHOE COUNTY TO HOST IN-PERSON JOB FAIR

July 17 from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. at CentrePoint Plaza, 14980 E. Alameda Dr., Aurora. The County is seeking qualified candidates for several departments. Visit http://bit.ly/ArapahoeCountyJobFair to register prior to the event.

AID TO AGENCIES APPLICATIONS OPEN JULY 15

Annual grant program provides service-legal funding for human services, health and wellness and crisis intervention agencies. Visit araphoegov.com/ aidtoagencies

2021 Toyota Highlander Hybrid is a top performer

If you’re wondering if a hybrid vehicle is something for you to purchase, think positively. The hybrid vehicles, especially with the crossover engines, have become outstanding. They excel in acceleration and fuel economy.

The test car of the week has been a Toyota Highlander hybrid/limited/L4 all-wheel drive. What an amazing and quality vehicle with final assembly in Princeton, IN. The SUV body style is sleek with “Opulent Amber” metallic paint that is well named with a perfect dark color with flakes of amber. The interior cabin has a dark leather trim that includes the two front seat captain chairs, both heated and cooled. The second-row seats are offered in two-seat captain chairs or bench seating. Two more 60/40/ fold-down seats can enter the cargo area allowing for 8 passengers.

The exterior includes all LED lighting including fog lights and a tilt moonroof with a sunshade.

The Highlander rides on 20 inch wheels with all-weather tires. The large cargo space, all-wheel drive, and seating for 8 passengers make

this a great Colorado outdoor vehicle.

While appearance is exceptional, the mechanical efficiency of this hybrid technology is excellent.

Three driving modes of sport, normal, and eco give the driver a selection for traffic and road condition. I used all three modes during busy July holiday traffic conditions. The fuel economy using the three modes was 34 mpg.

The 2021 Highlander is powered by a 2.5L 4-cylinder engine generating 3500 pounds of towing capacity with 243 combined horsepower. The acceleration was outstanding in all three modes.

Air conditioning was welcome on hot days even when the vehicle was resting idle. Driving a hybrid takes a few minutes to realize that when starting, the drive is totally

silent operating on the battery powered system.

Only when acceleration is required does the engine start to perform.

All of the interchange between hybrid and gas power is automatic with the driver almost unaware of the power source.

The Highlander, being a hi-tech vehicle, has all of the Toyota Safety Sense safety features, cameras, and a bird’s eye vertical camera option. There are four UBS phone charging ports. Sound flows from a JBS 11 speaker system with subwoofer and amplifier. Radio, navigation and home page systems all are easy to operate.

The drive is excellent, the versatile on-demand transmission works perfectly with the hybrid/ engine for power and gear choice versatility.

The cabin is quiet with stitched leather dash padding and heated outside large spacious rear view mirrors. This is the ideal Colorado all-weather car with outstanding fuel economy, safety and comfort.

Toyota lives up to their motto, “Let’s Go Places.”

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LAKE

HANGING

BY LISA J. SHULTZ

Head west on I-70 from Denver for approximately three hours to reach Hanging Lake, which is located in Glenwood Canyon, seven miles east of Glenwood Springs. A geological fault caused this lakebed to drop from a valley floor above.

The ecosystem if fragile and unique. It was designated as a National Natural Landmark by the Secretary of the Interior in 2011. This treasure was nearly destroyed in 2020 when the Grizzly Creek fire surrounded it. Miraculously, the lake and trail survived although there is evidence of the fire all along the path and above the lake, and it will take time for the area to recover.

The trail is 1.2 miles in length and has a 1000 elevation gain making it a moderate to difficult hike depending on your fitness level. Summertime weather is often hot, and one needs to bring a substantial amount of water to stay hydrated. Proper hiking shoes with good traction and hiking poles are highly recommended. I recently hiked to Hanging Lake, and the round trip took three hours. Summer thunderstorms are always a possibility, so morning hikes are suggested if possible.

Once you reach the top, the lake is breathtaking! Photo opportunities abound, and it is a perfect spot for a snack and to rest before descending.

Sprouting Rock Falls is also at the top, and one can let the water rain down upon you if you want to cool off and don’t mind getting soaked. If you prefer to stay dry, just walk behind and around the falls to cool off and enjoy the natural show and sound of the cascading water.

A cool foot bath might also replenish you.

Due to increased popularity of this hike and to manage congestion, a reservation system has been put in place. When I went on the hike, our tickets were checked in two different locations, so proof of purchase is scrutinized. Permits are $12/ person and are available at visitglenwood.com/hanginglake.