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Cherry Hills Land Preserve presents the 2023 Annual Plan for Quincy Farm

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVE RNM E NT RE PORTE R

On September 6, the Cherry Hills Village City Council received a presentation of the detailed draft of the 2023 Annual Plan of the Cherry Hills Land Preserve (CHLP) for Quincy arm residents filled the council chamber.

City Manager Chris Cramer began the discussion by reminding the council of the requirement in the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the city and CHLP for Quincy Farm that requires that CHLP, in collaboration with city staff, prepare an annual plan by July 31 for the following calendar year that contains: 1. A list of programs and activities for the coming year.

2. bud et that spe ifies the amount CHLP will contribute toward fulfillin the omin year’s plan.

3. Any requests for funds by CHLP from CHV. 4. A list of possible grants that could be pursued.

Cramer opened the discussion by telling the city council, prior to CHLP’s presentation, that “staff is recommending approval of the annual plan that will be offi ially presented to the city council during its regular meeting two weeks hence on September 20.

He also noted that the draft plan had been submitted to Colorado Open Lands (COL) the previous week, but that they had not yet responded. Colorado Open Lands is the nonprofit land trust that ensures that the requirements of spe ifi onser ation easements including the one that was placed on Quincy Farm by its original owner, Cat Anderson, during her lifetime, are followed.

Linda Behr, president of CHLP, introduced Dr. Harold Skramstad, CHLP advisor, who said that the goal of the planning process was, “To provide educational experiences at Quincy Farm that inspire curiosity in learning about the natural and historical heritage of the local area, so Quincy Farm becomes an integral part of the educational and recreational infrastructure of the City of Cherry Hills Village and a source of ongoing community pride.”

He noted that programming will occur on the east side of the property and the west side “will be developed as more of a natural area with very close attention paid to stimulatin a ariety of first hand experiences with nature.”

Notwithstanding those distinctions, Skramstad pointed out that, even though it is divided into two separate sides in the conservation easement, “Quincy Farm must be developed as an integrated and unitary site so that the historical and natural landscape assets that define it will stren then ea h other, rather than just be seen as separate elements.”

The 2023 Annual Plan, he told the city council, was guided by

the conservation easement, which talks about “providing education and recreation and maintaining open space, while enhancing natural areas and maintaining historical heritage.”

He explained that the plan also took into account the historical values of QF, as they had been outlined in the submission to the National Register years earlier, which resulted in the property being included there.

Finally, Skramstad pointed

to the pra ti al issue of finan ial sustainability, stating plainly, “No one wants it to become a money pit.” He expanded on that thought with, “The kind and the type of experiences at QF (will) drive priorities for maintenance, repairs, and capital improvements.”

Consulting attorneys David Foster of Foster, Graham Milstein & Calisher, LLP, and Rick Johnson of Johnson & Repucci, LLP, were introduced next to speak on the conservation easement as it relates to open public access to the property.

Foster pointed out that COL did not need to approve the plan for QF. Johnson told the city council that CHV can allow public access and uses in all areas of QF, west and east, and was only “constrained by not violating the conservation values of this easement.”

Kathy Fessler, executive director of CHLP, presented a list of 18 programs planned for QF in 2023, including a three-session beekeeping discussion with Master Beekeepers Joe and Debbie Komperda. She shared that the beekeeping program put on this summer was attended by interested beekeepers from ages fi e to he also noted that in addition to beekeeping, programs that have been held this summer included bringing in goats, a trail walk, and bird walks.

Judith Judd, CHLP’s development chair, told the city council, “Our goal is to make Quincy arm finan ially sustainable She pointed to the importance of the city council allowing public access to both the east and west sides of QF in achieving sustainability, noting that CHLP had already received reliable pledges in excess of $100,000 for QF, contingent upon “regular and sustained and substantial public access to the property.”

Judd shared that CHLP had already invested $100,000 in QF and that they had determined they would have to raise that amount annually “just to run that property for the city and for our fellow citizens,” adding that CHLP was ommitted to and onfident that they could do so. Judd presented the 2023 QF budget, which

Linda Behr is President of Cherry Hills Land Preserve.

Harold Skramstad is advisor to Cherry Hills Land Preserve on Quincy Farm.

Kathy Fessler is executive director of Cherry Hills Land Preserve

Judith Judd is chair of the Cherry Hills Land Preserve Development Committee.

The east side of Quincy Farm will be the site of most structured educational programs using a renovated big barn.

This is a list of programs Cherry Hills Land Preserve has planned for Quincy Farm in 2023.

showed that total 2023 operating costs for QF of $89,950 would come from CHLP exclusively and they anticipated that CHLP would pay of anti ipated apital osts of with the ity paying $49,550 of those costs.

In total, CHLP would contribute to the bud et and the city would contribute $49,550. It was noted that the

allocation of costs between CHLP and the city had been negotiated with the city manager. The costs that were proposed to be picked up by CHV were primarily for construction documents for repairing the barn where programs would take place and signs on the property.

Mayor Stewart and all the members of the city council

expressed their appreciation to CHLP for their tireless efforts in meeting the requirements of the MOU, including completing the plan for QF and raising the funds necessary to implement it within the values outlined in the conservation easement that Cat Anderson reated to re e t her ision for this property. fmiklin.villager@gmail.com

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Is our democracy truly representative?

As midterm elections approach, I’m just spitballing ideas here, and I think voters should honestly re e t on resident George Washington’s advice upon leaving the residen y politi al parties need to take a back seat to representative democracy. Basically, it would be a great thing for the country if elected legislators and offi ials started representing their district and constituents, rather than representing special interests and their political parties. And representing district constituents should include all residents, not just 51 percent of them.

In his book The Conservative Sensibility, columnist George Will discusses the problems of majority rule, and explains how the Constitution and systems of the United States are intended to protect minority views from a tyranny of the majority. In a time when elections, votes, and polls are often divided by a couple percentage points or less, it seems all the more important for leaders to commit to more authentic representation of all their citizens.

How many politicians have we heard pledge a commitment and desire to represent the people, not special interests? The latest candidate to campaign on representing people not party is Colorado Senate candidate Joe O’Dea, a Colorado businessman runnin for his first politi al ob Joe O’Dea seems like a really good guy who is genuinely interested in the best interests of Colorado. O’Dea’s challenge is that Michael Bennet also comes across as a really good guy who represents the state’s goals and interests, which is why voters have elected him twice.

The reason Colorado is a majority independent, unaffiliated ele torate is be ause voters don’t want to align with extremes. That said, it’s tougher to determine whether they truly are independent, supporting candidates from both sides, or whether they simply don’t want to be labeled. Either way, Colorado has the opportunity to be a bi-partisan state. Granted, I know many people are surprised when I post yard signs for both Democrats and Republicans, as if it’s unimaginable to be moderate and open-minded.

However, that’s also why centrist candidates have led the way in Colorado for twenty years, including a string of governors who are popular as pro-business Democrats. That distinction holds true for the governor-turned-Senator John Hickenlooper, as well as two-term Senator Bennet. As a Democrat, Bennet is a noted member of the “Gang of Eight,” a group of representatives who collaborated across party lines on immigration reform for the good of their constituents and the country.

Too many voters feel disenfranchised these days. Imagine being a progressive Democrat

in a solidly red district, or a conservative Republican in a progressive stronghold. Their votes literally don’t count because

their representatives don’t care.

In the 1960s and 70s, elected representatives voted party-lines just two-thirds of the time. These days it’s about 93%. Clearly, there are few if any issues where everyone agrees completely. But on plenty of issues, more than 51 percent agree, even on the hottest of topics. For example, despite the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe, two-thirds of Americans be-

lieve abortion procedures should be legal and accesible in most situations, or as Bill Clinton said it should be safe le al and rare.” Eighty percent of Americans support stricter gun laws including background checks, red a laws restri tions on hi h apa ity firearms even licensing and registration. However, despite the data, compromise has given way to all-or-nothing politics, and that’s not good for anyone, except lobbyists and talk show hosts.

In his later years, my dad was known to most as a solid partisan voter, even being a precinct committeeman. However, in my youth I recall hearing him often tell people, “I still haven’t decided who I’m going to vote for,” even at the presidential level. He thought long and hard about issues, voting his conscience, and he had great respect for members

of both parties. That changed in the mid-1990s, a time most experts point to as the rise of our recent extremism.

Recent columns in the Denver ost from former e ent im Martin and former Representati e at hroeder ha e lamented America’s crisis of trust in each other and the institutions that ground society in shared beliefs and vision. They have called for a commitment from voters and leaders to seek unity and authentic representation of all constituents. Imagine if elected leaders actually focused on representing all their constituents, and listening to opposing views in search of compromise.

That might be a step toward a “more perfect union.”

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

Too many voters feel disenfranchised these days.

Imagine being a progressive Democrat in a solidly red district, or a conservative Republican in a progressive stronghold. Their votes literally don’t count because their representatives don’t care.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY C NVERSATIONS County Holiday Arapahoe County Offices will be closed on Monday, October 3 in observance of Arapahoe Day. Visit arapahoegov.com/calendar.

Get Involved Arapahoe County seeks applicants for Citizen Redistricting Advisory Committee As part of a required legislative process, Arapahoe County will re-draw boundaries for county commissioner districts in 2023. To assist with this process, the County is seeking interested residents to serve on a Citizen Redistricting Advisory Committee that will help solicit public input and feedback and help draw proposed new district maps for consideration by the Board of County Commissioners.

Visit arapahoegov.com/getinvolved or scan the QR code with your smartphone.

| Opioid Town Hall Sept. 22 Join the Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners and members of the Region 9 Opioid Abatement Council as they discuss how the newly formed Council is addressing the opioid crisis in our area. Learn more about this crucial work and get your questions answered. Thursday, Sept. 22, 6:30 p.m.

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I was popping the buttons off my blue blazer Saturday afternoon during the Colorado Press Association awards ceremony at Coors Field. It wasn’t because of the slider burgers and chicken sticks being served to attendees prior to the awards presentations.

Bottom line, The Villager racked up 13 awards. Villager Creative Marketing Manager Susan Sweeney Lanam and our advertising designer, om i he aptured fi e awards three first pla e and two second place awards.

Governmental reporter, Freda Miklin, was duly honored with a First Place for best education story, “Cherry Creek Schools Superintendent Announces Retirement.” First place for best editorial special section election “Roundup” analysis, and second place award for best business feature story, “Local Newspapers Matter.” The “Election Roundup” was designed by graphic artist Tom McTighe.

Society reporter Scottie Iverson scored two second place honors with her stories and photos with Tom McTighe’s talents for Best Page Design for “Ms. Senior Colorado” and, “Couple Of The Year.”

Villager columnists scored big with educator Michael Mazenko’s “A La Carte Journalism winnin a first pla e for “Best Serious Column.”

Rocky Mountain News retired sportswriter, returning to The Villager ranks, scored a First Place for his “Voice of the Bruin” column for best sports column writing.

Publisher Gerri Sweeney and Becky Osterwald scored a second place for best “Legal Advertising Section.”

The Villager scored 16 awards overall, including the new sister newspaper, The Weekly-Register Call in Gilpin County, purchased

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in 2021. The contest was judged by the Michigan State Press Association. *** Preceding the awards ceremony, the Colorado Press Association held their 147th annual convention at the Lowry Conference Center in Aurora. The event featured seminars on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, terminating with a voyage to oors field for the audio awards ceremony.

Along with newspaper award honors, three professional journalists were selected for the “ Colorado Hall of Fame” honors. This year they honored two departed publishers, Houston Waring who started working at the Littleton Independent for Ed Bemis in 1926 and having a stellar newspaper career. The second honoree was Percy Connaroe who published The Louisville Times, Lafayette News and Erie Review from1965 to 1992. He was named “CPA Newspaper Person of the Year” in 1992.

The third honoree was Patricia Calhoun, who is wellknown in the Denver area since co-founding and publishing Westword since 1977.

Calhoun is notable for her writings and long- running successful publication.

What I learned at the seminars is brief; Governor Polis failed to show up for the Legislative luncheon, but was aptly represented by Democrat Senator Majority Leader, Steve Fenberg, from Boulder and Republican Minority Whip, Paul Lundeen, from El Paso County.

The session was ably moderated by Linda Shapley, publisher of Colorado Community News. oth hi h ran in ele ted officials were cordial to each other, and they agreed on one central theme, “Politics drives Pol-

icy,” and the political party in power, “Rules the Roost.” This is apparently true in Colorado and Washington D.C. That was their bottom-line message. *** Another seminar I attended was a presentation on the newspaper located in Aurora that is now ‘The Sentinel,” dropping the Aurora a se eral years a o The panel discussed the current acquisition of The Sentinel to a non profit publi ation The leader of this movement is Joaquin Alvarado, who is guiding the newspaper purchase following the “Green Bay Packer” model in Aurora.

Veteran publisher, Dave Perry, is apparently transferring ownership in the newspaper to the public domain, whereby citizens can buy ownership sto in the non profit publication. The stock has no value, following the Green Bay model but i es moral and financial support to the team and in this case the Aurora newspaper.

The transfer of ownership and issuance of stock is currently in a legal process of being completed with the closing apparently underway. Members of the panel were Eric Prock, Microsoft Executive; Joaquin Alvarado, founder of Studiotobe, and founding senior vice-president for diversity and innovation at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; and Laura Frank, who is Executive Director of Colorado News Collaborative. Frank is supportive of the Green Bay Packers model and assisting in the “Green Bay Packers Experiment” transition.

It appears that Colorado newspapers are heading down two paths he first free enterprise and private ownership by families and corporations; the second path

with newspapers becoming non profit entities supported by foundations, trusts, and subscribers following a pattern started by public broadcasting decades ago. Staff members apparently can become partial owners of the news operations his non profit model is in full swing now with The Colorado Sun, a digital news source that purchased the 28 Colorado Community News publications in August 2021.

The future of the printed newspapers could be challenging.

On the free enterprise path, Ogden Newspapers recently purchased dozens of newspapers from Swift Newspapers, located in Colorado that include lead newspapers in Vail, Aspen, Steamboat Springs, and other locations. Ogden is headquartered in Virginia and owns over 60 newspaper publications in numerous states.

Fears expressed by some publishers is that the non profit donors will only support news operations that favor their funding missions and donor dogmas.

Conversely, free enterprise newspapers only survive from the support of local advertising and subscribers.

While both models provide professional news coverage, newspapers throughout history have been independent of outside in uen e and finan ial ba in from non-newspaper sources. But, in recent years, both large, and small newspapers have been purchased by investors and Wall Street listings that an and do in uen e news Many newspapers, for suri al are mo in to non profit status that may dramatically change newspaper independence and ownership.

Maybe the Broncos should purchase The Denver Post so they can achieve better press coverage.

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September 22, 2022 • THE VILLAGER | PAGE 5

Local nonprofit dedicated to protecting kids shares research on marijuana use in teens

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENT REPORTER

One Chance to Grow Up is a lo al nonprofit project of the Colorado Nonprofit e elopment enter whose mission is to prote t ids from today s mari uana throu h transparen y eduation empowerment and poli y n a press release on uust ne han e shared findin s from the ealthy ids olorado urey re ently ondu ted the by the olorado epartment of ubli ealth and n ironment is a oluntary sur ey about mari uana use that is pro ided to olorado middle and hi h s hool students e ery two years esults are posted by on len th of

use fre uen y of use and type of mari uana produ t emo raphi and eo raphi data is also ompiled and a ailable to the publi ey ta eaways all positi e from the sur ey were 13.3% of youth used mari uana within the past month a de rease from in 40.3% of youth feel it would be easy to et mari uana if they wanted a de rease from from 60.4% of youth thin re ular mari uana use is ris y an in rease from in

One Chance pointed to the in orre t per eption by many youn people that their peers use mari uana more than they a tually do ata athered from the

sur ey showed that 16.7% of middle s hool students think half of their lass used mari uana in the last days n fa t only 3.0% responded that they used the dru in the last days 39.5% of hi h s hool students think half of their lass used mari uana in the last days n fa t only 13.3% responded that they used the dru in the last days u h of the news from the sur ey was ood i en the well reported deleterious impa ts of mari uana use at

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TAPS salutes fallen heroes offers help, hope and healing for those grieving Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors hosts 17th Nashville Songwriters Show & Dinner

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ragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) held its annual Colorado fundraiser at Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum and garnered new supporters with rave reviews. In keeping with the western heritage theme, there were plenty of boots and hats (de rigueur for auctioneer John Anderson) as well as patriotic spirit throughout the multi-faceted evening. Thanks to Title Sponsors - United Concordia Dental and the Michael Condon Family and Presenting Sponsor – Pete & Marilyn Coors plus Gold, Silver, Military Sponsors and the live au tion the offers re e ted another successful year. For further information: www.TAPS.org/ Colorado or Colorado@taps.org.

TAPS Founder & President Bonnie Carroll, National Anthem singer Franki Moscato and Bill Hanzlik of Denver Nuggets fame

Lynne and Bo Cottrell have been the glue – directing the Colorado Celebrity Classic and raising millions

ABOVE: Celebrity Songwriters – Brice Long, Anthony Smith, Wynn Varbel, Frank Meyers and Jimmy Nichols on the keyboard LEFT: Tony David and Pam Hughes (WildeFire) entertained during dinner

ABOVE: CD 6 candidate and Navy veteran Steven Monahan with Rene Green and Jake Jabs

Gold Star families on stage with Bonnie Carroll

Coors Cowboy Club Chuckwagon Crew greeted and served prime rib and all the fixins

Photos by Scottie Iverson

ABOVE: Jeff Tomczak and his wife Rene J. Smith-Tomczak LEFT: Mike and Christina Ward with Cyndy and Tom Marsh Continued on page 7

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of the Joint Budget Committee of the legislature, talked about Colorado Proposition 121, which would lower the state income probably knows somebody who and do something about it.” He tax rate from 4.55% to 4.40%,

BY FREDA MIKLIN has gone through this struggle, described the bill that was passed thereby “taking more money out GOVERNMENT maybe starting with pills for back in the general assembly in 2022 of K-12 and higher education beREPORTER pain…Now these drug cartels are as 1) containing funding for edcause that is where the marginal pushing heroin, which became ucational awareness to get the On September 17, Colorado dollar is in our state budget.” He Attorney General Phil Weiser and cheaper and more accessible than word out to young people “who also noted that it would give the prescription pills. Then came the think that they are invincible,” to SD31 Sen. Chris Hansen held average Colorado family an addia town hall at the tional $68 but give $1,500 Eisenhower Chapel to someone who earns in Denver’s Low$1 million, which he said ry neighborhood. seemed like a bad reason Hansen’s district to take resources away includes southeast from K-12 and higher Denver, as well as education.

Glendale and Holly Hansen also pointed Hills in Arapahoe to “two bills passed in the County. last two sessions (of the Weiser told the general assembly) that crowd of approxiprovide targeted property mately 100 that his tax relief to homeowners priority is protecting across the state,” noting the rights of all Colthat lawmakers are “very oradans, including aware of the appreciation voting rights and (of home prices) that consumer rights. we’re all seeing in the Through the efforts Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (left) and SD31 Sen. Chris Hansen (right) market right now…that of his offi e he said Photo by Freda Miklin leads to higher property se ond wa e er the last fi e let them know that, “if you take a he has brought Coloradans $230 taxes.” years, increasingly, what we’re pill that you get at a party, it could million by prosecuting consumer Weiser talked about the imseeing is fentanyl, which is a syn- kill you,” adding, “2) We’ve got fraud and $520 million from big portance of helping local police to get Narcan available everypharma companies who manufac- thetic opioid made in a lab. It is departments re ruit more offi ers 50 times more potent than heroin. where so that if someone starts tured and sold opioids. and addressing climate change by We are seeing two threats.

First, overdosing, we can save their life.

When an audience member it’s being packaged like it’s a pre- 3) We have to get more treatment building water infrastructure to asked Weiser about a bill passed store more water and allow less scription pill like Xanax. Moms resources to save lives. 4) We’ve by the legislature this year on the evaporation. He said water could who have lost kids have told me got to go after these drug dealers subject of fentanyl, he explained, that their children thought they and hold them accountable. That’s also be saved through increased “The opioid crisis in the United were taking Xanax to help them why I supported the law that says xeriscaping, shifting to different States of America (came from) agricultural crops and using “gray sleep.” if you distribute fentanyl and it companies making money by (non-potable) water” for toilets e ontinued wo out of fi e results in someone dying, that is getting people addicted to dangerand other uses that don’t require of those counterfeit pills are deadnow a new criminal offense.”

He ous drugs. What Purdue Pharma drinkable water. ly. That’s not really a drug overexplained that the new law also did is unconscionable. I went In response to a question from changed the possession level of after them, along with McKinsey, dose. That is fentanyl poisoning, and there are people knowingly fentanyl to make sure that dealers a citizen, Weiser said he supports Johnson & Johnson, and others, selling those fentanyl-based pills are charged with a felony, where- bannin assault ri es whi h he and that’s where the $520 milthat ill people e e ot to find as the focus for users is treatment. called “weapons of war,” explainlion is coming from…Over this a way to hold them accountable Hansen, who is vice-chair 25-year history, everyone here ing that, “Gun safety is a public

Attorney General Phil Weiser and State Sen. Chris Hansen answer questions in a town hall

TAPS salutes fallen heroes Continued from page 6

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Sarah ConlonPernick is the surviving mother of Special Agent Nathan Schuldheiss of Denver

Centennial Mayor Stephanie Piko and DA John Kellner (18th Judicial District), candidate for Colorado Attorney General

health challenge that we need to think about like car safety.”

In the area of consumer fraud, eiser said that his offi e ot $8 million back for consumers from Century Link when they raised prices on their services after promising that prices were “guaranteed to be locked.” He said his offi e also ot onsumers $9.5 million from Wells Fargo and $2 million from Turbotax for consumer fraud.

Regarding public safety, Weiser explained that the attorney general s offi e only handles omple criminal prosecutions. He noted the re ent on i tion his offi e obtained in Larimer County of a home burglary ring that targeted 26 Asian business owners in Colorado and Wyoming and resulted in indictments on 46 counts and guilty pleas for violating the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act as well as felony theft.

We asked Weiser about the si nifi ant rise in ar thefts in Colorado. He told us that criminal cases of car theft are generally the purview of local prosecutors but he worked to help pass the e ertifi ation and heft of atalytic Converter Act of 2022 that requires businesses and individuals who purchase detached catalytic converters to keep a record of the name of the person from whom the catalytic converter was purchased and the type of identifi ation the seller presented he buyer must also obtain a signed affida it from the seller attestin that he or she legally owned the item sold.

Hansen is rumored to be considering a run for Denver mayor next year. We asked him about that. He just smiled. fmiklin.villager@gmail.com

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Katy Brown announces her candidacy for Cherry Hills Village Mayor SUBMITTED BY KATY BROWN

Cherry Hills Village Mayor Pro Tem, Katy Brown, is focusing on her record of championing open space, publi safety and finan ial stability in her bid for Mayor of Cherry Hills Village.

Having more than 14 years of volunteer service to Cherry Hills Village, including 10 years as a City Council member, Brown brings a depth of knowledge and perspective to the position. But most importantly, she brings leadership and results. “I am very proud of the work I have done on Council over the last decade, listening to the community, building consensus, and advancing critical projects that had been stalled for years. We need consistency and leadership as we embark upon our updated Master

Plan.” Brown believes that the next Council will need to tackle projects such as opening Quincy Farm, enhancing public and school safety, addressin traffi on erns undergrounding utilities, and improving cell service, all of which will require strategic use of our tax-payer dollars.

Brown is the only Mayoral candidate who demonstrated the leadership necessary to deliver similar large projects on-time, under-budget and without raising taxes.

Cherry Hills Village Council members, the chairs of CHV boards and commissions, and many CHV commissioners have endorsed Brown in recognition of the value she brings to city leadership.

Mayor Pro Tem Brown is the proven champion for parks, trails, and open space.

She began her service to Cherry Hills Village on the Parks, Trails, and Recreation Commission where, as chair, she led the effort to develop the ity s first master plan spe ifi ally for par s trails and open space. She served on the initial Quincy Farm Visioning Committee in 2012 which set the direction for the future of Quincy Farm, and she has fought for that vision ever since. Last year, Brown successfully led the effort to save Quincy Farm as a public treasure and to partner with the Cherry Hills Land Preserve on promoting the Farm as a public natural space.

In addition to serving on city committees, Brown has also represented Cherry Hills Village in the broader community as the Vice-Chair of the Centennial Airport

Community Noise Roundtable, the CHV delegate to the Colorado Municipal League Policy Committee, and the CHV delegate to the Denver Regional Council of Governments. She is a respected member of the regional civic community and an esteemed representative of Cherry Hills Village.

Brown is a strong advocate for education and has been very involved in the Cherry Creek School District. She

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Mayor Pro Tem Brown has a proven track record of community leadership with over 80 collective years of volunteer board service. Beyond Cherry Hills Village, her volunteer service extends to many organizations including the Arapahoe County Citizens Budget Committee, the ACE Scholarships Board of Advisors, the Denver Ballet Guild, the Colorado Ballet Auxiliary, the Colorado Ballet Board of Trustees, National Charity League, the MIT Club of Colorado, the MIT Alumni Association, the Junior League of Denver, the Junior League of Denver Foundation, Alpha Chi Omega Fraternity, the Alpha Chi Omega Foundation and the Fraternity and Sorority Political Action Committee. She has won numerous awards from these organizations for her outstanding service such as MIT’s Presidential Citation and Denver Area Panhellenic’s Alumnae Achievement and Woman of the Year awards.

A 27-year resident of Colorado and an 18-year resident of Cherry Hills Village, Brown moved to the Denver area from Cambridge, MA after earning two degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is married to fellow MIT alumnus, Brian Brown. They have two children who attend Cherry Creek schools.

Professionally, Brown owned a boutique web development company specializing in the tourism industry for many years before purchasing an escape room in downtown Denver. In 2011 she was recognized by the Denver Business Journal as a “40 Under 40” business leader. Her experiences running a business and working with government entities have been invaluable assets in her service to Cherry Hills Village.

As a high-tech entrepreneur, mother, and community leader, Brown brings diverse skills and leadership to City Council. “Cherry Hills Village has been a wonderful place to raise a family for generations. I am grateful for the privilege of raising my family here.” said Brown.

“And through thoughtful stewardship, I am dedicated to preserving this place that my children will always think of as ‘home.’”

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PAGE 10 | THE VILLAGER • September 22, 2022

Coloradans will be asked to vote on 11 separate ballot questions in November

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVE RNM E NT RE PORTE R

In a few weeks, Colorado voters will be asked to choose a candidate for governor, attorney general, secretary of state, and treasurer, along with a United States Senator, Congressperson, and, in Arapahoe County, along with many others, county clerk, treasurer, assessor, and coroner. Some residents will also choose a county commissioner.

Once they’ve made it through all those choices, Coloradans statewide will be asked to say yes or no on 11 ballot questions that involve hundreds of millions of dollars.

Six of the questions were brought to the voters by Colorado citizens.

They are called propositions and they are numbered 121 through 126.

Proposition 121 Proposition 121 asks voters if our state income tax should be reduced from 4.55% to 4.40%. The state income tax, enacted in 1937, had graduated rates as high as 8% until 1987, when it was han ed to a at rate of regardless of income level. t has remained as a at ta but the rate has been reduced several times, beginning in 1999. Under this proposal, a Coloradan earning $60,000 per year would save $90. One earnin would sa e

Five of the ballot questions have come to the voters from the general assembly. They are called amendments and they are designated with letters of the alphabet.

Those that have a single letter designation would make changes to our state’s Constitution, so they re uire a ma ority of the vote to be adopted. Those with a double-letter designation would change state law, so they only reuire a ma ority plus one vote to be adopted.

The three Constitutional amendments are:

Amendment D Amendment E Amendment D simply directs the Colorado governor to appoint judges to the new 23rd Judicial District. This new district was created in 2020 to separate Arapahoe County from the other three counties in the 18th Judicial District, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln, because Arapahoe has many more cases than the other three combined. This Amendment is basically an administrative task required to get the new judicial district set up because it won’t work without judges.

Amendment F

BALLOT QUESTIONS FOR COLORADO VOTERS THAT INVOLVE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

Proposition 122 Proposition 123 Proposition 125 Proposition 122 would make mushrooms, sometimes called magic mushrooms, that occur in nature and contain the hallucinogenic psilocybin, legal for those who are 21 and over. It would also assign responsibility to the state to “establish a natural medicine regulated access program for supervised care,” and require the department of regulatory agencies to “implement the program and comprehensively regulate natural medicine to protect public health and safety,” including creating an advisory board to advise the department, “as to the implementation of the program.” It would also pro ide spe ified protections under state law, including criminal and civil immunity, for authorized providers and users of natural medicine; and, in limited circumstances, allow the retroactive removal and reduction of criminal penalties related to the possession, use, and sale of natural medicine.”

In other words, decriminalization is accompanied by many administrative tasks.

Amendment E extends the property tax exemption that is available to Coloradans and o er as well as disabled veterans, to the surviving spouse of a U.S. military veteran who died in the line of duty or as a result of a service-related injury or disease. The exemption creates a deduction of of the first of actual value of a home in determining the property tax due, thus the property tax for an $800,000 home for anyone who ualifies if this is passed, would be calculated as though it were worth $700,000, etc.

Proposition 123 proposes roposition would alto use 0.1% of state income low grocery stores and contax collected from individuals, venience stores to sell wine. corporations, trusts and estates Presently, they can only sell for various programs that beer. support affordable housing, in ludin finan in land for development of affordable housing, programs that supProposition 126 would port affordable home ownerpermit third-party delivery ship, local governments’ planservices of food like Uber ning capacity, and programs Eats and Door Dash, that that serve persons experiencuse aps, to deliver alcoholic ing homelessness. It has been beverages to those who are estimated that this program over 21 years old and have would gena valid ID. In erate July 2020, when million the COVID panProposition 124 proposes in its first demic caused to allow retail liquor stores to year for many restaurants open additional locations on the State and bars to be a phased-in schedule so that, Affordable closed to the by 2037, there would be no Housing public, it belimit on the number of loFund, came legal for cations a liquor retail store however them to deliver could have. Until 2016, retail it comes alcoholic beverliquor stores could have only from taxes ages directly, but one location. A 2017 statute already that law expired created a path to grow that being in July 2021 and number from one to four over collected, it didn’t include 10 years. This ballot issue so it does third-party deeventually removes limits on not raise livery aps. the number of locations. taxes.

Proposition 126

Proposition 124

Amendment F repeals the state Constitutional prohibition against allowing managers and operators of charitable gaming activities (e.g., church bingo) to be paid for their services. It also allows charities to be able to obtain a gaming license after being in existence for at least three years instead of the fi e years required by our state Constitution presently.

The two statutory amendments are:

Amendment FF Proposition FF would increase state income taxes on Colorado’s highest earners to pay for the cost of making all school lunches in public schools statewide free of charge. The additional income tax would be paid by single people who earn at least and married ouples filin jointly who earn at least $300,000 combined.

It could cost couples who meet the income threshold up to $2000 per year and single people up to $819 per year. The additional income tax would bring in just over $100 million annually. Besides paying for school lunches directly, the program would also encourage the use of grants for 1) paying school lunchroom employees more money and 2) emphasizing Colorado-grown food products.

Amendment GG Proposition GG would require that a ballot initiative that proposes changing Colorado’s income tax system from its present flat rate urrently to varying rates, depending on income levels, include a table “showing the average tax change for tax filers in different in ome ate ories n other words, it would do the math for you.

The Colorado Secretary of State reminds us that there will be more than 400 drop boxes available to leave your completed ballots once they begin arriving in the mail on October 17. Beginning one week later on tober there will also be otin centers available around the state for those who prefer to cast their ballot that way. Locations and hours for voting centers and drop boxes can be found at GoVoteColorado.gov. or from your county clerk. fmiklin.villager@gmail.com

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Arapahoe County Open Spaces awards over $24 million in grants to local governments

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENT REPORTER

On September 9, Arapahoe County Open Spaces (ACOS) held its annual Shareback and Competitive Grant Award Ceremony, where it announced competitive grants awarded to cities, towns and special districts from funds generated by the county’s 0.25% sales tax, in addition to the approximately $19 million that it shares back directly with local governments. All receipts from this small sales tax, which was made perma-

nent by a vote of Arapahoe County residents in 2021, are dedicated solely to parks, trails and open spaces projects Twelve percent of the revenue generated by the tax is used for the ACOS competitive grant program.

Grant requests are evaluated by a board of local residents appointed by county commissioners. Competitive grants awarded this year went to 12 cities, towns, and special districts. They ranged from $15,000 to $500,000, and totaled $5 million, which will be matched by $3.3 million in local government funds.

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Nancy Jackson, chair of the Board of County Commissioners of Arapahoe County, said that the awards, “celebrate the power of partnerships in improving the communities we serve,” adding, “Together with our agency partners, we can do more and be more for the people of Arapahoe County then we could ever do on our own.

Our residents depend on our outdoor spaces for physical and mental health, and I hope these funds will enable our partners to keep critical projects moving forward.” fmiklin.villager@gmail.com

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City of Aurora

Extension of Murphy Creek trail To improve neighborhood connectivity

$500,000

Town of Bennett

Amenities for trail users at Bennett Regional Park and Open Space

$15,000

City of Englewood

Picnic shelter and restroom at Bates/Logan Park

$500,000

City of Glendale

Pickleball courts, restrooms, and Picnic facilities at Mir Park

$500,000

City of Greenwood Village

Adventure play area at Village Greens North Park

$500,000

City of Littleton

Funds to support stabilizing Jackass Gulch to reduce erosion and improve Space, and Recreation Master Plan

$500,000

Updating of Littleton’s Parks, Open Space, and Recreation Master Plan

$100,000

Study of Bear Creek Trail corridor to identify future improvements

$100,000

Trails, park access points, and basketball court at Fox Hill Park

$490,467

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Connect two segments of Piney Creek Trail to improve trail alignment

$100,000

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$382,300

Renovate Cherry Park in Centennial, Including playground and picnic area

$438,000

Prioritize future improvement at Cornerstone Park

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Curtis Center for the Arts FAR LEFT: GV resident Bob Doyle created this oil and pastel painting called “Storms Brewing” while watching the waves come in at Longboat Key on Florida’s Gulf Coast.

Doyle told The Villager that he wanted to paint waves because it was challenging to re-create the movement, Including the translucent appearance of waves as they crash.

LEFT: Miriam Dubinsky designed this screen print, “Many Mushrooms,” for the 2020 opening of the Dateline Gallery in Denver’s RiNo Art District.

Photos by Freda Miklin

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVE RNM E NT RE PORTE R

Curtis Center for the Arts’ Cultural Arts Manager Chris Stevens created Art on the Green in 2020 as a safe method by which artists could display their work and people could enjoy and acquire art during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Each artist was given a separate booth and they were spaced far enough apart for safety.

Best of all, it was all outside at the end of summer.

The event was a great success and was repeated on September 17-18 for the third consecutive year. As a free, all-Colorado art fair, it featured 70 different artists, food trucks, live music, and hundreds of happy visitors enjoying the art, the outdoors and being with their neighbors.

You can see samples and find website and onta t information for all the artists at www.artonthegreencolorado. com/artists. fmiklin.villager@gmail. com

ABOVE: Susan McKelvy created this oil painting, “French Creek II,” from a photograph she took on an early morning ride during a horseback-ride trip she took with friends to Custer State Park in South Dakota, near the Black Hills.

LEFT: Jeanne Cahn’s “The Straw That Broke the Camel’s Back” and “Sitting Duck”

ABOVE: Jeanne Cahn taught art at the Cherry Creek Challenge School. After years of assigning her older students to create a visual pun through art, she decided to “take the ball and run with it.”

LEFT: Jeanne Cahn’s “Significant Otters” BELOW:Shara Oliman is a paper collage artist shown here with her piece called, “Ponderings and Reflections,” created in analog style out of recycled magazine paper and ink transfer with no paint, acidfree adhesive, and archival varnish on cradled board.

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hosts 3rd Annual Art in the Park Photographer Justin Key is standing next to his photograph taken at the Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado. The artist explained that the blue color is because it was taken at dusk.

RIGHT: Lee Reedy told us that he created the oil painting called, “Bronc Buster,” because he loves cowboys.

LEFT: This praying mantis was carved out of sand during the Art in the Park show by the talented artists of Cool Hand Ice Carving.

Nikki Nienhuis painted, “Thought of You,” just to her left, out of acrylics and included asemic writing (barely visible in the middle of the painting on the far right), a type of art involving lines that appear to form words but that are without specific meaning. Her notes about the piece say, “This one has a lot of writing about loving the people in our lives-and thinking of those who have made an impression. Thinking of you was what resonated - the thought of you… my own words written under the paint.”

Kathy Friesz told us that her oil painting, “Confection,” although abstract, makes her think of candy.

Cherry Hills Village’s Robin Cook creates her paintings using acrylic and ink with four to seven layers of glass over the top. She told us she loves the transparency of ink and acrylic and she uses bright colors because they evoke positive human emotion. She often paints cows because she spent time on her aunt and uncle’s farm as a young girl and has happy memories of her time there.

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Sports

Dylan’s song title rings true, but are MLB’s changes enough?

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Bob Dylan wasn’t referring to baseball when he wrote and recorded “The Times They Are A-Changin’” back in the early ‘60s.

But these days the title of that hit song sure seems apropos.

As you may have read or heard, Major League Baseball has approved si nifi ant rules changes, effective in 2023, intended to return the game to its sprightly pace of yesteryear.

Some are better than others, in my opinion. But none of them were necessary back then.

Take shifts. I remember the Cincinnati Reds putting three infielders on the ri ht side of the diamond when Stan Musial came to bat. They did it because their eyes and their experience told them that Stan The Man was likely enough to pull the ball that a third fielder on his pull side mi ht improve their chances of retiring him.

They didn’t have computer analysis telling them to do it, much less data specifying exactly where to position each fielder nd they didn t put anyone feet into ri ht field to improve that guy’s angle on sharply hit balls.

So, my reaction to the new prohibition on shifting is mixed. I hail requiring all infielders to play on the dirt but I say if a team wants to put a third fielder on one side of second base, let ‘em. Even now I wonder why more hitters don’t bunt or try to hit the

other way.

Requiring pitchers to work more quickly, and batters to be ready to hit without stepping out of the batter’s box and readjusting their batting gloves after every pitch, certainly will speed things up. Thus, they are good steps, and shouldn’t negatively affect performance.

But I do have a problem with legislating how often the pitcher can throw to first with a runner there, as well as restricting how long he can pause before either throwing to the plate or to first hat alters the strategic conduct of play.

If you wonder about Bob Dylan in all of this, as an example of then and now I researched Cincinnati’s 1956 season to compare it with olorado s first ames this year.

Those Redlegs, as they were known during the original preoccupation with Russia, played 155 games that year, the extra game a seven-inning tie that was replayed in its entirety. The average length of their games was two hours and 29 minutes, considerably faster than the Rockies’ average of 3:07 throu h ames this season.

Eighty-one of those 155 games were completed in less than and fi e others lasted exactly the average. The ’22 Rockies played only six of their first in less than Cincinnati’s 1956 average.

Cincinnati and Philadelphia actually played a nine-inning

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game in one hour and 38 minutes that year—even with 16 baserunners. Colorado’s fastest game in ’22 was last Friday’s 2-1 loss to the Cubs, played in 2:10.

To be complete, Cincinnati did have a game that lasted four hours and four minutes in ‘56. But that one went 15 innings. Cincinnati used only two pitchers—TWO. Twenty-one of Cincinnati’s 155 games went extra-innings, a combined 36 additional innings. The ’22 Rockies played 12 through but only e tra innings, thanks to the abominable “ghost runner” on second to start every half-inning of extras. Still, this season’s games last 38 minutes longer.

In Cincinnati’s 155 games in 1956, the Redlegs and their opponents a era ed runs per ame hrou h ames in ’22, the Rockies and their foes averaged 9.85. Unlike the Rockies’ games this season, those in a pennant race would fi ure to ta e lon er till this season’s games last 38 minutes longer.

What, then, explains the time difference? The biggest factor is neither batting gloves nor throws to first but how pitchers were used then and how they work now. in innati starters finished third—THIRD—in the National ea ue with omplete games—FORTY-SEVEN. Besides making 130 starts the same fi e uys also appeared in relief 83 times —EIGHTY-THREE. Three guys pitched more than 200 innings.

The ’22 Rockies had ONE omplete ame throu h games, the league leader four.

Only two regular Rockies starters have worked out of the bullpen—neither while part of the rotation. No Rockies pitcher will reach 200 innings, even with a 162-game regular-season schedule.

So, while the title of Bob Dylan’s protest song is as right today as it was then, albeit in refernece to other matters, baseball fans might still sing the blues come 2023— changes or not.

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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Derecho Bar enlivens Cherry Creek scene

BY DENNY DRESSMAN

The Cherry Creek restaurant scene has added an exciting, one-of-a-kind dimension.

Derecho Bar, which opened last month at 2817 E 3rd Ave, features the first and only Spanish-themed tapas/small plate fare in the neighborhood.

“We want our guests to start their evenings off right, with a Spanish snack and a glass of wine or cocktail,” said co-owner John “Wally” Wallrath.

Derecho Bar offers $5 draft wines and premium craft cocktails under $10. Specialties such as Goat Cheese Stuffed Piquillo Peppers are the creation of chef Kevin Marquet, formerly of the original 9th Door, a popular tapas stop in LoDo. “We wanted an approachable, comfy, cocktail and wine bar in Cherry Creek,” said Wallrath. “We opened up the west-facing wall with a beautiful 15-foot retractable door, built a private mezzanine upstairs, and commissioned a local artist from Boulder to create a gorgeous 20-foot mural behind the bar.”

Hours are 4-11 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday; 11a.m. to midnight, Friday and Sat-

urday; and 11a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sundays. Derecho Bar is closed on Mondays.

A new venture for Wallrath and co-owner Dan Ohlson, Derecho Bar is a few steps

away from their Machete Tequila + Taco—one of three related locations. The other Machete Tequila + Taco outlets are at 3570 E. Colfax Avenue and near Union Station.

Addressing a national crisis The rate of teen suicide in Colorado increased by 58% in 3 years, making it the cause of 1 in 5 adolescent deaths.

Add this to the fentanyl crisis and teens are in peril. Scouring journals and research, this list emerged as to root cause issues.

1. Single Parent Households: Since the 50’s the number of single-parent homes has consistently increased to an alarming rate. A Pew Research Report outlines that for the first time in merican history, 25% of children live in single-parent households. This has economic implications as single-parent households are under-resourced which often has deleterious effects on mental and physical health, educational attainment, and involvement in higher rates of risky behaviors for adults and children.

2. Drugs and Alcohol

Abuse: Opioids, meth, marijuana, and binge drinking and now fentanyl is at epidemic levels for adolescents.

Young people are checking out and getting high. This is damaging to the growth and development of the teen brain and will affect the quality of life and future health and success of these children.

3. Kids Growing Up Too Fast: Access to the internet and to the sexually saturated culture is stealing the innocence of the youngest among us.

Unless parents are hyper-vigilant, it is hard to keep this material at bay.

Children are also isolated from face to face healthy relationships and express that they are lonely and alone which makes them at risk for sexual exploitation.

4. Violence and Bullying in Schools: In many

instances, especially in low income, urban settings, schools can be a war zone. There is mean-spirited behavior, gossip, bullying, and even serious violence.

There are school shootin s stabbin s fi htin and suicides.

5. Materialism and Entitlement: We live in data a society that values material possessions and consumerism. We go into debt to get the things that we want. Research indicates that the average credit card debt for most Americans is at least $10,000. The value of get it now, pay later, is being passed down to children.

6. Childhood Obesity: According to CDC, 20% of children are obese. This can result in low self-esteem, depression, and other health concerns.

7. Educational Disparities: The rich are getting

richer and the poor, poorer. Without a proper education and life script, children living in poverty or in under-resourced communities will be unable to compete in the job market and global economy.

8. Shifting Economy: Loss of manufacturing jobs and automation with technology is shifting the workforce into the service industry. Service jobs are being outsourced. If service jobs are in the United States, they usually command a lower wage to compete with the overseas employee base.

9. Poverty: Poverty is a social determinant of health. Hunger, homelessness, violence, crime, substance abuse, academic failure is all related to poverty.

10. Civic Disunity and Erosion of National Pride: Not saying the Pledge of Allegiance in schools and kneeling

during the National Anthem are symptoms of a much larger problem.

Not knowing basic civics and the rights afforded to us by God (endowed by our Creator) puts the next generation at risk of being controlled by big government.

The Center for Relationship Education (CRE) is poised to build a national collaborative effort to address these issues. Money is available through the ColoradoWorks and other national welfare programs. Three out of the 4 welfare goals are met by CRE initiatives: • reducing the dependency of needy parents by promoting job preparation, work, and marriage • preventing out-of-wedlock pregnancies • encouraging the formation and maintenance of two-parent families.

Let’s work together to help hildren thri e and ourish by addressing this national crisis. joneen@myrelationshipcenter.org

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HUMOR

How to get a new email address in 5 not-so-easy steps with the grace I handle all technology issues which is to say, not much. Still as a public service I’m sharing the steps too in ase you e er find yourself in the same situation.

First, I did what I always do when I’m faced with major change: I panicked. I even considered doing without email. I’ve got a phone and a mailbox. My printer can accept faxes. I don’t know how to make it do that, but I could learn—maybe. You can probably skip this step.

After I’d calmed down, I asked everyone I know who’s more tech savvy than I am for recommendations on providers. Fortunately, there are a lot of people like that.

One of them suggested a particular tech giant. And in a rare lucid moment I remembered I’d long ago created an account with that company for

reasons I don’t recall. It has sat mostly unused all these years. But it occurred to me that if I use it, I’ll never need to change my email address again. The company is taking over the world and maybe the entire universe so it should be around a while.

I was amazed I was able to locate the password and get into the account and thrilled to find the email pro ram loo s prettier than my old one. Suddenly I felt more optimistic than I had in days—for about 12 seconds. That’s when I realized I didn’t know how to do a single thing in my pretty email account, including send an email, which is kind of the point.

After much blood, sweat and tears fi ured that out. Okay, no blood. I was proud of myself until I remembered I had no one in the

Being real is essential

Being accommodating to an extreme is annoying. To maintain healthy satisfying relationships there must be a dance of getting a little of what you want and meshing it with a touch of what they want. It is the art of relationship development and maintenance. It is knowing who you are and valuing and honoring who others are.

Behaviors that might indicate that you are annoyingly accommodating are, you say what people want to hear, rather than what you really think, you are afraid of sharing a contrary opinion, you are a-peace-at- all-costs person, you don’t share your needs, wants and desires with others.

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I opened my email one day and there among the messages with the “bye-bye fat” and “straight talk about hair transplants” subject lines was one claiming to be from my internet pro ider fi ured it was spam but I called them to be sure. The conversation went something like this.

“I got an email saying it was from your company but I think it may be spam.”

“What does it say?”

“It says the email address I’ve used since the internet was invented won’t be available anymore. Crazy, huh?”

“It’s true.”

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Wait…what?”

“It’s true.”

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Thus began my journey from one email provider to another, a process I handled

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After reading the step-by-step instructions and then reading them again three times, I managed to import all my contacts from my soon-to-be useless email account into my new one. Victory!

With renewed enthusiasm, I began alerting people who email me often about my new address—except the ones who send the “bye-bye fat” and “straight talk about hair transplants” emails. I didn’t tell them thin they ll find me soon enough.

Then it hit me like a ton of spam. What about the accounts that my email address is attached to? After much wailing and gnashing of teeth, I got down to business

making a list. Then I went to every one of their websites.

On some of them, updating my email was easy. Others required dozens of steps including sending my birth ertifi ate my passport and a notari ed affida it And that’s how you get a new email address in fi e easy steps—six if you count panicking. There’s nothing to it really—if you have technology skills and a few weeks with nothing else to do. I know I said this was a public service, but that’s the real reason I wrote about my move to a new email address. I didn’t have time to write a column.

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Colorado National Guard honors fallen warriors, Gold Star Families with new memorial The Colorado National Guard unveiled the War on Terrorism Remembrance Memorial at Joint Force Headquarters, Centennial, CO, Sept. 11, 2022.

This memorial is a tribute to the courage of Colorado National Guard service members who made the ultimate sa rifi e durin ontin en y operations in support of the Global War on Terror.

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Historic Colorado Contest asks Coloradans to help design state’s 150th anniversary license plate From Buffalo Bill Cody to Molly Brown and Dr. Justina Ford, Coloradans have a habit of making history, and with the DMV’s newest effort, Centennial State residents have another opportunity to do just that.

The Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is pleased to launch the Historic Colorado Contest, a license plate design contest aimed to honor the state’s 150th anniversary with a commemorative

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“Coloradans are proud of the state we call home,” DMV Senior Director Electra Bustle said.

“Our state has a rich history and we want to honor the legacy of those Coloradans who laid the foundation for our success, and with the Historic Colorado Contest, we will.”

The Historic Colorado Contest, also known as the Great License Plate Design Contest, will accept submissions from

Monday, Sept. 19 to Wednesday, Nov. 30 and is open to anyone who lives or studies in Colorado. The contest will have two divisions — 13 and older, and under 13. p to finalists per di ision will be selected by a committee with a final publi ote on the top three designs. The winners will get huge bragging rights, the DMV will feature the artists in all media releases and the winners will each receive a special

commemorative license plate and a $1,000 grant.

Entries will be judged on how well the artwork captures Colorado and its history, the artistic quality and its originality, and how well that design translates into becoming a Colorado license plate.

The Historic Colorado Contest is free to enter and each participant can submit up to three entries, each of which need to be the participant’s original artwork. Coloradans interested in participating in the Historic Colorado contest can visit DMV. Colorado.gov/HistoricColorado for complete information, terms

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Copies of the 2021 amended budgets (as appropriate) are on file at the office of the Districts’ Accountant, Simmons & Wheeler, P.C., 304 Inverness Way South, Suite 490, Englewood, Colorado 80112, where such are available for public inspection. Such proposed 2021 amended budgets will be considered at a special meeting to be held on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, at 9:30 a.m., via Zoom video/telephone conference. Any interested elector within the Districts may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2021 amended budgets, inspect the 2021 amended budgets and file or register any objections thereto.

You can attend the meeting in any of the following ways: 1. To attend via Zoom videoconference, use the following link, or e-mail csorensen@specialdistrictlaw.com to have the link e-mailed to you: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85476155716?pwd=UFdLUkxFMEw4eTZ0blVY MjhwNnRKZz09 2. To attend via telephone, dial 1-719-359-4580 or 1-253-215-8782 and enter the following additional information: (a) Meeting ID: 854 7615 5716 (a) Passcode: 632762 COPPERLEAF METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 AND 3-9 /s/ PAULA J. WILLIAMS Attorney for the Districts Published in The Villager Published: September 22, 2022 Legal # 10849 ___________________________ INVITATION TO BID CHERRY CREEK VISTA PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT LANDSCAPE AND SNOW PLOW MAINTENANCE Notice is hereby given that the Cherry Creek Vista Park and Recreation District (“District”) seeks bids from qualified contractors for landscaping maintenance and snow plowing of parks, pool, right-of-way and facilities in the District, County of Arapahoe Colorado (“Project”) as outlined in the Scope of Work for the Project, which can be obtained by contacting the District as follows: Cherry Creek Vista Park and Recreation District PO Box 359 Littleton, CO 80160 info@ccrider.us 303-482-1002 There will be a pre-bid meeting on Friday, October 7, 2022, at 10:00 A.M. to tour the District facilities. The pre-bid meeting will begin at 11350 E Orchard Road, Englewood, CO 80111 at the Orchard Pool Parking lot and will proceed with a visit to the District’s 6 parks, pathways, and right-of-way facilities. Attendance at the pre-bid meeting is recommended for all bidder.

Sealed Bids are due by email to info@ccrider.us OR mail to Cherry Creek Vista Park and Recreation District, PO Box 359, Littleton, CO, 80160, not later than 3:00 P.M MT, on Friday, October 14, 2022. Bids not received by 3:00 P.M. MT may not be considered. Bids will not be publicly opened and read.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: CHERRY CREEK VISTA PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT Published in The Villager Published: September 22, 2022 Legal # 10848 ___________________________

CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2022, AT 5:00 P.M. FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING WRITTEN AND ORAL COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC CONCERNING A REZONING FROM R-4 TO R-1 AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF E. HAMPDEN AVENUE AND S. MONROE STREET. THE APPLICATION IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT THE CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, 2450 E. QUINCY AVENUE, CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, CO 80113 MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 8:00 A.M. TO 4:30 P.M. OR YOU MAY CALL 303-7832729 FOR MORE INFORMATION.

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PROTESTS OR COMMENTS MAY BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING TO THE CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, 2450 EAST QUINCY AVENUE, CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, CO 80113 OR PWORKMAN@ CHERRYHILLSVILLAGE.COM ON OR BEFORE THE DATE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, OR BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING. Published in The Villager Published: September 22, 2022 Legal # 10847 ___________________________

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of BRIAN PATRICK HAYES also known as BRIAN P. HAYES and BRIAN HAYES, Deceased Case Number 2022PR30975 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 Denver, Colorado on or before January 8, 2023, 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 Published in The Villager First Publication: September 8, 2022 Last Publication: September 23, 2022 Legal # 10844 ___________________________

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