Canyon Courier March 14, 2024

Mountain residents ‘chill out’ on Evergreen Lake

Chamber hosts day of outdoor fun on lake and in town

BY JANE REUTER JREUTER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Under sunny skies and with warm temperatures that belied the event’s name, the Evergreen Chamber of Commerce hosted another successful Chill Out Winterfest on March 2.   Mountain-area residents gathered on Evergreen Lake for an ice shing clinic and contest and Mushies Cup oatie races, with others competing in teams in Evergreen versions of Amazing Race. Warm weather had deteriorated ice conditions and forced the cancellation of the planned evening skating, but the festival’s other events went o without a hitch.

“We were so lucky to have such beautiful weather,” said Chamber President Nancy Judge. “Everyone seemed to have a really good time.

e downtown leg of the Amazing Race seemed to be a great addition. Business owners who participated said their sales were up, with some people saying they’d never been in before. at’s the whole reason we do it.”

Chill Out, which debuted in 2023, was designed to help ght cabin fever with a day of fun.

During the Amazing Race, people competed in cars and on foot, following clues in scavenger hunt-style events.

e Mushies Cup drew teams of families and friends, who pulled one another on an in atable in a lighthearted race around an obstacle course.

Evergreen Park and Recreation District also hosted an ice shing clinic and contest, which attracted many area residents who’d never before tried the sport.

“ e kids have been asking to do it for a while, and we just didn’t have the setup,” said Evergreen resident Megan Rodriguez. “So we thought this was a good way to try it rst. We haven’t had any bites yet, but I

just enjoy being out in the beautiful weather.”

Likewise, Maureen Upton said she and her family moved to the Evergreen area a few years ago and had seen the ice shing huts on the lake.

“ is is our shing dream come true,” she said. “We’ve been curious for so long about ice shing. It’s an activity people travel hours to do. We’re taking advantage of it right here in our community.”

“It’s great,” agreed Upton’s son Kevin. “You don’t have to think about anything while you’re doing it.”

Elena and Derek Andreson and

their son Alexis had also been curious about the sport.

“We y sh but this is di erent,” Elena Anderson said. “It’s much more mysterious because you have to imagine what’s going on underneath, as opposed to y shing where you can see the currents.”

e day ended with a family game night in the Lake House.

Judge said the chamber plans to bring Chill Out back in 2025. e chamber added events this year, and will likely do so again.

“ at’s certainly our hope,” Judge said.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife District Manager Jacob Sonberg gives Evergreen residents Elena, Derek and Alexis Anderson some tips about ice fishing during an ice fishing clinic held as part of Evergreen’s March 2 Chill Out Winterfest.

PHOTO BY JANE REUTER

Evergreen High School senior Stella Naumer

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Evergreen High School senior Stella Naumer was awarded a “good citizen” scholarship from the Daughters of the American Revolution Mountain Rendezvous chapter.

e DAR scholarship is open to any high school senior who exhibits patriotism, leadership, dependability and service to an outstanding degree, said DAR Mary McGhee, program chair for the mountain DAR scholarship.

e extensive application requires writing a 550-word timed essay on an American History topic. Stella is now advancing to the DAR state competition.

“I was very surprised,” said Naumer, who learned about the award in early February.

Naumer also recently learned she was accepted as a student at the University of San Diego, where she plans to study genetics.

“I just heard back from my dream college that I got in,” she said. “I want to either do genetics research or be a genetics counselor.”

Naumer said her interest in genetics was piqued by her sister, who is visually impaired.

“ at’s a genetic trait,” she said. “I think it’s interesting looking at our genes, seeing what we have, how we carry them. I’d love to do genetic research or counseling to help people.”

Naumer is a member of the National Honor Society who’s maintained a 4.08 grade point average. She recently received a special EHS community award for serving over 215 volunteer hours.

DAR scholarship

Naumer said she has a passion for volunteering and has put in many hours of volunteer work alongside her mother.

ose hours include helping with the annual Evergreen Freedom Run and serving as the local President of the National Charity League.

During an internship, Naumer developed an ophthalmology data management system for the Anchor Center for Blind Children that is in use today. She has also been a Girl Scout for 12 years, earning silver and bronze awards.

Naumer was captain of her high school varsity volleyball team and two competitive regional club teams, and lettered two years in EHS track.

She also works at the Pines in Genesee, Kalaka Mexican restaurant and Hearth re Books.

DAR is a non-pro t group that promotes historic preservation, education and patriotism.

Stella

Morrison Town Board continues public hearing for Red Hotel

Developer says building meets code, but residents and board critique building’s size and compatibility

BY JANE REUTER JREUTER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e Morrison Town Board threw the proposed Red Hotel a life rope during its March 5 meeting. Rather than deny plans for the controversial three-story, 21-room structure, the board voted to work with developers on a design more in keeping with surrounding Bear Creek Avenue structures. at likely means a smaller structure, a change developer Root Architecture said could

render their plans economically unfeasible.

e board voted to continue the public hearings to May 7. Meanwhile, it appointed Trustees Katie Gill and John Leonard to work with the developers on an alternate proposal. e group set their rst meeting for March 12.

Echoing members of the planning commission who denied the proposal last month, most town board members said the building is too massive for the site and overwhelms the one-story buildings around it.

“People sometimes assume ‘Keep Morrison Morrison’ means we don’t want change,” Gill said. “ at is not what it means. Extreme change — change that is incompatible with the rate of change in the surrounding

This rendering shows how the proposed Red Hotel would appear adjacent to the existing Morrison Mercantile. IMAGE COURTESY OF ROOT ARCHITECTURE

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Here’s How to Play the Inspection Game on Both Sides of a Residential Transaction

A common strategy for winning a bidding war — and I’m seeing more bidding wars nowadays, including on our own listings — is to “waive inspection.”

Another is to waive appraisal objection, but I’ll deal with that in a future column.

There are three inspection fields in the state-mandated contract to buy and sell a home: inspection termination, inspection objection and inspection resolution.

use other termination deadlines (such as for title, HOA documents, insurability, etc.) to terminate for an inspection issue identified later on.

In composing a contract to purchase a home, the buyer might decide to sweeten his or her offer by eliminating the inspection contingency. This is obviously attractive to the seller, but “buyer beware!”

First of all, realize that the buyer can exercise one or the other — inspection termination or inspection objection, but not both, even though deadlines can be entered for both. (Inspection resolution only applies if there’s an inspection objection.) If a buyer submits an inspection objection with a list of requested repairs, he can’t change his mind later on and decide to terminate. At that point, if the seller submits an inspection resolution agreeing to every demand you made, the buyer is bound (in my non-legal opinion) to sign it as a matter of good faith (which is embodied in the contract), and once both parties have signed it, they are “past inspection.”

That good faith provision of the contract (Section 28) says that both buyer and seller must act in good faith with respect to sections of the contract, including inspection, which have termination provisions, and the Colorado Real Estate Commission has instructed us that this means you can only use an opportunity to terminate if you are terminating pursuant to the stated provision.

In other words, while you can terminate for any reason (including buyer’s remorse) under the inspection termination provision, which merely states that the buyer has found the property’s condition unsatisfactory “in Buyer’s sole subjective discretion,” the buyer cannot

(Given the recent increases in home insurance costs, however, a buyer could reasonably defend terminating on insurability, which again is at buyer’s “sole subjective discretion,” without revealing that it was really buyer’s remorse, or because of a newly identified inspection issue.)

Let’s say that a buyer has waived inspection objection but not inspection termination. Both buyer and seller need to recognize that this does not mean that the buyer can’t get the seller to fix a serious issue. The buyer still has the right to inspect every conceivable component or feature of the property — even whether there’s an externality such as a noisy neighbor or construction project nearby. If he finds that there’s a major problem (such as a structural issue or sewer line collapse), the buyer’s agent can notify the listing agent that the buyer intends to terminate because of it and, guess what? The listing agent will explain to the seller that this issue exists and will have to be disclosed to a future buyer, likely convincing the seller to say, “I’ll fix that problem if you don’t terminate.”

Upon receiving a purchase contract which waives inspection objection but not termination, a good listing agent will warn his seller about this possibility, just as a good buyer’s agent might advise the buyer that waiving inspection objection isn’t as final as it may sound.

One way to make a contract which waives inspection objection but not termination more attractive to the seller is one that was included in the purchase contract on our own Arvada listing featured a couple weeks ago. The buyer included an earnest money deposit that was higher than the minimum specified in the MLS and stated under additional provisions that $10,000 of it would be non-refundable upon acceptance of the contract by the seller. I wouldn't advise this strategy without a detailed inspec-

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tion (perhaps with a professional inspector) during a scheduled showing prior to submitting a contract with this provision. The buyer could still terminate but would be out $10,000, and it might reduce the incentive for the seller to say, “Hey, I’ll fix that!”

Another common provision in a competitive bidding situation is for the contract to limit the extent of demands to be included in buyer’s inspection objection. For example, “health and safety items only,” or “only issues requiring over $2,000 to mitigate or repair.”

In responding to a list of inspection objections, it’s increasingly common, especially among elderly sellers, to offer a financial concession or a price reduction instead of fixing certain items. One drawback of this approach, however, is that if the buyer is financing the purchase with a mortgage, the lender won’t want to see that a serious problem is not being addressed prior to closing. This is completely understandable. And it’s hard to keep that information from the lender without being guilty of mortgage fraud, which is a federal offense.

A strategy I favor in that case is to have the seller pre-pay for the repair at closing, with the title company writing a check payable to a vendor for the repair out of the seller’s proceeds from the transaction. Alternatively, the title company might escrow the money for said repair, giving the buyer an opportunity to shop for the best vendor.

Sometimes not all inspections can be completed by the objection deadline. The buyer could ask for an amendment to the contract changing the deadline, but there’s another, simpler solution that I have employed. Let’s say you don’t have the radon results prior to the objection deadline. I would insert in my buyer’s inspection objection the following sentence: “In the event that radon is determined by the inspector to be above the EPA action level, seller agrees to mitigate it using a licensed radon mitigation company.”

The purpose of inspections is to discover “hidden defects,” but sometimes a buyer will want to ask for something that wasn’t hidden at all, such as a

cracked driveway or old carpeting. My suggestion as the seller’s agent is to deny those requests outright, since they should have been (and probably were) taken into consideration when the buyer chose to submit their contract.

Now let’s say the seller submits an inspection resolution that ignores too many of the buyer’s demands. If both parties don’t sign a resolution prior to the resolution deadline, the contract automatically expires. Remember, this is a negotiation, just like the negotiation which got the home under contract. Either party, not just the seller, can write the inspection resolution, so the procedure for “countering” an unacceptable inspection resolution is to write another one, back and forth if necessary.

Getting a backup contract has a role to play in handling inspection demands. With a backup contract for the same price, my seller can share the buyer’s demands (plus the full inspection report) with the backup buyer and ask if they would accept the house as-in without those demands for repairs. This creates a no-lose situation for my seller. I can tell the buyer that our backup buyer will accept the house as-is if they terminate. The buyer will then likely withdraw their inspection objection, but if they decide to terminate, that has the same effect. Either way, it’s a win for my client, which is what I’m hired to get.

This long column reflects over two decades of experience dealing with inspection issues for both buyers and sellers — and I have not covered all the scenarios one might encounter. If nothing else, I hope this article convinces readers that having an experienced agent, such as those of us at Golden Real Estate, on your side in a real estate transaction is the best way to assure the optimal outcome for you.

Inspection Is Buyer’s Responsibility

Now and then I see an inspection objection which calls for the seller to hire a specialist, such as an engineer or electrician, to inspect this-or-that and to fix any problem discovered, but the contract specifically says that inspection is the responsibility and expense of the buyer.

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uses — that I think is the problem here.”

Morrison adopted the slogan ‘keep Morrison Morrison’ as part of its town goals, stating it will do so by “taking actions that preserve the character of the community.”

While the Red Hotel complies with town code, board members and several residents said it doesn’t meet other town criteria. at includes more recently adopted guidelines for the Old Town Historic Overlay District, which aims to “retain existing character and blend new development.”

Developers said they spent 14 months and a lot of money crafting a proposal that met the town’s criteria, only to face criticism and denial from the planning commission and town board.

“Maybe the zoning code needs to change,” said Chad Wallace, COO of Evergreen-based Root Architecture. “But we entered into this in good faith and checked every box. We have worked tirelessly to make sure we designed a building that both

honors the zoning codes of Morrison and what the future could be. We still want to be here.”

Planning sta , who worked with Root Architecture for more than a year, had recommended approval of the Red Hotel.

“We were asked to work with planning sta , and if we needed to work with somebody else, they should be at the table,” said Zeke Freeman, Root Architecture CEO. “We want to do a great project. But it’s got to work nancially. We’re not big outside investors coming in with big deep pockets. We are local architects and real estate agents that are trying to do a great project in our community.”

Wallace said Root believes the hotel would serve as an economic catalyst for the town. He noted Morrison has less than 400 residents, with 180 of them living in Prestige Care Center, a nursing home.

“ e town of Morrison appears to be dying with less than 150 independent residents,” he said. “We recognize that change is challenging, especially for long-term residents of the small town of Morrison. We also recognize Morrison needs change in order to secure a vibrant future.”

But others don’t see it that way,

citing concerns about the building’s design, lack of parking, noise from the proposed rooftop patio, potential disruption during construction, and the precedent such a structure would set for future development.

“If allowed, this will set a precedent that probably 90% of the people who are in town will not like,” said planning commissioner Maja Stefansdottir. “I think the building is beautiful. You just picked the wrong town for it. To me, this looks like an IKEA hotel and I don’t like it here.”

Krista Nash, who owns the adjacent Morrison Mercantile, said the town is in a di cult position.

“ ere is no way Morrison’s people meant to create a code that would do this,” she said. “ ese people relied on that code. And now we have a conundrum. We created a code and now we don’t want the hotel. e three choices you have are to reject it and make these people whole, ask them to x it or approve it.”

Others spoke in favor of the project.

“If you guys want beautiful buildings that are done right and bring people in, you want to consider this proposal,” said Nick Kuntz, of Evergreen-based Ethos Construction. “I would be very careful what you wish

for. ere will be another (proposal) but it won’t be this.”

“I represent the future and I love the building,” said town resident Vivian Lindquist. “It goes with modernization. Generations pass. New people are coming. I speak for the young people. I totally support it and where it will take us.”

Resident Christine Turner had a di erent opinion.

“ is whole idea that change is inevitable, that we have no choice — oh yes we do,” she said. “I agree change is inevitable. But we get to control the change.

“Breckenridge has been ruined. Telluride has been ruined,” she continued. “ ey’ve been ruined by outside money. It is greed. I urge the town to not give special exceptions to this. ese are not Morrison’s problems. ey’re the problems of a developer who decided they wanted to do something too big for a small town.”

Town board members o ered mixed opinions about the project and its appropriateness for Morrison.

“I like the idea of the hotel,” said Trustee Adam Way. “My personal

Errors adding up for Medicaid recipients

BY ERIC GALATAS PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE

Two-thirds of Coloradans who have lost their health insurance during Medicaid’s unwinding process are still eligible for coverage - but were terminated due to administrative errors, according to a new Colorado Center on Law and Policy brief.

Katherine Wallat, the Center’s legal director, said she has heard from people who have been forced to postpone critical heart surgery due to lack of coverage.

“Or a child who had cancer treatment, who had to stop his treatment for a period of time because the family couldn’t a ord it,” said Wallat. “But in fact he was

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opinion is clouded by the judgment of the people in this town. ey voted for me to make their decisions. At this point, I’m saying 90 percent of the people in this town do not want this.”

Trustee David Wirtz said parking will be an issue. e town code did not require the developers to include parking, but he noted hotel guests and those who come there for special events will

eligible for Medicaid during the time that he was terminated. So the costs are high.”

Medicaid coverage renewed automatically during the pandemic, but that policy ended in April of last year.

During the rst six months of unwinding, over 412,000 Coloradans lost coverage.

e Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing has largely dismissed concerns about the high rate of procedural disenrollments, arguing the process has simply returned to normal and that some participants are not returning paperwork.

Wallat said Colorado’s enrollment process was broken long before the pandemic.

need places to park, often for long period of time.

“Your customers are going to be parked for 12 to 24 hours; you won’t have turnover,” he said. “While we do have public parking, it’s taking away (spaces) from the restaurants and all the other businesses in this town that share that parking. So it’s possible revenue for restaurants could go down.”

Trustee Gill said the stone on the building’s historic façade blends with adjacent structures, but the steel and precast concrete on the other sides do not.

Due to a host of factors including the state’s fragmented, county-administered system, she said Medicaid participants routinely get notices giving them wrong or contradictory information. Many never received correct notication of their impending termination date.

“ ere was an audit done by the legislature, nding 90% of the notices are incorrect,” said Wallat. “It’s really not just the members, it’s not just people who should be doing something di erently, and that if they just did that, we wouldn’t have such a high rate.” is story comes via the Colorado News Collaborative, of which Colorado Community Media is a partner.

“I’d like more of a balance,” she said. “ ere are (also) some ways in which the mass and scale violate the intent of the historic overlay guidelines. It’s a stunning building. It’s just a question of whether it ts here.”

After the meeting, Root representatives said they plan to go to the March 12 meeting with an open mind. But like the town, they must also meet requirements.

“At the end of the day, it has to be pro table,” Root team member Krista Wallace said. “Otherwise, we all walk away.”

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What is hospice?

Having a spouse who was in hospice care at the time of his death does not make me an expert on the subject. My experience does provide a perspective that may not be obvious or known to someone who hasn’t dealt with hospice. It all starts when your loved one receives an end-stage diagnosis. It is this diagnosis that determines eligibility for hospice care.

Hospice care is a specialized form of health care designed for patients who are in the last phases of an incurable disease. It focuses on comfort, dignity, and quality of life for patients that are nearing the end of their journey.

tients before and after receiving the specialized endof-life care opened the discussion in the US for providing the same type of care here for terminally ill patients.

e idea of hospice care as we now know it was introduced in 1963 by a British physician, Dame Cicely Saunders, during a talk at Yale University using before and after pictures of terminally ill cancer patients who received specialized care for the dying. e impact on the pa-

AIt not only applies to stage IV cancer, it also includes patients with endstage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, advanced dementia, failure to thrive diagnoses, strokes and other medical issues that provide a terminal diagnosis.

Entering hospice does not mean the patient, or their family, has given up on life. It is as much about how you want to live your remaining days as it is about how you want to die. It prioritizes the best quality of life for the patient, relieving symp-

toms and providing comfort.   ere can be immense pain during the dying process, however the aim of hospice is to maintain and control the pain as well as other symptoms.

To be eligible for hospice, the patient must receive a diagnosis that there is a likelihood of living six months or less. However there are patients that live longer than six month including former President Jimmy Carter who has been in hospice care for 12 months.

Hospice is not limited to a speci c place. It can be provided at home, in a nursing facility or a hospice center. e hospice focus shifts from curative treatment plans to symptom management. e aim of hospice is to manage pain and other symptoms e ectively, ensuring a peaceful and digni ed transition.

Hospice care is about enhancing the quality of life during a challenging time and it provides support for patients and their families. Creating an estate plan can also assist

LISTENING TO YOUR HEART:

your loved ones and your treatment providers with how you want to be treated during this period if you are unable to communicate your wishes.

My husband had a good death with the help of the hospice because he left this life under his own terms.

At Duncan Legal, PC we understand the importance of tailoring our services to meet the individual needs of our clients. For personalized assistance, call Duncan Legal to schedule a consultation. Your peace of mind is our priority and we look forward to assisting you on your estate planning journey.

Carolyn Moller Duncan’s Duncan Legal, PC is located in Centennial with a practice emphasis on estate planning, probate and trust administration. Carolyn has over 22 years of experience practicing law in Colorado. Carolyn is a member of the Colorado Bar, Trust & Estate Section, Family Law Section and Denver County Bar Association.

Emotions are the key for women’s heart health

s we celebrate the history of women, it is important to recognize women’s heart health as part of the story. Heart disease is still a top killer of women throughout the world. at is why it is critical to stop in the craziness of life and take a moment to check in with ourselves.

Women tend to forget about how emotions can impact their health and wellness. e pursuit of health is often focused on the physical aspects. Good nutrition, not smoking, regular exercise, maintaining a healthy cholesterol level and keeping blood pressure in check all are essential to managing a healthy body and heart. However, the dynamics of emotions provide the key to prevention, nurturing better balance, health and peace.

cially for women, since emotional states have a greater impact on women’s hearts. Why? Emotional stress causes a woman’s pulse rate to rise and her heart to pump more blood causing the heart to work harder, whereas a man’s blood pressure increases due to the constriction of the arteries in his heart. With this awareness, you can make the time to honor each emotional note, from the jubilant highs to the somber lows. Embracing and expressing emotions with ease and grace without being overly harsh and without losing oneself into uncontrollable outbreaks is the key.

on your precious heart. Pause, feel, listen and express: take a moment, sit, if possible, in a quiet space. If not, do it standing. Re ect by asking yourself, “What am I feeling right now?” Listen and notice the emotion that arises within you without judgment or resistance. Simply allow yourself to be present with whatever feelings emerge, now you can express them. Release them, nd the best way for you. Suggestions: write them out, talk to a friend, talk with yourself, walk them out, go for a swim, dance, write or sing a song. Healthy emotional expression keeps the walls of your heart from pumping too hard. It allows the chambers to relax to keep the heart owing with comfort.

Emotional awareness matters

Emotions drive the body, espe-

Activate: Practicing this gentle approach can help reduce the strain

e stress-heart connection: As you journey through the labyrinth of life, the burdens of the world weigh heavy upon the heart, casting darkness upon the body and mind.

It is no surprise that chronic stress and frustration can increase the risk of heart disease, heart attacks, and strokes. What to do? First is to recognize when you are experiencing stress. How to recognize when you are stressed? Everyone is di erent; becoming easily agitated, frustrated and moody. Feeling overwhelmed, as if you are losing control or need to take control. Having a tough time relaxing and quieting the mind. You feel hurried, worried and have no time to complete everything on your list and your mind is constantly racing. You experience insomnia, feeling bad about yourself, you start to shut down and the list continues. All these experiences can be considered stress. As you learn to become more aware of how your body and mind experiences stress, you can make the time to decompress the

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stress within the body and help the heart get back to a normal rhythm. Here are ways that work:

Pause: Place your left hand on your heart, feel your heartbeat, take a deep breath, align your breathing with the beat of your heart. Do this for a few minutes. You should feel a shift as the heart begins to slow down. is will calm down the body and restore your natural heart rhythm with your breathing.

Listen to music: Music is e ective for relaxation and stress management. It helps slow the heart rate, reduce blood pressure, and lowers levels of cortisol, the stress hormone. Favorites from YouTube: “Angels of Venice, A Moment of Peace Meditation” by Aneal & Brad eld, “Weightless” by Marconi Union and anything with 639HZ which will calm your heart and release all worries.

Harnessing positive emotions

Cultivating positive emotions such as kindness, happiness, gratitude and love can have a healthy protective e ect on the heart. So, practice those loving feelings more! e heart loves to smile. Oh, how it rejoices amidst the symphony of joy, gratitude, compassion, and warmth. Embracing positivity will help your spir-

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it soar allowing the heart to dance in harmony with the ow of the body and the universe.

Activate self-love

Practice daily acts of kindness and generosity towards yourself. It only takes a moment to change your emotional state. What can you do today to make your heart smile? Some ideas; name one blessing about your body. Now, give it some love, acknowledge the blessing of your hands, feet, eyes, and ears, or whatever body part you have picked for the day.

In the stillness of your heart, you will nd the wisdom to navigate life’s challenges with courage and condence, drawing upon the wellspring of healing, love and light that resides within. Honor the beauty of YOU and stand tall in the radiant wonder of who YOU are and embrace your emotions as messengers of truth and transformation for prevention, greater balance, heart health and peace!

Christine Kahane, NBC-HWC, MCHWC – is a Nationally BoardCerti ed Health & Wellness Coach, and owner of KAHANE COACHING (www.kahanecoaching.com), located at 30792 Southview Drive/Suite 206 in Evergreen, CO. For more information about coaching, or to writein a question for UNLEARN IT! send your inquiries to christine@kahanecoaching.com.

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OBITUARIES

February 2, 1951 - February 17, 2024

Vicki Rae Kocan Johnson had a hot glue gun - and she wasn’t afraid to use it. Born in Berwyn, Illinois, Vicki grew up in La Grange with her parents, Victor and Carol Kocan and her sister, Cheryl. e Kocans moved to Colorado in 1969 where they built their dream home in Ouray. Vicki graduated Summa Cum Laude from Fort Lewis College in 1973 with a degree in History and Summa Cum Laude from the University of Colorado in 1976 with a master’s degree in American History.

school, volunteered with the Evergreen Animal Protective League, and volunteered at Colorado Children’s Hospital.

In 1976, Vicki married K. Michael Johnson (Mike) and the couple lived in Ouray. Vicki volunteered at the Ouray County Historical Society where she managed acquisitions and collections for the county Museum. In 1978, they moved to Evergreen, Colorado where Vicki began a lifetime of community service. She was a Colorado Master Gardener, worked on the Bergen Elementary Accountability Committee, volunteered as a school aide and curator at the Hiwan Homestead Museum, worked as a Je erson County volunteer naturalist, served as a P.T.A board member for several years, was a volunteer sta assistant to the conservation department at the Denver Art Museum, worked on a 5- year e ort to create a nature study area at Bergen elementary

Vicki cared deeply not only for her own children but for countless other children in her community. She served as a co-leader for both of her daughter’s girl scout troops, taking them from little Daisies in rst grade to amazing women in high school. She often volunteered to be the “room mom” at school, painted sets for plays, planned barn dances, and constructed awe-inspiring after-prom parties and Madrigal Balls.

Vicki was known for her hand-crafted cards and gifts and always going above and beyond to let everyone around her know just

On February 16, 2024, Vicki succumbed to a two-year battle with heart disease. She is survived by her husband, K. Michael Johnson, and her two daughters, Heather McFadden, and Syd Johnson.

A garden party celebrating her life will be held in Evergreen at 1:00pm on May 5, 2024 at the Evergreen Lake House and a second celebration will be held in Ouray in late July. Crippin Funeral Home is assisting Vicki’s

Littleton fashion designer starts unique skiwear business

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Anna Tedstrom was raised in Vail and grew up skiing and doing outdoor activities with her brothers and friends. ose adventures sparked an idea to design unique ski wear, so she started Hoohah, a clothing company where people can nd bright and colorful skiwear adorned with owers, hearts and other designs.

“When I moved to Colorado, I missed the outdoor activities, so I started bringing my girlfriends from Florida and Chicago out on ski trips to Vail,” said Tedstrom, who now lives in Littleton. “ en I had the idea about getting into the outdoor industry and wanted to learn more about fashion.”

Becoming a fashion designer

She started the process by attending a fashion design school at Parsons School of Design in New York City.

“I studied product design because I wanted to make camping gear or backpacks and tents,” Tedstrom said.

Tedstrom said she was interested in the technical aspects, so she started making furniture, then took a detour into toys and worked for Mattel. From there, she started working for Restoration Hardware in San Francisco.

But Tedstrom still dreamed of designing clothes, so she started working for a company called Marine Layer in San Francisco, a California casual clothing company where she worked as a technical designer with the factories and took on a job as a product developer.

“I was working on the t and the construction of all of the garments for both the men’s and women’s lines. I was really trying to learn a lot about outerwear and also met with manufacturers,” Tedstrom said.

Models wear ski bibs and snow jackets designed by Anna Tedstrom. PHOTO RYLAND LOVVORN

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A skiwear line is born

When she went on ski trips with friends, Tedstrom said her friends were intimidated by skiing, so she started wearing her mom’s old onesie ski wear with tight legs and fringe.

“Skiing became more about getting out and having a good time dancing and chatting on chairlifts. It didn’t matter how long we were out there or how many runs we did. My friends were distracted by my out t and wanted to go vintage shopping,” Tedstrom said.

Tedstrom said when she and her friends went vintage shopping, they created fun ski out ts; some had stains and holes or didn’t have fringe, so they added more fringe.

“We started upcycling them, retro tting them and sewing them to t better. If they had a hole, I would sew it closed or make massive ower patches to put over the holes and stains, giving them a new life and a new personality to make them fun,” Tedstrom said.

When the girls wore them, Tedstrom said people would stop them on the slopes and ask where they got the out ts.

“ ey would say, ‘I want one.’ So I started making some custom pieces for people,” Tedstrom said.

Under the ski suits they were upcycling, Tedstrom said they had a black eece lining that she didn’t particularly like.

“I thought, I can’t wear a black eece under this fun out t. I’m going to start making some eeces, which would be easier to sell as well,” she said. “I started making eece long-sleeve tops and then eece bra tops as well.”

Tedstrom began selling her unique ski and activewear at markets and pop-ups. She also started manufacturing bibs with more sizes and colors.

“I started manufacturing our Sunnyside bibs and this year I actually was able to make 300 of them. We are growing little by little,” Tedstrom said.

Hopes for the future

Tedstrom said she’s working on getting her business to work independently and support itself. It takes a lot of money to manufacture, especially outerwear.

“ e big goal for me is to be able to sell out of all my ski wear so I can make more. I would love to have a retail shop,” she said. “I do pop-ups all over Colorado, and I’ve started to do some in in Utah and California.”

She dreams of having a unique retail shop so people can enter and immerse themselves in the Hoohah world. Tedstrom said she would love to eventually be able to ship worldwide.

“It’s de nitely a long road ahead, but before we get there, little by little, I’m trying to grow slowly and intentionally right now; I’m bootstrapping this business, and I don’t have any investors,” Tedstrom said.

How did Tedstrom come up with the Hoohah name?  “I was skiing with my sister-in-law, and I had to pee while we were riding on the chairlift so she said, ‘You’re going have to go in the woods and get your Hoohah cold,’ and I laughed. I thought I needed to reclaim this name,” Tedstrom said.

To view and order Anna Tedstrom’s unique clothing, visit hoohah-us.com or look for @hoohah_us on Instagram.

Models wear snow pants and jackets with fringe designed by Anna Tedstrom. PHOTO RYLAND LOVVORN

Annual show is held in conjunction with National Youth Art Month

BY JANE REUTER JREUTER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Evergreen’s Shadow Mountain Gallery kicked o its annual children’s art display with a pair of open houses March 1 and 3. e artwork of children from six area elementary

Shadow Mountain Gallery features art from local elementary students

schools is on display through the month of March, which is National

Participating schools include Wilmot, Marshdale, King-Murphy, Bergen Meadow and Bergen Valley elementary schools. e works on display are chosen by each school’s art teacher.

e gallery introduced the kids’ show in 1993 with just two schools and has grown steadily since.

Don Fairchild, special events chairperson for Shadow Mountain Gallery, said the show lls a niche

among young artists and brings new tra c to the gallery. It also encourages the students’ creativity, he said.

in middle and high school, but no one was doing shows for elementary kids,” he said. “ e rest of the artists at the gallery also noticed it was drawing people that were not involved in any of our other shows.”

Additionally, he said, elementary school students are uniquely appreciative of the opportunity.

“It’s always impressive to us to see the way the kids react, to see the

level of excitement when they rst come in to see their work in the gallery,” Fairchild said. “ ey have a respect for their training and their own products — and for each other’s.”

“In its own way, the event serves as a local celebration of National Youth Art Month for the young artists and their artistic e orts,” he said.

Founded in 1990, Shadow Mountain Gallery is an artists’ co-op that gives member artists a platform for showing and selling their work.

Cosette Wisser, a fourth grader at Wilmot Elementary School.

McKinley Schwimmer, a first grade student at Bergen Meadow School, stands with her artwork during a recent Shadow Mountain Gallery open house highlighting the work of local elementary school students.

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The power of orcas at DMNS

Ocean life is endlessly fascinating to so many people, even in a completely landlocked state like Colorado. e animals are just so iconic — sharks, dolphins, sea turtles… the list goes on and on. But for many, the quintessential animal is the orca (or killer whale).

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Why are so many people fascinated by orcas?

Orcas are powerful, intelligent, and elusive marine mammals that have become ubiquitous in popular culture over the last 60 years.

Canada – have been surrounded by larger-than-life stories about orcas. ey inspire a sense of wonder as evocative marine mammals and as enduring cultural symbols.

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ey thrive in an ecosystem that is completely di erent from ours, and are apex predators. For many people, including millennials who grew up with “Free Willy” and SeaWorld commercials, orcas have been part of their childhood. Even for older generations, who came of age during the era of live capture for marine parks, many people –especially in the United States and

Visitors will see scienti c specimens, artworks, and pop culture ephemera that demonstrate our complex and multidimensional relationship with orcas.

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ogy and the social relationships that bond groups of orcas together. Likewise, the exhibit also highlights the diverse ways in which Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast articulate their relationships with orcas and their importance to ongoing and vibrant social practices that have existed since time immemorial. e exhibit also examines the history of orca captivity and the consequences of the marine park industry on orca populations, and closes with a section on orca advocacy and conservation, which will empower visitors to consider how we can collectively support habitat protection.

What do you hope visitors come away with?

By coming to know the story of orcas, we hope visitors are inspired to care about the health of the world’s oceans. e exhibit clearly shows that we as humans are deeply connected to orcas and the environment, no matter where we come from. We also hope that visitors come away with a deeper understanding of and appreciation for the art of Indigenous peoples of North America’s Northwest Coast, as there are truly beautiful examples throughout the entire exhibition. Visitors will also see the similarities between orca cultures and human cultures, reinforcing the importance of respecting and protecting these powerful creatures.

For tickets and more information, visit www.dmns.org.

Akropolis Reed Quintet Visits LCC

For a di erent take to reed instruments than you’ve likely ever heard before, you don’t want to miss the Akropolis Reed Quintet, which will be coming to the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 15.

Founded in 2009, the group has charted on Billboard and have won numerous national prizes, according to provided information. eir per-

formance will include the regional premiere of “A Soulful Nexus” by Los Angeles based composer, conductor and musician Derrick Skye, and the music by Ravel and Gershwin.

Tickets and information can be found at Lakewood.org/LCCPresents.

A New Take on Sherlock Holmes Inspects Northglenn

Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes is one of the world’s most beloved ctional characters. Holmes is getting a di erent take in Phamaly eatre Company’s production of “Miss Holmes.”  e show is coming to the Parsons eatre, 1 E. Memorial Parkway in Northglenn, from ursday, March 21 through ursday, April 7.

e show follows Miss Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Dorothy Watson must uncover the truth on a pattern of sinister murders in London. According to provided information, the adaptation “reexamines the world of Holmes and Watson through a feminist lens as they attempt to navigate a society that simply will not accept their brilliance.”

Get tickets at www.northglennarts. org.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Madi Diaz at the Bluebird Theater Pennsylvania’s Madi Diaz makes the kind of alt-country that can pull on the heart string at one moment and then make you laugh with her wry approach to the world in the next. Her career has taken her all over the map, from the bars and dives of Nashville to playing guitar in Harry Styles’ touring band. is February she released her best album yet, “Weird Faith.”

In support of the album, Diaz will be performing at the Bluebird eater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave. in Denver, at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19. She’ll be joined by singer/songwriter Daniel Nunnelee. Get tickets at www.ticketmaster.com.

Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@hotmail. com.

BY STAVROS KORONEOS

Weave me alone

SOUTH JEFFCO – According to Khloe’s statement, the salon had repeatedly mismanaged her hair extensions and seemed unwilling to complete the job to her satisfaction. Consequently dissatis ed, she’d done the modern thing and posted an unfavorable review of the establishment on Yelp. Not long after, the salon manager had dropped by Khloe’s place of work on her day o and had complained about her complaint to her co-workers. Distressed by that intrusion, Khloe and “a friend” had dropped by the salon to discuss their impasse, but the manager “was not receptive.” Khloe wanted the matter documented and the manager warned to keep his distance. For his part, the manager admitted visiting

Khloe’s workplace in hopes of persuading her to cancel the unkind critique, but counter-complained that Khloe showed up at the salon with an extra-large, scowling bruiser on her elbow who made him feel “threatened.” Deputies advised the manager to stay out of Khloe’s hair.

Cents-lessness

CONIFER – Pulling into the busy gas ‘n’ go on the night of Feb. 1, Festus purchased a refreshing ight of “energy drinks” and was naturally nonplussed when the clerk counted back incorrect change. Festus asked Clerk for the additional “57 cents” due him. Clerk told Festus the shortfall was an “error in the system” and Festus would need to “come back when a manager is working” to claim his captive coinage. Festus stumped out in a stew and stumped back in again a few minutes later to pick up a pack of

smokes and pick up his objection exactly where he’d left it. Clerk called his manager, who told Clerk to give Festus a dollar and trespass him from the premises. Festus took the dollar and called JCSO, telling them that Clerk “threatened me,” and that if there’d been a crime committed that night it was Clerk insisting he make a special trip to the store to get his 57 cents. Not unsympathetic, deputies nonetheless informed Festus that he’ll have to get his Rockstar and Raleighs somewhere else from now on.

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SOUTH TURKEY CREEK – When his doorbell camera chimed at about 11 p.m. on Jan. 28, the homeowner watched the video feed for a preview of his late-night guest. Instead of a friend, or even an aquaintance, he saw a shadowy stranger get out of a pickup truck

parked “up the road” and stealthily approach the front door, taking care not to step in “small snow piles” on the porch. He was within a few feet of the door when the doorbell camera “made a whistling sound”, a feature informing visitors that they’re on candid camera. Abruptly turning in his tracks, the stranger returned the way he came, again taking pains to leave no footprints behind him. e homeowner called JCSO to report the curious caller, and deputies queried the neighborhood, locating multiple nearby residents who thought they recognized the truck, but couldn’t say who owns it. O cers took a copy of the homeowner’s doorbell footage further study, and asked folks in the area to keep their eyes open for the camera-shy creeper.

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FRIDAY

Ovation West eatre Company presents “ e Wizard of Oz”: March 15 through April 7 at Center Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Sundays. No show Easter Sunday. Tickets are $32 for adults, $28 for seniors and $16 for students.ovationwest.org.

TUESDAY

Evergreen Chamber of Commerce Connections & Cocktails: 4:30 p.m. March 19, Lariat Lodge, 27618 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen. evergreenchamber.org

WEDNESDAY

Recreation Center, 5300 S. Olive Rd, Evergreen. evergreenreaction.com

UPCOMING

Evergreen Chamber March

Madness Mixer: 1 to 5 p.m. March 21, e Wild Game, 1204 Bergen Pwky, Evergreen. evergreenchamber.org

Evergreen Chamber Orchestra

Spring Recital: 3 p.m. March 24th, St. Laurence Episcopal Church, 26812 Barkley Rd, Conifer. For more information and tickets visit evergreenchamberorch.org

Mountain Area Young Writers Conference: K-5 students and their families are invited to the Mountain Area Young Writers Conference from 6:30-8:30 p.m. March 28 at Marshdale Elementary, 26663 N. Turkey Creek Rd., Evergreen. e evening includes featured author Jennifer Goebel, sharing of children’s writing, learning workshops for parents, and a book fair. Register starting Feb. 2 at 2024 Young Writers Conference.

Park Recreation Center, 32003 Ellingwood Trail, Evergreen. Meet the Easter Bunny, decorate cookies, collect eggs. ree time slots with one every half hour, max of 100 people. $11 for district residents, $13 for non-district. evergreenrecreation.com

Bailey Easter Egg Hunt: Crow Hill Bible Church, 4-H Hamburger Helpers and Friends of the Bailey Library are sponsoring an outdoor Easter Egg hunt from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 30 at the Bailey Library, 350 Bulldogger Rd.  ere will be three hunts divided by age. Children ages 6 months to 4 years are at 11 a.m.; 5 to 8 years at 11:30 a.m. and 9 to 12 years at noon. For more information, call 303-8385539.

Evergreen Park and Recreation District lifeguard training: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily March 20-22, Wulf

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Gun and done

EVERGREEN – Brynne had just picked up her dog, Chablis, from the veterinarian’s o ce and was heading home when Wylloe pulled in front of her abruptly. Brynne was

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forced to “slam on the brakes,” sending Chablis ying tail over teakettle. e dog wasn’t hurt, but Brynne’s sense of propriety was, and she followed Wylloe home with the intention of “speaking to her about her driving.” Wylloe was standing in her garage when Brynne pulled up and started castigating her through her open driver-side window. Quickly losing interest in the topic, Wylloe

e Cody Sisters bluegrass concert at the Lake House: 7 p.m. April 12, Evergreen Lake House, 29612 Upper Bear Creek Rd, Evergreen. Tickets $20 per person online, $25 at the door. Children under 2 free. Doors open at 6:30 PM. e concert starts at 7:00 PM and will end at 9:00 PM. Light refreshments will be available and alcoholic beverages will be for sale on site! evergreenreaction.com    “Fire ies,” play by the Evergreen Players: Weekends April 12-28. 7 p.m. Friday & Saturday shows, 2 p.m. Sunday matinees. Evergreen Players Black Box eater, 27886 Meadow Drive, Unit B, Evergreen. Tickets $30. 720-5151528 or online at www.evergreenplayers.org

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Foothills Home, Garden & Lifestyle Show: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 13 and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 14, Conifer High School, 10441 Highway 73, Conifer. More than 75 vendors, local artisan crafts and non-pro ts. Food truck on site.Free admission and parking. www.foothillshomeshow.com

OFF: 2-4:30 p.m. April 13, Evergreen Elks Lodge, 27972 Iris Dr, Evergreen. Limits of 20 teams, $50 entrance fee. Admission, $15, limit of 100 attendees. Proceeds bene t the Evergreen Downtown Business Association. For information, email soupergirlco@gmail.com

ashed a pistol and told Brynne to hit the bricks. Her sense of propriety instantly displaced by the more immediate sensation of mortal terror, Brynne ed to her mother’s house and called JCSO. Deputies informed Brynne that discreetly displaying a handgun on one’s own property is not against the law, but following strangers home and yelling at them is. O cers advised both parties to

practice greater restraint in future.

Sheri ’s Calls is intended as a humorous take on some of the incident call records of the Je erson County Sheri ’s O ce for the mountain communities. Names and identifying details have been changed, including the writer’s name, which is a pseudonym. All individuals are innocent until proven guilty.

The 17th Annual Foothills Home, Garden and Lifestyle Show Showcases Innovative

Home Products and Services

By Jo Ann M. Colton Special to Lifestyles

e 17th Annual Foothills Home, Garden and Lifestyle Show (FHGLS) is scheduled for Saturday, April 13 from 10:00am-5:00pm and Sunday, April 14 from 10:00am-3:00pm at Conifer High School (10441 Highway 73, Conifer). ere is no admission fee required to attend this event and parking is also FREE.

e Foothills Home, Garden and Lifestyle Show is a beloved community event that has something to o er to just about everyone. So whether you are looking to ren-

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ovate your existing home, build a new home or you just want to spend an exciting day with your family viewing all the new home products currently on the market, this event will not disappoint.

“ e Foothills Home, Garden and Lifestyle Show is organized by the Evergreen and Conifer Rotary Clubs.

e location of this annual event alternates each year between Evergreen and Conifer High Schools,” said

Janine Payton Conifer Rotary Club Member and 2024 Foothills Home and Garden Show Director for this year’s event at Conifer High School.

e Foothills Home, Garden and Lifestyle Show, which draws local residents, as well as visitors and tourists from Denver metro and all points beyond, will showcase 70-plus reserved booths featuring area construction trades, remodeling companies, and gardening/landscaping businesses. In addition, at this home show you will nd a plethora of other service vendors

and nonpro ts (leisure, health, cooking, Colorado artistic/creative businesses— and more). Vendors will exhibit and o er their products/services for sale, interact with the public, and answer questions from attendees.

Food and beverages will also be available onsite for purchase from the Yum Bus Food Truck (https://theyumbus. square.site). e Yum Bus in Bailey, Colorado serves fresh and tasty comfort foods, including burgers, fries, sandwiches, melts, and so much more. Come out and enjoy the show and when your “hungry kicks in,” ride the Yum Bus to

delicious! is year’s Presenting Sponsor is Lifetime Windows & Siding (Lifetime Windows & Doors). Gold Sponsors are: 5280 Exteriors, and Gravina’s Window Center of Littleton. Silver Sponsor is: Canyon Courier (Colorado Community Media), and the event’s Bronze Sponsor is 1st Bank. Be sure to check out the FHGLS website (www.foothillshomeshow.com) for a list of sponsors and participating businesses and organizations.

“We realize it takes a coordinated e ort to organize any major community event,” said 2024 FHGLS Show Director Janine Payton. “ at said, we know we simply could not have produced the

Christine Kahane’s March 30 Workshop Can Help You Find Balance Spring

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By Jo Ann M. Colton Special to Lifestyles

e months of January and February have come and gone so quickly. One has hardly had time to catch one’s breath let alone keep pace with climate change issues, constantly developing worldly concerns, and everything else that is going on with your own professional and personal life.

at said; if you feel you are losing your daily footing and are feeling unsure about how to get back on track, Christine Kahane’s March 30 Balance workshop is designed to help you explore extremes in your life and discover tools for bringing them into harmony.

Nationally Board-Certi ed Executive and Health & Wellness Coach Christine Kahane, of Kahane Coaching, will facilitate her very a ordable ($60/per person) Balance workshop in her downtown Evergreen o ce at 28186 Highway 74, Suite 5, (creek side) on Saturday, March 30 from 10:00am-12:30pm.

“Every aspect of our lives is being impacted by soaring costs. So, for this very reason I am committed to o ering

Fun Easter Gifts Kids Will Love

(StatePoint) While bunny- and eggshaped candies are always crowd-pleasing favorites during Easter, you can make the holiday extra special for kids with some less sugary treats that can be enjoyed year-round. For a joy- lled celebration, get inspired with these fun and egg-cellent ideas for Easter baskets:

Great Books

Books unlock new worlds and ideas, making them great gi s on any occasion. Easter is no exception. Use the opportunity to stock children’s shelves with ction by favorite and new-to-them authors, as well as non- ction books on subjects of interest to

them. With the thoughtful gi of brand-new titles to discover, they’ll be well-prepared to stay engaged and entertained during the downtime of spring and summer vacation ahead. A few thematic ideas include, “ e Good Egg: An Easter and Springtime Book for Kids” and “ e Velveteen Rabbit.”

Cool Toys

Make children’s days tweet-tastic with VTech Gabbers, u y bird buddies that can be brought along on adventures by sliding a fabric-covered magnetic egg under one’s shoulder sleeve and perching the bird on top. ree di erent colored Gabbers: Jay Blue, Finch Pink and Owl White, all sing, make

funny sounds and will repeat and tweet the things kids say in a funny voice! Whether you gi one bird, or all three, this will be a beloved and adorable addition to any Easter basket. Another cool idea that puts a spin on Easter eggs? Switch & Go Hatch & Roaaar Eggs. ey open up to include all the pieces needed to build 2-in-1 dinosaur vehicles. e line-up includes a t-rex racer, pterodactyl chopper and more. For more toys that make great Easter gi s, visit amazon.com/ vtechtoys.

Inspiration and Gear

Another fun addition to Easter baskets is gear and tools that support kids’ hobbies,

quality and a ordable self-help workshops so people can achieve a greater sense of balance and accomplishment in their lives,” said Christine Kahane, author of her newly launched book, UNLearning: Leading Change Without Resistance, available on Amazon.com (https://bit.lv/UNLearning).

Christine works with people who are looking to re-direct their lives. She coaches you through the job-search process, career changes, and other obstacles that can block your life’s full potential to thrive.

Using various techniques that integrate your communication styles, behavior patterns, and preferences she helps you discover the best answers to your most perplexing questions so you can move forward and harness your greatest strengths for a deeply purposeful life.

Call Christine Kahane (303-5895456) for one-on-one or group appointments. Visit her website (www.kahanecoaching.com) for Emotional Resilience Group (ERG) chat information, or to register online for her March “Balance” workshop.

passions and talents. For example, if you’re shopping for a young artist, consider gi ing them a watercolor set, cra ing kit or kid-friendly knitting needles. For a child interested in the performing arts, you can get them started on their journey with a gi certi cate for music, acting or dance lessons. Or, help get a budding athlete prepared for the spring and summer sports seasons ahead with a light-up baseball or so ball, which will allow them to extend their game of catch into the evening, giving them a competitive edge.

With a few tweaks to your Easter basket routine, you can make the holiday fun and memorable for children.

Spring Savings Have Sprung!

Spring is just around the corner! is is the perfect season for catching up on overdue maintenance, deep cleaning, and organizing in your home. We will help you cross your replace o your Spring to-do list, and you can help us make some room in our store. We can x your broken replace (you know you’re still going to need it for several weeks yet), perform the necessary annual service on your hearth appliance, or replace your outdated replace, stove, or insert.

Even better yet, we’re Spring Cleaning our warehouse and we’re eager to get some of our best-selling models into your home! Our Spring savings have sprung and we’re o ering you the best deals of the season, while supplies last.

Not only can you have the replace, stove, or insert of your dreams, it will also be safe, beautiful, warm, and save you money on your purchase and energy bills. Today’s hearth appliances boast the

best e ciency, and many woodburning and pellet-fueled stoves and inserts we carry qualify for the Federal Biomass tax credit. Springtime is also tax season, and you can take advantage of this tax credit of up to $2,000 back on your entire project cost!

If you’re happy with how your replace is holding up, make sure you take care of it a er it has kept you comfortable all winter. Spring is the best time for annual maintenance! Not only do you avoid the long wait times of autumn, but there is a scienti c advantage to getting your chimney cleaned in the Spring. e soot and creosote that accumulates during the burning season is highly acidic. Combined with the humidity of spring and summer, this is corrosive and causes degradation to your chimney system. Getting your chimney cleaned at the end of the burning season is the best way to prevent this damage.

Do you think that because you don’t burn wood you don’t need an annual cleaning? You are mistaken! Your gas replace, insert, or stove also needs an annual Spring Cleaning and inspection. is helps to maximize your appliance’s performance and keeps your home safe too. You may wonder, how do you service something that burns gas? e process is di erent but just as important. With a gas unit, our Certi ed Technicians clean the glass, logs, inside the rebox, and refresh the burner media. We also perform an inspection on the appliance to check that all the components, like the pilot and thermocouple, are working well and we check for gas leaks to keep your family safe.

Springtime is also Home Show season! Visit us at Conifer High School for the annual Foothills Home, Garden and Lifestyle Show on Saturday April 13th and Sunday April 14th. You can schedule

an annual service and ask us your replace questions. You’ll be able to talk to our certi ed professionals about your hearth appliance service, Springtime home projects, and our overstock replaces, stoves, and inserts. We look forward to seeing you there!

is Spring, we’ll help you check your replace and chimney o your SpringCleaning list! Get your chimney cleaned, your hearth appliance evaluated, a leaky chimney inspection, and discuss a new appliance with just one phone call to Mountain Hearth & Patio at 303-6791601. We have been servicing and installing replaces in the Foothills and Denver Metro for over 20 years. You’re invited to see for yourself! Visit our showroom at 7001 Highway 73 in Marshdale or visit our website at www.MtnHP.com. Give us a call at 303-679-1601 or send an email to O ce@MtnHP.com. Happy Springtime!

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By Jo Ann M. Colton Special to Lifestyles

“No pain, No gain” implies if you don’t feel any pain when working out, you won’t lose weight or build muscle. But Richard Bell, Certi ed High School Strength and Conditioning Coach (CSCC) and owner of Rich Barbell Fitness & Sports Conditioning located at 30746 Bryant Drive/Unit 403, Evergreen believes, “weight/muscle gain is all about the pain of discipline, ghting against your own urges to do the things you should do, whether you like it or not versus not doing them and living with the pain of regret.”

Highly sought a er high school Strength & Conditioning Coach Richard Bell was once Head Basketball Coach for Bailey, Colorado’s Platte Canyon H.S. where he oversaw all his athletes’ o -season weight training sessions. is experience led him to pursue his passion for improved sports performance on a full-time basis. From 2014-2017 he was the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Mullen High School.

“My goal has always been to improve the way athletes approach their strength/conditioning goals by applying scienti cally-proven techniques to enhance human performance on the playing eld,” said Rich Bell.

For the past several years Richard Bell has shi ed his focus from working with entire school teams to coaching individual athletes 13 years of age and older, from junior high school through the college ranks. He also works with all types of individuals and “Weekend Warriors.”

‘My goal has always been to improve the way athletes approach their strength/ conditioning goals by applying scientificallyproven techniques to enhance human performance on the playing field,’ Rich

Over the past 29 years, Rich Bell has trained over 400 athletes at di erent levels and various sports backgrounds. He continues to incorporate new training techniques and methods into his programs determined entirely by each person’s personalized assessment to ensure his clients’ fast results, better performance, increased stamina, and improved physical appearance. Whether you want to improve your athletic skills or simply improve your tness, contact Rich Barbell Fitness ( http://richbarbell tness.com) to set up your consultation.

HOME & GARDEN

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Foothills Home, Garden and Lifestyle Show for the past 17 years without the continuing support of our dedicated Evergreen and Conifer Rotary Club members, our loyal sponsors, and over 70 volunteers.” Janine Payton went on to express thanks to everyone who, over the years, has enabled the Foothills Home, Garden, and Lifestyle Show to become such a popular and successful community event.

e pandemic sidelined the Foothills Home, Garden and Lifestyle Show in 2020 and caused it to be canceled that year just prior to its scheduled dates. Likewise, the event was not held in 2021 due to the continuing virus. However, since 2005, e Foothills home show has been welcoming home more than

1,000 attendees each year (depending on the weather) and helping “business to happen.” Residents of our local foothills community understand that shopping locally keeps monies in our own community. Supporting the success of our mountain businesses, retailers, and nonpro t organizations, as well as the show’s vendor participants from down the hill, ultimately fuels our local economy and real estate market enabling our community to thrive while perpetuating our beloved mountain lifestyle.

e Evergreen Rotary Foundation (ERF) and the Conifer Rotary Foundation (CRF) are the entities that distribute grant money to the local community and internationally on behalf of the Evergreen and Conifer Rotary Clubs. Over the years many local organizations have bene ted from Rotary grants, including: Seniors’ Resource Center, Mountain Resource Center, Evergreen Christian Outreach, Blue

Spruce Habitat for Humanity, Evergreen Chamber Orchestra, Evergreen Fire and Rescue, Evergreen and Conifer High Schools, Mountain Area Land Trust, Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice, Stage Door eater, Staunton State Park Track-Chair Program, and more.

Since its inception, the Foothills Home, Garden and Lifestyle Show has raised well over $300,000, all of which has been, and will again be, apportioned back to the bene t of our community.

e 17th Annual Foothills Home, Garden and Lifestyle Show, which boasts boundless bene ts to its attendees, is sure to be a fun way to spend the weekend. In addition, unlike in previous years, entry to this home show is FREE to the public. However, if you choose to further support our local community, food donations will be accepted at the door and greatly appreciated on behalf of the 285 BackPack Project. Because one in ve children in

Colorado belong to families that cannot a ord food, or do not have regular access to food, the Conifer Rotary-led project, which partners with the Conifer and Bailey communities, sends food home with kids over the weekends. Visit the website (foothillshomeshow.com) for a list of suggested food items for donation. Foothills residents like to do business with people they know, like, and trust. So, mark your calendars and come out to the 2024 (17th Annual) Foothills Home, Garden and Lifestyle Show at Conifer High School on April 13 and April 14. Allow yourself the opportunity to meet area vendors face-to-face, learn more about their products/services and discover the latest home/garden trends and current products available for you, your own home, and your lifestyle. Start building good working relationships at the Foothills Home Garden and Lifestyle Show, and show your community support to just let “business happen.”\

HAPPENINGS

March 15. For more information, email conifersgottalent@gmail.com

Evergreen’s Got Talent: Audition to be an opening act at the Evergreen Lake/Buchanan Concerts Summer 2024. Auditions from 6-9 p.m. April 13 at Center Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive in Evergreen. Deadline March 15. For more information, email evergreensgottalent@gmail.com

Evergreen Wedding & Event Showcase: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., April 14, Evergreen Lakehouse, 29612 Upper Bear Creek Rd, Evergreen. To pre-register contact kemrich@eprdco.gov

Conifer’s Got Talent: Audition to be an opening act at the Evergreen Lake/Buchanan Concerts Summer 2024. Auditions from 6-9 p.m. April 19 at Conifer High School, 10441 County Hwy 73 in Conifer. Deadline

Evergreen Sustainability Alliance spring recycling: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., June 22, Evergreen Lutheran Church, 5980 County Hwy 73, Evergreen. Bring your hard-to-recycle items like electronics, old paint, block styrofoam, appliances, glass, toothbrushes/toothpaste tubes, old markers/pens and car batteries to the Evergreen Sustainability Alliance’s Spring Clean recycling event. TVs an additional $25. For more information, info@sustainevergreen. org.

ONGOING

e Evergreen Sustainability Rell Station features “Share Your Love With Re ll”: rough February, bring in a friend that is new to Re ll, spend $25 or more (separate transactions) and each person will receive $10 o on that purchase.

Evergreen Area Republican Club: e Evergreen Area Republican Club meets at 6 p.m. the rst Wednesday of the month at the Evergreen Fire/Rescue Administration Building, 1802 Bergen Parkway.

Mountain Area Democrats: Mountain Area Democrats meet the fourth Saturday of the month at 9 a.m. January thru April at the United Methodist Church of Evergreen, 3757 Ponderosa Drive, Evergreen. No meetings in November and December 2023. For more information, e-mail MountainAreaDems@gmail. com.

Evergreen Sustainability Alliance is looking for volunteers: Evergreen Sustainability Alliance’s “Let’s Embrace Zero Food Waste” program in local schools and food banks need volunteers. Volunteers are needed for a couple hours. Call 720-536-0069 or email info@sustainevergreen.org for more informa-

tion.

Evergreen Nature Center: e new Evergreen Nature Center is open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays next to Church of the Trans guration. Admission is free. For more information, visit www.EvergreenAudubon.org.

Blue Spruce Habitat volunteers needed: Blue Spruce Habitat for Humanity is looking for volunteers. A variety of opportunities and exible schedules are available on new construction sites as well as for exterior minor home repairs. No previous construction experience needed. Contactvolunteer@bluesprucehabitat.org for information.

EChO needs volunteers: e Evergreen Christian Outreach ReSale Store and food pantry need volunteers. Proceeds from the EChO Re-

Rafting outfitters in Clear Creek County open zip lines and rope courses

The rope challenge courses and zip lines are a precursor to rafting season expected to start closer to May

BY CHRIS KOEBERL CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Although Clear Creek is still a couple of months away from its steady stream of rafts navigating the class four and ve rapids, some rafting companies are opening zip lines and rope courses to customers.

Colorado Adventure Center in Idaho Springs is now open Friday through Sunday and expects to expand to seven days a week near the

start of May when the creek starts to rise with the mountain snowmelt and rafting takes over.

Eight zip lines will y thrill-seekers 60 feet in the air at up to 25 miles per hour parallel to Clear Creek, and no experience is needed, according to CAC Operations Director Seth Teeple.

“It’s all abilities,” Teeple said. “You can come out and do a zip line or a rope course or rafting, at any ability at any age, any physicality level.”  e ziplines and rope courses started showing up at rafting out tters about 10 years ago to extend the season, Teeple said, but it’s just a precursor to the main event: rafting. ousands of locals and tourists will raft the river this season, and that means a lot to Clear Creek County.

In 2022, Colorado River Out tters Association estimated more than $11.6 million in direct expenditures on rafting in Clear Creek County. e economic impact on the county as a whole, including restaurants, bars and lodging was estimated at just under $30 million, according to CROA.

e tourist dollars are critical to the economy, but CAC has a few tips for locals.

“Try to get on the creek early, around the start of June,” Teeple said. “ e creek should be near peak for the season and the tourists usually don’t start arriving until July.”

Maintaining a good relationship with the county and Idaho Springs is critical to the operation, Teeple remarked.

To that end there is something new this year: on June 5, CAC will hold a “locals day” when county and Idaho Springs residents can zipline or raft for free.

Locals should call in to book and review all restrictions and guidelines; Teeple said.

Locals must show o cial federal, state or local identi cation showing their name and address upon arrival — addresses must be in Clear Creek County.

“Getting people in a boat that have never gone paddling before or maybe have but never on a river like ours and to see them progress through the trip and enjoy, that experience is so rewarding for me and makes it worth the times the job is not as fun,” CAC Operations Director John Swan said.

Colorado Adventure Center in Idaho Springs opens rope courses and zip lines ahead of rafting season.

PHOTO BY CHRIS KOEBERL

Colorado Adventure Center in Idaho Springs announces local “Free Day” on June 5 for Clear Creek County residents.

PHOTO COURTESY OF COLORADO ADVENTURE CENTER

Seth Teeple and John Swan with Colorado Adventure Center in Idaho Springs.

PHOTO BY CHRIS KOEBERL

HAPPENINGS

Sale Store support the food pantry and programs and services provided by EChO. ere are many volunteer options from which to choose. For more information, call Mary at 720-673-4369 or email mary@evergreenchristianoutreach.org.

LGBTQ+ teen book club: Resilience1220 is o ering a LGBTQ+ teen book club that meets from 4-6 p.m. the fourth Monday at the Resilience1220 o ce next to the Buchanan Park Recreation Center. For more information and to register, visit R1220.org.

ESA EverGREEN Re ll Station: EverGREEN Re ll Station (re ll

your laundry detergent, lotions, soaps and more. We have many sustainable products available). e Re ll Station is open Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and the second Saturday of each month from 1-4 p.m. in the Habitat Restore in Bergen Park, 1232 Bergen Parkway.

Support After Suicide Loss: A safe place to share and learn after losing a loved one to suicide. is group meets every fourth Wednesday of the month from 5:30-7:30 p.m. via zoom or in person at the Resilience1220 o ce. For ages 14 and up. Suggested donation for this group is $15. Register at resilience1220.org/groups.

Sensitive Collection: Resilience1220 strives to inform and support highly sensitive people to

live healthy and empowered lives. It meets the third Wednesday of each month from 6-7 p.m. via Zoom. Register at resilience1220.org/groups.

Caregiver support group: Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice o ers a monthly group to provide emotional support services for caregivers helping ill, disabled or elderly loved ones. An in-person support group meets every third Monday from 4-6 p.m. at 3081 Bergen Peak Road, Evergreen. For more information, visit mtevans.org/services/ emotional-support/.

Parkinson’s disease support group: A Parkinson’s disease support group meets the rst Friday of the month from 1-3 p.m. at Evergreen Christian Church, 27772 Iris Drive, Evergreen. For more information, email esears@parkinson-

rockies.org.

Mountain Foothills Rotary meetings: Mountain Foothills Rotary meets at 6 p.m. Wednesdays

both in person at Mount Vernon Canyon Club at 24933 Club House Circle, Genesee, and via Zoom. Join the Zoom meeting at https:// us02web.zoom.us/j/81389224272, meeting ID 813 8922 4272, phone 346-248-7799.

Beyond the Rainbow: Resilience1220 o ers Beyond the Rainbow, which is two support groups that meet the second Tuesday of the month. One is a safe group for those 12-20 and the other is a group for parents and caregivers wanting support for raising an LGBTQ+ child. For group location and to RSVP, email heather@resilience1220.org.

As more Colorado students get free meals, state may cut back

BY YESENIA ROBLES CHALKBEAT COLORADO

In the rst year that Colorado is paying districts to give students free meals at school, more kids are eating than expected.

at has left the program $56.1 million short this year. And lawmakers are working on how to close the funding gap.

Colorado voters in 2022 supported creating limits on tax deductions for the state’s highest earners as a way to fund free school meals for all students. Advocates at the time said that there were families in Colorado who, due to the state’s high cost of living, were struggling nancially even though they didn’t qualify for subsidized meals under federal poverty guidelines.

In calculating the cost of the program, analysts expected that about 25% more children would eat a school meal, including students who would have quali ed for free meals already and those who wouldn’t.

Instead, schools this year have seen a more than 35% increase in breakfast participation, and a more than 31% increase for lunch compared with last year.

e higher-than-expected participation — and program cost — is due largely to students who previously had to pay for a school meal. In

year, for the Colorado Department of Education to hire a consultant to help come up with solutions that might keep the program on budget next school year. at e ort could involve guring out how to maximize how much money districts get from the federal government.

But lawmakers said the state will consider all options. at includes cutting the program, changing the eligibility rules for free meals, or nding new ways to pay for it, such as pulling money from the education budget.

more sustainable, including the possibility of a new ballot measure.

Without any changes to the meal program, state analysts predict Colorado will come up short by $27.8 million next year.

In addition to the universal free school meals, voters approved three grant programs that were supposed to be rolled out in the coming school years. e grants were meant to help districts with things like buying Colorado-grown food for meals, providing stipends for kitchen employees, and paying for training or equipment.

most cases, the federal government doesn’t reimburse the districts for any part of those children’s meals, leaving the state to cover those costs alone.

In the Cherry Creek School District, district leaders said they are serving about 32,262 meals a day on average, up from 23,317 a day last year — a 38% increase.

e state legislature’s Joint Budget Committee this week agreed to ll the $56.1 million gap this year. About $31.5 million can be covered with additional revenue that has come in from the new tax provision, but the rest will likely need to come from the state’s general fund.

e committee is also providing $100,000 this year, and $150,000 next

Committee lawmakers said that changing the eligibility rules would be a last resort.

“ ere are a lot of families that technically don’t qualify for free or reduced lunch, but man is it a huge help to them making rent,” said Sen. Je Bridges, a Democrat from Greenwood Village. “I would be really uncomfortable with anything that puts a means test back into this program.”

Bridges also said a goal of the program was to remove the stigma of eating free school meals by making them available to everyone, not just to students from low-income families.

Advocacy groups are also working on possible solutions. Anya Rose, director of public policy for Hunger Free Colorado, said the group is considering how to make the program

For now, those grant programs will be on hold.

Lawmakers on the Joint Budget Committee debated this week over whether they had a responsibility to keep the voter-approved program going, regardless of the additional cost to the state.

Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer, a Brighton Republican, said that cost calculations have changed and the state has to deal with that.

“All of these warnings were given to us before, and we ignored them,” she said.

Before the plan was put to voters, lawmakers defeated a plan to o er free school meals to all, in part because of concerns about the cost.

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10 things you need to know about the proposed RTD changes coming in May

BY JO DAVIS JDAVIS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e Colorado Regional Transportation District is proposing some major changes to routes and schedules for the rest of 2024. It unveiled these proposed changes at a series of public meetings March 5-7 to get public feedback on the proposal, which RTD plans to implement in May.

Here’s what you need to know about the proposed changes.

1. Construction and improvements in key areas are a ecting most of the changes

RTD Community Engagement Manager Brandon Figliolino explained that the root of the proposed changes will be two construction projects. e rst is the coping panel project and the other is the reconstruction of ve “at-grade” crossings in downtown Denver.

“ e rst is our continued work on the coping panel project. is is a two-year project that began in April of 2023 and is essentially repairing the caps on retaining walls along the I-25 corridor,” Figliolino explained. “During this time, tracks, or trains,

rather, must be single-tracked during the work areas to allow for work to happen in that right of way.”

Figliolino said half the work on the coping panel project has been done. However, RTD needs to get the remaining retaining walls done so that regular service can resume as scheduled in September 2024.

“ e other major rail project that is going to be impacting our service is the downtown rail reconstruction project,” Figliolino said. “Starting in the summer of 2024, the rst of four phases of work will begin to reconstruct other areas of the rail line. is rst phase that’s going to impact us in the summer of 2024 is the reconstruction of ve at-grade crossings along corridors downtown.”

According to Figliolino, the rail and bus line adjustments due to construction are to keep rider inconvenience to a minimum.

“ e reason why we are doing these projects, for these times speci c closures is to help minimize the inconvenience to travelers and keep our system in a state of good repair,” he said. “It improves the safety and reliability of the system for our customers.”

2. The standard adjustments will be made to adjust for school closing for summer

“So typically, in May we adjust some of our routes to account for schools not being in session or for lower demand,” said RTD Senior Planner/Scheduler Maux Sullivan. Sullivan said the following routes will be adjusted:

• DASH, the Boulder/ Lafayette via Louisville bus route

• SKIP, the Boulder/Lafayette via Arapahoe bus route

• 11, the Mississippi Avenue route

• 20, the 20th Avenue route

• 24, the University Boulevard route

• 30, the South Federal Boulevard route

• 51, the Sheridan Boulevard route

• 65, the Monaco Parkway route

• 73, the Quebec Street route

• 225, the Boulder/Lafayette via Baseline route

Sullivan said these changes are proposed “to account for outdoor events and school not being open during summer.”

“ ese are kind of just our more minor schedule adjustments,” Sullivan said. She went on to say that other routes will see minor adjustments to

allow for driver rest times and as a result of performance changes.

3. Changes to the Evergreen and Platte Valley Flex rides

“Our ex rides in Evergreen will be combining into one singular service area,” Sullivan said. “ e Platte Valley Flex ride will be taking on a more traditional ex ride service.”

Sullivan showed the proposed adjusted route for the Platte Valley Flex Ride route.

4. More free rides downtown thanks to construction

According to Sullivan, the Free Mall Ride runs every 4-5 minutes between stops but will go to every 10 minutes. e Free Metro Ride program will be reinstated.

Sullivan said the reduced mall ride service is to accommodate the reinstated metro rides. She said the reason for the changes is to accommodate downtown construction.

“So, for the free metro ride, we’re proposing reinstating it and not just during the peak periods weekday as it usually used to operate, but actually

all day, seven days a week,” Sullivan said. “ is is really to allow greater exibility during the downtown rail reconstruction project. So that customers have other alternatives to reach their destination from Union Station into other parts of downtown.”

5. The 0L route will increase to accommodate construction delays and detours Sullivan has good news for the riders of the 0L South Broadway bus route.

“We’re proposing introducing allday service on the zero L again to really account for the disruption that’s anticipated with the downtown rail reconstruction project,” Sullivan said.

6. 116 X will be reduced due to low ridership “ e 116 X route will be reduced

due to low ridership consolidating the current afternoon trips into one trip that will depart Civic Center Station at 6-10 minutes,” Sullivan said.

7. Expect rerouting and reductions of service at the H, E and D lines

“With the coping panel project and the downtown rail reconstruction project there are major impacts to rail,” Sullivan explained. “So, the D line will be routed into Union Station during this time and the service span will be adjusted to from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays. And then on the weekends, 5 a.m. to 2 a.m.”

Sullivan explained that the E Line will have reduced service.

“So, it’s proposed that the E line would be every 60 minutes and then that service span would be the same as the D line,” Sullivan said.

She explained that the decision came from the RTD’s tracking of service in the summer of 2023. It was determined that reliable service was most important to E Line customers.

“So this is in response to make sure that we can provide a reliable schedule for customers throughout the project,” Sullivan said.

e H Line will be reduced to a 60-minute frequency and rerouted due to construction projects, according to Sullivan.

“So, service on the H line would be rerouted to Denver Union Station and then it’s proposed that the frequency would be every 60 minutes.”

8. Route 43 will serve as an A Line alternative route during the peak of the construction delays

“We’re directing customers to use route 43 which runs parallel to the A line corridor during this time,” Sullivan said. “And then for the A line, we’re proposing extending the service on Saturday evening, so one additional southbound trip at 11:13 p.m. and an additional northbound trip at 11:56 p.m. due to ridership demand.”

9. All light rail lines will be adjusted

to match the modifications on lines directly a ected by construction

“ e service span change that’s proposed is to match the other light rail lines and allow for a greater maintenance window. So that work can be done overnight,” Sullivan said.

10. ‘Zero Fare for Free Air’ continues through August 2024

Figliolino explained that the “Zero Fare for Free Air” program will continue as planned through August 2024. e program allows free ridership for students aged 19 years and younger.

“All that is required is a valid ID to prove that you are 19 years of age or younger. So, a driver’s license or a student ID works for all of that,” Figliolino said.

ese are all proposed changes, ofcials stressed. Nothing is set yet. To send your feedback and to get more information on the proposed changes, call 303-299-2004, email service. change@rtd-denver.com or go to RTD-Denver.com.

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ASCENT CHURCH

“Real people pursuing a real God”

All are Welcome

Sundays at 10am

In-person or Online

www.ascentchurch.co

29823 Troutdale Scenic Drive, Evergreen

BERGEN PARK CHURCH

Bergen Park Church is a group of regular people who strive to improve ourselves and our community by studying the Bible and sharing our lives with each other. On Sunday mornings you can expect contemporary live music, Children’s Ministry that seeks to love and care for your kids, teaching from the Bible, and a community of real people who are imperfect, but seek to honor God in their lives. We hope to welcome you soon to either our 9:00AM or 10:30AM Sunday service.

Search Bergen Park Church on YouTube for Livestream service at 9:00am

31919 Rocky Village Dr. 303-674-5484 info@bergenparkchurch.org / www.BergenParkChurch.org

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH SERVICES

28244 Harebell Lane

Sunday Service & Sunday School 10am

Wednesday Evening 7:00pm, Zoom options available

Contact: clerk@christianscienceevergreen.com for ZOOM link Reading Room 4602 Pletner Lane, Unit 2E, Evergreen OPEN TUE-SAT 12PM - 3PM

WORSHIP DIRECTORY

CHURCH OF THE HILLS PRESBYTERIAN (USA)

Serving the mountain community from the heart of Evergreen Worship 10:00 a.m.

Reverend Richard Aylor

O ce Hours: Tu-Thur 9:00 - 4:00; Fri 9:00 - noon Bu alo Park Road and Hwy 73 www.churchofthehills.com

CHURCH OF THE TRANSFIGURATION EPISCOPAL

In-Church: Sunday Communion Quiet Service 8:00 am & with Music 10:15 am 10:15 am only Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86017266569

In-Meadow: 2nd Sunday of the month at 9:30 a.m.

--June through September—

27640 Highway 74 – ¼ mile east of downtown Evergreen at the Historic Bell Tower www.transfigurationevergreen.org

CONGREGATION BETH EVERGREEN (SYNAGOGUE)

Reconstructionist Synagogue

Rabbi Jamie Arnold

www.BethEvergreen.org / (303) 670-4294

2981 Bergen Peak Drive (behind Life Care)

EVERGREEN CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST)

27772 Iris Drive, Evergreen - 303-674-3413

www.EvergreenChristianChurch.org - eccdoc01@gmail.com

Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m., with communion every Sunday We are an inclusive faith community and welcome you to join us in our new ministry journey.

DEER PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Pastor Joyce Snapp, Sunday Worship 10 AM

Located one mile west of Pine Junction just o Rt. 285 966 Rim Rock Road, Bailey (303) 838-6759

All are welcome to our open/inclusive congregation!

EVERGREEN LUTHERAN CHURCH 5980 Highway 73 + 303-674-4654

Rev. Terry Schjang

Join us for worship in person or on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/EvergreenLutheranChurch Sunday Worship held at 9am. www.evergreenlutheran.org + All Are Welcome!

LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY CHURCH – EPC 1036 El Rancho Rd, Evergreen – (303) 526-9287 www.lomcc.org – o ce@lomcc.org

Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m., with communion every Sunday “Real Church In An UnReal World”

A community empowered by the Holy Spirit which seeks authentic relationships with God and others to share the good news of Jesus with Evergreen, the Front Range and the world. Come as you are, all are welcome!

PLATTE CANYON COMMUNITY CHURCH

Located: 4954 County Road 64 in Bailey. O ce hours MWF 8am-1pm 303-838-4409, Worship & Children’s Church at 10am

Small group studies for all ages at 9am

Transitional Pastor: Mark Chadwick Youth Pastor: Jay Vonesh Other activities: Youth groups, Men’s/Women’s ministries, Bible studies, VBS, MOPS, Cub/Boy Scouts.

ROCKLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH

“Connecting all generations to Jesus”

Please check our website, www.Rockland.church, for updated service times

¼ mile north of I-70 at exit 254 17 S Mt. Vernon Country Club Rd., Golden, CO 80401 303-526-0668

SHEPHERD OF THE ROCKIES LUTHERAN CHURCH

Missouri Synod. 106 Rosalie Road, Bailey, CO

303-838-2161 Pastor Pete Scheele

Sunday Worship Service; 9 a.m., Fellowship Time; 10:15 a.m., Sunday School & Bible Class; 10:45 a.m. www.shepherdoftherockies.org

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF EVERGREEN

Rev. Sarah Clark • 303.674.4810 • www.evergreenumc.org

3757 Ponderosa Dr. across Hwy 74 from Safeway in Evergreen Join us in person every Sunday at 10:00am for worship “Open Hearts, Open Doors, Open Minds”

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Man gets jail time for gathering fake election signatures

BY OLIVIA PRENTZEL COLORADO SUN

A Georgia man was sentenced to 10 days in jail and must pay a $500 ne after pleading guilty to submitting signatures of dead people and signatures that didn’t match voter les to try to get a Republican congressional candidate on Colorado’s primary ballot in 2022.

A Denver District Court judge also ordered Jordahni Rimpel, 25, to submit letters of apology to the secretary of state and former congressional candidate Carl Andersen and repay $3,500 in costs, according to the Colorado Attorney General’s O ce, which announced Rimpel’s sentence.

“Access to the ballot in Colorado must re ect the will of voters, not fraud perpetrated by criminal actors,” Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said in a statement. “We will continue to take election fraud seriously and vigorously safeguard election integrity.”

Rimpel was one of six people charged by state prosecutors in June for gathering fake signatures for Andersen, who sought to qualify for the primary ballot for the 7th Congressional District. e scheme came to light after an unusually high number of the signatures gathered for Andersen were disquali ed by the Secretary of State’s O ce, the attorney general’s o ce said.  Andersen failed to make the ballot.

Public Notices

Legals

LEGAL NOTICE

According to the Liquor Laws of Colorado Pho Evergreen Vietnamese Noodle Bar & Grill, LLC dba Pho Evergreen Vietnamese Noodle Bar & Grill Has requested the licensing officials of Jefferson county to grant a Hotel and Restaurant License at 1193 N. Bergen Pkwy, Suite B, Evergreen, CO 80439.

Date of application: January 24, 2024. Public hearing on the application will be held by the Liquor Licensing Authority Board on April 4, 2024 at the hour of 9:00 A.M. Hybrid at 100 Jefferson County Parkway Hearing Room one and through a WebEx virtual meeting platform, the event information for attendees:

Citizens may receive a call back by providing a phone number when joining the event online; or calling into the public hearing by dialing 1-408418-9388 and entering meeting Access Code 2495 575 0455.

Event address for Attendees is: https://jeffco.webex.com/jeffco/j.php?MTID=m6f 815fbd5816462f29dac9e675cb0836

Event Password: xhPpnPsn462 (94776776 from phones and video systems)

Additional details for accessing the public hearing will be posted at the following, https://www.jeffco. us/events. Please note that citizens who would like to comment during the liquor hearing must be in person or access the hearing through the WebEx computer platform and use the chat feature to let the host know you would like to make a public comment.

The name(s) and address(es) of the Officers:

NAME ADDRESS

Cam Ong 605 Holland Street, Lakewood, CO 80215

By Order of Liquor Licensing Authority of the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

Legal Notice No. CAN 1517

First Publication: March 14, 2024

Last Publication: March 14, 2024

Publisher: Canyon Courier

LEGAL NOTICE

According to the Liquor Laws of Colorado Pancho & Jane QOZB, LLC dba Pancho & Jane Has requested the licensing officials of Jefferson County to grant a Hotel and Restaurant License at 16500 Golden Road, Unit 101, Golden, CO 80401

Date of application: January 17, 2024. Public hearing on the application will be held by the Liquor Licensing Authority Board on April 4,

2024 at the hour of 9:00 A.M. Hybrid at 100 Jefferson County Parkway Hearing Room one and through a WebEx virtual meeting platform, the event information for attendees:

Citizens may receive a call back by providing a phone number when joining the event online; or calling into the public hearing by dialing 1-408418-9388 and entering meeting Access Code 2495 575 0455..

Event address for Attendees is: https://jeffco.webex.com/jeffco/j.php?MTID=m6f 815fbd5816462f29dac9e675cb0836

Event Password: xhPpnPsn462 (94776776 from phones and video systems)

Additional details for accessing the public hearing will be posted at the following, https://www.jeffco. us/events. Please note that citizens who would like to comment during the liquor hearing must be in person or access the hearing through the WebEx computer platform and use the chat feature to let the host know you would like to make a public comment.

The name(s) and address(es) of the Officers:

NAME ADDRESS

Anthony J. Desimone 2655 Bear Den Drive, Sedalia, CO 80135

Matthew B. McBride 16550 W Ellsworth Ave, Golden, CO 80401

Timothy J. Walsh

32117 Fox Run Lane, Evergreen CO 80439

By Order of Liquor Licensing Authority of the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

Legal Notice No. CAN 1516

First Publication: March 14, 2024

Last Publication: March 14, 2024

Publisher: Canyon Courier

Bids and Settlements

Public Notice

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT JEFFERSON COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO

Pursuant to C.R.S. Section 38-26-107, notice is hereby given that on the 2nd day of April 2024 final settlement will be made by the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado to:

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hereinafter called the “Contractor”, for and on account of the contract for the JCSO On Site

Democrat Brittany Pettersen won the race that year.

e Colorado Attorney General’s Ofce conducted the investigation into the signatures with district attorneys in Denver and Je erson counties.

Investigators interviewed several people whose names appeared on signature petitions for Andersen who said they had never signed the petition, according to an arrest a davit. Other signatures on the petition were from people who said they moved from Colorado before the petition was circulated.

Rimpel pleaded guilty to attempting to in uence a public servant, a felony, and perjury, a misdemeanor, court records show. Under terms of the deal, the

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1. Any person, co-partnership, association or corporation who has an unpaid claim against the said project, for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such Contractor or any of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim.

2. All such claims shall be filed with Heather Frizzell, Director of Finance Jefferson County Colorado, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden CO 80419-4560.

3.Failure on the part of a creditor to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, from any and all liability for such claim.

County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

Andy Kerr, Chairman Board of County Commissioners

Legal Notice No. CAN 1512

First Publication: March 14, 2024

Last Publication: March 21, 2024

PUBLICATION: Canyon Courier Public Notice

NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT

Notice is hereby given that final payment will be made on or after April 15, 2024, on a contract dated September 1, 2022, between Park Water Company (Owner) and Jim Noble, Inc. (Contractor) for the Park Water Company Distribution System improvements project.

All persons, companies, or corporations that have furnished labor, materials, or other supplies or services used by the Contractor under and in connection with said contract and whose claims have not been paid by the Contractor shall file with the Owner a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim on or before the date of final payment stated above.

Failure on the part

felony will be dismissed from Rimpel’s record after two years if he stays out of trouble.

He was one of six paid circulators employed by an Oregon-based petitioning rm, which was hired by the Carl Andersen for Congress campaign to gather the necessary 1,500 valid signatures for Andersen to be placed on the Republican primary ballot, the attorney general’s o ce said. Rimpel signed a davits to a rm he gathered signatures for the petition from people who signed it in his presence.

is story was printed through a news sharing agreement with e Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned nonpro t based in Denver that covers the state.

Summons and Sheriff Sale

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO

Jefferson County Pkwy

Plaintiffs: BECKY JEAN HASSELL AND JOEL GERARD HASSELL

v. Defendants: CITY OF ARVADA, Colorado, a municipal corporation, the OBERON WATER COMPANY, a Colorado Corporation, and ALL UNKNOWN PARTIES WHO MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION

Attorney for Defendant City of Arvada: CITY OF ARVADA OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY

Kylie T. Justus, #49862 8101 Ralston Road Arvada, CO 80002 720-898-7180 kjustus@arvada.org

Case No. 2024CV30001

DISTRICT COURT CIVIL SUMMONS [BY PUBLICATION]

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the Counterclaim filed in this action. You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after such service of this summons is made upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the date of the last publication. A copy of the Counterclaim and Complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Counterclaim in writing within the 35 days after the date of the last publication, the Court may enter judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Counterclaim without further notice.

This is an action to quiet the title of the Plaintiff and Defendants in and to the real property situated in Jefferson County, Colorado, more particularly described on Exhibit A, attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof.

Exhibit A

All that portion of the Northeast One-Quarter of the Southwest One-Quarter of said Section 3 lying north and west of Hubbel’s Range View subdivision,