Event will bring together county and state experts
to talk about system management, conservation and development
BY JANE REUTER JREUTER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COMWater quality and quantity consistently ranks as a top issue on the Conifer Area Council’s community surveys. To help inform and address
those concerns, the CAC will host its second water resources seminar from 8 a.m. to noon May 18 at West Je erson Middle School, 9449 Barnes Ave. in Conifer.
e event will bring together water experts from the county and state to illuminate the mystery of Colorado’s water, according to the CAC. Geologists, hydrologists, watershed experts, water managers and planners will talk about how to manage residential water systems and how to work with developers, regulators and elected o cials to conserve water.
“In the surveys we’ve done for 20 years, wild res, water quality and water quantity are the bookends of
what keep people up at night,” said Conifer resident and CAC board vice president Kurt Kaisler. “Water is life for the folks up here, and everybody has their unique concerns about it. “Development up here is often challenged or turned down because our water table is not very plentiful,” Kaisler continued. “Our water wells go from 40 to 1,000 feet deep, and some people have water trucked in because their well isn’t deep enough. When we don’t have rain, some wells dry out, and people have to purchase tanks. Water is everything here, so it will be interesting to hear what the speakers have to tell us.”
A question-and-answer session
will follow the presentations. CAC hosted a similar seminar in 2018 that drew a full house. Most property owners in unincorporated Conifer get their water from wells, which draw from an aquifer. Precipitation provides most of the water that percolates into the ground and replenishes the water supply.
CAC’s Water Committee works to track and evaluate data about groundwater, surface water, water use, and wastewater discharge, and collaborate with Je erson County and state water o cials on water issues.
For more information, visit coniferareacouncil.org.
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The Federal EPA’s Energy Star designation has been around since 1992. Initially, it was applied to appliances that exceeded standard levels of efficiency, but in 1995 the designation started being applied to new homes as a whole.
The Energy Star designation no doubt had the effect of governments and industry beginning to focus on energy efficiency, so a Version 2 with even higher standards was introduced in 2006, and a Version 3 was introduced in 2011.
The first paragraph on the Energy Star website reads as follows: Your home is your place to thrive. By choosing a new ENERGY STAR NextGen certified home or apartment, you can enjoy all the comfort, quality, value, and indoor air quality benefits you’ve come to expect from the ENERGY STAR label — and much more.
With energy efficiency going more and more mainstream, the EPA has now introduced Energy Star NextGen instead of Version 4. As described on www. EnergyStar.gov, the NextGen certification “recognizes homes and apartments equipped with leading-edge, efficient electric technologies and electric vehicle charging capabilities — features that not only improve your lifestyle, but also the health of the planet.”
Energy Star NextGen-certified homes come with Energy Star certified heat pumps for heating and cooling, heat pump water heaters, induction cooktops, and electric vehicle charging capabilities. With national and local building codes now requiring greater energy efficiency, a NextGen-certified home is now only 20% more efficient than homes that are “built to code.”
High-performance windows, a tighter building envelopes and enhanced insulation are also common in this top category of energy efficient housing.
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Many or even most builders have been building “Energy Starcertified” homes since as early as 2002. An estimated 2.7 million homes have been built with that certification, but Thrive Home Buildings is the only Colorado builder I’m aware of that is committed to building and selling homes with the Energy Star NextGen certification.
Here are the advantages spelled out by the Energy Star website for buying a new home with the NextGen certification.
Lower energy bills. Superior insulation, air sealing, and highly efficient heat pumps help lower your energy bills, while improving comfort and reducing drafts.
Improved safety and indoor air quality. Electric cooktops and ovens reduce exposure to harmful combustion byproducts — including carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and small particulates.
Peace and quiet. Multi-speed heat pumps run on low most of the time, making them quieter while delivering more consistent temperatures for greater comfort. Ductwork that has been properly sized further reduces noise from the air handler. High levels of insulation make the home quieter by reducing noise from outdoors.
This bi-level home at 11296 W. Kentucky Dr. has been well maintained by the seller. It was painted and walkways replaced in 2006, and a new roof & siding were installed in 2017. The house is white with blue shutters and gutters, and a blue & white garage door was new in 2009. The seller put in a new, energy efficient furnace in 2014 and new acrylic shower and shower doors in 2007. The backyard is mostly flat now (due to the seller rocking the sloping landscape) and completely fenced. There are lilacs on two sides of the house, and an ornamental plum and two purple ash trees are in the backyard. Briarwood Hills is a very quiet, friendly neighborhood. Most of the surrounding homeowners care about their yards, as does this seller. You will find magazine-quality photos and a narrated video tour at www.LakewoodHome.info Call listing agent Jim Swanson at 303-929-2727 to request a showing.
Increased resale value. High-performance homes sell for significant price premiums compared to typical homes. Energy Star certified and similarly efficient homes enjoy sales price premiums of up to 6%.
A clean energy future. The electric and hybrid electric technologies in your Energy Star NextGen home will help to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions and climate impact associated with its operation. These benefits will continue to grow as the grid gets cleaner.
Retrofitting a non-Energy Star home to be more energy efficient or even “net zero energy” (meaning all-electric and generating all the electricity needed for the home through solar panels) is something that Golden Real Estate’s broker associates and I are committed to facilitating for our buyer clients. Personally, I am offering a free home energy audit to any buyer who hires me between now and September 30th to purchase an existing home.
A home energy audit involves doing
a blower-door test to locate the various air leaks in a home so that specific steps can be taken to make the home more airtight. All appliances are evaluated and the homeowner is given a road map of different strategies that could be taken. We also have experience recommending all categories of vendors working with homeowners to improve insulation, install higher performance windows and doors, and to replace gas appliances with high-efficiency electric heat pump appliances.
We can help you find the best company to install solar panels, whether roof top or ground-mounted, or even in a distant solar garden, where the electricity you generate is credited to the electric meter in your home, condo or apartment. You don’t need a roof to benefit from solar power!
The company which I have hired for all five of my solar power installations, starting in 2004, is Golden Solar. I don’t ask or receive a referral fee when you act on my recommendation, but the owner, Don Parker, kindly helped me out when I needed a place to park our free moving truck after I sold our office building on South Golden Road. It and our box shed are now parked on his lot on South Golden Road. Thanks, Don! You can reach Don on his cell phone, 720-234-6517. Tell him I said hello!
I need some help researching this article. If you’re in the insurance industry or have information that can benefit fellow readers, let me hear from you. I’d also like to hear from legislators about possible new laws.
Here’s an email I got from an Estes Park homeowner, Jay Blackwood:
My bank says that in the metro area a single family home may have insurance costs double this year. In the mountains it’s much worse.
Without warning, my condo association in Estes Park was told in January that American Family would drop us on the anniversary of our policy in April. This was due to our high risk of fire and hail. In 44 years we only have had one claim, for hail.
Apparently each insurance company has a secret risk map and decides if a property can
be insured depending on location and tree density.
We spent three months searching for a new policy and were forced to purchase a high risk one. Last year we paid $ 20,000. This year it’s $340,000 for 3/4 of the coverage. That is 17 times as much.
My total HOA fees last year were about $4,000. This year they are $14,000.
Other local condo associations are experiencing similar crises. Some businesses and even a large church are going uninsured. A builder has houses completed which cannot sell because they can’t be insured. Colorado is right behind California in loss of insurance. The State is dragging its feet on this issue. And news media don’t seem to cover it.
Individual horror stories are interesting, but I’ll looking for insights into addressing this problem that I can share in a future ad.
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resident and Rocky Mountain Railroad Heritage Society board member who’s spearheading the
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take place in the parking lot on Bear Creek Avenue across from Café Prague. It will include appearances and speeches from local dignitaries, music, tables and booths from
local historic organizations, a quilt show, an ice cream social, tours of the Mt. Morrison Civilian Conserva-
tion Corps camp and the dedication of a historic plaque. A costumed actor will play the role of David Mo at, another town and railroad founder, during the unveiling of the plague.
In conjunction with the event, copies of the “Morrison Memory Album” by Loreen Horton and Mary Helen will also be available for sale at all town stores.
While Morrison incorporated in 1906, its founder George Morrison platted the town in 1874 — the same year the Denver, South Park and Paci c Railroad started service there. e train made two trips a day
from Denver to Morrison, bringing tourists eager to escape the city and hauling out construction materials. Day visitors often walked from Morrison to Red Rocks, then known as Garden of the Angels.
“Tourists could travel to Morrison on the railroad, walk west through town to … the entrance to the park, and hire donkeys to take them through the rocks and up for a picnic at the natural amphitheater,” according to Red Rocks History.org.
“After an afternoon spent exploring the scenery and picnicking in the park, visitors traced their steps back to Morrison where the railroad returned them to Denver.”
e plan was to extend the rail line to South Park and the mining country in the mountains. But engineers
found a more practical route for the railroad up the Platte Canyon, and the Morrison spur stopped its scheduled runs in 1925. e line was abandoned after devastating oods in 1933.
But the town owes its current existence to those few years.
“During its life, the railroad was Morrison’s lifeblood,” according to Morrison History.org. “It carried building stone and other products of Morrison’s quarries into Denver, brought tourists to the town … and made Morrison a supply center for growing communities in the canyons and mountains to the west, as
well as to the ranches east along the Bear Creek Valley.”
While the train is gone, Morrison remains a tourist destination. Its sidewalks and streets swell with visitors on summer weekends, and the now world-famous Red Rocks draws more than a million concert goers annually.
“People are coming to Morrison for the same reason now they did in the 1870s, to escape from the city to a place that’s cool and refreshing and fun — except they’re coming in their cars, on their bicycles and motorcycles,” Chambers said. “ is is going to be a ashback to those days.”
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e Evergreen Park & Recreation District unanimously adopted a concept plan for Buchanan Park during its most recent meeting, and fundraising to make its many elements a reality has already begun.
e plan includes a covered pavilion that is intended as both a stage and community gathering area, multi-sport court space, sports elds, improved access and beautication of the ponds, a skatepark and added trails.
“ is park is going to be incredible for generations to come,” said EPRD Executive Director Cory Vander Veen. “ e community is very supportive of the park including a lot of di erent uses. Now we’ve just got to work through designing each of these elements.”
Buchanan Park is a 42-acre property home to the Buchanan Recreation Center, sports elds, a playground,
ponds and a trail. e total acreage was assembled over many years, and guided by EPRD residents’ approval of a November 2023 property tax extension, EPRD is now moving forward with creating a well-planned community park.
But even with the voter-approved revenue boost, making those plans a reality will require additional funds. EPRD board talks about de ning costs and leveraging funding are ongoing. Meanwhile, some community groups are forging ahead with their own fundraising.
e Evergreen Skatepark Coalition held its rst major fundraiser for the planned Buchanan Park skatepark
at Evergreen Brewery May 2, raising $13,000 — signi cantly more than the coalition’s $10,000 goal. EPRD also recently received a $40,000 grant for Buchanan Park from Je erson County’s Youth Partnership Program, money the county received from the 2022 sale of the Denver Broncos stadium.
“ at’s our rst grant money into the project, and it will be the seed funding for more grants and fundraising,” said Liz Cohen, EPRD’s grants and strategy manager. “To have our rst grant come from our county is really encouraging.”
‘People shop here just because of Tommy,’ store manager says of 17-year employee
BY JANE REUTER JREUTER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COMWhen Pine resident Vanessa Harroun was struggling with the death of her husband and a move to a small cabin with no water or electricity, she drove to the Conifer Safeway for her antidepressant. It wasn’t a pill she sought; it was Tommy Cochran.
“I thought of Tommy,” she said, referring to the grocery bagger who’s worked there for 17 years. “I went speci cally so I could hear Tommy’s laughter and have him greet me. He’s always very loving and so upbeat. It brightened my day for sure.”
Harroun is far from alone in her fondness for Tommy. When Conifer resident Stephen Koenigsberg posted a Christmas greeting from Tommy on Nextdoor, it quickly garnered 600 hearts and 132 responses. Tommy, who became mentally disabled as a young child, knows no stranger.
Everyone who comes through his check-out lane at the Conifer Safeway is treated to a smile, a light-hearted question or a quip. Sometimes even a hug.
“She’s my best friend,” he says, pointing at one woman, who grins back and nods in agreement.
“ at lady right there? She’s trouble,” he says, indicating another woman who acknowledges his accusation with a laugh.
“He’s another of my good friends — and this one’s my chocolate girl,” he says, pointing at the checkout clerk in the next lane, who promptly tosses him a Hershey’s Kiss.
“You ever make smoothies out of this?” he asks a man who’s buying frozen fruit. “What’s your favorite, chocolate, banana?”
e man appears startled by the question but warms to Tommy’s enthusiasm, and the two compare favorite avors. roughout the brief exchange, Tommy’s smile never wavers.
Tommy, who will be 50 in July, is not the only disabled employee at the store.
e Conifer Safeway team is graced with several employees who have mental challenges and “captivating personalities,” Koenigsberg said.
“ ere is something that happens when you shop at the Conifer Safeway,” he said. “ e produce is no better than anywhere else. e overall selection is average. What’s magic is the crew of supporting sta that bag the groceries, bring back the carts from the parking lot to the store and more. ey seem forever in a place of childhood happiness that you may remember long ago and they willingly share it with you all the time, unconditionally, without even realizing.”
Due to both his outgoing personality and long standing in the community, Tommy is the most well-known among them.
“Tommy’s got his following,” said store manager Steve Forbes. “He’ll help anybody and he loves talking to people. People shop here just because of him.”
In addition to his nearly 20 years at Safeway, Tommy previously worked at the former Elk Creek Station restaurant (now Zoka’s) for Roxanne Medlen, whom he calls his godmother.
She shares the same strong a ection for Tommy as so many other Conifer residents.
“He’s my son, as far as I’m concerned,” said Medlen, who now also works at the
Conifer Safeway. “He has a good sense of humor, works hard, he would help anybody. He’s just a godsend to me.”
Tommy is one of six children Bob Cochran and his wife Janet, Tommy’s stepmother, raised together. Tommy was 18 months old when he su ered an illness that triggered a high fever and a seizure.
“ ey tell me his brain got overheated,” Bob Cochran said. “It was devastating. But I made up my mind: He’s my son, my responsibility. I’m going to do everything I can to help him succeed in life, to be as capable and self-su cient as reasonably possible. I always expected the best out of him.”
Tommy attended general classes with other students, and his father worked closely with him and with his teachers to ensure he got the most out of his education.
“He’ll never be totally independent, but he can read on a rst-grade level, write and do math,” he said. “He’s been working since he was about 16.”
Bob, whose wife recently died, worries about who will care for Tommy when he passes. But he’s happy about the life his son has created, and for the many people who love him.
“I’m extremely proud; I don’t know what parent wouldn’t be,” he said, his voice breaking with emotion. “He met
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As spring unfurls its vibrant colors across the picturesque landscapes of Colorado, residents and visitors nd themselves amid a unique phenomenon – the birthing season of many wildlife species.
Among them, mule deer, elk, moose, bighorn sheep and black bears stand out, captivating observers with their majesty. In this season of renewal and growth, these critters undergo a profound transformation – they become caretakers, nurturing new life into existence.
e arrival of spring heralds the onset of fawning and calving season, a time when wildlife gives birth to their young. For many Coloradans, this season brings both wonder and a heightened sense of awareness and responsibility. With human development increasingly encroaching upon wildlife habitats, residents and visitors alike are presented with the unique challenge of cohabitating with these animals while ensuring their safety and well-being.
In communities nestled within the foothills and valleys of Colorado, encounters with young wildlife, especially mule deer fawns and elk calves, are rather common in the months of
In James Michener’s “Centennial,” Gray Wolf teaches his son, Lame Beaver, about impermanence. Sort of. “Only the rocks live forever,” he says. Of course, that’s not true. Eventually, rocks erode into particles, which, in turn, can become ground into ash, which, in turn can get blown away then absorbed by some being or merged into other formations… and so on.
Over the past 4 billion years, the con gurations of Earth’s land masses dramatically changed due to the planet’s colliding tectonic plates. Around 250 million years ago, several mini continents bumped into each other and formed the supercontinent, Pangea. About 50 million years later, Pangea split into what are today’s seven continents. We can only imagine what the alignment
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May and June. ese vulnerable o spring, born with dappled coats that provide natural camou age, evoke a sense of awe among onlookers. Yet, as humans marvel at the beauty of nature’s creations, they must also exercise caution and respect for wildlife boundaries.
Approaching or attempting to interact with fawns and calves can have serious consequences, both for critters and for humans. e temptation to interact with young wildlife is often high among the public, as fawns and calves are found motionless in yards and along trails. ough these young have not been abandoned as many believe – their ability to stay put for long periods of time away from their mothers is a natural defense mechanism to avoid detection by predators. e wildlife experts at Colorado Parks & Wildlife emphasize the importance of maintaining a safe distance and refraining from interfering with the natural processes of these critters.
In recent years, incidents of well-
Approaching or attempting to interact with fawns and calves can have serious consequences, both for critters and for humans, according to CPW.
meaning individuals “rescuing” seemingly abandoned fawns and calves have become increasingly common. However, Wildlife O cers caution against such interventions, as these actions can lead to the separation of young wildlife from their mothers. Additionally, stress caused by human disturbance can disrupt vital bonding and nursing behaviors between mothers and their o spring. Instead, folks are reminded to observe from a distance and trust the instincts of wildlife to care for their young.
Fawning and calving season also coincides with increased human-wildlife
will look like 50 million years from now.
con icts in Colorado’s wildland-urban interface. As development continues to encroach upon wildlife habitat, conicts between wildlife and humans become more frequent. Every spring, Wildlife O cers respond to calls about people getting charged, and even trampled, by deer, elk, and moose who react defensively to protect their young. ese incidents are often instigated by humans and/or dogs encroaching on the wildlife’s space, and are easily avoided by observing wildlife from an appropriate distance and
ere’s a maxim about the importance of standing on solid ground. ere are even biblical exhortations to do that. But the idea of a stable ground is a myth. e truth is that the ground beneath you is constantly shifting, moving. Plate tectonics explains why that happens. It also explains how mountains form, why volcanoes erupt, and why earthquakes shake things up, particularly in vulnerable regions, all of which has immense importance for every living being. Sur-
vival depends on adapting to one’s changing environment. roughout eons of giving itself facelifts, Earth has experienced ve mass extinctions. In that time, over a billion species have come and gone, including many incredibly large and erce creatures that make today’s most feared ones look puny and merely rambunctious in comparison. Yet, while species have come and gone, life has tenaciously hung on in one form or another. at understanding of an everchanging landscape provides the perfect metaphor for looking at the human condition and the current state of human a airs. ey are like Earth: constantly in a state of ux. People live, people die. Fads, like generations, come and go. Culture morphs. E ciency and productiv-
ity relentlessly increase to the point of boredom. Technology evolves inexorably. Advanced medicines and procedures extend lifespans. Communication methodologies outdo previous ones by leaps and bounds. ose and more impact everyone, from the personal level to the cultural, national and global theaters. e lesson to learn from that is things continually come together and then they fall apart, sometimes more frequently and rapidly than others. And when that happens, it invariably causes tremors in the social and cultural realms and in the body politic. In time, they can cause social, cultural and political earthquakes and eruptions.
After cataclysmic events, the nat-
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keeping dogs on their leashes. When observing wildlife in any season, but especially in the spring when young are on the landscape, always remember the “rule of thumb.” With an outstretched arm, point a thumb up in the air to make a “thumb’s up” gesture. If you can still see the wildlife around your thumb, you’re too close – back up until your thumb completely covers that critter. Additionally, changes in wildlife behavior in response to human presence means you’re too close – keep an eye out for critters stopping to look at you, ceasing feeding activity, moving away, and/or pinning their ears back.
Ultimately, the fawning and calving season serves as a poignant reminder of the delicate balance of coexistence between humans and wildlife. By respecting wildlife boundaries and fostering an understanding of the needs of mule deer, elk, and other species,
point inand Comoutdo bounds. everyone, culture things then freAnd invariably culpolitic. culand natFROM PAGE 8
ural proclivity is to begin anew by adapting to the new normal. But that disposition isn’t a dominant part of everyone’s DNA. ere are those who, when things get disjointed or disrupted, yearn for and even insist on a return to a mythical past they maintain was more than good. ey call it the Good Old Days. e problem is on a societal or global scale the Good Old Days are akin to the Big Rock Candy Mountain. A fantasy.
An intriguing way to look at American history is through the lens of a traditional timeline, but one with multiple line graphs: one above the dates and a multitude of di erent colored ones below them. e upper line would trace the up-and-down ow of peak periods of social upheaval — the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement arguably among the highest — and the stretches of relative social comity. e various lines below the dates would model the underlying social pressures pushing up and against the status quo: slavery, Jim Crow laws, women’s rights to vote and for reproductive freedom, child labor, workers’ rights, segregation, homophobic laws and practices, and more.
residents of Colorado can ensure the well-being of both wildlife populations and themselves.
If you would like to get in touch with your local Wildlife O cer regarding wildlife violations, habitat projects, educational program opportunities, or other wildlife concerns and incidents, please contact CPW’s Northeast Region Service Center during normal business hours at 303-291-7227.
If you would like to report a wildlife incident and it is outside of normal business hours, please contact Colorado State Patrol’s Non-Emergency Dispatch at 303-239-4501 or *CSP (*277), and a Wildlife O cer will be in touch.
If you would like to report a wildlife violation, on record or anonymously, please contact Colorado Operation Game ief at 1-877-COLO-OGT (1877-265-6648).
Contributors to this column included Wildlife O cers Jacob Sonberg, Scott Murdoch and Philip Sorensen; Area Wildlife Managers Mark Lamb and Matt Martinez; and CPW NE Region PIO Kara VanHoose.
e overall graph could be likened to Earth’s ongoing, never-ending metamorphosis: e upper-line correlated to Earth’s shifting tectonic plates, and the rife of underlying lines similar to the upward, potentially explosive force of Earth’s churning hot magma.
Gray Wolf, as wise as he was, was scienti cally ignorant. He likely had no concept of erosion let alone plate tectonics. Supposedly, we’re more learned. We should know that nothing lasts forever and once-upona-times are places of myth. Which loops us back to impermanence.
Another way to say nothing lasts forever is change is the one constant, which is another way to say the only thing permanent is impermanence. Like the literal shifting ground beneath our feet, the ground upon which we build our human constructs is constantly on the move. And with that in mind, everyone must choose: adapt or go extinct. A good thing to keep in mind, especially on Friday, May 17th, which is Endangered Species Day. Visit https://www.nwf.org/OurWork/Wildlife-Conservation/ Endangered-Species/EndangeredSpecies-Day
Jerry Fabyanic is the author of “Sisyphus Wins” and “Food for ought: Essays on Mind and Spirit.” He lives in Georgetown.
A look at the history of some of the state’s unique plate designs
BY ELLIS ARNOLDAubiquitous image in Colorado, the state’s standard license plate features an artsy depiction of white mountains against a green background. So when all-red, all-blue and all-black designs with white letters — without mountains — started popping up in tra c, you
probably took notice.
In 2023, roughly 180,000 vehicles were registered with those seemingly new plates. But the plates actually have roots in the past, and the oncediscontinued designs raise money for people with disabilities.
“ e rst blue-and-white plate was issued in 1914,” the Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles said in a statement, adding: “ e rst year the all-red background with white letters was issued was 1925.”
Colorado’s popular new black plate is modeled after a 1945 design, predating the state’s rst plate design with mountains by about 15 years, according to the state DMV.
Another retro plate that ips the
standard design — instead o ering green mountains and white sky — recently made a return. It, too, generates funds for programs for the disability community.
Colorado’s batch of reissued designs represents just one of the many ways to support a cause or send a message.
“Our choice in license plates reects things we love to do, organizations we support, our service, our hobbies and interests and provides nancial support to these organizations,” DMV Senior Director Electra Bustle said in a news release this year.
Here’s a look at the history of some of Colorado’s unique license plates.
Colorado rst made available the now-retro-looking plate with green mountains and white sky in 1962, the state DMV said.
Colorado discontinued that plate design in 2000, the division said. Bringing it back was an e ort of a state Senate bill in 2021, a law that requires the state to charge additional fees for those plates and put them in a disability support fund.
State lawmakers in 2022 followed up with state Senate Bill 22-217, a law that allowed Colorado to issue the previously retired designs of all-black, all-red and all-blue backgrounds.
e Colorado Disability Funding Committee receives $25 from the sale of each of those plates, as well as an additional $25 at renewal, the state DMV said.
e DMV does not have historical records that point to the reasons why the state discontinued the black, red and blue plates years ago, the division said.
“Black and white, and whiteand-black color combinations, as well as a host of other color combinations, were used from 1913 through 1958. e nal version of the black-and-white color combination was issued in 1954,” the DMV said in a statement.
Around 1959, the state moved to various versions of green-andwhite license plates, the DMV said.
Colorado rst made available its current standard license plate design of white mountains and green background around 1960, according to the DMV.
Now that some old designs are back, they’ve become popular.
Coloradans chose the black plates roughly 170,000 times in 2023, according to a DMV list. About 6,900 vehicles registered with the red plates and about 6,400 with the blue that year, the list said.
“ e black background in particular exceeded original revenue estimates, while the blue and red backgrounds have met estimates,” a state budget document said.
e state made the black, red and blue plates available in January 2023.
Themed plates, including for ethnic groups
e Columbine “Respect Life” design remains popular too, with more than 75,000 vehicles registered with the plates in 2023. Released in 2001, the plate honors the 13 lives lost during the shooting at Columbine High School in 1999, according to the DMV.
(While the plate design was created to recognize the victims of the Columbine tragedy, it does not generate funds for survivors of the shooting, the DMV clari ed.)
Some plates center on ethnic groups. e Italian American heritage plate was created from a state House Bill in 2007.
e American Indian Scholars plate was created from a state Senate Bill in 2005, the DMV said. For that plate, a person must donate $25 to the Rocky Mountain Indian Chamber of Commerce.
And now, a bill to create a plate that supports the Chicana/o community — Americans of Mexican descent — recently passed the state legislature.
After it’s created, a person would become eligible for the plate by providing a certi cate con rming they have made a donation to a nonpro t organization chosen by o cials based on the organization’s provision of services to the Latin American community, according to a summary of the bill on the legislature’s website.
“It speaks to Chicano heritage that is very deep in the state of Colorado,” state Rep. Tim Hernandez has said.
Colorado’s Regional Transportation District is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement with an art contest. e agency is asking Coloradans for Civil Rightsthemed artwork that will be wrapped onto an RTD bus.
“I believe that public transportation is the great societal equalizer, and the delivery of transit services is inherently linked to social justice movements and the Civil Rights Act of 1964,” RTD General Manager and CEO Debra A. Johnson said.
Carl Green Jr., director of RTD’s Civil Rights Division said that the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act (of 1964) is an important milestone for public transit.
“When I think about access to opportunity, whether it’s jobs, employment, grocery stores, education, social services and key public activity centers, public transportation is interwoven within the fabric of our community. And it provides access to opportunity,” Green said.
e idea for a public design contest comes from Green’s desire to make the celebration a community e ort.
“I’ve been working in civil rights and social justice-related work for decades. And when I think about what it means for public transportation, and the community and the customers that we serve, I’m a fervent believer in you got to know your
past to know where you’re where you’re going,” Green said.
Green explained this thought led him to wonder about all the many options for commemorating the historic event.
“I thought about the 60th anniversary, in putting thoughts into the ether, so to speak, or pen to paper. How do we celebrate this landmark legislation in a way that is going to bring about awareness and hopefully bring it out action,” Green said.
Green said he next brought RTD partners into the brainstorming for the event.
“And when I think about the community partners such as Denver, NAACP, ACLU Colorado, One Colorado, Colorado Asian Paci c United,Atlantis Community Inc., or Servicios De La Raza,” Green said. He went on to name other social justice, civil rights and community-focused agencies. “Whether it’s human rights or civil rights, at the end of the day, it’s about leaving places better than you found it.”
Green said his team landed on temporarily wrapping an RTD bus with a design by an artist in the community. e bus unveiling will also include a celebration. Green said details of the event are still being determined.
According to RTD, artists are encouraged to submit bus art with the following design goals in mind:
• Celebrate the history of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, in addition to countless other federal and state
laws that protect our civil, political and legal rights
• Recognize the individuals, groups or major events in Colorado and nationally that championed equity, equality and accessibility
• Create a vibrant and lively design, celebrating our diverse community
• Inspire action by increasing visibility and engaging the community
All design applications and artwork proposals are due May 24. e winning design will be announced in June and wrapped. According to RTD, the wrapped bus will be a part of the “regular xed-route services in the Denver metro area through 2024.”
RTD outlined the following project timeline for the design contest:
• May 24 – Artist applications and submission deadline
• June 2 – e evaluation panel starts the art design review process
• June 3 – Artist and bus wrap design selected
• June 14 – Finalization of wrap design
• Summer 2024 – Bus design wrap reveal e creator of the winning design will receive $3,500.
“ is project provides artists with a rich opportunity to bring forth ideas that illustrate these principles and constitutional rights for public re ection and enjoyment, “Johnson said.
For more information and to submit a design, visit rtd-denver. com/60th-anniversary.
— and in some areas — exceeded what I hoped for.
“I always dreamed of something like this for him,” he continued. “Every place I take him, he meets somebody he knows from Safeway or a previous job. I just hope he continues doing as well as he’s doing — at least long enough for me to be satis ed that he’s going to be ok after I go.”
Given the community’s a ection for Tommy, Bob Cochran hopes that will not be an issue.
In the meantime, his son intends to keep growing his long list of best and good friends.
“I love it here because all my friends are here, and I know all the people in the neighborhood,” he said, adding with a grin, “I am famous in this store.”
Hunk-power hybrid SOUTH JEFFCO – For the longest time the auto parts store manager thought the van getting rusty in his parking lot belonged to a worker employed at the construction site next door. When he found out it was actually a residence, he insisted the resident move on. Under cover of darkness she did just that, sidling across the street to the tire store parking. Arriving the next morning to nd the derelict on his doorstep, the tire store manager advised the nomad that she’d have to either buy a set of radial all-weathers or decamp forthwith. She responded by not responding, hiding inside the locked vehicle until deputies were summoned. Ofcers noted that the van “appeared to be inoperable,” what with the windshield missing and replaced by plywood, and all the other windows either covered over or blackened. Deputies spent several minutes trying to coax the occupant out into the light, but without success. It was only when they began peeling the layers of plastic sheeting and tarps o of the
van that its owner began shouting that they were tampering with private property and must cease and desist. O cers ceased and desisted, but advised the woman that her private property was on private property and she’d have to move it. She advised ofcers that her mobile home wasn’t, strictly speaking, mobile, and she’d only come to her present location after persuading several construction workers to push the van over from the auto parts store in the middle of the night. She told deputies that as soon as the tire store employees xed her vehicle she’d be on her merry way. Tire store employees asked what it would take to get the van back on the road. She told them it needed a new engine, for which she would gladly contribute $100 and “God will come up with the rest.” Tire store employees told her they don’t do engines for any amount of money, but said she could stay in their parking lot long enough to arrange for a tow to somebody else’s parking lot. Deputies advised the tire store manager to call again if the van refused to vamoose.
Duel of decibels EL RANCHO – Shirley complained
that her neighbor, Laverne, was a public nuisance and potentially dangerous. Yelling over the reedy roar of saxophone music blaring out of Laverne’s open apartment door, Shirley explained that as soon as Laverne moved in next to her two months ago she’d started bee ng about Shirley’s barking dog. Shirley red back by encouraging her dog to even greater feats of barking. Laverne answered with incessant stomping. Shirley began slamming doors she hadn’t walked through. e racket and rancor increased steadily over the following weeks, each woman in turn raising the volume – and the stakes – by nding new and louder ways to annoy the other. In addition, Shirley suspected Laverne of leaving piles of cigarette butts on her stoop and spitting on her door. Lest the deputies get the idea that she was engaged in some kind of equal battle of wills, Shirley informed them that only the day before she’d decided to be the bigger person and formally called a halt to the endless escalation. But alas! Shirley sighed, piteously, Laverne refused to honor the cease- re and was still trying to blast her out of hearth and home. Shirley thought harassment
charges would be appropriate, under the circumstances. It was at that very moment that o cers heard a sharp knock on Shirley’s door and a woman holler “Is that loud enough for you?” It was their cue to visit with Laverne, who pretty much veri ed the mutually maddening nature of the con ict, only with the spit landing one door over. e deputies said that county mediation might help to mute the malignant melee. Laverne told ofcers that the building manager was already trying to nd her a unit as far away from Shirley as geographically possible, but if that didn’t work she’d be willing to give arbitration a whirl. e deputies warned that the next time they had to come out and quiet the commotion, the women wouldn’t like what they’d have to say.
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.
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THURSDAY
Evergreen Audubon Weekly Preschool Adventures Program: 9 to 10 a.m. every ursday starting May
16, 27640 Hwy 74, Evergreen. Free & no registration required. Bring your 2-5 year-old to the Nature Center each week to develop their early childhood readiness skills through nature exploration. All children must have an adult in attendance. Dress to explore the outdoors. More info at evergreenaudubon.org.
FRIDAY
Seniors4Wellness Friday Cafe: 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. May 17, Christ the King Church, 4291 Evergreen Pkwy, Evergreen
Art Gone Wild fundraiser for Wild Aware: 5-8 p.m. May 17, Mountain Home, 27965 Meadow Drive, Evergreen. Free event featuring wildlife art created by area artists and sculptors for sale to the public, wine and appetizers. Wild Aware volunteers will provide information about the nonpro t’s programs.
SATURDAY
Conifer water resources seminar: 8 a.m. to noon, May 18, West Je erson Middle School, 9449
Barnes Avenue, Conifer. Sponsored by the Conifer Area Council. Information at coniferareacouncil.org
EPRD Kids 2K and 5K: 9 a.m. May 18 Participants choose 2K or 5K run in Elk Meadows. Parents can run with kids at no additional cost. Register at evergreenrecreation.com
Bivouac Co ee Colorado Authors book signing: 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., May 18, 1552 Bergen Pkwy, Evergreen. Featuring Ron Belak, Diane Lane Chambers, Je Danelek, Lynn Donovan, Karuna Eberl, Sydney Popovich, Martin J. Smith, James Schwartz and Linda Volin. Contact Diane at ellexapress@gmail.com, or Bivouac Co ee 720-588-8761.
Evergreen Audubon Nestbox Giveaway: 10 a.m. to noon, May 18, Evergreen Nature Center, 27640 Hwy 74, Evergreen. Learn the ins and outs of installing a nestbox and how to maintain it. Free nestbox to the rst 20 participants. A project of the Evergreen Audubon, Evergreen
Skatepark coalition creator Matt Buzas was also encouraged. e coalition sold merchandise and ra ed several items during its fundraiser, including skate decks that local artists had transformed into works of art.
“We’re on cloud nine,” he said. “It’s apparent that Evergreen wants a new skate park in this community.
“We had well over 200 people come through from all di erent backgrounds and ages who support more outdoor space in Evergreen to recreate and gather,” Buzas continued. “We were able to talk not only about the skate park, but all the other cool things coming to Buchanan in the future.”
The
Buzas, his wife Sandy and their two sons are a skateboarding family who launched the coalition to help guide the future of skateboarding
in Evergreen. Buzas estimates the new park could cost up to $750,000.
He said the existing small skate park behind the Wulf Recreation Center is out of the way, making skateboarders feel they are not an integral part of the community.
“We’ve been to over 90 di erent skate parks throughout the U.S.,” he said. “Having it in a centralized location, where moms are pushing strollers, older people are walking, where there’s Frisbee golf, live music, baseball all together as one, that seems smart and positive for the community. We see how cultures thrive at skate parks. We thought we were missing that in Evergreen. I’ve felt this calling to work my tail o to make it happen here.”
e skate park Buzas envisions will be available to more than just skateboarders.
“It won’t exclude any kind of wheeled user that likes to ride
around on that kind of terrain — scooters, BMX bikes, wheelchair motocross, in-line skating, quad skaters. I want a skate park geared toward all levels and all styles of skating, something that’s going to service the skate park desert between Golden and Silverthorne.”
Cohen said the Je co grant, paired with the fundraising e orts of groups like the skatepark coalition, will help EPRD gain even more funding.
“Grantors always want to see community support for projects, so local fundraising will be used as part of the match funding for large grant applications to make improvements at Buchanan Park,” she said. “We will use our recent Youth Partnership Program grant from Je erson County in the same way — to build on seed funding and leverage contributions for maximum impact.”
Nature Center, More info at evergeenaudubon.org.
WEDNESDAY
Seniors4Wellness Bingo & Games: 12:30-2:30 p.m., May 22, Bergen Park Church, 31919 Rocky Village Dr, Evergreen.
“ e Conversation,” virtual presentation from Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice: 7 p.m. May 22. Helping people share end-of-life wishes for care. Email FoothillsConversations@MtEvans. org for the link or more information.
Evergreen Fire/Rescue Wild re Forum: 6-8 p.m. May 22, Evergreen High School, 29300 Bu alo Park Road, Evergreen. evergreen rerescue.com.
UPCOMING
Mountain Club annual Memorial Day ea market: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., May 25 and 26, 12795 Hwy 285, Conifer.
Monthly Evergreen Nature Center Saturday Family Program: Starting May 25, 11am–12pm., 27640 Hwy 74, Evergreen. Visit the Nature Center on the last Saturday for a new program designed for the whole family. Monthly topics could include native wild owers and seed bombs, dissecting owl pellets, live animal encounters, and others. More info: evergreen audubon.org.
Evergreen Chamber Orchestra Series Finale Recital:3 p.m. Saturday, May 26th, St. Laurence Episcopal Church, 26812 Barkley Rd, Conifer. Information and tickets at evergreenchamberorch.org
Family Finders: Drop in to learn more about your family tree and get help building it from 12:30-2:30 p.m. Friday, May 31 at the Evergreen Library. Je co Libraries provide free access to Ancestry.com. Family Finders is held on the last Friday of each month by the Mountain Genealogists Society.
23rd annual Indian Market & Powwow: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 1 & 2, the grounds of e Fort restaurant, 19192 Hwy. 8, Morrison. Regular daily admission $15 for adults, $10 for children 7-12 and free for children 6 and under. Tickets available at the door.
Medlen School Days historical camp: June 6-8 and June 13-15. For elementary age children. Sponsored by the Evergreen Mountain Area Historical Society. Camp is located on South Turkey Creek Road. $40. Email MedlenSchoolDays@gmail. com for registration form. For information, call JoAnn Dunn at 303503-5978.
Evergreen Elks Lodge 2024 charity golf tournament: June 19, Hiwan Golf Club, 30671 Clubhouse Ln. Registration 6:30 am, tee time 8:00 am.
Evergreen Sustainability Alliance spring recycling: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. June 22, Evergreen Lutheran Church, 5980 Highway 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 $50. For more information, info@sustainevergreen. org.
e American Legion Evergreen Post 2001: Meets every fourth Tuesday at 7 p.m., Evergreen Church of the Trans guration, 27640 Highway 74, Evergreen. Serving all military veterans in the foothills communities. Email evergreenpost2001@ gmail.com
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 at 9 a.m. the fourth Saturday of the month January through April at the United Methodist Church of Ever-
green, 3757 Ponderosa Drive, Evergreen. 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 needs volunteers. Volunteers are needed for a couple hours. Call 720-536-0069 or email info@sustainevergreen.org for more information.
Evergreen Nature Center: e 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. Contact volunteer@bluesprucehabitat.org for information.
EChO needs volunteers: e Evergreen Christian Outreach ReSale Store and food pantry need volunteers. Proceeds from the EChO ReSale 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 an 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, 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@parkinsonrockies.org.
Mountain Foothills Rotary meetings: Mountain Foothills Rotary meets at 6 p.m. Wednesdays both in person at Mount Vernon Canyon Club, 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.
e 23rd annual Indian Market & Powwow is June 1 and 2 on the grounds of e Fort restaurant, 19192 Hwy. 8 in Morrison. e twoday event is a tribute to Indigenous people who helped shape the cultural community of Bent’s Old Fort, an international trading post operating along the famous Santa Fe Trail that operated from 1833 until 1849.
e event is sponsored by the Tesoro Cultural Center, which aims to preserve and celebrate Colorado’s cultural heritage community and educational events.
roughout the weekend, members of Indian nations will share their culture through art, celebrations, dance performances and drum groups, including a contest powwow. e event will also fea-
ture demonstrations by Nature’s Educators, and exhibits from Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Remembering the Brave and History Colorado.
e festivities kick o at 6 p.m. May 31, with a patron party, during which guests can purchase and preview American Indian art, meet the artists and enjoy culture, food and music.
Each year, Tesoro’s Indian Market & Powwow honors an American Indian veteran with a ceremony thanking them for their service. is year’s honoree is Adriana Almodovar, a member of the Oglala Lakota and Santee tribes. She enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2011 as an armorer and served eight years in the Marine Corps Reserve. She was promoted to sta sergeant in 2019 and later stationed in Germany. Following her military service, Adriana worked for the Colorado Department of Corrections and Denver Sheri ’s Department. She joined the ornton Police Department in 2015 and was recently promoted to patrol sergeant.
e event is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
both days. Tickets are available for purchase at the door each day or at Eventbrite; search for 23 Indian Market & Powwow. ey are $15 for adults, $10 for children 7-12
and free for children 6 and under. A limited number of free tickets are available for Je erson County residents on a rst-come, rst-serve ba-
BY JO DAVIS
Month. e Colorado Department of Human Services commemorated the month by honoring ve foster families. e families honored were Desmond and Emelia Boateng from Peyton, Jennifer and Stacy Gardiner from Deacon, Chad Harbertson and Kayunte Berry from Lakewood, Josh Skaggs from Colorado Springs and Ahna and Andres Raygoza from Wiggins. e families came together for a luncheon on Saturday, May 4, at the Denver Museum of Nature
are an inspiration for others to consider what they can do right now to make a di erence for kids and families.” e luncheon was also to bring more attention to foster care, to CDHS. e state is always looking to
real stories, we hope to inspire more Coloradans to support children and youth who need a temporary safe place to heal while their parents or caregivers work on building skills to help their children thrive.”
According to the CDHS, being a
foster parent isn’t exclusive to married, middle-aged couples. In Colo-
• Single, married, or in a commit-
• All sexual orientations, gender
• An experienced parent or a rsttime parent
• Older or young (minimum 21 years old)
e only way to know if you qualify is to contact the CDHS o ce near you for more information. Visit CO4Kids.org.
Multiple spots are still available for the fall.
Educators spoke on the benefits of early schooling
BY CHRIS KOEBERLCarlson Elementary in Idaho Springs has opened enrollment for parents of Pre-K students in its new Building 103 location.
Interim Superintendent Mike Gass invited the Courant on a tour of Building 103, which will become the new location of Carlson Elementary and its preschool, and discussed current preschool enrollment.
“ e more advantages we can give our kids locally, the better our kids will do globally,” he said. “What that means is we want our kids to
come to kindergarten school ready. at means they have some requisite skills — literacy, math, maybe they’re starting some letter formation with their handwriting. All those things are really important as we work to get kids ready.”
Building 103 in Idaho Springs is still in the construction phase, but Gass said he’s con dent it will be ready when school starts again this August.
e bus barn facility is nearly complete and Gass called it “state of the art.” Separate entrances and playgrounds for preschool and grade school students are underway as well as roo ng work on the building. In fact, dozens of construction workers in hardhats and bright yellow vests worked on electric wiring, plumbing, carpet and tile during the tour.
e enrollment process requires
three steps, according to Carlson’s Preschool coordinator Heidi Lupinacci.
Step one is registration, which can be done online at: https://www.ccsdre1.org/studentregistration.
Step two: if the child is age 4 on or before Oct. 1, 2024 parents should complete their universal pre-school application at upk.colorado.gov in order to be matched with the program. By registering, parents also receive two free days of preschool, according to Lupinacci.
ird, parents will receive an email to complete the “family registration packet.” Parents have until early August to get the required paperwork, copy of the child’s birth certi cate, immunization record and $150 registration fee, Lupinacci said.
e preschool experience, Lupinacci said, prepares the child for kindergarten and the years ahead.
“ ey have a higher level of readiness for kindergarten when they get there… preschool focuses on a lot of play-based structures, engaging activities, social engagements, all the best things about learning how to
be a best friend, and a community member and building those social, emotional skills too,” Lupinacci said.
Preschool eligibility starts at age 3 and at approximately age 5, children can enter kindergarten, according to district guidelines.
Tuition for this year’s preschool depends on parents’ choice of two or
four-day weeks for children. A fourday week will cost approximately $800 a month, the two would behalf that, according to Gass.
Erica Black and her 5-year-old, Charlie Santanielo, were signing up for kindergarten during the Courant’s to Carlson.
“I’ve had great experiences with all of the teachers they’re always willing to help. If you have a question, you can always nd somebody, and if they don’t know the answer, they will nd somebody that does,” Black said.
e end goal, Lupinacci said, is to be ready in August to welcome all students as she talked about the advantages of preschool for students and parents as she views them.
“ eir brains and bodies have practiced a lot of the consistent things in pre-school so when they go to kindergarten not everything is brand new, they’ve already done a lot of it,” Lupinacci said.
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e sta of Colorado Community Media’s two dozen newspapers received 10 awards, including three rst-place honors, at the esteemed Top of the Rockies Excellence in Journalism competition over the weekend.
is year’s contest, hosted by the Colorado chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, attracted a record number of participants, with more than 80 news media outlets and 30 freelancers from Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico submitting their work. Judged by the
Los Angeles Press Club, the competition was erce, with more than 1,900 entries vying for recognition. Colorado Community media competed in the large newsroom category. e newsroom’s “Long Way Home” series, an extensive, 14-story deep dive into the escalating crisis of housing a ordability and availability, won rst place in the General Reporting, Series or Package category. e story identi ed the barriers many younger Coloradans and people of color face in their struggles for home ownership and explored potential solutions. e stories, produced by reporters across the newsroom, ran in newspapers — from the Arvada Press to the Parker Chronicle — across the metro area. e project was led by Editor in Chief Michael de Yoanna with West Metro Editor
Evergreen High School baseball celebrated its Senior Day on May 4 at Cougar Field. e Cougars lost to Alameda 8-7, but it was still a strong year for Evergreen. e team then tied with Standley Lake on May 7 and beat Pomona 11-0 on May 9 to nish 12-9-1 overall and 6-2-1 in the Class 4A Je co League.
Also, two seniors celebrated their college signings to continue their baseball careers at the next level.
“I’m thankful for having worked with a collection of outstanding seniors: Jack Teska, eo Beckley, Ryan Cook, Mason Shook, Jonah Denny-Mayo and Vinny Ciaccio,” said Head Coach John Krane. “ ey’ve done a great job as players, leaders and mentors. ese are people I look forward to seeing every day. I’ll miss them. One of the joys of coaching is following the progress of former players as they move forward. ese young men will be successful wherever their paths lead.”
eo Beckley is taking his pitching talents to the University of Rochester in New York while Ryan Cook will be pitching for the Rams of Angelo State University in Texas.
Evergreen started 1-4 to begin the season after taking on some strong competition early, but as league play settled in, the Cougars quickly ascended to the top of the Je co list. e Cougars’ 6-2-1 nish was third in the league.
“Evergreen baseball has always been a good program, and I want to take it to the next level,” Krane said early in the season. “I just want to help baseball in this community.”
Krane is o to a strong start at the helm. Congrats to the seniors and signees for Evergreen.
Kristen Fiore, North Metro Editor Scott Taylor, Digital Editor Deborah Grigsby and former South Metro Editor elma Grimes, the assistance of editors Scott Gilbert and Christy Steadman, and initial contributions from former chief editor Lisa Schlichtman.
Judges wrote: “Tremendous e ort by the sta of Colorado Community Media to tell the story of housing — the facts, gures and people a ected by metro Denver’s housing issues.”
Reporters Nina Joss and McKenna Harford won rst place in the Politics, Feature category for “Shades of Red” in the Douglas County NewsPress, looking at divergent views among south metro area Republicans regarding how to present a unied front to voters.
“In this timely, unbiased, and indepth analysis, journalists Nina Joss and McKenna Harford show great skill at explaining complex political issues in a way that is accessible and engaging to their audience. e result is a clearly written, logically structured, and highly entertaining piece of work,” the judges remarked.
News sta ers Fiore, Corinne Westeman, Grigsby, Steadman, Rylee Dunn and Steve Smith were honored with a rst place in Social Justice Reporting in “For the record: Examining how the Golden Transcript contributed to systemic racism.” e story, which Westeman took the lead role in writing, reconciled with a racially biased chapter of the Transcript’s presentation of news in the late 1960s and early 1970s surrounding the Black Panther Party. Also named on the award are Jameka Lewis, senior librarian at the Denver Public Library’s Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library, and
a freelance researcher on the story, Greg Moore, contributing as an editor, and Allan Tellis, contributing as a doctoral student of political science at the University of ColoradoBoulder/freelance researcher.
“A hard-hitting reminder of a dark past, and the fact that there is still a long way to go,” judges wrote.
Westeman also took home a second-place award in the Sports, News category for “Role Players: Orediggers work behind the scenes to elevate football team’s performance.”
Dunn, at the Arvada Press, received a second-place honor for Obit Reporting for “Remembering Moses Walker, a musician and friend beyond compare.” Joss, at the Littleton Independent, took third place in the Obit Reporting category for “Je Gaylord’s death shines light on life of strength and sel essness.”
Also receiving third-place honors:
• Steadman, editor of the Washington Park Pro le and Life on Capitol
Hill, for “Parkinson’s slows life down but doesn’t stop a family’s love” (Column, Personal)
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e University of Denver’s push for national name recognition in sports has proven wildly successful, with another hockey championship in 2024 and top programs in lacrosse, soccer and gymnastics. Now the southeastern Denver anchor is doubling down on becoming a green energy leader for its peers.
DU, with partner Pivot Energy, plans to build enough new solar panels on campus and at dedicated solar farms in surrounding counties to completely o set university electricity use within about three years.
e push to install 23 megawatts of panels dedicated to DU’s energy use is a key part of the institution’s commitment to become net zero in carbon emissions by 2030, said Lynn Bailey, director of energy and sustainability for the southeastern Denver campus.
Next up on the green energy list: cutting way back on natural gas
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.
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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
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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
used to heat DU’s buildings and hot water.
DU started its solar era in 2019, working with Pivot to install 2.2 MW of panels on 18 campus buildings. In the next phase, Pivot will add 1.2 MW more on campus, with a new array on the expansive rooftops of the Ritchie Center sports complex. (Home of the hockey Pioneers, who last month won their 10th national championship and second in three years, accumulating more trophies than storied schools from Minnesota, Michigan and Massachusetts.)
Pivot will build the other 22.2 MW for DU at dedicated sites in Larimer, Adams, Mesa and Weld counties, over the next two to three years, Bailey said. In most cases, DU will be taking 100% of the power from those far- ung solar arrays, providing Pivot certainty and simplicity among its energy customers.
e solar expansion alone will wipe out half of DU’s remaining carbon footprint as it seeks other projects to meet the 2030 net zero carbon goal.
“We’ve always been trying to g-
ure out other ways to work with DU because we knew they had ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals,” said Pivot vice president of strategic partnerships Mat Elmore. “It’s been a great match so far.”
Pivot says an added motivation for DU and other institutions who are landlords of large square footage are the Denver and statewide building emissions reductions mandated in recent rule changes. Colorado’s rules seeking greenhouse gas reductions from big buildings require commercial buildings larger than 50,000 square feet to cut building-related emissions by 20% in 2030.
ose rules are now subject to an injunction-seeking lawsuit led by major landlords like apartment associations, but remain in e ect for now and may survive the legal challenge.
Colorado law allows DU to get net metering credit for solar power it creates, even when at o site locations like Pivot’s community solar sites, Elmore said.
“ at program is really made for,
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)
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!
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Historic Morrison Church 111 Market Street, Morrison Non-Denominational- Bible Based Community Church
Featuring Old Time Hymn Singing Live Monthly Bluegrass-Gospel And Cowboy Church 2 Times A Year
Pastors: Kevin Turner And Charles Cummings Sunday Church Services 9:30-11 Am
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!
in my opinion, large campuses or large energy users that just can’t install enough on-site generating capacity to meet their needs” but who have ambitious climate change targets, he said.
Pivot has developed 79 Colorado solar projects producing up to 70.8MW of electricity, with 124 more in the pipeline that would bring on 530MW. Nationally, the company has developed 179MW and has 2,714MW in the pipeline. A megawatt can serve 400 to 1,000 households, depending on the size of the home or apartment and how many appliances are electric. e number of o -site, net-metered megawatts allowed to come online in a given year is limited, according to Pivot, which says it is the largest solar developer in Colorado.
“Bottom line is we have far more demand than supply for this particular program,” Elmore said. 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.
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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BOWDITCH & CASSELL PUBLIC AFFAIRSHS-Miscellaneous Contract Services 3,000.00
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Emily Scott HS-Mileage 162.07
EQUIFAX HS-Contract Services 31.10
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GRACE MOUNTAIN LLC
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LEANNE M BOYCE HS-Mileage 12.33
LIBBY H DONOHUE HS-Mileage 122.21
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Lindsey Jones
Lizbeth Flores-Prado
MATTHEW BOWMAN
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159.06
Ariana Neverdahl, Town Clerk
Public Notice
TOWN OF MORRISON, COLORADO BOARD OF TRUSTEES
ORDINANCE NO. 545
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 6-5-3 OF THE MORRISON MUNICIPAL CODE BY CHANGING THE STANDARD OF ISSUING CITATIONS FOR SPEEDING LESS THAN TEN MILES PER HOUR FROM SHALL TO MAY
The foregoing Ordinance was, on the 7th day of May, 2024, ordered to be published by title only and penalty provision, if any, and to be posted in full within the Town and on the Town’s website by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Morrison, Colorado. This Ordinance shall take effect May 24, 2024.
The full text of this of this Ordinance is available in electronic form on the Town’s website, www. town.morrison.co.us; copies of this Ordinance are also available in printed form from the Office of the Town Clerk at 321 Colorado Highway 8, Morrison, Colorado 80465.
Legal Notice No. CAN 1565
First Publication: May 16, 2024
Last Publication: May 16, 2024
Publisher: Canyon Courier
TOWN OF MORRISON, COLORADO BOARD OF TRUSTEES ORDINANCE NO. 544
AN ORDINANCE REFERRING TO VOTERS CHARTER AMENDMENTS, COORDINATING A GENERAL ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 5, 2024, WITH JEFFERSON COUNTY, AND ORDERING PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF THE PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENTS
The foregoing Ordinance was, on the 7th day of May, 2024, ordered to be published by title only and penalty provision, if any, and to be posted in full within the Town and on the Town’s website by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Morrison, Colorado. The Ordinance shall take effect and become enforceable only upon the approval by the registered electors of the Town at the November 5, 2024 regular Town election.
The full text of this of this Ordinance is available in electronic form on the Town’s website, www. town.morrison.co.us; copies of this Ordinance are also available in printed form from the Office of the Town Clerk at 321 Colorado Highway 8, Morrison, Colorado 80465.
Ariana Neverdahl, Town Clerk
Legal Notice No. CAN 1564
First Publication: May 16, 2024
Last Publication: May 16, 2024
Publisher: Canyon Courier
Public Notice
NOTICE OF VACANCY ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF DAKOTA RIDGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the Dakota Ridge Metropolitan District of Jefferson County, Colorado.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-808, C.R.S., that a vacancy currently exists on the board of directors of the Dakota Ridge Metropolitan District (“District”). Any qualified, eligible elector of the District interested in filling such vacancy and serving on the board of directors should file a Letter of Interest with the board of directors of the District on or before the close of business on May 27, 2024, via Zoom videoconference.
Forms of Letters of Interest are available and can be obtained from the Dakota Ridge Metropolitan
District, c/o Alexandria “Zander” Myers at McGeady Becher P.C., 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 592 4380.
DAKOTA RIDGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
By:/s/ Paula J. Williams, Secretary
Legal Notice No. CAN 1563
First Publication: May 16, 2024
Last Publication: May 16, 2024
Publisher: Canyon Courier
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 4th day of June 2024 final settlement will be made by the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado to:
INLINER SOLUTIONS INC. PO BOX 931303 ATLANTA GA. 31193
hereinafter called the “Contractor”, for and on account of the contract for the Spread Eagle Mountain / Crestone Mountain Storm Sewer Lining project in Jefferson County, CO.
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 for 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 1557 First
