Members of the Beth Evergreen synagogue all speak of it in similar tones: With a mix of joy and reverence, and a touch of seeming awe that they have found and become part of such a place.
“ is is special,” said board member Mike Schneider. “It’s the vibe, the warmth and friendliness, the musical Shabbats.”
“For me, there’s a freedom in the spiritual connection,” said Beth Evergreen’s director of operations Sarah Hess. “I feel like I can go directly to my relationship with God here in a way I’ve been searching for my whole life.”
“I like the service, I love the rabbi, I love the whole thing,” said Joanne Greenberg, one of Beth Evergreen’s Beth
An American flag strung between two fire trucks flies over the crowd at the start of Red Rocks’ 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb.
PHOTO BY JANE REUTER
Red Rocks’ 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb draws estimated 2,500 attendees
Participants honor firefighters and other Sept. 11 victims with nine laps around amphitheatre
BY JANE REUTER
An estimated 2,500 people — many re ghters in full gear, some seniors climbing slowly but steadily, a few babes in arms and a handful teens vaulting easily up the stone steps — paid tribute on Sept. 11 by participating in the Colorado 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at Red Rocks.
e event honors the 343 re ghters and nearly 3,000 people who died in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, which included two planes crashing into
the World Trade Center towers. It also honors the 362 re ghters who’ve died since from illnesses related to the terrorist attacks.
Participants did nine laps up and down the Red Rock Amphitheatre stairs, the equivalent of the 110 stories of the World Trade Center.
e event began with the replaying of a 9/11 New York City radio broadcast, during which callers witnessing planes hitting the towers called in to share their observations and express horri ed disbelief.
Event coordinator Shawn Duncan, noting the divisiveness that accompanies national elections, urged participants to remember that day and the days that followed.
“ ink about how united our country was,” he said. “All we cared about was being there for one another. As we climb these stairs today, remember that feeling. Carry it with you.
Let’s get back to caring for one another and let’s be united again.”
A veteran rang the Honor Bell, the Colorado Emerald Society bagpipe band played “Amazing Grace,” and a singer sang the national anthem — all under a massive American ag hung between two re trucks. ousands of people then walked up the south ramp to the amphitheatre and began making their laps.
Among them were 45 students and four teachers from Evergreen Country Day School.
Teacher Allison Musser said the school does a lot of work in the community around it and talked about Sept. 11 before coming to the event.
“ is has been great for them,” she said. “Having these kids see these teams of re ghters doing the climb in all their gear, seeing the sacri ces people are still willing to make for others, is good for them. ese kids
weren’t even on the planet then; they don’t know life pre-9/11. is is one way to teach them about it.”
“It was amazing; I love doing things like this,” said Lena Humphrey, 13.
“It was a really good experience … in memory of all these amazing people.”
In its 15th year, the Red Rocks event drew participants from 24 states, the Virgin Islands and the United Kingdom.
Last year’s event raised $116,000 through donations.
e Red Rocks climb is one of 50 9/11 memorial stair climbs, including the original event which began in Denver in 2005. e Morrison event is the largest and most well-attended in the country, according to the event’s website.
e climbs bene t the FDNY Counseling Services Unit and the programs provided by the National Fallen Fireghters Foundation.
Some of the estimated 2,500 participants complete another lap at the Red Rocks 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb.
Two firefighters hold hands as they approach the staging area for the Red Rock’s 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb.
Firefighters in full gear make a lap around Red Rocks Amphitheater during the Sept. 11 memorial stair climb. PHOTOS BY JANE REUTER
Conifer’s Inter-Canyon firefighters start up the south ramp at Red Rocks to begin the 9-lap memorial stair climb.
Inspecting and Dealing With Inspection Issues Is Crucial to the Buying Process
Sellers and their listing brokers are required by law to disclose all known defects to prospective buyers, and buyers should get and study the Seller’s Property Disclosure and share it with their inspector prior to conducting a professional inspection of the home they are buying. This form is to be completed “to the seller’s current actual knowledge,” but shouldn’t be counted on.
contract, so my buyer can see whether it’s worth the expense of a professional measurement, which can cost several hundred dollars. (I also place this device in the basements of homes I list, to give the seller a heads-up on whether to expect radon mitigation as an inspection demand.)
As a buyer, you absolutely must hire a professional inspector who will perform an overall inspection of every system and appliance within the house. Your inspector will ask if you want to do a radon test or a sewer scope, both of which cost extra. Say “yes” to both those services.
Sewer scopes only cost $100200 and are money well spent, because if they reveal a problem requiring excavation, that could cost thousands of dollars.
Schedule the inspection early, because your inspector may recommend additional inspections by an electrician, a plumber, a structural engineer, a roofer or other specialist based on what he saw.
pre-listing inspection of your home, but I don’t recommend that. You need to disclose all defects you know about, and any listing agent worth his salt (and his license to practice real estate) won’t work with you if you aren’t completely honest and forthcoming about every known defect in your home. Don’t hire an inspector to do the job of a buyer’s inspector. Let your buyer alert you to defects you aren’t yet aware of.
(Note: If your buyer terminates after sending you their inspection report, you now know about those additional defects, and you’ll have to revise your seller’s property disclosure accordingly.)
contract. For example, your furnace may be at the end of its expected lifespan, but don’t replace it. Disclose its age in the SPD, of course, and expect that the buyer will ask for it to be replaced, but keep that as a bargaining chip if the buyer submits a long list of inspection demands. Then agree to replace it, and, because it’s a big ticket item, you may be able to deny any number of lesser fixes demanded by your buyer.
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Radon is a naturally occurring gas produced from the decay of uranium, and has been reported to cause more lung cancers than cigarette smoking. If the testing shows a level above the EPA’s action level of 4.0 picocuries per liter of air, you will want to include mitigation of radon among your inspection demands.
At Golden Real Estate, we purchased a $199 handheld device, available at Ace Hardware, which quickly provides an approximation of the level of radon gas but should not be confused with a professional measurement done by your inspector. However, I like to put it in the home’s basement right after going under
Keep in mind that money spent on all such inspections is money well spent, because you can reasonably demand that the seller fix serious issues that your inspectors uncover.
Your broker should be able to recommend an inspector that he or she trusts. Even if your broker is new and hasn’t had significant experience with inspectors for other buyers, his or her managing broker will be able to make a good recommendation. With over two decades of representing buyers under my belt, you can be sure that I have sound, professional inspectors to recommend, and so do my broker associates.
If you’re a seller, you’ve probably heard recommendations that you do a
Lastly, keep in mind that you don’t want to fix known defects that won’t keep a buyer from wanting to submit a
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Beth Evergreen celebrated its 50th year in early September.
e synagogue is strong and vibrant, say both its members and its 19-year Rabbi Benjamin “Jamie” Arnold. at’s due in part to challenges in the global Jewish community that have bonded the local congregation more tightly, but also to more elusive qualities unique to the Colorado foothills site.
Beth Evergreen is the only synagogue between Morrison and Vail, and consequently draws a wide variety of people. While Jewish people in Denver may be able to choose among synagogues with unique ideologies, Beth Evergreen’s congregants include a mix of conservative, reform and interfaith families.
“We’re sort of a one-shul town,” Ar-
nold said. “So we may have a larger diversity of political and religious ways of thinking, and be more spiritually than ideologically driven.
“Here, people are not just coming because of their belief system, but simply to be connected to Jewish culture and community.”
It’s what the synagogue’s founders had in mind.
Congregation Beth Evergreen launched in 1974 after New York transplant Bernie Goldman put a small article in the Canyon Courier, seeking other area Jews with which to celebrate the high holidays. But in those early days, foothills area Jews weren’t sure they’d have enough support for a building.
“ ere was a sense among the founders was that if you came to live in Evergreen and you were Jewish, you did so to get away from organized religion,” Arnold said. “ ere was a question if there would be an interest in a synagogue.”
Greenberg, now 91, said the early days were rough and often uncertain.
“We started out with no rabbi, no building and none of us knew what the hell we were doing,” said Greenburg, 91. “We had some moments where we thought we were done.”
independence alive, of setting aside some of the trappings of organized religion and being a laboratory for spiritual expression and connection that draws on the best of the past and traditional practice while actively being engaged in evolving the next generation of Jewish community,” he said.
e Rochester, New York native fell in love with Colorado on a high school ski trip and vowed then to someday live there. at dream came true in 2005, when he became Beth Evergreen’s rst full-time rabbi. At the time, the synagogue had about 100 families and had just nished its sanctuary overlooking Elk Meadow. Arnold was drawn to all those elements, but sold on the people on Beth Evergreen’s search committee. One of his earliest meetings with some of them took place on a Loveland ski lift.
Helping continue and further rene Beth Evergreen’s unique culture drew Arnold to the synagogue, and what’s kept him there for nearly two decades.
“Part of the joy for me of serving the community has been trying to keep that spirt of innovation and
“It was just the openness to innovation and creativity, the connection to the land and nature,” he said. “ ey described themselves as a congregation united more by geography than ideology at the time. at’s probably not as much the case now, but that appealed to me.”
Rabbi Arnold leads the congregation during a Sept. 7 Torah service as part of Beth Evergreen’s 50th Jubilee celebration.
PHOTO BY JANE REUTER
Evergreen hosts ‘phenomenal’ Big Chili Cook-o
CHILI WINNERS
Judges’ Choice
Red: Cole Franklin
Green: Himmelman Construction
Vegetarian: Elk Creek Fire
Restaurant: Cactus Jack’s
BY JANE REUTER JREUTER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
More than 3,000 people gathered Sept. 7 for what organizers say was one of the best Big Chili Cook-o s ever. e event at Evergreen’s Buchanan Park supports seven local re departments.
“It almost makes the hair stand up on my arms because it was so successful,” said event coordinator Lora Knowlton, who described the event as “phenomenal.” “ e board is over the moon on everything. We don’t know for sure, but we would be con dent in saying it was a recordbreaker attendance year.”
Knowlton said the recipe for the stand-out day included perfect weather, 71 chilis, 150 volunteers, 20 artists, three bands and the thousands of attendees.
Best fire department chili: Charles
Pope, Evergreen Fire Rescue
Peoples’ Choice
Red: Evergreen Metropolitan District
Green: Marshdale Burger Company
Veggie: Indian Hills Fire Rescue
Showmanship: Brian Himmelman
(Himmelman State Farm)
She attributes part of the day’s success to the community’s gratitude for re ghters’ response to the recent Quarry Fire, which started in Conifer-based Inter-Canyon Fire’s district and involved the e orts of multiple foothills re agencies.
“I think that’s part of the equation,” Knowlton said. “Most recently the Quarry Fire, but even re out of state play into that. Big Chili is just a simple way for people to support and thank their local re ghters.”
Fire ghters said they were overwhelmed by the turnout.
“ e support of the community is amazing, and humbling, with their praise and gratitude for volunteering,” said Stacee Martin, assistant chief for Evergreen Fire/Rescue. e day started fast and didn’t slow down. By 10:30 a.m., the Buchanan Park parking lots were full,
Everly Malisani has some fun with Big Chili Cook-o mascot Sparky (aka Steve Garran of Foothills Fire).
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with cars lining the shoulders of Highway 74. Shuttles transported people from over ow lots at Evergreen Middle School and the former Bergen Meadow Elementary.
People gathered around booths scattered throughout the park to sample red, green and vegetarian chilis made by businesses, individuals and re ghters.
Many of the chilis were days in the making.
“We started prep work two days ago and started here at 6:10 a.m.,” said Platte Canyon Fire Captain Devin Macdonald, who red the pork loin for their chili on red oak on a Santa Maria Grill.
North Fork Fire board president Steve Brown credited his mother for their chili.
“It’s my mom’s recipe from my childhood,” he said. “It’s got her secret ingredient, which is a little bit of sugar. People love it.”
Two booths down, Evergreen Fire Lt. Derek Hinshaw, said the key to his vegetarian chili was the opposite.
“It’s all natural — no sugars. Just veggies and spices,” he said.
Evergreen resident Tom Landon came ready for his day of chili sampling. His wife Lesley strung pretzels and connected a spoon to a ribbon that Landon wore around his neck for easy tasting.
“We’ve been coming here since day one, back when it started,” he said. “We love it.”
e day’s highlights also included the annual re ghter challenge, a timed event in which re ghters maneuver an obstacle course in full gear. Saturday’s hot temperatures added to the challenge for re ghters wearing heavy bunker gear, helmets, oxygen tanks and masks. Each must also drag a charged hose, and the 185-pound Rescue Randy mannequin.
Indian Hills re ghter Ben Capithorn won this year’s men’s challenge, edging out Platte Canyon re ghter Clint Sayler. e two men have taken turns winning the event since 2021.
Elk Creek Fire’s Kelsey McCauley took rst place in the women’s division.
e Big Chili Cook-o supports seven Conifer/Evergreen re agencies. Checks will be presented to the agencies in early November.
Kris Hudson serves chili during the Sept. 7 Big Chili Cook-o in Evergreen.
North Fork Fire’s Walter Huber cuts through a plywood barrier during the firefighter challenge at the Big Chili Cook-o .
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Teen boy shot by Colorado town council member after looking for a homecoming photo spot on private property
BY JENNIFER BROWN
THE COLORADO SUN
A town councilman who shot a 17-year-old boy in the face as the teen was scouting for a scenic spot to take homecoming photos exclaimed “My gun went o !” after he stepped out of his truck and pulled a handgun from its holster, according to court records.
Brent Metz, 38, who is on the council for the tiny town of Mountain View, pointed his gun at the two teenagers but might not have intended to pull the trigger, according to an arrest a davit written by a Je erson County sheri ’s deputy. e teenager, who had wounds to his mouth and nose and was bleeding profusely, told the deputy that he didn’t think Metz meant to shoot him. e boy said he didn’t see the gun, but heard the shot and then re-
alized he was bleeding. “I was going to die,” said the teen, who remains hospitalized after the Sept. 10 shooting in Conifer.
e teen’s friend, who was in the passenger seat of the victim’s Audi S4, saw Metz pull his gun from its holster and point it at them. He ducked down. en he heard the windshield shatter and heard Metz say, “Oh shit, my gun went o !” e friend then jumped out of the car, ran to the driver’s side and pulled o his T-shirt so he could use it to apply pressure and try to stop the bleeding. Metz, the boy said, tried to help but the boy pushed him away and asked “why he shot his friend,” according to the a davit.
One of the teens picked up the other at Dakota Ridge High School in Littleton on Tuesday afternoon. e long-time friends left school with a mission to nd a picturesque site
for homecoming photos, beginning in Ken Caryl Valley and then going up Deer Creek Canyon. When they spotted the home on Pleasant Park Road with a lake and a dock, they decided to hop the fence and ask the homeowner for permission to return the night of the homecoming dance to take photos.
e boys walked up a long driveway and knocked on the front door, but there was no answer, according to the a davit. ey told deputies they then went back to their car, which was parked along the road, and pulled out a school binder to start writing a note that they planned to leave for the homeowner.
at’s when Metz arrived in his truck. He pulled in at an angle, blocking the Audi from pulling away, according to the court document.
Metz’s girlfriend had seen the two teens on the property via a home se-
curity system and had called the Jefferson County Sheri ’s O ce. She also called Metz, who beat deputies to the property.
Metz was arrested and booked into the Je erson County Jail on charges of rst-degree assault, felony menacing, illegal discharge of a rearm and reckless endangerment.
While standing with the teens, Metz refused to say whether he had shot the teen and instead said he needed to talk to a lawyer. But Metz told the deputy where to nd the gun, which was in his truck, according to the court document.
An initial scan at the hospital revealed the teen had a bullet fragment in his head, the a davit 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.
BETH EVERGREEN
In the three years after his arrival, Beth Evergreen’s congregation almost doubled in size. It has hovered at around 200 families since then. In the past year, almost 40 new households have joined, which Arnold attributes in large part to the IsraelHamas war and a post-pandemic desire for community.
“I think Oct. 7 and the ongoing war in Israel really was a trigger point for a lot of Jewish families and individuals,” he said, referring to the 2023 Hamas terrorist attack.
“You don’t realize how important something is until it has the threat of going away. We certainly also have some individuals who’ve felt the rise in anti-Semitism that has been occurring.”
While those tragedies have bonded the congregation more tightly, they’ve also required Beth Evergreen to invest in heightened security measures.
“We spent tens of thousands of dollars this year on providing armed, professional security at every gathering that has more than 10
people,” Arnold said. “ at’s been a substantial budgetary shift. at was not something we ever had to worry about before.”
Security and global issues aside, Arnold’s primary focus is on creating joyful, meaningful ways for his congregants to gather. Unlike many Christian churches, Jewish congregants are not obligated to attend weekly sabbath services. A synagogue is viewed more as a gathering place, and at Beth Evergreen, people gather in havurah — small groups sharing communal experiences.
“We have a huge array of ways people can gather intentionally,” Arnold said. “We have a hiking havurah, a biking havurah. We have a needlework group that draws members drawing from local community, and a mahjong group.”
Every third Friday, Beth Evergreen hosts a musical service in its outdoor amphitheater, adapting liturgy to popular music. It recently hosted a John Denver musical service, as well as a Grateful Dead and Billy Joel shabbat. e synagogue has an in-house band that produces “some pretty robust music,” Arnold said.
The amphitheater behind Beth Evergreen was decorated with flowers for its 50th anniversary celebration.
PHOTO BY JANE REUTER
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BETH EVERGREEN
“It can be hopefully engaging and meaningful for a diverse group, whether you’re someone who prays or celebrates shabbat or just one who enjoys good music and likes to be with people,” he said. “I’m just looking for new ways around which people can meaningfully gather.” e amphitheater was built during the pandemic to help continue services and has since been used by the larger Evergreen community for theater productions, weddings and other events. It served its original purpose well; in contrast to many other synagogues, Beth Evergreen saw only a small drop in its membership during the pandemic.
Arnold regularly reaches out to other congregations, both in the Jewish community and beyond.
During the pandemic, he helped coordinate a Rosh Hashana celebration with four other congregations at Lair of the Bear park. In 2023, Beth Evergreen hosted a songwriting workshop for those specializing in Reconstructionist Judaism, which drew musicians from across
the country.
Beth Evergreen also hosts a weekly musar, a Jewish spiritual practice that o ers instructions on living a meaningful and ethical life. It includes attendees from local Episcopal, Methodist and other churches who study speci c character traits.
Before Arnold’s 2005 arrival, Beth Evergreen formed an interfaith clergy group that continues to meet. at group helped create a 2008 affordable housing initiative that eventually led to the creation of the Evergreen Christian Church (Echo) overnight shelter.
“I think in general we have had an outsized impact on both the Evergreen community, not just the Jewish community,” Arnold said.
Arnold still loves skiing, and does so regularly. It dovetails with his love for his mountain community, which he intends to call home for a long time to come.
“It’s becoming more and more rare for clergy to be in a place as long as I have, but as long as the congregation and the rabbi are content, we can stay in one place for as long as we like,” Arnold said.
“I have what we call an Evergreen contract,” he added with a grin. “I plan to stay here until retirement.”
Joanne Greenberg, one of Beth Evergreen’s founders, talks about what she loves about the Evergreen synagogue.
PHOTO BY JANE REUTER
Je erson County is facing an important decision this November. With our population growing and the costs to maintain essential services rising, the county’s nancial situation has reached a critical point. Voters will be asked to approve Ballot Measure 1A, which would allow Je erson County to keep and spend the revenue it already collects, without increasing taxes or the mill levy.
To be clear: this is NOT a tax increase. Measure 1A asks voters if Jefferson County should be authorized to collect, retain, and spend the full amount of revenues from existing sources beginning in Fiscal Year 2024. e funds will be directed to two key areas that impact everyone in our community.
VOICES
Je erson County’s future depends on Measure 1A
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1. Transportation and Infrastructure: is includes repairing roads, lling potholes, and maintaining bridges.
2. Public Safety: Funds will be used for crime prevention, wild re and ood mitigation and vital mental health services.
While the measure doesn’t increase your taxes, it does change how the county manages its revenue. Je erson County is one of only two counties in Colorado that refunds a portion of excess revenue to taxpayers each year. at means a small refund check sent out annually. e average refund check over the last few years totals $22. Measure 1A would allow the county to retain these funds and invest them in essential services like transportation and public safety instead.
It’s also important to note that Measure 1A does not impact your state refund check. is change would only a ect the county refund. With Je erson County facing serious nancial shortfalls, your refund check could go much further as $30.5 million total (the projected value of total refunds for scal year 2024) if reinvested into critical services that improve the quality of life for everyone in our community.
By passing Measure 1A, the county would be authorized to collect full revenues in perpetuity, just as 62 of
Republicans support TABOR
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Colorado’s 64 counties already do. is would ensure state grants for critical areas such as wildre mitigation, road improvements, and crime prevention no longer count against the county’s revenue cap. Additionally, the measure includes annual audits to guarantee that funds are spent responsibly and solely on the designated priorities of transportation and public safety. is ensures accountability and transparency for taxpayers.
e stakes are high. If the measure fails, Je erson County is poised to make $15-20 million in budget cuts next year. is won’t be the rst time the county has faced such cuts. In 2020, Je erson County was forced to cut $16.1 million from its budget, and in 2021, another $8.7 million was slashed. ese cuts have left the county further behind in maintaining critical services, including a $500 million backlog in transportation projects. Federal funding during the pandemic temporarily kept additional budget cuts at bay, but those dollars are no longer available.
Many might ask: “Why is Je erson County cutting its budget when property taxes are increasing?” It’s a fair question. As property values rise, so do the taxes homeowners pay. But under state law, Je erson County is limited in how much it can collect and spend, no matter how much more comes in. Any amount collected over the revenue cap is returned to taxpayers in the form of refund checks. is means the county is unable to fully invest the money it receives to address urgent needs like road repairs and public safety – unlike the majority of other counties across the state.
With Measure 1A, we have the opportunity to change that. By voting YES, you’ll ensure that Je erson County can retain and use the
olks I talk to are concerned about the rising cost of living, buying an a ordable home, open borders and our sanctuary state, rising crime, the quality of our schools, increasing property taxes, and much more. Too many are concerned that their children and grandchildren will not have as good a quality of life as they had.
With so many issues, how can any of us make a di erence? One way is listening closely to what the candidates are saying they will do with our taxes and voting for those who will protect us and use our tax dollars wisely.
In addition to the candidates on the ballot, once again, we are going to be asked to give up our TABOR refunds. What does this mean? Who is taking our money?
For the third time in ve years, the Je erson County Democrat Commissioners want to take away our refunds so they can spend our tax money any way they want. ey are even spending hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on political operatives to nd the best, and probably most confusing, language to convince us to vote the way they want us to. In 2024 alone, Democrat State Legislators and Democrat Governor Polis “passed 101 bills that will a ect [our] TABOR refunds” (1). In June, the RTD Board approved a ballot measure asking us to exempt RTD from TABOR. Although RTD has a budget in excess of $1.2 billion, it’s estimated that less than 3% of Colorado’s population uses its services. Further illustrating how weak RTD really is, 95% of operating costs, including rides, are subsidized by sales taxes and taxes from vehicle registrations. e money does not come from RTD fares and users! Compare RTD to CDOT which has a budget of just under $1.6 billion and it serves the whole state. From RTD, what are we getting for our money?
Republican candidates support TABOR and want us to keep our refunds. Check out these Commissioner Candidates:
• Natalie Menten (https://nataliementen.com/)
• Charlie Johnson (https://www.cjforje co.com/)
• And all the Republican Candidates: https://je corepublicans.com/meetour-2024-candidates/
Our choice is clear. It is time to re-
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place the Democrats who want to take our money!
Election Day is Nov. 5 and our vote will give voice to our opinion about the direction of Je co, Colorado and the Country. Mail ballots will arrive in the middle of October and early voting starts on Oct. 21.
A little TABOR background
e website of the Legislative Council Sta of the General Assembly gives a summary of the Amendment to Colorado Constitution Article X, referred to as TABOR – the Taxpayers Bill of Rights. In short, TABOR was:
“… approved by voters in 1992, [to] limit the amount of revenue the State of Colorado can retain and spend. Speci cally, TABOR allows the state to retain and spend an amount based on the prior scal year’s actual revenue or limit, whichever was lower, grown by Colorado in ation and population growth and adjusted for any ‘voter-approved revenue changes.’” (2) is says voters must approve spending greater than these constitutional limits. Further reading would show that when government revenue exceeds the limits imposed by TABOR, we are supposed to get our money back.
Voters have approved changes to TABOR through statewide initiatives like Referendum C and have approved local exceptions to spending limits. It is safe to say every change has been to weaken our ability to limit government spending.
Don Ytterberg is a former four-time chair of the Je co Republicans and former two-time Vice Chair of the Colorado Republican Party. He has been a candidate for the Colorado Senate and the U.S. House. He and his wife Kim have been residents of Je erson County since 1987 where he has been a business owner since 1990.
Don Ytterberg
A can of peas
When I was in college, I was fascinated with economics. I believe I took every economics course the university o ered. I write this column knowing full well that most people consider economics to be dull, so I hope you don’t nd this utterly boring. I take the chance of boring you nevertheless because I see and hear so many people being upset with in ation of the prices of almost everything. Yet we seem to be without any understanding what causes in ation, how we got it and how we get rid of it.
e one thing that really drives all economic theory is the basic law of supply and demand. As the supply of any product or service increases it’s likely that the price will go down and vice versa. I can remember clearly Dr. Edwards saying the de nition of in ation is “too many dollars chasing too few goods and services.” at is, there is too much money available to buy the supply of things for sale. If you owned something so rare that only you owned one, and if many others wanted to have one, you would be able to raise the price of that item. e opposite is also true. If something you are selling is plentiful, you will most likely have to lower the price to sell it.
Here’s what happened to the U.S.: e pandemic caused many businesses to shut down around the world. It’s caused a worldwide shortage of many things. Among them was computer chips, an item necessary in the production of many things. e pandemic didn’t cause the demand to slow down so the items which were a ected immediately became in short supply. Our country has been part of a world economy which has us broadening our supply lines to include small and large suppliers from around the
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money it has already collected to improve our roads, maintain public safety, and secure a brighter future for our community.
is is about much more than numbers — it’s about the future of Je erson County. Your vote is your voice, and by supporting this
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world. We have also set up supply lines designed to minimize inventories. So, the delays because of the pandemic caused supply lines to come apart quickly.
Here in the United States, the President and Congress acted immediately to help people survive the pandemic and therefore salvage our economy. ey paid for programs to get all Americans shots to prevent or lessen covid illness. ey paid to put sick Americans on paid leave, they gave small businesses non-refundable loans. ey sent us all checks and supported schools as well as local and state governments. e President and Congress didn’t miss any way to help. All in all, over $5 trillion was injected into our economy.
Getting back to Dr. Edward’s denition of in ation: “too much money chasing too few goods and services.” is was a classic in ation scenario. In our country we are especially quick to nd someone to blame for whatever happens. In retrospect, we probably over-spent to battle the situation. So, blame the party in charge... the Democrats. It is true that our economy nished the pandemic in better shape than those countries who did less. If we had slid into a recession or even a depression, we would be quick to blame that on the party in charge. I guess in ation is better than depression. I’m sure the administration wishes they had a crystal ball. With the help of ChatGPT, I followed the price of a can of peas from 80 cents per can in 2020 to $1.50 now.
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measure, you’re helping to secure a strong, healthy, and safe future for our community. Together, we can ensure that our county has the resources it needs to serve its residents, now and for generations to come.
I urge you to vote YES on Measure 1A this November. To learn more or to get involved, visit www.YesOn1AJe co.com.
Kathryn Wallace is the Chair of the Je erson County Democratic Party.
David Robert Jones
June 8, 1939 - July 15, 2024
David R. Jones, 85, of Evergreen, CO died on July 15, 2024, at St. Anthony Hospital, Lakewood, CO following complications from a fall. David was a 54 year resident of Evergreen and a Blue Spruce Kiwanian and Denver Tech Center Rotarian for many of those years. David was born in Newark, New Jersey and earned a BA degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University and an MBA from New York University. He was
a stockbroker, marketer, restaurant owner ( e Tack Room Bar in Evergreen), entrepreneur, hiker, skier, golfer, and book-lover. David was known by friends to be humorous, a able, kind, and uplifting. He was happiest hiking the trails of the Colorado wilderness. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Margaret (Maggie) Jones. In lieu of owers please consider a donation to e
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Five people seeking three open seats on Morrison town board
Town to host Oct. 16 Meet the Candidates night
BY JANE REUTER JREUTER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Five people are vying for three seats on the Morrison town board, including two incumbents.
Candidates in the Nov. 5 election include incumbents Sean Forey and John Leonard, along with Angela Bernhardt, Jerald Jerome and Krista Nash.
Current trustee Katie Gill is stepping down from her seat.
Forey, Leonard and Jerome did not respond to calls requesting comment.
Bernhardt, a 19-year Colorado resident who’s lived and worked
in Morrison since 2012, is a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder who has worked as general manager at the Cli House Lodge and serves on the Ciderfest committee. She said she wants to help move the town forward while preserving its history.
“Change is de nitely coming; there’s no way around it,” she said.
“But there are things we can do to keep the Morrison look, that early 1900s feel, and move forward. New developments need to blend into Morrison, and look similar to what’s there now. It just takes a little foresight and creativity.”
She would also like to work more closely with existing business owners.
“I would like to see more help for the businesses in town, maybe pitch in with them to help spruce
up the town,” she said. “We have some storefronts that have been empty for a decade. Some of these buildings are falling apart. I’d like to see something done to x that.”
Speci cally, Bernhardt said she’d like to see the town’s power lines buried and address some issues with the town’s infrastructure.
“I love Morrison,” she said. “I want to help move it into the future.”
Krista Nash, an attorney with Children First Family Law, also owns the Morrison Mercantile building. She’s lived in Morrison since childhood and her parents, Rolf and Virginia Paul, were actively involved in town government and business. Nash now lives in her childhood home.
“I have that commercial experience and perspective and the perspective of a Morrison resident,” she said. “I have both passion, in-
terest and commitment to what change looks like and what it means to ‘Keep Morrison Morrison,’” she said, referring to the town’s informal slogan. “I think I can be a good bridge between citizens who’ve been around for a long time and people who’ve come in from other places.
“I have a real heart and commitment to Morrison’s past and to doing the future well because it is such a special place,” she continued.
Nash holds degrees in both law and journalism and believes both will help her serve the town, but she doesn’t want the board to make decisions alone.
“I really would like to have more community engagement in the process,” she said.
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Idaho Springs Public Library invites authors and readers to literary festival
More than a dozen local authors on deck for lectures and answering questions during the three-day literary festival in October
BY CHRIS KOEBERL CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A free three-day literary festival at Idaho Springs Public Library will draw more than a dozen Colorado “Authors with Altitude” to speak and answer questions about becoming an author Oct. 4-6.
e festival, organized by e Friends of the Idaho Springs Library, is free for all and will feature 14 local authors and two keynote speakers authors Sandra Dallas and Joanne Greenberg, according to programming.
“It’s really exciting to meet people
who are writing and talk about their books and learn about new authors, new genres or things you haven’t considered,” President of Idaho Springs Friends of the Library and Author Lisa Manifold said.
e festival is designed to give attendees of any age the opportunity to meet with published Colorado authors to gain experience, knowledge and ask questions like, “How do I get started writing a book?” Manifold said.
Although the festival events are free to all and no tickets are needed, Manifold said the event is also a fundraiser for the Friends of the Idaho Springs Library with corporate sponsorships available, donations and ra es o ered to raise funds.
Timing and location of all the events during the festival are still being determined but information will be updated at http://idahospringsliteraryfestival.com.
“It’s really exciting. I think that there’s a lot of artistic creativity in this county and while we see it in the music arena we haven’t seen it in the literary arts,” Manifold said.
President of Idaho Springs Friends of the Library and Author Lisa Manifold.
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BY MONTE WHALEY MWHALEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A welding fabricator by trade, Joe Cole only dabbled in steel and bronze sculpting as a pastime and then eventually gave it up in 1993. But 30 years later, after he made an urn for his departed family dog, Cole caught the passion for creating again. At the same time, the Northglenn resident couldn’t shake a persistent echo in his head of an owl calling out, “HOO.” He decided then he needed to mold something that paid homage to an owl building a life in a tree in the forest.
“ e conclusion was made, and I spent an estimated 40 hours sculpting the bird and a limb to hold,” Cole said. He spent another 30 hours adding three more owlets and a tree trunk. Later he added moss to represent growth, a snail for patience, a stump for reaching out and a mouse for courage. e result is a steel statue called “Hoo What Where and When” by Cole, and the sculpture is being displayed this year at Northglenn’s EB Rains Jr. Memorial Park. His work is also featured in Castle Rock and Alamosa. But the one in Northglenn holds special meaning for the 60-year-old since it was his rst attempt to have his work displayed for the
public.
He entered three of his sculptures into four cities in Colorado to exhibit. ree accepted his work.
“I wanted to share with the public…and Northglenn is my only home, and I wanted to share a piece of me,” Cole said via email. “ ree out of four ain’t bad.”
Other sculpture programs that dot the Front Range host Colorado artists from varying backgrounds who have molded bronze and steel frames that lure the eyes with humor and mysticism. From novice to well-established, artists say metro cities have o ered nurturing environments for their projects.
Charlotte Zink – whose home studio is in Berthoud – produced “Eternal Echoes” for the Northglenn exhibit. But her handiwork has been shown, some permanent, at several locations surrounding Denver.
ey include Westminster’s Sculpture on Loan, Lafayette’s Art on the Street, Art in Public Places in Longmont, heArt of Lyons, Hudson Gardens in Littleton, Douglas County Art Encounters, Sculpture Evergreen and Art 2C on Havana in Aurora, Zink said.
“It’s wonderful to see the arts supported in these communi-
Hoo What Where and When displayed at E.B Rains Jr. Memorial Park in Northglenn.
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ties,” Zink said via email.
Bill Bunting’s “With Wings Like Eagles” is also featured in Northglenn. He said the same sculpture is part of a year-long project with the Douglas County Art Encounters program at Sterling Ranch in Littleton.
He has other sculptures at Brighton, Monument and Alamosa that will be shown through this year, he said.
e works of Cole, Zink and Bunting are part of an annual e ort in Northglenn to get more people acquainted with the unique nature of outdoor sculptures, say city o cials.
Sponsored by the Northglenn Arts & Humanities Foundation, the exhibit at EB Rains J. Memorial Park features six new sculptures as part of the city’s 2024-25 Art on Parade program. O cials say the sculptures, including those of Cole, Zink and Bunting, were chosen by a diverse volunteer committee in February and will be on-site at the park for one year.
e other works and artists chosen for the 2024-25 season include: “Spiral Vortex” by Diego Harris, “Sun Lion” by D’Jean Jawrunner and “Magnify” Kirk Seese. Photos of the works are available on Northglenn’s website.
e annual Art on Parade program is an onloan outdoor sculpture exhibit funded by NAHF and the Adams County Scienti c and Cultural Facilities District. Artists loan their pieces to the program for one year, and park patrons are asked to vote for their favorite by paper ballots available at the Northglenn Recreation Center and online at https://northglennarts.org/public-art/ art-on-parade-ballot/. e deadline to vote for this year’s sculptures is Nov. 1, 2024.
e sculpture with the most votes is dubbed “ e People’s Choice” and will be purchased by NAHF and gifted to the City of Northglenn for permanent placement in the city. e sculptures are also available for sale to the public.
e new sculptures will remain at E.B. Rains Jr. Memorial Park through May of 2025. e park is located at 11701 Community Center Drive, half a mile south of 120th Avenue and Grant Street in Northglenn just south of the new Webster Lake Promenade.
e NAHF is a non-pro t group that provides funding for “dynamic theatre, public art, and other cultural endeavors in the city. e NAHF was founded in 1990, according to the NAHF website.
Zink, native of New Orleans, came to Colorado and received a Bachelor of Studio Arts and Art Education for CU-Boulder. After working with many mediums, the past 25 years Zink has collaborated with her partner Ben to create Zink Metal Art, Zink said.
e steel “Eternal Echoes” was created in 2022 after Zink lost someone very special her, she said. e sculpture symbolizes the beauty of a
vast universe, Zink said.
“We are all just specs of stardust making our way on this earth, hoping to explore and share life together, this incredible gift of life we’ve all been granted,” Zink said. “Let’s make the most of our amazing gifts while we’re all here together. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, contemplating and celebrating our miraculous journey in and being a part of this beautiful universe.”
Bill Bunting said his iron “With Wings Like Eagles” has been an inspiration to those who view it. e piece is also one of his favorites, he said via email.
“I chose the piece to display at Northglenn because I have always had a strong interest in the Native American culture and the history of the West and love sharing that with others through my art,” Bunting said.
e inspiration for the sculpture “With Wings Like Eagles”, Bunting said, comes from the belief of most Native American Tribes that the Eagle and Eagle Feathers are sacred, carrying their prayers to e Creator, combined with a passage from the ancient text of Isiah which states, “ ose who wait upon e Creator shall mount up With Wings Like Eagles.”
Bunting pointed out that the following original poem is mounted at the base of the sculpture.
With Wings Like Eagles
With patience he has learned to wait
For the strength the Spirit brings
Now he rides high upon the winds
As if on eagles’ wings
Now he walks and is not weary
Now he runs and will not fall
Eagle sculpture at E.B. Rains Jr. Memorial Park in Northglenn.
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Evergreen senior Tyler Long watches his approach shot on the No. 1 hole on the Canyon course at Fox Hollow Golf Course on Monday, Sept. 9. Long shot an 8-under-par, 63 for his fifth straight round in the 60s during Je co League tournament play. Long will become the first ever 4-time Je co League individual medalist when he wraps up the 3A Je co title Tuesday, Sept. 17, at West Woods Golf Club in Arvada.
PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS
BY STAVROS KORONEOS
Dearth of a salesman
DEER CREEK CANYON – It was all very suspicious, she told ocers. She’d been puttering around in the front yard and thinking about recent reports of burglaries in the area when a suspicious Subaru sedan drove suspiciously right up her driveway. e driver took one look at her and suspiciously drove back down her driveway and away up the road, suspiciously. Filled with suspicion, she leapt into her car and gave chase, cornering the suspect in the driveway of a suspicious nearby house where she ordered him to explain his suspicious business in the neighborhood. “I’m selling rewood,” he shrugged, suspiciously. “Where’s the wood?” she demanded. Instead of telling her, he left, which she found suspicious. Deputies were less distrusting of the man’s motives, and when he didn’t pick up on their rst call they didn’t try again.
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Curious caller
EVERGREEN – Just back from vacation, the homeowner was still settling back into real life on the night of Aug. 7 when a stranger in a white pickup truck pulled into his driveway, got out of the vehicle and strode up to the house. e mysterious caller made it all the way to the front door before realizing he was being observed from within. What followed was a tense and awkward exchange during which the clearly ustered stranger o ered up “di erent stories” about what he was doing on the homeowner’s doorstep before nally showing himself o of the property. e homeowner called JCSO, describing the “weird interaction” to deputies and sharing his suspicion that his home was being “cased for a burglary.” Ocers documented the incident and closed the case.
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ASPEN PARK – According to Faithful Witness, she’d just observed a gold sedan make an excessively wide turn onto the highway, very nearly striking the silver Lexus already occupying the thoroughfare’s No. 3 lane. As Witness watched, Silver roared around Gold and slammed on his brakes, forcing Gold to an abrupt stop directly in front of a busy on-ramp. Silver leapt from his Lexus and rushed back to where Gold cowered in the driver’s seat “with his hands up.” Unable to punch Gold directly, Silver instead punched the window in front of Gold’s wideeyed face, then got back in his car and drove on to the nearby business that apparently employs him. Witness understood that deputies couldn’t do much based solely on her say-so, but thought they should be aware that a rogue Lexus driver was roaming the streets terrorizing inept motorists at will. Indeed, since Gold had bungled o to parts unknown and never sought o cial assistance on his own behalf, deputies calculated the chances of successfully prosecuting Silver for menacing Gold at about one in a bullion.
EVERGREEN – e letter addressed to “Disrespectful Neighbor” arrived in the daily post of Aug. 7. “To the family with the barking dog,” it began. “ e whole neighborhood and everyone I have talked with about your animal is over the sound of your excessively uncontrolled barking dog. It happens in the late evening and the early morning. is is inexcusable. e sound is even more annoying in the summer, when all our windows are open. All I can say is, if you don’t control the noise, I will control it for you. You can’t keep an eye out on the animal all the time.” Already distressed by the menacing tone of the malicious memo, Disrespectful was positively chilled by the next thing written on the pernicious page. “Two words…poison meatballs.” Turning the letter over to JCSO deputies, Disrespectful told them she had a pretty good idea who’d written it, assured them that her dog does not bark excessively, and asked that they take no immediate action lest it should “make things worse.”
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.
Golden supports RTD’s ballot measure to keep current revenues
Marjorie Sloan, who represents the Golden, Lakewood and Wheat Ridge areas on the RTD Board of Directors, said losing those revenues will have major repercussions on the 3 million people in RTD’s service area.
BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
e future of the Denver metro area’s public transit system is in the voters’ hands this November, as RTD seeks to keep all the revenues it currently collects.
e Golden City Council recently declared its support for the ballot measure, encouraging Goldenites to vote “yes” on Nov. 5. Other organizations have endorsed it as well, including the Denver and Boulder chambers of commerce, the Arc of Je erson County, and Bicycle Colorado.
According to the Keep Colorado Moving campaign, voters exempted the Regional Transportation District from the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights cap limitations in 1999. However, the exemption only lasted until the debt for the southeast and southwest light rail lines was paid o , which will happen this year.
Without voter approval this November, RTD will have to refund some of its revenues based on TABOR limitations.
At an Aug. 27 Golden City Council meeting, Sloan described how RTD is funded by a 1% sales tax. She said individual taxpayers might see a $25 rebate per person if the ballot measure fails, and sales taxes in general are harder to refund than property taxes.
“It doesn’t seem logical,” Sloan told the councilors.
Sloan, Golden’s former mayor, said her community is “hyper-aware of the importance of transit.”
Compared to some municipalities in the RTD service area, Sloan said Golden is “very transit-rich.” It has the W Line running out of the Je erson County Government Center, RTD bus routes, RTD’s Accessa-Ride and FlexRide services, and the Ore Cart shuttles — a partnership between the city and Colorado School of Mines.
Subsequently, Goldenites are “extremely active in their support for transit,” Sloan described. In a recent comment period, Sloan said ZIP codes 80401 and 80403 combined accounted for 14% of all comments, out of the 132 ZIP codes in the RTD service area.
Sloan said now would be the worst time to cut RTD funding, as it seeks to improve services and o er more innovative programs like Zero Fare for Youth.
Mayor Laura Weinberg said the Metro Mayors Caucus, which is composed of nearly 40 mayors from north-central Colorado, also supports the RTD ballot initiative. She said that includes mayors from communities that don’t have as many RTD services as Golden.
She hoped that, if the ballot measure passes and RTD can keep its current revenues, it will be able to expand its services to underserved communities and populations.
“Something like this, that would be a nancial hit, would only be a
An RTD shuttle waits at the Jefferson County Government Center light rail station in March 2023. RTD will have a question on the Nov. 5 ballot asking to retain all revenues it currently collects so it can maintain all its services and programs.
disservice to folks in Golden who rely on transit to get to work, to get to school, and could result in cuts to service,” Weinberg said.
Councilor Don Cameron said he and his colleagues didn’t make the decision to support lightly, especially with tax dollars involved. However, he said, the RTD ballot initiative is in line with the city’s policy document and RTD “provides service to Golden to a greater extent than our small population justi es, in some ways.” us, the councilors drafted and approved a resolution supporting the ballot measure, with Cameron saying, “We decided on balance that it’s good for the citizens of Golden that RTD be able to retain these taxes.”
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School attendance rates are still lower than before the pandemic
Many kids are missing class after COVID reshaped how parents view school
BY ERICA BREUNLIN THE COLORADO SUN
High rates of students missing at least 10% of school days in recent years — meaning they have been chronically absent either with or without permission — have triggered alarm across the country and in Colorado communities, with national and statewide e orts to boost
student attendance trickling down to individual schools.
Students miss school for a wide range of reasons, state o cials say, including struggles to access transportation, the need to help a family member with a debilitating disease and a deteriorating sense of safety among students while in school.
Other factors at play stem from the chaos-laden days of pandemic learning, district administrators told e Colorado Sun, as some parents and students rethink what learning looks like, question how to navigate sick days and continue to cope with housing and economic hardships.
“It’s a change in perspective about
what school has to o er,” said Desiree Quintanilla, schools intervention services coordinator in Brighton’s 27J Schools. “I think there is a group of parents still really concerned about health issues. I think families have a lot on their plate, and I think the pandemic is something that showed us how hard day-to-day life can be. So I think we have families struggling with issues outside of school related to our economy, related to employment, related to housing, that sometimes when you’re worried about a lot of other pretty foundational aspects of life, school can sometimes not be the priority on any given day.”
Student attendance in Colorado schools last year began to tick in the right direction, with student attendance rates hitting 91.5%, up from 90.8% the year before, according to state data. Most of the state’s school districts and Boards of Cooperative Educational Services — clusters of districts that share resources — saw their attendance rates jump last year. Still, average statewide attendance was higher before the pandemic — 92.8% during the 2019-20 school year.
And while chronic absenteeism among students dropped by 3.4 per-
23rd Annual Arvada Art Studio Tour set for Sept. 21 and 22
Every fall, artists and studios across Arvada open their doors to the community so that folks can experience the creative endeavors of the community’s painters, photographers, sculptors and other visual artists. This year’s iteration is set for Sept. 21 and 22 and will be open from noon to 5 p.m. each day. Admission is free to the public. More information about the participating artists and a map can be found at https:// www.arvadaart.com/.
at is a whopping 88% increase. Here are a list of areas which all add cost:
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• Growing: costs of seeds, payroll, water, fertilizer, equipment
• Processing: costs of cleaning, canning, packaging and storing performs any of these steps is probably being paid more than in 2020. A few pennies more for these tasks adds up to the 80 cent increase.
employment rates are rising and the economy is softening. e trick is to lower the interest rates before the economy slows too much. I guest the
Jerome, retired and now a local musician, has lived in Morrison for several years. His wife, Deb, served on the town board from 2014 to 2022.
Forey, a Morrison resident for nearly three decades, served as mayor for eight years, and before that, on the town board. He was elected to his second round as a town trustee in 2022. A financial consultant, Forey also owns multiple restaurants in Grand Junction.
Leonard, also a longtime resident, was appointed to the town board in September 2022. He works as chief operating officer of Northstar Group Services, an environmental services company headquartered in New York, and holds a degree in finance and management information systems from Syracuse University.
The town is hosting a Meet the Candidates night at 6 p.m. Oct. 16 at the Morrison Town Hall, 110 Stone St.
FED Chairman needs to borrow that crystal ball.
Jim Rohrer of Evergreen is a business consultant and author of the books “Improve Your Bottom Line … Develop MVPs Today” and “Never Lose Your Job … Become a More Valuable Player.” Jim’s belief is that common sense is becoming less common. Contact Jim at jim.rohrer2@ gmail.com.
The 23rd Annual Arvada Art Studio Tour is Sept. 21 and 22.
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UPCOMING
WildAware live webinar: 1 p.m. Sept. 24. “Bison in Our Backyard: Denver Mountain Parks and Conservation of America’s National Mammal.” Register at wildaware.org
EPRD Community Forum: 6 p.m. Sept. 25, Buchanan Park Recreation Center, 32003 Ellingwood Trail, Evergreen. Q&A session with board of directors and sta .
“Man of La Mancha”: Weekends
through Sept. 29, Center Stage, 27608 Fireweek Dr., Evergreen. Tickets starting at $20. Ovationwest. org
Seniors4Wellness Friday Cafe: 11:30 a.m. Sept. 20, Christ the King Church, 4291 Evergreen Pkwy, Evergreen.
Evergreen Audubon Nature Art Sale: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sept. 21 & 22, Evergreen Nature Center, 27640 CO-74, Evergreen. Nature-themed artwork priced below their value. Proceeds bene t Evergreen Audubon and Evergreen Nature Center. More info: evergreenaudubon.org
Park Church, 31919 Rocky Village Dr, Evergreen.
Buchanan Park Family Movie Night with “Blue Beetle”: 6 p.m. Sept. 27, Buchanan Park, 32003 Ellingwood Trail, Evergreen. evergreenrecreation.com
Tesoro Cultural Center’s annual Rendezvous at e Fort: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sept. 21-22. Demonstration of 1840s skills, American Indian history, ceremonial song and dance demonstrations, kids’ scavenger hunt, storytelling, music, art. Tickets and information: tesoroculturalcenter.org
Evergreen Oktoberfest: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 21, Buchanan Park, 32003 Ellingwood Trail, Evergreen. Fundraiser for Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice. evergreenoktoberfest.org.
Morrison Ciderfest: 10 a.m. to dark, Sept. 28,150 Summer Street, Morrison. Live music, beer, hard cider, kids events, silent auction. morrisonciderfest.org.
Walk For Alopecia: 8:30 a.m. Sept. 28, Evergreen Lake House, 29612 Upper Bear Creek Rd, Evergreen. Register ahead online and/ or donate at https://support.naaf. org/team/586016.
Evergreen Fire/Rescue Health & Safety Day: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 28, 1802 Bergen Parkway, Evergreen. Free pancake breakfast, educational booths, touch-a-truck, re ghter skills demonstrations, and lessons in both hands-only CPR and Stopthe-Bleed.
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HAPPENINGS
havioral center ribbon cutting: 11 a.m. Oct.4, 29997 S Bu alo Park Rd, Evergreen.
Evergreen Newcomers and Neighbors annual open house: 10 a.m. Oct. 5, Buchanan Park Rec Center, 32003 Ellingwood Trail, Evergreen. evergreennewcomers.com
Save Je co Parks (Public Forum): 6:30 p.m. Oct.10 at Evergreen Library, 5000 County Highway 73 in Evergreen. Public forum for Jefferson County residents and visitors concerned with impacts of forest “thinning” in Open Space Parks. Visitcoloradosmokescreen.org for more information.
ONGOING
Evergreen Farmers Market: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Tuesday, Hiwan Heritage Park, 28473 Meadow Dr, Evergreen.
El Rancho Farmers Market: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Tuesday, El Rancho, 29260 US 40, Evergreen.
Growing Out West Farmers Market: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. ursdays through Labor Day. Cactus Jack’s, 4651 County Hwy 73, Evergreen.
Evergreen Cars & Co ee: 9 a.m. to noon every Saturday through Aug. 31, 3639 Evergreen Parkway, Evergreen.
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 child aged 2-5 years old to the Nature Center each week for nature exploration. All children must have an adult in attendance. Dress to explore the outdoors. More info at evergreenaudubon.org.
Evergreen Nature Center Monthly Family Program: 11 a.m. to noon, every last Saturday, 27640 Hwy 74, Evergreen. Monthly topics could include native wild owers and seed bombs, dissecting owl pellets, live animal encounters, and more. evergreenaudubon.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 Camera Club: Meets every second Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Evergreen Fire/Rescue auditorium, 1802 Bergen Pkwy, Evergreen. Club is for people who share a passion for all photography, from beginners to professionals. Attend in person or via ZOOM.
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. Information at evergreenarearepublicanclub.org
Mountain Area Democrats: Mountain Area Democrats meet at 9 a.m. the fourth Saturday of the month January through April at the
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United Methodist Church of Evergreen, 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 720673-4369 or email mary@evergreenchristianoutreach.org.
LGBTQ+ teen book club: Resil-
ience1220 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 Wednesdays from noon to 1:30 p.m. at 3081 Bergen Peak Road, Evergreen. For more information, visit mtevans.org/services/ emotional-support/.
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
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
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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
Reverend Dr. Knut Heim, pastor, Sunday Worship 10 AM
Located one mile west of Pine Junction just o Rt. 285 966 Rim Rock Road, Bailey (303) 838-6759 deerparkumc.org
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
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
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Public Notice
NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED AMENDED 2023 BUDGET AND HEARING BELLEVIEW VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed amended budget will be submitted to the BELLEVIEW VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
(the “District”) for the year of 2023. A copy of such proposed amended budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed amended budget will be considered at a hearing at the meeting of the District to be held at 1:00 P.M., on Tuesday, September 24, 2024.
The location and additional information regarding the meeting will be available on the meeting notice posted on the District’s website at https:// www.belleviewvillagemd.com/ at least 24-hours in advance of the meeting.
Any interested elector within the District may inspect the proposed amended budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the amended 2023 budget.
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Legal Notice No. CAN 1651
First Publication: September 19, 2024
Last Publication: September 19, 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 8th day of October 2024 final settlement will be made by the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado to:
CONCRETE EXPRESS INC. 2027 W. COLFAX AVE. DENVER CO 80204
hereinafter called the “Contractor”, for and on account of the contract for the “Mouth of Canyon” Segment of P2P Trail 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 1655
First Publication: September 19, 2024
Last Publication: September 26, 2024
Publisher: Canyon Courier
Summons and Sheriff Sale
Public Notice
DISTRICT COURT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO 100 Jefferson County Pkwy, Golden, CO 80401
Plaintiff: Cindy Rogers v. Defendants: Ryan Siavelis, U.S. Bank National Association, Evergreen National Bank, and all unknown persons who claim any interest in the subject matter of this action.
Case Number: 2024CV31030 Div.: 2
Attorney for Plaintiff: James R. Silvestro, #43982 IRELAND STAPLETON PRYOR & PASCOE, PC 1660 Lincoln Street, Suite 3000 Denver, Colorado 80264
Telephone: (303) 623-2700
Fax No.: (303) 623-2062
E-mail: jsilvestro@irelandstapleton.com
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS:
You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the Complaint filed with the Court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this Court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within thirty-five (35) days after service of this Summons upon you. Service of this Summons will be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the Court.
If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within thirty-five (35) days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint, without any further notice.
This is an action to quiet the title of the Plaintiff in and to the real property situated in Jefferson County, Colorado (the “Property”) as more particularly described on Exhibit A, attached to and made a part of this Summons by this reference.
Dated: August 22, 2024.
Respectfully submitted, IRELAND STAPLETON PRYOR & PASCOE, PC /s/James R. Silvestro
James R. Silvestro Attorney for Plaintiff Cindy Rogers THIS SUMMONS IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO RULE 4(g), COLORADO RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE. THIS FORM SHOULD NOT BE USED WHERE PERSONAL SERVICE IS
ATTENDANCE
centage points last year to 27.7%, that is still signi cantly above gures from 2019-20, when an average 22.6% of students were marked as chronically absent.
e ongoing challenge around emptier classrooms in recent years is a nod to a change in the way some families see the role of traditional schooling in their children’s lives, said Cori Canty, school improvement planning and attendance systems manager for Denver Public Schools.
“School leaders will say we’ve seen a shift in values since the pandemic, whether it’s values that we need our teenagers to work to help nancially get us through or values in my child’s mental health is not worth going to school today to we’re going to take these once-ina-lifetime trips,” Canty said. “ ose values have shifted for a variety of reasons.”
Other parents, however, are taking every step they can to make sure their kids are participating in class every day, said Lorena Garcia, executive director of the Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition. e nonprofit provides programs, classes and resources that help parents play an active role in their child’s education to help set them up for success. Many of the families the organization works with are immigrants and include parents and caregivers who don’t speak English.
“ ey are wanting to do everything they can to support their kids
in school,” Garcia said, adding that attitudes toward school haven’t changed as much as family circumstances have.
Struggles born from COVID continue to hamper low- and middleincome families, she said, with ination on the rise, federal stimulus funding for schools expiring and di culties accessing early childhood centers. at sometimes means parents must choose between equally distressing options: keeping an older student home to care for their younger sibling or foregoing work and a paycheck to stay home, themselves.
“ is has been happening for as long as we’ve had public schools,” Garcia said. “ ere’s constantly this tension between acknowledging family circumstances and the expectations and requirements within schools.”
‘This is not a blame game on parents’
With students’ frequent absences weighing on Colorado Education Commissioner Susana Córdova and the Colorado Department of Education, the state has joined 13 other states in a push to slash rates of chronic absenteeism by 50% in the next ve years.
“We see it as incredibly important if we’re going to keep meeting the student outcome goals that we want to meet as a state,” said Johann Liljengren, director of CDE’s Dropout Prevention and Student Re-Engagement O ce. “We see this as part of it. We need kids engaged in learning, and we think that that’s going to help us make progress.”
A national survey conducted by the National Parents Union in
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DESIRED.
Exhibit A
As set forth in the Complaint, this action relates to specific real property located within Jefferson County, Colorado, and more particularly described as the “existing roadway fifteen (15) feet to each side of the center line of said roadway” (as more particularly described in the Personal Representative’s Deed recorded on May 2, 1977 at Reception No. 873909 in the real property records for the Clerk and Recorder of Jefferson County, Colorado) along and across the following real property, and the improvements thereto, situated in Jefferson County, Colorado: 3973 Creek Ridge Trail, Evergreen, Colorado 80439 a/k/a 30863 Upper Bear Creek Rd, Evergreen, CO 80439, as more particularly described by the following legal description:
THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF EVERGREEN, IN THE COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
A portion of property previously described in Book
2105 at Page 54 of Jefferson County, Colorado records and located in the Northeast¼ of the Southeast¼ of Section 5, Township 5 South, Range 71 West of the 6th P.M. and particularly described as follows:
Commencing at the Northwest comer of the Northeast ¼ of the Southeast¼ of said Section 5;
Thence South 5 Degrees 23 ½ Minutes West along the Westerly boundary thereof, 409.68 feet to a point on the Northerly boundary of a currently dedicated Jefferson County 60 foot wide road right of way;
Thence South 59 Degrees 05 Minutes East, 45.0 feet to the True Point of Beginning; Thence North 5 Degrees 23 ½ Minutes East, 185.35 feet;
Thence South 89 Degrees 21 Minutes East, 414.61 feet;
Thence South 60 Degrees 11 Minutes East, 92.7 feet;
Thence due South, 254.19 feet to the most Northerly comer of previously described Parcel A; Thence South 43 Degrees 65 Minutes West along the boundary thereof, 72.8 feet;
Thence South 10 Degrees 25 Minutes East, 197.24 feet to the aforementioned County Road
March found that most kids are missing school because they are sick or have an appointment. When asked about the reasons their kids were absent from school, 64% of parent respondents said physical illness while 48% indicated their child had some kind of medical, dental or other appointment.
One of the best ways schools can double down on the need for students to show up to school regularly is by communicating academic progress results with parents, said Ariel Smith, senior director of policy and action with the National Parents Union.
“I think parents are under the impression that their students are doing just ne and the schools are not having those conversations with urgency,” said Smith, previously coexecutive director and co-founder of Denver organization Transform Education Now. “It’s really important that this is not a blame game on parents but instead it’s a real look at how our schools are doing at engaging kids.”
Time in the classroom, Smith added, is a critical part of the equation behind a student’s success.
“Life happens, but every day that kids miss is like a day where they’re falling farther behind in school,” she said. “At this point when we talk about student progress, we should really talk about it in the context of time. e amount of time that you have is important and critical to the amount of learning that you get done.”
Many parents also underestimate the number of days of school their student misses and have a hard time understanding when and for how
long to keep a sick kid at home after a lot of mixed messaging during the pandemic, said Canty, of DPS.
“Coming out of that,” she said, “we haven’t re-normed that message as a society very well.”
e district — in which 37.1% of students missed at least 10% of school days last year — launched an attendance initiative in July, convening a districtwide committee of more than 30 people from 20 departments all focused on reducing chronic absenteeism. Among their priorities: helping schools implement evidence-based practices to curb student absences and working with families and students facing additional challenges that often prevent them from making it to school regularly.
Nearby in Adams County, the enormous task of drawing more kids back into classrooms every day has fallen on more than schools alone. Adams County Collaborative Management Program, a group of school districts and local agencies, has elevated chronic absenteeism as a communitywide concern. Districts and community agencies have banded together to raise awareness of how many kids in the county aren’t making it to school every day and the impacts that could have on generations to come, said Quintanilla, of 27J Schools in Brighton. Close to 27% of students in her district were chronically absent last year.
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.
Northerly boundary;
Thence South 76 Degrees 16 Minutes West, 6.83 feet to a point of curvature to the right, whence the radius point thereof bears North 13 Degrees 44 Minutes West, 670.69 feet;
Thence along the arc of said curve, 134.22 feet;
Thence South 87 Degrees 44 Minutes West, 12.29 feet to a point of curvature to the right, whence the radius point thereof bears North 2 Degrees 16 Minutes West, 153.74 feet;
Thence along the arc of said curve, 174.13 feet;
Thence North 27 Degrees 22 Minutes West, 240.48 feet to a point of curvature to the left, whence the radius point thereof bears South 62 Degrees 38 Minutes West, 200.04 feet; Thence along the arc of said curve, 107.23 feet; Thence North 58 Degrees 05 Minutes West, 24.67 feet to the Point of Beginning. County of Jefferson, State of Colorado. (the “Property”).
Legal Notice No. CAN 1642
First Publication: September 5, 2024
Last Publication: October 3, 2024
Publisher: Canyon Courier
Notice to Creditors
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
of JOEL MARKS, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR30933
All representative persons or having to claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before January 21, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
John M. Prentiss, Jr. Attorney to the Personal Representative P.O. Box 621731 Littleton, CO 80162
Legal Notice No. CAN 1654
First Publication: September 19, 2024
Last Publication: October 3, 2024
Publisher: Canyon Courier
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