Clear Creek Courant March 14, 2024

Weather Observations for Georgetown, Colorado

Week of February 26, 2024, and Month of February 2024

Each day at about 8 a.m. a local National Weather Service volunteer observer makes temperature and precipitation observations at the Georgetown Weather Station and wind observations at Georgetown Lake. “Max” and “Min” temperatures are from an NWS digital “Maximum/Minimum Temperature System.” “Mean daily” temperature is the calculated average of the max and min. “Total Precipitation” is inches of rainfall plus melted snow. “Snowfall” is inches of snow that accumulated. T = Trace of precipitation or snowfall. NR = Not Reported. “Peak wind gust at Georgetown Lake” is the velocity and the time of the maximum wind gust that occurred during the 24 hours preceding the observation time. Historic data are based on the period of record for which statistical data have been compiled (about 55 years within the period 1893-2023). Any weather records noted are based on a comparison of the observed value with the historical data set.

Weather Observations for Georgetown, Colorado

Week ofFebruary 26,2024,and Month ofFebruary2024

Each day at about 8 a.m. a local National Weather Service volunteer observer makes temperature and precipitation observations at the

the observed value with the historical data set.

Road construction on the highest paved road in North America to close access to top of Mount Blue Sky

The closure is expected to last at least a year and a half as federal and state agencies start road and drainage improvements following Labor Day this year

BY CHRIS KOEBERL CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Repairs to State Highway 5 will shut down access to the peak of Mount Blue Sky for more than a year and a half starting Labor Day this year.

e project will start near the Summit Lake parking area, in Clear Creek County, and continue approximately three-quarters of a mile to the top of Mount Blue Sky (formerly Mount Evans), according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.

e road closure will impact vehicle tra c, hiking trails, biking trails and pedestrian tra c, according to CDOT.

Repairs are needed because the underlying roadway material has

settled and natural drainage patterns need to be restored, according to CDOT.

e highway will close to the public beginning Tuesday, Sept. 3, and stay closed through spring 2026, CDOT indicated.

e combination of state and federal agencies involved include; e Federal Highway Administration’s Central Federal Lands Highway Division, CDOT, City and County of Denver Mountain Parks and the U.S. Forest Service, according to a media release from all agencies involved.  According to published plans, Echo Lake Park and campground, the Chicago Lakes and Mount Blue Sky Summit trails will remain open during the construction phase of the northern section.

e byway to Mount Blue Sky climbs over 7,000 feet in its 28-mile length, reaching an altitude of 14,130 feet, according to the US Forest Service. Idaho Springs Hwy 103 serves as the starting point to the byway.

Construction on the road started in July 1923 and by June of 1931, the road opened to the public.

Today it is the highest road in North America, ascending to 14,130 feet above sea level, making it 20 feet higher than the Pikes Peak Highway, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

Repairs to State Highway Five will shut down access to the peak of Mount Blue Sky for more than a year and a half starting Labor Day this year. FILE PHOTO

Shadow Mountain Gallery features art from local elementary students

Annual

show is held in conjunction with National Youth Art Month

BY JANE REUTER JREUTER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Evergreen’s Shadow Mountain Gallery kicked o its annual children’s art display with a pair of open houses March 1 and 3. e artwork of children from six area elementary schools is on display through the month of March, which is National Youth Art Month.

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

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

ages the students’ creativity, he said.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Don Fairchild, special events chairperson for Shadow Mountain Gallery, said the show lls a niche among young artists and brings new tra c to the gallery. It also encour-

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

PHOTO BY DON FAIRCHILD

Clear Creek first responders join to fight mock fire

The mock emergency scenario recently played out in the basement of the Fire Authority building in Dumont

BY CHRIS KOEBERL CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Representatives from more than 30 surrounding Clear Creek County rst responding agencies plus the Colorado Department of Transportation, local mayors and even the Clear Creek County School District met in the basement of the Clear Creek Fire Authority Building in Dumont to organize a response for a mock emergency scenario of a wildre quickly growing out of control.

Clear Creek Fire Authority was awarded a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Department of Homeland Security to hold this exercise provided by the International Association of Fire Chiefs and National Wild re Coordinating Group.

It’s one of only six departments nationwide to receive a federal grant to hold this “desktop exercise” on March 5.

e goal was to work the problems, options and communication challenges associated with real-life wildre conditions.

“Bring all the emergency response agencies together and talk about the worst-case scenario, NWCG Facilitator Craig Daugherty said. “What I’m throwing at them is just o the

charts, making them think outside of their everyday business.”

e mock scenario takes place in late June. A red ag warning has been issued for Clear Creek due to

dry conditions, low humidity and the expectation of winds greater than 30 miles-per-hour.

Clear Creek Fire Authority fire/rescue truck at headquarters in Dumont March 5. PHOTO BY CHRIS KOEBERL

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Inspection Is Buyer’s Responsibility

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

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MOCK FIRE

At 5:30 a.m. a volunteer re ghter reports a small ve-acre re west of Empire.

At 7 a.m. the re is estimated to cover 75 acres igniting several other spot- res in the region.

As the table-top exercise continues the re grows fueled by high winds.

At 11:30 a.m. the now named “West Fork Fire” covers more than 6,000 acres and is heading toward St. Mary’s with several other “spot” res aring up outside the main blaze.

Homes begin going up in ames, people are trapped and evacuations are critical.

An incident command center is set up at the Dumont re station where representatives from all rst responding agencies were “all the players are in one room,” Daugherty suggested.

e wild re now threatens St. Mary’s near the top of Fall River Road in Idaho Springs.

Representatives from all emergency services in the exercise o er what real-world existing equipment, personnel and expertise they can bring to bear.

Fire ghting, evacuations and transportation are now the priorities.

County road and bridge crews in the area are tapped to warn residents and assist in the evacuation.

e school district o ers its eet of buses to transport the displaced to Clear Creek High School where Superintendent Mike Gass said space in the gym or auditorium would be available.

A real problem was discovered by several agencies when they realized not all radios are compatible with others; di erent frequencies or equipment means one agency can’t communicate with the other.

“Everything I’m throwing at them

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“It’s a pre-mortarium if you will kind of think it through and say, ‘OK, whoa, what if? What if?’” Daugherty

español.

Everyone in the room agreed coming up with answers to situations before they happen will be exponentially bene cial, saving time and utilizing resources when you can explore options without a re at the door.

“Get them all in a room thinking about the same subject and starting to interconnect resources, ‘I can do this but I can’t do that but this person can do that,’ now they’re talking,” Assistant Fire Chief Jeremy Jones said. e exercises came at an opportune time for the Clear Creek Fire Authority as it updates the county’s Wild re Protection Plan for the rst time in 16 years, according to Jones.

is real world, it’s happened to other folks, so we’re trying to get that thought simulator going, get that conversation going and strengthen partnerships,” Daugherty said.

e mock re allowed participants to work through issues that could and would emerge as a re progressed: “What if your communications towers go down?” “What if cell phones are taken out?” “What redundancies do you have in place to maintain communications?”

Emergency responders in the room sorted out answers and options if that were to happen in Clear Creek County.

With limited funding resources moving forward Jones said, “We want to focus our e orts in the area of highest need and highest rate of return. We want the greatest amount of risk reduction per dollar.”

A county-wide survey is currently available to address individual and business concerns about re mitigation, damage potential and where in the county residents or businesses are located.

It’s designed to hear from the public as to where and how to spend limited resources to provide maximum protection, Jones said.

At several points in the mock tabletop exercise laughter would break out throughout the room but at the end of the day, most departments said valuable lessons were learned.

“Make sure we have the right partnerships are in place not if we have a wild re but when we have a wildre,” Clear Creek Sheri Matthew Harris said.

First responders attending the mock fire exercise in Dumont March 5. PHOTOS BY CHRIS KOEBERL

Man gets jail time for gathering fake election signatures

BY OLIVIA PRENTZEL COLORADO SUN

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

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

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

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

Andersen failed to make the ballot. Democrat Brittany Pettersen won the race that year.

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

Investigators interviewed several people whose names appeared on

signature petitions for Andersen who said they had never signed the petition, according to an arrest a davit. Other signatures on the petition were from people who said they moved from Colorado before the petition was circu-

Rimpel pleaded guilty to attempting to in uence a public servant, a felony, and perjury, a misdemeanor, court records show. Under terms of the deal, the felony will be dismissed from Rimpel’s record after two years if he stays

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

Each person was charged with attempting to in uence a public servant, a felony, and perjury, a misdemeanor, court records show. e other cases are pending in Denver District Court. 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.

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What is hospice?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

My husband had a good death with the help of the hospice because he left this life under his own terms. At Duncan Legal, PC we understand the importance of tailoring our services to meet the individual needs of our clients. For personalized assistance, call Duncan Legal to schedule a consultation. Your peace of mind is our priority and we look forward to assisting you on your estate planning journey.

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

OLDS: This week in the Clear Creek Courant…

50 years of Courant headlines not to be confused with news

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Evergreen nurse helps hungry children –March 13, 2013

While serving as a member of the Clear Creek Health Advisory Committee, Evergreen nurse Mary Pat DeWalds started a food collecting and

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distribution program for children coming to school hungry at Carlson Elementary School. “I’ve got to do something,” she said. “All kids need to eat.”

Council says, ‘Let there be light!’ –March 16, 1994

e Idaho Springs City Council overturned a decision made by the Historic Preservation Review Commission. e commission said that the Pittsburgh Mine Co. could not build a neon sign because it was not appropriate for the historic district. Councilman Joe Marden said that in Denver “probably nine out of 10 his-

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toric buildings have neon” to justify his stance.

McCoy estate give spruce trees –March 15, 1989

irty Blue Spruce trees were sent to Clear Creek County in memory of the late Russell E. McCoy, who was a long-time property owner there. McCoy’s granddaughter Rebecca Blauer said the seeds were from the Arbor Day Foundation in Nebraska.

Missing ordinances ba e Georgetown o cials – March 15, 1974

Eight ordinances somehow went missing Georgetown that established

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regulations and rules for a variety of topics, including police, vagrancy and dogs. Deputy Marshal Jack Jones suggested that each of the town ocials with keys to the town clerk’s ofce could be given a lie detector test to determine what they may know.

e Clear Creek Courant was created in August of 1973. ese items come from Courant’s historic archives. As it turns out, previous Courant writers had the same idea for the paper’s 25th anniversary. eir section was dubbed, “Olds: Not to be confused with news.” It lives on for an entire year to celebrate the paper’s 50th birthday.

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Listening to your heart: Emotions are the key for women’s heart health

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

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

Emotional awareness matters

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Nelson Greg Bradley

October 2, 1957 - February 12, 2024

Greg Bradley, age 66, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, passed away on February 12, 2024, in Englewood, Colorado.

write or sing a song. Healthy emotional expression keeps the walls of your heart from pumping too hard. It allows the chambers to relax to keep the heart owing with comfort.

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

Activate: Practicing this gentle approach can help reduce the strain on your precious heart. Pause, feel, listen and express: take a moment, sit, if possible, in a quiet space. If not, do it standing. Re ect by asking yourself, “What am I feeling right now?” Listen and notice the emotion that arises within you without judgment or resistance. Simply allow yourself to be present with whatever feelings emerge, now you can express them. Release them, nd the best way for you. Suggestions: write them out, talk to a friend, talk with yourself, walk them out, go for a swim, dance,

e stress-heart connection: As you journey through the labyrinth of life, the burdens of the world weigh heavy upon the heart, casting darkness upon the body and mind. It is no surprise that chronic stress and frustration can increase the risk of heart disease, heart attacks, and strokes. What to do? First is to recognize when you are experiencing stress. How to recognize when you are stressed? Everyone is di erent; becoming easily agitated, frustrated and moody. Feeling overwhelmed, as if you are losing control or need to take control. Having a tough time relaxing and quieting the mind. You feel hurried, worried and have no time to complete everything on your list and your mind is constantly racing. You experience insomnia, feeling bad about yourself, you start to shut down and the list continues. All these experiences can be considered stress. As you learn to become more aware of how your body and mind experiences stress, you can make the time to decompress the stress within the body and help the heart get back to a normal rhythm. Here are ways that work:

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

Listen to music: Music is e ective for relaxation and stress management. It helps slow the heart rate, reduce blood pressure, and lowers levels of cortisol, the stress hormone.

Greg was a veteran having joined the US Army following high school. He served part of his time in Berlin, Germany where he stood guard at the Brandenburg Gate and guarded Nazi war criminal Rudolph Hess at Spandau Prison. Greg started his mining career in 1978 at the Henderson Mine near Empire, Colorado. Following the Henderson Greg went on to contract mining in the western and central US, Mexico and the Dominican Republic. Greg was a very talented miner and equipment operator and was widely recognized as a “top hand”.

Greg was an avid outdoorsman who loved bow hunting, shing, mountain biking, hiking, hang gliding, ying, camping, snowboarding, skiing, rock hounding, fourwheeling, snowmobiling and anything else in the outdoors. Greg’s lifelong passion for ying began in childhood. Later in life he obtained various licenses up to a commercial rating and ight instructor and eventually owned his own airplane.

Greg is survived by his brothers Mike, Tony, Tim and Chris, nephews David, Ryan and Trace Bradley and niece Tanner Bradley, stepdaughter Renee Moss (Brian) and granddaughter Tula. Greg was preceded in death by his parents Nelson and Katherine Bradley.

Greg was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Columbus, Montana. A Celebration of Life for Greg will be held on April 6, 2024 11am-2pm, at the Elk’s Lodge in Idaho Springs (16th Ave and Colorado Blvd). In lieu of owers, contributions to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (www.givenow.lls.org) or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (www.stjude.org) are encouraged.

Greg was a signi cant presence in many people’s lives and will be deeply missed by his family, friends, former wife SuAnn Moss, and ancé Linda Ziegler. He will be remembered as a mentor, teacher, and a man who went out of his way to help others. His love of the outdoors, ying and mining will continue to inspire those who knew him. May he rest in peace and may all who knew him continue his mining, shing and hunting legacy.

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Littleton fashion designer starts unique skiwear business

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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

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

Becoming a fashion designer

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

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

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

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

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

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

PHOTO RYLAND LOVVORN

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A skiwear line is born

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hopes for the future

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Harnessing positive emotions

Cultivating positive emotions such as kindness, happiness, gratitude

and love can have a healthy protective e ect on the heart. So, practice those loving feelings more! e heart loves to smile. Oh, how it rejoices amidst the symphony of joy, gratitude, compassion, and warmth. Embracing positivity will help your spirit soar allowing the heart to dance in harmony with the ow of the body and the universe.

Activate self-love Practice daily acts of kindness and generosity towards yourself. It only takes a moment to change your emo-

tional state. What can you do today to make your heart smile? Some ideas; name one blessing about your body. Now, give it some love, acknowledge the blessing of your hands, feet, eyes, and ears, or whatever body part you have picked for the day.

In the stillness of your heart, you will nd the wisdom to navigate life’s challenges with courage and condence, drawing upon the wellspring of healing, love and light that resides within. Honor the beauty of YOU and stand tall in the radiant wonder of who YOU are and embrace your

emotions as messengers of truth and transformation for prevention, greater balance, heart health and peace!

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

Some Idaho Springs locals are asking ‘Where did

BY CHRIS KOEBERL CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

At the Idaho Springs post o ce, in the grocery store or on the street, people have been asking: “Where is Allied?”

Allied Towing moved into its location on east Colorado Boulevard in 1980 and started a mechanic shop that has grown into one of the largest tow truck operations in the area.

Allied, a fixture on the east side of Idaho Springs for more than 40 years, has moved to greener pastures in Clear Creek County SEE

After 40 years, owner Jimmy Clark said the business nally outgrew the location.

“We’ve moved on to bigger and better things. It’s new beginnings with 30-plus acres, a mechanic shop and 3000 square foot o ce,” Clark said.

Allied Towing will continue to cover all of Clear Creek County for towing and will continue to provide auto diagnostics, service and tires at the new location.

e extra shop space at 3121 County Road 308 in Dumont allows more room for what Clark called the latest automotive diagnostic equipment for the repair side of the business.

e new land allows Allied to temporarily store some of the massive tractor trailers Clark and his drivers

Allied Towing moves to 3121 County Road 308 in Dumont after 40 years in Idaho Springs.

PHOTO BY CHRIS KOEBERL

haul o the I-70 corridor through Clear Creek County and retrieve from Berthoud, Loveland and S Passes.

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He added that the latest addition to the eet is a 50-ton 2022 Kenworth. Its 3-axle frame can lift 100 tons and haul it away.

Looking at the twisted metal, shattered glass and melted tires of the

trucks in temporary storage at Allied, you realize Clark or one of his drivers had to go to the scene of the crash to do their job of hooking up and taking away.

It means getting up close to what’s left of often violent crashes, where at times, not everyone walked away.

“It’s a necessary evil,” Clark said. “It’s an important thing and unfortunately that importance sometimes can weigh heavy on a driver.”

Responding law enforcement, rst responders, paramedics, re ghters and tow truck operators often arrive at the same scene time and time again, Clark said, adding that they know each other and often deal with the trauma together.

“Everybody is a big family that we share out there on the highway,” he said.

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

BY JO DAVIS JDAVIS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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

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

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

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

“ e rst is our continued work on the coping panel project. is is a two-year project that began in April of 2023 and is essentially repairing the caps on retaining walls along the I-25 corridor,” Figliolino explained. “During this time, tracks, or trains, rather, must be single-tracked during the work areas to allow for work to happen in that right of way.”

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

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

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

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

ers.”

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

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

• DASH, the Boulder/ Lafayette via Louisville bus route

• SKIP, the Boulder/Lafayette via Arapahoe bus route

• 11, the Mississippi Avenue route

• 20, the 20th Avenue route

• 24, the University Boulevard route

• 30, the South Federal Boulevard route

• 51, the Sheridan Boulevard route

• 65, the Monaco Parkway route

• 73, the Quebec Street route

• 225, the Boulder/Lafayette via Baseline route

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

“ ese are kind of just our more minor schedule adjustments,” Sullivan said. She went on to say that other routes will see minor adjustments to allow for driver rest times and as a result of performance changes.

3. Changes to the Evergreen and Platte Valley Flex rides

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

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

4. More free rides downtown thanks to construction

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

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

“So, for the free metro ride, we’re

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We’d like to know about events or activities of interest to the community. Visit www.clearcreekcourant. com/calendar/ and post your event online for free. Email ckoeberl@ coloradocommunitymedia.com to get items in the print version of the paper. Items will appear in print on a space-available basis.

FRIDAY

Devil’s Gate History Club presentation: At 7 p.m. on Friday, March 15 at the Georgetown Community Center, Allison Knotts and John Sprunger will present “Isabella Bird and James Grafton Rogers: Georgetown rough eir Eyes.” All Devil’s Gate History Club presentations are free, but donations are welcome.

SATURDAY

Clear Creek Democrats presentation: HealingUs; America: It’s time for a check-up. 1 p.m. Saturday, March 16. e lm screening will be held at the United Center in Idaho Springs. Following the lm there will be a discussion of Colorado HB24-1075: Analysis of Universal Health Care Payment System.

UPCOMING

Education Specialist, Roary Archibald, as we delve into a diverse set of outdoor skills tailored to our mountain environment. is encompasses advanced shelter building, water puri cation, re skills, learning ora and fauna of our mountain area and knot tying. Clear Creek Recreation Center in Idaho Springs. Ages 5-15 cost $55/ day. Drop o between 7:30 a.m. and 9 a.m., pick up between 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Clear Creek Library District offers: Tax assistance from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 22 at Idaho Springs Library 219 14th Street. Help in preparing 2023 taxes is available for residents who earned less than $64,000 in 2023. Bring a Social Security card, photo ID and any W-2s you have. Residents can also call 720-221-8354 on March 22 for assistance.

Clear Creek Metropolitan Recreation District: Outdoor Adventure Spring Break Camp March 18 - 22. Join our Outdoor

Clear Creek Library District: A History of Idaho Springs will be presented by friends of the library. Anyone can join at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March, 27 at the Idaho Springs Library.

Free senior foot care clinic: Clear Creek County Metropolitan Recreation will hold the event in Idaho Springs March 27 from 1-3 p.m. Call Heather at CCMRD 303567-2020.

Clear Creek Metropolitan Recreation District Egg-Stravaganza: Join CCMRD for its yearly EggStravaganza on Saturday, March 30th. is egg-citing event is completely free, and activities include an Egg Hunt in the Pool (Ages 5 & Under: 1-2 p.m. - MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT) and (Ages 6 & up: 2-3 p.m.) Bounce House Fun! 98 12th Ave. Idaho Springs.

Earth Day Clean-up at Lucky Ranch: April 21 Come out to Lucky Ranch for Earth Day and help get us ready for the foraging season. We will be cleaning up slash for re mitigation on April 21st and 22nd from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. You do not have to be strong to help us! We need help cleaning up trash and cutting up the branches we remove.

Wander Women Project: Beginner whitewater rafting instruction on Clear Creek. May 15 8:00 a.m. Even beginners can enjoy a whitewater rafting trip on Clear Creek with this guided tour. All instruction and equipment—wetsuits, paddles, life vests, and personal drybags—are provided for you. is tour is suitable for those who have no experience and is also perfect for families with children.Use of all equipment, including personal drybags. Instruction provid-

ed, perfect for beginners. 409 Park Ave. in Empire.

Charlie’s Place Fun Run: May 18th “Canine on the Creek” 5k/1mile fun run. Proceeds to bene t Gilpin and Clear Creek animal shelter Charles Place. After-party featuring Smokin Yards BBQ, TKB craft brews and cocktails, dog caricatures, dog costume contest, agility course, and pet-themed vendors to explore.

ONGOING

Test sirens scheduled: In an effort to notify people in the town of Georgetown of potential ooding due to the unlikely event of a dam failure at Xcel Energy’s Cabin Creek or Georgetown hydroelectric plants, Clear Creek County would like to provide notice to the residents of Georgetown ahead of the test sirens expected to take place on the rst Wednesday of every month.

Clear Creek EMS/Evergreen Fire Rescue Launch Mugs for Rugs Campaign: Bring an old throw rug and you’ll leave with an awesome bright green mug! You can bring them to Station 1A in Dumont (3400 Stanley Road), or you can email captains@clearcreekems.com and CCEMS will

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

Home Products and Services

By Jo Ann M. Colton Special to Lifestyles

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

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

FEATURE OF THE MONTH

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Learn: work with your emotions, give yourself grace, re-connect with family, friends, colleagues.

Work with tools: meet challenges in your daily life that keep you o -balance and feeling stuck or just plain lousy.

Take aways: resolve complex situations, how to connect with who you are and what you truly want.

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By Jo Ann M. Colton Special to Lifestyles

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

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

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

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

Fun Easter Gifts Kids Will Love

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

Great Books

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

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

Cool Toys

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

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

Inspiration and Gear

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Spring Savings Have Sprung!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“It is impossible to produce superior performance unless you do something different from the majority”

- Sir John Templeton

Rich Barbell Fitness O ers Strength And Conditioning Training For Athletes And Others

www.Richbarbellfitness.com

richbarbellfitness@gmail.com

Cell: (303) 809-6436

30746 Bryant Dr Unit 403 (Not visible from street. Up Bryant Drive)

By Jo Ann M. Colton Special to Lifestyles

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BY CHRIS KOEBERL CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PHOTO BY CHRIS KOEBERL

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

PHOTO COURTESY OF COLORADO ADVENTURE CENTER

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

PHOTO BY CHRIS KOEBERL

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Clear Creek Democrats: e Clear Creek Democrats meet from 5-7 p.m. the third ursday of the month at the Vintage Moose in Idaho Springs. Join them for conversation and social time.

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Walk-in vaccine clinics: Walk-in vaccine clinics for adults and children needing u and other vaccines are available from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesdays at the Clear Creek Health and Wellness Center, 1969 Miner St., Idaho Springs. No appointments required for the vaccines, though you can pre-register by calling 303-670-7528.

Resilience1220 counseling: Young people 12 to 20 can get free counseling through an Evergreenbased organization called Resilience1220. Composed of licensed therapists, Resilience1220 serves individuals and groups in the foothills including Clear Creek County. ey also facilitate school and community groups to build life skills in wellness and resilience among youth. For more information or to schedule a counseling session, visit R1220.org, email Resilience1220@ gmail.com or call 720-282-1164.

Dental clinics: Cleanings, X-rays, dentures, tooth extractions and more. Most insurances are accepted including Medicaid. Sliding scale/ low-cost options are also available. No appointment necessary. is is a mobile dentist that comes once a month. Call program manager Lauralee at 720-205-4449 for questions.

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Public Health o ering sexual health and family planning: Clear Creek County Public Health is now o ering Sexual Health and Planning Services at the Health and Wellness Center in Idaho Springs. Public Health o ers counseling, emergency contraception, pregnancy testing, STI and HIV screenings, basic infertility services and birth control options and referrals. ese services are con dential. Public Health can also now bill Medicaid and most private insurance. However, if you do not have insurance, fees are based on a sliding scale — and no one will be turned away if they are unable to pay.

proposing reinstating it and not just during the peak periods weekday as it usually used to operate, but actually all day, seven days a week,” Sullivan said. “ is is really to allow greater exibility during the downtown rail reconstruction project. So that customers have other alternatives to reach their destination from Union Station into other parts of downtown.”

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

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

6. 116 X will be reduced due to low rider-

ship “ e 116 X route will be reduced due to low ridership consolidating the current afternoon trips into one trip that will depart Civic Center Station at 6-10 minutes,” Sullivan said.

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

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

Sullivan explained that the E Line will have reduced service.

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

She explained that the decision came from the RTD’s tracking of service in the summer of 2023. It was determined that reliable service was

most important to E Line customers.

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

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

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

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

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

9. All light rail lines will be adjusted

to match the modifications on lines directly a ected by construction

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

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

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

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

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

CU, CSU applicants get more time

Universities push enrollment deadlines amid FAFSA delays

BY JASON GONZALES CHALKBEAT COLORADO

Colorado’s two largest universities will push the deadline for students to con rm their enrollment by a month to June 1.

e announcements by the University of Colorado Boulder and Colorado State University Fort Collins follow a di cult Free Application for Federal Student Aid season marred by glitches. e problems delayed when families could apply, and colleges haven’t received the information they use to help families determine if a school’s nancially right for them.

“We are here to support our students,” said Amy Hutton, CU Boulder associate vice chancellor for enrollment management. “We really want to make sure that they have the support and the time they need to make the right decision.”

e U.S. Department of Education switched to a new FAFSA form this year, but the rollout has been slow and problematic. Families and students typically can start lling out the FAFSA in October.

But the federal government delayed the application period this year until Dec. 31 to create a new form. e federal government then announced a delay of student records that schools use to send out aid awards to families.

e Better FAFSA, as it is now known, has been easier and faster to complete. Nonetheless, some stu-

dents, such as those whose parents don’t have Social Security numbers, have had issues nishing the form.

e federal government has created a workaround for those families.

Typically, about 17 million students nationwide ll out the FAFSA; so far, about ve million have completed the form.

Colleges across the state and U.S. began to shift numerous deadlines as FAFSA issues persisted.

Hutton said moving the deadline will give students, especially those who are the rst in their families to go to college or who have highernancial need, more time to consider their nancial options.

e state’s two premier public universities aren’t alone in announcing more exibility for students amid FAFSA delays. Other Colorado public higher education institutions have already announced changes.

For example, Fort Lewis College already pushed its enrollment deadline to June 1. Other schools, especially regional institutions, traditionally are more exible in admissions, but also have changed other dead-

lines this year, such as registration or when students need to submit housing applications.

Pushing the con rmation deadline is more consequential for larger schools such as CU Boulder and CSU Fort Collins because they compete for a more selective pool of students.

Heather Daniel, CSU Fort Collins director of admissions, said the May 1 enrollment deadline has been like a “national holiday” when students announce where they planned to attend college. Schools use the enrollment con rmation deadline as a way to understand the size of the next year’s incoming freshmen, which helps them plan.

Pushing the deadline by a month also will impact students. e tighter schedule gives them less time to complete pre-enrollment tasks, Daniel said.

“It might mean a quicker turnaround for students to be able to complete next steps, like signing up for orientation, registering for classes, and getting their housing,” Daniel said. “It’s just a matter of adjusting and, most importantly, ac-

commodating students and families through the process. at’s our primary focus.”

Statewide, other schools have tried to nd ways to help families navigate this year.

Metropolitan State University of Denver, which o ers more exible enrollment, has told students it will work with them through FAFSA challenges.

Vaughn Toland, MSU Denver chief enrollment o cer, said many of the school’s students apply well into the summer. e school has extendednancial aid eligibility deadlines.

“We’re gonna get this gured out and we’re here to support you,” Toland said.

e school, which is the most diverse Colorado institution and has a high number of students who are the rst to go to college, has tried to communicate it will be exible if students run into individual issues.

Kerline Eglaus, MSU Denver executive director of nancial aid and scholarships, said she wants students to know they won’t get left behind because many deadlines are uid.

“And that’s given them some peace of mind,” she said.

But students should attempt to ll out the FAFSA, school leaders said.

e form is the only way students can truly understand their nancial options for school, Hutton said.

“I always recommend students ll out the FAFSA and see what aid is available to them so they can make an informed decision about where they want to attend and their ability to succeed when they do,” Hutton said.

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1. TELEVISION: Which TV sitcom featured a father gure named Philip Banks?

2. LANGUAGE: How many letters are in the Greek alphabet?

3. MOVIES: Which movie features the line, “To be honest, when I found out the patriarchy wasn’t just about horses, I lost interest”?

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9. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Which large U.S. city is nicknamed Emerald City?

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7. Fermented atbread.

8. An intrusion.

9. Seattle, Washington.

10. 54.

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FLASHBACK

1. Brasil ‘66 was the backup band behind which artist?

2. Name the group that released “His Girl.”

3. Which Elvis Presley song’s melody came from an old Civil War ballad?

4. e second album of which artist was titled “Tapestry”?

5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “To you I’m a toy but I could be the boy you adore, if you’d just let me know.” Answers

1. Sergio Mendes. e Brazilian musician received a Grammy for Best World Music Album in 1993 and Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album in 2010.

2. e Guess Who, in 1967. e song charted in the U.K. and Canada but not in the U.S. ere were multiple versions, with the U.K. release having strings added without the band knowing about it.

3. “Love Me Tender,” released in 1956. e melody came from the old ballad “Aura Lee,” written in 1861. e song

has been used in many dozens of lms and shows and covered by several artists.

4. Carole King, in 1971. e album won four Grammy awards and included hits such as “I Feel the Earth Move” and “It’s Too Late.”

5. “Build Me Up Buttercup,” by e Foundations in 1968. It was used in insurance commercials as recently as 2021.

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IDAHO SPRINGS CITY OF 2024 Drinking Water Quality Report Covering Data For Calendar Year 2023

Public Water System ID: CO0110020

Esta es información importante. Si no la pueden leer, necesitan que alguien se la traduzca.

We are pleased to present to you this year’s water quality report. Our constant goal is to provide you with a safe and dependable supply of drinking water. With this notice published in the Clear Creek Courant, the report will not be mailed to customers except upon request. Please contact ANDREW MARSH at 303-567-4421 with any questions or for public participation opportunities that may affect water quality.

General Information

All drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that the water poses a health risk. More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline (1-800-426-4791) or by visiting epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water.

Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. Immunocompromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV-AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly, and infants can be particularly at risk of infections. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. For more information about contaminants and potential health effects, or to receive a copy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by Cryptosporidium and microbiological contaminants call the EPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline at (1-800-426-4791).

The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity.

Contaminants that may be present in source water include:

•Microbial contaminants: viruses and bacteria that may come from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations, and wildlife.

•Inorganic contaminants: salts and metals, which can be naturally-occurring or result from urban storm water runoff, industrial or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining, or farming.

•Pesticides and herbicides: may come from a variety of sources, such as agriculture, urban storm water runoff, and residential uses.

•Radioactive contaminants: can be naturally occurring or be the result of oil and gas production and mining activities.

•Organic chemical contaminants: including synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, which are byproducts of industrial processes and petroleum production, and also may come from gas stations, urban storm water runoff, and septic systems. In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment prescribes regulations limiting the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. The Food and Drug Administration regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water that must provide the same protection for public health.

Lead in Drinking Water

Lead can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant women and young children. Lead in drinking water is primarily from materials and components associated with service lines and home plumbing. We are responsible for providing high quality drinking water and removing lead pipes, but cannot control the variety of materials used in plumbing components in your home. You share the responsibility for protecting yourself and your family from the lead in your home plumbing. You can take responsibility by identifying and removing lead materials within your home plumbing and taking steps to reduce your family’s risk. Before drinking tap water, flush your pipes for several minutes by running your tap, taking a shower, doing laundry or a load of dishes. You can also use a filter certified by an American National Standards Institute accredited certifier to reduce lead in drinking water. If you are concerned about lead in your water and wish to have your water tested, contact ANDREW MARSH at 303-567-4421. Information on lead in drinking water, testing methods, and steps you can take to minimize exposure is available at epa.gov/safewater/lead.

Source Water Assessment and Protection (SWAP)

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment may have provided us with a Source Water Assessment Report for our water supply. For general information or to obtain a copy of the report please visit wqcdcompliance.com/ccr. The report is located under “Guidance: Source Water Assessment Reports”. Search the table using our system name or ID, or by contacting ANDREW MARSH at 303-567-4421. The Source Water Assessment Report provides a screening-level evaluation of potential contamination that could occur. It does not mean that the contamination has or will occur. We can use this information to evaluate the need to improve our current water treatment capabilities and prepare for future contamination threats. This can help us ensure that quality finished water is delivered to your homes. In addition, the source water assessment results provide a starting point for developing a source water protection plan. Potential sources of contamination in our source water area are listed on the next page.

Please contact us to learn more about what you can do to help protect your drinking water sources, any questions about the Drinking Water Quality Report, to learn more about our system, or to attend scheduled public meetings. We want you, our valued customers, to be informed about the services we provide and the quality water we deliver to you every day.

Our Water Sources

EPA Superfund Sites, EPA Hazardous Waste Generators, EPA Chemical Inventory/Storage Sites, Aboveground, Underground and Leaking Storage Tank Sites, Solid Waste Sites, Existing/Abandoned Mine Sites, Other Facilities, Commercial/Industrial/Transportation, Low Intensity Residential,

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Terms and Abbreviations

•Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) − The highest level of a contaminant allowed in drinking water.

•Treatment Technique (TT) − A required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinking water.

•Health-Based − A violation of either a MCL or TT.

•Non-Health-Based − A violation that is not a MCL or TT.

•Action Level (AL) − The concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment and other regulatory requirements.

•Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level (MRDL) − The highest level of a disinfectant allowed in drinking water. There is convincing evidence that addition of a disinfectant is necessary for control of microbial contaminants.

•Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG) − The level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety.

•Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level Goal (MRDLG) − The level of a drinking water disinfectant, below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MRDLGs do not reflect the benefits of the use of disinfectants to control microbial contaminants.

•Violation (No Abbreviation) − Failure to meet a Colorado Primary Drinking Water Regulation.

•Formal Enforcement Action (No Abbreviation) − Escalated action taken by the State (due to the risk to public health, or number or severity of violations) to bring a non-compliant water system back into compliance.

Sources

Potential Source(s) of Contamination

•Variance and Exemptions (V/E) − Department permission not to meet a MCL or treatment technique under certain conditions.

•Gross Alpha (No Abbreviation) − Gross alpha particle activity compliance value. It includes radium-226, but excludes radon 222, and uranium.

Sources (Water Type - Source Type)

•Picocuries per liter (pCi/L) − Measure of the radioactivity in water.

Potential Source(s) of Contamination

•Nephelometric Turbidity Unit (NTU) − Measure of the clarity or cloudiness of water. Turbidity in excess of 5 NTU is just noticeable to the typical person.

DEVILS CANYON (Surface Water-Intake)

CHICAGO CREEK INTAKE (Surface Water-Intake)

•Average (x-bar) − Typical value.

•Range (R) − Lowest value to the highest value.

•Sample Size (n) − Number or count of values (i.e. number of water samples collected).

•Compliance Value (No Abbreviation) – Single or calculated value used to determine if regulatory contaminant level (e.g. MCL) is met. Examples of calculated values are the 90th Percentile, Running Annual Average (RAA) and Locational Running Annual Average (LRAA).

DEVILS CANYON (Surface Water-Intake) CHICAGO CREEK INTAKE (Surface Water-Intake)

EPA SuperfundSites, EPA Hazardous Waste Generators, EPA Chemical Inventory/Storage Sites, Aboveground, Underground and Leaking Storage Tank Sites,Solid Waste Sites,

•Parts per million = Milligrams per liter (ppm = mg/L) − One part per million corresponds to one minute in two years or a single penny in $10,000.

EPA SuperfundSites, EPA Hazardous Waste Generators, EPA Chemical Inventory/Storage Sites, Aboveground, Underground and Leaking Storage Tank Sites,Solid Waste Sites, Existing/Abandoned Mine Sites,Other Facilities, Commercial/Industrial/Transportation, Low Intensity Residential, Deciduous Forest,Evergreen Forest,Mixed Forest, Septic Systems, Road Miles

•Parts per billion = Micrograms per liter (ppb = ug/L) − One part per billion corresponds to one minute in 2,000 years, or a single penny in $10,000,000.

•Not Applicable (N/A) – Does not apply or not available.

Existing/Abandoned Mine Sites,Other Facilities, Commercial/Industrial/Transportation, Low Intensity

•Level 1 Assessment – A study of the water system to identify potential problems and determine (if possible) why total coliform bacteria have been found in our water system.

•Level 2 Assessment – A very detailed study of the water system to identify potential problems and determine (if possible) why an E. coli MCL violation has occurred and/or why total coliform bacteria have been found in our water system on multiple occasions.

Residential, Deciduous Forest,Evergreen Forest,Mixed Forest, Septic Systems, Road Miles

Detected Contaminants

Disinfectants Sampled in the Distribution System

IDAHO SPRINGS CITY OF routinely monitors for contaminants in your drinking water according to Federal and State laws.

TT Requirement: At least 95% of samples per period (month orquarter) must be at least 0.2ppm OR If sample size is less than 40nomore than1 sample is below0.2 ppm

The following table(s) show all detections found in the period of January 1 to December 31, 2023 unless otherwise noted. The State of Colorado requires us to monitor for certain contaminants less than once per year because the concentrations of these contaminants are not expected to vary significantly from year to year, or the system is not considered vulnerable to this type of contamination. Therefore, some of our data, though representative, may be more than one-year-old. Violations and Formal Enforcement Actions, if any, are reported in the next section of this report.

Typical Sources: Water additiveused to control microbes

Note: Only detected contaminants sampled within the last 5 years appear in this report. If no tables appear in this section, then no contaminants were detected in the last round of monitoring.

Disinfectants Sampled in the Distribution System

TT Requirement: At least 95% of samples per period (month or quarter) must be at least 0.2 ppm OR If sample size is less than 40 no more than 1 sample is below 0.2 ppm

Typical Sources: Water additive used to control microbes

DEVILS CANYON (Surface Water-Intake)

CHICAGO CREEK INTAKE (Surface Water-Intake)

guidelines for contaminants that may cause cosmetic effects (such as skin, or tooth discoloration) or aesthetic effects (such as taste, odor, or color) in drinking water.

Health-Based Violations

Maximum contaminant level (MCL) violations: Test results for this contaminant show that the level was too high for the time period shown. Please read the information shown below about potential health effects for vulnerable populations. This is likely the same violation that we told you about in a past notice. We are evaluating, or we already completed an evaluation, to find the best way to reduce or remove the contaminant. If the solution will take an extended period of time, we will keep you updated with quarterly notices.

Treatment technique (TT) violations: We failed to complete an action that could affect water quality. Please read the information shown below about potential health effects for vulnerable populations. This is likely the same violation that we told you about in a past notice. We were required to meet a minimum operation/treatment standard, we were required to make upgrades to our system, or we were required to evaluate our system for potential sanitary defects, and we failed to do so in the time period shown below. If the solution will take an extended period of time, we will keep you updated with quarterly notices.

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06/03/202306/03/2023

We have an inadequate backflow prevention and crossconnection control program. Uncontrolled cross connections can lead to inadvertent contamination of the drinking water. This is due to one or more of the following: We have permitted an uncontrolled cross connection, AND/OR we have installed or permitted an uncontrolled cross connection, AND/OR we failed to comply with the requirements for surveying our system for cross connections, AND/OR we failed to complete the testing requirements for backflow prevention devices or methods, AND/OR we failed to notify the State Health Dept of a backflow contamination event.

We have an inadequate backflow prevention and crossconnection control program. Uncontrolled cross connections can lead to inadvertent contamination of the drinking water. This is due to one or more of the following: We have permitted an uncontrolled cross connection, AND/OR we have installed or permitted an uncontrolled cross connection, AND/OR we failed to comply with the requirements for surveying our system for cross connections, AND/OR we failed to complete the testing requirements for backflow prevention devices or methods, AND/OR we failed to notify the State Health Dept of a backflow contamination event.

N/A N/A

06/03/2023 - Open

We have an inadequate backflow prevention and crossconnection control program. Uncontrolled cross connections can lead to inadvertent contamination of the drinking water. This is due to one or more of the following: We have permitted an uncontrolled cross connection, AND/OR we have installed or permitted an uncontrolled cross connection, AND/OR we failed to comply with the requirements for surveying our system for cross connections, AND/OR we failed to complete the testing requirements for backflow prevention devices or methods, AND/OR we failed to notify the State Health Dept of a backflow contamination event.

Additional Violation Information

Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail.

The City has improved the tracking system and sent notice to all users who have not had their Backflow devices tested or installed. All users have come into compliance as of 3/2/2024

CROSS

CHLORINE/CHLORAMINE

or we did not complete a report/notice by the required date.

Storage Tank Monitoring plan was updated with thepersonnel approved to inspect tanks and corrective action schedules were provided.

Backflow and Cross-Connection

We have an inadequate backflow prevention and cross-connection control program. Uncontrolled cross connections can lead to inadvertent contamination of the drinking water.

The City has improved the tracking system and sent notice to all users who have not had their Backflow devices tested or installed All users have come into compliance as of 3/2/2024.

Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail.

Describe the steps taken to resolve the violation(s), and the anticipated resolution date:

Turbidity and Chlorine reports were sent to the State immediately after it was discovered that a filing issue had occurred. Resolved 7/14/2023.

Storage Tank Monitoring plan was updated with the personnel approved to inspect tanks and corrective action schedules were provided. Backflow and Cross-Connection

Legals

Public Trustees

1760 Skyline Drive, Georgetown, CO 80444.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

City and County

Public Notice

We have an inadequate backflow prevention and cross-connection control program. Uncontrolled cross connections can lead to inadvertent contamination of the drinking water

CITY OF IDAHO SPRINGS, COLORADO

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS

NOTICE OF SALE

Public Notice

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE

SALE NO. 2023-018

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On December 11, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Clear Creek records.

Original Grantor(s)

Sharon L. Butler

Original Beneficiary(ies)

BOKF NA DBA

COLORADO STATE BANK AND TRUST

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt BOKF, N.A.

Date of Deed of Trust

November 02, 2018

County of Recording

Clear Creek Recording Date of Deed of Trust

November 06, 2018

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)

289747 Book: 957 Page: 299

Original Principal Amount $173,500.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $151,843.00

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 1, BLOCK 2, THE MEADOWS AT GEORGETOWN, THIRD FILING, COUNTY OF CLEAR CREEK, STATE OF COLORADO

Also known by street and number as:

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

The City has improved the tracking system and sent notice to all users who have not had their Backflow devices tested or installed All users have come into complianceas of 3/2/2024.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, 04/11/2024, at The Clear Creek County Public Trustee’s Office, 405 Argentine Street, Georgetown, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 2/15/2024

Last Publication 3/14/2024

Name of Publication

The Clear Creek Courant

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A

NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 12/11/2023

Carol Lee, Public Trustee in and for the County of Clear Creek, State of Colorado

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Ilene Dell’Acqua #31755

McCarthy & Holthus, LLP 7700 E. Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122

Attorney File # CO-23-970323-LL

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

Legal Notice No. CCC774

First Publication: February 15, 2024

Last Publication: March 14, 2024

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held in accordance with Chapter 22 of the Idaho Springs Municipal Code commencing at 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard on the 25th day of March 2024 before the City Council to consider designation of the Indian Hot Springs, located at 302 Soda Creek Rd, as a local historic site.

This hearing will be held at the Idaho Springs City Hall, located at 1711 Miner Street, Idaho Springs, Colorado 80452.

Dated this 14th day of March 2024

Dylan Graves, Community Development Planner

Legal Notice No. CCC816

First Publication: March 14, 2024

Last Publication: March 14, 2024

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

2024 CCR Page 5 of 5

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Colorado

Comcast

Corvinus

Craig

Curtis

Cynthia

DDRC

Delta Dental Plan Of Colorado Fees $1,040.00

Denver Health Services $43.77

Denver Health & Hospitals Services $43.77

DiNatale Water Consultants Services $5,397.50

District Attorney Services $134,961.60

Doyle Disposal Services $1,081.01

E-470 Public Highway Authority Services $90.60

East Slope Excavating Services $1,440.00

Economy Air Conditioning & Heating Inc. Services $12,123.05

Eldorado Artesian Springs, Inc. Services $58.45

Employers Council Services Inc Supplies $976.00

Environmental Systems Research Services $28,400.00

Evergreen National Bank 01/12 Fica $47,478.81

Evergreen National Bank 01/12 Retire $24,067.48

Evergreen National Bank 01/26 Fica $42,059.08

Evergreen National Bank 01/26 Retire $21,655.87

Evergreen Septic Pumping Co Services $2,600.00

Farmer Bros Co Supplies $1,344.03

Felsburg Holt & Ullevig Services $44,595.00

First Veterinary Supply Supplies $101.53

George Douvas DDS Services $308.00

Georgetown Town Of Services $12,131.50

GeoWater Services, LLC Services $166.50

Goliath Tech, LLC Supplies $3,715.00

Goodyear Auto Service Center Supplies $299.05

Government Leasing and Finance, Inc Leases $19,632.77

GovOS, Inc. Services $833.33

Green to Sheen Studio Services $20,469.00

Henderson Operations Services $1,156.62

Housing Colorado Services $370.00

IHS Pharmacy Supplies $2,430.82

Integrated Systems Services $1,359.78

International Assn Of Property & Evidence, Inc Services $130.00

Jefferson Center For Mental He Services $21,014.34

JobTarget Services $1,250.00

JP Morgan Operating Expense $76,646.81

Justice Benefits, Inc Services $4,981.90

Keefe Commissary Network Supplies $64.87

Keystone Policy Center Services $10,000.00

Language Line Services $37.44

Legal Shield Fees $832.95

LexisNexis / Accurint Supplies $1,323.58

Lightfield LLR Corp Supplies $625.00

M&M Home and Commercial Cleaning Services $270.00

Mammoth Networks Services $180.00

Marshall & Swift Services $681.20

MCCi, LLC Services $25,000.00

McKesson Medical-Surgical Supplies $313.79

Meredith Ann Frank, MD PLLC Services $3,525.00

Milo’s Speed Shop Services $1,600.43

Minnesota Elevator, Inc Services $520.80

Mt. Evans Hospice Inc Services $58,279.00

Multicard Supplies $29,307.99

National Assoc Of

Peak

Penny-Wise

Quest

Rocky

Sarah

SEH

Shamrock

Smart Source LLC Supplies $541.00

Software One, Inc.

Southpaw

Spring

Staples

Grand total

Legal Notice No. CCC819

First Publication: March 14, 2024

Last Publication: March 14, 2024 Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Notice

CITY OF IDAHO SPRINGS, COLORADO NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held in accordance with Chapter 21 of the Idaho Springs Municipal Code commencing at 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard on the 25th day of March 2024 before the City Council to consider an Annexation of Interstate 70 Right-of-Way into the City of Idaho Springs.

This hearing will be held at the Idaho Springs City Hall, located at 1711 Miner Street, Idaho Springs, Colorado 80452.

Dated this 22nd day of February 2024

Dylan Graves, Community Development Planner

Legal Notice No. CCC811

First Publication: February 22, 2024

Last Publication: March 14, 2024

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Misc. Private Legals

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT, CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, COLORADO 405 Argentine St. Georgetown, CO 80444 (303) 569-0820

Plaintiff(s): BRUCE BOYNTON

Defendant(s):

v.

CAROL LEE, in her capacity as CLEAR CREEK COUNTY TREASURER; SHAWN C. CARLSEN; all unknown persons who claim under or through the named defendants; and all unknown persons who claim any interest in the subject matter of this action

Case Number: 2023CV030048

Division: C

Attorneys for Plaintiff:

Zachary A. Grey, Atty. Reg. 49269

Jordan C. May, Atty. Reg. 38734

Frascona, Joiner, Goodman and Greenstein P.C. 4750 Table Mesa Drive Boulder, CO 80305

Telephone: 303-494-3000

Facsimile: 303-494-6309

Email: zac@frascona.com

SERVICE BY PUBLICATION

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT(S):

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 21 or 35 days, as applicable, after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall 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 21 or 35 days, as applicable, 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 further notice.

Dated: February 29, 2024

Frascona, Joiner, Goodman and Greenstein, P.C.

/s/Zachary A. Grey Attorney for Plaintiff

Legal Notice No. CCC820

First Publication: March 14, 2024

Last Publication: April 11, 2024

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Public Notice

NOTICE: ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING OF PROJECT SUPPORT SENIOR CENTER.

PROJECT SUPPORT SENIOR CENTER HAS AN OPEN POSITION ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. IF INTERESTED IN BEING ON THE PROJECT SUPPORT BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SEND A LETTER OF INTEREST TO “PRESIDENT”, PROJECT SUPPORT, 1402 MINER STREET, PO BOX 1231, IDAHO SPRINGS, COLORADO 80452. THE ELECTION WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF PROJECT SUPPORT SENIOR CENTER ON MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2024 AT 12:00 PM AT THE SENIOR CENTER, 1402 MINER STREET, IDAHO SPRINGS, COLORADO

KELLIE MOORE SECRETARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PROJECT SUPPORT SENIOR CENTER

Legal Notice No. CCC822

First Publication: March 14, 2024

Last Publication: March 14, 2024

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Name Changes

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on February 21, 2024, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Clear Creek County Court. The petition requests that the name of Silas Finn Nunez be changed to Finn Silas Nunez Case No.: 24 C 9

By: Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. CCC817

First Publication: March 7, 2024

Last Publication: March 21, 2024

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant ###

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