Clear Creek Courant August 1, 2024 by Colorado Community Media

Steve Canyon statue in Idaho Springs. CHRIS KOEBERL

Clear Creek county o ces close their doors for one day

The scheduled closure was intended as an all employee education day

BY CHRIS KOEBERL

A scheduled day of all-employee in-service for Clear Creek county employees shut down all non-emergency o ces in the county July 22. e event was held at Clear Creek High School in Evergreen to accommodate for the number of employees, according to organizers, who

scheduled for up to 150 to attend.

County Commissioners were excluded from the employee event, according to County Public Information O cer Megan Hiler, to give employees an opportunity to talk among themselves without any intimidation.

“ is was a great day for our employees to get together and discuss the County’s new values and purpose statement,” Hiler said. e new statement will be publicly available after approval by the commission.

“Our greatest resource at Clear Creek County is our people, and we are lucky to have the best,” Hiler said.

Weather Observations for Georgetown, Colorado

Week of July 15, 2024

Week ofJuly 15, 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.

Day and date of observation (2024)

Costco Is Building

800 Apartments Over New Store in Los Angeles. Could Denver Be Next?

When I first read about this project in an email newsletter called “The Briefcase,” I checked the calendar to make sure it wasn’t April 1st. Disbelieving what I read, I Googled the topic and found countless trade and general audience publications about the project (none of them in Denver), and none saying it was a joke.

Yes, Costco has acquired a 5acre site in South Los Angeles that was formerly occupied by a church, and they announced last year that they were partnering with Thrive Living to build a Costco warehouse store on the site with 800 apartments, many of them “affordable” above and around it. The parking will be in two underground levels.

addressing the country’s and Colorado’s extreme shortage of affordable housing.

With many low-income areas being “food deserts,” bringing a Costco to the Baldwin Hills neighborhood south of downtown Los Angeles sounds like it helps to address that problem as well. Here in our own metro area, I can think of several lower income neighborhoods that could benefit from a project that brings both affordable housing and affordable food shopping to the same location. And I suspect that some developer could assemble a 5-acre parcel to carry that off — and that we have developers committed to

affordable housing to replicate the Los Angeles project if Thrive Living isn’t ready to do it themselves.

In the L.A. project, 184 of the 800 apartments are to be set aside for lowincome families. It could be expected

On its website, Thrive Living describes itself as a national brand currently pursuing a mission of building workforce housing in markets experiencing severe affordability gaps. They are an affiliate of Magnum Real Estate Group, “a vertically integrated real estate company which has developed $5.5 billion of real estate, including a wide range of ground-up residential rental and for-sale apartments, adaptive re-use and historic conversions, student housing, community facility development, retail, and light office.”

It was coincidental that I read about their Los Angeles project with Costco on the same day that Governor Gavin Newsome announced a statewide plan in California to crack down on homeless encampments.

Here in the metro Denver area, we have seen a real surge in the construction of multi-story “transit-oriented developments” but it never occurred to me that Costco or other “big box” stores on multi-acre site could also be a venue for

that many of the residents will be Costco employees, whether or not they qualify as “low income.”

According to CoStar, the site is in the “Inglewood / South L.A.” retail market,, where the apartment vacancy rate is 4.4%, and the average rent of $1,650 per month is considerably lower than the Los Angeles average of $2,191 per month.

As usual, I will publish links to this project in the posting of this column at http://RealEstateToday.substack.com.

We Now Know How Buyer Agent Compensation Will Be Handled in Colorado

The much discussed NAR Settlement of March 15, 2024 requires that Realtorowned MLSs, of which REcolorado is one, remove all mention of buyer agent (or “co-op”) commissions from listings by August 17th, and REcolorado has announced that they will comply even earlier — on August 6th. Buyer agent compensation fields will disappear from listings, and no mention of buyer agent compensation can be included in public remarks or other text fields.

The sharing of commissions between listing agents and buyer agents may be banned, but the settlement specifically says that sellers can still offer to pay buyer’s agents. Listing contracts, buyer agency contracts and the contracts to buy and sell listings had to change, and revisions to those documents were released in mid-July by the Colorado Real Estate Commission, for use starting in August. Signed contracts are “grandfathered,” but all new contracts must be written using the new forms.

Price Reduced on This Twin Lakes Home

The new forms no longer state that the listing brokerage will share the listing commission with a buyer’s brokerage. Instead, a 2nd paragraph states that the seller will offer x% or x dollars compensation to a licensed broker who represents a buyer. A 3rd paragraph then states that the listing commission stated in the 1st paragraph will be reduced by the amount of the compensation paid to a buyer’s broker.

It’s a simple and logical work-around. At right is a sign rider I created which complies with this change. I have printed several variations of this sign rider with different percentages to accommodate whatever compensation the sellers we work with want to offer, including

one that doesn’t specify a percentage.

The brochures in the brochure box and the web pages we create for each listing will also have this information, so buyers will know what’s being offered.

How to Avoid Home Repair Scams/Disappointment

First of all, do not hire someone who solicits you, either at your door or by phone/text/letter/email.

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This 3-bedroom, 2-bath home at 48 Lang Street is in Twin Lakes, 20 miles south of Leadville at the foot of Independence Pass. It could be your escape from the Front Range rat race! This is a year-round mountain home, not a vacation home — unless you enjoy twelve months of vacation each year! Enjoy the quiet mountain life of Twin Lakes Village (population: 204). In summer, enjoy the drive over Independence Pass to Aspen. In winter, drive over Fremont Pass to Copper Mountain. Escape those I-70 traffic jams, too! Closer to home, enjoy hiking the Colorado Trail, which passes through town. This home was built in 2000 with all the modern conveniences, including high-speed internet, yet you're in a historic and charming mountain town. If you've been hankering for a slower lifestyle, this mountain home may be your escape. Visit www.TwinLakesHome.info to take a narrated video walk-through of this home and see lots of photos, then come see it! Open Saturday, August 3rd, 11 to 2. Or call me to request a private showing.

You’ve seen TV ads, no doubt, for Angi.com, and I like them as a resource because they survey every client about the service provided and price charged by the vendors they recommend. Those vendors are incentivized to do good work, because they want to get more referrals from Angi.

I also recommend calling your trusted

Realtor (me, for example) to get referrals and, importantly, to tell the vendor that you were referred. That way, they will, just like the Angi vendor, want to make you happy so they get more referrals.

The most risky thing you can do (other than what I described in the first paragraph) is to do online searching for vendors. Without a focus on getting repeat business or referrals, the vendor you find on-line could disappoint you.

New Clear Creek schools superintendent focuses on communication with community

BY CHRIS KOEBERL CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Clear Creek Schools Superintendent Tom Meyer o cially started in his position July 1, but he’s been preparing for the role for more than 25 years in education.

Meyer assumes the role of permanent superintendent succeeding Karen Quanbeck and interim Superintendent Mike Gass for the district. e previous pair guided schools to an expeditionary learning experience for students, which Gass often commented utilized the “gift of place” in the county.

Meyer told the Courant he has no intention of changing that course.

“A community is as strong, in many ways, as the things around it and one of those things that has to be strong, to make a strong community are the schools and I truly believe that. I’ll tell anybody that anytime,” Meyer said.

Meyer comes from Bellevue, Iowa where he was superintendent since 2014. According to his resume, he earned his Ph.D. in personalized learning at Drake University in 2021.

“What stood out to me was his pretty recent Ph.D. in individualized learning which I really think the United States education system is moving (toward) and I believe is really good for kids because it meets kids

the critical educational skills that they need to be successful,” Board of Education member Kelly Flenniken said in a recent interview.

“No two students learn the same.”

It’s a common theme in conversations with Meyer..

here for the long-term… I’m here to work for our school district and work for our students,” he said.

Community and communication are key to a successful school district and basic education Meyer said but what’s changing, he believes, is how

we educate our kids. e traditional model of four walls in a classroom is still relevant but students need to be able to break those walls and nd their own passion.

“Just the way he approaches the delivery of education, I think really

Clear Creek Superintendent Tom Meyer oversees ﬁnal construction at Carlson Elementary July 17.

PHOTO BY CHRIS KOEBERL

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ts our community and only builds o the systems we’ve been working hard to put in place going all the way back to ‘Q’ (Karen Quanbeck). It just feels like the next iteration of progress to me,” Flenniken said.

Meyer said regular communication with parents and the community will be the usual with newsletters and updates on at least a monthly basis.

“ e whole focus of school revolves around kids and learning… it all comes down to, what are we doing for kids?” Meyer said.

Long-time educator and Executive Director of the Clear Creek Schools Foundation Mitch Houston agreed Meyer is a good t for a very unique school district.

“He values student outcomes, what they learn over how they learn it, and measuring life-skills as opposed to tests,” Houston said.

Meyer spoke with the Clear Creek Courant outside Building 103 in Idaho Springs, which is scheduled to open in August as the new Carlson Elementary School.

Playground equipment in place for start of the school year at remodeled Carlson Elementary in Idaho Springs.

Fervent construction continued in the background, but Meyer said he’s con dent it will be open and ready for students when school starts Aug. 14.

e combined construction crews in their yellow vests and hard hats reminded Meyer of how it takes a team to accomplish a shared goal. He said he recognizes that as superintendent he’s still just one part of the crew.

“Any solution, anything I’ve been involved with, I’ve been involved with other people helping to develop ideas, solutions, programming. It’s not about Tom Meyer, it’s about the people around me,” Meyer said.

RUNNERS WILL BE CROSSING ROADS AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:

HIGHWAY 103 @ FOREST SERVICE BUILDING

MINER STREET @ RIVERSIDE TO 25TH AVE.

COLORADO BLVD. @ RIVERSIDE TO 25TH AVE.

EDWARDS TO COLORADO BIKEWAY

GEORGETOWN TO IDAHO SPRINGS 1/2 MARATHON

Each year the GTIS ½ Marathon Committee asks for your assistance during this event, and we want to THANK YOU for all your help for so many years. Our goal is to minimize the impact on the citizens, but we recognize it may not be your favorite Saturday of the year! The Students of CCMS and CCHS thank you for helping us make our biggest fundraiser of the year a success.

8:00 AM TO 12:00 PM AUGUST 10,2024

Miner Street at 20th Ave to 25th

THANK YOU - Georgetown to Idaho Springs½ Marathon Committee and Students!

PHOTOS BY CHRIS KOEBERL

Building 103 in Idaho Springs is near completion and scheduled to open as Carlson Elementary Aug 14.

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Dam Ducky Derby to debut new ducks at its Aug. 3 event

Annual fundraiser steps up race with fresh ﬂock of weighted racing ducks

BY JANE REUTER JREUTER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Seven thousand brand-new contestants will race down Bear Creek through Evergreen Aug. 3, each battling to win the 14th annual Dam Ducky Derby.

e derby is a long-standing community event, but this year event sponsor Downtown Evergreen upgraded its ock from light plastic to weighted rubber racing ducks.

“ e ones we’ve been using served us well for 13 years, but they were just falling apart,” said Larae Evans, a Downtown Evergreen member who owns Marmalade Artisan Jewelry. “ e weighted ducks are bigger and heavier and are supposed to oat upright. ey will hopefully make for a swifter race.”

While Evans believes the new crew will perform swimmingly; that remains to be seen; the ducks haven’t had a trial run.

“ e derby will be their rst test,” she said.

Evergreen re ghters will drop the ducks 85 feet from a re engine bucket into the dam spillway at 1 p.m. Aug 3.

e numbered ducks, their fans lining the banks to cheer them on, will oat down the creek to the nish line at Highland Haven Creekside Inn. e rstplace duck wins $1,500 for the person who holds that number.

e fundraiser, sponsored by Downtown Evergreen, kicks o two hours before the drop at 11 a.m. at the large parking lot on Bear Creek Avenue. Events there include free face painting, an arcade truck, baby goats and other family fun.

Ducks can be purchased online at damduckyderby.com for $6 each until noon on race day. Purchasers don’t have to be present to win.

Funds support Downtown Evergreen’s Holiday Walk, a popular holiday tradition of lights, music and shopping that will mark its 32nd year in 2024.

“Like the Derby, the Holiday Walk is a much-loved event,” Evans said. “It’s also a very expensive event for us to put on.

e Dam Ducky Derby helps us with the

Thousands of ducks slip from the net above Bear Creek for the 2021 Dam Ducky Derby. This year’s event is Aug. 3.

funds so we can host that for the community.”

Downtown Evergreen, more formally known as the Evergreen Downtown

Business Association, is a nonpro t with about 60 members whose dues support marketing the community’s core business area.

statue for decades never existed

Thousands drive by the militarystyle statue every day near downtown Idaho Springs, but few know the story

BY CHRIS KOEBERL

CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A statue near the Historical Museum in Idaho Spring was erected around 1950. ousands of people drive by it every day, but few know the story behind the statue, which depicts a man who actually never existed.

Steve Canyon, the man depicted by the statue, was a cartoon gure sketched from the mind of famous illustrator and author Milton Cani near the end of WWII. Canyon was an Air Force pilot and commander of Big under Air Force Base. In the comic he went between bases to solve problems, reenlisting in the Air Force during the

Korean War, historians recorded.

Steve Canyon was an action-adventure comic strip that ran from 1947-1988, ending shortly after Cani ’s death, according to historians.

Cani used to visit Idaho Springs often and made many friends, according to local historians Bob and Jan Bowland, who run the Idaho Springs Historical Society.

“He used to hang out at the Hanson Lodge and was quite popular in the 1950s,” Bob Bowland said.

e historical society maintains several le folders on Cani and his character Canyon, including picture albums and the original statue unveiling.

e Bowlands said they still get questions about the Steve Canyon statue.

However, if you read the faded copper plaque at the bottom, it gives it away in part: “ e United States Treasury salutes Steve Canyon and through him, all American cartoon characters who serve the Nation.”

PHOTOS COURTESY OF IDAHO SPRINGS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

A photographic album of cartoonist Steve Canyon in Idaho Springs maintained by the historical society.

There is nothing like a good, old-fashioned town hall meeting — especially in the age of social media and online forums where political dialogue can devolve beyond constructive. Engaging in conversations, ideasharing, and yes, even criticism, in-person is part of a healthy democracy. at is why, as your state senator, I have always prioritized holding town hall meetings with my constituents.

I just nished my annual Post-Session Town Hall Tour of the beautiful senate district I am lucky to serve. is tour took me to all 10 counties of Senate District 8 and I held 11 town hall meetings with various colleagues from the Colorado House who also serve those counties. We held meetings in Eagle, Idaho Springs, Frisco, Walden, Granby, Craig, Steamboat Springs, Rangely, Meeker, Glenwood Springs and concluded in Central City. We convened around 400 community members over the course of this tour to discuss what happened at the legislature this year, celebrate some big wins for our rural and mountain communities, answer questions, and hear ideas for challenges that need to be addressed in the future.

At every town hall we talked about the major bills from this year that will bene t Western Colorado: water conservation, historic investments in education, boosting rural economies, supporting more a ordable housing, and meaningful property

Good friends and neighbors from a 40-year past love to remind me of a comment I made after we had gotten buried under several feet of snow.

“Nature put it there, and nature can take it away,” I said before hunkering down to watch college bowl games long forgotten.

I laugh too about that moment in time. For me, it was a good one. A holiday break from school, nestled in a snug, warm house and healthy

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tax relief, just to name a few.

In Frisco, Speaker Julie McCluskie and I highlighted our work on HB24-1379 which has made Colorado the rst state in the nation to restore protections to our wetlands, rivers, and streams after the US Supreme Court eliminated national protections. We noted continued investment in a ordable housing policy and work to retain our existing a ordable housing with bills like SB24-002, which we championed to encourage more long-term rentals instead of short-term rentals.

In Walden and Granby, the Speaker and I heard from many of you about the concerns and impacts of wolf reintroduction and the livestock depredation that is occurring as a result. We heard you and are doing everything we can to hold CPW and the Governor’s Administration accountable and pass bills like we did last year to guarantee compensation for losses and mandate engagement with community members by CPW Commissioners.

In Craig and Steamboat, Rep. Meghan Lukens and I talked about how SB24-197 will increase stream ows, keep water in the Yampa River, and expand protections for agricultural water. We also celebrated SB24-190, which will encourage

businesses to move to coal-transitioning communities and use the rail line to move freight. is program will bring new jobs and make passenger rail from Craig to Hayden, Steamboat, Grand County and on to Denver feasible by the end of the decade.

In Eagle, we discussed the progress we are making to support child care, a ordable housing, and protecting our environment and open spaces. And in Rangely and Meeker, Rep. Lukens and I visited with Rio Blanco County residents and leaders about how we can better support our rural communities, rural school districts, and ensure rural voices are heard at the legislature.

In Glenwood Springs, Rep. Elizabeth Velasco and I shared how HB241435 will fund water conversation and infrastructure investments, including e orts to help the Colorado River District acquire the Shoshone water right. We also presented our shared bill, SB24-100, that is going to make I-70 and our mountain passes safer by keeping semi trucks in the right lane and requiring that commercial vehicles carry chains.

In Idaho Springs and Central City, Rep. Judy Amabile and I spoke about the legislature’s e orts to combat the mental health and suicide crisis plaguing our state and especially our small towns, including our shared HB24-1081 as other important investments in mental health resources we made this year. We heard concerns around wild re, ru-

Frontier of life

ral broadband and other challenges. While we are making progress, more work is required to address these issues.

At every stop, I heard about a ordability — it’s the top concern in every corner of my district. is year, we worked to address a ordable housing needs and property taxes, to which we are providing meaningful and long-term reductions to your property tax bill: this bipartisan effort will lower residential and commercial tax rates, give local governments certainty as they plan for the future, and protect our schools. We also passed the largest income and sales tax cut in Colorado history.

Victories for public education were a topic at every meeting as well. is year, the state nally paid o the Budget Stabilization Factor and restructured the public school nance formula, both of which will bring a targeted increase of funding to our rural schools.

ank you to everyone who attended a town hall; I genuinely appreciate your interest, questions, criticisms and hopes for the future, and I look forward to seeing how those ideas create opportunities for further conversation and potential legislation. I welcome continued feedback as the year goes on: SenatorDylanRoberts@gmail.com or 970-846-3054.

Dylan Roberts is the State Senator for Clear Creek, Eagle, Gar eld, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Mo at, Rio Blanco, Routt and Summit Counties.

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as could be. But in fact, that moment was an anomaly, antithetical to my life ethos. I wasn’t a hunker-downer. Whether gamboling in the woods, engaging in snowball ghts or playing ball on dirt elds, from the days of my youth, other than

when in school or absorbed in a book, life was “out there.” Wherever there was. And it still is.

Out-there versus in-here is more than about a physical place; it’s a psychological and sociological construct. e notion transcends a person’s immediate situation and speaks to their larger life perspective as well as their view of others, from individuals and groups to the world. Out-there versus in-here gets at their attitude towards beliefs, life-

styles and viewpoints di erent from and perhaps opposed to their own. It tells of how they live their life: maximumly in an expansive, risk-taking manner or minimally behind or within a protective shield. Sadly, the in-here approach to life has gained a foothold in our political life and strife. It’s not only depressing and disconcerting, it’s contrary to a key element of the American

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spirit that is captured in a single word: Frontier.

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In 1893, historian Fredrick Jackson Turner promulgated a new theory about America. His idea was the frontier being the driving force in shaping and building America. While he meant it in context of the literal frontier, the land brutally wrested away from the Indigenous peoples through decades of ethnic cleansing, Turner also hypothesized about the role the frontier played in shaping the American character.

Over time, as he took in a more macroscopic view of the American experience, Turner abandoned his theory. He came to see America for the stark reality it is. Rather than an unadulterated mass, the country was and remains a conglomeration of disparate sections. Each region, with its climate and land formations in conjunction with it being populated by disparate ethnic groups with unique customs, mores, and economies, was and is like a land unto itself. Collectively, they—we—formed and form what Jackson posited in 1922: a version of a United States of Europe.

But Jackson’s original thesis refused to die, and it became ingrained into the American psyche and mythology over the ensuing century. Hollywood captured and promoted it through movies about the Old West, with heroic, hardy pioneers championed and protected by a rugged male individual. e theme song from the TV western Paladin extolled him as “a knight without armor in a savage land.”President John F. Kennedy called his visionary pro gram for America the New Frontier, and one cowboy actor, Ronald Rea gan, spoke about the “conquest of new frontiers” when president. “In the future, as in the past, our

freedom, independence and national well-being will be tied to new achievements, new discoveries and pushing back new frontiers.”

We can debate the validity of the role of the frontier or the degree it played in shaping we Americans, but there’s no denying the idea being infused into our mythology. Like all mythology however, it doesn’t matter if it’s factually true. What matters is that people believe in a myth’s larger meaning, whether it be the Resurrection, American Exceptionalism or being a Chosen People. What’s also true about myths is that they become infused not only into a peoples’ collective belief system — culture — but also within followers’ and believers’ personal identity.

Another nondebatable point is the frontier, whether literal or psychological, cannot be — using Reagan’s language — conquered if people hunker down and refuse to be outward- and forward-looking, adaptive, and embracing. at’s because the frontier is out there.

I smilingly recall a comment a skier from the Kansas City area made during a lift ride: “We have a saying that when people retire from there, they go to one of two places: Florida to die or Colorado to live.”

His statement caused me to chuckle despite the fact that we likely had another fan of the hated Kansas City Chiefs in our midst. e reason was twofold. One was that I heartily agreed. e other was that it spoke about his energy and spirit. e man didn’t carry an in-here attitude in his spirit. Rather, he was embracing life by looking forward to engaging with others and experiencing new ventures. And he knew the only place that could be done was not within the enclosure of his personal citadel, but out there, on the frontier of life.

Jerry Fabyanic is the author of “Sisyphus Wins” and “Food for ought: Essays on Mind and Spirit.” He lives in Georgetown.

FINDING A WAY

A guide to metro Denver’s streets

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

You might be headed for a destination on 17th Avenue, put an address into your phone app and then discover you mixed up that road with 17th Street.

Likewise, you might wonder: Why do some addresses have no

directional letter — no “N” or “E” after the number?

Why are the streets diagonal in downtown Denver? And what drove how Denver streets are named?

Answers to these questions and more come from local historian Phil Goodstein’s book, “Denver Streets: Names, Numbers, Locations, Logic.” What’s more, the book sheds light on how the broad-

er metro area was uni ed — mostly — under one street grid.

“Compared to cities such as San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, and New York, Denver roadways are a model of clarity,” Goodstein’s book says.

An understanding of the system and “the evolution of Denver streets not only re ects much of the city’s past, but is also literally a way

where an individual can nd where (they are) going,” Goodstein’s book adds.

Here’s a small guide to making sense of the map, mostly based on information from the book and some input from Goodstein himself, not necessarily listed in historical order.

Basics of the metro Denver grid

Whether you’re on a certain part of a road — West or East Alameda Avenue, or North or South Wadsworth Boulevard, for example — depends on which side of the map’s dividing lines you’re on.

You can think about the Denver metro area as a grid with four quadrants. Broadway is the dividing line for avenues running east and west, so if you’re on West Colfax Avenue, that means you’re west of Broadway.

Likewise, the lesser-known Ellsworth Avenue, while not a major road on its own, is the dividing line for streets running north and south. To help you picture its location: Ellsworth sits next to 1st Avenue. ose two axis lines, Broadway and Ellsworth, generally determine the number in addresses based on how far away a place is from those roads. And the metro area’s numbered avenues — 1st Avenue, 120th Avenue and so on — easily tell you how far a place is from Ellsworth.

Each full block on the map counts up by 100 in the address numbering system. For example, 1300 Broadway means a building is on Broadway at 13th Avenue.

If you stand at the Broadway and Ellsworth intersection, you can see each street sign display a “000” number, indicating it’s at the grid system’s center.

Avenues south of Ellsworth in Denver’s grid generally don’t include the handy numbers like “6th” in their names, but the system still applies, with each road carrying a number. Tennessee Avenue, 10 blocks south of Ellsworth, is the road marking 1000 south.

Technically, when writing addresses, the “N” for north and “E” for east are sometimes ignored. A street not having “South” in its pre x is assumed to be north of Ellsworth, and an avenue not having “West” in its pre x is assumed to be east of Broadway.

But “modern Denver practice has generally been to add pre xes to the east as well as to the west avenues,” Goodstein’s book says.

(When putting an address in an internet map system, pay attention to whether the directional pre x is correct.)

A quick note if you’re confused: West Colfax doesn’t mean you’re go-

ing westbound on Colfax. You can head east or west on that road. It just means you’re on the portion of that road that’s west of Broadway.

A crooked grid

But if there’s a simple north-south, east-west grid, why are there diagonal streets in downtown Denver?

e history goes back to the Auraria community, the place that now houses the campus that includes the Metropolitan State University of Denver o Colfax Avenue and Interstate 25. Auraria’s streets parallelled the Cherry Creek, and the nearby early Denver streets were laid out parallel to the Platte River.

e result is today’s somewhat messy diagonal grid system in the downtown area with its own separate numbering system from the rest of the surrounding area. Driving to 11th Street in the downtown-area grid — as opposed to 11th Avenue outside of it — will land you in very di erent locations.

‘Streets’ and ‘avenues’

You may notice that in the metro area, “streets” generally run north and south and “avenues” east and west.

“Originally, ‘street’ and ‘avenue’ had no speci c meaning in the Mile High City,” Goodstein’s book says. “ ey were products of local custom and what developers, real estate agents, and residents named the roads in their areas.”

Eventually, “street” and “avenue” were given precise de nitions that indicated which way they ran.

( ere are some exceptions to that rule outside of Denver — more on that later.)

Despite that tidy order, in the downtown-area grid, generally, everything’s a “street.” And that diagonal grid is based on old Denver boundaries.

e original southwest corner of Denver at Colfax Avenue and Zuni Street near the Platte River was dened as “ground zero” for that grid in 1873. First Street was the rst street northeast of Colfax and the Platte. 16th Street downtown is the 16th street from that point.

If a system with two grids is confusing, it’s helpful that something links them. e numbering system of the diagonal streets eventually also determined the numbers of the east-west avenues in the regular grid. 16th Street and 16th Avenue hit Broadway at the same place, as do 17th Street and 17th Avenue, which connect at that point.

A sign marks 17th Street in the downtown Denver area on July 23 near where the street meets 17th Avenue.

A sign stands at Colfax Avenue along a tiny part of Morrison Road near downtown Denver on July 23.

STREETS

“ is is not coincidence, but a product of e orts to rationalize Denver street names and numbering,” Goodstein’s book says.

What that means is that a road in the regular grid wasn’t arbitrarily chosen as 1st Avenue. Rather, 1st Avenue was determined because the east-west numbered avenues started with 17th Avenue and counted down block by block until a rst avenue was reached, Goodstein’s book says.

at brings things back to Ellsworth. e road one block south of 1st Avenue, Ellsworth, was consequently de ned as the dividing line between the north-designated and the south-designated streets.

Straightening out

What locals today know as the regular east-west, north-south grid became dominant long ago.

Real-estate businessman Henry C. Brown pushed for a street system that naturally followed the compass, laying out the streets of the future Capitol Hill neighborhood on an east-west, north-south basis.

“Such a grid followed federal land policies and was seen as the most e cient means of pro tably developing real estate,” Goodstein’s book says.

Setting order

With the coming of the railroad in 1870, Denver’s population spiked, and as it did, new sections emerged around the area.

“Only the barest of a building code and municipal supervision regulated new developments,” and a “chaotic street pattern” arose, Goodstein’s book says.

“By the 1890s, it was estimated that there were 832 names for 414 designated roads,” the book adds. “Often the same name referred to more than one street.”

It caused confusion. e problem “especially irritated Howard Maloney, a bookkeeper for the water company,” Goodstein’s book says.

“Maloney su ered much of the criticism when (people) complained about being double-billed or not getting service as ordered and promised. Messengers for the water company often could not nd customers to deliver bills,” Goodstein’s book adds.

With the support of the water company, the city passed Ordinance 16 of 1897, paving the way for placing an alphabetical order on streets.

street names in the new system. ough street names don’t always follow an alphabetical pattern, one of the places the Maloney system comes into play is in streets east of Colorado Boulevard, in a “double alphabet” pattern. Here, for example, the name of the rst street in the series, such as Clermont or Dexter, was a personal name or a geographic location, “ideally of British origins,” the book says. e next street, such as Cherry or Dahlia, was a plant or a tree. at continued east to Yosemite Street.

Denver’s initially chaotic street pattern wasn’t an anomaly compared to other major U.S. metro areas, Goodstein told Colorado Community Media.

“It was typical of cities everyplace at that period,” Goodstein said, speaking generally. “Every developer in every community would seize the land and try to develop it as they wish.”

Beyond Denver, in the suburbs

At the same time e orts were underway to de ne avenues with Ellsworth as the “zero” road, Broadway, which partly ends the downtown-area diagonal grid, logically emerged as the axis dividing east and west.

“Broadway is a generic term for a big important street by the time Denver has emerged,” Goodstein said.

By the 1890s, a vague idea of metro Denver had arisen. Arapahoe County collaborated with Je erson

outside of the greater Denver-area grid, even though Golden and Brighton generally fall within the Denver

porated Je erson and Arapahoe counties changed the names of their streets in 1906, Goodstein’s book says.

“ e 4800 east block east, in other words, would always be Dahlia Street whether it is in the City and County of Denver or in one of the suburbs,” Goodstein’s book says of the grid system.

Separately, Littleton developed its own numbering system based on Main and Prince streets as its zero lines.

“In December 1960, over a good deal of local opposition, Littleton joined the Denver street numbering system and renamed many of its streets, e ective 1961,” Goodstein’s book says.

Suburban streets often seemingly follow no speci c pattern, but they are still generally part of the Denver numbering grid.

North metro residents may know that although it is the east-west dividing line, Broadway often disappears north of downtown Denver.

“Given that Broadway had originally ended at 20th Avenue, it never became a dominating arterial in the northern suburbs,” the book says. (“Arterial,” as in artery, means a major road.) “Especially north of 88th Avenue, I-25 follows what would have been the path of Broadway.”

Suburban quirks

In Boulder, Golden and Brighton — old, historic cities — roads exist

In parts of Golden, “streets” run in both directions of the grid, and in parts of Brighton, “streets” run east and west, and “avenues” run north and south.

Castle Rock, far outside Denver but still technically in the metro area, also has its own street grid. Some major diagonal roads in the Denver area are named for the communities they lead to. Brighton Boulevard goes toward Brighton, Parker Road toward Parker. While less cohesive, Morrison Road goes toward the Town of Morrison. It originally began at Colfax Avenue, the book says, where a tiny section of what is dubbed Morrison Road still runs near Federal Boulevard.

“Much of the original Morrison Road, the old county road 8, was lled in by subsequent urban development,” the book says.

In Denver and beyond, o cial logos on street signs re ect which city or county you’re in. See CCM’s previous story on street signs and some history at tinyurl.com/DenverMetroStreetSigns.

Other map features

Between the full blocks of the Denver street grid are “half blocks,” with roads that do not cut completely through the grid.

ese small roads include “courts,” “places” and “ways.”

On the other hand, “boulevards” and “roads” are generally major roadways.

For more on history of Denver streets, see Goodstein’s book at the Denver Central Library.

Signs overhead direct tra c on 17th Street in the downtown Denver area on July 23 at Broadway, where 17th Street meets 17th Avenue.

PHOTO BY ELLIS ARNOLD

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THURSDAY

Clear Creek County Library District: Georgetown Parachute Story Time, 10-11 a.m. Aug. 1 at Fosters Playground Place on Rose Street.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY

Rapidgrass Music Festival: e Clear Creek Metropolitan Recreation District music festival in Idaho Springs is slated for Aug. 2-3. Enjoy bluegrass music at the Shelly/Quinn ball elds. Visit https://rapidgrassfestival.com/ for more information. Overnight camping is available.

UPCOMING

Clear Creek Democrats: e group will meet from 2-6 p.m. Aug. 10 at the Idaho Springs Sports Complex to celebrate our Democracy, enjoy BBQ/beer/mead and treats, children’s games, live music and speeches from candidates and elected o cials.

Ribbon Cutting for new Carlson Elementary: 4:30 p.m. Aug. 12 at 4:30 p.m. at 320 Hwy. 103 in Idaho Springs.

First day of school: Students re-

turn to classrooms across the Clear Creek School District on Aug. 14.

Immersive Survival Camping: Sept. 6-8 at Tomahawk Ranch in Bailey. e trip includes information on shelter building, plant identi cation, re making and water gathering. Sign up at ticketsignup. io/immersivesurvivalcamping.com or with CCMRD by calling 303-5674822.

ONGOING

CASA of the Continental Divide seeks volunteers:CASACD promotes and protects the best interests of abused and neglected children involved in court proceedings through the advocacy e orts of trained CASA volunteers. Be the difference and advocate for the youth in our community. e o ce can be reached at 970-513-9390.

will come to you to make the trade. Clear Creek EMS also o ers fall-risk assessments by bringing someone from the re department to make sure smoke and carbon monoxide detectors are working properly. To request a visit, ll out the form at clearcreekcounty.us/1388/Community-Outreach.

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.

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.

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, sirens will be tested 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 a bright green mug! You can bring them to Station 1A in Dumont, 3400 Stanley Road, or you can email captains@ clearcreekems.com and CCEMS

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

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

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.

Clear Creek Rotary 2000 meetings: Clear Creek Rotary 2000 meets at 7:30 a.m. Wednesdays at Marion’s of the Rockies. 2805 Colorado Blvd., Idaho Springs. For more information, email loe er806@comcast. net.

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

Discover more at your Clear Creek County Library

SPECIAL EVENTS

RAPIDGRASS FESTIVAL

Weekend of Aug. 3 and 4

e Friends of the Idaho Springs Public Library will be selling gentlyloved used books at amazing prices! Proceeds from book sales bene t Library District services.

PROGRAMS STORYTIMES

Share stories, play games, and get moving. Storytimes are a great opportunity to connect with other local families with young children.

Parachute Storytime

10 a.m. ursday, Aug.1 at Foster’s Place in City Park, Georgetown (at the intersection of Taos Street and Tenth Street)

Parachute Storytime

10 a.m. Aug. 6 at Idaho Springs Public Library

Stories & Swimming

10 a.m. Aug. 9 at Clear Creek Recreation Center

Registration is required for Stories & Swimming. To sign up, email holly@cccld.org. Children under the age of eight years need to have an adult with them at the Recreation Center.

MOUNTAIN JAMS SUMMER CONCERT SERIES

Enjoy live music on Saturday afternoons this summer. Just head over to Library Park Stage, located in downtown Georgetown on the southwest corner of Sixth Street and Rose Street (next to the John Tomay Memorial Library). Most performances run from 2 - 3:30 pm.

BOOK GROUPS

Connect with other local readers at our monthly book groups. Email libby@cccld.org for information.

• Idaho Springs Book Group: 4 p.m. Aug. 12. “Go as a River” by Shelley Read

• John Tomay Memorial Library Book Group: 10 a.m. Aug. 16. “West with Gira es” by Lynda Rutledge MURDER ON THE TRACKS

7 p.m. Aug. 23 at John Tomay Memorial Library

Test your deductive skills at this mysterious game night for adults aged eighteen years and older. Refreshments will be provided! Registration is required. To sign up, email holly@cccld.org.

CONNECT WITH US

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LIBRARY SERVICES COLLECTION

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• Explore our book and movie collection at www.cccld.org

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ONLINE RESOURCES

Many library resources are avail-

able online 24/7. Access young learner resources, academic research databases, digitized history archives, and more with your library card.

• Academic Search Premier EBSCO features more than 4,600 magazines and journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles.

• BookFlix builds a love of reading through thematically-paired ction and non ction titles, plus animated storybook classics.

• Brainfuse provides online homework help through the HelpNow service. Take advantage of services like live online tutoring, the writing lab, collaborative study sessions, and more.

• Access digitized local newspapers from 1867 to 1926. Search your family name or topics of interest for a quick exploration of the county’s history.

• Our Local History Archives’ digital repository includes over 500 historical images (as well as oral histories and local music) of Clear Creek County for you to nd and explore. Find our full catalog of online resources at https://cccld.org/libraryresources/. Need help getting started? Connect with your friendly Clear Creek County librarian — we are here to help you!

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Let’s come together to celebrate the beauty that our local communities have to o er.

SHARE YOUR TRAIL TALES 5K

is a new event that celebrates Colorado’s walking/running trails within our local communities.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 24 Clement Park–Littleton

Our 5K Run/Walk will mark the culmination of members sharing their stories about the great places they go for a run or a walk.

State boosts new teacher recruiting

Stipends are meant to help address teacher shortage

BY MELANIE ASMAR CHALKBEAT COLORADO

Colorado is seeking new applicants for a program that aims to address Colorado’s teacher shortage by providing stipends of up to $10,000 to educators teaching under alternative licenses while earning degrees. Called the Educator Recruitment and Retention Financial Assistance Program, the program began in the 2021-22 school year with 80 educators, who agreed to work in rural school districts for three years as a condition of receiving the stipend.

In 2022, state lawmakers expanded the program to include educators all over Colorado, not just in rural districts. Participation exploded to 749 educators in 2022-23 and held fairly steady this past school year with an uno cial count of about 700 educators, according to a Colorado Department of Education spokesperson.

cators, according to a Colorado Department of Education spokesperson.

Nearly a quarter of the 749 educators who got the stipend in 2022-23 were educators of color, according to a state report. Just 16% of Colorado’s educators are people of color, according to state data. at means that in addition to tackling Colorado’s educator shortage, the program could address another long-standing issue by helping to diversify Colorado’s teacher workforce.

To qualify for the stipend of up to $10,000, applicants must be enrolled in an approved traditional or alternative educator preparation program. e stipend must be spent on that program. Applicants must also meet one of these criteria:

• Have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher and been hired as an alternative or temporarily eligible teacher in a subject where there’s a teacher shortage. e list of teacher shortage areas is long and includes special education, elementary education, math, and science.

• Work as a paraprofessional in a school district, charter school, or BOCES.

• Been hired as a career and technical education instructor in a rural district.

e application process is open now through Sept. 30. e stipends are given out on a rst-come, rstserved basis. e state will open a second round of applications on Dec. 2.

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Called the Educator Recruitment and Retention Financial Assistance Program, the program began in the 2021-22 school year with 80 educators, who agreed to work in rural school districts for three years as a condition of receiving the stipend.

In 2022-23, nearly a quarter of the 749 educators who got the stipends worked in special education, while another 23% worked in elementary education, according to state data. e next three most popular teaching subjects were English, science, and math.

e stipend recipients worked all over Colorado, in 138 of the state’s 178 school districts, according to the report.

is story was printed through a news sharing agreement with Chalkbeat Colorado, a nonpro t news site covering educational change in public schools.

Silverdale Trailhead

Three Sisters Trail

Two Colorado agencies receive grants from EPA

Money will go to programs designed to slash greenhouse gas emissions

BY MARK JAFFE

THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado agencies were awarded $328 million in grants by the federal Environmental Protection Agency to launch a host of programs to cut greenhouse gas emissions from homes, commercial buildings, landlls, mines and the transportation sector.

e Denver Regional Council of Governments will receive $199.7 million and the Colorado Energy Ofce was granted $129 million.

“Our guiding mission is ensuring all people in Colorado have clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, and the opportunity to live healthy lives. ese grants — unprecedented in their funding — bring us and Coloradans closer to achieving these goals,” EPA Regional Administrator KC Becker said in a statement.

Colorado has a statutory goal and a roadmap to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% in 2030 and 90% by 2050 compared to 2005 levels.

Becker, who served as speaker of the state House of Representatives, was the prime sponsor of the 2019 legislation mandating the greenhouse gas reductions.

e Colorado Energy O ce programs will seek to reduce emissions from land lls, coal mines, and large commercial buildings and transportation.

One key element will be to deploy advanced methane monitoring to improve emission regulations for coal mines and land lls. Some of the

money will be used for a competitive grant program to help large commercial buildings cut emissions and some will go to local government initiatives.

“Local and Tribal government actions are crucial to this e ort, and this funding will ensure that they can adopt and implement key policies to help us achieve net-zero emissions by 2050,” Will Toor, executive director of the Colora Energy O ce, said in a statement.

“ is money will also help large building owners reduce their energy usage and associated emissions,” Toor said.

Between 2025 and 2030 the state energy o ce programs are projected to cut the equivalent of 4.2 metric tons of carbon dioxide — the main greenhouse gas and a total reduction of 25 tons by 2050.

DRCOG’s “Zero Emission Building Initiative” will focus on, according to the council’s grant application, “residential and commercial building sectors and increase energy and resource e ciency, with an emphasis on low-income and disadvantaged communities. “

e program will provide free home retro ts and upgrade services for low-income and disadvantaged populations and free energy advising to residential, multifamily and commercial building owners.

It will also o er rebates and incentives to accelerate the adoption of energy e ciency and electri cation measures, and create a building policy collaborative to advance ambitious building policies at the local level.

Among the initiative’s goals are electrifying weatherproo ng more than Front Range 60,000 buildings and addressing workforce gaps by providing job training for 3,800 new workers and upgrading skills for 1,000 existing workers.

e program is projected to cut the equivalent of 6.9 million tons of carbon dioxide between 2025 and 2030 and a total of 148.2 million metric tons by 2050, “ is federal grant will enable us to take bold, visionary steps to reduce climate pollution and protect the health and well-being of our residents,” Je Baker, an Arapahoe County commissioner and DRCOG board chairman, said in a statement. e Colorado awards were among 25 awards totaling $4.3 billion the EPA made through its Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program,

which was created under the In ation Reduction Act.

e largest single grant — $450 million — was made to a coalition of ve New England states for a “heat pump accelerator” to put heat pumps in 500,000 single- and multifamily residences in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Maine.

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.

Denver o ce spaces on 18th Street.

PHOTO BY HUGH CAREY THE COLORADO SUN

Family leave beneﬁts going unclaimed

state Department of Labor and Employment data. at’s 44% less than the $552.7 million anticipated in a 2022 analysis done for the state, said Tracy Marshall, division director for FAMLI.

BY TAMARA CHUANG THE COLORADO SUN

e work perk of getting paid while taking time o to care for one’s health or that of a family member hasn’t been as popular as expected, according to the data from the rst six months of Colorado’s new paidleave program.

Colorado’s Family and Medical Leave Insurance program, which is managed by the state but funded by workers and employers, paid out more than $311 million in bene ts in the rst half of the year, according to

“Demand is proving to be lower than projected as Coloradans continue to learn about the program. We’re taking this into consideration, as we continue our outreach and education e orts to ensure workers know they now have access to this new bene t,” Marshall said in an email.

FAMLI is a social insurance program o ering some income to workers on unpaid federal leave. Workers can tap the bene t to bond with a new child, care for themselves or a family member’s serious health condition, arrange for a family member’s military deployment or address

safety issues stemming from domestic violence or sexual assaults.

ough voters approved the program as part of a 2020 ballot initiative, it’s still not well known, said Hunter Nelson, Colorado director of Small Business Majority, a progressive organization supporting small businesses.

“Based on our conversations with small business owners in Colorado, it is a mixed bag regarding awareness of FAMLI. Some small business owners are making this clear as an option to their employees but many also haven’t even heard of FAMLI,” Hunter said. “We feel there is a signi cant gap in terms of outreach and education of FAMLI to small business owners and their employees who may be eligible for these bene ts.”

All employers in Colorado must

register, including businesses with just one employee. Workers pay 0.45% of their salary into the FAMLI fund, and companies match it. But businesses with fewer than 10 employees aren’t required to contribute the company portion — a carveout Small Business Majority advocated for, Hunter said. Companies with private plans must get state approval before opting out.

As of July 1, the FAMLI fund had $1.1 billion, according to state ofcials. at includes worker and employer contributions for the rst quarter, but not the second quarter, which are still rolling in. e current fund also doesn’t include the $311 million, since those have already been paid.

“Our fund is strong and at no risk

How to take your hiking to new summits

BY JOHN RENFROW JRENFROW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e Rocky Mountains dazzle natives and transplants alike with their stunning peaks and seemingly endless hiking trails. From quick outings to day hikes, it’s easy to get out there and explore the beautiful Colorado landscape.

But for diehards, 14ers are the Goliaths just waiting to be conquered. But they aren’t to be taken lightly. If you’re truly serious about taking your hiking skills to the next level, there are a few things to know before taking on these mountain titans around the state.

We asked a local experienced hiker to provide tips about 14ers, including where to start, what to take with you and which are the toughest to tackle.

What is a 14er?

A 14er, or fourteener, is a mountain with a peak above 14,000 feet above sea level.

ere are nearly 100 14ers in the United States (all in the West). Colorado boasts the most of any state with 53 ( ere are 58 peaks above 14,000 feet in Colorado, but to qualify as an o cial “14er” in the hiking community, a peak must have at least 300 feet of prominence, which is the amount of elevation it rises above the lowest saddle that connects to the nearest, higher peak, according to 14er.com).

Alaska has 29 and California has 12.

Keep in mind: all 14ers you hike in Colorado won’t require you to climb a full 14,000 feet. With Denver sitting at 5,280 feet, you’re already at a decent head start before you get to the base of your 14er of choice. Pikes Peak, for example, has a base elevation of 7,400 feet.

SPORTS

Where to begin when tackling 14ers: Tips from a seasoned hiker

irting with the idea.

Lundgren said to stay away from Sunlight Peak due to a dangerous “leap of faith” at the summit, where hikers must hop between rocks at 14,000 feet to nish the hike. He also suggests waiting to do Mount Sneffels because “it’s the hardest hike I’ve ever done.”

But he recommends some good starting points below, with each taking about four to seven hours to complete round-trip.

Mount Bierstadt

Lundgren said Bierstadt is commonly known as “your rst 14er” and should be the universal rst choice. Only about an hour and a half drive from Denver, it is one of the safer choices for starters exposure-wise. ere are often crowds, he said, so prepare for that. But with the trailhead conveniently located o Guanella Pass, it’s an easy one to knock out rst, he said.

“Mount Bierstadt trail takes you a little over seven miles as you gain 2,700 feet to a summit with amazing views of countless peaks,” Lundgren said. “For the truly bold, you can also take the ‘sawtooth’ route and bag Mount Blue Sky as well, but I’d recommend waiting for this one as the infamous ‘sawtooth’ has some serious exposure.”

Mount Blue Sky

Formerly known as Mount Evans, this 14er is one of the most notable peaks in the Front Range and can be seen from most of the Denver area. It’s another close one — only about an hour’s drive from Denver. Lundgren said Mount Blue Sky takes you on a ve-mile horseshoe trail that gains just over 2,000 feet of elevation gain. Plus, you can bag a 13er in Mount Spalding along the way, he added.

Some 14ers can be tackled in a few hours, while others might take up to two days.

A full list of every 14er in the Centennial State can be found at www.14ers.com.

Where to start? Tips from a seasoned hiker

Don’t go alone. For rst-timers, tag along with an experienced hiker or consider one of the many guided hike companies along the Front Range, such as Colorado Adventure Guides.

A local hiker, Zachary Lundgren,

grew up in the mountains of Evergreen. After graduating from CU Boulder and a teaching stint at the University of Northern Colorado, he now works in communications for the Colorado School of Mines.

So far, he’s summited about a dozen 14ers and has some advice for those

“Keep an eye out for mountain goats along this trail as they’re common throughout this area,” Lundgren said. “Oh, and all those cars and families you might see at the summit? Mount Blue Sky is one of two 14ers that you can actually drive to the top of; the other being Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs. But trust me, it’s much more rewarding to take the trail to the top.”

Local hiker Zachary Lundgren poses for a photo at the top of Mount Bierstadt. Lundgren recommends Bierstadt for ﬁrst-time 14er hikers due to its ease and proximity to the city.

Mount Quandary

Quandary is a little farther away (just south of Breckenridge), and is a little harder, Lundgren said. You eclipse 3,300 feet of elevation in over six miles to the summit.

“Mountain goats are also a common sight on this trail and denitely aren’t shy,” he said. “Another unique aspect of Quandary is that this is one of the more common winter summits for locals as there’s very little avalanche risk on the route. But it’s de nitely advisable to tackle this one in the summer rst and always check for local weather conditions before setting out on any hike.”

e DeCaLiBron

“Short on time but looking to bag a few peaks? en you need to check out the vaunted DeCaLiBron. is funny name represents a unique route where you can bag four (or three, there’s still some debate) 14ers in one go,” Lundgren said. “Hike Mount Democrat, Cameron, Lincoln, and Bross on a seven-mile trail north of Fairplay that ascends just over 3,000 feet in elevation. Some claim that Mount Cameron is not o cially a 14er as it has only 118 feet of prominence from its parent peak, technically classifying it as a sub-peak. However, technicalities

aside, I still tell my friends I bagged four 14ers in a day. You should, too.”

For a full list of peaks in Colorado, visit 14er.com/14ers or 14ers. com/13ers.

What should you bring with you?

Tackling a 14er is no regular day hike. It requires much more time, further distance traveled and more energy spent. e last thing you want is to be unprepared halfway through or if something were to go wrong.

ough technically you could climb 14ers in the winter or spend overnight trips tackling them, we’ll cover the basics for a same-day, summertime 14er trip.

According to 14er.com, the main gear you should bring with you includes:

Plenty of food and water A hat Gloves Sunscreen Gloves Synthetic shirts and synthetic long underwear Fleece or windbreaker jacket Waterproof shell/jacket Nylon shorts Hiking pants Hiking boots / scrambling shoes Hiking socks Watch Pack (that ts the hike/climb) Headlamp Sunglasses Knife or multi-tool A water bladder or bottles Compass GPS Maps Tape Whistle Matches/ lighter TP (in Ziploc bag) Trash Bag

Cell phone Extra batteries Emergency supplies, including a rst-aid kit SPOT or other personal locator device Optional: Trekking poles Optional: Water lter Optional: Satellite Phone (expensive but ex-

tremely valuable in an emergency)

For a list of winter and/or overnight gear, visit www.14ers.com/ gearlist.php.

Do you have 14er tips or opinions about where locals should begin? Email Jrenfrow@coloradocommunitymedia.com with your takes.

connects four 14ers in one hike: Mount Democrat, Mount Cameron, Mount Lincoln and Mount Bross. COURTESY PHOTO

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of running out of money,” Marshall said.

Who opted out of FAMLI

ere are 1,321 local governments that voted to opt out of the plan, which is about an 86% decline rate. Many in this group — which includes any city, town, school or special district — said they already had a plan or the cost of FAMLI was too high.

Another 5,155 employers are on one of the 20 private plans approved by the state. at’s about 2.4% of employers.

Many said they have similar or better programs in place for their workers. e deadline to opt out is March 31.

Employees of local governments that opted out and the self-employed can still participate in FAMLI by paying the premiums. Federal workers aren’t eligible.

e loss of local governments and companies with private plans could “pose some risk to the solvency of the program,” according to the Segal Group, which analyzed the cost and solvency of FAMLI in 2022. Segal Group anticipated that the fund would remain solvent even if 75% for local governments and 25% for private employers opted out.

However, the report noted that even with 100% of local governments opting out, the program would remain solvent through scal year 2032. And at a rate of 2.4% on private plans, that means the vast majority of private employers are participating.

It’s the private employers that could be worrisome.

“Right now, we have no concerns about how local government partici-

Marshall said.

The stats of FAMLI

As it is, there are now 219,222 private employers registered with FAMLI and roughly 3.2 million workers who are eligible.

As of July 1, 62,632 claims were approved. Approximately 3,488 were denied, while about 13,100 were incomplete or canceled by the worker. Of those approved for leave, 70% have already returned to work.

e bene t provides a weekly paycheck that is up to 90% of a worker’s earnings for up to 12 weeks, or 16 weeks if there are childbirth com-

their vacation and sick days, if available.

When the employee wants to take paid leave, they must le a claim with the state agency, which manages the process and pays the bene t. e employer isn’t responsible for paying employees during their leave but must pay health insurance premiums that are normally covered. Workers on leave must arrange to pay their share of health insurance in order to keep it.

In the rst half of the year, the average leave was 53.3 days and the average weekly payment was $915.30, according to state data.

As seen in the chart below, there were more workers requesting medical leave to care for themselves than the traditional reason for parental leave of taking care of a new child.

“Based on what we’re seeing in the rst six months of the program, we’re focusing now on making sure Colorado workers know they have access to this new bene t — something many workers may not have typically had access to previously,” Marshall said, sharing additional tools and resources that could help workers through the application process.

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.

Christine Levi carries her daughter, Aaliyah, into the toddler’s home daycare early one morning in 2019 in Denver. Levi resumed work the day she came home from the hospital after having Aaliyah because her employer o ered no paid leave.

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9. U.S. STATES: Which state’s nickname is “ e Land of Enchantment”?

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2. “Friday the 13th.”

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4. e Tokens.

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9. New Mexico.

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2. Who released “Love Is Strange”?

3. Name the rst song released by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. 4. Which group wrote and released “Behind Blue Eyes”?

5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “You’re asking me will my love grow, I don’t know, I don’t know, You stick around, now it may show, I don’t know, I don’t know.”

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1. Little Willie John, in 1958. e most popular version, however, was released by Sunny & the Sunglows, later named Sunny & the Sunliners, in 1963. e song was written by group member Joe Seneca.

2. Mickey and Sylvia, in 1957. e song was covered by several others and ended up being used in the “Dirty Dancing” soundtrack in 1987.

3. “Buy for Me the Rain,” in 1967. eir big hit was in 1970,

“Mr. Bojangles,” followed by “An American Dream” in 1979.

4. e Who, in 1971. It was penned by band member Peter Townshend.

5. “Something,” by the Beatles, in 1969. e song was released on their “Abbey Road” album. Very quickly the song was certi ed gold and within 10 years over 150 other artists had covered the song.

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LOT 80, ECHO HILLS SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF CLEAR CREEK, STATE OF COLORADO.

Purported common address: 1042 Lodgepole Drive, Evergreen, CO 80439.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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 of Idaho Springs has several vacancies on its City Council-appointed boards and commissions. The City is seeking individuals who are interested in serving on the Planning Commission, Variance Board, the Historic Preservation Review Commission (HPRC) and the newly created Historic Sites and Facilities Board (formerly the “Committee”) The Historic Sites and Facilities Board develops a Master Plan for the City’s historic sites and facilities and exercises oversight of work performed on those sites and facilities. Preference may be given to interested candidates who have training or experience in history, architecture, preservation or community development, but these are not mandated qualifications. There are 5 open seats on the Historic Sites and Facilities Board. The Planning Commission is a recommending body to the City Council that reviews and revises the Comprehensive Plan, reviews subdivision requests, recommends annexations and final development plans for new developments, and amends the zoning map. The Planning Commission has 1 open seat for a regular member and 2 open seats for alternate members. The Variance Board decides on requests for variances to the Zoning Code and on appeals to staff interpretations of the adopted codes The Variance Board has 2 open seats for regular members, and 2 open seats for alternate members The HPRC decides on requests to conduct work on a historic structure for the purpose of determining if the proposed work is historically appropriate. HPRC has 1 open seat for a regular member, and 2 open seats for alternate members. Members of the HPRC are not required to live in Idaho Springs but are required to be knowledgeable in history or architecture. Members of the Planning Commission and Variance Board are required to be residents of the City. Please submit your letter of interest to Deputy City Clerk Wonder Martell by 12:00 noon August 22, 2024 at City Hall, 1711 Miner St., PO BOX 907, Idaho Springs, CO80452 or via email at cityclerk@idahospringsco.com If you have any questions on the various boards, please call (303) 567-4421 and ask to speak to the City Planner

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, 09/19/2024, 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 7/25/2024

Last Publication 8/22/2024

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: 05/20/2024

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:

Amanda Ferguson #44893

Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C.

355 Union Blvd., Suite 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155

Attorney File # CO23209

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. CCC920

First Publication: July 25, 2024

Last Publication: August 22, 2024

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Public Notice

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2024-005

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

On May 7, 2024, 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)

Diana R Gray and James S Gray

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as beneficiary, as nominee for FPF WHOLESALE, A DIVISION OF STEARNS LENDING, INC.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Mr. Cooper

Date of Deed of Trust

July 15, 2011

County of Recording

Clear Creek

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

July 26, 2011

Recording Information

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

261221Book: 840 Page: 439

Original Principal Amount

$173,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$150,982.73

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 12 A, BROOK FOREST ESTATES, FILING NO. 1, (AMENDED PLAT), COUNTY OF CLEAR CREEK, STATE OF COLORADO.

Purported common address: 375 Aspen Way, Evergreen, CO 80439.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, 09/05/2024, 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 Publication7/11/2024

Last Publication8/8/2024

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: 05/07/2024

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: Aricyn J. Dall #51467

Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C.-CO 216 16th Street, Suite 1210, Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710

Attorney File # 23CO00279-2

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. CCC910

First Publication: July 11, 2024

Last Publication: August 8,

Notice is hereby given that a public hearing to adopt revisions to the Clear Creek County Primary and Secondary Road System has been set by the Clear Creek Board of County Commissioners to be held on Tuesday, August 6, 2024 at the Clear Creek County Courthouse, 405 Argentine Street, Georgetown, Colorado, where and when all interested parties may appear and comment upon the proposal.

George Marlin, Chair Board of County Commissioners

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First Publication: July 25, 2024

Last Publication: August 1, 2024

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

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DISTRICT COURT, CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO 405 Argentine P.O. Box 367 Georgetown, CO 80444 (303) 569-0820

Case Number: 2023CV30021 Division: C

Plaintiff: THE BANK OF NEW YORK-MELLON F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee for the Certificate holders of the CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-26, v.

Defendants: CHARLES H. HUTAFF a/k/a CHARLES HAMILTON HUTAFF; VIRGINIA K. HUTAFF a/k/a VIRGINIA KATHERINE HUTAFF; CHARLES L. HARMON; MICHAEL W. PHILLIPS; ERIN PHILLIPS; JFQ LENDING, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company; and CAROL LEE, in her capacity as Clear Creek County Public Trustee.

Kevin Lynch

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Attorneys for Plaintiff: Nathan G. Osborn, #38951 James C. Taravella, #55179 MONTGOMERY LITTLE & SORAN, PC 5445 DTC Parkway, Suite 800 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

Phone Number: (303) 773-8100

Fax Number: (303) 220-0412

E-mail: nosborn@montgomerylittle.com jtaravella@montgomerylittle.com

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the attached Complaint. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you within the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within 21 days after such service upon you. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you outside of the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after such service upon you. Your answer or counterclaim must be accompanied with the applicable filing fee.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within the applicable time period, the Court may enter judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.

The subject matter of this action is as follows:

Property Desc.: 2663 S. SPRING GULCH

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Property Desc.: 2597 S. SPRING GULCH RD., IDAHO SPRINGS, COLORADO 80452

This case is an action to quiet title under C.R.C.P. 105 as to Plaintiff’s property.

Dated: July 24, 2024 s/ Nathan G. Osborn, Esq. Signature of Attorney for Plaintiff

Montgomery Little & Soran, PC 5445 DTC Parkway, Suite 800 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 (303) 773-8100

This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4, C.R.C.P., as amended. A copy of the Complaint must be served with this Summons. This form should not be used where service by publication is desired.

WARNING: A valid summons may be issued by a lawyer and it need not contain a court case number, the signature of a court officer, or a court seal. The plaintiff has 14 days from the date this summons was served on you to file the case with the court. You are responsible for contacting the court to find out whether the case has been filed and obtain the case number. If the plaintiff files the case within this time, then you must respond as explained in this summons. If the plaintiff files more than 14 days after the date the summons was served on you, the case may be dismissed upon motion and you may be entitled to seek attorney’s fees from the plaintiff.

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TO THE CLERK: If the summons is issued by the clerk of the court, the signature block for the clerk or deputy should be provided by stamp, or typewriter, in the space to the left of the attorney’s name.

Legal Notice No. CCC929

First Publication: August 1, 2024 Last Publication: August 29, 2024 Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Notice to Creditors

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Clear Creek County, Colorado on or before November 25, 2024 , or the claims may be forever barred. Nicole Simonson, Personal Representative c/o ROBINSON

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