Clear Creek Courant January 16, 2025

Finding Beth Miller

Cold case in 1983 disappearance of Idaho Springs girl getting new attention from local police

BY CHRIS KOEBERL CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Idaho Springs police are reexamining every piece of evidence, witness accounts and timelines to answer one question: “What happened to Beth Miller in 1983?”

Sgt. Ryan Frost of the Idaho Springs Police Department has spent hundreds of hours, by his own account, digging through records and evidence to explain why Idaho Springs resident Beth Miller went for a jog in the morning of Aug. 16, 1983 and never came back.

As the Idaho Springs Police department approaches full sta ng, Police Chief Nathan Buseck said he saw an opportunity and Frost’s passion to dedicate time to the endless questions still circulating around Miller’s disappearance.

Buseck added that the Idaho Springs police investigation, undertaken early in 2024, has been kept “close to vest” for more than six months as investigators tried to recreate an unbiased timeline of events leading to Miller’s disappearance.

“We wanted to get it to a point, where I think we are now, where it’s organized enough that now I need the public’s help,” Frost said.

Miller was eventually re-

Murder retrial in Christian Glass case takes step forward in calling jury

BY CHRIS KOEBERL CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A new set of Clear Creek County jurors is expected to hear evidence in the 2022 shooting death of Christian Glass by former Clear Creek County Sheri ’s Deputy Andrew Buen after the rst trial ended with a hung jury last year. e criminal case that captured national attention is set for the spotlight again as prosecutors move forward with the retrial of a Second Degree Murder charge against Buen in Clear Creek County Court in February.

Overnight on June 10-11, 2022, Christian Glass, 22, called 911 for help, saying he was trapped in his car. When o cers arrived, they asked him to leave his vehicle. He refused in what turned into a long stando that ended when o cers broke his car window and used a Taser on him, according to public reports.

Buen then shot Glass ve times through the windshield, killing him, according to an indictment.

After eight days of testimony and twoand-a-half days of deliberation during the April 2024 trial, a Clear Creek County jury found Buen guilty of reckless endangerment, a misdemeanor, in the shooting death of 22-year-old Christian Glass. However, jurors were unable to reach a decision on the second-degree murder and o cial misconduct charges.

During a pre-trial conference on Jan. 6 in Clear Creek County, Colorado 5th Circuit Judge Catherine Cheroutes addressed the logistics of the retrial with Buen’s defense attorneys and prosecutors.

All parties agreed to another pre-trial hearing for Jan. 21 to sort motions, jury selection and voir dire.

Voir dire is a process in which prosecutors and defense attorneys

14-year-old Idaho Springs resident Elisabeth Ann Miller went for a jog in August of 1983 and hasn’t been seen since. Police are asking the public for help.

COLD CASE

ported missing to police by family members at 9 p.m. Aug. 16, according to records.

Investigators say her parents were concerned when she wasn’t home for dinner and asked her brothers and sisters to look for her as she often worked as a babysitter for neighborhood families.

Reports describe Miller as a “loving and outgoing person who liked to go to dances and was very well-liked in the community.”

Almost immediately, Idaho Springs police at the time considered the disappearance to be a “nefarious act,” Frost said.

When Miller left for her jog she was wearing only a T-shirt, jogging shorts and shoes. She left $107 of babysitting money behind, according to Frost.

According to Frost, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation maintained at least 17 boxes of investigational material collected in the initial and ongoing investigation into the disappearance.

Frost said he is sifting through every

page, in every box, looking for that “one thing” that may have been overlooked, disregarded or never mentioned by witnesses, friends or family.

“I try to nd the little thing, maybe something somebody missed, maybe wasn’t investigated thoroughly enough,”

Frost said.

Recently the Idaho Springs police department has taken to social media in an e ort to nd “that needle in the haystack” from someone who knows, heard or thought their information would be “irrelevant,” Frost said.

“If people think the insigni cant stu doesn’t matter, it does,” he said. “All I need is just one little thing to help me.”

An original runaway/missing person report obtained by the Clear Creek Courant details the minimal facts recorded by investigators in the case.

e report states Miller was last seen at 10 a.m. Aug. 16 by her sister when “Beth,” as she was commonly known, asked if she wanted to go for a jog.

According to detectives, Miller was training to join the Clear Creek High School basketball team when she entered the ninth grade later that month.

Investigators say subsequent informa-

tion indicates Miller was seen one more time by a couple of her friends at the former convenience shop, 7-11, at 23rd and Colorado Boulevard at 10:30 a.m.

After that day and time, Miller became a ghost of speculation, rumors and perpetual innuendo, according to Idaho Springs police.

“ e hard thing with this case is there is no evidence. e only evidence I have are the people who saw her,” Frost said.

Investigators say they’ve spent hundreds of hours trying to separate the trivial from questionable and possibly overlooked tips and information in the thousands of investigation records.

Frost said the CBI o ered to scan and record available information as a custodian of the case and le them digitally for the Idaho Springs Police Department. e les include detailed maps of areas of interest and scouting areas.

To this date, Buseck said, the department is conducting preliminary scouting of a few areas to identify locations for more extensive searches.

Despite 42 years since Miller’s vanishing, Buseck said the expediency of time is a factor moving forward.

“My fear is 10 years from now, 15-20

years, it becomes exponentially more difcult because you start to lose your witnesses,” Buseck said.

Referencing, cross-checking and repeating is how investigators say this cold case will be resolved.

“Someone knows something,” Buseck said. “I think over time there are instances where people may have information… they’re unsure if they should reach out to law enforcement and I think that publicizing this case is a nal push to see if that one person has that information.”

According to investigators, several persons of interest in the disappearance were brought before a Grand-Jury in 2008, but no one was ever indicted.

“Closure” is a word with multiple denitions, explanations and platitudes, according to criminal investigators interviewed through the years by this reporter. is case is personal, based on the tone of local police.

“ at’s our No. 1 goal: Beth needs to have a proper burial,” Frost said. “I say she needs to come home because what happened to her, she didn’t deserve.”

Any information or tips can be sent to rfrost@idahospringsco.com or by calling 303-567-4291.

BUEN TRIAL

question potential jurors about potential bias or personal relationship to the accused (Buen) or any party related to the case.

After the previous trial that ended in a hung jury on the Second Degree Murder charge against Buen, the Courant re-

ported on April 29, 2024 that members of the original jury stated one person was a “hold-out” against the charge and may have had a personal connection with the sheriff’s department.

The jury’s foreperson Kristi Englekirk told the Courant there was one person among the 12 jurors who steadfastly rejected the second-degree murder conviction.

“(She was) really digging her heels in the whole time, saying cops can do

no wrong, cops make mistakes, and thought that everything he (Buen) did was reasonable throughout the whole entire encounter,” Englekirk said at the time.

The court has scheduled three weeks for the trial with court-approved, expert witnesses in use-of-force, police practices and victim/witness statements expected, according to testimony Jan. 6. The Courant’s coverage will continue as the trial progresses.

Andrew Buen walks into his July 8 motions hearing in the Christian Glass murder trial in Clear Creek County.

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I’ll Say It Again: The Mill Levy Should

The dollar amount of property taxes has always been a data field on the MLS, because buyers need to know how much they should expect to pay if they purchase a listing. But that number does not provide context to the home buyer. In other words, how do the taxes for this home compare with the taxes for a home of the same value nearby, across town, or elsewhere in the metro area? The answer is in the mill levy.

A few years ago, REcolorado (the Denver MLS) and other MLSs added a “yes/no” field for metropolitan tax district, but how much does that tax district add to the property taxes for that listing? MLS listings don’t currently have a data field for mill levy.

some counties, including Denver, just give the total mill levy and don’t, as far as I could tell, indicate how much of that mill levy is from a metro tax district.

Be a Required Field on MLS Listings

valuing the home. That cost is literally hidden from the buyer of a home in any metropolitan tax district.

Some metro districts have a zero mill levy, but some metro tax districts have mill levies so high that they double the tax bill for a home compared to a comparable one nearby that is not in that tax district.

A good broker should let a buyer know the premium he or she is paying to buy a home in such a district, but that broker cannot currently get that information from the MLS listing. The broker would have to go to the assessor’s web page for that listing in the county where that home is located and look at the breakdown of mill levies for that house.

Jefferson County provides the breakdown of mill levies by each taxing jurisdiction, but

An example of how much taxes can vary can be found in two Jeffco homes that sold in the last few months. One house in the Mesa Meadows section of Golden which sold for $1,500,000 has a mill levy of 91, like all homes in the City of Golden, which has no metro tax districts. The tax bill for that home is $6,761. Meanwhile, a house three miles to the north in a metro tax district which sold for $972,500 has a mill levy of 165, resulting in a 2024 tax bill of $10,105, a $3,344 difference.

A metropolitan tax district is created to fund the infrastructure (roads, gutters, sewers, water lines, sidewalks, etc.) for a new subdivision. Instead of the developer paying those costs, a bond issue provides the funds for that purpose, and home buyers in that subdivision will be paying an extra mill levy for two or more decades to pay off those bonds.

In the above example, the metro tax district’s mill levy is 70 mills. The owner of that home will pay $100,000 or more over time for the infrastructure costs. In Golden, those costs were paid for by the developer or the city. Yet, an appraiser or real estate broker would not factor that long-term expense when

Does a Seller Say They Won’t Repair Anything?

Every buyer should hire a professional inspector, even if a home is sold “as-is.” That’s a bogus term intended to convey that the seller won’t correct any defects uncovered by the buyer’s inspector. I call it “bogus,” however, because the contract does or should contain an inspection termination deadline, and, even if it doesn’t, the buyer always retains the right to inspect the property.

If your inspector finds a serious issue, you can threaten to terminate because of it, and it’s likely the seller will agree to deal with it rather than lose the contract and start over, in which case he must disclose the newly found issue to the next buyer.

That being said, the seller could still call the buyer’s bluff, especially if the buyer’s agent has given the listing agent the impression that the buyer loves the house and would

not let a few thousand dollars in repairs stand in the way of getting a house they love.

That was the situation with a listing of mine. I had been told that the buyer lost out on a prior listing, and their offer had a clause saying they would beat any competing offer by $5,000. That won them the contract, but my seller (who met the buyers a couple times during showings and inspection) knew how much the buyer loved the property and wouldn’t want to lose it.

Therefore, when the inspection objection included a demand for a 5-figure concession to fix a major health and safety problem that any other seller would have agreed to fix, my seller refused, and the demand was withdrawn.

Remember: getting under contract is only the beginning; inspection is a negotiation, too.

When an appraiser or real estate broker values a home, they look at square footage, lot size, garage, bedrooms/bathrooms — in other words, everything but the tax rate (and the HOA dues) when doing an appraisal or comparative market analysis. Yet, the bottom line cost of owning homes in a metropolitan tax district can be dramatically higher.

That is why I have argued for over a decade that REcolorado should include the mill levy for each listing and not just the dollar amount of the property taxes.

Some counties make it easier than others to find the mill levy. In Jefferson County, the assessor’s website breaks down the mill levy from every taxing jurisdiction. A link provides the dollar subtotals and total.

You can, however, calculate the tax bill from the assessor’s website by multiplying the mill levy by the assessed valuation of the property. The assessed valuation for residential real estate statewide is currently 7.15% of the “full valuation” which the assessor as-

When you purchase a home that is within a homeowner’s association, state law requires that you receive a wide array of documents, financial and otherwise, about that association.

These include, for example, the covenants, the rules and regulations, financial statements, bylaws, budget, reserve study, the minutes of the last six months of board meetings, and the minutes of the most recent annual membership meeting.

The contract to buy and sell a home in Colorado provides deadlines for providing these association documents, objecting to them, and resolving any objections. A buyer can terminate a contract and get the earnest money deposit refunded if he or she is unhappy with what those documents reveal.

For example, the reserves of the association may be insufficient, suggesting that a special assessment is likely. The minutes might reveal issues which are upsetting to some members, or legal action which the association is undertaking, at some expense, to enforce its rules against one or more members. These and other reasons could exist that might cause the buyer to terminate the contract.

Very few listing brokers make those documents available to prospective buyers in ad-

signs to each parcel. Thus, if your home has a full valuation of $1,000,000, the assessed valuation would be $71,500. That’s the number against which the mill levy is calculated. A mill levy of 100 would compute to a property tax bill of $7,150. It’s called a “mill” levy (from the Latin word for thousand) because it is levied against each thousand dollars of value. Thus, 100 mills x 71.5 = $7,150.

The math becomes complicated when the state legislature says, as it did last year, that $55,000 should be subtracted from the full valuation before calculating the assessed valuation. How much did that reduce taxes? $55,000 of reduced full valuation is worth $3,932.50 in reduced assessed valuation. At 100 mills, that’s worth about $393.25 off the home’s tax bill.

Although giving the total mill levy for each MLS listing would be a great improvement, the best way to inform buyers of the effect of a metropolitan tax district would be to say that there is such a tax district, and to add a separate field to enter the number of mills for that tax district.

vance of going under contract, but why not?

Recently, at an open house, a visitor told our broker associate that in California the questions he was asking about the HOA (such as why the HOA dues are so high) would be readily ascertainable in advance rather than only after going under contract.

When we have been on the buyer side, we have rarely found that a listing agent already has the HOA documents — and answers to important HOA questions — to provide us.

That got us thinking, and the answer came last week when Pam Giarratano, our sales rep at First Integrity Title, brought to our office meeting Julietta Voronaov from Rexera. For a reasonable fee, Rexera provides all those required HOA documents prior to going on the MLS, so we can provide them to interested buyers and their agents.

Currently Rexera’s service is only available through our preferred title company, First Integrity Title. After Julietta’s presentation, our broker associates and I agreed that from now on, when we list a property that is located in an HOA, we will use First Integrity and order the pre-listing package from Rexera. We look forward to providing complete HOA information in advance from now on for all our listings that are located in a homeowner’s association.

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Weather Observations for Georgetown, Colorado

of December 30, 2024, Month of December, & Year 2024

Weather Observations for Georgetown, Colorado

Week ofDecember 30, 2024,Month of December, & Year 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 for that speci c date.

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 for that specific date

Day and date of observation (2024)

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UPCOMING

Ice Drifting Round 1: 8:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 17 Georgetown Lake. Colorado Drift School https://www.coloradodriftschool.com/ice-drifting.

Devil’s Gate meeting: 7 p.m. Jan. 17 Georgetown Community Center 613 Sixth St., Georgetown. “Floyd Hill Archeological Sites”, hosted by Chris Kinneer, from Centennial Archeology. Admission is free, but donations are accepted to help with Community Center expenses.

Taco Night at Rec Center: 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27 Clear Creek Metropolitan Recreation District 98 12th Ave, Idaho Springs. Donations accepted but tacos free until they run out. Sponsored by One to One and Bergen Park Church.

Adult Dodgeball Tournament: 5-8 p.m. Friday Jan. 24 Clear Creek Metropolitan Recreation District. Registration is $100. Contact Jessi a jsteele@ccmrd.com.

volunteers. Be the di erence and advocate for the youth in our community. e o ce can be reached at 970-513-9390.

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 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.

Pond Hockey Tournament: Saturday, Feb. 22, Georgetown Lake Cabin Creek Brewing Registration Fee: $350 per team prior to January 10th. Team Size: 3v3 format with a max of 5 players per team. Information: jenn@ccmrd.com.

ONGOING

Idaho Springs Lions Club meetings: 7:30 am every rst and third ursdays of the month at Marions of the Rockies, 2805 Colorado Blvd, Idaho Springs. Come join us and help to serve our community. For information – www.islions.org, email info@ isLions.org or call 720-608-1140.

Clear Creek Democrats:5-7 p.m. ‘ irsty 3rd ursday’ Vintage Moose, 12 16th Ave in Idaho Springs. Non-alcoholic options and snacks are provided.

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.

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

Resilience1220 counseling: Young people 12 to 20 can get free counseling through an Evergreen-based 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 720282-1164.

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

Clucking over eggs?

Cage-free law is not to blame for shortage, prices

Continued challenges from avian

are impacting egg production nationwide

BY ALI LONGWELL SUMMIT DAILY NEWS

Last week, the full extent of Colorado’s cage-free egg law went into e ect, requiring that all eggs sold in the state come from free-roaming hens.

However, egg shortages and rising prices are due to the continued impacts of the highly pathogenic avian in uenza on producers.

“You may have seen egg shelves bare or purchase limits or prices very high right now with eggs. at is high path avian in uenza having an impact on the marketplace, that is not the cage-free egg law,” said Kate Greenberg, Colorado’s commissioner of Agriculture, at the Jan. 8 Parks and Wildlife Commission meeting. “ ese just happened to coincide at the same time.”

Greenberg added that Colorado’s egg

CURRENTS

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.

Storytime with Miss Honeybun: Storytime with Miss Honeybun is at 11:15 a.m. Tuesdays at the Idaho Springs Public Library and at 11:15 a.m. ursdays at the John Tomay Memorial Library in Georgetown.

Sensitive collection: Resilience1220

producers have spent the last four years — following the legislative directive to move toward cage-free — coming into compliance. By Jan. 1, all commercial Colorado egg-laying facilities met the requirements of the law.

However, as the law hit, producers in Colorado and the country were hit by avian u and are working back to full operation, she noted.

“We, over the last two months, saw the deepest decline in egg-laying hens because of high-path avian in uenza,” Greenberg said.

Avian u has impacted nearly 10 million domestic birds in Colorado since 2022 and 127 million nationwide, according to the state’s Department of Agriculture. e Colorado outbreak peaked last July and August — with cases in poultry, dairy and humans con rmed — but has continued to have impacts. Greenberg noted that Colorado producers have received around $64 million from the federal government for losses from the disease.

Poultry producers hit by the virus saw

strives to inform and support highly sensitive people to live healthy and empowered lives. It meets the third Wednesday of each month from 6-7 p.m. and is o ered via Zoom or in person at the Resilience1220 o ce. Register at resilience1220.org/groups

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. Clear Creek County Lookout Alert: e CodeRED alerts have been replaced by the Lookout Alert. Residents can sign up for emergency alerts county-wide by signing up at www.lookoutalert.co. e new site replaces CodeRED following the switch to Je Com911 for emergency dispatch earlier this year.

On Jan. 1, Colorado saw the full rollout of its cage-free law. However, the change is not to blame for rising costs and supply issues. PHOTO COURTESY OF SUMMIT DAILY

Expert o ers advice on senior living communities

Many decisions must be made for right choice

BY NELL LONDON CPR NEWS

As people age, a home that once was a perfect t can start to feel like an obstacle course. Families worry about safety and loneliness, and children may urge their parents to move. But even the idea of making a change can be unnerving — and then there’s the question of where to go and how to wade through the options for senior living.

Cameron Crawford has some advice for choosing the right senior living setup for your situation. After navigating the process with her own mom, she founded Next Steps Senior Placement in Denver to help older people and their families evaluate and select senior living communities. She also hosts a facebook page, Aging Parent Tribe.

Crawford spoke with Colorado Matters co-host Chandra omas Whit eld as part of our series “Aging Matters.” is interview has been edited lightly for clarity and length.

What’s the di erence between independent living, assisted living and memory care?

“Independent living” is actually really fun. I say it’s almost like Disney World for adults. And what it does is, it takes somebody that is doing really well and is pretty independent, but maybe they need just a few tweaks in their life to stay independent.

Maybe they have stopped driving. at’s

a big thing. And they can’t drive anymore, so they’re becoming isolated at home and so they just need transportation. Maybe it’s meals and they’re not cooking a lot, and that would be a bene t. Maybe they have a spouse that needs a little bit of care, but it’s kind of overwhelming for them.

So if we can take some of the things o their plate, like housekeeping, transportation, meals, and add socialization, other people around them, then they can be really successful there and go back to being more independent.

“Assisted living” is where you’re still pretty independent, but let’s say that you need assistance getting your socks on and your shoes on in the morning. Let’s say that you need assistance in the shower. Medication is a huge part of it. Sometimes I talk to people, they’re on 20 di erent vitamins and meds, and that would confuse me. But we can move them to assisted living and they can manage their medication.

“Memory care” is where someone has dementia or they are having some kind of cognitive decline, where they’re not appropriate for assisted living. ere are plenty of people with dementia in assisted living and they’re doing just ne. But if it becomes a safety risk, so that you’re wandering, then that’s no longer a safe place to be.

Or, something people don’t think about: if they can’t advocate for themselves and ask for help. In assisted living, they want you to push that button and ask for help. In memory care, they’re going to anticipate your needs and come to you. Usually it’s a smaller number of people and it’s a higher caregiver ratio. And so if someone

is needing more attention, memory care could be the right option.

Eighty percent of people say they want to “age in place.” When is it time to move?

Most people want to stay home, and I totally support that. And you can do that by modifying your home. You can do that by bringing in caregivers. But there’s a point where nancially, it doesn’t make sense to stay at home. People think, especially in Colorado, “I have a basement. I’m going to have somebody come live at my house and help me.” Well, having somebody live with you costs between $15,000 to $30,000 a month. And most people I know can’t a ord it. So some people move because of nancial reasons.

A lot of times when people move, it’s a married couple and they’re aging di erently, and one of the spouses is healthier and they are just worn out. And they’re the ones that, not only do they need someone else to help with the care, but they want friends around. ey haven’t been able to get out and see people and they’ve become isolated in their house. And so it would bene t them to move.

Why

it’s better to plan ahead

First of all, I know I love my children, but I like to make my own decisions. So I would rather tell them where I want to go than to have my kids come and say, “oh, you’re going here.”

A lot of times it might be the adult kid that calls me and connects me with their parents. But then I love to just go on tours with the parents, to go see all the places, to talk about what’s important to them, to know their personality, where they might t. We usually stop and have lunch there.

at way you can try the food, because food’s really important. If you’re moving somewhere, you want to like the food. I say, OK, plan A, why don’t you stay home as long as this is working. But let’s have a plan B in the works, so if there’s a crisis, then we know what your preferred options are.

Advice for an older person who doesn’t have a family member to lean on

Number one, I know that they are nervous and scared because they don’t know who’s taking care of them. And so, it’s a priority for my company to work with those people and to help them through the process, because it’s scary. I would usually recommend working with a placement agent that’s a local agent. ey’re the people that live here in Colorado. If you can’t drive, they’ll come and pick you and take you to the community. ey’ll tour with you. ey’ll sit and have lunch with you, and so they’ll talk with you through the whole thing. Because it’s a lot to process.

The most important questions to ask as you’re looking for the right place e rst thing you want to ask is, you want to have them be transparent about what the nancial obligation is, and what the contract looks like. In Denver, a lot of times we can nd something for almost any price range, but you want to know what that looks like.

Some places you buy in, and so you’re kind of saying, this is where I want to be for the rest of my life. Some places are month-to-month.

NEW YEAR, NEW PLAYS

The Su ragette’s Murder By Sandy Rustin

Directed by Margot Bordelon

Steiger Farms’ owners buy land once envisioned for 188-unit Conifer Center

Property that was at the center of a two-year development battle will become a horse boarding pasture

BY JANE REUTER

A piece of agricultural land near Conifer’s urban core that was the focus of a bitter development controversy will now become a horse boarding pasture. e new land owners of the property say they intend to also establish a conservation easement on the property, ensuring its use is permanently limited to agricultural uses.

Steiger Farms owners Carly and Blaize Steiger recently bought the 47-acre parcel behind the Conifer Safeway that was once envisioned as the Conifer Center — a development with 188 residential units and a community center. ose previous plans alarmed area residents and led to the developer ling a lawsuit against Elk Creek Fire Protection District; it was later dismissed.

e Steigers, who moved to the area in 2017 and opened a horse boarding facility bordering the embattled property in 2022, watched it all with the hope that someday the acreage could be theirs.

“It’s just a beautiful piece of land,” Carly Steiger said. “Ever since we moved in, we said we’d love to own it. But it just seemed out of reach. It feels kind of surreal we just closed on it. Had the development gone through, it would have turned our private road from (serving) 12 houses to 200. I think everyone’s glad that isn’t happening.”

On its current 10-acre property, Steiger Farms o ers riding lessons, camps and horse boarding with stalls, box stalls, runs, group paddocks and an outdoor arena. With the additional land, the couple plans to o er pasture

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Is there going to be a community fee? e majority of places have a one-time community fee. In Denver, it could go anywhere from a thousand dollars to over $20,000. And so you’ll want to know that upfront.

You also want to know what they can and they can’t do. And it’s almost more important to know what they can’t do. So, if someone is a sliding scale insulin diabetic, which means every day it adjusts, there’s really only four or ve places in Denver that can meet that need. So why waste your time looking at a lot of other places if they’re not going to be able to meet that need.

So when you talk to them, you want to be very clear about what the care needs are. And be very transparent. I feel like it’s better to be transparent upfront than to surprise them later on.

Avoid the “chandelier e ect”

ings right now are really pretty. e way that people build assisted living — or they’ve remodeled them recently, if it’s an older place — they are beautiful. In fact, they look prettier than my own home. Sometimes I’ll take pictures and be like, ‘oh, I should do that in my kitchen.’

But a lot of times it’s easy to be distracted by

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boarding and create a private equestrian trail system. ey aim to open the expansion in April 2025.

“Pasture boarding is in high demand for this area,” Carly Steiger said. “ ere aren’t a lot of places in the Denver metro area that have enough space to o er full-time pasture boarding.”

Each pasture will be 7-10 acres, and Blaize Steiger said they plan to build some shelters and supplement the horses’ food with hay.

“But for the most part, they’ll be living on grass — and living free,” he said.

e Steigers said they had originally approached development company Foothills Housing 1 about buying the land, but that initial o er was rejected.

In addition to opposition from neighbors, the Elk Creek Fire Department said in 2020 it would not be able to provide emergency re services to Conifer Center.

In 2021, Foothills Housing 1 led a lawsuit in Je erson County district court that sought to compel Elk Creek Fire to sign an agreement for service to the Conifer Center. A district judge dismissed the case.

When the development plans fell through and an investor took over the land, the Steigers got their opportunity.

“We followed it pretty closely, and saw there were issues,” Blaize Steiger said. “When the investor’s realtor came out to take pictures,

how pretty someplace is. And you look at the chandelier or you see the swimming pool, but what you don’t think about is the care part of it, which is really why you’re moving.

Who’s running the building? How long has the sta been there? What’s the caregiver ratio? Who’s the executive director that’s in charge of the whole building, and how long have they been there?

What does this cost?

Independent living will run anywhere from $3,000 to well, actually, there’s a $17,000 room. It’s beautiful, it’s got a great view, and a very nice chandelier. It’s gorgeous.

Assisted living, there’s going to be two different costs. ere’s going to be, typically, the room cost and in Denver right now, the averages are running between $3,500 and $6,000 a month. And then on top of that, there’s typically a care cost.

Will Medicaid pay for this?

Oh, well, we wish.

e majority of places are all private pay. Private pay can be out of pocket. It can be if you have a long-term care policy. And, if you are a veteran, many people miss this bene t called “Aid and Attendance.” If you’re the vet, it can be over $2,700 a month. And so it could be a combination — you’re paying a little bit out of pocket, and then you’re also getting an “Aid and Attendance” bene t.

Now, Medicaid, and in Colorado we also

Aerial view of part of the 47acre property that was once proposed as the Conifer Center and is now owned by Steiger Farms.

Carly happened to be teaching a lesson and saw him. She talked to him, and that’s when we started looking into our ability to get a loan to do this.”

For the Steigers, their current business is already a dream come true. e ability to expand and add services they say are needed in the area takes it beyond their expectations.

Owning a horse boarding facility was a childhood dream for Carly Steiger, a California native whose parents owned their own horse boarding facility.

“It was always a dream of mine,” said Carly Steiger, who wrote that dream in her fthgrade yearbook.

She and Blaize Steiger, a Fort Collins native, met in college at California Polytechnic State University and partnered in life and business.

ey’re now looking forward to a new chapter in their business’ evolution.

“ e response we’ve gotten from folks that live in the area and the horse community has been really positive,” Carly Steiger said. “People are happy we’ll have private trails. We’d love to o er a community pass down the line so folks that don’t board with us can use our trails, and maybe a horseback obstacle course.”

“We’ve got a lot of options we’re looking at,” Blaize Steiger said. “It boils down to our core values. We take care of horses. But really what we like to provide to the people who own those horses is a home away from home.”

have PACE and InnovAge: those will pay for speci c communities. ey have to have a speci c license. It has to be approved. And for InnovAge, it has to be in a speci c zip code. Very, very few places will accept somebody on Medicaid — I’m just going to use that as a generic term — that’s already on Medicaid and just wants to move in and use their Medicaid bene ts. ere are some really nice places that will allow you to ‘private-pay’ for one to two years, and then you can stay there on Medicaid.

What are some tips to helping this move go well?

It really helps if the senior can embrace the idea and be all-in. eir attitude can make a huge di erence. And if you go in saying, ‘Alright, I know this is uncomfortable. I know I didn’t want to do this, but let’s make the best of it. And I’m going to try everything and nd my people here,’ they’re going to have a really good transition.

I think it’s really important if they have family, for the family to be involved. Knowing who works there is important. Don’t just know the executive director, know who the activity director is, meet the chef, meet all the other people that are in charge of taking care of your parent.

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When I began teaching freshman English, I knew I faced a challenge. Years of teaching eighth graders had taught me girls would read pretty much whatever I put before them. Boys, though, were a di erent story. By their early teens, they had been conditioned — programmed — to believe reading and writing were for girls and math and science were “masculine.” And if there is one thing most adolescent boys want to prove, it’s that they’re “real men.”

Fortunately for me such a man serendipitously provided the answer: George Lucas. His “Star Wars” trilogy would become my hook. I felt con dent it would work because frosh boys, despite their puerile need to prove their masculinity, had not yet become jaded. at process would begin in a year or two.

When I told them on our rst day that we would watch “Star Wars,” they were elated. But after the cheering subsided, I made it clear: ey would know “Star Wars.” I’d teach it in conjunction with “ e Odyssey, and it would become my vehicle for teaching other literary works and developing concepts like the epic hero. Decades later, I like to think they’re citing Yoda’s maxims such as “Do or do not, there is no try,” “Size matters not,” and “ at is why you fail” to their chil-

Focusing on toning the mind

JERRY FABYANIC

We’re heading back to work at the State Capitol to begin the annual 120-day legislative session. After a tumultuous 2024 election season, it is now time to put politics aside, work together and get things done that improve the lives of Coloradans. I’m ready to get going!

I consider it a privilege to carry the hopes, challenges and ideas of my constituents into my work as your State Senator. Each year, the period between legislative sessions gives me the opportunity to spend time with all of you, travel to the most amazing parts of Colorado, and let my constituents tell me what we should focus on in Denver. Over the last several months I held town hall meetings in every one of the ten counties I represent, toured new a ordable housing developments and local schools, and spoke with leaders and engaged citizens across the region about the issues that matter to them most. Here’s what I will be working on as the session gets underway:

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dren or students. If I had simply tried to impress those notions on my students via lecture, my words would’ve fallen at and gone in one ear and out the other. But Yoda said them, so they listened. Which gets at a fundamental aspect of literature: Even though characters might be ctional, their words can have far more impact and bearing on the human psyche than those coming from the mouths of parents, teachers, or preachers. Wise parents, teachers, and preachers know that. So too do the not-so-wise, and it scares the hell out of them.

In his New York Times essay “ e Plot Escapes Me,” James Collins, the author of “Beginner’s Greek,” explained how the sum of our entire literary experiences remains ever in memory. He described how Professor Maryanne Wolf, a trained neuroscientist, told him they become encoded by creating “pathways in the brain, [thereby] strengthening di erent mental processes.”

at poses an interesting equation. For if our intellectual acumen, acquired wisdom, and philosophical outlook are in

large part the sum of our reading experiences, logically it must mean the more we read, the greater is that sum. But it also must mean if one’s total of reading is sparse or zilch, the resulting sum is close to if not zero. After all, 0 + 0 = 0.

Reading, however, is not solely an intellectual endeavor. It is, or should be, a pleasurable experience, an escape from the grind of daily life or an excursion, a journey to or foray into another dimension. As the Queen makes clear to her chief attendant in “ e Uncommon Reader,” books are not about passing the time but instead about other lives and worlds. If one wanted to do that, she suggests, one could y to New Zealand. Or Mazatlán. Or play a video game. Or watch sports.

Books, though, are not the only repository of great thoughts. e breadth of quality, worthwhile texts ranges wide, from essays and op-eds to full-blown novels. Yoda’s aphorism aptly states it: “Size matters not.” What matters is utilizing one of your greatest gifts: your ability to read.

In the end, reading ought to be about opening and expanding the mind. Unfortunately, many read only texts that rea rm what they already hold to be true and refuse to allow anything that might challenge their worldview to enter — to

pollute — their mind. Such readers remind me of those who see education as a process of “drilling and killing.” Drilling a rigidity of thought — an ideology — into the minds of young people with the intent of killing any sense of curiosity and willingness to question.

My goal as an English teacher wasn’t limited to the immediate concerns of my classroom and curriculum. I wanted also to foster a love of reading, of story, and of complex thinking so my students would not just be lifelong readers, but lifelong learners. I encouraged them to revisit in their adult years the novels we read to see if they’d glean more from them given their more mature minds. Like quoting Yoda’s aphorisms in their middle age, I sure hope they do.

With regard to my frosh boys, I was delighted to see my strategy working. ey were hooked, so much so that when reading “Romeo and Juliet” and other advanced works they would eagerly volunteer to read challenging roles, ask thoughtful questions, and o er insights that showed in-depth, critical thinking. ey had a blast and, most importantly, they learned. Imagine that.

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

Looking ahead to the 2025 legislative session

FROM YOUR LEGISLATOR

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Proposition 123 funds, and innovative publicprivate partnerships. Yet, there is still so much more we need to do to make sure individuals and families can a ord a place to call home and make ends meet.

at’s why my rst bill of the year will again be a bipartisan a ordable housing e ort. e bill proposes to facilitate below-market investment by the State of Colorado in Colorado Housing Finance Authority bonds, the proceeds of which will be used to buy down construction costs and mortgage interest costs to facilitate more a ordable homeownership development in our state. Building more “starter homes” is key to giving hardworking Coloradans the opportunity to own a home, accumulate generational wealth, and prosper in our state.

ning to introduce are based on ideas directly from folks in my district — thank you for being a part of your citizen-driven legislature!

I will have a bill to increase the number of judges in Colorado to help relieve the extensive backlog in our court system which is delaying justice and negatively impacting crime victims.

Another bill will ensure communities and counties experiencing energy transition have more input on how relief funds are spent to maximize impact. We’re also working on legislation to ensure that our rural health centers get more support so that you can get the care you need close to home.

we need to fund our state’s water conservation needs, getting resources and protections in place for ranchers dealing with the voter-imposed reintroduction of wolves that are killing their livestock, and securing permanent investment in habitat protection for our hunters, anglers, and everyone who values our great outdoors and public lands.

Balancing our state budget

Over the last few years, our mountain and rural communities have seen unprecedented state support come our way to help local e orts to build and maintain more a ordable housing - and it’s working! Projects are breaking ground and families are moving into homes that allow them to live and work in the communities we all love. is state support is thanks to bills I have passed, the voter-approved

I’m also planning to sponsor legislation that will lower the cost of prescription drugs, reduce the cost of homeowners insurance, and provide crucial utilities assistance to low-income rural residents so that we can all a ord to keep our homes safe and warm. is session, we must be laser-focused on saving Coloradans money.

Other local priorities

Other pieces of legislation I am plan-

As another winter on I70 and mountain highways proves challenging for road safety and tra c jams, we’ll be looking to build on my bill from last year that enacted chain carrying requirements for commercial vehicles and left lane restrictions on the most dangerous parts of I70. e new bill will help more people get chainedup and ensure rental car customers are aware of our state’s already-strict traction laws. I’ll also be working with colleagues on ways to increase cell phone coverage in rural Colorado - an issue I hear about from constituents frequently.

As always, I’m also working hard on a few pieces of legislation to protect our state’s water and promote our agriculture - both issues that are the lifeblood of the district I represent. We’ll be looking to better plan for the water funding we know

While our state economy is doing well, new commitments from the November ballot and rising medicaid costs, alongside TABOR protections and uncertainty around federal funding, means that we are headed into a legislative session where we will need to make signi cant cuts. A balanced budget is one of the legislature’s constitutional obligations, and this year it will undoubtedly require hard decisions. I am committed to protecting state investments in education and healthcare, and ensuring our limited funds are spent wisely where they will bring us the greatest bene t.

Hearing from constituents is especially important throughout the legislative session. Please join me for an upcoming town hall meeting or as always, you can contact me directly at 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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Resilience: Acknowledging your limits and finding new options

In the weeks surrounding my diagnosis with Multiple Sclerosis, I began noticing a slight weakness in my right shoulder. It mostly showed up when I was brushing my hair. I would nish with a comb and my shoulder would be tired. Over the course of 15 years, that little weakness became much more signicant. Today, lifting my arm above my head is di cult, and honestly, some days I can’t do it. e weakness has extended throughout my right arm and down to my hand. I have stretches I do every day to keep my ngers from curling in toward my wrist and it is a chore to grab things using my right arm and hand. Tasks: writing, brushing my teeth, shaving, picking up a utensil and using it to eat, have become increasingly more di cult, sometimes impossible.

A physical therapy appointment where they measured the strength of my grip in both hands scored my right hand at a 12 on a scale of 100. A low score like that, a treasure if I were playing golf, was, in this situation, a cold splash of water in my face. For decades I was right-hand dominant, only using my left hand to support what I was doing with my right. As these issues have progressed, that way of operating has become impossible.

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When my perspective focused on the limits of function in my right arm, the list of things I could not do was long, and the loss was bleak, insurmountable and devastating. I spent three years viewing my situation from that perspective. It was not a happy time.

I was able to move out of that di cult spot and into a better space when I acknowledged my options. I have two hands and only one is impacted. When I left behind my belief that I was only able to do things with my right hand, I could see the strength in my left arm. With practice and perseverance, I learned to eat, shave, brush my teeth and hair and even button a shirt with my left hand. More than learning new skills, my left-handed lessons have transformed my life, teaching me about resilience.

I have learned that resilience is not about ignoring things or pretending they are not there; in fact, it is quite the opposite. Resilience is about acknowledging your limits and nding options. It is about learning new things and seeing possibilities in complicated situations. Being resilient will not always nd you solutions

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Let me give you an example, while typing has never been my strong suit, it is exponentially more di cult when you can only use your right hand about 50% of the time to support the key strike. Without resilience, I would be left trying to type with one hand, focused on how much slower my typing is because of my MS. When I step outside my narrow views focused on “ e way I always do it.” I see I live in a time with wonderful technology and that a dictation application on my computer allows me to type faster than ever. e two most di cult hurdles to nding resilience are opening yourself up to the idea that there are di erent ways of doing things and seeing people as ready to help you. Workarounds, when we are not in a resilient mindset, can seem to accentuate loss or feel like a cop-out. at type of stuck thinking is never helpful. When we open ourselves up to seeing other ways to do things, and we accept the challenge of trying those new ways, we nd boundless options, huge opportunities, and loving support. is is where resilience lives.

You have an incredible capacity for resilience. No matter the hurdle, seek out ways to do things di erently and learn about the depth of your resilience.

You’ve got this.

I hope that you will nd inspiration in my words and share those words of encouragement with those who need it. ank you to all who have shared stories with me so far, I love hearing from you as you nd helpful morsels in these columns and nd ways to encourage those around you. I can be contacted at jim.roome@ gmail.com

Jim Roome lives in Arvada with his wife Beth. He spent 34 years in public education. Lessons learned from the one two punch of being diagnosed with MS shortly before his best friend was diagnosed with terminal cancer led him into a new pursuit as a freelance writer and speaker. He uses his life experiences and love of stories to inspire, educate and encourage local, national and international audiences.

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Icing on the skate

Local outdoor rinks’ unique features, settings o er something for everyone

BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Winter sports reign supreme along the Front Range. While the mountains and foothills o er plenty of places to ski, snowboard, snowshoe and spike-hike, the Denver metro area has opportunities galore to ice-skate and play hockey.

During the winter holidays, several local cities like Denver and Arvada host outdoor skating rinks in shopping centers or town squares. Some are only open through local schools’ winter break, but others remain open through January or February, depending on conditions.

Hours and prices vary, but most rinks o er rental skates or people can bring their own for lower-priced admission.

Although there are plenty of indoor skating options, many skaters prefer outdoor rinks’ atmospheres and open-air conditions. ey enjoy soaking up the sunshine or embracing the cold, depending on the weather.

Lakewood’s Greg Daniels and his three teenage children said skating outdoors is “more fun, more festive.” Also, indoor rinks tend to host more intense skaters, while outdoor ones like e Rink at Belmar are more casual, they said.

Leesa Stone, a former Parker resident, felt likewise. She liked the atmosphere at Parker’s Ice Trail at Discovery Park, with its holiday lights around the perimeter and its open replaces for people to warm themselves.

Plus, at places like Evergreen Lake, people come just to enjoy the views and skate on a real lake.

“We love the beautiful surroundings, being nestled here in the mountains,” Commerce City’s Michael Scanlon said of Evergreen Lake. “It adds to the ambiance.”

Whether they were experts or new to the sport, the skaters said local rinks o er something for people of all ages and experience levels.

“Everyone should try it,” Denver’s Marie Duran said.

And, as her 7-year-old Charlotte added, even if people don’t like skating, most rinks are in locations where people can easily nd other activities, like walking, sledding or shopping.

The Rink at Belmar

e Durans rst visited e Rink at Belmar last year and had fun. So, when Charlotte started asking to go skating this winter, the family returned to Belmar Jan. 2.

e rink, which is presented by Quantum Fiber and made of real ice, is in the middle of Lakewood’s Belmar Shopping District.

sphere and holiday lights. Maddi Harris and Kian Larson, students at Evergreen High School, were visiting Belmar for a date night and decided to rent skates before their movie. e two had also been skating at Evergreen Lake before. While it has its advantages, they liked Belmar’s festive atmosphere with all the holiday lights and the decorated evergreen tree near the rink.

“I prefer the holiday spirit here,” Larson said.

Evergreen Lake

Lara De Beer was visiting the area from Belgium, and for her last day in town, Evergreen’s Colin Saunder decided they should go skating at Evergreen Lake. De Beer had never skated on a lake before, and Saunder hadn’t been out on Evergreen’s in a while, so Jan. 2 seemed like the perfect time to try out the ice. While the lake is several acres in size, skating is only allowed on a portion of it. e maintained section near the Evergreen Lake House has a large perimeter that skaters can take laps around, as well as about a dozen small rinks people can use to play hockey, practice their skating technique and more.

People can buy tickets ahead of time or purchase walk-up tickets on a rstcome, rst-served basis. Private bookings and skating lessons can also be booked online.

Charlotte, who’s a big roller-skating fan, has enjoyed learning to ice skate. Her mom said the smaller rink is ideal for people like Charlotte who are learning to skate.

Duran also felt that e Rink at Belmar was reasonably priced, wellmaintained and “fun for all ages.”

Daniels estimated he and his family have been coming to the Belmar rink for about 10 years. ey tried to go skating before Christmas, but it was very busy. So, they opted to do their annual skating night Jan. 2 instead.

e family frequently shops at Belmar, and liked how close and convenient the rink was for them and other Lakewood residents.

e Daniels have been to other rinks in the area, like the one at Evergreen Lake, but the Belmar one’s atmo-

Because it is a lake, the dates and hours it’s open is weather-dependent. It was scheduled to be open through at least Jan. 25, when it would host the Pond Hockey Championships, but anyone wanting to visit should call the hotline at 720-8801391.

De Beer and Saunder both enjoyed the pleasant weather and mountain scenery from the lake, with Saunder describing how unique and special it is compared to other rinks around Denver.

“ ere’s no place like it,” he said.

Small outdoor rinks like the one in downtown Denver tend to be crowded, but Evergreen Lake has plenty of space for everyone, he added.

Michael Scanlon and his children, Alex and Isabel, felt likewise, describing how they’ve been visiting Evergreen Lake annually since the late ‘90s. Michael said they love the excitement and energy that seems to be inherent among outdoor skating rinks.

However, he added, he felt like the lake’s seasons were getting shorter as the lake doesn’t freeze over as early in the winter as it used to. It’s also grown so popular that parking can be di cult, he said.

People skate at Evergreen Lake Jan. 2., amid Je erson County’s scenic foothills. Several skaters said the scenery is one of the reasons they enjoy skating at Evergreen Lake. PHOTO BY CORINNE WESTEMAN

ICE SKATING

He recommended that anyone wanting to visit Evergreen Lake “should get here right when it opens,” because it’s usually less crowded and the ice is in the best condition.

e Martinez family from Colorado Springs also went skating during a day trip to Evergreen.

Lauren Martinez said she appreciated how the rink had plenty of pushable skating aids for children. Her family also enjoyed the nearby sledding hill. Overall, she said, they would be open to visiting it again.

Parker Ice Trail at Discovery Park

Parker’s Josh Blaha and his family had planned to go skating in Denver during the evening Jan. 2. But that rink closed earlier in the evening, so they opted to visit the Parker Ice Trail at Discovery Park instead. It was right down the street and open later, he described.

“It’s nice to have something like this in our backyard,” he said of the ice trail.

Unlike a traditional rink, the Parker Ice Trail at Discovery Park is an ice-covered loop trail that’s about 450 feet around. It’s also not a perfect oval with some sharper corners to keep skaters on their toes.

In the summer, it’s a concrete walkway; but in the winter, sta members cover it with ice that they maintain with a Zamboni. It’s scheduled to be open for the season through Feb. 28.

While his family has been to other outdoor rinks, Blaha said they’re much farther away. Additionally, he thought the ice trail was a good size and didn’t feel too crowded.

Leesa Stone, who lived in Parker for more than 20 years before moving to Utah, was happy that Parker had an outdoor rink of its own.

She’s been skating before at e Pond Ice Rink at Southlands, saying that while she liked the lights at e Pond Ice Rink better, she overall liked the Parker Ice Trail more. She said it felt bigger and like that it was one-way only. Plus, the open replaces and overhead heater at the admissions booth are nice touches, she added.

Avery Jones and her family said the shape was also unique. ey thought it motivated some people to skate faster than they would at a regular rink, while others might go slower.

Like the Blaha family, Avery and Zach Jones said they appreciated having an outdoor skating feature so close to home. ey added that it was the perfect thing to do over the holidays, as it’s a very approachable activity for families.

So, whether it’s a family outing, date night, a casual jaunt to soak up the sun or a serious training session, skaters agree the Denver area is the place to be.

Denver’s Marie Duran, left, skates at The Rink at Belmar Jan. 2. Duran and her daughter wanted to come back after visiting the rink for the first time last year. PHOTOS BY CORINNE WESTEMAN

Lara De Beer, far left, and Evergreen’s Colin Saunder skate around Evergreen Lake Jan. 2. De Beer was visiting from Belgium, and Saunder thought skating at Evergreen Lake would be a fun activity for her last day visiting.

Parker’s Avery Jones helps her 5-year-old Rylee as she learns to skate Jan. 2 at the Parker Ice Trail at Discovery Park. The feature, which is a concrete walkway in the summer and is iced down in the winter, is scheduled to be open through Feb. 28.

An employee drives the Zamboni around The Rink at Belmar Jan. 2. The rink, which is scheduled to be open through Jan. 26, is in the middle of the Belmar Shopping District.

Three state parks increase entry fees

Golden Gate Canyon, State Forest will keep extra funds for local projects

BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

If you don’t have the Keep Colorado Wild pass in your car this year, you’ll be paying two bucks more a day at three state parks.

Chat eld, Golden Gate Canyon and State Forest state parks will be charging $2 more for daily passes in 2025, up from the usual $10 fee to enter all the other state parks.

e extra charge is authorized in two pieces of legislation in recent years aimed at allowing parks and their surrounding communities to determine speci c needs and a higher fee whose proceeds could be kept local instead of disappearing into a broader fund.

Chat eld’s extra $2 will go into projects run by the Chat eld Watershed Authority, which is the guardian of water quality, recreation resources and wildlife habitat in the areas upstream on the South Platte River from the big reservoir. e main goal for the $2 fund is to lessen the amount of phosphorus that arrives through runo and promotes algae blooms that harm aquatic life and interfere with recreation. Some of that new money will also go after excess chlorophyll in runo .

Golden Gate Canyon and State Forest will charge $12 under a di erent state bill that authorized them to raise the fee to help improve local roads and access. e extra $2 will go to Gilpin and Jackson counties, respectively, for their road main-

tenance and improvement funds that address needs surrounding the parks.

Frequent users of those three popular parks will likely see the Keep Colorado Wild pass as an even better deal now, since the $29 statewide access price isn’t changing. You can pay the annual pass fee next time your auto registration comes due, though you’ll have to purchase a pass for each car you plan to use — the pass is on

your registration, so it’s not transferable from one vehicle to another.

e cheap annual passes mean daily pass collections at most state parks are heading steadily downward. Total daily pass purchases at Chat eld, just southwest of Denver, dropped by nearly 5,000 in 2023 from 2022.

Still, the daily pass is popular enough that the $2 fees will accumulate for some

time. Just under 105,000 users bought daily passes at Chat eld in 2023. at was down from about 138,000 daily pass sales in 2020, northeast region state parks spokesperson Kara Van Hoose said.

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

Golden Gate Canyon and State Forest will charge $12 to help improve local roads and access. The extra $2 will go to Gilpin and Jackson counties, respectively, for their road maintenance and improvement funds that address needs surrounding the parks.

Homelessness among families spiked in 2024

BY JENNIFER BROWN THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado saw one of the biggest increases in the nation in the number of families who were homeless in 2024 — a 134% jump from the previous year, according to a federal report that painted the state’s homelessness crisis in a harsher light than previous regional counts.

e rise put the state among four in the country, including Illinois, Wyoming and Hawaii, where the number of homeless families more than doubled. e results have advocates in Colorado calling for further investment in prevention programs to keep more families from slipping into homelessness.

e news, part of the U.S. Housing and Urban Development annual report on homelessness, made clear that while Colorado made progress in sheltering people who had been living on the streets, it saw a huge increase in families with children who were living in shelters. e count — unlike the Denver area homeless count released a few months ago — includes the thousands of migrants who were sleeping in city-funded hotel shelters last winter. Here’s a deeper look at the numbers and what the federal report revealed about homelessness in Colorado compared with the rest of the nation.

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What does the report say about family homelessness?

e nationwide count, taken on a single night in January 2024, was the highest ever recorded at 771,480 people living outside, in homeless shelters, campgrounds, airports or vehicles. at’s about 23 out of every 10,000 people in the United Streets.

HUD o cials pointed to several reasons, including a “national a ordable housing crisis,” as well as rising in ation coupled with stagnant wages, and “persisting e ects of systemic racism” that have stretched homelessness services. e federal report also pointed to the rise in immigration and public health crises including the COVID pandemic.

Most states, 39 of them plus Washington, D.C., reported increases in the number of families with children who were homeless.

e o cial counts do not include families “doubled up” with other people, such as living in friends’ basements or moving in with relatives. ey also do not include “couch sur ng,” which is common for younger people, ages 18-24, who are facing housing instability.

is means the count of families who cannot a ord their own home or apartment is likely much higher than the federal count shows.

e states that received the highest numbers of migrants from South America during the past two years were also among those with the highest increases in family homelessness. at included Colorado, Illinois and New York.

Nationwide, homelessness among families with children rose 39% from the 2023 count, while overall homelessness increased 18%.

Nearly 150,000 children were homeless across the nation on the night of the count, which was 32,618 more children than the prior year.

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98% of their ocks die within 48 hours once infected, she said.

Part of the challenge with the most recent outbreak is that this strain of the virus “is unlike one we’ve ever seen,” Greenberg said.

Not only did the virus cross over between domestic poultry and dairy cattle but there is no end in sight.

“In the past, it was seasonal. We could say as migrations slow down with wild birds, high-path (avian in uenza) will slow down in domestic poultry. at has not been the case and now with dairy cattle coming on board and being a ected by the virus, it’s a much more variable and unpredictable situation,” Greenberg said.

As a result, this outbreak “put a hit on

Homelessness among veterans, Black people is improving

e good news was about veteran homelessness, which was one segment of the population to decline — by 8% nationally and 44% in Colorado.

People who identi ed as Black, African American or African were overrepresented among the homeless population. Black people, who make up about 12% of the U.S. population, accounted for 32% of people who were homeless on the night of the count. is was an improvement from 2023, when Black people made up 37% of the homeless population.

Why is the federal report di erent from counts in Colorado?

e number of homeless families grew by nearly 50%, to 3,136 from 2,101, according to the seven-county report released in August. at was bad, but not nearly as dramatic as the federal government’s 134% increase.

at’s because the metro report did not include the 4,300 new migrants, mainly from South America, who were sleeping in city-funded shelters on the night of the tally.

e federal report counted 18,715 who are homeless statewide, including 8,519 families.

e Metro Denver Homeless Initiative, which organizes the annual January count, said that leaving migrants out of the count was the best way to determine “the most accurate information of those experiencing homelessness on a single night.” at 4,300 number has dropped to zero since the city has shut down its seven hotel shelters that had been lled with recent migrants during the height of the immigration.

Instead, the city has focused e orts on an asylum-seeker program that o ers rental assistance and job training.

is year, when volunteers spread out in the dark at the end of this month to count people living outside and in shelters, migrants who are homeless will be counted among the rest, the homeless initiative said.

both the cage-free and conventional supply across the country and we’re seeing price points for both conventional and cage-free skyrocket,” she added.

In its weekly egg markets overview dated Jan. 3, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that the u has hit all types of egg productions — caged, cagefree and organic — but that cage-free operations “experienced disproportionate loss” in 2024. Cage-free operations experienced losses of around 56% resulting in “signi cant price impacts for cage-free eggs,” it added.

While prices uctuated throughout 2024, the cost of a dozen eggs rose by around 45% from January to November, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s daily price report for Jan. 8, the price to retailers for a dozen large white eggs ranged from $6.05 to $6.13 in the re-

e headline from Denver’s count was that fewer people were living outside, which was expected after Mayor Mike Johnston campaigned on a promise to house 1,000 people by the end of his rst year in o ce. e city’s drop in unsheltered homelessness was among the largest in the nation, in line with Houston and better than Atlanta, Chicago, Seattle and Washington, D.C.

ere were 1,273 people sleeping outside in Denver on the January night volunteers and outreach workers conducted the count, down from 1,423 a year prior.

e regional count includes Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broom eld, Denver, Douglas and Je erson counties.

e federal count tallies up so-called “point-in-time counts” that happen across the nation, including in the seven-county Denver metro area, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins and other locations across Colorado. HUD requires cities across the country to do the count every year.

e Denver count found that the number of people living in shelters, transitional housing, tents and on the streets of Denver climbed to 6,539 from 5,818 the previous year. In the seven-county metro area, homelessness rose 10% to 9,977 people.

In El Paso County, the overall number of people who were homeless dropped 12% from 2023 to 2024. e tally last January included 1,146 people living on the streets and in shelters. However, the number of families increased 12% — “indicating the widespread nature of the affordable housing crisis,” according to the service provider Rocky Mountain Human Services.

What solutions are in the works to prevent family homelessness?

e migrant crisis during the past two years led to children living in tent encampments and under bridges, a situation not normally seen in the Denver area.

“When we see children in encampments, that’s hard on our collective soul,” said Britta Fisher, CEO of the Colorado

gion that includes Colorado.

At Western Slope City Market locations — including locations in Summit, Eagle, Gar eld, Grand, Pitkin, Gar eld and Routt counties — the cost of a generic brand of 12 cage-free white eggs was $7.19 on ursday, Jan. 9. According to the City Market website, these locations are limiting the sale of eggs to two cartons per person “due to high demand.”

Safeway locations in Eagle, Summit, Grand and Routt counties had 12 cagefree white eggs listed for $6.99 on ursday.

On Wednesday, Parks and Wildlife Commissioner Marie Haskett claimed that the cost of a dozen eggs has soared to $13.49 in Meeker.

With weekly dairy testing and ongoing work in the state, Greenberg reported, currently, “Colorado is in a good place” in terms of disease prevalence, but that it will take time to recover from the impacts.

Coalition for the Homeless. “It would happen rarely and our outreach workers are equipped to help address situations where a child is involved but the kind of very visible encampments that included families and children that we have seen over the last couple of years was at a new level for our community.

“And I think when you look at the numbers, you see that the high cost of housing is having a tremendous impact on families.”

e rise in family homelessness — along with the anecdotal evidence that more families, including recent migrants, are doubling up in housing — means that Colorado should increase e orts to prevent homelessness. at includes investing more in rapid rehousing programs, which provide quick rental assistance for people who have recently become homeless, Fisher said.

People who are recently homeless and ask for help at a shelter or homeless service provider, including the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, can receive nancial assistance that tapers o over two years.

Families facing the possibility of homelessness also need help with child care, which is why the Coalition has a child care center that provides low-cost care for the children of families who are facing homelessness.

“Income, health and relationship changes are the kinds of stressors to family housing stability and housing stability in general,” Fisher said.

Besides those programs, homeless advocates are working on proposals for the legislative session that begins Wednesday. ose include a “homeless infrastructure” bill that would, among other things, put standards in place to measure homelessness and a ordable housing efforts across counties.

“It is something we need to take seriously as a state,” Fisher said. is story was printed through a news sharing agreement with e Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned nonpro t based in Denver that covers the state.

“We know it’s tough on consumers, but high-path (avian in uenza) is tough on us all right now,” Greenberg said.

Parks and Wildlife Commissioner Chairman Dallas May, also a cattle and agricultural producer in Lamar, said that this situation is an example of greater challenges facing the agriculture industry.

“I don’t think society realizes the delicacy of our food supply. It only takes one thing like this to take out eggs,” May said. “As we put more and more pressure on our agricultural industry and producers, it may seem like we’re doing something good in one way, but we’re really hurting ourselves, maybe for the long-term future.”

e Summit Daily News is located in Frisco and covers Summit County. is article is courtesy of Associated Press StoryShare.

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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: 10/23/2024

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: Ilene Dell’Acqua #31755 McCarthy & Holthus, LLP 7700 E. Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-24-999576-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. CCC985

First Publication: December26, 2024 Last Publication: January 23, 2025 Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

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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 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard on the 5th day of February 2025 before the Idaho Springs Planning Commission; and commencing at 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard on the 10th day of March 2025 before the City Council to consider the zoning of a parcel of land known as 839 Colorado 103 to the R-3 zoning district.

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

Dated this 16th day of January 2025 Dylan Graves, Community Development Planner Legal Notice No. CCC1002 First Publication: January 16, 2025

DESCRIBED HEREIN

OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

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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, 02/20/2025, 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.

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• Add Alternate #1 – Road signage installations along approximately 9.2 miles of Fall River Road.

Bids are requested for the following Contract: RC 25-01 Agreement Between Owner and Contractor for Construction Contract (Stipulated Price)

Obtaining the Bidding Documents Information and Bidding Documents for the Project can be found at the following designated website: https://www.clearcreekcounty.us/bids.aspx

Prospective Bidders must register as a plan holder via email to receive a link to the Prospective Bidder Submittal Folder, Project Construction Plans and Specifications, and invitations to the mandatory pre-bid meeting and bid opening: Email scanada@clearcreekcounty.us; subject line RC 25-01 RFB.

Prospective Bidders are urged to sign up to receive a text message or email when new Bidding Documents are periodically uploaded to the designated website such as addenda, reports, and other information relevant to submitting a Bid for the Project by clicking “Sign up” at the top of the webpage.

All official notifications, addenda, and other Bidding Documents will be offered only through the designated website and the Prospective Bidder Submittal Folder. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for Bidding Documents, including addenda, if any, obtained from sources other than the designated website or Prospective Bidder Submittal Folder.

Mandatory Pre-bid Conference

A mandatory pre-bid conference for the Project will be held on Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM via Zoom. Bids will not be accepted from Bidders that do not attend the mandatory pre-bid conference.

Instructions to Bidders

For all further requirements regarding bid submittal, qualifications, procedures, and contract award, refer to the Instructions to Bidders that

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