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North Denver icon: Muddy’s Co ee House
BY JILL CARSTENS SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
Imagine this: Denver’s population is a fraction of what it is now. ere is not much of an economy. ere are few fancy restaurants, music venues or art galleries, and many parts of the city are a bit run down. But rent is cheap, especially in north Denver.
In this scenario — the mid-1970s — you might have been yearning for a cool place to hang out. If you were lucky, you found Muddy’s co ee house, which was located at 2557 15th St.
“My friends and I had been looking for a new place to have our weekly debates,” Muddy’s founder and north Denver native Joe DeRose said.
DeRose had just graduated from CU Boulder and was heavily in uenced by the radical teachings of wellknown professor Howard Higman. Under Higman’s teachings, DeRose and his peers had learned to question society’s institutions and value literature for its ability to shed light on our everyday lives.
“ e aesthetic of Muddy’s was warm and welcoming,” said Elisa Cohen, who worked there during her college years. “I had just moved back to north Denver and was looking for a place to just hang out. Right as I walked into Muddy’s I was invited to join folks at their table for conversation.”
Upon rst glance, Cohen described Muddy’s as a disheveled bookstore, with warmth emanating from the worn wood of the historic building.
“ ere were burlap co eebean sacks hanging on the walls as makeshift wallpaper and couches for communing. Everyone was welcome, from neighborhood weirdos to chess-playing intellects,” she said. e words most often used to describe this unassuming locale are “authentic” and “cultivating community.”
City to o er income-based rebates on the sidewalk fee
Funding will
fill
gap spaces of city sidewalks
BY ALLEN COWGILL SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
Denver’s updated sidewalk ordinance was unanimously passed by the City Council in October, and the new structure includes a at fee for many residents that will be used to fund repairs to broken and substandard sidewalks. e fund will also be used to ll in missing links in the sidewalk network. Fee collection starts for residents as soon as January and will be included on the stormwater bill residents already receive. Nearly all owners of single-family homes will pay a at fee of $150 per year. Less than 5% of parcels, those with more than 230 linear feet of frontage, will pay an impact fee of $3.50 per linear square foot above that 230-feet threshold. Residents who are unsure of what their bills might be can look up estimates on a free website at denvergov.org/ sidewalks.
Denver’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI) will o er instant rebates to homeowners who are incomequali ed in a program very similar to the current discounts for solid waste pickup. Homeowners who earn less than 60% of the area median income (AMI) for their household will get discounts, or what DOTI is calling an “instant rebate” on the sidewalk fee, and residents who earn less than 30% of AMI for their household will not pay any sidewalk fees.
Homeowners who have already applied for the income-based rebates through DOTI’s solid waste program will automatically receive the sidewalk fee rebates. Income-quali ed homeowners who haven’t already applied for solid waste discount and who would like to receive both the rebate for solid
Muddy’s founder Joe DeRose and his wife, Cat, on their way to a performance at Muddy’s in 1979. COURTESY OF JOE DEROSE
Teachers, students test out AI in Colorado classrooms
BY ANN SCHIMKE CHALKBEAT COLORADO
In room 126 at Denver’s South High School, students in a Spanish language arts class got suggestions for improving their short essays from an arti cial intelligence app called Magic School: “You could elaborate on your examples,” the app advised one student.
Upstairs, in AP Computer Science, a student shared the x she made after feeding the Java code she’d written for a bookstore inventory system into the same AI app.
Later that October day, students in an after-school club at Aurora West College Preparatory Academy pitched hypothetical products in presentations augmented with AI images and text.
For A’mariae, a ninth grader who envisioned a high-tech shoe that could be transformed from sandals to sneakers to boots with clip-on attachments, there was one problem. e trendy blue shoe the AI app had conjured on his laptop screen had a Nike swoosh on the side, a trademarked logo that would be o -limits for his brand.
ese scenes illustrate how Colorado teachers and students are beginning to use arti cial intelligence in the classroom — and navigate its limitations. Since ChatGPT burst onto the scene in late 2022, the use of generative AI in schools in the state and across the country has become increasingly common. New York City’s schools chief championed the use of AI before he left the post in October, and districts in New Jersey and Indiana are piloting AI tools.
Generative AI analyzes huge amounts of data to generate text, images, videos, and other kinds of content.
For the moment, many teachers, and students are approaching AI more as a toe-dipping exercise than a plunge into the deep end. Not only does it take time to test and learn the apps, they don’t always work as intended. In addition, some districts are still guring out what guardrails need to be in place to protect student privacy.
Still, the sense of excitement about AI in education is real, with a ood of products on the market and a complementary stream of AI conferences, training, and webinars available to K-12 educators. Currently, eight districts in Colorado, ranging from Adams 12 to Estes Park to Durango, are participating in a yearlong project to build AI literacy o ered through the Colorado Education Initiative, which has taken a leading role in ushering the state’s schools into the AI age.
Karen Quanbeck, vice president of statewide partnerships for the organization, ticked o some of the ways AI can help teachers: quickly adapting passages for students at di erent reading levels, providing personalized tutoring after school hours, and allowing students to have a conversation with a computer facsimile of a historical gure.
“My goodness, just the potential for what this could do, for closing learning gaps, for really helping us rethink how learning experiences look because the ‘stand-and-deliver’ model is not always e ective,” said Quanback.
Je Buck, the AP Computer Science teacher at South and a 26-year veteran of Denver Public Schools, recently joined a di erent yearlong AI training program for educators. He’s also taking a series of AI trainings o ered by his district. “ is is what keeps me going. I can
learn something new and interesting, right? And kids are kind of interested, and so we’re learning together, and I think that’s really fun,” he said.
But the learning curve, he said with a laugh, is “also a massive time sink.”
AI can save time but accuracy is ‘not 100%’
Once teachers master the apps, AI can be a time-saver, helping draft lesson plans and tests, taking a rst pass at grading essays, or writing and translating parent newsletters. e cost of the apps varies, with basic versions often available for free.
Moisés Sánchez Bermúdez, the South High School teacher whose students used Magic School to get writing feedback, said he’s generally been impressed with app’s suggestions. Even its critiques of student poetry were decent.
“It was not 100% but it’s getting there,” he said.
By using the app to give students — sometimes up to 35 in the classroom — immediate feedback on their rst drafts, Sánchez Bermúdez has more time to work with students individually.
“It gives them meaningful work to do while I go one by one,” he said.
But not everyone likes getting pointers from a chatbot.
“I don’t really like using AI for the feedback. I’d rather have a real person,” said Juliana Gutierrez, a junior in Spanish Language Arts 3. “If you don’t understand something, you can ask [the teacher] to explain it in another way, or in more of a personal way.”
One oor up, Buck recalled how he’d given his students the option to ask Magic School to review their Java code. e response was “tepid,” he said. “Not everybody is necessarily seeing the value right now.”
While most students chose to ask Buck or classmates for feedback, a few students used Magic School. One of them was Mimi Genter, a senior who’d written
code for organizing book store inventory.
e app returned a neatly organized list of the things she’d done correctly, signi ed by green checkmarks. It also agged a typo in her code, suggested an additional feature she could add, and closed by saying, “Keep up the excellent work. You’re really grasping these object-oriented programming concepts.”
Genter said it was only the second time she’d used Magic School but appreciated that it was an e cient ne-tooth comb of sorts — instantly spotting a capital “L” that should have been lower-case.
Helping students understand AI landscape
As educators incorporate AI tools into their lessons, many are looking not only to make lessons enriching, but to build students’ uency in a technology that’s here to stay.
ey want students to understand how to craft prompts that return worthwhile information, to use AI tools to deepen learning without crossing the line to cheating, and to recognize the inherent weaknesses of arti cial intelligence.
Talley Nichols, who teaches high school history at Crested Butte Community School in western Colorado, sent out permission slips last spring asking parents if their children could use ChatGPT in class. She was pleasantly surprised by the response.
“I was worried about parental pushback, but I didn’t get any,” she said. “In fact, I got a couple of parents who were like, ‘ ank you for doing this. is is important. ey need to learn how to use this.’”
Nichols said her students like using AI to generate project or topic ideas: “It’s really good at giving you lists of ideas, and then you can take that and run with it.”
But she’s proceeding with caution. When her students did research projects last spring on key gures from European cultural movements like the Renaissance, she had them print out the
responses they got from ChatGPT, evaluate the quality of the responses, and then seek out other non-AI sources for further research. And when Nichols’ students turn in nal essays or projects that incorporate AI, they have to turn in notes, rough drafts, and edits to prove they’ve done the work every step of the way.
“If there’s something that they could just go home and create on ChatGPT, I don’t make that a homework assignment,” said Nichols. “We do that in class.”
Educators are also helping students think critically about the racial and gender bias inherent in AI.
Students in Aurora West College Preparatory Academy’s weekly after-school club, “AI Studio” quickly discovered that predisposition as they experimented with AI this fall in preparation for their marketing presentations. When A’mariae asked the tool to produce images of doctors, it showed two older white men and one white woman. When he asked for an image of “three white teenagers,” he got a picture of three happy white teenagers.
Next, he said, “I searched three black teenagers and it showed, like a mug shot.”
Asked how to deal with racist and sexist results, one of the other three boys in the club said, “You have to train your AI.”
It’s exactly the message Antonio Vigil, Aurora’s director of innovative classroom technology and the club’s advisor, has been emphasizing all semester. He wants students to understand that they have to continually vet AI responses for accuracy, precision, and bias – and revise them accordingly.
He said, “You have to be the human in the loop.”
Reprinted with permission from Chalkbeat, a nonpro t news site covering educational change in public schools. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.
Students in an after-school club called AI Studio at Aurora West College Preparatory Academy pitch products they conjured up with the help of AI at a meeting in late October.
PHOTO BY ANN SCHIMKE CHALKBEAT
Department of Justice Objects to Key Part of the NAR Settlement as Anti-Competitive
When the National Association of Realtors (NAR) agreed on March 15th to a $415-million-dollar settlement with a class of home sellers in Missouri, there were two changes which NAR agreed to make.
The first was to remove from the nation’s MLSs all mention of commissions being shared cooperatively with buyer brokers. The second was that all buyers must sign an agreement with any broker (other than the listing agent) before showing another agent’s listing.
If a buyer were to call one of us to see a listed home, we would want to make sure they were a qualified buyer before taking the time to show them a listing, but few of us would bother with any paperwork unless and until they wanted us to compose an offer to buy that or another listing. And we universally got away with that approach.
Last week, the judge in that case was scheduled to affirm or deny that settlement, and on Sunday, Nov. 30th, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a 5-page “statement of interest” stating that, in the DOJ’s opinion, the latter provision was anti-competitive and should be struck down.
So it was a bit of a pain (and an annoyance to the buyer) when we were told that from now on we had to get any prospective buyer to sign a “showing agreement” or a “buyer agency agreement.”
provision of the settlement. And let it be said that this rule was pretty meaningless in the context of the complaint on which the NAR settlement was based, namely that listing agents shouldn’t be sharing their commission with buyer’s agents.
Regarding the other requirement of the NAR settlement outlawing commission sharing and the publishing of “cooperative” commissions on MLSs, it has had little effect here in Colorado. All that happened was that offers of compensation were rephrased on listing agreements and on contracts to buy real estate.
judge in the settlement case deny that aspect of the agreement, too? Perhaps, but one can always hope!
The Origin of the 2.8% Co-op
At press time for this column, the judge had not yet affirmed the settlement, so maybe this is old news to readers, but I wanted to share it with you in case you haven’t heard about the DOJ filing.
We Realtors had taken a grin-and-bearit attitude toward both rules, and I personally hadn’t considered what the DOJ is now espousing — namely, that when you ask a buyer to sign a representation agreement with one broker just to see a home, no matter how short the term of that agreement, you are limiting the ability of other brokers to compete for that buyer’s business.
Prior to the NAR rule, it was considered proper practice to provide a buyer with whom we interact with a “Brokerage Disclosure to Buyer” stating that they are a “Customer” and not a client, but I don’t know any brokers who actually did that.
Since the NAR settlement didn’t say what kind of agreement that should be, I created a simple “Showing Agreement” which I printed up for our broker associates and gave to them, padded, to keep in their glove compartments. Before entering a listing, they were to fill in the blanks and have the buyer sign it before entering the listing. That copy would be given to the buyer, and I suggested that our broker associates take a picture of it on their smartphone — not to print and file it, but just to keep it on their phone as a record.
The fact remains that there is no one to audit whether this form is completed, although I suppose there could be “secret shoppers” who would test agents to see if they are doing that. But, remember, this is a NAR rule, not a state law, so any audits by the Real Estate Commission would not include verifying that such forms were being completed. For that reason, I wouldn’t be surprised to hear of agents who simply ignore that NAR rule.
Regardless, it would be a relief if, following this DOJ filing, the judge in the NAR settlement case were to deny that
Now, the listing agreements still state the same total commission — 5 to 6 percent, or whatever — but instead of saying how much of that commission the listing agent will offer to an agent for the buyer, the listing agreement now says how much the seller will offer to an agent for the buyer and then says that, if that amount is indeed paid to a buyer’s agent, that percentage will be deducted from the commission paid to the listing agent. In other words, no change except in phraseology.
Why the amount the seller is offering can’t be stated on the MLS makes no sense. Would it be too much to have the
Have you ever wondered why 2.8% became the typical or standard commission offered to “cooperating brokers” who represent buyers? Here’s a history lesson. It was explained to me that, before the U.S. Department of Justice said that the Denver Board of Realtors (DBOR) was engaging in price fixing by dictating commission rates, DBOR set the listing commission at 7%, and dictated that 40% of that amount, or 2.8%, was the proper amount to be shared with agents representing buyers.
After price-fixing was outlawed, listing commissions declined, but the 2.8% co-op remained a fixture, so to speak, because sellers and their agents didn’t want buyer agents to avoid their listings in favor of listings still offering 2.8%.
Nowadays, with buyers doing their own searching online (where that co-op commission was hidden from consumers), the reluctance to offer less than 2.8% diminished and now is far less important.
My Feb. 17, 2022, column reported that the percentage of listings offering less than 2.8% had grown from 2% in 2015 to 30%.
Is Your Home Fully Prepared for Winter?
Now that our warm autumn is giving way to the cold spells of winter, have you done everything you should to prepare for cold weather?
Frozen pipes should be your number one concern, given the damage burst pipes can cause. Are your outdoor hose bibs the kind that resist freezing? They’re easy enough to install. They work because the valve itself is deep within the unit so that it benefits from the warmth within your house.
Does the caulking around your windows need refreshing? Leakage around windows is a major source of lost heat.
ommend annual cleaning and servicing of HVAC systems.
If you have a wood-burning fireplace, when was the chimney last cleaned? Chimney fires are all too common. Tree trimming is expensive, but should be considered, given the increase in hurricane-force winds due to climate change. Is there a tree that could fall on your home? Consider removing it, or at least trimming threatening branches.
This is a good time to test your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and maybe install fresh batteries.
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Gritty, urban, diverse and genuine were the adjectives that Elisa Cohen’s sister, Basha Cohen, used to describe this beloved co eehouse.
“It was a joint,” she said, “It wasn’t fancy. ere just weren’t many places you could go and just talk all night. ere was nothing like it, I miss it. I wish it still existed in this time where you enter a co eehouse now to observe heads focused on phones rather than face to face conversation.”
But all those interviewed said Muddy’s would not have been so special had it not been for DeRose’s vision, inviting personality and proclivity for fostering community.
“We came up with the concept for Muddy’s while summiting Longs Peak,” he remembered.
DeRose and his friends had been inuenced by the intellect of the Beat Generation and the optimism of the hippie era.
“ e goal was to encourage freedom of thought, exploration of thought — that a broader perspective creates a broader personal infrastructure,” touted DeRose, who still lives by this philosophy.
“Civil discourse was paramount,” he added, citing that one day the co ee shop would host a poetry reading while the next day a coalition of homeless men. “We modeled Muddy’s after some San Francisco co ee houses and were in uenced by Jack Kerouac and Herman Hesse’s writings, where folks could meet to engage in vibrant conversation without worrying about getting kicked out.”
Muddy’s was open all night, which made it a haven for young people, mu-
Federico Pena to name a few.
“Freddy Rodriguez and his band would come in after their set at El Chapultepec and jam late into the night at Muddy’s!” DeRose exclaimed.
Soon, Muddy’s added a theater where local, independent playwrights could put on productions. Local art graced the walls at a time when there were few exhibit spaces for artists. DeRose was cultivating the idea, originated by Kerouac, that Denver could be an oasis of culture between the two coasts.
e spirit of this unconventional placemaking became di cult in the mid-1980s when real estate began making a rise on the Northside.
“ ey were going to kick us out without much notice,” DeRose recalled, “and we needed time to nd a new location.”
Luckily, because he had grown up in Denver, DeRose had connections down at the courthouse, which helped delay Muddy’s ousting of the north Denver location until they found a new home downtown at 20th and Champa streets where the co eehouse remained until 1992.
Even though Muddy’s is long gone now, those who spent time there say it had a lasting impression on their lives. e “oasis” idea was based on values of culture and places where all are welcome and a diversity of ideas can be considered, civilly and with respect.
When asked about its lasting impression, Elisa Cohen said that her tenure at Muddy’s gave her a “con dence of belonging.” And who doesn’t want that?
Next time you’re in the LoHi neighborhood, at that funky intersection where three streets converge,15th Street, Boulder and Umatilla, look to the northeast and you will see where Muddy’s once was. Maybe you’ll feel those good old vibes, even just for a moment.
sicians and after-theater patrons. Many mayors of the time also popped into
Muddy’s as a place where they could relax without pressure, Dick Lamm and
Johnny Real, left, and Shirley Salisbury at Muddy’s counter in 1976. PHOTOS COURTESY OF JOE DEROSE
Help kids skip seasonal bruises and breaks this holiday season
Expert tips to help children avoid serious injuries
BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
As families prepare for the holiday season, it’s also the time to take extra precautions to help children avoid serious injuries.
Children’s Hospital Colorado tends to see a higher rate of injury related to toys, winter sports and activities, and motor vehicle crashes during this time of the year. Injuries at home, which includes falls, are
REBATES
waste pickup and the rebate for the sidewalk fee will need to apply through the city website starting in mid-December at denvergov.org/sidewalks
While renters who pay a solid waste bill with an account under their name per their landlord agreement are eligible for rebates for the solid waste program, they will not be eligible for discounts for the sidewalk fee program. e income-based rebate for the sidewalk fee program is eligible for property owners only, similar to the stormwater drainage fee.
e city intends to kick o the program’s master plan e orts for sidewalks in 2025 as the fees start to come in.
always a top cause of injury consistently year over year, followed by motor vehicle crashes.
“As humans, we always have this idea that bad things aren’t going to happen to us,” said Britney Lombard, injury prevention expert at Children’s Hospital Colorado. “What we need to do is set all of these things in place to prevent any injuries from happening.”
To empower and educate parents and caregivers with prevention tools, the trauma program and injury prevention community health outreach teams at Children’s Hospital Colorado recently secured a proclamation by the Aurora mayor to establish Nov. 18 as National Prevention Day.
DOTI also put out a request for qualication (RFQ) for professional services for a multidisciplinary team to provide professional support for the administration and implementation of the sidewalk program.
DOTI spokesperson Nancy Kuhn indicated the city will have a multiphased approach to repairing sidewalks next year. e rst thing residents will notice is the sidewalk construction already identi ed and funded from the Elevate Denver and Rise Bond programs approved by voters. e second approach is a spot repair program for next year. Kuhn said that it will be “focused on spot repairs that present as urgent safety hazards. We’ll have a form on our website in mid to late November that people can use to report sidewalk safety issues. Our team will triage those reports.”
Car seat safety
Last year, motor vehicle crashes were the second leading cause of serious traumatic injury for patients seen across the Children’s Hospital Colorado system of care. From January to June of this year, there were more than 70 pediatric visits to Colorado hospital emergency departments for motor vehicle incidents.
According to Children’s Hospital Colorado, about 29% of children between the ages of 2 and 8, and less than half of children age 9 and up, were properly wearing a seatbelt in the crash.
“We’re seeing older kids in vehicle crashes at higher rates than we see the younger kids,” said Lombard. “It is really
e spot repair will focus on adjoining sidewalks with gaps of more than 1 inch, elevation di erences between adjoining sidewalks of greater than 1 inch, and sidewalks with extensive raveling and major breaking. Raveling is a term used to describe a sidewalk that has deteriorated and is breaking apart into little pieces.
One question that has come up from residents is, What will be done with agstone sidewalks? Currently, DOTI will not repair sections of agstone sidewalks that are identi ed as safety hazards but will replace them with concrete sidewalks. Most agstone sidewalks cannot be reset to meet current standards for sidewalks and may pose accessibility issues for residents with disabilities.
Another issue that has come up that DOTI addresses in its FAQ is about residents who have recently repaired their
important that families don’t get complacent and make sure they’re still following those safety recommendations.”
Earlier this year, CDOT released a statement that nearly 80% of Colorado parents and caregivers are not using a car seat correctly.
e most common car seat misuse in 2023, according to CDOT, was the harness, either being loose or an incorrect placement of the harness slots. Other forms of misuse found were children moving from a booster too soon, and the car seat being the incorrect size for children.
sidewalks or have sidewalks that are in excellent condition being curious if they won’t have to pay the sidewalk fee.
DOTI answers it like this: “We all use sidewalks in our daily lives to access schools, businesses and parks and to visit friends and neighbors. Having a safe and connected sidewalk network means everyone can get around with greater ease. Since everyone bene ts from a complete sidewalk network, all Denver property owners are required to pay the Sidewalk Fee. is includes property owners whose sidewalks are currently in good repair, or who have recently completed new sidewalk construction on their property.”
Allen Cowgill is the Council District 1 appointee to the DOTI Advisory Board, where he serves as board co-chair. He also served on the Denver Sidewalk Ordinance 307 committee.
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a “balance” between the bicyclists and the residents and business owners in the area.
DOTI stated it reached out to the neighborhood through 7,000 mailers, held two public meetings, conducted an online survey, and met with business owners and neighbors about the proposed protective bike lanes.
According to DOTI’s survey about the bike lanes, most participants, 68%, said they live or own a business within two blocks of West 29th Avenue and/or travel the street daily.
PREVENTION
CDOT’s Car Seats Colorado suggests parents and caregivers refer to the car seat manufacturer’s manual and vehicle owner’s manual for car seat installation instructions, ensure the child is in the correct seat for their size and age, and periodically check for any recalls.
“We know that the back seat is safest for children, it keeps them away from the airbag,” Lombard said, adding that airbags deploy at high speeds and with lots of power. “Children’s skeletons just are not able to handle those forces.”
Going into e ect in early 2025, HB24-1055 will enhance car seat laws to better protect children by changing the child restraint system requirements.
(weather permitting) in mid-November.
“An unprotected bike anywhere is an unprotected bike everywhere. It’s like building a bridge and leaving half of it o ,” Castañeda said.
Castañeda has started a petition on Change.org to send to the city in hopes they will reverse course and make a continuous protected bike lane from Sheridan to Zuni.
“Because of this change in mind, because of a few residents that complain and a few businesses that complain, that sets
e new legislation will require children to use a booster seat in the car until they’re at least 9 years old, which is an extra year from what previous law currently required, Lombard said. e law will also require children under the age of 2 to be in a rear facing car seat.
“( is) is following best practices or what we’ve known to be safest for many years,” said Lombard. “We have a lot of work to do making sure that families have the information and resources to get those car seats checked.”
Fire prevention and avoiding other hazards
e holiday season also brings an uptick in the number of patients treated at Children’s Hospital Colorado due to injuries from within the home.
Lombard said it’s important to
designer with DOTI, said because the city’s paving schedule, which is set in January, aligned with West 29th Avenue where the protective bike lanes are planned, the city wanted to move forward with the project. Lanphier said hosting another public meeting would have set the project back even further.
DOTI stated it would introduce a number of protective features in order to further facilitate the bike lanes that will and won’t be protected. ose features won’t be installed until later next year.
focus on re prevention and ensuring children can’t get into dangerous things that could contain hazards. Some holiday decorations that could be hazardous are holiday lights, breakable ornaments and anything with buttons or batteries as they can pose a hazard if ingested.
“We want to make sure that all of those extra items we’re adding into our house, that we’re considering the safety of those items,” said Lombard.
She added that parents and caregivers might consider putting up child safety gates, especially around the replace, and other home proo ng tools, avoid standing water, ensure rearms are locked up and that ammunition is stored separately from those rearms.
Children’s Hospital Colorado does work through Safe Kids Col-
cons (RRFB) and making changes to signalized intersections to make crossing the street safer.”
As e Denver North Star previously reported, a 13-year study by researchers at the University of Colorado Denver and the University of New Mexico found that tra c fatalities fell signi cantly for all road users after a protected bike lane was installed. Denver data from the study showed a 40% drop in fatal crashes among people who bike, walk and drive where protected bike lanes are installed.
orado coalition, which provides tools and resources to help prevent choking, kitchen safety tips and winter safety.
Some of the winter safety tips recommended are putting on sunscreen, removing pu y winter coats before putting children in their car seats, always having an adult present during winter activities and to stay hydrated.
Many injuries seen at Children’s Hospital Colorado system of care can be prevented, said Lombard, which is why she wants parents and caregivers to take time this holiday season to be preventative.
“When we’re trying to prevent these injuries, the best way that we can prevent them is through layers of protection,” said Lombard.
For more safety tips, visit childrenscolorado.org/community/ community-health/injury-prevention/.
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Be empowered, not entitled
IWINNING
n a world where “What can I get for free?” seems to be a growing mentality, I can’t help but notice the pattern of entitlement and discontent it creates. ere’s no better place to observe this than in restaurants, where I’ve occasionally overheard people at nearby tables complaining about a perfectly ne meal, only to get an item comped from the bill. What’s astonishing is that these diners enjoyed their food, shared laughs, and appeared to be having a wonderful time until the check arrived. It’s as if they felt a moral victory in walking away with something for nothing. But when did getting a free ride become so celebrated, and what does it say about how we approach life?
I’ve thought about this mentality, and one analogy comes to mind: people who sit by a replace, expecting heat without ever adding wood to the re. ey expect warmth without contributing any fuel, just like those who expect more from life without ever making deposits of their own. is notion extends beyond restaurants and replaces; it in ltrates many aspects of life. People complain about others who have more or live more luxuriously, begrudging them their bigger homes, fancier cars, or exotic vacations. But instead of acknowledging the e ort it took those people to achieve such success, they resent the fact that they themselves aren’t living that way. It’s a mindset that chooses envy over e ort and dissatisfaction over discipline. is attitude isn’t con ned to just a few. I’ve seen it spill over into the workplace, especially in younger or newer salespeople who see top performers taking an afternoon o to golf or sh and wonder, “Why can’t I do that?” What they often fail to see, however, is the years of hard work, rejection, and persistence it took for those salespeople to reach a place where they could take that time o without jeopardizing their success. ose new to the eld can be quick to judge but slow to recognize the grind that their role models endured. ey want the freedom, the rewards, and the lifestyle without understanding the discipline, the work ethic, and, yes, even the sacri ces that made it possible. Entitlement is alluring because it o ers a shortcut that promises reward without investment. But these shortcuts are often illusions that breed dependency rather than fulllment. People who spend their energy looking for freebies or shortcuts miss out on the deep satisfaction of building something themselves. ere’s an empowerment that only comes when you’ve earned what you have; it’s a condence that isn’t easily shaken, a pride that doesn’t require validation.
In contrast, a “What can I get for free?” mentality robs people of the joy and satisfaction they seek. While they may get temporary wins, a discounted meal here, a small perk there, these victories are hollow. In time, these individuals become disillusioned, wondering why they’re not as happy or ful lled as those who do the work. ey become like those who stare into a replace, frustrated that there is no warmth, never realizing that they’ve failed to build a re worth stoking.
As individuals, we must shift our mentality from “What can I get for free?” to “What can I contribute?” ere’s something profoundly rewarding about putting in the wood, the work, and the sweat equity, knowing that the warmth you’ll receive isn’t a gift; it’s a return on your investment. We shouldn’t be looking to game the system but rather to engage in it fully, understanding that the most gratifying successes aren’t free. Instead, they result from consistent e ort, meaningful contributions, and a commitment to growth.
In the end, life gives us what we put into it. When we start by stacking the logs, fueling the re with our e ort, we can sit back and enjoy the warmth that radiates from our labor. How do you see it? I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com. And when we take an empowered approach to life instead of one of entitlement, it really will be a better-than-good-life.
Michael Norton is an author, a personal and professional coach, consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator of individuals and businesses, working with organizations and associations across multiple industries.
Is the Aurora Sentinel a ‘citizen’?
The Colorado Supreme Court is examining whether a newspaper is considered a “citizen” and therefore entitled to attorney fees when prevailing in open meetings lawsuits.
A year ago, in a victory for the Aurora Sentinel, the Court of Appeals ordered Aurora to publicly release the recording of an executive session in which city council members ended censure proceedings against a fellow councilor.
But the three-judge appellate panel decided not to award reasonable attorney fees to the Sentinel, even though the Colorado Open Meetings Law (COML) requires it when citizens successfully challenge violations in court. e Sentinel doesn’t meet the Merriam-Webster dictionary de nition of a citizen as “a native or naturalized person who owes allegiance to a government and is entitled to protection from it,” Judge David Furman wrote for the court. at opinion was “erroneous as a matter of law and must be reversed to avoid undermining the General Assembly’s intent to encourage — not only individual litigants but any and all members of the press and public — to challenge clear violations of the COML,” argues a Supreme Court brief submitted for the Sentinel by attorneys Rachael Johnson of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and Steve Zansberg, president of the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition.
“News organizations regularly stand in the shoes of the public and provide a check on government institutions; Colorado sunshine laws are crucial to this e ort,” the brief says. “With local news organizations across Colorado and the country facing ever-increasing nancial barriers to taking on public records and open meetings litigation, news organizations like e Sentinel must be able to rely on the availability of fee recovery when deciding to pursue an open meetings violation in court.”
If it’s not reversed, the Court of Appeals ruling “will make fee recovery unavailable to news organizations even in cases involving the most agrant violations of the COML, leading to less news reporting and a lesser-informed public — a result that would directly contravene the purpose of the COML,” it adds.
Under the open meetings law, the courts have jurisdiction to enforce violations “upon application by any citizen of this state.” In “any action in which the court nds a violation of this section, the court shall award the citizen prevailing in such action costs and
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reasonable attorney fees.”
Je rey A. Roberts
If the Sentinel is a “citizen” for purposes of bringing litigation to enforce the law, “it should also be a ‘citizen’ for purposes of fee recovery provided for in the very same section of the Law,” Johnson and Zansberg argue. ere is nothing in the legislative history of Senate Bill 91-033, which added the attorney fee provision to the open meetings law, to indicate state lawmakers “intended to permit only natural persons (not corporate persons or entities) from recovering fees,” the Sentinel’s brief says. To the contrary, legislators during a 1991 Senate committee hearing noted that “quite often, it is the press who takes the lead” on open meetings issues.
e Court of Appeals’ ruling is inconsistent with prior legal interpretations of the open meetings law and the Colorado Open Records Act, it adds, citing several instances in which Colorado courts have awarded fees to corporate entities in those types of cases.
A brief submitted by Aurora earlier this week argues against the Sentinel’s status as a “citizen” and asks the Supreme Court to reverse the appellate court’s nding that the city violated the open meetings law. In an amicus brief, the Colorado Municipal League also asks for a reversal of the appellate ruling. e statute, the city’s brief says, “grants any person standing to challenge an OML violation, but only allows a citizen of this state to be awarded its attorney fees.” If the General Assembly “meant to award attorney fees to any ‘person’ or the ‘prevailing party’ under the statute, it would have simply done so, and used a di erent term” other than citizen, it adds.
Prepared by attorney Corey Ho mann, Aurora’s brief also says that each case cited by the Sentinel in which prevailing corporate entities were awarded attorney fees “had, as plainti , at least one citizen who was entitled to an award of fees and costs.”
In the Sentinel case, the Court of Appeals concluded that Aurora council members violated the open meetings law by inadequately announcing a Mar. 14, 2022, closed-door meeting and improperly deciding in secret to halt a censure action against Councilmember Danielle Jurinsky for comments she made about Aurora’s then-police chief and deputy chief.
Women’s Wellness: The e ects of symptomatology
Symptomatology is the branch of medical science that focuses on the study of disease and overall symptom patterns shown by a patient or associated with a speci c disease. is is important, especially for women, where care can often be informed on the basis of symptoms and signs.
It’s central to understand that not all conditions can be detected early on. A symptom is something an individual experiences, while a sign is something a medical professional notices. Subjective symptoms can only be known if acknowledged by the individual experiencing those conditions and cannot alone constitute a diagnosis.
For example, pelvic pain, irregular pe-
WOMEN’S WELLNESS
If I had a nickel for every time I have heard someone say something like “we just can’t take another day of (blank),” I’d have a great big pile of nickels.
Fill in the blank: the pandemic, gun violence, election ads, war overseas, political division. It’s no wonder that the Centers for Disease Control and Protection reports symptoms of anxiety and depressive disorder increased considerably during 2020, compared with the same period in 2019, and consistently since then. Turn on the evening news and your head might spin with all that is wrong and scary in the world. It’s enough to make a person feel anxious, isolated, powerless and unwell.
But guess what. We can take another day. We must take it, and we must keep doing the things we need to do to take care of ourselves and each other at the same time. e world needs us to show up right now as our best, most reasonable, most thoughtful, most caring and most willing-to-listen-to-each-other selves.
e level of uncertainty demands it. Yes, there are likely going to be moments we want to hide in our closet, yell at the television or scowl at the driver whose bumper sticker insults our political sensibilities. We can take that too. Not only can we take it, we can thrive through it. How do I know this? I see it. I see you reading this paper because you want to stay connected with your village. I see you dragging yourself out the door for a 10-minute walk after dinner because you know it can moderate your blood-sugar levels, boost your mood and help you sleep. I see you keeping veggies on the menu even though there’s still a bag of Halloween candy in the closet. I see you putting one foot in front of the other even though the path forward is unclear and the din of uncertainty is as undeniable as the chill in the autumn morning air. is is enough. All of the little moments that we spend caring for ourselves are enough. ere is no rule that says the only workout that will help you melt some of your fall baking season girth is an hour-long workout. Or that you can’t manage your blood pressure unless you ditch your kids and take up yoga with some Su in Sri Lanka. Balance on one foot while you brush your teeth. Stand up and wiggle every
toms experienced.
riods, brain fog and fatigue are all considered symptoms. Objective symptoms are those clear to the observer and called physical signs such as pulse rates and temperatures. No matter who observes the symptoms or signs, it is the body’s way of signaling something might not be functioning properly. Each body creates symptoms and signs uniquely, and every woman reacts in a unique way. Some experiencing the conditions show no symptoms at all. Another person may be hypersensitive to the signs and symp-
Health and wellness: How to keep going even in desperate times
Everyone is di erent, which can pose challenges for identifying treatment. As a physician, it’s important to know our patients to discern between what is an alert versus a non-urgent concern. One symptom by itself usually means very little. It is its relationship to other symptoms that may be signi cant.
For instance, frequent bathroom visits and frequently having to start and stop while using the bathroom may indicate pelvic oor dysfunction, while a feeling of heaviness around the lower tummy or a dragging discomfort in the reproductive organs could lead one to suspect something causing pelvic organ prolapse. Whether it is a symptom or sign, talking to your doctor is the rst step.
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As a physician, I rely on patients to share what symptoms or signs they may be experiencing. Ongoing appointments are recommended for the most accurate evaluation and success of treatment options. It’s a must to understand a patient’s background, determining abnormal ndings if any and weighing the patient’s problem(s) with the pattern of the known disease processes. It’s important to know your body and to “listen” to the signs it is giving to ensure health issues are not overlooked.
Dr. Terry Dunn is the owner of Foothills Urogynecology, a Denver-based practice specializing in women’s health. To learn more, visit www.urogyns.com.
it Out: ‘Key Lime Sky’
Erika Taylor
time your phone rings. Buy a new color vegetable and learn how to cook it. Drink a cup of water after you wash your hands. Take a deep breath. (Do it. Now. Seriously.) Do 10 jumping jacks to make the co ee brew faster. Write down three things you are grateful for.
I could go on and on, and I bet you could, too. e list of tiny ways we can contribute to our own resilience is never ending. But “knowing” this list is only a fraction of the battle. e real prize lies in believing the world is going to keep on turning, the world needs a healthy you in it, and you alone have the power to carve out moments of your day to do these things. is time of year we will be admonished at every turn to feel grateful. Practicing gratitude most certainly is a worthwhile endeavor.
Yet I deeply believe we must honor and embrace the fact that gratitude can sometimes be pretty tough to come by. Uncertainty can dampen gratitude for sure. Which is why I always suggest, if you are having trouble coming up with a list of things for which you are thankful, start small or overly obvious; I personally fall back on opposable thumbs or indoor plumbing. Just like gratitude, our wellness practice need not be epic in nature to do its job. In fact, the less epic the better.
Fall back on small and obvious! Because like uncertainty, our wellness journey is never ending. If we are going to keep on keeping on (which we are!) we need to have the sort of practice that we can sustain — the kind that celebrates the miniscule moments making us the sort of humans the world needs us to be. Grateful, connected, kind, powerful. ese are the goals. Even in the face of all the things we may think we can not endure, with these things, we can. And we can do it well.
Erika Taylor is a community wellness instigator at Taylored Fitness, the original online wellness mentoring system. Taylored Fitness believes that everyone can discover small changes in order to make themselves and their communities more vibrant, and that it is only possible to do our best work in the world if we make a daily commitment to our health. Visit facebook.com/erika.taylor.303 or email erika@taylored tness.com.
DCHECK IT OUT
Wendy Thomas
enver Bryant (pronouns: xe/ xem/xyr) loves pie. Even bad pie. Xe blogs about pie—the best, the worst, the frozen, where to get it and which to avoid. is month’s book, “Key Lime Sky” by Al Hess, is a near-future, sci- , queer romance that pairs an alien invasion with a lovable, autistic, nonbinary protagonist.
Pie is such a part of Denver’s identity that the residents of Muddy Gap, Wyoming, call xem “Professor Pie.” Denver doesn’t love the nickname. Xe thinks the townsfolk don’t care about xem enough to remember xyr name. Xe knows that xe o ends people with xyr brutal honesty, stimming behaviors, and avoidance of all things loud and overstimulating.
Denver is no stranger to loneliness, having been abandoned by xyr substance-abusing mother at a young age, but xe had high hopes of a fresh start in Muddy Gap.
After an especially egregious slice of cherry pie and blunt review on the blog, Denver is told not to return to the cafe that served it. On xyr way home that night, xe encounters strange objects and lights in the sky over Muddy Gap. As a child obsessed with all things UFO and paranormal, Denver knows exactly what xe saw.
e next day, things get weird. Strange seashells hail down from the sky, townspeople are alternately in a trance and behaving aggressively, and mounds of sand show up in unexpected places. No one believes Denver when xe explains the area is experiencing an alien
ROBERTS
Aurora claimed the executive session recording shouldn’t be released to the newspaper because it contains privileged attorney-client communications. But the city council waived any privilege “by describing everything that occurred” during the executive session in a letter included in a public meeting packet two week later, according to the appellate judges. In its Supreme Court brief, the city
invasion, no one except for a handsome bartender named Ezra with a handlebar mustache.
Together, Ezra and Denver navigate the world in which buildings move and split, and the landscape rearranges itself.
Denver livestreams a video on xyr blog of the highway looping back on itself when they attempt to escape town. is video may be the post Denver’s been hoping for, the one that rivals xyr viral review of Alphabet Pie that brought much-needed cash owing xyr way. It may also be the only hope they have of getting help from the outside world. As the situation becomes more dire, it fans the ames of the budding romance between Denver and Ezra. Saving the planet was never more romantic. is delightful story of home, found family and long-awaited love will be sure to warm readers’ hearts. With courage and humor, Denver makes the case that everything will be OK, no matter how upside down and twisted life feels sometimes. is is a true gem of a book. Check out“Key Lime Sky” at a Denver Public Library branch near you. Want more recommendations? Try our Personalized Reading List service at denverlibrary.org/reads.
Wendy omas is a librarian at the Smiley Branch Library. When not reading or recommending books, you can nd her hiking with her dogs.
argues that the Court of Appeals’ holding “erodes the protections of the attorney-client privilege and destroys the very basis of convening an executive session for purposes of receiving legal advice if the client cannot direct its attorney to prepare a document for Council consideration based on the legal advice it received from its counsel.”
Je rey A. Roberts is executive director for the CFOIC, the voice for open government in Colorado. Find more information, or donate to the nonpro t group, at coloradofoic.org.
Dr. Terry Dunn
BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Educators Je Kagan and Paige Doughty are a married children’s musical duo in Colorado who have performed together for 20 years. ey focus on teaching science in English and Spanish through music and theater at summer camps and educational school assemblies.
“To see the joy on their faces and the connections they make through their bodies and minds when dancing and singing about these complex subjects” is what makes it all worth it, Doughty said.
“I love creating something at home or sitting by a stream, a song, or an entire performance piece and then seeing how a large group of three to eight-year-olds responds to that when we present it,” Kagan added.
Doughty was not born in Colorado but considers it her home.
“It was the rst place that felt like home to me,” Doughty said. “I’ve been here a long time. I can’t claim I’m a native, but it feels like home.”
Doughty has undergraduate degrees in English Literature and French Language.
“When I was teaching middle school and high school, I realized I wanted to teach experientially about the is-
sues happening in the world around us,” Doughty said. “So I went back to school and I got a degree in Environmental Education.”
While pursuing that degree, Doughty met Kagan, who was inspired into the line of study after teaching residential environmental education at a camp for middle school students on the East Coast.
“Once a week, the entire sixth-grade class would come to a camp in the Adirondacks, which would be their curriculum for the week,” Kagan said. “I just fell in love with both the content and all the creative ways that teachers were using the natural world to get these kids excited about science and nature.”
After Doughty and Kagan completed their environmental education, they ended up in Boulder where they started leading programs through the City of Boulder’s Open Space and Mountain Parks.
“We started doing those programs to get families outdoors to enjoy music. rough those programs, I started writing songs about the actual ecology of the places we were sitting in, and now we have seven albums,” Kagan said.
Kagan and Doughty made these programs their fulltime work in 2011.
Paige Doughty and Je Kagan are environmental science educators.
SCIENCE
When the duo performs, they sing and perform theatrically about science and nature while Kagan plays the guitar.
Doughty said they started adding the Spanish language to their music and theater science programs in
the last ve years and are trying to add more Spanish every time they perform.
“It’s important to us to be inclusive, and it feels exciting to use another language involved in our educational act,” Doughty said.
Doughty said they are called for performances at events mainly in the front range, but all over Colorado.
“In our 20-year history, we’ve been to many places. … Since we had our kids, we have stuck a little bit closer to
home and love traveling for work when we can and reaching more people with our live performances,” Doughty said.
e couple also has a YouTube channel and music available to stream.
Doughty said they teach kindergarten through fth grade, and babies and toddlers come to their shows, too.
“With fth graders, especially in the upper grades, I see them letting loose, nding themselves in the joy of their movement, and presenting it as their learning. It feels right we tend to deprive our kids so much these days, and we expect them to grow up so fast,” Doughty said.
Doughty said that occasionally over the years, she received feedback from people who said they wouldn’t bring the fth graders to their assembly because it was too babyish for them.
“I said they’re the ones that need it much more than the kindergarteners,” Doughty said.
e duo works as a nonpro t, so they do a lot of fundraising to support their programming and o er as much as they can for free to audiences, Doughty added.
“ ere’s so much work we must do in the background to plan the shows, rehearse, write and produce the music. It feels delightful, and it’s worth it,” Doughty said.
“It’s uplifting. It feels like we are ultimately doing what we are called to do, and the kids are having a great time, especially in a school context, that they’re getting to move their bodies and learn about these subject matters in a fun and artistic way,” Kagan added. “It’s what I want to do until my hair is entirely gray.”
For more information about Je and Paige, visit www.je andpaige.org. To see their performances, visit www.youtube.com/je andpaige.
Paige Doughty and Je Kagan dress in di erent nature and animal costumes.
Downtown Denver’s ice skating rink is now open for this season
Construction may prevent the pop-up rink from opening for the 2025-’26 season
BY KEVIN BEATY DENVERITE
Denver’s annual pop-up skating rink has o cially opened at Skyline Park for a winter of ice-capades beneath the Daniels & Fisher clocktower.
Get your gliding in now, because the ice rink is set for a hiatus next season. It probably will not return in 2025-’26. at’s due to planned construction of more permanent ice and water features near the clocktower.
“ is time next year, this will be under construction, creating a new signature ice rink in winter that converts into an interactive water feature in summer,” said Denver Parks & Recreation Director Jolon Clark. “We are so excited.”
e city has big ideas for Skyline Park. e city has planned for years to install more permanent facilities for the ice rink. It’s part of a larger reimagining of Skyline Park, which covers three blocks on Arapahoe Street.
“ ere will be re lounges and warming areas around the rink. ere will be food and beverage around the rink, public restrooms, an enhanced tree canopy providing shade and urban nature, and a new Colorado garden,” Clark told a crowd gathered on ursday.
In the meantime, there’s still a winter’s worth of ice to shred.
Skate rentals are $12 for adults, and
$9 for kids 12 and under. Clark said kids with a MY Denver card can get skates for free, and anyone with their own skates can jump on the ice without paying. Clark also said there maystill be skat-
ing next year, if they can gure out a good place to put it elsewhere in the park. e jury is still out on that decision. e rink will be open through Feb. 2, seven days a week. It closes at 10 p.m.
on weekends. is story is from Denverite, a Denver news site. Used by permission. For more, and to support Denverite, visit denverite. com.
Open enrollment is here: Discover affordable options from Anthem in Colorado
BY MATT PICKETT
We all want good health, both for ourselves and for our families. That’s why we center many of our choices around improving our health and well-being. Now that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace open enrollment period has begun, it’s time to start exploring the best plan for you and your family. ACA Marketplace health plans are specifically for those who do not have access to an employer-sponsored health plan and do not qualify for Medicaid or Medicare. To ensure you have health coverage beginning in 2025, it’s important to start focusing on finding a plan that meets your needs and your budget. Colorado’s official health insurance marketplace, Connect for Health Colorado, is where you will enroll when you’re ready. Selecting a health plan can feel like a daunting task, but Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Colorado (Anthem) can help you choose the right one for you. Anthem has been in Colorado for 86 years and is the only health benefit plan available in every county in the state.
Benefits are more affordable than you may think Anthem’s health plans offer different options for care, and your premium and deductible will depend on the plan you choose. Our website outlines the available options based on coverage needs and pricing for individual and family plans. It’s important to remember health plans cover preventive health care—such as mammograms, colonoscopies, regular check-ups and other important services—at no cost to consumers. Chronic health conditions that negatively impact quality of life and significantly increase healthcare costs can often be prevented or managed through these early detection screenings. You may also be eligible to receive additional financial help through ACA subsidies, which can help lower or eliminate monthly premiums and decrease out-of-pocket costs. In fact, nine out of 10 people nationwide can save on the cost of health coverage through these subsidies.
The high cost of no benefits
Forgoing healthcare coverage might seem like a cost-effective alternative; however, out-of-pocket costs and unexpected hospitalizations add up quickly. Uninsured individuals often face unaffordable medical bills when they do seek care, which can lead to medical debt and other forms of financial instability. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, 62% of uninsured adults report having medical debt. Uninsured adults are more likely to face negative consequences due to health care debt, such as using their savings, having difficulty paying other living expenses, or needing to borrow money.
Nearly 1 In 12 U.S. adults owe medical debt, and almost 67% of all bankruptcies in America are tied to medical issues, whether due to the high costs of medical bills or the loss of income after taking time off from work. We understand inflation is still challenging for many household budgets, but securing healthcare coverage now may really help you save money in the long run.
Next steps
Anthem offers decades of experience and knowledgeable support to help people create a path to better health and wellness. We can be a resource to help you through this process, regardless of what health plan you eventually choose. Call us at (833) 2361058 or visit our website to easily compare the available plans as you determine what will best work for you and your budget. Then visit Connect for Health Colorado to enroll. Be sure to enroll by December 15 for coverage to begin January 1 or enroll by January 15 for coverage to begin February 1. Get ahead of the new year by exploring Anthem health plans today.
Matt Pickett is the President of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Colorado.
A skater performs during the opening ceremony for Skyline Park’s annual ice skating rink on Nov. 21, 2024.
PHOTO BY KEVIN J. BEATY DENVERITE
Thu 12/12
Liquid Bloom: Honoring Ram Das @ 6pm
Sun 12/15
Mon 12/16
Joe Johnson @ 10am
Ophelia's Electric Soapbox, 1215 20th St, Den‐ver
Beyond Laser Light Experience @ 12pm Denver
The Kirk of Highland, 3011 Vallejo St, Denver
Yung Hood @ 7pm
Summit Music Hall, 1902 Blake St, Denver
Franz Ferdinand @ 8pm
Ogden Theatre, 935 East Colfax, Den‐
Teague Starbuck @ 5pm
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Midnight @ 5pm
Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St, Den‐
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The Pamlico & 2MX2 ThanksMas Dance Party @ 7pm Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St, Denver
Smoothie Boys Presents: Blender
@ 9pm / $18.52
Kulture Music Hall, Denver
Convergence Station Exhibition @ 4:59pm
Convergence Station, 1338 1st Street, Denver
Cecelia Band: Metal Monday’s 12/16/24 @ 7pm
Your Mom's House, 608 E 13th Ave., Denver
Lot 46 Music Bar, 5302 W 25th Ave, Edgewater
Hunter Reece @ 5pm
Lost Lake Lounge, 3602 E Colfax Ave, Denver
Tree Squid @ 5pm
Lost Lake Lounge, 3602 E Colfax Ave, Denver
Good Family @ 5pm
Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St, Denver
Proof of Concept @ 5pm
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Hall @ 7pm
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clementine @ 7pm
Hi-Dive, 7 S Broadway, Denver
Reminiscent Wounds @ 7pm
Hi-Dive, 7 S Broadway, Denver
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Hi-Dive, 7 S Broadway, Denver
Emma Ruth Rundle @ 8pm Bluebird Theatre, Denver
Derek Hough Dance For The Holidays @ 8pm / $59.50-$149.50 Paramount Theatre, Denver
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Paerish @ 8pm
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Paramount Theatre, 1621 Glenarm Place, Denver
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PROBATE COURT, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, STATE OF COLORADO COURT
Court Address: Denver Probate Court
1437 Bannock Street, Room 230 Denver, CO 80202
Telephone: (303) 606-2303
In the Matter of the Determination of Heirs or Devisees or Both and of Interests in Property of: Alberta Garcia-Lopez
(a.k.a. “Bertha Lopez”), Deceased
Counsel for Petitioners
Anne A. Kolesnikoff
and Matthew C. Nadherny
Name: David M. LaSpaluto, # 57151
Address:
FIDELITY NATIONAL LAW GROUP
8055 E. Tufts Avenue, Suite 300
Denver, Colorado 80237
Phone No.: (720) 204-5021
Fax No: (602) 889-8155
E-Mail: david.laspaluto@fnf.com
Case No. 2024PR031318
NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION TO INTERESTED PERSONS AND OWNERS BY DESCENT OR SUCCESSION PURSUANT TO § 15-12-1303, C.R.S.
To all interested persons and owners by descent or succession (List all names of interested persons and owners by descent or succession): Juan Lopez
a.k.a. Juan Garcia Lopez
A petition has been filed alleging that the above decedent(s) died leaving the following property (including legal description if real property):
Description of Property:
Property 1 See below
Lot 7, Block 23, Fords Addition to the City of Denver, City and County of Denver, State of Colorado
Location of Property: City and County of Denver, Colorado
Also known as 3234 North Williams Street, Denver Colorado 80205
Date: 01/09/2025 Time: 08:00 a.m.
Courtroom or Division: 1
Address: 1437 Bannock Street,
Room 230, Denver, Colorado 80202
The hearing will take approximately 2 hours
Note:
• You must answer the petition on or before the hearing date and time specified above.
• Within the time required for answering the petition, all objections to the petition must be in writing, filed with the court and served on the petitioner and any required filing fee must be paid.
• The hearing shall be limited to the petition, the objections timely filed and the parties answering the petition in a timely manner. If the petition is not answered and no objections are filed, the court may enter a decree without a hearing.
Legal Notice No. DHD 3353
First Publication: November 21, 2024
Last Publication: December 5, 2024
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Notice to Creditors
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Joseph Patrick Hadley, Deceased Case Number 2024PR031270
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before April 5th, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Meryl Love, Personal Representative 914 Lakecrest Drive Seneca, South Carolina, 29672
Legal Notice No. DHD 3370
First Publication: December 5, 2024
Last Publication: December 19, 2024
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Diana Ruth Jones, aka Diana R. Jones, aka Diana Jones, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR031002
All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before March 28, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Shannara Quissell
Personal Representative 9725 E. Hampden Avenue #305 Denver, CO 80231
Legal Notice No. DHD 3358
First Publication: November 28, 2024
Last Publication: December 12, 2024
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of: MYRTLE M. IRESON, also known as MYRTLE MARIE IRESON also known as MYRTLE IRESON, also known as MYRT IRESON, Deceased Case Number: 24PR454
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to:
Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before March 28, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Kristin BorfitzPersonal Representative 1831 E. Center Avenue Denver, CO 80209
Legal Notice No. DHD 3362
First Publication: November 28, 2024
Last Publication: December 12, 2024 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Thomas Henry Buch, aka Thomas H. Buch, aka Thomas Buch, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR031321
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before April 5, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Jeremy Buch, Personal Representative c/o 3i Law, LLC 2000 S. Colorado Blvd. Tower One, Suite 10000 Denver, CO 80222
Legal Notice No. DHD 3366
First Publication: December 5, 2024
Last Publication: December 19, 2024 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Larry D. Rasmussen, a/k/a Larry Dean Rasmussen, a/k/a Larry Rasmussen, a/k/a Lawrence D. Rasmussen, a/k/a Lawrence Rasmussen, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR30764
All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before Monday, April 7, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
/s/ signature on original in office
Joseph H. Lusk, #33948 c/o: BOATRIGHT, RIPP & LUSK, LLC 4315 Wadsworth Blvd. Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 Ph: 303-423-7134
Legal Notice No. DHD 3368
First Publication: December 5, 2024
Last Publication: December 19, 2024
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Max Foltz, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31224
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before March 21, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Kayla R. Nelson #44522
Attorney to the Personal Representative 390 Union Blvd. #580 Lakewood, CO 80228
Legal Notice No. DHD 3348
First Publication: November 21, 2024
Last Publication: December 5, 2024
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Joyce Adelaide Bishop, aka Joyce A. Bishop, Deceased Case Number: 24 PR 594
All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before March 28, 2025, or the claims
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may be forever barred.
Kim Cerrone
Personal Representative
PO Box 261280
Lakewood, Colorado 80226
Legal Notice No. DHD 3357
First Publication: November 28, 2024
Last Publication: December 12, 2024 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Stephanie Ann Staton, aka Stephanie A. Staton, aka Stephanie Staton, aka Stephanie Ann Rankin, aka Stephanie A. Rankin, aka Stephanie Rankin, aka Stephanie Ann Snowden, aka Stephanie A. Snowden, aka Stephanie Snowden, aka Stephanie Ann Rankin Staton, aka Stephanie A. Rankin Staton, aka Stephanie Rankin Staton, Deceased
Case Number: 2024PR31371
All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to:
Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before February 24, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Christopher Staton
Personal Representative 467 N. Humboldt St. Denver, CO 80218
Legal Notice No. DHD 3369
First Publication: December 5, 2024 Last Publication: December 19, 2024 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Margaret Elizabeth Leighton, also known as Margaret E. Leighton, Margaret Leighton, and Beth Leighton, Deceased Case Number 2024PR030841
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to Angela Denise Wright c/o Hedberg Law Firm, LLC, 5944 S. Kipling Parkway, Suite 200, Littleton, CO 80127; or to:
The District Court of Denver, County, Colorado on or before March 28, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Angela Denise Wright, Personal Representative c/o Hedberg Law Firm, LLC
Brian Hedberg, Attorney for Angela Denise Wright 5944 South Kipling Parkway, Suite 200 Littleton, CO 80127
Legal Notice No. DHD 3361
First Publication: November 28, 2024
Last Publication: December 12, 2024
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of NANCY M. BEARDSLEY, ALSO KNOWN AS NANCY MARIE BEARDSLEY, AND NANCY BEARDSLEY, Deceased Case Number 2024PR31236
All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the PROBATE COURT OF CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, COLORADO, on or before March 28, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Larry R. Beardsley
Personal Representative 2791 S. Vance Way Denver, CO 80227
Legal Notice No. DHD 3359
First Publication: November 28, 2024
Last Publication: December 12, 2024
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Joseph Patrick Hadley, Deceased Case Number 2024PR031270
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before April 5th, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Meryl Love, Personal Representative 914 Lakecrest Drive Seneca, South Carolina, 29672
Legal Notice No. DHD 3370
First Publication: December 5, 2024
Last Publication: December 19, 2024
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Mary Elizabeth Burns, Deceased Case Number 24PR031284
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before Monday, April 7, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
John M. Burns
Personal Representative 6054 S. Dudley Way Littleton, CO 80123
Legal Notice No. DHD 3372
First Publication: December 5, 2024
Last Publication: December 19, 2024
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Timothy M. Kelley, a/k/a Timothy Michael Kelley, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR031255
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado, on or before March 21, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Barbara Kelley, Personal Representative 2100 South Josephine Street Denver, CO 80210
Legal Notice No. DHD 3347
First Publication: November 21, 2024
Last Publication: December 5, 2024 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Ruth M. Felker, a/k/a Ruth Margaret Felker, and Ruth Felker, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31299
All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to:
Denver Probate Court City and County of Denver, Colorado 1437 Bannock Street, #230 Denver, CO 80202
on or before March 28, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
RaeLynn Litten Personal Representative c/o Law Office of Byron K. Hammond, LLC 4500 Cherry Creek Drive South, Suite 960 Denver, CO 80246
Legal Notice No. DHD 3360
First Publication: November 28, 2024 Last Publication: December 12, 2024 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of DAVID FRANCIS CROWNHART, aka DAVID F. CROWNHART, aka DAVID CROWNHART, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31261
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before March 21, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Jean A. Zeithaml, Personal Representative c/o Baker Law Group, LLC 8301 E. Prentice Ave. #405
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Legal Notice No. DHD 3352
First Publication: November 21, 2024 Last Publication: December 5, 2024 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of MARY ESTELLA NAKAMURA, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR031239
All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative (CHARISSA NAKAMURA-MYERS) or to DENVER PROBATE COURT (1437 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80202) on or before MARCH 31, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
/s/ Leona Light
LEONA LIGHT, Esq.
Attorney for Personal Representative 8959 E. 40th Ave, Ste 160 Denver CO 80238
Legal Notice No. DHD 3351
First Publication: November 21, 2024 Last Publication: December 5, 2024 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Paul Richard Aaker, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 31245
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before April 7, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Kay Aaker, Personal Representative 18 Eastwood Dr ive Orinda CA 94563
Legal Notice No. DHD 3371
First Publication: December 5, 2024 Last Publication: December 19, 2024 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Wayne Glenn Castor, Deceased Case Number: 24PR31329
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before April 14, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Darlene Yengich
Personal Representative 12127 Josephine Street Thornton, Colorado 80241
Legal Notice No. DHD 3373
First Publication: December 5, 2024
Public Notices
Last Publication: December 19, 2024
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Stephen Russell Southwick, Deceased Case Number: 24 PR 582
All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before March 25, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Seerie Southwick
Personal Representative 7278 W. Cedar Circle Lakewood, Colorado 80226
Legal Notice No. DHD 3350
First Publication: November 21, 2024
Last Publication: December 5, 2024
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Peggie Ann Balfe, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR30930
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before March 21, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Patricia Johnson
Personal Representative 3546 King Coves Way Salt Lake City, UT 84121
Legal Notice No. DHD 3349
First Publication: November 21, 2024
Last Publication: December 5, 2024
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Margaret Janette Ponder, also known as Margaret J. Ponder, also known as Margaret Ponder, also known as Peggy Ponder, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR031340
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before March 21, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Lori J. Ponder, Personal Representative 1415 South Meade Street Denver, CO 80219
Legal Notice No. DHD 3354
First Publication: November 21, 2024 Last Publication: December 5, 2024
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Judith M. Hill, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31298
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before March 28, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Robert Zimmerman c/o M. Carl Glatstein, Esq. Glatstein & O'Brien, LLP 2696 S. Colorado Blvd., Ste 350 Denver, Colorado 80222
Legal Notice No. DHD 3363
First Publication: November 28, 2024 Last Publication: December 12, 2024 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Daniel James Starzy,
a/k/a Daniel J. Starzy, a/k/a Daniel Starzy, and Dan Starzy, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31360
All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to:
Denver Probate Court City and County of Denver, Colorado 1437 Bannock Street, #230 Denver, CO 80202
on or before April 5, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Jo Ellen Whitpan
Personal Representative c/o Law Office of Byron K. Hammond, LLC 4500 Cherry Creek Drive South, Suite 960Denver, CO 80246
Legal Notice No. DHD 3365
First Publication: December 5, 2024
Last Publication: December 19, 2024
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Debra J. Rees, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR328
All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before March 21, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Gale E. Johnson
Personal Representative 7309 Christy Avenue NE Albuquerque, NM 87109
Legal Notice No. DHD 3346
First Publication: November 21, 2024
Last Publication: December 5, 2024 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of William Richard McDonald, also known as William R. McDonald, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR031156
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required tn present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before April 05, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Kathleen M. Chaten
Personal Representative 2892 South Newport Street Denver, CO 80222
Legal Notice No. DHD 3367
First Publication: December 5, 2024
Last Publication: December 19, 2024
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of HERBERT J. ROTHENBERG, a/k/a HERBERT ROTHENBERG, a/k/a H.J. ROTHENBERG, a/k/a HERBERT JAY ROTHENBERG, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR31310
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before March 28, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Molly Anne Rothenberg
Personal Representative 445 Jackson Street Denver, CO 80206
Legal Notice No. DHD 3364
First Publication: November 28, 2024
Last Publication: December 12, 2024
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch ##
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