Clear Creek Courant February 27, 2025 by Colorado Community Media

Parker the Snow Dog was “elected” mayor of Georgetown in 2020.

‘Parker the Snow Dog’ killed in car crash

dog, was taken to Granby Veterinary Clinic following the crash where he passed away on an exam table, according to the report.

Following 7½ hours of deliberation, a jury of his peers determined former deputy Andrew Buen was guilty of criminally negligent homicide for the ve shots he red into Christian Glass’s windshield, killing him early in the morning of June 11, 2022. Colorado 5th Circuit Judge Catherine Cheroutes has set an 8:30 a.m. April 14 sentencing date

e jury made up of six women and nine men, 12 jurors and three alternates, all Clear Creek County residents, listened to seven days of testimony, from multiple

Parker the Snow Dog was killed in a car crash in Kremmling on Christmas Eve next to his life-long friend and handler, Dustin Schaefer, who was also injured in the crash,

according to reports from the Grand County Sheri o ce.

According to the report, provided by the Grand County Sheri , the crash occurred in the area of Mile Marker 175 and Hwy 40 at 11 a.m. on Dec 24.

Parker, an 8-year-old Bernese Mountain

Parker was “elected” as honorary mayor of Georgetown in 2020.

“He ran on a platform of hugs, love and cookies,” according to Schaefer.

Parker also raised thousands of dollars for

A beast of a ﬁre engine, for a discount price

Clear Creek Fire Authority buys used vehicle for half price of new, with 2,700 miles on it

BY CHRIS KOEBERL CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Facing serious budget concerns, the Clear Creek Fire Authority nonetheless needed an updated re engine to station in Idaho Springs to support the newly instituted 24-7 re protection plan.

Shopping for a used vehicle can be challenging anywhere, but imagine needing a used vehicle capable of going anywhere, in any weather, at any time in the mountains of Clear Creek County to reach re and medical emergencies.

In addition it must be capable of hauling 300 gallons of water and pumping 500 gallons of water per minute attached to a re hydrant, space for thousands of pounds of specialized equipment and several re ghters in full gear.

at’s what Clear Creek Fire Authority

Assistant Chief Jeremy Jones was doing when he found a 2019 Ford F-550 Crew Cab diesel re engine for sale in a suburb of St. Louis.

e engine had been sitting idle in a covered and empty re station for years. Jones explained the local re department disbanded shortly after purchasing the brand new Engine.

“ ey lost their sta ng immediately thereafter and the truck has been sitting in their station unused, so we picked it up with 2,700 original miles on it,” Jones said.

e engine had seen service in one

small re event before being idled, according to Jones.

Several active Clear Creek re ghters could be seen washing, cleaning and scrubbing the new addition to the re ghting eet on Feb. 13 at the Fire Authorities headquarters in Dumont.

“It’s really a beast isn’t it?” the Courant asked one of the re ghters, “Yes, yes she is,” one of them responded with a towel in hand wiping down the Engine.

e re authority purchased the vehicle outright for $280,000, less-than-half of buying an equivalent truck new, according to Jones.

In addition, the re authority was able to pick up and put in service a necessary addition to Idaho Springs re station.

Ordering a new re truck to be manufactured according to local speci cations can take more than two years to be delivered, Jones said.

e timing of the purchase is also advantageous as the calls-for-service numbers increase year-by-year for the re authority.

In 2023, the re authority responded to 1,460 calls-for-service. In 2024, rst responders in Clear Creek County responded to just under 1,800 calls-for-service.

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“Because of the increase in call volume, our trucks wear out faster so they don’t last as long as they used to,” Jones explained.

In addition the Idaho Springs re de-

Weather Observations for Georgetown, Colorado

Week of 10 February 2025

Week of 10February 2025

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 56 years within the period 1893-2024). Any weather records noted are based on a comparison of the observed value with the historical data set for that speci c date.

Day and date of observation (2025)

partment recently started sta ng the station at 2000 Colorado Blvd. 24 hours a day seven days a week, Jones added.

e local station is now sta ed at all-

times with two full-time and two volunteer re ghters available to respond to medical, re and rescue calls with-in minutes, according to Jones.

Je com 911 moves headquarters, dispatch center with room to grow

Agency will continue serving 30 agencies in Je co, Clear Creek

BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e facility at 440 Indiana St. is an unassuming two-story o ce building. It has an outdoor patio area, a covered parking area and views of Green Mountain and the Golden-area foothills.

But inside is the hub for all emergency services in Je erson and Clear Creek counties, as 440 Indiana St. is the new home of Je com 911.

e agency, which was founded in March 2018, serves about 30 police, re and EMS agencies across the two counties. It has been operating from a West Metro Fire building along Lakewood’s South Allison Parkway.

But, by Feb. 26, it will move all its operations and 180-some employees to its new Indiana Street location.

Je com 911 and its partners celebrated the occasion Feb. 20 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house, showcasing their new dispatch center, training rooms, employee gym and other amenities.

*Record low max. temperature. Previous record was 20 in 1919!

“As we cut this ribbon today, we’re not just opening the doors of a new building,” Executive Director Je Streeter said at the ceremony. “We’re opening the doors to a brighter, more uni ed future.”

Streeter described afterward how the agency’s relocation has been in the works

for at least two years. In 2023, he said Je com 911 wanted to nd a location that would be conducive for its employees. So, Streeter and his colleagues gured out that the exact center from everyone’s homes was U.S. Highway 6 and Indiana Street.

“So, two blocks away,” Streeter said, adding that the new location’s easy highway access was another plus.

Je com 911 board members said Streeter sold them on the plan “to give Je com 911 a new home,” and on the Indiana Street building speci cally.

us, the agency bought it for $4.8 million in September 2023. It then started remodeling the structure, which was built in 2005, for its purposes.

e new dispatch center on the second oor especially needed work, as several walls had to be removed, sta members described. Crews also had to t the building with all the necessary radios and other technology required for Je com 911’s operations.

In total, the remodel was $3 million, but Streeter and other o cials said the price tag was much lower than buying land and constructing its own building. Plus, the project actually came in $85,000 under budget, Streeter added.

Clear Creek Fire Authority buys used ﬁre engine for half price of new,

PHOTO BY CHRIS KOEBERL

As Cities Deal With Homelessness & Affordability, Look for a Greater Focus on Manufactured Homes

Two weeks ago, this column was about Colorado’s new law requiring jurisdictions to facilitate the construction of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) on parcels zoned single-family.

houses in a factory seemed impractical. However, with our patented shipping technology, merging housing with assembly line mass production could be a game changer.”

portant factor is solving our housing shortage.

Toward the end of that column I promoted two companies, Verdant Living and Boxabl, which sell ADUs which are factorybuilt and assembled onsite.

This week’s topic was inspired by the following statement contained in an email last week from Boxabl: “Did you know that car factories, like Ford, can output one car per minute? Why hasn’t anyone done that in the housing industry?

“It’s shocking to hear that homelessness in the U.S. reached an all-time high last year. At Boxabl, we’re committed to making a difference. We’re working hard to solve the problems that have stopped factory-built housing from gaining market share.

“Before Boxabl, the concept of building

In earlier columns I have written about modular and manufactured homes by other companies, including my Oct. 12, 2023, column featuring Dvele (Norwegian for “dwell”) whose website (www.Dvele.com) boasts that it has already delivered nearly 300 “modules” of “precision engineered sustainable homes.”

Dvele defines the problem thus: “We’re facing multiple crises in housing, availability and affordability, energy, security, health issues, and a changing weather system. With Dvele, we sit at the intersection with our mass produced, high performance, health centric homes. And they’re improving the future for everyone.”

Dvele claims that by manufacturing homes in a factory and assembling them onsite, they reduce construction time by 80% — an im-

On May 18, 2023, I wrote about another company, Liv-Connected, which specializes in small homes that are “ready to ship and install within 12 weeks. These are small homes, although they offer versions up to 2,500 square feet, including a 2-story model. Homes can be delivered on standard flat-bed trailers and can be installed onsite in as little as a day, once site preparation (foundation, etc.) is complete. Like Boxabl, they also sell a model that is on wheels built to RV standards. Their website is www.Liv-Connected.com

With prices as low as $165,000 for a 500square-foot home, Liv-Connected’s singlefamily Conexus model (pictured at left) has been selected by Hawaii and Texas for disaster response initiatives, according to the website.

I look forward to hearing more about manufactured housing in the future, especially as it relates to homelessness.

U.S. Farmers Are Turning Less Soil

Modern, mechanized tillage had become an ecological disaster, killing all that was alive in the soil while worsening erosion and runoff. But this is all changing, primarily because farmers recognize the economic benefits — less fertilizer and diesel fuel to buy, lower labor costs, higher crop yields and profits — that can come with no-till farming or reduced tillage…

The shift has been gradual, but sweeping over time. In 1973, 82.2 percent of U.S. cropland was managed by conventional tillage, according to the Agriculture Department, and only 2 percent was managed by “no-till” methods, with the remaining 15.8 percent using reduced tillage. Half a century later, only 27 percent of U.S. cropland uses conventional tillage, with 38 percent now using no-till and 35 percent using reduced tillage, according to the USDA’s 2022 agricultural census, released last year. The acreage under conventional tillage dropped by 8 percent between 2017 and 2022 alone.

—Dana Millbank,

Washington Post

Buyers Need and Deserve Professional Representation, But Here’s Why They Shouldn’t Have to Pay for It

It should be clear by now that “not much has changed” regarding sellers compensating the buyer’s broker in most real estate transactions. What has changed is that buyer agents must use other means than the MLS (e.g., calling the listing agent) to find out what compensation is offered for each listing.

First, let me outline the important services that are required in any transaction. Let’s start with all transactions, whether or not the buyer is taking out a mortgage loan.

Although the purchase contract can move some of these expenses to the seller’s side, that is rare, because it will make the purchase offer less attractive, with the buyer losing out:

For All Home Purchases:

Recording the deed with the county

Tax certificate

State document fee

Half of the closing services fee

Appraisal (if ordered)

HOA fees (if applicable, per contract)

Water & sewer adjustments

Additional Costs with a Mortgage:

Mortgage title policy & endorsements

Mortgage closing fee

Recording the deed of trust with county

Tax service (if charged by lender)

First year’s insurance premium

2 to 3 months’ insurance reserve (escrow)

1 to 2 months’ property tax reserve

Loan origination and discount fee

Survey (if required by lender)

Credit report

Interest on loan (based on closing date)

Mortgage insurance (if over 80% LTV)

Flood certificate & insurance if required

How much do these closing costs add up to for the buyer? In the cash scenario, they are not that much, and just over 20% of closings

are for cash nowadays. For closings that involve mortgage financing, however, those costs can really add up. My buyer who closed on a $630,000 purchase two months ago paid $7,144 in closing costs, which computes to 11.3%. If she had to pay my commission that would have been 14.1% The seller’s closing costs on the same transaction came to $2,834, which computes to 4.5% of the purchase price. Paying my commission raised the seller’s cost to 7.3%, still far lower than the 11.3% paid by the buyer without paying me anything for my services representing her.

From a purely cash standpoint, it should be remembered that the seller is the only one walking away with cash from the transaction. In the above case, not counting the deduction for property taxes and mortgage payoff, the seller netted $591,444.74, or about 94% of the purchase price, even after paying both agents’ compensation.

Buyers’ agents perform a variety of important services, which someone has to pay for, but the seller is the only party coming away with money, and the buyer is already stretched by those other expenses detailed at left.

The services provided by a buyer’s agent are important and significant, but the plaintiffs in the class action suit a year ago asserted that compensating the buyer’s agent should be added to the buyer’s other significant closing costs. The 2024 survey of buyers and sellers by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) asked what services buyers most appreciated from their agents:

Helped them understand the process (61%)

Pointed out unnoticed features/faults with the property (58%)

Negotiated better contract terms (46%)

Provided a list of good service providers, such as inspectors (46%)

Improved buyers’ knowledge of search areas (45%)

Negotiated a better purchase price (33%)

Shortened their home search (23%)

Expanded their search area (21%)

I contend that it is appropriate that sellers compensate the buyer’s agent, and that this is common in other industries besides real estate. Look at Amazon. When you purchase a product through that website, Amazon is your agent for the vendor, which pays Amazon 8% to 45% as a “referral fee.” When you purchase something through an app on your

iPhone, you pay the same price as on the vendor’s website, but Apple keeps 30% of the purchase price as a commission. If Amazon or an app were to charge you a fee on top of the list price… well, it simply wouldn’t work. If you hire an auto broker (as I did in 2012 for a hard-to-find car), the dealership, not you, pays the auto broker a commission. Likewise, virtually every new home builder offers a 3 percent commission, typically, to the agents who represent buyers. To offer less puts them at a competitive disadvantage. Why should it be different in the resale market?

Golden Real Estate lists and sells residential properties across the entire metro area.

County asks Polis to enforce tire chain laws on I-70

Commissioners ask for sti er penalties for vehicles causing backups

BY CHRIS KOEBERL CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Clear Creek County Commissioners say too many commercial drivers traveling the I-70 corridor through the county aren’t respecting current chain laws, putting lives at stake and costing millions of dollars.

An open letter to Colorado Gov. Jared Polis was unanimously approved by commissioners during their regular meeting Feb. 18.

“Our rst responders are placed in harm’s way under adverse conditions, and every incident diverts resources needed for other emergencies in the county,” reads part of the letter signed by County Commissioner Rebecca Lloyd. e commission noted that the current maximum ne for blocking a roadway without adequate equipment is $1,150, which it considers “exceedingly low”. Moreover, the $1,150 maximum ne for blocking a roadway is exceedingly low, especially when the state’s own analysis indicates an economic cost of nearly $2 million for every hour that I-70 is closed.

“ e state’s own analysis indicates an economic cost of nearly $2 million for every hour that I-70 is closed. In 2024 alone, according to CDOT data, there were 99 full closures totaling 161 hours, with an estimated cumulative economic impact exceeding $300 million.” the letter reads.

e letter goes on to illustrate several other impacts as a result of I-70 being blocked in Clear Creek County:

• Blocked ambulance routes for critical medical services,

• Safety concerns for motorists stranded in extreme weather,

• Environmental impacts from

hazardous materials spills,

• Severe disruptions to residents, workforce and visitors who cannot reach their destinations, and

• Negative experiences for Front Range and destination guests who contribute signi cantly to Colorado’s economy.

“We simply can’t keep spending all of

our public safety resources dealing with truckers who won’t chain up,” Lloyd said during the commission meeting.

e Colorado Legislature recently updated the “Must Carry Chain” law, requiring commercial motor vehicles over 16,000 pounds to have chains on or in the vehicle, by passing Senate Bill 24-100 last year.

e law now requires chains on all commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) starting Sept. 1 extending through the end of May from Mile Marker 259 near Morrison to the border with Utah.

On Feb. 10 the Colorado State Patrol conducted a random “chain check” on I-70 near Dumont.

Troopers inspected 268 CMVs and found 18 drivers did not have chains in the vehicle, according to Colorado State Patrol Capt. John Hahn.

“It’s critically important,” Hahn said. “Conditions (in the mountains) change on a dime.”

CSP troopers typically write approximately 1000 citations a year to commercial drivers without chains, according Hahn.

On Feb. 4, Town of Vail Mayor Travis Coggin, sent Polis an almost identical letter lamenting the repercussions of closures and accidents on Vail Pass due to CMVs not respecting chain laws.

Crash on I-70 westbound at mile-marker 231 in Clear Creek County involving at least 11 vehicles Feb.17.

PHOTO COURTESY OF CLEAR CREEK COUNTY SHERIFF

Crash on I-70 near Beaver Brook.

PHOTO COURTESY OF EVERGREEN FIRE/RESCUE

Plan lets vendors sell, install chains along roads

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado is poised to begin allowing private companies to station crews at designated areas along Interstate 70 and other mountain highways who can o er to sell, install and remove tire chains and other tire-traction devices on tractor trailers and passenger vehicles for a fee.

e program would be created through Senate Bill 69, a bipartisan measure that represents the Colorado legislature’s latest e ort to prevent panic-attack-inducing winter travel hangups in the high country.

e legislation is modeled after a similar initiative in Washington that has been in operation for roughly 20 years. Oregon and California also allow similar thirdparty vendors to help motorists install and remove chains.

“We know one of the biggest reasons why commercial truckers, especially ones that aren’t from Colorado, don’t put their chains on is they don’t know how or they need help,” state Sen. Dylan Roberts, a Frisco Democrat and one of the lead sponsors of Senate Bill 69, said during a

JEFFCOM

Je com 911, which is funded by its 30 member agencies, will have the 24,000-square-foot building all to itself.

e facility on South Allison Parkway was about 10,000 square feet, and Streeter said Je com 911 will retain some of that as a backup center. e remaining space at South Allison Parkway will revert to West Metro Fire.

‘It starts with a phone call’

Along with total square footage, the dispatch center will also be much bigger and better equipped.

Je com 911 will expand from 42 dispatcher consoles at South Allison Parkway to 52 at Indiana Street, Dispatch Supervisor Erica Munroe explained.

She and other dispatchers said they were looking forward to the new equipment, the consoles customized to dispatchers’ needs, the employee gym and other amenities.

ey emphasized how they love serving their communities in Je erson and Clear Creek counties, and welcomed anyone who’s interested to do a “sit-along” in the new headquarters.

committee hearing last week. “I’ve heard from police chiefs in my district that (these truckers) get out of their truck in the middle of a snowstorm in shorts and ip- ops.”

All commercial vehicles traveling through Colorado’s high country are required to carry chains from Sept. 1 to May 31. ey must use those chains when the state’s chain law is in e ect.

Two-wheel drive passenger vehicles traveling through the high country must carry chains or other tire-traction devices, like snow socks, for two or more drive tires from Sept. 1 through May 31. e chains or traction devices must be used when the passenger vehicle traction law is in e ect.

If passenger vehicles don’t have chains or traction devices, they must have tires with a tread depth of at least 3/16-inch and which are rated for either “all weather” or “mud and snow.”

Violators face steep nes, especially if they cause a crash.

Senate Bill 69 would leave it up to the vendors to determine how much to charge, but in Washington state, chain installation for passenger vehicles costs ap-

proximately $25 while removal costs $10. e vendors charge $25 per tire for chain installation on large trucks and $5 per tire for removal.

In Washington, there are ve small businesses that o er chain installation and removal services along stretches of mountain roads.

e Colorado Department of Transportation would be responsible for licensing the vendors and preventing a monopoly. Motorists would not be required to use the chain installation and removal services. It would simply be an option for those needing help.

e Colorado Department of Transportation, as well as Colorado Ski Country USA, the Colorado Motor Carriers Association and the I-70 Coalition, support the measure.

“ is is one more piece in the puzzle,”

Greg Fulton, who leads the Colorado Motor Carriers Association, told the legislature last week.

Finally, Senate Bill 69 would also require rental car companies to notify their customers of Colorado’s traction laws. It would clarify as well that all-wheel drive vehicles must have winter or all-season

2018.

Streeter and Je com 911 board members described how, along with the relocation, the agency will continue improving its technology and expanding its services. In the coming months, Je com 911 will add Red Rocks Community College and a re department in Park County, Streeter said.

Golden Police Chief Joe Harvey, who sits on the Je com 911 board of directors, thanked “the pioneers” who founded the agency in 2018 and all its employees over the last seven years.

Harvey, who started his career in emergency services as a dispatcher, described the stress dispatchers are under “when

tires to comply with the passenger-vehicle traction law.

e other main sponsors of Senate Bill 69 are Sen. Marc Catlin, a Montrose Republican, and Democratic Reps. Meghan Lukens of Steamboat Springs and Elizabeth Velasco of Glenwood Springs.

e bill passed the Senate Transportation and Energy Committee last week with unanimous support. It now heads to the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Last year the legislature passed Senate Bill 100, which prohibits vehicles from traveling in the left lane on treacherous sections of Interstate 70 through Colorado’s high country, including Floyd Hill, Georgetown Hill, near the EisenhowerJohnson Memorial Tunnels, Vail Pass, Dowd Junction and Glenwood Canyon.

Additionally, the bill increased nes for commercial vehicles that speed through Glenwood Canyon and added a list of mountain routes to the areas where commercial vehicle drivers must carry chains between Sept. 1 and May 31.

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.

that very di cult call comes in, and you don’t have anybody to talk to, because you’ve just got to take the next call.”

Harvey described the experience as “an island.”

He continued: “If there’s not somebody there to pick up that phone … we don’t help nobody. It starts with a phone call.” Harvey and Streeter applauded all the Je com 911 employees for their dedication to a very di cult and stressful job, which Harvey often goes underrecognized and underappreciated.

“ ank you for what you do, for what you give back,” Harvey said of the Je com 911 employees. “Because today is about you.”

Evergreen Fire/Rescue Chief Mike Weege, left, and West Metro Fire Rescue Chief Don Lombardi cut the ribbon Feb. 20 for the new Je com 911 headquarters at 440 Indiana St. in Golden. The Evergreen and West Metro ﬁre departments, along with six other agencies, helped start Je com 911 in

PHOTOS BY CORINNE WESTEMAN

An Idaho Springs police car sits outside the new Je com 911 headquarters before the Feb. 20 ribbon-cutting ceremony. The agency dispatches for 30 agencies across Je erson and Clear Creek counties, including the Idaho Springs Police Department.

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UPCOMING

Clear Creek Library District: 10 a.m. Feb. 28 at John Tomay Memorial Library 605 Sixth St, Georgetown. Pizza Pie Storytime,”Dough you love stories? Join us for pizza.”

Pretend Friend with Nick Ward: 6:00 p.m. March 1 at the United Center 1440 Colorado Blvd. in Idaho Springs. Tickets $15 in advance all ages.

St. Patrick’s Day A air: 5:30 p.m. Saturday March 15 at Vintage Moose in Idaho Springs. Ra es and giveaways to bene t Charles’s Place animal shelter.

ONGOING

Idaho Springs Lions Club meetings: 7:30 a.m. every rst and third ursday 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.

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

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 fallrisk assessments by bringing someone from the re department to make sure smoke and carbon monoxide detectors are working properly. To request a visit, ll out the form at clearcreekcounty. us/1388/Community-Outreach.

Clear Creek Democrats:5-7 p.m. “ irsty 3rd ursday” at the 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.

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 720-282-1164.

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

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 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.

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

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 JeffCom911 for emergency dispatch earlier this year.

REVERSE MORTGAGES

You soon may be able to drive a

BY NATHANIEL MINOR

CAPITOL NEWS ALLIANCE

A bill that will soon be introduced at the Colorado legislature would allow Japanese mini vehicles on most of the state’s roads. Kei cars and trucks, known as Kei-jid sha, or light vehicles, in Japan where most of them are made, are growing in popularity in the U.S. But many states have banned them in recent years, categorizing them as o -road vehicles un t for roads or citing safety concerns. U.S. buyers can import older kei vehicles that are exempt from federal emissions and safety rules for under $5,000.

Colorado’s Division of Motor Vehicles also tried to explicitly ban them last year, though it later pulled its proposed rule. Some kei vehicle owners, however, say the state is still trying to keep them o the road by refusing to allow them into the emissions testing process.

Now, proposed legislation could settle the issue of the tiny vehicles’ legality. One of the sponsors of the coming bill, Sen. Nick Hinrichsen, D-Pueblo, said kei trucks can be useful for farm work and in dense cities where space is tight.

Ad:”Where you need to parallel park, you need to get into narrow alleys, you need to get around tra c, hauling [construction] site stu , but to be able to do so with a vehicle that’s the size of a Mini Cooper instead of an F-150,” Hinrichsen said in an interview.

Hinrichsen and other advocates readily admit the micro vehicles, which have top speeds of around 60 miles per hour and can lack modern safety equipment like airbags, are not appropriate for the state’s interstates and other major highways. His bill would restrict them from such roads, he said.

“But there’s absolutely no reason why they can’t be safely operated on city streets or on farm roads [or] state highways where the speed limit’s 55,” he said.

e bill already has the support of Gov. Jared Polis. A spokesperson said he is “excited to expand consumer choice to a ordable vehicles and looks forward to supporting kei freedom.”

Kei vehicles, however, have historically faced opposition from law enforcement agencies, motor vehicle administrators, and auto dealers.

Ryan Albarelli, a Broom eld software engineer, grew up wanting a truck. But as an adult with kids and bills, he could never justify the staggeringly high cost of a typical huge modern North American pickup truck.

en, on a trip to Japan, he noticed kei trucks and thought one of those might t in

Ryan Albarelli drives a Honda kei truck around his Broomﬁeld neighborhood on Jan. 29, 2025. The ‘kei’ cars and trucks are growing in popularity in the U.S. But many states have explicitly banned them in recent years. A bill at the statehouse would allow them on Colorado roads.

Japanese mini-truck

the sweet spot between utility and thriftiness -- brawny truck commercials be damned.

“It’s the opposite of a large masculine truck. It is a small, as weak of vehicle as you could possibly imagine,” Albarelli said. “But it’s a pickup truck and it’s cool and people like it. So that enthusiasm is threatening to some people, I think, that sell vehicles.”

Albarelli eventually bought a 1990 Honda Acty once owned by a Japanese tree-trimming company and powered by a tiny 660cc engine. He has to squeeze a knee past the steering column and his head is just inches from the roof. e top speed capable of coming from the three-cylinder engine is about 55 mph.

But the bed is just about the same size as the standard 6.5-foot bed on a new F-150.

“You’re not going to tow a camper with it,” Albarelli said “You’re not going to haul an entire bed of gravel with it to landscape your house. But brush or anything you pick up at the Home Depot or any hardware store is going to work.”

Albarelli was able to register and get permanent plates for the larger Toyota. e smaller Honda, though, is stuck in a bureaucratic doom loop. He said he got it titled through his county DMV o ce with no trouble. But his local emissions testing o ce has refused to test it, he said.

So Albarelli has revved up his advocacy work, publishing posts in a popular Facebook group and talking with bureaucrats and legislators. He even started a nonpro t, Colorado Kei Advocates, though he admits he hasn’t put much work into that yet. He hopes the legislature will legalize the vehicles so he won’t have to keep pressing people to let him drive it.

“I want to have a win-win situation,” he said. “I agree that we should have restrictions, but I also think that we should be allowing these vehicles.”

Colorado legislators have tried to legalize kei vehicles before. Failed bills were opposed by the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association and the Colorado State Patrol in 2015 and 2016.

Both groups declined to comment on the coming bill from Hinrichsen. But Tim Jackson, former president and CEO of the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association, said the arguments against legalizing kei vehicles at the state level boil down to two issues: pollution and safety.

“It does set up a two-tier system on both emissions and safety, and I think it contradicts everything that Colorado as a state has been trying to do,” Jackson said, referencing

Colorado’s various e orts to improve road safety and clean up the state’s dirty air. Older kei trucks, including Albarelli’s Honda, lack modern systems like fuel injection that lower emissions.

e American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, a national group that represents and lobbies for motor vehicle and law enforcement administrators, has fought kei vehicles across the country for years. e organization did not respond to multiple requests for comment. Two senior o cials at the Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles and the State Patrol sit on the AAMVA’s regional board.

e Colorado DMV also declined an interview request. Asked why the DMV proposed and then pulled the rule explicitly banning kei trucks, spokeswoman Jennifer Giambi said in an email that the rule “aimed to clarify existing state laws regarding vehicle classications to ensure consistency and better understanding.”

“Kei Vehicles have never been eligible for on-highway title and registration in Colorado,” Giambi wrote, adding that the rule was pulled because it “was already covered by existing statutes.”

Albarelli, however, disputes that existing state law explicitly bans kei vehicles, pointing out that he was able to get temporary plates for his Honda and only got hung up in the emissions testing process.

e state’s Air Pollution Control Division declined an interview request, saying it does not comment on proposed legislation. A spokesperson, however, said the division, “does not have an appropriate testing process for these kinds of vehicles.”

Josh Juhasz, president of Revhard Motors, a Denver-based dealership that specializes in Japanese models, said he’s imported a handful of kei vehicles for customers who’ve been able to successfully register them in counties where emissions tests aren’t required.

But, he said, state o cials have made the emissions process a “brick wall” and so he’s discouraged potential customers from buying kei vehicles -- at least for now.

“I don’t see any reason why they shouldn’t be legal,” he said.

is story was produced by the Capitol News Alliance, a collaboration between KUNC News, Colorado Public Radio, Rocky Mountain PBS, and e Colorado Sun, and shared with news organizations across the state. Funding for the Alliance is provided in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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Can we live past our regrets?

Regret is an interesting concept. We generally use it when thinking about stupid decisions we made, harmful acts we performed, or positive acts we should’ve done but didn’t.

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We also use it trivially, like being invited to a gathering and the invitation says, “Regrets only.” at usage, however, could be problematic for recipients if they didn’t want to attend the soiree in the rst place. Should they lie and say they regret not being able to make it? Such is the quandary we humans can nd ourselves in.

For some reason, I consider regret to be a cousin of regression. Etymology wise, that’s apparently not the case since the roots of the two words are distinct from one another.

But they both imply a negative. Regression certainly does that, and while regret sometimes is used in a future reference such as not being able to do something or go somewhere, it’s usually expressed within a backward looking context.

Feeling regret could be directed at not having lived your life as fully as possible, having given so much attention to others that it interfered with you moving forward and doing good things for yourself, or having chosen to follow a professional or life path where your heart wasn’t.

You might then feel stuck with no way out. If so, and you fail to extricate yourself from it, when old age arrives, which invariably does if you stick around long enough, you’ll understand in stark terms what F. Scott Fitzgerald means in “ e Last Tycoon” when he wrote that there are no second acts in American life. Fitzgerald, though, was writing about the uber-wealthy, those who lead shallow, empty lives, since all they know is how to make piles of money and how to gain and wield power. e rest of us, those of us not hellbent on becoming the GOAT (the Greatest Of All Time) know that. We simply try our best to live a good and meaningful life as we roll and, at times, bumble through it.

Note that I wrote “good,” and not perfect, for we’re all awed creatures prone to do dumb stu . When we did, those poor decisions might’ve done harm to others or to ourselves. Nicely put, they neither were in our best interests nor served us or others well. Which might make you think that you could’ve done better if only you had used your head, behaved better, or gotten o your du and…?

But could you have? Maybe, but then again, maybe not. It was where you were at that point in time and stage of life, so you were neither privy to the experience and good sense you’ve amassed over the decades nor the font of wisdom you’ve become. And just maybe you were caught in a downward spiral due to a mental health issue or a crisis that you got swept up in.

I believe those who have led ethical lives, albeit with occasional lapses, often judge themselves too harshly for past failings. It’s like how some judge historical characters by today’s standards.

Not only that was then and this is now for them, it’s true for you. If you’re one prone to beat yourself up over stu that’s long in the past, consider giving yourself a little space and a dose of self-compassion. Even the Buddha lived the life of a benighted nabob before he set forth on his path to enlightenment.

In “My Way,” written by Paul Anka, Frank Sinatra sings about facing the nal curtain. at makes sense given his profession, but a curtain-closing could symbolically work for you if you consider it in context of Shakespeare’s line about the whole world being a stage and each of us being an actor playing a part. But no matter how you see your exit, it’s not unusual to look back, survey your life, and, in so doing, express regrets and rue that you didn’t do better.

Surveys show that when seniors do a scan of their lives, no one wishes they had worked harder and spent more time doing chores like vacuuming, mowing, and the like. e most regretted choices were not spending more quality time with those they love along with not traveling, reading, and pursuing their creative talents more.

As cold as it might seem, I liken our Earth time to a product’s shelf life. Each of us has an expiration date. If you’re reading this, it’s obvious yours hasn’t arrived yet. And contrary to Fitzgerald’s assertion, there can be second acts for those who are not one-trick ponies. So with that in mind, one pledge you should make—and keep—hereon: No more regrets.

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

Finding lessons for life, one brushstroke at a time

During the initial pandemic shutdown there were six adults living together in our house. Five of us had jobs that occupied several hours of our days, but we still found ourselves with many hours of time that had always been lled doing things outside of the house.

As a family, we seized this unique opportunity to learn new skills. We learned sign language, cooked amazing meals, played di erent instruments, and even tried watercolor painting.

My youngest daughter, Carly, an art major with a psychology minor and a creative perspective on life, taught us the basics of watercolor painting. On the day of our rst lesson, she handed out the supplies we needed and began by telling us to create a base of water over the area on our paper where we wanted to paint. As we created our water foundation, she explained that the base makes all the rest of the painting possible. With the base in place, she told us to take a tiny bit of paint and begin to create whatever we wanted to design.

For my rst piece, I wanted to paint a co ee cup with steam rising from the drink. I established my base, took my rst color, and brushed it onto the page. As I applied the paint, I was amazed that it actually began to resemble a cup. About 15 minutes into the lesson, Carly stopped me, gave me a quick compliment, and said, “To improve this, you need to add dimension and depth.”

She explained that to achieve this e ect, I needed to manipulate the paint that was already on the page. Following her advice, I lightly wet my brush and began to move the existing color, adding to some areas and reducing others. e result was a cup that had depth—something I could genuinely be proud of as a novice.

As I worked on this art project, I was struck by the wisdom of needing to start everything we do with a good base. e water on the page starts everything o right. In our lives the base is equally critical — faith, family, friends and many other things can be central to that base. Everyone’s base is di erent, but we all must have that foundation to be successful. Beyond the base, I found the idea fascinating that all the color I needed was already present on the page. When I rst examined what I had on my

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paper, I thought Carly was mistaken; there was no way I had the necessary color. However, she was right. To create something with depth, I just needed to manipulate what was already there. In our everyday lives, it’s easy to feel like we lack the things we need. In reality, while we may need to rearrange “the colors,” everything we require is so often already available.

I encourage you to take some time to notice, re ect on and celebrate the areas of your life that are vibrant and full of color. When you look closely, you can nd those wonderful aspects of your life — whether it’s your relationships, family, friends, routines or cherished memories. All that vibrancy can be applied to the areas where you feel a struggle or where the color seems too faint.

Moving that color might involve asking for help or taking time for a conversation. It could also mean nding opportunities to assist others or trying something new. Whatever approach you choose, it can be as simple as adding a little water to your brush and blending those colors as needed. e rich colors of your life make a di erence, but before you can move them, you need to see them. You have got this.

I hope my words inspire you, and that you will share them with those who need encouragement. ank you to everyone who has shared their stories with me so far; I truly appreciate hearing about the valuable ideas you nd in these columns and how you use them to uplift those around you.

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. Contact him at jim.roome@gmail.com.

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Don Loren Haskins

April 23, 1944 - February 14, 2025

On February 14, 2025, Don Loren Haskins left this earth for Heaven, leaving behind cherished memories, laughter, and a legacy of love.

Don was born in Silver Plume, Colorado, to Marguerite Collins Haskins and Harold W. Haskins. He was the seventh of nine children, and from the moment he arrived, the angels must have smiled and said, “ is one might be trouble.”

As a child, Don was full of mischief. When he was very young, you could sometimes nd him under the table, and while everyone else was eating, he was trying to bite a guest, like the time he bit his sister’s new boyfriend on the leg. His family often said his middle name should have been “Don’t, as all they heard when he was growing up was “Donny, don’t.”

He had a lifelong love of pranks and jokes, such as nailing his nephew’s metal lunchbox to the oor at the construction site where they were both working.

Don graduated from Idaho Springs High School before being drafted into the U.S. Army and deployed to Vietnam. During his service, he was exposed to Agent Orange, which later contributed to his battle with spinal cancer—a battle he ultimately won with resilience and determination.

After returning home, Don worked as a ski patrolman at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, where he met his wife, Alison. ough their marriage ended in divorce, their friendship endured throughout the years. Don later partnered with his brother, Jerry, to start a successful construction business. Together,

they built numerous homes, condominiums, and commercial buildings in the Vail Valley, leaving a lasting mark on the community.

In the latter part of his career, Don worked for CDOT, plowing Loveland Pass. He loved the work and took great pride in keeping the roads safe during Colorado’s harsh winters. In his sixties and seventies, Don discovered a passion for cooking. He became an avid viewer of cooking shows, impressing family and friends with his culinary creations—especially his chocolate cherry cake.

Don faced his nal years with courage, battling COPD after years of smoking. ough he quit later in life, the damage had been done. He often said, “If I had it to do over again, I’d never touch a cigarette or drink.” COPD ultimately took his life, but not his spirit.

A burial and gathering of family and friends to share memories and say goodbye will take place this spring in Silver Plume Cemetery.

Don was preceded in death by his brother Harold D. Haskins and his sisters Jean Haskins, Patsy Berger, and Marlene Severin. He is survived by his brothers; Victor Haskins, Eddie Haskins, Jerry Haskins, his sister Sharon Kennedy and numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, and many beloved friends.

Don’s humor and tenacity will be deeply missed but never forgotten.

Jeffrey Stead January 28, 2025

Je rey Allen “Je ” Stead passed away on January 28, 2025, at his parents’ home in Lakewood, Colorado.

Je is survived by his son, Oliver Stead; his brother, Marc Stead; his parents, Karen and Paul Bryant; his ex-wife, Bess Dahmash; and his longtime companion, Carrie Tilley.

Je grew up in the mountains outside Denver, attending schools in Conifer and Evergreen. He spent his adult years living and working along the I-70 corridor, from Loveland to Idaho Springs. He formed many cherished friendships while working at Loveland Ski Area and Tommyknocker Brewery in Idaho Springs. Je and Carrie also owned and operated the “Oink” food truck in Idaho Springs for several years, serving up great food and creating lasting memories with friends and customers.

An avid outdoorsman, Je loved shing, hiking, hunting, and snowboarding. He was also a devoted

Denver Broncos fan. While he treasured his family and friends, he absolutely cherished his son, Oliver, above all else.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, March 1, 2025, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Rocky Mountain Villages, 2644 Alvarado Rd, Empire, Co 80438. is is located in the Easter Seals Camp just north of Georgetown. Directions can be found online by searching “Rocky Mountain Villages.” A light lunch will be provided, and all are welcome to attend.

Je was known for his kindness, generosity, and deep compassion for both people and animals. He was a supporter of the local animal shelter, Charlie’s Place. In lieu of owers, contributions may be made in his memory to friendsofcharliesplace.org.

His warmth and spirit will be deeply missed by all who knew him.

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BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

hat started with an old video camera in a French resort and a syndicated kids’ program about ocean conservation has become an award-winning Colorado-based commercial video production company, claiming high-pro le national brands like Apple, Disney, Under Armor, Noodles and Co., and Seagate Technology as clients.

And now, Boulder’s La Storia can put breaking the sound barrier on the company’s resume.

“My brother and I started the company in North Carolina mainly because we had a couple contacts there who we thought might be interested in videos,” said La Storia cofounder RC Walker. “

“We were two brothers from Aspen with no background in lmmaking. ankfully, we met incredible people early on who believed in us, plugged us in, and helped us get connected. We’ve learned and evolved from there.”

e Boulder couple behind La Storia Productions, Walker and his wife Molly McKinney-Walker, made history this past January when their company was hired to document Boom Supersonics’ XB-1 aircraft breaking the sound barrier — the rst civilian company to do that — over the Mojave Desert.

“Our partnership with Boom has been unique. We essentially have served as a key creative partner for the brand overseeing many of their photo and video campaigns and 3-D animation,” Walker said.

“ e Boom event itself was a phenomenal milestone for aviation, but working with the engineers and ground crew on the team was such a fascinating experience for us as lmmakers. ey’re the lifeblood of operations like this, so it was empowering to see this mission through their eyes and build that into the story we were telling in front of a live audience.

e La Storia crew used 18 cameras — seven on the ground and 11 in the air — to capture every angle of the historic moment with Boom’s Supersonic XB-1 experimental aircraft.

Trading accounting for adventure

Walker said he was a nance accounting graduate from the University of Colorado looking for adventure when he got interested in lmmaking.

“After graduating from CU Boulder with a degree in Finance, I decided to play ‘hooky’ and spent a few years living in Hawaii before going to France. I worked in the Alps, where I had an old camcorder, and my roommates and I started making short lms. Films had always inspired me, but this moment of creativity behind the lens ignited a deep love of cinematography and changed my life trajectory.”

“But my brother had been working in North Carolina for a non-pro t, so he at least had a small network of connections. So in 2013, I moved to Charlotte, and we o cially launched La Storia Productions out of our tiny apartment,” Walker said.

“ ankfully, our love and passion for storytelling, along with lots of hard work, introduced us to some incredible people who we still consider some of our closest friends, and they helped us tremendously,” Walker said.

“ ey connected us with the Charlotte creative community and helped us collaborate with like-minded clients. But the best of these introductions during this time was that Geo and I each met our wives on our own lm sets and still get to work alongside them today.

Meanwhile, his future bride made a name for herself on children’s television. Molly McKinney-Walker said her background started in television with a commercial when she was three.

“I got into the industry at an early age and was incredibly blessed to have had the positive experiences I’ve had. My rst big opportunity was at seven years old when I was cast to host the TV, Aqua Kids, an environmental children’s TV show about protecting marine and aquatic environments,” McKinney-Walker said.

“I continued to host this show until I was 24 years old, and I learned so much during this time, both as a talent in front of the camera and lmmaking behind the camera.”

LEFT: RC Walker is ﬁlming on location for a La Storia production with American Airlines.

From left: RC Walker, Paulie Meehan, & Brian Bell are on set discussing the next shot for a commercial with Noodles & Co. and the Fortnight Collective agency.

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She began trading her spot in front of the camera for a producing role, where she interviewed scientists and animal educators on camera.

“ is is actually how I fell into becoming an Executive Producer, since it started making sense to plan and pre-interview the scientists and animal educations I would eventually be working with on-camera,” McKinney-Walker said.

After graduating college and moving on from the show, she started freelancing, producing at La Storia for nine months before she was hired full-time.

Both McKinney and Walker settled in Charlotte, North Carolina for a while but relocated to Boulder just before COVID-19 hit. McKinney-Walker said they got the Boulder o ce and nished remodeling it in December 2019 but couldn’t use it for a few months due to COVID-19.

“We had a brick-and-mortar location in North Carolina and planned on keeping it and opening a second mid-west location to compete with the Los Angeles market, but as with so many other industries, COVID-19 changed that plan for us,” McKinney-Walker said. e La Storia team had even built a whole new set for a major tech company client on their campus in San Jose, Calif., but they never used it due to the pandemic. “It was beautiful with painted wood walls and a multi-functional background,” Walker said. “But with COVID, we couldn’t get into the o ce, so we ended up pivoting and rebuilding the entire set in our home basement to lm the content our client needed. I guess that’s one of the perks of a cinematographer and a producer being married and quarantining together. We were able to utilize our available resources and help our clients solve problems,” Walker said.

The story behind La Storia

Walker said they came up with the name La Storia early on.

“We wanted to choose a name with international

air. I had spent time living in France but phrase story had a complex spelling in French, so we aimed for simple and memorable,” Walker said. “My brother had spent time living in Italy, and in Italian, the translation for ‘ e Story’ has a dual meaning. It captures history and modern-day storytellers, sharing the importance of timeless stories that must be told.”

McKinney-Walker said one of La Storia’s longeststanding clients, Seagate Technology, one of the largest tech companies that makes hard drives in the world, has worked with their company for almost 11 years. McKinney-Walker said being a creative partner is something they can o er their high-caliber clients.

“I think our high client retention rate with high pro le clients re ects the relationship and partnership mentality we have with our clients. Ironically, as a production company that provides photo and video marketing solutions for our clients, we’ve never done marketing for ourselves. We truly operate on a word-of-mouth referral system, which works for us. I always say when think about our clients, we take their brands on as our own,” McKinney-Walker said.

“It de es a typical traditional agency model with established brands; we already have a strong in-house marketing team,” she said. ” We can provide triage support when they are overworked or need help scaling up for something they don’t have the in-house resources for, like the project we traveled to the Mojave Desert for recently, to lm Boom Supersonic.”

Walker said it was fascinating working so closely with the Boom team and getting the honor of telling their story, learning and understanding the process, cadence of the tests, crew safety, and camera angles.

“I’ve worked in daily communication with Kaden Colby, Head of Creative Production and Events at Boom Supersonic, for over a year to prepare for their supersonic test ight. is was the sixth ight we’ve shot for them,” Walker said.

McKinney-Walker said Boom wanted to be authentic and live on the day of the shooting, so they wanted people to feel like they were there. Event coverage had not been done to the extent their team pulled it together, with many partners involved, to make that possible from a story brand standpoint.

“As a company specializing in creating 30-second commercials for many of the brands we work with, getting to have a project like Boom’s supersonic ight was

taxiing out,” is a massive moment for this team, but it’s often not shown in the movies.”

McKinney-Walker said that for them, it’s never just about showing up and doing a job; they felt the emotion of getting to know them for a year. When they handed the aircraft over to Geppetto, it was uncertain whether he would return from that ight. It’s about life and visually communicating these people’s trust in each other and the unknowns from pushing innovative boundaries.

“With clients like Boom who are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, it’s a contagious energy that encouraged us to push the realm of what had been done for our industry as well for events like this,” McKinneyWalker said.

“ e Boom event was unique, and we wanted to capture the immersive moment. However, we’re responsible for ensuring no safety issues present or distract the ground crew from performing their duties,” Walker said.

“We took tremendous care in the choreography of our cameras so they could do their job, ignore us and stay focused. From a safety standpoint, they knew when our cameras were in position, where our guidelines were, and most importantly, after a year together, they trusted us.”

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Bill on gun restrictions clears Senate

Amendment would allow purchase after safety course completion

BY SARA WILSON COLORADO NEWSLINE

e Colorado Senate gave preliminary approval to a bill that would ban the sale of many semiautomatic rearms with detachable magazines, though the chamber also approved a series of amendments that substantially altered the scope of the bill.

e amended Senate Bill 25-3 would now allow people who have completed a safety and training course to acquire otherwise banned guns. at carve-out is expected to appease Democratic Gov. Jared Polis, who has historically been wary of sweeping rearm restrictions.

e chamber passed the bill on second reading after nearly 10 hours of debate.

As introduced, the bill would have outlawed the sale, purchase and transfer of guns that accept detachable magazines in an e ort to enforce Colorado’s existing ban on large-capacity magazines, de ned as magazines with over 15 rounds of ammunition. While not an outright ban on so-called assault weapons, the bill would have stopped the sale of the most common semiautomatic ri es and handguns. Opponents argued that it would decimate the rearm industry in Colorado.

“We spent quite a bit of time these last several weeks trying to get it to a space where we could be inclusive to everyone who was having concerns,” bill sponsor Sen. Tom Sullivan, a Centennial Democrat, said. at includes hunters and sportsmen.

roughout the debate, Sullivan held a photo of the 100-round magazine that a gunmen used during a 2012 mass shooting in Aurora to kill 12 people, including Sullivan’s son Alex.

“What we’re trying to do is save lives,” Sullivan said. “We are all hoping that those 550 million rearms that are out there are in the hands of law abiding, responsible gun owners and we don’t have to worry about them taking any action in our communities. What we are worried about is the new (owners) who all of sudden just walk down the street, and … after we pass this, and starting in September, the only assault style weapons they can get are going to have attached magazines to it.”

e new carve-out, however, creates a pathway for Coloradans to obtain the type of guns targeted in the bill. First, a purchaser would need to be vetted by their county sheri in a process that would be similar to that required when a person seeks a concealed carry permit. en, if they already completed a hunter safety course from Colorado Parks and Wildlife — which people must do to get a hunting license in the state — they would need to take an additional four-hour basic rearm safety course. If a person did not already have their hunter safety certication, they would need to complete an extended course of 12 hours of in-person training over two days.

e course would need to include safe handling and storage, child safety, information about gun deaths associated with mental illness and Colorado’s red ag law. A person would then need to score at least a 90% on an exam after the course in order to qualify for the exemption.

Tom Sullivan, a Centennial Democrat, listens to witness testimony during a Colorado Senate committee hearing on his bill that would ban ﬁrearms with detachable magazines on Jan. 28, 2025.

at exemption would be valid for ve years, and a person would need to take a refresher course at that point if they wanted to buy additional rearms with detachable magazines.

“I want to acknowledge the extent to which we’ve heard concerns … from our governor and from Coloradans. We’ve worked to address them,” bill sponsor Sen. Julie Gonzales, a Denver Democrat, said before explaining the amendment.

Republicans remained opposed to the bill and carve-out amendment. Senate Minority Leader Paul Lundeen, a Monument Republican, said the policy would transform the right to own a gun as outlined in the Constitution into a privilege.

“Sure, it’s a small thing to get a little bit of education to get a rearm, but it’s a big thing to turn your back on your rights as a citizen,” he said.

Ten states require purchasers to have safety training before buying certain rearms, according to Everytown for Gun Safety. Washington, for example, has required training to purchase any semiautomatic ri e since July 2019.

Republicans also argued that the amendment changed the bill too much and it should be sent back to committee for consideration. e bill passed the Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee in January on a 3-2 vote, with the two Republican members voting against it. roughout the debate, they offered amendments to exempt certain demographics from the bill, such as domestic violence survivors and veterans. ose amendments all failed.

Another successful amendment on the bill exempts about 40 of the most common semiautomatic ri es used for hunting and some relic rearms.

e bill is set for a nal recorded vote early next week, when it needs 18 votes to get through. ere are 23 Democrats in the chamber. If it passes, it will then move to the House for consideration. Democrats have strong majorities in both chambers.

is story is from Colorado Newsline. Used by permission. For more, and to support the news organization, visit coloradonewsline.com.

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VERDICT

court-approved experts, in use of force by police o cers called by both prosecutors and defense attorneys.

Buen was led out of court in handcu s on Feb. 20 and will remain in jail, according to Cheroutes, until sentencing, where he faces one to three years in prison.

“He was walked away in handcu s and he’s nally going to be in jail, which is where he needs to be,” Sally Glass said following the verdict.

During closing arguments Feb. 19, prosecuting attorney Joe Kirwan presented jury members with a question: “Why, why did they have to get into the car? To save him? Well, they didn’t save him in this case, they killed him; he killed him,” Kirwan said, directing attention to Buen at the defense table.

One of Buen’s three defense attorneys, Mallory Revel, attempted to invoke empathy from the jury during closing arguments.

“Andrew Buen’s heart breaks everyday for Christian Glass’s family, no one in the world has second guessed every act, every word, every movement like Andrew Buen does every day of his life,” Revel said. “He lives every moment wishing that night didn’t end the way it did.”

“Andrew Buen basically looked at Christian and said ‘I’m going to kill you’ and he did,” Simon Glass said after watching Buen being led away from the courtroom in handcu s.

Buen’s defense attorneys argued during trial and reinforced in its closing that Buen believed Georgetown Police Marshal Randy Williams was in danger of serious body injury or death at the hands of Glass who was holding a knife.

“Andrew believed Mr. Glass was trying to stab Randy Williams and Williams was

in imminent danger. Why else would Andrew have shot? What other motive does he have?” Revel said.

Deputy District Attorney Steve Potts was the last attorney to address the jury during closing arguments, a orded to the prosecution as it has the burden of proof in the case, according to case law.

“You know what the tragedy is? e tragedy is not about Andrew Buen, it’s about Christian Glass,” Potts told jury members. “ e bottom line is this was a pointless killing. ere is absolutely no reason that Christian Glass should be dead right now.”

Following closing arguments Cheroutes announced the three alternate jurors and instructed the remaining 12-members to retire to the jury room and elect a foreperson who would ultimately sign the jury form announcing a verdict.

In April 2024, Buen had been found guilty of reckless endangerment, a misdemeanor. However, jurors at that time were unable to reach a decision on the seconddegree murder and o cial misconduct charges, so the judge declared a mistrial and ordered the case to be retried.

Although he never took the stand in his own defense, Buen nonetheless provided key evidence in the case through more than an hour of video and audio from his body-worn camera.

e jury watched Buen’s own bodyworn camera Feb. 12 from the time he turned it on, arriving on-scene, to when he stopped recording as he was taken to the Clear Creek Sheri ’s o ce for an “after action” interview with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.

Buen’s body cam recording includes a “timecode” displaying the exact time of every interaction between the six other law enforcement o cers onscene, from Buen’s point-of-view, leading up to him ring the fatal shots that killed Glass.

e incident started on the night of June 10, 2022, when Buen and his on-duty

partner, deputy Tim Collins in a separate vehicle, received a call for a service at 11:23 p.m. for a stranded motorist.

Clear Creek dispatcher Paige Kincaid informed the deputies that the caller, Glass, reported being stuck on a rock that he’d inadvertently crashed into in Silver Plume and needed assistance, according to testimony.

En route to the call Kincaid relayed information to Buen and Collins that Glass was describing a “a spiritual awakening” he just experienced after returning from Moab, Utah where he was collecting rocks.

Kincaid also transmitted that Glass seemed “paranoid” and that he “wasn’t making much sense,” according to testimony.

Glass told Kincaid he had two knives in the vehicle in addition to a hammer and rubber mallet, which he indicated he would throw out of the vehicle when ofcers arrived.

Evidence showed the Glass did not throw the items out of the vehicle.

Shortly after Buen and Collins made initial contact with Glass, ve additional ofcers arrived on-scene including: Colorado Division of Gaming Enforcement Investigators Mary Harris and Christa Lloyd, Idaho Springs Police Ofcer Brittany Morrow, Colorado State Trooper Ryan Bennie and Georgetown Police Marshal Randy Williams.

Buen’s body cam recorded several ofcers trying to communicate with Glass through the closed driver’s window with the doors locked.

Morrow, Harris and Williams individually attempted to converse with Glass in an attempt to coax him out of the vehicle.

Footage illustrates Williams o ering Glass water, a cigarette, food or even a lighter, as a half-smoked marijuana joint was noted on the drivers side seat, if he would open the door.

“We’re not scared of you. We’re just worried about you,” Williams can be seen and heard saying to Glass through the window.

In the video Glass continued to nonverbally communicate with o cers with hand gestures and nodding of his head.

When Williams asked Glass if he was hungry or thirsty the video shows Glass nodded “yes.”

At that point, Buen’s body cam recorded him returning to his patrol vehicle and grabbing his own package of beef jerky and a soda to o er to Glass as an incentive to get him out of the vehicle.

Internal discussions between o cers about how best to resolve the situation are recorded on Buen’s body cam.

An o -site supervisor with the Clear Creek Sheri ’s department, Sgt. Kyle

Gould, was monitoring the situation in a live-stream from Buen’s body cam from his home in Golden.

Buen stated in subsequent interviews with investigators he was aware Gould was watching in real time when he briefly muted the audio to his body cam and called Gould for direction.

Evidence shows just past midnight on June 11, Gould authorized the use-offorce to break the windows of the vehicle and gain entry to remove Glass.

At 12:42 a.m., a series of events ignited leading to the shooting death of Glass, criminal charges for all law enforcement on scene, national media coverage and outrage, and an eventual $19 million settlement civil award to the Glass family. e nal exchange lasted three minutes and 30 seconds as recorded by the body cam timecode.

Law enforcement used a batten to shatter the passenger side window of Glass’s vehicle followed by Buen ring ve “sock” rounds at Glass who, according to testimony, was holding a retractable knife in his right hand.

According to evidence, several of the ”non-lethal” shotgun rounds hit Glass. One shattered the driver’s side rear window adjacent to where Williams was positioned.

Buen told investigators he pulled his Taser from his duty belt and red two darts, subjecting Glass to ve seconds of electrical shock. Buen told investigators the Taser was “ine ective” at subduing Glass.

At this point Glass can be seen and heard in the body cam footage shouting “I’ll kill you” while waving the knife in the air, still seated in the driver’s seat.

Buen would later tell investigators with the CBI he feared for Williams’ life who was, in his mind, positioned adjacent to the rear window close to where Glass was aying the knife.

Buen’s body cam recorded him standing near the passenger side headlight of the vehicle when he red ve shots from a nine-millimeter handgun through the windshield, striking Glass in the chest, killing him.

A statement from current Clear Creek County Sheri Matt Harris following the verdict reads “ e events of June 10 – 11, 2022, will never happen again,” Harris explained. “We are working to rebuild trust and build community relationships by being accountable, transparent, and professional.”

Following the verdict Simon and Sally Glass con rmed the majority of the $19 million civil awarded to the family is being donated to charity.

“It’s blood money and we don’t want it,” Sally Glass said.

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3. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Where is Barack Obama’s presidential library located?

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5. ASTRONOMY: Which planet in our solar system has the strongest gravitational eld?

6. U.S. STATES: Which four states intersect at the Four Corners monument?

7. SCIENCE: What is anemophily?

8. MOVIES: How much does an Oscar award trophy weigh?

9. WEATHER: What is a haboob?

10. MEASUREMENTS: How many millimeters are in a meter?

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2. Agatha Christie.

3. Chicago, Illinois.

4. e Rio Grande.

5. Jupiter.

6. Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado.

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9. An intense dust storm.

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Parker Palooza celebrated Parker’s birthday for several years. e event drew thousands of enthusiasts to the Easter Seals Camp in Empire, many with their own Bernese to celebrate with music, food and drink.

In September 2023 the Parker Palooza raised more than $20,000 according to sponsors toward scholarships to the Easters Seals camp.

In addition to attending many major sporting events including Broncos, Rockies and Nuggets games, Schaefer, in an earlier interview, said he and Parker attend numerous charity events each year bringing in approximately $75,000 to send kids to the Easter Seals Camp.

“At home Parker is a pretty easy-going dog that likes cuddling, taking naps and watching movies,” Schaefer told the Courant in an interview Oct. 5, 2023.

Parker was also well-known on the national stage, appearing in People magazine and on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”

Schaefer said earlier, “He’s also a great ambassador for the city of Georgetown.

Schaefer con rmed the crash but declined to speak with the Courant at this time.

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Parker the Snow Dog spends time with kids from Georgetown Community School. FILE PHOTO BY CORINNE WESTEMAN

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