Arvada Press March 14, 2024

Applications open for Arvada Economic Development Association’s Exterior Improvement Grant

AEDA to match business and property owner’s improvements to building appearance

BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e Arvada Economic Development Association is taking applications for a matching grant of up the $15,000 for improvements to the exterior of a business or private property.

Applications for the Exterior Improvement Grant — a program AEDA began in 2016 — are open until March 26. e grant can be used for improvements such as façade, permanent landscaping and overall site improvements.

Iza Petrykowska, Executive Director of AEDA, said the organization is glad to bring back the grant this year.

“We are thrilled to be able to offer the AEDA Exterior Improvement Grant opportunity to our local business community,” Petrykowska said.

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The sign and exterior of the Olde Town Flower Shoppe was made possible in part because of the AEDA Exterior Improvement matching grant. COURTESY OLDE TOWN FLOWER SHOPPE

WOW Women of Arvada initiative celebrates women in local businesses for fourth year

Chamber of Commerce rebrands Badass Women of Arvada; nominations open until March 22

BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e Arvada Chamber of Commerce is continuing its tradition of honoring women involved in local businesses for the fourth consecutive year — but this year, things will look a little di erent.

Formerly known as the Badass Women of Arvada, the chamber has rebranded the initiative after feedback from businesses, community members and Chamber of Commerce board members prompted the chamber to adopt a name that was “more accessible to our business community while aligning with the Chamber’s mission,” the chamber said in a statement.

e program — now called WOW Women of Arvada — showcases the e orts of individual women in the community, who are chosen based on nominations by the community. It

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includes a feature on the chamber’s website and social media platforms

Arvada Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Kami Welch said the initiative is an e ort to celebrate women’s e orts in the business sector in Arvada.

e chamber said that 19.3% of businesses in Arvada are women-owned — a gure that is higher than the state percentage of 16.7% and national percentage of 14.2%, but still not representative of women’s proportion of the population.

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U-Haul allegedly malfunctions and drives through

house

fence and yard of a residence — nally coming to a stop when it collided with the home.

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Wayward moving truck crashes through fence, house; police look for suspect after report of gunshots

BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Residents of a home on the 6400 block of Newland Street recently were greeted with an unwelcome surprise when a U-Haul allegedly malfunctioned and drove through the front of their house, causing signi cant damage.

e incident occurred around 6:50 p.m. on Feb. 28 and caused no injuries, though two cars, a fence and a house were hit by the errant moving truck, according to Arvada Police.

e driver of the truck told police that while he was backing up, the truck suddenly began to accelerate, and the brakes failed. e truck hit a parked car, which was pushed into another parked car and continued to reverse through a

Alcohol and drugs do not appear to be factors into the crash, Arvada Police said. e investigation into what caused the U-Haul to malfunction is still ongoing.

Shots red, no apparent injuries

Early in the morning on Feb. 28, residents near 74th Drive and Yank Street were awoken by the sound of gunshots around 5 a.m., APD said.

APD o cers conducted an investigation and discovered that a man had parked in front of a house on 74th Drive and unsuccessfully tried to break into multiple vehicles in a driveway. He then drove away, stopping at the intersection and red at the intersection signs.

No homes appeared to be hit by gunre and no victims were located. e suspect was of an unknown race, had a thin build, and wore a black jacket and jeans. He was driving a dark-colored Ford F-150 with full-length running boards. e investigation is ongoing.

Arvada Barre owner Jenny Mears. COURTESY PHOTO

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

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

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

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

the seller agreed to a solution, which would be embodied in an amendment to the contract rather than an inspection resolution.

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

For starters, the contract states that the buyer can exercise one or the other — inspection objection or inspection termination, but not both. To quote Section 10.3.1, “Buyer’s Right to Terminate… expires upon delivery of an Inspection Objection to Seller.”

1) Let’s say a buyer submits an inspection objection with a list of requested repairs. If the seller replies with an inspection resolution document agreeing to every demand on the list, the buyer is bound to sign it (I believe) as a matter of good faith, and once both parties have signed it, they are effectively “past inspection.”

2) Now let’s say a buyer submitted a contract that only provides for inspection termination. The buyer still has the right to inspect every conceivable component or feature of the property — even whether there’s an externality such as a noisy neighbor or construction project nearby. If he finds that there’s a major problem (such as a sewer line collapse), the buyer’s agent, before submitting a Notice to Terminate, should notify the listing agent that the buyer intends to terminate because of it and, guess what? The listing agent will explain to the seller that this issue exists and will have to be disclosed to a future buyer, likely convincing the seller to say, “I’ll fix that problem if you don’t terminate.”

Voila! You voiced an objection, and

The good faith provision of the contract (Section 28) says that both buyer and seller must act in good faith with regards to sections, including inspection, which have termination provisions, and the Colorado Real Estate Commission has instructed us that a buyer must use any opportunity to terminate within the contract only for the reason stated in that section of the contract.

In other words, while you can terminate for any reason (including buyer’s remorse) under the inspection provision, which merely states that the buyer has found the property’s condition unsatisfactory “in Buyer’s sole subjective discretion,” the buyer cannot use other termination deadlines (such as for title, HOA documents, insurability, etc.) to terminate for an inspection issue identified later on.

(Given recent increases in home insurance costs, however, a buyer might get away with terminating on insurability “at buyer’s sole subjective discretion,” without revealing that it was really buyer’s remorse, or because of a newly identified inspection issue.)

In case you’re wondering, a buyer doesn’t have to physically inspect the listing to terminate under the inspection provision. The contract can be terminated “due to any unsatisfactory condition.”

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

One way to make a contract which waives inspection objection but not termination more attractive to the seller is one that was included in the purchase contract on our own Arvada listing featured a couple weeks ago. The buyer included an earnest money deposit that was higher than the minimum specified in the MLS and stated under additional

provisions that $10,000 of it would be non-refundable upon acceptance of the contract by the seller. I wouldn't advise this strategy without a detailed inspection (perhaps with a professional inspector) during a scheduled showing prior to submitting a contract with this provision. The buyer could still terminate but would be out $10,000, and it might reduce the incentive for the seller to say, “Hey, I’ll fix that!”

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

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

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

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

The purpose of inspections is to dis-

cover “hidden defects,” but sometimes a buyer will ask for repair of something that wasn’t hidden at all, such as a cracked driveway or old carpeting. My suggestion as the seller’s agent is to deny those demands outright, since they should have been (and probably were) taken into consideration when the buyer chose to submit their contract.

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

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

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

Inspection Is Buyer’s Responsibility

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

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WOW WOMEN

“ e WOW Women of Arvada campaign provides a platform to honor women leaders in Arvada, promote an inclusive business environment, and inspire a sustainable, competitive growth of women business owners in the city,” Welch said.

Rachel Jaakkola, Barber-Nichols’ Director of Human Resources, was featured due to her e orts to grow the organization from 75 employees to over 200. She said she felt the WOW Women of Arvada program is important because it recognizes the unsung heroes of the community.

“ ere are so many women in this community that put their hearts and souls into the work they do but are too humble to tell anyone about it,” Jaakkola said. “It’s important to have platforms like this to highlight these women and show all the amazing accomplishments they have had behind the scenes and bring it to the forefront.”

Jenny Mears, who took over as owner of Arvada Barre in September, said she was honored

and surprised to be included in this year’s program after giving the workout studio a “refresh” since taking over.

Mears has seen the studio’s classes increase in her time at the helm and renamed the studio Arvada Barre from Arvada Barre Belle. She also added a candlelight ow class at night where the studio is lit up pink.

“I want to create a space where women feel safe,” Mears said. “We’re all di erent, and all

welcome here. I want to be able to empower them through this journey.

Mears said she started working at Arvada Barre because she didn’t feel like she had community, and now wants to give that to other women who feel similarly.

Nominations for WOW Women of Arvada are open until March 22. e nomination form can be found on the Arvada Chamber’s website; arvadachamber.org.

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Coloradans could spend $2 billion-plus replacing grass

BY SHANNON MULLANE THE COLORADO SUN

One of Colorado’s leading urban water conservation strategies — turf replacement — could require up to $2.5 billion to save 20,000 acre-feet of water, according to a recent report commissioned by the state’s top water policy agency.

Colorado communities are facing a drier future with water shortages and searching for ways to cut down water use. e idea of replacing thirsty, unused grassy areas with more drought-resistant landscaping has gained momentum in recent years, even prompting proposed legislation this session. Despite a potentially high cost and relatively low savings, water experts, landscape professionals and some legis-

lators are backing the idea.

“We’re really seeking to shift the expectation around what Colorado’s urban spaces look like — both the existing spaces and the future ones — so that people can embrace this Colorado aesthetic,” said Frank Kinder, water e ciency and sustainability manager at Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District. “While we’re not going to be able to save maybe as much water in comparison to other industries, we know that we want to do our part.”

e agriculture industry is Colorado’s largest water user, but cities and towns in Colorado use about 380,000 acre-feet of water per year, or about 7% of the state’s overall water use, according to the Colorado Water Conservation Board. Outdoor urban water use makes up about

2.8% of that amount.

Turf replacement e orts in urban areas often focus on lawns and nonfunctional turf — places where thirsty, nonnative grasses are rarely used, but are still watered and maintained mostly for aesthetic purposes. ( ink: Green patches between sidewalks and roads, in medians, along frontage areas and parking lots.)

e idea is to remove the gluttonous grasses and replace them with native grasses, trees and other plants that are more drought-resistant.

is turf-focused strategy has gained new momentum since 2020 and 2021, when the water crisis in the Colorado River Basin became shockingly apparent (to more than just water experts) as two enormous

reservoirs, lakes Mead and Powell, fell to historic lows.

“ is almost seems spontaneous to me,” said Greg Fisher, manager of demand planning at Denver Water. “Literally two years ago, we weren’t talking much about it (turf replacement).” is year, the Urban Landscape Conservation Task Force — convened by Gov. Jared Polis in 2023 — listed adopting turf policy among its top recommendations for legislators to consider.

One turf bill has already passed the state Senate with a 28-5 vote. On Monday, it successfully passed out of the House Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources committee with a 10-2 vote.

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“It’s amazing to see how the grant funds are used to really enhance the exterior appearance of commercial property within Arvada. Our goal is to help businesses succeed and thrive here in the community and the Exterior Improvement Grant helps businesses do just that,” she continued.

e grant is meant to “assist Arvada businesses with capital improvements,” “encourage private sector investment,” “enhance the appearance of commercial properties” and create goodwill in the local community, AEDA said in a statement about the grant.

Jeremy Gregory, the owner of the Olde Town Flower Shoppe, received the grant after his business moved from Olde Town to their new location on Ralston Road, and said the grant enabled the shop to carry out improvements to the property that they otherwise wouldn’t have been able to.

“ at grant was utilized, a portion for a little bit more of a robust sign for the property plus landscaping,” Gregory said. “We went with some slightly nicer siding and paint. And you know, those decisions were a little bit easier when we knew that there was a little bit of support coming from that AEDA grant.”

Information about grant eligibility and the application for the grant can be found on AEDA’s website; arvadaeconomicdevelopment.org.

The outside facade of the Olde Town Flower Shoppe.

e bill aims to prohibit the installation of nonfunctional turf, arti cial turf or invasive species on any new development of government, commercial, institutional or industrial property starting in 2025.

Even with this momentum, water experts around the state are still trying to answer basic questions about turf removal: How much turf is there in Colorado, and how much of that is nonfunctional? How much water could be saved, and how much would that cost?

e recent water savings analysis by BBC Research and Consulting estimated that the total amount of turf statewide was about 167,800 acres but listed no estimate for the total amount of nonfunctional turf.

It’s hard to estimate in large part because there are di erent local denitions of what is considered “nonfunctional,” said Jenna Battson, outdoor water conservation coordinator for the Colorado Water Conservation Board.

e estimated water savings are about 12 gallons per square foot, or about 1.6 acre-feet per acre. Up to about 20,000 acre-feet of water statewide could be conserved through turf

replacement by homeowners, and commercial, industrial and institutional property owners, Battson said.

One acre-foot equals enough water to supply about two households for a year.

ese savings are small compared to looming future water shortages. By 2050, cities, towns and industries could be short 230,000 acre-feet to — and in the worst case scenario — 740,000 acre-feet, according to the 2023 Colorado Water Plan.

It would also cost between $152 million and $2.5 billion to make those savings happen, according to the report. Past reports have also listed a cost in the billions, she said.

“We know that it’s not a cheap thing to do, but that’s not necessarily a reason not to do it. It’s just, what else can we do to complement that?” Battson said. “I don’t know if it’s a surprising number. Maybe if you’re not in the weeds all day reading about this, maybe it’s very surprising.”

Although many water providers, land use experts and state agencies have supported turf replacement, one sticking point has been whether it should be managed at the state or local level, Fisher said. Some state legislators Monday cited concerns about economic impacts to sod farmers during the House committee hearing.

Supporters say cities and towns need to do their part. Water e ciency is the

right thing to do in face of an increasingly challenging climate, said Kinder, who was on the task force.

“Colorado is going to transition. We will still have turf, but it will be in places where it makes sense — where people need something that’s durable, and they’re actively gathering and recreating on it,” said Laura Belanger, task force member and senior policy advisor with Western Resource Advocates. “It will no longer be the go-to landscaping in Colorado.”

Turf replacement is one way to help communities adapt to a hotter and drier future at the local level, said Fisher, who also served on the task force. It’s also one conservation strategy that can be used alongside other options, like leak detection and water bill rate structures that discourage high water use, said Battson, who was a sta resource for the task force.

Andrea Lopez, who represented Ute Water Conservancy District on the 2023 landscape task force, said it was hard to tell now whether turf removal will be worth it. ere’s still a lot of data to gather, she said.

“We have to start somewhere, but I think only time will tell how much it actually costs and how much water it’s saving,” Lopez said.

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Talking news disinformation at Front Range panel

Reporters and editors encourage more media literacy this election season

BY MONTE WHALEY MWHALEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Practicing journalism is not easy these days, a panel of local reporters and editors said.

ere are biased sources and charges of bias to grapple with as well as a world dominated by self-serving social media and the rise of less-thentrustworthy AI content. ere are also fewer journalists out there gathering the news, due to massive cutbacks.

e four panelists o ered no real solutions to all those problems. Only a vow that they and others like them will continue to seek out relevant news and viewpoints to help enrich the communities they serve.

It’s especially vital to give a voice to those who often are often ignored, said Stefanie Daniel, senior editor, and reporter for KUNC Radio for Northern Colorado.

“It’s really important that we don’t keep going to the same person as a source,” Daniel told the audience at the Westminster campus of Front Range Community College on March 5. “How can we cover our communi-

e onus should be on news consumers to be savvier about what they read and listen to, Brady Woods said. at’s especially true when it comes to suspected computer-generated content.

“At the end of the day the only thing that can counter misinformation is media literacy,” Brady Woods said. “Eventually people will look at a video and think, is that AI or not?”

Daniel and Woods were joined by fellow panelists Bente Birkland, public a airs reporter for Colorado Public Radio News, and Linda Shapley, publisher of Colorado Community Media. e panelists were part of a program sponsored by FRCC’s e Front Page student newspaper and the FRCC’s School of Writing and Literature. e e ort was to encourage students to go beyond media catchphrases and headlines during the current political season, said Aaron Le , English professor and student newspaper advisor.

ties if we leave out one speci c demographic or group?”

e public – and the media – also shouldn’t expect social media companies to act responsibly and eliminate biased and questionable content from their platforms, said Lucas Brady

Woods, statehouse reporter, KUNC Radio for Northern Colorado.

“I have little faith in social media companies implementing things that will x this problem,” Brady Woods said. “I haven’t seen any e orts on social media to stop this misinformation.”

“It’s really important to get our students engaged and be vital members of the community,” Le said. He also wants students to pay more attention to local news and those local issues that will a ect their lives.

“We truly need to increase media literacy, that’s going to be so important in the coming years,” she said.

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As more Colorado students

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back

BY YESENIA ROBLES CHALKBEAT COLORADO

In the rst year that Colorado is paying districts to give students free meals at school, more kids are eating than expected.

ing, were struggling nancially even though they didn’t qualify for subsidized meals under federal poverty guidelines.

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Colorado voters in 2022 supported creating limits on tax deductions for the state’s highest earners as a way to fund free school meals for all students. Advocates at the time said that there were families in Colorado who, due to the state’s high cost of liv-

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In calculating the cost of the program, analysts expected that about 25% more children would eat a school meal, including students who would have quali ed for free meals already and those who wouldn’t.

had to pay for a school meal. In most cases, the federal government doesn’t reimburse the districts for any part of those children’s meals, leaving the state to cover those costs alone.

In the Cherry Creek School District, district leaders said they are serving about 32,262 meals a day on average, up from 23,317 a day last year — a 38% increase.

e committee is also providing $100,000 this year, and $150,000 next year, for the Colorado Department of Education to hire a consultant to help come up with solutions that might keep the program on budget next school year. at e ort could involve guring out how to maximize how much money districts get from the federal government.

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Instead, schools this year have seen a more than 35% increase in breakfast participation, and a more than 31% increase for lunch compared with last year.

e higher-than-expected participation — and program cost — is due largely to students who previously

e state legislature’s Joint Budget Committee this week agreed to ll the $56.1 million gap this year. About $31.5 million can be covered with additional revenue that has come in from the new tax provision, but the rest will likely need to come from the state’s general fund.

But lawmakers said the state will consider all options. at includes cutting the program, changing the eligibility rules for free meals, or nding new ways to pay for it, such as pulling money from the education budget.

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CU, CSU applicants get more time

Universities push enrollment deadlines amid FAFSA delays

BY JASON GONZALES CHALKBEAT COLORADO

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

e announcements by the University of Colorado Boulder and Colorado State University Fort Collins follow a di cult Free Applica-

tion for Federal Student Aid season marred by glitches. e problems delayed when families could apply, and colleges haven’t received the information they use to help families determine if a school’s nancially right for them.

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

e U.S. Department of Education switched to a new FAFSA form this year, but the rollout has been slow and problematic. Families and

students typically can start lling out the FAFSA in October.

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

e Better FAFSA, as it is now known, has been easier and faster to complete. Nonetheless, some students, such as those whose parents don’t have Social Security numbers, have had issues nishing the form.

e federal government has created a workaround for those families.

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

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

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

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

For example, Fort Lewis College already pushed its enrollment deadline to June 1. Other schools, especially regional institutions, traditionally are more exible in admissions, but also have changed other deadlines this year, such as registration or when students need to submit housing applications.

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

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

Pushing the deadline by a month also will impact students. e tighter schedule gives them less time

to complete pre-enrollment tasks, Daniel said.

“It might mean a quicker turnaround for students to be able to complete next steps, like signing up for orientation, registering for classes, and getting their housing,” Daniel said. “It’s just a matter of adjusting and, most importantly, accommodating students and families through the process. at’s our primary focus.”

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

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

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

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

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

Colorado State University Fort Collins and the University of Colorado Boulder announced they have changed their enrollment confirmation deadline.

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Committee lawmakers said that changing the eligibility rules would be a last resort.

“ ere are a lot of families that technically don’t qualify for free or reduced lunch, but man is it a huge help to them making rent,” said Sen. Je Bridges, a Democrat from Greenwood Village. “I would be really uncomfortable with anything that puts a means test back into this program.”

Bridges also said a goal of the program was to remove the stigma of eating free school meals by making them available to everyone, not just to students from low-income families.

Advocacy groups are also working on possible solutions. Anya Rose, director of public policy for Hunger Free Colorado, said the group is considering how to make the program more sustainable, including the possibility of a new ballot measure.

Without any changes to the meal program, state analysts predict Colorado will come up short by $27.8 mil-

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

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

But students should attempt to ll

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In addition to the universal free school meals, voters approved three grant programs that were supposed to be rolled out in the coming school years. e grants were meant to help districts with things like buying Colorado-grown food for meals, providing stipends for kitchen employees, and paying for training or equipment.

For now, those grant programs will be on hold.

Lawmakers on the Joint Budget Committee debated this week over whether they had a responsibility to keep the voter-approved program going, regardless of the additional cost to the state.

Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer, a Brighton Republican, said that cost calculations have changed and the state has to deal with that.

“All of these warnings were given to us before, and we ignored them,” she said.

Before the plan was put to voters, lawmakers defeated a plan to o er free school meals to all, in part because of concerns about the cost.

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

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

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What is hospice?

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

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

life care opened the discussion in the US for providing the same type of care here for terminally ill patients.

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

e impact on the patients before and after receiving the specialized end-of-

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

Entering hospice does not mean the patient, or their family, has given up on life. It is as much about how you want to live your remaining days as it is about how you want to die. It prioritizes the best quality of life for the patient, relieving symptoms and providing comfort.   ere can be immense

pain during the dying process, however the aim of hospice is to maintain and control the pain as well as other symptoms.

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

Hospice is not limited to a speci c place. It can be provided at home, in a nursing facility or a hospice center.

e hospice focus shifts from curative treatment plans to symptom management. e aim of hospice is to manage pain and other symptoms e ectively, ensuring a peaceful and digni ed transition.

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

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

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

Emotional awareness matters

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Emotions drive the body, especially for women, since emotional states have a greater impact on women’s

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

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

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

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

it standing. Re ect by asking yourself, “What am I feeling right now?” Listen and notice the emotion that arises within you without judgment or resistance. Simply allow yourself to be present with whatever feelings emerge, now you can express them. Release them, nd the best way for you. Suggestions: write them out, talk to a friend, talk with yourself, walk them out, go for a swim, dance, write or sing a song. Healthy emotional expression keeps the walls of your heart from pumping too hard. It allows the chambers to relax to keep the heart owing with comfort.

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Activate: Practicing this gentle approach can help reduce the strain on your precious heart. Pause, feel, listen and express: take a moment, sit, if possible, in a quiet space. If not, do

e stress-heart connection: As you journey through the labyrinth of life, the burdens of the world weigh heavy upon the heart, casting darkness upon the body and mind. It is no surprise that chronic stress and frustration can increase the risk of heart disease, heart attacks, and strokes. What to do? First is to recognize when you are experiencing stress. How to

recognize when you are stressed? Everyone is di erent; becoming easily agitated, frustrated and moody. Feeling overwhelmed, as if you are losing control or need to take control. Having a tough time relaxing and quieting the mind. You feel hurried, worried and have no time to complete everything on your list and your mind is constantly racing. You experience insomnia, feeling bad about yourself, you start to shut down and the list continues. All these experiences can be considered stress. As you learn to become more aware of how your body and mind experiences stress, you can make the time to decompress the stress within the body and help the heart get back to a normal rhythm. Here are ways that work:

beat of your heart. Do this for a few minutes. You should feel a shift as the heart begins to slow down. is will calm down the body and restore your natural heart rhythm with your breathing.

Listen to music: Music is e ective for relaxation and stress management. It helps slow the heart rate, reduce blood pressure, and lowers levels of cortisol, the stress hormone. Favorites from YouTube: “Angels of Venice, A Moment of Peace Meditation” by Aneal & Brad eld, “Weightless” by Marconi Union and anything with 639HZ which will calm your heart and release all worries.

Harnessing positive emotions

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

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Activate self-love

Practice daily acts of kindness and generosity towards yourself. It only takes a moment to change your emotional state. What can you do today to make your heart smile? Some ideas; name one blessing about your body. Now, give it some love, acknowledge the blessing of your hands, feet, eyes, and ears, or whatever body part you have picked for the day.

In the stillness of your heart, you will nd the wisdom to navigate life’s challenges with courage and condence, drawing upon the wellspring of healing, love and light that resides within. Honor the beauty of YOU and stand tall in the radiant wonder of who YOU are and embrace your emotions as messengers of truth and transformation for prevention, greater balance, heart health and peace!

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

On Jan. 30, the City of Arvada purchased the building at 4600 West 60th Avenue for $3,050,000 as a new location for the Community Table food bank. Community Table currently leases the city building at 8555 West 57th Ave., in the heart of Arvada, and one block from the RTD 52 bus route. e new building is located 700 feet from the Arvada city limits in the tiny portion of the city in Adams County. e new location is a tenminute walk from the RTD Gold Strike Station, although the RTD G

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Marjean Esther Werner

June 6, 1945 - February 10, 2024

Marjean Esther Werner, beloved wife, mother, sister, aunt and friend, died on Saturday February 10th, 2024 at the age of 78.

Marjean leaves behind her husband, Maynard; children Cassandra (Mark) and Eric, as well as stepson Ben (Jordan) and grandson Pierce; sisters Rojean (Paul) and Darlene (Joe); brothers Duane (Linda), Bill (Marj), and Charlie (Bonnie); sisters-

in-law Roslyn and Miriam (Dick); brother-in-law Ron; many beloved nieces and nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews, great-great nieces and nephews; and many, many valued and loved friends.

Donations in Marjean’s honor can be made to Girls Inc. (https://www.girlsincdenver. org/) or e Malala Fund (https://malala. org/).

line is primarily for commuters to Denver and the RTD 51 bus route only goes up and down Sheridan Boulevard.

My wife is a long-time Community Table volunteer and has observed that it is quite hard to tell their clients from the volunteers. eir clients are just regular citizens fallen on hard times. It is quite apparent that the City would like to keep hungry Arvadans as far away from the rest of the city’s citizens as possible, regardless of how inconvenient that may be.

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Littleton-area fashion designer starts unique skiwear business

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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

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

Becoming a fashion designer

She started the process by attending a fashion design school at Parsons School of Design in New York City. “I studied product design because I wanted to make camping gear or backpacks and tents,” Tedstrom said.

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

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

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

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

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A skiwear line is born

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hopes for the future

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The power of orcas at DMNS

Ocean life is endlessly fascinating to so many people, even in a completely landlocked state like Colorado. e animals are just so iconic — sharks, dolphins, sea turtles… the list goes on and on. But for many, the quintessential animal is the orca (or killer whale).

e Denver Museum of Nature & Science’s, 2001 Colorado Blvd., latest exhibition, “Orcas: Our Shared Future,” delves deep into the cultural history of humans’ relationship with the animals and just how intelligent and complex they are.

Developed by the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria, BC, in partnership with Museums Partner, an exhibition design rm specializing in traveling exhibits, the interactive exhibit opens on Friday, March 15.

We conducted an email interview with the museum’s Chris Patrello, Curator of Anthropology, and Julie Peterson, experience developer, about what makes these animals so special, what visitors can expect and more.

Interview edited for brevity and clarity.

Why are so many people fascinated by orcas?

Orcas are powerful, intelligent, and elusive marine mammals that have become ubiquitous in popular culture over the last 60 years. ey thrive

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in an ecosystem that is completely di erent from ours, and are apex predators. For many people, including millennials who grew up with “Free Willy” and SeaWorld commercials, orcas have been part of their childhood.

Even for older generations, who came of age during the era of live capture for marine parks, many people – especially in the United States and Canada – have been surrounded by larger-than-life stories about orcas.

ey inspire a sense of wonder as evocative marine mammals and as enduring cultural symbols.

What will visitors get to see in the exhibit?

Visitors will see scienti c specimens, artworks, and pop culture ephemera that demonstrate our complex and multidimensional relationship with orcas.

e exhibit approaches these issues from multiple perspectives, providing visitors with a deeper understanding of orca mammalogy and the social relationships that bond groups of orcas together. Likewise, the exhibit also highlights the diverse ways

in which Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast articulate their relationships with orcas and their importance to ongoing and vibrant social practices that have existed since time immemorial.

e exhibit also examines the history of orca captivity and the consequences of the marine park industry on orca populations, and closes with a section on orca advocacy and conservation, which will empower visitors to consider how we can collectively support habitat protection.

What do you hope visitors come away with?

By coming to know the story of orcas, we hope visitors are inspired to care about the health of the world’s oceans. e exhibit clearly shows that we as humans are deeply connected to orcas and the environment, no matter where we come from. We also hope that visitors come away with a deeper understanding of and appreciation for the art of Indigenous peoples of North America’s Northwest Coast, as there are truly beautiful examples throughout the entire exhibition. Visitors will also see the similarities between orca cultures and human cultures, reinforcing the importance of respecting and protecting these powerful creatures.

For tickets and more information, visit www.dmns.org.

Akropolis Reed Quintet Visits LCC

For a di erent take to reed instruments than you’ve likely ever heard before, you don’t want to miss the Akropolis Reed Quintet, which will be coming to the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 15.

Founded in 2009, the group has charted on Billboard and have won numerous national prizes, according to provided information. eir performance will include the regional premiere of “A Soulful Nexus” by Los Angeles based composer, conductor and musician Derrick Skye, and the music by Ravel and Gershwin.

Tickets and information can be found at Lakewood.org/LCCPresents.

A New Take on Sherlock Holmes Inspects Northglenn

Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes is one of the world’s most beloved ctional characters. Holmes is getting a di erent take in Phamaly eatre Company’s production of “Miss Holmes.”  e show is coming to the Parsons eatre, 1 E. Memorial Parkway in Northglenn, from ursday, March 21 through ursday, April 7.

Clarke Reader

Thu 3/21

Jacob Westfall: Sofar Sounds Broadway! Address TBD day of! @ 7pm

Broadway Smoke Shop, 108 S Broadway, Denver

Rainbow Girls

@ 8pm

Cervantes Other Side, 2637 Wel‐ton Street, Denver

Lee Fields @ 8pm

Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom, 2637 Welton St, Denver

Fri 3/22

Riddim University: Spring Break

2024

@ 7pm / $15

Kulture Music Hall, Denver

LCC and Performance Now Theatre Company presents The Music Man

@ 7:30pm / $25

Mar 22nd - Apr 7th

Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 South Alli‐son Parkway, Lakewood. tickets@lake wood.org, 303-987-7845

Jay_Martin

@ 8pm

Goosetown Tavern (w/ Rocky Burning), Denver

Sat 3/23

Sora: KAYZO Presents: Unleashed

XL

@ 7pm

Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop St,, Denver

dot @ 8pm Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St, Denver

Sun 3/24

TLooP Artist @ 11am Broadway Roxy, 554 S Broadway, Denver

Lord Nelson @ 2pm

Goosetown Station, 514 9th St, Golden

Deva Yoder: Seth Beamer @ 4pm Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St, Denver

Steve Kimock: All You Need Is Love @ 7:30pm

Mon 3/25

A Killer's Confession with special guests Mike's Dead @ 6pm / $17

Moon Room at Summit, 1902 Blake Street, Denver

Mike's Dead @ 6pm

Summit Music Hall, 1902 Blake St, Denver

Midwife @ 7pm

Squirm Gallery, 3553 Brighton Blvd, Den‐ver

body/negative @ 7pm

Squirm Gallery, 3553 Brighton Blvd, Den‐ver

Tue 3/26

Mark Masters Comedy: Carmen Lynch headlines LoDo Comedy Show - early, English language show @ 6:30pm

The Black Buzzard, 1624 Market St, Den‐ver

North By North @ 8pm

Skylark Lounge, 140 S Broadway, Denver

Wed 3/27

Jenny Shawhan @ 4pm

Harry's at Magnolia Hotel Denver, 818 17th St, Denver

Black Belt Eagle Scout @ 7pm

Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St, Den‐ver

Ryan Caraveo @ 8pm

Paramount Theatre, 1621 Glen‐arm Place, Denver

Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom, 2637 Welton St, Denver

Offset - Set It Off Tour @ 7pm / $55.50-$75.50

Fillmore Auditorium (Denver), 1510 Clarkson, Denver

Sarah and the Sundays @ 7pm / $20

Marquis, 2009 Larimer St, Denver

Offset @ 8pm

Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St, Denver

The Spirituals Project revitalizes African American traditions

Through community choir, educational outreach, University of Denver group preserves the teachings of the musical practice

BY MERYL PHAIR

SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

During concert performances of e Spirituals Project, director and choir conductor M. Roger Holland II invites the audience to sing in unison with the choral members –their voices melding together in a collective sonic experience.  e audience is also invited to learn about “spirituals,” melodies

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In the same way the choir keeps the music of spirituals alive through song, the teachings of the musical practice pulse through the choir community through its commitment to social justice and education.

“ e messages and lessons of the music are acted out almost automatically in the way the choir members relate to each other,” said Dr. Arthur C. Jones, e Spiritu-

als Project founder and a professor emeritus of music, culture and psychology at Lamont. “It’s almost a microcosm of the kind of coming together that could happen outside in the community because we have people that come from di erent backgrounds, educational levels, racial backgrounds and political perspectives.”

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e Spirituals Project choir hosts about 10 performances a year, the majority happening o the DU campus in the community at churches, retirement homes and public community venues like public libraries and parks. e choir is open to anyone who can commit to the practice and performance schedule, and everyone is encouraged to audition. While there is no requirement for formal music or vocal training, participants need to understand the mission of e Spirituals Project as it is an essential part of the choir’s purpose, said Holland.

Preserving the cultural heritage of spirituals is to preserve the power these songs have in uplifting individuals and communities during times of crisis, inspiring and instilling hope. Spirituals became integral to the survival of enslaved Africans in America

by helping them form community and by serving as a tool for freedom ghting. Holland explains that spirituals served as a mechanism for strategizing and communicating through encoded messages.

“In a state where the oppressor dehumanized slaves, this music helped to a rm their humanity, encouraged them when they were discouraged, and contributed to their belief in freedom,” said Holland.

Jones said there is still misunderstanding about the music form, particularly con ating spirituals and gos-

“A lot of people in the Black community are almost ashamed of the music because they think these were slaves passively sitting around thinking about going to heaven,” he said. “ is music has a long tradition of bringing people together in healing wounds – psychological, spiritual and emotional.”

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In 1993, Jones published the book, “Wade In e Water: e Wisdom of the Spirituals,” which explores the tradition of values associated with spirituals. Now in its third edition, published in 2023, the most recent installment includes discussion about why the music resonates with so many people today.

“Given all of the factions happening in our country right now, spirituals are a resource that facilitates people coming together and celebrating our shared humanity,” said Jones.

Since its start, e Spirituals Project has evolved organically with a focus on education and community building as a constant focal point. e project was pre-dated by a series of solo concerts, lectures and workshops by Jones. One of the earliest programs took place at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science in February 1991 for Black History Month, at the invitation of the museum’s community outreach coordinator.  Eventually, more local concerts were organized and Jones began to receive invitations to host solo lectures and concert programs all over the United States. As interest in the work grew, Jones formed e Spirituals Project in 1998 as a local organization that would initially serve as the fundraising arm for a proposed documentary lm, and the community choir was established in a more formal capacity to serve as ambassadors for the project’s mission. e project operated fully through volunteers between 1998 and 2003 until its rst executive director was hired. Due to Jones’ connection with DU, the

group had an o ce on campus and would perform annually at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts, while still operating as an independent nonpro t.

With an incredible response from the community, including the 2008 documentary, “I Can Tell the World” by lmmakers Larry Bograd and Coleen Hubbard, and receiving a 2010 Denver Mayor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, e Spirituals Project was ofcially incorporated into DU’s Lamont School of Music in 2016. A national search for the rst Lamont faculty director of e Spirituals Project was launched, and that brought Holland to head the program. Today, DU students can participate in the choir for credit, and sta and faculty members have also been closely involved through the years.

In addition to the choir, the educational focus of the project has led to the creation of tri-annual programming, rotating through a symposium, a choral festival and a national conference, where guest speakers are invited to speak on a particular facet of spirituals.

“It’s nothing I would have predicted (that) would have happened to me professionally, and it’s such a privilege to still be able to do this,” said Jones, who still sings in the choir. “ is legacy has an in nite future because now it’s institutionalized.”

e Spirituals Project will be performing a few concerts this spring that take place across the Denver metro area. Details on the upcoming concerts and tickets can be found on e Spirituals Project website. To learn more about e Spirituals Project, visit https://liberalarts.du.edu/lamont/ spirituals-project.

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You and a guest are invited to join us at our next Free Lunch &

Thursday, March 21 12:00 p.m.

The Old Spaghetti Factory 9145 Sheridan Blvd. Westminster, CO

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e show follows Miss Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Dorothy Watson must uncover the truth on a pattern of sinister murders in London. According to provided information, the adaptation “reexamines the world of Holmes and Watson through a feminist lens as they attempt to navigate a society that simply will not accept their brilliance.”

Get tickets at www.northglennarts. org.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Madi Diaz at the Bluebird Theater Pennsylvania’s Madi Diaz makes

the kind of alt-country that can pull on the heart string at one moment and then make you laugh with her wry approach to the world in the next. Her career has taken her all over the map, from the bars and dives of Nashville to playing guitar in Harry Styles’ touring band. is February she released her best album yet, “Weird Faith.”

In support of the album, Diaz will be performing at the Bluebird eater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave. in Denver, at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19. She’ll be joined by singer/songwriter Daniel Nunnelee. Get tickets at www. ticketmaster.com.

Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@hotmail. com.

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In 2017, a documentary crew ew to the Metlakatla Indian Community in southeast Alaska, the only remaining native reservation in the state, to capture everyday life.

at basically means two things: the shing season, and the quest to end a 34-year drought without a high school basketball state championship.

e lm, titled, “Alaskan Nets,” released in 2021, pairs these cultural forces that make up the identity of the town. rough tragedy and triumph, the movie covers generations of Metlakatlan shermen and ball players as the viewer joins the 2017-18 boys team week by week.

On a whim, I watched the documentary one weekend.

“With shing not going good, the only thing you really look forward to is basketball,” Metlakatla former star player D.J. King said in the lm. “It just gives people hope.”

I’m a stranger from 3,000 miles away (that’s a 62-hour drive from Denver, no stops). Still, I couldn’t help but live and die by every possession for the team. All good sports documentaries nd a way to pull that o .

But this small Alaskan community, tightknit as it is, invites you in through the camera like a guest at dinner and doesn’t let go when the credits roll.

After about 40 minutes in, I spotted a Golden Demons shirt (as in Golden High School in Colorado, right down the road from my house). Metlakatla’s head coach was wearing it during practice.

So I reached out to the coach, Tony Scott, and he quickly responded.

Scott, originally from eastern Washington, has been at Metlakatla for 12 years now and is currently on sabbatical after the birth of his second child. Check out our conversation in the Q&A below.

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ball state title in 1984 as a 3A team

Activities Association restructured class quali cations, making Metlakatla, a school of 100 students, a 2A team

2017-2018 team en route to the school’s second state title in 2018 and its rst as a 2A school

get that Golden Demons shirt seen in the lm and what is the connection there?

en at home in our rst game of the season that year. We got it handed to us pretty good so they decided to leave it out of the lm (Golden, a 4A team, won 77-36) … I think it was mid-December, I was sitting in my o ce here doing my prep and the coach from Ketchikan (another town and high school in southeast Alaska) called me, who I’m good friends with. And he said, “I’ve got something for you that’s going to be really cool, but you’re probably not going to like the outcome of this.” I said OK, go ahead. He said, “So, Golden, Colorado agreed to play us but they thought it was a tournament when they agreed.” Golden had three openings on their schedule but Ketchikan only had two games to give them. “What if they came over ursday and you guys played them?” And this was less than a week away.

So Golden ew to Ketchikan and then ew and played us here in Metlakatla. ey had 15 kids travel, they had three or four kids over 6-foot-5, and the one kid (Adam istlewood) was like 6-foot-8, and he was good. Denitely the best player my kids had ever played against. It was a great experience, and de nitely made us better. Super nice coaching sta . e kids were great.

Golden and Metlakatla teams meet before tip-o at the southeast Alaskan school in late 2017.

Since “Alaskan Nets” was released, Metlakatla Head Coach Tony Scott got married and had two children. Here, he’s pictured in southeast Alaska with his wife, Ashley, daughter Emilia and baby Paxton.

Man gets jail time for gathering fake election signatures

BY OLIVIA PRENTZEL COLORADO SUN

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

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

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

Rimpel was one of six people

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

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

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

Investigators interviewed several people whose names appeared on signature petitions for Andersen who said they had never signed the petition, according to an arrest afdavit. Other signatures on the petition were from people who said they moved from Colorado before the petition was circulated.

Rimpel pleaded guilty to attempt-

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

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

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

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

I took them out and showed them the island. It was really cool … It was an early wake-up call for me because I thought going into the season that we would be really good. en (Golden) let us know that we’re not that good. It let the kids refocus and get back on track. I wouldn’t change it for anything.

CCM: What has Metlakatla taught you? What has the whole experience brought out of you?

Scott: That’s a great question I haven’t thought about a lot. The first thing I think of is that this community I think, it’s more a sense of belonging that I never thought I’d get. Like a family. You might not see that on the film. But I walk into the store, or I come back on my boat with some fish, and just anybody and everybody is so welcoming like you’re one of them. And so, I think the biggest thing is this is where I was meant to be. I’ve made the right decision. The people here welcomed me and it’s made it really hard to

ever leave. I figured this would be a two- or three-year stop and it’s already year 12. It’s been a pretty incredible journey, and the highlight is my first high school championship is going to be on film forever. I’m just pretty lucky.

For the full conversation, visit www.coloradocommunitymedia. com for more from Scott and unreleased photos from Golden’s trip to

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Golden’s Adam Thistlewood (31) was the best player Metlakatla’s players had faced up to 2017, Head Coach Tony Scott said. Thistlewood went on to play for both Colorado State University and the Colorado School of Mines. COURTESY

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Politicians on both sides of the aisles are also polarized on nearly

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“You’re not seeing a journalist at an event, and you are not seeing a journalist at your city hall. e only time you see a journalist is when they are coming in, parachuting into a big news event,” Shapley said. “ at will continue to build that antitrust narrative.”

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YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the Counterclaim filed in this action. You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after such service of this summons is made upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the date of the last publication. A copy of the Counterclaim and Complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Counterclaim in writing within the 35 days after the date of the last publication, the Court may enter judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Counterclaim without further notice.

This is an action to quiet the title of the Plaintiff

and Defendants in and to the real property situated in Jefferson County, Colorado, more particularly described on Exhibit A, attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof.

Exhibit A

All that portion of the Northeast One-Quarter of the Southwest One-Quarter of said Section 3 lying north and west of Hubbel’s Range View subdivision, as recorded in Plat Book 62, page 56, AND lying north and east of the Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way, EXCEPTING therefrom any portion lying with West 68th Avenue right of way.

Dated this 31st day of January, 2024.

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First Publication: February 15, 2024

Last Publication: March 14, 2024

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