The Lost Creek Guide July 01, 2020

Volume 13 • Edition 13

July 1, 2020

Serving rural Adams, Morgan, and Weld Counties

“Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains taken to bring it to light” George Washington “If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of every American to be informed” Thomas Jefferson

Farm & Home, a Full Service Hardware & Supply Company, in Hudson has Formal Grand Opening Celebration, with Customers, Friends and Family We would like to thank the American Legion, Mayor Laura Hargis, and the community for coming out and supporting the Flag Raising ceremony and the Grand Opening at Farm and Home Lumber. The new owners Alfredo and Jolene the store manager Mike sends out a huge appreciation and thanks for all of those that made the day a great success. This Grand Opening is the start of something big for Farm and Home Lumber and the community we together can make this new adventure not only fun but rewarding by helping each other.

We can come together and help with all projects large or small. Farm and Home is going to carry a more diverse wood selection in terms of length’s and other hardware items, we have been in touch with all of our vendors asking for ways to improve our selection and the yard guys are working hard to find room to store it so you the customer will have more selection of the length of material we will carry. Jolene has been in contact with vendors like Makita, Milwaukee and DeWalt so we can offer a more variety of power tools. Alfredo with his expertise of roofing has been in contact with all his suppliers and we are working on having the best showroom around for all roofing materials. So be patience as you see the new Farm and Home Lumber unfold new items and variety, but we are not changing what we, we will always have the best customer service you have always expected.

Some of the new upcoming things is larger power tool selection, adding sliders to the shelving units so we can offer a bigger selection. We are increasing out quantity on hand every week when we see a need. Roofing materials will be available from the basic roof system to the most complex, we are looking for ideas from the community on what you would like to see us carry.

We cannot carry everything because we just do not have the space, but we would still like to hear from you on how we can make your Farm and Home Lumber stop a better place to shop. Some things have changed, we are now offering a 10% discount to all active military and veterans, we are offering wall space to those artist’s in the community who want to show off their arts/ crafts at no cost to the artist.

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WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE:

Page 2: Way of the World Page 2: How did Fireworks Tradition Start Page 3: Death of Car Ownership Page 4: Amercan’s Passion for Their Flag Page 5: CSU 2020 Virtual Wheat Field Days Page 9: Colorado Counties Plead for Compliance Page 10: Corona Virus Will Add 500,000 to Medicaid Roles Page 12: Police Accountability Bill Page 13: Summer Travel Down 18% Page 14: As Drivers Return, so Does Danger

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– Way of the World –

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by Bob Grand The June 2020 primary election is over, almost. On the State level, John Hickenlooper beat challenger Andrew Romanoff by about 60% to 40%. Hickenlooper will be challenging Cory Gardner for the US Senate race in November. In Weld County, a change in the air. In the 1830’s Alexis Tocqueville wrote Democracy in America, regarded as one of the best books on American democracy. Tocqueville had many observations but one in particular is worth referencing. He was impressed looking at the manner in which the majority ruled. He noted that at that time the lowest levels of government, majority ruled because there was active participation of the citizens. Today Tocqueville might observe there is too much majority rule of the minority because of the lack of participation. The participation that Tocqueville admired then, is nowhere near as prevalent today. The parties are ruled by almost independent forces, which select the candidates. Andrew Romanoff ran against the establishment candidate, John Hickenlooper. The outside money from New York Senator Chuck Schumer helped Hickenlooper win. Does that represent the wishes of the people of Colorado? Yes Hickenlooper won the vote but how did he win? That is a question voters should be asking.

This past week has shown a disrespect for the law that seems to have become the in thing. Defund the police, and. by god, everything will be better. You have to ask your self where are the brains of these people? Nothing wrong with peaceful demonstrations, we are America and that is a well-accepted American tradition. What is not fine is elected officials who pander to extreme groups and forget what their oath of office said. The death in Minneapolis was wrong and that officer should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. That does not justify violent rioting and looting. The odd thing that you have to ask yourself is that in most American cities the Democratic party has been long established as the in-charge party for many years. What have they accomplished? Listening to the mob, it is not very much. Other than being obsessed with being anti President Donald Trump what does the Democratic Party stand for? You might ask where was the concern about COVID 19 spreading with all these mass gatherings of people? Cannot do that, too politically incorrect.

There is a group that started in New York called. #walk away, which asks Democrats to walk away from the Democratic party as the Democratic Party has abandoned them and their core beliefs. You have to ask how dogmatic the Nancy Pelosi controlled House of Representatives have become? Have they no mind of their own. Jason Crowe ran on the idea of being his own man. How has he voted, in lock step with Pelosi? Andrew Romanoff had the audacity to challenge the Chuck Schumer’s handpicked candidate, John Hickenlooper. Does the Democratic Party in Colorado represent the people of Colorado or is it just a mouthpiece for the Pelosi/Schumer run machine? The people of Colorado deserve better.

COVID 19 is still with us. Of the uptick in new cases almost 50% are of young people under 30. They are not dying but the disregard for the guidelines of social distancing will result in a continuation of business restrictions. As this continues the number of overall bankruptcies will continue to grow and a number of businesses will be shutting their doors. Johnson & Wales, the culinary school, announced they will be closing of their Denver and Miami campuses. This is an indication that the service businesses, i.e., restaurants and other travel related businesses will be seeing continually increased pressure. The nature of our historical business model is changing. That change will have a long-lasting effect on entry level job creation. The impact of online ordering is decimating the retail business, coupled with reduced consumer spending, the road we are on is not a good one. The stock market is recovering but you have to ask on what substance?

There seems to be a thought process to gamble. The Hertz stock issue to raise working capital, clearly stated that the stock may have no value, is a speculators dream. The question is where is this all headed?

Where is the national leadership from the Congress? The Democrats do not like the President. But does that give them right to ignore their job and not work on solving the issues that face the country. I appreciate the frustration of people of George Floyd murder in Minneapolis, but the last few weeks have been about Black Lives Matter. What happened to the illegal immigration issues? Politicians who are clearly opportunists are embarrassing themselves and their party. Unfortunately there are way too many pf them.

When will we hold our elected officials, in both parties at the local, county, state and national to do their jobs? The jobs they took an oath to do. Americans need to wake up.

The world is a complicated place. The economic crisis will continue and there will be fallout. Sometimes leaders do things to distract attention from their fundamental failures. Voters in big cities should ask the people in charge of their politics for decades what have they done to effect change. The answer might not be to their liking at all. The elected officials, based on what they have done and created, are a big part of the problem, not part of the solution. It is like turning on the lights in a tenement. When the light comes on the bugs scurry about.

We are in interesting times. We need to focus on electing people who can get the job done. Unfortunately, the kind of leadership we need has not been overflowing from the cup of currently elected officials.

We had better wake up if we want to leave our children and their children a country they can thrive in and be proud of.

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How did the Fireworks Tradition Get Started?

BY SARAH PRUITT, HISTORY.COM It’s hard to imagine Independence Day without fireworks. But how did this tradition get started?

As it turns out, setting off mini-explosions of all shapes and colors (but particularly red, white and blue) on July 4 goes back almost as far as American independence itself.

Fireworks have a long and colorful history, but the story of how they became ubiquitous on July 4 dates to the summer of 1776, during the first months of the Revolutionary War. On July 1, delegates of the Continental Congress were in Philadelphia, debating over whether the 13 original colonies should declare their independence from Britain’s Parliament as well as King George III himself.

That night, news arrived that British ships had sailed into New York Harbor, posing an immediate threat to the Continental troops commanded by George Washington. On July 2, delegates from 12 colonies voted in favor of independence (New York would follow suit on July 9) and the motion carried. On July 3, even as Congress revised a draft of the declaration composed by Thomas Jefferson, an excited John Adams took up his pen to write to his wife, Abigail.

“The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America,” Adams wrote. “I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival…It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.”

Adams was off by a couple of days.

On July 4, after making a total of 86 (mostly small) changes to Jefferson’s draft, Congress officially adopted the Declaration of Independence, though most of the delegates didn’t even sign the document until August 2. Some impromptu celebrations greeted the declaration’s first public readings on July 8, in front of local militia troops in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, but the first organized celebration of Independence Day would take place in Philadelphia on July 4, 1777.

“Yesterday the 4th of July, being the anniversary of the Independence of the United States of America, was celebrated in this city with demonstrations of joy and festivity,” reported the Pennsylvania Evening Post on July 5, 1777. “About noon all the armed ships and gallies in the river were drawn up before the city, dressed in the gayest manner, with the colors of the United States and streamers displayed.”

After each ship’s cannon fired a 13-gun salute (in honor of the 13 colonies), the festivities continued, including an elegant dinner, a military demonstration and a performance by a Hessian band. “The evening was closed with the ringing of bells,” the Evening Post reported, “and at night there was a grand exhibition of fireworks (which began and concluded with thirteen rockets) on the Commons, and the city was beautifully illuminated.”

Did you know? Adams lived to see exactly 50 years of American independence. On July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of Congress’ adoption of the Declaration of Independence, he died at his home in Quincy, Massachusetts, just five hours after Jefferson’s death in Virginia.

Adams’s hometown of Boston saw its own fireworks display that July 4th, as Colonel Thomas Crafts of the Sons of Liberty took the opportunity to set off fireworks and shells over Boston Common. In the years to come, various cities continued the tradition of celebrating independence, holding picnics, parades, speeches and fireworks displays for the occasion, though Boston was the first to designate July 4 an official holiday (in 1783).

By the time Independence Day celebrations really took off after the War of 1812 (another conflict pitting the United States against Britain), fireworks were even more widely available. They would become an increasingly important part of the festivities in the years to come, as public safety concerns caused cannon and gunfire to be gradually phased out of celebrations.

In 1870, Congress established Independence Day as an official holiday. By 1898, a reporter would note that “the American Fourth of July is the greatest event the maker of firecrackers knows,” historian James Heintze recorded in The Fourth of July Encyclopedia.

As every July 4 brings numerous fireworksrelated accidents, some causing injuries and even deaths, many cities and states would pass bans on different types of pyrotechnics; Adams’s native Massachusetts, for example, now bans all consumer fireworks. Despite these safety concerns, Americans spend somewhere around $1 billion on fireworks each July 4, allowing for a nationwide celebration of independence John Adams would surely have appreciated.

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The Death Of Car Ownership: The Trillion Dollar Trend Upending The Auto Industry

By Andy Cohen - Jun 22, 2020, 6:00 PM CDT There’s a brand-new $30 trillion megatrend that is taking Wall Street by storm and impacting almost every aspect of our lives.

From Jeff Bezos› $10-billion commitment to a Global Earth Fund to BlackRock, we›re now seeing major ESG assets under management.

Canada’s Silicon Valley has a new star, and it’s ready to upend the auto industry as we know it With combined market caps of some $70 billion, Uber and Lyft are severely disrupting the giant auto industry. But their business models are broken, and the giant disruptors may about to be disrupted themselves.

That $70 billion for Uber and Lyft is the same as the top three American automakers-GM, Ford and Chrysler--combined.

Now, a startup that launched in late 2019 in Canada is looking to challenge them.

Facedrive (TSXV:FD,OTC:FDVRF) is leading the evolution of shared mobility, and it’s got the new business model to lure in big capital that’s tired of the big competitors’ cash burn, bad press and endless unprofitability.

It’s sharp, sleek, ultra-high-tech, eco-friendly and it does three things that no ride-sharing company has ever done: It is the first to offer EVs and hybrids, and to plant trees to offset its carbon footprint.

It brings cities and communities on as stakeholders, rather than defying them, and treats its drivers as people who deserve living wages.

It views shared mobility as much more than a ride and has launched multiple revenue streams that take advantage of the rider relationship.

And now, it’s going global after a series of smart acquisitions and new service launches that have positioned it to be a key challenger to the shared mobility throne.

It’s hard to argue with the $30-billion-plus megatrend of sustainable investing that says disruption is in order.

Here are 5 Reasons to keep a close eye on Facedrive right now: #1 Facedrive Has What Big Capital Wants There’s a reason BlackRock is blowing Wall Street out of the water right now--sustainable investing.

ESG (environmental, social and governance) investing isn’t just a fad anymore--it’s minting millionaires and billionaires. It›s in high demand, and it›s pressuring companies to make major changes. It›s the ethical squeeze of the century.

From Jeff Bezos› $10-billion commitment to a Global Earth Fund to BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, we›re now seeing major ESG assets under management. BlackRock will increase its ESG assets from $90 billion to $1 trillion within a decade.

And word on the street is that BlackRock has now replaced Goldman Sachs to become the most important banking company in the world. BlackRock is all about technology, and all about mitigating risk through sustainable companies.

That’s exactly what Facedrive is all about, too.

And it fixes things that are wrong with giants Uber and Lyft in the high-tech, sharedmobility world that has lifted BlackRock to “4th branch of government” status.

Ride-sharing has been anything BUT sustainable. It’s having a hugely negative impact on the environment, with estimates that the average ride-hail results in nearly 70% more pollution than whatever transportation it displaced. That’s hardly the choice for eco-conscious Millennials.

Facedrive’s next-gen ride-sharing is the first to offer customers a choice for every ride; whether they want an EV, a hybrid, or a conventional car. Then it offsets CO2 by planting trees along the way.

The Canadian startup has positioned itself to help solve ride-sharing’s environmental problem by changing its footprint, —and aims to do so without sacrificing profit, which Uber may never even make anyway.

Although Facedrive offers competitive journey fares, riders do not pay a premium for CO2 emissions offsetting while drivers do not lose any of their fares to pay for the green initiative.

Facedrive’s green strategy is simple yet highly effective and cheaper than fancier solutions being adopted by some so-called big companies.

Globally each year, plants remove about 25% of the carbon emissions produced by human activities such as burning fossil fuels while a similar amount ends up in the oceans. So, Facedrive is getting back to Mother Nature--and millennials and investors are loving it.

That puts Facedrive squarely in the middle of two megatrends: The disruption of the predicted to be $8 trillion transportation service industry and the shift of big money into sustainable investing, which already topped $30 billion in 2018.

Carbon-neutral ride-sharing ticks every box with the new kings of Wall Street. #2 On the Front Lines of COVID A few weeks ago, as global COVID-19 deaths topped 355,000, Facedrive had rolled out top-notch coronavirus tracking tech --and then landed a major contract immediately.

The Labourers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA) announced it would adopt Facedrive’s TraceSCAN digital COVID-19 contract-tracing app to protect the health and safety of its 130,000 members and their families in Canada.

That’s a huge boost for a brand new, high-tech app developed in a joint initiative by Facedrive Health and the University of Waterloo.

The TraceSCAN app and wearables provide contact tracing to help mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

Using Bluetooth technology, TraceSCAN alerts users with a notification if they have come in contact with an individual who has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.

The next logical step here for Facedrive is to market to other unions and councils—and possibly even the Canadian government—to jump on the TraceSCAN bandwagon. #3 Revenue from Multiple Angles But this is about short term and long term … and now that we’ve seen the tech Facedrive can develop, watch it also capture the explosive food delivery industry by applying its new business model to absolutely every rider-relationship revenue stream it can think of.

Facedrive (TSXV:FD,OTC:FDVRF) isn’t just challenging Uber in the ride-sharing space. It’s now challenging it in the food delivery space, as well.

And it’s going for full-on involvement.

Kicking off its aggressive expansion drive in the food delivery segment, Facedrive entered into a binding term sheet to acquire the assets of Foodora Canada, a subsidiary of the $20-billion multinational food delivery service Delivery Hero, which operates in over 40 countries and services more than 500,000 restaurants.

Facedrive’s acquisition of the Foodora Canada food delivery business will give it hundreds of thousands of customer names and over 5,500 new restaurant partners for just a part of the high-tech mobility company’s revenue-generating ecosystem.

Worth $24 billion already in 2018 and set to top $98 billion by 2027, the global food

delivery market is now officially at war. And it’s a war even more ferocious than streaming.

The stakes have never been higher for the delivery industry, whose giants are burning cash like crazy and still unsure they will ever turn a profit.

The name of the game now for some is consolidation--at any price.

But this war is ripe for a new alliance to disrupt a fast growing industry that is now hated on multiple fronts, with restaurants held prisoner to delivery bullies, prompting some city authorities to step in to cap commissions.

While Uber is prepared to pay a premium for the Grubhub--the delivery service with the biggest US market share--Facedrive the new face of “sharing”, is cutting a food delivery acquisition deal for what looks like pennies on the dollar.

The winner of this war will be the new sharing business model that defies the out-ofcontrol cash burn, broadens the revenue potential and wins the hearts and minds of every stakeholder in the chain, including drivers and restaurants.

Globally, only Delivery Hero comes out of this heroically--among the giants. That company even refers to itself as the “United Nations of food delivery”. That’s because it spans 28 brands in over 40 countries. And it makes restaurants happy instead of gouging them.

Delivery Hero’s success is all about the marketing, which everyone else is getting wrong, according to Forbes. It’s been summed up by Delivery Hero CMO Mats Diedrichsen like this: The ‘Big Picture” is to turn “brand interest into brand love” with a marketing approach that goes “beyond audience segmentation to drive deep emotional connection.”

And for Canada, Facedrive wants to be that emotional connection.

This new acquisition should give Facedrive a huge revenue boost, challenging struggling competitors such as Uber Eats and Skip The Dishes.

Overnight, Facedrive is set to position itself into the top echelon of Canadian food delivery services. Then targeting global expansion.

Plus a line-up of other revenue-generators in its brilliant ecosystem …

That includes Facedrive Health, a comprehensive health initiative timed for rapid deployment to the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. Facedrive Healthcare includes everything from discounted rides for healthcare workers and specialized vehicles for anyone with additional needs, to contactless delivery of essential over-the-counter medicines and medical supplies, including high-tech management of automatic refills.

There’s nothing that shared mobility can’t touch, if it’s got the right branding ... #4 Branding: Mighty Merch With Celebrity Appeal Shared mobility isn’t just about hitching a ride. Facedrive is trying to make it an entire lifestyle megatrend. That’s what the giants just don’t get. It’s about convenience, connecting, and community. That’s what it’s about because that’s what Millennials want, and they are the driving force of money behind all of this.

Uber’s brand is associated with … bad press, mostly. The service everyone loves to hate and hates to love because there hasn’t been much choice.

Branding is everything, and that’s where Facedrive is armed to the hilt in this war for positive branding.

Facedrive is associated with the community, with benefits for all stakeholders, with sustainability … with lifestyle.

Its motto is “people and planet first”, and it has attracted some huge names, including Will Smith.

The Facedrive brand is aiming to become a household name. Will Smith’s Bel Air Athletics clothing brand is betting that Facedrive is the ride of the future. That’s why he’s cobranding an entire line of exclusive clothing with Facedrive.

It’s also why WestBrook Inc., the company he shares with his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, is partnering with this ride-share startup that is now expanding globally to challenge Uber for the throne.

Even better: Bel-Air Athletics is green and in line with Facedrive principles as the goal is to ensure by next year that all clothing materials are 100% sustainably sourced.

Over 1,000 new products co-branded by Bel Air and Facedrive have launched on the Facedrive marketplace website and the demand has been great #5 The New Silicon Valley Facedrive, is one of the biggest things to emerge from Ontario’s ‘Technology Triangle’, also called “Waterloo”. It’s not only Canada’s answer to Silicon Valley, but it’s also fast growing as a startup tech hub.

And Sayan Navaratnam is the Canadian billionaire mastermind behind it all. He caught on to the megatrend of sustainable investing years ago. Already in 2016, he saw where Uber and Lyft were going to fail, and where big money was going to run.

“We’re all about grabbing onto the biggest trends in tech before they’re mega-trends.

So that takes us back to 2016, when we first came up with the idea. Whenever a major new trend emerges, it’s the job of the truly innovative to step back and say ‘OK, this is an explosively great idea - so what’s wrong with it?’ When you figure that out, and you’ve got the right network and the right people behind you, you can jump in on one of the biggest trends and disrupt a massive market at exactly the right time,” Navaratnam told us earlier this year.

Facedrive launched in Q3 2019, and already we’re looking at explosive news flow and a string of smart acquisitions--all leading to global expansion plans.

The deal timeline has been so fast-paced that’s it’s hard to keep up: First, in April, it acquired HiRide--another ‘Technology Triangle’ innovator that came out of Ontario’s version of “Shark Tank”, “Dragon’s Den”, giving Facedrive access to the entire user base of a unique long-distance car-pooling solution for students and professionals. For its expansion plans, that gives Facedrive the first mile, last mile and … long mile.

Over the next two months, without missing a beat, it launched a string of new revenuegenerating services from Facedrive Foods and Facedrive Health to COVID-19 TraceScan, and even its own exclusive line of Bel-Air clothing co-branded with Will Smith.

Then in early May, it landed a deal with the North American labor union to use TraceScan …

Days later, it announced plans to acquire Foodora Canada from Delivery Hero in a deal that solidifies the launch of Facedrive Foods … with a bang.

Launched Marketplace with Westbrook What we have here is a company that is working to monetize every angle of its high-tech sharing experience right out of the blocks--all without butting heads with regulators or making enemies out of local officials.

What we have is a potential challenger to the shared mobility throne, in more ways than one. It’s exactly the sustainability that Big Money is looking for --and while some may be sleeping while Facedrive prepares for global expansion, others are very awake.

Other companies capitalizing on new market trends: Cont. on Page 16. See The Death of Car Ownership

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Americans’ Passion for Their Flag is Unique

Michael Alison Chandler, The Washington Post While Navy pilot Michael Christian was being held in the infamous prison complex known as the Hanoi Hilton after he was shot down over North Vietnam in 1967, he made a small American flag by sewing some ragged bits of red and white cloth inside his blue prison garb.

Every day, Christian would hang his shirt on the wall and he and his cellmates, including future Sen. John McCain, would pledge allegiance to the makeshift flag. When guards finally discovered it, they beat Christian. Back in his cell, while recovering from serious injuries, Christian began making a replacement flag with his original bamboo needle.

“This is a man who literally put his life on the line” for the flag, said Marc Leepson, a Middleburg, Va., author who served in Vietnam around the same time as Christian and who has thought about that act often. “After all, it’s cloth. It’s a piece of cloth. But obviously it’s much more than a piece of cloth. That got me thinking, `What more is behind this?”’

Those thoughts led him to write the recently published “Flag: An American Biography,” which explores the evolution in the culture and meaning of the Stars and Stripes and which includes an account of Christian’s flagmaking.

The book traces the life story of the flag, from its creation in 1777 -- not at the hands of Betsy Ross -- to its emergence as a popular symbol of patriotism during the Civil War, its burning by protesters during the Vietnam War and its use as a symbol of a united nation at war against terrorism after Sept. 11, 2001.

“Americans have a unique and special feeling for our flag,” Leepson wrote. “And that’s putting it mildly. ... No country in the world can match the intensity of the American citizenry’s attachment to the 50-star, 13-stripe Stars and Stripes, which is as familiar an icon as any that has existed in the nation’s history.”

Nowhere else, Leepson said, do people display their flag as often, as passionately and as ubiquitously as do Americans, especially on the 4th of July -- when it flies from front porches and its image appears on everything from bikinis and bandannas to paper plates.

Leepson and flag scholars say the flag is an important and accessible unifying symbol for a country of immigrants with no common religion, monarchy, race or mythology.

While Mexicans adorn household shrines and handbags with the Virgin of Guadalupe and Britons raise their glasses to the queen, Americans revere and display their flag.

Only Americans pledge allegiance to their flag. The national anthem is a hymn of praise to the flag. There is an official U.S. Flag Code. And a Flag Day, June 14.

Visitors to this country are sometimes “amazed to see so many U.S. flags flying,” said Joyce Doody, executive director of the National Flag Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Pittsburgh that promotes patriotism and respect for the flag. In some countries, she said, “it’s more a symbol of the government, not the people.”

Whitney Smith, director of the Flag Research Center in Winchester, Mass., and author of 26 books about flags, agreed. He said that when considering the degree to which countries are attached to their flags, it helps to try to answer one key question: Who owns the flag, the people or the government?

“There is a spectrum,” said Smith, between authoritarian regimes where the government tells people when and how to use the flag, and the United States, where people feel free to use it all kinds of ways. The lines of distinction are blurred, he said, even in this country.

Particularly during times of war, there have been laws governing how people should use the flag. During World War I, Congress made it illegal to manufacture, sell or advertise goods decorated with the flag, and several states outlawed defacing or defiling the flag, the book says. A constitutional amendment that would give Congress the power to ban flag burning was approved by the House of Representatives this month and for the first time stands a chance of passing the Senate, congressional leaders have said, after which it would be sent to the states for ratification. The House has passed the measure four times before. In the United States, the mass appeal of the flag is rooted in the struggle not to become a nation but to remain one, Leepson said.

“Before the Civil War, it was almost unheard of for individuals to fly the flag,” Leepson said. It was flown mainly over federal facilities, military forts, and ships and commercial vessels. In his research, Leepson looked at newspaper accounts after the fall of Ft. Sumter to Confederate forces, the first engagement of the Civil War. “It almost read like what happened after September 11,” he said. The next day, “the flag was in front of every house and store. People put [flags] in their hats and on their horses.”

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ELAINE L. HALLIGAN-SHELTON is Celebrating 100 Years on Her Birthday, July 15, 2020.

Elaine raised her family of three girls with Ray Shelton, her husband of 70 years, on an irrigated farm in Kiowa Creek located 9 miles east of Prospect Valley. Elaine and Ray later moved to Brighton and Elaine worked for Fitsimmons Army Medical Center. Elaine graduated Wiggins High School in 1938 and sold Avon products door to door for over 60 years. Elaine loves receiving cards, so while she can’t have a party due to the COVID virus, her family thanks everyone who can send a card or personal note to: Elaine Shelton, GARDENS AT QUAIL, 6447 Quail St. Room 205, Arvada Co 80004.

Calls may be made to Anne Rumley, her daughter, at 303-425-4362.

CSU 2020 Virtual Wheat Field Days

Wilma Trujillo New realities require new action and we are excited to bring you the next best thing to in-field wheat field days. Dr. Jerry Johnson, a seasoned veteran of crop variety testing, leads off with a short introduction before our nationally renowned CSU wheat breeder, Dr. Scott Haley, set to retire in December, discusses the pros and cons of the varieties in each of two dryland locations and one irrigated trial. Brad Erker, Executive Director of Colorado Wheat highlights progress made in wheat breeding due to uniqueness of farmer support of CWAC and CWRF. Rick Novak, director of CSU seed programs brings us up to date on wheat seed issues. The virtual experience makes it possible for CSU experts on weed science, entomology, and pathology to showcase their strong wheat research and extension activities. Seed companies have contributed informative, short clips on each of their varieties they have entered for testing in the CSU trials. The virtual field days videos are posted on the CSU Extension YouTube channel as the CSU Wheat Field Days playlist at https://bit.ly/3fDV7YF and links to the videos are also provided on our Crops Testing website at www.csucrops.com.

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Lieutenant Governor’s Double-Dip Salary Left Untouched in House Version of Budget Bill

By Sherrie Peif DENVER – While more than 500,000 unemployment claims have been filed and Colorado lawmakers are working to cut $3.3 billion from the state’s budget, that didn’t stop Lieutenant Governor Dianne Primavera’s double-dipping salary from making it out of the House of Representatives for approval to continue another year.

With the passage of the long bill by the House on Wednesday, the Senate will get its turn at amendments to the bill that includes massive cuts to higher education and K-12 education, among other things.

But a position Gov. Jared Polis created for Primavera in January 2019, just days after being sworn in, with a generous salary and benefits over and above her regular lieutenant governor pay package, remains intact, and it appears Primavera may continue collecting double pay for a job run mostly by the people who work under her.

Lt. Gov. Primavera It was the third executive order Polis signed, creating the Office of Saving People Money (OSPM), and naming Primavera its executive director. The office is charged with studying and addressing the rising cost of health care in Colorado. Polis called it a priority in his efforts to change health care policy in Colorado.

Those changes thus far include a reinsurance program, which Democrats passed last year, and legal importing of prescriptions from Canada, also passed last year. A public health insurance option was on track to pass this year, but with the economy largely shut down over reaction to coronavirus, it was pulled when legislators went back to work last week.

“The Office of Saving People Money will form the beating heart of our efforts to reduce patient costs for hospital stays and expenses, improve price transparency, lower the price of prescription drugs, and make health insurance more affordable,” said Polis said during his State of the Union address in 2019.

Republican legislators have referred to OSPM as an advisory office for Democrats policy development.

The role of lieutenant governor has been debated for years, with many arguing with little responsibility, it’s not a necessary expense for the state and even suggesting it be eliminated, including former three-term Democrat Gov. Dick Lamm and former Republican Lt. Gov. Ted Strickland.

Most recently, the debate came up when Former Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia stepped down in 2015 to take on the role as president of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.

Now Republicans are crying foul that the lieutenant governor is being paid two salaries and benefit packages for no real increase in time spent on the job, especially during a time when every penny counts in the state budget.

Republicans in the House introduced an amendment to the budget that would have cut Primavera’s salary. It was killed

by Democrats. Republicans in the Senate are also expected to introduce an amendment to make some change to the office.

Senate President Leroy Garcia did not return requests for comment.

Complete Colorado filed an open records request with Primavera’s office to get a better idea on what she does in both roles — and perhaps more important — how much time per week Primavera spends on two titles that earn her $168,000 a year in base salary and another $44,500 in benefits.

Under the state Constitution, the lieutenant governor’s job is to act in the absence of the governor. State Statute outlines the job as the liaison between the state and the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs.

In this role, Primavera earns a base salary of $7,780 per month along with about $360 a month in dental, health, life and disability benefits. She earns another near $1,600 a month in Public Employee Retirement Account (PERA) benefits.

According to her calendar since August of 2019, in addition to regular meetings with Tribal leaders, Primavera spends much of her time traveling the state, as well as on a long-distance trip to Australia representing Colorado on various health care and educational issues.

Time spent in her role as director of the Office of Saving People Money, however, was not as easy to define, and identifying her duties was a bit more complicated. Entries in her calendar are sometimes vague and unclear if she is acting in her role as lieutenant governor or director of OSPM. She is also double-booked many times. Therefore, Complete Colorado not only considered specific OSPM entries as time spent on that role, but also any time that was spent on anything with a connection to any health issue. In the cases of double-booking, it was assumed she was acting as director of OSPM. Sen. John Cooke With all those considerations, Primavera only spends, on average, 22 hours a month in her role as director of OSPM, where she makes a base salary of $6,210.29 per month, about $290 in dental, health, life and disability benefits and $1,262 in PERA benefits. The office also has two employees and a total budget of $230,000.

Primavera’s office did not return request for comment.

Sen. John Cooke, R-Greeley said the office is shameful. He questioned how active she really is considering there are two others actually running the office.

“It’s a ridiculous title,” Cooke said. “Her job is lieutenant governor. He gave that to her so she could make more money.

We should cut it back. I don’t care if it’s only $100,000 of the $3.3 billion we have to cut. People are losing their jobs. Every little bit helps.”

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Jaxon Dudley Qualifies for Youth World Finals Bullriding

By Madison Richmann Keenesburg local, and upcoming 3rd grader at Cardinal Community Academy, Jaxon Dudley has qualified for the Youth World Finals Bullriding down in Abilene Texas, August 4th through the 8th.

Last year was Dudley’s first year riding mini bulls, and he won all around jr mini bull riding at “The Foot of the Cross” ministries located in Wiggins, Colorado. Jaxon is looking for sponsors to help him out with the cost of entry fees and other expenses when he travels to Abilene this summer. If you would be interested in sponsoring Jaxon, contact his mom, Sam Dudley at smdudley05@gmail.com. We wish Jaxon Dudley the best of luck as he competes against some of the worlds toughest youth during the Youth World Finals Bullriding this summer.

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July 1, 2020

By GLAD Club

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Patterned Ways

I shall walk in my father’s steps, Not because it is easy, But because I like the deep marks He always makes.

They are easy to follow, Whether I trudge behind him in the snow, Through high grasses, along the dunes, O follow him through his ploughed furrows.

When I was small, I had to stretch My legs to match his stride.

Sometimes I failed, But always I tried.

He shows no signs, Nor has he ever shown a sign He is aware of this my following; He sets his patterned mark for me, And filled with pride, I bravely follow him.

Now, having grown a bit, I tread behind With ease. Occasionally, (Unless I watch myself).

I walk with even longer stride And overreach his tracks.

Making new ones of my own.

God grant that I shall mark A patterned way.

As clear for my own son.

Roy Z. Kemp It is officially summer. We can continue to have warm sunny days. Although the evening do cool down after the sun sets. The evening are long making time for summer fun.

Smile a little: Large Red cow- A man’s car stalled on a country road. When he got out to fix it. A cow came along and stopped beside. “Your trouble is probably in the carburetor,” said the cow. Startled, the man jumped back and ran down the road until he met a farmer. Het old the farmer his story. “Was it a larger red cow with brown spots, right?” asked the farmer. “Yes, Yes,” the man replied. “Oh! I wouldn’t listen to Bessie,” said the farmer. “She doesn’t know anything about cars.”

Community news: Many family honored their fathers with family gathering. Some enjoy trips to the hills, some enjoyed the local parks and many celebrated at home. There was one report of a group enjoying a canoe trip down the South Platte. The water level was just right. A big thanks to all the fathers for their love and care!

You should have received in the mail your ballot for the primary election by mail. If you did not received one call the Morgan County Clerk and Recorder office, 970-542-3521.

Your ballot must be received at the office by 7 p.m. on June 30 You may mail your ballet or place it in the drop box at the Administration Office, 231 Ensign.

It time to return your Census information! It is important that every household return the information.

Church Chat: The St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church will celebrate Mass on Sunday morning at 7:00 a.m. Pastor Reverend Erik Vigil Reyes and Parochial Vicar Reverend Francis Saleth, HGN will share the services. Confession will be celebrated before mass.

Sunday mass is again being celebrated on Sundays, of course there is social distancing.

Weldon Valley Presbyterian Church in Goodrich has Christian education and worship at 10 a.m.

Contact information for Pastor Denise Shannon is 720-271-6733 or pastordeniseshannon@gmail.com.

Worship service returns 10:00 a.m. each Sunday. All are welcome, remember your mask. A few more were in attendance on Sunday.

Pastor Denise will be hosting Children’s Story and Craft every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. starting June 24th on Facebook Live. This will be in place of Vacation Bible School which will not be held at the church. Plan to join the fun.

PW Bible Study will met on Thursday, at 1:30 at the church. The study will be number three, “A Living Sacrifice” by Andrew Wommack’s book “Find, Follow, fulfill God’s Will”.

School Scoop: No activities at the school. The building and grounds are being prepared for the new school year.

4-H News: Members are working on their projects for this 4-H year. Plans are in the works for the County Fair, with a different schedule.

What’s cookin’: June is Dairy Month- many delicious drink can be made with milk.

One fun summer or anytime drink is: Orange Cow- 2 cups milk, 2 cups vanilla ice cream, 1 - 6 ounce can concentrated orange juice. Place all ingredients into to blender and mix thoroughly. Serve in a tall glass. A great treat any time. Enjoy!

First facts: 1803-The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for 60 million francs. The equivalent of about $15 million.

Weldon Valley History: Orchard School-The first school in Orchard area was made of sod. It was built in 1884 (used as a private residence at first, two rooms being used as a school in 1886) on the B.B. Putnam ranch west of Orchard (later known as the Marvin Etchison place). The first teacher was Clyde Ward, then Jennie Pitman and Nellie Putnam.

In 1888 and 1889, Ada A. Pitnam was the teacher.

This school closed in 1890 and four wooden building were constructed and place through the district to be used as schools.

Calendar of Events: Everyone is getting back in the swing of getting out about. Both churches are back on schedule with service each Sunday morning. Thursday, June 25, 1:30, PW Bible Study. Tuesday, June 30, 7 a.m.- 7 p.m., Colorado State Primary election, return ball to the office of the Morgan County Clerk and Recorder.

Thought for the Day: “Correction does much, but encouragement doer more.”

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Wyatt Wilcox-June 22, 2020 Meeting The Wagoneers 4-H Club met on Monday, June 22, 2020 via Zoom.

Unfinished Business Discussed Pinewood Derby Cars- The club has not scheduled a date for the pinewood derby car race yet but encourages members to keep working on their cars.

Mardi Gras- The theme for this year’s Mardi Gras is Wild West. It has been scheduled for Saturday, November 21, from 3-9 PM. Club members are encouraged to think of basket ideas for the silent auction in the coming months.

E-Records- Club members are encouraged to start working on their e-records early.

They can be found at www.colorado4h.org.

Weld County Fair Book- The WCF fair book is only available online, however copies of specific sections can be made upon request.

WCF Facebook Page- The WCF also has a Facebook page which club members can read for up to date information on the fair.

Missed Demonstrations- The club voted that demonstrations that have not been completed will be put up on website and club Facebook page.

Livestock Exhibitors- All animal entries will also need the exhibitor to fill out and turn in the W-9 form and IAFE form by July 10.

New Business Discussed Informed Consent Forms- WCF participants need to fill out and turn in the Informed Consent Form to be able to participate in any face to face events.

Weld County Fair Entries- The entry deadline for the WCF fair is July 10. Late entries will be accepted July 13-17 by 5 PM but will result in a late fee of $5 per class. The steps are in the June 4-H newsletter. Entries can be submitted at https://weld.fairwire.com/.

Interview Judging and Project Checkout WCF- The WCF’s interview judging will happen on Monday, July 27, 2020, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM. Only the exhibitor is allowed in the interview. Home EC project interviews will be hosted in the Exhibition Building. You can schedule yours through the online scheduler on the fair website. Project checkout is loosely set for Sunday, August 2.

Weld County Fair Livestock Sale- The WCF Livestock sale is on an online platform; exhibitors are asked to provide pictures of their animals that are eligible for sale by July 15.

Three pictures maximum, submit to weldjrsale@gmail.com. .JPG or .PDF format. Last name -first name-species.

Livestock Record Books- Completed livestock record books are due to the extension office September 11 by 5 PM. Southeast Weld County Fair Update- The SWCF will be from August 11-15. Entries can start being submitted July 1-, on the new website being designed. A waiver must be turned in at the start of the fair. It is looking like there will neither be a rodeo, nor a parade. The fair will mainly focus on the 4-H participants. The barbecue is on hold for now. The rabbit show this year has been cancelled due to RHDV2.

Colorado State Fair Updates- The Market Shows & Sale, FFA Heifer Wrangle, and NWSS Catch-A-Calf are the only shows that will take place this year.

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Mark Lawley Appointed Deputy Director of The Department of Public Health and Environment

WELD COUNTY, CO — The Weld County Board of Commissioners is proud to announce Mark Lawley as the newly appointed Deputy Director of the Department of Public Health and Environment. Lawley, who has Master’s Degrees in both Public Administration and in Leadership, will manage the dayto-day supervisory operations of the department, while the emergency response to COVID-19 will continue to fall under the Emergency Operations Center, which includes Health Department staff.

“We are confident in Mark’s experience and leadership,” said Commissioner Chair Mike Freeman. “He will help ensure a smooth transition for employees as they continue work on the emergency response as well as begin incorporating familiar tasks such as restaurant inspections and public health clinic hours.

“Lawley’s experience with the county is lengthy and will serve him well in this new position,” said Freeman.

Lawley, who has been serving as the interim deputy director for the past month, was formerly the CEO and Fire Chief for the Mountain View Fire Protection District from 1981-2017. He also served on the Northern Colorado Medical Center Board as well as the Weld County Planning Commission.

“As everyone looks at what the next few months will bring with regard to duties and staff, Mark will help ensure that while staff working with the Emergency Operations Center continue to have the resources to respond proactively to the health emergency, the rest of the health department staff will be prepared to handle regular business duties in the department,” said Freeman.

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Colorado Counties Plead for Compliance as Coronavirus Cases Rise Among Younger People Across the State The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment says over the last 25 days, people under 30 accounted for about 40% of the state’s COVID-19 cases

by Jesse Paul, The Colorado Sun Public health departments across Colorado are warning of a dangerous trend: COVID-19 is spreading among young people.

In Boulder, the virus was spread at a number of large gatherings on University Hill. In Eagle County, infections increased after teens hung out in the glitzy Roaring Fork Valley.

In Telluride, one get-together exposed as many as 36 young people to the disease.

“A young person is most likely not going to get very ill from COVID-19, although some do,” said Chana Goussetis, a spokeswoman for Boulder County Public Health, which has tracked 181 infections among University of Colorado students. “But the risk is really when they are going to work, when they’re going to the grocery store or they’re walking on the sidewalk and they stop to talk to somebody. Those are the times that the virus can be transmitted to somebody who is older and at more risk of having serious consequences.”

The number of new coronavirus cases in Colorado may have generally slowed even as the state eases restrictions on people’s movement after months of demanding that they stay at home.

Dr. Rachel Herlihy, Colorado’s state epidemiologist, speaks to But those who are now reporters at the governor’s mansion in downtown Denver on getting the disease have Monday, April 20, 2020. (Jesse Paul, The Colorado Sun) tended to be under 30 and are possibly to blame for a slight uptick in cases reported last week.

“We have seen a modest increase in cases among younger Coloradans over the last few weeks,” said Ian Dickson, a spokesman for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

Over the past 25 days, people under 30 accounted for about 40% of Colorado’s coronavirus cases, according to CDPHE. For the 25 days before that, it was about 31%.

The median age of people with confirmed coronavirus infections is hovering at about 32. In March and into mid-April, that median was about 50.

“This increase could be due to a number of factors, so we can’t attribute it to any one thing,” Dickson said. “Testing has become more widely available, so more young people — including people with mild or no symptoms — are getting tested. That alone could account for the increase. It’s also possible that older Coloradans are following public health advice and exercising more caution, reducing their share of the cases.”

The risk of having more young people becoming infected is that they may not realize they have caught coronavirus. Dr. Rachel Herlihy, Colorado’s state epidemiologist, says that while about 40% of those infected may be asymptomatic, that rate is above 50% for younger people.

“Younger individuals are more likely to have asymptomatic infection,” she said at a news conference Wednesday. “I think that reinforces the need for those gatherings (among young people) to be small and for precautions to be taken.” https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=908976816287303 Gov. Jared Polis said the upcoming July 4 weekend will be an especially important time to stay vigilant. If younger Coloradans aren’t careful, they could be putting not only the general public at risk, but also their loved ones.

“We don’t live in generational isolation,” he said. “People have aunts and uncles and parents and older friends and colleagues.”

In Boulder, a spike in coronavirus cases has been blamed on partying CU students.

Goussetis said the majority of the 181 students who have tested positive since June 5 contracted the disease at “large social gatherings.”

And Goussetis says she gets it. It’s tough to stay away from friends during the pandemic. But the reality is parties amid coronavirus are a public health agency’s worst nightmare. A positive test among one attendee can mean hours of tracing work, not to mention the economic impacts of people having to stay away from work because they are sick or in quarantine.

In a worst case scenario, someone may die because of the disease’s spread.

“It hurts all of us,” Goussetis said.

Officials in Boulder have been so alarmed by the increase in cases that they enacted new restrictions on gatherings to prevent further spread and announced plans for stricter enforcement of the state’s 10-person gathering limit.

Additionally, 12 houses — including some belonging to fraternities — have been identified as “chronic violators” of the city’s restrictions. If they continue flout restrictions, the city says it could revoke rental licenses, forcing tenants to vacate the properties.

“We will not allow the lives of our community-at-large to be further jeopardized by poor choices made by a few,” Boulder City Manager Jane Brautigam said in a written statement.

The good news is that young people in Boulder appear to be heeding the warnings.

While the county hit a record-high 45 new cases on June 17, on Tuesday there were just three new cases.

In Telluride, a 17-year-old tested positive for COVID-19 after going to a party with roughly three-dozen teenagers on June 12, prompting health officials to issue a letter warning parents about the potential exposure of their children and asking them to talk to their kids about how to prevent the disease’s spread.

“We realize that teenagers are social beings and this pandemic is cramping their style,” Dr. Sharon Grundy, San Miguel County’s medical officer, and Grace Franklin, the county’s public health director, said in the letter.

In the following days, the county announced that a 16-year-old and three 19-year-olds were among seven new positive cases, though not necessarily related to the party.

In Eagle County, public health officials have identified a cluster of 11 new cases among teenagers. The cases are tied to private social gatherings in the Roaring Fork Valley, they say.

County officials initially said some of the infected teens have been unwilling to self-iso-

late or share information with health investigators that could be used to slow the spread of the virus.

“This is not about personal risk tolerance, this is about making decisions that help protect the community,” Heath Harmon, director of Eagle County Public Health and Environment, said in a statement.

After a few days of increased attention caused by the new cases, however, contact tracing has been easier for Eagle County officials, as the elevated profile of the cluster has made sick individuals more willing to help.

“We don’t want anyone to feel stigmatized for catching highly infectious disease,” Eagle County spokeswoman Kris Widlak said.

“This is a pandemic.

We just need the help afterward.”

But even with the willingness of individuals to aid in contact tracing, it is inherently difficult to keep track of all the individuals young people come in contact with. Teenagers are more likely to Telluride, Colorado, as seen from above. have come in contact (Jesse Paul, The Colorado Sun) with a higher number of people, Widlak said. Furthermore, younger people are more likely to exhibit milder symptoms and not realize they are sick.

“The nature of being young means a lot of time you’ve got more social contacts,” Widlak said.

The Denver-area, too, has seen poor behavior and a rise in infections among younger people.

“Certainly there’s been some of that. Denver has not been immune to that,” said Bob McDonald, executive director of the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment. “But we’ve addressed it quickly and continue to respond to those concerns when they come in.”

Ashley Richter, communicable disease epidemiology manager at Tri-County Health Department, which covers Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties, said that while they haven’t necessarily seen large gatherings causing outbreaks among young people, they are seeing increased infections among people under 30.

“Our data is showing a higher incidence of disease within individuals age 20 to 30,” she said. “We definitely are seeing individuals who are in that younger age group spreading to older individuals and spreading to each other.”

She added: “We’re not in the clear yet. I know the data is showing that for Colorado, cases are trending down. That does not mean that the cases are gone.”

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Coronavirus will add 500,000 People to Colorado’s Medicaid Rolls — with Major Consequences for the Health Care System

From hospital profits to insurance prices to policy debates, the pandemic has reshaped the debate about health care in Colorado

John Ingold, The Colorado Sun For years, lawmakers in Colorado have talked about fundamentally changing the state’s health care system. They’ve talked about creating more competition in the insurance industry or providing subsidies to make coverage more affordable. They’ve talked about tackling hospital prices and trimming profits.

And, now, after all that groundwork, the coronavirus pandemic has come along and flipped the table.

In the coming months, the state expects to add a half million people to its Medicaid rolls due to coronavirus-related job losses, bringing enrollment in the program to more than 1.8 million people. By December, nearly one out of every three Coloradans will be covered by Medicaid.

“This is unprecedented,” said Kim Bimestefer, the executive director of Colorado’s Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, which administers Medicaid in the state.

The surge is bigger than when Colorado expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act — when the Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center, a hospital in the HealthONE system in Denver. Photographed on Oct. 22, 2019. state added 400,000 people (John Ingold, The Colorado Sun) to the rolls over a 2-year period. It is larger than during any previous economic crisis. Combined with the roughly 14% of Coloradans who are on Medicare, it means that, for at least a brief period, nearly half of the state will be covered by a government-run health plan.

“It’s the biggest, fastest growth in Medicaid that we’ve seen in this state,” said Joe Hanel, a spokesman for the nonpartisan Colorado Health Institute. “And it’s a bigger step toward single payer than anything the state has contemplated through public policy.”

Part of the surge is expected to be short-lived. As a condition of receiving federal stimulus money, Colorado Medicaid officials aren’t allowed to disenroll anyone from the program until the official federal COVID-19 public health emergency declaration ends — expected sometime around the first of the year. When that happens, the state expects about 300,000 people who have since returned to work to drop off the Medicaid rolls, still leaving at least 200,000 added members in the program for months or years into the future.

And that long-term change will have wide-ranging impacts on the state’s health care system.

Here’s a look at some of them.

Hospital profits will take a hit Most of the people who are expected to join Colorado’s Medicaid ranks in the coming months are people who used to be covered by health insurance through their employers — until they lost their jobs in the coronavirus downturn. Because Medicaid pays less than private insurance, this massive “shift in payer mix,” to use the industry term, will result in a lot less money coming in.

When the Colorado Health Institute crunched the numbers, it estimated that hospitals can expect to see $500 million less in revenue over the next year.

Katherine Mulready, the Colorado Hospital Association’s chief strategy officer, said her organization’s own projections put the impact from increased Medicaid enrollment higher — around $700 million to $800 million less in revenue.

“That’s obviously a challenging financial fact of life right now, but we are immensely grateful that these people who are getting Medicaid can still access coverage,” she said. “That is a policy victory for the state of Colorado.

Overall, Mulready said hospitals expect to lose somewhere north of $4 billion in revenue this year, with much of those losses attributable to the 6-week total shutdown of elective surgical procedures and the ongoing wariness of patients worried about seeking care at a hospital during a deadly pandemic. Hospitals have also spent huge sums renovating entire floors or building wings to handle the tide of coronavirus patients.

The losses will be offset by about $1 billion in federal stimulus dollars. But Mulready said she does not expect any hospital in the state to see a profit from patient revenue this year. Whether a hospital makes any money at all, she said, may depend solely on the fortunes of their investment portfolios — which, for some bigger hospital systems, can be quite large.

In recent years, hospital profits in Colorado have exploded. One analysis found that Denverarea hospitals raked in more than $2 billion in profits in 2018.

“It’s a really different financial picture for hospitals right now,” Hanel said.

Hospitals will likely respond by raising prices Hospitals have long argued that Medicare and Medicaid don’t pay enough to cover the actual costs of care and that they need to compensate for those lower rates by charging higher prices to people with private insurance.

(Colorado officials have long argued that hospitals take this business model of “cost-shifting” too far. A report from Bimestefer’s department earlier this year argued that hospitals achieved higher profits by shifting billions of extra dollars in costs onto privately insured patients.)

Now, with hundreds of thousands of people moving onto Medicaid, Mulready said hospitals will likely cost-shift even more — meaning people with private health insurance will be charged higher prices.

“If you assume that hospitals break even, every single dollar they are losing on Medicaid, they will have to recoup from privately insured patients,” she said.

But, with fewer people left in the privately insured market to make up the deficit, there might be a limit to how much hospitals can raise prices, Hanel said.

“That business model, is that even valid anymore?” he asked.

Mulready said no one really has an answer to that question.

“I think COVID fundamentally changed all of the assumptions and all of the realities of hospital finances,” she said. “They will never look the same. Utilization will never look the same.

We don’t even know if (the) payer mix will look the same.”

Access to health care will become a much bigger issue When the Colorado Health Institute asked people last year whether they’d had trouble finding a medical provider who would take their insurance, Medicaid recipients responded the loudest. Around 20% of people on Medicaid said that had been a struggle — compared with just over 7% of people who had private insurance through an employer.

As more people join the Medicaid rolls, Hanel said the focus in the health care debate in Colorado may shift from affordability to access.

“The big question, to me, is that access-to-care question,” he said. “If people need care, are they going to be able to get it?”

Bimestefer said she is committed to making sure people on Medicaid are able to receive high-quality care. Her department has launched a new initiative bluntly called, “We’re Here for YOU, Colorado!” to help people apply for Medicaid and connect them with resources and to help set up medical providers to accept the coverage.

“The state is prepared,” she said on a call with reporters earlier this month. “We had more than a 10% increase in providers in the last year.”

But Mulready said there is something else the government — namely, the federal government — could do to improve access for Medicaid while also reducing the cost-shift to the privately insured: It could put more money into the programs.

“One of the stark realities is that it is really important for public entities to pay their fair share,” she said. “Medicaid cannot continue to pay at a loss. Medicare cannot continue to pay at a loss.”

Calls to reform the system will grow louder As Mulready’s proposal illustrates, there is an increasing sense in the world of health policy that the pandemic and all its impacts have strained the system beyond its limits. Something has to change.

Nationally, there’s been strengthened calls to create a universal, single-payer health care system. In Colorado, state Rep. Dylan Roberts said he fully intends next legislative session to bring back his plan for a version of a public health insurance option.

Roberts’ idea, which was backed by Gov. Jared Polis and legislative leaders, would have limited what hospitals could charge on services for people covered by the plan and then would have required certain insurance companies to offer the plan to consumers. The goal was to create affordable insurance that people could buy on their own — and that remains in place even if people lose their jobs.

“That shows me why the public option is needed now more than ever,” Roberts, D-Avon, said of the pandemic job losses. “We need a more affordable option that is not tied to somebody’s employment status.”

His bill this year cleared its first committee vote before being culled when legislative leaders sought to streamline for a pandemic-shortened session. Hospitals had vehemently opposed the plan — arguing it would be a huge hit to their finances. Roberts said he’s willing to revisit how the proposal is structured to address hospitals’ post-pandemic financial concerns, but he doesn’t foresee any major changes to it.

“We don’t want to do anything that would ever put our health care system in a worse-off place as we try to respond to this pandemic,” he said.

Changing the system may become harder But hospitals say any idea that cuts even deeper into their revenues is just not feasible anymore — which leads to one, final conclusion: If changing the system was hard before, it might be even harder now.

Insurance prices — despite massive efforts by Polis and his administration to drive them down — could be back on the rise. The state government has less money to implement big transformations. And hospitals may not have the fat profit margins that lawmakers previously targeted to pay for reform plans.

“Hospitals, just frankly, don’t have any more to give,” Mulready said. “There’s not anything more they can take, particularly as COVID is anticipated to be a prolonged crisis over a period of months and years.”

So where does Colorado’s health care system go from here? Hanel said it’s uncharted territory.

“It’s an unplanned experiment,” he said. “It’s going to be tough for everybody — hospitals, the state government, members of Medicaid, doctors. Just everybody is going to have a challenging year.”

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By GLAD Club

Weldon Valley News

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The Fourth of July The Fourth of July Is a day of memories, sacred and gay, A parade of the red, the white and blue, The ring of an old and cracked bell As we birthright of freedom review.

The Fourth of July Is a day of fun and barbecues, Of happy laughter of young and old, And picnics with steak and pink lemonade, And old men’s tales are told and retold.

The fourth of July Is a cherished day on history’s page, From Valley Forge to the Coral Sea; And the spirit of freedom has prevailed As men have carried the flag of the free.

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We had a nice rain which was welcomed by all. The sun remain bright and shinny for warm days. The day are beginning to shortest as we move through summer.

Smile a little: Dance-Rod: “I’m through with that girl.” Doug; “Oh, why?”

Rod: “She asked me if I danced,” Doug: “Well, what’s wrong with that?” Rod: “I was dancing with her when she asked me.”

Community news: I am American! My birthday certificate is the Declaration of Independence and I was born on July 4, 1776. I am a fabulous country of many things and many people. I am the United States of America. I have millions of living souls and the ghost of many who have courageously lived and died for me. The United States of America was conceived in freedom. May I always posses the integrity, moral courage and strength of keep myself unshackled, to remain a stronghold of freedom and the beacon of hope to all the oppressed throughout the world.

I am America!

It was an exciting weekend at the home of Gertie Chapin. Leianne and Carter Stinton were visiting from Sherwood, Oregon. They visited in Brush with Marilyn Stinton and toured the Riverside Dairy near Synder. They enjoyed a family gathering on Saturday evening. They ended their visit in Greeley with the Anthony Stinton Family before returning home.

Ryen Trim was honored on the occasion of his eighth birthday on Sunday hosted by his parents Missey and Nick Trim at their home near Last Chance. He enjoyed the company of many of his friends and special guests, his grandparents Vivianne and Rick Lorenzini.

Many in the Valley are enjoying the summer weather. Some have taken in boating and fishing at Jackson Lake. But, many continue to practice ‘social distancing’ and have not ventured far from home.

Church Chat: The St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church will celebrate Mass on Sunday morning at 7:00 a.m. Pastor Reverend Erik Vigil Reyes and Parochial Vicar Reverend Francis Saleth, HGN will share the services. Confession will be celebrated before mass.

Sunday mass is again being celebrated on Sundays, of course there is social distancing.

Weldon Valley Presbyterian Church in Goodrich has Christian education and worship at 10 a.m.

Contact information for Pastor Denise Shannon is 720-271-6733 or pastordeniseshannon@gmail.com.

Worship service returns 10:00 a.m. each Sunday. All are welcome, remember your mask.

Pastor Denise will be hosting Children’s Story and Craft every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. starting June 24th on Facebook Live. This will be in place of Vacation Bible School which will not be held at the church. Plan to join the fun.

School Scoop: No activities at the school. The building and grounds are being prepared for the new school year.

4-H News: Members are working on their projects for this 4-H year. Plans are in the works for the County Fair, with a different schedule.

What’s cookin’: Scalloped Rhubars-2 cups diced rhubarb, 3 cups dried bread cubes, 1 cube butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon red food coloring. Combine dried bread cubes and one cube of melted butter, mix well. Add diced rhubarb, sugar and food coloring, blend together well. Place in a 7 X 11X 2 greased baking dish. Add one tablespoon of water into each corner of pan. Bake 45 minutes at 325 degrees. This can served as a vegetable or it great for a dessert. Enjoy!

First facts: 1943-Army nurse Lieutenant Edith Greenwood became the first woman to receive the Soldier’s Medal for showing heroism during a fire at a military hospital in Yuma, Arizona.

Weldon Valley History: Orchard Times, June 8, 1933-”Laura Kennish has gone to Denver for a weekend visit with relatives. Her dad will sneak a rest during her absence.”

Calendar of Events: Saturday, July 4th, Happy Birthday, USA! 10:00 a.m., Brush Chamber of Commerce’s 4th of July parade, theme-“A Celebration of Brush”.

Thought for the Day: “No one suffers from dizziness by doing good turns.”

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Colorado’s Sweeping Police Accountability Bill Now Requires Officers to Face Imminent Threat Before Using Deadly Force

July 1, 2020

Another amendment added to Senate Bill 217 on Monday prohibits officers from using tear gas on protesters without warning. The measure now has bipartisan support.

Jesse Paul, The Colorado Sun Colorado Democrats’ sweeping police accountability bill won preliminary approval Monday in the state Senate after undergoing a number of changes, including the addition of a prohibition on the use of deadly force by officers unless they face an imminent threat.

Currently, officers may use deadly force if they reasonably fear for their lives or the lives of their colleagues — called the reasonable officer standard — and not necessarily if they are facing an imminent threat.

The imminent threat amendment brought by state Sen. Mike Foote, a Lafayette Democrat, aims to give officers’ subjective viewpoint less weight in the determination around whether deadly force was legally used. Instead, investigators will determine whether there was an imminent threat in what Foote hopes will be more objective.

“One of the main impediments to lowering the use of force and lowering the excessive use of force has been the reasonable officer standard,” said Foote, a former prosecutor.

“There will be a more legitimate possibility of prosecuting use of force cases under (this change).”

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The change was endorsed by Sen. Bob Gardner, a Colorado Springs Republican, who has been anxious about the breadth of the measure, Senate Bill 217.

The legislation passed by a voice vote and with bipartisan support after Senate Republicans initially opposed the bill. GOP lawmakers lauded policy on Monday, thanking Democrats for incorporating their proposed changes and nodding to the fact that some in law enforcement may still take issue with sections of the measure.

“When I first looked at the bill, I have to admit I was pretty upset,” said Sen. John Cooke, a Greeley Republican and Weld County’s former sheriff. “It looked to me like it was a revenge or punishment bill. As a matter of fact, that’s what I called it.”

But Cooke said that with the changes made in recent days, he is now on board. “I’m here to say I support the bill,” he said, adding that he believes law enforcement will also back the measure.

There was no opposition to the measure when the voice vote was called Monday.

Foote’s amendment also prohibits officers from using deadly physical force to apprehend a person who is suspected only of a minor or nonviolent offense. Law enforcement must also try to use nonviolent tactics before resorting to using force.

MORE: Read Sen. Mike Foote’s amendment.

The amendment dictates, as well, that officers must identify themselves as law enforcement and give a clear warning that force could be used, “with sufficient time for the warning to be observed,” before using deadly force on a suspect. Officers are exempt from the requirement if the warnings would place themselves or others at risk of death or injury.

Another amendment added to Senate Bill 217 on Monday prohibits officers from using tear gas on protesters without warning and from firing less-lethal projectiles indiscriminately at demonstrators’ heads, pelvises or backs.

That change comes after a federal judge on Friday ordered Denver police to temporarily cease using less-lethal force against peaceful protesters and stop using tear gas and pepper spray without warning. Judge R. Brooke Jackson also ordered officers not to fire less-lethal projectiles at demonstrators’ heads, pelvises or backs.

Senate Bill 217 must receive one more vote in the Senate before it can head to the Colorado House for further debate. The legislation comes amid 12 straight days of protests in Denver in response to the death of George Floyd last month at the hands of police officers in Minnesota.

The bill was introduced on Wednesday and is expected to pass before the end of the week. In a joint statement, the County Sheriffs of Colorado, the Colorado Fraternal Order of Police and the Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police said they are worried about the legislation.

“We took some steps forward today with changes in the Senate,” said the statement, issued on Monday afternoon. “Law enforcement still has some concerns, but we look forward to continuing to work with Democrat and Republican lawmakers to achieve the shared goals of increasing accountability and transparency while maintaining public safety.”

In total there were 12 amendments made to the measure on Monday. Other changes reduce the amount of data law enforcement must collect during interactions with the public and add privacy protections for people recorded by police body cameras when that footage is released.

One major alteration gives law enforcement agencies until 2023 to comply with a requirement in the measure that all police departments and sheriff’s offices outfit their officers with body cameras.

Senate Bill 217 also requires officers to intervene when their colleagues use inappropriate force, bans the use of chokeholds and opens up officers to be sued in their individual capacities when they act inappropriately.

Finally, the legislation makes it so that law enforcement cannot use deadly force to stop a person they suspect has used a weapon in a crime or is armed — called the “fleeing felon rule” — unless there is an imminent threat of the person using the weapon as part of their escape.

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Forecast: Summer Travel Down 18%

Overall travel volume falls, but the road trip reigns supreme.

DENVER (June 25, 2020) - Thought this would be the “summer without travel”? Think again: AAA forecasts Americans will take 700 million trips between July and September in its latest analysis of economic indicators and survey data. While that number is down nearly 15 percent from last year, marking the first decline in summer travel since 2009, the data indicate Americans are making travel plans – although they’re much different than in years past.

“When it comes to travel, two things are true: Folks want to get out and stretch their legs after months of “stay-at-home” orders, but they’re more cautious about travel than they’ve ever been,” said Skyler McKinley, director of public affairs for AAA Colorado. “For now, they’re setting aside extended vacations in favor of long weekend getaways – and they’re packing up the car to get there.”

All told, travelers will take 683 million car trips during the summer travel period – representing 97 percent of all summer travel. Year over year, car trips will decrease in total volume by just 3 percent. Air travel, meanwhile, will decline by about 74 percent over 2019, while rail, cruise ship, and bus travel will slide by 86 percent. The data strongly suggest that Americans view the automobile as their safest travel option, and that 2020 will be the summer of the road trip.

But for the pandemic, AAA would have projected a total of 857 million trips during the third quarter of 2020 in a 3.6 percent increase over last year. By this analysis, the pandemic wiped out nearly 150 million person-trips this summer. Interestingly, the share of travelers making plans 48 hours to 7 days prior to departure is significantly higher than normal, indicating that more people are deciding to “get up and go” at the last minute than in years past.

Denver Rising, Orlando Falls Travelers are increasingly interested in exploring America’s great wide open by automobile as prominent cities that typically draw large crowds fall down the list. Denver has climbed to the top-searched city destination among AAA travelers, while Orlando has fallen from number one to number eight.

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Denver, CO 2.

Las Vegas, NV 3.

Los Angeles, CA 4.

Seattle, WA 5.

Phoenix, AZ 6.

Portland, OR 7.

Myrtle Beach, SC 8.

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San Diego, CA 10.

Nashville, TN Travelers can plan out their travel in advance using AAA TripTik – which now includes comprehensive COVID-19 Travel Restriction mapping.

Road Trips & Traffic In collaboration with INRIX, AAA analyzed the top 20 metropolitan areas and all states to estimate where travelers may run into traffic when they travel. Here’s the good news: The top 20 metros will remain below typical summer-travel traffic congestion, although a number of states could expect to see traffic congestion rise to normal commuter levels – though they’ll still be well below the usual summer traffic patterns.

Per AAA’s forecast, traffic in Denver and across Colorado is unlikely to present sustained congestion, though travelers should expect some hot spots.

Gas Prices AAA expects the national average for a gallon of unleaded to average near $2.25 for the third quarter of 2020. That’s a 15 percent decline from the $2.66 average seen last summer, and the cheapest summer for filling up since 2016.

Colorado’s average sits at $2.41, down from $2.74 at this time last year. Motorists will pay a high of $2.88 in Vail and a low of $2.02 in Durango.

When at the pump, AAA recommends wearing disposable gloves or using a plastic sandwich bag to avoid touching the pump handle. When back in your car, be sure to clean your hands with sanitizer or wipes.

Know Before You Go No matter where you’re going or how you’re getting there, AAA recommends considering these points before you go: • Visit AAA’s COVID-19 Travel Restrictions Map at TripTik.AAA.com for the latest state and local travel restrictions.

• Check the CDC’s COVID-19 data tracker, municipal and state health departments and local news for updates on coronavirus cases and continue to do so while on the road.

• Pack face coverings, gloves and cleaning supplies - like disinfecting wipes, hand sanitizer - and a thermometer.

• Take all necessary travel documentation, including health insurance cards.

About the Forecast Because of the pandemic’s impacts on travel, AAA did not release Memorial or Independence Day travel forecasts. AAA’s Q3 projections are based on economic forecasting and research by IHS Markit, a London-based business information provider. For the purposes of this forecast, the summer travel period is defined as July 1 through September 30. In cooperation with AAA, IHS Markit developed a unique methodology to forecast actual domestic travel volumes, using macroeconomic drivers such as employment; output; household net worth; asset prices including stock indices; interest rates; housing market indicators and variables related to travel and tourism, including prices of gasoline, airline travel and hotel stays. The complete AAA/IHS Markit forecast is available here.

About AAA – The Auto Club Group AAA Colorado is a proud part of The Auto Club Group (ACG), the second-largest AAA club in North America with more than 14 million members across 14 U.S. states, the province of Quebec and two U.S. territories. ACG and its affiliates provide members with roadside assistance, insurance products, banking and financial services, travel offerings and more. ACG belongs to the national AAA federation with more than 60 million members in the United States and Canada. AAA’s mission is to protect and advance freedom of mobility and improve traffic safety. For more information, get the AAA Mobile app, visit AAA. com, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Learn more.

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Study: As Drivers Return, so Does Danger

July 1, 2020

Annual survey reveals that drivers engage in behaviors they know are risky DENVER (June 11, 2020) - As drivers take back to the roads in the wake of easing “stay-at-home” orders, they risk falling into the same driving habits that put them in danger before COVID-19 became a fact of life. That’s the takeaway from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety’s annual Traffic Safety Culture Index (TSCI), which revealed Americans continue to grapple with a serious “Do as I say, not as I do” problem behind the wheel.

“The pandemic has highlighted the extent to which individual decisions and behaviors can impact the health and safety of others,” said Skyler McKinley, director of public affairs for AAA Colorado. “As we return to the roads, staying mindful of that same ‘we’re all in this together’ sentiment will save lives, plain and simple.”

The TSCI, which was conducted before the pandemic hit, shows a sizable gap between what drivers consider dangerous and what they report doing themselves. It found that drivers perceive distracted, aggressive, and impaired driving as dangerous – even as they admit to engaging in at least one of the exact same behaviors in the 30 days before the survey. The numbers were even higher for those involved in a recent crash, indicating people don’t change their behavior even after it results in serious consequences.

• 50% of those involved in a recent crash admit to talking on a hand-held device while driving in the past month vs. 42% not involved in a crash.

• 43% of those involved in a recent crash admit to texting while driving in the past month vs. 27% not involved in a crash.

• 39% of those involved in a recent crash admit to running a red light in the past month vs. 30% not involved in a crash Behaviors & Perception | By the Numbers Percent who: Perceive as Dangerous | Have Done in the Last 30 Days Reading on a cell phone 94.3% | 38.6% Typing on a cell phone 96.2% | 29.3% Talking on a handheld cell phone 79.7% | 43.2% Driving 15 mph over the speed limit on a freeway 55.1% | 42.8% Driving 10 mph over the speed limit on a residential street 64% | 41.5% Driving through a red light 86% | 31% Driving while being so tired that they had a hard time keeping their eyes open 96.1% | 23.6% Driving after drinking enough alcohol to be over the legal limit 94% | 9.8% Driving within an hour after using marijuana 68.7% | 6.3% Driving while using potentially impairing prescription drugs 88.4% | 5.8% How to Stay Safe Luckily, it’s easy to keep you, your neighbors, and your loved ones safe on the road: • Out of sight, out of mind. Stow your smartphone, turn it to airplane mode, or activate call/text blocking features such as Apple’s Do Not Disturb mode.

• Slow down. Drivers tend to overestimate the time saved by speeding. You’d have to travel 100 miles to save roughly 5 minutes if you were traveling at 75mph in a 70mph zone. Speed kills. It’s not worth the cost.

• Stay alert. Take care of your health and get plenty of rest. Stop driving if you become sleepy. Fatigue impacts reaction time, judgment, and vision – causing people who are very tired to behave in similar ways to those who are drunk.

• Drive sober. If you consumer marijuana, alcohol, or use potentially impairing prescription medications, then don’t drive. And if you’re going to drive, don’t consume those substances. It’s that easy. If you are taking prescription medications, visit Roadwise

Rx to learn if they can impair driving.

• Watch for vulnerable road users. Biking and walking have soared in popularity this year. It’s the responsibility of every driver to watch and share the road safely with cyclists and pedestrians.

• Always wear your seatbelt.

The annual TSCI identifies attitudes and behaviors related to traffic safety. The survey data are from a sample of 2,714 licensed drivers ages 16 or older who reported driving in the 30 days before the survey, which was administered between Sept. 6 and Oct. 8, 2019.

The AAA Foundation issued its first TSCI in 2008, and the latest report is online: AAAFoundation.org About AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety: Established in 1947 by AAA, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety is a nonprofit, publicly funded, 501(c)(3) charitable research and educational organization. The AAA Foundation’s mission is to prevent traffic deaths and injuries by researching their causes and by educating the public about strategies to prevent crashes and reduce injuries when they do occur. This research develops educational materials for drivers, pedestrians, bicyclists and other road users.

About AAA – The Auto Club Group AAA Colorado is a proud part of The Auto Club Group (ACG), the second-largest AAA club in North America with more than 14 million members across 14 U.S. states, the province of Quebec and two U.S. territories. ACG and its affiliates provide members with roadside assistance, insurance products, banking and financial services, travel offerings and more. ACG belongs to the national AAA federation with more than 60 million members in the United States and Canada. AAA’s mission is to protect and advance freedom of mobility and improve traffic safety. For more information, get the AAA Mobile app, visit AAA.com, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Learn more.

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Cont. from Page 5 BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) BlackRock needs no introduction. It is the world’s largest global investment management corporation, with over $7.4 trillion in assets under management. With clients in over 100 different countries, it is the de facto leader in its field.

In 2017, BlackRock underwent a major shift in its investment strategy, prioritizing stocks with high ESG ratings. BlackRock’s focus on technology and sustainability has fueled the new trend in the marketplace, pushing even more investors to consciously consider where they put their money.

Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) Facebook, as one of the world’s largest technology companies, has completely changed the game.

It has taken a particularly innovative approach in creating a more sustainable future and has become an example for the entire industry. Its data centers are some of the most energy-efficient - and water-efficient - in the world.

And it’s only getting started. By the end of 2020, Facebook is aiming to have all of its data centers running on 100% renewable energy. Additionally, Facebook has committed to adding over 4.0 GW of renewable energy to the grid.

Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google is another tech giant going green. It is focused on raising the bar for smart use of the world’s resources. Like Facebook, Google is creating sustainable, energy-efficient data centers and workplaces. It is also leveraging artificial intelligence to develop more sustainable energy use.

Not only is Google changing the game in its own operations, it is also building a completely sustainable supply chain. And it isn’t stopping there. It is also working with its partner companies to help them go green!

TSLA (NASDAQ:TSLA) Tesla might just be one of the hottest stocks in the ESG space. As one of the world’s most innovative car manufacturers, it has single handedly made going green cool. Its slick design has become all the rage. You would have to go out of your way to not see a Tesla when walking around major cities like San Francisco and Hong Kong.

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Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Microsoft is going above and beyond in its emissions goals, aiming to be carbon neutral in the next ten years. A feat that will not be an easy task for such a massive technology corporation. Additionally, Microsoft is has also pioneered new solutions to aid other companies in curbing their emissions as well.

Microsoft has built hardware and software to help monitor and better understand the effect of different institutions have on the planet, gathering data to better figure out how companies and people can improve. The company is creating tools to better handle the b the world’s growing waste crisis.

Shopify Inc (TSX:SH) Shopify is a Canadian e-commerce company. More than 1,000,000 businesses rely on Shopify’s real-time e-commerce, including Tesla, Budweiser and Red Bull, among many others. Shopify makes purchasing goods and services easy for anyone – and in a time where convenience is king, Shopify surely has staying power.

In addition to its revolutionary approach on e-commerce, Shopify is also delving into blockchain technology, making it a promising pick for investors in sustainability.

Shaw Communications Inc (TSE:SJR.B) Shaw owns a ton of infrastructure throughout Canada and its cloud services and open-source projects look to address some of the biggest issues that its customers might face before the customers even face them. Shaw’s dominance in Canada’s telecom sector means that if any internet-based services want to operate, they’ll likely be utilizing the company’s infrastructure. After all, without telecoms, these TaaS companies would not be able to operate.

BCE Inc. (TSX:BCE) Like Shaw, BCE is a Canadian telecom giant. Founded in 1980, the company, formally The Bell Telephone Company of Canada is composed of three primary subsidiaries. Bell Wireless, Bell Wireline and Bell Media, however throughout its push into the position of one of Canada’s top telco groups, it has bought and sold a number of different firms.

BCE is also at the forefront of the Internet of Things movement in Canada. Its Machine to Machine solutions are being used by numerous businesses, including TaaS providers throughout North America and its new LTE-M network is sure to rapidly increase the adoption of these solutions.

Polaris Infrastructure (TSX:PIF) Polaris is a Toronto-based renewable energy giant with a global footprint. The company’s biggest projects are in Latin America. It’s Nicaragua geothermal project, for example, is already producing over 77 MW of renewable electricity. And in Peru, its El Carmen and 8 de Augusto power plants, is set to produce a combined 17MW of electricity in the near future.

Westport Fuel Systems (TSX:WPRT) Westport is a renewable energy provider for the transportation industry. it provides systems for less impactful fuels, such as natural gas. In North America alone, there are over 225,000 natural gas vehicles. But that shies in comparison to the global 22.5 million natural gas vehicles globally, which means the company still has a ton of room to grow!

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