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STAPLETON Mayor Benjamin Franklin Stapleton Photo Courtesy Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Dept. (Harry M. Rhoads, photographer)

Decades long fight over Stapleton name comes to an end Exclusive interview with Walker Stapleton

The old Stapleton Airport control tower remains in the neighborhood soon to be “formerly known as Stapleton” Photo courtesy of Brian LoBue

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BY JESSICA ROE

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tapleton.

It was the name of a Denver mayor who served five terms. It was the name of our state’s first commercial airport. It was the name of a neighborhood, a shopping and a dining district.

Until it wasn’t.

In an era where George

Floyd’s death in Minneapolis, at the hands of the police, brought the nation to a time sensitive evaluation of what-is-not-right and whatneeds-to-be-fixed, the name “Stapleton” quickly became a target in the last few weeks.

As of Monday afternoon, throughout the soon-to-be-formerly-named-Stapleton-neighborhood of north Denver, signs were already being covered

up with tape and paint.

“That was fast,” posted Denver Public Schools At-Large Board of Education member Tay Anderson on his Facebook page. “Why couldn’t they have done that years ago?”

Anderson was referring to the decades-long controversy of the use of the Stapleton name in connection to the densely populated and highly trafficked urban district located just south of In-

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terstate 70 and east of Quebec St. Early in former Mayor Benjamin Franklin Stapleton’s political career, around 1923, he was a member of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). Initially, he denied his membership.

Then, he publicly came out as a Klansman, until the Klansmen then turned on Stapleton. As a result, in 1925, Mayor Stapleton then led police vice raids that exposed members of the Klan

serving on the police force.

That same year, he welcomed Denver’s first ever National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) convention in Colorado.

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Legislature responds to demand for increased accountability for law enforcement officers

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER

The death of George Floyd on May 25 while in the custody of Minneapolis police officers has raised issues around the country about sometimes invisible institutional racism.

The Colorado general assembly acted swiftly to ensure that law enforcement officers in our state know what is expected of them and that data will begin to be collected and made public to demonstrate that our officers are doing the right things for the right reasons, beginning in two years.

After Senate Bill 20-217, the Enhance Law Enforcement Integrity (ELEI) bill, passed unanimously in the state senate and with yes votes by all the Democrats and ten out of 23 Republicans in the House, Governor Polis made it official by saying, “I commend the sponsors and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle for their efforts to pass this landmark reform bill,” signaling he would sign it as soon as it came across his desk.

Prime sponsors of this legislation were Democratic Senators Leroy Garcia and Rhonda Fields, along with Democratic Representatives Leslie Herod and Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez.

Like every bill that passes this legislature and virtually all others, it was amended from its original form be-

tween introduction on June 3 and final passage nine days later.

In its final form passed on June 12, the new law requires that, beginning July 1, 2023:

1. Colorado state patrol and all local (city and county) law enforcement agencies throughout the state must issue body-worn cameras to all law enforcement officers. The cameras must be worn and activated when officers are responding to a call for service or during any interaction with the public initiated by the officer while enforcing the law or investigating a possible violation of the law.

The cameras may only be turned off to avoid recording personal information that is not related to the investigation, while the officer is working on an unrelated assignment, while there is a long break in the incident or while the officer is making contact not related to the initial incident, and during administrative, tactical, and management discussions. The camera need not be worn when the officer is working undercover. All recordings of an incident must be released to the pubic within 21 days after a complaint of misconduct is received by the law enforcement agency in which the officer serves.

Private information on the recording may be redacted

Governor Polis made it official by saying,“I commend the sponsors and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle for their efforts to pass this landmark reform bill,” signaling he would sign it as soon as it came across his desk.

or not released to the public in certain circumstances.

Officers who serve in a jail that has video cameras are generally not subject to this requirement except in certain specific circumstances.

Officers must verify the functionality of the camera at the beginning of each shift.

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Department of Public Safety must create an annual report comprised of the information that it receives from every city and county agency that employs law enforcement officers and from the state patrol, which must include: • All uses of force by law enforcement officers that result in death or serious bodily injury; • All instances when a law enforcement officer resigned while under investigation for violating departmental policy; • All required data relating to contacts conducted by the agencies’ law enforcement officers; • All required data related to the use of an unannounced entry by a law enforcement officer.

• The information collected by the Division of Criminal Justice from law enforcement agencies statewide will be organized and published on a database on its website in a searchable format. Any law enforcement agency that fails to meet its reporting requirement is subject to having its funding suspended.

Current state law requires that every law enforcement officer in Colorado who serves in any government agency whatsoever in any capacity must be certified by the Peace Officers Standards and Training (P.O.S.T) board in order to have the authority to carry firearms at all times, concealed or open, subject to the written firearms policy of the agency in which the officer serves.

1. ELEI requires that any law enforcement officer in the state who is convicted of or pleads guilty or “no contest” to a crime involving the unlawful use or threatened use of physical force shall have his or her P.O.S.T board certification permanently revoked. The P.O.S.T board may not reinstate the officer’s certification or grant that officer new certification under any circumstances, unless the officer is exonerated by a court of law.

2. ELEI also enumerates actions that law enforcement is prohibited from taking in response to a protest of demonstration. They are: • The discharge of kinetic impact projectiles and all other non-or less-lethal projectiles in a manner that targets the head, pelvis, or back; • The discharge of kinetic impact projectiles indiscriminately into a crowd; • The use of chemical agents or irritants, including pepper spray and tear gas, unless a prior order to

disperse has been issued in a sufficient manner to ensure that the order is heard and repeated if necessary. After such an order is given, sufficient time and space must be allowed to given protesters or demonstrators to comply with the order to disperse before chemical agents or irritants such as pepper spray or tear gas is used.

In the area of civil liability for one’s actions, ELEI permits any individual who has a constitutional right under the Colorado constitution that is infringed upon by a law enforcement officer to sue the officer for the violation. If the plaintiff wins the lawsuit, he or she is entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees. If the defendant wins and the lawsuit is determined to be frivolous, the defendant is entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees from the plaintiff who brought the frivolous suit.

Qualified immunity is not a defense to this type of civil suit. The jurisdiction that employs the officer must pay the amount due if the officer loses the suit, unless the jurisdiction determines that the law enforcement officer “did not act upon a good faith and reasonable belief that the action was lawful.” In that case, the officer “is personally liable for five percent of the judgment, up to $25,000, if the officer is financially able to pay it.

If not, the employer pays the entire judgment.

ELEI limits the use of physical force and deadly force. Law enforcement officers are prohibited from using chokeholds.

If a law enforcement officer sees another law enforcement officer use unlawful physical forces, he or she must intervene and also file a report about the incident. An officer who fails to intervene when required to do so will lose his or her P.O.S.T. board certification.

Under the requirements of ELEI, beginning July 1, 2022, 1. A law enforcement officer must have a defined legal basis for making a contact.

After making a contact, the officer must report to his or her employing agency the information about the contact that the agency is required to report to the Division of Criminal Justice of the Colorado Department of Public Safety, including the perceived demographic information of the person contacted.

2. The P.O.S.T. board will create and maintain a database containing information related to an individual law enforcement officer’s: • Untruthfulness; • Repeated failure to follow P.O.S.T. board training requirements; • Decertification by the P.O.S.T. board; • Termination for cause.

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How has COVID-19 changed the ecosystem of American colleges and universities?

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER

The Villager sat down with Craig Wittgrove, head of the post-graduate counseling office at Cherry Creek High School (CCHS) to gain his insights on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the upcoming first year of college for the CCHS graduating class of 2020 and colleges overall.

We met at a park nearby the school so we could visit in person and observe social distancing rules.

Wittgrove told us that about two-thirds of U.S. colleges and universities are planning to hold at least some classes on campus in some format in the fall. Some have planned to begin the semester early and complete it at Thanksgiving in case the virus comes back in what has traditionally been the flu season.

Eight percent of colleges and universities have already opted to be fully online for the fall semester, led by the California State University

LETTERS KUDOS TO BILL HOLEN

In the 6/4 Villager, Democrat Bill Holen says in his column “I support these protests.

I do not support the violence or destruction of property which are becoming all too prevalent. As a Viet Nam veteran, I fought to protect the freedom to protest. I too, participated in protests. But NOT the destruction of property.” First, thank you Mr. Holen for so courageously serving our country. Secondly, thank you for your continued courage by speaking out against the violence gripping so many of our cities. Other members of your party are afraid to stand up to this violence, which has destroyed many black businesses and the jobs they provide. My hope would be that other people in your party would show the same backbone that you did as a veteran. If they did, perhaps they could protect their citizens from the terror gripping our cities.

Thank you also for pointing out the real problem which is a small group of brutal cops. The Wall Street Journal recently went into great detail about how the police unions often protect these bad apples from being fired. One important demand being made by many is that police disciplinary records be made public. This would alert everyone to a potential problem before someone gets unjustly killed.

In closing, I think it is clear that if more people had the courage and insight of Mr. Holen, our country would not be going through this terrible turmoil.

Thank you, sir, for speaking out and speaking the truth.

Charles Newton Highlands Ranch

system, the nation’s largest four-year public university system with 500,000 students.

Wittgrove told us that CCHS sends around ten students to California State Polytechnic in San Luis Obispo each year.

The University of California system, which includes UCLA and UC Berkeley, is letting each individual campus decide how to hold its classes.

Overall, Wittgrove said, 20 to 25 percent of colleges and universities nationwide have not yet made a final decision, waiting to see what path the

Craig Wittgrove has been the head of post-graduate counseling at Cherry Creek High School for 11 years.

coronavirus follows in their locale, while leaving parents and students in limbo. University of Oregon is letting students decide all the way up to September 1 whether they want to accept offers of admission. Ivy League and the most highly selective schools have been less flexible.

Specific actions being taken around COVID-19 are having only one student per dormitory room. For those designed as suites with shared common areas, that is less challenging than in dorms

with traditional two-person rooms. Some colleges are setting up one building on campus as a COVID dorm for students to stay in if they become infected and must be isolated for several weeks. At the University of California San Diego, where there is a large biomedical program, administrators have decided to test everyone on the campus—66,000 people---monthly for the virus at a cost to the school of $2 million per

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Law, order and justice must prevail We seem to be a nation that is restless and angry. The pandemic has impacted our lives, jobs, and the future seems uncertain. Will we return to normal, or has America and the world suddenly changed in such a short span of a few months? I think naught.

The world of business has been changing with the advent of social media and the rise of Internet commerce and the impact of Amazon.

Main street business firms are dwindling, once the only havens for commerce were the local market and drug store. These stores were the source of jobs and incomes for entrepreneurs where we all shopped. Free enterprise has exploded and expanded; we now have more small business sites than ever in history.

Presently small business is threatened by this economic shutdown and coronavirus and government and governors are attempting to save lives until the virus can be controlled by modern medicine

Proceed at you own risk is my present philosophy towards the coronavirus. If you are fearful, have some health conditions, and your work let’s you stay home, or retired, just stay at home and watch the “My Pillow” commercials that are so redundant they are giving me a headache. I know Mike Lindell invented those pillows, we have some of them and probably everyone in America must have some by now. Talk about advertising, wow he takes the cake. I think Saturday Night Alive should do a parody on his pillow talk and the Giza cotton sheets et al. *** I watched the Fight Club, an old movie last week and its kind of rang a bell with what is going on across America regarding the planned protests and the paid activists who disrupt the peaceful protests. Brad Pitt is a nutcase who forms a group of misfits and at the end they start blowing up buildings with homemade explosives made with fat and lye. The group have fights nightly and thrive on violence. *** I’ve been introduced

and hopefully a virus that is safe and effective for all to receive.

In the meantime, we ponder what to do, where to go, and many of us plod forward adjusting to the new normal, wishing for the past.

The pandemic has taken the world by surprise and created great frustration; we have gone from three percent unemployment to around 20 percent in 90 days. The anger is apparent, especially among the younger generation who see education, jobs, and visions disappear. Schools, churches and government buildings closed, parking lots empty, and many banks with only drive-up windows open. It has been a strange time for all, and it moves forward slowly.

It does seem time to take a risk and open business doors, courts, restaurants, and take our chances. Proceed at our own risk and pray that if we do become ill that we will recover.

The second part of the

to ZOOM, the Wall Street fad (ZM) that was selling for $219 a share last week.

ZOOM is a very easy way to have video conferencing with small or large groups of people where you can view each other converse back and forth. I belong to several organizations where we do business and vote via ZOOM. The Denver Lions Club has been holding meetings via ZOOM instead of lunch at Maggiano’s. We even have speakers and elections on this video conference network.

This is probably a game changer for some board meetings and clubs. *** In looking back this past year and we have lost so many icons from our Metro community. I miss Mort Marks. Seeing Marvin Wolf and Judi at many social events, Marvin was such a gentle soul and he and Judi were involved in so many community events.

Steve Farber should have been governor. Gone is Ed McVaney; a friend told me was the power behind Valor high school. We lost Judge Robert Fullerton who

pandemic has been the protests over the death of George Floyd who largely is a vivid symbol of racism that still exists in parts and places in America. His death was the spark that ignited the protests and fueled the violence in many cities.

The seizure of six blocks in Seattle is illegal and taking private property of others for political purposes. This is something very unusual in a nation of law and order and private ownership.

I’m not sure what message the land pirates are sending but demands for “free stuff” are starting to trickle out of the commune.

Police are under attack and the best way to weaken law and order is to take away funding that is in progress in some cities where the violence has been the worst.

America has always resisted having military troops invade cities dating back to the colonies where British troops invaded homes. It is rare that the military has to quell civil unrest but has happened under

is credited with marrying at least 1000 couples. He had the warmest smile that was wonderful for a judge. Don Ringsby, was highlighted last week with tributes from his friends and colleagues in his work in the Consular Corp. With this pandemic it is hard to bring closure without funerals, memorial tributes, and wakes to loved ones, whether they be icons or just husbands, fathers, and grandfathers.

We should cherish our family and friends and stay in touch with them by email, letters, and phone calls. *** During this pandemic my emails have increased dramatically. Column suggestions and humor have been filling my computer screen, along with political request for money. This particular piece seems timely and has no source but it’s worth reading.

BUTTER MILK PHILOSOPY

“ A while back I read a story of a visiting pastor who attended a men’s breakfast in the middle of a rural farming area of the country.

The group had asked an older farmer, decked out in

several presidents. It almost happened in Washington D.C. several weeks ago. The secret service placed the president in the White House bunker for his anticipated protection if the mob breached the fence.

We must support our police now more than ever, uphold property rights, and listen to the legal protesters over their concerns and fears.

If we want to return to normal, we cannot rewrite history as many wish decades after the facts and past intent of the deceased. We can change sports team names, forts, statues, universities, but who chooses the names and erases the living history of the past?

There is much work to do and we need strong leadership but unfortunately that seems to be mired in political quicksand.

We haven’t heard much from the “silent majority” but we’re out there and we’re paying attention, our time will come in November. Hopefully the wisdom of American voters will prevail for law, order, and justice for all to prevail.

bib overalls to say grace for the morning breakfast. (Reminds me of The Optimist Club of Monaco South) “Lord, I hate buttermilk” the farmer began.

The visiting pastor opened one eye to glance at the farmer and wondered where this was going.

The farmer loudly proclaimed, “Lord I hate lard,: Now the pastor was growing concerned.

Without missing a beat, the farmer continued, “And Lord, you know I don’t much care for raw white flour,” The pastor once again opened an eye to glance around the room and saw that he wasn’t the only one to feel uncomfortable.

Then the farmer added, “But Lord, when you mix them all together and bake them, I do love warm fresh biscuits. So, Lord, when things come up that we don’t like, when life gets hard, when we don’t understand what you’re saying to us, help us to just relax and wait until you are done mixing.

It will probably be even better than biscuits. AMEN ***

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Reverend Martin Niemoller “In Germany, the Nazis first came for the communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me and by that time there was no one left to speak for me!”

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June 18, 2020 • THE VILLAGER | PAGE 5

OPINION Social distancing is suddenly unnecessary For the past three months we have heard about the lifesaving necessity of social distancing. Gatherings of only a few people were permitted by government and public health officials. Walking on an empty beach or surfing alone along the shores of the Pacific Ocean were grounds for arrest.

The Michigan Governor fined and took away the license of a 77-year-old barber trying to survive economically by giving haircuts but fortunately the governor’s edict was shot down by the Michigan Supreme Court.

States opening early, like Florida and Georgia were to become killing fields and their governors were accused of attempted murder. All because these vaunted social distancing

BY BRIAN C. JOONDEPH rules were being relaxed.

At one point we lived under “15 days to flatten the curve” which was successful in preventing a surge of COVID cases overwhelming the medical system. Yet many states and cities remain under lockdown, destroying their economies.

Governor Polis recently gave Colorado businesses the authority to “refuse service

to customers not wearing masks.” Yet what has been happening in downtown Denver, and many other large cities, going on now for two weeks?

Protests, some peaceful, but many not and more resembling a riot, with gatherings of hundreds or thousands of protesters, not socially distancing, many not wearing masks, as they destroyed property and businesses just starting to recover from the 3-month economic shutdown. Less than a week into the protests, the Denver Post reported 238 incidents of property damage in the city’s core neighborhoods. None of these property owners had anything to do with George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis.

Yet these protests are applauded and encouraged by the media and political left, despite blowing up everything we have been told about social distancing. Over 1000 health professionals signed a letter saying the protests over social justice outweigh health concerns over social distancing. Yet these same professionals only weeks ago condemned those who wanted to go to church or take their kids to a playground. So why the change?

European schools have reopened without a surge in cases despite dire warnings to the contrary. There were no new COVID cases after Lake of the Ozarks Memorial Day pool party.

In the next few weeks,

we will either see a surge of Coronavirus cases, with every illness or death the fault of social justice warriors promoting the protests. Or we will see no surge, meaning much of what we have been told and what has been forced upon us for the past few months was nonsense. But either way, social distancing is finished as the proverbial cat is out of the bag. No city or state will suffer through another lockdown.

It also illustrates the blatant hypocrisy of so many government and health officials demanding a particular behavior then turning on a dime saying, “never mind”. This begs the question of whether the economic shutdown and social distancing were ever necessary or just a means to hurt President Trump’s booming economy and his bid for reelection.

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Voters to decide if Gallagher Amendment should be repealed been most financially detrimental to rural cities and counties in our state.

On a vote of 27-7 in the senate, including yeses from eight out of 15 Republican senators voting, along with all the Democrats, and 47-18 in the house, including six out of 24 Republicans and all the Democrats, the legislature declared its agreement that the time has come to let the voters of Colorado decide if the method for splitting the property tax burden devised 38 years ago is still right for Colorado.

Notably, five out of six members of the elite Joint Budget Commission (JBC) of the legislature voted in favor of the Resolution. The JBC is the

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER

After years of talking about it, on June 12 the Colorado general assembly took action that could lead to the repeal of the Gallagher Amendment to the state constitution.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 20-001, if adopted by the voters in November, would end the requirement that an arbitrary formula from 1982 continue to be used to divide the total annual property tax burden between residential and business property in a manner that has long been viewed as resulting in unfair and unintended consequences that have

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The Resolution, sponsored by a Democrat and a Republican from both the senate and the house, does not require the governor’s signature to be placed on the November ballot.

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general assembly’s permanent fiscal and budget review agency that prepares the statewide annual budget each year after hearing from every department of state government and analyzing the management, operations, programs, and fiscal needs of all of them.

Even though one of the purposes of this effort is to address the unfair tax burden on business property, repealing the Gallagher Amendment will not cause an increase in taxes paid on residential real estate.

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sors, Democratic Sen. Chris Hansen, “Without a change to Gallagher, the 2020-2021 budget is going to cost K-12 education $500 million. City, county, and local services are also going to get similarly impacted.”

Republican prime sponsor Sen. Jack Tate, who has made the effort to solve this problem a key priority of his time in the senate, said Gallagher’s “original purpose was to make sure that business property taxpayers paid their fair share of taxes at a time (the 1980’s) when inflation and interest rates were high. Over 40 years, the property tax has shifted to business owners such that now the owner of business property pays more than four times the amount of taxes for the same amount of property, while artificially keeping residential rates unrealistically low. It is inherently unfair to local communities in Colorado, hurting the poorest communities worst.”

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Of the approximately 900 students who graduated from CCHS in May, 92 percent are headed to college, including 9 percent who will attend twoyear programs.

Wittgrove received his undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri. After teaching ninth grade science for four years in Kansas City, he got a master’s degree from the University of San Diego and became a high school counselor. Wittgrove came to Colorado because he liked its culture, weather, and tax structure. He began his tenure at CCHS in 2007 and took over the post-graduate program in 2010. He loves what he does because it allows him to help students with both the academic and personal-social aspects of their development.

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BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER

On June 12, South Metro Denver Chamber came back from its’ coronavirus hiatus with an exciting virtual program about the continuing economic triumph of mixeduse development in South Metro Denver, as evidenced by Denver’s Belleview Station, Lone Tree’s RidgeGate Development and Centennial’s Jones District. Neil Marciniak, economic development director for the City of Centennial who served as moderator, introduced the program with “These projects are changing the face of Denver South. Lots of open space.

Lots of walkable space.”

Belleview Station

Jim Neenan, CEO of Prime West Real Estate, described Belleview Station as comprised of 40 acres out of the original 640 acres owned by the Bansbach family, acquired in 1871. They sold part of their property to George Wallace when I-25 was built because they could no longer get their tractors to the eastern portion. That was the beginning of the Denver Tech Center.

Located at the confluence of I-25 and I-225 with great light rail access, the overall master plan for this mixed-use development envisions 2.2 million square feet of office space, 250,000 square feet of retail, 2,000 residential units, and 2 hotels. Neenan told the virtual group that every office tenant they talk to asks the exact same questions: “Are we near the light rail and are there walkable amenities for our employees?”

6900 Layton, a new 15-story building that Prime West developed is one month away from completion. Fortune 500 company Newmont Mining Corporation, who Neenan said will start moving into floors six through ten of this column free, floor-to-ceiling windows building in the next month, told The Villager in February 2019 that they decided to leave Greenwood Village to move to 6900 Layton because Belleview Station offered the retail, restaurants, personal service businesses, and other amenities associated with modern-day mixed-use development that their employees wanted, in proximity to the light rail.

The master plan includes a generous park and a public plaza funded by the Belleview Station metropolitan district.

The next building expected to get underway is one being developed with Trammell Crow at Chenango and Newport. It will have 250 apartments and an amenity deck. There is also a 20-story 200-room Kimpton Hotel planned nearby with rooftop amenities.

RidgeGate

Keith Simon, executive vice-president of Coventry Development Corporation, opened with an interesting anecdote about the 3,500 acres that was to become RidgeGate. The land was owned by a European family who bought it up in the 1960’s and 1970’s as a hedge against what might happen in Europe due to the Cold War. Then they patiently waited for the right time to develop it.

With the portion of the six

square-mile parcel on the west side of I-25 now 95 percent developed and home to 6,000 residents and 5,000 jobs, Coventry is now focused on the east side of the highway. Fully built out, it will include a 400-acre downtown-type development centered around the City Center Rail Station and mixed-use transit-oriented development that will consist of offices, residential, restaurants, retail, entertainment, and a hotel, all walkable from the light rail station.

Development began in 2000.

Constant communication and coordination with the City of Lone Tree government led to annexation of the property into Lone Tree and an ongoing partnership that continues to reap huge benefits to the city and its residents. That partnership lead to the land for the multi-million-dollar Lone Tree Arts Center and all three light rail stations in the area being donated by the developers RidgeGate began working with RTD and thinking about placemak-

ABOVE: This unique building in Belleview Station will have apartments with outdoor living space on the west side facing the mountains.

RIGHT: This building being planned by Prime West and Trammell Crow in Belleview Station will have 250 apartments, including some with balconies, and an amenity deck on the sixth floor.

property had difficulty getting off the ground because every potential office tenant “wanted to know

This is a rendering of the Jones District in Centennial with a park and plaza when completed.

ing from the beginning. Looking toward the future and realizing that the population was moving away from single-occupied vehicles, Simon explained that, “Our work is driven by long-term aspirational thinking. Planned higher density walkable mixed-use community with light rail” was the goal.

Sky Ridge Medical Center was the first major development on one square mile, opening in 2003. It is now home to the 4,500-person Charles Schwab campus which is the largest private sector employer in Douglas County.

Repeating a theme heard throughout the 75-minute program, Simon said, “Employment campuses see real benefits by embedding their campuses where employees can walk, bike, or take light rail to work, walk to restaurants, and retail.”

When completed, RidgeGate’s development on the east side of I-25 will have 5,000 residents, 35,000 workers, a light rail station, and the Lincoln Avenue District, including the University of Colorado Denver South Campus.

Simon said that the first residential community will be built by Shea Homes. He added, “We have also committed to 350 affordable housing units. We are even looking at rental single-family homes.”

Jones District

The Jones District is a 42-acre area west of I-25 between IKEA and the Dry Creek light rail station.

Dan Metzger of owner Brue Baukol Capital Partners said that this

what was going to be around them in the way of walkable amenities.

They wanted to know where em-

ployees could go to get coffee or a drink after work and where they could live nearby.”

When they spoke to potential retail tenants, they were told that residential development was essential.

“They couldn’t survive with only daytime traffic.” An added challenge was that this property has limited visibility from I-25.

“We sat down with the City of Centennial and told them we needed to add a residential component to make the project successful.

The city responded positively. We worked with the city and neighborhood for the next year. Working with Centennial has been great.

There has always been mutual respect even though we didn’t always agree. They’ve been a great partner. We are moving forward.”

He added, “Jim (Neenan) gets to post a Denver address for his project, but I get to post a Centennial address for ours.”

The Jones District will be a walkable mixed-use community of

2,000,000 square of office space, 50,000 square feet of retail, 1,500 new residential units, and a hotel over the next 15 to 20 years. It will have a farmer’s market, a large plaza, and lots of open space. The tallest buildings will be up to 15 stories next to I-25, going down to eight stories as you move toward the interior. Just as the previous speakers did, Metzger added, “The light rail station is critical.”

Jones has received approval for a metropolitan district to fund its infrastructure and hopes to start building in Q4, using a grid format for the design.

In response to a question from a meeting attendee about traffic, Metzger said, “The City of Centennial required us to submit a traffic study including how we will mitigate new traffic from our project.

We did that and will contribute $3 million over time to fund the required infrastructure, based on traffic demand.”

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BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER

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ohn Hickenlooper and Andrew Romanoff, Democratic primary candidates for United States senator participated in two virtual debates with local news station affiliates on June 9 and June 10. Hickenlooper served as Denver mayor from 2003 to 2011 and Colorado governor from 2011 to 2019. Romanoff served in the state House from 2001 to 2009, including four years as speaker. He was the CEO of Mental Health Colorado from 2015 to 2019. Independent voters and registered Democrats have received ballots in the mail offering them the chance to nominate one of these two candidates to run for United States Senate against incumbent Republican Cory Gardner. The ballots are due back by June 30.

Asked how Congress could strengthen the ailing health care system in this country, Romanoff said it should adopt Medicare for all, including dental, hearing, long-term care, mental health, and substance abuse coverage for everyone.

Hickenlooper recommended that public health infrastructure be built up to make sure everyone is prepared for the next pandemic or natural disaster. On the subject of health insurance, he said, “Universal health care is a right, not a privilege,” and that “Obamacare is a great foundation to get to universal health care.” He wants to see “a sliding scale public option” so anyone who needs health insurance can get it. He did not endorse Medicare for all.

Addressing current events during the debate, Hickenlooper emphasized the importance of police keeping their body cameras on and not using strangleholds. He added, “We also have to look beyond just police reform. We send too many black young people to jail. We need to make sure everyone is getting equal opportunity in housing, in education, and jobs.” Romanoff said, “Reform is not enough. We need to shift resources, demilitarize the

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In response to moderators’ questions, both candidates agreed that law enforcement officers should not have immunity for bad acts, that George Floyd was murdered, that climate change is a serious existential threat that must be addressed, and that the U.S. needs to move unequivocally to a clean energy economy.

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Romanoff repeatedly raised Hickenlooper’s recent run-in with the Independent Ethics Commission (IEC) resulting from a complaint brought nearly two years ago which many viewed as highly partisan.

The IEC found two technical breaches. Hickenlooper was neither alleged nor found to have done anything dishonest.

Romanoff’s website says he is running “to rescue our planet, repair our democra-

In addition to Medicare for All, Romanoff believes the United States should adopt the Green New Deal and that reparations for past bad acts should be made to Native Americans in addition to AfricanAmericans. cy, and restore the American Dream. More than a million Coloradans struggle to afford medical care or a place to live.

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Hickenlooper said that while he was governor, “Colorado went from 40th in job creation to the top overall economy in the country.” of people around the globe and plunges even more into poverty. Drug addiction and gun violence claim the lives of more than 300 Americans each day.”

Hickenlooper’s website says his goals as a senator are to address climate change, lower prescription drug costs, and work for the benefit of small businesses and entrepreneurs.

He believes this is a time for people who know how to work together to get things done in Washington just as he did for 20 years in Colorado.

The candidates both said incumbent U.S. Senator Cory Gardner pretended to act independently but had never once voted against anything President Trump wanted.

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Stapleton neighborhood name to change Continued from page 1

and in 1935 for his third, fourth and fifth terms as mayor. This time around, Stapleton was responsible for building much of the City and County of Denver - including it’s most famous landmarks - as we know the city today.

No matter his attempt to redeem himself, part of the former mayor’s reputation will forever be remembered as that of once a member of the KKK. His great grandson, Walker Stapleton, provided an in-depth and exclusive interview to The Villager.

“He built the entire park system for the City and County of Denver, he built Red Rocks, he built the first municipal airport, he built the City and County building which is still the City and County building today, he built Speer Boulevard, he built what is now today I-25,” said Stapleton. “That was all done after this point in time where he had this most unfortunate, regrettable and inexcusable affiliation.”

The younger Stapleton understands, accepts, and respects a democratic process.

He does not question, in any way, how the Stapleton Master Community Association (MCA) had previously put forth a vote to its members in the past, most recently last summer, and 65% voted to keep the name.

This time, however, Stapleton accepts the outcome, but, he does not feel that this time, the final decision, was a democratic process.

“My perspective on it is that it did kind of snowball pretty quickly, and I don’t like the idea that through fear and intimidation, we are making changes,” said Stapleton.

Anderson put out a renewed call on June 13 to which stated, “The neighbors of Stapleton have ONE WEEK to change their name… if they do NOT, we will march through their neighborhood to show them #BlackLivesMatter. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!” A day later, on Sunday, June 14, the Stapleton Master Community Association announced on its Facebook page, that it is taking steps to remove the name “Stapleton” as it relates to the community and its operations.

The MCA wrote: “The current conversation regarding racism and social injustice has increased awareness and education within our community.

It has become more clear that continuing with the current name is hurtful to many residents of all backgrounds and life experiences. As a community that aims to foster inclusivity, diversity and respect, maintaining the current name only serves to divide us…

It is our hope that by changing the name of the community, we will send a strong message that we are an inclusive neighborhood that does not support racism, hatred or bigotry. Rather, we are a thriving community that

values diversity, inclusion, equity and respect, and we encourage others in our community to join us as we stand up against systemic racism.”

on looking ahead for this community, and focusing on his own family, rather than looking back.

“It seems to be in the rearview mirror now and I am more

very brief, and very sweet, and it’s really hard for all people who walk this planet to be all good or all bad. Usually people are somewhere in between,”

der his entire term as mayor.”

This past fall, Stapleton ran unsuccessfully on the Republican ticket for governor against Jared Polis, whom he had noth-

Walker Stapleton, age 46, ran for governor last year

“To me, if a name truly symbolizes that much pain for a community, then it should be changed because it is a continuing stigma that in some way is negatively impacting peoples’ lives or livelihoods, then the name should be changed.”

– Walker Stapleton The MCA then met last night with community delegates to discuss next steps - including a future name - which also will involve, in the future, working with the City and County of Denver and Brookfield, the community’s developer.

“I don’t like the idea that no matter what it is - changing a name - that things are just agreed to by fiat - that’s a very dangerous precedent for our country, for our state, for our cities. That to me is troubling,” said Stapleton.

“The outcome, however, is not troubling,” he said. “To me, if a name truly symbolizes that much pain for a community, then it should be changed because it is a continuing stigma that in some way is negatively impacting peoples’ lives or livelihoods, then the name should be changed.”

Stapleton is far more focused

Walker Stapleton and his family, left to right: Son Craig (12), wife Jenna, daughter Coco (8) and daughter Olivia (6).

Some of the homes in the Stapleton neighborhood that Tay Anderson’s protesters would have marched through.

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interested in what I hope will be substantive improvement in peoples’ lives, greater equity, greater opportunity to choose the school of one’s choice, which is greater access to education, greater opportunities for developers to receive tax credits from the state to be incentivized to provide more affordable housing,” he said.

“Lord knows, anybody who has been on this planet for more than a couple decades starts to recognize that life is

said Stapleton. “That’s true with my great grandfather. He passed away a quarter century before I was born, so I never knew him. I heard anecdotally stories of him and of his time as mayor, and I know in his heart of hearts I do not believe he was politically expedient in what he did - which was a horrible error and inexcusable in every manner - but I’m not so sure that was the prism under which he would be viewed un-

ing but kind words to say about his former rival.

“I’m interested in criminal justice reform, which is something I actually agree with Governor Polis on, especially soft drug offenses in the light of marijuana having been legal now for four or five years, which is a waste of taxpayer money, a waste of resources, and he’s done a good job on criminal justice reform issues.

These are the things I think we should be focusing on,” said Stapleton. “These are substantive policy issues that improve peoples’ lives.”

“I’m a fan of people really educating themselves on the topic,” he said. “The more you actually understand the full context of somebody’s life, I think the less likely you are to draw an absolutist position that someone is all good, or all bad.”

Special thanks to Consuelo Cosio and Brian K. Trembath, Special Collections Librarian, Western History & Genealogy, of the Denver Public Library, for assistance in fact checking historical data related to Mayor Benjamin Franklin Stapleton and for the provision of historical photographs.

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Tay Anderson leading a recent peaceful protest in Downtown Denver.

Photo courtesy of Dave Russell @Buffalo Heart Images

BY JESSICA ROE GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER

In the course of one week, Denver’s youngest African American elected official has called on Denver Public Schools to remove cops from schools.

He’s been an active voice in the push for police reform Tay Anderson, Denver Public in Colorado, which led to a bipartisan Colorado State Sen- Schools, At-large Board of Education Director ate passage of bill #20-217 to “Enhance Law Enforcement must have an all-gender bathIntegrity” requiring all officers room. in the state to wear full-time Obviously, some of these body cameras. measures are well outside Additionally, he was, by the scope of his role with far, the loudest voice calling the school district. His “star on the Stapleton community power”, however, has been of Denver to change its name noticed nationally. The Washdue to the former mayor’s ties ington Post and other national to the Ku Klux Klan. publications have called him Single-handedly, he then a top young leader to watch. resurrected the Juneteenth pa- He’s become a regular comrade scheduled for this coming mentator on CNN’s primetime Saturday, even after it had previously been turned into a virtual event.

One man. Did all of this. In one week. And he’s only 21 years old.

Tay Anderson is a product of Denver Public Schools. He’s seen tough times, and he’s seen success, elected last fall to the Tay Anderson now appears regularly on “At-large” post on the national cable TV news.

Denver Public School Board. lineup.

“I understand what it means Anderson surrounds himto have to choose between self with a team of advisors lunch or a bus ticket. I want to who provide him with intelliensure that all students have a gence and experience in areas thriving neighborhood school, where he may still be “green”. all educators are paid a living The result is a young man who wage, and to give the School says what he means, and who Board back to the people of never puts out a challenge for Denver.” change in the community that In the days since the murhe himself does not believe he der of George Floyd’s death, can accomplish.

Anderson has guided both From the day he began generations older than him, campaigning, however, Anand those much younger than derson has faced one thing him, in leading peaceful prothat’s only grown over time: tests across Denver.

Criticism.

Since his term began, he’s Unfortunately, the criticism also passed a DPS measure to has now grown into threats. ensure every school in Denver One such offender is a repeat

convicted felon who proudly brags of his own criminal convictions as though they are bullet points on a resume.

For months now, Anderson has asked the Denver Police Department for assistance with this perpetrator; and at minimum, a restraining order against the man who regularly harasses Anderson with cyber threats.

“DPD received a related report of harassment on May 27th and the findings of the investigation were presented to the District Attorney’s Office. The DA’s Office declined charges due to ‘No Reasonable Likelihood of Conviction’. DPD will defer to the DA’s Office for any additional information regarding that determination,” said DPD spokesperson Doug Schepman.

After this past week, however, Anderson’s email inbox, phone and Facebook page are full of threats from people none-too-pleased about the board’s decision to phase out police officers from DPS and to remove the Stapleton name from the north Denver neighborhood.

On any given day, Anderson reads the threats, and moves on. He can be found moderating community events, or meeting with VIPs

in the community, or in government, such as a recent one with Governor Jared Police and other local elected officials on June 9 to discuss the need to end the “over-policing” in minority communities.

Anderson’s notoriety has grown so quickly, people tend to quickly forget how young he truly is.

“I LOVE when folks say ‘Where was Tay 10 years ago when we were doing this work?’” he posted on his Facebook page the other day.

“Excuse me ... I was in middle school!”

So what is Anderson’s next move?

He plans to convince fellow members of the school board that Black, Latino and Indigenous studies should be required course studies in order for DPS students to graduate.

Then, there’s the issue of mascots.

“It’s time for Denver Public Schools to evaluate who we honor with schools and mascots,“ he wrote on his Facebook page earlier this week.

“It’s past time for our DPS community to come together to have a dialogue on these issues.”

Given his track record thus far, and the fact he still has more than 1,200 days left in his first term, his track record would indicate he may just get this - and much more - accomplished.

Governor Polis recently met with Tay Anderson and other local elected officials to end the “over-policing” in minority communities.

Movement to remove cops from schools

BY JESSICA ROE GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER

One week ago tonight, the Denver Public Schools (DPS) Board of Education (BOE) voted unanimously to remove the Denver Police Department and 17 School Resource Officers (SROs) from its district schools by ending its annual $720,000 contract with Denver police. The process will work in a phased-out manner with all officers vacating their posts by June of 2021.

Tay Anderson helped lead this process.

“Last night we voted to end the contract with Denver Police, but this was never about an individual officer. It was about dismantling a system that has held children of color down for far too long,” Anderson wrote in a Facebook post.

“I know that this change comes with critics and doubts on our ability to lead this district forward, but together we will craft a brighter future to ensure all students are safe in our schools and are no longer thrusted into the school to prison pipeline.”

Anyone who reads this headline may believe this was a knee-jerk response sparked by the death of George Floyd, the unarmed black man killed by a white police officer on a street in Minneapolis.

In reality, several iterations of the Denver Public School’s Board of Education have tried for more than a decade to end the police contract. DPS statistics demonstrate that since sworn officers have been on campus, the rate that students of color have been referred to law enforcement has been higher than those of white students.

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Littleton Merchants Open For Business Downtown Littleton’s “Weekends on Main”

BY JESSICA ROE BEHIND THE SCENES STAFF WRITER

This weekend, Downtown Littleton is set to shut down Main Street and light up its restaurants and merchant stores when “Weekends on Main” kicks off for the first time following its inaugural initial soft launch last week.

“We did not even advertise the first weekend because we just wanted to see how it went, and ensure we kept it socially distant,” said Greg Reinke, President of the Historic Downtown Littleton Merchants Association and owner of Reinke Brothers, a year round costume and adventure store.

Reinke pushed for this type of opportunity for restaurants to “up their capacity” by expanding into the streets, while increasing foot traffic to surrounding storefronts, but he was surprised to get push-back from several tenants. In the end, the measure passed, and the city jumped into action to make it happen quickly.

“Whether it’s Western Welcome Week or other events where we shut down Main Street, during those events we shut down all of the side streets,” said Elisabeth Scofield, Special Events Coordinator for the City of Littleton. “Visitors may think they have seen events like this, but never anything quite to this specification. In this case, we only shut down Main, so that people wanting to park nearby and come shop, or use mobile curbside delivery services, can have easy access to still get in and out to the side-streets for various restaurateurs. It’s a winwin for everyone.”

“We have 24 bars and restaurants within four blocks,” said Reinke, “Yet we have no capacity for them beyond their physical

seating space, so we looked at this, and realized that if we closed off the streets, and make a giant patio, it gives these restaurateurs all the space they can possibly use to get to - in some cases 75% capacity.”

Reinke said that 85% of the tax base in Downtown Littleton comes from these restaurants.

“If we lose them, we lose everything,” he said. “So we just said if we go out on the street, and we get people walking around, maybe people will shop, too!”

While each restaurant had to pay for its own liquor license variance to be able to serve in the streets, Scofield said the city worked incredibly hard to process the city permits in record time in order to be ready by opening weekend, last week.

Additionally, the city covered the price of the temporary fencing, security and police officers necessary to redirect traffic.

For now, Weekends on Main will happen every Friday from 3 p.m. through Sunday at 9 p.m. through June, until it is reassessed at the end of the month, at which time it may be extended into July.

“This is how we can save our towns,” said Reinke. “The retailers are the ones who suffered the most. If you had a job during COVID-19, bring an extra $20 and buy someone a gift certificate so they come back down here. If this doesn’t work, 60% of these businesses will be gone

by September. We’ve lost four businesses already. Help us save the rest!”

From The Villager’s experience, reservations at these restaurants are recommended.

The photos you are viewing may look a bit “empty”, however that is because the tables are spread apart for safety and social distancing. Overall, more tables are available, but they are reserved days in advance. Some, however, are saved for walkups the day of, so you may get lucky. Even on a hot day, it does get cool quickly after 6 p.m., so consider bringing a light jacket given it is likely you will be seated outside.

Above all else, enjoy, while supporting your community!

“WEEKENDS ON MAIN” WILL HAPPEN EVERY FRIDAY FROM 3 PM TIL SUNDAY AT 9 PM THROUGH JUNE FOR YOUR SHOPPING & DINING ENJOYMENT

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Be safe. Stay Strong.

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ABOU

THE LAW

BY DONALD PETERSON Dear Readers, What happens if you don’t have a Will? Here is another case example: Recently, I received a call from a widower whose wife had passed away over 20 years ago. The couple had purchased their new home from a developer, who offered to prepare the deed, free of charge, as a courtesy. The language on the deed showed the owners’ names and stated that they took title to the home as “Husband and Wife”.

Based on this language, the husband thought he was the sole owner of the property after his wife’s passing, as the surviving joint owner. Unfortunately, the developer did not include the critical words needed on the deed, to show that the husband and wife took ownership as joint tenants. These words are required under Colorado law to take advantage of the law of joint tenancy. When such words are used on a deed, the ownership of real property is transferred to the surviving joint tenant, at the death of the other

joint tenant. All that is needed is to record a certified copy of the Certificate of Death of the deceased joint tenant in the country where the real property is located.

Now, the husband was ready to sell the family home and move into an assisted living facility. Imagine the husband’s shock when the title company advised that he only owned a one-half interest in the home and that his deceased wife’s estate owned the other one-half interest. Accordingly, the title company advised there was a need to open a probate estate for the wife, for the Court to appoint a Personal Representative with Letters to be issued, authorizing the Personal Representative to transfer ownership of the wife’s one-half interest to the buyer with a Personal Representative’s Deed.

The husband asked how could this be the case? The husband argued that he, alone, had paid the mortgage, taxes and insurance on the home for all of the years since his wife’s passing. I explained that merely using the words “Husband and Wife” on the deed had no legal significance and was not the same as using the legal term, “as joint tenants”. Although Colorado law recognizes ownership of assets, including a home, titled in joint tenancy, the title must state those words specifically. Otherwise, as in this case, the couple unknowingly took title to their house as tenants-in-common, under the

wording of the deed prepared by the developer, resulting in a one-half ownership by the husband and one-half by the wife. This divided ownership remained at the wife’s passing and was not affected, or cured, by the husband’s sole payment of the mortgage or other home expenses.

Under tenant-in-common ownership, the respective share of property that is owned by two people will pass upon the death of one of the co-owners to his or her estate, rather than to the remaining co-owner and probate is necessary to transfer the property.

Thus, there was a need to open a probate estate for the wife, to transfer ownership of her one-half interest in the family home. Unfortunately she did not have a Will, so the estate had to be opened on a formal basis, including the requirement to notify all of the wife’s heirs, who stood to inherit a portion of the wife’s one-half interest, under the law of intestate succession that applies when someone dies without a Will.

Under that law, the surviving husband is not automatically entitled to 100% of the wife’s estate. Instead, depending on who the wife’s heirs are, they may share in the wife’s estate, together with the husband.

Under the law of intestate succession, if any person who would be an heir died before the decedent (the wife in this case), then their children substitute for them and become the dece-

dent’s (wife’s) heirs. Therefore, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, etc. must be considered when determining heirship. Application of the strict law of intestate succession can be avoided if you have the foresight to prepare a Will.

What are the four key medical/estate plan documents you need now?

Many of my clients have asked what are the critical documents needed, particularly in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. Simply being married does not give you the legal right to gain access to your spouse’s medical records or make medical decisions on your spouse’s behalf, even in an emergency.

To avoid this problem and to help others care for you and to achieve your overall estate planning goals, the following documents create an effective

medical/estate plan package: 1. Healthcare Power of Attorney; 2. General Financial Power of Attorney; 3. Advanced Directive for Medical/Surgical Treatment (“Living Will”); and 4. Will (or a Will with a Trust).

Careful medical/estate planning should include preparation and signing of these documents, to accomplish your goals and protect you, both during your lifetime, and at the time of passing. The Power of Attorney documents allow you to designate those agents whom you authorize to help you on your behalf during your lifetime, and the Will/Trust documents allow you to nominate others to help with your estate after your passing, as well as to identify the beneficiaries and the distributions to them, to accomplish your estate planning goals.

A 30% REDUCTION ON ESTATE PLAN DOCUMENTS IS CURRENTLY BEING OFFERED DUE TO THE COVID-19 CRISIS! FOR A FREE TELEPHONE OR VIDEO CONSULTATION, PLEASE CALL: Donald Glenn Peterson, Esq. Don Peterson Law Firm 1720 S. Bellaire St., Suite 530, Denver, CO 80222

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What to know about advance care planning in the age of coronavirus SAVVYSENIOR

Dear Savvy Senior, you should know along All this horrible corowith some resources to navirus carnage got me help you create an adthinking about my own vance directive. end-of-life decisions if I were to get sick. Can Advance Directives you recommend some To adequately spell good resources that out your wishes regardcan help me create a

BY JIM MILLER ing your end-of-life living will or advance medical treatment are directive, or other pertinent two key documents: A “living documents? I’ve put it off long will” which tells your doctor enough. what kind of care you want to Almost 70 receive if you become incapacitated, and a “health care power of Dear Almost, attorney” (or health care proxy), Creating a living will (also which names a person you authoknown as an advance directive) is rize to make medical decisions one of those things most people on your behalf if you become plan to do, but rarely get around unable to. to actually doing. Only about These two documents are one-third of Americans currently known as an “advance direchave one. But the cold hard realtive,” and will only be utilized if ity of the novel coronavirus may you are too ill to make medical be changing that. Here’s what

decisions yourself. You can also change or update it whenever you please.

It isn’t necessary to hire a lawyer to prepare an advance directive. There are free or low-cost resources available today to help you create one, and it takes only a few minutes from start to finish.

One that I highly recommend that’s completely free to use is My Directives (MyDirectives. com). This is an online tool and mobile app that will help you create, store and share a detailed, customized digital advance directive. Their easy-to-use platform combines eight thoughtful questions to guide you through the process. If you’re not computer savvy, ask a family member or trusted friend to help you.

The advantage of having a digital advance directive versus a paper document is being able

to access it quickly and easily via smartphone, which is crucial in emergency situations when they’re most often needed.

If, however, you’d rather have a paper document, one of the best do-it-yourself options is the Five Wishes advance directive (they offer online forms too).

Created by Aging with Dignity, a nonprofit advocacy organization, Five Wishes costs $5, and is available in many languages. To learn more or to receive a copy, visit FiveWishes.org or call 850681-2010.

Another tool you should know about that will compliment your advance directive is the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment, or POLST (sometimes called Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment, or MOLST). A POLST form translates your end-of-life wishes into

medical orders to be honored by your doctors. To learn more about your state’s program or set one up, see POLST.org.

Readers should also know that if you’ve already prepared an advanced directive paper document, a POLST form or the VA advance directive form 10-0137, you can upload, store and share these documents too at MyDirectives.com.

And finally, to ensure your final wishes are followed, make sure to tell your family members, health care proxy and doctors. If you make a digital advance directive or have uploaded your existing forms, you can easily share them electronically to everyone involved. Or, if you make a paper advance directive that isn’t uploaded, you should provide everyone copies to help prevent stress and arguments later.

Be safe. Stay Strong.

June 18, 2020 • THE VILLAGER | PAGE 15

Inoculating ourselves with an emotional vaccine I received a distressing phone call from a close friend.

She was sobbing and so undone because she had lost her job due to the COVID crisis. She was breathless while relaying to me that she was pacing and distraught.

As a single mother and the only income earner, how was she going to manage?? At that moment, I had two choices, I could join into her hysteria and cry with her at the injustice and fear of it all or I could stop, tell her to breathe and give her hope through a kind and empathetic response. That is the response of a mature adult. What, however, is she demonstrating to her children who are not mature, and do not have the brain development capa-

ble of separating emotions from that of their hysterical, fearful mother. The emotions of mom are caught by her children. Children are especially vulnerable to the forces of fear and turmoil taking on the emotions of the adults in their sphere of influence.

The emotional atmosphere of a home is incredibly important. Waves of emotions such as fear, worry, depression, sadness, gloom, and doom are contagious. Those who live in turbulence and anxiousness are frequently on guard emotionally. They can rarely relax trying to anticipate what is coming next.

This phenomenon has been described often by children of alcoholic parents. They never

knew what to expect and it effected their emotional security and development.

Even the most mature and self-actualized are susceptible to being infected with other’s emotions. When our spouse exhibits sadness or frustration, we absorb that same mood.

When the energy of a home is light, fun, creative, nurturing and loving, we delight in that and mimic those feelings as well.

Unconsciously, we feel people’s emotions that are shared facially, vocally, through body language, sighs, hand gestures and head positioning. This deep connection to other’s feelings shows empathy and caring. We must be on guard to not be infected by these emotions so much so that it drives us into the same negative place. We do

not need to go down the same emotional path. To do that we need to vaccinate ourselves with emotional antibodies.

This is especially true with anger. When anger is demonstrated, many react rather than respond. We feel our chest tightening and go into the fight response escalating into a verbal knockdown, drag out altercation. If anger is triggered and we do not have emotional antibodies to keep a cool head, violence ensures.

Social movements are about infecting followers with an emotional contagion.

The objective is to motivate crowds to get worked up, become activists, carry signs, and scream at one another.

Conversely, positive messaging is manifested by enlightening slogans such as, “We are in this together, do your

part.” The more we hear positive or negative messaging the more it gets amplified and seared into our consciousness.

How do we inoculate ourselves against the negative emotion virus? Research suggests that we must be awake and alert. We need to eat well, rest, exercise, and take care of our emotional health. We need to develop a sense of autonomy when others are clamoring for our emotional energy and disconnect from others when they have emotional tantrums.

We need to ensure that our children are not sucked into negativity, emotional chaos and trauma that could derail their emotional development.

Let us be responsible to inoculate ourselves from the emotional contagion. We are all in this together. joneen@my relationshipcenter.org www. myrelationshipcenter.org

Remove cops from schools Continued on page 11

discipline policies and academic structures in order to eliminate racial injustice. As we engage in a review of the current disciplinary processes,” stated DPS Board President Dr. Carrie A. Olson. “The discipline matrix needs revision, or other outcomes that may be identified. A review process would allow us to get to the root of the systemic changes that we, as leaders, are committed to making.”

“We now must dismantle white supremacy in our educators, curriculum, and our budget. This is the first step in a process to redefine our priorities as a district,” wrote Anderson.

“I am committed to fighting for our principals to have a union and are paid a fair wage, I am committed to fighting for $20 an hour starting wage for hourly employees, I am committed to continuing to fight.”

School districts around the country are following this movement, which is much more than merely taking police officers and SROs off school campuses.

Moving forward, DPS will rely on its own security team.

The same amount of funding will now, instead, be used for social workers, mental health professionals, psychologists, and restorative justice practitioners.

As other districts around the state caught wind of the measure quickly coming up for a vote and swiftly passing, their

phones and email inboxes lit up from parents, staff and community members concerned that the same would happen in their districts.

The key thing to remember is that every district is different, and governed by its own Board of Education.

In the South Denver Metro Area, The Villager spoke with Dr. Brian Ewert, Superintendent of Littleton Public Schools.

Ewert said he is supportive of maintaining the district’s relationship with local law enforcement and the SROs that serve LPS’s school communities, which include the Littleton and Centennial Police Departments, some of whom are staffed by the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office.

“They have been a fantastic collaborative partner with the school district and add a significant layer of security for students and staff within our schools,” said Ewert.

Ewert reports that LPS has had no major complaints filed against any SRO in the past six years, and the district handles minor concerns immediately by the school principal and SRO commanders.

“LPS has been very intentional to promote a restorative approach with SROs that seeks to avoid negative interactions, over-reactions, citations and arrests whenever possible,” said Ewert.

The LPS district also collects annual feedback from students, parents and staff,

DPS Board of Education Unanimous: The DPS Board of Education’s vote to end the DPD contract was unanimous, 7-0.

both anecdotally and via school climate surveys, which has made district leadership aware that some of those who connect most deeply with the SROs are those who are the most disenfranchised and marginalized students.

“We think this is because they also spend time doing home visits, giving students a ride home, helping solve conflicts outside of school, advocating for students in court,

helping parents find resources, and generally working hard to build relationships,” said Ewert.

“For many students, this is a valuable opportunity to build a positive relationship with the police in a way that would never happen outside of a connection with an SRO within our schools.”

Check with your district’s website, as many have posted a statement in relation to their relationship with the local po-

lice force they contract with for officers and SROs. Also, whether you have students in school now, are taxpayer or a neighbor to a local school, consider attending a school board meeting.

They are open to the public.

Currently, they are being held right now via the internet, but they have provisions to collect public comments remotely, and your input is certaimly appreciated.

Be safe. Stay Strong.

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Smoothie Girl for 15 plus years!

BY MELINDA LUKE

Buy California Garlic instead of Chinese Garlic

Many people think of California as the garlic capital of the world when, in fact, most Musings with of our garlic actually comes from China. Because production costs in China are much lower, Chinese garlic costs less. As Chinese garlic continues to flood our markets, California growers are less likely to choose garlic as a crop, since it so much less profitable now. Less than 10 years ago, all of our garlic was grown in this country. Now less than 40% is grown here.

When shopping for produce, how do you tell the difference between domestic and Chinese garlic? Garlic bulbs with roots scooped off the bottom (leaving a clean concave) are Chinese. The scooping lowers the weight and thus the shipping costs, but it also removes contaminated soil – something that is required by U.S. law. Domestic bulbs, on the other hand, come with roots attached sometimes. While American growers are free to leave the roots on the bulbs, if a grower believes that rootless bulbs are prettier and more desirable to shoppers, then he can remove them, making his domestic garlic look just like Chinese garlic.

Is there a difference in quality? Yes, CA garlic routinely scores higher BRIX scale Melinda rating (sugar content) than Chinese. Also Chinese garlic is noted by chefs for it’s metallic bitterness.

So what are you to do? You have several options. One, just keep buying the same garlic at the same place you always have and ignore the controversy. Two, buy garlic at the grocery store that’s certified organic and labeled with its domestic source. Three, buy from a local farmer’s market or a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farm.

Four, grow your own. If you are concerned about the origin of your produce and how it is grown, planting your own garden is the best way to guarantee your family is eating pesticide-free fruits and vegetables.

I have a farm I would like to mention where you can get just about anything. Check out www.majesticmoonranch. org. It is located in Franktown. And you will love their facebook page, so look for Majestic Moon Ranch!

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PRODUCE

Smoothies are like my soup, it’s an item that has evolved in all of these years I have been making them. I’m pleased to share with you my easy recipe! But first I would like to chat about the ingredients.

I do love to have spinach in my smoothies. Some people really hate seeing the green, so if it bothers you, it’s okay there is a lot of other wonderful items that can go into a smoothie. I love Kale, Collard Greens, etc. but it is a stronger taste, so I stick with spinach, but collard greens goes in my soup the rest of the year. Chia Seeds are very good for you, and there isn’t really a taste, so I put chia seeds in anything, (smoothies, yogurt, or my oatmeal, which is really buckwheat). As for milk, I personally like the blend of almond and cashew the most. Protein powder really depends on the person, there are so many options, and everyone’s body is different, or you could just add a nut butter. I have also added my goats yogurt in before, but

I don’t usually add yogurt into my smoothie’s. A bit of fruit either blueberries, half a banana, or a couple of strawberries is wonderful to include. I just rinse off some frozen fruit and throw it in. The one thing I started doing new recently is adding some spices from my cabinet. I add cinnamon, turmeric, ginger, and I also have a natural cacao powder that I add sometimes.

Melinda’s Smoothie Recipe About 5 ice cubes

I use an Almond/Cashew blend of milk A bunch of Spinach A little fruit (half of banana or half of cup of blueberries) A Vanilla Protein Powder Chia Seeds - tablespoon Spices dash! Cinnamon, Turmeric, and Ginger

Melinda Luke Integrative Health Coach

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Centennial City Councilors and VIPs: Left to right: Candace Moon of District 1; Tammy Maurer of District 2; Jeff Keener - CEO the South Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce; Andrew Graham on guitar - most recent past president of SMDCC; Terry Walsh - owner of Rolling Smoke BBQ, Kathy Turley of District 1, Christine Sweetland of District 2.

The Centennial Farmer’s Market

BY JESSICA ROE STAFF WRITER

The Centennial Farmer's Market is held every Wednesday in the summer from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. with vendors ranging from local produce, to

Middle Eatern foods, to freshly roasted nuts, herbs, smoked salmon, and a variety of different artisan craftspeople, as well as weekly entertainment with locally owned restaurants - including Jesse's Smokin' NOLA

and Rollin' Smoke BBQ open and ready to serve you lunch nearby!

For more information, visit www.SouthUniversityFarmers Market.com or call organizer Todd Smith at 720-232-3740.

Be safe. Stay Strong.

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Primary voter guide

BY THE VILLAGER STAFF

Whether you are affiliated with a political party or not, if you are registered to vote as a Republican, a Democrat, or Unaffiliated, you should have received your June primary ballot in the mail last week. It’s due back to your county clerk by June 30th.

The Villager Newspaper considers it our civic responsibility to walk you through the process.

If you are registered with a party, you should have received your party’s primary ballot, where there are only a few contested primaries in our demographic area of the South Denver Metro Area, meaning, more than one individual from the same party vying for the seat to see whose name will make it on the final ballot for the November general election. Select one. You are then allowed to either vote for, or leave blank, the entire rest of the ballot As demonstrated, check marks or “x” marks are not allowed. The entire circle

v

must be darkened out.

for a replacement ballot. https://tinyurl.com/COclerks June 22nd - Last day to have a replacement ballot mailed to you.

June 22nd to June 30th Voter Service and Polling Center locations and drop boxes open around the state. Where do I drop off my ballot or vote? https://tinyurl.com/dropballot

If you are unaffiliated, you received both a democrat and a republican ballot. You may only return one. Per the Secretary of State, if an unaffiliated voter returns more than one political party ballot, both ballots will be rejected and none of the votes will be counted.

IMPORTANT DATES

Last Week - County clerks began mailing ballots for the Primary Election. If you haven’t received your ballot by June 17th contact your county clerk’s office

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June 30th at 7:00 PM - Your county clerk must receive your ballot by 7:00 PM on Election Day - postmarks do not count. We recommend using a 24-hour drop box within your county to ensure your ballot is received on time.

Mail-in Ballots FAQs from Colorado’s Secretary of State, Jena Griswold

Q1. How do I confirm what address my ballot went to?

A1. Every voter receives a mail ballot. The ballot will be sent to the mailing address you provided for your voter registration file. To check the address on file, or to make any changes to your voter registration visit www.

GoVoteColorado.gov.

Q2. How do I know if my mail ballot has been mailed?

A2. To check the status of your mail ballot visit www.GoVote Colorado.gov. Then log in to your voter record, which will show whether your mail ballot has been mailed. If you have further questions about your mail ballot’s status, contact your local county clerk and recorder’s office.

Q3. Will my other votes be counted if I choose not to vote on a candidate or question?

A3. Yes. If you choose to leave a race or question blank, your other votes will still be counted.

Q4. Will my mail ballot be counted? I heard that mail ballots might not be counted.

A4. Every valid mail ballot is counted. Be sure to sign the envelope when you return your mail ballot. Your county clerk must receive your ballot no later than 7:00 PM on Election Day. If you are not sure if your ballot will arrive in time, drop it off in person. Contact your county clerk and recorder for drop-off and drop-box locations.

If you recently registered for the first time, you may need to provide a copy of your ID along with your mail ballot. Your county clerk will have provided instructions about the ID requirement along with your ballot.

Q5. If I am voting by mail, when must the county clerk and recorder receive my ballot?

A5. Mail ballots must be received by the county clerk and recorder no later than 7:00 PM on Election Day. Voters are encouraged to drop off ballots at desig-

nated drop off locations, drop-box locations, or mail their ballots in time to be received by the county clerk before the polls close.

Postmarks do not count; ballots must be in the hands of the county clerk by 7:00 PM on Election Day in order to be counted.

Q6. What should I do if I do not receive my mail ballot or make a mistake, damage, or lose my mail ballot?

A6. You may request a replacement mail ballot from your county clerk. You may also vote in-person at a voter service and polling center.

Q7. Why didn’t I get two ballots? Or why did I get THIS (party specific) ballot?

A7. This can happen for two reasons: You are affiliated with a specific party and as such, should have only received that party’s ballot.

You are an Unaffiliated voter who has indicated a ballot preference for the party’s ballot you received for this election.

Q8. I stated a preference last year, but this year I got two ballots, why?

A8. A ballot preference is only good for one election. To select the preference again for the next election, visit www.govotecolorado. gov, or make the selection on any paper voter registration form.

Q9. Why did my 17-year-old get a ballot?

A9. If someone is 17 on the date of a presidential primary election or a state primary election, and will be 18 on the date of the next general election, they are entitled to vote in the presidential primary election and state primary election. If that person is registered to vote, they will receive a ballot.

FYI

The Secretary of State’s Office has suspended all in-person services until further notice in an effort to protect employees and customers from the spread of COVID-19. The Secretary of State’s office says do not come to our office location. Their staff is working remotely to assist you.

They apologize for any inconvenience this change in operation may cause. Most of the SOS’s services remain available online. For filings that must occur on paper, please send it via the United States Postal Service only.

Other forms of mail may not be received in a timely manner. Call 303-894-2200 with any questions.

IMPORTANT RACES REPUBLICAN PARTY

The Republican party in the South Metro Denver Area has very few races that have primary contests.

Statewide None

Regional Race

University of Colorado Board of Regents - Congressional District 6 (Doug Co & Arap Co)

Richard Murray www.murrayforcuregent.com Richard is an alumnus of the University of Colorado whose goal is to work tirelessly towards providing affordable, accessible, inclusive, and world-class higher education to Coloradans. For two decades, CU has been a central part of Richard’s life and he has maintained strong ties serving his alma mater. Richard is running for CU Regent (Congressional District 6) because he deeply cares about the future of the next generation of Coloradans and working to solve the important issues facing higher education in Colorado.

Priscilla Rahn www.RahnRorCURegent.com Priscilla is a 26-year veteran public school Master Teacher; an elite distinction held by less than 1% of Colorado’s teachers.

Priscilla has worked in urban, suburban and rural schools in Texas, Colorado and Alaska as a public school teacher, principal, and more. As a business owner, treasurer of a $1.1 million dollar organization, school principal and HOA Board Member, Priscilla has many years of finance and budgeting oversight experience.

Race

Douglas County Commissioner Clint Dorris www.ClintDorris.com Clint earned his B.S. in Environmental Engineering from Texas A&M University and his M.S. in Engineering from the University of Texas. He was also selected to interview for NASA’s astronaut class of 2009. Clint served in the office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Intelligence) as a senior manager in the Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (ISR) Task Force. Clint believes Douglas County should continue preserving open space so our citizens can enjoy the natural beauty of our great outdoors; that we need an expert plan for the longterm sustainability of our water resources, both groundwater and surface water.

George Teal www.GeorgeForDougCo.com George enlisted in the U.S. Army as a Rifleman, he is a Veteran of Operation Desert Storm and paid his way through the University of North Colorado on his G.I. Bill before then returning to active duty as a 1st Lieutenant, an Army ROTC Distinguished Military Graduate and active duty, wartime Infantryman. He has served on Castle Rock’s Town Council, as well as the Denver Regional Council of Government (DRCOG) and just recently was appointed to the Re-Imagine RTD Advisory Board. George supports TABOR and plans to be a staunch advocate for our rights and will always ensure the freedom to own, carry and defend while keeping government in-check.

DEMOCRAT PARTY

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race between two democrats attempting to unseat U.S. Senator Cory Gardener (R-CO) and several important regional races in the South Metro Denver Area, including a hard-fought race to replace the term-limited four-county District Attorney, Republican George Brachler, who has held his seat in the 18th Judicial District for several terms.

Statewide Race

U.S. Senate Andrew Romanoff www.AndrewRomanoff.com Andrew Romanoff’s key platform pledge has been his fight for mental health care, driven by a tragedy in his own family. As president and CEO of Mental Health Colorado, Andrew led the fight for the prevention and treatment of mental health and substance use disorders. Among the results: pathbreaking programs for children and families and $68 million per year in life-saving services for Coloradans in need. Romanoff says, “ I’ll lead the fight for Medicare for all; good jobs and the education and training they require; and a Green New Deal to replace fossil fuel with renewable energy.

I’ll fight for comprehensive immigration reform, including a path to citizenship. For me, this fight is personal; I wouldn’t be in America if our nation hadn’t opened its doors to my mother and all four of my grandparents.”

John W. Hickenlooper www.hickenlooper.com John Wright Hickenlooper was a laid off geologist, turned brewpub hotshot, turned Denver Mayor and then Governor of the State of Colorado. He touts his independent perspective to get things done, with donors and supporters from both sides of the aisle. He counts lowering healthcare and prescription drug costs, keeping families safe from gun violence and protecting the state’s public lands while combating climate change among his successes. After becoming Governor, Hickenlooper credits himself with moving Colorado from ranking 40th in job creation to “leading by example as the number one economy in the nation.” Prior to jumping into this race, he attempted a run for president.

Regional Race

18th Judicial District Attorney Matt Maillaro

www.mattmaillaro.com Matt is currently the Assistant District Attorney under incumbent DA, Republican George Brachler, where he has worked for 13 years. Maillaro has brought his own personal story to the campaign trail, sharing he dropped out of high school, faced teenage challenges with substance abuse and criminal behavior, but through a positive experience with law enforcement, the trajectory of his life forever changed. He got his GED, completed college, graduated from DU’s Sturm College of Law, and has spent a career protecting victims of crime. His goal if elected is to help crime victims get their lives back, stop systemic bias over-incarceration and expand diversion and restorative justice.

Amy Padden www.AmyPadden.com After a distinguished career in private practice, Amy Padden has since devoted nearly 15-years to public service, where she has worked at the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and most recently at a District Attorney’s Office where she was recognized nationally fog keeping

low level criminal offenders out of jail cells while also costing taxpayers less. Padden fought for the rights of Coloradans by prosecuting bogus charities and businesses engaged in fraud. Padden is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center. If elected, she plans to ensure all offenders, victims and witnesses are treated fairly regardless of their race, national origin, religion, income and promises to work to address implicit bias, hold police accountable, and fight antiquated laws and policies.

Race

House District #38 Candice Ferguson www.candiceforcolorado.com Candice Ferguson’s professional career has been as a marketing executive and business owner. She founded Colorado Stronger Together and she served as the Digital Director for Littleton Public Schools’ Bond 4A that passed in 2018.

Ferguson’s priorities include community safety and violence prevention; access to healthcare and mental health services; climate change protections; equity in education; equal rights and inclusivity; and infrastructure.

Candice chose orange as her campaign’s theme color to bring

awareness to end gun violence.

She has also stated, “We must end institutional racism before we can end the racism in peoples’ hearts.

David Ortiz www.davidortizcolorado.com Since College, David Ortiz has been an advocate for his community, volunteered to help resettle Hurricane Katrina evacuees and marching with our Union organizations.

Ortiz then joined the U.S. Army and served as a helicopter pilot where he narrowly avoided death in a crash while on tour in Afghanistan that left him paralyzed from the waist down.

After recovering at Craig Hospital in Englewood, Ortiz immediately got to work advocating and lobbying for veterans at the Colorado State Capitol. Ortiz understands the importance of access to affordable and quality healthcare for all Coloradans so that every member of our community can live and work with dignity. Ortiz also believes mental healthcare is just as important as physical healthcare and it should be a right for all. Ortiz is dedicated to passing legislation that prevents gun violence and that promotes gun safety and responsible gun ownership. He believes our children deserve to learn in a safe environment and our teachers should earn a wage that allows them to live in the communities they teach in.

REVERSE MORTGAGE SPECIALISTS

Bob NMLS 719030 303-588-1335 We have had some good feedback from previous articles. Thank you for reading and we would love to hear from you. I’ve had some great chats recently. It was fun talking Ron (not real name) about his situation. We explored several options that he is mulling over. Again, my job is to help identify options and provide education. You decide when you have digested the information and options. No pressure.

Our background as educators and dispositions as strategic thinkers lend well to this approach.

We love exploring options and helping people put the pieces together. Our joy is in doing this part, connecting with people, hearing your story and helping you achieve your goals. We love to hear, “You know, I never thought of it that way. Thanks for bringing that up.”

We have people reaching out to us to talk through their situations and are currently helping folks referred by their financial planners. We explored several options. They decided the best option for them was to sell their home and move. Using a Reverse Mortgage for purchase, they are able to buy a home better suited for them. They need to put less than 50% down, finance the rest of the purchase price using a reverse mortgage, and have no monthly mortgage payment other than taxes, insurance, HOA and maintenance.

In their case they are able to keep enough from the sale of their home proceeds to allow them to redo some things that the new house needs.

Many retirees would love to move but feel trapped in their current home. They may not have enough equity when they sell to buy what they want. OR, they may know they can’t qualify for a traditional forward mortgage. If you didn’t know about reverse mortgages you would think there were no options and you had to make do. If you could take some, or all of the equity in your home, basically double it with the buying power of a reverse mortgage would that provide you with options?

What if you could also keep some of the funds from your home sale to fund other retirement resources!

Again, this is like a puzzle, how can we put the pieces together to give you the best situation.

Some of the puzzles we have helped put together ended in amazing results. One couple always wanted to have a second or vacation home to enjoy with their family. They talked

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Kathy NMLS 1368981 303-619-8033 about it for years, yet it never happened. They didn’t have the resources to pay cash. Their income was OK but not sufficient to allow for another mortgage payment, even if they refinanced their paid-for home.

They called us to discuss their options, when all the pieces were put together they were able to use a reverse mortgage to access just over $300,000 from the wealth in their home and they found a place they could buy for cash.

After several years of dreaming, it became a reality. Now they have the place for their family to enjoy. AND two homes to pass on to the kids.

We can tell you about the couple with their unfulfilled dream to buy an RV for travel. They still had a small mortgage with a significant payment. They had some room, but not much, in the budget. Retirement funds would not allow the withdrawal to buy an RV. After discussing and presenting options they were able to use a reverse mortgage to pay off their current loan, had enough to buy a good used RV and the room in their budget to do some traveling.

What do some other situations look like when the pieces come together? One couple wanted to help their kids buy a home, another wanted to have an emergency fund with the line of credit that could grow over time and be there in later years to fund any long term care needs they may encounter. Another needed major renovations to be able to age in place. The pictures are as varied as the people we talk to.

So many have a hard time with no margins in their budget. Whether your current mortgage payment is just a few hundred dollars or like one recent call over $4000 a month, what would your life be like without that payment in your budget?

If you have a home with a payment of several thousand dollars a month, how would your retirement or investment accounts be impacted? What if you didn’t have to make that withdrawal every month to pay your mortgage (still have to pay taxes, insurance, HOA and upkeep)? Might be a good question to ask your financial advisor.

Bottom line, give us a call to discuss your needs. If you have a dream or a need that you haven’t been able to fulfill - we love to help folks put the pieces of the puzzle together. It is what we do!

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Robert “Bob” McPherson Kenyon - 1929-2020

Robert “Bob” McPherson Kenyon, of Greenwood Village, Colorado, was born on March 21, 1929 in Los Angeles, California. He passed away on June 12, 2020 at the age of 91. He died shortly after undergoing hip surgery. He died peacefully, surrounded by his loved ones.

Bob is preceded in death by his parents, Edgar and Ann Kenyon, and his eldest son, David Kenyon. He is survived by his wife Nancy Kenyon, son Craig Kenyon, daughters Kim Kenyon and Kristina (Daniel) Davies, daughter-in-law Rosemary Kenyon, grandchildren Nate (Emma and great-grandson Jack Kenyon), Carter Kenyon, Matt and Molly Kenyon, Sammy and Joel Davies.

Born and raised in San Marino, California, he had a keen interest in the outdoors, particularly rocks, rock formations and the geology of the earth.

He graduated from South Pasadena High School in 1947, followed by a degree in Geology from Colorado College in 1951. The day after graduation, he enlisted in the Marines, serving as a Marine Corp Officer in the Korean War from 1951-1953. He continued his military service in the Reserves from 1953 – 1960, completing his service as Captain.

Upon returning from Korea, he began his career as a petroleum geologist with Union Oil Company in Denver. In 1954 he met his future wife,

Nancy, and they married one year later in 1955. Bob and Nancy raised four children, moving often with their young family from Wyoming to California to Alaska to Colorado. Bob and family settled in Littleton where he worked for DEPCO for the next two decades and retired from the oil business in 1991. He volunteered at Walnut Hills Elementary and the Neurology Department of CU Medical Center.

Bob loved spending time with his family and friends, being in the great outdoors of Colorado, and traveling to Santa Fe with his wife, becoming a fine art enthusiast.

There will be a small, private service. In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent in his honor to the American Brain Tumor Association (www.abta. org).

We will miss his generous spirit, his love for life, his strength, humility, humor, and his big, gentle soul.

2020 Toyota Land Cruiser earns a crown

BY H. THROTTLE AUTOMOTIVE COLUMNIST

The king of the highway arrived this week in the form of the Toyota Land Cruiser with a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $85,313, and another $2,220 for the rear entertainment system that includes “Terra Aniline” perforated interior.

This is an awesome allwheel drive SUV with running boards and leather with heated and ventilated bucket seats. Up to eight passengers are protected by 10 airbags.

The JBL premium sound system has 14 speakers with subwoofer and amplifier. The sound system is very special for all passengers.

While large in size, the land cruiser maneuver’s well and blends with traffic, not feeling like a larger vehicle.

The Toyota Land Cruiser is a powerful vehicle with 401 horsepower from a V8 engine linked to the eight-speed se-

quential transmission. The cruiser has all the bells and whistle to pull a trailer or boat and haul family and friends to the lake, camping or ski slopes.

Fuel economy gives way to horsepower with a 14-mpg overall average but considering the size and number of passengers that the cruiser can accommodate and amount it can tow.

The safety rating has not been announced, but the vehicle has all of the standard Toyota award winning “Safety Sense” features that include pre-collision and pedestrian alert safeguards.

Assembled in Toyota, Aichi, Japan the vehicle has a fiveyear, 50,000-mile powertrain warranty.

A very classy, well-appointed vehicle; the president of the United States could be a passenger. In this vehicle quality “Trump’s” quantity.

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Taylor and Lucas Sworn in as members of South Suburban Board of Directors James (Jim) Taylor and Ken Lucas were sworn in as members of the South Suburban Board of Directors on Wednesday, May 13, 2020. They will each serve one three-year term after being elected by

District residents on May 5, 2020. Taylor and Lucas join current members, Pete Barrett, Dave Lawful and Susan Pye. The board also nominated and approved positions at the May 13 meeting. These will be

in place through May 2022.

Chair – Susan Pye Vice Chair – Dave Lawful Treasurer – Ken Lucas Secretary – Pete Barrett Assistant Treasurer/ Assistant Secretary – Jim Taylor

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Jones makes University of Utah 2020 Dean’s List David Jones, son of Peter Jones, former writer and reporter for The Villager, was named to the University of

Utah’s Spring 2020 Dean’s List. Jone’s major is listed as Business Administration B.S.

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Cancer League installs 2021 board to support the research activities SUBMITTED BY GLORY WEISBERG

Cancer League of Colorado installed its new 2020-2021 board virtually last week, doing so without a glitch, as Gary Reece, President for Life asked the newbies to raise their right hands and were sworn in via Zoom.

Also keeping his board position was Dave Weisberg, Acting President-Elect, who also has other duties on the Executive Board.

Some other board positions are being taken by new leaders that include Darin Brown, Suzanne Alliano-Rossick, Michelle Rea-Meredith, Hector Heredia, Kathy Papaedimitropolous, Monica Mercedes, Rosalina Decodie, Tina Ye and many others.

An exciting update on cancer research at The Anschutz Cancer Center, was given by given by Dr. Rajeev Vibhakar in detail which helps members feel motivated to open their wallets and get others

Cancer League funds. Dr. Vibhakar’s full title is Rajeev Vibhakar MD, PhD. Amongst his accomplishments arE: Cancer League of Colorado Chair; Dr. Nicholas Foreman Chair in Pediatric NeuroOncology Research; Professor of Pediatrics and Neurosurgery, Morgan Adams Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Program; Program Leader, Pediatric NeuroOncology, University of Colorado School of Medicine Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders, Children’s Hospital Colorado.

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Arapahoe County Primary Election

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June 30. Ballots will be mailed beginning June 8. Return your ballot by mail or deliver it to any drop-off location in Arapahoe County

GREENWOOD VILLAGE as follows:

—Continued from previous page— the City Council should create a Local Improvement District pursuant to Chapter 4.9 of the City of Greenwood Village Municipal Code for Purpose of Financing the undergrounding of electrical lines and telephone lines; and prescribing the manner for the payment and collection of said assessments.

The details of the proposed Local Improvement District are described

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Please take notice that on July 6, 2020 at the hour of 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter, as the matter may come, in City Council Chambers at Greenwood Village City Hall, 6060 S. Quebec Street, Greenwood Village, Colorado, the City Council of the City of Greenwood Village will hold a public hearing whether

1. Description of the Proposed Local Improvement District The proposed district is generally described as the properties bounded on Cherryville Road. A map of the proposed district is included as Exhibit “A”. The legal description of the Local Improvement District is included in Exhibit “B”.

2. A Description of the Improve-

Exhibit A Cherryville Road Undergrounding Local Improvement District Boundary Map

District Boundary 1715 Cherryville Road RD

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1755 Cherryville Road

1785 Cherryville Road

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1825 Cherryville Road

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3. Estimated cost of the improvements, excluding the cost of engineering, collection, inspection, incidentals and interest.

The estimated cost of construction for the project is $138,226.38. The cost per property based on the estimates would be $17,278.30 to be assessed against all properties listed in Exhibit “A”.

At the public hearing, any owner of real property to be assessed may appear and be heard on the matter.

OF ALL PROPERTIES INCLUDED IN THE LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FOR UNDERGROUND BURIAL OF OVERHEAD UTILITY LINES

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ments Proposed The proposed improvement consists of the undergrounding of electrical lines and telephone lines. The approximate length of undergrounding is 1,500 feet.

EXHIBIT B LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS

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1601 Cherryville Road

$36,825...BALANCE OWED $14,500

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Property: 1601 CHERRYVILLE RD, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO – LOT 1 BLOCK 5 PLAZA ACRES SUBDIVISION Property: 1685 CHERRYVILLE RD, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO – LOT 2 BLOCK 5 PLAZA ACRES SUBDIVISION Property: 1715 CHERRYVILLE RD, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO – LOT 3 BLOCK 5 PLAZA ACRES SUBDIVISION Property: 1755 CHERRYVILLE RD, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO – LOT 4 BLOCK 5 PLAZA ACRES SUBDIVISION Property: 1785 CHERRYVILLE RD, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO – LOT 5 BLOCK 5 PLAZA ACRES SUBDIVISION Property: 1825 CHERRYVILLE RD, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO – LOT 6 BLOCK 5 PLAZA ACRES SUBDIVISION Property: 1875 CHERRYVILLE RD, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO – LOT 7 BLOCK 5 PLAZA ACRES SUBDIVISION Property: 1885 CHERRYVILLE RD, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO – LOT 8 BLOCK 5 PLAZA ACRES SUBDIVISION Dated this 12th day of June, 2020 Susan M. Ortiz, MMC City Clerk Published in The Villager First Publication: June 18, 2020 Last Publication: July 2, 2020 Legal # 9739 ___________________________

by 7 pm Election Day. View a sample ballot and find your nearest ballot drop-off location at arapahoevotes.com. For information contact Arapahoe County Elections at 303-793-4511

Denver Zoo Reopens

Tickets sales for entry resumed on Friday, June 12. All tickets must be purchased/reserved online at DenverZoo.org/Visit. The zoo will limit the number of visitors per day with staggered 15-minute entry windows to limit the number of guests at any one time. A one-way path around the entire campus has been created to allow guests to view a majority of its animal habitats and gardens. All guests ages 3 and over will be required to wear face masks. For further information call 720-337-1644

Denver Botanic Gardens Now Open The Denver Botanic Gardens 1007 York Street location has opened with limited attendance numbers, timed tickets and strict social distancing guidelines. Admissions are capped at 250 people in two-hour increments.

Make a reservation online for a specific date at botanicgardens.org. Tickets will not be available onsite. For information call 720-865-3500

Cherry Creek Arts Festival Cancelled This year’s event has been moved to July 2 – 4, 2021. Artists juried into the 2020 show will have the option of participating in the 2021 event or receiving a full refund for this year. CherryArts will continue its activities connected with the festival including the virtual Art Shop where you can buy the work of festival artists. For information go to hello@cherryarts.org or call 303-355-2787

Colorado Renaissance Festival Opening Postponed The new date for this year’s festival will be August 1 for eight weekends through Sunday, September 20. For updates and further information call 303-688-6010

Dragon Boat Festival Cancelled The Colorado Dragon Boat Leadership has cancelled this year’s event originally scheduled for July 25, 26. We plan to resume our annual celebration of Asian and Asian/American heritage in 2021. For information call 303-953-7277

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The Hope Ball Is Going Virtual

June 27. In response to health concerns, Cancer League of Colorado has decided to stage a safe, lively and fun interactive event at 7:00 pm on this date that will include Silent & Live Auctions. For information call 303-7619015

Saturday Night Alive Gala Cancelled This year’s Gala benefiting the Denver Center for the Performing Arts commitment to making theatre accessible to everyone has been cancelled.

All events and performances at DCPA have been postponed. For updates — Continued to next page — and further information call Lyn Schaffer at 303-341-1473

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