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United Airlines announces purchase of 15 Boom supersonic jets BY FREDA MIKLIN STAFF WRITER
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n June 3, United Airlines announced it had agreed to buy 15 Overture supersonic aircraft from Denver-based Boom Supersonic “to add aircraft to its global fleet as well as a cooperative sustainability initiative – a move that facilitates a leap forward in returning supersonic speeds to aviation.” The contract includes an option for 35 more Overture models. The Overture “will cut travel times in half and operate on up to 100% sustainable aviation fuel,” said United. The first planes are expected to roll out in 2025 and be ready to carry passengers in 2029. United and Boom also announced that they will “work together to accelerate the production of greater sup-
plies of sustainable aviation fuel.” Capable of attaining speeds of Mach 1.7, the Overture is expected to be able to fly from San Francisco to Tokyo in six hours and Newark to London in only three and a half hours. The speed is twice that of today’s jet aircraft. “The world’s first purchase agreement for net-zero carbon supersonic aircraft marks a significant step toward our mission to create a more accessible world,” said Blake Scholl, Boom Supersonic founder and CEO. “United and Boom share a common purpose—to unite the world safely and sustainably. At speeds twice as fast, United passengers will experience all the advantages of life lived in person, from deeper, more productive business relationships to longer, more relaxing vacations to far-off destinations.”
This is a rendering of a United Airlines Overture supersonic jet.
Boom announced that it presently has purchase orders and options for 70 Overture aircraft and is “working with the United States Air Force for government applications of Overture.” In October 2020, The Villager wrote about the rollout of the prototype for the Over-
ture at Centennial Airport near Arapahoe Road and Peoria Streets. We quoted Blake Scholl, founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic saying about the prototype, “Every feature of this airplane has been optimized for high-speed performance,” and that the company’s goal is to create
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an airliner that will provide affordable and sustainable supersonic travel “to bring families, businesses, and cultures closer together through supersonic travel and make the world dramatically more accessible.” fmiklin.villager@gmail. com
Interested in computer science? BY NICOLE CHEN
Interested in computer science? The DTC Computer Science Camps are a student-led, non-profit organization dedicated to teaching the fundamentals of computer science to middle school students in the Denver Tech area. Despite its Denver origin, the camps have taught students from several other regions and states, including California and New York. The camps were founded by Cherry Creek High School graduates Nicole Chen and Sid Ijju. Nicole will be attending Harvard and Sid is a rising sophomore within the Berkeley MET program. Current Cherry Creek High
Schoolers Anna Liu and Abhi Kasu will be continuing the camps this year. Abhi is a rising sophomore with coding and teaching experience from robotics competitions and collaborating with other teams. He is well versed in multiple programming languages including Java, Processing, and C#. Anna is a rising se-
nior with experience in Java, Processing, and Python. She is involved in computer science and biomedical research internships at the Colorado School of Mines and the Anschutz Medical Center. Both have had prior experience with the camps-- last year Anna was a volunteer, and Abhi was a student-- and they
Nicole Chen, right, assists her student on the left.
are very enthusiastic to continue the program even after both founders have graduated. They aspire to uphold the camp’s tradition of inspiring the next generation of coders. The camps have impacted over one hundred students across the nation. Most importantly, the camps boast a 50-50 ratio of boys and girls and have been sponsored by GirlsInSTEM, ChickTech, Microsoft, and University of Denver. The camps also invite high school students to volunteer and teach, where they become mentors to the young boys and girls they are paired with. Because of how local the camps are, these mentoring relationships continue far beyond the camps. Furthermore, past students have gone on to pave the way for computer science in their communities, whether that be through founding their own programming clubs, pursuing computer science courses in high school, or even returning to the camps as volunteers. This year, students can sign up for one or both of the two coding sessions offered: session one focuses on Processing, and session two focuses on Java. Processing is a flex-
ible software sketchbook for learning how to code within the context of the visual arts. Session one is designed to be a competitive, challenging, and fun camp for students who have little to no experience in programming. Java is a higher-level programming language that is commonly used in application development. Session two is designed to be a faster-paced camp for students who have completed Processing or have had a previous coding background. In addition to learning how to code, students also have the opportunity to meet professionals in the computer science field through workshops and presentations. Past speakers have come from Colorado School of Mines, University of Denver, and have even included the founder of Girls In STEM. This year, the 2021 DTC Computer Science Camps will be completely free to attend and will be hosted remotely through Zoom. Session one will be held July 26-30, 9am12pm, and session two will be held August 2-6, 9am-12pm. For more information and registration, visit https://dtc cscamp.info.
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Which story is the story of hiStory
Have you ever heard of the Armenian Genocide? I hadn’t until I was almost thirty years old, having not learned about the pivotal event in any of my history classes throughout school, including my time as a history major in college before switching to English. The Armenian Genocide first came to my awareness twenty years ago when I was teaching in Illinois, which at the time was reviewing its state social studies standards. “How can you not teach the Armenian Genocide?” a colleague of mine strongly asserted. It’s widely believed by historians to be the blueprint the Nazis used in planning and implementing the Holocaust. In that regard, it’s an indispensable piece of information in the study of history, which should focus not just on knowing facts but also understanding how history evolves over time and how one event influences others. Recently on the Denver Post editorial page, two local writers argued the time was long past due for the United States government to recognize the Armenian Genocide, an action which was vigorously opposed by the government of Turkey. Just a week later, the Biden administration publicly acknowledged the monumental historical event, something none of previous White House occupants had ever done. The news was an important step forward toward increasing deeper knowledge of the multiple perspectives necessary to ensure authentic understanding and wisdom about the past. The Armenian Genocide is not the only history lesson many Americans have received recently. Millions of people are just now learning of profoundly significant historical events like the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 which culminated in the burning of an entire neighborhood known as Black Wall Street. Similarly, the commemoration of Juneteenth is finally on the minds of most Americans after its official adoption as a national holiday, despite being recognized and celebrated in states for decades. One key problem of teaching history is the significant influence held by textbook companies, and the ambiguity of determining what content is taught. For, the social studies standards of most states don’t actually identify specific events that must or should be taught. Do you know who Samuel Gompers is, and if you don’t, can you really understand the history of business and labor in the United States? Do you know who Elijah P. Lovejoy is? Historians have called him the first casualty of the Civil War, as he became a martyr for freedom of the press and the abolitionist writing which was so instrumen-
tal in bringing about the end of slavery. Can you really understand the first amendment and the history of journalism if you
don’t know who he is? Have you heard of Joshua Chamberlain? Some historians consider him one of the most pivotal figures of the Civil War, for without him, the Battle of Gettysburg, a turning point in the war, would likely have been won by the South. Did you know that the FBI was primarily formed to investigate the race-based murders of numerous affluent indigenous people in
Oklahoma? Perhaps the key to the conundrum of teaching “history” is that any discussion of what should be taught can quickly devolve into a trivia game like Jeopardy!, and insight to the goal of education is quickly lost as people toss “gotcha!” questions back and forth. That little game conveniently misses the importance of teaching perspective in history. For, truly, the goal of education is to become what Henry James called “a person on whom nothing is lost.” Thus, viewing all history from multiple perspectives is the antidote to what Nigerian author Chiminmanda Adichie warned about in her TED Talk and essay called “The Danger of the Single Story.” In a nation that often appears embarrassingly ignorant of histo-
ry, there is actually a significant interest in history, as noted by the large number of non-fiction texts that continually top best seller lists. Many adults feel compelled to correct the unfortunate fact that they “Don’t Know Much about History,” the name of a popular title from writer Kenneth C. Davis. Others are fascinated by learning all the history they didn’t know until after they read “Lies My Teacher Told Me” by James W. Loewen or “A People’s History of the United States” by esteemed historian Howard Zinn. Clearly, if you only know the history you were taught, you’re likely missing what journalist Paul Harvey liked to call “the rest of the story.” Michael P. Mazenko is a writer, educator, & school administrator in Greenwood Village. He blogs at A Teacher’s View and can be found on Twitter @ mmazenko. You can email him at mmazenko@gmail.com
Do you know who Elijah P. Lovejoy is? Historians have called him the first casualty of the Civil War, as he became a martyr for freedom of the press and the abolitionist writing which was so instrumental in bringing about the end of slavery. Can you really understand the first amendment and the history of journalism if you don’t know who he is?
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Speak softly and carry a big stick I watched the Summit meeting between President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin intently last week. The two leaders of the largest nuclear arsenal in the world came to start a new dialogue between our two countries. Biden came from the G7 NATO meeting in Cornwall, England where he reaffirmed American support for our Eastern allies. President Trump was able to get the NATO leaders to pay billions for organization that had fallen into arrears. The NATO alliance resembled the old “tough guy” moves, followed by the “good guy.” Trump was tough on our allies, Biden benefited from Trump’s shrewd business challenges to the European leaders. The conference appeared to be successful and it should be remembered and respected
that President Biden is no amateur on the world stage. He has traveled the world as vice-president in the Obama administration and has a long history of serving on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He has a vast knowledge and experience with world leaders including Chinese president XiJinping who he knows well. At this Summit the two world leaders shook hands, sat and talked for over three hours over a myriad of subjects. It was reported that no “hostilities” occurred and that the two very experienced political leaders made some progress towards a better relationship between Russia and the United States. The leaders agreed to work on renewing the aging nuclear treaty and also to return ambassadors soon to each
country. They both described this as the first steps towards a better relationship between the two very powerful countries with the rising influence and threats from China. America does not need another war against Russia. Biden has been justly criticized for approving the pipeline from Russia to Germany while halting the Keystone pipeline from Canada into the United States. Following the private negotiation period, the world focused on the press conferences where each world leader would appear separately. Putin came on stage first making a short statement before answering a multitude of questions. He said, “It was substantive, it was specific, it was aimed at achieving results.” He related that he will return Ambassador Anatoly Antonov to Washington. American Ambassador John
Sullivan will also return to Russia a strong step to better nation diplomacy. Putin took all questions from the media for almost an hour to be followed by President Biden. I held my breath at this point because the world was watching the new American president. Like him or not, we should be cheering for his success against the Russian leader. I didn’t want him to fail and he didn’t falter. At the end, as he was leaving the stage, he unloaded slightly on a CNN reporter who asked some foolish question. If you watched different news reports the CNN version and the FOX news reports varied in content. My philosophy on the Summit is that of President Teddy Roosevelt who said, “Speak softly, and carry a big stick.” I think President Biden did have a stick in his back pocket.
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The late Bill Armstrong was a lifelong friend of mine. I first knew him when he owned and operated a radio station in Aurora. It was with great pleasure to attend his first election party to the state legislature. Later in life he became a distinguished United States Senator and served for 12 years in Washington D.C. He never lost an election. He came back to Colorado and put his talents to work aiding and abetting Colorado Christian University, serving as president and elevating the institution to become one of the top Christian universities in America. His vision of faith in education has been preserved and enhanced by his successor Dr. Donald Sweeten who followed Armstrong in the university presidential leadership role. They were open every day during the past pandemic. The university assists
in sponsoring a separate entity, the annual Western Conservative Summit headed by Jeff Hunt, a Cherry Creek high school graduate who operates and organizes the largest conservative gathering in the Western States. This year they greeted over 500 registered attendees for the two-day program and joined by over 50,000 viewers in all 50 states and some foreign countries. Bill would be very proud of his colleagues who have carried on The Western Conservative Summit separate from CCU. This year’s theme was “Frontier Freedom” and featured the beauty of Colorado mountains and streams and local speakers and Washington dignitaries and media professionals like Victor Davis Hanson, a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institute. Hanson is a regular contributor on FOX news and a noted Greek scholar, with a bril-
liant mind. He described in great detail how we are losing “citizenship” to “residency” where some newcomers to America follow “tribalism,” and want to transform America to their beliefs. He related that America had never had a complete “national lockdown” keeping 50 million kids out of school. Hanson said that America is living in a “climate of crisis.” He bemoaned the student debt of our young people in debt for $1.7 trillion dollars that he believes will never be paid off. His message was hard hitting, and his entire speech can be heard at WesternConservativeSummit.com U.S.Rep. Lauren Boebert, Rep. Ken Buck, and Rep. Doug Lamborn appeared together on a short panel. Boebert related that she believes that Colorado is a red state, with blue cities. She said that she ran for Congress to do more for the future
of her four boys. Rep. Buck chimed in jokingly, “No wonder she ran with four boys at home.” Hon. Rick Santorum told the audience, “You don’t have to put on a uniform to serve your country.” He urged active participation. The Summit in prior years has been held at the Denver Convention Center, but this year was at the nearby Hyatt Regency. As we were leaving the event on Saturday afternoon the street was crowded with demonstrators with lewd signs shouting obscenities. Friday night some violence occurred between the attendees and the mobsters. How ironic that the citizens attending the Summit are fighting inside for individual and collective freedoms while others outside want to stifle people’s rights to gather peacefully by bullying and vocal violence. We noted the “Hate Police” signage. The speaker was right, we live in “critical times.” ***
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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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Opinion
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OPINION
The power of composting BY BOB DOYLE GREENWOOD VILLAGE
No other mechanism known to humans is as effective in addressing climate change as capturing carbon from the air through photosynthesis. Much has been written about the adverse impacts on our climate from deforestation, wildfires and drought that denude the land and the need to protect our rainforests and plant trees. While this is certainly true and poses a significant contribution to our climate crisis, most of us can do little to impact that problem other than donating to organizations that address it on a global scale. However, we can promote greater photosynthesis and carbon-capture by a simple act - composting. Composting our food and yard wastes has significant potential benefits in reducing carbon emissions by capturing carbon in our soils. Composting is the natural process of recycling organic matter, such as leaves and food scraps, into a valuable fertilizer that can enrich soil and plants. Anything that grows decomposes eventually; composting simply speeds up the process by providing an ideal environment for bacteria, fungi, and other de-
composing organisms to do their work. The resulting decomposed matter, which often ends up looking like fertile garden soil, is called compost. Fondly referred to by farmers as “black gold,” compost is rich in nutrients and can be used for gardening, horticulture, and agriculture. Aerated compost, when used in association with regenerative agricultural practices, as opposed to conventional farming, can drive carbon into soils where it is used by plants during photosynthesis (Learn more about soil carbon and regenerative agriculture in the documentary Kiss the Ground narrated by Woody Harrelson and available through Netflix). Using compost in farming reduces the need for fertilizer, pesticides, and herbicides, which are all derived from fossil fuels. It also improves the water retention ability of soils, reducing erosion and promoting healthy microorganism growth that supplies nutrients to plants. The production of compost from household and yard wastes keeps these wastes out of landfills where they produce methane gas, which is 80 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than CO2. Through regenerative agriculture,
compost is used to produce healthier, more nutrient-rich soils and thus healthier food products. You can compost by yourself and use your compost in your gardening. Alternatively, there are composting operations that provide a convenient weekly pick-up service for a fee. Today, you can find resources to help you compost or locate a composing pick-up service online. But we need more! The power of composting is its ability to use food to make healthier food. So, when there is no more oil-derived fertilizer, there will be compost. But we need widespread adoption of composting of organic wastes to make a dent and we need community leadership to make it happen. Just as we have weekly trash pickup and recycling, we need a weekly compost service. This is something local governments must enable and encourage if it is to become widespread, yet they are slow to act. When supported by your local government, composting is something that you can do with little effort and at little cost to become part of the climate solution. Insist on a community-supported composting service just like you expect your trash to be collected.
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unlikely. As a result, the whole community becomes protected — not just those who are immune. Herd immunity is achieved in one of two BY BRIAN C. JOONDEPH ways, through natural infection or vaccination. Once a sufficient percent of the population has immunity, the infection has difficulty finding new victims and burns itself out. The percentage of the population needing to be immune can vary from 50 to 90 percent, depending on how contagious the virus is. Once common viral infections like mumps, polio, and chickenpox are rare now due to herd immunity. What is the herd immunity threshold for COVID? It depends on who you ask and when. According to COVID guru Dr Anthony Fauci, the herd immunity threshold can be anywhere from 60 to 85 percent, depending on when he was asked and by whom. So how close are we? Of the entire US population, 53 percent have had at least one vaccine dose and 44 percent are fully vaccinated. In Colorado, 55 percent have been partially
and 49 percent fully vaccinated. Assume, for the sake of this article, that 55 percent of the population has some degree of vaccination immunity from COVID. Then there is natural immunity from previous infection. The CDC estimates a third of Americans have been infected with COVID. This means we are much closer to herd immunity than naysayers choose to admit. Even with overlap between infected and vaccinated individuals, America is the upper range of Dr Fauci’s herd immunity estimates. Over the upcoming months, more will be vaccinated or infected, leaving fewer and fewer individuals for the virus to infect. And children rarely get sick from COVID. Who knows how many kids have had COVID without a positive test and now have immunity? Wouldn’t it be a good time for some thoughtful scientific discussion of herd immunity and where we are? Rather than the constant fear porn and continued emergency orders for lockdowns as seen in California. How about some optimism after over a year of doom and gloom?
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CHV Council looks at proactive options for its long-term finances BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER
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n May 18, the Cherry Hills Village City Council reviewed several different projections of future revenues and fund balances in its general, capital, and parks and recreation funds going out to the year 2042. The multiple forecasts included different assumptions about changes in various sources of tax revenue, all of which the council discussed and debated at length. In the end, the council decided it would not move forward with any policy changes without first asking the opinion of CHV residents. The impetus for the longterm financial review was, “to get where our city will be much more financially viable (because) the baseline (financial forecast) doesn’t work out past 2027,” according to Councilmember Dan Sheldon. With no changes, the current forecast projects longterm challenges for the city’s general fund, however its parks and recreation fund is expected to keep increasing, resulting in a fund balance of just under $17 million in 2042 if nothing about the present tax and allocation system of the city changes.
One issue facing CHV is Colorado’s unified collection and reporting system for sales tax from remote sellers as a result of the Wayfair case. (The State of South Dakota sued to require solely online retailer Wayfair to collect and remit sales tax on sales to its residents. On June 21, 2018, the United States Supreme Court ruled in South Dakota’s favor. Colorado adopted the policy that remote sellers must have sales in our state of at least $100,000 annually to be required to collect sales tax.) The structure designed by the state, which includes having home rule cities adopt a model ordinance, has out-of-state sellers remit all state and local sales tax to the state’s revenue department, which then remits a share of the amount collected to cities based on the address of the purchaser. Kathie Guckenberger, CHV city attorney, reminded the city council that the policy does not negatively impact small sellers due to the sales threshold of $100,000. In response to a question from Councilmember Al Blum, Guckenberger confirmed that she would recommend a modification to the CHV municipal code before opting into the state system. Among the ideas the council discussed, in addition to participating in the collection of sales
tax from remote sellers, was to institute a construction materials use tax, as is in effect by many other cities, including Denver and the nearby communities of Littleton, Englewood, Centennial, Lone Tree, and Greenwood Village. The council also discussed lowering its municipal property tax levy from 14.722 mills to 13.722 mills by decreasing the portion allocated to the parks and recreation fund by one mill. The council generally agreed that it was sensible to make the necessary adjustment to its code to clarify that it was able to participate in the state’s sales tax collection from remote sellers for sales in CHV. The primary reason for doing so, council members concurred, is the onerous, ongoing, labor-intensive effort required to opt out of it. Mayor Pro Tem Katy Brown expressed the opinion that the city was actually “in a pretty good (financial) situation” and it is not “so dire that we have to act right now.” She added that, “We do have a piece of property that we own that’s probably right now worth about $3,000,000… and I think we need to consider that as a reserve number.” She added, “At any point, if we really felt the need, we could sell that property…so our cushion is even bigger than we think it is.”
Among the ideas the council discussed, in addition to participating in the collection of sales tax from remote sellers, was to institute a construction materials use tax, as is in effect by many other cities, including Denver and the nearby communities of Littleton, Englewood, Centennial, Lone Tree, and Greenwood Village. The council also discussed lowering its municipal property tax levy from 14.722 mills to 13.722 mills by decreasing the portion allocated to the parks and recreation fund by one mill.
Councilmember Mike Gallagher took the discussion a step further, saying, “This is probably a very appropriate time to look hard at selling that property, given the marketplace.” The property to which Brown and Gallagher referred is 90 Meade Lane, a 2.28-acre parcel of land that was purchased by the city on January 14, 2004 for $1,905,000 because it was “adjacent to other public property…and provided significant and important opportunities to advance the public welfare and public interest.” Councilmember Blum, who is a professional developer and builder, brought the conversation to the subject of the construction use tax. He said, “I’m the one here who has paid it (construction use tax) for the last 20 years. If we’re not collecting it, Englewood’s getting it. It doesn’t affect our people here. Somebody else is part of the construction contract, they’re paying it somewhere, whether it’s Englewood, Sheridan, or Denver—we don’t get it.” After discussion, the council instructed its city manager to create a request-for-proposal for a public affairs consultant to poll CHV residents to determine “the will of the voters,” expecting that the next step will be the formation of a committee of citizen leaders to promote any recommended changes to the city’s current tax policies, particularly if they require a vote of the residents. fmiklin.villager@gmail.com
New residential area in Greenwood Village is taking shape BY FREDA MIKLIN STAFF WRITER
West Village, a new 10home planned unit development in Greenwood Village just south of Belleview Avenue between South Holly Street and South Monaco Street is finally taking shape. According to the developer Renaissance Homes’ website, westvillagecolorado.com, five of the available nine lots have already been sold. One of them, Lot 4 (see illustration below), which is 0.58 acres, was listed at $1,017,000 on the website and was recently reported in
This spec home planned for 5125 S. Kearney Court in West Village is on 0.71 acres, will have 4,465 finished square feet and a full unfinished in ground basement. It is available for $2,925,000.
public records as having been sold for $988,524 to residents of Cherry Hills Village. Lot one in Block two was also
This home on 0.57 acres at 5135 South Kearney will have 4,195 finished square feet and a full unfinished in-ground basement. It is listed for $2,659,000 and is under contract.
This illustration shows the lot locations and sizes in West Village in the Greenwood Hills neighborhood of Greenwood Village.
reported in public records as having been sold for the asking price of $908,000. The other lots listed as being either under contract or sold are Lots 5 and 6, priced at $1,038,000 and $951,000. Lot 7 at 5125 S. Kearney Court had an asking price of $880,000 for the land alone.
The total asking price for the lot and the custom home planned for it is $2,925,000, including a full unfinished basement. This development was approved for rezoning six years by the GV city council. Prior to the rezoning in mid-2015, the 10.25-acre parcel was
zoned R-2.5 (two and onehalf-acre lots). The approved rezoning was to R-1.0 PUD with a minimum lot size of 0.55 acres. Of the nine new lots (one has an existing home), the actual average size is 0.65 acres, according to the developer’s website. fmiklin.villager@gmail.com
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Denver South panel unlocks the secrets of how start-ups are funded BY FREDA MIKLIN STAFF WRITER
Eric Byington, Denver South’s director of entrepreneurship, opened its June 3 program by sharing his vision of Project Nexus, Denver South’s navigator for entrepreneurs, partners, and investors in the startup space: “A thriving and connected ecosystem that supports the formation of local startup companies and attracts top talents and entrepreneurs from around the world.” Mike Freeman, CEO at Innosphere Ventures (IV), said that his fund works with science and technology companies in the early stages. IV’s goal is accelerating the growth and exit of client companies that are likely to be acquired in the near term. IV’s focus is on companies that are positioned to access capital, acquire customers, build talented teams, accelerate top line revenue, and execute a successful exit. To become a client, companies apply for IV’s commercialization program. They are then subject to an in-depth assessment, after which IV works with the company to identify risks and assigns a mentor to help
Eric Byington leads the entrepreneurship ecosystem and startup support work while providing support to the Smart Cities efforts at Denver South.
them progress from one business stage to the next. Why do startups fail? Freeman pointed to a study by CB Insights, which identified the top risk factors as the market and competition, being able to manage cash, the ability to track investment, and having a complete team. Emily Klein is the program manager of the Rockies Venture Club (RVC), a non-profit angel investing group dedicated to accelerating economic development by educating and connect-
“Start-ups have the best job-creation potential of all businesses operating across the country today.” Charles Fred, co-founder of True Space
ing investors and entrepreneurs. She is also Director of the Women’s Investor Network. RVC has been operating since 1985 and has funded 1,500 deals. They hold 140 conferences, workshops, and other events each year and have 220 accredited angel investor members. RVC funds companies in cleantech, life sciences, and technology. Klein said that there are around 400 Angel Groups in the U.S. that back 64,000 startups annually and are responsible for generating over 275,000 new jobs. She explained that Angel Investing is focused on scalable
startups. They can create strategic partnerships with larger companies to achieve community, social impact and sustainability. Angel investors could include credit unions, crowdfunding, loan funds, and funds comprised of stocks, bonds, and real estate. Charles Fred, co-founder of True Space, is well-known for helping entrepreneurs create conditions for sustainable growth, taking them from the start-up phase to the middle market. His firm worked with the Gallup Organization on a multi-year research project to objectively identify the operating conditions required for a small business to consistently reach that middle market. The major conditions the study identified that a successful startup needed were: 1. Alignment of its focus, mission, and structure; 2. Discipline in its accountability, governance, and measurement; 3. Predictability of its assumptions, versatility, and revenue/sales; 4. Endurance in its engagement with employees’ and other stakeholders’ credibility, community, durability, and recognition, as well as its employees’ compensation and benefits; 5. Creating value in its enterprise. True Space and Gallup quantitatively determined that scores in these areas determine consistent growth and value creation. They also noted that scores were unrelated to a company’s age and unaffected by the gender, race, or educational background of the entrepreneurs. Fred shared that there are 2.1 million U.S. firms today after the start-up phase ($1.87 million in revenue) that have yet to reach the middle markets ($10 million in revenue).If they all reached the middle markets, they would create 17 million new jobs. “Start-ups have the best job-creation potential of all businesses operating across the country today,” he said. He added, “We have another big problem. Only 20 percent of the 2.1 million businesses are women-owned and only two percent are blackowned. We have to change the equation of what is driving startups. We also have to help these businesses build and grow.” fmiklin.villager@gmail.com
PAGE 8 | THE VILLAGER • June 24, 2021 On Tuesday, June 8, 115 members of the Class of 2021 celebrated their high school graduation at Kent Denver’s Commencement ceremonies in Chenery Amphitheater. After a year of social distancing, masks and the campus closed to visitors, it felt delightfully normal to see the smiling faces of family, friends and graduates at this outdoor ceremony.
Head of School Rand Harrington addresses the Class of 2021 and guests.
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The Class of 2021 chose Vivek Shah to deliver the Student Commencement Address. He delighted his classmates and attendees with a funny, heartfelt and touching speech about the Kent Denver experience Photos by Carol MacKay Photography
Class president Marcus Tsuei unlocks the Brian Trice ‘85 Gate. This gate is only opened on graduation day, and passing through the gate marks the moment Kent Denver students become alumni!
A graduate receives her diploma from Head of School Rand Harrington
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The Class of 2021 selected physics teacher John Saunders as their faculty speaker.
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Meet Randy Ross
The Owner and General Manager of the brand new Randy Ross Tennis Center at Dove Valley. We sat down with Randy to learn more about the new Randy Ross Tennis Center (RRTC) and how he is creating a unique tennis experience here in South Denver. You’ve been coaching tennis in Denver for 45 years - what is your favorite thing about the Denver tennis community? This is my 45th year being a tennis pro/coach in the Denver area starting at Ken-Caryl Ranch in 1976. I have also been the head tennis coach for the Kent Denver Men’s Tennis Team for 25 years. The Denver tennis community has always been vibrant and passionate about their tennis. Despite it being a relatively small market, Denver is the second largest adult league district in the country. And there have been some very high level junior players developed here. What is your favorite part about teaching tennis? Ever since I started playing at age 12, I have known that tennis is the greatest game ever invented. However, it didn’t take too many years for me to realize that if I was going to stay in the game it was going to be as a coach - not a player. So being able to spend time with people of all ages and abilities and help them find the same passion and challenge is what really fuels me. What sets the Randy Ross tennis Center apart from the other tennis clubs in the area? First of all the facility is only 8 months old and clean, bright and spacious. The courts are full-sized with the best lighting and a 49 ft ceiling height. The viewing deck is one-of-a-kind and is 2900 sq ft and open on both sides to have the ability to look down on the courts from 16 ft in the air. There is a fitness room, locker rooms, 2 ping pong tables and a pool table all inside the clubhouse. No other facility in town has all that. Plus air conditioning! We also offer a unique membership structure and focus on providing the best tennis experience to our players every day. What is your coaching philosophy? My coaching philosophy is that tennis is a game and games are supposed to be fun. Someone said, “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary, but fun comes before both of those.” As a team, we believe in the tool box philosophy — that tennis is such a great game because of all the different shots we get to hit. Introducing those shots to players along the way is what keeps it interesting and what keeps learning exciting. How do you decide which coaches to add to the RRTC Team? When hiring a tennis coach I look not only for someone who has passion for the game, but specifically passion about teaching the game. Ideally, this person has spent time playing the game, but have also spent time learning the nuances of teaching the game and furthered their education in tennis coaching. These people are not easy to find. The current coaching team at the RRTC meets this criteria. What levels and age ranges of players can take lessons at the RRTC? The RRTC has lesson programs for players from 4 yrs old to any age - for all ability levels. Coach Kenny Orive is our Junior Development Coordinator and he does a great job with Red-Orange-Green-Yellow groups. I am in charge of our Junior Excellence programs. Coach CJ Colburn focuses on High School level programs. Coach Gay West is League coordinator and adult drills. We have a very wellrounded team to meet each player right where they are. Why is the RRTC a membership based club? Can someone try it out before joining? Being a membership based club builds a strong community of players where they get to know each other and share their passion for tennis. We do allow prospective members to experience the club before making the commitment to join. They can rent a court, take a lesson, or do a drill to get a feel for the club before signing up. I also developed a unique membership structure that allows members to customize the perfect fit for them. We have membership options as low as $25 per month which is unheard of in the Denver area.
By the Numbers: • 58,580 Sq feet • 6 courts plus 10,000 sq ft clubhouse • 2,900 sq ft viewing mezzanine • 1,600 sq ft fitness center • 49 ft ceilings • 2 million BTU air conditioners (they are massive!) • Outdoor fitness track coming July 2021
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Offerings: • Junior lessons, programs, camps and tournaments • Adult lessons, drills, mixers, and leagues • Private lessons • Court reservations • Permanent court time • Fitness training • UTR Events
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Belleview Station is bustling with activity again BY FREDA MIKLIN STAFF WRITER
As Colorado comes out on the other side of the COVID-19 tunnel we’ve been stuck in during the past year plus, the Belleview Station neighborhood is coming alive with people and construction. Belleview Station is a 55acre mixed-use development on the southern edge of Denver, often mistaken as being in Greenwood Village, its neighbor to the south. Located just across from the Belleview light rail station, it is already home to two upscale apartment buildings, Milehouse and The Den, both just about full, with another one under construction at the northeast corner of East Chenango Avenue and South Newport Street. It will have 250 units ranging from studios to three-bedrooms, plus 7,000 square feet of retail on the ground level, which “will connect our retail spine as it moves
from Belleview north and then east to the light rail station. This is a beautiful building and the architectural control committee worked well with the building architect,” Brooke Maloy, vice-president of Front Range Land and Development – Belleview Station, told us. Just east of that building will be a new boutique hotel comprising around 150,000 square feet, with 200 rooms and “a rooftop restaurant capturing tremendous views of the Rocky Mountains.” Retail and restaurants in Belleview Station weathered COVID-19 very well. When The Villager met with Maloy at the Corvus Coffee on South Newport Street, every outside table was full and there were people sitting inside as well. As the onsite executive for the neighborhood, she told us, “The success of the residential is the key to the success of the retail.” The beautiful glass-covered 6900 Layton building is the
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LEFT: 6900 Layton is the new home of two local Fortune 500 companies. Photo courtesy of CREJ.com.
new home of Newmont Mining, which left the classic Palazzo Verdi building in Greenwood Village’s Village Center development, where they occupied 74% of its 15 stories, because their employees told company executives they wanted to work in a place where they could walk to restaurants, retail, and other amenities that are found in a mixeduse development like Belleview Station. Easy access to the Belleview light rail station was also important, because Newmont’s Greenwood Village location was close to the Arapahoe light rail, so many employees were used to that convenience. Newmont originally leased five floors at the new building, but the pandemic intervened, and they subleased two of those floors to DCP Midstream, which, like Newmont, is a Fortune 500 company. Also under construction in Belleview Station is the new home of Vectra Bank. Vectra has
35 branches in Colorado. The nine-story unique building will have four floors of parking and 127,000 square feet of office space, solely for Vectra’s corporate headquarters. Vectra plans to have 200 employees there and an expansive patio on the sixth floor. Move-in is planned for late next year.
Already well known for its neighborhood-friendly weekly Sunday summer farmer’s markets and other festivals, Belleview Station also has a popular dog park and is planning an outdoor beer garden. A large public plaza which Maloy told The Villager will “serve as a huge amenity for everyone” will be built in the future and “have thoughtful design, scale and programming,” consistent with surrounding development. fmiklin.villager@gmail.com
This is a rendering of what the new Vectra Bank corporate headquarters in Belleview Station is expected to look like when its finished next year.
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Golf gadgets that can help older golfers
Dear Buddy, There are actually a wide variety of adaptive golf equipment that can help older golfers who struggle with injuries, arthritis or loss of mobility. Here are several golfing products that may help with different needs.
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Gripping a golf club is a very common problem for seniors with hand arthritis or those who have hand or el-
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What is a Conservator? Another case example. In a recent case, the adult daughter of an 86-year old gentleman called to advise that the police had been called by the father’s caregiver, who was concerned that a neighbor was repeatedly requesting large cash “loans” from the father, who was unfortunately suffering from the rapid onset of dementia and impaired memory. Upon further investigation, the daughter learned that her father had unnecessarily made frequent/weekly large cash withdrawals from his bank account, in increments of $1,000, $1,500 and $2,500 or more, without any specific financial need. Most of the father’s regular monthly bills were automatically paid from his bank account.
bow injuries. To help grips and have them alleviate this problem installed at your local there are specially degolf store or pro shop. signed golf gloves and Or, for a grip-andgrips that can make a glove combination big difference. fix, check out QuanTwo of my favorite tum Grip (Quangloves are the Bionic tumGrip.com), which BY JIM MILLER Golf Gloves (Bionicincorporates Velcro Gloves.com) that have material recessed in extra padding in the palm and the golf club grip and a comfinger joints to improve grip. panion golf glove that has And the Power Glove (Powmating Velcro material in the erGlove.com) that has a small palm. Cost: $25 per grip, and strap attached to the glove that $40 a glove. loops around the club grip to secure it in your hand. These Upright Tools run between $20 and $30. For golfers with back, hip Another option is to get or knee problems, there are a oversized grips installed on number of different tools that your dad’s clubs. These can can eliminate the repetitive make gripping the club easier bending and stooping that and more comfortable and are comes with playing golf. For also very good at absorbing example, for teeing up the ball shock. Oversized grips are without bending over, conusually either one-sixteenthinch or one-eighth-inch larger sider the Tee-Up Foldaway by Zero Bend Golf. This is a in diameter than a standard 34-inch long-handled tool that grip, and cost around $10 has a trigger-style handgrip per grip. You can find these
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More disturbing was the father’s inability to remember what he did with the cash thus withdrawn by him, other than apparently giving large sums of money to a neighbor, who was obviously exploiting the gentleman. The police instructed the neighbor to return to her home and she was advised that she was not to come onto the gentleman’s property again, or such intrusion would be considered to be a trespass. Representatives of the Department of Social Services were contacted, who agreed that the father had assets which were being wasted or dissipated under circumstances where the father was unable to manage his money or make appropriate financial decisions in his best interest, due to his dementia and impaired memory. This opinion was also borne out by the father’s treating physician, who stated in a letter that as a result of the diagnosis of rapidly progressing dementia, the father’s memory and ability to process information was impaired and he was no longer able to effectively receive or evaluate information, or both, or to make financial decisions in his own best interest, as a result of which, he would benefit from the appointment of a Conservator. A Conservator is a type
of trustee or fiduciary who is appointed by the Court for an individual who is unable to manage his or her own financial affairs. In Colorado, a Conservator is placed in charge of a person’s financial matters. The appointment of a Conservator affects a person’s property rights, which is a constitutionally protected interest and thus, can only be taken away or limited by a Court and only after due process is provided, which requires a notice and a hearing. There are safeguards built into the law and the procedures required for imposing a Conservatorship. The Court retains jurisdiction of these matters and requires Conservators to report on the finances of the protected person at least annually. The applicable Court process and duties of a Conservator will be the topics of my next column. 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
and a jaw that holds the ball and tee for easy placement. It costs $70 at ZeroBendGolf. com. For other stoop-proof teeup solutions, see the Tee Pal Pro ($70, TeePalLLC.com) and Joe’s Original Backtee ($25, UprightGolf.com). ZeroBendGolf.com and UprightGolf.com also offer ball pickup tools and magnetic ball marker products that cost under $15. Or, if you just want a great all-around golf picker-upper, consider the Graball GrabAll Jaw – sold through Amazon. com for $10 for a package of two. It attaches to the handle end of your putter and chipper and is designed to pick up golf balls, flagsticks, putters and green side chippers.
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If diminished vision makes locating the ball challenging, Chromax golf balls (ChromaxGolf.com) can help. These are reflective colored golf balls that make them appear
There are also ergonomically designed golf carts that can help older golfers tote their clubs around the course. If you like to walk, CaddyTek (CaddyTek.com) and Clicgear (Clicgearusa.com) has a variety of three and four-wheeled push/pull carts that are highly rated for function and foldability. Costs typically range between $150 and $300. Or, for severe mobility loss, the SoloRider specialized electric golf cart (SoloRider.com) provides the ability to play from a seated or standing-but-supported position. Retailing for $10,500, plus a $600 shipping fee, this cart is lightweight and precisely balanced so it can be driven on tee boxes and greens without causing any damage. Federal ADA laws require that all public golf courses allow them.
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. Selected information in this column has been taken with permission by Continuing Legal Education in Colorado, Inc., from the Colorado Senior Law Handbook, 2020 Edition (Chapter 25: Conservatorship of Adults, M. Carl Glatstein, Esq.), which is a copyrighted publication and may be accessed and downloaded for free at: www.cobar.org/For-thePublic/Senior-Law-Handbook.
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Denver Ballet Guild presents two classes 52nd and 53rd Le Bal de Ballet
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wo amazing chairwomen, an army of committee members and volunteers, generous donors and timely renovation of The Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel made possible the welcoming of nearly 900 guests for a spectacular evening honoring the Covid-delayed presentation of 2020 Debutantes and Young Men of Distinction and the 2021 class. A tremendous feat! With the assistance of Mustang Cadet Squadron
Color Guard and Civil Air Patrol, Auxiliary of the United States Air Force, the pageantry was beautiful and the spirited audience cheered for every element. Following the presentations, honorees and their guests flowed seamlessly to an elegant dinner in two different ballrooms and re-connected for dancing to Jerry Barnett’s full orchestra – a Bal de Ballet tradition. The magical event even included a late night snack bar!
Photos by Scottie Iverson and Wells Photography
Mr. and Mrs. (2021 Chair) Jonathan Edward Weisiger and Mr. and Mrs. (2021 Honorary Chair) Craig Alan Reid
2021 Debutante Taylor Belle Truitt and her dad Adam Leigh Truitt
The Graves family was represented in both classes- Mr. and Mrs. Chris James Graves (center) with 2021 Debutante Audrey Elizabeth Graves (left) and 2020 Young Man of Distinction Carter James Graves (right)
Mr. and Mrs. Richard George Walker (2020 Chair) with Mr. and Mrs. (Denver Ballet Guild President) Michael John Manning
Photo by Wells Photography
2020 Debutante Paige Christine Augustine and her dad Leigh Lewis Augustine
From Colorado Ballet, dancers Jessica Payne and Jonnathon Ramirez (to be married one week after the ball) performed with choreography especially commissioned for each class by Ballet Mistress Sandra Brown/Artistic Director Gil Boggs
2021 Debutante Juliette Marie Bruner and her dad Marc Edward Bruner
2021 Debutante Lilian Delphine Kim and her dad Michael Sangkook Kim
Colorado Ballet Artistic Director Gil Boggs and his wife Sandra Brown who is Ballet Mistress with the dancers Jessica Payne and Jonnathon Ramirez
Mr. and Mrs. (2021 Co-Chair/2022 Chair) Jared Alan Hamilton Photo by Wells Photography
Dave Barnes (Scenographics) produced custom hot air balloon and butterfly sets
2020 Young Man of Distinction Paxton Gentry Decker dances with his mom Mrs. Raymond Darren Decker
2020 Debutante Alana Marie Neylon with her dad Brian Vincent Neylon
The National Anthem was performed by 2016 Debutante Audrey Johnson
Jerry Barnett heralds the dance floor is ready
The Class of 2021 “Adventure is Out There”
Photo by Wells Photography
The Class of 2020 “Les Caprices du Papillon” Photo by Wells Photography
The Jerry Barnett Orchestra with emcee Arthur Espinoza, Jr. in front Photo by Wells Photography
Bouquets and floral by Janelle deLescinskis (A Design Resource)
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Radiation therapy as a pound of prevention? A ray of hope for pancreatic cancer patients Wings of Hope for Pancreatic Cancer Research funds work at Anschutz Medical Campus BY PETER JONES
Using radiation to kill malignant cells in the body is nothing new, but thanks in part to funding from Wings of Hope for Pancreatic Cancer Research, oncologists are continuing to explore newer applications for one of their more standard medical therapies. Highly targeted radiation is increasingly seen as more of a strategic medicine than simply an all-out assault on cancer cells, according to Dr. Sana Karam, a radiation oncologist at the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora. “I think we have to migrate away from just a cancer-cell kill [scenario],” she said. “You have to think of pancreatic cancer as a big tumor with an environment around it. I’m using the radiation to trigger an immune response.” Pancreatic cancer has historically been one of the most
aggressive and difficult-to-treat malignancies. Even when patients have been subject to aggressive radiation therapies, the stubborn cancer cells have often regrown within months. To hear Karam tell it, the pancreas is an organ practically made for these kinds of medical challenges. “It has a lot of scar tissue to begin with,” she explained. “It has a lot of immunosuppressive cells that the good immune cells cannot penetrate. The bad immune cells are living there and loving it. To get a drug in there is like trying to drill a hose into a stone.” To meet the challenge, Karam has turned her attention to a brand of radiation therapy that has slowly become common in treating lung and skin cancers, and she is guardedly hopeful that the remedy will be just as effective inside the obstinate pancreas. Karam describes the therapy as less a frontal assault on cancer than a preventative vaccine against the recurring cancer cells. “We’re able to track movement, so we can deliver a high
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dose to a very small region with neighboring structures that are very sensitive to radiation, like the heart” the researcher said. “The traditional ways of treating pancreatic cancer with radiation have failed.” In Karam’s animal studies, many of the mice injected with pancreatic cancer cells lived more than five times longer than those receiving no therapy. In the later human safety trials, the targeted radiation was well tolerated in 18 patients, regardless of doses. “We saw a very nice invigoration of the immune response,
The Constitution – How It Works BY BILL BANTA
During a conversation a few years ago, my wife asked me how the Constitution actually works. I thought it was a good question and not just because my wife asked it. The way the Constitution works is this: unless the Constitution says that the government in Washington, D.C. has the power to do something listed in the 18 short paragraphs of Article I, Section 8, then the government in Washington, D.C. has no legislative authority to deal with a subject. If a subject is not mentioned, it is beyond reach of the government’s enumerated powers. When you read the Constitution (it’s only four pages long in the original) you will see how few powers the federal government really has. In fact, most general powers of government, are held by each State individually, not by the government in Washington, D.C. The Constitution only gives enough powers to the federal government to militarily protect the States from foreign nations that might otherwise threaten them. And there are a few other national powers that the Constitution specifies, namely to: print money; regulate business between States or with Foreign nations; foster national citizenship; enact bankruptcy laws; set up post offices; encourage patents, copyrights, and trademarks; and establish Washington, D.C. for a national capital. But the main idea of a federal government was to protect the States in a Union, the United States of America. The first 3 Articles (out of 7 altogether) of the Constitution divide operations of the government in Washington, D.C. into three separate branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. The remaining 4 Articles variously provide for: certain rights of States or Citizens; amending the Constitution; oaths of office; and ratifying the Constitution. All other rights and powers are retained by the people or reserved to the States (unless prohibited) or to the people themselves, as
for ages to come, and, consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs.” Because the Constitution carefully limits the powers of federal government, if Congress, which is the only branch allowed to make laws, went beyond the few powers enumerated, its act or “law” would be ineffective and would amount to no law at all. As Chief Justice Marshall wrote (in a case titled Marbury v. Madison) “a law repugnant to the constitution is void.” The meaning of the Constitution today is exact by what it was when it was ratified by the people in the States. Therefore, it is not difficult to see whether a law is authorized and binding, or not. We read the Constitution to see if it says the government is authorized to do something in particular. If not, then the government in Washington, D.C. has no power to deal with the particular subject matter at all. No authority, no power. For example, let us ask whether
the 9th Amendment and the 10th Amendment confirm. The other 8 Amendments (of the original 10 which are known as “the Bill of Rights”) either emphasize some of the innumerable reserved rights of the people such as speech, assembly, religion, press, and bearing arms, or prescribe judicial procedures that protect the people such as lawful searches; seizures of property; self-incrimination; double jeopardy; due process; speedy trial; jury trial; excessive bail; and cruel and unusual punishments. As for importance, the Constitution declares itself to be the supreme law of the land. Thus, no other law can affect it and only an Amendment that is proposed and ratified according to the requirements of the Constitution can alter or change the Constitution in any way. In addition, Chief Justice John Marshall wrote (in a case titled M’Culloch v. Maryland) that the Constitution is “intended to endure A
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which is a great thing,” Karam said, stressing that the trial was only designed to test safety. “What we know is that it is safe, but it was not powered enough for efficacy. But speaking anecdotally, it did very well.” How and why the therapy works as a vaccine remains an open question. Karam suspects the radiation may be sounding a sort of emergency alarm on the cancer cells, garnering the attention of the cancer-fighting T cells that are supposed to fend off the disease, but struggle in the pancreas. “It’s a new area, so I don’t think anyone knows the answer with 100% certainty,” Karam said. “But the idea is that when you kill cancer cells or anything in the vicinity, you unmask the cancer cells to the T cells, which before were not seeing the cancer cells.” Those mechanics are why the radiation therapy should come before any immunotherapy treatments on a patient’s pancreas, according to Karam. “It makes no sense to give im-
munotherapy before the radiation. There’s no signal for that immunotherapy to work,” she said. “You want to give it afterwards when the signal is heightened.” Although much research must be conducted before any final conclusions can be made, Karam is cautiously optimistic about the therapy’s long-term benefits for pancreatic cancer and beyond. “It’s really exciting,” she said. “With the right therapies, radiation has the potential to activate the immune system everywhere throughout the body.” Seed money for Karam’s research came from Wings of Hope for Pancreatic Cancer Research, an organization founded by former Castle Pines Mayor Maureen Shul in 2012 after losing two of her family members to the disease. The funding came from one of three $50,000 grants awarded in 2019 by Wings of Hope to fund pancreatic cancer research at the CU Cancer Center. For more information on Wings of Hope, visit wingsof hopepcr.org.
the federal government can pass a law providing for school loans to college students. We read through the 18 short paragraphs of Article I, Section 8 and find nothing concerning either education or loans. Then, we have the answer. Since there is no power to make laws concerning either education or loans, Congress cannot make any law providing for school loans to college students. The key is that the Constitution means exactly what it says and it says exactly what it means. All we have to do is read it. To understand why this is so we might consider the purpose behind drafting the Constitution in the first place. About 200 years ago, a young journalist asked an old militiaman to tell him why the Americans had fought the British in the Revolution. Was it for liberty or justice? the reporter inquired. No, the old timer said, it wasn’t that. Was it for equality? the reporter persisted. No, no, it wasn’t anything like that, answered the old man. Well, what was it then?
said the journalist. You see, answered the aged patriot, we had been on our own over here for a long time and had gotten used to governing ourselves . . . but “they” didn’t think we ought to. Assuming the old patriot had it right, then the Revolutionary War and the Constitution which created the government that followed the Revolution were mainly about preserving self-government. When we think about it, that is the essence of American freedom – the right of the people to govern themselves. If we appreciate that fact, then the carefully worded language of the Constitution restricting and binding the government makes sense. Limiting the powers of the government in Washington, D.C. to only a few that were specified was intended to ensure the freedom of the American people to rule themselves forever. Bill Banta is a Colorado lawyer in Arapahoe County. He practices commercial law and litigation, real estate law, probate law, and estate planning.
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Julie and Jeff’s wedding story Wedding Day May 23, 2021 Venue: Mt Vernon Canyon Club
She did not have the option to choose where she wanted to live after the divorce, going back and forth from her dad’s house to her mom’s. The youngest of four, a golden retriever personality style, gentle, loyal, grace-filled and a peace-loving homebody. She had trouble sleeping and retreated from friends. I established a mentor/ counselor relationship for her and ensured that the soil she was planted in was rich with kindness, music, faith, family, healing, and hope. Julie met Jeff in college at CSU. Both studying photography and fine arts, my petite (5’ 0”) daughter was struggling to reach something high in a photography lab. Suddenly a tall, handsome student reached up asking, “Can I help you?” That was the beginning of a 14-year friendship. When Julie and Jeff graduated, she left for Indiana to attend a Fellows Program and he left to find work in
Miami. They kept in touch. After 4 years of being apart, Julie moved back to Colorado and Jeff decided to transfer back to be closer to family. The platonic relationship resumed which eventually turned into a budding romance. Jeff and Julie worked well together contracting with a catering company and working events as a team. I hired the duo to help me with my annual company Christmas party and was delighted with how hard they worked, how they comple-
mented each other, and how efficient they were together. Soon after they were engaged, Julie called and asked if I would be upset if they were to elope. I told her that she is a 33-year-old woman, and she can do what she wants. I told Julie I would love for her to have the wedding ”queen-for-a-day-experience” to be celebrated and blessed by so many who loved her and walked her through her troubled road as a child. Weeks later she called to ask if we could go wedding dress shopping. I was thrilled! We made every wedding planning detail a celebration with Julie’s tribe. The day of the wedding was
magical. The sun came out after a night of severe thunderstorms. Mount Vernon Canyon Club was ready for the event, everything was meticulously decorated exactly as planned. Julie wanted a boho wedding which is defined as socially unconventional in a way regarded as characteristic of creative artists. The boho touches were everywhere with dark wine color dresses of the wedding attendants, her sister, Lauren the matron-of-honor and her sisterin-law, Kimberly, the solo bridesmaid. Two of Julie’s 11-year-old nieces were the junior bridesmaids dressed in white with sashes matching the wine color dresses
of the bridesmaids. The flower girl who was the 6-year-old niece of the groom, also wore white, while the groom’s attendants were in grey suits. The joy of this day was amplified by all who know Julie and Jeff The highlights of the wedding were: My 90-year-old mom getting made up by make-up artists and wearing false eyelashes for the first time! Julie’s dad being so present and emotional, not just as he walked her down the aisle, but as he danced with her at the reception. Both Julie and her dad were filled with emotion as a healing hush filled the room. All eyes were on them as the guests knew the inside story of pain and heartbreak of a broken relationship. The wedding planner, a longtime friend of the family, organizing every lovely detail. The vocalist, another lifelong friend, singing the meaningful song, “God Bless the Broken Road” the words of the song touching our collective hearts, That every long-lost dream led me to where you are. Others who broke my heart, they were like Northern stars, pointing me on my way into your loving arms. This much I know is true. That God blessed the broken road that led me straight to you. The deep and kind officiant who struggled through vows as he was touched by the couple’s words to each other. After they recited their vows, he turned to the guests out on the lovely deck surrounded by breathtaking mountain views and evergreens, and asked those in attendance, “Do you vow to help this couple, encourage them, pray for them, and support them in times of trouble?” If you commit to that, please say “ I do”. The crowd erupted in an affirmative “We do!” The sand ceremony of blending two colors of sand into one jar. Julie’s brother reading a narrative about what love looks like. Julie’s piano teacher and mentor, reciting the Irish Blessing. The first kiss starting with Julie and Jeff touching foreheads for several seconds which was an overwhelming tender and emotional moment filled with connection and intimacy. Then, breathlessly, he gently kissed her. The tears, laughter, hugs, and joy of the guests who came from near and far to celebrate this sacred and blessed event. As we celebrate Julie and Jeff, we need to honor and highlight the pro-social benefits of marriage and committed love. It is ultimately what we all love for, to belong to one another, doing life and love well. joneen@myrelationshipcenter. org
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Federal Stimulus dollars total $2.5 Billion for Colorado Education
Common Sense Institute has released a new report on education funding. The report details federal funding received by Colorado’s K-12 education system since the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020.
schools, students with disabilities, library services and technology and students experiencing homelessness.
· The remainder of the funding Authored by CSI Fellow Dr. Brenda Bautsch Dickhoner, has gone to the Colorado De$2.5 Billion in COVID-19 Federal Relief Funding to CO’s K-12 partment of Education. The Education System, is the first report to analyze data sets agency has discretion over from the Colorado Department of Education and compile tohow to spend the funds within tal funding across all federal stimulus packages. The report certain criteria from the federal also includes analysis detailed by school district and by regovernment. gion to provide more insight on where the federal funds have gone. o From CDE’s share, approximately $149 million has not “Colorado has seen an incredible influx of funding for eduyet been allocated. cation as a result of the pandemic. Leaders at the state level Dr. Brenda Bautsch Dickhoner and at school districts are having to make choices on how to o CDE has stated they will conuse the $2.5 billion of one-time funding in a way that maxiduct a listening tour in summer 2021 to solicit input on mizes impact and contributes to sustainable improvements how the funds should be spent. in the system,” said Dickhoner. · Schools received approximately $2,400 per pupil through formula-based, federal funding allocations. $2.5 billion represents an incredible amount of money for the state’s education system. Schools saw a decrease in o For context, the state legislature recently approved funding between from FY20 to FY21 as the pandemic hit the a school finance allocation of $8,991 per pupil for state. The decrease amounts to $368 million; in comparison, FY2021-22 (this is the amount of state funding and the federal relief funding is nearly 7 times that amount. does not include any federal dollars). Key findings from the report include: · Approximately $1.6 billion of the $2.5 billion has gone to school districts through the Title I formula, which is based on the number of low-income students in each district. · A portion of the funds has been earmarked for private
o Small, rural districts saw the highest per pupil amounts. (e.g. South Conejos has received $10,097 per pupil in federal relief funding) · The federal relief funds must be spent in a way that addresses the impact of COVID-19 on schools.
Common Sense Institute
CSI’s mission is to examine the fiscal impacts of policies, initiatives, and proposed laws so that Coloradans are educated and informed on issues impacting their lives. CSI employs rigorous research techniques and dynamic modeling to evaluate the potential impact of these measures on the Colorado economy and individual opportunity. To learn more, become involved or to make a donation visit
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Becky Hogan is ready to serve on the Aurora City Council BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER
As is the case in most cities in Arapahoe County and the metro area, Aurora city council members are elected for four-year staggered terms. With ten people on the council, five are elected every two years. This year, a city councilor will be elected from wards one, two, and three, and two of the four at large council members will be chosen. Becky Hogan is one of five people competing for the two at-large positions. Hogan holds a Certified Economic Developer accreditation from the University of Oklahoma Economic Development Institute, described as “the premier economic development program in the nation, with more than 50 years of experience.” She used that training to help bring Sun
Becky Hogan, 62, has been an Aurora resident for 19 years.
Microsystems to the City and County of Broomfield and the Westminster Promenade to the City of Westminster. More recently, she had an economic development consulting business, through which she interacted with the Aurora Eco-
nomic Development Council. Becky Hogan was married to former Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan, who passed away unexpectedly in 2018 while holding that office. He was succeeded by Bob LeGare, who has endorsed Becky Hogan for city council. LeGare was recently quoted as saying, “Becky Hogan has selflessly served our community for years. She is thoughtful with her decision making and will be a strong voice for Aurorans.” The Villager asked Hogan why she wanted to serve. She told us, “I saw my experience as being unique and valuable to shaping Aurora’s future. Through my work in the field, I have developed expertise in land development, business recruitment and retention, infrastructure, and transportation.” Hogan told us that she sees the number one issue for the
city as “making all people feel safe.” She believes in supporting law enforcement, including having adequate and well-trained staff. As for current Police Chief Vanessa Wilson, Hogan told us that she “is building her team” and “she has been bold in making changes.” Second on her list of priorities if elected is to focus the city council on civility and “getting people back on the job description the city charter says, which is to provide safety, public works, roads, and infrastructure, including appropriate development so people can live, work, and play in Aurora. She has been watching Aurora City Council meetings, which have not always been entirely cordial. Hogan explained, “It is important for council to model leadership and to represent the citizens’ voices, not their own.” Still,
she said, “You don’t surrender your values, but you have to consider everyone’s needs. We are guardians, not warriors.” After being orphaned, Hogan emigrated to the United States from Korea as an infant, becoming naturalized at the age of four. In addition to having worked as an economic development consultant, she is on the Aurora planning and zoning commission and serves as chair of the Korean Committee-Aurora Sister Cities. She oversaw the coordination of smoke alarms in common areas and assisted in setting up fire safety training for residents of Heather Gardens in Aurora. She also managed ten equity clinics that delivered COVID-19 vaccines, including one at one of the city’s Ethiopian churches. fmiklin.villager@gmail. com
SMDC announces honorary chair for 100-year anniversary gala The gala serves as a kickoff to a year of celebratory events to commemorate the 100year anniversary The South Metro Denver Chamber (SMDC) recently selected Chief Executive Officer of the Denver Botanic Gardens, Brian Vogt, as its honorary chair for the organization’s 100-year anniversary gala to be held on September 24, 2021. Prior to joining the Denver Botanic Gardens in 2007, Vogt spent 14 years as president and CEO of the South
Metro Denver Chamber and four years as the organization’s vice president of economic development. He holds nearly 30 years of experience in community leadership, fundraising, organizational management and service to the region. “The Brian Vogt Award is the most coveted award given by SMDC during its annual award celebration and the Denver Botanic Gardens are long-time Chamber members. We could not have a more worthy business, community and civic leader to be our honorary chair in celebrating our centennial anniversary,” said President
Centennial Public Works Department achieves American Public Works Association Accreditation SUBMITTED BY ALLISON WITTERN CITY OF CENTENNIAL
The Centennial Public Works Department recently received full accreditation by the American Public Works Association (APWA) for the second time. This accreditation formally verifies and recognizes the agency is in full compliance with the recommended management practices set forth in APWA’s Public Works Management Practices Manual. Open to all governmental agencies with responsibilities for public works functions, initial accreditation from APWA is for a four-year period, during which time semi-annual updates will be required to demonstrate continuing compliance. After that time, there is a re-accreditation process which builds on the original accreditation, encouraging continuous improvement and compliance with newly identified practices.
“The City of Centennial prides itself on being effective, efficient and to provide the best possible service to our citizens. Obtaining this accreditation for the second time is no easy feat and I appreciate the commitment of the City’s Public Works team. This recognition illustrates our commitment and willingness to continually make improvements to meet the needs of our City,” says Centennial Mayor Stephanie Piko. “The Department of Public Works continues to showcase the successful partnership between the City and Jacobs. Since the start of this partnership in 2008, this team has consistently delivered a high level of excellence to the citizens of Centennial,” says Jeff Dankenbring, Centennial Public Works Director. “I’d like to acknowledge our stellar Public Works team and City staff who strive every day to de-
Brian Vogt
and CEO Jeff Keener of the South Metro Denver Chamber. “Brian has incredibly deep roots in the community and a network of friendships liver the City’s services and programs that make the City of Centennial a great place to live and work.” Formally awarded the prestigious accreditation by APWA’s Accreditation Council for the second time, the Centennial, CO Public Works Department was the 127th agency in North America to be awarded APWA Accreditation back in 2016, and the eighth agency in the State of Colorado. In addition to Centennial, the accredited agencies in Colorado include Arapahoe County, Arvada Public Works and Utilities), Aurora, Castle Rock, Cherry Hills Village, Golden, Greeley and Lafayette. “Jacobs congratulates the City of Centennial for achieving APWA Reaccreditation. Our unique public-private partnership with the City over the past 14 years has enabled us to collaboratively develop and deliver exceptional public works services to its citizens,” says Craig Faessler, Jacobs Program Director.
that touch so many people, businesses and cities in south metro Denver. He is the perfect choice for our honorary chair to help us celebrate this momentous occasion.” The September anniversary gala will be held at the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum located on the former Lowry Air Force Base in Denver from 6 – 11 p.m, and serves as a kickoff to a year of celebratory events to commemorate the 100-year anniversary. The event will be black-tie optional and is open to all current chamber members and their guests, as well as past chamber members and
their guests. For additional information and ticket registration, visit BestChamber. com/Gala.
About South Metro Denver Chamber
One hundred years in the making, the South Metro Denver Chamber is one of the most influential forces in local government and regional economic development. With more than 700 members incorporating over 70,000 employees, the organization offers unprecedented benefits and opportunities for local businesses to prosper. For more information, visit www. BestChamber.com.
Centennial adopts Electric Vehicle action plan to accomplish city and state goals The City of Centennial is implementing an Electric Vehicle Action Plan stemming from Xcel Energy Partners in Energy program participation, further demonstrating the City's commitment to sustainability and advancement of clean energy goals. The newly developed plan, serving as a strategic roadmap, helps guide the City's readiness to support the rising use of electric vehicles (EVs)."The enactment of this plan illustrates the City's commitment to creating a resilient future for our residents and businesses. Working with Xcel Energy Partners in Energy has allowed Centennial to educate our community and implement energy efficiencies within the City," says Centennial Mayor Stephanie Piko. "The implementation of this new Electric Vehicle Action Plan is an important first step in planning for a portion of the infrastructure that is new and has unique requirements, not only for the City but for citizens, businesses and utility providers."The Electric Vehicle Action Plan focuses on building a community-wide commitment to electrifying transportation throughout Centennial. Goals and strategies within the plan include individual
EV adoption and municipal fleet electrification, increased access to public EV charging stations, and fusing EV-ready infrastructure requirements in the City's municipal code.The plan aims to increase EVs in Centennial zip codes from a 2020 baseline of 2,000 to 18,000 by 2030. This goal serves Centennial's contribution toward the state's target of 940,000 EVs by 2030 as part of the Colorado Electric Vehicle Plan 2020. "Our Colorado Transportation Electrification Plan aligns with Colorado's goal of putting 940,000 EVs on the roads by 2030," said area manager Tom Henley. "Our EV initiatives will not only benefit EV drivers, but all customers and the state, by reducing carbon emissions and delivering cleaner air for everyone. We're proud to support the City of Centennial through our Partners in Energy program and look forward to working with them as they implement their new Electric Vehicle Action Plan." Additional information, including resources, may be found on the City's website by visiting centennialco.gov/ CentennialEV. To learn more about Xcel Energy Partners in Energy, visit xcelenergycommunities.com.
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Oakwood Land Company announces acquisition of Kings Point 1,700 Homes and PGA Level Golf Course to be Built at Sought After Property in Aurora The Oakwood Land Company announced it has closed on the acquisition of Kings Point, the 907-acre property in southeast Aurora. The community will have approximately 1,700 homes as well as a PGA level golf course and country club on the site, located at E-470 and Parker Road. Construction of the master planned community will begin in mid-2022. Homes will range from oneacre estates to multifamily residences, including townhomes, duplexes, and single-family homes. “It takes a team of dedicated individuals to make acquisitions such as this one a success. We are grateful to Kings Point neighbors’ Randy Corporon and the Chenango Homeowners Association, and Bruce Stokes and Don Sturm of The Sturm
Group for their leadership and guidance,” said Oakwood Homes Chairman and CEO, Pat Hamill. “Kings Point is the last undeveloped area of southeast Aurora that provides access to Denver International Airport and downtown Denver. The opportunity to build a community that affords urban access and views of Pikes Peak and Mount Evans is rare. Kings Point promises to be a much sought-after neighborhood.” Kings Point will provide two amenity sites featuring aquatic activities, and three neighborhood parks with playgrounds, picnic areas and sports fields. In addition, the community will provide direct access to High Plains Trail which follows E-470 and ties into the paved Cherry Creek Trail, Cherry Creek Reservoir, and downtown Denver. Homes in the neighborhood will be part of the award-winning Cherry Creek School District.
Students will be able to attend Creekside Elementary School, Liberty Middle School and Grandview High School. “Development of housing ranks high on the city’s list of priorities,” said Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman. “Providing new homes with proximity to extensive outdoor recreation makes Kings Point an ideal residential destination. We are pleased that Oakwood Homes and their partners are offering such a wide array of housing options for current and future residents of Aurora. “The new jobs and homes that come with the development of this property is exciting,” says Mayor Pro Tem and Ward VI City Councilwoman Francoise Bergen. We look forward to the economic vitality generated by this project.” The Oakwood Land Company plans to offer a diverse neighborhood profile and is entering into conversation with leading builders.
Carrie Glassburn has been selected as the new Town of Parker Cultural Director, effective June 26 Carrie joined the Town of Parker in August 2013 and has held several positions during her tenure including Marketing Manager, Assistant Cultural Director, and most recently, Acting Cultural Director since July 2020. Carrie
brings over 25 years marketing, brand development, arts and cultural, community engagement, and public-private sector experience to this key executive leadership position. Carrie earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Advertising and her Mas-
ter of Business Administration from the University of Colorado. She will be responsible for the leadership and strategic direction of Parker Arts, overseeing the Town’s cultural facilities, developing and managing the implementation of cultural, arts, science and history programing, leading and supporting the Scientific and Cultural Commission, and the day-to-day operations of Parker Arts.
Local residents receive academic honors from Northeastern University •
Englewood - Andrew Poynter, a Northeastern University student majoring in business administration
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Greenwood VillageLiam Thompson, a Northeastern University student majoring in business administration
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Englewood - Karen Cheng, a Northeastern University student majoring in computer science/economics
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Greenwood Village - Sophia Chen, a Northeastern University student majoring in politics/philosophy/ economics
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Littleton - Justin Bian, a Northeastern University student majoring in computer science
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Littleton - Jessica Pan, a Northeastern University student majoring in mechanical engineering
BOOK REVIEW The Day the World Came to Town
This book was published in 2003 by Jim DeFede. I was lucky to see the musical Come From Away when it came to Denver a few years ago. I loved the performance so much that I decided to read the book to know more about what happened. On September 11, 2001, thirty-eight planes bound for the U.S. from Europe were diverted to Newfoundland, and the community of Gander came together to take care of the passengers. The goodwill of the community numbering approximately 10,000 citizens, who stepped into service of the stranded passengers, showed an incredible work of goodwill and hospitality in the midst of a dark time. Many friendships developed between passengers and residents in the following days, some of which are highlighted in the story. It took a week for the displaced, temporary guests to resume their journey.
To learn more about Lisa and her books, visit her website, www.LisaJShultz.com. To read more book reviews, follow her on Goodreads, www.goodreads.com/ LisaJShultz. Lisa loves speaking to groups, and she would be happy attend your book club. Call her at 303-881-9338. I found it incredible to relive that day from a different perspective. I was inspired by the positive humanity at work in Gander, Newfoundland. The telling of this story is a real treasure in whichever form you can grab it.
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BOOK REVIEW The Tipping Point
This book by Malcolm Gladwell has been out since 2000. Despite the fact that I did not read it until twenty years after its release, I found it of great value. I have always been interested in the concept of tipping points in my life and business as well as world events. The subtitle “How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference” also intrigued me. I often ask myself what those little things are, and now I have a better idea. I loved reading stories about The Law of a Few: Mavens, Connectors, and Salesmen and how they can create change with their talents. The Stickiness Factor of Sesame Street and Blue’s Clues brought me a new understanding of how kids learn. Reading the research behind epidemics of suicide, violence, and smoking addiction has created a deeper understanding of the complexity of those matters. Previously, I had not fully grasped some of the dynamics creating positive
To learn more about Lisa and her books, visit her website, www.LisaJShultz.com. To read more book reviews, follow her on Goodreads, www.goodreads.com/ LisaJShultz. Lisa loves speaking to groups, and she would be happy attend your book club. Call her at 303-881-9338. or negative trends, and now I have a richer and deeper view of subjects currently in the news. For those who are open to digging deeper into marketing strategies, epidemics of all kinds, and how human nature can shift to the context in which is finds itself, I highly recommend the book.
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Koelbel & Company brings innovative catalyst concept to Omaha Local Colorado Developer Expands Beyond State Lines for First time in 70 years After almost seven decades as Colorado’s most venerable local real estate developer, Koelbel and Company announced it will be doing its first ever development beyond the borders of Colorado— bringing its highly successful and innovative Catalyst concept to the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) at the historic Omaha Mill Site. This is the first of what could be a network of Catalyst concepts in key markets throughout the country that cater to an evolving healthcare industry looking to accelerate innovation. On this new campus, researchers will spawn companies that turn ideas into products to help improve health and healthcare. Koelbel is taking what it learned at Catalyst, as well as its first collaborative office venture – Industry - to bring this vision to life. “Koelbel is thrilled to bring its Catalyst concept to
Omaha, which has proven to be tremendously successful in Denver, and honored to be doing so in partnership with GreenSlate, The Lund Company, and UNMC, “ said Buz Koelbel, president of Koelbel and Company. “This is the first development outside of Colorado for Koelbel after nearly 70 years in business, and we believe Omaha is the ideal market for the initial expansion of this concept and our development operations.” UNMC wanted to replicate the “industry integrator” concept in Omaha at the Saddle Creek Redevelopment Site --bringing together relevant stakeholders from across the health, wellness and health care industries - to forge an adaptive reuse redevelopment from two former Omaha Steel Works structures, into a mixed-used innovation technology campus. The two structures played historically significant roles in World War II, as well as in Omaha’s industrial growth. UNMC will play an integral role in the development as both a collaborator and tenant in the future building. The mix of amenities to serve the broader
USPS to raise postal rates sharply The United States Postal Service May 28 announced a planned adjustment of postage rates as of August 29, 2021, for the public and commercial mail users. The First-Class
Stamp will move from 55 to 58 cents. The rate increase is part of a new USPS business plan that also includes a weakening of service standards for
UNMC campus as well as the inclusion of other healthcare focused companies will further connect UNMC to the broader private sector healthcare industry in Omaha and beyond. “Redevelopment of these structures and the Saddle Creek site will be one of the most unique and significant infill projects in the history of Omaha,” said Jay Lund, Principal of GreenSlate Development. “This is a natural continuation of the campus and UNMC’s continued reinvestment in midtown Omaha.” The $45 million, 140,000-square-foot multiuse project, just one part of the innovation hub concept, will include a food hall and market, event center and collaborative office space that draws on Koelbel and Company’s experience in designing healthcare spaces. GreenSlate Development and The Lund Company will bring their experience in the Omaha market to the project. While the design of the building is still in its conceptual phase, the goal is to build a community where collaboration accelerates innovation within the healthcare
mail that is moving across the country. The proposed new rates must be reviewed by the Postal Regulatory Commission. But the PRC has already granted USPS the authority to eliminate an inflation-based
industry. Design work will begin immediately, with the goal of breaking ground by end of 2021. Catalyst Denver (aka Catalyst Healthcare Tech Innovation) is a premier office and retail space bringing together private enterprise, government, academic and non-profit organizations with healthcare providers and payers to accelerate innovation and drive real, lasting change. The concept has proven highly successful in the RiNo area of Denver and remains so despite COVID challenges over the last year. Koelbel worked closely with key partners including Mike Biselli and Larry Burgess and to create a fully leased concept complete with over 50 healthcare tenants including UCHealth, CirrusMD and Medical Solutions, lifestyle amenities, and WELL Certification.
About Koelbel and Company Founded as a residential brokerage company in 1952 and now a full-service developer and real estate company with developed commercial and residential properties
price cap on rates. It gave USPS a new set of parameters that allows it to charge more for mail that remains in the postal system while digital technology provides new competition for delivery of messages and advertising.
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Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board Published in The Villager Published: June 24, 2021 Legal # 10295 ___________________________ ARAPAHOE COUNTY REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP-21-31 ADMINISTRATION BUILDING TURF IRRIGATION REPLACMENT
To whom it may concern: This notice is given with regard to items in the custody of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office that have been released for public auction. The Sheriff’s Office will release numerous items including but not limited to, bicycles, jewelry, audio/ visual equipment, automotive Notice is hereby given that the parts, tools, sports equipment Arapahoe County Purchasing Divi(such as camping, rafting, skiing sion will be accepting proposals gear, etc.), household goods and for Landscape/Irrigation services other items of personal property to required for Replacement of the a private auction company identi2017 FIRST PLACE — Bestand modificaIrrigation System fied as Propertyroom.com and/or tions to existing turf and landscape Roller Auction. These items will which is located at the Arapahoe be re-leased for on-line bidding on County Administration Building, the last Tuesday of each month 5334 S Prince Street, Littleton, CO for Roller Auction and the last day for the Arapahoe County Facilities of the month for Propertyroom. and Fleet Management Departcom. Both auctions are open to ment. the public. Section
If any citizen believes they have property in the possession of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office that can be identified, and for which they can show proof of ownership associated with a written report that has been filed with the Sheriff’s Office prior to this announcement, can contact the evidence section of the Sheriff’s Office. ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OFClerk FINAL Joan Lopez, to SETTLEMENT the Board
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To whom itinmay Published The concern: Villager This notice is given Published: Junewith 24, regard 2021 to items in the custody of the Arapahoe Legal # 10294 County Sheriff’s Office that have ___________________________ been ARAPAHOE released for public auction. COUNTY The Sheriff’s Office will release REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL numerous items including but not RFP-21-08 limited to, bicycles, jewelry, audio/ WIDE AREA NETWORK visual equipment, automotive ANALYSIS parts, tools, sports equipment (such as camping, rafting, Notice is hereby given that skiing the gear, etc.),County household goods and Arapahoe Purchasing Diviother items of personal property to sion will be accepting proposals on a private auction company identibehalf of the Arapahoe County fied as Propertyroom.com and/or 911 Authority to enter a contract Roller Auction. contractor These items with a qualified withwill be re-leased on-line bidding on experience in for network engineerthe last Tuesday of each month ing, construction, equipment, and for Roller Auction the last day maintenance. Theand Authority would of the for Propertyroom. like an month assessment of their leased com. Both auctions are open to network and an understanding the public.for possibly securing a of options network that meets the current and If any citizenfor believes they have future needs the eight nodes property thethe possession of (7 that resideinon 911 network the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Public Safety Answering Points Office that can be identified, and (PSAPs) and one administration for whichas they can show proof building) specified herein from ownership a aofsource(s) of associated supply that with will give written and report that has been to filed prompt efficient service the with the Sheriff’s Office prior to this County. announcement, can contact the evidence section of the Sheriff’s A recommended pre proposal Office. conference will be held on July 14, 2021 @ 12:00 p.m. local time, via Joan Lopez, ClerkContractors to the Board Microsoft Teams. are encouraged to attend this conferPublished in The Villagerfamiliar ence in order to become Published: June 24, 2021 with the Specifications. Legal # 10294 All___________________________ Arapahoe County solicitations can be ARAPAHOE obtained fromCOUNTY the County’s REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL website. The Request for Proposal (RFP-21-08) RFP-21-08 document can be WIDE NETWORK obtained by AREA going to the Arapahoe ANALYSIS County website www.arapahoegov. com, then go to the Finance DeNotice is hereby given the partment, and under thethat Finance Arapahoe County Department select Purchasing Purchasing Divithen sion will be accepting proposals go to the Quick Link for the Rockyon behalf of ePurchasing the Arapahoewebsite. County Mountain 911 Authority to enter will a contract Electronic submissions be acwith a qualified with cepted online viacontractor Rocky Mountain experience in Systems network engineerE-Purchasing (RMEPS), ing, construction, equipment, and www.bidnetdirect.com/colorado maintenance. The Authority would Questions or technical difficulties like an be assessment their leased should directed toofthe websites’ network and an understanding Vendor Support Team (800) 835of options for2.possibly securing a 4603, option network that meets the current and future needs for be thereceived, eight nodes Submittals must electhat reside the than 911 network tronically, noon later 2:00 p.m.(7 Public Safety Answering Points local time on July 29, 2021. (PSAPs) and one administration building) as reserves specifiedthe herein The County rightfrom to a source(s) of supply that will give prompt and efficient service to the County.
A RECOMMENDED pre proposal conference will be held on June 30, 2021 at 9:00 a.m., local time, at the Arapahoe County Administration Building, Grays Peak Conference Room, which is located on the waive any informalities or ground floororatall5334 South Prince irregularities andCO to 80120. reject any or all Street, Littleton, Consubmittals. tractors are encouraged to attend this conference in order to become Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board familiar with the Specifications.
Published in County The Villager All Arapahoe solicitations Published: Junefrom 24, 2021 can be obtained the County’s Legal # 10295 website. The Request For Propos___________________________ al (RFP-21-31) document can be ARAPAHOE obtained by going toCOUNTY the Arapahoe REQUEST PROPOSAL County websiteFOR www.arapahoegov. RFP-21-31 com, then go to the Finance DeADMINISTRATION BUILDING partment, and under the Finance TURF IRRIGATION Department select Purchasing then REPLACMENT go to the Quick Link for the Rocky Mountain ePurchasing website. Notice is hereby given that the Electronic submissions will only Arapahoe County be accepted onlinePurchasing via Rocky Division will be accepting proposals Mountain E-Purchasing Systems for Landscape/Irrigation services (RMEPS), www.bidnetdirect.com/ required for Replacement of the colorado. Irrigation System and modifications to existing turfreceived, and landscape Submittals must be elecwhich is located the 2:00 Arapahoe tronically, no lateratthan p.m. County Administration Building, local time on July 22, 2021. 5334 S Prince Street, Littleton, CO for the Arapahoe County Facilities The County reserves the right to and Fleet Management Departwaive any or all informalities or ment. irregularities and to reject any or all submittals. A RECOMMENDED pre proposal conference be to held June 30, Joan Lopez, will Clerk theon Board 2021 at 9:00 a.m., local time, at the Arapahoe County Administration Published in The Villager Building, Grays Conference Published: June Peak 24, 2021 Room, Legal # which 10296is located on the ground floor at 5334 South Prince ___________________________ Street, Littleton, CO 80120. Contractors are encouraged to attend this conference in order to become familiar with the Specifications.
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NOTICE OF ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND DEFAULT JUDGMENT PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that an Adjudicatory Hearing and Default Judgement regarding Respondent Mother, ERIKA RICHMOND is set for July 26, 2021 at 8:30 A.M. in Division 22 at the Arapahoe County District Court, 7325 South Potomac Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112. You have the right to be represented by an attorney during these proceedings; if you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to represent you. In the event you fail to appear for said hearing at the date and time indicated, the Petitioner, the People of the State of Colorado, will request that the Court enter a default judgment against you and adjudicate the child dependent and neglected in accordance with the Colorado Children’s Code. Due to COVID 19, the Arapahoe County District Court is holding some hearings via Cisco WebEx Meetings to allow for audiovisual and/or audio participation. Participants may use any computer, tablet or smart phone equipped with a camera and microphone for audiovisual participation. Parties should use the following link: NOTICE OF ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND • https://judicial.webex.com/meet/ DEFAULT JUDGMENT Division22 • Enter your name and email PLEASE(so TAKE NOTICE address we know whothat you an Adjudicatory are). You will then Hearing be in the and virtual Default Judgement regarding courtroom. ERIKA IfRICH•Respondent Select yourMother, audio setting. the MOND set for July 26, audio onisyour computer or2021 tablet at 8:30 Division 22the at the does notA.M. work,inplease use Arapahoeaudio County District Court,in alternate option of calling 7325 South Potomac to the number below. Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112. You have to to beappear represented by an Ifthe youright elect in person, attorney these proceedings; you must during be at the Courthouse if you cannot afford an attorney, a half hour before the hearing is one will betoappointed scheduled begin. to represent you. In the event you fail to appear for said hearing at the date and Date: June 15, 2021 time indicated, the Petitioner, the People of the State of Colorado, Kiley Schaumleffel, Esq. #46107 will request that the Court enter a Assistant County Attorney default judgment against you and Attorney for Petitioner adjudicate the childDr. dependent and 14980 E. Alameda neglected accordance with the Aurora, Co in 80012 Colorado Children’s Code. Published in The Villager Due to COVID Arapahoe Published: June19, 24,the 2021 County District Court is holding Legal # 10297 some hearings via Cisco WebEx ___________________________ Meetings to allowCOURT for audioviDISTRICT sualCOUNTY and/or audio participation. OF ARAPAHOE, Participants use any computSTATE may OF COLORADO er,7325 tabletSouth or smart phone Potomac equipped Street with aCentennial, camera andColorado microphone for audiovisual participation. Parties (303) 649-6355 Telephone should use the following link: PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF • https://judicial.webex.com/meet/ COLORADO Division22 In the Interest of: • Enter your name and email address (soMCGILL-SMITH we know who you BRAELON AND are). You will then be in the virtual BRINNON WILLIS-SMITH, courtroom. Children, • Select your audio setting. If the audio on your computer or tablet And concerning: does not work, please use the alternate audioJAMES option BOYER, of calling in TARA SMITH, to theDESHUN number below. AND WILLIS, Respondents. If you elect to appear in person, you must be atEsq. the Reg. Courthouse Jordan Lewis, #50198 a half hour beforeAttorney the hearing is Assistant County scheduled begin. Attorney forto Petitioner 14980 East Alameda Drive Date: June 15, 2021 Aurora, CO 80012 Tel: 303-636-1883 Kiley Schaumleffel, Fax: (303) 636-1889Esq. #46107 Assistant County Attorney Attorney for Petitioner Case No: 19JV0940 14980 E. Alameda Division:Dr.14 Aurora, Co 80012 NOTICE OF CONTESTED Published in The Villager PERMANENT ALLOCATION OF Published: PARENTAL June 24, 2021 Legal # 10297 RESPONSIBILITY HEARING ___________________________ COURT PLEASEDISTRICT TAKE NOTICE that COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, the above captioned matter has STATE OF COLORADO been set for a CONTESTED 7325 SouthALLOCATION Potomac Street PERMANENT OF Centennial, Colorado PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY (303) 649-6355 Telephone PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO In the Interest of: BRAELON MCGILL-SMITH AND BRINNON WILLIS-SMITH, Children, And concerning: TARA SMITH, JAMES BOYER, AND DESHUN WILLIS, Respondents.
HEARING in this action on July 21, 2021 at 9:30 A.M. in Division 14 at the Arapahoe County District Court, 7325 South Potomac Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112. You have the right to be represented by an attorney during these proceedings; if you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to represent you. The Court requests that you be at the Courthouse a half hour before the hearing is scheduled so that you can discuss the case with an attorney and/or caseworker, should you wish to do so. Due to COVID 19, the Arapahoe County District Court is holding hearings via Cisco WebEx Meetings to allow for audiovisual and/ or audio participation. Participants may use any computer, tablet or smart phone equipped with a camera and microphone for audiovisual participation. Parties should use the following link: •https://judicial.webex.com/meet/ bonnie.mclean •Enter your name and email address (so we know who you are). You will then be in the virtual courtroom. •Select your audio setting. If the audio on your computer or tablet HEARING in this action onthe July does not work, please use 21, 2021audio at 9:30 A.M.ofincalling Division alternate option in 14 at the Arapahoe County District to the number below. Court, 7325 South Potomac Street, 80112. IfCentennial, you do not Colorado have a device that will support a video connection, you You have the right to be repremay still participate by audio only sented by720-650-7664. an attorney during by calling When these proceedings; you 850 cannot prompted enter codeif925 797. afford an attorney, one will be The Ifappointed you elect to to represent appear in you. person, Court requests thatCourthouse you be at the you must be at the a halfthe hour beforeis aCourthouse half hour before hearing the hearingtoisbegin. scheduled so that scheduled you can discuss the case with an attorney caseworker, Dated thisand/or 18th of June 2021.should you wish to doReg. so. #50198 Jordan Lewis, Assistant County Attorney Due to COVID 19, the Arapahoe Attorney for Petitioner CountyE.District Court is holding 14980 Alameda Drive hearings via 80012 Cisco WebEx MeetAurora, CO ings to allow for audiovisual and/ 303-636-1883 or audio participation. Participants 303-636-1889 FAX may use any computer, tablet or smart phone equipped with a camPublished in The Villager era and microphone for audiovisual Published: June 24, 2021 participation. Legal # 10298 Parties should use the following link: ___________________________ •https://judicial.webex.com/meet/ bonnie.mclean •Enter your name and email address (so we know who you are). You will then be in the virtual courtroom. CITY OF CHERRY HILLS •Select your VILLAGE audio setting. If the audio on your computer or tablet ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE does not work, use the ORDINANCEplease 5, SERIES 2021 alternate audio option of calling in to BILL the number below. A FOR AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHERRY HILLS If you do not REPEALING have a deviceAND that will VILLAGE support a video connection, REPLACING ARTICLE II you OF may still participate by audio only CHAPTER 6 OF THE CHERRY byHILLS callingVILLAGE 720-650-7664. When MUNICIPAL prompted enter code 925 850 797. CODE CONCERNING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES If you elect to appear in person, you must be at the Courthouse Copies of the Ordinances are on a half hour before theCity hearing file at the office of the Clerkis scheduled begin. during and may betoinspected regular business hours. Dated this 18th of June 2021. Jordan Lewis, Reg. #50198 Assistant County Attorney Published in The Villager Attorney for Petitioner Published: June 24, 2021 14980 E. Alameda Drive Legal # 10299 Aurora, CO 80012 ___________________________ 303-636-1883 303-636-1889 FAX
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Jordan Lewis, Esq. Reg. #50198 Assistant County Attorney Attorney for Petitioner Published in The Villager BEST OF HAWAII FOUR-ISLAND 14980 East Alameda Drive Published: JuneTOUR 24, 2021 Aurora, CO 80012 Legal # 10299 12 days, departs year-round Tel: 303-636-1883 ___________________________ Hawaii Island • Kauai • Maui — Enjoy a fully guided Fax:Oahu (303) •636-1889 4-island Hawaiian vacation with centrally located lodging Case No: 19JV0940 in Waikiki on Oahu, Division: 14 and beachfront lodging on the “Big Island” of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui. Guided throughout by NOTICE OFTour CONTESTED our friendly Directors—your local experts. Includes 3 PERMANENT ALLOCATION OF NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT inter-island flights. PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY HEARING BIG DRY CREEK AT EASTER promo AVENUE code N7017 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that (Contract No. CPR16-00003-C-2) the above captioned matter has been set for a CONTESTED Notice is hereby given that on July *. Prices are per person based on double occupancy plus up toOF $299 in taxes & fees. supplementSoutheast and seasonal surchargesMetro may apply. Add-on PERMANENT ALLOCATION 9,Single 2021, Stormairfare available. Offers apply to new bookings only, made by 9/30/21. Other terms & conditionsAuthority may apply. Ask your Travel Consultant for details.final PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY water shall make
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OWNER: Southeast Metro Stormwater Authority Name: Jon Nelson Title: CIP Project Manager
Published in The Villager 1. Any person, co-partnership, First Publication: June 24, 2021 association of persons, company Last Publication: July 3, 2021 or corporation that has an unpaid Legal # 10301 claim against the said PROJECT ___________________________ for or on account of the furnishing NOTICE OF HEARING ON of labor, materials, team hire, susPROPOSED 2020 BUDGET tenance, provisions, provender or AMENDMENT other supplies used or consumed by such CONTRACTOR or any FIRST PLACE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN SUBCONTRACTOR in or about Best Public a proposed budget amendthe performance of2018 said WORK Noticethat Section ment for 2020 has been submitcontracted to be done or that NNAtools, Better ted to the Fiddler’s Business supplies rental machinery, or Improvement District (“District”). equipment to the Newspaper extent used in the prosecution of the Advertising WORK whose ContestSuch proposed budget amendment will be considered at a special claim therefore hasAward-winning not been paid Newspaper meeting of the District to be held by the CONTRACTOR or the SUBat 9:30 a.m. on Friday, June 25, CONTRACTOR may at any time 2021 via Teleconference at 650up to and including said time of 479-3208, Attendee Passcode: such final settlement file a verified 76687702. statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim. Copies of such proposed budget amendment and of the resolution 2. All such claims will be filed with to amend the 2020 budget is availSoutheast Metro Stormwater able for inspection by the public Authority, 7437 South Fairplay at the offices of John Madden Street, Centennial, Colorado, Company, 6501 S. Fiddler’s Green 80112, on or before the aboveCircle, Suite 110, Greenwood mentioned date and time of final payment to L and M Enterprises, Village, Colorado. Any interested settlement. OWNER: Inc., P.O. Box W/735 E Highway elector within the District may, at Southeast Metro 56Failure Berthoud, COpart in connection any time prior to theStormwater final adoption 3. on the of a creditor Authority with full payment for all services of the resolution to amend the to file such statement prior to such rendered, materials furnished and 2020 budget, file or register any final settlement will relieve SouthName: Jon Nelson for allMetro labor Stormwater performed inAuthority and for objections thereto. east Title: CIP Project Manager the above-referenced from any and all liabilityPROJECT. for such FIDDLERS BUSINESS claim. Published in TheDISTRICT Villager 1. Any person, co-partnership, IMPROVEMENT First June 24, 2021 association persons, By: /s/Publication: Ron Fano, District Counsel Published in of The Villagercompany Last Publication: July 3, 2021 or corporation thatJune has 24, an unpaid First Publication: 2021 Legal # 10301 claimPublication: against theJuly said3,PROJECT Published in The Villager Last 2021 ___________________________ for or #on10300 account of the furnishing Published: June 24, 2021 Legal of labor, materials, team hire, susLegalNOTICE # 10304OF HEARING ON ___________________________ PROPOSED 2020 BUDGET tenance, provisions, ___________________________ 00 65 33provender or AMENDMENT other supplies used orPAYMENT consumed NOTICE OF FINAL by such CONTRACTOR or any NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN SUBCONTRACTOR in or&about COUNTY LINE ROAD I-25 that a proposed budget amendthe performance of said WORK STORM SEWER LINING ment for 2020 has been submitcontracted to be done or that (CONTRACT NO. CIPP 2020-3) ted to the Fiddler’s Business supplies rental machinery, tools, or Improvement District (“District”). equipment to the extent used in the Notice is hereby given that on NOTICE TO CREDITORS Such proposed budget prosecution of the WORK whose July 19th, 2021, Southeast Metro Estate of Thu Ngo Vu,amendment AKA Terri will be considered a special claim therefore has notshall beenmake paid Stormwater Authority Ngo, Thu Ngo, ThuatNgo Vu, Thu N meeting of the District be Thu held V, by the CONTRACTOR or the SUBfinal payment to Insituform TechVu, Vu Thu Ngo, Ngo to Terri at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, June 25,Thu CONTRACTOR may at any time nologies Inc. 9654 Titan Court, Ngo Terri T, Thu V Ngo, Terri 2021Vu, viaTerri Teleconference at 650up to and including time of Littleton CO 80125 insaid connection Ngo Thu Ngo, Terri T Ngo, 479-3208, Attendee Passcode: such final settlement file a verified with full payment for all services Terri Ngo, Thungo Terri, Terri Thun76687702. statementmaterials of the amount due and and rendered, furnished go, Thu T. Ngo, Thu V Terri Ngo, unpaid on account of such claim. for all la-bor performed in and for Terri Ngo Thu, V Thu Terri Ngo Copies of such proposed budget the above-referenced PROJECT. A Deceased amendment and 2021 of thePR resolution 2. All such claims will be filed with Case Number 30352 to amend 2020 budget availSoutheast Metro Stormwater 1. Any person, co-partnership, All personsthehaving claims isagainst able for inspection by the Authority, 7437 South Fairplay association of persons, company the above named estatepublic are reat the offices of John Madden Street, Centennial, Colorado, or corporation that has an unpaid quired to present them to the perCompany, 6501 S. Fiddler’s Green 80112, on or before aboveclaim against the saidthe PROJECT sonal representative or to District Circle,ofSuite 110, Greenwood mentioned date and time of final for or on account of the furnishing Court Arapahoe County, ColoVillage, Colorado. 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Kavod Senior Life Receives Funding from the Daniels Fund To Improve Life for Older Residents and Community Members Kavod Senior Life (Kavod) announced that it has received a $150,000 Daniels Fund grant to support a variety of programs for its residents as well as for its outreach to older community members. Kavod Senior Life is a nonprofit organization in Cherry Creek providing housing and support services for 1,000 older adults both on and off campus. “The grant will enable Kavod to re-establish many
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important projects that were shut down due to the pandemic,” said Michael Klein, President and CEO. “We are deeply grateful to the Daniels Fund for recognizing the positive impact this will have on the health and well-being of older individuals who have endured many restrictions over the past year.” Funds will help Kavod provide health touchpoints and emotional/social supports for its residents, bring community members together for educational workshops and provide outside access to Kavod’s onsite health and wellness center, among other items.
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The Denver Corvette Association will hold their annual Vettes on Broadway People’s Choice Car Show. Sat., June 26 from 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. at John Elway Chevrolet at 5200 S. Broadway, Englewood with lunch provided. Registration 8-9 a.m. Door prizes & awards at 1:00 p.m. Event chair: Corey Krause 303-9933903 cekause@gmail.com and Pete & Jared Urenda 720-217-1525 cdurenda@comcast.net
MEET THE CENTENNIAL MAYOR MEETING
Tuesday, June 28 from 9:30-11:00 a.m. at the Centennial Civic Center at 13133 E. Arapahoe Rd. Info: Naomi Lowell at 303-754-3341.
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ARAPAHOE COUNTY FAIR JULY 22-25 house party. Adrienne Ruston Fitzgibbons,
Community Angel Award Recipient. Bessie’s Carnival rides, rodeos, public competitions, fireworks and more! arapahoecountyfair.com Hope, the only organization in the country whose mission, for 27 years, has been to enhance the lives of nursing home elders and CENTENNIAL DISTSRICT 1 bring generations together. Also a 2-week VIRTUAL MEETING auction. Call 720-333-3825 or visit www. Mayor Pro Tem Kathy Turley and District 1 bessieshope.org Council Member Candace Moonare hosting a District 1 virtual meeting on Monday, June 28 at 7 p.m. Agenda: Zoning, Transportation CENTRAL CITY OPERA PARTNERS WITH Master Plan and Community Grants Program. NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH FOR Zoom meeting passcode is 357059. To dial in SUMMER FESTIVAL Central City Opera’s 2021 Festival presentreference the Zoom Dian-In Guide and join ed at The Hudson Gardens & Event Center. using the Webinar ID: 989 5497 0813. July 3 - Aug. 1 for four-week extravaganza of storytelling & Powerful voices, featuring CENTENNAIL SUMMER SOCIALS classical music’s biggest talents, the Central July 13 6-8 p.m. at Heritage Village Park; E. Fair Dr. & E. Maplewood Dr. and July City Opera Orchestra and rising stars from the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artists Training 29 at Centennial Center Park; E. Peakview Program. The musical Carousel and Rigoletto Ave., north of S. Revere Pkwy. Live music, family-friendly activities, display your lawn will be produced in the open-air. Info: visit game skills, food and beverages from onsite centralcityopera.org. Tickets: Call 303-292food trucks for purchase. Blankets and chairs 6700 or email boxoffice@centralcityopera.org encouraged.
Zoom webinar Tuesday, June 29 at 6:00 p.m. Participant can ask questions in advance during registration, or moderators will ask questions from attendees during the live presentation. Register in advance at https:// zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FDXcYO7yS2GglXcKYGpPog Agenda: Violent Crime, Drug HELP CARE FOR THE HIGH LINE CANAL Volunteer opportunities for the 71 mile Trafficking and DAE Transparency. canal. Sign up at Highlinecanal.org/ stewardship. Info: www.highlinecanal.org
SUMMER READING AT ARAPAHOE LIBRARIES
The Summer Reading BINGO sheet can be picked up at your favorite library or printed from home at arapahoelibraries.org. Everyone THE GREAT COLORADO AIR SHOW ages 0-18 is invited to visit one of their librarOctober 16 & 17 at Northern Colorado NEW MEETING PLACE FOR CHERRY ies and choose a free book while supplies last. Regional Airport in Loveland. Featuring the CREEK REPUBLICAN WOMEN U.S. Navy Blue Angels flying the team’s new At the June 8 meeting ,The Double Tree by Hil- Get creative this summer and share or show your favorite part of your neighborhood in a aircraft, the F/A-18 Super Hornet which is ton located at Orchard and I-25 was selected 25% larger than their predecessor jet. Tickets for their Sept. thru Dec. meetings according to life-size neighborhood collage at any of the library locations. Add a splash of color, words, go on sale July 6 and sold online through Nancy Doty, CCRW President. a poem or a sketch to illustrate the spirit of The Great Colorado Air Show. Tickets will not your community. Schedule of library events: be available on site during show days. Visit ARAPAHOE COUNTY MOVIE NIGHT visit arapahoelibraries.org www.greatcoloradoairshow.com
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Pictures on the Plains at the Fairgrounds. 2ND ANNUAL MILESTONES FOR MAXTickets on sale for June 30 - Men in Black. WELL GOLF TOURNAMENT Saturday, July 10 3-7 p.m. at Centennial Tickets are $5. Visit arapahoecountyfair.com/ Thursday, July 29 at Fossil Trace Golf Club Center park. Local BBQ food trucks, Colorado picturesontheplains in Golden. Register for golf, sign up to be a breweries and Live music. sponsor or donate an item for the auction. MEET THE 17 MILE HOUSE BEEKEEPERS Info: Kim Fry kreeman3@gmail.com or Todd Learn the basics of honeybees, Griffin at underpar@yahoo.com. Money raised GLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDAbeekeeping, and bee-friendly garwill go towards Freed’s rare neurological TION ACCEPTABILITY GALA July 21 virtual gala. 7:00 p.m. VIP recep- dens,hands-on-learning activities for youth. disease contracted at age 2 diagnosed as SLC6Al. A gene therapy is being developed at tion; 7:30 p.m. program & performance fea- Free event but registration is required. Visit the Univ. of Texas so they are in a race against turing Natasha Bedingfield -Grammy-Nom- www.arapahoegov.com/17milehouse. time. “Milestones for Maxwell Happy Hour” inated Multi-Platinum Singer-Songwriter; after golf from 5-7 p.m. at Milwaukee St. Rhythm Express dance troupe and Robert BESSIE’S HOPE VIRTUAL GALA Tavern in Cherry Creek North. No registration Wallop dance soloist. The 2021 Ambassador is June 26, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. with dance Caroline Cardenas. Call 303-321-6277. music continuing for the benefit of your required for the Happy Hour.
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2021 Mazda CX-30 has top performance BY H. THROTTLE AUTOMOTIVE COLUMNIST
Mazda is a very historic and creative Japanese manufacturing company with many success stories. They are rising fast in the auto industry with creative engine designs, especially the SKYACTIVE 4-cylinder turbo engines. The test drive Mazda CX-30 is powered by a unique 4 cylinder turbo engine that creates 227 horsepower and 310 lb ft of torque. The result is teamed with a versatile sport mode transmission making for a fast SUV. Mazda CX-30s are assembled in Salamanca, Mexico using a transmission from Japan and Mexican manufactured engines. The combination package combines the components into an efficient, masterful Mazda CX-30. The vehicle is small in stature, but large in performance. Being an all-wheel vehicle makes it especially desirable for Colorado weather. Competitively priced with options included at $33,900. Mazda didn’t spare the options and safety features in this well-engineered product, starting with the exterior with “Polymetal gray” metallic paint. The design is similar to many Japanese and
Korean car models with sleek lines in a SUV format. The interior is black and brown. Front bucket seats are heated with lumbar support. The rear leg seating space is tight and the seats fold down to allow for more cargo space. Many of the electronic and entertainment features are controlled by steering wheel buttons. The control knobs are hard to read, but practice makes perfect, and after some early drive experience the driver learns what buttons to push. The control visual screen is recessed in the center window which is unusual, but gives the driver a better view of the road along with viewing the control data screen.. The menu is controlled by a center dial to select the many technical and entertainment features. The Bose sound
system works well and features the many XM channel choices. The CX-30 has an excellent five-star safety rating that is an important score in today’s driving hazards. The rating comes from a bevy of safety features, from 4-wheel disk brakes, to a long list of warning alerts. The radar cruise control works extremely well with practice and adapts to forward vehicle speeds. Best overall feature of the CX30 is the crisp steering and powerful turbo engine performance. The versatile transmission works perfect with the sport’s mode and acceleration is outstanding. Fuel economy is 30 on highway driving, 25 mpg overall. This is a very versatile SUV for work or pleasure, handles very well, and was a pleasure to test drive.
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BY LISA J. SHULTZ
Located at 1485 Delgany Street, The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. MCA Denver explores the art and culture of our time through rotating exhibits and public educational programs. Featuring regional, national and international artists, MCA Denver offers a wide range of exhibits promoting creative experimentation with art and ideas. MCA Denver was founded in 1996 and moved to its current loca-
tion in 2007. I recently toured the museum and enjoyed several current exhibits. Colorado in the Present Tense, features four artists of the Colorado region: Narkita Gold, Rick Griffith, Nathan Hall, and Maia Ruth Lee. Their art expresses how they are responding to and reimagining the upended world in which we presently find ourselves. Another exhibit, Keith Haring: Grace House Mural, displays for the first time since
it was created, a site-specific painting that Haring executed in 1983/84 for those living at Grace House, a Catholic youth center in Manhattan. Some pieces in the exhibit were New York subway graffiti as well. Finally, Jaime Carrejo: Waiting presents a new installation by the Denver-based artist that explores the relationship between confinement and duration. Through a layering of Southwestern symbolism, mid-century design, and objects from his own
domestic space, Carrejo offers an environment reminiscent of an interior waiting room and exterior courtyard. These settings intend to prompt reflection on various physical and psychological barriers experienced during the pandemic but also pose the question of what will come after this extended period of waiting. Enjoy free virtual programs that accompany each exhibition, offering viewers additional insight into the artists’ work and perspectives. Each program can be found
on MCA’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube. com/user/mcadenver1485 Visit mcadenver.org., a robust website to learn more and make your reservation. Photos courtesy of MCA. Lisa J. Shultz is a Denver native. She loves to inspire exploration of the city’s treasures in her book Essential Denver. She features the Museum of Contemporary Art on page 86. Find out more about her and her book on her website LisaJShultz.com or call her at 303-881-9338.