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New COVID-19 willdairy prohibitfarm, indoor dining, personal gatherings Commerce City Forrestrictions Brighton

reindeer are part of the family

appoints Jason Rogers as city manager Rogers has served in acting role since September STAFF REPORT

Juniper, who happens to be pregnant, stops for a scratch from owners Kayla and David McIntosh.

Small herd is a labor of love for the McIntosh family

them on a rooftop, you might have seen them out in publicsite this A long line of cars outside the city of Brighton’s rapid testing atholiday season, behind a fence at a shopping Riverdale Regional Park. The site has had to or close many days in recent mall at aearly holiday event with an weeks due to high demand. Adams County’s 14-daydisplay test positivity rate educational about the mysBY BELEN and magical species. was 15.9 percent, asWARD of Nov. 17, accordingterious to Tri-County Health Department. BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM “When showing the reindeer, Brighton and Commerce City’s test positivity rates were both higher than adults and kids ask questions about 13Santa percent. Forty-five people in Brighton and 29 in Commerce Cityand haveinClaus might call them his them, and we tell them fun died from COVID-19 related health issues. To limitfacts theabout spreadreindeer,” of COVID-19, team, but Brighton’s David and teresting David Kayla McIntosh callmoved them pets – sis- restrictions McIntoshthat said.prohibits indoor and at least 15 counties to tighter ters Juniper and Cranberry and big “There is nothing like the excitepersonal gatherings. old Kristoph. ment about reindeer and the lore The family and their three reindeer of reindeer. They feel very mythical – with another on the way; Juniper when you see kids come to these is pregnant – live on the McIntosh’s events to see the reindeer. We get to Photo by Belen Ward dairy farm in Brighton. partake in giving a piece of ChristAnd although you will never see mas excitement, joy and magic to

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the peopleBy around us,” Kayla McInEllis Arnold tosh said. Colorado Reindeer are,Community in fact, a Media real species. In North America, they are known As DenverCaribou metro counties continueare to as caribou. and reindeer inchsame closerspecies, to local stay-at-home orders the but reindeer hail from and haveofbeen domesunderEurope Colorado’s system coronavirusticated for some 6,000 years. North related restrictions, the state announced American caribou have never been a new level of rules prohibits domesticated andthat tend to be aindoor bit dining and personal gatherings —a bigger. change that applies to the majority of the And while they don’t fly, McIntosh has a perfectly good explanation, Denver metro area and many counties in cribbed from a friend and fellow other regions. breeder Chris Jessen of Loveland. The Reindeer state’s COVID-19 “My are thedial, ‘B’ which team has so been in effect since September, is the set of different levels of restrictions that each SEE REINDEER, P6

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Commerce City’s acting City Manager Jason Rogers will take over the job permanently, City Councilors agreed Dec. 12. Councilors voted unanimously to appoint Rogers to the city’s top job during a special meeting. Rogers, who had served as a Deputy City Manager, had been filling the position since September. Long-time city employee Roger Tinklenberg stepped down from the post in August. Rogers was named the sole finalist for the position on Nov. 28 following an internal posting period. “I want to thank the City Council and our community for entrusting me with the duty of guiding our staff and organization,” said Rogers. “I appreciate this opportunity to be part of a legacy for Commerce City as we continue serving and aiming to constantly improve how we deliver services and a quality community for our residents and businesses. I have a great dealon ofthe county is required to follow based faith inofour staff and their ability to severity a county’s local virus spread. support City Council’s goals in orThe grew out the state’s safer-atderdial to meet theofexpectations of our home order — the policy that came after community. I am looking forward the statewide stay-at-home order this to the challenge.” Rogers joined Commerce Cityof spring and allowed numerous types in December 2019 as director of businesses to reopen. community development and was The state recently switched to color promoted to deputy city manager identifiers — levels blue, yellow and in May 2021. orange rather than numbered levels — to Prior to his time with Commerce City, Rogers spent three years as avoid confusion. Until Nov. 17, level red deputy communityorder. development meant a stay-at-home Now, level director for the Town of Parker and red — “severe risk” — is the as director of the Parker secondSEE MANAGER, P3

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