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VOLUME 21 | ISSUE 3
FEC United attends school district meeting Security provided BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
in 2006, according to a Nov. 15 press release. The release included the medical facility will be located at the north east intersection of Parker Road and Hess Road. “These investments are using our resources for the purpose of
At least two members of a private armed organization were among the audience of a Douglas County School District meeting on equitable hiring, recruitment and retention of staff. John Tiegan, the founder of the United American Defense Force, an armed group that organized the downtown Denver “Patriot Muster” that ended with a fatal encounter in October 2020, and one other man in a United American Defense Force shirt attended the district’s Equity Advisory Council meeting on Dec. 7. Roughly 30 people made up the audience. Prior to the meeting, a post in a Facebook group for FEC United, an organization deemed anti-government by the Southern Poverty Law Center and with ties to the United American Defense Force, asked members to be at the meeting to provide feedback on the council’s draft recommendations meant to ensure diversity among school staff. In response to the post, multiple people reached out to the school district to raise concerns about FEC United’s call for attendance, including Equity Advisory Council member Cathy Lees, who called the post an intimidation tactic that “successfully silenced under-represented voices” in the district. The district provided extra security at the meeting and prohibited loitering outside the building. District policy also bans weapons on school properties and no one at the meeting appeared armed. Discussion during the equity meeting mostly took place with council members in small groups so the audience wasn’t able to hear much. The equity meeting took place without disruption or public comment. Audience members could fill out a form to provide feedback. Allison Jones, a DCSD parent and member of the Douglas County
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Volunteers prepare and package food in the kitchen on Colorado Gives Day.
PHOTO BY HALEY LENA
Nourish Meals on Wheels takes part in Colorado Gives Day $37,355 raised BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Donations made to Nourish Meals on Wheels through Colorado Gives Day will be enhanced by the
$1.4 million Colorado Gives Day Incentive Fund. This Colorado Gives Day, on Dec. 6, Nourish Meals on Wheels aimed to raise $50,000. The organization raised $37,355 through 219 donors. “Colorado Gives announced that we will know the amount we get from the incentive fund by Dec.
31,” said community engagement coordinator Olivia Servaes. Nourish Meals on Wheels, a nonprofit organization, uses volunteers to package and deliver meals to seniors and homebound adults throughout Arapahoe, Jefferson SEE MEALS, P8
Kaiser Permanente plans new Parker primary care office Old facility will be replaced BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The state’s largest nonprofit health plan, Kaiser Permanente, is investing $100 million to renovate
medical facilities in eight communities across the Front Range and build two new state-of-the-art centers in Pueblo and Parker. Kaiser Permanente will replace an existing medical office in South Parker with a new one-story, 22,500-square-foot primary care office on 6.5 acres of land purchased