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Group raises $11,000 for local teen with rare bone cancer To fulfill bucket list item BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The Parker and equestrian community has come together to raise over $11,000 in one week for 19-year-old Quincy Rohrbach to fulfill her bucket list after being diagnosed with a rare bone cancer. “The equestrian community is just really strong here in Colorado and all over, really, everybody has just been super supportive and wonderful,” said Kristina Matthews, fundraiser director and family friend. While riding her horse last summer, Rohrbach had a minor fall and hurt her shoulder. When she got an x-ray, the imaging showed a bone tumor in the humerus bone of her upper right arm. A further PET scan and a bone biopsy revealed the mass to be osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer. SEE QUINCY, P5
BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Programs for the Douglas County Health Department have been up and running for over two months and during a March 9
Improvements approved for O’Brien Park, Ray J. Harvie Open Space BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
ment has been working with the state and other local health departments to develop further relationships in replacement of Tri-County. The department has participated with the Colorado Association of Local Public Health Officials Policy Committee to keep up to date on proposed state legislation
The Town of Parker will be seeing landscaping and design updates as the town council approved design improvements for O’Brien Park and improvements for public access to Ray J. Harvie Open Space. Town council unanimously approved a site plan amendment for O’Brien Park to make landscaping and urban design improvements on the west, south and east sides of the park. O’Brien Park, located on the northeast corner of Parker Road and Mainstreet, is 10.67 acres of land. Amenities at the park currently include a gazebo, playground, pool complex and ballfield. To better integrate the park into the downtown area and enhance the aesthetic of the area, improvements to the west side of the park will include cut stones, quarts and steel panels, similar to what is used at the PACE Center. On the south side of the park, the town plans to improve the Mainstreet frontage by removing the current fence adjacent to the street and installing landscaping and hardscaping elements. This design will also guide pedestrians to the Mainstreet and Victorian Drive intersection. The east side of the park, which fronts Victorian Drive, will see additional landscaping and hardscape elements. In addition to taking out some of the
SEE HEALTH, P7
SEE COUNCIL, P4
Quincy Rohrbach in the hospital.
COURTESY KRISTINA MATTHEWS
Hill gives update on health department progress Budget goals remain intact
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meeting, Executive Director Michael Hill gave an update on the independent health department. “I think the way this county approached the health department by phasing it in over the last year has really been to our benefit,” said Hill. As staff are developing relationships and creating partnerships with more organizations, the Douglas County Health Depart-
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