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Apartments could rise on old Sports Authority site Residential units, parking garage proposed for location along Hampden BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

sion, began to talk about others’ need for food in the surrounding community. “We don’t worry about feeding our children, having enough to eat,” said Vee Henderson, a Holly Creek resident. “We don’t worry about food stamps and what they’ll buy — we all just live our lives, go to the store and buy whatever we want, but not everyone can do that. And so many people have lost their jobs during the pandemic, and it’s tough out there.” So Henderson and other women at Holly Creek put on a food drive

A prominent Englewood business site that fell to bankruptcy has seen redevelopment in recent years, and a push to add apartments there has returned with a vision that could help reshape the area near city hall. Nationwide big-box retailer Sports Authority once maintained its corporate headquarters across Hampden Avenue from the Englewood Civic Center. In March 2016, Sports Authority cited debt of $1.1 billion as the reason it filed for bankruptcy. What followed was the question of what would fill the property. A rough idea for a development that could have included apartments, offices, retail, restaurants or even a distillery or brewpub arose, according to development officials’ vision from years ago. The site includes the Earth Treks indoor climbing gym. Now, a plan for adding apartments next door could result in a four-story, 303-unit complex that would include its own five-story parking structure. The plan calls for a “wrap” design, meaning the garage would be hidden from view

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Erin Young, director of the South Fellowship Food Bank, left, and Vee Henderson, a Holly Creek Retirement Community resident, PHOTOS BY ELLIS ARNOLD stand together during an April 15 pickup of donated food items at the retirement community in Centennial.

Seniors ‘blessed to be a blessing’ in food drive With many residents vaccinated, a joyous gathering sent off large donation to local food bank BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Don Folsom, 80, left, helps pastor Dan Elliott load items from Holly Creek Retirement Community’s food drive into a van for South Fellowship Food Bank.

At a west Centennial seniorliving location, food isn’t one of the worries on residents’ minds. But a group of women at the Holly Creek Retirement Community, during a weekly Zoom discus-

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One year later: Voices from south metro area Locals, former residents reflect on trials endured, lessons learned, hopes STAFF REPORT

A year after Colorado’s statewide stay-at-home order took effect and drastically changed virtually all aspects of daily life, Coloradans are still grappling with public health orders and — hopefully — nearing the end of the pandemic in sight. As the state’s health care structure works to vaccinate more Coloradans in the coming months, some may begin to look back at what, one year ago, would have seemed an unthinkable change to society and personal life. Colorado Community Media spoke with local residents — some of whom CCM also talked to roughly a year ago — to hear what the last year has been like for them. ----Barry Kittay, former longtime Highlands Ranch resident Barry Kittay wishes he could just write off the past year. After contracting COVID-19 in March 2020, Kittay spent 20 days in the hospital, including 11 on a ventilator. He lost 55 pounds and had to spend months in rehabilitation, relearning how to walk, drive a car and even shower. “The best way I can put it is it’s kind of a lost year,” he said. “It took a long time to get healthy again … I would call it a lost year, a wasted year.” Kittay was a longtime Highlands Ranch resident before he moved during the pandemic to a mountain town. He was deeply rattled by his bout with the disease and how close he came to death. After leaving the hospital, Kittay said he was generally more nervous than before his illness.

Barry Kittay spent 20 days in the hospital battling COVID-19.

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from COVID-19. “That’s been pretty tough,” he said. In the coming months, he’s hoping to be able to attend a Motley Crue concert that was rescheduled last year. He’s also thinking about whether or not he will feel comfortable attending a Broncos game next season. “I just would like life to be back to normal,” he said. “And it’s not.” -----

Sharp loud noises still make him jump and occasionally, the fear he experienced shortly after he recovered returns. “I still go to bed and wonder if I will wake up in the morning once in a while,” he said. Physically, he hasn’t had many long-term symptoms from the illness, he said. While he was relieved to learn he still had antibodies for the disease as recently as February, Kittay still decided to get his first of two shots of the COVID-19 vaccine recently. After spending so much time in the hospital, “I just don’t want to have to ever do that again,” he said. Kittay lost several friends over the past year, including three who died

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5 things to know: 2020 saw spike in deaths from Alzheimer’s, dementia BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The broad disruption to Americans’ lifestyles that the coronavirus caused likely led to an increase in deaths among people with Alzheimer’s disease — and that loss of life was not directly due to COVID-19 but, rather, to associated factors such as social isolation, according to an annual report about Alzheimer’s disease. And although Black Americans are twice as likely as their white counterparts to develop Alzheimer’s — and Hispanic Americans are 50% more likely than white Americans — certain people of color have the most concerns about receiving medical care for dementia, according to the report, which included a special section on race, ethnicity and Alzheimer’s this year. “Despite ongoing efforts to address health and health care disparities in Alzheimer’s and dementia care, survey results show there is still a lot of work to be done,” Carl Hill, the Alzheimer’s Association’s chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer, said in a news release. Colorado saw 850 more deaths from Alzheimer’s and dementia in 2020 compared to averages over the past five years, according to the news release. Here’s a look at the findings in the

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2021 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report put out by the Alzheimer’s Association, a nonprofit health organization that works to accelerate progress in the prevention and cure of Alzheimer’s.

Local governments responsible for regulations beginning April 16 The COVID-19 Dial issued by Governor Polis and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) expired on April 16, and counties across Colorado can issue their own guidance for their citizens.

Pandemic appears to have exacerbated deaths Alzheimer’s disease is a memory-affecting condition that worsens over time, and dementia is a general term for loss of memory and other mental abilities that interferes with daily life. Alzheimer’s is the most common type of dementia, but there are many kinds, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. There were at least 42,000 more deaths from Alzheimer’s and other dementias across the United States in 2020 compared with averages over the previous five years, according to the report. These were not deaths attributed to COVID-19 but to associated factors. The Alzheimer’s death total for 2020 was 16% higher than anticipated, said Jim Herlihy, a spokesman for the Alzheimer’s Association’s Colorado chapter. Based on the prior five years, Colorado’s Alzheimer’s deaths in 2020 exceeded projections by about 23%, Herlihy said.

For more info, visit TCHD.org. Keep children safe April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Arapahoe County recognizes the importance of families and communities working together to strengthen families to prevent child abuse and neglect. If you suspect a child or youth is being abused or neglected, please call 1-844-CO-4-KIDS. Colorado PEAK If you need financial or benefits assistance during this crisis, Arapahoe County Human Services and Colorado PEAK can help.

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State limits indoor crowds as COVID dial expires Many counties choose to continue dial restrictions on their own BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Colorado allowed its “dial” of coronavirus restrictions to expire as expected in mid-April, clearing the path for local public health agencies to decide what limits to enforce on businesses and other public settings. The stepping back of most state-required limits came even as Coloradans found themselves in a fourth wave of COVID-19, with new cases and hospitalizations on the rise after months of decline. With increased vaccination rates, “the state’s role in continuing to mandate statewide restrictions is lessening, and the role of local communities to regulate and manage the virus is increasing,” the state public-health department said in an April 16 news release. The state’s color-coded COVID-19 dial was the set of restrictions counties had to follow based on the local spread of the virus. The system affected capacity at restaurants, other businesses, indoor and outdoor events, and other settings. Colorado originally implemented the dial last Sept. 15. With the statewide order behind

the dial now expired, Colorado issued a new public health order that maintains some limits on large indoor gatherings. Meanwhile, most Denver metroarea counties announced plans to continue level-blue limits, which were the second-least restrictive stage of the dial system. Those counties include Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Jefferson, Boulder and Broomfield, according to the state’s news release. The decision for Adams and Arapahoe came when the TriCounty Health Department extended a modified version of the state’s dial system for one month. Tri-County Health covers those two counties and Douglas County, whose elected leaders voted to opt out of that extension during an April 13 meeting. Douglas was expected to no longer operate under any restrictions other than the new statewide order on large indoor gatherings. The county also remains under the statewide mask mandate. But if a county’s hospitalizations threaten to exceed 85% of hospital capacity, Colorado’s new public health order allows the state to require additional restrictions. Here’s a look at how the new health order affects large indoor gatherings. Mass events targeted Under the new statewide order,

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areas where 100 or more people could gather, such as dance floors or common gathering areas. School proms and graduations that wish to exceed the thresholds are subject to approval by local public health agencies in accordance with the state’s prom and graduation guidance. Stricter previous rules may still apply If a county continues blue restrictions, then those morerestrictive standards still apply. For a county staying in level blue, the standard wouldn’t change if an event exceeds 100 people — it would still be limited to 50% capacity, not to exceed 175 people, per room, according to the Colorado State Joint Information Center, which takes questions for the state public-health department. Under level blue restrictions, if the event was a seated event, it could run at 100% capacity with a minimum of 6 feet between groups of up to 10 individuals indoors per room, excluding staff. That’s according to how the limits were written in the April 4 update to the state dial order. Under the 5-Star program, certified businesses in level blue could operate indoor events at 50% capacity, not to exceed 500 people, according to the April 4 order. Other state restrictions still in place Under the new health order, the state public-health department may require counties whose resident hospitalizations threaten to exceed 85% of hospital or hospital system capacity to implement additional restrictions. The statewide mask order also remains in effect. In counties with one-week incidence rates — rates of new cases — above 35 per 100,000 people, masks are required to be worn by individuals 11 and older in public indoor spaces where 10 or more unvaccinated individuals or “individuals of unknown vaccination status” are present. That’s according to the text of the April 3 extension of the mask order. That range for new-case rates corresponded to counties in levels blue, yellow, orange, red and purple under the state’s dial framework. The list of settings where masks are required in counties with new-case rates of 35 or fewer per 100,000 people — rates that corresponded to level green — now only includes preschool through grade 12 schools, child care centers, health care settings, prisons and jails, and some other facilities.

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Immigrant group’s cookbook seeks to bridge differences ‘Together at the Table’ celebrates global value of good meals with good friends BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The tastes of dozens of countries are collected in “Together at the Table,” a new cookbook from Littleton nonprofit Immigrant Pathways Colorado (IPC). With recipes like hummus from Lebanon, mojitos from Peru, stew from Ethiopia and egg rolls from Vietnam, IPC board members say they hope the cookbook conveys the diverse backgrounds represented in America — but also commonalities. “It reflects that common element we all share: sitting down to share a meal with family and friends,” said IPC board member Connie Shoemaker at an April 13 book launch event. “The table is a place of memory, where we become aware of who and what we are. That’s bound up in the food we eat — it’s a way of preserving past and heritage.” Proceeds from the cookbook go to IPC’s One-Immigrant-At-A-Time program, which provides selfdevelopment grants to immigrants, refugees and asylees who are in the country legally and live below the poverty line. Grants can be used for activities like English classes, applying for citizenship, green card

“Together at the Table,” a new cookbook from Immigrant Pathways Colorado, features recipes from around the globe. Proceeds go to the group’s efforts to help immigrants on PHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT their feet.

renewal and seeking professional training. Proceeds will also go toward scholarships to attend Arapahoe Community College. The cookbook includes 171 recipes from 66 contributors from 43 countries on nearly every continent. Included in the book are eight dividers printed with the stories of immigrants and their descendants, who share how food is woven into their cultural heritage. Among those is Nisren Hussein,

whose family’s experience inspired the creation of the IPC. Hussein and her husband Raad are Kurds, a long-persecuted ethnic minority in Iraq. Growing up, Hussein’s family of nine had little access to fruit, fresh vegetables and meat as a result of war and economic sanctions. Hussein recalled her mother spending hours every day making flatbread to sell, often leaving her hands cracked and broken, aching

to the point that Hussein had to lift the oven cover for her mother. Hussein later married Raad and had two children, but was forced to flee Iraq after anti-coalition forces discovered Raad was working as an interpreter for American troops. Army Col. Joe Rice, a Littleton resident, arranged for the Husseins to come to his hometown, and tasked IPC founder Susan Thornton and friends with setting the family up with a place to stay, jobs, and money to get on their feet. The experience inspired Thornton and others to create IPC after realizing that small grants could make a world of difference to immigrants in need as they sought to become Americans. For Hussein, who contributed a recipe for Iraqi-style stuffed grape leaves to the cookbook, settling in Littleton was a blessing. “The air smelled beautiful when we walked out the door our first morning in Colorado,” she recalled in her segment in the cookbook. “It was like breathing life.” Shoemaker said she hopes the cookbook furthers IPC’s goals: “To bridge the gaps between cultures through education, sharing stories and learning about one another.” “Together at the Table” is available at all Tattered Cover locations, including Aspen Grove. It can also be ordered through IPC’s website at ConnectingImmigrants. org/cookbook. IPC asks for a $20 donation.

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While there may not be a precise way to determine how much different coronavirus-related lifestyle changes affected deaths, researchers believe many factors contributed to the increased death rate. “Beyond the health implications of the coronavirus itself, people living with Alzheimer’s are at greater risk because of the disruption in their routines, the social isolation from family and friends, the requirement to wear masks and wash hands, and so much more,” Amelia Schafer, executive director of the Alzheimer’s Association of Colorado, said in the news release. “These increased deaths are a clear sign that the disruption in lifestyle and related confusion are shortening the lives of many of our older adults living with dementia,” Schafer continued. People of color distrust health care, survey says Fewer than half of Black and Native Americans feel confident they have access to health care providers who understand their eth-

April 22, 2021 nic or racial background and experiences, and only about three in five Asian Americans and Hispanics likewise feel confident, according to the news release. Nearly two-thirds of Black Americans surveyed believe that medical research is biased against people of color — a view shared by substantial numbers of Asian Americans (45%), Native Americans (40%) and Hispanic Americans (36%). Only half of Black Americans trust that a future cure for Alzheimer’s will be shared equally regardless of race, color or ethnicity. Skepticism about memory care abounds More than half of non-white Americans believe significant loss of memory or cognitive abilities is “a normal part of aging,” the news release said. Hispanic, Black and Native Americans are twice as likely as white Americans to say they would not see a doctor if experiencing thinking or memory problems.

What can be done? If people tell their doctor about thinking or memory issues, the physician can look at different factors besides Alzheimer’s that may be contributing to the

situation, Herlihy said. There are reversible causes of memory loss “that include certain medications, minor head trauma or injury, emotional disorders, vitamin B-12 deficiency and alcoholism,” Herlihy said. Diagnosis clears an easier path forward Perhaps the most important step people can take is getting a diagnosis, Herlihy said. “About half of all Alzheimer’s cases are never diagnosed,” Herlihy said. “That means that loved ones may never fully understand what is happening to the individual, and the symptoms can be mistaken or misinterpreted for personality changes or other things.” By understanding the disease, family and friends can learn about medications that can help with symptoms, how to practice healthy lifestyles that may help extend a person’s cognitive health, and how to prepare for the future in terms of legal or financial aspects — as well as ensuring the safety of all involved, Herlihy said. They can also take advantage of resources offered by the Alzheimer’s Association at no charge that include disease information and classes on topics such as

The Alzheimer’s Association’s 2021 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report provides an in-depth look at national statistics about Alzheimer’s disease. New statistics for Colorado included the following:

76,000 Number of Colorado residents aged 65 and older living with Alzheimer’s

92,000 Estimated number of Colorado residents living with Alzheimer’s in 2025

158,000 Number of Colorado residents serving as unpaid family caregivers communication techniques, legal and financial planning, and care at various stages of the disease, Herlihy said.

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Arrest made in 36-year-old Douglas County cold case The case was cracked using genetic genealogy BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It’s been nearly 36 years since the grisly homicide that left Roger Dean dead took place in present-day Lone Tree. The case — once referred to by the Douglas County Sheriff as “one of the greatest mysteries” the county has seen — has remained unsolved throughout the decades. But on March 22, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man from Louisiana for Dean’s murder and kidnapping. “This is one of those bittersweet days,” Sheriff Tony Spurlock said in an April 9 press conference. “This is an interesting case, I happen to have been involved with it (since) 1985.” Michael Jefferson, 64, was arrested by the sheriff’s office following an investigation that used an increasingly popular crime-solving technique called genetic genealogy. The tactic uses a suspect’s DNA and an online database of family heritage data to track people down. Douglas County detectives used DNA, preserved from the original crime scene, to find Jefferson and later boarded a plane with the man, surreptitiously collecting his used water bottle and confirming his con-

nection to the crime scene, according to his arrest affidavit. While an arrest has been made, the case, including a threatening extortion letter received by the victim’s family years after the murder, is still being investigated, Spurlock said. The murder The morning of Nov. 21, 1985, Roger, 51, and his wife Doris, who was 49 at the time, were just starting their day. Their home on BigHorn Court was, at the time, in unincorporated Douglas County. Today, the area is within the city limits of Lone Tree. Doris was in the bathtub when her husband called out to her, asking her to come see something on the television, she later told police. When she entered the bedroom, there was a man in a ski mask pointing a gun at Roger. He told her not to look at him and then directed Roger to duct tape her eyes and hands. “You’re not going to hurt us?” she heard Roger ask. “Not if you do what I want,” the man responded, according to Doris’ account, included in the affidavit. Doris was told to lay on the bed while her husband and the man went downstairs. Eventually, the masked man returned and asked her how much money the family had in their bank account. He rustled through her jewelry box and she told him about the $30,000 in their checking account. After the man went back down-

stairs, Doris heard a scuffle break out between Roger and the masked man, she told police. Gunshots were fired. Next door, a 9-year-old neighbor heard the shots and looked out her window. The girl watched as Roger and the man struggled at the entrance to the Dean’s home. She heard more gunshots and saw a man, no longer wearing a mask, flee to a nearby car and drive away, according to the affidavit. The sheriff’s office responded to a 911 call about the incident and by 8:30 a.m., Roger had been pronounced dead. Detectives, including now-Sheriff Tony Spurlock, investigated the scene. Then, for 36 years, the case remained unsolved. At one point, the story was told on the television show “Unsolved Mysteries.” An attempted extortion About 5 years after the murder, Doris began receiving intimidating letters from someone claiming to be the person who killed her husband. The letter included information only known to investigators, Doris and the Dean’s daughter, Tammy, according to the affidavit. In it, the author demanded Doris pay him $150,000 or they would kill her daughter. “Do exactly what you are told and one day you will live to see your grandchildren,” according to the letter, included in the affidavit. Doris received four more letters and several phone calls from the

person. With law enforcement and the FBI monitoring the situation, Doris dropped the money at a location in Denver, but the person never picked it up. While the statute of limitations for this extortion would have expired, it’s still being investigated whether or not Jefferson was the one to send the letter because of the connection to his other charges, Spurlock said.

New technologies in policing At the time of Roger’s murder, there was hardly any technology available to analyze the DNA found at the scene. In 2003, when the case was reexamined, the detectives were able to run the DNA found at the scene through CODIS, or the Combined DNA Index System, maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to the affidavit. There weren’t any matches in the crime database, which houses DNA sequences for suspects and convicted persons across the country. In 2018, the necessary technology to solve the case was finally available: genetic genealogy. The relatively new crime-solving technique uses an unknown person’s DNA from a crime scene, matched with genealogical records to find the unknown person. “It takes a lot of work and time,” Spurlock said of the technique. “It’s very painstaking work.” SEE COLD CASE, P16

STEM suspect faces new charges following jail fight Older suspect allegedly instigated fistfight, charged with assault BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The older STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting suspect is facing new charges in a separate case

after he allegedly initiated a fight with another inmate at the Douglas County Jail. Devon Erickson, 20, was arrested in jail on March 29 on suspicion of attempted assault. Online court records show he is charged with one count of third-degree assault, a class 1 misdemeanor, and two counts of attempted third-degree assault, a class 2 misdemeanor. Another inmate was arrested on suspicion of harassment, a class

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3 misdemeanor, although the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office later dropped those charges. Court records show a deputy in the jail found Erickson and another inmate “squared off” with one another after hearing “loud voices” in one of the jail’s pods. The deputy observed Erickson swing at the other inmate and miss. They yelled at the inmates to stop when the other inmate punched Erickson in the face, according to court records. The deputy separated the inmates, placed the pod in lockdown and asked that two additional officers respond to the area. Erickson returned to his cell when asked while the other inmate was taken to an interview room, records show. In his interview, Erickson told deputies the incident began when the other inmate asked if someone could make a call on his behalf. Erickson said he could not “because they are watching his phone calls,” to which the inmate reportedly replied, “That’s because you are a murderer.” Erickson said he approached the inmate and told him not to call him a murderer, also describing the other inmate as taking “a fighting stance.” Video footage from the jail showed the two talking before Erickson “got up and made an abrupt move towards (the other inmate) and attempted to strike him with his right hand,” according to a probable

cause affidavit. Erickson missed and the other inmate returned his punch, striking him in the face. Both inmates were arrested, Erickson on suspicion of attempted third-degree assault and the other inmate for alleged harassment. The 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office on April 13 filed a motion to dismiss all charges against the other inmate, stating the office did not believe it could prove the allegations against him in trial beyond a reasonable doubt. Erickson’s case remains open. His next court appearance is a pretrial conference on May 25. He was initially appointed a public defender, but records show the court is arranging for alternative representation because the public defender’s office is also representing Alec McKinney, the other STEM School gunman who is a witness in the STEM case. Erickson goes to trial for his alleged role in the STEM shooting beginning with a motions hearing on May 21 and jury selection on May 24. He is represented by private attorneys in the STEM case, Julia Stancil and David Kaplan, who could not be reached for comment. Erickson faces dozens of charges including felony first-degree murder for his role in the STEM shooting, which left 18-year-old Kendrick Castillo dead and eight other students injured on May 7, 2019.

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staff over the last year as they faced an unknown and deadly threat on a daily basis. The men and women of our department have once again proven they can overcome any adversity. “COVID has presented all of us with unprecedented challenges on a scale no one ever truly anticipated. Our personnel make a living by being flexible and demonstrating their ability to adapt to rapidly changing circumstances, however, the pandemic tested these traits on an epic scale. With little known about the virus in the beginning of the pandemic, world health experts cautioned people to isolate at home for their own safety. Our personnel did not have that option and bravely continued to show up every day and night to serve their community while facing a potentially fatal threat. By stepping up and doing their duty they placed themselves in harm’s way against an unseen enemy in COVID. “As we come out of the pandemic, I am incredibly proud of the men and women of the Littleton Police Department for their dedication to their community despite great personal risk, that is the soul of a police officer.” ----Brian White, owner of Forever Flowers in east Centennial Brian White’s mom-and-pop flowers shop closed for a month last year in March and April, not taking any orders at all. “When we reopened, we kind of had to modify our business model. We used to have people coming in all the time, and we just said we’re going to do nothing but preordered, prepaid pickups and deliveries,” said White, a 64-year-old south Aurora resident. He runs the shop — a bright spot in the type of strip-mall shopping center that’s common to Aurora and east Centennial — with his wife and son and another woman and her daughter. He took it over from the previous owner about 10 years ago, he said. “This little shop has been here for 30 … years or so. It’s gone through a string of owners but stayed a flower shop,” White said. It continues to endure in the pandemic economy: The shop didn’t take on any kind of pandemic assistance funding, White said. He paid his regular payroll while the shop was closed for a month. The business sits near Smoky Hill and Buckley roads in Centennial. Personally, the biggest change for White in the pandemic has been not going anywhere in the evenings. “We do takeout orders from restaurants, but I haven’t sat down at a restaurant for more than a year,” White said. “Movies and concerts and all that stuff — some of that summer stuff we normally do just didn’t get done last year. Probably the same for (most) everybody.” One year after the stay-at-home order took effect, White feels “in relative terms” lucky to live in Colorado, particularly this part of the state. “Because I think we don’t have a whole lot of anti-maskers around,”

Brian White, owner of Forever Flowers in east Centennial, stands April 1 at the shop PHOTO BY ELLIS ARNOLD near Smoky Hill and Buckley roads.

Harrison Kolar, a graduate of Mountain Vista High School in Highlands Ranch, is now finishing up his first year of college. COURTESY OF KELLI KOLAR

White said, pointing to people refusing to wear masks as one of the reasons his shop stayed closed for a period last spring. All told, adapting to a new business model has worked well for White’s shop. “In a lot of ways, it’s kind of been good for business because so many folks are frustrated that they can’t physically go to somebody’s birthday or wedding or funeral,” White said. “They can’t send their own human beings,” but they can send flowers, White said. ----Harrison Kolar, Highlands Ranch After the end of his senior year at Mountain Vista High School in Highlands Ranch was marred by the virus, Harrison Kolar started anew as a freshman at Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat Springs last fall. With the majority of his classes online and COVID precautions still prohibiting many typical events, Kolar has had an unusual start to his college life. “With such a key portion of our education missing, it’s definitely more of a struggle to be able to learn the material fully,” he said. Connecting with students and professors has proven difficult through the new, online world of college. One thing that made this particularly challenging at the start of school was not having a roommate due to the campus COVID-19 precautions. “Having a roommate definitely has its benefits, you automatically have a friend there on campus, they’re an automatic support structure,” he said. “The first couple of weeks were definitely the loneliest because I knew nobody.” Over time, he’s grown to see the benefits of having his own space, however. During his first year, he’s gotten involved in student government, winning the secretary seat in the fall and the vice president seat in the spring. One of the hardest things about starting college during the pandemic has been the feeling of separation from others, he said. “There’s a lesser sense of com-

Simar Chadha working on a class online.

munity at the college,” Kolar said. “I have friends who have been here for years and they’re graduating and they say how campus just used to be full of students and people were walking around smiling at each other … making new friends. But now, campus is much more empty.” Throughout it all, though, Kolar has learned about himself and the world around him, he said. “COVID has taught me a lot of personal accountability and it’s given me much more of a sense of … we’re in this together,” he said. ----Simar Chadha, graduated from Cherry Creek High School last May Simar Chadha spent his senior year at Cherry Creek High School during a worsening pandemic. A year later, he’s been attending his first year at Northeastern University in Boston. Not being able to meet and talk with people in a traditional way stood out to him as the biggest change in the past year. “Not necessarily for better or worse — it’s just definitely different,” said Chadha, 18, from Greenwood Village. He added: “I’ve had to adapt how I connect and make new

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connections.” That’s on top of learning by “looking at a screen rather than talking with a person,” he said. Finding social outlets proved key to Chadha pulling through. For him, that included talking with others online. “Being able to find alternatives like playing games together with my friends helped me feel some sense of normalcy,” said Chadha, recalling when the stay-at-home order was lifted going to play sports with friends. “Basically just socializing in any way we could helped me find some purpose.” Many people felt they were robbed of certain experiences, but Chadha tries to look at the pandemic as an opportunity to try new things. “I think a big thing I learned, as well as many others, is that you can’t really take for granted what you have, and you can’t expect that some guarantees will be upheld,” Chadha said. He added: “Always having that tough skin and mental agility to adapt to what’s thrown at you … is imperative.” It’s important to be ready to adapt, “even in small aspects of your life where things don’t go as expected,” Chadha said.

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A century ago wasn’t just any old time

hings were different one hundred years ago. For example, no one wore flip-flops to the airport. However, there were no flip-flops and few airports. That makes a difference. They had a presi- QUIET dential inauguraDESPERATION tion in 1921 too, but not like ours, that’s for sure. The television ratings were terrible. In fact, not a single person watched it on TV. A nickel if you can tell me who was sworn in. Craig Marshall Hint: He didn’t Smith make it through his term. His pump quit on August 2, 1923. In 1921, no one on Earth had heard of the Beatles. Imagine that. Or In-N-Out. But in September of that year, the first White Castle hamburger restaurant opened in Wichita, Kansas.

“The Kid,” starring Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan, was the second highest-grossing film of the year. Lana Turner was born on February 8 in Wallace, Idaho, a mining town that was known in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth for its “permissive approach” to vice. Wallace’s current population is less than 800. The Spanish flu had just ended the year before. It infected about one-third of the world’s population. Until the 1920s started to “roar,” live and recorded music options were limited. It would have been a bad time to be a teenager. But help was on the way. Fiszel Czyz was born on March 28, 1921, in Motal, Poland. His brother Lejzor was born in 1917. The Czyz family moved to New York then to Chicago. Fiszel and Lejzor changed their names to Phil and Leonard Chess and co-founded Chess Records in 1938. Chess specialized in rhythm and blues as well as jazz and early

rock ‘n’ roll. Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Dale Hawkins, Howlin’ Wolf, the Flamingos, Bo Diddley, Sonny Boy Williamson and John Lee Hooker all recorded for Chess. But “Suzie Q” (Dale Hawkins) was a long way off in 1921. “The Kid,” like all films released in 1921, was silent. The first feature-length “talkie” wasn’t released until October 6, 1927. However, by 1931 extraordinary advances had been made in the film industry. That was the year “Frankenstein” was released; a 100% film on Rotten Tomatoes in 2021. Major League Baseball was being played in 1921, just as it will be again soon. The 1921 season ended when New York Giants beat the New York Yankees in Game 8 of the World Series. That year, Babe Ruth led MLB with 59 home runs. Bob Meusel — remember him? — was second on the list with 24. Ironically, the Baby Ruth candy bar was introduced in 1921. But it

was not named after the baseball player. It was named after President Grover Cleveland’s daughter. Famous people born in 1921: John Glenn, Rodney Dangerfield, Nancy Reagan, Sugar Ray Robinson and Steve Allen, the first host of “The Tonight Show.” One hundred years seems like a mighty long time, doesn’t it? Maybe it’s not. “The Maltese Falcon” (movie) is 80 years old. “Dark Side of the Moon” is 48. The final original “Peanuts” comic strip was published 21 years ago. How is that possible? Albert Einstein said, “The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.” That makes (almost) perfect sense to me. The president’s name? Warren Gamaliel Harding. He was 57 when he died. Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.

Listening to the whispers of success

his past week I was reminded of something as I once again experienced the intimacy, joy and power found in a whisper. Although it is just my wife and I who live in our home now, for some reason I paid parWINNING ticular attention to how we were WORDS saying goodnight to one another. I noticed that our voices were low as we whispered softly, “Goodnight, I love you.” This caused me to think about how we wake up together as well, Michael Norton another whisper and soft greeting of good morning. No one else can hear us. Even if we raised our voices, there is no one in the house that could possibly hear what we say. Yet we whisper. It’s not because we are worried about anyone else hearing us, the whisper just seems to intimately connect us as we begin and end each day. When it comes to effective communication skills, we know that

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there are several things that we can do to help people hear what we are saying. We can speak faster, which will have some people paying a little closer attention as they try and keep up. We can speak louder, and that sometimes helps bring others back to a conversation if they have drifted off for a moment. Or we can speak quietly, even whispering, which can help those we are trying to reach lean in more to hear what we are trying to say. In addition to the shared intimacy that comes with whispering, there could also be incredible joy. It’s like when we have a really good secret to share with someone and we know that when we whisper it in their ear, we will see the joy shine upon their face. Or when someone shares something very important, and they want to make sure that no one else can hear them, but they trust us with whatever important or sensitive information they need us to know, it brings us profound joy knowing how much we are trusted. Becoming loud or shouting seems to be the go-to for some of us when we are trying to exert

power or make a point. There are some of us who do believe that the only way we can get anyone to listen is by amplifying our voice, both in volume and tonality. Those we are attempting to reach may have no other option as they listen to the shouts, however, that does not mean that they heard what was being said. When shouting and screaming cause others to shut down, become defensive, or simply walk away, the message goes unheard no matter how loud we become. Some of the most respected leaders learned how to garner respect because of their ability to stay calm and focused when delivering a message or when they tried to influence, inspire and lead those around them. As a matter of fact, they learned the power that comes from whispering. And that power comes because the leader is trying to transfer a feeling by intimately whispering their most sincere words of hope and encouragement. People who follow such leadership and whispered conversations tend to feel happiness and joy based on the flow and direction of the message.

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When we start raising our voices, we are inviting people to turn us off. But when we lower our voices, talk to each other like human beings, even whispering just loud enough so others can hear our words and our intended message, we are inviting them to stay tuned. If you are looking for a better way to communicate, build winning relationships, lead, or inspire others, try finding the whispers of success. How about you? Is there a message that you are hoping others will hear? Have you learned or experienced the intimacy, joy and power of whispering? I really would love to hear your story of effective communication and how you have used whispering to make your point at mnorton@tramazing.com. And when we can start engaging others and turning them on instead of turning them off through whispering, it really will be a better than good year. Michael Norton is the grateful CEO of Tramazing.com, a personal and professional coach, and a consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator to businesses of all sizes.

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Colorado, and we came to the U.S. and got married. Marrying him enabled me to get my green card, and paved the way for my citizenship.

Globetrotting daughter of immigrants living the American dream Finding their footing My parents met in what was called Rhodesia, and is now called Zimbabwe, in southern Africa. My father was in the Portuguese Air Force. They were displaced following decades of struggles over control of the country. I was born in Portugal, but my parents didn’t find their footing there. We came to the United States when I was one year old and settled in Rochester, New York. My parents overstayed their visas, and after that we were in the country illegally. They didn’t have money for a lawyer to help them with their case. Seeing the world My mom was paranoid that people would discover our undocumented status, so she home-schooled me my entire childhood. She didn’t want me talking to a lot of people, and was wary of my friends. I got a good education, but I didn’t get a high school diploma. When I turned 18, I had the option to stay, under the DREAM

Vanda Curry recently became an American citizen after years of roaming.

Act. Much of my family ended up moving away. My father passed away, and my mother lives in England now. Instead of staying, I decided to go see the world and experience other cultures. I lived in France, Singapore and the UK. I had a lot of experiences that made me more accommodating and compassionate toward people with

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different viewpoints. I took classes in England, and met my future husband in France. I was ready to find a place to settle down and end my drifting. He was from

‘Congratulations, you’re a citizen’ Once we got here, I got my GED at Arapahoe Community College. Now I’m majoring in business administration with a concentration in accounting. I just became an American citizen this month. I went in to take the citizenship test, and at the end the administrator walked in and told me to raise my right hand and take the oath. He handed me my papers and said, “Congratulations, you’re a citizen.” I’ve managed to overcome my past and gain legal citizenship. I’m enjoying my classes, and my husband and I are planning to start a family. My life is going in a good direction. I’ve lived a lot of places, but to me America is the best country in the world. I really appreciate how wonderful Colorado is. I feel like I’m living the American dream. If you have suggestions for My Name Is, please contact David Gilbert at dgilbert@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Who would want to do that? In “Littleton school board votes to close East Elementary,” published April 8 in the Independent, there is a statement made by the school board president that reveals a fundamental flaw in the economics of home ownership. The statement; “there are empty nesters sitting on single-family homes … but don’t have a place to downsize to. Hopefully in coming years they can move into smaller apartments.” What homeowner who, having owned a home that has been completely paid off, would ever want to move into an apartment, where the rent will forever go up? Ken Valero Littleton

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“Greetings from Denver,” located at 1695 Platte St., was painted by Victor Ving, who travels the country full-time in his RV creating large postcard paintings on buildings. PHOTOS BY BELEN WARD

From wall-sized postcards to optical illusions, public art turns Denver into a giant gallery

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or New York-born artist Victor Ving, Colorado looks like craft beer, skiers and Red Rocks Amphitheatre. “At each stop, I collaborate with local artists, businesses, and residents to create a piece of true public art that engages the local community,” said Ving. The result of his effort is plain for all to see: His mural “Greetings from Denver” located at 1695 Platte St. is one of 40 murals Ving has created across the country, offering his take — a vintage postcard view painted on public buildings, as a salute to the cities he visits. It’s one of the many street-facing artworks commissioned by the City

The “Mermaid,” at Ninth Avenue and Santa Fe Drive, was painted by Josiah Lee Lopez and Ratha Sok, students of Access Gallery.

of Denver, picked by a local panel and free to see, just for the looking. The city of Denver holds a collection of over 400 pieces of art in a variety of media — some combine sight and sound, others are light-based works or interactive new media, temporary fiber-based works or performance-based works. The collections are spread throughout the city. Public art in cities boosts the economy, culturally and socially, according to the City of Denver’s Denver Arts and Venues Public Art program. Public art creates a history of the past, present, and future.

Within a neighborhood, public art creates uniqueness in the space as a community grows. Established by Mayor Federico Pena in 1988 via an executive order, the Denver Public Art Program sets aside 1% of any capital improvement project over $1 million is set aside for public art. For more than 30 years, the city has developed a collection of artworks and accepted donations of art. According to the city’s rules, the collection must be a permanent structure to amplify the space. The artists represent a wide range of cultural diversity and are

selected in a transparent process by a panel of community members who live and work near the project site. The panel writes the “call for entry,” reviews the application, and the project site. Then the panel selects the artists and interviews the semifinalist and finalist. Once the artists or groups are selected, the selection is forwarded to the Public Art Committee and the Commission on Cultural Affairs to make the final decision. Denver Arts & Venues plans the public art SEE ART, P15

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program and the Mayor’s Commission on Cultural Affairs administrators the activities and policies regarding public art. Travels with Victor Ving, from New York City, started his nationwide “Greetings Tour” in 2015. He travels full-time in his RV, working to create the landmark murals in each city. The artwork resembles a postcard capturing the cities and communities. Ving is a former New York City graffiti artist and the founder of Klughaus, a creative agency specializing in large-scale mural art. “The ‘Greetings from Chinatown’ mural in New York City was painted in 2014, was the first piece I did where we noticed the potential of how much our artwork can positively affect the community,” said Ving. “I went on a West Coast road trip later that summer and was inspired by others that I saw living on the road. I decided to take a chance to paint and travel full time. I hit the road in spring 2015 and have been loving the lifestyle since.” Ving lets his travel schedule determine his next project. “My travels are loosely based around our commissioned project schedule,” he said. “If there are cities along the way that I connect with, I’ll try to make those murals happen en route to the next destination. “My current priority is creating murals in states where we have not painted in yet. The larger goal is to eventually paint in all 50 states and then take the project global. This is the way I make a living and it is my full-time job. However, from time to time I have donated my services to some good causes that align with my values and mission.” The public art show continues. Just down the street in an alley, a half-block north, is the “Denver 1859” mural. It’s painted by Delton Demarest and Harrison Nealey using an aerosol can with an array of colors to paint the history of Denver since 1859. Demarest is a graffiti artist and a freelance illustrator working in the commercial and fine arts industries. Nealey is a metal fabricator by trade and creates abstract art using a variety of mediums and found objects. Louvered illusion At Larimer and 27th Street, the mural “Larimer Boy and Girl” was painted by artist Jeremy Burns on a building exterior that is a full vertical concrete louver. That means that depending on the viewer’s perspective you either see a boy with a bewildered expression on his face or a gloomy girl. Burns has been living and creating art in the RiNo district since 2004. Santa Fe Arts District On the corner of 9th Avenue and Santa Fe Drive is the “Mermaid,” painted by Access Gallery students Josiah Lee Lopez and Ratha Sok. Access Gallery is a Santa Fe Drive program for people with disabilities to have artistic opportunities around Denver. The mermaid is painted on the corner of the build-

The mural of George Floyd is painted by artists Detour aka Thomas Evans and Hiero Veiga.

PHOTOS BY BELEN WARD

FOR MORE INFORMATION To tour Denver street art go to www. denver.org/things-to-do/denver-artsculture/street-art ing with colorful flowing hair appearing as though she’s swimming in the ocean. Lopez has been working for more than 29 years and started his passion for drawing and painting when in high school. He has been a graffiti writer and muralist since mid-1990. He received his bachelor of fine arts from Metropolitan State University and a master of fine arts from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Both Lopez and Sok have been students with Access Gallery for about eight years. “I work at Access Gallery as a mentor and teaching artist and worked at Access for about 11 years,” said Lopez. Lopez said gallery managers simply wanted the pair to create something colorful. “So we came up with the ‘Sirens’ of Ninth Avenue,” Lopez said. “The Ninth Avenues Sirens, awaking from slumber, observing from afar, and emerging from oceanic morning tide. Their colorful tresses are the protectors of the ever-changing West Side.” Lopez paints a mural every five years at 10th and Santa Fe in the alleyway behind Metropolitan State University of Denver’s Center for Visual Arts and another mural under the Sixth Avenue bridge at Sixth and Lipan. His website is www.josiahleelopez. com, said Lopez. Farther down in the next block off Santa Fe Drive is the “Smiling Boy” in an alley between Santa Fe Drive and Inca Street. The artist goes by the street name B.L.V.D. Artist B.L.V.D painted a stunning large mural of a boy with his arms extended across the outside of the building. On the east side of Denver at East Colfax Avenue and High Street, a mural of George Floyd was painted

“Larimer Boy and Girl” was painted by artist Jeremy Burns on a building exterior that is a “fit vertical concrete louver,” at Larimer and 27th streets.

“Denver 1859” was painted by Delton Demarest and Harrison Nealey using an aerosol can in an alley half a block north near 15th and Platte streets.

by artists Detour aka Thomas Evans and Hiero Veiga. The mural was painted after Floyd’s death in Minneapolis. Evans is an artist with a focus on the innovation of art. Veiga is a graffiti artist from the South

Shore of Massachusetts traveling the world creating murals. For information to apply for Denver Public Art opportunities, visit www.callforentry.org or call the Public Art Program at 720-865-5563.

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Show is stuff of ‘Myths and Legends’ April 24 is final day of photo exhibit with 42 pictures on display BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Time is running out fast before the April 24 conclusion of “Myths and Legends,” the 2021 Eye of the Camera photography exhibit (by reservation) at the Littleton Museum, and we hope some will have already visited it. In the 55th year, the exhibit, presented by the Littleton Fine Arts Board, includes 42 works by 24 artists in both color and black and white. This year’s juror was John Barnabas Lake, from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. Lake is the photo area coordinator at the UNC School of Art and Design and College of Visual and Performing Arts at UNC. The 2021 exhibit, smaller than usual, but strong, offers especially nice statements about each piece — allow a bit of extra time to read these. Many are strongly poetical! Lake chose as Best of Show “Outside Woman,” a collaboration by conceptual artist Sherry Wiggins and photographer Luis Felipe Branco, that made me think of La Llorona, a woman of Latin American legend, who searches for her drowned children. Dressed in white, she wanders and cries for them ... This large black and white print has a ghostly woman in a gauzy white dress peering in the window of a mountain home. “Is this a ghost or a goddess?” the text asks. “There is a sense of mystery

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In November 2020, detectives found Johnson and verified that he was likely in Colorado at the time of the murder, according to

IF YOU GO The Littleton Museum is at 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton and is open 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, by reservation. Call 303-795-3950. Visitors are encouraged to limit visit to an hour. and of the mythical ...” First Place went to Mattie Cox’s “Gondola Ride,” one in a series of colored vertical prints depicting an abandoned Kentucky theme park that had shut down in the 1990s. Cox wrote that her friends felt uncomfortable there — convinced it’s a “Wrinkle in Time” vortex or a portal to another dimension ... As one enters the gallery to the right, Thomas Carr’s “Decay #2 and “Decay #3” also convey mystery from a long-ago era. Carr is an archaeologist, whose images of ancient stone walls reflect layers of “decay and rebirth all around ...” Next, a visitor finds photographs made by well-known Denver painter Tony Ortega, depicting legends from his world: “Dia @ Santa Maria,” shows a happy parade with townspeople carrying a colorful, flower-laden statue of Mary through a town, and “Day of the Dead Danzante Muerta” with a figure with skull face ... in sepia with touches of red and yellow. One can almost hear music from behind these figures. “A gentleman came from nowhere and stood at the cliff — in the right place at the right time,” says Danny Lam of his “Grand View,” which won an Honorable Mention. Second Place went to Kathryn Charles, who grew up in Littleton. Her “Between Me and the Sea” depicts “the rough sea of the lower Hebrides” captured in 2020.

the affidavit. In February, a team of Douglas County detectives boarded the same flight as Jefferson and when he threw away his used water bottle, they intercepted it. The DNA found on the water bottle matched what was found at the crime scene. Before Jefferson was arrested,

“Hovering,” a digital painting by Littleton Fine Arts Guild member Jacqueline Schuler, is exhibited in a “Member Appreciation Show” at the Depot Art Gallery in Littleton. COURTESY PHOTO

“Crow,” by Nicholas Kremsky, is labeled “altered photo.” The large portrait shot carries the note that “The crow is known as the messenger in myths. They also carry the souls of the dead ...” Elizabeth Kayl’s “When Midnight Calls” relates, she wrote, “to the story of seven birds who sing at night. It harks back over centuries

and over multiple cultures. The song of these night birds forecasts calamity ... in ancient France they are the spirits of souls in torment ...” At the rear of the gallery, one finds Justin Key’s large horizontal images of Great Sand Dunes National Park — a magical place where he says “every step produces a new alignment.”

Doris Dean died. Doris and Roger’s daughter, Tammy, is still living but has been asked not to speak with media to avoid jeopardizing the case, Spurlock said. Jefferson’s next court hearing is set for July 22 at 9 a.m. “The level of dedication shown by our law enforcement partners to

get us where we are today is truly remarkable,” said District Attorney John Kellner in the April 9 press conference. The district attorney’s office is asking anyone who recognizes Jefferson or who may have knowledge of the case to contact their office at 720-733-4500.

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New Thornton Arts exhibit unites range of cultures

udiences aren’t the only ones missing cultural events like art shows during the pandemic shutdown the creatives have also been missing the opportunities to have their work seen and COMING connected with by viewers. Which is ATTRACTIONS one of the reasons the Thornton Arts and Culture’s newest exhibit, Nations United: Bringing Communities Together, is so thrilling. The exhibit - presented by Thornton Clarke Reader Arts, the Denver American Indian Festival, the Chicano Humanities and Arts Council (CHAC) and the Metropolitan State University of Denver Chicana/o Studies Department - features American Indian and Latinx works. “This is our first live show in a long time, and we’re so excited about it,” said Brenda Garule, executive director of CHAC. “It’s been difficult deciding to terminate so many of our shows, especially with no income coming for many of our artists. We’re so happy to have this chance to showcase our artists at Thornton.” The in-person exhibit is hosted at the OZ Gallery, 9209 Dorothy Blvd., and runs through Friday, June 25. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday through Friday. Walkins are welcome with a maximum of 10 people in the gallery at one time, or guests can secure a timed entry ticket.

CHAC, located in Denver’s Santa Fe Arts District and committed to supporting the creativity and history of Chicanx and Latinx people, has been coordinating with the other organizations on the art for the exhibit. Pulling from such an assortment of artists, including Metro students and senior citizens, means that the works on display are as nuanced and varied as the people themselves. “This is one of the most diverse exhibitions we’ve had, and it all started through a connection with the Denver American Indian Festival, which has been held in Thornton for years,” said Alisa Zimmerman, Thornton Arts and Culture manager. “It’s a real feast for the eyes, with vibrant colors and subject matters. The mediums include everything from metal sculpture and oil to mannequins dressed in traditional clothing.” According to Garule, about 25 artists are participating in the show. Not only does this highlight the wide range of talent in these communities but provides a much-needed creative outlet during what has been an extremely trying time. And that outlet will hopefully educate and inspire others. “We hope this exhibit provides more exposure for these artists in our community, and we’re happy that Thronton is the place where all these different groups can show their work together,” Zimmerman added. “A show like this shows the richness of cultures in our community, and we hope it piques their interest in seeing more.”

Details and tickets can be secured at ArtsThornton.Eventbrite.com. A car seat murder mystery Any mystery fan knows that few things are more fun than a good whodunnit - and Westmisnter’s Orchard Town Center, 14780 Delaware St., is giving people an interactive who murder mystery that can be enjoyed and solved from their car. The live-film production of “A Midnight Masquerade” by The Murder Mystery Company will be hosted from 8 to 10 p.m. on Friday, April 23 and Saturday, April 24. The drive-in and -family-friendly mystery will be a staged Zoom projection onto a 40-foot screen and audiences try to solve the crime. Guests will even receive clues through their phones, and by using all the information they will make a guess as to who the perpetrator is. Those who get it right will be entered to win an $150 gift card to Target. Costumes are encouraged and tickets cost $45 per car (which includes a $20 gift card for dinner from an Orchard restaurant). Buy your ticket at www.eventbrite. com/e/dinner-and-a-murder-tickets-142909246403. Clarke’s Concert of the Week - Raboys from Schuba’s Tavern Chicago’s Ratboys certainly aren’t going to win any awards for their name choice, but their blend of emo, alt-country and indie rock makes for a bewitching brew that is only getting stronger with each release. Their most recent album, 2020’s “Printer’s Devil,” had the

misfortune of being released right as COVID-19 started shutting things down. So, you should look it up if you’re one of those who missed it it’s one of the year’s best. In celebration of a decade as a group, Ratboys will be hosting a livestream performance and retrospective film from Schuba’s Tavern in Chicago. The event begins at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 29, and will feature the band performing songs from across their discography and telling stories about their time together. Visit https://ratboys.bandcamp. com/ to get a spot.

Streaming style - ‘The Great Gatsby’ To my mind, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” is one of the handful of books that actually lives up to the hype. Zachary Andrews, who adapted “Dracula” into a radio play format in October for the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., is returning for this new production of the classic novel. In addition to adapting the book, he also created original music and sound design. Sydnee Fullmer joins Andrews in the performance. The radio play runs through Saturday, May 15. Once a ticket is purchased, it has unlimited listening until the end of the run. Visit https://arvadacenter.org/events/ the-great-gatsby-a-radio-play for the details. Clarke Reader’s column on culture apears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@hotmail. com.

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The end of the school year is right around the corner, and Arapahoe Community College (ACC) is excited to offer more than 100 camps to help kids and teens stay engaged, active and safe this

summer. Weekday sessions for ACC Summer Youth Camp and Summer Youth College begin the week of June 7 and run through Aug. 6. Choose half-day morning sessions, half-day afternoons sessions, or register for both. There are three delivery options, including in-person, online synchronous and online anytime. Camps will fit parent comfort levels. ACC has spacious campus class-

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Don Folsom, an 80-year-old resident of Holly Creek Retirement Community, helps load boxes in the Holly Creek lobby at the end of a food drive put on by PHOTOS BY ELLIS ARNOLD residents.

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to benefit South Fellowship Food Bank, which serves Englewood, Littleton, Highlands Ranch and Centennial. The effort donated more than 1,000 items to the food bank, said Erin Young, director of the food bank, who was “overwhelmed by their generosity.” “I feel like quite often, seniors can be invisible in our society, and I feel like that’s something our food bank clients also experience,” said Young, a 42-year-old Highlands Ranch resident. Henderson’s concerns about food insecurity went beyond the economic strain of the pandemic. The

Residents of Holly Creek Retirement Community pose together April 15 at the end of a food drive they held to collect items for South Fellowship Food Bank. Vee Henderson, holding a box for the food drive in the middle, organized the drive.

expense of living in the Denver area in general weighed on her mind. “We’re blessed to be a blessing, as they say,” Henderson said. South Fellowship Church sits at 6560 S. Broadway, a short drive north of Arapahoe Road along the Littleton-Centennial border. The church’s food bank’s temporary ser-

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on all four sides by the residential units, according to an April 8 virtual meeting held by Fifield Companies, the developer behind the plan. Along the trail The property along Jason Street — 1070 W. Hampden Ave. — sits along the city’s western edge near Santa Fe Drive and the RTD light rail tracks, giving it a potentially crucial part to play in how the economy and pedestrian activity near city hall and the Englewood light rail station may look in coming years. Fifield plans to donate money for the future Rail Trail pedestrian bridge over Hampden Avenue, a move agreed to by a previous developer, according to Joe Pitsor, a vice president for Fifield. Englewood’s planned Rail Trail is a pedestrian and bike path that would run along the light rail tracks. “We think the Rail Trail with a pedestrian bridge over Hampden and other area pedestrian improvements would benefit both the entire Englewood community and our future residents at the same time,” Pitsor said. The April 8 presentation said Fifield will put $300,000 or more toward the Rail Trail and other traffic improvements. Asked what other projects the money would support, Pitsor

said the specifics and locations are still being ironed out but could include “bulb outs” at some nearby crosswalks to slow speeding traffic through intersections “and make the pedestrian experience of crossing the street safer and more pleasant.” Bulb-outs are extensions to curbs, resulting in a narrower roadway width at intersections. Speaking to how controversial new apartment proposals can be among Englewood residents, one person in the April 8 audience asked: “How does this plan help me as, I guess, a taxpayer with this whole thing? Does it help me, does it hinder me? How do I benefit?” Kevin Farrell, president and chief operating officer for Fifield, pointed to the $450,000-plus per year in additional property tax revenue that the project is estimated to generate, as a benefit to the community. Local businesses could also see a boon from the roughly 400 residents that the complex would add. “It will really help the local economy to have those shoppers, people that can walk to those retail spaces” nearby, Farrell said. A mixed-use development, such as restaurant space at the bottom and housing above, was floated as a possibility at an informational meeting about the property a few years ago — but that’s not part of the plan now. “Given the current retail vacancy in nearby CityCenter (near city hall), we didn’t think building more competing retail would be

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Traffic a sticking point An informational meeting in May 2018 took place regarding the previous development proposal, following two meetings held in 2017. That was a planned unit development, or PUD, proposal at the same property. Planned unit developments allow for a mix of possible types of properties that a city’s normal zoning — rules for what can be built where — wouldn’t allow. The current plan is also a planned unit development. The Englewood Planning and Zoning Commission, an appointed group of citizens, recommended that the city council approve the previous plan, but that PUD was denied by city council, according to a statement from the city. “The discussion about the project prior to the vote by city council focused on the potential traffic impacts within the surrounding neighborhood,” the statement said. A draft of a traffic and parking demand study for the current plan was performed in November 2020, according to the April 8 presentation. Fifield’s team started working on the project after the start of the pandemic, “but the background traffic data in the 2020 study was reflective of 2019 prepandemic traffic levels,” Pitsor said. The study determined that even with full pre-pandemic traffic levels, the area roadways and intersections can accommodate the proposed development, Pitsor said. Parking is a “constant question,” Farrell said during the meeting, but the apartments would have more parking than they need, he added. Onlookers on the street or sidewalk wouldn’t be able to see the parking garage “really from any side of the building” even though it would be slightly taller than the apartments, Pitsor and Farrell said.

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Castle View striker tunes into technique Training efforts elevate Pucciano to top level of soccer players BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Junior Jack Pucciano is a striker for the Castle View boys soccer team who works hard on the technical aspects of the sport. And he gives a lot of credit to his two dogs who help him polish his technical skills at home. “Every off day we have I always try to go to a field near by and take some shots, do some one vs. one even if it is against a stationary goalkeeper just to work on my ball placement and finish,” Pucciano said. “I also have two dogs that love the tennis ball that I like kicking around in the house,” he continued. “So they help me with keeping the ball close especially with a tennis ball.” Castle View head coach Mark Burfeind knows he has a talented player in Pucciano. “Jack is one of the hardest working player I have coached that has a phenomenal technical ability,” Burfeind said. “Those two aspects together make Jack a hard player to stop.” Pucciano’s work ethic starts with his distaste for losing. “I love running all over the place, and I play with a lot of passion and that’s one of the main reasons why

Castle View junior Jack Pucciano is a hardworking player.

he considers myself a hard worker because I hate losing,” said Pucciano. “I despise losing so much that I can’t stand it. I work hard everyday and try to win.” After the first eight games of the season on April 13, Legend was unbeaten and Pucciano led all Continental League scorers with 20 points. He had a conference-leading seven goals and was tied for first with six assists. Castle View junior Jack Pucciano is a player with good technical skills.

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Senior captain Ella Pratt and her Cherry Creek field hockey teammates had extra time to prepare for this spring’s season. Field hockey is usually a fall sport, but COVID altered a lot, and the sport is now playing in Season C, which started its modified season in March. The postseason semifinals will be April 26 and the state finals are set for April 27. Pushing back the season allowed players extra time to prepare. “A lot the girls on the team played for Denver Field Hockey Club or Club Lewy,” Pratt said. “Honestly, after it would be like Creek vs. everybody else. It was always like that every session. We did go to some tournaments. “We all did club hockey, which was really helpful for us because we all did we a bunch of sessions

in February before we started in March. That helped us to start trusting more even earlier though we were already so close. I have not felt much different this season because we play together all the time.” Pratt has signed to play next season for the University of New Hampshire, and so far her senior high school season has been good. She has six goals in seven games thru April 14 plus five assists for 17 points. ”Ella is a phenomenal player,” Creek coach Clara Detrick-Yee said. “She is a captain this year. She typically plays center back or center mid for us. She is just a powerhouse. She has a really strong, consistent head for the game and is really selfless and cares about the team. She is a fantastic leader.” Cherry Creek was 7-0 and ranked second in the state according to the April 12 CHSAANow.com poll. “I feel real good about the season,” Pratt said. “I’ve been putting in a bunch of work outside of the season and obviously in the season. I’m excited about this last stretch of the season. It will be real fun and competitive.”

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Prep sports roundup Boys soccer, girls volleyball, field hockey, gymnastics STAFF REPORT

Snowy weather forced a post season adjustment for boys soccer. The regular season was supposed to end on April 19 but was extended to April 21 and scheduling modifications were made for the playoffs. State playoff brackets were released on April 20 and Class 3A-5A first round games were either played April 21 or April 22. Quarterfinal games in classes 2A-

5A will be held on April 24 and semifinal matches will be played April 28. State championship games in all classes will be held May 1. There were two automatic qualifiers from the Centennial, Continental and Jefferson County leagues which helped to make the 16-team playoff bracket which included four at-large teams. The following are results of

The Wolves won the Centennial League post-season tournament with an April 17 victory over the Mustangs. Castle View 1, Legend 0 – Jack Pucciano tallied the overtime goal as the Sabercats remained unbeaten with an April 12 victory. Rock Canyon 2, Highlands Ranch 1 – The Jaguars’ Brandon Halpin and Carter Pollock scored the goals in an overtime conquest over the Falcons on April 12. Rock Canyon handed Castle View its first loss of the season with a 1-0 victory in a match played on April 17.

some sports action that took place between April 12 and 17. Boys Soccer Mullen 2, Cherry Creek 1 – Cyrus Gulati scored for the Bruins in a Centennial League semifinal tournament game on April 14. Grandview downed Arapahoe,1-0, in the other semifinal game. Grandview 2, Mullen 0 –

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Castle View junior Jack Pucciano is among the top soccer players in the Continental League.

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“I play with a lot of skill,” said Pucciano. “I like to dribble a lot and sometimes that can be bad but a lot of times it pays off. “That’s another thing the tennis ball helps with is the technical skills. Going to a field near by also helps with the technical skills. If you work on it, practice makes perfect.” Pucciano has worked himself into one of the league’s top players this season. “I try not to be selfish and if my teammates are open, I’ll feed them, and if I’m open they will feed me,” he said. “It’s just great. I would not be having a good season without my teammates. They trust in me and I appreciate that.”

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Valor Christian 6, Dakota Ridge 0 – Junior Sean Fields scored twice in the Eagles victory on April 15. Girls volleyball Eaton 3, Lutheran 2 – The Lions dropped a 15-13 decision in the deciding fifth set and lost an April 12 match which pitted Eaton, ranked first in the CHSAANow.com poll, and second-ranked Lutheran. The Lions rebounded on April 15 with a 3-0 win over Colorado Academy as Brandy Schneider had 14 kills, Sabrina King 39 assists and Bella Vezzani 25 digs. Legend 2, Chaparral 1 – Senior Rylie Kadel had a big game as the Titans, ranked ninth, toppled the third-ranked Wolverines on April 13. Kadel had 24 kills with a 1.000 hitting percentage, six blocks and seven digs. Peyton Dunn had 34 assists for Legend while Tiffany Little led Chap with 12 kills. Castle View 2, Regis Jesuit 1 – Freshman Paityn Chapman was credited with 13 kills and sophomore Hannah Myhill added 33 assists in an April 14 win. ThunderRidge 2, Highlands Ranch 0 – Lacy Beldon came up with 22 assists to help the Grizzlies

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Legal Notice No. 300975 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: April 22, 2021 Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice CITY OF ENGLEWOOD NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE

NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE

On the 19th day of April 2021, the City Council of the City of Englewood, Colorado, adopted on final reading the following Ordinance:

On the 19th day of April 2021, the City Council of the City of Englewood, Colorado, approved on first reading the following Council Bill:

BY AUTHORITY ORDINANCE NO. 14 SERIES OF 2021

BY AUTHORITY COUNCIL BILL NO. 14 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WINK

AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE VACATION OF THE SOUTHERN 100 FEET OF THE ALLEY LOCATED BETWEEN SOUTH MARION STREET AND SOUTH LAFAYETTE STREET NORTH OF EAST HAMPDEN AVENUE TO ALPINE ENGLEWOOD OPPORTUNITY BUSINESS, LLC BY THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD AND DEDICATION OF A 25-FOOT-WIDE TRANSPORTATION/UTILITY EASEMENT LOCATED IN LOT 21 BLOCK 5 IN THE EVANSTON BROADWAY ADDITION SUBDIVISION FROM ALPINE ENGLEWOOD OPPORTUNITY BUSINESS, LLC TO THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD (Council Bill No. 12)

A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CDOT) AND THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD FOR THE DARTMOUTH TRAFFIC CALMING CORRIDOR PROJECT #FSA M395-022 (24186) Copies of the aforesaid council bill are available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk, City of Englewood, Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, Colorado 80110 or it can be found at http://www.englewoodco.gov, Government, Legal/Public Notices. Legal Notice No. 300974 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: April 22, 2021 Publisher: Englewood Herald Public Notice CITY OF ENGLEWOOD NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE On the 19th day of April 2021, the City Council of the City of Englewood, Colorado, adopted on final reading the following Ordinance: BY AUTHORITY ORDINANCE NO. 13 SERIES OF 2021 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 1, CHAPTER 5, SECTION 2; SUBSECTION 9 (C), REGARDING ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL (Council Bill No. 11) Copies of aforesaid Ordinance are available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk, City of Englewood, Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, Colorado or it can be found at http://www.englewoodco.gov, Government, Legal/Public Notices.

Copies of aforesaid Ordinance are available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk, City of Englewood, Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, Colorado or it can be found at http://www.englewoodco.gov, Government, Legal/Public Notices. Legal Notice No. 300973 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: April 22, 2021 Publisher: Englewood Herald PUBLIC NOTICE From the Office of the Arapahoe County Assessor Colorado law requires the county assessor to hear objections to real property classifications and valuations beginning no later than May 3, 2021. Due to ongoing concerns regarding COVID-19, and in order to protect the health and wellbeing of all property owners and the Assessor’s Office staff, in-person appointments and walk-in appeals will not be available this year. As an alternative, we are offering phone appointments. You may request a phone appointment using our website by clicking on Schedule Appeal Appointment or by calling our office during business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.). Written objections to the valuation or classification of real property for 2021 must be postmarked, faxed or dropped off to the Arapahoe County Assessor’s Office no later than June 1, 2021. Colorado law requires the county assessor to begin hearing objections to personal property

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Stanley Holt, Personal Representative 13381 Randolph Place Denver, CO 80239

Public Notice NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION PURSUANT TO §7-90-912, C.R.S. Please be advised that Independent Production Company, Inc., a Colorado corporation, has been dissolved, effective December 31, 2020. All persons having claims against the above named dissolved entity are required to present them to: Robert L. Preeo, Esq. Preeo Silverman Green & Egle, PC 6465 Greenwood Plaza Blvd. Suite 1025 Centennial, Colorado 80111 Unless sooner barred by any other statute limiting actions, any claim against the dissolved entity will be barred if an action to enforce the claim is not commenced within five years after the publication of the notice or within four months after the claim arises, whichever is later. Legal Notice No. 300968 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: April 22, 2021 Publisher: Englewood Herald

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All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before August 23, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred. George A. Pappas, Personal Representative 4244 E. Dickenson Place Denver, CO 80222

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of ALICE H. BEVANS, also known as ALICE HUME BEVANS and as ALICE BEVANS, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR030359

A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL SUBGRANTEEAGREEMENT FOR 2020 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) FUNDS BETWEEN THE ARAPAHOE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of ALEX PAPPAS, a/k/a ALEX G. PAPPAS, a/k/a ALEX GEORGE PAPPAS, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30398

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Legal Notice No. 300970 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: Englewood Herald

Legal Notice No. 300969 First Publication: April 22, 2021 Last Publication: May 6, 2021 Publisher: Englewood Herald

Public Notice

On the 19th day of April 2021, the City Council of the City of Englewood, Colorado, approved on first reading the following Council Bill:

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Richard Holt Jr., aka Richard Holt, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30432 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before August 23, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

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All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before August 8, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred. Steven C. Johnson, Personal Representative c/o M. Lisa Clore, Esq. Lisa Clore, LLC 5500 Greenwood Plaza Blvd., Suite 130 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No. 300958 First Publication: April 8, 2021 Last Publication: April 22, 2021 Publisher: Englewood Herald

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public Notice is given on April 02, 2021 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court. The Petition requests that the name of Ronnie Lee be changed to Ronald D. Lee. Case No.: 21C100183 By: Patty Franklin Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 300964 First publication: April 15, 2021 Last publication: April 29, 2021 Publisher: Englewood Herald

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