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Melissa Trainer rides through a bounty of wildflowers on her way to winning the women s 45+ division at this year’s Soda Creek Scramble mountain bike race in Keystone. Soda Creek Trail is one of the many trails managed by Summit County. Photo by John Hanson The Summit County Open Space and Trails Department last adopted a comprehensive plan in 1996, and it focused on acquiring land to build out a trails system that now supports a record-breaking number of visitors and residents alike. Now, 25 years later, the Open Space and Trails department is in the process of creating and adopting a new master plan that will outline the county’s goals moving forward for the next three decades. ....
Special to the Daily While this past year has been a historic one for social justice and equity work, there are individuals who long before this year have dedicated themselves to creating equity, diversity and inclusion. And some of the most impactful and meaningful work in this realm is being initiated by students, including Eagle Valley High School senior Zaira Najera. Najera was recently recognized for her work forming new programs and organizations that inspired positive and equitable engagement within the community. Last month, she was awarded the Princeton Prize in Race Relations , which recognizes 28 high school students each year for their efforts to advance racial equity and understanding in their schools and their communities. As part of the prize, Najera will receive $1,000 and will participate in a virtual symposium with other awardees later this year. ....
Mountain Dreamers “My name is Ismael. I live in Garfield County. I was detained by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. When I was in detention in Aurora without the money for a lawyer. I was forced to represent myself in front of the immigration judge and ask for more time to find representation. By the second time I saw the judge without an attorney, I was scared because he seemed irritated and told me that I needed to find an attorney by my next court date. My wife, after months of calling and calling, finally got a pro bono lawyer to help me. It took another month to bond out. ....
, which was introduced by President Joe Biden during his first day in office. The act would create a pathway to citizenship for undocumented individuals, among other things. Peter Bakken, executive director of Mountain Dreamers, said the move was a win for the local Hispanic and Spanish-speaking community. “We asked the county commissioners if they’d be willing to go on record and speak up in support of the immigrant community … very deliberately in support of a path of legal status in citizenship for members of our immigrant community who have been working so hard here for a number of years and really are the foundation of our workforce of our tourist economy,” Bakken said. ....
I’ve experienced it in this column. Instead of responding to facts or opinions in the column, a cadre of folks prefer to attack me personally and accuse me of spreading hate. When this happens, I generally refer the column to someone, like a religious leader, for their opinion. No one has ever told me the column was hateful. They tell me the column is strong and provocative. They tell me that sometimes folks who disagree will project their anger, their hate onto the writer. Hate is infecting everything. We all need to take a stand. Guard our ears. Guard our eyes. ....