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Crowfoot Valley Road widening moves forward

Council approves concept design

BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Castle Rock is moving forward with the design phase for the widening of Crowfoot Valley Road, which

will include four lanes, a new tra c signal and raised medians along the portion of the road from Knobcone Drive to Macanta Boulevard.

Town council members directed sta on Jan. 3 to move forward with designing the widening of Crowfoot Valley Road after Castle Rock’s Director of Public Works Dan Sailer presented the plan details.

ments will help maintain the road’s capacity and improve safety.

“We want to increase the reliability and decrease the amount of downtime that residents would typically

done in partnership with the county,

Outgoing Sheri Tony Spurlock reflects on a 42-year career

Tragedy, highlights and change

BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Douglas County Sheri Tony Spurlock’s 42-year stint in law enforcement started with a conversation about his career aspirations with his manager at a grocery store. at manager was married to a cop who was put in contact with Spurlock. e rest is history.

Spurlock dreamed of being in law enforcement since he was 10 years old. After speaking with his manager’s husband, he began working at the Douglas County Sheri ’s O ce where he started as a deputy. He later moved into investigations and in 2015, he took over as Douglas County’s 33rd sheri .

Spurlock has gone on to serve the o ce for eight years, terming out in 2022. As Spurlock comes to the end of his nal term, he re ects on a full career. Not all moments are happy, as he explained.

During his time as sheri , many tragedies have taken place, including school shootings, o cers losing their lives and the unexpected

foot Valley Road from two lanes to four lanes from Knobcone Drive to Macanta Boulevard, as well as add raised medians, bike lanes, sidewalk and left turn acceleration lanes at non-signalized intersections. A new tra c signal is planned for Sapphire Pointe Boulevard.

One focus of the council’s

Anti-extremism group marks Jan. 6 anniversary

Rally targets misinformation

BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A Douglas County group called Just Say No to Extremism gathered in downtown Castle Rock in remembrance of the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the nation’s Capitol.  Standing outside of the Douglas County Wilcox Building, around 15 people waved American ags and carried various signs, including ones that read “Stop Absurd Election Conspiracies” and “Stop Extremism DougCo.” For about an hour, the group garnered honking drivers, interested passersby and some disdain.

Organizer Lloyd Guthrie said he planned the event to ensure the Jan. 6 insurrection isn’t overlooked or misrepresented.

“Anytime an organized group

Sheri Spurlock stands in front of his awards and plaques in his o ce. PHOTO BY HALEY LENA

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tries to bring down the government, we can’t let that be forgotten,” Guthrie said.

At least 16 Coloradans have been charged by the US Depart-

ment of Justice for crimes relating to the Jan. 6 insurrection. Locally, Douglas County is home to one of Colorado’s most infamous election deniers and founder of the group FEC United, Joe Oltmann, who is being sued by Dominion Voting Systems for alleged defamation relating to his election conspiracies.  Guthrie said his group formed

as a way to push back against local extremists and those pushing misinformation.

“We want Douglas County to be a re ection of the good people that live here, to be a welcoming place, and that means welcoming for everyone,” Guthrie said. “We want to make sure that the community is able to have an open dialogue about a lot of things and not an ideological battle over a few things.”

He plans for Just Say No to Extremism to build more of a presence this year by supporting equity in the community and standing with people who may feel intimidated by extremism.

“ ere’s safety in numbers,” Guthrie said.

Eric Brody, who ran as the Democratic candidate for Colorado House District 39 and lost to

election process.

“People who are both decent and sensible recognize today’s honorees as the heroes that they are,” he said. “We stand up for them against the extremists in our community who wage relentless campaigns of lies, intimidation, and hate.”

Biden awarded the medals to O cers Harry Dunn, Caroline Edwards, Michael Fanone, Aquilino Gonell, Eugene Goodman, Daniel Hodges and Brian Sicknick, as well as election workers Jocelyn Benson, Rusty Bowers, Ruby Freeman, Shaye Moss and Al Schmidt.

Group A strep causing concerns in Denver metro area

Complicates trifecta of viruses

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

With a trifecta of illnesses already hitting the Front Range hard with spikes in COVID, RSV and the flu, state health officials are now concerned with the increasing number of group A strep cases in children.

Brian Spencer, with the Colorado Department of Health and Environment, said the state health department is closely monitoring the increase in pediatric hospitalizations caused by group A strep.

Group A strep is a bacteria that can cause many different infections. Group A strep infections most commonly cause sore throat, a mild and common condition that doctors say can be easily treated. While rare, group A strep infections may be severe and cause diseases like pneumonia, sepsis, toxic shock syndrome and necrotizing fasciitis.

“We are working with hospital partners in a coordinating role to ensure resources are available for those who need them,” Spencer said in the Dec. 15 news release.

According to the state health department, two school-age children with group A strep died in

The group Just Say No to Extremism gathered at the Douglas County Wilcox Building on Jan. 6 to remember the second anniversary of the insurrection at the US Capitol. Organizer Lloyd Guthrie said he hopes the event keeps the events of Jan. 6 from being forgotten.

PHOTO BY MCKENNA HARFORD

Rep. Brandi Bradley, gave a short speech to honor the 12 people who received Presidential Citizens Medals from President Joe Biden for their work protecting the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack and for overseeing the 2020

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the Denver metro since Nov. 1.

The total number of invasive group A strep cases reported in Colorado among pediatric patients since Nov. 1 is now 11. Typically, Spencer said there are one or two cases reported per month in patients under 18 years old.

Local health officials are concerned because kids and adults can get strep along with other viral respiratory illnesses like COVID, flu and RSV at the same time.

While strep is a common infection kids get each year, Dr. Sam Dominguez, an infectious disease specialist at Children’s Hospital Colorado, said 2022 has seen a higher number of “invasive” cases of bacterial infections.

“It is common and easy to treat,” he said. “The invasive cases are relatively rare to see.”

For health officials at local hospitals and clinics, this is another complication to an already stressed system dealing with higher-than-usual cases of RSV in children along with flu and COVID cases increasing.

In November, Children’s Hospital sounded alarms about the unseasonably high rate of RSV cases, noting that hospital beds were in short supply because of the severity of the respiratory virus.

Dr. Ben Usatch, the UCHealth ER director at the Highlands Ranch hospital, said his doctors and staff have treated more younger patients this year than they are accustomed to.

With the Children’s Hospital south campus just across the street, Usatch said as they have filled up beds, the Highlands Ranch hospital is receiving an overflow of young patients.

“We will definitely take them, happy to do it,” he said. “With adults and kids, we are seeing the big three — COVID, RSV and flu cases are running rampant. With young patients, management is different and you have to make different decisions.”

Currently, Usatch said the hospital is lucky if they do not see more than 18 respiratory cases in

the emergency department per day.

HealthOne Chief Medical Officer Reginald Washington said he has seen the effects of the current season at both the adult and children’s level.

Washington, who serves adults at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s and children at Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children, said hospitals experience the trifecta of illnesses every year. This year, he said, is raising more concern as cases and hospitalizations are higher.

Washington said while treatable, flu, COVID and RSV have similar symptoms to strep, which means kids and adults could have strep along with another virus.

With flu and RSV season starting earlier than usual, local health officials said it is important for parents to be cognizant of a child’s symptoms and if anything is suspected, get them tested.

Washington said there is a specific test to diagnose all current viruses spreading across the Front Range. While there are not as many treatments for respiratory viruses, Washington said the sooner a patient is diagnosed with strep the better, because the disease is treatable and requires antibiotics.

Local health officials said there are some unusual circumstances that could be causing the increased rate of illness this year. Those circumstances are three years in the making as the pandemic pushed society to wear masks to decrease the spread of COVID.

Now, masks are off and some kids are being exposed to viruses and infections for the first time and their immune systems are not used to it.

While there is no vaccine to prevent group A strep, the state health department said there are steps that parents, guardians and caregivers (including child care facilities) in Colorado can take to help protect children and families.

Washington and Dominguez said children should be up to date with COVID-19, flu, and chickenpox vaccines, as getting these infections can increase risk for acquiring a group A strep infection.

Douglas County Health Department

Women, Infants and Children (WIC)

This nutrition program provides education, breastfeeding support, healthy food, and other services to families who qualify. As of Jan. 1, 2023, WIC services for residents in Douglas and Elbert counties are administered by the Douglas County Health Department. Visit douglas.co.us and search WIC to see if you qualify.

Are you a Douglas County property owner?

Your property tax statement or postcard notification is scheduled to be delivered the week of Jan. 16

Pay your taxes online at douglascotax.com More information visit douglas.co.us/treasurer

• Distribution of your taxes yourdougcotaxes.com

Questions about snow removal in unincorporated Douglas County?

Do you ever wonder how county roads are prioritized for snow removal? Questions about citizen snow removal responsibilities? Answers to these questions and more can be found by visiting douglas.co.us/snow.

Strive to Thrive o ers hot meal and assistance

The Strive to Thrive Resource Fair will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 31 from 4-6 p.m. at the Calvary Chapel, 1100 Caprice Drive in Castle Rock. Enjoy a free hot meal and access valuable resources from more than 20 different organizations. Individuals and families are welcome to attend. For more information, visit douglas.co.us and search for Strive to Thrive.

Garden question? Ask a Master Gardener.

Douglas County Master Gardeners provide useful information to help your gardening efforts all year long via the “Virtual Helpdesk.” Email your questions to dcmgardenr@gmail.com for answers seven days a week.

Need help with home heating costs?

Eligible low-income households in Douglas County may apply for energy assistance through the Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP). Visit douglas.co.us and search LEAP for more information or an application, or email LEAPHELP@discovermygoodwill.org

Martin Luther King Jr. Day o ce closure

Douglas County offices will be closed Monday, Jan. 16, 2023.

Many services are available at DoItOnlineDouglas.com

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Rock Canyon senior nabs Thespians’ theater scholarship

During the three-day event, aspiring actors, singers, dancers, directors and theater techies from across the state compete in individual and group events. Individual events include songs and monologues while team events include single acts and

improv groups. “ is year, all of our individual and group events earned one of the two

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highest scores you can receive at the conference, which is really exciting,” she said.

Benevento has applied to multiple musical theater programs in and out of state for college.

“I love the escape it provides. I love exploring di erent perspectives and even aspects of myself,” said Benevento.

Devol double homicide case set to play out in jury trial

Trial is set for June 12

BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A man charged with the murder of his sister and her boyfriend will face a trial by jury in June.

Casey Devol appeared in virtual proceedings on Jan. 5 to set dates for upcoming appearances.

e 30-year-old man is charged with two counts of rst degree murder. He is accused of killing his sister, Jessica Mitchell, 32, and her boyfriend, Bryan Todd Gray, 34, on their property on Russellville Road near Franktown, in unincorporated Douglas County.

e victims su ered multiple gunshot wounds and were found dead in their garage on Feb. 8 last year.

Video obtained from surveillance equipment showed a man on the property entering a garage where the victims were found. e man was seen carrying hand guns and a long gun.

Authorities identi ed Devol as a suspect and later arrested him in Salina, Kansas. He was extradited back to the county, a case that has shocked the community. Several Franktown residents said they knew the victims and Devol for years.

Public Defender Ara Ohanian is

his right to a speedy trial, a judge has given the defense more time to prepare for Casey Devol’s double murder trial.

representing Devol, who entered a not guilty plea during a hearing in September.

Devol’s trial is on the calendar for 8:30 a.m. on June 12 in a courtroom in the state’s 18th Judicial District in Castle Rock. Judge Patricia Herron has set aside three weeks for proceedings.

Before the trial, Devol is expected in court for other matters related to the case. A motions hearing is set for 9 a.m. on March 22. A pre-trial readiness conference is slated for 9 a.m. on May 18.

And at 9 a.m. on June 1, attorneys will review the questionnaires of prospective jurors.

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discussion was whether or not to include the acceleration lanes in the project.

Sailer said a design consultant for the town suggested not including the left turn acceleration lanes because the distance available for the lanes was not ideal for tra c ow. However, Sailer said feedback from residents at the town hall meetings for the project voiced overwhelming support for including the lanes.

“In general, the public was supportive of the wider and taller medians where we can put them into place, but they were not receptive to actually eliminating the left turn acceleration lanes, so as a result of that, we are recommending that we keep them,” he said.

Councilmember Laura Cavey, who represents District 2, which includes the project area, also advocated for keeping the left turn acceleration lanes as part of the project, noting all of the comments she heard were in favor of the lanes.

“( e design with the left turn acceleration lanes) is the original design, so it’s something that was already approved by the engineers, so I am in full support of what my district wants,” Cavey said.

Sailer and the council also discussed the possibility of installing a roundabout at Sapphire Pointe Boulevard, instead of a tra c signal, but community feedback preferred

the tra c signal.

Ultimately, the council told sta to move forward with the raised medians, left turn acceleration lanes and a signal at Sapphire Pointe.

Other potential changes town sta evaluated but didn’t recommend were lowering the speed limit, adding signage to alert drivers to a reduced speed zone, and installing an automated speed enforcement system.

Castle Rock Police Chief Jack Cauley said the automated speed enforcement system isn’t in line with the department’s community policing philosophy and could be seen as government overreach.

“It’s just something we haven’t looked at as far as being feasible or consistent with our policing philosophy,” Cauley said.

Construction of the project is expected to begin late 2023.

Residents, Centennial Airport o cials ask for feedback

FAA attends meeting

BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Residents demanding changes at Centennial Airport expressed frustration and confusion, mainly with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), during the airport’s Jan. 4 community noise roundtable meeting.

Nearly 20 people spoke during the public comment portion of the meeting, expressing similar concerns as residents did during the December meeting about increased air tra c, noise and lead pollution from aircraft fuel.

“We knew when we purchased our home that there was an airport nearby, and that didn’t bother us,” said Nathan Winger, who moved to the Sundance Hills neighborhood in Greenwood Village about a year ago.

“I remember standing in the backyard during the inspection of our home and commenting to our Realtor that it’s pretty quiet here,” he said. “It wasn’t until a couple of months ago that I really began to notice the additional noise and the additional ights.”

Some residents have formed a group, “Quiet Skies Over Arapahoe County,” to advocate for changes to be made to address safety and noise concerns. e group has a website, bit.ly/quietskies, that includes links to YouTube videos of aircraft ying

over homes.

During her public comment, Audra Dubler, a leader of the resident group, said the FAA’s silence has been “deafening.”

Members of the Centennial Airport Community Noise Roundtable, which aims to work with the airport to reduce and mitigate the impact of aircraft noise, highlighted the need for FAA involvement during their December meeting.

U.S. Rep. Jason Crow and U.S. Sens.

Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper signed a letter in December encouraging the FAA to attend the monthly meetings in person.

However, the two FAA representatives present at the January meeting attended virtually.

Leslie Lardie, senior advisor to the FAA’s regional administrator of the northwest mountain region, said she is based in Washington state and will not be able to come out due to travel restrictions.

Michael Valencia, general manager of the FAA Denver District, said he was unable to attend in person because he was working in Florida at the time.

He said he will attend in person at the next noise roundtable meeting, which is scheduled for Feb. 1 at 6:30 p.m. at the airport, 7565 S. Peoria St.

Did the aircraft tra c patterns change?

During the January meeting, a few people said ight patterns had changed due to two planes colliding in midair over the Cherry Creek State Park area in May 2021, leading to more aircraft tra c above neighborhoods. ey asked if this change can be undone.

Valencia disagreed that there has been a pattern change.

“ ere has been no literal change of a tra c pattern at Centennial,” Valencia said. “I’m in charge of all air tra c control for this Denver district, and I never, ever, made any decision or direction to change (the) tra c pattern for Centennial after the midair collision.”

However, Valencia said the FAA did change “an operating procedure” to help prevent collisions, saying the administration essentially adjusted how it separates planes that are on the parallel runways.

In a Dec. 16 letter, Grady Stone, the regional administrator of the FAA’s northwest mountain region, said that following the midair collision, air tra c controllers “were directed to use more active control when managing pattern tra c with arriving aircraft.”

Centennial Airport Executive Director and CEO Mike Fronapfel previously told Colorado Community Media that after the collision,

the FAA Control Tower changed how it manages the pattern of tra c, now sequencing the aircraft as they come in on parallel runways. is change was to enhance safety, but it also resulted in “more aircraft ying out over the neighborhoods.”

Chris ompson, the public information o cer and manager of communications at Centennial Airport, con rmed in a Dec. 20 email that one of the changes the FAA made was extending the ight pattern for Runway 17R/35L.

“ e general consensus is that the midair collision was the deciding factor to extending the ight pattern for the touch-and-go runway,” ompson wrote. “ is results in more of a staggered operation on the runways (i.e. plane lands on 17R and then next plane is on 17L) instead of concurrent landings.”

Regarding the discussion on whether the ight patterns changed, Fronapfel said in an email on Jan. 5 that he thinks it’s a matter of semantics.

“When the FAA directed the controllers to ‘use more active control when managing pattern tra c with arriving aircraft’ it e ectively results in more instances where the tra c pattern will be extended,” Fronapfel said in the email.

Fronapfel said, from the FAA’s perspective, the tra c pattern “is always subject to expanding or contracting based on several factors” such as the number of planes in the pattern, spacing of the aircraft and sequencing of pattern tra c with arriving aircraft to the parallel runway.

He expects to learn more during the Feb. 1 meeting, “when we hopefully get their response to our questions and they present information on how they are ‘more actively managing/controlling the tra c pattern,’” Fronapfel wrote.

Airport leadership asks FAA three questions

In Stone’s Dec. 16 letter, he said that if the FAA is asked to attend a meeting to provide technical information and responses to questions,

Representatives of the Centennial Airport Community Noise Roundtable listen to Centennial City Councilmember Candace Moon during the Jan. 4 meetin.

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then the administration requests “that a maximum of three questions be submitted in writing no less than 30 days in advance of the meeting.”

Fronapfel sent a letter Dec. 31 to Stone, Lardie and Valencia with three questions the airport would like to have answered either before or during the Feb. 1 meeting.

He noted the questions were compiled through participation of airport leadership and staff, the noise roundtable, the City of Greenwood Village and community members.

The first question states residents north of Arapahoe Road are “severely impacted by the increase in aircraft over their homes due to the extended traffic pattern implemented after the midair collision.”

It asks if the FAA considered the environmental impact on residents as a result of the change, and if the administration met its National Environmental Policy Act obligations “before changing how the traffic pattern is managed at Centennial Airport.”

The second question explained that Stone’s letter said traffic patterns cannot be confined based on noise abatement. It asks what criteria can be used by the FAA or Centennial Airport now to confine the pattern area or limit how many aircraft are in the traffic pattern at once.

The final question explains safety concerns have been expressed by the community and by flight schools “that are being directed to extend the traffic pattern over the residential areas.”

“Because of the new procedure, the pattern is extended so frequently that their students aren’t getting sufficient training on flying a non-extended pattern,” the letter states. “This becomes a safety concern if the student is expected to fly a normal pattern at other airports and they are unable to stay ahead of the aircraft while transitioning to and from their landing or departure.”

It also notes another safety con-

cern, which is that pilots have limited options in an emergency for safely landing their aircraft when they fly over dense residential areas, which may mean “that now it’s more likely a midair collision could occur over a neighborhood.”

“In our opinion having an extended pattern doesn’t enhance the safety of the operations when there has been one midair accident in over 16.2 million operations at Centennial Airport. Were these factors considered by the FAA prior to the change and if not can they be considered?” the letter states.

During the meeting, Lardie said the FAA is currently working on a response to the questions.

FAA removes three-question limitation

During the public comment portion of the meeting, one resident asked the FAA for clarification about its request that a maximum of three questions be submitted, wondering who the questions should come from and if the community is permitted to ask three questions as well.

“I’m not sure where that came from,” Lardie said. “We do answer all the questions that come through. There’s, as far as I know, there’s never been a limit.”

Fronapfel explained what people were referencing was Stone’s letter that said to only submit three questions at a time.

In response, Lardie said she now understood the reference and that it takes time to answer questions, as the FAA does a thorough analysis before responding.

“So that’s why we limit those large questions to three, because they do take time,” she said.

She said the questions should come from the noise roundtable, since “how we communicate to the community is through this roundtable.”

The response created some confusion and concern for a few members of the roundtable.

Brad Pierce, the chair of the roundtable, asked if they would have to wait until February to submit questions, since Fronapfel already submitted questions Dec. 31, meaning people may have to

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wait until March for answers if the response time is 30 days.

“The red tape, to be honest, is just going to take forever to get the response to all the questions that everybody has,” Pierce said.

Lardie said Pierce can collect and send to her all the questions the noise roundtable and community has, removing the limitation of three questions. However, she said the FAA cannot guarantee that all questions will be answered within 30 days.

Pierce said a process was needed to send questions to Lardie, to which resident Audra Dubler volunteered to collect community questions to send to Pierce.

Lardie asked that Fronapfel review the questions Pierce receives first, to determine if any questions can be answered by the airport, before the questions are then sent to the FAA.

“I am very bothered that the FAA is saying that they will only take questions from this roundtable,” said Centennial City Councilmember Candace Moon, a member of the noise roundtable. “You should not limit the acceptance of questions only from a roundtable of people who are listening to constituents.” ]

The push for FAA’s in-person attendance

A few residents expressed frustration that the FAA representatives were not in person at the meeting to have a dialogue with them.

Moon said when she first joined the roundtable, there was an FAA

representative who attended every monthly meeting.

“And that has slowly dropped off to no representation,” she said.  Valencia said he received his first invitation to the roundtable meeting last month, which he attended virtually.

“I not only empathize but sympathize with noise, and want to hear more about it and see what this great organization of the FAA can do to support this city and the airport authority … and the processes that are available to mitigate these issues,” Valencia said.

He said there are more than 30,000 private airports with public access to them throughout the United States.

“For us, as the agency, to address every single noise issue at over 30,000 airports is just unreasonable. We just can’t do it. But we can take certain airports that are unique, like Centennial, and hopefully partner and continue to work together,” he said. “You have my commitment to do that. I look forward to seeing you all on Feb. 1.”

Moon said she looks forward to the meeting. She thinks the FAA’s physical presence will do a lot to assure residents that the FAA is working on their behalf.

“I know that everybody wants a solution quick. This is not anything that’s going to happen quickly. It has to be done very thoroughly,” Moon said. “But it’s not like it’s gonna be put on the back burner and nothing happens, because we understand the urgency that you have in getting this resolved.”

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complications of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Tragedy fell upon us here in Douglas County and one thing led to another and I started to see different ways that the sheriff can influence public safety and the sheriff can keep people alive and the sheriff can be a part of making a long term difference,” he said.

One of the most difficult parts of being a sheriff for Spurlock is having employees intentionally disrupt the sheriff’s office. He said the other difficult part is when an officer has been severely injured and killed.

“I never thought I’d have to do it… sit next to the wife of an officer that was just killed and grab her hand and hold her and say, ’I have no idea where the hell we are going with this, but we are going together,’” said Spurlock.

As sheriff, Spurlock has focused on mental health, the mental wellness of the community and employees, leading him to become a strong advocate for the Emergency Risk Protection order, otherwise known as the Red Flag Law.

Passed in 2019, the Red Flag law allows law enforcement or family members to request the temporary seizure of firearms from people who could pose a threat to themselves or to others.

“Contrary to what anyone else says, you can quote me on this, the Sheriff is right,” Spurlock said.

According to Spurlock, enforcing the law has never harmed anyone’s constitutional right in Colorado.

“I know people that we took guns away from are alive today,” he said. “They are there with their wives, their daughters, and they’re productive members of society and if we hadn’t done that, the chances of them taking their own lives and taking someone else’s was so astronomically high - and we can show that.”

Beyond tragedy, Spurlock is also an advocate for working with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. He serves on the state board of directors for Colorado’s Special Olympics and is state director for the Law Enforcement Torch Run.

As he reflected on a four-decade career, Spurlock’s desk is lined with pictures of people who inspire him. As he looks at a picture of a young special olympian, he is reminded of the medals he has put around the necks of incredible athletes.

Spurlock reflected on the many opportunities he has been given,

including when he was among 50 cops from around the country and 25 international cops for three months of intensified training at the FBI’s Academy for commanders and executives not long after 9/11.

Spurlock said he continues to instill what he learned from those three months with the men and women of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.

“You go down in the briefings and you see these young men and women, you look in their eyes and I’m like - ‘It’s my job to tell them that it’s all worth it and to go out there and everything you do 100% is all worth it at the end of the day,’” said Spurlock.

Time as sheri

Since his first term in 2015, Spurlock has worked with a variety of people and with different counties to create partnerships and services for the community, including developing the cold case review team made up of volunteer citizens.

A doctor, two attorneys, a business man and woman and detec-

tives have come together to clear four cold cases. According to Sprulock, individuals are now in prison and in custody because of this team of dedicated individuals. The team was able to solve a Jane Doe case, the Roger Dean case, the Helene Pruszynski case and are currently working on a 1995 case.

In a partnership with the Aurora Police Department, Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office and a district attorney from the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, Spurlock helped create the Unified Metropolitan Forensics Crime Lab.  Separate from the Colorado Bureau of Investigations, the Unified Metropolitan Forensics Crime Lab opened in 2018 to serve the people of these counties with quicker results.

“So sadly, when a woman is sexually assaulted in Douglas County and we don’t know who the bad guy is, we can take the evidence right from the crime scene, take it to our lab and not wait 18 months and find out who it is,” said Spurlock. “We get to be a part of helping her recover in her life and find

justice for what was done to her but we also get to prevent future crimes because we catch this guy.”  Spurlock also put together the first Financial Task force made up of a Douglas County sergeant, detectives from Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, Castle Rock Police Department and Lone Tree Police Department and a special agent

force discovered that $5 million was shoplifted from Douglas and

ended with eight indictments, the shut down of the organization in Aurora and recovered millions of

Spurlock is also the vice chair of the Peace Officer Standards and Training board. The Highlands Ranch Law Enforcement Training Foundation partners with the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office to train groups of cadets. Spurlock felt the two counties were large enough law enforcement agencies

“We have 844 square miles of Douglas County, 220-something square miles of that is Pike National Forest. You train a cop different up there than you do on 16th

from Littleton, Castle Rock, Parker, Lone Tree, Sheridan, Englewood, County.

Retirement plans

As Spurlock nears the end of his nal term, he wants the sheri ’s o ce to know that the job changes everyday. As the county continues to grow, he hopes that the o ce can have more patience, be more understanding, more forgiving and work collectively to reduce crime and increase community involvement.  Looking forward to vacationing with his wife and seeing his children and grandchildren, Spurlock is going to miss the people and the community the most.

In his parting words of advice to new sheri -elect Darren Weekly and commanders, Spurlock said he told them to,”listen when an opportunity presents itself.” Also, he said he told them to remember two things - e rst being to be able to recognize opportunity. e second, he said is to “have the courage to take the risk to see if you can take that opportunity.”

Weekly will be sworn in as the new sheri in January.

“He’s a sheri that looked for opportunities to think outside the box and establish non-traditional partnerships and have the courage to look at di erent ways of doing law enforcement,” said Weekly.

Douglas County Sheri Tony Spurlock holds up a photo of Casey Devol at a media briefing. Devol is the suspect in a double homicide that occurred Tuesday. PHOTO BY ELLIOTT WENZLER

Colorado’s paid family leave program kicks o

Started Jan. 1

BY ANDREW KENNEY COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

Starting on Jan. 1, private employees across Colorado will see up to 0.45 percent of their paychecks withheld to pay for a statewide program that will eventually provide paid leave for workers.

Up to $4.50 for every $1,000 of wages will be withheld from many worker’s paychecks.

e money will go toward the state’s new Family & Medical Leave Insurance program, which will launch a year later, in 2024. Once active, it will partially replace workers’ wages while they go on leave for childbirth, adoption, serious health conditions and more.

Voters approved the signi cant new public bene t in the 2020 election, and state o cials are now racing to set it up. e beginning of premium payments in 2023 represents one of the rst major milestones.

Every private employer in the state will be required to start making the premium payments in 2023.

“Unless you’re self-employed, this will impact your business in one way or another,” said Tracy Marshall, division director for the new FAMLI program.

Companies will be responsible for withholding the premiums from their workers’ paychecks starting on Jan. 1. State o cials are encouraging employers to explain the changes to employees now to avoid confusion in the new year.

Some employees will see smaller deductions, if their bosses choose to cover some or all of their cost.

e withholdings should be noted on paystubs, Marshall said.

Many companies also will be required to contribute additional premiums worth another 0.45 percent of each employee’s wages. Companies also will have to register with the state’s new My FAMLI+ portal for businesses, which they’ll use to pay the money to the state.  e state launched that service just a few weeks ago, but businesses won’t have to register until mid2023, when they actually have to

send the money to the state, Marshall said.

“ ey still have some breathing room to get that registration done,” she said.

Only the smallest companies — those with nine or fewer employees — will be exempted from paying the company’s share of the wages. But their employees still will owe the 0.45 percent, which the employer still would collect by withholding.

Companies can o er their own plans instead — but not yet Companies can o er their own paid leave programs as an alternative. If those programs meet the state’s requirements, the company and its employees will be exempted from paying premiums to the FAMLI program.

But, for now, it’s impossible to get that exemption. e state is not yet accepting applications for companies to prove they have a qualifying program.

at means that every employer, whether or not they’re already offering paid leave, will have to start withholding wages on Jan. 1. e state hopes to begin accepting applications for waivers by the end of the rst quarter of 2023.

“Honestly, it was time constraints. ere just wasn’t the time to be able to get the platform built and make it robust enough,” Marshall explained, referring to the state’s process for accepting and reviewing companies’ waiver requests.

If the state eventually nds that

a private company had an acceptable replacement bene t all along, it will refund the premiums to the company, which would then be responsible for returning the money to employees.

e major deadlines for the program — including collecting premiums in 2023 and launching bene ts in 2024 — were written into the law that voters approved.

“We can’t move those dates,” Marshall said.

e state has been working for months to prepare employers and employees for the change, Marshall added, but she acknowledged some people may be surprised to see their wages reduced after New Year’s Day.

“We’re certainly trying to reach everyone. ere’s no doubt going to be some folks that the message just never got to them, and this feels like a surprise,” she said. “ ey voted on this a long time ago — they may not have recalled how they voted on this. But ultimately it was voted in, so it’s our job now to carry that out.”

Who will get paid leave in

private employee in Colorado will be eligible to have a portion of their wages covered for 12 weeks for the following reasons:

e birth, adoption or fostering of a new child

• Medical care for them or their family

• Addressing the impacts of domestic violence

• Military service of a family member

People facing complications in pregnancy or childbirth will qualify for an additional four weeks. e program will only partially replace people’s wages while they’re on leave.

ere is one group that was exempted from the law. Local governments are allowed to opt out of the program. Many have already done so. A few are o ering their own programs instead. Employees of the other non-participating cities will still be allowed to pay into FAMLI, and use its bene ts, as individuals.

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Once the program launches, every

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Paid family leave benefits will kick in for Colorado employees in 2023. Program starts Jan. 1.

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‘Unless you’re selfemployed, this will impact your business in one way or another.’

Tracy Marshall, division director for the new FAMLI program

Love, support and sports

About two weeks ago I was thinking about writing a column about organized sports and our youth. en, I watched the NFL game between the Bu alo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals and decided it was a good idea with a little more power to it.

EDITOR’S COLUMN

Sometimes sports gets a bad rap. No, not everyone is made to be an athlete. But no matter where my sons end up going in their futures, I do not doubt for a second the skills, abilities and interactions will help shape whatever they do.

Before getting to my son’s own experiences, I want to start with what happened in Cincinnati when Buffalo’s defensive back Damar Hamlin su ered a freak accident while tackling receiver Tee Higgins. I am a major football fan so I rarely miss a game. Not surprisingly, I was watching the game live. I watched Hamlin pop up right after the tackle and then fall to the ground.

Thelma Grimes

Based on player reactions and tears I knew it was far more than the concussion our minds usually go to. What came after the life-saving measures on the eld were why I still believe in humanity and organized sports.

You had two teams know they could not go on and play a game because a player’s life was more important. You had a nation, love or hate football, rooting for this man to survive. You had well wishes, strong support and a toy drive receive millions in donations in Hamlin’s name.

When you play sports, you get another family. ey become part of your everyday lives and you play for and support each other.

My 9-year-old started playing his rst year of competitive hockey this year. He loves the sport and shows a lot of passion for learning the game and getting better.

When he rst started, his team, in the 10-and-under Arapahoe Warriors league, was hard to watch. ey are learning the sport and we were losing a lot. We as parents were in the stands every game being supportive but worried when we were losing by six or more goals.

Fast forward a few months and this team is now winning regularly. ey are supporting each other, pushing each other and I see the improvement in my son’s play and that of others on the team. He is proud of what they are doing every week.

Having him also be proud of himself is nice to see. He is making friends, he is learning from a wonderful coaching sta , and he is gaining principles and skills that will carry him beyond hockey in the future.

As much of a bad rap as sports teams can get — I can never replace the friendships my son is earning. I can’t beat the support and friendships I am making with the parents in the stands. I know all of them care about my son and cheer him on in each game.

With sports, too, comes emotion. Hamlin is a great example. On Jan. 8, every team in the NFL wore shirts in support of Hamlin. ey showed vulnerability in talking about the rare incident that caused him to go into cardiac arrest suddenly.

Love, support and growth are what we all want to have in our lives. For Hamlin, NFL athletes and my son as he takes this journey forward — I do love the often overlooked positives of joining a sports program.

Grimes is the south metro editor for Colorado Community Media.

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New year, new plans, new attitudes

plans are solid and our attitude is good and positive, maybe we could take one last look at our plans and give ourselves a check-up from the neck up to try and identify any blind spots we may have missed.

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No matter where you are in the world, this week o ers us all the opportunity to enter the new year with a new plan and a new attitude. Even if we believe we have the right plan and a great attitude, there could be room for a little improvement raising the bar for ourselves and those around us. What if we could make the slightest incremental improvements to our existing plans and our outlook? I think you would agree that we would experience even greater results. ese past couple of months have kept us busy with clients and internally with business planning, writing sales plans, prospecting plans, training plans, new onboarding plans, and working with clients and friends on creating and building vision boards that help provide visual reminders of our goals and what we expect the new year to bring. And if we forget or fail to plan, this old quote often attributed to Benjamin Franklin still holds true all these years later, “By failing to plan, you are preparing to fail.”

Now some of us might be thinking that our plans are just ne, and our attitude is exactly where it needs to be. Whenever I hear this, I am reminded of something my great uncle Harry would always say, “ ere is nothing so good it couldn’t be better, and nothing so bad that it couldn’t get worse.” So, even if we believe our

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When it comes to planning, I am a big advocate of using a planning tool. I am a little biased to the Ziglar Performance Planner as it is an annual planner that helps me not only manage my days and meetings, but it also helps me to plan out my goals for the year and track those goals each and every day. It also contains some of Zig’s most famous motivational quotes, and when I read those each day, it de nitely inspires me, and ensures my attitude is in the right place as I glance at those words of wisdom throughout my day. If you aren’t using one, I would highly recommend that you nd one that works for you and your schedule.

How do we develop and maintain a positive attitude in a world that can sometimes feel so negative? at is a question I receive from many of you throughout the year. And here at the beginning of the year is the perfect time to take control of our own attitude regardless of what the world throws our way. Setting our foundation upon an attitude that starts with gratitude. It’s really di cult to slip into a negative head space when we are grateful for everything we have and everyone in our circle of friends and family.

Maintaining a positive and healthy attitude

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Colorado may spend $2 million to switch to .gov

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Gov. Jared Polis’ administration wants to spend $2 million to change Colorado’s state government website and email domain extensions to .gov from state.co.us in a proposal billed as a way to mitigate cybersecurity risks and make it easier for state officials to participate in federal briefings.

Until recently, all email addresses for state employees used the state. co.us domain name extension.

The transition to .gov has already begun, but the Governor’s Office of Information Technology is asking state lawmakers to let it spend $2 million to complete the switch.  Brandi Simmons, a spokeswoman for the office, declined to comment on the proposal since it’s still being considered by the legislature’s Joint Budget Committee. “We don’t have anything to share at this time,” she said.

But in a proposal sent to the JBC this month, the Governor’s Office of Information Technology said the state.co.us domain extension poses a “serious security risk,” particularly when it comes to “phishing,” which is when bad actors try to use a deceptive email address to trick people into disclosing sensitive in-

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isn’t just about gratitude alone, we also must be careful of what we allow to enter our minds. Again, here at the beginning of the year it is a fantastic time to create a reading calendar for the year of the good books that we want to read, books that inspires us and that keep us grounded. It’s a great time to nd the podcasts that are lled with powerful and positive information that can motivate and challenge us to grow in mind, body, and spirit. How about you? Is the new year the right time to reevaluate your plans?

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“.us domains are subject to phishing attempts,” the budget proposal said. “Anyone can register a .us domain through many of the publicly available domain registrar. For instance, someone could register ‘co. state.us’ or ‘state.col.us’ or ‘states. co.us.’ then email our users from these fake domains.”

Colorado officials have also had difficulty participating in security briefings with federal agencies and the White House because of the state.co.us domain extension, according to the proposal. That’s because a .gov email address is required to register for the briefings.

Exceptions have to be made for Colorado officials when they want to join the federal security briefings, which the governor’s office called “a barrier to entry.”

The proposal said Colorado is one of only seven states that still use a .us domain extension. Other states have transitioned to .gov domain extensions, which can’t be created or modified without government authentication and validation.

“I just kind of thought an extension was an extension,” said Sen. Rachel Zenzinger, an Arvada Democrat and chair of the JBC.

Are you failing to plan? Or are you all over this and have a brilliant plan and a wonderful attitude? Either way, I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can take the time to create a plan that will help us to achieve all that we hope to achieve in the new year, and support that plan with a positive attitude, it really will be a better than good life.

Michael Norton is an author, a personal and professional coach, consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator of individuals and businesses, working with organizations and associations across multiple industries.

Scott Thompson, a nonpartisan JBC staffer, said “going to .gov does give us that extra layer” of security protections.

Some state websites, including Colorado’s main landing page and the legislature’s website, already use the .gov domain extension. And some state employees’ email addresses now carry the .gov extension, too.

Jarrett Freedman, a spokesman for the Colorado House Democratic caucus, said his email switched over to the .gov domain extension Dec. 1.

But Colorado’s move to .gov isn’t complete.

The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office website, for instance, is sos. state.co.us, though it’s in the process of transitioning fully to coloradosos.gov. And Simmons declined an interview request from The Colorado Sun from a state.co.us email address.

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For the past 20 years, talk of addressing mental health issues within the health care industry circled around without much emphasis. at’s beginning to change, and it’s starting with the ne arts.

At the Colorado Resiliency Arts Lab at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, a team of doctors, therapists and literary scholars are doing just that: exploring how the ne arts can help nurses, doctors, surgeons and other healthcare workers heal from trauma.

The numbers

e team found that creative arts therapy not only decreases anxiety, feelings of burnout and depression, but also helps keep medical workers in their eld.

e study, published in the American Journal of Medicine in 2022 found that anxiety, depression, total PTSD and emotional exhaustion measurement scores decreased by 27.8%, 35.5%, 25.8% and 11.6%, respectively.

Katherine Reed, an art therapist for the program, said that 12% saw a reduction in the desire to leave the profession.

“It’s amazing in how basic it really is, and yet it’s creating these incredible results,” Reed said.

The program

Dr. Marc Moss, a doctor who is part of the CORAL team, said the program received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2019 to prove the value of the ne arts, after the National Endowment for the Arts requested proposals to show Congress that art was worth the money spent.

“It’s easy to say, ‘Wow, it’s great having a symphony’ or ‘It’s great having parks and etc.,’ but what’s the value of that?’” Moss said.

“ ey wanted to have more scienti c evidence.”

From the results of the study, CORAL did just

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that. e program o ers group art therapy cohorts to healthcare workers to help them process their day-to-day lives.

It’s a 12-week program with weekly 90-minute sessions with between eight to 15 participants. Each session is guided by a creative arts therapist.

CORAL o ers art, music, dance and writing therapy with hopes to add drama therapy in the near future.

Reed explained that art intrinsically creates community, helps the healing process and connects people. ose characteristics are key to helping people overcome their trauma.

She said a reason burnout remains prevalent is due to the way humans isolate themselves and avoid conversations and expressions about what happened. In the group sessions, participants can show each other they aren’t alone and validate each others’ experiences.

Historically, she said, art was the basis of expression and commu-

nication. Egyptian Hieroglyphics morphed into language.

Over the course of her 20-year career as an art therapist, Reed said she has a front-row seat to the limitations of language on expression, especially in children. Children — and adults — may lack the words or rhetoric to describe their experiences or their feelings, and music, painting, drama and other forms of art can act as a backdoor to expressing those feelings.

“(Children) can show you with sound and music what it feels like in their brain to remember the impact,” Reed said. “It’s a way of communicating that bypasses language. When we talk, we’re constantly ltering our words.”

It deepens the healing and clients don’t need to know how to draw, play an instrument or act out. It’s about interpreting your own symbols, song lyrics and paint color choices to nd meaning.

Common causes

Witnessing trauma like death, injury, illness and medical ethical dilemmas are all themes that come up in the workshops. In medical school, classes don’t necessarily exist to teach students

how to deal with it.

“You get into real-life medicine and suddenly (there are) personalities, narratives, stories and family members you’re not necessarily equipped to manage. You know how to transplant that heart, but do you know how to manage the mother’s panic or the father’s anger?” Reed said.

Another root cause can be the American healthcare system in general. Reed said doctors may need to see 20 patients in one day, which limits the time to actually talk with them since then they need to document those appointments.

at leads to longer hours and less time with loved ones, making it harder to nd a work-life balance.

A lack of emotional learning for healthcare workers also hints at a broader issue at hand in general. Many parallels exist between healthcare workers and students, who may not know how to express or manage their own feelings, Reed said.

rough art therapy and CORAL, healthcare workers can learn to manage those feelings. Not only for their own well-being, but also to be more successful in their day-

to-day job.

Economic value

A lack of those tools can lead to higher rates of turnover, and Moss said it makes the program all the more valuable.

“Turnover is expensive,” Moss said.

at piques interest in hospital administrators. Less burnout and turnover of employees is coste ective. Moss said the COVID-19 pandemic ampli ed the need for mental health resources for hospitals and administrators are looking for ways to do that.

So much so that the Children’s Hospital agreed to start a program outside of the grant. Once the grant from the National Endowment for the Arts nishes its 10year period, not only does Moss think more programs will exist in Colorado, but also all across the country.

He sees a larger multicenter study occurring at multiple different hospitals in di erent cities to expand the evidence on the e ciency.

Healthcare workers engage in visual art making through the CORAL program that o ers art therapy to nurses, doctors and others within the medical profession.

Dance therapy is one form of art therapy the CORAL program provides.

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New members of guild share art

Works on display in gallery that began as railroad depot

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Eighteen artists have joined the longtime Littleton Fine Arts Guild in the past year and the organization features their works in a new exhibit, through March 5. e LFAG operates the historic Depot Art Gallery at 2069 W. Powers Ave. in downtown Littleton and two receptions are planned to feature their works.  e rst reception will be Jan. 13 from 4 to 7 p.m. and the second will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Feb. 10. e public is invited to both.

For newcomers who are not familiar with the gallery, it is fashioned from the historic red Santa Fe Railway depot that once served Littleton passengers who commuted into Denver, as well as longer distance passengers who came from all directions to visit Littleton, or pass through en route to Wyoming and New Mexico or to nd east-west train connections.

And then, there were the daily shipments of milk cans and other freight. (Our area south of Denver was lled with dairy farms and other agricultural projects.) Note the milk can at the gallery entrance! e new members work in a variety of techniques — oil, watercolor, ink, threedimensional pieces and more.

“White Torch” a watercolor by Kristal Hoeh, shows a portrait of the beautiful owering cactus we nd to the south and west of Littleton. e sharp spines clearly say “just look!”

John Kitner’s “Guanella Pass,” created with acrylic paint on a horizontal panel, carries the eye across a green mountain meadow and up the pass that will carry travelers into historic Georgetown on the other side. (My favorite spot in Colorado is at the top of Guanella Pass!)

Perhaps a stop in Georgetown — or Littleton — for breakfast will bring some bright red strawberries like those on Teresa Maone’s painting.

Pat Hartman’s soft watercolor, “While On My Way,” shows a scene we might nd in a number of Colorado locations: a sunny corner of a weathered log fence that leads into a grove of aspen trees. Nice

spot for a picnic.

Admission to the gallery is free. You can also view this exhibit at depotartgallery. org.

“White Torch,” a watercolor by Kristal Hoeh, is part of the new members’ show at the Depot Art Gallery.

“Guanella Pass,” acrylic on panel by Jon Kitner, is in the Depot Art Gallery show for new Littleton Fine Arts Guild members. COURTESY PHOTOS

“Strawberries,” an oil by Teresa Maone, is part of the Littleton Fine Arts Guild’s new members’ show.

“While on my way,” a watercolor by Pat Hartman, is in the Depot Art Gallery exhibit of works by new members of the Littleton Fine Arts Guild.

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Award-winning author to speak with readers

Arapahoe Libraries announces that award-winning author Kristin Hannah will speak via Zoom with readers at 6 p.m. on Jan 19. Her popular title, “ e Nightingale,” is scheduled for early 2023 lm release and “ e Great Alone” has been optioned ... She will speak about her career and participate in a moderated question-andanswer session. She will give away free books as long as the supply lasts. Call Arapahoe Libraries at 303-5427279 to register and for information about accessing Zoom.

Stage show ending

Reminder: “Master Class,” about Maria Callas, is in the last few days of its run through Jan. 15 at Littleton Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton. Box o ce: 303-7942787, ext. 5, townhallartscenter.org.

Littleton Symphony

e Littleton Symphony plays at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 10, with guest conductor Dr. Brandon Matthews, director of orchestras and professor of music at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Rachmanino ’s 150th birthday will be celebrated with his Second Symphony. Concert is at Littleton Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. Tickets: littletonsymphony. org, 303-933-6824.

Chamber music

Date change: e Englewood Arts Presents Chamber Music concert featuring cellist/birthday person

SONYA’S SAMPLER

Silver Ainomae with friends/musicians from the Colorado Symphony Orchestra was originally scheduled on Jan. 28 and is now happening Jan. 21 at 2 p.m. at Hampden Hall, 1000 Hampden Ave (Englewood’s city building). Tickets, info: ebertoluzzi@ hotmail.com 0r 303806-8196.

Saving Places

e 2023 Saving Places Conference is scheduled Feb. 8-10, 2023 at Embassy Suites by Hilton in Boulder. Attend in-person and online. First time attendees only $100. Livestreaming at reduced price. 303-893-4260, nbopp@coloradopreservation.org. (Future plans include an on-the-road session in La Junta August 25-26.)

Featured February speakers: Dr. Max Page, keynote talk: “Winning a Future for the Historic Preservation Movement We Need”; Ira Matt, “Preservation as Perpetuation” on Feb. 9; Laura Dominguez: “Repair, Not Replace: What Memory Keepers in the West Teach Us About Preservation Justice.”

Littleton Museum

Littleton Museum presents “Nature’s Blueprints” Feb. 17 to May 14 at the museum gallery. Opening reception: 5:30-7 p.m. Feb. 16 at 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton. 303-

795-3950. Admission is free. Open Tuesday-Sunday. On a related note: e Friends of the Littleton Library/ Museum announced that they raised $26,000 in 2022 while operating the ongoing Used Book Sale, hosting events and supporting programs at Bemis Library and the Littleton Museum. New members are welcome and the book sale is looking for a research assistant to help price books that can be sold online. Contact Bernice Reed at breed9977@yahoo. com. Volunteers are welcome. For details on what books to donate and when, contact Michelle Grabowski at 303-795-3961. (We realize people have taken books to donate and been refused lately, which results in anger. Will try to address issue in a column soon.)

Vintage Theatre “ e Roommate” by awardwinning American playwright/poet Jen Silverman will be performed by Vintage eatre Jan 13-Feb. 19 at 1468 Dayton St. in Aurora. Bernie Cardell, director. “A tribute to badass women in their 50s.” vintagetheatre. org, 303-856-7830. Tickets: $20-$34. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Friday/ Saturday and Jan. 23, (Monday.) 2:30 p.m. Sundays.

A ordable Art e “A ordable Art” show at Town Hall Arts Center’s Stanton Gallery until Feb. 6 features oils, watercolors, photography, pastels and mixedmedia pieces — all priced at $200

and under that price. Own your own original artwork … Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and during performances, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton, townhallartscenter.org.

Stories on Stage

“A Hall Pass to the Galaxy” is Stories on Stage’s opening volley for the New Year — performance of stories by professional actors. In-person performance: Jan. 15 at 2 p.m. at Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Virtual, streaming performance available after that. Streaming ticket holders will receive a link and can access on Jan. 15 or thereafter. Single tickets cost $24. storiesonstage.org, 303-4940523.

Kristin Hannah, author of “Nightingale” and other titles, will speak virtually for Arapahoe Libraries. COURTESY PHOTO

Northglenn celebrates Betty grace Gibson

For the late Betty grace Gibson, being a self-taught artist didn’t mean never taking an art class or workshop. As her daughter, Linda Drumm, recalls, being self-taught meant was taking things she learned in these kinds of educational environments and adding her own spin on them.

“She would take the techniques she learned and tweak them so they could be used her way,” Drumm said. “She just enjoyed what she was doing and was always exploring art all the time.”

Now Northglenn Arts is hosting an exhibition of Gibson’s work at the Parson eatre, 1 E. Memorial Parkway (inside the Northglenn Recreation Center). e free show runs through March.

Described by the city as one of Northglenn’s de ning artists and arts advocates, Gibson become one of the city’s rst homeowners in 1962 when she and her family moved in. According to provided information, she was a secretary at Malley Elementary School for 23 years and also served on the North Metro Arts Alliance Board for 15 years.

She was a longtime believer in the power of art and creativity and Drumm remembers her mother always encouraging her children to try di erent hands-on activities. When Gibson saw an ad in the newspaper for people who wanted to paint together, she and

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ve other women joined what would eventually become the Paletteers Art Club. e organization is still active and Gibson was a member until her death in 2021 at the age of 95.

Over the course of her career, Gibson experimented with all kinds of styles and media, but watercolor and acrylic were her favorite. She started spending the summers in Taos, New Mexico, and her time there provided a constant source of inspiration, as did the students of all ages that she taught in various arts workshops.

“She instigated a lot of art projects around community,” Drumm said, remembering her mother’s time on the Northglenn Arts and Humanities Foundation Board of Directors. “Mother wasn’t afraid to do anything and she did so many projects around the city.”

Since Gibson loved Northglenn so much, it’s only tting the city celebrates her with an exhibition that highlights the reach of her creativity.

“At the opening reception a woman came up to me to tell me that she never met my mother, but she’d seen her artwork around for years,” Drumm said. “It means a

lot that my mother was that wellknown and I’m honored that Northglenn wanted to honor her with this exhibit.”

For more information, visit https://northglennarts.org/artexhibit/.

Joe Pera Talks With You at the Paramount Theatre

I think we can all agree there’s just not enough gentleness and kindness in the world these days. I know I personally could use more of these traits as we move into a new year. at’s why I’m going to see Joe Pera’s Comedy In Ice tour at the Paramount eatre, 1621 Glenarm Place in Denver, at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 13.

If you’re not familiar with Pera, he is the star of one of the most delightful shows I’ve ever seen, “Joe Pera Talks With You,” which ran for three seasons on Adult Swim. It is quiet and thoughtful and, most importantly of all, extraordinarily human and kind.

For a warm hug of an evening, get tickets at www.ticketmaster.com.

Start the year with `A Hall Pass to the Galaxy’

What better time than the beginning of a new year to think about the future both near and far? At Stories on Stage’s rst production of 2023, audiences are invited to do just that at “A Hall Pass to the Galaxy.” In the show, performers Annie

Barbour, Cajardo Lindsey and Ann Marie Nest interpret a range of science ction stories.

e performance will be hosted in person at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 15 at Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center, 721 Santa Fe Drive in Denver, and the virtual performance will be available for streaming at 7 p.m. on ursday, Jan. 19.

Get all the details and tickets at www.storiesonstage.org.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Colter Wall at Mission Ballroom

To thrive in country music, it is all about the voice. Not just the one that comes from the singer’s throat, but the one that comes from their pen as well. Fortunately for Canada’s Colter Wall, he’s aces in both senses of the word. Just check out “Night Herding Song,” a track that features just a few guitar strums and Wall crooning away. It still gives me chills.

His take on country is perfect for this time of year, so you absolutely shouldn’t miss his two nights at the Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop St. in Denver. He’ll be performing at 9 p.m. on ursday, Jan. 19 and Friday, Jan. 20. Get tickets at www. ticketmaster.com.

Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@hotmail.com.

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Lutheran girls step up hoops e orts

Team goes 3-0 in Pride of Parker tourney

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Lutheran’s girls basketball has a rugged challenge ahead this season but the Lions are starting to play better.

e Class 4A school in Parker recently won the girls version of the Pride of Parker basketball tournament.

Lutheran (6-1) defeated Class 6A Chaparral 43-35, got past 6A Legend 49-46 and whipped 5A Ponderosa 61-44 to nish 3-0 in the round robin tournament. Legend was 2-1, Chap 1-2 and Pondo 0-3.

“It was so much fun just to be able to compete against those big schools and for them taking it on and allowing us to schedule them,” said coach Josh Schneider.

“It was really cool for the girls to be able to come out and compete and not only compete but to win. It was super special.”

Schneider is in his second year as the Lions head coach after taking over from Mark Duitsman and he pointed out that this year’s team is still getting used to a few changes.

“We’re hopefully nding ourselves a little bit,” he said. “Last year we implemented quite a few new things. Our experienced players, the juniors and seniors, are starting to know what we are implementing. ey are doing a great job of executing. ey are starting to feel comfortable.”

And Lutheran, ranked fth among 4A teams in the Dec. 19 CHSAANow.com ratings, will need to feel and play comfortable with the games still to be played this season.

“Last year our schedule was nowhere near as tough,” pointed out Schneider. “We knew that in order to compete and jumping up to the 4A level to compete in the post season, we need to be better. e way you do that is experience big-time competition. If we can compete against big-time competition, hopefully that will prepare us for the post-season.”

Lutheran played Eaton, ranked sixth in Class 4A, on Dec. 20 and then faced Holy Family, the top-ranked 4A team, on Dec. 22. e Lions face Severance on Jan. 3 and fourth-ranked University on Jan. 5 before jumping into the Pikes Peak League against teams like Palmer Ridge, Cheyenne Mountain and Air Academy. Lutheran’s one loss in the early season was to Mead, which is ranked second in Class 5A.

“We have to get better every game and we really have to compete in practice to be sharp for games,” said Schneider. “ e schedule doesn’t get any easier.”

However, Schneider feels he has the players to compete, led by 5-foot-11 senior Raelyn Kelty, who can shoot from outside or powerup in the post.

After seven games, Kelty was averaging 15 points, 6.7 rebounds, two assists and 1.6 steals a game and was called the Lions’ “motor” by Schneider.

Nikki McSpadden, a 5-7 junior, is scoring 10.3 points a game and is averaging 1.9 steals a game. She had 41 points in the three Pride of Parker games and made eight 3-point shots.

Joclyn Bassett is a 5-8 senior point guard who after seven games was averaging 7.3 points, ve rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.4 steals a game.

“Two of our ve seniors have been on varsity since their freshman year,” added Schneider. “We rely a lot of those seniors. ey are seasoned and we need them to step up.”

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Lutheran senior Raelyn Kelty leads the Lions in scoring after seven games with by scoring 15 points a game and grabbing

rebounds.

There’s a crappy situation in Colorado’s backcountry

Too many pooping hikers

BY NANCY LOFHOLM THE COLORADO SUN

Hey, backcountry visitors, do Colorado a favor.

With a handy-dandy poop kit, help solve the crappy crisis of waste littering the state’s trails and dispersed campsites.

The concept of taking along a ready-made poop-disposal kit when hitting the outdoors got a boost last week when the Colorado Tourism Office chose the Gunnison Crested Butte Tourism Association’s “Doo” Colorado Right effort as one of 17 recipients of grants designed to promote sustainable tourism.

Amid the other grantee projects that address things like redesigning websites, upping interest in dude ranches and promoting midweek skiing, the Gunnison group’s project stands out for being the only proposal with a focus on defecation.

It’s not really a stretch. Tourism and poop are very intertwined. Where humans go, they do tend to “go,” and that has created a polluting problem on public lands.

The “Doo” Right campaign piggybacks on the statewide Do Right Colorado marketing effort that urges tourists to behave responsibly while enjoying Colorado’s wild lands.

“Doo” Right will distribute about 3,600 free kits around the state to visitors’ centers, trail crews, public lands-focused associations, and other entities that interact with backcountry visitors. The state’s $40,000 grant award to fund the kits is being topped off with a $20,000 investment from the Gunnison backers.

The campaign is the brainchild of a whole lot of folks around Gunnison County — the Tourism and Prosperity Partnership, the Tourism and Outdoor Recreation Committee, the ICELab business accelerator at Western Colorado University, and PACT Outdoors — the startup firm making the kits.

It should be no surprise that a doo-right campaign is coming from Gunnison County. Besides being the home of a poop-collecting-kit manufacturer, the county also is the location of SheFly Apparel— the maker of pants with a discrete crotch zipper that allows women to relieve themselves in the outdoors without baring it all. Gunnison County also landed in an early- pandemic poop-focused spotlight for being one of the first places in the state to test its sewage for COVID 19.

ICELab director David Assad said the county is a prime place for such efforts because, when it comes to dealing with human waste, its residents are not squeamish.

“We are outdoors people here. We are not bashful,” Assad said. “We are in the outdoors seven days a week. That’s the way we live.”

Trowel, towelette, mycelium, hand sanitizer

The PACT kits that will be handed out beginning next spring will be a slimmed-down version of PACT’s award-winning, grab-andgo kit that is about the size of a wide-mouth Nalgene water bottle. That kit consists of an ergonomic trowel-like tool, checkers-sized cellulose pellets that morph into towelettes when squirted with a dab of water, tiny wooden plugs inoculated with mycelium fungi, and a bottle of hand sanitizer. All that is rolled up in a fabric case.

Kit users dig 6-to-8-inch holes in the dirt, doo their thing, then toss the wipes and mycelium tablets in the hole. The wipes act as “food” for the mycelium, which acts as a bacteria slayer that can break down poop 10 times faster than usual. Feces — including the buried specimens — normally fester for a year in the great outdoors and can be harmful to waterways, wildlife, pets and general public health with the E. coli, hepatitis and giardia germs they can contain.

The kits, which are heralded as the first all-in-one bathroom kit for the outdoors, won an Outdoor Retailer Innovation Award and were named the best backpacking accessory for 2022 by Outside magazine’s Gear Guide.

PACT is currently putting the finishing design touches on a new “lite” kit. The trowel has been slimmed down. The wipe and the mycelium tablets fit inside it, and the hand sanitizer has been scrapped. The whole kit is about the size of a sheathed skinning knife.

The PACT kits are the brainchild of Noah Schum of Crested Butte and Jake Thomas of Denver. In 2019, the two friends had been scheming about how to address the growing problem of human waste on public lands. They considered what they and their hiking, biking and camping friends were taking into the backcountry to deal with their waste — Ziploc bags, garden trowels, half-used rolls of toilet paper. They recognized a gap existed in the outdoor recreation kit market.

“We have kits for everything we do outdoors — cooking, first aid, water purifying— but not for poop,” Thomas said.

Neither Thomas nor Schum is a scientist, but both have had an interest in the part fungi play in decomposition in nature. Thomas characterized the pair as “armchair experts in mycology.” They knew a decomposition accelerant would need to be a part of their kits so that buried BMs wouldn’t be part of a future problem.

Their work on a kit prototype sped up in 2020 when Schum attended a business education class at the ICELab’s Outdoor Industry Accelerator Program. That shove from concept to product development came at a good time. A tsunami wave of pandemic backcountry visitors was hitting public lands at a time when many public bathrooms were closed. A gross profusion of poop and toilet paper “flowers” littered the landscape.

“We could see that the issue of

human waste was going to lead to more restrictions,” Thomas said. “We recognized that we needed to take this on as recreationalists. Now, we are so pleased to play a role in the state’s efforts to do this.”

Hayes Norris, with the Colorado Tourism Office, said the doo-right campaign may be a bit unusual for the state’s tourism grant program, but it fits right into the organization’s increasing marketing focus on responsible tourism.

“To see one of our partners magnify this message in this way is exciting. It’s important,” she said.

For Thomas and Schum, it’s just a beginning to what they hope will be a future of more feces-focused products.

There are times and places where burying poop is not advisable — in the snow, in the desert, within 200 feet of waterways. So, they are looking at expanding into pack-out products with improved recep-

tacles and odor eliminators.

Assad said he hopes Gunnison County will continue to reap the benefits of all this focus on poop, both in the creation of jobs and in the attention the area will receive when their kits become part of the welcome-to-Colorado swag for thousands of visitors next year.

He expects the “Doo” Colorado Right campaign will be a boost for the outdoorsy Gunnison area.

“It’s a good campaign to get the word out about Gunnison and Crested Butte,” he said.

Even if that word is “poop.”

This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun. com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

An informational card discussing disposing of human waste in the backcountry is held by Noah Schum. The card is part of a lightweight human waste disposal kit created by Schum and his partner Jake Thomas.

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Colorado to shut down all state-run COVID-19 testing sites

BY MATT BLOOM COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

Anyone looking for a free COVID-19 test in Colorado will have a few less options starting on Jan. 15.  e Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment says it plans to shutter its 20 remaining community testing sites on that date due to a shift in demand among residents to at-home tests. e drive-thru and walk-in sites at parks and schools – once overwhelmed at the height of the pandemic – have been operating at less than 6 percent capacity since November.

e move comes in the middle of peak respiratory illness season. But o cials involved in the announcement stressed that COVID tests would remain widely available through other means.

“Coloradans have transitioned away from relying on large community testing sites and toward testing at home,” said Scott Bookman, the state’s COVID-19 incident commander, in a news release. “With this transition, the state is focusing e orts on the testing distribution methods Coloradans currently use most and providing testing resources to those who need them most.” e closures will a ect testing clinics in Denver, Boulder, Grand Junc-

tion, Colorado Springs and other large cities across the state.

e list includes the following:

Alamosa - Adams State University, Conour Hall

• Aurora - Aurora Center for Active Adults - Del Mar

• Castle Rock - Justice Center

• Centennial - Centennial Hospital

• Commerce City - Dicks Sporting Goods Park

• Denver - All City Stadium South, George Washington High School, Ascension Catholic Church

• Lakewood - Lakewood at South Kipling

• Westminster - WestminsterFront Range Community College

Coloradans can search on CDPHE’s website, covid19.colorado. gov/testing, to nd a distribution site for free at-home tests near them. CDPHE’s free school testing program will stay in place through the end of this school year at least.

Many pharmacies and private doctor’s o ces have large supplies of tests available for free. You can also still order free tests through a federal program online.

is story is from CPR News, a nonpro t news source. Used by permission. For more, and to support Colorado Public Radio, visit cpr.org.

Health o cials recommend Colorado residents receive the latest COVID-19 booster vaccine ahead of the 2022 winter holiday season.

FILE PHOTO BY ANDY COLWELL

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE

Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0163

To Whom It May Concern: On 10/28/2022 8:48:00

AM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: MELANIE D CHIPMAN-KEITH

Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee for RCF 2 Acquisition Trust c/o U.S. Bank Trust National Association Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 8/21/2001

Recording Date of DOT: 9/7/2001

Reception No. of DOT: 01082729 Book 2125 Page 1949

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $100,439.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $12,357.40

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to make full payment of all principal, interest and other charges at the maturity date as required by the Deed of Trust. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 6, BALDWIN PARK ESTATES FILING NO 1 COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO

Which has the address of: 1204 Butterfield Ln, Castle Rock, CO 80104-2304

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 15, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 12/22/2022

Last Publication: 1/19/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 10/28/2022

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

ALISON L. BERRY

Colorado Registration #: 34531 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994

Attorney File #: 22-027652

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE

DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2022-0163

First Publication: 12/22/2022

Last Publication: 1/19/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE

Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0172

To Whom It May Concern: On 11/14/2022 2:24:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: Brandi A. Stevens AND Robert W. Stevens

Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for Midwest Equity Mortgage, LLC, its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

The Money Source Inc.

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/15/2019

Recording Date of DOT: 3/18/2019

Reception No. of DOT: 2019013628

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $400,610.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $378,934.04

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows:

FAILURE TO MAKE TIMELY PAYMENTS AS REQUIRED UNDER THE EVIDENCE OF DEBT AND DEED OF TRUST.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property:

LOT 4, BLOCK 1, CASTLEWOOD RANCH FILING NO. 1, PARCEL 12, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Which has the address of: 5887 Raleigh Cir, Castle Rock, CO 80104

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 1/12/2023

Last Publication: 2/9/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 11/15/2022

DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

AMANDA FERGUSON

Colorado Registration #: 44893 355 UNION BLVD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO11382

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE

DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2022-0172

First Publication: 1/12/2023

Last Publication: 2/9/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Parker NOTICE OF SALE

Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0166

To Whom It May Concern: On 11/4/2022 10:17:00

AM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: Senderos Creek Commercial, LLC, a Colorado limited liablity company

Original Beneficiary: BRELF II, LLC, a Washington limited liability company

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: BRMK Lending, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/18/2018

Recording Date of DOT: 10/22/2018

Reception No. of DOT: 2018064143

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $8,975,000.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $8,076,651.85

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Debt secured thereby.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: Parcel I: Lots 4B and 4D, OLDE TOWN AT PARKER FILING NO. 1A, SECOND AMENDMENT, County of Douglas, State of Colorado Parcel II: Tract O, OLDE TOWN AT PARKER FILING NO. 1A, FIRST AMENDMENT, County of Douglas, State of Colorado

Which has the address of: 17177 And 17193 Cedar Gulch Parkway -Multiple ParcelsR0478215, R0478217, R0475790 , Parker, CO 80134

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 1/5/2023 Last Publication: 2/2/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 11/4/2022

DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

PETER Q. MURPHY Colorado Registration #: 23328 1775 SHERMAN STREET, SUITE 1950 , DENVER, COLORADO 80203 Phone #: (303) 866-0119 Fax #: Attorney File #: 11167.025

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2022-0166

First Publication: 1/5/2023

Last Publication: 2/2/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

RENOTICED AND REPUBLISHED PURSUANT TO CRS 38-38-109(2)(b)(II)

Parker

NOTICE OF SALE

Public Trustee Sale No. 2020-0065

To Whom It May Concern: On 11/10/2022 11:40:00 AM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: HARLAN BOSSMAN AND JENNIFER L. HEILBRUN

Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/11/2016

Recording Date of DOT: 3/21/2016

Reception No. of DOT: 2016016221

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $423,000.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $395,075.63

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and/or other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 7, VILLAGES OF PARKER FILING NO. 30, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Which has the address of: 11138 Oakdale Road, Parker, CO 80138

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt

secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 1/12/2023

Last Publication: 2/9/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 11/10/2022

DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

SCOTT TOEBBEN

Colorado Registration #: 19011 216 16TH STREET SUITE 1210, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (720) 259-6710

Fax #: Attorney File #: 18CO00085-2

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2020-0065

First Publication: 1/12/2023 Last Publication: 2/9/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0164

To Whom It May Concern: On 11/1/2022 4:32:00

PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: Brian Caid AND Kristin G. Caid Original Beneficiary: Ent Federal Credit Union Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Ent Federal Credit Union Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/6/2010

Recording Date of DOT: 10/12/2010 Reception No. of DOT: 2010066953

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $1,405,995.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $1,108,356.95

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay monthly payments of principal and interest together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: Lot 328 in Block 7 in Castle Pines Filing No. 1-B, County of Douglas, State of Colorado Which has the address of: 328 Paragon Way, Castle Rock, CO 80108

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 22, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 12/29/2022

Last Publication: 1/26/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 11/2/2022

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

PETER M. SUSEMIHL Colorado Registration #: 494 660 SOUTHPOINT COURT SUITE 210, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO 80906 Phone #: (719) 579-6500

Fax #: Attorney File #: EntCaid

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https://www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2022-0164

First Publication: 12/29/2022

Last Publication: 1/26/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE

Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0171

To Whom It May Concern: On 11/10/2022 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: ERIN WETHERBEE

Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as beneficiary, as nominee for Caliber Home Loans, Inc. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: PennyMac Loan Services, LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/30/2017

Recording Date of DOT: 7/5/2017

Reception No. of DOT: 2017045586

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $340,159.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $316,780.97

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 16, BLOCK 5, FOUNDERS VILLAGE FILING NO. 7, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Which has the address of: 1294 Parsons Ave, Castle Rock, CO 80104-5467

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 1/5/2023

Last Publication: 2/2/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 11/14/2022

DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

SCOTT TOEBBEN

Colorado Registration #: 19011 216 16TH STREET SUITE 1210, DENVER, COLORADO 80202

Phone #: (720) 259-6714 Fax #: (720) 259-6709

Attorney File #: 19CO00173-10

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2022-0171

First Publication: 1/5/2023

Last Publication: 2/2/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

Public Notices

Parker NOTICE OF SALE

Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0170

To Whom It May Concern: On 11/10/2022 12:43:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: AMY L. GILPIN

Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR BNC MORTGAGE, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee for BNC Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-1 Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2007-1 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/13/2006

Recording Date of DOT: 12/18/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006108070 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $429,267.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $275,731.75

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Borrower's failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 9, BLOCK 1, REATA NORTH FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO

Which has the address of: 12164 S Hidden Trail Ct, Parker, CO 80138

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 1/12/2023

Last Publication: 2/9/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 11/10/2022

DAVID

GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

ALISON L. BERRY

Colorado Registration #: 34531 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994

Attorney File #: 19-023454

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE

DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2022-0170

First Publication: 1/12/2023 Last Publication: 2/9/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE

Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE

Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0162

To Whom It May Concern: On 10/28/2022 8:45:00

AM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: Sandra J. Monaghan AND Thomas R. Monaghan

Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for Broker Solutions, Inc. dba New American Funding, a Corporation, its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Broker Solutions, Inc. dba New American Funding

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 9/28/2015

Recording Date of DOT: 10/2/2015

Reception No. of DOT: 2015071910

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $399,589.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $347,634.66

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: FAILURE TO MAKE TIMELY PAYMENTS AS REQUIRED UNDER THE EVIDENCE OF DEBT AND DEED OF TRUST.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the

property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: Lot 6, Block 32, The Villages at Castle Rock, 2nd Amendment-Liberty Village Portion, County of Douglas, State of Colorado.

Which has the address of: 7784 Blue Water Drive, Castle Rock, CO 80108

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 15, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 12/22/2022

Last Publication: 1/19/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 10/28/2022

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

AMANDA FERGUSON

Colorado Registration #: 44893 355 UNION BLVD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO10399

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2022-0162

First Publication: 12/22/2022

Last Publication: 1/19/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0169

To Whom It May Concern: On 11/4/2022 3:27:00

PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: Terrence Neff

Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS") as nominee for First California Mortgage Company, Its Successors and Assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Caliber Home Loans, Inc.

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/22/2013

Recording Date of DOT: 2/28/2013

Reception No. of DOT: 2013017169

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $168,750.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $133,256.90

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 12, BLOCK 2, PULTE HOMES AT ROXBOROUGH VILLAGE FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 9678 Fairwood Street, Littleton, CO 80125

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 22, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 12/29/2022

Last Publication: 1/26/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 11/7/2022

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

ILENE DELL'ACQUA

Colorado Registration #: 31755 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230 , CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (877) 369-6122

Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-22-947393-LL

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2022-0169

First Publication: 12/29/2022

Last Publication: 1/26/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Parker NOTICE OF SALE

Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0165

To Whom It May Concern: On 11/3/2022 9:45:00 AM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: LUCY J TONI

Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORTGAGE CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/6/2016

Recording Date of DOT: 2/14/2016

Reception No. of DOT: 2016008509

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $348,000.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $355,060.85

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Borrower's failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 15, BLOCK 3, STONEGATE FILING NO. 15D, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO

Which has the address of: 10646 Oakmoor Ct, Parker, CO 80134

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 1/5/2023

Last Publication: 2/2/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 11/3/2022

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

ALISON L. BERRY

Colorado Registration #: 34531 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994

Attorney File #: 22-028640

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE

DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2022-0165

First Publication: 1/5/2023

Last Publication: 2/2/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Parker NOTICE OF SALE

Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0174

To Whom It May Concern: On 11/15/2022 10:36:00 AM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: NICHOLAS SIMINGTON AND BAILEY SIMINGTON Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN FINANCING CORPORATION,

ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: MSR Asset

Vehicle LLC

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/14/2017

Recording Date of DOT: 12/18/2017

Reception No. of DOT: 2017085022

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $424,100.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $407,956.03

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Borrower's failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 231, MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CENTER FILING NO. 7C, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO

Which has the address of: 14154 Double Dutch Circle, Parker, CO 80134

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 1/12/2023

Last Publication: 2/9/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 11/15/2022

DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

ALISON L. BERRY Colorado Registration #: 34531 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 22-028606

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0174

First Publication: 1/12/2023 Last Publication: 2/9/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0173

To Whom It May Concern: On 11/14/2022 4:52:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: LLOYD RUSTIN HIGBEE AND TIFFANY HIGGINS HIGBEE

Original Beneficiary: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 9/25/2007

Recording Date of DOT: 10/19/2007

Reception No. of DOT: 2007082008

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $75,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $73,054.86

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Borrower's failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 207, HIGHLANDS RANCH, FILING NO. 112-A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Which has the address of: 9307 Desert Willow Trl, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129

The Deed of Trust was modified by a document recorded in Douglas County on 11/8/2022, Reception number 2022071539. Reason modified and any other modifications: Legal Description.

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as

provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 1/12/2023

Last Publication: 2/9/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 11/15/2022

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

ALISON L. BERRY

Colorado Registration #: 34531 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112

Phone #: (303) 706-9990

Fax #: (303) 706-9994

Attorney File #: 22-028369

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0173

First Publication: 1/12/2023

Last Publication: 2/9/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

City and County

Public Notice

This Resolution and any changes thereto shall be considered for adoption at a public meeting of the Castle Pines City Council at 6:30 p.m. on January 24, 2023, which may be postponed at said meeting, and which meeting shall be open to the public.

RESOLUTION 23-06

A Resolution Of The City Council Of The City Of Castle Pines, Colorado Amending The 2023 Annual Budget And Approving A Supplemental Appropriation, In The Amounts And For The Purposes As Set Forth Below, For The 2023 Budget Year

The complete text of all Resolutions is available through the City Offices and on the City’s official website: www.castlepinesgov.com.

By: Tobi Duffey, MMC, City Clerk

Legal Notice No. 944423

First Publication: January 12, 2023 Last Publication: January 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice

The Douglas County Housing Partnership will submit applications to the Colorado Division of Housing with requests of up to $7,000,000.00 in funding from the Transformative Housing Grant program to acquire and renovate two separate developments in Douglas County for the purpose of providing housing to low-income households; especially seniors, the disabled, and those who have intellectual and developmental disabilities. Written comments or questions can be sent to 9350 Heritage Hills Circle, Lone Tree, CO 80124 or alehl@douglas.co.us and will be forwarded to the DOH for consideration during the application process. Members of the public may request a public meeting with the applicant. A public notice of the meeting will be posted to ensure members of the public are aware of the meeting. If reasonable accommodations are needed for persons attending the public meeting, please contact the applicant.

Legal Notice No. 944415

First Publication: January 12, 2023

Last Publication: January 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Bids and Settlements

Public Notice

NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Lone Tree of Douglas County, Colorado will make final payment at the offices of City of Lone Tree at or after four-o’clock (4:00) p.m. on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, to Standard Concrete, Inc., for all work done by said CONTRACTOR for the 2022 City of Lone Tree Drainage Maintenance Project. The project provided for the replacement of 10 concrete inlet decks primarily in residential areas. The contractor also removed and replaced 190 lineal feet of concrete curb, gutter and sidewalk adjacent to the decks. The project consisted of installing single lane traffic control for the removal of the existing damaged concrete and installing new reinforcing steel where needed to meet current Douglas County or C-DOT standards. All of said construction being within or near the boundaries of the City of Lone Tree, in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado.

Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company, or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, provisions, or other supplies used or consumed by such CONTRACTOR or his Subcontractor(s), in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done and whose claim, therefore, has not been paid by the CONTRACTOR or his Subcontractor(s) at any time, up to and including the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done, is required to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on ac-

count of such claim to the City of Lone Tree, 9220 Kimmer Drive, Colorado 80124 at or before the time and date hereinabove shown. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement of claim prior to such final settlement will release said City of Lone Tree, its City Council Members, officers, agents, consultants, and employees of and from any and all liability for such claim.

BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF LONE TREE, COLORADO

By: Justin Schmitz, Director of Public Works & Mobility

Legal Notice No. 944404

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: January 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Highlands Ranch Metropolitan District Owner 62 Plaza Drive

Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80129

Sealed BIDS for the 2023 Dog Parks Shade Structures project consisting of demolition and installation of new shade structures at various locations, throughout Highlands Ranch will be received by:

Highlands Ranch Metropolitan District 62 Plaza Drive

Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80129

Until 10:00 a.m., (Local Time), February 1, 2023, and will be publicly opened and read aloud at 62 Plaza Drive, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129.

A Pre-Bid Meeting is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on January 18, 2023 at 62 Plaza Drive, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129.

Electronic copies of the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS may be obtained after 10:00 a.m. on January 12, 2023 by contacting Emmalyn White at ewhite@highlandsranch.org.

For questions regarding this project, please contact the Project Manager, Scott Nelson at snelson@highlandsranch.org

Highlands Ranch Metropolitan District Tammy Tucker, Director January 12, 2023

Legal Notice No. 944416

First Publication: January 12, 2023

Last Publication: January 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

INVITATION TO BID SPRING VALLEY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT 1 WATER WELL SITEORNAMENTAL SECURITY FENCE

The Spring Valley Metropolitan District No. 1 (District) will receive bids until 2:00 P.M (MDT), February 9, 2023. Promptly thereafter, all bids that have been duly received will be opened and reviewed by the District. All interested parties are invited to bid. The District reserves the right to reject any bidder as not qualified, reject any and all bids, waive irregularity in the bidding, or accept responsive and responsible bids, as the best interests of the District may be served, said determination to be made in the sole discretion of the District. Bids received after the specified bid time will not be accepted.

The Project Site is located 650-feet east of the County Road 13 & 174 intersection on County Road 174, Elbert County, Colorado. The Work to be bid generally includes the following construction activities:

o PROCURE AND CONSTRUCT 1,200 LINEAL FEET OF AN ORNAMENTAL SECURITY FENCE AND GATE AROUND THE WELL SITE.

Bids shall be submitted only by Contractors on the basis of the District’s Bid Form. Bid pricing will need to be guaranteed. The District will review bids based upon all Bid Schedules and Construction Completion Schedules and select a bid based upon criteria deemed to be in the District’s best interest.

The Bid Documents, which include the District’s Bid Form, Fence Specifications and Contract Documents for use in preparing bids, can be obtained from the District’s project consultant, Tahoe Land Services, by contacting CJ Kirst at [cjkirst@tahoelandservices.net].

A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held virtually on January 19, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. (MDT). In order to attend the Pre-Bid Conference, bidders shall email the Project Consultant to receive the meeting invite at least 24-hours before the Pre-Bid Conference.

All bids shall be emailed to cjkirst@tahoelandservices.net no later than 2:00 p.m. (MDT) February 9, 2023. A Bid Bond in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the total Bid amount will be required. The Bid Bond will be retained by District as liquidated damages should the Successful Bidder fail to enter into a Contract with the District in accordance with the Bid. The bidder to whom a Contract is awarded will be required to furnish a 100% Performance Bond and 100% Material and Labor Payment Bond guaranteeing Contractor’s full and faithful performance. Proof of Workman’s Compensation and Liability Insurance will also be required. Retainage will be withheld. All insurance policies shall name the District as an additional insured.

No bids may be withdrawn within a period of sixty (60) days after the date the bids are submitted.

Legal Notice No. 944411

First Publication: January 12, 2023

Last Publication: January 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Summons and Sheriff Sale

Public Notice

District Court, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2022CV30522, Division/Courtroom # SHERIFF’S SALE NO. 22001937

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY

THE VILLAGES OF PARKER MASTER ASSOCIATION, INC. dba CANTERBERRY CROSSING, Plaintiff: v. JONATHAN D WAKER aka DAVID J WAKER et al., Defendant(s)

Regarding: Lot 1 Block 2, The Villages of Parker Filing 4A, County of Douglas, State of Colorado also known by street and number as 11082 Callaway Rd, Parker 80138 (the "Property).; also known as: 11082 CALLAWAY RD PARKER, CO 80138 (the “Property”)

Under a Judgement and Decree of Foreclosure entered on October 27, 2022, relating to Transcripts of Judgments recorded in the Douglas County public records the undersigned is ordered to sell certain real property set forth and described above.

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice:

You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Division of the Sheriff's Office of Douglas County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 2nd day March 2023, at 4000 Justice Way, Suite 2213, Castle Rock, CO 80109, phone number 303-660-7527. At which sale, the above-described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. All bidders will be required to have in their possession cash or certified funds at least equal to the amount of the judgment creditor’s bid. Please telephone 303-660-7527 prior to the sale to ascertain the amount of this bid. The highest and best bidder will have two hours following the sale to tender the full amount of their bid, or they will be deemed to have withdrawn their bid.

BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE INITIAL BID AT THE TIME OF SALE.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE JUDGMENTS BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Recorded Transcripts of Judgement are in the amount of $6,748.63

All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at 303-660-7527. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is Tammy M. Alcock, Esq. with the ALCOCK LAW GROUP 19751 E MAINSTREET 225 Parker, CO 80138, 303-993-5400

Dated 1/5/2023, Castle Rock, CO

Tony Spurlock

Sheriff of Douglas County, Colorado Tommy Barrella, Deputy Douglas County, Colorado

Legal Notice No. 944381

First Publication: 1/5/2023

Last Publication: 2/2/2023

Published In: Douglas County News Press Public Notice

District Court, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2020CV030859 SHERIFF’S SALE NO. 22000095

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY

HIGHLANDS RANCH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff: v.

SUSAN ECKERT, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF DORIS H. VIEREGG et al., Defendant(s)

Regarding: Lot 30, Block 3, Highlands Ranch Filing No. 14, County of Douglas, State of Colorado

Also known as: 1175 Cherry Blossom Court, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126; also known as: 1175 Cherry Blossom Court Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 (the “Property”)

Under a Judgement and Decree of Foreclosure entered on October 18, 2021, relating to Transcripts of Judgments recorded in the Douglas County public records the undersigned is ordered to sell certain real property set forth and described above.

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice:

You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Division of the Sheriff's Office of Douglas County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 23rd day of February 2023, at 4000 Justice Way, Suite 2213, Castle Rock, CO 80109, phone number 303-660-7527. At which sale, the above-described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. All bidders will be required to have in their possession cash or certified funds at least equal to the amount of the judgment creditor’s bid. Please telephone 303-660-7527 prior to the sale to ascertain the

amount of this bid. The highest and best bidder will have two hours following the sale to tender the full amount of their bid, or they will be deemed to have withdrawn their bid.

BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE INITIAL BID AT THE TIME OF SALE.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE JUDGMENTS BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Recorded Transcripts of Judgement are in the amount of $40,154.41

All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at 303-660-7527. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above-described lien is Wendy E. Weigler #28419 with WINZENBURG LEFF PURVIS & PAYNE LLP 8020 SHAFFER PKWY SUITE 300 LITTLETON, CO 80127 (303)863-1870

Dated 1/12/2023, Castle Rock, CO Tony Spurlock Sheriff of Douglas County, Colorado Tommy Barrella, Deputy Douglas County, Colorado

Legal Notice No.: 944412 First Publication: 1/12/2023 Last Publication: 2/9/2023

Published In: Douglas County News Press

Misc. Private Legals

Public Notice

District Court, Douglas County, Colorado 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, CO, 80109

In re the Marriage of: Petitioner: Susan Kathleen Hawkins and Respondent: Jeremy Eugene Hawkins

Party Without Attorney: Susan Kathleen Hawkins 428 Bexley St, Highlands Ranch, CO, 80126 Phone Number: E-mail: (720) 810-1429 k.hoellen.hawkins@gmail.com Case Number: 22DR347

SUMMONS FOR: DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE

To the Respondent named above, this Summons serves as a notice to appear in this case.

If you were served in the State of Colorado, you must file your Response with the clerk of this Court within 21 days after this Summons is served on you to participate in this action.

If you were served outside of the State of Colorado or you were served by publication, you must file your Response with the clerk of this Court within 35 days after this Summons is served on you to participate in this action.

You may be required to pay a filing fee with your Response. The Response form (JDF 1103) can be found at www.courts.state.co.us by clicking on the “Self Help/Forms” tab.

After 91 days from the date of service or publication, the Court may enter a Decree affecting your marital status, distribution of property and debts, issues involving children such as child support, allocation of parental responsibilities (decisionmaking and parenting time), maintenance (spousal support), attorney fees, and costs to the extent the Court has jurisdiction.

If you fail to file a Response in this case, any or all of the matters above, or any related matters which come before this Court, may be decided without further notice to you.

This is an action to obtain a Decree of: Dissolution of Marriage or Legal Separation as more fully described in the attached Petition, and if you have children, for orders regarding the children of the marriage.

Notice: §14-10-107, C.R.S. provides that upon the filing of a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage or Legal Separation by the Petitioner and CoPetitioner, or upon personal service of the Petition and Summons on the Respondent, or upon waiver and acceptance of service by the Respondent, an automatic temporary injunction shall be in effect against both parties until the Final Decree is entered, or the Petition is dismissed, or until further Order of the Court. Either party may apply to the Court for further temporary orders, an expanded temporary injunction, or modification or revocation under §14-10-108, C.R.S.

A request for genetic tests shall not prejudice the requesting party in matters concerning allocation of parental responsibilities pursuant to §14-10124(1.5), C.R.S. If genetic tests are not obtained prior to a legal establishment of paternity and submitted into evidence prior to the entry of the final decree of dissolution or legal separation, the genetic tests may not be allowed into evidence at a later date.

Automatic Temporary Injunction – By Order of Colorado Law, You and Your Spouse are:

1. Restrained from transferring, encumbering, concealing or in any way disposing of, without the consent of the other party or an Order of the Court, any marital property, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life. Each party is required to notify the other party of any proposed extraordinary expenditures and to account to the Court for all extraordinary expenditures made after the injunction is in effect;

2. Enjoined from molesting or disturbing the peace of the other party;

3. Restrained from removing the minor children of the parties, if any, from the State without the consent of the other party or an Order of the Court; and

4. Restrained without at least 14 days advance notification and the written consent of the other party or an Order of the Court, from canceling, modifying, terminating, or allowing to lapse for

nonpayment of premiums, any policy of health insurance, homeowner’s or renter’s insurance, or automobile insurance that provides coverage to either of the parties or the minor children or any policy of life insurance that names either of the parties or the minor children as a beneficiary.

Date: June 7, 2022 /s/ Signature of the Clerk of Court/Deputy

Legal Notice No.944397

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Storage Liens/Vehicle Titles

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before June 1, 2023 , or the claims may be forever barred.

Rene’ P. Koller, Esq. Attorney to the Personal Representative 5400 Ward Road, #1-201 Arvada, CO 80002

Legal Notice No. 944421

First Publication: January 12, 2023

Last Publication: January 26, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Gerald L. Abts, aka Jerry Abts, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30583

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before May 15, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Maryann Abts, Personal Representative 8627 Gold Peak Place, Unit C Highlands Ranch, CO 80130

Legal Notice No. 944422

First Publication: January 12, 2023

Last Publication: January 26, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Richard P. Buchenberger, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30549

Public Notice 1) 2014 SUBARU FORESTER VIN JF2SJAECXEH487071

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Douglas County District Court Probate Division, Colorado on or before May 12, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Scott Burrows, Personal Representative 8177 S Lamar Crt, Littleton, CO 80128

Legal Notice No. 944427

First Publication: January 12, 2023

Last Publication: January 26, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of RICHARD LEE STOCKMAN, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR030601

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before May 5, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Alanna Boswell, #51175

Attorney for Personal Representative 7691 Shaffer Parkway, Suite A Littleton, CO 80127

Legal Notice No. 944396

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: January 19, 2023

Legal Notice No.944419 First Publication: January 12, 2023

Last Publication: January 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Notice to Creditors

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Winston W. Bledsoe, aka Winston Wayne Bledsoe, aka Winston Bledsoe, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30596

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before May 12, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Philip W. Bledsoe Personal Representative 8227 Arapahoe Peak St. Littleton, CO 80125

Legal Notice No. 944425

First Publication: January 12, 2023

Last Publication: January 26, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of SHARON LEE HICKMAN, a/k/a SHARON L. HICKMAN, a/k/a SHARON HICKMAN, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30509

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before May 5, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Steven M. Decker, Personal Representative 8407 Brambleridge Drive Castle Pines, CO 80108

Legal Notice No. 944400

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: January 19, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Ronald Lee Collins, a/k/a Ronald L. Collins, a/k/a Ronald Collins, a/k/a Ron Collins, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30554

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Nashat Fanos, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30613

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before May 12, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Lana Lee Fanos

Representative

Personal

Patrick R. Thiessen (40185)

FRIE, ARNDT, DANBORN & THIESSEN P.C. 7400 Wadsworth Blvd, Ste. 201 Arvada, CO 80003

Phone Number: 303-420-1234

Attorney for Lana Lee Fanos Personal Representative

Legal Notice No. 944420

First Publication: January 12, 2023

Last Publication: January 26, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of John Barney Paulsen, Sr., a/k/a John Barney Paulsen, a/k/a John B. Paulsen, Sr., a/k/a John B. Paulsen, a/k/a John Paulsen, Sr. and John Paulsen, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30602

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative, or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado, on or before May 12, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Constance Lane, Personal Representative c/o Poskus, Caton & Klein, P.C. 303 East 17th Avenue, Suite 900 Denver, Colorado 80203

Legal Notice No. 944424

First Publication: January 12, 2023 Last Publication: January 26, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Rieko Green, aka Rieko Kobayashi, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR030571

having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the

All

Prepare for some new costs of being employed Paid

through the employer, so workers must apply through the state portal.

BY TAMARA CHUANG THE COLORADO SUN

As another year begins, so do some new state laws. And 2023 has a major one that will hit many workers’ paychecks almost immediately.

Paid family leave, which Colorado voters approved in 2020, will cost roughly $4.33 per week for a worker who makes $50,000 a year. In return, that worker will be eligible for up to 12 weeks (or 16 weeks for complicated births) starting in 2024. This isn’t a vacation fund, but kind of an emergency fund that will provide workers paid time off to have a baby or take care of sick loved ones or themselves.

“Starting in 2024, this is going to cover pretty much all employers in Colorado with a very small number of carve outs that were in the statute. All employees would be eligible for up to 12 weeks per year,” said Tracy Marshall, division director of the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program, or FAMLI. “This is an annual benefit. It’s not a once-in-a lifetime benefit.”

Keep in mind, companies and workers are paying into the program this year so that there will be money to support family or medical leave next year. The expectation? The FAMLI fund will have $1.3 billion in contributions

by the end of 2023.

What’s Working covered the details of the how the law will impact companies in an earlier column, but here’s a quick recap:

For employees: For a worker who earns $50,000 a year, here’s what the contribution is, according to the state Department of Labor and Employment:

• $4.33 — Employee’s weekly payroll deduction, or $225.16 a year.

• $4.33/$225.16 — Employer’s payment for the employee, though companies can be generous and cover the employee’s portion, too.

For companies: For a company with 10 employees (smaller com-

Public Notices

personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before May 05, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

S/ Timothy J. Priebe

Attorney to the Personal Representative 1880 Office Club Pointe, Ste. 120 Colorado Springs, CO 80920

Legal Notice No. 944406

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: January 19, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Pres

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Nicholas Steele Wagner, a/k/a Nicholas S. Wagner, a/k/a Nicholas Wagner, a/k/a Nick Wagner, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30573

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before May 5, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Elizabeth Ann Wagner

Personal Representative

9224 Bauer Court Lone Tree, CO 80124

Legal Notice No. 944403

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: January 19, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Roger W. Peterson, Deceased

Case Number: 2022PR-000194-0001

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before May 1, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

La Cole Archuletta

Personal Representative

PO Box 1462 Castle Rock, CO 80104

Legal Notice No. 944388

First Publication: December 22, 2022

Last Publication: January 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Name Changes

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on October 20, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Teresa Renee Latimer Brooks be changed to Teresa Renee Brooks Case No.: 22C597

By: Cathy R. Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. 944399

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: January 19, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on December 16, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Alexander Zoubkous be changed to Jason Diamond Case No.: 22 C702

By: Stephanie K., Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. 944417

First Publication: January 12, 2023

Last Publication: January 26, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on November 30, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Teresa Jean Liggins be changed to Teri Jean Francisco

Case No.: 227C677

panies aren’t required to participate) who all earn $50,000 a year, that comes out to:

• $4,503.20 — This is the employer’s annual contribution. Half of this can be deducted from workers’ paychecks.

• Companies with existing plans can opt out but their paid-leave plans must be approved.

The benefits: Starting in 2024, here’s what that same $50,000wage worker will get paid if they take leave:

• $750.88 — Weekly benefit for the worker. That’s about 80% of the worker’s regular pay. Benefits are based on wages. The maximum is $1,100 a week. The benefit is paid by the state, not

It’s also not just for new parents. Paid leave will provide a temporary benefit for Coloradans who need to take care of their sick loved ones or even themselves.

It’s a benefit that an estimated 2.7 million workers could be eligible for. Roughly 216,000 employers need to register with the state’s program and the first payments are due April 30.

On average, wages in Colorado have increased 8.5% in one year. But that’s the average hourly wage. For minimum wage earners, that’s going up too — by 9%, or the rate of inflation for the first half of the year, which is what the state uses to calculate the annual cost of living change.

In Colorado, minimum wage is moving to $13.65 an hour on Jan. 1 from $12.56. In Denver, it jumps to $17.29 an hour from $15.87.

For comparison, here is how Colorado’s average hourly earnings have grown by month, according to data from the state Department of Labor: Tipped workers are getting an 11% increase to $14.27 an hour in Denver.

This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

By: Blake Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. 944384

First Publication: December 29, 2022

Last Publication: January 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on November 8, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Amya Machiko Eshima be changed to Amya Machiko Stryker-Eshima Case No.: 22C640

By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. 944382

First Publication: December 29, 2022

Last Publication: January 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on November 9, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Hye Won PAK be changed to Emma Hyewon PAK Case No.: 22C635

By: Donna Michelle Stewart Magistrate

Legal Notice No. 944405

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: January 19, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public Notice is given on October 05, 2022 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Minor Child has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of

Abigail Grace Garcia be changed to Abigail Grace Newman. Case No.:2022CV97

By: Andi Truett Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. 944385

First publication: December 29, 2022

Last publication: January 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on December 2, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of JoAnn Cristina Merriman Gonzalez be changed to JoAnn Cristina Merriman Stringer Case No: 22C680

By: K.A.P. Cone, Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. 944386

First Publication: December 29, 2022

Last Publication: January 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on December 15, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult / a Minor Child has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Marley Mackenzie Nokes be changed to Marley Mackenzie Deulley Case No.: 22C701

BY: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. 944410

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: January 19, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public Notice is given on December 10, 2022,

that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Nancy Emelin Coomer be changed to Nanci Emelin Munoz-Coomer Case No.:2022C618

By: Douglas County Court Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. 944401

First publication: January 05, 2023

Last publication: January 19, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on November 29, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Xiaoyun Yan be changed to Sharon Lee Case No.: 22C403

By: Judge / Magistrate

Legal Notice No. 944398

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: January 19, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on December 9, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Anastasia Sergeevna Maksimenko be changed to Anastasia Tokareva Case No.: 22C690

By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. 944418

First Publication: January 12, 2023

Last Publication: January 26, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press ###

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