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Adams County works towards oil and gas rules County to propose amendments in accordance with new state standards BY LIAM ADAMS LADAMS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Adams County kicked off a process to update its oil and gas regulations that will conclude with a Board of Commissioners vote in July. The county will recommend to the board a series of major text amendments, including a minimum setback distance and a water and wildlife protection plan, among others. The amendments follow new state regulations the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) approved in November. Commissioners discussed the text amendments briefly at a March 16 study session, saying they wanted to wait for a future study session to have a more robust discussion. In
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the coming months, the county will solicit public comments through remote means and in stakeholder meetings and then draft formal amendments. There will be another
board study session and planning commission public hearing before commissioners vote on the amendments in a public hearing. Greg Dean, the county’s oil and
gas liaison commented at the March 16 study session, “I already have been told that the rules are too strict and not strict enough, and we haven’t even released the draft language yet.” Three of the county’s major oil and gas regulations — setbacks, cumulative impacts and community outreach — do not meet new state standards, explained Dean. In addition to updating those three, the county will be revising other regulations and in a couple of cases, exceeding state standards. County staff will also be proposing eight new impact plans for dust, odor, lighting, water and wildlife protection, community outreach, traffic and transportation, noise mitigation and cumulative impacts. The dust mitigation plan, for example, would place restrictions on construction vehicles’ speed and construction on high wind days. The community outreach plan would require the county to improve comSEE OIL & GAS, P5
Brighton approves Public Works designs Work on new city fleet maintenance shop could begin in a year BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Brighton will get a new Public Works service center with room to grow, councilors agreed. “There is no doubt that this project is long overdue and I’m very happy that we are starting to move on it,” Councilor Mary Ellen Pollack said. Councilors voted unanimously to accept the design bid from D2C Architects to build a Municipal Service Center at their March 16 meeting. The new building will serve as the new home for most public works functions, becoming Brighton’s base for streets maintenance,
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fleet maintenance and parks and utility maintenance functions. It will also have a space for Brighton Police Substation. The work will cost $451,847, Public Works Director Michael Woodruff told councilors. The center will be built on 15.5 acres the city owns Northwest of Main and Denver streets, surrounding the Tractor Supply store. It replaces the facility at 4th and Longs Peak. “If anyone has had the chance to check out our current maintenance building, it’s a nightmare,” Pollack said. “It’s just not acceptable, at all. And it’s not going to be a cheap project, but I think it’s a necessary project. We need to keep our equipment safe, covered and protected in the right place.” Woodruff said the city began looking at alternatives for a new maintenance facility in 2019. Each function within public works
currently operates its own maintenance facilities. It’s key to bring them under one roof, he said. The work will be broken into two phases, a building design phase and a construction phase. The first phase includes conceptual design and presentations to Brighton residents and the City Council and the Planning Commission before schematics and development plans are finalized. The second phase takes the approved design documents, calls for getting all work permits and concludes with the actual construction. The city plans to hire a construction manager for the project once the design work progresses, he said. That’s something the city did with the designs of a new water treatment plant. “It’s a collaborative process,” he said. “As we move through the
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design process we hire a CMAR (the construction manager) and the (manager) is then involved with the remaining design work going forward, the construct-ability review, cost estimates, equipment designs and procurement and will submit a maximum price that must be approved by the city.” That work will give the city a final price for the project, for councilors to approve before work begins. “The advantage is that the (manager) is part of the design team early in the process,” Woodruff said. “If we are going to have somebody build the project, it would be nice to have them involved in the overall design of the project.” Woodruff said the designs should be finished by the end of the year, with construction beginning in spring of 2022 and wrapping up in 2023.
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Caroline (Grubb) Swieter July 16, 1936 - March 14, 2021
Emilie Hannah Caroline (Grubb) Swieter went home to Jesus on Sunday, March 14, 2021. She was born in Tilden, Nebraska to Wesley and Claudia (Weise) Grubb on July 16, 1936. Caroline grew up in a loving home and was the oldest of six children. She learned valuable lessons for life whether it was washing parts in her father’s automotive shop, helping her mother with the baking business, or caring for her younger siblings. Her faith started at a young age and helped form the woman of integrity and character that she became. At 16 years old she completed preliminary nursing training and worked as a nurse’s aide in Chicago for the summer. Then, after graduating from Tilden High School in 1955, she moved to Colorado where friends Mary Ann and Eddie Vienot welcomed her to their home and she completed her degree in nursing at the University of Denver in 1959. Caroline worked in a variety of hospitals in the Denver and Brighton areas as a registered nurse in ER as well as other departments. She transitioned to school nursing during which time she earned her master’s degree in Community Health from the University of Colorado as well as obtaining her licensure as a nurse practitioner. In the early nineties she retired as the district nurse from the Brighton School District. In 1960 she married Walter Swieter from Hampton, Iowa and to this union two children were born, Dwayne and David. Caroline was a member of Gospel Hall for over 60 years where she enjoyed fellowship and worship with fellow Christians. She loved the Lord and enjoyed studying His word through Bible Study Fellowship. Caroline enjoyed the mountains and spent time hiking, four-wheeling, and snowmobiling in Colorado and Wyoming and recently enjoyed a four-wheeling trip with her family in South Dakota. In addition, Caroline enjoyed spending time on the water, especially visits on a house
boat to Lake Powell. She was an avid reader, enjoying a variety of authors and genres. Caroline was instrumental in founding the Salud Family Health Center spending a number of years as a board member including serving as board chair multiple terms. She also enjoyed having breakfasts with a group of friends from nursing training and having lunch dates with a group of close colleagues from the Brighton School District. Over the past 18 years, she especially enjoyed vacationing and traveling with her immediate family and spending time at all of her grandsons’ various activities. Caroline was preceded in death by her husband Walter (2013), her parents, and her brother Stanley. She is survived by son Dwayne of Colorado, son David (Ellen) of Keenesburg, Colorado, and her grandsons Wesley and Benjamin. In addition, she is survived by her siblings Angeline (Gene) Frazee of Fallon, NV; Charles (Linda) Grubb of Fall River Mills, CA; Charlotte (Gene) Huntley of Elkhorn, WI; and Debbie (Jack) Smith of Tilden, NE; her sister-in-law Sharon Grubb of Tilden, NE; brother-in-law Clarence (Bonnie) Swieter of Dumont, IA as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and dear friends. Viewing was on Friday, March 19, 2021 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at Tabor-Rice Funeral Home in Brighton, CO, with services on Saturday, March 20 at 11:00 a.m. at Fourway Baptist Church, Fort Lupton, CO. Additional services were at BrockhausHarlan Funeral Home in Tilden, NE on Tuesday, March 23 at 11:00 a.m. with interment beside Walter in the IOOF Cemetery in Tilden, NE. In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to Mission Aviation Fellowship. P.O. Box 47, Nampa, ID 83653
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More than 130,000 Adams County residents vaccinated and more on the way with new site Newly operational Dick’s Sporting Goods Park mass vaccination site has goal to vaccinate thousands of people a day
More than 84,000 people have received one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, 47,000-plus have received both doses, according to Tri-County’s dashboard. With the achievements so far and what is to come, Tri-County Health believes it can reach its goal to make enough vaccines available for all eligible adults in the Tri-County area by May, in accordance with a goal President Joe Biden set last week. When Biden announced that goal, “We saw no reason why we shouldn’t be using the same framework,” said Dr. John Douglas, TriCounty’s executive director, at the study session. Currently, there are 37 healthcare providers in Adams County admin-
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About 6.8 percent of Adams County’s population is fully vaccinated, according to a Tri-County Health Department update to the Adams County Board of Commissioners at a March 16 study session.
istering vaccines, ranging from a Tri-County clinic in Westminster to other clinics with Clinica Family Health and Salud Family Health Centers, to pharmacies and King Soopers. The Thornton Fire Department has also been inoculating community members. Thirteen other providers in the county who have received approval to provide the vaccine await doses, said Sara Garrington, Tri-County’s emergency preparedness and response manager. If all 50 approved providers had vaccines, the county’s total weekly vaccine capacity is 16,800 doses. “You have a lot of capacity within Adams County,” Garrington said. The caveat, Douglas added, is
that there aren’t enough vaccines to meet the capacity. “We think all three of our counties may be underallocated in terms of vaccines,” Douglas said. That trajectory will change, though, with the Dick’s Sporting Goods Park mass vaccination site that the state runs that opened on March 22. It was open for four days, Monday through Thursday, for its first week. The site’s goal for the first week is to administer 2,000 doses a day, said Micki Trost, a spokesperson for Colorado Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Management. Eventually, the plan is for the site to be open six days a week and to administer 6,000 doses a day.
Founders Plaza work proceeds despite misgivings City Council splits 6-3 on continuing work at downtown lot BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Whether it’s a mistaken waste of taxpayer money or useful addition to Brighton’s downtown, a second phase for Bridge Street’s Founders Plaza took another step forward March 16. City Councilors voted 6-3 to apply for a grant from Adams County to pay for more than half of the second phase of the project that calls for colored concrete on a gathering area and more trees, lights and shelter at the park. “The reality is that the citizens don’t want this, and yet you all are about to vote yes on this,” City Councilor Matt Johnston said, one of the three no votes. “Do what you want at your own peril, I guess, but I’m just disgusted.” Johnston was joined by Councilors Tim Watts and Mary Ellen Pollack in voting against continued work at the plaza. “We are in a bad position, damned if we do and damned if we don’t,” Councilor Pollack said. “I would like to see the money that parks and recreation has for this be spent at the Oasis where the children can enjoy it. I’d like to see money spent on projects like that.”
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Crews wrapped work on the plaza’s first phase last summer, and Parks and Recreation Director Travis Haines said the city hosted a public session last fall to find out what residents wanted in the next phase. Consultants Norris Designs compiled those requests in the phase two design project. Haines said the current second phase does away with several expensive options that were part of the original plan, such as a children’s play splash pad, a portable hockey rink and restrooms. The new design also dispenses with a plans for a raised stage for downtown performances because it would have required significant ongoing maintenance. Instead, the plan calls for colored concrete along the Eastern edge of the plaza that could be used for performances and
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Adult area The project also included a rubberized surface where kids could play, but Councilors stripped that out of the proposal because of safety concerns. The plaza is next to busy Bridge Street and councilors agreed that kids playing that close to traffic is a bad idea. “I want it to be an place where an adult can go have a pizza or a burger or a salad and go sit and relax,” Councilor Kris Jordinelli said, asking to have the rubberized surface removed from the plan. Haines said the city would apply for the grant in April. Work on the plaza would wrap up by the end of the year, he said. Several councilors said the plaza is not their favorite, but favored making it more attractive. “We need to finish this park,” Councilor Mark Humbert said. “It’s good that we can use a grant to help
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gatherings. Along the Western edge, Haines said residents asked for more trees, lights and shelter. The original planned called for $1.6 million in work at the plaza, but Haines said the cost for the second phase come out to $700,000 with those parts removed. His department has the money to do the work now, but hopes to use the grant to reduce costs further. The city would use $315,000 from Recreation Department’s capital project if it gets a $385,000 grant from Adams County to pay for the work.
get it done. I think people support having a gathering or a meeting place where you can sit together and have lunch.” Councilor Ann Taddeo said she just wants the plaza finished. “I think the stage that it’s in right now is not good,” Taddeo said. “Do I want to spend more money on it? No, but I think we need to keep going and get it to a point where it is acceptable to most. It’s a compromise. I think this is a good compromise.” Councilor Jordinelli agreed. Mayor Greg Mills said it’s a tough decision. Councilors will finalize the designs later on, he noted. “Tonight, we’re being asked to apply for a grant,” Mills said. “If we move beyond the grant process, next we have to approve a design. So tonight, I’m going to vote yes on the grant process.” Councilor Clint Blackhurst noted that the grant money will go elsewhere in Adams County if Brighton does not apply. “I would like to see them pay 51%,” Blackhurst said. “I think that’s good deal.” Councilor Pollack took issue with that. “We get grants to beautify the city or improve it, not just so that someone else can’t have it,” she said. “That’s like going for a second hamburger when your not hungry and someone else could use it. But you take it just to make sure you get it.”
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March 24, 2021
Blizzard was good news for water supplies Heavy snowfall brought Denver from below normal to well above BY HANNAH METZGER THE DENVER GAZETTE
As Colorado battles statewide drought conditions, the March 1415 massive snowstorm brought a welcome boost to snowfall levels and water supplies. The storm dropped 19.7 inches of snow on Denver and 27.1 inches at the airport, according to the National Weather Service. Other parts of the state were hit even harder, with more than 40 inches in Aspen Springs, Buckhorn Mountain, Four Corners in Larimer County and Pingree Park. “Snowfall is mostly near to above normal now,” NWS said in a statement. “The recent snowstorm also
increased the north-central Colorado snowpack, especially east of the Continental Divide.” Before the snowstorm, Denver’s snowfall total for the season was 32.7 inches, below the 38.8-inch average, according to NWS data. As of March 15, Denver’s snowfall total was at 59.8 inches, 1.54 times normal rates for this time of year. The March 14-15 snowstorm also pushed Boulder, Fort Collins, Longmont, Loveland, Waterdale and Wheat Ridge from below to above normal snowfall rates. However, on Colorado’s eastern plains, the impact of the storm is more mixed. Only Lindon and Woodrow were brought from below to above normal snowfall. Akron, Briggsdale and Crook were already above normal rates, and Holyoke, Leroy and Sedgwick remain below normal. Similarly, though the snowfall gave a much-needed boost to mountain snowpack, Colorado’s snow water is
still falling short compared to previous years. Even including the weekend’s storm, Denver Water’s collection system is below average for snowpack in the upper Colorado River Basin, North Platte Basin and South Platte Basin at 88%, 96% and 97% respectively, according to NWS data. Despite this, Todd Hartman with Denver Water said the storm was still “a big victory” for water supplies in a Denver Water article. Hartman said the snowfall recharged soil moisture across the Denver metro area and was helpful in replenishing the Gross, Marston, Chatfield and Ralston reservoirs. According to NWS data, snowfall at Gross Reservoir is still at only 77% of normal rates, but the storm did add 12 inches of snowfall. The snow was also unusually high in moisture content, which helped deliver one to two months of water to some areas of Colorado, Hartman said.
Denver has recorded 4.24 inches of liquid this year, making it the city’s wettest start to a calendar year on record. “The weekend’s water results were like winning the first-round of March Madness,” Hartman said. “A nice thrill, but still a few wins short of a title.” Since Colorado is still recovering from a very dry spring and summer, the melting snow will have to replenish dry soil before being able to flow into streams, rivers and reservoirs. Denver Water suggests residents stay vigilant and continue irrigation and water conservation efforts. Denver Water’s summer watering rules take effect on May 1, limiting watering to three days a week and no watering between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Further limits may be implemented depending on temperatures and snow/rain fall in the coming weeks. For more stories like this, subscribe at denvergazette.com
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BRIGHTON — City of Brighton officials say cleanup from this weekend’s blizzard could take several days. The statement said the primary routes in town are drivable. All of the area around the Prairie CVenter
and hospital-area streets are open, too. County Road 2 is open from 19th Avenue to US HIghway 85 and partially open from 19th to 50th avenues. The city statement said 70 percent of the area’s secondary roads have at least one functioning lane. Crews are working to fully reopen
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Law will give financial relief to Colorado Districts will receive funds that were expected before enrollment decline
legislation to see Polis’ signature. Bill sponsor and Joint Budget Committee Vice Chair Rep. Julie McCluskie, a Dillon Democrat, said legislators are doing everything they can to put students, teachers, and parents at the center of the pandemic recovery. “This funding boost protects
schools across our state from catastrophic budget cuts at the worst possible time,” McCluskie said in a news release. Every year, Colorado withholds millions from schools to pay for other priorities. Known as the budget stabilization factor, this amount grew to $1.2 billion this budget year due to major economic uncertainty last spring. The bill reduces that amount by $121 million. Colorado’s K-12 budget is about $7.2 billion. Colorado will also send an extra $60 million to school districts — $41 million to make up for lost local tax revenue and another $19 million to districts that saw particularly large enrollment declines or that experienced a notable decrease in the number of students living in poverty. Education officials don’t believe child poverty really declined. Instead, they think fewer families filled out paperwork for federal lunch subsidies because schools didn’t require them this year. For that reason, lawmakers decided to maintain funding based on previous student counts. Rural districts will receive an
additional $25 million from a new nicotine tax approved by voters in November. House Education Chair Barbara McLachlan, a Durango Democrat, said in the news release that lawmakers recognized that teachers and students have been some of the hardest hit by the pandemic. “Building back stronger means making sizable investments in education and working to give our schools the funding they need to get back on track and start bridging the COVID education gap,” McLachlan said. Colorado lawmakers are also working on complex tax changes that could bring in more money for K-12 over time. Meanwhile, Colorado schools also expect to see a major infusion of money from the American Rescue Plan, 20% of which must be used to make up for lost learning time during the pandemic. This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. Used by permission. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com.
Commissioners approved a series of oil and gas regulations that, at the time, were stricter than some state regulations. The commissioners, for example, approved a 1,000-foot minimum setback for oil wells from residences, schools and environmentally sensitive areas when the state required a 500-foot setback. Industry proponents were highly critical
of commissioners. Then, last year, COGCC approved a series of statewide regulations, including a 2,000foot minimum setback, tightening the requirement from even that of Adams County. Local governments can only pass stricter regulations from the new state standards, not less restrictive. Though some of the county’s pro-
posed text amendments are expected due to new state standards, they will be a big deal. For that reason, Board Chairperson Eva Henry said she was puzzled that she hasn’t heard from many community members about the regulations yet. She said, “I haven’t heard from either the industry or our residents. It’s eerily quiet for me.”
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Colorado school districts will get some financial relief under a bill signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis on March 15. Under normal conditions, Colorado schools are funded based on enrollment. The legislation approved by Polis ensures Colorado school districts will receive the money they originally expected for the 2020-21 school year despite about 30,000 fewer students showing up, a 3.3% decline in enrollment. The law also sends millions to rural school districts to meet the unique needs of small and isolated schools. Lawmakers quickly approved the bill this year, which represents one of the first major pieces of education
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She loved people. She loved kids. She loved animals. She volunteered extensively. She walked extensively. She drove until she was 95. She lived on her own until she was 97-plus. She made friends easily, even when she moved into a memory-care unit. She was raised by a single parent, long before that became common. She worked for the U.S. government for a time. She met her husband while they worked in the meteorology department at the California Institute of Technology in California. She asked him for a Saturday off to attend a football game. Theodore didn’t care, and she made sure she did. Their first date was to a football game. She was my mother.
So many experiences Mom died at 100 years and two months last week, surrounded by family members. COVID kept other friends away. One hundred years and two Steve Smith months of so many Sports experiences .. the introduction of interstate travel by car and plane, a world war, the Depression, computers, the internet. She never lost her in learning, her interest in people, young kids, pets. Or crossword puzzles. Or Sudoku. Or reading. Mom and Dad made sure to pack enough books to last on their many travels together. And if they ran out, well, there was always a bookstore nearby.
Mom loved to smile. She loved good jokes and bad. She loved music and gave her three sons that love of music as well. She loved live theater. She loved good movies. She loved to cook, especially during the holidays. Her surviving sons pull out some of her old recipes and try to cook them as she would have. They don’t taste as good, but they are treasured memories. Mom started us on a holiday habit of pan-fried burgers for Christmas Eve supper. It started because she invited a friend up for the holidays and insisted “all we’re going to have is hamburgers.” That was 50-plus years ago. Loved unconditionally A few years ago, CBS newsman Steve Hartman aired a story after his father died. Paraphrasing his comment, he said he was an orphan, but only because no one was left on earth that would love him as uncon-
ditionally as his parents. My older brother, Geoff, and I sadly joined that crowd last week. T We won’t be the first. We won’t be S the last. E But you know what? We’re going @ S to be OK. v We told Mom in the days before she died that we would be OK, that it was OK for her to go to her reward. A rich reward for marrying the love of her life, raising three sons and doing exactly what she was put on earth to do. You can’t ask for a better life. Geoff and I couldn’t have asked for a better set of parents, for a front-row seat for two lives well-lived. We’ll shed some tears because Mom was a big part of our lives. In due time, those tears will become pleasant memories and smiles. We’ll miss her terribly. But in time, and even though it will be empty, we will move forward. Because we told Mom we’d be OK.
Documentarians are manic about Titanic
The Titanic is a sunken scab that keeps getting picked on. There’s a new Titanic documentary. There will be a new one next year and the year after that and the year after that. I wish they would let her rest in peace, like Ethel Merman. New technologies explain how they continue to make new documentaries. Explaining why is different. In the first place, there has to be an audience. I guess there is. Apparently there’s still enough of a mystery about it, and everyone loves a mystery. One of the newer documentaries showed the ocean emptied like a bathtub, leaving the Titanic’s carcass easier to see like the desert bones of a goat. I wish I had millions to throw away at a sunken ocean liner. It was foggy. The captain refused to slow down. There were icebergs. The invincible Titanic sunk. There were reasonable and conclusive explanations. Weren’t there? Apparently not. One documentary was titled “The
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Titanic’s Final Mystery.” If only it were. What more can we learn? QUIET DESPERATION Tons, apparently. The scenes I like best are the ones in the control rooms when men and women sit around pensively while very expensive deep water diving subs and cameras plunge into the darkness Craig Marshall to see what really Smith happened to this unsinkable ship that sank. Look: Those bolts weren’t fastened properly. Look: The speedometer wasn’t working. Look: Someone forgot to turn on the iceberg detector. What do you get when you cross the Atlantic on the Titanic? About halfway. What kind of lettuce did they serve on the Titanic. Iceberg. Of the estimated 2,224 passengers
on board, more than 1,500 died. One who survived, Molly Brown, and her wealthy husband James, moved from Leadville into a $30,000 mansion on Pennsylvania Street in Denver. It’s now a museum. An abysmal movie, “The Unsinkable Molly Brown,” starring Debbie Reynolds, was released in 1964. It’s a musical, if that helps. Another documentary? Oh, why not? Men, and women, with money have to spend it on something. It might as well be on a sunken ship instead of college scholarships. If only the Titanic could talk and put an end to all of this. I think it would say two words, “Slow down.” Other ships in the area sat for the night. But Captain Smith was intent. He said, “Nothing can catch her, nothing can touch my 409.” Trouble is, the ship’s iceberg scanning technology consisted of two young men without binoculars. One, Frederick Fleet, 25, survived. He died at the age of 77 (cause of death: suicide by hanging). Fleet testified, “We could have seen it a bit sooner” if they had been is-
J sued binoculars. @ Incomprehensible, isn’t it? L The largest ship afloat relied on two lookouts keeping their eyes peeled. F The Titanic was almost the length of three football fields. Binoculars, good ones, are $19.99. In 1912? Half that. Sometimes it takes a disaster for improvements to be made. Improvements in ocean crossing liner safety measures were instituted. If only Smitty had said, “Slow down. Let’s wait until morning, men.” If Fleet had been issued binoculars. If either or both had happened, the Titanic might be sitting pretty in Long Beach near the Queen Mary, open for tourists, serving high tea. If, if, if. Captain Smith’s last words: “Where’s all this water coming from?” Now, let that last joke sink in. Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.
crisis. Early childhood educators are some of the lowest-paid professionals in education. Child care centers report that it takes around 2.5 months to fill positions. In fact, in the last 3 years, half of Colorado’s early childhood educators have changed jobs. We know that 90% of a child’s brain is developed by age 5, making their first educational experiences are the most important and that not
only our and families benefit from high-quality early education, but also society at-large. Without a high-quality workforce, how can early childhood education programs be high-quality themselves? This year, the Colorado General Assembly has the chance to address this issue. With modest investments in scholarship, apprenticeship and monetary incentive programs, Colorado legislators can help bolster the
early learning workforce. Join me in calling on the Colorado General Assembly to create and pass a state budget that invests in the recruitment and retention of early childhood educators. We must invest in, and value, this vital workforce. Teachers are, after all, charged with taking care of our most valuable asset - our kids. Callie Robinson, Brighton
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Early learning matters Colorado is making important strides in early learning. Voters passed Proposition EE to create a universal preschool program in 2020 and as a Teacher for the Visually Impaired, I’m heartened. But, the work is far from over. While creating access to early education is crucial, building a strong early childhood education workforce is equally as important. Colorado is facing an early learning workforce
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State wants soccer players to become officials BY STEVE SMITH STEVE SMITH <SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM>
To paraphrase a line from the Army, the Colorado High School Activities Association and the state’s high school soccer officials organization are looking for a few
good soccer referees who happen to play the sport. Colorado High School Soccer Officials President Ken Hehr outlined his goals before a Zoom meeting of CHSAA’s soccer committee earlier this month. “I want to encourage high-
school players to become referees so they understand the rules of the game,” Hehr told the committee. “If they take the course, that helps the referees on the field because the players aren’t yelling about something they don’t know about. It’s a great way to educate
the student-athlete and help us out.” The discussion was part of a larger talk about how to find enough officials to cover highschool soccer games between now SEE OFFICIALS, P9
End of the line for Holy Family girls basketball team BY STAFF REPORT
Holy Family’s girls basketball teams didn’t have many answers for some long-range shooting by Mullen High School in the 4A semifinal round March 18. The Mustangs made five of seven from the 3-point line in the second quarter and went on to a 75-50 win on the Tigers’ floor. The Mustangs outscored Holy Family 27-7 in the second quarter to put
Holy Family’s Alyssa Wells (23), attempts a shot against Mullen’s Imani Perez during a CHSAA girls 4A semifinal playoff game at Holy Family High School in Broomfield March 18. The visiting Mustangs dashed the Tigers’ state title hopes with a convincing 75-50 COURTESY OF DAVE SANDERS victory.
the game out of reach. Megan Pohs, who finished with 23 points, hit two of her five, 3-point baskets in the second period. Gracie Gallegos added 16 for Mullen, while Kilah Freelon tossed in 10. The Mustangs were 10-for-17 from beyond the arc. The Tigers finished with a 13-2 record. Sophomore Fiona Snashall scored 22 points over the last three quarters, including 11 in the third period. Daniella Hren had six points.
Holy Family senior Alyssa Wells dribbles around Mullen’s Allison Schwertner, during fourth-quarter action of the March 18 CHSAA 4A semifinal playoff at Holy Family High School in Broomfield. At right is Holy Family’s Maggie Dooley (34). The Tigers’ 4A COURTESY OF CRAIG WHITLOCK championship hopes were dashed by Mullen 75-50.
Nursing plus volleyball equals new home for Brighton’s Ward BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Brighton’s Ryleigh Ward wanted a college that could let her play volleyball and pursue a degree in nursing.
She found such a place in Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia. It has a nursing program that I was accepted into as a freshman, and it also has a competitive volleyball program that made it to
the (NCAA) Division III sweet 16 last year,” she said. “It has a small campus and student body that I was looking for as well.” The pandemic changed the normal recruiting process for Ward. “I was able to finally visit last
October and tour campus with the coaches,” she said. “I met some of the players and had a ‘socially distant’ sit down with them and was able to sit in on a practice. I comSEE WARD, P9
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and June. Most teams want to play Tuesday and Thursdays. Hehr said that represented eight times as many games as were scheduled for Mondays and Wednesdays. “Our goal is to cover every game,” Hehr said. “The reality is,
we’re going to have shortfalls.” One solution is for double- and tripleheaders at single game sites. Hehr said he was able to schedule the same crews to work multiple games at the same stadium. “We could link the same crew but flip the center (the head referee) for the second game,” Hehr said. “But, each crew needs to have two officials who are capable of working the center.”
Another reason to try to recruit from the high-school ranks is indirectly related to how many officials will blow whistles. Only the referee in the center of the field can. The two linesmen cannot. “The reaction was mixed,” Hehr said. “People are generally resistant to change. The older crowd didn’t like taking away their whistle when they were on the side. We lost a lot of people. But a more
cynical approach is we would have lost those people anyway. They were going to age out.” Hehr didn’t start officiating until he was in his 40s. “I would take the view of recruiting good, young referees,” Hehr told the soccer committee. “We welcome anyone, but the younger the better. We can keep them for a while.”
Sports Briefs Basketball and clays Colorado Slays Shooting Park and the Brighton High School girls basketball team are teaming up for a team fjundraiser. It starts at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 10, at 13600 Lanewood St. Registration begins an hour earlier. The cost is $75 for one round of sporting clays (100 targets). The price of the ticket includes lunch. Preregister and pay by Saturday, April 3, through Venmo - @bulldoghooptroopboosters (Courtney
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mitted before I left that day.” In 2019, Ward totaled 53 kills and 57 aces in 50 sets for the Bulldogs. “I had visited several other schools and I felt just from pictures and conversations that MU would
(register by Aug. 9; cost is $400 per team). Call 303-655-2200 or visit brightonrecreation.com.
French). Summer sports The Brighton Recreation Center is taking registrations for its summer and youth sports programs. Leagues range from six to 10 weeks. Available youth sports include T-ball (deadline May 7; cost $48); youth tennis lessons (every two weeks from June 1 to Aug. 5; cost is $50 per session); summer tennis team (deadline is June 1; cost is $85); track and field (register by June 1; cost is $70); cross
country (register by Ajug. 10; cost is $30); youth volleyball (register by Sept. 4; cost is $60); late summer youth soccer (register by July 3; cost is $64); and flag football (register by Auig. 14; cost is $55). Adult sports include coed kickball (register by May 28; cost is $175 per team); sand summer coed volleyball (register by May 31; cost is $175 per team); Brighton Mad Smash (pickleball tournament) (register by June 16; cost is $40 per team); and fall adult softball
All-conference Eagle Ridge Academy’s Macey Lauridson earned second-team, all-conference honors from the Colorado League this season in girls basketball. Lauridson, a senior, averaged 11.6 points per game. The Warriors were 7-7 this season.
be the place for me,” she said. “But I just needed to physically step on campus to be sure. I knew that Marymount was the place for me. Once I was admitted directly into the nursing program and got my scholarship notification, I knew I had made the right decision.” Ward’s interest in nursing started because her mom is a nurse. “I also took CNA (certified nurse aide) class in high school,” Ward
said. “I hope to work in the NICU one day. MU has an awesome accredited nursing program and some of the players in the program had good things to say about it. With their high pass rates, their grads haven’t had any issues finding jobs.” Ward’s description of recruiting during a pandemic fits a lot of highschool seniors’ stories. “Before the pandemic hit, I was
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Top award for PVHS student Prairie View High School student Tayler Dominguez is a member of the 2020-2021 Colorado Spirit coaches Association all-Colorado spirit team. Dominguez is the captain of the ThunderHawks’ spirit squad. Road construction and detours The ongoing installation of a new sewer line on Bromley Lane forced the closure of Chambers Road in the area of the work, perhaps until the end of the week. The detour will include Sable Boulevard/Fourth Avenue and/or 27th Avenue. Rec center pass sale deadline extended The recent blizzard and facility closures mean there’s an extra two days to take advantage of the Brighton Recreation Center’s annual pass sale. The 21 percent discount offer ends Friday, March 26. Membership activation begins when you are ready to work out (restricted up to one year from the purchase date of the pass - no additional exceptions will be given). Both residents and non-residents are eligible to purchase a pass. Call 303-655-2200. United Power election Four board seats are up for grabs on United Power’s board of directors. The election is during the co-op’s annual meeting Wednesday, April 14. Meet the candidate meetings are set for 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 29, at the Carbon Valley Service Center, 9586 E. I-25 Frontage Road, Longmont; and 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 30, at the Fort Lupton Recreation Center, 203 S. Harrison Ave. The coop plans to live-stream the annual meeting. If conditions allow, the coop plans to invite members for an in-person meeting at Riverdale Regional Park. Drawing contest Almost Home Inc. is asking students in Adams County to submit creative drawings for a contest, “What Does Home Look Like to You?” Almost Home will hang the drawings in its new office space. One entry per student. The handdrawn work has to be on an unlined, 8 /5-by-11-inch sheet of paper. The student’s name, grade, school and contact phone number have to be on the back of the drawing. There are three age categories .. kindergarten through fifth grade, sixth through eighth grade and ninth through 12th grade. Prizes will be awarded to the top two finishers in each age group. Mail entries or drop them off at the Almost Home office, 22 S. Fourth Ave., Brighton 80601. The deadline is Wednesday, March 31. Call 303-6596199. Arbor Day fifth-grade poster contest The city of Brighton is hosting its annual Arbor Day Fifth Grade Poster Contest to give students the chance to show their creativity to raise awareness of trees and their important environmental role. The contest is statewide, but will also be at a city level in Brighton. The winner of each Brighton school will move on to the state contest. Brighton prizes are:
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News Briefs 1st Place - Student: $100 gift card, tree (approximately 8 feet tall), Arbor Day Foundation items and will be introduced to City Council 1st Place - Teacher: Tree (approximately 8 feet tall) and will be introduced to City Council 1st Place - School: Arbor Day will be celebrated with the fifth-grade class, a tree will be planted at the school and the 5th-grade students will all receive seedling trees 2nd Place - Student: Tree (approximately 8 feet tall) and Arbor Day Foundation items 3rd Place - Student: Tree (approximately 8 feet tall) One entry per student and it has to be original work on 12-by-18-inch paper. The theme is “Celebrate Trees in Our Community.” A city statement said entries may be done in marker, crayon, paint pens, watercolor, ink and acrylic. The deadline is Wednesday, March 31. Contact Adam Rhodebeck, city of Brighton forester, at arhodebeck@ brightonco.gov or 303-655-2048. 27J goes virtual in hiring event The 27J school district is offering a virtual hiring event from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 3. Register at https:// bit.ly/3lsB9Et. 27J Education Foundation scholarships The 27J Education Foundation is accepting applications for its student scholarships through April 6. Applications have to be sent to 27Jfoundation@sd27j.net. Call 303-655-2900. Young entrepreneur program Brighton Youth Services’ Growing Grads Program will start its new Young Entrepreneur Program in June. The workshops will be virtual and will consist of a series of hour-long classes that will teach and empower youth how to build their own business. It’s for young adults ages 19. After the workshops, participants will be eligible to sell their products on an online marketplace. Interested buyers will then be able to purchase directly from the seller. “This is a class for young adults in Brighton who are passionate about entrepreneurship or just simply want to learn more,” said Tawnya Russell, manager of Brighton Youth Services. “We hear of so many great business ideas among youth in our community, so we hope we can help guide those young entrepreneurs through this program.” To apply, click here. The application deadline is April 7. Interviews will follow April 21 - 23 for admission into the program. A total of 30 applicants will be accepted into the program. If you have questions, contact Russell at 303-655-2123 or trussell@brightonco.gov. Non-potable pond pump station work continues Crews continue replacing the existing non-potable pump station that irrigates parks along Southern Street. A city statement said the $2.2 million project will provide “a reliable solution to the non-potable irrigation system along Southern Street, help reduce the need for potable water to serve irrigation needs and provide capacity for increased flow to reduce the need to upsize the
pump station in the future.” As part of the project, the existing pump will be replaced with a new high-efficiency pump that has a life expectancy of 20 years. The city anticipates mininmal impacts to traffic, thanks to equipment and material deliveries. Completion is expected by June 1. Contact Brad Dallam, assistant director of utilities, at bdallam@ brightonco.gov or 720-454-4401. Help for Homes The city of Brighton is taking applications for the 15th annual Help for Homes community project set for Saturday, June 12. For details on how to apply or volunteer, go to brightonco.gov/CivicAlerts. ‘In Memory’ display for Wall That Heals event extended The city of Brighton said the deadline to submit names for the “In Memory” display (part of “The Wall That Heals” program coming to Brighton over Labor day weekend) is July 31. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s In Memory program honors those who returned from the war and later died. The wall will be in Carmichael Park, 650 E. Southern St. To apply online, visit www.VVMF. org/In-Memory-Program. ONGOING Meet the mayor Brighton Mayor Greg Mills wants to meet the public during new, oneon-one meetings. It’s a chance to learn about current projects, new developments and share issues. Meetings are the third Friday of every month in 15-minute slots, starting at 10:30 a.m. Reserve a time slot at https://www.signupgenius. com/go/10c0d4caaa62fabf9c34-meet. Indicate whether you want to meet in person at City Hall, 500 S. Fourth Ave., or virtually. Call 303-655-2042. Senior meals Eagle View Adult Center and Volunteers of America are offering a box of five frozen meals delivered to your home. You must be 60 or older and be a resident of Brighton. The suggested contribution for the meals is $2.50 meal / $12.50 per box, although the ability to pay is not the deciding factor if you are eligible. Boxes are delivered Thursdays. Call 303-655-2075 and leave your name and phone number. COVID-19 vaccines The Salud clinic in Fort Lupton, 1115 Second St., is offering COVID-19 vaccinations to those 70 years of age and older, health-care workers and workers in the state’s 1b category. You don’t need to be a patient Register at saludclinic.org. Eagle Express rides Barr Lake State Park will offer virtual rides aboard the Eagle Express. Join Ranger Michelle and her friends as they read a story about our natural world that is sure to entertain your preschooler while teaching them about plants, animals and our planet. Call 303-659-6005. Storytime Barr Lake State Park’s storytime program goes virtual this year.
Rangers will read stories about the natural world. Call 303-659-6005 with questions. Grab-and-go lunches School District 27J expanded its locations for free grab-and-go meals for those 1 to 18 years of age. The pick-up points are Northeast Elementary (new, 1605 E. Longs Peak St.), Brighton High School (270 S. Eighth Ave.), Prairie View High School (12909 E. 120th Ave.), and Riverdale Ridge High School (13380 Yosemite St.). The pick-up times changed, too. They are 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Legal self-help clinic The Access to Justice Committee hosts a free, legal self-help clinic from 2 to 3:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of every month. The program is for customers who don’t have legal representation and need help navigating through legal issues. Volunteer attorneys are available to discuss such topics as family law, civil litigation, property and probate law. Call 303-405-3298 and ask for Legal Self-Help Clinic at least 24 hours in advance. Program refunds Eagle View Adult Center will refund canceled programs through a check or household credit. Call 303-655-2075. Alcoholics Anonymous The Brighton chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 147 S. Second Place. Meeting times are 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sundays, noon and 7:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 6 p.m. Thursdays and 9 p.m. Fridays. Call 303-659-9953 or visit www. brighton1aa.org. Food resources available Here’s a list of food programs and resources available during the coronavirus pandemic. Eagle View Adult Center and Volunteers of America are offering a box of five frozen meals delivered to your home. You must be 60 or older and be a resident of Brighton. The suggested contribution for the meals is $2.50 meal / $12.50 per box, although the ability to pay is not the deciding factor if you are eligible. Boxes are delivered Thursdays. Call 303-655-2075 and leave your name and phone number. Brighton Seventh-day Adventist Church, 567 E. Bromley Lane, 10 a.m. to noon, on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month. Hunger Free Colorado. For anyone who might need help locating food. Call 855-855-4626 weekdays between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The hotline keeps information confidential and has bilingual staff on hand. The Colorado Department of Education tracks meal site information for every school by school name and address, including service times, start and end dates and how meals are handed out. Meals on Wheels delivers hot meals at noon to anyone, regardless of age in Brighton. Meals are delivered on weekdays; customers can choose the days. The cost is $4.25 per meal payable at the end of the month. Call 303-659-0978.
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7. Mount Fuji
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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals City and County ORDINANCE NO. _______ INTRODUCED BY: Pollack AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, APPROVING TWO OIL AND GAS LEASES WITH GREAT WESTERN OIL AND GAS COMPANY FOR +/- 4.7933 NET MINERAL ACRES IN CERTAIN PORTIONS OF SECTION 18 IN TOWNSHIP 1 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST IN ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO AND +/- 9.343 NET MINERAL ACRES IN CERTAIN PORTIONS OF SECTION 31 IN TOWNSHIP 1 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST IN ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO; FINDING THAT THE TERMS OF SAID LEASE ARE REASONABLE AND THAT IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY TO ENTER INTO SAID LEASE; AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE SAID LEASE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY; AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO UNDERTAKE SUCH TASKS AND EXECUTE SUCH DOCUMENTS AS MAY BE REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT SAID LEASES WHEREAS, the City of Brighton, Colorado (“City”), owns certain lands and mineral rights located within Section 18 and Section 31 in Township 1 South, Range 66 West of the 6th p.m. in Adams County, Colorado; and WHEREAS, the City has entered into good faith negotiations with Great Western Oil and Gas Company (dba Grizzly Petroleum Company, LLC) for the oil and gas lease for the City-owned property; and WHEREAS, the City has successfully negotiated two Oil and Gas Leases with Great Western for +/-14.1363 net mineral acres, a copy of which is attached hereto as Attachment A; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that the terms of said Leases are reasonable, and further finds and determines that it is in the best interests of the City to enter into said Leases with Great Western. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Two Oil and Gas Leases between the City of Brighton and Great Western Oil and Gas Company (dba Grizzly Petroleum Company, LLC) for +/- 4.7933 net mineral acres in certain portions of section 18 and +/- 9.343 net mineral acres in certain portions of Section 31 within Township 1 South, Range 66 West of the 6th p.m. in Adams County, Colorado are hereby approved. Section 2. The Mayor is authorized to execute said Oil and Gas Leases with Great Western and the City Manager is authorized to undertake such tasks and execute said documents as may be necessary to implement said Lease on behalf of the City. Section 3. Purpose. The purpose of this Ordinance is to provide for the health, safety and welfare of the people. Section 4. Repeal. Existing or parts of ordinances covering the same matters as embraced in this Ordinance are hereby repealed and all ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed, except that this repeal shall not affect or prevent the prosecution or punishment of any person for any act done or committed in violation of any ordinance hereby repealed prior to the taking effect of this Ordinance. Section 5. Validity. If any part or parts of this Ordinance are for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and each part or parts thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one part or parts be declared invalid. Section 6. Interpretation. This Ordinance shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose. INTRODUCED, PASSED ON FIRST READING, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED THIS 16th DAY OF March, 2021. CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO /s/ GREGORY MILLS, Mayor ATTEST: /s/ NATALIE HOEL, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: /s/ LENA McCLELLAND, Acting City Attorney Legal Ad No.: BSB333500 Published in the Brighton Standard Blade First Publication: March 24, 2021
STATE OF COLORADO IN THE DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ADAMS Division D1/D/S No. 20JV275 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE INTEREST OF:
Brian Castrejon, Jocelyn Castrejon, Brenda Santos-Castrejon, Chelssy Santos A Children, and Concerning Leticia Castrejon, John Doe, Mauricio Sanchez Respondents
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SUMMONS To the parents, guardian, or other respondents named above, GREETING: John Doe You are hereby notified that a verified petition has been filed in the above named Court in which it is represented to the Court that said child are alleged to be dependent and neglected; for the reasons set forth more fully in said petition, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference for greater certainty. You are further notified that the parent-child legal relationship may be terminated by this action, if prayed for in the petition. You are further notified that the Court has set said petition for hearing on the 15th day of April, 2021, at the hour of 3:10 p.m. You are hereby notified to be and appear, at said time, before this Court located at the Adams County Justice Center, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601. Witness my hand and seal of said Court this 16th day of March, 2021. Kathleen Madden Clerk of the District Court Legal Ad No.: BSB333497 First Publication: March 24, 2021 Last Publication: March 24, 2021 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade
NOTICE OF VACANCIES
INVITATION TO BID Morgan Hill Metropolitan District No. 3 (District) is requesting sealed bids for furnishing of all labor, material, and equipment necessary to complete the following District improvement projects: Morgan Hill Filing 2 Landscaping (District Improvement Areas). The General Contractor will work closely with the District Project Team and the Landscape Architect during construction of the Landscaping. Base bid work shall include: Site Grading and Drainage, Soil Conditioning, Turf Green Space (Sod or Native seed), Plantings, Irrigation Systems (both Temporary and Permanent), and Entrance Monumentation. The Owner will provide geotechnical engineering and project surveying. District projects are tax exempt. Due Date for Bids: 12:00 NOON on Friday, April 16th, 2021 Construction Bid Documents can be requested and obtained electronically from Morgan Hill Metropolitan District No. 3 starting on Wednesday, March 24th, 2021 via e-mail to info@cdgcolorado. com. Questions are due in writing by Friday, April 9th, 2021 at 5:00 PM to info@cdgcolorado.com and will be answered in an addendum. Bids are due by 12:00 NOON on Friday, April 16th, 2021 to Morgan Hill Metropolitan District No. 3 2500 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite 220, Boulder, CO 80302 or submit via email to info@ cdgcolorado.com.
The City of Brighton is now accepting applications to fill positions that will be open on the following Boards and Commissions. Applications may be obtained from the City Clerk’s Office, 500 South 4th Avenue, 4th Floor, Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. The application is also available on the City of Brighton website at www.brightonco.gov. Completed applications should be returned to the City Clerk’s Office. City Council requires each applicant to attend a meeting of the Board or Commission you are applying for prior to the interview.
The Owner has sole discretion in selection of the bid and may reject any bid and waive any informalities in the Bid. Bids will not be read aloud.
PLANNING COMMISSION The Planning Commission has an opening for one (1) Ward 2 member at this time. The Board meets at 6:00 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursday of every month at Brighton City Hall.
NOTICE OF INTENT TO UNDERTAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS
BOARD OF APPEALS The Board of Appeals has openings at this time. Members of this board are qualified by experience related to the construction industry and are trained to rule or review upon matters pertaining to building construction. The Board of Appeals meets at need to determine the suitability of alternate materials and methods of construction, acts on appeals for the city’s construction codes (building, mechanical, plumbing and electrical codes) and for Property Maintenance Codes. Brighton staff representatives are present to facilitate, including the Chief Building Official and a permit technician acting as the Board Secretary. Meetings are held at Brighton City Hall. PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board has an opening for two (2) Alternate members at this time. The Board meets on the first Wednesday of every month at 5:30 p.m. at the Brighton Recreation Center. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION The Historic Preservation Commission has an opening for two (2) Alternate members at this time. At least 40% of commission members shall be professionals in preservation related discipline such as architecture, landscape architecture, architectural history, archaeology, history, planning, American studies, American civilization, cultural geography or cultural anthropology. Recognizing that professionals may not be available in some communities, this requirement can be waived if the local government makes a good faith effort to recruit professionals and demonstrates that it is capable of carrying out commission responsibilities. The Board meets on the second Thursday of every month at 6:00 p.m. at Brighton City Hall. BRIGHTON HOUSING AUTHORITY The Brighton Housing Authority has openings for one (1) member and two (2) Alternate members at this time. The Board meets on the second Thursday of every month at 4:00 p.m. at Historic City Hall. LODGING TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE The Lodging Tax Advisory Committee has openings for two (2) Lodging provider members and two (2) Alternate members at this time. The Board meets on the third Wednesday every quarter at 11:30 a.m. at Brighton City Hall. Any questions may be directed to Natalie Hoel in the Office of the City Clerk at 303-655-2056 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. or email questions to nhoel@brightonco.gov. Legal Ad No.: BSB333460 Published in the Standard Blade
Legal Ad No.: BSB333504 First Publication: March 24, 2021 Last Publication:March 31, 2021 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade
STATE OF COLORADO, WELD COUNTY
BLUE LAKE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to Section 32-1-207(3)(b), C.R.S., the Board of Directors of Blue Lake Metropolitan District No. 1 (the “District”) intends to issue general obligation indebtedness (the “Debt”), and undertake certain actions pertaining to the issuance of such Debt pursuant to the Service Plan for Blue Lake Metropolitan District No. 2, approved by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Lochbuie on April 7, 2001 (the “Service Plan”). Section VI.C of the Service Plan states, in part [emphasis added]: “Any contractual obligations of the District may have to levy general ad valorem property taxes for the payment of any bond or other obligations (“General Obligation Debt”) that are payable from the District’s property taxes shall be limited to an annual ad valorem mill levy (a mill being equal to 1/10 of 1 cent) in an amount not to exceed fifty (50) mills (the “Limited Debt Mill Levy”), for so long as the total principal amount of all of the District’s General Obligation Debt, at the time of issuance, exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the valuation for assessment of the taxable property in the District, as certified by the County Assessor. The Limited Debt Mill Levy may be adjusted to take into account legislative or constitutionally imposed adjustments in the assessed values or the method of their calculation, and 2000 shall be the base year for calculation of any adjustments. The District may provide that at such time as the assessed value of the District is such that all or any portion of Limited Debt Mill Levy General Obligation Debt could be issued as unlimited mill levy General Obligation Debt pursuant to the above formula, the mill levy to pay all or such portion of the Limited Debt mill Levy General Obligation Debt may become unlimited at that time. Except as otherwise limited by law, if the District does not require the entire Limited Debt Mill Levy for the purposes of servicing any outstanding indebtedness, it may utilize that portion of the Limited Debt Mill Levy not required for debt service for the purposes of operations and maintenance expenses of the District.” The District believes that, for purposes of the foregoing language, once the conversion from Limited Debt Mill Levy to an unlimited debt mill levy has been determined to occur (whether it occurs at the time of issuance of the General Obligation Debt or after it was issued), the District is authorized to pledge to the payment of its Debt an unlimited debt mill levy and, further the District may provide that such Debt shall remain secured by such unlimited debt mill levy, notwithstanding any subsequent change in the District’s total General Obligation Debt to assessed value ratio. For example, if the District’s Limited Debt Mill Levy has converted to an unlimited debt mill levy and after such conversion, as a result of an economic downturn, the assessed valuation of taxable properties within the
boundaries of the District decreases such that the total principal amount of all of the District’s General Obligation Debt exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the valuation for assessment of the taxable property in the District, as certified by the County Assessor, the District may continue to impose an unlimited debt mill levy to pay the Debt notwithstanding the decrease in its assessed value. Consequently, the District has determined that it is consistent with the intent and purposes of the Service Plan, and is in material compliance with the Service Plan, for the District to issue Debt payable from its Limited Debt Mill Levy until such time as the test set forth in Section VI.C of the Service Plan for an imposition of an unlimited debt mill levy is met. Once such test is met, the Limited Debt Mill Levy may convert to an unlimited debt mill levy and the Debt shall remain secured by such unlimited debt mill levy, notwithstanding any subsequent change in the District’s total General Obligation Debt to assessed value ratio. Therefore, the District intends to issue Debt payable from its Limited Debt Mill Levy until such time as the total General Obligation Debt is at fifty percent (50%) or less of the valuation for assessment of the taxable property in the District, as certified by the County Assessor. Once total General Obligation Debt exceeds (50%) of the valuation for assessment of the taxable property in the District, as certified by the County Assessor, the Limited Debt Mill Levy will convert to an unlimited debt mill levy and the Debt shall remain secured by such unlimited debt mill levy, notwithstanding any subsequent change in the District’s total General Obligation Debt to assessed value ratio. Further, the District intends that this Notice constitutes notice to the Board of Trustees of the Town of Lochbuie of such intended issuance in accordance with Section 32-1-202(2)(b), C.R.S., to the extent required by the Service Plan. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that, pursuant to and in accordance with Section 32-1-207(3)(b), C.R.S., any action to enjoin the above-described activities as a material departure from the Service Plan must be brought within 45 days from publication of this Notice on March 24, 2021, which deadline is May 10, 2021. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Board of Directors of Blue Lake Metropolitan District No. 2, Town of Lochbuie, Colorado has authorized this Notice to be given. COLLINS COCKREL & COLE, P.C Attorneys at Law General Counsel to Blue Lake Metropolitan District No. 2 Legal Ad No.: BSB333495 PUBLISHED IN: Brighton Standard Blade PUBLISHED ON: March 24, 2021
Summons and Sheriff Sale DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO CASE No. 2020CV31256 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE AND NOTICE OF RIGHTS TO CURE AND RIGHTS TO REDEEM Plaintiff: PROSPECTORS POINT CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation Defendant: ASHLEY MICHELE. RIGGS aka ASHLEY M. COSTA, et al. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: RE: Sheriff’s Sale of Real Property pursuant to Court Order and §38-38-101 et seq., C.R.S. This is to advise you that a Sheriff’s sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to the Order Granting Default Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure issued by the Adams County District Court dated December 4, 2020, case number 2020CV31256, and §38-38-101 et seq., C.R.S., by the Prospector’s Point Condominium Association, the current holder and owner of a statutory lien against the real property located in the County of Adams, State of Colorado. The foreclosure is based on the Amended and Restated Condominium Declaration for Prospector’s Point recorded on October 1, 2003 with the office of the Adams County Clerk and Recorder at Reception Number C1217253 (“Declaration”) which establishes a lien for the benefit of Prospector’s Point Condominium Association WHICH LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS legally described as follows, to wit: CONDOMINIUM UNIT 201, PROSPECTOR’S POINT CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE DECLARATION RECORDED OCTOBER 1, 2003, UNDER RECEPTION NO. C1217253, AND THE CONDOMINIUM MAP OF PROSPECTOR’S POINT CONDOMINIUM BUILDING NO. 6, RECORDED DECEMBER 7, 2004, AT RECEPTION NO. 200412070001241070, ALONG WITH THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE GARAGE UNIT NO. 4, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO Also known as 8685 Clay St #201, Westminster, CO 80030 (“Property”). You may have an interest in the real property being foreclosed or have certain rights or suffer certain liabilities or loss of your interest in the subject property as a result of said foreclosure. You may have
the right to redeem the real property under §3838-302, C.R.S. or you may have the right to cure a default under the instrument being foreclosed under §38-38-104, C.R.S. Any Notice of Intent to Cure pursuant to section 38-38-104, C.R.S. must be filed within fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the first scheduled date of the foreclosure sale or any date to which the sale is continued. 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. Any Notice of Intent to Redeem pursuant to section 38-38-302, C.R.S. must be filed no later than eight (8) business days after the foreclosure sale. In this regard, you may desire and are advised to consult with your own private attorney.
Further, you are advised that the parties liable thereon, the owner of the property described above, or those with an interest in the subject property, may take appropriate and timely action under Colorado statutes, certain sections of which are attached hereto.
In order to be entitled to take advantage of any rights provided for under Colorado law, you must strictly comply and adhere to the provisions of the law. Further, you are advised that the attached Colorado statutes merely set forth the applicable portions of Colorado statutory law relating to curative and redemption rights; therefore, you should read and review all the applicable statutes and laws in order to determine the requisite procedures and provisions which control your rights in the subject property. The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 9:00 a.m. on April 22nd, 2021, at 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, Colorado 80601.
All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at (303) 655-3272. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is: Tammy M. Alcock, Esq. Alcock Law Group, PC 19751 E Mainstreet, Suite 225 Parker, CO 80138 (303) 993-5400 Richard Reigenborn, Sheriff Adams County, Colorado
By: Kathy Grosshans Deputy Sheriff Legal Ad No.: BSB333430 First Publication: February 24, 2021 Last Publication: March 24, 2021 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade
DISTRICT COURT, Adams COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2020CV031101 DIVISION NO. C INITIAL COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND RIGHT TO CURE AND REDEEM
Plaintiff, Fireside Condominium Homeowners Association v. Defendants, DRP, LLC, et al
Regarding: Condominium Unit 204, Fireside Condominiums, a Condominium in accordance with the Condominium Declaration recorded January 18, 1980 in book 2423 at page 839, as Ratified and the Condominium Map recorded June 27, 1980 in Book Page 297, County of Adams, State of Colorado
Also known as: 8330 Zuni St #204, Denver, CO 80221
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 Adams County, Colorado at 9:00 A.M., on the 20th day of May 2021, at 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601; phone number 303655-3272. 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. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE.**
Further, for the purpose of paying off, curing default or redemption, as provided by statute, intent must be directed to or conducted at the above address of the Civil Division of the Sheriff’s Department of Adams County, Colorado.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORELOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Legal Ad No.: BSB333491 First Publication: March 24, 2021 Last Publication: April 21, 2021 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade NOTICE OF RIGHT TO CURE AND RIGHT TO REDEEM
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Public Notices RE: Sheriff’s Sale of Real Property pursuant to Order and Decree of Foreclosure and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq. This is to advise you that a Sheriff’s sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to a Court Order and Decree dated January 15, 2021, and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq., by Fireside Condominium Homeowners Association, the current holder of a lien recorded on July 1, 2020 at Rec. No. 2020000060480, in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Adams, State of Colorado. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Condominium Declaration for Fireside Condominiums recorded on January 18, 1980 at Reception No. B244695 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Adams, State of Colorado. The Declaration and notices, as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of Fireside Condominium Homeowners Association, WHICH LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS. You may have an interest in the real property being affected, or have certain rights or suffer certain liabilities or loss of your interest in the subject property as a result of said foreclosure. You may have the right to redeem the real property or you may have the right to cure a default under the instrument being foreclosed. Any Notice of Intent to Cure must be filed no later than fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the date of the foreclosure sale. A notice of intent to cure filed pursuant to section 38-38-104 shall be filed with the officer at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the first scheduled sale date or any date to which the sale is continued. A notice of intent to redeem filed pursuant to section 38-38-302 shall be filed with the officer no later than eight (8) business days after the sale. In this regard, you may desire and are advised to consult with your own private attorney. IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFBP), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www. Coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov Further you are advised that the parties liable thereon, the owner of the property described above, or those with an interest in the subject property, may take appropriate and timely action under Colorado statutes, certain sections of which are attached hereto. In order to be entitled to take advantage of any rights provided for under Colorado law, you must strictly comply and adhere to the provisions of the law. Further, you are advised that the attached Colorado statutes merely set forth the applicable portions of Colorado statutory law relating to curative and redemption rights; therefore, you should read and review all the applicable statutes and laws in order to determine the requisite procedures and provisions which control your rights in the subject property. DATED in Colorado this 3rd day of February 2021. Sheriff of Adams County, Colorado By: Kathy Grosshans Deputy Sheriff ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFF ORTEN CAVANAUGH HOLMES & HUNT, LLC 1445 Market Street, Suite 350 Denver, CO 80202 Statutes attached: §§38-37-108, 38-38-103, 3838-104, 38-38-301, 38-38-304, 38-38-305, and 38-38-306, C.R.S., as amended.
DATE FILED: March 10, 2021 9:27 AM CASE NUMBER: 2020CV31639 DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 1100 JUDICIAL CENTER DRIVE, BRIGHTON, CO, 80601 Case Number: 2020CV31639 Division: W Courtroom: Plaintiff(s) PORSCHE FINANCIAL SERVICES INC v. Defendant(s) ANGEL REYES Order:Plaintiff’s Verified Motion for Leave to Obtain Service of Process by Publication The motion/proposed order attached hereto: GRANTED. The Court has reviewed Plaintiff’s Verified Motion for Leave to Obtain Service of Process by Publication, under C.R.C.P. 4(g). Rule 4(g) states as follows: Except as otherwise provided by law, service by mail or publication shall be allowed only in actions affecting specific property or status or other proceedings in rem. When service is by publication, the complaint need not be published with the summons. The party desiring service of process by mail or publication under this section (g) shall file a motion verified by the oath of such party or of someone in the party’s behalf for an order of service by mail or publication. It shall state the facts authorizing such service,
and shall show the efforts, if any, that have been made to obtain personal service and shall give the address, or last known address, of each person to be served or shall state that the address and last known address are unknown. The court, if satisfied that due diligence has been used to obtain personal service or that efforts to obtain the same would have been to no avail, shall: (1) Order the party to send by registered or certified mail a copy of the process addressed to such person at such address, requesting a return receipt signed by the addressee only . . . (2) Order publication of the process in a newspaper published in the county in which the action is pending. Such publication shall be made once each week for five successive weeks. Within 14 days after the order the party shall mail a copy of the process to each person whose address or last known address has been stated in the motion and file proof thereof. Service shall be complete on the day of the last publication....” The Court, having reviewed the Motion and attached Exhibits, is satisfied that due diligence has been has been used to obtain personal service and that further efforts to obtain the same would be to no avail. Therefore, the Court grants the Motion and orders that service by publication is appropriate at this time. The Court orders publication of the process pursuant to C.R.C.P. 4(g)(2). Plaintiff shall comply with the terms thereof and file proof as required under the rule. Issue Date: 3/10/2021 KYLE SEEDORF District Court Judge District Court, Adams County, Colorado Court Address: 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601 303-659-1161 Case Number: 2020 CV 31639 Division W Courtroom Plaintiff: PORSCHE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. v. Defendant: ANGEL REYES Attorney or Party Without Attorney (Name and Address): Douglas A. Stevens, Esq. Caplan and Earnest LLC 3107 Iris Avenue, Suite 100, Boulder, CO 80301 Phone Number: 303-443-8010 E-mail: dstevens@celaw.com FAX Number: 303-440-3967 Atty. Reg. #: 31996 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT(S): You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within 21 days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court. If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within 21 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the complaint without further notice. This is an action: for judgment in the full amount owed pursuant to a Retail Installment Sale Contract; preservation and immediate return of property, namely, a 2016 Porsche 911, VIN WP0AB2A9XGS122239; plus costs and attorney’s fees. Dated: March 11, 2021 Published in the Brighton Blade. First Publication: March 17, 2021 Last Publication: April 14, 2021 Legal Ad No.: BSB333486 s/Douglas A. Stevens, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff (This summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(g), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure. This form should not be used where personal service is desired.) (TO THE CLERK: When this summons is issued by the clerk of the court, the signature block for the clerk or deputy should be provided by stamp, or typewriter, in the space to the left of the attorney’s name.) *Rule 12(a), C.R.C.P., allows -35 days for answer or response where service of process is by publication. However, under various statutes, a different response time is set forth; e.g., §38-6-104, C.R.S. (eminent domain); §38-36-121, C.R.S. (Torrens registration).
Misc. Private Legals PUBLIC NOTICE Aggregate Industries – WCR, Inc., 1687 Cole Boulevard #300, Golden, Colorado 80401, (303) 985-1070, has filed an application for a Regular (112) Construction Materials Operation Reclamation Permit with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board under provisions of the Colorado Land Reclamation Act for the extraction of construction materials. The proposed operation is known as the Baurer Pit and is located in or near Section 36, Township 1 North, Range 67 West of the 6th Prime Meridian, Weld County, Colorado. The general location of this operation is approximately one mile northwest of the City of Brighton, Colorado, near the intersection of WCR
23½ and WCR 23¾ . The proposed date of commencement for operations included in the permit area is 2021 and the proposed date of completion is 2022. The proposed future use of the land is developed water resources. Additional information and tentative decision date may be obtained from the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety; 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567, or the Weld County Clerk to the Board’s office, 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado, 80631, (970) 400-4225 or the above-named applicant. Comments must be in writing and must be received by the Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety by 4:00 p.m. on May 4, 2021. Please note that under the provisions of C.R.S. 34-32.5-101 et seq. Comments related to noise, truck traffic, hours of operation, visual impacts, effects on property values and other social or economic concerns are issues not subject to this Office’s jurisdiction. These subjects, and similar ones, are typically addressed by your local governments, rather than the Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety or the Mined Land Reclamation Board. Legal Ad No.: BSB333498 First Publication: March 24, 2021 Last Publication: April 14, 2021 Published in: Brighton Standard Blade
Storage Liens/Vehicle Titles NOTICE OF LIEN SALE Fortress Self Storage 9191 County Rd 2 Brighton, CO 80603 (720) 961-4739 Pursuant to Colorado Title 38. Property – Real and Personal Liens, Article 21.5, Section 38-21.5-103. Enforcement of Lien, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Fortress Self Storage will sell to the general public by online auction commencing at 9:00am, Friday, March 26, 2021 to property described as general house-hold items, outdoor, decorations, sports and miscellaneous personal property contained in spaces rented by the following occupants: Courtney Tinker - # 111 Daniel Aguilar - # 312 Michael Hickerson - # 812 MaxineThompson - # 863 Michael Hickerson - # 903 Laura Anderson - # 922 Facility Owner reserves the right to bid at the sale. Purchases must be made with Cash Only and paid for at the time of the sale. All purchased goods are sold “as is”. All buyers must register prior to the sale and the sale will be conducted in accordance with auction rules established by the Facility Owner. Sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between Landlord and obligated party. For more details or pre-register and bid on unit go to www.storagetreasures.com. Legal Ad No.: BSB333455 First Publication: March 17, 2021 Last Publication: March 24, 2021 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade
Notice to Creditors NOTICE TO CREDITORS
2021, or the claims may be forever barred.
Case Number 2021PR30233
Bradley R. Heinrich-Hunter 588 Union Ave.
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to
New Windsor, NY 12553
the personal representative or to District Court of Adams, County, Colorado or on or before July 17, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.
Legal Ad No.: BSB333469 first Publication: March 10, 2021 Last Publication: March 24, 2021 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade
PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Gail S. Blehm, deceased Case Number: 2021PR30169 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before Jul 24 2021, or the claims may be forever barred. Barbara Schierkolk Personal Representative PO Box 65 Eagle, Colorado 81631 Legal Notice No.BSB333499 First publication: March 24, 2021 Last publication: April 07, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
Kevin T. Copp, Personal Representative c/o 3801 E. Florida Ave., Ste. 906 Denver, CO 80210 Legal Ad No.: BSB333476 First Publication: March 17, 2021 Last Publication: March 31, 2021 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Debra Jean Davis Greenkank, Deceased, Case Number 2020PR294
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before July 19, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred. Wilma KD Hansen 1908 M Road Fruita, CO 81521 Personal Representative
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Delvin V Sweet, aka Delvin Verle Sweet, Deceased
Legal Ad No.: BSB333472 First Publication: March 17, 2021 Last Publication: March 31, 2021 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade
Case Number 2020 PR 30131
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative, Kevin Sweet at 31480 E. 161st Court, Hudson, CO 80642 or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601 on or before July 26, 2021 or the claims may be forever barred.
Estate of Jimmie Laurene Mitchell, Deceased Case Number 2021PR27 Div.: PR
Kevin Sweet 31480 E. 161st Court, Hudson, CO 80642 Personal Representative Legal Ad No.: BSB333493 First Publication: March 24, 2021 Last Publication: April 7, 2021 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Joseph K. Wojcik, Deceased Case Number 2021PR65 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before July 26, 2021 or the claims may be forever barred. Iris A Wojcik 10482 W 84th Place Arvada, Colorado 80005 Personal Representative Legal Ad No.: BSB333502 First Publication: March 24, 2021 Last Publication: April 7, 2021 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade
Estate of Betty Jean O’Neil, Deceased
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before July 12, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred. Julie C. Webb P.O. Box 54 Rawlins, WY 82301 Personal Representative Legal Ad No.: BSB333466 First Publication: March 10, 2021 Last Publication: March 24, 2021 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ernest Leroy Gurule, Deceased Case Number 2021 PR 37
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before March 31, 2021 or the claims may be forever barred. Ashley Nichole Gurule 9281 Gaylord Street Thornton, CO 80241 Personal Representative Legal Ad No.:BSB333487 First Publication: March 24, 2021 Last Publication: April 7, 2021 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade
Case Number 2021PR30265
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before July 25, 2021 or the claims may be forever barred.
Estate o NAIM AMMARI, Deceased
Estate of Samantha JoAnn LeRoy, Deceased Case Number 21 PR 57
/s/ Ashley A. Geary Ashley A. Geary, Esq. JORGENSEN, BROWNELL, & PEPIN P.C. 8001 Arista Pl. Suite 415 Broomfield, CO 80021 Legal Ad No.: BSB333496 First Publication: March 24, 2021 Last Publication: April 7, 2021 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DOROTHY D. HUTCHINGS, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30238 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative, or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before July 26 2021, or the claims may be forever barred. Personal Representative: Carl D. Hutchings c/o Gregory T. Densen Sherman & Howard L.L.C. 633 Seventeenth Street, Ste. 3000 Denver, Colorado 80202 Legal Ad No.: BSB333492 First Publication: March 24, 2021 Last Publication: April 7, 2021 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Magda L. Hunter, also known as Magdalena Luise Hunter, also known as Magdalena L. Hunter, also known as Magdalena Hunter, Deceased Case Number 2021 PR 30183 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Adams County, Colorado or on or before July 12,
Case Number 2020 PR 332 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before July 24, 2021 or the claims may be forever barred. Nawal Sawaged 2919 W. 110th Place Westminster, CO 80234 Personal Representative Legal Ad No.:BSB333503 First Publication: March 24, 2021 Last Publication: April 7, 2021 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Theda Deawn Seamon, a/k/a Theda D. Seamon, a/k/a Theda Seamon, a/k/a Dee Seamon, Deceased
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before July 19, 2021 or the claims may be forever barred. Melisa R LeRoy 1121 Cook St Denver CO 80206 Personal Representative Legal Ad No.: BSB333474 First Publication: March 17, 2021 Last Publication: March 31, 2021 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of EDWARD THOMAS DePINTO, a.k.a. EDWARD T. DePINTO, a.k.a. EDWARD DePINTO, Deceased
Case Number 2021 PR 30223
Case Number 2021 PR 30280
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before July 8, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Adams County District Court, Brighton, Colorado, on or before August 15, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.
Packard and Dierking, LLC Attorneys for the Personal Representative By: Brigette M. Paige Clifford J. Bickel c/o Packard and Dierking, LLC 2595 Canyon Blvd., Suite 200 Boulder, Colorado 80302 Legal Ad No.: BSB333481 First Publication: March 17, 2021 Last Publication: March 31, 2021 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James H. Copp, Deceased
ANDREW G. DePINTO and ANN MARI ROSSMAN, f.k.a. ANN MARI BEAUSOLIEL Co-Personal Representatives 14034 Detroit Drive Thornton, Colorado 80602 Telephone: 303-905-2561 Legal Ad No.: BSB333494 First Publication: March 24, 2021 Last Publication: April 7, 2021 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Dorothy R. Fehringer, Deceased Case Number 21PR67
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Public Notices All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before July 19, 2021 or the claims may be forever barred. Nathan Fehringer 8700 E 125th Ct Brighton, CO 80602 Personal Representative Legal Ad No.: BSB333488 First Publication: March 17, 2021 Last Publication: March 31, 2021 Published In Brighton Standard Blade NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Adeline Lujan, Deceased Case Number 2021PR40 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before July 19, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred. Robert D. Lujan P.O. Box 633 Panquitch, UT 84759 Personal Representative
Legal Ad No.: BSB333490 First Publication: March 17, 2021 Last Publication: March 31, 2021 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade
Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: 21C0258 Public Notice is given on March 8, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Adams County Court. The Petition requests that the name of Candace Megan Kochevar be changed to Candace Megan Gonzalez By: /s/ Sunshine Martin Deputy Clerk Legal Ad No.: BSB333475 First Publication: March 17, 2021 Last Publication: March 31, 2021 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade
Adoption / Guardianship DISTRICT COURT ADAMS COUNTY, STATE of COLORADO Court Address: 1100 Judicial Center Dr. Brighton, Colorado 80601 Case Number: 20JA193 Division: D1 Courtroom: 604
Justice Center, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601. You are further notified that if you fail to appear for said hearing, the Court may terminate your parental rights and grant the adoption as sought by the Petitioner(s).
Kayla McEntee Deputy Clerk
FOR THE ADOPTION OF A CHILD: KINSLEE MARIE BYAR
Legal Ad No.: BSB333432 First Publication: February 24, 2021 Last Publication: March 24, 2021 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade
TO: BROOKE ALLYN BYAR, PARENT You are hereby notified that the above-named Petitioner has filed, in this Court, a verified Petition seeking to adopt the child named above. The Petition alleges you have abandoned said child for a period of one year or more and/or have failed, without cause, to provide reasonable support for said child for one year or more. You are further notified that said Petition is set for hearing on April 7th, 2021 at 9:10 AM in Division D1, Courtroom 604, Adams County
You are hereby notified that the above-named Petitioner has filed, in this Court, a verified Petition seeking to adopt the child named above.
The Petition alleges you have abandoned said child for a period of one year or more and/or have failed, without cause, to provide reasonable support for said child for one year or more.
Dated: February 12, 2021
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: CHELSEA ADAMS
AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION
NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION TO: CARLOS ALMENDAREZ SR., PARENT
DISTRICT COURT ADAMS COUNTY, STATE of COLORADO Court Address: 1100 Judicial Center Dr. Brighton, Colorado 80601 Case Number: 2020JA209 Division: D1 Courtroom: 604 IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: ROBERT GARCIA FOR THE ADOPTION OF A CHILD: CARLOS ALMENDAREZ JR..
You are further notified that said Petition is set for hearing on MAY 13TH, 2021 at 9:10 AM in Division D1, Courtroom 604, Adams County Justice Center, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601.
You are further notified that if you fail to appear for said hearing, the Court may terminate your parental rights and grant the adoption as sought by the Petitioner(s). Dated: Deputy Clerk, Kayla McEntee Legal Ad No.: BSB333485 First Publication: March 24, 2021 Last Publication: March 24, 2021 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade
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