Local sisters, Jenna and Amanda Revell, published a children’s book, “Tango’s Teddy.” The book is now available on Amazon.
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Local sisters publish children’s book
‘Tango’s Teddy’ is being sold via Amazon
BY THELMA GRIMES
Looking to make something positive in a year of COVID-19, two lo-
cal sisters came together to fulfill a childhood dream of writing a book.
The children’s book, “Tango’s Teddy,” is now available for sale on Amazon.
Jenna Revell of Lone Tree and sister Amanda Revell of Castle Rock are excited the book became reality.
Jenna said she has always had a
passion for writing, dating back to grade school.
“I always said I would write a book, but like so many things, life just gets in the way,” Jenna said. “I knew I wanted to write a children’s book, and with the pandemic, we suddenly had the time to do it.”
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Narratives di er as STEM trial opens
Devon Erickson is accused of killing classmate in 2019 school shooting
BY
The trial of one of two former STEM School Highlands Ranch students accused of attacking the school in 2019, killing one classmate and injuring six others, opened May 27 with the sound of a teacher’s frantic breathing.
“There’s a shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch!” the teacher, Erin Christian, cried in a call to 911 on the day of the attack, May 7, 2019, as she huddled next door to the classroom where the shots were fired.
Her voice echoed across a Douglas County courtroom on the first day of the trial, as prosecutor George Brauchler played the audio recording for jurors during his opening statement.
“Erin,” the 911 operator calmly told the teacher, “I want you to do exactly what you’ve been trained to do.”
Questions about what led to that moment and who is to blame for the shooting in Room 107 will be debated over the next month
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Youth mental health services in crisis
As youth suicide attempts rise, mental health experts declare state of emergency
BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
With suicide attempts on the rise, and emergency rooms statewide fi lling up with psychiatric patients, Children’s Hospital Colorado (CHC) declared a state of emergency last week.
During a special round-table discussion on May 25, health experts said they are seeing dramatic increases in young patients suffering from depression, anxiety, and feelings of isolation and social disconnectedness. Participants in the panel agreed hospital beds are fi lling up, resources are running low and more help from the county, state and federal levels are needed.
According to statistics provided in the hour-long discussion, the leading cause of death for children and young adults, starting at age 10, is suicide in Colorado. According to 2021 data from Mental Health America, Colorado ranks 42nd in youth mental health services.
CHC has hospitals and services throughout the Denver metro area, including locations in Arapahoe, Jefferson, Douglas, Denver
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National Suicide Prevention Lifeline — 800-273-8255, suicidepreventionlifeline. org
In Aurora, at the main regional campus in Aurora, the 52-bed emergency department is now overrun with youths in crisis. Emergency visits went up 90% in April compared to the same normal time in 2019.
In declaring a pediatric mental health state of emergency, CEO Jena Hausmann said CHC has worked more than decade to expand facilities, programs, and beds to serve mental/behavioral health issues for children and teenagers. However, she noted, it is not enough with the continual
increase in patients starting in 2020 and continuing at an even faster pace in 2021.
“Now we are seeing our pediatric emergency departments and in-patient pediatric units overrun with kids attempting suicide and suffering from other major mental-health illness,” Hausmann said. “The current system is unsustainable, and it is hurting our children. Our children need us to rally together.”
Dr. Janna Glover, CHC director
of psychology training, said even though society is seeing COVID issues improve, the impacts on children and teenagers are going to continue.
“Kids have dealt with chronic stress in the past year that a has interrupted their development and education,” she said. “Now, kids are asked to get back to life again and they feel completely unprepared. They are burnt out
Jena Hausmann, CEO of Children’s Hospital Colorado. COURTESY PHOTOS
Dr. David Brumbaugh, chief medical o cer for Children’s Hospital Colorado.
and they feel so behind that they do not know how to catch up. They feel a sense of hopelessness.”
Glover said hopelessness is the top predictor of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts.
Through tears, David Brumbaugh, the CHC chief medical officer, said some of the cases hit too close to home. Brumbaugh said he had a ninth-grade patient who attempted suicide after failing to make the baseball team. Brumbaugh said his own son is in ninth grade and plays baseball.
Brumbaugh said in his 20 years of treating pediatric patients, he has never seen such a high demand for mental health services.
The stress on the system started about 15 months ago, Brumbaugh said, and the last three to four months have been even worse.
“Our kids have run out of resilience,” he said. “We are seeing kids who were largely functional and now the fl oor is falling out. They are attempting suicide.”
Patricia Givens, the chief nursing offi cer for CHC, said, “We are tapped out in all areas. We cannot build enough beds to keep pace with demand.”
Givens said hospitals are seeing children as young as 8 years old attempting suicide. CHC experts said a lot of the problems in are rural communities where training in schools and services are lacking.
Experts said if teachers, counselors and staff receive more training, they can intervene and get help for children and teens before they get into a crisis mode.
Health experts of Children’s Hospital Colorado are waving the white flag as youth suicide attempts continue to increase and hospital beds are getting full with young patients in crisis.
a major focus must be placed on prevention, where outpatient services intercept children in crisis long before they attempt suicide.
Preventive services are also in crisis. Over the last few years, Baskfi eld said 47 facilities across the state closed. These are facilities that have traditionally provided mental health care to children and teenagers.
‘Our kids have run out of resilience. We are seeing kids who were largely functional and now the floor is falling out. They are attempting suicide.’
CHC offi cials said hospital beds once being used to treat patients with physical injuries and illnesses are being converted into beds for patients presenting with behavioral health issues. Besides treating patients who have attempted suicide, hospitals are seeing an increase in patients suffering from eating disorders and presenting with symptoms associated with substance abuse.
“At a time when we are seeing volumes increase, severity increase and overall need, the system that is meant to be in place to serve these kids not only does not exist but those attempting to do this work are underwater and overwhelmed,”
Dr. David Brumbaugh, Children’s Hospital Colorado chief medical o cer
Many of the health experts said the situation is going to require partnerships with county governments, health departments, school districts and state and federal agencies.
Heidi Baskfi eld, CHC vice president of population health and advocacy, said it is going to require more funding. It is going to require more work to reach children or teens in crisis before they attempt suicide and put pressure on the healthcare system, she said.
Mike DiStefano, chief medical offi cer in Colorado Springs, said
Baskfield said. While not present during the round-table discussion, Douglas County Commissioner
Lora Thomas said the county wants to be the example other communities across the state can follow.
In 2017, Douglas County started investing more than $1 million per year into mental-health services, creating a Community Response Team. In 2019, the county created the Youth Community Response Team after more than 40% of the calls for help were for residents 19 and younger.
Thomas said the partnerships health experts are calling for can work statewide and the CRT program is proof. Douglas County suicide rates are decreasing and partnerships with local organizations, especially the Douglas County School District, have gone up, she said.
“We want to take the success we have had here statewide,” she said. “For us, the good news is we are ready to handle the crisis with our youth.”
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Help make our County Fair a success!
Energetic, friendly volunteers age 16 and older are needed during the Douglas County Fair & Rodeo, July 31-Aug. 8. Serve your community, celebrate your County’s history and have fun all at the same time. Visit douglascountyfairandrodeo.com and search Volunteers to learn more and sign up.
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Equity policy keeps sparking comments
Handful of parents say they are pulling children out of DCSD
BY LIAM ADAMS LADAMS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The Douglas County School Board predicted back in March that an equity policy the board was considering would upset some parents. But perhaps board directors underestimated just how unhappy some people would be.
“That (equity) work has been going for some time, but certainly not at the level of the concern you have expressed tonight. Some of the things you stated trouble me, I’ll be honest,” said board President David Ray at a May 25 meeting after 30 parents spoke during public comments, mostly to criticize the board and district staff for endorsing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
For two hours, community members condemned the district’s new equity policy and its hiring of a firm to provide teachers with DEI training. As a result, four separate speakers told the board that they were withdrawing their children, a total of nine students, from the district that serves more than 67,000 students.
“You’re creating more of a divisive environment by pushing
families like mine out of the school system because you are teaching children to feel bad or have preferential treatment based only on the color of their skin,” said parent Lora Wolfe. “I do not want my kids to be part of this nonsensical experiment.”
Following years of repeated instances of racism and racial insensitivity in DCSD, an Equity Advisory Council drafted the policy last year to guide the district in creating a more welcoming environment for racial, ethnic, gender and sexual minorities, both students and staff. The board unanimously passed the policy on second reading on March 23.
‘We are aligned with the Colorado academic standards. Critical race theory is not in the Colorado academic standards for the core curriculum.’
for some. The policy and Gemini’s hiring, parents argued, are evidence that the district is teaching students critical race theory (CRT), an academic framework that teaches race is socially constructed. Recent conservative pushback to the idea has led Republican state lawmakers across the U.S. to introduce bills banning CRT in public schools.
Superintendent Corey Wise defended that the district isn’t teaching CRT.
organization that is “committed to rooting out subversive indoctrination,” Kopfle said. She didn’t specify which school district her son attended.
Kopfle added that dangerous ideologies “seep into the district with nice sounding terms: ‘diversity, equity, inclusion, anti-racism, social justice.’”
Corey Wise, DCSD superintendent
Then, in April, the district finalized a contract with Gemini Group, LLC for staff DEI training. Gemini provided a keynote address and community session at a workshop on April 19.
The equity policy itself frustrated some Douglas County parents, but the Gemini Group was the last straw
“We are aligned with the Colorado academic standards. Critical race theory is not in the Colorado academic standards for the core curriculum,” Wise said at the May 25 meeting, prior to the public comments.
Some parents weren’t buying it, though. “Within one week of CRT teaching, I watched my son become resentful and angry about the assumptions made about him because he happens to be white and male. Diversity will not work this way,” said Rachel Kopfle. Kopfle spoke on behalf of a local chapter of No Left Turn in Education, a right-wing
Not every public commenter agreed with the majority. Jeff Culver, a history teacher at Valor Christian High School who has children in DCSD, said, “A district that endorses this kind of policy that, as a Christian, as a disciple of Jesus, is a district I want my children to attend.”
Surabhi Mehrotra, another parent, said, “an equity policy can at least set a framework to support equal opportunity for all and teach our kids empathy, compassion and human dignity.”
Anti-equity speakers were welcomed by rounds of applause from the in-person audience, while equity proponents were met by scolding murmurs. At one point, Ray asked the audience to have decorum and be respectful of every speaker.
The meeting ended with little resolution. Ray told the speakers they gave him and his fellow directors a lot to think about. Kopfle reminded the audience during her public comments that board directors are up for election in November, suggesting that the issue will fuel consternation for months to come.
Male infertility treatment company opens
Douglas County doctor starts business that o ers services in Colorado, other states
BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
When a couple looks to get pregnant, the standard recommendation for a woman younger than 35 is to try for a year without getting evaluated for fertility issues, a Douglas County doctor says.
But if a woman waits until that point, and then she waits for an appointment and undergoes testing — and then finds out she has no issues — the focus then turns to the man. And if he gets checked out, that process could also take months.
Before a couple knows it, they’ve gone a year and a half without getting pregnant.
“It takes two to tango — it’s really important for the male factor to be addressed,” said Barrett Cowan, a physician who sees patients both via “telehealth,” or virtual, visits as well as in person at his office in Lone Tree.
Many people, including women, assume that infertility is the woman’s issue, Cowan said.
In the United States, the number of physicians who specialize in male fertility care likely pales
in comparison to the number of obstetrician-gynecologists.
That’s according to Cowan’s analysis of directories from two male-fertility specialist organizations.
A desire to increase awareness of male infertility and to help couples achieve their goal of a having a healthy baby led Cowan — who lives in Castle Rock and was educated at Stanford University — to start Posterity Health, a company that offers services to patients in Colorado, California and New York. Cowan has specialized in male fertility for more than 20 years.
Here are a few things to know about male infertility and what Cowan’s company offers.
Common choices raise risk
A long list of lifestyle choices can affect male fertility, including many common activities, Cowan said.
“What I tell people is all those things that your mom told you not to do as a kid: Don’t smoke, don’t drink, don’t do drugs, exercise in moderation,” Cowan said.
Use of tobacco or cannabis, exposure to heat such as in a sauna, and some medications can affect male fertility, Cowan said.
“Anatomic” issues — such as
being obese — can affect male fertility as well, along with problems with veins in the testicle area. For some people, problems can arise if certain tubes didn’t develop properly, according to Cowan.
“Each person is different, and making sure that the patient undergoes a thorough evaluation to identify what the particular issue is with that individual is (important),” Cowan said.
How the company works
For men wanting to be seen in person, examinations take place in Lone Tree. But Cowan’s company also allows for at-home semen testing so men can send a sample overnight to a lab.
Cowan also offers telehealth visits. As he learned from care during the coronavirus pandemic, treatment from a distance “turned out to be a real blessing,” he said.
“Some men have a more difficult time talking about these issues, and we found they were more open to talking about these issues at home,” Cowan said. Virtual visits also avert the need for taking time off work or making a long drive, he said.
Works with OB-GYNs
Cowan’s company works in partnership with OB-GYNs because it’s “a couple’s issue,” he said.
“We work very closely with gynecologists,” Cowan said, to
“create an environment where the couple can conceive as easily and efficiently as possible.”
What’s it cost?
At Posterity Health, a baseline evaluation costs $300 and includes at-home semen testing and a consultation to discuss the results. A more personalized, hourlong evaluation that talks about a person’s reproductive and medical history costs $400. If a man opts for the $400 evaluation, that would entail an examination in person. Infertility care is “very variable” among health insurance plans, Cowan said, and Posterity Health doesn’t accept insurance. It does allow patients to use a health savings account, or HSA, or flexible spending account, or FSA. The company also provides a statement that can be submitted for outof-network coverage, Cowan said.
Local roots
Posterity Health is based in Colorado and carries out visits in New York and California via telehealth services. The company had a “soft opening” in March but officially opened in May. Cowan is its founder and chief medical officer. Colorado is the only place where the company does in-person evaluations, Cowan said. It has “network” providers in other states that will do in-person visits when necessary, he added.
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Renovated Marjorie Park to open near Fiddler’s Green
BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Saturday, June 12 will be the opening date for a renovated Marjorie Park — on the north side of Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre, 6331 S. Fiddlers Green Circle in Greenwood Village, and the beginning of a new story for the small green space.
It is owned by the Museum of Outdoor Arts, which was co-founded in 1981 by Marjorie P. Madden, her husband, developer John W. Madden Jr., and their daughter, Cynthia Madden Leitner, who is MOA’s president. The timing coincides with MOA’s 40th anniversary.
Readers will be familiar with the busy MOA indoor galleries and studio at 1000 Englewood Parkway — with ongoing exhibits and classes in normal times — but may not have made the connection with this sweet spot, and with Fiddler’s Green.
permanent artworks.
MOA’s mission is “to make art a part of everyday life” and the free, family-friendly event on June 12 will run from noon to 4 p.m., with artwork walking tours, stadium grass seating, a lion’s den sculpture walk, a delightful life-sized bronze series of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by Harry Marinsky and other
These large “Alice” sculptures are inspired by John Tenniel’s original illustrations for Lewis Carroll’s classic and include a charming Mad Hatter’s Tea Party — a particular favorite with this art lover.
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A new feature will be a labyrinthlike hardscape, designed after the seven petal vesica, in the center of the 2.1 acre park, which contains more than 40 art installations, including a lion’s den sculpture walk and a kinetic sculpture. (A vesica is a pointed oval shape.)
MOA will operate Marjorie Park with a variety of programs, including a summer concert series; a
“Lunch and Learn” series, focused on artwork demonstrations and lectures; UnWine Wednesdays, a weekly fitness series; ongoing yoga classes and more.
Included: Lunch and Learn, with local sculptor Reven Swanson on June 14; YogaRita on June 15 and 29; a family-friendly concert series kickoff event with Stone Beat Invasion, featuring music by the Beatles and Rolling Stones on June 17; and live music by the String Bean Duo on June 23.
Throughout the month of June, programming will be free and open to the public.
Coming soon, MOA will offer regular hours and a park membership program for individuals, families, corporations, photographers and dogs, which will include free or discounted access to ongoing programs and events.
This membership will provide funding for ongoing park maintenance, art conservation and programming.
In addition, MOA will continue with its indoor galleries, art studio work, and outstanding education program, and “Design and Build,” which allows young artists to work with professionals on collaborative art projects.
MOA has a collection of more than 150 artworks, 85 of them exhibited outdoors.
(Event registration is required to maintain a safe environment: moaonline.org/events/.)
A sculpture of Alice and the Cheshire Cat is part of a series of life-sized bronzes by Harry Marinsky.
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Wish for a sister comes true at age 77
DNA test discovers unknown sibling of Castle Rock resident
BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Carole Weckbaugh said she always wanted to have a sister, but did not think she would finally get one at age 77. The news of an unknown sibling came from her brother, who did a 23andMe DNA test for health reasons.
Weckbaugh, of Castle Rock, said when her brother told her results showed they had a half-sister, she immediately went to get a test of her own. The test confirmed that she and her brother have a sister, Patti Lammars, living in Iowa.
father were arguing and he said he knew she was not his child.
“I did the DNA test because I wanted to verify my suspicions,” she said. “My dad always treated me differently.”
Lammars said she did not consider doing the DNA test until she was well into her 40s. She said she went back to college and started working with a psychology professor who told her the physical characteristics could have just been coincidences, but how her mother and father treated her and acted was more evidence that her suspicions were true.
Lammars said her dad was abusive and miserable, and a part of her wanted confirmation that she was not a part of him.
“I just always suspected I had a different dad,” she said. “It just never occurred to me that I had other siblings. I already had six.”
“I always said I wanted a sister,” Weckbaugh joked. “I found out I had one a little later in life then I planned. It has really been a good thing. So much happening in 2020, learning this kind of news is truly a positive.”
Even though she and her brother have accepted the news, Weckbaugh said there were still plenty of unanswered questions to sort out, including the question of how.
Weckbaugh said all parents have died, leaving them to sort out what happened. In looking at the details, Weckbaugh said it all started in 1948 when her father, who served in the U.S. Air Force, had returned from World War II and was stationed in Dayton, Ohio.
Weckbaugh said it was there that her father and Lammars’ mother apparently encountered one another. Soon after, Weckbaugh’s father was transferred, and Lammars’ mother remained in Ohio and got married.
“There is no way to really know, but I don’t think my father knew about (Lammars),” Weckbaugh said.
“If my mother had known, I think she would have parted company with my father.”
Weckbaugh said it was not a huge shock to her and her brother, who resides in Florida. Both knew their dad tended to step out on their mother. The two have agreed that this news is not about judging their parents and more about forming a bond with a newly-found sibling. Throughout her childhood, Lammars said she always felt like she did not fit in with her six other siblings. She said subtle differences made her insecure, and comments made by both her father and mother made her wonder.
Lammars said she was left-handed and no one else in her family was. She had freckles, brown eyes, and crooked teeth. She felt different, she said. Weckbaugh said her father had all these features.
When she was 8, Lammars said, she heard her mom telling a friend that she was five months pregnant when she got married. Another time, Lammars said her mother and
Lammars said finding out about Weckbaugh and her brother was “overwhelming” at first. Eventually, she accepted the news and was happy to have someone who could tell her about her biological father.
Learning that Lammars grew up with an abusive father has created some feelings of guilt, Weckbaugh said.
“We can’t identify with what she went through,” she said. “For me, I didn’t even know where to start to form a relationship with her. You do not know what to do or say with information like this.”
Officials for 23andMe started the process. Weckbaugh said communications started slowly through them, eventually transitioning into more personal emails and phone calls to get to know each other.
As the three siblings have continued talking, they are now planning on an eventual meeting in person. Weckbaugh’s brother will go to Iowa early this summer. Weckbaugh is planning to meet Lammars in August.
Libraries set to launch into summer reading
Program begins June 5, goal would benefit land conservancy
The theme for this year’s Douglas County Libraries’ annual summer reading celebration is “Galaxy DCL” and the district is encouraging people to go “To Books and Beyond,” according to a press release. The program tracks the community’s reading over the summer and hands out prizes for those who reach certain goals. Kids who read for 900 minutes or who complete their own challenge set for themselves will get either a new book or a fanny pack, depending on their age. Kids who aren’t yet reading on their own can participate by being read to, according to the release.
Pre-registration for this year’s summer reading program began
May 1 at DCL.org and the program will officially kick off June 5.
“We’re thrilled to be open for summer reading,” said Kristen Kallio, special events supervisor for the libraries, according to the release. “It’s such a fun tradition for us, and a great way to spark new enjoyment of reading for all ages. This year we feel it’s especially important for kids and helping them maintain their educational achievements from a pretty unusual year of learning.”
Kids who register by July 31 will get a coupon for Rocket Fizz, a candy and soda shop located in Highlands Ranch and Castle Rock. Adults who sign up will get a coupon for pizza and those who complete the 900-minute challenge will get a new, reusable book bag.
Summer reading kickoff celebrations will be held June 9 through 11 at various locations throughout Douglas County, including the libraries and other outdoor venues, with ice cream, activities and spe-
cial guests from the Space Foundation.
All participants who pre-register for “Galaxy DCL” will be entered into the library’s daily drawings for prizes, including museum memberships, gift cards, LEGO sets and travel vouchers.
The winner of the annual school contests for the most sign-ups — in elementary, middle, high school and other categories — will win $500.
The community reading goal of 8 million minutes read, if met, will benefit the Douglas Land Conservancy with a $1,000 gift, courtesy of the Douglas County Libraries Foundation, according to the release.
Kids Corners in the libraries are now open, and playscapes will reopen this spring. The Parker location library will debut its brand-new playscape, U-Fix-It Pit Stop, this summer.
More information on summer reading and other library events is available at DCL.org or by calling 303-791-7323.
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Are you saving enough for retirement?
Are you saving enough for retirement? Whether your career is just getting started or you’ve started winding things down, you’re not alone if you’re not sure. A May 2020, 20th Annual Transamerica Retirement Survey of Workers asked survey participants about their greatest retirement fears. The number one concern across all ages was the possibility of outliving one’s savings and investments.
I’ve seen all sorts of estimates and equations to help you decide whether you’re on track or in trouble. Let me make this easier for you. Basically, you’ve got two sources of income in retirement: (1) your guaranteed income from Social Security and pensions; and (2) your own retirement savings.
Usually, your guaranteed income won’t be enough to fully support your desired lifestyle after you no longer collect a paycheck. Instead, there will be a gap between what you want to spend in retirement, and the guaranteed income you’ve got to spend. Essentially, you need to save enough during your working years to withdraw enough annually to close that gap in retirement.
From there, it’s just math. What does that math usually tell us? Absent a major inheritance or lottery windfall, most families need to save and invest a quite a bit if they’d like to stress less in retirement.
Ideally, you’ve been aggressively saving for retirement since your first job. The longer your savings are invested, the more time they have to benefit from the magic of compounding (i.e., your early profits earning additional profits in a growing snowball effect). Also, if you start out as a diligent saver who is used to “paying yourself first,” the good habit is likely to last a lifetime, even as your lifestyle expands.
Of course, many Americans don’t start saving for retirement until later in their career. Our brains have trouble getting excited about a delayed gratification that will take 40 years to arrive. Plus, we all have competing saving and spending goals: our first car or home, college debt, a better car or home, children, vacations, and so on. Suffice it to say, it’s common to end up playing catch-up with your retirement savings.
Are you in this situation? Don’t be discouraged. In my next article, I’ll share some ideas on how to get back on track.
John Frisch, CPA/PFS, CFP, AIF is President of Alliant Wealth Advisors, an independent fee only financial advisory firm in Castle Rock.
Web site: www.alliantwealth.com E-mail: jfrisch@alliantwealth.com
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While Jenna did the writing for “Tango’s Teddy,” Amanda is the artist behind the book’s illustrations.
Jenna said she came up with the idea for the book in 2010, drawing on experiences from childhood. The Revell sisters said they were part of a military family, which meant relocating every time their father, who served in the Air Force, was transferred to a new base. The sisters said in the military, new friends are family.
does not find any families that look like the teddy bear. Just as Tango begins to worry that he may never find the teddy’s family, he finds a wise creature who tells him that you do not need to look alike to be a family.
Through its colorful illustrations, “Tango’s Teddy” shows young readers that some families look the same and other families look different. But in the end, Tango learns that the meaning of family is deeper than it looks.
‘We met a lot of people and we realized how the American family is always changing. We wanted to share this experience through a book.’
“We met a lot of people and we realized how the American family is always changing,” Jenna said. “We wanted to share this experience through a book.”
Jenna Revell, on how she came up with the idea
In the book, when a little cheetah named Tango finds a lost teddy bear, he sets out to help find its family. As he searches, he brings young readers on an adventure through the African plains to see the different kinds of families that live there.
He finds families with stripes, families with long necks, and even families with slippery skin. But he
Jenna and Amanda say the book is perfect for children in foster families or those who have been adopted. Feeling different or out of place can be something children go through, Amanda said. After taking the first step with the inaugural book, the Revell sisters say they learned a lot and plan to keep moving forward.
While Tango the cheetah might be revived for future adventures, the Revell sisters said they may also venture into creating new characters and adventures through new ideas.
To learn more about the Revell sisters, or to purchase the book, visit the website at https://www. revellstories.com.
STEM TRIAL
in District Court Judge Theresa Slade’s courtroom. But already on opening day, as prosecutors and defense attorneys gave their opening statements, the fault lines became clear.
To prosecutors, the now-20-yearold man on trial, Devon Erickson, is a calculating, lying killer who conspired with another student to commit the attack and then concoct a story in which he portrayed himself as a victim, too.
“This plan is as diabolical as it is deadly,” Brauchler said.
Photos from the day of the shooting show Erickson with long hair, which was dyed half pink and half black. However, during the opening statements in his trial, he appeared starkly different, with short-cropped brown hair and wearing a navy blue suit and a tie.
Throughout the court session, the defendant peered out from under a face mask — a mandatory measure for all in attendance — and watched as the arguments were delivered, directing his attention to a nearby screen when video evidence and a slideshow were projected for the jury.
During his remarks, Brauchler used interview clips, photos and quotes to depict an image of a disturbed young man who aided in a deadly attack. Only the intervention of several students, including Kendrick Castillo, who was killed
trying to stop the shooting, prevented it from being worse.
Kendrick’s parents, John and Maria Castillo, sat in the courtroom during the opening statements, visibly shaken by the narratives described by both the prosecution and defense. Also in the courtroom were other victims of the attack, including students and staff who were in Room 107 that day.
In one corner of the courtroom, Erickson’s family also listened to the start of the trial, several of whom jotted notes throughout the proceedings.
Throughout the afternoon’s court session, soft sobs could be heard from both sides of the room.
Erickson is not a demon. He’s not a monster.”
For the duration of Stancil’s speech, including a description of the “inner conflict” that Erickson dealt with the day of the shooting, Maria Castillo sat with her head down, face in her hands.
Intent is questioned
McKinney and Erickson walked into the STEM School on the day of the attack carrying two bags holding a total of four guns. Castillo was shot as he charged Erickson — prosecutors contend Erickson fired intentionally, the defense argues it was accidental.
‘It reopened wounds that were, I feel, starting to heal ... there’s going to be more challenging days ahead of us.’
To defense attorneys, Erickson is a “normal, happy, funny kid” who lost his way amid a vortex of drug abuse, sleep deprivation and family crisis. Attorney Julia Stancil said Erickson, in a fog of intoxication, intended to stop the attack, not participate in it. She described the other student involved, Alec McKinney, as a “puppet master” who manipulated Erickson into a “psychotic cult play.”
John Castillo, father of victim Kendrick Castillo
Brauchler identified by name six more students who were shot during the attack, four by McKinney and two allegedly by Erickson. Two other students also suffered bullet wounds after being shot mistakenly by a security guard.
emphasized a surveillance video taken from the school’s hallways that day. It showed McKinney and Erickson parting ways with a fist bump as they moved into position for the attack. Another video showed students running in terror after shots were fired.
“When he’s finally subdued and only when he’s finally subdued — only then does he say, ‘Alec made me do it,’” Brauchler said. Brauchler said he will implore jurors to “hold (Erickson) accountable for what he did in helping to try to murder a classroom full of students.”
But in the defense’s hands, that same evidence held different meaning.
The Snapchat videos, Stancil argued, show how McKinney actually was bullying Erickson, whom she said was clearly impaired after having spent the previous night and morning doing drugs — drugs she said McKinney introduced Erickson to.
“Devon Erickson did not intend to kill,” she told jurors. “Devon
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McKinney, who was 16 at the time of the attack, pleaded guilty last year to 17 counts in connection with the case, including firstdegree murder. He may be a key witness for prosecutors during Erickson’s trial. McKinney was sentenced to life in prison with a chance of parole after 40 years.
Erickson faces 46 charges, including first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. If convicted of first-degree murder, he would be automatically sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
A trial preview
Brauchler’s opening statements gave jurors a preview of a case that will be loaded with wrenching testimony by students, teachers, school counselors and nurses. He told jurors they will hear from students who wrestled McKinney and Erickson to the ground and pried a gun out of Erickson’s hand. He said they will also hear from a school nurse who saw Erickson just prior to the attack, one of numerous opportunities Brauchler said Erickson had to warn someone of what was to come but didn’t.
In his opening statement, Brauchler played two Snapchat videos taken by McKinney on the day of the shooting — videos that Brauchler said were staged to make it look as if Erickson was being forced to participate, part of what Brauchler called a premeditated “victim-hero story” that Erickson hoped to tell to spare himself from accountability for the shooting.
She said the defense intends to call expert witnesses to testify to the effects of heavy drug use and sleep deprivation. Another witness will talk about the science of human reflexes and accidental trigger pulls. Another will testify to the impaired decision-making abilities of teens, part of a defense argument that Erickson tried to stop the attack but couldn’t because he was too impaired.
“He wanted to stop it,” Stancil said. “Not that his actions make sense. Because there’s no way to make sense out of this. But that’s what he was thinking at the time.”
And Stancil indicated that the defense will heavily attack the credibility of McKinney, saying he made a deal with prosecutors to pin the blame on Erickson.
“The government has made a deal with the sick, psychotic, schizophrenic kid,” Stancil said, referring to McKinney.
Witness testimony in the trial was expected to resume the morning of May 28, before the Memorial Day break. Access to the courtroom is limited due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the public can watch the proceedings via a live stream link available on the court’s website. The link is available by visiting www.courts. state.co.us then viewing the “courts” menu and selecting “trial courts by county” then navigating to “Douglas County.” At the top of that page, there is a link to view the courtroom.
The trial is expected to run into late June.
Leaving the courthouse at the end of the day, John Castillo commented that it was a difficult day.
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To conclude his opening statement to the jury, Brauchler
“It reopened wounds that were, I feel, starting to heal,” he said. “It’s tough to hear twisted, augmented perception. But we have to be strong because we know there’s going to be more challenging days ahead of us.”
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A ordable housing breaks ground in Lone Tree
Multifamily property will have 67 units east of RidgeGate Station
BY DENNIS HUSPENI DENVER GAZETTE
Most who know metro Denver know “affordable housing” and “Lone Tree” have rarely appeared in the same sentence together.
Koelbel and Company and Coventry Development Corp. changed that on May 25 as officials broke ground for a 67-unit multifamily property that will be the first affordable housing project in Lone Tree.
It’s east of the Regional Transportation District’s Ridgegate Station, on the southeast corner of I-25 and RidgeGate Parkway. It’s also the first apartments being built on the east side of I-25 in RidgeGate, but not the last as construction has begun in earnest there.
With the “beep beep” of bulldozers and earthmovers east of the project site — getting ready for new single-family residential homes — elected officials and company representatives celebrated the development, which is expected to welcome residents in 15 months.
“The seed of an idea for afford-
able housing was planted 21 years ago for RidgeGate,” said Keith Simon, executive vice president and director of development for Coventry.
“That’s when we presented our vision. The detailed plans for development on the east side came three years ago. We’re going to do a minimum of 350 units. … It’s an essential element for sustainability and growth.”
Coventry is the master developer. Simon credited RTD for extending the light rail down to RidgeGate.
“Everyone likes to talk about T.O.D. — transit-oriented development,” Simon said. “I would talk D.O.T — development oriented transit. We painted a vision for RTD about this compact community that would need transit accessible to support it.”
Lone Tree Mayor Jackie Millet added: “We could not have asked for a better project to come to Lone Tree. Our vision to complete the community is housing for everyone. It’s an important piece of that overall puzzle.”
“The two complaints I hear most from residents are traffic and the cost of housing,” Millet said. “You all confronted both as you walked in today.”
“We are thrilled we have the opportunity to bring to market much-needed affordable housing opportunities to residents in this high-need area of Lone Tree,”
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said Carl Koelbel, chief operating officer.
Koelbel applied for, and received, a highly competitive Colorado Housing and Finance Authority award to help fund the project. Construction lending was provided by Wells Fargo.
Rents will be adjusted for tenants who qualify, from 30% to 80% of the area median income. That could be about $500 a month for a one-bedroom or about $1,300 for two-bedroom units, depending on the tenants’ income.
“There’s no market risk. As we know the units will be 100% occupied and there will probably be 30 to 40 people on a waiting list,” Koelbel said.
The city of Lone Tree supported the construction by waiving the building permit fee, he said.
Alliance Construction is the general contractor for the development, which will include a fitness center, community room and onsite leasing.
It also has one parking space per unit, as opposed to one per bedroom as most multifamily developments not near transit would have.
“This is an important day for Lone Tree,” Koelbel said. “Yes, these are the first affordable units in Lone Tree. But we know they won’t be the last.”
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Welcome to Denver — weather permitting
Phoenix, 96, and plenty of sun. Miami, 85, and partly cloudy. Denver, 42, with periods of rain mixed with snow and snow mixed with rain.
Newcomers to Colorado want to know, “What’s going on?”
It’s springtime in the Rockies.
Since the fi rst of the year, we’ve already had the Four Seasons.
It has been 80-something, setting a record.
Harry went out and returned with a white daub on his nose.
Maybe you don’t appreciate it, but I do.
Maybe that’s why I like it.
It’s illegal to milk someone else’s cow in Texas.
QUIET DESPERATION
Two days from now, the high in Phoenix will be 102. And again the following day. A month from now 102 will be the low for the day.
Phoenix never has rain mixed with snow.
Has Phoenix ever had snow? Yes, trace amounts.
And on January 20, 1933, and January 21 and 22, 1937, Phoenix had one inch of snow.
In 1977, I moved from Phoenix to Denver without an overcoat, boots, or snow shovel.
Because of a childhood in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, I was familiar with winter weather.
Didn’t care for it back then. Do now.
What’s the difference? Maybe retirement, because I don’t have to get out in it.
Some of these oddly times snowfalls are heavy and overburden our trees, toppling branches. That’s not good.
Drivers, underestimating the conditions, drive as if there aren’t any. That’s not good.
But wasn’t it beautiful to see? Winter looking over its shoulder to say goodbye, like Jimmy Durante?
Durante always signed off on his radio and television programs with, “Good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.”
Craig Marshall Smith
People out in shorts soaking up the sun.
Days when Harry’s ears are lifted by the wind, making him look like a different breed.
Looking out this morning there were rabbit tracks in the snow on my front lawn. It looked like two rabbits met, dated, and attempted to add to the population.
IStill Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For — Song by U2 Most of us are probably familiar with this song by U2, if not, I highly recommend giving it a listen. This song popped into my head recently as I was on vacation. Yes, vacation, my fi rst trip in 14 months. As I walked along the beach, I was scanning the sand for unusual shells, sea glass, or unique pieces of coral. Something I have always done when visiting a beach.
WINNING WORDS
With the Major League Baseball season in its second month, there was overnight snow in Denver.
One day, newcomers, it will be 95. I promise. If that’s what you want, we’ll have two months just for you.
July and August will be miserable for my roommate and me. Right around the time my neighbors decide once again to blow things up it will be hot, insufferable, and summery.
The weather in metro Denver is as non-linear as my thinking.
Maybe because it slows me down, just a little. Being somewhere isn’t what it used to be. Being at home is better than ever.
When I had to drive downtown to teach, however unpleasant the rat race was, I was used to it.
Compared to other major cities at the time, Denver was still a little sleepy. Not anymore.
It’s rush hour at all hours.
Who is to blame? I am. And others like me who moved here from someplace else.
My neighbors are from California, New Mexico and Iowa.
He didn’t explain the comment until 1966. It was a tribute to his fi rst wife, Jean.
Mrs. Durante, he said, always loved the name of a small town they had stopped in on a crosscountry road trip
Calabash, North Carolina.
The temperature in Calabash right now is 72. Cloudy with a fi fty percent chance of schnozzolas.
Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.
looking for exactly the right size, color, or shaped shell for my collection.
Over the years I have trained my eyes to quickly identify shells of unique shape and color. On most walks along the shoreline, I will automatically find little treasures where the sea meets the sand. Sometimes I am very casual about it and a shell or piece of coral happens to jump right out at me. And other times, I am heads down in full search mode,
Well on my recent trip, I found myself looking but not fi nding, searching but not really seeing anything. After a couple of days of coming up empty, I thought about why this could be happening. And I realized that my mind had not caught up with being on vacation yet. I realized I wasn’t quite relaxed enough to see anything popping out at me, and I wasn’t focused enough to be intentional about seeking out something special. I found myself in a weird state of work and vacation limbo.
Have you ever been there? Are you there right now? Maybe it’s not searching for seashells, sea glass, or coral, but searching for something, something you aren’t quite sure about or haven’t clearly defi ned yet. And since what we are searching for isn’t always completely obvious, it becomes harder and harder to fi nd. Or as the U2 song goes, “I still haven’t found what I’m looking for.”
and we fi nd confusion instead. We look for peace only to see confl ict all around us. We want answers but only seem to come up with more questions. More than anything we seek the truth and become frustrated by half-truths or lies. We really do want to fi nd the good in others and yet we confront disappointment time and time again.
What I have found in each one of these scenarios is that we don’t fi nd what we are looking for because we have placed ourselves in “understanding-peacehope-truth-good” limbo. When our heart and mind are in a good space, we would tend to see everything around us that is positive whether we are searching for it or not. And when we are aligned mentally, physically, and spiritually, we have the ability to become laser-focused, seeing exactly what we set out to see. Not just what we want to see, but what we are intentionally looking for when it comes to understanding, peace, hope, truth, and goodness.
need a quick “checkup from the neck up,” as Zig Ziglar used to say. We may need to snap ourselves out of that weird state of limbo, somewhere between not being relaxed enough to trust our instincts and not being confi dent enough to pursue what it is that we want the most. Ambiguity hinders us wherever we are, at work, at home, taking a hike, or walking along the beach looking for the perfect seashell.
Have you found what you are looking for yet? Have you identifi ed whether it is because you are in limbo and not allowing yourself to be relaxed enough to come upon it naturally? Or are you simply lacking focus to do a thorough search? Either way, I would love to hear your story at mnorton@ tramazing.com, and when we do fi nd what it is we are looking for, it really will be a better than good year.
Michael Norton is the grateful CEO of Tramazing.com, a personal and professional coach, and a consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator to businesses of all sizes. Have you found what you are looking for?
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When we still can’t fi nd what it is that we are looking for, we may
his pandemic has been difficult for everyone. Throughout the past year and a half, we have been collectively grieving for lost loved ones as well as loss of independence, freedom, and sense of structure and predictability. For many of us — especially older adults who live alone or in facilities — this has brought loneliness, anxiety and deep feelings of isolation. While spending time at home with empty calendars we have all had a chance to look deeper at our lives and see how we have been living. We have examined how much time we are devoting to those we love and the things we love. So, what are we doing today, to live our best, most authentic and meaningful lives?
tively as we navigate health issues and the activities of daily living. It’s important to be proactive — becoming aware of available services can help you prevent decline and plan for the future. You can put tools and strategies into place to strengthen your mental, physical, and emotional health to age well. When you or a loved one needs help aging with dignity, there is assistance and resources in the community.
Sometimes people shy away from talking about their fi nal days and wishes, but it’s always benefi cial to start the process sooner than later.
As we age, our needs change. We may need help physically or cogni-
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Still waiting for more
As I read the May 20th Castle Rock News-Press article titled, “As counties lift restrictions, virus not done taking toll,” I have to say, I was left with disappointment and the same questions that have hung in the air unanswered for months. This article, as with many public announcements and publications, is very focused on restrictions, behavior expectations, and proper messaging and the COVID-19 vaccine. It does not speak at all to advances in COVID-19 treatments?
Why do we not appear to be able to hear an answer from the medical professionals as to why in the
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When Norma continued to decline cognitively as Alzheimer’s took over her world, activities of daily living, meal preparation, transportation, mental stimulation and respite for her husband Robbie became a challenge. When Norma became combative and “wanted to go home,” it took extra planning and attention. The family was confl icted, thinking it might be getting too much for
United States of America our medical profession has not been able to develop very effective treatments for severe symptoms from this virus? Why is the vaccine they only option we ever hear about? Why does the same number of cases in May 2020 mean the same outcome for those with cases in May 2021? I can’t help but feel like there is a narrative pushing the vaccine rather than exploring ways to manage this virus from all different angles with the end goal of reaching herd immunity, and that doesn’t give a feeling of confidence.
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Robbie but because he and Norma had clearly defi ned their goals and how they wanted their fi nal days to look, there was no guessing, arguments or unneeded stress. A helpful process is to prepare an Aging with Dignity Binder, as one family shared. “Putting together the binder turned out to be a truly invaluable tool for me and my mother. We gathered all our important documents. We were surprised how long it took to figure out where everything was kept. There were also many things we learned through this process that we would not have thought to include. We dubbed our very large binder The Book! I am so grateful that we put in the time and effort into it when we did. Shortly after the binder was completed, my father passed away. In the days and weeks that followed, as we navigated all the many practical things that need to be accomplished when a loved one passes away, we must have said a dozen times, thank goodness for The Book! We had everything we needed at our fingertips. I cannot
imagine the amount of stress it would have added if we had waited to gather everything we needed until that moment. What a huge help it was to have everything in one place.”
Living a true, full, and authentic life is something we all strive for. Taking the time now to be proactive can help you determine what you value most, live life to the fullest, and have peace of mind.
Barb Lotze is Director of Business Development at Visiting Angels. To learn more contact blotze@ visitingangels.com, or call 720-2316248 (cell) or 720-981-0804 (offi ce).
This column is hosted by the Seniors’ Council of Douglas County. Please join us for our next virtual online presentation July 1 at 10 a.m. Barb Lotze will be our presenter and provide an overview on preparing loved ones about end-oflife wishes and aging with dignity. For more information, please visit www.MyDougCoSeniorLife.com, email DCSeniorLife@douglas.co.us or call 303-663-7681.
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Best. Summer. Ever.
After last year’s bummer of a summer, here’s how to make the most of Mile High life in 2021
BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Did your funnel cake intake stay at zero last year? Has it been a while since you’ve danced in anything but pajamas? If you’re among the millions ready to shed some pent-up energy as the summer of 2021 dawns, here’s a few events coming back or scaling up this year.
First Friday art walks
After a hiatus in 2020, the First Friday Art Walk returns to the Art District on Santa Fe on June 4 and continuing the first Friday of every month thereafter. The signature art walk in the Denver area, Santa Fe’s takes visitors into a variety of galleries, studios, lofts and alleys. The District is big, but most of the action is on Santa Fe Drive between 5th and 11th streets. Masks and social distancing still required — for now. Other art walks are in RiNo and on South Pearl Street. DenversArtDistrict.org
Film on the Rocks
What could be a more Colorado moment than watching “The Shining” — inspired by Estes Park’s Stanley Hotel — at Red Rocks? Film on the Rocks is back at Colorado’s most beloved concert venue, with a twist — most of this year’s 24 cult classics will be screened drive-in style in the lower parking lot, with Creation and Ship rocks as a backdrop. Just three films — “Casino
Royale,” “Jurassic Park” and “The Princess Bride” — will be screened in the amphitheatre itself. Drivein tickets are $59.50 per car (but hey, you get some Coke, popcorn and candy out of the deal), or $16 a person for the amphitheatre shows. Book ’em soon, they sell out quick! DenverFilm.org
Renaissance Festival
If you’re the type who really prefers to inspect your swords before you buy them, don’t miss the return of the Colorado Renaissance Festival. Colorado’s celebration of all things magical and medieval occupies a purpose-built village in the enchanted forest outside Larkspur. Quaff a hearty ale and gobble a turkey leg beneath the pines while the kids make merry with legions of jugglers, fire-breathers, jousters and magicians. Over 200 crafters and artisans hawk their wares, from
suits of armor to love potions. Not to be missed: the dungeon museum, featuring mannequins enduring shockingly innovative medieval torture devices. Ticket prices haven’t been announced yet. The fest runs eight weekends starting July 3. ColoradoRenaissance.com
Arapahoe County Fair
Arapahoe County may not be associated with spurs and cowboy hats much anymore, but by gum, there’s enough Wild West left in it to put on a rootin’ tootin’ county fair. The fair returns to the county fairgrounds on East Quincy Avenue, on the edge of the prairie, but close enough for suburbanites to enjoy rodeos, tractor pulls, and the Dock Dogs — high-diving dogs who plunge 40 feet into a pool. Don’t miss the 4-H barns filled with all creatures bovine, equine and porcine. And, of course, the ulti-
mate county fair challenge: chowing down on fair food, then trying to keep it down after a few carnival rides. The fair runs July 22-25. ArapahoeCountyFair.com
Clear Creek Whitewater Park
There are lots of lovely ways to see Golden, but perhaps the best is by inner tube. After spending much of the summer of 2020 closed, Clear Creek Whitewater Park is open to floaters and boaters this year — just in time for a wet spring and some epic snowmelt. Grab a tube and head to the west end of 10th St., then walk upstream as far as your flip-flops will take you. Most folks get out around the baseball diamond to go back upstream and float the stretch again, but intrepid floaters can continue northeast through town — just make sure you get out before the Coors brewery. The best part? A post-tubing detour up Washington Street, to downtown Golden’s many excellent restaurants and pubs.
Levitt Pavilion
Say “Ruby Hill” to Denver-area old-timers and they’ll likely conjure memories of sledding down the epic incline, but the younger generation may grow up thinking of it as one of the best summertime spots as well. Levitt Pavilion, one of Denver’s finest free cultural amenities, is back with a full lineup of free summer concerts. This year’s roster includes Colorado originals like the Flobots and Yonder Mountain String Band — and a few ticketed events, including the legendary Melissa Etheridge on Aug. 13. Even if you visit on a night without a concert, check out another of the best shows in town: the
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view of the Denver skyline from the north end of Ruby Hill Park. Picnic blankets not included.
The Arapahoe County Fair returns this summer, filled with down-home fun and rides.
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Crowds will return to Levitt Pavillion for a series of free concerts this summer, one of many attractions returning after last year’s lockdown summer.
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‘Each/Other’ collaboration on display until August
Denver Art Museum exhibit features works of two Indigenous artists
BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
“Each/Other” is the first exhibition to feature the works of contemporary Indigenous artists Marie Watt (Seneca, Scottish, German) and Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Lakota, European) together and the Denver Art Museum will run it through Aug. 22 — a perfect show for viewers of any age and from Colorado or anywhere else in the world.
The exhibit is contained in size — 26 mixed-media sculptures, wall hangings and large-scale installation works, along with a large artist-guided community artwork, also named “Each/Other.” Discover new works now — part of a whole new genre and perhaps later in the fall, plan to visit the familiar Native American collection when it reopens to consider possible connections ...
Both artists focus on collaborative art making in their practices, but this exhibit is the first time they have worked together.
Denver Art Museum’s Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Native Arts John Lukavic writes in his catalogue introduction of a “seed” planted in his mind at a late-night Manhattan arts event where both artists were
present and met for a first time.
essential part of both Watt’s and Luger’s practices and is what helped them develop deep bonds with one another, and with me,” he writes.
“They create and amplify platforms for shared experiences ... When we see collaboration in these broad terms, our eyes are open to the land, animals and processes with which we sometimes unknowingly collaborate — or even harm.”
Watt, who lives in Montana, had been an artist in residence at DAM in 2013, leading quilting circles and exploring textile art from her unique perspective on collaboration
Luger, a New Mexico resident, had a history of collaborative works as well, including a floor to ceiling piece, “Every One” (2018), created with large clay beads, each individu-
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Catalogue author Jami Powell writes about her initial difficulty of placing these artists within any predetermined categories of Indigenous art.
“By grounding their work within Indigenous understandings of place, relationality and materiality, Watt and Luger refuse Western art historical categorization and argue for a consideration of art as inseparable from our humanity,” she writes. “While we tend to think in terms of reservations, nearly 80% of us do not live on one,” Powell said, as she
talks of a new space they and other contemporary BIPOC artists are creating.
The centerpiece of this exhibit is a participatory sculpture, also called “Each/Other,” a large-scale she-wolf, with a pelt stitched from hundreds of bandannas, contributed by more than 700 people who answered their call.
According to the catalogue, “Contributors were instructed to take a bandanna-sized piece of fabric, fold it in a triangle and embroider a word, message or visual sentiment that is meaningful to them during this time of the COVID-19 Pandemic, and mail their creation to the artists. They were stitched into a giant animal pelt at Portland Garment factory, a woman-owned and environmentally-conscious fabrication studio. It was then draped over an armature created by Neal Fagan from the artist’s design.” Onsite, Watt and Luger “welded the head, handstitched the bandanna submissions onto the she-wolf’s body and embedded ceramic eyes, bringing this monumental canine figure to life.”
It is described as “Steel, wool, bandannas and embroidery thread 12x20x9 ft. (approximately).”
Plan to pay this she-wolf a visit this summer:
Denver Art Museum, 100 West 14th Ave. Parkway (just west of Broadway). Parking garage, on 12th as well as neighborhood spots. Open daily. Ticketed.
he Arvada Center is celebrating the return of live musical theater with an experience that will be novel for both performers and audiences — musical theater outside. For the first time in 19 years, the Center is premiering a show — “Million Dollar Quartet” — in its Outdoor Amphitheatre.
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“The show is based on a real jam session recorded by Sam Phillips from 1956 featuring Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis,” said Rod A. Lansberry, producing artistic director of musical theatre. “It took place in a two-hour span, and the show is a lot like watching that session live. But it’s not a Vegas impersonation show — it has a storyline that carries through.”
Coletta as Lewis, Sam Sherwood as Perkins, Andrew Frace as Cash, Nick Voss as Presley and Suzanna Champion as Dyanne. Lansberry said the Center received about 600 auditions for the roles — all virtual, due to the pandemic. Once that relatively new experience was surmounted, then came the “old is new again” experience of putting together a show. In person. For a live audience.
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“Million Dollar Quartet” runs at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., through Friday, July 2, with performances at 8 p.m. on Tuesday through Sunday.
“Million Dollar Quartet” features Zachary Andrews as Phillips, JP
“After two years of not performing for the actors and two years of not directing for me, it took a little while to get used to again,” he said. “But there was much more of a feeling of excitement for us to be back in front of an audience, with performers getting to do what they do.”
The show features classics like “Blue Suede Shoes” and “Walk the Line,” which means not only do the actors have to perform and play on stage, but they need to do be convincing as the well-known figures without straying into caricature.
“It’s a very intricate show because of the style all these musicians played in,” Lansberry added. “We don’t want them to be doing impersonations, so all the actors did their
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“Each/Other” is a large-scale she-wolf sculpture in the exhibit of the same name at Denver Art Museum. COURTESY PHOTO
Annual water garden sale coming June 6
The Colorado Water Garden Society will host its annual sale on June 6, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Hudson Gardens, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Admission is free and visitors may want to stroll through the gardens while there. Selection of tropical water lilies, hardy water lilies, lotus, marginal tropical plants.
Market and Ceremonial Dance from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 5 and 6. Tickets: $10. Children 12 and under free. Parking is free. Shopping, drum and dance exhibitions. Food. 303-839-1671, tesoroculturalcenter. org. Nice for kids.
Fertilizer tabs on sale. Knowledgeable staff on hand for information and advice. (Business office/residence area.)
Jazz orchestra
The Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra will perform at 2 p.m. on June 6 at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood. Tickets, Lakewood.org/tickets or 303-987-7845.
20th Annual Indian Market
The Fort Restaurant at 19192 Highway 8, Morrison (near Red Rocks), will host the 20th Annual Indian
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homework to ensure they’re believable as these characters.”
The original plan was for the show to be performed on the Main Stage, but when the Center’s production of “Small Mouth Sounds” was moved into that space to allow for social distancing, “Million Dollar Quartet” migrated outside.
“It really fits in the amphitheater because it is very similar to the live music we normally have out there,” Lansberry said. “It’s just an enjoyable evening outside — something that a lot of us haven’t had in the last year and a half. It’s important to produce a
Buntport Theater
A new original show from the inventive folks at Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan St, Denver. “Space People in Space” runs through June 13, Wednesdays to Sundays in Buntport’s parking lot. (@ 60 minutes.) Tickets: Name your own price, available for parties of one to six. buntport.com, 720-946-1388. These tend to sell out, so obtain tickets in advance.
Cherry Creek Arts Fest
Cherry Arts has postponed the Cherry Creek Arts Festival, originally scheduled July 2, 3, 4, until Sept. 4, 5, 6 in the outdoor area of cherry Creek Shopping Center. The artists will be those juried into the 2020 celebration, which was canceled.
Douglas Land Conservancy
The annual Douglas Land Conservancy’s “Capturing the Beauty
show that gives people that opportunity.”
For information and tickets, call 720-898-7299 or visit www.arvadacenter.org.
Plays making progress with the Athena Project
The Athena Project’s Plays In Progress series is back this year highlighting new works by women playwrights from more than 300 submitted works. The works — “The Newlywed Game” by Alyssa Haddad, “Like a House of Cards” by Eva Grace, “Woman Wahala” by Nikkita Duke and “Knead Love” by Camille Darby — will be presented as virtual table reads on Zoom Webinar, and there will also be panels featuring playwrights, directors, dramaturgs and actors from across the country.
Water plants will be for sale June 6 at Hudson Gardens in Littleton. COURTESY PHOTO
of Open Land” plein air painting show and sale will be June 26-27 at the White Pavilion, 414 Perry St. in downtown Castle Rock. (10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.) Participating artists will paint on private properties during the week of June 21-25. Free to attend.
Lone Tree
Nicolle Davis is the new executive director of the Lone Tree Arts Center at 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. The Highlands Ranch resident has been executive director of library systems, including Arapahoe County, and is currently assistant commissioner of the Colorado State
The series will be on Saturday, June 5 and Sunday, June 6. There is a Series Pass and Backstage Pass available to the general public, and for entertainers and theatre artists who have been financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a Backstage Pass option at a discounted rate. The full schedule and tickets can be found at https:// athenaprojectarts.org/pip/.
A summer of fun ahead at Four Mile Historic Park
After more than a year of being closed, Denver’s Four Mile Historic Park reopened on Wednesday, June 2, for self-guided tours.
The 162-year old house museum, Denver’s oldest standing structure is also a working farm with horses, goats, chickens and pigs.
Library. She starts June 4. Leigh Chandler will serve as the first artistic director of the Lone Tree Arts Center.
Denver Botanic Gardens
Cast bronze works, “Of Sky and Ground: Yoshitomo Saito” will be exhibited in the Denver Botanic Gardens’ Freyer-Newman Center Kemper Family Gallery July 24 through Nov. 28. It will feature large works and a multi-object “Millionyearseeds” that features more than 1,000 bronze castings of natural objects such as pine cones and banana peels. Included with general admission.
Maze
“Numbers in Nature: a Mirror Maze” opens on June 4 at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver. Guests can lose themselves in a seemingly infinite repeating pattern of mirrors. Guests will learn snout patterns by exploring fractal branching, spirals, Voronoi patterns, as if you’d stepped into a giant kaleidoscope. Open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and until 9 p.m. on Fridays through the summer. Special timed ticket required. dmns.org.
In addition to the reopening, the park also announced an Independence Day Celebration, presented by ANB Bank, from 5 to 9 p.m. on Friday, July 2, and Swallow Hill Music’s Shady Grove Picnic Concert Series. The concert series runs on Thursdays through August and features performers like Dakota Blonde, Eilen Jewell and more. For more information, visit www.fourmilepark. org.
Clarke’s Concert of the Week — The Menzinger’s Last Pandemic Virtual Performance Ever (Probably...)
The Menzingers make the kind of anthemic rock music that many will tell you has gone out of “style.” But it still manages to capture the hearts of those
who love it. The group has the uncanny ability to write incisively about everyday struggles in a way that’s both clever and catchy.
To celebrate the (hopeful) return live touring, the group is hosting what they’re calling “The Last Pandemic Virtual Performance Ever (Probably…),” at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 8. This will (again, hopefully) be the last time you can see these guys play without having someone else jumping into you and spilling their beer all over, so catch it while you can at www.themenzingersmerch. com.
Clarke Reader’s column on culture apears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@hotmail. com.
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YA little hard-won wisdom from one who would know
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ou’ve got a tale to tell. Everybody does, but people believe that yours would sell. Write a book, they say, your story is interesting/ funny/exciting. And so you start to imagine the crowds at your book signing.
You think about the money you’ll make. You picture the life of a writer. You should read “Consider This” by Chuck Palahniuk before you go any further.
Long before he was an author of novels, Chuck Palahniuk was a truck assembly line worker with a journalism degree, struggling to be a better writer through a series of expensive, ineffective workshops. Then he met Tom Spanbauer, who offered “less a class than a dialogue.”
That, says Palahniuk, is what he hopes this book will be.
“If you’re dedicated to becoming an author, nothing I can say here will stop you,” Palahniuk cautions.
“But if you’re not, nothing I can say will make you one.”
If you were Palahniuk’s student, though, he would tell you to pay attention to the “textures” in your characters’ conversations. Use textures as you would in normal conversation; they’ll help your readers know who said what, they’ll bridge conversational gaps, and they help indicate time passed.
“Establish… authority” to make your characters relatable. Offer real-
world context; never, ever ignore fi ne details; and don’t worry about making people likable. Some of literature’s best-loved characters were despicable.
If you were Palahniuk’s student, he’d tell you to “plant a gun” and an object that quietly returns again and again. He’d instruct you to surprise your readers and raise tension, both correctly, and to avoid ping-pong conversations. You’d start to listen to other people’s stories because that’s where your novel lies. You’d know how to rescue a boring character and how to write dialogue that
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“Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life After Which Everything Was Di erent” by Chuck Palahniuk
c.2020, Grand Central Publishing, $27, 256 pages
sounds authentic. And if Palahniuk were your teacher, you’d learn this: “Don’t overthink your creative process.”
Great writers are not born that way. They are molded from a mixture of sweat, rejection, odd hours, tiny pieces of notepaper, antacids, and books like “Consider This.”
Your readers have a short list of things they hate in a novel, and author Chuck Palahniuk shows you how not to do those things when writing your future bestseller. Replacing bad behavior with good is part of this book, including advice that makes so much sense that you wonder why you never thought of it before. (Hint: you didn’t because you’re not his student).
On that note, Palahniuk will delight you as he instructs, by subtly using his own advice scattered throughout this book amid
stories of his struggle to become a novelist and tales of booksignings that were held on his behalf. There are shout-outs to other authors that serve as a kind of reading list for prospective writers, and yes, you’ll fi nd a few headscratchers that may not make sense until you’re there.
Writers who are readers will enjoy this book for its anecdotes. Readers who are writers will love it for the chance to watch a master in action. If you are both, “Consider This” tells the tale.
Author Chuck Palahniuk.
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“Consider This” book cover.
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Code Ninjas opens in Castle Rock
Franchise provides knowledge in creating video games
BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Code Ninjas, a new business in Castle Rock, is providing an environment that allows youths to use ninja knowledge. Colorado Community Media recently interviewed new business owners Andy and Kristy Lathrop to talk about the activities, which are intended to encourage creativity in students.
Why did you open Code Ninjas?
We wanted to provide a missing and needed service in our community. Combined, we have more than 40 years of experience in technology and education. We want to take that experience and bring a passion for mentoring youth and young adults to reach their full potential.
Code Ninjas represents a business opportunity to maximize our family’s strengths in empathetic leadership, management, and teaching in the high-growth and highdemand field of computer science.
What are services/programs you provide?
We provide computer coding and STEM education services. Kids learn to code while building their own video games. Code Ninjas is the world’s largest and fastest growing kids coding franchise, with hundreds of locations in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom. At our centers, kids learn problem-solving, critical thinking, and STEM skills in a fun, safe and inspiring environment.
What ages do you serve?
Code Ninjas is open to students between ages 5 and 14, with a variety of time slots and options to fit family schedules.
Are there any summer programs to highlight?
Yes. We have summer camps in addition to our regular coding programs. Camps offer in-depth experiences in topics like robotics, 3D modeling, and game development in Minecraft and Roblox.
What are your goals in having a business in Castle Rock?
We want to provide 21st century technology skills that teach logic, problem-solving, creativity and resilience.
Andy and Kristy Lathrop opened the new Code Ninjas business in February. The business is located at 3855 Ambrosia St. Suite 102, in Castle Rock. COURTESY PHOTO
Seniors lead at the ballpark for Ponderosa baseball
Maloney says the lineup is strong top to bottom
BY JIM BENTON BENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Ponderosa head baseball coach
Bob Maloney has a good team this season that he says is more like a family.
Maloney said five seniors have set the standard for the program.
Those players are third baseman/ pitcher Cael Porter, catcher Brady Ingalls, first baseman Dom Lopez, second baseman Kolton Miller and outfielder Skyler Ahern.
“We have five seniors that have been instrumental in our success not only this year but the previous three as well,” said Maloney. “They lead by example, they don’t care who gets the credit. It’s awesome and they play as a family.
“This is my seventh year and when they came in as freshmen ... we’ve had good teams, don’t get me wrong ... but these guys are special. They are baseball kids. They’re good but they respect the game, play hard and they keep the team together. We’re not head and shoulders above other teams, but we play like a family and that helps us a lot.”
Ponderosa, 9-2, was the top-ranked Class 4A team in Colorado in the May 24 CHSAANow.com poll.
And like a family, the players are close to each other. Junior Luke Karel was diagnosed with leukemia a few months ago, and the Mustangs have dedicated this season to him.
“One of our teammates has been struggling this year,” pointed out Miller. “He’s in the hospital, and we’ve just been playing for him every game. Just seeing that there are some people that wish they could be in our shoes and playing out here, we don’t want to take that for granted. He’s been battling and we stay in touch so we’ve been playing for him.”
Pondo, which lost a 5-4 game to Castle View on May 24, has notched some big wins so far this season.
The Mustangs shut out Regis Jesuit, ranked third in the Class 5A poll, 4-0 on May 12. Pondo whipped Douglas County, 13-3 on May 17, blanked Legend, 11-0, on May 20 and got past fifth-ranked Class 5A team Mountain Vista, 15-9, on May 23.
“Our team knows we have a chance to go far,” said Porter. “We are all playing for each other. We definitely have more of a drive to come out and compete this year. From one through nine in the lineup we are all trying our hardest. We just need to keep battling. We can’t take anyone for granted.”
After 11 games, junior outfielder Carson Conant was the Mustangs’ leading hitter among the starters with a .455 batting average while junior shortstop Dylan Carey was hitting at a .452 clip. Miller, who will play next season at CSU-Pueblo, was hitting .368 and Ahern, a Lamar Community College recruit, at .360.
“This year we have really good chemistry,” added Miller. “We’ve jelled really good together, and we have a couple guys that have been playing varsity baseball for three or four years now so we have the experience and confidence. We’re just
Senior third baseman/pitcher Cael Porter claims this season’s Ponderosa team believes it will play for a long time this season.
going to take it one game at a time.
“Whether we are down or up, we’re never out of the game. We just keep playing until the last out. We never give up and keep each other up.
“All the seniors try to lead by
example and try to help the younger guys know what it is like to be part of Ponderosa baseball,” continued Miller. “We try to set a good example so when we are out of here the younger guys can take over and have a good team too.”
Ponderosa players wait for a pitching change during a May 24 game at Castle View. From left, Cael Porter, Dylan Carey, Kolton Miller and Dom Lopez.
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Ponderosa senior second baseman Kolton Miller says the Mustangs have jelled this season.
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THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.
Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 199, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 122-I, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.
Which has the address of: 10211 Charissglen Lane, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126
NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 30, 2021, at the ublic Trustee s office, hilip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.
First Publication: 5/6/2021
Last Publication: 6/3/2021
Publisher: Douglas County News Press
Dated: 3/9/2021 DAVID GILL
DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee
The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: AMANDA FERGUSON Colorado Registration #: 44893 355 UNION BLVD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD,
DOT Recorded in Douglas County.
Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt:
$11,114,286.00
Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $14,274,678.89
Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Debt secured thereby.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.
Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 2, CROWN POINT FILING NO. 1, 5TH AMENDMENT, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.
Which has the address of: 19302 Cottonwood Drive, Parker, CO 80138 NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 21, 2021, at the ublic Trustee s office, hilip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.
First Publication: 5/27/2021
Last Publication: 6/24/2021
Publisher: Douglas County News Press
Dated: 3/30/2021
DAVID GILL
DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee
The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/
Legal Notice No. 2021-0011
First Publication: 5/27/2021
Last Publication: 6/24/2021
Publisher: Douglas County News Press City and County
PUBLIC NOTICE
Pursuant to the laws of the State of Colorado:
GARRENT COMPANIES LLC d/b/a THE I.C. has requested the Liquor Licensing Authority of the Town of Castle Rock, Colorado to grant a HOTEL RESTAURANT LIQUOR License, as provided by law, at the premises located at: 2355 MERCANTILE STREET #102, Castle Rock, Colorado 80109
A Public Hearing on this application will be held before the Liquor Licensing Authority at the hour of 10 AM or as soon thereafter as possible, on JUNE 15, 2021, either at the Town of Castle Rock ffices, 100 Wilco St., Castle Rock, Colorado, or via Webex by accessing the agenda with instructions at castlerock-co.legistar.com/Calendar. At said time and place, any interested persons may appear and be heard for or against the granting of said license.
The completed application and supporting documentation was received, and reviewed for filing, on APRIL 27, 2021. GARRETT COMPANIES, LLC has listed the following officers: ERIC M. GARRETT.
PURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAWS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, GOOSE SALOON LLC, D/B/A WILD GOOSE SALOON, HAS REQESTED THE LICENSING OFFICIALS OF THE TOWN OF PARKER TO GRANT A HOTEL AND RESTAURANT LIQUOR LICENSE AT 11160 PIKES PEAK DRIVE, PARKER, COLORADO 80138.
A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD BEFORE THE PARKER SPECIAL LICENSING AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF SUCH APPLICATION ON THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2021, AT 6:30 P.M., OR AS SOON THEREAFTER AS CAN BE HEARD, AT THE PARKER TOWN HALL, 20120 EAST MAINSTREET, PARKER, COLORADO.
ALL INTERESTED PARTIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND.
GOOSE SALOON LLC, IS A COLORADO
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY WHOSE MEMBER IS: DALE TRUJILLO, OWNER, AT 5361 CLOVERVALE CIRCLE, HIGHLANDS RANCH, COLORADO 80130.
Legal Notice No. 939201
First Publication: June 3, 2021
Last Publication: June 3, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
StorQuest Liggett Road
Notice is hereby given that the Town Council of the Town of Castle Rock, Colorado will hold an in-person public hearing regarding the StorQuest Liggett Road Annexation (Eligibility) on July 6, 2021, at 6:00 pm in the Town of Castle Rock Town Hall, 100 N. Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado. The public hearing may also be attended virtually via http://CRgov.com/CouncilMeeting and clicking on the Participate Live link. The purpose of the public hearing is to determine if the property described in the following Petition for Annexation complies with Article II, Section 30 of the Constitution of the State of Colorado, and meets the applicable requirements of §31-12-104 and §31-12-105, C.R.S., and is considered eligible for annexation. The Town Council Substantial Compliance Resolution No. 2021-049 and the Petition for Annexation read as follows: RESOLUTION NO. 2021-049
A RESOLUTION FINDING THAT THE PETITION FOR ANNEXATION SUBMITTED BY KGCB INDUSTRIES LLC IS IN SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH ARTICLE II, SECTION 30(1) (B) OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND SECTION 31-12-107(1), C.R.S.; AND SETTING A DATE, TIME, AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO DETERMINE IF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION UNDER ARTICLE II, SECTION 30 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND SECTIONS 31-12-104 AND 31-12-105, C.R.S. (StorQuest-Liggett Road Annexation)
WHEREAS, on April 13, 2021, a petition (the etition was filed with the Town Clerk by CB Industries LLC (the “Petitioner”) for the annexation of a 5.24-acre parcel of land located southwest of the intersection of Liggett Road and State Highway 85 as more particularly described on the attached Exhibit A (the “Property”); and
WHEREAS, the Petition requests that the Town of Castle Rock (the “Town”) annex the Property; and
WHEREAS, the Petition states that it is signed by persons: i comprising more than fifty percent of the landowners in the area to be annexed and ii owning more than fifty percent of the area to be annexed, excluding public streets, and alleys and any land owned by the Town, as required by Article II, Section 30(1)(b) of the Colorado Constitution; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to §31-12-107(1)(f), C.R.S., the Town Council, without undue delay, is required to determine if the Petition is in substantial compliance with the requirements set forth in Article II, Section 30(1)(b) of the Colorado Constitution and §31-12-107(1), C.R.S.; and
WHEREAS, upon such determination, the Town Council is required to set a date, time, and place for a hearing to determine whether the Property is eligible for annexation to the Town in accordance with the requirements of Article II, Section 30 of the Colorado Constitution and §§31-12-104 and 31-12-105, C.R.S.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Town Council finds and determines:
A. The Petition requests that the Town annex the Property;
B. The Petition is signed by persons: (i) comprising more than fifty percent 50 of the landowners of the roperty, and ii owning more than fifty percent 50 of the roperty, e cluding public streets and alleys, and any land owned by the Town;
C. The Petition substantially complies with the requirements of Section 30(1)(b) of Article II of the Colorado Constitution and §31-12-107(1), C.R.S;
D. The Petition is accompanied by a map containing the information required by §31-12-107(1)(d), C.R.S.; and
E.No signature on the Petition is dated more than 180 days prior to the date of filing of the etition with the Town Clerk.
Section 2. Pursuant to §31-12-108, C.R.S., a public hearing is scheduled before the Town Council on July 6, 2021, at 6:00 P.M., at the Castle Rock Town Hall, 100 N. Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, for the purpose of enabling the Town Council to determine whether:
A.The Property is eligible for annexation to the Town in accordance with the requirements of Article II, Section 30 of the Colorado Constitution and §§31-12-104 and 31-12-105, C.R.S.;
B.Whether an election of the landowners and registered electors in the area to be annexed is required under Article II, Section 30(1)(a) of the Colorado Constitution and §31-12-107(2), C.R.S.; and
C. Whether additional terms and conditions are to be imposed upon the proposed annexation.
Section 3. The Town Clerk shall give notice of said hearing in the manner prescribed by §31-12108(2), C.R.S.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective on the date and at the time of its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of May, 2021 by the Town Council of the Town of Castle Rock, Colorado, on first and final reading by a vote of seven (7) for and zero (0) against.
PETITION FOR ANNEXATION
The undersigned (the “Petitioner”), being the owner of more than fifty percent 50 of the property proposed to be annexed, exclusive of public streets and alleys, which property is described in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference (the “Property”), hereby petitions (this “Petition”) the Town Council (the “Council”) of the Town of Castle Rock, Colorado (the “Town”), for annexation of the Property in accordance with the provisions of Title 31, Article 12, Part 1, C.R.S., as amended, and Section 30(1)(b) of Article II of the Colorado Constitution.
In support of this Petition, Petitioner states the following:
1. It is desirable and necessary that the Property be annexed to the Town.
2. The condition set forth in Section 30(1)(b) of Article II of the Colorado Constitution has been met, the provisions of Section 30 of Article II of the Colorado Constitution have been complied with, and the requirements of Sections 31 12 104 and 31 12 105, C.R.S., exist or have been met in that:
a. Not less than one sixth (1/6) of the perimeter of the Property is contiguous with the existing boundaries of the Town.
b. Contiguity with the Town is not established by: (i) use of any boundary of an area: p reviously annexed to the Town that, at the time of its annexation, was not contiguous at any p oint with the boundary of the Town, was not otherwise in compliance with Sectio n 31 12 104(1)(a), C.R.S., and was located more than three miles from the nearest boundary of the Town (“ Non Contiguous Area”); or (ii) use of any boundary of territory subsequently annexed directly to, or indirectly connected through subsequent annexations to, a Non Contiguous Area.
c. A community of interest exists between the Property and the Town.
d. The Property is urban or will be urbanized in the near future.
e. The Property is integrated or is capable of being integrated with the Town.
f. In establishing the boundaries of the Property, no land held in identical ownership, whether consisting of one tract or parcel of real estate or two or more contiguous tracts or parcels of real estate, has been divided into separate parts or parcels without the written consent of the landowners thereof unless such tracts or parcels are separated by a dedicated street, road, or other public way.
g. In establishing the boundaries of the Property, no land held in identical ownership, whether consisting of one tract or parcel of real estate or two or more contiguous tracts or parcels of real estate, comprising twenty acres or more (which, together with the buildings and improvements situated thereon, has a valuation for assessment in excess of $200,000 for ad valorem tax purposes for the year next preceding the annexation) has been included in the Property without the written consent of the landowner.
h. No annexation proceedings have been commenced for the annexation of part or all of the Property to another municipality.
i. Annexation of the Property will not result in the detachment of area from any school district and the attachment of the same to another school district.
j. Annexation of the Property will not have the effect of extending a municipal boundary more than three miles in any direction from any point of the Town boundary in any one year.
k. In establishing the boundaries of the Property, if a portion of a platted street or alley is annexed, the entire width of said street or alley is included, and the Town shall not deny reasonable access to landowners, owner of an easement, or the owner of a franchise adjoining a platted street or alley which has been annexed by the Town but is not bounded on both sides by the Town.
l. The Property is not presently a part of any incorporated town, city and county, or city.
3. etitioner comprises more than fifty percent 50 of the landowners in the roperty and owns
more than fifty percent 50 of the roperty, excluding public streets, and alleys and any land owned by the Town as set forth on Exhibit B.
4.
s Certificate, Planning Commission Recommendation, Town Council Approval, and the Douglas County Clerk and Recorder s Certificate.
b. On the map/plat: (i) A north arrow. (ii) A showing of property lines and easements. (iii) A benchmarks statement and basis of bearings statement. (iv) A showing of the location of each ownership tract in unplatted land and, if part or all of the Property is platted, the boundaries and the plat numbers of plots or of lots and blocks. (v) A showing of all adjoining and internal streets and right-of-ways, labeled with street names.
(vi) A legend.
. etitioner has filed this etition subject to, and Petitioner’s consent to annexation of the Property to the Town is conditioned upon satisfaction of, the following conditions, any one or more of which Petitioner may waive in writing in Petitioner’s sole discretion:
a. Concurrently with Town Council approving annexation of the Property, the Town approves such ordinances, resolutions and/or other written instruments as may be required to effect approval of each of the Applications in a form that is substantially consistent with the applications Petitioner submits in connection with this Petition (the “Approvals”).
b. Pursuant to Section 31 12 107(1)(e), C.R.S., Petitioner reserves the sole, exclusive and unilateral right to withdraw this Petition by so notifying the Clerk of the Town in writing at any point prior to the later to occur of: i if no Legal Challenge defined in aragraph occurs prior to such date, t he 30th day after publication following Town Council’s approval of the final ordinance s , resolutions and/or other final action s granting the Approvals and ii if a Legal Challenge occurs, the date of final, non appealable resolution of such Legal Challenge.
c. Prior to expiration of the period described in the foregoing Paragraph 6.b, without Petitioner having withdrawn the Petition, neither Petitioner nor the Town shall cause or permit the recording of the annexation ordinance or the annexation map, recording of which are conditions to effectiveness of the annexation as set forth in Section 31 12 113(2)(b), C.R.S., or the recording of any other instruments effecting the Approvals.
7. For the purposes of this Petition, “Legal Challenge means either: a. any third party commences any legal proceeding or other action that directly or indirectly challenges the Town’s annexation of the Property of the Town’s granting of the Approvals; or b. any third party submits a petition for referendum seeking to reverse or nullify any of the Approvals.
8. Upon recording of the annexation ordinance and the annexation map such that the annexation of the Property has become legally effective in accordance with Section 31-12-113(2)(b), C.R.S., and subject to the conditions set forth in this Petition and to be set forth in the Development Agreement, the Property shall become subject to the Town’s Charter and all ordinances, resolutions, rules, and regulations of the Town, except as otherwise may be set forth in the Development Agreement, and except for general property taxes of the Town which shall become effective on January 1 of the next succeeding year following the date on which annexation of the Property becomes legally effective.
9. Petitioner acknowledges that, from and after the date on which the annexation of the Property becomes legally effective and subject to the terms and provisions of the Approvals, the Property, the owners thereof, and the uses thereon shall be: a. subject to all taxes and fees imposed by the Town; b. bound by any taxes imposed and voter authorization obtained pursuant to Article X, Section 20 of the Colorado Constitution prior to the annexation of the Property; and c. Petitioner hereby waives any claims it may have under Article X, Section 20 of the C olorado Constitution related to such taxes imposed and voter authorization obtained prior to annexation of the Property.
10. Except for the terms and conditions of this Petition, and of the Approvals, which terms and conditions Petitioner expressly approves and therefore do not constitute an imposition of additional terms and conditions within the meaning of Sections 31 12 107(4), 110(2), 111 or 112(1), C.R.S., Petitioner requests that no additional terms and conditions be imposed upon annexation of the Property to the Town.
ALONG SAID EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE; THENCE ON AN ANGLE TO THE LEFT 90 DEGREES 13 MINUTES 45 SECONDS A DISTANCE OF 334.15 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE STATE HIGHWAY;
THENCE ON AN ANGLE TO THE LEFT OF
92 DEGREES 19 MINUTES 00 SECONDS A
DISTANCE OF 86.08 FEET ALONG SAID WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE POINT OF BEGINNING, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.
PARCEL 2:
A TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE NORTHEAST OF SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 7 SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCING AT THE EAST ONE QUARTER CORNER OF SECTION 34; THENCE NORTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID NORTHEAST A DISTANCE OF 379.68 FEET TO THE WEST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF STATE HIGHWAY; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID WEST RIGHT OF WAY LINE ON A DEFLECTION ANGLE TO THE LEFT OF 28 DEGREES 42 MINUTES 30 SECONDS A DISTANCE OF 232.92 FEET TO THE NORTHEASTERLY CORNER OF THE SWEENEY PROPERTY(BOOK 938, PAGE 1074 OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY RECORDS); THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ON A DEFLEC-
TION ANGLE TO THE LEFT OF 90 DEGREES
00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS A DISTANCE OF 320.29 FEET TO THE NORTHWESTERLY CORNER OF THE SWEENEY PROPERTY AND TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ON A DEFLECTION ANGLE TO THE LEFT OF 92 DEGREES 32 MINUTES 45 SECONDS ALONG A LINE 150 FEET EASTERLY OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE CENTERLINE OF THE RAILROAD A DISTANCE OF 477.83 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTHEAST ¼; THENCE WEST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE A DISTANCE OF 109.49 FEET TO A LINE 50 FEET EAST OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE CENTERLINE OF THE RAILROAD; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID PARALLEL LINE A DISTANCE OF 428.79 FEET TO THE WESTERLY EXTENSION OF THE NORTH LINE OF THE SWEENEY PROPERTY; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG SAID WESTERLY EXTENSION A DISTANCE OF 100.10 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
EXCEPTING FROM THE ABOVE ANY PORTION CONVEYED TO DOUGLAS COUNTY IN DEED RECORDED AUGUST 30, 1927 IN BOOK 73 AT PAGE 239.
PARCELS 3 4: A TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE SOUTHWEST OF THE NORTHWEST OF SECTION 35 AND IN THE SOUTHEAST OF THE NORTHEAST OF SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 7 SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTHEAST OF THE NORTHEAST OF SAID SECTION 34: THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 32 MINUTES 53 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST OF THE NORTHEAST A DISTANCE OF 178.79
PURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAWS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, PARKER TACO INC.,
D/B/A THE TACO COMPANY , HAS REQESTED THE LICENSING OFFICIALS OF THE TOWN OF PARKER TO GRANT A HOTEL AND RESTAURANT LIQUOR LICENSE AT 11061 SOUTH PARKER ROAD, PARKER, COLORADO 80134.
A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD BEFORE THE PARKER SPECIAL LICENSING AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF SUCH APPLICATION ON THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2021, AT 6:30 P.M., OR AS SOON THEREAFTER AS CAN BE HEARD, AT THE PARKER TOWN HALL, 20120 EAST MAINSTREET, PARKER, COLORADO.
ALL INTERESTED PARTIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND.
PARKER TACO INC., IS A COLORADO CORPORATION WHOSE MEMBERS ARE: MIGUEL HERNANDEZ, PRESIDENT; AND ALEJANDRO CORONA, SHAREHOLDER, AT 3383 GHOST DANCE DRIVE, CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO 80108.
Legal Notice No. 939200
First Publication: June 3, 2021
Last Publication: June 3, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
LEGAL NOTICE
OF PROPOSED SCHOOL BUDGET
Notice is hereby given that, at a properly noticed public meeting on May 11, 2021, a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Education of Douglas County School District RE-1, Douglas and Elbert Counties, Colorado, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, and has been filed in the principal administrative offices of the School District, 620 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80104, where it is available for public inspection online on the Douglas County School District website at www.dcsdk12.org.
Formal adoption of the proposed budget will be considered at the regular meeting of the Board of Education on June 22, 2021. Colorado statutes provide that it is not necessary for the Board of Education to formally adopt the proposed budget on June 22, 2021, but if the proposed budget is to be adopted at some future meeting, the date, time and place of any meeting shall be announced by the Board of Education and entered into the minutes of the meeting of the Board held for consideration of the proposed budget as specified in this notice.
Any person paying school taxes in said district may either at such June 22, 2021 meeting, or at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget, file or register his/her objections thereto.
Douglas County School District RE-1
Dated: May 12, 2021
Sandy Maresh
Board of Education Assistant Secretary
Legal Notice No. 939145
First Publication: May 20, 2021
Last Publication: June 3, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
PUBLIC NOTICE
PURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAWS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, SCISSORS AND SCOTCH PINE BLUFFS LLC, D/B/A SCISSORS AND SCOTCH, HAS REQESTED THE LICENSING OFFICIALS OF THE TOWN OF PARKER TO GRANT A TAVERN LIQUOR LICENSE AT 12227 PINE BLUFFS WAY, SUITE 109, PARKER, COLORADO 80134.
A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD BEFORE THE PARKER SPECIAL LICENSING AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF SUCH AP-
PLICATION ON THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2021, AT 6:30 P.M., OR AS SOON THEREAFTER AS CAN BE HEARD, AT THE PARKER TOWN HALL, 20120 EAST MAINSTREET, PARKER, COLORADO.
ALL INTERESTED PARTIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND.
SCISSORS AND SCOTCH PINE BLUFFS LLC, IS A COLORADO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY WHOSE MEMBERS ARE: BRIAN CHATWIN, CEO; AND THOMAS DATWYLER, CFO, AT 12227 PINE BLUFFS WAY, SUITE 109, PARKER, COLORADO 80134.
Legal Notice No. 939199
First Publication: June 3, 2021
Last Publication: June 3, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Public Notice
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION
A public hearing will be held before the Planning Commission on June 21, 2021, at 6:00 P.M., in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room, 100 Third St., Castle Rock, Colorado, for an amendment to the Douglas County 2040 Comprehensive Master Plan, Section 4, Rural Communities for a policy specific to the Louviers Rural Community. For more information call Douglas County Planning Services at 303-660-7460.
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NOTICE OF VACANCY ON THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF WESTFIELD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-2
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the Westfield Metropolitan District Nos. 1-2 (the “Districts”), Town of Castle Rock, Douglas County, Colorado.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-808, C.R.S., that one or more vacancies currently exist or will exist on the Boards of Directors of the Districts. Any qualified, eligible elector of the Districts interested in serving on the Board of Directors for the Districts should file a Letter of Interest with the Boards by 5:00 p.m. p.m., on Monday, June, 14, 2021.
Letters of Interest should be sent to Westfield Metropolitan District Nos. 1-2, c/o WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA WALDRON, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 2000, Centennial, CO 80122.
WESTFIELD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-2
By:/s/ WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA WALDRON
Attorneys at Law
Legal Notice No. 939211
First Publication: June 3, 2021
Last Publication: June 3, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
CENTENNIAL AIRPORT
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Commissioners of the Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority will conduct a VIRTUAL BOARD
MEETING at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 17th, 2021. Please go to the following link to attend this virtual meeting: https://www.centennialairport. com/index.php/en/about/virtual-boardroom.
The agenda will include a Public Hearing on an applications under Centennial Airport’s Development Policy and Application Procedures for Aeronautical and Non-Aeronautical Land Use (“Development Procedures”) from Modern Aviation for the Modern Aviation Hangars and FBO Development Plan.
Information concerning these items may be reviewed at the Airport Authority offices by appointment at 7565 South Peoria Street, Englewood, CO 80112. To schedule an appointment please call 303-790-0598.
Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority
Legal Notice No. 939218
First Publication: June 3, 2021 Last Publication: June 3, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
CENTENNIAL AIRPORT
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Commissioners of the Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority will conduct a VIRTUAL BOARD
MEETING at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 17th, 2021. Please go to the following link to attend this virtual meeting: https://www.centennialairport.com/index.php/en/ about/virtual-boardroom.
The agenda will include a Public Hearing on an applications under Centennial Airport’s Development Policy and Application Procedures for Aeronautical and Non-Aeronautical Land Use (“Development Procedures”) from AeroColorado for the Lot 15 AeroColorado Hangar Development Plan.
Information concerning these items may be reviewed at the Airport Authority offices by appointment at 7565 South Peoria Street, Englewood, CO 80112. To schedule an appointment please call 303-790-0598.
Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority
Legal Notice No. 939217
First Publication: June 3, 2021
Last Publication: June 3, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
NOTICE OF VACANCY ON THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF DAWSON RIDGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-5
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the Dawson Ridge Metropolitan District Nos. 1-5 (the Districts” ), Town of Castle Rock, Douglas County, Colorado.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-808, C.R.S., that one or more vacancies currently exist or will exist on the Boards of Directors of the Districts. Any qualified, eligible elector of the Districts interested in serving on the Boards of Directors for the Districts should file a Letter of Interest with the Boards by 5:00 p.m., on Monday, June 14, 2021.
Letters of Interest should be sent to Dawson Ridge Metropolitan District Nos. 1-5, c/o WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA WALDRON, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 2000, Centennial, CO 80122.
DAWSON RIDGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-5
By:/s/ WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA WALDRON
Attorneys at Law
Legal Notice No. 939212
First Publication: June 3, 2021
Last Publication: June 3, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Commissioners of the Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority will conduct a VIRTUAL BOARD MEETING at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 17th, 2021. Please go to the following link to attend this virtual meeting: https://www.centennialairport. com/index.php/en/about/virtual-boardroom.
The agenda will include a Public Hearing on an applications under Centennial Airport’s Development Policy and Application Procedures for Aeronautical and Non-Aeronautical Land Use (“Development Procedures”) from APP Centennial LLC for the Willowbrook Office Addition Development Plan.
Information concerning these items may be reviewed at the Airport Authority offices by appointment at 7565 South Peoria Street, Englewood, CO 80112. To schedule an appointment please call 303-790-0598.
Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority
Legal Notice No. 939219
First Publication: June 3, 2021
Last Publication: June 3, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
NOTICE OF VACANCY
PURSUANT to Section 32-1-808(2)(a)(I), C.R.S., notice is hereby given that vacancies exist on the Board of Directors of the Crystal Crossing Metropolitan District. Any eligible elector of the District who is interested in appointment to the Board may contact the District’s Attorney, Lisa K. Mayers, via e-mail: lmayers@spencerfane.com.
The Board of the District may fill said vacancies 10 days after the date hereof.
By: Lisa K. Mayers,
Legal Counsel
Legal Notice No. 939216
First Publication: June 3, 2021
Last Publication: June 3, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Bids and Settlements
Public Notice
NOTICE OF RELEASE OF RETAINAGE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Lone Tree of Douglas County, Colorado will make payment of retainage at the offices of City of Lone Tree at or after four-o’clock (4:00) p.m. on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 to Hamilton Construction, for all work done by said CONTRACTOR for the Ridgegate Parkway Expansion Project Phase1.
The project includes, but is not limited to, installation and maintenance of erosion control BMPs, demolition and removals related to storm sewer (as shown on the removal plans), construction of a 3-lane Prestressed Concrete U-Girder bridge over Happy Canyon Creek, construction of a 3-lane Prestressed Concrete U-Girder bridge over Badger Gulch, earthwork and subgrade prep, curb gutter, asphalt pavement, storm sewer installation, MSE wall and other work associated with arterial roadway construction. All of said construction being within or near the boundaries of the City of Lone Tree, in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado.
Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company, or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, provisions, or other supplies used or consumed by such CONTRACTOR or his Subcontractor(s), in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done and whose claim, therefore, has not been paid by the CONTRACTOR or his Subcontractor(s) at any time, up to and including the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done, is required to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim to the City of Lone Tree, 9220 Kimmer Drive, Colorado 80124 at or before the time and date hereinabove shown. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement of claim prior to such final settlement will release said City of Lone Tree, its City Council Members, officers, agents, consultants, and employees of and from any and all liability for such claim.
BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF LONE TREE, COLORADO
By: Justin Schmitz, Public Works Director
Legal Notice No.939222
First Publication: June 3, 2021
Last Publication: June 10, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT
Notice is hereby given that at 9:00 a.m. on June 10, 2021 the Rampart Range Metropolitan District No. 5 of Douglas County, Colorado will make final payment to HPM Inc., 9200 E. Mineral Avenue, Suite 355, Centennial, Colorado 80112 for all work done by said Contractor(s) in construction for work related to MD5-004A, First Street Lift Station Project, County of
State of Colorado. Any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or his subcontractors, in or about the performance of the work contracted
Public Notices
TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice:
ou and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Division of the Sheriff's Office of Douglas County, Colorado at 10:00
A.M., on the 1st day July, 2021, at 4000 Justice Way, Suite 2213, Castle Rock, CO 80109, phone number 303-660-7527. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. All bidders will be required to have in their possession cash or certified funds at least equal to the amount of the judgment creditor’s bid. Please telephone 303-660-7527 prior to the sale to ascertain the amount of this bid. The highest and best bidder will have two hours following the sale to tender the full amount of their bid, or they will be deemed to have withdrawn their bid.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE JUDGMENTS BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Recorded
Transcripts of Judgement are in the amount of $6,198.06
All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at 303-660-7527. The name, address and telephone number of each of the attorneys representing the holder of the evidence of the debt is Wendy E. Weigler #28419, Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis Payne, LLP8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 303-863-1870.
Dated 5/20/2021, Castle Rock, CO
Tony Spurlock Sheriff of Douglas County, Colorado
Tommy Barrella, Deputy Douglas County, Colorado
Legal Notice No. 939133
First Publication: 5/20/2021
Last Publication: 6/17/2021
Published In: Douglas County News Press
Public Notice
District Court, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2020CV30514, Division/Courtroom # 6 SHERIFF’S SALE NO. 21000499
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY
HIGHLANDS RANCH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff: v. ROY YANG et al., Defendant(s)
Regarding: LOT 153, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 122-H, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO
Also known as: 4705 Waldenwood Drive, Highlands Ranch, CO 80130; also known as: 4705 Waldenwood Dr Highlands Ranch,, CO 80130 (the “Property”)
Under a Judgement and Decree of Foreclosure entered on February 1, 2021, relating to Transcripts of Judgments recorded in the Douglas County public records the undersigned is ordered to sell certain real property set forth and described above.
TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice:
ou and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Division of the Sheriff's Office of Douglas County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 1st day July, 2021, at 4000 Justice Way, Suite 2213, Castle Rock, CO 80109, phone number 303-660-7527. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. All bidders will be required to have in their possession cash or certified funds at least equal to the amount of the judgment creditor’s bid. Please telephone 303-660-7527 prior to the sale to ascertain the amount of this bid. The highest and best bidder will have two hours following the sale to tender the full amount of their bid, or they will be deemed to have withdrawn their bid.
BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE INITIAL BID AT THE TIME OF SALE.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE JUDGMENTS BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY . Recorded Transcripts of Judgement are in the amount of $7,594.60
All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at 303-660-7527. The name, address and telephone number of each of the attorneys representing the holder of the evidence of the debt is Wendy E. Weigler #28419, Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis Payne, LLP8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 303-863-1870. Dated 5/6/2021, Castle Rock, CO Tony Spurlock Sheriff of Douglas County, Colorado Tommy Barrella, Deputy Douglas County, Colorado
Notice DISTRICT COURT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 4000 Justice Way Castle Rock, CO 80109
Plaintiff: CASTLEWOOD RANCH HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non profit corporation
Defendant: FRANK TURJA; ISAAC TURJA; JORDAN WEST COMPANIES LTD dba US MORTGAGES; LARRY H. MILLER CORPORATION dba LARRY H. MILLER NISSAN HIGHLANDS RANCH; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO; CALIBER HOME LOANS, INC.; DAVE GILL, TREASURER, named as the Douglas County Public Trustee
Attorneys for Plaintiff: Name: Alcock Law Group, PC Tammy M. Alcock, Esq. Address: 19751 E. Mainstreet, Suite 225 Parker, CO 80138
Phone No.:(303) 993-5400
Atty. Reg. #: 39816 Tammy@Alcocklawgroup.com
Case No. 2021CV30259 Division 5 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: FRANK TURJA
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. ou are required to file your answer or other response within 35* 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 35* 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 [petition] without further notice.
This is an action: for Judicial Foreclosure and Damages
Dated: April 7, 2021
(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).
Dated: May 25, 2021
ALCOCK LAW GROUP PC
s/ Tammy M. Alcock
Tammy M. Alcock, Esq. #39816
Legal Notice No. 939210
First Publication: June 3, 2021
Last Publication: July 1, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
Judicial Court, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2020CV30518, Division/ Courtroom # 6
SHERIFF’S SALE NO. 21000594 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY
TIMBERLINE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff: v. DAN A FLORES et al. Defendant(s)
Regarding: Lot 28, Block 2, Highlands Ranch Filing No. 52A (Amended), County of Douglas, State of Colorado
Also know by street and number as 8921 Jimson Weed Way, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 (the "Property").;
also known as: 8921 Jimson Weed Way, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 (the “Property”)
Under a Judgement and Decree of Foreclosure entered on December 7, 2020, relating to Transcripts of Judgments recorded in the Douglas County public records the undersigned is ordered to sell certain real property set forth and described above.
TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice:
ou and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Division of the Sheriff's Office of Douglas County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 15th day July, 2021, at 4000 Justice Way, Suite 2213, Castle Rock, CO 80109, phone number 303-660-7527. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the
BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE INITIAL BID AT THE TIME OF SALE.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE JUDGMENTS BEING
FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY . Recorded Transcripts of Judgement are in the amount of $9,495.91
All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at 303-660-7527. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is Gail R Gudder, Attorney Registration Number 17820, MOELLER GRAF ATTORNEYS AT LAW 385 INVERNESS PKWY 200 ENGLEWOOD, CO 80112, (720) 279-2568.
Dated 5/20/2021, Castle Rock, CO
Tony Spurlock
Sheriffof Douglas County, Colorado
Tommy Barrella, Deputy Douglas County, Colorado
Legal Notice No. 939122
First Publication: 5/20/2021
Last Publication: 6/17/2021
Published In: Douglas County News Press
Misc. Private Legals
PUBLIC NOTICE DISTRICT COURT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO 4000 Justice Way Castle Rock, Colorado 80109
Douglas/Elbert Combined Court Domestic Cases
CONSOLIDATED NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
Notice is hereby given that in the following proceedings filed in the Court during the month of April, 2021, under the Uniform Dissolution of Marriage Act, the above Court has found that due diligence has been used to obtain personal service of process within the State of Colorado and that efforts to obtain same would be to no avail, C.R.S. 14-10-107(4) (a) has ordered five p lications of a Consolidated Notice of said proceedings:
Case No.: 20DR506
Names of Parties: Lauren Brooke Holsey
Versus: Donald James Harford II
Nature of Action: Parental Responsibilities concerning: Paisley Lynn Harford and Addison Taylor Harford ou are further notified that a copy of the etition and Summons may be obtained from the Clerk of the Court during regular business hours (7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) and that default judgment may be entered against that party upon whom service is made by this notice if he or she fails to appear or file a response within thirty 30 days after the date of publication.
Dated this 27th Day of April 2021
By: /s/ Cheryl A. Layne
Clerk of the Combined Court 4000 Justice Way Castle, Rock, Colorado 80109
Legal Notice No: 939202
First Publication: June 3, 2021
Last Publication: July 1, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED
To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to:
JAMES REEVES AKA JAMES QUINTEN
REEVES AKA QUINTEN REEVES - OCCUPANT - BLUE SPRUCE SERVICING COMPANY LLC
- DANIEL HOLLOMAN AKA DANIEL HENRY
HOLLOMAN - WOODMOOR MOUNTAIN
HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION A COLORADO NON-PROFIT CORPORATION C/O BALANCED
BOOKKEEPING AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT - MAXIMILIAN BREMER PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION WOODMOOR MOUNTAIN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION A COLORADO NON-PROFIT CORPORATION C/O BALANCED BOOKKEEPING AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT
said certificate of purchase to BL E S R CE SERVICING COMPANY LLC.
That said BLUE SPRUCE SERVICING COMPANY LLC on the 23rd day of December 2020 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 9th day of September 2021 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 27th day of May 2021
/s/ David Gill Douglas County Treasurer Legal Notice No. 939173 First Publication: May 27, 2021 Last Publication: June 10, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED
To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to:
ROSS WADE BOWEN - OCCUPANT - BLUE
SPRUCE SERVICING COMPANY LLC - SCOTT
DAVID KASSING - ROSS WADE BOWEN AKA
ROSS W BOWEN - EDWARD A BEAUMONT JR AKA EDWARD A BEAUMONT AKA EDWARD BEAUMONT -PRESLEY W BOWEN LOIS I BOWEN AKA PRESLEY WILSON BOWEN
LOIS ILENE BOWEN - ESTHER A SAMMONS - MARGARET L THOMAS
ou and each of you are hereby notified that on the 2nd day of November 2017 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13, LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit:
TRACT 37 THUNDER BUTTE SUBD 2.14 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13, LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2016. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of ROSS WADE BOWEN for said year 2016
That on the 16th day of December 2020 said FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13, LLC assigned said certificate of purchase to BL E S R CE SERVICING COMPANY LLC.
That said BLUE SPRUCE SERVICING COMPANY LLC on the 23rd day of December 2020 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 9th day of September 2021 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 27th day of May 2021
/s/ David Gill Douglas County Treasurer
Legal Notice No. 939175
First Publication: May 27, 2021
Last Publication: June 10, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
AT&T Mobility, LLC is proposing to construct a 31-foot overall height small cell pole telecommunications support structure at 10368 Hillston Street, Lone Tree, Douglas County, Colorado (39° 31' 37.6" N, 104° 53' 1.8" W). Any interested party may request further environmental review of the proposed action under the FCC’s National Environmental Policy Act rules, 47 CFR §1.1307, by notifying the FCC of the specific reasons that the action may have a significant impact on the quality of the human environment. This request must only raise environmental concerns and can be filed online using the FCC pleadings system at www.fcc.gov or mailed to FCC Requests for Environmental Review, Attn: Ramon Williams, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554 within 30 days of the date that notice of this proposed action is published on the FCC’s website. Refer to File No. A1194272 when submitting the request and to view the specific information about the proposed action. W4443/ECA
Legal Notice No. 939205
First Publication: June 3, 2021
Last Publication: June 3, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED
To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to:
OCCUPANT - RON AND DEBORAH L RICHNER - BLUE SPRUCE SERVICING COMPANY LLC - PRESTIGE PROPERTIES LTD A COLORADO CORPORATION - BUD TURK PRESIDENT PRESTIGE PROPERTIES LTD A COLORADO CORPORATION - JANE S MEISLAHN SECRETARY PRESTIGE PROPERTIES
LLC assigned
Legal Notice No. 939174
First Publication: May 27, 2021
Last Publication: June 10, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT, STATE OF COLORADO 4000 Justice Way Castle Rock, CO Douglas County, CO 80109
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
In the Interest of:
JASHANI CLARK, D.O.B.: 12/20/2003; Child, And concerning:
ASHLEY JONES, D.O.B.: 1/23/1986; Mother; JOHN DOE, Father; Respondents, GERMAINE JONES, D.O.B.: 2/18/1985; Step-Father, Special Respondent.
Attorney for Department: R. LeeAnn Reigrut, #28833 Angela Borkowski, #50088 4400 Castleton Ct. Castle Rock, CO 80109 (303) 814-5326 Fax: (303) 479-9259 lreigrut@douglas.co.us aborkowski@douglas.co.us CASE NUMBER: 21JV32 DIVISION 8
DEPENDENCY SUMMONS
This Summons is initiated pursuant to Rule 2.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Rule 4 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, and Section 19-3-503, C.R.S. 2019.
TO: JOHN DOE D.O.B.: UNKNOWN
TO THE RESPONDENT NAMED ABOVE:
ou are hereby notified that a petition has been filed which alleges that the above named child is dependent or neglected as per the facts set forth in the Dependency and Neglect Petition, a copy of which may be obtained at the office of the Douglas County Attorney s ffice.
A Return of Service for Respondent Father has been set for August 2, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in Division 8, Douglas County District Court, 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80109. All parties are ordered to attend by calling 720-4376180, extension 75591# unless otherwise ordered by the Court.
Your presence before this court is required to defend against the claims in this petition. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, THE COURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR ABSENCE, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE, TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND MAY ENTER A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT THEREBY ADJUDICATING YOUR CHILD AS A DEPENDENT OR NEGLECTED CHILD.
You have the right to request a trial by jury at the adjudicatory stage of this petition. You also have the right to legal representation at every stage of the proceedings by counsel of your own choosing, or if you are without sufficient financial means, appointment of counsel by the Court. Termination of your parent-child legal relationship to free your children for adoption is a possible remedy in this proceeding. If that remedy is pursued, you are entitled to a hearing before a Judge. You also have the right, if you are indigent, to have the Court appoint, at no expense to you, one expert witness of your own choosing at any hearing on the termination of your parent-child relationship. If you are a minor, you have the right to the appointment of a Guardian ad litem to represent your best interests.
You have the right to have this matter heard by a district court judge rather than by the magistrate.
You may waive that right, and in doing so, you will be bound by the findings and recommendations of the magistrate, subject to review as provided by sec. 19-1-108(5.5), C.R.S. 2019, and subsequently, to the right of appeal as provided by Colorado Appellate Rule 3.4.
This summons is being initiated by the Douglas County Department of Human Services through its counsel.
Dated: May 17, 2021
/s/ Angela Borkowski Angela Borkowski, #50088
Assistant Douglas County Attorney
Legal Notice No.939198
First Publication: June 3, 2021 Last Publication: June 3, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE
and
or Specially
0155264
and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13, LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2016. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of RODNEY DAILEY for said year 2016
That on the 16th day of December 2020 said FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13, LLC assigned said certificate of purchase to BL E S R CE SERVICING COMPANY LLC.
That said BLUE SPRUCE SERVICING COMPANY LLC on the 23rd day of December 2020 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 9th day of September 2021 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 27th day of May 2021
/s/ David Gill Douglas County Treasurer
Legal Notice No. 939170
First Publication: May 27, 2021
Last Publication: June 10, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
Declaration of Acceptance of Land Patent
UNITED STATES LAND PATENT NUMBER
CO0580__.260 aka HOMESTEAD LAND APPLICATION 9855 CERTIFICATE 3160 ISSUED ON THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER 1891
UNDERSIGNED BY PRESIDENT BENJAMIN HARRISON TO EDWARD FOSTER.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THE PRESENTS:
UNITED STATES LAND PATENT NUMBER
CO0580__.260 aka HOMESTEAD LAND APPLICATION 9855 CERTIFICATE 3160 ISSUED ON THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER 1891
UNDERSIGNED BY PRESIDENT BENJAMIN
HARRISON TO EDWARD FOSTER.
The Grantee/Assignee is mandated, pursuant to Article VI Sections 1, 2, 3, Article IV Section 1 Clause 1 and 2, Section 1 Clause 8 and 2; Section 4; the 4th, 7th, 9th, and 10th Amendments [United States Constitution] and numerous legislated positive laws, to update the Land Patent by acknowledgment, taking delivery, acceptance, taking possession, occupying, and bringing forward the land patent into the grantee/assignee's name. For an explanation see Wilcox v. Jackson 13 PET. U.S. 498, 10 1.264.
We are the sole owner BY TREASURERS DEED
(Multiple publications of the foreclosure : Legal notice 938033 by publisher Douglas County News Press) of a mineral rights claim in Lone Tree, Douglas County, CO, which we were already granted all right, title and interest to this property as of November 5, 2015 and treasures deed as of January 29, 2021 and this property is subject to a US Land Patent as granted October 13, 1891 by One President Benjamin Harrison and to one Edward Foster, which is permanent as of patent. Surface wners subject to this were notified on February 9, 2021 by notification on property. The land as described as ALL MIN INT IN PART SE1/4 10-6-67 MIN INT 18.78 AM/L.
As assignee of the mineral estate, we file this PUBLIC NOTICE taking delivery of and to update the Land Patent by acknowledgment, taking delivery, acceptance, taking possession, occupying, and bringing forward the land patent into the grantee/assignee's name of KW LANE LTD, his heirs and assigns, forever.
NO CLAIM IS MADE HEREIN THAT CLAIMANT HAS BEEN ASSIGNED THE ENTIRE TRACT OF LAND DESCRIBED IN THE ORIGINAL PATENT, THIS ASSIGNMENT IS INCLUSIVE ONLY OF THE ABOVE LEGAL DESCRIPTION, THE FILING OF THIS DECLARATION OF LAND PATENT SHALL NOT DENY OR INFRINGE ON ANY RIGHT, PRIVILEGE OR IMMUNITY OF ANY OTHER ASSIGNEE TO ANY OTHER PORTION OF LAND COVERED IN THE ABOVE DESCRIBED LAND PATENT NUMBER.
We KW LANE LTD DO SWEAR AND STATE THAT THE ABOVE IS TRUE OR IS BELIEVED, BY US TO BE TRUE AND CORRECT TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE, ANY CHALLENGES TO THE VALIDITY OF THIS DECLARATION AND NOTICE ARE SUBJECT TO THE LIMITATIONS REFERENCED HEREIN ADDITIONALLY A COMMON COURTESY OF SIXTY (60) DAYS IS STIPULATED FOR ANY CHALLENGES
THERETO; OTHERWISE, LACHES/ESTOPPEL SHALL FOREVER BAR THE SAME AGAINST ALLODIAL FREEHOLD ESTATE, ASSESSMENT LIEN THEORY TO THE CONTRARY INCLUDED.
Undersigned, s/ Davon Williams
Davon Williams as Managing General Partner of KW Lane Ltd, A Colorado LLC / Claimant and Assignee
Davon Williams Managing General Partner KW Lane Ltd / CLAIMANT kwlaneltd@gmail.com Douglas County, CO
Legal Notice No. 939042
First Publication: April 29, 2021
Last Publication: June 17, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Notice to Creditors
Estate of Donald J. Helverson, Deceased
Case Number: 21 PR 24
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before October 4, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.
Cynthia Clark, Personal Representative 23301 W. 45th Ter. Shawnee, KS 66226
Legal Notice No. 939209
First Publication: June 3, 2021
Last Publication: June 17, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Marilyn L. Krantz, aka Marilyn Louise Krantz, aka Marilyn Evans and Marilyn Young, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR030228
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before September 27, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.
Sarah Louise Evans
Personal Representative
c/o Kokish Goldmanis, P.C.
316 Wilcox St. Castle Rock, CO 80104
Legal Notice No. 939158
First Publication: May 27, 2021
Last Publication: June 10, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Edward Joseph Flynn, aka Edward J. Flynn, and Edward Flynn, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR030217
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before September 27, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.
Martin E. Flynn, Personal Representative
c/o Kokish Goldmanis, P.C.
316 Wilcox St. Castle Rock, CO 80104
Legal Notice No. 939157
First Publication: May 27, 2021
Last Publication: June 10, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Robert Williams Myers, aka Robert W. Myers, and Robert Myers, Deceased Case Number: 21PR73
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas, County, Colorado or Margaret Ruth Pomeroy, Personal Representative 4909 Gary Drive Berthoud, CO 80513
on or before September 27, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.
Legal Notice No. 939166
First Publication: May 27, 2021 Last Publication: June 10, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Marilyn Francis Marrs, a/k/a Marilyn F. Marrs, a/k/a Marilyn Marrs, a/k/a Marilyn Muxlow Marrs, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30198
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado, located at 4000 Justice Way, Suite 2009, Castle Rock, Colorado 80109, on or before September 28, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.
Cary Lowe Marrs, Personal Representative c/o Joe D. Kinlaw, Esq. Folkestad Fazekas Barrick Patoile, P.C. 18 South Wilcox Street, Suite 200 Castle Rock, Colorado 80104
Legal Notice No. 939167
First Publication: May 27, 2021 Last Publication: June 10, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mathew Gregory Place, Deceased Case Number: 21PR72
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before September 27, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.
Susan H. Place, Personal Representative PO Box 620181 Littleton, Colorado 80162
Legal Notice No. 937181
First Publication: May 27, 2021
Last Publication: June 10, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Martin W. Buys, aka Martin Buys, aka Marty Buys,
aka Martin William Buys, and Martin W. Buys Jr., Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30166
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Co-Personal Representatives or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before September 20, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.
BOKF NA, dba BOK Financial Co-Personal Representative 1600 Broadway, 3rd Floor, Attn: Lisa Douglas, VP Denver, Colorado 80202
Legal Notice No. 939137
First Publication: May 20, 2021
Last Publication: June 3, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Halford Edgar Erickson, a/k/a Halford E. Erickson, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30215
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before September 27, 2021 or the claims may be forever barred.
Janet M. Godina, Personal Representative 19553 E. Mann Creek Drive, Apt. A Parker, CO 80134
Legal Notice No. 939177
First Publication: May 27, 2021 Last Publication: June 10, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Daryle Ann Hise, aka Daryle A. Hise, aka Daryle Hise, Deceased Case Number 2021 PR 30234
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before September 27, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.
Shelley H. Romig aka Shelley Liann Romig Personal Representative 21782 Whirlaway Avenue Parker, Colorado 80138
Legal Notice No. 939156
First Publication: May 27, 2021
Last Publication: June 10, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of MARIE MARCELLA CHAVEZ, a/k/a MARIE M. CHAVEZ, a/k/a MARIE CHAVEZ, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30138
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before September 20, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.
Teresa M. Chavez-Krumland, Personal Representative 19211 East Legend Avenue Parker, Colorado 80138
Legal Notice No. 939141
First Publication: May 20, 2021
Last Publication: June 3, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of BRIAN DOUGLAS BATES, aka BRIAN D. BATES, aka BRIAN BATES, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30182
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before September 27, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.
Signe M. DeJong, Personal Representative c/o 3801 E. Florida Ave., Ste. 906 Denver, CO 80210
Legal Notice No. 939159
First Publication: May 27, 2021
Last Publication: June 10, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Richard Wayne Gillespie, Deceased Case Number: 21 PR 68
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before September 27, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.
Kim M. Gillespie-Kircher
Personal Representative P.O. Box 3565 Dillon, Colorado 80435
25th Annual Ducky Derby set for June 13
STAFF REPORT
The Rotary Club of Castle Rock is preparing for the 25th annual Ducky Derby event on June 13. In recognition of the upcoming celebration, the Castle Rock Town Council declared June 2021 as Ducky Derby Month during the May 18 council meeting.
In reading the proclamation, Mayor Jason Gray said the Rotary Club deserves recognition for their continued efforts in making the annual Ducky Derby happen.
The proclamation read, in part, “Whereas the Town Council supports and recognizes the importance of the Ducky Derby
in showcasing our great Town and its merchants; Now therefore, the Council of the Town of Castle Rock doeshereby proclaim the Month of June 2021 as: Ducky Derby Month in Castle Rock.”
The Ducky Derby activities begin at 9 a.m. at Festival Park in downtown Castle Rock when the Farmers Market will have an assortment ofhandcrafted foods, and a variety of arts and crafts from local vendors.
Entertainment for kids and family will begin at 10 a.m. The Rotary Club will also be selling tickets to the Ducky Derby starting at 10 a.m. To purchase tickets early, visit the website at www.CRDuckyDerby.org.
PublicNotices
Legal Notice No. 939204
First Publication: June 3, 2021
Last Publication: June 17, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
The Petition requests that the name of Crista Robin Huff be changed to Crista Huff Case No.: 21 C 180
By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. 937183
First Publication: May 27, 2021
Last Publication: June 10, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
PublicNoticeisgivenonApril30,2021,thata Petitionfora Changeof NameofaAdulthas been
The Petition requests that the name of
The Duck Race will take place at 1 p.m. About 10,000 rubber ducks will be launched into East Plum Creek and race to the finish line. The event is free, but to enter the Ducky Derby, participants must buy a numbered ticket, which will match a floating duck. The highest finisher will have a chance to win a new car from the Castle Rock Autoplex in a lotterystyle drawing. If that prize is not won, the first 10 ticket holders will win cash prizes between $2,000 and $50.
Ducky Derby is the largest Rotary fundraiser of the year for the Castle Rock Rotary Clubs. Funds earned at the event are distributed
The Petition requests that the name of Susana Isabel Catlin be changed to Susana Isabel Grande Catlin
Case No.: 21 C 31314
By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. 939127
First Publication: May 20, 2021
Last Publication: June 3,2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name PublicnoticeisgivenonApril30,2021,thata Petitionfora Changeof NameofanAdulthas been
The Petition requests that the name of Kristie Lynn Snyder be changed to Kristie Lynn Vest Case No.: 21 C 173
By: K.A.P. Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. 939154
First Publication: May 27, 2021
Last Publication: June 10, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
to a variety of local charities. Some of the organizations helped by the Rotary Club are: Wellspring Community, Help & Hope Center, Colorado Agricultural Leadership Foundation (CALF),Women’s Crisis Center, Douglas Land Conservancy, and college scholarships for local students.
Tickets for the Ducky Derby can be purchased online at www.rotaryclubofcastlerock.org, or from any Rotarian. Tickets also will be sold outside of Castle Rock King Soopers store on some weekends and at the Farmers Market on Sundays. Tickets cost $5 apiece or five tickets for $20.
The Petition requests that the name of Amber Chantel Robinson be changed to Azkadeliah Natalia Legoza Case No.: 21 C 162
By: K.A. P. Cone, Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. 939207
First Publication: June 3, 2021
Last Publication: June 17, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Adoption / Guardianship
Public Notice
District Court, County of Douglas, State of Colorado CourtAddress: 4000 Justice Way Castle Rock, CO 80109 IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: JERALD JOSEPH METZ FOR THEADOPTION OFA CHILD Case Number: 20JA89 Div. 8
R. Brian Daniel,Attorney for Petitioner A.R. #30047 12900 Stroh Ranch Place, Ste. 125 Parker, CO 80134 P (303) 951-0233 F (877) 530-1855
NOTICE OF HEARING
To: HOLLAND HEWSON, Respondent:
Pursuantto§19-5-208,C.R.S.,youarehereby notifiedthatthe above-namedPetitionerhas adopt a child.
allegingthatyouhaveabandonedthechildfor aperiodofoneyearormoreand/orhavefailed withoutcausetoprovidereasonablesupportfor the child for one year or more.
issettocommenceon July 9that 2:00pm. viatelephoneonly(noin-personappearances) through 720-437-6180ext:75592# inthecourt
forsaidhearing,theCourtmayterminateyour parentalrightsandgranttheadoptionassought by the Petitioner.
Legal Notice No. 939208
First Publication: June 3, 2021 Last Publication: July 1, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
In the Interest of: Christian Daniel Ruiz, Child May 28, 2007 Date of Birth UPON THE PETITION OF: Jeremy Lee Barratt andAmanda Maria Foss, Petitioner(s) AND CONCERNING: Daniel Ruiz Gonzalez, Respondent(s)
