Works by local veterans is on display at the Rhyolite Gallery in Castle Rock
BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Art therapy is emerging as a useful tool for all ages, including local veterans who are learning a new method of communication through expressing themselves in painting. In Castle Rock, a local veteran and art gallery owner wanted to develop an art program to help veterans.
Nick Lucey, owner of the Rhyolite Gallery, is the founder and president of the Castle Rock Artist Cooperative and serves as a member of the Douglas County Veterans Monument Foundation. His work with the two organizations led them to team up to develop the Veteran Art Therapy program. Lucey, a Marine Corps veteran, said he wanted to do something to combine his passion for art and passion for helping veterans.
“I married these two passions and worked to create this form of art therapy,” Lucey said. “This is particularly helpful for veterans with PTSD. Art helps to take the mind off pain and gives them focus and a mission. It taps into a side of the brain they did not really use before.”
Through donations and grant funding, Lucey said they hired an artist to work with the first set of veterans every Saturday for 26 weeks over six months. They had hoped to have the first class full of veterans, but COVID-19 restrictions required them to scale back, accepting four for the inaugural venture.
One of the veterans taking part in the program is Castle Rock resident
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As counties lift restrictions, virus not done taking toll
Local ‘dial’ limits fade, but hundreds more Colorado COVID deaths likely in coming months
BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The era of metro Denver residents talking about “the dial” might be over for good now that several metro counties have lifted local restrictions and moved to what they call “level clear,” with statewide coronavirus data looking tentatively optimistic.
“We’re actually seeing some very promising trends over the past couple weeks based on cases and hospitalizations both starting to decrease,” said Andrea Buchwald, a research associate with the Colorado School of Public Health.
Colorado’s color-coded COVID-19 dial was the set of restrictions counties had to follow based on the local spread of the virus. The system affected capacity at restaurants, other businesses, indoor and outdoor events, and other settings. Colorado originally implemented the dial last Sept. 15.
Last month, when state officials stepped back and let local health agencies take the wheel on most coronavirus restrictions, health agencies in the Denver metro area extended the “dial” system locally
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Bill Beschman, a 20-year Marine veteran, said he learned self-expression through painting in the art therapy program.
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County challenges state mask rules
Teal, Laydon vote for resolution that leaves implications unclear
BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
In a 2-1 vote in a May 11 business meeting, the Douglas County commissioners approved a resolution attempting to reject a state mask mandate.
Since that vote by commissioners, the state’s mandate has been lifted to match new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Masks are no longer required in the state except for unvaccinated people inside jails, childcare settings, assisted-living facilities and emergency health care facilities, said Gov. Jared Polis in a May 14 press conference. School districts will decide on if they allow vaccinated students to go unmasked. The state suggests that those who are unvaccinated continue wearing masks inside.
The county’s now-obsolete resolution stated that the board would “not require masks or mandate proof of vaccination for the use of any board controlled indoor space,” according to the resolution.
Gov. Jared Polis’ previous mask order, which was put in place May 2 and has now been removed,
stated that masks could be removed indoors in select situations, including if 80% of people present were vaccinated. That rule appeared to be based on an “honor code” system where customers would volunteer their status without necessarily showing a proof of vaccination card, said Dr. John Douglas, head of Tri-County Health Department.
Commissioner Lora Thomas was the dissenting vote in the resolution. In her public comments, she stated that while she doesn’t like masks, she doesn’t think it’s a good idea for the county to tell residents they didn’t need to follow a state mandate.
“There is going to be even more confusion in Douglas County about when someone does need to wear a mask and when they don’t,” she said. “Commissioners do not have the ability to legally override that of the governor.”
Commissioners George Teal and Abe Laydon, who approved the resolution, focused on the improving COVID-19 metrics in the county, such as high vaccination rates and low hospitalizations, in their public comments.
“Enough is enough, the pandemic is over,” Laydon said.
Laydon added that the 80% rule from Polis would create confusion and difficulties for businesses, who would be charged with determining how many people in their space have been vaccinated.
“I really believe it is time for us to take this stand,” Teal said.
One part of the resolution clarifies that the resolution only refers to masking enforcement by the county.
“The board does not wish to mislead any person or business with regard to how the state may wish to enforce or not enforce its Mask Order and that repercussions from the state could ensue,” according to the resolution.
County o cials speak out
Thomas also expressed concern for the implications of this resolution for county departments and local businesses who wish to follow the state mandate. Some county officials, who reached out to the board expressing concern over the resolution, said they hadn’t been aware of the commissioners vote until very recently, Thomas said.
Merlin Klotz, the county clerk and recorder, was one of those officials. After the resolution was passed Klotz said that while believed that, based on the local COVID-19 data, there was minimal need for maskwearing, he would still require it for his approximate 100 employees and “strongly encourage” it for the public, he said in an interview with Colorado Community Media.
“From my perspective as a department head (and) as an elected official, my people and the public do not know that data,” he said. “The public doesn’t know these facts so to put this out as a policy is too abrupt.”
Klotz could not be reached following the Governor’s removal of the mask mandate.
“I will continue to follow state law,” said Lisa Frizell, the county assessor, in a statement through a county spokesperson. “I am committed to the safety of my employees who are public servants working directly with customers just as I’m committed to the safety of our customers transacting business with the Assessor’s Office.”
Teal added in his public comments that the idea behind the resolution is to give residents and businesses the freedom to choose for themselves.
“If you believe that is what is needed for you to look after your own health, by all means, please wear a mask,” he said. “If you do not wish to wear a mask, don’t wear a mask.”
Tri-County’s role
Douglas of Tri-County said his concern was that the county’s resolution would confuse residents about an already confusing situation.
The mask mandate was a state public health order, which was not a discretionary thing that the county could opt out of, Douglas said.
“If residents of the county have been confused, I don’t think this helps that confusion,” Douglas said. Douglas agreed that the state’s last mask order with the 80% rule was extremely confusing and that masks were never heavily-enforced, he said.
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In the business meeting, Laydon proposed an amendment to the initial resolution, which originally said that the entire county no longer required mask wearing. Instead, the board decided to change the language to say the board would not require masks in any of the indoor spaces they operate.
When the commissioners resolution was announced, the assessor’s office planned to continue requiring masks but after the governor’s announcement, the office decided to just recommend that customers wear masks. Their staff will also wear masks through at least May.
During the mandate, Tri-County, which was charged with that enforcement, would take complaints they heard from the public and contact entities to ask if they have enforced mask-wearing and try to remedy any situation where it hasn’t taken place, Douglas said. Barring complaints from the public on the county’s earlier decision not to enforce mask wearing, TriCounty planned to discuss “appropriate steps” with the state health department before considering any action against the county, Douglas said.
“I think we ought to be talking about vaccines,” Douglas said. “And how to get as many people vaccinated as possible.”
Castle Pines moving forward with road repairs
Council approves contract for $3.6 million
BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
In voting yes to a $3.6 million construction contract to reconstruct several Castle Pines roadways, City Councilmember Roger Hudson said, “I too am excited about asphalt.”
The council unanimously approved the plan as the members continue to make road repairs in Castle Pines a top priority in 2021. While budgeting more than $4 million for road repair for the year, the action taken on May 11 was a major step.
After receiving 11 bids, the council approved a contract with
the Schmidt Construction Company. The $3.6 million contract will go toward the Castle Pines Parkway reconstruction project and to improve Monarch Boulevard to Yorkshire Drive.
In a report to council, Public Works Director Larry Nimmo said in adopting the 2021 budget, the council has supported public works in improving local roadways, traffic signalization improvements and in making pedestrian-crossing upgrades.
In June last year, Nimmo said the city worked with the American Concrete Pavement Association to evaluate local road conditions. As part of the results, it was concluded that Castle Pines Parkway from Village Square Drive to Forest Park Drive is in need of reconstruction due to joint deterioration and faulted
joints.
In identifying needs, Nimmo said staff started working with the Castle Pines Metropolitan District. The metro district informed the city that they needed to conduct waterline replacements along Castle Pines Parkway.
Because of this need, Nimmo said the metro district will be paying about $1.3 million of the contract with Schmidt Construction, cutting the city’s cost to $2.2 million.
In other business, the Castle Pines council continues to work to get organized, including discussions to form a nuisance code in city limits. The council discussed the ongoing issue during a study session. The council also discussed the ongoing project in a March study session.
The council also approved the second reading of the city’s municipal code to establish an administrative procedure to address municipal campaign finance complaints and alleged violations.
In a report to the council, Silvia Fejka, assistant city attorney, said changes in state law now require complaints about a candidate’s campaign financing to be filed exclusively with the clerk of the local municipality.
Feiks said the ordinance establishes a process for the city clerk to resolve complaints involving municipal campaign finance matters, including an initial screening process and appointing an independent hearing officer if necessary.
The measure passed unanimously.
Parker Water to provide services to Castle Pines
Residents approve water inclusion plan in special election
BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
With residents approving the Castle Pines North Metro District’s water inclusion plan in a
special election in early May, the city now has until Jan. 3 to transition the community’s water and wastewater utilities to Parker Water & Sanitation. Residents approved the measure
with 2,709 voting yes, and 120 voting against it. The issue does not pertain to all Castle Pines residents. The inclusion question was posed to the estimated 12,000 residents living west of I-25.
In total, that equates to about 3,500 accounts that will be switched to the Parker Water system by the beginning of 2022.
Hellman said, they fi nd cheap water-utility options in order to meet minimum standards to build and move on. Water services were being provided through smaller water utility services that were established by developers that avoided connecting to already-established utility providers in the area, Hellman said.
While the proposal calls for lower water and sewer bills for residents, the metro district is now required to pay an up-front cash payment of $34 million to Parker Water for meter upgrades, infrastructure and the pipeline needed to connect users to the Parker Water system.
Parker Water already provides utility services for Castle Pines residents living east of I-25.
Under the plan, Parker Water will not assume any debt or current liabilities of the metro district, which will be required to pay off debt liabilities before the partnership becomes effective.
Prior to the election, Parker Water CFO Steve Hellman said this inclusion plan to have Parker Water help is something many growing communities go through. As developers build subdivisions,
Now that the issue of water has been sorted out, the metro district said in a notice to residents that it will spend the next eight months evaluating the community’s storm drainage system.
Firefighters inspect the crash site of a Cirrus SR-22, which collided with another aircraft as both prepared to land at Centennial Airport on May 12. COURTESY OF SOUTH METRO FIRE RESCUE
Planes collide over state park, no one injured
Aircraft were on approach to land at Centennial Airport
BY ZACH BRIGHT THE COLORADO SUN
Two small airplanes collided over Cherry Creek State Park on the morning of May 12 as they prepared to land at Centennial Airport, one of the nation’s busiest general aviation airports.
No one was killed or injured.
One aircraft with two people aboard crash-landed roughly four miles north of Centennial airport in Cherry Creek State Park while the other, which had just one occupant, landed safely at the airport.
Air traffic control recordings and flight tracking websites show the planes collided as they both turned toward Centennial Airport’s parallel runways.
The plane that landed safely was a Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner operated by Key Lime Air. FlightAware.com records show the Metroliner, a twin-engine propeller plane, was headed to Centennial Airport from Salida.
A photo of the Metroliner at Centennial Airport showed a large section of the aircraft’s rear fuselage missing. Key Lime Air uses the Metroliner to ferry freight across Colorado.
The plane that crashed was a Cirrus SR-22, which had taken off from Centennial Airport about an hour earlier and was heading back to the airport after flying up to the Fort Collins area, according to FlightAware records.
The Cirrus deployed a parachute it is equipped with that can allow
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the aircraft to float to the ground during emergencies.
Air traffic control communications archived on liveatc.net provide insight into what happened.
The Metroliner was cleared to land on Runway 17 left. At roughly the same time, the Cirrus was cleared to land on a parallel runway, Runway 17 right, on a different air traffic control frequency.
The Cirrus pilots were warned not to veer too far to the east and stay toward the west end of Cherry Creek Reservoir as they turned their plane south to line up to land.
Air traffic control warned the Cirrus that the Metroliner was nearby.
Moments later, the planes collided.
“Looks like the right engine failed so I’m going to continue my landing,” the Metroliner’s pilot said, apparently not realizing the collision had happened.
Another pilot called air traffic controllers to say they saw the Cirrus with its parachute deployed floating down to the ground, indicating there was a collision.
South Metro Fire Rescue and the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s office responded to the collision.
The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board will be investigating the crash.
“Initial report indicates collision happened as airplanes were landing,” the NTSB tweeted. “The NTSB will travel to the scene.”
Staff writer Jesse Paul contributed to this report.
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Dawson Ridge neighborhood meeting scheduled
Developers plan
5,800-home development near Territorial Road
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As community survey results continue to show residents are concerned with the pace of growth in Castle Rock, the town is moving forward with several projects, including the proposed 5,800-home Dawson Ridge development.
During the May 6 town council meeting, Tara Vargish, development services director, updated the council on the project that is in the early phases of the public process. With two neighborhood meetings being held already, Vargish said project developer Westside Investments will host another meeting on May 24 at 6 p.m.
Residents will be able to provide
feedback and ask questions about the proposed rezoning before a formal request is submitted to the town.
According to the meeting notice, the proposed planned development amendment applies to the entirety of Dawson Ridge and portions of the Westfield Trade Center planned development.
The Dawson Ridge planned development, located on the west side of Interstate 25 and south of Territorial Road, was originally approved by the town in 1986. The Westfield Trade Center, located on the west side of I-25 and north of Territorial Road, was approved in 1989.
Both properties have remained mostly undeveloped over the last three decades. According to the town report, Dawson Ridge did some roadway and utility work, but nothing was ever put into service.
The proposed development amendment includes 2,000 acres of land, with a proposal to create a compre-
hensive zoning document for both properties under one name and development plan.
According to the development plan, an estimated 50% of the property will be designated as open space or public land, allowing for recreational opportunities and trails and parks with views of downtown Castle Rock, Pikes Peak, Dawson Butte and the Front Range.
In housing, the updated plan calls for up to 5,850 units, including 3,400 single-family units and 2,450 multifamily units.
The developer is designating 3.2 million square feet for commercial development.
According to neighborhood meeting information, the town
plans to construct a new interstate interchange at Territorial Road and Crystal Valley Parkway. Right-ofway dedication and financial contribution for the design and future construction will be discussed in the rezoning proposal.
The May 24 meeting can be attended either in person or virtually. To attend in person, the meeting will be held at Town Hall, located at 100 N. Wilcox St. Virtual participants can log in at https://crgov.webex.com/ crgov/onstage/g.php?MTID=e36e6e d8b83680a6cd19f4081ba3c53ce.
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Tickets are $50 per person and
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Hospital chaplain in the time of COVID
So much unknown
I’ve worked as a hospital chaplain for six years. When COVID hit in March 2020, people were just getting sick so fast. We weren’t letting families in, and chaplains became an essential connecting link. My job was facilitating video calls — holding up iPads to unconscious and intubated patients, so their family members could see them, and in hopes that the patients could hear their voices. The unknown and the separation made it so scary. Normally, loved ones can be with their family members in the hospital, to understand the severity of the illness and what’s happening. With COVID, people just dropped them off at the door of the hospital, and everything after that they heard through others.
Family members would ask doctors, how are you treating this? What are my loved one’s chances? And last March, the answer was, we don’t know. There were few standards of care. The drugs were experimental. It was incredibly difficult for the doctors, and there was a lot of anger at the unknowing among families.
Helping the helpless
Everyone felt really helpless, but our job as chaplains was not trying
a man whose wife had just died of COVID. When I called, he told me he had just lost his son to COVID, and now he had it too. He said, “COVID has taken everyone I love, and I couldn’t even come to the hospital to be with my wife.” It was the most alone I had ever heard anyone feel. I was his connection to the outside world in that darkness and loneliness. I don’t know if he survived. Because of our clinical boundaries, I don’t get to call later and see how someone’s doing. It’s hard, but it’s also freeing. I don’t have the option to know, so I put it out to God and the universe.
A predator lurks
I partnered with a lot of families who had good outcomes, too. Some people I got to help leave. I got close to their family members. Now we’re allowing family members to come in for an hour a day in a controlled manner.
‘More resilient than I thought I was’ I don’t have a quid pro quo relationship with God. I can see that God is with us in our suffering, but God doesn’t cause it. If your loved one is struggling to breathe, God is with us in that struggle. One thing that struck me: how many people had a view of God as judgmental and punishing. “What did my wife do to deserve this?” Theologically it was hard for me. Unlike a preacher, my job isn’t to teach anyone, but to help them uncover resources they already have.
to fix it or make it go away, but to bear witness to their pain and support them on their journey.
I’m still trying to sort out the effect it had on me. All the metaphors were about war and battle — “front lines.” “Heroes.” “Battling the unseen enemy.” There was a lot of secondary trauma.
Now that things are calmed down to a degree, things will pop into my head. One night, about 1 in the morning, a nurse asked me to call
The first wave hit the most vulnerable. The oldest, the sickest. Equity issues were laid bare. Our hospital had a lot of people of color, with kidney problems or diabetes, and many didn’t even know they had diabetes. During the first wave, our ICU had only a handful of white patients. Everyone else a person of color. The second wave was less discriminate. One of the nurses said COVID was like a predator. First it took out the weakest, then the next-weakest.
There are a lot fewer in our COVID wing now, but there are a lot more in their 30s and 40s. All unvaccinated.
I learned I’m a lot more resilient than I thought I was, and that it’s OK to not be resilient all the time, and to have a day to fall apart. We have to release it. There’s something about being in health care, that hero mentality — we need to tell ourselves it’s OK to not be the hero. Everyone should get vaccinated. Seeing people who haven’t had anyone get really sick from COVID don’t have any idea how heartbreaking and terrible it can be. Even if you recover, you don’t know the extent of damage it will do to your body. I have loved ones who have chosen not to get vaccinated, and it’s all too easy for me to picture them in that ICU.
COVID is also a reminder that we truly never know how many days we have left, and that we never know what’s coming.
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Nonprofit aims to help students
IFCS also looks for donations to support the program
BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
As the pandemic’s economic effects continue to strain families, a south Denver metro nonprofit is gearing up to provide students with new backpacks, school supplies and family meal support.
“IFCS sees firsthand, daily, how community support makes a difference in addressing inequities that are currently exacerbated by the pandemic,” the nonprofit said in a news release.
Integrated Family Community Services — which serves families and individuals in the EnglewoodLittleton area and beyond — is looking for support from the community for its “Ready, Set, School!” program.
The effort is aimed at students in kindergarten through eighth grade and leans on “the generosity of community sponsors,” the nonprofit said in the release.
Low-income families with
children entering kindergarten through eighth grade for the 2021-22 school year and meet the income guidelines may apply to receive support. To register and for more information, see ifcs. org/ready-set-school or call 303789-0501. Registration is open until May 24.
IFCS needs financial support to provide school supplies and food boxes to roughly 500 local students. Donations may be made at ifcs. org/donate/ready-set-school-donations.
For the 2021 “Ready, Set, School!” program, IFCS has a service area of western Arapahoe and northern Douglas counties, including Englewood, Sheridan, Littleton, Centennial, Highlands Ranch, Glendale, Lone Tree and Greenwood Village. The service area also includes southwest Denver neighborhoods, including Bear Valley, College View, Fort Logan, Harvey Park, Harvey Park South, Marston and South Platte. (Southwest neighborhoods are further defined as being south of Jewell Avenue and west of Santa Fe Drive, the release said.)
Integrated Family Community Services sits at 3370 S. Irving St. in the Sheridan area.
Hospital chaplain Gina Harvey said COVID has been a stark reminder that we never know how many days we have left.
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Citizen survey shows increase in partisanship
Most people want to keep Tri-County, sales tax
BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
For the first time, the biggest indicator of how residents answered questions in the Douglas County public opinion survey is the political party of the respondent.
The survey, which is administered every two years by a professional public opinion surveyor, also showed that most people supported remaining with Tri-County Health and extending the county’s special sales and use tax, and that many are generally satisfied with the local government.
The company that has conducted this survey since 2006, Hill Research, used a sample of about 1,900 active voters and weighted the results by respondents’ age, gender, geography, party registration, education and income. The weights, which are routinely done in surveys and ensure that the responses reported are proportionate to the county’s demographic makeup, are determined using voter registration and U.S. Census data.
“We didn’t have to do much weighting,” Hill said. “A vast number of people chose to participate in this.”
The results of the survey are available on the Douglas County website by visiting douglas.co.us/transparency.
Health department feedback
Results showed that 60% of respondents said they felt that it was a “good idea” for the county to be a part of Tri-County Health.
The question began with an initial statement: “As you may know, most counties in Colorado have their own Health Departments. Douglas County, however, shares Tri-County Health Department with Adams and Arapahoe Counties,” according to a copy of the questionnaire.
Two responses were provided and survey respondents were asked which is closest to their own opinion. One option read: “Some people say a shared department is a good idea because it may save on overhead and free up more resources for needed public health programs and services.”
The alternate option was: “Other people say the three counties are too different and too spread apart for effective delivery of public health programs and services that too few people use,” according to the document.
About 38% of those polled agreed with the second option, voicing support of Douglas County having its own health department. About 1% had no opinion, according to the results.
Hill, the research consultant, said he believes the reason the majority of people spoke in favor of the combined health department is because they’re not informed on the issue and because it’s a choice that represents staying the same rather than changing.
“Just because someone has an
opinion on something doesn’t mean it’s substantive or thought-out or informed by knowledge,” Hill said.
“If I don’t know much about something I’ll almost always take the status quo.”
Hill said he’s basing that on his experience and on the fact that even though more than half of the respondents said they had used health department services in the past month, few could specify which service they used.
Thoughts on special tax
The survey showed bipartisan support for conservation efforts, parks, trails, open space and natural and historical resources, according to a summary of the survey.
The county has a 1% sales tax, which is divided between open space, transportation and the justice center. The open space portion, which makes up 0.17%, is set to expire at the end of 2023.
One of the survey questions asked about this tax and found that 8 in 10 county voters support keeping it. About half of those supporters said they want to see it approved for 15 extra years and the other half said
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they wanted it approved permanently.
“If (a 15-year extension) were put on the ballot it would pass overwhelmingly in my opinion,” Hill said.
Partisan divide
A partisan divide was prevalent throughout about 80% of the survey, Hill said. That’s different than in past surveys.
“This is the first time it (political party) is clearly the driving force,” he said.
Overall, Republicans were more enthusiastic about the direction of the county and its governance and Democrats were less so, Hill said.
One indicator, which asks how the public feels about the general direction of the county, has showed declining approval over the past few surveys. Hill said that could be due to the increase in Democrats in the county and the fact that the county government is entirely run by Republicans.
“It’s just very clear that we’ve got three tribes, Democratic, independent and Republican,” Hill said.
Other than responses on the sales
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and use tax, there were bipartisan agreements including contentment with the sheriff’s office, the clerk and recorder’s office, parks and the business environment.
While county commissioners weren’t immediately available for interviews about the survey, Commissioner Lora Thomas commented on the results in a May 11 meeting when the board was discussing going up against a state mask mandate, which has since been lifted.
“The first time since we’ve been doing these surveys it was clear that our citizens are tired of the politics that are coming out in the decisions that are being made,” she said.
County sentiment
Overall, sentiment about county staff and services is positive, according to the results. However over the past few surveys, there have been decreases in satisfaction in areas such as roads, transportation, vehicle registration and county government, according to a slideshow, which was provided to commissioners by the research company.
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Each year, RidgeGate teams up with the South Suburban Parks and Recreation District to provide free, guided nature hikes. These hikes are led by professional naturalists from the district, and o er insight and education into the natural ecosystems within the open space at RidgeGate. Registration is required and available at RidgeGate.com
Sunday, May 23rd, 9:30-11am – Spring Wildflowers (Willow Creek Trail)
Wednesday, June 2nd, 7-8:30pm – Sunset Birdwatching (Willow Creek Trail)
Monday, June 21st, 6:30-8pm – Celebrating the Summer Solstice (Willow Creek Trail)
Wednesday, June 23rd, 7-8:30pm – A Walk Under the Full “Strawberry Moon” (Bluffs Regional Park)
Summer Beats Concerts
Enjoy these summertime concerts out on the grass with free live music, food trucks and activities for kids. It’s all happening in Prairie Sky Park, just west of the Lone Tree Recreation Center, courtesy of the South Suburban Parks and Recreation District.
Thursday, June 17th, 5-8pm – Float Like a Bu alo (Prairie Sky Park)
Tunes on the Terrace at the Lone Tree Arts Center
RidgeGate is proud to be the presenting sponsor of the Lone Tree Arts Center’s ‘Tunes on the Terrace’—an outdoor evening concert series that will bring your summer nights to life. Check out the full schedule and buy tickets at www.lonetreeartscenter.org
Starting in July
Experience Historic Schweiger Ranch
The restoration of the 38-acre historic Schweiger Ranch, led by the Schweiger Ranch Foundation, gives us a glimpse into settlers’ lives. Today, the ranch is open to the public for self-guided visits and a variety of events throughout the year. Register for or learn more at SchweigerRanch.org
Saturday, June 5th, 11am-12pm – Guided Public Tour
Saturday, June 5th, 7-8:30am – Natural Heritage Walking Tour with SSPRD (Birds of Schweiger Ranch)
Saturday, June 19th, 6:30-8pm – Campfire & Storytelling Series (El Vaquero, America’s First Cowboy)
DCL Foundation is o to the races in annual Ducky Derby
STAFF REPORT
The Douglas County Libraries Foundation is racing in the 25th annual Ducky Derby, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Castle Rock. The Foundation is competing in the virtual Ducky Race for a $1,000 prize against five other nonprofits. The nonprofit with the most cheers by June 13 (Ducky Derby day) wins. The Foundation’s competitor is Duckleberry Finn, who is racing to inspire a love of reading, discovery and connection (special thanks to Amanda J. from Instagram who suggested the name via@dclcolorado).
This summer, Duckleberry’s taking his adventures into the galaxy, trading the Mississippi River for the Milky Way to inspire a space-themed summer reading program. Duckleberry also puts donations to good use by making sure that children can attend seasonal camps on everything from physics to cooking and art; adults have the help they need to obtain their GEDs; and that the tiniest tots are welcomed to earth with new books and library cards.
People can cheer for Duckleberry Finn by purchasing raffle tickets online for the Ducky Derby, $5 per ticket, or by making a donation to
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The DCL Foundation delivers funding and resources to help sustain the Douglas County Libraries to positively impact our community members so they can grow and
SURVEY
“I would say a big overarching conclusion to me that is interesting is despite the pandemic … for most indicators, things are relatively stable,” said David Hill, the head research consultant with the company that administered the survey.
One area that showed improvement since the last survey in 2019 was traffic, according to the results.
Methodology
Hill Research used several methods to gain the insights from the survey. They used an online platform and phone calls to contact the respondents. For the first time, the county also used a “probability sample,” which selects a group of randomly chosen households to send an advertisement for the survey.
“This is state of the art for public research these days,” Hill said.
thrive. For more information, visit DCL.org/foundation.
Rotary Club of Castle Rock is a local community service organization that believes in Service Above Self. The club has distributed an average of $50,000 per year to nonprofits to support basic needs, emergency support, victims assistance, education, and related projects. For more information, visit RotaryClubofCastleRock.org.
More than 80% of survey respondents came from an online link, with 75% of those responses being selfselected, or not randomized participants. Hill said that this group did still end up being largely representative of the county’s demographics and it was also weighted to ensure that.
The margin of error for the total sample size is plus or minus 2.3%.
Hill notes that while some polling services, particularly those used for national elections, have developed a negative reputation, he sees his service as different. That’s in part due to this methodology and the fact that there’s not an upcoming election, when people are sometimes less interested in responding to surveys.
“A key thing to remember is that we are taking these extra steps that are not always taken to reach voters in a channel that they want to be reached in,” he said.
Links to complete the survey were available on the county website and various social media sites.
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We’ve come a long way together
He’s been following me for years. Waiting for me around every corner. I can’t get away from him. The truth is I don’t want to.
Bob Dylan was born on May 24, 1941. That means he’ll be 80 years old in a few days. What I have is an appreciation for an earthly character who sits in front of a typewriter and makes strange and wonderful word connections with life.
by a group called the Turtles.
QUIET DESPERATION
Others soon followed: Peter Paul and Mary, the Byrds, the Band, Joan Baez, the Beatles, Nina Simone, Linda Ronstadt, Johnny Cash, Jimi Hendrix.
And Duke Ellington.
Dylan’s fi rst radio hit, “Like a Rolling Stone,” peaked at number 2 in 1965. Although it didn’t do much for me, there was a lot of it: At six minutes it was twice as long as everything else on Top Forty radio.
intolerance when he plugged in his guitar. That was a personal discovery about hypocrisy. One that continues to be sustained in abundance by politicians and priests and countless others.
Half the time I didn’t know what he was talking about. Then I quit wondering and just went along.
“An’ he just smoked my eyelids and punched my cigarette.”
Bob Dylan? Eighty? It can’t be, but it is.
/ You have to pay to get out of / Going through all these things twice.”
In 1959, singer Bobby Vee and his band the Shadows were looking for a piano player. Dylan introduced himself as Elston Gunnn (yes: three “n’s”), and said he had just gotten off the road with Conway Twitty.
There are two ways to take him. One is straight like a shot of rye. His voice, I’m told, is a nasally mutter in concert, but recorded its lack of refi nement is perfectly suited for his unique lyrics. Or you can take him prettied up by others. The fi rst Bob Dylan song I heard performed by someone else was “It Ain’t Me Babe,”
ACraig Marshall Smith WINNING
WORDS
Between the release of “The Times They Are a-Changin” in 1964 and “Things Have Changed” in 2000 not a lot did change.
And they still haven’t.
“Come senators, congressmen, please heed the call / Don’t stand in the doorway, don’t block up the hall / For he that gets hurt / Will be he who has stalled / There’s a battle outside and it’s ragin’ / It’ll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.”
That could have been written earlier this year.
His folksy fans booed with
“Your debutante just knows what you need, but I know what you want.”
Half a dozen songs of his songs make me put down whatever I am doing and listen.
“Memphis Blues Again” is one. The lyrics make no sense. But I quote them to someone if it’s only to myself all the time.
The end of the song is an unexpected perfection about any experience we go through that we don’t want to repeat.
“An’ here I sit so patiently / Waiting to fi nd out what price
Which side are you on?
Gunnn didn’t own a piano and played on one that was out of tune. Eventually, Vee decided the band couldn’t afford him and Gunnn left.
In 2013, three years before Vee’s death, Dylan sang Vee’s “Suzie Baby” as a tribute.
We separated for a while after his motorcycle accident and again during his born-again period (1979-81). But since then it’s been like old times and good. Some people get into your life and stay there. If you’re lucky.
Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.
opposition of the fi rst group.
s I sat outside enjoying my morning coffee and reading the news, the calm and normalcy of my day was interrupted by several people walking in my direction. They were easy enough to notice, as they were wearing hats showing who they supported, and they had big buttons pinned to their jacket making it very clear whose side they were on.
And if that wasn’t enough, they marched down the street shouting at all those who they believed were against them.
Thinking that the commotion would pass, and I could get on with a quiet cup of coffee and some reading time, things only became more interesting. Coming from the opposite direction was another group of people wearing hats and buttons, even carrying fl ags and pennants that made it clear that they were in complete
As I sized up the situation, it became abundantly clear that their paths would collide right in front of me. A few people seated at the other tables on the patio became a little anxious. Some seemed ready to jump in and pick a side. Looking at what both groups represented, I realized that I didn’t support either one. I didn’t have a dog in this hunt, as some might say.
As one group drew closer from my right, I could hear the taunting getting louder. As the other group approached from my left, the name calling started. It appeared that things were going to get ugly and get ugly fast. Those that were a little anxious made the move back inside the coffee shop. And those customers who just a few minutes earlier were sitting quietly sipping on coffee began getting fi red up and moved closer to the oncoming fray. With limited options, and I was forced to decide. I secured my coffee with one hand, pocketed my phone with the other, and prepared to escape.
The people in red hats and red T-shirts were moving quickly
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toward the people with blue hats and blue T-shirts. The people wearing blue were not backing down, they stood their ground. Just when the two sides were about to have a fi nal showdown of guts and glory, I came up with a way to stop the insanity. I shouted, “Go O’s!”
The people wearing red stopped and stared. The group in blue looked at me in confusion. But there I was, the Oriole fan that I am, bringing peace to a potentially hazardous baseball fan brawl.
The Red Sox fans began to laugh, the Yankee fans laughed even harder. Peace was restored with both sides reminding me that the O’s were in last place. Just then a Red Sox fan challenged me, asking me who I would root for between the Yankees and Red Sox.
I said that I root for them both, that if my O’s were out of contention, I wouldn’t care who won, just as long as whoever won the division, that they would go on to win the World Series. Reminding them that we are all in the same division and at the end of the day, we should be rooting for each other
not fi ghting and arguing over nonsense (said with my best attempt at a Boston accent).
Red verse Blue, Blue verse Red, it’s all nonsense. One day maybe we will all realize that our teams are stronger together, and that we have the best chance of winning when we are aligned and pulling for one another instead of trying to tear each other down.
This is a fi ctitious story and it could appear that I am taking a tough and complex situation and oversimplifying it or not respecting the gravity or potential consequences should one side get their way. However, I will stand fi rm in my belief and root for us all to win and win together. I would love to hear your story at mnorton@ tramazing.com, and when we can come together to root for each other, it really will be a better than good year.
Michael Norton is the grateful CEO of Tramazing.com, a personal and professional coach, and a consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator to businesses of all sizes.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
End transcript withholding
When colleges withhold transcripts for ransom for unpaid fines, it creates a vicious Catch-22; students need a well-paying job to afford the fine, they need a degree to get a well-paying job, students need a transcript to prove they finished their degree, and they can’t get a transcript until they pay the fine. For most colleges, the cost of an unpaid parking ticket or library fine is an insignificant portion of their budget. For many students, those expenses mean missing rent or not being able to eat. When students can’t pay a single fine, the late fees add up over time. Their life plans are derailed, they become liable for paying back grants and thousands of dollars they’ve invested into their education goes to waste.
This practice doesn’t work for schools either; even with the most aggressive collection tactics, colleges only retrieve 7 cents for every dollar owed. Thousands of students are being held back due to a policy that is ineffective at best and greedy at worst. If schools stopped withholding transcripts, more students would be able to obtain their degree and become financially stable enough to pay the fine.
Transcript withholding is a barrier to financial mobility that gets overlooked by the public, so it’s important we shine a light on the issue. Make a plan to meet with your state legislators this summer and fall so they know their constituents want to see a bill next legislative session that will ban transcript withholding.
Paulina Castle Englewood
Importance of air quality
Without good air quality, our health and well-being is in jeopardy. Our community, along with many others can experience some of the highest ozone concentrations in the
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country. This invisible air pollutant is harmful to all of us, affecting our lungs and heart, but is especially bad for young children, older adults, and anyone with sensitivity or respiratory issues like asthma and COPD.
When considering air quality regulating standards it is overwhelming for the non-air quality expert to understand the measurements of carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, ozone, and particulate matter levels and how these measurements relate to the air we breathe. However, we all understand when we can’t see the mountains or the downtown skyline due to smog, we have not met good air quality standards.
The City of Centennial recently approved budget to include energy efficient upgrades to the city buildings, as well as increasing the number of electric vehicles (EV) to their fleet. City land use zoning was changed to include EV charging stations where possible. In comparing these efforts against the overall air quality in the world, they seem small, but if all of could contribute at least this much, we could see progress in improving our air quality.
Whether it be driving an electric vehicle, organizing or participating in a car pool, walking to the grocery store, or opening the windows in your home versus turning on the AC are all simple steps that contribute to improving our air quality. Every effort is worth it to improve our air quality.
Centennial Council Member Tammy Maurer District 2
County leadership disappointing
The recent actions of the Douglas County commissioners as reported in the Highlands Ranch Herald are an affront to the citizens of the county. Who believes that a media-
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tor will solve their problems so that we have governance appropriate for a population of almost 400,000 residents? Their disagreements are more reminiscent of schoolyard spats or fights of political hacks rather than policy differences of mature adults committed to the welfare of the county. I suggest that we need a complete investigation by the county attorney and/or the district attorney so that the full story is known to voters. I also support the suggestion for a completely new board comprised of at least five to seven members elected from districts rather than the county at large. A larger board could much more effectively represent all citizens and serve as a much better steward of the county’s resources. Research shows that three-member groups are inherently prone to conflict with two against one as the frequent outcome. This alone almost ensures that important policy issues in the county will not be properly addressed and citizens will inevitably suffer as a result.
Henry M. Barlow Highlands Ranch
Equity naysayers seek past Douglas County School District is
reflecting the myriad issues churning across the country. Most of these issues are much larger social and cultural in nature. And what we’re hearing from the naysayers regarding equity in our schools and community is exactly the same rhetoric heard in most places across the land. These people have organized for one thing - maintaining the status quo.
In Douglas County, these doomsayers seem to be keenly interested in going after people and organizations that are looking ahead rather than behind. These folks started a school board recall in the fall. And now they want to bring back the days of old when Douglas County was a haven of conservatism. They are the same people who suggest COVID was “nothing,” no vaccinations and masks needed.
If they want to keep the rearview mirror clean, they have every right. But they will be called out when they use false data and information in their arguments. Their biggest challenge is that most people in Douglas County are tired of their methods.
Lloyd Guthrie Roxborough Park
DJs ready to mix it up
Prom season ushers in new year after long lull caused by pandemic
BY LIAM ADAMS LADAMS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Hear that? Well, if the noise you heard any time in the past year, there’s a good chance it wasn’t the sound of a disc jockey booth.
Not surprisingly, business has been bad for DJs and live entertainment companies. COVID-19 restrictions reduced the number of gigs for Denver metro DJs to nearly zero. Many squeaked by from working virtual proms and socially distanced bar mitzvahs and bat mitzvahs, but it’s already much better because there are now real proms and other events as public health restrictions loosen.
“I feel like we went from hibernating bears to chickens with our heads cut off,”
After a long and di cult year, live entertainment companies and DJs want to go back to normal. They have managed with socially distanced events, or private proms or virtual proms. But many look forward to events, weddings being chief among them, where more people are allowed.
said Rikki Mor, operations manager at Denver-based Imprint Entertainment. For most of last year, Mor said she could count the number of live events Imprint booked on two hands.
Michael Crabtree, owner of Denver-based DJ Guy, said business was down 80% to 85% from 2019 to 2020. DJ Connection, a nationwide company that has a Denver office, had 4,000 events scheduled last year, three-quarters of which were canceled, said owner Jason Bailey.
Some events were entirely nonexistent during the pandemic, such as school dances and corporate events. All of the companies worked weddings and Imprint did a few bar and bat mitzvahs, one of which was a “carmitzvah,” Mor described. At the carmitzvah — held at Wings over the Rockies in Denver— people congregated and celebrated by setting up tables at their adequately distanced parked cars, Mor said.
Another pandemic-flex event the DJs worked was
the “private prom.” DJ Guy booked one with about 25 high school students from different schools, whose parents (the parents were in a friend group) put on for their kids at a small venue. Crabtree jokingly said, “It felt a lot more like parents planning a party for themselves and the kids were invited.” The ratio of parents who took photos in the photo booth versus the students is evidence of that, he added.
Recent proms are just the tip of the iceberg for live entertainment companies that are wanting to increase business after a slow and di cult year of public health restrictions. Imprint Entertainment has done three proms at Denver metro high schools this spring. COURTESY
PHOTO BY BRITTANY RAE PHOTOGRAPHY/COURTESY OF DJ CONNECTION
Live entertainment companies and DJs are eager to go back to normal after a year of restrictions tied to COVID-19.
PHOTO BY NATE AND GRACE PHOTOGRAPHY/COURTESY OF DJ CONNECTION
That said, the students seemed like they had a lot of fun because “they had been stripped of some of these fun and engaging things that have been a rite of passage in high school,” Crabtree said. Not only were the restrictions slightly looser at the private prom, but parents were more relaxed about the music. For example, at a school-sanctioned dance, Crabtree might not be allowed to play an unedited version of Cardi B’s “WAP,” but the private prom parents didn’t have a problem with it. “It’s kinda funny,” Crabtree said.
Slightly similar, DJ Connection worked virtual proms, where a student and their date were at individual homes and streamed into a group Zoom. The DJ, in his own Zoom box, played the music and performed as they normally do — even pausing at points to hype up the crowd by saying, “we got some shout-outs here!” or “we’re giving out prizes!” — to make the experience feel as normal as possible, Bailey said.
also, “weird because you can’t see the kids … it’s a strange experience for us because DJs feed off the crowd’s energy,” Bailey said.
However, those strange events have helped the bottom line. Even then, Imprint had to lay off a few full-time employees and a few DJs departed. DJ Connection dealt with the same problem, but it didn’t end up laying off full-time employees because it’s a larger company. Still, Bailey worries if he’ll have enough DJs to work the bevy of events the company is lining up for later this year. A few DJs with DJ Guy were furloughed.
“I don’t personally see us recovering as an industry until at least 2022 to 2023, depending,” said Crabtree.
Virtual proms have been fun, but
Aprom parents didn’t have a problem and perfor-
Things are picking up, though. Imprint recently did a prom at Legacy High School, an Adams 12 Five Star Schools district school, and DJ Connection did a prom at Horizon High School in Thornton, another Adams 12 school. DJ Guy recently did a dance with Douglas County School District and is looking to book events with Jefferson County Public Schools. Imprint, DJ Connection and DJ Guy all have tons of weddings on the horizon. Many are rescheduled gigs, but some are
new events. On June 26, Bailey said DJ Connection will be at 19 events in Denver, over half of which are rescheduled events.
Like other businesses, live entertainment companies are cautiously optimistic about the prospect of more, and larger, gatherings as more people are vaccinated. That’s what excites the live entertainment
companies, despite the struggles they still deal with. Mor said, “It is enthralling, and it is exciting. I think people have just missed being together. I think there is a little bit of anxiety for people to go back into situations. But it’s overwhelmingly more that people are so thrilled and excited to be together; it just provides a sense of adrenaline.”
Dance auditions for fall season set for June
uditions for Zikr Dance Ensemble’s fall season will be held from 1-3 p.m. on June 6 at Denver Ballet Theatre, 8000 S. Lincoln St., Littleton, Suite 8. $10 audition fee. Bring headset. For online auditions, send photos, CV and performance info to davidtaylor.zikr@hotmail.com. See zikrdance.com.
Water gardens
SONYA’S SAMPLER
its annual plant sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 6 at the Hudson Gardens and Event Center, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, (CWGS members 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.). Admission free.
The Colorado Water Garden Society will host
Miners Alley Playhouse
Children’s Theatre performances written and directed by Rory Pierce: “The Stuff of Dreams.” Saturdays at 1 p.m. Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Sandman.” Billie McBride in Concert: An Improbable Career,” May 19 at 7:30 p.m. 1224 Washington St., Golden, minersalley.com, 303-9353044.
Town Hall Arts Center
“Shout! The Mod Musical” plays May 21 to June 20 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450
W. Main St., Littleton. Box office: 303-794-2787, ext. 5. Tickets: $37-$52. Celebrate music, fashion, freedom of the 1960s. Directed by Kate Vallee. Townhallartscenter. org. COVID 19 protocols include mask.
Star Wars show
“May the Art be With You” is an all-Star Wars art exhibit at Spectra Art Space, 1836 S. Broadway, through June 6. Call for hours: 720535-7244, spectraartspace. com.
Denver Art Museum
“each/other” brings art by Marie Watt and Cannupa Hanske Luger, the first exhibit to feature together the works of two contemporary indigenous artists who both focus on collaborative art-
making in their practices. The artists’ work will converge with a new, monumental artist-guided community artwork. There are 26 mixed media sculptures, wall hangings and installation works. denverartmuseum.org. Tickets on schedule.
RoxArt
RoxArt Gallery at Aspen Grove, 7300 S. Santa Fe Drive, offers a variety of classes, such as: Valorie Snyder will host an open studio for oil painters of all skill levels. She will visit with each individual about where they are and what help they need. Take home a work of art. roxartscouncil.org.
Installation
“Shiki Dreams” by Denver-based Prismajic is an
immersive art experience open from noon to 7 p.m. Saturdays and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays at 2219 E. 21st Ave., Denver. Tickets: $14, children 10 and under; $19.99: adults. A continuation of the story begun in “Natura Obscura” in 2019 at the Museum of Outdoor Arts in Englewood. prismajic.com.
Lone Tree
The Lone Tree Backyard Brew Bash will showcase Beer, Bourbon and Bluegrass on May 29 at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. 720-5091000, tickets. Masks required to go inside the building and encouraged if you can’t stay 6 feet apart outside. Food trucks, bourbon seminar, yard games. Ticketed. lonetreeartscenter.org.
After a year of limited events, live entertainment companies and DJs are hoping for a return to a more normal world.
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VETERANS
Suzi Reaves. Reaves, a 23-year Navy veteran, said after serving in the military she went on to school to get a degree in fine arts.
Reaves said taking part in the art therapy program was somewhat intimidating for some of the class, but all dived in with an open mind.
“This was definitely a healing thing,” she said. “It gave us a sense of accomplishment. It was about doing something new and learning a new life skill that fits in with our age group.”
Bill Beschman, a Castle Rock resident, said the program gave him a new, helpful hobby.
“Doing this is definitely a quieter way to relieve stress,” he said.
“Before, I was playing loud music in the house. You can’t get away with that late at night like you can painting.”
Beschman said he was able to develop more self-expression, noting that several members of his family are artists, but he did not think he could ever learn the skill.
“Painting just was not a talent I ever thought I would have,” he said.
“Here, I was able to learn this art
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through interpreting and observing.”
In the 26-week course, Beschman said the teacher, Carol Hein, wanted them to paint life. The group of 16 paintings produced by the artists feature images from their back yards, photographs, or postcards.
Beschman said Hein taught in a way that was not intimidating, but instead supportive and helpful in breaking down the steps of creating an image through oil paints.
Beschman said one of his images was a bush in his background when it was alive. This year, he said it may not make it through the winter storms, which means the painting will keep it alive.
“This class was just a great idea,”
Beschman said. “In the pandemic, we have had so many people, including veterans, locked away. This class can pull them out.”
The paintings developed by the local veterans will remain on display throughout the rest of May. Sales from the paintings will go toward paying the artist and purchasing supplies for the next round of art therapy for veterans. To see the work produced by the group, visit the Rhyolite Gallery at 505 2nd St. in Castle Rock.
Lucey said they are looking to recruit 10 veterans for the next program, which will begin in November. For more info on the program, visit castlerockartcoop.com/veterans.
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A group of 16 paintings created by four local veterans will remain on display through May at the Rhyolite Gallery in Castle Rock. PHOTOS BY THELMA GRIMES
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Launch Patterns
Colorado Community Media asks members of the Class of 2021 about what they have learned and their plans for the future. Their responses are diverse and inspiring. Please take time to read what they have to say.
Let’s celebrate the Class of 2021 and wish them great success in the future!
CJ Braccia
Douglas County High School
I will attend Creighton University. I am a full-ride scholarship recipient and have been accepted into an expedited master’s degree program. I served as DECA president and placed in the top ten nationally in DECA and FBLA.
What memorable moment during the pandemic instilled a key value in you?
The most memorable moments for me were when I was at Angelo’s Pizza in Pueblo, while I was there the stay-at-home order was announced. Another memorable one was when my dad was admitted to the hospital for COVID-19. Despite my family following all precautions we all still got COVID. The reason I mention both of these moments is because they reinforce the same idea, to be grateful for what you have in the moment because it may quickly be taken away.
What three adjectives describe your outlook going forward?
Optimistic, Enthusiastic, Grateful.
What do you see as your graduating class’ mission to better the world?
I see the Class of 2021 and the mission to better the world as a very achievable and admirable aspiration of ours. Knowing my fellow graduates, I can promise that we are one of the most caring and service focused classes. I truly believe the class of 2021 will accomplish the mission of bettering the world.
Hannah Johnson
Douglas County High School
I received an appointment to the United States Air Force Academy. I plan to study engineering and biology while representing the Academy as a member of the soccer team.
As class president my fi rst three years, I helped raise more than $200,000 for the Make-aWish Foundation. I balanced the rigors of the International Baccalaureate Diploma program while competing on a national level soccer team.
What memorable moment during the pandemic instilled a key value in you?
In the midst of the pandemic was probably the fi rst time in my 17 years that I realized how important the bonds with my friends were. It’s so easy with social media these days to hit the heart button, or the dislike, while having no real interactions. I realized by mid-summer 2020 I craved seeing their faces, hearing my friends’ voices, and overall interacting with them. We started daily group FaceTimes which made a huge difference in my mental health. What three adjectives describe your outlook going forward?
I feel hopeful that the lessons learned during COVID will make us all appreciate the
Lauren Fox
Legend High School
I will attend Montana State University. I plan to double major in marketing and political science. I completed a medical internship at Hatch Chiropractic and Wellness. I am a President’s Volunteer Service Award recipient with more than 400 community service hours.
What memorable moment during the pandemic instilled a key value in you?
I think that the COVID-19 pandemic showed the world that within isolation we can be connected. Very quickly the world made a drastic adjustment to the isolation we were all put in. Friends and family found creative ways to connect with each other. Within isolation we were able to reset ourselves, our minds and our lives. Break old habits and start new ones.
small things — family dinners, car rides with friends, and simply a hug from your grandparents!
I feel eager to report to basic at USAFA and start the next chapter of my life.
I feel thankful for all those who have sacrifi ced the past 18 months — be it scientists, health care workers, essential employees, teachers — that they gave all that they did to help guide us all through the pandemic.
What do you see as your graduating class’ mission to better the world?
I see the class of 2021’s mission to be the generation that is more patient, more tolerant, and more understanding of each other’s differences. I see my class as embracing each other with more open hearts and open minds. I see my class as being the one who remembers what it was like to be isolated and quarantined — so the science minded classmates will work hard on being proactive to prevent another pandemic, at the same time my class will also hopefully cherish the things we missed most during COVID — and inspire all of us to be better human beings.
What three adjectives describe your outlook going forward?
Fervent, authentic and bold.
What do you see as your graduating class’ mission to better the world?
Our goal shouldn’t be to construct a perfect world, that’s entirely infeasible. I personally classify myself as an optimist but also a realist. I believe in human kindness and good intentions and that we will continue to progress. Our goal should be to try and understand why we are the way we are, how we can march into the future with passion, and how we can use all those passions to create something great. We are a class of artists, athletes, engineers, entrepreneurs, inventors, and intellectuals. I have no doubt that the class of 2021 will do great things.
Peyton Dunn
Legend High School
I will attend the University of Oklahoma. I am an athletic volleyball scholarship recipient. I was recognized on National Girls and Women in Sports Day and I earned a 3.9 GPA. What memorable moment during the pandemic instilled a key value in you?
While I don’t have a specifi c memory, COVID reminded me how kind people can be and what people will do for each other when faced with a challenge. You never know who is struggling. It never hurts to be kind and reach out to people, even if it is just a text.
What three adjectives describe your outlook going forward?
Excited: I am excited for my opportunity to play volleyball
and attend the University of Oklahoma. Hopeful: I am hopeful that the world continues to recover from COVID, and life returns to normal.
Thankful: I am thankful for the opportunities that have been available in sports, school and life. I am also thankful for my friends, family, and teammates that are part of my life!
What do you see as your graduating class’ mission to better the world?
I think my graduating class’ mission is to model resilience. This past year was very hard and emotionally challenging. Our class missed out on many opportunities and faced lots of disappointments, but we had to keep moving forward. We will be stronger and more resilient because of it and can take that into the world!
Ellie Hutchings
Castle View High School
I will attend Colorado Mesa University. I plan to major in psychology. I am a DCSD Perseverance Scholarship recipient and heavily involved in supporting students with learning disabilities.
What memorable moment during the pandemic instilled a key value in you?
A lot in my life has changed drastically during the COVID-19 pandemic. I moved out of my mother’s house and began a journey of my own independence. Most importantly, I discovered my true passion and purpose. The dream I hold closest to my heart is actually quite simple. All I wish to do
in this life is bring as much light as I possibly can to a world that can be so jaded. I hope I can achieve this as a therapist in my future.
What three adjectives describe your outlook going forward?
In my past, I was pessimistic and reckless, I was lost in a jaded perspective. I have learned, however. I have learned that the only way to persevere is to not get lost in what you don’t have but rather be grateful for everything. The good, the bad, the ugly. In each failure and loss there is a lesson to be learned, an opportunity to better yourself and your understanding of the world. Using the lessons I have learned from my
I will attend Arapahoe Community College. I will complete an eight-week certifi ed nursing program, then join the military. I had a 4.0 GPA senior year and am a two-time nominee for the Douglas County Youth Initiative Award. What memorable moment during the pandemic instilled a key value in you?
One memorable moment that fi rmly established a key value in me, is when the pandemic was at its peak, and everyone had to quarantine. I had to do the rest of my junior year online, and now my entire senior year. I have always been a resilient person, but it was still pretty hard to go through that. I have always had respect for others, but after the pandemic that key value really got highlighted for me. I always wear my mask
own experience, the three adjectives to describe my outlook moving forward would be gratitude, humility, and compassion.
What do you see as your graduating class’ mission to better the world?
I think one of the most devastating issues facing my generation is the lack of resources regarding our mental health along with the romanticized understanding we have of mental health disorders. My lifetime goal is to fi nd a better understanding of mental health and provide better resources for mental health care around the country and hopefully one day the whole world. Humanity needs to begin healing and I plan to do that even if it’s just one person at a time.
everywhere even outside so I can respect those around me. I give people more than six feet of social distancing just out of respect.
What three adjectives describe your outlook going forward?
Motivated, Ambitious, Advocate.
What do you see as your graduating class’ mission to better the world?
I want to help at least one person. I want to lift people up. Hopefully, in doing this small thing, other people will do the same and with time the entire world can benefi t. Spreading love and happiness is the key to truly making an impact on this world. I want to be able to save one life at a time. Every single person in this vast world can make an impact anywhere on Earth. I want to advocate for others whose voices are not being heard. I want to be the best version of myself.
Kirsten Manley
Castle View High School
Preston Kilzer
Ponderosa High School
I will attend Purdue University. I plan to study mechanical engineering. I lettered in three sports at PHS and earned a 4.33 GPA by taking 11 AP classes and tests.
What memorable moment during the pandemic instilled a key value in you?
I remember the fi rst few nights where I was hybrid but still had a load of work to do due to me being at home and in 5 AP classes. I had to push through, trust myself, and persevere until it was done, and it taught me a valuable lesson about perseverance and completion.
What three adjectives describe your outlook going forward?
The three adjectives are optimistic, impatient, and excited. I am super optimistic about how the future looks for me and what I will be able to accomplish if I put my mind to my work and perform to the best of my abilities. I am anxious and a little bit nervous about how I will get there, but I know I will fi nd a way to reach my goals. My third adjective of excited just is a picture of my outlook on life, as I love waking up each day to see what it has in store.
What do you see as your graduating class’ mission to better the world?
I really think we could change the world with kindness and understanding. Ponderosa is like a family to me, and I can’t wait to see my family spread out and disperse our goodness that I have received my past few years here.
Abbey Telesz
Ponderosa High School
I will attend Juniata College. I am a scholarship recipient to play volleyball at Juniata College. I am the first four-year letter winner in Ponderosa High’s volleyball program. I plan to study biology with an emphasis in pre-med.
What memorable moment during the pandemic instilled a key value in you?
I have always been a self-motivated person that is willing to put in the work without the push from a coach or parent. However, during the first few weeks of the pandemic I began to realize that my self-motivation would be what separated me from others. I began to workout every day and consistently do wall work to keep my skill level up for volleyball. I couldn’t go to my trainer or make it to the gym for privates but through that selfmotivation I was able to still hone in on my skill and keep my athletic ability up. I also began to realize when school started again that I would need self-motivation with our hybrid schedule as I would not be in class five days a week and would need to set aside time for schoolwork although I was in an atypical school environment. By having that value instilled in me already and building on it through the pandemic, it will be a key part of my success in college.
Tanner Leonard Rock
Canyon High School
I will attend the University of Virginia. I plan to major in mathematics. I helped tutor local elementary school students through Learning Link. I independently learned about and worked on projects related to neural networks.
What memorable moment during the pandemic instilled a key value in you?
Near the end of my junior year when the COVID-19 pandemic was just beginning in the U.S., there was a lot of uncertainty about the scope of the pandemic, how long it might last, and what we all needed to do in order to stay safe. Personally, I felt discouraged and disempowered to do much to help. However, I remember reading stories about how other people had found ways to help control the pandemic in their communities, such as by making and donating masks, donating funds and supplies to healthcare workers, combating COVID-19 disinformation, or simply checking up on people who might have been struggling. These stories helped me appreciate the importance of combating discouragement and looking for smaller, more manageable ways to make a difference.
What three adjectives describe your outlook going forward?
Critical, careful, and excited
What do you see as your graduating class’ mission to better the world?
I don’t really think I can defi ne my classmates’ mission to better the world because they are all very smart and talented and will fi nd ways to fi x the problems that matter most to them. However, I hope that my classmates will try to utilize some of the strengths and experiences of our generation, particularly as high school students during the COVID-19 pandemic, to make their efforts more effective.
Timberly Gonzales
Highlands Ranch High School
I will attend Western Colorado Community College. I plan to obtain an associate degree in welding. I am the first in my family to graduate from high school. I focused on academics my junior and senior year to obtain my diploma.
What memorable moment during the pandemic instilled a key value in you?
One thing that was memorable in the COVID pandemic would be being kicked out of a toxic house and moving in with my best friend. It was a really hard change, but I was able to get through it. I am a better person since I moved out of that house. I do still see my brothers till I move and my grandmother, but I do not live with them.
What three adjectives describe your outlook going forward?
I would say I have benefited from moving out and looking at life differently. I have advanced to be a better me for myself and others around me but, mostly myself. I have been really good at overtaking things that seem to be in my way. Looking now I have been able to push through a lot of things that no other person could or would do willingly.
What do you see as your graduating class’ mission to better the world?
I see a lot of people going to try and make it but fail a couple of times and I can see others thriving in the happiness they have earned to be where they always have dreamed of.
Boys volleyball participation gains traction
Sport now sanctioned by CHSAA
BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
After multiple pilot seasons, boys volleyball is fi nally a sport that is sanctioned by the Colorado High School Activities Association this season.
In the May 10 CHSAANow.com boys volleyball rankings, Cherry Creek, Douglas County and Valor Christian were the state’s top three teams. Legend was ranked fi fth.
“Overall, it has been a treat just to have the boys in the gym and see a new excitement for the game,” said Douglas County head coach Jason Fitzgerald. “I think there was probably a lot of skepticism early. What’s this going to look like? But I’ve been impressed by the level of play from the teams I’ve seen.”
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data is that the number of COVID-19 cases recently is still “very high,” particularly in comparison to the lows of last summer, Buchwald said.
“The thing that people have lost sight of is: Can you believe if five years ago there was an infectious disease and there were 600 people in the state of Colorado hospitalized?” Buchwald said. “It seems unimportant because we’ve gotten so used to it, but it doesn’t change the fact that it’s a major problem.”
She noted that even a person with COVID-19 who is not hospitalized may still face long-term health consequences, which some have called “long COVID,” she said.
On top of that, more than 700 more deaths could occur in Colorado from early May through the end of July even with “high
levels” of vaccination and the current level of social distancing and mask-wearing as of early May, both of which are likely to decline, according to Douglas, the health chief.
But the choice to drop restrictions is “all about balances and tradeoffs,” Douglas said.
“I think it is likely that if we went into complete lockdown like 13 months ago, we’d be experiencing fewer deaths,” Douglas said. He added: “In the extreme case, you wouldn’t shut down the whole economy to save one life. You’d hate to see that one life” lost, but that would be a reasonable trade, Douglas argued.
Figuring out what the right tradeoff is has “been absolutely agonizing,” he added. What makes the situation easier is the effectiveness of the vaccines, Douglas said.
“I want to badly urge everyone who can get this to get it,” Douglas said of vaccination.
About 48% of all Coloradans are estimated to be immune due
to vaccination or prior infection, while 47% are estimated to have received at least one dose of a vaccine, the state public-health department said in a May 14 news release.
“Herd immunity” — a term for when enough people become immune that the spread of a disease becomes unlikely — could happen when somewhere between 66.7% and 80% of people attain immunity to COVID-19, according to the Colorado School of Public Health.
Dispute over pandemic
During the Douglas County commissioners’ April 13 meeting, when they voted to opt out of Tri-County Health’s extension of dial restrictions, Commissioner Abe Laydon said he would like for residents to “break the delusion” that there is a need for a continuation of public health orders.
“I want … Douglas County to be the fi rst county in the state to say ‘this pandemic is over,’” Laydon said. Laydon again said “the pan-
demic is over” during a May 11 meeting.
Douglas, the health chief, said the comment is “completely inaccurate” from a literal standpoint.
“The pandemic, meaning a global epidemic, is far from over,” Douglas said. He added: “I actually think he was being somewhat hyperbolic to say Douglas County is not going to be threatened by the pandemic, we’ve got enough vaccination … that interpretation of his remarks is probably true.”
But Douglas doesn’t think the way it was said was “helpful to the larger conversation,” he continued.
Buchwald, the researcher with the school of public health, said in Colorado “very clearly it’s not over,” pointing to the high number of cases.
“I think it’s important to step back and realize there are 600 hospitalized in the state of Colorado alone,” Buchwald reiterated.
“I wish the pandemic was over as well,” Buchwald said, “but wishful thinking is not enough.”
Douglas County volleyball player Connor Shumate spikes the ball in a match against Regis Jesuit.
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SEE BOYS, P25
A CONTEST FOR CONTROL
BOYS
Cherry Creek has a co-op team with several players from Overland.
Prior to the start of the season, Creek coach Mike Degitis sent invitations to athletes from Overland to try out for the team since the expectations around the popularity of the sport was not high.
Around 10 boys from Overland joined the program, and Creek was able to add development teams.
“The sport is growing fast,” said Degitis. “I’m looking forward to an exciting season.”
Legend’s team is co-opted with Chaparral and Ponderosa and had 40 athletes try out and nobody was cut.
“We created a developmental team so we could continue to build the program,” said boys coach Travis Underwood who was also helping prepare the girls team for the state tournament which was May 12-13. “Varsity has a great mix of all grade levels while JV is mostly younger players. It’ll take a couple of seasons, but it won’t be long before you’ll see a third level being rostered.”
Much of the hesitation about boys volleyball stemmed around the question whether the sport could lure boys to participate.
“We did well with our numbers this year,” said Fitzgerald whose team draws players from Douglas County, Castle View and Lutheran high schools. “I know some of the teams around the league had enough participation to host three teams. It will catch on. It’s a great sport that attracts a lot of athletes that might been the second, third or the last guy on the bench in another sport,” he said.
“So they really want to play. They’re good athletes. They’re just looking for a new home. A lot of times you find guys that might have been hurt in their dominate sport and they’re looking for a fast, energetic sport where they’re not going to get a bone broken as easily,” he added. Fitzgerald, like Underwood, works with both the boys and girls teams.
The difference between girls and boys volleyball can be summed up by saying the girls play a more ball control style while the boys rely more on power.
“The mechanics of the sport are similar if not identical,” explained Fitzgerald. “The psychologies of the athletes sometimes vary and definitely the team psychologies will vary. And the experience level, girls are exposed to the sport
between 11 and 14. Most boys are introduced to the sport around 14 to 16.”
Douglas County’s Connor Shumate played the past two years on the Huskies’ pilot team and is anxious to compete this spring with a chance to win a CHSAA state title. Shumate is a seniors at Castle View.
“I had a massive desire to get back onto the court with this team,” he said. “Last year we came into the season with state championship expectations fueled by the semifinal loss the year before. When the season was canceled, we were devastated.
“That fire burns hotter than ever and we have the team to do it. As I talk with my friends from various teams around the state, we are one of the favorites for the championship. We have to be disciplined in
who we hang out with and wearing our masks to avoid COVID related shut downs. There have already been two teams that have had to reschedule games due to COVID. There is a very real chance we can come out of this season as the first ever CHSAA boys volleyball state champions.”
Jayden Pascua of Douglas County is a senior at Lutheran and has played volleyball for for five years.
“Volleyball runs in my family,” he said. “I started playing competitively in eighth grade because a friend encouraged me to try out for a local club team. I fell in love with the game and have been playing ever since.
“This season is going better than expected. I am thankful we are able to play this inaugural sanctioned year of high school boys volleyball.”
Littleton’s Anika Bagal (12) and Englewood’s Rayna Davis (10) nearly collide in mid-air in the battle for ball control. Bagal contributed one goal to the Lions 9-0 shutout on the Pirates home field on May 15.
Connor Shumate, bottom right, is a Douglas County player who attends Castle View.
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YOUR MONEY
BY JOHN FRISCH
Reasons to be optimistic about the U.S. economy
Would you believe me if I told you, despite the pandemic, the U.S. economy has rarely been better off? In the first quarter of 2021:
• The U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew 6.4%. This was the secondfastest GDP growth rate since 2003. The fastest was in third quarter 2020, when the economy really took off. (GDP is a measure of the value of goods and services.)
• Consumers increased spending by 10.7%, up from 2.3% in the prior quarter.
“This signals the economy is off and running and it will be a boom-like year,” said Mark Zandi chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. “Obviously, the American consumer is powering the train and businesses are investing strongly.”
Why is the economy doing so well? It’s almost certainly reopening in response to declining COVID cases and accelerating virus vaccine rates. But that’s just part of the story. An opportune economy does no good unless consumers and businesses have money to spend.
Fortunately, many do:
• On November 23, 2020, Moody’s Investor Services reported that U.S.-based non-financial companies had cash holdings totaling $2.1 trillion in June 2020. This was 30% higher than reported toward the end of 2019, pre-pandemic, and a record high, with the previous peak coming in 2017.
• U.S. households also are doing well overall. The Federal Reserve reported, as of year-end 2020, U.S. Household Net Worth was a record $130 trillion, up from $118 trillion the year before.
• Total household credit card debt declined by 9% between 2019 and 2020— the first drop since 2013.
Clearly, not every business or household is thriving. And in related news, Federal debt was at its highest level ever as of 2020, and highest level as a percentage of GDP since World War II. Thanks to historically low interest rates, the Federal government debt service (as a percentage of GDP) is only 1.6%, which is historically quite low relative to the 2% average. But if interest rates rise and the government continues to spend like there’s no tomorrow, we’ll want to track this number across the next few decades.
For now, though, things aren’t looking so bad overall. Let’s keep these figures in mind when doom and gloom reporting may lead us to believe the worst.
Girls volleyball teams downed in Colorado Springs
Grandview advanced, then lost to Rampart
BY BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
That trip down to Colorado Springs that used to be a pleasant outing turned out to be upsetting for south metro volleyball teams who journeyed to the Broadmoor World Arena for the single elimination, eight-team girls state volleyball tournament.
Four teams from the south metro schools lost in the first round on May 12 and only Grandview advanced.
The Wolves upset top-seeded Mountain Vista, 3-1, in a first round encounter. Grandview notched a come-from-behind, 3-2, semifinal victory over Columbine on May 13 but lost 3-1 to Rampart in the Class 5A championship match.
Grandview, the No. 8 seed, was the surprise team in the tournament as Mountain Vista, Cherry Creek, Legend and Class 3A Lutheran all fell in first round matches.
Previously unbeaten Mountain Vista lost its only game of the season in the opening match of the tournament on May 12 as Grandview (13-5) shocked the Golden Eagles.
The Wolves won the first set, 27-25, which set the tone for the match. Vista captured the second set, 25-21, but Grandview notched 25-17 and 25-15 wins in the last two sets to advance into the semifinals.
“We just didn’t have it,” said Vista coach Doug Schafer whose team finished with an 15-1 record.
“We definitely wanted it. We had energy but we were just tight.
We were just off. Grandview played well.
“We got 14 people here with the COVID and all the quarantines and stuff. We were undefeated until now. We made some history with something that nobody has done, league (Continental) champs and being undefeated. So that part was pretty good, but it just didn’t go our way against Grandview.”
Fourth-seeded Columbine eliminated No. 5 Cherry Creek in another first-round match. The Bruins won the second set, 25-21, winning the last four points but that was the only time Creek got into a flow. The Rebels took the first set, 25-21, and the third and fourth sets with scores of 25-14 and 25-22.
Carter Booth had 14 kills and a 56 percent kills percentage for the Bruins (15-2) while Anna Van Wyk had 15 digs and 30 assists.
John Frisch, CPA/PFS, CFP, AIF is President of Alliant Wealth Advisors, an independent fee only financial advisory firm in Castle Rock.
Legend, the seventh seed in the tournament, lost 3-0 to Rampart as the Rams swept all three sets, 2517, 25-15 and 25-20.
Rylie Kadel and Peyton Dunn were the leaders for the Titans.
Kadel had 10 kills and 10 digs while Dunn finished with nine digs and 23 assists.
“Rampart came out really well,” said Legend coach Audri Marrs after the loss which gave the Titans a final record of 10-4. “They had some great hitters. They played really well. Things just didn’t go our way.
Lutheran, the sixth seed in the 3A tourney, played tough, hung in against No. 3 Sterling and won the first set, 25-17. However, the Tigers pulled out narrow 25-20, 25-22 and 25-23 wins in the final three sets. The Lions were ahead, 19-18, in the fourth set but Sterling won seven of the next 11 points.
Audrey Brgoch had 14 kills for the Lions, Cass Norton five blocks, Bella Vezzani had 25 digs and Sabrina King 14 assists as Lutheran wound up with a 11-4 record for the season.
“Sterling was a quality team but we kept fighting throughout,” said Lutheran coach Alicia Kidston. “I feel there were times that we didn’t take care of a bunch of little points that could have given us a little momentum.
“I so proud of the team. It was an interesting year obviously. They worked hard all season long and
battled through adversity. We had a lot of injuries but our seniors are tremendous.”
Peyton Dunn (2) of Legend signals a formation during a Class 5A first round match against Rampart on May 12 at the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs.
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Legend’s Rylie Kadel (6) congratulates teammate Peyton Dunn (2) during the Titans first round state volleyball tournament match against Rampart on May 12 at the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs.
Winningest prep baseball coach eyes more innings
Johnson says baseball teaches the value of hard work and the pursuit of improvement
BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Marc Johnson’s teams at Cherry Creek have won a lot of baseball games.
Johnson is now the winningest baseball coach in Colorado.
He set the record on May 12 when Creek rallied to defeat Grandview, 6-5, in nine innings which was the 808th win for Johnson as he surpassed the previous high of 807 victories by Eaton’s Jim Danley.
“I’ve had a good run,” said Johnson.
Cherry Creek collected a 7-4, eightinning win over Grandview on May 13 and pounded Eaglecrest, 10-0, on May 15.
After the mercy rule victory over Eaglecrest on May 15, Johnson’s record was 810-205 in 48 seasons as the Bruins’ head coach and it should be noted that the baseball season was cancelled last spring because of COVID.
“Obviously it feels great,” admitted Johnson. “I never have played a game, so I have great great fans and great administration. Even this year’s team is learning and work-
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Johnson has been a coach at Creek for 50 years. He was the head boys soccer coach from 1971-1999 and won five state titles in his 28-year reign. He as an assistant baseball coach in 1972 and become head coach in 1973. Johnson’s teams have won 32 league crowns, eight state champions
Cherry Creek coach Marc Johnson, back left, became Colorado’s all-time winningest baseball coach on May 12 with 808 victories when the Bruins rallied to beat Grandview, 6-5, in nine innings.
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and have been the state runner-up six times.
“You think about all the great players I’ve had and like I said I guys deserve all the accolades,” said Johnson. “I’m probably the luckiest guy in the world coaching. I’ve had guys coach under me that had chances to take head coaching jobs and they said, ‘no I’m going to stay here.’” Johnson is 76 years old and has to
people’s lives just by teaching them the game. Through the game you teach them what hard work means and what continually try to improve means. You teach them some character and how to handle tough times.
“I still absolutely love the game. I get asked every year, ‘is this it, is this it?’ I say I’m going to evaluate at
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“I’ve had real good response from the players this season. They were so excited about the win the other day (May 12). It was crazy. It looks like a big individual accomplishment but I’ve always been a team guy. I tell the players ‘a better you makes a better we.’”
Cherry Creek coach Marc Johnson became Colorado’s all-time winningest baseball coach on May 12 with 808 victories when the Bruins rallied to beat Grandview, 6-5, in nine innings. PHOTOS BY JIM BENTON
Cherry Creek coach Marc Johnson points out a ground rule during a recent pre-game meeting with umpires. Johnson became Colorado’s all-time winningest baseball coach on May 12 with 808 victories.
Community garden to benefit special needs adults
Funding to pay for project comes through Castle Rock Rotary Ducky Derby
The Rotary Club of Castle Rock and Castle Rock High Noon Rotary recently began construction of the first phase of the new Wellspring Community Garden. The 2.5-acre garden is located on Wolfensberger Road.
Both Castle Rock Rotary clubs have been longtime supporters of Wellspring Community, which is a local nonprofit dedicated to empowering adults with special needs.
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The $10,000 funding for the first phase is being provided by proceeds raised at the 2020 Castle Rock Rotary Ducky Derby, along with a grant from Rotary District 5450.
The second phase of the garden project will include construction of a fully functioning teaching greenhouse, including irrigation. The funding for the second phase will be provided by funds raised at the 2021 Castle Rock Rotary Ducky Derby. The 25th annual Duck Derby will be held on June 13.
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BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The idea of “drone soccer” may be difficult to picture, but the obscure sport appears poised to make an entrance into the public eye.
“What we’re doing is highly educational and teaches career skills, and that’s really valuable, especially for young people who are figuring out what they want to study,” said Kyle Sanders, the vice president for U.S. Drone Soccer, the national representative for the sport.
Drone soccer is an electronic, educational “e-sport” where participants build, program, learn to fly and repair drones, Sanders said. A team sport, participants play using racing drones surrounded by plastic exoskeletons. In a netted arena with a hoop on either end, teams try to prevent opponents from flying into their hoop by blocking their drones and crashing into them, Sanders said.
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The Rocky Mountain games are “like a mini-Olympics,” Sanders said. “That includes for athletes with physical disabilities and other events.”
U.S. Drone Soccer launched in Colorado with the first academic program adopted at Coronado High School, according to the games’ event website.
The upcoming state games will also be the first public tournament in North America for drone soccer, according to Sanders.
“There have been international competitions in other countries,” but nothing in North America, Sanders said. “It’ll be available, there will be competitions, in rest of the country by the end of the year.”
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fective 03/06/2009.
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 Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, 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, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155
$50,400.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $47,346.16 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.
Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 172, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 122-G, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.
Which has the address of: 4626 Lyndenwood Cir, Highlands Ranch, CO 80130 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 16, 2021, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, 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: 4/22/2021
Last Publication: 5/20/2021
Publisher: Douglas County News Press
Dated: 2/26/2021
DAVID GILL
DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee
The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
SCOTT TOEBBEN
Colorado Registration #: 19011 216 16TH STREET SUITE 1210, DENVER, COLORADO 80202
Phone #: (720) 259-6714
Fax #: (720) 259-6709
Attorney File #: 21CO00013-1
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Last Publication: 5/20/2021
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
A public hearing will be held on June 7, 2021 at 6:00 pm before the Planning Commission, and on June 15, 2021 at 2:30 pm before the Board of County Commissioners, in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, CO, to consider a major amendment to the Pinery Development Plan. The proposed 28th amendment of the Pinery Planned Development is to simplify the boundaries of PA’s 41, 42, and 43 (Business Park), PA 44 (Uplands Commercial), and associated language in the PD text. In addition, PA 44 has been removed and converted to Open Space. For more information call Douglas County Planning Services at 303-660-7460. If public meetings are restricted on these dates, hearings may be held online. See the County website or contact Planning Services for instructions on how to participate virtually.
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 uly 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.
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Dated: May 12, 2021
Sandy Maresh Board of Education Assistant Secretary
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First Publication: May 20, 2021
Last Publication: June 3, 2021
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PURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAWS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, K Plus Seafood LLC d/b/a K Plus Cajun has requested the City Council of the City of Lone Tree, acting as the Local Licensing Authority, grant a Hotel and Restaurant Liquor License at 9234 Park Meadows Drive, Suite 1000, Lone Tree, CO 80124 to dispense Malt, Vinous and Spirituous liquors by the drink for consumption on the premises. The Public Hearing on the application will be held at the Lone Tree Civic Center, Council Chambers, 8527 Lone Tree Parkway, Lone Tree, CO 80124, on Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 7:00 p.m.
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Separate sealed bids for the Parker Road (SH83) Multi-Use Trail (West Side) (CIP 21-017) as described in the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, will be received by electronic bid through Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System: www.bidnetdirect.com// town-of-parker until 11:00 a.m. local time, June 9, 2021, and then publicly opened and read aloud via an online Zoom conference. The Zoom conference information will be added to BidNet via a Communication prior to the bid date.
Electronic construction plans, specifications and forms for preparing bids may be obtained on Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System: www. bidnetdirect.com//town-of-parker on or after 9:00 a.m. on May 13, 2021.
All bids must be accompanied by a Bid Bond in an amount of at least five percent 5%) of the Bid. The vendors can upload their bid bond when responding online. The bond will be retained by the Town as liquidated damages if the successful bidder refuses or fails to enter into a Contract and Performance, Payment and Maintenance bond in accordance with his bid when notified of the award.
The Town shall issue a written addendum if substantial changes which impact the technical submission of Bids are required. Addenda will be posted on the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System: www.bidnetdirect.com//town-of-parker.
Plan Holders are responsible for either revisiting website prior to the due date to ensure that they have any addenda which may have been issued after the initial download.
The Plan Holder shall certify its acknowledgment of the addendum by signing the addendum and returning it with its Bid. In the event of conflict with the original contract documents, addenda shall govern all other contract documents to the extent specified. Subsequent addenda shall govern over prior addenda only to the extent specified. The extent of the work is approximately as follows: Construction of approximately 6,500 SY of 6” thick concrete sidewalk. Included with sidewalk construction will be, but not limited to approximately 110 CY of Class D Concrete; 15,000 Lbs of Epoxy Coated Reinforcing Steel; 3,800 CY of Embankment Material; 2,700 LF of Type 3 Guardrail; 1,900 LF of 120” Wood Fence and associated stormwater improvements, earthwork, erosion control, signage asphalt at hin and tra fi ntr
Bids may not be withdrawn for a period of forty-five 5) days after the time fixed for closing them. The Owner reserves the right to waive irregularities, to waive technical defects accordingly as the best interest of the Town may be served, may reject any and all bids, and shall award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder as determined by the Owner.
All bidders questions and inquires shall be directed to the Town of Parker’s Project Manager, Tom Gill tgill@parkeronline.org or #303-805-3190.
Tom Williams, PE, Engineering/Public Works Director
This Notice to Bidders is not valid without the above signature.
NOTICE TO NONRESIDENT BIDDERS
The purpose of this notice is to comply with C.R.S. 8-19-104(3). If a nonresident bidder is from a
state that provides a bidding preference to bidders from that state, then a comparable percentage disadvantage will be applied to the bid of that nonresident bidder. Nonresident bidders may obtain additional information from the Web site for the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.
Legal Notice No. 939153
First Publication: May 20, 2021
Last Publication: May 20, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Legal Notice Language
Sterling Ranch Preliminary Plan No. 6
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
A public hearing will be held before the Planning Commission on June 7th, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. and before the Board of County Commissioners on June 29th, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. in the Commissioners Hearing Room, 100 Third St. Castle Rock, CO, for approval of a preliminary plan located immediately southwest of the intersection of Moore Road and Waterton Road.
If public hearings are restricted on these dates, hearings may be held online. See the County website or contact the Planning Department for instructions on how to participate virtually. For more information call Douglas County Planning at 303-660-7460.
File #: SB2019-073
Name: Sterling Ranch Preliminary Plan No. 6
Legal Notice No. 939128
First Publication: May 20, 2021
Last Publication: May 20, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Metropolitan Districts
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 Boards of Directors of the Hess Ranch Metropolitan District Nos. 4-8. Any eligible elector of the Districts who is interested in appointment to the Boards may contact the District’s Attorney, Thomas N. George, via e-mail: tgeorge@spencerfane.com. The Boards of the Districts may fill said vacancies 10 days after the date hereof.
By: Thomas N. George, Legal Counsel
Legal Notice No. 939148
First Publication: May 20, 2021
Last Publication: May 20, 2021
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Bids and Settlements
Public Notice
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Separate sealed bids for the Hess Road Bridge Rail Rehabilitation (CIP 21-012) as described in the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, will be received by electronic bid through Rocky Mountain EPurchasing System: www.bidnetdirect.com//town-of-parker until 10:00 A.M. local time, May 25, 2021 and then publicly opened and read aloud via an online Zoom conference. The Zoom conference information will be added to BidNet via a Communication prior to the bid date.
Electronic construction plans, specifications and forms for preparing bids may be obtained on Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System: www. bidnetdirect.com//town-of-parker on or after 9:00 a.m. on April 27, 2021.
All bids must be accompanied by a Bid Bond in an amount of at least five percent 5%) of the Bid. The vendors can upload their bid bond when responding online. The bond will be retained by the Town as liquidated damages if the successful bidder refuses or fails to enter into a Contract and Performance, Payment and Maintenance bond in accordance with his bid when notified of the award.
The Town shall issue a written addendum if substantial changes which impact the technical submission of Bids are required. Addenda will be posted on the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System: www.bidnetdirect.com//town-of-parker.
Plan Holders are responsible for either revisiting website prior to the due date to ensure that they have any addenda which may have been issued after the initial download.
The Plan Holder shall certify its acknowledgment of the addendum by signing the addendum and returning it with its Bid. In the event of conflict with the original contract documents, addenda shall govern all other contract documents to the extent specified. Subsequent addenda shall govern over prior addenda only to the extent specified.
The extent of the work is approximately as follows: Hess Road bridge pedestrian handrail and stone veneer replacement.
Bids may not be withdrawn for a period of forty-five 5) days after the time fixed for closing them. The Owner reserves the right to waive irregularities, to waive technical defects accordingly as the best interest of the Town may be served, may reject any and all bids, and shall award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder as determined by the Owner.
All bidders questions and inquires shall be directed to the Town of Parker’s Project Manager, Danny Smith, 303-805-3229, pdsmith@parkeronline.org Tom Williams, PE, Engineering/
NOTICE TO NONRESIDENT BIDDERS
Documents from the Owner by electronic mail.
The Owner will not be bound or responsible for any explanations or interpretations other than those given in writing by the Owner. No oral interpretations shall be binding on the Owner. Bidders may request interpretations or clarifications from the Owner through the following contact: Richard Krulish, Pinery Water and Wastewater District, 5242 Old Schoolhouse Road, Parker, Colorado 80134 Phone: 303-841-2797, Ext. 201; email: RKrulish@pinerywater.com. The deadline for requesting interpretations or clarifications from the Owner is 3:00 pm on May 26, 2021.
BONDS AND SECURITY: The successful Bidder will be required to furnish the Performance Bond, Payment Bond and Maintenance Bond, as security for the faithful performance and the payment of all of the successful Bidder’s obligations under the Contract Documents. The requirement that the successful Bidder furnish a Performance Bond, Payment Bond and Maintenance Bond can be also satisfied by furnishing a combined Performance, Payment and Maintenance Bond. All required bonds shall be in a form satisfactory to the Owner.
INSURANCE: The successful Bidder will be required to submit a Certificate of Insurance demonstrating that the Bidder
and
Insurance.
SPECIAL CONTRACT PROVISIONS: The Contract Documents contain provisions concerning the employment of or contracting with illegal aliens.
WITHDRAWAL OF BIDS: No Bids may be withdrawn for a period of fifty 50) days after the Bid Opening.
SCHEDULE: The Notice of Award will be issued on or about June 17, 2021. Substantial and Final Completion dates, as well as liquidated damages provided for failure to meet the Substantial and Final Completion dates, will be included within the contract documents available to potential bidders. Work must be complete by October 15, 2021.
OWNER’S RIGHTS RESERVED: The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, may choose to award all, none, or any combination of the project schedules, the right to waive any informality or technicality contained in any Bid and the right to waive any formality or technicality in the bidding procedures.
By: Heather Beasley, District Manager
Legal Notice No. 939150
First Publication: May 20, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., that on the 26th day of May, 2021 final settlement with AMERICAN RAMP COMPANY will be made by the HIGHLANDS RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT for construction of the Tanks Skate Park Equipment Replacement project, subject to prior satisfactory final inspection and acceptance of said facilities by the HIGHLANDS RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT.
Any person, copartnership, association of persons, company, or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or his subcontractor in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work whose claim therefore has not been paid by the contractor or the subcontractor, may file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim.
All such claims shall be filed with HIGHLANDS RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, 62 Plaza Drive, Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80129, with a copy forwarded to Tim Flynn, Attorney at Law, Collins Cockrel Cole, 390 Union Boulevard, Suite 400, Denver, Colorado 80228-1556. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such a verified statement or claim prior to such final settlement will release said HIGHLANDS RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, it's officers, agents and employees, of and from any and all liability for such claim and for making payment for the said Contractor.
HIGHLANDS RANCH
METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
Dated 5/6/2021, Castle Rock, CO
The Heritage Hills Metropolitan District hereby invites and solicits sealed Bids for the roadway restoration mill and overlay work in the Hillside
in the Heritage Hills Metropolitan District (the “Project”), to be received by the Heritage Hills Metropolitan District (the “District”) at 7600 E. Orchard Road, Suite 250-S until 2:00 p.m. on Monday, June 7, 2021. Bids will not be publicly opened and read. The term “Bid” as herein used shall mean the following documents: Bid Form (Attachment 1), which is inclusive of the Schedule of Values (Exhibit A); Declaration of Non-Collusion affidavit Attachment 2); and Bid Bond (Attachment 3). No Bid will be considered complete unless all such documents are submitted on the date specified in this Section 1.1.1. An optional pre-Bid meeting will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 25, 2021, at the offices of the Engineer, 7600 E. Orchard Road, Suite 250S. Attendance at the pre-Bid meeting is strongly recommended for
Bidding requirements and Bid packages are available free of charge in an electronic format at IMEG, 7600 E. Orchard Road Suite 250-S Greenwood Village, CO 80111; phone number (720) 796-6067, or by contacting rick.a.rome@IMEGcorp.com.
Legal Notice No. 939147
First Publication: May 20, 2021 Last Publication: May 27, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Summons and Sheriff Sale
Public Notice COUNTY COURT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO 4000 JUSTICE WAY STE. 2009, CASTLE ROCK, CO, 80109
Plaintiff(s): THE MEADOWS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC.
Atty. Reg. #: 40490 Case Number: 2020C032464 Div.: A SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO: Allen D Clark
ou are hereby summoned and required to file with the Clerk of the Court an answer or other response to the complaint filed against you in this case. ou are required to file your answer or other response on or before:
June 8, 2021 at 4:00 P.M., in the Douglas County Court, 4000 Justice Way, Suite 2009, Castle Rock, CO 80109
The nature of this action is a proceeding in rem.
The relief sought by the Plaintiff(s) is an Injunction which will affect the following property:
3159 Calypso Ct, Castle Rock, CO, also known as LOT 11 BLK 4 FIRST REPLAT OF THE MEADOWS #1 0.129 AM/L, Douglas County, Colorado the (“Property”).
If you fail to file your answer or other response on or before the date and time shown above, the relief sought may be granted by default by the Court without further notice.
Dated at ___, Colorado, this ___ day of____, 2021. CLERK OF THE COURT By: _____ Deputy Clerk
This summons is issued pursuant to Rule 304(e), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure. This form should not be used where personal service is desired.
WARNING: ALL FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE. IN SOME CASES, A REQUEST FOR A JURY TRIAL MAY BE DENIED PURSUANT TO LAW EVEN THOUGH A JURY FEE HAS BEEN PAID.
Legal Notice No. 939017
First Publication: April 22, 2021
Last Publication: May 20, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
DISTRICT COURT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, Colorado 80109
Petitioner: JESSICA BROWN And Respondent: FRANCISCO AVILA-GIL
Counsel for Petitioner: ROBINSON HENRY, P.C.
Alexandra V. Dietzgen, #47558
Marlana A. Caruso, #41175 1805 Shea Center Drive, Suite 180 Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
To the Respondent named above, this Summons serves as a notice to appear in this case.
If you were served in the State of Colorado, you must file your Response with the clerk of this Court within 21 days after this Summons is served on you to participate in this action.
If you were served outside of the State of Colorado or you were served by publication, you must file your Response with the clerk of this Court within 35 days after this Summons is served on you to participate in this action.
ou may be required to pay a filing fee with your Response. The Response form (JDF 1103) can be found at www.courts.state.co.us by clicking on the “Self Help/Forms” tab.
After 91 days from the date of service or publication, the Court may enter a Decree affecting your marital status, distribution of property and debts, issues involving children such as child support, allocation of parental responsibilities (decisionmaking and parenting time), maintenance (spousal support), attorney fees, and costs to the extent the Court has jurisdiction.
I ai t fi e a es nse in this ase an r all of the matters above, or any related matters which come before this Court, may be decided without further notice to you.
This is an action to obtain a Decree of: Dissolution of Marriage or Legal Separation as more fully described in the attached Petition, and if you have children, for orders regarding the children of the marriage.
Notice: §14-10-107, C.R.S. provides that upon the filing of a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage or Legal Separation by the Petitioner and CoPetitioner, or upon personal service of the Petition and Summons on the Respondent, or upon waiver and acceptance of service by the Respondent, an automatic temporary injunction shall be in effect against both parties until the Final Decree is entered, or the Petition is dismissed, or until further Order of the Court. Either party may apply to the Court for further temporary orders, an expanded temporary injunction, or modification or revocation under §14-10-108, C.R.S.
A request for genetic tests shall not prejudice the requesting party in matters concerning allocation of parental responsibilities pursuant to §14-10124(1.5), C.R.S. If genetic tests are not obtained prior to a legal establishment of paternity and submitted into evidence prior to the entry of the final decree of dissolution or legal separation, the genetic tests may not be allowed into evidence at a later date.
Automatic Temporary Injunction By Order of Colorado Law, You and Your Spouse are:
1. Restrained from transferring, encumbering, concealing or in any way disposing of, without the consent of the other party or an Order of the Court, any marital property, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life. Each party is required to notify the other party of any proposed extraordinary expenditures and to account to the Court for all extraordinary expenditures made after the injunction is in effect;
2. Enjoined from molesting or disturbing the peace of the other party;
3. Restrained from removing the minor children of the parties, if any, from the State without the consent of the other party or an Order of the Court; and
4.Restrained without at least 14 days advance notification and the written consent of the other party or an Order of the Court, from canceling, modifying, terminating, or allowing to lapse for nonpayment of premiums, any policy of health insurance, homeowner’s or renter’s insurance, or automobile insurance that provides coverage to either of the parties or the minor children or any policy of life insurance that names either of the parties or the minor children as a beneficiary.
Dated: March 5, 2021
ROBINSON HENRY, P.C.
/s/ Alexandra V. Dietzgen
Alexandra V. Dietzgen, #47558
Attorney for Petitioner
Legal Notice No. 939047
First Publication: April 29, 2021
Last Publication: May 27, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
District Court, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO
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.
Tony Spurlock
Sheriffof Douglas County, Colorado
Tommy Barrella, Deputy Douglas County, Colorado
Legal Notice No. 939035
First Publication: 5/6/2021 Last Publication: 6/3/2021 Published In: Douglas County News Press
Public Notice
District Court, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO
Regarding: LOT 342, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 122-H, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO
Also known as: 10364 Tracewood Court, Highlands Ranch, CO 80130; also known as: 10364 Tracewood Court, 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 $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 Sheriffof 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
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:
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
COURT, WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO APRIL 2021 WATER RESUME PUBLICATION TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN WATER APPLICATIONS IN WATER DIV. 1
Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are notified that the following is a resume of all water right applications and certain amendments filed in the Office of the Water Clerk during the month of APRIL 2021 for each County affected. 21CW3047 TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK, Attn: Mark Marlowe, Director of Castle Rock Water, 175 Kellogg Court, Castle Rock, CO 80109, (720) 733-6002 mmarlowe@crgov.com. Serve all pleadings on: Madoline Wallace-Gross, Anthony Basile, Lyons Gaddis, P.O. Box 978, Longmont, CO 80502-0978, mwg@lyonsgaddis.com; abasile@lyonsgaddis.com. (303) 776-9900. APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF A PLAN FOR AUGMENTATION in DOUGLAS COUNTY. 2. Background. Applicant owns Paintbrush Park Pond (“pond”), which is an on-channel pond on an unnamed tributary of East Plum Creek with 1.4
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,
Estate of JEANNE MARIE GIBBARD, a/k/a JEANNE M. GIBBARD, a/k/a JEANNE GIBBARD, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30177
All personshavingclaimsagainsttheabovenamed estatearerequiredtopresentthemtothe
personal representativeortotheDistrictCourtof
Douglas, County,ColoradoonorbeforeSeptember 13 2021 or the claimsmay be foreverbarred
Graham S. Gibbard, Personal Representative
3237 Summer Wind Lane, Suite 1016 Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
Legal Notice No. 939106
First Publication: May 13, 2021
Last Publication: May 27, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Rosalie Bellino, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30120
Allpersons havingclaimsagainsttheabove named estatearerequiredtopresentthemtothe personalrepresentativeor totheDistrict Court of DOUGLAS County, Coloradoonorbefore 9/27/2021, or the claims may be forever barred.
Abby Carrington, Personal Representative c/o Zisman, Ingraham & Mong, P.C. 8480 East Orchard Rd., Ste. 2500, Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Legal Notice No. 939104
First Publication: May 13, 2021
Last Publication: May 27, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of CaroleAnn Tieleman, a/k/a CaroleA. Tieleman, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30171
Allpersons havingclaimsagainsttheabove
named estatearerequiredtopresentthemtothe personal representativeortotheDistrictCourtof Douglas County,Colorado on or before September 7,2021,ortheclaimsmaybeforeverbarred.
Attorney for Personal Representative
The Hickey Law Firm, LLC 1075 South Yukon Street, Suite 260 Lakewood, Colorado 80226
Legal Notice No. 939064
First Publication: May 6, 2021
Last Publication: May 20, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Nina Kimberly Pape, aka Nina K. Pape, aka Nina Pape, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30218
All personshavingclaimsagainsttheabovenamed Estatearerequiredtopresentthemtothe Special AdministratorortotheDouglasCounty District CourtonorbeforeSeptember20,2021, or the claims may be forever barred.
Katherine Pape, Personal Representative 17115 Carlson Drive,Apt. 1614 Parker, CO 80134
Legal Notice No. 939115
First Publication: May 13, 2021
Last Publication: May 27, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Laura M. Kelly-Collins, Deceased Case Number: 21 PR 30127
All personshavingclaimsagainsttheabovenamed estatearerequiredtopresentthemtothe PersonalRepresentative or totheDistrict Courtof
Douglas County,Colorado on or before September 7,2021,ortheclaimsmaybeforeverbarred.
Kevin F. Collins, Personal Representative c/o Holmes Shirley Law
1189 S. Perry Street, Suite 220 Castle Rock, Colorado 80104
Legal Notice No. 939070
First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 20, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of GORDON E. LEWIS, a/k/a GORDON LEWIS, a/k/a GORDON EUGENE LEWIS, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30212
Allpersons havingclaimsagainst theabove namedestatearerequiredtopresentthemtothe personalrepresentativeortotheDistrictCourtof Douglas County,Colorado on or before September13 2021 or the claims may be foreverbarred
Janet P. Lewis, Personal Representative 2927 Summer Wind Lane, #4012
Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
Legal Notice No. 939120
First Publication: May 13, 2021
Last Publication: May 27, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Terry Lynn Findley, aka Terry L. Findley, Deceased Case Number: 20 PR 30050
Allpersonshavingclaimsagainsttheabovenamedestatearerequiredtopresentthemtothe PersonalRepresentative or totheDistrict Courtof Douglas County,Colorado on or before September7,2021,ortheclaimsmaybeforeverbarred.
Sherri Findley, Personal Representative 803 East Noe Road
Larkspur, Colorado 80118
Legal Notice No. 939086
First Publication: May 6, 2021
Last Publication: May 20, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Jennifer Lynn Mason, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30148
Allpersonshavingclaimsagainsttheabovenamedestatearerequiredtopresentthemtothe PersonalRepresentative or totheDistrict Courtof
Douglas County,Colorado on or before September13 2021 or the claims may be foreverbarred
Rebecca Mason, Personal Representative c/o Holmes Shirley Law 1189 S. Perry Street, Suite 220 Castle Rock, Colorado 80104
Legal Notice No. 939094
First Publication: May 13, 2021
Last Publication: May 27, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of George E. Fosdick, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR030220
Allpersons havingclaimsagainst theabove named estate arerequired to presentthem to thepersonalrepresentativeortoDistrictCourtof Douglas County,Colorado on or before September13, 2021, or the claims may be foreverbarred
Susan L. Fosdick, Personal Representative 402 N. Wilcox St., Suite 100 Castle Rock, CO 80104
Legal Notice No. 939114
First Publication: May 13, 2021
Last Publication: May 27, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of CAROL HENDRICKSON, a/k/a CAROL J. HENDRICKSON, a/k/a CAROL JEAN HENDRICKSON, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30159
Allpersons havingclaimsagainst theabove namedestatearerequiredtopresentthemtothe personalrepresentativeortotheDistrictCourtof DouglasCounty, onorbefore September 7, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.
Janet Widows, Personal Representative 3799 Tranquility Trl Castle Rock, CO 80109
Legal Notice No. 939081
First Publication: May 6, 2021
Last Publication: May 20, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of L. PAUL TEAGUE, aka Loy Paul Teague, aka Loy Teage, P.T., and L.P.T., Deceased Case Number: 21PR30149
Allpersons havingclaimsagainst theabove named estate arerequired to presentthem to thepersonalrepresentativeor to District Court ofDouglas,County,onorbeforeSeptember13, 2021 or the claims may be forever barred.
Monteith Law, LLC Attorney for Personal Representative 4610 S. Ulster Street, Suite 150 Denver, CO 80237
Legal Notice No. 939105
First Publication: May 13, 2021
Last Publication: May 27, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of DANIEL MARTIN WILSON, a/k/a/ DANIEL M. WILSON, a/k/a DANIEL WILSON, a/k/a DANIEL MARTINALVILLAR, Deceased Case No.: 2021PR30092
Allpersonshavingclaimsagainsttheabovenamed estate arerequired to presentthem to the Successor PersonalRepresentativeor to theDouglasCountyDistrictCourtonorbefore September6,2021ortheclaimsmaybeforever barred.
Marco D. Chayet
Jennifer R. Oviatt
Personal Representative 18th Judicial District
P.O. Box 460749, Denver, CO 80246 (303) 355-8520
Legal Notice No. 939084
First Publication: May 6, 2021
Last Publication: May 20, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE
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Estate of Robert D. Sherr, aka Robert David Sherr, aka Robert Sherr, aka Robert D. Sherr Sr., aka Robert David Sherr Sr., aka Robert Sherr Sr., Deceased Case Number: 21 PR 61
Douglas County,Colorado on or before September13, 2021, or the claims may be foreverbarred
Robert Sherr Jr.
Personal Representative 1523 Sunset Ridge Road Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80126
Legal Notice No. 939113
First Publication: May 13, 2021
Last Publication: May 27, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
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ESTATE OF DARLENE BLOOME MISHEK, aka DARLENE MARGARET BLOOME MISHEK aka DARLENE MISHEK, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30180
Allpersons having claims against theabove namedestatearerequiredtopresentthemtothe personalrepresentativeortotheDistrictCourtof Douglas County,Colorado on or before September7,2021,ortheclaimsmaybeforeverbarred.
Timothy J. Mishek
Personal Representative
7650 Rickshaw Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80920
Legal Notice No. 939076
First Publication: May 6, 2021
Last Publication: May 20, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
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Estate of BEVERLY J. HAIDLE, aka BEVERLY J. HAIDLE-JOHNSON, aka BEVERLY J. JOHNSON, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30200
Allpersonshavingclaimsagainst theabove named estate arerequired to presentthem to thepersonal representative or tothe District Court of DouglasCounty, Coloradoonorbefore September13,2021,ortheclaimsmaybeforever barred.
Mark S. Johnson, Personal Representative
5990 N. Ponderosa Way Parker, CO 80134
Legal Notice No. 939099
First Publication: May 13, 2021
Last Publication: May 27, 2021
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Estate of ROBERT BURTONARTERBURN, a/k/a ROBERT B.ARTERBURN, a/k/a ROBERTARTERBURN, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30203
Allpersonshavingclaimsagainsttheabovenamedestatearerequiredtopresentthemtothe personalrepresentativeortotheDistrictCourtof Douglas County,Colorado on or before September20 2021 or the claims may be foreverbarred
JulieAnn Ford, Personal Representative
C/O Edward J. Krisor Denver, CO 80235
Legal Notice No. 939130
First Publication: May 20, 2021
Last Publication: June 3, 2021
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Estate of MARIE MARCELLA CHAVEZ, a/k/a MARIE M. CHAVEZ, a/k/a MARIE CHAVEZ, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30138
Allpersonshavingclaimsagainst theabove named estate arerequired to presentthem to thepersonalrepresentativeortoDistrictCourtof Douglas County,Colorado on or before September20 2021 or the claims may be foreverbarred
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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
Allpersonshavingclaimsagainsttheabovenamedestatearerequiredtopresentthe m totheCo-PersonalRepresentativesortothe District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or beforeSeptember20,2021,ortheclaimsmay be forever barred.
First Publication: May 20, 2021 Last Publication: June 3, 2021
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Estate of Joanne R. Wandell, aka Joanne Ruth Wandell, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30130
Allpersonshavingclaimsagainsttheabovenamedestatearerequiredtopresentthemtothe PersonalRepresentative or totheDistrict Courtof Douglas County,Colorado on or before September7,2021,ortheclaimsmaybeforeverbarred.
Michael J. Wandell, Personal Representative c/o Holmes Shirley Law 1189 S. Perry Street, Suite 220 Castle Rock, Colorado 80104
Legal Notice No. 939069
First Publication: May 6, 2021
Last Publication: May 20, 2021
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Case Number: 21PR65
Allpersonshavingclaimsagainsttheabovenamedestatearerequiredtopresentthemtothe PersonalRepresentative or totheDistrict Courtof
Douglas County,Colorado on or before September20 2021 or theclaims may be foreverbarred
10973 Glengate Circle Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80130
Legal Notice No. 939132
First Publication: May 20, 2021
Last Publication: June 3, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
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Estate of Lois Clair Dunbar, a/k/a Lois C. Dunbar, and Lois Dunbar, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30183
Allpersons having claims againsttheabove namedestatearerequiredtopresentthemtothe personalrepresentativeortotheDistrictCourtof Douglas County,Colorado on or before September20 2021 or theclaims may be foreverbarred
Stephanie L. Brennan, Attorney to the Personal Representative 4860 Riverbend Road, Boulder, CO 80301
The Petition requests that the name of Jaime Marie Hall be changed to Jamie Marie Hall Case No.: 21 C 167
By: E. Leith, Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. 939119
First Publication: May 13, 2021
Last Publication: May 27, 2021
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
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Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name PublicNoticeisgivenonApril12,2021thata Petition for a Change of Name ofaAdult has been
The Petition requests that the name of Bryce William Townley be changed to Bryce William Waller Case No.: 21C143 By: CherylA. Lane Clerk
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
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Matt Witt, NMLS #1638881, President at Silver Leaf Mortgage in Centennial.
Contact me at: 720-458-4034, or you can email me at: MattW@SilverLeafMortgage.com
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