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VOLUME 20 | ISSUE 14

Cherry Creek posts high quarantine numbers Numbers so far in spring semester far outpace rate in previous two quarters

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As Cherry Creek School District announced plans to bring back full-

time in-person classes in middle and high schools, the district also said it told a high number of students and staff to quarantine during this semester.

Since the spring semester’s start in January, the district alerted 4,066 students and staff to quarantine, according to a March 10 letter to the community from Superintendent Scott Siegfried. That number comes despite the fact that daily new

COVID-19 cases in Arapahoe County have been declining for months.

The spring-semester quarantine number nears the district’s total for essentially the entire first semester.

From Aug. 14 through the fall semester, more than 3,900 students were told to quarantine, according to a report for a Dec. 14 Cherry Creek school board meeting. That represented about 7% of the district’s roughly 55,000 students. In that

same time, 553 staff members — about 6% — were told to quarantine.

Amid a steep climb in virus cases in Arapahoe County, the school district moved all students who attended in-person classes to online schooling in mid-November.

In the school year’s first quarter specifically — through early October — the district told roughly 1,200 SEE CREEK, P20

BRUINS SWIM AWAY WITH STATE TITLE

Cherry Creek coach Eric Craven holds the state championship trophy during a celebration in the pool of the Veterans Memorial Aquatics Center in Thornton. Creek won its 27th PHOTO BY JIM BENTON girls state swimming and diving title on March 11, which was the first state crown for the Bruins since 2010. See story on Page 24.

INSIDE: VOICES: PAGE 12 | LIFE: PAGE 14 | CALENDAR: PAGE 17 | SPORTS: PAGE 24

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Commissioners choose new board of health member Appointee emphasized local control in interview

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Douglas County has a new board of health member after the county commissioners made the appointment final during a March 9 meeting.

Dr. Linda Fielding, a radiologist and associate professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, was unanimously approved by the commissioners to serve on the Tri-County Health Department’s board of health.

Fielding, who is also Fielding the head of nuclear medicine at Denver Health Medical Center, represented Douglas County for the first time at a March 11 TriCounty board of health meeting.

The county received 23 applications for the vacancy and four candidates were interviewed as finalists on March 3 and 4. In the March 9 meeting, Commissioner Lora Thomas, the board’s chair, said they ended up with two “very highly qualified” candidates.

“I think that during our deliberations the three of us made it clear that Dr. Fielding was extraordinary in her interview and of course her

Douglas County commissioners Lora Thomas and Abe Laydon listen to residents speaking during public comment PHOTO BY ELLIOTT WENZLER March 9.

resume was equally extraordinary,” Commissioner George Teal said in the meeting.

The board’s interviews with the candidates, which were conducted behind closed doors, were recorded and later released to Colorado Community Media via a public records request.

‘Get back to normality’ During the 14-minute video chat, Fielding spoke about her views that public health decisions should be made at a local level, “by the people who understand and are living with the consequences,” she said.

“You’re the elected officials,” she said to the commissioners. “I don’t want to be some unelected bureaucrat in a corner telling people what

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Commissioners asked mostly the same questions to each candidate, inquiring about the applicant’s views on public health, their qualifications and what relationship they would like to have with commissioners if chosen.

“I think a public health board has to be accountable to the commissioners and to the citizens of where it’s affecting them. I think it should be advisory and not tyrannical,” Fielding said. “I hope that we (the public health board) could bring the advice to you that then you would have a good foundation to make a decision.”

Fielding also emphasized that she believes there are more things to consider when making public health decisions than just infectious disease numbers, such as increased strain on mental health and impacts on jobs, she said.

In her interview, Fielding mentioned the governor of Texas’ recent decision to reopen the state and repeal the mask mandate.

“We have to develop some type of a plan to get back to normality and we have to do this based on science, not on politics, not on fear,” she said.

‘You need to serve’ Fielding went on to say she is in favor of a vaccination program, adding she believes the COVID-19 vaccine is “your best way to protect yourself and others.”

“I will try as much as I can … to be open to people and transparent,” she said.

Fielding attended Duke University for her undergraduate degree and then received a medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

“It is an incredible honor to appoint somebody with such phenomenal experience and acumen as Dr. Linda Fielding,” Commissioner Abe Laydon said in the March 9 meeting.

The position became vacant after longtime board member Paulette Joswick resigned at the end of February, citing mounting stress from holding the position, health concerns and negative attention from some in the community. Joswick also said she was contacted by county staff acting on behalf of the county commissioners — and had conversations that she viewed as encouragement to resign.

The board of health came under significant scrutiny after it voted to enact a mask mandate in July of 2020. Joswick was the only representative of Douglas County to vote in favor.

Tri-County serves Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties. Its board of health is made up of nine members, with three from each county.

“What motivates me is that I think after a time, if you have the experience, you need to serve,” Fielding said in her interview. ”You need to do something to give back to the community.”

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Arapahoe Rescue Patrol looking for brave young people High school students provide valuable assistance to emergency responders STAFF REPORT

The Arapahoe Rescue Patrol is looking for brave young people eager to serve their community.

Composed of current high school students, the Rescue Patrol’s primary purpose is search and rescue, but also assists local fire departments and law enforcement agencies by providing scene security details, perimeter control, traffic management, operational help like controlling hose lines, evidence searching and other non-hazardous services.

The Rescue Patrol is the City of Littleton’s designated light-duty rescue agency.

Rescue Patrol members receive extensive training, including Wilderness First Aid certification.

Students who join the Rescue Patrol are expected to be on-call for missions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. They are also expected to attend a monthly general meeting, held the third Wednesday of the month, and one

field training per month. Optional training is scheduled periodically.

Rescue Patrol members must meet the following requirements: • Must be current high school students, but may apply during eighth grade.

• Must have mountain experience, including camping, hiking, Scouting, hunting or other outdoor activities.

• Must be willing to follow orders from superiors and follow all rules and regulations.

• Must live within a 30-minute drive of headquarters at 6529 S. Broadway.

• Must agree to maintain high grades in school.

• Must agree to maintain Patrol standards, including good conduct and personal habits.

• Must purchase necessary equipment and uniforms and provide necessary expenses for transportation to missions.

Interested young people should submit an application through ArapahoeRescue.org, or plan to attend one of three recruiting meetings, scheduled for March 25 in Parker, March 29 in Littleton and April 3 in Centennial. Applications are due no later than April 21.

More information is available at ArapahoeRescue.org or by calling 303-797-1896.

Curbside ballot pickup nets award for Arapahoe clerk’s office Service focused on safety in pandemic, also helped voters with disabilities STAFF REPORT

Arapahoe County’s Clerk and Recorder’s Office took home a national award for its curbside ballot pickup program, which expanded ballot access during the pandemic and served voters with disabilities.

The service allows voters to call the county’s Elections Hotline and schedule a location and time to pick up a mail or replacement ballot while remaining in their car, according to a news release. Election officials bring the ballot to the voter’s car, check the voter’s ID, and provide instructions on how to return the completed ballot.

The program won the office a 2020 Clearinghouse Award, known as a “Clearie,” awarded by the United States Election Assistance Commission (EAC).

The group is an independent agency of the federal government created by the 2002 Help America Vote Act, and serves as a national clearinghouse and resource of information regarding election administration.

“We developed Curbside Pickup primarily to keep voters and elections judges safe during the pandemic, but it was also popular with voters with disabilities that make going into a voter service center difficult, and voters with tight schedules who were able to schedule a ballot pickup at a location and time that fit their schedules,” said Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder Joan Lopez in a statement. “It’s terrific to be recognized by the EAC for our work to provide this service, and we look forward to continuing to offer it, and expand it, in future elections.”

The Clearies received a recordbreaking 137 nominations in 2020, according to a news release, more than triple the year before, reflecting a wave of innovation among elections officials in the face of the pandemic.

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State adjusts COVID dial of restrictions Change comes as Jefferson appeared set to possibly slide back to yellow

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As two Denver metro counties watched their rates of new coronavirus cases hover at a level that could roll back reopening success, the state public-health department announced changes to Colorado’s color-coded system of restrictions that make it easier for counties to remain in their respective dial levels.

The state’s COVID-19 dial is the set of restrictions counties must follow based on local virus spread.

The restrictions apply to capacity at restaurants, other businesses, indoor and outdoor events, and other settings.

Among the dial’s six levels, blue is the second-least restrictive. The state moved Broomfield to level blue effective Feb. 22, according to Broomfield’s website. Jefferson, Park and Clear Creek counties entered level blue on Feb. 26, according to the state’s COVID-19 website.

Despite Broomfield and Jefferson moving to blue, their one-week rates of new cases as of March 1 appeared to have ticked up to levels that threatened to move the counties back up one level to yellow.

As of March 7, the counties still

appeared poised to backslide: Jefferson sat at 105 new cases per 100,000 people, and Broomfield at 150.

As of the Feb. 6 changes, counties qualify for level blue, in part, when they maintain enough days below 100 new cases per 100,000 people.

Shortly after the state’s announcement on March 8, Broomfield posted on Twitter that it would move to level yellow at 6 a.m. March 10 as directed by the state public-health department.

That afternoon, the state publichealth department had announced changes to the dial public health order — the document that outlines how the dial system works — that include adding a new “disease incidence metric buffer.”

A county’s number of new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people within one week is known as the county’s incidence rate.

The “buffer” change allows counties to exceed their dial level’s incidence rate limit and still remain in the same level as long as counties do not exceed the minimum of the next dial level’s incidence rate by more than 15% for five consecutive days, according to a news release.

The change “creates more predictability with dial moves and prevents counties moving back and forth unnecessarily by ensuring a consistent trend is present first,” the news release said.

That change appears to run counter to policy goals the state publichealth department outlined in a Feb.

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“Dial 2.0 is designed so that counties can swiftly move into more restrictive levels when their numbers go up, and more quickly into recovery when their numbers go down,” Jill Hunsaker Ryan, the department’s executive director, said in the Feb. 5 news release.

“Additionally, instead of looking at the numbers over a 14-day period, Dial 2.0 will consider metrics within a seven-day period — making the dial more responsive and flexible,” the Feb. 5 release continued.

A state fact sheet on the dial 2.0 changes put it bluntly: “Dial 2.0 is designed so that counties can move more swiftly into more restrictive levels when their numbers go up.”

The Colorado State Joint Information Center, which takes questions for the state public-health department, said in a March 10 statement: “We are pleased to see a plateau in case transmission, and as long as that trend generally continues, we want to give counties as much freedom as possible to respond to their community’s unique needs.”

The level a county qualifies for generally depends on its incidence rate, the county’s percentage of COVID-19 tests that come back positive and whether hospitalizations are increasing, stable or declining.

To move to a lower level, a county must meet the criteria for all three metrics.

Asked how much Jefferson and Broomfield counties’ incidence rates influenced the state’s new changes to the dial system, the Joint Information Center’s statement said: “Our dial system is designed to be flexible and to allow counties to use as few restrictions as possible while still protecting public health. Dial metrics are not adjusted for individual counties.”

Because Broomfield’s incidence rate had hovered so high above 100, the state’s new changes announced

March 8 wouldn’t have prevented the county from sliding back up to level yellow.

The new changes are effective as of March 7, according to the release.

Restaurants see new capacity changes In level blue, restaurants indoors were previously allowed up to 50% capacity or 175 people (or up to 225 using the state’s social distancing space calculator), whichever is fewer.

That’s up from 50% capacity or 50 people (or up to 150 using the calculator), whichever is fewer, in level yellow. See the calculator at covid19. colorado.gov/distancing-calculator.

Now, as of the March 7 changes, restaurants and seated indoor events in level blue may expand capacity to 225 people without using the distancing space calculator. Restaurants and seated indoor events in level yellow may expand capacity to 150 people without using the distancing space calculator.

The last call to order alcohol at restaurants has been expanded as follows: • Level blue: 2 a.m.

• Level yellow: 1 a.m.

• Level orange: 12 a.m. (midnight) • Level red: 10 p.m.

See a full list of which restrictions apply to which levels on the dial by clicking “level restrictions” about halfway down the page at covid19. colorado.gov/data/covid-19-dialdashboard.

More change for 5-Star businesses The March 7 update also makes a change for businesses certified as part of Colorado’s 5-Star State Certification Program. The program allows businesses to operate with expanded capacity if they follow stepped-up COVID-19 safety protocols, letting businesses follow restrictions that are one level lower on the dial than they otherwise would be able to without certification.

The March 7 change means 5-Star-certified businesses in level blue counties may expand capacity limits by 50 people above the level blue capacity caps, according to the SEE COVID DIAL, P5

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Cherry Creek to resume full in-person classes April 5 Middle and high school students affected by district decision

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

All middle and high schools in Cherry Creek School District will reopen for full-time, in-person classes on April 5, a change that will continue through the end of the school year, the district announced March 10.

“Since July, I have said our ultimate goal as a school district is to bring students back for full, inperson learning as soon as it is safe enough to do so,” Superintendent Scott Siegfried wrote in a letter to the community. “The data and science tell me that we have reached that point.”

Virus levels in the area continue to decline, and hospitalizations of Arapahoe County residents are at the lowest point since the start of the pandemic, according to Siegfried’s letter and Tri-County Health Department data.

The Douglas County, Jefferson County, Littleton and Weld Re-8 school districts have recently made similar decisions. Westminster Public Schools has provided full-time, in-person learning at all levels since the semester began.

The change in Cherry Creek ap-

plies to students who chose in-person classes this year and have been attending school on the hybrid, or “blended,” model. This school year, Cherry Creek district has operated under a plan for grades six through 12 that place half of students in school Tuesdays and Wednesdays, with the other half attending Thursday and Friday.

Students enrolled in Cherry Creek Elevation — the district’s online school — and the K-5 online program will continue to follow regular schedules through the end of the school year.

As of mid-January, the district had about 10,100 students enrolled in online class. Cherry Creek has roughly 55,000 students total.

For in-person students who do not feel ready to come back to full in-person classes, the district will offer a remote option to finish the year without coming back full time, according to the letter. More details about that option soon will be available soon, the letter stated.

Access to COVID-19 vaccinations for district staff paved the way for the decision. By April 5, teachers and staff who choose to obtain the shots will be at least 14 days past their second inoculation date, at which time the vaccine reaches full effect, the letter says.

It’s unclear how many staff will be vaccinated by that time, however.

The district does not track who gets vaccinated.

“I can tell you at this point that

all staff have had the opportunity to receive a vaccine if they choose,” Abbe Smith, district spokeswoman, said on March 10. “Some have just had their first dose; some have had both by now.”

Data on staff cases The district pointed to its internal data about positive COVID cases among staff to argue that “teachers are less likely to contract COVID when we are in school,” the letter read.

A report to the Cherry Creek school board on March 8 shows that when the district offered in-person classes earlier this school year — starting in August and ending in early November — the district saw 127 COVID-19 cases among staff.

From Jan. 11 to recently in March with in-person class, the district saw 119 cases. And from Nov. 10 to Jan. 11, roughly when the district was on fully remote or at-home classes, the district saw 446 cases.

But the Nov. 10 to Jan. 11 period includes Arapahoe County’s highest daily case numbers — through early December — in the entire pandemic.

It also includes the county’s postChristmas spike.

The district’s report also cites that among the 4,066 individuals who were told to quarantine since the start of the third quarter, only 17, or 0.42%, became knowingly COVIDpositive during quarantine. The district pointed to that statistic to illustrate “the extremely low rate of

potential in-school transmission,” Siegfried’s letter read. The district’s third quarter began in early January and ended on March 12.

But the “knowingly” caveat is a nod to the limitation in the data: Not all students and staff decide to undergo testing for COVID-19 while in quarantine. Some may have asymptomatic cases, and some may have symptoms but choose not to get tested.

“As in every other sector of the country, we are not able to account for the possibility of asymptomatic positives,” a report for a previous Cherry Creek school board meeting said.

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5 things to know: Colorado’s child abuse and neglect hotline Pandemic intensifies risk factors for treatment of children, state says

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Colorado saw a decline in calls to its child abuse and neglect hotline in 2020 amid changing lifestyles in the pandemic, a trend that state officials say is concerning for children safety.

“Usually, we see a drop in calls when school ends for summer, but the decrease started much sooner — in March when remote learning began — and continued throughout the summer,” Michelle Barnes,

executive director of the Colorado Department of Human Services, said in a news release.

As schools reopened with some in-person learning, calls to the hotline increased but haven’t returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to the human services department.

The hotline saw a 13% drop in calls in 2020, receiving 193,000 calls compared to 219,000 in 2019.

“We are hoping to demystify how the child welfare system works and overcome any hesitation people might have to calling the hotline if they are concerned about the health and safety of a child,” said Joe Homlar, director of the state Division of Child Welfare.

Here are a few things to know about the hotline, such as when to

call, what happens after a call and how the system can help children in need.

Abuse and neglect defined Abuse can include conduct by a parent or caretaker that results in death, physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation — or actions that present an imminent risk of serious harm, according to Homlar, whose division is a part of the human services department.

Neglect is the failure to meet a child’s basic needs: leaving a child alone without care or supervision, a child becoming undernourished or repeatedly hungry for long periods, unattended medical or dental problems, or not having warm clothes or shoes in winter are some examples, Homlar said.

Concerned adults shouldn’t get too caught up in the details, according to the state.

“If someone has concerns about a child, they should trust their instincts and call the hotline,” which is 844-CO-4-Kids, Homlar said. “They do not need to know all the details to make a call. All calls are screened by professionals and, if warranted, a caseworker will assess the safety of the child.”

But if a situation is life-threatening, Coloradans should call law enforcement immediately.

“For example, if you see a toddler walking alone on the street, or you witness a crime that involves a child, you should call 911,” Homlar said.

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Sunshine laws keep government transparent STAFF REPORT

Government can be complex.

Amid a tangled web of laws, agendas, agreements, policies and political rhetoric it is rarely easy for the general public to know the inner workings of even their most local level of government.

Even small town governance can be complex, but that doesn’t mean it should not be as clear as possible for the people who live there. Transparency builds trust and understanding. It is our first and best defense against corruption and negligence.

Each and every day local reporters rely on the state’s sunshine laws to help keep tabs on those in power and to keep the public better informed. For example, county commissioners do a lot more than just sit down for their usual once-a-week meeting. Commissioners typically have a full range of meetings and events they participate in throughout the week — mostly open to the public. These include interactions like work sessions with county staff departments, and sit-down’s with various regional boards and groups.

The list of all those gatherings is

available to the public.

In Douglas County, those work sessions often included discussions about upcoming resolutions and other upcoming issues. Topics like COVID-19 recovery and the county’s stance on statewide or national issues were often discussed. After a request last year from Colorado Community Media, the county has now made those meetings available to the public virtually.

Here are some other examples about access to public information resulting in better transparency.

Only 10 days after surviving a contentious recall election, the Idaho Springs mayor was arrested and later charged with domestic violence, among other things.

The Clear Creek SherWesteman iff ’s Office took the case from the ISPD to avoid conflicts of interest. The Sheriff ’s Office released a press release with a mugshot the same day. Thus, despite being a person with political power in the community, the mayor was held accountable and his arrest

records made available publicly, just like everyone else.

— Clear Creek Courant Reporter Corinne Westeman After the Town of Parker hired a new deputy town administrator focusing on economic development, the Parker Chronicle was able to submit a CORA request for his employment contract and then report his salary, Wenzler his signing bonus and other details of his employment with the town. This provides more transparency in how the town’s government is spending taxpayer dollars.

— Douglas County Reporter Elliott Wenzler A homeowner who is a director on the Willow Bend Metropolitan District board said his fellow directors, who are all employees of the developer, kicked him out of a Zoom meeting after he challenged them with difficult questions. We wanted the meeting minutes. However, the records custodian said I couldn’t have the minutes because they have yet to be approved by the board. So,

I asked the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition’s Jeff Roberts, and he told me to ask for the draft minutes and have the custodian cite the statute that allows them to withhold the records (because no such statue exists). Adams Lo and behold, I got a copy of the draft minutes.

— Adams County Reporter Liam Adams During the COVID-19 pandemic the state health agency has provided a wealth of data about case numbers and the locations of confirmed outbreaks.

Thanks to this transparency, we were able to see that the county jail was struggling with a significant Wallace outbreak. We were able to report on the situation and kept an eye on the county’s outbreak situation and identify other places that had been struck hard.

— West Metro Editor Glenn Wallace

Can I file my own records request?

STAFF REPORT

Yes! Filing an open records request of a public agency is something everyone, not just a journalist, can do.

Definitions CORA: A Colorado Open Records Act request would be fitting for asking information from a municipality, school district or any other non-law enforcement local or state agency Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act: This law sets out

the limited circumstances under which a court, DA’s office or police department would have to disclose records.

FOIA: The Freedom of Information Act dictates the way in which someone can request public records from a federal agency.

Request form Step one in a records search is to identify what agency holds the information you seek, which will dictate what type of request you need to make. The laws differ between

states, with law enforcement agencies and with federal-level agencies, but they all start with a request.

Some agencies call for the filling out of a specific form.

The Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition also has ready-made request letter templates available on its website for CORA and CCJRA requests (coloradofoic.org/).

The site also includes many tips about how to craft an effective request. Such as, be specific about the records you seek.

SEEKING SUNSHINE If you have questions about public records and government transparency, here are a few good resources to learn more.

Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition - Provides the latest news about transparency law and cases in the state, as well as information about do-it-yourself open records requests: coloradofoic.org/ Secretary of State’s website - Contains basic information about voting and ballot language, but also links to TRACER, providing campaign finance information for all state and local political races and political campaigns: www.sos. state.co.us/ State revised statutes: www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/ colorado/ Freedom of Information Act site: www.foia.gov/

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Calls to the hotline are routed to the appropriate county. Each call is screened to determine whether a situation may meet legal guidelines of abuse or neglect, Homlar said.

If the report meets certain guidelines, a caseworker will contact the child and family to gather information and determine whether abuse or neglect occurred.

“It’s important to note that decisions about removing a child are made by judges,” Homlar said.

If the assessment rules out abuse or neglect, families also can be referred to other services depending

on the needs. If officials determine that abuse or neglect occurred, the caseworker works with the family and develops plans and a timeline to meet goals, Homlar said.

In many cases, kids can remain at home The human services department emphasizes that historically, more than 80% of the child abuse and neglect allegations in Colorado were classified as neglect, not abuse, according to data from the last three years. That trend has likely been occurring much longer, Homlar said.

And in many cases, counties can provide services to help families find stability — and kids can remain at home with their parents.

“Some of these services may include assistance applying for benefits or classes to help parents

manage stress,” Homlar said.

No need to be nervous about calling Officials know that making a call to the Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline can be stressful.

“It’s normal to be unsure about what will come of this information,” Homlar said. “When in doubt, make the call to the hotline and share the information that you do have. One thing we emphasize in our work is that child welfare can help a parent or family get the resources (they need).”

All callers may choose to report concerns anonymously, and all reports will remain confidential. It is likely that a caller may be contacted during the assessment phase, and possibly during the process of the case, for more information, Homlar said.

Pandemic exacerbates risk factors In 2020 compared to 2019, calls from education professionals decreased by nearly 30%, and calls from medical professionals decreased by nearly 11%, while calls from family and friends increased 5%, according to the news release.

Risk factors for child abuse and neglect include social isolation, family and parenting stress, financial uncertainty and insecurity, and the absence of child care or school — all factors that increased during the pandemic, the release said.

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If at first you don’t succeed, face the facts

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y roommate has had five seizures in the past eighteen months. They lasted from four minutes to centuries, it seems.

Fortunately, I have been nearby each time to do whatever I can to QUIET assure his safety. I also try to talk him DESPERATION through.

Once they end, it takes a while — fifteen minutes — for him to fully recover, and then it’s as if nothing happened.

Dogs.

(There is nothing Craig Marshall Smith funny about pet seizures or human seizures. However, because of Harry architecture, there has been some adjacent humor.)

I have documented the most recent ones: time of day, what Harry had done the day before and what he was doing when the seizure occurred.

Dr. Nina Clow, at Quebec Highlands Animal Clinic in Highlands Ranch, outlined possibilities based on what I was able to tell her.

All of the seizures happened when Harry was sleeping. This led Dr. Clow to one preliminary conclusion, but she wanted to test blood samples and something else before making an assertion and recommending treatment.

The something else was a urine sample.

The likelihood of that? About the same as if she had asked me to obtain a urine sample from a butterfly.

The best time, she said, was first thing in the morning, “As long as you don’t get up at 3 a.m.”

I get up at 3 a.m. That’s when the paper is delivered.

It’s usually dark at 3 a.m. It’s not a good time to be in the back yard with a small, plastic tray and following a young animal of any kind in hopes of correctly positioning the tray under it.

What is a good time?

Never.

Andrea Kuhns, at Veterinary Centers of America (VCA) in Highlands Ranch, said, “What we do here is walk the patient on a leash, so we are close, and quickly place the tray under when they urinate.”

Tried it. Harry jumped as I would have if someone had placed a tray under me.

There are additional challenges.

Harry is extremely low to the ground. This is what makes a dachshund a dachshund.

Harry is much younger than I am.

Harry is much quicker than I am.

Harry doesn’t want me or anyone else doing this.

I thought about tickling him. I know that works on some people.

Or telling him cat jokes until he laughed so hard he “participated.”

“What’s a cat’s favorite magazine?” I asked.

There was no reply. “‘Good Mousekeeping.’”

Nothing, not even a smile.

I said, “Sorry, bad joke.”

Then I had another idea.

Would Dr. Clow be able to tell the difference between a dog sample and a human sample?

I asked. She said something about “specific gravity” which I did not understand. Nevertheless, I felt guilty for bringing it up.

I also asked about a training pad and wringing it out into the tray.

No, because the absorption material would contaminate the sample.

Finally, I conceded. Can’t do it.

Longtime readers might remember Smitty. He preceded Harry.

Near the end of his life, Smitty was incontinent. This would have been a snap.

To give you an idea: during a seizure, Harry looks like he’s being electrocuted. It’s very difficult to watch. It’s impossible to watch.

But as I said, fifteen minutes later he’s ready for anything.

Anything except cooperating in a small plastic tray.

Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.

The greatest hits, best-of moments and bloopers of life

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hat do we tend to enjoy more, remembering our greatest hits, our “best of ” moments, or our bloopers? It seems like most of the people I asked preferred to reflect on their greatest hits and most significant accomplishments.

However, there WINNING were also many people who shared WORDS that they love to laugh, even when it means laughing at themselves. They completely enjoy their flashbacks of mistakes, gaffes and harmless miscues of life.

We all have a reMichael Norton play button for our lives. It’s what we choose to rewind and replay, and what we want to repeat, or perhaps, avoid repeating in the future.

I think it is a fantastic idea to look back on past successes, especially as a way of reminding ourselves of the good things we have accomplished and what we are still capable of achieving. I also am a big believer of looking back

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in laughter. Those times where we innocently tried to say something and used the wrong words, made a silly analogy, or know that we uttered something outrageously wrong. Others laughed with us, and we still laugh at ourselves today.

If you are like me, the bigger the gaffe, the more your family and friends remind you of what you said, or did, that had them laughing hysterically and keep them smiling today with each retelling of the story.

Even though the encouragement is to look ahead more than we look backward in life, drawing inspiration from our successes, remembering how healthy it is to laugh and finding the balance in both sets us on a course for what we will accomplish next and what we will continue to find amusing in the future.

To underscore the above, I wanted to share a quote that I love

by Jennifer Lopez, “I seriously feel like the best days are ahead, and I like the idea of getting to do everything I did before but with more knowledge, experience, and street smarts. There’s a certain

love, appreciation, and gratitude that you have at 40 that you don’t have when you’re younger, and it makes every accomplishment feel so much better.”

There are so many quotes, stories and jokes that motivate and inspire us, aren’t there? And they are all easily accessed through a simple online search. Personally, I try and find a few each day to bring me insight, inspire change, or to give myself a laugh. And depending on the content I choose, I am reminded of this thought; that as challenging and difficult as some of the seasons of life may have been for each of us, there is still more ahead for us to do. There is more ahead to share and give.

And there will definitely be more opportunities to laugh at ourselves and with each other.

So, let’s look ahead with hope, look back without regret, remember the good, and laugh without hesitation.

Here’s the last thing I will leave you with, by revisiting what we have accomplished, our greatest hits or our “best of ” moments, we can alleviate some of the pressure about what is coming next. We can

take the pressure off as we remember just how awesome we are and that no matter what happens, regardless of the changes happening around us, we crushed it before, and we will crush it again. And the same goes for our bloopers. We have made mistakes before, and there is no doubt we will screw up again. And when we do, let’s also remember to take a breath, smile, and maybe even laugh a little.

Heck, we might even find it appropriate to laugh a lot.

So how about you? Do you find motivation and inspiration when you draw upon your prior successes? Are you confident and comfortable enough to laugh with others and even at yourself ?

Either way, I would love to hear your story at mnorton@tramazing. com, and when we include replays of our own greatest hits, best of moments, as well as our bloopers, it really will be a better than good year.

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COVID-19 can lead to parenting disputes Parents navigating medical care decisions during pandemic

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As opinions abound on COVID19, disagreements about how to handle the pandemic have made their way into the world of family law.

Leslie Hansen of Griffiths Law, PC has worked in family law for 20 years. Her background includes time as a prosecutor in both the Denver District Attorney’s Office and the 18th Judicial District, Hansen plus several years in the private practice. Hansen now exclusively focuses on family law at her Lone Tree firm. She spoke to Colorado Community Media about the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on family disputes and

what advice she has for parents who find themselves at odds of pandemic response.

Not uncommon Hansen said parental disputes about a child’s medical care are not terribly common, but they do come up.

Parents have typically established how to approach issues like vaccinations before separating or divorcing, she said. That doesn’t mean one person never has a change of heart, and with joint custody being the most common arrangement among co-parents, that can lead to a legal battle.

Settling the issue The COVID-19 pandemic did not change how these legal disputes are settled, Hansen said. It’s the responsibility of the parent seeking to change who controls a child’s medical care to prove their child’s mental or physical health is endangered.

Ultimately a judge decides whether to grant one parent sole power. The judge may pay close attention to a family’s his-

tory and how medical decisions were made previously, whether a parent’s stance is rooted in a concern like religious rights, or they might focus more on medical evidence presented in court, Hansen said.

“The only impact COVID might have is that the court may advance a case like that on their docket, just because the risk of getting COVID when we are in a worldwide pandemic,” Hansen said, “is a question that needs to be decided right now.”

Pandemic disagreements Legal standards remain the same, but the pandemic did create new challenges for parents navigating their children’s medical care, Hansen said.

“We’ve seen an uptick in disputes regarding COVID generally,” she said.

Some parents did not agree about court-determined schedules as shutdowns and social-distancing became the norm. Others did not agree about traveling with children during the crisis. One parent may have supported wear-

ing masks while the other did not.

Or another said children should attend school remotely while the other preferred an in-person model.

The recent availability of COVID-19 vaccinations presented one more pandemic-related issue for parents, Hansen said.

“With regard to vaccination, I think my No. 1 piece of advice to a parent on either side of this issue is what does the child’s pediatrician say,” Hansen said. “In either case, you better have some medical testimony.”

Looking ahead COVID-19 will likely have lasting effects on family law, Hansen said.

The pandemic came as a shock for many people, but moving forward she expects parents will take into account more unexpected or unthinkable circumstances in their settlement agreements.

“I think you’re going to see parents who want to lock these kinds of things down,” she said. “It’s going to get people thinking about when this happens again, how did we handle it.”

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Questions about equity policy Douglas County residents agree that all kids should thrive in school.

To help accomplish this, we should foster respect and empathy and reject bias and racism. This is an important goal of the Douglas County School District’s proposed educational equity policy.

But many parents are concerned with some of the ways the policy proposes to achieve these shared goals.

The policy seems to spotlight children’s differences. That characteristics like skin color and gender define their identity, and their identity influences what they’re currently capable of achieving.

Is putting the focus on our differences, instead of shared dignity and capabilities, how to encourage harmony and prepare children for life?

Disturbingly, the policy says the district won’t condone “meritocracy” — calling the belief we can achieve our goals through hard work and talent, a “myth.” What impact does it have to tell kids they don’t have self-determination?

How to explain the countless examples, across demographics, where hard work has produced success?

How are teachers supposed to help students flourish?

Would “equity” mean “equality of result,” which requires treating people unequally and discourages kids from reaching their potential?

How would curriculum and regulations change and how would they prepare all kids for a successful life?

Sadly, kids are experiencing increasing anxiety and depression.

But research shows that if they’re taught resiliency and self-determination, this can lead to greater happiness and success in school.

But by focusing on group differences and teaching that self-determination is a “myth,” I’m concerned the proposed educational equity policy won’t help children flourish individually or together.

You can provide feedback on this policy till March 23 at DCSDk12. org.

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Art centers want summer not bummer First year during pandemic proved ‘catastrophic’

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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s the summer season approaches, community art centers are preparing to use their “pent-up creative energy” to make the launch of summer programming as engaging as it can be, directors say. And they hope summer will mark a brighter chapter after closing a trying year for the arts world amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I don’t want to be melodramatic or anything, but I’m an arts person so why not. The pandemic has been catastrophic,” said Marcus Turner, spokesman for the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities. “The arts industries have been hit incredibly hard by this time in our lives.”

The powers of the arts are gathering people together for shared experiences, he said. The pandemic “stripped that away from us.”

Michelle Nierling, the heritage, culture and arts manager for the City of Lakewood, said venues in particular suffered as COVID-19 canceled or restricted events.

“It’s been tough. It’s been really tough,” she said.

Limited gatherings weren’t the only setback for arts centers, said Carrie Glassburn, the acting cultural director for Parker Arts, which saw budget cuts and furloughs. Parker Arts furloughed 55 part-time employees at the pandemic’s onset, and that remains those employees’ status one year later, she said.

Some help recently came in the form of grants from the Colorado Arts Relief Grant program, which awarded $7.5 million to more than 700 individuals, businesses and organizations in February. Recipients included the Lakewood Cultural Center and the Arvada Center.

As they plan for the summer season, some art centers are confident they’ll be able to bring back as much normalcy as possible, while others are still weighing which programs to offer.

Alisa Zimmerman, the arts and culture manager for the City of Thornton, said the arts and culture center is ready to roll out its summer concert series beginning in June “rain or shine.”

The city will run its “creative camps” outdoors and hopes to attract people to the city’s public art installments, which are “probably our most COVID-proof asset,” she said.

She hopes by June when outdoor concerts get going, people have been able to vaccinate and feel comfortable grabbing a picnic basket and coming to a show.

Nierling said she’s proud of how

Area youths host a production of “Sweeney Todd” during the COVID-19 pandemic through the Arvada Center.

Dancers take part in a socially distanced dance class in Lakewood during the COVID-19 pandemic.

creative her team was in adjusting to the pandemic, and that will carry over into this summer.

“We are planning to offer some iteration of all our popular and kind of traditional programming,” she said. “But they are going to look different.”

Some events will be held out-

side at Lakewood’s amphitheater instead of inside like usual, she said. Gatherings will still be smaller.

Turner said the Arvada Center is typically a bustling place in the summers. Parents drop children off for summer camp. The outdoor amphitheater hosts touring acts

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This summer, camps will reopen using cohorts to keep children in the same groups. The center will offer other scaled-down activities, like “front porch” concerts, where a smaller space at the center is dedicated to live music, and tables are set up similar to a bistro environment, allowing patrons to enjoy performances from local musicians.

Other activities will be announced soon, Turner said.

“We’re planning to have some larger events this summer depending on how health restrictions shake out for us,” he said.

Parker can hold socially distanced performances at a lesser capacity in its indoor theater, and they hope to bring back the summer concert series.

In July the department will hold a singalong to “The Greatest Showman” and will put on a production of “Little Shop of Horrors” in June and July. The play will be held on a smaller scale than the usual musical production hosted each summer.

Glassburn said the pandemic both forced and allowed art centers to explore virtual services this past year, but they are ready to engage more people in-person this summer.

“I think it is crucial at this time.

It has been a hard year for many reasons, on many, many levels, and arts and culture, it’s good for the soul,” Glassburn said.

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‘Art Strut’ celebrates women Dairy Block is venue for works built around female mannequins

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Eleven invited local artists participated in The Athena Project’s popup art market, “Art Strut,” on March 13 at Denver’s Dairy Block and in the Alley and each will continue to exhibit their works, all built around female mannequins, through March 31 — inside of Denver Milk Market and throughout Dairy Block establishments.

Visitors can bid for the art at auction throughout the month of March. The address is 1800 Wazee St. and there is a parking garage.

The pop-up exhibit features works

by Michelle Lamb of Littleton and other Colorado professional artists: Adri Norris, Autumn T. Thomas, Jana Hope, Lindsey Gutman, Deborah Jang, Tatiana Jordan, Karlee

“Full Speed Ahead,” assemblage art by Michelle Lamb, is among artworks exhibCOURTESY PHOTO ited in Denver’s Dairy Block.

Mariel, Mel Aman and Samantha Doom Donen. Artists received an

initial stipend when they accepted the invitation, Lamb said.

Lamb’s piece, “Full Speed Ahead,” includes “things associated with women” such as thimbles and bobbins, that “make her look powerful, versus a vision of Betty Crocker,” Lamb said. She’s a “modern winged Nike,” Lamb adds.

All pieces will be displayed through this month — in Lamb’s case, inside the Denver Milk Market — and in other businesses on the block.

The Athena Project is a Colorado nonprofit that “celebrates and nurtures women’s artistic expression.

Working actively for equality of opportunity, recognition and pay based on artistic merit alone,” according to the website.

Started by playwright/activist Angela Astle, the project recognizes that “women account for just 25% of playwrights produced across the Rocky Mountain Region. Only 5% of music producers are women. Only 30% of major American museums have women directors right now ...” Additional examples are easy to

find through conversation with just about any female arts professional.

Although Denver celebrated Frida Kahlo recently, how many other feature exhibits come to mind?

Starting with a women’s play festival some years ago, the Athena Project is expanded to women in visual arts here and explains that “we want to create a safer space for the expression and growth for all women, trans and gender nonconforming individuals.”

The Dairy Block is filled with artwork already (715 pieces) due to a conscious collection effort and these new works will hopefully attract new collectors for the participating artists — and perhaps they will find a home on the block!

The block contains 15 shops, 19 restaurants, business co-working space and a 172-room boutique hotel, the Maven.

And an alley that hosts events, including live jazz ... and there is covered parking.

A glance at the website (dairyblock.com) inspires this art lover to head on down there pretty soon!

Glamour comes to Denver Art Museum

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aris to Hollywood: The Fashion and Influence of Veronique and Gregory Peck” focuses on a glamorous couple and the evolution of fashion, running through July 18. See dam.org for ticket information — reservations SONYA’S required. Also at DAM: “European and American SAMPLER Art from the 19th Century.”

Young writers Littleton Friends of the Library/Museum sponsors its 54th Annual Creative Writing Contest for grades 1-12. It closes at midnight March 27. Entry Sonya Ellingboe forms, rules and contest information at friendslittleton.org — click on “Programs and Events” and then on “Creative Writing Contest.” Judges will be from Arapahoe Community College’s English Department. Poetry, fiction, non-fiction — 100 lines or less.

ROX Arts ROX Arts Gallery at Aspen Grove has expanded its online store and formed a new partnership with Hudson Gardens — and will be offering classes at both locations.

See hudsongardens.org/explore/classesprograms.

Stonehenge The “Stonehenge” exhibition is open at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver. See dmns.org for ticket information or call 303-370-6000.

More than 400 artifacts and the science behind them interpret this site, said to be constructed between 3000 BCE and 2000 BCE. Virtual playlists Gallery 29 debuts its March Playlist on March 25 on the theme of “Personal Politics.” Video short by Lisa Wagner Erickson, visual art by Grace Gee, animation by Ellen K. Graham and John Aden, video short by Colette Mazunik. Go to www.theater29denver.com.

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Events reflect changes of pandemic year

t’s difficult to believe the COVID-19 pandemic has been the dominant feature of our lives for right around a full year. Few industries were stopped dead in COMING their tracks the ATTRACTIONS way the performing arts industry was halted, but at a time when these arts were needed most, artists and entertainers found all kinds of ways to perform and stay connected Clarke Reader with audiences.

In recognition of a year of innovation (and with an eye to a brighter future on the horizon), this week’s column is a collection of activities from all over the metro area (and beyond), which spotlight the way performing has changed.

DMNS celebrates Girls & Science The Denver Museum of Nature

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More ‘World of Color’ The Depot Art Gallery has already opened a show at nearby Town Hall’s Stanton Gallery in

& Science is partnering with CBS4 to host the seventh annual Girls & Science Event, held through March 20. This year’s event is entirely virtual and will feature Virtual Clubhouses, Clubhouse Chats, Stories with Scientists and more.

The event is open to all ages, but activities are oriented to children ages 8 to 18, according to provided information. A particular highlight is the Stories with Scientists events, which are TED-talk style presentations from mentors followed by live chat via IGTV. There will also be more hands-on events including specimen sorting that can be done with goods at home.

For more information, visit dmns.org/girlsandscience.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Pink Siifu and Fly Anakin from New York City Rap is too sprawling and regionally diverse a genre to have a particular sub-genre encapsulated by a single album. But “FlySiifu’s,” the late-2020 album from Ala-

Littleton and will continue into a soft opening in mid-April at the Depot Arts Center, observing all COVID protocol. Probably open weekends only at first. Perhaps full schedule by early June ...

Call for artists Denver Public Art seeks to

bama’s Pink Siifu and Virginia’s Fly Anakin, does provide a window into a thriving underground scene that builds audiences slowly on services like Bandcamp and Soundcloud. Those who do sample it will find one of the year’s best rap releases — at times playful and searching. Music that sounds great outdoors but lyrics that can live in your head.

The pair are releasing a new EP of material on Friday, March 19, and at 7 p.m. that same day they’ll host a livestream performance from Corpus Studios in New York City. The duo will be joined by other underground favorites like Mavi, Anklejohn and Remy Banks.

For some fantastic music and a look at great up-and-coming talent, head to https://ronee.bandcamp. com/community.

Streaming style — ‘It’s A Sin’ Most Americans will most likely be familiar with Russel T Davies because of his leadership in bringing Doctor Who back to television

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Bees Hudson Gardens offers a class online on March 31: Native Bee Hotels and Make Your Own kit.

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screens in 2005. But he’s responsible for some of the best British television of this young century and “It’s A Sin,” his most recent effort, might be his best work to date.

The five-episode show is set in the Britain of the 1980s and follows a group of gay friends who all move to London and face the loss and fear of the AIDS pandemic.

Based on Davies’ own memories, it’s an emotional whopper of a show without hitting audiences over the head with the losses the community experienced. Davies and his top-shelf cast (including Olly Alexander and Lydia West) make sure to capture the fun and freedom that so many finally achieved, and then had taken from them.

We’re only a few months into 2021, but this is one of the best things you’ll see all year. Watch it on HBO Max. Clarke Reader’s column on culture apears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@ hotmail.com.

Tesoro lecture series The Tesoro Cultural Center’s (The Fort) lecture series is now underway, with free lectures at the Buck Center or History Colorado, plus a dinner lecture at The Fort Restaurant for a price (some are sold out). Buck Center lectures are free, but advance registration is required. (303-347-5999.) March 20: Dr. David Beyreis’ topic is “Blood in the Borderlands: Conflict, Kinship and the Bent Family 1821-1920.”

See Tesoro Cultural Center website (tesoroculturalcenter.org) for list of speakers and topics. Lectures are early (2 p.m.) at Buck Center — or later in spring at Lone Tree Hub; then at History Colorado at 4 p.m.; and finally with dinner at the Fort (by advance registration and payment). Dr. Tom Noel will speak on March 27 on “Getting Here: From Wheelbarrow McGraw to DIA.”

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Littleton Public Schools mulls closing some elementaries Board to decide on Moody/East merger; home prices drive families away, superintendent says

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Littleton Public Schools officials are drawing closer to a decision on how to consolidate two north Littleton elementary schools, part of long-term efforts that will likely see the district’s 13 elementary schools reduced to 10 in the face of declining enrollment districtwide.

The LPS school board is scheduled to decide by the end of March how to merge Moody and East elementaries, which sit just over a mile apart on either side of Ketring Park.

The move is possible thanks to better-than-expected sales of bonds following a 2018 bond measure that sought to raise $298 million to rebuild or renew schools across the district.

So far the bond has funded the construction of the new Dr. Justina Ford elementary on the former Ames elementary campus in southeast Littleton, a new elementary school on the Franklin campus that will absorb both Franklin and Highland Elemen-

tary students, and a new building to replace Newton Middle School.

Now, sitting on a roughly $60 million premium on bond sales, district officials say they have the funds to build another elementary school.

‘There comes a point where we have to’ The idea of combining Moody and East has been floated for years, said Superintendent Brian Ewert. Both schools, built in the midst of the baby boom of the mid-1950s, were built for hundreds more students than they serve today — each school has fallen below 300 students in recent years, district figures show.

“When you have schools that small, you can’t run them efficiently,” Ewert said. There simply aren’t enough physical education, music, STEM or special education teachers to go around. “We can’t provide complete programming.

It’s very emotional to close small neighborhood schools, but there comes a point where we have to.”

Whether Moody and East will be combined is not in question.

At issue is whether to build a new school building on either the East or Moody campus to replace the existing facilities. Once the site is decided upon, students would likely be relocated to Twain Elementary until construction is complete, planned for fall 2023.

The new school would cost

roughly $35-40 million, Ewert said, and would be built with a capacity of up to 650 students, but would likely open with 500-550 students.

The district does not anticipate any layoffs associated with the merger, he said.

District officials say they have no plans to demolish whichever school does not receive the new building, saying mothballed schools are valuable assets for other uses or can be reopened if necessary.

Both LPS administration and the district’s long-range planning committee, composed of community members, recommended to the school board to build the new school on the Moody campus, citing in part its centralized location in what would become the combined East-Moody catchment, and its greater pedestrian safety farther from busy thoroughfares.

A feasibility study also found that East would have to be demolished before construction on a new school could begin, but Moody could remain standing while a new facility is built concurrently.

‘More similar than different’ Though close in proximity, the two schools exhibit socioeconomic differences: Nearly two-thirds of East students are enrolled in the federal free and reduced lunch program, compared to about a quarter of Moody students.

Districtwide, East is second to only nearby Field Elementary in students on free and reduced lunch. The school also serves a sizable immigrant population.

Opinions were divided at a March 10 community meeting held at Moody, with parents advocating to the school board for either Moody or East to receive the new facility.

One mother, speaking through a Spanish translator, said she is concerned that building the school at Moody will put lowincome and immigrant families at East at a disadvantage.

“Take into consideration how close those families live to East,”

she said. “Many of them don’t have the resources to pick up their kids if they get sick or want to do after-school activities.”

Her daughter is in the special education program at East, she said, and she fears her little girl could suffer from the upheaval, especially following previous life changes when moving from Venezuela to Miami before coming to Colorado.

“My daughter has developed so much in her learning,” she said.

“Remember how hard it can be for a child with more needs to move.”

Another mother speaking in Spanish through a translator told the board she lives in the Moody catchment but open-enrolls at East, which has a higher Latino population. She said soon after she moved into the neighborhood, a neighbor knocked on her door — not to welcome her to the neighborhood, but to warn her against parking in front of his house.

“I felt very unwelcome,” she said. “There aren’t many people who look like me in this neighborhood. My fear is I don’t want that kind of experience for kids from East (if the new school is built at Moody).”

Jennifer Flynn, who heads the PTO at Moody, said she is frustrated that the process so far has seemingly pitted Moody and East families against one another in advocacy for their neighborhood schools.

“We will mix well together, but this process has been detrimental,” Flynn said. “We’re both under a lot of stress. There’s a perception that Moody is a more privileged community, that everyone here can drive their kids to school, but that’s simply not the case. Lower-income and heavilyimpacted families have less opportunity to participate in this process ... A lot of the Moody community feels like we can’t speak out, because if we do, it seems like we don’t care about East. But we’re more similar than different.

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Moody is just a more centralized location.”

‘Hardships in both communities’ Speaking at a school board meeting the following night, President Jack Reutzel lamented that the process can feel like a school-versus-school endeavor at times.

“There will be hardships in both communities,” he said. “Those inequities in large part can be solved.”

If Moody is selected, the decision will likely result in the closure of the school’s preschool, part of a longer-term trend of consolidating or closing preschools around the district.

Several parents at the community meeting spoke out against the preschool closure, but Ewert told Colorado Community Media the writing is on the wall for sitebased preschools scattered around the district.

“We’re not the only preschool provider in town,” he said. “We want to move to a centralized program for the sake of efficiency and effectiveness. That way we can provide better access to special education, social workers — a full menu. That can’t happen in numerous smaller programs.”

The Moody/East decision is just one of several consolidation plans the board will undertake in coming months.

District administration and the long-range planning committee have also recommended consolidating Twain Elementary into either Hopkins Elementary or the new school on the Franklin campus, and consolidating Peabody Elementary into either Lenski Elementary or the new school on the Franklin campus.

Both of those proposals have been met with community opposition, with parents and advocates sometimes staging protests outside the district administration building before board meetings.

Home prices are key factor Declining enrollment contin-

ues to present a serious hurdle to keeping small schools open, Ewert said, not just in terms of spreading out thin staff resources, but a slump in per-pupil funding.

District enrollment fell to 13,700 in the 2020-2021 school year, district figures show, down nearly 9% from the more than 15,000 students enrolled in 2012. The proportion of the drop is even greater at the elementary level, down 12.7% since 2012.

The decline sped up in 2020, with more than 750 students leaving the district, driven in part by a statewide wave of students lost to homeschooling or to private schools that stayed fully open to in-person learning through the pandemic.

Littleton’s long-term student decline is driven partly by slowing birth rates, but largely by high housing prices and low inventory, Ewert said.

“Young families can move to Aurora, Northglenn or even Highlands Ranch and get a lot more square footage for their money,” he said.

“And people in Littleton stay in single-family homes even long after their kids move away. Not to mention it’s a landlocked district.

Even new high-density construction doesn’t tend to result in a lot of new kids.

Littleton’s median housing price sat just shy of $600,000 in February, according to the Denver Metro Association of Realtors, up 14.4% from a year prior, and nearly double the figure just seven years ago.

The number of households with young children in Littleton fell to 24% in 2018, down from 29% in 2010, according to a housing study commissioned by Littleton City Council.

The report also found Littleton has a deficit of thousands of units of workforce housing, and said that of 18 industries examined by the study, only professionals in oil and gas can afford a medianpriced house on a single median income in Littleton.

“People say kids will come back,” Ewert said. “We have no evidence that will happen.”

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students and 150 staff members to quarantine.

The district sent letters alerting families about COVID-19 cases or observations of symptoms regarding dozens of schools and a couple of programs during the fall semester, according to the district’s website. Each quarantine or other student dismissal triggers one letter sent by the district to families of students at the affected school.

In that time, 236 letters were sent.

So far this semester — as of March 10 — the district has already sent 214 letters, according to its website. The district’s third quarter ended on March 12.

In the fall semester, not all the letters announced quarantines — some cases were expected to have no impact on other students or staff. Eventually, the district changed its policy on letters to “only communicate regarding cases that have an impact on the school,” such as causing a quarantine.

The quarantine numbers for the current semester reached such high levels despite relaxed state guidance going into effect. Under an update to state guidance in November, as long as districts adhere to strict protocols, broad quarantines of classes or cohorts are no longer necessary regardless of the level of virus spread in a county.

School districts can now generally use “targeted contact identifi-

“We were full remote for much cation,” which means quarantinof the second quarter due to the ing those within 6 feet of a person spike in COVID cases in Colorado with COVID-19 or symptoms of the disease for 15 minutes or more and Arapahoe County at that time, so we would not have had any when both parties are masked. It quarantines during that time,” also requires quarantines when Smith said. someone was “There were within 12 feet also fewer cases of the indiand quaranvidual for 15 tines at the minutes or start of the greater when school year, either party building up to was unmasked when we deand indoors. cided to switch Cherry to full remote in Creek district November and started using December.” the targeted John Douglas, quarantines head of Triwhen students County Health returned in Department, January, said speculated that Abbe Smith, Cherry Creek’s district spokesthird-quarter woman. quarantine The implenumbers have mentation been high of targeted of quarantines Abbe Smith, because rates of virus has generdistrict spokeswoman transmission in ally resulted in the surroundsmaller groups ing commuof students nity remaining being quaranrelatively high tined, per each “though fortunately declining.” quarantine, compared to before, After the district started school according to Smith. in August, for the first several weeks, rates of virus cases were Explaining the numbers generally lower than they have Several factors may have conbeen any time since, said Dougtributed to the high number of las, whose health agency covers students and staff quarantined this semester in comparison to the Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties. Health officials think fall, Smith said. most quarantines result from virus spread in schools’ communities, Douglas said.

Another difference this semester is the increased availability of COVID-19 testing, which could identify more cases and lead to more quarantines.

Starting in January, both Cherry Creek students and staff have had access to no-cost COVID tests through the district’s partnership with an initiative called COVIDCheck Colorado. Students and staff at elementary school sites have had access to regular no-cost COVID testing to allow for early identification of COVID-positive

‘We were full remote for much of the second quarter due to the spike in COVID cases in Colorado and Arapahoe County at that time, so we would not have had any quarantines during that time.’

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Middle and high school students have been able to access no-cost COVID testing at either of the district’s drive-up locations. Tests can be scheduled through school nurses.

But the breadth of testing accessed is unclear. The district generally does not track numbers or percentages of all students or staff who are tested, Smith said.

The district also offered free COVID-19 testing for all staff in the fall, but its number of staff members tested may have been less than 40% in September and early October, according to district data.

Approximately 50% of all the district’s quarantined students have gotten tested for COVID-19 this semester, Douglas said.

It appears that testing of quarantined students specifically, though, may not account for many of the cases that trigger quarantines. Since the semester’s start in January, of the 4,066 students and staff quarantined, only 17 individuals became knowingly COVID-positive during quarantine, Siegfried’s March 10 letter to the community said.

Science still says schools relatively safe With more metro Denver school districts returning to full-time in-person schooling — or close to it — Douglas thinks it’s unlikely that the return will affect virus spread in the surrounding communities, especially because many teachers have been vaccinated.

“There haven’t been too many reports where schools drive community transmission — it seems to be virtually the opposite,” Douglas said.

Douglas pointed to a recent report by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that reiterated that schools have low rates of COVID-19 transmission.

The information “has continued to reinforce that notion” that schools are safe, under the circumstances, if they adhere to safety precautions, Douglas said.

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Noise limits in central Littleton boosted Weekends can get louder on Main Street; council to reevaluate law this fall

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Downtown revelry will get a bit more leeway this summer, after Littleton City Council unanimously passed an ordinance boosting the allowable sound level on Main Street.

The ordinance allows a maximum sound level of 80 decibels in the Main Street historic district from noon to 10 p.m. on Thursdays through Sundays. The previous limit was 60 decibels all days of the week. The ordinance will sunset at the end of October, at which time council plans to evaluate its effectiveness.

The ordinance initially came before council in a much looser form, which would have expanded the window for higher noise from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, and would have included the entire downtown area — stretching into residential and office areas several blocks to the north and south — rather than just Main Street itself.

Community Development Director Jennifer Henninger apologized for the process used to bring the

measure before council, saying her office got an earful from concerned residents that the proposal was far too lenient and wondering why more public engagement had not taken place.

“In terms of public process, there was not one,” Henninger told council. “We did not follow our best practices when it came to this. We saw this as a simple change and Band-Aid to our ordinance... My sincere apologies, that will not happen again.”

Henninger said the call for the ordinance came about last summer, when Main Street played host to Weekends on Main, an outdoor dining program meant to help restaurants and shops hit hard by COVID restrictions.

The city’s existing code allowed decibel levels of 55 in the daytime and 50 at night in residential districts, and 60 in the daytime and 55 at night in business districts.

Those levels proved unworkable during Weekends on Main, Henninger said, when live music sometimes exceeded the limits.

A code enforcement officer found levels of 74 decibels in the middle of Main Street during the event, 77 when standing near live music, and 68 when standing near the residences at Bega Park.

Boosting the limit seemed like the answer in order to allow businesses the flexibility to host live music during a tough time, Hen-

ninger said.

Events can already apply for amplified sound permits that allow up to 115 decibels, but with Weekends on Main expected to resume as soon as April, city staff hoped to streamline the code.

Residents who called into the meeting expressed dismay at the proposal.

“Eighty decibels is outrageous,” said Pam Chadbourne, a frequent city council watchdog who lives near Main Street. “Sure, traffic is loud at rush hour, but I don’t go to Main Street at rush hour because it’s loud.”

Chadbourne also said she is concerned for wildlife along the nearby South Platte River who may be disturbed by regular loud noises.

Some councilmembers were skeptical of the proposed ordinance.

“Preserving community character comes up really high on our surveys, and our citizens are our customers — who we’re elected to represent,” said Councilmember Carol Fey, saying staff ’s research lacked sufficient testing of noise levels in the residential neighborhoods surrounding Main Street.

“Community character includes nuisances or the lack thereof.”

The ordinance was a way to compromise between competing interests in downtown, said Mayor Pro Tem Scott Melin.

“It’s obvious our current code on sound in downtown is completely unworkable,” Melin said.

“We must take a step toward modernizing our code, and balancing legitimate interests in downtown. Businesses have an interest in making some noise. You want a dining room full of people. We want downtown to be active and thriving and busy. But we also have residences downtown. One thing that will destroy character of life is constant annoying noises. A trial run is called for.”

The ordinance reflects the changing nature of downtown, said Mayor Jerry Valdes, from a place where people shop during the day to an entertainment district with lively nightlife.

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Councilmember Kelly Milliman said the change to a livelier downtown is a positive, and the increased noise limit reflects that.

“When I moved to Littleton, Main Street was a ghost town,” Milliman said. “A sad, sleepy Main Street. Now people are paying big bucks to live in downtown Littleton ... We want to keep it vibrant.”

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Heritage reaches new heights in swimming competition Eagles swim team takes 4A state championship

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Heritage made a statement about the future while Cherry Creek relived the past during the Colorado state girls swim and dive championships held at the Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center in Thornton.

The Eagles, sparked by the record-setting performances of Anna Shaw, won the Class 4A state championship in the March 12 state finals.

Heritage, which had about 14 underclass swimmers at the state meet, earned its first state title with 495.5 points after opting this season to drop from Class 5A to 4A. Mullen was second with 322 points, and Niwot third with 307 points.

“We are pretty well-balanced and obviously have a pretty strong sophomore and freshman class,” said Heritage coach Tom Byorick.

“The whole team really jelled together.”

Cherry Creek, spurred by last season’s runner-up finish, captured the Class 5A title on March 11 with 430 points. Defending champ Fairview was second (392) and Regis Jesuit third (298).

It was the 27th girls state swimming and diving title trophy for the Bruins but the first since 2010.

“It feels great,” said Creek coach Eric Craven. “This was a real special one. It’s been a long, long time since we’ve been in this position.

It was the attitude of the girls.

They were just determined to win it this year. I was just happy to go for the ride.”

In the 4A meet, Shaw was on two winning relay teams and won the 50 and 100 yard freestyle events with record times.

The Stanford-bound senior led off the winning 200 freestyle relay team (1:42.86) in the first event and was the anchor on the meet’s final event, the state champion 400-yard freestyle relay team (3:27.50).

Shaw won the 50 freestyle at last season’s 5A meet and broke the 50 state standard of Missy Franklin, the former Regis and Olympic swimmer, with a time of :22.22.

Franklin set the previous mark of :22.41 in 2011.

In the 100 freestyle, Shaw established a new low of :48.24 and bettered Franklin’s time of :48.45 set in 2012.

“I swam those two races for the time but it felt like a conclusion of all my hard work,” said Shaw, who will be going to the U.S. Olympic trials in June. “I’ve looked up to Missy since I was nine. I had the opportunity to meet her once.

“There is something magical for a Colorado swimmer just about the name of Missy Franklin. It makes it even more special to get

Cherry Creek coach Eric Craven holds the state championship trophy during a celebration in the pool of the VMAC in Thornton.

Creek won its 27th girls state swimming and diving title on March 11, which was the first state crown for the Bruins since 2010.

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Heritage elected not to compete in Class 5A swimming this season and the Eagles captured the 4A state championship on March 12 at the VMAC in Thornton.

Arapahoe senior Lyndsehy Wehr won the state individual Class 5A championship in the 50 freestyle with a time of 23.22 seconds.

those records.”

Heritage had another individual state champion in sophomore Aislyn Barnett, whose strong finish resulted in winning the 100 breaststroke in 1:02.44.

Cherry Creek did not have an individual state champion. Sophomore Lawson Ficken was the runner-up in the 50 freestyle and junior Elizabeth Brock was second in the 200 freestyle and third in the 200 freestyle.

“We kind of wanted to redeem what we did last year because we were so close,” said senior Hannah Eckerman. “This whole

season we were so hungry for this win. To finally get it feels absolutely amazing.”

Arapahoe senior Lyndsey Wehr won the 50 freestyle in Class 5A with a time of :23.46 and was second in the 100 freestyle.

“I am more of a person that likes to chase people rather than the one being chased,” said Wehr.

“I was nervous about that. I was seeded first going in and I put a lot of pressure on myself.”

Emma Weber, a junior at Regis Jesuit, won the 200 IM (2:01.72) and set a set record of :59,93 in capturing the 100 breaststroke.

“I’m real excited,” said Weber.

“I was so tired. It (breaststroke) was my last race of the day. When I finished I was super happy with my time.”

Heritage High School senior Anna Shaw won four titles on March 12 in the state finals at Thornton, where she set two state records. She is heading to Stanford University after high school.

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Hoops playoffs take break for snow

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

First-round and Sweet 16 games were completed in the boys and girls state basketball playoffs before the snow storm halted action on March 13.

Great 8 games in Class 3A, 4A and 5A were rescheduled to March 15 with the semifinals still set for March 17 and the finals for March 19-20 at the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs.

In Class 5A boys Sweet 16 action that was held March 11, top-seeded Cherry Creek had five players score in double figures and prevailed late in the game to post an 80-75 win over Centennial League rival Smoky Hill.

Julian Hammond III led the Bruins with 17 points while Chase Penry had a double double for the second straight game with 13 points and 11 rebounds.

Michael Wolf, a 6-foot senior, scored 29 points to help second-seed Regis Jesuit roll to a 79-36 win over Doherty.

Fourth-seeded ThunderRidge shot 56% from the field in an 80-55 triumph over Continental League opponent Douglas County.

Jackson Brennan scored 29 points for the Grizzlies while 6-foot-8 junior Joey Bilello had a double double of

12 points and 14 rebounds.

Joel Speckman led a balanced attack with 17 points as No. 5 Chaparral downed Fairview, 54-51. Rock Canyon, seeded 11th, went into overtime and toppled No. 6 Fossil Ridge 78-75 as senior Nick Fallin paced the Jaguars’ offense with 35 points. Mountain Vista, seeded eighth, lost an 80-70 decision to No. 9 Eaglecrest.

In a Class 3A Sweet 16 contest, second-seeded Lutheran raced to a 65-49 win over Gunnison.

All the higher seeded teams won in the girls Sweet 16 contests which were played March 11.

Top-seeded Valor Christian, led in scoring by Haley Huard’s 16 points, whipped Castle View 68-35.

Second-seed Regis Jesuit pounded Fruita Monument, 74-25, and No. 3 Grandview rolled to a 82-33 win over Columbine. Fourth-seeded Highlands Ranch cruised to a 59-38 win over Fountain Fort Carson.

Teja Tsangarakis scored 19 points as No. 6 Chaparral downed Mountain Vista, 59-36. Arapahoe, seeded 10th, outscored Doherty 12-1 at the free throw line and collected a 46-43 victory as Katy Edwards had 18 points for the Warriors.

In a Class 3A Sweet 16 contest, No. 4 Lutheran outscored Resurrection Christian 34-9 in the second half and posted a 69-31 win.

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0002-2021 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 8, 2021, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Brian K. McHugh and Melissa A. McHugh Original Beneficiary(ies) Mmigage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for Home123 Corporation, a California Corporation, its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, as Trustee for the benefit of the Freddie Mac Seasoned Loans Structured Transaction Trust, Series 2019-3 Date of Deed of Trust September 23, 2005 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 04, 2005 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5149285 Original Principal Amount $355,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $298,857.18 Pursuant to CRS §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 thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 6, BLOCK 5, FOUR LAKES SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 6, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 1732 East Phillips Avenue, Centennial, CO 80122.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. If applicable, a description of any changes to the deed of trust described in the notice of election and demand pursuant to affidavit as allowed by statutes: C.R.S.§ 38-35-109(5) LEGAL DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN CORRECTED

BY SCRIVENER'S AFFIDAVIT RECORDED 12/28/2020 AT RECEPTION NO. E0182443 IN THE RECORDS OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice No. 0002-2021 First Publication: 3/18/2021 Last Publication: 4/15/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0003-2021 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On January 12, 2021, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Dave H. Lynch Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiaiy, as nominee for Provident Funding Associates, L.P., its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Loan Care, LLC Date of Deed of Trust April 20, 2007 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust April 26, 2007 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B7052776 Original Principal Amount $115,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $89,035.86 Pursuant to CRS §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 thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. Lot 18, Block 3, Southbridge Filing No. 4, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 7874 South Windermere Circle, Littleton, CO 80120.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/12/2021, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

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On December 29, 2020, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Grazia Antonella Bocciolone and David Wayne Brenman Original Beneficiary(ies) MDM Properties, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company Current Holder of Evidence of Debt MDM Properties, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company Date of Deed of Trust May 21, 2019 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 04, 2019 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D9052496 Original Principal Amount $100,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $100,000.00 Pursuant to CRS §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 thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. PARCEL A: LOT 11, BLOCK 2, MANSFIELD HEIGHTS FILING NO. 1; PARCEL B: LOT 29, BLOCK 10, DENVER, UNIVERSITY ADDITION, SECOND FILING; COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 4085 South Dexter Street, Englewood, CO 80113.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/28/2021, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 3/4/2021 Last Publication: 4/1/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 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;

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/12/2021, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 3/18/2021 Last Publication: 4/15/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

DATE: 12/29/2020 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee

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;

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

First Publication: 3/18/2021 Last Publication: 4/15/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

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;

Amanda Ferguson #44893 Heather Deere #28597 Toni M. Owan #30580 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, PC 355 Union Blvd., Ste. 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO10113

DATE: 01/08/2021 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Amanda Ferguson #44893 Heather Deere #28597 Toni M. Owan #30580 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, PC 355 Union Blvd., Ste. 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO10753 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

DATE: 01/12/2021 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO. 0003-2021 First Publication: 3/18/2021 Last Publication: 4/15/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0216-2020 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Ilene Dell'Acqua #31755 Erin Croke #46557 Steven Bellanti #48306 Holly Shilliday #24423 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-20-887601-LL The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO. 0216-2020 First Publication: 3/4/2021 Last Publication: 4/1/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0212-2020 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 15, 2020, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Brandon B Gilhooly

Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Countrywide Bank, FSB, Its Successors and Assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Citibank, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee of New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2020-RPL1 Date of Deed of Trust May 08, 2008 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust May 14, 2008 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B8055801 Original Principal Amount $193,520.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $152,341.21 Pursuant to CRS §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 thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO. 303C, VILLAGE PLAZA LOFTS CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP OF VILLAGE PLAZA LOFTS CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED ON AUGUST 1, 2006, AT RECEPTION NO. B6110225, AND AS DEFINED BY THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION OF VILLAGE PLAZA LOFTS CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED ON AUGUST 1, 2006, AT RECEPTION NO. B6110224, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER, INCLUDING THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE LCE PARKING GARAGE NO(S).

303-C, AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED PURSUANT TO THE DECLARATION AND DEPICTED ON THE CONDOMINIUM MAP, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 5401 S Park Terrace 303C, Greenwood Village, CO 80111.

Original Grantor(s) PLAZA QUEBEC, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Original Beneficiary(ies) STARWOOD MORTGAGE CAPITAL, LLC A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN STANLEY BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH TRUST 2015-C21, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2015-C21 Date of Deed of Trust January 16, 2015 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust January 20, 2015 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D5006108 Original Principal Amount $9,000,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $8,771,358.57 Pursuant to CRS §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 thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. SEE EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO Also known by street and number as: 6025 S QUEBEC STREET, CENTENNIAL, CO 80111.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/14/2021, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/18/2021 Last Publication: 3/18/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 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; DATE: 12/15/2020 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Ilene Dell'Acqua #31755 Erin Croke #46557 Steven Bellanti #48306 Holly Shilliday #24423 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-20-888520-LL The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/14/2021, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 2/18/2021 Last Publication: 3/18/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 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; DATE: 12/15/2020 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Craig K Schuenemann #41068 Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP 1700 Lincoln, Suite 4100, Denver, CO 80203 (303) 866-0431678 Attorney File # 6025 S Quebec The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 2010-2020 EXHIBIT A LEGAL DESCRIPTION Parcel A: Lot 2 and Tract B, Plaza Quebec, according to the Plat thereof recorded April 12, 1982 in Book 55, Page 69, Reception No. 2160266, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Parcel B: Those easement rights as created in that certain Reciprocal Easements Agreement recorded December 22, 1983 in Book 4047 at Page 608, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO. 0212-2020 First Publication: 2/18/2021 Last Publication: 3/18/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0210-2020 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On December 15, 2020, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Parcel C: Those ingress, egress and parking easement rights as set forth and created in Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions recorded December 22, 1983 in Book 4047 at Page 598, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

For informational Purposes Only: APN 2075-20-1-21-005 Legal Notice NO. 0210-2020 First Publication: 2/18/2021 Last Publication: 3/18/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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State swimming stats STAFF REPORT

Class 4A Top 10 finishers from South Metro schools in the Class 4A state meet held on March 12 at the VMAC. 200 medley relay – 1. Heritage (Anna Shaw, Aislyn Barnett, Inge Ehm, Amaia Sherman) 1:42.86.

200 freestyle – 9. Kenzie Myco, Heritage, 1:56.58; 10. Caroline Dimig, Heritage, 1:56.60.

200 IM – 3. Barnett, Heritage 2:06.02; 7. Ehm ,Heritage, 2:08.78; 9.

Sherman, Heritage, 2:10.29.

50 free – 1. Shaw, Heritage, :22.22.

Diving – 4. Morgan Davita, Heritage, 418.95; 10. Hannah Compton, Ponderosa, 370.75.

100 butterfly – 3. Ehm, Heritage, :56.03; 10. Ashlee Urroz, Heritage, :58.60.

100 free – 1. Shaw, Heritage, :48.24; 8. Cora Buelow, Heritage, :53.90.

500 free – 6. Elizabeth Dimig, Heritage, 5:11.05; 8. AmyLee Hawkins, Littleton, 5:17.97, 200 free relay – 4. Heritage (Urroz, Alyssa Lopez, Sherman, Myco),1:37.57.

100 backstroke – 7. Sherman, Heritage, :58.08.

100 breaststroke – 1.

Barnett,Heritage, 1:02.44; 6. Urroz, Heritage, 1:06.70; 8, Hawkins, Littleton, 1:07.29; 9. Isabella Cole, Heritage, 1:07.62.

200 free relay – 4. Heritage (Urroz, Lopez, Sherman, Myco) 1:37.57.

100 backstroke – 7. Sherman, Heritage, :58.07.

400 free relay – 1. Heritage (Myco, Dimig, Buelow, Shaw) 3:27.50.

Team – 1. Heritage 495.5; 16.

Highlands Ranch 65; 18. Littleton 52; 26. Ponderosa 13.

Class 5A Top 10 finishers from South Metro schools in the Class 5A state meet held on March 11 at the VMAC: 200 free relay – 3. Regis Jesuit (Allie Sanchez, Emma Weber, Greta Leege, Rosie Jump) 1:43.12; 4. Cherry Creek (Charlotte Wilson, Teagan Steinmetz, Alexia Greenhawt, Avery Hall) 1:43.26. 7.

Valor Christian (Daciana Colon, Karley Bennett, Makayla Hoehn, Ashley Stenstrom) 1:47.16; 9. Rock Canyon (Abigail Gardner, Mandy Fleetwood, Grace Gardner, Morgan Edstrom) 1:47.74; 10. Arapahoe (Lindsay Louder, Ryan Johnston, Marina Huster, Piper Prince) 1:47.93.

200 free – 3. Elizabeth Brock, Cherry Creek, 1:509.77; 5. Samantha Aguirre, Regis Jesuit, 1:53.12; 5. Madison Saldanha, Cherry Creek, 1:53.86.

200 IM – 1. Emma Wilson, Regis Jesuit, 2:01.71; 5, Steinmetz, Cherry Creek, 2:05.04; 6. Kate Baker, ThunderRidge, 2:05.32; 7. Quinlan Hinerfeld, Rock Canyon, 2:05.73.

50 free – 1. Lyndsay Wehr, Arapahoe, :23.22; 2. Lawson Ficken, Cherry Creek, :23.32; 4. Grace Dale, Regis Jesuit, :23.48; 8. Jenna Smith, Cherry Creek, :23.81; 9. Stenstrom, Valor, :24.04; 10. Greenhawt,Cherry Creek, :24.06.

Diving – 7. Kyndall Tatum, Arapahoe, 423.75; Presley Dorsett, ThunderRidge, 422.75.

100 butterfly – 4. Greenhawt, Cherry Creek, :54.79; 8, Wilson, Cherry Creek, :55.87.

100 free – 2. Wehr, Arapahoe, :51.03; 4. Ficken, Cherry Creek, :51.29; Dale, Regis Jesuit, :51.43; 8, Hall, Cherry Creek, :51.75; 9.

Stenstrom,Valor, :51.76.

500 free – 2. Brock, Cherry Creek, 4:56.04; Mila Nikanorov, Douglas County, 5:04.59; 6. Megan Bergstrom, Arapahoe, 5:09.47; 7. Mirielle Griffin, Arapahoe, 5:09.60; 9.

Haley Ross, Cherry Creek, 5:12.34; 10. A. Gardner (Rock Canyon)

Stats for South Metro wrestlers STAFF REPORT

The following are the South Metro wrestlers who placed in the Class 5A state wrestling meet held in Pueblo.

106 — Otto Black, Ponderosa, second.

113 — Derek Glenn, Cherokee Trail, second; Noah Kubla, Chaparral, fourth; Carson Trujillo, Arapahoe, sixth.

120 — Jett Strickenberger, Ponderosa, second; Nic Vicic, ThunderRidge, fifth.

126 — Jacob Bostelman, Ponderosa, second; Kegan Swain, Chaparral, fifth.

132 — Murphy Menke, Ponderosa, second.

138 — Aidan Lenz, Ponderosa, second; Justin Kelchen, Douglas County, fourth.

145 — Jaron Mahler, Ponderosa, second; Ivan Morris, Douglas County, sixth.

152 — Antonio Segura, Regis Jesuit, first; Randy Myers, Ponderosa, third; Presley Pilgrim, ThunderRidge, sixth.

160 — Karter Johnson, Ponderosa, fourth.

170 — Traevin Osborn, Ponderosa, second; Elijah Hamilton, Valor Christian, fourth.

195 — Matthew Soderborg, Cherry Creek, second; Haegun Hoffschneider, Ponderosa fourth.

220 — Geoffrey Freeman, Chaparral, third; Kyle Hanson, Highlands Ranch, fourth; Tyler Doyle, ThunderRidge, fifth.

285 — Jonah Rubadue, Chaparral, second; Ryan Agular, Douglas County, fourth; Luke Sandy, Legend, sixth.

5:12.37.

200 free relay – 2. Cherry Creek (Ficken, Greenhawt, Hall, Smith) 1:34.45; 4. Regis Jesuit (Leege, Jump, Weber, Dale) 1:35.74; 5. Arapahoe (Wehr, Harris Galvin, Johnston, Griffin) 1:36.07; 8. Douglas County (Cicily Terranova, Katelyn Hornkohl, Nikanorov, Margaret Kroening) 1:38.02.

100 backstroke – 6. Hinerfeld, Rock Canyon, :55.88; 8. Wilson, Cherry Creek, :56.04; 9. Smith, Cherry Creek, :56.52.

100 breaststroke – 1. Weber, Regis Jesuit, :59.93; 6. Steinmetz, Cherry Creek, 1:03.28; 8. Catherine Bradac, Regis Jesuit, 1:03.66; 10. Liberty Edwards, Cherry Creek, 1:04.54.

400 free relay – 3. Cherry Creek (Ficken, Brock, Saldanha, Smith) 3:27.14; 7. Valor (Stenstrom, Aj Adams, Colon, Hoehn) 3:30.44; 8.

Arapahoe (Wehr, Louder, Prince, Griffin) 3:30.62; 9. Regis Jesuit (Aguirre, Bradac, Sanchez, Dale) 3:31.37; 10. ThunderRidge (Baker, Meg Mallory, Kate Mallory, Tori Bartusiak) 3:34.80.

Team – 1. Cherry Creek 430; 3.

Regis Jesuit 298; 6. Arapahoe 236.5; 10. Valor 144; 11. ThunderRidge 93; 14. Douglas County 83; 14. Rock Canyon 83; 22. Legend 26; 24. Mountain Vista 21; 27. Chaparral 12.

Ponderosa makes a charge for wrestling title, Pomona wins ral was fourth in the team standings.

The Panthers had 12 wrestlers who placed and had four individual state champions.

Pondo had seven individual wrestlers who wound up second and 10 who placed among the top six.

Otto Black, Jett Strickenberger, Jacob Bostelman, Murphy Menke, Aidan Lenz, Jaron Mahler and Traevin Osborn were the Mustangs wrestlers who lost title matches and were runnersup.

STAFF REPORT

Ponderosa had a chance to win the Class 5A state wrestling championship held March 13 in Pueblo.The Mustangs had a 12-point lead going into the final session, but Pomona’s depth began to show, and the Panthers won their third straight state title and fifth in the past six years.

Pomona wound up with 180 points compared to 159 for Ponderosa, which earned the second-place trophy. Chapar-

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AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF EAST ORCHARD ROAD AND SOUTH GRANT STREET FROM NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION, 18,000 SF MINIMUM (NC18) AND NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION, 6,000 SF MINIMUM (NC6) TO PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) UNDER THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, AND AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk and is also available on the City’s web site, www.centennialcolorado.com. The ordinance may be obtained by contacting the City Clerk, 303-754-3324. by a vote of 6 in favor and 3 against.

(First published March 4, 2021) By: Barbara Setterlind, MMC, City Clerk Legal Notice No. 525030 First Publication: March 18, 2021 Last Publication: March 18, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, March 15, 2021 the Centennial City Council

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By: Barbara Setterlind, MMC, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 2021-O-04 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, REPEALING ARTICLE 3 OF CHAPTER 5 OF THE CENTENNIAL MUNICIPAL CODE ENTITLED “CABLE FRANCHISE – 2014” The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk.

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Are you looking to de-clutter your home or replace your furniture, décor or home goods this spring? Consider donating your items to the Habitat for Humanity ReStore so that another local family can continue enjoying your wellloved, but no longer needed items.

Habitat for Humanity’s ReStores accept donations of new and used furniture, appliances and more, and sell them back to the public at a discount. 100% of the proceeds from the ReStores support Habitat’s mission of building and preserving affordable homeownership.

ReStore Donation Drive

Examples of items we can accept Furniture including dressers, end tables, small desks, chairs and much more Art and décor including framed pictures, table lamps, and mirrors Home goods like small appliances, dishes, glassware, and cooking ware Construction Materials like power and hand tools, hardware, lumber, 2x4s Examples of items we cannot accept No clothing, curtains, or linens No hazardous materials like paint or chemicals No mattresses or box springs

Where: Saint Peter Lutheran Church 9300 E Belleview Ave, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 When: Saturday, March 20th from 10am to 1pm

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