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VOLUME 20 | ISSUE 20

Centennial road, sidewalk projects ramping up

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Accepting a special invitation to attend the art dedication, former Columbine High School Principal Frank DeAngelis speaks PHOTOS BY THELMA GRIMES about mental health and community strength.

Art dedication focuses on healing, mental health Local student works two years to give back to community that helped after STEM shooting

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Sometimes in the darkest of times, it is important to find light, seek out the positive and come together as a community. Two years after the shooting at STEM Schools Highlands Ranch, one student did just that in her path to earn the Girl Scouts Gold designation.

Now a senior, Grace Bielefeldt

was a sophomore when the shooting occurred on May 7, 2019.

Bielefeldt said she can remember being shuffled from the school to the Northridge Recreation Center.

To date, she still struggles to go into some of the rec center rooms, especially the tennis courts.

On May 4, in a special art dedication, Bielefeldt returned to the recreation center, only this time she was capping off a two-year effort to bring light and positivity while emphasizing the need for more mental health awareness. The project was also aimed at recognizing the importance of a community coming together in the face of tragedy. The four panels of art focus on the positivity, light, and SEE DEDICATION, P18

Centennial delayed some infrastructure projects early in the pandemic as COVID-19’s economic impact took hold, but the city is now approaching some big projects on major roads that south Denver metro drivers will notice.

The city also includes parts of the south metro area that lack sidewalks, and Centennial’s 2021 budget requested $1 million for new sidewalk construction.

Here’s an update on what road and sidewalk projects drivers and pedestrians may see popping up soon.

County Line Road One prominent project is the planned widening of County Line Road from University Boulevard to Broadway.

“The County Line Road improvements may start as early as September 2022. At this time, we anticipate that construction will last for a year,” said Jeff Dankenbring, Centennial’s public works director.

The road will consist of two lanes in each direction when complete.

Drivers can expect that County Line between Clarkson Street and the Target store access may be closed in order to place 20 feet of embankment at Lee Gulch.

Arapahoe Road The city also plans to widen the Arapahoe Road bridge over Big Dry Creek to seven lanes — three lanes

A #STEMStrong cookie.

SEE PROJECTS, P9

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

PUTTING PEN TO PLACES

Comic artist sketches local haunts P14

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Keeping the community in Colorado Community Media

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ast week in this space you were able to hear from Ann and Jerry Healey, who have entrusted their collection of 24 community newspapers to us at the newly formed Colorado News Conservancy.

This week, as the new owners and operators of this newspaper, we want to give you an opportunity to hear directly from us and learn about our plans.

With an eye toward retirement, grandkids and new adventures, Ann and Jerry sold Colorado Community Media to the Conservancy.

The Conservancy is a partnership between the National Trust for Local News and The Colorado Sun, a local digital news organization that some of you may already know.

We were aided by a network of Colorado organizations who share our commitment to keeping newspapers in local hands and to ensuring that you continue to benefit from the unique, hyperlocal coverage that you have come to expect from this newspaper and the others in the CCM family. One of the Colorado Community Media newspapers has been serving its community for more than 150 years, and others have decades of history. We feel a deep responsibility to continue that legacy and ensure your paper is still providing quality news and information for decades to come, as well as bringing the businesses that provide the core financial

From left, Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro and Lillian Ruiz, co-founders of the National Trust for Local News, and Larry Ryckman, editor-in-chief of The Colorado Sun, are leaders of the Colorado News Conservancy partnership that has purchased Colorado Community Media.

support for these publications together with readers in the local communities they serve.

So what will change, and what won’t? We’ve already heard those questions from readers and local business owners who feel strong ties to the reporters, editors, sales staff and others who bring the news to you.

For starters, we are seeking to fill the big shoes of Jerry Healey in the role of publisher. We are looking for someone who is as passionate about community and local service as Jerry has been. We are so grateful that he has agreed to stay on this month to help ensure we have a smooth transition.

We do not plan the staff cutbacks, cost-cutting or layoffs that have become far too common in the news business these days. In fact, we are looking to bolster the fine work already being done to serve

you, the readers and supporters of this paper. Our job is to keep your local media strong and growing.

The Colorado Community Media name will stay the same, as will the name of the newspaper you know and trust. The same goes for the phone numbers, email addresses and the website of your paper. You can reach out to the hard-working people here at the paper in the same ways you always have.

We purchased Colorado Community Media because we are committed to serving our readers, our local businesses and our communities and to sustaining the important community role played by these papers.

We want to thank Ann and Jerry once again for their hard work and dedication over the years to providing community media to your town and others.

We promise them — and you — that we will work hard to serve you and make you proud.

ABOUT THE COLORADO NEWS CONSERVANCY The Colorado News Conservancy is a public benefit corporation formed to preserve Colorado Community Media and ensure that its 24 weekly and monthly newspapers remain locally owned. The Conservancy is a joint venture by the National Trust for Local News and The Colorado Sun. The Trust is a new, national nonprofit organization formed to provide the financing, new ownership structures and expertise needed for established news organizations around the country to become sustainable and deeply grounded in their communities. The Sun is a journalist-owned, award-winning digital news outlet that strives to cover all of Colorado, bring understanding to important issues and contribute to a more vibrant, informed and whole Colorado.

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Veterans’ service planned for Memorial Day STAFF REPORT

Ponderosa Valley Funeral Services and J.S. Parker Cemetery are putting on the 12th Annual Memorial Day Veterans’ Service of Remembrance May 31, according to a press release from the organizations.

The event, from 10 to 11 a.m. on Memorial Day, will be at Parker Cemetery, 10375 S. Parker Road.

The event will also be livestreamed.

The online stream can be found by visiting ponderosavalleyfunerals. com and then selecting “About Us” followed by “News and Events.” On that page is a link to the livestream.

Steve and Nanci Trevino, co-founders of Ponderosa Valley Funeral Services, are “excited about using internet technology to invite everyone who wants to honor our veterans with a virtual front-row seat from the comfort and safety of their homes,”

according to the press release.

“Livestreaming has the potential to dramatically expand the number of people who can share in this meaningful ceremony from the several hundred of years past to thousands this year,” according to the release.

The ceremony will begin with an aircraft flyover from the Colorado Air National Guard. The Parker Chorale will perform patriotic songs and the Parker American Legion and the Parker Veterans of Foreign War will render tributes, according to the press release.

The service’s keynote speaker will be Retired U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Christopher J. Petty, United States Military Academy at West Point Class of 1987. The service will also include a 21-gun Salute, taps, the folding and presentation of the U.S. flag and the reading of veterans’ names, according to the release.

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New leader coming to community college Dr. Stephanie Fujii understands the struggles of non-traditional students

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Dr. Stephanie Fujii wasn’t always sure college was right for her. But when she takes the helm of Arapahoe Community College as its new president on July 12, she says it’s exactly where she wants to be.

“I was an average student in high school,” said Fujii, currently the Vice President of Academic Affairs at Scottsdale Community College in Arizona.

“I went to college and Fujii struggled. I failed college algebra three times. I didn’t believe in myself, and I prepared to drop out.”

But when she went to faculty advisers, they encouraged her to believe in herself and hold herself accountable. Though she still switched her major a few times, the sense of belonging she developed showed her what college can do for struggling people.

In the years that followed, Fujii earned degrees in communications and counseling at the University of Nevada and a Ph.D in leadership and policy studies from Arizona State. But it was a career in community colleges where she found her calling.

“I fell in love with the social justice mission of community college,” she said. “We take all students, regardless of background. We don’t just take them — we want them.

We don’t expect you to be perfect.

We’re here because we believe in the potential of those who come through the door.”

Fujii said she has thrived in academic affairs, though she is excited to shift her focus from internal college workings to greater collaboration with a larger community.

“How do we meet the need in our area?” said Fujii, who already refers to ACC as “our” campus.

“I’m looking forward to finding out what’s possible in terms of internships and scholarships.”

She was one of four finalists for the ACC presidency, the others being Dr. Marta Cronin, the president of Columbia Gorge Community College, Dr. Michael Gavin, the vice president of learning at Anne Arundel Community College and Dr. Michael Laliberte, the president of the State University of New York at Delhi.

Fujii was selected after a sixmonth nationwide search led by a nine-member advisory committee.

She was also recently named one of three finalists for the presidency of the Community College of Aurora this spring.

ACC’s current president, Dr. Di-

ana Doyle, plans to step down this summer after 11 years leading the institution.

There’s already a lot to love about the ACC system, Fujii said, praising the Automotive Technology Center at the Littleton campus, the Sturm Collaboration Campus in Castle Rock, and the growing Parker campus.

Fujii doesn’t have specific plans for her new role at ACC just yet, saying it’s not the duty of a new president to upend things.

“I wouldn’t have applied if I didn’t believe in the college’s mission and vision,” she said.

Still, she said, it’s clear that she will be tasked with guiding the school into the future as the COVID crisis ebbs.

“COVID has illuminated inequities among our most vulnerable populations,” she said. “This is a calling more than ever for community colleges to step in and lead the courageous work of delivering education that will yield good outcomes for students in terms of wages and opportunities. We’ve got to close those equity gaps.”

Despite the COVID crisis, ACC saw an increase in enrollment in fall 2020, according to school figures. The ACC system counted 2,594 full-time equivalent students in fall 2020, in keeping with a steady increase in recent years. The number fell slightly to 2,540 in the spring semester.

Doyle, the current president, said she is proud of how ACC handled the COVID crisis — and sees lessons for the future.

The school kept its childcare center open through the pandemic, providing a lifeline to students, she said, and provided food assistance and grocery vouchers to students who lost jobs. The school was able to provide laptops and iPads to students who couldn’t afford them.

But the big lesson was finding out just how much educational material could be delivered online, easing the burden on students to travel to campus.

“We’d love to keep providing more delivery methods for classes,” Doyle said. “We’ve had a robust online program for a while, but this really increased our flexibility.”

Doyle listed the ACC system’s numerous successes during her tenure, including the Sturm campus, new science labs at the Parker campus, the development of three bachelor’s degree programs, the founding of a veterans’ service center, and an increase in the number of students of color.

Doyle said she’s “looking for new adventures” after she leaves ACC, such as traveling or working as a consultant. “I’m not ready for the rocking chair yet,” she said.

Doyle said the hardest part about leaving will be bidding farewell to her talented colleagues.

“Some of the best professionals I’ve worked with in 43 years in higher education are here at ACC,” she said. “I want to thank them all for making me a better president.”

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Democrats introduce bill for transportation fees Fuel purchases, deliveries, rideshare trips could see added costs

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado Democrats formally rolled out their massive transportation fee-implementation and spending bill on May 4 with support from top business leaders and two Republicans, saying 2021 is the year to finally tackle the Holy Grail that is the state’s longstanding infrastructure deficit.

“This is the year we will make it happen,” Senate Majority Leader Steve Fenberg said as Senate Bill 260 was introduced.

The bill would impose new fees on motorists purchasing gasoline and diesel fuel, while also adding additional costs to deliveries, rideshare trips and electric vehicle registrations. The fees would raise about $3.8 billion over the next decade and, paired with an infusion of the Legislature’s general fund, contribute to more than $5 billion on spending.

Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers and state Sen. Kevin Priola of Henderson were the two Republicans who joined Democrats, including Gov. Jared Polis, at a news conference to announce the legislation.

“As a conservative Republican, I’m not here this afternoon because I’m

a fan of everything going on with the Colorado Legislature these days — far from it,” Suthers said. “But I am here to support this transportation package, because I believe Colorado must move forward to invest in its transportation infrastructure, and this is the best, most collaborative effort that I’ve seen to do so.”

Suthers says he opposed a recent proposal to raise sales taxes to pay for Colorado’s transportation needs, but that he thinks the measure introduced May 4 strikes the best balance possible, making road users pay their fair share and lawmakers open their purse strings.

“While I personally would prefer perhaps a greater contribution of general fund, or more money into highway construction and less into multimodal, I’m a political realist and I understand political compromise,” he said. “And I don’t see a better package coming through the Legislature or the voters anytime soon. And I strongly believe we simply cannot kick this can down the road any longer.”

Mike Kopp, president and CEO of Colorado Concern, and Kelly Brough, president and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, were also at the news conference to voice their support.

Kopp called the measure a “breakthrough step.”

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“It is unconscionable that our lawmakers could even think of moving forward with all the negative feedback they have received with only weeks left in the session to spare,” AFP Colorado State Director Jesse Mallory said in a written statement.

“Coloradans, their families, and their businesses cannot possibly shoulder another financial burden after the pandemic. If our lawmakers can’t carry out the duties of their position and hold themselves accountable to voters, then we will — plain and simple.”

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BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A proposal to boost Colorado’s roads and other transportation infrastructure has garnered support from what one south metro Democrat calls a “historic coalition” — but Republican holdouts are sure to voice opposition.

“We have billions coming from the federal government — and possibly billions more from an infrastructure package — and Colorado Democrats decide to impose fees on every Coloradan?” state Sen. Jim Smallwood, a Republican of Parker, said through a spokesperson. “I support funding for roads and bridges, but I oppose this effort. Democrats have avoided investing in our roads and bridges for years, and it’s not right to punish Coloradans for their failures.”

The Democrats’ proposal, Senate Bill 21-260, announced on May 4, would raise about $3.8 billion in new revenue via fees such as the “road usage fee” — essentially a tax on gasoline — that would start at 2 cents per gallon and go up 1 cent annually to 8 cents. It would then be indexed to, or adjusted automatically for, inflation.

Democrats argue the proposal would provide long overdue funds after years of failed legislative attempts and failed ballot measures that asked voters to raise transportation funding.

“This is a reasonable and balanced approach to ensure that neither drivers, nor one particular industry, have to shoulder the entire burden of addressing our inadequate and outdated transportation funding levels,” state Rep. Meg Froelich, an Englewood Democrat, said in a statement.

The funding could support several critical projects in the south Denver metro region, including the Interstate 25 and Belleview

the option to reduce the gasoline tax in response to the Legislature’s fee plan.

Sen. Ray Scott, R-Grand Junction, said during a Colorado Sun forum on transportation funding recently that enacting fees would be “incredibly dangerous to our economy and to the well-being of people in Colorado.”

Scott said his party would instead like to see a quarter of the roughly $4 billion Colorado is receiving from the latest coronavirus relief package used for transportation. “We could solve every fiscal problem — from K-12, to higher ed, to roads and bridges — with this money if we don’t get distracted.”

But Priola and Suthers rejected their fellow conservatives’ argument. Priola said he thinks Senate Bill 260 spreads the burden around fairly, and Suthers — who is also Colorado’s former attorney general — said he is confident the fees are SEE BILL, P10

Avenue interchange (a $22 million project) and a project along I-25 at the Denver Tech Center (costing $10 million), according to Froelich.

Supporters of the proposal have “brought together the business community, transit advocates, labor unions, and local government leaders, Republicans and Democrats alike, to build a historic coalition,” Froelich said in the statement.

“Coloradans are sick and tired of sitting in traffic, replacing flat tires and spending thousands on vehicle repairs because our road conditions are some of the worst in the country,” state Rep. Tom Sullivan, a Democrat of Centennial, said in a statement. “We’re falling behind and losing our competitive edge to our neighboring states that have fixed their transportation funding challenges. This bill will create tens of thousands of good jobs, improve our air quality and modernize our broken transportation funding system.”

Republican state Reps. Kevin Van Winkle, of Highlands Ranch, and Kim Ransom, of Douglas County, did not respond for comment.

Taxes can be spent by the Colorado General Assembly however lawmakers determine, while a fee must be spent on a specific purpose set in state law. In the case of state Senate Bill 21-260, fees would go to funding sources that must spend the money on transportation services directly related to fees, according to a state House Democrats spokesman. For example, the road usage fee will go into the Highway User Tax Fund, and electric vehicle fees will go into an enterprise that supports electric vehicle infrastructure, such as charging stations.

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Colorado to host nation’s first ‘drone soccer’ tournaments Effort takes off in partnership with Wings Over the Rockies, training camps in Centennial area

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The idea of “drone soccer” may be difficult to picture, but the obscure sport appears poised to make an entrance into the public eye.

“What we’re doing is highly educational and teaches career skills, and that’s really valuable, especially for young people who are figuring out what they want to study,” said Kyle Sanders, the vice president for U.S. Drone Soccer, the national representative for the sport.

Drone soccer is an electronic, educational “e-sport” where participants build, program, learn to fly and repair drones, Sanders said. A team sport, participants play using racing drones surrounded by plastic exoskeletons. In a netted arena with a hoop on either end, teams try to prevent opponents from flying into their hoop by blocking their drones and crashing into them, Sanders said.

The Rocky Mountain State Games — an event that Sanders called the largest multisport event in the state SEE DRONE, P8

In the foreground sits a drone used for drone soccer at a May 1 event. Participants play the game using “racing drones” surrounded COURTESY OF CHRIS WILLIAMS/WESTMINSTER HIGH SCHOOL by plastic exoskeletons.

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A participant at a drone soccer event holds a drone used for the game.

COURTESY OF CHRIS WILLIAMS/WESTMINSTER HIGH SCHOOL

— is hosting the first statewide tournament for drone soccer, tentatively set to start July 31 at Coronado High School in Colorado Springs.

The Rocky Mountain games are “like a mini-Olympics,” Sanders said. “That includes for athletes with physical disabilities and other events.”

U.S. Drone Soccer launched in Colorado with the first academic program adopted at Coronado High School, according to the games’ event website.

The upcoming state games will also be the first public tournament in North America for drone soccer, according to Sanders.

“There have been international competitions in other countries,” but nothing in North America, Sanders said. “It’ll be available, there will be competitions, in rest of the country by the end of the year.”

U.S. Drone Soccer is introducing new academic and community leagues across the country and serves as national representatives to the World Air Sports Federation, according to the state games’ event website.

The rise of the sport has also landed it in the Denver metro area, collaborating with Wings Over the Rockies — a nonprofit that works to educate about aviation and space — and the nonprofit’s Exploration of Flight campus, where flight enthusiasts can have fun but also learn about aerospace in general. The

Exploration of Flight campus sits at Centennial Airport in the south metro area.

On May 1, the Exploration of Flight facility hosted what the Wings nonprofit called the first academic competition in North America for high school students, bringing in students from Coronado and Westminster high schools and the Wings Aerospace Pathways program, according to a news release.

On top of that, beginning June 1, drone soccer training camps will take place at the Exploration of Flight facility for students ages 12 to 17 who want to learn to build and fly drones as they prepare for the Rocky Mountain State Games, according to a news release.

New training sessions are to occur from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday to Friday on specific weeks in June and July. Registrants may use Wings’ equipment or purchase discounted equipment, according to the news release.

The intent is for camp participants to play in the state games, said Sanders, who is also a program manager with Wings Over the Rockies.

The drone soccer training camps cost $485 to participate in, but that includes the purchase of the drone equipment, Sanders said. Cost comes to $300 if participants don’t want to keep the equipment. Discounts are available, Sanders added.

Those interested can register at explorationofflight.org/dronesoccercamp.

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in both directions and an extended southbound turn lane for the intersection west of the bridge, at University Boulevard.

Paths were also planned to connect the Arapahoe Road sidewalk to Big Dry Creek Trail.

Centennial is still in the process of acquiring easements for the project. City officials anticipate that construction will start in July.

“Two lanes in both the eastbound and westbound directions will remain open during the duration of the project,” Dankenbring said.

“There may be a few nighttime closures in order to set the bridge girders for the new bridge.”

Sidewalks around city Some proposed sidewalk projects in the 2021 budget include the following:

• Dorado Avenue from Telluride to Truckee streets; • Easter and Costilla avenues west of Franklin Street to complete sidewalk around the Southglenn Country Club; • Peoria Street south of Briarwood Avenue; • Holly Street from Arapahoe Road to connect to Little Dry Creek Trail; • And the replacement of “substandard” sidewalk along Arapahoe Road’s south side between Broadway and Clarkson Street.

“Depending on the weather, the city anticipates starting construction on all of these sidewalks (this) week,” Dankenbring said. “These sidewalks will be completed by the beginning of September.”

While the city does not anticipate any road closures for the sidewalk construction, there may be lane closures during non-peak hours for sidewalk construction such as on Arapahoe Road and on Peoria Street, Dankenbring added.

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legal and will hold up in court.

The governor said support from people like Priola and Suthers proves that the policy strikes the right balance.

“It’s rare to see people of so many different perspectives coming together around something that we need to do,” Polis said. “Most importantly, this bill is for you. It’s to finally fix our damn roads.”

Parts of the bill were first unveiled to reporters in March, but several changes have been made since then.

Those alterations include: Gasoline and diesel fuel fees would start lower — at 2 cents per gallon starting in July 2022 — and increase 1 cent every year up to 8 cents • The delivery fee was initially set at 25 cents, but it has been hiked to 27 cents • The additional fee on top of the existing $50 charge for electric vehicle owners would be increased by a range of $55 to $159 instead of by a range of $60.19 to $153.20 • The total general fund contribution would rise to $1.5 billion from $1.2 billion • The total dollars in the plan increases to $5.3 billion from $5 billion • $2.5 million would be set aside for Front Range rail, up from no allocation in earlier versions of the measure Some proposals stayed same Some elements did not change between the earlier version and

House Speaker Alec Garnett, D-Denver, speaks at the Colorado Capitol on May 4 about Senate Bill 260 to raise and spend millions PHOTO BY JESSE PAUL/THE COLORADO SUN on transportation.

the one introduced on May 4. That includes plans to charge a new, fee of 30 cents per trip on Uber and Lyft rides starting in 2022 and eventually increasing it based on the federal Consumer Price Index. The fee would be cut in half for people carpooling in a rideshare, or riding in an electric vehicle.

Republicans and Democrats have been battling over how to fund transportation projects in Colorado for years. Voters in recent years have rejected ballot questions to raise taxes, bond and retain excess

tax revenue to pay for infrastructure.

The money generated by the new fees would go toward a myriad of projects and not just expanding existing roadways.

“This will help us reach our climate goals through electrifications and also by investing in multi-modal transportation,” said Sen. Faith Winter, a Westminster Democrat and prime sponsor of the transportation-funding bill.

House Speaker Alec Garnett, a Denver Democrat who is also

a prime sponsor of the bill, said Colorado is losing its competitive edge because of its transportationfunding deficit.

“We have a transportation crisis in Colorado,” he said. “It doesn’t have to be this way.”

Colorado Sun staff writer Lucy Haggard contributed to this report.

This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. Used by permission. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com.

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It’s time for some Main Street magic

s the weather continues to improve each week and spring is in full bloom, it is the perfect time to visit and support our local Main Street, experiencing the magic that a beautiful walk down the center of town can provide.

There are certain WINNING shops that just WORDS seem to provide us with those “feel good” moments.

The local florists are usually a great place to start our journey, especially if we want to fill our senses with the fragrant beauty Michael Norton that fills the air in and around the shop. It’s also a wonderful idea to share a little demonstration of love by picking up some flowers for someone special in our life.

I have heard it said that if you want to be happy, buy an ice cream shop. Well, the next best thing to owning an ice cream shop is to stop in and grab a frozen treat. It’s

almost impossible to visit an ice cream shop and not smile. One of my very favorite things to see is the joy of families and children sharing the joy that ice cream can create. And the ice cream faces of the children as they work through the deliciousness melting all over their hands, face, and clothes is always so much fun.

And if it’s not the flowers or ice cream that helps create a little magic, I am pretty confident that pizza might do the trick. Or starting the day with a breakfast at one of the local diners, coffee shops, or restaurants. And if it’s a midday visit, our local eateries always have something to fill our hearts and bellies with sensational meals. And there is possibly no better way to wind down the day of shopping on Main Street than stopping in for a little liquid refreshment at happy hour or sticking around for the dinner specials created by our favorite local chefs.

It is said that it is better to give than to receive. There is probably someone in our circle of friends or in our family that has a birthday,

anniversary, or other milestone coming up in and where a thoughtful gift is in order. As we stroll along Main Street, there may be a few shops that we haven’t visited in a while, and they just might have that perfect gift we have been searching for.

Maybe it’s time for a manicure and/or pedicure, a haircut, the perfect day to treat ourselves to a massage, get our shoes repaired, pick up a new outfit, grab a new pair of summer flip-flops, drop by the bank, pick up our clothes from the dry cleaner, listen to the live music, and simply just take in all the magic that our local town has to offer.

Should we find ourselves in the need of a good dose of fresh air, there is nothing like walking among the shops and doing a little window shopping. As we walk along the sidewalks, we will more than likely see people holding hands, looking through smiling eyes, and just taking in the magic of Main Street.

These past 14 months have been really tough on all businesses,

and our local shopkeepers, restaurateurs, jewelers, manicurists, bartenders, stylists and barbers, and all those who have provided us with awesome service for many years, could really use our smiles.

If we are masked, let’s show them the smiles in our eyes. If we can be unmasked, our smile can let them know just how grateful we are for all that they do and for being there for us through the years.

Spring is in full bloom, so whether it is today, tomorrow, or this weekend, I hope we will do our best to embrace our local businesses, friends, and neighbors who are all a part of the magic of Main Street.

As always, I would love to hear your story at mnorton@tramazing. com. And when we remember that it is better to give than to receive, creating magic up and down Main Street, it really will be a better than good year.

Michael Norton is the grateful CEO of Tramazing.com, a personal and professional coach, and a consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator to businesses of all sizes.

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atings for the 2021 Academy Awards telecast were down 58% from their lowest point in the 18-49 age demographic. The previous low was set last year.

QUIET The Grammys fell 51% in total DESPERATION viewers in the 18-49 demographic.

It would be easy to blame the pandemic. Certainly the inability for individuals to attend movies in person has had a dramatic effect on the entire Craig Marshall film industry. Par- Smith ticularly theatres.

We’re staying home to watch instead.

I ingest films like vitamins, but rarely watch new ones which generally rely on special effects, extremes in violence and vulgarity-laden scripts.

There’s more to it than that in my case. I don’t believe in awards shows to begin with.

They’re invariably subjective, padded with peculiar performanc-

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es, and, in the case of the Grammys, pay tribute to music I abhor.

There are too many of them. One a week.

We love to give out awards.

Frame a show around the idea.

Get women to wear ridiculous clothing and parade them on a red carpet.

I don’t care for them now, but once upon a time I did. But only for the majors, not hair styling, makeup, key grip, lighting, or cue cards.

The nominees for best song were and are a bore. Now and then (Bob Dylan’s “Things Have Changed” in 2001) there’s one that is worth listening to.

How many of the Oscar-nominated films have I seen? None.

How many of the Grammy-nominated performers do I listen to?

None.

Theories vary about why the important 18-49 demographic has tuned those programs and other award shows out.

They’re overlong, for one thing.

As I said, “padded.”

There have been some memorable and weird moments.

Just four years ago, the Academy Award for Best Picture initially went to the wrong picture.

If I could be assured that glamorous stars would bungle the whole thing like a Marx Brothers movie, I might watch.

Or if the banter between presenters had any naturalness, I might watch.

Or if they’d just get all of those stars in the room, tell them the results would be mailed, then make them and the audience at home watch “Sunset Boulevard,” I might too.

Every year, there’s a controversy.

In the recent past: not enough women and minorities represented in the industry and in the nominations.

This year, a presumptive Best Actor wasn’t and an 83-year-old actor not in attendance was. The inevitable grumblers grumbled.

It doesn’t matter who wins.

Sure, it will look good on your resume. And your salary might jump from $10 million to $20 million, but that’s about it.

How many times have you rewatched these winners?

“Shakespeare in Love,” “Crash,” “Chicago”?

Kevin Spacey (remember him) won more Academy Awards for Best Actor than Humphrey Bogart.

How is that possible?

Bogart didn’t win for “The Maltese Falcon,” “The Big Sleep,” “Casablanca,” “To Have and Have Not,” or “The Caine Mutiny.” He won for his performance in “The African Queen.”

Quick: Who won Best Actor for his performance in 1997’s “Life is Beautiful” and then ate the theatre on his way up to receive the award?

Maybe we’re just rethinking many activities once thought to be meaningful and important. And entertaining.

Waiting three hours to see Sacheen Littlefeather isn’t worth it.

Winners are posted online immediately and highlights wind up on YouTube forever.

That includes Littlefeather.

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

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Considering the steps to gun violence Q&A with David Kopel

BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In the wake of the March 22 shooting in Boulder, Colorado Community Media reporter Ryan Dunn spoke to gun safety activist Shannon Watts about the state of firearm legislation in Colorado.

To gain a more complete perspective on gun safety issues in Colorado, Dunn also spoke to David Kopel, research director of the Independence Institute and adjunct law professor at the University of Denver.

Kopel is the author of 17 books — including “The Truth About Gun Control” and “Things You Can Do to Protect Your Gun Rights” — and more than 100 scholarly articles published in journals from Harvard, Yale, the University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins, Brown University, and others.

He is also an adjunct scholar with the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank in Washington, D.C., and the vice chair of the Colorado State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on

Civil Rights.

Their conversation has been slightly edited for clarity.

The suspect in the recent King Soopers shooting in Boulder is a 21-year-old recent graduate of Arvada West High School. How does a young person carry out a shooting like this?

David Kopel: It’s the same unanswerable question of why anyone chooses extreme evil. Why did dictators in the 20th century murder over 200 million defenseless unarmed victims? The answer isn’t “mental illness,” because the vast majority of people with mental illness — even severe schizophrenia — are not violent or homicidal. The answer isn’t “Islam,” because the vast majority of American Muslims are tolerant and law-abiding good citizens.

The defendant has a criminal history and has been characterized as “mentally unstable” by family members. How was he still able to purchase a gun?

Whatever the family knew was never communicated to authorities. It’s possible that if someone had come forward, an order might have been entered against him possessing firearms. Even then, people intent on mass murder

are the most difficult to prevent from acquiring guns, because the crimes are usually planned long in advance, so there’s almost always time for a criminal to acquire firearms on the black market. The United States tried alcohol bans for decades, and those failed. The federal “war on drugs” that started in 1911 is still going on and may have caused much more harm than it prevented.

The prospects for success of gun bans are even dimmer, since there are over 400 million guns in the United States; alcohol and drugs are consumables that get used up and have to be replaced, whereas firearms do not.

There are a lot of mass shootings that people have never heard about because a law-abiding citizen with a firearm shot the criminal before lots of people could be killed. The Boulder store that the criminal attacked happened to be in a community where the criminal’s risk of being confronted by an armed citizen was relatively low, compared to many other locations in Colorado.

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David Kopel

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Urge Congress to help kids As we look back at Mother’s Day, I reflect on how hard mothers have worked during the COVID-19 pandemic to care for their children.

Unfortunately, too many moms are still struggling to provide nourishing food for their kids. I facilitate a food program based in Littleton, delivering nourishing food weekly to 21 families in the vicinity. This program coordinates with local schools, which have reported children are often too hungry to focus during class time. Programs like the one I am involved in are a critical support to moms and children, but are not enough.

This year, Congress can go a long way in supporting mothers and kids by making the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) work better. While WIC provides vital nutrition to millions of low-income moms and young children, only half of those eligible for WIC actually participate.

That’s why our policymakers must take advantage of the opportunity to improve and modernize WIC through the Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR) currently being discussed in Congress. With wise investments in modernization, the program will have greater reach and help ensure children and mothers can access nutritional food.

Join Save the Children Action Network and me in supporting mothers by urging Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper to vote in favor of WIC modernizations in the CNR. Let’s ensure that moms, infants and young children can access the critical nutrition and health

services they need to thrive.

Mary Carter Food Bank Ministries St. James Presbyterian Church Littleton Super Dad Hello head of household, Super Dad. The one your family looks up to for guidance. You won’t wear a mask or get the COVID-19 vaccination, but there you are in the hospital for over three months.

Super Dad lying there thinking everything is cool at home. You don’t know that 10 days after you went in, your wife got COVID and three days later she died. She in a freezer truck behind the hospital waiting for you to claim her body. Grandparents are in an assisted living facility out of state, so your neighbors are caring of your 7- and 5-year-old boys and 3-year-old daughter.

Super Dad, everything is cool — maybe! Duke ran away from home and was found, put in the pound, and then put down. Your mail has been piling up and your neighbors noticed an Urgent Open Immediately envelope, so they opened it for you. It stated that you were eight months behind in your house payment and the bank has taken it over, everything will be sold. Your neighbors have since turned the children over to the state. The two young ones are in different foster homes. The oldest was sent to an orphanage.

If you’re the wife of a Stupid Dad, paste this to the bathroom mirror for his reading.

Take charge, wear a mask, get your vaccination as you will struggle to raise his children alone.

Stay safe, stay healthy, stop praying for Stupid Dad — he died.

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Denver comic artist turns pen on local haunts with ‘Queen City’

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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f you haven’t been out and about much in Denver recently, you could very well be shocked by what’s there — and perhaps more noticeably, what isn’t.

Even by the standards of this constantly changing city, the last few months have been especially bleak when it comes to the fates of some of the city’s most iconic and enduring places.

Just in 2020, the city lost such standbys as the 87-year-old jazz club El Chapultepec, the 74-year-old 20th Street Café and the 42-year-old Market at Larimer Square. That’s 203 years of history gone in just a single year.

And the pace doesn’t show any sign of slowing. Already this year, the 30-year-old Denver Diner and 26-yearold sports bar LoDo’s Bar & Grill have closed their doors. Heck, even the landmark Casa Bonita is facing an uncertain future after its owners filed for bankruptcy earlier this year.

But Denverites who cannot sit inside these iconic places can now revisit many of them on the pages of “Queen City,” a new comic book

by Denver artist Karl Christian Krumpholz that serves as both a love letter and permanent memorial to several of Denver’s most treasured locations.

Krumpholz, who moved to Denver from the East Coast with his wife 10 years ago, said he originally envisioned the book as being a “time and a place thing” that would show what Denver was currently like. But when he shared some of his early illustrations online, he found there was a desire for a book that would also include illustrations of locations that have already been lost.

“A lot of people started then approaching me and going ‘well, what about this place’ or ‘you need to illustrate that place,” he said.

That’s how the book began and grew to its current 160 colorful pages and came to include many departed Denver spots, including long-gone bars like The Terminal Bar and Muddy’s Cafe, which both closed long before Krumpholz even arrived in the city.

“I know nothing about some of these places that were long gone when I showed up,” said Krumpholz.

“But it has such a place in people’s hearts in the city that of course I had to include them.”

Those bars of the past (plus other long-ago closed spots such as the old Aladdin Theater on Colfax) are rendered alongside remaining classics such as The Satire Lounge, The Brown Palace Hotel and yes, even Casa Bonita, in Krumpholz’s distinctive comic book style — which even he has trouble describing. However, one of the primary elements is that

The local comics shelf at Mutiny Information Cafe, which includes “Queen City” and several of Karl Christian Krumpholz’s other PHOTO BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO titles.

The whimsical interior of Mutiny Information Cafe.

it uses only five colors: black, white, cyan, yellow and gray.

“I like using those colors because it feels like a noir melancholy,” he said. “And I like that feeling that I try to allow the ink to reflect. But I don’t know if it has a name.”

A COVID era comic While “Queen City” is Krumpholz’s most intensive look at Denver, it is far from the first time he has turned his pen on the city. He has been drawing The Denver Bootleg, a comic strip chronicling local Denver bands, for the alternative weekly newspaper Westword since 2015 (the strip has been on hiatus since the start of the pandemic).

He’s also the writer of “30 Miles of Crazy,” a free web comic which chronicles life along Colfax Av-

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enue in Denver. In January 2020, Krumpholz launched a new called “The Lighthouse in the City.”

The timing of that launch turned out to be fortuitous as the comic is autobiographical in nature, which Krumpholz said provided a perfect outlet for him to explore his experiences with life during the pandemic.

“It was supposed to be a good exercise to do a daily comic as well as a way to document a surgery that my wife was getting and her recovery, which I figured would be an interesting story,” he said. “But by the third month, it was basically how we were coping and this day-to-day life in this new reality and it’s really become kind of a slice of life in this period.”

Since that launch, Krumpholz has been publishing at least one page a

A self-portrait of Karl Christian COURTESY IMAGE Krumpholz.

day on his website and social media pages. He’s also been releasing books that combine all of the pages from each three-month period (local publisher Kilgore Books is currently raising funds to publish the fifth volume, which covers January through March).

The indie way But don’t go looking for “Queen City” or the latest volume of “The Lighthouse in the City” on Amazon or at Barnes and Noble. Krumpholz prefers to sell the books at independent shops, such as Kilgore Books and Comics in Capitol Hill and Mutiny Information Café on South Broadway (the first two stores to sell the book).

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May 13, 2021

Robert Eilert’s artwork in new exhibit at gallery Retired emeritus professor finds joy in artistic avocation

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Littleton Fine Art Guild members responded quickly to word that their beloved 1888 Depot Art Gallery could open again after a long, dark stretch. They found it freshly painted, with new lighting and a new system for hanging the art. (The City of Littleton owns the historic wooden building, similar to depots across the country.)

The Member Appreciation Exhibit runs through May 22, to be followed by an Anniversary Show through July 24 — also of member work.

Next will be the 37th All Colorado Show (see notice in my column), a celebrated part of

IF YOU GO The Depot Art Gallery is currently open Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton. 303795-0781, depotartgallery.org.

Western Welcome Week.

Among Littleton Fine Arts Guild members is Robert Eilert, who said: “To work with eye and hand to create something is a blessing and a joy. I am a perpetual student and by extension a teacher.”

Eilert, a retired emeritus professor of pediatrics and orthopedic surgery, grew up in Memphis, trained and served as a combat surgeon in the Air Force and Marines and then spent 43 years of his 55-year medical career in the orthopedic surgery department of Children’s Hospital of Denver. He cites fond memories of associate Dr. Frank Netter, “who was the Norman Rockwell of medical illustration and education.”

“About 10 years ago, I became part of the Denver Art Students League.

I worked through every studio in the building with teachers who are knowledgeable and generous. Three of my friends encouraged me to join the Littleton Fine Arts Guild, my important art community today.

“As a visual artist I have passed a series of milestones: selling to friends, selling to strangers, being accepted in juried shows and winning Best of Show. Even more important have been the friendships I have made in art. It is a gift to be able to follow my passion.

“Today my avocation of painting has become a major daily event of my life in retirement as emeritus professor of pediatrics and orthopedic surgery.”

He will certainly be among Colorado artists entering the annual All Colorado Arts Show, although it is open to all Colorado artists, not limited to guild members.

(See “Call to artists” in my column, please.)

“Tying the Knot” is among artworks by Robert Eilert of the Littleton Fine Arts Guild. It recalls when his son, now 40, COURTESY PHOTO was an 8-year-old.

‘Road Work’ features sculptures, drawings, paintings

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enver artist Andrew Jensdotter will show new work in an exhibit called “Road Work.” The show features sculptures, drawings and paintings on the first and second floor of SONYA’S the K ContempoSAMPLER rary gallery at 1412 Wazee St. in Denver. 303-590-9800, kcontemporaryart. com. “Road Work” will feature the signature carved latex paintings in a series of persona portraits which the artist terms “char- Sonya Ellingboe acter icons.” Opening event 2-4 pm. on May 15; show runs through June 26. The gallery requests advance reservations due to capacity limits.

‘Loosen Up’ art workshop Bob Burridge is an award-winning industrial designer who left the corporate world to focus on painting every day. He will present a workshop via Zoom two halfdays: April 30 and May 1 from 9 a.m. to noon for the Heritage Fine Arts Guild. His work is exhibited internationally and his workshops offer subjects for everyone. Cost: $100 for Heritage Fine Art Guild Members, $130 for non-members.

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‘Shout! The Mod Musical’ Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St. in downtown Littleton, will present “Shout! The Mod Musical” by Phillip George, David Lowenstein and Peter Charles Morris — with safety protocols and precautions in place (which means

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From left, “Artifex,” “Sarmenti Scurrae” and “Obliquatar” are paintings by Andrew COURTESY PHOTO Jensdotter that will be exhibited at the K Contemporary gallery in Denver.

limited tickets) May 21-30. Tickets: $37 to $52 at the box office, 303-7942787 ext. 5. Director is Kate Vallee.

Curtain times: 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. townhallartscenter.org.

Opera at Hudson Gardens While Hudson Gardens is not presenting its summer concert series, it will be a summer home for Central City Opera this year, with “Rigoletto” by Verdi and “Carousel”

by Rodgers and Hammerstein. See centralcityopera.org for tickets.

Purcell’s hour long opera, “Dido and Aeneas” and the CCO’s annual Al Fresco concert series will be presented in the opera house gardens in Central City. Tickets at Central City Opera.

Call for artists The annual All Colorado Art Show will be held at the Depot Art Gallery in Littleton from July 27 to Sept. 11, with a reception and awards ceremony scheduled on July 30 with the announcement of awards at 6 p.m. Entries in CaFE with a June 21 deadline. Jury notifications will be sent by email by July 25, delivery of artwork 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday, July 27. (Juror not yet announced.) Open

to all Colorado artists, this exhibit has long been part of Western Welcome Week in Littleton.

CVA “Reconnect: MSU Denver Alumni Exhibition” opens May 21 and continues until July 17 at Metro State’s Center for Visual Art, 965 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Jurors were Carlos Fresquez, Zoe Larkins and Natascha Seideneck. There will be a ticketed opening reception on May 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. Reserve through CVA’s website. Call for gallery hours: 303-294-5207 or see msudenver.edu/cva.

DMNS Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, will have “Numbers in Nature: A Mirror Maze” on exhibit, opening June 4, which will allow guests to lose themselves in a seemingly infinite repeating pattern of mirrors. Guests will interact with it ...

The museum is also offering three one-day field seminars for educators with an optional overnight camping experience with astronomy. Teachers are encouraged to help students become environmental citizens. dmns.org, 303-370-6000.

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The full front and back cover of “Queen City,” which depicts many famous locations COURTESY IMAGE along Colfax Avenue.

Karl Christian Krumpholz works on a comic.

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But even with that relatively limited distribution strategy (the book can also be ordered online at tintopress.com), the book’s publisher, Ted Intorcio of indie publisher Tinto Books, said he has trouble keeping the book on the shelves.

That’s welcome news for both Mutiny and Kilgore Books and Comics, which have just had to weather what Intorcio calls a bad year for bookstores as sales moved even more online as a result of the pandemic.

“But it’s turned around,” said Intorcio. “For instance, Mutiny just had one of the best months

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they’ve ever had and I think that is because people are starting to get out again.”

Still, Intorcio said the model he used for publishing “Queen City,” which involved using the Kickstarter online fundraising platform to fund the cost of publishing it and several other comics titles, with backers getting the first copies, is emblematic of the kind of approach indie publishers had to employ to get books to press during the pandemic — and likely even after it is over.

“The Kickstarter has been a great source for me because it sort of helps with promoting the book to the people who want to read it,” he said. “And then after the Kickstarter fulfillment is done the buzz is created and stores are more interested

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in picking it up.”

Intorcio said that’s exactly what’s happened with “Queen City” as he’s recently received requests from the likes of the Denver Art Museum and the Molly Brown House to sell the book at their gift shops. The curator of the Western History Collection at the Denver Public Library has also requested a copy to add to the collection while the Jeffco Public Library has also ordered several copies.

“It’s being distributed in a few places that I otherwise wouldn’t have had access to and that’s a real feather in both Karl and I’s caps,” he said.

But even as “Queen City” will like-

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ly be especially treasured by those who miss the old places depicted in the book and feel they are losing the city they know, Krumpholz said he doesn’t necessarily feel the same way.

“When I talk to people I always hear ‘Denver is disappearing and old Denver is gone and we don’t like this new thing that is coming,’” he said. “And I totally understand where these people are coming from — it hurts when a beloved neighborhood institution closes. But the thing is, when something disappears and is replaced then that new thing will become the new neighborhood institution within 10 years.”

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mental health. The location for the paintings is about community.

Bielefeldt said it came to her when she was trying to figure out what project to do to earn her gold badge.

After the shooting, she recalled religious leaders, community leaders and random citizens who gave her quilts, brought food, and just checked on her to see if she was OK. “This felt like the perfect opportunity to give back to the community that helped me,” she said. “I have a lot of bad memories about this location. I wanted to do something to brighten the area and serve as something positive. I remember after the shooting, during a vigil, students calling for help for mental health. I hope when people look at these paintings, they feel the positive and know they are seen.”

To turn her vision into reality, Bielefeldt commissioned local artist James Holmes. Holmes said out of nowhere, he had this young student contact him with this big idea and once he met Bielefeldt and talked to her, he knew he was on board.

Looking at art as a visual language, Holmes said his top goal was to take Bielefeldt’s vision, goals of recognizing mental health and incorporate her own words to encourage community and positivity through a group of paintings.

After collaborating, both Holmes and Bieledfeldt agreed that making each panel represent a season was the best approach.

“This group of paintings is meant to tell a story or share an experience,” Holmes said. “We don’t want them to be just a quick glance. We want people to see something different every time they look. Representing winter, spring, summer and fall — they serve as a metaphor or an analogy of what a person goes through in struggling with mental health.”

Holmes admitted there was a lot of pressure to develop images that would suit the cause.

“As I worked on them, I was not always sure I liked what I saw,” Holmes said. “I knew I could not just put the canvas in the corner and forget it. I kept going to turn this wonderful young lady’s vision into reality. I had a desired outcome and message to carry out.”

While focusing on the importance

Grace Bielefeldt is surrounded by officials for local school districts, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, the county commissioners’ PHOTOS BY THELMA GRIMES office and staff of Northridge Recreation Center.

of mental health and letting members of the community know no one is alone, Holmes and Bieldefeldt did not want to make it a memorial, but also did not want to forget the victims in the shoooting. The two came to the agreement to place a subtle but meaningful tribute in one of the panels. That tribute is a small heart in the sky of panel No. 2.

In seeing the panels, Douglas County Commissioner Lora Thomas said she is blown away not just by the work Holmes produced, but with the message and dedication shown

by Bielefeldt.

“Just look at all the badges on her vest,” she said, “that alone demonstrates her drive and dedication throughout her entire life.”

Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Chief Steve Johnson said, “It is inspirational for all of us to see this young lady take such bold steps to embrace tragedy.”

By special invitation from Bieldefeldt, former Columbine High School Principal Frank DeAngelis spoke about surviving tragedy and getting help when needed.

DeAngelis said students like Bielefedlt are special in “changing our lives every day.” DeAngelis said just like he found in 1999 after the Columbine shooting, the community is strong, people are strong, and they can heal.

In working to heal, DeAngelis said an important thing to remember is that getting counseling and admitting to needing help is not a weakness. Instead, he said, it is a sign of strength.

The four panels of art, created by James Holmes, represent the four seasons of nature, serving as a metaphor for the highs and lows and changing cycles of struggles with mental health.

Douglas County Commissioner Lora Thomas stresses the county’s dedication to mental health during the May 4 ceremony in Highlands Ranch.

“It is a marathon and not a sprint,” he said. “There’s going to be some

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From the Misfits to ‘The Lucky Ones’

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ith theater slowly coming back to life, many companies are finding themselves taking a different approach to staging shows. Misfits Theater Company COMING started bringing ATTRACTIONS stories back in the late summer with a personal approach, and now are embracing a truly unique (and fun) new stage — Deviant Spirits Distillery in Boulder.

Clarke Reader “Our first show post-pandemic was “Reach,” a two-person show taking place post Hurricane Katrina, and it was performed in late August in my backyard,” said Emily Tuckman, actor and producer of the theater company. “We have shifted gears from performing in traditional theater spaces (or fully indoor spaces) to outdoor, and partially open air, venues for the safety of both our actors and our patrons.”

The company’s latest show, Lia Romeo’s “The Lucky Ones,” is running at Deviant Spirits, 2480 49th St. E in Boulder, from May 15 through May 31. Performances are at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Included in the ticket price is one to two cocktails.

Directed by Debe Hultgren

and featuring Tuckman, Damon Guerrasio and Shannon Altner, this is the show’s West Coast premiere. It’s about best friends Vanessa and Janie and explores how they deal with a devastating illness.

We chatted with Tuckman about the show and getting theater back on its feet.

Interview edited for brevity and clarity.

• How did you get connected with Lia Romeo, and what made you decide this was the show you wanted to put on?

Lia Romeo’s agent, Samara Harris, went to summer camp with me close to 30 years ago. We reconnected during the pandemic and she told me Lia had just moved back to Boulder. I read all of her work and fell in love with this play.

• What do you hope people who see the show come away with?

I hope people leave the performance re-connected with the community; I hope they feel transported, connected, and alive. And I hope we motivate other artists to create safely in our community as well.

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Clarke’s Concert of the Week — ‘Broadway Yesterday and Today’ The Denver Center for the Performing Arts is bringing back live music in a delightfully intimate approach with its openair outdoor cabaret concerts under the glass at the complex.

At 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 15 and Sunday, May 16, local married performers Marco Robinson and Adriane Leigh Robinson will be performing “Broadway Yesterday and Today,” accompanied by a string quartet from the Colorado Symphony Tickets are sold by table with the option of two to four seats per table. A limited number of individual tickets will also be available. Visit https://www. denvercenter.org/tickets-events/ outdoor-cabaret-concerts/ for a ticket.

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treating this? What are my loved one’s chances? And last March, the answer was, we don’t know. There were few standards of care. The drugs were experimental. It was incredibly difficult for the doctors, and there was a lot of anger at the unknowing among families.

Hospital chaplain in the time of COVID So much unknown I’ve worked as a hospital chaplain for six years. When COVID hit in March 2020, people were just getting sick so fast. We weren’t letting families in, and chaplains became an essential connecting link. My job was facilitating video calls — holding up iPads to unconscious and intubated patients, so their family members could see them, and in hopes that the patients could hear their voices.

The unknown and the separation made it so scary.

Normally, loved ones can be with their family members in the hospital, to understand the severity of the illness and what’s happening. With COVID, people just dropped them off at the door of the hospital, and every-

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thing after that they heard through others.

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Family members would ask doctors, how are you

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At the time I wrote, “In a single episode, ‘Pose’ can shatter and dazzle you with the creative power of the human spirit. It really is that good.”

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Helping the helpless Everyone felt really helpless, but our job as chaplains was not trying to fix it or make it go away, but to bear witness to their pain and support them on their journey.

I’m still trying to sort out the effect it had on me. All the metaphors were about war and battle — “front lines.” “Heroes.” “Battling the unseen enemy.” There was a lot of secondary trauma.

Now that things are calmed down to a degree, things will pop into my head. One night, about 1 in the morning, a nurse asked me to call a man whose wife

sadly, final) season, I’m pleased to say it’s held onto all of its power to devastate and thrill. The cast is uniformly spectacular and the talent behind the scenes is just as remarkable.

“Pose” is easily one of the bets shows of this century, and you

had just died of COVID. When I called, he told me he had just lost his son to COVID, and now he had it too. He said, “COVID has taken everyone I love, and I couldn’t even come to the hospital to be with my wife.”

It was the most alone I had ever heard anyone feel.

I was his connection to the outside world in that darkness and loneliness. I don’t know if he survived. Because of our clinical boundaries, I don’t get to call later and see how someone’s doing. It’s hard, but it’s also freeing. I don’t have the option to know, so I put it out to God and the universe.

A predator lurks I partnered with a lot of families who had good outcomes, too. Some people I got to help leave. I got close to their family members. Now we’re allowing family members to come in for an hour a day in a controlled manner.

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Xcel project has some flexibility in removing trees

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Some homeowners in Centennial have voiced concern about an Xcel Energy project that will remove trees in some residents’ yards, but exactly how many trees may be affected isn’t clear.

About 200 single-family homes sit within or adjacent to land where Xcel Energy has the right to make adjustments to its power line system for an upcoming project. In the process, some of those homes will have trees removed or trimmed — and roughly 50 sheds will need to be relocated due to construction access, Xcel says. Most of the residential properties that could be affected are in northwest Centennial.

Xcel says it does not compensate landowners for removal of trees or sheds within the existing right-

of-way.

In response to complaints from homeowners, Xcel revised its “vegetation management” plan, said Kelly Flenniken, Xcel’s director of community relations. Some trees that Xcel said originally need to be removed can be trimmed instead as a result, she added.

Transmission power lines are maintained to meet or exceed safety standards specified by the National Electric Safety Code and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, or NERC, according to Xcel.

Asked why Xcel can be flexible with which trees it decides to remove, Flenniken said: “The basis for the tree height limits is our company’s vegetation management policies and procedures, which were designed to meet or exceed the NERC require-

ments. Our standards exceed what NERC requires, which provides some flexibility to work within the range of our standards and NERC’s to address landowner concerns.”

Some fences will need to be removed for construction access, Flenniken said.

“When that needs to occur, temporary fencing will be erected in its place during construction,” Flenniken said. “After construction is complete, Xcel Energy will replace the fence sections that are damaged or removed or will compensate owners for the cost of the fence.”

Asked why Xcel will compensate homeowners for damage to fences but not for removal of trees or moving of sheds, Flenniken said fences are permitted in the easement as long as they don’t interfere with Xcel’s maintenance.

“The company has the right to

remove trees, and that right was acquired as part of the original easement. Buildings are generally prohibited within the easement,” Flenniken added.

The plan — called the Greenwood to Denver Terminal Transmission Project — will upgrade roughly 15 miles of power lines in a path that crosses through Centennial, Greenwood Village, Littleton, Englewood, Sheridan and Denver. Xcel expects to begin construction this summer.

For more information, see Xcel’s website at greenwoodtodenverterminal.com.

Due to limited print space, information about health and magnetic fields from power lines did not run in last week’s full story about the Xcel project. For that and other information about how the project may affect trees, see our full story online at tinyurl.com/XcelProjectStory.

Free placement of loved ones’ ashes during May STAFF REPORT

Seven Stones Chatfield, a botanical gardens cemetery in the Roxborough area, is offering free communal placement of the ashes of deceased loved ones in their garden ossuary, called Canyon View Commons, for the month of May, according to a press release from the cemetery.

The free placement of ashes, a

tradition at the cemetery, began four years ago and was originally scheduled for one day, but the cemetery made the decision last year to include the offer for all of May “in the spirit of giving back to the community during this time of great need,” according to the release.

“For those experiencing grief due to the passing of a loved one, we wanted to continue to extend this gesture for longer than one day,”

said Becky Holm of Seven Stones, according to the release. “We know the importance of establishing a space to go to remember a loved one that’s easily visited by all members of the family … we see it every day. Our families tell us they feel a sense of peace after placing their loved one’s ashes in such a beautiful garden.”

The communal ossuary is one of the services at the cemetery, which

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Libraries set to launch into summer reading Program begins June 5, goal would benefit land conservancy STAFF REPORT

The theme for this year’s Douglas County Libraries’ annual summer reading celebration is “Galaxy DCL” and the district is encouraging people to go “To Books and Beyond,” according to a press release.

The program tracks the community’s reading over the summer and hands out prizes for those who reach certain goals. Kids who read for 900 minutes or who complete their own challenge set for themselves will get

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either a new book or a fanny pack, depending on their age. Kids who aren’t yet reading on their own can participate by being read to, according to the release.

Pre-registration for this year’s summer reading program began May 1 at DCL.org and the program will officially kick off June 5.

“We’re thrilled to be open for summer reading,” said Kristen Kallio, special events supervisor for the libraries, according to the release. “It’s such a fun tradition for us, and a great way to spark new enjoyment of reading for all ages.

This year we feel it’s especially important for kids and helping them maintain their educational achievements from a pretty unusual year of learning.”

Kids who register by July 31 will get a coupon for Rocket Fizz, a candy and soda shop located in Highlands Ranch and Castle Rock. Adults who sign up will get a coupon for pizza and those who complete the 900-minute challenge will get a new, reusable book bag.

Summer reading kickoff celebrations will be held June 9 through 11 at various locations throughout Douglas County, including the libraries and other outdoor venues, with ice cream, activities and special guests from the Space Foundation.

All participants who pre-register for “Galaxy DCL” will be entered into the library’s daily drawings for prizes, including museum memberships, gift cards, LEGO sets and

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The winner of the annual school contests for the most sign-ups — in elementary, middle, high school and other categories — will win $500.

The community reading goal of 8 million minutes read, if met, will benefit the Douglas Land Conservancy with a $1,000 gift, courtesy of the Douglas County Libraries Foundation, according to the release.

Kids Corners in the libraries are now open, and playscapes will reopen this spring. The Parker location library will debut its brand-new playscape, U-Fix-It Pit Stop, this summer.

More information on summer reading and other library events is available at DCL.org or by calling 303-791-7323.

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Sports in season D of the Colorado High School Activities Association’s COVID altered scheduled have started competition. Sports in season D include baseball, girls soccer, girls tennis, girls golf, boys and girls lacrosse, boys volleyball, boys swimming and boys and girls track and field.

The following is a roundup of some of the early games and matches between May 3-8.

Baseball Mountain Vista 17, Rocky Mountain 2 – The Golden Eagles opened the campaign with a four-inning win over the Lobos on May 5. Senior Griffin Hulatt, the winning pitcher, went 2-for-2 with six runs batted in for Vista which followed on May 7 with a 6-0 shutout over Valor Christian. Senior Blake Young had two hits and three RBI in the victory over Valor as two Golden Eagles pitcher limited Valor to four hits.

Douglas County 10, Rocky Mountain 7 – The Huskies scored three runs in the final two innings to post a win on May 4 over Rocky Mountain. Cooper Latino went 3-for-3 with and RBI and scored twice to pace Douglas County’s offense.

Heritage 11, Arapahoe 1 – The

Eagles started a busy week with a triumph over crosstown rival Arapahoe. On May 5, seniors Otto Dylan and Karl Peters combined to go 4-for-6 with four RBI in the win over the Warriors who issued eight walks and allowed five unearned runs. Heritage then downed Grand Junction, 11-0 with senior James Morehouse pitching a 2-hit shutout on May 6, beat Fruita Monument, 11-2 on May 7 and ended the week with an 11-1 win over Liberty on May 8. After four games. Luke Meyers was leading the team with a .600 batting average.

Heritage was hitting .396 as a team in the first four games and had a 0.57 team earned run average.

Lutheran 10, Jefferson Academy 0 – The Lions tallied seven runs in the fourth inning in its win on May 4 over the Jaguars in a game that lasted 4 1/2 innings because of the mercy rule. Junior Luke Bylar had three hits, including a home run, and three RBI for the winners.

Legacy 6, Valor Christian 3 – Senior Caden Potter got half of the

Eagles’ four hits in a loss of May 4.

Ponderosa 15, Grand Junction Central 0 – Sophomore Ty Morse gave up one hit in four innings of the win on May 7 over the Tigers.

Pomona 5, Castle View 4 – The Panthers pushed across a run in the top of 10th inning to edge the Sabercats in a game played on May 6. Blake Windham had three hits for Castle View plus two RBI, scored a run and stole a base.

Rock Canyon 10, Horizon 0 – The Jaguars didn’t surrender a hit in a five-inning victory over the Hawks on May 6. Fairview downed Rock Canyon, 2-0, on May 7. Chatfield scored a run in the bottom of the seventh inning to hand Rock Canyon a 4-3 setback on May 8.

Mullen 8, Cherry Creek 2 – The Mustangs collected 12 hits in the May 6 win and outscored the Bruins 7-1 over the last four innings.

Grandview 6, Arapahoe 4 – The Warriors outhit the Wolves, 7-6, but lost the May 8 game.

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Girls soccer Mountain Vista 2, Legend 1 –

Natalie Vatter and Kendall Haas had the goals in a win on May 6 over the Titans. The Golden Eagles edged Ponderosa 2-1 on May 4 as Taylor Evans scored both Vista goals.

Chaparral 2, Heritage 0 – Josie Wolitzky and Grace Johnson scored for the Wolverines in a victory on May 6. Johnson had one of the three goals in a 3-1 win over Douglas County on May 4.

Legend 2, Highlands Ranch 1 – Brooke Roberts and Sidney Armstrong scored for the Titans in a win on May 4.

Cherry Creek 3, Mullen 1 – The Bruins downed the Mustangs on May 6 which followed a 4-2 triumph over Arapahoe on May 4. Caroline Weiss and Avery Ott had the goals for Arapahoe.

Girls golf Cherry Creek wins – The Bruins won the Centennial League’s second meet of the season at Meadow Hills on May 5. The Bruins finished with 401 points with Arapahoe second at 475. Rachel Penzenstadler of Cherry Creek had a 1-over-par 72 to individually come in second behind Emma Bryant of Eaglecrest who had a par 71. Arapahoe’s Molly Stratton was fourth with a 75.

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Rock Canyon’s Connor Chesson (7) tries to avoid defensive contact from Legend’s Jake Risenmay (18). The Jaguars ended up on top with a score of 18-9 on Friday May 7 at Shea PHOTO BY PAUL DISALVO Stadium.

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Boys volleyball Douglas County 3, Eaglecrest 0 – Gabriel Repplinger had 14 kills and a 53.8 kills percentage and Jayden Pascsua added 12 kills and six blocks in the May 6 win. Jensen Pasccua had 36 assists in the match.

Cherry Creek 3, Mountain Vista 0 – Josh Guthrie led the Bruins with 11 kills, five aces and 10 digs in a May 6 victory.

Legend 3, ThunderRidge 0 – The Titans didn’t surrender more than 14 points in any of the three sets in a win on May 4. Legend downed Cherokee Trail, 3-1, on May 6. Valor Christian shut out ThunderRidge, 3-0, on May 6.

Boys swimming Smoky Hill 123, Arapahoe 47 – The Warriors’ Fletcher Hayes won the 100 backstroke (:51.90) and the 200 freestyle (1:41.81) in a May 6 dual meet loss.

Cherry Creek 413, Mullen NA – The Bruins won every event in a May 6 conquest of the Mustangs.

Creek had two swimmers who were double winners. Henry Batson won the 100 breaststroke (:54.59) and the 200 IM (1:57.73) while Stephen Hogeman was first in the 200 freestyle (1:48.13) and the 500

freestyle (4:59.71).

Littleton wins – The Lions won the four team Littleton Virtual Meet on May 6 with 455 points. Valor Christian was second with 441 markers.

Boys lacrosse Rock Canyon 17, ThunderRidge 3 – Justin Hansen had six goals and three assists, and Ethan Meyer scored five times with two assists in a May 4 victory.

Mountain Vista 21, Legend 4 – The Golden Eagles opened the season with a win on May 4 over the Titans and followed with a 13-4 victory over Arapahoe on May 7. Finn Hauhutu had two of the goals for Arapahoe.

Valor Christian 16, Highlands Ranch 3 – The Eagles scored six goals in the third period to take a 12-1 and went on to notch an easy win on May 4. Valor followed up with a 19-5 victory over Kent Denver on May 7.

Regis Jesuit 9, Castle View 8 – The Raiders outscored the Sabercats 2-1 in the fourth quarter to post a win on May 4.

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Girls lacrosse Arapahoe 13, Chatfield 7 – Rachel Kennedy led the way for the Warriors with three goals while Reegan Parker, Annie Egan and Grace Hinschsliff each had a pair of goals in the May 4 victory.

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The defendant was found with nine magazines over the legally specified capacity of 15 rounds. How do over-capacity magazines work, and how do gun owners get access to them despite their legal status?

“Over-capacity” is an incorrect term. Most of the magazines that are banned in Colorado are standard magazines that are made by the firearms manufacturer for the particular firearm — such as the 17-round standard magazines for the Glock 17 pistol. Lawabiding citizens choose standard magazines for exact same reason that law enforcement officers do: the lawful protection of self and others. I’ve filed briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court, Colorado Supreme Court, and other courts on behalf of the National Sheriffs Association and most Colorado sheriffs. As the sheriffs explain, when defenders have less reserve ammunition, they must fire fewer shots. This increases the danger

that the criminals will injure the victim. Even most defensive shots by law enforcement officers miss, and a single hit is usually not enough to stop a criminal immediately. Because criminals decide the time and place for attack, a victim has to be able to deter or repel multiple assailants solely with the ammunition available in a single magazine.

The legislative sponsors of the 2013 magazine ban parroted the words of the gun prohibition lobbies by claiming that standard magazines “were designed to have one purpose and that is to kill large numbers of people quickly. and have “no purpose in our community. They’re used for war.” This is hate speech against the many good people, including law enforcement officers, who own and use such magazines for lawful defense.

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected gun violence?

The lockdowns, forced isolation, and replacement of human interaction with screen time have had deleterious effects on the mental

health of many millions of people.

Again, the vast majority of people with mental problems are not violent, but for the very small number who are borderline, aggravating their problems can push them over the edge. The same has been true for substance abuse, domestic violence, and other crimes, some of which involve guns and some not.

How would you describe the current state of gun legislation and gun culture in Colorado?

Colorado has a long and constructive culture of lawful gun ownership, going back to preterritorial days. Then, as now, plenty of good people owned standard magazines and used them for lawful defense against violent attackers. Cities such as Denver, which knew that local law enforcement couldn’t protect everyone all the time, recognized the right of people to protect themselves.

The current anti-gun legislation is very Trumpian. After the San Bernardino murders, candidate Trump announced his plan for

a ban on Muslims entering the United States.

This was malicious lashing out at an entire group that supposedly should be punished for the heinous crimes of two people. Some of the proposed new Colorado bills are in that same vein. This includes the bill to allow persecution of gun owners in cities where such persecution is politically popular.

The proposal to prohibit lawful handgun carry on university campuses by licensed adults who have passed background checks and safety training amounts to turning Colorado schools into safe zones for rapists and mass shooters. The last time such a ban was proposed, in 2013, it was defeated by the testimony of Amanda Collins, who explained how the prohibition on licensed carry at the University of Nevada-Reno resulted in her being raped in a parking garage.

Legislators who say they want to reduce sexual assaults on campus should think twice before depriving victims of the means of effective defense.

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To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On February 19, 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) Kristin Clay Original Beneficiary(ies) Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver, Inc. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver, Inc. Date of Deed of Trust March 06, 2008 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 10, 2008 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B8027994 Original Principal Amount $104,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $71,748.30

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 7, GABRIEL SUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO

Also known by street and number as: 2065 W. Vassar Ave., Englewood, CO 80110.

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, 06/23/2021, 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: 4/29/2021 Last Publication: 5/27/2021 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: 02/19/2021 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: Lindsay L. McKae #39200 ROBERT S. ARTHUR #9614 Trevor G. Bartel #40449 Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP 1200 17th St, #3000, Denver, CO 80202 (303) 623-9000 Attorney File # 211668-10176 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. 0009-2021 First Publication: 4/29/2021 Last Publication: 5/27/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0014-2021

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Original Grantor(s) The Plaza at Greenwood, LLC Original Beneficiary(ies) H&M Mortgage and Investments, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt GV Corner, LLC Date of Deed of Trust March 24, 2008 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust April 01, 2008 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B8037348 Original Principal Amount $800,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $800,000.00 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. See Exhibit A attached hereto plus all appurtenances thereto Tax Schedule No. 2075-16-2-03-017 Assessor Parcel ID No. 2075-16-2-03-017 Also known by street and number as: 7300 E. Belleview Ave., Greenwood Village, 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 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, 07/07/2021, 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: 5/13/2021 Last Publication: 6/10/2021 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: 03/05/2021 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: Clifford L. Neuman #3698 Clifford L. Neuman, P.C. 6800 N. 79th Street, Suite 200, Niwot, CO 80503 (303) 449-2100 Attorney File # 7300 E BELLEVIEW AVE

THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 16, BY A 3-1/4"ALUMINUM CAP IN RANGE BOX STAMPED "LS 28666" AND AT THE SOUTH END, BEING THE WEST ONE-QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 16, BY A 3-1/2" ALUMINUM CAP IN RANGE BOX STAMPED "LS 7735," CONSIDERED TO BEAR S 00°14'24" E, WITH ALL BEARINGS HEREON RELATIVE THERETO. COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 16; THENCE ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE NORTHWEST ONEQUARTER S 00°14'24" E, A DISTANCE OF 309.61 FEET; THENCE PERPENDICULAR TO SAID WEST LINE N 89°45'36" E, A DISTANCE OF 49.00 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF A RIGHTOF-WAY DOCUMENT RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. B3103738, ARAPAHOE COUNTY RECORDS, BEING MONUMENTED BY A NAIL AND BRASS TAG STAMPED “NOLTE-LS 29430,” SAID POINT BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE PARALLEL TO SAID WEST LINE N 00°14'24" W, A DISTANCE OF 148.02 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF EAST BELLEVIEW AVENUE AS DESCRIBED IN A DOCUMENT RECORDED IN BOOK 1021 AT PAGE 217, ARAPAHOE COUNTY RECORDS; THENCE ALONG SAID SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE S 84°40'55" E, A DISTANCE OF 131.68 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID PARCEL OF LAND;

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

THENCEA LONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID PARCEL OF LAND S 00°12'40" E, A DISTANCE OF 134.33 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID PARCEL OF LAND; THENCE ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID PARCEL OF LAND S 89°21’04" W, A DISTANCE OF 131.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.

0014-2021 LEGAL DESCRIPTION A PORTION OF LOT 1, BLOCK 1, A SUBDIVISION OF SECTION 16, ALSO BEING A PORTION OF THAT PARCEL OF LAND OF RECORD IN BOOK 1687 AT PAGE 561, ARAPAHOE COUNTY RECORDS, BEING A PORTION OF THE NORTHWEST ONE QUARTER OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, CITY OF GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS; BASIS OF BEARINGS: THE WEST LINE OF THE NORTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN BEING MONUMENTED AT THE NORTH END, BEING

(AS DESCRIBED BY CHARLES BERESFORD, PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR COLORADO P.L.S. NO. 35583).

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