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VOLUME 19 | ISSUE 41

Creek COVID cases tied to parties ‘Several’ Cherry Creek High seniors test positive after off-campus parties on weekends

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Terrie Noukirch, left, and Alex Meland chat on the High Line Canal Trail at deKoevend Park with their dogs Mishka, left, and Cocoa.

PHOTOS BY ELLIS ARNOLD

Life goes on at park, canal Aside from masks, deKoevend and the High Line Canal appear as normal

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A few dozen walkers, cyclists and kids on the playground added up to a typical weekend scene at deKoevend Park and the High Line Canal Trail that runs along the park’s edge.

Aside from some face coverings and a sign along the trail that encouraged staying 6 feet apart, the west Centennial park — like others in the metro area — remained a refuge SEE PARK, P11

A sign encourages 6 feet of distance between people along the High Line Canal at deKoevend Park.

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

Nearly half of the student population of one of Colorado’s largest high schools was temporarily removed from in-person classes after several Cherry Creek High School seniors tested positive for COVID-19, according to a letter from Cherry Creek School District.

“These positive cases have been tied directly to students attending off-campus parties the last two weekends,” the district’s Sept. 15 letter to families said. “Under Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) guidelines, this is considered a COVID-19 outbreak, which dramatically affects our ability to hold school.”

A total of 1,731 students will be away from in-person classes until the end of the month. The students who tested positive were last at the school in Greenwood Village on Sept. 9, according to the letter.

As a result of the outbreak, 14 staff members and 146 cohort A students must quarantine through Sept. 23 and are not allowed to participate in sports or activities.

The school district’s “blended” reopening plan for grades six through 12 put half of students in school Tuesdays and Wednesdays, with the other half attending Thursdays and Fridays — those are the A and B cohorts.

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Party officials: Elections are safe Party chairs say voters can cast ballots with confidence

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Arapahoe County’s Republican and Democratic party chairs both expressed confidence in the county’s election security process, and said voters can trust their ballots will be counted.

Both Dorothy Gotlieb, who chairs the Arapahoe County Republican Party, and Kristin Mallory, the chair of the Arapahoe County Democratic Party, said they stay in close contact with county elections director Peg Perl and are confident the election will be handled fairly.

Gotlieb said voters can safely vote by mail, by dropping off their ballots in drop boxes, or voting in-person.

“We have ballot boxes with 24-hour security, and bipartisan election judges and ballot picker-uppers,” Gotlieb said. “Every question I’ve asked has been responded to in a positive way.”

Colorado’s mail voting system, which has been in place since 2013, is a national model, she said.

“Elections officials from around the country to ask us how we do it in Colorado,” Gotlieb said.

Mallory, the chair of the county Democratic Party, was on the same page as Gotlieb.

“A lot of the people in the Arapahoe County Clerk’s office are professionals who have been there a long time,” Mallory said. “There are a lot of checks and balances and redundancies built

Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder Joan Lopez, left, and Elections Director Peg Perl in the county’s elections warehouse. County Republican and Democratic party leaders said voters can cast ballots with confidence.

PHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT into the system.”

Still, there have been snags in some recent elections overseen by Arapahoe County.

The 2019 Aurora mayor’s race between Mike Coffman and Omar Montgomery came down to a dead heat, which was complicated when officials discovered hundreds of replacement ballots had lingered for days in a

Postal Service warehouse before being delivered to voters on Election Day instead of being delivered in advance.

In January of this year, county officials had to scramble to send out hundreds of ballots to overseas and military voters, called UOCAVA voters, after an elections official mixed up voter lists in the presidential primary.

Gotlieb said she feels the process has been tightened up since then, saying Arapahoe County Clerk Joan Lopez, a Democrat who defeated Republican incumbent Matt Crane 51-49 in 2018, has worked to address concerns.

“I think you had a new clerk who had to learn a lot,” Gotlieb said.

Gotlieb praised Perl, the elections director, who was hired in January. “(Perl) runs a tight ship,” Gotlieb said.

Lopez said her office has made strides since the UOCAVA and Aurora mayor’s race incidents.

“In every election, we go over what worked and what didn’t,” Lopez said.

“Unfortunately, we have experienced human error, but we fixed those by adding more redundancies, more checks on the process.”

Lopez said UOCAVA participation in the 2020 presidential primary was actually up, perhaps because of her office’s fervent outreach after the delay in sending ballots.

Lopez also drew heat early in her tenure for actions characterized as overly partisan, including remaining as the registered agent for a Democratic fundraising group for the first several months of her term.

Lopez said she is committed to a fair process regardless of party.

“We have a wonderful staff who have run this facility for many years,” Lopez said. “I’m not the one who counts the ballots.”

Still, the party chairs said they are not without concerns.

Mallory, the Democratic Party chair, said the process to verify signatures on ballots may disproportionately flag signatures by immigrants or people

who speak English as a second language. Ballots with unconfirmed signatures are sent for “cure,” meaning the voter must verify their identity.

“If you get a letter to cure a ballot, following up on that is important,” Mallory said. “If you don’t, it can theoretically turn into a voter fraud investigation. The clerk’s office is happy to help voters cure their ballots, and so are we. That verification is vital to the security of the process, and we all want it to get done.”

Gotlieb said any process is open to human error.

“People get into the process, and you get less than the optimum as laid out on paper,” she said.

Gotlieb pointed to the bipartisan teams of election judges overseeing much of the ballot counting process, which can be made up of members of any parties, including unaffiliated voters, who she said may actually have a partisan lean that more closely aligns with the other person on their team.

“They’re supposed to be balanced, but there’s room for it to be unbalanced,” Gotlieb said.

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has consistently sought to cast doubt on the safety and legitimacy of mail voting systems in recent months, alleging that they are rife with fraud, abuse and forgery.

Both party chairs say they see no evidence of such problems in Arapahoe County’s or Colorado’s processes, and said they don’t feel the president’s claims will have much bearing on voters in the county.

“Our process has been working, and it’s proven to work,” Gotlieb said.

“There are a lot of states setting up mail voting processes on the fly this year, and those are the ones I might worry about.”

Mallory said if anything, the president’s claims might push voters to vote earlier and pay more attention to the process.

“If people take their anxiety about this election and vote sooner, that’s a silver lining,” Mallory said. “As people in politics and policy, we want everyone’s voice heard.”

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Football, field hockey, spirit gain approval for fall Governor, CHSAA give schools the option of competing

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Gov. Jared Polis and the Colorado High School Activities Association on Sept. 16 signed off on allowing high school football and field hockey games to happen in the fall despite the coronavirus.

Schools have the option of resuming the sports in the coming weeks if they are ready, or waiting until the spring.

CHSAA’s board met to decide whether to move forward with the seasons after the Polis administration earlier in the day approved variances to allow the sports to resume. By a 12-3 vote, the board decided to allow schools to resume the sports under the variances.

“We are in a pandemic,” Troy Baker, president of CHSAA’s board of directors and the athletic director at Buena Vista High School, said in a written statement. “It’s not normal times. We’re all trying to find a way to navigate through it, with the hope of trying to find some normalcy in our lives. There isn’t a guide of how to do this.”

Sideline spirit — also known as cheer — will also be allowed to resume in the fall.

Under variances approved by state, all participants who are not actively playing or performing must wear masks and be 6 feet apart. Players and performers may not go into spectator areas and are

required to observe mask-wearing and social-distancing rules while traveling to games.

The variances approved by Polis’ team allow for 50 players per sideline to be on the field during a football game. In field hockey, the variance allows for 25 players per sideline, per game.

“We have worked closely with CHSAA to approve their request, issue guidelines and assist in creating a process that supports a return to football, field hockey and cheer,” Polis said in a written statement.

The governor and CHSAA have been facing pressure across the state to allow more high school sports to resume. Many districts have or are about to resume in-person classes.

Earlier this month, Polis said he thought there was an opening for high school football to resume in the fall. CHSAA initially balked at the idea.

Some high school sports have already resumed, like golf and cross country.

CHSAA has requested variances for gymnastics, boys soccer, spirit, girls volleyball and unified bowling, which are traditionally played during the fall season. The Polis administration is still considering how to move forward on those sports.

If coronavirus transmission in a county starts to rise too quickly, schools there would no longer be allowed to offer football, field hockey and cheer.

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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Some counties qualify for eased COVID rules For some counties, personal gatherings allowed up to 25, event crowd cap loosens

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Colorado released another round of new social-distancing rules, updating the state’s current “safer-at-home” policy to raise the cap on personal gatherings and event crowds for counties that qualify based on local severity of the coronavirus’s spread.

Arapahoe, Douglas and Elbert are among counties eligible for the new least-restrictive level of Colorado’s safer-at-home rules as of Sept. 16.

The vast majority of Colorado counties still operate under the saferat-home phase, which came after the statewide stay-at-home order this spring and allowed numerous types of businesses to reopen.

The state’s new framework, referred to as a “dial,” indicates when counties should operate under different shades of Colorado’s “safer at home” phase as well as when they should follow stay-at-home rules or the state’s third and loosest phase, called “protect our neighbors,” which allows for virtually all activities at 50% of pre-pandemic capacity with up to 500 people in one setting.

That third phase, reserved for counties with notably low coronavirus spread, is likely months away for metro Denver localities.

“We hope the dial can provide communities with clarity and predictability,” Jill Hunsaker Ryan, executive director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, said in a Sept. 15 news release. “Recognizing that Colorado is a diverse and vast state, the dial is based on local conditions. Local governments can always choose more protective (strict) standards than the dial requires.”

The new rules come amid a “slight upward trend” in Colorado’s rate of new COVID-19 cases after the virus’s spread had been reduced for much of July and August, according to a Sept.

16 state news release.

Another gradual move to reopen The state public-health department’s new proposed framework breaks the safer-at-home phase itself into three levels that counties are placed under based on local COVID-19 spread, according to the final version of the rules, which went into effect Sept. 15.

State officials had heard from the public that Colorado should make recognizing local differences in rules simpler and more predictable, according to the draft of the framework.

For the past few months, counties have been able to apply for exemptions — or “variances” — from certain parts of the state’s safer-at-home rules, allowing for larger crowds at some types of businesses.

The new framework does away with the ability to apply for variances unless a county is already in the leastrestrictive new level of the safer-athome phase.

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Part of the Denver metro area was eligible for the new least-restrictive level of Colorado’s safer-at-home rules as of Sept. 16.

Arapahoe, Douglas and Elbert counties qualified, while Adams, Jefferson, Denver, Broomfield and Boulder counties fell into the new middle level of safer-at-home.

See what crowd size and gathering size levels apply to which contexts — including in restaurants, gyms, indoor and outdoor events, and others — on the state’s website at tinyurl.com/ColoradoNewSaferatHome.

Eligibility for the different levels depends on a county’s rate of new COVID-19 cases, the percentage of COVID-19 tests that come back positive and whether hospitalizations are stable or declining.

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Counties don’t lose the variances they already were granted, though.

All variance allowances remained intact when the new framework launched — either because the variance standards are still possible by default under the new framework or because variances that do not fit into the new framework are still recognized, according to the state’s summary.

“This way, we transition to the new framework without any changes,” and counties’ future changes occur according to that framework, the summary says.

What changes mean for businesses, gatherings Previously, the highest exemption a county could achieve under the variance process included a 175-person cap for indoor events and 250-person cap for outdoor events, according to the state’s summary.

Those are the same capacities allowed in the least-restrictive new safer-at-home level, and it’s easier to qualify for that level than to meet the benchmarks set in the original variance process. In other words, the state has loosened the requirements for allowing larger crowds.

Although the new framework eliminates the possibility of new blanket, countywide exemptions, the state public-health department will still consider applications for “site-specific” variances for unique facilities, such as zoos, theaters or other large venues or events, according to the summary.

To fall into the highest exemption under the state’s previous rules, a county had to have a two-week rate of below 25 new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people — a notably low rate for highly populated areas. In the new framework, to fall into that same level — which is the least-restrictive new safer-at-home level — a county has to have a two-week rate of up to 75 new cases per 100,000 people.

Among other items, that new level allows for: • 50% capacity or up to 175 people indoors at places of worship; • 50% capacity or up to 175 people indoors at restaurants; • 25% capacity or up to 75 people at gyms and fitness establishments; • Perhaps most notably, 50% capacity or up to 175 people at indoor events and 50% capacity or up to 250 people at outdoor events. In June, Colorado set the limits generally at up to 100 people for indoor venues and up to 175 people for outdoor venues.

• Also of note: The new level allows personal gatherings of up to 25 people, up from the limit of 10 the state

has maintained since spring after the stay-at-home order was lifted.

For counties where the virus’s spread is more dire, the two morerestrictive proposed levels of safer-athome phase — or, in the extreme case, the stay-at-home phase — apply, with restrictions tightening the worse the virus’s spread is.

For example, a county under the tightest new level of safer-at-home — seeing between 175 and 350 new cases per 100,000 people within two weeks — would fall under guidance for P-12 schools as follows: “Remote (online) or hybrid suggested, limited in-person as appropriate.”

The middle new level, on the other hand — for counties seeing between 75 and 175 new cases per 100,000 people within two weeks —gives guidance as follows: “In-person, hybrid, or remote as appropriate.”

For context, the 14-day rate per 100,000 for Arapahoe County was 76.2, the rate for Adams County was 107.1 and Douglas County’s rate was 65.3 as of Sept. 17, according to the Tri-County Health Department.

Where a county lands among the three proposed safer-at-home levels also depends on the percentage of COVID-19 tests that come back positive and whether hospitalizations are stable or declining.

Similar to Colorado’s previous process for applying for variances, a county that is eligible for and would like to move to a less-restrictive level would notify the state public-health department. A county can submit a letter signed by the local public health agency, local hospitals, and a majority of county commissioners or other county-level governing body.

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Homeless sweep starts process over again After homeless camp removal, the unhoused are left scared, lonely

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Misty Butterfield couldn’t find her backpack.

“It’s green,” Butterfield said, her voice shaking, as she scanned the landscape beside the South Platte River, where her camp sat just hours before. “Everything I had was in it.

Clothes, a bag of rice — but also a lot of sentimental things.”

Things like family photos, from before Butterfield wound up living on the streets. Poetry she and her sister wrote. Drawings done by her mom, who died in 2014.

Butterfield was one of numerous residents of a sprawling homeless camp in Denver that stretched along East South Platte River Drive between Dartmouth and Harvard avenues.

Composed of dozens of tents, RVs and campers, the camp was sandwiched into a narrow stretch of grass between the South Platte River and the barbed wire-topped fence of a sewage treatment plant.

On the morning of Sept. 15, Englewood and Denver police blocked off the street at both ends of the camp, making way for an armada of trucks, trailers and garbage trucks.

Over the next several hours, staff from the Denver Fire Department, as well as the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment and the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, dismantled the camp.

Misty Butterfield said she couldn’t find her backpack after a sweep of a homeless camp beside the South Platte River. She was one of many residents of the camp who said they feared their belongings were thrown out.

PHOTOS BY DAVID GILBERT they would sleep that night.

“It’s just inhumane,” Butterfield said through tears as a garbage truck rumbled away. “If everyone, if whitecollar people had to go through losing everything, maybe they wouldn’t keep doing this to us.”

Many of those who had been staying in the camp said they knew the sweep was inevitable, especially after the Aug. 25 knife slaying of Joe Hix, who had been living in the camp. Englewood Police have yet to announce any arrests in the slaying that occurred in Englewood just south of the camp.

In an email, Englewood Police spokesman Sgt. Tracy Jones said the department mainly provided security for the sweep, and said the action was unrelated to the Hix homicide investigation.

‘Losing everything’ By early afternoon, a handful of stragglers remained. Butterfield was one of several who told Colorado Community Media that despite promises from Denver city staff to store their belongings for later retrieval, it was clear many items had been thrown out.

None said they had any idea where

Seen from across the South Platte River, a Denver city worker walks through a homeless camp during a sweep.

Englewood and Denver police officers man a roadblock as Denver city staff sweep a nearby homeless camp.

Pixley said recent inspections of the camp had found 91 gallons of gasoline — to power numerous small generators and the still-running vehicles in the camp — in a variety of containers, often stored in close proximity to propane tanks used for cookstoves. Tents were too close together, exacerbating the fire hazard.

Health officials found problems with

‘Wonderful people’ Greg Pixley, a captain with the Denver Fire Department, said the sweep was heartbreaking but necessary.

“These are wonderful people,” Pixley said as he walked through the remains of the camp. “You know what they did when we showed up this morning? They offered us breakfast.”

garbage and human waste.

Crews counted 25 trailers, 50 residents and dozens of tents on the day of the sweep, Pixley said.

“The proximity of all those people, all those tents, all that fuel presented a serious hazard,” Pixley said. “People here are trying their best, but we have SEE HOMELESS, P7

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to do our best as firefighters.”

Why not provide portable toilets, trash receptacles and other sanitation services to the camp?

“We’ve tried that in some places, but the problem becomes access,” Pixley said. “It becomes difficult to empty the Dumpsters. People stop using the toilets if they get too gross.”

Pixley said the sweep was the culmination of weeks of outreach, seeking to connect residents of the camp with resources like numbers for housing agencies, drug and alcohol counseling and assistance signing up for government services before clearing the area.

“It’s unfortunate there’s not a simple, single fix,” he said. “If people let us know what they need, we do our best to help them.”

Social workers accompanied the cleanup crews on the day of the sweep,

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Cherry Creek High’s remaining 1,585 students in cohort A were moved to online class through Sept. 23. Those students are not quarantined and are allowed to participate in sports and activities, the letter said.

All cohort A students will return to in-person learning the week of Sept.

28. As of Sept. 15, cohort B students were not impacted, the letter said.

The new quarantine brings the school district’s number of students

making efforts to guide camp residents to assistance.

‘Half an hour to clear out’ In practice, camp residents called the outreach efforts sporadic and ineffectual, and said information about the forthcoming sweep was garbled and confusing.

“Last night I heard we had 48 hours, but this morning I wake up and I’m told I have half an hour to clear out,” said an older man who gave his name as Vegas, as he loaded a shopping cart with clothes.

Several others in the camp said they heard shifting timelines for when the sweep would take place. The camp had swollen in size since Colorado Community Media visited in March.

Barely inside Denver city limits, the camp sat just two blocks north of a similar camp swept by Englewood authorities in 2019.

“They let everyone stay so long that people began accumulating the necessities of life,” Vegas said. “Cookware.

who are or have been quarantined to 835 since school began in the district Aug. 17. In that time, 90 staff members had been told to quarantine, and confirmed COVID-19 cases rose to 37 — plus the “several” new cases from Creek. The district did not specify how many cases that referred to.

As of Sept. 16, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s map of outbreaks did not yet show Cherry Creek High School, so it is unclear how many of the seniors tested positive.

The district includes 55,000 students and 9,000 staff total, district spokeswoman Abbe Smith has pointed out.

Where to go?

Farther from the camp, along Santa Fe Drive, Stephanie Wallace said the primary housing advice she was given by aid workers was to call 211, Mile High United Way’s hotline.

But, she said, that isn’t much help.

Local housing authorities are overwhelmed with demand. Many require leaving messages and waiting for a return call, but Wallace doesn’t have a phone. Homeless shelters, she said, “can be more dangerous than the streets” for a young woman on her own.

“We try to stay together” in camps, Wallace said. “I felt safe there. But we get moved out of everywhere.”

Even with robust outreach, homeless camp sweeps do little to combat underlying issues, said Mike Sandgren, who heads Change The Trend, a network of agencies and nonprofits seeking to address homelessness in the south metro area.

“Sweeps of homeless camps are an unfortunate symptom of a deeper problem: the lack of housing options for people who find themselves experiencing homelessness,” Sandgren said in an email. “Sweeps are costly to the taxpayer in that they require time and effort from city officials and law enforcement. Worse, they are deeply disruptive to the homeless community and compound the inherent vulnerability within the experience of homelessness. Until we in the Englewood, Littleton, and Sheridan communities secure a reliable array of housing services, we will continue in a difficult cycle of encampment formation and sweeps.”

The entire sixth grade at Falcon Creek Middle School was moved to online classes through Sept. 11 after a student exhibited “major COVID-19 symptoms” after exposure to a person who tested positive, according to another letter from the district.

Six teachers and 41 students from Falcon Creek in the east Centennial area were told to quarantine, according to Smith.

“Due to restrictions in (state public-health department) guidance, the number of teachers needing to quarantine in this situation will make it operationally impossible to maintain in-person learning for all of 6th

grade,” the letter, dated Aug. 28, said.

Both cohorts A and B were moved to online, or remote, class. That included 182 students total, according to Smith.

Cherry Creek High is listed as the school with the largest enrollment — 3,728 students — among Colorado High School Activities Association member high schools during the association’s 2020-22 cycle. The school falls second behind GOAL Academy, listed in El Paso County, in the Colorado Department of Education’s count of membership by school for 2019-20, which lists Creek with 3,806 students.

Supplies. People had started to enterprise — doing day labor, painting gigs, hauling scrap.”

Vegas called the sweep chaotic. He said each time he ventured from his camp to speak to representatives of city departments, he would return to find more of his belongings gone.

“These are supposed to be civil servants,” he said. “They’re nothing but thieves.”

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Coronavirus in driver’s seat as state elections near Polls show parties have different strengths, weaknesses in voters’ perception

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

When Suzanne Staiert knocks on doors and asks voters about their topof-mind issues as part of her statehouse campaign, the response these days usually has something to do with the state of the economy or the reopening of schools.

What all the concerns have in common: coronavirus.

“Some of them want to know what kind of solutions you have,” said Staiert, a Republican running to represent Denver’s southern suburbs in the state Senate.

As Colorado enters month seven of the COVID-19 pandemic, and with the election on tap, coronavirus is increasingly becoming a political issue.

In a recent survey sponsored by the Colorado Health Foundation, 26% of Coloradans said coronavirus is the most important issue facing the state.

About three quarters said they are more worried by pandemic-related harm to the economy than illness and death caused by COVID-19.

And nearly 40% of Coloradans polled said they are worried they won’t be able to afford either housing, health insurance or food in the coming year.

Nowhere has coronavirus taken a larger electionyear role than in Colorado’s marquee U.S. Senate race, where the two candidates have been running competing television and digital ads and hosting events centered on the pandemic. Both incumbent Republican Cory Gardner and Democrat John Hickenlooper have pitched themself as best positioned to respond to the pandemic.

Hickenlooper, Colorado’s former governor, considers COVID-19 to be among the top three or four issues in the campaign. “I keep going around the state and hearing the stories, and people’s lives are upside down,” Hickenlooper told The Colorado Sun. Which party may benefit from the pandemic’s disruptions, however,

U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner sits at a Feb. 19 roundtable on mental health at the Cherry Creek Innovation Campus, just south of central Centennial.

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Republicans surveyed by The Colorado Sun contend that as long as the economic impacts of COVID-19 remain a bigger focus on voters’ minds than rising infection rates and fatalities, they can appeal to voters by pitching themselves as the party of a recovering economy.

Democrats say they can speak to voters either way by pointing to President Donald Trump’s failures in responding to COVID-19 and then painting all Republicans with the same broad brush. That tactic has only been amplified in recent days by revelations that Trump downplayed the seriousness of coronavirus.

A recent poll of 800 registered voters conducted by Global Strategies Group and the liberal organization ProgressNow Colorado found that 58% of Coloradans disapprove of Trump’s handling of coronavirus, including 50% who said they strongly disapprove of his job performance.

Congressional response under scrutiny In the U.S. Senate race, it’s been a tale of two coronavirus responses.

Gardner is running television and Facebook ads touting his efforts in Congress to help Coloradans through the pandemic. “Cory Gardner got us help,” a restaurateur says in a recent TV spot, referring to the federal Paycheck Protection Program, which was

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passed unanimously by the Senate.

Hickenlooper’s ads, however, paint a very different picture.

“Cory Gardner’s on vacation,” a narrator says in a video released by the Democratic Senate candidate earlier this month, when the entire Senate was in its regularly scheduled recess, “still silent about Donald Trump’s failures on COVID.” The tit-for-tat ads come with the backdrop of Congress recently failing, yet again, to pass a new coronavirus relief package. It was June when federal lawmakers last passed legislation to help Americans reeling from the pandemic’s effects, in part because of Republican infighting about how best to move forward.

Add to that a partisan impasse, and it looks like nothing will get done before Election Day, meaning pressure is mounting on incumbents like Gardner. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell nodded to that reality, saying “100% of people that are up and are in any form of danger want a vote and want a successful vote,” according to CNN. Democrats — including Hickenlooper and Colorado’s U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet — have put Gardner and other Republicans on the spot for not coming up with a relief plan, citing House Democrats’ passage of the $3 trillion HEROES Act in May — legislation that was never taken up in the Republican-controlled Senate.

When the Senate returned to session in mid-September, Republicans in the chamber tried to flip the script by

bringing a pared-down relief bill that Democrats blocked, saying it was too weak for consideration.

“We will do more and we should do more,” Gardner said in an exasperated speech on the Senate floor last week before the bill failed. “But why on earth would you vote no tomorrow and tell the people of this country to go pound sand because you didn’t get everything you wanted?”

Colorado Republicans have worked to paint Hickenlooper as being among the Democrats who would have voted to prevent the limited aid package from moving forward. Hickenlooper never definitely said if he would have rejected the measure, but he said the legislation didn’t “do nearly enough to help Americans who are struggling to put food on the table and pay their bills.”

Hickenlooper would like to see more money for local governments facing the economic effects of the pandemic, rental relief, money for food-assistance programs and funding for more personal protective equipment. That’s in addition to extra unemployment aid for people who have lost their jobs.

Gardner’s wish list isn’t all that different. He would like to see a 15% increase in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, an extension of extra unemployment benefits and money for education, housing and public health needs. He has also called for $500 billion to be set aside for local governments, as well SEE STATE, P11

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Soon-to-be Eagle Scout brings ‘gaga ball’ to Goddard Collin Laughlin, 13, builds spot for sport with a little help from friends

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Goddard Middle School has a new place to play an unusual sport, thanks to a soon-to-be Eagle Scout.

Faced with a summer of canceled plans, Boy Scout Collin Laughlin, 13, set out to design, plan and build a “gaga pit,” used for playing the dodgeball-like sport of gaga.

With his schedule cleared, Laughlin decided to tackle the public service project necessary to advance to Eagle Scout, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.

“I’ve already got enough merit badges — you need 21, and I’m at 31,” Laughlin said. “I’ll be honest, my motivation there is to beat my dad. He earned 38, so I’m almost there.”

Laughlin saw how much his classmates enjoyed gaga ball games in outdoor education class, and decided Goddard could use a gaga pit of its own.

With help from his dad John, the Scoutmaster of Troop 361, Laughlin set out to recruit friends and fellow Scouts to help. With the blessing of Goddard Principal Bryan Breuer and a donation from the Goddard ParentTeacher Organization, Laughlin was off to the races.

“I knew I would need help and people pushing me forward,” Laugh-

Collin Laughlin, 13, stands in front of the gaga ball pit he designed and built for his Eagle Scout project -- with a lot of help from friends.

COURTESY PHOTO lin said. “Once we laid out the plans, it started dawning on me how many hours it was going to be.”

Thankfully, he found plenty of help. A gaga ball supplier gave him a discount on materials once they heard about the project. A local lumberyard operator, charmed by the youngster

who showed up in a Scout uniform, gave personalized assistance.

The help continued: numerous classmates and fellow Scouts signed on.

When the group set out to rip up the sod on Goddard’s lawn, a nearby Bobcat operator working on a school construction project drove over to help out.

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“I’m joyful, because every time I’m at school I’m able to see kids playing in it,” Laughlin said. “It brings a smile to my face. And my dad is proud of me.”

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Tom Munds ‘served our community and country’ Longtime Englewood Herald reporter, military veteran honored at Fort Logan memorial service

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Family, coworkers, and current and former Englewood city officials came together in memoriam of a wellknown figure in the Englewood community who loved that city as much as it loved him back.

“It’s just an honor to be part of honoring someone who served our community and country,” said Joe Jefferson, a former Englewood mayor and current municipal judge, after a Sept. 18 memorial service for Tom Munds, who covered Englewood as a news reporter for Munds decades.

Munds, a Denver resident, died Feb. 6 after a battle with cancer. He was 82.

The memorial service at Fort Logan National Cemetery in southwest Denver — complete with ceremonial riflefiring and the traditional folding of an American flag — was a fitting tribute to Munds, whose first career was in the U.S. Air Force. A technical sergeant, Munds spent 21 years in the Air Force, including service in the Vietnam War. The memorial service for Munds was “a tribute to the sacrifice he made for not only his country but his family,” said his son, Thomas Munds, 57.

During the times of military assignments, Tom Munds “did the traveling so it wouldn’t be hard on the family,” said Thomas Munds, who would stay home with his family in Denver while his dad was away.

When Thomas Munds looks back, his dad’s work ethic and discipline are among the qualities that stand out the most.

“He probably learned that from the military — he raised us the same way.

It was ‘yes sir, no sir,’ ‘yes ma’am, no ma’am’ until we were 16 years old,” Thomas Munds said. “He was very straightforward; he told you what to do, when to do. And that’s not a bad thing.”

Munds wasn’t all business. A sports lover, he was a big Green Bay Packers fan until the day he died, his son said.

A military member kneels to give an American flag to Tom Munds’ daughter, Gayle Munds, at Fort Logan National Cemetery. Her brother, Thomas E. Munds, sits next to her.

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Military personnel at Fort Logan National Cemetery salute during the Sept. 18 memorial service for Tom Munds. Munds, who died Feb. 6 at 82 after a battle with cancer, spent 21 years in the Air Force and went on to cover Englewood as a news reporter for decades. Current and former Englewood city officials attended his service.

And Munds had a soft side, too.

“That was mainly generated toward the family,” Thomas Munds said.

“Mom, he protected her like a husband should.”

Born and raised in Portsmouth, Virginia, Munds ended up going to military tech school in Mississippi, eventually listening to Russian radio transmissions in Morse code and copying them in Alaska.

He later landed as a public information officer at Lowry Air Force Base in

Denver, writing for the base’s newspaper and freelancing for the Sentinel newspaper chain.

Munds retired from military service in late 1976 and went on to complete his journalism degree at Metropolitan State University of Denver.

In 1977, the Sentinel chain hired him to report on and take photos of high school sports at nine schools, including Englewood High. The beat was eventually pared down to schools in Englewood and neighboring Littleton.

In 1986, he was assigned to cover the entire community of Englewood, which he did for the next 30-plus years.

He spent most of that time working for the Englewood Herald. His articles appeared on the pages of the Herald and sister papers as recently as spring 2019.

“I was just amazed at how many people knew Tom and interacted with him. He went to almost every event in Englewood,” said Jefferson, the former mayor. Munds’ dependable photography and quote-gathering “always made those events seem like a big deal.”

Englewood City Councilmember Rita Russell and former Councilmember Laurett Barrentine attended Munds’ memorial, as did Jefferson.

“He really did live a life of service,” Jefferson said. “It was just really an honor to be there.”

Munds loved reminiscing about his favorite Englewood restaurants, the big high school sports games and the tougher stories — but perhaps above all, the familiar faces.

In an interview not long before he died, Munds expressed his gratitude for being a member of the community.

“Tell the people of Englewood,” Munds said, “that I love them.”

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pening, we were sounding the alarm,” Gardner said. “And that’s exactly what we have to continue to do.”

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as relief for rural hospitals, nursing homes and providers treating patients living in the U.S. illegally.

But ultimately Gardner, who is in an uphill battle to keep his job, may be in a more difficult position since he is the incumbent. That has allowed Hickenlooper to pick apart Gardner’s work on coronavirus — which has been praised by Gov. Jared Polis and includes helping secure masks and tests for Colorado — by saying there’s still more to be done. Democrats have also blasted the senator for taking a tough stance on aid negotiations in May and still having nothing to show for it.

“I understand where he’s coming from — you know, `I did this and I did that’ — but I think he’s missing the point,” Hickenlooper said. “People are still suffering. We haven’t done enough or we haven’t done the right things.”

And Gardner is facing backlash from voters, too. The Global Strategies Group/ProgressNow Colorado poll showed that 44% of registered voters disapprove of the job Gardner is doing on coronavirus, while 37% approve.

During a recent telephone town hall, a Denver resident asked Gardner about Trump’s downplaying of coronavirus. “We have to take this seriously. And I certainly am,” the senator said, echoing a line he’s used in recent weeks about Congress doing better in its response every day.

Another caller asked Gardner why he didn’t personally warn the public about the pandemic sooner.

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from the visible changes the pandemic has brought to local communities.

“It’s a great community amenity,” George Weaver, a former director of community development for Greenwood Village, said of the canal trail on Sept. 20.

George and Kathie Weaver, Centennial residents, often walk the local trails including the High Line Canal.

They once walked the canal in different segments from the Roxborough

‘Hearing from voters’ On the state level, Republicans see Gov. Jared Polis’ executive orders limiting Coloradans’ movements and the economic consequences of those restrictions as an area where they may be able to tap into people’s frustrations.

Gardner appeared to refer to that frustration during his Senate floor speech in mid-September, talking about a Pueblo restaurant owner who has had difficulty navigating seemingly contradictory pandemic rules.

“They’re trying to figure out and understand the regulations, the guidances that they are under, making sure that their customers are safe, making sure that their employees can be paid, making sure that they survive this and get through this,” Gardner said.

Republican state lawmakers have asked Polis to pump the brakes on his coronavirus restrictions and include the legislature in his decision-making.

They also asked him to call a special legislative session to help parents navigate schooling during the pandemic and sought more oversight over his emergency powers.

There’s even now an effort to recall the governor over his handling of the pandemic.

Kristi Burton Brown, vice chairman of the Colorado GOP, said she thinks Republicans are providing a way to balance the economy with keeping people healthy and safe.

Colorado Senate Minority Leader Chris Holbert, a Parker Republican, said voters recognize the difference between the coronavirus response by Trump and the federal government Park area to the east Denver area over a summer, Kathie Weaver said.

“It’s a chance to get closer to nature without having to drive at all,” Kathie Weaver said of the canal.

The High Line Canal Conservancy, a nonprofit that works to preserve the canal, put on a 71-day “Walk For The Canal” challenge starting Aug. 1 to get active along the canal while raising funds to plant trees and enhance it, according to an Arapahoe County news release. The canal is 71 miles long and runs through several Denver-area municipalities. The challenge ends Oct. 10.

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and the one by Polis and the state. And he says people want more oversight over the governor’s decision-making — which Republicans have been pushing for at the legislative level.

“Constituents, whether they are Republican, Democrats, unaffiliated or something else, continue to ask their legislators: `Why aren’t we doing anything? Why aren’t we providing some sort of balance? Why is there only one decision maker?’” Holbert said. “…

We’re definitely hearing from voters across the spectrum who want there to be some balance, some separation of power.”

Mixed message But at the same time, some leading Colorado conservatives have been flouting coronavirus rules and guidance.

U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, a Windsor Republican who leads the Colorado GOP, recently released a campaign reelection ad in which he pokes fun at mask-wearing requirements. Patrick Neville, the top Republican in the Colorado House, was an organizer of a mass gathering at Bandimere Speedway criticizing Polis’ response to the pandemic, an event that prompted health officials in Jefferson County to file a lawsuit against the track.

“We have a King Polis,” Neville said at a news conference last week, attacking the governor for not seeking legislative input on his executive orders.

Despite those instances, Burton Brown said events sponsored by the state party follow proper guidelines and are geared toward keeping the virus at bay. “We’re very safe,” she said.

Those apparent contradictions within the Colorado GOP could work against their efforts to sell themselves as the best party to

handle the pandemic.

“You’re confusing folks,” said Alvina Vasquez, a veteran Democratic strategist, “and when people get confused, they tune out.”

The polling by Global Strategies Group/ProgressNow Colorado shows the majority of registered Colorado voters think Polis is handling the pandemic well. In fact, 57% said they approve of his job performance when it comes to the pandemic.

When asked whom they trust more to handle the response to coronavirus, 56% said Polis and Colorado state government while just 34% said Trump and the federal government.

FInally, the poll found that among registered voters, 48% trust Democrats in Colorado to handle the health response to the pandemic compared with 37% who said they trust Republicans in Colorado.

As for the economic response to coronavirus, the split is much closer — in fact, it was nearly within the poll’s 3.5% margin of error. Forty-six percent of those polled said they trust Democrats in Colorado to handle the economic response to the pandemic compared with 42% who said they trust Republicans to take on the job.

A significant portion — between 12% and 16% — said they didn’t know which party they trust more to handle the health and economic effects of coronavirus.

And with no end to the pandemic in sight, there’s plenty of time for both parties to jostle to pick up additional support.

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VOICES Instagram and indiscretion are on the shame page

nstagram, Instagram, wherefore art thou, Instagram — and why?

I guess it must be good for something.

QUIET But not a day goes by that someone isn’t DESPERATION apologizing or being shamed, slammed or threatened because of something they posted on Instagram.

Is it worth it to put a comment or photo on Instagram?

People: People are mean. When are you Craig Marshall going to learn?

It sounds like you Smith can troll and run.

Or leave your fingerprints and start a feud.

Why? Who needs this? One billion is who.

I don’t have any evidence, but I am going to pretend I do and say many of us have taken to the internet as never before during the coronavirus as a source of entertainment as well as information.

There sits a celebrity wearing a mask or not wearing a mask, or scoffing at local no-gathering ordinances, hosting a bash.

Remember barbershops? Before appointments became routine, you’d wait your turn and look at magazines and newspapers that you’d never see anywhere else. It’s where I first saw the National Enquirer. The lurid headlines beckoned me.

“Dachshund abducted by aliens, becomes their leader.”

Who isn’t fascinated by the behavior of others?

The behavior of others is credited with the genesis of an expression.

As of May 2019, Instagram had 1 billion users.

I keep noticing celebrities and others apologizing for or pouting about something on their Instagram accounts.

No one is forced into social media, except, I suppose, by the urgency of peer pressure.

But by now it should be apparent that almost anything posted is likely to be subjected to ridicule, flak, and (a word that social media seemed to spawn) shaming.

Yahoo! must think informing us whenever a personality is shamed is a requisite of good journalism.

And it seems some personalities can’t win. I’d name them, but it would just be dogpiling, like ballplayers used to do after a walk-off home run.

Now they simply gather and hop up and down near home plate.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 4C is crucial for schools After hearing the General Fund Financial Updates at recent Littleton Public Schools board meetings, I am writing to urge voters to support 4C, the mill levy override.

With $4 million in budget cuts this year, our award-winning school district is facing cuts in the 2021-22 budget of between $9 million and $14 million. These are significant and will, to paraphrase Superintendent Ewert, affect every school, every employee, and every student.

In LPS schools, my three children have a history of talented and passionate teachers. The financial update described several possible looming cuts – including a potential 2% reduction in teacher pay.

Per Business.Org, Colorado ranks 50th in teacher compensation with average teacher salary approximately 23% lower than other average jobs in the state. Additional cuts to compensation will impact our ability to recruit and retain the high-quality instructors district parents and students have come to expect.

The district also identified other outstanding programs for cuts, including some my children have enjoyed like The Village Preschool and the Teacher Cadet program.

As an Arapahoe Community College professor, I understand the importance of LPS’s partnership with ACC in career and technical training to ensure all LPS students have post-secondary options.

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Since moving here in 2005, I’ve been impressed with Littleton residents’ commitment to supporting our schools. Now more than ever, LPS needs us to show up by voting yes on 4C. Monica Fuglei Littleton Support our schools When my husband and I stepped into Homestead Elementary in 2009 for a tour, the administrator said, “The first thing you need to know is that our voters approved the 2008 ballot measures.” Colorado has underfunded education for a long time, but due to the Recession, those approvals were especially important.

Now the Cherry Creek School District is facing a $60 million budget deficit over the next two years.

This loss of revenue will be even greater than cuts the district saw in 2008. It poses serious risks to the education, programs and this time: teachers and small classrooms we value. CCSD has won awards for their fiscal responsibility and transparency, and this summer they cut, eliminated, froze and furloughed. The CARES money from the federal government cannot be used to backfill revenue losses, and the state is cutting $25 million this year. 4A and 4B are the bare minimum needed to address deferred maintenance and prevent cutting teachers.

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“What was he thinking?”

Jay Leno famously asked Hugh Grant, “What were you thinking?”

If none of us made bad choices, we’d have no news, no documentaries, no films, no literature, and fewer attorneys.

Human behavior frequently exasperates me. But a person’s weight loss or gain or plastic surgery has never caused me to berate or belittle them online.

One study showed that graffiti is progressive. Someone tags a wall and it gives others permission to do the same.

Likewise, shaming.

There was a back-and-forth debate online about a photo posted by a woman you may know that showed her, fully clothed, with her husband, SEE SMITH, P13

Hope, encouragement open endless possibilities

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ope may not be a strategy, but then again it just might be, especially when we tie it to encourage-

ment.

WINNING Although I have WORDS personally limited the amount of time I spend reading or watching the news, and have scaled back on the time I spend on certain social media platforms, it seems like I still find news and posts that focus on what seems Michael Norton hopeless instead of what is possible. We all see how some choose to tear others down instead of putting their energy into the encouragement of a better and positive outcome.

Perhaps hope and encouragement are not top of mind for everyone. And if that’s you, it’s OK. We are living in unprecedented times that may have eroded our once hopeful disposition.

And if you find yourself feeling this way, one of the best ways we can regain our hope is to find a way to encourage others around us.

With a little spark of hope and with the encouragement of others, the possibilities of what we can do become endless. Some of us have tremendous hope, but that may have not always been the case. Those who are filled with hope today may have been feeling hopelessness yesterday. And then one

day someone showed them a little encouragement, and with a little encouragement and a little hope, who knows what we can accomplish?

Now imagine that it wasn’t just a little hope and a little bit of encouragement, imagine if we allowed our hearts and minds to be filled with hope, with so much hope that we couldn’t help but feel encouraged and compelled to encourage everyone around us.

When we are of the belief that hope is not a strategy, it may be a good time to reassess our thinking. And if we remain sold on the fact that hope is not a strategy, perhaps we can also believe that hope does give us a tactical advantage in all aspects of life.

Hope is the great activator and has contributed so much to what has been accomplished by others throughout history.

Can we rely simply on hope and encouragement? No, probably not.

However, when we use hope and encouragement as our foundation, and then build upon that foundation with preparation and planning, we will be much better positioned to come through all challenges, adversities, and opportunities that we are facing today.

None of us can truly predict the future. Yet the successful businesses of today are working on the possibilities of tomorrow. They are aware of what is happening in the world today

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Our community is bigger than we think

’ve lived in Littleton for almost 30 years and have had a wonderful life here — close enough to access the arts, facilities, and museums GUEST of Denver, but nice COLUMN and separate from the downtown commotion. Serving our Senate district at the Capitol, however, convinced me that all of us Coloradans are connected. As I learned how rural life was affected by our urban and Linda Newell suburban actions, and vice versa, my paradigm of separateness shifted. I realized that no matter where we lived we are all interconnected with our choices.

Looking out my window this morn-

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and what the potential impact could be, considering the negative impact as well as the positive impact. And the companies that I speak with begin with the hope for a better future and know that one way that they can increase their chances of success is through the positive encouragement of the people on their team who will drive their desired results.

Encouragement ignites hope; Hope activates purpose; Purpose fuels passion; Passion drives performance;

ing and seeing the thick smoke in the air, I was quickly reminded of this in a physical way. I could no longer just worry for my West Coast family members. I had to admit that thousands of miles away from there we are deeply affected as well. I’ve known that the fires in the Amazon forests are killing off habitats that help sustain all of us globally. But I haven’t smelled it or even seen it on the news. Since it wasn’t in my own backyard, I literally put it out of my mind ... because I could. But today, as I was breathing smoke on my walk, I could no longer deny the separateness of these events or the people.

As homelessness continues to “encroach” in the suburbs (as some of my neighbors would say), we are being forced to wake up and smell the coffee for those who have no cup. Before, we suburbanites could ignore those

without homes because it was just in Denver. But now, we’re being thrust into acknowledging that not only do “these people” exist, but also that we are connected to them as fellow humans in community experiencing homelessness.

Then, there’s the pandemic — a beautiful, shining example of how we’re all connected. Whether you do or don’t wear a mask; physically distance; wash your hands, congregate, or travel; etc., your actions can affect me very personally. Through the coronavirus, we are being taught this well (if we’re willing to learn). Ironically, through isolation and mask-wearing, we are hopefully learning that we all live together in an interdependent and connected community. What you do affects me, my family, and my neighbors.

So what do we do now? Well for me, whether I smell smoke or not, I’m

waking up every day with my cup of awareness, more conscious of the illusion of separateness of fires, quarantines, and suburbs or gated communities. We are all connected in this interweb of life, and now our virus, planet, and God are screaming at us to act accordingly before it’s too late. We are not separate just because boundaries on a map tell us so. There is no time left to think or act independently anymore. Lives are on the line in our local and global community, hoping we act responsibly. Will we?

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Performance leads to results. And after working with individuals and businesses over many years, and especially through the past several months, they all tell me how important hope is and how purpose, passion, and performance are inspired by encouragement and activated by hope. And these are the people and companies whose possibilities are endless as they prepare for whatever comes next.

Here’s the good news: We can choose to be hopeful instead of hopeless. We can choose to be encouraged or discouraged. And we can decide if we want to see the impossible or the possible. What will you choose?

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A crowd of kids and adults stands near the barn at 17 Mile House Farm Park, an Arapahoe County park that sits at 8181 S. Parker Road.

Curious sights around metro area tell historic tales

CURIOUS ABOUT A PLACE? Seen an odd or interesting place in the Denver metro area that you’d like to know more about? Email earnold@coloradocommunitymedia.com or call 303-5664109, and we might look into it for you.

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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ith many Coloradans still avoiding large crowds with the continued risk of COVID-19, some may be taking a better look at what’s in their neighborhood — or even driving around with no particular place to go.

Wandering eyes may pick up on odd or unusual sights in the Denver metro area — such as a Native American tipi near an upscale suburban neighborhood or, say, a 30-foot cowboy statue overlooking a busy city road.

Here’s the story behind some sights that may inspire curiosity around the Denver metro area.

A cowboy on Federal Those who have driven north of Denver on North Federal Boulevard may have been struck with the sight of a giant cowboy looming over the traffic.

“I have people who pull over and want to take pictures of him, especially with tourists,” said Jeffry Cook, park manager at Rustic Ranch Mobile Home and RV Park.

The park just south of Interstate 76 is home to the detailed cowboy statue, which was originally intended as part of an amusement park that never materialized, according to an old news article clipping Cook has. But it ended up as part of the mobile home park instead.

Built in the 1950s by Colorado artist John Sutton, the cowboy has become something of a local landmark. Cook, 54, remembers seeing the statue as a child.

“A fun fact for you is that the ‘American Pickers’ came to this park,” Cook said, referring to the show on the His-

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wasn’t there tomorrow, everybody would be knocking on my door asking where the cowboy went,” Cook said.

The park sits just outside northwest Denver in unincorporated Adams County, near Arvada and Westminster.

Adams City High School sits along North Quebec Parkway near East 72nd Avenue. The name Adams City is a relic of an area that is now part of Commerce City. PHOTO BY ELLIS ARNOLD

A Native American tipi at Plains Conservation Center on East Hampden Avenue.

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tory Channel. The show tried to buy the cowboy several years ago, according to Cook.

In the mobile home park’s 106 units, most residents have lived at the park

for at least 20 to 25 years, Cook estimates. He hopes the cowboy carries some sentimental meaning for those who call the place home.

“I guarantee you that if the cowboy

Tipi along the prairie Along Aurora’s east edge, not far from east Centennial, stands a large gate that bears the word “Plains.”

It’s the entrance to Plains Conservation Center, a nature preserve and educational center that houses replicas of a Native American tipi camp and homestead village, showcasing life on the plains in the late 1800s, according to the City of Aurora’s website.

The center encompasses more than 1,100 acres of short-grass prairie with views of the Rocky Mountains, located at 21901 E. Hampden Ave., west of toll highway E-470.

In June 1950, the land was deeded to what became the West Arapahoe Conservation District, and the land was formally christened the Plains Conservation Center, according to the center’s website.

In 1997, 1,100 acres were sold to the City of Aurora to remain as passiveuse open space, with the center continuing to manage the land and offer programs, the site says.

Adams City?

North metro residents may be familiar with Adams City High School, which sits along North Quebec Parkway near East 72nd Avenue.

But the name Adams City doesn’t denote an actual city — the school sits in Commerce City.

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Exhibits coming at new facility in Denver Botanic Gardens

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Saturdays and Sundays noon to 4 p.m. Opening reception Oct. 2, 5-9. It features area artists, including Craig Robb, whose work is in the City of Littleton collection.

he new Freyer-Newman Center at the Denver Botanic Gardens, York Street, has several exhibits starting Sept. 26.

Timed tickets must be reserved online. Masks will be required. “From the Vault: WonSONYA’S ders and Oddities from the Gardens’ SAMPLER Collections” and “Garden and Haven: Botanical Art and Illustration” will run through Nov. 8. “Pink Lemonade Hope: Works

by Koko Bayer” and “Ghost Forest: Works by Melanie Walker will run Sonya Ellingboe through Dec. 6. The Freyer-Newman Center is the final step in the Garden’s four-phase development plan.

Reservations or more information: botanicgardens.org.

Weekends on Main Littleton’s Main Street restaurants will host outdoor dining on Friday evenings and all day Saturday through October, with the street closed for diners, strollers, shoppers ...

Group show “Synchronicity: An Acausal Connec-

Aurora Fox “Real, live human beings” will enjoy a show at the Aurora Fox called “Tomfoolery: The Words and Music of Tom Lehrer,” adapted by Cameron Mackintosh and Robin Ray. New ticketing software automates the socially distanced seating. Masks will be required. Performances at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Friday, Saturday and 2 p.m.

Sunday, through Oct. 11. 303-739-1970, aurorafox.org.

The new Freyer-Newman Center at Denver Botanic Gardens opens Sept. 26 with an exhibit called “Garden and Haven: Botanical Art and Illustration.” COURTESY PHOTO tion of Meaning” will be exhibited in the Elevation Room of Pasternack’s Art Hub, 6851 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood. Open Fridays 5 to 9 p.m. and

Benchmark Theatre Benchmark Theatre announced its inaugural WorkBench Project: “National Bohemians” by Luke Sorge.

Director is Warren Sherrill Performances: Nov. 13-15 and 20-22. A first look at a play in development ... and “Fever Dream Festival”: a 48-hour playwriting adventure Dec. 11-12. Call Hayley Johnson at 303-519-9059 for tickets. Benchmark is at 1560 S. Teller St., Lakewood. See benchmarktheatre. com.

Colorado Theatre Guild Colorado Theatre Guild has elected actor and director Betty Hart as presi-

SIGHTS

The 30-foot cowboy statue at the entrance to Rustic Ranch Mobile Home and RV Park on North Federal Boulevard Sept. 12. The cowboy was originally intended as part of an amusement park that never materialized, according to an old news article clipping that the park manager has held onto.

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The Adams City name dates back to an area that was laid out around 1902 with developers hoping that Adams County’s seat — the city or town that serves as a county’s governmental center — would be established there, according to the Commerce City Historical Society.

But Brighton was elected as the county seat in November 1904. Adams City never became a town and was vacated by 1922, the historical society’s website says.

The South Adams County Volunteer Fire Department was founded in 1942, and Adams City was beginning to redevelop with new houses being built. In 1946-47, Adams County School District 14 was formed from surrounding schools, with the first official class from Adams City High School graduating in 1949, according to the website. That school took the place of Union High School, the region’s earlier school, according to an unofficial website for Adams City High alumni and a timeline by the historical society.

The South Adams County Water and Sanitation District was formed in 1951 at the same time Denver was considering annexing, or taking control of, the south Adams area. A plan to incorporate all of southern Adams County — meaning to declare the area as its own city or town — was developed, according to the historical society. In July 1952, a group of about 300 residents voted for incorporation of Commerce Town, comprising neighborhoods such as Rose Hill, Adams City, Dupont and Irondale. , Commerce Town annexed part of the Derby area in 1962, increasing the population fourfold. That was enough for the town to gain status as a city, and its name was then changed to Commerce City, according to the historical society.

At least one business — Adams City

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Liquor — still carries the area’s old name along with Adams City Middle School.

Four Mile, 17 Mile, 20 Mile Drivers who frequent South Parker Road may recall a large barn a short drive south of East Arapahoe Road.

Located just south of Centennial, the 17 Mile House is one of several inns that emerged along Cherry Creek for travelers and freighters when the 1859-60 gold rush caused large-scale settlement of the state, according to the Arapahoe County website.

The property is an Arapahoe County park that sits at 8181 S. Parker Road, just north of the Town of Parker.

The “mile houses” sat every two to three miles along the Cherokee/ Smoky Hill wagon trails from Kansas,

named based on their distance to the intersection of Colfax Avenue and North Broadway in Denver, according to the website. Out of the original six mile houses, only 17 Mile House and

dent. Other board members are: T. David Rutherford, Lia Kozatch, Iliana Lucero Barron.

Castle Rock Writers The Castle Rock Writers host an upcoming conference, “Zoom to Success,” on Saturday, Sept. 26, from 8 a.m. to noon. They say they will have space for last-minute participants.

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Lone Tree Lone Tree Arts Center opens up Oct. 16-18 with a performance by the Motones and Jerseys in a 1960s musical battle, emceed by Mary Louise Lee; Adam Pascal: So Far on Oct. 24; and Rene Heredia’s Flamenco Fantasy Theatre on Oct. 25. Call for tickets: 720509-1000 or lonetreeartscenter.org.

Reminder “Brought to Light” a group exhibit by area artists at Spark Gallery, 900 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Open Friday and Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 1-4 p.m.

Four Mile House exist in their entirety today, the website says. The buildings also included Seven Mile House, Nine Mile House, 12 Mile House and 20 Mile House, according to the National Register of Historic Places.

At mile houses, travelers could get a meal, spend the night, rest their animals and have minor repairs made to coaches or wagons, according to the Arapahoe County website.

The 17 Mile barn was constructed in the late 1870s, according to a county news release.

Construction likely began on what was to become the 20 Mile House around the mid-to-late 1860s, according to the Parker Area Historical Society.

The old 20 Mile House property continued to be a working farm until the mid-1990s, when the property was acquired by developers. Eventually, the cinderblock portion was torn down and the small plot of land on which the 20 Mile House structure was built was donated to the Town of Parker. With the help of the historical society, the original post office portion was restored and surrounded by a small park, according to the historical society’s website.

The 20 Mile Post Office sits on Mainstreet, a short drive west of Parker Road — and close to Twenty Mile Road.

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Arts center adjusts to world of restrictions Current theater production is being staged outdoors at Hudson Gardens

IF YOU GO Go to TownHallArtsCenter.org for tickets to “Almost Heaven: The Songs of John Denver,” or call 303-794-2787, ext. 5. Performances at Hudson Gardens are at 7 p.m.

Thursday, Friday, Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday through Oct. 11. Free parking at Hudson Gardens, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton.

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

When the world closed down last spring, Littleton’s Town Hall Arts Center closed a production of “Barefoot in the Park” a week early and started on a different kind of journey. The board of directors, led by J.D. McCrumb, determined to keep the staff on board and met to think about the nonprofit’s future.

“We decided to keep in a holding pattern,” McCrumb said when we met for coffee last week. “We hoped for a June or August opening of “Almost Heaven” in Town Hall and made the arrangement with Hudson Gardens just three weeks ago ... We were given an opportunity to think differently — which will carry over into the future.”

Fortunately, the board’s careful management has resulted in a balance in the bank.

A new connection will result in the Stanton Gallery being filled by artworks provided by the Littleton Fine Arts Guild, which operates the nearby Depot Art Gallery. The building will be open during box office hours and during future performances.

“Almost Heaven,” focused on the music of John Denver, had been scheduled for spring 2020 at Town Hall. Directed by Nick Sugar, it was rehearsed, costumed and ready to go when things had to close ... and there

gramming.  Enhance the patron experience.  Raise Town Hall’s profile in the community.

“It’s an economic driver for downtown Littleton and a force for kids in the school system. Whether you like art or not, we demonstrate relevance.”

Cast performs “Almost Heaven” near Hudson Gardens’ Rose Garden. has been a bit of recasting.

But it opened in Hudson Gardens’ Rose Garden with live music and had sold out its first two weekends before the opening night. “Nick Sugar has been on a journey with us,” McCrumb said. “Hudson Gardens has been fabulous to work with.”

They roped out the lawn and figured how to seat 75 people in six-by-six-foot pods that are six feet apart. Each will hold a blanket or a couple of chairs for people from a family or related group.

There will be a total of 21 performances. “The John Denver show is perfect — hope comes through music.”

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No season announcement yet As the nonprofit organization, housed in Littleton’s historic Town Hall building, looks forward, “we want to produce live theater,” McCrumb continued, but will not announce a season at present. They will look for plays with a small cast — small-scale musical productions to perform in their downtown space on Littleton’s Main Street.

Two variances will be requested from Arapahoe County, which spells out the new rules for gathering inside. (Town Hall’s auditorium holds 260 — probably 50 tickets will be available.) Audience seats will be limited and there’s also a problem with separating actors from audience in this venue — those who have enjoyed a performance in the front row will recall times when a performer was almost in one’s lap! Lots of measuring tapes are in order this year!

“It’s a gamble for us,” McCrumb said. “We may have to reschedule because of bad weather. We will go rain or shine as long as it’s safe.”

Looking ahead to in-house performances — future theater sets will be smaller and simpler, with not much overhead for each production. A production of 21 to 25 shows could break even, the board thinks.

And there have in the past been a second set of small concerts that played between theatrical productions. People bought tickets for them, when buying season tickets, but attendance was poor. Rethinking will happen here ... “I can’t say enough about the amazing staff, actors, designers ... everyone working there is right for the job,” McCrumb enthused.

There is no executive director at the moment and no search in process yet.

“When it’s financially prudent and operationally necessary, the board will bring someone on”... McCrumb also spoke of an increased interest from potential board members. The board has three priorities for the year:  Continue a focus on quality pro-

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The combined impact of the measures for homeowners in the district would total $1.65 per month for every $100,000 of home value—not a lot.

Eleven years ago, my husband and

Benefits of education program The educational program, headed

by Robert Michael Sanders, has so many benefits, McCrumb stated. “It teaches children to dialogue, solve problems, meet different people, speak in public. Studies have shown that as school districts have to slash budgets, kids exposed to the arts do better across the board. We want to stay in touch.” Sanders and program manager Matthew Kepler, who connects with what is going on regionally, are among staff members the board leans on.

In the past, some casting decisions have been criticized (i.e., not Latino actors in “West Side Story”), but McCrumb is convinced that “the vast majority of roles can be played by any actor. It’s about politics, not talent.

We will look at shows that we can cast appropriately and widen the potential cast as we move out of COVID. Selections will hold to values we preach.

We will reach out to current audiences about material they wish for.”

Production of new plays is not in Town Hall’s mission, he continued.

Perhaps there will be some “smaller in-between shows, as we’re able.”

Going show by show, the next challenge is “what we can do with a holiday slant.” The board wants to reach audiences who may not now be comfortable with seeing live theater — it may not be on their radar ...

On THAC’s YouTube is “Behind the Mask,” with 3-4 minute recordings by different performers — all paid, McCrumb emphasizes.

“It’s not exclusive, we’re not spending a lot on promoting ... but hope to bridge a generation gap.

“Robert Michael Sanders is a treasure. He rebuilt the education program and offered it virtually and free.

We have a student from as far away as New Hampshire! A small group of students has learned dialects, improv, expanded speaking skills. It’s a priority of mine to build it up,” McCrumb said.

“We’re not making money now, but I’m optimistic! We’re exploring how to offer something no one else is. Eighty percent of revenue is from ticket sales.

Some other cities (Parker, Lone Tree) contribute a larger part of the budget.

We have a goal of raising $100,000 by Oct. 1!”

I walked out of Homestead so impressed, and amazed at what CCSD provides with property taxes at a fraction of what we paid in the Midwest.

If you are tired of how education is funded in Colorado, me too, but this is not the year to vote against these ballot measures on principle.

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SPORTS

Tennis tourney sets seedings for state Player sees returning serves, fearless play as needed tactics for win

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Jackson Scott played his type of tennis on Sept. 17 in the finals of the Region 5 boys tennis tournament at the Heritage High School tennis courts.

Scott, Heritage’s No. 3 singles player, recorded a straight-set victory to win the regional championship and the Eagles captured the regional team title.

“I played pretty good,” said Scott.

“I finally played my game which was good. Previously I strayed away from my game. I was just trying to hit the ball hard and just trying to hit winners. Now I’m playing more consistent.”

The top two individuals and teams in all seven divisions of the regionals advance to the state tournament, so all that was to be determined in the Region 5 finals were state seedings and regional championships.

Heritage qualified all 11 of its players and had two singles players and four doubles teams emerge as regional champions, “There’s no doubt we feel good about how we played,” said Heritage coach Chad Hanson. “Maybe the best way to put it is that we are happy but not sat-

isfied. The goal is to get better every day and not just to win regionals but to compete at the state tournament.

This was a step in that progress.”

Regional champions will be seeded one-through-eight for the state tournament while the second-place finishers will get the nine-16 seeds.

“The regional was to decide who is regional champ in each position and as a team to win the regional championship,” said Hanson. “If you win the region you get a top eight seed and if you don’t you get a bottom eight seed.

That makes a lot of difference. It is a real important because you want to make sure you get a top eight seed so you can play a bottom eight seed in the first round. You have a better chance of moving on.”

Besides Scott, the Eagles’ No. 1 singles player Chase Walters won a three-set regional finale and all four doubles teams were crowned regional champs.

The No.1 doubles duo of Logan Dailey and Zach Marshall prevailed in the regional finals as did the Eagles’ No. 2 doubles team of Sam Ament and Mason Helms, the No. 3 combination of Zach Crum and James Zieper and the No.4 combo of Caleb Jessen and Lars Lundberg.

The Class 5A state tournament will be held Oct. 25-26 at the Gates Tennis Center in Denver.

Hanson tried to answer the question about the keys to a successful showing at the state tournament.

Heritage senior Jackson Scott returns a volley during the Region 5 boys tennis finals, which were held Sept. 17 at Heritage High School. Scott defeated Boulder’s Nathaniel Spillmann, 6-2, 6-4, to win the regional championship.

PHOTO BY JIM BENTON “No doubt that returning serve is a huge key, because those players, maybe the biggest thing that sets them apart is their serves,” he related.

“They all can serve. The second thing would be no fear. You have to play without fear. You are going to have to move in when the ball is coming right at you and play fearless.”

The modified state tournament will

be two days instead of three and there will be no playbacks.

“There’s no playbacks this year so seedings are going to be big,” said Scott.

“You need to play your best and don’t let the other team effect how you play. And pretty much just have fun too. It’s not very often you get to go to state.”

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Rock Canyon senior Nick Fallin examined his round and figured he could have played better.

Fallin, however, took medalist honors with an even-par 72 on Sept. 15 at the Spring Valley Golf Club in the final Continental League boys golf tournament of the season.

He helped the Jaguars win their first league title with a total team score of 1,686 through seven league tournaments with Castle View coming in second at 1,703.

Fallin, who started on the 18th hole in the shotgun start, had three birdies to go along with three bogeys and wound up a stroke ahead of Castle View’s Luke Cushman, Johnny Williams of Ponderosa and Legend’s Logan Douglass, who each had 1-overpar scores of 73.

“I thought I played pretty good,” said Fallin. “I didn’t take advantage of the par 5s as well as I wanted. I played well on the rest of the course.

I hit the ball well and make a couple putts. It wasn’t as great as I wanted to play but I was obviously happy, “I kind of just kept it together the whole round. Through the middle part of the round I was 1-under through 14 holes and at that point I was pretty locked in.”

Fallin was 1-over-par on the three par-5 holes and a bogey on the 531-yard, par-5 16th hole put him at 1-over-par, but he birdied the par-3 17th hole to finish his round at evenpar.

“You just have to have confidence in your game that even if you have a bad hole you are just going to be able to get in back the next hole,” said Fallin.

“I thought it was a pretty good season. We won the league title. I was pretty happy with how I did during the season. Obviously you can always

do better but I had a solid year and it was a good way to finish my senior year with a win.”

Fallin had support from his teammates as Rock Canyon nailed down the league championship. Logan Douglass had a high school career best 73, Nathan Kim came in with a 74 and Blake Sullivan fired a 79 for the 298 team score, seven strokes lower than Legend, which came in second in the league finale.

In the Jefferson County League 5A tournament at West Woods on Sept.

14, Lakewood’s Max Lange carded a 5-under-par 67 with teammate Ryan Liao shooting a 68. Jack Armstrong of Valor Christian tied for sixth with a par-72.

Ralston Valley won the conference title while Valor Christian was fourth.

Arapahoe’s Matthew Wilkinson tied for medalist honors with a 1-underpar 71 on Sept. 16 at Murphy Creek Golf Club in the Centennial League’s regular-season ending tournament.

The league champion Warriors, helped by Jack Rottschafer’s 73 which tied for third and a 76 from defending state champion Will Kates, won the team title at Murphy Creek with a score of 297 with Cherry Creek placing second at 304.

Lutheran’s Jackson Lowe was the leading Lions golfer with an 83 at the Class 3A Metro League tournament at the Broadlands. Lutheran was fourth in the team tourney standings.

The fields are set for Class 5A regional tournaments.

Arapahoe, Heritage and Douglas County will be in the Class 5A Southern regional, which was set for Sept. 24 at South Suburban golf course. The Central regional was held Sept. 23 at Overland golf course with Valor, Mountain Vista and Regis Jesuit entered. Rock Canyon, Highlands Ranch, ThunderRidge and Jeffco champ Ralston Valley played Sept. 21 in the 5A Western regional at Raccoon Creek while Legend and Chaparral competed on Sept. 21 in the Northern regional at Hyland Hills.

The 5A state tournament is set for Oct. 5-6 at Rolling Hills Country Club.

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Douglas County adds new open space Ditmars Ranch is now protected under a conservation easement

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A 1,500-acre ranch in Douglas County is now protected open space after the purchase of a conservation easement on the property was completed at a recent business meeting.

The purchase of Ditmars Ranch was funded by the Conservation Fund and Douglas County, which each contributed $1 million. The Douglas County portion came

from the portion of sales tax earmarked for open space.

“The ability to have this funding is thanks to the public,” Commissioner Roger Partridge said.

The land has an evergreen forest and grasslands. It serves as a habitat for elk, mule deer, pronghorn, black bear, mountain lion and bighorn sheep.

The land will still be privately owned and will operate as a cattle ranch. Four times per year, the public will be able to enter the land during guided hikes on the property.

With this easement, there are now 35,000 acres of preserved land in the South I-25 Conservation Corridor, according to a Douglas County press release.

The conservation easement will be held

by Douglas Land Conservancy.

Ditmars Ranch, a 1,500-acre property, is now preserved open space in Douglas County.

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0162-2020 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 29, 2020, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) WILLIAM M DEWAR II AND MAUREEN A DEWAR Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR FINANCE AMERICA, LLC, DBA FINAM, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE UNDER THE INDENTURE RELATING TO IMPAC CMB TRUST SERIES 2005-6 Date of Deed of Trust May 09, 2005 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust May 17, 2005 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5070940 Original Principal Amount $246,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $261,381.51 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 1, BLOCK 3, WALNUT HILLS-FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 7811 E BRIARWOOD BLVD, CENTENNIAL, CO 80112-1308.

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, 10/28/2020, 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: 9/3/2020 Last Publication: 10/1/2020 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: 06/29/2020 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Anna Johnston #51978 Randall Chin #31149 Joseph D. DeGiorgio #45557 Ryan Bourgeois #51088 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000008903155 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. 0162-2020 First Publication: 9/3/2020 Last Publication: 10/1/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0172-2020 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 30, 2020, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) JOEL RYAN Original Beneficiary(ies) FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DENVER, A DIVISION OF FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SANTA FE Current Holder of Evidence of Debt FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DENVER, A DIVISION OF FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SANTA FE, N/K/A SUNFLOWER BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust June 03, 2015 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 03, 2015 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D5057989 Original Principal Amount $458,100.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $293,425.50 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

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by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 1, BLOCK 5, EUCLID HEIGHTS FILING NO. 2 SUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 6606 S APACHE DRIVE, LITTLETON, CO 80120.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 10/28/2020, 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: 9/3/2020 Last Publication: 10/1/2020 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: 06/30/2020 Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Drew P. Fein #48950 Rachel H Connor #50831 Neal K. Dunning #10181 Douglas W Brown #10429 Brown Dunning Walker PC 2000 S. Colorado Blvd., Tower Two, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80222 (303) 329-3363 Attorney File # 3124-169C 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.

On July 10, 2020, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) LEO B HALL, JR Original Beneficiary(ies) WESTERRA CREDIT UNION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt KEN MCFARLAND PROPERTIES INC Date of Deed of Trust December 06, 2014 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust December 15, 2014 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D4117011 Original Principal Amount $30,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $14,104.85 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 20, BLOCK 2, VALLEY VIEW HGTS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 3300 WEST MOUNTAIN ROAD, 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, 11/04/2020, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

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First Publication: 9/10/2020 Last Publication: 10/8/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice NO.: 0172-2020 First Publication: 9/3/2020 Last Publication: 10/1/2020 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;

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0176-2020 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

DATE: 07/10/2020 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) rep-

resenting the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Drew P. Fein #48950 Rachel H Connor #50831 Neal K. Dunning #10181 Douglas W Brown #10429 Brown Dunning Walker PC 2000 S. Colorado Blvd., Tower Two, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80222 (303) 329-3363 Attorney File # 4067-020 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.: 0176-2020 First Publication: 9/10/2020 Last Publication: 10/8/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

Metropolitan Districts Public Notice NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF 2020 BUDGET JONES DISTRICT COMMUNITY AUTHORITY BOARD CITY OF CENTENNIAL, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Sections 29-1-108 and 109, C.R.S., that a proposed budget amendment has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Jones District Community Authority Board (the “CAB”) for the 2020 budget year.

A copy of the proposed 2020 amended budget is on file in the office of the CAB’s Accountant, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 E. Crescent Pkwy., Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, where same is available for public inspection. Such proposed 2020 amended budget will be considered at a special meeting of the CAB to be held on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. Due to concerns regarding the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and the benefits to the control of the spread of the virus by limiting in-person contact, this meeting will be held by video/telephonic means without any general public attending in person. To attend this meeting, you may join via one of the following ways: (1) 1-720-547-5281 and enter Conference ID 216 576 947#; or (2) go to www.JonesMetroDistricts. com for a direct link to the video conference. Any interested elector within the CAB may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2020 amended budget, inspect the 2020 amended budget and file or register any objections thereto. The address of the office of the CAB where the names and addresses of the CAB Members and its officers and the address, telephone number, fax number and email address of the CAB may be obtained is: c/o CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 E. Crescent Pkwy., Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111.

JONES DISTRICT COMMUNITY AUTHORITY BOARD /s/ Denise Denslow, District Manager Legal Notice No. 524131 - 60115 First Publication: September 24, 2020 Last Publication: September 24, 2020 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Independent

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