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December 3, 2020

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VOLUME 19 | ISSUE 51

Election creates opening on LPS board Warren-Gully to leave for county post; school board to pick replacement in March

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Two parties of diners sit in the open-air seating area at Parry’s Pizza in The Streets at Southglenn on Nov. 24. A tarp-like enclosure was lifted to let air flow in at the Centennial restaurant.

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Local restaurants face tough season Some eateries get by with takeout, small-business grant from city

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Cold weather and mostly empty outdoor seating on The Streets at SouthGlenn’s main block on a Tuesday evening offered a preview to what could be a brutal winter for local restaurants under the Denver metro area’s indoor dining shutdown.

Most outside dining seats sat unused at Centennial’s flagship shopping center, with what appeared to be new outdoor tent seating at Indulge Bistro and Wine Bar also empty in the half hour after 5 p.m. on Nov. 24.

Colorado moved Denver metro-area counties — including Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson — to a new “level red” of pandemic-related restrictions effective Nov. 20. The new level prohibits indoor dining and personal gatherings, moves the last call for alcohol up to 8 p.m., and tightens capacity limits at gyms and some office-based businesses. Other counties in the state moved to those restrictions in late November as well.

A sign on the door of Crawfish Boil Company at SouthGlenn in west Centennial, seen on Nov. 24, announced the restaurant would offer to-go service only until further notice.

Khiem Nguyen, the restaurant’s owner, told the Centennial Citizen in June that his parents serve and SEE RESTAURANTS, P11

The regular outdoor seating and the tents at Indulge Bistro and Wine Bar in Centennial weren’t hosting any diners close to 5:30 p.m. Nov. 24. Some other outdoor restaurant seating on the block sat unused as well.

Littleton Public Schools will soon be searching for a new school board member, as current board member Carrie Warren-Gully prepares to step down after winning a seat on the Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners.

Warren-Gully plans to resign her seat on the Littleton Public Schools Board of Education, which she has held since 2013, at the Dec. 10 meeting, she told Colorado Community Media.

Warren-Gully, a Democrat, defeated Warren-Gully incumbent Republican Kathleen Conti for the District 1 county commissioner seat, winning by a nearly 12-point margin.

District 1 is the county’s westernmost commissioner district, covering Englewood, Littleton and parts of Centennial.

She is scheduled to be sworn in as a county commissioner on Jan. 12.

Warren-Gully said she is not legally obligated to step down from the school board, but felt she wouldn’t be able to give her full attention to both boards.

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Possible Colorado Boulevard changes to be considered City may weigh adding bike lanes, reducing car lanes on the road

• Reducing the road to one lane in both directions with a turn lane in the middle, with a landscaped area, rather than sidewalks, adjacent to the road on both sides. Wide “shared-use paths” for pedestrians and cyclists would sit on the other side of the landscaped areas.

Features of Colorado Boulevard

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

With few businesses, the least distinct north-south thoroughfare in west Centennial may be Colorado Boulevard, a major road running to Highlands Ranch on the south and a residential area in Greenwood Village on the north.

Although residents who don’t live near it may not give it much thought, it’s a target for potential changes by the City of Centennial that would make the road more accommodating for bicyclists and pedestrians.

In a survey that garnered about 120 responses, speeding cars ranked as the top issue on the road. Although the speed limit is 35 mph or 40 mph depending on the location, 199 vehicles were recorded speeding 55 mph or greater along Colorado Boulevard on one day in October 2019, according to a study submitted to the city. The maximum speed recorded was between 60 mph and 65 mph.

“The narrowing of traffic lanes within the corridor may help reduce vehicle speeds,” says the report, written by Muller Engineering Company.

The city sought community feedback on four “alternatives” it may ultimately pursue. Currently, Colorado Boulevard generally includes two southbound lanes, two northbound

lanes and a turn lane in the middle.

The alternatives the city floated include the following: • Removing the turn lane in the middle and add a bike lane on both sides of the road. It’s unclear from the drawing provided on the city’s website whether the bike lanes would be raised above the street to be level with the sidewalk.

• Reducing the road to one lane in both directions with a turn lane in the middle, adding bike lanes to be level with the street, with a small buffer space separating them from the car lanes.

• Reducing the road to one lane in both directions with a turn lane in the middle, adding raised bike lanes level with the sidewalk.

Comments split on traffic, bike use An online-comment page saw about 50 comments from the public, with officials who are working on the city’s project responding to them.

Safety of students walking or biking to Newton Middle School near Arapahoe Road came up as a concern among some commenters.

Area resident Mark Richards noted that several comments pointed to a low number of cyclists on Colorado Boulevard, but he argued that would change if the road were modified to accommodate them.

“During commuting times, many cyclists especially avoid riding on Colorado as the volume and speed of traffic make cycling on the roadway particularly dangerous,” Richards wrote.

Those who took the online survey about the road ranked “pedestrian crossing improvements” as the change they’d most like to see. Bike lanes and shared-use paths for cyclists and pedestrians ranked lower, but Richards argued the support for those changes was diluted by multiple categories: The survey asked about “bike lanes,” “buffered bike lanes” and “protected bike lanes” separately.

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Clerk dies after shooting at Centennial gas station Shooting occurred during robbery at Quebec Street and County Line Road

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A gas station clerk died after sustaining a gunshot wound to the left abdomen in a robbery the night of Nov. 26 in Centennial, according to the Arapahoe County Sheriff ’s Office.

“The suspect asked for cigarettes then asked for everything,” the sheriff ’s office said in a tweet.

Surveillance video shows that the suspect and the clerk spoke for a short time, according to a sheriff ’s office news release. The suspect then pointed a handgun at the clerk, who put cigarettes and money from the cash register in a shopping bag, according to a sheriff ’s office news release. When the clerk handed the suspect the bag, the suspect shot him. The suspect then left the store.

Authorities received a call about the shooting at 6:47 p.m.

Another gas station in Centennial on East Arapahoe Road was also robbed the same day in an incident where the suspect fired a single round into the ceiling, according to the sheriff ’s office.

No other employees or customers were in the store at the time of the the first shooting, which occurred at 8263 S. Quebec St., said Deputy John Bartmann, a spokesman for the sheriff ’s office. But citizens later came in, found the clerk and called 911.

The gas station sits at East County Line Road, just north of Highlands Ranch.

Deputies administered aid to the clerk before he was taken to an area hospital, the sheriff ’s office said in a tweet. He was rushed into surgery, where he died, the release said.

The victim was identified as Mauricio Omar Perez, 24, according to the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office. Perez died of the gunshot wound, the office said in a news release.

The suspect in that first shooting is a white male who appears to be in his mid-20s and wore a gray hoodie, a black-and-white plaid shirt or jacket, gray pants, and tan shoes, according to the sheriff ’s office. He appears to be between 5-foot-3 and 5-foot-7, wore eyeglasses and has an average build, according to the news release.

It was not immediately clear whether the suspect left the scene in a vehicle or on foot — deputies received surveillance video from inside the store but didn’t get footage from the outside, Bartmann said. Witnesses who arrived after the shooting told authorities they observed a male walking away from the scene, and the description the witnesses gave matched that of the suspect from the video, according to the news release.

Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to call the sheriff ’s office tip line at 720-8748477. Anyone with information about the suspect could receive up to $2,000 while remaning anonymous if they call Metro Denver Crime Stoppers,

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Deputies searched the area with the assistance of the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office and the Lone Tree Police Department, according to the news release.

Deputies don’t believe there’s any danger to the public as a result of the suspect being at large, Bartmann said.

Another gas station in Centennial was also robbed on that same day by a suspect with a somewhat similar description, according to a sheriff ’s office news release on Nov. 30.

At about 4:30 pm, a male entered the Conoco gas station at 10210 E. Arapahoe Road — near South Havana Street — in central Centennial and pointed a handgun at the clerk, the sheriff ’s office said in a news release. The clerk gave the suspect the cash drawer, and then the suspect fired a single round into the ceiling, the release said. The clerk was not injured and the suspect left southbound on foot from the area.

The suspect is described as a white male between 5-foot-3 and 5-foot-7 with a medium build who wore a gray sweatshirt with neon lettering on the front, gray pants, gray shoes, a black face mask and tan work gloves, according to the sheriff ’s office.

The sheriff ’s office was not yet sure if the suspect is the same person who is suspected of robbery and homicide at the Quebec Street gas station, Ginger Delgado, a spokeswoman for the sheriff ’s office, said at 1 p.m. Nov. 30.

In regard to the Arapahoe Road incident, the sheriff ’s office “is asking for the public’s help in trying to identify a robbery suspect who is considered armed and extremely dangerous,” the Nov. 30 news release said.

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Cherry Creek High student navigating back-and-forth of online class this semester

Keeping in touch I think the most important thing for maintaining friendships with my friends in cohort B are just contacting them a ton over social media and FaceTiming them often to check in on each other and talk about life.

In person, online, in person, online again It was definitely a whirlwind to say the least. Establishing a schedule and a work ethic is quite difficult when we basically have to do lots of self-learning and only take exams and tests when we’re in school. But I also think the stress may have to do with junior year with my loaded coursework and with standardized tests.

Moving to fully online school I am currently a junior at Cherry Creek High School, class of 2022. I think most of my teachers are making adjustments to make (the transition to online) easier for us. However, most of them have expressed their struggles with technology, which has been a bit of a struggle in a couple of classes.

So far, getting into a routine has been quite difficult. Most of the days, I have to go to several different places to find out what my homework is, although my teachers do the best of their abilities to tell us in class about what our homework is. Due dates and notifications are also a difficulty, as a message that they send out intended for one class is sent to the rest of their classes.

COVID-19 cases mounted before switch It was honestly pretty common for

Yvonne Cheng was among the students in Cherry Creek High School cohort A — one of the two halves of the school this year for social distancing purposes — that moved to online classes temporarily when the cohort went remote due to a COVID-19 outbreak in September. After returning to in-person class, the students switched again when Cherry Creek School District moved entirely to online classes in mid-November.

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Staying involved I am mainly involved in CCHS’s Student Senate, which is our studentelected student government we have at Creek, and I’m also involved in our school’s speech-and-debate program.

For senate, we usually saw all 40 of us in class every day, and now that only half the people are in class every day, it is quite different. We just had homecoming week, and most of our normal events had to be canceled and moved online. We were supposed to do a drive-in movie this homecoming week, but after we came back from quarantining, the district said we couldn’t, which was a bit of a disappointment.

For speech and debate, it is quite different than normal as it is all online now instead of in person. Staring at my computer screen for about eight hours to do three rounds of debate is quite exhausting to say the least, and it definitely is different as now instead of speaking to real-life people, I am speaking to my computer screen.

However, I am still very grateful that we even get to compete at all.

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‘A chance to breathe and relax’ IFCS distributes hundreds of Thanksgiving dinners to needy families

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It’s been a rough year for Mike Peterson.

His wife passed away late last year, and the funeral expenses left him homeless, he said. Peterson now lives with his son and daughter, who were laid off early in the pandemic.

Peterson, who spent nearly 50 of his 65 years in construction, is on disability while recovering from knee surgeries.

But despite the setbacks, Peterson said he remains grateful for life, God and his children. And thanks to Integrated Family Community Services, he is able to give thanks with his children over a full Thanksgiving feast.

“It means I can still give my kids something nice,” Peterson said after picking up a Thanksgiving food box.

“God bless these guys for doing this.

It helps me feel like Dad can still provide. We all have to slow down and help each other.”

Peterson was one of hundreds of people who lined up in cars at Arapahoe Community College on Nov. 21 to pick up one of 700 free Thanksgiving boxes, loaded with everything a family would need to prepare a Turkey Day feast with all the trimmings: mashed potatoes and gravy, cornbread mix, cranberry sauce, vegetables and vouchers to buy turkeys.

Beyond a hearty meal, IFCS hoped to provide a needed break in an overwhelming year, said Todd McPherson, outreach director for the assistance agency that provides food and other services to people across the south metro area.

“It’s about respite, about giving people a chance to breathe and relax,” McPherson said. “Lots of families and friends can’t get together this year.

It’s a solemn Thanksgiving for a lot of people, and hopefully this will help level the playing field for folks who might not have a lot to begin with.”

IFCS normally distributes Thanksgiving boxes, McPherson said, though this is the first year the group has given them away to all comers rather than pre-registered clients.

IFCS has seen need skyrocket this year, McPherson said, and has eliminated barriers like proof of hardship and geographic restrictions.

“We’re seeing record numbers every day, and we certainly anticipate that will continue through the holidays,” he said.

Despite the tough economic times, the group has been buoyed by grants, with the Thanksgiving program bankrolled in part by gifts from All State Insurance, the Rotary Clubs of Highlands Ranch and Littleton, the Columbine Kiwanis and the Littleton Sertoma Club.

“This is a ray of sunshine,” said Patricia Sznip, a member of the Highlands Ranch Rotary who volunteered to help load boxes into cars. “It’s good to think outside yourself. There are people around us struggling, and I’m so grateful for groups like IFCS and

Volunteers for Integrated Family Community Services load cars with Thanksgiving boxes at Arapahoe Community College on Nov. 21.

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IFCS will continue its holiday season efforts with the One Can Feed

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BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Restaurants are the second mostcommon place that people who contract COVID-19 say they went in the 14 days before their illness began, according to Tri-County Health Department data.

“According to our most recent exposure data, restaurants/cafés are second to small private gatherings as to where people have visited and could have been exposed,” said John Douglas, head of Tri-County Health, which covers Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties. “Large private gatherings is (the) third-highest listing, followed by offices/work, then churches/religious gathering.”

More than 1,000 people reported having attended a small private gathering in the 14 days before their illness began, according to the data as of Nov. 25. About 720 people reported going to a restaurant or café, and 540 noted going to a large private gathering. About 390 had gone to an office or workplace, and 280 said they went to church or another religious gathering.

Tri-County has seen that between 25% and 30% of people report going to more than one setting, and in those cases, officials can’t determine which

place is the more likely source of exposure to COVID-19, Douglas said.

Tri-County was working on ranking the most frequently visited places for the roughly 70% of respondents who listed only one location, but officials hadn’t completed that as of Nov. 20.

How well the trends apply across Tri-County’s population also could depend on variation in whether TriCounty’s staff have contact information for people who contract COVID-19 and whether people answer the phone, can remember their possible exposure sources, or will provide complete and accurate information, Douglas said.

But that’s a caveat of data like this wherever it’s collected, he added.

“Having said that, this ranking has been consistent since we started tracking it, and is consistent across the three counties we serve,” Douglas said. “It also aligns with exposure information across the nation. Restaurants are also one of our biggest categories of `complaints received’ … for overcrowding and not adhering to social distancing. Nearly 50% of cases are between the ages of 18 (and) 44, which is an age group more likely to frequent bars and restaurants.”

The data are available at tchd. org/823/Case-Updates. Scroll about one-third of the way down the page and click “exposures.”

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“While pedestrians and bicyclists may not be currently visible in high volumes in the corridor, many local residents have expressed the desire to use the Colorado corridor either by walking or cycling during the public input process,” wrote Rolando Melgoza, a traffic engineer for the city.

On the other hand, plans for bike lanes drew ire from many residents concerned with traffic.

“I do not approve of any plan that takes away vehicle traffic lanes.

Why would we do that when traffic is getting worse?” Jennifer Ouellette wrote.

Some commenters feared more cut-through traffic running through neighborhood streets if lanes are reduced and drivers become frustrated with staying on Colorado Boulevard.

Melgoza wrote that the options that would reduce the road to one lane in each direction aim to reduce speed and cut-through traffic.

“Providing extra vehicle lanes has been found to have the reverse impact, higher speeds and more cutthrough traffic,” Melgoza wrote.

Traffic data show that outside of the four highest-traveled hours of the day, traffic volumes “are well below thresholds that would indicate the need for two lanes in each direction,” Melgoza wrote.

In response to comments suggesting a greater law enforcement presence on the road to deter speeding cars, Melgoza wrote: “A physical narrowing of the roadway tends

to provide more reliable reductions in travel speeds … Experience from other cities within the Denver metro area has found that increased law enforcement does not result in prolonged speed reduction within corridors.”

Ongoing process Initial public outreach about possible changes to Colorado Boulevard took place from December to the early months of this year, and some delay in the process occurred from April through June due to the pandemic, according to the city’s website.

A “virtual community meeting” — a webpage on the city’s site with videos, sketches of potential changes and data gathered along the corridor — was offered in place of an in-person public meeting.

That’s where the public was able to enter comments by Nov. 23. The comments are still viewable under “discussions” at centennialco.gov/ Residents/Have-Your-Say-Centennial/Colorado-Boulevard-Meeting.

Find the engineering report about traffic on the road, documents showing what possible changes could look like and other information at that link.

A draft report on the possible changes is expected this winter, and a period marked “review” and “address comments” is set for January and February, according to a schedule at that link. A final report is expected around March.

The overall timeline for when changes could occur was unclear, but the city’s website notes that no projects are currently planned for the corridor.

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It’s an 11:23 song on Bob Dylan’s “Highway 61 RevisQUIET ited” album.

DESPERATION I didn’t know what the song meant (I still don’t), but its somberness kept me in the mood required at the time to be a sullen and introspective college student.

Craig Marshall Usually I Smith would drift off before the song was over, but wake when I heard the eloquent biology of the record player.

The tone arm would lift, return to its home, and the unit snicked off. For some reason the sounds were very comforting.

Now right before sleep, I remi-

nisce, and it’s about “Desolation Row” and a thousand other things, some very minor, that inexplicably the brain can hold on to forever.

Some nights I decide what I want to reminisce about and some nights unexpected memories will be cued by something that happened during the day.

Or a film I might have seen when I was much younger and then again recently. The films don’t change, but I have.

How and why certain moments are retained is beyond me. One night recently I remembered the heady smell of the plantings in front of the Los Angeles train station. Why? And I haven’t been to the train station since 1973.

In the hallway of an elementary school in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, I kissed Bonnie.

We were both in the first grade.

It was my first kiss.

Certainly the retention of a few other firsts is understandable.

But it’s the odd ones I don’t

get.

After hundreds of motel and hotel rooms, why do I remember the shower head in a Columbia, Missouri, hotel? That was 35 years ago.

The older I get the more memorable moments I’ve had. But it’s likely many I once was archiving have disappeared.

My father was hospitalized for the last nine months of his life. I had a lot of questions, but I kept them to myself.

Near the end, he couldn’t talk (or walk, eat, or drink). I wondered if he still had memories.

He once told me having good memories was the best thing about growing old.

I wondered if he remembered where he met my mother: at a corn roast when they were both 13.

And if he remembered what it was like to return to the United States on the Queen Mary after his missions in World War II were completed.

As a captain in the Army Air Corps he was treated royally.

I listen to homemade playlists whenever I paint; some over and over.

Again, inexplicably, as one song is ending I know what the next one is going to be.

The joke is: But don’t ask me what I had for breakfast.

If I were being grilled under hot lights and badgered into admitting what I was doing on the night of the 14th, I’d have to make something up.

Why do we keep some of the memories that we do and not others?

And how many are we capable of storing?

Undoubtedly, the answers to my questions are online somewhere.

Maybe I don’t want to know.

There’s magic in a good memory making an entrance after years have gone by, isn’t there?

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

Showing gratitude for life’s unlikely game-changers

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efore we completely turn the page and allow last week’s Thanksgiving holiday to pass us by, I wanted to take a moment to thank every one of you who have done your very best to truly focus on what you have been most grateful for this past year.

WINNING You may not think it matters, WORDS but I can assure you that your sense of gratitude and appreciation never goes unnoticed.

And as we roll into the new year, I firmly believe that it Michael Norton is our gratitude and appreciation for the three C’s that may still be ahead of us — Challenges, Chaos and Confusion — that will make the difference. I know that these don’t sound like “Winning Words,” but they are, and let me explain and why I see them as game-changers.

If we had to list all the challenges or difficulties that we have witnessed or that we are

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Collectively the list would seem insurmountable. So why would I intimate that a challenge is something we should be grateful for? It’s because in every challenge we see someone who emerges and goes out of their way to help someone else. We see people sharing God’s love, pursuing God’s will, doing God’s work, and doing it for all of God’s people. And that is a gratitude game-changer right there.

There is no doubt that we are in for more uncertainty in the coming months and the word “challenging” may wind up being an understatement. However, if we look at the word “challenge” differently, challenging ourselves to maintain our attitude of gratitude, this alone will go a long way toward changing the game and keeping us active in the game.

Now how can we possibly use chaos to help us get through what may be a difficult time? Well for some of us, we need the energy that only chaos can provide. We become alive, creative, and once we see the problem in front of us,

we become inspired to find the solution. Chaos helps some of us to thrive instead of hide. While some need to feel the comfort and stability of normalcy, others of us contribute our greatest good to the situation when we are stimulated by the chaos, in order to see through the chaos. For me, I am super grateful for those around me who respond, even bringing a sense of calm, amidst the chaos.

Confusion is different than chaos. And confusion is good because it is when we are knocked off balance that we seem to learn the most. In a state of confusion, we try and sort things out, solve problems, and come up with elegant solutions. As we know that we cannot recognize light without the contrast of dark, similarly we cannot know what clarity is without feeling what it is to be confused. It’s in that aha moment, as things become abundantly clear, that we realize just how grateful we are for our initial confusion. And any type of personal growth is always a game-changer.

Typically, on Thanksgiving and around the holidays we think of

the traditional responses that we give when asked what we are grateful for. We offer up things like our family, friends, health, and other blessings. And those are still wonderful responses.

May we all be thankful for our health and the people in our lives as well. And maybe this year we can give a nod and express gratitude for the challenges, chaos and confusion surrounding us as we see each one as a game-changer that will help us to learn, grow and come together in whatever is headed our way.

How about you? How is your attitude of gratitude these days?

Have you learned how to be grateful for the unexpected gamechangers of life? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@ tramazing.com, and when we can find the elegant solutions in the challenges, the chaos and the confusion, it really will be a better than good week.

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

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LPS BOARD “I wouldn’t be a very good school board member if I stayed on,” she said. “The beautiful thing about Littleton is we have so many smart, involved people who can take my place.”

A quirk in the board’s bylaws mean that while Warren-Gully plans to resign effective immediately at the Dec. 10 school board meeting, the board won’t formally accept her resignation until the next meeting on Jan. 14, said board chair Jack Reutzel. At that point, the board has 60 days to appoint someone to fill the vacancy.

Reutzel said the board plans to draft an application for interested community members, who must live within Littleton Public Schools’ boundaries and must be registered voters.

Then, he said, the board plans to invite all the applicants to speak at one of the two board meetings in February, before making a final decision at the March 11 meeting.

Whoever is selected to replace Warren-Gully won’t have long before they need to make another big deci-

sion: whether to run to keep the seat in the November 2021 election.

In fact, the school board is due for big changes next year: Reutzel is termlimited, as is board member Kelly Perez, meaning three of the boards five seats will be up for grabs.

Warren-Gully said she is proud of her time on the board, citing her work on pushing for expanded career and technical education programs, including ongoing work to revamp a former car dealership beside Littleton High School into a sprawling technical education campus.

Her tenure on the board has included many tough challenges, she said, including addressing ever-increasing student mental health needs.

“We need to keep working on how we communicate with our community, and how we make sure parents and students know what resources are even available,” she said. “We’re always trying to catch up with the changes brought about by technology ad social media. And we have to keep fighting for more of those mental health resources.”

Reutzel said he is grateful for Warren-Gully’s tenacity as a board member, including her lobbying at the

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work the kitchen in the “small momand-pop shop,” as Nguyen calls his business. Partly with his parents in mind, Nguyen has been proactive in taking precautions against COVID-19 during the pandemic.

Across town, the crew at LuBo’s NY Pizza is leaning on takeout only too — but for a different reason.

“We’ve been a lot more blessed than a lot of places out here because we’ve been out here for 20 years,” said T. Lycan, the pizza shop’s night manager.

“Takeout business is enough to keep us open.”

It hasn’t been without challenges: LuBo’s had to furlough a couple of high-schoolers who work as dishwashers, said Lycan, who withheld his first name because he’s heard of other restaurant workers receiving backlash for comments they’ve made publicly.

He expects to bring the furloughed employees back once indoor dining is allowed again.

“We’ve been pretty lucky — I know revenue’s definitely down, but we’ve been able to keep all the people who pay a mortgage and have kids and move them to other roles,” Lycan said.

LuBo’s — on the corner of South Parker and East Orchard roads — has a small patio, but it didn’t want to expand outdoor dining because it found that the costs and permitting process wouldn’t be worth it, Lycan said. Before indoor dining closed, the restaurant was only busy on Fridays, he added.

“People are still pretty scared, still being cautious,” Lycan said.

His restaurant has been able to access financial assistance but hasn’t

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twice as likely to have reported dining at a restaurant than those with negative test results, according to Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, a publication by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“Reports of exposures in restau-

A stream of federal funding that the City of Centennial has directed to small businesses is still available — and it’s a line of support that many restaurants and bars may qualify for.

The city was still accepting applications for round 2 of the “Centennial CARES: Small Business Grants” funding, according to a Nov. 25 city newsletter.

Commercial businesses may be eligible for up to $10,000. Home-based businesses, commercial nonprofits and homebased nonprofits may also apply but are eligible for less money.

The amount a business receives cannot exceed the gross revenue loss estimated by the business from March 1 to Dec. 31 of this year.

The money comes through the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that was passed by Congress in March.

For more information on eligibility and to apply, visit centennialco.gov/caresgrants. needed it, so the management passed it up.

“We want people on the verge of closing to get it,” Lycan said.

The City of Centennial’s business grant program was an option LuBo’s went without, Lycan said.

One restaurant that did receive funds from Centennial’s small-business grant program is Hyderabad House on East Arapahoe Road near South Quebec Street, said Kishore Maranani, the restaurant’s owner. The Indian restaurant furloughed a handful of part-time employees, but it has seen some bright spots in demand recently.

“A lot of people even calling right now to ask, ‘Are you guys open, are you guys open?’” Maranani said. rants have been linked to air circulation,” the report says. “Direction, ventilation and intensity of airflow might affect virus transmission, even if social distancing measures and mask use are implemented according to current guidance.”

The report also notes masks cannot be effectively worn while eating and drinking, “whereas shopping and numerous other indoor activities do not preclude mask use.”

state legislature for increased education funding.

“She’s been a tremendous asset, and I’m going to miss her terribly,” Reutzel said. “She keeps us focused and grounded on the health and safety of our students and staff. She’s a compassionate, smart, empathetic leader, and she’ll be a great commissioner. I’m really happy for the residents in her district.”

Warren-Gully said there’s lots of work to be done at the county level.

“The first thing we’ll have to tackle is staying on top of the virus and trying to get it under control,” she said.

“The next piece is economic recovery.

A lot of people are hurting, and small businesses are struggling.”

Counties are responsible for handling a lot of federal funds, WarrenGully said, including COVID-19 relief funds, but also longer-term programs like housing and food assistance.

She said she hopes to work closely with city councils and nonprofits to make sure federal and state funds are going where they can be best used.

“We need to be that conduit, that liaison between cities and the state and federal government,” she said, citing programs like mental health care

funding and homeless outreach.

She said she is also ready to work with Tri-County Health Department, which implements and oversees restrictions and other measures meant to combat the spread of COVID-19.

Most restrictions are handled at the county level.

“I think Tri-County Health is doing a great job considering the situation we’re in,” she said. “It’s a situation that changes every day, as does our knowledge of the virus. I’m not an epidemiologist or a scientist, so I want to defer to their expertise. I think the county commissioners can play important roles as we improve contact tracing, and as we move toward hopefully distributing the vaccines.”

Conti, whom Warren-Gully beat in the election, was tight-lipped about her next moves.

“What I do going forward will be done as a private citizen and has no basis in your story,” she wrote in an email.

Warren-Gully said she is hopeful the school board and county commissioners can work together.

“I’m sad about resigning the school board, but I have a feeling we can find ways to collaborate in the future.”

He said he’s heard troubling trends from other restaurants in his area, though.

“The sales have come down — people are a little reluctant to do the takeout too,” Maranani said.

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Holiday celebrations amid the pandemic

Some mainstays are canceled, but many beloved events soldier on

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s it has with nearly everything in 2020, the novel coronavirus intends to have its say in how you spend your holidays. But for those willing to brave the elements, to dial back expectations or perhaps even celebrate in the virtual realm, the metro area still has plenty of options to keep the spirit of the season alive.

Social distancing and masking will continue to be the order of the day and many events will be scaled back to follow community guidelines, but most of the celebrations people in the area know and love are forging ahead. Here’s a list of several options that just jingle your bells.

Zoo Lights Zoo Lights is celebrating its 30th season. Spanning more than 80 acres, this annual holiday event turns the Denver Zoo into a sparkling wonderland filled with more than a million lights.

Tickets are available online. A limit of five tickets per purchase is in place to comply with city and county safety mandates. Zoo lights will be closed Christmas Day. During the holidays, the zoo will close at 5 p.m., with entry gates closing at 3:30 p.m. and reopening at 5 p.m. for Zoo Lights. Though no specifics are given, their website says there will be “a host of special measures to keep your family safe and healthy.”

Blossoms of Light Blossoms of Light, the signature holiday event at Denver Botanic Gardens’ York Street location, has delighted visitors for over three decades. Billed as “a dazzling and ever-changing display of light and color,” this year’s event will require visitors to follow COVID-19 precautions. Masks will be required for anyone over 3 years old, capacity limitations will be in place and social distancing is requested.

Trail of Lights Trail of Lights at Chatfield Farms, a rural part of the Botanic Gardens family, gives visitors a choice of two illuminated paths glistening with holiday lights. According to their website, this year’s event will feature synchronized music in the children’s play area, a three-sided light tunnel and a display of illuminated antique and model tractors. Refreshments will be available for purchase. Covid-19 restrictions will be in place, including limited capacity and timed tickets, social distancing and mask requirements for anyone 3 years and older. Santa, Mrs. Claus, the reindeer, hayrides and crafts won’t be part of the festivities this year.

Christkindl Market The Denver Christkindl Market

Trees illuminated with vibrant holiday lights at Denver Botanic Gardens.

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tive holiday experience that delivers curated crafts, activities and adventures directly to your home and imagination.” Camp Christmas runs through Jan. 5, 2021 and potential campers can begin their adventure on the Camp Christmas website at www.camp-christmas.com.

Blossoms of Light at Denver Botanic Gardens.

Christmas at Gaylord Rockies The Gaylord has become a popular holiday destination for families in the metro area to take in spectacular lights and decorations. This year they will once again be hosting a plethora of events with snow tubing, ice skating, gingerbread decorating, a BuildA-Bear Workshop, scavenger hunt, ice bumper cars, a brand-new “I Love Christmas Movies” event and more.

COVID-19 precautions will be in effect, with social distancing, mask wearing for all visitors over the age of 2 and hand-sanitizing stations throughout the property. More details and online ticket sales can be found on their website.

offers an authentic German holiday experience in Civic Center Park. According to their website, this year’s event will offer opportunities to meet St. Nikolaus, Krampus and the Christkind (the traditional Christmas gift-bearer in parts of Germany and Austria). There will also be food, drinks, live entertainment and shopping with a decidedly European flair.

Local Colorado and international merchants will be on hand to sell artisan gifts and holiday treats. Running Nov. 20 through Dec. 23, the Denver Christkindl Market will operate Thursdays through Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sundays through Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Starting December 16-23 the Market will be open daily from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Canceled The Colorado Ballet has canceled its in-theater production of “The Nutcracker” due to COVID-19. Instead, ballet fans can catch this year’s rendition on Rocky Mountain PBS. The show will air Dec. 19 at 1 a.m.; Dec. 24 at 7 p.m. and again on Dec. 25 at 12 a.m. (midnight in the wee hours of Christmas morning).

Various holiday events including the annual Golden Candlelight Walk, Lakewood Lights and ice skating at Skyline Park and Belmar have been canceled this year. With COVID-19 rates continuing to rise, city and county restrictions are subject to change, so be sure to check local regulations and websites of events you’re planning to attend in advance.

Camp Christmas Camp Christmas, the brainchild of local installation artist Lonnie Hanzon, was brought to life in 2019.

Produced with help from Denver Center for Performing Arts’ Off Center, Camp Christmas turned a 10,000-square-foot hangar at Stanley Marketplace in Aurora into an Instagrammer’s holiday dream come true. This year, with COVID-19 restrictions in place and large crowds gathering together no longer an option, the event has shifted gears and reinvented itself as a hybrid digital and mail delivery version of the fictional campground. In a video introduction, Hanzon says “We’ve packed the joy, sparkle and magic of Camp Christmas into an interac-

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Momentum changer propels Creek past Pomona Last-second touchdown before half deflates Panthers in 5A state semifinals

Familiar foes set to face off

BY MICHAEL HICKS MHICKS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

GREENWOOD VILLAGE — All Chase Penry was looking for was a shot. A chance the 6-foot-2, 200-pound senior wide receiver almost didn’t get, but a holding penalty by his team opened the door.

Top-seeded Cherry Creek was clinging to a seven-point lead with just 30 seconds left before halftime and the ball at its 39-yard line. Four plays and a penalty later, the Bruins — forced out of field-goal range — were staring at a desperation heave into the end zone from the Pomona 39.

That’s when Penry and Bruins quarterback Julian Hammond drew up some magic. Their 39-yard hookup on the last play of the first half netted Cherry Creek a two-touchdown lead that quickly turned into a lopsided 35-7 5A state football semifinal victory over Pomona on the afternoon of Nov. 28 at the Stutler Bowl.

“I told coach just give me an opportunity. We took a shot and I was able to make a play,” Penry said. “I’m just very thankful. It was a great ball, and I just had to go up and make a play.”

The win sets up the Bruins (8-0), the defending state champions who’ve won 22 straight games, for a rematch with Valor Christian in the 5A state title game. The Eagles won the 2018 meeting 24-14, which also was the last time Cherry Creek has been defeated.

“Obviously, the score right before halftime was huge,” said Cherry Creek coach Dave Logan, who will be looking for his ninth state championship and third with the Bruins. “The pass to Chase completely flipped the emotions. Then, we scored on the opening possession (of the second half). All of the sudden a 14-7 game is 28-7.”

Any momentum the Panthers (7-1) had after senior quarterback Jack Pospisil hit junior wideout Isaiah Alvarez for a 17-yard score just minutes earlier had evaporated. Scoring 21, much less 28 points, against Cherry Creek’s vaunted defense was going to be virtually impossible. The Bruins had given up just 34 points all season entering the game and no more than 14 in any contest — and that was to Smoky Hill in the season opener.

Cherry Creek running back Myles Purchase eludes the Pomona defense en route to one of his three touchdowns Nov. 28 in the 5A state semifinals at Stutler Bowl.

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“(The) touchdown at the end of the first half really took the wind out of our sails,” Pomona coach Jay Madden said. “We knew we were playing a great team. To get within 14-7 at halftime, we were so excited. Then to have it go 21-7, we knew scoring 21 points against that defense was going to be a hard, hard thing to do. They had a great game plan and they executed it.”

Pomona, the No. 4 seed, struggled to get its footing offensively for much of the contest. The Panthers had just 38 yards of offense before their six-play, 53-yard TD drive late in the first half.

The second half wasn’t any better as Cherry Creek held them to just 33 yards.

On the flip side, the Bruins had a balanced attack. Hammond completed 19-of-23 passes for 221 yards and a pair of touchdowns, including a 30-yarder

to tight end Gunnar Helm. Running backs Myles Purchase and James Walker combined for 27 carries for 230 yards, with Purchase scoring three TDs on runs of 4, 53 and 6 yards.

“Our coaches put in a great game plan. They put a lot of time into it,” Penry said. “We were really balanced this week running and throwing. We took our shots when we needed, and we were able to run the ball even when they knew we were going to run the ball.”

Even so, Logan complimented the Panthers’ grit.

“I’ve been on the other end,” Logan said. “… It makes it look like the score was not indicative of how hard-fought that game was. This was a hardfought, physical game.”

The loss ended a perfect season for Pomona (7-1), but doesn’t take away from the fact that the Panthers were in the 5A state semifinals for the fifth time in six years — a stretch that included three straight championship game appearances, including a title in 2017.

Cherry Creek players celebrate Gunnar Helm’s first-quarter TD against Pomona on Nov. 28 at Stutler Bowl in Greenwood Village.

“I couldn’t be prouder of our football team if we’d had won the national championship,” said Madden, whose team has lost five straight to Cherry Creek, including a 14-7 decision in the 2019 semifinals. “This team overachieved, maximized our potential.

They did everything you could ever ask for as a coach.”

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by Wendy Khawaja SONYA’S in a new form of colSAMPLER laboration between Denver’s Public Art Program and the very popular Denver Zoo. The striped pair will probably have to circle and sniff for a while, but the strongly-formed circular tiered platforms, just installed Sonya Ellingboe inside the acre-plus bit of land called The Edge, should invite the tigers to “explore, play, exercise and sleep,” according to Brian Aucone, senior vice president for animal sciences at the zoo. See DenverPublicArt.org for more about the collection.

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“On the Rise” by Wendy Khawaja is new at the Denver Zoo. Amur tigers Yuri and Nikta will enjoy it.

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Ballet’s revenues since it sells out each year ... In 2020, nada ...

More holiday fare “Making Merry — Greatest Hits,” a 20th-anniversary celebration of Stories on Stage, will have virtual livestream readings by Denver Center Theatre favorites Jamie Horton, Candy Brown and Gabriella Cavallero, with music by composer-pianist David Nehls. Tickets cost $15 at storiesonstage.org, or by calling

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Miners Alley Miners Alley Playhouse in Golden, closed to in-person performances by the pandemic, is providing virtual shows, and readers should check the website at minersalley.com for instructions and ticket prices. For every ticket purchased, $20 will go to Miners Alley. “A Christmas Carol” will bring a one-man show by Tony Award-winning actor Jefferson Mays; “The Twelve Dates of Christmas” by Ginna

‘Own an Original’ show Littleton’s annual art show, originally designed as a source for holiday gifts when it started 55 years ago, is inside the now-closed Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton. The theme is “Liberating Humor,” which implies that it should offer a lift! Opened as of Nov. 20. We hope it can reopen before the closing date of Jan. 3 — or be extended?? Stay tuned ... We don’t know who won awards,

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High Line Canal The lovely High Line Canal Trail, all the length of it, has enjoyed 16 community cleanups and has 350 volunteers involved — with room for more. New mile markers are being installed and wayfaring signage and an underpass are under construction. A safe outdoor spot to walk and bike and enjoy the sun.

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0193-2020 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On September 18, 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) ARTHUR C WEBER III AND EVONA S BOWEN Original Beneficiary(ies) U.S BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ND Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Citizens Bank, N.A., formerly known as RBS Citizens, N.A. successor by merger to Charter One Bank, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust February 23, 2005 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 08, 2005 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5033051 Original Principal Amount $38,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $24,680.32 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. THE EASTERLY 48.50 FEET OF THE WESTERLY 156.00 FEET OF LOTS 1 & 2, BLOCK 15, BOULEVARD GARDENS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 2676 W DARTMOUTH AVE, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80110.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 01/20/2021, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

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IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

The 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.

DATE: 09/18/2020 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 01/13/2021, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

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 # 00000008964934 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. 0193-2020 First Publication: 11/26/2020 Last Publication: 12/24/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0192-2020 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On September 18, 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) Alberta 8081 East Orchard, LLC Original Beneficiary(ies) The PrivateBank and Trust Company Current Holder of Evidence of Debt CIBC Bank USA, an Illinois state chartered bank, formerly known as The PrivateBank and Trust Company Date of Deed of Trust February 17, 2017 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust February 17, 2017 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D7019916 Original Principal Amount $7,910,700.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $7,910,700.00 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. See Exhibit A Also known by street and number as: 8081 E Orchard Rd, Greenwood Village, CO 80111.

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

First Publication: 11/19/2020 Last Publication: 12/17/2020 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: 09/18/2020 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: J. Thomas Macdonald #11394 David A. Brewster #52481 Catherine M. Clendinning #40471 Otten, Johnson, Robinson, Neff, and Ragonetti PC 950 17th Street, Suite 1600, Denver, CO 80202 (303) 825-8400 Attorney File # 160395.0049 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 0192-2020 EXHIBIT A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PREMISES A PARCEL OF LAND BEING ALL OF LOT 9 AND A PART OF LOTS 10 AND 11, ALL IN BLOCK 7 OF A SUBDIVISION OF SECTION 16 (AS RECORDED IN BOOK 2, PAGE 10), TOGETHER WITH A PART OF TRACT 5 OF A SUBDIVISION OF SECTION 21 (AS RECORDED IN BOOK1, PAGE 12), TOGETHER WITH THOSE PORTIONS OF EAST ORCHARD ROAD AND SOUTH ULSTER STREET, AS DEDICATED BY SAID SUBDIVISION, ALL BEING IN TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 9, BLOCK 7; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 03 MINUTES 01 SECONDS EAST AND ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 9, A DISTANCE OF 20.00 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID WEST LINE, A DISTANCE OF 305.32 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 9; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 31 MINUTES 38 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT 9, A DISTANCE OF 200.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 13 DEGREES 45 MINUTES 33 SECONDS WEST AND RADIALLY TO A CURVE ON THE SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF THE SUBDIVISION OF GREENWOOD PLAZA SECOND FILING AMENDED PLAT (AS RECORDED IN BOOK 25, PAGES 70 AND 71), A DISTANCE OF 276.00 FEET TO A POINT ON SAID CURVE; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID

SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY ON A CURVE TO THE LEFT, HAVING A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 100 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 25 SECONDS AND A RADIUS OF 50.00 FEET, AN ARC DISTANCE OF 87.87 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE NORTH 65 DEGREES 33 MINUTES 02 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY ON A LINE RADIAL FROM THE PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED CURVE, A DISTANCE OF 365.60 FEET TO THE POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE SOUTHWESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF COLORADO STATE HIGHWAY 1-25; THENCE SOUTH 24 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 58 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID RIGHT- OF-WAY LINE, A DISTANCE OF 306.79 FEET TO THE INTERSECTION WITH THE WESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SOUTH ULSTER STREET, AS PLATTED BY SAID A SUBDIVISION OF SECTION 16; THENCE SOUTH 16 DEGREES 08 MINUTES 50 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 214.42 FEET TO THE POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE EASTERLY RIGHT-OF- WAY LINE OF SAID SOUTH ULSTER STREET, SAID POINT ALSO BEING 60.00 FEET EAST OF AND OPPOSITE THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 9; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 10 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, A DISTANCE OF 324.77 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 8, BLOCK 6 OF SAID A SUBDIVISION OF SECTION 16; THENCE SOUTH 22 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 23 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 99.54 FEET TO A POINT ON THE CENTERLINE OF SOUTH ULSTER STREET, AS PLATTED BY SAID A SUBDIVISION OF SECTION 21, SAID POINT LAYING 62.00 FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTH QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 21; THENCE NORTH 80 DEGREES 40 MINUTES 40 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 658.48 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. EXCEPT THAT PORTION CONVEYED TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS IN DEED RECORDED OCTOBER 17, 1985 IN BOOK 4574 AT PAGE 269.

ALSO EXCEPTING THAT PORTION TAKEN BY RULE AND ORDER RECORDED SEPTEMBER 2, 2004 UNDER RECEPTTION NO. B4157204.

Legal Notice No. NO. 0192-2020 First Publication: 11/19/2020 Last Publication: 12/17/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

$122,891.47

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 7, BLOCK 1, SOUTHPARK SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO A.P.N.: 2077-32-1-05-130 Also known by street and number as: 7703 CURTICE WAY #F, 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, 01/06/2021, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 11/12/2020 Last Publication: 12/10/2020 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. 0190-2020 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On September 8, 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) Stephen A Flynn Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR IMPERIAL LENDING, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee for the C-BASS Mortgage Loan AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2007-CB6 Date of Deed of Trust March 26, 2007 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust April 03, 2007 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B7041402 Original Principal Amount $152,750.00 Outstanding Principal Balance

DATE: 09/08/2020 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Alison L Berry #34531 David R. Doughty #40042 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 19-022822 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.: 0190-2020 First Publication: 11/12/2020 Last Publication: 12/10/2020 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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Our goal is $100,000. This additional funding will help us provide the following: • Programs supporting Mental Wellness, Suicide Prevention, Resiliency, & Parent Workshops • Innovative learning experiences inside & outside the classroom • Hybrid & online opportunities for kids to create & experiment • COVID Relief assistance with internet connectivity and other crisis needs • Opportunities for teachers to foster & inspire

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