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Brighton volunteers win awards from the President Kathleen Pierz helped many displaced families with shelter BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Brighton volunteer Kathleen Pierz, Brighton Rotary Club president, received a couple of U.S. Presidential Administration and Humanitarian Organization ShelterBox USA Service Awards for providing emergency shelter and supplies to people that lost their homes in a natural disaster or fled civil conflict, according to a press release by ShelterBox. She did the work in 2019. “It’s for working a certain number of volunteer hours in any given year. The award was started by President George W. Bush. It was the ‘Points of Light’ program. It’s been continued by every president since then. So last year, I got one signed by President Trump and this year, one signed by President Biden,” said Pierz. “I have a big passion for doing work with ShelterBox and doing work for the Rotary.” David Addor also received a bronze medal for his contribution of hundreds of hours raising money. He has been volunteering since 2007 and first learned about ShelterBox when an ambassador came out and talked to the Rotary Club. “It’s such an impactful organization. Our mission is to help people stay in their community, if we can help people rebuild where they live, they can stay there. Everything is there, their job, their families, and churches,” said Addor. “The idea is
ShelterBox Ambassadors Kathleen Pierz, Rotary president, and David Addor, Rotary member, both received awards for their work PHOTO BY BELEN WARD with ShelterBox USA.
to keep those communities together and hopefully within three to six months, life is back to normal.” The Rotarians started ShelterBox in Cornwall, England, as a millennial project. The groiup sent 10 boxes to a disaster area. “They all realize that the gap in providing aid when there’s a disaster was shelter. So they came up with an idea and worked with an English tent manufacturer,” said Pierz The Rotary Club came up with a basic kit for essentials for people to survive a natural disaster, manmade
or natural. Over the years, ShelterBox added more contents, such as kitchen sets, lights, mosquito nets, water purifications, blankets and tools. As of this year, they added a washtub and soap. “In March, ShelterBox hit a milestone, having helped 2 million people in a disaster. After we deploy in a situation, we go back and talked to the families who got aid from us, and we ask, ‘What worked for you and what didn’t work for you? Or, what do you wish we give you instead so that we can continue to improve and do what we do better?’”
said Pierz. “Eight-five percent of the funding goes directly to ShelterBox.” Pierz said the Rotary Club is an important partner because local Rotarians know how to get things through customs and courts. “Rotarians often own a business, have trucks to lend us and those trucks get the aid delivered. So, it’s a wonderful partnership with Rotary and a wonderful organization in terms of the number of people they help,” said Pierz. SEE VOLUNTEER, P5
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December 10, 1935 ~ April 13, 2020 Norman Earl Pawlowski was born in Alpena, South Dakota, December 10, 1935. After more than 21 months of (Long Term Care) he passed away April, 13, 2020. He was born the 7th child “the baby” of George and Anna (Daleske) Pawlowski. His love of sports and hunting filled his life at a young age. Although he accidentally shot his own big toe at age 10, this didn’t impede his love for hunting geese, pheasants, ducks and rabbits. His athletic prowess developed as he practiced basketball on packed dirt, shooting at a hoop that was made from a bushel basket nailed to a wooden pole. He still holds scoring records in basketball at Alpena High School. At the age of 17, he received a basketball scholarship to General Beadle State Teachers College (now Dakota State University). However, upon his arrival at school, he was informed that he would not be able to play basketball as a Freshman, unless he suited up for the football team. He reluctantly headed for the first practice and was confused and a bit skeptical of the pads as football was not played at Alpena HS. He also did not care for being hit and soon left school to enlist in the Marines. Following his service in the Marine Corp, he traveled to Denver to visit his older brother George, who was rehabbing at Fitzsimmons Hospital after losing a lung to tuberculosis, which he contracted during World War II. Norm decided to use the GI Bill to enroll at Colorado State University. He majored in Biology and Physical Education. While attending CSU, he also served as Assistant Head Resident at the first CSU coed dormitory, Green Hall. This is where he met his wife to be, Janice (Jan) Mosser, as she was the hall receptionist. While at CSU he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1963 and in 1965 earned a Master’s degree in Guidance Counseling. After teaching and coaching sports in Bushnell, Nebraska, he married Jan on May 22nd, 1966. Immediately after, they traveled to Germany, where he spent a year teaching and counseling Army brats in Vilseck. Upon their return to Colorado, he was hired as a Counselor at Brighton High School. He spent 30 years at BHS counseling, coaching, and teaching, retiring in 1997. During his tenure, he coached Freshman Boys basketball (1990 Skyline League Champs), Girls Tennis, and Girls Golf. However, he fostered his primary love, golf, as he served 40 years (half of his life) as Head Boys Golf Coach, winning Skyline League Championships in 1996 and 1997. He coached his son Todd and two of his grandsons during each of their 4 years at BHS, ultimately retiring in 2015. Norm and Jan purchased Varsity Sporting Goods in 1984 and for 31 years they served the Brighton area providing uniforms, trophies, awards, letter jackets, and embroidered products. He became a silk screening master and was invaluable as the clean-up and fix-it man! They sold the business in 2015, the same year he retired from coaching golf. His passion for sports and his competitive nature was prevalent throughout his life. At CSU, his dorm’s intramural basketball team won a league title and he was the intramural handball champion. While at CSU, he spent his winters on ski patrol and his summer months teaching biology and sports at a 4-H camp near Walsh, CO. After moving to Brighton, Norm’s passion for sports and the outdoors continued. He won several tournaments in the Riverdale Men’s Club and aced hole number 17, during a Men’s Club event in 2005. He participated in the Estes Park Labor Day weekend
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golf tournament for more than 35 years and was the senior flight winner in 1997. He also managed the fields and umpires for Brighton’s adult softball leagues and worked gate admissions at Mile High Kennel Club (Greyhound racing). Prior to purchasing Varsity, he owned and operated Paw’s Timber, cutting, chopping, and delivering firewood. He was dedicated to his personal fitness and faithfully visited the recreation center, swimming and lifting weights until he was 81. He could frequently be seen spinning around town on his bike and he entered several 5k run/walks over the years, winning several medals for his age bracket. To round out his hobbies, he took up gardening later in life and in 2010, encouraged by his brother George, he entered the Nature Sweet tomato contest and won first place, proudly earning a check for $2,500 for the sweetest tomato! When Jan became Brighton’s first woman Mayor in 2001, he appreciated the title of being Brighton’s first 1st Man. He was active in the community as 1st Man, attending events and ribbon cuttings for 8+ years. In November 2018, Norm and Jan were given the distinction of having the Youth Sports Complex renamed Norm and Jan Pawlowski Park. They were both incredibly honored to be recognized for their commitment to education, commerce, and community. Norm was a dedicated husband, father, and grandfather. He was known for his creative solutions and jerry-rigging techniques. Widely recognized around town for his trademark handlebar moustache, Norm’s pragmatic logic, wry sense of humor, and the loving way he teased everyone was appreciated by all who had the pleasure of knowing him. Unfortunately, due to his January 2018 diagnosis, Corticobasal Degeneration, (where the motor part of the brain just slowly goes to sleep) he required long term care at the Brighton Avamere facility. He became a favorite of the Certified Nurse Assistants and Nurse staff due to his sense of humor. He was preceded in death by his parents, and brothers Donald of South Dakota and George of Arvada. He is survived by his wife, Jan; son, Todd (Shelly) Pawlowski and their children, Brock, Brice, and Jamie of Commerce City; daughter, Jill (Scott) McCollum of Thornton and their son, Jordan (Jackie) and great grandson, Jaden (born March 18, 2021) DelRoss of Northglenn; brother, Marvin (Shirley) of Redmond, OR; sisters, Doris Groenhoff of Boulder and Margaret Sample of Mesa, AZ (unfortunately his sister, Luetta O’Brien of Oakdale, CA passed away July 29, 2020); also surviving are seven nieces and five nephews.
Eunice Loreen Wegner Sanow Zander went home to be with her Lord on June 2, 2021. She was born on October 10, 1931 in Battle Creek Nebraska to William and Hedwig Wegner the youngest of 3 sisters Ruby, Wilma and Eunice. After her father died unexpectedly in 1937 the family moved to Battle Creek Nebraska then later moved to Brighton Colorado in 1944 where she spent the remainder of her childhood. As a lifelong member of the Lutheran Church Misouri Synod, Eunice and her family were active at Zion Lutheran Church in Brighton where she was confirmed in 1945. After graduating from High School Eunice went to Concordia Teachers College in Seward Nebraska where she graduated in June 1952 with a degree in Elementary Education. She taught for two years at St. Johns Lutheran School in Denver. It was at St Johns that Eunice met Luther Sanow, a widower, and they were married in November 1953. Luther’s 6 year old son Stephen then joined them in Denver. After living there for a year the family moved several times ending up in Eugene Oregon in 1958. Timothy William Sanow was born in 1960 followed by Daniel Jacob Sanow in 1963 and Rebecca (Becky) Lu Sanow in 1966. In 1969 the family moved to Vancouver Washington where she spent the
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remainder of her life. In 1976 she began her career as a legal secretary at the law firm of Blair, Schafer, Hutchinson and Wolfe where she worked until her retirement. Eunice and Luther divorced in1995. She married Richard Zander in 2002 and they were married until shortly before his death in 2017. Eunice had a passion for music. She was a piano and organ player and played the organ for several years at both Grace Lutheran Church and St. Johns Lutheran Church. She also served as choir director at both congregatons. She was a member of Vancouver USA Singers for several years and enjoyed their performances both in the USA and overseas. In her later years she would spend hours playing the piano and singing traditional hymns. Eunice is survived by her 4 children, 10 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. We will be having a celebration of life on Friday, September 17, 2021 10 am at Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Vancouver Washington followed by private internment. Friends and acquaintences are welcome to attend. Mom we love you and miss you and we look forward to being with you again in heaven.
Earl V. Mathisen
June 3, 1937 ~ August 22, 2021 his passion for football with his nieces and nephews. For about 30 years, he showed his love for youth sports and football when he “ran the chains” for the Wiggins Tigers. Earl was a member of the Colorado Chapter of the Polka Lovers Klub of America. What wonderful times he had with all the friends he made there!
Earl Vaughn Mathisen was born June 3, 1937 to George and Myrtle (Jensen) Mathisen of Fort Lupton, Colorado. He often talked about the happy childhood he had growing up on the family farm with his siblings; James, Glenda, Arlene, Judy and George. Earl attended grades 1 – 9 in Fort Lupton and then graduated from Brighton High School in 1957. His main regret was that his mom didn’t allow him to play football. After graduation, Earl worked for John Deere Implement in Wiggins and later for OK Farms maintaining their equipment. About 1961, Earl decided to join the US Airforce Reserve. Soon after that, he was called to active service during the Berlin Crisis. Following his time in the Airforce, Earl became a member of the VFW. Earl was an avid Denver Broncos fan and part of the South Stand Fans holding season tickets to Mile High Stadium for several years. He loved to share
Norm’s Life will be Celebrated on Saturday, September 18, 2021, beginning at 11:30 a.m., at the Brighton High School Gymnasium with a Reception to follow at the Dawg Diner. Please RSVP online if you plan to attend at: www.taborfuneralhome.com/ obituary/Norman-Pawlowski (Use the same link to add a tribute or access the live event / video) The family encourages attendees to bring tall tales and an empty stomach and to dress in Bulldog or Golf attire. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that contributions be made to Norm Pawlowski’s Memorial, c/o Independent Financial, 2707 E. Bromley Ln., Brighton, CO 80601.
Earl had a love for life. He treasured his family and many friends. He will be missed dearly and will always be loved. Memorial services honoring Earl will begin at 10:00 a.m., on Friday, September 10, 2021 at Tabor Funeral Home, 75 South 13th Avenue, in Brighton. A luncheon will be held immediately afterwards at the Brighton Elks, beginning at 12:00 noon. Tabor Funeral Home, Brighton, Colorado handled arrangements. Please share memories of Earl and condolences with his family at www. TaborFuneralHome.com.
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Marijuana sales tax question may make Brighton’s ballot STAFF REPORT
The Nov. 2 ballot in Brighton may have grown during an Aug. 31 Brighton City Council meeting. Council approved a resolution to put a marijuana sales tax ballot question on the ballot. The vote was unanimous. A city statement said the ballot question would allow the sale of retail marijuana and marijuana products within city limits. If it winds up on the ballot, the change to city code would go forward if voters approve a 4 percent sales taxon marijuana and marijuana products. Staff thinks the revenue could total
$1.5 million per year. “Revenue from this special sales tax would be used to fund capital projects, including recreational amenities,” the statement said. “No more than 20-percent of the revenues would be spent on administrative costs.” TABOR, the Taxpayers Bill of RIghts, requires voters to approve tax increases. The statement said staff presentations will help finalize the legal piece of marijuana retail sales. The city plans public hearings to take feedback and public comment. Dates have not been announced.
Mills has three challengers Brighton residents Anass Maksi, Laurie Maier and former councilor Wayne Scott all secured spots on Brighton’s November ballot, challenging Mayor Greg Mills for the top job. Voters will select a new mayor and four city councilors this fall. The Brighton City Clerk can begin mailing ballots to residents Oct. 8 and the polls officially close Nov. 2. Brighton voters will select five names total, a Mayor and City Councilors from all four Wards. The City Council terms currently held by Ward 1 Councilor Matt Johnston, Ward 2’s Ann Taddeo,
Ward 3’s Clint Blackhurst and Ward 4 Mark Humbert are all set to expire in January. Ward 1’s Johnston is the only incumbent seeking re-election that is currently facing a challenger, Normand Brown Jr. of Mt. Wilson Street. Taddeo is unopposed, seeking a full term in the Ward 2 spot. She won a May 2020 special election to the seat, replacing Mills who had taken the job of Mayor. In Ward 3, Jan Pawlowski will be unopposed in seeking Blackhurst’s seat. Peter Padilla is also unopposed in the race to fill the Ward 4 seat currently held by Humbert.
Ortega, PVHS alum, former athlete, dies at 24 BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Nick Hackney took a few minutes Aug. 31 to remember his friend and Prairie View High School classmate, Mitchell Ortega, who died last week in a motorcycle crash. The two played football and baseball for the ThunderHawks. “We had a couple of classes together,” Hackney said. “He was 2 years older, so he took me under his wing like a big bro, as he did for lots of people. Genuine soul A family Facebook post said Ortega was riding his motorcycle when another car cut in front of him.
“If you knew his charismatic charm, chances are he brightened your world too,” said the post. “He celebrated his college graduation from MSU Denver and impacted lives at his job at Northpoint Recovery in Loveland, making a difference.” PVHS athletic director Jason Humphrey called it “such a tragic loss at such a young age.” “Mitch was a great kid and a proud ThunderHawk,” Humphrey tweeted. “Many of our veteran staff had the pleasure of having him either in class or on the athletic field.” Ortega played on the T-Hawks’ football team in 2014 and 2015. He finished his 2015 season with 43 solo tackles and 69 total tackles. He also played baseball in 2014 at PVHS. In 17 games, he batted .357 and drove in five runs. “Mitch was a student-athlete at Prairie View
High School that had such a joy for life and presence about him that would make you smile,” said his former football coach, Todd Riccio, now the coach at Mountain Range High School. “He was a friend to all, kind, caring and compassionate.” “Mitch continues to impact many lives. He elected to be an organ donor,” the family Facebook posts said. “After this process, we will share the celebration of life details.” Present PVHS football coach Tim Cardenas tweeted “Gone too soon.” “I’m praying for the Ortega family through this time,” Hackney said. “He will be missed dearly, and we offer support to his friends, family, and close ones during this time,” Humphrey tweeted. “Once a ThunderHawk, always a ThunderHawk.”
Heritage Day Saturday, Sept. 25 Adams County Museum 9601 Henderson Road Brighton, CO 80601 Archies Hotdogs on site for food purchase!
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A wall that heals the soul The vietnam memorial wall replica came to Brighton BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The Walls that Heals memorial replica arrived in Brighton to honor more than three million Americans who are serving in the U.S. Armed Force and with the engraved names of 58,279 servicemen and women that made sacrifices in Vietnam. “It’s a complex process to set it up to make it as perfect and as exact as the wall in Washington DC, we send out two staffers from Washington, DC, to lead all these volunteers and how to set it up and make it as perfect as the wall in DC,” said Tim Tetz, Wall that Heals site manager. The wall is 375 feet, its three quarters the scale of the one in Washington DC. The wall in Washington DC is 500 feet. At three-quarters scale, it’s seven in a half feet tall at the apex and it reaches out 187 feet on each side. Two staffers from Walls That Heals and over 30 volunteers with veterans and United Airlines employees came on Wednesday, September 1st to Brighton’s City Hall Carmichael Park to help construct the wall. “They are doing a great job with no skill. None of them had ever done this. They have skills coming in, obviously from their professions, but we’re guiding them in that role in making this and setting this up this week,” said Tetz. The wall is owned by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. It started the wall’s current tour in March 2021 with 28 stops from coast to coast every weekend. They move the wall to a different community every Wednesday of every week throughout the season, constructing the wall in a different park in a different community. Tetz said, “It’s exciting to be able to do this time and time again every week in communities across the nation.” It’s a bustling affair, with volunteers working to get the wall set up and ready for visitors. Tetz said the mood changes once the wall is completed. “It is an incredible relief that we’ve done it again, it’s incredible when those first people start to come and see it and interact with the wall in the way that they do with its healing and reflective nature,” said Tetz.
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United Airlines Sharon Hogg oversees the Military Cargo Division they heard about the wall coming to Brighton through the employee resource group called the United for Veterans. “We have about 150 members in the Denver area that represent all different work aspects of United,” said Hogg. We get together and partner on activities that are near and dear to veterans’ hearts and veteran issues within the company,” said Hogg. Family affair Many of the United Airlines employees are veterans, she said, either currently or active duty. Many others have parents like Hogg’s dad who was a Vietnam veteran in the U.S. Army. “We heard of the opportunity and my Dad has never been to the Washington Memorial. So he’s here today helping us build this wall and I’m already seeing the healing that’s happening,” said Hogg. “Just being around a few veterans is impactful. We do what we can to honor those who are serving us and keeping our freedoms. It’s very important to us to give back and that’s beautiful.” Hogg’s dad John Bauserman served from June of 1968 to 1969 working in Army intelligence in Saigon. “I was not out in the jungles with the guys, but we were doing our part to keep everyone safe and protect 58,000 soldiers there and who did not make it, “ said Bauserman. “Our mission is to make sure they stayed away from the enemies and didn’t get surprised. I’m helping build the wall to support my daughter, support the cause and the folks that did not make it back. We are doing this for all of them.” Jan Sands with United Airlines Customer Service she’s volunteering to make a difference. “It’s a nice thing to bring here and I have been to the wall in Washing-
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ton. I just thought it would be fun to be a part of bringing this to Brighton,” said Sands. It’s a great way to honor the vets. Maurice Mercens a Navy Vietnam veteran served two tours from 1965 to 1967. He volunteers his time to build the wall for his fellow vets. “I owe it to my brothers and sisters,” said Mercens. Kashinda Pullen, an advance planner in the airline’s flight training center, volunteered because it is an important project for the veterans. “I am here because I think it’s always a cool opportunity to give back
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Mismatch: Census shows City Councils lack diversity City council members of color say it’s more than just a number BY LIAM ADAMS LADAMS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The 2020 Census showed that North Denver Metro cities have become more diverse in the past decade, but representation on local city councils has not kept up. About 49% of residents in Brighton, Commerce City, Thornton, Northglenn and Westminster are non-White, according to an average of 2020 Census data. Meanwhile, about 18% of members of the various city councils are non-White. But it’s not just about statistics, say current city council members of color. Residents from minority communities who serve on city councils bring a unique perspective that others might not have. When Northglenn City Councilor Julie Mullica ran for the council
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in 2017, she said she wanted to represent all of my community. “But as I continued to move around and talked to people, it definitely turned into a higher issue for me,” Mullica Mullica said. “I realized, `Wow, this is a really important perspective and voice that I am bringing to council that I think is important for the city of Northglenn.’” On the campaign trail, Mullica, who identifies as Chicana, said constituents of color shared with her stories about experiencing racism in the city, she said. Having someone on the council that looked like them might promote a greater spirit of inclusivity, the residents told her. And when Mullica joined the council, she saw opportunities to address that. A major priority for her was establishing a diversity, inclusivity, and social equity (DISE) board, which the city established in 2020. That was one new idea from the diverse perspective Mullica feels she
has brought to the table. She also noted other initiatives that former Councilors Antonio Esquibel and Jordan Sauers suggested, such as making sure city events featured more Latin music bands or city movie nights included Spanish subtitles. Though Sauers and Esquibel no longer serve on council, Shannon Lukeman-Hiromasa is another city councilor of color in Northglenn. Mullica and Lukeman-Hiromasa are running to stay on the council this November election. With Mullica and Lukeman-Hiromasa, the Northglenn City Council is 25% non-white, though the city is 48% non-White, 2020 Census data shows. Thornton is 49% non-White, while the council is 22% non-White. Commerce City is 60% non-White and its city council is 33% non-White. About half of Brighton is nonWhite, but only one city councilor is non-White. In Westminster, a city about 36% non-White, is represented by an entirely White city council. Commerce City Councilman José Guardiola said he also thinks
diverse representation on city councils is critical. Although he said it isn’t just about having non-White voices on council. There are other layers. Guardiola is a firstGuardiola generation U.S. citizen because his parents moved to Commerce City in 1983 from Mexico. When he ran for council, that was at the forefront of his mind. He said, “I wondered who was representing that first-generation or that recent immigrant, the undocumented in Commerce City … Third and fourth generations (Latino residents) are far removed from recent immigrants and there is a big difference.” Since joining the council, Guardiola said residents have been glad to have a city councilor like himself who speaks Spanish and attends Spanish-speaking meetings. Guardiola is running for reelection this November.
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Money, politics and the source of life in Colorado Understanding two years of conflict over water in the North Denver Metro area
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There might be little evidence that the adage, “Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting,” actually came from Mark Twain, but government officials don’t doubt its accuracy. The saying has become a maxim for communities throughout the western U.S., but especially along Colorado’s Front Range. In the past two years, there have been recall elections for members of city councils in Westminster and Brighton due to citizens’ anger over water rates. Meanwhile, Thornton has been engaged in disputes with Larimer and Weld County commissioners over a 74-mile water pipeline that Thornton wants to build from a reservoir near Fort Collins. Three neighboring cities, unified by the same water supply, were all shaken up by social-political conflict because of that water. North Metro Denver cities aren’t the only ones with problems. Denver Water is currently fighting Boulder County in federal court over plans to expand a reservoir to acquire more water for Denverites. Englewood came under scrutiny for a violation it received a week before the city issued a boil order when it discovered E. coli in its water supply. “That’s the nature of how this resource works,” said Pete Taylor, chair of Colorado State University’s sociology department, whose research focuses on environmental sociology and water governance. “I see water as potentially one of the most challenging and sometimes conflictual problems that we are facing here in the West.” But North Metro Denver is also unique. Much of its water infrastructure — 1,417 miles of water line and six water treatment plants for Westminster, Thornton, Northglenn and Brighton altogether — is getting old and needs replacing. Meanwhile, the population in those four cities jumped 943% or 304,140 people in the past 60 years. The population of Adams County is projected to increase another 59% by 2050, according to the state demography office. In those same years, experts expect water supplies to fall to climate change and wildfires to damage watersheds. North metro cities need to keep water infrastructure up to date with population growth while preparing for a changing climate. It’s a perfectly expensive storm and a perfect opportunity for local social-political conflict. A lone voyage at sea The concentration of water issues in the north metro area didn’t spring out of nowhere. Colorado water resources expert Walraven Ketellapper traces it back to the early 1950s when the Denver Water Board imposed the “Blue Line” to establish a boundary for Denver-provided water service. Before that, Denver Water served
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purchased 58,000 acre-feet of water in a reservoir near Fort Collins from the Water Storage and Supply Company. The bulk of Brighton’s water supply comes from alluvium wells fed by the South Platte River and the Beebe Draw, rights the city acquired in the 1970s and 80s. Needing additional supply, however, Brighton entered into an agreement with Thornton and Westminster in 2009 to receive water from Standley Lake. Thornton began using its first water treatment plant in 1955 and its second one in 2005. Westminster’s first plant came online in 1969 and its second one was in 2001. Northglenn F opened its plant in 1981 and Brighton in the 1993. Part of the Greensands water treatment process at Brighton’s water treatment plant. The city wanted to expand its Greensands treatment operations at one point, but it PHOTO BY BELEN WARD realized it currently doesn’t have the funding to do so.
communities to its south and north, but the Blue Line cast out the north and kept in the south metro area. “Instead of being able to rely on Denver to provide water, they had to start securing their own resources,” Ketallapper said. What followed was a scramble to acquire more water and build the infrastructure to treat and transport the new water, all while the cities grew at a rapid pace. The total population of Westminster, Thornton, Northglenn and Brighton was 32,258 in 1960, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That jumped to 68,932 in 1970, 133,174 in 1980, 171,054 in 1990 and 233,289 in 2000. During that same time, Westminster and Thornton acquired water rights from ditch companies, including the Farmers Highline Canal and the Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation Company (FRICO), that sold shares of agricultural water rights that the cities then converted into municipal water rights, Ketallapper said. The shares FRICO sold were in
Standley Lake. Also, the two cities purchased farmland that they extracted water from. Whether it was from the ditch companies or individual properties, the bulk of the water the cities acquired flowed from the South Platte River and the Clear Creek basin. Northglenn would rely on water service from Thornton until the late 1970s when Thornton and Westminster encircled the land around Northglenn through a series of annexations. Northglenn determined it, “needed to separate themselves from Thornton’s system so they could have control over their own destiny,” said Ketallapper, who worked for Thornton’s utilities department from the 1979 to 1985. In 1978, Thornton, Northglenn and Westminster all increased their water supply through a deal with FRICO. It, “helped Northglenn stabilize its water supply,” wrote Colorado water resources expert Charles Fisk in his memoir, “The Metro Denver Water Story.” About a decade later, Thornton
From smooth sailing to choppy seas After being forced out on their own, acquiring sufficient supplies of water and building the necessary infrastructure, the north metro cities began to have different issues at the turn of the century. Jayla Poppleton, executive director of Water Education Colorado, said a variety of pressures collided in recent years that have driven up costs for local water suppliers. “Aging infrastructure in their system is catching up with them. Or they are having to get out on the market where water rights are increasingly expensive to provide for a growing community and need to build their water rights portfolio,” B she said. Water Education Colorado @ B helps community leaders and its 1 citizens understand the intersecting 3 challenges around water in the state. Poppleton added, “There are N increasingly stringent conditions around water quality and safe drink- @ ing water. So, in some cases, commu- S nities are having to upgrade or even B 1 rebuild water treatment plants.” 3 That was the case in Brighton, which was notified by the Colorado Department of Public Health and SEE WATER, P10
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3 measures qualify for Colo.’s statewide ballot Voters will decide questions on taxes, legislative money control BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN
Colorado voters will decide whether the legislature should have more control over how money from legal settlements and the federal government is spent after a third and final measure qualified to be on the statewide ballot in November. The signatures turned in to the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office by proponents of Initiative 19 were deemed sufficient Aug. 31. To get their question on the Nov.
2 ballot, backers needed the signatures of 124,632 registered voters, including a minimum of 2% of registered voters from each of Colorado’s 35 state Senate districts. The two other questions on the statewide ballot in November are: -- Initiative 27, which would lower the property tax assessment rate for multi-family residential homes to 6.5% from 6.8% and to 26.4% for lodging properties from 29% -- Initiative 25, which would impose a new 3% sales tax on recreational marijuana starting Jan. 1 and increasing to 5% by Jan. 1, 2024, at which point it is projected to generate about $138 million a year. That’s in addition to the existing 15% state sales tax on recreational marijuana. The money generated by the increased taxes would go toward
union have expressed concern about the measure. Colorado Education Association president Amie Baca-Oehlert said her organization has anxieties over the implementation of the out-ofschool learning program under the measure and whether students will truly be able to access aid in their communities. There are no other groups seeking to place measures on the November ballot. bolstering out-of-school learning. Initiatives 19 and 27 are being pushed by Colorado Rising Action, a conservative fiscal group. Initiative 25 has bipartisan support, though the marijuana industry and the state’s largest teachers
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Can Colorado GOP’s base get past 2020 to win in 2022? Unfounded claims of a stolen election test party’s game plan BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN
Kristi Burton Brown, chairwoman of the Colorado GOP, appeared at a gathering of Republicans in Jefferson County this summer where she talked about how the party can attract unaffiliated voters and finally win again in 2022. Candidates need to look forward and talk about keeping taxes low and school choice, she said. “We have to become the party of ideas.” But when Burton Brown opened the hotel-conference-room gathering up for questions, the crowd didn’t want to discuss her talking points. They jerked the focus back to the past. “The biggest issue for me is voter cheating and this whole national election, as we all know, was a set up,” a man said. “Has there been any talk of a forensic audit anywhere in this state?” a woman asked next. “If the Arizona audit shows the Dominion (Voting System) machines to be unreliable — and we use those machines — what’s our game plan?” another man wanted to know, referencing a Republican-led recount in the Phoenix area. As Colorado Republicans look to 2022 with hopes of bouncing back from two election cycles of defeat, their game plan for how to move forward is clashing with an attachment among the party’s base to unfounded claims that the 2020 presidential election was fraudulent. It’s not clear if the two pursuits can successfully coexist. “The election-fraud claim does pose a special challenge, because the base is especially riled up about it and swing voters are especially turned off by it,” said Daniel Cole, who leads the Republican campaign operations for state House and Senate Republicans.
Supporters of then-President Donald Trump gathered on all four corners at University Boulevard and Highlands Ranch Parkway on Election Night, Nov. 3, 2020, waving flags PHOTO BY JOHN LEYBA/SPECIAL TO THE COLORADO SUN and playing music.
The same debate is playing out in other states, including Arizona, where a Republican audit of 2020 ballots in Maricopa County is dragging on. Trump, who continues to question his loss last year, fell short in the state by more than 10,000 votes. A previous recount of Maricopa County’s ballots found no problems. A push from some in the Colorado GOP to cancel the 2022 primaries to cut unaffiliated voters out of the process and allow party insiders to select the GOP nominees is an extension of the baseless voter fraud anxiety. Unaffiliated voters have been able to vote in partisan primaries in Colorado since the 2016 passage of Proposition 108. For instance, state Rep. Ron Hanks, a Fremont County Republican who has been one of the loudest voices in Colorado when it comes
to questioning the 2020 presidential election results, said opting out of the state-run primary is a step toward election integrity. Randy Corporon, a Republican national committeeman and conservative talk radio host, has been advocating on his KNUS show for the primaries to be canceled for the same reason. “The Republican Party can take … power away from Jena Griswold and the state by reclaiming their own primary,” he told listeners recently, referring to the Democratic secretary of state, who is Colorado’s top election official. Priscilla Rahn, vice chair of the Colorado GOP, recently said she supports canceling the 2022 primary, calling into question Griswold’s ability to fairly oversee the contest. “Ask yourself this: “Do you trust her to administer an honest election
and not interfere against Republicans?” Rahn wrote in an Aug. 21 letter. But Dick Wadhams, a former chair of the Colorado Republican Party, sees major peril for his party if it continues to beat the drum on election fraud and opts out of next year’s primaries. “There is no way a Republican can win in 2022 for statewide office and, frankly, in a bunch of competitive districts around the state,” he said of the scenario. Unaffiliated voters made up 43% of registered voters in Colorado at the end of July, compared to Republicans at 26% and Democrats at 29%. “They keep talking about how these unaffiliated voters are going to defile our process because they are going to be nominating a bunch of moderates and liberals,” Wadhams said. “I read that kind of stuff, I listen to it, and I’m thinking: ‘Any Republican candidate for statewide office who doesn’t think about the unaffiliated voters during their primary isn’t serious.’” Wadhams said it would be disastrous for Republicans if questioning the 2020 presidential election results becomes a litmus test for primary candidates. Burton Brown, who hasn’t taken a public stance on the question of whether to cancel next year’s GOP primaries, appears to agree, urging Republicans to move on from last year. “The more we talk about the past, the more we talk about what happened instead of what we are going to do in 2022, the more our candidates are put at a disadvantage,” she said at the Jefferson County Republican event, “because we are focusing on something we cannot control.” Still, she said, questions about election integrity are posed “all around the state.” The Colorado GOP is encouraging people who are concerned about the state’s voting processes to “get involved” and “get your eyes in the room” by becoming poll watchers and election judges. But she said SEE GOP, P9
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there has been no proof of mass fraud in Colorado and that the only sure way for Republicans to lose in 2022 is for the party’s voters not to show up on Election Day because they think their vote won’t count. Election security was not explicitly on the list when Burton Brown and other top Republicans earlier this month rolled out a 10-point “Commitment to Colorado” aimed at attracting unaffiliated voters and serving as the party’s 2022 platform. State Rep. Dave Williams, a Colorado Springs Republican, thinks the GOP shouldn’t shy away from election integrity issues and that it needs to push for policy reforms. “It does no one any good to stay out of the fight or not engage,” said Williams, who favors canceling the 2022 primaries. “We need to be able to secure our elections but also prepare for 2022 with the fundamentals — find and recruit candidates, set them up. We can’t ignore one or the other.” He thinks both can be addressed simultaneously — and he also thinks that unaffiliated voters care about election integrity. Even if there are Republicans who want to move on, 2020 continues to dominate the spotlight. Most recently, that’s because of Tina Peters, the GOP clerk and recorder in Mesa County who is under criminal investigation after election system passwords and a copy of a Suncor Air Monitoring Print Ads.pdf voting equipment hard drive were
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allegedly taken from her office and then leaked online. Peters’ case has generated headlines in Colorado for weeks. She has cast doubt on the 2020 presidential election results, allying herself with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, a Trump supporter who has peddled conspiracy theories about last year’s contest. Seth Masket, who leads the Center for American Politics at the University of Denver, suspects that election integrity questions will persist. “If you make that (stolen election) argument, it’s pretty hard to pivot away from,” he said. “It’s kind of a 2 8/10/21 10:38 PM diffi cult place that Republicans have
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painted themselves into.” Ryan Winger, a pollster with Louisville-based Magellan Strategies, thinks the divided focus among Republicans is “symptomatic of a larger problem.” “Many in the GOP fail to understand unaffiliated voters and consequently fail to grasp why they lose elections,” he said. “Sure, making election integrity a major focus will likely scare off unaffiliated voters who didn’t vote for Trump and who the GOP needs to win over, but in a world where there is no dispute about the 2020 result, unaffiliated voters still aren’t flocking to Republican candidates.”
Others, like state Rep. Colin Larson, a Ken Caryl Republican who is eyeing a 2022 congressional bid, doesn’t see election integrity as being the main focus of GOP voters. He’s bullish on his party’s chances next year. “It’s not something I’m inundated with,” he said about election security questions. “The vast majority of people in my district are talking to me about school issues right now. And then after that it’s crime.” Cole, the strategist leading election efforts for Colorado’s legislative Republicans, thinks that even if there is an election integrity focus among the GOP base “it poses a … familiar challenge.” “How to appeal first to the base in the primary election and then to swing voters in the general election?” he said. “This is an issue every cycle on both sides of the aisle. And there are always voices who think Republicans can’t hold the base and the middle together. In 2016, Jeb Bush said: ‘You have to lose the primary to win the general.’ But it turned out he was wrong.” The Colorado GOP’s central committee will decide whether to cancel the party’s 2022 primaries on Sept. 18. Colorado Sun staff writer Daniel Ducassi contributed to this report. This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.
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Environment in 2005 that the city’s reverse osmosis water treatment plant needed to meet new treatment standards, requiring the installation of expensive new equipment. The city was able to receive a permit extending the deadline for when it needed to meet new standards. Then, in 2014, the city drafted a new capital improvement plan that included a new treatment plant to replace the existing one that would include equipment to meet the CDPHE standards, and also increase the city’s water treatment capacity. A rate consultant that Brighton hired recommended an 8% increase in water rates to fund the treatment plant, which the city did in 2015. The next year, in neighboring Thornton, the city council approved a 13% water rate increase to help fund a new water treatment plant and the Thornton Water Project, the proposed 74-mile pipeline to carry south the city’s water supply near Fort Collins. Following the rate increase, Thornton filed its applications for construction permits to build the Thornton Water Project with Larimer and Weld counties in 2018. The Larimer County Board of Commissioners said no a year later, causing Thornton to respond by suing the Larimer County board in district court. Also, in 2019, a 10% water rate increase in Westminster went into effect to help fund Water2025, a new water treatment plant that would
Reverse osmosis treatment trains at Brighton’s water treatment plant, which went online in 1993. Eventually, the city will need to build a new water treatment plant, but the city doesn’t currently have PHOTO BY BELEN WARD enough funding for it.
replace its current Semper Water Treatment Facility. Cascade Back in Brighton, the situation was escalating. Then-City Manager Philip Rodriguez called into question the money the city had saved up for the future water treatment plant — partly coming from water rates - for being excessive. Because the city hadn’t made certain progress on the proposed treatment plant, Rodriguez called the project “fictitious.” City Councilor Matt Johnston backed Rodriguez, saying the abundance of savings was evidence that the city “price gouged” ratepayers. Soon after Rodriguez and Johnston made their case to the public about the seemingly suspicious pool of “$70 million,” the city council voted 5-4 to fire Rodriguez for conflict between the city manager and city staff. But many residents believed it was a cover-up, so they launched a recall campaign against the mayor, Ken Kreutzer, for previously supporting
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water rate increases and for leading the charge to fire Rodriguez. Johnston was a leader in the recall effort. In the November 2019 municipal election, the residents successfully recalled Kreutzer. Less than a year later, back in Westminster, a group of citizens angry over the cost of water launched a recall campaign against four members of the council, then-Mayor Herb Atchison, then-Mayor Pro Tem Anita Seitz, and Councilors Jon Voelz and Kathryn Skulley. The effort to obtain enough signatures on petitions to trigger recall elections was initially unsuccessful, but after a court battle in Adams County District Court, the Westminster Water Warriors secured recall elections against Atchison and Voelz in April 2021. Atchison resigned soon after, while Voelz faced and survived a recall election in July. Around the same time, neighboring Thornton finally received an answer from the Weld County Board of Commissioners regarding its application to construct the pipeline. It was a no, so Thornton sued. However, Thornton also learned a state statute would allow the city to override the Weld denial, which the Thornton City Council voted to do. Washed on the shore Despite the success with the Weld override, Thornton is still fighting a legal battle with Larimer County over its pipeline, now in the Colorado Court of Appeals. As for Brighton, the city still needs to find a way to meet the CDPHE standards for water treatment as it juggles present concerns about meeting peak water demand in the summer. Yet, the city doesn’t have
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Roberta Ayala, who is running for city council in Thornton this November, echoed Guardiola, saying diversity just shouldn’t be for diversity’s sake. “A piece of the conversation that has been missing is about representation for working class people of color on our city council,” Ayala said. Ayala, who has worked as a union Ayala organizer, is pushing for a progressive agenda on various socio-economic issues, a perspective she says she has from her own experience as a Hispanic resident of Thornton of 30 years. As the city grows to the north, she wants to make sure that the south side of town, where more residents of color live, aren’t left behind. That means revitalizing parts of south Thornton that are blighted, addressing food desserts, and cleaning up contamination at the Thornton Shopping Center, which Ayala and others have called an example of environmental racism. Obi Ezeadi, who is running for Westminster City Council in November, shares a similar line of thinking as Ayala about the perspective he can bring to the council.
the funding for a new water treatment plant, in part due to a decrease in water rates in 2020 following a new rate study based on a different capital improvement plan that didn’t include the treatment plant. Meanwhile, Westminster’s plan to replace its water treatment plant by 2025 hit a roadblock when the city council couldn’t reach a consensus on a rate increase for 2022, which the city saw as critical to funding Water2025. After Atchison resigned and Seitz became mayor, the Westminster City Council was split 3-3 on water rates. The council never appointed a seventh councilor to fill the vacant seat. Disagreements persist; problems intensify Kevin Bommer, executive director of the Colorado Municipal League, said elements of the north metro water controversies are similar to that of other CML members. “Water rates have certainly come up in a couple of places.” At the same time, he added, “I don’t know that they have been a central theme in as many other places.” To Johnston, now mayor pro tem on the Brighton City Council, it makes sense that the issue of water rates was so politically powerful in Brighton. “There is something to that being the cost that comes from the city,” he said. “The water bill is the face of how much you pay the city. It’s the thing that every citizen sees and goes, `is my city ripping me off or not?’ It’s definitely a motivating factor for any election.” Johnston said water rates helped SEE WATER, P11
“The council has been all white, all upper-middle class,” Ezeadi. “So, it’s not just race,” he said. “When I think about equity, I think about race, income class, Ezeadi sexuality, gender.” Ezeadi acknowledges that current council members promote the idea of diversity, but said that’s not the same as a council member who has, “...experienced what they (workingclass residents of color) have gone through.” Ezeadi listed a couple of examples of inequity he sees in the city that he feels has been absent among discussions on the council, including “tree equity” — in that there are more trees and green space in the northern, higher-income part of town — or the disproportionate negative financial impact of the pandemic on minority-owned businesses. Ezeadi said he would like to see the council adopt criteria for development proposals that include questions aimed at issues of inequity in town, such as, “How would this proposal impact south Westminster or the Black population?” It’s not just about a person’s appearance or the sound of their name, Ezeadi reiterated. “Diversity impacts the decisionmaking of things,” he said. “It impacts the wealth gaps, the income gaps, and the climate change burdens.”
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with the success of Brighton’s recall, but said he didn’t weaponize the issue for other political aspirations. Westminster Mayor Pro Tem David DeMott, one of the most vocal opponents to the city’s rate recommendations, also acknowledged that water rates are a mobilizing force. But, DeMott said, “it’s more than a political chip, if you will. It’s a very important topic to us.” Though the water rates debate in Westminster has effectively concluded, the issue will still be front-andcenter in the November municipal election. DeMott, who is running for reelection, and at least four other candidates running for mayor or atlarge council seats have taken strong anti-rates stances. Also, it doesn’t seem like Brighton and Westminster’s dilemmas with the cost of providing water service will reach points of resolution soon. If anything, it’s just getting started. Despite Brighton city staff brainstorming creative solutions to temporarily circumvent the need for a new water treatment plant, the staff also acknowledged the city will still need the new plant one day. Westminster staff said the same about its treatment plant. Yet, Johnston and DeMott, who represent a broader sentiment in each of their communities, simply don’t agree with the staff on key issues. “I’m not sure that we can or need to build a new water treatment plant. I know that’s not going to be a popu-
lar thing to say. But the reason is, is because we might not be able to,” Johnston said. DeMott’s feeling about Westminster’s treatment plant is almost identical. “I do have my concerns about whether or not that’s the right path,” he said. Pacing matters Johnston argues that Brighton’s issue isn’t necessarily the treatment plant, but development. “What if we had to have the talk of pacing residential development in the city?” he said. “Because the reason that we need a water treatment plant isn’t as much for the citizens we have now, it’s for the citizens that we expect to have.” But the CML’s Bommer doesn’t think it’s that simple. “We are going to grow, no matter what,” he said. Growth isn’t the only problem the future holds for Brighton, Westminster, Thornton, or almost anywhere else in Colorado, said Poppleton, the Water Education Colorado director. “I think the increasing pressures that are being placed on our water resources from drought and climate change and Colorado’s continued growing population are going to continue to test our ability to come to the table together,” Poppleton said. “There is going to be a real shortage in systems across the state. It will produce real pain points.” Climate change poses several threats to municipal water systems, with the first being a diminishment of supply. That’s why Thornton is eager to build the Thornton Water Project. Having access to the city’s supply in Larimer County will be crucial
if Thornton’s supply in Standley Lake is experiencing drought. Since droughts are typically localized, both reservoirs likely wouldn’t experience the same shortages at the same time, city utilities staff explained. There’s also concern that the growing frequency of wildfires will damage city watersheds in the mountains. The fires destabilize soils and create flash floods, resulting in a higher concentration of fine particles in the water supply. Westminster says its proposed water treatment plant can treat that degraded water quality. Cities once cast out on their own shouldn’t be perpetually Poppleton, Bommer and Taylor, the CSU professor, all admonish citizens and their local officials to listen to and trust the recommendations of utilities staff. “Every water provider I have ever come across takes seriously their mission to provide a safe, reliable supply of water for their customers. And it’s no easy feat and the challenges they face are enormous,” Poppleton said. However, the three experts don’t think cities are wholly individually responsible for the crises that await them. “At the local level is where we see the tension, as well as the opportunities and needs for collaboration most clearly,” said Taylor, who has extensively studied collaborative efforts among different water users in the Colorado River Basin. Taylor and several of his CSU colleagues outline six cases of collaboration in a 2019 Journal of Soil and Water Conservation article titled
“Every ditch is different: Barriers and opportunities for collaboration for agricultural water conservation and security in the Colorado River Basin.” One case they looked at was the “Super Ditch,” a coalition of seven ditch companies in southern Colorado that fallows land — or conserving water usage on certain plots of land — and then leases the water it conserves to Colorado Springs, Fountain, Security and other cities. “The Super Ditch’s main objective is to reverse a trend of municipalityled permanent `buy and dry’ of farms with related negative impacts on the region’s rural communities,” the 2019 report reads. Meanwhile, Bommer is hopeful about future collaborative opportunities for funding, ideally to take pressure off residential water rates. For example, the proposed federal infrastructure bill currently tied up in the U.S. House of Representatives includes an allocation for Western water projects. “I’ll never second guess the recommendations that have been put on the table for how infrastructure gets funded no matter where it’s at. Rates are one way to do it,” Bommer said. Taylor said that’s the ethos of collaborating on water issues, be it city-to-city efforts or between a city and its citizens. “Collaboration is not about giving up your interests and saying, `I’m going to care about what the other user wants above my own interests.’ It’s about trying to find common ground,” he said. The question just is, Taylor said, “What control do we have as a society over which of those two that we choose: conflict or collaboration?” PRESENTED BY
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Arapahoe, Douglas, Adams counties see school virus outbreaks Health chief: ‘What we feared could happen is beginning to happen’ BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
School settings in Douglas, Arapahoe and Adams counties saw 15 confirmed coronavirus outbreaks starting in August, according to the local public health agency that serves those counties. “What we feared could happen is beginning to happen,” said John Douglas, executive director of Tri-County Health Department, during an Aug. 26 telephone town hall event. In August, Tri-County Health Department issued an order that requires masks for all children ages 2 through 11 — and all the individuals working or interacting with those children — in all indoor school and childcare settings in the three counties. Tri-County’s board of health approved the mask order on Aug. 17, and it took effect Aug. 23. Some school districts had implemented mask requirements before the order was approved. All of the listed outbreaks started in August. Across the counties, officials have also seen 23 suspected outbreaks, said Becky O’Guin, spokesperson for Tri-County Health. Of the total — confirmed and suspected — most are at K-12 settings, and one is from a childcare setting, O’Guin said. Tri-County’s mask order met pushback from crowds at public meetings in August where local government bodies discussed mask policy. At press time, two of the counties in the health agency’s jurisdiction — Douglas and Adams — had already opted out of the order. “While I am disappointed by that, I am pleased that many school districts, bolstered by our board of health” have acted to require masks, said Douglas, the
WHERE SCHOOL OUTBREAKS OCCURRED The COVID-19 outbreaks in school settings as of Aug. 26, according to TriCounty Health, included: • Turnberry Elementary School in Commerce City • Westgate Community School in Thornton The health agency also listed an outbreak at a facility called “ESC 1.” health chief. The policy is intended “to keep kids in class,” Douglas added. “If you get sick, you have to stay home. If your class has an outbreak, it may need to be canceled.” COVID-19 thus far has not made kids as sick as adults, but “we want to keep kids from transmitting COVID to their parents,” especially among high-risk family members, Douglas said. For public and private schools, and childcare settings, Colorado’s updated definition of a confirmed outbreak is as follows: “Five or more cases of COVID-19, of which at least one case has had a positive molecular amplification test or antigen test, among students/teachers/staff from separate households with onset within 14 days in a single classroom/activity or other close contact in the school setting (including transportation to- fromschool and affiliated events),” a state definitions sheet says. The definitions sheet acknowledges the question of whether a case was exposed to COVID-19 elsewhere in the community rather than at the facility listed with an outbreak. “It is possible that a person may have been exposed elsewhere (and we can rarely prove where any individual was exposed with a person-to-person pathogen), but when a person worked/lived/spent time in a facility with a known outbreak, we attribute their illness to the outbreak even if there is no definitive determination that the case acquired the illness at the facility,” the sheet says.
Tri-County health chief acknowledges impatience over COVID BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
At the Aug. 26 telephone town hall event that heard callers’ questions about COVID-19, John Douglas, director of TriCounty Health, said: “Let me acknowledge that if you’re like me, you’re incredibly tired of having to continue dealing with the pandemic after now we’re getting close to 18 months. “I hear this from folks in my community, I hear it from my staff, I hear it from my wife,” Douglas said. He added: “I think we’re all just deeply weary.” The effects of the delta variant in the last two months have been a “head-snapping turnaround,” Douglas said. But COVID-19 vaccines remain highly effective against the delta variant in preventing severe illness — meaning those that lead to hospitalizations or death, Douglas said. The vaccines are 75% effective Asked whether the public should interpret outbreaks in schools as indicative of COVID-19 spread in the broader community or as more indicative of spread occurring within the schools themselves, O’Guin said it should be viewed as both. “With high levels of community infection, like there is now, infection can get introduced into the school by students or staff — frequently. Full in-person classrooms, lots more physical interac-
at preventing all infections in general, he added. Hospitalizations across the state are rising, but “that’s almost all in unvaccinated people,” Douglas said. Mellissa Sager, a Tri-County Health official, said that even though mask wearing isn’t being urged for outdoor events — such as at Denver Broncos games in Denver — it’s still a good idea to wear one in a crowded setting. “Even out in the stadium, activities like shouting very loudly” can potentially spread COVID-19, Sager said during the virtual town hall event. Despite the challenges in current COVID-19 data, “I think we’ve got the tools available” to reverse the trends, Douglas said. Vaccines are the most important tool, but masks, good ventilation, spending time outdoors in the warm weather and getting tested when feeling sick also remain crucial, Douglas said. “We are going to be able to get our lives more and more normal,” Douglas said. “I think our challenge now is using the tools and staying as positive as we can.” tion in classrooms (or) sports (or) extracurriculars can contribute to an infected student or staff then transmitting in (the) school setting,” O’Guin said. “Given the length of time that students spend in school settings, often in close contact with others — many of whom are unvaccinated — schools remain a source of primary exposure concern. That’s why masking is important and why vaccination of 12-17 years old is important,” she added.
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As COVID cases rise, local hospital ICUs fill up ‘Vast majority’ of hospitalized virus patients are unvaccinated BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
As COVID-19 cases continue to go up across the metro area due to the highly-transmissible delta variant, hospitals are admitting more patients to ICU beds, and UCHealth and Kaiser Permanente are postponing non-urgent medical procedures. According to the Tri-County Health Department, as of Sept. 1, hospitals in Douglas County had reached 95% capacity for ICU beds. Inpatient beds were exceeding 85%. In neighboring Arapahoe County, ICU beds were at 83.4% capacity to start the month of September. Adams County increased to 91.3% capacity. As hospitals are dealing with the increase in cases, UCHealth made the call last week to postpone non-urgent surgeries as the system faces the highest number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients since January, when cases neared 500. At the start of September, UCHealth reported more than 260 hospitalizations due to confirmed or suspected COVID patients. UCHealth has 12 hospitals. In the Denver metro area, UCHealth
has hospitals in Highlands Ranch, Aurora and Broomfield. A statement provided by media relations manager Paula Freund said, “Highlands Ranch Hospital and other UCHealth hospitals are experiencing very high census rates and caring for near-record numbers of patients. We are closely monitoring the capacity of our hospitals. “To ensure we have available beds and the capabilities to care for any patients who may have an urgent or emergent health care need, we have been proactively postponing a small number of non-urgent and nonemergent surgeries and procedures that would have led to an admission to one of our hospitals, including Highlands Ranch Hospital,” Freund said. “This is helping to open up beds as needed for patients with more urgent health care conditions.” Kaiser Permanente also opted to postpone elective and non-urgent procedures in all Colorado locations. According to the Colorado COVID information webpage, Kaiser Permanente said the decision is based on guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control. Centura Health has several hospitals in the region, including Castle Rock Adventist Hospital and Parker Adventist Hospital in Douglas County. On Sept. 1, Kevin Massey, the organization’s communications field adviser, said, “Centura Health
hospitals, like other hospital systems in Colorado and elsewhere, have seen an increase in COVID-19 patients over the summer as the delta variant has spread in our communities. However, the number of patients with COVID-19 is still far lower than we saw in the winter. Although our hospitals are busy, all of our facilities have the capacity to care for everyone in our communities who need us.” Like other health officials in the region, Massey said unvaccinated cases are causing more concern. “The vast majority of our COVID-19 inpatients are unvaccinated. We continue to encourage all in our communities to get vaccinated against COVID-19,” he said. “The vaccines are safe and effective and are the best way to avoid becoming infected with COVID-19 and spreading it to others.” In late August, Dr. Ben Usatch, emergency medicine physician and medical director of the UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital Emergency Department, said the Douglas County hospital is gaining more patients every day and the difference between an unvaccinated and vaccinated case is dramatic. Usatch said unvaccinated patients are requiring more care, ventilators and are in more serious condition. In cases where a vaccinated patient gets a breakthrough case of COVID, Usatch said, the symptoms are routinely mild and need little care.
Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree, operated by the HealthOne hospital system, has also seen an increase in COVID patients due to the delta variant. In a Sept. 2 statement, Linda Watson, the hospital vice president of marketing and public affairs, said, “Like other hospitals, Sky Ridge Medical Center has seen a marked increase in COVID-19 patients in the past few weeks. This increase includes patients on our medical floor as well as those requiring ICU care. Our COVID-19 patient admissions have tripled in the past 30 days. About a third of COVID patients admitted currently require ICU care, and approximately half of those COVID-19 patients in the ICU require ventilation.” Watson said Sky Ridge is there for the entire community and has the capacity to continue treating patients. “On a regular basis, there is a frequent flow of patients admitted and discharged,” she said. “We continually monitor our census and assess resources and support to help meet the needs of our community including those nonCOVID-19 patients who require our care.” Like other medical professionals, Sky Ridge Chief Medical Officer Eric Lung said in late August that vaccinations are going to be the key to decreasing the severity of COVID cases and stopping the spreading pandemic.
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Study: 1st-time homelessness doubled in area over past year BY KYLE COOKE ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS
Every year, the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative conducts a “Point in Time Count” to determine how many people are experiencing homelessness in the Denver area. This year’s report found a “drastic increase” in the number of people in the Denver metro area experiencing homelessness for the first time, a surge that surveyors attributed to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. You can read a snapshot of the report online at tinyurl.com/MetroDenverHomelessness. The full MDHI Point in Time report for 2021, which will include individualized data for Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties, will be published this fall. “In 2020 there were 1,273 people in shelters that were experiencing homelessness for the first time,” said Matt Meyer, MDHI’s executive director. “This year, that number doubled to 2,530 demonstrating the devastating effects of COVID-19 on the stability of our neighbors.” This year’s survey was conducted on a single day in February. MDHI found that in the Denver metro area, 5,530 people were staying in shelters, about a 1,000-person increase from last year’s study, which was conducted before the pandemic started. Benjamin Dunning with the advocacy group Denver Homeless Out
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Loud (DHOL) told Rocky Mountain PBS that the true number of people experiencing homelessness is probably even higher. Dunning explained that the pandemic made counting the number of unhoused people difficult, and that because the results of the Point in Time survey are self-reported, many unhoused people do not respond to the survey and are therefore not counted. This year, MDHI did not include the number of unsheltered people in their study because of COVID-19. In 2020, there were 1,561 people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in the Denver metro area. Advocates believe that number has increased over the past year.
“The number of folks ... that are out on the street probably tripled,” Dunning estimated. Nearly three-quarters of the people experiencing sheltered homelessness were staying in emergency shelters. MDHI said individual sheltered homelessness increased by 27 percent over the last year. “Unlike other parts of the country where shelter space was decreased during COVID-19, our community worked diligently to meet this challenge and stood up additional shelter spaces to help ensure the safety of those who needed it most,” Meyer added. “We are incredibly grateful for the hard work and dedication of our providers in responding to increased need while crafting creative
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solutions to meet the demand for those experiencing homelessness.” Recently, the City of Denver’s Department of Housing Stability released a five-year plan to address problems surrounding housing and homelessness in the city. One of HOST’s 14 main goals is to reduce unsheltered homelessness by half. “While the 2021 (Point in Time Count) did not include a count of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness, due to the circumstances related to the pandemic, job loss experienced during the public health emergency increased the number of people living in unstable conditions and losing their homes,” the HOST plan reads. The HOST plan also shows that there were more unsheltered homeless people in Denver last year — nearly 1,000 people in Denver County — since at least 2014. “We know that unsheltered homelessness has become a more visible presence in Denver even as we are sheltering more people nightly than ever before,” the authors of the plan wrote. You can read the full five-year plan online at tinyurl.com/Denver5YearPlan. This story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonprofit public broadcaster providing community stories across Colorado over the air and online. Used by permission. For more, and to support Rocky Mountain PBS, visit rmpbs.org.
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NEWS BRIEFS Robbery investigation Brighton police continued to investigate anAug. 28 armed robbery. It happened around 7:20 p.m. near Bromley Lane and Fulton Avenue. According to a department tweet, the suspect, a young male asked a motorist for a cigarette. The victim was stopped for a traffic light. “The suspect produced a handgun, demanding the victim get out of his car,” the tweet said. “The victim ignored the suspect, and the male suspect fired a round into the air.” No one was hit or injured, police said. The victim got out of his car, The suspect — plus another man and woman — got into the victim’s car and drove westbound on Bromley Lane. Police are looking for two males and a female, either white or Hispanic, all in their late teens or early 20s. The three were on bicycles before the robbery, The tweet said officers recovered the victim’s car, a 2015 Nissan Altima, in Denver. It was not occupied. Those with information should call 303-655-8740. 9/11 anniversary Brighton Fire Rescue District’s commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attack begins at 7:45 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, at Brighton City Hall, 500 S. Fourth Ave. A city statement said there will be a moment of silence, speeches from first responders, and bagpipers and an honor guard to post the colors. The Brighton Police De-
partment will also conduct a threeround volley salute. In addition, a treasured piece of one of the Twin Towers gifted to the Brighton Fire Rescue District will be on display. This event is free for the public to attend. Wearing a face mask is requested for attendees, especially those who are unvaccinated. Contact Lt. Gary Dawson at gdawson@brightonfire.org.
Recreation center pass holders may use the city of Fort Lupton’s facility at 203 S. Harrison Ave. Brighton rec center staff will be available by phone (303-655-2200) between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. Registration for classes is available at https://webtrac.brightonco. gov/wbwsc/webtrac.wsc/splash. html. Call 303-655-2200 with questions.
Anythink Brighton expands hours The Brighton branch of Anythink Libraries will open at 9 a.m. Mondays through Saturdays, starting Monday, Sept. 13. A press statement said the new hours will provide increased access for older adults and improve scheduling for morning story times and family programs. “Our core value of compassion for our customers and each other continues to drive our work atAnythink,” said Anythink Director Pam Sandlian Smith in the statement. “Our team looks forward to a fall season filled with whimsical programming, especially for children and families. Our updated hours will provide greater flexibility and convenience for our morning visitors.”
Indulge for CASA Court Appointed Special Advocates of Adams and Broomfield counties will host “CASA: A Night on Broadway” from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 14, at Balistreri Vineyards, 1946 E. 66th Ave. This year’s event celebrates the return of Broadway theater, featuring musical performances from Boulder Dinner Theatre Stage. Buy tickets (the last day to biuy tickets is Wednesday, Sept. 8) at https://casa17th.wixsite. com/indulgeforcasa2021?blm_ aid=18554916. Questions? Email barbara@casa17th.com.
Maintenance closure for recreation center The Brighton Recreation Center, 555 N. 11th Ave., will close for two weeks for annual maintenance starting Monday, Sept. 13. The pool closes for construction on Labor Day and won’t open until at least Sept. 26.
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Growing Grads kickoff The city of Brighton’s Growing Grads College and Career Readiness Kickoff returns in person at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15, at The Armory Performing Arts Center. High school juniors, seniors and parents are encouraged to attend and explore post-secondary options. “After hosting our last college fair remotely, we are so excited to bring back this one in-person,” said Tawnya Russell, manager of youth services in a statement.“This kickoff is a great way to help prepare students for that next step and we hope this inperson setting will help get questions answered and new opportunities discovered.” Colleges, trade schools and other programs that will be in attendance include Western Colorado University, Emily Griffith Technical College, Spartan College (aviation and technology), Front Range Community College, Universal Technical Institute and Independent Electrical Contractors - Rocky Mountain (IECRM) and more. The kickoff is free to attend. Register at brightonco.gov/growinggrads. COVID-19 guidelines at the time will apply. Visit brightonco. gov/growinggrads or email trussell@brightonco.gov. Call for Art in Park artists The city of Brighton’s sixth annual Art in the Park festival tuns from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, at Carmichael Park, 650 Southern St. A city statement said this oneday festival will give attendees the opportunity to meet with local, regional, and international artists showcasing their work, enjoy live music, watch artist demonstrations and entertain children with interactive art activities. In addition, food will be available for purchase through food trucks in attendance. The festival is free. Outdoor COVID guidelines at the time will apply. Artists interested in showcasing their artwork at the festival should apply at brightonartinthepark. com. The deadline for booth appli-
cations is Wednesday, Sept. 1. Visit brightonartinthepark.com or contact David Gallegos, arts and culture coordinator, at 303-655-2176 or dgallegos@brightonco.gov. Trash Bash The city of Brighton’s annual Trash Bash is set for the weekend of Friday, Sept. 24, at the wastewater treatment plant, 325 N. Kuner Road. Acceptable items for trash bash include furniture, cabinets, appliances (not freezers or refrigerators), bicycles, cut-up carpet and doors. Small items have to be in containers. Total weight has to be relative to the type of container. Present a city of Brighton water bill or something that indicates your place of residence. A suggested donation of $10 will be accepted to help defray the cost. Car and light pick-up tires will be accepted for $7 each. Oversized tires are $10 each, and semi-tractor trailer tires cost $20. ECO event Brighton’s electronic disposal and shredding event is set for 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, at City Hall, 500 S. Fourth Ave. Acceptable items include game consoles, electrical equipment and cords, keyboards, computer towers, laptops and cell phones.
Electrification conference United Power is hosting the cooperative’s first-ever Fleet Electrification Conference at its Carbon Valley Service Center, 9586 E I-25 Frontage Road, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29. The featured guest, Lightning eMotors, specializes in producing sustainable commercial fleet solutions, including electric vehicles. The free conference is open to public and private fleet operators and managers. Guest speakers from United Power, the Colorado Department of Transportation and Northern Colorado Clean Cities will present their expertise in the emerging field of electrification at the conference. Topics covered during the conference include the state of Colorado’s new fleet electrification strategy, resources and funding options for fleet services, the growth and availability of charging infrastructure and the future of electrified fleets. During the conference, Lightning eMotors will also feature demonstration fleet electric vehicles. Preregister for the conference atwww.unitedpowerfleets2021.rsvpify.com. Lunch will be provided.
Cemetery walk Elmwood Cemetery will host its annual cemetery walk from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, at 14800 Brighton Road. A city statement said the walk is a chance for residents to look into the lives of the city’s past leaders, farmer, pioneers and soldiers buried at the cemetery. It’s a self-guided tour. Guides dressed in period costume will talk about their ancestors and their connection to the city. It’s free. Call Cemetery Manager Rhiannon Matali at 303-655-2090 or emil rnatali@brightonco,.gov.
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Public Notices call Bobi 303.659.2522 Legals City of Brighton NOTICE OF VACANCIES The City of Brighton is now accepting applications to fill positions that will be open on the following Boards and Commissions. Applications may be obtained from the City Clerk’s Office, 500 South 4th Avenue, 4th Floor, Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. The application is also available on the City of Brighton website at www.brightonco.gov. Completed applications should be returned to the City Clerk’s Office. City Council requires each applicant to attend a meeting of the Board or Commission you are applying for prior to the interview. PLANNING COMMISSION The Planning Commission has an opening for one (1) Ward 2 member at this time. The Board meets at 6:00 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursday of every month at Brighton City Hall. BOARD OF APPEALS The Board of Appeals has openings at this time. Members of this board are qualified by experience related to the construction industry and are trained to rule or review upon matters pertaining to building construction. The Board of Appeals meets at need to determine the suitability of alternate materials and methods of construction, acts on appeals for the city’s construction codes (building, mechanical, plumbing and electrical codes) and for Property Maintenance Codes. Brighton staff representatives are present to facilitate, including the Chief Building Official and a permit technician acting as the Board Secretary. Meetings are held at Brighton City Hall. PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board has an opening for two (2) Alternate members at this time. The Board meets on the first Wednesday of every month at 5:30 p.m. at the Brighton Recreation Center. BRIGHTON URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY The Urban Renewal Authority has an opening for two (2) members at this time. Members must be a resident of Brighton or a Brighton business owner. The Board meets at 4:30 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of every month at Brighton City Hall. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION The Historic Preservation Commission has an opening for two (2) Alternate members at this time. At least 40% of commission members shall be professionals in preservation related discipline such as architecture, landscape architecture, architectural history, archaeology, history, planning, American studies, American civilization, cultural geography or cultural anthropology. Recognizing that professionals may not be available in some communities, this requirement can be waived if the local government makes a good faith effort to recruit professionals and demonstrates that it is capable of carrying out commission responsibilities. The Board meets on the second Thursday of every month at 6:00 p.m. at Brighton City Hall. BRIGHTON HOUSING AUTHORITY The Brighton Housing Authority has an opening for one (1) Alternate member at this time. The Board meets on the second Thursday of every month at 4:00 p.m. at Historic City Hall. LODGING TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE The Lodging Tax Advisory Committee has openings for two (2) Lodging provider members and two (2) Alternate members at this time. The Board meets on the third Wednesday every quarter at 11:30 a.m. at Brighton City Hall. DISTRICT PLAN COMMISSION The District Plan Commission has an opening for one (1) City of Brighton commissioner at this time. The District Plan Commission meets on the fourth Thursday of each month at the Adams County Government Building. Any questions may be directed to Natalie Hoel in the Office of the City Clerk at 303-655-2056 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. or email questions to nhoel@brightonco.gov. Published in the Standard Blade First Publication: September 1, 2021 Second Publication: September 8, 2021 Third Publication: September 15, 2021 Fourth Publication: September 22, 2021 Fifth Publication: September 29, 2021 Legal Ad No.: BSB333842
Bids and Settlements NOTICE PRE-QUALIFICATION OF GENERAL CONTRACTORS TO BID ON PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the South Adams Fire Protection District 4 (“District”), a political subdivision of the State of Colorado, is soliciting general contractor applications for pre-qualification to bid on the renovation and addition to fire station 1. Only general contractors who have been approved through this pre-qualification process will be eligible to bid on the Project. Beginning 8:00 a.m. (MST) on September 8, 2021, the pre-qualification application (“Application”)
may be obtained from the District’s administrative website at SACFD.org. Completed and sealed Applications must be received by Allred & Associates via email to brad@allredarch.com on or before 4:00 p.m. (MST) on September 23, 2021 (“Submission Deadline”). Applications received after the Submission Deadline will not be considered. Each Application must conform and be responsive to the standard application provided by the District. Any deviation from the standard application form or failure to provide the required information may be considered nonresponsive and grounds for disqualification and rejection of the application in the District’s sole discretion. The District has the right, in its sole discretion, to reject any or all Applications and to waive any irregularities in any Application received. Legal Ad No.: BSB333858 First Publication: September 8, 2021 Last Publication: September 15, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
Summons and Sheriff Sale DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2019CV31250 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND RIGHT TO CURE AND REDEEM COUNTRY HILLS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation, Plaintiff, v. Shawn M. Kramer; Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC; Susan Orecchio, as Adams County Public Trustee Defendants Lot 3, Block 3, Country Hills Subdivision Filing No. 5, County of Adams, State of Colorado
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A notice of intent to redeem filed pursuant to section 38-38-302 shall be filed with the officer no later than eight business days after the sale. In this regard, you may desire and are advised to consult with your own private attorney. For the purpose of paying off, curing the default, or redemption as provided by the aforementioned laws, intent must be directed to or conducted at the Adams County Sheriff’s Office, Civil Unit, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601. You are advised that, the parties liable thereon, Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC, Susan Orecchio, as Adams County Public Trustee, the owner of the property described above, or those with an interest in the subject property, may take appropriate and timely action under Colorado statutes, certain sections of which are attached hereto. In order to be entitled to take advantage of any rights provided for under Colorado law, you must strictly comply and adhere to the provisions of the law. Further, you are advised that the attached Colorado statutes merely set forth the applicable portions of Colorado statutory law relating to curative and redemption rights; therefore, you should read and review all the applicable statutes and laws in order to determine the requisite procedures and provisions which control your rights in the subject property. All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at (303) 655-3272. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above-described lien is Angela Hopkins, Western Law Group LLC, 9351 Grant Street #120, Thornton, CO 80229, 720-542-8724. The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 9:00 A.M. on October 21st, 2021 at the Adams County Sheriff’s Office, Civil Unit, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601. 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. Dated: July 23, 2021
Also known as: 12946 Birch Dr Thornton, CO 80241 (“Property”).
Richard A. Reigenborn Adams County Sheriff
TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS or JUDGMENT DEBTORS, please take notice:
By: Kathy Grosshans Deputy Sheriff
You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff’s Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Sheriff’s Office of the County of Adams, State of Colorado at 9:00 am, on the 21st day of October, 2021 at the Adams County Sheriff’s Office Civil Unit located at 1100 Judicial Center Drive., Brighton, CO 80601, phone number (303) 655-3272, at which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.
Legal Ad No.: BSB333816 First Publication: August 25, 2021 Last Publication: September 22, 2021 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade
For the purposes of paying off, curing the default, or redemption as provided by statute, intent must be directed to or conducted at the office of the sheriff, civil unit, for the County of Adams, State of Colorado.
Cherrywood Park Filing No. 1 Homeowners Association, Inc., a Colorado nonprofit corporation, Plaintiff, v.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $6,784.57. NOTICE OF RIGHT TO CURE AND RIGHT TO REDEEM Re: Sheriff Sale of Real Property under Decree of Foreclosure, pursuant to Court Order and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq. County of Adams, State of Colorado 1. This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to Court Order dated December 23, 2020, and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq. by Country Hills Community Association, Inc., a Colorado nonprofit corporation, the holder and current owner of a lien recorded on October 17, 2017 at Reception No. 2017000090958 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Adams, State of Colorado. The foreclosure is based on a default under the Declaration for Country Hills Community Association, Inc., Ridge recorded on June 6, 1986 at Reception Number B654356 of the Adams County records and all supplements thereto (hereinafter referred to as the “Declaration”). The Declaration and notices, as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of Country Hills Community Association Inc., WHICH LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS legally described as follows, to wit: Lot 3, Block 3, Country Hills Subdivision Filing No. 5, County of Adams, State of Colorado Also known as: 12946 Birch Dr Thornton, CO 80241 (“Property”). You may have an interest in the real property being affected or have certain rights or suffer certain liabilities or loss of your interest in the subject property as a result of said foreclosure. You may have the right to redeem the real property or you may have the right to cure a default under the instrument being foreclosed. A notice of intent to cure filed pursuant to section 38-38-104 shall be filed with the officer at least fifteen calendar days prior to the first scheduled sale date or any date to which the sale is continued.
DISTRICT COURT ADAMS COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2017CV032104 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND RIGHT TO CURE AND REDEEM
Jessica Gray; Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., a Subsidiary of Bank of America a National Association; Colorado Housing Division Colorado Housing Assistance Corporation, a Local Development Corporation; Susan Orecchio, as Adams County Public Trustee Defendants Lot 32, Block 1, Cherrywood Park Subdivision, Filing 1, County of Adams, State of Colorado Also known as: 3801 E. 138th Place, Thornton, CO 80602 (“Property”). TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS or JUDGMENT DEBTORS, please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff’s Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Sheriff’s Office of County of Adams, State of Colorado at 9:00 am, on the 21st day of October, 2021 at the Adams County Sheriff’s Office Civil Unit located at 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601, phone number (303) 655-3272, at which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. For the purposes of paying off, curing the default, or redemption as provided by statute, intent must be directed to or conducted at the OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF, CIVIL UNIT, for the County of Adams, State of Colorado. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $3,717.14. NOTICE OF RIGHT TO CURE AND RIGHT TO REDEEM Re: Sheriff Sale of Real Property under Decree of Foreclosure, pursuant to Court Order and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et. Seq. COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO 1. This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to Court Order dated February 25, 2021, and C.R.S. 38-38-101
et seq by Cherrywood Park Filing No. 1 Homeowners Association, Inc., a Colorado nonprofit corporation, the holder and current owner of a lien recorded on October 24, 2016, at Reception No. 2016000090585 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Adams, State of Colorado. The foreclosure is based on a default under the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Cherrywood Park Filing No. 1 recorded on December 15, 2000 at Reception Number C0741861 of the Adams County records and all supplements thereto (hereinafter referred to as the “Declaration”). The Declaration and notices, as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of Cherrywood Park Filing No. 1 Homeowners Association, Inc., WHICH LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS, legally described as follows, to wit: Lot 32, Block 1, Cherrywood Park Subdivision, Filing 1, County of Adams, State of Colorado Also known as: 3801 E. 138th Place, Thornton, CO 80602 (“Property”). You may have an interest in the real property being affected or have certain rights or suffer certain liabilities or loss of your interest in the subject property as a result of said foreclosure. You may have the right to redeem the real property or you may have the right to cure a default under the instrument being foreclosed. A notice of intent to cure filed pursuant to section 38-38-104 shall be filed with the officer at least fifteen calendar days prior to the first scheduled sale date or any date to which the sale is continued. A notice of intent to redeem filed pursuant to section 38-38-302 shall be filed with the officer no later than eight business days after the sale. In this regard, you may desire and are advised to consult with your own private attorney. For the purpose of paying off, curing the default, or redemption as provided by the aforementioned laws, intent must be directed to or conducted at the Adams County Sheriff’s Office, Civil Unit, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601. You are advised, that parties liable thereon, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., a Subsidiary of Bank of America, a National Association; Colorado Housing Division Colorado Housing Assistance Corporation, a Local Development Corporation; Susan Orecchio, as Adams County Public Trustee, the owner of the property described above, or those with an interest in the subject property, may take appropriate and timely action under Colorado statutes, certain sections of which are attached hereto. In order to be entitled to take advantage of any rights provided for under Colorado law, you must strictly comply and adhere to the provisions of the law. Further, you are advised that the attached Colorado statutes merely set forth the applicable portions of Colorado statutory law relating to curative and redemption rights; therefore, you should read and review all applicable statutes and laws in order to determine the requisite procedures and provisions which control your rights in the subject property. All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at (303) 655-3272. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above-described lien is Angela Hopkins, Western Law Group, LLC, 9351 Grant Street #120, Thornton, CO 80229, 720-542-8724. The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 9:00 A.M. on October 21st, 2021 at the Adams County Sheriff’s Office, Civil Unit, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601. 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. DATED: July 23, 2021
Department of Adams County, Colorado at 09:00 O’clock A.M., on the 21st day of October, 2021, at 1100 Judicial Center Dr., Brighton, CO 80601, phone number 303-655-3272. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.
BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT THE TIME OF SALE.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $21,886.49. Legal Ad No. BSB333820 First Publication: August 25, 2021 Last Publication: September 22, 2021 Published In: Brighton Blade
This is to advise you that a Sheriff’s sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to Court Order dated June 7, 2021 and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq. by Fallbrook Farms Homeowners Association, Inc. and Fallbrook Farms Patio Homeowners Association, Inc. the holders and current owners of liens recorded on January 3, 2017 at Reception No. 2017000000066 and 2017000000067 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Adams, State of Colorado. The foreclosure is based on a default under the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions of the Fallbrook Farms Master Community recorded on May 18, 2006 at 20060518000514090 and the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions of the Fallbrook Farms Patio Homes recorded on May 18, 2006 at 20060518000514100 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Adams, State of Colorado. The Declarations establish liens for the benefit of Fallbrook Farms Homeowners Association, Inc. and Fallbrook Farms Homeowners Association, Inc., against real property legal described as follows:
Lot 12, Block 28, Fallbrook Subdivision Filing No. 1, according to the plat thereof recorded December 13, 2005 at Reception No. 20051213001362790 in the Office of the Clerk and Recorder of Adams County, Colorado, subject to the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions of the Fallbrook Farms Master Community recorded May 16, 2006 under Reception No. 20060518000514090 and the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions of the Fallbrook Farms Patio Homes recorded May 16, 2006 under Reception No. 2006051800514100. County of Adams, State of Colorado.; And also known as: 3576 E. 140th Dr., Thornton, CO 80602
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 attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is: Kate M. Leason, Reg No. 41025, Altitude Community Law P.C., 555 Zang Street, Suite 100, Lakewood, Colorado 802281011, 303.432.9999 DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS COUNTY STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton, Colorado 80601 Case Number: 2019-CV-031968 Division: C Plaintiff(s): TINY’S GRANITE WORKS, INC., a Colorado corporation; Defendant(s): CHE RANDOLPH RAMIREZ-CISNEROS, an individual SHERIFF’S COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE AND RIGHTS TO CURE AND REDEEM
Richard A Reigenborn Adams County Sheriff
Under an Order for Decree and Judgment entered March 6, 2020, in the above entitled action, I am ordered to sell certain real property, as follows:
By: Kathy Grosshans Deputy Sheriff Legal Ad No.: BSB333815 First Publication: August 25, 2021 Last Publication: September 22, 2021 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2021CV030154, Division/ Courtroom W COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY (Publication Notice) FALLBROOK FARMS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. and FALLBROOK FARMS PATIO HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, v. OCTAVIO BOTELLO GARCIA, APRIL T. BAUMGARD, LAND HOME FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., NORTHWEST PARKWAY, LLC and LISA L. CULPEPPER AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE FOR ADAMS COUNTY, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff’s Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Division of the Sheriff’s
Debtor: Che Randolph Ramirez-Cisneros Judgment Creditor: Tiny’s Granite Works, Inc. Date of Recording Order for Decree and Judgment: March 24, 2020 County of Recording: Adams County, Colorado Recording Information Reception No.: 2020000025849 Amount of Judgment entered as of March 2, 2020: $22,600.24 Outstanding Judgment Amount as of July 8, 2021: $26,433.20, with a per diem interest amount of $7.43 for each day after July 8, 2021 Description of Property to be foreclosed: (Parcel D) Beginning at the Southwest corner of Tract 7, ROYAL CREST SUBDIVISION, thence East along the South line of said Parcel 7, a distance of 82.5 feet; thence North 103.43 feet; thence West 82.5 feet to the West line of said Tract 7; thence South along the West line of said Tract 7 a distance of 103.07 feet to the point of beginning, County of Adams, State of Colorado a/k/a 1281 West 71st Place, Denver, CO 80221
THE PROPERTY TO BE SOLD AND DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY A MECHANIC’S LIEN AS GRANTED IN THE ORDER FOR DECREE AND JUDGMENT ENTERED MARCH 6, 2020.
THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
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Public Notices Pursuant to the Order for Decree and Judgment, against the Debtor was entered in the amount of $22,600.24 as of March 2, 2020 plus interest at 12% per annum and a mechanic’s lien in said amount was granted on the described real property which property is to be sold as set forth in the Notice of Sale set forth below. NOTICE OF SALE Therefore, Notice is hereby given that I will, at 9:00 o’clock a.m. on October 28th, 2021, in the Office of the Adams County Sheriff, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, Colorado 80601, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property described above, and all interest of said Debtor and the heirs and assigns of said Debtor therein, for the purpose of paying the judgment amount entered herein, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. Legal Ad No.: BSB333837 First Publication: September 1, 2021 Last Publication: September 29, 2021 Name of Publication: Brighton Standard Blade NOTICE OF RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATUTES AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT. A COPY OF THE STATUTES WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS ARE ATTACHED HERETO. A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE PURSUANT TO 38-38-104, C.R.S. , SHALL BE FILED WITH THE SHERIFF AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED. 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. A NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEEM FILED PURSUANT TO §38-38-302, C.R.S., SHALL BE FILED WITH THE SHERIFF NO LATER THAN EIGHT (8) BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE SALE. The name, address and business telephone number of the attorney representing the Judgment Creditor entitled to a mechanic’s lien on the subject real property is as follows: Patrick J. Russell, Atty, Reg. No. 6452, Allen Vellone Wolf Helfrich & Factor, P.C., 1600 Stout Street, Suite 1900, Denver, Colorado 80202, 303-534-4499 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. This Sheriff’s Notice of Sale is signed on this 12th day of July, 2021. RICHARD A REIGENBORN, Sheriff Adams County, Colorado By: Kathy Grosshans, Deputy Sheriff Statutes attached: §§ C.R.S. 38-22-114, 38-37108, 38-38-103, 38-38-104, 38-38-301, 38-38302, 38-38-304, 38-38-305, and 38-38-306, as amended.
Misc. Private Legals DEMAND FOR ISSUANCE OF LOST STOCK CERTIFICATE TO The Gilliland Family Partners, LLLP COMPANY PURSUANT TO §7-42-114, C.R.S. STATE OF COLORADO CITY AND COUNTY OF Adams
Jack LeProwse, P.C. 7390 Lowell Blvd., Westminster, CO 80030 Phone Number: (303)428-8576 FAX Number: (303)428-8578 Email: JLPC7390@gmail.com Atty. Reg. #: 13335 SUMMONS IN PATERNITY To the Respondent named above this Summons serves as a notice to appear in this case. You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed in this Court in which it is represented that Petitioner is the parent of the child(ren) named in the Petition. In this Petition, it is requested that the Court enter judgment determining paternity, requiring the parents to pay for the support of the child(ren), enter orders regarding parental responsibilities, and to grant such further relief as the Court deems proper, including the possibility of requiring you to pay costs of this action. You may be required to pay a filing fee with your Response. The Response form (JDF 1315) can be found at www.courts.state.co.us by clicking on the “Self Help/Forms” tab. You are hereby summoned to appear for a hearing in Division D2 of the District Court, at the above address, on September 27, 2021 at 8:30 a.m., at which time an Order may be entered requiring you to pay support and other costs asked for in the Petition, a copy of which is attached. Notice: Colorado Revised Statutes §19-4-105.5, provides that upon personal service of the Petition and Summons on the Respondent, or upon waiver and acceptance of service by the Respondent, an automatic temporary injunction shall be in effect against both parties for 120 days after its effective date, unless all parties consent to a modification of the temporary injunction. Either party may apply to the Court to modify the length of time the temporary injunction is in effect. You are hereby advised that, pursuant to state statute § 19-4-105.5, C.R.S., this request for genetic tests shall not prejudice the requesting party in matters concerning allocation of parental responsibilities pursuant to §14-10-124(1.5) C.R.S. If genetic tests are not obtained prior to a legal establishment of paternity and submitted into evidence prior to the entry of the final order establishing paternity, the genetic tests may not be allowed into evidence at a later date. Automatic Temporary Injunction - By Order of Colorado law, you and the other party: 1. Are enjoined from molesting or disturbing the peace of the other party; and 2. Are restrained from removing the minor child(ren) from the state without the consent of all parties or an Order of the Court modifying the injunction; and 3. Are restrained, without at least 14 days advance notification and the written consent of all other parties or an Order of the Court, from cancelling, modifying, terminating, or allowing to lapse for nonpayment of premiums, any policy of health insurance or life insurance that provides coverage to the minor child(ren) as a beneficiary of a policy. If you fail to appear at the stated time and place, the Court may enter judgment finding you to be the parent of the child, enter child support orders, and address the other issues raised in the Petition. Date: /s/ Jack LeProwse Attorney for the Petitioner Legal Ad No.: BSB333834 First Publication: September 1, 2021 Last Publication: September 15, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
Storage Liens/Vehicle Titles Brighton Security Storage 1111 S. Fulton Ave. Brighton, CO 80601
The undersigned Stockholder notified The United Water Company that Certificate Number 802 for 13 shares of the stock of the Company has been lost, mislaid, or destroyed; and
Notice is hereby given that a sale will be held pursuant to Colorado Lien Law Titles 38-21.5-101, 102 103 on or after September 25th at 10:00 AM by Brighton Security Storage in the form of a Public Action at Brighton Security Storage, 1111 S. Fulton Ave., Brighton, Colorado 80601, where personal property to be sold is in storage.
Such Stockholder has paid all assessments levied by such Company against such stock since such notification; and
The occupant of the storage unit #103 The property to be sold is as follows: Household items
Such Stockholder has lost, mislaid, or destroyed said stock certificate; and
More information regarding this sale may be obtained by calling 303-659-9267.
The certificate is the property of the undersigned person or the undersigned person has the authority to sign this Statement; and
Legal Ad No.:BSB333851 First Publication: September 1, 2021 Second Publication: September 8, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
The undersigned Stockholder states under oath the following:
The certificate has not been transferred or hypothecated by the Stockholder, or otherwise; and The undersigned hereby demands the issuance of a duplicate certificate in accordance with §742-114 to 7-42-117, C.R.S. /s/ Darren D. Gibbons The Gilliland Family Partners, LLLP 12460 W. Auburn Ave Lakewood, CO 80228 303-478-5134 Legal Ad No.: BSB333857 First Publication: September 9, 2021 Last Publication: October 6, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade District Court Adams County, Colorado Court Address: 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton, CO 80601 Case Number: 21JV2112 Division: D2 In the Interest of: JOSIAH ESE DURAN Petitioner: MICHAEL ANTHONY ROMERO v. Respondent: DOMINIQUE MARTINEZ Attorney or Party Without Attorney (Name and Address):
Brighton Security Storage 1111 S. Fulton Ave. Brighton, CO 80601 Notice is hereby given that a sale will be held pursuant to Colorado Lien Law Titles 38-21.5-101, 102 103 on or after September 25th at 10:00 AM by Brighton Security Storage in the form of a Public Action at Brighton Security Storage, 1111 S. Fulton Ave., Brighton, Colorado 80601, where personal property to be sold is in storage. The occupant of the storage unit # 613 The property to be sold is as follows: Household items More information regarding this sale may be obtained by calling 303-659-9267. Legal Ad No.: BSB333850 First Publication: September 1, 2021 Second Publication: September 8, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Brighton Security Storage 1111 S. Fulton Ave. Brighton, CO 80601 Notice is hereby given that a sale will be held pursuant to Colorado Lien Law Titles 38-21.5-101, 102 103 on or after September 25th at 10:00 AM by Brighton Security Storage in the form of a Public
Action at Brighton Security Storage, 1111 S. Fulton Ave., Brighton, Colorado 80601, where personal property to be sold is in storage. The occupant of the storage unit #208 The property to be sold is as follows: Miscellaneous items More information regarding this sale may be obtained by calling 303-659-9267. Legal Ad No.: BSB333849 First Publication: September 1, 2021 Second Publication: September 8, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
Notice to Creditors
named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Adams County, Colorado or on or before January 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Valerie Garcia 4087 Field Drive Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 Legal Ad No.: BSB333854 First Publication: September 8, 2021 Last Publication: September 22, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of STEPHEN A. KILE aka STEPHEN KILE, STEPHEN ARTHUR KILE, S.A. KILE and STEVE KILE, Deceased
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Case Number 2021pr30783
Estate of James Martin Wiley, a/k/a James M. Wiley, a/k/a James Wiley, Deceased
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before December 28, 2021 or the claims may be forever barred.
Case Number 2021PR30738 Division: PR All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before December 25, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred. Rebecca Wiley c/o Opfer Campbell Beck P.C. 19751 East Mainstreet, Suite 215 Parker, CO 80138 Legal Ad No.: BSB333833 First Publication: August 25, 2021 Last Publication: September 8, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
Sandy E. Kile Personal Representative c/o Kristofer M. Simms and Lynn David Bird Caplan and Earnest LLC 3107 Iris Avenue, Suite 100 Boulder, CO 80301 Legal Ad No.: BSB333824 First Publication: August 25, 2021 Last Publication: September 8, 2021 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade NOTICE TO CREDITORS and SURVIVING RELATIVES
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Harvey M. Hessler Date of Death: August 6, 2021
Estate of Kristin Margaret Mastin, a/k/a Kristin M. Mastin, a/k/a Kristin Mastin, a/k/a Kristin Martin, Deceased
No probate estate is being opened. Any claims or blood relatives should contact Kenneth D. Bollers at 3017 CR 47, Hudson, CO 80642.
Case Number 2021PR30694 Division PR
Creditor claims must be submitted within 4 months of this publication.
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before December 26, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred. Cole Pokard Attorney for Jennifer Ward, Personal Representative Althaus Law, LLC 11150 Huron Street, Ste. 102 Northglenn, CO 80234 (720) 340-2783 Legal Ad No.: BSB333823 First Publication: August 25, 2021 Last Publication: September 8, 2021 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Carolyn Ann Williams; a/k/a Carolyn A. Williams; a/k/a Carolyn Williams Deceased. Case Number: 2021PR030819 All persons having claims against the abovenamed Estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Adams County District Court on or before January 9, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Lynn Roberts 15945 Columbine Street Thornton, CO 80602 Legal Ad No.: BSB333859 First Publication: September 8, 2021 Last Publication: September 22, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of MICHAEL ANDREW BORDAS, Deceased Case Number 2021 PR 30787 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before December 10, 2021 or the claims may be forever barred. Michael John Bordas 2848 Mather Street Brighton, CO 80601 Personal Representative Legal Ad No.: BSB333841 First Publication: September 1, 2021 Last Publication: September 15, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Margaret Etta Richardson aka Margaret E. Richardson, Deceased Case Number 2021 PR 266 Div: Pr All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before January 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Barbara L. Tarango 3033 W. 53rd Avenue Denver, CO 80221 Personal Representative Legal Ad No.: BSB333855 First Publication: September 8, 2021 Last Publication: September 22, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Carol Elizabeth Davis, Deceased Case Number 2021 PR 30765 All persons having claims against the above
/s/ Kenneth D. Bollers 8/26/2021 /s/ John R. Dent, Attorney 8/26/21 Legal Ad No.: BSB333848 First Publication: September 1, 2021 Last Publication: September 15, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade AMENDED NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Thomas Wolverton Gaul, aka Thomas W. Gaul, aka Thomas Gaul, aka Tom Wolverton Gaul, aka Tom W. Gaul, aka Tom Gaul, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30194 All persons having claims against the abovenamed Estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Adams County District Court on or before December 31, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred. Derek Gaul 133 Spoonbill Circle Savannah, GA 31405 Legal Ad No.: BSB333817 First Publication: August 25, 2021 Last Publication: September 8, 2021 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Warren W. Woodmansee, Deceased Case Number 2021 PR 30796 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before January 2, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Susan M. Woodmansee 8130 Albert Court Denver, Colorado 80221 Personal Representative Legal Ad No.: BSB333835 First Publication: September 1, 2021 Last Publication: September 15, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Daniel Louis Akins, aka Daniel L. Akins, aka Daniel Akins, Deceased Case Number 2021PR30733 Divsion: T1
Michelle Giroir-Johnson 722 Iris Street Brighton, CO 80601 Legal Ad No.: BSB333821 First Publication: August 25, 2021 Last Publication: September 8, 2021 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade
Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number: 21C0851 Public Notice is given on June 23, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Adams County Court. The Petition requests that the name of Kevin Josue Perez be changed to Kevin Josue Pineda By: /s/ Rebecca Abeyta Deputy Clerk Legal Ad No.: BSB333822 First Publication: August 25, 2021 Last Publication: September 8, 2021 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade
Children Services (Adoption/ Guardian/Other) DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton, Colorado 80601 Case Number: 2021 PR 030714 In the Interest of: Jyzelah Harris Respondent/Minor Attorneys for Petitioner: Aaron L. Evans, #27270 Timothy D. Bounds, #44180 Andrew Rogers, #52188 Evans Case, LLP 1660 South Albion Street, Suite 1100 Denver, Colorado 80222 Phone Number: (303) 757-8300 E-mail:Evans@evanscase.com; Bounds@ evanscase.com Rogers@evanscase.com NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO §15-10-401, C.R.S. To: Frederick Nelson Last Known Address: Unknown in Adams County
A hearing on the Petition for Approval of Settlement of Claims Pursuant to Rule 62 of the Colorado Rules of Probate Procedure for the above Respondent/Minor. The Petition filed requests Court approval of the settlement and the net settlement funds will deposited in a restricted account. A hearing will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: September 27, 2021 Time: 3:30 p.m. Division: T1 Address: 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, Colorado 80601 This hearing will be held virtually via Webex. Meeting # 145 019 7707 Call In: 1-720-650-7664 or 1-415-655-0001 Meeting # Link to attend: https://judicial.webex.com/ meet/sara.price Andrew Rogers, Attorney for Petitioner Juanita Borucki 1660 South Albion Street, Suite 1100 Denver, Colorado 80222 Legal Ad No.: BSB333861 First Publication: September 8, 2021 Last Publication: September 22, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade STATE OF COLORADO IN THE DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ADAMS Division D1 No. 21JV98
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE INTEREST OF: Cristian Pacheco A Children, and Concerning Krispen Tanner, Jessica Pacheco, John Doe Respondents
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before January 6, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Aline Ratliff 14655 East 22nd Place Aurora, CO 80011 Personal Representative
Melody and David Reese Special Respondents SUMMONS
To the parents, guardian, or other respondents named above, GREETING: Krispen Tanner and John Doe
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
You are hereby notified that a verified petition has been filed in the above named Court in which it is represented to the Court that said child are alleged to be dependent and neglected; for the reasons set forth more fully in said petition, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference for greater certainty.
Estate of Ronald D Johnson, A/K/A Ronald Duane Johnson, A/K/A Ron Johnson, Deceased
You are further notified that the parent-child legal relationship may be terminated by this action, if prayed for in the petition.
Case Number: 2021 PR 204
You are further notified that the Court has set said petition for hearing on the 13th day of October, 2021, at the hour of 8:50 a.m.. You are hereby notified to be and appear, at said time, before this Court located at the Adams County Justice Center, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601.
Legal Ad No.: BSB333838 First Publication: September 1, 2021 Last Publication: September 15, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
All persons having claims against the abovenamed Estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Adams County District Court on or before December 26, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.
Witness my hand and seal of said Court this 1st day of September, 2021.
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Public Notices Amy Mailander Clerk of the District Court Legal Ad No.: BSB333860 First Publication: September 8, 2021 Last Publication: September 8, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade STATE OF COLORADO IN THE DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ADAMS Division D1 No. 21JV134 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE INTEREST OF: Sophia Delgado, Elysiana Delgado, Devina Delgado, Christian Dean, Israel Dean
day of August, 2021.
day of August, 2021.
Amy Mailander Clerk of the District Court
Amy Mailander Clerk of the District Court
Legal Ad No.: BSB333853 First Publication: September 8, 2021 Last Publication: September 8, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
Legal Ad No.: BSB333856 First Publication: September 8, 2021 Last Publication: September 8, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
STATE OF COLORADO IN THE DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ADAMS Division D1/D/S No. 21JV167
DATE FILED: September 1, 2021 9:27 AM CASE NUMBER: 2020JV357
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE INTEREST OF: Katelyn Annamaylou Carson
Children, and Concerning
A Children, and Concerning
Candace Dean, Christopher Dean, Jesus Delgado Respondents
Amber Carson, Aaron Delgado Respondents Kathryn A. Carson, Steven Carson Special Respondents
SUMMONS To the parents, guardian, or other respondents named above, GREETING: Jesus Delgado
SUMMONS To the parents, guardian, or other respondents named above, GREETING: Aaron Delgado
DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton, CO 80601 Case Number: 20 JV 357 Div.: D Ctrm.: Child: Ignacio Jeremiah Ramos-Martinez Respondents: Shamirra Deanna Martinez, Ignacio Filberto Ramos Perez Attorney or Party Without Attorney: Name: Rebecca Wiggins Address: 11860 Pecos St. Suite 3300 Westminster, CO 80234 Phone Number: (720) 523-2950 Fax Number: (720) 523-2951 Atty. Reg. #: 30135
and severed; 2) That the child was adjudicated dependent or neglected; 3) That an appropriate treatment plan has not reasonably been complied with by the parent or has not been successful; 4) That the parents are unfit; 5) That the conduct or condition of the parent or parents is unlikely to change within a reasonable time; OR 1) That the child have been abandoned by their parent or parents in that the parent or parents have surrendered physical custody for a period of six months and during this period have not manifested to the child, the court or to the person having physical custody a firm intention to assume or obtain physical custody or to make permanent legal arrangements for the care of the child and 2) That it is in the best interests of the child that the parent-child legal relationship which exists between the child and the Respondents be terminated and severed. The Court, before it can terminate the parent-child legal relationship, must find that a continuation of the relationship is likely to result in grave risk of death or serious injury to the child or that your conduct or condition as a parent renders you unable or unwilling to give the child reasonable parental care. YOU ARE FURTHER ADVISED that you have the right to have legal counsel represent you in all matters connected with the Motion to Terminate the Parent-Child Legal Relationship. If you cannot afford to pay the fees of legal counsel, you are advised that the Court will appoint legal counsel to represent you at no cost to you upon your request and upon your showing of an inability to pay.
Last Publicaiton: September 8, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade STATE OF COLORADO IN THE DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ADAMS Division D1 No. 20JV193
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE INTEREST OF: Adylina Davis A Children, and Concerning Breanna Woodson, Conrad Davis Respondents SUMMONS To the parents, guardian, or other respondents named above, GREETINGS: Conrad Davis You are hereby notified that a verified petition has been filed in the above named Court in which it is represented to the Court that said child are alleged to be dependent and neglected; for the reasons set forth more fully in said petition, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference for greater certainty.
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You are hereby notified that a verified petition has been filed in the above named Court in which it is represented to the Court that said child are alleged to be dependent and neglected; for the reasons set forth more fully in said petition, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference for greater certainty.
You are further notified that the parent-child legal relationship may be terminated by this action, if prayed for in the petition.
You are further notified that the Court has set said petition for hearing on the 28th day of September, 2021, at the hour of 10:10 am. You are hereby notified to be and appear, at said time, before this Court located at the Adams County Justice Center, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601. Witness my hand and seal of said Court this 27th
You are hereby notified that a verified petition has been filed in the above named Court in which it is represented to the Court that said child are alleged to be dependent and neglected; for the reasons set forth more fully in said petition, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference for greater certainty.
You are further notified that the parent-child legal relationship may be terminated by this action, if prayed for in the petition. You are further notified that the Court has set said petition for hearing on the 15th day of September, 2021, at the hour of 4:30 pm. You are hereby notified to be and appear, at said time, before this Court located at the Adams County Justice Center, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601. Witness my hand and seal of said Court this 30th
ORDER OF ADVISEMENT
NOTICE TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENTS: Shamirra Deanna Martinez, and Ignacio Filberto Ramos Perez
YOU ARE HEREBY ADVISED that the Petitioner, has filed a Motion to Terminate the Parent-Child Legal Relationship which now exists between you and the above-named child;
YOU ARE FURTHER ADVISED that the Motion has been set for hearing in Division D of the District Court in and for the County of Adams, Adams County Justice Center, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, Colorado, on the 13th day of October, 2021, at the hour of 10:30 a.m., at which time the Petitioner must prove by clear and convincing evidence 1) It is in the best interests of the child, that the parent-child legal relationship which exists between you and the child be terminated
YOU ARE FURTHER ADVISED that a grandparent, aunt, uncle, brother or sister of the child must file a request for guardianship and legal custody of the child within twenty days of the filing of the motion to terminate parent/child legal relationship.
If you have any questions concerning the foregoing advisement, you should immediately contact either your legal counsel or the Court. Done and signed this 1st day of September, 2021.
BY THE COURT: /s/ Patrick Pugh District Court Judge/Magistrate
Legal Ad No.: BSB333862 First Publication: September 8, 2021
You are further notified that the parent-child legal relationship may be terminated by this action, if prayed for in the petition.
You are further notified that the Court has set said petition for hearing on the 23rd day of September 23, 021, at the hour of 3:10 pm. You are hereby notified to be and appear, at said time, before this Court located at the Adams County Justice Center, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601. Witness my hand and seal of said Court this 27th day of August, 2021.
Amy Mailander Clerk of the District Court
Legal Ad No.: BSB333852 First Publication: September 8, 2021 Last Publication: September 8, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
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