Issuu

STANDARD BLADE B R I G H T O N

SERVING THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1903

75cI

VOLUME 118

Issue 43

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2021

Writing without sight Brighton native documents history BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Being blind, books were a mystery to Brighton’s Jo Pinto early in her life. “I remember my dad reading a book about Osceola, Seminole Indian Chief in Florida, who fought to keep his people when the government was removing Indians,” said Pinto. “So at the end of the book, I was sad because the story was over. My dad put the book in my hands and described we could turn the book around and read it again from the beginning.” They didn’t remain a mystery, however. Pinto learned how to read with Braille, and between her newfound ability and the stories her parents read to her, she fell in love with poetry. Now Pinto, who has been blind since infancy, won the 2021 Brighton Cultural Arts Commission award for a Master in Fine Arts. “I’m excited and humbled because this is my hometown, and it’s important to me. It’s where my roots are,” said Pinto. Pinto published her first book in 2015, “The Bright Side of Darkness.” It won first place Indie Book Award

for inspirational fiction and received an award from the Colorado Independent Publishers Association. Born in Chicago in 1971, she grew up in Brighton. “I was born prematurely by a couple of months, so when I was in an incubator, it had a high concentration of oxygen, so my lungs were not developed, the oxygen concentration damaged the nerves in my eyes. So, I was probably born sighted, but I was blind by the time I came out of the incubator, “said Pinto. Pinto was one of the first disabled kids in the 70s to attend Kindergarten at South East Elementary in Brighton when children with disabilities were allowed to integrate into the schools. “1976 was the big year, when I went to kindergarten that kids with disabilities were allowed to go to mainstream public school,” said Pinto. Pinto’s mom was Elaine Padilla that was very involved in the community, volunteering, active in schools, athletics, and Platte Valley Medical Center. Brighton’s Padilla Elementary school was named after her mother. Pinto was captivated by the stories her parents read to her. “So, from there on, I started writing stories down on paper because I wanted to catch stories and write

Jo Pinto receiving an award from the Colorado Independent Publishers Association.

SEE WRITING, P11

COURTESY OF JO PINTO

Regulators say it’s time to end Xcel Energy’s pipeline repair fee BY MARK JAFFE THE COLORADO SUN

What was supposed to be a quick way to raise money to address pipeline safety issues, a little add-on of about $3 a month for the average household, has lingered on Xcel Energy natural gas bills for a decade - but it may finally end. Xcel has since 2011 raised nearly $610 million, or three times the initial revenue estimate, from the add-on fee known as a rider. The company wanted to extend the charge - the Pipeline System Integrity Adjustments or PSIA rider - to 2024, but faced opposition from the

state’s Utility Consumer Advocate, the Colorado Energy Office and the staff of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission. In a settlement agreement now pending before the PUC, Xcel has agreed to strike the rider from bills at the end of 2021. Future pipeline investments would be part of rate cases, which the PUC staff argued, provide more oversight. The PUC is slated to rule Oct. 27 on the settlement, which was reached between Xcel and the PUC staff and is supported in full by the Colorado Energy Office and in part by the consumer advocate. “Ongoing state and federal regu-

OBITUARIES LOCAL CALENDAR SPORTS LEGALS CLASSIFIEDS

lations require continued investment in operating and maintenance in safety and integrity, all which benefits our customers,” Michelle Aguayo, an Xcel spokeswoman, said in an email. “The current settlement gives us a path to transition the recovery of these critical investments from the PSIA rider to base rates.” The story of the PSIA, critics say, is a cautionary tale of the use and potential abuse of riders, which are attached to monthly bills and allow utilities to pass specific costs - for items such as transmission line construction and fuel costs - directly on to customers without having to wait for a rate case, in which the PUC

LOCAL

2 • No charge in June 3 officer involved shooting 7 17 • Page 4 20 22

SPORTS • Ravens celebrate homecoming win

• Page 14

reviews charges in more detail. “Riders can take on a life of their own,” said Cindy Schonhaut, director of the state Office of Utility Consumer Advocate, previously known as the Office of Consumer Counsel. “Riders should be limited and be used sparingly and the name of the rider should be clear so consumers know what it is.” Some of the riders on the Xcel electricity and gas bills are listed as CACJA, ECA, GRSA and DSMCA. An explanation for each is listed in small print on the back of the bill. “If you look at your electric bill SEE PIPELINE, P5

WWW.THEBRIGHTONSTANDARDBLADE.COM

2 Brighton Standard Blade

October 20, 2021

Our Family Helping Your Family

24-Hour Phone Lines 303-654-0112 • 303-857-2290 Brighton: 75 S. 13th Avenue Obituaries, Arrangements and Resources Online at

taborfuneralhome.com

allieventcenter.com

TRUJILLO-FLORES

Rosanna Lynn Trujillo-Flores August 26, 1957 - September 12, 2021

Rosanna (Rose) Lynn (Trujillo) Flores, 64, of San Diego, CA, peacefully passed away from COVID, surrounded by her loving family, in Newport, OR, on September 12, 2021.

her breathtaking watermelon, fruit, and vegetable carvings. Everywhere she visited, she made these carvings for professional, family, and friends’ events.

Rose was the second-born of 5 children, born on August 26, 1957, in Denver, CO, to Lucy (Sandoval) and Phil Trujillo. She was raised in Brighton, CO, and graduated from Brighton High School in 1975. Upon moving to San Diego, Rose met and married the love of her life, Felipe (Leeps) Flores on August 23, 1985. Together they made their home in San Diego, CA, where they raised their two lovely daughters, Ashlee and Amber. In Brighton, Rose worked as a veterinary technician. Upon moving to San Diego, she worked for Cal 1st Union Bank as an executive secretary, eventually retiring as an escrow officer. She also obtained her certification as a massage therapist and volunteered at her local hospital, giving massages to cancer patients. She later attended and graduated, with high honors, from San Diego Mesa College in August, 2011, obtaining two Associate Degrees; Psychology and Art-Fine Art – Two Dimensional Emphasis. Rose enjoyed traveling and visiting family, several times extending a planned “2-week” visit into a “6- to 12-month” stay when her family was in need of help. Rose also loved dancing, gardening, cooking, canning, and baking. At home, and on her visits, she would clean out the fruits in the yards of those she visited, making and sharing jams, pies, empanadas, breads, and tamales. Rose was an extremely talented artist in many mediums: sketching, painting, photography, and clay. However, she will be most remembered for

Even with all that she accomplished, her most cherished moments were spent with her husband, daughters, in-laws, and especially her two precious, young grand-daughters, November and Cambria. She loved them so much and they were always thrilled to see “Nana” when she visited.

Memory In Loving

Rose left us too soon. She lived as she died, with her strong faith and love of God, courage, and tremendous love for her family and friends. She inspired us with her beautiful zest for life, kindness, gentleness, generosity, patience, gracefulness, and phenomenal talent as an artist. In addition to her husband and parents, Rose is survived by her daughters; Ashlee Flores (Newport , OR) and Amber Flores (San Diego, CA); grand-daughters, November and Cambria Conte; parents-inlaw, Josephine and Miguel Flores Jr. (San Diego, CA); and sisters, Victoria (Dennis) Young, Sharon Timmerman, Donna (Gean) Abbott, all of Brighton, CO, and Gayleen (Terry) Meyers of Henderson, NV; and 4 nieces and nephews. Rose is preceded in death by brother-in-law, Kim Timmerman.

Place an Obituary for Your Loved One. 303-566-4100 obituaries@coloradocommunitymedia.com

Due to COVID, funeral services will be delayed. They are tentatively planned for June of 2022, in both San Diego, CA, and Brighton, CO.

Self placement available online at brightonstandardblade.com

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Rose’s name to “Wounded Warrior Project” or “Guide Dogs for the Blind”; both organizations being near and dear to her heart.

Call to get an ADT Security System + Get a $100 ADT Visa Reward Card FREE* ADT’s 24/7 monitoring plus top of the line security cameras help ensure your loved ones are safe – whether you’re out and about or in the next room.

$100 ADT Visa Reward Card

FREE

$100 value

BONUS

†

ADT Visa Reward Card

*With 36-month monitoring contract. Early termination and installation fees apply. Reward card issued by MetaBank®, N.A., Member FDIC. Card terms and expiration apply. For full terms, see below.

Call today to speak with a home security expert

1-877-219-6861

*$100 ADT Visa Reward Card: Requires 36-month monitoring contract starting at $28.99/mo. (24-month monitoring contract in California, total fees from $695.76), and enrollment in ADT EasyPay. Requires minimum purchase price of $449. One (1) Visa Reward Card valued at $100 is redeemable seven (7) days after system is installed, wherein an email is sent to the customer’s email address associated with their account with a promo code. The customer must validate the promo code on the website provided in the email and a physical card will be sent in the mail. Installation must occur within 60 days of offer expiration date to receive card. Applicable to new and resale sale types only. Card is issued by MetaBank®, N.A., Member FDIC, pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. No cash access or recurring payments. Can be used everywhere Visa debit cards are accepted. Card valid for up to 6 months; unused funds will forfeit after the valid thru date. Card terms and conditions apply. Interactive Services: ADT Command Interactive Solutions Services (“ADT Command”) helps you manage your home environment and family lifestyle. Requires purchase of an ADT alarm system with 36-month monitoring contract ranging from $45.99-$59.99/mo. with QSP (24-month monitoring contract in California, total fees ranging $1,103.76-$1,439.76), enrollment in ADT EasyPay, and a compatible device with Internet and email access. These interactive services do not cover the operation or maintenance of any household equipment/systems that are connected to the ADT Command equipment. All ADT Command services are not available with all interactive service levels. All ADT Command services may not be available in all geographic areas. You may be required to pay additional charges to purchase equipment required to utilize the interactive service features you desire. General: Additional charges may apply in areas that require guard response service for municipal alarm verification. System remains property of ADT. Local permit fees may be required. Prices and offers subject to change and may vary by market. Additional taxes and fees may apply. Satisfactory credit required. A security deposit may be required. Simulated screen images and photos are for illustrative purposes only. ©2021 ADT LLC dba ADT Security Services. All rights reserved. ADT, the ADT logo, 800.ADT.ASAP and the product/service names listed in this document are marks and/or registered marks. Unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. Third-party marks are the property of their respective owners. License information available at www.ADT.com/legal or by calling 800.ADT.ASAP. Licenses: AL 233, 234, 458, 506, 1519, CA ACO7155, 974443, PPO120288; FL EF0001121; LA F1639, F1640, F1643, F1654; MA 172C; NC Licensed by the Alarm Systems Licensing Board of the State of North Carolina; 2736-CSA, 2397-CSA, 2381-CSA; NJ Burg & Fire Business Lic. #34BF00048300, 200 East Park, Ste. 200, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054; NY 12000305615; PA 090797; MS 1501951. DF-CD-NP-Q421

STANDARD BLADE B R I G H T O N

SERVING THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1903

75cI

A publication of

Contact us: 143 S. Second Pl., Brighton, CO 80401 - 303-566-4100 Mailing Address: 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, CO 80110 Phone: 303-566-4100 Web: TheBrightonBlade.com To subscribe call 303-566-4100

LINDA SHAPLEY Publisher lshapley@coloradocommunitymedia.com

MARK HARDEN Interim Editor mharden@coloradocommunitymedia.com

SCOTT TAYLOR Metro North Editor staylor@coloradocommunitymedia.com

LINDSAY NICOLETTI Operations/ Circulation Manager lnicoletti@coloradocommunitymedia.com

TERESA ALEXIS Marketing Consultant Classified Sales talexis@coloradocommunitymedia.com

AUDREY BROOKS Business Manager abrooks@coloradocommunitymedia.com

ERIN FRANKS Production Manager efranks@coloradocommunitymedia.com

Columnists & Guest Commentaries Columnist opinions are not necessarily those of the Blade. We welcome letters to the editor. Please include your full name, address and the best number to reach you by telephone.

Brighton Standard Blade (USPS 65180) A legal newspaper of general circulation in Brighton, Colorado, Brighto Standard Blade is published weekly on Wednesday by Colorado Community Media, 143 S. 2nd Pl., Brighton CO 80601. .

Email letters to staylor@coloradocommunitymedia.com

PERIODICAL POSTAGE PAID AT Brighton and additional mailing offices.

Deadline Wed. for the following week’s paper. To opt in or out of delivery please email us at circulation@ coloradocommunitymedia.com

POSTMASTER: Send address change to: Brighton Standard Blade, 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225, Englewood, CO 80110

Brighton Standard Blade 3

October 20, 2021

Mobile phones sought to save lives Drop off used phones to be recycled BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Old mobile phones, even old flip phones, can be useful if donated, according to Brighton and Commerce Citys Victim Services Unit. The Victim Services Unit is wanting old used phones to give to victims of domestic violence that can use the phone in an emergency to save their life, according to a press release. “We will take any age of phones, including the old flip phone because some seniors cannot use smartphones. These phones are very valuable because victims of domestic violence their phones are taken away from them. With an extra phone they can charge it and hide it and use it to call 911,” said Neil Holtz head volunteer, “Secure the Call” organization. The Victims Services Unit (VSU) is a joint cooperative unit shared between the Commerce City Police Department and Brighton Police Department. According to officials, in 2020 the VSU helped 4,502 victims and witnesses including 1,398 on-scene responses. Throughout October donation bins are placed at city facilities to drop off used mobile phones and chargers. All mobile phones in the United

A used cell phone drop off bin at Bison Ridge Recreation Center, PHOTO BY BELEN WARD 13905 E. 112th Avenue.

States can call 911 without service with a phone carrier. The non-profit organization “Secure the Call,” wipes the personal information on the donated phones and resets them to the factory settings then donates them to victims of domestic violence, seniors, and at-risk individuals who may need to be rescued. Secure the Call was established by environmentalist Mike Morgan who felt the landfills were

getting filled with electronic waste, items that are not biodegradable for thousands of years and contain toxic materials. The solution was to recycle the phones to help victims of domestic violence or are electronically isolated from calling 911, according to Secure the Call organization. According to the Commerce City-Brighton Victims Service unit, domestic victims happens with any age, race, social-

economic status, and in any neighborhood. Abuse can be emotional, physical, sexual, and financial abuse. These types of cases often go unreported. The signs to look for with domestic violence victims: Fear judgment or stigmatization if abuse is revealed. Deny and minimize the abuse or make excuses for the abuser. Continue to love the abuser. Distance themselves from family and friends. Have little or no support from family and friends. Could have religious, cultural, or other beliefs to justify staying in a relationship. The donation bins are set up until the end of October at the following locations: Bison Ridge Recreation Center, 13905 E. 112th Avenue Eagle Point Recreation Center, 6060 Parkway Dr. Commerce City Civic Center 7887 E. 60th Avenue The Commerce CityBrighton Victim Services Unit is available to help so contact Kim Messina, at 3030-655-2308 or email kmessina@c3gov.com. Call 911, if it’s an emergency or in immediate danger. For more information and resources, visit NoMore. org or call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233. For more information about the cell phone drive and the Commerce CityBrighton Victims Service Unit visit: c3gov.com/VSU.

Mobile phone network change a problem, Weld warns Old phones won’t work as networks phase out 3G BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Mobile phone netsworks plans to eliminate 3G coverage by 2022 could impact calling or texting 911 service in case of an emergency, the Weld County Department of Public Safety Communications is warning. “Please know that this is not something Public Safety Communications has control over; it’s a move by cell phone providers. As big as Weld County is, there may be some people who don’t have access to 4G coverage and those who have older cellular devices not capable of receiving 4G service,” said Tina Powell, Interim Director Weld County Safety Communications. “Because this change could impact someone’s ability to call or text 911, t’s important people contact their provider to

verify their coverage area and that their device will work.” According to a statement from the Federal Communication Commission, mobile networks are discontinuing 3G networks to increase space for 5G technology. Its discontinuation impacts prepaid customers, AT & T, Verizon, and T-Mobile carriers. Users of 4G or 5G devices that have Voice Over LTE technology or a traditional landline service will not be impacted by the shutdown. Voice Over LTE technology allows placing phone calls over an internet connection than the traditional analog mobile phone lines. So customers using non-smartphones or who live in rural areas with no 4G coverage will be impacted by the elimination of 3G coverage, according to Weld Public Safety Communications. “This is a concerning issue for some cell phone subscribers but we hope the impact will be minimal. These types of issues are outside of law enforcement’s control but we

certainly hope that citizens will take the appropriate action to make sure they are capable of utilizing emergency services should they need them,” said Weld County Sheriff Reams. According to FCC, AT&T plans to complete its 3G shutdown by February 2022, Verizon should finish it’s 3G shut down by December 31, 2022, and the T-Mobile 3G network shut down is by January 1, 2022. Sprints LTE network shut is by June 30, 2022. It also plans to shut down T Mobiles 2G and 3G networks too but has not been announced as of yet. The FCC recommends those impacted visit their provider’s webpage for the latest information and contact to verify if their device will still work. Also, visit www.fcc.gov for information about the phase-out of 3G. For more information about Public Safety Communications, visit https://www.weldgov.com/Government/Departments/Public-SafetyCommunications

READY TO RETURN TO

NURSING? RN/LPN

REFRESHER COURSE 100% Online Didactic Online Exam Interactive Modules Virtual Study Groups Virtual Simulation (RN Only)

100

DISCOUNT USE COUPON CODE

REFRESHOCT Visit us online at

WEARETHEARI.ORG /REFRESHER NOT REQUIRED TO TAKE THE REFRESHER, BUT WANT TO REFRESH YOUR SKILLS? Sign up for Virtual Simulation at WEARETHEARI.ORG/ VIRTUALSIM

4 Brighton Standard Blade

October 20, 2021

No charges for officers in June shooting death STAFF REPORT

BRIGHTON – Two Commerce City police officers involved in the death of Robert Lee Alire this spring won’t face criminal charges. Seventeenth Judicial District Attorney Brian Mason sent a letter to Commerce City police Chief Clint Nichols in which he outlined his reasons. The two officers involved were Officer Michael Pasko and Officer Joshua Moody. The incident happened June 28 in the 7300 block of Brighton Boulevard. A witness, whose name wasn’t released, took her son, Alire, to North Suburban Hospital because of a mental-health issue. He chose not to accept treatment, according to the letter. The witness left the home and returned two hours later to find the home “in shambles,” according to the D.A. “Robert Alire told Y.R. (the witness) that ‘undercover police’ and ‘federal agents’ were following him and were coming to kill him,” the letter said. The witness called 911 and said her son “was all high on drugs and just destroyed my house.” The two officers arrived shortly after noon and discovered the home was in unincorporated Ad-

ams County, not Commerce City. The letter said officers waited for sheriff’s deputies to arrive. As they waited, Officer Moody talked with the witness. Both officers later described not wanting to get too involved outside their jurisdiction and waiting around simply to ensure that “no one got hurt.” Alire remained inside the home. Just after Moody and the witness began their conversation, Alire “appeared to open the front door and call for Officer Pasko to come closer.” The letter said Pasko’s intent was to tell Mr. Alire that deputies were on the way. Alire then drew a knife from his waistband and charged at Officer Pasko. A video recording shows Alire running towards the officer with a large knife in his right hand. “He was off the stairs and running at me ...within two to three seconds,” Officer Pasko said to investigators as described in the DA’s letter. “As soon as I started approaching, he, he came out from underneath the shadows, lifted up his shirt, drew the knife and came running at me within two to three seconds. “[Alire] took a couple of steps towards me uh, lifted up his shirt and drew a large butcher knife in his right hand and started running at me … I believe he had a smile on his face um, when he was

running at me,” the officer added. “I noticed that it, obviously, it was a very large knife and he was coming at me very quickly … and he was closing the distance very quickly.” The letter said Officer Pasko backpedaled and drew his weapon while yelling, ‘drop it.” Pasko fired a number of times at Alire. “I was in fear for my life… not only because of his size um, compared to mine, um, but as the look in his eye … the look in his eyes and … I believe he was smiling as he’s running at me with this knife. I was, I was scared. I was ... I felt that … my life was in danger, so I, that, that, I, I immediately went to my, my firearm and ...and I shot him,” he told investigators as relayed in the DA’s letter. Officer Moody drew his weapon and focused his attention on Alire, according to the DA’s letter. Moody fired at Alire because he feared for Officer Paskos’ life. “I saw the male quickly lift up his shirt and reach to his waistband. At that point, I drew my weapon thinking he was pulling a gun,” Moody told investigators through the DA’s letter. “Saw that he pulled a long knife out and instantly started sprinting towards Officer [Pasko]. At that point, I don’t know who fired first. It was pretty simultane-

ous but I made the decision to fire. If not, he was gonna kill [Pasko]. “[Mr. Alire] wasn’t listening, wasn’t stopping. Two guns were drawn on him,” Moody continued. “Still doesn’t stop so once he got to like a certain point and I saw that he was not stopping. His intent was to kill Officer [Pasko] is when I decided to shoot.” The DA’s letter said both officers fired four shots at Alire. The knife was a butcher knife with an overall length of no more than 13 inches and an 8-inch blade. The autopsy determined that the cause of death was several gunshot wounds to the head and torso. A toxicology test also determined that Alire swallowed methamphetamine before his death. “Given the totality of the circumstances and evidence, the prosecution cannot prove that the involved officers were not justified in using reasonable force,” Mason’s letter read. “Therefore, applying the facts of this incident to the applicable law, the evidence does not support the filing of criminal charges against Officer Michael Pasko or Officer Joshua Moody for firing their weapons at Robert Alire and causing his death.” The district’s critical incident review team finished its investigation at the end of July.

Phone and Internet Discounts Available to CenturyLink Customers The Colorado Public Utilities Commission designated CenturyLink as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier within its service area for universal service purposes. CenturyLink’s basic local service rates for residential voice lines are $27.50 per month and business services are $40.00 per month. Specific rates will be provided upon request. CenturyLink participates in a government benefit program (Lifeline) to make residential telephone or broadband service more affordable to eligible low-income individuals and families. Eligible customers are those that meet eligibility standards as defined by the FCC and state commissions. Residents who live on federally recognized Tribal Lands may qualify for additional Tribal benefits if they participate in certain additional federal eligibility programs. The Lifeline discount is available for only one telephone or broadband service per household, which can be on either a wireline or wireless service. Broadband speeds must be 23 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload or faster to qualify. A household is defined for the purposes of the Lifeline program as any individual or group of individuals who live together at the same address and share income and expenses. Lifeline service is not transferable, and only eligible consumers may enroll in the program. Consumers who willfully make false statements in order to obtain Lifeline telephone or broadband service can be punished by fine or imprisonment and can be barred from the program. If you live in a CenturyLink service area, please call 1-800-201-4099 or visit centurylink.com/lifeline with questions or to request an application for the Lifeline program.

Brighton Standard Blade 5

October 20, 2021

Software speeds work to get homeless into shelters BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

An effort to quickly pair homeless people with open rooms in Adams County during cold weather will get a boost from a trio of software developers and a national software effort. Adams County relies on a Severe Weather Action Plan (SWAP) to help people that are homeless and living in severe weather conditions from getting hypothermia and freezing to death. That program relied on a manual and paper-based process. Code for America Community Fellows Fiona Tang, Ben Poon, and Brandon Johnson began working on an app to streamline that process a year ago. Code of America is a technology company that helps governments streamline manual processes. SWAP is funded and operated by Adams County. Several municipalities and agencies also participate in the program, including Brighton’s Almost Home. The SWAP program provides vouchers to the homeless to get them into hotels during cold winter conditions. SWAP works with a network of hotels that provide rooms for the homeless and then sends that information to agencies like Almost Home, including room availability at different locations. Adams County also works with street outreach teams that go out on foot to find and meet homeless people, conducting mobile shower and laundry events. They also post flyers with locations of shelters and soup kitchens, urging them to go to the Brighton and Thornton Any-

PIPELINE FROM PAGE 1

there are seven riders and they can add up to half the bill,” said Bill Levis, the former director of the Office of Consumer Counsel, and a consultant for AARP, which represents retirees and older citizens. The counterargument is that consumer dollars are going to fixed projects and funding programs that often have broad support, from closing coal-fired power plants to increasing renewable energy and promoting energy efficiency. As for the PSIA rider, Schonhaut said “enough is enough. This has been going on longer than the commissioners intended it should.” The PSIA went into effect in 2011. When then PUC Commissioner Matt Baker, acting as the hearing officer, approved the rider he said he expected it to expire in three years “in order to adequately protect the ratepayers of Colorado,” according to a filing. The rider was intended to address federal mandates issued under the 2002 Pipeline Safety Improvement Act. The law was prompted by fatal pipeline explosions in Bellingham, Washington, in 1999 and in Carlsbad, New Mexico, a year later, and by concerns about pipelines being targets in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Xcel embarked on a comprehensive program to replace mains and

think libraries to receive the hotel vouchers. Community Fellow Fiona Tang said members of the team joined those outreach efforts to find out what homeless individuals needed and how those services could help them. “It was a much more informed perspective on what it means to, for example, live on food stamps, or being homeless,” Tang said. But the fellows saw how slow the manual process could be, she said. “Almost Home, a communitybased organization was performing intake with people experiencing homelessness to get them into hotel rooms,” Tang said. “During one of our outreach visits, we observed clients fill out forms manually and we observed caseworkers painstakingly copy these intake responses into a spreadsheet, only to later manually enter them into the Homelessness Management Information System. We thought that this was a ripe opportunity to streamline a process that didn’t need to be so time-intensive and cumbersome.” The result is the team’s SWAP app or SWAPP. Community Fellow Ben Poon said it also helps agencies prepare. “Another addition that was in place before we came along, we added and created a no-reply text line where messages are broadcasted out to people who are subscribers,” Poon added. Since SWAP started Poon said the program issued 1,754 vouchers during the 2020-2021 pipelines, inspect and repair lines and upgrade equipment. Since its initial approval the PSIA rider has been extended four times and Xcel, which serves about 1.3 million residential electric customers and 1.2 million gas customers, was seeking a fifth extension to raise another $438 million. “While the company has made great strides in improving public safety, the final three years of the PSIA are necessary to achieve important system integrity and safety improvement goals.” Luke Litteken, Xcel Energy’s senior vice president for gas, said in PUC testimony. PUC staff, however, objected to the extension for a number of reasons, including a lack of oversight. “Cost recovery through rate riders enables a utility to pass increases or decreases in costs to customers without the necessary review of a general rate case can affect the utility’s efficiency incentives,” PUC economist Fiona Sigalla said in written testimony. The percentage of revenue Xcel was receiving from its natural gas base rates in Colorado dropped to 34% in 2020 from 42% in 2011, while the revenue from PSIA went to 16% from zero, Sigalla said. 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.

cold weather season to 931 individuals experiencing homelessness. That amounted to roughly 8,300 nights of unsheltered homelessness, a fifteenfold increase from the previous year, Poon said. “The Swap-app enables other human service agencies in the county to participate in distributing vouchers. We helped equip caseworkers and street outreach teams from multiple municipalities including Brighton, Thornton, and Westminster. The city of Bennett had also expressed interest in coming on to the platform” said Poon. Streamlining the process with SWAPP Before the new app, the process to locate hotels for people took an average of 11-12 minutes. After SWAPP, that process was reduced to two minutes. “I’m especially proud of this because it represents a significant improvement on client and caseworkers’ experience when interacting with the SWAP program. Instead of transferring intake information from paper forms to a spreadsheet to the Homelessness Management Information System, our app helped to eliminate the data entry step to the spreadsheet, while also increasing data accuracy and reducing caseworker frustration,” said Poon. Almost Home’s manual process of paperwork, invoicing and reimbursement was eliminated with the new app. “For example, before SWAPP, hotels sometimes got away with

charging Almost Home for nights un-stayed, but with the accurate data provided through the app, Almost Home could dispute invalid charges,” said Poon.

Data Accuracy A side benefit for Almost Home upgrading to the app is the accuracy of the data, Poon said. “SWAPP became the most reliable and comprehensive source of data for chronic homelessness in all of Adams County, especially given the cancellation of the 2021 point-in-time (PIT) count due to Covid-19,” he said. It’s also been useful in other areas, Poon said. “Our stakeholders had so much confidence in our app that they relied on it for non-SWAP-related service delivery,” he said. “The county & Almost Home used our SWAP data to identify ‘off the grid’ clients in otherwise unknown jurisdictions, identify veteran clients eligible for VA-housing benefits, and run an adhoc Covid-19 vaccination clinic “It feels great to know when working on software, you are working on digital so there is no tangible thing to touch, but what is cool because it is a digital product that is getting people into a safe housing that need it. It’s extremely gratifying,” he said. “It feels like the tech exists and we just need folks to bridge the gap between technology that does exist and can help people and like these issues that are on the ground. It feels really good to bridge the gap,” said Tang.

Paid Political Advertisement

RE-ELECT

Let’s Build on Our Success! Highest graduation rate in Adams County Delivered everything promised in the 2015 bond election A great teacher in every classroom Endorsed by 27J’s Teachers Association

www.blainenickeson.com

Paid for by Blaine Nickeson for 27J Schools - Registered Agent Blaine Nickeson

6 Brighton Standard Blade

LOCAL

VOICES

October 20, 2021

Late autumn can still delight anglers and aspen-watchers

here are so many pluses awaiting the OUTDOOR outdoors person LIVING during the fall Colorado landscape change of scene. None, however, equals the mystic, constant color change occurring among the striking aspen groves and the nightly cooling Ron Hellbusch of the small high mountain streams. The evolution of the aspen tree

colors brings a wave of observers to the mountains. Many are those who chase trout who experience an opportunity missed. Small streams suggest brook trout, that frisky and colorful small stream trout that becomes more active in the fall. The same period the sky glows with the gold, rust, orange and mixture of brilliant colors of the aspen leave. The gradual process of both natural occurrences offers observers a chance to enjoy both events if we miss the early or late changes. Let me suggest while you may feel you have missed the prime pe-

riod Colorado Color change. Maybe you have not? The water-rich tributaries of the upper South Platte River basin crisscross South Park providing fishing and public access worth seeking out. This expanding valley from Kenosha Pass northwest to Salt Creek Pass above Buena Vista is one of the closer viewing and small-stream angling destinations where visitors will see colors still in transition for just a bit longer and ample small stream fishing in the cooling waters. Jefferson, Michigan, Terral, Middle Fork and South Fork streams all provide cooling snow

melt brook trout water. US 285 will find South Park in less than a twohour drive from the Front Range. Division of Parks and Wildlife fishing maps and agency brochures will guide anglers to state campgrounds and parking access. Park County Road maps will open aspen viewing consider within the top 10 view regions in Colorado. Make plans soon for a drive to South Park. The sights and the streams are calling.

Outdoorsman and Westminster resident Ron Hellbusch can be reached at Ron-Hellbusch@comcast.net

Improve retention with persistent consistency

s we continue to talk about hiring and keeping a productive and performancedriven team, we must include “Consistency” in our “5 C’s for Retaining Top Talent.” This is the WINNING fourth column in WORDS a five-part series, and we will conclude next week with “Culture,” and how to develop that winning culture where people are not only eager to join us but will also want to stay Michael Norton with us. And thank you all for the email messages, your feedback is always appreciated. Many of you have mentioned a few other “C’s” that should have been included, and yes, I could have easily made this a 10-part series by adding communication, creativity, crosstraining, compelling, caring, compensation, and many others that many of you had suggested. All great words for sure, and I will do my best to incorporate them in a future column. When I settled on the 5 C’s, consistency was important because when we reviewed data and sur-

vey results for the reasons people were leaving their position, a “lack of consistency” was cited as one of the challenges they faced. When I asked for some more detail about that lack of consistency, there were a few areas worth mentioning to help us as business owners and leaders to avoid the same mistakes associated with inconsistencies. The biggest area of concern was around the lack of consistency in what is said, written on the walls, and published on the company website when it comes to mission, vision, purpose and values. Many exiting employees felt like these words were nothing more than a sales pitch to attract people, appease current employees, and create a public image that sounds good. Sadly, they reported that what was publicly stated was often not lived out by senior leadership, management or ownership of the company. The second challenge with inconsistency had to do with fairness. We all know by now that no matter how hard we try, there are no secrets anymore. Seems that regardless of sensitivity, personal information such as compensation, consequences, promotions, extra perks, the overall treatment

of team members, the perception is that relationships and unique one-off situations create an environment for team members to question fairness. The third issue raised by a lack of consistency surrounds goals and objectives. Not only were the goals and objectives constantly changing, but the messaging around expectations was also seen as inconsistent. When we can’t communicate clearly defined goals and objectives, set proper expectations and then inspect what we expect, it is easy to see why our team members get frustrated enough to leave. Top-performing organizations and businesses of all sizes who make the mission, vision, purpose and values abundantly clear, and then make sure they are lived out, will have a much greater chance of keeping personnel at every level. When we live and work by our values, being fair becomes so much easier. There are times when difficult decisions must be made, and there are times when we need to be firm as leaders, and when we can demonstrate consistency in being firm but fair, this will also help us retain top talent. We are living in times of incred-

ible change and uncertainty. This means we must be consistent and clear in articulating expectations and how what we all do, every role in the business, works toward the overall objectives of the company. In times of change goals may shift, and that’s OK if we consistently let everyone know the “why” behind the change and how that changes the expectations of each team member. If we want to attract and keep tremendously amazing people, let’s remember what author and motivational speaking legend Zig Ziglar said when he shared that the secret to success is “persistent consistency.” How would your team rate your business when it comes to consistency in living out the mission and vision, treating everyone fairly, and when setting objectives? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@tramazing. com, and when we can live and work with persistent consistency, it really will be a better than good year.

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

ABOUT LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Colorado Community Media welcomes letters to the editor. Please note the following rules: • Email your letter to letters@coloradocommunitymedia.com. Do not send via postal mail. Put the words “letter to the editor” in the email subject line. • Submit your letter by 5 p.m. on Wednesday in order to have it considered for publication in the following week’s newspaper. • Letters must be no longer than 250 words. • Letters should be exclusively submitted to Colorado Community Media and should not submitted to other outlets or previously posted on websites or social media. Submitted letters become the property of CCM and should not be republished elsewhere. • Letters advocating for a political candidate should focus on that candidate’s qualifications for office. We cannot publish letters that contain unverified negative information about a candidate’s opponent. Letters advocating for or against a political candidate or ballot issue will not be published within 30 days of an election. • Publication of any given letter is at our discretion. Letters are published as space is available. • We will edit letters for clarity, grammar, punctuation and length and write headlines (titles) for letters at our discretion. • Please don’t send us more than one letter per month. First priority for publication

will be given to writers who have not submitted letters to us recently. • Submit your letter in a Word document or in the body of an email. No PDFs or Google Docs, please. • Include your full name, address and phone number. We will publish only your name and city or town of residence, but all of the information requested is needed for us to verify you are who you say you are. • Letters will be considered only from people living in Colorado Community Media’s circulation area in Adams, Arapahoe, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Jefferson and Weld counties. • Do not use all caps, italics or bold text. • Keep it polite: No name calling or “mudslinging.” • Include a source — and a link to that source — for any information that is not common knowledge. We will not publish information, including quotes, that cannot easily be verified. • We do not publish speculation about other people’s motives or thoughts. Please keep your comments to a person’s actions or statements. • Generally we will not publish multiple letters that make the same point in a given week. Only submit ideas and opinions that are your own — and in your own words. We will not publish any letter that appears to be part of a letter-writing campaign or that copies text from an outside source, such as a website. • We do not publish letters promoting a business, product or commercial service.

Brighton Standard Blade 7

October 20, 2021

Thu 10/21

Featured

Thornton Trunk or Treat

Live Painting Demonstration

@ 6pm Carpenter Park Fields, 11000 Col‐ orado Boulevard, Thornton. re nee.dodson@thorntonco.gov, 720977-5917

@ 4pm Anythink Brighton, 327 East Bridge Street, Brighton. rbowman @anythinklibraries.org, 303-4053230

Primus @ 1pm Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop Street, Denver

Coffee with Tracy Jones @ 3pm Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 E. Parkway Dr., Commerce City. 303-2893760

Zikr Dance Ensemble presents "Lifting The Veil" @ 7pm / $15-$25 Broom�eld Auditorium, 3 Community Park Road, Broom�eld. davidtaylor.�ikr@hot mail.com, 303-884-1910

Laura Story Music @ 7pm Colorado Christian University, 8787 W Alameda Ave, Lakewood

Dirty Side Down Band: Dirty Side Down @ Cheers @ 8pm @ Cheers, 11964 Washington St, Northglenn

Featured

Wed 10/27

Sat 10/23 Music Bingo at Pour Tap House @ 7pm / Free Pour Tap House, 12433 East 104th Av‐ enue, Commerce City

Featured

Free event at Denver Museum of nature and Science

Colorado Rapids

@ 7pm / Free Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver. bruce ward1@gmail.com, 303-917-1476

@ 7pm / $29-$998 DICK'S Sporting Goods Park, 6000 Victory Way, Commerce City

Fri 10/22

Moonlight Mile Fun Run

Diners, Drive-In's, & Dives Spice Island Grill (10/22)

@ 6am Oct 23rd - Oct 24th Prairie View High School track, 12909 E 120th Ave, Henderson. 720-427-5835

@ 3:30pm Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 E. Parkway Dr., Commerce City. 303-2893760

Featured

El Cacho @ 7pm TAMMYS EVENT CENTER, 6324 IVY ST, Commerce City

Ryan Hutchens at Bitto Bistro Sixty Minute Celestial @ 8:30pm / Free Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garri‐ son St., Arvada. 720-898-7405

@ 6pm Bitto Bistro, 14697 Delaware St #1000, Westminster

Featured The Wildwoods

Mon 10/25

@ 7pm Broadway Roxy, 554 S Broadway, Denver

Dinner Out Wishbone (10/25) @ 10pm Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 E. Parkway Dr., Commerce City. 303-2893760

Thu 10/28

Paranormal Investigating 101 @ 3pm Anythink Perl Mack, 7611 Hilltop Circle, Denver. rbowman@anythin klibraries.org, 303-428-3576

Keith Hicks @ 6pm Mother Tucker Brewing, Thornton

Sturtz at The Soundpost Sessions (wsg The Wildwoods) @ 8pm The Soundpost Sessions, 457 4th Ave, Longmont

Sturz w/ The Wildwoods at The Soundpost Sessions @ 8pm The Soundpost Sessions, 457 4th Ave, Longmont

Tony Medina Music: Tony Medina at Urban Beets @ 5pm Urban Beets Kitchen & Juice Bar, 5616 Olde Wadsworth Blvd, Arvada

Super Diamond @ 5pm 1stBANK Center, 11450 Broom�eld Ln, Broom�eld

Tue 10/26

Featured

Tuesday Movie Matinee 10/26 @ 7am Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 E. Parkway Dr., Commerce City. 303-2893760

Breakfast & Colorado Cherry Co. @ 2:30pm Fort Lupton Recreation & Parks De‐ partment, 203 S Harrison, Fort Lupton. 303-857-4200

Music Bingo at Pour Tap House @ 7pm / Free Pour Tap House, 12433 East 104th Avenue, Commerce City

Broadway Halloween Parade @ 6pm Broadway, Broadway between 3rd Ave & Alameda Ave, Denver. broadwayhalloween parade@gmail.com

Mac DeMarco @ 8pm Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop St, Den‐ ver

The best place to promote your events online and in print. Visit us @ https://westminsterwindow.com/calendar

8 Brighton Standard Blade

October 20, 2021

Colorado Community Media honored for past women of excellence Colorado Press Women celebrates 80 years BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

With a long history of producing community journalism, several newspapers that are now part of Colorado Community Media have been led by strong women since they started being published. As part of celebrating its 80th year as an organization, Colorado Press Women (CPW) recently recognized women from four Colorado Community Media (CCM) newspapers who were employed by or owned the publications, dating back to the 1940s. The women were also original members of CPW. CCM honorees include: Co-publisher Katherine Bemis of the Littleton Independent Owner and publisher Vera West Parson for the Golden Transcript Owner and publisher Mary H. Isham and editor Lucille Hastings of the Brighton Blade Co-publisher C.A. of the Fort Lupton Press CPW also paid tribute

to Daisy Baber, a longtime columnist with the Lyons Recorder. Accepting the certificates on behalf of CCM during the Oct. 2 hybrid meeting was new publisher Linda Shapley. Like the women being recognized by CPW, Shapley brings decades of newspaper experience to CCM. “I’m honored to continue the news leadership that these remarkable journalists helped begin 80 years ago,” Shapley said. “As the original founders said, ‘Press women have a weapon to shape the peace or destruction of the world,’ and I aim to use that weapon responsibly to build up the next generation of journalists and create stronger communities across the Front Range.” Shapley is referring to the early days of CPW in 1941 when it became an affiliate of the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW), which was established in 1938. In recruiting CPW members, on the eve of the U.S. entry into World War II, NFPW founder Bertha Bless said, “Press women have the opportunity of the century to create a thinking America that can lead

Katherine Bemis as a co-publisher of the Littleton Independent was one of the first charter members of the Colorado Press Women in the COURTESY PHOTO 1940s.

the world out of its present chaos. We must save not only the right of the press but also Americans. Grassroots journalism represented in small town and country newspapers doesn’t know its own power. Press women have a weapon to shape the peace of destruc-

E AGLE VIEW ADULT CENTER

1150 Prairie Center Parkway • Brighton, CO 80601 • 303-655-2075 • www.brightonco.gov Eagle View Adult Center Update – Oct 20 -27, 2021 Eagle View Adult Center is open Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Call 303-655-2075 for more information. The September/October newsletter is available. Check online at https://www.brightonco.gov/280/Eagle-View-Adult-Center Many programs are available on Zoom, check out the website for links. Cards, Games and Pool If you like to play games like bridge, pinochle, dominos, scrabble and pool… Eagle View is the place to get connected. Check out the newsletter for playing times. VOA Lunch A hot, nutritious lunch is provided by Volunteers of America, Mondays and Thursdays at 11:30 a.m. Please reserve your VOA meal in advance: For Mondays reserve the Thursday before, for Thursdays reserve the Monday before.! Call Eleanor at 303-655-2271 between 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., Mon. & Thurs. Daily meal donations are appreciated. $2.50 Donation per meal if age 60+ $8.50 Mandatory charge if under 60 Feathered Friends: Screech Owl This month’s feathered friend is an eastern screech owl. Pictures encouraged. Your fee supports the Raptor Education Foundation in caring for injured birds. 1:30 p.m. Thurs. Oct 21. $5. Deadline: Wed. Oct 20 First Arrivals: The American Colonies The New World offered numerous opportunities and free land, inspiring families to risk crossing the North Atlantic. Presenter Paul Flanders is a former high school history teacher. 1:00 p.m. Fri. Oct 22. $4. Deadline: Thurs. Oct 21 Cemetery Symbolism Jacquelyn Smith has done extensive research on cemetery art and Victorian mourning practices. Lots of time for questions and to view artifacts. 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Mon. Oct 25. $5. Deadline: Thurs. Oct 21 Wonderful Wolves We welcome the W.O.L.F. Sanctuary and one of their wolf dog ambassadors. The hour-long program will go over wolf biology, behavior, and ecology. 11:00 a.m. Wed. Oct 27. $6. Deadline: Fri. Oct 22 Medicare Part D Open Enrollment Need help enrolling in a Part D - Prescription Drug Plan? Meet with a Benefits in Action Medicare Counselor to get free one-on-one assistance. Call Evon at 303-655-2079 for an appointment. 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Tuesdays Oct 26, Nov 2, 9, 23, 30

To Schedule a Virtual Tour or for more info call Nellie at:

303-659-4148 Brighton 80601

www.inglenookatbrighton.com • Assisted Living • Independent Living • Memory Care • Rehabilitation • Hospice Care • Respite Care

tion of the world.” Today, CPW is a diverse organization of professional communicators, both men and women, who are reporters, editors, broadcasters, public relations practitioners, publishers, advertising and marketing practitioners, college

communications educators, graphic designers, photographers, freelance writers and others. “Looking back 80 years at the state of Colorado Press Women, what impresses me most is that 13 of our charter members were publishers and/or editors or their small-town newspapers — strong women,” said CPW President Sandy Nance. “It’s no wonder that equality for women has been as basic an expectation of our membership as our support for the First Amendment.” Early on, CPW focused on establishing rural libraries. Today, Nance said CPW works to help people sort fact from fiction on the Internet. With the emergence of teleconferencing and Zoom, Nance said CPW will focus on increasing membership throughout all of Colorado and not just newspapers along the Front Range. Today, Colorado Community Media continues to grow, focusing on the importance of community journalism. The media company currently owns 24 community newspapers in Adams, Arapahoe, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Jefferson and Weld counties.

Brighton Standard Blade 9

October 20, 2021

Spiders: It’s that time of year Common spiders that sneak into your home and how to deal with them BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

This time of year, eight-legged creatures can take a crisp fall breeze as an open invitation into our homes. James Fiala, owner of Environmental Pest Control, sees people dealing with spiders indoors during this time of year. “All spiders are going to try to get in. They try to overwinter is what they do,” he said. Fiala has some tips for unwelcome guests in your home as it gets colder. “Vacuum cleaners are very powerful pest control tools,” he said. He recommends vacuuming around the edges of your house and avoid storing things right by entry doors. “I always tell people: Minimize what you have by the foundation of the house, clear out the window wells of your house. Window wells are chronic for spiders, by the way.” Fiala says now is a great time to clean out your window wells, which you should be doing twice a year. They can serve as breeding grounds and hospitable habitats for spiders trying to overwinter in your home. He also says caulking, sealing and

The brown recluse is rare in Colorado. They are pale brown with long dark brown legs and have a violin shaped markPHOTOS COURTESY OF CSU EXTENSION ing behind their head.

using weather-stripping around doors and windows can be good deterrents for insects and rodents. Fiala recommends if you see a spider that does not look friendly, do not be afraid to use your shop vacuum to get rid of it, or even break out the glue traps to mitigate future problems. Take a spin through this list of a few common spiders that could sneak into your house this fall. Funnel weaver spiders Funnel weaver spiders are the most common spiders found in Colorado homes this time of the year. These spiders are harmless to humans but resemble the brown recluse, which does not naturally occur in Colorado. Funnel weaver spiders are darker brown and lack the characteristic “violin” shape

The funnel spider is the most common spider found in homes. They are often mistaken for the brown recluse, but funnel spiders are darker brown and have black markings on the abdomen.

that brown recluses have on their backs. Ground spiders Ground spiders usually reside under rocks or logs and only come out to hunt prey. When the weather turns cold, some species of ground spiders wander indoors. They are harmless to humans. Wolf spiders Wolf spiders are gray and brown, and some species can get quite large and are mistaken for tarantulas. Wolf spiders may enter areas of new development that disturb their habitat but are generally shy around humans. Larger species may bite. Widow spiders Widow spiders build their homes in dark undisturbed areas, like old

animal burrows, window wells, cellars, garage corners and crawl spaces. Red and orange markings on the underside of the abdomen is a physical characteristic of a widow spider. The widow spider has a painful bite, and it contains nerve venom, which can be dangerous. Brown recluse spiders Brown Recluse spiders are rare in Colorado because of the climate. They can be found along the Mississippi Valley, and sometimes they hitch a ride on travelers into the state. The brown recluse has a characteristic “violin” marking on its back. The spider’s venom is damaging to human cells. This list is not all inclusive of the spiders in Colorado. To find more on common spiders in the area, CSU extension provides more information.

UPCOMING AUCTION SCHEDULE Saturday, October 23rd 9AM - LIVE ATTENDANCE AUCTION University of Colorado Boulder 3300 Walnut Street, Boulder Featuring an estimated 1,000 lots of computer, scientific equipment & more!

Sunday, October 24th 2PM - ONLINE AUCTION

City & County of Denver Abandoned & Confiscated Vehicle Auction 5226 Brighton Blvd, Denver Over 180 vehicles scheduled to be sold!

Monday, October 25th 2PM - ONLINE AUCTION

Mekano Auto 4X4 On Behalf Of The Colorado Department Of Revenue 3728 Wheeling Street, Denver All items will be offered in bulk, then piecemeal & awarded in the highest manner.

Monday, October 25th 2PM - ONLINE AUCTION

Over (100) Restoration & Other Vehicles To Be Sold On Behalf Of The United States Bankruptcy Court 9339 E 96th Avenue, Commerce City

Tuesday, October 26th 2PM - ONLINE AUCTION

Salvage Design Center On Behalf Of The Colorado Department Of Revenue 1200 W Evans Avenue, Denver All items will be offered in bulk, then piecemeal & awarded in the highest manner.

Wednesday, October 27th 2PM - ONLINE AUCTION Cold Stone Creamery-This Location Only 697 W Hampden Avenue, Englewood

MONDAY WORKSHOPS OCT. 25 - DEC. 20 Strengthen your leadership skills and conndence! Join us for one, or all of our workshops. No deadline to register, but do it today at brightonco.gov/remix

Please visit www.Dickensheet.com for further information. YOUTH SERVICES brightonco.gov/youthservices

1501 W. Wesley Ave Denver 80223

(303) 934-8322 | www.Dickensheet.com

10 Brighton Standard Blade

October 20, 2021

Tree lighting ceremony returns STAFF REPORT

The city of Brighton announced the return of its tree lighting ceremony, sponsored by United Power, at 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, at Founders Plaza, Main and Bridge streets. In a break from other years’ holiday programming, the tree lighting program

will be a week before the city’s annual Festival of Lights parade. “We are excited to put a new spin on the annual tree lighting ceremony and bring it to Founders Plaza in the heart of downtown,” Gary Montoya, events and downtown initiative manager, said in a statement. “We have a full afternoon of family-friendly

activities planned with a finale that is sure to get everyone in the holiday spirit.” Prior to the ceremony, the public can visit Main Street Creatives Gallery (36 S. Main St.) from 2 to 4 p.m. for such activities as Santa Comes to Town and The Teddy Bear & Friends Tree. Face Vocal Band, the interna-

tionally acclaimed all-vocal rock band from Boulder, will be performing from 5 to 7 p.m. in front of the plaza. The band will help the council count down as the Christmas Tree is lit at 5 p.m. Contact Susie O’Connor at 303-655-2218.

Denver Art Museum opens reimagined Martin Building Renovation of DAM’s north building was initiated by $25M gift BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Denver Art Museum has reopened the Martin Building, formerly called the Ponti or North Building, after renovation initiated by a $25 million lead gift by Lanny and Sharon Martin. A preview on Oct. 13 introduced reorganized exhibits and public spaces on seven levels and cited programming such as the extensive offerings for schoolchildren that has been delayed by construction, and celebrated ongoing visitor services throughout the DAM campus. There’s also the all-new Anna and John J. Sie Welcome Center, funded with help from a $12 million gift from the Sies. It’s the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Ponti Building, which was designed by Italian architect Gio Ponti along with two Denver architects. Plans included the addition of a 650-seat auditorium, which was never built, hence there was some available space that was expanded. Museum director Christoph Heinrich introduced Lanny Martin, chairman of the board of trustees, and complimented the architectural firm Machado Silvetti for its patience. “Everybody had ideas,” Heinrich noted. He also thanked the craftspeople who worked on the project and announced that the public will be welcomed on the weekend of Oct. 24 in a three-day open house to “this place of joy, creativity and healing.” His talk included a “special thumbs-up to the 650 volunteers who are the backbone of Denver Art Mu-

The Northwest Coast and Alaska Native Art gallery, located on the second level of the Martin Building at the Denver Art Museum. PHOTO BY KATHRYN SCOTT/SPECIAL TO THE COLORADO SUN

A sign outside the Denver Art Museum’s Martin Building bears the names of the donors whose $25 million contribution initiated the building’s renovation. COURTESY PHOTO BY ERIC STEPHENSON

seum visitor services.” He spoke of millions more donated for programming and a $175 million endowment. Heinrich also congratulated the talented curators who imagined new galleries. In the past 10 years, museum staff realized that sizable open rooftop spaces were not being used as expected, while indoor spaces became crowded when a popular exhibit was in place. Note the special care devoted to the entries. Attendees at a press preview were reminded to pay particular attention to the building’s distinctive windows, part of Ponti’s original design, with each frame a special view of Denver. Sizes and shapes vary and each is special. Heinrich celebrated “the city’s

$ Hwy. 85 and Bromley Lane Brighton, CO 80601

303-659-6844

Appointments Available

patronage of arts and culture” and Mayor Michael Hancock happily said: “I’m jazzed! Denver is a national leader in arts and culture.” Attendees gathered first in the new Sie center, which features big curved windows used in the construction, a first. Attention will turn to hosting the 200,000 kids who visit the museum each year, free, with each one gaining a new perspective on what creative people can offer to one’s world, when you let them in ... Architect Ponti, who died in 1979 at the age of 87, will long be remembered in Denver for his imagination and consideration for those who will visit his really inviting building. The exhibits in the Martin Build-

BUY FOUR SELECT Complimentary TIRES, GET A Two-wheel $70 REBATE Alignment Service with the purchase of 4 tires.

Valid on Quick Lane®-installed retail purchases only. Requires presentation of competitor’s current price ad/oﬀer on exact tire sold by Quick Lane within 30 days after purchase. See your Quick Lane Service Advisor for details through 10/31/21. Expires Only. 12/31/20 Valid at named Quick Lane®

TR01Q

Dealer installed retail purchases only. Check and adjust camber and toe. Additional parts and labor *Dealer-installed retail purchases only.may Not be valid on prior required on some vehicles. See Quick Lane Manager for be Purchases. Offer valid 11/1/20 to 12/31/20. Cannot details. Oﬀer valid Exp 10/31/21 combined with with any Coupon. other rebate/Offer. See QuickLane

Manager for Details.

ing include: Level One: Revision: Art in the Americas. Level Two: Architecture and design, Northwest Coast and Alaskan Indian Art. Level Three: Indigenous Arts of North America, including exploration of identity, reframing of history through Indigenous eyes and the continuum of creativity. Level Four: Latin American Art and the Art of the Ancient Americas. Level Five: Asian Art. Level Six: European Art before 1800; Photography; Textile Art and Fashion. Level 7: Western American Art. Also on the campus is the Hamilton Building, with more recent European, Asian and traveling art exhibits. While the COVID-19 pandemic continues, public events frequently are canceled or rescheduled. Check with organizers before you go.

• Synthetic Blend Oil Change • Tire Rotation & Pressure Check • Brake Inspection • Vehicle Check-Up • Fluid Top-Off • Battery Test • Filter Check • Belts and Hoses Check

95 59 HAVE YOUR BATTERY $

TESTED AT NO CHARGE*

Up to five quarts of Motorcraft® Oil and Motorcraft or Omnicraft™

filter.have Taxes, vehicles andyou disposal Be sure you thediesel starting power need.fees extra. Hybrid batt Seetest yourbattery Quick Lane *Visually excluded. inspect and usingService tester.Advisor Hybridfor exclusions a details. Offer valid through 12/31/20. battery test excluded. See participating Quick Lane® for details through 12/31/21. www.quicklane.com ® Valid at named Quick Lane Only.

Brighton Standard Blade 11

October 20, 2021

Excellence in Arts Awards winners named STAFF REPORT

The Brighton Cultural Arts Commission made the selections for its 2021 Excellence in Arts Awards. In addition to Jo Pinto, the winners are Chris Romero, Wilma Rose, Sydney VanderWal, Stephanie Brown and Dolly Garcia, according to a statement. The commission created the awards to celebrate individuals and groups within Brighton who are cultural arts champions. These champions were to be recognized with the Excellence in Arts Awards during the Oct. 19 council meeting. Here’s a quick snapshot of each of the winners: Chris Romero - Master of Performing Arts This category is open to individuals or groups who are filmmakers, dancers, actors/actresses, directors or musicians. Actor and musician Chris Romero is a Colorado native born and raised in Brighton and has been part of the Denver music scene for almost 20 years. Romero has been part of several bands and movies over the years, including the bands SICK, Drug Under and Romero, and the movies “Halloween 2” by Rob Zombie and “Things To Do In Denver When You’re Dead.” Romero is happily married with four kids. Wilma Rose - Visionary The category is open to an individual, group or business who has been a leader in the Brighton cultural arts scene. Wilma Rose serves the local art community in many ways. She’s

WRITING FROM PAGE 1

them into poems. I caught the fever,” said Pinto. “My first poem was published in Jack and Jill Magazine when I was 12-years old.” When Pinto was a junior at Brighton High School, she took an advanced English class and wrote a short story. Pinto said, “These characters came alive for me - it was an amateur. It was kind of bad writing, but I wrote the story and turned it in and got an “A” and put it away in my scrapbooks. Pinto graduated from Brighton High School and studied at the University of Northern Colorado received a degree in Human Services in 1992 but was unable to find work in the field. “I thought I was going to become a social worker, but it didn’t happen. It was tough to get hired. There’s was a lot of discrimination, and it was a brick wall,” said Pinto. It was the 1990s and the early days of the Internet but there was a word processor and Pinto learned how to use it. The word processor was a text-to-speech screen reading program called “Job Access With Speech” (JAWS). It speaks the text that is detected on the screen. The story she wrote in high school was used to practice

president of the Brighton Public Art Committee, vice president of the Brighton Cultural Arts Commission and member of the Sculpture on Loan Committee, Eye for Art Committee, Public Art Committee and Brighton Music Choir. Rose is a past member of Brighton City Council and also served on the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District Selection Committee. Sydney VanderWal - Master of Cultural Arts in Education The category is open to an educator who has offered some form of creative arts activity to the youth within the community. Sydney VanderWal has been with 27J Schools for many years and at Innovations & Options for four years. She has taken on the role of mentor for the teachers and staff, as well as for the students she teaches. VanderWal is an artist who motivates students to do their best work and to search within themselves for their art. Students sing VanderWal’s praises, with a current student stating in part, “VanderWal is an amazing art teacher. She’s more than just an art teacher. She never holds back students’ creative ability and encourages non-art students to try art even if it isn’t their strongest subject. She has always supported me and my progress with my art.”

and her husband lived in Hudson, Massachusetts, prior to retiring and moving to Brighton in 2010. Always interested in drawing as a child, art was Brown’s favorite subject in school. Most of her creative outlets over the years were tole painting, furniture refinishing and any other hobby that caught her interest. She has taken oil painting classes at Main Street Creatives in downtown Brighton from both Judith Dickinson and Jeremiah White and still works in this medium. Once Brown’s children were raised and off to college, she pursued her interest in glass art for 20 years and counting. Brown has participated in Art at the Armory, Art in The Park and Echter’s Glass Show in the fall and currently displays her glass creations at Main Street Gallery.

Stephanie Brown - Outstanding Volunteer in Cultural Arts The category is open to an individual who has devoted time, talent and service to enhance the cultural experience in Brighton. Stephanie Brown was born and raised in Wichita. Kansas. Brown

Dolly Garcia - Beyond Brighton This category is open to an individual, group or business from outside Brighton who has strengthened our community’s cultural arts.) Dolly Garcia is a “behind-thescenes” worker who sees what needs to be done and works tirelessly to make that vision a reality. Two programs to which she has dedicated herself have made a big difference in Brighton. One is the Platte Valley Players, and the other is Readers Theatre at Eagle View Adult Center. Garcia is a founding member of the Platte Valley Players board of directors and has been the person who writes grants and works on funding for this group. For more information, contact David Gallegos, arts and culture coordinator, at dgallegos@brightonco. gov or 303-655-2176.

on the Word Processor. “I typed my story in the word processor and thought it is awful- I can’t believe I got an “A” for this- but the characters are still alive. I edited and learned how to cut, paste, and move words around, deleted, and added- it got better,” she said Pinto lived in a couple of rough neighborhoods in both Brighton and Greeley with her late husband. He got sick with Lou Gehrig’s disease and his day-to-day care fell to her. She continued to write, and the couple also helped out the working parents in the neighborhoods by taking care of their children. When Pinto’s husband passed away, she decided to go back to school at Metropolitan State University at Denver graduated with a degree in nonprofit management, grant writing, and fundraising in 2004. She started a business proofreading Braille textbooks working from home and raising her daughter Sarah. Pinto published another book titled “ Daddy Won’t Let Mom Drive the Car”: True Tales of Parenting in the Dark.” It’s available on Amazon. Technology, she said, has become her friend. “There are electronic machines that hook to your computer to read Braille, but I still use a computer that talks to me, so I’ll type and it echoes back what I type. I can navigate the internet through speech. The program reads Word, Excel

documents, and emails programs on the Internet,” said Pinto. It was difficult for Pinto to publish her first book in 2015. There was some interest, but it did not fit in publishers’ categories. “Today, I could publish on Amazon and publish whatever I want. It is different today from 30-years ago, I couldn’t imagine self-publishing my books on Audible now to listen to it,” said Pinto. Pinto currently serves on Brighton Historic Preservation Committee and was interested in working with the committee because she proofreads textbooks. “I think history in schools is shortchanged because kids learn names, dates, places, and it’s boring- they don’t relate to it. History is about local histories, Bromley farms, the Brighton Armory and people,” said Pinto. Pinto said the committee is working on oral histories interviewing people who live in Brighton writing their stories while they’re still alive so they can preserve them for people to read and see them on videos when they’re not here anymore. What is in the future? “I have another book coming out in an anthology in the spring. It’s a combination of cookbook and history. My memories are about tamales- four generations of my family making tamales,” said Pinto. To view Pinto’s book’s visit: http://www.brightsideauthor.com.

KID CONTEST

Witches, Zombies, Princesses...Oh my! Show off your costumes in this fun Halloween costume contest! Top three winners will receive prizes from our generous sponsors!

VOTE NOW! ( IF YOU DARE! ) VOTE ONLINE FROM OCT. 13 - 31, 2021 COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Sponsored by:

12 Brighton Standard Blade

October 20, 2021

A parrot paradise in the country Foundation helps birds thrive in rural Elbert County BY CHANCY J. GATLIN-ANDERSON SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Near the corner of County Roads 13 and 158 in rural Elbert County, about 12 miles southeast of downtown Parker, large, vibrantly colored parrots live on the grounds of The Gabriel Foundation. The foundation is a “parrot welfare organization providing for the complete physical, psychological, and environmental well-being of the parrots in our care,” its website says. It also arranges adoptions of parrots, with the motto: “Adopt, don’t shop.” Founded in 1995 by lifelong parrot lover and avian consultant Julie Weiss Murad, the nonprofit foundation was first based in Aspen, but moved to the rolling hills north of Elizabeth in 2005. Currently, the property houses roughly 400 birds, though the foundation hopes to work its way to 350 birds so each will have more space and receive even better care. Asked why there are so many parrots in need of homes, aviary operations manager Jessica Boone explained that many parrots live extraordinarily long lives. “Many of the birds who come through the foundation have outlived their owners,” she said.

Though the parrots have smaller individual or paired enclosures, many are given ample time in larger, group enclosures for enrichment.

There are roughly 400 birds within the grounds of the Gabriel Foundation. When walking through the halls and throughout the enclosures, they can be found everywhere, PHOTOS BY CHANCY J. GATLIN-ANDERSON including above your head!

Boone also said that many of the foundation’s birds come from

DEN CONCESSIONS

JOB FAIR ConcessionsJobs.com

EMPOWER FIELD AT MILE HIGH Saturday, October 23rd, 2021 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM LAND THE JOB WITH YOUR NAME ON IT.

unfortunate circumstances. “A lot of the birds come from hoarding situations, while many come from homes that cannot afford to take care of such a maintenance-heavy pet.” Roughly 75% of the birds are adopted out, with more than 100 birds having been rescued since the start of 2021. Since the inception of the foundation, thousands of birds have come through the doors of The Gabriel Foundation and have been adopted out to families. Staff members at The Gabriel Foundation say they work diligently to ensure that the birds they adopt out go to safe, loving homes. Before visiting the foundation for the first time, potential adopters must take online courses about parrots and parrot care. Potential adopters are also required to visit The Gabriel Foundation at least five times to participate in bird education. On their visits, potential adopters learn about diet, enrichment and enclosures. They also do extensive touring to narrow down which bird is right for them and their family. Potential adopters are also required to provide photos of their at-home enclosures before they are able to take the birds home. Many of the birds at the foundation have their own large enclosures, while some have chosen to pair-bond and live together. Some, like the macaws visible from County Road 13, spend a lot of their time in groups. They are divided by sex to avoid breeding. The birds are given regular baths and are fed a varied and nutrientrich diet comprising everything from leafy green breakfast salad to hearty nuts and grains. They also have an abundance of toys and items for chewing. Many locals and those within the

The Gabriel Foundation has fifteen staff members and over 100 active volunteers to help the organization run smoothly. (L) Sara Thorpe who works in Husbandry, (R) Adele Beesley who works in flock health, administration and events. The bird Adele is holding is a Senegal parrot named PJ.

parrot community donate cardboard boxes and old phone books and newspapers for chewing. The staff and volunteers also make many of the toys the parrots regularly play with. The Gabriel Foundation currently has 15 employees and roughly 100 active volunteers. “I love working here because my day is never the same,” said Boone, a decade-long staff member. “I also love working around the birds because I think of them as individuals with their own personalities.” Like many nonprofit organizations, The Gabriel Foundation has been impacted by COVID-19. Prior to the start of the pandemic, staff gave regular tours and held events for visitors. Now, tours are curtailed and visits ate by appointment; go online to thegabrielfoundation.org for information. The Gabriel Foundation is currently seeking more volunteers and encourages those interested to visit its website to apply.

Brighton Standard Blade 13

October 20, 2021

A second life for lost luggage at DIA Airport donates forgotten bags to Denver Rescue Mission BY AMANDA HORVATH ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

Denver International Airport handles a massive amount of luggage every year. In 2019, the last full year before the COVID-19 pandemic, 69 million passengers traveled through the airport with bags in tow. Some of those travelers left their empty bags behind. Sometimes people will throw away their luggage because they want to consolidate their things to save on baggage fees. Or, maybe a wheel or zipper breaks and they leave a suitcase at the airport. DIA collects whatever is left behind. “Once we find that luggage that is clearly being abandoned — being set next to a trash can — we don’t want that just to be thrown away in a central landfill, especially when there is ... a higher and better purpose that it can go to,” said Scott Morrissey, vice president of sustainability for DIA. Enter Denver Rescue Mission. The nonprofit organization works to create change in the lives of people experiencing homelessness in Denver. Part of its mission includes the Ministry Outreach Center, located in Denver’s Park Hill neighborhood. Suncor Air Monitoring Print Ads.pdf “One part is the warehouse, the

Piles of lost luggage sit waiting, stored on a shelf at Denver International Airport. Now, the airport plans to begin donating that luggage to the Denver Rescue Mission. COURTESY OF DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

home of all of our supplies. Any non-cash donation comes through the warehouse and is received here, stored here, sorted out, and then distributed from here,” said Jesse Ludema, the director of the Ministry Outreach Center. At the center, the abandoned pieces of luggage get a new purpose. About every month or so, Denver Rescue Mission picks up a batch of empty suitcases and bags from DIA to distribute to the unhoused community it serves. “For many people in the homeless community they have very few belongings,” said Ludema. “And so 2 8/10/21 10:38 PM if you’re walking around and try-

CCND Air Monitoring is now providing continuous air monitoring information for the Commerce City and North Denver communities.

Learn more at ccnd-air.com. Mobile app coming soon.

ing to get back on your feet, having something to store your possessions in is really important.” This particular partnership with a focus on luggage donations between DIA and Denver Rescue Mission started about three years ago. In 2018, Morrissey said the airport donated 835 pieces of luggage, and in 2019, it gave 719 pieces. Morrissey does say in 2020, that number was much lower, likely because the number of passengers who went through DIA dropped significantly due to COVID-19. “Not a huge amount in the context of 69 million passengers. But they are bags that can go and have

a second life and support the clients of the Denver Rescue Mission,” said Morrissey. So far in 2021 donations are still lower than at the start of the partnership, again with passenger numbers not quite at where they were pre-pandemic. But any donation can make a big difference in a person’s life. “[It is] a need that we don’t often think of. We think of food, clothing, the essentials, but something to carry that in is critically important. So it is a need that is expressed often,” said Ludema. And that need has grown even more in just the last 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 count found the number of people experiencing homelessness for the first time doubled from 2020 to 2021. “I think anyone who has worked with the homeless community here in Denver has seen the need increase for more resources, for more items just overall,” said Ludema. “It seems like we need to find a better way to help our homeless brothers and sisters in need.” It seems now more than ever nonprofits like Denver Rescue Mission could use the help. Thankfully, Ludema says this luggage donation partnership is just one of many SEE LUGGAGE, P15

14 Brighton Standard Blade

October 20, 2021

JUST AS THE SCHOOL YEAR’S KICKING INTO GEAR THE CITY COUNCIL CAN KICK FLAVORED TOBACCO TO THE CURB. Flavored tobacco products have created a youth nicotine-addiction epidemic, and nowhere is it more dangerous than in our schools. Big Tobacco companies sell kid-friendly flavors, from Cherry Dynamite to Gummi Bear to Cool Mint to Menthol. Today, over 2 million kids use e-cigarettes, and 85% of them use flavors. And for young smokers, half smoke menthols – which are easier to start and harder to quit. Now is the time for the Denver City Council to act, especially as our kids return to old routines.

PROTECT OUR KIDS & END THE SALE OF FLAVORED TOBACCO. ALL PRODUCTS. ALL FLAVORS. ALL LOCATIONS. FlavorsHookKidsDenver.org Paid for by Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund

Brighton Standard Blade 15

October 20, 2021

NEWS BRIEFS Court news An Adams County judge continued the arraignment for the Brighton mother accused of vehicular homicide in the death of her son in late May. The next court appearance for Karena Cecil is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 3. Police said she was behind the wheel of a car that rolled over on I-76. Her son died in the crash. Acting city manager Brighton City Council appointed Michael Martinez as acting city manager during a special meeting Oct. 12. Jane Bais DiSessa resigned Oct. 11. Originally, Marv Falconburg was tabbed for the job. He was acting city manager after former City Manager Philip Rodriguez resigned and before Bais DiSessa took the job. Council hired her last year. A city statement said Martinez will be responsible for daily city operations, prepare recommendations for council consideration and implement the policy direction approved

LUGGAGE FROM PAGE 13

beneficial partnerships. Most major grocery store chains in Colorado donate leftover food, several food banks help out regularly, and different individuals or companies often come to Denver Rescue Mission with donations. “There’s just probably hundreds

by city council. Martinez also is the city’s economic development director. 27J board endorsement The Brighton Education Association endorsed three candidates for 27J Schools Board of Education directors. These candidates are Danielle Jayne, Blaine Nickeson and Mandy Thomas. A Facebook post from BEA highlighted the candidates’ dedication to increasing STEM and Career and Technology Education programs throughout the district and the value of making those chances available to students in the district. The post also referred to the candidates’ desires to provide competitive salaries to attract and retain quality teachers. “All three of these candidates have spent years volunteering in our schools, not only as parents but as advocates for students, teachers, and public education in general,” said Kathey Ruybal, BEA president. “They understand the needs facing the district and are determined of companies that may do drives every single year or twice a year, and may say, ‘Hey, we want to get our company together and collect coats, or we want to collect hygiene products, or what is it that you need us to collect?’” said Ludema, “I’m really blown away by people’s generosity to help.” And that’s exactly how the relationship with DIA started. At first, it was donations of unused food from the airline flight kitchens as well

to address these needs in order to ensure that our students get the best education. Their service on the 27J school board will keep our district moving forward in a positive direction.” Community food drive The city oif Brighton Employee Charities Committee is hosting a food drive from 10 a.m. to noon Sunday, Ocxt. 24. Drop off donations at both of the King Soopers stores in town or at he Brighton Recreation Center (5535 N. 11th Ave.) during the Smashing Pumpkins Festival. Calling all teens The Pennock Center for Counseling, 211 S. 21st Ave., and 27J Schools are offering a teen hangout (11- to 18-year-olds) starting at 4 p.m. Mondays,and continue every other Monday through Nov. 15. Discussion topics include school, friendships, family, time management, stress and peer pressure. To sign up, visit https://biut.ly/ teenhangoutsignup. as some food and beverage concessions. Then it grew into this new baggage partnership. “You can have those conversations in real time to say, you know, `We have this product, is it something that can be beneficial to people?’ And they [Denver Rescue Mission] understand what those needs are,” said Morrissey. “It’s really important for us to find those opportunities to positively contribute to the community.”

Community wellness workshop Pennock Center for Counseling, 211 S. 21st Ave., and the First Presbyterian Church are sponsoring a series of free wellness workshops. They start at 6 p.m. Mondays and continue every other Monday through Nov. 15. Topics include Cultivating Healthy Relationships (Oct. 18), Honoring our Lives (Nov. 1) and Sparking Joy (Nov. 15). Call 303-655-9065, ext. 13. Register at https://bit.ly/communitywellnesssignup. Growing grads The city of Brighton’s Growing Grads program returns in person Wednesday, Oct. 20. The program wants to provide students interested in postsecondary education with assistance to apply for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. The second forum (starts at 6 p.m.) is at Brighton High School, 270 S. Eighth Ave. Visit www.brightonco.gov/1546/ College-Career-Readiness. “Just all across America in our world, there’s so many problems,” said Ludema. “And so to experience generosity firsthand, and to see people really are willing to give and help is certainly very encouraging.” This story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonprofit providing news and information across Colorado over the air and online. Used by permission. For more, and to support Rocky Mountain PBS, visit rmpbs.org.

You care about local news. So do we. The Colorado Sun

Welcome to your digital community. The only Public Benefit Corp. serving unbiased in-depth news stories to the people of Colorado. Solid journalism with no paywall to read articles. Check out our newsletters and podcast at www.coloradosun.com/ccm

16 Brighton Standard Blade

October 20, 2021

The mill levy would cost homeowners $4.63 per month per $100,000 of home value.

Brighton Standard Blade 17

LOCAL

October 20, 2021

SPORTS

From No. 5 on depth chart to regional title-game winner Trujillo wins regional title game, sends Ravens to state 4A tournament BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

THORNTON – Riverdale Ridge freshman pitcher Brynn Trujillo started the softball season as the Ravens’ No. 5 starter. Fast forward to mid-October, and you would have found her on the mound in the class 4A regional title game against Golden High School on the Ravens’ field. Trujillo threw a five-inning complete game. She allowed three hits, struck out seven and had plenty of help from her offense. RRHS beat the Demons 11-1 to win a second straight regional softball title and a berth in this week’s state 4A softball tournament at Aurora Sports Park. It starts Friday, Oct. 22. “Here she is being the pitcher we chose to put in the circle for the championship game,” RRHS coach Ray Garza said. “We’ve got two good pitchers. When one isn’t pitching, the other one is hitting home runs.” Garza was referring to

Riverdale Ridge freshman pitcher Brynn Trujillo sends a pitch toward the plate during her team’s state PHOTO BY STEVE SMITH tournament-clinching win over Golden Oct. 16 in Thornton.

Aubree Davis, the winning pitcher in Riverdale Ridge’s 17-2 blowout win over Palisade. Davis threw a threehitter over two innings and

struck out one. Trujillo finished up by striking out the side. Neila Lucero provided some offensive punch with two hits and three RBIs.

Mullin had three hits and drove in four runs. Madyson Ortiz had three hits and drove in a run, and Sydnee Fordham added three hits.

In the game against Golden, Davis hit two home runs and drove in four. Emma Hodnet had three hits and three RBIs. Mullin added a base hit and a pair of RBIs. “It’s a nice problem to have,” Garza said. “She (Davis) has done good job of sharing the responsibilities in the circle. We’ve had some surprises in the circle. I just sit back and smile and let them do their thing. The tournament begins Friday, Oct. 22. Pairings were due Oct. 18, after press time. “I don’t know what to say. I’m discombobulated,” Garza said. “There are so many girls who do so many things for this program. A lot of people didn’t think we’d be here. A lot of girls who’ve stepped in and done a great job. There’s so much that goes into this. It’s fun to sit back and relax. We’re going to get prepared to see what we can do to get us to where we want to be. There is a lot of work to be done. “I don’t care who we play,” Garza added. “You’ve got to show up every day and play. I’m not sure what’s going to happen. We’re going to be there, and we’re going to give it everything we can. To be 22-3 is something I never thought would have happened.”

CHSAA to start new playoff structure next year BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

AURORA – For the Colorado High School Activities Association, the playoff structure is a case of “out with the old and in with a new version of the old.” CHSAA’s board of directors won’t use CHSAA’s Ratings Performance Index as the sole means to choose playoff teams starting next year. Instead, the method will be a combination of CHSAA’s RPI numbers and ratings from MaxPreps. This applies to team sports: baseball, basketball, football, soccer, softball and volleyball. League champions and winners

October

Fill-Up Special!

GLOBAL PROPANE 303-660-9290 Family Owned Business

Text “globalpropane” to 22828 for email prices

of district tournaments for smaller schools, such as Stargate School in Thornton and Fort Lupton High School, still earn automatic spots in their respective state tournaments. Brad Cochi, director of digital media for CHSAA, said a committee survey found 83% in favor of what was called “a universal tournament capture system” to choose the field for all CHSAA sports. Of those, almost two-thirds preferred the combination of RPI and MaxPreps rankings. “The genesis of this process began last year when we heard from sport committees and members of the association, who identi-

D IS C

VOLU ME OU N TS! 5 0 0+

$2.09 9

Gallon L imited Off

fied the need to look at alternative methods to capture state tournaments,” CHSAA Board President Luke DeWolfe said in a statement. “Because this is a board policy, the board identified that the best avenue to do that would be to have a committee formed to look at some alternatives.” Head-to-head record is the tiebreaker for any final postseason qualifying spots, Cochi said. The present postseason criteria (CHSAA RPI rankings) continue through the end of this school year. Cochi said the board did not take up the issue of seeding for postseason play, just the means to qualify. “The seeding process will be

addressed at a later date by sports committees and the CHSAA legislative council process,” Cochi said. CHSAA board member Ernie Derrera, former athletic director at Frederick High School, said there was a desire in the state to look at how teams qualified for postseason play. “There needed to be a way that we could find a process that most people thought was fair,” he said in a statement. “Once our committee got together, we started with the survey, and we examined that data. I think the group we had was an experienced group that all came in with open minds and looked at the survey for what it was.”

¿Eres Diabético?

Recibe tus suministros para la diabetes en la puerta de su casa completamente gratis*

Suscríbete en 3 simples pasos...1,2,3...

Llama al 1-866-886-2953

Habla con nuestros especialistas para ordenar sus productos ...

Recibe los suministros en la puerta de su casa.

Glucómetro que

HABLA!

!Llama Ahora! 1-866-886-2953

¡Inscríbete hoy y recibirás estas medias especiales para diabéticos completamente gratis!

*Co-pagos y deducibles aplican.

“MEDENVIOS SE OCUPA DE TODO”

Aceptamos Medicare y seguros privados

18 Brighton Standard Blade

October 20, 2021

Local school matchups State softball Pairings for the state Class 4A softball tournament were to have been announced Oct. 18 after press time. Check twitter.com/sportsland for the latest. Volleyball Brighton beat Prairie View in straight sets Oct. 14 in Brighton. No set scores or stats were available for either team. Eagle Ridge Academy Volleyball Eagle Ridge Academy won its third straight match, a straight-set win over Aurora Central Oct. 12. The match was in Brighton. No set scores or stats were available. Soccer Skyview trimmed Eagle Ridge Academy 3-1 in Thornton Oct. 12. No stats were available for either team. Brighton High School Volleyball Brighton downed Adams City 25-21, 25-18, 25-22 in Brighton Oct. 12. Kenia Prieto, Katherine Teter and Carolina Loa had two kills for the Eagles. Evelyn Udezue had 10 kills to pace BHS. Andi Jackson was next with nine. Brighton beat Prairie View in straight sets Oct. 14 in Brighton. No set scores or stats were available for either team. Soccer Kevin Negrette and Diego Flores scored the goals as Adams City shut out Brighton 2-0 in Commerce City Oct. 12. Goalkeeper Adrian Arriaga picked up the shutout win with five saves. No stats were available for the Bulldogs. Cross country AURORA — Brighton High School won Eastern Metro Athletic Conference cross country titles in both the boys and girls divisions at the

S P O R T S SCORECARD

league meet Oct. 13 at the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds. Ryan Green (third, 18:23.4), Austin Hill (fifth, 18:32.4), Andrew Sanchez (10th, 19:30.2), Carter Ferara (11th, 19;42.4) and Joshua Hill (17th, 20:21.7) produced the points for the BHS boys squad. The girls team’s point-producers were Claire Engelhardt (second, 20:16), Danielle Nikolai (third, 20:41.5), Megan Derby (fourth, 21;14), Amanda Nikolai (fifth, 21:34) and Brooklynm Yates (15th, 23:26.5). Football Broomfield beat Brighton 37-27 on the Eagles’ field Oct. 15. BHS quarterback Nate Griffeth completed half of his 20 passes for 195 yards and a touchdown. He and Noah Canale connected on a 62-yard scoring strike. Canale wound up with six receptions for 162 yards. Max Cisneros gained 32 yards on 10 carries. Softball AURORA — Brighton High School lost its two games at the regional softball tournament at Aurora Sports Park Oct. 15 and saw the season come to a close. Legend downed the Bulldogs 5-1. Sydney Rodriguez and Brooke Johnson had the Bulldogs’ only hits. Kasey Dean got the credit for the only RBI. Douglas County beat BHS 14-4 in the tournament nightcap. Allison Martinez had two hits and two RBIs for Brighton. Rodriguez added a base hit and the other two RBIs. Johnson struck out four in 1 2/3 innings of relief pitching. BHS finished the season with an 11-12 record. Prairie View High School Cross country AURORA — Prairie View’s McKinsey Poulson finished sixth in the girls race at the Eastern Metro Athletic Conference league meet at the

Arapahoe County Fairgrounds Oct. 13. Her time was 21:38.8. Isabella Lopez was 14th in a time of 23:07.3, while Kayla Martinez took 19th place with her time of 24:32.8. Addison Osborne wound up 37th, posting a time of 27:38.7, and Ryley Hawthorne took 39th with a time of 35:56.8. In the boys race, the ThunderHawks’ Caleb Price finished fourth in a time of 18:26.7. Kevin Martinez (seventh, 18:56.3), Martin Delgado Nevarez (24th, 20.52), Daniel Garcia (26th, 21:14.4) and Gavin Walker (31st, 21:29.2) produced the rest of the T-Hawks’ points. PVHS was fourth in the boys race and fifth in the girls. Football GREENWOOD VILLAGE — Overland held off Prairie View 42-29 at the Stutler Bowl Oct. 15. No stats were available for either team,. Softball AURORA — Prairie View’s softball team had to forfeit its place at the regional softball tournament at Aurora Sports Park. Athletic director Jason Humphrey said the T-Hawks had to go into quarantine. Riverdale Ridge High School State tennis tournament PUEBLO — Riverdale Riodge’s Ryan O’Callaghan came out on the short end of a 6-0, 6-0 score to Cheyenne Mountain’s Steven Zhou in the opening round of the state 4A tennis tournament at City Park Oct. 14. O’Callaghan made it to the playback round. Zhou advanced to the finals. O’Callaghan lost in straight sets to Vail Christian’s Nate Nabansal in the first round of playbacks. Volleyball Riverdale Ridge slipped past Mountain View 23-25, 25-14, 25-23, 2325, 15-12 in Loveland Oct. 12.

Rylee Stark and Mahala Lampshire led the Ravens with eight kills. Tiana Fisher had six. Taea Remington contributed five. Stark, Lampshire and Jadynn Black had two aces. No stats were available for Mountain View. The Ravens’ win streak reached three matches after a 22-25, 25-16, 25-19, 25-16 win at Severance Oct. 14. Lampshire had eight kills for RRHS. Black added seven, and kiera Bartlett contributed six. Peightan Swanson had nine kills to pace the Silver Knights. Soccer Northridge shut out Riverdale Ridge 2-0 in Thornton Oct. 12. Both tallies came in the first half. No stats were available for either team. The Ravens beat Frederick 2-1 in double overtime Oct. 14 in Thornton. Marcos Meza scored Frederick’s goal. RRHS goals came from Larsen Pocs and Fernando Menchaca. RRHS improved to 9-4-1 this season with a 4-2 road win against Roosevelt Oct. 16. No stats were available. Cross country FORT MORGAN — Here are Riverdale Ridge’s results from the Longs Peak League cross country meet Oct. 14 at Riverside Park: Girls: 22. Savannah Mommens, 21:18.7 (season best). .27. Joanna Pataluna, 21:43.9. The Ravens did not field enough runners for a team score. Boys: 12. Deven Nelasco, 17:05.6. 19. Aric Hunsaker, 17;28.4. 31. Devon Martinez, 17:59.6. 40. Camron Gallardo, 18:25.7. 47. Derek Maurradino, 18:46.3. RRHS was fifth in the team point standings. Football DENVER — George Washington High School topped Riverdale Ridge 35-14 at All-City Stadium Oct. 16. No stats were available for either team.

SPORTS BRIEFS

Noble Haskell Noble Haskell, son of former Brighton High School basketball and golf coach Eli Haskell, continues his recovery from serious injuries sustained in a crash three months ago. The younger Haskell is receiving treatment at Craig Hospital in Englewood. “This kid has been unwavering and relent-

less at staying positive and enthusiastic in the midst of extremely disappointing and difficult times for him,” his dad posted to Facebook Oct. 7. “He spends absolutely zero time on pessimistic and unfavorable energy and thoughts. In a world gone mad with negativity and worry and doubt, Noble is a lesson in faith and positivity

and belief. Moonlight Mile Prairie View High School’s cross country team is hosting its free Moonlight Mile at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, on the school’s track, 12909 E. 120th Ave. Sales of team T-shirts benefit the squad. Call 303-655-8816.

BACKED BY A

Prepare for unexpected power outages with a Generac home standby generator

YEAR-ROUND

CLOG-FREE GUARANTEE EXCLUSIVE LIMITED TIME OFFER!

15%

OFF

REQUEST A FREE QUOTE!

YOUR ENTIRE PURCHASE *

OFF

WE INSTALL

YEAR-ROUND! LIFETIME WARRANTY

Subject to credit approval. Call for details.

CALL US TODAY FOR

Limited Time Offer - Call for Details

TO THE FIRST 50 CALLERS ONLY! **

SENIORS & MILITARY!

Promo Code: 285

ER GUA

% OFF

10 %

FINANCING THAT FITS YOUR BUDGET!1

NATIO

’S

FREE

866-977-2602

7-Year Extended Warranty* A $695 Value!

A FREE ESTIMATE

1-855-573-9108

Mon-Thurs: 8am-11pm, Fri-Sat: 8am-5pm, Sun: 2pm-8pm EST

Special Financing Available Subject to Credit Approval

*To qualify, consumers must request a quote, purchase, install and activate the generator with a participating dealer. Call for a full list of terms and conditions.

*For those who qualify. One coupon per household. No obligation estimate valid for 1 year. **Oﬀer valid at time of estimate only 2The leading consumer reporting agency conducted a 16 month outdoor test of gutter guards in 2010 and recognized LeafFilter as the “#1 rated professionally installed gutter guard system in America.” Manufactured in Plainwell, Michigan and processed at LMT Mercer Group in Ohio. See Representative for full warranty details. CSLB# 1035795 DOPL #10783658-5501 License# 7656 License# 50145 License# 41354 License# 99338 License# 128344 License# 218294 WA UBI# 603 233 977 License# 2102212986 License# 2106212946 License# 2705132153A License# LEAFFNW822JZ License# WV056912 License# WC-29998-H17 Nassau HIC License# H01067000 Registration# 176447 Registration# HIC.0649905 Registration# C127229 Registration# C127230 Registration# 366920918 Registration# PC6475 Registration# IR731804 Registration# 13VH09953900 Registration# PA069383 Suﬀolk HIC License# 52229-H License# 2705169445 License# 262000022 License# 262000403 License# 0086990 Registration# H-19114

Brighton Standard Blade 19

October 20, 2021

C R O S SWO R D P U Z Z L E

Solution

TRIVIA 1. GEOGRAPHY: What is the only country that ends with the letter Q? 2. LITERATURE: Which Truman Capote nonfiction book begins with the line, “The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call ‘out there’”?

8. TELEVISION: What is Netflix’s highest rated original series in 2021? 9. SCIENCE: What is a person who specializes in plant studies called? 10. FOOD & DRINK: Is eggplant considered a fruit or a vegetable?

3. MOVIES: What were the words on the hot-air balloon in which the wizard leaves Emerald City in “The Wizard of Oz”?

Answers

4. HISTORY: Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed the right to vote regardless of race?

3. State Fair Omaha

5. MEDICAL: What condition is the result of a decrease in red blood cells?

6. Four

6. MEASUREMENTS: How many tablespoons are in a 1/4 cup?

8. “Bridgerton”

7. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What do deltiologists study and collect?

10. Fruit

Crossword Solution

20 Brighton Standard Blade

October 20, 2021

www.ColoradoCommunityMedia.com/Notices

PUBLIC NOTICES

legals2@coloradocommunitymedia.com

Public Notices call 303-566-4123 Legals City and County Public Notice TOWN OF LOCHBUIE COUNTIES OF WELD AND ADAMS, COLORADO ORDINANCE NO. 2020-664 AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF LOCHBUIE, COLORADO, AMENDING ARTICLE VI OF CHAPTER 2 OF THE TOWN CODE CONCERNING THE DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED INTANGIBLE PROPERTY Ordinance No. 2020-664 was passed at the December 15, 2020, regular meeting of the Town Board. The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection and acquisition in the Town Clerk’s Office, 703 Weld County Road 37, Lochbuie, CO 80603 and on the Town’s website at: Lochbuie.org. Cristal Sanchez Acting Town Clerk Legal Notice No. BSB983 First Publication: October 20, 2021 Last Publication: October20 , 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

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. Legal Notice No. BSB942 First Publication: October 6, 2021 Last Publication: October 27, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Public Notice

Metropolitan Districts

Notice of Budget October 15, 2021

Public Notice

Notice is hereby given that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Town of Lochbuie Board of Trustees for the ensuing year of 2022. A copy of the proposed budget has been filed in the office of the Town Clerk where it is open for public inspection Monday through Friday between the hours of 7:00 AM and 6:00 PM. The proposed budget will be considered for adoption following a public hearing at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees to be held at the Lochbuie Town Hall, 703 Weld County Road 37, Lochbuie, CO 80603, on December 7, 2021, beginning at 6:30 P.M. Any interested elector of the Town of Lochbuie may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections thereto at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget. Town of Lochbuie, Colorado Cristal Sanchez Acting Town Clerk Legal Notice No. BSB982 First Publication: October 20, 2021 Last Publication: October 20, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

City of Brighton Public Notice 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. 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

NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET AND 2021 BUDGET AMENDMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budgets for the ensuing year of 2022 have been submitted to the Silver Peaks Metropolitan District Nos. 1-4, 6 & 7 (“Districts”). Such proposed budgets will be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the Districts to be held on November 1, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. via telephone and videoconference only. To attend and participate by telephone, dial 1-650-479-3208 and enter passcode 25993728762. Information regarding public participation by videoconference will be available at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and may be obtained by contacting Courtney Linney by email at clinney@spencerfane.com or by telephone at 303-839-3778. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that amendments to the 2021 budgets of the Districts may also be considered at the above-referenced meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the Districts. Copies of the proposed 2022 budgets and the amended 2021 budgets, if required, are available for public inspection at the offices of Simmons & Wheeler, P.C., 304 Inverness Way South, Suite 490, Englewood, CO 80112. Any interested elector within the Districts may, at any time prior to final adoption of the 2022 budgets and the amended 2021 budgets, if required, file or register any objections thereto. SILVER PEAKS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-4, 6 & 7 By: /s/ Robert L. Eck, Board President Legal Notice No. BSB986 First Publication: October 20, 2021 Last Publication: October 20, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET AND 2021 BUDGET AMENDMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budgets for the ensuing year of 2022 have been submitted to the Altamira Metropolitan District Nos. 1-4 (“Districts”). Such proposed budgets will be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the Districts to be held on November 1, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. via telephone and videoconference only. To attend and participate by telephone, dial 1-650-479-3208 and enter passcode 25993728762. Information regarding public participation by videoconference will be available at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and may be obtained by contacting Courtney Linney by email at clinney@spencerfane.com or by telephone at 303-839-3778. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that amendments to the 2021 budgets of the Districts may also be considered at the above-referenced meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the Districts. Copies of the proposed 2022 budgets and the amended 2021 budgets, if required, are available for public inspection at the offices of Simmons & Wheeler, P.C., 304 Inverness Way South, Suite 490, Englewood, CO 80112. Any interested elector within the Districts may, at any time prior to final adoption of the 2022 budgets and the amended 2021 budgets, if required, file or register any objections thereto. ALTAMIRA METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-4 By: /s/ Robert L. Eck, Board President Legal Notice No. BSB987 First Publication: October 20, 2021 Last Publication: October 20, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Public Notice NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET AND 2021 BUDGET AMENDMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budget for the ensuing year of 2022 has been submitted to the Rocky Mountain Rail Park Metropolitan District (“District”). Such proposed budget will be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District to be held at 1:00 p.m. on November 12, 2021 via telephone and videoconference. To attend and participate by telephone, dial 1-650-479-3208 and enter meeting number (access code): 2593 422 6530 and meeting password: AgpgNWyr243. Information regarding public participation by videoconference will be available at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and public hearing online at http://rockymountainrailmd.net. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an amendment to the 2021 budget of the District may also be considered at the above-referenced meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District. A copy of the proposed 2022 budget and the amended 2021 budget, if required, are available for public inspection at the offices of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP. Please contact Carrie Bartow by email at Carrie.Bartow@claconnect.com or by telephone at 719-473-3630 to make arrangements to inspect the budget(s) prior to visiting the foregoing office. Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to final adoption of the 2022 budget and the amended 2021 budget, if required, file or register any objections thereto. ROCKY MOUNTAIN RAIL PARK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ Heidi Webb Kelly, President Legal Notice No. BSB981 First Publication: October 20, 2021 Last Publication: October 20, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Metro Districts Budget Hearings Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AMENDED 2021 BUDGET AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the GREATROCK NORTH WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT (the “District”), will hold a meeting via teleconference on Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at 4:30 P.M., for the purpose of conducting such business as may come before the Board including a public hearing on the 2021 amended budget (the “Amended Budget”) and 2022 proposed budget (the “Proposed Budget”). This meeting can be joined using the following teleconference information: https://zoom.us/j/95665329591?pwd=U0Y2TmE rNTNnWVByWVB4K2FUMklSZz09 Meeting ID: 956 6532 9591 Passcode: 487087 NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Amended Budget and Proposed Budget have been submitted to the District. A copy of the Amended Budget and the Proposed Budget are on file in the office of the District’s Accountant, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 E. Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado, where the same are open for public inspection. Any interested elector of the District may file any objections to the Amended Budget and Proposed Budget at any time prior to final adoption of the Amended Budget and Proposed Budget by the Board. This meeting is open to the public and the agenda for any meeting may be obtained by calling (303) 858-1800. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: GREATROCK NORTH WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT /s/ WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON, Attorneys at Law Legal Notice No. BSB964 First Publication: October 20, 2021 Last Publication: October 20, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2021CV030369, Division/ Courtroom W COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY (Publication Notice) QUAIL CROSSING HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, v.

CYNTHIA ESTRADA; LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; and LISA L. CULPEPPER AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE FOR ADAMS COUNTY, Defendant(s). 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 Department of Adams County, Colorado at 9:00 O’clock A.M., on the 2ND day of December 2021, at 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601, phone number 303-655-3228. 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 $11,722.13. First Publication: October 13, 2021 Last Publication: November 10, 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 July 13, 2021 and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq. by Quail Crossing Homeowners Association, Inc. the holder and current owner of a lien recorded on October 1, 2019 at Reception No. 2019000082926 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 Quail Crossing recorded on 07/15/1980 at Reception #B274364, Book 2473, Page 213 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Adams, State of Colorado. The Declaration establishes a lien for the benefit of Quail Crossing Homeowners Association, Inc. against real property legal described as follows: Lot 10, Block 6, Quail Crossing Subdivision, Filing No. 1, County of Adams, State of Colorado; And also known as: 870 W. 134th Ave., #J Denver, CO 80234-1104 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 Legal Notice No. BSB941 First Publication: October 13, 2021 Last Publication: November 10, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO 100 Jefferson County Parkway Golden, CO 80401-6001 PARAMOUNT HEIGHTS SHOPPING CENTER, LLC, and MAYFLOWER CAPITAL COMPANY PROFIT SHARING PLAN, as assignee and judgment creditor. V. Defendants: VIVIAN DIAZ, RICHARD DIAZ and MERCEDES MEXICAN RESTAURANTS, INC. Case No. 13CV30542 Div. 4 SHERIFF’S COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE AND RIGHTS TO CURE AND REDEEM TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: RE: Sheriff’s Sale of Real Property pursuant to a Judgment entered on July 18 2018 in the original amount of $82,615.32 and revived on September 10, 2019 in the amount of $126,019.26 in favor of Paramount Heights Shopping Center LLC against Vivian Diaz, Richard Diaz and Mercedes Mexican Restaurant, Inc., a Revived Transcript of Judgment recorded on August 3, 2021 as Reception No. 2021000092397, and a Writ of Execution from the Jefferson District Court, Colorado, issued on July 9, 2021, in favor of Mayflower Capital Company Profit Sharing Plan, as Assignee of Paramount Heights Shopping Center LLC, directing the Adams County Sheriff to satisfy the Judgment plus interest and costs by levy and execution, and pursuant to and C.R.S. § 38-38-101 et seq. The principal and interest due and owing on the Judgment as of July 26, 2021 is as follows: Principal: $126,019.26 Interest (8% per annum) 685 days x 27.62 =$18,919.70 Total $144,938.96 This is to advise you that a Sheriff’s Sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to above-referenced documents. PLEASE BE ADVISED THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE FOLLOWING REAL PROPERTY, legally described as follows:

LOT 4, BLOCK 13, POTOMAC FARMS FILING NO. I, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STA TE OF COLORADO, also commonly known as 10443 URSULA STREET, COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO 80022 (“Real Property”).

THE REAL PROPERTY TO BE SOLD AND DESCRIBED HEREIN IS NOT ALL THE PROPERTY THAT IS CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE JUDGMENT. NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given, that I will at 9:00 A.M on December 2nd, 2021 in the office of the Adams County Sheriff, Civil Division, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601, the Sheriff shall sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the Real Property described above, and all interest of the Judgment Debtors in the Real Property, for the purpose of paying the Judgment amount entered herein, and will deliver to the purchasers a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. Notice: BSB937 First Publication: October 6, 2021 Last Publication: November 3, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

NOTICE OF RIGHTS YOU MAY HA VE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED OR HA VE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAINLIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATUTES AS A RESULT OF SAID SHERIFF’S SALE. YOU MAY HA VE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HA VE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT OF THE JUDGMENT BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF THE STATUTES WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS ARE A TT ACHED HERETO. A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE PURSUANT TO C.R.S. § 38-38-104 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE SHERIFF AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED DA TE OF SALE OR ANY DA TE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED. IF THE SALE DA TE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DA TE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAIY ALSO BE EXTENDED; A NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEEM FILED PURSUANT TO C.R.S. § 38-38-302 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE SHERIFF NO LATER THAN EIGHT BUSINESS (8) DAYS AFTER THE SALE. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing holder of the Judgment is: Harvey L. Kramer, Esq., Registration No. 31239 Kramer Law LLC 4101 E. Louisiana Ave., Suite 108 Denver, CO 80246 (303) 282-4342 Email: hkramer@kramlaw.com

Attached hereto are copies of certain Colorado Statutes that may vitally affect your property rights in relation to this proceeding. Said proceeding may result in the loss of property in which you have an interest and may create a personal debt against you. You may wish to seek the advice of your own private attorney concerning your rights in relation to this foreclosure proceeding. If the borrower believes that a lender or servicer has violated the requirements for a single point of contact in section 38-38-103.1 or the prohibition on dual tracking in section 38-38-103.2, the borrower may file a complaint with the Colorado attorney general, the CFPB, or both, but the filing of a complaint will not stop the foreclosure process.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau or CFPB P.O. Box 2900 Clinton, Iowa 52733-2900 Telephone: 855-411-23 72 Fax: 855-237-2392

Colorado Attorney General Consumer Protection Section Ralph L. Carr Judicial Building 1300 Broadway, 7th Floor Denver, CO 80203 Telephone: 800-222-4444 Fax: 720-508-6040

Intent to cure or redeem, as provided by the aforementioned laws, must be physically delivered to the Office of the Adams County Sheriff, Civil Division, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601 or via U.S. Mail to Adams County Sheriff Civil Division, 4430 South Adams County Parkw y, 1st Floor, Suite W5400, Brighton, CO 80601. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAiNED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE Dated: September 23, 2021. Richard Reigenbom, Sheriff Adams County, Colorado By: Kathy Grosshans Deputy Sheriff

Statutes attached: C.R.S. §§ 38-37-108, 38-38103, 38-38-104, 38-38-301, 38-38-302, 38-3 ‘-304, 38-38- 305, and 38-38-306, as amended. Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2020CV31526; DIVISION/ COURTROOM C SALE NO. 21-3257

Plaintiff: Cottage Grove Homeowners’ Association, Inc., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v. Defendants: SHARON D. DURRAH; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORTGAGE CORPORATION; M&T BANK CORPORATION; and ADAMS COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE SHERIFF’S COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE

Brighton Standard Blade October 20, 2021 * 1

Brighton Standard Blade 21

October 20, 2021

Public Notices Record owner(s) of real property: Sharon D. Durrah Association: Cottage Grove Homeowners’ Association, Inc. Attorney for Association: Moeller Graf, P.C. Joshua Myers, Atty. Reg. No. 53309 385 Inverness Pkwy., Ste. 200 Englewood, CO 80113 Phone: (877) 279-4499 Interest foreclosed: Statutory lien for unpaid assessments per C.R.S. § 38-33.3-316, as perfected by the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Cottage Grove, recorded on January 13, 2006 at Reception No. 20060113000048840 in the County of Adams, Colorado (“Declaration”). More accurately defined in the Order for Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure, dated May 21, 2021, recorded on June 15, 2021 at Reception No. 2021000071500 in the County of Adams, Colorado (“Order”). Amount of judgment entered on May 21, 2021: $15,152.37 with post-interest at 21% per annum. Amount of secured indebtedness as of July 01, 2021: $15,991.99 Legal description of property to be foreclosed: LOT 58, COTTAGE GROVE SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND SUBJECT TO THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR COTTAGE GROVE RECORDED JANUARY 13, 2006 AT RECEPTION NO. 20060113000048840, AND THE PROJECT MAP RECORDED JANUARY 13, 2006 AT RECEPTION NO. 20060113000048820, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 1621 North Fraser Court, Aurora, CO 80011 THE PROPERTY TO BE SOLD AND DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN DESCRIBED ABOVE. THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The covenants of said Declaration have been violated as follows: failure to pay assessments that have come due, more accurately described in the Order. NOTICE OF SALE THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Civil Division of the Adams County Sheriff’s Office will sell the said real property described above and improvements thereon at 9:00 AM, on the 2nd day of December, 2021, at/via Basement of Adams County Courthouse, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601, to the highest and best bidder. The Association and its attorney do not make any 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. All inquiries for information related to this sale must be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff’s Office, Civil Unit at 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy., 1st Floor, Ste. W5400, Brighton, CO 80601 or by calling (303) 655-3272. Date signed: September 29, 2021. Richard A. Reigenborn, Sheriff Adams County, Colorado By: Richard A. Reigenborn Legal Notice No. BSB398 First Publication: October 6, 2021 Last Publication: November 3, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Misc. Private Legals PUBLIC NOTICE Aggregate Industries-WCR; 1687 Cole Blvd., Suite 300, has filed an application for a Regular (112) Construction Materials Operation Reclamation Permit with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board under provisions of the Colorado Land Reclamation Act for the Extraction of Construction Materials. The proposed mine is known as the Tucson South Mine, and is located at or near Section 1, Township 1 South, Range 67 West; and Section 36, Township 1 North, Range 67 West of the 6th Prime Meridian. The proposed date of commencement is 2021, and the proposed date of completion is 2030. The proposed future use of the land is water storage and agricultural. Additional information and tentative decision date may be obtained from the Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567, or at the Adams County Clerk and Recorders Office; 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy., Brighton, CO 80601, or at the Clerk to the Board of Weld County Commissioners; 1150 O St. Greeley, CO 80631, or the above-named applicant. Comments must be in writing and must be received by the Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety by 4:00 p.m. on November 16, 20221 (20th day after the 4th publication) Please contact Paul Conrad with Aggregate Industries-WCR at (303) 716-5204 if you have any questions or comments regarding this application. Scheduled to be published in the Brighton Standard Blade October 6, 13, 20 and 27, 2021. Legal Notice No. 933 First Publication: October 6, 2021 Last Publication: October 27, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice NOTICE

Notice is hereby given, by Pony Express Mini Storage II located at 180 Bromley Business Pkwy. Brighton CO, 80603, that the contents in 8 units will be sold at auction or otherwise disposed of November 9th, 2021 at 4:00 PM.

barred.

Legal Notice No. BSB967 First Publication: October 20, 2021 Last Publication: November 3, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Personal Representative Legal Notice No. BSB984 First Publication: October 20, 2021 Last Publication: November 3, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Public Notice Abandoned Vehicle Sale Tri-County Auto Recovery LLC 720-298-7466 2004 2001 2003 2006 2005 1997 1999 2007 2008 1993 1998 2000 1997 2002 2020 2008 1974 2010 2004

SEDONA KIA YUKON GMC FRONTIER NISSAN DTS CADILLAC 300 CHRYSLER LEGACY SUBARU RAM 1500 DODGE COROLLA TOYOTA ACADIA GMC ACCORD HONDA CAMRY TOYOTA YUKON GMC SKYLARK BUICK ACCORD HONDA OPTIMA KIA G CHEROKEE JEEP F100 FORD IMPREZA SUBARU MUSTANG FORD

578720 140377 427858 225312 520033 201138 143889 894764 144408 129215 111681 115993 433085 036022 422736 221602 S85082 823556 127099

Legal Notice No. BSB965 First Publication: October 20, 2021 Last Publication: October 20, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Saundra Marie Hardie, also known as, Saundra M. Hardie and Saundra Hardie, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30963 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado or on or before February 20, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Samantha Hardie Carter Personal Representative c/o WARREN, CARLSON & MOORE, LLP PO Box 610 Niwot, CO 80544-0610 Legal Notice No. BSB966 First Publication: October 20, 2021 Last Publication: November 3, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice

Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton, Colorado 80601 Case Number: 2021 PR 030991 In the Matter of the Estate of: Gilberto Portillo, aka Gilberto Gonzalez Portillo, Deceased 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 WITHOUT APPEARANCE PURSUANT TO C.R.P.P. 24

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Stephen Robert Kovach, aka Stephen R. Kovach, aka Stephen Kovach aka Steve Kovach, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR030939 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of ADAMS County, Colorado on or before February 14, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Eva Terrell Tumlinson Personal Representative 17502 Parkside Drive S. Commerce City, CO 80022 Legal Notice No. BSB646 First Publication: October 13, 2021 Last Publication: October 27, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of David Paul Mathewson, Deceased Case Number 2021PR30915

To all interested persons: A hearing without appearance on the Petition for Adjudication of Intestacy and Formal Appointment of Personal Representative is set at the following date, time, and location: Date: October 26, 2021 8:00 a.m. Division:

Ryan Straface 112 Yakima St. Lochbuie, CO 80603

Time:

*****IMPORTANT NOTICE***** Any interested person wishing to object to the requested action set forth in the attached motion/ petition and proposed order must file a written objection with the court on or before the hearing and must furnish a copy of the objection to the person requesting the court order. JDF 722 (Objection form) is available on the Colorado Judicial Branch website (www.courts.state.co.us). If no objection is filed, the court ay take action on the motion/petition without further notice of hearing. If any objection is filed, the objecting party must, within 14 days after filing the objection, contact the court to set the objection for an appearance hearing. Failure to timely set the objection for an appearance hearing as required will result in further action as the court deems appropriate. Legal Ad No.: BSB988 First Publication: October 20, 2021 Last Publication: October 20, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Notice to Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Cathy Carmelita Villa, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30171 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 November 1, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

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 February 6, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred. /s/ Ashley A. Geary Ashley A. Geary, Esq. JORGENSEN, BROWNELL, & PEPIN P.C. 8001 Arista Pl. Suite 415 Broomfield, CO 80021 Legal Ad No.: 926 BSB926 NTC David Paul Mathewson First Publication: October 6, 2021 Last Publication: October 20, 2021 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of KAYSN MARCUS BOCK, a/k/a Kaysn M. Bock, a/k/a Kaysn Bock, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30905 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado or Counsel for Personal Representative, Dalla Hammond, PC. 15016 Elizabeth St., Thornton, CO 80602 on or before February 14, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Legal Notice No. BSB 959 First Publication: October 13, 2021 Last Publication: October 27, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Delores Mae Grosz, also known as Delores M. Grosz, and Delores Grosz, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR030960

Stacy Aragon 3200 Cherry Creek S. Drive Suite 520 Denver, CO 80209 Personal Representative

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before February 28, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. BSB944 First Publication: October 6, 2021 Last Publication: October 20, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Raymond M. Laws, P.C.

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Frank Straface, AKA Frank Dave Straface, AKA Frank D. Straface, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 88 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 February 20, 2022, or the claims may be forever

Attorney to the Personal Representative 811 Main Street Fort Morgan, CO 80701 Legal Notice No. BSB 963 First Publication: October 20, 2021 Last Publication: November 3, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Children Services (Adoption/Guardian/Other) Public Notice STATE OF COLORADO COUNTY OF ADAMS IN THE DISTRICT COURT Division D1 No. 21JV77 SUMMONS THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE INTEREST OF: Aleah Tiffany Perez, Xavier Perez, Damian Perez Child(ren), and Concerning Olga Tellez, Victor Perez, John Doe, David Reyes To the parents, guardian, or other respondents named above, GREETINGS: John Doe and David Reyes 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 November, 2021, at the hour of 4:10 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 11th day of October, 2021. Alana Percy Clerk of the District Court Legal Notice No. BSB961 First Publication: October 20, 2021 Last Publication: October 20, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

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 9th day of November, 2021, at the hour of 9:10 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. Witness my hand and seal of said Court this 12th day of October, 2021. Alana Percy Clerk of the District Court Desirae Gettman Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. BSB985 First Publication: October 20, 2021 Last Publication: October 20, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice STATE OF COLORADO COUNTY OF ADAMS IN THE DISTRICT COURT Division D1 No. 21JV207 SUMMONS

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE INTEREST OF: Dejanea Kathryn Lumbus, Cavell Jacob Lumbus Child(ren), and Concerning Alza Tubwell, Jessica San Nicolas, Elliot Lumbus Sr. To the parents, guardian, or other respondents named above, GREETINGS: Alza Tubwell 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.

STATE OF COLORADO COUNTY OF ADAMS IN THE DISTRICT COURT

You are further notified that the Court has set said petition for hearing on the 4th day of January, 2022, at the hour of 2:30 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.

Division D1 No. 21JV111

Witness my hand and seal of said Court this 11th day of October, 2021.

SUMMONS

Alana Percy Clerk of the District Court

Public Notice

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE INTEREST OF: Aiden Rodrigues Martinez, Anayeli Rodrigues, Isai Benitez, Amarissa Benitez A Children, and Concerning Erlinda Martinez, Carlos Rodriguez, Rodolfo Villanueva, Jose Benitez (AKA Jose Benitez Marin Respondents To the parents, guardian, or other respondents named above, GREETING: Jose Benitez (AKA Jose Benitez Marin 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 17th day of November, 2021, at the hour of 10:10 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. Witness my hand and seal of said Court this 11th day of October, 2021. Alana Percy Clerk of the District Court Legal Notice No. BSB960 First Publication: October 20, 2021 Last Publication: October 20, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice STATE OF COLORADO COUNTY OF ADAMS IN THE DISTRICT COURT Division D1 Case No. 21JV235 SUMMONS THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE INTEREST OF: Amiya Coles, Katone Coles, Christopher Coles Child(ren), and Concerning Sasha Sanford, Jurdan Coles To the parents, guardian, or other respondents named above, GREETINGS: Sasha Sanford 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

Legal Notice No. BSB962 First Publication: October 20, 2021 Last Publication: October 20, 2021 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICES

Under an Order for Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure entered on May 21, 2021, in the above-captioned civil action, I am ordered to sell certain real property, as follows:

It’s your right to know what the city and county governments are changing and proposing. ~~~ See the ordinances on these legal pages. ~~~ Read the public notices and be informed!

Brighton Standard Blade October 20, 2021 * 2

22 Brighton Standard Blade

CLASSIFIEDS

October 20, 2021

COLORADO COMMUNIT Y MEDIA

CAREERS

MARKETPLACE

REAL ESTATE

Antiques & Collectibles Light Oak Jacobian refractory dining set circa 1910. Expandable table, 6 mohair chairs, liquor & dining cabinets. Set is in good shape. Treasured highlight in formal dining room. Measurements, price and photos, email Tia.Kerry@ ProtonMail.com for details. Private local seller. Other antique furniture too.

Arts & Crafts

SERVICE DIRECTORY

CLASSIFIED AD SALES

DEADLINES CLASSIFIED LINE ADS: MONDAY, 10 A.M. SERVICE DIRECTORY: THURSDAY, 5 P.M. LEGALS: THURSDAY, 3 P.M.

303-566-4100 classifieds@coloradocommunitymedia.com

SERVICE DIRECTORY ADS

Contact Teresa, 303-566-4125 talexis@coloradocommunitymedia.com

Automotive

Lawn Care

For all your diesel repair needs

Fall

Offering a full service fuel shop specializing in:

Turbos • Injection pumps • Injector testing/rebuild

Aeration • Fertilization Sprinkler Blow Out Shrub Trimming • Gutter Cleaning

& Drive-in repair shop specializing in:

Light to medium duty trucks and equipment Call or come by to speak to one of our friendly Diesel Experts

6301 Broadway Denver 80216 • 303-428-3611

Jeff 303-210-1900

We look forward to speaking with you! Buildings, Metal

Tax Preparation

Family in Christ Church

13th Annual (Take Two) 70+ Vendors & FREE Raffle! Friday, October 22nd, 10am-4pm & Saturday, October 23rd, 9am-3pm 11355 N. Sheridan Blvd., Westminster Admission: FREE Suggested donation: Nonperishable food item(s) for Growing Home Food Pantry. Little Bear Cafe and Cookie Walk Supports our Nursery & Children’s Ministries. Jeffco Health Dept: Masks Strongly Encouraged Regardless of Vaccination Status

Clothing

Miscellaneous

Wanted to Buy

Men’s sweatshirts (branded NASCAR, Denver Broncos, Sturgis etc). $45 Nascar and $30for others or best offer Ladies Levi’s – brand new. Multiple sizes. $30/each Call 720-532-5257

NEW AUTHORS WANTED! Page Publishing will help you self-publish your book. Free author submission kit! Limited offer! 866-951-7214

Wants to purchase minerals and other oil and gas interests. Send details to P.O. Box 13557 Denver, Co. 80201

Health & Beauty Stroke & Cardiovascular disease are leading causes of death according to the AHA. Screenings can provide peace of mind or early detection! Call Life Line Screening to schedule a screening. Special offer 5 screenings for $149. 1-833-549-4540

VIAGRA and CIALIS USERS! 50 Generic Pills SPECIAL $99.00 FREE Shipping! 100% guaranteed. 24/7 CALL NOW! 888-445-5928 Hablamos Espanol

Household Goods Queen size weighted blanket $75. A ¾ bedframe for bad back. $75. Call 720-532-5257

Medical Attention oxygen therapy users! Inogen One G4 is capable of full 24/7 oxygen delivery. Only 2.8 pounds. Free info kit. Call 877-929-9587

Miscellaneous Looking for assisted living, memory care, or independent living? A Place for Mom simpliﬁes the process of ﬁnding senior living at no cost to your family. Call 1-833-386-1995 today! !!OLD GUITARS WANTED!! GIBSON, FENDER, MARTIN, Etc. 1930’s to 1980’s. TOP DOLLAR PAID. CALL TOLL FREE 1-866433-8277

Tree Service

30 Years Experience

Tree & Shrub Pruning, Removal, Stump Grinding

Dogs GENERAC Standby Generators provide backup power during power outages, so your home & family stay safe & comfortable. Prepare now. Free 7-yr extended warranty $695 value! Request a free quote today! Call for terms & conditions. 1-844334-8353 Eliminate gutter cleaning forever! LeafFilter, the most advanced debris-blocking protection. Schedule free LeafFilter estimate today. 15% off Entire Purchase. 10% Senior & Military Discounts. Call 1-855-9952490 DIRECTV NOW. No Satellite. $40/ mo. 65 Channels. Stream news, life events, sports & on demand titles. No contract/commitment. CALL 1-866-825-6523 AT&T Internet. Starting at $40/month w/12-mo agreement. 1 TB of data/ month. Ask how to bundle & SAVE! Geo & service restrictions apply. 1-888-796-8850 Long distance moving: Call for a free quote from America’s Most Trusted Interstate Movers. Let us take the stress out of moving! Speak to a relocation specialist 888-721-2194 DENTAL INSURANCE - Physicians Mutual Insurance Company. Covers 350 procedures. Real insurance - not a discount plan. Get your free dental info kit! 1-888-623-3036 www.dental50plus.com/58 #6258.

BBB+ Licensed & Insured

Doodle Puppies

Golden Doodles and Bernedoodles Home-Raised Heath Tested and Guaranteed Standard and Mini Size available Schedule a visit today! (970)215-6860 www.puppylovedoodles.com

Call 303.833.5212 aandrtreeservices.com

Autos for Sale

Tree Service

Sprinklers

1988 Nissan 300ZX 2+2, 89,000 orginal miles, second owner, excellent condition. Has new tires, timing chain, new spark plugs, new stereo. Has been garage for 4 years, runs great, comes with car cover. Asking $12,000. Price is negotiable. Please call 303-688-4173, can text pictures to you.

Wanted Donate Your Car to Veterans Today! Help and Support our Veterans. Fast - FREE pick up. 100% tax deductible. Call 1-800245-0398

Columbine Custom Contracting • Sprinkler Blow Out $40

• Gutter Clean ups $40 • Fertilization $30 • Fence Repair & Painting • Aerations $40 • Fence Posts $140/each • Power wash decks & houses • Clean Up / Tree service • Garage Doors • Interior/Exterior Painting • Licensed Plumber

E EstimE ates

A-1 Stump Removal Stump grinding specialist

Most stumps $75.00 and up $55 Minimum. Free estimates. Call or Licensed & Insured. Text 39 years experience.

Tony 720-210-4304

TO ADVERTISE CALL 303-566-4100

10% off when coupon presented A father and son team!

Terry 303-424-7357 Corey 720-949-8373

CLASSIFIEDS

Brighton Standard Blade 23

October 20, 2021

COLORADO COMMUNIT Y MEDIA

CAREERS

MARKETPLACE

REAL ESTATE

SERVICE DIRECTORY

CLASSIFIED AD SALES

DEADLINES CLASSIFIED LINE ADS: MONDAY, 10 A.M. SERVICE DIRECTORY: THURSDAY, 5 P.M. LEGALS: THURSDAY, 3 P.M.

303-566-4100 classifieds@coloradocommunitymedia.com

SERVICE DIRECTORY ADS

Contact Teresa, 303-566-4125 talexis@coloradocommunitymedia.com

Career Training

Help Wanted

TRAIN ONLINE TO DO MEDICAL BILLING! Become a Medical Office Professional at CTI! Get trained & certified to work in months! 888-572-6790. The Mission, Program Information and Tuition is located at CareerTechnical.edu/consumer-information (M-F 8-6 ET)

PLATTE VALLEY TERRACE APTS. ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

Certified Nurse Aide

• 1 & 2 bedroom units RENT ADJUSTED BASED ON INCOME

Clinical Supervisor of Nursing Services

Help Wanted

Under New Management Contact on site manager at: Platte Valley Terrace Apartments 611 Miller Ave., Brighton, CO 80601 Call 719-985-0235 or email: jenidocs@gmail.com TDD 800-659-2656

Delivery Driver - Electrical Construction CO Live close to Brighton/Ft. Lupton, Deliver material/parts to jobsites, lift/ load/unload with lift-gate. M-F 7:303:30 Clean MVR/background. $20 hour w/beneﬁts. 303-659-7481 Contact info: lori@waynes-electric. com Drivers Wanted $1,000 Sign on bonus! We provide passengers with safe, reliable transportation and excellent customer service throughout the metro area. $17.00 per hour $1,000 Sign on Bonus Full beneﬁts package & PTO Full-time or Part-time WWW.transdevna.com/careers Or 303-316-3829

Help Wanted

“This institution is an equal opportunity provider, and employer.”

Help Wanted

Real Estate & Rental

Ace Storage Ofﬁce Assistant/Part Time

Rentals

Looking for reliable help with Phones, customer service, answering questions about storage rentals. email, light scheduling. computer skills, learn to use Sitelink program, light cleaning. Starting training pay $15/hour Contact info: Ace Storage 303-346-8838 whymovetwice@acestorageco.com

Homes Brighton, 2 BD Country House $950/mo. 720-308-4279

is hiring!

Licensed Practical Nurse

We’re looking for compassionate health care professionals to join our amazing care team serving the mountain communities of Clear Creek, Gilpin, Jefferson, and Park Counties.

Nurse Practitioner Physical Therapist Physical Therapist Assistant Registered Nurse Social Worker Speech-Language Pathologist

Find out more about these positions at: mtevans.org/careers

SHOP LOCAL THIS HOLIDAY SEASON CCM

Help Wanted

Holidays

Showcase your LOCAL holiday products, services and events in Colorado Community Media publications to reach potential customers for the holiday season! Call us to today

303-566-4100

A SEASONAL JOB WITH AN ETERNAL PURPOSE

SAMARITAN’S PURSE NOW HIRING Help bring the Good News of God’s love to millions of boys and girls around the world! First and second shifts are available from mid-November to mid-December at our Operation Christmas Child regional shoebox processing centers.

24 Brighton Standard Blade

October 20, 2021

WHEN YOU’RE READY, WE ARE TOO.

APPLY TODAY! LEARN MORE AT

aims.edu FO RT LUPTO N CAMPU S | 2 6 0 CO L L EG E AVE.

3 0 3 .8 5 7 .4 0 2 2 X 4 3 0 0

FO RT LUPTO N | LOVEL A N D | G R EEL EY | W I N DS O R | O NL INE