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County clerks reassure voters while watching for cyberattacks Officials push back against fraud claims, stay alert BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

While local counties’ clerks and recorders say they are still taking steps to unravel false claims of widespread election fraud two years after the 2020 presidential election and ahead of the June primaries, they are also on the lookout for potential

cyberattacks after warnings from President Joe Biden that such attacks are increasingly likely. “It’s definitely nervewracking, but something that we are starting to get used to,” Adams County Clerk and Recorder Josh Zygielbaum said. “It’s the world we live in now, and SEE ATTACKS, P5

Bird Scooters get final Brighton approval Councilor Pollack dismayed that colleagues approved the agreement

Riverdale Ridge’s Meriah Gonzales, left and Severance’s Lauren Mahugh are in a serious tussle for the loose ball during the teams’ 4A/3A Longs Peak League game in Thornton April 19. RRHS scored three goals on its first three shots and won the match 9-0. It also was the Ravens’ annual kindness night. Players put pen to paper and explained what kindness means to them. Their thoughts were posted on a fence behind the team’s bench during the game. More on each facet of the game is available online at www. PHOTO BY STEVE SMITH thebrightonblade.com.

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City Councilor Mary Ellen Pollack still can’t figure out why her colleagues are okay with letting Bird let their scooters loose Brighton. “Well, you all never fail to surprise me,” Pollack told her council colleagues as they prepared for a second reading vote on the scooter ordinance. Pollack and Councilor Jan Pawlowski – who voiced her own lack of

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comfort with the idea at the April 5 first reading – where the sole no votes as the Brighton City Council approved Bird scooters for the city on second reading April 19. With Councilor Matt Johnston absent, the measure passed by a vote of 6-2. Pollack was the only councilor to speak on the matter at the April 19 meeting. “They may be fun, but I think it’s going to be very dangerous and I suspect within a year someone is going to say ‘Wait a minute. This just doesn’t work’,” she said. Public Works Engineer Manager Christopher Montoya said the scooters will be allowed to ride SEE BIRD, P3

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Clifford James Haffner

January 23, 1937 - April 20, 2022

Clifford James Haffner was born on January 23rd, 1937 in Hudson, Colorado and went to be with the lord on April 20th, 2022 in Lafayette, Colorado. He was the second of 5 kids to Fred and Dorothy Haffner and grew up in Hudson until 1942 when his father passed away. The family then moved to Chula Vista, California where his mom worked in an airplane factory during World War II. After a while they moved back to the Hudson area where Cliff attended Hudson High School where he lettered in both football and basketball until he graduated in 1955. He soon attended college in Greeley before going locomotive engineering school in Pueblo. Later in life, Cliff served in the Army and the National Guard as a cryptographer. In 1963 he married Marilyn Seargent and had three kids; Tami, Bryan, and Brad Haffner. Over the years he worked for Western Electric, Hutchison Homes, and AT&T. In the late 80’s he married Vikki Cooper and they resided in Granby, Colorado, raising cattle on the Barner Ranch. Cliff enjoyed horseback riding, farming,

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Betty Jean Taylor

September 17, 1922 - April 14, 2022

and tinkering in the shop. There wasn’t anything he couldn’t hammer or weld back together. His favorite reading material was the Fence Post, and if he wasn’t in the house watching old westerns he was outside fixing or breaking something. A fond memory from the family is going to grandpa’s house for Oreos and a Coke with a welcome line of “Hey kid, what do ya know?”.

Celebration of life will be held 10:30 am, Saturday, May 7, 2022 at Parker United Methodist Church, 11805, S. Pine Dr. Parker, CO 80134. Graveside Service, Roselawn Cemetery. Visit bohlenderfuneralchapel.com to send condolences and read Betty’s full obituary.

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Jose Calletano Padilla

May 9, 1948 - March 11, 2022

He is survived by daughter Tami Puccini (Terry), son Bryan Haffner (Kelly), grandchildren Amanda Daoud (Rasool), Zach Houston (Alejandra), Abigail Haffner (Joel), Giovanni Puccini, and Dillon Haffner. Great Grandchildren Jeffrey, Emilia, and Russell.

Jose Calletano Padilla, J.C., was born on June 9, 1948 in Las Vegas New Mexico, and passed away on March 11, 2022. The seventh child of Pedro and Conferina Padilla, he was raised in Brighton Colorado. He is preceded in death by his parents, Pedro and Conferina, his brother Joseph, sisters Mary Ann and Emma Padilla. He is survived by his son Joseph Curtis Padilla (Brittany), grandchildren Janessa, Brooke, Kaulin and Jameson, his siblings Victor Padilla (Irene), Polly Clifford, Gil Padilla, Beth Verdeal and Linda LeBallister.

Funeral Service is scheduled for Thursday, April 28, 2022 at 11:00 a.m., Tabor Funeral Home Chapel, Brighton, Colorado. Interment to follow at Hillside Cemetery, Ft. Lupton, Colorado.

JC was a man with an abundance of charm, charisma, intelligence and love. Everyone who knew him has wonderful memories because he always spent his time with them, teaching, making everyone laugh, creating

He is preceded in death by his mother, Dorothy Haffner, fathers Fred and Walter Haffner, brothers Bob, Ed, Don and Ron Haffner, his son Brad Haffner, and grandson Jeff O’dell.

games for his son and nieces and nephews. He has a special place in the hearts of many children because he made them feel special and gave them his full attention. He was special to all of us, now grown,but with a permanent place in our hearts. JC lived life on his own terms, fiercely independent, and with exuberance few others dare. There was no keeping up with him. He came home now and then, but adventure called him, and he would be off again before long. He was a man with angels, luck and God on his side, with more than 9 lives, he escaped certain death often. JC doesn’t rest. He will stop for a short while and somehow there will be another love and another great adventure. Via con Dios.

Memory Memory Marlene Heintz

July 5, 1935 - April 18, 2022

In Loving

Marlene was the most loving and caring woman. Whoever met her was a friend from then on. Her smile would light up the room and make you smile too.

Marlene Heintz was born in Scottsbluff, Nebraska to Fred and Mollie Bauer and was a twin and had 3 other siblings. She married the love of her life Verhn Heintz on May 8, 1955.

Marlene and Verhn farmed for many years in Nebraska, and then moved to Aurora, Colorado where she worked as a bookkeeper, and a school bus driver for 27J in Brighton, Colorado. After retiring she enjoyed her time watching grandchildren and great grandchildren play sports. She rarely missed any games.

Marlene is survived by her husband Verhn, her children Verlene ( Doug ) Montgomery, Mark ( Cynde) Heintz, and Becky Brown, 9 grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren, and 2 great great grandchildren.

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Marlene is proceeded in death by both her parents Fred and Mollie Bauer, 2 grandsons, and 1 great grandson.

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Minor repairs are no problem for Help for Homes volunteers Brighton’s Help for Homes program is looking for volunteers for its 17th annual “Help for Homes” community project on May 14. “The 17th annual Brighton Help for Homes is a volunteer-driven event designed to help older adults and people living with disabilities in Brighton age well and safely in their homes,” said Chad Nibbelink, Brothers Redevelopment Volunteer Department Director in a written statement. “This is accomplished by meeting a wide range of exterior home repair and maintenance needs for qualifying homeowners, from gutter cleaning to safety and accessibility work and most things in-between.” The program brings together a community of volunteers and neighbors who work as a team to help residents who need help fixing minor exterior repairs such as painting or help with general yard clean-up. The deadline for volunteers to sign up to make a difference in communities is April 29. Brother’s Redevelopment Inc. and Eagle View Adult Center started the program with the City of Brighton in 2006. The Brighton

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in bike lanes on roads and trails or sidewalks wider than six feet. Now city officials will begin working with the company to create zones where the electric scooters can be ridden at their top speed, which areas where they will automatically slow down and where they’ll be banned from going. Pollack said she’s eager to see how the scooters and the no-ride zones work, but she’s doubtful. “I can assure you, whatever goes wrong, you are going to hear from me first, right here on the dias and anywhere else I can put it,” Pollack said. “I am very disappointed. We just are not ready for this and I do not know what in the world convinced you folks that this is the thing to do.” City Councilors first discussed the idea at their March 8 meeting, with most agreeing that the scooters could be welcome on Brighton’s streets. Bird provides two-wheeled electric scooters people can rent for $1 or more per minute via an app on their smartphones, and the company estimates the average ride costs about $5. The scooters can reach speeds of up to 15 miles per hour and can travel about 30 miles — roughly two days’ worth of service — on a standard electrical charge. Each scooter is equipped with brakes, front and rear LED lights and each weighs about 45 pounds. Riders activate the scooters via an app on their phone and then can use them to ride as long as they choose. When they are done, they park the scooters, take a picture with the app on their phone and leave the scooters. The vehicle then waits for the next rider or is moved, recharged or

The before picture of a senior citizen’s garage that was painted last year by a “Help for Homes” volunteer. PHOTOS COURTESY OF BROTHERS REDEVELOPMENT

Legacy Foundation has helped fund the project since its inception. According to officials, for the last four years, Platte Valley Medical Center also financed the project, and United Power funded the project through their Operation Round Up grant. The program helps seniors citizens that are income-restricted and own their own single-story homes. The criteria to get work done is based on an assessment

repaired by Bird’s designated Fleet Managers. Bird current offers its services in Denver, Aurora, Littleton and Arvada in the Metro Denver area. It offered its services in Fort Collins until last spring, when the city brought in a different e-bike and e-scooter program called Spin. The company will likely deploy between 100 and 150 bird scooters in neighborhoods the city would approve, providing two local employees to keep track of the fleet. The company’s plan call for having Brighton online with the scooters by July. Brighton rules The City will develop zones throughout Brighton that dictate how the GPS-enabled scooters operate, Woodruff said. Upon entering a designated “slow” zone, the scooter would make a noise to warn the driver and then slow down. Upon entering a designated “no-ride” zone, the scooter would beep and then come to a slow stop. Drivers would be directed to a parking zone where they could leave their rented scooter and would have to provide picture proof showing that their scooter has been parked upright and properly before the app would consider their ride complete and stop charging them. The scooters would be regulated like bicycles and could be used on roads, paths and in bike lanes. Scooters must be parked out of the way of pedestrians and may not block driveways. Riders are required to be at least 18 years of age but won’t be required to wear a helmet. According to the city’s ordinance, Bird will pay the city a $500 fee to license each scooter and then $200 per year to renew each license. The company will also pay a fee of 20 cents per ride. A staff

of the minor structural repairs at their house. Corbett has a list of seniors that she advertises for or contacts. She also posts on Next Door asking for seniors to apply for help. Corbett then sends the application to Brothers Redevelopment, Inc. to review the applications and make the selections based on their criteria. For example, it can’t be a two-story home or be in need of significant repairs. “We have received 1400 applications so far, the home selection

could be about up to 17 homes,” said Sue Corbett, Eagle View Adult Center Manager. The volunteers put a team together with as many as ten friends, families, and co-workers to work for each residence that needs help. “Sometimes it’s the smallest thing as a yard clean-up makes a person’s day,” said Corbett. A team captain meeting is 6:30 p.m. on May 3 at the Eagle View Adult Center located at 1150 Prairie Center Parkway. Contact Sue Corbett for a volunteer application or more information about Help for Homes at 303-655-2075. “One of the most rewarding aspects of Brighton Help for Homes is that it is genuinely neighbors helping neighbors to thrive. It is incredible to work with so many volunteer groups in Brighton who take A healthy and holistic approach to volunteering. Volunteer teams not only fix up and maintain their neighbors’ homes but also prepare lunches for each other, make debris disposal runs in partnership with “Trash Bash,” and make each homeowner a gift basket,” said Nibbelink.

of two local Bird employees will work to keep track of the fleet, maintaining them and moving them when they have been parked improperly. Woodruff said the city

reserves the right to collect and move the scooters if the Bird staff does not act quickly enough and will charge the company an additional $100 each time that happens.

The after picture of the garage completed by the volunteers.

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‘We’re on the air’ said. “I really like the techie stuff, the bigger cameras. Games are the first priority.” Delier agreed. “I enjoy the camera work and the photography. I take a lot of pictures of our sports teams,” Delier said. “I run the live streams at the church I go to, so that translates to this well.”

Frederick High School students learn about all things broadcast journalism BYSTEVESMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Behind the mic. Behind a camera. Setting up streams and the behind-thescenes pieces that go into on-air efforts. Those facets of broadcast journalism and others are available to students who are taking part in a twice-weekly class at Frederick High School. The student-run play-by-play effort broadcast some 30 home games in football, basketball and baseball on the internet. There weren’t any live streams. The first effort at girls soccer was due to take place April 21. Athletic director Ty Gordon said the hope is to expand the program to cover road games next year. Faculty advisor Jake Marsing wants to add in-school newscasts, as well. Before taking his teaching job at FHS (he teaches social studies), Marsing worked in sports radio in two markets, including Denver. He covered college football, the Denver Nuggets and the Denver Broncos. “I’m teaching them based on what I learned,” Marsing said. “The rest is trial and error.” Air time in all forms For now, the focus is on sports, much to the delight of four members of the class, including Zach Wartner, who also pitches on the Warriors’ baseball team.

Jake Marsing, left, handles the play by play for the Warriors’ walk-off win against BerPHOTO BY STEVE SMITH thoud April 14. His engineer is Hayden Delier.

“I joined because it was based on sports,” Wartner said. “I’ve done color commentary so far. I like to talk. I like to talk to new people. I was nervous at first, but it’s become routine now. I even did play by play of a basketball game.” Khloe Gould is not interested in being on the air. She’s more at home behind the scenes. “I’ve loved the class from the first day,” said the FHS freshman. “I’ve learned a lot .. how to set up a broadcast, how to take it down, how to set up a tripod, how to set up a stream. It’s a top priority.” Hayden Delier doesn’t want much to with the on-air piece either. But if it’s cameras, Delier is right there. “On-mic? No,” he said. “I’m not super comfortable with it. I’ve

learned to tell a story and to get different angles. Our basketball team had a pretty good season (it made the Final Four for the first time since 1956). We were able to add more depthto our story by not making it about interviews but about the team as a whole.” Josh Bailey has done color commentary and play by play for basketball games this season. “I was nervous, thinking I was speaking in front of thousands of people,” Bailey said. “But I thought I could do it.” Wartner loves to talk sports. “But now, I’ve seen there is a deeper part of the game than what’s on the surface,” he said. “It’s given me the idea to go in and look at more teams’ stats.” “It’s easy to commit to this,” Gould

Exposure to other announcers Marisol said the class listened to audio recordings of several announcers, some of whom yell and scream and some of whom are quieter. One of the more frequent voices on those recordings is that of former Los Angeles Dodgers announcer Vin Scully. He called Hank Aaron’s 715th career home run in 1974 – the record-breaker at the time – and then let the crowd roar for more than 90 seconds without saying a word. “If you get a good call of a play, it makes a more memorable broadcast,” Bailey said. “I called a game-winning play, and then I let the moment happen. I let the fans rush the court before I said anything else.” Career aspirations All four want to continue in their respective areas of interest in broadcasting when that time comes. Delier was a bit more hesitant than the others. “How do I get in? Is the creative side what people want?” Delier asked. “The more I get into it, the more I can see doing this and some cinematography.” “I’d love to do something like this,” Gould said. “I want to get more in-depth with this, but I really enjoy it.”

New electric car charging station opens along northern Interstate 25 corridor BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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we do everything we can to protect the system and to protect ourselves and our workers and our voters.” The cybersecurity threat level is similar to past elections, or the worst-case scenarios election offices have prepared for, metro area clerks said. “There is no question right now, every agency is indicating that the risk of Russian initiated cyber security threats has increased,” Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder George Stern said. But Stern said “long before we had internal threats to our elections,” cybersecurity and the security of election from foreign interference “has been top of mind,” Stern said. Regular probes from countries including Russia, Iran, North Korea and others are directed toward state and local election offices, looking for vulnerability in the system. Clerks said their offices partner with homeland security, the FBI, and state and local departments to monitor cyberthreats. “If something viable looks as if it’s surfacing, we are notified about it and we can respond,” Zygielbaum said. “We employ the most modern protection from a technology standpoint that there is out there.” Staff go through cybersecurity training “every single election” regardless of how many times they have received it, Stern said. That helps staff recognize what attacks might look like. All equipment requires two-factor verification, and there is a paper trail for each ballot. “That can prove accurate results, and a successful election,” Stern said. Douglas County Clerk and Recorder Merlin Klotz declined to speak for this story. Klotz is one of several public officials who sued the secretary of state because of a software update the state conducted on county election equipment. The suit seeks to see if the update deleted any data, a claim the secretary of state’s office refuted in a motion to dismiss the suit. Boosting transparency The Adams, Arapahoe and Jefferson County clerks said while they are working to mend relationships with voters who doubt election security, they emphatically believe those individuals are a small minority of the electorate. “We still receive plenty of emails from people who believe the Big Lie,” Zygielbaum said. Clerks said they receive form letters, copied-and-pasted arguments from people who appear to be local residents but also people outside their county borders. “Just perpetuating the false narratives that the elections were fraudulent,” Zygielbaum said. The letters come in waves. A spate of several in one day, followed by a lull. “It’s important for our staff, for

election judges, and for voters,” Stern said, “to understand that we are discussing conspiracy theories here and that the vast, vast majority of people in Colorado understand our elections are secure.” Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder Joan Lopez emphasized the election system is not connected to the internet, and that she believes voters trust their local elections system. “We have gone above and beyond to make sure that they are informed,” Lopez said. Lopez estimated that people who doubt election security account for about 1% of Colorado’s population. That doesn’t mean offices have eased efforts to boost faith in U.S. elections. County clerks’ offices have expanded or created additional designated webpages to educate people about the life of a ballot and how local elections function. As “forensic audit” became a buzzword last year, Lopez said, the office tried to assuage people’s concerns by encouraging them to see the see the process firsthand. “I’m telling you, once somebody goes through a tour, they really go ‘Wow, I can’t believe all you guys do,’” Lopez said. When Stern encounters people who doubt election security, he says “I invite them in.” “What I find is that they are convinced that something is wrong because they heard it from someone who said something about a report that had some data from somewhere,” Stern said. During elections, the office offers “a tour of every single aspect of it while it’s happening,” Stern said. “I personally lead them. We invite anyone in who wants to see the process up close,” Stern said. Zygielbaum stresses that election equipment watching is conducted by bipartisan teams. Audits are performed during elections to ensure accuracy. They also host tours for anyone who wants one. “We stick to the facts, and hopefully the truth will prevail,” Zygielbaum said. Physical safety Domestic threats toward election staff’s safety, stoked by conspiracies about a stolen election, have simmered down, clerks said, and numerous election related bills were introduced during the 2022 Colorado legislative session. “We have heard from cowardly people sitting behind their computer screens over the course of the last year who are threating election workers — Colorado residents with families and kids — because of something they heard about election integrity and have no proof of,” Stern said. “It’s sick. It’s oftentimes illegal and we are always reporting it to law enforcement agencies, but it just needs to stop.” Stern said his staff is as politically diverse as the bipartisan election judging teams who work during an election. “They are Republicans, they are Democrats, they are unaffili-

ated members, and they are getting threats in equal numbers,” he said. “It is hard on morale. It is hard for us to get good applicants to want to be in this space.” Stern said he could not confidently say if turnover in his office is attributable to threats, but that the majority of his office is committed to the job despite sometimes facing an intimidating climate. “The more they hear from cowards, the more they want to stick with this work so that we aren’t letting the cowards win,” he said. “We hear the noise,” Stern said, adding he staunchly believes threatening people are a fringe minority in the state and are not representative of Colorado voters. “Someone threatening your life resonates a lot more loudly than the five people who told you you’re doing a good job,” he said. Lopez watched with relief as the Vote Without Fear Act was passed by the state legislature. In the November 2020 election, two men came to the ballot box at county offices, filming voters who came to drop off their ballot. One of them openly carried a firearm. “He was very hostile any time somebody approached him and said what are you doing,” Lopez said of her staff’s attempts to speak with the men. “Every voter that came in had to pass this gentleman,” she said. With no laws prohibiting his

conduct, staff’s hands were tied, Lopez said. House Bill 22-1086, signed into law on March 30, now prevents someone from openly carrying a firearm within any polling location or within 100 feet of a ballot drop box while an election is underway. The Adams County Clerk and Recorder’s Office is undergoing construction to heighten security. Until now people seeking services from elections staff had to go inside the election office. Now the county is installing window desks similar to what people might see at the DMV, Zygielbaum said. Closer to Election Day, Zygielbaum will wear a bulletproof vest. His election staff also underwent active shooter training. “That was a direct response to 2020,” he said. Zygielbaum said he expects active shooter training to become an annual practice in collaboration with the Adams County Sheriff’s Office. He called the process eye-opening for his office. Most his employees have been in elections for most their career. “This is something that is new to all of us. We used to be able to go to work and run elections under the assumption that we would all go home at the end of the day. And that’s changed,” he said. “Something that is supposed to be the foundation for our American institution is under attack.”

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VOICES Change the action and change the outcome

ust like many of you, sometimes I get so overloaded with work that I fall behind a little and need to play catch up. This happened to me earlier this week. With a big writing project due, as well as several other initiatives, I was starting to feel a little stressed out. And as I thought about all the writing I had to do, it was overwhelming and probably the last thing that I wanted to begin doing. Although I didn’t feel like doing it in that moment, I grabbed my second cup of coffee and headed to my desk surrounded by research material and started writing. Did I feel like writing at first? No, I didn’t. But once I took the action to get started, my attitude improved, so my thinking improved, and within two days I completed the project. In last week’s column I shared how changing our thoughts could change our outcomes. Staying with that same theme, I wanted to share how changing our actions will also change our outcomes. There are always times where we don’t feel like doing something, especially some-

thing hard, or taking on a task that sucks the energy from us. When that happens it’s easy to give in and walk away. But if we start doing the work or the task, we usually wind up working ourselves into a better mood. There has always been a healthy debate Michael Norton about this topic. Does attitude drive the behavior, or does the behavior drive the attitude? There are people who believe that applying a positive mindset can help them overcome the barriers and they can start doing the work. They change their action by first changing their attitude. This works well for those people who have this capability, but it doesn’t work for everyone. There are others who believe that by jumping in and starting the work regardless of how they feel, they will tell you that

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after taking step one and starting, steps two, three, four and more propel them into doing the task with a much better attitude. These are also the people who will usually look for the hardest or biggest project or task that needs to get done and do that one first. If there is a difficult or challenging conversation that needs to take place, it’s going to be their first call. For those of us who work out there are those mornings or days where we just don’t feel like it. Some give in and crawl back under the covers. And some know that all they must do is get up, get to the gym, begin a run, or jump on a bike and within just a few minutes of acting, they are happy and motivated as they work towards their health goals. When it comes to prospecting most salespeople will own up to the fact that they dislike cold calling or making phone calls to find their prospects. It’s really their least favorite thing to do. But again, once they take that first step, take the action of making that first call, they will generally get fired up as they set appointments and

make some sales. They change their attitude by changing the action, and by doing both they create a solid sales funnel and enjoy the commissions that they earn. It doesn’t have to be an “either or” situation. I prefer the word “And” over “Or” any day. When I can combine a healthy positive attitude while also taking the actions necessary to achieve my goals, I find that approach always works better for me personally. What do you think, do you rely on your state of mind to determine the actions you will take? Do you trust in your actions and that they will lead to a better attitude on your way to getting things done or achieving your goal? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@xinnix.com and when we can change our actions and our thoughts to change our outcomes, it really will be a better than good year. Michael Norton is the grateful president of XINNIX, a personal and professional coach, and a consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator to businesses of all sizes.

Time to change direction for high-school sports

he shortage of officials in highschool sports has been welldocumented. A survey of state high-school associations indicated about 50,000 individuals ended their days as highschool officials since the 2018-19 school year. In addition to trying to interest more people in officiating high school sports, the National Federation of State High School Associations and leaders in state associations have been attempting to retain the thousands of men and women who are serving as high school sports officials. However, unacceptable behavior by coaches, parents and other spectators has pushed many officials to the sidelines. After all, why would anyone who is trying to help high-school students compete on the fields and courts want to be harassed, ridiculed and abused - sometimes even physically - while trying to do their jobs? If this current trend is going to be reversed, we must determine why people feel compelled to mistreat officials at high school sporting events. Some of those possible reasons were discussed last week in Indianapolis

at the first NFHS Officials Consortium. With everyone in agreement that the officiating profession - particularly at the youth and high-school levels - is in crisis mode, leaders from all levels of sports discussed problems and shared possible solutions during the three-day meeting. After listening to survey results from leaders with the National Association of Sports Officials that indicated continued declines in the number of officials, veteran NCAA basketball referee Chris Rastatter offered two thoughts as to why many spectators act in a negative manner toward officials. First, he said it has become commonplace for individuals involved in covering sports - radio and television announcers and other media - to dissect and judge the work of officials. As a result, with human nature being what it is, the coverage is often slanted in a negative manner. As this type of repetitive negative coverage has continued over time, it has empowered those watching sports to be judge and jury as well. If the per-

son broadcasting a game can criticize the officials, why can’t the spectators do the same? Second, the boorish behavior of fans attending sporting events is being normalized. What used to be good-natured heckling has turned mean, insulting and violent. National surveys have shown that almost one of every two officials feel threatened after officiating a game. Unfortunately, this type of behavior is almost anticipated at sporting events. Others voiced similar sentiments during the consortium and agreed that changes are needed in the general public’s perception about men and women who officiate sports in our country. In some cases, people go to sporting events not to watch and enjoy the game but to yell at the officials. This must stop. While our focus is on high-school sports, the criticism of officials and bad behavior of fans at the college and professional levels has a trickle-down effect. The negative perception of officials did not occur overnight and cannot be changed instantaneously, but a shift in a more positive direction must begin now.

Everyone must be involved in these changes - students, parents, coaches, administrators and those in the media. Bad behavior has been handed down and become anticipated and expected, but changes must occur. Those individuals watching and covering high-school sports must turn their focus to the student-athletes playing the games and away from the individuals officiating the contests. As this shift happens, a more positive behavior will become normalized. Despite some of the negative behavior issues in high-school sports, almost 70,000 individuals have expressed an interest in officiating the past four years through the NFHS’ Become an Official program. Imagine how many people would be interested in continuing a career in high school sports if they were actually praised and appreciated for their efforts. Behaviors can be changed, but it will take efforts from everyone to turn the ship in a more positive direction.

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Baseball: Brighton takes city rivalry from Prairie View BY BY JONATHAN MANESS SPORTS CORRESPONDENT

HENDERSON – Brighton High School baseball coach Justin Stringer believes his squad has what it takes to win the state title, and the Bulldogs are proving why. Brighton rolled to a 9-2 victory over rival Prairie View April 23 to win its fifth consecutive game and the second victory in league. “Our expectation is to win the title,” Stringer said. “Our 1 thru 4 can compete with anybody in the state, and we have some really good pitchers.” The Bulldogs proved how tough they are with their strong performance in the non-conference schedule. They got big wins over Lakewood (12-7), Legend (7-6) and Chaparral (4-0). Two of their three losses were by one run, including a 4-3 loss to No. 5-rated Douglas County. “We welcome any challenges,” the coach said. “I think our schedule proves it, and we feel we are one of the best teams around.” Brighton (11-3 overall, 2-0 in the Eastern Metro Athletic Conference) got their bats going Saturday. Seven batters got a hit in the contest, led by senior Bryce Peterson who hit a pair of triples and drove in six runs. The Bulldogs scored three runs in the opening frame, and Brok Eddy’s pitching kept the ThunderhHawks in check. Prairie View managed to get three runners on base over the first four innings, and Eddy only allowed one run and fanned 10 batters over six innings. Not to be outdone, senior Nathan Peterson was solid for Prairie View on the mound. He struck out six batters and allowed only two earned runs. Peterson and Brandon Stricklin hit back-to-back RBI triples for Brighton to advance the lead to 5-0 in the fourth. The young Prairie View squad showed some success late. Freshman Giovanni Tarin hit an RBI single in the fourth, and then freshman Favi Gaeta added an RBI single in the seventh. Isaac Rodriguez added a run in the sixth for Brighton after hitting a triple and scoring on a passed ball. Garrett Chadwick hit a pair of singles and scored a run for the Bulldogs. “We are playing great baseball right now,” Stringer said. “Our lineup is solid all around, and they battle. It has been a recipe for success.” Brighton hosted Rangeview (April 26, after press time) and Gateway (7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 28), while Prairie View (8-9 overall, 1-1 ML) hosted Adams City April 26, after press time, and Northglenn at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 30..

Prairie View shortstop Bomani Perez makes a diving stop of a ground ball headed for the outfield in a game against Brighton April 23. The Bulldogs won 9-2.

Brighton’s Brandon Stricklin is tagged out at third by Prairie View’s Javi Gaeta during an East Metro Athletic Conference game at Prairie View April 23. The Bulldogs took advantage of ThunderHawks’ starting pitcher Hunter Brea, who had early control probPHOTO BY STEFAN BRODSKY lems, and won easily 9-2.

Prairie View junior Hunter Brea delivers a pitch against Brighton in a crosstown rivalry league game April 23 at Prairie View. The PHOTOS BY STEFAN BRODSKY T-Hawks hurler battled control problems, surrendering two early runs on walks as the Bulldogs prevailed 9-2.

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Outgoing CHSAA commissioner bids farewell BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

AURORA – Rhonda Blanford Green took in her last Colorado High School Activities Association Legislative Council meeting on April 21. She discussed the association’s budget, and she thanked the council for the privilege of serving as CHSAA’s commissioner. “We’ve been through a lot together the past 14 months,” she said. Her husband passed away, as did former associate commissioner Tom Robinson. “There were a lot of times when I had to be Rhonda and be the commissioner. I had to have a safe place to be Rhonda. “I told Tom this, and he said, ‘Being underestimated is a gift,’” Green continued. “It was tough putting one foot in front of the other with all the racial and misogynistic comments about the purpose of high-school sports. We persevered through that.” CHSAA Board President Luke DeWolfe said the association was in jeopardy when Green took over in 2017. “Through your fierce dedication, you saw us through some challenging times,” DeWolfe said. “I was humbled at the summer National Federation of High

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Schools conference last summer to watch Rhonda speak and to speak with the second and third African-American commissioners. They both acknowledged that without her, they would not have had the opportunity they had.” Green singled out former assistant commissioner Ernie Derrera, the newly named wrestling coach at Holy Family High School and former athletic director at Frederick High School, for “never being afraid to say what the members need and questioning decisions in a way that was respectful.” She also talked about the support of Paul Cain, the district athletic director for Grand Junction schools. “After my husband died, I took a flight and realized that no one cared if I landed,” she said. “I had to have a Rhonda moment where I could cry. Paul Cain called and asked if I was OK. I told him I wasn’t. He said, ‘From here on out, you text me and say, ‘Honey, I’m here.” Green announced her retirement late last year. She is the new president of USA Cheer board of directors. “It’s been my honor to serve you,” Green told the council. “We haven’t always been on the same page. But we’ve always had the same message.”

CHSAA tweaks part of its transfer rule BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

AURORA – Students who want to transfer between schools can do so as long as it’s not based on athletics or varsity-level playing time. The legislative council of the Colorado High School Activities Association agreed to that change during its April 21 meeting. Twothirds of the council voted in favor. In a second transfer-related vote, the council turned down a motion to prevent students from

missing 50 percent of their sports season following a transfer. The present transfer rules sideline transferred students for a calendar year from the date of transfer. League organizing The biennial practice of organizing the state’s athletic conferences is done. The council approved CHSAA’s Classification and League Organizing Committee report. It moved Westminster High School into the Denver Prep League. The Wolves had to find a

new conference after the Eastern Metro Athletic Conference voted to disband. CLOC also approved an appeal from Stargate School in Thornton to stay in class 3A for its basketball teams for the next two years. “There is no element that outweighs other factors when it comes to appeals,” said CLOC Chairman Clay Alba, the athletic director of the Littleton School District. “We took the list as a body of evidence, and we tried to make the best decision based on the school and the context of the sport.”

In other business The legislative council also voted to return to two meetings per school year and turned down a request to let coaches have Sunday contact with their athletes who have used up their eligibility. Tennis players can play a combination of matches and tournaments not to exceed 12, according to a council vote. And in baseball, the legislative council sided with the CHSAA baseball committee’s recommendation that new innings cannot start after two hours of play for sub-varsity level teams.

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The water’s fine for canoeing in Colorado

ith water sport vehicles growing in various forms and popularity today, we sometimes look past the longterm sport of canoeing. The partnership of man and canoe emerged in the west to help settlers explore challenging remote back country in the early years. The canoe provided John Wesley Powell’s team an efficient transportation mode into the Western region’s waterways. The same light weight portable float vehicle allowed Lewis and Clark to carry cargo and transverse small power streams, remote marshlands as well as slow flowing wide river basins. Where and how a canoe can accomplish similar feats for man and cargo today is still very adaptable. And its 21st century versatility has only magnified its popularity.

There are personal choices when searching for canoes and canoe travel. Most sporting goods outlets near vacation destination cities or river systems sell and/or rent canoes. Other communities provide guided outfitter services and equipRon Hellbusch ment on specific river basins. For the canoe novice, individual or group; a good initial step is to contact an outfitter and plan the experience together. That proved a wise plan for my daughter, grand-daughter, and myself when we enjoyed four-day canoe floats and campouts on the Gunnison River near Grand Junction.

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Among Colorado’s many canoe outfitters, Centennial Canoe Outfitters (CCO) based in Grand Junction with satellite facilities near Palisade offers a typical full range of river canoe trips. For those who like to plan outdoors adventures well in advance and may not have enjoyed previous canoe time consider these guided float dates as one of your options this summer. CCO is featuring five special 2022 floats starting with the “Spring on the Green” River, Utah 6-day, seven mile run May 17-22; the “Memorial Weekend” May 27-29 on the Gunnison River near Grand Junction; “White River Adventure” near Glenwood Springs June 3-5; “Green River Labyrinth Canyon” float 6 days June 8-12 and the “Yampa River Kickoff” June 10-12 near Steamboat Springs. Families and individuals of all ages

looking for a new outdoors experience will find it canoeing Colorado rivers. Most canoe outfitters offer a variety of personal interest experiences from fly fishing, canyon hiking, bald eagle nest observation, beautiful landscape photography, geology, wildlife and bird watching and sightings. Outfitters encourage individual, small group, family or organizational team canoe floats and campouts. Outfitters are licensed on most state rivers and capable of arranging canoe adventures outside Colorado. Explore Colorado’s canoe opportunities. The Mile High State represents seven major river basins, most offer challenging waters and exciting levels of canoeing.

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Brighton area scores BYSTEVESMITH< SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM>

Eagle Ridge Academy Girls soccer Eagle Ridge Academy won its first three games of the week. The Warriors blanked Weld Central 3-0 in Keenesburg April 19. Brainna Gelok, who just signed a letter of intent to play soccer at Northeast Community College in Nebraska, scored twice. Mia Sebastiani added the other tally. Allisa Rivera (two saves) and Julia DeLorenzo (three saves) were the goalkeepers.’ ERA shaded Thornton 2-1 in Thornton April 20. Erin Hughes and Abigail Bump scored for the Warriors Genesis Holguinloya scored for the Trojans. DeLorenzo had three saves. ERA shut out Aurora Central 5-0 on the Trojans’ pitch April 21. Megan Derby and Amanda Nikolai scored twice for the Warriors. Rivera and DeLorenzo spent time in goal for the Warriors. Rivera had three saves, and DeLorenzo picked up one. ERA finished out the week with a 2-2 draw at Colorado Springs Christian High School April 23. Riverdale Ridge HS Girls golf FORT MORGAN -- Riverdale Ridge won the team stroke-play portion of the Longs Peak League meet at Quail Dunes Golf Course April 20. The Ravens were one shot better than Niwot High School.

Alex Remaklus fired a 3-under 71 to win the individual title. Alexis yono had a 96, and Sidney Mastalka finished with a 99. Track and field LAKEWOOD -- Riverdale Ridge’s Emmy Kiefer took third in the girls pole vault at the Dakota Ridge Invitational meet April 23 at Jeffco Stadium. Her top height was a season-best 9 feet 9 inches. Brooke Franke took second in the discus with a best toss of 115-4. She also placed fourth in the shot put with a season-best toss of 34 feet 7 inches. On the boys side, Nabor Alvarez was seventh in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 43.23 seconds. The Ravens’ 4-by800-meter relay team (Derek Marraudino, Devon Martinez, Camron Gallardo and Aric Hunsaker) was eighth in a time of 8:41.21. RJ Holliday was fifth in the long jump with a season-best leap of 20 feet 3 inches. Lucas Couron was second in the pole vault with atop height of 14 feet 7 inches. Baseball Mountain View took both ends of a home-and-home series from Riverdale Ridge by scores of 2-1 (April 21 in Thornton) and 4-3 (April 19 in Loveland).. Elijah Lofton had a base hit, and Luke Burley had the other base hit and RRHS’ only RBI April 21. Jaden Bower had a base hit and an RBI for the Mountain Lions. Aaron Baumann drove in Mountain View’s other run. Caden Trujillo had two hits and drove

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in two of the Ravens’ April 19. Marcus Espinosa had two hits and the other RBI. Logan Nichelson had two hits and drove in two of Mountain View’s runs. Girls soccer Niwot scored its goals in the first half and beat Riverdale Ridge 2-1 in Niwot April 21. Prairie View HS Girls tennis Prairie View shut out Adams City 7-0 in Brighton April 19. Faith Miller (No. 1 singles), Brianna Morgan (No. 2 singles), Faith Whittington (No. 3 singles), the No. 1 doubles team of Taylor Pollock and Sofi Williams, the No. 2 doubles team (Lynzie Maestas and Bailey Chess), the No. 3 doubles team (Athena McGinnes and Kelsey Andersen) and the No. 4 doubles team (Abby Bernhardt and Jayde Cummings) won their matches in two sets. Track and field LAKEWOOD -- Prairie View’s top individual finisher at the Dakota Ridge Invitational April 23 was Braxton Rodriguez. He finished 13th in the shot put with a best toss of 40 feet 8 1/2 inches. Kayla Martinez recorded the best individual finish on the girls team. She was 33rd in the 1600-meter run, where her time was 6:50.14. Girls golf Lily Nelson fired a 1-under par 70 to win the individual stroke-play portion of a fourway golf tournament at Hyland Hills Golf Course April 19. Maddie Klink carded a 97, and Liliana Ritter finished with a 124. PVHS finished second, 31 shots behind rival Brighton High School. Girls soccer Rangeview shut out Prairie View 1-0 in Aurora April 21. Hazel Bonansinger scored the goal. Keeper Joslyn Bowman recorded the shutout win and had seven saves. No stats were available for PVHS. Cherokee Trail slipped past the ThunderHawks 2-1 in Brighton April 23. Torie Turner scored both goals for Cherokee Trail. Cienna Rush scored the goal for PVHS. Lacrosse Mullen downed Prairie View 17-3 in Brighton April 20. Ethan Karr scored six of the Mustangs’ goals. Connor Warren added four, and Luke Dempsey scored three goals. No stats were available for PVHS.

Pine Creek beat the ThunderHawks 22-7 in Colorado Springs April 22. No stats were available for PVHS. Chase Stensby scored seven goals for PCHS. Camden Starmer and Thomas Webb added four goals each. Brighton HS Boys swimming ARVADA -- Brighton placed third at the Jeffco Invitational at Meyers Pool in Arvada April 22. Here are the results: 50-yard freestyle: 7. Tanner Howe, 22.41 seconds. 100- butterfly: 2. T. Howe, 53.97. 100backstroke: 10. Trey Wilson, 1:00.54. Arapahoe downed Brighton 209-60 in a dual meet in the Warriors’ pool April 21. Tanner Howe won two races for BHS, the 50-yard freestyle (23.09 seconds) and the 100breaststroke (1:05.85). Girls soccer Brighton won its sixth Eastern Metro Athletic Conference game in a row April 21, a 10-0 whitewash of Gateway High School in Aurora. Faith Rivero scored three of the goals. The remainder came from Sarah Cardillo, Kelsi Veik, Taylor Madsen, Karly Lambert, Leah Day, Akira Olson and Destiny Rivas-Vasquez. Goalkeeper Lu Freese recorded the win and made just one save. BHS downed Rangeview 5-2 in Brighton April 19. Jayla Shedeed and Sarai Castillo scored twice for the Bulldogs. Rivero scored a goal, too. Goalkeeper Kaylie Powers had five saves. Jennesse Byrd and Hazel Bonansinger scored the goals for Rangeview. Silver Creek shut out BHS 1-0 in Longmont April 18. Jada Linquist scored the goal. Track and field LAKEWOOD -- Brighton’s Taylor Weber took second in the triple jump at the Dakota Ridge Invitational at Jeffco Stadium April 23. Her best effort was a season-best 34 feet 4 inches. On the boys side, BHS’ 4-by-200-meter relay team ( Kevin Day, Ryan Elsen, Jeremiah Ramos and Kaleb Quammie) finished fifth with a season-best time of 1:32.85. David rock took eighth in the pole vault with a top effort of 10 feet 7 inches. Girls golf Brighton won the stroke-play portion of a three-way golf tournament at Hyland Gills golf Course April 19. BHS beat rival Prairie View by 31 shots. Raleigh Puzo had a 17-over 89 to take team medalist honors. Sophia Rosasco had a 97, and Kaylin Leydon carded a 98.

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BRIEFS Drug task force makes large haul The North Metro Drug Task Force seized a large amount of fentanyl after a combined operation with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration and the Colorado State Patrol. A press statement said the effort resulted in the seizure of almost 60,000 pounds of counterfeit fentanyl M-30 pills, five pounds of methamphetamine and several pounds of cocaine and heroin. Authorities arrested several individuals on several related charges. Trash Bash dates for 2022 in place The city of Brighton announced its dates for Trash Bash in 2022. It’s a chance for residents to get rid of large items. The first chance is the weekend of Friday, April 29. The second is the weekend of Friday, Sept. 23. Both will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Brighton Wastewater Treatment Facility, 325 N. Kuner Road. Those with special needs can call the city for pickup service April 27 and 28 and again Sept. 21 and 22. Acceptable items include furniture, cabinets, appliances (not refrigerators/freezers), bicycles, cut-up carpet, doors, stereos, lawn/yard equipment, mattresses/box springs and bundled branches less than 5 feet in length. Call 303-655-2087. Food drive Brighton Employee Charity’s annual community food drive runs from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 30, at both of the King Soopers stores in Brighton -- 100 N. 50th Ave. and 500 E. Bromley Lane. Bring non-perishable food to help needy families ink the area. Sign up to ride the school bus Early registration for 2022-2023 school bus rides in 27J Schools continues through May 1. Students planning to ride the bus have to register, even if you are current bus riders. Sign up at http://bit.ly/3OhaDvO. Scholarships The 27J Education Foundation announced the opening of applications for a pair of college scholarships. Visit https://www.sd27j.org/domain/2738. The deadline to apply is Friday, May 6, for both scholarships. Foster care 5K The Adams CountyFoster Care 5K is set for Saturday, May 7, at Riverdale Regional Park, East 124th Avenue and Henderson Road. It’s a 5K race and a one-mile fun run. Registration starts at 6;45 a.m., and the 5K race starts at 7:30. The fun run begins at 8:30 a.m. The registration fee is $25 for adults and $15 for kids 18 and under through Friday, April 22. It’s $45 per family for the 5K run and $25 for foster families. Proceeds benefit county foster care families. Visit https://runsignup.com/Race/ CO/Brighton/AdamsCountyFosterCare5K. Help for Homes The city of Brighton and Brothers Redevelopment Inc. are looking for volunteers for the 17th annual Help for Homes community project Saturday, May 14. The program brings volunteers and neighbors together to paint or fix up homes needing minor exterior repairs and general yard cleanup. The captains meeting is at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 3, at the Eagle View Adult

Center, 1150 Prairie Center Parkway. Call Sue Corbett, Eagle View Adult Center manager, at 303-655-2075.

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Flix and Kicks The city of Brighton’s annual Flix and Kicks series of summer concerts returns this summer at Carmichael Park, 650 E. Southern St. The lineup includes: Thursday, June 16: The movie “Encanto” at dusk Thursday, June 23: A concert by the Country Music Project, 7 p.m. Thursday, June 30: The movie “Back to the Future,” at dusk Monday, July 4: A concert by Sisters of Rock, 7 p.m. (part of the city’s Fourth of July celebration) Thursday, July 14: The movie “Godzilla vs. Kong,” at dusk Thursday, July 21: A concert featuring Ronnie Raygun and the Big Eighties, 6 p.m. (in conjunction with the city’s annual barbecue); Thursday, July 28: The movie “Spiderman: No Way Home” at dusk; Thursday, Aug. 4: A concert with Chicano Heat, 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug,. 11: The movie “Dog” at dusk; and Thursday, Aug. 18: A concert with Titonic, 7 p.m. Admission is free. Seating is firstcome, first-served. ‘Eye for Art’ Brighton’s most recent Eye for Art exhibit, “Slice of Life,” continues through June 28 during normal business hours at City Hall, 500 S. Fourth Ave. A city statement said more than 30 artists and 150 pieces of art will be featured in the new exhibit, with artwork ranging in medium, from oil, acrylic, watercolor and computer paintings to graphite drawings, photography, fused glass, pottery, mixed media, jewelry and various sculptures. Artwork is available for purchase. Call David Gallegos, arts and culture coordinator, at 303-655-2176 or email dgallegos@brightonco.gov. Teen police academy The Brighton Police Department and the Adams County Sheriff’s Office are co-sponsoring a teen academy for four days starting Tuesday, July 26, at the police department and the sheriff’s office’s FlatRock Regional Training Center. Participants have to be sophomores, juniors or seniors in high school, and they ahve to pass a modified background check. Call 303-288-1535 or 303-655-2300. ONGOING Water audit program The city of Brighton and Resource Central teamed up to provide a free water audit for businesses and homeowner associations. The program aiums to help residents and cities increase water use efficiencies and reach conservationm goals. Call 303-999-3824 or visit https:// www.brightonco.gov/589/Water-AuditProgram COVID vaccination clinics Adams County and Tri-County Health are offering free vaccination clinics from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Anythink Brighton, 327 E. Bridge St. The city of Brighton extended its free vaccination clinics at the recreation center, 555 N. 11th Ave. The new dates are Mondays, April 4 and 18. The shots are available from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., and no appointment is necessary.

Former Fort Lupton High School student Jesus Manriquez talks IT work to a group of FLHS students at the school’s career fair April 21. Manriquez works in the IT department for 27J Schools. Representatives from colleges, universities, the armed services, local fire departments and hair salons talked with FLHS students PHOTO BY STEVE SMITH about possible career ventures.

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April 28, 2022

Colorado lawmakers plan to overhaul unemployment system Plans include extending benefits to immigrants

In a statement, Polis’ office thanked business leaders and bill sponsors who are following up on his original proposal to use $600 million to pare down the trust fund deficit. The office didn’t comment on proposed changes to the unemployment system. “We appreciate the work of the sponsors, business and workers’ advocates to move forward with a proposal that fully funds the governor’s budget request,” the statement said.

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Colorado lawmakers are planning to introduce a bill as soon as this week that would overhaul the state’s unemployment system and also send roughly $600 million to the depleted unemployment insurance trust fund to lower a $1 billion federal debt hanging over employers. The $600 million replenishment was expected — Gov. Jared Polis made the recommendation in November — but the changes to the unemployment system are a surprise that comes after months of behind-the-scenes negotiations between lawmakers, Polis’ office, the business community and progressive fiscal groups. Many of the systemic changes proposed in the forthcoming bill are extensions of temporary changes made during the pandemic. Some details are still being negotiated, but the alterations are slated to include continuing a COVID-era fund offering unemployment benefits to people living in the U.S. illegally who aren’t eligible for aid under federal law, as well as making permanent a change allowing people to collect more benefits even if they secure part-time work. “We have a number of provisions that were put in on a temporary basis during the pandemic that have worked really well for the state and have helped families get back on their feet,” said state Sen. Chris Hansen, a Denver Democrat who will be a prime sponsor of the bill. “We think it’s a good idea to make many of them ongoing.” Hansen said the legislation is expected to have bipartisan support in both the House and Senate, though Republican sponsors in both chambers haven’t been finalized. While Republicans have called for eliminating the full $1 billion debt owed to the federal government by the trust fund, the business community appears happy with where the legislation is headed. “The $600 million is a huge win for employers across the state,” said Loren Furman, president of the Colorado Chamber of Commerce. Employers, who are solely responsible for filling the trust fund, are paying more this year in unemployment insurance premiums. But they face even higher payments in 2023 because of the deficit, caused by the federal government keeping Colorado afloat during the pandemic. Insolvency surcharges won’t stop until the trust fund fills its $1 billion hole. To get the fund fully solvent, it needs $2 billion to $2.5 billion, according to Colorado Department of Labor and Employment officials. Furman said that without the $600 million replenishment, businesses will face higher costs because of solvency surcharges and that’s not fair because they kept their businesses going through the pandemic. Companies that shut down no longer contribute, even as their workers benefited from the trust fund. Progressive organizations also say they and labor groups are pleased with the upcoming legislation. “What we’re doing with this bill

Lawmakers and lobbyists are seen at the Capitol on Jan. 12 in Denver at the start of PHOTO BY OLIVIA SUN/THE COLORADO SUN Colorado’s General Assembly’s 2022 session.

is just making sure that we are as prepared for the next recession as we can be,” said Kathy White, executive director of the liberal-leaning Colorado Fiscal Institute. “That includes forward funding (the trust fund) to accelerate solvency and preserving some of the policy changes that were made during the pandemic that are really targeted at making sure the program works for workers and it works for the lowest wage workers. That’s where we saw the greatest gaps.” What made it into the bill The bill’s proposed changes to the unemployment system are meant to continue what state and federal lawmakers started during the pandemic. They are designed to help low-wage unemployed workers survive in a future recession. “One of the things that we really learned through the pandemic is that the unemployment insurance system is literally the only and first line of defense that the United States has to manage recessions, to keep the economy basically from tanking and going into a vicious spiral as jobs are lost,” White said. “During the pandemic, there was a recognition by the Trump administration first and the Biden administration second … that there are just certain gaps in how well the UI system works for workers, even though it’s the most critical system we have. It’s an automatic stabilizer.” There are three key changes set to be included in the forthcoming legislation: • Colorado lawmakers created the Left Behind Worker Fund during the pandemic to provide financial help to workers living in the U.S. unlawfully who lost their job because of COVID-19. The bill would make the fund permanent and change the name to the Benefit Recovery Fund. The goal is to help immigrants whose employers already pay their unemployment insurance but who are ineligible to receive unemployment benefits because of federal laws. The fund would not raise unemployment premiums and it would be capped. • Currently, Coloradans receive 55% of their regular pay as unemployment. But if they work part time and earn 25% or more of the weekly benefit, that benefit starts to diminish. That provision hurt employers who had to reduce their operating hours in the pandemic because it meant their employees could make more by not working. The legislation would raise the partial UI limit to

50% before the worker sees any reduction in their benefits. • Employers would be required under the bill to inform their workers that they are eligible for unemployment benefits. Three other proposed changes to the unemployment system under the legislation are still being negotiated. They would: • Eliminate the one-week waiting period between when a worker loses their job and their unemployment benefits start. White said the thinking behind this change is that low-wage earners need the money as soon as possible. The one-week delay was waived during the pandemic. • Waive a requirement that unemployed workers repay unemployment overpayments. During the pandemic, an executive order required the state labor department to pay benefits first and then check on eligibility. Because of that mandate, thousands of unemployed workers later deemed ineligible were overpaid benefits and then required to pay them back. Many had already spent the money so it became a frustrating mess. • Create dependent allowances by offering unemployed primary caretakers $25 per week per dependent. This stands to benefit single parents or a parent who is the family’s sole income provider. This won’t be part of the proposed bill. Instead, a committee will be created to study the proposal. The idea behind the $25 per dependent comes from the federal $600 perweek pandemic unemployment supplement from Congress, which helped many workers stay afloat even as it was criticized for helping the lowest earners make more by staying jobless, White said. Colorado currently pays a maximum of $700 a week for up to 26 weeks, while some states, such as Alabama, max out at $275. Furman said the chamber and Colorado businesses have been working on the bill with state legislators and organizations like the Colorado Fiscal Institute since January. “We want to make sure that these proposals don’t take money out of the fund at the most vulnerable time,” Furman said. “So some of the provisions we’re going to do through a study, some of them might get pushed up until the fund is at a billion-dollar threshold. It’s just about putting some guardrails around them.”

How $600 million will help insolvency issues Colorado’s unemployment insurance trust fund ran out of money in August 2020, five months into the pandemic. But unemployed workers still got paid, thanks to the state getting a loan from the federal government. That loan swelled to $1 billion by April 2021. Even as workers returned to their jobs and employers paid premiums to the trust fund, the federal loan was still more than $1 billion as of April 15, according to the U.S. Department of Treasury. Colorado employers are on the hook for repaying the loan through additional fees. Annual unemployment insurance premiums increased in January because the trust fund was empty on June 30, the date of the annual health checkup. By state statute, that alone means Colorado employers shift to a higher rate. Colorado employers are now paying the highest rate possible (see the far right-column in this rate schedule). Next year, employers will see their costs rise because of the new trust fund solvency surcharge and the loss of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act credit. The proposed bill would address both. By shoring up the trust fund with $600 million, employers could see the solvency surcharge stop in 2026 in the best-case scenario of a strong economy. With no government help and a weak economy, the surcharge could continue to 2028. The proposed $600 million would come from Colorado’s share of federal pandemic relief through Congress’ American Rescue Plan Act. At least 16 other states have used American Rescue Plan Act money to replenish some or all of their depleted trust funds, according to the Economic Policy Institute. Texas repaid its entire unemployment debt using federal money. Some Republicans in the Colorado legislature have unsuccessfully advocated for doing the same. The Colorado labor department said using the money to pay the federal loan to avoid the additional interest is the “best use of $600 million of ARPA,” said Daniel Chase, the state labor department’s chief of staff. “Our current plan would be to use about $580 million to pay down the loan balance upon receipt of the money, then hold the remaining amount to pay off the interest owed in September, which we estimate to be between $15 million and $20 million,” Chase said. Federal law doesn’t allow states to use employer premiums to cover interest payments, so if Colorado didn’t set aside the $20 million balance for interest, the state would have to find other alternatives, he said. But Chase doesn’t think Colorado SEE PLAN, P13

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Lawmakers pledge $100M for child care The money would go toward several existing grant programs BY ANN SCHIMKE AND ERICA MELTZER CHALKBEAT

With just over a year until Colorado begins providing free preschool to 4-year-olds statewide, state lawmakers want to inject $100 million into efforts to beef up the early childhood workforce and create more slots for young children. During a news conference Wednesday afternoon, a group of lawmakers announced the legislation, which would be funded with federal COVID relief dollars. The money would go toward several existing grant programs, including one to help child care providers with operational costs and another to help new providers open and existing providers expand. It would also create a new program

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will try to pay off the rest of its federal debt the same way it did after the Great Recession. Back then, Colorado’s federal unemployment loan ballooned to $578.2 million by March 2011, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report. Surcharges kicked in and some Colorado employers said their premiums tripled. The business community backed an effort for the state to issue a bond to finance

Chase Meyer, 4, shows off his basket with Easter eggs. Children traded their plastic eggs for candy and other PHOTO BY DEB HURLEY BROBST treats.

the debt and reduce their fees. The bond was paid off in May 2017. Colorado’s economy has recovered much more quickly than it did after the Great Recession. As of February, the state had recovered all of the 375,400 jobs lost in the first two months of the pandemic. That’s why a bond may not be necessary, as employers are back to paying insurance premiums. Nevertheless, the state labor department has bonding authority if needed. But it’s through the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority, which was used during the Great Recession.

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to support and train people who care for young children but are not licensed by the state. “This bill is a massive investment in ensuring we as a state rise to the occasion of helping families out, by allowing parents to work, by allowing single parents to return to the workforce,” said state Rep. Alex Valdez, a Denver Democrat who sponsored the bill. “COVID-19 gutted our child care workforce and we need to rebuild it.” The just-introduced bill comes at both a tenuous and momentous time for Colorado’s early childhood industry. Many child care providers are still reeling financially from the pandemic and struggling to find employees willing to work long hours for low wages. At the same time, there’s a sense of excitement as Colorado plans a massive expansion of state-funded preschool with funding from proceeds of a nicotine tax approved by voters in 2020. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat Colorado. More at chalkbeat.org.

CHFA no longer bonds for state agencies. So state lawmakers must transfer the labor department’s bonding authority to the treasurer’s office, which is also in the proposed bill. “While we don’t anticipate the need to bond to the degree of the Great Recession, we do want to enhance our tools available should we be close to paying off the debt at key points in the next year,” Chase said. If the trust fund balance is positive on June 30 and the loan is paid off, employers can move to a lower premium rate in 2023. Even if the state misses the date but pays off the loan by Nov.

10, the state avoids a FUTA credit reduction. But there are some models that show the state’s loan balance could still be $100 million. “In that case,” Chase said, “bonding could be a financially viable option to hit that timeline.” This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

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April 28, 2022

Polis opposes ban on flavored tobacco, nicotine products Bill would siphon $25 million in annual tax revenue BY SHANNON NAJMABADI THE COLORADO SUN

Gov. Jared Polis says he doesn’t support a bipartisan bill that would ban the sale of flavored tobacco and nicotine products, including menthol cigarettes, because he prefers a local regulatory approach. But some city and county leaders explicitly support the measure, now stalled in the legislature, and two organizations that represent local governments and fiercely defend their local-control powers, the Colorado Municipal League and Colorado Counties Inc., aren’t fighting it. There’s another reason the Democratic governor may oppose House Bill 1064, which is aimed at reducing teen nicotine use: It would siphon as much as $25.2 million — of an expected $167.7 million — in annual tax revenue from the state’s fledgling preschool program, a signature Polis initiative. The debate this year over House Bill 1064 highlights the outsize role the tobacco industry plays in the Colorado Capitol, where it successfully defeated efforts to increase tobacco taxes in 2016 and 2019. In 2020, the Polis administration negotiated with tobacco giant Altria, the maker of Marlboro cigarettes, on a bill that placed a measure on the ballot to raise cigarette and tobacco taxes and enact a tax on nicotine products, including vape cartridges. The measure, Proposition EE, passed, raising millions of dollars to fund free preschool slots and helping the governor accomplish a campaign promise. This year, House Bill 1064, which is aimed at outlawing products that critics say market to children with fruity flavors and colorful packaging, is drawing similar tobacco industry interest. The measure is one of the mostlobbied bills before the legislature this year, with more than 140 lobbyists and lobbying firms representing more than 85 clients supporting, opposing or monitoring the measure. That’s nearly one-quarter of the entire lobbying corps. The companies lobbying on the bill are spending big money on their efforts to shape the measure. Altria and another tobacco giant, Reynolds American, respectively spent $149,000 and $173,000 on lobbying from July 2021 through the end of March. The national nonprofit Campaign

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for Tobacco-Free Kids is leading the charge to support the bill, and has spent nearly $181,000 on lobbying through the end of March. It has 25 lobbyists and lobbying firms working on the measure. Lawmakers have acknowledged the supercharged nature of the debate. “This bill has probably been lobbied more than any other bill that I’ve seen in my four years here at the state Capitol,” Republican Rep. Matt Soper, of Delta, said during a committee hearing in March. Others say the fight highlights the folly of trying to fund essential services with sin taxes, which are often meant to discourage a certain behavior. “It’s not hard to see that that’s on a collision course,” said Rep. Marc Snyder, a Manitou Springs Democrat. “The more successful you are at accomplishing the social and health policy, the less revenue you have.” Local control “in the eye of the beholder” The governor declined to answer repeated questions from the Colorado Sun about whether he is worried the measure will slash preschool funding generated by Proposition EE. Polis has a hard time seeing how a statewide approach to regulating flavored tobacco and nicotine products makes sense, spokesman Conor Cahill said, noting that the governor signed legislation in recent years giving local governments regulatory authority over tobacco products. “As a general philosophy, the governor prefers local control because our local governments are closest to the people they represent and can weigh the pros and cons and determine how to best address these kinds of issues in their area,” Cahill said in a written statement. A number of cities and towns in Colorado have already passed their own flavor bans, including Aspen, Boulder, Carbondale and Glenwood Springs. Colorado counties believe they lack the legal authority to pass flavor bans, though a few have increased taxes on the products as a way to try to discourage their use. Additionally, some mayors say the local efforts have limited effect. “They’re just not working,” Edgewater Mayor John Beltrone told lawmakers of local ordinances. “Our high school — Jefferson High — is two blocks away from a smoke shop in Lakewood that doesn’t have these restrictions.” Denver Mayor Michael Hancock ON AVERAGE, AARP MEMBERS ENJOY

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vetoed a flavor-ban ordinance passed by the Denver City Council last year, in part because he believed state action would be more effective. “It is not a prohibitive enough barrier if our youth are simply able to travel across Denver’s border to the nearest convenience store and obtain flavored tobacco products,” Hancock wrote in a letter issuing his veto. Kevin Bommer, executive director of the Colorado Municipal League, said the group’s members are split; some support the bill while others don’t want to be told what businesses they can have in their community, referencing concerns from vape shops who say the bill would put them out of business. Some three dozen Colorado municipalities have adopted regulations on youth access to vaping products that are less restrictive than a ban, according to the Rocky Mountain Smoke Free Alliance, an association that represents about 125 small Colorado vape stores. Those policies include only selling vaping products in age-restricted stores or imposing stiff penalties on those caught selling to minors, said Joe Miklosi, a former state lawmaker lobbying for the association, which opposes the bill. The governor’s concern about local control is “a curious position, actually,” Bommer said, citing Polis’ “unwillingness to support local control on building codes and sales taxes.” “I guess local control is in the eye of the beholder,” he said. Health officials say the products pose health risks Health officials say flavored tobacco and nicotine products pose a serious public health risk, especially for children of color and those with low socioeconomic backgrounds. Alarm about the flavored products dates back to at least 2018, when the U.S. Surgeon General said there was an epidemic of e-cigarette use among young people, fueled by “new types of e-cigarettes that have recently entered the market.” Soon after, there was an outbreak of severe lung injuries tied to vaping products containing THC. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has tightened regulations on flavored nicotine products but some manufacturers switched to synthetic nicotine to evade the added scrutiny. The omnibus spending bill passed by Congress earlier this year would close that loophole and leave manufacturers with 30 days to ask the FDA to continue selling their products. At Girls Athletic Leadership

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Schools in Denver, school officials have caught pre-teens with vaping devices that look like mascara wands or have fruity flavors like pineapple, said Carol Bowar, the school’s executive director. The products are more discreet than smoking marijuana or a cigarette, she said, and students caught with the products tell school officials they are able to buy them without being carded. “It’s a really deadly, addictive substance that’s disguised as something benign. And that is what’s troubling,” Bowar said. Nicotine is particularly addictive for preteens and teenagers whose brains are still developing, said pediatrician Anne Shelton, a member of the Colorado Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. That group supports the legislation. Nearly 30% of Colorado high school students used vapes, e-cigarettes and similar products in 2019, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Among young adults who use tobacco, more than 80% started with flavored products, according to a study by the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health. This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

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April 28, 2022

Women’s Bean Project celebrates rebuilding lives A new facility planned in Denver BY MARGARET FLEMING THE COLORADO SUN

Sabina Dyer was in a treatment center when she applied for a slot at the Women’s Bean Project in Denver. She needed a job and had heard good things about the nonprofit that uses employment to help train women for the workforce from a previous graduate of the organization. The organization hires women struggling to find employment to make and manufacture products from black bean soup to jellybeans. Dyer got the job, tried her best to show up on time and every day, and soon got promoted to a lead position. After she graduated from the program, she landed the role of shipping supervisor, a rare opportunity to be permanently hired for a job within the organization. “If I would’ve worked somewhere else, I probably would have relapsed or I would have probably went back to that lifestyle, because I wouldn’t have been happy,” Dyer said. “But I’m happy here and I feel like the work is meaningful. And it just changed my life and my perspective on life, too.” Dyer celebrated her accomplishments on April 20 at the organization’s annual fundraiser and graduation ceremony called Ready, Set, Grow. She was one of three current graduates featured in a video shown to the hundreds of supporters in the room. Beside the changes for each of the women crossing the stage, there’s another big change coming to the program in the next couple of months. The Women’s Bean Project is opening a brand-new facility, growing to 20,000 square feet at a repurposed car dealership in Athmar Park from 10,000 at its current location at a former firehouse in Curtis Park. About 70% of a woman’s time at the Women’s Bean Project is spent working, and 30% spent in program activities — such as computer or financial literacy classes — or personal development tasks like creating a sobriety plan, CEO Tamra Ryan said. (Olivia Sun, The Colorado Sun via Report for America) The new location gives the nonprofit room to grow the number of women it serves. At the end of three years, CEO Tamra Ryan estimates they will employ a hundred women a year in full time jobs, up from about 60 women in the program now. “I would say four out of five qualified applicants, we don’t have space for currently,” Ryan said. The new facility will create jobs for the for-profit side of the organization and increase opportunities to take on jobs for other companies. Through the expansion, more women will have the chance to break out of the cycle of poverty through employment. The Women’s Bean Project has served over 1,000 women since its founding in 1989, with the intention to help them gain independence and self-sufficiency.

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“What we truly believe is that when you change a woman’s life, you change her family’s life,” Ryan said. “I want to hire another graduate” All the women learn the basics of food production, safety and manufacturing during the seven-month program. They learn to make 50 different products that are sold online and in supermarkets across the country. Participants spend their time in production, on the shipping line with Dyer, or doing a variety of other tasks. Nearly a third of the women’s paid time is spent in programming and coursework. Participants can attend trauma response groups, brush up on their math, reading and writing, enroll in computer and GED classes, get help getting a driver’s license, and receive resume and cover letter advice. On Wellness Wednesdays, speakers come in to talk about empowerment, art and community involvement. “I’ve seen a couple different women grow,” Dyer said. “And that’s what the whole mission is here, so it’s really great to watch.” All women are assigned a volunteer job coach from the community who meets with her for an hour each week. Five social work interns called participant advocates meet with the women to help address basic needs like housing, which the program does not provide. After graduating from the program, the women go on to another full-time position. Within one year after graduation, about 95% of women are employed. Ryan said the organization prioritizes skills that can transfer to their next job after graduation. Important skills are having consistent attendance, good communication with supervisors, the ability to take direction, and being able to pay attention to details. Ryan said she wants employers to know that if a woman graduated from their program, she is a great employee. “I think the best testimony is when somebody comes back and says, ‘Hey, she is so awesome, I want to hire another graduate,’” Ryan said. “Serve more women better” The new facility is set to open

by mid-June. The organization’s production area alone is increasing to 9,000 square feet from just 2,500 currently. The number of production lines will go to six from two. The program will grow slowly in the new building, adding 15 more women to its ranks in the first year. Ryan anticipates 40 more hires within three years, increasing the size of the program to 100 women. But adding more jobs isn’t the only benefit of the new space. The current facility lacks private meeting spaces, so a woman and her participant advocate might have to sit in the corner where others could overhear them. The new building offers small and large meeting rooms, as well as phone booth-style rooms for private work and conversations. Ryan said the new facility was designed with safety and privacy in mind. “Maybe she needs to call a shelter to see if there’s a bed that night,” Ryan said. “She doesn’t have to do that out in the open.” Health and wellness experts from the community often come in to provide services to the women, but those resources will be expanded with more space. A dedicated wellness area will offer facials,

visits from optometrists and dental hygienists, and trauma-informed yoga. A computer lab and classroom space will also build upon existing programs that lack their own rooms in the current building. A goal in constructing the new facility is to thoughtfully make a safer environment for the women. Ryan said the upcoming move directly ties into the overarching objectives of the strategic plan, which guides all departments of the organization. “The building will allow us to serve more women better,” Ryan said. The company makes more than a million dollars per year from its manufacturing business, but fundraises about the same amount through grants and donations. The cost of personal-development programming is mainly covered by fundraising, most of which occurs at Ready, Set, Grow. The April 20 annual fundraiser usually brings in about $250,000 in an hour. Ryan said it’s powerful to see hundreds of people gather in celebration of the women in the program. “It’s just so cool to see so many people show up to be supportive,” Ryan said. “And then to not just be supportive by physically being there, but to give.” Ryan, several members of the board of directors and a former graduate spoke about the impacts of the program and encouraged guests to donate. The graduates received several rounds of applause and a “I really still dream of a day when we’re no longer necessary,” Ryan said in her speech to guests. “Until then, today we are presenting you with an opportunity to invest in the future of a woman who has chosen to come to the Bean Project to change her life.” 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. FROM

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Bill aims to prevent runaways, improve mental health results Focus on foster care, residential centers BY JENNIFER BROWN THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado would have to create new standards for residential centers that house foster children as well as examine how best to prevent kids from running away from those centers under a new legislative proposal. The bill follows high-profile scrutiny of the 24/7 residential centers, including a joint Colorado Sun/9News investigation that found that children and teens are running away daily and that two boys who ran away from different facilities were struck by cars and killed. The legislation from Rep. Dafna Michaelson Jenet, a Democrat from Commerce City, would require the state to partner with a university to build the new quality-assurance system. And it would require a public, online dashboard where parents and others could see whether centers are safe and are improving kids’ mental health. In addition, the state would have to create a task force of experts, former foster youth and child welfare officials to examine why children run away and how to prevent them from fleeing residential care. The bill proposes to name the panel after Timmy MontoyaKloepfel, who was 12 when he ran away from Tennyson Center for Children in Denver in June 2020 and died after he was hit by a Chevy Tahoe. The legislation was crafted by a team of child advocates including Colorado Child Protection Ombudsman Stephanie Villafuerte, who has been seeking change at residential institutions since 2019, when she called for a public website similar to the state’s day care center website that would offer data on outcomes. “Where is our sense of urgency for children who have severe behavioral health issues that are in an isolated, 24hour, seven-day-a-week facility?” she said in an interview, after the legislation was introduced. “We have been alerted — between citizens calling our office and people responding to news

Stephanie Villafuerte, Child Protection Ombudsman of Colorado at the Ralph L. Carr PHOTO BY KATHRYN SCOTT Colorado Judicial Center in 2020 in Denver.

media articles — and three years later, we still have not designed a system that would show us what’s going on in those facilities. “I think it’s unconscionable. I’m exhausted by systems that put adults’ needs, our bureaucracies, our budgets and everything before the needs of kids. And this is one of those issues.” Villafuerte studied a new qualityassurance system for Florida youth residential centers, which that state created in partnership with Florida State University child welfare experts. The ombudsman said she already has consulted with social scientists at the University of Denver and Colorado State University. The requirement that the state would partner with an institution of higher education means that the state child welfare division, within the Colorado Department of Human Services, would not have sole responsibility for designing the new evaluation system. It’s another sign of mounting frustration between the ombudsman’s office and the state department, which initiated a task force to address the runaway problems after The Sun/9News investigation but has not sought any major policy changes. The news organizations found that in a three-year timeframe, Denver police were called to Tennyson Center for Children 938 times, one-third of the time because a child ran away. Denver

police were called to Mount Saint Vincent about twice per week throughout 2019 and 2020, so often that the police department told the residential center it was not a “taxi service” to bring back runaway children. Similar to Timmy, 15-year-old Andrew Potter was killed in 2018 after running away from Devereux Cleo Wallace in Westminster. He died after being struck by a suspected drunk driver on Wadsworth Parkway. The state child welfare division keeps track of how many foster children run away from foster homes and residential centers, but not many other details about those cases. “When they run, this state has no consistency on how we locate them, when we bring them back, the treatment or evaluations that they should receive,” Villafuerte said. “And at this point, I can’t even tell you the exact number of youth in our state who have run from out-of-home placements, foster care, residential treatment facilities, how long they’ve been gone, when they returned and what happened to them while they were on the run.” The task force, which would include young people who spent time in residential facilities, would consider ideas to prevent kids from running away, and to prevent kids from running into harm on the streets. For example, residential centers could make sure children with a history of running away

have phone numbers to call for help. Also, the state could set up a standard protocol for kids who have returned from running away to make sure they get proper mental health treatment. The group also could review current state regulations that restrict when staff can physically restrain a child. The scrutiny of residential centers comes as many centers have shut down in Colorado. Since 2007, 44 facilities have closed, a loss of 2,200 therapeutic beds, according to the Colorado Association of Family and Children’s Agencies. The closures follow a nationwide call by child advocates and federal officials that more children should live in foster families or with relatives, rather than institutions. But now Colorado has a severe shortage of options for kids with the most acute behavioral health issues, meaning kids are sent out of state for treatment, a situation the child protection ombudsman called “unacceptable.” “In extraordinary circumstances, these facilities are necessary,” Villafuerte said. “They are important for a very small segment of our youth to get the care that they need.” The proposal says the new qualityassurance system would go into place by July 2026, with a preliminary report due next year. The bill is the latest from Michaelson Jenet to tackle the children’s mental health crisis. Another piece of legislation she introduced this session would allow county child welfare divisions to set up agreements with local agencies that could take in children who have been picked up by law enforcement but cannot go home. That bill arose after counties said children were sleeping in county buildings and waiting hours in the back of police cars when they had no family to house them or it wasn’t safe to bring them home. This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

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April 28, 2022

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April 28, 2022

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Public Notices call 303-566-4123 Legals City and County Public Notice BRIGHTON HOUSING AUTHORITY PHA PLAN & MOVING TO WORK SUPPLEMENT NOTICE OF COMMENT PERIOD & PUBLIC HEARING JUNE 1, 2022 3:00 P.M. The Brighton Housing Authority (BHA) is proposing revisions to its PHA Plan and/or 5-year Plan as deemed necessary to implement Moving to Work (MTW) activities. The draft plan will be available for review on BHA’s website at www.brightonhousing.org with a 45-day comment period beginning on April 29, 2022 and ending on June 13, 2022. A copy of the draft plan will also be available for public inspection at BHA offices at 22 S. 4th Avenue, Suite 202, Brighton, CO 80601. Due to Covid-19, comments to may be emailed to info@ brightonhousing.org or mailed to 22 S. 4th Avenue, Suite 202, Brighton, CO 80601 Attn: Andrew Dall, Deputy Director. A public hearing on the draft plan will be held virtually on June 1, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. via ZOOM. Join the meeting with the following: Virtual Public Hearing Access Details: www.zoom.us Meeting ID: 937 679 3756 If joining by phone, please call: 1-346-248-7799 Meeting ID: 937 679 3756 Immediately following the public hearing for the PHA Plan, there will be a public hearing to review the 2022 MTW Supplement and any proposed waivers proposed for implementation by that program If you are a person with disabilities and are in need of a reasonable accommodation to access this information or public hearing, please call BHA offices at 303-655-2160. If you have limited English proficiency and are seeking language assistance to access this public hearing, please call the office at 303-655-2160. Due to COVID-19, this will be a virtual event. Legal Notice No. BSB1540 First Publication: April 28, 2022 Last Publication: June 2, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice Town of Lochbuie, Colorado Ordinance No. 2022-672 AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF LOCHBUIE, COLORADO, AMENDING CHAPTER 6 OF THE LOCHBUIE MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING LIQUOR LICENSING WITHIN THE TOWN. Ordinance No. 2022-672 was passed at the April 19, 2022, regular meeting of the Town Board and will take effect on May 28, 2022. 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 Heather Meierkort Town Clerk Legal Notice No. BSB1529 First Publication: April 28, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice In compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) on destruction of data collected, maintained or used in the provision of a free and appropriate public education of students with disabilities, School District 27J will be purging archived special education records. Records to be destroyed on May 27, 2022 will include all students who were born in 1997, 1998 and 1999. If you would like to claim your record, please contact the Records Department at 303-655-2920 before that date. Legal Notice No. BSB1541 & CCX590 First Publication: April 28, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express and Brighton Standard Blade

City of Brighton Public Notice ORDINANCE NO. _______ INTRODUCED BY: Padilla AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE 10 OF THE BRIGHTON MUNICIPAL CODE; ADOPTING THE MODEL TRAFFIC CODE FOR COLORADO, 2020 EDITION; SETTING FORTH DELETIONS, MODIFICATIONS AND ADDITIONS THERETO; STATING VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF; REPEALING ORDINANCE PROVISIONS IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; AND

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therefore expressly deleted:

WHEREAS, the Colorado Department of Transportation originally adopted the Model Traffic Code for Colorado in 1952, and subsequently periodically revised the same, including the latest revision in 2020; and

Section Title §116(4.5) Who may restrict right to use highways §116(5)(B) Who may restrict right to use highways §116(5)(C) Who may restrict right to use highways §116(E) Who may restrict right to use highways §109(13) Low-power scooters, animals, skis, skates, and toy vehicles on highways §109.5(3) Low-speed electric vehicles §109.6(3) Class B low-speed vehicles §114 Removal of traffic hazards §116(3) Restrictions on minor drivers under eighteen year of age §117(4) Personal mobility devices §201(8) Obstruction of view or driving mechanism – hazardous situation §202(5) Unsafe vehicles §203(4) Unsafe vehicles – spot inspections §204(4) When lighted lamps are required §205(4) Headlamps on motor vehicles §206(7) Tail lamps and reflectors §207(6) Clearance and identification §208(4) Stop lamps and turn signals §209 Lamp or flag on projecting load (last sentence only: “Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class A traffic infraction.”) §210(4) Lamps on parked vehicles §211(8) Lamps on farm equipment and other vehicles and equipment §212(5) Spot lamps and auxiliary lamps §213(6) Audible and visual signals on emergency vehicles §214(6) Visual signals on service vehicles §215(9) Signal lamps and devices – additional lighting equipment §216(3) Multiple-beam road lights §217(2) Use of multiple-beam lights §218(2) Single-beam road-lighting equipment §219 Number of lamps permitted (last sentence only: “Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.”) §220(7) Low-power scooters – lighting equipment – department control – use and operation §221(11) Bicycle and personal mobility device equipment §222(1)(a) Volunteer firefighters – volunteer ambulance attendants – special lights and alarm systems (last sentence only: “If used for any other purpose, such use shall constitute a violation of this subsection (1), and the violator commits a class B traffic infraction.”) §223(3) Brakes §224(6) Horns or warning devices §225(3) Mufflers – prevention of noise §226(3) Mirrors – exterior placements §227(3) Windows unobstructed – certain materials prohibited – windshield wiper requirements §228(8) Restrictions on tire equipment §229(5) Safety glazing material in motor vehicles §230(5) Emergency lighting equipment – who must carry §231 Parking lights (last sentence only: “Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.”) §232(4) Minimum safety standards for motorcycles and low-power scooters §233(3) Alteration of suspension system §234(4) Slow-moving vehicles – display emblem §236(7) Child restraint systems required – definitions - exceptions §237(4) Safety belt systems – mandatory use – exemptions – penalty §238(3) Blue and red lights – illegal use or possession §239(5) Misuse of a wireless telephone – definitions – penalty – preemption §240 Low-speed electric vehicle equipment requirements (last sentence only: “Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.”) §502(6) Width of vehicles §503 Projecting loads on passenger vehicles (last sentence only: “Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.”) §504(7) Height and length of vehicles §505(5) Longer vehicle combinations §506(4) Trailers and towed vehicles §507(6) Wheel and axle loads §509(3) Vehicles weighed – excess removed §512(3) Liability for damage to highway §603(5) Obedience to official traffic control devices §604(2) Traffic control signal legend §605(3) Flashing signals §606(3) Display of unauthorized signs or devices §607(2)(a) Interference with official devices (last sentence only: “Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2), a person who violates any provision of this paragraph (a) commits a class A traffic infraction.”) §607(2)(b) Interference with official devices §608(3) Signals by hand or signal device §609(2) Method of giving hand and arm signals §610 Unauthorized insignia ((last sentence only: “Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.”) §611(2) Paraplegic persons or persons with disabilities – distress flag §612(3) When signals are inoperative or malfunctioning §701(3) Vehicles approaching or entering intersection §702 Vehicle turning left (last sentence only: “Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class A traffic infraction.”) §703(5) Entering through highway – stop or

WHEREAS, heretofore, the City Council has adopted the Model Traffic Code by reference, and from time to time has regularly enacted such code, as amended, and incorporated such code into the Brighton Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that it is necessary, proper, and in the best interests of the public to continue to adopt current state codes and regulations, as amended, and, in particular, to adopt such codes as will facilitate and enable the proper regulation of traffic within the City, including the Model Traffic Code, 2020 Edition, as provided for herein; and WHEREAS, the City Council therefore finds and determines that the adoption of the Model Traffic Code, 2020 Edition, as amended and as provided for herein, shall enhance, protect, and otherwise further the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Brighton. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Article 4 of Chapter 10 of the Brighton Municipal Code is hereby amended as follows: Sec. 10-4-20. – Adoption. Pursuant to Article V, Sections 5.8, 5.9 and 5.12 of the City Charter, and Part 2 of Article 16 of Title 31, C.R.S., there is hereby adopted by reference Sections 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17 and 19 and Appendix I, Definitions, of the 2020 edition of the Model Traffic Code of Colorado, promulgated and published as such by the Colorado Department of Transportation, Traffic Safety and Engineering Services, 2829 W Howard Place, Denver, CO 80204. The subject matter of the Model Traffic Code relates primarily to comprehensive traffic control regulations for the City. The purpose of this Article and the Model Traffic Code adopted herein is to provide a system of traffic regulations consistent with state law and generally conforming to similar regulations throughout the State and the Nation. Three (3) copies of the 2020 edition of the Model Traffic Code adopted herein are now filed in the office of the City Clerk and may be inspected during regular business hours. Sec. 10-4-40. – Penalties. (a) It is unlawful for any person to violate any of the provisions adopted in this Article, whether the same is defined herein as a traffic infraction or traffic offense. (b) Definitions; generally. (1) When used in this Chapter, the words and phrases deemed shall, for the purposes of this Article, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in Subsection (c) below, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning. (2) Whenever any words and phrases used in this Article are not defined herein but are defined in the state laws regulating the operation of vehicles, any such definition therein shall be deemed to apply to such words and phrases used in this Article and the 2020 edition of the Model Traffic Code as herein adopted. (3) In the event of any conflict between the Model Traffic Code and the definitions contained in this Article, this Article shall be controlling. Sec. 10-4-50. – Application. This Article and the 2020 Model Traffic Code as adopted apply to every street, alley, sidewalk area, driveway, park and every other public way, public place or public parking area, either within or outside the corporate limits of the City, over which the City has jurisdiction and authority to regulate. The provisions of Sections: 606, Display of unauthorized signs or devices; 1204, Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places; 1211, Limitations on backing; 1401, Reckless driving; 1402, Careless driving; and 1413, Eluding or attempting to elude a police officer; apply not only to public places and ways but also throughout the jurisdiction of the City. Sec. 10-4-60. – Interpretation. This Article and the 2020 Model Traffic Code as adopted shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to conform with the State’s uniform system for the regulation of vehicles and traffic. Article and section headings of this Article and adopted Model Traffic Code shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect the scope, meaning or extent of the provisions of any Article or Section thereof. Sec. 10-4-70. – Certification. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of the ordinance adopting the 2020 edition of the Model Traffic Code and make not less than three (3) copies of the adopted Model Traffic Code available for inspection by the public during regular business hours. Sec. 10-4-100. – Additions, deletions or modifications. (a) Deletions. (1) The 2020 edition of the Model Traffic Code is adopted as if set out at length save and except the following Articles and or Sections, which are declared to be inapplicable to the City and are

yield intersection §704 Vehicles entering roadway (last sentence only: “Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class A traffic infraction.”) §705(3)(a) Operation of vehicle approached by emergency vehicle – operation of vehicle approaching stationary emergency vehicle §706(3) Obedience to railroad signal §707(6) Certain vehicles must stop at railroad grade crossings §708(6) Moving heaving equipment at railroad crossing §709 Stop when traffic obstructed (last sentence only: “Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class A traffic infraction.”) §710(4) Emerging from or entering alley, driveway, or building §711 Driving on mountain highways §712(3) Driving in highway work area (last sentence only: “Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class A traffic infraction.”) §801(4) Pedestrian obedience to traffic control devices and traffic regulations §802(6) Pedestrians’ right-of-way in crosswalks §803(5) Crossing at other than crosswalks §805(9) Pedestrians walking or traveling in a wheelchair on highways §806 Driving through safety zone prohibited (last sentence only: “Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class A traffic infraction.”) §807 Drivers to exercise due care (last sentence only: “Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class A traffic infraction.”) §808 Drivers and pedestrians, other than persons in wheelchairs, to yield to persons with disabilities (last sentence only: “Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class A traffic infraction.”) §901(3) Required position and method of turning §902(4) imitations on turning around §903(5) Turning movements and required signals §1001(4) Drive on right side – exceptions §1002(3) Passing oncoming vehicles §1003(2) Overtaking a vehicle on the left §1004(3) When overtaking on the right is permitted §1005(5) Limitations on overtaking on the left §1006(4) One-way roadways and rotary traffic islands §1007(3) Driving on roadways laned for traffic §1008(4) Following too closely §1009(3) Coasting prohibited §1010(4) Driving on divided or controlledaccess highways (last sentence only: “(4) Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class A traffic infraction.”) §1011 Use of runaway vehicle ramps §1012(3) High occupancy vehicle (HOV) and high occupancy toll (HOT) lanes §1013(3) Passing lane – definitions – penalty §1101(12) Speed limits §1103(5) Minimum speed regulation §1104(4) Speed limits on elevated structures §1105(2)(c) Speed contests – speed exhibitions – aiding and facilitating – immobilization of motor vehicle – definitions §1105(8)(c) Speed contests – speed exhibitions – aiding and facilitating – immobilization of motor vehicle – definitions §1201 Starting parked vehicle (last sentence only: “Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class A traffic infraction.”) §1202(2) Parking or abandonment of vehicles §1202(3) Ski areas to install signs §1204(7) Stopping, standing, or parking prohibited in specified places §1205(4) Parking at curb or edge of roadway §1206(2) Unattended motor vehicle (last sentence only: “Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.”) §1207 Opening and closing vehicle doors (last sentence only: “Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.”) §1208(6)(7) Parking privileges for persons with disabilities – applicability §1210 Designated areas on private property for authorized vehicles §1211(2) Limitations on backing §1401(2) Reckless driving – penalty §1402(2) Careless driving - penalty §1403 Following fire apparatus prohibited (last sentence only: “Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class A traffic infraction.”) §1404 Crossing fire hose (last sentence only: “Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.”) §1405 Riding in trailers (last sentence only: “Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.”) §1406(5) Foreign matter on highway prohibited §1407(3) Spilling loads on highways prohibited §1407.5(4) Splash guards – when required §1408(3) Operation of motor vehicles on property under control of or owned by parks and recreation districts §1409(4)&(9) Compulsory insurance – penalty §1411(2) Use of earphones while driving §1412(12) Operation of bicycles and other human-powered vehicles §1414(2) Use of dyed fuel on highways prohibited §1415(4) Radar jamming devices prohibited – penalty §1502(5) Riding on motorcycles – protective helmet §1503(6) Operating motorcycles on roadways laned for traffic §1504 Clinging to other vehicles (last sen-

tence only: “Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class A traffic infraction.”) §1701 Municipalities – traffic offenses classified – schedule of fines §1702 Counties – traffic offenses classified – schedule of fines §1706 Juveniles – convicted – arrested and incarcerated – provisions for confinement §1708 Burden of Proof - appeals §1709 Penalty assessment notice for traffic offenses – violations of provisions by officer – driver’s license §1710 Failure to pay penalty for traffic offenses – failure of parent or guardian to sign penalty assessment notice – procedures §1711 Compliance with promise to appear §1712 Procedure prescribed not exclusive §1715 Convictions, judgments, and charges recorded – public inspection Part 18 Vehicles Abandoned on Public Property (including sections 1801 – 1814) §1901 School buses – equipped with supplementary brake retarders §1903(6) School buses – stops – signs – passing §1904(3) Regulations for school buses – regulations for discharge of passengers – penalty – exception

(2) All Subsections of the 2020 edition of the Model Traffic Code that categorize violations into classes of traffic infractions, traffic offenses or misdemeanors contrary to the provisions of Section 10-4-40 of this Article; or which set forth a specific penalty for a violation, whether monetary or otherwise are hereby deleted. (b) Modifications. The 2020 edition of the Model Traffic Code is adopted as if set out at length, provided that the following specified articles, sections and provisions are modified to read as follows:

“103. Scope and effect of Model Traffic Code exceptions to provisions.”

“(2) The 2020 Model Traffic Code as adopted applies to every street, alley, sidewalk area, driveway, park and every other public way, public place or public parking area, either within or outside the corporate limits of the City, over which the City has jurisdiction and authority to regulate as set forth in Section 10-4-50 of the Brighton Municipal Code, as the same may be amended from time to time.” “1204. Stopping, standing, or parking prohibited in specified places.” “(2)(b) Within five feet of a fire hydrant;” (c) Additions. The 2020 edition of the Model Traffic Code is adopted as if set out at length and in addition thereto shall include the following Articles, Sections and provisions to read as follows: “235. Enforcement of standards for commercial vehicles - spot inspections.

Section 2. All sections, subsections, and definitions of Article 4 of Chapter 10 not expressly amended or modified herein remain in full force and effect.

Section 3. As provided in City Charter Section 5.9(A), this Ordinance, either as presented or as amended, shall be published in full as it was adopted after the initial reading. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect five days after its final publication, as provided in City Charter Section 5.8, except as set forth herein. Section 4. As required by C.R.S. § 31-16-203, the City Council held a public hearing on May 17, 2022, at 6:00 PM, to receive public comment on this Ordinance before final adoption.

INTRODUCED, PASSED ON FIRST READING AND ORDERED PUBLISHED THIS 19th DAY OF April, 2022. CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO /s/ GREGORY MILLS, Mayor ATTEST: /s/ NATALIE HOEL, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: /s/ YASMINA SHAUSH, Assistant City Attorney Legal Notice No. BSB1533 First Publication: April 28, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade 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) Alternate 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 build-

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Public Notices ing 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 one (1) Ward 4 member, one (1) Ward 2 member and two (2) Alternate members at this time. The Board meets on the first Wednesday of every month at 5:30 p.m. at the Brighton Recreation Center. BRIGHTON URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY The Urban Renewal Authority has an opening for one (1) member at this time. Members must be a resident of Brighton or a Brighton business owner. The Board meets at 4:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of every month at Brighton City Hall. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION The Historic Preservation Commission has an opening for one (1) Alternate member at this time. At least 40% of commission members shall be professionals in preservation related discipline such as architecture, landscape architecture, architectural history, archaeology, history, planning, American studies, American civilization, cultural geography or cultural anthropology. Recognizing that professionals may not be available in some communities, this requirement can be waived if the local government makes a good faith effort to recruit professionals and demonstrates that it is capable of carrying out commission responsibilities. The Board meets on the second Thursday of every month at 6:00 p.m. at Brighton City Hall. BRIGHTON HOUSING AUTHORITY The Brighton Housing Authority has an opening for one (1) Member and 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. Applications will be accepted for The Brighton Housing Authority until April 15th, 2022. LODGING TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE The Lodging Tax Advisory Committee has openings for one (1) 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. 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: BSB1519 First Publication: April 21, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notices ORDINANCE NO. 2382 INTRODUCED BY: Cushing AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, AMENDING CHAPTER 5 OF THE BRIGHTON MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE ADDITION OF NEW SECTION 5-99 TO AUTHORIZE THE OPERATION OF SHARED ELECTRIC SCOOTERS IN THE CITY AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE LICENSING THEREOF INTRODUCED, PASSED ON FINAL READING AND ORDERED PUBLISHED BY TITLE ONLY THIS 19th DAY OF APRIL, 2022. CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO /s/ GREGORY MILLS, Mayor ATTEST: /s/ NATALIE HOEL, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: /s/ YASMINA SHAUSH, Assistant City Attorney A COMPLETE COPY OF THE ORDINANCE IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS AND ON THE CITY OF BRIGHTON WEBSITE. Legal Notice No. BSB1534 First Publication: April 28, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Metropolitan Districts Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE PRAIRIE CORNER METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Prairie Corner Metropolitan District, Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election or thereafter there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby cancelled. The following candidates are declared elected: Zach Connor

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Legal Notice No. BSB1528 First Publication: April 28, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice jNOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE SILVER PEAKS EAST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Silver Peaks East Metropolitan District, Weld County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election or thereafter there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby cancelled. The following candidates are declared elected: Lars E. Monson

Three-Year Term to 2025

Bryan Reid

Three-Year Term to 2025

Ryan Harvey

One-Year Term to 2023

Troy Hazel

One-Year Term to 2023

David Brandon JackOne-Year Term to 2023 SILVER PEAKS EAST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1 /s/ /s/ Sarah H. Luetjen Designated Election Official Legal Notice No. BSB1532 First Publication: April 28, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice NOTICE OF DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTAL OF APPLICATION TO SERVE AS DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT THE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT SUBDISTRICT AND THE WELL AUGMENTATION SUBDISTRICT OF THE CENTRAL COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT ADAMS, MORGAN AND WELD COUNTIES, COLORADO Please take notice that application for appointment to the Board of Directors of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District, the Groundwater Management Subdistrict, and the Well Augmentation Subdistrict of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District from Weld County will be received until June 30, 2022. To be considered, you must have resided within the District for at least one year, must be the owner of real property within the District in Adams, Morgan or Weld Counties, and must be knowledgeable in water matters. A request for appointment and a resume setting forth your qualifications to serve should be sent to the Court and Central addressed to the following: WELD COUNTY Judge James F. Hartmann District Judge, Division 1 Weld County District Courthouse PO Box 2038 Greeley, CO 80632 ADAMS COUNTY Chief Judge Donald S. Quick 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton CO 80601 MORGAN COUNTY Judge Carl S. McGuire III 110 N. Riverview Rd Room #205 Sterling CO 80751 Randy Ray, Executive Director, Central Colorado Water Conservancy District Groundwater Management Subdistrict of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District Well Augmentation Subdistrict of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District 3209 W. 28th Street Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: (970) 330-4540 Legal Notice No. BSB1531 First Publication: April 28, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL TODD CREEK VILLAGE PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Todd Creek Village Park and Recreation District of Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the regular election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Darrell Jennings to a 3-year term until May 2025 Forrest Hancock to a 3-year term until May 2025 Fred Brown to a 3-year term until May 2025 Vacancy (2022-2023) TODD CREEK VILLAGE PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT By: /s/ Courtney Linney, Designated Election Official Legal Notice No. BSB1535 First Publication: April 28, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice NOTICE OF VACANCY ON THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS

OF BRIGHTON RIDGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-2 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the Brighton Ridge Metropolitan District Nos. 1-2 (the “Districts”), City of Brighton, Adams County, Colorado. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-808, C.R.S., that one or more vacancies currently exist or will exist on the Boards of Directors of the Districts. Any qualified, eligible elector of the Districts interested in serving on the Boards of Directors for the Districts should file a Letter of Interest with the Boards by 5:00 p.m., on Monday, May 9, 2022. Letters of Interest should be sent to Brighton Ridge Metropolitan District Nos. 1-2, c/o WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 2000, Centennial, CO 80122. BRIGHTON RIDGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-2 By: /s/ WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Attorneys at Law Legal Notice No. BSB1543 First Publication: April 28, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL EAGLE SHADOW METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Eagle Shadow Metropolitan District No. 1 of Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the regular election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Darrell Jennings to a 3-year term until May 2025 Forrest Hancock to a 3-year term until May 2025 Fred Brown to a 3-year term until May 2025 Michael Zopes to a 1-year term until May 2023 EAGLE SHADOW METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1 By: /s/ Courtney Linney, Designated Election Official Legal Notice No. BSB1536 First Publication: April 28, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton, 80601 Plaintiff: DEER RUN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation d/b/a SUMMERCREEK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION; Defendants: MELINDA S. BARRETT; WELLS FARGO BANK, NA, ADAMS COUNTY TREASURER; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION. SHERIFF’S COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE AND RIGHT TO CURE AND REDEEM Case Number: 2021CV30623 Under a October 8, 2021 Order granting Default Judgment in the above- captioned action, I am ordered to sell certain real property as follows: Original Lienee(s) Melinda S. Barrett Original Lienor Deer Run Homeowners Association, Inc. d/b/a Summercreek Homeowners Association, Inc. Current Holder of the evidence of debt Deer Run Homeowners Association, Inc. Date of Lien being foreclosed September 30, 2020 Date of Recording of Lien being foreclosed October 14, 2020 County of Recording Adams Recording Information 2020000104269 Original Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness $447.70 Outstanding Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness as of the date hereof $7,481.28 Amount of Foreclosure Judgment entered October 8, 2021 $3,282.04 ____________________________________ Description of property to be foreclosed: Lot 11, Block 1, Deer Run Planned Unit Development, County of Adams, State of Colorado. Also known as: 12745 Elm Street, Thornton, CO 80241 THE PROPERTY TO BE FORECLOSED AND DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN. THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The covenants of Plaintiff have been violated as follows: failure to make payments on said indebtedness when the same were due and owing. NOTICE OF SALE THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will, at 9:00 o’clock A.M., on May 12th, 2022, in the basement of the Adams County Justice Center, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601 located at sell to the highest and best bidder for

cash, the said real property described above, and all interest of said Grantor and the heirs and assigns of said Grantor, for the purpose of paying the judgment amount entered herein, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Name of Publication: Brighton Standard Blade NOTICE OF RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO LAW AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF THE STATUTES WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS ARE ATTACHED HERETO. A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE PURSUANT TO §38-38-104, C.R.S., SHALL BE FILED WITH THE OFFICER AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED. A NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEEM FILED PURSUANT TO §38-38-302, C.R.S., SHALL BE FILED WITH THE OFFICER NO LATER THAN EIGHT (8) BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE SALE. The name, address and telephone number of each of the attorneys representing the holder of the evidence of the debt is as follows: Stephane R. Dupont The Dupont Law Firm, LLC PO Box 1073 Castle Rock, CO 80104 Phone: 720-644-6115 E-mail: sdupont@dupontlawco.com THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: March 22, 2022. By: __Richard A. Reigenborn____ Adams County Sheriff By: ___Stacy Sutton______ Deputy Sheriff Adams County, Colorado Statutes attached: §§38-37-108, 38-38-103, 3838-104, 38-38-301, 38-38-304, 38-38-305, and 38-38-306, C.R.S., as amended. Legal Notice No. BSB1447 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2021CV030706 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY (Publication Notice) PLATTE RIVER RANCH FILING NO. 1 HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, v. DARLANE M. JOHNSEN; WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; CITY OF BRIGHTON; 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 9th day of June, 2022, at 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601 – Basement 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 $7,896.00. First Publication: Aprill 07,2022 Last Publication: May 05,2022 Published In: Brighton Standard Bade 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 October 25, 2021 and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq. by Platte River Ranch Filing No. 1 Homeowners Association, Inc., the holder and current owner of a lien recorded on March 25, 2020 at Reception No. 2020000027069 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 for Platte River Ranch Filing No. 1 recorded on 10/13/1998 at C0455193 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 Platte River Ranch Filing No. 1 Homeowners Association, Inc., against real property legal described as follows: Lot 15, Block 2, Platte River Ranch, Filing No. 4, County of Adams, State of Colorado.;

TITLED 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. BSB1446 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: May 5, 2022 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO Case Number: 2021CV030931

Plaintiff: FIRST CREEK FARM CONDOMINIUMS ASSOCIATION, a Colorado non-profit corporation,

Defendants: SHAWN M. BAKER; PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE, INC.; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY; LISA CULPEPPER AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE AND TREASURER FOR ADAMS COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION. Attorneys for Plaintiff: WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP Wendy E. Weigler #28419 Address: 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300, Littleton, CO 80127 Phone Number: (303) 863-1870 SHERIFF’S COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE AND RIGHT TO CURE AND REDEEM

Under a Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure entered on February 4, 2022 in the above- captioned action, I am ordered to sell certain real property as follows: Original Lienee Shawn M. Baker Original Lienor First Creek Farm Condominiums Association Current Holder of the evidence of debt

First Creek Farm Condominiums Association Date of Lien being foreclosed March 29, 2021 Date of Recording of Lien being foreclosed March 30, 2021 County of Recording Adams Recording Information 2021000038483 Original Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness $2,253.74 Outstanding Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness as of the date hereof $10,938.46 Amount of Judgment entered February 4, 2022 $9,459.32 Description of property to be foreclosed:

Condominium Unit R-5-204, First Creek Farm Condominiums Amendment No. 2 recorded on September 2, 2003 at Reception No. C1202343, and as defined and described in the Amended and Restated Declaration for First Creek Farm Condominiums recorded October 29, 2015 at Reception No. 2015000090905, and any and all Amendments and Supplements thereto, in the Office of the County Clerk and Recorder, County of Adams, State of Colorado. Also known as: 5714 N. Gibralter Way, #5-204, Aurora, CO 80019.

THE PROPERTY TO BE FORECLOSED AND DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN.

THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The covenants of Plaintiff have been violated as follows: failure to make payments on said indebtedness when the same were due and owing. NOTICE OF SALE

THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will, at 9:00 o’clock A.M., on June 16, 2022, the Adams County Sheriff’s Office, located at 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property described above, and all interest of said Grantor and the heirs and assigns of said Grantor, for the purpose of paying the judgment amount entered herein, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. Bidders are required to have cash or certified funds to cover the highest bid by noon on the day of the sale. Certified funds are payable to the Adams County Sheriff’s Office. First Publication: April 21, 2022 Last Publication: May 19. 2022 Name of Publication: Brighton Blade NOTICE OF RIGHTS

YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO LAW AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF THE STATUTES WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS ARE ATTACHED HERETO.

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE PURSUANT TO §38-38-104, C.R.S., SHALL BE FILED WITH THE OFFICER AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED.

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

And also known as: 807 Pintail Ave. Brighton, CO 80601

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEEM FILED PURSUANT TO §38-38-302, C.R.S., SHALL BE FILED WITH THE OFFICER NO LATER THAN EIGHT (8) BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE SALE.

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES EN-

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT

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Public Notices IN C.R.S. 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN C.R.S. 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL AT THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LAW, RALPH L. CARR JUDICIAL BUILDING, 1300 BROADWAY, 10TH FLOOR, DENVER, CO 80203, 720-508-6000; THE CFPB, HTTP://WWW.CONSUMERFINANCE.GOV/COMPLAINT/; CFPB, PO BOX 2900, CLINTON IA 52733-2900 (855) 411-2372 OR BOTH, BUT THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. The name, address and telephone number of each of the attorneys representing the holder of the evidence of the debt is as follows: Wendy E. Weigler #28419 Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis & Payne, LLP 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 303-863-1870 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: March 18, 2022. By: Richard A. Reigenborn Adams County Sheriff Adams County, Colorado Legal Notice No. BSB1513 First Publication: April 21, 2022 Last Publication: May 19, 2022 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice District Court, Adams County State of Colorado Case Number: 2021CV030853 Plaintiff: SAGE VALLEY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation, Defendants: CHRISTYNA DOSUMU; GATEWAY MORTGAGE GROUP, LLC; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; LISA CULPEPPER AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE AND TREASURER FOR ADAMS COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION. Attorneys for Plaintiff: WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP Wendy E. Weigler #28419 Address: 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300, Littleton, CO 80127 Phone Number: (303) 863-1870 SHERIFF’S COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE AND RIGHT TO CURE AND REDEEM Under a Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure entered on January 24, 2022 in the above- captioned action, I am ordered to sell certain real property as follows: Original Lienee Christyna Dosumu Original Lienor Sage Valley Homeowners Association, Inc. Current Holder of the evidence of debt Sage Valley Homeowners Association, Inc. Date of Lien being foreclosed Date of Recording of Lien being foreclosed June 18, 2020 County of Recording Adams Recording Information 2020000055428 Original Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness $3,623.18 Outstanding Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness as of the date hereof $17,211.41 Amount of Judgment entered January 24, 2022 $15,262.58 Description of property to be foreclosed: Unit 9D, Building 9, Sage Valley, according to the Condominium Map thereof, recorded April 26, 2007, under Reception No. 2007000041412 and according to Amendment Condominium Plat of Sage Valley recorded June 19, 2007 at Reception No. 2007000059384, and as defined and described in the Amended and Restated Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Sage Valley Homeowners Association, Inc., recorded September 16, 2004, under Reception No. 20040916000908720, County of Adams, State of Colorado.

CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF THE STATUTES WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS ARE ATTACHED HERETO. A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE PURSUANT TO §38-38-104, C.R.S., SHALL BE FILED WITH THE OFFICER AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED. IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED. A NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEEM FILED PURSUANT TO §38-38-302, C.R.S., SHALL BE FILED WITH THE OFFICER NO LATER THAN EIGHT (8) BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE SALE. IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN C.R.S. 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN C.R.S. 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL AT THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LAW, RALPH L. CARR JUDICIAL BUILDING, 1300 BROADWAY, 10TH FLOOR, DENVER, CO 80203, 720-508-6000; THE CFPB, HTTP://WWW.CONSUMERFINANCE.GOV/COMPLAINT/; CFPB, PO BOX 2900, CLINTON IA 52733-2900 (855) 411-2372 OR BOTH, BUT THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. The name, address and telephone number of each of the attorneys representing the holder of the evidence of the debt is as follows: Wendy E. Weigler #28419 Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis & Payne, LLP 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 303-863-1870 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: March 18, 2022 By: Richard A. Reigenborn Adams County Sheriff Adams County, Colorado Legal Notice No. BSB1512 First Publication: April 21, 2022 Last Publication: May 19, 2022 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2021CV031164, Division/ Courtroom W COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY (Publication Notice) OLD FARM TOWNHOMES ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, v. HEIDI A PINKERTON; WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF JUNE 1, 2004 MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS TRUST MORTGAGE LOAN ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-WMC4; BLUE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO COMMUNITY FINANCIAL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION; and ADAMS COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE, Defendant(s). TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice:

Also known as: 3155 E. 104th Avenue, #9D, Thornton, CO 80233.

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 23rd day of June, 2022, at 1000 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601 - Basement, 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.

THE PROPERTY TO BE FORECLOSED AND DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN.

BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT THE TIME OF SALE.

THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $30,656.16.

The covenants of Plaintiff have been violated as follows: failure to make payments on said indebtedness when the same were due and owing. NOTICE OF SALE THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will, at 9:00 o’clock A.M., on June 16, 2022, at the Adams County Sheriff’s Office, located at 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601 sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property described above, and all interest of said Grantor and the heirs and assigns of said Grantor, for the purpose of paying the judgment amount entered herein, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. Bidders are required to have cash or certified funds to cover the highest bid by noon on the day of the sale. Certified funds are payable to the Adams County Sheriff’s Office. First Publication: April 21, 2022 Last Publication: May 19, 2022 Name of Publication: Brighton Blade NOTICE OF RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO LAW AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO

First Publication: April 21, 2022 Last Publication: May 19, 2022 Published In: Brighton Standard 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 February 22, 2022 and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq. by Old Farm Townhomes Association, Inc. the holder and current owner of a lien recorded on May 20, 2019 at Reception No. 2019000037951 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 Old Farm Townhomes Subdivision recorded on 12/17/2001 at Reception#C0901265 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 Old Farm Townhomes Association, Inc. against real property legal described as follows: Lot 6, Old Farm Townhomes Subdivision, Amendment No. 1, according the Plat recorded November 28, 2001 at Reception No. C0891872, and as defined by the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions recorded on December 17, 2001 at Reception No. C0901265, County of Adams, State of Colorado.; And also known as: 13291 Holly St. #D, Thornton,

CO 80241

1100 Judicial Center Dr. Brighton, CO 80601 Case No: 2022 PR 30257

PUBLIC COMMENT

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. BSB1501 First Publication: April 21, 2022 Last Publication: May 19, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO 1100 Judicial Center Dr. Brighton, CO 80601 In the Interest of: Esteban Lucero, Respondent 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 Case Number: 2022PR030240 NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO §15-10-401, C.R.S. To: John Doe: Last Known Address: Unknown A hearing on the Petition for Approval of Settlement of Claims Pursuant to Rule 62 of the Colorado Rules of Probate Procedure for the above respondent. The Petition filed request Court approval of the settlement and the net settlement funds will be deposited to a restricted account for the benefit of the respondent. A hearing will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: May 12, 2022 Time: 9:00 am Division: T1 Via Zoom: https://judicial.webex.com/meet/sara.price Legal Notice No. BSB1515 First Publication: April 21, 2022 Last Publication: May 5, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN OPERATIONS FOR THE NIOBRARA AND CODELL FORMATIONS, WATTENBERG FIELD, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO ) CAUSE NO. 407 DOCKET NO. 211100222 TYPE: OIL & GAS DEVELOPMENT PLAN NOTICE OF HEARING Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. (Operator No. 10459) (“Extraction” or “Applicant”) filed an Application with the Commission for an order to establish an Oil & Gas Development Plan (“OGDP”) on the lands identified below. Generally, an Oil & Gas Development Plan is the process whereby an applicant obtains approval to develop oil or gas resources at one or more oil and gas locations by drilling a specific number of wells. Importantly, an OGDP is not a pooling application. This Notice was sent to you because the Applicant believes you may: 1) be an Owner of oil and/or gas (“mineral”) interests to be developed by the proposed OGDP; 2) own, reside, or operate a first responder agency on property within 2,000 feet of a working pad surface included in the OGDP; or 3) be otherwise entitled to notice pursuant to Commission Rule 303.e.(1). APPLICATION LANDS Township 1 South, Range 66 West, 6th P.M. Section 13: Portions of SE¼ (approximately 15.43 acres planned for the working pad surface), W½W½ Section 14: All Section 15: All Section 16: All Section 21: All Section 22: All Section 23: All Section 24: W½NW¼ DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION OF HEARING (Subject to change)

Any party may file a public comment for the review of Commission Staff related to the abovedescribed OGDP. All public comments will be included in the administrative record for the OGDP proceeding. Parties wishing to file a public comment on the above-described OGDP may follow the instructions at https://cogcc.state.co.us/documents/sb19181/Guidance/Mission_Change_Guidance/Info%20Sheet_303.e.(2).D%20Public%20 Comment_20210309.pdf, or may use the eFiling system outlined below. PETITIONS DEADLINE FOR PETITIONS BY AFFECTED PERSONS: May 30, 2022 Any interested party who wishes to participate formally in this matter must file a written petition with the Commission no later than the deadline provided above. Please see Commission Rule 507 at https://cogcc.state.co.us, under “Regulation,” then select “Rules.” Please note that, under Commission Rule 510.l, the deadline for petitions may only be continued for good cause, even if the hearing is continued beyond the date that is stated above. Pursuant to Commission Rule 507, if you do not file a proper petition, the Hearing Officer will not know that you wish to formally participate in this matter and the date and time of the hearing may change without additional notice to you. Parties wishing to file a petition must register online at https://oitco.hylandcloud.com/ DNRCOGExternalAccess/Account/Login.aspx and select “Request Access to Site.” Please refer to our “eFiling Users Guidebook” at http://cogcc/ documents/reg/Hearings/External_Efiling_System_Handbook_December_2021_Final.pdf for more information. Any Affected Person who files a petition must be able to participate in a prehearing conference during the week of May 30, 2022, if a prehearing conference is requested by the Applicant or by any person who has filed a petition. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION For more information, you may review the Application, which was sent to you with this Notice. You may also contact the Applicant at the phone number or email address listed below. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if any party requires special accommodations as a result of a disability for this hearing, please contact Margaret Humecki at Cogcc. Hearings_Unit@state.co.us, prior to the hearing and arrangements will be made. OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

tary

By______________________________ Mimi C. Larsen, Commission Secre-

Dated: April 11, 2022

Date: June 29, 2022 Time: 9:00 a.m. Place: Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission The Chancery Building 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 801 Denver, CO 80203 Parties to this hearing will be notified if this date, time, or place changes. For the most up-to-date information regarding the Commission’s hearing schedule, please visit https://cogcc.state.co.us/#/ home, click on “Commission Hearings,” and click on “Preliminary Agendas.”

NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO §15-10-401, C.R.S. To: Randy Fuentes Last Known Address: Unknown in Adams County

A hearing on the Petition for Approval of Settlement of Claims Pursuant to Rule 62 of the Colorado Rules of Probate Procedure for the above Respondent. The Petition filed requests Court approval of the settlement and the net settlement funds will deposited in a restricted account. A hearing will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: June 15, 2022 Time: 10:00 a.m. Division: T1 Hearing Via Webex: https://judicial.webex.com/meet/sara.price Legal Notice No. BSB1496 First Publication: April 14, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Storage Liens/Vehicle Titles Public Notice NOTICE OF SALE Fortress Self Storage 9191 County Road 2 Brighton, CO 80603 720-961-4739

Personal property consisting of furniture, TV’s, clothes, boxes, household goods and other personal property used in home, office or garage will be sold or otherwise disposed of at public sales on the dates & times indicated below to satisfy Owners Lien for rent & fees due in accordance with Colorado Lien Law, Chapter 38, Article 21.5. All items or spaces may not be available for sale. Credit or debit cards ONLY for all purchases & tax resale certificates required, if applicable. OWNER RETAINS THE RIGHT TO BID. Martinez-Valadez, Kristi McDonald, Kevin Estrada, Trinidee Rendon, Maria Rendon, Maria

Auction will be held at www.storageauctions. com and will end on or after 11:30am EST on 5/16/2022. Legal Notice No. BSB1538 First Publication: April 28, 2022 Last Publication: May 5, 2022 Publisher:Brighton Standard Blade

Legal Notice No. BSB1525 First Publication: April 28, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Notice to Creditors

Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO ADAMS COUNTY COMBINED COURT 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton, CO 80601 CONSOLIDATED NOTICE OF PUBLICATION – DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE Notice is hereby given that in the following proceedings filed in the Court under the Uniform Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Court has found that due diligence has been used to obtain personal service of process within the State of Colorado or that efforts to obtain the same would have been to no avail. Pursuant to C.R.S. 14-10-107(4)(a), one publication of the following shall be published once during the month of April, 2022. A copy of the Petition and Summons may be obtained from the Clerk of the Combined Court. Default judgment may be entered against you if you fail to appear or file a response within 35 days of this publication. Case Number

Names of Parties

2021DR1800

JEFFREY SCOTT DRYER VS KRISTINA LYNN OWEN

2021DR1111

RICHARD A PORTUGAL VS GINA K PORTUGAL ALANA PERCY Clerk of the Combined Court

Date: April 21, 2022 Scholl

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 Case Number: 22PR30257

319 521 863 1228 1240

Applicant Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. c/o Jillian Fulcher Ryan McKee Beatty & Wozniak, P.C. 1675 Broadway, Suite 600 Denver, CO 80202 303-407-4499 jfulcher@bwenergylaw.com rmckee@bwenergylaw.com

A Commission hearing on the above-referenced docket number is currently scheduled for the following date, time, and location:

In the Interest of: Evelynn Miranda Fuentes, Respondent

By:Madeline Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. BSB1537 First Publication: April 28, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of LUCKY SZPYT a/k/a LUDOVIC SZPYT, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30238

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 August 14, 2022 , or the claims may be forever barred. David Ahrens, Esq Attorney to the Personal Representative 2350 17th Avenue, Ste. 206 Longmont, CO 80503 Legal Notice No. BSB1489 First Publication: April 14, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Northglenn Thornton Sentinel Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JESSIE VIRGINIA MAESTAS aka JESUSITA VIRGINIA MAESTAS aka VIRGINIA J. MAESTAS, Deceased Case Number 2022 PR 30239 Div: PR Courtroom:

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 October 15, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Jack LeProwse, Esq. 7390 Lowell Blvd. Westminster, CO 80030 Legal Notice No. BSB1527 First Publication: April 28, 2022 Last Publication: May 12, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice AMENDED NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Vance Shewmaker Blalock, aka Vance S. Blalock, aka Vance Blalock Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30131

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How state youth use free mental health service BY DANA KNOWLES, BRIAN WILLIE ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

Anaisa Lua does her best to create a welcoming and safe space for her clients. A quote framed and hanging on her office wall sums it up: “Vulnerability is the courage to show up and be seen.” “Therapy allows a space for people to feel accepted and understood. I feel that it’s a space for them to truly be their genuine selves. Sometimes they share -about walking in the world and having to hide,” said Lua. Lua is a therapist working with I Matter Colorado, a program that provides funding for six free therapy tsessions for all young people in Colorado under -the age of 18 (under 21 for those receiving special education services). Often times, therapy can cost anywhere from $100 to $150 per hour and Lua says I Matter Colorado helps eliminate that financial barrier. “Especially if you have multiple children and you’d like all of them to get services, you might feel like you need to prioritize one versus the other,” said Lua. I Matter is the state’s response to a growing mental health crisis facing so many young people who are trying to navigate life during a pandemic. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, mental health emergency room visits increased from 2019 to 2020 by 25% for young people aged 5-11 and 31% for adolescents aged 12-17. The leading cause of death for people aged 10 to 24 in Colorado is suicide.

16-year-old Aarav Varma utilized a Colorado program that provides six free therapy sessions to youth. COURTESY OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

Aarav Varma is a 16-year-old sophomore in high school. He said the isolation he experienced during school lockdowns was almost unbearable, “COVID shaped me as a person and it tore me apart being online — it hurt so much I was feeling down every day.” Varma found out about I Matter Colorado through school. “I had to use I Matter because I was feeling a little bit sad being online over the last year, it really took part of me away being on Zoom calls eight hours a day,” Varma said. The program is the first of its kind in the country. Governor Jared Polis signed a bipartisan bill this past July that provided $9 million to the Colorado Department of Human Services, Office of Behavioral

Health to facilitate I Matter. So far 1,923 youth have utilized one session, 1,221 have had two sessions, and 753 have had three or more sessions. 141 therapists are available. Lua said one of the best parts of the program is that the kids get to choose their own therapists, giving them a sense of autonomy. “They are able to log on themselves and they are able to read through the profiles of the clinicians and they decide who they feel connected to and who they want to see,” she explained. For Varma, the I Matter sessions helped him feel less isolated. “We do have a ray of hope, there’s a ray of light that we can see finally. We are not alone in this. I Matter is the true thing that can help kids feel like they are not alone. No one is ever alone,” he said. Now that Varma is going to school in person, he can get back to exploring some of the things he loves like graphic design, chemistry and creating things. He says he might go into the psychiatric field when he grows up to help other people with their mental health struggles. Currently, a bill is making its way through the state legislature that would extend the program two extra years if it passes. This story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonprofit public broadcaster providing community stories across Colorado over the air and online. Used by permission. For more, and to support Rocky Mountain PBS, visit rmpbs.org.

Public Notices

y e All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of RADAMS, County, Colorado on or before September 2, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Christine Stearns Shopoff Personal Representative 706 E. 8th Street Houston, TX 77007 281-787-9373

Legal Notice No. BSB1539 nFirst Publication: April 28, 2022 Last Publication: May 12, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Elizabeth Leona Stephenson, a/k/a Elizabeth L. Stephenson, a/k/a Elizabeth Stephenson, a/k/a Betty Stephenson, a/k/a Betty L. Stephenson, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30206

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 August 15, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Richard H. Larson Personal Representative P.O. Box 86 Henderson, CO 80640 Legal Notice No. BSB1507 First Publication: April 14, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of KATIE JEAN SUNSHINE, aka KATIE J. SUNSHINE, aka KATIE SUNSHINE, aka KATIE JEAN BAUER, aka KATIE J. BAUER, aka KATIE BAUER, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR031242 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 Monday, August 22, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Laurie Kay Bauer, Personal Representative 4659 Harvest Lane Billings, MT 59106 Legal Notice No. BSB1511 First Publication: April 21, 2022 Last Publication: May 5, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

711 S. Public Road Lafayette, Colorado 80026 Legal Notice No. BSB1499 First Publication: April 14, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

STATE OF COLORADO COUNTY OF ADAMS IN THE DISTRICT COURT Division D1 No. 22JV15

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 August 14, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE INTEREST OF: Ali Romero A Child, and Concerning

Jacquelyn L. Newnam and Heather T. Braithwaite, Co-Personal Representatives c/o Schafer Thomas Maez PC, 4 Garden Center #200 Broomfield, Colorado 80020 Legal Notice No. BSB1497 First Publication: April 14, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of CECIL L. NEWELL, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30263 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 August 15, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Carl Silchack, Carl M. Silchack,aka Carl Matthew Silchack, Deceased Case Number 2022PR90

Charles Newell, Personal Representative c/o Charles A. Miller 1660 Lincoln Street, Suite 1420 Denver, CO 80264

Legal Notice No. BSB1500 First Publication: April 14, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Casey L. Williams, Esq., #39117 eAttorney for David Harp Personal Representative r/s/Duly signed original on file Casey L. Williams, Esq., #39117 Attorney for David Harp Personal Representative 203 Telluride Street, #400 Brighton, CO 80601 Legal Notice No. 1493 First Publication: April 14, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Juanita Marie Larson, aka Juanita M. Larson, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30265

Alicia Thompson Personal Representative 19855 East Garden Dr. Centennial, CO 80015 Legal Notice No. BSB1498 First Publication: April 14, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Thomas Anthony Castaneda, Thomas A. Castaneda Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30091 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 August 14, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Michael Anderson, Attorney to the Personal Representative

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Cynthia A. Newnam, aka Cynthia Newnam, aka Cynthia Agnes Newnam, aka Cindy Newnam, aka Cindy A. Newnam, Deceased Case Number 2022PR30178

Public Notice

Dated April 4, 2022.

(Adoption/Guardian/Other)

Public Notice

The Estate of Marlys Harp, a/k/a Marlys J. Harp, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30256 All persons having claims against the abovenamed Estate are required to present them to David Harp, Personal Representative, c/o Casey L. Williams, or to the District Court of Adams, County, Colorado, on or before August 14, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Children Services

Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public Notice is given on April 06 2022 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Minor Child has been filed with the Adams County Court. The Petition requests that the name of Olivia Lynn Kirkendall be changed to Olivia Lynn Romero. Case No.:22CV31

Lisa Romero, Steven Brown, John Doe Respondents Special Respondents: Bobbie Garner, Kenneth Garner SUMMONS To the parents, guardian, or other respondents named above, GREETINGS: John Doe 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 12th day of May, 2022 at the hour of 3:30 p.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 20th day of April, 2022. Alana Percy Clerk of the District Court Legal Notice No. BSB1530 First Publication: April 28, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice STATE OF COLORADO IN THE DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ADAMS Division S No. 2021 JV 172

By: Dina Jones Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE INTEREST OF:

Legal Notice No. BSB1504 First publication: April 14, 2022 Last publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Child: Maria Silva Lerma Respondents: Juliana Lerma-Moncada, Arturo Silva Barrera

ORDER OF ADVISEMENT NOTICE TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENTS: Juliana Lerma-Moncada and Arturo Silva Barrera

YOU ARE HEREBY ADVISED that the Petitioner, has filed a Motion to Terminate the Parent-Child Legal Relationship which now exists between you and the above-named child; YOU ARE FURTHER ADVISED that the Motion has been set for hearing in Division S of the District Court in and for the County of Adams, Adams County Justice Center, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, Colorado, on the 23rd day of , May 2022, at the hour of 9:30 am, at which time the Petitioner must prove by clear and convincing evidence 1) It is in the best interests of the child, that the parent-child legal relationship which exists between you and the child be terminated and severed; 2) That the child was adjudicated dependent or neglected; 3) That an appropriate treatment plan has not reasonably been complied with by the parent or has not been successful; 4) That the parents are unfit; 5) That the conduct or condition of the parent or parents is unlikely to change within a reasonable time; OR 1) That the child have been abandoned by their parent or parents in that the parent or parents have surrendered physical custody for a period of six months and during this period have not manifested to the child, the court or to the person having physical custody a firm intention to assume or obtain physical custody or to make permanent legal arrangements for the care of the child and 2) That it is in the best interests of the child that the parent-child legal relationship which exists between the child and the respondents be terminated and severed.

The Court, before it can terminate the parent-child legal relationship, must find that a continuation of the relationship is likely to result in grave risk of death or serious injury to the child or that your conduct or condition as a parent renders you unable or unwilling to give the child reasonable parental care.

YOU ARE FURTHER ADVISED that you have the right to have legal counsel represent you in all matters connected with the Motion to Terminate the Parent-Child Legal Relationship. If you cannot afford to pay the fees of legal counsel, you are advised that the Court will appoint legal counsel to represent you at no cost to you upon your request and upon your showing of an inability to pay.

YOU ARE FURTHER ADVISED that a grandparent, aunt, uncle, brother or sister of the child must file a request for guardianship and legal custody of the child within twenty days of the filing of the motion to terminate parent/child legal relationship.

If you have any questions concerning the foregoing advisement, you should immediately contact either your legal counsel or the Court.

Done and signed this __________ day of ___________________, 2022.

BY THE COURT: ________________________ District Court Judge/Magistrate Legal Notice No. BSB1526 First Publication: April 28, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: CBrighton Standard Blade

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A Shark Tank contestant. An entrepreneur. A 16-year-old junior in high school. These all describe Jack Bonneau, but most recently he is the organizer of the TEDxYouth@CherryCreek event that will take place on April 30 at Legacy High School in Broomfield. “I really wanted to give you the opportunity to share their ideas just like I had,” he said. Bonneau has presented two Ted Talks in the past. One was about how kids can be their own role models and another on the impor-

tance of youth entrepreneurship in today’s education. He dipped his toes into the business world at age eight when he started Jack’s Stands and MarketBonneau places sold lemonade, ice tea and other young entrepreneur’s products. The motivation was a LEGO Star Wars Death Star his father told him he had to buy with his own money. His latest business is called Teen Hustl, which is a last-mile delivery service delivering packages, restaurant food, groceries and more

all on electric scooters and bikes. Now, he’s organizing the first youth TEDx event in Colorado with 17 students presenting on a wide variety of subjects, including happiness as a service, pronouns, the future of artificial intelligence and more. Shining a light on youth He thinks the youth has a special voice that isn’t always heard. “We hear all the different perspectives from adults but rarely do we shine a light on the youth who will be our future and who have so much to say,” he said. Michael Jenet, Co-Curator of TEDx Cherry Creek, said they

have hosted teenagers in the past, but this is the first event in Colorado strictly hosting youth. “A lot of teenagers have been on our stages over the years, but we’ve never done an all youth event,” he said. He hopes it’s the first of a potential annual event that would be hosted at different high schools each year. The students go through professional training on how to give a Ted Talk. TEDxCherry Creek worked with them for three months. Tickets are available at TEDxYouth@CherryCreek - Events - Universe.

CHSAA approves new basketball classification BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

There will be a new classification for high-school basketball starting next season. The Colorado High School Activities Association’s legislative council passed a committee report on April 21 that includes the new classification and a new way for class 2A schools to seed their district tournaments. CHSAA places teams in classifications based on enrollment. CHSAA

does a separate enrollment count for the schools that play football and uses smaller enrollment ranges because so many schools play football The Jefferson County leagues offered an amendment to do away with the new basketball classification. But they also wanted the council to turn it down to offer more time to do more long-range planning. The leagues got their wish. “Most of the council voted against this last year,” said Mike Hughes, the athletic director at

Lakewood High School. “The intent of our amendment is not to do harm to the 6A proposal. The league is planning to bring this back up next year.” The committee’s report also continued district playoffs for smaller schools, such as Fort Lupton, Eagle Ridge and Stargate School. Class 2A schools will be able to seed their own district tournaments and steer clear of CHSAA’s seeding guidelines, which include computer rankings and a coaches poll. However, a second request to

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