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to be reset in order for the utility to operate in a financially sustainable way, councilors agreed.

The rate reset begins July 1.

Councilors approved new watering restrictions last week that limits outdoor watering to three days per week through September. For

While the main drama this election season comes later this fall, there is plenty of drama wrapping up later this month in the Colorado state primaries.

Primary voting continues through June 28, and Adams County voters can return their ballots by mail or by hand-delivering them to one of the 28 24-hour ballot drop boxes scattered around the county.

Most Adams County races are uncontested, but the race for sheriff will be worth watching.

In the race for Adams County Sheriff Democratic nomination, incumbent Rick Reigenborn faces challenger Gene Claps, a former Division Chief when Reigenborn was first voted in as sheriff in 2018.

You can read their candidate profiles beginning on page 8.

The winner will face former sheriff Mike McIntosh, the sole Republican contender for the seat and the one Reigenborn ousted as part of 2018’s Democratic wave.

The rest of the Adams County races are mostly place settings for November’s general election.

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Megi Campbell got creative with her Minecraft game necklace and hair pieces. Adams County celebrated its first Pride event ever last June 18 at Riverdale Regional Park. For more photos, see page 7.

City Council approves water rate increase, plant fee STAFF REPORT

Councilors approved a 9.11%increase in water rates, a $6 per month fee to finance a new treatment facility and enhancements to the City’s Customer Assistance Program at their meeting June 14.

Councilors voted 7-1 to approve the new rates, with Councilor Matt

Johnston the sole dissenter Water customers see a 9.11% increase to water rates to re-establish rates that were in place in 2019.

The rates were decreased by 8% in 2020. Prior to that, rates had not increased since 2017. The decrease was intended to be temporary to spend down reserves, and those reserves have been spent. Rates need

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April 15, 1926 - June 7, 2022

Robert (Bob) Yoshiharu Sakata was born on April 15, 1926, in San Jose, California to Aki Nishimura and Mantaro Sakata. His mother died of pneumonia leaving his father to raise 5-year-old Bob and 3 older siblings.

Bob’s father farmed a small plot of land near Centerville, California where Bob learned to love farming. Following the declaration of war against Japan, the United States government interned 120,000 Japanese Americans including Bob and his family. As a teenager, Bob was sent to an internment camp located in Topaz Utah in 1942.

Additionally, in 1994, Bob and Joanna hosted Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan and in 2001, His Majesty awarded Bob with The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Rosette, for his work in building mutual understanding and friendship between the United States and Japan. In 2004, the Sakata Family was given the honor of visiting Their Majesties at their private residence in the Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan.

Bob served on various boards and commissions including the 27J School Board, With assistance from his former high school First National Bank of Englewood, Bank One Corporation, Cooperative Extension teacher willing to vouch for his conduct and character, Bob garnered an early release from Advisory Board at Colorado State University, Adams County Economic Development the internment camp by working on a dairy farm located in Brighton, Colorado. Bob lived Board, Colorado Food Safety Task Force, in the dairy barn valuing the opportunity he National Federation of Beet Growers, was given. In 1944, the dairyman generously National Onion Association Board, Japan loaned him the money to purchase 40 acres of American Society, as well as local irrigation farmland in Brighton. This provided a way for ditch boards. A true patriot, Bob helped lead a national capital campaign to build the his family to leave the internment camp and National Japanese American Memorial to relocate to Colorado.

Patriotism located in Washington D.C. and Bob graduated from Brighton High School attended the unveiling in 2000. In 2021, he and took a heavy coursework in math and attended the grand opening of the Bob Sakata science which he knew would be valuable Education Campus located in Brighton. for modernizing agriculture. He played the But more importantly, Bob believed deeply drums and made life-long friends through in giving back. In 1959, he joined a small various school activities. group of Brighton visionaries to help raise Bob endured numerous hardships as a local funds to build the community’s very young man including the untimely death first hospital. He was proud that no federal of his father in a car accident, his brother to funds were needed and served on the Board cancer, and a farming accident that burned of Directors for 9 years. He was an advocate 80% of his body. After a year in the hospital for local health care and continued to support Bob was never expected to walk again but Platte Valley Medical Center throughout through determination and his faith in God, his life. He was a long term member of the he relearned to walk with the help of crutches Brighton Rotary Club and participated in and leg braces. numerous civic activities. Bob was a member of Brighton First Presbyterian Church for over In 1955, Bob was nominated by the 65 years, and served in a variety of capacities Brighton Jaycees for the Outstanding including elder, capital campaign chair, and Young Farmers of America award. 14,000 pastor search committee member. young farmers were nominated, and Bob was selected as one of only four national Bob felt a deep gratitude to his employees winners at a ceremony held in Pittsburgh, and considered them family. His community Pennsylvania. of friends across the globe were diverse and he was thankful for them all. He loved spending He met the love of his life, a local farmer’s daughter named Joanna Tokunaga, and they time with his grandchildren and family and was a devoted husband. He was a man of were married in 1956 at the original First many accomplishments, and his legacy of Presbyterian Church in Brighton. Together, generosity, good humor, faith, and family will Bob and Joanna grew Sakata Farms from 40 acres to over 3,000 acres producing sweet live on in all he touched. He often said it is “not how high up the ladder you get but who corn, broccoli, cabbage, onions, and beans. you take with you”.

Bob’s innovation in seed development and consumer packaging changed the sweet corn Bob is survived by his wife Joanna, son industry in the 1980’s with the introduction Robert (Julie Kerr), daughter Vicki, daughter of Sakata Farms Gourmet Sweet Corn.

Lani (Don Dolifka) and grandchildren David Dolifka and Madison Dolifka, and his sister Bob’s agricultural innovations garnered Mistie. He is preceded in death by both his widespread recognition, including an parents, his brother Harry, and sister Fusie. appointment by President Nixon to the Advisory Board of the Commodity Credit Corporation in 1973 and an invitation to the White House honoring American agriculture.

Among the many accomplishments, Bob and Joanna were inducted into the Colorado Business Hall of Fame, Colorado Agriculture Hall of Fame, and received the Colorado Proud Lifetime Achievement Award.

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to Platte Valley Medical Center Foundation, with a note in the memo line “in memory of Bob Sakata”. Checks can be mailed to 1600 Prairie Center Parkway, Brighton, CO 80601.

Online donations can be made at https:// www.sclhealth.org/locations/platte-valleymedical-center-foundation/donate/

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plant. The new water treatment plant is meant to replace the City’s current water treatment plant, which is more than 25 years old, and meet the water needs of current and future residents. The new plant will double the capacity of the existing plant and will be funded in part by contributions from developers and by the new water treatment plant fee. Work on the new plant is set to break ground in July and is expected to be completed in the summer of 2025.

The average single-family home that uses approximately 4,000 gallons of water in the winter would see about an increase of about $8.48 per month from both the water rate in-

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odd-numbered addresses, irrigation is designated on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays of each week. For evennumbered addresses, irrigation is designated on Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays of each week.

Paying for new plant The water treatment plant fee will start in January, charging $6 a month for a single family home with a standard meter.

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crease and the new water plant fee. In summer, the average household that uses 14,500 gallons of water, would see a $13 increase per month.

The City’s Customer Assistance Program provides financial support to incomequalified customers needing assistance paying their water bill. The City of Brighton also has several programs to encourage water conservation and efficiency and offset water costs, like offering a credit to customers who reduce their water consumption by at least 20-percent. To learn more about those programs, go to www. brightonco.gov/308/Water-Conservation-and-Efficiency on the internet.

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Love is in the air at McDonald’s Couple who met at fast food shop celebrate their anniversary

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For Brighton Mcdonald’s franchise owner Brian Boselli, you could say his love of his particular brand of fast food is all in the family.

His grandfather Francis bought his first McDonald’s in 1974 in Thornton. His dad Richard bought his McDonald’s in 2000 at U.S. Highway 85 and Kuner Road in Brighton.

Brian bought his McDonald’s at the Prairie Center Parkway shopping center in 2018. Brian is building a new McDonald’s with a potential opening in August at 50th and Bridge.

But beyond putting food on the family’s tables for three generations, Boselli said there’s romance, too. His dad Richard and mom Denise met at the family’s Thornton McDonald’s and have now been married for 42 years.

So when Brighton residents Dennis and Janice Koning wanted to celebrate their 45th anniversary May 28 at his family’s restaurant, you could say he was lovin’ it.

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Janice and Dennis met in the summer of 1973 while working the same shift at an Illinois McDonald’s.

“He asked me to go out and we had a nice time. I thought he was cute and had a good personality and our personalities clicked. We continued dating,” Janice said.

Dennis said, “She was cute and both of us were hard workers. We wanted to earn money, of course, and we were in high school. We both had our cars and we both worked as much as we could. In those days were both making $1.35 an hour.”

Dennis said their bosses found out they were dating, so they were put on different shifts. But just like a french fry grease stain on an apron, their stubborn love would not go away.

“It wasn’t fun, but we made it work,” Janice said.

They married in 1977 and have two daughters and three grandchildren. They purchased a home in Brighton ten years ago to be closer to their daughter and grandbabies.

“When it was our anniversary, I wanted to see if my wedding dress still fit. I said if it fits, I’ll take a picture wearing it every year and it’s been 45 years. We tried to make the most out of life and have fun, “ Janice Koning said.

That’s why they decided to celebrate the day at Boselli’s restaurant.

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The family business is going through some transitions now. Richard Boselli will retire at the end of the end, and Brian will purchase his dad’s franchises to keep them in the family and run all three Brighton locations.

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Is it better to build bridges, or burn them?

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he origin of “burning bridges” has its roots in ancient Rome. And we see where they were not only burning the bridges, but also burning the boats. In some cases, they burned the bridges and the boats so the enemy could not pursue them. And in other cases, they burned both bridge and boat so they enemy could not flee.

Throughout our journey in this life, we have all heard the expression or received guidance around burning bridges. It’s interesting because sometimes we are encouraged not to burn the bridges, and other times people may suggest that we burn the bridges behind us. In a recent conversation this topic came up and it was fun, but also a bit polarizing for the group as there were very strong opinions.

In doing a little research on the topic I stumbled onto a page with some audacious quotes about burning bridges. The list of quotes started out with some very strong feelings about why we should burn the bridges behind us. “Sometimes burning bridges isn’t a bad thing.

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a place you should never have been to begin with.” — Anonymous While others support not burning bridges such as the person who anonymously made this statement, “The bridge you burn today may be the one Michael Norton you have to cross tomorrow.”

For me, if at all possible, I prefer not to burn the bridges behind me.

I do agree where there are times when moving ahead and never looking back makes sense. But before I do that, I would really rather preserve the opportunity to save a relationship, resolve a conflict, or just maintain the potential for a better outcome in the future. Just because we disagree today, doesn’t mean we will disagree tomorrow.

The intensity of opinions has created a heightened state of awareness when it comes to burning or not burning bridges. And unfortunately, sadly, it has escalated into not just burning bridges and

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burning the boats but leaving nothing but scorched earth behind when conflict or disagreements arise. I always wonder why there is a need to take this route. I understand that people have very strong feelings and opinions, and those feelings and opinions may not line up with our own. However, if there is no room to find middle ground on a given topic, there could be an opportunity to work together or to help one another in the future.

The song, “It’s a Small World (After All)” was written in 1963. If you have visited Disney, you have probably taken a ride through the attraction named after the song, and you probably couldn’t get the song out of your head for the rest of the day. There was no internet in 1963, nor was there any social media.

Access to information was limited to what we saw in the newspaper, watched on television, or listened to on the radio. Today, we have instant access to information and can reach people in a matter of a few clicks, creating a very small world.

This is important when it comes to burning bridges because when we burn a bridge, the boat, and leave

scorched earth behind us because of one person, group of people, or company, we could also be burning bridges with everyone that is associated or connected to someone else that we may want to get to know, or a place where we are hoping to work, or even a referral where we are trying to make a sale. I am not suggesting that anyone compromise their integrity or their position just to appease others. What I am suggesting is that perhaps we can try an alternate approach because we, or someone we know, may really need that bridge again one day.

Romans 12:8 — “Do all that you can to live at peace with everyone.”

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The Biden administration and SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman have been at the forefront of ensuring that small businesses and nonprofits, as well as individual homeowners and renters, impacted by natural disasters around the nation have the support and recovery relief that they need, and the tools to build resilience.

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separate billiondollar disasters — the most in our history — but experts in the space expect that number to continue to climb. As the anchors of our communities, small businesses rely on resilient neighborAikta Marcoulier hoods for their customers and their employees, and the SBA’s disaster relief loan programs help communities recover swiftly.

SBA’s disaster loan program is the only federal assistance program that provides private property owners an affordable way to mitigate disaster impacts and protect their homes, families, businesses, employees, and livelihoods against the next disaster.

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SBA offers non-pandemic-related economic injury disaster loans to help small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, and most private nonprofit organizations located in a declared disaster area rebuild after suffering a substantial loss.

The SBA has several local resource partners to assist business owners develop a disaster continuity plan — whether your business is in the relief, recovery, or continuity phase. In Colorado, we have multiple resource partners statewide including Small

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Adams County sheriff candidate profiles Democratic Primary Election 2022 Name Gene Claps (D) Profession Law Enforcement City of residence Brighton About me I was born and raised in Adams County. I have been married to my wife Pam, for 37 years, have three adult sons and five grandchildren. I worked with the Adams County Sheriff’s Office over 22 years and worked in almost every division, starting as a volunteer in the Posse and rose to the rank of Division Chief. I am finishing my Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice, a small business owner and have managed several corporations throughout the years. At home, I enjoy raising cattle, pigs, bees and chickens where we provide locally raised meat, eggs and honey.

Campaign website geneforsheriff.com What makes you the best candidate for this seat?

I have over 22 years with the Adams County Sheriff’s Office, working from a volunteer up to Division Chief during my career. While working in almost every division I have utilized and displayed my leadership, administrative and management abilities to make organizational change, reduce liability and develop relationships that support our communities and other law enforcement agencies. I bring leadership and experience to build a sheriff’s office based on trust, respect and equality while reducing skepticism, racism and unethical behavior to provide an office that is proactive, engaged with our communities and focused on their needs.

The number of crimes reported in Adams County has increased steadily and is projected to be 43% higher this year than in 2019, according to the Adams County budget.

What can the sheriff do to reduce crime?

Start being proactive and stop being reactive. Work and communicate with communities, community leaders and

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Incumbent Democrat Emma Pinter is unopposed for a second term in her District 3 County Commissioner seat.

Across the aisle, Sean Forest is unopposed on the Republican ballot to face Pinter in November.

Incumbent County Commission District 4’s Steve O’Dorisio is unopposed on the Democrat ballot, as are incumbent Clerk and Recorder Josh Zygielbaum, Assessor Ken Musso and Coroner Monica Bronucia-Jordan.

They should face Republican challengers Joseph Domenico, for the County Commission seat, Clerk and Recorder challenger Karen Hoopes, Assessor

businesses to identify, problem solve and respond to their needs. Develop community-based policing that focuses on the successful and positive working relationship between law enforcement Claps and our communities.

Recruit, train and mentor officers and staff to develop a workforce that is committed to the county and the communities we serve while focusing on professionalism, diversity, inclusion and non-bias policing to reduce staffing shortages and to keep manpower on the streets where they are needed.

Could Crisis Response teams, sending nonPolice to certain emergency calls, work in Adams County and why or why not?

Yes, I have been talking about starting a co-responder program for 911 and some emergency calls for the last 16 months of my campaign. I have also talked to the Denver Police Department about its STAR program and how successful it has been. Some calls have a very negative impact and outcome when law enforcement responds to them. This would free up the uniformed officers, allowing them to respond to other calls for service and reducing response times, creating a win/win scenario for public service and policing needs.

As sheriff, you have to work with other agencies. Do you think Adams County has established good working relationships with other departments and agencies or is there room for improvement?

I believe from the conversations I have had with other departments, agencies and officers, that the sheriff’s office has strained its relationships during this last administration. The sheriff’s office needs to be seen as the leader in establishing these relationships.

Providing resources, collaboration, training and bed space in the jail while assisting other agencies, who in turn, provide a service to their own communities. These relationships start with leadership and experience, to see the big picture and have an understanding of the entire county and the effects it may have.

What can the sheriff do to help with the SEE CLAP, P9

challenger Hieu Truong Nguyen and Coroner challenger Zach Archer.

In the race to be the next County Treasurer, Democrats can vote for Alex Villagran and Republic for Stan Martin. The winner of those two seats will face each other in November.

The races surrounding the next state legislature are just approaching the starting lines in Adams County, as well.

Former Northglenn City Council colleagues Sam Nizam and Jenny Wilford are facing each other to be the Democratic nominees for State Representative District 34 seat. The winner should face Republican Kevin Allen – the sole candidate for that seat.

Elsewhere on the Democrat’s primary ballot, Kyle Mullica is seeking a return to the State Senate for District

Democratic Primary Election 2022 Name Rick Reigenborn (D) Profession Sheriff City of residence Brighton About me I have lived in Adams County since I was four months old, my friends and family live in Adams County. I have dedicated my adult life to law-enforcement and protecting the community. I strive for a safe environment where we can raise our children and grandchildren without fear.

Campaign website Rick4AdamsSheriff.com What makes you the best candidate for this seat?

I have been Sheriff for the last three years, we have been engaged with the community and making great strides to reduce crime in Adams County.

It is important to continue to reduce response times when citizens call. We have made significant reductions in our response times and need to work on further reductions.

I was able to work with the County Commissioners to receive funding to complete a regional DNA lab for all agencies within Adams County to access.

Our leadership team has continued to make advancements in the agency and our staff works diligently to have open communications.

The number of crimes reported in Adams County has increased steadily and is projected to be 43% higher this year than in 2019, according to the Adams County budget. What can the sheriff do to reduce crime?

We have increased staffing this year by 33 employees, 17 of those were dedicated to the patrol division. We have started stratified policing. We pull crime information every 12 hours to target areas that are experiencing increases 24 and Faith Winter for District 25.

Lindsey Daugherty is seeking the State Representative seat for District 24, Shannon Bird for District 29, Said Sharbini for District 31, Dafna Michelson Jent for District 32, William Lindselt for District 33, Adrienne Benavidez for District 35, Mike Wiesman for District 36, Spring Erickson for District 48 and Kathleen Conway for District 56.

On the Republican ballot, Courtney Potter is seeking the District 24 State Senate nomination and Melody Peotter is seeking the District 25 nomination.

Lining up for their parties nomination for State Representative seats are Bill Patterson for District 24, Vanessa DeMott for District 29, Heidi Pitchforth for District 31, Justin Brown for District 32, Stacie Dougherty for District

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in crime, we then add additional patrols and target extra patrol routes. We are doing community meetings to talk with the citizens and ask for their input for reducing crime, see something, say some-

Could Crisis Response teams, sending non-Police to certain emergency calls, work in Adams County, and why or why not?

We have started a co-responder program where those crisis calls are handled by trained medical staff when a person in crisis needs medical/mental health intervention and not law enforcement assistance.

It has been effective for mental health and homelessness issues and we hope to see our program expand.

As sheriff, you have to work with other agencies. Do you think Adams County has established good working relationships with other departments and agencies or is there room for improvement?

I think there is always room for improvement, I currently meet with the Chiefs of all the agencies in Adams County monthly to discuss current issues we each are facing.

We have seen great success with these meetings, partnerships that have grown and there is sharing of resources.

Last year all the agencies pooled resources to address the street racing issues we all battled independently, working united has worked well for each agency.

What can the sheriff do to help with the opioid crisis?

We need to provide resource information to those who are struggling with opioid addiction. If the person enters the jail, we can get them started in the Medication Assisted Treatment program so when they leave jail they can re-enter society with a plan towards rehabilitation.

If the person is in society, our coresponder program can help them find the resources needed to help with their addiction, getting them SEE REIGENBORN, P9

33, Kevin Allen for District 34, Craig Jones for District 35, William Waters for District 36. Gabe Evans and Terry Lee Robert Degroot are facing off to win the Republican nomination for the District 48 State Representative seat.

State races In major state races, three Republicans are running for the chance to replace incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Jena Griswold. The candidates are Tina Peters, Mike O’Donnell and Pam Anderson.

Looking to unseat incumbent Gov. Jared Polis, the Republican ticket has the options of Greg Lopez and Heidi Ganahl.

With ballots already hitting mailboxes, election officials say residents have until June 28 at 7 p.m. to vote.

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Where the four Republicans running to represent the 8th Congressional District stand on the big issues

penalty. “We believe this is a murdering of a human being,” she said, according to a 2019 Colorado Sun article.

BY SHANNON NAJMABADI THE COLORADO SUN

Four candidates are running in the June 28 Republican primary in Colorado’s new 8th Congressional District for the chance to face Democratic state Rep. Yadira Caraveo in November.

The 8th District is the most diverse U.S. House district in Colorado and it’s expected to be one of the most competitive in the nation this year as Republicans fight to take back control of Washington, D.C. More than 40% of active registered voters in the ndistrict are unaffiliated, and the rest .are about evenly split between the Democratic and Republican parties.

The Colorado Sun asked the four Republican candidates in the 8th District, which covers parts of Adams, Larimer and Weld counties, their positions on what are expected to be the top issues in the race.

Who are the candidates Tyler Allcorn, a former U.S. Army Green Beret. He is a political newhcomer who lives in western Arvada, which isn’t in the 8th District. He plans to move into the district if voters elect him to represent them.

• Barbara Kirkmeyer, a state senator from Brighton. She is a former Weld

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into treatment.

-Adams County operates its own academy, Flatrock Regional Training Center.

What is the most important thing to teach new police cadets?

It is important to teach new recruits the importance of the new laws that mandate reporting of crimes, some of which is, if they see improper actions by their co-workers, they must report the action.

We also need to ensure that the State required training hours met

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opioid crisis?

The sheriff has a key role in education, enforcement and reduction to affect the opioid crisis. In 2017-2018, I identified the issues concerning opioid use and the recidivism in our jail and with several other stakeholders started the first Vivitrol Program in Adams County focused on inmates that were being released with an opioid addiction. Inmates who volunteered for the program received medication before leaving the facility and had appointments for follow-up physical and mental health care to ensure their success.

The sheriff is obligated to reduce recidivism and help by providing education to assist in reducing opioid use.

Republican candidates in the 8th Congressional District clockwise from top left: Tyler COLORADO SUN FILE PHOTOS Allcorn, Barbara Kirkmeyer, Jan Kulmann and Lori Saine.

County Commissioner and dairy farmer.

• Jan Kulmann, the mayor of Thornton and an oil and gas engineer.

• Lori Saine, a Weld County Commissioner. The conservative firebrand, from Firestone, served eight years in the state House.

When should abortions be allowed and under what circumstances?

All four candidates identify as being anti-abortion.

Kulmann and Allcorn don’t support

abortions except in cases of rape and incest or if the life of the mother is at risk. Kirkmeyer thinks abortions should be allowed only in cases where a mother’s life is endangered by pregnancy.

As a state lawmaker, Saine sponsored legislation that would have made all abortions illegal, including in cases of rape and incest, and would have made doctors who perform abortions subject to criminal penalties, including life in prison or the death

for the mandatory training as well, for all employees.

We have bi-weekly meetings to discuss hiring strategies and retention ideas. Our citizens advisory board has been extremely helpful in this area with innovative ideas.

What is the biggest issue facing the sheriff’s department?

Staffing as population continues to grow in Adams County, it affects our patrol and jail staff. We need to increase our civilian staff as well as the amount of deputies.

How would you deal with that issue?

We are strengthening our hiring recruitment and our retention efforts.

It is difficult as other agencies are doing large sign-on bonuses and paying a considerable amount more we need to be more creative to draw that talent to the Sheriffs Office.

Adams County operates its own academy, Flatrock Regional Training Center. What is the most important thing to teach new police cadets?

In law enforcement and policing, constitutional and civil rights are the most important topic of concern. Agencies and cadets can then serve in their communities with a better understanding of how to work and interact with their community members while repairing the mistrust of law enforcement. However, running your own training facility requires leadership, command staff and instructors who lead by example and who hold the highest qualities in morals, ethics and education to instruct and provide the most accurate, analyzed and resourced information for their learning experience and success.

What is the biggest issue facing the sheriff’s department?

What is another issue that you would make a priority if elected?

We need to take a serious look and updating our jail or building a new one closer to the courthouse. As our current jail is dated and in need of costly repairs, we must take a close look at the financial cost of repairing or replacing it.

We also need to look at expanding the Flatrock training center as the additional training requirements are changing through legislation, we need to ensure we are prepared Administration and Administrative review, morale, transparency, community trust and engagement How would you deal with that issue?

I would complete a 360 review of all sheriff’s office functions and Divisions, re-establish policy and procedures, review hiring practices, disciplinary practices, review retention performance, budget review and recruit past and new employees who qualify and who have left during the last four years to help with staffing needs.

What is another issue that you would make a priority if elected?

Communicate and reach out to communities and community groups to repair our relationships and identify their policing needs. Communicate and reach out to other stakeholders,

Here are more details on where the candidates stand on abortion: ALLCORN: “I’m pro-life and believe in exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother,” Allcorn said in a written statement. His campaign website says he believes in the “sanctity of life and the unborn” and that “taxpayer money should never be used to subsidize abortions.”

KIRKMEYER: “I am pro-life but accept an exception for when the life of the mother is in imminent danger.”

KULMANN: “I’m pro-life, and don’t support abortion except in the case of rape, incest and the life of the mother.

If Roe vs. Wade is overturned, it will be up to the states. Colorado voters have spoken on this issue several times, and the Supreme Court decision won’t change much here. I do support federal legislation that would limit late-term abortion, except in cases when a mother’s life is at risk, and I strongly support the Hyde Amendment — taxpayers shouldn’t pay for abortion.”

SAINE: “I am pro-life and my record speaks for itself,” Saine said in SEE ISSUES, P11

to meet the requirements and needs of our staff and community.

What should the sheriff do regarding homeless and encampments reported in Adams County?

The Sheriffs Office is assisting the Adams County Park Rangers in finding resources for those experiencing homelessness, finding them safe environments to live and not cause stresses upon the community in which they are currently encamping.

It is our hope that our co-responder program will integrate with the homeless community as well, so they can receive the mental health/ addiction treatment they could potentially need. mental health care professionals and agencies in Adams County to build a proactive, collaborative group of professionals to work collectively in providing services in Adams County and the sheriff’s office.

What should the sheriff do regarding homeless and encampments reported in Adams County?

The sheriff should work collaboratively with other elected officials, cities and forms of government to establish resources to provide mental health services, education, training, employment and housing resources to help reduce homelessness and enable the homeless an opportunity to provide for themselves and their families. To help reduce economic, environmental and safety concerns to both the homeless and community members.

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Democrats fund ads boosting controversial GOP candidates in critical Colorado primaries Effort seems aimed at giving Democrats a leg up in general election

BY SANDRA FISH AND JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Groups linked to Democrats appear to be trying to use pricey television ads and mailers to boost the profiles of three conservative — and controversial — candidates in Colorado running in important Republican primaries this year.

The effort seems to be aimed at giving Democrats a leg up in the general election. It’s not the first time Democrats have deployed such tactics in Colorado, and in the past they’ve been successful.

The ad spending in the gubernatorial and U.S. Senate contests alone is at least $1.5 million, according to contracts filed with the Federal Communications Commission through Tuesday that were analyzed by The Colorado Sun. The ads, which are running statewide, began airing Tuesday and some are scheduled to last through June 28, Election Day. It’s likely the spending is even higher, as many TV stations don’t file contracts immediately.

The ads are positioned to support Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Lopez, a former mayor of Parker. Hehas made controversial statements on the campaign trail and in 2020 settled a lawsuit filed by federal prosecutors alleging that after he left the Small Business Administration, where he was the Colorado district director from 2008 to 2014, he violated federal law by attempting to improperly influence the agency.

They also seem geared toward supporting state Rep. Ron Hanks, a Fremont County Republican running for U.S. Senate who attended the rally preceding the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol and baselessly asserts the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump. Hanks says Republicans should be unapologetically conservative in order to beat incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet in November.

Meanwhile, mailers sent to voters in Colorado’s new highly, competitive 8th Congressional District appear to support Weld County Commissioner Lori Saine, one of four GOP primary candidates. Saine has called herself the most “far-right/conservative/ America First” Republican candidate running in the race and has advocated for the impeachment of President Joe Biden.

While it isn’t clear who sent the mailers — they didn’t include a disclosure, possibly in violation of federal election law — the postal permit used on them has been used in the past by the firm Plumb Marketing to distribute mailings by Democratic interests.

The ads arrive during an election cycle that has seen relatively little TV advertising compared with past years. That’s in part because Republican candidates in competi-

Republican gubernatorial candidates Heidi Ganahl, left, and Greg Lopez.

tive primaries are raising so little money, and Democratic incumbents are saving their cash for the general election.

Big spending in Colorado Senate, governors primaries Democratic Colorado, a recently formed federal super PAC, is airing at least $780,000 worth of TV ads statewide in the next week that purport tooppose Hanksin the U.S. Senate contest. But they also highlight his conservative positions on issues including abortion and the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.

Hanks faces construction company owner Joe O’Dea in the June 28 GOP primary. O’Dea, a wealthy self-funding candidate, has more moderate views on issues including abortion, and he also has far more money to spend than Hanks, who has yet to air TV or radio ads.

O’Dea plans to spend more than $300,000 in the coming weeks on TV ads in a race where polling shows voters don’t really know either candidate. Additionally, American Policy Fund, a super PAC funded in part by contractors with ties to O’Dea, has reported spending $600,000 on digital, radio and TV ads supporting O’Dea. Hanks praised the publicity about his conservative views.

“Unaffiliated voters and Democrats fully recognize this economy is in shambles, and (President) Joe Biden caused it,” Hanks told The Sun. “I welcome their support, and I am pleased they recognize my straightforward policies and professional experience make me the only choice on the Republican side.”

O’Dea’s campaign slammed the attempt to “hijack the Republican primary.”

And the NRSC, which supports GOP Senate candidates, issued a news release calling the ads a sign of Democratic “panic.”

“In supposedly ‘blue’ Colorado, Democrats are reportedly dumping 7-figures into the REPUBLICAN Senate primary to try and stir up drama,” the release said. “Just goes to show you how vulnerable Michael Bennet is in a state that Joe Biden won by more than 13 points.”

Democrats have been signaling for months that they would prefer Bennet face Hanks than O’Dea, including by calling Hanks the GOP primary

frontrunner despite there has been very little public polling in the race.

Nevertheless, a spokeswoman for Democratic Colorado maintained that the ads are aimed at opposing Hanks, even though it’s not clear he will win the primary.

“We are an organization committed to ensuring that Colorado does not elect a Republican to the U.S. Senate and giving voters the facts about who’s running to represent them,” the spokeswoman, Democratic operative Alvina Vasquez, wrote in an email. “Ron Hanks is simply too conservative for Colorado and voters deserve to know the truth about him: At every opportunity, Hanks has consistently put conservative values ahead of our interests — from denying the results of the 2020 election to fighting to ban all abortions and increase access to guns.”

In the governor’s race, the Colorado Information Network, a statelevel super PAC, is spending at least $688,000 on TV ads about Lopez that similarly highlight his conservative bona fides on abortion, gay marriage and former President Donald Trump though they end by criticizing the candidate for being too far right.

Those ads are scheduled through the end of the month.

Colorado Information Network spent more than $300,000 supporting Democratic candidates in the 2018 general election.

Lopez faces University of Colorado Regent Heidi Ganahl in the GOP primary. Ganahl is far and away the fundraising leader in the race, which will decide who faces Democratic Gov. Jared Polis in November.

Ganahl spokeswoman Lexi Swearingen criticized the ads.

“Democrats outside Colorado are dumping millions of dollars into this race in an attempt to pick the candidate, a former Democrat himself, that they feel they can easily beat in November,” Swearingen said in a statement to The Sun. “Democrats know that Heidi Ganahl is a formidable opponent with a message that resonates with not only Republicans but also the 45% of unaffiliated voters in our state.”

But Lopez sees the ad differently.

He denied that the ad is meant to boost his campaign calling it an attack that’s proof he’s a “real threat to Polis.”

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Ganahl’s campaign booked about $32,000 in cable TV ads in recent days, based on contracts filed with the FCC. But Lopez has yet to go on the air and had only about $17,000 in his campaign bank account as of May 25.

Mystery mailers in 8th Congressional District In the 8th Congressional District, an unidentified group sent three mailers contrasting the views of Saine with those of state Rep. Yadira Caraveo, the Democratic nominee in the district.

The mailers don’t suggest people should vote for or against either candidate — and they don’t include a disclosure of who sent them. FEC rules require reporting of electioneering spending within 30 days of a primary election, and two of the mailers fall within that window.

“The question Republican voters need to ask themselves before they vote is why is there a secret Democratic group sending out illegal mailers to try and help Lori Saine win the nomination,” said Alan Philp, a spokesman for state Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer, one of the other 8th District Republican candidates.

Saine argued that the mailers actually support Caraveo.

“By not listing Yadira Caraveo’s support for abortion up to the day (of) birth, that she opposes voter photo ID and wants to take away ALL your guns, these ads are boosting Caraveo, covering up her outrageous extremism and support for the failed Biden agenda,” Saine told The Sun. The Sun asked Plumb Marketing about who is responsible for the mailers, but didn’t hear back.

Kelly Maher, a Republican political consultant and 8th District resident, said she may file a complaint with the FEC about the mailers.

“You don’t know where the source of this information is coming from,” she said. “The question is whether the average Republican primary voter will be able to discern that.”

Three of the four candidates in the 8th District GOP primary are spending on TV ads, but none have booked more than $100,000.

The big spending will come in the fall, when Democratic and RepubliSEE GOP, P11

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can groups are poised to spend big trying to win the toss-up seat that may determine which party controls Congress.

The House Majority PAC, which supports Democrats, has booked more than $4.4 million in fall ads focused at least in part on the 8th District, while the Congressional Leadership Fund, which supports Republicans, has booked $4.1 million

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a written response to The Sun. She described the recently passed House Bill 1279, which affirms abortion access in Colorado, as allowing for “the butchering of children up until the day of birth.” Saine has also tried to make Weld County a “pro-life sanctuary” as a symbolic stance against abortion.

If elected to Congress, she has said she will sponsor legislation — already introduced by Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and West Virginia U.S. Rep. Alex Mooney, both Republicans — to ban abortions starting at conception, essentially extending personhood to fertilized eggs.

Would you support any additional federal restrictions on guns, including expanding background checks or enacting safe-storage requirements?

ALLCORN: “We don’t need more laws on the books, and I will stand against any efforts to disarm lawabiding Americans,” Allcorn said in a statement.

“Passing laws that restrict firearm usage will only affect law-abiding citizens,” Allcorn’s campaign website says. “Criminals will ignore these laws, and good people will suffer.”

KIRKMEYER: “Our goal must be to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. That starts with better enforcement of laws and ending the revolving door that allows bad guys back onto the streets to create more crime,” she said in a written response. “I have yet to see a proposal regarding gun laws that would prevent crimes and shootings. If someone is willing to commit murder, he or she is not going to be dissuaded by a new gun law.” Asked in an interview whether she supports requiring universal background checks, she asked what purpose they would serve at the federal level “if they are being handled” by states.

KULMANN: Kulmann has not directly answered this question, emphasizing in written responses the need to comprehensively address a national “mental health crisis” and expand the number of police in communities and schools. “Groups as diverse as Children’s Hospital, the American Medical Association, and the American Psychological Association have all pointed to this crisis in our kids,” Kulmann said in a written answer. She added: “Those who say we don’t need more law enforcement in our communities and in our schools are reckless and wrong.”

SAINE: “Would-be mass murderers want easy targets and will find a way to get weapons regardless of the

worth of TV time aimed at least in part at winning the same district.

Democratic involvement in GOP primary is not unusual Democratic involvement in Republican primaries in Colorado isn’t new.

In 2010, for instance, a group called Colorado Freedom Fund spent more than $500,000 airing ads attacking former U.S. Rep. Scott McInnis in his GOP gubernatorial primary contest against political newcomer Dan Maes. The ads aired in the days before the primary, after the last laws that they ignore. Folks should investigate for themselves why… mass shootings haven’t happened at thousands of schools with armed teachers. I see that many of those same schools’ post signs warning that staff is armed and trained,” Saine said in written responses. “I was once approached by a superintendent in my district who asked me a question: ‘The sheriff is over 30 minutes away, Rep. Saine — am I supposed to hide with the kids in a dark corner and hope the shooter doesn’t find us?’

Shortly thereafter, that same school board chose to arm certain teachers and staff.”

Saine sued — so far unsuccessfully — to overturn a Colorado law that allows judges to temporarily order the confiscation of guns from those deemed at risk to themselves or others. She voted no on a 2013 bill requiring background checks for all gun sales, as did every other Republican in the state General Assembly. She also led the charge to repeal a Colorado ban on high-capacity magazines, and recently advocated on Twitter — after a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas — to “let teachers carry.”

Do you support a path to legal citizenship for immigrants living in the U.S. illegally?

Kirkmeyer, Kulmann and Saine expressed some openness to offering a path to citizenship for people living in the U.S. illegally who were brought to America as children. Many of those immigrants currently have deportation protections and work authorization under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA. Allcorn does not support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants already in the country.

All four candidates also called for tighter border security and other immigration system reforms.

Here’s where they stand: ALLCORN: “No.” KIRKMEYER: “If they’re already in the country, I think there’s a lot of discussion that needs to occur there,” Kirkmeyer said in an interview with The Sun. “My kids went to school in Fort Lupton and they had friends whose parents brought them here when they were 2 months old, and they didn’t know it. They didn’t know that they weren’t American citizens.

They always thought they were until they turned 18. I think in those cases, we need to have compassion and we need to work with them to find a path (to citizenship). Is it just an automatic, you’re done? No.” KULMANN: Kulmann said “a humane and sensible immigration policy means stopping the flow of illegal immigration and finding a

campaign finance filing deadline for outside spenders, so it wasn’t until after the contest, which Maes won by 5,150 votes, that Coloradans learned the Democratic Governors Association and unions were behind the Colorado Freedom Fund.

In 2014, Protect Colorado Values aired ads attacking former U.S. Rep. Bob Beauprez and praising former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo in the Republican gubernatorial primary.

That group spent $567,000 on TV, radio and digital ads, but Beauprez still won the nomination.

Protect Colorado Values’ money

also came from the Democratic Governors Association and other groups traditionally aligned with Democrats.

Both Beauprez and Maes went on to lose to former Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat.

commonsense solution for those who are here, especially children.” Securing the border “with a massive commitment of resources, including a wall” should come first, she said. But children who came to the U.S. through no choice of their own deserve legal status, she said. And there should be a process for working unauthorized immigrants who haven’t broken the law to seek legal citizenship.

“Those who have followed the rules should be at the front of the line.

Those who came here illegally should be at the back of the line,” she said in a written response.

SAINE: “Children brought across the border should be offered an opportunity to become a citizen like all other immigrants in a naturalization process that is fair, understandable and that works,” Saine said in a written response. She also said that the immigration system is bureaucratic and encourages malfeasance.

“I have worked personally with a business owner who was struggling with our citizenship process. … He was asked to provide monetary compensation by an outside agent to move things along when his paperwork got stuck. That is unacceptable and, as your congresswoman, I will work to fix this so we have a legal immigration system that works for those who want to become Americans,” Saine said in a written response.

ing of the issues, but it has allowed me to develop strong relationships with the community.”

SAINE: “I approach every voter the same when I talk to them about freedom because they all have the same concerns about the loss of freedom in our country and the loss of opportunity for their children. And I am finding all mothers are concerned about the rising cost of gas, food, and rising crime plaguing their neighborhoods, all exacerbated by Joe Biden’s failed extreme economic agenda.”

How would you represent a district as diverse — economically, demographically, etc — as the 8th District?

The 8th District has the largest percentage of Hispanic people of any of Colorado’s U.S. House districts at 39%. And it stretches from north Denver to the conservative stronghold of Weld County, which has notable agriculture and oil and gas industries.

ALLCORN: “I’m an immigrant to this country. I came here in 1993. I understand what it is to come to a new place somewhere that’s very different from where you were growing up and where you’re from. I understand what the challenges are,” Allcorn said at a May event hosted by the Republican Women of Weld.

KIRKMEYER: “Voters across the district, no matter their economic or demographic status, face the same challenges and concerns: rising crime and lawlessness, inflation, illegal immigration, and attacks on energy and agriculture jobs. I will appeal to our diverse district by attacking those challenges, head on.”

KULMANN: “By doing what I’ve always done, listening to the people and following through on what I say I’m going to do. My experiences as an oil and gas engineer in the fields up in Weld County and as the mayor for the City of Thornton have allowed me to not only develop a strong understand-

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Who won the 2020 election?

Three of the four candidates say Joe Biden won the election. Saine has not clearly answered the question.

ALLCORN: “Whether you like it or not, Joe Biden is currently sitting in the Oval Office. And he shouldn’t be, but he is because he was elected,” Allcorn said at the Republican Women of Weld forum. He added, “that doesn’t mean that there isn’t voter fraud that needs to be addressed in our country, and that we need to look for policies to prevent that from happening again.” He supports a requirement that voters show photo identification to cast a ballot, which Colorado does not require.

KIRKMEYER: “Joe Biden won the election,” Kirkmeyer said at the Republican Women of Weld forum. She added it “doesn’t mean that we don’t need to go back and look at what’s going on within election law.”

KULMANN: “Joe Biden won the election and he’s a lousy president. I am running to take back the House and put a stop on his radical agenda that continues to hurt working families across the country.”

SAINE: Saine has not directly answered the question. “A lot of voters in this district have reached out to me about election questions and concerns about election integrity,” she told The Sun. “I think both parties could meet these concerns head on by passing a photo voter ID law. It makes sense to folks that you would need some kind of photo ID to vote and this would allay many concerns for our constituents now and in the future,“ she added in a written response.

As a state lawmaker, Saine initiated a late 2020 hearing over election security issues that turned up no evidence of widespread voter fraud.

What will be your top priority as a member of Congress?

ALLCORN: Allcorn’s campaign did not respond to this question from The Sun. KIRKMEYER: She said her “most immediate priority” is to secure the Southern border. “This is something a new, Republican Congress can do SEE ISSUES, P16

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A look at GOP secretary of state hopefuls Anderson, O’Donnell, Peters have dramatically different positions BYSANDRAFISH THECOLORADOSUN

Three Republicans are running this year to be Colorado’s next secretary of state, a position in which they would oversee the administration of elections and handle business registration.

It’s a job that’s become highly politicized since the 2020 presidential election, which former Republican President Donald Trump and his supporters baselessly claim was stolen from him through fraud and malfeasance. Two of the three GOP candidates embrace those claims.

The Republican candidate who wins the June 28 primary will go on in November to face Democratic Secretary of State Jena Griswold, who has risen to national prominence defending election systems in Colorado and elsewhere.

The Colorado Sun asked the three GOP candidates about some of the major issues in the contest.

Who are the candidates?

• Pam Anderson, a former Jefferson County clerk and recorder and the former executive director of the Colorado County Clerks Association • Mike O’Donnell, an Australian immigrant and Yuma County resident who has worked at nonprofits that make loans to small businesses. He does not have experience in election administration.

• Tina Peters, the Mesa County clerk who was indicted earlier this year in a security breach of her county’s election system. She has also been barred by a judge from overseeing the 2022 elections in Mesa County partly because of the breach, which stemmed from her belief that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.

Yes or no: Was the 2020 presidential election stolen?

ANDERSON: “No. Here in Colorado we have independent, verifiable paper ballots audits that have found no evidence that the outcome was incorrect.”

O’DONNELL: “Well, I can’t say yes or no to that. We have a president (Joe Biden) who’s in power today. So whether or not it was stolen, we probably won’t know for quite a while, but (Biden) is the elected president.”

PETERS: Yes. “This is a personal opinion based on the evidence that I have seen and gone through and based

on what I know from our reports. I do believe there may have been enough fraud that it turned the election.”

Top priorities for the candidates ANDERSON: She said she wants to restore “trusted professionalism” to the Secretary of State’s Office and to county clerk and recorder offices across Colorado. “We have had a long tradition of nonpartisan administration in these offices that sort of remain above that partisan fray,” she said. “That’s been my record, as both a municipal and county clerk both from the management side as well as the elections administration side.”

O’DONNELL: He said he wants to work with the legislature and members of his executive team at the Secretary of State’s Office to craft bills, including a measure that would “wind back” automatic voter registration, the process in which people are registered to vote when they get their driver’s license.

O’Donnell said he also wants to “look at what we can do to not decimate the small business sector the same way we did during COVID.” PETERS: “For sure it would be election security. If someone is voting who shouldn’t be voting, that’s diluting your vote.”

On changing or eliminating election rules The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office enacts election rules that county clerks have to abide by. We asked the three GOP candidates how they would approach the rulemaking process.

ANDERSON: She said she would like to examine rules on candidate and petition signature collection, as well as rules ballot signature verification. And she wants to return “to being inclusive with the local election officials and how these rules impact voters on the ground.”

O’DONNELL: He said he’s concerned that current rules allow potential noncitizens to register to vote, in turn inflating voter rolls. He said he’d want to change such rules.

PETERS: She said she’d eliminate a 2021 rule prohibiting third-party audits of election equipment, which was aimed at addressing calls from her and her followersothers for an Arizona-style audit of the 2020 presidential election results in Colorado. She said she might also get rid of other rules. “This secretary of state — and I’ve talked to other clerks who have been around for 20 years — has passed more legislation, has rolled out more rules than any one secretary of state in the last 20 years.”

Mail-in ballots and early voting We asked the three candidates if they’d support ending Colorado’s allmail-ballot elections, which became statewide in 2013, and if they’d limit or end early in-person voting.

ANDERSON: She’d keep the current system. “For access to our constitutional rights here in Colorado, our model provides freedom of choice to the voter.

While we proactively mail a ballot to every active eligible voter, the choice still remains for the voter if they wish to utilize that mail ballot or to go to a vote center anywhere in their county. I think that choice remaining with the voter is important.”

O’DONNELL: He didn’t directly answer the mail-ballots question. “There are people who pretend to be residents here who get their ballots sent out of state and are voting from out of state.”

On early voting: “I’m not sure that I have a strong opinion about that. I think we start voting very, very early here.”

PETERS: She said use of mail-in ballots should be limited to people who can’t vote in person because of physical disabilities or overseas voters, though she added “if we can eliminate the fraud any other way, I’m all for solutions. … I think that some of these, what they call conveniences, have gotten to the point where they’re being abused.” She said, however, that early voting is fine.

Relationship with county clerks and their association Elections are managed at the local level by county clerks, who oversee ballot printing and counting and audits of results. The secretary of state works closely with those clerks and the Colorado County Clerks Association, so The Sun asked the three candidates about how they would work with both.

ANDERSON: She said that all elections are local and thus maintaining good relationships with county clerks and recorders is paramount. “There is a regulatory role that’s appropriate as well, but making sure that we’re collaborating on resources, training, education and security (is critical),” Anderson said.

O’DONNELL: He said he’s been meeting with county clerks and believes the state is creating too much work for them in some areas, such as when it comes to motor vehicles and a new requirement from the legislature to sell park passes with vehicle registrations.

He said he isn’t “connected with the County Clerk’s Association.”

PETERS: She said she disagrees with how the clerks association has handled the Mesa County controversy that ensued after she allegedly allowed an unauthorized person access to voting equipment and a sensitive election system software update. She implied that other clerks don’t understand the

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Individual questions for each candidate The Sun asked Anderson about her role as a director of the Center for Technology and Civic Life, which distributed grants from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s foundation to local election offices around the country in 2020 to help defray costs brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. (She’s on leave from the organization while running for office.)

ANDERSON: She said she served with the center as a volunteer director, one of many volunteer roles she’s played “because of my expertise as a local election official.” ”I don’t know Mark Zuckerberg. Never met him. I’ve never been paid in these capacities,” she said.

O’Donnell is a political novice and the only Republican candidate for secretary of state without experience administering elections. We asked him how he’d handle being the state’s top election official.

O’DONNELL: He said he would join a national association for election officials and take online classes in election administration if he wins the primary.

“A lot of the elections are handled by the county clerks and the system is well in place. There are a lot of rules that don’t make sense to me, there are a lot of things that just inflate the voter rolls and little issues we have with not removing people from the voter rolls.”

The Sun asked Peters how she could serve as secretary of state if she ends up being convicted of the charges against her, which could result in a prison sentence.

PETERS: “I will never plead guilty because I’ve committed no crime …

This is a political maneuver to color the minds of the voters to keep me out of the Secretary of State’s Office,” she said. She said that if she were convicted and sentenced to prison she “will have in place in the Secretary of State’s Office … people that are trustworthy, that are honest, that are strong, that are capable — that can run that office.”

Colorado Sun staff writer Jesse Paul contributed to this report.

This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

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PVHS’ Padilla picks community college ThunderHawks quarterback picks California school

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It was a fairly simple choice of colleges for Prairie View High School graduate and football player Eliah Padilla.

“I chose Feather River (Community College in Quincy, California, about 80 miles northwest of Reno, Nevada) over other schools because it felt like my home away from home,” he said.

Padilla didn’t get an on-site visit to the campus. But head football coach Nick Goulet “made sure to give me multiple virtual tours.”

“But it didn’t play too much of a factor because it is still in California,” Padilla said.

Padilla played quarterback in seven of the ThunderHawks’ games last season. He completed 13 of 23 passes for 280 yards and five touchdowns. He ran the ball 22 times for 149 yards and scored two touchdowns, and Padilla caught 10 passes for 173 yards and scored a TD. “I had multiple other schools interested in me,” Padilla said. “But,

like I said, coach Goulet wanted me to be an Eagle and never gave up on getting me to be one. So, that’s what got me.”

Distance from home was a small factor.

“Distance always plays a huge part no matter what you’re doing or going,” Padilla said. “But yes, it plays a big part. It definitely made the choice hard, although I still get to do what I love in a beautiful state.”

Padilla wants to major in business. His goal is to get a journeyman’s license and open up an electrical company.

“The pandemic impacted a lot of things,” he said. “I lost a year of eligibility my junior year after coming off and hot sophomore year. I couldn’t play a down of varsity junior year. The recruiting process was impacted because the coaches couldn’t recruit the way they would’ve liked to recruit, like camps, home visits, school visits, etc.”

Come what may, Padilla is anxious to move on.

“I’m ready to get this show on the road and start this football season,” Padilla said. “Definitely has been a crazy journey. I just want to thank everyone who has pushed me through it all.”

Prairie View High School graduate Eliah Padilla is heading for northern California to FILE PHOTO continue playing football.

Local athletes adjust to the balance of school, athletics

BY BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUITYNEWSPAPERS.COM

This is part three, the final part of a three-story series. The first part introduced the athletes and the second discussed academic support at their chosen schools.

We’ve spent the last couple of weeks with former high-school athletes as they talk about their adjustments to college athletics - everything from more intense practice routines to being responsible for their clean clothes.

To wrap up our series, the newly minted college athletes talk about how to balance their athletic life with their new freedoms and the purpose of going to college in the first place - their education.

Most think they made a good choice.

That delicate balance Vershon Brooks went from Brighton High School to college football at Luther College in Iowa.

“Balancing life with academics and athletics in college was tricky at first,” he said. “You have to look at your schedule and plan ahead of when you’ll get things, like eating, laundry, cleaning and homework, done. You’ll find a routine around your classes and training with the team. It just becomes second nature.”

Former Brighton and Frederick

High School pitcher Chase Prestwich, who’s playing collegiately at Northwestern State University in Louisiana, said a lot of people don’t think about that balance of life, academics and athletics.

“But it’s really hard,” he said. “I have to really plan out my days and just squeeze in time for things like eating, doing laundry, etc. I have to take advantage of every bit of free time I get because I don’t get much.”

In the case of Izayah Elize, former Frederick High School basketball player and now a collegiate player at Eastern Wyoming College in Torrington, Wyoming, it was “hard and scary being by yourself.”

“But once you get in a routine and schedule you realize it’s not that hard,” he said.

His high-school classmate, Ryan Chacon, who is running cross country at Butler Community College in Kansas, agreed.

“Balancing daily chores and things is difficult,” he said. “But if you make a schedule every week and stick to it, you’ll be fine. Either a team study time will be put into play or making a time to do things.”

Emma Kulbida, who attended Stargate School, swam for Legacy High School and is swimming at Carnegie Mellon in Pennsylvania, said balancing her academic, athletic and other needs was difficult.

“Managing the rigorous course loads that CMU has to offer is

extremely challenging by itself and competing at a high athletic level on top of that makes it so much harder,” she said. “However, having set practice times forces you to keep somewhat of a schedule, and being a high-level athlete makes you prioritize sleep and nutrition, which helps with school as well.”

Brighton High School’s Eli Bowman, who played football at the South Dakota School of Mines, said balancing all of necessary things in school was tough - on occasion.

“But it’s something I’ve gotten used to,” he said. “Whether it’s when to do laundry or managing my relationship with my girlfriend, it all took some adjusting and figuring out what works best for me, my schedule and my health. Ultimately, school has to be my No. 1 priority, and I understand that.”

Bowman’s classmate, Jespyn Bishop, who is playing water polo at McKendree University in Lebanon, Illinois, split the difference.

“I wouldn’t say it has been too difficult, but it hasn’t been easy,” he said. “It honestly all depends on the classes you take. My first semester, none of my classes was extremely hard, but I just had a lot of work. So I ended up scheduling my week to where I could get everything done and still be able to go to bed early enough to be able to get up and go to morning practices. I also have a work study on campus at the library,

which I am able to work while being able to do homework. So normally I get a lot of my homework done then.”

Bishop said he tried to plan for other needs a few days ahead of time “which helps me with not having any conflicts.” His second semester was an off-season for water polo.

“I get done with all my classes at 12, and then I have practice TuesdayThursdays from 1-3, then weights from 4-5 Tuesdays and Thursdays,” he said. “After that the rest of the day is mine. I normally try to get all my homework done by 10 and then leave two hours to do whatever I want. I normally leave store runs to the weekends because it’s easier to get everything all at once.”

Adding structure Erica Derby, who took her soccer skills from Stargate School to Northeastern Community College in Nebraska, said it hasn’t been hard to balance her daily tasks.

“Playing soccer adds structure to my day. I have to be at practice and the games. So all my classes and tasks I do revolve around that,” she said. “If my classes conflict with soccer, I either can take it fully online or come up with a solution with my coach.”

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Community engagement in the name of hoops

Brighton police officer Jodie Avery guards Isaiah Garmann, 12, of Brighton, during a 3-on-3 basketball game at Brighton High School June 17. Avery is a school resource ofPHOTOS BY STEFAN BRODSKY ficer at Brighton High.

BY PHOTOS BY STEFAN BRODSKY

Brighton Police threw down the challenge and basketball players responded June 11 at the Brighton Recreation Center.

Kids from across Adams County came to play three-on-three games against Brighton Police Department’s finest. Teams of middle schools played in the morning, high schoolers in the afternoon.

Prairie View school resource officer Justin Stadler of Brighton Police, snares a rebound during a 3-on-3 basketball game with area youth on Friday, June 17 at Brighton High School. This is the second consecutive year that Brighton P.D. has held this event, which attempts to get area kids positively involved with the department.

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When she comes home, she helps with cooking meals and the laundry.

“So coming to college and having to do my own laundry wasn’t a big change,” Derby said. “Our cafeteria is open at certain times, so I make sure I can eat during those times.

I do my laundry on the weekend. I don’t have any classes, and I have extra time.”

Gerardo Caldera, who graduated from Adams City High School and went on to play football at Waldorf University in Iowa, said his ability to balance all things college wasn’t too hard.

“Maybe when I first got here it was a hassle. But once you know the flow of things and you play around with your schedule, you can figure out when to do what at a certain time,” Caldera said. “For example, I may not always get breakfast or lunch at our café. But we have a thing called a `Warrior Crossing.’ It’s like a little store where you can get some quick snacks and some quick sandwiches.

As for laundry you could do it at night while you’re doing assignments and homework, so you can pass time while doing laundry. But right after practices, everyone goes and eats dinner at our cafeteria.”

Riverdale Ridge alum Dakota Pruitt, who played baseball at Otero Junior College in southern Colorado, said it was easy to find that balance.

“You just have to find a routine and understand that you’re completely in control of your actions, so you have to make sure you’re doing everything you can to make you comfortable and successful,” he said.

Stargate School graduate Madison Roecker, who is cheerleading at Nebraska Wesleyan, said her combination of experience in sports, clubs, academics and holding down a job “helped to prepare me to manage my schedule now in college.”

The overall experience Brooks, the Brighton High School grad and Luther College football player, said he found no surprises.

“The experience overall is what I expected, that being time management with school and chores and your responsibilities to the team,” he said. “What I didn’t expect was how much I would miss home and the people that made it home.”

Brooks former Brighton classmate Bowman said his experience at the South Dakota School of Mines wasn’t what he thought it would be.

“I knew sports would be hard, so that wasn’t a huge surprise,” Bowman said. “I underestimated how difficult school would be and how much work is involved. I didn’t think I’d be able to make such good friends as well. We all have to rely on each other to keep going, though, so it brings us all together. I’ve made some really good friends already.”

McKendree University’s water polo player Bishop said he doesn’t regret his decision at all.

“College athletics are definitely a different atmosphere but totally worth it at the end of the day,” he said.

“I didn’t expect it to be this busy,” said Northwestern State University in Louisiana’s Prestwich. “But over-

all, it has been good and much like what I expected. I didn’t really know what to expect about living on my own, but I like being responsible for things myself.”

Frederick alum Elize he knew what he was getting into.

“It’s been a good experience,” he said. “ I have grown as a basketball player overall, and that’s all I can ask for.”

Stargate soccer standout Derby said the experience was what she expected ... and better.

“I have met some amazing friends on the soccer team that I probably wouldn’t have met if I didn’t play,” she said. “I have been able to take classes that are giving me insight to future career options. I work at the basketball games by helping take stats and go to school events that are held to be involved.”

Frederick alum Chacon said the experience at Butler Community College in Kansas was what he was expecting.

“As long as you stick to your goals and be smart with time management you will strive,” he said. Maturing fast is a key to so say `survive’ college. If you take advantage of your resources and be mature about things, the goals you make will be closer than ever before.”

Former Legacy swimmer Kulbida said she knew the experience would be a challenge.

“But it was way more difficult than I expected,” she said. “However, being around peers who have similar drive and determination to succeed has been really helpful. It pushes you to reach a higher level and be the best version of yourself that you can be.”

Riverdale Ridge alum Pruitt said the experience was about what he figured, too.

“I expected to find myself in a position where I have to grind to ensure I get to stay,” he said. “But I wouldn’t change it for the world. I get to play the sport I love most every day.”

Adams City alum Caldera said the experience was what he thought, but more so.

“It has also opened up a lot to be grateful for everything in life as well,” he said. “Sometimes, you have to take it in that you’re a part of that small percentage of student athletes that move on to play at the next level.”

In closing Caldera had one parting piece of advice.

“If you’re going to play a different sport, make sure you’re willing to lose some playing time in some sports. For example, I played baseball in the spring for Waldorf but I am losing spring ball and learning my playbook for football to play another sport,” he said. “Make sure if you’re going to play something else, it’s because you love playing that sport.”

“I am grateful to my high-school coach, Meaghan Walsh, for starting our cheer program and guiding me to get where I am today,” said Stargate School graduate Madison Roecker.“I am enjoying my time here at Nebraska Wesleyan and love our cheer team.”

“Playing football in college is the best decision I could’ve made,” Bowman said. “As much work as it is, college football has already been a blast and has made me a better person.”

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Xcel Energy wants customers to pay for plant shutdowns Public Utilities Commission officials want more study

BY MARK JAFFE SPECIAL TO THE COLORADO SUN

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission on June 10 balked at approving a billion-dollar price tag to shut down Xcel Energy’s five remaining coal-fired generating units — to be paid by customers — and instead is seeking more detailed financial analysis.

The proposed closing costs were part of a settlement agreement between Xcel Energy, the state’s largest electricity provider, and a group of state agencies, local governments and labor and environmental groups.

The commission, however, wanted more scrutiny of the finances. “We’ve expressed concern over understanding these costs,” Commissioner Megan Gilman said. “We owe that to the ratepayers.”

At issue is the financial method Xcel Energy is proposing to recover the closure costs. The commission said it wants Xcel to analyze a range of options, particularly using securitized bonds, which are seen as a potential cheaper financing mechanism.

“It is incumbent upon the company to model securitization and other options,” Commissioner John Gavan said. “We will need to take this off to a separate proceeding.”

As part of its electric resource plan — which forecasts the utility’s electricity demand for the next four years and the generating resources to meet it — and its Clean Energy Plan, aimed at cutting the utility’s greenhouse gas

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something about immediately by using our leverage to force the Biden administration to act,” she said. “After that, my priorities are to rein in inflation, reduce deficit spending and debt, and restore

The Comanche Generating Station in Pueblo on Oct. 21, 2021.

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a guaranteed revenue source from the utility and as a result can be offered lower interest rates, reducing overall costs.

For the three other units, however, Xcel Energy proposed, in the partial settlement of its resource plan submitted to the PUC, using other financing mechanisms, such as accelerated depreciation and a so-called regulatory asset.

A regulatory asset is a financial device in which all the costs associated with closing a coal-fired unit would be gathered in one place and paid off by customers over time — with Xcel Energy also getting an interest payment on the account.

The PUC move may be a concern for the settling parties, said Gwen Farnsworth, a managing senior policy advisor for environmental group Western Resources Advocates, which signed on to the agreement.

One of the goals of the settlement was to close the coal-fired plants as quickly as possible with Pawnee closing its coal-fired unit and switching to natural gas in 2025, followed by the Hayden 2 unit in 2027, and Hayden 1 and Craig closing in 2028.

Breaking the retirement costs off to a separate proceeding could delay the closure process and even lead to knockon-effects in delaying the acquisition on new, clean resources, Farnsworth said.

emissions, Xcel Energy is moving to close all its coal-fired plants.

The plan is to close the utility’s five remaining units — in Craig, Hayden, Fort Morgan and Pueblo — between 2027 and 2031 at a cost of a little more than $1 billion.

The bulk of that figure — $732 million — is for shutting the 750-megawatt Comanche 3 unit, in Pueblo. The $1.3 billion plant only went into operation in 2010 and will be the last to close at the end of 2030.

The plant has been beset with operating, equipment and financial problems, leading to more than 800 days of shutdowns. Initially, Xcel pro-

posed running the plant until 2040 and then under pressure cut the closure date to 2035 and eventually 2031.

The commission also asked for more detailed data on project operation and maintenance costs for Comanche 3, while it is still in use. “We have seen escalating unexpected costs in terms of unit 3 maintenance,” Gavan said.

Xcel Energy is proposing using securitized bonds to finance the Comanche 3 closure which includes $690 million to pay for the unamortized part of the utility’s investment in the unit, $32 million in cleanup costs and $10 million in bond costs.

The securitized bonds are linked to

America’s energy independence.”

KULMANN: “I’m an oil and gas engineer, and the No. 1 thing I hear from voters is just how difficult record-breaking energy costs are making their lives. My top priority in Congress would be to find solutions that unleash American energy dominance.”

SAINE: “My No. 1 priority will be to stop President Biden’s Marxist-

socialist agenda and use the power of the purse to force the executive branch to bring back policies to secure our border, strengthen our military and increase domestic energy production… Biden-era inflation must be halted and reversed before our economy, family budgets and businesses are destroyed.”

caused and, if so, what should be done about it?

None of the candidates clearly answered whether anything should be done to address climate change.

ALLCORN: “We don’t need to destroy our economy or pursue the Green New Deal policies of the radical left to protect our environ-

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Tenant-landlord mediation offered in Adams County STAFF REPORT

An effort between Adams County and a housing non-profit have a created a mediation program to help cut down on forced evictions.

Colorado Housing Connects has operated a helpline to offer stateywide housing information to property owners and renters alike.

Operators at the help line, 1-844d926-6632, have provided information about HUD-approved housing counseling agencies throughout Colorado for foreclosure prevention since 2014.

Now the group has launched a mediation program to help miti-

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ment. Colorado is a world leader in responsible energy development, and we can supply the world if radical liberals would just get out of the way,” Allcorn said. At a March candidate forum, he said that the country needs to be energy -independent and that the “green energy industry” is “not ready to take over.”

KIRKMEYER: “The climate is always changing, and the Earth has been gradually warming since the Little Ice Age. To what extent any warming is a result of man-caused

gate landlord-tenant disputes in Adams County. The goal of the program is to divert parties away from court-sanctioned eviction proceedings and to work toward mutually agreed alternatives between renters and landlords, according to a written statement.

Alternatives can include rental assistance, payment plans, lease compliance and more.

State data shows 2,445 eviction cases have been filed in Adams County in 2022 as of May 31.

“Far too often, we hear from tenants and landlords at their wit’s end. The relationship has eroded, and communication is

strained,” said Colorado Housing Connects Program Director Patrick Noonan. “This can lead to eviction, other litigation, or lease non-renewal. Mediation is an opportunity for both parties to come to the table and work out an agreement that spares landlords avoidable costs and tenants an eviction.

A tenant-landlord mediator can cut out the emotion and support a solution driven discussion.”

The program is designed to help those who are concerned about paying rent, residents who are worried that rental assistance won’t come soon enough and those who are experiencing lease dis-

putes or violations.

Outside of Adams County, Colorado Housing Connects offers tenant-landlord mediation services to Denver residents. The Denver tenant-landlord mediation program serves for all manner of housing disputes, including maintenance issues, lease disputes, security deposit disagreements, and more.

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activity is unknown. The United States has been reducing its emissions of carbon dioxide in recent years, but worldwide emissions continue to grow due to China, India and other emerging economies.”

KULMANN: “Climate change is happening, and humans contribute, but it is innovation and technology that will solve it, not bureaucracy and certainly not far-left policies.

Witness: carbon emissions have plummeted in the U.S. in recent years because of the growing prevalence of natural gas to power our economy. It wasn’t a law or a mandate that made this happen. It was private sector innovation, and some really smart engineers,” Kulmann said in a written response. “Where

Biden and the Democrats get energy wrong is by trying to make one good and the other bad. The truth is, we need an all-of-the-above energy strategy in this country. And we need to get serious about American energy independence. If I have my way, America will never beg for another drop of energy from OPEC or Putin again.”

SAINE: “Weld County not only has the largest production of oil and gas in Colorado, it also has the largest renewable energy production portfolio in the state, including wind, solar and biogas.

• Government should not pick winners and losers in the energy market and Weld (County) now encourages an all-the-above energy

production that our consumers and businesses have asked for. The petroleum industry and farmers and ranchers in Weld are teaming up to produce solar at record rates.

Farmers particularly like the stability of the extra income that solar provides.” As commissioner, she supported a county solar code, she said.

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Public Notices call 303-566-4123 Legals City of Brighton Public Notice ORDINANCE NO. _____ INTRODUCED BY: Pollack AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, ADDING ARTICLE 10-15 TO THE BRIGHTON MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING PEDESTRIANS HINDERING THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND ENHANCING PEDESTRIAN AND TRAFFIC SAFETY WHEREAS, the City Council finds that collisions between pedestrians and vehicles are likely with increased traffic flows and speeds and finds it necessary to clearly delineate the responsibilities of pedestrians to allow for safer pedestrian and vehicle interactions throughout the City and reduce danger to persons and property, prevent traffic delays and to avoid interference with traffic; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to improve traffic and pedestrian safety; and WHEREAS, pedestrian crosswalk refuge areas, such as center medians, were not designed and are not suitable or safe for access, occupation, or use by pedestrians except for brief periods in order to cross a roadway; and WHEREAS, City Council hereby finds that this ordinance is necessary to further the health, safety, and welfare of the residents and visitors of the City of Brighton.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: Article 10-15 is added to the Brighton Municipal Code and shall read as follows: Sec. 10-15-10. Definitions. (a) Obstruct means to render impassable or to render passage unreasonably inconvenient or hazardous, and includes but is not limited to, conduct such as extending objects into the traveled portion of the roadway. (b) Higher speed roadway means a roadway within the city with a posted speed limit greater than 25 miles per hour. (c) Center Median or Crosswalk Temporary Refuge Areas means a raised area that divides a roadway carrying traffic in opposite directions, and which is defined by curbing, landscaping, or other obstacles.

Sec. 10-15-20 Unlawful Acts. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully and unnecessarily hinder, obstruct, or delay traffic, or to willfully and unnecessarily attempt to hinder, obstruct, or delay any other person who is lawfully driving or traveling upon any roadway so as to interfere with the effective movement of traffic. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to access, occupy, use, or assemble on or about any center median not designed or suitable for pedestrian use that has been posted, either on such center mediation or at the crosswalk access points to such center median with a sign pursuant to this section prohibiting such access, occupancy, use, or assembly.

Exceptions. This Section shall not apply to the following: 1) A person utilizing that portion of a center median designed as a temporary pedestrian refuge along a crosswalk if the person was not able to safely cross the entire roadway during the traffic signal pedestrian phase or green light signal phase. This exception allows a person to occupy the pedestrian refuge area for the duration of one traffic signal cycle before crossing the entire roadway.

2) A local, state, or federal law enforcement officer or authorized first responder engaged in the performance of his or her official duties.

3) A city or state or utility employee or contractor authorized by the city manager or designee or the state to access the center median to perform construction, landscaping, maintenance, repair, or similar duties thereon.

Sec. 10-15-30 Signage (a) Signage. The City may prohibit pedestrian access, occupancy, use, assembly, or congregation on or about any center median not designed or suitable for pedestrian use by posting a sign that reads “unlawful to occupy center median” or that contains similar language. Only a raised center median that lies along a higher speed roadway may be posted under this section. A sign posted or placed under this section must be posted or placed in a way that is reasonably calculated to provide effective notice to an ordinarily observant person entering upon the center median but there is not requirement the sign be visible from every position. (b) Prima Facie Evidence of Notice. The posting or placement of a sign reading “unlawful to occupy center median” or similar language upon a center median or at the crosswalk access points to such center median shall be prima facie evidence that the notice was sufficient. The prosecution is not required to prove that the sign was visible from every position on or about the center medial or crosswalk access points. (c) Strict Liability. A violation of any provision of

this section is strict liability in nature. No culpable mental state or mens rea of any type or degree shall be required to prove a violation of this section.

Sec. 10-15-40 Penalty Penalty for violation of this Article shall be as set forth in Article 1-24.

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 prior to taking final action. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect five days after its final publication, as provided in City Charter Section 5.8.

INTRODUCED, PASSED ON FIRST READING, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED THIS 14th DAY OF June, 2022.

CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO GREGORY MILLS, Mayor

Fire Rescue District or his or her designee.

Fire Marshall means the Fire Marshall of the Brighton Fire Rescue District or his or her designee.

Fireworks shall mean “fireworks” as defined in Section 3302.1 of the 2018 International Fire Code and amended in this Article.

Open fire or open burning shall mean any outdoor fire, including, but not limited to, campfires, warming fires, the lighting of any fused explosives and fireworks of any kind or brand, the lighting of model rockets, and the burning of fence lines or rows, grasslands, fields, farmlands, rangelands, wildlands, trash, and debris. Open burning shall not include: (1) fires in liquid-fueled or gas fueled stoves, grills, or fireplaces; (2) fires in wood-burning fireplaces that are contained within buildings;

ATTEST: NATALIE HOEL, City Clerk

(3) fires in charcoal grills at private one- and twofamily residences;

APPROVED AS TO FORM: ALICIA CALDERÓN, City Attorney

(4) commercial, professional, and municipal fireworks displays where specific written approval has been granted by the Fire Code Official; and

Legal Notice No. BSB1643 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice ORDINANCE NO. 2384 INTRODUCED BY: Padilla AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, ACTING BY AND THROUGH ITS WATER ACTIVITY ENTERPRISE, AMENDING TITLE 13 OF THE BRIGHTON MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO WATER FEES AND CHARGES ASSESSED BY THE CITY OF BRIGHTON; SETTING FORTH EFFECTIVE DATES FOR SAID RATES, FEES AND CHARGES; AND OTHER DETAILS RELATED THERETO INTRODUCED, PASSED ON SECOND READING AND ORDERED PUBLISHED BY TITLE ONLY this 14th day of June, 2022.

CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO /s/ GREGORY MILLS, Mayor ATTEST: /s/ NATALIE HOEL, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: /s/ ALICIA CALDERÓN, 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. BSB1641 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice ORDINANCE NO. _____ INTRODUCED BY: Padilla AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, AMENDING CHAPTER 8 OF THE BRIGHTON MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE ADDITION OF SECTION 8-40 TO ENACT OPEN FIRE AND BURNING RESTRICTIONS WHEREAS, the devastation caused by the Marshall Fire in December 2021 demonstrates that the possibility of fire danger affects communities along the Front Range; and WHEREAS, recent extreme weather conditions have increased the probable danger of fires within the City of Brighton (“City”); and WHEREAS, in order to curb the probability of such fires, from time to time, as weather conditions require, it may be necessary to limit or restrict open fires and burning within the City; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that it is necessary, proper, and in the best interests of the public to adopt open fire and burning restrictions which will facilitate and enable the proper regulation of open fires and burning within the City; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the provisions of this ordinance further the health, safety, and welfare of the City’s residents and visitors.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 8-40 of the Brighton Municipal Code, which had been reserved, is now replaced with the following: ARTICLE 8-40 – Open Fire and Burning Restrictions

(5) prescribed or controlled burns for agricultural or irrigation purposes along ditches located within and completely surrounded by irrigated farmlands where such burning is necessary for crop survival and specific written approval has been granted by the Fire Code Official.

Sec. 8-40-020. – Authority. (a) The City Manager, or designee, in consultation with the Fire Marshall, shall have the authority to declare fire restrictions or a fire ban, if he or she determines that the totality of circumstances, including, but not limited to, current weather conditions, long- and short-term weather forecasts, lack of precipitation, fire restrictions in neighboring communities, regional fires and/or fires in close proximity to the City, live and dead fuel moisture levels, energy release component, atmospheric conditions, degraded air quality, and limited availability of suppression resources, have created a potential threat of fire hazards within the City. (b) The restrictions imposed by this Article shall take effect immediately upon issuance of an administrative order executed by the City Manager, and shall remain in effect until rescinded by a similar order. The City Manager shall notify the City Council within twenty-four (24) hours after the issuance of such administrative order. The authority granted under this Article is ongoing and administrative orders may be issued from time to time as conditions warrant.

Sec. 8-40-030. – Stage 1 fire restrictions; exemptions. (a) The following activities are prohibited when Stage 1 fire restrictions are in place: building, maintaining, attending, or using any fire or campfire. (b) The following activities are exempt from State 1 fire restrictions: (1) Persons with a valid written permit from the Fire Code Official that specifically authorizes the otherwise prohibited act.

(2) Any federal, state, or local officer or member of an organized rescue or fire fighting force in the performance of an official duty.

(3) Any fires contained within a liquid fuel or gas stove, fireplaces within buildings, and charcoal or propane grill fires at private residences to include residential ornamental fire pits.

(4) A fire within a permanent constructed fire grate in a developed campground. (c) It shall be unlawful for any person to start, build, maintain, attend, or use an open fire or conduct open burning in violation of the prohibitions of Stage 1 fire restrictions in the City, including public, private, state, and federal lands, when such restrictions are in effect.

Sec. 8-40-040. – Stage 2 fire restrictions. (a) The following activities are prohibited when Stage 2 fire restrictions are in place: no open burning is allowed until further notice. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to start, build, maintain, attend or use an open fire or conduct open burning in violation of the prohibitions of Stage 2 fire restrictions in the City, including public, private, state and federal lands, while such restrictions are in effect.

Sec. 8-40-050. – Enforcement.

The provisions of this Article shall be enforced by the Chief of Police, City police officers, and the Fire Code Officials as defined in the International Fire Code as adopted and amended in this Article.

Sec. 8-40-060. – Violations; penalties.

Any person who violates any provision of this Article commits a misdemeanor criminal offense.

Sec. 8-40-010. – Definitions.

Section 2. The purpose of this Ordinance is to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of the people.

The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in this Article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section.

INTRODUCED, PASSED ON FIRST READING AND ORDERED PUBLISHED THIS 14th DAY OF June, 2022.

Fire Code Official means the Chief of the Brighton

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. BSB1642 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2021CV030515, Division/ Courtroom A

In the Matter of the Determination of Heirs or Devisees or Both and of Interests in Property of: GEORGE W. PIRTLE, Deceased Attorney for Petitioners: Coan, Payton and Payne, LLC William F. Garcia, #28641 1711 61st Avenue, Suite 100 Greeley, CO 80634 Phone Number: (970) 339-3500 FAX Number: (970) 584-1776 E-mail: wgarcia@cp2law.com NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION TO INTERESTED PERSONS AND OWNERS

BY INHERITANCE PURSUANT TO §15-12-1303, C.R.S. To All Interested Persons and Owners by Inheritance :Robert S. Pirtle, Raisa II, LLC, Lapetco, Inc., and all other unknown parties who may claim an interest in the property.

COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY (Publication Notice)

A Petition has been filed alleging that the above Decedent died leaving the following real property mineral interests in Adams County:

VIEWPOINT CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, v.

JESSE LEON JOHNSON; and TAMESHA JOHNSON, Defendants.

12% interest in and to the lease as assigned at Reception No. 1975010078850 for Township 1 South, Range 67 West, Section 21: SW1/4NE1/4; S1/2E1/2NE1/4, County of Adams, State of Colorado, insofar and only insofar as it covers the following described land and only as to the formations occurring between the surface and the top of the “J” sandstone formation which was not assigned under Reception No. 1975020003493 which may be referred to hereinafter as the Subject Mineral Interest.

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 11th day of August, 2022, at Adams County Sheriff’s Office, Adams County Justice Center, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Basement Level, Brighton, CO 80601, phone number 303-655-3272. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.

BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT THE TIME OF SALE. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $28,819.28.

First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: July 14, 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 March 23, 2022 and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq. by Viewpoint Condominium Association, Inc. the holder and current owner of a lien recorded on March 8, 2019 at Reception No. 2019000016885 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 Condominium Declaration Bravado Condominiums recorded on 09/12/1978 at 154758 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 Viewpoint Condominium Association, Inc. against real property legal described as follows: Condominium Unit 5-203, Bravado Condominiums in accordance with the Declaration recorded on September 12, 1978 in Book 2273 at Page 549 and Condominium Map recorded September 12, 1979 in Book P.U.D. at Page 211 of the County of Adams records; Together with the exclusive right to use the following Common Elements: Parking Space 201, County of Adams State of Colorado.; And also known as: 10211 Ura Ln. #5-203, Thornton, CO 80260-6357 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 80228-1011, 303.432.9999 Legal Notice No. BSB1613 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: July 14, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice District Court of Adams County, State of Colorado 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, Colorado 80601 Court Telephone: (303) 659-1161 Case Number: 2022PR30271 Division: T1

The hearing on the Petition will be held at the following time and location: Date: August 8, 2022 Time: 8:00 a.m. Division: T Address: 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, Colorado 80601

Note: - If you object to the distribution of Decedent’s property proposed in the Petition, you must appear and object to the Petition on or before the hearing date and time specified above.

- All objections to the Petition must be in writing and filed with the Court, the filing fee must be paid on or before the hearing date and time, and the objection must be served upon the Petitioner.

- The hearing shall be limited to the Petition, the objections timely filed and served, and, if no objections are timely filed and served, the court may enter a decree without a hearing.

Date: May 20, 2022

s/ William F. Garcia Attorney for Petitioner William F. Garcia 1711 61st Avenue, Unit 100 Greeley, CO 80634 Legal Notice No. BSB1605 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice BEFORE THE COLORADO OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION NOTICE AND APPLICATION FOR HEARING DOCKET NO. 220600143

TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Pursuant to Rule 523.d, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Staff has applied to the Commission for an Order Finding Violation against Colorado Interstate Gas Company, LLC (Operator No. 18600) (“CIG”) to adjudicate allegations in the Notice of Alleged Violation Nos. 402874870.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to: 1) the general jurisdiction of the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado under § 34-60-105, C.R.S.; 2) specific powers granted pursuant to § 34-60-106, C.R.S.; 3) the Colorado Administrative Procedures Act at § 24-4-105, C.R.S.; and 4) the Commission’s Series 500 Rules at 2 C.C.R. 404-1, that the Commission has scheduled this matter for hearing before a COGCC Hearing Officer at the following date, time, and location (subject to change):

Date: August 24, 2022 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Place: Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 801 Denver, CO 80203

The Notice and documents related to this matter can be found on our “Hearing eFiling System Document Search” page https://oitco.hylandcloud. com/DNRCOGPublicAccess/index.html. Select “Search for Docket Related Documents” from the pull-down menu, use the above “Docket Number”, and select “Search”.

Legal Notice No. BSB1637 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice BEFORE THE COLORADO OIL AND GAS

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Public Notices CONSERVATION COMMISSION AMENDED NOTICE AND APPLICATION FOR HEARING DOCKET NO. 220600154 TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

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.

Pursuant to Rule 523.d, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Staff has applied to the Commission for an Order Finding Violation against Providence Operating, LLC DBA POCO Operating (Operator No. 10694), to adjudicate allegations in the Notice of Alleged Violation No. 402875248.

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to: 1) the general jurisdiction of the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado under § 34-60-105, C.R.S.; 2) specific powers granted pursuant to § 34-60-106, C.R.S.; 3) the Colorado Administrative Procedures Act at § 24-4-105, C.R.S.; and 4) the Commission’s Series 500 Rules at 2 C.C.R. 404-1, that the Commission has scheduled this matter for hearing before a COGCC Hearing Officer at the following date, time, and location (subject to change):

Dated: June 10, 2022

Date: August 24, 2022 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Place: Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 801 Denver, CO 80203 The Notice and documents related to this matter can be found on our “Hearing eFiling System Document Search” page here https://oitco.hylandcloud.com/DNRCOGPublicAccess/index.html.

Select “Search for Docket Related Documents” from the pull-down menu, use the above “Docket Number”, and select “Search”.

Legal Notice No. BSB1639 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 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. 1 DOCKET NO. 220500113 TYPE: GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE NOTICE OF HEARING Providence Operating LLC DBA POCO Operating (Operator No. 10694) (“Applicant” or “POCO”) filed an Application with the Commission pursuant to Rule 503.g.(10) for an order to: 1) repeal, amend, modify, and/or supplement, Commission Order No. 407-3306, which approved the application of Extraction Oil & Gas Inc. (“Extraction”) to establish an approximate 2,560-acre drilling and spacing unit (“Alma Unit”) covering the lands identified below, and 2) suspend the processing of all Commission Form 2, Applications for Permit to Drill (Form 2). This Notice was sent to you because the Applicant believes you may own oil or gas (“mineral”) interests within the unit.

APPLICATION LANDS Township 1 South, Range 66 West, 6th P.M. Section 26: All Section 27: All Section 34: All Section 35: All DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION OF HEARING (Subject to change) The assigned Hearing Officer will hold a hearing only on the above referenced docket number at the following date, time, and location: Date: August 24, 2022 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Place: Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission The Chancery Building 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 801 Denver, CO 80203 PETITIONS DEADLINE FOR PETITIONS BY AFFECTED PERSONS: July 25, 2022 Any interested party who wishes to participate formally 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. Under Commission Rule 508, if no petition is filed, the Application may be approved administratively without a formal hearing.

Any Affected Person who files a petition must be able to participate in a prehearing conference during the week of July 25, 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.

tary

By ________________________________ Mimi C. Larsen, Commission Secre-

Providence Operating LLC DBA POCO Operating c/o Brent D. Chicken Steptoe & Johnson PLLC 600 17th Street, Suite 2300 South Denver, CO 80202 303-389-4300 Brent.chicken@steptoe-johnson.com Legal Notice No. BSB1633 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION FOR A VARIANCE FROM RULE 903.d.(3) PURSUANT TO RULE 503.g.(9) AND RULE 502 FOR SUBJECT WELLS LOCATED IN ADAMS, ARAPAHOE AND ELBERT COUNTIES, COLORADO CAUSE NO. 1 DOCKET NO. 220200034 TYPE: VARIANCE NOTICE OF HEARING Renegade Oil & Gas Company, LLC, Operator No. 74165, (“Renegade” or “Applicant”), filed an Application requesting a variance to Renegade from Rule 903.d.(3) pursuant to Rule 503.g.(9) and Rule 502, for the subject wells in Adams, Arapahoe and Elbert Counties, Colorado, for the below-described lands (“Application Lands”): APPLICATION LANDS Township 1 South, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section 36: All Township 2 South, Range 62 West, 6th P.M. Section 25: NW¼, S½ Section 29: W½ Township 2 South, Range 64 West, 6th P.M. Section 4:E½, E½W½ Section 16: NE¼ Township 4 South, Range 62 West, 6th P.M. Section 24: SW¼ Township 5 South, Range 62 West, 6th P.M. Section 5:All Section 29: NE¼NW¼ Township 5 South, Range 64 West, 6th P.M. Section 28: SW¼ Township 5 South, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section 24: All Section 25: All Township 6 South, Range 62 West, 6th P.M. Section 4:SW¼ Section 6:All Section 7:NW¼, S½ Section 8:SE¼ Township 6 South, Range 63 West, 6th P.M. Section 3:SW¼NE¼ Section 13: NW¼ Section 24: All Township 6 South, Range 64 West, 6th P.M. Section 10: SW¼NE¼ DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION OF HEARING (Subject to change) The assigned Hearing Officer will hold a hearing only on the above referenced docket number at the following date, time, and location: Date: August 8, 2022 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Place: Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission The Chancery Building 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 801 Denver, CO 80203 PETITIONS DEADLINE FOR PETITIONS BY AFFECTED PERSONS: July 8, 2022 Any interested party who wishes to participate formally 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 Guidance Book” at https://cogcc.state.co.us/documents/reg/ Hearings/External_Efiling_System_Handbook_ December_2021_Final.pdf for more information.

Under Commission Rule 508, if no petition is filed, the Application may be approved administratively without a formal hearing.

Any Affected Person who files a petition must be able to participate in a prehearing conference during the week of July 8, 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 By __________________________ Mimi C. Larsen, Secretary Dated: June 1, 2022 Applicant c/o Scott M. Campbell Robert A. Willis Poulson, Odell & Peterson, LLC 1660 Lincoln St., Suite 1500 Denver, CO 80264 (303) 861-4400 scampbell@popllc.com rwillis@popllc.com Legal Notice No. BSB1635 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION NOTICE AND APPLICATION FOR HEARING DOCKET NO. 220600137 TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Pursuant to Rule 523.d, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Staff has applied to the Commission for an Order Finding Violation against Blue Chip Oil Inc (Operator No. 8840) to adjudicate the allegations made in Notice of Alleged Violation No. 402874631.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to: 1) the general jurisdiction of the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado under C.R.S. § 34-60-105; 2) specific powers granted pursuant to C.R.S. § 34-60-106; 3) the Colorado Administrative Procedures Act at C.R.S. § 24-4105; and 4) the Commission’s Series 500 Rules at 2 C.C.R. 404-1, that the Commission has scheduled this matter for hearing before a COGCC Hearing Officer at the following date, time, and location (subject to change): Date: August 24, 2022 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Place: Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 801 Denver, CO 80203 The Notice and documents related to this matter can be found on our “Hearing eFiling System Document Search” page at https://oitco.hylandcloud.com/DNRCOGPublicAccess/index.html. Select “Search for Docket Related Documents” from the pull-down menu, use the above “Docket Number,” and select “Search.”

Legal Notice No. BSB1634 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice BEFORE THE COLORADO OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION NOTICE AND APPLICATION FOR HEARING DOCKET NO. 220600151 TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Pursuant to Rule 523.d, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Staff has applied to the Commission for an Order Finding Violation against Danmar Production Company, LLC (Operator No. 10675) (“Danmar”) to adjudicate allegations in the Notice of Alleged Violation Nos. 402874927.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to: 1) the general jurisdiction of the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado under § 34-60-105, C.R.S.; 2) specific powers granted pursuant to § 34-60-106, C.R.S.; 3) the Colorado Administrative Procedures Act at § 24-4-105, C.R.S.; and 4) the Commission’s Series 500 Rules at 2 C.C.R. 404-1, that the Commission has scheduled this matter for hearing before a COGCC Hearing Officer at the following date, time, and location (subject to change): Date: August 24, 2022 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Place: Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 801 Denver, CO 80203 The Notice and documents related to this matter can be found on our “Hearing eFiling System Document Search” page https://oitco.hylandcloud. com/DNRCOGPublicAccess/index.html. Select “Search for Docket Related Documents” from the pull-down menu, use the above “Docket Number”, and select “Search”.

Legal Notice No. BSB1638 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Public Notice BEFORE THE COLORADO OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION NOTICE AND APPLICATION FOR HEARING DOCKET NO. 220600140 TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Pursuant to Rule 523.d, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Staff has applied to the Commission for an Order Finding Violation against Chaco Energy Company (Operator No. 10017) (“Chaco”) to adjudicate allegations in the Notice of Alleged Violation Nos. 402874828.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to: 1) the general jurisdiction of the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado under § 34-60-105, C.R.S.; 2) specific powers granted pursuant to § 34-60-106, C.R.S.; 3) the Colorado Administrative Procedures Act at § 24-4-105, C.R.S.; and 4) the Commission’s Series 500 Rules at 2 C.C.R. 404-1, that the Commission has scheduled this matter for hearing before a COGCC Hearing Officer at the following date, time, and location (subject to change): Date: August 24, 2022 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Place: Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 801 Denver, CO 80203 The Notice and documents related to this matter can be found on our “Hearing eFiling System Document Search” page https://oitco.hylandcloud. com/DNRCOGPublicAccess/index.html. Select “Search for Docket Related Documents” from the pull-down menu, use the above “Docket Number”, and select “Search”.

Legal Notice No. BSB1636 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice BEFORE THE COLORADO OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION NOTICE AND APPLICATION FOR HEARING DOCKET NO. 220600123 TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Pursuant to Rule 523.d, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Staff has applied to the Commission for an Order Finding Violation against Colton Limited Liability Company (Operator No. 18795) (“Colton”) to adjudicate allegations in the Notice of Alleged Violation Nos. 402874892.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to: 1) the general jurisdiction of the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado under § 34-60-105, C.R.S.; 2) specific powers granted pursuant to § 34-60-106, C.R.S.; 3) the Colorado Administrative Procedures Act at § 24-4-105, C.R.S.; and 4) the Commission’s Series 500 Rules at 2 C.C.R. 404-1, that the Commission has scheduled this matter for hearing before a COGCC Hearing Officer at the following date, time, and location (subject to change): Date: August 24, 2022 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Place: Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 801 Denver, CO 80203 The Notice and documents related to this matter can be found on our “Hearing eFiling System Document Search” page https://oitco.hylandcloud.com/DNRCOGPublicAccess/index.html. Select “Search for Docket Related Documents” from the pull-down menu, use the above “Docket Number”, and select “Search”.

Legal Notice No. BSB1631 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Storage Liens/Vehicle Titles Public Notice T&R AUTO REPAIR IS SELLING 303-659-6747 2001 AUDI TT COUPE VIN ENDING IN 024909

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Gilbert Garcia Jr. a/k/a Gilbert Garcia, Deceased Case Number 2022PR30467

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 October 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kaylie Marie Garcia Personal Representative Eric D Wollard Attorney for Personal Representative 4251 Kipling St Ste 300 Wheat Ridge CO 80033 Legal Notice No. BSB1647 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: July 7, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Genevieve H. Bies, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30476

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 23, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Richard B. Vincent #13843 Attorney to the Personal Representative 1120 W. South Boulder Rd, Suite 101-A Lafayette, CO 80026 Legal Notice No. BSB1646 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice Notice To Creditors Estate of Icy L. Cary, also known as Icy Lulu Cary, also known as Icy Cary , Deceased Case Number 2022PR30431

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Adams , County, Colorado on or before October 9, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Douglas M. Mackay 4814 South Eaton Parkway Aurora, CO 80016 Legal Notice No. BSB1609 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of PAUL H. REED A/K/A PAUL HENDERSON REED, Deceased Case Number 2022 PR 30377

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before October 16, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Thomas D. Reed c/o Larry M. Snyder, Esq. 650 South Cherry Street, Suite 1000 Denver, CO 80246-1812 Legal Notice No. BSB1615 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lynn Gene Grosfield, deceased Case Number: 2022PR30466

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before October 16, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Nicole Anderson Personal Representative 14960 Blue Jay Court Broomfield, Colorado 80023 Legal Notice No. BSB1623 First publication: June 16, 2022 Last publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice

Legal Notice No. BSB1629 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Notice to Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Dominick Joseph Perez aka Dominick J. Perez aka Dominick Perez, deceased Case Number: 2022PR30354 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before October 09, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Sally Perez Personal Representative PO Box 1045 Brighton, Colorado 80601

Estate of, Kerry Dale Morgan, aka Kerry D. Morgan, aka Kerry Morgan, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR030395

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 October 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Deborah Morgan, Personal Representative 20001 East 118th Ave. Commerce City, CO 80022 Legal Notice No. BSB1607 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lola Jean Williams, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30428

Legal Notice No. BSB1608 First publication: June 09, 2022 Last publication: June 23, 2022

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court

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Debra Dahl Personal Representative 10726 Hobbit Lane Westminster, CO 80031 Legal Ad No.: BSB1610 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice Estate of Betty LaFern Filloon Beisheim, Deceased Case Number 2022PR30464 All persons having claims against the abovenamed Estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Adams, County, Colorado on or before October 23, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ken Filloon 25145 E. Bayaud Place Aurora, CO 80018 Legal Notice No. BSB1632 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: July 7, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Bruce Alton Nichols, Sr., also known as Bruce A. Nichols, also known as Bruce Nichols, Sr., Deceased Case Number 2022PR030342 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Adams County County, Colorado on or before October 9, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Monty E. Nichols Personal Representative c/o Enoch K. Waipa Waipa Law LLC 620 N. 17th St. Clarinda, IA 51632 Legal Notice No. BSB1601 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Case Number: 2022PR0303403 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 October 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Daniel W. Tompkins, Personal Representative 1809 4th Ave. Scotts Bluff, NE 69361 Legal Notice No. BSB1606 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James Sabino Abeyta, also known as James S. Abeyta and James Abeyta, Deceased Case Number 2022PR030439 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 16, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Richard A. Abeyta Personal Representative 6010 Krameria, Commerce City, CO 80022 Legal Notice No. BSB1620 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Gary Lee Bullen, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30468 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 October 23, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Lacey Campbell 13533 Detroit St. Thornton, CO 80241 Legal Notice No. BSB1644 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: July 7, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of, Don William Tompkins, aka Don W. Tompkins, aka Don Tompkins, Deceased

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Agnes Victoria Lopez aka Agnes V. Lopez aka Agnes Lopez aka Victoria Agnes

Lopez aka Victoria A. Lopez. aka Victoria Lopez, Deceased Case Number 2022PR30425 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 October 9, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Pablo Lopez Personal Representative 10455 Dale Circle Westminster, Colorado 80234 Legal Notice No. BSB1604 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice The Estate of Marvin Gassman, Sr., Marvin J. Gassman, Sr., Marvin John Gassman, Sr., Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30446 All persons having claims against the abovenamed Estate are required to present them to Doreen G. Gunning, Personal Representative, c/o Casey L. Williams, or to the District Court of Adams, County, Colorado, on or before October 16, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred.

Dated June 9, 2022.

Casey L. Williams, Esq., #39117 Attorney for Doreen G. Gunning, Personal Representative /s/Duly signed original on file Casey L. Williams, Esq., #39117 Attorney for Doreen G. Gunning, 203 Telluride Street, #400 Brighton, CO 80601 Legal Notice No. BSB1627 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice Estate of JOAQUIN JOSE GURULE, Deceased Case Number 22PR30453 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 23, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Daniel M. Gurule and Jenica T. Soltani Personal Representative c/o Steven M. Weiser, Esq. Foster Graham Milstein & Calisher, LLP

360 S. Garfield St., 6th Floor Denver, Colorado 80209 (303) 333-9810 sweiser@fostergraham.com Legal Notice No. BSB1640 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: July 7, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public Notice is given on May 26 2022 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Adult has been filed with the Adams County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Aksian Cassia Erin Tort be changed to Cassia Erin Templeton.

Case No.:22C0779 By: Byron L. Howell Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. BSB1612 First publication: June 16, 2022 Last publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public Notice is given on April 19 2022 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Adult has been filed with the Adams County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Cara Collins Holt be changed to Cara Yadira Collins.

Case No.:2022C034830 By: Alana Percy Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. BSB1614 First publication: June 16, 2022 Last publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

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STATE OF COLORADO IN THE DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ADAMS Division D1 No. 22JV66 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE INTEREST OF: Lariyah Rae Cisneros, Amiyah Faith Cisneros, Loveiah Paula Cisneros, Zaniyah Monae Smith Children, and Concerning Mindy Cisneros, Kevin Gray, Antonio Rodeheaver AKA Antonio J Olvera-Rodeheaver, John Doe Respondents SUMMONS To the parents, guardian, or other respondents named above, GREETINGS: Kevin Gray 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 20th day of July, 2022 at the hour of 8:30 a.m. You are hereby notified to be and appear, at said time, before this Court located at the Adams County Justice Center, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601.

Witness my hand and seal of said Court this 13th day of June, 2022.

Alana Percy Clerk of the District Court Legal Notice No. BSB1630 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

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