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Views differ on whether high schools should stop naming valedictorians

Seven state Senate districts could shift control Colorado Republicans have opening to take chamber in General Assembly

BY SANDRA FISH THE COLORADO SUN

Over go the tassels, a prelude to the tossing of the mortarboards as Brighton High School’s class of 2022 prepares for what awaits its PHOTO BY STEVE SMITH members. The commencement program was at 1stBank Center in Broomfield May 25.

Cherry Creek has opted to stop longtime tradition

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Soon after the Cherry Creek School District in Arapahoe County announced it would stop designating valedictorians in its high schools, the criticism started pouring in.

“The pursuit of excellence has suffered another blow,” wrote George

Brauchler, a former Arapahoe County district attorney, in a column for The Denver Post.

“The crusade against meritocracy, and for mediocrity, in our schools reached a new level,” the Denver Gazette news outlet’s editorial board wrote.

Cherry Creek’s decision even landed a story in national and international news outlet Newsweek, with other media coverage mentioning it too.

The practice of honoring valedictorians is one the district’s high

school principals had discussed “for many years,” the principals wrote in a letter to parents.

“The practices of class rank and valedictorian status are outdated and inconsistent with what we know and believe of our students.

We believe all students can learn at high levels, and learning is not a competition,” the principals wrote in the letter about the policy, which will begin with the class of 2026.

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Anna Marie (VonFeldt) Roth, 77, passed away on July 14th, 2022. Born in Longmont, Colorado on June 7th, 1945 to Alfred Joseph VonFeldt and Emma Susan Stadler; Ann was raised in Fort Lupton on her family’s farm.

She graduated from Fort Lupton High School in 1963. She married Don Roth on November 12th, 1966. They began operating a dairy farm in Hudson and were blessed with five children, then moved to Barnesville in 1981 and continued to raise their children while dairy farming for another 20 years.

Ann’s love and work ethic was apparent in every aspect of her life. She could be found feeding the cows, bailing hay, driving tractors, gardening, canning, or sewing for her family.

Cooking was her love language and she took every opportunity to gather everyone around the table. On top of being an amazing cook, Ann was an excellent seamstress. She made her daughter’s bridesmaids dresses, flower girl dresses, and countless other sewing projects.

Ann always lent a helping hand to those she loved. Ann was a proud member of St Mary’s Church. She made rosaries for the senior class and assisted with fundraisers. After nearly 50 years of running a dairy farm, Ann and Don moved to Evans in November of 2014.

Ann was steadfast in her faith in God and looked forward to seeing her loved ones in heaven, especially grandson Derek Prescott. Ann is survived by her husband; Don Roth, children; Laurie Bergquist (Bob), Cindy Rowell (Mike), Nikki Prescott (Loy), Keith Roth (Christina), Deanne Bunting (Brad), grandchildren; Beth Bergquist (Jeff

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Ann is preceded in death by her parents; Alfred VonFeldt, Emma Stadler VonFeldt, grandchild; Derek Prescott, siblings; William VonFeldt, Joseph VonFeldt, Charles VonFeldt, Mark VonFeldt, brother-in-law; Robert Aichelman, and sister-in-law; Phyllis VonFeldt.

A viewing, Tuesday July 19, 2022 beginning at 4:00 p.m. followed by reciting the Rosary at 6:00 p.m. at Allnutt Funeral Services; 6521 W. 20th Street, Greeley. A Mass with Christian Burial, Wednesday July 20,2022 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church; 2222 23 Ave in Greeley, with Reverend Andrew J. Labenz officiating.

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Bonnie Lou McAllister “GG”, 97, of Brighton, CO Bonnie was born on August 12th, 1924 in Iowa, to John and Violet Robinson. Throughout her extraordinary life, she excelled as a caretaker, homemaker, nurse, accountant, laundress, cashier, stocker, bartender & bouncer!

At 5’1”, Bonnie was small but mighty.

Strong and independent, she got herself everywhere she needed to go by walking and memorizing the bus routes. She was an amazing mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother, and great-great grandmother.

Affectionately referred to as “GG”, she was famously known for her chocolate chip cookies, pumpkin and cherry pies, also her beautiful smile. Always ready to the tee, she was a fire cracker and knew exactly what she wanted. She left her mark on the world by

Bonnie started her new journey on the 4th of July, 2022. She passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones. She will be missed tremendously by so many, especially her family & many life-long friends.

She is survived by her brother Mike (Gerri) of Iowa, her children Susan of California, John (Lauren) of Florida, and Linda (Craig) of Colorado, as well as 9 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and 3 great-greatgrandchildren. She’s proceeded in death by her parents, 3 brothers, and her son James, as well as many other family members and friends.

GG’s Celebration of Life will be at 11:00 AM on Saturday July 30, 2022 at Tabor Rice-Funeral Home 75 S. 13th Ave. Brighton, CO 80601.

Please join us for reception lunch at Allnutt Funeral Services immediately following the graveside service.

Memorials in Ann’s name may be made to the Derek Prescott Foundation by visiting DerekPrescottFoundation.com

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Brighton’s Palazzi Plaza has a new donut shop

BY BELEN WARDS BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Jane Rodriquez said her strength is in business management while her friend, Joe Berkane is a baker.

The pair decided to combine their expertise and the result is Brighton’s newest doughnut shop. The Donut Social celebrated its ribbon cutting on July 15.

“We are putting our hearts into this, and he’s putting all his energy into it with baking and passionate about what he does,” Rodriguez said. “We both have our strengths with a solid plan.”

Donut Social had a soft opening on June 25, with shorter hours until the grand opening. With that behind them, they plan to extend to longer hours and expand the menu.

“I’m excited about opening our doughnut shop in Brighton,” Berkane said.

Rodriquez is a native of Colorado, born and raised in the southern San Luis Valley. Throughout the years, she has had a few small businesses and worked for Weld County Human Services. Rodriquez has experience with running a business and accounting management. She has two kids.

Berkane is from Algeria and has been in the states for eight years.

He has experience working as a baker and in a small doughnut shop back home in Algeria.

Berkane runs the production, trains employees, and trains parttime bakers to help him. I run the business side.

“We want to support the community and local businesses. A local woodworking company did all the remodeling and building our cases

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in the doughnut shop,” Rodriguez said.

Berkane and Rodriquez said they support local youth with encouragement that they can do bigger and better things in the world.

“We are going reach out to the schools, students with good grades and perfect attendance- we’ll give the kiddos doughnuts,” she said.

The Donut Social is ideal for students to come in and study with

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business folks to have a meeting.

There is a place for the kids to have fun and eat specialty doughnuts with gummy bears or sprinkles.

“We want to give the older population somewhere to feel comfortable to come out and chat and have a cup of coffee visit with friends. We will serve the middle-aged customer, and we have Wi-Fi outlets,” she said.

They’ll have a hefty variety of

offerings, with specialty freshly baked doughnuts daily. Berkane’s top-selling doughnuts so far has been the fritters baked with apple, pineapple, and blueberry. Customers love cake doughnuts or the oldfashioned doughnut, too.

“We like being active in being involved, and supporting the community, families, and local businesses is our primary business model,” Rodriquez said.

Brighton hospital gets grant for nursing program

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A $1.5 million grant from Adams County should help Brighton’s Platte Valley Medical Center find and retain nurses, hospital officials said.

County officials presented a grant to the hospital for a nurse training program July 11 outside of the Brighton hospital.

According to a written statement from the hospital, half of new graduate nurses leave within their first

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Northglenn mayor urges homeowners to check insurance In wake of historic fires, many discover they are underinsured

BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Northglenn Mayor Meredith Leighty has advice for residents of the Front Range.

“If you are a homeowner, you need to double check that you are not underinsured,” she said at a June 27 city council meeting.

The idea came from Clint Folsom, the mayor of Superior, during the Colorado Municipal League conference when he recounted his day of the Marshall Fire.

“Even though the fire was six months ago and the rest of us have continued on with our lives, a thousand people, a thousand families are not doing that,” she said.

Leighty said he made his message very clear.

“He put out this loud call to action: call your insurance agent, look at your coverage, make sure you’re not underinsured,” she said.

The Colorado Sun reported that 1,084 homes were destroyed by the fire on Dec. 30, 2021. Boulder County authorities said of those homes, 550 were in Louisville, 378 in Superior and 156 in unincorporated Boulder County.

Two-thirds of those 1,084 lost homes have insuffiencent insurance to fully cover rebuilding costs, according to an analysis from, Colorado’s Division of Insurance.

Only 76 homes – or 8% of the homes destroyed – had enough insurance to for replacement of the home with similiar quality.

Leighty mentioned that Folsom described how many people affected by the fire turned out to be underinsured: their limit on insurance wasn’t enough to cover the full expense of the damage.

Don’t wait to investigate Vincent Plymell, assistant commissioner for communications for Colorado’s Department of Regulatory Agencies, said it’s unfortunate for an event like the Marshall Fire to call people to action.

However, he reiterated the mayor’s advice.

“You don’t have to wait until it’s time to renew,” he said. “You never know when this is going to happen.”

He noted that residents don’t need to be insurance experts and can direct questions to their agents, who should be responsive.

Plymell said if an insurance company or agent isn’t answering questions, then that is a red flag. He recommends contacting the Department of Regulatory Agencies office if this occurs.

Usually, once DORA is informed, the insurance company will start moving quickly.

The amount of homeowners insurance purchased depends on the home and should be a conversation between

the agent and the buyer. A home close to wild areas may be different from a suburban home. However, after the Marshall Fire, many folks are realizing a devastating fire can happen anywhere.

He said it’s a balancing act between limits and premiums “What are you willing to take on?” he asked.

Plymell also said that all insurers must provide a Summary of Coverage, which explains major coverages, exclusions, cancellation, nonrenewal and increases in premiums.

“These summaries can help people to better understand their policies when they are looking at them,” he said.

He said the office highly encourages residents to contact them with any question, big or small.

Colorado Division of Insurance Consumer Services is reachable at (303) 894-7490 and DORA_Insurance@state.co.us.

Walker returns to prefab concrete industry in Brighton

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Philip Walker is the new director of business development for the Mountain States region of Wells, a national prefabricated concrete building manufacturer.

The company’s western manufac-

turing plant is located in Brighton, on East Crown Prince Boulevard and Walker’s office will be located here.

A press statement said Walker is returning to the industry after spending some time as director of operations for FB 20.

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Wells. “He brings great energy and enthusiasm and will support finding new business in the region. Phil is an asset. He not only sees the big picture, but he’s well known in the industry and has a truly vested interest in his partners and projects, creating trust, by being a valuable resource.”.

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Mental health center marks golden anniversary North Range Behavioral Health marks a half-century of care for the community

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Fort Lupton North Range Behavioral Health celebrated 50 years of helping people with mental illness with a celebration on July 14.

“We’re excited about the 50-year celebration of our operations and private non-profit,” said Larry Pottorff, CEO of North Range Behavioral Health.

Fort Lupton resident Genevieve LeBlanc, 89, said she started working for the Weld Mental Health Center when it separated from the county to become a non-profit in 1971. The group adopted the new name, North Range Behavioral Health, in 1997. Leblanc worked as an occupational therapist for 24 years, treating patients with schizophrenia.

“I’m excited to be here for the celebration,” Leblanc said, from her wheelchair. “I helped change schizophrenics.”

Pottorff also started working for WMHC in 1983 as a vocational coordinator. The job was meant to be a short one; Pottorf’s job was funded through a one-year grant.

“It turned into 39 years,” he said.

“Genevieve was one of my mentors and always had an amazing heart of compassion with people she worked with, which was one of our core values.”

“We have core values of customer first compassion and collaboration.

Genevieve embodied all of those because she cared very deeply about the people that she worked with and they loved her.”

Genevieve Leblanc’s daughter Mary Ellen Leblanc said she has good memo-

ries, too. Her mom started working at the center when Mary Ellen was just a baby and so did she later, working part-time for the mental health center in 1980 when she was in college.

“I worked for the housing facility across the street from the center where folks stayed and lived,” Mary Ellen said. “We gave them their meds, and they had jobs so we monitored their curfews because they were required to be back to the house at a certain time.

They also cook their meals. I loved it and I enjoyed working there.”

Continuing to evolve The mental health center has continually evolved along with the community it serves. In 1971 after it separated from the county, it became a halfway house to treat alcoholism, providing group, recreational therapy, and medication supervision.

It expanded services and hours in 1972 and opened its first comprehensive children and family program in 1973, opened a peer counseling program for those 55 years old and older in 1977 and hired three licensed social workers in 1978. It also offered other kinds of support for the region, providing staff to support the families of flood victims during the Big Thompson flood in 1976.

The center began to treat people with significantly identifiable emotional and behavioral disorders in 1981, opening Frontier House for psychosocial rehabilitation in 1990 and the Acute Treatment program in 1991. In 1997 the Weld Mental Health Center was renamed North Range Behavioral Health.

According to officials, as of 2022, the school-based services continue to expand in eight districts and over 50 schools. North Range is a licensed behavioral health entity, a new designation from the State of Colorado to streamline regulatory oversight of behavioral health facilities across the state.

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f you were not an adult in the 1970s or even born yet, you might not have a clue what all this talk about inflation is. And even if you do remember clearly, this time is likely to be different.

Remember our new favorite word from COVID is “unprecedented.”

Most of us know that inflation is when prices go higher, but that is not always a bad thing for the economy. We want economic growth; therefore, prices will rise, along with profits and interest rates. These are not negatives unless things get out of hand. If you rely on your one economics class on supply and demand, this concept is relatively simple. However, the causes play into the effects and that is where the uncertainty lies.

Today consumers are concerned they are dipping into their discretionary spending to pay for necessities such as food, housing, and fuel. Investors are concerned their assets are not holding their true purchasing power if everything gets more expensive but investment cycles ebb and flow with the economy. Therefore, the denominator

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must be growth.

No one complains about high prices if they feel they are getting value for the money spent, or they have enough money to buy what they want without feeling a pinch. It’s when we don’t have the wage increases, or the stock market rising that we feel things cost too much.

If the economy is on a growth tear and corporate earnings are soaring, then our investments should be going up as well. When prices increase without the underlying growth in your financial situation, then inflation feels personal.

And it is …. personal.

We all have our own inflation rate. It is made up of what we like to buy, how much we earn, and how we handle periods of economic decline in light of our needs and wants.

According to Jay Weinstein, CFA ¹ most people would say inflation goes up when the economy gets too strong, or the government prints too much money.

Except that was not the case in the 1970s. Nor was the opposite true between 1983 and 2007 when we had consistent economic growth and still managed two

recessions and falling interest rates for 25 years.

The period from 2008 until now included the Great Recession followed by painfully slow economic growth, the Fed’s easy money policy, and now stagflation, inflation, market corrections, slowing economic growth and a potential recession.

Economists may deem the cause of rising rates to be the result of three main contributors: Pent-up demand from COVID; reduced supply of fuel and food due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine; and supply chain shortages due to China’s lockdown. None of these would have been caused by a normal economic cycle of recessionary traits such as high unemployment and negative economic growth. Those things may come but they would not be the cause, they would actually be the effect. So yes, I guess this is a legitimate use of the word “unprecedented.”

Patricia Kummer is a Certified Financial Planner professional and a managing director of Mariner Wealth Advisors.

Getting back what we put out

orking with Zig Ziglar was truly a blessing in so many ways. Whenever he would meet someone in the afternoon or evening, he would greet them with a big smile and an enthusiastic and cheerful, “Good morning.” The person on the receiving end would almost always reply with, “Good morning to you too.” And then would catch themselves saying, “But it’s not morning.” And Zig would reply with a question, “Well then why did you say good morning?” And the person would say, “Because you said good morning.”

That’s where the teaching would begin as Zig would remind the person that we get back what we put out, giving the person an aha moment. We know that when trying something like this, that it all comes down to the delivery. And Zig was so easygoing and good hearted that no one ever took offense to his mini lessons of life.

Another story he would share from the stage is this one. A woman and her 6-yearold son were at home one day. The family lived on a mountain range and overlooked a valley. One day the young boy was getting into some mischief as young boys tend to do, and his mother disciplined him and withheld his afternoon snack until he would apologize. The boy ran out of the house slamming the door behind him yell-

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ing, “I hate you, I hate you, I hate you.”

And as he did a young boy’s voice echoed from the valley saying, “I hate you, I hate you, I hate you.”

Terrified, the boy ran back into his house and into his mother’s arms crying.

He told her that there was a boy in the valley yelling that he hates me. The mom knowing full well it was the echo encouraged her son to go back outside and shout, “I love you, I love you, I love you,” and see what happens. The boy did as instructed, and the voice was heard echoing in return, “I love you, I love you, I love you.”

We really do get back what we give out.

Even a smile. Keeping with my Zig Ziglar theme, Zig would always encourage people by saying, “If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours.”

We are at odds with one another in so many ways and places. And if we are in a state of fear, worry and doubt about what is happening locally or globally, we could all probably benefit by remembering that people will respond or react to what we do and what we say. If we say good morning at 5:00 at night, they may respond by saying good morning back. We must remember that what we are yelling from the mountaintop or by email, text, or social media, that we will also get back what we put out. So why not put out more loving kindness, and reasonableness?

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In 1914 during World War I, the Americans, French and Germans, put aside their war for a short time to meet on the battlefield to celebrate Christmas, exchanging gifts, food and stories. This was a world war, and yet they found common ground. After a heavily contested boxing match or UFC bout, the fighters do their best to win, but when the fight is over, they meet in the middle and hug or acknowledge the other out of respect. It happens in other sports too. When the game is over, regardless of who won or lost, you can see players who just spent 60 minutes in battle, kneeling in prayer, or talking to each other and smiling. Maybe they played in college or met while they were on the same team at some point. But once the battle is over, they come together in such a great way.

How about you? Are you greeting and treating people with kindness and respect? Are you sharing your smile with someone who doesn’t have one? I would love to hear you story at mnorton@xinnix.com, and when we find a way to come together to create a better world, it really will a better than good life.

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Chief of Police Clint Nichols announces retirement Commerce City to name acting or interim Chief in coming weeks

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Commerce City will be looking for a new chief after the current head of the city’s Police Department announced his retirement July 14.

Commerce City Chief of Police Clint Nichols announced his retirement from the position effective July 25.

Chief Nichols has spent the past seven years with the Commerce City Police Department following a 23-year career with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

“It’s been an honor to serve this

community for seven years, including five as the chief of police,” said Nichols. “I’m proud of the work our officers did in that time and the positive reforms our agency adopted to improve the delivery of public safety services for this growing and dynamic community.”

His statement acknowledged personal controversy during his tenure. Nichols was stopped for traffic violations in Utah while traveling between Commerce City and his family’s home in Las Vegas in 2020.

“I have always aimed to lead this agency with integrity and fairness.

Recent circumstances indicate a perception among some that I am no longer the right person to do that, which leaves me in an untenable position to lead. In the best interests of our community and the Commerce City Police Department, I have decid-

ed to retire and allow the agency to start fresh under new leadership to continue making positive changes.”

The city has commissioned an independent investigation to determine the facts of these stops, the results of which are still being finalized and remain privileged at this time.

Nichols joined CCPD as a commander in 2015 before being promoted to deputy chief in 2016 and then chief of police in 2017 following the retirement of Lowell Richardson. Nichols spent seven years in the United States Marine Corps prior to his 23-year run with LVMPD. The city manager will name a new acting or interim chief of police by Nichols’ July 25 departure as chief.

“I want to thank Chief Nichols for his years of service to our community and his dedication to improving

the Commerce City Police Department,” said City Manager Roger Tinklenberg. “He has been a driver of our police reform efforts through some challenging times. While the circumstances of his departure stem not from malintent or misconduct, I agree that the best course of action at this time is to seek new leadership for CCPD going forward.”

Nichols helped implement numerous policy reforms and updates during his time as chief. These include policies related to use of force, de-escalation, and training about biased-based policing. Nichols oversaw the addition of the You Have Options Program for sexual assault reporting, the creation of the Commerce City-Brighton Sexual Assault Taskforce and an increased emphasis on community policing efforts.

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Republicans are guaranteed eight seats, with seven holdovers and one uncontested race in Senate District 1 on the deeply Republican Eastern Plains, where Logan County Commissioner Byron Pelton is unopposed.

Another five seats up for grabs in November are considered solidly Republican, while three are considered solidly Democratic.

That leaves seven seats that are possible pick-up opportunities for the GOP, according to Cnalysis, which ranks the competitiveness of state legislative contests.

The seven critical districts The seven tossup districts are across Colorado. We have listed them out below.

(The amounts in parentheses are the amount of money each candidate had in their campaign bank account as of June 22.)

• Senate District 3: This Pueblo seat tilts Republican. Democratic state Sen. Nick Hinrichsen ($26,919) faces Republican Stephen Varela ($14,387), an Army veteran. Hinrichsen was appointed to the seat earlier this year after Senate President Leroy Garcia resigned to take a Pentagon job.

• Senate District 11: This reconfigured Colorado Springs district tilts Democratic. GOP state Sen. Dennis Hisey ($33,179) moved into the district after being drawn out of his old seat in the once-a-decade re-

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

districting process. He’ll face state Rep. Tony Exum ($9,238), who won his primary contest.

• Senate District 15: Cnalysis says this district leans Republican. Incumbent Republican state Sen. Rob Woodward ($138,003), of Loveland, will face Democrat Janice Marchman ($30,531), a middle school math teacher from Loveland.

• Senate District 27: This Arapahoe County district leans Democratic. State Rep. Tom Sullivan ($41,217), a Democrat and gun-regulation advocate, faces Tom Kim ($3,022), a business owner and former lawyer.

• Senate District 20: This Jefferson County district leans Democratic.

State Rep. Lisa Cutter ($41,254), a Democrat, faces Tim Walsh ($22,689), owner of Confluence Builders.

• Senate District 8: This Democratic-leaning district is based in northwestern Colorado. Democratic state Rep. Dylan Roberts ($124,176) faces

former Eagle City Councilman Matt Soloman ($19,632), a Republican.

• Senate District 24: This is a Democratic-leaning district in northwest Adams County. Democratic state Rep. Rep. Kyle Mullica ($54,272) faces Republican Courtney Potter ($16,607), an Adams 12 Five Star Schools board member.

The money Most of the spending in these races won’t be by the candidates, but rather by the state-level super PACs supporting them.

In 2018, when Democrats wrested control of the Senate from Republicans after four years in the minority, Republican outside groups spent nearly $8.5 million compared with Democratic outside groups spending $8.3 million on five competitive races. That compared with $1.9 million spent by Democratic candidates in the five contests, while the five GOP candidates spent a total of

$631,000.

And in 2020, Democratic outside groups spent $6.1 million compared with Republican outside groups’ $3.3 million.

This year, Republicans have the cash advantage through June 22.

The Senate Majority Fund had raised about $2.6 million to support Republican candidates, while All Together Colorado raised about $1.7 million to support Democrats.

The national GOPAC Election Fund contributed $560,000 to the Senate Majority Fund and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Colorado PAC contributed $160,000 to the fund.

The national Republican State Leadership Committee recently donated $200,000 to super PAC Unite for Colorado Action. That statelevel super PAC spent $1.6 million in 2020, mostly on state Senate contests.

Education Reform Now Advocacy gave $290,000 to All Together Colorado, and Denver philanthropist Merle Chambers gave $250,000 to the group.

It’s likely money will continue to flow into these two super PACs and possibly others as Nov. 8 nears and the battle for the state Senate intensifies.

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aim at “unnecessary pressure,” the letter said, a welcome change in the eyes of Dr. Anna Mueller, an associate professor of sociology who has studied mental health among youths in different parts of the country, including in Colorado.

“How painful and stressful academic pressure for teenagers can be is very real,” Mueller told Colorado Community Media.

‘Healthier school culture’ The decision to cut valedictorian status isn’t unheard of: One of the Colorado communities that made the move years ago is Boulder Valley School District.

Boulder Valley top official Rob Anderson didn’t oversee the decision — he started as superintendent there in 2018 — but “since I’ve been here, no one’s asked me to bring it back,” Anderson said.

Anderson also served as deputy superintendent of academics in Fulton County, Georgia, in the Atlanta area, where the highachieving Northview High School decided to stop naming valedictorians and salutatorians “because of the additional pressures it puts on kids,” Anderson said.

“Just anecdotally, talking with parents, talking with (the) principal, it created a healthier school culture for those kids that were among the top in the class,” said Anderson, speaking about the Northview High decision.

In Anderson’s view, differences

July 21, 2022 in grade point average, or GPA, at the top of a class can be insignificant.

The gap can sometimes be a tenth or hundredth of a point “when you’re separating highly motivated, incredibly intelligent kids who are trying to reach those types of goals,” Anderson said.

“There’s not a lot of room in between.”

“Talk to (students vying for) valedictorian or salutatorian.

They’re not sleeping,” said Anderson, who felt kids can be successful without the titles.

Superintendent Chris Fiedler, leader of the Brighton-area 27J Schools district, has not served in any school district where valedictorians are not recognized. He wasn’t sure of whether removing valedictorian designation from high schools would affect student achievement broadly.

“Do I think it drives academic performance? It absolutely does for those kids that are chasing (high rank),” Fiedler said. “I’m of the opinion that it drives competition among kids. I don’t think that’s a bad thing as long as it’s healthy.”

Fiedler previously served as superintendent of the Gilpin County School District in Black Hawk and then as superintendent of Deer Trail School District 26J in Deer Trail, according to 27J’s district website. He’s co-chair of the Denver Area School Superintendents Council.

“I don’t believe always that the letter grade students earn in a class is always an accurate representation of what they learned

or not,” Fiedler said. “Some of the classes I learned the most in I didn’t get an A in.”

Michael Mazenko, a Cherry Creek High School teacher, a former school administrator and a past gifted education coordinator, argued in an op-ed in The Denver Post that “ranking can encourage kids to avoid hard classes out of fear of losing a decimal point.”

The competition for valedictorian status and rank creates “gamesmanship” and limits students from choosing courses based on growth and interest “to instead choose what’s best to manipulate GPA,” Mazenko wrote.

On the other hand, chasing a high GPA can also push students to load their schedule with lots of Advanced Placement and honors courses. Fiedler said both scenarios are realistic.

“Kids who were vying to be valedictorian, salutatorian, they would steer away from non-weighted classes because it would hurt their GPA. If the school has band or yearbook, valuable classes … kids wouldn’t take those classes,” Anderson said.

Anderson said pressure to reach a certain class rank encourages high-achieving students to “overload themselves.”

Those kids “not only fill up their school year but fill up their summers, take classes beyond the school year, beyond the normal course load a student would take,” Anderson said.

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“I believe that there are probably 20 to 25 kids, maybe 30, maybe 35, that go into high school their freshman year with that on their mind. And after freshman year, it quickly sorts itself” and some kids stop pursing that rank, Fiedler said.

In general, Fiedler felt that “competition is good and healthy” and that focusing on rank is a valid practice.

“I would argue that in most if not all of life, we keep score. If we’re not going to honor valedictorians anymore … are we no longer going to have state wrestling champions?” Fiedler said, for example.

“Life is filled with competition,” he added.

‘Downplay the achievements’ Cherry Creek School District declined to make an official available for an interview with Colorado Community Media about the valedictorian policy, but district spokesperson Abbe Smith highlighted that Cherry Creek High School did not have a valedictorian process even before the district’s announcement, which came in the principals’ letter dated March 9.

“Cherry Creek High School, the district’s flagship and arguably one of the top high schools in the nation, eliminated valedictorian and ranking of students more than 30 years ago,” Mazenko, the former school administrator, wrote in the Post.

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compromise and downplay the achievements of the school’s high number of extraordinary students,” he continued.

Cherry Creek district will continue to acknowledge the academic achievements of students through other methods, such as honor roll, GPA cords at graduation, and department- and schoolspecific awards, according to the principals’ letter.

‘Cultural shift’ Mueller, the associate professor of sociology, said academic pressure can push some young people to a concerning place.

“Some of my past research has really shown that academic pressure can play a role in making kids feel like life is not worth living — like life is unbearable and that suicide is their only escape,” said Mueller, who works for Indiana University.

Her study, titled “Adolescents Under Pressure,” underscored the importance of addressing the social causes — for example, academic pressure — of youths’ psychological pain, according to a summary on her website.

Pressure from “narrow beliefs” about what makes “good kids and good families” can constrain how kids imagine the pathway to adulthood, Mueller said.

“It makes failures that much more intense because it seems like absolutely everything is on

the line,” Mueller said. “If you fail that one test or fail that one class or get a C on that one class … it’s this much bigger, existential thing of ‘I’m not going to be able to do X, Y, Z long-term goals.’”

She added: “If we’re going to encourage people to push their academic limits, or their athletic limits or their nerd limits, we have to make it OK to fail.”

While Mueller doesn’t think ending valedictorian designation will change everything about that type of pressure, she thinks it’s “the sort of policy that’s a step in the right direction.”

It could act as “a symbol to the larger community of ‘let’s make this cultural shift,’” Mueller said.

But, she added, such a shift would have to also be supported by other school policies, by parents and by kids themselves, and by teachers.

One source of pressure that exists outside the reach of high school policy: the cost of paying for college.

Part of what puts pressure on students is the pursuit of merit scholarships, which are more competitive than merely getting into college, Mueller said. She argues students don’t need to attend a “highly selective university” to receive a good education.

“I would actually argue if we could take some of the pressure off parents for paying for college and students for paying for college, I think that would (benefit) our nation’s mental health,” Mueller said. “Probably parents and students.”

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tephanie Wells and Donna Mills grew up during a time when women could not be pilots, but the two Denver women did not give up on their dreams and eventually earned their wings.

Miller, a first officer, flies the Boeing 787 Dreamliner for American Airlines, and Wells is retired after an illustrious career that included flying for NASA and working for the Federal Aviation Administration.

Defying gender barriers Miller grew up in Golden. Her father was a Colorado School of Mines professor and an aviator.

“He was a back seater in the F-4 in the Navy and went to top gun,” Miller said. “He was my inspiration growing up.”

Miller attended Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah, which had an aviation program but only for men. So, she majored in business administration, economics and international management. She spent her last semester of college overseas and was accepted to the American College in Paris. She ended up living abroad for eight years.

Miller moved to South Korea for two years and worked as an Air Force civilian, where she got her pilot’s license in 1988 at age 27.

She then moved to Frankfurt, Germany, where she took a job as an administrative assistant for a computer company from 1989 to 1990, when the Berlin Wall fell.

“I was 27 and considered military, but the age cutoff was 27 in half, and at that time, the military didn’t need pilots,” Miller said.

Miller returned to Denver in late 1990 and started working at Jeppesen, coding the database for airline onboard computers.

While there, Miller met Capt. Elrey B. Jeppesen, after whom the Jeppesen Terminal at Denver International Airport was named.

She said Orville Wright signed Jeppesen’s pilot’s license, and he gave her a piece of fabric from the Wright brothers’ first aircraft.

“I helped Jeppesen catalog all of his memorabilia, which is in a display case at Denver International Airport,” Miller said.

Miller left Jeppesen to work for the United Airlines Training Center in 1995.

It was another desk job, but it put her in right place at the right time.

While Miller was working at the training center, Capt.Ted Stiles, who was on United’s hiring committee, came into her office.

“He said, ‘Donna, you can’t steal second with your foot on first,’” Miller said. “I said, ‘excuse me.’ He said, ‘if you ever wanted to be a pilot, you have to leave your cushy little desk job and go out and fly — get the experience you need and then you can return to the airlines.”

Miller started a file called “stealing second” that day and contacted every single flight operator she knew.

“I probably didn’t even have 500 hours at the time, which is really low time, but I had all of my ratings,” she said.

Miller got her first pilot’s job in 1998 flying car parts to Mexico from El Paso, Texas.

“It was low paying,” she said. “We loaded and unloaded our own airplanes. It was tough duty.”

She also flew skydivers without pay, but she could jump for free. In 1999, she was hired as a first officer and a captain with Air Midwest. She flew regional turboprop jets out of Florida for over two years.

She applied at United, Delta and American, and finally, in June 2001, she was hired by American.

Miller logged her first passenger flight to Chicago on Sept. 10, 2001, the day before 9/11, and on Oct. 1, she was furloughed.

During the furlough, which ultimately lasted 11 years, Miller found other flying jobs, which were low paying but helped her stay current and qualified.

In 2013, Miller resumed flights with American Airlines based in Chicago. She lives in Denver but commutes elsewhere to fly the 787 Dreamliner. She also runs marathons and so far has completed 32.

Airline pilots have to retire at age 65; Miller is 61.

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Portugal and spend more time in Europe,” Miller said. “But I want to keep my hands in aviation because I love flying. It will always be a part of my life.”

A life-long passion Wells was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and grew up in Washington, D.C. She took her first flight at age 15 and immediately fell in love with aviation.

“I was picked up and carried away by it, but I couldn’t afford it,” Wells said. “It was just so far out of reach; it might have been impossible.”

Wells graduated with a bachelor of science degree in meteorology from Iowa State University in 1975, and while in college, she started working toward obtaining her private pilot’s license.

After graduation, she joined the Air Force, and her first assignment was as a weather forecaster.

“It was very cool to work as a forecaster, but my dream was always to be a pilot,” Wells said.

She said the Air Force announced it would start training women as pilots within a year of her joining.

“So, I was in the right place at the right time,” Wells said.

Wells began pilot training in 1978 and, after graduation, was assigned as an instructor pilot for the Cessna T-37 trainer.

She later served as an instructor for the WC-130 “typhoon chaser” aircraft and the supersonic T-38 Talon.

She got the opportunity to train her peers to pilot these planes but becoming a fighter pilot was still out of reach for women at that time.

“I couldn’t get it, but that was OK,” Wells said.

“I was so happy just to be the pilot for the Air Force.”

Wells was on active duty for the Air Force from 1975 to 1985 and then transferred from active duty to the Air Force Reserves.

“I flew more than 10 years in San Antonio, flying the C-5 galaxy military transport,” Wells said.

As a part-time reservist, she could pursue a civilian career, and her dream job was to fly for

NASA. In 1986, she was hired

by NASA, and her first assignment was as a zero-gravity test director.

She eventually advanced to piloting the KC-135 Stratotanker Zero-G, “vomit comet,” aircraft.

She also served as chief of training and aviation safety officer at NASA, and she earned her master’s of science degree in aeronautical science from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University by attending classes in the evenings.

“I was also pilot on a couple of other airplanes, including the administrative airplane Gulfstream 1 to transport the bosses, and then, I got to fly the Gulfstream 2, which is a special simulator to train the astronauts,” Wells said.

Wells said there were about 20 staff pilots and approximately 140 astronauts at NASA. The pilots’ mission was mainly to support the manned space program and to help train astronauts.

Wells decided she wanted to be close to her family in Colorado, so she left NASA and went to work for the Federal Aviation Administration in 2003 as a safety inspector at the Denver Flight Standards Office at Denver International Airport.

“I was an instructor pilot for the FAA, and I also had many (other) tasks, including overseeing air charter companies, flight schools, agriculture operators, external load helicopters, monitoring air shows, doing accident investigation,” Wells said.

Wells retired from the FAA in 2010 and was off to her next adventure, flying part-time for Mountain Aviation in Broomfield and instructing pilots on the King Air. She also worked for Rocky Mountain Aerial surveys flying the Cessna 206 doing surveys with a LIDAR camera that produces 3-D mapping.

“They had special instruments mapping the folds and valleys of the terrain in extreme detail,” Wells said.

“It’s used for different things — mapping a golf course or building a road through a canyon.”

She is now a volunteer pilot for Light Hawk and also enjoys skiing, hiking and international travel.

Donna Miller is a first officer with American Airlines and is pictured in the cockpit of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Stephanie Wells is standing by her experimental RV-7 plane, which she owns and loves flying.

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Colorado tourism businesses rebound in 2021 Recovery is uneven between mountains, Front Range

BY JASON BLEVINS THE COLORADO SUN

The Colorado tourism industry is bouncing back from the pandemic, but the recovery is not evenly distributed across the state.

Front Range urban destinations have yet to see traffic return to 2019 levels while Western Slope mountain communities are setting all-time records.

The Colorado Tourism Office’s survey of 2021 visitors by research groups Longwoods International and Dean Runyan Associates shows visitor spending reaching $21.9 billion, a 42% increase over 2020 but still below the record $24.2 billion tourists spent in 2019. (The U.S. travel industry reported a 48% increase to $268 billion in 2021 compared with the previous year.)

Colorado’s tourism businesses hosted 84.2 million trips in 2021, up 14% from 2020 but down from the high of 86.9 million trips in 2019. Leisure travel led the rebound in 2021 while business trips, convention groups and international travel remained down.

Of the eight travel regions in Colorado, half have not recovered to 2019 levels. Spending by visitors in metro Denver and along the Front Range was down about 19% in 2021 compared with the pre-pandemic levels of 2019.

Spending in Western Slope mountain destinations was up 9% in 2021 compared with 2019.

Other details from the 2021 surveys include: Workers in the state’s tourism industry earned $7.4 billion in 2021, up 12% from 2020 but down 2% from 2019.

• Travel industry employment increased by 14,800 jobs in 2021,

with the state reporting 161,000 tourism-dependent jobs. That’s up 10% from 2020 but down from 184,100 jobs in 2019.

• 36.3 million U.S. travelers spent a night in Colorado in 2021, up 18% from 2020 but down from 39 million domestic overnight trips in 2019. About 81% of those 2021 overnight travelers were repeat visitors.

• 1.8 million business travelers spent the night in Colorado in 2021, down from 2 million in 2020 and 3.8 million in 2019.

• Taxes collected by the state, counties and municipalities on travel-related purchases reached $3.1 billion in 2021, up 40% from 2020 but down about 3% from 2019.

The Colorado tourism industry’s recovery from a steep decline in 2020 saw sporadic surges of traffic in high country villages.

The 2021-22 ski season ranked as the busiest ever for both Colorado and the nation, with U.S. resorts hosting more than 61 million visits and the most skied state in the country, Colorado, reporting a record 14 million visits.

The record-setting traffic in the mountains has chafed locals as soaring real estate prices push them further from resort-anchored valleys, triggering a labor crisis. But the steady year-overyear increases from 2021 appear to be ebbing in 2022, with many resort communities reporting smaller crowds than last summer.

A sustained slackening of bookings and occupancy already is underway this summer in Colorado’s high country. Inntopia’s DestiMetrics, which compiles lodging details from 17 mountain destinations in seven Western states, last month reported a decline in summer reservations compared to both 2021 and 2019.

That slower pace for bookings began earlier this year as pent-up travel demand from the pandemic started to wane.

“And though we’re still seeing room rates at all-time highs, the slackening demand is now long-

term and increasing economic pressures are forcing consumers to retreat from high room rates,” Tom Foley with Inntopia said in a statement. “The result is that considerably fewer room nights have been booked for this summer compared to both last year and 2019, and it is unlikely that those higher rates alleviate the revenue decrease caused by lower occupancy.”

Tim Wolfe, the head of the Colorado Tourism Office, said his team is working to find “balance and harmony” with tourist-dependent economies and local concerns about growth and capacity.

He’s focused on reviving international traffic that has collapsed since 2020.

“The mountains may be saying we don’t need tourism anymore but that is kind of a yes-and-no type of thing because international travel has not rebounded yet and those folks spend five times the amount of other travelers,” Wolfe said. “That international component has not rebounded for the mountains and those travel patterns are better with full weeks instead of just full weekends that they’ve been getting.”

The state tourism office has $4.8 million in tourism grants from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to disperse to rebuild the state’s pandemic-ravaged tourism industry. About $2.8 million of that is headed toward marketing for international visitors and $2 million will be dispersed to local destination management and tourism groups in areas that have not yet rebounded from the pandemic.

Rebuilding international tourism to the state is among the office’s top priorities. In 2019, visitors from overseas spent $1.7 billion in Colorado, accounting for more than 8% of all visitor spending in the state. That spending dropped to $306 million in 2020 and $385 million in 2021 as COVID restrictions limited international traffic.

Tourism promoters are facing

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headwinds in Colorado’s busy mountain communities. Recordsetting crowds in the last two years — largely stemming from pent-up demand for travel during the pandemic and the view that Colorado’s outdoor spaces were safe escapes — have worn on towns struggling through a labor shortage and housing crisis.

A new law passed by Colorado lawmakers this spring will give residents of 29 marketing districts — most on the Western Slope — the ability to redirect lodging tax dollars from tourism promotion toward affordable housing and recreational infrastructure. The bipartisan House Bill 1117 — which Gov. Jared Polis signed into law in April — allows voters in 29 local marketing districts across the state to spend as much as 90% of lodging taxes collected for tourism promotion on affordable housing, child care for local workers and “enhancing visitors experiences” with investment in recreational amenities like trails and trailheads.

Already communities are preparing for a vote in November.

Champions of tourism are now defending their industry in communities that thrive on travelers.

Their arguments focus on the role of tourism officials in rural communities as managers more than marketers.

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“The Colorado Tourism Office along with our partners … are the only voice out there for those high-value travelers. If you cut that voice off, then we can’t communicate to try to get those high quality travelers that really align with our Colorado values,” Wolfe said.

The Colorado Tourism Office’s new “Shine A Little Brighter” and “Do Colorado Right” ad cam-

paigns help educate visitors about leaving no trace and responsible travel in the state. A survey of the “Shine A Little Brighter” winter campaign by Strategic Marketing and Research Insights showed the 30-second online ads spurred 900,000 trips by visitors who spent $1.9 billion, the Colorado Tourism Office reports. That’s a return of $890 for every ad dollar spent, ranking the campaign among the top 10% tourism efforts in the country.

The Colorado Tourism Office also is working on new technology that will connect the state’s 10

welcome centers with up-to-date information for travelers about reservations and closures. Say, for example, the National Park Service reservations for Rocky Mountain National Park or Glenwood Springs’ reservations for Hanging Lake are full, or CDOT has closed Glenwood Canyon during a rainstorm, those welcome centers could offer visitors alternative plans.

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This event will also mark Brighton’s 135th birthday.

As in previous years, there will be live music at the event as part of the city’s summer movie and concert series, Flix and Kicks. Kicking off the night will be Denver’s ‘80s tribute band Ronnie Raygun and the Big Eighties, which will perform at 6 p.m.

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Also, youngsters who finished the city’s Youth Entrepreneurship Program will present their business and offer their products for sale. Meals are free while supplies last. pARTy bus The city of Brighton’s pARTy bus begins its visit to three art receptions at 6 p.m. Friday, July 22.

The bus will continuously circle the route from each reception. Attendees have the freedom to hop on or off at any time and can park at any of the receptions. There is no cost to ride the bus or attend the art receptions.

Locations of the receptions include: * Art at the Armory Exhibit, Armoy Performing Arts Center, 300 Strong St. This exhibit features local artists. Entertainment and refreshments available; * Eye for Art Summer Show Exhibit, Brighton City Hall, 500 S. Fourth Ave. This show features more than 30 artists’ works and more than 100 pieces of art; entertainment and refreshments are available; and * Main Street Creatives gallery art reception, Main Street Creatives, 36 S. Main St. It has 20 studio artists and is home to the Art Academy of Colorado; entertainment and refreshments are available.

Call David Gallegos at 303-655-2176 or email dgallegos@brightonco.gov.

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Participants have to be sophomores, juniors or seniors in high school, and they have to pass a modified background check.

Call 303-288-1535 or 303-655-2300.

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Back-to-school night Back-to-school night at North Elementary School, 89 N. Sixth Ave., will be from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 30.

Free backpacks and other resources will be available for families in need. Call 303-655-2900.

Fifth Sunday sing Brighton United Methodist Church, 625 S. Eighth Ave., will host a non-denominational music program consisting of singing and instrumental music from various churches in the community. It’s

set for 6 p.m. Sunday, July 31, and includes an ice-cream social.

Flix and Kicks The city of Brighton’s annual Flix and Kicks series of summer concerts returns this summer at Carmichael Park, 650 E. Southern St. The lineup includes: Thursday, July 21: A concert featuring Ronnie Raygun and the Big Eighties, 6 p.m. (in conjunction with the city’s annual barbecue); Thursday, July 28: The movie “Spiderman: No Way Home” at dusk; Thursday, Aug. 4: A concert with Chicano Heat, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 11: The movie “Dog” at dusk; and Thursday, Aug. 18: A concert with Titonic, 7 p.m.

Admission is free. Seating is firstcome, first-served.

Full moon bike rides The city of Brighton’s Full Moon Bike rides returns this summer with a new addition — an advanced rider group and a recreational rider group for each ride. The two groups start at different times.

According to a city news release, advanced riders are “strong and fearless bicyclists or enthused and confident bicyclists.” Recreational riders “are confident in their safety or people who would enjoy bicycling if they felt safer doing it.”

The meeting area is on the south side of Brighton City Hall, 500 S. Fourth Ave. The schedule looks like this: Thursday, Aug. 11: Sturgeon Moon. Sign up from 5:30 to 6 p.m., and the event starts at 6 p.m. Advanced riders start at 6:15 p.m., and recreational riders begin 10 minutes later.

Saturday, Sept. 10: Harvest Moon.

Sign-up from 5:30 to 6 p.m., and the event starts at 6 p.m. Advanced riders begin at 6:15 p.m., and recreational riders start 10 minutes later.

Bike riders have to sign a waiver before their first ride. It’s good for all Bike Brighton rides and events through Dec. 31.

Call Mark Heidt, assistant director of parks and recreation and bike program coordinator, at 303-655-2170 or email mehidt@brightonco.gov.

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Barr Lake campout Barr Lake and the city of Brighton Recreation Department are hosting a campout from 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, to 10 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 7.

The event includes an afternoon of outdoor and nature-themed vendors and activities. The evening includes a movie under the stars and s’mores by the campfire.

Visit www.brightonco.gov/1623/ Camp-Out-2022 or call 303-655-2200.

Armory Performing Arts Center concerts

The city of Brighton announced its lineup for concerts at the Armory Performing Arts Center, 300 Strong St. Aug. 13: Project Foreigner, a Foreigner tribute band, and Those Crazy Nights, a Journey tribute band, at 7 p.m.

Sept. 9: “Forever Flannel Night” — Rooster, an Alice in Chains tribute, plus TEN, Colorado’s Pearl Jam tribute band, and Bleach D, a Nirvana tribute band, at 7 p.m.

Sept. 30: FACE vocal band, an allvocal band, at 7 p.m.

Oct. 1: Mr. Majestyk’s 8-TRack Revival, a ‘70s rock and pop band, 7 p.m.

Oct. 29: Yesterday, The Beatles Tribute, at 7 p.m.

Nov. 18: The Long Run, performs its annual “Alter Eagles” set at 8 p.m.

Nov. 19: The Long Run, Colorado’s tribute to the Eagles, at 8 p.m.

Tickets are available at brightonarmory.org. Contact Gary Montoya, events and downtown initiative manager, at gmontoya@brightonco.gov.

Trash Bash The City of Brighton’s last Trash Bash for the year is the weekend of Friday, Sept. 23, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Brighton Wastewater Treatment Facility, 325 N. Kuner Road.

Those with special needs can call the city for pick-up service Wednesday, Sept. 21, and Thursday, Sept. 22.

Acceptable items include furniture, cabinets, appliances (not refrigerators/freezers), bicycles, cutup carpet, doors, stereos, lawn/yard equipment, mattresses/box springs and bundled branches less than 5 feet in length. Call 303-655-2087.

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Pepsi to build its largest U.S. plant in Denver City offers $1 million in incentives to maker of soft drinks

BY SARAH MULHOLLAND COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

PepsiCo has chosen Denver as the place where it will build what will be its largest U.S. plant.

Colorado beat out three other states to become the site of the mammoth facility, Pepsi said in a statement on July 13. The company acquired roughly 152 acres of land near Denver International Airport

for the planned 1.2 million-squarefoot manufacturing facility, which is set to open next year.

“We’re thrilled to call Denver, a city that shares so many of our values, home to PepsiCo’s most sustainable U.S. plant location,” said Johannes Evenblij, PepsiCo Beverages president of North America’s West Division, in the statement.

In March, Denver City Council approved $1 million in incentives for Pepsi’s project. As Pepsi builds the facility and adds new jobs, the city will pay the company cash in installments. The city expects to make the payments over a multi-year period until the site is completed.

As part of the deal, Pepsi will

move its longtime operation on Brighton Boulevard in Denver’s RiNo neighborhood to the new facility. The company says all 250 employees at the existing facility will be moved to the new site, and that they will create an additional 250 jobs — with an average wage of $65,000 — on top of that.

Denver officials estimate the project could bring $6 million in additional revenue to the city’s general fund over a five-year period and $11 million over a 10-year period.

Denver Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca, the only council member to vote against the deal, contends the new facility is primarily a good deal for Pepsi.

“This was a good deal for a multinational corporation who needed a newer, larger space and got a city to relocate and essentially build a community around their needs,” CdeBaca said in a text message.

“Denverites should be concerned about how their tax dollars were spent in this deal and how this city caters to corporate needs when it is small businesses struggling to survive.”

The old facility on Brighton Boulevard is in CdeBaca’s district.

This story is from Colorado Public Radio, a nonprofit news source. Used by permission. For more, and to support CPR News, visit cpr.org.

Altitude-Comcast blackout will continue indefinitely Colorado viewers still won’t see local sports as attempted mediation fails

BY PAOLO ZIALCITA COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

Talks to end the three-year contract dispute between cable giant Comcast and local sports broadcaster Altitude TV failed July 12, meaning another season of Colorado sports could be unavailable

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A Comcast spokesperson confirmed a second round of mediation failed to yield an agreement between the two parties. They do not currently have another round of mediation scheduled.

“We are fans of the Avs, Nuggets and Rapids, and we share the Colorado hockey fans’ excitement around the Avs amazing Stanley Cup win. We’ve presented options for some time to Altitude for how we could carry the games without raising rates for all Comcast customers.

And we continue to remain open to continuing discussions with Altitude,” Comcast spokesperson Leslie Oliver said in an email.

Altitude TV did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The channel broadcasts the Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche and Colorado Rapids. The three teams and the channel are all owned by Stan Kroenke.

The breakdown in negotiations will likely come as a disappointment to fans, as well as Colorado state legislators who introduced and subsequently killed a bill that

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One group of fans will soon be free of this dispute, however.

Starting in 2023, the Rapids will be removed from Altitude’s programming lineup. All Major League Soccer games will be exclusively streamed on Apple TV+ starting that year.

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July 21, 2022

State sees drop in life expectancy for second year

BY JOHN DALEY COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

Life expectancy dropped in Colorado for the second straight year in 2021. It’s the kind of decline, driven by the pandemic, not seen in decades, data from the state health department show.

The average life expectancy for Colorado residents fell to 78 years in 2021. That’s slightly lower than 2020, the first year of the pandemic when it was 78.4 years, but the slide represents a persistent and significant drop of nearly three years compared to 2019.

“The last time life expectancy dropped like this was in 1943, which was the most fatal year of World War II, for the nation,” said Dr. Eric France, the state’s chief medical officer. “It is tragic that we see life expectancy drop.

Death rates increased by 20 percent.”

Key drivers for the decline were COVID-19 and overdose deaths.

The data vary by demographic group. COVID-19 was the leading cause of death among Hispanics, as well as non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islanders and American Indian/Native Alaskans, the data show.

Dr. Lilia Cervantes, an associate professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, said she wasn’t surprised by the new numbers.

“The Latino community makes up the majority of the essential workforce,” said Cervantes, who is a member of the Colorado Vaccine Equity Taskforce. “During COVID, they’ve been the least protected. They’ve not

been able to avoid public transportation. They’ve had to continue working sometimes even while ill and are the least likely to have healthcare coverage.”

Vaccination rates for Hispanics, the term used in state and federal health studies, lag other groups, both in Colorado and nationally.

The data mirror national trends.

American Indians and Alaska Natives faced similar population-level health challenges. Both communities entered the pandemic with “longstanding pre-existing health disparities that made them especially vulnerable to more severe COVID illness and death,” said Michelle Sarche, a licensed clinical psychologist and associate professor in the Centers for American Indian & Alaska Native Health and Department of Community & Behavioral Health at the Colorado School of Public Health.

She noted many tribal communities face underlying health challenges, including “inadequate access to healthcare, education, affordable and sufficient housing, and economic opportunity, all of which are treaty rights and trust obligations that the United States, in its own analysis, has failed to uphold.”

As troubling as these data are, though, it’s important to tell the whole story,” one of resilience, resistance and survival,’’ said Sarche, a member of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of the Ojibwe tribe.

American Indian and Alaska Native communities “instituted some of the

most successful vaccine campaigns,” she said. “They marshaled enormous resources to protect their communities, and the most vulnerable among them — including elders,” bearers of native language and culture for younger generations.

Cervantes also stressed the resilience of Hispanic communities during the pandemic and spotlighted changes that could help down the road.

She said countries with similar wealth as the U.S. provide more comprehensive social services and guarantee health care. She thinks a recent push to cover all Coloradans and make healthcare more affordable could help.

“Colorado, I feel like, is creating change to make it so that access to healthcare coverage depends less on immigration status and socioeconomic status,” she said.

The overall life expectancy among Colorado residents was 78.4 years in 2020 (81.0 years for females, 76.0 years for males) and 78.0 years in 2021 (80.9 years for females and 75.2 years for males), according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. That’s based on final death certificate data for 2020 and 2021, and improved population estimates for both years.

COVID-19 remained the third leading cause of death among Colorado residents in 2021, as it was in 2020, the health department found. Among nonHispanic Black/African Americans, Asians, and whites, COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death.

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“The biggest driver of the increases in drug overdose deaths in the past few years has indeed been fentanyl,” said Kirk Bol, the state’s Vital Statistics Program manager. Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid similar to morphine but 50 to 100 times more potent. It’s increasingly being found in other drugs laced with fentanyl, causing users to overdose accidentally.

In 2017, the state recorded 81 fentanyl deaths. In 2021, the number rose to 912, half of all overdose deaths. Bol called it a “shocking increase.”

In 2021, there were 1,881 total drug overdose deaths among Colorado residents — an increase compared to the 1,477 deaths recorded in 2020. The highest increase involved fentanyl, which soared from 540 in 2020 to 912. Increases were also observed in overdose deaths involving methamphetamine and cocaine, while small declines were seen in overdose deaths involving heroin.

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Public Notices call 303-566-4123 Legals City and County PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF COLORADO COUNTY OF ADAMS IN THE DISTRICT COURT Division D1 No. 22JV57 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE INTEREST OF: Adalynna Sorrell, Joziah Franklin

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

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

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

SUMMONS Children, and Concerning

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

Jasmyne Franklin, Michael Sorrell, Tye Davis, Jezeriah Gaitan

Done and signed this 29th day of June, 2022.

BY THE COURT: District Court Judge/Magistrate

Respondents To the parents, guardian, or other respondents named above, GREETINGS: Tye Davis You are hereby notified that a verified petition has been filed in the above named Court in which it is represented to the Court that said child are alleged to be dependent and neglected; for the reasons set forth more fully in said petition, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference for greater certainty.

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 25th day of August, 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 8th day of July, 2022.

Alana Percy Clerk of the District Court Legal Notice No. bsb1691 First Publication: July 21, 2022 Last Publication: July 21, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS COUNTY, Court Address: 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton, CO 80601 Child(ren): Corbin Lorsung Respondents: Candice Lorsung, Cooper Sonmers, John Doe Case Number: 21JV307 Attorney or Party Without Attorney: Name: Conor Hagerty Address: 11860 Pecos St. Westminster, CO 80234 Phone Number: (720) 523-2950 Fax Number: (720)-523-295 l Atty. Reg.#: 42629 ORDER OF ADVISEMENT NOTICE TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENTS: Candice Lorsung, Cooper Sonmers and John Doe YOU ARE HEREBY ADVISED that the Petitioner, has filed a Motion to Terminate the Parent-Child Legal Relationship which now exists between you and the above-named child; YOU ARE FURTHER ADVISED that the Motion has been set for hearing in Division DI of the District Court in and for the County of Adams, Adams County Justice Center, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, Colorado, on the 1st day of August, 2022, at the hour of 10:30 a.m., at which time the Petitioner must prove by clear and convincing evidence 1) It is in the best interests of the child, that the parent-child legal relationship which exists between you and the child be terminated and severed; 2) That the child was adjudicated dependent or neglected; 3) That an appropriate treatment plan has not reasonably been complied with by the parent or has not been successful; 4) That the parents are unfit; 5) That the conduct or condition of the parent or parents is unlikely to change within a reasonable time; OR 1) That the child have been abandoned by their parent or parents in that the parent or parents have surrendered physical custody for a period of six months and during this period have not manifested to the child, the court or to the person having physical custody a firm intention to assume or obtain physical custody or to make permanent legal arrangements for the care of the child and 2) That it is in the best interests of the child that the parent-child legal relationship which exists between the child and the respondents be terminated and severed.

Legal Notice No. BSB1677 First Publication: July 21, 2022 Last Publication: July 21, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF FINDING OF NO SIGNFICANT IMPACT AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS July 21, 2022 Adams County 4430 S. Adams County Parkway Brighton, CO 80601 (720) 523-6200 These notices shall satisfy two separate but related procedural requirements for activities to be undertaken by Adams County.

REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF FUNDS On or about August 8, 2022, Adams County will submit a request to Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the release of Community Development Block Grant funds under Title 1 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, to undertake a project known as City View Park Renovation Project for the purpose of improving City View Park, which is located at 8150 City View Drive in Adams County.

The park, which is owned by Adams County, encompasses a significantly sloped parcel consisting of approximately 4.31 acres of primarily mowed grass and vegetation. The county proposes to add surface parking, new playground equipment, and possibly shelters, picnic tables, benches, trash cans, and other small-scale park facilities determined by community feedback. Approximately $600,000 in HUD funding will be involved in this project which will cost approximately $1.25 million total.

FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT Adams County has determined that the project will have no significant impact on the human environment. Therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) is not required. Additional project information is contained in the Environmental Review Record (ERR) on file at 4430 S. Adams County Parkway, Brighton, CO 80601 and may be examined or copied weekdays 8 A.M to 4:30 P.M. PUBLIC COMMENTS Any individual, group, or agency may submit written comments on the ERR to Adams County.

All comments received by August 5, 2022 will be considered by Adams County prior to authorizing submission of a request for release of funds.

Comments should specify which Notice they are addressing.

ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATION Adams County certifies to HUD that Lynn Baca in her capacity as Chair of the Board of County Commissioners consents to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to the environmental review process and that these responsibilities have been satisfied. HUD’s approval of the certification satisfies its responsibilities under NEPA and related laws and authorities and allows Adams County to use Program funds.

OBJECTIONS TO RELEASE OF FUNDS HUD will accept objections to its release of fund and Adams County’s certification for a period of fifteen days following the anticipated submission date or its actual receipt of the request (whichever is later) only if they are on one of the following bases: (a) the certification was not executed by the Certifying Officer of Adams County; (b) Adams County has omitted a step or failed to make a decision or finding required by HUD regulations at 24 CFR part 58; (c) the grant recipient or other participants in the development process have committed funds, incurred costs or undertaken activities not authorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before

approval of a release of funds by HUD; or (d) another Federal agency acting pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1504 has submitted a written finding that the project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality. Objections must be prepared and submitted via email in accordance with the required procedures (24 CFR Part 58, Sec. 58.76) and shall be addressed to Noemi Ghirghi, Acting CPD Region VIII Director, at CPD_COVID-19OEEDEN@hud.gov. Potential objectors should contact CPD_COVID-19OEE-DEN@hud.gov to verify the actual last day of the objection period.

Lynn Baca, Chair of the Board of County Commissioners Adams County Legal Notice No. BSB1697 First Publication: July 21, 2022 Last Publication: July 21, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2021CV030868 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND RIGHT TO CURE AND REDEEM PHEASANT RIDGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation, Plaintiff, v.

Ronald Escalera; Angela Escalera; LoanDepot. com, LLC; City of Brighton; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., and Lisa L. Culpepper, as Adam County’s Public Trustee Defendants Lot 53, Block 1, Pheasant Ridge Subdivision, Amended Plat No. 2, County of Adams, State of Colorado Also known as: 3946 Costillo Ct., Brighton, CO 80601 (“Property”).

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS or JUDGMENT DEBTORS, please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff’s Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Sheriff’s Department of County of Adams, State of Colorado at 9:00 am, on the 15th day of September, 2022 at the Adams County Sheriff’s Office Civil Unit in the Adams County Justice Center Basement located at 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton, CO 80601, phone number (303) 655-3228, at which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.

For the purposes of paying off, curing the default, or redemption as provided by statute, intent must be directed to or conducted at the OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF, CIVIL UNIT, for the County of Adams, State of Colorado.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $8,520.05.

If the borrower believes that a lender or servicer has violated the requirements for a single point of contact in D.R.S. 38-38-103.1 or the prohibition on dual tracking in C.R.S. 38-38- 103.2, the borrower may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General at the Colorado Department of Law, Ralph L Carr Judicial Building, 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor, Denver, CO 80203, 720-508-6000 or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, P.O. Box 2900, Clinton, IA 52733-2900, 855-411-2372, http:// www.consumerfinance.gove/complaint/; or both, but the filing of this complaint will not stop the foreclosure process.

NOTICE OF RIGHT TO CURE AND RIGHT TO REDEEM Re: Sheriff Sale of Real Property under Decree of Foreclosure, pursuant to Court Order and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq.

COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO 1. This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to Court Order dated March 17, 2022, and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq. by Pheasant Ridge Community Association Inc., a Colorado nonprofit corporation, the holder and current owner of a lien recorded on October 20, 2020 at Reception No. 2020000107258 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 Community Declaration for Pheasant Ridge recorded on December 18, 2000 at Reception Number C0742680 of the Adams County records and all supplements thereto (hereinafter referred to as the “Declaration”). The Declaration and notices, as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of Pheasant Ridge Community Association Inc., WHICH LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS, legally described as follows, to wit:

Lot 53, Block 1, Pheasant Ridge Subdivision, Amended Plat No. 2, County of Adams, State of Colorado Also known as: 3946 Costillo Ct., Brighton, CO 80601 (“Property”).

You may have an interest in the real property being affected or have certain rights or suffer certain liabilities or loss of your interest in the subject property as a result of said foreclosure. You may have the right to redeem the real property or you may have the right to cure a default under the instrument being foreclosed. A notice of intent to cure filed pursuant to section 38-38-104 shall be filed with the officer at least fifteen calendar days prior to the first scheduled sale date or any date to which the sale is continued.

A notice of intent to redeem filed pursuant to section 38-38-302 shall be filed with the officer no later than eight business days after the sale.

In this regard, you may desire and are advised to consult with your own private attorney. For the purpose of paying off, curing the default, or redemption as provided by the aforementioned laws, intent must be directed to or conducted at the Adams County Sherriff’s Office, Civil Unit, Basement, 1100 Judicial Center Dr Brighton, CO 80601.

You are advised that, the parties liable thereon, LoanDepot.com, LLC; City of Brighton; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., and Lisa L. Culpepper, as Adam County’s Public Trustee, the owners of the property described above, or those with an interest in the subject property, may take appropriate and timely action under Colorado statutes, certain sections of which are attached hereto.

In order to be entitled to take advantage of any rights provided for under Colorado law, you must strictly comply and adhere to the provisions of the law. Further, you are advised that the attached Colorado statutes merely set forth the applicable portions of Colorado statutory law relating to curative and redemption rights; therefore, you should read and review all the applicable statues and laws in order to determine the requisite procedures and provisions which control your rights in the subject property.

Witness my hand and seal of said Court this 11th day of July, 2022.

Alana Percy Clerk of the District Court Legal Notice No. BSB1694 First Publication: July 21, 2022 Last Publication: July 21, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade PUBLIC NOTICE DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2022CV30175 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE (FOR PUBLISHING) SAVORY FARM HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC, a Colorado nonprofit corporation, Plaintiff, v.

Darby P. Montoya; Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Successor by Merger to Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A., as Trustee F/K/A Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A., as Trustee for the Registered Holders of Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2003-SD1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003SD1 at C/O Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC.; and Lisa L. Culpepper, as Adam County’s Public Trustee Defendant(s)

Lot 75, Savory Farm Subdivision, County of Adams, State of Colorado.

Also known as: 11057 North Clay Drive, Westminster, CO 80234.

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS or JUDGMENT DEBTORS, please take notice:

All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at (303) 654-1850. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above-described lien is Gabriel Stefu, WesternLaw Group LLC, 9351 Grant Street #120, Thornton, CO 80229, 720-542-8724.

You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff’s Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Sheriff’s Department of County of Adams, State of Colorado at 9:00 am, on the 15th day of September, 2022 at the Adams County Sheriff’s Office Civil Unit located at 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601, phone number (303) 655-3272, at which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale

The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 9:00A.M. on September 15, 2021 at the Adams County Sherriff’s Office, Civil Unit, Adams County Justice Center, Basement 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton CO 80601.

For the purposes of paying off, curing the default, or redemption as provided by statute, intent must be directed to or conducted at the OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF, CIVIL UNIT, for the County of Adams, State of Colorado.

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.

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

DATED: July 6, 2022.

Richard A. Reigenborn Adams County Sheriff By: Stacy Sutton Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. BSB1682 First Publication: July 14, 2022 Last Publication: August 11, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ADAMS Division D1 No. 22JV44 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE INTEREST OF: Neveah Marie Tafoya, Jermaine B. Sandoval, Isiah Anthony Manzanares, Eli Tafoya SUMMONS Children, and Concerning Latisha Tafoya, Derreck Michael Gillen, Moses Lopez, Christopher Manzanares Respondents To the parents, guardian, or other respondents named above, GREETINGS: Moses Lopez 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 2nd day of August, 2022 at the hour of 8:50 a.m. You are hereby notified to be and appear, at said time, before this Court located at the Adams County Justice Center, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

If the borrower believes that a lender or servicer has violated the requirements for a single point of contact in C.R.S. 38-38-103.1 or the prohibition on dual tracking in C.R.S. 38-38103.2, the borrower may file a complaint with the Colorado Attorney General at the Colorado Department of Law, Ralph L Carr Judicial Building, 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor, Denver, CO 80203, 720-508-6000 or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, P.O. Box 2900, Clinton, IA 52733-2900, 855411-2372, http://www.consumerfinance.gove/complaint/; or both, but the filing of this complaint will not stop the foreclosure process.

Judgment is in the amount of $6,899.21.

Attorney for Savory Farm Homeowners Association, Inc. WesternLaw Group LLC Gabriel Stefu, # 34616 9351 Grant Street #120 Thornton, CO 80229 gstefu@westernlawgroup.com DATED in Colorado this 27th day of June 2022.

Richard A. Reigenborn Sheriff of Adams County, Colorado By: Kathy Grosshans Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. BSB1689 First Publication: July 21, 2022 Last Publication: August 18, 2022 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ADAMS Division D1 No. 21JV258 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE INTEREST OF: Terron Barnes SUMMONS A Child, and Concerning

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Riverdale Ridge’s Talarico casts second lot with Minnesota JC

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Riverdale Ridge alum Mathias Talarico knows where he’s heading to school for at least the next two years.

“I chose Rainy River (Rainy River Community College in International Falls, Minnesota) because of how much the coach showed interest in me and how much he told me how I would fit into the program,” Talarico said. “One of my previous coaches put me in contact with coach (Josh) Koenig. We had multiple conversations, and it just felt as the right fit for me.”

There was no campus tour that accompanies a lot of the decisionmaking process for high-school

athletes who wanted to play in college. But that was OK with Talarico.

“We had many conversations on how he planned to use me this season and how exactly he runs his programs,” Talarico said.

International Falls, Minnesota, is more than 1,000 miles from Thornton.

“The distance for me did play a factor a little bit,” Talarico said.

“When I hear Minnesota, I thought about how far it was from home.

But after many conversations with my parents and the coach, I knew that it would be a good fit.”

Talarico is leaving Otero Junior College in Trinidad.

“I had some interest from my previous school about returning.

But for me, I think stepping away from my last school was the best decision for me,” he said. “My plan right now is to work towards my AA (associate of arts) degree and, hopefully, transfer to a fouryear and work towards a teaching degree.”

As a senior at Riverdale Ridge, Talarico drove in seven runs and hit .256 in a pandemic-shortened season.

“The pandemic did play a part in the recruiting process because so many kids planned on staying at schools for another year, making it hard for a roster spot to open up,” he said. “There are some nerves going so far from home but also a lot of excitement because I am able to still play the game.”

Riverdale Ridge alum Mathias Talarico signs on with Rainy River Community College for more education and more COURTESY PHOTO baseball.

Public Notices Vanessa Becker, John Doe

Respondents To the parents, guardian, or other respondents named above, GREETINGS: John Doe You are hereby notified that a verified petition has been filed in the above named Court in which it is represented to the Court that said child are alleged to be dependent and neglected; for the reasons set forth more fully in said petition, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference for greater certainty.

You are further notified that the parent-child legal relationship may be terminated by this action, if prayed for in the petition.

You are further notified that the Court has set said petition for hearing on the 4th day of August, 2022 at the hour of 9:10 a.m. You are hereby notified to be and appear, at said time, before this Court located at the Adams County Justice Center, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601.

Witness my hand and seal of said Court this 11th day of July, 2022.

Alana Percy Clerk of the District Court Legal Notice No. BSB1693 First Publication: July 21, 2022 Last Publication: July 21, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton, Colorado 80601 In the Interest of: Carlos Munoz, Respondent Attorneys for Petitioner: Aaron L. Evans, #27270 Timothy D. Bounds, #44180 Andrew Rogers, #52188 Evans Case, LLP 1660 South Albion Street, Suite 1100 Denver, Colorado 80222 Phone Number: (303) 757-8300 E-mail: Evans@evanscase.com; Bounds@evanscase.com Rogers@evanscase.com Case Number: 2022PR030455 NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO §15-10-401, C.R.S.

Andrew Rogers, Attorney for Petitioner Maria Gutierrez 1660 South Albion Street, Suite 1100 Denver, Colorado 80222 Legal Notice No. BSB1698 First Publication: July 21, 2022 Last Publication: August 4, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Notice to Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of David Diederich, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 215 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before November 14, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Cheri Diederich 13820 Boston St Brighton, CO 80602 Legal Notice No. BSB1685 First Publication: July 14, 2022 Last Publication: July 28, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of ERIC JON BERLIN, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30510 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before November 21, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jane L. Berlin, Personal Representative 1263 Ebony Street Denver, CO 80221 Legal Notice No. BSB1690 First Publication: July 21, 2022 Last Publication: August 4, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of CLAUDIA E. BARRETT, also known as CLAUDIA ELAINE BARRETT, also known as CLAUDIA BARRETT, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR30521 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before November 14, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

To: Alberto Munoz Last Known Address: Unknown in Adams County

Katherine M. Forsberg 12056 93rd Street N Largo, FL 33773-4315

A hearing on the Petition for Approval of Settlement of Claims Pursuant to Rule 62 of the Colorado Rules of Probate Procedure and Petition for Appointment of Special Conservator for the above Respondent. The Petition filed requests Court approval of the settlement and the net settlement funds will deposited in a restricted account.

Legal Notice No. BSB1681 First Publication: July14, 2022 Last Publication: July 28, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

A hearing will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: September 19, 2022 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Division: T1 Hearing Via Webex: https://judicial.webex. com/meet/sara.price

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of FRED TAYLOR, JR., Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30561 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before November 22, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Attorneys for Letta B. Campbell: Aaron L. Evans, #27270

Andrew W. Rogers, #52188 Evans Case, LLP 1660 South Albion Street, Suite 1100 Denver, CO 80222 Legal Notice No.BSB1692 First Publication: July 21, 2022 Last Publication: August 4, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James K. Sweetman, a/k/a James Kirby Sweetman, a/k/a Jim K. Sweetman, a/k/a Jim Sweetman, a/k/a Jimmy Sweetman, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30564 All persons having claims against the abovenamed Estate are required to present them to James A. Sweetman, Personal Representative, c/o Casey L. Williams, Esq., or to the District Court of Adams, County, Colorado, on or before November 14, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Casey L. Williams, Esq., #39117 Attorney for James A. Sweetman, Personal Representative 203 Telluride Street, #400 Brighton, CO 80601 Legal Notice No. BSB1688 First Publication: July 14, 2022 Last Publication: July 28, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mary Ellen DelGaudio, deceased Case Number: 2022PR30185 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 November 07, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Matthew M. Wolf, Esq. on behalf of the Estate’s Personal Representative Allen Vellone Wolf Helfrich & Factor P.C. 1600 Stout Street, Ste. 1900 Denver, Colorado 80202

Adams County, Colorado on or before November 21, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Charlene Gail Jakicic, Personal Representative c/o Schafer Thomas Maez PC 4 Garden Center #200 Broomfield, Colorado 80020 Legal Notice No. BSB1696 First Publication: July 21, 2022 Last Publication: August 4, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Scott Michael Berlis, deceased Case Number: 2022PR30427 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 November 7, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Belle B. Enderle Personal Representative 321 Michael Ave. North Platte, Nebraska 69101 Legal Notice No. BSB1652 First publication: July 7, 2022 Last publication: July 21, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on July 5, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult / a minor child has been filed with the Adams County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Ada Torres Gonzalez be changed to Ada Torres Case No.: 22 C 0964 By: Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. BSB01 First publication: July 07, 2022 Last publication: July 21, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Legal Notice No. BSB1700 First Publication: July 21, 2022 Last Publication: August 4, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of WILLIAM D. EBERLY, also known as WILLIAM DONALD EBERLY, WILLIAM EBERLY and BILL EBERLY, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30394

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before November 21, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

The petition requests that the name of Dominic Joseph Zarlengo McClain be changed to Dominic James Zarlengo Case No.: 22 C 0824

Constance M. Eberly, Personal Representative 1520 Wildflower Court Brighton, Colorado 80601 Legal Notice No. BSB1695 First Publication: July 21, 2022 Last Publication: August 4, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Public notice is given on June 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Adams County Court.

By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. BSB1670 First Publication: July 7, 2022 Last Publication: July 21, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Children Services

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jan Louise Elliott, aka Jan L. Elliott, aka Jan Elliott, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30541 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of

(Adoption/Guardian/Other) PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE DISTRICT COURT

COUNTY OF ADAMS Division S No. 2020JV352 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO Children(ren): Marcus Vialpando Jr., Sonny Vialpando, Jordan Vialpando Respondents: Crystal Vialpando, Marcus Vialpando ORDER OF ADVISEMENT NOTICE TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENTS: Crystal Vialpando and Marcus Vialpando

YOU ARE HEREBY ADVISED that the Petitioner, has filed a Motion to Terminate the Parent-Children Legal Relationship which now exists between you and the above-named children;

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

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

YOU ARE FURTHER ADVISED that you have the right to have legal counsel represent

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

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

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

Done and signed this 11th day of July, 2022.

BY THE COURT: District Court Judge/Magistrate Legal Notice No. BSB1699 First Publication: July 21, 2022 Last Publication: July 21, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

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