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“Our community has asked us to be more aggressive in our communication, informing people of the facts about the district’s ﬁnances,” Superintendent Chris Fiedler said. “They want to know how schools are funded, how community

The partnership of Tri-County Health, which for more than 50 years has delivered health services to Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas

Adams County has appointed a former Tri-County Health Department ofﬁcial to serve as director of the newly-formed Adams County Health Department, an entity that will oversee public health for the county once Tri-County fades away

at the start of 2023.

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Rangeview’s Maddie Kilmer (1) spikes the ball over Prairie View’s players Paige Walker (8) and Kira Ulibarri (11). The Raiders swept the Thunderhawks on Sep. 8 in Henderson. See more photos on page 9.

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Brighton-based School District 27J will ask voters to approve a mill levy override on November’s ballot.Members of the district’s Board of Education voted unanimously Sept. 6 to forward the funding request to voters.

“We can’t afford not to go out and ask our voters again,” board director Ashley Conn said. “Look at our ﬁnances; look at our needs. We’re way behind and our community needs to understand those facts.”

A mill levy override is a request of voters to approve an increase in the rate of their property taxes. The increased revenue can be used for operational expenses, such as programs and people.

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This will be the eighth time since 2000 that the board has asked for local support for schools at the ballot box. However, in those eight attempts, voters have yet to approve mill levy overrides for things like stafﬁng, educational programs, teacher compensation, and instructional needs.

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“We often talk about raising the voices of communities and populations that may have been historically undervalued, underrepresented, and who experience adverse or disproportionate outcomes,” Weidenbach said in the release.

One of the top priorities of the new department is to “achieve health equity,” Dr. Kelly Weidenbach, the appointed director, said in a news release.

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27J Schools is third from last in per-student funding statewide and it is the lowest funded district in the Denver metro area. 27J last passed a mill levy override in 2000 for $750,000 which today equates to $41 per student.

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counties, will soon fade away, fractured largely by Douglas County’s disagreements over COVID-19 policies.The process of the three counties pulling out of Tri-County began with the Douglas County commissioners deciding to immediately leave the health agency in September 2021 after months of disagreements over COVID-19 protection measures.Tri-County became a magnet for attention during the earlier stages of the coronavirus pandemic as it

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It’s been a rough year, but the twins are ﬁne. Now, a little older than nine months, they’re thriving.

“It’s been awesome to be able to come home from work and be able to take care of the girls. I put a lot into perspective because I’m also an identical twin. So knowing what my parents had to go through, you know, now being able to experience that puts it into perspective for us,” Bryan said.

Dr. Galan said identical twins result from a fertilized egg that splits. The timing of the split dictates what type of twins you end up carrying.Ifitsplits within the ﬁrst three days, you will have Di/di twins. If they split between three and eight days, you end up with Mo/di twins

Riley was born growth-restricted, weighing three pounds and three ounces but was only in the hospital for three weeks. The bigger and

“Then for two weeks, she really bad bloody diapers again and we went back to the hospital and did two more blood transfusions,” TaylorThesaid.Reiders sought many different doctors and had several specialty

“The gal instantly looked kind

Even though Bryan was a twin himself, they had no idea what Di/di meant. And further tests and ultrasound appointments didn’t change.

Taylor carried her twins for 35 weeks, with doctors monitoring them once a week because of several“Thecomplications.splitwasn’t even on the placenta for each baby. So one baby got a smaller placental share compared to the other. It sets that baby up for complications, such as selective fetal growth restriction,” he said.

The Reiders drove back and forth every day, leaving the house at 6:30 a.m. with Riley to see Jaci at the hospital until 4 p.m. Jaci had developed some unknown health problems and needed as many as eight blood transfusions during her stay.

Dr. Galan said.

healthier Jaci was in the hospital for the next three months.

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It wasn’t until the Reiders went in for a more powerful scan at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Denver to determine their babies’ genders at 20 weeks before they learned about the amniotic sac.

Both babies had their own umbilical cords, they were simply connected to the same placenta.

When Taylor was eight weeks pregnant, she went to her appointment at Platte Valley Medical Center in Brighton and discovered the babies were twins.

Tough battle for ‘family of four’

Placental twins shared more than their parents love

Mo/di twins are “...roughly about under 1% of all pregnancies. Twins are about 3% of all pregnancies, and 1/3 of these pregnancies are identical twins,” Dr. Galan said.

“The team at Children’s Colorado is incredible. Dr. Galan really cares about us and our girls. We are not just another number to him but rather, real people,” Taylor said.

Taylor and Bryan Rieder were expecting their ﬁrst baby but were thrilled to discover they were expecting their ﬁrst two — twins.

“Mo/di twins are very rare and only 1% of pregnancies carry Mo/ di twins. They share a placenta and blood supply which can be fatally dangerous,” said Dr. Henry Galan, a fetal surgeon and maternal-fetal medicine specialist at Children’s Hospital Colorado.

Finally,tests.their last straw was an exploratory surgery that found that Jaci had Infantile Hemangioma, a tumor in her small intestine — the cause of her bleeding the entire time.Jaci tumor should shrink and disappear in the next few years and she has appointments ﬁve times a month at Children’s Colorado to monitor the tumors.

Rileysaid.and Jaci Rieder were born on Dec. 10, 2021, and placed in Children’s Hospital Colorado Newborn Intensive Care Unit.

likely be growth restricted because they share the same placenta with abnormal umbilical blood ﬂow. It was a higher-risk pregnancy and would have to be closely monitored, he said.

A discovery of twins

It was no surprise for husband Bryan, an identical twin himself. But the news darkened a bit at 20 weeks when they discovered their twins shared more than most twins. Both were growing in the same placenta and sharing the same blood supply, a potentially dangerous condition called “Mo/di” for Monochorionic diamniotic pregnancy.

“During my ultrasound, they said you have Di/di twins, which means Dichorionic diamniotic twins,” Taylor said. It’s how most twins grow, in their own amniotic sacs and placentas.It was a surprise name that meant that there was nothing unsuspected.

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“Those vessels and the umbilical cords branch out like the roots of the tree across the placenta for each baby. And on the surface of the placenta, which is universally connected vessels from one side of the placenta to the other, they share a circulation,” he said.

The science of twins

“We wouldn’t have our girls and deﬁnitely don’t know where we would be now with Jaci without the experts at Children’s Colorado. They are the reason we are family of four.”

The journey for Jaci Taylor said Riley was a rock star drinking her bottles and kept growing.“It was kind of funny, we had to get a car seat that was rated small enough, and when she hit the fourpound mark, she was in the car seat. The next morning, we left the hospital with Riley -- it was surreal,” she said.

Taylor and Brian Rieder with their identical twin girls.

“We got a call in the middle of the night, it was pretty scary. They said she had bloody diapers and they needed to consent for a blood transfusion. We panicked and went to the hospital and got her transfusions,” TaylorTaylorsaid.said they ﬁrst thought it was a milk protein allergy causing the bleeding. They switched her formula, the bleeding stopped and a month later, they brought Jaci home.Butshe did not get better.

The baby could become very sick as blood ﬂow worsens, he said but it was a threat for both babies. For example, one baby could pass away, and the other baby could also be lost because of bleeding through the connections on the other side of the placenta from the smaller fetus that passed“Fortunately,away. the blood ﬂows improved we could carry Riley all the way to 35 weeks gestation,” Dr. Galan

Both Riley and Jaci are growing, a little over nine months old and are doing“Thegreat.girls being healthy is all I can really ask for — and obviously for them to get along,” Bryan said.

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A former high language arts teacher will lead a Brighton-based group’s efforts to alleviate housing problems and homelessness.

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Youth speaker and DJ Juan Bendaña is also scheduled to speak his message of engagement and action.

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Brighton’s Image Summit returns to Riverdale Regional Park on Nov. 2 and 3, aiming to help local youth learn leadership skills and how to use their voices to affect change.

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Prior to her career in education, Fiedler was a newspaper reporter and“Dr.editor.Fiedler is a leader in the community, and a highlyexperienced manager with great compassion and strong communication skills,” said Almost Home, Inc. Board President Peter Padilla.

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and mission of Almost Home, Inc.,” Fiedler.said“I look forward to continuing to lead Almost Home, Inc. forward in the Inc.’sAdamslessnessagainstfighthome-inCounty.AlmostHome,mission

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ning her career as a high school language arts teacher and serving the past 24 years as an assistant principal, principal and executive director at various schools in Adams County. She lead schools that youth who at times experienced housing instability.

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Almost Home, Inc. announces new executive director

The two-day conference is for Colorado youth ages 10 - 19 who will gain leadership skills and inspiration to use their voices to impact their communities and government policy.

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Keynote speakers include author Kyle Scheele, a champion of crazy ideas. His work has been featured in publications like Fast Company, The Washington Post, Wired and more.

An informational virtual meeting is scheduled at 10 a.m. Sept. 14 to answer questions about the summit, including how chaperones can bring a group to the event.Formore information about the Image Summit, please contact Rachel Nulle, Youth Services Coordinator, at rnulle@brightonco.gov or 303-655-2119.

ing their networks of young leaders.”The summit will feature keynote speakers, workshops, opportunities to interact with elected ofﬁcials from across the state.

The board of directors for Almost Home Inc. announced Sept. 2 the hiring of Dr. Jessica Fiedler as the organization’s new Executive Director. She began her new role Sept. 6.

The organization provides hous-

org. The cost to attend is $25 for students and chaperones. Registration will remain open until all available 500 spots ﬁ ll up. Registering early is recommended.

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ing assistance through a homeless prevention program, operating emergency shelter and outreach programs and other supportive housing programs. Those programs are designed to respond to and prevent households from becoming homeless by providing direct financial assistance, shortterm case management support and emergency shelter and case management to homeless households.Almost Home, Inc. is located in Brighton and serves all of Adams and Southern Weld Counties.

This is the sixth year Brighton has sponsored the summit, which draws teens from across the state.

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Over the last 12 years, Scheele has spoken to more than 350,000 audience members, blending humor and heart to inspire.

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Residents can attend in person or via zoom.Candidates include County Com-

In District 4, candidates Democrat Ike McCorkle and Independent Ryan McGonigal have agreed to appear. Incumbent Congressman Ken Buck, a Republican, has also been invited.

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District Judge Shelley Gilman announced on Sept. 8 her decision ﬁnding that she does not have jurisdiction to hear Adams 14’s complaint.

students and detracts from the district’s turnaround efforts.

The district ﬁled a complaint for judicial review with Denver District Court June 28 in protest of the state board’s decision to remove Adams 14’s accreditation and subsequent order for reorganization. The Classroom Teachers Association, which represents Adams 14 employees, also joined in the lawsuit.Thedistrict has been plagued by low test scores for years. Earlier attempts to bring the district up to speed have not worked or been cut off early, including a contract with an outside management ﬁrm earlier this year.

Loría said the ruling further harms

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“We’re honoring their requests and are in the midst of an information project all about the district’s ﬁnances and how funding affects things like school programs, staffing, and teacher compensation.”

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The candidates for two Adams County Commissioner seats and the sheriff, assessor, clerk, treasurer and coroner are expected to attend an in-person forum at 6 p.m. Sept. 26 at the Community Reach Center, 11285 Highline Drive in Northglenn.

Voters will see the mill levy override request when ballots are sent out in October for the Nov. 8 election.

27J covers portions of northwest Adams County, northeast Broomﬁeld County and southwest Weld County. It is the second largest school district in Adams County with more than 20,000 students in the 2021-22 school year. The district

growth impacts their schools, and they want to clearly understand how

The complaint cites a dozen claims for relief, including challenges to what the district says is an “unconstitutional manner” that the state board used the Accountability Act against schools, such as Adams 14. Adams 14 is challenging the Colorado State Board of Education’s May 2022 order, which removed the district’s state accreditation and directed it to reorganize.

Latino Coalition of Weld County is co-sponsoring the forum.

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Saying the district would appeal, the Adams County School District 14 representatives reacted to a District Judge ruling that dismissed a complaint against the Colorado State Board of Education.“TheCourt’s decision basically allows the State Board of Education to oversee all of Colorado’s public school districts related to the Accountability Act without any sort of check or balances,” Superintendent Dr. Karla Loría said.

mission District 3 incumbent Democrat Emma Pinter and Republican challenger Sean Forest, Commission District 4 incumbent Democrat Steve O’Dorisio and Republican challenger, Joseph Domenico, and Sheriff candidates Republican Mike McIntosh and Democrat Gene Claps.

The local chapters of the League of Women Voters will be focusing on congressional candidates and Adams County races later this month.

any additional funds will be used.

Both CD-8 candidates, Democrat State Rep. Yadira Caraveo and State Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer are expected to attend the event.

“This order is contrary to other Colorado court decisions that have held that public school districts, like Adams 14, can seek judicial intervention from State Board action,” Loría said. “Regardless of the decision, we are committed to the education and wellbeing of our gifted students. Our efforts to ensure all students have opportunities upon graduation will continue with the same urgency and laser-like focus we have been providing prior to this ruling.”

includes 12 elementary schools, ﬁve middle schools, four high schools and six charter schools.

The Leagues of Women Voters of Adams County and Greeley-Weld will host a virtual forum over the Zoom conferencing app from 6:30-8 p.m. Sept. 22 featuring the candidates for Colorado congressional districts 8 and 4.

The forum is free and open to the public. To receive a link to the Zoom coverage of the forum, email scounty.org.Sutton_a@comcast.net.Tolearnmore,visitwww.lwvadam-

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For this column, I would like to focus on the changing of the seasons for businesses and salespeople, although most of what I am about to share could be relevant to almost everyone.

Depending upon the Colorado River, Las Vegas had wisely hedged its bet.

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ing for the things we can do that can have an immediate impact on how we finish the year. And more importantly, how we are all planning for 2023. This is the time to plan and prepare, with most budget decisions and commitments happening before Oct. 31. For some, that budget deadline date is the scariest part of Halloween.Tomakethe most of the upcoming season, the first thing we need to do is to make sure we have executed against all the planning we did for 2022. Did we do what we said we would do when we said we would do it? Next, we should evaluate where we are and what we can build upon tactically to finish the year as strong as possible. An increase in sales behaviors, creativity in marketing, leveraging existing relationships and referral sources, and maybe an amplification of the social media sources that drive our business.

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in how demand gets cut in Colorado and the six other basin states. The onus is on California, Arizona, and Nevada. The lower basin years have slurped too generously from the river given the emerging climate haveupperColoradorealities.andotherbasinstateslivedwithin

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less, for grass. Within that limit are other limits. No more Kentucky bluegrass. Other varieties use less water. Elected officials in Castle Rock, a city of 80,000 people that expects to fully fill out its britches at 142,000 people, in early September will review similar regulations.“Coloradoscape” is what Castle Rock calls its recommended landscapes. For homes, 500 square feet is tiny, smaller than some bedrooms. For new yards, it will be the max. Mark Marlowe, director of Castle Rock Water, says city leaders began meeting with stakeholders, including homebuilders, in November. The city does not use Colorado River water, but it has had a parallel problem, drafting unsustainably on groundwater.Denverhas a goal of a 30% reduction in “non-functional turf.” It will start with medians and non-residential areas. “Purely ornamental grass should be replaced with trees and plants that can cool, shade, pollinate, manage rainwater and survive extended dry periods,” explains Denver Water’s ToddMostHartman.surprising may be the actions by the water provider for Vail and Beaver Creek and associated areas. Even here, at the headwaters of the Colorado River, in a state that produces more than half of the river’s annual flows, the Eagle River Water and Sanitation District has been clamping down on

he summer season is coming to an end, with many of us looking forward to fall. It’s been a hot summer and it will be nice to get some cool air, turning of leaves, and just a change of pace. For some of us we get locked into the summer doldrums, especially in those severely hot days and nights. And yet for others, being outdoors and in the sunshine bring us energy.

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The Southern Nevada Water Authority draws 90% of its water for a population of 2.3 million from Lake Mead. It had two intake pipes, one higher and one lower in the reservoir.

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In Aurora, Colorado’s third largest city with nearly 400,000 residents, the city council last week approved regulations sharply limiting turf grasses on golf courses and new homes. Residential lots will be limited to 45% or 500 square feet of the yard, whichever is

Take away three key messages from this, though. If all of Colorado’s towns and cities ceased use of Colorado River water, Mead and its upper-basin sibling, Powell, will not ﬁll up. The lower-basin states have a reckoning. Also to be remembered is that if this drought ends, there will still be a warmer and almost certainly drier climate. A 2017 study found that only 50% of the reduced precipitation can be attributed to drought. Even in a very good snow year in Steamboat Springs, for example, the Yampa River can still have meager ﬂows by August.

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their compact-apportioned means. But here, too, changes are underway, because the water just is not there. Farms and ranches, which still consume upward of 85% of water in Colorado, will have to be part of the story. So will the still-growing towns andChangescities. can be seen most prominently in those places on the edge, including Denver’s fast-growing suburbs of Aurora and Castle Rock. They’re redeﬁning acceptable landscapes in the semi-arid West. Sprawling lawns resembling those of the rain-soaked eastern states are on their way out.

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New products, services, or solutions will not be brought to market within three months — that is aligned with more long-term thinking. So, the best thing we can do is focus on what we can do in the short run that will have the greatest impact on our ﬁnish, while positioning us for success in the new year.

many organizations, the grind has been especially difﬁcult with labor shortages, resignations, quiet quitters who stay but do the bare minimum, supply chain issues, and just the chaos, confusion and stress happening all around us. And one way to make the most of the upcoming season is to energize and motivate ourselves and our teams in such a way where we all can win and feel good about what we are accomplishing together.

How is the end of the year looking for you personally or professionally? Did you start strong and are looking to ﬁnish stronger? Or do you need to get creative and energized to make the most of the upcoming season? I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@ gmail.com, and when we can ﬁnish as strong as possible while setting ourselves up for success in 2023, it really will be a better than good year.

Making the most of the upcoming season

Drought combined with the aridiﬁcation produced by warming temperatures have upset the cart in the Colorado River Basin. Apples are rolling everywhere. The easy, visual way of telling that story is of the widening bathtub rings in the giant reservoirs of the Colorado River. Mead and Powell are respectively 73% and 74% empty.Butthe most important story will be

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One ﬁnal thing. Las Vegas, in addition to sinking the third tunnel into Mead, has also been wringing its towel through its own demand-side management programs. The Bellagio’s fountains will remain, but those bloated backyard swimming pools - goodbye to that illusion of plenty.

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Las Vegas bored a third tunnel, this one coming up from the bottom of the reservoir. The far-sightedness of that and other investments totaling $1.3 billion was revealed in April when reservoir levels dipped below what was needed for the highest intake pipe.

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Joe Serna

Tom Galicia, Fort Lupton’s current wrestling coach, knew Serna.

“I wanted to remain a part of the team in a new capacity,” Kropp said. “The relationships I had built, along with how much the program has grown since I ﬁrst got here, was something I wanted to see through.”

Kropp plans to take things he’s learned from other coaches into his new assignment.

“I ﬁnished up last year in what was an incredible six-year run, one of which transformed my golf game and surprised a bunch of people along the way,” Kropp said. “Once I graduate, I’m not too sure what to do yet. I’m looking at what it would take to ﬁve pro golf a try, as well as what the cost is.”

“My ﬁrst reaction was, ‘Thank goodness’ and extremely excited,” Kropp said. “I wasn’t sure what I was going to do with my time if I wasn’t doing this job. I would, frankly, have a lot of free time if I wasn’t able to land this position.”

BRIGHTON – Former Fort Lupton High School state wrestling champion Joe Serna died at Prairie View High School Aug. 30.

Coaching was not on his radar.

Rangeview proved to be too much for the Prairie View Thunderhawks Sept. 8, as the Raiders dominated in three sets.

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“I have had the pleasure of having many great coaches over a vast number of sports while growing up,”

“He was a great wrestler for Fort Lupton (state champion) and Brighton (two-time runner-up) high schools,” Galicia said. “It was sad to

Team goals for this year are in place. Kropp thinks the women’s team could crack the top ﬁve in the nation. The men’s team has the same potential, Kropp thinks.

“I got off the tee extremely well by finding the fairway more than I usually do, which allowed me to have a chance at hitting the approach shot a little closer,” he said. “I was really putting well that day, too. In the past, I could usually rely on my ball striking to save me or get me out of trouble. But I never hit anything extremely close on the day. I got lucky, then, with the putts finding the bottom of the hole, which helped a bunch.“The 63 is a testament to how far I have come, especially with the level of difficulty that comes with the course,” he concluded.

Prairie View’s Lexi Starman (1) sets her teammates up as they tried to rally back in the third set of their match against the Rangeview Raiders. Rangeview swept Prairie View in their Sep. 8 match in Henderson.

“I only envisioned myself as playing competitively, either on the team or attempting to turn pro,” Kropp said. “If professional golf didn’t pan out, I planned on using my degree in engineering to ﬁnd a job in the real world. This opportunity has been a true blessing, and I have loved every second of it so far.”

hear what happened. He was doing something he loved -- wrestling -- when this tragedy happened.”

paramedics worked to revive Serna without success.Serna won his state title in 2000. As a sophomore, he beat Valley’s Jeremy Wright 6-5 in the 171-pound ﬁnals and ﬁnished the season

“I had the captain’s role for the last two years, so it was a natural leadership role and transition that I

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Wrestling great dies at Prairie View

“The 63 I shot Aug. 14 was something I have never done before,” Kropp said. “It took place at the Clubs of Kingwood on the Island Course. It can be a brutal course. It is really demanding, especially on the back nine that has no easy holes at all.”His previous career-best effort was a 67, which he shot several times in tournaments and on his own. Kropp said a lot of things went well.

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It happened around 5:45 p.m. A Facebook post from the school said

Kropp was a two-time academic All-American and an all-American in 2021, the ﬁrst time that a school golfer achieved that status.

Former Brighton High School golfer Ryan Kropp is still involved in hisButsport.now, it’s as a graduate assistant coach at the University of TexasDallas, where Kropp ﬁnished his collegiate career this spring.

Kropp graduated from BHS in 2016. He qualiﬁed for the state meet twice and led the Bulldogs to a conference title. He missed the 2019-2020 season because of an injury.

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“They have just as much potential as the women and, if they’re playing well at the end of the year, they, too, can compete for a national title,” he said. “I hope to see our teams win multiple tournaments along the way to our conference tournament in May.”Before taking on his new assignment, he shot a career-best 63.

Kropp didn’t think coaching former teammates would be an issue.

He’s also looking at a job within the golf industry, perhaps to build, design and test golf clubs. He is majoring in mechanical engineering.

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Ex-Brighton golfer Kropp transitions to coaching

It – plus a conference championship and a national championship – became the goals after he ﬁnished his playing career at UTD.

“My brother died doing what he loved,” said Marissa Serna on Facebook. She was in the Prairie View wrestling room at the time. “My

Kropp said. “I am someone who has always believed in being on time, and putting in the work will reward you in the end. It’s extremely important to have a relationship with your players so they have the ability to grow and get better.”

was able to make from teammate to coach,” he said. “It’s been a little weird for me. I am not playing and showing up to the golf course all the time. But it has not been too weird or harsh of a transition. The relationships I have built with both the men and women have allowed this opportunity to occur, as well as to have the opportunity at success this year.”

with a 35-1 record. He is one of 49 individual state title-winners in Bluedevils’ history.

He still has one year of academics to go before he graduates.

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Jair Santana had two of the Norse’s goals. Kristopher Lage and Oscar Gutierrez scored the others. Goalie Carlos Castaneda Rodelo had nine saves in 68 mintues of play. Jareth Rivera made two saves in his 12 minutes of action.

Moises Aguirre scored three goals for the Bulldogs. JonMarc Messer smith, Justin Melendez and Jesus Noriega-Adete scored twice. BHs goalkeeper Owen Woodford had ﬁve saves and picked up the win.

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Kyle Leydon of Brighton High School ﬁnished third at the North glenn Taylor Invitational Sept. 7at the Highland Hills Gold Course in Westminster. He ﬁred a 1-under 71.

FORT COLLINS -- Fossil Ridge beat Brighton 15-8 in Fort Collins Sept. 9. No stats were available for either team.

James Steele scored both of Pom nona’s goals.

112. Cody Carmichael, 20:13.3 (season best). 124. Connor Fed erocko, 20:27.2 (season best). 145. Ethan Mora, 21:19.1 (season best). 151. Traven Simcox, 22:04.5. 157. Seth Bracy, 22:28 (season best).

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on the Norse’s ﬁeld Sept. 6. Anna Headley and Brylyn Haddick had two hits and drove in three runs. Ki era McWilliams added two hits and two RBIs. Pitcher Brooke Johnson threw a three-inning, no-hitter at Northglenn. She struck out eight.

Prairie View beat Far Northeast Warriors in straight sets Sept. 6. No stats or set scores were available for either team,

Trevor Valenzuela carded an 88, and Jonah Kessinger ﬁnished with anThe89. Bulldogs were 10th in the team standings.

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The9.Wariors beat Englewood 25-11, 25-17. ERA also beat La Junta 25-20, 19-25, 15-11. No stats were available for either match.

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Boys

Northglenn topped Prairie View 4-1 in Brighton on Sept. 6.

Eagle Ridge won its two games at a tournament at Jefferson Academy Sept.

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BHS also topped Holy Family 6-5 at that tournament, thanks fo a four-run ﬁfth inning. Kasey Dean had two hits and two RBIs for BHS. Rachel Dean added a base hit and a pair of RBIs. Hannah Juencke had a base hit and two RBIs for Holy Fam ily. Isabella Arroyo added two hits and an ColumbineRBI. shut out the Bulldogs 16-0 in the second day of the Dave Sanders tournament Sept. 10. Eva Martinez led the Rebels with three hits and four RBIs. Livi Keiter and Addie Branch had three hits, and Katie Forbes drove in three runs. No stats were available for BHS.

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16. McKinsey Poulson, 20:24.7 (season best). 98. Addison Osborne, 24:05.9 (season best). 101. Isabella Lo pez, 24:15.2 (season best). 115. Kayla Martinez, 25:30.4 (season best). Boys

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Legacy beat the Bulldogs 8-4 in Brighton Sept. 8. Haddick had a base hit and two RBIs, as did Sumi Mizunaga.

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Brighton scored seven times in the second half and went on to a 12-2, mercy-ruled-shortened win against Pomona Sept. 6 in Brighton.

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She offers a variety of services including offering information about the dying process, addressing worries and issues, providing emotional support and planning and helping implement the atmosphere the client would like to have as they are dying.

“There are a lot of different names for what I do,” Johnston said, explaining other names include end-of-life doula, death midwife, exit coach and death companion. “The simplest way I can say it is that I provide emotional, spiritual and informational support for people at the end of life, and for their loved ones around them.”

technician and beloved friend who passed away on June 4.

“And hospice, I kind of always thought they would just be there all the time, and that’s not how it works,” Barr said, explaining the nurse came over about three times and the chaplain and social worker each checked in once. “And so just having another support system was huge.”

“I think that it’s a great thing to help you on that part of the journey, to have a death doula,” Barr said. “I think that it can help with all of the feelings and fears and emotions.”

She’ll be close to the outdoors, able to see the trees she loves. The smell of Nag Champa incense will ﬁll the air, and a Spotify playlist she’s created will be playing. Her friends and family will visit, writing down funny stories or memories to share.

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In the ﬁve years since starting her business, Denver EOL Doula, with EOL standing for “end of life,” she has had about 15 private clients and serves people all throughout the metro Denver area.

One of her recent clients was Michelle Smith, a 52-year-old veterinary

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“And so I said, ‘I’m happy to do that. I have no medical experience whatsoever, but if he’s just looking for a companion, I can do that,’” Johnston said.While caring for the man, she heard about a book called “Caring for the Dying: The Doula Approach to a Meaningful Death.” Through reading, she learned “death doula” was the term for a person who serves as a compassionate companion to someone at the end of life.

“My ultimate goal is to help people have an empowered ending … to have a peaceful ending, whatever that looks like for them,” she said.

“She was the one that you could turn to every single time, and she’d be able to do what we needed to do,” BarrAboutcontinued.10years ago, Smith was diagnosed with breast cancer, Barr said. She got a mastectomy and understood that the surgery was curative for her at the time, and she was put on oral medications to try and control hormones.Smithfound out the cancer was back in about 2016, and around 2019, it had worsened and was in her spine. By November 2021, it started to change drastically and her doctor told her she needed to start injectable chemotherapy treatment.

“Whatexplained.Iwashoping to get out of it was just somebody who had experience with death that could help us in a way that wasn’t just, ‘Get your affairs in order,’” Barr said. “Somebody that could just listen to her, talk to her in her own home.”

Barr said it was valuable to have Johnston around, who had been through the process before and would often reassure everyone that they were doing a great job. She said Johnston offered emotional support to people, often explaining what was happening to visitors and helping remove some fear about the situation.

“She started to feel better with some of the symptoms, and then in February, it just didn’t seem like it was responding anymore. And that’s when her doctor was like, you know, I think that you should go into hospice,” Barr said.Smith had a tense relationship with a lot of her family members, and her parents are elderly and didn’t really understand what was happening, Barr said. Smith relied on her friend network, including Barr.

Assembling this plan, which Johnston calls vigil planning, is part of her job as a death doula, a versatile and evolving role.

Talking about death is hard, she said, but knowledge is power. When she works with clients, she aims to help them prepare for what’s to come and design an ending that best ﬁts with the rest of their life, rather than experiencing a “default panic mode” about

lthough she’s healthy, Vanessa Johnston already has a plan for how she’d like to die.

Having a death doula helped get Smith to a point where she could talk about her death and share her wishes with others, Barr said. Johnston also helped Smith’s family and friends navigate the ﬁnal days, encouraging people to talk about what was happening and to share happy memories of Smith.Johnston also helped get a lawyer and a notary to visit Smith and Barr to complete Smith’s will, something Barr said they were panicked about beforehand.Earlyinthe morning on June 4, Smith passed away in Barr’s home. Upon her passing, Barr asked Johnston to check in with Smith’s parents, as she didn’t have the emotional bandwidth to do so. Johnston also came to Smith’s celebration of life, held at Hudson Gardens.

“I feel like Vanessa gave us a lot

In 2015, she was looking for a different career outside of teaching, and a friend asked if she would be interested in serving as an assistant to a man who had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, a progressive nervous system disease.

“And I thought, ‘Oh, that’s what I’ve been doing.’ So it kind of gave a name to the role that I had been kind of fulﬁlling intuitively anyway, and really helped me understand what that role was,” she Johnstonsaid.decided to pursue training with the International End of Life Doula Association, which she completed in the summer of 2017. She began volunteering in hospice and applied her new skills towards helping care for the man, who passed in October 2017.

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As a death doula, Johnston typically works with people who are in hospice, and she’s usually contacted by the child of the person dying, she said.

Smith was told to go into hospice around February, afterward, Smith’s doctor said chemotherapy might actually be working, and Smith continued getting treatment. However, on May 24, Smith collapsed in a parking lot as she was headed to an appointment.Atthatpoint, Smith stopped getting chemotherapy and she began hospice, which was done at Barr’s home.

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Around this time, Barr was reading a ﬁctional book, “The Book of Two Ways,” and through reading, she learned about the concept of death doulas. Her curiosity piqued, and she began Googling death doulas in Colorado to potentially help Smith come to terms with what was happening, as Smith initially was hesitant to acknowledge or accept she was dying, Barr

Originally, around February, Smith began working with a different death doula, but after that person had a family emergency, Smith was referred to

Rose Barr, a 45-year-old veterinarian at Tender Touch Animal Hospital, met Smith in 2010 through work, and the two became close friends and eventually like family to one “Sheanother.wasvery warm and welcoming. She valued having meaningful relationships with people,” Barr said, her voice ﬁlled with emotion. “She had this beautiful laugh, beautiful eyes.”Aveterinary technician of about 20 years, Smith was great at her job — especially when it came to dealing with naughty cats, Barr said.

if it was just talking and checking on us and trying to help facilitate things with visitors,” Barr said.

problem of not being willing and able to talk about something scary, like death, is it just promotes more fear and anxiety. And I really wanted to dismantle that, if I could,” she said.

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“I tell my clients, I can’t take away the sorrow and the sadness, but maybe with more knowledge, we can focus less on fear and anxiety and more on love and meaning,” she continued.

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Barr describes death doulas as wonderful people who can guide others through the dying process, whether it be navigating the paperwork, the emotional part or the physical part. She said she’s considering hiring a death doula again to help her get her own affairs in order before this year is over.

Before entering the death doula profession, Johnston worked as a high school English teacher.

“And I felt like I had really helped him and his wife just go through that last milestone in a way that honored his story. And I thought, ‘Well gosh, I really want to continue to do this if I can,’” she said.

Karen Keeran, a death doula based in Golden, at her home o ce on Aug 24.

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Crispin Sargent, an a liate member of the Colorado End-of-Life Collaborative.

Now, there are more than 35 afﬁliate members across Colorado, and the number is growing, she said.

One afﬁliate member is Crispin Sargent, a certiﬁed grief yoga instructor who worked for 30 years as a geriatric care manager, offering services such as advance care planning and acting as power of attorney or conservator for some

With this goal of educating and helping others, Keeran launched her business, Golden Heart Transition, this spring. She offers a range of services including grief support, doula services, end-of-life planning and coaching using the “best three months” model developed by the Conscious Dying Institute.

lished her business, which she said was a complicated process. Part of the difﬁculty was convincing people that her services were valuable and something everyone would beneﬁt from.

One of her ﬁrst clients was her friend, Maxine Wagoner, an owner of a yoga studio in Golden that Keeran is a member of. Wagoner said she had never heard of a death doula until Keeran approached her.

Earlier this year, she began working with her friend, Karen Keeran, who recently became a death doula. Together, they began discussing Sargent’s wishes, such as having a calm and quiet environment when she is close to passing.

Death is a life experience, she said, and she knows from personal experience the value of planning and preparing for death before a person is close to it or is in crisis.

As part of the experience, Keeran gave Wagoner a map to write down what Wagoner’s wishes were so her family would know, helping alleviate some of the stress her family would

Although she said she wants to legitimize the profession, she’s hesitant about the idea of establishing a national certiﬁcation board for death doulas, as there currently is not one.

“Duringclients.that30-year period of time, clients would come to us because of dysfunctional family, or because they had no family, or where the court made a determination that a disinterested third party was needed to serve in the role of conservator,” she said.

Currently, death doulas are outside of the medical care system, and Johnston said she thinks it should stay that way.

“If you try and do all of that at the deathbed, your brain isn’t functioning, nothing is functioning, nothing is in place, and you don’t have that opportunity,” she said.

Although working as a death doula can take a lot of emotional capacity, it’s a job Keeran and Johnston feel called“Thisto.is me doing my heart’s work now, and it’s just super exciting,” KeeranDespitesaid.what others may think, Johnston embraces life because of her job, she said.

“When somebody says, ‘That must be so depressing,’ I’m like, actually it’s the complete opposite,” Johnston said. “When you deal with death on a daily basis, it really makes you value life.”

As educators about death and dying, both Johnston and Keeran expressed the importance of changing how people discuss death and dying, such as not associating it with giving up or as a “Wefailure.know

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She has since begun a new company, Chun Hwa LLC, which focuses on offering yoga and grief counseling, she said. However, as an afﬁliate member of the nonproﬁt, she still offers services related to advance care planning and the “business of death,” as she calls it.

Vanessa Johnston, a death doula of ﬁve years, with her dog at her home in Highlands Ranch on Aug 25.

A network of support

“I’m very hesitant to get into any kind of a role in the medical care system,” she said, explaining she worries about over-regulation. “If I were to be, like, a Medicare beneﬁt, then I would have this obligation to follow these strict rules, which really hampers my ability to meet families where they are, to serve whatever their needs are.”Inher current role, Johnston has maximum independence and ﬂexibility, she said. However, being outside the medical care system can hinder people’s willingness to pay for the death doula services since it’s out-ofpocket, she said.

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“When she introduced it to me, what she was doing, it was really interesting. I was kind of surprised, but yet, at the same time, I was like, wow, that’s a really unique business and a unique way to help people,” Wagoner said.While Keeran was completing her training last year, she needed people to practice her skills with, Wagoner said. Wagoner volunteered, and they did the “best three months” course.

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DEALTH DOULA

She began connecting with other doulas in the Denver area, and in 2020, they decided to form the Colorado End-of-Life Collaborative, a nonproﬁt membership organization. She explained it helped create a support network for the doulas and get the word out about their profession.

“You have to put yourself in a mindset of, you have three months left to live. And then, in that three-month time, what practically do you want to accomplish?” Wagoner said. “And it was good to be able to do it without actually being in that situation.”

“You want to do all of your planning at a time where there can be stories that are told,” she said, explaining planning ahead of time allows for more consideration of options and for a person’s loved ones to understand the plan as well.

“It’s that community that says, nobody can do this work alone,” Sargent said about the nonproﬁt, explaining members of the collaborative can call on one another for assistance. “All of the members of that group have a specialty, have a passion.”

“It’s this tricky thing of establishing value while providing the service, but I really think that the future of death doulas remains outside the medical care system just because that independence and ﬂexibility, I think, is how we serve our clients the best,” Johnston said.

“I have a very signiﬁcant level of gratitude to her because she knows that I can be a different kind of challenge because I know too much,” Sargent said, explaining she looks at situations from every angle. “She keeps me on track.”

Although Sargent had previously done the legal parts of planning and preparing for her death, she said she hadn’t thought about the actual time of death and the type of environment she would like.

She had learned about death doulas a few years ago from a friend, she said. Following her retirement in 2021, she began her six-month training with the Conscious Dying Institute, as well as began training to become a certiﬁed nurse aide. In February 2022, she also completed training through the Conscious Dying Institute as a conscious dying educator.“Knowledge and information, I’m a big believer in, reduces fear,” she said. “I want to be able to bring that planning to the fore and have that in place before we reach (the) end of life.”

Choosing to become a death doula was a spiritual type of decision for Keeran.In2020, a year before she retired from her career in business, Keeran was meditating and asked the universe what she should do next. She said she woke up the next morning and it was like a light switch had been turned on — she should become a death doula.

A main focus for Keeran, she said, is targeting education efforts toward older generations, communicating the value of putting together an end-of-life plan and exploring topics of pain, caregiving and medical aid in dying. She also helps people learn about the variety of body disposition options available to people in Colorado, such as water cremation.

“We don’t know when we’re going to pass unless we’ve been given that kind of diagnosis. So for me, it was really powerful and … made me feel strong about it,” Wagoner said. “It’s just a very comforting feeling, and empowering yourself to be able to express what you really want, because to family members sometimes, you can’t express that.”

The future of death doulas

“We ﬁgured that our voices together would be louder than our voices separately, so that was the impetus for just, let’s get together and cultivate a community,” she said. “We want to provide a community not just for the providers who are doing this work, but for people who need these services.”

it’s inevitable, so let’s work on our approach to this inevitable thing,” Johnston said. “A big part of what I do is to normalize this for people, which it seems strange to say that this thing that happens to 100% of us needs to be normalized, but it does because we don’t ever talk aboutThereit.”has been some progress, as Keeran said she remembers a time when death and grief were hardly ever talked about, especially in the 1970s.“Ihave a deep background in death. My childhood was full of death and loss,” Keeran said, explaining she was basically on her own at 19 years old. “Who I want to be now, is that person that I didn’t have, and my family didn’t have when I was growing up.”

The death doula profession has also evolved over time, Johnston said, and as an emerging profession, discussions continue about how it may change in the future.

Originally, Johnston said the idea was to only have a directory of doulas in the nonproﬁt, but then the members saw there was a need to also have a network of other providers, called afﬁliate members, such as people working in funeral homes, grief counselors, notaries and so on.

“The tricky thing is, is that people have done what I do for millennia,” Johnston said, explaining she doesn’t want to create further barriers to entering the profession.

Keeran agreed, saying she has seen how hospice nurses and aides are limited in how much time they can serve clients. She said she sees death doulas as offering specialty services, also noting that limiting death doulas to hospice care could reduce the number of people the doulas can serve.

experience following her death.

Michelle Smith at Niagara Falls on her birthday, May 12, 2022. Going to Niagara Falls was on Smith’s bucket list, her friend Rose Barr said.

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He plans to utilize a double-octave pedal on his violin. This pedal allows him to play multiple notes simultaneously, which gives the single instrument the sound of a full orchestra. “You’re hearing the cello and a bass at the same time as the violin,” he says. “It’s very pirate-y! It’s a oneman, world-fusion, Viking metal orchestra!”Jeffersand his band desire to entertain all who attend their shows

“I started to make my living from

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shows. While the violin remains the star of his show, Jeffers also enjoys playing the Arabic Oud, the Moroccan Loutr or the Indian wooden ﬂute as these instruments add dramatic ﬂare and exotic sounds to his performances.Jeffers considers himself a musical chameleon.“Thegenre of world music is vast, so I’m not one to sound the same every time,” Jeffers said.

There will be food drinks, crafts, mermaids, pirate demonstrations and some fun character appearances. The annual Cardboard Boat Regatta sets sail on Webster Lake at 1 p.m.

NORTHGLENN PIRATE FESTIVAL 2022

These experiences laid the foundation for his latest compositions.

Performer Scott Je ers will bring his eclectic mix of musical styles from across the globe to Northglenn’s Pirate Festival at noon Sept. 17. COURTESY

Soon, the sounds of Alice Cooper and Deep Purple resonated in his mind. At 16, he began performing at cafes and other small venues.

11701 Community Dr., Northglenn Pirate Night

A recent performance at the Estes Park Scotfest featured Scottish and Irish pieces, while the Pirate Festival will also showcase more Mediterranean and Arabic sounds. And Jeffers said he’ll try to look the part. At Northglenn’s Pirate Festival, Jeffers will, naturally, be dressed as a Pirate.

and crowning of 2022’s Pirate King Pirate Fest

“It was a calling,”, he said. The songs shaped themselves as he worked on them. His band started as an acoustic band but evolved into a blend of both acoustic and hard rock sounds.Jeffers wanted to blend the varied sounds of music from around the world into his compositions, so he traveled extensively. He has visited Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon, Romania, Scotland, and Ireland.

Musician’s eclectic sounds seek to entertain and transport

Entry to this adult-oriented event is free and food and drinks will be for sale on site. There will be music, sword ﬁghting, treasure

Sept. 16 and 17 at the E.B. Rains Jr Memorial Park

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“I kinda look like a Pirate day-today anyway,” he says.

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“I want them to feel like they went on a journey through ancient lands,” he says. “You know that feeling you get when you see a movie? Like you were just there? Music is a memory of a place, so I want them to feel that. And I think they do because they tell me.”

From that point onward, he developed his own unique sound and formed his ﬁrst band.

music,” he said.

Colorado native musician Scott Jeffers wants his music to take his audience on a journey around the world. His band, “Traveler” will be performing at the Northglenn Pirate Festival at noon Sept. 17.

Jeffers’ music is an eclectic style, molded both by his upbringing and his travels abroad. Born and raised in Boulder, Jeffers was inﬂuenced by the music of his parent’s choosing.

Scott Je ers and Traveler featured at Northglenn Pirate Festival

The sounds of Simon and Garfunkel, Gordon Lightfoot and other American folk music ﬁlled their house. His mom, originally from Lebanon, was also a belly dancer and danced to traditional Lebanese music.

The violin is Jeffers’ main instrument. He’s played it for 26 years.

It’s the cornerstone of everything I do.”Hespends regular days in practice — going through scales and various techniques. Out of the 25 instruments in total that he plays, only ﬁve or six make appearances during live

“Then my sister discovered rock,” Jeffers says with a laugh.

and their response and enjoyment remain paramount to him.

6-10 p.m. Sept. 16

Noon-6 p.m. Sept. 17

Free entry to this family-friendly event.

“I was just exploring, performing, sitting down with musicians,” Jeffers said. “Traveling inﬂuenced the music, as well as the culture, the food, and the mannerism of people.”

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The maze’s scary addition is set to open Sept. 30. The Haunted Field of Screams, Colorado’s largest haunted attraction, is built into a 40-acre corn ﬁeld to offer a daunting indoor/outdoor haunt experience.

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Corn mazes and other activities - haunted and otherwise - are set to reopen along Rivedale Road this month.

The attraction also offers locally grown pumpkins, gourds, Indian corn and other fall décor for purchase. Kids can also swim through the free corn kernel box, take turns conquering the playground or venture through the hay bale maze.

Maize in the City is open select dates from Sept 24 through Oct. 31. Visit maizeinthecity.com for exact dates and times and attraction and site details.

Palombo Farms Maize in the City is scheduled to open for the fall on Sept. 24 featuring a 20-acre corn maze and assorted other family attractions. The maze is located at 10451 McKay Road in“WeThornton.lovethat Maize in the City is a place that brings families and friends together and builds community,” said Gina Palombo-Dinkel, Maize in the City co-owner. “We’re happy to see everyone exploring the corn mazes, picking out pumpkins and adventuring through the many attractions on our site while enjoying the fall season.”Families lost in the cornﬁeld can navigate their way through the Crazed Corn Field Maze with the help of the customizable smartphone trivia game. Little ones can take the lead through the Mini Maze - a maze cut into a shorter corn stalk ﬁeld.

“Each year we challenge ourselves to make the haunted attraction a more thrilling, memorable experience

site is free with attraction prices varying from free to $20.

Field of Screams

use these elements to create a more realistic, daunting and bone-chilling scare.”TheHaunted Field of Screams is open Sept. 30 through Oct. 31, Friday through Sunday nights as well as select other dates. Visit hauntedﬁeldofscreams.com for the full schedule.

ﬁeldofscreams.com. A limited number of onsite tickets will also be available for“Thispurchase.year, we’ve had the unique opportunity to completely reinvent the haunted attraction on the west side of McKay Road,” Villano said. “With new thrilling natural elements incorporated into the haunt, we expect to give visitors the longest and most daunting scare experience they’ve had to date.”

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The pullout of Douglas County from Tri-County Health — and the domino effect it had on Adams and Arapahoe — has placed the counties on a path toward establishing their own individual health departments. The costs of Arapahoe and Adams pulling away from Tri-County could be in the millions.Buton top of those costs, the counties have been pushing back against a government body that says they owe a penalty because of Tri-County’s upcoming end.

Breaking up from Tri-County is hard and expensive

According to the complaint, the following events, among others, led up to Douglas County’s agreement:

separate legal action, the Arapahoe County District Court on Aug. 29 agreed to appoint for Tri-County a “receiver,” a company that acts as an independent arm of the court to oversee the process of putting Tri-County’s ﬁnancial affairs in order as it prepares to fade away.

• On Sept. 28, the Douglas County commissioners and Tri-County entered into what’s called an intergovernmental agreement, or the IGA.

bank accounts and investment accounts tied to Tri-County have a combined balance of roughly $23 million, according to an Aug. 29 court ﬁling related to the health agency.

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County’s understanding is that the September 2021 agreement between Douglas County and Tri-County does not require Douglas County to pay part of the PERA penalty, Arapahoe County said in a statement. Through a spokesperson, Adams County declined to comment on that question.

The court “recognizes the inconsistencies between the IGA and the later stipulation,” the order says. But the court appeared not to address the question of whether the agreement requires Douglas County to pay, instead only ruling that the retirement association didn’t have the right to sue the counties in general.

Members of PERA include public school teachers, many university and college employees, judges, state troopers, and other types of public employees.If Tri-County Health is “allowed to withdraw from PERA without paying the withdrawal liability, all PERA members and employers will be negatively impacted,” a Feb. 1 complaint in a lawsuit ﬁled by the retirement association said.

“While TCHD certainly has an interest in enforcing the IGA, and PERA may certainly beneﬁt from that enforcement,” the retirement association is still not directly tied to the

Counties say contract doesn’t require payment

The IGA provided that Douglas County agreed to “pay for the services and costs associated with its withdrawal,” the complaint cited.

While the counties have argued they aren’t responsible for covering any money Tri-County may owe, PERA’s complaint points to an agreement Douglas County made that called that argument into question.

But it’s unclear whether the health agency could pay the full cost. The

In response to the same question, Douglas County’s statement said: “If the receiver believes she has the authority to terminate the Douglas County IGA at some point in the future and she desires to do so, Douglas County will discuss that matter with the receiver at that time.”

The outside of the Tri-County Health Department’s administrative o ce in Greenwood Village. Several of the soon-to-be-dissolved department’s leadership sta are set to join Arapahoe County by the beginning of next year.

Counties try to avoid $50m PERA bill SEE EXPENSIVE, P17

On the other hand, the court pointed to a lawsuit focused on the validity of Douglas County’s withdrawal and highlighted that the county argued it shouldn’t pay the debt.

“In the stipulation resolving the matter Douglas County stipulated that it agreed to pay its proportionate share of any PERA liability ‘if any is owed’ and if ‘any liabilities or debts are determined by a Court to be owed to PERA.’ But, Douglas County expressly denied any responsibility” for the liability, the court wrote in one of its Sept. 2 orders this year. The stipulation was entered into in February 2022, according to the court.

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New player could weigh on agreementIna

In a major development in the case, the Adams County District Court on Sept. 2 decided to dismiss the three counties from the lawsuit but denied Tri-County Health’s request to throw out the lawsuit in general, leaving the door open to the possibility Tri-County alone will bear the penalty.

At issue is a payment that the health agency may eventually owe to the Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association, or PERA, which provides retirement and other beneﬁts to employees of government agencies and public entities in Colorado.

A court has dismissed Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties from a lawsuit that arose out of the impending breakup of Tri-County Health Department — a ruling that signals that the health agency, not the counties, may end up on the hook for an alleged $50 million penalty.

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As to why all three counties in general aren’t required by state law to pay Tri-County to pay the PERA fee, the court wrote that the relevant law applies to how counties cover costs for “maintaining” a local public health agency — but that the law does not require counties to make payments triggered by the “demise” of an agency.

Asked whether the receiver could terminate the agreement between Tri-County and Douglas County regarding the potential PERA penalty, Bellann Raile, the primary agent of the receiver, said in a statement that “the receiver is not presently in a position to comment on any pending legal claims at this time.”

• On Sept. 2, 2021, a Tri-County official contacted PERA asking who they could “engage ASAP to determine an estimate of the [cost] reserves requirement if Tri-County Health Department ceases to exist.” The Tri-County official stressed a report was needed as soon as possible because it was a factor for the counties’ commissioners to determine “if they will stay with TCHD or start their public health department.”•PERAthen arranged for a company to prepare a report estimating the TriCounty disaffiliation costs.

“All of the counties agree that the PERA liability is the responsibility of (Tri-County), the entity that joined and participated in PERA,” Douglas County said in a statement.

agreement, so it lacks standing — or a valid reason — to sue the counties, the courtArapahoewrote.

• On Sept. 7, Douglas County’s elected leaders, the board of commissioners, formalized their withdrawal from TriCounty.•OnSept. 24, PERA provided TriCounty with the report. The report calculated Tri-County’s initial withdrawal liability as $50,235,215, subject to ﬁnal determination at the date of disafﬁliation.

In a provision that may be relevant to the PERA case, the Arapahoe court’s order says: “Following consultation with (Tri-County), and upon written notice to the counterparty, the Receiver may immediately terminate any existing contract, agreement, lease or instrument of TCHD which she determines is not beneﬁcial to TCHD.”

It added: “Most importantly, Douglas County agreed that ‘if TCHD is dissolved in 2022 or 2023, paying for its proportional share of any expenses incurred as a result of the dissolution ... Such costs may include … the payment of any debt or penalties imposed by Colorado PERA.’”

“Rest easy lil cousin,” said his cous

The makeup of the Adams and

in, Thelma Martinez Ramos, on Face book. “My heart is broken. I can’t even bring myself to call and give my condolences. Life is so short.”

Serna was born Oct. 16, 1983, in Westminster, to his parents, Benny and Susan Serna. Serna had many occupations, including landscaping, property management, coaching and working for Santiagos. He also was a dog owner, a dog breeder and a dog trainer.Serna was Fort Lupton’s ﬁrst pro fessional MMA ﬁghter, during which

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vide goods or services in carrying out public health programs after appoint ment of the receiver will be timely paid by the receiver in the ordinary course of business,” the news release said. But “other creditors holding allowed claims against TCHD may be paid in their order of priority through the receivership under the terms of the order appointing receiver when and if funds are available.”

Arapahoe single-county health departments appears set to feature more former leaders from Tri-Coun ty than the Douglas health depart mentTri-Countywill. lists 10 staff members as its “executive team,” a collection of leaders that oversee priorities like emergency preparedness, disease surveillance and environmental health. Arapahoe County had scooped up six of those leaders — plus Tri-County’s former director of nursing — to work for its upcoming single-county health department as ofAdamsJuly.

Douglas said. With “restaurant inspections, we’ve had to do some triage,” Douglas said in late July. “We’ve had to prioritize riskierTri-Countysettings.”has seen longer wait times for its clinics, said Douglas, adding the health agency had to make some reductions in its sexual health clinics. That area includes family planning, contraceptive services, and sexually transmitted disease and HIV testing services, Douglas said.

County was set to absorb one of those 10 leaders, plus TriCounty’s former policy expert, in addition to Weidenbach. Douglas County hadnot hired any of those key Tri-County staff members as of July.Though

“To date we have hired two people from Tri-County. Expect probably about 10 more,” a statement from Douglas County said in late July.

The Douglas County Health De partment has ﬂoated a possible staff organizational chart consisting of about 35 full-time employees and two contractors, according to an April 19 work session with county commis sioners, the county’s elected leaders.

‘Stability’ on the way out

The Adams County Health Depart ment, meanwhile, plans to hire a total of about 170 employees, though that number could change, accord ing to Lynn Baca, an Adams County commissioner.

Focus on diverse population

While Tri-County’s breakup began with Douglas County’s exit, Ad ams County’s elected leaders have shown some enthusiasm in leav

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staff, the new department will absorb a small number of employees from the outgoing agency.

Asked whether Tri-County is in danger of having to stop some services before the end of the year when the health agency is formally scheduled to end operations, Douglas said: “I don’t see any in particular that would be pre dictable that we would have to stop.”

DECISION

Counties’ agencies take di erent shapes

the Douglas County Health Department hadn’t announced highproﬁle hires of former Tri-County

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brother loved hard and was very loyal. His faith stayed strong all the way to the end. To say we’re mourning is an understatement. We are broken, dis traught and coping.”

“RIP big Joe Serna -- always been good to me. Bro as solid as they come,” said Anthony Martinez on Facebook.

time he won three championship belts. He loved hikinig, weightlifting and walking his dogs. Serna became a father Jan. 29, 2011, when Kaden Benny Serna was born.

issued mask mandates for schools and the general public. But local public health agencies also perform other functions, mostly out of the public eye.

The loss of staff has “certainly had an impact” on Tri-County’s services,

For example, the Adams County Health Department will provide a range of clinical services at a dis count or no cost to residents, includ ing immunizations, chronic disease prevention, enrollment that provides free food to women and their chil dren who may not be able to afford groceries, increased testing avail ability for monkeypox in the coming months, and sexual health, family planning, and STI treatment and test ing, according to the news release.

The appointment of a receiver “will also create stability for TCHD, which will allow us to continue our focus on minimizing the disruption to residents who need important public health services,” Dr. John Douglas, head of Tri-County, said in an Aug. 30 news release.Tri-County’s announcement ap peared to imply that not all entities to which Tri-County owes money may be paid if money isn’t available.

“Dr. Douglas noted that TCHD expects that all of its vendors who pro

Asked whether the receiver is expect ed to ﬁre some number of Tri-County employees as a cost-saving measure, Raile said in the statement: “No, that is not anticipated at this time, although some employees are transitioning to the three independent county health departments in an orderly manner during the receivership process.”

Forty-one percent of people in Adams County identify as Hispanic or Latino and 46% identify as White alone, Colorado Community Media reported in 2021. According to the Washington Post, Adams County is one of 65 counties in the U.S. that became majority minority in the past decade. “Majority minority” means the majority of residents are people of color.

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“I think this gives us an opportu nity to look more speciﬁcally at the needs of our diverse population here in Adams,” Dr. Sheela Mahnke, the Adams County Board of Health pres ident, said in the news release. (The board of health is the policy-making body for the health department.)

Survivors also include his sisters, Vanessa and Marissa; his mother, Su san Serna (Vince Sanchez); sisters, Vanessa (Ray) Gonzales, Marissa Serna (Mark Gonzales); his nephew, Josiah; and his girlfriend, Rozalyn Schultz. His father and his grand parents, Joe Rios, Nellie Rios, Albert Serna and Josie Serna, preceded him inSernadeath.competed for Brighton High School in 2002 and graduated from there in Prairie2003.View High School said it made the post in case students or staff members wanted to seek mental health support. The district’s mental-health team was at the school Aug. 31 in case students or staff needed assistance.

“He will be sorely missed,” Galicia said. “Our condolences to all his family.”

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ing — though that’s not due to an opposition to masking earlier in the pandemic.Bacahas called the transition a “once-in-a-lifetime” chance and a door to better fulﬁlling the unique needs of Adams County residents.

Tri-County had already long been experiencing stafﬁng changes.

Douglas, the health chief, has said internal polling had shown a vast majority of current Tri-County staff have shown interest in moving to one of the new county-run health depart ments and expressed optimism that there would be a signiﬁcant carryover. Tri-County itself had already become thinner.“Every place saw the great resigna tion going on, and we weren’t immune to that,” Douglas previously told Colorado Community Media. “Last year, we probably were running 30% to 40% more staff choosing to leave than previous years.”

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Who is eligible?

What about kids younger than 12?The CDC said in a press release last week that it “expects to recommend updated COVID-19 boosters for other pediatric groups” in the coming weeks.

We will update this article as more updates become available.

What’s the difference between the original booster and the updatedDianabooster?Herrero, deputy director of the Division of Disease Control and Public Health Response for CDPHE, said the updated COVID boosters contain a spike protein that offers speciﬁ c protection to the omicron strain that caused a huge wave in cases at the beginning of 2022.

• And be at least two months out from the last dose you received.

CDPHE’s website lists several links to view availability of the updated booster at providers around the state. You can ﬁ nd those links by clicking here.

state vaccine bus at Ball Arena in downtown Denver.

Those offering the shots include many primary care ofﬁ ces, community health centers, pharmacies, and community vaccination sites.

Bernal brought his in-laws to get their shots. That included his mother-in-law, Anita Easton, who was in town from Oregon and needed no encouragement to get her“I’mbooster.absolutely convinced, but I’m a biologist, so I know why it’s good for you and why you should do it,” she said.

• Be at least 12 years old to get the updated Pﬁ zer-BioNTech booster or 18 years or older for the updated Moderna booster

Updated COVID-19 boosters are being rolled out at pharmacies and clinics in Colorado. Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment ofﬁ cials expect the updated boosters to become more widely available in the state.

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Where can I get an appointment to get the updated booster?

Who is eligible for the updated booster?

Deaths, hospitalizations and positive cases have spiked every fall since the pandemic began in 2020, according to state health department data. And the omicron variant fueled a massive spike in cases earlier this year.

Now, with omicron’s subvariants — BA.4 and BA.5 — expected to drive infections in the fall and winter, state ofﬁ cials say they hope Coloradans will take advantage of the added protection these boosters offer.

• Have completed the primary series of Pﬁ zer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson or Novavax

“It’s particularly important for people that have only had two or three doses of the vaccine,” said Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday, adding that “if you’re medically vulnerable, it’s particularly important. He spoke as he got his shot of the vaccine in front of a

“I just thought it would be a good idea, you know, considering that we’re about to enter ﬂ u season and all,” said Fred Bernal, a Denver resident who also got his omicron booster shot. He said he did catch the coronavirus last November, right before he got a booster. “It probably would’ve

“This is just another very easy step that you can take to protect yourself,” he said. Polis noted that the pandemic has claimed about 13,600 Colorado lives and that COVID-19 “has a much lower hospitalization rate and an extremely low death rate, if you are fully vaccinated.”About150people had signed up Wednesday to get their vaccine shots at the Ball Arena site. “There’s still a lot of demand,” said the governor.

They also offer protection against the omicron subvariants that are currently the dominant strains in Colorado and the U.S.

Josh Phillips, a resident of Highlands Ranch, came to the site for his shot, his ﬁ fth, since he’d already had the original series, plus two previous boosters.

The booster shots millions of Coloradans received since last fall were not speciﬁ cally formulated to protect against omicron, she added.“Much like viruses evolve over time, our vaccines really need to do the same thing to keep up with the strains that are circulating,” Herrero said. “We think these will be really effective at preventing the worst outcomes of severe disease, hospitalization and death.”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that people who are eligible for these boosters get their shots. The news comes just ahead of the fall, when cases could surge.

In order to get an updated booster you must:

been a lot more serious had I not received my vaccine,” he said.

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“It is just, you know, trying to protect myself and my family as much as possible,” he said, noting he was ﬂ ying to Pennsylvania soon. “I’m actually traveling next week. So I think it’s important, especially in a congested place, like the airport, to be as protected as possible. And the rest of my family will be doing this as well, as soon as we can.”

COVID-19 boosters: are they available

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Legal Notice No. BSB1745

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Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice

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

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Legal Notice No. BSB1797

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SWEETGRASS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO.

CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO /s/ GREGORY MILLS, Mayor

NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT

Wednesday, September 28, 2022, at 8:00 A.M. –Friday, September 30, 2022, at 5:00 P.M.

PUBLIC NOTICE

And also known as: 11518 Community Center Dr., Unit 20 Northglenn, CO 80233-1022

A COMPLETE COPY OF THE ORDINANCE IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS AND ON THE CITY OF BRIGHTON WEBSITE.

By:Jon1

Publication: September 8, 2022 Last Publication: September 15, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice

Legal Notice No. BSB1794

Hirschfeld Backhoe & Pipeline Inc. of Frederick, Colorado, and Asphalt Specialties Company, Inc. of Henderson, Colorado for all work done by said contractors in construction or work on the Filing 4 Sweetgrass Parkway Project located in the County of Weld, State of Colorado.

Applicationsbrightonhousingauthority.org.willnotbeavailable for in-person pickup at BHA offices.

The International Codes are published by the International Code Council, Inc., 4051 Flossmoor Road, Country Club Hills, IL 60478-5795. The subject matter of the International Codes relates primarily to comprehensive building regulations for the City. The purpose of the ordinance and the Code adopted therein is to provide a system of building regulations consistent with state law and generally conforming to similar regulations throughout the state and the nation.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORE CLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $14,590.67.

NOTICE is hereby given that Sweetgrass Metro politan District No. 1 of Weld County, Colorado, will make final payment at 2500 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite 220, Boulder, Colorado, on Monday, Sep tember 26, 2022, at the hour of 12:00 p.m. to the following Contractors:

Notice No. BSB1798

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MORGAN HILL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. R. Lee President of the Board

R. Lee President of the Board

NOTICEPublicHearingsNoticeOFFINALPAYMENT

First Publication: September 15, 2022

Last Publication: September 15, 2022

NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SWEETGRASS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO.

Any person, co-partnership, association of per sons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provi sions, provender, or other supplies used or con sumed by such contractors or their subcontractors, in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplies rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work, and whose claim therefor has not been paid by the contractors or their subcontractors, at any time up to and including the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done, is required to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid, and an account of such claim, to Sweetgrass Metropolitan District No. 1 at the above address on or before the date and time hereinabove shown for final payment. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement of claim prior to such final settlement will release Sweetgrass Metropolitan District No. 1, its directors, officers, agents, and employees, of and from any and all liability for such claim.

You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff’s Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Division of the Sheriff’s Department of Adams County, Colorado at 9:00 O’clock A.M., on the 13th day of October 2022, at 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Basement, 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.

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Krische Construction, Inc. of Longmont, Colorado for all work done by said contractor in construction or work on the Morgan Hill Pool Amenity Project located in the County of Weld, State of Colorado.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice:

VILLAS AT NORTHGLENN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.,

NOTICE is hereby given that Sweetgrass Metro politan District No. 1 of Weld County, Colorado, will make final payment at 2500 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite 220, Boulder, Colorado, on Monday, Sep tember 26, 2022, at the hour of 12:00 p.m. to the following Contractor:

CityLegalsofBrightonPublicNoticeNOTICEOFHEARING

By:Jon1 R. Lee President of the Board

BSB1800 First Publication: September 8, 2022 Last Publication: September 15, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

The Brighton Housing Authority (BHA) will begin accepting applications for its project-based voucher (PBV) program. Applications will be available beginning:

Metropolitan Districts

NOTICE is hereby given of a public hearing before the City Council of Brighton, Colorado, at 6:00 p.m. of the 4th day of October, 2022, in the City Council Chambers located in City Hall, 500 South 4th Avenue, 1st Floor, Brighton, Colorado 80601, for the purpose of considering the adoption by reference of the International Building Code, 2021 Edition, International Energy Conserva tion Code, 2021 Edition, International Existing Building Code, 2021 Edition, International Fire Code, 2021 Edition, International Fuel Gas Code, 2021 Edition, International Mechanical Code, 2021 Edition, International Plumbing Code, 2021 Edition, International Property Maintenance Code, 2021 Edition, International Residential Code, 2021 Edition, and Interna tional Swimming Pool and Spa Code 2021 Edition (collectively, the “International Codes”), as an ordinance of the City of Brighton, Colorado.

Generally, only applicant families who qualify for a three (3) bedroom unit under BHA occupancy standards will be eligible for placement on the PBV waiting lists. In addition, there will be limited avail ability for families in need of a unit with accessibility features to be placed on the two (2) bedroom waitlist. Any qualified and eligible applications submitted will be placed on the appropriate PBV waiting lists according to current BHA admissions preferences and HUD requirements.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SWEETGRASS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO.

Hirschfeld Backhoe & Pipeline, Inc. of Frederick, Colorado for all work done by said contractor in construction or work on the Silverstone Filing 1 and Filing 2 Landscaping Project located in the County of Weld, State of Colorado.

Last Publication: September 15, 2022

and attorney

Following the hearing on October 4, 2022, the City Council will consider passage of the adopting ordinance on second reading.

Metro Districts

Legal Notice No. BSB1809

NOTICE FINAL PAYMENT

NOTICE TO RESPONDENT (Ñame):

The attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is: Kate M. Leason, Reg No. 41025, Altitude Community Law P.C., 555 Zang Street, Suite 100, Lakewood, Colorado 80228-1011, 303.432.9999

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Petitioner’s name is: Tsigahans Yemane Haile

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This is to advise you that a Sheriff’s sale proceed ing has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to Court Order dated June 8, 2022 and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq. by Villas at Northglenn Homeowners Association, Inc. the holder and current owner of a lien recorded on July 2, 2018 at Reception No. 2018000053210 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Adams, State of Colorado. The foreclo sure is based on a default under the Amended and Restated Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions for Villas at Northglenn recorded on 05/19/1983 at Reception #436800, Book 2748, Page 163 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Adams, State of Colorado. The Declaration establishes a lien for the benefit of Villas at Northglenn Homeowners Association, Inc. against real property legal described as follows:

Hirschfeld Backhoe & Pipeline Inc. of Frederick, Colorado, Lawson Construction Company of Longmont, Colorado and Custom Environmental Design of Erie, Colorado for all work done by said contractors in construction or work on the Sweetgrass Filing 4 District Improvements Project located in the County of Weld, State of Colorado.

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By:Jon1 R. Lee President of the Board

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2021CV031343, Division/ Courtroom C

Last Publication: September 15, 2022

First Publication: August 18, 2022

Published In: Brighton Standard Blade

You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter, phone call, or court appearance will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or do partnership, your property, and custody of your children, You may be ordered to pay support fees costs. For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately.

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PASSED ON FIRST READING AND ORDERED PUBLISHED THIS 6th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2022.

Suite 220, Boulder, Colorado, on Monday, Sep tember 26, 2022, at the hour of 12:00 p.m. to the following Contractors:

Hirschfeld Backhoe & Pipeline Inc. of Frederick, Colorado for all work done by said contractor in construction or work on the Sweetgrass Como Sewer Line Extension Project located in the County of Weld, State of Colorado.

3-BEDROOM PROJECT-BASED VOUCHER NOTICE OF WAITING LIST OPENING

Any person, co-partnership, association of per sons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provi sions, provender, or other supplies used or con sumed by such contractors or their subcontractors, in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplies rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work, and whose claim therefor has not been paid by the contractors or their subcontractors, at any time up to and including the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done, is required to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid, and an account of such claim, to Sweetgrass Metropolitan District No. 1 at the above address on or before the date and time hereinabove shown for final payment. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement of claim prior to such final settlement will release Sweetgrass Metropolitan District No. 1, its directors, officers, agents, and employees, of and from any and all liability for such claim.

These applications are separate and distinct from the tenant-based voucher lottery program.

NOTICE is hereby given that Sweetgrass Metro politan District No. 1 of Weld County, Colorado, will make final payment at 2500 Arapahoe Avenue,

Any person, co-partnership, association of per sons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provi sions, provender, or other supplies used or con sumed by such contractors or their subcontractors, in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplies rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work, and whose claim therefor has not been paid by the contractors or their subcontractors, at any time up to and including the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done, is

NOTICE is hereby given that Sweetgrass Metro politan District No. 1 of Weld County, Colorado, will make final payment at 2500 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite 220, Boulder, Colorado, on Monday, Sep tember 26, 2022, at the hour of 12:00 p.m. to the following Contractors:

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice

NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT

R. Lee President of the Board

BRANDONv.Plaintiff, ANTHONY SANDOVAL; COLO RADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; and ADAMS COUNTY PUBLIC Defendant(s).TRUSTEE,

Last Publication: September 15, 2022

First Publication: September 15, 2022

Applications will be available online only at www.

Public Notice

First Publication: September 8, 2022

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required to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid, and an account of such claim, to Sweetgrass Metropolitan District No. 1 at the above address on or before the date and time hereinabove shown for final payment. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement of claim prior to such final settlement will release Sweetgrass Metropolitan District No. 1, its directors, officers, agents, and employees, of and from any and all liability for such claim.

First Publication: September 15, 2022

First Publication: September 8, 2022

CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO /S/ Natalie Hoel, City Clerk

By:Jon1

Legal Notice No. BSB1810

Asphalt Specialties Company, Inc. of Henderson, Colorado and Lawson Construction Company of Longmont, Colorado for all work done by said contractors in construction or work on the Sweet grass York Street (aka “West County Road 11 Phase 2) Project located in the County of Weld, State of Colorado.

Last Publication: September 15, 2022

ORDINANCE NO. _______ INTRODUCED BY: Padilla

NOTICE is hereby given that Silverstone Metro politan District No. 1 of Weld County, Colorado, will make final payment at 2500 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite 220, Boulder, Colorado, on Monday, Sep tember 26, 2022, at the hour of 12:00 p.m. to the following Contractor:

Any person, co-partnership, association of per sons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provi sions, provender, or other supplies used or con sumed by such contractors or their subcontractors, in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplies rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work, and whose claim therefor has not been paid by the contractors or their subcontractors, at any time up to and including the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done, is required to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid, and an account of such claim, to Morgan Hill Metropolitan District No. 3 at the above address on or before the date and time hereinabove shown for final payment. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified state ment of claim prior to such final settlement will release Morgan Hill Metropolitan District No. 3, its directors, officers, agents, and employees, of and from any and all liability for such claim.

PUBLIC DavidSuperiorELECTRONICALLYNOTICEFILEDCourtofCaliforniaCountyofOrangeLamoreauxJusticeCenter9/28/20214:15PMH.Yamasaki,ClerkoftheCourtBy:V.Chavez,DeputySUMMONS(FamilyLaw)

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By:Jon1 R. Lee President of the Board

For additional information, go to our website at Ifwww.brightonhousingauthority.org.youareadisabledindividual and require Reasonable Accommodation please contact Legal303.655.2160.NoticeNo. BSB1811

Last Publication: September 22, 2022

First Publication: September 15, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SWEETGRASS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SILVERSTONE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO.

The Brighton Housing Authority (BHA) will begin accepting applications for its Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program. Applications will be available beginning:

CASE NUMBER 21D000757

Any person, co-partnership, association of per sons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provi sions, provender, or other supplies used or con sumed by such contractors or their subcontractors, in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplies rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work, and whose claim therefor has not been paid by the contractors or their subcontractors, at any time up to and including the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done, is required to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid, and an account of such claim, to Silverstone Metropolitan District No. 1 at the above address on or before the date and time hereinabove shown for final payment. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified state ment of claim prior to such final settlement will release Silverstone Metropolitan District No. 1, its directors, officers, agents, and employees, of and from any and all liability for such claim.

Lot 20, The Villas at Northglenn, County of Adams, State of Colorado.;

Last Publication: September 15, 2022

Legal Notice No.

Last Publication: September 15, 2022

NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT

Legal Notice No. BSB1796

Legal Notice No. BSB1806

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

This notice given and published by the order of the City Council.

APPROVED AS TO FORM: /s/ YASMINA SHAUSH, Assistant City Attorney

INTRODUCED,THERETO

Applications will be available online only at www. brightonhousingauthority.org. Applications will not be available for in-person pickup at BHA offices.

Legal Notice No. BSB1795

ATTEST: /s/ NATALIE HOEL, City Clerk

Public Notice

Wednesday, September 28, 2022, at 8:00 A.M. –Friday, September 30, 2022, at 5:00 P.M.

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice

First Publication: September 8, 2022

All accepted online entries will be held in a pool and drawings will be conducted throughout 2023

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BRIGHTON HOUSING AUTHORITY HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER (HCV) SECTION 8 LOTTERY

Copies of the International Codes are on file at the office of the City Clerk and may be inspected during regular business hours. If enacted as an ordinance of this City the International Codes will not be published in full, but in accordance with state law, copies will be kept on file.

PUBLIC NOTICES

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

BRIGHTON HOUSING AUTHORITY

Summons and Sheriff Sale

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Any person, co-partnership, association of per sons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provi sions, provender, or other supplies used or con sumed by such contractors or their subcontractors, in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplies rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work, and whose claim therefor has not been paid by the contractors or their subcontractors, at any time up to and including the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done, is required to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid, and an account of such claim, to Sweetgrass Metropolitan District No. 1 at the above address on or before the date and time hereinabove shown for final payment. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement of claim prior to such final settlement will release Sweetgrass Metropolitan District No. 1, its directors, officers, agents, and employees, of and from any and all liability for such claim.

for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program by Brighton Housing Authority for the 2023 calendar year. The names drawn will be eligible to apply for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. Applicants will be notified by mail and will receive instructions to complete the application and eli gibility process. Cards not selected for the 2023 calendar year will be destroyed.

First Publication: September 8, 2022

NOTICE is hereby given that Morgan Hill Metro politan District No. 3 of Weld County, Colorado, will make final payment at 2500 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite 220, Boulder, Colorado, on Monday, Sep tember 26, 2022, at the hour of 12:00 p.m. to the following Contractor:

303-566-4123

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, AMENDING CHAPTER 15 OF THE BRIGHTON MUNICIPAL CODE; ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 2021 EDITIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE, INTERNATIONAL EXISTING BUILDING CODE, INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE, INTERNATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE, INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL CODE, INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE, INTER NATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, AND INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING POOL AND SPA CODE; AND SETTING FORTH AMENDMENTS

If you are a person with disabilities and are in need of a reasonable accommodation in order to apply, please call BHA offices at 303-655-2160 or contact the agency thorough the above listed website.

Last Publication: September 15, 2022

By:Jon3

Public Notice is given on August 31 2022 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Adult has been filed with the Adams County Court.

Case No.:22C1456

First Publication: September 1, 2022

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PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Legal Notice No. BSB1781

Legal Notice No. BSB1778

First Publication: September 1, 2022 Last Publication: September 15, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NÚMERO DE CASO: 21D000757

Legal Notice No. BSB1804

Last Publication: September 29, 2022

Public Notice is given on August 23 2022 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Minor Child has been filed with the Adams County Court.

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4. creating a nonprobate transfer or modifying a nonprobate transfer in a manner that affects the disposition of property subject to the transfer, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court. Before revocation of a nonprobate transfer can take effect or a right of survivorship to property can be eliminated, notice of the change must be filed and served on the other party.

By: Alana Percy Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk

fornia law provides that, for purposes of division of property upon dissolution of a marriage or domestic partnership or upon legal separation, property acquired by the parties during marriage or domestic partnership in joint form is presumed to be community property. If either party to this action should die before the jointly held community property is divided, the language in the deed that characterizes how title is held (i.e., joint tenancy, tenants in common, or community property) will be controlling, and not the community property presumption. You should consult your attorney if you want the community property presumption to be written into the recorded title to the property.

A VISO—LAS ÓRDENES DE RESTRICCIÓN SE ENCUENTRAN EN LA PÁGINA 2: Las órdenes de restricción están en vigencia en cuanto a ambos cónyuges o miembros de la pareja de hecho hasta que se despida la petición, se emita un fallo o la corte dé otras órdenes. Cualquier agencia del orden público que haya recibido o visto una copia de estas órdenes puede hacerlas acatar en cualquier lugar de EXENCIÓNCalifornia.DECUOTAS:

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1. The name and address of the court are:

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All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before January 2, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

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All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before January 16, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

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Estate of Verhn D. Heintz, a/k/a Verhn David Heintz, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30722

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Public notice is given on August 19, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Adams County Court.

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StartingORDERSimmediately, you and your spouse or domestic partner are restrained from:

Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.couns.ca.gov/ selfhelp), at the California Legal Services website (www.lawhelpca.org), or by contacting your local county bar

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before January 25, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

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Cruz Estela Sanchez Personal Representative 1123 Myrtle St Brighton, CO 80601

David K. Tran, Esq. 15446 Brookhurst Street Westminster, CA 92683 (714) 839-4077

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Si no puede pagarla cuota de presentación, pida al secretario un formulario de exención de cuotas. La cone puede ordenar que usted pague, ya sea en parte o por completo, las cuotas y costos de la corte previamente exentos a petición de usted o de la otra parte.

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All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before January 5, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ralph Miller, Personal Representative 1821 Ance Street Strasburg, CO 80136

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All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to Verlene G. Montgomery, Personal Representative, c/o Casey L. Williams, Esq., or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before January 9, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

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registrada en la escritura de la propiedad, debería consultar con un abogado.

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2. The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are:

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

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If so, you should apply for Covered California. Covered California can help reduce the cost you pay towards high quality affordable health care. For more information, visit www.coveredca.com. Or call

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Estate of JAMES A. PENNETTA, aka JAMES ALLEN PENNETTA, aka JAMES PENNETTA, aka JAMES A. PENNETTA, SR., aka JAMES ALLEN PENNETTA, SR., Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30746

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Estate of Yolanda Christiansen, aka Yolanda Moran, aka Yolanda Cuellar, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30747

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3. transferring, encumbering, hypothecating, concealing, or in any way disposing of any property, real or personal, whether community, quasi-community, or separate, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life; and

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The Petition requests that the name of Carlos Cesar Davila Jr be changed to Carlos Thun derborn Hess.

Estate of JANE E. CARLSON, aka JANE ELIZABETH CARLSON, aka JANE CARLSON, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30732

These restraining orders are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the peti tion is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. They are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them.

Estate of William Newton Barnard, AKA Bill Barnard, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 304

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2. cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or other coverage, including life, health, automobile, and disability, held for the benefit of the parties and their minor children;

SUPERIOR COURT CALIFORNIA 341 The City Drive Orange, CA 92868

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1.Ilevarse del estado de California a los hijos menores de las panes, o solicitar un pasaporte nuevo o de repuesto para los hijos menores, sin e/ consentimiento previo por escrito de la otra parte o sin una orden de la corte;

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All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before January 2, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Estate of Evelyn Jean Barnard, AKA Ev Barnard, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 303

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Si no presenta su Respuesta a tiempo, la corte puede dar órdenes que afecten su matrimonio o pareja de hecho, sus bienes y la custodia de sus hijos. La corte también le puede ordenar que pague manutención, y honorarios y costos legales. Para asesoramiento legal, póngase en contacto de inmediato con un abogado. Puede obtener información para encontrar un abogado en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. sucorte.ca.gov), en el sitio web de los Servicios Legales de California (www.lawhelpca.org) o poniéndose en contacto con el colegio de abogados de su condado.

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All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before January 16, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

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All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before January 2, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before January 2, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Estate of Denise Marie Miller; a/k/a Denise M. Miller; a/k/a Denise , Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 030653

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

The Petition requests that the name of Cecilio Miguel Davila-Hess be changed to Cecilio Miguel Hess.

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Estate of CHERYL ANN TOPPEN, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 258

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2. El nombre, dirección y número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante si no tiene abogado, son: David K. Tran, Esq. 15446 Brookhurst Street Westminster, CA 92683 (714) 839-4077

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All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before January 2, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

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DENVER, CO 80207

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FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party.

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Estate of CLIFFORDINE R. HOHL, aka CLIFFORDINE RUTH HOHL, aka CLIFFORDINE HOHL, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30711

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The petition requests that the name of Pablo Javier Nevares Di Christina be changed to Pablo Javier Nevares Case No.: 22 C 39903

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You must notify each other of any proposed extraordinary expenditures at least five business days prior to incurring these extraordinary expendi tures and account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures made after these restraining orders are effective. However, you may use community property, quasi-community property, or your own separate property to pay an attorney to help you or to pay court

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before January 16, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Verlene G. Montgomery, Personal Representative c/o Casey L. Williams, Esq. 203 Telluride Street, #400 Brighton, CO 80601

2.cobrar, pedirprestado, cancelar, transferir, deshacerse o cambiar el nombre de los beneficiarios de cualquier seguro u otro tipo de cobertura, como de Vida, salud, vehicu/o y discapacidad, que tenga como beneficiario(s) a las panes y su(s) hijo(s)

Cada pane tiene que notificara la otra sobre cualquier gasto extraordinaño propuesto por 10 menos Cinco dias hábiles antes de realizado, y rendir cuenta a la corte de todos los gastos extraordinarios realizados después de que estas órdenes de restricción hayan entrado en vigencia. No obstante, puede usar propiedad comunitaña, cuasicomunitaria o suya separada para pagara un abogado que 10 ayude o para pagar los costos de la

1. removing the minor children of the parties from the state or applying for a new or replacement passport for those minor children without the prior written consent of the other party or an order of the court;

3menor(es);transfeñr, gravar, hipotecar, ocultaro deshacerse de cualquier manera de cualquier propiedad, inmueble o personal, ya sea comunitaria, cuasico munitaria o separada, sin el consentimiento escrito de la otra parte o una orden de la cone, excepto en el curso habitual de actividades persona/es y comerciales o para satisfacer las necesidades de la Vida; y 4. crearo modificar una transferencia no testa mentaria de manera que afecte la asignación de una propiedad sujeta a transferencia, sin el consentimiento por escrito de la otra parte o una orden de la corte. Antes de que se pueda eliminar la revocación de una transferencia no testamentaria, se debe presentar ante la corte un aviso del cambio y hacer una entrega legal de dicho aviso a la otra pane.

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Perpetrators of trafficking target and manipulate their victims, taking over their lives. If you suspect someone you know is in a trafficking situation, call Colorado’s Human Trafficking Hotline at 866-455-5075, or text 720-999-9724.

Napolitano added that most victims are recruited.

stranger and taken into a situation that would be sex trafficking, when in fact that is almost never the case,” she said, adding that most victims are trafficked by someone familiar to them, which sometimes includes parents trafficking children. “Oftentimes it’s someone they know and love. So this ‘Stranger danger, white van marauding the neighborhoods gonna-snatch-upyour-kids’ myth is really just that.”

“I think one of the biggest myths and what we see on social media is that people are kidnapped by a

According to the U.S. Department of State, there is an average of 24.9 million trafficking victims worldwide at any given time. Statistics show that anyone of any race, age or gender can become a victim. Human trafficking is defined as a crime of exploitation; victims are pressured into providing labor — including sex as a form of labor — through the use of force, fraud or coercion. But trafficking also happens in many industries such as landscaping, hospitality and restaurants, construction, massage parlors, childcare, domes-

tic work, factories and janitorial services. Many of these workplaces are in low wage industries with high turnover rates.

“They are identified by the perpetrator or trafficker as being vulnerable and people are vulnerable for lots of reasons. They’re experiencing homelessness, they’re using drugs, they’re desperately looking for work,” Napolitano explained, saying that many victims had a traumatic childhood. “They’re looking for love and inclusion, and a trafficker reaches in and offers that person the thing they need — that love, the bus ticket, the job, the housing — and kind of hooks them that way.”Katlyn Pryshlak, the hotline and advocacy manager at the Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking, adds that the hotline is so important be-

“There’s a lot of stigma and shame around the experience of being trafﬁcked and losing control over your life,” Pryshlak said, “so when a human trafﬁcking survivor shows up at the hospital or school, they’re not going to be that person who’s saying ‘help!’”

And that also makes many human trafﬁcking cases difﬁcult to prosecute in court, explained Napolitano, who said that only a few hundred cases have been prosecuted in Colorado over the last several years.

cause most trafﬁcking victims have a difﬁcult time reaching out.

“Many of the people affected by these crimes are from marginalized communities, so they don’t feel comfortable, they don’t feel safe reporting the crimes,” she said. “They don’t feel like they will be be loved or supported and in many cases they are criminalized because of crimes they were forced to commit as a result of their trafﬁcking.”

This story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonproﬁt public broadcaster providing community stories across Colorado over the air and online. Used by permission. For more, and to support Rocky Mountain PBS, visit rmpbs.org.

Debunking ‘white van’ myth of human tra cking

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In a laboratory housed in a red brick building near downtown Denver, the workers inside aren’t running scientiﬁc experiments.

The Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking actually functions as a hub for information, data and resources for anti-trafficking efforts across the state, while also taking around-the-clock calls that come in on Colorado’s Human Trafficking hotline. Anywhere from two to five calls come into the hotline on a daily basis.“We provide the resources for the needs of trafficking survivors in Colorado. Survivors call looking for resources themselves, or providers that are working for survivors. Sometimes we get tips that we pass on to law enforcement when requested,” said Kara Napolitano, the Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking’s research and training manager.Napolitano explained that human trafficking goes beyond what most people see in mainstream media and social media.

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