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Braving the haunted fields along Riverdale Road

Suburbs face reality of less water Turf bans, other measures taken

BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

Growth is good. But hold the sod. And have the checkbook handy.

Colorado’s population growth and the swelling stress on state water resources amid climate change and drought are sending Front Range suburbs in a scramble to shore up sustainable supplies.

Cheery Maize in the City shows its scary side after dark

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It was a scene from a nightmare come true along the infamous Riverdale Road. A simple trip into the the woods is met by a zombie revving a chainsaw while scary dolls come to life, jumping up on the passing

vehicle.

The Haunted Field of Screams is Colorado’s largest haunting attraction, built on 40-acres corn fields. It’s a mile-long journey along Riverdale Road that then veers off to walk through a corn maze with stops into haunted houses chased by a zombie apocalypse with monsters, ghosts, killer clowns and haunting scarecrows popping out from everywhere.

“Each year, we challenge ourselves to make the haunted attraction a more thrilling, memorable experience for our visitors,” said Mark Villano, co-owner of the Haunted

Field of Screams. “We purposefully play on the natural elements of our site – the corn field, the woods, the moonlight – and use these elements to create a more realistic, daunting and bone-chilling scare.”

At night, the site is Haunted Field of Screams. With dawn, it transforms into the benigh Maize in the City attraction with family-friendly activities. Families can participate with sand art, a barrel train, mini maize, a petting zoo, pony rides, and a pumpkin patch, including a

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Brighton schools lay out impacts without mill-levy override

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Brighton’s school district says it needs money. So, come Tuesday, Nov. 8, voters will be asked to approve an increase of eight mills to provide for school safety, retention of teachers and something else.

The last time Brighton voters ap-

proved a mill-levy override was 2000.

“We’ve pulled all the budgettrimming levers we have,” said 27J spokesperson Janelle Asmus.

“There is no more nibbling around the edges that we can do to make ends meet. It’s that simple. It’s that dire. We are at the point where we are having to face cuts to things that will negatively impact students and

families. But that’s where we are. There are no other options.”

The cost is $278 per year for a $500,000 home. If voters turn down the override, the district said it will cut middle- and high-school sports programs, though no specifics were available. Extracurricular programs

Castle Rock is banning traditional grass turf in front yards of new homes and offering developers steep fee discounts for water-saving “Coloradoscaping” yards. The Douglas County town that is a center for housing sprawl in Colorado foresees dwindling aquifer resources and ever-higher prices to secure new surface water from the state’s overtaxed mountain river basins.

Arvada, on the opposite corner of the Denver metro area to the northwest, is more than doubling homebuilders’ water and sewer connection fees and sharply raising existing homeowners’ utility rates. The city has so far avoided turf bans or other strong conservation measures on development, while a debate builds on whether the its new $54,000 connection fees are making homes even less affordable.

The two cities’ big moves, combined with Aurora’s recent decision to restrict new lawns and ban new golf courses, reflect the strains on high-growth Colorado cities confronted by higher water prices and dwindling supply, older collection and treatment systems hitting capacity, and everyday inflation. Arvada says it is paying 30% more for water treatment chemicals, and triple for piping, amid worldwide price increases.

“Water is a critical resource

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Families, friends, and kids can wear costumes and play on the haystacks at Palombo Farms Field of Screams.

PHOTO BY BELEN WARD

Commerce City cuts taxes to boost support for 27J Schools

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The city of Commerce City announced a cut in its own taxes in the hopes city voters will approve an upcoming mill levy override proposal in 27J Schools.

The district is asking for a tax increase of eight mills. The cost, according to a release, is less than $1 a day on a $500,000 home. If approved, money goes to local schools.

The district hasn’t passed a mill levy override in more than 20 years.

“They are the lowest per-pupil funded school district in the area,”

Commerce City Mayor Benjamin

Huseman said in a statement. “They need more money to continue to provide a quality education for the children in this community.”

The statement said the district’s low funding situation means the district operates on about 80 percent of the budget that all other districts have. If approved, the increase would improve student safety by putting a safety officer at every school, pay teachers more so the district can hire and keep the best, and add more STEM/Career and tech ed teachers to high schools giving students job-ready skills.

If the proposal doesn’t pass, the statement said the district would

have to make cuts to high-school and middle-school sports, school bus service and to extracurricular activities. There would also be an increase in class sizes.

The statement said Huseman told council it needs to do more than simply say it supports 5B, and he believes the council should support the schools with real action.

“If we, as a board, can offset those eight mills and cut [the tax rate increase] down to maybe three mills, or maybe 2 mills, then we have done our part,” he said. “By actually taking action, we can go out and tell the residents of this community that are affected by

this mill levy, we are doing our part to offset that mill levy so you’re not having to shoulder that cost all yourself.”

The statement said this is the first time 27J Superintendent Chris Fiedler has seen a city council take such action with such a sacrifice for students.

“The city council in Commerce City has really made a huge statement with its decision to reduce its own taxes so that neighborhood schools may be funded in a way they so desperately need,” Fiedler said.

The deadline for ballots to be dropped off is Tuesday, Nov. 8.

New housing development for seniors breaks ground

BY BELEN WARD

BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Eastman Properties completed its model home for residents that are 55-years-old and older and celebrated its grand opening on October 21 with a ribbon cutting ceremony.

The new project, The Courtyards at Lupton Village at 207 S Rollie Ave., is the first Colorado project from national homebuilders Epcon, a company that specializes in housing for 55+ buyers.

“After starting my real estate journey, I realized that the 55+ market has been tremendously underserved. I knew there had to be a way to capitalize on this market – and that’s when I found Epcon,” said David Krafsur, owner and managing member of Eastman Properties.

Krafur’s expert knowledge of the baby boomer demographic inspired him to build The Courtyards at Lupton Village, a 27-unit community. Its community is near downtown Fort Lupton, a recreation center, a golf course and a new library. The homes will have open floor plans, high ceilings, and room for entertaining.

“David’s unique engineering background and owning his own business make him an ideal Epcon

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across the district will be cut, as will school bus services. The district also said class sizes will increase next year.

“We are losing more staff than we ever have, and it’s largely due to pay,” Asmus said. “We cannot con-

The community of Fort Lupton gathers to celebrate and tour the inside of the model home.

Franchise Builder,” said Paul Hanson, president of Epcon Franchising. “We look forward to leveraging our experience and sharing our substantial knowledge with Eastman Properties to develop their Epcon communities.”

“I thought to myself, I want to do something that makes people happy, and what better way to do that than with beautiful homes with amenities that appeal specifically to the Fort Lupton demographic,” Krafsur said.

tinue on this trajectory or we can’t continue to do business. If we don’t have enough teachers, we can’t educate students. We have to find a way to compete with other districts when it comes to paying our teachers a competitive wage. We have to do this no matter what. But making changes to be competitive will come at a cost of other programs and services.”

Asmus went onto say other

employees, besides teachers, are leaving the district.

“We have a lot of moving parts in a large and growing school district. We rely on people to pay the bills, buy and service classroom technology, people to fix leaky toilets, people to drive our students to school and people to make a good lunch for kids,” Asmus said. “If these roles are performed, we can’t do our teaching job well because our learn-

ing environment won’t support our work. Not only do we compete with other districts for these types of staff, we’re competing with private businesses and industries. We have positions that have gone unfilled for months, and some have been vacant for years because we can’t attract candidates because of our pay.”

Ballots have to be turned in to the Adams County Clerk and Recorder’s Office by 7 p.m. Nov. 8.

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David Krafsur, with Epcon sta , builders, and Re/Maxx associates, are cutting the ribbon in front of the first model home.

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on front yard grass in new homes and a limit on backyard grass to 500 square feet. The new rules also demand that developers oversee all water-wise landscaping if they want to qualify for discounts off steep tap fees.

City water agencies are ramping up those tap fees charged to developers to link to local water systems to pay for higher water acquisition and distribution costs amid the historic Western drought. The tap fees have risen so high that homebuilders are arguing — out of self-interest, but also reflecting concerns of town officials — that water fees are a major contributor to the lack of affordable housing on the Front Range.

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Castle Rock’s utility system fees for a newly built single-family home in 2023 will be $42,097, up from $37,067 this year. Developers who agree to oversee landscape installation themselves using certified conservation contractors can trim more than $16,000 from that total under the new rules, officials said.

Arvada’s vote Monday night boosted charges for water, sewer and stormwater connections that it calls “system development fees” to $54,000, more than double the previous $25,000 fee, according to city officials and the Home Builders Association of Metro Denver.

Builders know water conservation is crucial now more than ever, and agree with the gist of the Aurora and Castle Rock initiatives, HBA’s Morgan Cullen said. They did seek concessions, not wanting to be responsible for overseeing all the landscaping.

But the rapid increase in new home tap fees, in Arvada and to a lesser extent in places like Castle Rock, is exacerbating crushing affordability problems for new buyers, Cullen said. “Water is getting prohibitively expensive,” he said. At

current median home prices, the rising tap, storm and wastewater fees represent about 10% of the overall price, he noted.

The stress on water resources and homebuyer resources will only worsen. Castle Rock expects to grow from 81,000 people to 140,000 in the next couple of decades. The city wants to cut per capita water use by 18% in the next 10 to 20 years, Marlowe said.

Castle Rock gets its drinking water from a combination of withdrawals from aquifers under Douglas County, which are depleting and can’t continue to be used at current rates, and buying from Denver and Aurora. Water law allows much of Castle Rock’s water to be reused — withdrawals from aquifers and transmountain diversions can be recycled “to depletion.” The town is working on recycling more aquifer water back into the system after it is spread on landscapes and flows back to local creeks.

Restricting water use in new development also helps keep costs lower for existing Castle Rock homeowners, Marlowe said, a key consideration as electric, water and other utility rates soar. On a winter day, Castle Rock uses 4 million to 5 million gallons of water, while summer days peak at 19 million gallons. The city must build out enough infrastructure to handle the peaks, and charge ratepayers for the capacity and upkeep.

Avoiding new infrastructure through keeping the summer peaks lower “will help on rates” over the long term, Marlowe said.

Castle Rock calls its alternative home landscaping models “Coloradoscaping,” and Marlowe said such

water-saving designs will be part of many new developments up and down the Front Range. “We certainly think it’s a good thing for the state as a whole,” he said.

Arvada’s steep increases to both development fees and rates for existing water and sewer users will shore up existing systems and allow growth that supports future city budgets, council members said in approving the increases unanimously Monday night.

“Development has to pay its own way,” Arvada Mayor and Councilmember Marc Williams said. “We’re not going to do it on the backs of existing ratepayers. Yes, we recognize this is going to have an impact on housing costs.” Like other council members, Williams said Arvada now needs to redouble efforts on both utility support programs for lower-income customers, and creating more affordable housing units.

“We invite all of you to work with us on that,” Councilmember Lauren Simpson told developers and community members in the audience.

“As much as I hate to do it, it’s a necessary evil. I hope this doesn’t deter development in our community,” Councilmember David Jones said.

Developers speaking at Monday night’s public hearing said the connection fees were high, but praised the council for agreeing to delay higher payments until July 2023 to allow them to line up permits and financing before the new fees take effect.

“I hope that with the modification, developers will still see Arvada as a great place to be,” Jones said.

Arvada purchases most of its water from Denver Water. The Jef-

ferson County community is paying for one-sixth of the controversial expansion of Denver Water’s Gross Reservoir Dam in Boulder County, and will receive one-sixth of the new water supply from that, Israel said.

The city and consultants spent the past three years studying water supply and capacity for water treatment, stormwater and sewage, Israel said. Council members mentioned their tours of the aging sewage treatment facilities reaching their limits, and having helped neighbors shovel sewage out of basements after the 2013 floods on the northern Front Range.

Denver Water, meanwhile, is raising its raw water charges to Arvada by 15%, Israel said. Every stage of utility handling is undergoing massive inflation, from water cleaning chemicals to pipelines to fuel and equipment. Arvada needs to issue $100 million in bonds for its water and sewage utility systems, and interest rates on that new borrowing will be far higher than the rates contemplated three years ago.

At the same time the new development fees were passed, the council approved a 12.3% increase in existing water rates and a 9.8% boost to sewage rates. Both systems will also charge higher fixed monthly service fees.

“So all of that together we estimate it would be about $9 more a month for a typical single-family residence,” Israel said. “We are still in the bottom third of the metro area in terms of fees for water and sewer services. So it sounds like a big jump, but it’s a big jump on a relatively smaller number.”

Israel acknowledged Arvada has not made the same push that Castle Rock and Aurora have made to reduce thirsty grass lawns. Landscape watering typically makes up about 50% of municipal water use in arid states that are thick with traditional turf grass. Arvada customers have access to consultation on creating a more water-wise landscape, she said, and the city is gradually installing smart water meters in homes that alert customers to leaks and their overall use.

“We haven’t gone the same route as some other communities,” she said.

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BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Emily Stromquist, the CEO of Food for Hope, understands that her group is not simply keeping bellies full.

Food for Hope provides meals for Adams County school students, including in-school food banks at numerous schools in the Adams 12 Five Star, 27J and Adams 14 districts as well as Westminster Public Schools. It also offers week end food bags and in-school snacks to help kids concentrate on their work.

Stromquist said when they started to serve an elementary school in the 27J school district and she learned of a fifth-grade boy who was having behavior issues in the classroom that staff could not figure out.

The boy came in and received a bag of food for his family.

Stromquist said he started crying and shared how hungry he was and how little food they had a home.

“It turned out the whole year he was hungry because he wasn’t receiving enough food. It was caus ing his behavior issue,” Stromquist said. “Sometimes signs of hunger

can be hard to miss with children and sometimes parents too, it’s embarrassing for them to say any thing.”

Thornton’s ThornCreek Church, at 3853 E 120th Ave. started Food for Hope in 2014 as a separate nonprofit entity. The started with weekend bags to fill the gaps when the schools were not serving break fast and lunch.

Then in 2019, they had the idea of starting a food bank in school. Northglenn High School was its first location, and it had a real need for food.

“Since then Food for Hope has placed food banks in Adams 12, 14 and 27J. We are also working with a Westminster school serving them through our Feed 5000 program,” Stromquist said. “We have a food bank in the Pinnacle Charter School, a K-12 which does not fall into any of those school districts but has a high percentage of need.”

The newest program is the Fuel Snack program, or School Fuel.

“With the Fuel snack program, the school receives the snacks and works with teachers, counselors, and the school nurse, so when they see signs of hunger, they give the students snacks to get through the day, said Emily Stromquist, Food for Hope executive director.

Besides the Fuel snack program, Food for Hope offers two other pro grams through the Feed 5000 pro gram: Volunteers regularly pack up Thanksgiving boxes for needy

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families and pack weekend nutri tion bags that go to specific chil dren registered with the schools.

They buy most of the food they give out from Food Bank of the Rockies, but supplement from local sources as well. The goal is to find healthy meals, according to Darcie Castigliano-Ball, Food for Hope development director.

“We also receive a donation from some businesses and individuals with food drives, but most of the food comes from Costco. We set high standards for our food, with low sugar, low salt, and healthy items that are high in protein,” Castigliano-Ball said.

ThornCreek Church in Thornton gave Food for Hope another room to build the food bank program. They needed a place to store food and sort food that specifically went to each location. Its expanded room also has a fridge and a freezer to store milk, meats, and produce.

“The church is gracious enough to share split space with us,” Stromquist said. “We are paying three times as much for the same thing as you were paying last year, so we’re having to make those deci sions, and this space and owning a delivery truck saves us money to buy more food.”

Preparations

A community of volunteers comes in on Mondays every week to help Food for Hope prep all the food for the week, and then it goes out on Thursday into the commu nities. The volunteers also help to distribute to food banks in the schools. They receive new food every Monday.

“We are thankful to the commu nity to jump in and support to what we’re doing,” Stromquist said.

Food for Hope has staff members who keep track of all the schools’ food on the shelves while also getting to know each community, school, and culture. Some popula tions do not eat brown rice, so the food bank learned what types of food to distribute to each location based on its culture.

Stromquist said the communities they serve have a high population of Hispanics and a refugee popula tion, so the food bank is culturally adaptable to their culture to ensure its custom.

“Every food bank is custom for that community so we are a little bit different than a standard Food Bank and serves a particular school or a particular district,” she said.

Catering to taste

At the Adams 14 food bank, for example, the volunteers have learned that the community doesn’t like cucumbers, but they like zucchini. Similarly, Ukrainian refugees in Brighton have particu lar cultural food choices as do the South American refugee families in Commerce City and the Afghan refugees in Thornton.

It’s been hard-won knowledge. Their original Thanksgiving dona tions used to include the typical Thanksgiving meal with all the sides. Stromquist said one Ukrai nian mom at a food bank said she

tried to make the turkey and it did not go well, confusing her husband and her family.

“We realized four years ago not everyone eats turkey. So now we give out a gift card now, versus a turkey,” Stromquist said.

“We find a way to help them have a holiday meal at home that’s meaningful to their culture and meet their needs. We started doing gift cards so they could purchase meat and produce and get what they want,” she said.

After COVID

Stromquist said the staff is seeing more than 1,200 people per month – a significant increase from last year. During COVID, students were receiving free and reduced lunch and the food bank’s help was not as important. But now that the COVID programs are going away, families have to enroll in these programs, which often come with income restrictions. People who make slightly more money than their neighbors might find they no longer qualify for free lunch programs.

“These families don’t make enough money, with housing costs,” Stromquist said. “They are still struggling to feed their kids. We see a lot of those families in our food banks, because their kids can’t get a free breakfast and re duced lunch at school. So the fami lies try to feed their kids before they go to school and some families can’t send snacks with their kids to school.”

Stromquist said with the housing crisis, Adams 12 district typically has 15 to 20 homeless families volunteers help during the school year. Now, however, that number is over 100. These kids are homeless, sleeping on a friend’s couch, in a car, in a hotel room, or in a differ ent hotel room every night, she said.

“The kids are expected to go to school, and perform, do their homework and just be attentive. It makes it hard for them,” she said.

Thanksgiving work underway

Food for Hope is now starting its holiday program Feed 5000 Thanks giving Box program, a separate event. They distribute boxes to the school locations the week of November 14.

“We ask our communities to help support families, so every box will help a family from up to four to six. There is $30 donation and they have sponsorships for businesses that can come in an sponsor up to 100 boxes or 250 boxes, whatever they want to contribute for the different levels,” Castigliano-Ball said.

According to Food for Hope’s 2021-2022 annual report, the nonprofit delivered 10,890 weekend food bags and provided 92,397 School Fuel snacks. Feed 5000 dis tributed 2,000 Thanksgiving boxes across Adams County and provided 36,000 pounds of food to the inschool food banks.

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market to buy Halloween merchandise, homemade salsas, jam, and pumpkins. There are backyard hay stacks for kids to play on, and families could take photos.

The Haunted Field of Screams and Maize in the City is family owned by Gina Palombo, Joe Palombo, and Mark Villano. Joe Palombo said this idea of the Haunted Field of Screams and Maize in the City chose them. They are a third-generation farming family.

“I was still in high school in 2000 when my dad planted some corn told me and my sister to get out there and design a maze,” Palombo said. “It was up and running to see where it went. My sister and my mom ran it for the first couple of years and it kind of got bigger ever year with more people and attractions.”

In 2001 Palombo said the maize was not haunted. That didn’t deter customers who visited during the day from wanting to come back and walk through at night. They suggested it would be great if it had something to scare them.

That convinced the family operation to start adding some actors. The rest is history.

“It’s great to see how something like a family business can grow, especially from transforming something that a farmer makes into a different kind of business, a different kind of revenue stream,” said Joe’s wife, Christina Palombo.

Palombo’s brother Mark Villano and their Dad grow corn on the 40 acres. Their crops depend on the yearly conditions, how fast the corn dries whether or not they harvest it. But it is feed corn, and they harvest depending on when our Halloween season ends.

“My dad and brother are irrigated vegetable farmers they grow peppers, green tomatoes and lettuce and sell it commercially all year,” Palombo said.

They watch the weather daily and hourly; the farmer is very dependent on the weather, Palombo said, with farming and agriculture tourism, especially in October in Colorado.

“You get storms rolling through with hail and wind all kinds of conditions, a crop can be wiped out in an afternoon, it’s nerve racking, but it’s nice coming in December we don’t have worry about it anymore, “ Palombo said.

The Haunted Field of Screams is open September 30 through October 31, Friday through Sunday nights, Thursday, October 20, Thursday, October 27, and Monday, October 31. Visit hauntedfieldofscreams.com for the full schedule.

Haunted Field of Screams and Maize in the City is located at 10451 McKay Road, Thornton.

Someone is watching you day and night from across the street.

PHOTOS BY BELEN WARD

Paxton and Amanda True are taking a family portrait with their

Lynx Reh in the pumpkin patch choosing a pumpkin to carve from Palombo Farms stock.

A scary sadistic clown comes to life.

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If you value children and their learning, join me on Nov. 8 in voting yes on 5B. This measure will improve learning for students, a competitive wage for teachers, and a better quality of life for all of us.

27J Schools’ funding has lagged significantly behind all but two districts throughout the state with inadequate per-student funding. It is the lowest funded district in the Denver metro area. Other neighboring districts receive much more.

Teachers are leaving in record numbers simply because 27J Schools aren’t paying them a competitive wage. Teachers like West Ridge Elementary School teacher Kristi Reyonlds tell us they can’t afford to work for 27J because our wages aren’t enough to pay their rent and essential bills. This hurts our students. When we lose great teachers, our students miss out on consistent, high-quality instruction.

We live in an increasingly dan-

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So, watch what information you allow into your head and heart. Our sources of input are critical to life success. This also goes for the people in our lives. Are they toxic? Negative? Do they drain our energy? These are the people you need to avoid, and if they are already in your life, take the time to walk away, as hard as that may seem.

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gerous world and we owe it to our community to step-up our efforts to keep our students safe. 5B will provide every school professionally trained safety personnel to protect our students and staff. We must protect our children.

For less than a dollar per day on a $500,000 house, we can fix this. 5B is a winning investment in our communities and children.

Let’s keep our schools and neighborhoods strong with your yes vote on 5B by Nov. 8. We’re all worth it!

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27J Schools is on the ballot again this year. The request is for $17.74 million to be raised through an 8 mill increase in property taxes to be used to fund three specific needs of our schools and our communities based upon input from our stakeholders:

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You probably have even more and maybe better guidance to offer, and I would love to hear what that would be at gotonorton@ gmail.com. And when we can never settle, always be curious, guard what goes into our hearts and minds, and have our positive word bank ready to go, it really will be a better than good life.

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Increase compensation for teachers and hourly support staff members to hire and keep the best possible adults working with our students and families

Hire additional teachers and hourly support staff members and expand programming for our Career and Technical Education/ STEM Centers currently being constructed at Brighton, Prairie View, and Riverdale Ridge High Schools so that our students graduate with career-ready skills that will benefit the students and our communities.

Our only successful MLO (mill levy override) request was in the year 2000 for $750,000. This will be the 8th MLO request of the 27J Schools community for additional operating revenue in the past two decades. The previous seven MLO requests in 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2017, and 2021 all failed.

During the same time period, the five Denver Metro Schools Districts with the highest graduation rates for the class of 2021 had different experiences and outcomes.

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Rebecca McClellan has lived in my neighborhood since 1997, where she and Jim have raised their children, volunteering in our local public schools along the way. We have seen firsthand Rebecca’s commitment to public education from her volunteer work, service as a PTCO secretary, and her service as liaison

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On the State Board of Education, Rebecca has worked tirelessly to increase academic excellence and opportunity for every Colorado stu dent. As a board legislative liaison, Rebecca McClellan testified before the legislature to help pass the bipar tisan full-day kindergarten bill. She successfully advocated for our state recovery funds to prioritize proven strategies like high-impact tutor ing to accelerate academic growth and boost achievement. Rebecca has worked to support the bipartisan READ Act to deliver evidence-based literacy instruction to more Colo rado students, including students

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Joseph “Ralph” Avina, age 99 died Tuesday October 18, 2022, peacefully at his home in Aurora surrounded by loved ones. He was a beautiful person who spread joy and happiness wherever he went and to whomever he met.

Joseph was born May 10,1923 to Jose and Rose (Tarin) Avina in Punta de Aqua, N.M. He was the second of eight siblings. He and his family grew up in Wattenberg, CO.

Joseph was a great family-oriented man. On May 18, 1941, he married Ramona (Garcia) Avina and together they had 5 children. ey were happily married for 81 years.

He joined the U.S. Army in 1943 and served in the 2nd Armored Division during World War II. is division played important roles in the invasion of Germany under Colonel George S. Patton. He was a Brigade Tank driver in Normandy’s ‘’Hell on Wheels” and the Rhineland region and believed that was what saved his life. He was the recipient of four distinguished medals, one being the Gold Conduct Medal, recognized for honorable service and given on a selective basis. It exempli es honor, conduct, e ciency, and delity. Words he valued and lived by throughout his life and instilled in his family. He was discharged in 1945, and immediately began working at Rocky Mountain National Arsenal. He was instrumental in

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Joseph enjoyed reading, dancing, camping, and shing but took the most pride in spending time with family. He spent the rest of his retired life enjoying quality time with them, which he loved and cherished every moment.

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State 5A softball: Horizon bows out in the quarterfinal round

It’s hard to find a point of unanimity these days. But in this instance, Horizon softball players Hadley Hudson (far left), Regan Diamond (second from right) and Lilly Mohr (far right) all agree that Arvada West base runner Zoey Langerak is out after a rundown between second and third base during the first round of the state 5A softball tournament Oct. 21 in Aurora. Horizon won this game 10-9 in 10 innings before losing to Legend 11-1 in the quarterfinals. Horizon finished the season with a record of 21-6. PHOTOS BY STEVE SMITH

Horizon’s Lilly Mohr tries to get into third base and avoid the tag of Arvada West’s Jailynn Ausman during the opening round of the state 5A softball tournament Oct. 21 in Aurora. Mohr was out on the play.

State 4A softball: Ravens’ Davis turns fortunes around

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

AURORA – We’ve all had up-anddown days. Riverdale Ridge’s Aubree Davis had a down-and-really-up day Oct. 21 to open up the state 4A softball tournament.

She was the starting pitcher in the Ravens’ opener against Pueblo County. Davis didn’t make it out of the first inning. PCHS also had a 5-0 lead when RRHS changed pitchers.

Fast-forward a couple of hours and six innings. Davis’ walk-off home run gave RRHS an 8-6 win and sent the Ravens into the quarterfinals.

“I was feeling a little excitement,” she said. “That was the pivotal moment in the game. I’m glad it happened. I don’t know what kind of a pitch it was. But I know I hit it far.”

Sophia Strasia had a base hit and an RBI for Pueblo County. Malaya Parlett had two base hits and drove in a run.

“Honestly, we started off the first inning was a little rocky. But it was just a team effort,” Davis said. “I couldn’t have done what I did if it wasn’t for Jaenna (Jaenna Sandoval) and Neila (Neila Lucero) getting

on base. We came together. Brynn stepped up on the mound. And helping me out.”

Trifecta comes up short

A familiar opponent was waiting in the quarterfinals. Frederick and the Ravens are in the same conference and played twice earlier this season. RRHS won them both.

But not this time.

Frederick scored five unearned runs in the fourth inning and beat Riverdale Ridge 10-6. Davis had a base hit and two of the RBIs. Olivia Vargas had an RBI, and Sandoval and Lucero had a base hit and drove in a run. Madyson Ortiz had two hits.

Carlie Nagy had three hits and three RBIs for the golden Eagles. Lani Davis added two hits and an RBI.

“A lot of things went right in the second game. We all had our moments,” Davis said. “We did our jobs,. In the end, it was little things we couldn’t execute. It happens to everybody. It’s a game of failure.”

“I don’t have any answers. I have never seen us play that poorly,” Garza said. “I don’t know why we

couldn’t make routine plays. Our pitcher didn’t have her best stuff. We had a good week of practice. The kids worked hard. For some reason, we just didn’t have the ‘it’ factor today. I’m really, really confused as to why we played that way.”

Summary RRHS finished with a record of 23-4. The Ravens lose just one starter to graduation.

“At the end of the day, we didn’t play well. But I’m proud of the girls and how they competed, despite the fact we didn’t come with our ‘A’ game,” Garza said. ‘We found a way to win the first game against a very scrappy team. We just weren’t the same today. We won a lot of games with our pitchers. When teams started to put the ball in play, we freaked out. We’re not used to it.”

Davis plans to play in college next year. She’s not sure where yet.

“The atmosphere we had throughout the entire day was great. When we were down at times, we picked each other up. We managed to do our jobs. We were there for each other,” Davis said. “As for me, I liked hitting today.”

Horizon’s Marisol Miranda slides into second safely as Arvada West’s Hallie Thomas awaits the throw during the first round of the state 5A girls softball

Riverdale Ridge’s Neila Lucero reacts after her first-inning double in her team’s game against Pueblo County in the

rst round of the state 4A softball tournament Oct. 21 in Aurora. PCHS’ second baseman is Jaelyn Faris.

PHOTO BY STEVE SMITH

Riverdale Ridge’s Thompson commits to Northern Colorado

First Ravens’ baseball player to go NCAA Division 1

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Riverdale Ridge pitcher Ty Thompson has been a busy young man this summer, so much so that he lost 15 pounds since the start of spring baseball in March.

But he can relax a little more, now that he’s decided on his next baseball and education stop.

He picked the University of Northern Colorado, an NCAA Division I program. He’s the first Ravens’ baseball player to join the top level of collegiate baseball programs.

“I chose UNC for several reasons. The new head coach up there (Mike Anderson) and I have had a relationship for several years,” Thompson said. “Coach Anderson was previously the director for PBR Colorado, which is a baseball scouting service for high-school players looking to play at the next level. I had done several PBR events and got to know him through those.

Thompson also spent some time with Anderson as the coach did hitting and pitching lessons. Anderson played collegiately at UNC, was drafted, then started coaching at the University of Nebraska.

“His background, energy level and vision for the program impressed me a lot,” Thompson said. “He has a vested interest in turning the pro-

gram around since he played there. He has put together a very good coaching staff that I think will help me develop into a draftable player. Coach Anderson really sold me on being from Colorado and staying to play in Colorado and being one of the guys that helps turn around the program, and I’ve really bought into that.”

Thompson said when the recruiting effort began, “I was open to any option.” He was learning toward someplace warm.

“I had options at every level of college baseball and was seriously considering taking the JUCO (junior college) route,” Thompson said. “JUCO baseball is very competitive, and I had been offered opportunities to play at schools with good baseball reputations. In the end, I chose to play at a four-year school and stay closer to home.”

Thompson and his family made an official visit to the school.

“I was impressed with how nice the school was. There are a lot of new or newer facilities,” Thompson said.

“The dorms and cafeteria looked great, and they just opened a new weight room/training facility that really blew me away. Coach Anderson also has big plans to get the field and some of the other baseball facilities upgraded. All of the players we met -and support staff people -- were very friendly and made me feel comfortable.”

Thompson wants to study business/finance. His goal is to be drafted into Major League Baseball.

“I understand that that is going to be a very hard thing to accomplish but am going to focus there for now,” he said. “I also understand that at some point the game ends and real life begins. I really enjoy fishing and the outdoors when I get the time away from baseball. I hope to be able to have a business that allows me to be involved in those activities in some way -- maybe a fly shop and guide business or something like that.”

COVID’s impact on recruiting was felt far and wide. Schools cut back on the number of available scholarships once the NCAA said athletes who were in their senior year of competition could stay one more season.

“The pandemic caused there to be rule changes that really caused a log jam in college baseball that had a real impact on the 2022 and 2023 high-school classes,” Thompson said. “The transfer portal is a nightmare for high-school players. College coaches are looking to the portal to recruit before they consider highschool players in many cases. There are still a lot of talented Colorado players looking for spots. It was a very frustrating and stressful experience but worked out in the end for me.”

Mentally, Thompson is ready to take the next step. The physical side is another issue.

“I need some time to get ready. It has been a long road this summer and fall with all of the travel and games I played,” Thompson said. “I’ve lost 15 pounds since high-school

baseball started. I’m already back in the weight room and plan to put on some weight and add strength in order to compete at the college level. We also have a little unfinished business at Riverdale that needs to be taken care of next season.”

Thompson finished with a mark of 6-3 last year in 11 appearances. In 50 2/3 innings, he struck out 77 batters and walked just 23.

“I’m proud to be from Colorado and really decided that I wanted to be one of the guys that helps put UNC back on the baseball map,” he said. “UNC has 10 College World Series appearances, but none since 1974. I think it would be amazing to be on a team from Colorado to go to the World Series. Baseball players from Colorado don’t get a lot of respect nationally,

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Mullen tops Prairie View on special night for team manager

Johnathan Salzer, right, celebrates his touchdown run with teammate Quintin Winzent during a break in the ThunderHawks’ game against Mullen Oct. 21. Salzer, who is the team manager, has Down’s syndrome. After the run, players from both teams ran into the end zone for a mass round of congratulations.

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Riverdale Ridge’s Jacob Gerber finishes up this tackle of George Washington’s Silas Evans during an Oct. 21 game in Thornton. The Patriots spoiled Riverdale Ridge’s homecoming by a score of 28-10.

PHOTO BY STEVE SMITH

Mullen’s Cam Lewis winds up on top of Prairie View’s Elijah Abeyta during the teams’ game in Brighton Oct. 21. Mullen won the contest 38-23. No stats were available for either team.

PHOTOS BY STEVE SMITH

Riverdale Ridge High School

Football

Frederick routed Denver North 57-21 in Frederick Oct. 21. FHS improved to 6-2 this season. No stats were available for either team.

Soccer

Skyline shaded Frederick 2-1 in the regular-season finale for both teams Oct. 20. angel Pereura and Luis Ramirez scored the goals for the Falcons. No stats were available for the Golden Eagles.

Cross country

LYONS -- Here are the Golden Eagles’ results from the regional meet at Lyons High School Oct. 20: Girls

14. Jessica Ellinger, 21:58.7 (qualifies for state). 44. Hailey Pollard, 25:41.7. 63. Kassidy Lear, 27:22.6. 73. Mya Wilcox, 29:55.5. 76. Kendall Willis, 30:13.9.

Boys

12. Nikolas Carrillo, 18:11.6 (qualifies for state). 43. Brandt Hartman, 19:53.2. 49. Darren Reynolds, 20:14.6. 57. William Hershey, 20:37.4. 60. Nicholas Aasmundstad-Williams, 20:42.7.

Volleyball

The Golden Eagles lost all three of their games at a tournament at The Classical Academy Oct. 22.

Thompson Valley beat FHS 25-14, 25-16. Tatum Sharp had 10 kills for the Eagles. Chloe Duzenack added eight. No stats were available for Frederick.

Roosevelt got past Frederick 28-26, 20-25, 15-10. No stats were available.

Severance tripped up the Golden Eagles 25-9, 24-26, 15-13. No stats were available.

Frederick downed Fort Morgan 2521, 18-25, 25-19, 25-14 on the Mustangs’

floor Oct. 18. Katelin Sindelar had 13 kills to pace the Warriors. Delaney Frank was next with eight, and she added nine aces.

Kourtney Smith led the Mustangs with eight kills. Leighlah Montel added five. Katie Bell served up four aces.

Soccer

Frederick slipped past Severance 2-1 on the Golden Eagles’ pitch Oct. 18. No stats were available for either team.

Prairie View HS

Cross country

THORNTON -- Here are Prairie View’s results from the regional meet at Margaret Carpenter Park Oct. 20: Girls

35. McKinsey Poulson, 21;52. 71. Isabella Lopez, 24:19. 82. Kayla Martinez, 26:19. 86. Lyric Lewis, 26:55. 87. Jazmine Newman, 26:59.

Boys

71. Marin Delgado-Nevarez, 19:58. 76. Nicholas Prize, 20:29. 81. David De Hoyos, 21:50. 85. Rowan Daughtrey, 22:10. 85. Tripp Wilson, 28:05.

Soccer

Horizon beat Prairie View 2-1 on the Hawks’ pitch Oct. 20. No stats were available for either team..

PVHS earned a split of the last two games of the regular season by beating Mountain Range 7-3 in Brighton Oct. 18.

Ky Dunn scored twice for the Mustangs. Jonathan Diaz scored MRHS’ other goal. Hoalkeeper Corbin Prokop made nine saves.

Mwambo Forseh scored three goals for the ThunderHawks. Thomas Berlinski scored twice. Goalkeeper Brady Henson made four saves.

PVHS finished 6-8-1. Eagle Ridge Academy Cross country

NORTHGLENN -- Here are Eagle Ridge’s results from the regional meet at Northwest Open Space Park Oct. 20: Girls

21. Megan Derby, 22:03.7. 23. Danielle Nikolai, 22:28.6. 31. Amanda Nikolai, 23:07.1. 43. Madilynn DiLorenzo, 25:48.3 (season best). 59. Katharine Cassiday, 29:57.4.

Boys

59. Henry Silosky, 21:33.7. 61. Westin Contreras, 21:48.5 (season best). 75. Jarlin Candela, 22:42.7. 83. Christian Allirez, 24:54.4 (season best). 84. Jon Hillyard, 25:08.3 (season best).

Volleyball

Eagle Ridge downed Kent Denver 20-25, 10-25, 25-23, 29-27, 15-10 in Brighton Oct. 20. No stats were available for either team.

Stargate School downed the Wariors 25-20, 23-25, 25-22, 29-27 in Brighton Oct. 18. No stats were available for either team.

Soccer

Eagle Ridge Academy closed out the regular season Oct. 20 with a 1-0 win at Prospect Ridge Academy. No stats were available.

ERA also beat The Academy 5-1 in Westminster Oct. 18. Andrew Richg scored twice for the Warriors. Jonah Kreutzer and Devon Ambrosio also scored for ERA, as did Will Sprague. Goalkeeper Andrew Cleveland made 15 saves in recording the win.

The Warriors finished with a mark of 6-7-2.

Brighton HS Football

Rangeview outlasted Brighton 39-35 in Brighton Oct. 22. No stats were available for either team.

Cross country

THORNTON -- Here are Brighton’s results from the regional meet at Margaret Carpenter Park in Thornton Oct. 20:

Girls

9. Claire Engelhardt, 19:46, qualified for the state meet. 39. Elizabeth Cronk, 22:03. 49. Brooklyn Yates, 22:41. 67. Jazlyn Amaya, 24:11 (season bests). 68. Nylah Nevarez, 24:15.

Boys

79. Connor Federocko, 21:07. 82. Ehtan Mora, 22:00. 83. Cody Carmichael, 22:02. 87. Traven Simcox, 23:32. 88. Josiah Yates, 26:37.

Soccer

Monarch beat Brighton 4-2 in Lafayette Oct. 20. No stats were available for BHS. Sean Kendall, Danny Bell, George Behringer and Jackson Masterson scored the goals for the Coyotes.

Brighton topped Northglenn 4-2 in Brighton Oct. 18. Jair Santana and HoTran scored the goals for Northglenn. Foalkeeper Carlos Castaneda Rodelo made two saves.

JonMarc Messersmith scored twice for the Bulldogs. Brighton’s other goals came from Ace Miles and Jesus NOriega-Adete. Goalie Owen Woodford made six saves.

BHS finished the regular season with a record of 9-6.

Volleyball

Brghton downed Poudre 27-25, 25-18, 25-16 in Fort Collins Oct. 18. Andi Jackson led the way with 11 kills. Evelyn Udezue and Evynn Jacobson had eight.

Fifth Sunday sing

Brighton United Methodist Church will host its Fifth Sunday Sing at 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, at 625 S. Eighth Ave. Call 303-659-2022.

Donate old cell phones

The Commerce City-Brighton Victim Services Unit wants to put used cell phones into the hands of a crime victim who may need it in an emergency. The VSU is collecting used mobile phones and chargers in donation bins at city facilities through the end of the month.

All mobile phones sold in the United States can call 911 in an emergency, even without service from a carrier. Secure the Call, a nonprofi t partner organization, wipes the donated phones of all personal information, returns them to factory settings and distributes them to victims of domestic violence, seniors and other at-risk individuals for use in emergencies.

Donation bins are available at Bison Ridge Recreation Center, 13905 E. 112th Ave., Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 Parkway Drive, and Commerce City Civic Center, 7887 E. 60th Ave.

Visit https://www.c3gov.com/ living-in/public-safety/contact-police-department/victim-services.

Dia de los Muertos art sought for The Armory

The Art at The Armory annual Dia de los Muertos exhibit seeks local artists to join a show that runs through Nov. 16 at The Armory Performing Arts Center, 300

Strong St.

This exhibit is a collaboration with the Chicano Humanities & Arts Council with support from the Brighton Cultural Arts Commission. The Armory will host a reception Friday, Oct. 28, featuring entertainment and refreshments.

If you have questions, contact Armory House Coordinator Marcus Garcia at 303-655-2140.

Get inspired at Eagle View’s Annual Craft Fair

See the work of dozens of local artisans at Eagle View Adult Center’s Annual Craft Fair on Saturday, November 5 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 1150 Prairie Center Parkway.

Forty-nine vendors will be present to sell homemade crafts to event attendees. The annual craft fair has been a community favorite event, featuring local artisans and bringing Brighton citizens together to appreciate creative talent and get an early start on holiday shopping. Bake sale goods, breakfast burritos and lunch items will be available for purchase.

For the fourth year, Brightonbased United Power donated $1,000 to help with event expenses. All proceeds will go toward Eagle View Adult Center’s operating costs.For more information, contact the Eagle View at 303-655-2075.

Armory Performing Arts concerts

Brighton’s lineup for concerts at the Armory Performing Arts Center, 300 Strong St. continues through November.

Oct. 29: Yesterday, The Beatles Tribute, at 7 p.m. Nov. 18: The Long Run, performs its “Alter Eagles” set at 8 p.m. Nov. 19: The Long Run, Colorado’s tribute to the Eagles, at 8 p.m.

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

Car registration now open for Car-nival Palooza 2022

In preparation for the annual trunk-or-treat event Car-nival Palooza, the Brighton Recreation Center has opened registration for cars to participate in the event. Car-nival Palooza is scheduled for 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at the Brighton Recreation Center parking lot (555 N. 11th Ave.).

Cars are decked out for the Halloween event and participants will be handing out candy to kids. Participants must bring their own candy to give away during the event.

If you’d like to participate, register at www.brightonco.gov/registermycar before Oct. 26.

If you have questions, contact Katy French, youth recreation coordinator, at 303-655-2209 or kfrench@brightonco.gov.

Arts commission seeks nominations for arts awards

The Brighton Cultural Arts Commission is seeking nominations for its 2022 Excellence in Arts Awards presentation at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, at Eagle View

Adult Center, 1150 Prairie Center Parkway.

The commission is asking for nominations for masters in the visual arts, performing arts, literary arts and cultural arts in education. The group is also taking nominations for visionaries for leaders in the Brighton cultural arts scene and for outstanding arts volunteers. There is a Beyond Brighton category for individuals, groups or businesses from outside Brighton who have strengthened our community’s cultural arts.

Snowplow naming contest

The city of Brighton announced its second annual Name that Snowplow contest. Elementary school students in Brighton can submit their best and most creative name ideas for the city’s nine snowplows for the 2022-2023 snow season.

Students in kindergarten through fi fth grade can submit nominations through Friday, Nov. 11, at brightonco.gov/snowplowcontest. Winners will have an opportunity to take a photo with the snowplow they named and be recognized at a city council meeting.

Additionally, the contest winners will have an opportunity to ride alongside the snowplow they named during the city’s annual Festival of Lights parade Saturday, Dec. 10, weather permitting.

Winners will be notifi ed by Nov. 22. To read the rules of the contest and submit a name, visit brightonco.gov/snowplowcontest.

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AG candidates Kellner, Weiser talk issues

BY SANDRA FISH THE COLORADO SUN

Democratic Attorney General Phil Weiser is running for reelection against Republican John Kellner, the top pros ecutor in the 18th Judicial District.

The winner of the race will serve as the top law enforcement official in the state and preside over an office that represents state government in court, oversees law enforcement officer train ing and enforces consumer protection and antitrust laws.

The candidates’ background

Weiser, 54, is a former dean of the University of Colorado Law School, where he founded the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology and Entre preneurship. He served as a law clerk to Supreme Court justices Byron R. White and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and previously worked as a deputy attorney general in the U.S. Department of Jus tice. He was elected attorney general in 2018. He lives in Denver.

Kellner, 41, was elected district attorney in the 18th Judicial District in 2020 after working in the office’s cold case unit. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps after graduating from the University of Florida, and at tended law school at the University of Colorado. His four years of active-duty military service included a deployment to Afghanistan. He now serves as a lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps Reserves. He lives in Arapahoe County.

The attorney general’s role in criminal matters

The Colorado Attorney General’s Of fice has limited criminal jurisdiction, meaning it can’t prosecute every crime committed in the state. The office typi cally prosecutes criminal matters when they span multiple counties or are statewide, such as Medicare fraud and organized crime rings. The main focus of the office is on civil court matters, like lawsuits.

Still, rising violent crime rates in Colorado have become a major center piece of the race between Weiser and Kellner.

Kellner acknowledges the limited role the attorney general plays in crimi nal matters, but says Weiser should have done more as attorney general to advocate at the legislature for a tougher criminal code, namely when it comes to fentanyl and auto thefts.

“I see the attorney general’s office as being really the bully pulpit, the person who has the best ability to influence public safety outcomes and legislation at the state level,” Kellner said.

Weiser points out that it’s in fact district attorneys like Kellner who are responsible for prosecuting most crime.

“The attorney general prosecutes only organized crime and fraud cases, which means the only auto theft case that we would do is like an organized criminal enterprise,” Weiser said.

Fentanyl Kellner says he would have opposed a bipartisan 2019 state law that made

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personal possession of up to 4 grams of fentanyl and most other drugs a misdemeanor.

Weiser said he opposed and wasn’t in volved with the 2019 measure: “It was a bipartisan bill that I hadn’t supported.”

The legislature amended the 2019 law earlier this year to make it a felony to possess a gram or more of fentanyl and to increase penalties for fentanyl dealers. The legislation also allocated millions of dollars to treat ment, prevention and law enforce ment response.

“I would have gone further and reduced the possession to as low as we could get, but the lowest we could get it was 1 gram,” Weiser said.

Kellner said he would have preferred that the bill passed this year apply to a wider range of synthetic opioids so that the state is better prepared for the next wave of the opioid crisis.

Water issues

The two candidates differ on a major water case before the U.S. Supreme Court, Sackett v. EPA, which seeks to limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s enforcement of clean water regulations. It’s a case out of Idaho where the EPA prevented a couple from building a house on a lot the agency considered a wetland.

Weiser’s office supports the EPA’s position in the case.

“Historically, the EPA has managed the system of permitting to ensure that

projects will not harm water quality,” Weiser said. “Under the Sackett case, there’s now a real risk that the EPA will lose that ability, and that responsibility will be shifted to the state of Colorado.”

But Kellner said Congress could respond if the EPA loses the case by passing laws regulating clean water enforcement. He said he would have intervened in the case on behalf of the landowners suing the EPA.

“We ought to be concerned about potential overreach by the federal government, especially when it comes to water,” he said.

Weiser said he’s hired a staff of law yers to protect Colorado’s water rights when it comes to disputes with other states, as well as protecting smaller communities from metropolitan areas trying to build their water supplies.

“The worst water decisions are those that harm communities like the San Luis Valley, or like Crowley County, and basically undermine their economies,” he said.

Kellner said he is concerned about the attorney general’s office “basically getting ahead of the policymakers as the legal representative for the state.” He noted that water rights are property rights and if someone “wants to sell them, there’s a process to adjudicate whether or not that goes forward, and it’s through water court.”

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Gun regulations

The National Rifle Asso ciation has endorsed Kellner, though he said he supports Colorado’s red flag law, which passed in 2019 and allows judges to order the temporary seizure of guns from people considered a risk to themselves or others.

Kellner originally opposed the red flag law, in part because of concerns that it isn’t limited to law enforcement taking such cases to court.

“I thought it should have been limited to police officers, but there’s been enough checks and balances in place and it’s worked,” he told The Sun. “OK to say I was wrong about that.”

He said he opposes measures passed by the legislature in recent years allowing some nonviolent felons to own guns.

“My opponent advocated for a bill that actually allowed convicted felons including car thieves and drug dealers to possess guns,” Kellner said in a 9News debate on Oct. 19.

But Weiser countered that the 2021 bill Kellner referred to had bipartisan support and was unanimously supported by Colorado’s district attorneys, and that it still prohibited gun possession for 60 felonies. Weiser said he wants to ensure people convicted of car theft and drug dealing are on the prohibition list.

Weiser is endorsed by Every town for Gun Safety and other groups that seek to increase gun control measures. He said he’d like to see continued improvement of Colorado’s gun safety laws, which already include universal background checks, a ban on the sale and possession of magazines with a capacity larger than 15 rounds and a temporary prohibition on gun ownership by people convicted of certain violent misdemeanors.

“I think about this the same way our nation has thought about traffic fatalities,” Weiser said. “This is a public health challenge. We are losing so many people, particularly young people, to suicide be cause of firearms.”

Abortion and marriage Kellner said he would defend Colorado’s new law guarantee ing access to abortion and con traception, but he’s also said he supported the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, leaving regulation of abortion to the states.

“Colorado, through its legislature, has spoken on the issue,” Kellner said at a debate earlier this year. “And, frankly, the people have spoken on this issue multiple times at the bal lot box as well. As the attorney general, I can commit to you that I will defend the law.”

Weiser said he expects to see the abortion debate continue.

“I will defend the principles that underlie Roe vs. Wade,”

he said. “And I believe that our nation will protect access to reproductive health care, but it’s going to take continuing political and legal battles.”

Both Weiser and Kellner also said in a previous debate that they would defend anyone who travels to Colorado to get an abortion despite laws in their home state prohibiting the procedure.

Weiser: “If any other state tries to criminalize a patient or doctor here in Colorado, I will be fighting to protect Colo rado’s law and patients and doc tors who are here in our state.”

Kellner: “No other state can reach in and say, ‘look, we’re go ing to tell you, Colorado, what to do.’”

Kellner has declined to elabo rate on his personal position on abortion.

If gay marriage were chal lenged in the courts, Kellner said he’d also intervene. “I would defend gay marriage,” he said. “I wholly support (the right of) people to marry whomever they love.”

Weiser noted that marriage isn’t protected by existing Colo rado law, and said that should change.

“I will push for a state consti tution amendment in Colorado to protect same-sex marriage,” he said.

Changing one’s mind and compromising

We asked both candidates to share an example of a time they changed their minds on an issue or had to compromise.

Kellner said that as a Ma rine Corps lawyer he helped prosecute service members for drug use, causing them to be discharged from the military without benefits. Often, those people were suffering post-trau matic stress as a result of their combat deployments.

“That wasn’t the right thing to do,” Kellner said, so he helped create a veteran’s treat ment court in 2013 “to hopeful ly get them on the right path.”

Weiser said he compromised on the fentanyl bill passed by the legislature this year. He wanted stiffer possession penal ties.

“I told the speaker of the House, ‘you got to change it. It’s a problem,’” Weiser said. “I pushed hard, and then he came back and said, ‘the best I can do is (1 gram),’ and I said, ‘I’m sorry to hear that, but it’s better than four.’”

What else you should know

In 2019, Weiser supported a Philadelphia nonprofit in its legal battle with the Trump administration over whether the group should have been allowed to open a supervised drug consumption site in that city. The nonprofit eventually lost its case.

Weiser says he doesn’t sup port the concept — which was floated in Denver but shelved because of political pushback — and that he got involved because he saw it as a states’ rights issue.

“I don’t support supervised injection sites in Colorado,”

Weiser said during the 9News debate. “The action in Pennsyl vania wasn’t because I support those sites. It’s because of a principle that states should be allowed to experiment. We have legal and regulated marijuana. At that time, Attorney General Jeff Sessions was attacking our system of legal and regulated marijuana. What I support is state authority to make decisions for themselves, to experiment.”

Weiser has been a champion of law enforcement reform, but Kellner has staked a different position on the issue. He said he disagrees with the legisla ture’s 2020 move to eliminate qualified immunity for police officers, allowing them to be sued in their individual capaci ties.

“There are a couple of bad apples out there, and we weed them out,” he said during a debate earlier this year. “But, writ large, I think the police in Colorado do a dangerous and difficult job and they do it to the very best of their abilities. We do need to hold people account able when they break the law. But I want to be really clear that I support the police here and the valuable work they do.” This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and cov ering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

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Kenneth Musso Profession: Assessor/Licensed Real Estate Appraiser City of residence: Thornton

About me

I have been working in the real estate appraisal field since 1999. I worked as a fee appraiser before hiring on with the Adams County Assessor’s Office in 2004. I worked my way up and served as the Commercial/Industrial Appraisal Supervisor before leaving Adams County in May of 2017 to run for Assessor.

I was elected to the Assessor position in 2018 and humbly ask for your support in the 2022 election.

Campaign website: KenMussoforAssessor.com

Explain the role of the County Assessor and why it matters to residents of Adams County?

The County Assessor is responsible for the management and operation of The Assessor’s Office. The major duties of an assessor can be categorized as discovering, listing, classifying, and valuing all real and personal property located within the county on the assessment date.

Property is valued by following criteria as stipulated by statute and by using manuals, appraisal procedures, and instructions issued by the Property Tax Administrator. This function includes notifying the taxpayer of the value and the administrative remedies if the taxpayer disagrees with the valuation.

The goal is to produce the tax warrant with fair and

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equalized property values.

What makes you the best candidate for this job?

The Assessor has a very complex technical job.

Qualifi cations and competency are very important to the success of an Assessor and should be considered when reviewing a candidate.

I believe my professional qualifi cations, 20+ years of experience and a desire to serve the public make me the best candidate for this job.

If you’re elected, what single issue will be at the top of your agenda?

Fair and equitable valuations.

If elected, what must you accomplish in order for you to consider your term a success?

My main goal is to produce fair valuations and offer good customer service with complete transparency for the people of Adams County.

What would you change regarding how the County Assessor’s office works?

I am always looking to make our services more accessible. Over the pandemic, we were able to make more of our process and information available online for anyone wanting to operate remotely. In this next term, I would like to open remote offi ces to help reduce travel distances for some of the users of our in-person services.

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Hieu Nguyen Profession: Quality Control Specialist City of residence: Brighton

About me

My name is Hieu Nguyen and I have worked in the assessor office as a quality control specialist for almost four years. There are many great things happening within the assessor office, but there are still a lot of improvements that are needed. I plan on making the office more accessible to the public, increase accountability and accuracy to make sure Adams County citizens property tax bills are correct, and provide more communication from the assessor office to the public of all important dates and events.

Campaign website: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076168810175

Explain the role of the County Assessor and why it matters to residents of Adams County?

An assessor is responsible for overseeing the entire office, both operations and administration. The Assessor’s office is responsible for determining the property values for all residential, commercial, industrial and vacant land.

Our office plays a very important role for Adams County because our assessments help to determine property taxes, which fund local government services such as schools, police departments and fire departments.

What makes you the best candidate for this job?

I am a firm believer that leadership means leading by being alongside your team, leading by example, focusing on the people and working together toward the same goal.

I look forward to empowering my staff to hone in on their strength and use it to the best of their ability. I’m committed to leading with passion and integrity and giving all I have. I am a leader that will stand up for my employees and create an environment where people will look forward to Mondays. Our residents can expect the

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Emma Pinter Profession

Adams County Commissioner City of residence Westminster

About me

We have work to do to build a community where everyone feels safe and has the opportunity to earn a good life.

Growing up raised by a single mother, a librarian, I learned firsthand about hard work. Then my mother unexpectedly passed when I was 20. It fell to me to ensure that my sister, who was only 16, could finish high school and have a safe place to live. Given our hardships, we were lucky that friends stepped up to help. You shouldn’t

Assessor’s staff to be knowledgeable, helpful, and available when they need us.

If you’re elected, what single issue will be at the top of your agenda?

I have been working in the Assessor’s Office for the last four years as a Quality Control Analyst. I see many areas that can be improved upon and I want to be the driving force that can facilitate those changes so the Assessor’s Office can better serve our residents.

My main focus for serving as the Adams County Assessor are Senior Exemptions and Veterans. These groups are incomelimited so I want to make sure they know how to take advantage of existing property tax breaks so they don’t pay more taxes than they are required to.

If elected, what must you accomplish in order for you to consider your term a success?

There are two top priorities I will be focusing on.

The first is to implement a quarterly newsletter to update the citizens of Adams County on all important dates and events pertaining to property tax. Citizens deserve to stay informed because it can save them money.

The second is to review the work processes within the Assessor’s Office to ensure accuracy and efficiency. We owe it to Adams County residents to make sure the taxes they pay are not a cent more than what it should be!

What would you change regarding how the County Assessor’s o ce works?

The Assessor office is currently running fairly smoothly so there is not a lot that needs to change. One big item I want to tackle is efficiency. With the number of employees we have in the office, we can do a lot more for the citizens of Adams County. I want to make sure each employee has the knowledge and the support they need to maximize efficiency each and every day. This will ensure accuracy and save money for our citizens.

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Steven O’Dorisio

Profession: Former prosecutor, business educator.

City of residence: Welby

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Campaign website www.emmapinter.com; Cell:720239-2053; https:// www.facebook. com/EmmasForUs

What makes you the best candidate for job?

I come from a working family. When I share my family’s story folks often share back their own stories of hardship. We in Adams County need leaders who listen and understand how hard it is to build a good life.

I’m grateful for many endorse-

About me

As the current County Commissioner, Steve is a champion for families, public safety, economic development, and affordable quality of life.

Before being County Commissioner, Steve served as an Adams County Deputy District Attorney where he sought justice by balancing interests of the victim, the community, and the defendant. Steve has 10+ years experience in business as an attorney and consultant.Steve teaches business law at Regis University.Steve grew up in Colorado. His family has deep roots in

the metro area and Adams County. He is proud to come from a family that promotes integrity, education, and hard work.

Campaign website: steveodorisio. com

What makes you the best candidate for job?

Steve has a track record of success and a vision for the future. Steve has a reputation as a bridgebuilder who works well with folks from both sides of the aisle, all cities in Adams County, and all corners of the state. He believes in seeking win-win outcomes that benefit all stakeholders. This is why Steve is the only District 4

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Monica Broncucia-Jordan Profession: Chief Coroner, Adams and Broomfield Counties City of residence: Unincorporated Adams County

About me

I have served as the Coroner for Adams and Broomfield Counties since 2010. A lifelong Adams County resident, my undergraduate degree is in pre-medicine and English. I have a Master’s degree in healthcare with an emphasis in forensic science. I have many hours of training in death investigation and the forensic sciences and completed my death investigation training at the St. Louis School of Medicine. I am a national boardcertified fellow in death investigation through the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators.

In the last 11 years, I have managed over 40,000 reported deaths.

Explain the role of the County Coroner and why it matters to residents of Adams County residents.

The Coroner is mandated to investigate unexpected, unnatural, and/ or unexplained deaths. It is largely a public health entity driven by science and drives public health campaigns and laws. Ensuring that deaths are investigated and classified appropriately affects the criminal justice system; the survivor/veteran benefits of the bereaved; the care and lives of at-risk populations (the elderly, disabled, and the young); and the well-being of the entire community. My Office serves nine cities, as well as unincorporated Adams County. All deaths occurring in the geographic location of our service areas are reported and assessed for the Coroner’s involvement.

What makes you the best candidate for the job?

My campaign and office values are competence, compassion, and commitment. I am passionate about providing a vital public service to the community and about compassionately serving the living by caring for the departed. This is the area in which I have committed years to gain the appropriate education, experience and training to serve my fellow citizens.

Currently, the Coroners in all level-I counties (Denver, Douglas, Arapahoe, Boulder, Jefferson, etc.), like

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ments – Congressman Perlmutter, Crow, and Neguse, as well as many local leaders, outlined on: emmapinter.com.

I’m proud to have business support like Denver Metro Association of Realtors, and Organizations like Conservation Colorado and Denver Area Labor Federation also support my reelection.

Our work requires balance, and to always put the people who

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myself, are board certified in death investigation and/ or forensic pathology. Electing my opponent will make Adams County the only level-I county that does not have an industry boardcertified Coroner.

If you’re elected, what single issue will be at the top of your agenda?

If elected my primary objective will continue to be fulfilling the statutory obligations of the office competently, compassionately, and in accordance with the nationally accepted medicolegal death investigation professional standards of practice.

How does the Coroner’s job fit in with other Law Enforcement professionals, such as police and district attorneys?

The Coroner’s Office is an independent office of county government that serves the living by working on behalf of the deceased. The office is an independent entity that renders an opinion on the manner and cause of death.

While the office works closely with law enforcement and the district attorney, we all have very different roles. Law enforcement is focused on community safety and crime detection/ prevention. When a death occurs that warrants law enforcement response, they are responsible for investigating and documenting if a crime occurred. They are NOT responsible for determining how and why the individual died.

If elected, what must you accomplish in order for you to consider your term a success?

I have ambitions for another term that include finalizing national accreditation of the office, following the completion of a much-needed office expansion and renovation. I would consider such an accomplishment a success.

However, what I consider a bigger success in this office, is the everyday service that is provided by coming along a bereaved family and making what is often a tragic and unbearable event a little bit easier. Serving the community well, with competence and compassion is a success. If my presence makes a meaningful difference in the lives of the citizens we serve, that is successful.

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If you’re elected, what must you accomplish in order for you to consider your term a success?

Creating an economy that leaves no one out and no one behind. This November, our rights, benefits, and freedoms are on the ballot. We need to protect our freedoms, to breathe clean air, to get the affordable health care we need, and to decide whether and when we grow our families.

A thriving local economy will create opportunities for everyone.

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David Shaklee Profession: Sergeant - Adams County Sheriff’s Offi ce City of residence Commerce City

About me -35 year veteran of Adams County Sheriff’s Offi ce; 20 years of Detective Experience investigating everything from burglary, domestic violence, auto theft, sexual assault and homicides. -Lead Detective in a homicide case that started as a missing person. We found the body and through a Grand Jury, ultimately convicted the murderer and his criminal co-conspirators -Only criminal investigator seeking Coroner position, whereby its the statutory responsibility to investigate and determine the manner and cause of death

Campaign website www.shaklee4coroner.com

Explain the role of the County Coroner and why it matters to residents of Adams County residents.

The Coroner’s statutory responsibility is to investigate and determine the manner and cause of death of individuals who die in Adams and Broomfi eld Counties. The offi ce should always act with the political independence of law enforcement agencies and the District Attorney’s Offi ce. The Coroner has the statutory authority to use a Coroner’s Inquest much like a Grand Jury to determine if criminality is involved in a death when the occasions occur, whereby the District Attorney’s Offi ce declines to prosecute. The Coroner essentially serves as sort of a “check and balance” acting as the voice and in the interest of the deceased.

What makes you the best candidate for the job?

My 35 years of law enforcement experience including 20 years as a Detective make me ideally suited, against an opponent who has never been a member of law enforcement nor a medical professional.

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candidate endorsed by police officers, firefighters, and folks across the political spectrum (Democrats, Republicans, and Unaffiliated voters).

If you’re elected, what must you accomplish in order for you to consider your term a success?

Substantial progress on public works projects, such as I-270improvements, increased bus service, and more curbs, gutters, and sidewalks in neighborhoods.

If you’re elected, what single issue will be at the top of your agenda?

Elijah McClain’s situation in Aurora MUST NEVER happen again in Adams County. It is a tragic case on so many levels.

The current Coroner botched the case and death investigation so badly that, for the first time in Adams County history, the Democrat Governor removed the case from her office by Executive Order and gave it to the Attorney General, who seated a Grand Jury. It could’ve been avoided with a Coroner’s Inquest.

Never repeating this and attracting and retaining qualified investigative personnel are my top priorities.

How does the Coroner’s job fit in with other Law Enforcement professionals, such as police and district attorneys?

The Coroner works collaboratively with all law enforcement agencies but also conducts a parallel investigation in many respects separate from law enforcement. Again, the Coroner’s Office must be “independent” and serves the best interests of the deceased and their families during the most difficult time of their life- the loss of a loved one.

If elected, what must you accomplish in order for you to consider your term a success?

I would be successful if I do not have the Governor removing cases from my office due to my incompetence.

I would consider myself successful if I “earn” the respect and the vote of the citizens of Adams County for which I serve. I serve everyone equally, Democrat, Republican or Independent. I would be successful if I have less than the well over 100 percent turnover of investigators in the current Coroner’s Office. I want people to work for my office until retirement and will treat all with compassion, dignity and respect.

What is the most pressing issue for Adams County residents and businesses and how will you address it?

Water and air quality impacts our rising cost of living, as well as health, safety, and quality of life.

Many residents received disturbing notices about their water quality. Now, they don’t trust the water that comes out of their own faucets, so they spend hundreds of dollars on bottled water and/or filtering systems. In addition, residents continue to receive warnings about bad air quality days and the possible increase in gas prices resulting from

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Stan Martin

Profession: Business Owner. Martin Custom Construction, Inc. City of residence: Thornton About me

Third-generation Adams County native. Degree in Sports Medicine and Business Management from Colorado State University. Eleven years of experience in corporate management and a 21-year business owner.

Adams County Clerk and Recorder 2014-2018.

Campaign website: www.facebook. com/ElectStanMartin; www.ElectStanMartin.com; ElectStanMartin@ gmail.com

If you’re elected, what single issue will be at the top of your agenda?

The single most important issue in the Treasurer’s office is reconciling the millions of dollars currently unaccounted for. Our current democrat Treasurer has failed to reconcile over $215 million, was sued by the County Commissioners for failing to do their job and was questioned for embezzlement and incompetence.

On day one I will hire an independent forensic audit company to conduct a detailed and thorough audit of every last account and every last penny. Not only will I reconcile every account, but I will also determine if any of your taxpayer money has been embezzled and I will take necessary action.

Explain the role of the County Treasurer and why it matters to residents of Adams County.

The County Treasurer acts as the ‘Banker’ for Adams County. All countyrelated revenue and expenses move through the Treasurer’s office. The County Treasurer serves a pivotal role in the day-to-day function and operation of government. Our next Treasurer must possess the knowledge, skills and

experience to manage the Treasurer’s office and your money. And perhaps most importantly, be TRUSTWORTHY!

What makes you the best candidate for job?

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Alexander Villagran Profession: Treasurer City of residence: Westminster

About me

at a rewarding and good-paying job that supports your family and allows you to put your child to bed at night, clothed, fed, and safe from harm.

What is the most pressing issue for Adams County residents and businesses and how will you address it?

Protecting our Colorado way of life. We need to ensure that our residents have access to clean air, clean water, and safe recreation for ourselves, our children, and for future generations. We must stand strong to protect the Civil Rights we have come to expect in Colorado. We all value our freedoms. Freedom to retire in dignity, decide whether and when we grow our families, and know our kids will make it home safe.

We need to join together to protect our freedoms, decide our own futures, and ensure that the will of the people prevails.

What is the county’s role in fixing the current problem with a ordable housing and what

Stan Martin

As your County Clerk and Recorder from 2014-2018, my reputation and success were built on trust, respect and developing strong meaningful relationships with my staff, business partners, other elected offices and the County Commissioners. I have over 30 years of experience in management, accounting, finance, budgeting, contract negotiations and procurement. I am ready to work hard for the citizens of Adams County starting on day one. If elected, what must you accomplish in order for you to consider your term a success?

First and foremost, the taxpayer’s unaccounted $215 million must be located and reconciled with each individual bank account. The office must comply with state statute-required annual audits. All statute-required monthly and quarterly reports must be completed and presented to the County Commissioners.

Staff turnover is currently over 300%, this is unacceptable. Staff will be treated with the kindness, respect and appreciation they deserve.

What would you change about how the County Treasurer’s o ce is currently run?

My main concern is how employees are treated and disrespected by the current Treasurer. Hearing some of their stories, it is no surprise there’s been over 300% staff turnover. This will change.

It is time for the Treasurer’s office to move in a new direction! I will bring new positive leadership and together we’ll work to restore the county’s core values.

would you do about it?

Right now, it’s difficult for working folks to afford housing. We need to work regionally to lower costs for both renters and homeowners. Seniors who might own a home can’t afford to move or downsize. People need access to housing they can afford to build stability so they can earn a good life.

In April we opened Caraway House. I’m proud that we turned our old Adams County Human Services building into 116 affordable housing units for families, seniors, and youth aging out of foster care. We need to work regionally to create more opportunities like Caraway House.

What can be done at the county level to reduce crime?

Across race and place, background and party, we know what keeps us safe. It’s living in communities where we look out for our neighbors. It’s having access to the great schools and healthcare we need. It also includes having people sworn to serve and protect us by preventing, investigating, and solving crimes while treating us all as equals.

Everyone who lives here deserves to feel safe in their own community.

Grew up in a lower middleclass neighborhood in the Los Angeles area, the oldest of fi ve children. My father is a Teamster, my mother was a stay-at-home mom. In my family, I was the fi rst to go to college. I worked my way through school holding two jobs. Bachelors’ degree from California State University Long Beach; Masters from the University of Michigan.

I have lived in Adams County for over 17 years and in Colorado for over 21 years. My wife is from Northglenn. We live with “Coco” our big partMaine Coon rescue cat. Campaign website: www. alexforadams.com. instagram. com/alexforadams

If you’re elected, what single issue will be at the top of your agenda?

Ensure there are complete and thorough audit(s). I need to understand the complexity of the county’s fi nancial health.

Explain the role of the County Treasurer and why it matters to residents of Adams County.

The Treasurer is responsible for collecting property tax payments and disbursing monies to the approximately 300 tax entity districts, e.g., fi re, school, water, library, recreation and special districts.

A second role is to make

bad air quality.

We need to increase transparency and accountability for those who pollute our air and water. Our families depend on this effort.

What is the county’s role in fixing the current problem with affordable housing and what would you do about it?

We need to continue working with public and private partners to expand the housing supply, which includes many options across the housing spectrum. This helps new families wanting to build wealth for their lives and aging adults needing stability and comfort.

To address homelessness, we need to provide housing that includes wrap-around services that support the whole person (not just providing a roof over their head). The folks experi-

sure taxpayers behind in property tax payments are allowed “due process,” to prevent homes from being seized prematurely by banks and mortgage companies. In the third role, the Treasurer is the chairperson for the investment board for the Adams County Employees Retirement Fund.

property

What makes you the best candidate for job?

I have successfully performed as a National Treasurer for nonprofit 501(c)3. I have supervised clerical and professional staff which in progression numbered ten, 15 and 42. I have been a budget analyst for the American Library Association and a former Financial Adviser passed Series 7 and 66 exams.

If elected, what must you accomplish in order for you to consider your term a success?

Create positive public opinion of the office and trust. Provide clear communication, accountability and transparency between the community stakeholders and the Treasurer’s office.

What would you change about how the County Treasurer’s office is currently run?

Ensure the day-to-day business operations are conducted in a more efficient and timely manner to meet all federal, state and local regulations. Provide a positive and welcoming work environment.

encing homelessness should be offered opportunities for shelter, mental health/addiction counseling, career/job counseling, and self-determination.

What can be done at the county level to reduce crime?

Steve is the only candidate in District 4 with law enforcement experience (Deputy District Attorney) and that is endorsed by police officers and firefighters across Adams County. He has stood up to criminals, stood up for victims, and continues to support our first responders (funding, equipment, etc).

Most importantly, we need to invest more in mental health, including more co-responders on the streets and more mental health services in the criminal justice system.

Finally, we need to continue investing in the successful Park Ranger program that has cleaned up and prevented hundreds of encampments in our parks.

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Michael McIntosh

Profession: Law Enforcement. Currently serving as Chief Deputy, Douglas County Sheriff’s Office City of residence: Brighton, CO

About me

I’ve been an Adams County resident nearly all my life. My wife of 35 years, children, and grandchildren all call Adams County home. When I joined the U.S. Navy, I discovered my passion for community service. Shortly after my tour of duty, I started with the Adams County Sheriff’s Office to serve people closer to home. During my 34 years with the Sheriff’s Office, I’ve worked in nearly every position and in every division, ultimately becoming Sheriff until my retirement in 2019. I entered the Sheriff’s campaign to restore trust between the ACSO and our community.

Campaign websites: www. bringmacback.com; Facebook: @ SheriffMichaelMcIntosh; LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ michael-integrityleaders/ Twitter: @mtmcintosh33 Instagram: @ michael.mcintosh.9047

What makes you the best candidate for job?

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crime. My opponent has been out of law enforcement leadership for nearly four years, but I have continued to lead agencies through current, unique challenges.

My past experience as the Adams County Sheriff is key. I have the support of law enforcement personnel and they trust my leadership. I’ve already undergone the huge learning curve of the Sheriff’s role. My extensive training and experience are the foundation to immediately begin working with deputies, law enforcement partners and members of the community to provide the best possible service to Adams County.

If elected, how will your Adams County Sheri ’s Department di er from the current department?

When I retired as the Adams County Sheriff in 2019, it was heartbreaking to watch community focus erode.

As your next Sheriff, I’ll lead the charge to focus on serving our community and all of the different cultures represented in Adams County. In the last four years,

relationships between the Sheriff’s Office and other police agencies have also deteriorated. I’ve met with police chiefs and know we’re like-minded when it comes to prioritizing crime, joining efforts, and pooling resources. Together we’ll work toward making Adams County a safer, more enjoyable place to live.

What reforms, if any, should the Adams County Sheri ’s Department enact to fairly police and protect all county residents?

In nearly 35 years of law enforcement, I’ve not seen collaboration collapse the way it has. We must stop working in a silo and establish open communication within our diverse community. I’ve already formed an ACTION Team (Adams County Transparency in our Neighborhoods) to listen to representatives from different backgrounds, cultures, and religious beliefs. We listen carefully to learn how we can better respond to different needs and different situations. Instead of a one-size-fits-all approach to law enforcement, we can make sure we’re taking care of the specific needs in the different cultures represented in Adams County.

Does the Adams County Sheri ’s Department have an adequate budget and sta ?

Law enforcement in Adams

County has generally been well supported with adequately funded budgets. However, pay raises for deputies and staff have not kept us with the metro-area job market. This must be addressed and is one of the reasons the Sheriff’s Office is currently short 40 deputies. There are other major factors involved as well, including a lack of trust in the current administration, a tarnished brand, and the absence of a common mission. All of these issues will be addressed and rectified within my 90-day leadership plan.

What can be done at the county level to reduce crime?

My crime reduction plan has three main elements:

1) Earn trust/respect of deputies. I’ve spent my career working on this. In fact, deputies asked me to come out of retirement and begin my campaign.

2) Restore connection with law enforcement partners. Once we unify, agencies can prevail upon the DA and legislators to help our efforts to reduce crime.

3) Connect with community groups. As mentioned above, I am already fully vested in this process and will restore community connection that I worked so hard to establish as your Sheriff from 2015-2019. https://bringmacback. com/blog/scale-back-crime

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Secretary of state candidates debate

Anderson, Griswold speak on the issues

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER AND SANDRA FISH THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a Democrat, is running for reelection this year against Pam Anderson, a Republican who used to be Jefferson County’s clerk and recorder.

The winner of the race will oversee Colorado’s elections for the next four years, as well as enforce the state’s campaign finance laws and oversee business registration, notaries and the regulation of charities.

The two candidates clashed at a debate on Oct. 12 hosted by The Colorado Sun, the University of Denver’s Center for American Politics and CBS4.

Here’s what you need to know about the candidates and where they stand on the issues:

The candidates’ background

Griswold, 38, was elected secretary of state in 2018. She is a lawyer who worked in the Obama administration and directed then-Gov. John Hickenlooper’s Washington, D.C., office. She is currently chairwoman of the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State.

Anderson, 52, served as Jefferson County’s clerk and recorder for eight years from 2007 to 2015 and is also

the former executive director of the Colorado County Clerks Association, where she worked on legislative issues at the Colorado Capitol. She has also worked with national organizations on elections and voting policy.

Should Colorado’s secretary of state be elected? And should it be a partisan o ce?

Both Griswold and Anderson agreed that the secretary of state in Colorado should be elected as opposed to appointed, which is how the position is filled in some other states.

“I think it’s important the secretary of state be accountable to the people,” Griswold said.

Making the secretary of state an appointed position wouldn’t dispel the politics of the position, Anderson said. “It really enforces that we have responsiveness to our electorate if we are elected.”

Anderson said, however, that Colorado should consider making the secretary of state a nonpartisan position similar to city council and school board seats.

Should the secretary of state dive into issues beyond the secretary of state’s role?

Anderson said she would try to keep the office “above the political fray” by never endorsing a candidate or advocating on behalf of issues outside of the secretary of state’s role because of how those actions could be perceived by the public.

“Even though I’m a person of po-

litical conscience, I am a pro-choice woman, it’s not a central position for the office of the secretary of state,” Anderson said. “Even if the perception is that you are putting your thumb on the scale … that creates doubt for the process.”

Griswold disagrees, saying she would use her position to stand up for abortion access and the right for same-sex couples to marry.

“That’s not partisan, that’s American,” Griswold said.

Politicizing the Secretary of State’s O ce

Anderson isn’t among the Colorado Republicans who’ve gone along with former President Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, but during The Sun’s debate she criticized Griswold for invoking election deniers, including indicted Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, as fodder for national television appearances and fundraising emails.

“I will not put fuel on the fire with hyperpartisan and polarizing and divisive rhetoric to fuel my political campaign,” Anderson said.

Griswold, meanwhile, attacked Anderson for appearing at campaign events with Republican candidates who have questioned the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. She specifically mentioned 7th Congressional District candidate Erik Aadland, who said the election was “rigged,” and Danny Moore, the GOP candidate for lieutenant

governor who was removed from his role as chairman of Colorado’s Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission in 2021 after social media posts surfaced in which he questioned the outcome of the 2020 election.

“I think it’s inappropriate to campaign with election deniers spreading the big lie,” Griswold said, challenging Anderson to stop appearing with the Aadland and Moore.

While Anderson didn’t directly respond to the challenge, she noted that she’s objected to Aadland’s statement and other Republican election deniers. “I will continue to push back on candidates, even in my own party, about the big lie,” she said.

Anderson also repeatedly criticized Griswold during The Sun’s debate for spending more than $1 million in federal election assistance money on TV ads cautioning voters against disinformation. The ads featured Griswold and former Secretary of State Wayne Williams, a Republican Griswold defeated in 2018 and who this year has endorsed Anderson.

That money should have been directed to county clerks for election security, Anderson said.

Tina Peters

In August 2021, Griswold announced she was investigating Peters after images of passwords to Mesa County’s voting equipment

A look at Proposition GG on ballot

Measure targeting TABOR referred by Democrats

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Proposition GG is a ballot measure about ballot measures.

It represents Colorado’s latest battleground over the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights as Democrats seek to work around the 1992 constitutional amend ment, known as TABOR, and Repub licans battle to prevent any changes. The initiative, if passed, would require the state to more prominently display detailed information about how citizen-initiated ballot measures changing the income tax rate would affect Coloradans.

Proposition GG was referred to the ballot by Democrats in the Colorado legislature this year through the pas sage of Senate Bill 222, a measure that Republicans universally opposed

Here’s what you need to know about Proposition GG:

What it would do

When an initiative changing Colorado’s income tax rate makes the statewide ballot, a table outlining how the change would affect people at different income levels is shared in the state ballot information booklet — also known as the blue book — that’s sent to every voter.

The table includes the average in come tax owed by people at different income levels, as well as how much higher or lower their taxes would be if the rate were changed.

Proposition 121 on the November ballot is a great example of this. It would change Colorado’s income tax rate to 4.4% from 4.55%, and on page 24 of your (English-language) blue book this year you can see a table explaining how it would affect people at different

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were posted on a conservative web site. A grand jury indicted Peters in March on 10 counts, including charges of attempting to influence a public servant and criminal imper sonation. Peters is scheduled for a trial in early March.

Anderson defeated Peters, who also ran for secretary of state this year, by a 14 percentage point margin in the Republican primary in June.

Anderson said that while she agreed with the investigation of Peters — “I supported you on that,” Anderson said to Griswold — she said Griswold crossed a line when

income levels.

Proposition GG would require that the table — with some slight modifica tions — also be included in petitions used to gather signatures to get in come tax changes on the ballot, as well as on ballots.

The slight modifications include only specifying eight income tax cat egories and more specific information about how income tax changes would affect individual taxpayers.

Note: Proposition GG only applies to citizen-initiated ballot measures. If the legislature were to refer a measure changing the income tax rate to the ballot it wouldn’t apply.

The arguments for

The proponents of Proposition GG say it is a tax-transparency measure aimed at ensuringColoradans have a full picture of how changes to the state’s income tax rate would affect them.

Some people do not open the blue book, people who support the mea sure say, so Proposition GG is a way to ensure they can’t miss information about potential changes to the state’s income tax.

“I honestly think it’s pretty simple,” said state Rep. Chris Kennedy, a Lake wood Democrat and prime sponsor of Senate Bill 222. “It’s about giving voters more information about how income tax changes affect them per sonally.”

Kennedy said the current informa tion on the ballot isn’t sufficient.

The arguments against

Conservatives argue Proposition GG is unnecessary since detailed informa tion on how income tax rate changes would affect Coloradans is already in the blue book. Adding more informa tion to the ballot would also increase printing costs.

“I hear from a lot of people that our ballot language is already way too long

she raised money based on the active investigation of the Mesa County clerk.

“We need to make sure that we take the politics out, take the fundraising out of the scenario, and maintain that fairness as a fair referee for the entire process,” Anderson said. “It’s not appropriate to do that for your political career and it denigrates the office.”

Griswold touted her work on and support for a law passed by Colorado’s legislature following the investigation of Peters that made it a felony to allow unauthorized access to voting equipment.

“I was the first secretary of state in the country to actually have to deal with an insider threat,” Griswold said. “I acted quickly and decisively.”

and too complicated,” said Michael Fields, a conservative fiscal policy ac tivist. “This legislature should spend more time on increasing public safety and lowering the cost of living — and less on meddling in the citizens’ initia tive process.”

Jesse Mallory, who leads the Colora do branch of Americans For Prosper ity, an organization that fiercely de fends TABOR, said “nothing screams ‘our friends have a tax increase com ing’ quite like (this bill).”

One big thing you should know

Since Proposition GG asks voters to approve a statutory change, state lawmakers could have tried to make the alterations on their own by passing a bill and asking the governor to sign it into law.

But the Democratic proponents of the policy had a major roadblock in Democratic Gov. Jared Polis, who was wary of the change and appeared poised to veto any legislation aiming to alter ballot language.

“Gov. Polis believes that voters should decide how issues are present ed on the people’s ballot because it is their ballot, not the state legislature’s ballot,” Kara Powell, a spokeswoman for the governor, told The Colorado Sun earlier this year. “That includes whether or not to approve requiring a table in the fiscal summary for any ballot initiative that would increase or decrease the tax rate.”

That’s why lawmakers went around the governor and referred Proposition GG to the November ballot through Senate Bill 222. (The governor’s signa ture isn’t required on bills referring questions to the ballot.)

One more thing you should know: Proposition GG comes as Colorado Democrats are trying to find ways to work on tax policy within the confines of the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights.

Proposition GG is an extension of legislation passed by Democratic law

Making Colorado’s elections more secure Responding to a question about how to improve the security of Colorado’s elections, Griswold said that while there is room for innovation, pointing to her work around automatic voter registration, Colorado’s elections are already safe and secure.

Anderson said she would improve audits for voter lists and signature verification. She has also recommend ed improving regulation around “bal lot harvesting,” referring to Colora dans’ ability to return up to 10 ballots for themselves and other voters.

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a Democrat, back, follows Republican candidate for Colorado secretary of state Pam Anderson on to a stage for a candidate debate Tues day, Oct. 11, 2022, on the campus of

makers in 2021 requiring that ballot measures cutting taxes include an ex planation of how much revenue would be slashed and what programs would be most affected. The 2021 bill also now requires that ballot initiatives raising taxes explain how the new revenue would be spent.

In fact, the 2021 bill is the reason why there is a table in the blue book explaining how people in different income brackets would be affected by income tax rate changes.

EARLIER: Democrats avoid Jared Polis in quest to ensure Coloradans get the full picture on income tax changes

The players and the money

Coloradans for Ballot Transparency is the issue committee supporting Proposition GG.

Denverite Merle Chambers, a long time Democratic donor and former oil and gas executive, gave $100,000 to the group in May.

The committee raised $600,000 in August, $500,000 of which came from the national Democratic nonprofit Sixteen Thirty Fund. The Sun refers to the nonprofit as a dark-money group because it is a political group that does not have to disclose its donors.

The Rose Community Foundation donated $50,000 to the committee Sept. 12. And the National Education As sociation gave Coloradans for Ballot Transparency $250,000 on Sept. 21.

Coloradans for Ballot Transparency spent $400,000 in mid-September to advertise about the ballot measure.

So far, no organized opposition to the measure has emerged.

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the University of Denver in southeast Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Some worry that allowing Colora dans to return so many ballots for others could result in fraud.

Griswold said there’s no evidence fraudulent ballot harvesting has occurred in Colorado. She accused Anderson of pandering to the far right by voicing concerns about the practice.

“Ballot harvesting is a conspiracy theory made popular by Donald Trump,” Griswold said.

Anderson said she supported the law allowing Coloradans to turn in up to 10 ballots, and “I also support enforcing the law if there’s a com plaint.”

5 things to know about psychedelics initiative

Proposition 122 is on Colorado’s fall ballot

BY MARKIAN HAWRYLUK AND MATT VOLZ, KAISER HEALTH NEWS

Colorado could become the second state after Oregon to allow the use of certain psychedelic substances that are illegal under federal law.

But while Oregon voters in 2020 approved the supervised use of psychedelic mushrooms, the citizen initiative on the Colorado ballot in November goes further. Proposition 122 would allow the personal use of psilocybin mushrooms and certain plant-based psychedelic substances by adults 21 and over but would ban sales except in licensed “healing centers,” where people could ingest them under the supervision of trained facilitators.

The psychedelic substances, which can alter a person’s perception and cause hallucinations, are Schedule I controlled substances, which is the federal classification given to drugs deemed to have a high potential for abuse and serve no legitimate medical purpose. However, a stilldeveloping body of research has found that psychedelic mushrooms may have health benefits, such as treating depression.

As of June, 15 cities and other local U.S. jurisdictions have decrimi nalized possession of psilocybin or deprioritized the policing, prosecu tion, or arrest of users. Denver’s

2019 voter-approved initiative made the adult possession and use of psi locybin mushrooms the city’s lowest law enforcement priority, and it pro hibited the spending of resources on enforcing related penalties.

Here are five key things to absorb about the initiative in Colorado:

1. What does the Colorado initiative do?

Proposition 122 is one of 11 statewide ballot measures that Colorado voters will decide in the Nov. 8 general election. The measure would allow adults to grow, possess, and use mushrooms containing the chemicals psilocybin and psilocin, and decriminalize three plant-based psychedelics: mescaline (though it specifically excludes the peyote cac tus), ibogaine (from the root bark of the iboga tree), and dimethyltrypt amine (a compound in ayahuasca brew). It also would require the state to create regulations for facilities where adults 21 and older can buy and take the psychedelics under su pervision. Selling the drugs outside of those facilities would remain illegal.

The measure sets a timeline for the regulatory process and facilities to be operational by late 2024 for psi locybin, and the state could expand the list of psychedelic substances to include mescaline, ibogaine, and dimethyltryptamine in those facilities starting in 2026. If voters approve the initiative, people who use those psychedelics would be protected from professional disci pline or losing public benefits, and

criminal records of past convictions for offenses made legal under the measure could be sealed.

The measure goes beyond the Oregon law voters approved in 2020 allowing people to be treated with one variety of psilocybin, called psilocybe cubensis, in supervised fa cilities. In Oregon, no facilities have opened yet and state health officials are still finalizing regulations.

2. What are the potential health benefits?

Supporters’ primary argument for the measure’s passage is that psychedelic mushrooms and plants have potential mental health bene fits. Emerging research and clinical trials are studying the substances’ effectiveness as an alternative treat ment for conditions such as depres sion, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Proponents of the measure say regulation would in crease access for people struggling to find effective mental health care. They also say psychedelic mush rooms are not addictive and pose no public safety risk.

3. What are the risks and unknowns?

Opponents caution that the mea sure is too far ahead of the science, and that the still-developing re search should not be used to legiti mize the legalization of psychedelic mushrooms and plants for medi cal or recreational use. They also point out that much of the research conducted has involved psychedelic mushrooms, and that relatively

little is known about the effects of mescaline, ibogaine, and dimethyl tryptamine.

According to officials at the Jus tice Department’s National Drug Intelligence Center, ingesting psilo cybin can produce negative physical effects, such as vomiting, weakness, and lack of coordination, along with negative psychological effects, such as being unable to distinguish fantasy from reality. Psilocybin can trigger episodes of psychosis, so people with a personal or family his tory of psychosis are generally ex cluded from studies. Psilocybin can also exacerbate heart conditions.

Many people claim that because psilocybin is derived from plants (technically, fungi) it is safer than pharmaceutical drugs created in a lab. This distinction has no basis. Many plants are poisonous, and many pharmaceutical drugs are derived from natural substances.

4. What does the science say?

Initial studies have found that psilocybin can help treatmentresistant depression or anxiety and depression in patients with terminal illnesses. While the findings are promising, researchers caution that larger sample sizes and additional research are needed to understand psilocybin’s neurobiological factors and long-term effects. In 2019, the FDA called psilocybin a “break through therapy,” a designation meant to speed up development of

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Survey shows veteran homelessness decreased 31%

BY TATIANA FLOWERS

THE COLORADO SUN

The number of veterans who are homeless in metro Denver decreased more than 30% from 2020 to 2022, de spite an overall increase in the region’s homeless population, according to new survey data released Oct. 20 by The Metro Denver Homeless Initiative.

Veterans have historically been over represented in homelessness in metro Denver, Colorado, and across the coun try. However, federal and local govern ments have been working together to increase housing resources specifically for the population.

“The government has stepped up their investment in resolving veteran homelessness. We’ve been seeing steady declines as those investments have kicked up,” said Cathy Alderman, chief communications and public policy officer for the Colorado Coali tion for the Homeless.

The Obama administration made it a top priority to dramatically increase awareness about veterans’ high risk of becoming homeless, and in 2013, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Veterans Affairs announced almost $70 million in grants to assist in ad dressing the issue across the country through rental assistance, case man agement and clinical services provided by the VA.

In mid-September, the VA announced it had awarded another $137 million in grants to help house veterans and their families who were homeless, or at risk

of becoming homeless.

Many states, including Colorado, are also targeting veterans who are home less and working with an organization, Community Solutions, which runs a campaign, Built for Zero, that works to end homelessness among subgroups, including veterans.

“It’s a subset of the population of people experiencing homelessness that really can be targeted and evaluated,” Alderman said. “And so we’ve seen this trend over the last few years: When you increase investment in resolving veterans homelessness, veterans home lessness goes down. When you target resources to better track, evaluate and connect veteran services together, we see better outcomes in veteran home lessness. If we took that same model and did it for families experiencing homelessness, or youth experiencing homelessness, or people who were experiencing chronic homelessness, we would see the same results.”

The Colorado Coalition for the Home less has several programs focused on serving veterans, including a housing development it opened during the pan demic called The Veterans Renaissance Apartments at Fitzsimons in Aurora, and through its Fort Lyon supportive program in southeastern Colorado for people who are homeless and have a substance use disorder.

“If we can do it for veterans, we can do it for families, for individuals, for youth, if we’re prepared and we have the political will to make these invest ments,” Alderman said.

The data released Thursday is

from the annual point-in-time count, conducted Jan. 24, and included people staying in shelters and outdoors in the seven-county metro Denver area. It showed an overall increase of 784 people experiencing homelessness compared with pre-pandemic levels in 2020, the last time the region completed a comprehensive count.

The count is only a snapshot of homelessness. Many variables could result in an undercount, Metro Denver Homeless Initiative leaders said. On the night of the count, trained volunteers and staff cruise around local streets interviewing people and families who are homeless using a standardized survey before the results are released months later.

People living on the streets, in shelters and in transitional housing programs were counted. People at risk of becoming homeless, such as those living with friends and family or in a motel, are not included in the count.

In January 2020, about six weeks before the beginning of the pandemic and the last time a comprehensive survey was conducted, there were 6,104 people counted who were homeless. The region did not count people stay ing outdoors in 2021 because of safety concerns related to COVID-19.

This year, 6,884 people were counted, a 12.8% increase. According to the re sults, 4,806 people stayed in emergency shelters, transitional housing or safe haven programs, and 2,078 people slept on the streets or in places not meant for human habitation. The number of people staying in shelters remained

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fairly consistent while the number of people living on the streets significant ly increased.

One in three people were homeless for the first time. An overwhelming majority of people surveyed, 5,317, were single adults, age 25 or older with no children. Surveyors also identified 1,207 families, defined as an adult age 25 or older with at least one child with them, and 360 people age 18-24, who were unaccompanied or parenting.

Of those counted, 37% reported a mental health condition, 30% reported a chronic health condition and 16% re ported experiencing domestic violence.

Black people, Native Americans/ Alaska Natives, multiracial people and Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders are significantly overrepresented in the region’s homeless population, accord ing to the survey.

“The overrepresentation of people of color, specifically Black and Native Americans, among those experienc ing homelessness is critical to the response,” said Jamie Rife, executive director of The Metro Denver Homeless Initiative, the re gional system that coordinates services and housing for people experiencing homelessness. “Homelessness is an issue of race and must be approached through this lens.”

While the count can help human service leaders understand homeless ness on a single night, a comprehen sive system disseminating real-time data regionally is the ultimate goal,

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promising drugs. No psychedelics have been approved for medical use so far.

Of the drugs being considered in the Colorado initiative, psilocybin is the most studied. Clinical trials have tested psilocybin in combina tion with therapy. Unlike antidepres sants, which must be taken regularly, psilocybin has been shown to have durable treatment effects after just

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The region has made strides in decreasing its reliance on the onenight count. Instead, providers and municipal leaders are working to gether to improve participation with the region’s Homeless Management Information System to make data

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“Let’s make sure that we can enforce the law and provide all the access and security we can,” Anderson said.

Postcards to noncitizens

For the second election cycle in a row, Griswold’s office this year mistak

one, two, or three doses. It is unclear whether psilocybin has any health benefits outside the psilocybin-assist ed therapy protocols used in clinical studies.

Some research findings show that psilocybin-assisted therapy can be useful in treating substance use disor ders, including nicotine and alcohol addiction. Clinical trials for mesca line, ibogaine, and dimethyltrypt amine are still in preliminary stages.

5. Will this sprout another industry like marijuana?

Because psilocybin is naturally

about those experiencing homeless ness accessible each day.

Boulder recently became the first community in the region to reach a new milestone: The county can now track every adult experiencing home lessness by name in real time. Only a small number of communities across the country have reached the same milestone, according to Thurs day’s news release.

While the region was able to locate and count 6,884 people on a single

enly sent postcards urging noncitizens to register to vote even though they are ineligible.

This year’s postcards went to some 30,000 ineligible people.

“There was a data error,” Griswold said. “Anybody with a noncitizen ID would be blocked from registering. No one has attempted to register from that list who is ineligible.”

Griswold noted during The Sun’s debate that Anderson made a similar

occurring, people tend to assume its path to legalization will follow that of cannabis. However, the compounds have key differences in the way they affect people. Psilocybin is unlikely to win approval as easily as marijuana, which is legal for medical use in 39 states and the District of Columbia. Nineteen of those states and D.C. also allow recreational use.

The Colorado measure expressly forbids the sale of psychedelics outside of licensed facilities. How ever, the potential for legalization in the state and elsewhere in the U.S. has spurred the launch of dozens of

night, the number of people who are homeless in the region is likely clos er to 31,000 throughout the course of the year, Rife said.

“This data highlights the dynamic nature of homelessness and the importance of real-time data to allow the region to coordinate effectively and allocate resources efficiently,” she said.

The organization releases an nually the State of Homelessness report with more data about regional

error when she was Jefferson County clerk, sending postcards to 22,000 vot ers saying they’d failed to vote when they actually had.

Anderson said making the mistake twice is an issue.

“I think making the same error again points to a management prob lem, points to a lack of leadership,” Anderson said.

Anderson noted that turnover in the Secretary of State’s Office has

companies eager to commercialize the sale and treatment of psilocy bin. Some are organizing retreats to Jamaica, Peru, or Mexico, where they conduct ceremonies that reflect the traditional use of psilocybin and other natural psychedelics that date back centuries.

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.

homelessness. Infographic reports by county and an interactive dashboard are available at The Metro Denver Homeless Initiative website.

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

been high, potentially resulting in the mistake.

Griswold defended her actions.

“I’m very proud of my office’s response to this,” she said. “If we really want to get into the minutiae of a blame game, that’s not something I’m willing to do. You have not seen me blame anybody within my staff. You’ve seen me take responsibility and that’s what I do as secretary of state.”

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City and County

Public Notice

DISTRICT

ADAMS

Address:

NOTICES

Judicial Center Drive

CO 80601

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

– ALLOCATION OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Notice is hereby given that in the following pro ceedings filed in the Court under the Uniform Dis solution of Marriage Act, the Court has found that due diligence has been used to obtain personal service of process within the State of Colorado or that efforts to obtain the same would have been to no avail.

Pursuant to C.R.S. 14-10-107(4)(a), one publica tion of the following shall be published once during the month of October 2022. A copy of the Petition and Summons may be obtained from the Clerk of the Combined Court. Default judgment may be entered against you if you fail to appear or file a response within 35 days of this publication.

Clerk

CONSOLIDATED NOTICE OF PUBLICATION – DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE

Notice is hereby given that in the following pro ceedings filed in the Court under the Uniform Dis solution of Marriage Act, the Court has found that due diligence has been used to obtain personal service of process within the State of Colorado or that efforts to obtain the same would have been to no avail.

Pursuant to C.R.S. 14-10-107(4)(a), one publica tion of the following shall be published once during the month of October 2022. A copy of the Petition and Summons may be obtained from the Clerk of the Combined Court. Default judgment may be entered against you if you fail to appear or file a response within 35 days of this publication.

Case Number Names of Parties

2022DR30583

FRANCISCO

PERCY Clerk of the Combined Court Date: October 20, 2022

By: Madeline Scholl Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. BSB1916

First Publication: October 27, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice

Town of Lochbuie, Colorado

Ordinance No. 2022-678

AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUST EES OF THE TOWN OF LOCHBUIE, COLO RADO, AMENDING SERVERAL SECTIONS OF ARTICLE IV OF CHAPTER 4 OF THE LOCHBUIE MUNICIPAL CODE GOVERNING SALES TAX TO EXEMPT SALES OF CERTAIN ITEMS OF TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY FROM THE TOWN’S SALES TAX AND TO UPDATE REFER ENCES TO THE STATE LAW AND REPEAL OBSOLETE PROVISIONS

Ordinance No. 2022-678 was passed at the Octo ber 18, 2022, regular meeting of the Town Board and will take effect on November 17, 2022. The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspec

tion and acquisition in the Town Clerk’s Office, 703 Weld County Road 37, Lochbuie, CO 80603 and on the Town’s website at: Lochbuie.org

Heather Meierkort Town Clerk

Legal Notice No. BSB1913

First Publication: October 27, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

City of Brighton

Public Notice

ORDINANCE NO. 2398

INTRODUCED BY: Blackhurst

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, ACT ING BY AND THROUGH ITS WATER ACTIVITY ENTERPRISE, AMENDING TITLE 13 OF THE BRIGHTON MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO NON-POTABLE WATER FEES AND CHARGES ASSESSED BY THE CITY OF BRIGHTON; SET TING FORTH EFFECTIVE DATES FOR SAID RATES, FEES AND CHARGES; AND OTHER DETAILS RELATED THERETO INTRODUCED, PASSED ON SECOND READING AND ORDERED PUBLISHED BY TITLE ONLY this 18th day of October, 2022.

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

ATTEST: /s/ NATALIE HOEL, City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM: /s/ ALICIA CALDERÓN, City Attorney

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

Legal Notice No. BSB1921

First Publication: October 27, 2022 Last Publication: October 27, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice

NOTICE OF HEARING

NOTICE is hereby given of a public hearing before the City Council of Brighton, Colorado, at 6:00 p.m. of the 15th day of November 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 grant of a franchise to ALLO Cable Communications, LLC (“Franchise Agreement”), as an ordinance of the City of Brighton, Colorado.

Copies of the Franchise Agreement 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 Franchise Agreement will not be published in full, but in accordance with state law, copies will be kept on file.

The subject matter of the Franchise Agreement relates primarily to the nonexclusive right to sell, furnish, and distribute cable services within the City of Brighton. The purpose of the ordinance is to approve the Franchise Agreement.

Following the hearing on November 15, 2022, the City Council will consider passage of the ordinance on second reading.

This notice given and published by the order of

2022DR1127

JESUS CARRILLO VS

GUADALUPE CORTEZ

Natalie Hoel,

Notice

ORDINANCE NO. INTRODUCED BY: Padilla

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, AP PROVING A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH ALLO COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, GRANTING TO ALLO COMMUNICATIONS, LLC A NONEX CLUSIVE RIGHT TO SELL, FURNISH, AND DIS TRIBUTE CABLE SERVICES WITHIN THE CITY OF BRIGHTON; AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY; AND SETTING FORTH OTHER DETAILS RELATED THERETO

WHEREAS, by written request ALLO Cable Communications, LLC has indicated a desire to establish a franchise to distribute and provide cable services to the City of Brighton (the “City”) and has engaged in negotiations with the City for a new franchise agreement and customer service standards (the “Franchise Agreement”) for a term of ten (10) years; and

WHEREAS, in an effort to provide for public comment and input regarding the Franchise Agreement, the City Council will conduct a public hearing on said Agreement at a regular Council meeting on November 15, 2022, notice of which will be published in the Standard Blade on October 20, 27, and November 3, 2022; and

WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that the Franchise Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit A, addresses and serves the best interests of the citizens of the City and approval thereof is in the best interest of the public health, safety, and welfare; and

WHEREAS, Article XV, Section 15.1 of the Charter of the City of Brighton permits the City Council to award a franchise by ordinance.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. The City Council hereby approves and adopts the proposed Franchise Agreement, which grants to ALLO Cable Communications, LLC, subject to the conditions, terms, and provisions in the Franchise Agreement, a nonexclusive right to furnish, sell and distribute cable services within the City of Brighton as the same is currently consti tuted or subsequently enlarged by annexation. In addition, the City Council approves the provisions of the Franchise Agreement which grant to ALLO Cable Communications, LLC a nonexclusive right to acquire, construct, install, locate, maintain, operate, and extend into, within and through the City as may be necessary to furnish, sell and distribute cable services to carry out the terms of the Franchise Agreement, but subject to the City’s prior right of usage thereof and the City’s exercise of its police powers. The right to use and/or occupy public streets, alleys, viaducts, bridges, roads, and public places by ALLO Cable Communications, LLC shall not be exclusive and the City reserves the right to itself to make or grant a similar use of public streets and other public places to any other person, firm, or corporation and to otherwise exercise its police powers in that regard.

Section 2. The Franchise shall be effective as of the effective date of this ordinance, and the term of the Franchise shall be ten (10) years.

Section 3. Copies of the proposed Franchise Agreement shall be maintained in the office of the City Clerk and available for inspection and copying during normal business hours.

Section 4. The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute the Franchise Agreement on behalf of the City.

Section 5. The City Manager is hereby authorized to undertake such actions and delegate such responsibilities, consistent with the provisions of Franchise Agreement, as are deemed necessary and appropriate to carry out the Franchise Agree ment, including, after consultation with the City Attorney, to execute ancillary documents to the Franchise Agreement, such as the Non-Exclusive Master License Agreement for Fiber Network and the Supplemental Site License Agreement.

Section 6. If any part or parts of this ordinance or the Franchise Agreement or Customer Service Standards are for any reason be held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance and Fran chise Agreement and each part or parts thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one part or parts be declared invalid.

Section 7. As provided in City Charter Section 5.9(A), this Ordinance, either as presented or as amended, shall be published in full as it was adopted after the initial reading. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect five days after its final publication, as provided in City Charter Section 5.8.

INTRODUCED, PASSED ON FIRST READING

ORDERED PUBLISHED THIS 18th DAY OF OCTOBER 2022.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE RESI DENTS AND TAXPAYERS OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON THAT THE BOARD OF DIREC TORS FOR THE SOUTH BRIGHTON GENERAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WILL CONSIDER THE PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET FOR THE SOUTH BRIGHTON GENERAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE SOUTH BRIGHTON GENERAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2022 AT 6:00 P.M., AT THE CITY HALL BUILDING, 500 SOUTH 4TH AVENUE, BRIGHTON, COLO RADO. THE 2023 PROPOSED BUDGET OF THE SOUTH BRIGHTON GENERAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IS ON FILE IN THE CITY OF BRIGHTON CITY CLERK’S OFFICE AT THE CITY HALL BUILDING. ANY INTERESTED CITIZEN MAY INSPECT THE PROPOSED BUDGET DURING NORMAL OFFICE HOURS OF 8:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M., MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ANY CITIZEN MAY APPEAR AT THE PUBLIC MEET ING AND WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON SAID BUDGET IF THEY SO DESIRE. ANY CITIZEN MAY FILE ANY WRITTEN OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE FINAL ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET.

BY: KAYLA BARBER-PERROTTA BUDGET & PERFORMANCE MANAGER CITY OF BRIGHTON

Legal Notice No. BSB1883

First Publication: October 20, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Metropolitan Districts

Public Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON EXCLUSION OF PROPERTY FROM BROMLEY PARK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 5

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there has been filed with the Board of Directors of Bromley Park Metropolitan District No. 5 (the “District”), Brigh ton, Colorado, Adams County, a petition praying that certain property, which is described below, be excluded from the boundaries of the District. One hundred percent (100%) of the owners of the property identified in the petitions have given their consent to the exclusion of the property from the District’s boundaries. Accordingly, notice is hereby given to all interested persons that they shall appear at a public hearing at https://us06web. zoom.us/j/82900427134 (audio-only connection available on +1 669 444 9171, Meeting ID: 829 0042 7134) at 2:00 PM on Friday, October 28, 2022 and show cause in writing why the petition should not be granted. The Board of Directors of the District, in its own discretion, may continue the hearing to a subsequent meeting.

The name and address of the petitioner is Brook field Residential (Colorado), LLC, whose address is 6465 Greenwood Plaza Blvd, Ste 700, Centen nial, CO 80111-7103. The property for which exclusion is sought is generally described as four tracts of land located on the south side of Longs Peak Street between North 45th Avenue and North 50th Avenue in the City of Brighton, Colorado.

A full and complete legal description of the property petitioned for exclusion is on file at the Law Office of Michael E. Davis, LLC, 1151 Eagle Drive, Suite 366, Loveland, CO 80537, and is available for public inspection during regular business hours 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

November 22, 2022. Any interested elector within the Authority may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2022 budget amendment.

Directors and members of the public that wish to participate in the meeting may do so via teleconfer ence by dialing +1 669 900 6833 and entering Con ference ID: 839 8959 8417 or videoconference on https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83989598417. This meeting is open to the public.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PLATTE RIVER WATER DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

By: /s/ LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL E. DAVIS, LLC

Legal Notice No. BSB1910

First Publication: October 27, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice

ALTAMIRA METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 5 NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING AND NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO 2022 BUDGET

November 22, 2022

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Altamira Metropolitan District No. 5 (the “District”), County of Weld, State of Colorado, will hold a regular meeting at 11:30 AM on November 22, 2022 for the pur pose of conducting such business as may come before the Board. Pursuant to § 32-1-903 CRS, as amended, the District’s meetings may also be conducted electronically, telephonically or by other virtual means.

FURTHER, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the District for the fiscal year of 2023. A copy of the proposed budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, 8390 E Crescent Park way, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, where the same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at the meeting of the District to be held at 11:30 AM on November 22, 2022. Any interested elector within the District may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2023 budget.

FURTHER, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed amended budget has been submitted to the District for the fiscal year of 2022. A copy of the proposed amended budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, where the same is open for public inspection. Such pro posed amended budget will be considered at the meeting of the District to be held at 11:30 AM on November 22, 2022. Any interested elector within the District may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2022 budget amendment.

Directors and members of the public that wish to participate in the meeting may do so via teleconfer ence by dialing +1 669 900 6833 and entering Con ference ID: 839 8959 8417 or videoconference on https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83989598417. This meeting is open to the public.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ALTAMIRA METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 5

By: /s/ LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL E. DAVIS, LLC

Legal Notice No. BSB1904

First Publication: October 27, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice

By:LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL E. DAVIS, LLC Attorneys for the District

Metro Districts

Budget Hearings

RIVER WATER

SOUTH BEEBE DRAW METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING AND NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO 2022 BUDGET

November 22, 2022

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of South Beebe Draw Met ropolitan District (the “District”), Counties of Adams and Weld, State of Colorado, will hold a regular meeting at 11:30 AM on November 22, 2022 for the purpose of conducting such business as may come before the Board. Pursuant to § 32-1-903 CRS, as amended, the District’s meetings may also be conducted electronically, telephonically or by other virtual means.

Legal Notice No. BSB1908

First Publication: October 27, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice

NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET AND HEARING CLEAR CREEK TRANSIT METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the CLEAR CREEK TRANSIT METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1 for the ensuing year of 2023. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarson Allen LLP, 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at a hearing at the regular meeting of the Clear Creek Transit Metropolitan District No. 1 to be held at 12:00 P.M., on Wednesday, November 9, 2022. The meeting will be held via video conference at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8 3240483593?pwd=S0hqS0tuS0lEaW1MVVMvY lNJcXRzQT09 and via telephone conference at Dial-In: 1-669-900-6833, Meeting ID: 832 4048 3593, Passcode: 336916. Any interested elector within the Clear Creek Transit Metropolitan District No. 1 may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2023 budget.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: CLEAR CREEK TRANSIT METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1

By: /s/ ICENOGLE | SEAVER | POGUE A Professional Corporation

Legal Notice No. BSB1918

First Publication: October 27, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice

THE HIGHLANDS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-5 NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETINGS AND NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2023 BUDGETS NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO 2022 BUDGETS

November 22, 2022

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Boards of Directors (the “Boards”) of The Highlands Metropolitan District Nos. 1-5 (the “Districts”), County of Weld, State of Colorado, will hold regular meetings at 11:30 AM on November 22, 2022 for the purpose of conducting such business as may come before the Boards. Pursuant to § 32-1-903 CRS, as amended, the Districts’ meetings may also be conducted electronically, telephonically or by other virtual means.

FURTHER, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that proposed budgets have been submitted to the Districts for the fiscal year of 2023. Copies of the proposed budgets have been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, 8390 E Crescent Park way, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, where the same are open for public inspection. Such proposed budgets will be considered at the meetings of the Districts to be held at 11:30 AM on November 22, 2022. Any interested elector within the Districts may inspect the proposed budgets and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2023 budgets.

FURTHER, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that proposed amended budgets have been submitted to the Districts for the fiscal year of 2022. Copies of the proposed amended budgets have been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, where the same are open for public inspection. Such proposed amended budgets will be considered at the meetings of the Districts to be held at 11:30 AM on November 22, 2022. Any interested elec tor within the Districts may inspect the proposed budgets and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2022 budget amendments.

Directors and members of the public that wish to participate in the meetings may do so via teleconference by dialing +1 669 900 6833 and entering Conference ID: 839 8959 8417 or vid eoconference on https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83989598417. These meetings are open to the public.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS THE HIGHLANDS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-5

By: /s/ LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL E. DAVIS, LLC

file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2023 budget.

FURTHER, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed amended budget has been submitted to the Authority for the fiscal year of 2022. A copy of the proposed amended budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, where the same is open for public inspection. Such proposed amended budget will be considered at the meet ing of the Authority to be held at 11:30 AM on November 22, 2022. Any interested elector within the Authority may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2022 budget amendment.

Directors and members of the public that wish to participate in the meeting may do so via teleconfer ence by dialing +1 669 900 6833 and entering Con ference ID: 839 8959 8417 or videoconference on https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83989598417. This meeting is open to the public.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WELD ADAMS WATER DEVELOPMENT AU THORITY

By: /s/ LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL E. DAVIS, LLC

Legal Notice No. BSB1911

First Publication: October 27, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Public Notice

NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET AND HEARING CLEAR CREEK TRANSIT METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the CLEAR CREEK TRANSIT METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2 for the ensuing year of 2023. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarson Allen LLP, 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at a hearing at the regular meeting of the Clear Creek Transit Metropolitan District No. 2 to be held at 12:00 P.M., on Wednesday, November 9, 2022. The meeting will be held via video conference at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8 3240483593?pwd=S0hqS0tuS0lEaW1MVVMvY

lNJcXRzQT09 and via telephone conference at Dial-In: 1-669-900-6833, Meeting ID: 832 4048 3593, Passcode: 336916. Any interested elector within the Clear Creek Transit Metropolitan District No. 2 may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2023 budget.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: CLEAR CREEK TRANSIT METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2

By: /s/ ICENOGLE | SEAVER | POGUE A Professional Corporation

Legal Notice No. BSB1919

First Publication: October 27, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice

BROMLEY PARK

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 5 NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING AND NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO 2022 BUDGET

November 22, 2022

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Bromley Park Metro politan District No. 5 (the “District”), County of Adams, State of Colorado, will hold a regular meeting at 11:30 AM on November 22, 2022 for the purpose of conducting such business as may come before the Board. Pursuant to § 32-1-903 CRS, as amended, the District’s meetings may also be conducted electronically, telephonically or by other virtual means.

FURTHER, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the District for the fiscal year of 2023. A copy of the proposed budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, 8390 E Crescent Park way, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, where the same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at the meeting of the District to be held at 11:30 AM on November 22, 2022. Any interested elector within the District may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2023 budget.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Platte River Water Development Authority (the “Authority”), State of Colorado, will hold a regular meeting at 11:30 AM on November 22, 2022 for the purpose of conducting such business as may come before the Board. Pursuant to § 32-1-903 CRS, as amended, the Authority’s meetings may also be conducted electronically, telephonically or by other virtual means.

FURTHER, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Authority for the fiscal year of 2023. A copy of the proposed budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, 8390 E Crescent Park way, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, where the same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at the meeting of the Authority to be held at 11:30 AM on November 22, 2022. Any interested elector within the Authority may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2023 budget.

FURTHER, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed amended budget has been submitted to the Authority for the fiscal year of 2022. A copy of the proposed amended budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, where the same is open for public inspection. Such proposed amended budget will be considered at the meet ing of the Authority to be held at 11:30 AM on

FURTHER, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the District for the fiscal year of 2023. A copy of the proposed budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, 8390 E Crescent Park way, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, where the same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at the meeting of the District to be held at 11:30 AM on November 22, 2022. Any interested elector within the District may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2023 budget.

FURTHER, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed amended budget has been submitted to the District for the fiscal year of 2022. A copy of the proposed amended budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, where the same is open for public inspection. Such pro posed amended budget will be considered at the meeting of the District to be held at 11:30 AM on November 22, 2022. Any interested elector within the District may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2022 budget amendment.

Directors and members of the public that wish to participate in the meeting may do so via teleconfer ence by dialing +1 669 900 6833 and entering Con ference ID: 839 8959 8417 or videoconference on https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83989598417. This meeting is open to the public.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SOUTH BEEBE DRAW METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL E. DAVIS, LLC

Legal Notice No. BSB1909

First Publication: October 27, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

WELD ADAMS WATER

AUTHORITY

REGULAR MEETING AND

TO PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET

AS TO PROPOSED

TO 2022 BUDGET

22, 2022

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Weld Adams Water Development Authority (the “Authority”), State of Colorado, will hold a regular meeting at 11:30 AM on November 22, 2022 for the purpose of conducting such business as may come before the Board. Pursuant to § 32-1-903 CRS, as amended, the Authority’s meetings may also be conducted electronically, telephonically or by other virtual means.

FURTHER, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Authority for the fiscal year of 2023. A copy of the proposed budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, 8390 E Crescent Park way, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, where the same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at the meeting of the Authority to be held at 11:30 AM on November 22, 2022. Any interested elector within the Authority may inspect the proposed budget and

FURTHER, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed amended budget has been submitted to the District for the fiscal year of 2022. A copy of the proposed amended budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, where the same is open for public inspection. Such pro posed amended budget will be considered at the meeting of the District to be held at 11:30 AM on November 22, 2022. Any interested elector within the District may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2022 budget amendment.

Directors and members of the public that wish to participate in the meeting may do so via teleconfer ence by dialing +1 669 900 6833 and entering Con ference ID: 839 8959 8417 or videoconference on https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83989598417. This meeting is open to the public.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BROMLEY PARK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 5

By: /s/ LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL E. DAVIS, LLC

Legal Notice No. BSB1906

First Publication: October 27, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BROMLEY PARK METROPOLITAN DIS TRICT NO. 5

Public Notice

LOCHBUIE STATION RESIDENTIAL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING AND NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET NOTICE AS

AMENDMENT TO 2022 BUDGET 10.13.22

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Lochbuie Station Resi dential Metropolitan District (the “District”), County of Adams, State of Colorado, will hold a special meeting at 2:00 P.M on November 3, 2022 for the purpose of conducting such business as may come before the Board. Pursuant to § 32-1-903 CRS, as amended, the District’s meetings may also be conducted electronically, telephonically or by other virtual means.

FURTHER, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the District for the fiscal year of 2023. A copy of the proposed budget has been filed in the office of Community Resource Services of Colorado, 7995 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 where the same is open for public inspection. Such proposed amended budget will be consid ered at the meeting of the District to be held at 2:00 P.M on November 3, 2022. Any interested elector within the District may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2023 budget.

FURTHER, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed amended budget has been submitted to the District for the fiscal year of 2022. A copy of the proposed amended budget has been filed in the office of Community Resource Services of Colorado, where the same is open for public inspection. Such proposed amended budget will be considered at the meeting of the District to be held at 2:00 P.M on November 3, 2022. Any in terested elector within the District may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2022 budget amendment.

Directors and members of the public that wish to participate in the meeting may do so via teleconfer ence by dialing 1 720 707 2699 and entering Con ference ID: 823 3850 5342 or videoconference on https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82338505342?pwd=Z EJrV0pOTHAxT3VHR1Z1emhuRE9Rdz09

This meeting is open to the public.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS LOCHBUIE STATION RESIDENTIAL METRO POLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL E. DAVIS, LLC

Legal Notice No. BSB1896

First Publication: October 27, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice

BROMLEY PARK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3 NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING AND NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO 2022 BUDGET

November 22, 2022

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Bromley Park Metro politan District No. 3 (the “District”), County of Adams, State of Colorado, will hold a regular meeting at 11:30 AM on November 22, 2022 for the purpose of conducting such business as may come before the Board. Pursuant to § 32-1-903 CRS, as amended, the District’s meetings may also be conducted electronically, telephonically or by other virtual means.

FURTHER, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the District for the fiscal year of 2023. A copy of the proposed budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, 8390 E Crescent Park way, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, where the same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at the meeting of the District to be held at 11:30 AM on November 22, 2022. Any interested elector within the District may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2023 budget.

FURTHER, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed amended budget has been submitted to the District for the fiscal year of 2022. A copy of the proposed amended budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, where the same is open for public inspection. Such pro posed amended budget will be considered at the meeting of the District to be held at 11:30 AM on November 22, 2022. Any interested elector within the District may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2022 budget amendment.

Directors and members of the public that wish to participate in the meeting may do so via teleconfer ence by dialing +1 669 900 6833 and entering Con ference ID: 839 8959 8417 or videoconference on https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83989598417.

This meeting is open to the public.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BROMLEY PARK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3

By: /s/ LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL E. DAVIS, LLC

Legal Notice No. BSB1905

First Publication: October 27, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Public Notice

Hazeltine Heights Water and Sanitation District P.O. Box 38 HENDERSON, COLORADO 80640-0038

Board of Directors

NOTICE OF BUDGET (Pursuant to 29-1-106, C.R.S.)

NOTICE is hereby given that a draft budget has been submitted to the Hazeltine Heights Water and Sanitation District for the ensuing year of 2023; a copy of such draft budget has been filed in the office of bookkeeper for the District, where

the same is open for public inspection; such draft budget will be considered at the regular meeting of the Hazeltine Heights Water and Sanitation District to be held at 8901 E 104th Avenue, Henderson, Colorado on November 8, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. Any interested elector of Hazeltine Heights Water and Sanitation District may review the draft budget and provide comment at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget.

Shirley Sabin District Bookkeeper October 11, 2022

Legal Notice No. BSB1902

First Publication: October 27, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Notice

ADAMS EAST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING AND NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO 2022 BUDGET

November 22, 2022

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Adams East Metropolitan District (the “District”), County of Adams, State of Colorado, will hold a regular meeting at 11:30 AM on November 22, 2022 for the purpose of conducting such business as may come before the Board. Pursuant to § 32-1-903 CRS, as amended, the District’s meetings may also be conducted electronically, telephonically or by other virtual means.

FURTHER, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the District for the fiscal year of 2023. A copy of the proposed budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, 8390 E Crescent Park way, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, where the same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at the meeting of the District to be held at 11:30 AM on November 22, 2022. Any interested elector within the District may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2023 budget.

FURTHER, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed amended budget has been submitted to the District for the fiscal year of 2022. A copy of the proposed amended budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, where the same is open for public inspection. Such pro posed amended budget will be considered at the meeting of the District to be held at 11:30 AM on November 22, 2022. Any interested elector within the District may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2022 budget amendment.

Directors and members of the public that wish to participate in the meeting may do so via teleconfer ence by dialing +1 669 900 6833 and entering Con ference ID: 839 8959 8417 or videoconference on https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83989598417.

This meeting is open to the public.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADAMS EAST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL E. DAVIS, LLC

Legal Notice No. BSB1903

First Publication: October 27, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice

BROMLEY PARK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 6 NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING AND NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO 2022 BUDGET November 22, 2022

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Bromley Park Metro politan District No. 6 (the “District”), County of Adams, State of Colorado, will hold a regular meeting at 11:30 AM on November 22, 2022 for the purpose of conducting such business as may come before the Board. Pursuant to § 32-1-903 CRS, as amended, the District’s meetings may also be conducted electronically, telephonically or by other virtual means.

FURTHER, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the District for the fiscal year of 2023. A copy of the proposed budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, 8390 E Crescent Park way, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, where the same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at the meeting of the District to be held at 11:30 AM on November 22, 2022.

Any interested elector within the District may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2023 budget.

FURTHER, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed amended budget has been submitted to the District for the fiscal year of 2022. A copy of the proposed amended budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, where the same is open for public inspection. Such pro posed amended budget will be considered at the meeting of the District to be held at 11:30 AM on November 22, 2022. Any interested elector within the District may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2022 budget amendment.

Directors and members of the public that wish to participate in the meeting may do so via teleconfer ence by dialing +1 669 900 6833 and entering Con ference ID: 839 8959 8417 or videoconference on https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83989598417.

This meeting is open to the public.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BROMLEY PARK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL E. DAVIS, LLC Legal Notice

BSB1907

RIDGELINE VISTA METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING AND NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO 2022 BUDGET

10.13.22

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Ridgeline Vista Metro politan District (the “District”), County of Adams, State of Colorado, will hold a special meeting at 2:00 P.M. on November 3, 2022 for the purpose of conducting such business as may come before the Board. Pursuant to § 32-1-903 CRS, as amended, the District’s meetings may also be conducted electronically, telephonically or by other virtual means.

FURTHER, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the District for the fiscal year of 2023. A copy of the proposed budget has been filed in the office of Community Resource Services of Colorado, 7995 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, where the same is open for public inspection. Such proposed amended budget will be consid ered at the meeting of the District to be held at 2:00 P.M. on November 3, 2022. Any interested elector within the District may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2023 budget.

FURTHER, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed amended budget has been submitted to the District for the fiscal year of 2022. A copy of the proposed amended budget has been filed in the office of Community Resource Services of Colorado, where the same is open for public inspection. Such proposed amended budget will be considered at the meeting of the District to be held at 2:00 P.M. on November 3, 2022. Any in terested elector within the District may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2022 budget amendment.

Directors and members of the public that wish to participate in the meeting may do so via teleconfer ence by dialing 1 720 707 2699 and entering Con ference ID: 823 3850 5342 or videoconference on https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82338505342?pwd=Z EJrV0pOTHAxT3VHR1Z1emhuRE9Rdz09 This meeting is open to the public.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RIDGELINE VISTA METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL E. DAVIS, LLC

Legal Notice No. BSB1897

First Publication: October 27, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Misc. Private Legals

Public Notice

Legal Notice of Attempt to Settle

Unclaimed Capital Credit Retirements

Commencing on October 27, 2022, and con tinuing through April 30, 2023, UNITED POWER, INC. (hereafter “United Power” or “the cooperative”), will make a final attempt to pay the unclaimed retirements of capital credits to its former members who were served by the cooperative prior to and through December 31, 2018. This notice does not apply to current United Power members. Representatives for the estates of deceased former members may also apply for unclaimed retired capital credits on behalf of the former member. Former members, or their repre sentatives, who may be eligible to receive these unclaimed retired capital credits can access a list of eligible accounts at the cooperative’s website at www.unitedpower.com, or in person at United Power’s headquarters office located at 500 Coop erative Way in Brighton, Colorado.

Former members or their representatives who may be eligible to receive a payment of unclaimed retired capital credits must complete and submit an Unclaimed Retired Capital Credits Refund Request form (available at www.unitedpower.com) and verify all necessary information to ensure their eligibility for payment. A copy of the Unclaimed Retired Capital Credits Refund Request form may also be requested by emailing capitalcredits@ unitedpower.com or by calling United Power’s Member Services line at 303-637-1300.

Submitting an Unclaimed Retired Capital Credits Refund Request form does not guarantee a disbursement will be made; proper documenta tion and valid proof of membership during the applicable time period is required. No refund checks will be issued for unclaimed retirement amounts below $5.00. Unclaimed retired capital credit refunds can be donated to the United Power Round Up Foundation, which provides assistance to community organizations within the coopera tive’s service territory. After the notification period closes on April 28, 2023, all unclaimed retired capital credits for the applicable time period will be considered an assignment and contribution of capital to United Power.

Additional questions about this notice and unclaimed retired capital credit refunds should be directed to United Power Member Services at 303-637-1300 or by email to capitalcredits@ unitedpower.com

UNITED POWER, INC.

By: /s/Mark A. Gabriel President & CEO

Legal Notice No. BSB1879

First Publication: October 27, 2022

Last Publication: November 3, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Colorado

Court Address: 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton, CO 80601

In the Matter of the Estate of: MARCELLA J. KELLY, a/k/a MARCELLA JUNE KELLY, Deceased. Case Number: 2022PR030829

Attorney or Party Without Attorney (Name and Address): Amy Mowry, Esq. Mowry Law LLC P.O. Box 468, Pinecliffe, CO 80471 Phone Number: (303) 638-1770 E-mail: amowry@mowrylaw.com

FAX Number: (833) 523-2218

Atty. Reg. #: 37283

NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S.

To; Karen Sue Feldman, Christie Kay Murgo, Kim Marie Phillips, Sharlie Aim Bragg, Cassie Phillips and all unknown heirs of Marcella J. Kelly, a/k/a Marcella June Kelly, deceased:

Last Known Address, if any: Karen Sue Feldman: 8229 W. Virginia Ave, Lakewood. CO 80226 All Other Heirs: Unknown.

A hearing on the Petition for Formal Probate of Will and Formal Appointment of Personal Representa tive of the Estate of Marcella J. Kelly, Deceased, for formal admittance of the decedent’s will to probate, formal determination of decedent’s heirs, and formal appointment of the nominee Catherine Lamm to serve as personal representative of the decedent’s estate, without bond, and Letters Tes tamentary be issued to the personal representative by the Court, will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued:

Date: November 18, 2022 Time: 8:00 a.m. Courtroom or Division: Address: 1100 Judicial Center Drive. Brighton. CO 80601

The hearing will take approximately 30 minutes.

Legal Notice No. BSB1857

First Publication: October 13, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Notice to Creditors

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Judith Gwen Crowson a/k/a Judith Crowson a/k/a Judy Crowson, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30831

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before February 13, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Edward Francis Crowson Personal Representative

Eric D Wollard Attorney for Personal Representative 4251 Kipling St Ste 300 Wheat Ridge CO 80033

Legal Notice No. BSB1872

First Publication: October 13, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of AMY JO KIEFFER, a/k/a AMY J. KIEFFER, a/k/a AMY JO ZUBIA a/k/a AMY J. ZUBIA, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30840

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before February 21, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Christian M. Zubia Personal Representative 1065 Pincay Drive Henderson, NV 89015

Legal Notice No. BSB1887

First Publication: October 20, 2022

Last Publication: November 3, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of MARY JANE HILL, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30658

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before February 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Rebecca Jane Hohnstein

Personal Representative P.O. Box 867 Brighton, CO 80608

Legal Notice No. BSB1899

First Publication: October 20, 2022

Last Publication: November 3, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of WILLIAM CHRIS SHUKAS, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30874

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before February 27, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Richard B. Vincent #13843 1120 W. South Boulder Rd., Suite 101-A Lafayette, CO 80026

Legal Notice No. BSB1917

First Publication: October 27, 2022

Last Publication: November 10, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Edgar D Hazen, deceased Case Number: 2022PR259

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before February 13, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Miranda McAlister

Personal Representative 116 S. 10th Ave Brighton, Colorado 80601

Legal Notice No. BSB1861

First publication: October 13, 2022

Last publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of CRAIG JACKSON, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30835

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before February 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Terri L. McGinnis

Personal Representative Diana J. Payne, #12831

Howard J. Beck, # 3075 Beck, Payne, Frank & Piper, P.C. 3025 S. Parker Road, Suite 200 Aurora, CO 80014

Legal Notice No. BSB1900

First Publication: October 20, 2022

Last Publication: November 3, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of KEVIN LEE LOCKETT, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30849

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before February 27, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Geoffrey L. Pearson 2205 W. 136th Ave, #106-128 Broomfield, CO 80023

Legal Notice No. BSB1920

First Publication: October 27, 2022

Last Publication: November 10, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of RICHARD C. DAVIS; a/k/a RICHARD DAVIS, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30719

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before February 13, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Sandra J. Hutchins

Personal Representative c/o SGR, LLC 326 Main St Sterling, CO 80751

Legal Notice No. BSB1858

First Publication: October 13, 2022

Last Publication: October 27, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of VIVIAN ELISE DANIEL RUSSELL, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30799

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before February 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Tammy D. Conover, #34006 6161 S. Syracuse Way, Suite 270 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

Legal Notice No. BSB1878

First Publication: October 20, 2022

Last Publication: November 3, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JAMES KIYOTA aka JIM KIYOTA, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30787

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before February 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Keith E Kiyota

Personal Representative 16103 Hi Land Circle Brighton, CO 80602

Legal Notice No. BSB1894

First Publication: October 20, 2022

Last Publication: November 3, 2022

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE

Teachers across the metro area describe pay rates

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Lucy Squire just marked her 18th year as a teacher at Copper Mesa Elementary School in Douglas County. One of the things she has that many teachers here and around Colorado don’t is a home.

Squire looks at what Douglas County School District teachers earn and doubts she and her partner today could afford the same home. That’s even considering her current salary as a veteran educator.

“When I started interviewing and looking as a brand new teacher, all of the (school) districts were so compa rable with pay,” said Squire, a thirdgrade teacher. “It didn’t matter where you ended up because they were so similar.”

That was in 2004. Fast forward to today, and differences in teacher pay across Denver metro school districts are often stark.

While teachers in many districts across the state say they are struggling to keep up — particularly amid rising inflation — in Douglas County, south of Denver, teachers say voters have an opportunity to help them.

Squire and others are supporting Ballot Issue 5A on the November bal lot to boost pay for teachers and other district staff.

The district “is the largest em ployer in the county” and serves 64,000 students “yet continues to lag behind in total funding and competitiveness in salary compared to other school districts,” according to a summary of written comments in favor of the pro posed property tax increase outlined on the ballot.

While proponents say narrowing the pay gap will help the district compete for and retain teachers, staff and ad ministrators, opponents worry about property taxes amid rising real estate prices. Douglas County real estate is expected to be “reappraised” upward in 2023, so property tax bills are ex pected to rise even if voters kill Issue 5A, according to the comments against

the proposal in Douglas County’s voter information booklet.

The Douglas County opponents’ views in the voter guide also speculate that: “More money spent on educa tion does not buy better education outcomes.”

Shannon Doering — an English teacher at Castle View High School who can’t afford to buy a house with her partner in the region — says if a district isn’t paying teachers well, it can’t expect to keep them, and that affects the quality of education.

“There are certainly worse-paying districts in the state, but in regards to the area, I’d definitely say Doug las County is known as one of the worst-paying districts,” Doering said.

“That’s not a secret.”

Addressing a gap

Despite the political divisiveness on Douglas County’s school board, its members unanimously supported asking voters for the proposed tax increase.

Christa Gilstrap, a Highlands Ranch parent, helped organize support for the proposal.

“We’ve got people who support the new board and people who don’t sup port the new board coming together to get this done,” said Gilstrap, add ing that the issue has brought some Republicans and Democrats in the community together.

Gilstrap, a lifelong registered Repub lican, drives around with paint on her minivan’s back window noting she’s a conservative who backs the proposal.

“The need in Douglas County School District is so great, it justifies a tax increase,” Gilstrap said.

The impact of the tax increase would be $51 per year — about $1 per week — for every $100,000 in the as sessed value of a home. For example, a home worth $500,000 in assessed value would pay $5 per week, or $255 per year. (“Assessed” value is the worth of a home for property tax purposes, as determined by the county assessor’s office.)

That translates to an estimated $60

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million more in annual revenue for the district. Officials say the figure starts to close the pay gap with other school districts, including Cherry Creek in Arapahoe County.

Douglas County teacher pay, on average $57,900, is lower than nearby districts. Cherry Creek paid about $76,100; Littleton Public Schools $68,700; Jefferson County Public Schools $62,600; and Boulder Valley School District $82,000.

The Douglas County district’s tax proposal comes close on the heels of a boost in pay for Jefferson County teachers. The Jeffco agreement in August raises the minimum salary to $50,000 and increases in salaries for various other pay grades and gives every educator a minimum of $3,000 more.

Pay problem a broader issue

Pay isn’t just contentious among the Denver-area school districts. It’s a statewide issue, according to the nonprofit Colorado School Finance Project.

“We’re one of, if not the, lowest in competitive teacher salaries compared to every other state,” said Tracie Rainey, the project’s executive director. Research zeroes in on what’s known as a “wage penalty.” It tracks how much less public-school teachers earn in weekly wages relative to their college-educated peers who didn’t become teachers.

Data from the Washington, D.C.based nonprofit Economic Policy Institute indicate that Colorado has the largest such gap in the nation. Teachers here earn, on average, 35.9% less than their college-educated, nonteacher peers.

Add to the equation that some school districts in Colorado collect more in taxes than others and it means some struggle to be competitive in terms of pay, according to Rainey.

Douglas County hasn’t been as successful as other districts at pass ing funding proposals in elections, so “they don’t have the additional local revenue and therefore will be on the

lower side of pay,” Rainey said.

Not ‘just complaining’

Doering, the Castle View High educator, is in her fifth year of teach ing. She said she doesn’t want “to be a millionaire.”

“I didn’t get into teaching to make (a lot) of money,” Doering said. “I want to be able to leave work and not have to think, ‘Hmm, am I going to have to get a second job in order to pay my rent, in order to buy a house, in order to start a family?’”

She doesn’t want to leave the dis trict. If she does, it would be because of the relatively low pay. Doering makes less than $50,000 per year.

“I love the kids I teach. It would really break my heart if I had to leave because of money,” Doering said.

The average teacher in the Douglas County School District is expected to get a 9% bump in pay if the tax proposal passes.

Squire, the third-grade teacher at Copper Mesa, said she took the year off when her first child was born but could not do so when she had a second child because of income needs.

“A lot of my teacher colleagues tutor on the side as a way to make money,” Squire said.

Squire makes roughly $70,000 a year. She hasn’t talked in specifics about how her pay compares with that of her friends in education in other Den ver-area districts, but they’re aware of the sense there’s a gap.

“I have friends in Jeffco, Cherry Creek and Littleton … we just know that the joke is I work in Douglas County. It’s just become laughable,” Squire said.

Doering has felt defensive about pay at times. She wants people to know that teachers aren’t “just complain ing” about pay.

“This isn’t like some issue over curriculum. This isn’t an issue over admin or a decision a teacher made. This is my living,” Doering said.

“When you can’t afford to live someplace, something’s got to give,” she said.

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Child: Terron Barnes

Respondents: Vanessa Becker, John Doe

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Case Number: 2021 JV 258 Div: S Ctrm.:

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

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child and 2) That it is in the best interests of the child that the parent-child legal relationship which exists between the child and the respondents be terminated and severed.

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

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