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Ten stories we talked about in 2022

From homeless bees to Bird scooters and returning soldiers, 2022 has been a busy year

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Big Boy came roaring back

Having Big Boy 4014, Union Paci c’s massive 1940s-era steam locomotive, blast through Fort Lupton and Brighton is becoming an annual experience.

Union Paci c sent the historic engine down the line between Cheyenne and Denver for the third year straight in 2022, with fans lining the train tracks along the way to catch a glimpse or take a picture.

But this year, for the rst time, Union Paci c opted to keep the engine at Denver’s Union Station for a couple of days.

Big Boy left Cheyenne on July 28, traveling south through several towns with spectators lining the tracks along the way.

Big Boy pulled into Union Station a day later for display, with crowds awaiting its arrival to take video and photos. ey also got the chance to tour the inside of the restored rail cars, including an educational rail car set up like a museum featuring the history of trains, Union Paci c and its rail infrastructure.

e train headed back to Cheyenne on July 30, but this time on a passenger trip. Passengers were allowed to buy a ticket and ride in a rail car pulled by the big engine, with the proceeds bene ting the rail company’s Union Paci c Museum.

Twenty- ve Big Boy locomotives were built for Union Paci c to haul heavy freight during World War II. It was delivered to Union Paci c in December 1941. e frame is hinged to navigate curves traveling through the rigged mountains of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.

Big Boy No. 4014 traveled about a million miles in 20 years of its service and retired in December 1961 at

the Rail Giants Museum in Pomona, California. Union Paci c inherited it and relocated it back to Cheyenne for years of major restoration.

Henderson murder victim remembered through his art Artist Raphael Sassi passed through quite a few places in his 42 years of life: Maryland, Manhattan and Colorado Springs among them. But this last stop was at a kitchen table in Henderson, where he was

killed on April 5, 2019.

His family and his friends in Colorado Springs started a scholarship fund in his honor in 2022 and they promoted the fund with a one-day retrospective on Sassi’s work at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs Galleries of Contemporary Art, followed by a celebration in downtown Colorado Springs.

Brian Mason, 17th Judicial District

Caraveo wants to tackle healthcare, climate and a ordability in next term

BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As Congresswoman-elect D-08 Yadira Caraveo inches closer to beginning her rst term as a U.S. Representative, she’s squaring away the logistics.

For housing in Washington, D.C., she’s in an apartment building that houses many other members of Congress.

Her medical practice will remain and the o ce is planning to hire a replacement, but she’s planning on taking a few shifts when she’s in the district.

“Just to keep my skills up,” she said.

She plans to come back to the district as often as possible to be able to spend time with her family as well as to strengthen her connection to the community.

When it comes to a congressional mentor, many people have been helpful to her while nding her bearings but hasn’t thought about a speci c person she wants to spend most of her time with. People from the Hispanic Caucus and the Democratic Coalition all come to mind, she said.

On the issues

As a Democrat state legislator, most of her time consisted of serving in the majority. Now as a minority member in the soon-to-be Republican-controlled House, her game plan won’t change from her actions in the state legislature.

“Having a very clear majority in the House and having a trifecta in the State, I really always strove to

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Edgar Briseno at the scene where the tree fell over near the Fulton Irrigation Ditch and 144th Ave., complete with a full hive of honey bees. Beekeeper Mike Kunzman agreed to take the bees.

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make my legislation bipartisan,” she said. “Two-thirds of the bills that I carried had bipartisan votes on them.”

Three issues she campaigned heavily on were healthcare, climate and affordability.

Healthcare

As a pediatrician, she hopes to work on and pass legislation that brings down the cost of medications, citing her work as a state legislator.

When it comes to COVID-19 and preventing another pandemic, she doubles down on the effort of federal powers listening to doctors, scientists and people across the board in the healthcare system.

She said many issues in the healthcare system were uncovered by the pandemic and those workers were the first to bear witness. Now, they need to be involved in the solutions to fix the problem.

“Being able to have an agile healthcare workforce, and making sure that we learn from the issues of the healthcare industry,” she said.

As well, she noted the need to invest in antibiotic research and vaccine research to be prepared for future situations that arise.

It also starts at the education stage. Right now, she pointed to long waiting lists for nursing schools and the unaffordability to

attain those degrees. Those students need to be trained so those jobs can be filled, particularly in rural areas.

“We need to make sure to invest in residency programs, in particular in rural areas, so that we can address some of the big shortages we already have in terms of doctors in rural areas,” she said.

Adding more employees can also reduce burnout to lessen overtime hours needed to fill in the gaps.

Additionally, moving funding away from insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies to providers and the people who actually take care of patients.

Climate

Creating jobs by transitioning to renewables will help keep a strong

energy economy in Colorado, Caraveo said, instead of losing them to other parts of the country.

“We have a thriving oil and gas industry with many important and well-paying jobs,” she said. “And we can also make sure that we’re preparing for the future by investing in wind and solar and other types of renewable energy so that we’re really making sure that we’re addressing issues of climate change and air quality in Colo-

Not only does that help the economy, but also the health of Coloradoans. During ozone days in the summer, many kids came to her clinic with asthma attacks. Others were unable to get their oxygen levels up.

With that as a reason she ran for office, she sees investing in renewable energies and making electric vehicles more accessible as solutions.

Acknowledging electric vehicles don’t always work in incredibly cold climates, she also sees public transportation as a way to get cars off the road.

Affordability

Caraveo grew up with her dad as a construction worker and says she realizes what normal, everyday families are going through.

She sees affordability as the prime issue facing her district.

“Normal, everyday people are really struggling to make ends meet and Congress really needs to focus more on making it possible for them to live the lives that they

worked so hard for,” she said.

That can start with making campaigning more accessible to working families. She said she saw many obstacles while running for office, such as finances and time.

She said the campaign process isn’t designed for someone who has to work for a living, since all the time is dedicated to fundraising, events and focusing on how much a campaign costs.

“You can’t work during the time that you’re campaigning. It’s hard for somebody that doesn’t have money, that doesn’t come from money to serve,” she said.

Then once someone is elected, they may be paying high prices for housing. For her, she’s paying for a mortgage and for her place in D.C..

The election

Looking back on the election, Caraveo thinks Coloradoans sent a clear message on what type of candidate they want to send to offices.

With the rise of far-right candidates, the state overwhelmingly voted Democrat.

“We swept every statewide position and we elected two new Democrats to Congress. Extremism doesn’t work here in Colorado,” she said.

Looking to her first day, she has three bills on her Christmas List she’d like to pass immediately: creating a public option for health insurance, passing a federal voting system that’s similar to Colorado to make it “as easy as possible” to vote and to codify Roe v. Wade.

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Aging to Sage-ing

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Oil Painting

Instructors Mary Martin and Carol Obenchain welcome all levels of artists. Veteran painters work on their choice of paintings. Beginners learn basic skills. Participants bring their own supplies and projects to work on. Tell us at registration if you are a beginner and receive a supply list. 1:00 - 3:30 p.m. Fridays $20 (4 wks) Session 1: Jan 6 - 27 Deadline: Wed. Jan 4

Yadira Caraveo, Congresswoman-elect for Colorado’s new 8th District. COURTESY PHOTO

for Adams and Broom eld counties, attended the art display in memory of Sassi. Mason prosecuted omas Holleman Jr. for the murder of Sassi and their landlord Mary Broad, 59. Holleman was found guilty and sentenced to life plus 48 years without parole.

e exhibit displays Sassi’s work from his childhood up to his last days. Sassi moved to Henderson in 2019 to work at Schneider Trucking Co. as a second source of income to supplement what he earned teaching art. Broad, who owned the home, rented a bedroom to Sassi and the basement to Holleman. Holleman was not a roommate with either Broad or Sassi, but the family suspects he had a crush on his landlady. A brother, Sebastian Sassi, said the family found scribblings Holleman left behind referencing sexual and bizarre ideations of Mary.

Welcoming home Company B

e community of Fort Lupton lined up ona cold winter snowy day waving ags, cheering and honking horns to welcome home 130 members of the Colorado Army National Guard Company B 1st Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment back home.

e 130 soldiers were deployed to the horn of Africa in March 2021 and returned home in January. After such a long deployment, all members returned home, arriving home on three buses. Most of the soldiers live in the surrounding area.

” ey are my heroes! Anybody who serves thier country deserves respect,” Mayor Zoe Stieber said at the greeting ceremony. ”Welcome home!”

Sta Sergeant Connor Burnett said the soldiers were in Africa providing security at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti.

Family drove from as far away as Alamosa to greet the returning soliders.

”We have our son Andreas back,” said Solomon Mondragon. ”It’s been a heck of a ride for us. We’ve been holding down the fort. It’s been a hard time but we are so excited that he’s back home and that he’s safe.”

27J gets tax increase

Voters supported a property tax increase for Adams County 27J School District at the polls Nov. 8, the rst mill levy override to win voter approval in more than 20 years.

Voters were asked to approve an increase of eight mills to provide for school safety, retention of teachers. e district includes Brighton, ornton and Commerce City.

e district made strong push urging voters to approve the tax increase. In Commerce City, the city council voted to lower the muncipal tax rate to support

the school district. Voters have not approved a mill levy override for the school district since 2000.

e tax increase is expected to cost is less than a dollar per day on a house with an assessed value of $500,000. If voters turned down the override, the district said it would ahve cut middle- and high-school sports programs, though no speci cs were available. Extracurricular programs across the district would also have been cut, as would school bus services. e district also said class sizes could increase next year.

Representatives from the teachers association and the district agreed to increase all areas of the teachers’ salary schedule by $4,900 e ective July 1, 2023, thanks to November’s mill rate increase.

is increase now creates a new teacher salary schedule which will be used in the spring as the starting point in the traditional negotiations process which includes compensation for length of service and advanced education attainment.

All support sta will receive a pay increase of 2.6 percent which will boost all portions of the support sta salary schedule beginning July 1, 2023. Like the teachers, this increase will serve as the starting point for additional negotiations with support sta starting in March.

Rescuing beehive on the tree

When the wind toppled the old cottonwood over the Fulton Irrigation Ditch near 144th and Sable June 7, ditch company employees Orlando Ruiz and Edgar Briseno were called to chop it into sections and move it.

What they found, however, was more than just wood from an aging tree. is was a living community, home to a growing hive of honey bees.

eir search for a beekeeper led them to Mike Kunzman had been a beekeeper, and he is a disabled U.S. Army Veteran. And Kunzman was more than happy to respond. He’d recently lost part of his hive to a Varroa Mite infestation.

“I was on my way to work from Henderson, and my mom called me since I was a beekeeper for 10-years until I lost my bees to mites,” Kunzman said.

After consulting with Ruiz and Briseno, Kunzman decided it was best to leave the bees in the tree and take an eight-foot-long section of the ve-footwide tree home with him.

e bees didn’t bother the three as they worked, but they wore protective suits anyway.

Kunzman took the tree home and stabilized it upright in his yard. He hopes to transfer them over to his existing beehive box, leaving the lid open.

McDonalds Love story

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

Beyond putting food on the family’s

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

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

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

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

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

ey married in 1977 and have two daughters and three grandchildren. ey purchased a home in Brighton 10 years ago to be closer to their daughter and grandbabies.

“When it was our anniversary, I wanted to see if my wedding dress still t,” Janice said. “I said, ‘if it ts, I’ll take a picture wearing it every year,’ and it’s been 45 years. We tried to make the most out of life and have fun.”

at’s why they decided to celebrate the day at Boselli’s restaurant. He was happy to have them.

“We are there for any celebration,” Boselli said. “You never know when it is going to happen, and we don’t encourage dating between crew members. It’s been known to lead to some relationships.”

Scooters

Brighton City Councilor Mary Ellen Pollack couldn’t gure out why her colleagues are okay with letting Bird let their scooters loose Brighton. Pollack and Councilor Jan Pawlowski - who voiced her own lack of comfort with the idea at the April 5 rst reading - were the sole no votes as the Brighton City Council approved Bird scooters for the city.

“ ey may be fun, but I think it’s going to be very dangerous and I suspect within a year someone is going to say ‘Wait a minute. is just doesn’t work’,” Pollack said.

e scooters were loose on the city streets two months later. Councilors and sta welcomed the company to the city with June 30 press conference and a quick ride.

Bird provides two-wheeled electric scooters people can rent for $1 or more per minute via an app on their smartphones, and the company estimates the average ride costs about $5. e scooters can reach speeds of up to 15 miles per hour and can travel about 30 miles — roughly two days’ worth of service — on a standard electrical charge. Each scooter is equipped with brakes, front and rear LED lights and each weighs about 45 pounds.

Ukrainian refugee finds home in Brighton

When Russia invaded Ukraine, Yevhen Korotych’s whole town was bombed and his home destroyed. He barely escaped with his two children and his wife.

“I was a mechanical engineer in Ukraine when Russia invaded the rst time. ey took Crimea, and I lost my career as a mechanical engineer. I thought, what am I going to do?” said Korotych. “So I taught myself how to be a mechanic and became a very successful mechanic in Ukraine — until they bombed us again this year, and I lost my job.”

But they did get out and made their way to the United States. Korotych, 34, goes by Eugene now and moved his family to Commerce City and began looking for work.

Meanwhile, Victor Robért, owner of Christians Brothers Automotive in Commerce City, was looking for a mechanic.

“I just stood up, shook his hand, and I said when you can start? And Eugene said, tomorrow,” Robért said. “He had to buy a toolbox because he needed to buy some tools and didn’t have any money and had to leave his tools behind in Ukraine. Eugene said I want to prove to you that I can do the job,” Robért said.

Tools and the toolbox became another hurdle. Korotych bought some -- with the help of his sponsors -- and Robért his sta donated others.

“Eugene has a small toolbox. We called it a Barbie toolbox,” Robért said.

“He doesn’t know I’m going to buy him a larger toolbox. He didn’t start out making that much, so I called him, I’m giving you a raise, you deserve more than you’re making.”

Adams County launches health department website

Adams County launched a new health department website Dec. 23 with search features about environmental health, viral records, community services, and health care services.

e new website debuts in response to the county’s separation from Tri-County Health Department. “ e new ACHD website will help visitors, including mobile users in rural areas with limited internet access, to nd the information they need. Also, to learn about our work to support public health, safety, and opportunity in Adams County,” said Executive Director Dr. Kelly Weidenbach.

According to the o cials, the Adams County Board of Commission ended its partnership with Tri-County Health Department in October 2021. Its goal is to create a new health department to provide 520,000 residents and businesses in Adams County with health needs. e new health department will o cially open its doors on Jan. 3.

e Adams County Health Depart-

ment’s website also provides Adams County residents with updates on the development of initiatives. According to o cials, the website will roll out in phases in the coming weeks and is designed to be user-friendly, delivering the information the health department o ers.

“We want everyone, not just health professionals, but also parents, students, businesses, and our partners to get the information they need. We are hoping this website will eventually serve as a ‘dashboard’ for all the services we deliver in Adams,” said Weidenbach.

“ e depth and breadth of the content and services ACHD will o er to the diverse Adams County communities are immense. Because of this, we needed a platform that o ers a one-stop shop of information for our various populations.”

Vital records

In addition, the Adams County Health Department launched its rst vital records o ce providing birth and death certi cates for any Colorado County at the Adams County Service Center, 7190 Colorado Blvd,

Suite 170 in Commerce City.

e birth and death certi cates are printed on forgery-resistant safety paper with watermarks, raised engraving with background security pattern and certi cate identi cation number, according to o cials.

e cost is $20 for the rst copy and $13 for additional copies of the same certi cate ordered at once. Shipping two-day express is available, and for an additional $25, they o er email and mail orders. Business hours will

be from Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Residents can request in-person appointments by emailing vitalrecords@adcogov.org, online through vital check.com, or request by mail at 7190 Colorado Blvd, Suite 170.

Updates from the Adams County Health Department and other information can be found on adamscountyhealthdepartment.org and on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.

Adams County launched a new website Dec. 23 in support of the county’s new health department. The new Adams County department will replace the function served by Tri-County Health on Jan. 3.

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Thu 1/05

Boot Camp Jan 2023

@ 1am

Jan 5th - Jan 30th

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Parent/Tot - Lets Learn the Alphabet (Bilingual)

@ 4pm

Jan 5th - Jan 26th

Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 E. Parkway Dr., Commerce City. 303-2893760

JumpBunch- Fitness Fun for Tots

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Jan 5th - Jan 26th

Bison Ridge Recreation Center, 13905 E. 112th Avenue, Commerce City. 303-2893760

Denver Nuggets vs. LA Clippers

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Ball Arena, 1000 Chopper Circle, Denver

Sat 1/07

Glowtastic Tween Party (2023)

@ 3am

Fort Lupton Recreation & Parks De‐partment, 203 S Harrison, Fort Lupton. 303-857-4200

Tiny Treks on the Road at Fronterra Park

@ 5pm

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Mon 1/09

100 Things to Do Before You're 12 @ 5pm

Bison Ridge Recreation Center, 13905 E. 112th Avenue, Commerce City. 303-2893760

Cooking Cultures- Jan @ 5pm

Jan 9th - Jan 23rd

Bison Ridge Recreation Center, 13905 E. 112th Avenue, Commerce City. 303-2893760

Artic Animals

@ 5pm

Jan 10th - Jan 31st

Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 E. Parkway Dr., Commerce City. 303-2893760

They Might Be Giants: Colorado

Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop St,, Den‐

Nordic Daughter: Halfway to RenFaire

@ 6pm

@ Cheers, 11964 Washington St, Northglenn

Professional Bull Riders @ 7pm

Denver Coliseum, 4600 Humboldt St., Denver

Denver Nuggets vs. Los Angeles Lakers

@ 7pm / $16-$6705

Ball Arena, 1000 Chopper Circle, Denver

Survivalist Seekers @ 8pm

Bison Ridge Recreation Center, 13905 E. 112th Avenue, Commerce City. 303-2893760

Burr it's Cold @ 8pm

Jan 9th - Jan 23rd

Anavrin's Day Thursday @ Hoffbrau

@ 9pm

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Fri 1/06

Man VS Food (1/6)

@ 5:30pm

Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 E. Parkway Dr., Commerce City. 303-2893760

Colorado Mammoth vs. Calgary Roughnecks

@ 8pm / $20-$999

Ball Arena, 1000 Chopper Circle, Denver

Sun 1/08

Colorado Symphony Orchestra @ 1pm

Boettcher Hall, 1000 14th Street, Denver

Bison Ridge Recreation Center, 13905 E. 112th Avenue, Commerce City. 303-2893760

Archery @ 11:30pm

Jan 9th - Jan 11th

Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 East Parkway Dr., Commerce City. 303-2893760

Tue 1/10

New Year, Get in Gear! @ 1am

Jan 10th - Mar 29th

Bison Ridge Recreation Center, 13905 E. 112th Avenue, Commerce City. 303-2893760

Colorado

Ball Arena, 1000 Chopper Circle, Denver Belinda Carlisle @ 7:30pm

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Denver Nuggets vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

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Ball Arena, 1000 Chopper Circle, Denver

Dirty Side Down Band: Dirty Side Down @ Cheers @ 8pm

@ Cheers, 11964 Washington St, North‐glenn

Fiber Friends

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Hill Library,

Birding for All @ 10am / $7

Barr Lake State Park, 13401 Pica‐dilly Rd, Brighton. 303-659-4348 ext. 53

Century Casino @ 3:15pm

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Professional

Denver Coliseum, 4600 Humboldt St., Denver

SOAR Social @ 11:30pm

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New year, new plans, new attitudes

No matter where you are in the world, this week o ers us all the opportunity to enter the new year with a new plan and a new attitude. Even if we believe we have the right plan and a great attitude, there could be room for a little improvement raising the bar for ourselves and those around us. What if we could make the slightest incremental improvements to our existing plans and our outlook? I think you would agree that we would experience even greater results.

ese past couple of months have kept us busy with clients and internally with business planning, writing sales plans, prospecting plans, training plans, new onboarding plans, and working with clients and friends on creating and building vision boards that help provide visual reminders of our goals and what we expect the new year to bring. And if we forget or fail to plan, this old quote often attributed to Benjamin Franklin still holds true all these years later, “By failing to plan, you are preparing to fail.”

Now some of us might be thinking

that our plans are just ne, and our attitude is exactly where it needs to be. Whenever I hear this, I am reminded of something my great uncle Harry would always say, “ ere is nothing so good it couldn’t be better, and nothing so bad that it couldn’t get worse.” So, even if we believe our plans are solid and our attitude is good and positive, maybe we could take one last look at our plans and give ourselves a check-up from the neck up to try and identify any blind spots we may have missed.

When it comes to planning, I am a big advocate of using a planning tool. I am a little biased to the Ziglar Performance Planner as it is an annual planner that helps me not only manage my days and meetings, but it also helps me to plan out my goals for the year and track those goals each and every day. It also contains some

of Zig’s most famous motivational quotes, and when I read those each day, it de nitely inspires me, and ensures my attitude is in the right place as I glance at those words of wisdom throughout my day. If you aren’t using one, I would highly recommend that you nd one that works for you and your schedule.

How do we develop and maintain a positive attitude in a world that can sometimes feel so negative? at is a question I receive from many of you throughout the year. And here at the beginning of the year is the perfect time to take control of our own attitude regardless of what the world throws our way. Setting our foundation upon an attitude that starts with gratitude. It’s really di cult to slip into a negative head space when we are grateful for everything we have and everyone in our circle of friends and family.

Maintaining a positive and healthy attitude isn’t just about gratitude alone, we also must be careful of what we allow to enter our minds. Again, here at the beginning of the year it

Renewables move forward in Colorado, but in

Colorado’s largest electrical utility this week announced it will begin construction of 300 miles of major new transmission next year to harvest wind from the state’s eastern plains. In Wyoming, though, a wind farm proposed 15 years ago still needs crucial permits.

e di erence? Land ownership, at least in part. e 345-kV transmission line that Xcel Energy plans to string between Brush and Lamar, connecting new wind farms along the way, will not cross federal land. In Wyoming, the wind farm lies on a checkerboard of private and federal lands.

Projects involving federal lands trigger reviews mandated by a 1969 law, the National Environmental Policy Act. NEPA merely requires disclosure of impacts. In practice, say authors of a new book, “ e Big Fix,” the process is itself the outcome. e review must be accelerated to achieve net-zero emissions by mid-century.

“ e Big Fix,” written by Aspen native Hal Harvey and former New York Times reporter Justin Gillis, paints a detailed but still accessible picture of how to decarbonize our economy. For example, we can create comfortable buildings without burning fossil fuels. Harvey has experience in this going back to the 1970s, when he built and designed passive-solar homes. After studying engineering at Stanford University, he now runs a 36-person think tank in San

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Gillis was writing about the intersection of climate and energy from a base in New York City when he became aware of Harvey. As he consulted experts from across the country, he says, Harvey’s thoughts impressed him as the most practical.

In the book, the authors break down the challenges of our energy transition into seven sections, including transportation and carbonintensive industries such as steel and concrete. Every page sparkles with insights and absorbing statistics. For example, the world each year produces 5 tons of concrete products for every man, woman, and child. Concrete causes 7% of all greenhouse gas emissions.

In one chapter, they take on forestry and food. To solve our climate threat, we must eat less meat, especially beef. Chicken comes out on top for those of us who can’t quite gure out vegetarian meals.

ey also talk about electricity. We will need more of it in buildings and transportation. Existing technology — especially wind and solar — can take us a long way, probably 70% to 90% in Colorado.

To advance even deeper, we need

is a fantastic time to create a reading calendar for the year of the good books that we want to read, books that inspires us and that keep us grounded. It’s a great time to nd the podcasts that are lled with powerful and positive information that can motivate and challenge us to grow in mind, body, and spirit.

How about you? Is the new year the right time to reevaluate your plans? Are you failing to plan? Or are you all over this and have a brilliant plan and a wonderful attitude? Either way, I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can take the time to create a plan that will help us to achieve all that we hope to achieve in the new year, and support that plan with a positive attitude, it really will be a better than good life.

Michael Norton is an author, a personal and professional coach, consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator of individuals and businesses, working with organizations and associations across multiple industries.

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other technologies and business models. is will require major government support on par with or even greater than the support that resulted in dramatic reductions in wind and solar prices. ey call for the same support for hydrogen, carbon capture, and geothermal technologies, all of them promising but still costly. e key will be scaling up production to lower costs, as has occurred with everything from Model Ts to solar panels to smartphones.

is includes nuclear, which Harvey and Gillis call a “vexed and vexing technology.” It delivers 20% of emissionsfree energy now, but new plants have had humongous cost overruns. Instead of big plants, they see a possible path of smaller modular units using factoryproduced components.

For the next decade, though, they hope to see far more cost-e ective noemission technologies, chie y wind and solar. And this will require more transmission and, in Wyoming, permits for the wind farm that Phil Anschutz wants to build for the export of electricity to balance the solar energy of Arizona and California.

“ ey’re trying to put up this truly colossal wind farm in this superb spot in Wyoming, one of the windiest places in the country, and it has taken them well over 15 years to get the permits that they need under NEPA,” Gillis said when I interviewed the authors several weeks

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ey see the need to reform, not gut, NEPA and other environmental reviews to create hard deadlines and accelerate the pace.

Without reform, said Gillis, “it will take us 30 to 40 years to do that which really needs to be done over the next 10 years.” He hopes for leadership from more leftish leaders in Congress, perhaps in the Senate. And he also says the environmental movement, so long focused on saying no, must gure out ways to say yes.

ere are nuances. e authors readily admit there are places we should not build solar and wind farms. And there is also a lively debate about the balance between big and distant renewables versus local sources.

As for Colorado, they see us as being a step or two ahead of much of the rest of the United States. And the United States, they say, can become a model for the world, even those countries whose economies today depend heavily on burning coal.

Colorado continues to close its coal plants. Another unit, Comanche 1, located at Pueblo, will cease operations before the champagne gets hoisted to celebrate 2023.

Allen Best publishes Big Pivots, which focuses on climate change and the energy and water transitions in Colorado. See more at BigPivots.com.

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27J school board

e 27J Schools board of education moved its regular meeting days from Tuesdays to Wednesdays. Meetings are stsill in the Lois Lesser Board and Conference Room, 1850 E. Egbert St., and begin at 7 p.m. e Board of Education also changed its monthly business meeting dates. Instead of meeting on Tuesday nights, those will now be shifted to Wednesday nights. ey will still be conducted at the Lois Lesser Board and Conference Room, 1850 Egbert St., Brighton, and will continue to start at 7 p.m.

Other special meetings, planning meetings and study meetings that aren’t scheduled in tandem with our regular Board meetings, may be held on a di erent day of the week. All of the Board of Education meetings are regularly posted to our website at https://www.sd27j.org/Page/279. e dates, times and meeting materials are always posted here.

Reflections

e most recent edition of Brighton High School’s yearbook, Re ections, is a crown nalist in a program by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association for outstanding highschool yearbooks.

Last year’s leadership team in-

cluded editors Zoey Stanley, Jenaya Ripko, Rose Weidemann and Elise Aho. e current editors are Ellie Rolfs and Brie Pollard, and the faculty advisor is Justin Daigle.

DA Academy e 17th Judicial District Attorney’s O ce is o ering a free, eightweek program to explain the workings of the o ce and the criminal justice system.

It starts at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, at the DA’s o ce, 1000 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton. e registration deadline is Friday, Dec. 1. Info? Email chopper@da17.state.co.us.

‘Holiday Splendor’

e city of Brighton’s community art show ARTfest will be presenting the “Holiday Splendor” exhibit through Jan. 18 at e Armory Performing Arts Center, 300 Strong St. Show sponsors include the Brighton Cultural Arts Commission and e Armory Performing Arts Center. Partial funding is provided by the Scienti c and Cultural Facilities District.

Contact Sandie Mackenzie at 303659-5400 or David Gallegos at 303655-2176. To con rm viewing hours at e Armory, call 303-655-2026.

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Sessions are from 5:30 to 6;30 p.m. Wednesdays. Call 720-292-2811.

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e city of Brighton announced it was opening three new charging stations for electric vehicles.

e stations are at the Brighton Recreation Center at 555 N. 11th Ave. Eagle View Adult Center at 1150 Prairie Center Parkway. and Platte Valley Medical Center at 1610 Prairie Center Parkway.

e rst hour of charging is free at each location. e locations have two stalls and two charging stations each that operate much like a parking meter, with a $2-per-hour charging rate after the rst hour.

For other ChargePoint station locations, visit https://uk.chargepoint. com/charge_point. For more information, please contact Assistant Director of Public Works Chris Montoya at cmontoya@brightonco.gov.

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The Brighton City Museum needs volunteers to help with visitors, research and collection projectbased duties.

Call Bill Armstrong, museum specialist, at 303-655-2288.

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Call 303-999-3824 or visit https:// www.brightonco.gov/589/WaterAudit-Program

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Connord Dayton Genereux 77, of Hudson, Colorado passed away at his home on December 18th. Connord was born in Denver to Homer and Maxine Genereux on May 21, 1945. He graduated from Brighton High School in 1963. After high school, Connord farmed with his dad Homer on the family farm until he was drafted into the US Army in 1965. He served in Hanau, Germany until he was discharged in 1967.

Connord returned home where he continued to farm for the next 15 years. He married Shirley Chinn in 1968 in Brighton, Colorado. After farming, Connord went to work for American Pride Co-op where he retired after 30 years.

Connord was very involved with the Adams County 4-H program, serving as the club leader for the Box Elder Gang 4-H club for 10 years. He also served on the Adams County

4-H Livestock and Sale Committees for 10 years, eventually becoming the chairman for both.

Connord loved going to garage sales and farm auctions. He was also a talented carpenter, building small scale replicas of a stagecoach and covered wagon. He also enjoyed photography, hunting, shing, and leathercraft.

He is preceded in death by his mother, father, brother-in law Max Chinn, niece Mitzi Keith, nephews Matthew Brown, Eric Brown, and Je Pigg. Connord is survived by his wife of 54 years, Shirley, his daughter Shelly Genereux of Keenesburg, Colorado, and his son Shanon Genereux of Brighton, Colorado. He is also survived by his two sisters Pomela Buck of Valrico, Florida, Darlene (Jack) Long of Ft Lupton, Colorado, and many nieces and nephews.

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People, places, events dot prep sports recap

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It felt like a normal year. After COVID-caused interruptions and cancellations, 2022 felt like a much more normal year in the world of prep sports. Masks weren’t required, and crowds came to cheer on their teams.

It also meant a fuller slate of things to present on our pages during the year. Here’s a list of some of the things we talked about in 2022.

Sports people

We talked about people. A lot of people. Like Brighton High School grad and baseball player Brandon Stricklin, who changed schools and settled on the University of Northern Colorado.

Riverdale Ridge pitcher Ty ompson will join Stricklin next year at the University of Northern Colorado. He’s the rst Ravens’ baseball player to join the top level of collegiate baseball programs.

Riverdale Ridge girls soccer forward Ashlee Trujillo wanted a new school that o ered nursing studies and some more soccer on the side. She found such a place and signed her college letter of intent to do those things at Concordia University.

Trujillo was one of the original Ravens’ girls soccer players. She was a goalie before moving into the forward position.

Riverdale Ridge’s RJ Holliday followed a basic human instinct in choosing his college.

Eight student-athletes from Brighton High School signed letters of intent March 29 to continue their educational and athletic pursuits in college.

Leah Day signed to play soccer at Black Hills State in Spear sh, South Dakota. Annika Cunningham, who is a cheerleader, will take those talents to Hutchinson (Kansas) Community college. Mariah Niday heads for Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, to play softball, and Bryce Peterson will play baseball at Western Nebraska Community College in Scottsblu , Nebraska.

Nathaniel Gri eth chose to play football at Wisconsin Lutheran College in Milwaukee. Noah Canale picked Valley City State University in Valley City, North Dakota, to play football. Bo French picked Chadron (Nebraska) State College for volleyball, and Hailey Wright wants to play volleyball at Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Massachusetts.

Prairie View’s Ashton Buckalew picked a college that has an interesting mascot .. a river otter.

But he didn’t pick Ottawa (Kansas) University for the school nickname.

His o cial visit included a chance to meet some of his new teammates “which made me fall in love with the school.”

We followed the recovery of Noble Haskell, who was injured critically in a car crash in Missouri. He is the son of Brighton’s former basketball

coach and golf coach Eli Haskell. Noble was own to Wichita, where he had two emergency surgeries to fuse his vertebrae. His mom received a call and drove through the night to reach his bed-

When he gets older, Brighton High School alum Tyler Samson will have some stories to tell about the early stages of his hockey career. ere was the pandemic that, among other things, caused at least one game to be postponed shortly after a six-hour bus trip to the rink. en there was a bus re that cost him all of his hockey sticks before his participation in a showcase game before Christmas 2021. en there was the draft for the North American 3 Hockey League. Eventually, Samson wound up playing for the Rum River Mallards in Isanti, Minnesota, a swap he heard about after Mass.

So when he says he’s back to a normal routine - and away from COVID - he means it.

“Fans are back in the arenas, I can show up to the rink whenever I want to, and I don’t have to wear a mask anymore inside of the arenas,” Samson said. “It feels good to have my normal routine back and to have no more worries and distrac-

Jasylnn Gallegos was one of the rst high-school girl wrestlers in Colorado to stand on the awards podium. e former Brighton High School student competed for Skyview High School at the time.

She went 14-3 during the justcompleted season at Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina, including a championship in the National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championship Southeast Regional tournament.

But she won’t be back to defend her title next season. After a three-year stay at Presbyterian, she entered the NCAA transfer portal to nd a new school .. North Central College in Naperville, Ill.

“I felt a change could create more opportunities for me,” she said. “Overall, it was a great experience. I made a few friendships that I am sure will last a lifetime.”

State tournaments

Brighton’s Dylan Bravo-Packer completed a sweep of pinfall wins through the 220-pound bracket at the state 5A wrestling tournament. e result was a state championship.

ree members of Riverdale Ridge’s team placed at the state 4A tournament. AJ Hague (113 pounds) was third. Domonic Cerda (145) took fth. Ian Ingalls was sixth at 106 pounds.

AJ Hague (113 pounds), Domonic Cerda (145 pounds) and Ian Ingalls (106 pounds) placed this year.

“I wasn’t really doing anything too di erent, just trying to keep

Riverdale Ridge’s Bradley Weinmaster rolls in a birdie putt at the first hole of the Frederick Golf Classic Aug. 25 at Coyote Creek Golf Club in Fort Lupton. FILE PHOTOS

Riverdale Ridge’s Aubree Davis and coach Ray Garza embrace after the Ravens’ season ended in the quarterfinal round of the State 4A softball tournament Oct. 21 at Aurora Sports Park.

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my head in the right state of mind and take what I have been wanting,” Cerda said. “In my opinion, it doesn’t matter to me how my opponents wrestle. All I know is I have to beat them, and I try to.”

In March, the Eagle Ridge Academy boys basketball team advanced to the state 3A quarter nals for the rst time. ERA won 21 games, plus the Warriors hosted and won a district basketball tournament for the rst time and advanced to the state 3A basketball quarter nals for the rst time.

Riverdale Ridge’s rst trip to the Sweet 16 of the state 4A boys basketball tournament did not end in a win. But it might set the stage for future endeavors for the program, according to coach Byron Gray. “ ese guys are young. We’ve got a young group,.” he said. “We’re preparing for the future. We’re going to keep building, keep adding on. is is year four of the program. is is where we are at. at’s not bad at all.”

e Ravens lost just three seniors - Lane Hawkins, Anthony Chavez and RJ Holliday - to graduation. “ ere’s a bunch of talent in the pipeline,” Gray said. “We’ve got some eighth-graders coming in. We’re going to be solid.”

Obit

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

Serna won his state title in 2000. As a sophomore, he beat Valley’s Jeremy Wright 6-5 in the 171-pound nals and nished the season with a 35-1 record. He is one of 49 individual state title-winners in Bluedevils’ history.

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

“He was a great wrestler for Fort Lupton (state champion) and Brighton (two-time runner-up) high schools,” Galicia said. “It was sad to hear what happened. He was doing something he loved - wrestlingwhen this tragedy happened.”

Spring state sports

In the spring, the games moved outside. Brighton High School came close to moving to the state 5A baseball tournament, only to lose to Chaparral in eight innings.

e Bulldogs nished 18-7.

“I don’t know how many we left on, but it had to be double digits,” said BHS coach Justin Stringer. “We had to be able to nd a hole or a gap, hit by pitch or something? Man. We made tons of plays. Brok (pitcher Brok Eddy) had control of the game.”

Eddy nished with an eight-hitter and 10 strikeouts.

“We couldn’t nd a hit early in the game that would have put us on top,” Stringer said.

An hour or so before Riverdale Ridge’s Lucas Couron began his state-championship e ort in the boys state 4A pole vault May 22 at a brisk Je co Stadium, he left.

Couron’s top height was a seasonbest 15 feet 9 inches, beating his old standard by 2 inches. He tried three times to set a new state meet

record at 16 feet 1/2 inch but came up short.

For the second time in school history, the Eagle Ridge Academy Warriors moved beyond the opening round of the state 3A girls soccer playo s.

ERA shut out Roaring Fork 2-0 at a wind-blown Riverdale Ridge High School May 11. Megan Derby scored the eventual game-winner in the 66th minute. Brianna Gelok added an insurance goal in the last 10 minutes.

e win was the Warriors’ seventh in a row and pushed ERA into a second-round match at Prospect Ridge Academy. It starts at 4 p.m.

Saturday, May 14.

e last time the Warriors (12-31) went this far in the state tournament was 2019.

ERA lost in the quarter nals.

Milestones

How about some on- eld/oncourt accomplishments?

Prairie View’s Domonic Marrujo nds himself a member of an exclusive club that sits at three members - at least through the end of the 2022 boys basketball season.

Marrujo joins underHawks’ alums Kam Vincel and Trey Marble in the 1,000-point-for-a-career club. Marrujo was aware he was getting close toward the latter part of the regular season.

It was time to fold up the Eastern

Metro Athletic Conference. In the biannual reorganization of prep school leagues, teams in the EMAC wound up as members of other conferences. Brighton and Prairie View high schools joined the Front Range League.

Before Denene (Jacovetta) Shivley became a technology teacher at Southeast Elementary School in Brighton, she was a self-admitted tomboy.

“I was never into dolls,” she said. “My grandmother tried to get me to like dolls and dresses. I just didn’t.” at self-admitted tomboy joined the Regis University athletic hall of fame.

e football team manager at Prairie View High School had a chance to take center stage Oct. 21 during the underHawks’ game against Mullen High School.

Johnathan Salzer, who has Down’s syndrome, ran the length of the eld for a fourth-quarter touchdown.

Players from both teams mobbed Salzer in the end zone. e line judge even st-bumped Salzer as he made his way back to the bench.

CHSAA news

e Colorado High School Activities Association’s board of directors chose its new leader March 7.

He is Mike Krueger, who will become the association’s 10th commissioner. He replaces Rhonda

Blanford-Green, who stepped down at the end of this school year.

Blanford Green took in her last Colorado High School Activities Association Legislative Council meeting April 21.

She discussed the association’s budget, and she thanked the council for the privilege of serving as CHSAA’s commissioner.

“We’ve been through a lot together the past 14 months,” she said.

Her husband passed away, as did former associate commissioner Tom Robinson.

“ ere were a lot of times when I had to be Rhonda and be the commissioner,” she said. “I had to have a safe place to be Rhonda.”

Robinson died this spring at the age of 74. e former associate commissioner of the Colorado High School Activities Association Bert Borgmann said a lot of things came to mind.

e boys tennis postseason had an historic new look starting this fall.

e change involves the state team championship, a dual-style tournament in mid-October, according to CHSAANow.com. e individual championships won’t change. ey will take place the second week in October.

High-school o cials’ fees are among the lowest among nearby states, according to Riverdale Ridge athletic director Aaron Reisen. e pay scale depends on the level of game (junior varsity vs. varsity) and how many o cials are assigned to work.

By comparison, Texas high-school football o cials were paid, at minimum, $105 to $135 per game this season.

According to retired CHSAA umpire Dan Weikle, who worked statelevel playo games during many of his 46 years as a certi ed baseball o cial, the pay for an umpire in 1964 was $10 per game.

“If you extrapolate that out, that’s $88 today,” he said a year ago. “We get paid $62. e pay hasn’t kept up with in ation.”

Fall state sports

October was quite the month for Riverdale Ridge athletes. Softball player Aubree Davis, who was chosen to participate in an all-star game this spring in Pueblo, lasted less than an inning in the rst round of the state tournament. She also hit a walk-o home run to give the Ravens the win.

“I was feeling a little excitement,” she said. “ at 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.”

Ravens’ golfer Bradley Weinmaster thought he lost the individual title in the state 4A golf tournament. en he found out he was in a fourway playo .

en he won it. Maybe that’s why Riverdale Ridge’s Bradley Weinmaster was overcome with tears, happiness and joy - sometimes all at the same time at Pelican Lakes Golf Course.

“I was in tears walking o the hole,” Weinmaster said. “Zane (Zane Aiken of Ponderosa) told me his scores were wrong. I was in second, and I thought `next year.’ I was like `Oh my God. I have a chance.’ God works ways.”

Brighton’s Brandon Stricklin is tagged out at third by Prairie View’s Javi Gaeta during an East Metro Athletic Conference game at Prairie View April 23. Stricklin, who graduated this year, moved on to the University of Northern Colorado FILE PHOTOS

Riverdale Ridge’s 138-pound wrestler Domonic Cerda tries to fly over Eagle Valley’s Lucas Comroe during Friday’s Class 3A quarters finals of the State Wrestling Championships at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Cerda lost the match to a 11-6 decision.

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303-566-4123

January 5, 2023, 4:00 P.M.

A Public Hearing is scheduled for the review of the Brighton Housing Authority’s revised Administrative Plan for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program. Public input is encouraged and welcome. The Administrative Plan will be available for public inspection during regular office hours, Mondays, Tuesdays, or Wednesdays between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM, in the Brighton Housing Authority office, prior to the Public Hearing. If you are unable to appear at BHA Offices located at 22. S, 4th Avenue, Suite 202, Brighton, CO 80601, please call the

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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 13 ARTICLE 4 OF THE BRIGHTON MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO WATER DEDICATION

WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 2363, City Council amended Chapter 13 to align the City’s raw water dedication or fee-in-lieu to reflect the City’s true cost of water acquisition and water resources needed to provide water service to new development and redevelopment in the City; and

WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2379, clarified water dedication requirements and aligned these along with Ordinance No. 2363; and

WHEREAS, City Council believes and supports that development should dedicate sufficient water resources to serve the project and cover all costs of acquisition and conversion of water resources to municipal use; and

WHEREAS, City Council supports amending and re-codifying the Brighton Municipal Code to effectuate the intent of Ordinance No. 2363 while providing more flexibility and clarifying water dedication in a wider variety of scenarios and finds that this is necessary for the health and welfare of the residents of the City of Brighton.

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

Section 1.Section 13-4-10 is hereby amended as follows:

Sec. 13-4-10. – Water dedication or fee-in-lieu required.

(a) A dedication of water rights is required for all development and redevelopment projects unless the City Council has previously granted by signed agreement the right to pay a fee-in-lieu. In certain circumstances, fee-in-lieu may be accepted if: (i) the project is less than or equal to one acre in total size; and (ii) the calculated raw water dedication for the project is equal to five acre-feet or less.

(b) The water rights dedication or fee-in-lieu amount shall be based on a firm yield analysis calculated by the City or a City-designated consultant and adjusted annually on or before April 1st in accordance with the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for Denver-Aurora-Lakewood.

The City Manager will develop a policy outlining acceptable water sources and other requirements related to water dedication and/or fee-in-lieu payment.

(c) The water rights dedication or fee-in-lieu amount for single-family detached dwellings shall be assessed as follows (based on firm yield analysis by City or City-designated consultant):

3 or less 0.58 $37,221.65 >3 up to 4 0.56 $35,937.92 >4 up to 5 0.47 $30,161.68 >5 up to 6 0.46 $29,520.36 >6 up to 7 0.42 $26,952.90 >7 up to 9 0.40 $25,670.26 >9 up to 10 0.39 $25,027.85 >10 up to 11 0.38 $24,386.53 11 or more 0.36 $23,102.80 (d) The water rights dedication or fee-in-lieu amount for multi-family dwellings, including apartment buildings or condominiums and single-family attached dwellings (such as duplexes or townhomes) shall be assessed based on number of units as follows (based on firm yield analysis by City or City-designated consultant):

Multi-Family Acre Feet Dedication Amount Required Fee-In-Lieu Payment Amount Required Per unit 0.27 $12,764.71

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www.zoom.us Meeting ID: 884 5167 9606

Passcode: Prior to the public hearing, please call 303-655-2160 for code

If joining by phone, please call: 1-346-248-7799 Meeting ID: 884 5167 9606

Passcode: Prior to the public hearing, please call 303-655-2160 for code

Legal Notice No. BSB1997

First Publication: December 1, 2022 Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

City of Brighton

Public Notice

ORDINANCE NO. INTRODUCED BY: Padilla

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS AND ENACTING NEW SECTIONS OF THE BRIGHTON MUNICIPAL CODE IN CHAPTER 17, LAND USE & DEVELOPMENT CODE, RELATED TO BUILDING TYPES, ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, COMMON OWNERSHIP COMMUNITIES, SITE DESIGN, SIGNS, AND CORRECTION OF ERRORS

INTRODUCED, PASSED ON FIRST READING, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED, THIS 20TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2022.

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

ATTEST: /s/ NATALIE HOEL, City Clerk

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

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

Legal Notice No. BSB2049

First Publication: January 5, 2023 Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Metro Districts

Budget Hearings

Public Notice

NOTICE CONCERNING PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE PLATTE RIVER RANCH SOUTH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed budget amendment has been submitted to the Board of Directors of Platte River Ranch South Metropolitan District for the 2022 year; that a copy of such proposed budget amendment has been filed in the office of Wolfersberger, LLC, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G, Suite 3700, Denver, Colorado 80238, where the same is open for public inspection. The Board of Directors will consider adoption of the proposed budget amendment of the District for the 2022 year at a regular meeting of the District to be held on Thursday February 09, 2023 at 6:00pm at the Harvest Fellowship Church (11401 E. 160th Ave Brighton, CO 80602). Any elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the proposed budget amendment, inspect the budget amendment and file or register any objections thereto.

PLATTE RIVER RANCH SOUTH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: Charles Wolfersberger District Manager

Legal Notice No. BSB2059

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Bids

the District and the CM/GC are unable to reach agreement on the GMP Amendment, the District may terminate the contract and determine, in its sole discretion, how it wishes to proceed.

Legal Notice No. BSB2039

First Publication: December 29, 2022

Last Publication:January 5, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Summons and Sheriff Sale

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT, Adams COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO

CIVIL ACTION NO. 2021CV030639 DIVISION NO. W

INITIAL COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND RIGHT TO CURE AND REDEEM

Plaintiff, Riverdale Farm Homeowners’ Association v.

Defendants, DOUGLAS LEROY ROSE

Regarding: Lot 44, Block 7, Riverdale Farms Residential Subdivision, 2nd Filing, County of Adams, State of Colorado

Also known as: 8553 Monroe Ct, Denver, CO 80229

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice:

You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff’s Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Division of the Sheriff’s Office of Adams County, Colorado at 9:00 A.M., on the 2nd day of March 2023, at 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, Colorado 80601, phone number 303-655-3272. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Greater Brighton Fire Protection District (“District”), a political subdivision of the State of Colorado, is soliciting construction manager/general contractor (“CM/GC”) applications for pre-qualification to bid on the new Greater Brighton Fire Protection District Training Building with a construction cost of approximately 8 million dollars. Only CM/GCs that have been approved through this pre-qualification process will be eligible to bid on the Project.

Beginning 11:00 a.m. (MST) on December 29, 2022, the pre-qualification application (“Application”) may be obtained either in-person at the District’s administrative office located at 500 South 4th Avenue – 3rd Floor, Brighton, Colorado 80601 or by requesting a copy of the Application by email to Sharlene Ujcich at the following email address: SUjcich@brightonfire.org. The subject line for the email must state: “Request for Prequalification Application – New Training Building”.

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

Further, for the purpose of paying off, curing default or redemption, as provided by statute, intent must be directed to or conducted at the above address of the Civil Division of the Sheriff’s Department of Adams County, Colorado.

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

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Published In: Brighton Standard Blade

NOTICE OF RIGHT TO CURE AND RIGHT TO REDEEM

RE: Sheriff’s Sale of Real Property pursuant to Order and Decree of Foreclosure and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq.

Metropolitan Districts

(e) The Utilities Director may give special consideration for proposed and proven water conservation measures which result in lower demand volumes for dedication amount or fee-in-lieu pursuant to the policy developed by the City Manager.

(e) The Utilities Director may give special consideration for proposed and proven water conservation measures which result in lower demand volumes for dedication amount or fee-in-lieu pursuant to the policy developed by the City Manager.

(f) To determine the water dedication amount for all other developments, including, but not limited to commercial, industrial, mixed use, public land donation, parks, common areas, and accessory dwelling units, the owner shall provide, in a form acceptable to the City, a water resource

Public Notice

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

report authored by a registered professional engineer experienced in water resources that estimates the amount of water needed to support and irrigate said development. The City Manager will develop a policy setting forth the required contents of a water resources report. The City will review the water resources report and, in the City’s sole discretion, determine the water dedication or fee-in-lieu requirements to be met.

(f) To determine the water dedication amount for all other developments, including, but not limited to commercial, industrial, mixed use, public land donation, parks, common areas, and accessory dwelling units, the owner shall provide, in a form acceptable to the City, a water resource report authored by a registered professional engineer experienced in water resources that estimates the amount of water needed to support and irrigate said development. The City Manager will develop a policy setting forth the required contents of a water resources report. The City will review the water resources report and, in the City’s sole discretion determine the water dedication or fee-in-lieu requirements to be met.

(g) For single family dwellings, approval of a final plat or administrative plat, as applicable, shall be contingent upon water dedication. For all other developments, approval of a site plan or site improvement permit (LUDC), as applicable, shall be contingent upon water dedication.

(g) For single family dwellings, approval of a final plat or administrative plat, as applicable, shall be contingent upon water dedication. For all other developments, approval of a site plan or site improvement permit (LUDC), as applicable, shall be contingent upon water dedication.

(h) All fee-in-lieu payments shall occur prior to the issuance of a building permit. Fee-in-lieu payments shall be based on the rate in effect at the time of payment.

Completed Applications must be received by the District on or before 4:00 p.m. (MST) on January 17, 2023 (“Submission Deadline”) either in-person at its administrative office located at 500 South 4th Avenue – 3rd Floor, Brighton, Colorado 80601 or by email to Sharlene Ujcich at the following email address: SUjcich@brightonfire.org. The subject line for the email must state: “Prequalification Application Submission – New Training Building”.. Applications received after the Submission Deadline will not be considered.

(h) All fee-in-lieu payments shall occur prior to the issuance of a building permit. Fee-in-lieu payments shall be based on the rate in effect at the time of payment.

(i) No building permit shall be issued until all required water dedications or payments have been made pursuant to the water dedication or fee-in-lieu amounts in effect at the time of dedication or payment.

Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Fulton Irrigating Ditch Company will be held at METRO WATER RECOVERY, NORTHERN TREATMENT PLANT in the Visitors Center, located at 51 Baseline Road, Brighton, Colorado (northwest corner of East 168th Avenue and Highway 85), on MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2023, at 1:30 o’clock in the afternoon for the election of five directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

CM/GCs are solely responsible for ensuring that their emailed Applications have been received by the District. The District will not search for emailed Applications that are not delivered or are delivered to “spam” or “junk” folders. CM/GCs may contact Sharlene Ujcich at (303) 654-8015 to confirm that their emailed Application has been received.

Section 2.Section 13-4-91(c) is hereby enacted as follows: Sec. 13-4-91. – Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs).

(i) No building permit shall be issued until all required water dedications or payments have been made pursuant to the water dedication or fee-in-lieu amounts in effect at the time of dedication or payment.

Section 2. Section 13-4-91(c) is hereby enacted as follows:

(c) In the event an ADU requires increased demand as specified in subsection (b) of this Section, the applicant shall pay the applicable fee-in-lieu amount.

Section 3. All sections, subsections, and definitions of Chapter 13 not expressly amended or modified herein remain in full force and effect.

Section 4.As provided in City Charter Section 5.9(A), this Ordinance, either as presented or as amended, shall be published in full as it was adopted prior to taking final action. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect five days after its final publication, as provided in City Charter Section 5.8, except as set forth herein.

INTRODUCED, PASSED ON FIRST READING, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED THIS 20th DAY OF DECEMBER 2022.

CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO

/s/ GREGORY MILLS, Mayor ATTEST: /s/ NATALIE HOEL, City Clerk

It is important that a quorum be present. It is important that you be present or give your proxy to someone who will be present, or you may designate one of the present board members to vote your stock. The present board members are: Dave Petrocco, Sr., Clint Blackhurst, Tricia Williams, Robert T. Sakata, and Marv Falconberg. Mail your proxy to the Secretary at 25 South Fourth Avenue, Brighton, Colorado 80601. If you are not present, your representative will vote your stock. If you are present, you may revoke the proxy and vote your own stock.

It is important that a majority of all the stock; namely 3,600 shares, be present in person or by proxy.

Legal Notice No. BSB2051

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Each Application must conform and be responsive to the standard application provided by the District. Any deviation from the standard application form or failure to provide the required information may be considered nonresponsive and grounds for disqualification and rejection of the Application in the District’s sole discretion. The District has the right, in its sole discretion, to reject any or all Applications and to waive any irregularities in any Application received. The District also has the right to modify or terminate this selection process or the project any time in its sole discretion. Submitted Applications become the District’s property and will be considered public records within the meaning of the Colorado Open Records Act, unless the CM/ GG conspicuously labels the portion(s) of its Application that it deems confidential and proprietary as “Confidential and Proprietary”, and separates such materials from the rest of the Application. The CM/GC is solely responsible for all costs incurred in preparing and submitting an Application.

The selected CM/GC and the District will enter into a modified AIA A133 Owner-CM/GC Agreement (2019) and associated modified AIA A201 General Conditions (2017).

At the completion of the preconstruction services, the District and CM/GC will enter into good faith negotiations to mutually agree to a Guaranteed Maximum Price (“GMP”) Amendment for the construction phase of the Project. If

This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to a Court Order and Decree dated September 21, 2022, and C.R.S. 3838-101 et seq., by Riverdale Farm Homeowners’ Association, the current holder of a lien recorded on June 16, 2017 at Rec. No. 2017000051951, in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Adams, State of Colorado. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions of Riverdale Farm Homeowners’ Association, recorded on 08/12/2010 at Reception No. B592466 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Adams, State of Colorado. The Declaration and notices, as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of Riverdale Farm Homeowners’ Association, WHICH LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS.

You may have an interest in the real property being affected, or have certain rights or suffer certain liabilities or loss of your interest in the subject property as a result of said foreclosure. You may have the right to redeem the real property or you may have the right to cure a default under the instrument being foreclosed. Any Notice of Intent to Cure must be filed no later than fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the date of the foreclosure sale. A notice of intent to cure filed pursuant to section 38-38-104 shall be filed with the officer at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the first scheduled sale date or any date to which the sale is continued.

If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

A notice of intent to redeem filed pursuant to section 38-38-302 shall be filed with the officer no later than eight (8) business days after the sale.

In this regard, you may desire and are advised to

Shoppers face statewide fee for bags

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado businesses are required to charge consumers a 10-cent fee for each plastic and paper bag they carry out of the store as of Jan. 1.

at’s because of a bill passed by the state legislature in 2021 and signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat.  e fee, which isn’t subject to the state’s 2.9% sales tax, may be higher if a town, city or county enacts a higher charge.

People who are in federal or state food assistance programs don’t pay the fees as long as they can prove that they are enrolled in one of those programs.

Businesses are required to send 60% of the bag-fee revenue they collect to the municipality they operate in. If the business is within an unincorporated part of a county, the money will be sent to the county.

Local governments would be required to spend the money on the following initiatives:

• Bag-fee enforcement costs

• Waste-diversion programs, including outreach and education  e remaining 40% of the bag-fee revenue will be kept by businesses.

Stores that collect less than $20 in bag-fees in a given quarter don’t have to remit the revenue to their municipality or county and can keep the money.

Plastic bags will be banned in Colorado starting in 2024, with some exceptions

e 2021 bill also bans the distribution of all single-use plastic bags in Colorado starting in 2024. But there are asterisks.

Restaurants that prepare or serve food in individual portions for immediate on- or o -premises consumption would be exempt, as would stores that operate solely in Colorado and have

Public Notices

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BURAU (CFBP), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSUE PROCESS.

Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov

Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov

Further, you are advised that the parties liable thereon, the owner of the property described above, or those with an interest in the subject property, may take appropriate and timely action under Colorado statutes, certain sections of which are attached hereto.

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

DATED in Colorado this 6th day of December 2022.

Sheriff of Adams County, Colorado

By: Kathy Grosshans Deputy Sheriff

ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF: ORTEN CAVANAGH HOLMES & HUNT, LLC

1445 Market Street, Suite 350 Denver, CO 80202

Statutes attached: §§38-37-108, 38-38-103, 3838-104, 38-38-301, 38-38-304, 38-38-305, and 38-38-306, C.R.S., as amended.

Legal Notice No. BSB2057

Scott Lee Abrams

Personal Representative 32 Lost Valley Loop Cedar Crest, New Mexico 87008

Legal Notice No. BSB2034

First Publication: December 22, 2022

Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of RALPH MOISES APARICIO, aka RALPH M. APARICIO, aka RALPH APARICIO, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 31052

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 May 5, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Virginia Gurule Personal Representative 306 S 3rd Ave. Brighton, CO 80601

Legal Notice No. BSB2052

First Publication: January 5, 2023 Last Publication: January 19, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Judith Ann Jester, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 421

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 May 1, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Phil Woodend

Personal Representative 2010 46th Avenue Unit 12 Greeley, Colorado 80634

Legal Notice No. BSB2044

First Publication: December 29, 2022

Last Publication: January 12, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of KENNETH MARTIN EIFLER, aka KENNETH M. EIFLER, aka KENNETH EIFLER, aka KEN EIFLER, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 31018

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 May 5, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Brianna Marie Eifler

Personal Representative Type or Print name of Person Giving Notice C/o WARREN, CARLSON & MOORE, LLP PO Box 610 Niwot, CO 80544-0610

Legal Notice No. BSB2055

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: January 19, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Name Changes

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

three or fewer locations.

Businesses that are still allowed to o er plastic bags must collect a fee of at least 10 cents on each bag. e fee may be higher if a city or county enacts a higher charge.

Say goodbye to plastic foam

It’s not just plastic bags that are being done away with. e 2021 bill also bans polystyrene products — such as Styrofoam — across the state starting on Jan. 1, 2024.

e only exception is that restaurants will be able to continue using polystyrene products for takeout after that date until their existing inventory is gone.

What if businesses don’t comply?

Municipalities and cities will be able to sue businesses that don’t comply with the new bag-fee and styrofoam rules.

ey also may assess the following

Public notice is given on December 15, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Adams County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Verlinda Sue Gruber be changed to Linda Sue Gruber Case No.: 22 C 1776

Byron L Howell By: Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. BSB 2040

First Publication: December 29, 2022

Last Publication: January 12, 2023 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Children Services

(Adoption/Guardian/Other)

Public Notice

STATE OF COLORADO IN THE DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ADAMS Division S No. 22JV30

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

Azalayah Aleena Greenier Vega A Child, and Concerning

Celeste Mia Vega, Andrew Patrick Baca, John Doe Respondents

S U M M O N S

To the parents, guardian, or other respondents named above, GREETINGS: John Doe

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

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

You are further notified that the Court has set said petition for hearing on the 23rd day of January, 2023 at the hour of 8:30 am. You are hereby notified to be and appear, at said time, before this Court located at the Adams County Justice Center, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601.

Witness my hand and seal of said Court this 23rd day of December, 2022.

Alana Percy Clerk of the District Court

Legal Notice No. BSB2056

First Publication: January 5, 2023 Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT ADAMS COUNTY, STATE of COLORADO Court Address: 1100 Judicial Center Dr. Brighton, Colorado 80601

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: TRACY VERMILYE

FOR THE ADOPTION OF A CHILD: ELANORA LEA PAULDINO Case Number: 22JA30020

nes:

• $500 for a second violation

• $1,000 for a third or subsequent violation

e nes can be assessed per violation during a retail sale. In other words, if a business illegally handed out 10 plastic bags during one transaction, they would be considered to have violated the law only once.

e measure also repeals a state prohibition barring local governments from introducing restrictions on plastic materials that are more stringent than the state’s.

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

Division: T1 Courtroom: TBD

NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION

TO: JOHN DOE, Parent

You are hereby notified that the above-named Petitioner has filed, in this Court, a verified Petition seeking to adopt the child named above.

The Petition alleges you have abandoned said child for a period of one year or more and/or have failed, without cause, to provide reasonable support for said child for one year or more.

You are further notified that said Petition is set for hearing on JANUARY 23, 2023 at 10:30 AM in Division T1, (IN PERSON), Adams County Justice Center, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601.

You are further notified that if you fail to appear for said hearing, the Court may terminate your parental rights and grant the adoption as sought by the Petitioner(s).

Dated: November 23, 2022 Deputy Clerk, Legal Notice No. BSB2007 First Publication: December 8, 2022 Last Publication: January 5, 2023 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton, CO 80601

Children: Mishaela Cottrell, Isabel Henry, Gwenyth Trout Respondents: Jessica Henry, Jay Cottrell, Anthony Montanez, Joel Trout

Case Number: 21JV254 Div.: S Ctrm.:

Attorney or Party Without Attorney: Name: Meredith Karre Address: 11860 Pecos St. Suite 3300 Westminster, CO 80234 Phone Number: (720) 523-2950 Fax Number: (720) 523-2951 Atty. Reg. #: 39049

ORDER OF ADVISEMENT

NOTICE TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENTS: Jessica Henry, Anthony Montanez

YOU ARE HEREBY ADVISED that the Guardian ad litem, has filed a Motion to Terminate the Parent-Child Legal Relationship which now exists between you and Mishaela Cottrell and Isabel Henry;

YOU ARE FURTHER ADVISED that the Motion has been set for hearing in Division S of the District Court in and for the County of Adams, Adams County Justice Center, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, Colorado, on the 30th day of , January 2023, at the hour of 9:30 a.m., at which time the Petitioner must prove by clear and convincing evidence 1) It is in the best interests of the child, that the parent-child legal relationship which exists between you and the child be terminated and severed; 2) That the child was adjudicated dependent or neglected; 3) That an appropriate treatment plan has not reasonably been complied with by the parent or has not been successful; 4) That the parents are unfit; 5) That the conduct or condition of the parent or parents is unlikely to change within a reasonable time; OR 1) That the child have been abandoned by their parent or parents in that the parent or parents have surrendered physical custody for a period of six months and during this period have not manifested to the child, the court or to the person having physical custody a firm intention to assume or obtain physical custody or to make permanent legal arrangements for the care of the child and 2) That it is in the best interests of the child that the parent-child legal relationship which

exists between the child and the respondents be terminated and severed.

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

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

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

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

Done and signed this day of , 2022.

BY THE COURT: District Court Judge/Magistrate

Legal Notice No. BSB2053

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Public Notice

STATE OF COLORADO IN THE DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ADAMS Division D1 No. 22JV80

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

Respondents

S U M M O N S

To the parents, guardian, or other respondents named above, GREETINGS: Martin Castaway

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

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

You are further notified that the Court has set said petition for hearing on the 13th day of February, 2023 at the hour of 2:30 pm. You are hereby notified to be and appear, at said time, before this Court located at the Adams County Justice Center, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601.

Witness my hand and seal of said Court this 22nd day of December, 2022.

Alana Percy Clerk of the District Court

Legal Notice No. BSB2054

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

consult with your own private attorney.

Haylee Joy Bucci

A Child, and Concerning

Tiffany Bucci, Gabriel Hiatt, Nathaniel Valentine, Martin Castaway