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Metro Denver median home prices finally dropped

After 2 years of growth

BY TAMARA CHUANG THE COLORADO SUN

For the rst time in recent memory, the median price of a house in metro Denver is less than it was a year ago.

And for some who make a living selling houses, there’s a sense of relief.

“Every single month in 2021 and the rst half of 2022, everybody in our (real estate) community went, ‘Oh my goodness. How much more can this go? What will buyers put up with?’ I mean having to pay a penny over the appraised value is just bon-

kers to me,” said Matt Leprino, CEO of Denver-based real estate brokerage Remingo.

Now, he said, “It’s calm, it’s a very tepid pool right now. It’s not increasing. It’s not going crazy. Days on market are up. But they’re up from historic lows. e majority of phone calls we get right now are … ‘Can I jump in right now?’”

New data for January from the Colorado Association of Realtors has median home prices attening statewide. Houses are taking twice as long — sometimes three times longer — to sell compared to a year ago. But that’s not very long. In the seven-county metro Denver area,

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Youth to benefit from Broncos sale

Council shares Stadium district rebate with 27J, parks

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Brighton Schools and parks will see the biggest bene t from the city’s Denver Broncos sale windfall, councilors agreed Feb. 14.

Councilors reviewed a plan to give $150,000 to the 27J school district and also reviewed improvements to three city parks —including a new playground at the Brighton Recreation Center that will be paid with Broncos sale money.

“ at is money that can be used speci cally for youth programs, and even more speci cally for one-time programs,” Budget and Performance Manager Kayla BarberPerrotta told councilors. “ ey want the bulk of this money to be spent in 2023. is is not an ongoing revenue source.”

e Metropolitan Football Stadium District announced in October that it would distribute more

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Brighton’s 285-pound wrestler, Dylan BravoPacker, lifts his opponent, Adrian Arellano of Pomona High School, during the class 5A state-championship match, Feb. 18 at Ball Arena. BravoPacker pinned Arellano to win the state title. See story on Page 8.

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New internet provider comes to Brighton

Nebraska-based Allo beginning work to build fiberoptic-based network in city

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Crews from Nebraska-based internet provider Allo Fiber will begin work this week installing their highspeed internet, telephone and TV services in Brighton.

Allo Fiber representative Nichole Spady said the company plans a groundbreaking ceremony at noon Feb. 22, at Barr Lake State Park. Spady said the company hopes to begin o ering high-speed internet to portions of the city this year.

“We have been experiencing growth in a lot of di erent directions, in our home state as well as Colorado and Arizona,” Spady said. “We have been in the business of bringing ber to homes for at least 20 years.”

e company, which started in Scottsblu , Nebraska in 2003, currently o ers its services in a handful of Colorado communities, including Erie, Greeley and Breckenridge.

“We are always looking to grow,” Spady said. “We have conversations ongoing with other community leaders through various regions. If they are interested, we have a page on our website where people can ll out a form requesting we come to their

city, and we recommend they send that along to their leaders.”

e company website puts the company’s Brighton o ce location at 139 N. Main St.

Higher speeds, up and down

Fiber optic internet service uses cables that are thinner than standard cable TV coaxial cables with potentially faster speeds across the internet, but uploads and download speeds.

“I can’t speak to the speeds that coaxial cable o ers but ours starts at one gig, with symmetrical speeds in either direction — uploads or downloads,” she said. “ at really is something we can brag about.”

Brighton councilors discussed a land lease agreement at their Feb. 7 meeting with Allo for a 1,250 squarefoot portion of the city-owned lot at 14950 Brighton Road. e company is building a central hub for the new ber optic network in Brighton there, Deputy City Manager Marv Falconberg said.

Falconberg said the construction work across Brighton should take 18 months to complete.

Allo representative Jacob Higashi told councilors the work will start on the western side of the city along Interstate 76 before moving east. e company will place signs along construction sites and plans to mail information about their service to Brighton residents.

e company is paying Brighton $700 per month to lease the land for

their hub. It’s a ten-year lease with options to extend it.

e company has not released price packages for Brighton. In other markets, Allo o ers telephone, internet and television services all bundled together or individually. In Greeley, the company charges up to $185 per month for the fastest 2.3-gigabit internet and $105 per month for single gigabit internet speeds.

Television service in Greeley begins at $26 per month for local channels and $81 for local and basic TV channels like ESPN, Discovery, A&E, TBS and the like. Premium channels like HBO and Apple TV are also available.

“We are di erent than a cable TV provider, in that it’s not via coaxial cable,” Spady said. “We actually bring ber-optics into the home but

everything is available.”

Phone service in Greeley currently costs $15 per month.

Packages for all three in Greeley cost $190 and $186 for gigabit internet and television.

e company is designing its network in Erie now, with actual construction underway in the neighborhood south of Isabelle Road and east of 111th St.

Councilors were generally pleased to have a new internet provider for residents.

“I’m glad that you’re here,” Councilor Peter Padilla said. “I think competition is a good thing and this helps to begin advance technology and availability across the city. Competition for companies that have been at it a long time is always a good thing.”

Allo Fiber plans to make this o ce, at 139 Main St. in Brighton, its new location.

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than $41 million back to the cities, towns and counties that paid a Mile High Stadium-supporting sales tax through 2011.

Brighton, which levied the tax along with a number of other Front Range communities, received $454,084.93 as a part of that agreement. According to the District’s lease agreement, that money must go towards youth activity programs.

Councilors agreed in January to accept the money.

“We outlined four different uses for this funding; the playground structure at the Rec Center, our own youth programs — an expansion of those — as well as a community youth programs grant. Those are already in the works. We took that direction and we ran with it.”

The fourth option was a partnership with Brighton’s 27J School district.

$12.99 per student

Barber-Perrotta said that

$150,000 of it will be given to Brighton’s 27J School District to be used on activities at the schools within Brighton’s limits.

“Based on your feedback, we did broaden those categories to include not just physical education and sports equipment but to include those arts and humanities programs you wanted to fund, as well as uniforms,” she told councilors. “That is something we heard from a number of those principals when we reached out. Uniforms is a big need for the schools.”

School Superintendent Chris Fiedler said those schools have 11,543 students between kindergarten and high school, so the money will be broken up that way.

Each Brighton school will receive $12.99 per student for upgrades to PE equipment, sports and safety equipment, arts and humanities programs and uniforms. Individual school principals will decide how to best use their school’s share, she said

“The reason is that those principals are ultimately on the front lines,” Barber-Perrotta said.

“They are going to know what

they need the most and what will benefit them the most in this program.”

Fiedler agreed. It’s the fairest way to divide the money.

“I want to be very clear to presume to know what our principles need for each of their buildings,” Fiedler said. “Bear in mind, we have one building that will turn 100 years old in 2026. Thats’ Brighton Heritage Academy. And then we have schools like Brighton High School that was built when Eisenhower was president.”

Exanding playground

Parks Manager Ryan Smith said another $150,000 will be used to expand the Brighton Recreation Center Playground used by the city’s daycare and summer camp program. That fenced-in park at the N. 11th Ave. location was originally built in 2004.

Plans call for expanding the playground area to make room

for more children.

Work installing that new equipment should begin in May and is expected to take about two weeks to complete. Smith said the city wants to have the work completed before the summer camp at the recreation center is set to begin.

ADA Park, tennis courts

Smith also reviewed plans for two other park improvement projects set to begin this spring, redoing the busy playground at Donelson Park at 4500 Midland St. and replacing the tennis courts at Colorado Park, 254 Miller Ave.

Neither of those parks would be paid with Brighton’s share of the Bronco’s sale rebates.

Work on Donelson Park would begin in March and wrap up in June. Work on the tennis courts would begin in April and be finished in June.

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Rethinking the four-day school week

Study finds 27J schedule change hurt housing market, academics in the district

BY YESENIA ROBLES SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Homeowners in the 27J school district might have been better o paying a higher property tax rather than allowing the district to adopt a four-day school week, a new study suggests.

Preliminary results of the study, which has not yet been peer reviewed, suggest that home prices su ered and student achievement in the district may have dropped. Teacher retention, which the district cited as the main reason for moving to the four-day school week, may also have decreased, according to the study.

e 27J school district, which serves more than 22,600 students this year, is based north of Denver, covering Brighton and parts of Commerce City and ornton. Leaders rolled out the four-day school week in the fall of 2018, after having failed a sixth time to pass a local tax in-

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crease to pay teachers more.

District Superintendent Chris Fiedler disputes the ndings, citing higher-than-ever graduation rates and lower overall teacher turnover.

e authors of the study acknowledge there were limitations in the way they examined student achievement and teacher retention pieces.

ey didn’t want to look at years a ected by COVID, so they only examined student achievement data through the 2019-20 school year. For teacher retention data they examined data through the 2020-

21 school year. So it’s possible the ndings were short-term impacts, said Frank James Perrone, one of the study’s authors.

When it comes to student achievement, research would ideally track individual students, said Perrone, assistant professor of educational leadership at Indiana University. Since the researchers couldn’t access that level of data, it’s unknown if some of the ndings could have been a result of higher-performing students leaving the district.

e research is more comprehen-

sive and based on more data when it comes to the housing ndings. While housing prices in 27J haven’t dropped, home values stopped growing at the same rate relative to its most comparable neighboring district. erefore, homeowners lost out on growth that they likely would have seen without the change, according to the study.

e researchers calculated those losses compared to the cost of paying for the mill levy override and found that, nancially, conservative estimates suggest homeowners would have been better o approving the tax measure.

“ ese results suggest the decision to adopt a 4-day school week in a metropolitan setting should not be taken lightly,” the study states.

Voters should be aware of possible tradeo s when voting against local tax measures that can drive a district to switch to a four-day school week, Perrone said.

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Barry Leon Andrews

August 8, 1951 - February 14, 2023

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Barry Leon Andrews, 71, of Orange, Texas., died Tuesday, February 14, 2023, at Harbor Hospice House in Beaumont, Texas. Barry was a longtime resident of Brighton, CO. before moving to Orange, TX. 6 years ago. Barry enjoyed watching baseball, shing, riding his Harley, and loved to travel.

Cremation arrangements were entrusted with Forest Lawn Funeral Home in Beaumont, Texas.

Barry was preceded in death by his father Delbert Dean Andrews, and grandsons, Jesse James Watson, and Jase Watson.

Barry is survived by his daughter Jacey Smith of Brighton, CO., mother Vera Maxine Kramer Andrews of Windsor, CO., brothers, Larry Andrews of Brighton, CO., and Darry Andrews and his wife Becky of Greeley,

CO., sister, Karry Kallsen of Berthoud, CO., granddaughter, Jondra Watson of Brighton, CO., nieces Heather Hawkins and her husband Dave of Eaton, CO., Whitney Jaramillo and her husband Dominic of Los Lunas, NM., Candace Andrews and her husband Devin O’Neil of Loveland, CO., Amy Hill and her signi cant other Brian of Brighton, CO. and Nicole Fye of Seattle WA., nephews Andy Kallsen and his wife Sarah of Parker, CO., Josh Kallsen and his wife Cindy of Castle Rock, CO., Nicholaus Kallsen and his wife Debra of Berthoud, CO., Chad Kallsen and his wife Nicole of Greeley, CO., Cli Kallsen and his wife Carrie of Bloomington, IL., Brett Stetzel and his signi cant other Cheri Cervantes of Greeley, CO., Aaron Fye and his wife Carrie of Brighton, CO., Ryan Fye and his wife Erica of ornton, CO., and numerous great nieces and nephews.

Barry will be missed by all who knew and loved him.

Grace Geneveve (Flynn) Russell

March 13, 1928 - February 14, 2023

Grace Genevieve Russell Scott was born March 13, 1928 in Mission, South Dakota and passed away peacefully on February 14, 2023 in Brighton Colorado.

Grace spent many happy years at Dog Ear Lake, Winner, South Dakota where she enjoyed outdoor sports eventually working as a pheasant hunting guide.

Grace’s life would revolve around her love of ying starting in her teen years wiring B29s for the war e ort. After earning her private pilot license, Grace and her rst husband Jack Russell managed the Gregory SD airport from 1952 to 1956. She spent some years as a ight instructor in Longmont CO. Grace’s business, Russell Aircraft, received the #1 sales award covering the Rocky Mountain zone of ve states in 1966. Grace completed an Atlantic crossing from Colorado, through Iceland, and on to Germany to deliver a Cessna 310 aircraft in 1985.

Always extremely creative and an entrepreneur, Grace eventually opened the Fountain of Health artesian water business in Brighton CO which she ran for over 30 years. e “Water Lady” as she was known, enjoyed visiting with her customers and handing out candies to the children. Grace was an incredible woman who touched the lives of everyone she met. She was also a very talented artist who enjoyed painting and sketching.

Grace will be lovingly remembered and greatly missed by her family. Grace was predeceased by her husband S.H. “Bud” Scott in 2022, her grandson Christopher Russell and her son-in-law Mark Flynn. She is survived by her two children Kenneth (Jovita) Russell of Brighton, CO, and Evelyn Flynn, Saskatoon, SK Canada, three grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. ere will be a service at a later date in South

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Humility — the lost character trait of success WINNING

While working with one of our clients, I had the opportunity to observe an interaction between a leader and someone on their team. We had all been working on a project that spanned several months, and the leader was an integral part of making the project a huge success as they battled behind the scenes removing roadblocks, pushing decisions through and advancing timelines.

When it was announced that the project was nished and considered a huge success, the leader was asked to share a few words on an all-company meeting. As she began to talk about the project, she started by naming each and every person who contributed to the success that the team had achieved. Not only did she mention everyone by name, but she also included something special about everyone’s contribution. She even went as far as saying she played a very small role, if any role at all.

In a world where many strive for attention or are OK with receiving the accolades for the hard work of the people around them or on their team, it was so refreshing to witness such humility.

You can probably guess that she has a very loyal team with hardly any turnover at all.

Humility isn’t only about giving others the proper credit, it’s also being humble enough to admit when we have made mistakes. Now just as some like to receive the accolades and take credit for work they did not do, there are some people who refuse to admit their mistakes, instead nding a way to blame others. And just as the leader described above who developed a loyal following, the leader who takes the credit and who shifts the blame on others will soon nd themselves with no one left to lead.

I love this quote by Ezra Taft Benson, “With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.” Pride can be a dangerous thing. When it is about the satisfaction we feel when we have achieved a goal or realized a dream, that can be inspiring. It becomes dangerous when it leads to egotistical and narcissistic behavior. I

heard it said that egotism is the only disease that makes everyone else sick except the person carrying the disease.

We are leaders in some way, even if it means we are leading ourselves for now. ere are many traits that today’s leader must try and master as they grow personally and/or professionally. Leading with character, empathy, integrity, honesty, transparency, vulnerability, a servant’s heart, courage, respect and humility, just to name a few. Again, in a “me” centered world, humility shows up last or sometimes not at all. Whether we are leading at home, at work, in our community or in our house of worship, humility shows up when we start to live in a “we” centered world.

e Merriam-Webster de nes humility as freedom from pride or arrogance: the quality or state of being humble. Where leaders or people striving for success sometimes make the mistake is that they believe they need to be seen as always being strong, showing their strength by being strong-willed. ey confuse anything less with being seen as meek or weak. e reality is that some of the

strongest leaders in history have also been the humblest.

Humility is not just a necessary quality of leadership, it is often an overlooked quality of success in whatever we endeavor to do. Successful salespeople show humility as they give their surrounding team credit for the sale. e humble spouse who gives credit to their better half. e teacher or coach who gives all the credit to the student or player for putting in all the hard work. e faithful who gives God all the credit, honor, and glory for their blessings.

Life is so much easier when we live, work, and love from a position of humility. As always, I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com. And when we learn to live a humble life, putting pride aside to achieve lasting success, 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.

Soaring utility bills provoke questions about our energy future

Colorado has had a chilly winter compared to recent decades, but the larger question triggered by the rising utility bills is how the state’s 5.8 million residents will stay warm in coming decades. I see this story as being mostly about the future of natural gas.

Utility bills from November and December that in many cases were double those of the previous year have outraged many Coloradans.

Much of the heat was vented at Xcel Energy, the state’s largest utility with 1.4 million gas customers and 1.5 million electric customers. Black Hills Energy has 192,000 customers and Atmos has 120,000 customers. Other residents are served by municipal utilities or, particularly in rural areas, burn propane.

Natural gas explained 80% of the increase on an average utility bill, according to research by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission sta . Gas prices surged, caused largely by supply disruptions caused by Russia’s war against Ukraine. Prices have now moderated, but were responsible for 34% of bill increases.

Uncommon cold explained another 30%, according to the PUC sta research. For example, temperatures

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at Denver’s Central Park averaged 8 degrees colder than the year prior — which, by the way, was the second warmest since record-keeping began in the 1930s.

e station was then called Stapleton Airport.

Russ Schumacher, the Colorado climatologist, says heating degrees days, a measure of the energy needed to heat buildings, rose 30% at Central Park. Xcel said its customers in Colorado used 35.5% more gas in November and 31% more in December than in the same months in 2021. It was the coldest winter in Denver in more than 20 years.

Some customers also started paying for Winter Storm Uri in February 2021, the week-long deep freeze, whose utilities had insu ciently hedged their contracts. ey paid through the nose, and those costs are now being passed along to consumers.

is nancial pain was evident this week at the statehouse when Gov. Jared Polis introduced several consumers. One woman said her family had

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commonly gone to the mountains on Saturdays, but could not now because her husband was working Saturdays to pay for the higher utility bills. Others talked of lowering thermostats but were still being shocked by their bills.

For Xcel, the high bills were being paid just as company o cials informed shareholders that Colorado had delivered pro ts of 8.23% in 2022.

at’s not exorbitant. Utilities commonly do as well or better. In the compact with states, they get monopolies, score high on reliability — and never take a loss. But this had produced calls for Xcel and other utilities to get more “skin in the game.”

Adding outrage was news that the PUC had allowed Xcel to pass along $2 million it had paid to lawyers and expert witnesses in supporting its argument for raised consumer rates.

is equals the entire annual budget for the O ce of Utility Consumer Advocate, a state agency of seven people charged with representing consumers in cases before the PUC. Passing along such costs has occurred for decades or longer. Despite precedent, it’s a valid question to ask whether an imbalance exists. Polis, in his remarks at the Capitol, seemed to agree.

In the short term, we can expect

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legislation that will require Xcel and other utilities to hedge in the natural gas markets. ink of this as being like insurance, with an up-front cost that prevents big, big bills.

e broad question is whether we should, as Polis suggested, shift energy use to renewables that in theory will not be vulnerable to global price swings. One bill got preliminary nod by a House committee this week would require home warranty service contracts to allow homeowners to replace gas-fueled devices with those powered by electricity.

ere has also been pushback to this drive to electri cation that one legislator from southeastern Colorado dismissed as consisting of “rainbows and unicorns.” at remark came during a discussion of a bill that proposed to prevent local jurisdictions from banning combustion of fossil fuels. Colorado has a sole precedent for such bans. Crested Butte last summer passed a law preventing use of natural gas in the remaining 100-some lots in that town to be developed.

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that’s 53 days, or about four weeks longer than 22 days in January 2022. at’s getting back to the time just before the pandemic, or 48 days in January 2020.

Home prices in Denver and Colorado increased at unprecedented rates in the past two years. Metro Denver’s median sales price hit a high of $660,000 in April, up 17.4% in a year. at dropped to $569,804, as of January, which is 1.4% lower than a year-ago January. As Littleton economist Patty Silverstein told the real estate industry at an economic summit last week, “We’re (in) some type of slowdown but that’s very welcome. We’re in a rest period here.”

e slowdown began last spring

as the Federal Reserve raised interest rates to cool in ation. But mortgage rates have more than doubled in a year, making it much more expensive for home buyers who need a loan. Based on the Denver metro area’s median sales price, a buyer’s monthly payment is roughly $1,000 more than it would have been last January, according to Bankrate’s mortgage calculator.

“ e major thing we have seen is a dramatic slowdown in activity,” said Ann Hayes, a Realtor with Keller Williams Colorado West Realty in Grand Junction. “A lot of people, with the change in the interest rates, were priced out of the market.”

Mesa County saw a 3.4% dip in

its median-sales price, falling to $379,950 in January. at makes it a little more a ordable for rst-time buyers. But even though mortgage rates are below their peak, they are still above 6.5%. And that’s keeping homeowners in their homes, too.

“Sellers don’t like the fact that they’re at a 3% (mortgage loan) rate and if they buy a replacement, they’re going to be at six, or six and three-quarter rate,” Hayes said. “A lot of sellers are not even coming on the market.”

Some perspective

But the past two years have just been unprecedented, said Hayes, who’s sold houses in the area since 1994. Fifteen years ago, mortgage rates were in the 6% to 7% range, and back in the 1980s, they were double digits, with 30-year xed rate loans averaging 18.63% in 1981, according to Freddie Mac historical data.

Still, Mesa County is a relatively hot market. e number of houses for sale in the area in and around Grand Junction has doubled in the past year to 456, compared with inventory of 1,816 homes in 2016, according to CAR. Over time, she said, buyers adjust to higher rates and higher prices if that’s where the market goes.

“People will have more babies (and) that will encourage people to think about doing other things,” Hayes said. “Life will start happening where it’s, ‘Well, I don’t like the interest rate, but, you know, a twobedroom house with four kids isn’t going to work anymore.’”

Ask anyone in the real estate

industry and they’ll tell you buying a house is a long-term investment. Values go up overtime even after slumps during downturns.

“At no time in recorded history have prices, generally speaking, decreased,” said Leprino, pointing to the price dips of 2008, the early 1990s and other recessions. For the most part, the price of a house today is much higher than it’s ever been.

Higher prices, multiple o ers still exist

But every market is di erent. Places like Pagosa Springs are dealing with a scarcity of houses below their median sales price, which increased a whopping 33% to $520,000 in January. Local Realtor Wen Saunders said the lower-priced homes below the $400,000 range “were gobbled up with low interest rates and cash buyers,” and many who were buying a second home.

“ e bread and butter for Pagosa was always somewhere in the $300,000s. at was a beautiful thing. In 2021, we sold 105 and in 2022, we sold 56. Why? Because we didn’t have any more,” said Saunders, who’s been a Realtor in Pagosa for 14 years.

Meanwhile, the million-dollar homes went the other direction. Back in 2017, she said Pagosa had a ve-year inventory of million-dollar homes and only about ve sold in a year.

“In 2021, we sold 48 homes that were in the million-dollar price point. And then there were another 11 that were in the $2 million range,” she said. “ e number of sales will drop, but I just don’t see

the prices dropping.”

In Fort Collins, the median sales price in January was also higher than a year ago. ere are still multiple o ers going on, said Chris Hardy at Elevations Real Estate in Old Town Fort Collins. For one of his fellow agents, 8 out of 10 sales in January involved multiple o ers.

“It wasn’t like it was back in April or May when there were 15, 20 and 30 o ers on any home that came on the market. But there were at least two or more o ers on these homes,” Hardy said.

e data from the Northern Colorado multiple listing service recorded the city’s median price in January at $549,999, up about $11,000 from a year ago. In Larimer County, median sale prices increased 6.4% to $570,000, according to CAR data. Inventory has nearly doubled in a year, but it’s only taking two weeks longer to get a house sold in the county.

But Hardy added a caveat to the higher prices. Houses aren’t necessarily getting their full list price, especially those on the market since November. ose have likely reduced their price. And competition among buyers doesn’t mean houses are selling above the asking price.

“Last summer, you couldn’t buy anything inside the city limits of Fort Collins for under $500,000,” Hardy said. “ ere wasn’t anything and now that’s changed a little bit and so there are some homes in the mid-fours that get snapped up relatively quickly. In those highly desirable price points, there’s still quite a bit of activity.”

to turn it around.

Brighton area boasts of two repeat wrestling champs, two runners-up

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

DENVER -- Prairie View’s Ane’e Vigil and Brighton’s Dylan BravoPacker brought home championships from the state 5A wrestling tournament over the weekend.

eir state-winning matches were as di erent as left and right.

Vigil, who won his third straight crown, battled through to a 4-2 win over Ponderosa’s Jaylen Burge in the 113-pound nal.

BravoPacker, on the other hand, needed 1:41 of his match against Adrian Arellano of Pomona to record the pinfall win and his second straight championship.

“My coach, Eric Heinz, said anything would work for me,” in this tournament. “Being one of the only heavyweights to shoot was a huge thing.”

Three-peat

Vigil tried everything in his arsenal to turn Burge during the match but without success.

“ e kid? He is super strong,” Vigil said. “I had to improvise, ride him tough to win that match. He had such a strong base. I defended him really well.”

After his win, Vigil had enough energy to climb into the seats and celebrate with his family.

“It’s a great feeling having such a great support system,” he said. “It’s the best feeling in the world. All the work? It felt like it paid o .”

Two-peat

BravoPacker said his mindset was pretty simple.

“One match at a time, one move at a time,” he said. “I want to seize every opportunity I can get.”

is was BravoPacker’s fourth appearance in the state nals and his second title.

“My freshman year, I wasn’t as technical as the other guy, and I lost,” he said. “My sophomore year,

I went in with a big head, thinking I had it in the bag right away. Denitely didn’t, and I lost. In my junior year, there was no losing. I went out and did it.”

In closings

“It’s a hard sport,” Vigil said. “I’m so emotional. It’s my senior year. It’s my last match. I’m pretty tapped.” Vigil is awaiting o ers from col-

leges.

“I have no clue yet, but this help. Yes sir, it will,” he said. “I wanted to dominate. I wanted to tech fall (win by more than 15 points). But I still got the ‘W.’”

BravoPacker, who advanced to the nals all four years at BHS, lost a couple of members of his support system the past three years, including his great-grandfather this year.

“It was a little hard. I was closer with them than most kids,” he said.

“I visited with them most every Sunday. It was a big toll on me. e shirt I was wearing in the nals was from my grandpa when he passed away when I was a freshman. ey were mentors, teachers. My great-grandpa taught me how to turn on a stove and cook. He taught me to y sh. My other great-grandpa taught me how to ride a horse.

“ ose things they did leave behind are great things I know I will use for a very long time.”

Two more runners-up Riverdale Ridge’s AJ Hague had the taste of the state title. But coming up short is motivation for the junior to return with a vengeance.

Hague fell 3-1 to ompson Valley’s Jackzen Rairdon in the class 4A 120-pound title match, but he knew it was his to win.

“I came up short with one mistake, unfortunately,” Hague said. “Focus on next season.”

Hague nished the season with a 46-5 record and pinned his rst two opponents at the state tournament before beating Mesa Ridge’s Damien Reyes 4-1 to advance to the title match.

“I worked hard all week,” the junior said. “I wanted to win that championship. It is a lot of motivation for next season.”

Schoolmate Natasha Kuberski finished second in the 235-pound bout after falling to Calhan’s Ciara Monger in the title match by a pinfall.

Kuberski was disappointed for falling short but really appreciated the moment to wrestle.

“It was fun,” Kuberski said. “I got to do something I just really loved in front of a lot of people. I was disappointed I didn’t win, but I got to wrestle Ciara, and we are friends. And I am happy for her -- glad I got to share the match with a friend of mine.”

Eagle Ridge’s Derby takes ‘thievery’ to top of the rankings

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It’s theft.

Plain and simple.

It’s arrest-worthy on the streets. But it’s legal during the game of basketball.

Eagle Ridge Academy’s Megan Derby knows that all too well. She leads the state and is fourth in the nation in steals. Derby, a senior, averages more than 11 thefts per game. at’s to go with averages of six points, seven rebounds and ve assists per contest through 19 games.

“Whatever goes, goes,” she said. “It’s the movement and placement of my body. I try to move fast. I try to react. I

never worked on it. I always work on my defense. It’s just come to me. I’ve worked on it with my parents. But it’s mostly been me.”

Her sport of choice is soccer. She’s planning to join her sister at Northeastern Community College in Nebraska next year. Derby said there are some similarities between basketball and soccer, especially on defense.

“ e defensive side is the same. You have to use your hands in basketball,” Derby said. “In soccer, you don’t use your hands. It’s the positioning of your body, trying to backpedal. It all melds together. Without soccer, I wouldn’t be too good at basketball with how fast you have to be and the reaction timing. It’s

di erent.

“In soccer, I play the same way I do in basketball,” Derby continued. “Soccer is a little more aggressive. But it’s the reaction time and knowing the game and anticipating everything.”

If there is some sort of “seventh sense” that helps Derby play defense, her teammates are more aware of it than she is.

“You have a Megan Derby outside of sports. It’s completely di erent,” she said. “But once that whistle blows, I don’t exist. It’s just ‘Derby.’ Once that buzzer goes o or that whistle sounds, I’m just smiling and happy. I don’t have the death stare that everyone says I have.

“It’s pretty scary. I get told that a lot,

even from other parents,” Derby continued. “I’m like, ‘Oh. Sorry.’”

“I know what I have to do,” she continued. “Sometimes, it looks like I put my head down. But that’s just me knowing I messed up and that I have to keep going. at aggressive side kicks in. I use my mistakes to get stronger. If I don’t do that, I wouldn’t be where I am with my defense, my steals, my o ense or my teammates.”

Prairie View’s Ane’e Vigil hoists Ponderosa’s Jaylen Burge during the 113-pound finals at the state 5A tournament at Ball Arena Feb. 18.

PHOTO BY STEVE SMITH

BRIGHTON’S GARCIA HONORED

Brighton Scoreboard

Eagle Ridge Academy Girls basketball

Peak to Peak downed Eagle Ridge 48-22 in Lafayette Feb. 18. Julia DeLorenzo scored six points for the Warriors. Jaz Greenwood added ve.

Je erson Academy downed Eagle Ridge 57-21 in Brighton Feb. 17. No stats were available for either team.

Manual beat the Warriors 45-38 in Denver Feb. 14. Megan Derby and DeLorenzo scored 10 points to pace Eagle Ridge. Greenwood was next with nine. Rianna Ware scored 15 of Manual’s points.

ERA topped Manual 77-63 in Denver Feb. 14. e Warriors outscored the underbolts 21-9 in the second quarter to make things easy.

Joseph LeFlore Jr. led Manual with 21 points. DeShawn Fox scored 20. No stats were available for ERA.

Colorado Academy beat Eagle Ridge Academy in Littleton Feb. 13. No stats were available for either team.

Boys basketball

e Warriors closed out the regulars season with a 78-63 win at Peak to Peak Feb. 18. No stats were available. ERA pulled away in the fourth quarter. e Warriors outscored the Pumas 25-13 over the last eight minutes of play.

Eagle Ridge topped Je erson Academy 63-26 in Brighton Feb. 17. No stats were available.

nished sixth in the state girls wrestling tournament at Ball Arena, Rios-Paiz lost in the rst round, then won three straight matches in the consolation round to put herself in a position to place. She nished with a mark of 30-12.

Boys basketball Prairie View topped Erie 69-62 in the regular-season nale Feb. 16 on the Tigers’ oor. No stats were available.

Fairview slipped past the underHawks 79-70 in Boulder Feb. 14. Rashawn Salinas, who joined the 1,000-point club for the T-Hawks, scored 26 points. Javon Brewton added 15.

Legacy beat Prairie View 6957 in Brighton Feb. 13. No stats were available for the Lightning. Rashawn Salinas scored 22 for the underHawks. Javon Brewton added a dozen. Elliot Moskowitz led the Knights with 21 points.

PVHS nished the season with a record of 6-17..

Girls basketball

Erie beat Prairie View 54-15 in Brighton Feb. 16. No stats were available.

Fairview turned back the underHawks 62-53 in Brighton Feb. 14. Bella Chang led the Knights with 27 points. Remy Tolar tossed in 17. Celicia Robles led the underHawks with 28 points. Hannah Deshazer contributed 11.

The Colorado High School Activities Association saluted veteran Brighton wrestling coach James Garcia and others for achieving a 30-year career of coaching the sport. The recognition came before the start of the state wrestling finals Feb. 18 at Ball Arena. Garcia graduated from BHS before turning to coaching.

ERA students rally ‘round heart patient

Eagle Ridge Academy student body chips in for 6-year-old

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Eagle Ridge Academy students rallied around a youngster they have never met last week as part of the school’s Wish Week.

e bene ciary of the fundraising e ort is a young girl named Juniper, who lives in Erie. e Make-A-Wish Foundation directed the Eagle Ridge student council to Juniper. She had a number of heart surgeries before her rst birthday. Juniper is 8.

e student council organized three events to help raise money.

“She’s really sweet. She’s had heart disease before she was even 12 months old, so she had to get a heart transplant,” said Kaydence Her, a member of the school’s student council. “We wanted to help her reach an amount of money to reach her goal (an above-ground pool). She can’t go to a public pool. We decided we should help her.”

“ e money can go for doctors’ visits,” said Danielle Nikoli. “ e money won’t go directly to her. It goes to all the kids (who part of the Make-A-Wish pro-

gram). But she will get her wish.”

Neither Nikoli nor Her has met Juniper.

“ e representatives from Make A Wish came out and spoke to our kids,” said Christine Willson, the student council advisor. “Yesterday (Feb. 8) was Trivia Night. ey did some challenges. ese guys, speci cally, were creative. If you bought a sabotage ticket, other teams would have to run around the table before they could answer the question or a 52-card pickup before they could answer the question. at was super cool. It got people involved in a lot of ways.”

e goal is to raise $5,000.

“We’ve raised a lot. One of our teachers (science teacher Mildy Hildebrand) said she’d shave her head if we reached our goal,” Nikoli said. “So, we want to reach that goal.”

Her said the project is helping her spread awareness.

“I didn’t know anything about Make A Wish,” she said. “It feels really nice to be able to donate money. ey’ve been through so much. We just want to help them out. It brings a lot of positivity.

Colorado Academy beat Eagle Ridge Academy 66-59 in overtime Feb. 13. e game was in Littleton. No stats were available for the Warriors. George Buyers scored 25 for the Mustangs. Clyde Love scored 16, and Andrew Koclanes added a dozen.

Riverdale Ridge High School

Boys basketball

Riverdale Ridge wrapped up the regular season Feb. 16 by beating Roosevelt 95-64 in ornton. No stats were available.

e Ravens got past Northridge 58-55 in Greeley Feb. 14. Zach Van soest scored 19 points for the Grizzlies. Jackson Jenkins added 12. No stats were available for Riverdale Ridge.

RRHS nished with a mark of 16-7.

Girls basketball

Riverdale Ridge closed out the regular season with as 70-57, home- oor win over Roosevelt Feb. 16. No stats were available for the Roughriders. Freshman Brihanna Crittendon led the Ravens with 34 points. Gabby Herr scored 14, and Macayla Stark added 11.

e Ravens beat Northridge 45-34 in Greeley Feb. 14. Crittendon scored 22, and Herr added 13. Killyin Fulton scored 11 to lead the Grizzlies.

RRHS nished the regular season with a mark of 20-3;.

Prairie View High School Girls wrestling

Prairie View’s Raquel Rios-Paiz

BRIEFS

Borgmann service

A memorial service for former Colorado high School Activities Association assistant Commissioner Bert Borgmann will be at 10 a.m. Sat-

PVHS nished the regular season with a 9-14 record.

Brighton High School

Girls wrestling

DENVER -- Neither of Brighton’s quali ers to the girls state wrestling tournament placed in their respective weight classes.

Kiahna Spellman (39-12) split her four matches at state. Isabella Smouse (40-9) also split her four matches at Ball Arena.

Boys basketball

Monarch beat Brighton 100-69 in Louisville Feb. 16. Van Nellessen led the Coyotes with 22 points. Evan Trujillo poured in 17 points. Tyler Carlson and Dean Reeves added 15, and Aidan Kennedy chipped in with 14. No stats were available for BHS.

Boulder beat Brighton 61-53 in Brighton Feb. 14. Kyle Blauch led the Panthers with 23 points. Riley Stein tossed in 10. No stats were available for the Bulldogs. e Bulldogs nished the season with a mark of 8-15.

Girls basketball

Monarch beat Brighton 65-28 in Brighton Feb. 16. Natalie Guanella scored 17 points for the Coyotes. Arezo Sa added 10. No stats were available for Brighton.

BHS beat Boulder 47-36 in Boulder Feb. 14. Shelby Musgrave and Amanda Byrnes led Brighton with 10 points. No stats were available for the Panthers.

BHS won ve of 23 games this season.

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DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO

ADAMS COUNTY COMBINED COURT

Court Address: 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton, CO 80601

CONSOLIDATED NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

– ALLOCATION OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Notice is hereby given that in the following proceedings filed in the Court under the Uniform Dissolution 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 publication of the following shall be published once during the month of February 2023. 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.

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2022DR30934 PATRICIA FLORES CONTRERAS VS ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN BIRTH FATHERS

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GUEVARA SERRANO VS JAIME ARGUETA

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Date: February 16, 2023

By: Madeline Scholl Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. BSB2187

First Publication: February 23, 2023

Last Publication: February 23, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

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DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO

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

CONSOLIDATED NOTICE OF PUBLICATION – DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE

Notice is hereby given that in the following proceedings filed in the Court under the Uniform Dissolution 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 publication of the following shall be published once during the month of February 2023. 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.

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GARCIA VS ALONSO CRUZ GARCIA

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The Brighton Housing Authority (BHA) is preparing its annual submission of the Moving to Work (MTW) Supplement and is seeking public comment and feedback. The draft plan will be available for review on BHA’s website at www. brightonhousing.org with a 45-day comment period beginning on February 20, 2023 and ending on April 7, 2023. A copy of the draft plan will also be available for public inspection at BHA offices at 22 S. 4th Avenue, Suite 202, Brighton, CO 80601. Comments regarding the supplement may be emailed to info@brightonhousing.org or mailed to 22 S. 4th Avenue, Suite 202, Brighton, CO 80601

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If you are a person with disabilities and are in need of a reasonable accommodation to access this information or public hearing, please call BHA offices at 303-655-2160.

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First Publication: February 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

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NOTICE is hereby given of a public hearing before the City Council of Brighton, Colorado, at 6:00 p.m. of the 7th day of March, 2023, in the City Council Chambers located in City Hall, 500 South 4th Avenue, 1st Floor, Brighton, Colorado 80601, for the purpose of considering the adoption by reference of the Model Traffic Code for Colorado, 2020 Edition, as the traffic ordinance of the City of Brighton, Colorado.

Copies of the Model Traffic Code for Colorado, 2020 Edition 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 Model Traffic Code for Colorado, 2020 Edition will not be published in full, but in accordance with state law, copies will be kept on file.

The Model Traffic Code for Colorado, 2020 Edition is published by the Colorado Department of Transportation, Safety and Traffic Engineering Branch, 4201 East Arkansas Avenue, EP 700, Denver, Colorado 80222. The subject matter of the Model Traffic Code for Colorado, 2020 Edition relates primarily to comprehensive traffic control regulations for the City. The purpose of the ordinance and the Code adopted therein is to provide a system of traffic regulations consistent with state law and generally conforming to similar regulations throughout the state and the nation. Following the hearing on March 7, 2023, the City Council will consider passage of the adopting ordinance on second reading.

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

CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO

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Legal Notice No. BSB2169

First Publication: February 16, 2023

Last Publication: February 23, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Metropolitan Districts

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A CALL FOR NOMINATIONS (NOTICE BY PUBLICATION OF) §1-13.5-501, 1-13.5-1102(3), 32-1-905(2), C.R.S.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the electors of the West Adams District of Adams, Weld, Broomfield Counties), Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will be held on the 10th day of May 2023, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, supervisors will be elected to serve 4-year terms. Eligible electors of the West Adams District interested in serving on the board of supervisors may obtain a Self-Nomination and Acceptance form from the District Designated Election Official (DEO):

Jennifer Tucker 57 W. Bromley Ln Brighton, CO 80601 303659-7004 X3

The Office of the DEO is open on the following days: M - F from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The deadline to submit a Self-Nomination and Acceptance is close of business on February 24, 2023 (not less than 67 days before the election).

day before the election).

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, an application for an absentee ballot shall be filed with the designated election official no later than the close of business on Tuesday preceding the election, April 25, 2023.

Jennifer Tucker

Designated Election Official Signature

Legal Notice No. BSB2180

First Publication: February 23, 2023

Last Publication: February 23, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Budget Hearings

Colorado 80111 on or before the date and time hereinabove shown for final payment. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement of claim prior to such final settlement will release the District, its directors, officers, agents, and employees, of and from any and all liability for such claim.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNITED WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT

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

General Counsel

Legal Notice No. BSB2181

First Publication: February 23, 2023

Last Publication: March 2, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Summons and Sheriff Sale

Public Notice

COUNTY COURT, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO

Court Address: 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton, CO 80601 Phone Number: 303-659-1161x143

February 28, 2023

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 February 28, 2023 for the purpose of conducting such business as may come before the Board. This meeting is open to the public. Pursuant to § 32-1-903 CRS, as amended, this meeting will be conducted via teleconference on 669 900 6833 (Conference ID: 830 9662 5390) and videoconference on https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83096625390. Directors and members of the public that wish to participate in the meeting at the District’s designated physical location may do so by visiting the offices of CliftonLarsenAllen at 8390 E. Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

FURTHER, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget amendment has been submitted to the District for the fiscal year of 2022. A copy of the proposed budget amendment has been filed in the office of the District’s accountant, CliftonLarsenAllen, at 8390 E. Crescent Parkway in Greenwood Village, Colorado where the same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget amendment will be considered at the regular meeting of the District to be held at 11:30 AM on February 28, 2023. Any interested elector within the District may inspect the proposed budget amendment and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2022 budget amendment.

FURTHER, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget amendment has been submitted to the District for the fiscal year of 2023. A copy of the proposed amended budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsenAllen, where the same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget amendment will be considered at the regular meeting of the District to be held at 11:30 AM on February 28, 2023. Any interested elector within the District may inspect the proposed budget amendment and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2023 budget amendment.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADAMS EAST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

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

Legal Notice No. BSB2177

First Publication: February 23, 2023

Last Publication: February 23, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Bids and Settlements

Public Notice

NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT

NOTICE is hereby given that United Water & Sanitation District, Elbert County, Colorado (the “District”), will make final payment at 7460 County Road 1, Longmont, CO 80504, on or after Monday, March 13, 2023, at the hour of 8:00 a.m. to Fischer Construction, Inc. of Longmont, Colorado (“Contractor”) for all work performed for the District by Contractor in construction of or work on the United North Cell Pump Station near the City of Brighton, Adams County, Colorado (the “Project”).

Any person, copartnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by such contractors or their subcontractors, in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done for the Project, or that supplies rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work for the Project, and whose claim therefor has not been paid by the Contractor or its subcontractors, at any time up to and including the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done on the Project, is required to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid, and an account of such claim, to United Water & Sanitation District, 8301 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 100, Greenwood Village,

Plaintiff: PLATTE RIVER RANCH SOUTH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT v. Defendant(s): TODD A GARRISON

Case Number: 2022C037256

Div.: 1 Ctrm.:

Attorney: Jeffrey B. Smith, Esq.

Firm Name: Altitude Community Law P.C.

Address: 555 Zang Street, Suite 100 Lakewood, Colorado 80228-1011

Phone Number: 303.432.9999 email: jsmith@altitude.law

Atty. Reg. #:40490

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

TO: TODD A GARRISON

You are hereby summoned and required to file with the Clerk of the Court an answer or other response to the complaint filed against you in this case. You are required to file your answer or other response on or before:

March 23, 2023 at 8:00 A.M., in the Adams County Court, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601.

The nature of this action is a proceeding in rem.

The relief sought by the Plaintiff(s) is an Injunction which will affect the following property:

1218 Bluejay Ave., Brighton, CO 80601-7394, also known as SUB:PLATTE RIVER RANCH FILING NO 3 BLK:5 LOT:1, Adams County, State of Colorado. (the “Property”).

If you fail to file your answer or other response on or before the date and time shown above, the relief sought may be granted by default by the Court without further notice.

Dated at , Colorado, this day of , 2023.

CLERK OF THE COURT

By: Deputy Clerk

This summons is issued pursuant to Rule 304(e), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure. This form should not be used where personal service is desired.

WARNING: ALL FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE. IN SOME CASES, A REQUEST FOR A JURY TRIAL MAY BE DENIED PURSUANT TO LAW EVEN THOUGH A JURY FEE HAS BEEN PAID.

Legal Notice No. BSB2124

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 2, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice

COUNTY COURT, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO

Court Address: 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton, CO 80601

Phone Number: 303-659-1161x143

Plaintiff: PLATTE RIVER RANCH SOUTH

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT v.

Defendant(s): ANTHONY J HEPP

Case No.: 2022C037257

Div: 1

Attorney: Jeffrey B. Smith, Esq.

Firm Name: Altitude Community Law P.C.

Address: 555 Zang Street, Suite 100 Lakewood, Colorado 80228-1011

Phone Number: 303.432.9999

email: jsmith@altitude.law

Atty. Reg. #:40490

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO: ANTHONY J HEPP

You are hereby summoned and required to file

with the Clerk of the Court an answer or other response to the complaint filed against you in this case. You are required to file your answer or other response on or before:

March 23, 2023 at 8:00 A.M., in the Adams County Court, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601.

The nature of this action is a proceeding in rem.

The relief sought by the Plaintiff(s) is an Injunction which will affect the following property: 1420 Swan Ave., Brighton, CO 80601-4344, also known as SUB:PLATTE RIVER RANCH FILING NO 5 BLK:14 LOT:23, Adams County, State of Colorado. (the “Property”).

If you fail to file your answer or other response on or before the date and time shown above, the relief sought may be granted by default by the Court without further notice.

Dated at , Colorado, this day of , 2023.

CLERK OF THE COURT

By: Deputy Clerk

This summons is issued pursuant to Rule 304(e), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure. This form should not be used where personal service is desired.

WARNING: ALL FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE. IN SOME CASES, A REQUEST FOR A JURY TRIAL MAY BE DENIED PURSUANT TO LAW EVEN THOUGH A JURY FEE HAS BEEN PAID.

Legal Notice No. BSB2125

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 2, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public NOtice

District Court Adams County, Colorado Court Address: 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton, CO 80601 303-659-1161

Plaintiff(s)/Petitioner(s): FRED MIDCAP AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ES-

TATE OF JAMES THOMAS MIDCAP, JR., AKA J. THOMAS MIDCAP, JR., AKA TOM MIDCAP, AKA

JAMES THOMAS MIDCAP, AKA J. THOMAS MIDCAP, DECEASED

v.

Defendant(s)/Respondent(s): ALL UNKNOWN

PARTIES WHO MAY CLAIM ANY INTEREST OF THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION

Case Number: 2023CV30129

Attorney or Party Without Attorney (Name and Address): McClary, P.C.

Andrew F. McClary, Atty. Reg.#: 13363

507 Warner St., PO Box 597, Fort Morgan, CO 80701

Phone Number: (970) 867-5621; Fax Number: (970) 867-3703

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT(S):

You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint [petition] filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within 35* days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication.

A copy of the complaint [petition] may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint [petition] in writing within 35* days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the complaint [petition] without further notice.

This is an action: Complaint for Declaratory Judgement in Quiet Title and to Terminate Trust

Dated: January 30, 2023

/s/ Andrew F. McClary

Attorney for Plaintiff(s)/Petitioner(s)

Legal Notice No. BSB2150

First Publication: February 9, 2023

Last PublicatioMarch 9, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Misc. Private Legals

Public Notice

United States District Court: District of Colorado. Case #1:22-cv-01790-PAB-MEH.

NOTICE OF SERVICE TO: BERNARD ESMEL ARRITOLA ALONSO.

A civil lawsuit has been filed against you alleging that you violated state and federal law and owe Plaintiff Yoel Lodos the following: unpaid and underpaid wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Colorado Wage Claim Act; liquidated damages in the amount of the unpaid FLSA wages pursuant to 29 U.S.C. §216(b); statutory damages as provided for under the CWCA; damages for the retaliatory acts taken against Plaintiff in an amount to be determined at trial; interest; the costs of the action together with reasonable attorneys’ fees; and such other and further relief as the court deems necessary and proper.

NOTICE IS HEREBY SERVED UPON YOU. You must file your answer or motion with the court in response to the Complaint by March 30, 2023. If you fail to respond, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Notice No. BSB2173

Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before June 16, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Tina Virgo Personal Representative

c/o Alison E. Zinn, Esq. Lathrop GPM LLP 675 15th Street, Suite 2650 Denver, Colorado 80202

Legal Notice No. BSB2171

First Publication: February 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 2, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Donna Hughes, a/k/a Donna L. Hughes, a/k/a Donna Lee Hughes, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30092

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 June 16, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Casey L. Williams, #39117 Attorney for Kristine E. Ocker Personal Representative 203 Telluride Street, #400 Brighton, CO 80601

Legal Notice No. BSB2163

First Publication: February 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 2, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of MARY AGNESS LEACH, deceased Case Number: 23PR30140

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 June 23, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

TRACI LYNNE SCOTT

C/O ZACHARY T. REAMS, ESQ.

Personal Representative 222 N. 7TH STREET GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO 81501

Legal Notice No. BSB2190

First publication: February 23, 2023

PURSUANT TO §15-12-1303 C.R.S. ******Attendance at this hearing is not required or expected. ****** TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: David W. Beisel, Jr. 937 Oakmoor Dr. Fenton, MO 63026

Dorothy A. Douglas 2801 Black Hills Court Imperial, MO 63052

A non-appearance hearing on the Petition for the Determination of Heirs or Devisees or Both, and of Interest in Property is set on the following date, time and location:

Date: April 7, 2023

8:00 a.m. Address: 1100 Judicial Center Dr. Division T Brighton, CO 80601

A Petition has been filed alleging that the above named Decedents died leaving the following property: Undivided interest in oil, gas and other minerals located in the South Half of the Northeast Quarter (S2NE4) of Section 1, Township 1 South, Range 68 West of the 6th P.M., Adams County, Colorado.

Note: You must answer the Petition within 35 days after the last Publication of this Notice.

• Within the time required for answering the Petition, all objections to the Petition must be in writing and filed with the Court.

•If no objection is filed, the Court may take action on the Petition without further notice or hearing.

Legal Notice No. BSB2166

First Publication: February 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 2, 2023 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Number: 2023 PR 30080

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 July 5, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred. Stacy

Last publication: March 09, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Lynn D. Busby a/k/a Lynn Busby, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30126

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 June 26, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ashley A. Geary Attorney for Personal Representative JORGENSON, BROWNELL, & PEPIN, P.C 900 S. Main Street, Suite 100 Longmont, CO 80501 Notice

Legal Notice No. BSB2185

First Publication: February 23, 2023

Last Publication: March 9, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Jennifer Nicole Pipping, aka Jennifer Pipping, aka Jenny Pipping, aka Jennie Pipping, aka Jenni Pipping, aka Jen Pipping, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30115

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 June 23, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Lucy Pipping Personal Representative c/o Schafer Thomas Maez PC 4 Garden Center #200 Broomfield, Colorado 80020

Legal Notice No. BSB2182

First Publication: February 23, 2023

Last Publication: March 9, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of ISOLDE GILLILAND, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 19

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 June 21, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Heather Marie Quaintance

CO 80234

Isaac

Kayla Kristine Houston, John Doe, John Matthews

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

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 19th day of April, 2023 at the hour of 10:30 a.m. You are hereby notified to be and appear, at said time, before this Court located at the Adams County Justice Center, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601.

Witness my hand and seal of said Court this 13th day of February, 2023.

Alana Percy Clerk of the District Court

Legal Notice No. BSB2178

First Publication: February 23, 2023

Last Publication: February 23, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice STATE OF COLORADO IN THE DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ADAMS Division S No. 21JV32

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE INTEREST OF: Kylessa Bryant, Easton Bryant, Red Davison

A Children, and Concerning Megan Triplett aka Megan Bryant, John Doe, David Davison Respondents

S U M M O N S

To the parents, guardian, or other respondents named above, GREETING: 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 6th day of April, 2023, at the hour of 9:30 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 14th day of February, 2023.

Amy Mailander Clerk of the District Court

Legal Notice No. BSB2183

First Publication: February 23, 2023

Last Publication: February 23, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO

Court Address: 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton, CO 80601

Children: Yasmine Hassan, Yaseen Hassan, Amira Hassan

Respondents: Leighann Abeyta, Abdul-Kadir Hassan Special Respondents: Maka Salah

Case Number: 21JV173

NOTICE TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPON-

DENTS: Leighann Abeyta, Abdul-Kadir Hassan

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

YOU ARE FURTHER ADVISED that the Motion has been set for hearing in Division D of the District Court in and for the County of Adams, Adams County Justice Center, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, Colorado, on the 6th day of April 2023, at the hour of 9:30am, at which time the Petitioner must prove by clear and convincing evidence

1) It is in the best interests of the child, that the parentchild 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 9th day of February, 2023.

BY THE COURT: District Court Judge/Magistrate

Legal Notice No. BSB2176

First Publication: February 23, 2023

Last Publication: February 23, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade ###

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