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BRUSHING UPONHISTORY

Grants for teachers o ered

BY ERICA MELTZER CHALKBEAT COLORADO

Colorado teachers can get up to $1,000 toward classroom learning materials. O er good while supplies last.

Colorado Education Commissioner Susana Córdova announced the grant opportunity —a partnership with the website DonorsChoose —at Westview Elementary School in Northglenn in the Adams 12 Five Star Schools district ursday.

e money —$11 million in total —comes from federal pandemic relief money intended to help students recover from COVID learning disruptions. In their applications, teachers will have to describe how the materials will contribute to learning recovery. Examples could include equipment for science experiments, games and puzzles to bolster reading

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THAT’S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR

In a lonely world, friendship makes a di erence

Security, construction and salaries at 27J

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

With the school year underway, Adams County School District 27J’s School Superintendent Chris Fiedler updated Brighton and Commerce City leaders on the district’s progress. “We will be at little over 23,000 students, based on enrollment numbers,” Fiedler told councilors. “When I started in’05, I think there were about 11,000 and at the turn of the century there were about 5,000.”

e city of Brighton hosted a joint meeting with the school district and councilors and sta from Commerce City Aug. 29 at Brighton’s Eagle View Adult Center. Each group o ered a quick update about their doings, but the bulk of the meeting was reserved to discuss the school district.

Voters in Brighton, Commerce City and ornton approved a mill levy override for eight mills to provide for school safety, retention of teachers and new construction in 2022 for the district. Voters in the 27J District had not approved a property for the school district since 2000.

Fiedler told the o cials from the two cities that the property tax increase is expected to generate $17.7 million spread across three areas. About $2.8 million is dedicated to career and technical education. e district is using $2.2 million to upgrade its buildings and programs, with $554,393 going to charter schools.

e next $6.7 million is going to safety and security upgrades at the district’s schools, about $5.3 million for the district and $1.3 million to charter schools. e largest portion of $8.3 million is dedicated to teacher and sta compensation, with about $6.7 million going to the district’s schools and $1.7 million going to charter schools in the district’s area.

Construction progress

e school district’s rst CTE center opened Aug. 16 at the district’s newest school, Riverdale Ridge in ornton. e district has planned ribbon-cutting ceremonies for the two remaining high school CTE centers at Brighton High School and Prairie View High School, on Sept. 11.

Fiedler said he’s pleased that the new centers allow the students to get their career classes without impinging on their other classes.

“We are proud of the fact that we have CT centers at each of the high schools. e students can walk out of class in the main building to take their class and then walk back and take their history or whatever in the main building,” he said. “Many districts around us favor the center model, but the students have to travel back and forth. is way, every student has access to the 36 industry certi cates that are available.”

He said the work at Brighton High School, which was built in the 1955, was the most challenging of the three.

“ e two others are more modern buildings,” he said. “It was kind of a fresh start. But this was by far the most di cult in terms of staging and in terms of space. But we are open and

Fiedler said there are other construction projects to look forward too. e district hopes to begin work on its sixth middle school at 152nd

and Holly in ornton and it’s fourth high school 96th Ave. and Reunion Parkway in Commerce City soon.

“ at will be rst high school in Commerce City since they opened Adams City,” Fiedler said. “So if you are paying attention, it’s been minute.”

Security upgrades

Fiedler said the property tax increase has allowed the district to bolster security at all the schools.

“Previous to mill levy override’s success we had a two person security team,” Fiedler said. “ ey were the sole folks in charge of that, along with the army of others, the principals and teachers.”

Each city has a dedicated safety specialist and the district has also upgraded sta security training and added security and emergency radios.

Each high school and middle school has dedicated school resource o cers, as well as campus supervisors and each of the district’s 13

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Faces of history going up at Founders Plaza

Artist dipped into community’s history for colorful mural

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e colorful mural going up on the southern wall of Brighton’s Founders Plaza features elds of green crops, scenes from the city’s history and some surprising faces.

“I came up with my own design and layout and presented it to the council. Once it was approved, there were some things that we wanted to tweak on of some images they felt were important to include for instance Guadalupe Villalobos Briseno,” Louisianna Muralist Hans Geist said.

Geist was selected by Brighton’s Art Committee to paint the mural in the square at 5th and Bridge Street, the nishing touch to the city’s work on the plaza. He was one of 161 artists that responded to a national search.

e goal was to brighten a drab wall but also to celebrate the faces that have made the city special.

“When we rst started constructing the Founders Plaza, we had the idea of putting a mural on this wall to recognize Founders Plaza and recognized the important people of the city of Brighton,” said Gary Wartell of the City of Brighton Art Committee.

e city of Brighton and Geist are shooting for mid-September for the mural’s completion, depending on the weather, and will have a dedication ceremony at the end of

September.

Wartell said the committee decided to look nationally for an artist that represented their vision.

“Our committee of 16 reviewed examples of photos they sent us. We narrowed it down to six people, and Hans was one of them. We called the six people to interview, and Hans did the best job of presenting to us his vision of what our mural would be. We selected him,” Wartell said.

Geist began painting when he was very young and has done murals professionally for about 30 years.

“I paint historical murals around mostly the Gulf Coast region. So when I saw the City Brighton was looking for a historical mural. I entered the call and got selected to do the mural,” Geist said.

Geist said when planning a large mural, he sketches out his ideas. With the Founders mural, he started sketching the borders rst, working from there, and bringing the elements together from the outside in.

He not only brought his skills to the project but his family member’s skills as well.

“My daughter, Emma Geist, was here last week helping me and she’s an amazing artist. She painted the amenco dancer dress on the girl in the mural, and that was from a photo,” Geist said. “She also painted some of the other areas on the bottom. But she had to y back to Louisiana, unfortunately, she helped us get a good start.”

Research

Geist said before he came up with this design, he did about a month’s research on the area of Brighton and found many images and books with a lot of history, landmarks and the

people that have made Brighton the place it is today.

“It was a work in progress, but we got it pretty much narrowed down to the essential things to include,” Geist said.

at’s where he discovered labor activist and National Floral Worker’s founder Guadalupe Villalobos Briseno. Geist said they wanted to put her in the mural to recognize her legacy for what she did in the community.

According to History Colorado, Briseno was among the MexicanAmerican women working for the Kitayama Corporation’s oral processing plant in Brighton, in July 1968. e women, led by Briseno, decided to strike, citing distressful working conditions, long hours with no overtime and having to work in humid, muddy nurseries that caused accidents and impacted the women’s health.

Briseno also created a National

Floral Workers Organization and received national and local support and was guided by Cesar Chavez, according to History Colorado.  Ray Kitayama, owner of the ower processing company, got wind of the pending strike and red Brisano, but she continued with the strike. It came to a head after eight months. e women made one last e ort and chained themselves to the gate of the Kitayama plant. Kitayama called the Weld County police and the striking women were cut loose and sprayed with tear gas, according to History Colorado.

e strike ended after 221 days and the conditions improved for workers. e plant closed shortly after due to other internal issues.

But Briseno was hailed as a leader, according to History Colorado, since she’d had no labor experience prior to organizing an eight-month labor strike. She became an inspiration for female activists.

Han Geist uses small sketches of the mural to capture every detail. PHOTO BY BELEN WARD

Adams County, Anythink libraries name Poet Laureate

Kerrie Joy hopes to inspire community for next two years, and beyond

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Expect Adams County to be a little more lyrical for the next two years.

In joint e ort with Anything Libraries, Adams County Parks, Open Space & Cultural Arts named its rst poet laureate, Kerry Joy.

Joy will serve that role during the library’s two-year-long program “Sincerely.”

“One of the greatest impacts that I hope to have is that individuals fall further in love with themselves through these words and through these communal events,” says Joy. “ at’s always the greatest hope.”

With the joint initiative, Joy will perform several events at Anything and Adams County locations, engaging with the community through

performance and writing sessions promoting her art through literature as an ambassador for Adams County.

Joy is based in Denver and is a poet, singer-songwriter, storyteller, educator, and revolutionary. She creates poetry through hip-hop, song, graphic design, and fashion.

Stacie Ledden, director of strategic partnerships for Anythink, said Joy’s role as Adams County Poet Laureate is designed to nd engaging ways to interact with the community through poetry by helping residents of all ages and backgrounds fall in love with the art form and inspire them towards creating original works based on their experiences.

“In this inaugural year, Joy will spark and fuel civic dialogue, amplify voices, break down barriers between the community and poetry as an art form, and enrich the lives of Adams County residents through access to arts and culture. ‘Sincerely’ will have three main components: a public programming series, commissioned poetry and original

works, and public readings,” Ledden said.

Shimmering energy

e Adams County Arts & Culture Commission member Evan Siegel said Joy brings shimmering, compassionate energy.

“She will leave you breathless, for her work presents a constant unfolding of ruthless self-revelation with a deep a rmation of her care for all of us, “ Siegel said.

“And yet she will also ll you with life; for her poetry, while built on the rhythms of the ages, is grounded in our moment, reaching out to us to show us love and a way of living with nobility,” he added.

Ledden said Anthink and the Adams County Arts & Culture Commission are excited to bring “Sincerely” and Joy’s unique poetry to the community of Adams County.

“Joy’s passion for poetry, community, and representation will inspire future generations of poets locally. Many people may not yet see poetry as a tool for expression, healing, and cultural understanding – Kerrie is

the perfect person to engage in these creative discussions while showcasing her own voice and talent,” Ledden said.

“You will want to hear her, you will want to be with her, and you will want to learn from her. It is our wish that the presence of Kerrie Joy will be a great gift for the people of Adams County,” Siegel said.

Joy was selected through a competitive process that began with an open call in search of eligible Colorado-based poets connected to Adams County.  e candidates were required to submit self-published works of art such as reading, spoken word, performance experience, and community project experience. e Jury Selection Committee was comprised of the Adams County Arts & Culture Commission members and representatives from the Adams County Parks, Open Space & Cultural Arts Department, and Anythink Libraries.

Fort Lupton turns back the clock for spaghetti night

King James inspired

Joy was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in upstate New York, Newburgh, and has been in Colorado for about seven years.

Joy said she developed writing poetry when she was about 11 years old.

“I grew up legalistic loving family, my parents are natural-born citizens of Jamaica, so they migrated to Brooklyn about two years before I was born. I grew in a Pentecostal religion, my mother is Pentecostal. It has a strong presence in Jamaica,” Joy said.

She started to perform poetry when she was about 21 and has been performing the craft of poetry for over a decade.

“It was the environment that I grew up in, and the church would tend to rule my household more than my mother. So whatever they said, would be applicable to our lives as opposed to whatever rules she personally abided by,” she added.

considering the fact that I’ve been able to take the oppressive nature of it and remove that from my personal life, it’s where it began and really shaped my understanding of how to use words in the Bible.”

Joy said she doesn’t have formal training but listens to what is inside and found a way to communicate outside of her and connect to people, which resonated.

“I have a poem that says, ‘I speak because I’m spoken to’,” Joy said.

Future

Joy said she performs in the spoken word scene more than anything.

Written prose was always a part of her life, but she kept her written pieces private.

“I shared getting on stage and performing so I tapped into the spoken word world immediately once I found out when I was about 20, to 21years old,” Joy said.

Joy’s goal is to have some written pieces and release a book before the end of her term in Adams County.

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e Fort Lupton community did it again, jitterbugging, swinging, twisting, and boogie-woogie at the 16th annual Spaghetti Dinner to raise funds for school supplies for the Weld-Re-8 school district on August 30 at the Fort Lupton Recreation Center.

is year’s theme was the 50s, with folks dressed up wearing

1950s fashion, a silent auction, and DJ Mark Franzen spinning the rock’n’roll. All the proceeds go directly to the schools.

For last year’s spaghetti dinner, the community raised $3,700 purchasing backpacks, spiral notebooks, laptops, pens, crayons, pencils and markers, football and soccer balls, trombones, ues, Colorado book, clay playdoh, and rulers, including personal hygiene supplies.

Joy said she grew up attending church ve out of seven days each week for di erent reasons and reading the Bible. at’s how her relationship with words began.

“If you know anything about the King James Version in the Bible it’s very poetic,” Joy said. “In general, there’s a lot of parables, there are a lot of books within the Bible that, that are clearly poetic, like Psalms, Songs of Solomon, proverbs, things of that nature of Ecclesiastes,” Joy said.

“ ere’s a lot of my favorite works of literature,” she said. “In retrospect,

“I’ve been talking with Adams County and Anthink Libraries about a compilation of some sort, re ecting on the two years that we’re working together, and hopefully incorporate poetry and other written works from other Adam County residents as part of the process,” Joy said.

No matter what, she hopes to continue to challenge herself as a creative person.

“I’m a poet, and I believe everything I do is poetry, no matter how it shows up creatively,” she said. “I am a singer; I’m a songwriter, and I am a lover of fashion. I’m an event curator. I want to see how I can nd as many

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Julie Holm, Fort Lupton Recreation Center assistant director, volunteered to serve drinks, and Wyatt Chapdelaine came to support the students. BELEN WARD

GRANT

skills, or hands-on materials that help students learn multiplication or fractions.

Córdova said she knows teachers dig into their own pockets every year —sometimes to the tune of hundreds of dollars —to make their classrooms inviting and engaging places for learning. She said this grant complements other pandemic relief initiatives that aim to make

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ways as possible to bring poetry into the world through every medium I possibly can,” Joy said.

bigger changes for lots of kids, such as paying for new curriculum or tutoring. By allowing individual teachers to apply for money, the state can match federal money to local needs and know the money “would go directly into classrooms.”

e money comes from the second round of federal pandemic relief. e state has until Sept. 30 to distribute that money.

“We know this will be very popular, and the funding probably won’t last very long,” Córdova said.

Second grade teacher Jenny Lage recalled a project she did last year

Joy said she had ideas about collaborating with other visual artists and using augmented reality to display poetry di erently.

“So if that happens during this term, or even after, those are some things I have been kind of chewing and want to see how they have a

in which her students used PlayDoh to build animal habitats that were displayed in a miniature art show. Her students loved it and learned a lot. ey also had to make do with a single container of Play-Doh per child.

Having money to cover more materials means she can design more hands-on learning, and students stay more engaged, she said. It even means fewer behavioral problems.

Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and Oklahoma have done similar projects with pandemic relief dollars.

manifest,” Joy said.

Joy said one of the events she plans to put on during this term is a poetic fashion show.

“I create an original piece and work with designers to nd somehow incorporating the words into the clothing so as the models are walking on the fashion show, they are living epistles, and it’s great,” Joy said.

She’s done that once before, to great e ect.

“I’ve gotten a lot of requests to bring that back. It going to be something that I’ll be doing again,” she added.

Joy said her previous series, called Unstudied, sheds light on many jazz musicians, speci cally the musicians, that made up Denver’s the Harlem of

To participate, teachers should go to the DonorsChoose Colorado Instruction Page. DonorsChoose will review requests. Qualifying applications will typically be funded in two to ve days. DonorsChoose will withhold its suggested donation and sales taxes from the grant amount.

e application is open now, and requests will be lled on a rstcome, rst-serve basis until the funding runs out.

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the West.

“I am working with local artists who are still making sure the music scene is ourishing, blossoming and evolving, but we pay homage to those who paved the way,” she said, “It’s what unstudied is about. I’ll be doing that throughout this program, but have been doing that already.”

Event planning and curation has been a part of her life for a few years now, Joy said.

“I have a lot of events at any point in time by meeting someone, and I’d love to collaborate. When I meet people who have ideas, we can gure out ways to work together, and we do.

To learn more about Kerry Joy, visit: https://kerriejoy.com/

Working to head o middle schooler mistrust

edited for length and clarity.

BY ANN SCHIMKE CHALKBEAT COLORADO

Leah Williamson, a middle school social worker in the southern Colorado city of Pueblo, says some of her students have gone through more by age 14 than most adults do in a lifetime. ey come from the city’s east side, where poverty and crime rates are high.

ey don’t “come from white picket fences, unicorns and glitter, and do not want to be treated as [if] they do,” she said. “ ey want love and attention.”

But since many of her students have a hard time trusting people, Williamson, who works at Risley International Academy of Innovation, tries to meet them where they are and get to know them as individuals.

“Most are extremely proud to be ‘East-siders’ and need people to see them for who they are and where they come from,” she said.

Williamson, who was named 2023 Trailblazer of the Year by the Colorado School Social Work Association, talked to Chalkbeat about her own school struggles, the e ects of the pandemic on students, and her advice for parents who want to help their children with mental health issues.

is interview has been lightly

I actually had no intention of being a school social worker or working with kids. While I was completing my master’s degree internship with the counseling agency State of Grace, they placed me in the Pueblo 60 district. I loved it and realized I was able to connect with the kids.

e district created a school social worker position and hired me to not only take on Risley but to show the need and establish what we can do. I knew then I had an important mission that would have a ripple e ect and help every student and family in the district. Showing our worth ultimately led the district to hire nine more school social workers.

I was not passionate about school and did not see the value. I was (and still am) horrible at math. It was not something that came easily to me, and I lost con dence in myself. My perspective was If I didn’t do it, I would not fail at it.

is seems to be the case with a lot of kids. ey do not believe in themselves. If I can be that one person that believes in them and gets them to at least try, they generally surprise themselves and realize they can do it. en they get excited and want more of the feelings of pride and accomplishment. And yes, I do share my story of middle through high school — almost not graduating high school to graduating early, then earning a master’s degree. e struggles are far deeper than being behind academically. Students have lost social and emotional skills, with communities like mine

seeing extreme poverty, gang violence, and abuse. ese kids need more than a teacher upset with them over a math assignment they didn’t complete. ey need adults to understand and care why assignments aren’t complete.

I work hard to see and hear my students as well as be the connection between them and other adults in the building. I do not pretend students are someone they are not. ey are all on the “rough side of town.” ey also have goals, dreams, likes, and dislikes.

I work hard to remove the stigma of mental health l. I encourage students to seek help, whether from me or an outside resource without worrying about what others think or how it looks. I let them know I am here, I care, and seeking support is OK.

Talk about it. Do not be ashamed if you, as a parent, have mental health struggles or if your child struggles. Be direct, open, and listen to what they say.

I encourage parents to get the

resources they need, whether it is substance abuse support, mental health support, resources to help with nances, or parenting support. I use the “it takes a village” motto when it comes to raising kids and surviving this world.

Last school year, I had a student who came from a signi cantly broken and abusive home. She was angry at everything and everyone. She did not trust anyone. It took time, but I kept showing up. When she would lash out and push me away, I came back — softer and with more compassion. I showed her I was not walking away or giving up on her. She still comes to visit me. She now believes she can not only graduate high school but has plans for college. She tells me when she is faced with a decision, she hears my voice.

e same misconception that all social workers generally face: We are here to destroy your family and take your kids. is is especially hard

Poorer kids see more by 14 than most adults do in a lifetime, social worker claims

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e City of Brighton has been awarded grant funding through the State of Colorado’s Department of Local A airs to develop a housing needs assessment and incentives strategy plan. is includesland use/ zoning code and policy updates to incentivize and/or reduce barriers to a ordable housing development in Brighton.

Complete the survey online at www. surveymonkey.com/r/BrightonHousingSurvey.

An initial step in this process is to reach out to community members and gather feedback. Gruen Gruen + Associates, a consultant working with the City in partnership with the Brighton Housing Authority, has designed a housing survey to obtain information and perspective about the current housing patterns, costs, preferences, and needs of Brighton residents.

e survey will be used to collect data about current housing characteristics and costs, nd out about housing satisfaction levels and identify factors most important to residents’ housing needs.

Residents can also nd out about a ordable housing challenges, investigate potential support for a ordable housing policies and estimate future housing demand in Brighton

e deadline to complete the survey is Sept. 6. All responses will remain completely anonymous.

Register for Image Summit Youth Leadership Conference

To empower and build leadership skills among youth, Brighton Youth Services will be hosting the Image Summit Youth Leadership Conference on Nov. 1 & 2 at Riverdale Regional Park, 9755 Henderson Road.

e Summit is open to Colorado youth in grades 5 - 12. is two-day summit will feature keynote speakers, engaging workshops ranging from art to diversity, an opportunity to interact with elected o cials from across the state, an American Ninja Warrior obstacle course, a food truck alley (all food included with registration fee), networking and more.

e goal of the youth conference is to empower youth, build con dence, teach leadership, and inspire young leaders to use their voices to positively impact their communities.

e cost to attend is $25. Registra-

tion is now open at brightonimagesummit.org and early registration is recommended.

If you have questions, please contact Tawnya Russell at trussell@ brightonco.gov.

Trash Bash disposal program

e City’s popular Trash Bash for Brighton residents is set to returnSept. 22 and 23. e drop-o trash disposal program for large items will take place both days from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Brighton Wastewater Treatment Facility, located at 325 North Kuner Road (Brighton Street entrance).

In addition, the City will provide pick-up service for those with special needs on Sept. 20 and 21. To request a pick-up, please call 303-655-2087. Acceptable items include furniture, cabinets, appliances (no refrigerators or freezers), bicycles, cut up carpet, doors, lawn and yard equipment, mattresses and box springs, bundled branches cut to less than ve feet in length and nail-free sheeted material, wood, or lumber less than ve feet in length.

is service is for City of Brighton residents only. No commercial or industrial facilities will be allowed. A City of Brighton water bill or suitable proof of residence (i.e. driver’s license) is required. A suggested donation of $10 will help to defray the cost of the service. Car and light pickup tires will be accepted for a fee of $7 each; oversized pickup tires for $10 each and semi-truck tires for $20 each. Residents with large trailers may be asked to unload items by themselves in an e ort to keep the line moving.

Items not allowed include household trash, commercial waste, concrete/home improvement project debris, grass clippings, televisions, computers, stereos, air conditioners/ freezers, microwaves/refrigerators, o ce electrical equipment, car bodies, smoke detectors, liquids, paint, motor oil, pesticides, chemicals, toxic, corrosive or explosive materials, or any sealed containers with unknown contents.

For more information about either Trash Bash or Eco Event & Recycling, please call 303-655-2087.

City’s annual Eco Event & Recycling set for Sept. 23 at new location

e City of Brighton’s Eco Event & Recycling will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 23 in conjunction with the Trash Bash disposal program. is

year, the Eco Event & Recycling will be held at a new location — Eagle View Adult Center, 1150 Prairie Center Parkway.

Secure document/paper shredding will be available to City of Brighton residents with the shredding completed onsite free of charge. A suggested donation of $5 will help to defray the cost of the service. E-recycling will also be available at the site. Items accepted for e-recycling include electronics, game-boys, electrical equipment, electric cords, keyboards, computer towers, and other electrical devices such as laptops, cell phones, computer towers, servers and anything with a motherboard.

Fee items include CRT monitors and television sets under 22-inches for $40 each, screens over 22 inches for $75 each, and for console/projection TVs for $100 each (please make checks payable to Data Destruction). No appliances will be accepted. No pickup service will be available for the Eco Event & Recycling.

is Eco Event & recycling service is for City of Brighton residents only; no commercial or industrial facilities will be allowed. A City of Brighton water bill or suitable proof of residence (i.e., driver’s license) is required.

Naloxone Training for Employees and Community Members

e Adams County Health Department’s Harm Reduction Team will be supplying all Automated External De brillator (AED) cabinets in government building with Naloxone this month. In addition to this resource, the team will be o ering Overdose Prevention Trainings for all sta who are interested in learning how to prevent, identify, and reverse an opioid overdose. Naloxone will be made available to take home after these trainings.

If you have any questions about the training or other resources, contact our Harm Reduction team at: 303363-3077 or by email: harmreduction@adcogov.org

Premier Members Credit Union hosting food drive

Premier Members Credit Union will be collecting donations for local food pantries during the entire month of August. Visit your local Premier Members Credit Union branch, or their corporate o ces in Broom eld to donate. Each branch chose a local food pantry to donate to ensure all donations stay local to that community.

MISTRUST

if you are working with a family involved with the courts or the Department of Human Services. Showing families that you are an ally is one of the biggest obstacles.

Sometimes helping sta understand exactly what you do and why can be challenging as well. Many think we are too soft and do not hold kids accountable when in reality, we do more than anyone. It just looks di erent.

Last year I also serviced an elementary school. I received a referral for a student who was on the

e vast majority of feedback has been positive. I’ve gotten call or two about ‘Why is there armed security at our school?’“

autism spectrum and was extremely selective in who he communicated with. I was warned about his mother and told she was hostile and di cult. After working with her, I came to realize that staying neutral was key. I did not go into it with a bad attitude or assuming the worst. Instead, I o ered all the love, support, and resources I could and was

good about that.”

Sta retention

elementary schools now has a dedicated security guard.

“And I will say, they look the part,” Fiedler said. “ ey have body armor, uniform and a weapon. ey are pretty visible presence at our schools.

He believes it’s having an impact. For the rst ten days of the 2022-23 school year, the district reported 366 events requiring a security response.

“ is year, at the start of the year, for the rst ten days we had 142 total events,” he said. “We feel really

e largest portion of the tax increase is going to increasing pay for teachers and classi ed sta .

“We’ve increased our base salary for teachers by about $9,000, so it’s all the way up to $52,000 now,” he said. “It’s about a 60% increase for teachers and a 12% increase for classi ed

able to meet her needs, the needs of the school, and do what was best for the kiddo.

I am currently nishing “ e Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma” by Bessel van der Kolk.

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folks. ose are the bus drivers, the employees at the schools.”

He said the district just concluded salary negotiations with the teachers this spring.

“We haven’t had the money to do that before and we have good working relationships with both employee associations,” Fiedler said. “So it’s great to do spring negotiations when you have the money.”

Reaching beyond our limitations

Watching from the bleachers, mom and dad cheered on their son who was running a 1600 meter race. It was hotter and more humid than usual. As the race began, they worried as their son seemed to uncharacteristically take o in the lead, getting o to a hot and fast start instead of his normal pacing and picking his moments.

Finishing the rst lap, their son was easily ahead by several meters and looking strong. However, as they hit the halfway mark, he began to fall back to the pack, and very shortly thereafter, looked like he was struggling just to stay in the race. It looked like he had spent all of his energy too soon leaving nothing in the tank to nish the race. Dad looked down, feeling bad for his son. Mom, however, kept her head up, willing her son to compete. As the nal lap began and with her son in dead last, she cheered even louder.

He must have felt it or maybe even somewhere in the background and blended in with his heart pumping and his ears thumping, heard her shouting for him. Somewhere he found more strength and with each stride he seemed to quickly make up ground. Halfway through the nal lap he was in third place and gaining on the rst and second place runners. As they rounded the nal turn it was a three-way tie for rst place. And nally winning by a step was their son, who somehow reached beyond his limits to not only nish the race when all seemed lost and over, but he had come back to win the race.

With one month left to go for the summer of 2023, we can make the argument that we are entering our nal lap for the year as well. Fall will be here before we know it and the race towards the nish of the year will be on. For some it has been an incredible year already with a lot

more good things ahead that will give us cause for celebration. And then on the other hand, some of us have had a pretty tough year personally, professionally, or maybe both, leaving us feeling like we have already given it everything we have and can’t possibly give any more. is is where resiliency comes in. Resiliency is receiving a lot of attention these days as we seem to struggle, tolerate, and become challenged by the disruptions in our personal and professional lives. And many of the things that frustrate us the most, are things that are completely out of our hands. e thing is this though, we may feel like there are times where our hands are tied, and we cannot control an outcome or drive a result. Let’s challenge that thinking because when it comes to resiliency, we can dig deep beyond what we thought were our own limi-

tations to either solve the problem or become a part of the team that does solve the problem.

Resiliency is indeed a strong and powerful word, garnering lots of attention from those who are motivating their team or their people, from those who are coaching their clients, students, or athletes, and from close friends and family members helping us to overcome a recent disruption or hardship. Many of us, if not most of us, even the strongest-willed people we know have something we refer to as a self-limiting belief system. is means that others see the resiliency and toughness in us even when we do not see it ourselves.

Just like the mom of our track star above, there is someone cheering you on, willing you to succeed. Our job is to receive that encouragement, hear our name being called out among the crowd, and to reach

beyond what we think are our limitations to push forward towards victory. e encouragement is great, however we must own our resiliency and nish the race and the year strong.

Are you gearing up for a strong nish to 2023? Do you have the reserves in the tank to drive your resiliency? I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can reach beyond our own self-doubt and self-limiting belief systems to overcome any challenge or disruption, 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.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Hold polluters accountable

This summer, the effects of extreme heat and weather events fueled by climate change were undeniable. Here in Denver, we have endured extreme heat and record rainfall -- and that’s coming off of a winter that was detrimentally shorter than previous years. As a Tribal affiliate member of the Navajo Nation who has visited the Reservation during extreme heat, I see up close the negative impacts of climate change. Coloradans like me, living in Disproportionately Impacted Communities (DICs),

have long advocated for rules that would regulate industrial polluters like Suncor. But time and again, politicians and regulators have sided with the industry at the expense of our communities’ health and well-being. And the Air Quality Control Commission is poised to do it again later this month when they vote on the GEMMII (Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Energy Management for Manufacturing Phase II) rule.

Unless the AQCC prioritizes holding industry accountable and votes for an

alternate proposal put forward by experts and community members, Colorado will continue to be the sixth worst state for ozone pollution. It is past time to reduce and eliminate our dependencies on fossil fuels;we need to be in balance with the natural elements and with the universal laws of Father Sky and Mother Earth. Join me in calling on the AQCC to adopt the strongest possible version of the GEMMII rule.

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April 17, 1940 - August 22, 2023

Born in Brighton, Colorado in 1940, Ron, or “Doc Bailey” or “Ice Man” as he was known by many University of Nevada - Reno athletes and students passed on August 22nd, 2023.

A resident of Reno for over fty years, Ron came to UNR as the rst certi ed Athletic Trainer for the university which he served for a decade and then joined the faculty as a member of the Recreation, Physical Education and Dance.

Ron was very active in sports as a high school student. He was selected for the Colorado All-State football and basketball teams and was All Conference in baseball.

He graduated from Colorado State, now known as the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado and went on to obtain a Masters degree in Physical Education with emphasis on physical therapy at Sacramento State and an Ed.D at the University of Utah in Recreation Administration and Education. He was pastpresident of the State of Nevada Parks and Recreation Society and of the Sierra Sage Men’s Golf Club.

Ron was married to Sandra Russell Bailey when they both were employed at Galt High School near Sacramento. ey moved to Reno with their son, Todd and were later

blessed with the arrival of their second son, Jay.

Ron was passionate about the Denver Broncos and about racquetball, golf, sailing and bicycling. e high-light of his week was a nickel-dime-quarter poker game with a group of friends including life-long friend Keith Loper, notorious for wild, boisterous games for over 40 years.

Ron and family especially enjoyed trips to the Southwest and walks around their semi-rural south Reno neighborhood on the “cow trail.” eir trips to Europe, Mexico and the Southwest were memorable. A man of unparalleled honesty, Ron was known for returning to a bank in Mexico City because the teller had made an error in an exchange rate transaction and over-paid him.

Ron was the son of Gilbert (Sam) Bailey and Ludvina Stoecklein and brother of Sharon Pollard (Ray) of Watagua, Texas, Gloria Mazzocco (Dave) of Broom eld, Colorado and Susan Ewing (Kirk) of Keenesburg, Colorado, his three granddaughters, Kassidy, Rory and Savannah and numerous nieces and nephews.

No funeral or memorial will be held. A private family gathering will mark his passing.

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Why we need friends

In an increasingly lonely society, friends are important for our health

BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

At the Littleton branch of Meals on Wheels, delivering food is only one part of the mission.

e organization’s job is to deliver meals to seniors who need them. Volunteers help pack up the food made by the chef and then drive them to various homes in the South Metro area.

While addressing food insecurity, volunteers are also helping seniors feel less isolat-

ed. Gayle Melges, their director of operations, said drivers are encouraged to stay a while to talk with the client.

“ at makes a huge di erence,” she said.  Volunteers not only spend time chatting, but also remember birthdays. e organization will send seniors a birthday cake for the holiday, and for some, it’s the only thing they receive, Melges said.

“ at little bit of being remembered and being a part of the community I think is huge,” Melges said.

Melges has seen isolation increase due to

the pandemic. She noted a loss of community after guidance to stay indoors to not spread the virus. Some of that sense of community is still being rebuilt.

“COVID-19 created a lot of need, especially as everybody was encouraged to not go anywhere and do anything,” Melges said.

Isolation among adults has been a prevalent issue. e Surgeon General released an advisory earlier this year calling attention to the issue. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic,

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over half of U.S. adults reported experiencing some sense of loneliness, with the pandemic only making that worse.

Loneliness comes with health e ects, too. According to the Surgeon General, poor or insu cient connection results in a 29% increased risk of heart disease, 32% increased risk of stroke and 50% increased risk of developing dementia for older adults.

ere’s plenty of evidence pointing to how bene cial friendship is, as well as the adverse outcomes of loneliness and social isolation, according to Randi Smith, a professor of psychological sciences at Metropolitan State University.

“We know that people who are lonely and feel socially disconnected have a lot harder time with stress,” Smith said. “ ey’re more

inclined to depressive symptoms, anxiety, more likely to have suicidal ideation or be at greater risk of suicide.”

She provided the example of having a stressful situation to navigate. Having a friend to work through the problem helps, as opposed to being alone.

“We humans are better at being kind and supportive to other people often than we are to ourselves,” she said.

Friendship also increases emotional intimacy.

Smith explained that some of the need comes from evolution. As a social species, humans couldn’t survive without a group. As an example, she pointed to babies developing re exes like grasping to nd an adult.

“Relatedness is a hardwired need that human beings have,” she said.

Physical touch also comes into play. Not just sexual contact, but simple things like a hand on the shoulder or a hug can activate positive physiological responses, Smith said. With people isolating during the pandemic, physical touch sometimes fell by the wayside.

What is a friend?

To each person, a friend means something di erent. And there isn’t a universal standard.

“A friend is best de ned as a self-perception, not as some objective measure,” Smith said.

It’s not the number of friends someone has, but rather one’s own perceived social support. Someone may need one person who is always there for them, or six. It also comes down to reciprocity.

“It’s not just being on the receiving end of social support that we need. It’s also being on the giving end of it,” she said.

Humans feel like helping others because it helps develop a sense of belonging.

Making friends

As people age, it becomes increasingly difcult to make friends.

At di erent life stages, like when children are in school or young adults are in college, it groups many people in the same place going through similar circumstances.  ose settings aren’t as common as people age, but it’s still possible.

Smith said people can use a new app called Bumble BFF, or join in on community events.

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You may have heard that pregnant people are at higher risk of getting very sick and being hospitalized with u. is may be because of changes in the immune system, heart and lungs during pregnancy. Flu also may be harmful to a pregnant person’s developing baby. A common u symptom, fever, has been associated in some studies with adverse outcomes for a developing baby. Additionally, babies younger than 6 months are at higher risk of getting very sick from u, but they are too young to be vaccinated themselves.

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But there is some great news about u shots for pregnant people and their babies. Studies show a u shot during pregnancy protects pregnant people from u during and after pregnancy. Vaccination during pregnancy also protects the infant during the rst few months after birth when they are too young to get vaccinated themselves. One study showed fewer cases of infants with in uenza in mothers who received the vaccine compared to those mothers who were not vaccinated, displaying a high degree of vaccine e ectiveness. is is because, as a pregnant parent, you pass your antibodies on to your developing baby during your pregnancy.

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A u shot can be given during any trimester of pregnancy. For most pregnant people, September and October are generally good times to be vaccinated. For pregnant people in their third trimester, however, vaccination during July or August can be considered to provide optimal protection against u for the baby after birth, when they are too young to get vaccinated. is information is outlined in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) guidance for the prevention of u through vaccination for the 2023-2024 season, which was adopted by CDC’s director as CDC policy on June 28, 2023.

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Winter months bring the trifecta of illness Will 2023 have high numbers of flu, RSV, and COVID?

By elma Grimes

With colder months just around the corner, that means it’s time to start thinking about and preparing for the trifecta of illnesses that comes with winter. In 2022, the trifecta was a word used to describe the unseasonably high number of cases of COVID, in uenza and, on the rise in recent years, RSV, also known as a respiratory syncytial virus.

Not only has the increased number of RSV cases caused worries for health o cials across the Front Range, but the early onset of when they start seeing patients ll hospital rooms is a concern.

In 2021, from Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree to Children’s Hospital Colorado campuses across the metro area, doctors said they were seeing RSV cases in August and September, which is uncommon for a respiratory virus that is more common during what is considered u season.

Flu season generally runs between October and February, with the height of cases popping up between December and February.

RSV, usually a respiratory issue that a ects children, is also being seen in more adults over the last few years.

Dr. Ben Usatch, UCHealth emergency-room director at Highlands Ranch Hospital, said there is an RSV vaccine available this year. While noting it is not new, Usatch said attention to the vaccine has increased as more adults, especially senior citizens, are coming down with RSV.

Symptoms of RSV include runny nose, decreased appetite, coughing, sneezing, fever, and wheezing. More severe cases require hospitalization, especially for infants and toddlers.

According to the Colorado Department of Health and Wellness, since October 2022 there have been 2,597 RSV hospital admissions in

Douglas, Je erson, Arapahoe and Adams counties.

ere have been 4,174 COVID hospital admissions in the four-county stretch along the Front Range. In u cases, the state health department has tracked 1,502 admissions.

Usatch said that while he does not have any real studies to back it up, he believes when schools and society shut down during the pandemic, immune systems were weakened

Usatch said once the masks came o , immune systems were put back to work, and that could be the reason for more cases of u, COVID-19 and RSV in 2021 and 2022.

Agreeing with Usatch, Dr. Matt Mendenhall, chief medical o cer at AdventHealth Littleton, said unmasking invited cold seasons to return. During the stretch of the

pandemic when nearly everyone wore masks, colds, RSV and the u were almost nonexistent.

“Last year was a bit overwhelming since it all returned and caught like wild re,” Mendenhall said. “I have never seen an RSV season like last year. e worry this year is if RSV will overwhelm our healthcare systems again.”

Still, Mendenhall said he is optimistic about RSV in 2023, given there have been approved vaccinations for older adults, while the FDA approved Beyfortus for infants.

Beyfortus, a monoclonal antibody, is approved for infants and toddlers 24 months and younger, who are the most vulnerable to RSV.

In the upcoming season, Usatch said he believes things could be better than the last two years because disease resistance has increased as

people have returned to ordinary living.

Usatch said the increase in tracking cases is also because doctors learned a lot more during the pandemic, meaning they are more vigilant in checking for everything. Doctors now check for COVID, u and RSV.

“Our box has become much bigger for what we are looking for,” he said.

Usatch said while the general public has seemingly moved on from COVID, cases exist and the virus still spreads quicker than other illnesses.

“With COVID continually mutating, we have to watch out,” he said.

“We have to see what other health issues come with it. Is the (new mu-

tation) more spreadable? Is it more contagious?”

COVID continues to create issues for health o cials worldwide, as the omicron variant was more prevalent in 2022.

In March, the World Health Organization, or WHO, said the omicron viruses account for over 98% of COVID cases since February 2022. ere are now two new COVID variants worrying health o cials, with the EG.5 variant being the most dominant strain in the U.S. In August, the Centers for Disease Control estimated that the EG.5 strain makes up about 20.6% of all new COVID infections.

On Aug. 9, WHO reported that the EG.5 variant poses a low public health risk, saying it is similar to past variants.

However, EG.5 is just as contagious as past variants. Globally, WHO reported that there have been over 1 million new COVID-19 cases and more than 3,100 deaths reported since July.

Since 2020, WHO reported that there have been 768 million conrmed COVID cases and 6.9 million deaths.

When it comes to u season, Mendenhall said he is less optimistic. Each year, U.S. health o cials try to gauge u season during the summer months when it’s wintertime in Australia.

In July, Australian health o cials said this year’s u season is worse than pre-pandemic numbers in 2019 and one of the worst on record.

Mendenhall said like the U.S., Australian vaccination numbers have decreased since the pandemic, with fewer residents getting the u shot.

e controversy surrounding COVID has hurt vaccinations in other areas, Mendenhall said, stressing that politics in healthcare has created some hardships since 2020.

Usatch said the u vaccination is vital to decreasing hospital admissions during winter months. While the vaccine is not 100% e ective, it does decrease a person’s chances of catching u or risking complications from it.

“It’s not about being a good or bad vaccine,” Usatch said. “( ose making the vaccine) consider recent

strains and work to make the best guess for the new vaccine and hope that it covers a lot of strains. Vaccines are just great tools for people to take advantage of.”

Mendenhall said it’s important for residents to listen to their physicians and follow the science when it comes to preparing for the upcoming season.

“ e science is clear — vaccines protect from illness,” he said.

Both COVID and u vaccinations are expected in September this year.

Mendenhall said for COVID vaccinations this year, it’s important to remember that the government is no longer paying for shots. is year, residents will have to rely on insurance or themselves to pay for them.

Usatch said vaccinations are the best option to decrease cases in the upcoming season.

“You really got to start vaxing up in September and October,” Usatch said. “ ere is a new COVID vaccination this year, there is more access to RSV vaccinations, and for those who qualify, there is a pneumococcal vaccine.”

e pneumococcal vaccine is usually available to vulnerable citizens aged 65 and older. e vaccine prevents pneumococcal pneumonia. According to the American Lung Association website, pneumococcal pneumonia is the most common type of bacterial pneumonia, with the risk increasing with a person’s age and certain chronic conditions.

Pneumococcal pneumonia can develop after a person has been infected with a viral cold or u.

Besides getting vaccinated, Usatch said the best way to combat the trifecta of viruses that can spread in and beyond the metro area is to be vigilant.

“Pay attention to your environment,” he said. “Pay attention to yourself. If you are sick, you need to respect your coworkers and stay home. We have tools and tests to do surveillance and understand what’s out there, but most importantly, you need to keep yourself protected. Keep yourself healthy.”

Mendenhall also advised parents to be cautious with children going to school. School-aged children showing symptoms of RSV, u, COVID or a cold should be kept home.

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CDC Shares Community Drug Overdose Prevention Successes in New Resources

(BPT) - Drug overdoses are preventable, yet more than one million people died from a drug overdose between 1999 and 2021. Every day, almost 300 people lose their lives due to drug overdose. Public health professionals, policymakers and communities all play a role in preventing overdose deaths. Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) is a CDC-funded program that helps state and local health departments, and the communities they serve, to get high-quality, timelier data on nonfatal and fatal drug overdoses and use those data to inform prevention and response e orts. CDC supports OD2A-funded communities in their ability to address drug overdoses by providing access to subject matter experts and tailored technical assistance, and overdose prevention resources. “ e impact of this crisis is far-reaching, touching the lives of our families, friends and neighbors in deeply personal and profound ways. By prioritizing successful prevention and response e orts and providing tailored tools and resources, we can help ensure everyone has access to the care and support they need to live healthy, ful lling lives - building stronger, more resilient communities,” says Christopher M. Jones, PharmD, DrPH, MPH (CAPT U.S. Public Health Service), Director of CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.

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CDC developed the OD2A Case Studies to capture in-depth information from funded jurisdictions about current and emerging practices related to overdose prevention and response. Designed for public health practitioners, these case studies share examples that can be adapted at the state and local levels. Partners on the ground asked for more relevant and applicable strategies, so CDC identi ed six key topic areas for interviews, analysis and write-ups in these case studies.

• Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are preventable, potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood (0-17 years).

• Harm reduction is a public health approach that focuses on reducing the harmful consequences of drug use.

• Linkage to care is the process of connecting people at risk of overdose to evidence-based treatment, services and support.

• Public safety-led post-overdose outreach can help identify people at higher risk of overdose by linking them to care and other overdose prevention and harm reduction e orts.

• State and local health departments are uniquely positioned to respond to the drug over-

dose crisis, with the authority to enact policies, deploy resources and coordinate various partners.

• Reducing stigma at multiple levels and creating a culture of change is important to helping people at risk of overdose.

Helping communities put effective practices to work When people’s lives are on the line, integrated data and e ective programs help communities take action to protect people from drug overdose and related harms. e overdose crisis requires prevention, treatment, recovery and harm reduction e orts that are tailored to promote optimal health for all.

Communities are demonstrating innovation in reducing overdose and are sharing compelling examples of collaboration and teamwork. CDC is showcasing these so that communities can learn from each other. Beyond promoting the critical work that continues nationwide, tools and resources like the OD2A Case Studies encourage applying solutions that work to help communities that need it most.

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Colorado revives ‘cash for clunkers,’ o ers $6,000 for an old car you trade for an EV

BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

Car buyers, re up your internet and get your websites pre-loaded.

e Colorado electric vehicle cash-for-clunkers program has begun with $6,000 in extra rebates available to the rst few hundred people who sign up and are willing to turn in an older fossil-fuel powered car. ose participating in Vehicle Exchange Colorado must apply the $6,000 toward a qualifying new or leased electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, or take $4,000 o a used EV.  Electri cation rebates tend to go fast. (See: “e-bike rebates/crashed

servers” in your search bar.) Colorado has $1.8 million for the rst year of the clunkers exchange rebates, and hopes to expand the budget for the next scal year starting in July 2024. Colorado Energy O ce program manager Ed Piersa said the state expects the exchange program to last for years and ramp up nancing if it proves popular.

Let’s jump right to the biggest questions about the clunkers exchange:

Why is Colorado doing this, and whose money is being used?

e Colorado program has a few goals: Promote equity in the electri cation revolution in the state by using an income-quali ed

exchange program to make EVs cheaper to more people, while also taking older, higher-emissions fossil fuel cars o the road. Colorado has pledged to get 940,000 EVs on state roads by 2030, and has also launched various rules and programs to promote environmental justice and economic equity along the way.

e money comes from new fees implemented when the state transportation department’s funding and spending were overhauled in the legislature in 2021.

What quali es me for $6,000 in extra EV rebates?

ere’s a multi-part test for this answer. First, you have to be

income-quali ed, meaning you make less than 80% of the median income in your county, or have already quali ed for a government assistance program like Medicaid or SNAP food bene ts.

Second, you have to purchase a new or used EV that costs less than $50,000 from a dealer quali ed to be in the state rebate program. e vehicle must be zero- or ultra-low emissions, meaning a fully electric battery-only EV, or a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. Used EVs get a $4,000 rebate. New car seekers can also get the rebate applied to a lease instead of an outright purchase.

As LGBTQ kids in Colorado struggle, finding a therapist is another hurdle

BY LEIGH PATERSON KUNC

Colorado’s LGBTQ+ youth are living with high rates of depression, stress and thoughts of self-harm, but nding treatment in Northern Colorado can be a challenge.

is has been the experience of 15-year-old Maddie Maes. Her mental health has been up and down for most of her life.

“And then in eighth grade, it got so bad. It was so terrible,” Maes said, sitting on the couch with her mom, Kristin Vera, at home in Fort Collins.

Maes said she was sad and anxious all the time. She struggled to talk with strangers and lost friends.

“Her mood was so extraordinarily low. And of course, I was worried about self-harm, suicide and also, it’s just hard to see your kid being miserable,” Vera said.

Maes’ new therapist, who she started seeing during the pandemic, wasn’t the right t. It was around this time that Maes told her family she was transgender, something she had begun to question as early as third grade.

“And so I do think that they’re related, the gender identity struggle and the depression struggle,” Vera said. “Because feeling like something is just not right is, I think, how Maddie felt. Like something wasn’t right, but she couldn’t name what it was.”

e family was in a common situation: having a hard time nding appropriate, a ordable care for their child in crisis. Kids who identify as LGBTQ+ like Maddie struggle at much higher rates than other youth demographics. According to the 2021 Healthy Kids Colorado Survey, which polls high school students, 74% of transgender respondents experienced persistent sadness and hopelessness. at year, over half seriously considered suicide.

“I felt consumed by it,” Vera said. “It felt like such an emergency to nd help for my kid.”

She searched therapists covered by her insurance but many weren’t accepting new clients or were only of-

fering telehealth. Vera worried about having to go to Denver or Boulder for care. She worried about being able to a ord out-of-pocket expenses. Federal and state laws require health insurance companies to o er comparable coverage for behavioral and physical health services. Still, many Coloradans nd themselves unable to easily access mental health services.

Under Colorado’s time and distance rules, insurance carriers must ensure that members can get behavioral health care within seven calendar days and within a speci ed number of miles. While the state’s

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Division of Insurance receives few complaints related to an inability to nd care quickly and close-by, it says that’s more likely due to lack of awareness.

Colorado lawmakers and the Division of Insurance have taken steps in recent years to expand and strengthen enforcement of laws related to insurance coverage for behavioral health care.

For example, the Colorado Option, a standardized health bene t plan established last year, requires behavioral health providers to be culturally competent and re ect the diversity of enrollees.

But in practice, many families experience the panic of trying to help their kid in crisis without a clear path forward. According to a recent analysis by the Colorado Health In-

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stitute, 42% of LGBTQ+ Coloradans reported needing mental health help and not getting it, compared to 15% of heterosexual, cisgender residents.

“And there aren’t that many (therapists) who specialize in kids like my kid,” Vera said. “I just remember the anxiety of being in that space of feeling like someone has got to help us. But who? Where are they?”

Eventually, Maes’ family found e Rainbow Circles, a nonpro t practice based in Fort Collins primarily serving LGBTQ+ kids and adults.

e o ces are cozy, lit by lamps and decorated with plants, rainbow carpets, a feelings wheel and framed poetry from a transgender writer. Dr. M Watson Saltis and their colleague Kate Peters point out the gender a rming clothing closet and community art wall.

“We wanted it to feel not like a

Maddie Maes and her mother, Kristin Vera, pose for a photo on their couch at home in Fort Collins. After struggling to find a rming care in the area, Maes now sees a therapist at the Rainbow Circles, a practice focused on LGBTQ+ kids and adults in Fort Collins.

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sti ed therapy o ce,” Saltis said. “It does actually feel like a living room.”

e Rainbow Circles is trying to remove a major barrier to care: cost. Around 40% of their clients come from low income families. e practice accepts Health First Colorado, the state’s medicaid program as well as some private insurance. Remaining costs are covered by grants, fundraising and out-of-pockets payments on a sliding scale.

When the practice rst opened in January of last year, Saltis was the sole licensed clinician– Peters was still an intern. Since then, the Rainbow Circles has expanded: they have more than tripled their o ce space and expect to employ 13 clinicians by September.

“ e need is huge,” Saltis said. “I

don’t know any other queer, nonbinary registered play therapists in Northern Colorado, in Fort Collins. I think maybe there’s a couple, but it’s such a small area who also takes insurance. My personal wait list used to be like two years long.”

Colorado doesn’t track the gender identity or sexual orientation of licensed mental health professionals, but according to the American Psychological Association (APA), most psychologists in the U.S. are white women.

Less is known about gender and sexual orientation. In a 2021 APA survey, however, 11% of respondents identi ed as gay or bisexual while the number of nonbinary or transgender psychologists was too small to report. Nine percent of respondents reported working with gender non-conforming populations frequently, while 33% felt knowledgeable in how to work with these clients. Both numbers have risen since 2015, the previous survey

year.

In 2021, the APA published guidelines on working with clients of various sexual orientations. But LGBTQ+ curriculum is not a speci c accreditation requirement for most doctoral degrees in psychology.

“For psychologists, we see diversity as a construct,” APA’s Chief Education O cer Dr. Cathi Grus said. “Gender identity and sexual orientation is just one aspect so it would be a challenge for all psychologists to be competent across all aspects.”

Grus noted that the APA’s code of ethics directs psychologists to work within the boundaries of their education and experience, and requires additional training to remain competent, particularly if a technique or population is new to them.

Kate Peters’ experience, as a clinician and a person in therapy, is that su cient training is not widespread.

“I think it’s seen as an add on,” Peters said. “Like, it’s seen as like, ‘ is is a population that I probably

won’t have to work with or that it’s not super important for me to know about. Like this is just so small that I’m never going to encounter it.’”

While there is no consensus on how much training is needed, an effort is underway to get more information out there.

In 2021, the Denver-based nonpro t Envision:You surveyed hundreds of LGBTQ+ Coloradans about their behavioral health concerns. e vast majority said they would use a resource that helped identify LGBTQ+ a rming providers and that current resources were hard to trust or out-of-date. Respondents talked about having to educate providers about their identities and providers failing to use their correct name and pronouns.

Envision:You is working on a wellness app set to launch next year that will help users nd vetted mental health providers who specialize in

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working with Colorado’s LGBTQ+ population.

Steven Haden, the co-founder of Envision:You, is a therapist himself and has the lived experience that can be crucial to connecting with patients.

“In my own journey, having reached a point where I was suicidal, where I had lost hope for a better day when the resources that were available to me were not a rming. As a

(2011 model year for this year’s rebate) or have failed a recent emissions test. It must be running — no “push, pull or tow” for this new program.

How is the $6,000 taken o the price?

By going through a new or used

young gay man, I felt lost,” Haden said.

He points to an alarming statistic. Lesbian, gay and bisexual youth are more than four times as likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual peers.

“ e suicide rates. It’s just heartbreaking,” Haden said. “What I want young LGBTQ folks to know both in Colorado and around the country is that people care about you. ere’s resources and support out there… And I can say with a lot of condence that a better day is ahead for you.”

Maddie Maes, who spent the

car dealer quali ed through the Vehicle Exchange Colorado (VXC, because why not make it more confusing), the $6,000 or $4,000 can be taken o the sale price “at the register,” and the dealer takes care of the paperwork.

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summer working at a local hardware store and building a computer from scratch, feels better now than she did at this time last year. She still lives with depression, but it is no longer constant. erapy has been helping her navigate her ups and downs and work through tough situations – like tricky friendships, for example.

“Even if, like, my problem doesn’t get xed in a day or, like, a month, it’s still really good to talk about it. I feel like even if I’m not, like, completely better, I do feel better,” Maes said.

Last week, Maes started as a ninth grader at Poudre High School in Fort Collins. Her mom says her daugh-

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ter is ready for a bigger experience. Maes is thinking about joining the robotics club. Her rst day, she said, was pretty cool and she met a lot of people.

KUNC is part of the Mental Health Parity Collaborative, a group of newsrooms that are covering stories on mental health care access and inequities in the U.S. e partners on this project include e Carter Center, e Center for Public Integrity, and newsrooms in select states across the country.

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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 September 1, 2023 and ending on October 17, 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 also be emailed to info@brightonhousing.org or mailed to 22 S. 4th Avenue, Suite 202, Brighton, CO 80601 Attn: Andrew Dall, Deputy Director.

The public hearing will take place at BHA offices located at 22 S. 4th Avenue, Brighton, CO 80601, on October 19, 2023, at 3:00 P.M. Immediately following the public hearing for the Moving to Work activities, there will be a public hearing to review the 2024 MTW Supplement.

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.

If you have limited English proficiency and are seeking language assistance to access this public hearing, please call the office at 303-655-2160.

Legal Notice No. BSB2645

First Publication: August 31, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

City of Brighton

Public Notice

BRIGHTON HOUSING AUTHORITY ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

OCTOBER 2, 2023, at 11:00 A.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. This public hearing will include the incorporation of the 2023 MTW supplement into the Administrative Plan. Public input is encouraged and welcome. The draft plan will be available for review on BHA’s website at www. brightonhousing.org. 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 also be emailed to info@brightonhousing.org or mailed to 22 S. 4th Avenue, Suite 202, Brighton, CO 80601 Attn: Andrew Dall, Deputy Director.

The public hearing will take place at BHA offices located at 22 S. 4th Avenue, Brighton, CO 80601, on October 2, 2023, at 11:00 A.M.

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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Legal Notice No. BSB2646

First Publication: August 31, 2023

Last Publication: September 28, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Public Notice

NOTICE OF BUDGET

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYERS OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON THAT THE BRIGHTON CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO THE 2023 BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF BRIGHTON AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON CITY COUNCIL ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2023 AT 6:00 P.M. AT THE CITY HALL BUILDING, 500 SOUTH 4TH AVENUE, BRIGHTON, COLORADO. THE AMENDMENT TO THE 2023 BUDGET OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON IS ON FILE IN THE CITY OF BRIGHTON CITY CLERK’S OFFICE AT THE CITY HALL BUILDING. ANY INTERESTED CITIZEN MAY INSPECT THE AMENDMENT DURING NORMAL OFFICE HOURS OF 8:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M., MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. IT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE CITY’S WEBSITE WWW.BRIGHTONCO.GOV. ANY CITIZEN MAY APPEAR AT THE PUBLIC MEETING AND WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON SAID BUDGET AMENDMENT IF THEY SO DESIRE. ANY CITIZEN MAY FILE ANY WRITTEN OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE FINAL ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENT.

BY: KAYLA BARBER-PERROTTA

BUDGET AND PERFORMANCE MANAGER

CITY OF BRIGHTON

Legal Notice No. BSB2655

First Publication: September 7, 2023

Last Publication: September 7, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Metropolitan Districts

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CORRECTED

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Section 321-204(1), C.R.S., that on Tuesday, September 19, 2023, at 6:30 P.M., or as soon as possible thereafter, a public hearing will be conducted. The hearing will be conducted at the Lochbuie Town Hall, 703 Weld County Road 37, Lochbuie, Colorado 80603, or at such other time and place as this hearing may be continued. A public hearing will be heard upon the application on file with the Board of Trustees of the Town of Lochbuie, by the Petitioners for the proposed Fruition Lochbuie Metropolitan District No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 (the “Districts”), for the formation of metropolitan districts. The affected property is generally located south of Weld County Road 6, north of Weld County Road 4, west of Weld County Road 39, and east of Weld County Road 33 ½, in the Town of Lochbuie, Weld County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that, pursuant to Sections 32-1-203(3.5) and 32-1-204(1.5), C.R.S., the owner of real property within the proposed Districts may file a request with the Board of Trustees of the Town of Lochbuie, requesting that such real property be excluded from the proposed Districts. Such request may be filed any time after the Service Plan is filed with the Board of Trustees of the Town of Lochbuie, but no later than ten (10) days before the day fixed for the hearing on said Service Plan.

Reason:Formation of Title 32 Special Districts

Project Name:Fruition Lochbuie Metropolitan

District Nos. 1-4

Date of Application:July 18, 2023

Type of District:Metropolitan

First Publication:Brighton Standard Blade

August 24, 2023

Legal Notice No. BSB2659

First Publication: September 7, 2023

Last Publication: September 7, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Summons and Sheriff Sale

Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 1100 Judicial Center Dr., Brighton, CO 80601

Plaintiff: PEORIA 33 CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation

Defendants: CARLOS ARBAYO; DONNA ARBAYO; KEVIN ECKHART; TERRI ECKHART; QUAKER 22,LLC; ALEX VILLAGRAN, AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE AND TREASURER FOR ADAMS COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION

Attorneys for Plaintiff:

WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP

Wendy E. Weigler #28419

Address: 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300, Littleton, CO 80127

Phone Number: (303) 863-1870

Case Number: 2023CV030160

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

Under a Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure entered on May 8, 2023 in the above- captioned action, I am ordered to sell certain real Jrupsr L’ as follows:

Criginal Lienee

Carlos Arbayo and Donna Arbayo

Original Lienor

Peoria 33 Condominium Association, Inc.

Current Holder of the evidence of debt Peoria 33 Condominium Association, Inc.

Date of Lien being foreclosed

November 2, 2021

Date of Recording of Lien being foreclosed

November 4, 2021

County of Recording Adams

Recording Information

2021000130151

Criginal Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness $ 1 1,5 14.68

Outstanding Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness as of the date hereof

$44,164.36

Amount of Judgment entered May 8, 2023

$39,944.29

Description of property to be foreclosed:

Condominium Units J & K, Peoria 33 Condominiums, according to the Condominium Map thereof recorded on July 28, 2004 at Reception No. 20040728000675660, in the records of the recorder of the County of Adams, State of Colorado and as defined in and described in the Condominium Declaration recorded on July 28,2004, at Reception No. 20040728000675650 in said records, County of Adams, State of Colorado.

Also known as: 12001 E. 33rd Avenue, Units J & K, Aurora, CO 80010

THE PROPERTY TO BE FORECLOSED AND

DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN.

THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The covenants of Plaintiff have been violated as follows: failure to make payments on said indebtedness when the same were due and owing.

NOTICE OF SALE

THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will, at 9:00 o’clock A.M., on October l2th, 2023, at the Adams County Sheriff s Office, located at 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property described above, and all interest of said Grantor and the heirs and assigns of said Grantor, for the purpose of paying the judgment amount entered herein, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. Bidders are required to have cash or certified funds to cover the highest bid by noon on the day of the sale. Certified funds are payable to the Adams County District Court.

First Publication: August 17th,2023

Last Publication: September 14th,2023

Name of Publication: Brighton Standard Blade

NOTICE OF RIGHTS

YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE, CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO LAW AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT I-INDER THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF THE STATUTES WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS ARE ATTACHED HERETO.

A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE PURSUANT TO $38-38-104, C.R.S., 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 $38-38-302, C.R.S., SHALL BE FILED WITH THE OFFICER NO LATER THAN EIGHT (8) BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE SALE.

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN C.R.S. 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN C.R.S. 38-38-103 ,z,THE, BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL AT THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LAW, RALPH L. CARR JUDICIAL BUILDING, 13OO BROADWAY, 1OrH FLOOR, DENVER, CO 80203,720-508-6000; THE CFPB, CFPB, PO BOX 2900, CLINTON IA 52733-2900 (855) 4tt-2372 OR BOTH, BUT THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

The name, address and telephone number of each of the attorneys representing the holder of the evidence of the debt is as follows:

Wendy E. Weigler #28419

Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis & Payne, LLP 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 303-863-1870

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

Date: July 17,2023

By: Gene R. Claps Adams County Sheriff Adams County, Colorado

Statutes attached:

$$38-37-108,38-38-103,38-38-104,38-38301,38-38-304,38-38-305, and 38-38-306, C.R.S., as amended.

Legal Notice No. BSB2607

First Publication: August 17, 2023

Last Publication: September 14, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Misc. Private Legals

Public Notice BEFORE THE ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN OPERATIONS FOR THE NIOBRARA FORMATION, DJ HORIZONTAL NIOBRARA FIELD, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO CAUSE NO. 407

DOCKET NO. 230800256

TYPE: POOLING

NOTICE OF HEARING

Crestone Peak Resources Operating LLC, (Operator No. 10633) (“Applicant”) filed an Application with the Commission for an order to pool all oil and gas (“mineral”) interests in lands identified below. This Notice was sent to you because the Applicant believes you may own mineral interests that will be pooled if the Commission approves the Application. Pooling is the consolidation and combining of mineral interests so that all mineral interest owners receive payment for their just and equitable share of produced oil and gas. For more information about the Commission’s pooling process, please see a brochure on the Commission’s website here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14QaK0JG6G35g vqwq5pp5t1psF0fDil0M/view

APPLICATION LANDS

Township 3 South, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section 31: All Section 32: All Section 33: All Township 3 South, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section 36: All

DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION OF HEARING (Subject to change)

The assigned Hearing Officer will hold a hearing only on the above referenced docket number at the following date, time, and location:

Date:November 8, 2023

Time:9:00 a.m.

Place: Energy and Carbon Management Commission

The Chancery Building 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 801 Denver, CO 80203

PETITIONS

DEADLINE FOR PETITIONS BY AFFECTED

PERSONS: October 10, 2023

Public Notices

Any interested party who wishes to participate formally must file a written petition with the Commission no later than the deadline provided above. Please see Commission Rule 507 at https://ecmc.state.co.us/#/home, under “Regulation,” then select “Rules.” Please note that, under Commission Rule 510.l, the deadline for petitions may only be continued for good cause, even if the hearing is continued beyond the date that is stated above. Pursuant to Commission Rule 507, if you do not file a proper petition, the Hearing Officer will not know that you wish to formally participate in this matter and the date and time of the hearing may change without additional notice to you. Parties wishing to file a petition must register online at https://oitco.hylandcloud. com/DNRCOGExternalAccess/Account/Login.

aspx and select “Request Access to Site.” Please refer to our “eFiling Users Guidebook” at https:// ecmc.state.co.us/documents/reg/Hearings/ External_Efiling_System_Handbook_December_2021_Final.pdf for more information. Under Commission Rule 508, if no petition is filed, the Application may be approved administratively without a formal hearing.

Any Affected Person who files a petition must be able to participate in a prehearing conference during the week of October 10, 2023, if a prehearing conference is requested by the Applicant or by any person who has filed a petition.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

For more information, you may review the Application, which was sent to you with this Notice. You may also contact the Applicant at the phone number or email address listed below.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if any party requires special accommodations as a result of a disability for this hearing, please contact Margaret Humecki at Dnr_ECMC_Hearings_Unit@state.co.us, prior to the hearing and arrangements will be made.

ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

By Mimi C. Larsen, Commission Secretary

Dated: August 22, 2023

Crestone Peak Resources Operating LLC

c/o Jillian Fulcher

Sophia Graham

Beatty & Wozniak, P.C. 1675 Broadway, Suite 600 Denver, CO 80202 303-407-4499 jfulcher@bwenergylaw.com sgraham@bwenergylaw.com

Legal Notice No. BSB2648

First Publication: September 7, 2023

Last Publication: September 7, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton, Colorado 80601

In the Interest of:

Vondre Smith

Respondent

Case Number: 2023 PR 30589

Attorneys for Petitioner:

Aaron L. Evans, #27270

Timothy D. Bounds, #44180

Andrew Rogers, #52188

Evans Case, LLP 1660 South Albion Street, Suite 1100 Denver, Colorado 80222

Phone Number: (303) 757-8300

E-mail: Evans@evanscase.com; Bounds@evanscase.com Rogers@evanscase.com

NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION

PURSUANT TO §15-10-401, C.R.S.

To: LaVondrick Lard

Last Known Address:

Unknown in Adams County

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

A hearing will be held at the following time and location or a later date to which the hearing may be continued:

Date: October 11, 2023

Time: 11:30 a.m.

Division: T1

Hearing via Webex: https://judicial.webex.com/meet/D17-BRGT-

DIVT1

Andrew Rogers, Attorney for Petitioner

Teeoncinae Smith

1660 South Albion Street, Suite 1100 Denver, Colorado 80222

Legal Notice No. BSB2635

First Publication: August 31, 2023

Last Publication: September 14, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Storage Liens/Vehicle Titles

Personal Representative

5392 S. Halifax Circle Centennial, CO 80015

Legal Notice No. BSB2641

First Publication: August 31, 2023

Last Publication: September 14, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of THEODORE E. CASELLINI, a/k/a THEODORE ELVY CASELLINI, and a/k/a THEODORE CASELLINI, Deceased

Case Number: 2023 PR 30655

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before January 8, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

Tanya McPherson

Personal Representative

c/o Jessica L. Broderick, Esq. Sherman & Howard L.L.C. 675 Fifteenth Street, Ste. 2300 Denver, Colorado 80202

Legal Notice No. BSB2652

First Publication: September 7, 2023

Estate of GLORIA F. DUDLEY, aka GLORIA DUDLEY, and as GLORIA FRANCES DUDLEY, Deceased

Case Number: 2023 PR 30625

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

Gary Dudley Personal Representative

7751 S. Windermere St. Littleton, CO 80120

Legal Notice No. BSB2622

First Publication: August 24, 2023

Last Publication: September 7, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Annie P. McRobbie, aka Annie Paterson McRobbie, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30614

Legal Notice No. BSB2650

First Publication: September 7, 2023

Last Publication: September 7, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice

STATE OF COLORADO IN THE DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ADAMS Division S No. 23JV30060

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

Rosalia Tammy Cruz A Child, and Concerning

Amanda Lee Luna, John Doe, Jose Figueroa Respondents:

Eva Hernandez Special Respondent

S U M M O N S

The following property will be sold by written bid by 9:00 a.m. MST on 9/14/2023

2019 Kenworth T680 - 1XKYDP9XXKJ223020

To inquire about this item please call Bret Swenson at 801-624-5864.

Transportation Alliance Bank 4185 Harrison Blvd Ogden, UT 84403

Legal Notice No. BSB2651

First Publication: September 7, 2023

Last Publication: September 14, 2023 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Last Publication: September 21, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Geneva Marie Fresquez, Deceased

Case Number: 2023 PR 274

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

Julie Maestas

Personal Representative

273 North 11th Avenue, Brighton, Colorado 80601

Legal Notice No. BSB2619

First Publication: August 24, 2023

Last Publication: September 7, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of FLORAIDA RAMIREZ, aka FLORAIDA GOMEZ RAMIREZ, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30650

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

William Paxton Personal Representative c/o Beck, Payne, Frank & Piper, P.C. 3025 S. Parker Road, Suite 200 Aurora, CO 80014

Legal Notice No. BSB2616

First Publication: August 24, 2023

Last Publication: September 7, 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. 23JV30117

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

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 5th day of October, 2023 at the hour of 2:00 p.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 29th day of August, 2023.

Alana Percy Clerk of the District Court

Legal Notice No. BSB2654

First Publication: September 7, 2023

Last Publication: September 7, 2023

Brighton Standard Blade

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before January 2, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

Daniel Ramirez

Personal Representative 23 Blue Heron Drive Thornton CO 80241

Legal Notice No. BSB2634

DAWN BLOHM, Deceased

Case Number: 2023 PR 30651

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before January 8, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

Sandra Kuffel

Personal Representative 2956 S. 49th Street Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53219

Legal Notice No. BSB2649

First Publication: September 7, 2023

Last Publication: September 14, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of James E. Dudley, Deceased

Case Number: 2023 PR 30576

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before January 2, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

Matthew E. Johnson

First Publication: August 31, 2023

Last Publication: September 14, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of DONNA L. KOMLOFSKE, Deceased

Case Number: 2023 PR 30656

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before January 2, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

KENTON H. KUHLMAN ATTORNEY FOR THE CO-PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES 8843 SWAN RIVER ST. LITTLETON CO 80125

Legal Notice No. BSB2639

First Publication: August 31, 2023

Last Publication: September 14, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

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

Avery Vargas A Child(ren), and Concerning

Jaclyn Nicole Vargas, Antonio Romero, 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 21st day of Septemeber, 2023 at the hour of 2:15 p.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 25th day of August, 2023.

Alana Percy Clerk of the District Court

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade ###