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Continued decline of Navy brings virtual recruiting experience to Brighton P2 streamflows projected for Colorado BY HEATHER SACKETT ASPEN JOURNALISM

Scientists predict with high confidence that Colorado’s future spring runoff will come earlier; soil moisture will be lower; heat waves, droughts and wildfires will be more frequent and intense; and a thirstier atmosphere will continue to rob rivers of their flows — changes that are all driven by higher temperatures caused by humans burning fossil fuels. These findings are according to the third Climate Change in Colorado Assessment report, produced by scientists at the Colorado Climate Center at Colorado State University. Commissioned by the Colorado Water Conservation Board, the report’s findings have implications for the state’s water managers. Borrowing a phrase from climate scientist Brad Udall, climate change is water change — which has become a common maxim for those water managers. The report focuses on 2050 as a planning horizon and projects what conditions will be like at that time. According to the report, by 2050, the statewide annual temperatures are projected to warm by 2.5 to 5.5 degrees Fahrenheit compared with a late-20th-century baseline and 1 to 4 degrees compared with today. SEE STREAMFLOWS, P11

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The Navy’s mission comes to Prairie View and Brighton high schools BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

For high school students interested in a career with the Navy, a virtual reality tour of duty is a great place to get their feet wet – virtually, of course. Officials from the U.S. Navy visited Prairie View in Henderson Jan. 17 to find top-notch STEM students. They brought a virtual reality experience with the Nimitz mobile unit that simulates a Navy SEAL mission to the school. They took their demonstration to at Brighton High School Jan. 19. “We are extremely excited to spend time at Prairie View and Brighton high schools, meeting with excep-

tional students and faculty, and discussing the great opportunities available in today’s Navy,” said Commander Dominique Jackson of the Navy Diversity and Outreach program. “It is important for today’s high school students to understand that a Navy STEM career offers an exceptional future.” The Navy Outreach and Diversity mission is to seek students with strong analytical and problem-solving skills to fill high-demanding jobs in STEM fields of nuclear engineering, cryptology, IT, and health care, according to a press release. In addition, the Navy is offering an ROTC scholarship for $180,000 for students with outstanding academic

and leadership skills. It pays full college tuition for students who qualify, according to officials. Their efforts in Brighton this week feature the Nimitz, a mobile, state-ofthe-art virtual reality experience that simulates an actual high-speed Navy SEAL mission. The Nimitz was transported in a semi to the schools. Maria Rust, Public Affairs Officer for Navy Talent Acquisition Group, said this event with the Nimitz mobile unit has been traveling across the U.S. for several years. “This is the first event here in Colorado, but also recruiting for the military,” Rust said. “I love it. It gives the kids a chance to come in and see what we do and a chance to interact with them and answer any questions. It’s an opportunity to come out into the community.” “If anyone’s interested in joining the military, we can give them all the information they need,” Rust said. Dog tag access

At the Prairie View High School event, the students start the process by completing a survey of their interests and if they are interested in the military. After the survey is completed, they are given a Navy dog tag to access the Nimitz mobile unit. The students also got the opportunity to take photos with a green screen. When the image is produced, it has a Navy jet in the background. Then, the student enters the Nimitz mobile unit, which starts with a video briefing about their mission with information about career options in the Navy. Next, the students get ready for their virtual mission. They put on an Oculus Rift headset and a wearable piece of technology called a Sub Pac

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Police and puzzles: Brighton amends 2024 budget Council agrees to hire five for PD, join 2026 puzzle campaign BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

City Councilors made their first change of the new year to the 2024 budget Tuesday night, allocating $887,567 to hire four police officers and a sergeant and $60,000 to be included in 2026 celebration of the United States’ 250th anniversary featuring puzzles. Budget Manager Kayla Barber-Perrotta said the amendment is needed due to changes since the council adopted the 2024 budget in October. “Sometimes there are unforeseen items that may come up or items where there is such a significant variable out there, we simply don’t have enough information to make a recommendation at the time the budget was adopted,” Barber-Perrotta said. Brighton voters turned down a planned sales tax increase in November that would have been earmarked for police staffing. The proposed 15cent tax on each $100 spent would have allowed the city to hire 12 new Police Department employees, most of them sworn police officers. Instead, the city will get four new officers, a new sergeant and uniforms, equipment and police cars to let them do their jobs. The first $190,013 will be paid by a state of Colorado SMART grant designed to help police departments hire and train officers. Barber-Perrotta said that will cover the salaries and benefits for two of the new offi-

cers and the sergeant for two years. “Based on what we are expecting in projected revenues over the next ten years, we would be able to support these officers in the long term,” Barber-Perotta said. “We would not be making this recommendation if we could not do that with projected revenue.” Celebrating Brighton in 2026

Councilors also agreed to allocate $60,000 to the Brighton Chamber of Commerce to include the city in a puzzle promotion from the Dowdle Folk Arts Company. According to Chamber of Commerce President Natalie Cummings, an artist from the company will paint a mural of the city featuring landmarks, schools, churches and other memorable features. That mural will be made into a puzzle sold by the Dowdle company, part of a promotion they are planning called the “Land that I Love“ program. “So, basically, in 2026 America turns 250 years old and that’s what this project is wrapped around,” Cummings said. The Dowdle company makes themed zigsaw puzzles that are sold in retailers around the world, including Costco. The company currently lists 430 different puzzles on its website, covering holidays, national parks and cities and countries around the world - including Denver. Cummings said the company plans to market a series of puzzles that will be timed to be released in honor of the United State’s 250th anniversary in 2026. The company plans to create five puzzles representing five towns in each state, and Brighton is one of the Colorado cities picked to get a puzzle.

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She said the puzzles would become an enduring way to promote Brighton. “The puzzle is going to highlight our history, our present and some of our future,” Cummings said. “It will become a keepsake. It’s a beautiful product.” She said Brighton’s mural and puzzle are on schedule to be unveiled at the city’s Summerfest celebration this June. The project is expected to cost the chamber $150,000. The first $75,000 was paid in December and the rest is due before the planned June unveiling. “This is a $150,000 project and we will receive 3,600 puzzles,” she said. “Those will be sold at the unveiling event and at the tourism bureau. We will hold full rights to that art for one year, and then you will start to see these puzzles available in stores —in Costco and on the artist’s website.” Community versus commercial

Councilors approved the idea, but some had concerns. Councilor Peter Padilla said he would prefer that local organizations and businesses were footing the bill for Brighton’s involvement. Currently, all of the funding is coming from the city’s lodging tax revenues, Brighton’s Historic Preservation Board and money from Brighton Cultural Arts and the Brighton Tourism Bureau. “I’m seeing several different buckets of Brighton money, but I’m not seeing where our business owners are making a contribution,” Padilla said. But Cummings said that was by design to keep the mural and the puzzle focused on community history rath-

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er than individual businesses. “We actually chose not to take business money because then it gets so commercial,” Cummings said. “We want to keep this as a gift to the community of Brighton.” But Councilor Ann Taddeo said she was more excited about Brighton being involved in the promotion than she should be. Taddeo predicted the puzzles would continue to promote Brighton long after 2026. Brighton still gets fans of the Food Network’s Guy Fieri visiting after his show “Diners, Driveins and Dives” featured Brighton’s “Lauer Krauts” in 2011, she said. “That’s a national show and it brought people in,” she said. “I don’t know where they came from, Denver or elsewhere, but they drive all the way up to Brighton to visit Lauer Krauts. And this is a national program, too, and it’s huge, in my opinion.”

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Weld Commission settles member roles Ross to lead board as county coordinator, advisory memberships set BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Kevin Ross will lead the Weld County Board of County Commissioners for 2024, his peers agreed Jan. 4. The board elected Ross as the Chair for 2024, and Perry Buck was elected again as the Chair Pro-Tem. According to officials, the chairperson governs commissioner meetings; the ProTem oversees meetings in which the chairperson is not attending, according to officials. The Weld County Home Rules Charter requires the board each year to elect a chairperson of the board and a chairperson pro-tem for the first annual meeting, according to a news release on Jan. 4. Board members also are expected to fill roles on advisory boards and to act as coordinators for county departments and those were

set at the same meeting. County Coordinator assignments

The 2024 coordinator roles, according to officials: Commissioner Kevin Ross: Department of Finance and Administration, Accounting and Purchasing, Clerk to the Board, the County Attorney, Human Resources, and the Treasurer’s Office. Commissioner Perry Buck: Departments of Health, Coroner’s Office, Information Technology, Justice Services, the Office of Emergency Management, and Public Safety Communications. Commissioner Mike Freeman: Department of Public Works, Facilities, Oil and Gas Energy, Fleet Services and Planning. Commissioner Scott James: Department of Human Service and Veteran Services. Advisory Boards

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January 25, 2024

NAR Releases Profile of Denver Metro Area Buyers and Sellers

Last week I reported on the real estate market in metro Denver. This week, I’m providing information from a National Association of Realtors (NAR) survey of buyers and sellers that was released in December. NAR did a national survey but provided data from the 169 Denver area respondents who had purchased a home in the 12-month period from July 2022 through June 2023. The buyers were identified from public records of transactions, not from MLS data. Those buyers who had also sold a home constituted the database for the survey of sellers. The survey was limited to buyers of primary residences, not investment properties. Here’s my editing of the report released for Denver via the Denver Metro Association of Realtors.

Characteristics of Home Buyers • In Denver, the median age of recent home buyers was 43 years old, compared to 49 nationally. The largest share of home buyers in Denver this year were in the 25 to 34 years age group (27 percent) and the 35 to 44 years age group (25 percent). This graph shows both the Denver and national breakdowns:

• 82 percent of buyers were White/ Caucasian, 9 percent were Hispanic/ Latino, 2 percent were Black/African American, 8 percent were Asian/Pacific Islander, and 3 percent identified as other.

Financing the Home Purchase • For 42 percent of buyers, the source of the downpayment was their savings, and 35% of buyers cited using the proceeds from the sale of a primary residence for their downpayment. Here is the full breakdown: • The median percent financed for first-time buyers was 91 percent compared to 75 percent for repeat buyers. • Buyers continue to see purchasing a home as a good financial investment. Eighty-two percent reported they view a home purchase as a good investment.

home was the desire to move closer to friends and family (17 percent), the neighborhood has become less desirable (nine percent), or moving due to retirement (eight percent). • Sellers typically lived in their home for 10 years before selling.

Do replace damaged countertops. Do repair damaged walls and replace damaged doors that can’t be repaired. Do replace those 1990s glass-and-brass lighting fixtures. (They’re so unappealing that Habitat’s thrift store won’t accept them as donations!) Do replace burned out light bulbs. Now that LED replacement bulbs are so cheap (under a dollar in bulk at many stores), I suggest replacing all your incandescents or CFLs with LED “daylight” equivalents. Do repaint where there is peeling or discolored paint. (Think “eyesore.”) Do replace rotted timbers on your deck, then power wash and re-stain or repaint as necessary. Do improve curb appeal (always the first impression), including weeding and pruning and freshening the front door.

man for our clients.) Beyond the above advice, I tell my sellers to be strategic about major issues which they know need to be done. If these are likely to become inspection issues, don’t fix them prior to listing your home if they’re not the kind of eyesore which would deter a buyer from making an offer. For example, I had a listing with damage to the concrete driveway. The seller was thinking he should repair it before putting the home on the market. We knew it would be an inspection issue, but by leaving it undone we could use it as a bargaining chip. Sure enough, we got under contract and the inspection demands included repairing the driveway. Since it was the most expensive item on a long list of repairs, we said we’d repair that but nothing else, and the buyer accepted it.

Characteristics of Homes Purchased Home Selling and Real Estate Profes• 16 percent of buyers pursionals chased a new home, and 84 per• 85 percent of sellers reported that cent of buyers purchased a pretheir agent provided a broad range of viously-owned home. services and management of most as• Detached single-family homes pects of the home sale. In Denver, 80 continued to be the most compercent said that their agent provided a mon home type for recent buyers at 79 Home Sellers and Their Selling Expe- broad range of services. percent, followed by townhouses at 11 rience • 67 percent said that they would def• For Denver sellers, the most com- initely or probably (19 percent) recompercent. 7% purchased units in multifamily buildings, included half- monly cited reason for selling their mend their agent for future services. duplexes, etc. • 68% of all buyers purchased in a Consider These Tasks to Make Your Home Market Ready First, only make improvements that (It’s true that red doors sell homes…) suburb/subdivision, 20% purchased in Do have someone with “fresh eyes” an urban area/center city, and 11 percent eliminate a defect or an issue which might turn off a prospective buyer. I call walk through your house and identify in a rural area or small town. • When it came to sustainability fea- these “eyesores,” things that stand out like other turn-offs. (Our free staging consulttures, windows, doors and siding were a sore thumb, and not things that are simp- ant performs that function.) Do not replace undamaged countertops “very important” to 34% of Denver buy- ly “dated” or out of style. Here are some examples: or bathroom fixtures just because they are ers. Coming in second was energyDo refinish hardwood floors that are “dated” — even those pastel colored bathefficient lighting at 28%, heating and seriously and obviously in need of refin- tubs and sinks. (I tell buyers “You can’t cooling costs at 27%, with solar panels ishing. buy those anymore!”) The exception being “very important” to only 9% of Do replace carpeting that is seriously would be the toilets. A white chair height buyers. (Nationally, solar panels were old, such as 1970s shag carpeting, or car- low-flow toilet can be replaced for a couonly very important to peting that is seriously worn or stained. ple hundred dollars and installed by any 6% of buyers.) (Again, think “eyesore.”) handyman. (We have a $25/hour handy-

Home Buying and Real Estate Professionals • 89 percent purchased through a real estate agent, and two percent purchased di• Denver buyers had a median income rectly through the previous owner. of $146,900. • 60 percent of buyers were married I’m Now Publishing on Substack Everything you read in this ad each couples, 16 percent were single females, week — and more — is published at ten percent were single males, and ten http://RealEstateToday.Substack.com percent were unmarried couples. and comes to you automatically each • 34 percent were first-time buyers. Wednesday. I also write a political col• 27 percent of buyers had children umn you might like. Find it at http:// TalkingTurkey.Substack.com. Since 1/6 under the age of 18 living at home. Rita and I are on a world cruise on the • 11 percent of home buyers pur- Viking Sky. You can subscribe to my chased a multi-generational home, to daily travelogue at http://WhereAreJim take care of aging parents, because of andRita.substack.com. children or relatives over the age of 18 During the cruise, I am making and moving back home, and for cost- receiving calls and emails as usual, even at sea, so feel free to contact me. savings.

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Johnstown’s newest truck stop Bucee’s will host a hiring event Jan. 23 through 27 at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Loveland Hotel Conference Center, 4705 Clydesdale Parkway, Loveland. The company is looking to fill 250 jobs with benefits and hourly pay ranging from $18 to $21. Applications must be submitted online prior to the event. Apply at www. buc-ees.com/careers. Online applications will be reviewed, and phone screens will be conducted. Candidates who advance to the next level will be extended an invitation to interview. Due to the large volume and need for pre-scheduled interview times, walkins are not encouraged and may be turned away. Twelve species of trees available for purchase through Brighton’s 2024 Tree Program

Spruce up your yard with a tree from the City of Brighton’s 2024 Tree Program! Trees are now available for purchase at www.brightontreeprogram. com. The program is intended to encourage tree planting, species diversity and water conservation within the City. The species of trees available are selected based on Brighton’s water demand and soil conditions. Twelve species are available through the program and range in cost from $50 to $80 with a maximum of two trees per household. This program is for Brighton residents only. Ordering is available until all trees are sold out. To learn more or

to place an order, visit www.brightontreeprogram.com. Residents must pick up purchased trees at 807 Voiles Street on either of the following distribution days: Friday April 19, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., or Saturday, April 20, from 8 a.m. to Noon. Growing Grads Summer Job Launch set

The City of Brighton’s Youth Services will be hosting its annual Growing Grads Summer Job Launch on Feb. 24, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Armory Performing Arts Center, located at 300 Strong St. This event is a great opportunity for youth interested in interning or working for the City of Brighton during the summer to build their resume, get tips and tricks for obtaining summer jobs, and find out more about what positions the city has to offer over the summer. Attendance at the Summer Job Launch is required to be eligible for a possible paid summer internship with the City. Registration is required for the Summer Job Launch at brightonco.gov/ summerjobs and space is limited. The deadline is Feb. 22. Call for nominations for the 2024 Adams County Mayors and Commissioners Youth Awards

The mayors and commissioners of Adams County are asking for nominations for the 2024 Adams County Mayors and Commissioners Youth Awards (ACMCYA). This award focuses on teenagers who have triumphed over great odds and serve as inspiration and role models for their peers.

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Each year, this program recognizes young people in grades 6-12 (up to 20 years old) who have overcome personal adversity to create a positive change in their own lives or for those around them. If you know of an individual who has had this impact on others but is not in a school setting, those nominations will also be accepted. This program provides businesses, the community and civic leaders an opportunity to actively demonstrate their support for the young people in our community and recognize them for their accomplishments. Businesses may also help by making a monetary or in-kind donation. If you’d like to nominate a student for the ACMCYA, please complete the online nomination form. The deadline to submit nominations is Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. If you have questions, please contact Abby Martinez at the City of Brighton Office of Youth Services, at 303-6552186 or agmartinez@brightonco.gov. Workshops from Workforce & Business Center

The Adams County Workforce & Business Center is hosting multiple workshops throughout November. Topics throughout the month include Elements of Networking, Marketing Yourself Successfully, Workplace Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Conflict Resolution, Critical Thinking, and more. Visit the center’s website, https:// adcogov.org/workforce-businesscenter, for a full class schedule, which includes contact information for each workshop. The center has locations in Aurora, in Westminter’sPete Mirelez Human Services Center, 11860 N. Pecos St and at 36 South 18th Ave. in Brighton. Internships available with Adams County

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Justice, who is the youngest player on the squad, has had a chance to work on the mental side of his approach to basketball as well. “Because I am the youngest, I know I’m going to have to work 10 times harder,” Justice said. “I wasn’t going to let it bother me. I knew that was a good thing. “I’m developing that mental piece,” he added. “These players are older. They have more experience. They are talking, and I take their criticism without taking it personally. One of our guards (sophomore Ty Foster, from Brooklyn), is teaching me more about the college game.” Justice is also making the switch to being responsible for his schedule and his academics. “Distance from home played a little bit of a factor (in my college choice),” he said. “I’m away from my family. I’ve always been around them my whole life. Getting up and leaving them and

Even so, there was an adjustment to taking on the added responsibility. “I realized I’ve got some homework to do,” he said. “It’s a big thing, maturity. Because there are so many older players on the team, they have helped me mature. Ty showed me a huge way to keep on top of my grades. If I

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do some kiddy stuff on the floor, he’ll remind me that this isn’t high-school ball.” Justice is majoring in sports management. He’s hoping to be a coach (“I want to stay in the game as long as I can.”) or a doctor. “It’s more about listening instead of talking,” he added. “My coach told me, ‘People listen to respond. You need to listen to hear.’ That’s been a big thing. When I think back to high school, I needed to mature. I’m glad I learned.”

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When it comes time for our own reboot

ow many times over the past few years have we found ourselves calling customer service or support because we were having an issue WINNING with a phone, device, or laptop? How WORDS many times have we had to get in touch with our help desk at our company to try and help us troubleshoot a problem? And it doesn’t matter if we find ourselves interacting Michael Norton with a chat bot that guides us through the potential fix or if we are lucky enough to speak with a live person, the first question they ask is this, “Did you try turning your device off and then on again?” Or “Have you tried to reboot your system?” For most of us my guess is that the answer is yes, we have tried restarting our phone or computer. But then the agent trying to assist says, “Well let’s just try it one more time while I have you on the phone.” Frustrated, we do as instructed, and after a few minutes of the phone or device rebooting, the problem still exists. Luckily, sooner or later our technology is back up and running and we are happily back in business. Again, for most of us this has become common sense. If we are experiencing troubles, just simply reboot, stop and restart the technology as the first step in self-serving the problem. Now here’s another question, why don’t we know enough to take the same action when something is going on with us personally? When upset, frustrated, angry, disappointed, or just plain tired, why don’t we simply reboot ourselves? Hit the stop button for a little bit and then restart.

It doesn’t always work with technology, and it won’t always work with us as humans. But what if we started there? Giving ourselves a break from the action and the crazy and hectic pace of the race. Taking a pause, giving ourselves and others a period of grace, or maybe just choosing to walk away for a few minutes to see if we can gain a little clarity. With technology sometimes the machine gets overheated, or has too many functions, applications, or windows running at the same time. Or maybe the device has been corrupted in some way by being hacked. Well, sometimes as people we get overheated, we are doing too many things at once, or maybe we let someone else’s opinion corrupt our beliefs about ourselves, they have figured out how to hack into our psyche. As much as it frustrates me when someone asks me if I have tried rebooting my device before I made

the call, I also recognize that sometimes it is the simplest things that we miss or overlook. So, if we find ourselves running hard, multi-tasking more than we ever have, upset at a situation or other people, or just flat out exhausted, give yourself permission to reboot your system, shutting it down for a little bit before restarting. Although some of us workaholics refuse to take vacations or personal days off, there are plenty of good and healthy reasons that we should. We can all benefit from recharging our batteries, taking a rest, and taking time for self-care, rebooting if you will. Believe it or not, our emails will all still be there when we get back, the projects we left behind will be waiting for us upon our return, and the world as we know it will not have blown up. But our patience levels will have been restored, our outlook will have improved, and maybe, everyone around us seems better than

they were before we left. Whether it’s walking away in the moment to take a pause when things seem out of sorts, catching our breath for a moment, or finally taking a day or two or a week or more off, there is always tremendous value in rebooting our own system when necessary. Have you tried turning off your system for a few minutes and then turning it back on? If so, did you come back refreshed? I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@ gmail.com, and when we can learn to reboot when we need to, we will see that everything seems a little brighter and that will lead us to a better than good life. Michael Norton is an author, a personal and professional coach, consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator of individuals and businesses, working with organizations and associations across multiple industries.

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Colorado temperatures have already risen by 2.3 degrees since 1980. By 2050, the average year is likely to be as warm as the hottest years on record through 2022. This warming, which scientists are very confident will come to pass, will drive the other water system changes that Colorado can expect to see. As temperatures rise and streamflows decline, water supply will decrease. According to the report, by 2050 there will be an annual reduction of 5-30% in streamflow volume; a 5-30% reduction of April 1 snow-

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our rivers and be available for us later.” Scientists are less certain about whether precipitation will increase or decrease in the future. Dry conditions have persisted across the state over the past two decades, with four of the five driest years occurring since 2000. Most climate models project an increase in winter precipitation, but they suggest the potential for large decreases in summer precipitation. But even if precipitation stays the same, streamflows will dwindle because of increased temperatures. CWCB officials hope water managers across the state will use the report to help plan for a future with less water. Many entities have already shifted to developing programs that support climate adaptation and resilience.

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Volunteers say community orchestras create more connected, well-rounded society BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

n a cold January night in a Wheat Ridge church, a large group of people traveled back in time to the 1800s — not by using new technology, but rather musical instruments. Brows furrowed and fingers fluttered as the Jefferson Symphony Orchestra, made up of roughly 70 volunteer musicians, perform a composition from an 1800s opera, “Carmen.” The community orchestra is one of many in the metro Denver region that offer people an opportunity to bring their musical talents and passions to life regardless of their profession, age or background. Despite the time and work it takes to execute exceptional performances, volunteer musicians through-

out the metro region say the effort is worth it, highlighting the value of music for themselves and their communities. Chris Loring, principal violist of the Jefferson Symphony Orchestra, said the orchestra brings together people who share the same passion that they’ve all had since first picking up their instruments. “And now, here we are. We have this talent that we can share with each other, and that’s really fulfilling just to put it all together and be artistic and have fun,” she said. “It’s a great sense of community.” In the southern metro region of Denver, the Littleton Symphony Orchestra shares a similar goal of upholding community, said Bill Mesa, an assistant principal percussionist in the symphony. “With any community orchestra, they want to be a part of the commu-

nity,” Mesa said. “Not just in it.” Compared to an organization like the Jefferson Symphony Orchestra, which dates back to the 1950s, a relatively newer community orchestra in the metro region is the Lone Tree Symphony Orchestra, founded in 2000. Katie Smith, principal oboe of the Lone Tree symphony, underlined the importance of having an orchestra in any community, whether it be Jefferson County, Littleton or Lone Tree. “Having arts organizations provides a more well-rounded community as a whole,” Smith said. “It creates a more pleasant community to live in when you have more opportunities for the arts.” The start of lifelong musical careers

For both Loring and Smith, their musical careers started at a young age with playing the piano.

Loring, a 42-year-old pet photographer and private music teacher who lives in Jefferson County, said that in sixth grade, she joined the student orchestra. Out of the roughly 25 students there, no one had signed up to play viola, a string instrument that is slightly larger than a violin and has a deeper sound. The teacher asked who in the room wanted to play viola, leading to an awkward silence, Loring recalled. “This cute boy next to me grabbed my hand, raised it up in the air, and the rest is history,” she said. “From that point forward, I really fell in love with the instrument.” She went on to the University of Northern Colorado and studied viola performance, and today, she helps teach young musicians. SEE MUSIC, P13

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“I love teaching for a couple of reasons. No. 1, I can have a hand in developing musicians that are going to come behind me,” Loring said. “These orchestras don’t fill up unless we have students that are learning and growing and developing a passion for something that some people might consider dorky or weird — but these kids are really, really excited about it.” Smith, a 50-year-old Highlands Ranch resident who does project work with Cigna Healthcare as her day job, said her mom was a church musician. “She started me on piano at 5 (years old) and then I apparently kept asking … what instrument I should play if I wanted to play in church,” Smith said. “She said, ‘Please play the oboe.’” Playing the oboe, a woodwind instrument, as a young child would have been a tall task, Smith said, so she initially started by playing the flute. By the end of fifth grade, however, she started the oboe. “I took to the oboe like a duck to water,” she said. Smith got her undergraduate degree in music from the University of Denver, she said. Although she had always intended to be a professional musician, when she got into college, she was encouraged to double major “so that I would at least have something to eat,” she said with a laugh. She got a minor in business and realized she did not want to pursue a professional music career, she said. “I think since I don’t do it as my primary profession, I get more enjoyment out of it as an avocation than a vocation,” Smith said. For Mesa, a 57-year-old Centennial resident, his music career started as a young boy playing drums on coffee cans that his mom discarded, he said. He recalled listening to his dad’s vinyl records that featured lots of

percussion, drawing him to the drums. “The clincher is when I first saw ‘Star Wars,’ and the music just blew me away,” Mesa said. “I thought, ‘Wow. Hear all those drums.’” Eventually, he picked up drums through public schooling and performed through college. However, he did not major in music performance. Rather, he found an interest in accounting and is now an accounting professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Highlighting the ability of community orchestras to connect people, he said some of his former students will attend the Littleton Symphony Orchestra’s concerts and come up to him afterward to catch up. “Those are all community factors. There doesn’t have to be anonymity,” he said about local performances. Discovering community orchestras

From seeing an advertisement to getting a phone call about an opening, the process of getting involved in a community orchestra can look different for everyone. Loring said she first learned about the Jefferson Symphony Orchestra when she moved to Golden around 2008, saying she saw an advertisement for it. She had been looking for an orchestra to join and had heard great things about it, she said. “It’s been around for decades, and many of the people who play in this orchestra have been here for decades,” she said. “When I joined, this was known as one of … the premier orchestras in terms of community orchestras for this area.” The orchestra, which musicians have to audition to get into, is made up of roughly 70 people ranging from college-age to post-retirement age, she said. “It’s a really great orchestra full of some insanely talented musicians. We have played repertoire that you hear from the professional symphony,” she said. SEE MUSIC, P14

Left: The Jefferson Symphony Orchestra is made up of roughly 70 volunteer musicians.

Arturo González, music director and conductor of the Jefferson Symphony Orchestra, giving directions to musicians on Jan. 8, 2024, at the Wheat Ridge United Methodist Church.

Musician in the Jefferson Symphony Orchestra plays their string instrument during a Jan. 8, 2024, rehearsal.

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Smith got involved in the Lone Tree Symphony Orchestra around 2006 after hearing about it through a friend. When she started playing with the orchestra, they performed in a church, she recalled. Now, they perform in the Lone Tree Arts Center, which she said is an amazing opportunity that not every community orchestra has. She estimated roughly 60 musicians are in the orchestra, which requires an audition to join. “We provide excellent entertainment for the community and it’s done in a manner where it isn’t haughty,” she said. “It’s presented in a way that people really feel encouraged to go and I think they really enjoy the opportunity and they enjoy the performance.” Smith described making music with others in the symphony as both beautiful and challenging, especially if the musicians have different skill sets. “You have to be patient,” she said. Mesa got connected to the Littleton Symphony Orchestra when he got a phone call from the thenprincipal percussionist asking if he would be interested in filling in because the orchestra needed an extra person. Some time afterward, Mesa auditioned and became a regular member of the symphony about 17 years ago. “It challenged me more. It upped my game and playing because the players in the orchestra are remarkable, high caliber,” he said. “You can get some exceptional performances from the community orchestras in the Denver metro area that you live by, and you’re supporting the community.” The vision of the Littleton Symphony Orchestra, which is made up of about 50 musicians ranging in age from early 20s to upper 70s, is to provide performances that elevate the human spirit, Mesa said. “We pursue that relentlessly, knowing it’s something we’ll never accomplish,” he said. “That’s what drew me into the orchestra.” The value of music and community

Although volunteering in the symphony orchestra requires hours of practice and rehearsal, one of the most rewarding factors is making music with friends, Mesa said.

Violinists in the Jefferson Symphony Orchestra rehearsing on Jan. 8, 2024.

“There’s nothing quite like that type of effort when you have this number of people and when (a) performance pops and it sparks. And you can feel that from the audience because there is some communication between the orchestra and the audience,” he said. “It’s the best. You can’t replace it.” Community orchestras are valuable because they provide a music outlet for residents who may not have the budget to pay the higherpriced tickets to see a professional orchestra, Mesa said. “Just give the orchestra a chance,” he said. “It’s fun, and it’s live music … something we’re, I think, missing nowadays.” Smith said the Lone Tree Symphony Orchestra is fortunate because it has had the support of the city since the very beginning. Similar to Mesa, Smith said being a part of any orchestra is a unique, special experience. “I think the most rewarding part of any performance is knowing that you’ve provided not only (an) escape in what you’re doing and what you’re creating — you’re also creating an experience for somebody else,” Smith said. “I think the most important thing for folks to know is that we’re here,” she added. “You don’t necessarily have to go downtown to hear the symphony.” The most challenging part about being in a community orchestra is that the volunteer musicians have

Music stands were placed throughout the Wheat Ridge United Methodist Church as PHOTOS BY TAYLER SHAW the Jefferson Symphony Orchestra rehearsed on Jan. 8, 2024.

busy lives, Loring said. Yet, the time and effort is worth it. “As a musician, the thing that I love about working in a group like this and performing is that this is the only way we get to bring to life some of the art that’s been given to this world,” Loring said. “With classical music, we have composers who wrote these incredible manuscripts, and they wrote these ideas and these concepts and these stories in notes. “And it’s up to us to translate that, and to create a story and to tell that through our music using our talents. And that, to me, is the coolest part,” she added.

Community orchestras are important to the local community for a number of reasons, Loring said. One of them is that the orchestras provide activities for residents to enjoy. Another is the opportunity the orchestra provides to the volunteers, giving musicians a chance to continue to play their instrument when maybe they otherwise would not have. “How many people stop playing because they don’t have those opportunities?” Loring said. “Orchestras, like the Jefferson Symphony Orchestra, give that to people. And that’s really, really important for the community.”

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Colorado Cowboy Gathering returns to Golden for poetry, music plus others who drive in from Kansas, Wyoming and elsewhere, he described. Stamey, who headlined the Jan. 14 show, traveled from California himself because he loves performing in Golden every year. “It’s a neat place,” he said. …and the skies are not cloudy all day

Lori Beth Brooke plays the accordion during the Jan. 12 Colorado Cowboy Gathering’s “Kickin’ It Off ” show at Golden’s Buffalo Rose. Brooke, who hails from Austin, Texas, said it was her first time performing at the Colorado Cowboy Gathering. PHOTO BY CORINNE WESTEMAN BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLOROADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

If anyone can brave sub-zero temperatures and snowy conditions to put on a night-to-remember show, it’s cowboy poets and musicians. After taking a break last year, the Colorado Cowboy Gathering returned to Golden Jan. 11-14, but this time at a new venue. Or, technically two. After hosting a special membersonly show Jan. 11 at the new Miners Alley Performing Arts Center, the Colorado Cowboy Gathering held its Jan. 12-14 shows at the Buffalo Rose. During the Jan. 12 “Kickin’ It Off ” show, the place was nearly filled to the brim. From the front row to the back of the balcony, people eagerly listened to the performers’ songs and poems, which were a mix of classics and originals. Musician Lori Beth Brooke, a firsttime CCG performer from Texas, was impressed to see how packed the Buffalo Rose was on a Friday afternoon. She and the other performers described how they see each other at Western events throughout the year, so the annual Golden-based gathering feels like a family reunion. Many of the regular attendees felt similarly. Golden’s Paul Chamberlin said he and his wife Nona love seeing their friends among the performers and fellow attendees every year. “It’s a fun weekend,” Chamberlin said. “ … We’re here to try and help support it because it’s a good event. We have lots of fun, and we’ve been to most of them for the last 33 years.”

Edgewater’s Judi Karg, who’s been following CCG for a few years, loves how local the event is. She also appreciates the opportunity to enjoy cowboy poetry and music, saying, “It’s different. It’s not country. It’s not Western. It’s down to earth.”

For the uninitiated, Russell emphasized how the Colorado Cowboy Gathering doesn’t showcase the country music one hears on the radio, but rather songs and poems — whether original or traditional — about the cowboy lifestyle. Russell, a poet and singer/songwriter, said he writes about his life keeping cows and horses in southern Colorado. Many of his fellow performers had similar experiences, like Miska Paget who shared poems

about being a veterinarian or Brooke who shared her yodeling, accordionplaying and songwriting skills. While she’s been playing accordion since second grade, Brooke started yodeling about 20 years ago. She said it’s about emphasizing the break in one’s voice that one normally covers up, but people can practice how to yodel versus sing. While she only performed 10 minutes during the Jan. 12 show, she expected a full slate for the Jan. 13-14 shows. But, she hoped to perform at CCG again if invited. Finally, Russell wanted newcomers to know CCG is family-friendly and features about 20 of the very best cowboy and cowgirl performers in the country. “They have to come,” Russell said of those who’ve never attended a show. “ … After one time, they’re hooked.”

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The Colorado Cowboy Gathering started 35 years ago at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities and typically coincides with the National Western Stock Show. Around 2011, CCG moved to the American Mountaineering Center in downtown Golden, board member Dennis Russell said. The 2021 show was canceled because of COVID-19 but returned in January 2022. However, the organizers decided to forgo last year’s show, with Russell describing how everyone needed a break. For 2024, the organizers wanted to keep the shows in Golden but find a bigger venue, Russell continued. So, the Buffalo Rose seemed like a good choice. “The town wants us here, and we want to be here,” Russell said, adding how welcoming the Chamber of Commerce, the city and residents have been. Dave Stamey, a singer/songwriter who’s been performing at CCG for 15plus years, described how CCG has changed since he started performing while it was still at the Arvada Center. He said CCG continues to develop a very loyal audience, both locally and long-distance. It draws in regular attendees from all over Colorado,

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Ordinance No. 2024-690 was passed at the January 16, 2024, special meeting of the Town Board and will take effect on February 23, 2024. The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection and acquisition in the Town Clerk’s Office, 703 Weld County Road 37, Lochbuie, CO 80603 and on the Town’s website at: Lochbuie.org Heather Bowen Town Clerk Legal Notice No. BSB2947 First Publication: January 25, 2024 Last Publication: January 25, 2024 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO

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

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2023DR1561 JEANINE HALIBURTON VS DONALD PENDERGRASS 2023DR1346 ROSA TERRAZAS ALMANZA VS FELIX GAMBOA ONTIVEROZ

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2023DR1285 SILVIANO VEGA FLORES VS ARIANA CASTRO ROMERO ALANA PERCY Clerk of the Combined Court Date: January 17, 2024 By: Andrea Rivera Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. BSB2949 First Publication: January 25, 2024 Last Publication: January 25, 2024 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice Town of Lochbuie, Colorado Ordinance No. 2024-690 AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF LOCHBUIE, COLORADO, (A) AMENDING SECTION 1-4-20 OF THE TOWN OF LOCHBUIE MUNICIPAL CODE TO INCREASE THE PENALTY FOR NONCRIMINAL VIOLATIONS OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO A $1000 FINE MAXIMUM FROM A $500 FINE MAXIMUM, (B) REPEALING AND READOPTING CHAPTER 10 CONCERNING GENERAL OFFENSES, (C) MOVING CERTAIN SECTIONS CURRENTLY WITHIN CHAPTER 10 TO OTHER CHAPTERS OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, AND (D) REVISING PARK REGULATIONS

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cation of the following shall be published once during the month of January 2024. A copy of the Petition and Summons may be obtained from the Clerk of the Combined Court. Default judgment may be entered against you if you fail to appear or file a response within 35 days of this publication. Case Number 2024DR8 GREEN

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Town of Lochbuie, Colorado Ordinance No. 2024-689 AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF LOCHBUIE, COLORADO, AMENDING SECTION 2-2-60 OF THE TOWN OF LOCHBUIE MUNICIPAL CODE GOVERNING SPECIAL MEETINGS Ordinance No. 2024-689 was passed at the January 12, 2024, special meeting of the Town Board and will take effect on February 23, 2024. The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection and acquisition in the Town Clerk’s Office, 703 Weld County Road 37, Lochbuie, CO 80603 and on the Town’s website at: Lochbuie.org Heather Bowen Town Clerk Legal Notice No. BSB2945 First Publication: January 25, 2024 Last Publication: January 25, 2024 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

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ADAMS COUNTY COMBINED COURT Court Address: 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton, CO 80601 CONSOLIDATED NOTICE OF PUBLICATION – LEGAL SEPARATION Notice is hereby given that in the following proceedings filed in the Court under the Uniform Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Court has found that due diligence has been used to obtain personal service of process within the State of Colorado or that efforts to obtain the same would have been to no avail. Pursuant to C.R.S. 14-10-107(4)(a), one publi-

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2023DR1529 ELIZABETH DE HARO MEJIA VS JUAN MARQUEZ GUTIERREZ

Legal Notice No. BSB2948 First Publication: January 25, 2024 Last Publication: January 25, 2024 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

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vice of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you outside of the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after such service upon you. Your answer or counterclaim must be accompanied with the applicable filing fee. If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within the applicable time period, the Court may enter judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.

Plaintiff: George Kline v. Defendants: Anthony Joseph Kline and All Unknown parties Claiming an Interest in this property Case Number:2023CV31238 Division W NOTICE OF SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S. To: Anthony Joseph Kline and All Unknown parties Claiming an Interest in this property Last Known Address, if any: 9072 Rampart St, Federal Heights, Adams County, CO 80260 YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the attached Complaint. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you within the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within 21 days after such service upon you. If ser-

Public Notice BEFORE THE COLORADO ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT COMMISSION NOTICE AND APPLICATION FOR HEARING DOCKET NO. 240100007 TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Pursuant to Rule 523.d, the Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission Staff has applied to the Commission for an Order Finding Violation against Bayswater Exploration & Production LLC (Operator No. 10261), to adjudicate allegations in Notice of Alleged Violation No. 402754991. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to: 1) the general jurisdiction of the Energy and Carbon Management Commission of the State of Colorado under § 34-60-105, C.R.S.; 2) specific powers granted pursuant to § 34-60-106, C.R.S.; 3) the Colorado Administrative Procedures Act at § 24-4-105, C.R.S.; and 4) the Commission’s Series 500 Rules at 2 C.C.R. 404-1, that the Commission has scheduled this matter for hearing before an ECMC Hearing Officer at the following date, time, and location (subject to change): Date: April 10, 2024 Time: 9:00 a.m. Place: Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 801 Denver, CO 80203 The Notice and documents related to this matter can be found on our “Hearing eFiling System Document Search” page here https://oitco. hylandcloud.com/DNRCOGPublicAccess/index. html. Select “Search for Docket Related Documents” from the pull-down menu, use the above “Docket Number”, and select “Search”. Legal Notice No. BSB2939 First Publication: January 25, 2024 Last Publication: January 25, 2024 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

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Notice to Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of TINA M. GILL, aka TINA GILL, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30977 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before May 18, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred. Jeff D. Erwine Personal Representative c/o Michael Meurer 5347 S. Valentia Way, Ste. 335 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No. BSB2937 First Publication: January 18, 2024 Last Publication: February 1, 2024 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DUANE FINNEGAN A/K/A DUANE J. FINNEGAN A/K/A DUANE JOHN FINNEGAN, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 472 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before June 3, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred. Rodney D. Finnegan Personal Representative 14192 Piney River Rd Broomfield, Colorado 80023 Legal Notice No. BSB2951 First Publication: January 25, 2024 Last Publication: February 8, 2024 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of PATRICIA L. BUTLER, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30800 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before May 11, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred. Attorney for the Personal Representative: Kenton H. Kuhlman, No. 9433 Kuhlman and Kuhlman, P.C. 8843 Swan River St Littleton, CO 80125 Telephone: 303-770-6664 Email: kk@kenkuhlmanlaw.com Legal Notice No. BSB2922 First Publication: January 11, 2024 Last Publication: January 25, 2024 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Terrence Gentry, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 330 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before May 18, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred. Anthony M. Gentry Personal Representative 14855 Echo Dr. Golden, CO 80401 Legal Notice No. BSB2931 First Publication: January 18, 2024 Last Publication: February 1, 2024 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of BECKY LYNNE SWEEDEN, aka BECKY L. SWEEDEN, aka BECKY SWEEDEN, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30980 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the

Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before May 25, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred. Sheryl L. Miller Personal Representative 1627 Mountain Drive Longmont, CO 80503 Phillip S. Wong, 8543 SCHEY, PILLER, ALSPAUGH & WONG, P.C. 636 Coffman Street, Suite 200, PO Box 267 Longmont, CO 80502-0267 Phone: 303-776-3511 Email: PWong8543@aol.com Legal Notice No. BSB2940 First Publication: January 25, 2024 Last Publication: February 8, 2024 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Case Number: 2023 PR 30970 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before May 25, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred. Rucey Myers Personal Representative c/o Solem, Woodward & McKinley, P.C. 750 W. Hampden Ave, Suite 505 Englewood, Colorado 80110 Legal Notice No. BSB2942 First Publication: January 25, 2024 Last Publication: February 8, 2024 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of TOM DEAN MORGAN, aka TOMMY DEAN MORGAN, aka TOM D. MORGAN, aka TOMMY D. MORGAN, aka TOM MORGAN, aka TOMMY MORGAN, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30003

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of RICHARD WAYNE CHUMAN, aka RICHARD W. CHUMAN, aka RICHARD CHUMAN, aka DICK CHUMAN, aka RICH CHUMAN, Deceased

Children, and Concerning Tonya Lynn Maestas, Edward Reinhardt, Daniel Charles Moe Respondents:

To the parents, guardian, or other respondents named above, GREETINGS: Daniel Charles Moe

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Legal Notice No. BSB2933 First Publication: January 18, 2024 Last Publication: February 1, 2024 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

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The petition requests that the name of Jonathan Andrew Loechel be changed to Jonathan Andrew Roney Case No.: 23 C 2099

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All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before May 18, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ADAMS Division D1 No. 23JV30210

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 31st day of January, 2024 at the hour of 3:10 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 12th day of January, 2024. Alana Percy Clerk of the District Court Legal Notice No. BSB2943 First Publication: January 25, 2024 Last Publication: January 25, 2024 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE INTEREST OF: London Amelia Jacobs A Child, and Concerning Melinda Jacobs, John Doe Respondents: SUMMONS 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 5th day of February, 2024 at the hour of 9:30 a.m. You are hereby notified to be and appear, at said time, before this Court located at the Adams County Justice Center, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601. Witness my hand and seal of said Court this 11th day of January, 2024. Alana Percy Clerk of the District Court Legal Notice No. BSB2941 First Publication: January 25, 2024 Last Publication: January 25, 2024 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade ###

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ACE HARDWARE OF FORT LUPTON $89.92 CITY OF FT LUPTON-UTIL INVOICE $2,089.64 CLUB PROPHET SOFTWARE, LLC $760.00 DAPHNE’S HEADCOVERS $524.84 EAGLE ROCK COMPANY OF COLO $98.30 EQUIPMENTSHARE.COM INC $1,228.10 HUDSON LOCKERS, INC $43.75 O’REILLY AUTO PARTS $60.76 PRISWING SOFTWARE LLC $349.00 XCEL ENERGY-GAS $456.46 XCEL ENERGY-GAS -$456.46 AIRGAS USA LLC $19.03 FERRELLGAS LP $1,615.81 HUDSON LOCKERS, INC $177.50 MASEK GOLF CAR OF COLORADO $313.20 SUNICE $438.75 SURF & TURF GOLF LLC $2,596.00 UNITED POWER $3,107.11 AMERICAN WATER COLLEGE LLC $3,108.00 BRANDING BY BRE $3,100.00 CIRSA $544,634.28 CITY OF FT LUPTON-UTIL INVOICE $2,717.28 **Void** $0.00 COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA $323.29 CROW CREEK EVENTS, LLC $770.00 CTL THOMPSON, INC $10,432.50 INSIGHT PUBLIC SECTOR INC $9,527.25 LONGS PEAK HOSPITAL $1,190.39 LOUIS A GRESH $1,600.00 MIGUEL IRAOLA $575.00 NATIONAL CENTER FOR STATE COURTS $1,980.00 NISP WATER ACTIVITY ENTERPRISE $1,399,125.00 OFFICE DEPOT $524.22 PINNACOL ASSURANCE $29,332.10 PRAIRIE DOG PROS $600.00 PROCODE INC $32,132.34 QUADIENT FINANCE USA INC $332.00 STANDARD INSURANCE CO. $6,401.59 STERICYCLE $66.92 SWEET ROOFING $22,127.00 SYNERGETIC STAFFING LLC $1,046.32

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THE CONSOLIDATED MUTUAL $59,260.01 T-MOBILE USA, INC. $25.00 TODD HODGES DESIGN, LLC $9,577.50 TOSHIBA FINANCIAL SERVICES $2,358.81 ULTIMATE DENT REMOVAL LLP $17,055.92 UTILITY NOTIFICATION CENTER $229.62 WASTE CONNECTIONS OF COLO, INC $360.37 WAYNE’S ELECTRIC INC $2,048.61 XCEL ENERGY-GAS $3,518.76 YODER CHEVROLET LLC $4,537.12 SUTTELL & HAMMER PC $171.93 ACTIVE NETWORK $1,190.00 AMAZE HEALTH $1,755.00 AMAZON.COM $1,622.13 ANITA OWENS $35.00 ASCAP $500.00 AUSMUS LAW FIRM PC $6,500.00 BAYLEI CHAMBERS $161.00 BG’S JAPANESE DESIGNS $88.00 BLUE GOJI LLC $750.00 BROWNS HILL ENGINEERING & CONTROLS $6,300.00 BUCKEYE CLEANING CENTER $144.15 CIRSA $8,445.84 COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE $700.00 COMCAST CABLE COMM, LLC $533.36 CREATIVE PRODUCT SOURCE INC $384.91 DANMAR MARLENE TOBAR RODRIGUEZ $25.00 DELL MARKETING LP $3,981.84 DIG DEEP RESEARCH, LLC $254,800.00 GREELEY LOCK & KEY $14,715.06 HAYES POZNANOVIC KORVER, LLC $2,944.50 JESSICA HANSEL $322.00 LANGUAGELINE SOLUTIONS $337.84 LEADSONLINE $2,795.00 NORTH FRONT RANGE WATER QUALITY PLANNING ASSOC $3,307.50 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT INT $141,312.39 O’REILLY AUTO PARTS $9.74 PASTPERFECT SOFTWARE INC $540.00 PEAK FORM, LLC $705.00 PEAK PERFORMANCE COPIER AND SUPPLY INC $7,757.50 R & M SERVICES $631.22 REDI SERVICES, LLC $960.00 SESAC, INC. $581.00

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SYNERGETIC STAFFING LLC $769.11 ULTIMATE DENT REMOVAL LLP $11,062.41 UNITED POWER $35,012.28 **Void** $0.00 **Void** $0.00 UNITED POWER $8,010.05 VERIZON WIRELESS SVCS LLC $5,469.62 WELD COUNTY ACCTG DEPART $6,041.23 WELD COUNTY CHIEF’S OF POLICE ASSOC $650.00 WILLIAMS AND WEISS CONSULTING LLC $2,890.00 BANK OF COLORADO $7,043.71 BANK OF COLORADO $845.83 VALIC_1 $52,494.39 IRS $77,219.20 CO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE $13,806.00 BOC Safe Deposit Box $70.00 Global Payments $50.00 Comdata $31,461.64 oeWells Fargo $75.50 Metro Water Recovery $133,120.00 Wire In $10.00 BOC Transfer $200,000.00 PSN*Payment Serv Collection $438.45 PSN*Payment Serv Collection $58.45 PSN*Payment Serv Collection $58.45 PSN*Payment Serv Collection $38.45 PSN*Payment Serv Collection $34.65 PSN*Payment Serv Collection $34.65 Charge Back Item $50.00 ColoTrust Transfer $293,376.14 ColoTrust Transfer $163,070.44 ColoTrust Transfer $120,350.41 NBS $2,746.49 Simplifile $45.50 NBS $657.52 PSN $2,787.68

Legal Notice No.: FLP995 First Publication: January 25, 2024 Last Publication: January 25, 2024 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press

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ORDINANCE NO. 2023-1162 INTRODUCED BY: BRUCE FITZGERALD AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT LUPTON, COLORADO, AMENDING CHAPTER 6, ARTICLE IV, SECTIONS 6-112—6-116 AND ENACTING TWO (2) SECTIONS, 6-116 RESPONSIBILITIES OF CONTRACTOR AND 6-117 DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES, VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES OF THE FORT LUPTON MUNICIPAL CODE

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show cause, in writing, why the Board of Directors of the Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District should/should not adopt a final resolution and order approving the inclusion of the aboveidentified real property. The Board of Directors may continue the public hearing to a subsequent meeting. The failure of any person within the Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District to file a written objection shall be taken as an assent on his or her part to the inclusion of the property. Dean Rummel, Executive Director Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District For more information or to view Petitions for Inclusion, please contact Bryan Hostetler at bhostetler@cvprd.com. Legal Notice No. FLP999 First Publication: January 25, 2024 Last Publication: January 25, 2024 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press Public Notice

INTRODUCED, READ, AND PASSED ON FIRST READING, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED this 18th Day of December 2023.

Notice of Public Hearing on Petition for Inclusion Of Real Property into Recreation District

PUBLISHED in the Fort Lupton Press the 28th day of December 2023.

Frederick, Colorado - PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that at 6:30 PM on February 21, 2024 the Board of Directors of the CARBON VALLEY PARKS AND RECREATION DISTRICT will hold a public hearing to consider a Petition of Inclusion by COLUMBINE HEIGHTS to be included into the Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District’s boundaries with the following legal description of real property:

FINALLY READ BY TITLE ONLY, PASSED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED BY TITLE ONLY this 16TH Day of January, 2024. PUBLISHED BY TITLE ONLY the 25th day of January 2024. EFFECTIVE (after publication) the 24th day of February 2024. CITY OF FORT LUPTON, COLORADO Zo Hubbard, Mayor ATTEST: Maricela Peña, City Clerk Approved as to form: Andy Ausmus, City Attorney Legal Notice No. FLP996 First Publication: January 25, 2024 Last Publication: January 25, 2024 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press

Metropolitan Districts Public Notice Notice of Public Hearing on Petition for Inclusion Of Real Property into Recreation District Frederick, Colorado - PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that at 6:30 PM on February 21, 2024 the Board of Directors of the CARBON VALLEY PARKS AND RECREATION DISTRICT will hold a public hearing to consider a Petition of Inclusion by JOHNSON FARMS LLP to be included into the Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District’s boundaries with the following legal description of real property: LEGAL DESCRIPTION – JOHNSON FARMS/ SPINDLE HILL ENERGY MINOR SUBDIVISION, OUTLOT 1. 142.91 ACRES MORE OR LESS. PART OF THE SOUTH HALF OF SECTION 33, AND THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 2 NORTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO Copies of the Petition and the legal description of the property is subject to the above-mentioned inclusion may be obtained from Bryan Hostetler, 151 Grant Avenue, Firestone, Colorado, 80520. The public hearing will be held at the Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District Community Center located at 151 Grant Avenue, Firestone, CO, 80520, February 21, 2024 at 6:30 PM. Questions prior to the public meeting should be directed to Bryan Hostetler, Business and Finance Director, (303) 833-3660 Ext. 104. All interested persons, municipalities or counties that may be able to provide service to the real property, shall appear at the public hearing and

LEGAL DESCRIPTION – A PARCEL OF LAND BEING PART OF THE EAST ONE-HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 2 NORTH RANGE 67 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, TOWN OF FREDERICK, COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST ONEQUARTER OF SAID SECTION 32; THENCE S00°39’26”W ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER A DISTANCE OF 2534.86 FEET TO THE NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF COLORADO STATE HIGHWAY NO. 52 AS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 1592 AT PAGE 15, WELD COUNTY RECORDS; THENCE S89°51’21”W ALONG SIDE NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, A DISTANCE 1.47 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAVANNAH SUBDIVISION REPLAT A AS RECORDED IN RECEPTION NO. 3450819, WELD COUNTY RECORDS; THENCE N00°41’18”W ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID SAVANNAH SUBDIVISION REPLAT A, A DISTANCE OF 2534.75 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER, THENCE N89°52’56”E ALONG SAID NORTH LINE, DISTANCE OF 61.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Copies of the Petition and the legal description of the property is subject to the above-mentioned inclusion may be obtained from Bryan Hostetler, 151 Grant Avenue, Firestone, Colorado, 80520.

Legal Notice No. FLP1000 First Publication: January 25, 2024 Last Publication: January 25, 2024 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press Public Notice 00 11 13 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS ARISTOCRAT RANCHETTES WATER PROJECT WELD COUNTY, COLORADO WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS General Notice Aristocrat Ranchettes Water Project (Owner) is requesting Bids for the construction of the following Project: Water System Improvements – Phase I 0058.0005 Bids for the construction of the Project will be received via email opened and read at the offices of Element Engineering, LLC located at 12687 West Cedar Drive, Suite 300, until February 9th, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. local time. At that time the Bids received will be publicly opened and read. The Project includes the following Work: Installation of approximately 56,000 linear-feet of 8-inch water main, 3,300 linear-feet of 12inch watermain, installation of a 330,000-gallon water storage tank, booster pump station and building, and site improvements such as grading, asphalt removal and replacement, road base removal and replacement, fencing, gates, and associated mechanical, electrical, structural, and HVAC work. Obtaining the Bidding Documents: Information and Bidding Documents for the Project can be found at the following designated website: www.elementengineering.net Bidding Documents may be downloaded from the designated website. Prospective Bidders are urged to register with the designated website as a plan holder, even if Bidding Documents are obtained from a plan room or source other than the designated website in either electronic or paper format. The designated website will be updated periodically with addenda, lists of registered plan holders, reports, and other information relevant to submitting a Bid for the Project. All official notifications, addenda, and other Bidding Documents will be offered only through the designated website. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for Bidding Documents, including addenda, if any, obtained from sources other than the designated website. The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is: Element Engineering, LLC 12687 W. Cedar Drive, Suite 300 Lakewood, CO

The public hearing will be held at the Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District Community Center located at 151 Grant Avenue, Firestone, CO, 80520, February 21, 2024 at 6:30 PM. Questions prior to the public meeting should be directed to Bryan Hostetler, Business and Finance Director, (303) 833-3660 Ext. 104.

A pre-bid conference for the Project will be held on January 30th at 10:00 a.m. at Aristocrat Water Project Office, 15841 Dale Ave, Ft Lupton, CO 80621. Attendance at the pre-bid conference is encouraged but not required.

All interested persons, municipalities or counties that may be able to provide service to the real property, shall appear at the public hearing and show cause, in writing, why the Board of Directors of the Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District should/should not adopt a final resolution and order approving the inclusion of the aboveidentified real property. The Board of Directors may continue the public hearing to a subsequent meeting. The failure of any person within the Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District to file a written objection shall be taken as an assent on his or her part to the inclusion of the property.

For all further requirements regarding bid submittal, qualifications, procedures, and contract award, refer to the Instructions to Bidders that are included in the Bidding Documents.

Dean Rummel, Executive Director Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District For more information or to view Petitions for Inclusion, please contact Bryan Hostetler at bhostetler@cvprd.com.

Instructions to Bidders.

American Iron and Steel Section 746 of Title VII of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017 (Division A Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017) and subsequent statutes mandating domestic preference applies an American Iron and Steel requirement to this project. All iron and steel products used in this project must be produced in the United States. The term “iron and steel products” means the following products made primarily of iron or steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers and

other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced precast concrete, and Construction Materials. The following waivers apply to this Contract: De Minimis, Minor Components, Pig iron and direct reduced iron, and This Advertisement is issued by: Owner: Aristocrat Ranchettes Water Project By: Brian Filkowski Title: Manager Date: Weeks of January 15th and 22nd. Legal Notice No. FLP994 First Publication: January 18, 2024 Last Publication: January 25, 2024 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press Public Notice Notice of Public Hearing on Petition for Inclusion Of Real Property into Recreation District Frederick, Colorado - PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that at 6:30 PM on February 21, 2024 the Board of Directors of the CARBON VALLEY PARKS AND RECREATION DISTRICT will hold a public hearing to consider a Petition of Inclusion by DENMORE PROPERTY to be included into the Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District’s boundaries with the following legal description of real property: LEGAL DESCRIPTION – PART OF THE SOUTH HALF AND SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 2 NORTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, TOWN OF FIRESTONE, COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 6 AND ASSUMING THE SOUTH LINE OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAIDSECTION 6 BEARS S88°48’45”E, A DISTANCE OF 2640.47 FEET MONMENTED ON THE WEST BY A 2.5” ALUMINUM CAP STAMPED “LS 31169” IN A MONUMENT BOX AND ON THE EAST BY A NUMBER 6 REBAR WITH 3” BRASS CAP, STAMPING ILLEGIBLE, IN A MONUMENT BOX, WITH ALL OTHER BEARINGS RELATIVE THERETO; THENCE NORTH 43°58’50” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 42.55 FEET TO THE INERSECTION OF THE NORTH LINE OF FIRESTONE BOULEVARD AND THE WEST LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD NUMBER 15, BOTH RECORDED AT THE WELD COUNTY, COLORADO CLERK AND RECORDERS OFFICE AT BOOK 86, PAGE 273 AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 88°48’45” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 2610.61 FEET, ON SAID NORTH LINE TO AN ANGLE POINT THERIN; THENCE NORTH 89°34’24” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 54.32 FEET ON SAID NORTH LINE TO THE EASTERLY LINE OF FIRESTONE TRAIL ANNEXATION NO. 2, RECORDED AT SAID CLERK AND RECORDERS OFFICE AT RECEPTION NUMBER 2928666; THENCE NORTH 29°40’27” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 1409.92 FEET ON SAID EASTERLY LINE; THENCE NORTH 29°41’50” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 3103.28 FEET ON SAID EASTERLY LINE TO THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 6; THEN SOUTH 88°04’45” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 488.26 FEET ON SAID NORTH LINE TO THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID WELD COUNTY ROAD NUMBER 15; THENCE SOUTH 00°51’35” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 1338.82 FEET ON SAID WESTERLY LINE TO AN ANGLE POINT THERIN; THEN SOUTH 00°51’05” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 2620.47 FEET ON SAID WESTERLY LINE TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. SAID PARCEL CONTAINING 6,250,139 SQUARE FEET OR 143.484 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE FOLLOWING PARCEL OF LAND; PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 2 NORTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, TOWN OF FIRESTONE, COUNTY OF

WELD, STATE OF COLORADO, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 6 AND ASSUMING THE SOUTH LINE OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 6 BEARS S88°48’45”E, A DISTANCE OF 2640.47 FEET MONMENTED ON THE WEST BY A 2.5” ALUMINUM CAP STAMPED “LS 31169” IN A MONUMENT BOX AND ON THE EAST BY A NUMBER 6 REBAR WITH 3” BRASS CAP, STAMPING ILLEGIBLE, IN A MONUMENT BOX, WITH ALL OTHER BEARINGS RELATIVE THERETO; THENCE NORTH 32°44’06” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 72.31 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING THENCE NORTH 88°48’45” WEST, A DISTANCE 829.07 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00°51’05” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 553.64 FEET; THENCE NORTH 49°44’15” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 126.52 FEET; THENCE NORTH 40°15’45” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 32.85 FEET; THENCE NORTH 49°27’45” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 146.44 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89°08’57” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 645.47 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00°51’05” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 763.28 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; SAID EXCEPTION PARCEL CONTAINING A CALCULATED AREA OF 612,263 SQUARE FEET OR 14.056 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. THE NET AREA OF SAID PARCEL CONTAINING A CALCULATED AREA OF 5,637,876 SQUARE FEET OR 129.428 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. ALL LINEAL DISTANCES ARE REPRESENTED IN U.S. SURVEY FEET. Copies of the Petition and the legal description of the property is subject to the above-mentioned inclusion may be obtained from Bryan Hostetler, 151 Grant Avenue, Firestone, Colorado, 80520. The public hearing will be held at the Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District Community Center located at 151 Grant Avenue, Firestone, CO, 80520, February 21, 2024 at 6:30 PM. Questions prior to the public meeting should be directed to Bryan Hostetler, Business and Finance Director, (303) 833-3660 Ext. 104. All interested persons, municipalities or counties that may be able to provide service to the real property, shall appear at the public hearing and show cause, in writing, why the Board of Directors of the Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District should/should not adopt a final resolution and order approving the inclusion of the aboveidentified real property. The Board of Directors may continue the public hearing to a subsequent meeting. The failure of any person within the Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District to file a written objection shall be taken as an assent on his or her part to the inclusion of the property. Dean Rummel, Executive Director Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District For more information or to view Petitions for Inclusion, please contact Bryan Hostetler at bhostetler@cvprd.com.

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Tips on filling out the new Better FAFSA BY JASON GONZALES CHALKBEAT COLORADO

The rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid has been anything but smooth. Technology issues have frustrated families since the federal government’s Dec. 31 soft launch of the FAFSA, which is usually available in October. The Better FAFSA, as the new form is known, has been redesigned to include fewer questions. The federal government intends it to be faster for students to fill out, leading to higher completion rates. But there have been technical difficulties.

“The form is simpler,” said MorraLee Keller, senior director of strategic programming at the National College Attainment Network, a nonprofit focused on increasing college access and attainment, especially among students of color and those from lowincome backgrounds. “I think the user experience of getting into the form is maybe the tougher hurdle.” Issues have included the new application only being available for limited hours. Families and students have gotten stuck waiting for screens to load and have reported difficulty submitting the form. It’s left families anxious after months of waiting for the form, because the FAFSA is a crucial part of the college-going pro-

cess. Filling out the FAFSA opens up student aid, scholarships, and grants. The potential financial help gives families an idea of which college or university they can afford. After the rocky launch, counselors from inside and outside of Colorado provided tips on successfully filling out the Better FAFSA. The federal government said in a news release it’s addressed issues that have made the experience difficult. It will continue to make technical updates as needed. The new Better FAFSA comes after years of advocates calling for a simplified FAFSA to cut down the number of questions on the form. This year, the federal government made

it happen by cutting the number of questions from over a hundred to under 20 for most people. Fewer questions should mean an easier form that takes less time to complete. The federal government also says more students will be eligible for federal student aid because of expanded income eligibility. The federal government announced on Monday the form is now accessible 24 hours a day. The government says the form should take about an hour, but make sure you aren’t in a rush. Clear your schedules for a few hours, just in case. Families and students can also return to the form if they run into issues by saving their progress.

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“Helping those in my community with their mortgage needs for over 36 years.” All applications are subject to underwriting guidelines and approval. Not all programs available in all areas. Rates and terms are subject to change without notice. Licensed and regulated by the Division of Real Estate. Cl Partners LLC dba Reverse Mortgages of Colorado, NMLS# 1846034, licensed in CO, MT License # 1846034, and TX. This is not a commitment to lend. Restrictions apply. Not all applicants will qualify.

This material is not from HUD or FHA and has not been approved by HUD or any government agency. The reverse mortgage borrower must meet all loan obligations, including living in the property as the principal residence and paying property charges, including property taxes, fees, hazard insurance. The borrower must maintain the home. If the borrower does not meet these loan obligations, then the loan will need to be repaid.