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City leaders form arts and cultural foundation New nonprofit, long in the works, to start promoting arts in Centennial

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Centennial sits amid several suburban cities that boast entities to support arts and cultural activities, but it didn’t have its own — until the arrival of the newly announced Centennial Arts and Cultural Foundation.

The new foundation says its mission is “to celebrate, inspire, and connect art and culture in Centennial,” according to an August news release.

It’s a nonprofit whose initial efforts are being led by Centennial Mayor Stephanie Piko and City Councilmembers Tammy Maurer and Kathy Turley, according to the news release.

“The CACF will be actively engaging with citizens at community events and with our ‘arts community’ at large to explore opportunities to establish permanent art placements within Centennial, promote events and programming that bring arts and culture to our community, and research how best to commemorate the rich history of our city and our region,” the foundation’s website says.

Worries grow about county’s possible Tri-County exit Some lament perception that politics weighs on decision

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

rora’s Cultural Services office is a division of the city government, for example. Littleton is home to the Town Hall Arts Center.

In 2019, Centennial City Council supported the idea of exploring

Some local leaders in Arapahoe County worry that a decision of whether to break away from TriCounty Health Department on the heels of neighboring Douglas County’s moves to exit the agency would be seen as being influenced by the “politicization of public health.”

“There was this question about what is the message to our residents about the politicization of public health and the trust and responsibility in government if there’s a perception that this decision is being made because of politics around COVID? What are we saying to our residents?” said Lisa VanRaemdonck, a consultant who is gathering opinions to guide Arapahoe County’s decision of whether

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A rock painted with the logo of the new Centennial Arts and Cultural Foundation.

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Parker, Lone Tree, Greenwood Village, Aurora, Englewood, Lakewood, Thornton and other municipalities all have foundations or other entities related to the arts, with varying degrees of independence from the city, according to a Centennial city fact sheet. Au-

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Money ranks Centennial as 8th best place to place to live in U.S. Castle Rock also ranked in news outlet’s latest list

BY MARK HARDEN MHARDEN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Money, the news and personalfinance site, is out with its 35th annual list of the “Best Places to Live in the U.S.,” and Centennial and Castle Rock both landed in the top 50.

Centennial comes in at No. 8 on the list, and Castle Rock ranks No. 28. They are the only Colorado cities on Money’s list of 50 places.

Money says its list “highlights the places where job growth is rising, home prices are affordable, and the quality of life shines.”

The outlet notes that Centennial children “attend Cherry Creek and Littleton Public Schools, two of the mostly highly regarded school districts in the state. The city is also conveniently located by two major highways. Alternatively, you can hop on the region’s light rail at Dry Creek station and be at Denver Union Station in 37 minutes.”

“Seeing Centennial recognized in the top 10 on Money’s best place to live list fills me with so much pride,” Centennial Mayor Stephanie Piko said in a statement in response to Money’s report.

“As we’ve been celebrating Centennial’s 20th anniversary this year, it has been so much fun to reminisce about the extraordinary aspects of

our founding,” Piko added. “Our community has achieved so much and should be very proud of what we have created. Centennial was formed by its citizens so thank you to our residents, businesses and partners for making Centennial a best place to live.”

Castle Rock, meanwhile, “boasts 6,000 acres of open space, awardwinning public schools and easy access to both Denver and Colorado Springs. Outdoor enthusiasts have no shortage of activities to choose from here, including 95 miles of trails and 53 planned parks,” Money says. It also cites the Douglas County seat’s street festivals and outdoor summer concerts.

Money said it evaluated U.S. cities and towns ranging from 25,000 to 500,000 people. It said it excluded places with a crime risk more than 1.5 times the national average, a median income level lower than its state’s median, a declining population, and with “effectively no ethnic diversity,” narrowing its candidates to about 1,300 locations.

From that list, Money said it evaluated nearly 100 metrics in the categories of cost of living, economic opportunity and housing affordability (which it said were given “extra weight”) along with diversity, education, “fun,” health and safety, income and personal finances, and quality of life, with help from research firm Witlytic.

Parker came in at No. 2 on last year’s list, but Money said that it excluded 2020’stop five finishers from

Centennial Center Park.

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this year’s list. (Broomfield ranked No. 18 last year.)

At No. 1 on this year’s list: Chanhassen, Minnesota, which Money describes as “a Minneapolis suburb brimming with gorgeous outdoors, musical history and an appealing growth trajectory.”

Rouning out the top 10: No. 2: Carmel, Indiana No. 3: Franklin, Tennessee

No. 4: Flower Mound, Texas No. 5: Ashburn, Virginia No. 6: Syracuse, Utah No. 7: Overland Park, Kansas No. 8: Centennial, Colorado No. 9: Scottsdale, Arizona No. 10: Ellicott City, Maryland Money — formerly a print magazine, now a digital outlet — has compiled some version of a Best Places to Live list sinced 1987.

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Creek district adding 2 health centers at schools New facilities to offer services such as mental health, dental, vision care

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Cherry Creek School District has begun building two school-based health centers that are slated to open to district students and families in January 2022, according to a news release.

The two health centers will be located on the campus of Overland High School and Prairie Middle School in west Aurora, and at Horizon Community Middle School in southeast Aurora near east Centennial.

The facilities “will offer CCSD students, parents and families more comprehensive, equitable and meaningful health care options,” the district said in the news release.

The new facilities will operate as part of a partnership with STRIDE Community Health Center, a nonprofit health-care provider with locations around the Denver metro area.

During two groundbreaking ceremonies on Aug. 30 and Aug. 31, leaders from both communities spoke about the resources the facilities will provide.

“This is about bringing affordable, accessible health care to all individuals. At STRIDE, we’re committed to ensuring that everyone is cared for and cared about. These centers will make that vision a reality,” STRIDE President Ben Widerholt said during a ceremony, according to the release.

The new facilities will offer the Cherry Creek district community primary-care clinics that can provide a variety of age-appropriate services, including mental and behavioral care, dental care, vision care and referrals, nutritional counseling, health education, acute care with providers and other services, according to the release.

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Ben Widerholt, STRIDE President the community, will be able to access the health center services through appointments.

The facilities “will have providers available for medical, dental, and behavioral health care. Insurance outreach and care coordination (will also be) provided to help families in need,” said Heather Tinley, a spokesperson for the school district.

In partnering with the school district, STRIDE will provide medical staff, supplies, health education, and counseling for students and families. The school district will provide architectural and design implementation, health education, marketing support, and tech and health services support, according to the release.

“CCSD nurses have ongoing, trusting relationships with students and families. Students frequently visit the nurse before seeking additional care,” Tinley said. “We are in an excellent position to ensure families know they have options for emerging needs or preventative care even if they do not have a current (health care) provider.”

STRIDE and Cherry Creek have worked together before: In 2018, the district partnered with the organization to provide immunizations, well-child and flu shot clinics at sites across the district, according to the news release. STRIDE has also played a “key role” in the district’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic — the nonprofit has worked with the district to provide COVID testing and vaccines, the release added.

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‘It is still not settled Korean War veteran, former Navy pilot grew up — the war still exists.

They have never had in Great Depression a way to close it out Living through the Depression I was born in Goshen, Indiana. and resolve all the I was born in 1929, so I’m a Great Depression baby. issues that are so I was the fifth child in my family, youngest and the last.

We actually were living in a home prevalent between that had belonged to my grandmother on my mother’s side, and just North Korea and the south of the little village of Waterford, Indiana. We then moved quite rest of the world, so a few times: A couple of years were spent in an abandoned store building that was still in good enough to speak.’

Korean War veteran Jerry Detwiler, who was a Navy pilot during the conflict, is pictured in a recent photo. Detwiler lives at Holly Creek Retirement Community in Centennial.

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shape to live in, but it had no inside plumbing. And it had a pump with a pump handle on it and a little kitchen that provided the water for the household. But no inside toilet.

It was kind of an interesting life.

That was the early 1930s. I was too young (to be aware of the Depression at the time).

Father served in World War I My father came from a Mennonite family. A conscientious objection to military service was an aspect to life as Mennonite families at the time, and there were just two of the brothers that served in World War I. My dad and uncle had enough of an independent spirit. They wanted to serve. Dad was stationed in France in World War I. Into the Navy I put my first two years of high school in Constantine, Michigan.

My dad had a World War I buddy who had gone on to Tucson, Arizona, where he said you could work year-round without weather problems. So we moved from Constantine to Tucson in the summer of 1945.

The Navy at that time could not get young men interested in going to the Naval Academy in Annapolis or in the Naval aviation flight training. So they set up a program called the Naval aviation college program, and from (around) 1946 through 1950, they actually gave any senior in high school a chance to take a test that was nationwide, and if you could pass that test and pass all the other tests they had for flight training, they’d select candidates from all over the United States … and make it possible for us to be a career officer for the Navy.

Unexpected service I received my “wings of gold,” my naval aviator’s wings, in May 1950.

It was actually one month before Korean War broke out.

I didn’t expect to see combat, not at the time I was selected for the program.

I had two older brothers who both served in World War II. And my oldest brother, he also was in Naval aviation training and got his wings just at the end of the war. He came home to Tucson and became a flight instructor at one of the local airports, and he taught me how to fly when I was at the Navy program at the University of Arizona.

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My brother was my mentor — he was kind of my hero at the time.

‘Tough business’ I went active duty with two deployments to the Korean area for the entire length of the Korean conflict until they reached the armistice in 1953.

(Combat) was a unique problem for us in patrol bombers. We were out on patrols for 12 to 15 hours at a time.

The first thing that happened in our squadron was we had an aircraft assignment the first night we were there as a relief flight for an aircraft that had to come in because of some mechanical problems. The climb-out in bad weather was very heavy overcast … they couldn’t climb through it that quickly, and the directions they were given flew it right into the side of a mountain.

The whole crew perished — 14 servicemembers.

Not a lot of that sort of thing, but it gives you a sort of idea that we knew immediately that we were in pretty tough business.

(What combat patrol entailed) would depend upon what mission we were assigned to. Basically, we were patrolling up and down both coasts of Korea and providing information on shipping. We’d be checking electronic radar and providing information to the aircraft carriers.

Some forget It is still not settled — the war still exists. They have never had a way to close it out and resolve all the issues that are so prevalent between North Korea and the rest of the world, so to speak.

I stayed in the Naval Air Reserve when I came back and got off active duty in 1953 ... I ended up being promoted to Navy captain ... My captaincy was given to me in 1971.

(Detwiler now lives at the Holly Creek Retirement Community in Centennial.)

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STEM shooter’s sentence meant to send message Killer given life in prison without parole, 1,282 years

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Breathless, Syketha Sprague tried to describe for a Douglas County judge the lifelong impact of a school shooting.

Her voice started out as a strained whisper. Sprague uttered her words between gasps for air. Tears choked the visibly shaken woman. Then she made an admission to the packed galley.

For more than two years, Sprague has struggled to look John and Maria Castillo in the eyes, she said.

Sprague’s only son survived the May 7, 2019, shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch, which left senior Kendrick Castillo dead and eight other students injured.

Every birthday, every holiday since, reminded her the Castillos lost their only son that day while she still held hers.

As Sprague spoke, John put his arm around Maria, who wept into her mask. Just like every past hearing, the couple sat in the front row of the Castle Rock courtroom.

Following a five-hour hearing on Sept. 17 hearing, District Judge Theresa Slade sentenced Devon Erickson, the older of two gunmen convicted in the shooting, to life in prison without a possibility of parole plus — according to prosecu-

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At the hearing, numerous victims said that they received a life sentence the day of the attack. Years of physical trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, and for scores of people, survivor guilt.

Sprague castigated the adult STEM School gunman for shattering lives. She grew up in an area plagued by violence, and she sent her son to STEM School because she “wanted a different life for my child.”

“I pray that you acknowledge what you have done,” she said. “I pray God has mercy on your soul.”

The sentence’s weight The sentencing hearing served as a milestone in a case that took nearly 2 1/2 years to reach that point — convicting and sentencing both gunmen.

In a news conference following the hearing, Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock and 18th Judicial District Attorney John Kellner commended people impacted by the attack for standing up in court and speaking about their experiences.

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In a June 15, 2021, file photo, John Castillo speaks with reporters after a jury found Devon Erickson, the person who fatally shot Castillo’s son Kendrick, guilty of firstdegree murder. Behind him are investigators and prosecutors from the district attorPHOTO BY ELLIOTT WENZLER ney’s office.

“Here they are today still carrying that day with them, but being strong enough to say ‘We want to tell you how we feel, we want to have justice,’” Spurlock said.

The sentence itself was noteworthy, prosecutors and law enforcement said, and came down in stark contrast to Erickson’s co-defendant, Alec McKinney.

The younger convicted shooter was 16 at the time of the attack — his codefendant, Erickson, was 18 — and was sentenced in July 2020

by District Judge Jeffrey K. Holmes to life in prison plus 38 years, with

the possibility of parole after 40 years. Former 18th Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler, who led the prosecution of Erickson, has lambasted a juvenile offender program for which McKinney could qualify, possibly securing his release in 25 years.

Erickson’s sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus 1,282.5 years, was the maximum sentence possible for each charge connected to a victim, Brauchler said.

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Based on the charges in Erickson’s conviction, state statute required he receive life in prison without the possibility of parole, but Slade had some discretion over how many years she tacked on.

Prosecutors said in court they believed the range to be an additional 400 years on the low end and 1,276 on the higher end, although the sentence ultimately exceeded their estimate.

People who gave impact statements pleaded for the maximum sentence allowed by law.

Erickson’s defense attorney, David Kaplan, spoke at length to the judge and courtroom, telling Slade that the individual he and his colleague know is capable of rehabilitation and got swept up in the tragedy amid personal crisis. The number of years she added would not make a real difference in achieving accountability, he said, and risked glorifying the crime.

The shooter’s parents, grandfather and girlfriend told the room he showed remorse in private moments, despite a stoic persona in court.

As Erickson’s loved ones spoke about his life before

the shooting — trips with his father, bonding with his grandfather, his mother’s health struggles — the convicted shooter at last broke down, quietly sobbing as he hunched over in his seat.

Shooting survivors in the galley reacted with a mix of shock, dismay, or disbelief to comments made in defense of Erickson’s character.

Parents buried their faces in their hands or motioned for defense attorneys to hurry up. Former STEM students raised their eyebrows or quietly shook their heads.

Judge Slade didn’t buy it either. Erickson’s reactions appeared “manipulative at best,” she said. He failed to offer a reason behind the attack, something she heard victims cry for in victim impact statements, she said.

Slade also told the defendant he had not taken accountability. A nearly 600-page presentence investigation included a one-page statement purportedly written by him, but it included nothing substantive, she said.

“It was a shell,” she said.

She noted that he listened unflinchingly to survivor testimony until his family spoke about what he is losing, such as freedom to pursue his interests or family time.

“Today is the first time I

have seen you show any type of emotion,” she said.

Slade said the sentence she handed down was aimed at punishment and deterrence, “to make sure that this never happens again.”

John Castillo, Kendrick’s father, called the defendant’s emotional displays narcissistic. Apologies from the gunman’s parents felt canned, he said. He walked out of court as they testified.

Spurlock, the county sheriff, said people who gave victim impact statements calling the defendant unremorseful and a coward got the message across to Slade.

“That we do want to deter, we want to let everyone know that this is not acceptable at any level, and that the State of Colorado is going to punish people that put harm on our children and our schools,” he said.

DA Kellner vowed to always uphold Kendrick’s memory.

“Today’s sentence from the judge honored that memory and the sacrifice of Kendrick Castillo, and today’s sentence from the judge recognized the profound horror, the terror that was inflicted by this defendant on our community,” he said.

A drawn-out case Brauchler estimated that COVID-19 delayed the trial and sentencing hearing

In a May 7, 2019, file photo, a SWAT team waits outside the middle school entrance at STEM School Highlands Ranch after a shooting that killed one and wounded eight students. JOHN LEYBA, SPECIAL TO THE COLORADO SUN

for Erickson’s case by 15 months at least. Brauchler oversaw procedings before he left office in January of this year, and stayed on as a special deputy district attorney at Kellner’s invitation.

The pandemic caused a painful drawing-out of the older suspect’s case after multiple rescheduled trials, Brauchler said. He called that another testament to the community’s resiliency.

“We did this during COVID. We did this with social distancing and masks,” he said. “We got this thing done.”

Brauchler thanked Kellner for allowing him to stay on. Brauchler’s tenure as DA was bookended by the Aurora theater killings and the STEM School shooting. Finishing the STEM School case was personal after leaving one of the most challenging jobs he’s had,

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Firefighter’s death highlights cancer risk first responders face Anthony Palato was diagnosed with an ‘occupational cancerous tumor’

BY KYLE COOKE ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

The death of a South Metro Fire Rescue firefighter-paramedic highlights the cancer risks that first responders face across the country.

Centennial-based South Metro, which serves parts of Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson counties, on Sept. 15 announced the “line of duty death” of Anthony Palato, known to his coworkers and friends as Tony.

Four years ago, Palato was diagnosed with an “occupational cancerous tumor,” the department tweeted.

Palato had gone into remission, but the cancer returned. He medically retired on March 1.

“As a paramedic for 21 years, there is no doubt that Tony touched many lives and will be remembered as a kind, caring and compassionate person with a true servant’s heart, he will be greatly missed,” department officials tweeted.

Palato began his career as a first responder with the Sheridan Fire Department. In 2000, he joined the Cunningham Fire Protection District, which was unified with South Metro in 2018. He leaves behind a wife and their two daughters.

At press time, a funeral service was to be held Sept. 21 at Denver First Church, 3800 E. Hampden Ave., Cherry Hills Village.

In July 2018, then-President Donald Trump signed legislation requiring the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to set up a registry of firefighters to track the connections between occupational exposures and cancer. Results from that registry aren’t expected to be public until 2024 or later.

Earlier this month, PBS NewsHour reported on the long-term health issues that first responders to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks still face two decades later.

Speaking to NewsHour, physician and epidemiologist Dr. Steven Markowitz said that over 20,000 responders and residents enrolled in the federally funded World Trade Center Health Program have been treated for cancer.

The CDC and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health completed a multi-year study in 2016 of nearly 30,000 firefighters in three major cities — Chicago, Philadelphia and San Francisco — to understand any potential connections between their jobs and cancer diagnoses.

The study found that firefighters, compared to the general public, had a higher risk of cancer diagnoses and cancer-related deaths.

“If you are a firefighter and you are healthy right now this study does not mean that you will get cancer. We don’t know, simply from

Firefighter-Paramedic Anthony “Tony” Palato.

this study, whether or not you will get cancer. Instead, our study found that fire fighters, on average, have a higher risk of certain types of cancer compared to the general population,” the researchers concluded.

They also noted that if you are a firefighter and currently have cancer, that doesn’t not necessarily mean it was related to your service.

An update from 2020 on the study confirmed the previous findings.

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tions may be made to: The Denver Hospice, 8299 E. Lowry Blvd., Denver, Colorado 80230, or online at https://thedenverhospice.org/donation/ This story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonprofit public broadcaster providing community stories across Colorado over the air and online.

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September 23, 2021

Video shows sheriff grabbing man’s throat

BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A recent video posted to social media by local news channels shows Arapahoe County Sheriff Tyler Brown grabbing a man by the throat during an altercation at a restaurant in Greenwood Village last month.

Before the video surfaced to the public, the Denver District Attorney’s Office announced on Sept. 9 that it would not pursue criminal charges against Brown for the incident, which took place on Aug. 21 at

Pindustry, a restaurant and entertainment venue on East Arapahoe Road.

In her statement, District Attorney Beth McCann said those involved, including Brown, had been drinking and so did not have reliable testimonies to offer.

She also said those who could be considered victims of Brown did not wish to proceed with criminal charges.

Brown claims he was defending his wife after a man asked for her number. Shortly after grabbing the man’s throat, another man can be

seen running towards Brown and punching him in the head. The altercation ended with a man lying on the floor.

“Having concluded that criminal charges are not warranted, I want to make it clear that the behavior of Sheriff Brown in this situation was irresponsible and unprofessional for an elected sheriff,” McCann said in a statement.

In response to McCann’s decision, Brown thanked the district attorney for an unbiased review.

“This was an unfortunate event that put the sheriff in the unwel-

come position of having to protect and defend his wife. Sheriff Brown trusts the legal process and is looking forward to putting these events behind him,” the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement to Colorado Community Media.

As sheriff, Brown oversees a staff of 700 throughout Arapahoe County. His department provides police services to Centennial as well as unincorporated Arapahoe County.

He was elected to the position in November 2018 and has served since January 2019.

Sheridan police officer charged with assault

BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Sheridan police officer Shawn Ralph has been charged with second-degree assault after allegedly choking a woman accused of shoplifting while he was on duty.

According to a statement from Sheridan Police Chief Jeffrey Martinez, officers detained the woman at a 7-Eleven store in the 3400 block of South Federal Boulevard north of West Hampden Avenue on Sept. 3 around 1:30 a.m.

An affidavit obtained by local news outlets said Ralph and another officer believed the woman was acting suspiciously. The store owner indicated to the officers that

the woman had taken items without paying and, according to the affidavit, officers handcuffed the woman after some resistance.

Officers sat the woman outside on a curb, but she eventually got up and walked toward the store owner, prompting the officers to intervene, the affidavit said. It said the woman spat and saliva landed on Ralph’s face.

Ralph then grabbed the woman by the throat, choking her, and forced her to the ground, the affidavit said.

His hand was around her neck for about five seconds, according to the affidavit.

The woman was taken to a hospital but was found not to have been injured.

“Other officers who were present, including a supervisor, took immediate physical action to intervene in the incident and deescalated the situation,” Martinez, the police chief, said in a statement.

According to department spokesperson Amy Woodward, officers immediately reported the incident to higher-ups while on scene.

Ralph was placed on administrative leave on Sept. 3 and a department investigation was opened that day. On Sept. 8, the case was brought to the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office and Ralph was arrested Sept. 14, Woodward said.

At press time, Ralph was free on bond, police said. He is slated to appear in court Sept. 28.

When asked if Ralph had ever been involved in other instances of excessive force, Woodward said the department is unable to release that information “since it pertains to personnel matters.”

Body cameras were in use during the incident. Woodward said the department is currently in talks with the city attorney and will release the footage when legally required to do so.

According to Colorado state Senate Bill 20-217, the sweeping police reform act that was signed into law in June 2020, if a complaint of officer misconduct is filed, the department must release to the public all unedited dash camera or body camera footage within 21 days.

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how best to support the arts in Centennial, according to the news release.

In fall 2019, the city council convened a committee of community members to review how other municipalities supported

arts and culture in their communities, according to the release.

They weighed the pros and cons of engaging as a city-organized commission or to form an independent nonprofit to partner with the community, the release said.

The committee supported the idea of the creation of a nonprofit foundation, independent of the city and supported by community businesses and citizens. The

committee also created the initial outline of the bylaws, a mission statement and the foundation’s name, according to the release.

In January, three Centennial city councilmembers established the foundation, according to its website. Piko, Maurer and Turley initiated the legal establishment of the foundation, and by summer, the foundation was to be ready to begin actively working

in the community, according to its website.

Piko, Maurer and Turley are serving as the directors of the foundation and will be working to expand its board of directors by the end of 2021, according to the release.

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Adding experience to life’s greatest teachers

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his column is dedicated to all the wonderful and committed teachers in our communities. Before the pandemic began, they already had my deepest respect. So, a big shoutout to each teacher in my life who helped me in some WINNING way along life’s journey, I appreciWORDS ate you all so much.

Teachers have a special gift and calling. And yet teachers are also grossly overworked and underpaid, and in many cases, overly criticized and underappreciated. All Michael Norton of this has become amplified over the past 19 months as our already stretched education system is caught in the collateral damage of the pandemic and other societal pressure points.

Masks, vaccinations, social distancing, hybrid learning, conflicting curriculums, forced curriculum change mandates, belief systems and constrained budgets all coming to a boil of disruption at the same time. My admiration for the teaching community only increases

as they continue to pour into their students while giving tirelessly of themselves.

By the way, I am including the entire teaching community. Educators at every level, coaches, mentors, trainers, corporate learning teams.

Each person who has a platform to develop their students, learners, and those they coach must deal with the very same things as someone who is teaching in a classroom, teaching virtually, or in some hybrid delivery model.

What can we talk about? What can’t we say? Where are the boundaries? Are there any boundaries?

How do we stay healthy? How can we keep our students safe? Is what we taught yesterday still relevant, let alone accepted today? Are there new skills, thoughts and theories that need to be explored? These are just a few of the variables and curveballs being thrown at those responsible for our education and personal and professional development.

Here is the upside. Never in history has the learning community been in such a position to acquire knowledge through academic, coaching, and training best practices coupled with access to information. And

never has there been a time where we have had the opportunity to experience life with all its conflicts, contrasts, and challenges that we are living through today. Teaching theory, providing structure and concepts for problem-solving are important. And when we add the potency of real-world experiential learning to the solid fundamentals and advanced applications of teaching we have an enormous opportunity for growth.

Some believe that experience is life’s greatest teacher. This is only true if we learn from those experiences. The important thing is that when we fail, and we will, that we learn from that failure. Equally as important is that when we succeed, we learn from our successes. If we will let it, life has so much to teach us when it comes to understanding what works and what doesn’t work in the real-world. Life teaches us how to live, communicate, and optimize our performance at home and at work.

As we think about the future generations and the future leaders in our communities, government and in the workplace, we should be thinking about how we could impact their growth and the future of soci-

ety. Are we encouraging our teachers, educators, coaches and students at every level through dialogue or are we talking at them? When we provide life experiences and we are actively and openly talking about what is happening locally and globally today, we will have the greatest impact on where out students are going tomorrow.

“The best teachers are those who show you were to look but don’t tell you what to see.” - Alexandra K. Trenfor. We have a lot of people telling us where to look and what to see and hear right now. As students, and we are all students, we should consistently be challenging ourselves to look at life through the lens of concepts, theories, and experience.

Do you have a favorite teacher, coach, mentor, or trainer? Are you learning and growing from life’s lessons? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@tramazing.com, and when we can add our life experiences to our learning, it really will be a better than good year.

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Can we really prevent suicide? Maybe

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t’s no secret that Colorado has one of the highest suicide rates in the nation. But what remains elusive is why and what we can do about it to truly make a significant GUEST difference.

COLUMN As the former state legislator who led the establishment of the Colorado Suicide Prevention Commission, and a commissioner serving on it now, my commitment to finding the answer Linda Newell is fierce. But as a suicide-loss survivor, my drive for this quest is even stronger.

By now, almost everyone probably knows that it is Suicide Prevention Month across the country.

I could go on and on with a whole bunch of statistics alarming you of the too-often occurrence of someone killing themselves in Colorado, but instead, let’s focus on what we can do to potentially prevent it.

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It is not only up to therapists, hospitals, and the government to take action. Yes, we can continue to focus on it and build an infrastructure of systems and resources that people in need can use. And in Colorado, we’re doing a good job of that, considering the lean state budgets we have.

But what can you and I do to stop anyone from harming themselves?

Well, if we’re too late in the process, we can sometimes do nothing, honestly. And in those circumstances, we will hopefully not allow ourselves to feel guilt or ask ourselves, “What could I have done?”

Sometimes, we are completely unaware of what’s going on inside another person, and there’s nothing we can do about it.

However, there are some proactive things we can do to “set the infrastructure” in our families and relationships that can make a big difference, and even save a life. Let’s talk about our children, for instance.

We may not want to admit it, but the statistics show that in Colorado,

some children are considering ending their own lives as early as 6 years old. Why? What drives a child to think about that or even think of suicide as an option? And what can we do to prevent that?

Research tells us that one of the most effective protective factors against youth suicide is the child having a relationship with at least one trusted adult.

As an example, this one supportive relationship can be a parent, family member, teacher, minister, or therapist. Having someone who can listen, give loving advice, or just intentionally sit with them occasionally can be profound in them feeling heard and being accepted just as they are. That then can lead to feeling cared about and a sense of hope in the surrounding community.

As minor as this may sound, this one act can make a big difference in a child’s mental well-being. So, prioritizing our time with our kiddos and using empathy and listening skills can serve as a protective shield against them having thoughts

of hopelessness or self-harm that can lead to suicide.

If we all took the time to act proactively by creating more loving and supportive relationships with each other, that one act could eventually be saving a life. Don’t wait till it’s too far down the line and they’re cutting themselves, abusing drugs or alcohol, or showing signs of actual suicidal thoughts. Let’s do what we can preventively in our own families and community before it’s too late.

If you or a loved one is having thoughts of self-harm or suicide, please reach out to your therapist or call 800-273-8255 or 911.

Former Colorado state senator, now with a master’s in Social Justice and Ethics from Iliff School of Theology, Linda Newell is a writer, speaker, facilitator, and conflict/DEI consultant. Senlindanewell@gmail. com, www.lindanewell.org, www. senlindanewell.com, @sennewell on Twitter, Senator Linda Newell or @ TheLastBill on Facebook.

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Good times roll again

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BY RACHEL LORENZ SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

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he smell of street tacos and hot dogs mingled with the aroma of cigar smoke and freshly poured beer outside Brewability Lab on a Saturday afternoon. The 3400 block of South Broadway teemed with tents and tables and trucks. And people.

After a hiatus last year because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Englewood Block Party returned Sept. 18.

Kids, dogs, lovers and friends came out, once again, to see neighbors, patronize local businesses and celebrate their community.

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Local teen finished seventh in Tokyo Olympics

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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hen Colin Duffy first laid eyes on an indoor climbing wall, he was only 3 years old.

The colorful holds drew his attention and he begged his parents to let him give the sport a try. By 7, he was climbing in full-sized gyms. And now, at 17, Duffy was the youngest competitor in the first-ever Olympic sport climbing event.

“I think I just love how unique of a physical challenge it is,” he said about the sport. “Not only do you have to be strong enough to solve the climbs and problems but you also have to use your brain, figuring out body position and what the best strategy is going to be for each route.”

Duffy, a Broomfield resident and a student of Stargate Charter School in the Adams 12 district, grew up climbing in the area. He frequents local rock climbing gyms like G1 Climbing + Fitness, and his favorite local spot to climb outdoors is Rocky Mountain National Park.

Duffy qualified for this year’s Olympic Games in 2020 when he won the International Federation of Sport Climbing’s Pan American Championship in Los Angeles.

“I was kind of just awestruck after qualifying,” he said. “It didn’t really feel real.”

Then, the Olympic Games were delayed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Leading up to the Tokyo Olympics, Duffy, like many Olympic athletes, had to face a variety of new training methods due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For several months, gyms were closed and Duffy had to practice his climbing on an at-home wall in his basement.

When gyms opened, he adjusted to training while wearing a mask. Then, two weeks before the climbing competitions started, he traveled with the rest of the four-person U.S. team to Tokyo in early August.

Once in Japan, Duffy and his colleagues began to work on acclimating to the humid, hot weather they’d be competing in.

“I think the most noticeable difference for me was the heat,” Duffy said. “I’ve always been used to dry heat and a lack of humid-

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CLIMBER REACHES FOR DREAM

Duffy was one of eight climbers who made it into the Olympic finals out of 20 male athletes. In the finals, he finished seventh overall.

In the speed competition he ranked fifth, with 6.35 as his fastest time. In the bouldering event he finished in fourth place, and in the lead competition he ranked third.

Nathaniel Coleman, the other male climber from the U.S., took silver in the competition. Brooke Raboutou — from Boulder, Colorado — placed fifth in the women’s competition.

“I had a lot of fun,” Duffy said. “I think a lot of people probably look at it as the most intense event possible, but I think outside of the competition days, being around the village and being surrounded by so many incredible athletes, everyone is always smiling and just happy to be there with their teammates.”

Colin Duffy, who placed seventh in the first-ever sport climbing competition in the Tokyo Olympics, competes in a PHOTOS BY DANIEL GAJDA lead climbing event in Innsbruck, Austria.

ity, so being in such an intense climate and having to compete outdoors in that was really kind of hard to adjust to.”

Sport details At this year’s Olympics, the sport climbing event displayed three disciplines of indoor climbing: bouldering, lead climbing and speed climbing.

In the bouldering event, athletes attempt to scale short, challenging pre-set routes, also known as problems, which are made up of plastic imitation rocks of various shapes and sizes.

The walls in this event are about 15 feet high and surrounded by large pads.

Climbers don’t use any

rope for this event.

During lead climbing, the athletes are tied into a rope as they see how high they can get on a wall more than 50 feet high. As they climb, the competitors attach their rope into clips placed along the wall. On the ground, a belayer attached to the same rope is ready to catch the climber if they fall or finish the route.

While each route and problem in the lead climbing and bouldering disciplines is unique and neverbefore-seen by the athletes, the speed climbing event is different in that it presents the same route in every competition. Athletes dart up this standard route to see how quickly they can

press a touchpad at the top.

The fastest speed at the finals of the Olympics was 6.02 seconds.

In this year’s Olympics, climbers were required to participate in all three events, with their score being determined by how they ranked in each one.

Some in the sport criticized this format because of the inherent differences between speed climbing and the other two disciplines.

Duffy’s favorite climbing events are bouldering and lead climbing, he said. In the next Olympic games, there will be one competition for speed climbing and one combining bouldering and lead.

Enjoying the games As the youngest climber there, Duffy felt like he was able to relax and not put too much pressure on himself, he said.

“I think it allowed me to climb pretty loosely, especially in the qualifiers, I felt like I had nothing to lose being the youngest one there,” he said. “I know I’ll have other opportunities in the future, and being so young, there’s really no pressure or expectations on me, so my main goal was just to have fun.”

Due to the pandemic, Duffy’s family was not able to attend the games in person and instead had to wake up each night of the event about 2 a.m. to watch the competition in real time. But Nancy Duffy, Colin’s mom, said it wasn’t difficult to stay alert.

“When your kid is going, you’re nervous,” she said.

“So it’s easy to stay awake at that point.”

Duffy hopes to compete again in the next Summer Olympics in Paris in 2024, he said.

“I just hope in the future that climbing continues to gain recognition. I think it’s a sport that … people are really fascinated by,” he said. “It’s much different than the traditional sports you’ll see. Hopefully people that watch the Olympics really enjoy it and it starts to gain more traction.”

For those curious about the sport, Duffy has one main piece of advice: “Search for a local gym around you,” he said.

“Everyone should try climbing. It’s a very fun sport,” he said. “And probably very different than most people are used to.”

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‘Steel Magnolias’ coming to Elaine Wolf Theatre

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teel Magnolias” will be presented Oct. 1 to 24 by Cherry Creek Theatre Company at the Elaine Wolf Theatre, Jewish CommuSONYA’S nity Center, 350 SAMPLER S. Dahlia St., Denver, 303-8006578. (Suzanne Nepi of Highlands Ranch is a cast member.) cherrycreektheatre.org.

Aurora Fox Arts “Hundred Days” runs through Oct. 10 at the Aurora Fox Arts Center, 9900 E. Colfax Ave, Aurora. Directed by Nick Sugar, with David Nehls as music director. 303-739-1970, aurorafox.org.

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Littleton Town Hall “The Fantasticks” plays through Oct. 17 at Littleton Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., downtown Littleton. townhallartscenter.org, 303794-2787, ext. 5. Masks recommended for all patrons.

Lone Tree Arts Center “Johnny A: Just Me ... and My Guitars” plays at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree, at 8 p.m. Oct. 2.

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Littleton Fine Arts Guild LFAG has two shows opening: Eight new members at the Depot Art Gallery, 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton and “Fantastik Fall” at Town Hall’s SEE SAMPLER, P28

Kirkland Museum is Denver treasure Collection of about 30,000 objects remains in rotation

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

On the northwest corner of Bannock Street and 12th Avenue in Denver, bright yellow ceramic tiles beckon to anyone who can see them. They mark the entrance to the Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Art, where the visitor will find more than 30,000 works by more than 1,500 artists who worked from 1845 to the present.

Three main collections include Kirkland’s collection of decorative arts, Kirkland’s own works and works by recent Colorado artists. Colorado artist Vance Kirkland (1904-1981) had a studio and art school at 13th and Curtis Streets in Denver, which became a focus for many area artists to learn — and also to hang out with like-minded souls. Kirkland was also head of the Art Department at the University of Denver and instrumental in the development of contemporary arts in Denver.

In November 2016, Kirkland’s Pearl Street studio was raised and loaded on a steel framework with wheels and on a Sunday, when traffic was at its calmest,

slowly moved across Denver to the present Bannock Street location, where funding by the Merle Chambers Fund settled it at a new location, attaching the studio to a long, low building where the collection could expand into special exhibitions in the center of Denver’s Golden Triangle Arts District.

The original studio is oriented as it was originally, with studio windows facing north and a large flat table holding paintings. Suspended above the table is a series of leather straps, on which Kirkland lay flat to paint, so he could reach across his large canvases. He used special mixes of paints and alcohol, pouring, dripping and painting with assorted sizes of wooden dowels in addition to brushes.

Many of Kirkland’s paintings seem to refer to constellations and include vibrant pigments.

Funding for the move was provided by the Merle Chambers Fund, the charity operated by one of Denver’s important philanthropists, who was especially supportive of the arts, as well as her commitment to community and social justice.

Museum director Hugh Grant, a close friend of Kirkland’s, was willed the majority of Kirkland’s estate after the artist died SEE KIRKLAND, P28

The distinctive Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Art stands at the corner of 12th Avenue and Bannock Street near the Denver Art Museum.

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to form its own health department after Douglas County exits TriCounty Health.

Douglas County had long been contemplating leaving Tri-County Health amid a rift over the health agency’s coronavirus safety orders.

Douglas County commissioners formalized the decision to leave TriCounty in a meeting Sept. 7, opting to form its own health department.

In early September, Arapahoe County confirmed that Arapahoe and Adams counties had also been contemplating splitting away from Tri-County Health, among other options, driven by Douglas County’s intention to leave. A county spokesman at the time said a separation wouldn’t be driven by any policy disagreement with the agency, but rather by potential financial or budgetary problems for the other two counties cauased by Dougco’s exit.

Tri-County is the local public health agency that serves Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties.

Arapahoe has been a part of the agency since its founding in 1948.

VanRaemdonck spoke to Arapahoe County’s elected commissioners during a Sept. 14 meeting, relaying what she heard in interviews with various local leaders about their concerns and preferences about public health services as Arapahoe weighs the decision of whether to preserve a partnership with Adams County or to form its own health department like Douglas.

The Arapahoe County leaders who provided opinions included: • The five county commissioners • Three members who represent Arapahoe County on the Tri-County Board of Health • 12 department directors • Nine city councilmembers and town trustees from five cities and towns • Four mayors • Four city managers • 12 “business community partners” • Two superintendent representatives from two school districts The names of those who provided opinions — and the jurisdictions

they serve — were not listed during the Sept. 14 presentation, which occurred during an Arapahoe commissioners’ study-session meeting.

The meeting provided a portion of information that consultants had gathered, and more was set to be included in a full report.

The commissioners were scheduled to hear more details around mid-October, according to VanRaemdonck.

Considering impacts A majority of the local elected officials, city managers and town administrators, and superintendents’ representatives in Arapahoe who were interviewed were in favor of “staying together and making improvements” through Tri-County Health Department, according to the presentation.

The members of superintendents’ teams “were very specific about it’s helpful to have an independent health authority when we have to close a school building or when we need to say we can’t drink out of the drinking fountains today because there was a water main break,” VanRaemdonck said. “They felt like it was useful to have this external voice that felt like a lessembedded-in-county-government voice in their work.”

Another concern heard, she said, was about what could be seen as more bureaucracy: moving from having one health department to one in Adams and one in Arapahoe, along with the impending one in Douglas.

“So especially folks that appreciate less government in their lives sort of had this (thought) like, ‘Isn’t this just more government?’” VanRaemdonck said.

Meanwhile, the “jurisdiction size and complexity” was a concern that came up in discussions about keeping the district — or combined — structure of Tri-County, according to the presentation.

Some people who interact with Tri-County on a business basis and “sort of feel like it’s a one-stop shop” because they do business both in Adams and Arapahoe would have to adjust if there were two health agencies, she added.

An owner who has a restaurant in both counties would need to interact with both health departments for restaurant inspections,

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Some were curious about the impact on existing staff at Tri-County.

“You heard respect and a belief that they’re a high-quality group of folks, so what does this mean for them, and for ourselves? (Some interviewees also asked) does this mean we lose access to staff expertise and potentially lose economies of scale?” VanRaemdonck said, using a term for financial efficiency.

The consultant team also talked with Tri-County’s department directors, the kind of staff who have conversations with their funders, including grant sources and other government funders.

“There’s a sense there that TriCounty Health Department is more competitive because you can say we’re the largest health department in state of Colorado — we serve (a large portion) of the population,” VanRaemdonck said. “Those kinds of things, they were feeling like, make them more influential and more competitive for grants and federal funds.”

The team also heard “deep concern” about the clients they serve and any potential impacts on the residents of Arapahoe County, VanRaemdonck said.

That topic included thoughts such as, “We just got that WIC mom to start coming in and seeing us again, and what will happen with that relationship and that person?”

VanRaemdonck said, appearing to use an acronym for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program

for Women, Infants, and Children, a federal grant program.

‘Unelected people’ Arapahoe County Commissioner Nancy Sharpe expressed surprise that there wasn’t more discussion from the community and community leaders about Tri-County’s governance.

“That’s a lot of what we’ve heard over more than a year is … about the governance and who’s making decisions and, quote-unquote, unelected people,” said Sharpe, who appeared to favor “more diversity” on the Tri-County Board of Health.

That could mean a larger board with input from the business community or an elected official, she said.

The Board of Health is the policy-making body for Tri-County Health, composed of nine members — three each from Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas.

Amid some of the public health orders during the pandemic, many of the “good things” that Tri-County does on a regular basis haven’t gotten as much attention in the public eye, Sharpe said. Tri-County does “great work,” she added.

Aside from issuing public health orders amid the pandemic, TriCounty responds to outbreaks of all kinds, keeps track of infectious diseases, provides parenting and child health services, and gives training and services regarding drug use and abuse, according to an Arapahoe County spokesperson.

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Mask rules drive parents’ demand for doctor notes Colorado pediatricians are being bombarded with requests

BY OLIVIA PRENTZEL THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado parents are seeking an end-run around mask requirements at their children’s schools: Doctor’s notes exempting them for dubious medical reasons.

And in mask-averse Douglas County, where elected leaders already opted to create their own health department to sidestep unpopular COVID-19 public health orders, some parents aren’t taking “no” for an answer.

Hundreds of parents have called Pediatrics at the Meadows in Castle Rock to request doctor’s notes — some who turned angry when their requests were denied and promised “physical, financial and political revenge.”

“We understand and empathize with families who are looking for ways to help their children avoid the burden of mask-wearing. Trust me, I get it,” Dr. Michael Milobsky said in a Facebook post about the flood of calls that left staff members feeling “under attack.”

But Milobsky said the clinic would continue to side with American Academy of Pediatrics’ recommendations regarding maskwearing for children — that, with

First-graders are seen on their second day of school on Aug. 12 at Second Creek Elementary School in Commerce City.

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rare exceptions, they can be “safely worn” by children 2 and older.

“If I issue a mask exemption for your child, and they infect a child who is undergoing chemotherapy, a newborn, or a pregnant teacher, who, as a result of being infected (die), I AM RESPONSIBLE.”

Demand for notes jumps Demand for doctor’s notes is spiking as mask policies remain contested across the state, sparking heated public health meetings and leading to increased police presence at some schools as children returned to classes this fall.

The school year got underway just as the highly transmissible coronavirus delta variant drove a wave of new infections across Colorado. As of Sept. 13, the state Department of Public Health and SEE MASKS, P19

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Environment reported 80 ongoing outbreaks of the coronavirus at K-12 schools across the state.

In recent says, Dr. Hector de Leon in Fort Collins said he has received at least a dozen requests for doctor’s notes exempting children, and that his colleagues based in Denver have received several requests a day.

Explaining to parents who insist their children not wear a mask has been a challenge at times.

“More often than not we are not able to write these letters,” said de Leon, a pediatrician with Kaiser Permanente. “We give families other tips and tools to get the masks going. I understand that it is a tough thing that parents are faced with. But our job is to try to keep as many kids as possible safe and from getting sick with COVID.” Many pediatricians, like de Leon and Milobsky, stand by the American Academy of Pediatrics’ recommendation for universal mask wearing in schools given that the majority of the student population is ineligible for vaccines. Wearing masks is proven to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 and protect those who are not vaccinated.

Even so, some parents are frustrated and others become upset when de Leon refuses to write the notes, he said.

“It’s important to start by framing for families why we are doing this and why we are asking for masks, still. The fact is, with children, kids

MORE ON THE MASK DEBATE ONLINE Since this newspaper went to press, Colorado Community Media reporters have been following fast-moving developments in the ongoing debate over school COVID-safety mask-wearing policies and the Tri-County Health Department. For the latest news, visit ColoradoCommunityMedia.com. under 12 especially, we don’t have a vaccine for them. So we’re trying to get them back in school in a safe way,” de Leon said.

Jeffco reviews requests As of Sept. 7, Jeffco Public Schools had received 208 mask exemption requests, 59 of which were denied because the application did not meet the requirements outlined

by Jeffco Public Health, school district spokeswoman Cameron Bell said.

While the school district does not set the criteria for mask exemptions, it is reviewing requests to ensure they meet the requirements of the public health order issued by the county’s public health department in late August, Bell said.

The Jeffco district also received 281 religious exemption requests, which were all denied as they do not meet the criteria of the public health order, she said.

In southwest Colorado, the schools in San Luis haven’t reported an uptick in doctor’s notes for children, said Toby Melster, superintendent of Centennial School District R-1.

“I’ve seen some of the stories

about the contentious board meetings where they are going to be discussing either wearing a mask or not wearing a mask,” Melster said. “But so far, our community has been really good. We haven’t had a lot of pushback, to be honest with you.”

At least three of the schools in the San Luis Valley that do not require its students to wear masks have had to quarantine classrooms due to COVID-19 infections, but the Centennial School District, which is based in the town of San Luis and requires masks, has not had to require any of its classes to quarantine thus far, Melster said.

List of reasons is short Despite the large number of requests for notes, the list of medicalbased reasons to not wear a mask is short, said Dr. Sara Saporta-Keating, an infectious disease specialist from Children’s Hospital Colorado.

“Ultimately, what it comes down to is a person’s ability to take a mask off if there is a problem,” Saporta-Keating said.

Children younger than 2 are exempt, as are children who physically are unable to take off their mask or unable to communicate that they need the mask off in an emergency situation, she said.

“Really what we try to do is weigh the risk and benefits of wearing the mask versus potentially getting COVID,” she said.

While some parents feel wearing a mask could be difficult for children with asthma, it can actually provide them with more protection and potentially shield them from other respiratory diseases that

could trigger an attack, SaportaKeating said.

She said she received an email from her 4-year-old son’s pediatrician earlier this year — before parents could start requesting notes — stating that the practice would be advising children 2 years and older to wear a mask, in line with AAP’s guidance.

“They were proactive about it,” she said.

Her son and his classmates are doing very well with their masks inside the classroom, she said.

“So I certainly think it is not only parents’ peace of mind, but I think the school and teachers’ peace of mind as well, understanding that when there is good mask-wearing, it really decreases the chance of a COVID outbreak occurring within a school,” she said.

Fewer outbreaks in schools also means that children will have more access to their support systems in schools, rather than being isolated at home, Saporta-Keating said.

“We know there are a lot of challenges with mental health, particularly right now,” she said, “but one thing we know is that the return to normalcy and the return to the support systems that children have in their schools is incredibly important and can actually benefit them from a mental health standpoint.”

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

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Immigrant resources center faces fund cutoff Community members voice concern over council decision

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But in 2018, under the Trump administration, the center lost the federal grant following low attendance for follow-up tests after citizenship classes.

Since then, the City of Littleton pledged to cover the cost, albeit

BY ROBERT TANN temporarily. Valdes has repeatRTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM edly expressed that funding for the center was never intended to be For years, the future of Littlepermanent. ton’s only affordable resource “If people want this kind of center for immigrants seeking thing, it should be up to private citizenship has been uncertain. donations,” Valdes told CCM in a But following a recent city council May 2020 interview, adding that budget meeting, members appear it isn’t the city’s responsibility to poised to pull funding from the fund nonprofits. center by fall of next year.

Still, with roughly $40 million On Sept. 11, the city council came in its general fund, Melin believes to a 5-2 decision to move ahead the city could put up the money with cutting the Littleton Immineeded to keep the center afloat, grant Resources Center’s roughly especially with city plans to offset $150,000 in annual funding. Councertain expenditures with fundcilmembers will formally vote on ing from federal COVID-19 relief the move in October. packages.

Councilmembers Patrick “I appreciate the point that Driscoll, Carol Fey, Pam Grove, Littleton shouldn’t be funding this Mark Runicki and Mayor Jerry all by itself. We need to continue Valdes all supported defunding.

Mayor Pro Tem Scott Melin, who looking for community partnership money,” Melin said. “But sided with Councilmember Kelly Milliman in support of funding the this program is too important, too center, said he is disappointed with important to the lives of the people it is touching.” the council’s decision.

Since January, the center has “This is a program that’s in place served 91 immigrants, more than right now to make our community it did during all of 2020, when it more diverse and more inclusive. served 86.

It’s an important symbol,” he said Nancy Trimm, director for in an interview with Colorado Bemis Library where the center Community Media.

Federal grant was already lost is housed, said LIRC staff has been aware for years that the city The center has for years helped wanted it to secure another source hundreds of legal green-card holdof funding, but has been unsucers take the final step toward U.S. cessful in doing so. citizenship through offering lowShe said the center intends to fincost civics and English lessons, ish its services for current immitest preparation and help filling grants but has stopped accepting out forms. new clients. It is currently preparThe center has won a slew of ing documents with resources awards and garnered national for other similar services in the praise. In 2010 it was recognized Denver-metro area that it will proby Harvard’s Bright Ideas, which vide for would-be clients. spotlights innovative government Community members speak programs. Sen. Michael Bennet, out after visiting the center in 2013, The decision has rocked some cited it as a model for immigrant Littleton community members assistance provisions in a bipartiwho have urged the council to san immigration reform bill. reconsider.

Though it offered limited assisA letter to the council signed tance in the years since its incepby 12 former Littleton mayors tion in 2005, a $250,000 biennal and councilmembers praised grantirst awarded to the oundation center in ations the center for its efforts and said 2012 from U.S. Citizenship and Come soar with us continued funding would not only Immigration Services helped it to

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strengthen Littleton’s commitment to inclusivity but also serve as an economic investment.

“Newcomers from around the world are entrepreneurs and have brought a richness of businesses to Littleton, and (the center) has helped make this a more just and equitable community,” the letter reads.

Susan Thornton, a former Littleton mayor who helped found the center, called the defunding decision a “major mistake.”

“It’s one of those things that makes Littleton special, that sets us apart,” she told CCM. With only a handful of certified resource centers for immigrants in the Denver metro area, Thornton said the Littleton center’s continued future is vital.

“This is not the time to cut back on services, this is the time to increase them,” she said.

Joe Rice, a former state representative, said the decision to defund the center comes at a crucial time when the city will need to support incoming refugees from Afghanistan. The Denver metro area is planning to welcome about 1,500

refugees in the coming months.

“The City of Littleton, through its council, is turning its back on refugees and, by extension, U.S. military veterans. In situations like what is happening with Afghan refugees, we should all look to what we can control,” Rice wrote in a letter to councilmembers.

Rice, a veteran of the Iraq war, said he has sponsored Iraqi refugee families who have used the center and continue to live in Littleton. He said the center’s help proved crucial in their ability to become self-sufficient after settling in the city.

Valdes, Littleton’s mayor, defended council’s decision to cease funding and said the center is not a high priority for the city budget.

Much of the reason is because the majority of people the center serves live outside Littleton, according to Valdes.

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September 23, 2021

Biden touts need for bolder response to climate change President visited NREL lab in north Jeffco on Sept. 14

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

“Folks, we’ve got to pick up the pace.”

That was President Joe Biden’s message as he spoke Sept. 14 about his plans to address climate change while creating new jobs during a visit to the National Renewable Energy Lab’s Flatirons campus, located north of the Rocky Flats Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County.

During his roughly 15-minute speech, Biden touted the need for the federal government to establish more ambitious goals for reducing emissions and addressing climate change than were set even by the Obama administration, in which he served as vice president.

“When those (goals) were set, we had more time,” said Biden. “We don’t have that time now. The goals are different because the necessity is there … We don’t have much more than 10 years, for real.”

Among the new goals set by Biden is for the nation to reach 100% carbon-free power by 2035. Biden said he also recently announced a new target for the country to reduce its carbon emissions by between 50 and 52% by 2030.

Biden said the need to take bolder, more aggressive steps to address climate change has become starkly

apparent recently, with nearly one in three American communities being struck by weather disasters in the past few months.

Biden said within the two weeks before his Colorado stop, he had made visits to California, New Jersey and Louisiana, where he surveyed damage from the Caldor Fire and Hurricane Ida. Coloradans, he said, are also becoming increasingly familiar with the effects of disasters driven by climate change.

“Even if it’s not in your backyard, you feel the effects when you turn on the local weather and in addition to the temperature and precipitation you want to know what the local forecast is going to be…” he said. “You saw the vicious cycle this summer when heavy rains combined with the burn scar of the 2020 Grizzly Creek fire resulted in mudslides that washed out an entire section of Interstate 70.”

“The bottom line is it’s everywhere,” he later said.

However, Biden also touted the benefits that an increased focus on addressing climate change would bring, including the creation of well-paid, union-backed jobs.

“When I think of climate change, I think jobs,” Biden said.

He said those possibilities are already apparent in Biden’s infrastructure bill, which he said would put 800,000 people to work, including a large portion in work related to addressing the climate crisis.

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President Joe Biden speaks Sept. 14 at the National Renewable Energy Lab’s Flatirons campus in Jefferson County. PHOTO BY THE WHITE HOUSE VIA FACEBOOK

Aguilar, a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 68 union of Xcel Energy workers in Colorado.

“Being here at NREL shows the future of our industry, renewable and sustainable energy…” he said.

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Xcel Energy is the first utility in the nation to set a goal of being carbon-free, Biden said.

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Brothers help power Englewood over Littleton Pirates win 19-14 at home in football contest against Lions

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Englewood’s football team used support from Johnson & Johnson as a cure for an inexperienced offensive line during a 19-14 win over Littleton in a penalty-filled game played Sept.

16 at Randy Penn Stadium, the Englewood Pirates’ home field.

When we say Johnson & Johnson, we’re not writing about the company that develops medical devices and pharmaceuticals, but instead about senior brothers Gunner and Hunter Johnson.

Hunter Johnson is a safety, kick returner and wide receiver.

Gunner Johnson is the Pirates’ quarterback.

Against the Littleton Lions, Hunter returned the opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown to give the Pirates a quick lead.

Then with 2:33 left in the game, he caught a 13-yard scoring pass from Gunner Hunter to provide the winning margin after Littleton had grabbed a 14-13 advantage earlier in the final quarter.

“They are so competitive with one another, let alone with the other team,” Englewood coach Mike Campbell said about the Johnson brothers. “They are like energizing bunnies, man, they just play. We’d love to play Gunner on defense some but he hits so hard I’m worried he would be hurt. He doesn’t know how to be a Deion Sanders and usher you out of bounds.”

Campbell then explained the important of having players like

the Johnsons.

“We’re struggling up front right now. We started two freshmen, two sophomores,” he said.

“And we had a starting center get hurt in practice and we had a center that hadn’t played in a varsity game. We have a lot of learning going on up front.”

It took Hunter Johnson just 14 seconds to push the Pirates into the lead with the opening kickoff return.

“It is always good to get off to a good start, especially our team,” said Hunter. “It’s good to get that quick boost, get everybody pumped up and get the momentum on our side.”

Gunner Johnson, a 6-foot-1, 165-pounder just like his brother, was sacked by the Lions’ Peter Braun on the Pirates’ game-deciding drive, which pushed the ball back to the 13-yard line.

But he connected with his brother on the next play for the winning TD. “I look for him all the time,” said Gunner. “He’s going to be open and I throw him the football. It was a big win for us.

We were down, only dressed 17 players.”

Littleton, which snapped a 29-game losing streak with a win over Denver Lincoln in this season’s opener, was down coaches because of COVID protocols and defensive coordinator Ryan Wesley was the acting head coach.

“We were facing such an uphill battle,” said Wesley. “I’m actually the fill-in head coach.

We have seven coaches on staff, four of which weren’t able to be here. They got sick and were not able to be here.

“This was just last minute on Monday so we were rolling with just two coaches all the way up SEE FOOTBALL, P23

Englewood’s Hunter Johnson (3) scored twice on a kickoff return and the game-winning pass from his brother Gunner during the Sept. 16 game against Littleton. The Pirates won, 19-14. PHOTO BY JIM BENTON

Top-ranked soccer team can’t vanquish rival Castle View boys have to settle for tie against Regis Jesuit

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Jack Pucciano of Castle View looks to take a loose ball and make a play during a 1-1 tie against Regis Jesuit in a Sept. 14 match.

PHOTO BY JIM BENTON

Castle View, the topranked boys soccer team in the CHSAANow.com Class 5A poll, ran into a stubborn opponent on Sept. 14 in its Continental League opener against Regis Jesuit.

The Sabercats of Castle Rock were coming off a 3-2 overtime victory over second-ranked Boulder and had chances to escape with another OT win but had to settle for a 1-1 tie against the Raiders in a match played at Lou Kellogg Sta-

dium in Aurora.

“It wasn’t one of our best games but a lot of that had something to do with Regis going real hard,” said Castle View coach Mark Burfeind. “We just tried to weather the storm and made too many mistakes.”

Aurora-based Regis grabbed a 1-0 lead after Sabercats keeper Ryen Royce came 20 yards out from the goal in an attempt to deflect a high shot only to see the ball wind up at the feet of Regis’ Joseph Bennett, who scored at the 16-minute mark of the first half.

“He (Royce) came out of the box and tried to hit it with his chest and it kind of rolled off his arm and right to them,” said Burfeind.

Senior Bailey Voit, off an assist by Antonino Piscitel-

la, tied up the match for Castle View in the second half in the 56th minute, but then the Sabercats were bottled up for most of the rest of regulation time as the Raiders applied offensive pressure.

“Like I said, they came out on fire and we never matched what they were doing and we struggled the whole game,” added Burfeind.

Castle View had at least two good chances to win during the two 10-minute overtime sessions.

Senior Jack Pucciano, who had 16 points in Castle View’s first five games, got free on a breakaway with 1:35 still to play in the first OT, but his shot was SEE SOCCER, P23

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FOOTBALL FROM PAGE 22

to the game and we got our third coach back. This was my first time having to call a varsity game. The guys came out and left it on the field.

They fought hard.”

Junior Brycen Mhlanga set up both Littleton TDs with runs of 29 and 87 yards before being stopped at the one-yard line both times. Quarterback Timmy Higgins scored on quarterback sneaks both times and gave Littleton a 14-13 lead with 10:51 remaining in the game.

“What really hurt us was that opening kickoff,” said Wesley. “That’s the extra points on that scoreboard.

Their offense put up 12 so that one kind of is what it is.

“We come in to fight and we’re trying to turn the program around.

It’s been a losing program for so long.

If we have to go down, we go down

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handled by the Regis goalie.

“Probably our overall best player got the ball on a breakaway and the keeper made a good save,” said Burfeind.

Then in the second OT, Chardel Moussata came in alone on the Regis goal but his shot sailed wide of the net.

“We moved one of our outside mids who is really fast up top and he got a breakaway and just hit it off the side of his foot,” explained Burfeind. “He had the whole goal open. Yeah, we had a few chances.”

Castle View has a 6-1 overall

Englewood quarterback Gunner Johnson (2) delivered the game-winning pass to his brother Hunter with 2:33 left in the game to give the Pirates a 19-14 win over Littleton in the Sept 16 game. PHOTO BY JIM BENTON

swinging.”

Littleton, which is 2-44 over the past five seasons and hasn’t had a winning record since 2009-10, had the ball briefly twice after the Johnsonto-Johnson scoring pass but couldn’t generate an offensive push. record after a 3-2 overtime win over Chaparral on Sept. 16 when Chardel Moussata scored the winning goal. Regis was 2-2-1 following a 1-0 win over Legend on Sept. 16.

“As bad as we played, a tie isn’t all bad in this game,” explained Burfeind. “It doesn’t hurt us. We had a pretty hard non-conference schedule and we got through that and so a tie isn’t all bad. We would have liked to have a win, but a tie is better than a loss. You look at the grand scheme of things, it is not a killer.

“I expected better but it was still one of those games when we didn’t play well. I told the boys it is minor, don’t let the highs be too high or the lows be too low and come back and be ready to go.”

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0039-2021 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On July 20, 2021, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) VLADIMIR N KOSTICH Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, 1NC, AS NOMINEE FOR COLDWELL BANKER MORTGAGE Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Successor Trustee to Citibank, N.A, as trustee for Bear Stearns Second Lien Trust 2007-SV1, MortgageBacked Certificates, Series 2007-SV1 Date of Deed of Trust September 19, 2005 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust September 28, 2005 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5146010 Original Principal Amount $25,560.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $18,426.05 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION Also known by street and number as: 2848 WEST CENTENIAL DRIVE #K, LITTLETON, CO 80123.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, COLORADO, AND AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR THE STEEPLECHASE III CONDOMINIUMS, RECORDED ON MAY 28, 1997 AT RECEPTION NO. A7062094, IN SAID RECORDS, FIRST AMENDMENT RECORDED JUNE 10, 1997 AT RECEPTION NO. A7068621, SECOND AMENDMENT RECORDED AUGUST 26, 1997 AT RECEPTION NO. A7106125, THIRD AMENDMENT RECORDED SEPTEMBER 25, 1997 AT RECEPTION NO. A7133751, FIFTH AMENDMENT RECORDED NOVEMBER 14, 1997 AT RECEPTION NO. A7144586 AND APRIL 15, 1998 AT RECEPTION NO. A8054388, SIXTH AMENDMENT RECORDED APRIL 28, 1998 AT RECEPTION NO. AA8062276, SEVENTH AMENDMENT RECORDED APRIL 29, 1998 AT RECEPTION NO. A8062278, EIGHTH AMENDMENT RECORDED JUNE 11, 1998 AT RECEPTION NO. A8112705 AND TENTH AMENDMENT RECORDED AUGUST 26, 1998 AT RECEPTION NO. A8135482. COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Legal Notice NO. 0039-2021 First Publication: 9/23/2021 Last Publication: 10/21/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0038-2021 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On July 20, 2021, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) THI NUENG BORISAT LLC A/K/A THI NUEGN BORISAT LLC Original Beneficiary(ies) INDEPENDENT BANK Current Holder of Evidence of Debt INDEPENDENT BANK (dba Independent Financial), a Texas state banking association Date of Deed of Trust February 14, 2019 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust February 15, 2019 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D9013624 Original Principal Amount $1,465,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $1,461,752.71 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 11/17/2021, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

Lots 27 and 28, Block 1, Enwood Addition to Englewood, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

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The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

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; DATE: 07/20/2021 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Anna Johnston #51978 Ryan Bourgeois #51088 Joseph D. DeGiorgio #45557 Randall Chin #31149 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000009272485 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 0039-2021 LEGAL DESCRIPTION CONDOMINIUM UNIT K, THE STEEPLECHASE III CONDOMINIUMS TOGETHER WITH GARAGE NO. K, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP THEREOF, RECORDED ON AUGUST 26, 1998 AT RECEPTION NO. A8135483 IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE

Also known by street and number as: 34833487 South Broadway Avenue, Englewood, CO 80113.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 11/17/2021, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 9/23/2021 Last Publication: 10/21/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 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; DATE: 07/20/2021 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Richard D. Beller #33791 Ringenberg & Beller, P.C. 1000 Centre Avenue, Suite 150,

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Fort Collins, CO 80526 (970) 482-1056 Attorney File # 3483 S BROADWAY AVE The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO. 0038-2021 First Publication: 9/23/2021 Last Publication: 10/21/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

City and County PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, September 20, 2021, the Centennial City Council approved the following ordinance on second and final reading: ORDINANCE NO. 2021-O-15 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, AMENDING SECTION 4-1-210 OF THE CENTENNIAL MUNICIPAL CODE GOVERNING THE EXISTING SALES TAX ON SALES OF SOFTWARE PROGRAMS The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk and is also available on the City’s web site, www.centennialcolorado.com. The ordinance may be obtained by contacting the City Clerk, 303-754-3324. by a vote of 9 in favor and 0 against.

(First published September 9, 2021) By:Barbara Setterlind, MMC City Clerk Legal Notice No. 529550-61129 First Publication: September 23, 2021 Last Publication: September 23, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday September 20, 2021, the Centennial City Council approved the following ordinance on second and final reading: ORDINANCE NO. 2021-O-14 ORDINANCE 2021-O-14 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, ADDING ARTICLE 9 TO CHAPTER 6 OF THE CENTENNIAL MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING SHORT TERM RENTAL LICENSES The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk and is also available on the City’s web site, www.centennialcolorado.com. The ordinance may be obtained by contacting the City Clerk, 303-754-3324. by a vote of 9 in favor and 0 against.

(First published September, 2021) By:Barbara Setterlind, MMC City Clerk Legal Notice No. 529549-61128 First Publication: September 23, 2021 Last Publication: September 23, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen ______________________________________ PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF INITIAL ZONING FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE DOVE VALLEY V ANNEXATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning and Zoning Commission (the “Commission”) will conduct a public hearing on Wednesday, October 13, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. regarding the proposed establishment of initial zoning for property consisting of approximately 21.886 acres and known as the Dove Valley V Annexation (the “Subject Property”).

The Subject Property is currently subject to zoning as determined by Arapahoe County. Pursuant to a separate but related application concerning the Subject Property, the Subject Property is proposed for annexation into the corporate boundaries of the City of Centennial and, following the effective date of the annexation, if the annexation is approved, the Subject Property is proposed for an initial zoning designation established by the City of Centennial. This is a City-initiated rezoning under Section 12-14-904 of the Land Development Code (“LDC”) which is being processed in conjunction with the proposed annexation of the Subject Property to the City. The Commission will be conducting a public hearing at the above time and date prior to making a formal recommendation to City Council regarding the proposed initial zoning of the Subject

Property. City Staff is currently recommending that the Subject Property be rezoned to three separate zone districts: The Activity Center (AC) zone district, the AC zone district with certain modifications, and Public Open Space and Recreation (OSR).

NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that the City Council will conduct a public hearing on Monday, November 1, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. to consider the establishment of the initial zoning of the Subject Property. The purpose of the public hearing on the matter of the initial zoning of the Subject Property will be to determine whether the AC zone district, the AC zone district with certain modifications, and OSR are the appropriate initial zone districts for the Subject Property. City Staff will provide additional detail regarding the proposed initial zoning of the Subject Property at the public hearings to be held by both the Commission and City Council.

All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard at the public hearings referenced above. The hearings will be held in City Council Chambers, Centennial Civic Center, 13133 E. Arapahoe Road Centennial, CO 80112 at the above noted times and dates.

Further information concerning the proposed establishment of initial zoning may be obtained by calling the City of Centennial Community Development Department at 303-754-3357.

Legal Description of Subject Property: All those Parcels of Land Located in The Northwest Quarter of Section 31, Township 5 South, Range 66 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, described as follows: Lots 4 Through 6, Block 3, and Lots 1 Through 7, Block 4, Dove Valley V, as recorded at Reception No. B3160646 in the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder’s Office, except that portion conveyed in Warranty Deed recorded April 19, 2005 under Reception No. B5054959, In Said Office; Together with that parcel of land described as “Channel W1 And Downstream of Pond W-4”, in Deed recorded at Reception No. D1077983 in Said Office. /s/ Barb Setterlind, MMC City Clerk

closing the gaps in the County’s outdoor recreation network, and setting County priorities for educational programming and the stewardship of existing resources; and WHEREAS, Arapahoe County sought and received substantial input from residents, businesses, municipalities, nonprofits, and special districts about the future of open spaces, parks, and trails within Arapahoe County as well as whether it is in the best interests of County residents to extend the sales and use tax past December 31, 2023; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners established a reauthorization committee to evaluate options regarding a potential sales tax extension, engaging the public and the Open Spaces Citizen Advisory Board to make recommendations to the Board for consideration; and WHEREAS, public feedback received demonstrated overwhelming support for extending the sales and use tax; and WHEREAS, based upon input received, the Board of County Commissioners has determined that it is in the best interests of the residents of the County that the county-wide sales and use tax at the rate of one quarter of one percent (0.25%) be extended, the receipts from which will continue to be used for open space and trails purposes in the manner set forth in this resolution, which incorporates the provisions of both Resolution Numbers 030381 and 110637, as well as modifications to such provisions that extend the tax beyond its current expiration date of December 31, 2023, until repealed, increase the amount of funds available to municipalities and the County for maintenance, reduce funds available for acquisition, allow the County to allocate funds to active open space and park uses, allow for the re-distribution of unspent funds to other open space, park and trail uses, and makes some other revisions and clarifications to the County's open space tax program, as set forth in further detail below; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Colorado Constitution Article X, Section 20, an extension of an expiring tax requires voter approval; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section IX. A. of Resolution Number 030381, some of the proposed amendments are permitted only if approved by a vote of the registered electors of Arapahoe County; and

Legal Notice No. 529551-61130 First Publication: September 23, 2021 Last Publication: September 23, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on August 10, 2021, the Board of County Commissioners for Arapahoe County adopted Arapahoe County Resolution Number 21-263 which contains an open spaces sales and use tax reauthorization proposal and ballot measure. The entirety of the resolution, which includes the sales and use tax proposal and ballot measure, is set forth in the following: ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO RESOLUTION NO. 21-263 A RESOLUTION REAUTHORIZING ARAPAHOE COUNTY’S SALES AND USE TAX DEDICATED TO OPEN SPACES AND REFERRING A BALLOT MEASURE TO VOTERS TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM RESOLUTION NO. 21-263 It was moved by Commissioner Sharpe and duly seconded by Commissioner Jackson to adopt the following Resolution: WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners, on June 17, 2003, adopted Resolution Number 030381, which authorized the submission of a ballot issue to the eligible electors of Arapahoe County, proposing the imposition of a one quarter of one percent (0.25%) sales and use tax for open space and trails purposes; and WHEREAS, on November 4, 2003, a majority of the eligible Arapahoe County electors approved the ballot issue authorizing the sales and use tax as specified in Resolution Number 030381; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners, adopted Resolution Number 110637 on August 30, 2011, which authorized the submission of a ballot issue to the eligible electors of Arapahoe County, to extend the existing one quarter of one percent (0.25%) sales and use tax for open space and trails purposes; and WHEREAS, on November 1, 2011, a majority of the eligible Arapahoe County electors approved the ballot issue extending the sales and use tax and making amendments as described in further detail in Resolution Number 110637; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution Number 110637, the sales and use tax is set to expire on December 31, 2023; and WHEREAS, since establishing the open spaces program, Arapahoe County has built or improved 70 miles of trails, supported 168 park, trailhead, and heritage-area projects, conserved 31,000 acres of open space, and invested nearly $360 million in open spaces, parks, trails and heritage areas, with nearly 71% of funding provided directly to the County’s cities and special districts for local needs; and WHEREAS, Arapahoe County recently updated its open spaces master plan, which serves as a blueprint for the program’s future, identifying opportunities for: conserving and enhancing natural lands, wildlife habitats and water resources,

WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has determined that a ballot issue regarding the extension of the sales and use tax and modifications to the program, should be submitted by the Board of County Commissioners to the eligible electors of the County at the November 2, 2021, election; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 1-5-203(3) C.R.S., the Board of County Commissioners through the adoption of this resolution certifies the ballot issue to the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder for said November 2, 2021, election.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, as follows: 1. The ballot issue title and issue contained in Exhibit A, attached and incorporated herein, shall be presented in substantially such form to the registered electors of Arapahoe County at the coordinated election to be held on Tuesday, November 2, 2021, in accordance with all applicable laws. The Board of County Commissioners hereby directs that a copy of this Resolution be certified and filed in the Office of the Clerk and Recorder immediately and authorizes and directs the Clerk and Recorder to certify the ballot issue and ballot content as provided by law.

2. The name of the designated election official who will be responsible for conducting the election pursuant to the Uniform Election Code is Joan Lopez, Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder.

3. Pursuant to C.R.S. § 1-11-203.5, any election contest arising out of a ballot issue or ballot question election concerning the order of the ballot or the form or content of the ballot title shall be commenced by petition filed with the proper court within five days after the title of the ballot issue or ballot question is set.

4. The officials and employees of Arapahoe County are hereby authorized and directed to take all actions necessary or appropriate to effectuate the provisions of this resolution.

5. The Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder shall publish the text of the ballot title and question four separate times, a week apart, in the official newspaper of Arapahoe county and each incorporated municipality within Arapahoe County.

6. Subject to approval of the above-referenced ballot issue by a majority of the registered Arapahoe County electors voting at the November 2, 2021, election, the open space sales and use tax, as originally specified in Arapahoe County Resolution Number 030381, and as subsequently extended and amended as specified in Arapahoe County Resolution Number 10637, shall be further extended, amended and restated as specified below.

7. General Provisions. (a) Purpose. The purpose of this Resolution is, upon the approval of a majority of registered electors voting on such proposal, to extend continuously beyond its current expiration date of December 31, 2023, until repealed, an existing sales tax of one quarter of one percent (0.25%) upon the sale at retail of tangible personal prop-

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Public Notices erty and the furnishing of certain services in the County, and to extend continuously beyond its current expiration date of December 31, 2023, until repealed, an existing use tax of one quarter of one percent (0.25%) for the privilege of use or consuming in the County any construction and building materials purchased at retail, and for the privilege of storing, using or consuming in the County any motor and other vehicles, purchased at retail on which registration is required, all in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of Title 29, C.R.S., which provisions are incorporated herein by this reference, and to modify the provisions of the sales and use tax program as set forth herein. (b) Statutory Definitions Incorporated. For purposes of this Resolution, the definitions of the words contained herein shall be as defined in Sections 39- 26-102 and 39-26-201, C.R.S., which definitions are incorporated herein by this reference. (c) Effective Date: The provisions of this Resolution shall become effective immediately upon approval by a majority of registered electors voting upon such proposal, and once effective, shall supersede Arapahoe County Resolution Numbers 030381 and 10637.

8. Sales Tax. The imposition and collection of a one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) sales tax on all sales of tangible personal property at retail or the furnishing of services in Arapahoe County, as provided in Section 29-2-105(1)(d), C.R.S., effective throughout the incorporated and unincorporated portions of Arapahoe County, such tax having been originally imposed by Arapahoe County Resolution Number 030381, shall hereby continue to and beyond its current expiration date of December 31, 2023, until repealed, subject to the following terms and conditions: (a) Transactions Subject to the Sales Tax. i. The tangible personal property and services taxable hereunder shall be the same as the tangible personal property and services taxable pursuant to Section 39-26-104, C.R.S., subject to the same exemptions as those specified in part 7 of article 26 of title 39, C.R.S. and Section 29-2-105, C.R.S. expressly including the exemption allowed by section 39-26-709 (1), C.R.S., for purchases of machinery or machine tools; the exemption for sales of electricity, coal, wood, gas, fuel oil, or coke specified in section 39-26715 (1)(a)(II), C.R.S.; the exemption for sales of food specified in section 39-26-707 (1)(e), C.R.S.; the exemption for vending machine sales of food set forth in section 39-26-714 (2), C.R.S.; the exemption for occasional sales by a charitable organization set forth in section 39-26-718 (1)(b), C.R.S.; the exemption for sales and purchases of farm equipment and farm equipment under lease or contract specified in section 39-26-716 (2)(b) and (2)(c), C.R.S., excepting from the definition of “farm equipment” the sales and purchases of parts used in the repair or maintenance of farm equipment, all shipping pallets or aids paid for by a farm operation, any visual, electronic identification, or matched pair ear tags and electronic identification readers used to scan ear tags that are used by farm operators to identify or track food animals including animals used for food or in the production of food as specified in section 39-26-716 (1)(d), all sales and purchases of dairy equipment, and aircraft designed or adapted to undertake agricultural applications; and the exemption for sales of low-emitting motor vehicles, power sources, or parts used for converting such power sources as specified in section 39-26-719 (1), C.R.S.; the exemption for sales of machinery or machine tools specified in section 39-26-709 (1), C.R.S., used in the processing of recovered materials by a business listed in the inventory prepared by the department of public health and environment pursuant to section 30-20-122 (1)(a) (V), C.R.S.; the exemption for sales of wood from salvaged trees killed or infested in Colorado by mountain pine beetles or spruce beetles as specified in section 39-26-723, C.R.S.; the exemption for sales that benefit a Colorado school specified in section 39-26-725, C.R.S.; the exemption for sales by an association or organization of parents and teachers of public school students that is a charitable organization as specified in section 39-26-718 (1)(c), C.R.S.; the exemption for sales of property for use in space flight specified in section 39-26-728, C.R.S.; and the exemption for manufactured homes set forth in section 39-26721 (3). ii. All sales of personal property on which a specific ownership tax has been paid or is payable shall be - exempt from the sales tax imposed by Arapahoe County when such sales meet both of the following conditions: (1) the purchaser is a non-resident of or has his principal place of business outside of Arapahoe County, and (2) such personal property is registered or required to be registered outside the limits of Arapahoe County under the laws of the State of Colorado. iii. Such sales tax will not be imposed upon the sale of tangible personal property at retail or the furnishing of services if the transaction was previously subjected to a sales or use tax lawfully imposed on the purchaser or user by another statutory or home rule county equal to or in excess of that sought to be imposed hereunder by Arapahoe County. A credit shall be granted against the sales tax imposed hereunder by Arapahoe County with respect to such transaction equal in amount to the lawfully imposed local sales or use tax previously paid by the purchaser or user to the previous statutory or home rule county. The amount of the credit shall not exceed the sales tax imposed hereunder by Arapahoe County. (b) Determination of Place at Which Sales are Consummated. For the purposes of this Resolution, all retail sales are sourced as specified in section 39-26-104 (3), C.R.S. The amount subject to the sales tax imposed hereunder shall not include any Colorado state sales or use tax imposed by Article 26 of Title 39, C.R.S. (c) Collection, Administration, and Enforcement. The sales tax imposed hereunder shall be collected, administered and enforced by the Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Revenue ("Executive Director") in the same manner as the collection, administration and enforcement of the Colorado state sales tax. The provisions of Article 26 of Title 39, C.R.S., and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Executive Director shall govern the collection, administration, and enforcement of the sales tax imposed hereunder. Distribution of all sales tax

collected by the Executive Director, pursuant to this Resolution, shall be to Arapahoe County. (d) Vendor's Fee. The vendor shall be entitled as collection agent for the County to withhold an amount equal to one-half of one percent (.50%) of the total amount to be remitted by the vendor to the Executive Director each month to cover the vendor’s expense in the collection and remittance of the Sales Tax. If any vendor is delinquent in remitting the Sales Tax, other than in unusual circumstances shown to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, the vendor shall not be allowed to retain any amounts to cover his or her expense in collecting and remitting said Sales Tax, and an amount equivalent to the full amount of the Sales Tax imposed by this Resolution shall be remitted to the Executive Director by any such delinquent vendor.

9. Use Tax. The imposition and collection of a one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) use tax in accordance with the provisions of Article 2, Title 29, C.R.S., for the privilege of using or consuming in Arapahoe County any construction and building materials purchased at retail and for the privilege of storing, using, or consuming in Arapahoe County any motor and other vehicles, purchased at retail on which registration is required, effective throughout the incorporated and unincorporated portions of Arapahoe County, such tax having been originally imposed by Arapahoe County Resolution Number 030381, shall hereby continue to and beyond its current expiration date of December 31, 2023, until repealed, subject to the following terms and conditions: (a) Exemptions from the Use Tax. i. Storage, use, or consumption of any tangible personal property the sale of which is subject to a retail sales tax imposed by Arapahoe County. ii. Storage, use or consumption of any tangible personal property purchased for resale in Arapahoe County either in its original form or as an ingredient of a manufactured or compounded product, in the regular course of a business. iii. Storage, use or consumption of tangible personal property brought into Arapahoe County by a nonresident thereof for his own storage, use, or consumption while temporarily within the County; however, this exemption does not apply to the storage, use, or consumption of tangible personal property brought into this State by a nonresident to be used in the conduct of a business in this State. iv. Storage, use, or consumption of tangible personal property by the United States government, or the State of Colorado, or its institutions, or its political subdivisions in their governmental capacities only or by religious or charitable corporations in the conduct of their regular religious or charitable functions. v. Storage, use, or consumption of tangible personal property by a person engaged in the business of manufacturing or compounding for profit, or the use of any article, substance, or commodity, which tangible personal property enters into the processing of or becomes an ingredient or component part of the product or service which is manufactured, compounded, or furnished and the container, label, or the furnished shipping case thereof. vi. Storage, use, or consumption of any article of tangible personal property, the sale or use of which has already been subjected to a legally imposed sale or use tax of another statutory or home rule county equal to or in excess of that imposed by Arapahoe County. A credit shall be granted against the use tax imposed by Arapahoe County with respect to a person's storage, use, or consumption in Arapahoe County of tangible personal property purchased in another statutory or home rule county. The amount of the credit shall be equal to the tax paid by the person by reason of the imposition of a sales or use tax of the other statutory or home rule county on the purchase or use of the property. The amount of the credit shall not exceed the tax imposed by this proposal. vii. Storage, use, or consumption of tangible personal property and household effects acquired outside of Arapahoe County and brought into it by a non-resident acquiring residency. viii.Storage or use of a motor vehicle if the owner is or was, at the time of purchase, a non-resident of Arapahoe County and he purchased the vehicle outside of Arapahoe County for use outside of Arapahoe County and actually so used it for a substantial and primary purpose for which it was acquired and he registered, titled, and licensed said motor vehicle outside of Arapahoe County. ix. Storage, use, or consumption of any construction and building materials and motor and other vehicles on which registration is required if a written contract for the purchase thereof was entered into prior to the effective date of this use tax resolution. x. Storage, use, or consumption of any construction and building materials required or made necessary in the performance of any construction contract bid, let, or entered into any time prior to the effective date of the use tax imposed hereunder (b) The use tax imposed hereunder shall be applicable to every motor vehicle for which registration is required by the laws of the State of Colorado, and no registration shall be made of any motor or other vehicle for which registration is required, and no certificate of title shall be issued for such vehicle by the Department of Revenue or its authorized agents until any tax due upon the use, storage, or consumption thereof pursuant to this Resolution has been paid. (c) Collection, Administration, and Enforcement Except as provided by Section 39-26-209, C.R.S., the use tax imposed hereunder shall be collected, enforced and administered by Arapahoe County, consistent with Arapahoe County's guidelines, policies and procedures, which exist or may hereafter be promulgated not inconsistent with this Resolution. The use tax on construction and building materials shall be collected by the County's Public Works and Development Department, by each municipality or, as may be otherwise provided by intergovernmental agreement, based upon an estimate of building and construction materials costs submitted by the owner or contractor at the

time a building permit application is made. All use tax collected on construction and building materials pursuant to this Resolution shall be distributed to Arapahoe County. All use tax collected on motor or other vehicles pursuant to this Resolution shall be distributed to Arapahoe County.

10. Arapahoe County Open Space Fund. A separate fund, known as the "Arapahoe County Open Space Fund” (the "Fund"), shall continue to be maintained, and 100% of the revenue derived from the sales and use tax imposed on the incorporated and unincorporated areas of Arapahoe County shall continue to be deposited thereto to be used solely for the purposes stated herein and as further described more fully below. (a) For purposes of Colo. Const., Art. X, Section 20, the receipt and expenditure of revenues of the sales tax and use tax shall be accounted for, budgeted and appropriated separately from other revenues and expenditures of Arapahoe County and outside of the fiscal year spending of the County as calculated under Art. X, Section 20, and nothing in Art. X, Section 20, shall limit the receipt and expenditure in each fiscal year of the full amount of such revenues of the sales tax and use tax, nor shall receipt and expenditure of such revenues affect or limit the receipt or expenditure of any and all other revenues of Arapahoe County for any fiscal year. (b) Interest from Revenues and Income Generated from Acquired Lands. Interest generated from the revenues of the sales and use taxes imposed herein shall be used for the purposes stated herein. Income generated from the use or lease of preserved lands, natural areas, wildlife habitats, and parks acquired with the sales and use taxes imposed herein shall be used for the purposes stated herein.

11. Open Space and Trails Advisory Board. The Open Space and Trails Advisory Board ("OSTAB") shall continue to operate and advise the Board of County Commissioners on Open Space fund uses. (a) OSTAB shall consist of seven members. (b) Each County Commissioner shall appoint one resident of his/her commissioner district to serve as an OSTAB member. (c) The Board of County Commissioners shall appoint two Arapahoe County residents as at-large members. (d) OSTAB members shall serve three-year terms of office. Members may be re-appointed to no more than two successive terms. (e) OSTAB members shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of County Commissioners. (f) Members shall not be compensated for their services. (g) Members shall act in accordance with law, including Colorado conflict of interest laws applicable to public bodies. No member shall vote or participate in the application process regarding an acquisition or expenditure in which he or she has a financial or ownership interest, or where he or she has an ownership interest in an adjacent property. (h) OSTAB shall continue to meet as provided in its bylaws to review proposed projects and perform other duties in accordance with this Resolution. (i) OSTAB shall make recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners regarding the distribution of revenue collected from the Open Space Sales and Use Tax, in accordance with the guidelines set forth in this Resolution.

12. Distribution of Sales and Use Tax Revenue.

The revenue collected from the Open Space Sales and Use Tax shall be distributed and administered in the following manner and subject to the definitions and conditions as set forth in this Resolution: (a) The annual revenue from the Open Space Sales and Use Tax shall be distributed according to the percentages as set forth below. Expenditure of said revenue is governed by the provisions set forth in Section 12.

Shareback to all incorporated municipalities or portions thereof based on the population of the incorporated municipality or portions thereof in Arapahoe County versus total population of incorporated areas in Arapahoe County 50% County Open Space Program funds to be used as follows: County Administrative Costs

4%

Available as grants to incorporated municipalities and special districts within Arapahoe County 12% Designated Arapahoe County Heritage Areas

4.1%

Maintenance of County Open Space

9.9%

Acquisition of open space and/or interests in open space to include for the development of multi-use trails 20% 50% Total distribution by percentages of Open Space Fund created by Open Space Sales and Use Tax 100% (b) County Administrative Costs are those costs necessary for the County to administer the distribution of funds, to include distribution of Shareback Funds; development, creation, oversight and monitoring of and compliance with Intergovernmental Agreements ("IGAs"); grant review and distribution of grant funds; site reviews for grants and review of certified Annual Municipal Reports, as well as to administer the County's own Open Space Program, excluding maintenance, as set forth more fully below. (c) Shareback Funds are those monies distributed to the incorporated municipalities wholly and/or partially in Arapahoe County for open space uses as more fully set forth below.

i. These funds will be distributed to each incorporated municipality within or partially within Arapahoe County based on the population within said jurisdiction in Arapahoe County and the total incorporated population of Arapahoe County. ii. The population figures will be updated annually based on the official figures provided by the Demography Section of the Colorado Department of Local Affairs or any state agency which takes over the duties and responsibilities of said Demography Section. iii. The Shareback Funds will be distributed on an annual basis to each incorporated municipality, wholly or partially within Arapahoe County, provided that: a. The incorporated municipality has entered into an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the Board of County Commissioners. b. Such required IGA reflects the terms, conditions, intent and purpose of this Resolution consistent with the guidelines as set forth in Section 12(c) and (e) below. c. Shareback Funds may be used for the open space uses as set forth in Section 12(e) below. d. Further, an incorporated municipality may use up to the percentage of its Shareback Funds designated in the IGA with the Board of County Commissioners, which designated percentage shall be at least 20% of the annual allocation, to maintain existing or new open space properties, trails, neighborhood and regional parks, and sports fields. e. Incorporated municipalities may bank Shareback Funds from year to year, as long as such funds are expended in accordance with the purposes set forth in this Resolution, and such is noted in the Annual Municipal Expenditure Report as set forth in Section 12 (iii) (g). f. Every December 31st, each incorporated municipality which received Shareback Funds, must certify and submit in writing, to the Board of County Commissioners, that the funds were used in conformance with this Resolution and must detail the expenditures of its Shareback Funds. Such submission shall be called the Annual Municipal Expenditure Report. g. If Shareback Funds are not used in accordance with the provisions and guidelines set forth in this Resolution and/or are used in violation of the terms and conditions of the IGA, the offending incorporated municipality will be ineligible for future Shareback Funds, unless and until a compliance plan is submitted by the offending municipality to and approved by the Board of County Commissioners. h. If the offending municipality fails to submit a compliance plan approved by the Board of County Commissioners or fails to meet the requirements of the Board of County Commissioners' approved compliance plan, then the Share of the non-complying entity will be distributed, based on annual population figures, among the other participating incorporated municipalities. (d) The County Open Space Program shall have the following components: i. Grant Program. The County shall have funds, as specified above in Section 12 (a), available for distribution in the form of grants to incorporated municipalities; special districts, which provide recreational services or amenities; and recreation districts.

Said grants shall be used for the purposes specified in Section 12 (c) (iii) (d) or 12 (e) (i), and in accordance with the guidelines set forth in this Resolution. a. Those entities having proposals consistent with the guidelines as set forth in this Resolution may submit their grant applications to OSTAB. b. OSTAB and County staff shall review the grant applications and make recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners regarding the approval, conditional approval or denial of each application. c. The Board of County Commissioners then shall approve, conditionally approve, or deny the grant application. d. If the County distributes less than 12% of the Open Space Sales and Use Tax as designated for grants, the remaining portion shall be retained by the County to be used for purposes set forth in Section 12 (d) (v) below. ii. Designated Heritage Areas. The Board of County Commissioners shall authorize expenditure of funds for Designated Arapahoe County Heritage Areas ("Designated Heritage Areas") located in unincorporated Arapahoe County. a. A Designated Heritage Area is defined as lands or structures which have a cultural or historical significance to Arapahoe County, such as a historic property or the fairgrounds. b. The Board of County Commissioners shall consider designating land or a structure as a Designated Heritage Area after OSTAB and County staff have reviewed and made recommendations on a proposal for such an area. c. Before it designates a Designated Heritage Area, the Board of County Commissioners shall conduct a public hearing on the proposal. d. Funds allocated to Designated Heritage Areas may be used for maintenance of structures and grounds, as well as for future improvements and operations. Funds may not be used for construction of new buildings. e. If the County uses less than the allocated funds for Designated Heritage Areas, the remaining portion shall be retained by the County as set forth in Section 12 (d) (5) below. iii. Open Space Maintenance. The County may use funds, as specified in Section 12 (a), for maintenance of County Open Space, to include trails.

a. Open Space maintenance funds may not be used for maintenance of Designated Heritage Areas if said area’s maintenance is funded under the Designated Heritage Areas portion of the County's program. b. If the County uses less than the allocated amount in the Fund for maintenance, the remaining portion shall be retained by the County as set forth in Section 12 (d) (v) below. iv. Acquisition of Open Space and Trail Development. The County shall use the percentage of the Fund, as specified in Section 12(a) above, to acquire open space or interests in open space, to restore, improve and protect open space, to acquire and develop trails, and for such other uses set forth in Section 12 (e) (i) and subject to any other applicable restrictions on the use of the funds set forth herein. v. If the allocated funds for the County administrative costs, grants, Designated Heritage Areas, County open space maintenance and/or acquisition of open space or interests in open space or trail development are not expended by December 3lst of each year, the County shall bank such funds, and such funds may be expended in a future year for such uses. Alternatively, the Board of County Commissioners may reallocate unspent funds to other uses allowed by this Resolution based on recommendations from OSTAB. vi. On an annual basis, the County will hire an independent auditor to audit the County's expenditures of the Fund. (e) Additional Guidelines for Use of Funds: i. Revenues collected from the Open Space Sales and Use Tax may be used in the following manner: a. To acquire fee title interest in real property for the purposes provided herein; b. To acquire less than fee interests in real property for the purposes provided herein; such as easements (including conservation and agricultural), future interests, covenants, development rights, subsurface rights and contractual rights, either on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis; c. To acquire water rights for use in connection with the purposes provided herein; d. To acquire lands that preserve urban and rural open space; natural areas; agricultural and ranch lands; water quality; lakes; rivers; streams; corridors of rivers and streams; views; vistas; ridgelines; wildlife habitat and movement corridors; trail corridors; flood plains and wetlands; e. To acquire lands that are buffers maintaining community identity; f. To acquire and/or improve lands for neighborhood and regional parks, sports fields, dog parks, and other active and passive outdoor recreation purposes; g. To acquire lands with other important values such as historic sites that contribute to the County's and County municipalities' natural and cultural heritage; h. To acquire rights-of-way and easements for trails and access to public lands, and to build and improve such trails and access ways; i. To allow expenditure of funds, consistent with the guidelines set forth in this Resolution, for joint projects between counties and municipalities, special districts which have a recreational component, recreation districts, or other governmental entities in the County; j. To improve, restore and/or protect open space lands as provided herein; k. To manage, patrol and maintain those lands as provided herein; l. To pay for related acquisition, construction, equipment, and/or improvements; m. To allow for the funding of environmental education programs in a manner consistent with the purposes of this Resolution; n. To implement and effectuate the purposes of the Open Space Program. ii. No land or interests acquired with the revenues of the Open Space Sales and Use Tax may be sold, leased, traded, or otherwise conveyed, nor may an exclusive license or permit on such land or interests be given, without such approval by the governing body of the entity having received any portion of the Fund, after conducting a public hearing. iii. If the Board of County Commissioners sells land or interests as specified in paragraph 2 above, the proceeds shall be deposited with the Open Space Fund. iv. If any incorporated municipality; special district, which provides recreational services or amenities; or recreation district, sells land or transfers interests as specified in Paragraph 2 above, the proceeds shall be deposited in a fund to be used for purposes consistent with this Resolution.

13. Repeal and Amendment (a) If this Resolution is approved by a majority of the registered electors of Arapahoe County at the election to be held on November 2, 2021, its provisions relating to the amount of tax imposed, specifically the one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) sales tax specified in Section 8 and one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) use tax specified in Section 9, the provisions relating to the deposit and expenditure of revenue as set forth in Section 10, and the provisions of Sections 11 and 12, shall not be repealed or amended except by a vote of the registered electors of the County. (b) Except as provided in subsection A hereof, or as otherwise provided in Article 2 of Title 29, C.R.S., the provisions of this Resolution may be repealed or amended, subsequent to its adoption of the sales and use tax by a majority of the voters of Arapahoe County, by a majority vote of the Board of County Commissioners, and such repeal or amendment need not be submitted to the registered electors of the County for their approval.

Centennial Legals 9.23.21 * 2

Centennial Citizen 31

September 23, 2021

Latest congressional map keeps House members apart Redistricting changes still possible; deadline Sept. 28

BY SANDRA FISH AND THY VO THE COLORADO SUN

The latest draft of Colorado’s congressional map avoids putting the state’s current U.S. House members into the same district, while creating a sweeping district across most of the Western Slope and southern Colorado.

The most heavily populated parts of north Douglas County would stay where they are in the 4th Congressional District. And the biggest cities in Arapahoe County — including Aurora, Centennial, Littleton, Englewood, Greenwood Village and Sheridan — would be in the 6th District, along with the Columbine and Ken Caryl areas of Jefferson County.

The new 8th Congressional District in the north Denver metro region would be nearly 39% Hispanic. It would encompass Northglenn, Thornton, Brighton, Commerce City and Fort Lupton.

And the proposed 7th District, now centered in the north and west metro area, would include much of Jefferson County and stretch to South Park in the central Rocky Mountains.

The new map, released Sept. 15, groups most of the Western Slope and southern Colorado into a single, L-shaped 3rd Congressional District.

Northwest high-country counties including Routt, Jackson, Eagle, Summit and Grand are grouped with Larimer and Boulder into a proposed 2nd Congressional District. And the new districts would no longer pit Garfield County Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert against Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse of Lafayette.

The map is the second to be drawn by nonpartisan staff based on 2020 census data, and incorporates input from the public about previous drafts.

Commissioners voted earlier in September to base the latest map on one drawn by Commissioner Martha Coleman, a Democrat from Fort Collins who is a geographer.

The latest map would create three

safe Democratic districts, three safe Republican districts and competitive 7th and 8th Congressional Districts, according to a report by nonpartisan legislative staff.

In three districts, the Hispanic population would make up more than a quarter of the total district.

The latest map is markedly different from two previous proposals.

Here’s a look at how the districts shape up: The 1st District centered in Denver remains safe for Democratic U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, with a 57% Democratic advantage The 2nd District still includes Boulder and Fort Collins, but stretches west to Routt County and includes Summit and most of Eagle County. It also includes Neguse’s home in Lafayette, and would give Democrats a nearly 34% advantage.

The 3rd District stretches from Moffat County in the northwest, south through Mesa and Pitkin counties to Cortez and La Plata counties, then east to Pueblo and Las Animas County. Unlike a map released earlier this month, Boebert’s Silt home remains in the 3rd District, and she’d have a nearly 10% GOP advantage.

The 4th District still includes much of the Eastern Plains, as well as Windsor and much of Douglas County. Incumbent U.S. Rep. Ken Buck of Windsor would have a nearly 27% advantage.

The 5th District includes most of El Paso County, except for some eastern areas that end up in the 4th District. It would remain safe for incumbent U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn with a 20% GOP advantage.

The 6th District includes most of Aurora and Arapahoe County, a safe seat for incumbent Rep. Jason Crow, of Centennial, with a 15% Democratic advantage.

The 7th District now includes most of Jefferson County, but also small portions of Adams, Boulder, Broomfield, Douglas and El Paso counties as well as all of seven mountain counties. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, of Arvada, would find himself in a potentially competitive district with a 6% Democratic advantage.

The new 8th District includes much of Adams and Weld counties, including Greeley, Thornton, Com-

Proposed redistricting map issued Sept. 15 shows which congressional districts would include parts of Douglas, Arapahoe, Jefferson and Denver counties.

MAP BY COLORADO INDEPENDENT CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING COMMISSION

merce City and much of Westminster. Democratic state Rep. Yadira Carveo, of Thornton, recently announced plans to run in the district, which has a Democratic advantage of about 4%.

The political competitiveness of the districts is based on an average of election results from eight statewide races between 2016 and 2020.

The percentages above represent the difference between the percent of votes cast for a Republican candidate and the percent of votes cast for a Democratic candidate.

There’s disagreement about what constitutes a “competitive district.”

While the Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission views an advantage of 8.5% or lower as a competitive district, the congressional commission hasn’t defined a range.

Morgan Carroll, chair of the Colorado Democratic Party, disputed the congressional commission’s formula for determining the political competitiveness of a district.

“Measuring competitiveness by focusing on strong years for one party and ignoring 2014 — which

was a strong year for the other party — is simply wrong,” Carroll said in a statement. “As a result, this could very likely end up a 4-4 map after the midterms, which is in no way reflective of Colorado voters.”

Currently, four of Colorado’s seven U.S. House members are Democrats. Members of Congress don’t need to live in the district they represent.

A third congressional map drawn by staff may be released Sept. 23, if the commission doesn’t adopt a plan before then. The commission must adopt a map by Sept. 28 to submit to the Colorado Supreme Court by Oct. 1.

Mark Harden of Colorado Community Media contributed.

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

Public Notices 14. If any section, paragraph, clause or provision of this Resolution is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or lack of enforceability shall not affect any of the remaining sections, paragraphs, clauses or provisions of this resolution.

The vote was: Commissioner Baker, Yes; Commissioner Holen, Yes; Commissioner Jackson, Yes; Commissioner Sharpe, Yes; Commissioner Warren-Gully, Yes. The Chair declared the motion carried and so ordered.

EXHIBIT A CONTINUE EXISTING FUNDING FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY’S OPEN SPACES, TRAILS, AND PARKS WITHOUT INCREASING THE TAX RATE, SHALL ARAPAHOE COUNTY BE AUTHORIZED TO EXTEND ITS EXISTING ONE-QUARTER OF ONE PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX, OR 25 CENTS FOR EVERY 100 DOLLARS, WHICH WILL NOT BE COLLECTED ON SALES OF FOOD OR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, WITH THE PROCEEDS TO BE USED FOR THE SAME PURPOSES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: CONSERVING LANDS THAT PROTECT WATER QUALITY IN RIVERS, LAKES AND STREAMS;

PROTECTING AND MAINTAINING NATURAL AREAS, WILDLIFE HABITAT, AND OPEN SPACE; PROVIDING, MAINTAINING, AND IMPROVING REGIONAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS AND TRAILS; PROVIDING MORE ACTIVE RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, ADULTS AND OLDER ADULTS; PRESERVING WORKING FARMS AND RANCHES TO ENSURE LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION; AND MAINTAINING AND PRESERVING HISTORIC SITES; WITH THE CONTINUED REQUIREMENT THAT THE COUNTY’S PROGRAM EXPENDITURES FOR PROJECTS AND GRANTS BE FIRST SUBMITTED TO A CITIZEN ADVISORY BOARD FOR A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS; AND THAT THE PROGRAM BE SUBJECT TO AN ANNUAL INDEPENDENT AUDIT PUBLISHED ON THE COUNTY’S WEBSITE, AND SUBJECT TO SUCH OTHER RESTATED, UPDATED AND AMENDED REQUIREMENTS AS ARE SET FORTH IN ARAPAHOE COUNTY RESOLUTION NUMBER 21-263, AND EXTEND-

ING THE TAX CONTINUOUSLY BEYOND ITS CURRENT EXPIRATION DATE, UNTIL REPEALED, AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND EXCEPTION TO LIMITS WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE APPLY UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW, THE ABOVE CONSTITUTING NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS, EXCEPT TO: INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING AVAILABLE TO MUNICIPALITIES AND THE COUNTY FOR MAINTENANCE OF OPEN SPACE, PARKS AND TRAILS, REDUCE THE ALLOCATION AVAILABLE FOR ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF OPEN SPACE AND TRAILS, ALLOW COUNTY EXPENDITURES TO BE ALLOCATED TO ACTIVE OPEN SPACE AND PARK USES BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITIZEN ADVISORY BOARD, AND TO ALLOW UNSPENT COUNTY OPEN SPACE FUNDS TO BE RE-ALLOCATED FOR OTHER OPEN SPACE, PARK AND TRAIL PURPOSES? Legal Notice No. 529519-61122 First Publication: September 9, 2021 Last Publication: September 30, 2021 Publisher: Englewood Herald Littleton Independent Centennial Citizen

Bids and Settlements Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT City of Centennial University Boulevard (SH-177) Sidewalk Infill Project No. 20-04-03 CDOC Project No. FSA 177A-101 Construction Code No. 20056 Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Section 3826-107(1), C.R.S., that the City of Centennial, Colorado (the “City”) will make final payment at the hour of 10:00 a.m. on 10/08/2021 (the “Final Settlement Date”) to the following contractor: GoodLand Construction Inc. (hereinafter, the “Contractor”), for and on account of all work completed by the Contractor on City Project No. 20-04-03 – University Boulevard (SH177) Sidewalk Infill (the “Project”).

The Project was completed within the boundaries of the City, in Arapahoe County, Colorado at 13133 E. Arapahoe Road, Centennial, Colorado 80112.

persons, company or corporation that has an unpaid claim against the Project for and on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, or other supplies used or consumed by the Contractor or any subcontractor in or about the performance of the Project, may at any time up to and including the Final Settlement Date, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim.

2. Any such claim(s) shall be filed with the City Clerk at 13133 E. Arapahoe Road, Centennial, Colorado 80112 prior to the Final Settlement Date.

3. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement of claim prior to the Final Settlement Date shall relieve the City from any and all liability for such claim(s).

Legal Notice No. 529534-61125 First Publication: September 16, 2021 Last Publication: September 23, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen

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