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Hundreds attend Centennial Center Park’s 10th anniversary celebration
More money. Less food. Greater demand Inflation hits food banks around metro area BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Centennial Mayor Stephanie Piko gathered a group of young children at the Friday celebration to take photos in front of the DJ in PHOTO BY TAYLOR SHAW the plaza of Centennial Center Park.
Facility created in 2012 was first city-owned park BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
When 8-year-old Tyler Ricks received a handwritten note from Centennial Mayor Stephanie Piko inviting him to the June 3 celebration of Centennial Center Park turning 10, he knew he had to come. Ricks, who recently finished second grade at Fox Hollow Elementary School, originally sent Piko a persuasive note about the need for more trampoline parks as part of a class assignment. Piko wrote back SEE CELEBRATION, P6
Michelle Franco’s six daughters each got their face painted at the June 3 celebration. From left to right: Ashley Anaya, 15; Lulu Hernandez, 4; Zoe Hernandez, 2; Aaliyah PHOTO BY TAYLOR SHAW Mahmood, 7; Emily Hernandez, 3; and Chloe Anaya, 11.
INSIDE: VOICES: PAGE 12 | LIFE: PAGE 14 | CALENDAR: PAGE 17 | SPORTS: PAGE 22
DEVASTATION TO DELIGHT Artists forge wonderful works from wildfire’s remains P14
Before he’s left the food bank’s parking lot, Zachary Mullins sits in partial shade and eats a handful of fresh strawberries and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich from his brown cardboard box. He’s been getting food from Integrated Family Community Services, one of the largest food banks in the Denver metro area, once a week for the past two years. “I rely on this food bank,” said Mullins, who lost his job and home in the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now he lives homeless in Englewood, near where IFCS is based. But the nonprofit is facing a difficult reality as it contends with 40-year-high inflation rates and a bottle-necked supply chain. It means paying more money for less food even as demand rises. A growing need According to Todd McPherson, IFCS’s director of development, the nonprofit distributed over 364,000 pounds of food between January and May of last year. This year, totals are estimated around 406,000 pounds between those same months. But McPherson said the center needs about 172,000 more pounds to meet current demand. And it is unlikely to get that soon. “What we saw in the past has drastically changed,” McPherson SEE FOOD, P10
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Briefly In Centennial Centennial housing study continues Centennial’s housing study explores housing costs and availability in the city to better understand housing issues, define various housing needs, and identify priorities to potentially inform policy. About 57% of households in Centennial are one- or two-person households. In comparison, only 13% of homes sold in Centennial in 2020-2022 are studios or units with one or two bedrooms. Join the conversation. Residents are being asked to think about their current housing situation and what is expected in the five years. When you think about your housing situation, where would you hope to be in five years? Answer options include: – I hope to be in the same home – I hope to be in a larger home – I hope to be in a smaller home – I hope to be in a home of a similar size but different layout or amenities – I hope for something different, or I am undecided. How would this new housing situation better meet community needs? What could Centennial do to help achieve goals? Tell the city
at https://bit.ly/3anZ1r7. For those who misted the May 17 workshop regarding the housing project, the video can be viewed online at centennialco. gov/housing by expanding the “Past Housing Workshop Presentations” drop-down. The Housing Project Team is continuing to collect comments. Virtual input is accepted 24/7 at https://www.centennialco.gov/ housing. Bridge construction continues Eastbound Arapahoe Road is now open between University Blvd. and Elizabeth St. This area is still an active construction zone with one lane open east and west. Detour routes on University and Dry Creek are strongly encouraged. To learn more about the Arapahoe Bridge Reconstruction visit centennialco.gov/arapahoebridge Arapahoe, Douglas counties team up for 24-hour voting access Local election officials today announced the installation of a 24-hour ballot drop box near the border between Arapahoe and Douglas counties to serve voters
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from both areas. The partnership means voters from either county can use the box with confidence that their ballots will reach the proper counting facility. Located outside the South Suburban Recreation Center in Highlands Ranch, the cobranded ballot box represents the first such partnership between Arapahoe and Douglas counties. Cherry Creek scholarship winners Several students from the Cherry Creek School District received $3,000 scholarships from the Retired Employees of Cherry Creek Schools to help them pursue their dreams of higher education and challenging, rewarding careers. Health department collection fees survey Take the survey to share feedback on fees collected by the health department. Take the survey at https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6886722/527-Fees Learn more at www.arapahoegov.com/health Ballot tabulation equipment tested by county board Recently, a bipartisan board
tested the Arapahoe County ballot tabulation equipment to ensure accuracy and reliability. The test was completely successful, finding no discrepancies, according to the county’s June 3 Facebook post. Learn more about these Logic and Accuracy tests in this short video: https://bit.ly/3a95YfJ South Metro holds retirement celebration How would you define a “major accomplishment”? Would you say a career of dedicated service qualifies? What about being a consummate leader who says things like, “It’s not about me. It’s about them”? According to the South Metro Fire & Rescue, Battalion Chief Chris Major is the definition of these “major” accomplishments. On June 3, the department celebrated his 34 years of service and compassion as we gathered for his retirement today. Chief, have a long and healthy retirement, and please know that your legacy of caring for others continues in everyone who has worked beside you.
Arapahoe County loosens fire restrictions Stage 1 prohibits open burning without permit BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
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On June 1, Arapahoe County loosened its fire restrictions prohibiting open burning without a permit, with exemptions for small and contained recreational fires. Sheriff Tyler Brown made the decision to drop to a Stage 1 ban following several days of cooler, wetter weather across the Front Range and metro region. The county had been under a Stage 2 ban — the most restrictive —since April 21. Stage 2 bans practically all recreational burning and fireworks unless conducted by qualified officials. The following exemptions for nonpermitted burning are allowed under Stage 1: Fires contained within liquidfueled or gas stoves, fireplaces and wood-burning stoves/fireplaces within habitable buildings. Propane/ LP/natural gas-fueled barbecue grills used for cooking or warming food that do not produce or emit sparks or embers when used. Propane/LP/natural gas-fueled fire pits that do not produce or emit sparks or embers when used. Charcoal-fueled grills and pits used
Arapahoe County officials have changed fire restrictions until further notice. PHOTO BY ELLIS ARNOLD
for cooking or warming food that do not produce or emit sparks or embers when used. Fire set by any federal, state or local officer, or member of a fire protection district in the performance of an official duty. Residential use of charcoal grills, tiki torches, chimineas or other portable fireplaces or patio fire pits where allowed by code. Fires must be supervised by a responsible person of at least 18-years-old. Small recreational fires at developed picnic or campground sites contained in fixed permanent metal/steel fire pits (rock fire rings are considered temporary and not permanent) with flame lengths not in excess of four feet. The Stage 1 ban will be in effect until further notice, according to the sheriff’s office. To learn more about fire bans, visit the county’s website here.
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Primary ballots hitting mailboxes BY MEGAN VERLEE COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO
Colorado voters — it’s time to start thinking about politics again. Clerks mailed primary ballots to voters in the state starting last week, and for many, that process will also come with a flurry of text messages. Colorado uses a service called BallotTrax that allows voters to sign up for text alerts at each stage of the voting process — from when it’s mailed out, to when the completed ballot is received back at the clerk’s office and their signature is verified. The Secretary of State’s office said nearly 2 million Coloradans are already signed up for BallotTrax, out of 3.8 million active voters statewide. “Initiatives like BallotTrax increase transparency and confidence in our elections by allowing Colorado voters to track their ballot from when they are sent, received, and counted,” said Secretary of State Jena Griswold
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in a statement. Primaries in the state are semiopen. Registered Democrats and Republicans only get their own party’s ballot, while unaffiliated voters receive both, but can only return one in order for it to be counted. At the top of the ticket, only Republicans have contested primaries this year. They have multiple candidates in the races for governor, U.S. Senate, and Secretary of State, as well as in three high profile congressional races — in districts three, seven and eight. Democrats, who have more incumbents up for reelection have fewer high-level contested primaries, although multiple candidates are vying in congressional districts one and three. Primary Day is June 28. All ballots must be returned by 7 p.m. that evening. This story is from Colorado Public Radio, a nonprofit news source. Used by permission. For more, and to support CPR News, visit cpr.org.
Suspect in fatal Englewood hit-and-run in custody
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20-year-old Thornton man allegedly fled scene BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The suspect involved in a hit-andrun in Englewood that left one dead and two injured on the morning of June 4 turned himself in to the Englewood Police Department on the night of June 5. The department had issued an arrest warrant for 20-year-old Edwin Solano, who lives in Thornton, after he fled the scene in the 4400 block of South Broadway. When officers arrived at the scene around 8:37 a.m. they found Solano’s vehicle rolled over onto its roof, ac-
cording to the department. The victim, who has yet to be identified, was believed to have been crossing South Broadway when Solano, who was traveling at a high speed, struck him, according to police. Solano’s vehicle then smashed into a brick building at 4455 South Broadway, police said. A man was then seen running from the vehicle after the crash and two women inside the car were rushed to the hospital with serious injuries, according to police. The pedestrian who was hit died at the scene. Police issued an arrest warrant for Solano on charges including failing to remain at the scene after an accident involving death and failure to remain at the scene after an accident involving serious bodily injury.
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Serving up smoked goodness in Lone Tree Stuboy’s BBQ celebrates a year BY RACHEL LORENZ SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
Missy and Stu Robinson want to cultivate an appetite for their barbecue and for the homey, intimate place they serve it from. “Hopefully we are giving you that craveable experience where you want to come back time and time again,” Missy Robinson said. The couple opened Stuboy’s BBQ & Catering in Lone Tree last year after serving their smoked goodness at catered events for nearly a decade. With an abundance of great restaurants in the area, Robinson said it can be hard to stand out. Stuboy’s strives to provide a memorable experience by focusing on fabulous flavor in a fun space. “It always goes back to the food. Just offering a really great product on a very consistent basis. Stu, he’s been making sure everything tastes great,” Robinson said of her husband, the pit boss and manager of all things back-of-the-house. In addition to beef brisket and pork shoulder that’s been smoked for 12 hours, Stuboy’s offers chicken, ribs, fried catfish, collard greens and more. A rather unique item on the menu is the smoked bologna
Stu Robinson has catered parties and events in Colorado since 2013. COURTESY OF STUBOY’S BBQ & CATERING
sandwich, Robinson said. Not thin, not fried, not the sandwich your mother might have put in your lunchbox — this sandwich is made from a thick slice of the bologna logs that are smoked whole at Stuboy’s. Served on Texas toast, it can be ordered “Boss Style” which means adorned with cheese, slaw, jalapenos, pickles, onions and barbecue sauce. “It gets a lot of big eyes when people see it come out,” Robinson said. Stu Robinson grew up with Sunday fried chicken dinners and
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wanted to bring back that sense of a special, once-a-week family meal, his wife said. So on Sundays and Sundays only, Stuboy’s serves fried chicken and red beans and rice. “We have gotten quite the following for those two items,” she said. Located near the intersection of C-470 and South Quebec, Stuboy’s shares space in a building with Madlom Real Estate. The restaurant’s small footprint and the conviviality of its “awesome” team leads to a warm, affable atmosphere, Robinson said. Regulars get to know the staff which includes a
handful of student athletes and the Robinsons own teenage children. “Our loyal customers come in and they’ll ask, ‘How was the football game?’ or ‘How was your daughter’s volleyball game?” Robinson said. “They are kind of involved. We’ve gotten to know so many of them, where they just come in and we pick up like a friends’ conversation at their house. It’s kind of nice.” Cooking for friends and neighbors is something her husband has always done, even back in his college days at Regis University, Robinson said. He’s been perfecting his recipes and flavor profile for years. In 2013, the couple’s neighbors asked if Stu would prepare the food for their wedding, and he’s catered parties and functions ever since. When the family was ready to make barbecue their full-time livelihood, they looked into getting a food truck but ultimately decided on a brick-and-mortar place because it would give them access to customers on a daily basis, Robinson said. “This was kind of the next step into having a constant flow of guests coming in the door and being able to enjoy some great barbecue.”
IF YOU GO Stuboy’s BBQ & Catering is at 7431 Park Meadow Drive in Lone Tree. It’s open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.
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to Tyler and invited him to the 10th anniversary celebration, saying she would be there. After spotting her, Ricks and his mom, Emily, approached Piko and said that her invitation was the reason they came. “He was pretty excited. He was like, ‘Mom, I got a handwritten note from the mayor,’” Emily Ricks said. The Ricks family were among hundreds of people who attended the birthday party-themed event at Centennial Center Park, which became Centennial’s first city-owned park when it opened in April 2012. For Piko, the celebration was personal, as she was on the original open space advisory board that helped the city council decide to purchase the land, she said. “So it’s very personal to me because I’ve been working on it since I’ve been involved with the city,” Piko said. “Every year, we attract new people. Every year, we have new events, and more and more people find out about it. And it’s just so much fun.” For the celebration, the plaza featured a DJ and a variety of booths, including face painting, balloon twisting, crafting and an opportunity to meet with police officers, city staff and council members as well as representatives from the Arapahoe Library
‘We love this park, and I love this park, so it makes me very happy to have made the investment in the community. It’s great to see something that you thought could be great turn into something that people love and keep coming back to.’ Stephanie Piko, Centennial Mayor
Events specialists from Arapahoe Libraries, a co-sponsor of the event, attended the June 3 event, sharing information about the library’s resources and the summer reading program. From left: Ashley Mitchel, Cindy Mares, Emily Doyle and Amie PHOTOS BY TAYLOR SHAW Stapleton.
District, a co-sponsor of the event. At the Arapahoe Libraries booth, members of the events specialists team talked with attendees about a variety of free resources and events the library provides, as well as its summer reading program, said Cindy SEE CELEBRATION, P7
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Smiles and laughter erupted from both Henry Graham, 5, and the face painter after Graham happily reacted to his face painting.
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The park’s plaza was filled with booths and activities for families, such as visiting with city representatives, police officers and Arapahoe Libraries representatives.
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Mares, the manager of strategic events. “We work closely with the city, and we are considered partners, and so we do a lot of things together,” Mares said, explaining why Arapahoe Libraries sponsored the event. “We serve the same community, so it’s always a good match for us.” Throughout the 11-acre park, onlookers could see groups of children battling with balloon swords, enjoying popsicles, playing in the park’s splash pad and eagerly waiting in line to get their face painted or to get a balloon animal. The face painting booth was one of the most popular attractions, maintaining a long line during the event as three artists worked their magic on the human canvases. Young faces bearing the likeness of animals, superheroes and rainbows scattered the park. Paul Graham, of Centennial, waited in line for about an hour to get his son’s face painted, he said. He heard about the event on Facebook. Since he had the day off from his work in IT support for Apple, he decided to come with his twin 5-year-old boys, Henry and Oliver, and his dog, Rigby. Henry, Paul explained, was especially excited to get his face painted.
The Centennial Center Park’s splash pad was open during the event June 3. PHOTO BY TAYLOR SHAW
Once it was Henry’s turn, he began excitedly telling those near him that he planned to get Batman painted on his face. During the painting process, he patiently sat in his chair until the artwork was finished and the artist held up a mirror to show the freshly painted Batman logo on his forehead. After a quick assessment, he happily began cheering in his seat, causing laughter between him and the artist. “It’s just fun to see other people,” Graham said, explaining he enjoyed seeing so many people come together and be generous with one another. Each of Michelle Franco’s six daughters got their faces painted as well, with artwork ranging from unicorn horns to a colorful
spider. The family didn’t know the event was happening beforehand. They had just happened to come to the park that afternoon and stumbled upon the celebration. “Perfect timing,” Franco said. “That’s what my 15-year-old [daughter] said. She’s like, ‘Wow,
we came on such a good day.” Construction was visible behind some of the booths in the plaza, with a wire fence blocking off the area. The park expansion project has been a multi-year project that will almost double the size of the park, Piko said, and it should be completed by next spring. Some of the additions to the park include another pavilion, a courtyard area and more restrooms, garden areas, shade structures, open field areas and parking, and the project is estimated to cost $4.5 million. During the event, an estimated 750 to 900 people attended, said Allison Wittern, the communications director of the City of Centennial. For those who came, Piko said she hopes they had fun. “We love this park, and I love this park, so it makes me very happy to have made the investment in the community,” Piko said. “It’s great to see something that you thought could be great turn into something that people love and keep coming back to.”
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WEEK 3- NEED TO SUCCEED In the third week of the ongoing series, Need to Succeed, South Metro Editor Thelma Grimes breaks
down how the rising cost of college is impacting students health and well being before and during college. Intern
Bell Terhark, a recently-graduated senior at Castle View High School, breaks down how social media takes its toll
on students. Read the entire Need to Succeed series at www.douglascountynews.net.
The cost of college is driving students down Tuition has increased 169% between 1980-2019 BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
For many students attending college or preparing to start that educational journey, the cost weighs heavy. Teenagers and young adults suffer from anxiety and struggle with mental health more than ever before and a lot of it has to do with how they can meet expectations set by society to go to college, graduate and become successful adults. The problem, however, is that the cost of college continues to increase. When comparing today’s costs to generations before, the amount of debt students take on to complete a degree is impacting their lives for decades. Throughout her internship with Colorado Community Media, Bella Terhark, a recently graduated senior at Castle View High School, regularly stressed about the cost of college. She said doing extra-
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ous and go to school out of state. After graduating, Terhark said she will be attending a college in Wyoming and majoring in journalism. The stress felt by students is a concern, said Arapahoe Community College Dean of Students Javon Brame. The mental health crisis teenagers and young adults are facing is like another pandemic, Brame said. The cost to get an education is a large part of that stress, Brame said. The 10-year dean said that on campus, it is not unusual to have struggling students transported to a mental health facility for help. “The cost of college is higher than ever,” Brame said. “And the financial assistance available to students and work is not enough to cover it all anymore. Society has to figure out this burden we are putting on students and its not the college, it’s society.” Brame described a society where students are struggling to have fair access to higher education, calling it “academic capitalism.” “You enter the system, and it decides how you are sorted out in society,” he said. “Class is the sorting ground.” In the 1970s, Audrey Brooks — a member of the Baby Boom generation — paid for her first few years of college with grants and working. By her senior year, she said, she needed a loan to finish, which she estimated at about $2,000. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, a fulltime student at a public, four-year institution is looking at paying more than $22,000 per year in Colorado. The statistics, drawn from the 2019-2020 school year, show the breakdown for tuition, required fees, room and board. Colorado is average compared to other states. While most college degrees cost about $20,000, in New
Jersey and Vermont students are paying closer to $30,000. On the lower end, a four-year degree in Florida is around $15,000. In Wyoming where Terhark will begin college this fall, NCES out-of-state tuition estimates are lower than the national average at around $14,800. According to a report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, between 1980 and 2019, the average price for college increased 169%. Author Sandy Baum, a national expert on college tuition, financial aid and college affordability, said the price of a degree has gone up dramatically over the last three decades while income levels have been more stagnant. With more and more people being told by society to go to college, enrollment rates are going up along with tuition rates, Baum said. Besides parents and societal pressures to get a degree, moving up in class is also part of the equation. “It is hard to get a good, middleclass job without an education,” Baum said. “Now, it’s getting harder to afford it. College is must more expensive, and states need to put more into fixing the issues.” According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, education does pay. According to a 2020 report, U.S. workers with bachelor’s degrees had a median weekly income of $1,305. A worker with a high school diploma has a median income of $781. According to the Georgetown University report, Recovery, in 2020 65% of all U.S. jobs required postsecondary education and training beyond high school. Besides the cost of paying for a degree, Baum said it’s becoming harder to students to live. With rent increases, inflation rates hitting grocery bills and gasoline costs at a record high, students are struggling to support themselves. Blame said besides investing more in counseling services to address mental health concerns in students, colleges are also opening more food pantries to make sure they are eating. Children’s Hospital Colorado Mental Health-in-Chief Dr. Ron-Li Liaw said besides students working excessively to look good on paper, a lot of their mental-health issues are directly related to paying for college. “Really, you have to ask how can anyone afford it. The price tag for college is really unattainable. You cannot budget for it like an electricity bill or rent or mortgage.” With the current younger generations, Liaw said they are way ahead more than any other in terms of education, and yet due to costs and mental health, “they are still so far behind.”
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Man who threatened superintendent sentenced to 10 days in jail Byron Clayton ordered to pay more than $300 in fees BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Byron Clayton, a 48-year-old Thornton man, will serve 10 days in jail beginning June 29 for leaving a death threat in a voice message to Littleton Public Schools Superintendent Brian Ewert. Clayton appeared in Littleton Municipal Court June 2, where he pleaded guilty to a harassment charge. Clayton will be released from an Arapahoe County jail July 8 at 9 a.m. He also must pay $240 in probation fees and $65 in court costs. A protection order had been issued against Clayton during his first court appearance Feb. 23 that restrains him from being in contact with Ewert as well as any and all LPS staff. It also prevents him from being on LPS property. Clayton was cited by Littleton police officers Jan. 26 after he called and left a voice message for Ewert saying he had “a syringe full of anthrax to inject into you” and that Ewert liked to “inject children with garbage and poison type of stuff without their parental consent.” The threat came just days after two minors — a Little-
ton High School student and a homeschooled student — filmed themselves lying their way into getting approved for a COVID vaccine at a clinic at Heritage High School. The videos went viral on a farright Twitter account and the students’ parents accused Ewert and the district of pushing vaccines on minors without parental consent, though neither minor went through with vaccination. Clayton also made death threats to LPS board members, according to board President Robert Reichardt. Clayton’s mother told investigators that her son holds very conservative and anti-vaccine political views and follows the farright conspiracy group Q-Anon, according to a police report. The report says Clayton first denied to officers that he knew anything about the call, but after being told that police would seek a warrant for his phone, he admitted to leaving the threatening voicemail “just to vent.” Clayton will also face 364 days of supervised probation so long as he has no further law violations, obeys his protection order, undergoes a mental health evaluation and treatment and does not possess firearms. His next review hearing is set for September 1 at 9:30 a.m. with his final hearing set for May 4, 2023, at 9:30 a.m.
Littleton Public Schools Superintendent Brian Ewert listens in during a 2019 school FILE PHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT board meeting.
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Brenda Hallman, who lives in Denver and frequents IFCS every other week, said she has had to cut down on her grocery shopping as food and gas prices eat away at her limited income. “I don’t buy meat at the grocery store. I just get the essentials, bread, milk, eggs, stuff like that,” said Hallman, who, along with her husband, lives on a fixed income, bringing in about $24,000 between both of them.
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said. “I think there’s this perception on the outside that we’re back to normal and we’re not.” Food insecurity is once again on the rise in Arapahoe County and other parts of the metro area. Between January and May of this year, the food bank is expected to have served more than 27,000 people, with some living as far out as Douglas County and Bailey, according to McPherson. That’s a 111% increase from the same time last year when IFCS served about 24,300 people. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — or SNAP — users in Arapahoe County have also increased, according to Luc Hatlestad, county spokesperson, who said the county issued 27,218 SNAP benefits in March, up from 25,032 in 2021. SNAP was formerly known as food stamps. While a surge in federal aid during the first two years of the pandemic helped IFCS meet the needs of thousands coming to its doors, that money is now drying up. McPherson said the nonprofit is seeing smaller government grants that leave it with less buying power in the face of inflation. One of the biggest suppliers of IFCS’s food is wholesale restaurant distributors, such as Sysco, which can provide bulk amounts of a variety of products. The food bank also pays for food from Food Bank of the Rockies, a Feeding America affiliate, as well as from regional farmers. Spending more for less Aditi Desai, vice president of marketing and communications for Food Bank of the Rockies, which works with hundreds of distribution partners in Colorado and Wyoming, said the organization spent $1.3 million each month in March and April for food, triple what it spent in 2019 before the pandemic began. But “just because price is up doesn’t mean we’re not going to purchase it,” Desai said, adding communities need the organization to “keep showing up” for them. The price hikes still trickle down to smaller partners, like IFCS. For example, the cost for a case
Todd McPherson, director of development for IFCS, prepares food boxes for a morning PHOTOS BY ROBERT TANN rush on June 2.
of 15 dozen eggs, once $15, has more than tripled to $50, according to McPherson, who purchases the product through Food Bank of the Rockies. This, coupled with IFCS having to compete for food with other entities — including restaurants and schools — when it orders products means it doesn’t always get what it needs. “We just play the lottery to see if we actually receive it,” McPherson said. “We’re learning we have to order well in advance.” It’s frustrating, McPherson said, since IFCS has built a regional reputation as a place to find highquality, balanced food. “A typical food bank is always thought of as cans and boxes,” McPherson said, adding that while the nonprofit is in no shortage of shelf items, fresher foods like produce and meats are becoming more limited. “You’re maybe getting 25% less fresh food than you did in the past.” But even shelf items, such as pasta and sauces, are becoming more expensive, said Ashlie Cogburn, who works as a case manager at Arapahoe Community College — which has campuses in Littleton and Castle Rock — and helps oversee the college’s food pantry. While the college pantry’s supply comes mostly from donations, Cogburn said she was awarded a $4,200 grant in early March to purchase more food and expand the pantry’s locations.
Cogburn said she hoped to use the money on more than just one food order, but inflation had already raised prices between March and late May, when she ordered the food. “I did not anticipate that it was going to hit so close,” said Cogburn, who had no money left over after her first purchase. “It’s absolutely insane for some things. So our students are definitely feeling it.” Supply may hamper healthy eating Joel McClurg, policy and communication manager for Hunger Free Colorado, a food advocacy group, said nutrition security is a vital component of food banks’ work that is threatened when organizations have less food variety. “Just because somebody’s going to the food bank doesn’t mean they should be getting cheesecake and soda pop,” McClurg said. Mullins, who frequents IFCS once a week, said having fresher produce is “night and day” when it comes to his health and said “when I eat healthy, you can feel it.” Mullins receives federal food aid through SNAP. Under the Biden administration, average benefits were boosted by 25% to $157 per month for an individual, up from $121 before the pandemic. But as inflation continues to worsen, the extra dollars haven’t been enough to cover everything Mullins would usually buy at a grocery store, such as meat.
Solutions look large and small Cogburn, the ACC case manager, said the college is looking at boosting the maximum allotment for King Soopers gift cards it distributes to eligible students. Over the past two years, the college has pumped out more than $7,500 to students in gift cards, with the maximum on a card per semester being $80. But that is far from what is needed to cover basic grocery costs, said Cogburn, who said she spent nearly $200 on just three bags of groceries during a recent shop. “The conversations are happening, but with inflation the way it is they’ll never happen fast enough,” Cogburn said of the college’s efforts to increase its aid. It’s a palpable concern for many, according to McClurg. “I think that community members are really worried right now,” he said. “You can just feel the tension and anxiety when a grocery trip that used to cost $40 or $50 now costs $80.” With SNAP benefits being stretched thin to cover basic food costs, McClurg said he wants the federal government to authorize a temporary boost to accommodate for inflation. But relief will also come at the local level, McClurg said, with communities needing to continue to support food banks. “Hunger is not a one-size-fitsall,” McClurg said. “It’s really a web, and we have to take this multi-faceted approach.” Donations, McPherson said, are crucial for IFCS’ ability to weather the current economic upheaval. “People have the power to grow and donate,” McPherson said. People can donate to IFCS by going to ifcs.org/donate or by texting BetterTogether to 801801. The nonprofit also accepts donations for non-food items, which can be critical for people needing toiletries and other supplies not covered by SNAP.
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s kids get out of school and the region prepares for the summer heat, local communities are gearing up for something positive to focus on. Something I love about our suburban communities across Arapahoe and Douglas counties is the effort our local towns put into presenting FROM THE summer activities and fun. Castle Rock, minus the pandemic EDITOR years, has really built an events program to be proud of with weekly farmers markets, community concerts and community gatherings. It’s like the feeling of Friday night lights, when you can celebrate your community by coming together, enjoying food, celebrating local vendors and loving the fact that your Thelma Grimes town officials care enough to bring events catered to all ages. Centennial has a slew of activities coming up this summer, and recently celebrated the park’s 10th anniversary with a special celebration. I have grown quite fond of Englewood as a community. The community’s small-town feel comes alive with weekend neighborhood parties and gatherings. Besides being home to the Pirates Cover Water Park, Englewood also gets hyper-local through the Neighborhood Nights programs. On June 23, the celebration will be held at Bates-Logan Park. Lone Tree is also getting in on the action with sunset swims at Cool Creek Park. At Sweetwater Park, the Backyard Beats series is already underway and going to be a blast for the community to enjoy. In Littleton, the Littleton Fine Arts Guild is presenting its 60th anniversary show in June. Saturdays in town are going to be filled with plenty of options, including the Littleton Jam free concert on June 25. Then, we have Highlands Ranch. On any given week, logging on to the community association’s Facebook page is an adventure of what’s coming next. Festivals, adult pool parties and so much more In Parker, I am becoming increasingly impressed with how much effort is going into building the events programs. There have been quite a few concerts over the last few months with popular country bands and more. Parker will also have its annual festival, and let’s not forget the H2O’Brien Water Park that has opened. While the Denver metro area is huge, I love that each community has its own identity and true commitment to providing residents and visitors a wide assortment of summer fun that feels like we live in a small town where everybody enjoys the day out together. On a separate note, I am also impressed with how much our communities and school districts do each summer to provide entertainment, care and camps for our younger generations.
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nterest rates going up, inflation on the rise, and empty shelves where baby formula used to sit. Wars raging in Ukraine and other parts of the world. A resurgence of COVID, although mostly mild symptoms, is still making its rounds, with some becoming severely ill. Gasoline prices out of control. Employees hard to find. Midterm elections, a leaked opinion about a possible overturning of Roe v. Wade, battles over school curriculums, make this is the perfect time to choose fear and scarcity over hope and abundance. Or does it? You see, it’s not only asking if the glass is half full or half empty, but also more like asking if the ocean is half full or half empty. Any one of the events mentioned above is enough to push us over the edge. Imagine trying to understand and cope with all of them at the same time, while also dealing with all of life’s other challenges and difficult seasons of life, sickness, divorce, losing a loved one, loss of a job, and other things that happen to us that are mostly out of our control. If ever we were going to buy into fear and scarcity, the time is now. Or is it? I was told a long time ago that hope and fear are the same thing, either word is a belief that something will happen in the future. Some will choose to pick fear, stressing and worrying about that bad thing that is coming next. Oth-
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d f ers will choose hope, believi WINNING ing that whatever is headed a WORDS our way will be a good thing, h maybe even a great thing. s Those who choose fear will d think with a scarcity mindi set, but those of us with hope s will still see the opportunity s for abundance. And when I i speak of abundance I am not o speaking of money, profits or s things. No, I am speaking of an t Michael Norton abundance of faith, hope and love. I am speaking about an fi abundance of people being kind, good, gentle l i and compassionate. b When we live with the fear and scarcity mindset it is easy to let go of the goodness and b kindness, and the other traits mentioned above w that we can still find in abundance if we look for them. And when we live with in fear and scarcity it starts us down a slope that leads to selfishness, resentment, anger, isolation, envy and dread. The reality is that there are some very serious and frightening things happening in our world. If you are like me and have children and grandchildren, you may be thinking about this through the lens of a parent or grandparent with your thoughts centered on their future,
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hanges in vision are more common as we age, and many people feel like their world gets smaller. This shrinking feeling can be joined by anxiety, frustration, worry and even embarrassment. Instead of leaning on family and friends, many pull away and withdraw — which adds to the sensation of a shrinking world. This can lead to loneliness, isolation, even a loss of agency. But, vision loss is not the end. It’s a transition. With support and training the world can grow again — even if the underlying cause of the vision issue cannot be reversed. The idea of “treatment” might sound so formal — maybe even disconnected and clinical. But support can offer chances to connect with another human who is living the same experiences. It can offer chances to talk to an expert who can help offer ways to keep doing the things that make life exciting. Support can come from a service that reconnects people with the world
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around them, with a licensed professional, or with a group that gets together to talk about common concerns and frustrations. Knowing you are not alone can be the key to moving forward. There are many organizations offering help:
Audio Information Network of Colorado (aincolorado.org) AINC offers on-demand podcasts and broadcasts for the blind. That is, AINC offers a 24/7 streaming service that can be listened to, plus shows that can be listened to on demand. Content includes local newspapers, podcasts about life with vision loss, Reader’s Digest, and many, many others. AINC services empower individuals to be self-sufficient, connected to community, and continuously learning. Content also
includes podcasts that amplify the voices of people with print barriers. Ensight Skills Center (ensightskills. org) Ensight Skills Center and Curtis Strong Center are low vision specialists providing accredited, professional low-vision services to enhance the lives of people struggling with vision loss. They provide what is needed to live independently with low vision. Ensight offers: • Assessment of remaining vision • Occupational therapy and skills training • Education and support • Orientation and mobility instruction Beyond Sight Inc. (beyondsite.com) Beyond Sight is a technologyoriented retail store providing individual low vision consultations. For Beyond Sight, the goal is to provide tools and techniques to allow individuals living with macular degeneration,
glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and other eye conditions to continue to stay independent. From simple handheld magnifiers to text-to-speech video magnifiers, and everything in between, Beyond Sight has the experience to match the tool to each individual’s goals and abilities. 303-7956455, scott@beyondsight.com Kim Wardlow is the executive director at Audio Information Network of Colorado. To learn more, contact 303-786-7777 or visit ainc@aincolorado.org.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Enough is enough I am a great-grandfather and I don’t want to be standing out in front of a school shooting hoping that my great-grandchildren are safe inside from the gunfire I hear. Let the teachers and professors have a gun stored in a welded down to the floor gun lock box, if they want one to protect their students. Let them bring it to school and lock it up, later take it out when they go home. Posted outside the school should be a sign stating that “Beware, our educators are armed and loaded!” We need all elected officials in office to do something with the gun laws to help stop these mass killings. Remember, you were elected by the people for the people (not by the NRA for the NRA) and we want new gun control laws now. I am an unaffiliated voter and
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and what happens if we can’t solve some of these things now or in the relatively near future. For every situation, conflict, or problem mentioned above, there are thought leaders working on resolutions. We may not appreciate what they are doing, or who is leading the charge, or which side of the aisle they may be on, but I firmly believe there are enough good people with great intentions trying to do their very best to restore things to order so that solutions and agreements can be made and that there will be a better tomorrow for everyone, regardless of which side we are on. How can we move from fear and scarcity to hope and abundance? I think that will be different for all of
according to the Colorado Secretary of State website, there are 1,068,827 Democrats, 856,904 Republicans and 1,699,405 unaffiliated voters in Colorado as of June 1. Don’t bother with one of those empty election statements like “And when I’m elected, I will ...” You are already elected, so get the bills passed and signed before the next election. If you don’t, then I would like all of the unaffiliated voters to not vote for the deadbeat officials and get them out of office. Everyone reading this could be standing outside a school next time saying how could this happen again and why. Everyday citizens do not need an assault weapon. It only takes one bullet to kill a deer and not a burst of 20 rounds. Ronald Nigh Highlands Ranch us. I can only share what I believe to be true and where my family and friends draw their encouragement when it comes to living with hope and abundance. We use words of love, hope, and encouragement with one another. We text or call each day with a message of love. We go to church, we read our Bible, and we pray. Zig Ziglar used to say this, “Each day I read the newspaper and my Bible, this way I know what both sides are up to.” Which is it for you, fear and scarcity or hope and abundance? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@xinnix.com, and when we can go out in the spirit of hope and abundance, it really will be a better than good year. Michael Norton is the grateful president of XINNIX, a personal and professional coach, and a consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator to businesses of all sizes.
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Wildfire art creates beauty out of tragedy BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Robert Nesladek carves wood. He works in a sawdustfilled studio behind his house in Arvada, which he has owned for 47 years. He uses two wood lathes to carve out bowls, vases and other works of art from wood charred by wildfires. One of those lathes was handed down from his grandfather to his dad, then to his uncle and now to him. He started working with wood after he quit drinking. “I had to find something to keep my hands busy,” he said. Out of a devastating event, wildfire art aims to create something beautiful — a vase, a painting or a poem. Nesladek transforms the wood burned by wildfires into beautiful shapes. He said burned wood takes on different characteristics because of the intense heat that dries out the log. “It puts a lot of that charcoal gray color into the wood, and it just kind of runs through it,” he said. “It just is really nice to work with.” Starting out, the wood is filthy. “As soon as you touch it, you think ‘I’m not going to even mess with that stuff. It’s just nasty,’” he said. “But as soon as you get the bark off, it’s clean inside, and it’s dry.” Nesladek turns the wood on the lathe quickly and shapes it with different chisels and blades. Once the burned charcoal coating the wood is removed, he starts to mold the center of the wood that endured intense heat but
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wasn’t directly touched the fire. After he reaches the shape he wants, he applies a clear stain. “It amazes me how something so nasty, so devastating, can turn into something so beautiful,” Nesladak said. Painting from within Creating art from wildfires can also help begin the healing process after such a tragedy. For Alissa Davies, of Boulder, that involves intuitively painting emotions onto canvas. After the Marshall Fire, Davies said she and her community felt an extreme sense of loss and fear. “We’ve had these wildfires in our community, and every time the wind blows, we all feel this kind of collective trauma,” she said. “What’s going to happen to this place?” Davies describes herself as an intuitive artist — stepping up to a canvas with no idea of what the end result will be. She looks inward to get in touch with her feelings and then paints. After the Marshall Fire, she returned to her studio to begin addressing her emotions and out came Firescape 1, 2 and 3. “We all are very affected by external events that happen around us,” she said. “(Painting) is just a highly therapeutic process for me.” She said fires come with an immense, intense energy that she channeled into the paintings. She said she experienced those feelings even though she didn’t lose a house to the fire, but instead, she channeled the hardships of those who did. She champions art therapy programs in Boulder and surrounding communities where people can learn to get in SEE FIRE, P15
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Robert Nesladek with three vases he created out of the leftover wood from a PHOTO BY LUKE ZARZECKI wildfire.
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The wood lathe Nesladek uses to PHOTO BY LUKE ZARZECKI carve his wood.
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Call for spring. Conjure winter’s end. Bandage Firescape 1, 2 and 3 by Alissa Davies.
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touch with their emotions and put them onto paper. Those programs give people space to freely create art. She touches on her semester in college at the Art Institute of Chicago where it wasn’t so free. Her painting classes created an intense environment with critiques and competition from professors and students. The art therapy classes were different, she said, in that they created a more encouraging environment. “There’s that level of acceptance,” Davies said. “Instead of thinking art is for the precious few, it gives people the view that we all really know what to do with paint. It might not be pretty, and it might not look like what’s in our head, but that’s OK, and it’s better that way.” For those affected by the Marshall Fire, art therapy can begin those conversations, both verbal and not. “It’s always important to talk it out, but I think those nonverbal ways of expressing are equally as powerful and helpful,” Davies said. Sometimes, it just takes a few breaths and a blank canvas. To get in touch with her emotions before she paints, Davies mediates. While painting, she turns off her mind and moves very quickly. “I’m constantly turning my canvas,” she said. “You can click over into that flow state, you know that feeling of when time kind of gets weird, it’s suspended. It’s bliss.” Burning wood Radha Marcum of Boulder started writing at age 7 on her mother’s typewriter. Fast forward to today, and she’s a poet creating poems rooted in ecological, social and personal
landscapes of the American West. “I grew up in the West, so wildfire has always really been in my awareness,” she said. In 2019, she began writing more about wildfires. The burning of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris triggered her new topic. She visited the cathedral with her husband within weeks of the roof burning. Replacing the ceilings, made of oak beams from Europe’s ancient forests, remains almost impossible because those forests are long gone, she said. “At the same time that we were losing this magnificent human-made structure, we were also losing nature’s cathedral,” she said. “I think of the old growth forests in North America.” It reminded Marcum of visiting the Redwood forests in Northern California. “Thinking about the history of people who have been in these places, whether it’s a cathedral or a forest, there’s a sense of continuity, and so when you lose a forest or you lose a cathedral, you’re losing that sense of continuity with ancestors and which people would come before you,” she said. Hence, she started writing about wildfire, and the Marshall Fire made the topic even more personal for her. “When it happens in your backyard, and when you’re watching the effects in real time, that I think is profound,” she said. “I think in art, and in poetry, in our writing, we have the opportunity to meditate on what is happening right here, right in front of us.” For her, that can mean looking at specific changes in her surroundings. One example she points to is a poem about a plum tree in her backyard that she moved inside due to the drought. Another poem looks at smoke drifts and ashes falling in her backyard. Those ashes, she said, are forests, people’s homes or wildlife. Some float in from other places. “There’s a connection between different
limbs cracked or stunted by wind or worry. Pray for bees, for pollen bodies. Pray the plum blossoms become oval ovums ripening— clusters green then red-green, then fruits covered in dusk. Do not doubt that doubt will ripen in you. Pull indigo lobes from limbs, bent. Gather fruit in your shirt. Snag windfalls in the grass, split gladly for sparrow and mouse. Observe how doubts shine before the knife. Sterilize jars. Boil the fruits for jam. Note the tiny toothmarks made by ones who recognize abundance when it is offered. By: Radha Marcum
parts of the country, between you and the landscape, between the ecology, the trees, the wildlife,” she said. “We’re all affected by these events, whether or not they’re burning our structures, or they’re burning the forest.” Marcum sees her poems as an invitation to readers to recognize the events happening around them. “(It’s about) connecting with what’s really going on, rather than being sort of numb and overwhelmed by the news or by statistics,” she said.
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Families come in many shapes, sizes Highlands Ranch author bases story in part on her own experience BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A letter from Highlands Ranch author Eleanor Brown is enclosed in the review copy of her latest novel, “Any Other Family.” The book will be on sale in early July and is partly based on her own experience. It will be a good one to tuck in a suitcase if travel is scheduled “Four years ago, my OB/ GYN called late at night. `I had a patient in for her annual exam,’ she said, `but it turns out she’s six months pregnant. She’s making a plan for adoption, and you were the first people I thought of. Do you want a baby?’” They did indeed, went for subsequent prenatal appointments and were present when he was born. It was an open adoption, where the birth family and the adoptive family stay in touch. Brown realized how little people know about open adoption
to wonder. Brown is skilled at creating characters and expressing a wide range of reactions and feelings as her story progresses. And every so often there is a shaded page describing an unnamed character with a particular experience or idea who resembles one of these parents. Not a device I’d seen before, but it works in this book to fill out why and how the parental characters interact and respond to the kids and to each other, backtracking into the formative years of the principals to varying degrees. The children in question range from a baby to an almost-teen and Brown doesn’t moralize about the birth parents, but just tells a compelling tale about a complex arrangement with a lot of moving parts! She skillfully interweaves back stories into a summer visit by the seven parental types and assorted kids to a rental home in Aspen — and how each character responds to new situations. Complicated project, skillfully carried out by Brown, whose previous books include “The Weird Sisters,” “The Light of Paris” and the anthology, “A Paris All Your Own.”
and that led her to do what she knows how to do: write a book about it-- including a really unusual family formed by three couples and a single mother who adopted siblings born to a particular couple who would be together for a while, then drift apart — placing four resulting children for adoption over the course of the book. The families stay in touch with the birth mother and she visits with them at times. (Extensive sociological analysis about why these birth parents behave as they do is left for another book.) In Brown’s story, these adoptive parents hope to keep the children connected as they grow up, planning frequent contacts between them, which of course means frequent contact among the parental characters — and expected difficult interactions at times. The three couples and the single mom bring a variety of personalities into the story and as the children begin to walk, talk and attend school, likenesses and differences among them appear. This book spells out a different way to manage adoptions than the traditional situations where there is no contact nor information for a child as he grows and begins
“Any Other Family” by Highlands Ranch author Eleanor Brown will COURTESY PHOTO be published this summer.
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Denver Art Museum The entertaining “Singing Sinks” by Jim Green are working again at Denver Art Museum. Just try to refrain from singing “Row Row Row Your Boat!” while washing your hands. Douglas County The Douglas Land Conservancy announces the ninth annual “Capturing the Beauty of Open Land” exhibit on June 25 and 26 at the Perry Street Pavilion
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Strong summer starts for Denver
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he Denver metro area really shines during the summer months. There are all kinds of outdoor options for dining, live music and activities, while classic concert COMING spots and cultural hubs ATTRACTIONS are still doing their thing. With such a bevy of options, you really can’t go wrong. But just in case, I’ve collected five options to help start the season off proper. Let the night shine bright at Earth Illuminated As Ray Charles once Clarke Reader sang “nighttime is the right time,” and the grand re-opening and debut of Dark Mode at Earth Illuminated celebrates this very important truth. Presented by the award-winning production team at Blazen Illuminations, the exhibit reopened at the Denver Pavilions, 500 16th Street Mall, Suite 280, with a new look and feel. According to provided information, Dark Mode wants guests to come away awed by the beauty of nature during nighttime. Each scene visitors explore makes use of theatrical lighting and immersive sound design, projection, special effects and more. There are more than 40 scenes spanning a 13,000 square foot space, with interactive props and more. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit EarthIlluminated.com. Thor lands at Red Rocks Red Rocks Amphitheatre is back in the movie business with the full-time return of in-amphitheater film screenings as part of its Film on the Rocks series. Gates open at 6:30 p.m. for every show, with musical guests taking the stage at 7 p.m., followed by the film presentation at 8:30 p.m. And the season is starting with a blast of Marvel fun in the stellar “Thor: Ragnarok.” The screening will be on June 13 at Red Rocks, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway in Morrison. For those who haven’t seen the film, it’s the third in the Thor trilogy and director Taika Waititi lets the story and cast cut loose, resulting in one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s best entries. Visit www.denverfilm.org/programs/ film-on-the-rocks/ for the full schedule, information and tickets.
Clarke’s Concert of the Week — The Hold Steady at the Bluebird Theater We could all use a positive jam or two these days and that’s what Minneapolis’ The Hold Steady specialize in. Over the group’s eight albums and almost 20 years of touring they’ve built up a rabid fanbase thanks to Craig Finn’s incisive character sketches and the group’s barband soundscapes. Last year they released one of their most acclaimed albums in years in “Open Door Policy,” but they’re stopping in Denver as part of a tour that was supposed to be in support of 2019’s great “Thrashing Thru the Passion.” The group is finally playing a three-night run at 8 p.m. June 16 and 9 p.m. June 17 and 18 at the Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave. The Hold Steady is truly one of the best live bands around right now and the Bluebird is the perfect venue for them. Get tickets at www.bluebirdtheater.net/ events. Arvada throws an epic pool party Who doesn’t love a good pool party? Arvada’s Fitz Fest provides that on a large scale, with activities for everyone, whether they get in the pool or not. The event will be held from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. June 18 at Fitzmorris Recreation Center, 6340 Independence St. The party includes three hours of swimming at the Fitzmorris outdoor pool, three bounce houses, Apex on Ice `ice’ skating, a yoga session, face painting, sports demonstrations, Ninja course, Imagination Playground, food and drink, carnival and yard games. In other words, practically all the summer fun a person could want. Pre-register for Fitz Fest at https://apexprd.org/event/fitz-fest/. Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@hotmail.com.
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The Mugician comes to Dazzle Jazz Jazz music is one of the few genres that maintains a passionate commitment to tackling current events going on both locally and on a grand scale. And Ferguson,
Missouri’s, Keyon Harrold made one of the most stunning musical statements of the 2010s with his 2017 album, “The Mugician.” The album features contributions from extremely talented musicians like Gary Clark Jr., Robert Glasper and Bilal. Harrold will be performing as part of Dazzle’s 2022 Keeping It Cool summer concert series, which features two Grammy award-winning artists, a Colorado Hall of Famer and more. He’ll go live at 7 p.m. June 10 at Dazzle Jazz, 1512 Curtis St. in Denver. Tickets and information can be found at www.dazzledenver.com.
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Barbara Veatch’s painting “Wild Wind” is among her new works in the “Landforms and Whimsy” exhibition coming COURTESY PHOTO June 24 in Lakewood.
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Museum of Outdoor Arts “Family Dog Experience,” an immersive arts experience, will be offered at Museum of Outdoor Arts’ new location at Fiddlers Green Amphitheatre, 6350 Greenwood Plaza, Greenwood Village. Backstage and dressing rooms will hold fine art posters featured in the 2020 documentary, “Tale of the Dog,” will be featured to tell the story of a hippie rock club. Opening benefit tickets: $100/ members, $200, non-members. Guided tour tickets: $10, $15. moaonline.org. Arapahoe Phil reminder “Stars and Stripes Forever” will be celebrated by Arapahoe Philharmonic on July 3 at 8 p.m. in the Farmhouse Beer Garden at Breckenridge Brewery. Picnic tables on a first come, first serve basis, food from brewery. Outside food and beverages not allowed. Bring blankets to sit on the ground. Tickets: $35/$30/$17/$10. Livestream access: $10. 303-7811892, arapahoe-phil.org. Henry Awards The annual Henry Awards, given annually for outstanding theatre by the Colorado Theatre Guild, will be held July 25 at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., according to CTG Director Batty Hart. Tickets available at Arvada Center box office. 720-898-7200, arvadacenter.org.
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Women photographers take center stage Denver Art Museum exhibit runs through summer BY KARA MASON SENTINEL STAFF WRITER
Perhaps the most iconic photograph of the Great Depression wouldn’t have been produced if it weren’t for a gut instinct that Dorothea Lange turns back to a pea-pickers camp in Nipomo, California in 1936. The image — a black and white close-up of a gauntlooking woman holding a sleeping baby flanked by two more small children — “exists in more formats, prints, and places than (arguably) any other photograph in the world,” Museum of Modern Art curator Sarah Hermanson Meister wrote in a 2018 book about the 20th century photographer. On display this summer at the Denver Art Museum in “Modern Women/Modern Vision,” Lange’s photo is remarkably more powerful in person, hanging among the work of other impactful women photographers who also followed their intuition to capture images vital to
journalism, history and photography as an artform. “Women embraced the medium early on, in part because photography had fewer barriers for female participation, compared with more traditional art forms such as painting and sculpture,” said Christoph Heinrich, the Frederick and Jan Mayer Director of the Denver Art Museum. It was thanks to groups such as The Photo League and Group f/64 — which welcomed women during eras where opportunities in the art world were hard to come by — that some of the world’s most iconic images exist. The DAM exhibit is divided into six parts, spanning from “modernist innovators” such as documentary photographer Margaret Bourke-White who went on to be the first woman to serve as a U.S. war correspondent to contemporary creatives, which includes Carrie Mae Weems and her iconic fictional Kitchen Table Series, where she turned the camera on herself. “Women working in photography today owe much to the generations who paved the way during the 20th century,” said Eric Paddock, the exhibit’s local curator. “The diverse styles, subject matter,
techniques and intentions exemplified by the artists in ‘Modern Women/Modern Vision’ demonstrate the determination and inventiveness with which women pursued their craft.” For some, it was urban street photography. Helen Levitt, New York’s unofficial “visual poet laureate” who was an early pioneer of modern street photography, captured gritty working-class neighborhoods over the space of several decades with a discreet shooting style that spawned images that were both theatrical and realistic. For others, the camera and lens allowed even more creative freedom and traditional techniques helped to evolve photography, pushing the boundaries of what the medium can do. “Revenge of the Goldfish” — a staged photograph — by Sandy Skoglund is an easy measure of how many possibilities a tool meant to capture the real can have in a made-up space. “The origins of my interest in mixing natural and artificial arise from my being a spectator of myself as I behave in the world. I see myself naturally attracted to some very artificial things, almost as if my life depended on it…,” she said in a 2008
One of the most iconic photographs of the Great Depression was “Migrant Mother,” taken by Dorothea Lange.
interview about her art. “To me, a world without artificial enhancement is unimaginable, and harshly limited to raw nature by itself without human intervention… the mixing of the natural and the artificial is what I do every day of my life, and I hope that I am not alone in this process.” In all, “Modern Women/ Modern Vision” features more than 100 images and a series of programming designed around the exhibition. A full
schedule can be found at www. denverartmuseum.org. Modern Women/Modern Vision is on display through Aug. 28 in the Denver Art Museum’s Hamilton Building’s Anschutz Gallery, 100 W 14th Ave. Pkwy. For more information call (720) 865-5000 or visit www.denverartmuseum. org. Exhibition is included in general admission: $13 for Colorado resident adults, $18 for non-residents. Children’s tickets are free.
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‘Music is a connector’ Juneteenth Music Festival in Five Points will take place June 18-19 BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Growing up in Denver, Charles Luis Cox II remembers celebrating Juneteenth every year with family. They would pack a picnic and go to the park. Or, they would go to Lincoln Hills — historically a vacation resort for African Americans in Gilpin County — as his grandparents owned a cabin there. With his dad serving in the military, Cox also recalled celebrating the holiday in Germany. Cox, 69, a retired Air Force Veteran, like his dad, is currently the owner of Charlie’s Smoked Meats and Fine Catering. He will be one of the many vendors offering his food to this year’s attendees of the Juneteenth Music Festival, which takes place June 18 and June 19 in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood. He is looking forward to connecting with friends and relatives again this year, Cox said. “And getting out to enjoy and celebrate the occasion,” he added. According to the Juneteenth Music Festival website, “Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth today, celebrates African American freedom and achievement while encouraging continuous self-development and respect for all cultures.” A Juneteenth celebration in some form has been a staple in Five in Points for decades, said Norman Harris, executive director of JMF Corporation, the nonprofit that organizes the annual festival. “Five Points is unique in that it was one of the few commercially zoned areas in the country that had Black land-and-business ownership,” Harris said. “Five Points was a mecca for jazz and African American businesses. It was a place of opportunity for African Americans in the West.” Five Points started to see community Juneteenth celebratory gatherings in the mid-1950s, Harris said. By the 1980s and `90s, crowds of hundreds of thousands were coming
together in Five Points to celebrate. Festivities experienced a decline in the 2000s, Harris said, adding that in 2011, only about 1,000 people gathered in Five Points. But in 2012, which is when JMF Corporation branded the event as the Juneteenth Music Festival, between 20,000 and 30,000 people attended. People always enjoy the food and artisan vendors at the festival, and the children’s activities are always a fun attraction, Cox said. “And then, of course, there’s the music,” he added. “That’s a very big part of it. It’s part of our culture.” This year’s music lineup is exciting, boasting both national and local headliners, said Erica Wright, one of the Juneteenth Music Festival’s organizers. The music festival this year will have a main stage at 27th and Welton, a secondary stage at 29th and Welton and block parties with DJs between 25th and 29th streets. Rapper Dave East will be taking the main stage on June 18, and the main stage will feature Twista on June 19. Other highlighted performances included Kayla Rae, who is from Denver but now lives in L.A., said Wright; and Colorado’s own Conjunto Colores. With about 15 headliners plus all the other performances throughout the two days, the entire festival will entail not-to-miss performances, Wright said. “We’re calling it a weekend festival,” she said, adding each day boasts a different musical lineup. Another highlight of the event is the annual Juneteenth Parade, which represents the “historic walk through the streets of the last freed slaves,” states a news release. The parade will feature community and government organizations, social clubs, dance troupes and more. Jim “Dr. Daddio” Walker, known as the Father of Black Radio, will be the 2022 parade’s Grand Marshall. The parade kicks off the festivities at 11 a.m. June 18 with the route running along East 26th Avenue. Additional attractions include appearances by Denver’s pro sports mascots, the Denver Broncos Cheerleaders, surprise guests from Meow Wolf and a Youth Zone with inflatable bounce houses, arts and crafts and other activities for children.
A DJ performs at last year’s Juneteenth Music Festival. This year’s event, which takes place June 18 and 19, features block parties with DJs between 25th and 29th streets in PHOTO COURTESY OF JENSEN SUTTA Denver’s Five Points neighborhood. Story on page 7
Now that Juneteenth is a holiday recognized locally, at the state level and federally, there are opportunities to invite “the entire community to come together and figure out ways to move forward,” Harris said. He added that the Juneteenth Music Festival in Five Points can serve as a model for how to celebrate the federally-recognized holiday. The Juneteenth Music Festival is a “culturally-based celebration,” Harris said. And “music is a connector. It allows us to bring multiple sections of our community together.”
Harris was raised in a family of Five Points business owners. Like Cox, he and his family celebrated Juneteenth each year. While the festival has grown through the years, organizers still take the same approach, Harris said, which is “looking at including all of our communities, starting with: why is it important that we celebrate Juneteenth.” “We as a country need to acknowledge the impacts of the institution of slavery,” Harris said. “It’s an important step to give all Americans an understanding of our history.”
IF YOU GO The 2022 Juneteenth Music Festival takes place June 18 and 19 in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood. The annual Juneteenth Parade kicks off the festivities at 11 a.m. June 18 with the route running along East 26th Avenue. The music festival’s main stage will be located at 27th and Welton, and a secondary stage will be located at 29th and Welton. The Juneteenth Music Festival is free for general admission, with VIP packages available for purchase. It is a family-friendly event
and will offer many activities for children. On June 16, all Cheba Hut locations in Colorado will participate in Juneteenth Eats Day, during which a portion of Cheba Hut’s proceeds will be donated to the Juneteenth Music Festival and JMF Corporation’s yearround community and social justice programming. To learn more about the Juneteenth Music Festival, visit juneteenthmusicfestival.com or follow it on social media: @JuneteenthMusicFestival.
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Denver Municipal Band aims to provide music for all Community invited to attend concerts in the park this summer BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The sun sets over a beautifully landscaped park in Denver on a warm summer night. Families spread blankets on the grass and start unpacking picnic-style dinners. Neighbors sit on low-back lawn chairs in small groups, chatting about local goings-on. A cyclist pauses for a few moments to listen to the sounds from the stage. Children happily dance to the music of the Denver Municipal Band. “These evenings in Denver turn into a wonderous time,” said Bob Shaklee, a longtime Denver resident. “It just becomes magical.” The Denver Municipal Band recently announced it will be performing a regular concert series this summer, which includes a number of free concerts in city parks across Denver. “What we like about it (attending Denver Municipal Band concerts) is that it’s a great way to build community within the city,” said Barb Shaklee. She and her husband, Bob Shaklee, have served on the Denver Municipal Band’s board since the mid-1980s. The Denver Municipal Band has been part of the city’s fabric for about 160 years. It formed when people were coming to take “a shot at finding silver and gold in the mountains,” said Joseph Martin, the Denver Municipal Band’s conductor, executive director and artistic director. Martin, a trombone player and professor at the University of Denver, has been involved with the Denver Municipal Band for about 22 years. Having earned the accolade of being the longest, continually performing band in the U.S., it got its start in 1861 as the Denver City Band to bring culture to the Wild West city of Denver. About 30 years later, the city of Denver guaranteed funding for the band to perform regularly at city ceremonies and summer park concerts,
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and the band changed its name to the Denver Municipal Band. In the mid-1980s, the city faced a budget shortfall, so in 1985, the Denver Municipal Band became a nonprofit and formed its board, which consists of volunteers, the Shaklees said. Barb Shaklee is a pianist, but using her background in law — she is a retired attorney — she helped with the legal filings for the nonprofit. Bob Shaklee “only plays the radio,” he said, but has always been a music fan and feels it’s important for all to be able to experience the joy of music. Today, the Denver Municipal Band collectively consists of a number of bands — the 40-piece Concert Band, the 20-piece Jazz Band, the eightperson Show Band and a combination of smaller groups such as trios, quartets and quintets. The band members are professional and include the Denver-metro’s top-of-the-line musicians, Martin said. In fact, many also play with other well-known ensembles such as the Colorado Symphony, the Colorado Ballet Orchestra, Central City Opera, Denver Brass and the Queen City Jazz Band. The Denver Municipal Band
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continues to be the cornerstone for major city celebrations, Martin said. Staying true to its original mission of providing free access to live music for all, the Denver Municipal Band performs all over Denver, and its suburb cities, at all sorts of events. One can see the Denver Municipal Band at the Five Points Jazz Festival, Littleton’s Western Welcome Week, northeast Denver’s Taste of Ethiopia and the Westminster Latino Festival, to name a few. These are not to mention the hundreds, if not thousands, of free concert-in-the-park events that have taken place through the years. “We’re here for the people of Denver,” Martin said. “This music, of the highest quality, is here for everybody. It’s who we are as Denverites.” Equity, and being able to share music with all, is important to the organization, he added. “Music has the power to bring in issues of social justice,” Martin said, “and be a vehicle to open up those conversations of moving forward as a community.” The Denver Municipal Band did not have the large-gathering concert in the park events in 2020, but it continued provide music to local com-
munities. For example, small groups of musicians would perform — socially-distanced and unannounced to the general public — in parking lots of nursing homes, and the facility would air the music through its PA system for its residents. Though all the Denver Municipal Bands make their way around the city for free concerts, the mainstay band is probably the Concert Band. The Concert Band performs a variety of music that appeals to a broad audience — Broadway tunes, jazz/ swing, patriotic music and marches, and movie themes, for example. This year, the Concert Band has something special in store for concertgoers, said Dan Leavitt, the principal trumpet player for the Concert Band who also serves as the Denver Municipal Band’s manager, and director of the Jazz Band, Show Band and brass quintet. New this summer, Leavitt said, the Concert Band will feature the music of James Reese Europe, who helped form the Clef Club — a union of African American musicians — and was the first African American to conduct at Carnegie Hall in New York City with the Clef Club orchestra, Leavitt said. Europe, who lived from 1881 to 1919, is “extremely important to the history of American music transitioning from ragtime to swing and jazz,” Leavitt said. But his music has been lost for about 100 years, Leavitt said, adding that arranging Europe’s music is a project that he had been wanting to do for a long time. Leavitt was finally able to dedicate more time to it during the COVID-19 shutdowns, he said. Music brings people together, enriches peoples’ lives and has the ability to engage people in culture — that of their own, and introduce them to other cultures that exist nearby, Leavitt said. “We’ve been doing this for over 150 years. It’s a strong tradition long supported by the (Denver) mayor and parks and rec,” Leavitt said. “Music, and art in general, can define a culture. The more people who participate in music, the richer the whole culture is.”
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Ponderosa’s Carson Conrad lashed a three-run double in the Mustangs’ seven-run fourth inning in the 11-1 win over Cheyenne Mountain on June 4.
Ponderosa won its second straight Class 4A state baseball championship on June 4 at Vibes Field in Colorado Springs. The Mustangs were unbeaten in the double elimination tournament and defeated Cheyenne Mountain, PHOTOS BY JIM BENTON 11-1, in the championship game.
Ponderosa’s Parker Dennis dives back into first base on a pickoff attempt as Cheyenne Mountain first baseman Connor Frickey reaches for a high throw. The Mustangs wrapped up their second straight Class 4A state baseball championship with an 11-1 win over the Red-tailed Hawks on June 4.
Mustangs win back-to-back championships Ponderosa routs Cheyenne Mountain BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
It was a start that led to long discussions but the Ponderosa baseball team finished strong. The Mustangs defeated Cheyenne Mountain, 11-1, on June 4 at the Vibes stadium in Colorado Springs to capture their second
consecutive Class 4A state baseball championship. Pondorosa, which will move up to Class 5A next season, was undefeated in the double elimination format, finishing the season 23-7, battling back from a 1-3 start to the season. “We trusted our kids,” said Coach Bob Maloney. ‘We came out of Arizona 1-3 and we got beat up pretty good. The kids stepped up. They just got better each day and you could see it this week. We
swung it, we threw it and played good defense. The kids were awesome.” Maloney said he was in awe when the team one state last year, giving credit to the athletes and their families in creating a winning atmosphere. Ponderosa’s starting pitcher Gabe Jacobs, who just finished his junior year, struggled at times to express his feelings for winning another state title but he did recall the start of the season.
“We sat in a room for three hours with our whole team just talking about what we needed to do mentally the rest of the year,” he said.“It obviously paid off. We went into this (title) game and wanted to dominate. We practiced hard all week.” Jacobs gave up two hits to the first two batters he faced then shut down the Red-tailed Hawks the rest of the game, which was reduced to five innings due to the mercy rule.
Jacobs retired 14 of the next 16 batters he faced after the yielding the two opening singles and unearned run. The only runners that reached base came on a batter hit with a pitch and a walk. Jacobs struck out three and walked one in raising his season record to 11-2 “Gabe Jacobs has been awesome,” Maloney said. “He gave us a chance to win in every game he SEE BASEBALL, P23
Higgins leads Valor to Class 5A title Senior golfer returns from injury to lead team BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Elle Higgins believed that Valor Christian could be a contender for the state title at the Class 5A girls state golf championships early in the season. Her thoughts turned out to be right as Valor won the state title on the final day of the two-day championships on June 1 at The Olde Course in Loveland. “I really thought we could win and I’m glad we did because we deserved SEE GOLF, P23
Valor Christian players and coaches show off the hardware after the Eagles won the Class 5A girls golf championship which was played May PHOTO BY JIM BENTON 31 and June 1 at The Olde Course in Loveland. Valor had 505 points to outdistance defending state champion Loveland.
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played.” After Cheyenne came out scoring, Ponderosa broke a 1-1 tie with two runs in the third and then sealed the victory with a sevenrun fourth inning where 13 batters came up to the plate, giving the Mustangs four hits to go along with five walks. Catcher Derek Lukes, who praised the performance of his best friend Jacobs on the mound, had two hits and drove in a run. In five state tournament games, Lukes went had nine RBIs, with nine hits in 16 at bats. Parker Dennis also had two hits and three RBIs. Carson Conrad drove home three runners with a bases loaded double in the fourth inning. Next year, Maloney said it will be an adjustment for the team to move up to 5A play. However, already playing many of the 5A teams in the Continental League, Maloney is confident the team is ready for the challenge.
Ponderosa pitcher Gabe Jacobs gave up only two hits in helping Ponderosa down Cheyenne Mountain, 11-1, on June 4 to win the Mustangs’ second straight Class 4A PHOTOS BY JIM BENTON state baseball championship.
Class 5A play across the region In the Class 5A tournament held at All City Stadium in Denver, Chaparral’s rally fell short as Legacy notched a 4-3 victory on June 3 in a Final Four semi-final game. Chaparral hit the ball well in the first six innings but at least five of those drives were hit directly to outfielders and the Wolverines trailed 4-0 heading into the top of the seventh inning.
James Harbison led off the seventh-inning rally with a double which was followed by doubles from Cole Jenkins and Brody Sprinkle whose two-bagger drove in two runs. Following an out, Tanner Donner and James Conrad delivered singles and Conrad’s hit drove in the third run of the inning. That left the Wolverines with the tying run on third and the goahead run on second with one out. However, a ground out and a popup ended the threat and the season for Chaparral. “We fought to the end,” said Chaparral Coach Alan DiGiosio. “We were down four and how many kids would have turned in? We fought a base runner at a time. For sure we needed another hit.” Chaparral outhit Legacy 8-7 with Harbison getting two hits to pace the Wolverines, which ended the season with a 22-7 record. “Well, we won the league (Continental) championship and regional championship and we kind of came out of no where,” DiGiosio said. “Nobody expected much out of us but we accomplished a lot of great things. We made a lot of great strides. If you ask around baseball circles and they talk about how our program we will good down the road. We’re great right now.” Class 3A in the region Lutheran came out of the Class 3A losers bracket in Greeley to make it to the Final Four but lost to eventual state champion Eaton, 5-2, on June 4 in a semi-final contest.
Three Great Rates, Three Great Options. Ponderosa won its second straight Class 4A state baseball championship on June 4 at Vibes Field in Colorado Springs.
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it,” said Higgins of the Jefferson County League winners. “You just had to treat it like any other tournament, be relaxed and do what we did all season. It feels real good to be state champions. “We just had to do what we did all season and it just came together,” she said. “I’m proud of everyone for pulling their weight on the team.” Valor finished with a total day total of 469, which was eight shots fewer than runner-up and defending state champion Loveland. Teams from South Metro schools did well as Cherry Creek was third (499) in the final team standings, Rock Canyon (500) took fourth and Mountain Vista placed fifth (515). Higgins was third in the medalist chase after leading after the first day. The junior, who missed two seasons of prep golf because of COVID and a knee injury, fired a final round 78 to go along with an even-par 72 on the opening day for a 150 total.
“I did not hit it as well as I did the first day and I didn’t make as many putts but I’m still happy the way I played in my first big tournament after the injury,” Higgins said. Loveland’s Katelyn Lehigh, the individual champ last season, carded a 3-under-par 69 in the last round for a total of 144 to capture a second straight crown. She had four birdies on six holes on the back nine and sank a two-foot putt on the 18th green to avoid a playoff with runner-up Lily Nelson of Prairie View. Other members on Valor’s title team were Brenna Higgins, Elle’s younger sister, Bella Eide and Carmen Carpinelli. Besides Elle Higgins, other South Metro golfers in the top ten were Mountain Vista’s Abby Aeschleman who finished with a even-par 72 for a fourth place total of 152. Caitlyn Chin of Cherry Creek was fifth (155), Brenna Higgins sixth (157), Ashleigh Wilson of Rock Canyon placed eighth (160), Rock Canyon’s Amira Badruddin ninth (161) and Valor’s Eide was tenth (162).
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Colorado student teachers will have access to up to $22,000 in stipends, and teachers who started their careers during the pandemic and have stuck with it can qualify for up to $5,000 in loan forgiveness, under a bill signed into law this week. Removing Barriers to Educator Preparation dedicates $52 million from federal relief money to getting new teachers into the classroom and keeping them there during a time when schools across the state are grappling with shortages. Fewer teachers were entering the profession before the pandemic, and shortages have only worsened. “A lot of teachers, people who want to be teachers, actually drop out of educator prep programs because they can’t afford it,” said state Rep. Cathy Kipp, a Fort Collins Democrat. “They can’t afford
to work for free and pay tuition and not be able to hold down a second or third job.” Kipp sponsored the bill with fellow Democrats state Rep. Barbara McLachlan of Durango and state Sen. Rachel Zenzinger of Arvada, as well as Republican state Sen. Don Coram of Montrose. The new law also covers the costs of test fees for eligible educators and creates alternative ways of getting a license for teacher candidates who struggle to pass Praxis exams. Gov. Jared Polis signed the bill to applause at a ceremony Thursday in which he also signed a slew of other education bills, including a major funding increase that lawmakers hope will lead to higher teacher pay and make staying in the classroom more attractive. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat Colorado. More at chalkbeat.org.
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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0066-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On March 4, 2022, 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) ALEYAMMA SHEALEY Original Beneficiary(ies) BELLCO CREDIT UNION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt BELLCO CREDIT UNION Date of Deed of Trust November 30, 2016 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust December 05, 2016 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D6140082 Original Principal Amount $168,450.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $168,450.00 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. LOT 21, BLOCK 4, LITTLETON VILLAGE REPLAT NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7478 SOUTH PENNSYLVANIA STREET, LITTLETON, CO 80122. 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. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 07/06/2022, 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: 5/12/2022 Last Publication: 6/9/2022 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;
regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On March 11, 2022, 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) JANETTE GONZALES Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR THE FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt FINANCE OF AMERICA REVERSE LLC Date of Deed of Trust July 13, 2016 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 20, 2016 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D6077805 Original Principal Amount $465,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $211,730.51 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. SEE ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION Also known by street and number as: 1920 E PHILLIPS DRIVE, CENTENNIAL, CO 80122. 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. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 07/13/2022, 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: 5/19/2022 Last Publication: 6/16/2022 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: 03/11/2022 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:
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Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0080-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On March 11, 2022, 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) Ibtissem Trabelsi and Todd Searles Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Nationstar Mortgage LLC D/B/A Mr. Cooper, Its Successors and Assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt NewRez LLC, F/K/A New Penn Financial, LLC, D/B/A Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing Date of Deed of Trust November 19, 2020 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust November 30, 2020 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) E0165451 Original Principal Amount $488,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $482,869.85 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. THE LAND HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF CO, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LOT 64, HOMESTEAD IN THE WILLOWS FILING NO. 8, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7128 S Poplar Ln, Centennial, CO 80112. 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. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 07/13/2022, 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.
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Alison L Berry #34531 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 David R. Doughty #40042 Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 21-026136
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Erin Croke #46557 Steven Bellanti #48306 Holly Shilliday #24423 Ilene Dell'Acqua #31755 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-22-900124-LL
COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0085-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with
Legal Notice NO. 0085-2022 First Publication: 5/19/2022 Last Publication: 6/16/2022
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 31 AND 32, BLOCK 19, SPEER'S BROADWAY ADDITION, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OFCOLORADO Also known by street and number as: 2965 S BANNOCK ST, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80110. 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. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 07/20/2022, 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: 5/26/2022 Last Publication: 6/23/2022 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;
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
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.
Legal Notice NO. 0066-2022 First Publication: 5/12/2022 Last Publication: 6/9/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
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.
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;
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
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Original Grantor(s) SCOTT A. DRESSEN Original Beneficiary(ies) LEVEL 1 MORTGAGE LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCF 2 ACQUISITION TRUST C/O U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust July 11, 2007 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 13, 2017 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B7089911 Original Principal Amount $154,050.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $146,616.78
First Publication: 5/19/2022 Last Publication: 6/16/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
DATE: 03/04/2022 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee
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.
On March 18, 2022, 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.
DATE: 03/18/2022 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee
Alison L Berry #34531 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 David R. Doughty #40042 Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 21-026182
LEGAL DESCRIPTION 0085-2022 The land described herein is situated in the State of Colorado, County of Arapahoe, described as follows: CONDOMINIUM UNIT 'A' IN CONDOMINIUM BUILDING 11, THE POINTE (A CONDOMINIUM), ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP THEREOF, RECORDED FEBRUARY 29,1984 IN MAP BOOK 72 AT PAGE 68, IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, COLORADO, AND AS DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR THE POINTE (A CONDOMINIUM), RECORDED FEBRUARY 29,1984 IN BOOK 4099 AT PAGE 209 IN SAID RECORDS, AND ANY AND ALL AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. A.P.N.: 2077-35-4-25-010
regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
DATE: 03/11/2022 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee
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. 0080-2022 First Publication: 5/19/2022 Last Publication: 6/16/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0095-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with
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 # 00000009401878
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as beneficiary, as nominee for PHM Financial Incorporated, dba Professional Home Mortgage Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Arvest Central Mortgage Company Date of Deed of Trust July 20, 2005 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 29, 2005 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5112214 Book: N/A Page: Original Principal Amount $296,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $226,313.26 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. THE EASTERLY 25 FEET OF LOT 2, ALL OF LOT 3 AND THE WESTERLY 5 FEET OF LOT 4, BLOCK 2, MADISON PARK, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 6975 East Caley Avenue, Centennial, CO 80111. 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. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 08/03/2022, 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: 6/9/2022 Last Publication: 7/7/2022 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: 04/01/2022 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: Alexis R. Abercrombie #56722 David W Drake #43315 Scott D. Toebben #19011 Randall S. Miller & Associates PC 216 16th Street, Suite 1210, Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710 Attorney File # 22CO00083-1 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. 0140-2022 First Publication: 6/9/2022 Last Publication: 7/7/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
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.
COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0129-2022
©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
Legal Notice NO. 0095-2022 First Publication 5/26/2022 Last Publication 6/23/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
On March 29, 2022, 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.
COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0140-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On April 1, 2022, 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) Rex Ashton, Jr. Original Beneficiary(ies)
Original Grantor(s) Terry A. Hixon and Patricia Flad Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Cherry Creek Mortgage Co., Inc., Its Successors and Assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt PHH Mortgage Corporation Date of Deed of Trust October 05, 2018 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 11, 2018 Recording Information
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Teacher evaluations to change Standardized test scores will have smaller role
last week, Colorado joins a growing list of states moving away from practices the Obama administration hoped would improve schools. The previous law, known as Senate Bill 191, called for teachers’ job performance to be measured half by student academic growth and half by classroom observation of professional practices such as showing a strong understanding of the content and delivering effective instruction. Districts could use various academic data to show student growth, but at least 1% of every teacher’s evaluation had to be linked to standardized test scores. Often it was much higher than that. Teachers particularly resented the use of collective measures, in which an art teacher might be rated based on how students at her school or in her district did on reading and math tests.
BY ERICA MELTZE CHALKBEAT
Teacher evaluation is getting an update in Colorado, more than a decade after the state last overhauled its system. Starting with the 2023-24 school year, students’ standardized test scores will play a smaller role in teachers’ ratings, rubrics will be more specialized to reflect different jobs, and teachers with consistently high scores will face less scrutiny. If it works as supporters hope, the system will focus more on helping teachers grow and improve. That contrasts with the current system, which many educators perceive as punitive, and which hasn’t improved student achievement much — at least as measured by test scores. With the updated evaluation system in Senate Bill 70, signed
Jorge Cabral, who teaches sixth through eighth grade social studies at Vikan Middle School in Brighton, started teaching full time in January 2022. PHOTO BY OLIVIA SUN/THE COLORADO SUN VIA REPORT FOR AMERICA
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat Colorado. More at chalkbeat.org.
Public Notices (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D8100907 Original Principal Amount $510,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $107,187.98 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. THE PART OF BLOCK 5, WOLLENWEBER'S BROADWAY HEIGHTS, SECOND ADDITION, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING 1354 FEET WEST AND 1140 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE NORTH 1/2 OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH, RANGE 68 WEST; THENCE WEST 125 FEET; THENCE NORTH 50 FEET; THENCE EAST 125 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 50 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, 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: Erin Croke #46557 Steven Bellanti #48306 Holly Shilliday #24423 Ilene Dell'Acqua #31755 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-22-899994-LL 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. 0129-2022 First Publication: 6/2/2022 Last Publication: 6/30/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0090-2022
Also known by street and number as: 4311 S Delaware Street, Englewood, CO 80110.
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
On March 15, 2022, 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.
NOTICE OF SALE
Original Grantor(s) MITCH MIEDEMA AND LAURA OVITZ Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Date of Deed of Trust June 02, 2021 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 15, 2021 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) E1095345 Original Principal Amount $328,276.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $327,711.69
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. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 07/27/2022, 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: 6/2/2022 Last Publication: 6/30/2022 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: 03/29/2022 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado
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.
LOTS 39 AND 40, BLOCK 3, WYNETKA HEIGHTS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 3737 S GRANT STREET, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80113. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
Publisher: Englewood Herald Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen
City and County Public Notice
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on May 24, 2022, the Board of County Commissioners for Arapahoe County adopted an ordinance, which was originally published on May 12, 2022, and which is titled:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, June 6, 2022 the Centennial City Council passed on first reading: ORDINANCE NO. 2022-O-18
NOTICE OF SALE
ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO ORDINANCE NO. 2022-01
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.
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE SALE AND USE OF FIREWORKS WITHIN UNINCORPORATED ARAPAHOE COUNTY
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 07/13/2022, 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: 5/19/2022 Last Publication: 6/16/2022 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: 03/15/2022 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 # 00000009422460 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. 0090-2022 First Publication: 5/19/2022 Last Publication: 6/16/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
CITY OF CENTENNIAL
Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE (LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE) CONCERNING PROTECTIVE CARE USES
Legal Notice No. Arap 1074 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen
The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk. The ordinance may be obtained by contacting the City Clerk, 303-754-3324. The full text of the ordinance is also available on the City’s web site, www.centennialcolorado.com. By:Barbara Setterlind, MMC, City Clerk
Public Notice ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PM20-003, FOREST RIM ESTATES #01 / MINOR SUBDIVISION PROPOSAL: Roderick N and Jane E Guilford Revocable Trust, owners, propose platting 38.6 acres known as parcel 2071-32-2-00-070 into four lots and one tract. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on June 28, 2022 at 9:30 A.M., or as soon thereafter as the calendar of the Arapahoe County Board of County Commission permits, a public hearing will be held; at which, all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the abovedescribed PM20-003, Forest Rim Estates #01 / Minor Subdivision. The public hearing will be held at 5334 S Prince St., East Hearing Room, Littleton CO 80120, with the option to participate remotely. The agenda will typically be posted by the Friday afternoon preceding the hearing and can be viewed on our website at https://arapahoe.legistar.com/Calendar. You can also listen to, or speak at, the meeting by calling 1-855-436-3656. To join the speaking queue, press *3 on the telephone keypad. More information about this proposal is available at the offices of the Arapahoe County Public Works and Development Department, Planning Division, 6924 S Lima St., Centennial CO 80112 (please call ahead to schedule an appointment if you plan to walk-in), by calling 720-874-6650, or by emailing planning@arapahoegov.com during regular business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday). Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board
Legal Notice No. 530355-60355 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, June 6, 2022 the Centennial City Council passed on first reading: ORDINANCE NO. 2022-O-17 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO AMENDING ARTICLE 16 OF CHAPTER 12 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE (LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE) CONCERNING DEFINITIONS RELATED TO SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk. The ordinance may be obtained by contacting the City Clerk, 303-754-3324. The full text of the ordinance is also available on the City’s web site, www.centennialcolorado.com. By: Barbara Setterlind, MMC, City Clerk Legal Notice No. 530358-60358 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen
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• Single Day Unlimited Rides $35 SAVE MONEY, while supplies last. Discounted online purchases only through 12 noon on June 9th. • Single-Day Unlimited Rides $40 Purchase price at the Festival. • MEGA 3-Day Unlimited Rides $70 BEST VALUE, while supplies last. Only available online through 12 noon on June 9th. • All rides 3-6 tickets, if purchased individually at the Festival. • Amazing Rides! Giant Ferris Wheel, Freakout, Himalaya, Fireball, Sizzler, Orbiter, Cliff Hanger, Kamikaze, Pharaoh’s Fury, Starship, Super Shot, Tornado, Wacky Worm, Yo-Yo, Jungle Twist, and Vertigo. • Rides For Kids! Airplanes, Beach Party, Bumble Bees, Bumper Cars, Giant Carousel, Charlie Chopper, Dragon Wagon, Elephants, Going Bananas, Jeeps, Mardi Gras, Mini Boat/Pirates, Mini Drop Tower, Monster Truck, Motorcycles, Pirates’ Island, Super Slides, Tea Time, Tractors, Wet Boats, and VW bugs.