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Veteran talks military service, medical experience Now at Centennial ER BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at the Rogers Behavioral Health clinic on Nov. 3.
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Rogers Behavioral Health opens in Arapahoe County Treatment for OCD, anxiety, depression BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Colorado residents looking for mental health treatments focused on anxiety, depression and/or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have a new option — Rogers Behavioral Health. The national not-for-profit mental health treatment provider launched its first Colorado location in Arapahoe County, opening a clinic located at 10333 East Dry Creek Road. “We are just so excited to bring Rogers to Denver and to meet
the growing need for specialized, evidence-based treatment,” said Clinical Director Julia Carbonella during the clinic’s open house on Nov. 3. According to the Colorado Behavioral Health Administration, an estimated three in 10 Coloradans, or 1.5 million people, are in need of mental health or substance use disorder care. The new Rogers clinic offers what’s called “partial hospitalization,” meaning clients spend about six hours a day, five days a week at the clinic working on their treatment program, said Blair Famarin, an outreach manager at Rogers Behavioral Health. “It’s a full day, almost like a workday or a school day,” Famarin said.
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When Alex Sutherland was growing up in Philadelphia, he only had movies and the media to shape his perception of the military — that is, until he joined the U.S. Army as part of his journey to become a doctor. Now a Centennial resident and emergency room physician at Centennial Hospital, Veterans Day, observed on Nov. 11, holds a special meaning. “For me, it’s a reminder and a time to reach out to friends,” Sutherland said. “I don’t think I realized what, really, what people went through in the military until getting into it, and then what — how important it actually is.”
Within the partial hospitalization model, the clinic offers four programs — a depression recovery program for adults or for adolescents, and an OCD and anxiety program for adults or for children and adolescents. The clinic provides different types of therapies, such as cognitive behavioral therapy, which Mayo Clinic defines as a type of psychotherapy to help clients become aware of negative thinking so they can view challenging situations more clearly and respond effectively. To address OCD and anxiety conditions, the clinic offers exposure and response prevention, a
Combining medicine and the military Sutherland started out wanting to do sports medicine, specifically working as a physical therapist, because he was an athlete and thought it would be a good option. However, during his undergraduate studies at the University of Pittsburgh, he did some rotations in physical therapy and discovered he didn’t enjoy it as much as he thought he would. “So, I just decided to go into medicine, because I love science, I like working with people, and that was that,” he said. Due to how expensive medical school is, Sutherland went through a program called the Health Professions Scholarship Program, which he said is like ROTC for medical
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Cherry Creek is a Purple Heart district On Nov. 5, the Cherry Creek School District announced via Facebook that it is now designaed as a Purple Heart School District. It is the only designation of its kind in Colorado, according to the district. Chapter 375 of the Military Order of the Purple Heart nominated the district for its commitment to honoring and recognizing active duty, retired, and veterans in every school every year. Aspen Crossing Elementary, Sky Vista Middle School, and Eaglec-
rest High School Band were also recognized with a Special Recognition Award for their dedication and support honoring America’s Combat Wounded Veterans. “We cherish this time for our students to show our gratitude to our military community. It is so humbling to be awarded the Purple Heart District Distinction. We are truly grateful for our heroes,” Aspen Crossing Principal Karen Puga said in the post. Photo source: Cherry Creek schools
Annual sock drive underway Centennial’s annual sock drive is officially underway and will continue through Jan. 17. The City of Centennial, in partnership with Arapahoe Libraries, is collecting socks to help Coloradans experiencing homelessness this winter and encourages residents, neighbors and partners to participate. Phase I of Lone Tree Creek Trail complete Recently, according to a social media post on the City of Centennial’s Facebook page, Mayor Stephanie Piko, Centennial Council Members and Arapahoe County Open Space celebrated the completion of Phase IB of the Lone Tree Creek Trail with a ribbon cutting. This 1.8-mile section completion helps us get one step, one pedal, or 1.8 miles closer to the City’s vision of Connected Communities. The entire trail is developing through phases and begins at East Broncos Parkway, traveling north, and eventually connecting into the trail system in Cherry Creek State Park.
The new socks, of all sizes and age groups, benefit the Sock It To Em Sock Campaign, a Denver nonprofit serving local homeless shelters. Visit the Centennial Civic Center or your nearest Arapahoe Library to find a sock collection box or https://www. centennialco.gov/socks for more locations.
Centennial recognizes the work our partners, businesses, vendors and Staff have achieved, and shares its thanks for helping make open space in Centennial available to all. Scroll the full ribbon-cutting gallery at https:// flic.kr/s/aHBqjAdGJ7. Photo source: City of Centennial
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Take city housing survey Centennial wants your thoughts on the city’s housing study update #14, Rental Assistance. Sometimes, community members need short-term help with housing costs rather than longterm help through the construction of new housing. Depending on available funding, the city could establish a program that offsets market rental rates by paying money directly to landlords to make some units more
affordable. According to the city, for example, the median rent for a 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom apartment in Centennial is around $1,900 and the average affordable rental rate for a teacher is $1,250. The city could agree to cover the difference for a year at a cost of $7,800. Learn more about the rental assistance strategy: https://bit. ly/3z0Mtzu Let the city know your thoughts: https://bit. ly/3CRsmVO
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Less-obvious signs point to possible COVID-19 upsurge
ARAPAHOE COUNTY Veterans Day All County offices will be closed on Friday, Nov. 11 in observance of the Veterans Day holiday.
Omicron-targeted vaccines are available BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The omicron variant is causing milder illnesses than earlier variants of COVID-19, but Elizabeth Carlton implores Coloradans not to underestimate it. “It still killed a lot of people,” said Carlton, an associate professor at the Colorado School of Public Health. “So it’s no joke.” Coronavirus data watchers see signs of a possible upswing in COVID-19 cases in the coming months and are working to minimize the impact of upswing on Colorado’s health care system by imploring residents to stay up to date on vaccinations and to take prudent measures to protect others if they become ill. Reported COVID-19 cases plateaued in the past several weeks. There are less than 900 cases across the state, down from surges in excess of 3,000 cases in June and more than 20,000 in January. Colorado is also far from the bed crises hospitals weathered during some of the worst months of the pandemic. In late October, roughly 3% of hospital beds were in use by coronavirus patients, according to Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment data. But the numbers don’t tell the whole story, Carlton said. “Reported cases are the tip of the iceberg,” Carlton said. The percent of tests coming back positive has jumped up from around 5% in early October to about 9%. And wastewater data from the Denver area also indicates the virus is more prevalent. Carlton doesn’t know for sure what’s causing it, but after two years, pandemic restrictions have loosened everywhere. The way people “mix” with each other is different. “Not just school, but all the ways people gather is probably closer to pre-pandemic levels than it has been before,” Carlton added. Spikes have been tracked in the fall and it is unclear exactly why,
Visit arapahoegov.com/calendar Coronavirus data watchers see signs of a possible upswing in COVID-19 cases in the SHUTTERSTOCK IMAGE coming months.
she said. It could be that the colder weather leads people to gather more indoors. Or it could be due to changes in humans’ immune system at this time of year. With flu cases typically rising around the same time of year, health officials are doubling down on their messaging about vaccines and haven’t ruled out that a more severe version of coronavirus can appear, as strains have in the past. New shots can protect self, vulnerable Coloradans Coronavirus vaccines don’t always stop the illness, but they may prevent a serious case that requires hospitalization. Vaccines also help protect people who cannot take the vaccine, like those who have imparied immune systems. Health officials recommend a mindset that minimizes risks for exposure to oneself and others. “People who are at higher risk of severe outcomes from COVID-19 or who interact with people at higher risk should consider their individual risk, which may include taking additional precautions such as masking and avoiding crowded public spaces,” said a statement from the Colorado State Joint Information Center. People at high risk of becoming seriously ill from COVID include those older than 65, people who are medically obese or overweight, people with other medical issues. For those who are infected, Paxlovid, an oral antiviral pill that targets COVID-19, is available. Another form of treatment is “monoclonal antibodies,” which are given as infusions, either through an IV or through injections, like with a vaccine. They help a person’s immune system recognize and respond to the virus.
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November is National Adoption Month
Arapahoe County would like to send a big thank you to all the families who have opened up their hearts and homes to adoption. You can thank them too! Offer a kind word of support, a simple note to say thank you, a small gesture to show how much you appreciate the adoptive families in your community.
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SITES AND INFORMATION Coloradans can get the updated vaccine booster shot at major state vaccine sites. Locations also offer an initial vaccine dose for anyone aged 6 months and older. Go to https://covid19.colorado.gov/testing or call 1-877-COVAX CO (1-877-268-2926). Select sites in the Denver area. • Ball Arena: 1000 Chopper Circle, in the downtown Denver area off Auraria Parkway and 9th Street. Open seven days a week; hours vary • Dick’s Sporting Goods Park: 6000 Victory Way in Commerce City, off Quebec Street and 60th Avenue. Open 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday; noon-7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday • Southwest Weld County Services Complex: 4209 County Road 24 1/2 in the Longmont area, north of Interstate 25 and state Highway 119. Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday, Thursday, Friday; noon-7 p.m. Tuesday; 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday • Water World: 8801 N. Pecos St. in Federal Heights off 88th Avenue. Open 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Saturday • Summit County Public Health: 360 Peak One Drive in Frisco area off state Highway 9 Open 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday A resource for uninsured Coloradans seeking treatment is the federal Test to Treat program. For info call 303-389-1687.
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Voting experts note state’s ‘Gold Standard’ Colorado’s elections system praised for its accuracy BY VIGNESH RAMACHANDRAN COLORADO NEWS COLLABORATIVE
For 102 years, the League Of Women Voters has helped Americans understand how they can cast their vote in elections. The nonpartisan organization has never endorsed a political party or candidate, providing a valuable resource for voters of all political persuasions. The Colorado News Collaborative is speaking with nonpartisan experts to help voters understand more about the integrity of the vote as unfounded claims of voter fraud continue to run rampant ahead of November’s midterm election. Beth Hendrix is executive director of the League of Women Voters of Colorado, which educates voters about the security and efficacy of Colorado’s election system. The group recently published a whitepaper breaking down the components of the state’s voting system to explain why it often is regarded as leading the nation. It also produced a nonpartisan guide to the 11 state issues on Colorado’s ballot this year in English and Spanish. This Q&A has been edited for clarity and length. SHUTTERSTOCK IMAGE
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Why? Aren’t there aspects to Colorado’s election system that need improvements? Here in Colorado, we’re doing pretty well. That said, we have people in our legislature that want to get rid of mail-in ballots and want to go back to voting only on Election Day because they feel that’s the only way it can be secure. I disagree. The League disagrees. Other states are purging voter rolls, making it more difficult to vote, and that’s not happening in Colorado, yet. We’re going to do everything we can to not allow it to happen. We’re not resting on our laurels [in Colorado], but we’re good. We have a safe and secure and innovative system that’s ahead of any place else in the nation.
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Some have said Colorado’s election system is better than those in all other states. Is that true? Absolutely. We say [it’s the] gold standard. There are a few states that are close behind — Washington, Oregon. It’s always the Western states.
son. There are always at least two and usually a group of bipartisan people. The number of safeguards is pretty extraordinary. The complaint I hear most is that voter registration rolls aren’t up to date and that dead people still get ballots and things like that. I’m sure that does happen. But overall, Colorado keeps its voter registration rolls pretty well up-to-date — partnering with the Postal Service for change of address, social security death index, the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) to make sure people aren’t voting in other states. Then there’s the ballot tracing. You can sign up very easily for ballot tracing. And you get a text when your ballot is opened, when it’s counted. So the process is very transparent, while maintaining security. What are common misconceptions about Colorado’s election security? The process is sometimes seen as more partisan than it is — that political parties have a say in the counting. And while the political parties have election judges there, it is bi-, tri- multi-partisan. People [also] think that the process of counting ballots is up to just a small handful of people, it’s very secretive and nobody knows what’s going on. It’s just not true. People don’t understand how easy it is to get involved in poll watching, if they so choose. A lot of people think that it’s a secretive, closed, non-transparent process, and that is not the case. So, in addition to poll-watching, how can someone who is skeptical of the process better understand it? Call your county clerk and ask for a tour, but it’s kind of a bad time of year to make that request. They’re getting threatened and harassed like never before. We just had to pass a law to protect election workers.
How hard would it be to defraud the vote in Colorado? I think it would be pretty darn hard [to defraud the vote in Colorado]. I suppose that someone could take their spouse’s ballot and forge a signature, and then hope their spouse didn’t complain. But I don’t think it happens.
Are there other concerns you have about our democracy in Colorado? People not being able to recognize opinion versus fact — looking at Tucker Carlson and Rachel Maddow as newscasters as opposed to opinion-casters. We’ve been trying to also put out information about news literacy. The League has used our volunteers as government watchdogs and observers since our founding 102 years ago. We’re now expanding that to allow those trained observers to bolster local news, where there are news deserts. If there’s just one little newspaper with one reporter down in Cortez, and they can’t get to the city council meetings and the county commission meetings and the meeting of the water board … our observers are going to do that and report out about what happened at that meeting, if sunshine laws are being followed, if behavioral norms are being followed, things like that.
How can we trust that every vote gets counted in Colorado? Counties have a small bit of variation, autonomy in how they do it. But generally speaking, a ballot is never alone with only one per-
This story is brought to you by COLab, the Colorado News Collaborative, a nonprofit coalition of more than 170 newsrooms across Colorado working together to better serve the public. Learn more at https://colabnews.co
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LITTLETON PUBLIC SCHOOLS EXTENDS A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY'S VETERANS! Your service and sacrifice enable the freedoms we enjoy in the community we love, and we are grateful! LPS schools celebrate veterans in a number of ways; check your neighborhood school for details! www.LittletonPublicSchools.net
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‘Our outcomes show that patients, their symptoms really do decrease and we really increase their quality of life.’
type of cognitive behavioral therapy. It involves confronting things that trigger a client’s obsessions and making the choice to not perform a compulsive behavior, according to the International OCD Foundation. In addition to the therapy treatments, the clinic has an advanced practice nurse practitioner, Ghea Mae Degillo, whom clients visit at least twice a week. “Primarily, I’m in charge of medication management and treatment planning,” Degillo said. “I like that Rogers is able to incorporate both the psychotherapy and psychopharmacology, so that we’re (where) medication and therapy kind of meet.” Degillo said the clinic offers evidence-based treatment that is individualized to client needs. Clients also do a weekly assessment score in order to keep track of progress and assess if changes are needed, she said. Continues to expand Rogers Behavioral Health was founded in 1907 in Wisconsin, according to its website, and it now has locations in 10 states. The decision to open a location in Colorado was due to a generous donation made by a local family who wished to remain anonymous, said Bradley Riemann, president of philanthropy, research and clinical care for Rogers Behavioral Health.
Julia Carbonella, Clinical director Julia Carbonella, the clinical director of the new Rogers Behavioral Health location, speaking durPHOTO BY TAYLER SHAW ing the Nov. 3 open house.
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come into a community like this,” Riemann said. While the Colorado clinic is currently focused on offering the partial hospitalization level of care, it plans to offer an “intensive outpatient care” model which consists of clients visiting about three hours a day, five days a week, Famarin said. Carbonella described the clinic as offering a mid-level range of care that can help serve people who may not need a residential or inpatient level of care, but who need more specialized treatment than weekly outpatient individual therapy. “Most of our primary therapists maintain a minimal caseload of four, so there’s lots of eyes and we have a multidisciplinary team that is able to pay a lot of individualized attention to every patient,” Carbonella said. The clinic can accommodate up to 32 clients at a time, Famarin said. The clinic currently has five clients since its opening in late October. Anna Korbel is a family therapist at the clinic who works on the child and adolescent unit, often meeting one-on-one with clients, with families and occasionally running group sessions. She said the partial hospitalization programs can last up to eight weeks, though the time may vary depending on the child. “Most of our kids will step out of school to do this program,” Korbel said, since it occurs from the morning to afternoon. Famarin said the clinic has a school education liaison who calls the student’s school and gets work sent over. The child has one hour every day to complete the work, which is then sent back to the
school for grading. “When they’re returning back to school, we have a back-to-school meeting with the school staff, and then we talk to them about how we can get the kid back to school to where they’re not overwhelmed with so much work,” Famarin said. For working adults, Famarin said they typically take a leave of absence from work through the Family and Medical Leave Act. “And then we help them decide what they’re going to tell people when they go back,” Famarin said, explaining it’s up to the clients how much they want to share with others. Getting treatment To get a free, confidential screening, residents can call (888) 927-2203. The phone screening will take up to an hour, Famarin said. “And once they do that, it gets sent to our doctor who determines what level of care is best, which program is best,” Famarin said. “Then, we call them back (and) let them know when they can start.” Therapy is for everyone, Korbel said, whether or not a person has a mental health diagnosis. She noted there have been some patients at Rogers who had OCD and didn’t even realize it. “Our outcomes show that patients, their symptoms really do decrease and we really increase their quality of life,” Carbonella said. “That’s our ultimate goal to bring to the Denver community and to really provide this life-changing treatment close to home.” Those interested in learning more about Rogers Behavioral Health can visit rogersbh.org/ locations/denver-co.
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Project will widen U.S. 85, improve transportation BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
In the largest construction contract in Douglas County’s history, a new project is underway on a section of U.S. 85, also known as Santa Fe Drive, from Highlands Ranch Parkway to C-470. Construction began on Oct. 3. The project, which is predicted to take three years to complete, will widen the highway from four to six lanes at this segment. In addition, the project includes intersection enhancements, multimodal improvements and business access changes, according to the project’s webpage. The roadway “historically has always been a pretty important highway,” said Douglas County Public Works Director Janet Herman. “And what we’ve realized over the last five, six years is that with the increase in development and employment growth in that area, 85 needs to be widened.” The project will cost a total of $108 million, with significant funding from several partners including the Denver Regional Council of Governments, local developers and the Colorado
State and county officials recently celebrated the official start of the U.S. Highway 85 widening project.
Department of Transportation. The contractor for the project is Kraemer North America. Douglas County’s financial contribution to the project comes from the Transportation Infrastructure Fund and the Road Sales and Use Tax Fund, both of which exist because of voter-approved sales tax initiatives, according to the county. The Colorado Department of Transportation is also providing construction management support for the project. According to a state-
ment from the department, the US 85 project is an example of its strong partnership with Douglas County to improve transportation. In addition to the widening, the section of the highway will be completely reconstructed with new asphalt, Herman said. Several intersections will be changed to partial continuous flow intersections, a design that helps improve efficiency and increase capacity, according to the county’s website. Herman also said several business
access points will be adjusted to only allow right turns in and out to improve safety. To enhance multimodal transportation, a 10-foot multi-use trail will be added to the east side of the highway and two underpasses for pedestrians and bikes will be added for the C-470 Trail and the High Line Canal Trail, Herman said. According to the website, the project will also include other improvements such as bus stop enhancements, raised medians, a new closed storm sewer system
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and the replacement and widening of the bridge that carries U.S. 85 over C-470. “With the project, our goal was to basically provide a safe and reliable multimodal transportation network,” Herman said. Over the course of the project, travelers can expect lane closures and some full closures of parts of the highway, Herman said. The county is advising alternate routes and recommends that travelers sign up for email updates regarding trail, ramp and lane closures.
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6 takeaways from Polis’ latest budget proposal 2023-24 budget unveiled THE COLORADO SUN
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis unveiled his fiscal year 2023-24 budget proposal on Nov. 2 as constitutionally required, warning that the legislature will have little money available for new spending when it reconvenes in January and that the state needs to beef up its reserves given the strong possibility of a national economic downturn. “There’s very little room in this budget for new programs,” Polis told reporters during a news conference at the governor’s mansion in downtown Denver. “We need to maintain strong reserves, more than ever before, in the face of global economic uncertainty. Otherwise, the legislature will be in a position to make major slashes to the budget should a recession occur.” The proposal — which focused on public safety and affordable housing but doesn’t continue all of the government fee relief adopted by lawmakers this year — comes a week before the Democrat hopes to win reelection to another four-year term. Polling indicates he’s headed toward victory. The $40 billion-plus budget plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, will be presented to the legislature in the coming weeks,
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they secure a majority in the Senate — the likelihood of state lawmakers going along with Polis’ proposal will be greatly diminished. Here are six big takeaways from Polis’ plan: A $2.2 billion rainy day fund The governor’s proposal calls for setting aside 15% of the state’s budget, or $2.17 billion, as a reserve that can be used as a rainy day fund. “We don’t recommend record reserves for fun,” Polis said. “We recommend record reserves because of great global (economic) uncertainty. There’s a risk of greater uncertainty and we need to prepare for that. Not always a fun thing to do, but it’s a fiscally prudent and a sound thing to do.” The legislature’s Joint Budget Committee, a bipartisan panel that drafts the state budget, was told in September by nonpartisan legislative staff and the governor’s office that the risk of a recession is high. The JBC was also informed that it’s facing an inflationary budget crunch and that it may have less than $100 million to allocate to new programs next year not because of limited cash flow but because of the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights cap on government growth and spending. TABOR, the 1992 constitutional amendment passed by Colorado voters, limits increases in government growth and spending each year to the rates of inflation and population growth. But the inflation rate used to determine the cap comes from the previous calendar year, or six months before the start of each fiscal year. The TABOR cap for the 2022-23 fiscal year, which began July 1, was set using a 3.5% inflation rate when the inflation rate in the 2021
calendar year in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood area is more like 8%. While the 2023-24 fiscal year TABOR cap will reflect that higher rate, it only builds off the TABOR cap set using the 3.5% rate. Given high inflation rates, some JBC members have complained that the TABOR cap is lagging and thus constraining the budget, a problem that compounds over time as inflation keeps rising. There is interest among lawmakers in decoupling inflation from the TABOR cap formula, but Polis said Tuesday he wasn’t aware of such a push and thus couldn’t comment on it. “I would really recommend that if legislators have ideas for new programs, they offset them by eliminating or reducing (existing) programs,” Polis said Tuesday. “If legislators from both sides of the aisle have ideas we can work with them to find potential offsets if they can show that their ideas will drive success more for the state of Colorado.” The legislature this year spent $45 million to delay implementation of a new, 2-cent-per-gallon fee on gasoline purchases enacted through a measure championed by Polis and Democrats at the Capitol in 2021. The bill raised more than $5 billion over 11 years for transportation projects. The governor and Democrats used the $45 million to pause the fee until April. Polis’ budget proposal unveiled Tuesday didn’t include money to keep it going beyond then. (The fee is set to go up to 3 cents per gallon in July.) Polis said Tuesday that he’s “very open” to extending the gas fee delay. “I think what we, as well as the legislature, will want to see is where are gas prices,” he said. “We’re very open to any and all the relief that the legislature is willing to consider. And we have some time before the legislative session to look into that.” Colorado businesses are required to begin charging a 10-cent fee on plastic and paper bags starting in January. The governor’s proposal didn’t include any relief for that new charge. Polis’ plan does call for setting aside $8 million to continue making it nearly free for people to start businesses in Colorado, as well as to reduce background check fees for people becoming licensed child care providers or trying to expand a child care business.
More K-12 dollars, but college tuition would go up The governor’s budget proposal calls for a $705 million increase in K-12 education funding, which would represent a 3% reduction in the budget-stabilization factor, the Great Recession-era deficit owed to Colorado schools. The spending would represent an increase in the state’s average per-pupil funding by $861. “We need future (tax revenue) forecasts and to see what the SEE POLIS, P9
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money is,” he said, “but we would be hopeful that with this budget we would be able to do an additional buy down (of the deficit) the following fiscal year.” When it comes to higher education, Polis is recommending the legislature spend $86 million. That would lead to a tuition increase at state-run institutions of about 4%. The governor also wants the legislature to spend $6 million to extend an initiative offering children free sessions with a mental health care provider, known as the “I Matter” program. State employees The governor’s budget proposal calls for a 5% raise for all state employees, with targeted base pay increases for workers at agencies that are struggling to recruit workers. “Department of Corrections, our 24/7 facilities, State Patrol, we have significant increases in the 10% to 15% range,” the governor said. The budget specifically calls for $7.3 million to boost state trooper
pay. Affordable housing and public safety The governor wants the legislature to spend $42.1 on public safety, specifically aimed at combating car theft and recruiting and retaining officers. The proposal calls for spending $12.6 million over two years to boost car theft-prevention technology and support task forces and prosecutors in areas of the state where car theft has been particularly bad. More than $5 million would go under the governor’s plan to bolster the state’s investigative capacity, including through the creation of two new Colorado Bureau of Investigations units that would have an emphasis on fentanyl investigations and for an expansion of the state’s toxicology lab. The governor also wants to spend $38.3 million on wildfire prevention and response, including $13.8 million on bolstering seasonal aerial resources and to purchase a second firefighting helicopter for the state, as well as $3.2 million to boost the state’s fire investigations capability. Polis wants the legislature to spend $15 million on public-private affordable housing projects, including a plan to build 80 afford-
able housing units on state-owned land near Vail. TABOR refunds In this Nov. 3, 2015, file photo, the gold-covered dome on the state Capitol shines in the late afternoon sun in downtown Denver. (David Zalubowski, AP Photo, File) It’s possible that the legislature will have a lot of money in excess of the TABOR cap to refund to taxpayers again this year. That’s where the money came from for those $750 or $1,500 checks you received in the mail in recent weeks. Legislative Council Staff expects revenue above the TABOR cap to be $3.63 billion in the current 2022-23 fiscal year, while the governor’s Office of State Planning and Budgeting expects the cap to be exceeded by $1.9 billion in the current fiscal year. The governor’s budget proposal Tuesday did not include plans for how to refund that money. If the legislature doesn’t act, the money would first be refunded by reimbursing local governments for property tax exemptions for seniors and disabled veterans. Then, if there’s still TABOR surplus, the state income tax rate would be temporarily slashed. Finally, if there’s still money to
be refunded, it would be distributed through checks to taxpayers based on six income tiers, with higher earners getting a larger refund and lower earners getting a smaller refund. The legislature and Polis last year changed the final refund mechanism to make the checks flat — $750 for single filers and $1,500 for joint filers. Polis didn’t commit to trying to pass that change again should there be enough TABOR surplus this fiscal year or next for checks to be sent out. “My priority would be to reduce the income tax rate,” he said Nov. 2. The governor now has to present his budget to the JBC on Nov. 15. Amendments to his proposal are due to the committee Jan. 2. The next economic and tax revenue forecasts will be presented to the JBC by the governor’s office and nonpartisan staff Dec. 20. This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.
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Mural will honor Chinese history, heritage in downtown Denver BY KYLE COOKE AND JULIO SANDOVAL ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS
When she was a child, Nalye Lor’s parents pleaded with her not to draw on the walls. “But here I am about to paint on a wall, so they’re super excited to see that,” said the Hmong American artist who was born and raised in Colorado. On Oct. 31, Colorado Asian Pacific United (CAPU) announced it had selected Lor to paint a mural on the side of Denver Fire Station 4, located at 1890 Lawrence St. in downtown Denver. The mural will honor and celebrate the Chinese immigrant community in Colorado. CAPU made the announcement on Oct. 31 for a reason — it marked 142 years since the anti-Chinese race riot of 1880 in which a white mob killed a Chinese man, Look Young, and ruined the city’s Chinatown. For a long time, the only acknowledgement of the race riot in Denver was a plaque located on the outside of a building at the intersection of 20th and Blake. But the plaque was inaccurate and offensive — it called the attack a “Chinese Riot,” didn’t name the victims and praised the heroism of white people — and
historians and community members criticized it for years. It was finally removed earlier this year. After the plaque was removed, CAPU announced its intention to add new historical markers, as well as murals, throughout LoDo that will more accurately describe the history and contributions of Chinese immigrants to Denver. “While present-day Denver may not have an official Chinatown,” CAPU said in a statement, “it’s home to generations of Chinese families and entrepreneurs that contributed to tremendous growth and diversity.” Lor’s mural will be an homage to the past and a celebration of the future. The vibrant artwork will depict an “endless noodle” that traces the history of Chinese immigrants in America. It starts with railroad workers and ends in the modern day. “As an Asian American, as a Hmong American, there’s a lot of history that goes unwritten or goes invisible and it just gets walked over, passed by, and it’s really important to bring that to light to show what we have built upon — to show why there are people here today and where they came from,”
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Lor said. The noodle is a long-life noodle, or longevity noodle, that many people from China eat with the hopes of having a long life, Lor explained. The mural also has silhouettes representative of people from the past — railroad workers and laundry workers — as well as people from the present. “They are showing life before, life now, and what life can be in the future as we
move into 2023,” Lor said. Lor will start on the mural this month, pending permit approval from the city and hopes to finish it in less than a month. She also hopes that the public passing by the mural will take time to reflect on what it means. “I hope they really take a minute to think about history and can see what they can learn from it but also what they can change to really make a difference today based on what’s happened
in the past, and learn about different cultures and learn about different stories that are part of us and part of Denver as it is today,” Lor said. This story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonprofit public broadcaster providing community stories across Colorado over the air and online. Used by permission. For more, and to support Rocky Mountain PBS, visit rmpbs.org.
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As the associate pastor of a church in Englewood and a chaplain at UCHealth, Ben Mann — who is non-binary — is working to make religion more accepting to the COURTESY OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS LGBTQ+ community.
A non-binary pastor and hospital chaplain hopes to open minds BY ALISON BERG, JEREMY MOORE ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS
Ben Mann doesn’t fit the typical mold of a Protestant pastor. Mann, who is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns, wears highheeled shoes and makeup. Their altar sits beneath a transgender Pride flag and they’re surrounded by rainbows. For many, being both non-binary and a pastor could conflict. But for Mann, the two identities complete each other. “As queer people, I think we have a unique view of the world and the ability to question and wonder and hold strength within ourselves when we offer that power to one another,” Mann said. “I think that makes us an interesting element to society.” Mann is the associate pastor at Mayflower Congregational Church in Englewood and a chaplain at UCHealth on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Their role at the church is typical for a pastor — deliver sermons from the Bible with context for modern life. At the hospital, Mann works with patients of various faiths to bring comfort to them during what are often traumatic circumstances. “People come to the hospital and are instantly vulnerable,” Mann said. “We strip them down, we tell them where to lay and what to do. We instantly start poking and prodding them and that can be a really inhumane experience.” “I find, as a chaplain, I get to inject a lot of humanity into a person and a family’s experience,” Mann added. Mann grew up in a conservative, religious household in Oklahoma. Though they often struggled to see their place as a queer person in the Christian church, Mann never lost their faith. Lessons from Jesus Christ’s teachings are still a core part of their belief system, but Mann no longer identifies with the word “Christian,” as they do not like the rise of alt-right Christianity in recent years and the way the religion has been weaponized. “I find the term ‘Christian,’ to be highly problematic, only because of the brand in my country that it’s taken on,” Mann explained. “I think it’s almost an understatement to say
that we see the repercussions of an Evangelical Christianity that are so pervasive, and I think that speaks to the underlying tensions where we see Christianity being used as a weapon to hurt people.” In its purest form, Mann believes Christianity can serve the most marginalized people and bring communities together, but the faith has lost sight of its roots, they said. “The loudest voices get to claim what they believe that term to mean,” Mann said of the word ‘Christian.’ “I think there’s a correction of the narrative. Being smart and savvy with our narrative, breaking out of traditions that no longer serve people.” Little data exists on how many LGBTQ+ community members are represented in the clergy, but a Pew Research Center study from 2014 found more churches are accepting LGBTQ+ people and moving away from teachings about homosexuality being a sin that were once a staple of many Christian sects. As progressive churches continue to put themselves on the map, Mann hopes LGBTQ+ people who were once harmed by Christianity can find a place for the good parts of religion in their hearts. “There’s a deep hunger in our culture to understand spirit and to understand self,” Mann said. “There are answers, there are opportunities to grow, and I hope the trauma from their past won’t prevent them from growing.” Mann also believes LGBTQ+ people have a unique outlook of the world due to the difficulties they often face. “I think queer people have a wonderful opportunity to be leaders in so many different facets of culture, including inside and outside of faith communities and other places,” Mann said. “I think we have a unique view of the world and the ability to question and wonder and hold strength within ourselves when we offer that power to one another.” This story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonprofit public broadcaster providing community stories across Colorado over the air and online. Used by permission. For more, and to support Rocky Mountain PBS, visit rmpbs.org.
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in a family ER, serving mostly military families.
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school. As part of the program, he joined the U.S. Army to pay for schooling. “I loved doing military-like things as a kid, you know, making forts and going on expeditions out in the woods,” he said. “So, it seemed like a perfect opportunity to save a lot of money and do something I would enjoy.” Coming from a non-military family, Sutherland said his family didn’t know what to expect. “I think they were a little concerned about preconceived notions of the military and such, but they were supportive and happy for me,” he said. He officially joined the U.S. Army in 1999 and was brought in as a reservist. While he was doing the traditional medical school training at the University of Pittsburgh, he also had military training and courses. “When I first went to officer basic, which was in 1999, I met people that were just like me,” he said. “People I’m still friends with today. They’re some of the best people and best friends that I’ve had.” Sutherland liked the action of the emergency room, he said, as well as being able to help people who were in distress. Once he finished medical school, he started residency near Seattle in 2002 and went on to active duty. Sutherland remained there until 2005. He was stationed at Fort Carson in Colorado where he worked
Deployment to Iraq After working at Fort Carson for just over a year, Sutherland was deployed to Iraq for 16 months in 2007. “I knew that we would be deployed. It was in the middle of the second Iraq War, and so it wasn’t a question of if, it was a question of when and where and how long,” Sutherland said. Sutherland said he was scared, fearing he wouldn’t be able to do the job he needed to. “I didn’t even really know what I needed to do, honestly,” he said. “But I quickly realized that my training was sufficient and that I knew what to do, and that the people around me were in the same boat. We were all learning together and functioning as a single unit.” One of the hardest parts was leaving his son, who was two months old at the time. “That was probably the worst part, missing the family,” he said. “Otherwise, it’s almost easier. Life’s almost easier being deployed, because there’s only — you only have to worry about yourself and your job and your unit.” Sutherland said there wasn’t much to do except work, workout, eat, sleep and spend time with others. He thinks it can be harder for families, as they’re left with one less person and with worries. “They’re worried about you there, getting killed or injured or not being able to communicate directly,” he said. “We might be in more direct danger, but it doesn’t
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feel that way necessarily. Well, at least it didn’t for me as a doctor.” Sutherland, an Army Major, spent the vast majority of the time at the 31st Combat Support Hospital stationed in Baghdad at a base called Camp Cropper, serving as an ER director. Sutherland and another military doctor had to go to an Iraqi hospital to do lectures for the Iraqi doctors on how to treat injuries commonly seen in the military setting, he said. The experience was eye-opening, Sutherland said. It made him look at the local depth of what the military was doing and imagine what it would be like if that combat was happening in a community in the U.S. “I don’t think most people can imagine what it would be like to have to worry about their children being blown up in the real, actual real-world setting. And then having the invaders come and teaching your doctors how to deal with it,” he said. “It was a strange experience.” Sutherland said his time in Iraq had different compartments to it. “It was great times when I just got to hang out with friends, and there was other times when I got to see really horrible things and really felt guilty being there to some degree, but also glad that I had the opportunity to be part of it to help,” he said. Through his experience, he said he realized how hard it is to make such a huge organization operate, as well as “how much sacrifice that all these people that are volunteers go through and have to deal with in order to defend the country.” “Overall, I think it just gave me a better perspective on the opportunities and the lifestyle that we have in this country,” he said. “It really helped me get in better physical shape and better — just became a better, independent, confident doctor, and hopefully a better person.” Continuing to serve others When Sutherland finished his active duty time and returned home in 2008, he said it felt a little weird, especially seeing how much his son had grown over 16 months. “It was hard, a little, to transition back to all these things that
we worry about from day-to-day — bills, job, money, school,” he said. “A lot of these things that we worry about on a day-to-day basis are not that important.” Sutherland took a few months off before returning to his work as an emergency room doctor, working at a civilian ER at Parkview Medical Center in Pueblo. He said he didn’t have a lot of problems processing what he saw during his time in the military because a lot of ER training is, itself, traumatic. “Being in that environment, it wasn’t a significant change. And luckily, I didn’t have any friends that were killed or see people that I knew that were killed,” he said. For veterans who have gone through that experience, Sutherland said he thinks it’s very hard for them to relate to others when they get back. “There’s (an) extreme amount of guilt involved in people who live,” he said. Sutherland believes if all citizens were required to do time in the military, they would better understand and it would make the country stronger, he said. “Throughout my experience, as a civilian, people that I met that were ex-military as well are still, I believe, some of the most reliable and efficient doctors,” he said, explaining his military experience gave him more confidence and competence as a doctor. In May, after working in Pueblo for 14 years, Sutherland came to work in the ER at Centennial Hospital. In light of Veterans Day, Sutherland said, “What I would like is for people to take a moment and try to envision themselves in the situations that the military is put into, different soldiers, and imagine what that would be like for them.” “Try to reach out to organizations that help veterans and understand that a lot of these people really sacrificed not just their lives, but sometimes the ones that are still alive are the ones that are in much worse shape,” he said. Sutherland said he sometimes thinks “thank you” to those who served and died before him. “This is a country that’s based on freedom and democracy,” he said. “We’re all part of the same team.”
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November 10, 2022
Coloradan organizing Christmas ornament drive for Marshall Fire victims BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Two years ago, Carolyn Nicolaysen rallied friends and family members to collect and donate homemade Christmas ornaments to families impacted by wildfires in Oregon, where her daughter lives. Since then, Nicolaysen founded the Facebook group Operation Christmas Ornaments From Near and Far, and this year is collecting ornaments from folks across the country to donate to victims of the Marshall Fire. The group accepts handmade ornaments from across the country and beyond — they received one donation from Japan this year — and organizes them into dozen-each sets before working with local organizations to distribute the ornaments to affected families. Carol Burton, a Colorado resident, is heading up the local charge to get ornaments to Marshall Fire victims this year,
and said that she and Nicolaysen found that the sentimental value of Christmas ornaments makes losing them in a natural disaster especially painful. “From with talking to people, one of the things people really missed after a disaster were their Christmas ornaments and all of the memories tied up in those,” Burton said. The group – which now contains over 700 members — had a goal to collect 6,000 ornaments for 500 families impacted by the Marshall Fire. On Oct. 27, Nicolaysen posted to say that reached their goal for the year, but are still accepting donations of ornaments for Marshall Fire victims and victims of other tragedies, including the tornadoes that damaged parts of Kentucky last year. Folks interested in donating or receiving ornaments can join the group by searching “Operation Christmas Ornaments from Near and Far” on Facebook.
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ach year we celebrate Veterans Day on Nov. 11, but the appreciation we should be showing service men and women goes so far beyond one day. These men and women did not just serve our country in a military compacity. Many of these men and women also work hard to make communities nationwide FROM THE better. These men and women can often be EDITOR found participating in volunteer opportunities and clubs to donate time and skills and to raise funds for a variety of community improvements such as scholarships and betterment. Every year, as I meet more veterans in my personal and professional life, I am always proud of the dedication these men and women show to the towns they and the country they love. Thelma Grimes live Veterans are some of the country’s most dedicated citizens. They carry a heavy burden, especially those who have been in war, and they oftentimes still want to help others. One of the veterans I often pay tribute to this time of year is my own dad. I have written in this space before that while I am in my 40s and he is in his 70s, it is only recently that I have gotten to know and understand him a lot better. He served in Vietnam, serving aboard a helicopter with the sole purpose of landing and picking up wounded American soldiers. Serving as a gunner on that aircraft could not have been easy. The things he must have seen. One can only imagine. It was only last year that he told me that is what he did in the war. In a more recent conversation, I asked him what it was like coming home. He talked about the anger of a nation toward a controversial war and the soldiers who had fought in it. He talked about the stress of not always being supported for one of the toughest things he would ever do in his life. When I asked how he dealt with it emotionally, he looked me straight in the eyes and said, “You didn’t. You just learned to bury it inside and move on with life.” The sadness I felt in the moment was strong — knowing that when my dad was a young adult, he saw things no one should have to see, and then was told by society to bury it and forget about it. I respect that my dad buried it. He and my mom raised me and my brothers. He worked hard. My work ethic definitely comes from him. But what might have happened if he talked about the experience, got it out in the open and dealt with it? Would he have been different as we grew up? Did we take something from him and other soldiers by not helping them focus and address it? As a journalist, I have sat down with many veterans and active military over the years. I have interviewed a general, young soldiers and older. I am always honored when they are willing to open up to me about what they gained and lost in service. During the Iraq War, I will never forget a young soldier in his 20s telling me that he lost more friends in his young adult life than he had fingers. I told his story and to this day think about the strength it took for him to sit and talk to me that hour that day. Our veterans are honored members of our community and I hope we can thank them more than just one day a year. Thelma Grimes is the south metro editor for Colorado Community Media.
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here is no doubt that almost universally we have all heard the statement, “Our actions speak louder than our words.” It’s almost as if it is a given, a truth that cannot be debated. The supporting statementis , “What we do speaks so loudly that others can’t hear what we are saying.” Again, for the past many centuries, it would be hard to dispute this as something other than fact. If we were to take a contrarian view in the world we live in today, I would suggest that maybe the enormity of words has finally usurped the actions of the people. What do I mean by this? In today’s world it is so much easier to hide behind our words when we can simply post, tweet, text or email, and although we may be challenged or trolled, we are not really held accountable. We can go on the attack, and then we can pretty much hide. Standing up for our beliefs is an action, but it doesn’t have to be a violent or argumentative act. Instead, sometimes we find ourselves getting into a verbal arm-wrestling match through back-andforth rhetoric that only fans the flame of discord. Even with all the information shared with families, through the news and through social media, we still have more verbal bullying taking place, written and spoken, that unfortunately can lead to tragic consequences. What if we truly got back to where our actions really did our speaking? What if more of us stood up to the bullies where
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To love my children What does that really mean?
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had that dream again. I was shopping for my son in a children’s clothing store. As I looked through the different racks, thinking about which items he would want or need, I suddenly realized there was no point, because my son was dead. Each time I found something in his size that I thought he’d like and went to pull it off the rack, I stopped myself because it was only then that I remembered that my son died (he was dead in the dream, not in real life). Then I’d somehow forget he died and keep shopping. But every time I pulled a piece of clothing from the rack, I’d have that sudden shock of remembrance happen over and over again. After going through this cycle five or so times, I eventually resigned myself to a seat by the changing rooms in the back of the store and sobbed uncontrollably. Then I woke up. It was the middle of the night. I knew my son was alive and well, but I still felt the intense emotion of losing him. I would never get back to sleep while being so emotional so I decided to do what I would wish I could do if he died - I crept into his room, climbed into his bed and snuggled next to him while gently laying my hand on his back. It felt so good to hear his strong breath and feel his warmth. The reassurance that he was alive and with me was finally what lulled me to sleep. This dream had a profound impact
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Those words we hide behind that deface public property? Or is it our action or inaction to do what is right, even in the face of conflict and adversity? Look, I have family and friends who are on all sides of the spectrum around these problems. Some are on very extreme sides and others are centrists. And for me, I may even be accused of having my words speaking louder than my actions as I write this column each week. Yet, my action is actually writing this column with the intent of urging us all to find common ground and a middle that makes us better together. There will be no victory where one side completely convinces the other side that their way is right, this will never happen. However, we can get closer and simply agree to disagree more often. What can
on me because I’ve been mulling a question over in my mind for a few days now. What does it really mean to love your child? Countless times I’ve heard, “just love them” from media, on the playground and from friends and Stacey Carruth family. But I am so wary of this phrase when there’s so much harm and abuse done in the name of “love.” As parents, we spank our children in the name of “love.” We shame their food choices in the name of “love.” We shame them for being gay out of “love.” We argue and show immense disappointment when they leave the faith, we taught them out of “love.” We criticize their every move out of “love.” We pressure them to get good grades, practice their sport or instrument out of “love.” But we also protect them from unhealthy friends… or don’t, out of “love.” We monitor their media use… or don’t, out of “love.” We make them go to school… or don’t, out of “love.” We keep them from drugs and alcohol... or teach them how to use them, out of “love.” We get them vaccinated… or don’t, out of “love.” What tactics are reasonable to
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happen is that our actions of love, kindness, justice, mercy, gentleness, generosity, understanding, cooperation, unity and togetherness prove that we are still the United States of America, and that we stand better together than we do when we stand apart. How about you? Are your words or actions speaking louder these days? Knowing that this column will absolutely rub some the wrong way, at least initially, my hope is that my intended actions and my words lead us all to a better place. I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when our actions and words speak so loudly that they call us all together, it really will be a better than good life. Michael Norton is an author, a personal and professional coach, consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator of individuals and businesses, working with organizations and associations across multiple industries.
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encourage them to make choices I see as healthy? What is reasonable to prevent them from making choices I see as dangerous? And which ones are borderline abusive? And does loving my kids mean I am at their beck and call, even when I don’t want to be? Using the L-word doesn’t teach me what to do. From my own experience, my response to any questioning of my parenting techniques has always been because I “love” them. But as I self-reflect, that’s not exactly true. When I yell, it’s because I have no more patience for their behavior. I don’t care about best practices to get them to stop, I just want them to stop. That’s not love, it’s control. When I constantly demean what they find as funny, it’s not because I love them, it’s because I’m embarrassed by them. When I refuse to be happy with any grade less than an “A,” it’s not love, it’s my ego. And then there are many, many times where I just need a nap. So, whatever keeps them safe and quiet is what they’ll get, whether it’s healthy or not.
I’m suspicious of anyone who begins an answer to these questions with the words, “It’s simple, you just… .” Because it’s not simple. Parenting is anything but simple. It’s a delicate balance that requires constant selfreflection, intense self-awareness and continuing education. But my dream/nightmare this week taught me something: At the end of the day, if I end up being one of the unlucky parents who has to bury her child, what will I regret? What can I do today that will help soothe the bitterness of that loss? These new questions have become my north star in managing how to “love” my children. No matter their choices, no matter their mistakes, at the end of every day, I will put all of my frustrations behind me, and I will cherish them. I will hold them with my arms and with my eyes and “will” them to feel my joy for them simply existing. At the end of the day, I will err on celebrating how far they’ve come rather than how far they must go. Stacey Carruth is a mother of four who lives in Arapahoe County.
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he Denver area today is a hub for Native Americans. It was approximately between 1945 and 1965 when Native Americans found Denver to be a desirable place to find work, said Cheryl Crazy Bull, president of the Denver-based American Indian College Fund. This time period is known as the Relocation and Termination period, when Native Americans were removed from reservations and relocated to urban areas, Crazy Bull said. Awareness of the plight of Native American communities rose in the 1960s and `70s, and this included concern for the lack of representation and visibility of tribal members in every corner of American life, Crazy Bull said. “We saw a desire in Native American communities to create pathways for more people in public to see us,” Crazy Bull said. “Native American Heritage Month and Indigenous Peoples’ Day emerged out of a desire for that kind of visibility.” In 1990, President George H. W. Bush established Native American Indian Heritage Month, which is celebrated every November. “Native American Indian Heritage Month is a focused educational time,” Crazy Bull said. ‘Our own way of knowing the world’ Crazy Bull grew up in South Dakota and takes pride in being a citizen of the Sicangu Lakota nation, part of the Seven Council Fires. Each of the Council Fires is made up of individual tribal bands, based on kinship, dialect and geographic proximity. “Indigenous people have our own way of knowing the world and our own knowledge system focusing on kinship and relationships,” Crazy Bull said. “We believe in generosity and industriousness, and being responsible in our actions and the gifts that people bring to us in their talent.” How to celebrate Native American — Heritage Month The American Indian College Fund offers a number of ways to celebrate Native American Heritage Month. It begins with Indige-Bration, an exclusive virtual concert. The celebration continues with a month-long Facebook challenge that includes a Walk and Learn event, an instructional SEE HERE, P17
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social dance video, book clubs, watch parties and panels. Crazy Bull will cap the celebration month with a live discussion. Recognizing Native Americans during Thanksgiving “A lot of people have come to learn that the history behind Thanksgiving dinner (and) the stories we learned in school, are not exactly correct,” said NancyJo Houk, chief marketing and development officer for the American Indian College Fund. “I think it’s wonderful that people are starting to hear and understand that the truth behind the story of Thanksgiving isn’t what we all thought that it was.” Houk said there are ways to celebrate the holiday while also honoring Native Americans. She suggests reciting a land recognition or incorporating a traditional native dish to the meal. The college fund also provides resources of accurate history to share and discuss during the meal. Beyond Native American Heritage Month The idea is that Indigenous people will be honored beyond the month of November. That starts with research and self-education, Crazy Bull said. Her suggestions include taking advantage of opportunities to meet people of different cultures at social gatherings, work or club meetings. She said to also pay close attention to how Native American people are represented in schools, and take note of historical references in coursework to ensure there is representation of Indigenous peoples, Crazy Bull said. Additionally, the Front Range boasts many nonprofits that serve Indigenous communities across the U.S. that people can learn more about. For example, the American Indian Science and Engineering Society on the University of Colorado-Denver campus and the American Indian Academy of Denver. And, there’s the Native American Rights Fund based in Boulder and Longmont’s
Cheryl Crazy Bull is a citizen of the Sicangu Lakota nation and serves as the president and CEO of the COURTESY PHOTO American Indian College Fund.
First Nations Development Institute. There’s also the American Indian Academy of Denver, a free charter school focused on student-driven STEAM curriculum that was established to support Native American and Latinx students. It provides a “learning in an environment where children get a lot of opportunity to honor their Indigenious community,” Crazy Bull said. Also in Denver, the city and county’s Commission of Indian Affairs “strives to support visibility of Native people in Denver, and also legislation,” Crazy Bull said, adding that “Colorado itself has passed some laws that were really important, like banning mascots, (and) legislation supporting tuition support of mem-
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bers of tribes.” For the arts, Crazy Bull points to the North American Indian Cultures exhibition hall at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and the Denver Art Museum’s Indigenous Arts of North America gallery. Both offer opportunities to experience Native American culture any time of the year. Another resource is the NativeLands app, which helps people discover what lands were the traditional homes of specific Indengous peoples. Other suggestions to celebrate and honor Native Americans include learning how to cook traditional native foods and supporting Native American-owned businesses, such as Denver’s own Tocabe, an American Indian eatery. There are also volunteer
opportunities with organizations such as the Denver Indian Resource Center, the Denver Indian Center or Spirit of the Sun. “In the U.S., there’s this practice of trying to celebrate diversity in framed ways, so Native American Heritage Month is an example of that social practice of drawing attention to groups of people by setting aside time for them to be recognized,” Crazy Bull said. “But we are here everyday. And we view Native American Heritage Month as just an opportunity to showcase the different accomplishments and different challenges Native Americans face.”
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olorado Ballet has opened sales for its annual performances of “The Nutcracker,” which tend to sell out, so here’s the first SONYA’S reminder ... Last year, the compaSAMPLER ny received new costumes and sets for this annual festivity — which is worth attending just to see the joyous little girls dancing their way through interSonya Ellingboe mission and out the doors afterwards! Performances: Nov. 26 to Dec. 24. Tickets: $40 to $175. The balance of the season includes: “Lady of the Camelias,” Feb.
This house in Chanute, Kansas, was the subject of a talk by former resident Carol Roberts about its haunting.
3-12, 2023; “Cinderella,” March 10-19; “Ballet Masterworks,” April 14-23. coloradoballet.org, 303-837-8888. Own an Original Now open at the Littleton Museum: the annual “Own an Original” exhibit, which runs through December. TuesdaySaturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (We always advocate original art for holiday gifting! Although a photo would have to bridge the gap between the holidays and exhibit closing!) The Littleton Museum is located at 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton. Admission and parking free. 303795-3950. SEE SAMPLER, P20
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Carol Roberts shared a perfect Halloween tale on Oct. 28 with residents at the age-restricted apartment community Vita in Littleton — an account of her time spent in an old white house in Chanute, a town in southwest Kansas, where she had several ghosts as housemates when she moved there in 2010. Built in 1904-06, the house was named Sally Ann. Roberts said it contained 6,778 square feet on three floors — plus a basement with a bowling alley and an outside swimming pool. Roberts’ parents were in a nursing home and she thought she’d buy an older house in the town and restore it while living in it. “There were five ghosts: a man and a boy had been killed in the back yard when a tree fell on them. A girl who had worked for a previous owner remained as a ghost upstairs and a little girl had drowned in the swimming pool.” (I think a fifth spirit hung out on the third floor, but we didn’t have a story.) Roberts said she consulted a spiritualist after she moved to Littleton and was told that a 100-year-old woman named Katherine (“just don’t call me Kate”) lived in the Kansas house now, but was also with her here often, very protective of Roberts. (In fact, Roberts felt certain Kather-
ine was in the room at Vita for this meeting.) Previously, Roberts had moved to a house where a woman had died, but didn’t pass over ... “I hired a ghost seeker,” Roberts said. Roberts said she had lots of visitors at the old white house before she moved away in 2014. In the Chanute house, there were wedding showers, birthday parties, class reunions, fundraisers of every kind. She enlarged the kitchen to where it eventually had five ovens ... She hosted a special Halloween party, where “streets were closed off and everyone helped to decorate the house. A friend gave away Cokes, guests brought candy and makings for a potluck dinner ...” The surrounding porch was large enough to seat many guests at one time. Her friends were sad when she sold that house. “I had lots of visitors, didn’t lock the doors ...” A photographer wanted to return after she’d moved out ... The next-door neighbor was the editor of the local newspaper and interested in what transpired at her house ... “I walked out of a movie one night and heard a voice saying: `This is not the town you should live in ...’” She continued that feeling. Upset, she started looking at places to live after 65 and moved to Asheville, North Carolina, thinking “this is where I want to die ...” Two years ago, Roberts moved to Vita in Littleton to be near family in the area, bringing her interests with her.
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to places like Mars.” Tickets and more information are available at wingsmuseum.org. Peace at all costs in Wheat Ridge’s ‘Lysistrata’ Do you ever just stop and think how astounding it is that many of the works we have from ancient Greek times still hold meaning millennia after they were originally written? Those universal truths are just what will be explored in Mellisa Taylor’s production of Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata.” The classic play runs at the Wheat Ridge Theatre Company Playhouse, 5455 W. 38th. Ave., through Sunday, Nov. 20. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. For those unfamiliar, the show focuses on the Greek women’s efforts to stop their husbands constantly going off to fight in some war by refusing to sleep with them until peace talks are held. Visit https://wheatridgetheatre. com/ for information and tickets. A new perspective on creative map-making PlatteForum — an arts, youth development, and artist-in-residence program — is hosting a new fall exhibit by Jennifer Maravillas-Bell, who has been in residence at the gallery’s ArtLab since early September. Collected Perspectives: Cartography, Belonging, Place and Identity will be on display at the PlatteForum Annex Gallery, 3575
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Affordable art Littleton Fine Arts Guild members exhibit work at the Town Hall Arts Center’s Stanton Gallery, 2450 W. Main St., downtown Littleton. Curious Theatre “Franklinland” by Lloyd Suh premiers at Curious Theatre, 1080 Acoma St. Denver. Free parking, tickets: curioustheatre.org, 303-623-0524. Plays through Dec. 10. Modern, comic take on the American Revolution. Suh’s play “The Chinese Lady” just appeared at Denver Center Theatre Company. Englewood Arts Presents Brahms Piano Quartet in G Minor will be performed at Englewood Arts Presents: Nov. 12 afternoon concert at Hampden Hall in Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Englewood Parkway, with Yi Xhao, violin, Sofia Basile, viola; Seoyoen Min, cello; and Madoka Asari, piano. Tickets: $30/$25, englewoodarts.org.
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Kids’ health is impacted most by life outside a doctor’s office Children’s Hospital treats social-economic wellness BY JENNIFER BROWN THE COLORADO SUN
The garden at Children’s Hospital Colorado was overflowing with chard, which is how Brenda Flores ended up taking some of the darkgreen leaves home and sauteing them for her two kids for the first time. “It was like a weird vegetable,” Flores said, taking a minute to recall the word chard, or acelgas in Spanish. But they liked it. Flores first found out there was a food pantry full of fresh produce, chicken and fish, lentils and potatoes at Children’s Hospital after bringing her 3-year-old son to an appointment for his auditory and sensory issues. When the health specialist heard the family was struggling to buy enough to eat, Flores was directed to another floor in the hospital’s child health pavilion — to a program called Resource Connect. The program that began in 2019 has become a model for the country, hosting about 50 health officials from other hospitals last week. Every time a child has a checkup or sees the dentist or eye doctor at the Aurora hospital’s pavilion, their parent fills out a screening form that includes questions about food insecurity, hous-
Children’s Hospital Colorado continues to look at program to not just treat the children, but also help the family.
ing and mental health. “In the last 12 months, did you ever feel stressed about making ends meet?” it asks, telling parents to circle anything that applies — rent, mortgage, formula, diapers. “Did you ever worry that your food would run out before you had money to buy more?” When parents answer yes to any question, the doctor sends in a navigator from Resource Connect. And from there, families can pick
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up fresh food, talk to a benefits expert to sign up for Medicaid or food stamps, or get introduced to a nonprofit that provides diapers and wipes and backpacks filled with school supplies. Many hospitals, if they have any program at all, just hand struggling families boxes of food. The point is to address the factors outside the doctor’s office that affect children’s health, which is impacted about 80% by their ZIP code, home environment and social and economic situation. Doctor visits represent only about 20%, according to research from the American Journal of Public Health and the University of Wisconsin. “It’s all about what’s going on in their families, their schools and their neighborhoods,” said Dr. Lisa DeCamp, a primary care physician in the hospital’s child health clinic. “There’s little that I can do to impact their health trajectory. They can get their vaccines. I can make sure they get their antibiotics for an ear infection. The more we can do to support and help families access the resources that are available in the community, that is what’s really contributing to the health of the child.” In the three years since it opened, Resource Connect has helped 4,235 patients get social services. The most-used resource is the in-house Healthy Roots Food Clinic, where bananas and squash fill the shelves, and refrigerators are neatly organized with packages of meat, milk and eggs. Hundreds of families have gotten help paying their electric or water bills, been linked with housing assistance, signed up for food stamps and registered for preschool programs. The operation takes holistic medicine to a new level. There’s a strong correlation between childhood obesity and food insecurity, for example, but doctors don’t have time to give families much coaching on healthy eating. The food clinic, though, gives recipes, advice on shopping and tips on
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how to get kids to eat vegetables. Families can take food home six times each year, but they also get information on other food pantries to visit in the area, including partner pantries at nearby Aurora Central High School and Crawford Elementary. “It’s a whole different world to have personalized education in a non-hurried environment,” DeCamp said. Normalizing questions about food, housing It helps to know if a child who is in the clinic for an asthma flare-up is living in a house with mold. But it’s another level of care to direct the family to a social needs navigator who can help them get rent assistance so they can move or offer advice on talking to a landlord. Sometimes the hard part is getting families to talk about economic or social needs at the doctor’s office because “they may not realize they can have these conversations with their medical provider,” said Sandimar Timberman, supervisor of community health navigation for the program. The clinic staff wants questions about housing and food to feel as normal as “How long have you had a cold?” or “What are your concerns about your child’s speech?” “They may get a little shy,” Timberman said. “For some families, asking these questions is very private. They might be used to keeping things within their community, but I feel as we’ve built that trust with a lot of our families, they sort of accepted us as part of that community.” Many of the clinic’s patients are immigrants, working to navigate life and health care in an unfamiliar language. Staff speak Spanish and Arabic, and the hospital has interpreters who speak Nepali, Vietnamese, Somali and several other African languages common in the neighborhoods around the hospital, home to many refugees. The diversity is reflected on the SEE CHILDREN’S, P23
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food clinic’s shelves, which contain tortillas, peppers and quinoa. And there are no cans of Spaghettios or chili or boxes of macaroni and cheese like you might find at a typical food bank — this is the hospital version, filled with nutrition-dense foods and even some straight from the hospital garden. Before the COVID pandemic, when the Resource Center first opened, health navigators would visit families in their homes. The home visits revealed why some families had complained the milk and eggs they were receiving through WIC, the Women, Infants and Children food assistance program, were spoiling. It was because they were leaving them on the counter instead of keeping them in the refrigerator, as they would have done in their home countries where milk and eggs come fresh from the farm. “Food is such a huge part of culture,” Timberman said. “They were always cooking something good. That was the beauty of going out to visit the families.” The nine-person navigation team, intentionally, includes people who grew up in the same kind of bilingual and immigrant neighborhoods where many patients live. Health navigators often learn more about a family’s situation in one conversation than doctors know after seeing them for seven years, Timberman said. “It’s like, now I see why they weren’t follow-
‘Food is such a huge part of culture. They were always cooking something good. That was the beauty of going out to visit the families.’ Sandimar Timberman, supervisor of community health ing through with picking up their asthma medicine or bringing in healthy fruits and vegetables.” Some needs are easier to solve, such as when families say they can’t afford warm clothes for the winter or the school supplies requested by their child’s teacher. Others are trickier — like helping immigrant parents who aren’t eligible for Medicaid navigate the system to enroll their Coloradoborn children, for example. The hospital partners with Denver Human Services, which provides a benefits technician to help families apply for insurance and food assistance. The program also offers job referrals and resume assistance from Adams County Workforce & Business Center, and legal assistance for matters that affect child health from the Medical Legal Partnership. If a screening form indicates a parent is depressed, anxious, suicidal or using drugs or alcohol, staff refers them to the hospital’s mental health and social work team.
Health insurance doesn’t count food as medicine Medical clinics have been working for years to integrate mental health care into their practices. Resource Connect takes that further by incorporating something broader: social wellness. The hospital is making plans to expand the program, teaching its network of pediatric clinics around the state to use health navigators. One barrier, though, is funding. While the hospital can bill Medicaid for doctor’s visits, it cannot get reimbursed for providing food or talking to a patient about how to get mortgage assistance. “You cannot currently bill Medicaid for anything we do in this space,” said Susan Goldenstein, the hospital’s interim director of community health. Resource Network began as a pilot project funded by a couple of grants. Now, it’s paid for through a patchwork of funding that includes operational funds from the hospital and philanthropy. The hospital’s government affairs team is hoping
to persuade state officials within the next few years to allow health providers to bill for social needs navigation. “And then the pie in the sky would be billing for our ‘food is medicine’ work,” Goldenstein said. “That’s much further away.” The goal is that someday all pediatric offices would connect children to other resources that impact their overall health. While it’s unrealistic for every clinic to have a team of navigators and a pantry, small clinics could team up to share one resource center, Goldenstein said. Flores, who works for a cleaning company and lives in Commerce City with her two children and her mom, said the help she’s received from Resource Connect is closely linked to her son’s medical care. The preschooler, who was born with hearing loss, has sensory issues and won’t eat foods with certain textures. He won’t eat meat, so the food clinic’s outreach coordinator, Jessica Rivera, is helping Flores use vegetables to help him tolerate different types of textures. Also, they’re all eating healthier, including her 11-year-old daughter. “My family has changed our diet,” Flores said. “My son loves vegetables. My daughter is kinda picky, but I try to make her eat it.”
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How to cover the state with super-fast internet
$1B in federal funds is key BY TAMARA CHUNG THE COLORADO SUN
An ambitious new plan by the state of Colorado seeks to end the state’s digital divide once and for all — and to do so using fiber, the gold standard for the fastest internet connections. Just ask Brandy Reitter, who became the executive director of the Colorado Broadband Office in February. She took the gig because she wanted to do impactful work “that was well funded” so she could actually fix the problem. Now she’s leading the state’s plan to use $1 billion in federal money to improve internet service, not just to help those with no internet access, but those with subpar service. Unless Colorado households have a fiber connection, they are underserved or not served. The Federal Communication Commission defines adequate speeds as 25 megabits per second down and 3 mbps up? That’s not good enough, Reitter says. “So 25/3 is what we’re classifying as not served. And anything that’s under 100/20 is underserved,” Reitter said. “Do people feel like 25/3 is being served? It depends on your situation but I’ve heard from a lot of people that that’s not the case.” She’s in the slow boat herself, though it sped up after a publicprivate effort to run fiber connecting Western Slope communities brought faster service closer to her home in Eagle. But not completely. She’s now on fixed wireless technology, which means an antenna on a facility miles away beams internet wirelessly to the antenna at her house. Distance, bad weather and other potential interference degrades speed. If she had a fiber-optic cable connecting her house to the internet source, data speeds would reach 1 gigabit per second in either direction, or 1,000 megabits. “I probably now get maybe 50 (megabits) down and 18 up, which is still what we would classify as underserved,” said Reitter, previously the town manager of Eagle. “But before that, I was getting 12 down and like 1 up.”
Her office inside the Governor’s Office of Information Technology recently released the Colorado Broadband Roadmap report, which aims to get 99% of the state covered by 2027. This includes building training programs, providing tools for distance learning, and adding gigabit broadband to state parks, prisons and libraries. The roadmap was done because of what appears to be the largest infusion of federal dollars for broadband ever. At minimum, there’s about $500 million available to Colorado. If targets are met, it could reach $900 million over five years. Include other federal grants, like the Federal Communication Commission’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund or the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ReConnect program, and the state’s share is more than $1 billion. “There’s trends in every small town and one of those trends has always been connectivity,” Reitter said. “It has been crippling at times from, from a quality of life perspective and public safety and just from pure economics and economic prosperity. When we don’t have good connectivity, it’s hard to attract people to towns. It’s just hard to function. I’ve been in situations where the internet will go down for a whole day in the middle of the summer. And I know people are losing money.” Reitter sat down with The Colorado Sun to explain what’s next and talk about the state’s roadmap. Q: The state wants 99% broadband coverage by 2027. Urban areas are already at or near that rate. Rural coverage was estimated to be at 93% last year. Where are we exactly? A: Those numbers are from the old way the state collected data. That included asking internet service providers about their coverage. But not all would volunteer to share for competitive reasons resulting in incomplete data. The state also used federal broadband maps, which relied on census data. But the flawed method counted an entire census block as being served even if only one household had service. And that makes the numbers hard to nail down, Reitter said. “We’ve been using census block
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data and self-reported data for a number of years and it’s hard to capture everybody on a map.” The current belief is that 166,000 Colorado households lack internet access of speeds of up to 100 down and 20 up. About 14% of the state’s urban and rural areas are considered unserved or underserved. The office is following the FCC’s lead by using a vendor that develops deeper location-level data by analyzing “hundreds of data sources,” according to the FCC. That includes “address records, tax assessment records, imagery and building footprints, census data, land use records, parcel boundaries, and geo-spatial road and street data.” “What’s the number? I can tell you the number today because it’s in the report,” she said. “But six to nine months from now, it’ll be different because we’ll have better insight into location level mapping.” The FCC, by the way, has been working to update how it tracks broadband coverage and plans to release the first draft of its new map in November. Q: What funding did Colorado get and what’s the plan for getting to 99%? A: In the past two years, Con-
gress passed spending plans to h provide up to $900 million in fund- t ing to Colorado to improve broad- d band access. These include: s • $400 million to $700 million — a The Broadband, Equity, Access t and Deployment Program (funded m by the U.S. Infrastructure, Invest- b ment and Jobs Act, or IIJA) • $21 million — Digital Equity t Act (funding by IIJA) i • $5 million to $100 million — s Enabling Middle Mile Broadband n Infrastructure Program, (funded by IIJA) • $171 million — Capital Projects Fund (funded by American Rescue Plan Act) • $75 million — State and Local Fiscal Recovery (via ARPA) It’s those last rural households that are the most expensive to connect. The Broadband Office calls them “negative business” cases, because no for-profit company was ever tempted to cut through rocky, mountainous terrain or to lay miles of cables just to add a new customer. The state estimated that 20% of the most expensive areas to build will use up 67% of the capital investment — up to an estimated average cost of $134,000 for one SEE INTERNET, P25
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location. And the way to attract companies to build out fiber is to provide more financial incentive. “When we say targeting, it’s more about adjusting our subsidies and our grant programs to support different areas with different business cases so investment does happen,” she said. “In the negative business case, the subsidies will be a little bit higher and the (local) grant matches might be lower.” This is similar to how the state’s broadband subsidies work today. For-profit internet providers can apply for grants from the Colorado Broadband Fund but also must provide some funding themselves. In September, $22.8 million was awarded to 15 projects, including a $1.3 million project from PC Telecorp to get gigabit internet to 55 households in a Yuma County farming community. About a quarter of the amount is coming from PC Telecorp. The roadmap doesn’t spell out how the money will be split up to provide household access or digital literacy programs or infrastructure. But the report provides a timeline for the grant programs to be set up and awards made. The money must be pretty much used by 2026, according to the state. Federal funding would help the Department of Local Affairs invest in “middle mile” infrastructure. Without it, local internet providers cannot connect to
the internet backbones running nationwide. Additional access creates redundancy if the internet is cut off on one end. There are also plans to equip anchor institutions, such as libraries, state parks and state prisons, with gigabit internet service. The idea is that better internet will help those communities connect to services like telemedicine, or work and educational opportunities. Q: What about the digital divide within urban areas where gigabit service is available, but not affordable? A: Many internet companies now offer lower-priced plans because of the Affordable Connectivity Program, a federal program that started in January and provides $30 a month to low-income households for broadband service. In order for any internet company to get funding from the state, they must offer ACP, Reitter said. “The state funding it or setting up a separate program outside the federal government, we’re not doing that. We’re supporting the efforts to promote the Affordable Connectivity Program,” she said. “And our numbers are on the rise.” According to the latest federal data, about 167,220 Colorado households are enrolled in ACP. Based on a possible 761,000 households in the state that fall within income guidelines, that’s about 22% of eligible households, as of Oct. 24. “Right now, it’s about physical access,” she said. “It’s really challenging for the government to get into the business of price control or market control.”
Q: Is there enough money to get Colorado to 99%? Who gets left out? Who is that 1%? A: “Do we have enough funds? I believe so. We’re estimating it as anywhere from $400 million to $700 million as a state, but also in addition to what the state is receiving, there are so many other broadband programs out there, like ReConnect and (Rural Digital Opportunity Fund) awards, the Tribal connectivity grants.” Fiber may not work in all cases and federal grants allow for alternatives, like fixed wireless service. But what Reitter’s not considering in the financial investment is satellite internet service, like Starlink from SpaceX. While available to the farthest reaches of the state, it’s pricey, at $110 a month, plus a one-time hardware cost of $599. It’s also not that fast. Speedtest site Ookla clocked Starlink’s speeds at up to 110 megabits but concluded the median U.S. speed was a mere 62 megabits. “I think Starlink is absolutely a solution for those that are so remote that the reality of them
getting any kind of internet anytime soon from another carrier is going to be a challenge,” Reitter said. “(But) satellite doesn’t really come into the decision making process because our cost thresholds are really based on the cost to construct the fiber.”She’s not counting on Starlink to get Colorado to 99%. But the federal funding should help build enough fiber access to help the state end the digital divide. At least for those who want it. “The intent is universal coverage,” she said. “There’s always going to be that 1% that’s like, ‘I don’t need internet’ or ‘I don’t want internet’ or ‘I’m not connecting to the internet.’ But the folks that need it and want it, we’re covering all of you.” This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.
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Graduation under the golden arches McDonald’s manager becomes high school graduate BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Kile Studer tosses his cap underneath the golden arches at the McDonald’s restaurant on W. Progress Avenue in Littleton, where he has worked for nine years. PHOTO COURTESY OF JENNY STEVENSON
When Kile Studer dropped out of high school in 2013, he didn’t know if he would ever wear a cap and gown. But thanks to a high school diploma program through his employer, McDonald’s, Studer tossed his cap under the golden arches at his graduation celebration on Sept. 20. “Taking that opportunity and really pushing for a diploma was a huge thing,” Studer said. “And it was a big thing for myself, to kind of prove to myself that I can do it and that I should do it.” Archways to Opportunity offers several educational programs to McDonald’s employees, including educational/ career advising, English language education, tuition assistance and a high school diploma program through Career Online High School, according to its website. Since its launch in 2014, nearly 75,000 employees have participated in Archways to Opportunity, according to the website. About 1,500 of them
graduated from Career Online High School like Studer. According to Jenny Stevenson, director of operations for the seven restaurants owned by franchisee Mike Sandoval in the Denver metro area, Archways to Opportunity is available to all employees in good standing after they work an average of 15 hours per week for 90 days. Studer has continuously moved up the “career ladder” for the nine years he has worked at McDonald’s, Stevenson said. He currently has two roles: department manager in training and operations technology person 2, which means he supports operations through installing new equipment and software. Studer said he had known about Archways to Opportunity since he first started working at McDonald’s as a crew member. In November 2020, he enrolled in the high school diploma program. Whereas some people take a General Education Development (GED) test to demonstrate a high school level of knowledge, the Career Online High School differs in that students take classes and earn a legitimate diploma. Studer completed classes in English, social studies, math, science, physical education and elective courses that earned him a certificate in commercial driving. The classes were all
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Creek girls to defend state volleyball title Bruins qualify for 5A tournament BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Defending 5A state champion Cherry Creek is one of six south metro girls volleyball teams to qualify for the 5A state tournament. The Bruins defeated Erie 3-1 and blanked Castle View 3-0 on Nov. 5 to win the Region 8 state qualifying tournament and earn a repeat ticket into the state tournament. Cherry Creek will take an 18-7 record into the Denver Coliseum for the 5A state meet, which is scheduled for Nov. 10-12. “It’s always a good feeling to win but it’s more exciting this season because we didn’t know how we were going to be, since we lost a lot of our seniors,” said Creek senior Anna Van Wyk. “So I would say it’s more exciting this season because we didn’t know if we were going to get this far.” The other south metro teams that won regional tournaments and advanced into the 12-team state bracket were Valor Christian (25-0), Mountain Vista (21-4), Rock Canyon (21-4), Chaparral (19-6) and Heritage (17-6). “I’m excited,” said Creek coach Steve Huntingdale. “We are playing our best ball of the season, the last two weekends. Valor is definitely the top seed but after that it is kind of anybody’s game.” Unbeaten Valor Christian was awarded the top 5A seed for the state tourney and drew a firstround bye. Mountain Vista was the second seed, Rock Canyon third and Rampart fourth and all three teams got first-round byes. Cherry Creek will play Cherokee Trail at 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 10 in a first-round match while Chaparral will face Heritage at 11 a.m. Lutheran (20-5) won the 4A Region 4 championship and will also be playing at the state tourney. The Lions were seeded fourth and have a first-round bye. Van Wyk was one of the leaders for Creek in the regional tourney. In the combined seven sets in the regionals, the 5-foot-8 setter had 11 kills, 18 digs and 32 assists in unofficial statistics.
Mae Manthe (3) of Cherry Creek receives a serve during the Bruins’ match against Castle View on Nov. 5.
“Obvously, the first match, we weren’t expecting Erie to come out as strong as they did,” admitted Van Wyk. “That was a tougher match than we were expecting but it prepared us for Castle View and
we really came together and played well. “At state it’s anybody’s game at this point. You’ve seen a lot of upsets this season so far, so if we go in and take care of all of our prepara-
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tions, work really hard in practice, we can do really well.” Other Creek players who did well in the regional included London Muhle, Gracie Fleming, Mae Manthe and Jaida Johnson.
Freshman QB comes through for ThunderRidge Grizzlies take 38-10 win over Doherty BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
ThunderRidge football coach Doug Nisenson was looking for a boost heading into the 5A state playoffs.
Freshman quarterback DJ Bordeaux gave the coach just what he was seeking and led the Grizzlies to a 38-10 first-round playoff victory over Doherty on Nov. 4 at Halftime Help Stadium. Bordeaux replaced senior Cooper Kier as the starting quarterback and completed 19 of 30 passes for 326 yards and three TDs as ThunderRidge broke away from a 10-10
second-quarter tie with 28 unanswered points. “I just thought we needed a change, needed a spark and a boost,” explained Nisenson. “We are really proud of DJ, not only how he played but how he prepared. His poise is really impressive.” Kier passed for 1,398 yards and 14 touchdowns during his stint as the starter.
“Our senior quarterback has been such a good guy,” added Nisenson. “He led us in so many big moments. He’s the reason we’re in the position were in. I know he’ll be staying ready. I just thought it was time. DJ has a great arm and really good football sense.” After the teams battled to the SEE QB, P29
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10-10 tie with 4:33 still to play in the second quarter, Bordeaux led the Grizzlies offense, which put away the game. Gavin Olshan caught 10 passes for 173 yards and two scores, including a 53-yarder for a TD. CJ Reese gathered in the other TD pass from Bordeaux. After the slow start, ThunderRidge’s defense was stiff. Max Hughes (11 total tackles), Kyler Pilgrim (10) and Will Fisher (nine) led the defensive effort. ThunderRidge (10-1) will face Arapahoe (6-4) in a second-round contest. “They are a really good team and they kind of had a slow start to the season,” said Nisenson. “We played them twice last year and came up short both times. It’s a huge opportunity for us. We have a chance
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2022 TAX LIEN SALE DELINQUENT GENERAL MANUFACTURED HOUSING TAXES
Legal Notice No.: 530760-60760 First Publication: November 10, 2022 * Second Publication: November 17, 2022 * Last Publication: November 24, 2022 Publisher: The Englewood Herald, The Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen
Office of the County Treasurer County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado Arapahoe County Administration Building Littleton, Colorado
ARAPAHOE COUNTY TREASURER’S TAX LIEN SALE PROCEDURES REDEMPTION INTEREST
This publication is for informational purposes only. The following described manufactured housing situated in said County of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, on which taxes for the year 2021 or any previous years have not been paid by 4:00 PM on December 7, 2022, shall have a County-held lien placed on it for the unpaid taxes, interest, and fees. SUE SANDSTROM Arapahoe County Treasurer
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032263598 2021 HOUGHTON WILLIAM VIN# 7202 A & B MAKE:KIT 8201 S SANTA FE DR Unit 243 BRIARCREST YEAR 1973 SIZE LITTLETON CO 80120-5514 24X70
ASSESSED TOTAL VALUE DUE 6807
VIN# 86925016298 MAKE:MELODY HOME YEAR 1970 SIZE 12X50
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44.02
032265400 2021 NATHAN CHERYL M 8201 S SANTA FE DR Unit 121 LITTLETON CO 80120-4312
VIN# 4V045074S0937 MAKE:BARRINGTON YEAR 1974 SIZE 24X52
4261
236.37
032266112 2021 ARMAS-GUZMAN JUAN 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit F34 AURORA CO 80011-3726
VIN# 842601244 MAKE:AZALEA YEAR 1968 SIZE 12X60
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17.83
032266121 2021 BOWEN ROBERT 8201 S SANTA FE DR Unit 140 LITTLETON CO 80120-4311
VIN# 14101004 MAKE:WALDEN YEAR 1976 SIZE 24X56
5527
597.45
032266571 2021 GONZALEZ DANIELA GUTIERREZ 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit AE2 AURORA CO 80011-3727
VIN# K12265FB81231 MAKE:MARLETTE YEAR 1969 SIZE 12X62
379
032266791 2021 MARRUFO-CHAFINO BARBARITA 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit D32 AURORA CO 80011-3739
VIN# 1652240852 MAKE:STEWART YEAR 1966 SIZE 24X55
2188
248.08
032266996 2021 COTE ANDREW 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit D30 AURORA CO 80011-3720
VIN# A71100038 MAKE:VINDALE YEAR 1967 SIZE 12X62
72
17.83
032267062 2021 PATLAN VIKKI 293 2ND AVE Unit DEER TRAIL CO 80103
Prior Lien(s) Due VIN# 10517378 MAKE:FRONTIER YEAR 1964 SIZE 10X50
1208
109.29
032267097 2021 TATUM COLLEEN R VIN# 260TEFDR7793 3650 S FEDERAL BLVD MAKE:VINDALE YEAR 1969 Unit 065 SIZE 12X60 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-3276
1995
205.38
032267208 2021 ST BLACQUE SHANNON 3650 S FEDERAL BLVD Unit 112 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-3254
1938
Prior Lien(s) Due VIN# 260JEFBR9590 MAKE:VINDALE YEAR 1970 SIZE 12X60
032267615 2021 MEADE KAREN 15500 E COLFAX AVE Unit 09 AURORA CO 80011-5821
VIN# FF217096 MAKE:NEW MOON YEAR 1966 SIZE 12X60
032268191 2021 MARTINEZ GERARDO 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit C07 AURORA CO 80011-3716
VIN# 5652523895 MAKE:MELODY YEAR 1965 SIZE 57X12
032268930 2021 ACEVEDO ALBERTO 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit B06 AURORA CO 80011-3714
VIN# GN578 MAKE:GREAT NORTHERN YEAR 1967 SIZE 12X60
958
72
72
The Federal Reserve discount rate as of September 1, 2022 was two and a half percent (2.5%); therefore, Certificates of Purchase from the 2022 Tax Lien Sale will carry the rate of twelve percent (12%) in accordance with Section 39-12-103, C.R.S.
Additional information about the delinquent taxes published in the following list can be obtained from the Treasurer’s website at www.arapahoegov.com/treasurer, or by calling the Treasurer’s office at 303-795-4550. Other valuable information about individual parcels can be found on the Assessor’s website at www.arapahoegov.com/assessor.
REDEMPTION BY PROPERTY OWNER Manufactured housing owners should call the Arapahoe County Treasurer’s office for information and amount due. The redemption period for manufactured housing is one year, unless the manufactured housing owner also owns the land that it sits on, in which case the redemption period is three years.
PIN
TAX OWNER NAME YEAR & SITUS ADDRESS
733.50 032269316 2021 KETTERLING JAMES 3986 S COUNTY ROAD 137 Unit BENNETT CO 80102-8507
032264861 2021 LEMUS JOSE F 3150 S PLATTE RIVER DR Unit 20 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-2125
GENERAL INFORMATION
032270896 2021 MARTINEZ RALPH Jr 3500 S KING ST Unit 015 DENVER CO 80236-6194
MESSAGES/ LEGAL DESCRIPTION Prior Year(s) Due VIN# GAAGBACM10279 MAKE:CENTURY YEAR 1971 SIZE 14X68
ASSESSED TOTAL VALUE DUE 2281
VIN# N1233S3438UG & A1233S3 2595 MAKE:WHITTIER YEAR 1973 SIZE 24X52
032270926 2021 MOSER RYAN VIN# U10542780 3141 S SANTA FE DR Unit 44 MAKE:COLUMBINE YEAR 1961 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-2147 SIZE 10X55
72
PIN PIN
TAX TAX OWNER NAME YEAR YEAR & SITUS ADDRESS
72
16.23
263.31 032281308 2021 HARRIS SAMUEL 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit D07 AURORA CO 80011-3719
VIN# CI-535 MAKE:CENTRAL HOME YEAR 1967 SIZE 12X62
307
43.43
15.17 032281685 2021 FAISOL REIHAN 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit G20 AURORA CO 80011-3728
VIN# F1080288 MAKE:AMERICAN YEAR 1969 SIZE 12X56
72
13.33
Prior Year(s) Due Prior Lien(s) Due VIN# K02072 MAKE:LIBERTY YEAR 1972 SIZE 12X65
1859
145.76
VIN# 026812A MAKE:AUBURN YEAR 1972 SIZE 14X70
679
65.78
2746
235.67
145.16
032271426 2021 KING PATRICIA VIN# 130 MAKE:PARKETTE 8201 S SANTA FE DR Unit 158 YEAR 1973 SIZE 24X51 LITTLETON CO 80120-4366
521.44 032282291 2021 BOYD DAMON W 405 S OWENS ST 07 BYERS CO 80103
032271523 2021 BUSTILLOS M 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit D33 AURORA CO 80011-3739 30.43
ASSESSED TOTAL VALUE DUE
158.25 032280158 2021 HANLON KEITH DECD VIN# 3HH4512E2N21535 3575 S COUNTY ROAD MAKE:GUERDON/HACIENDA 149 Unit YEAR 1968 SIZE 12X45 STRASBURG CO 80136-9523
032271132 2021 BROWN GARY LEE VIN# BT50647 1380 MAKE:BRIARWOOD YEAR 1971 3650 S FEDERAL BLVD Unit 040 SIZE 14X50 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-3276 4812
MESSAGES/ LEGAL DESCRIPTION
032282282 2021 EASTWOOD DAVID 78615 E HIGHWAY 40 Unit DEER TRAIL CO 80105-8121
VIN# FGHEHDMN3963 MAKE:MAGNOLIA YEAR 1967 SIZE 17X58
751
91.72 032283203 2021 SOURAKA MIKE 297 7TH AVE Unit DEER TRAIL CO 80105-8042
Prior Year(s) Due VIN# MK1041C MAKE:HOMETTE YEAR 1969 SIZE 12X64
032272112 2021 CLARIDA BRENDA 3500 S KING ST Unit 068 DENVER CO 80236-6194
VIN# A5271S3046 MAKE:WHITTIER YEAR 1971 SIZE 12X52
1559
86.14 032283211 2021 ROBERTS HARRIET 955 2ND AVE Unit DEER TRAIL CO 80105-8040
VIN# 787 MAKE:STATLER YEAR 1973 SIZE 12X50
579
57.57
032272139 2021 OSTROWSKI GARY J 8201 S SANTA FE DR Unit 104 LITTLETON CO 80120-4312
VIN# 1027 MAKE:ATLAS YEAR 1973 SIZE 14X67
3983
221.73 032283912 2021 BIEBER JACOB 405 S OWENS ST Unit 20 BYERS CO 80103-9766
VIN# 978464S8982A/B MAKE:NUWAY YEAR 1978 SIZE 26X64
3546
256.41
032272538 2021 ANDERSON SHAWNE VIN# 4C045154S0976 8201 S SANTA FE DR Unit 278 MAKE:BARRINGTON LITTLETON CO 80120-4313 YEAR 1974 SIZE 20X60
5792
625.59
032284366 2021 MEDINA JAIME VIN# 4578 MAKE:GEER YEAR 3297 S SANTA FE DR Unit 06 1966 SIZE 12X60 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-2136
1008
82.68
3103
339.80
VIN# 2290164614UX MAKE:TITAN YEAR 1978 SIZE 24X44
176.40
Prior Lien(s) Due VIN# FB1474W2638 MAKE:SOLITAIRE YEAR 1973 SIZE 14X74
032284391 2021 PRIEST BRADLEY M 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 055 AURORA CO 80018-2300
1301
032272589 2021 EXPINOZA ARNOLD JSOEPH Jr 8201 S SANTA FE DR Unit 098 LITTLETON CO 80120-5519
14.99
72
VIN# P120983 MAKE:SCHULT YEAR 1973 SIZE 14X70
72
032273593 2021 HERNANDEZ OMAR VIN# K255CDE41325 3297 S SANTA FE DR Unit 11 MAKE:MARLETTE YEAR 1965 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-2124 SIZE 10X50
032284498 2021 JULIN EARL 61 ROYAL M H PARK Unit BYERS CO 15.17
14.99
593
VIN# GB081008 MAKE:AMERICAN/HOMEDALE YEAR 1972 SIZE 12X60
72
032275006 2021 CANNADAY JIMMIE VIN# 6015870 MAKE:HOLLY 3050 S LIPAN ST Unit 04 PARK YEAR 1972 SIZE 12X65 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-3084
032284951 2021 MAESTAS JUDY 24 ROYAL M H PARK Unit BYERS CO 55.16
Prior Lien(s) Due VIN# P106511 MAKE:SCHULT YEAR 1971 SIZE 12X65
164
23.47
032285737 2021 MAIER ROGER L Prior Year(s) Due 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 201 VIN# 8915A&B MAKE:KIT AURORA CO 80018-2344 YEAR 1979 SIZE 24X60
3904
509.39
032286270 2021 PEREZ ELVA IBARRA 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 152 AURORA CO 80018-2339
Prior Year(s) Due VIN# 2413 MAKE:EMBASSY YEAR 1978 SIZE 14X64
1008
138.96
032287012 2021 MORELOCK KENNETH W 351 5TH AVE Unit 09 DEER TRAIL CO 80105-8054
Prior Year(s) Due VIN# MK728B MAKE:HOMETTE YEAR 1968 SIZE 12X64
858
80.52
199.79
032275570 2021 MCPHAIL CASEY VIN# K138 MAKE:PONDEROSA 114.24 8201 S SANTA FE DR Unit 228 YEAR 1973 SIZE 14X64 LITTLETON CO 80120-4314
4562
494.88
032275723 2021 SISNEROS GWEN C 3050 S LIPAN ST Unit 17 17.83 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-1456
Prior Year(s) Due 2567 VIN# CS9175 MAKE:CENTENNIAL YEAR 1977 SIZE 14X75
205.52
032279729 2021 RATHBURN MABEL L 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit F35 17.83 AURORA CO 80011-3726
VIN# FI080743 MAKE:AMERICAN YEAR 1969 SIZE 12X47
72
17.83
032285699 2021 NEELY CLAY 351 5TH AVE Unit 03 DEER TRAIL CO 80105-8054
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TAX OWNER NAME YEAR & SITUS ADDRESS
MESSAGES/ LEGAL DESCRIPTION
ASSESSED TOTAL VALUE DUE
032287209 2021 DEL CARMEN MORALES MARIA 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 372 AURORA CO 80018-2361
VIN# 05L13199 MAKE:LIBERTY/ WEXFORD YEAR 1979 SIZE 14X64
501
40.31
032287632 2021 BELL A L 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 228 AURORA CO 80018-2346
VIN# 026372FAB MAKE:FRONTIER YEAR 1 972 SIZE 24X52
829
116.07
250
28.04
032288183 2021 FRICK MATTHEW J VIN# VM1070838 MAKE:VIKING/ 2074 1200 S COUNTY ROAD 157 FASHION MANOR YEAR 1980 Unit 22 SIZE 14X68 STRASBURG CO 80136-9501
200.89
032287713 2021 LOPEZ ANA MARIA VIN# MK1131C MAKE:HOMETTE 3141 S SANTA FE DR YEAR 1969 SIZE 12X50 Unit 08 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-2144
72
033211111
TAX OWNER OWNER NAME NAME YEAR & & SITUS SITUSADDRESS ADDRESS
MESSAGES/ MESSAGES LEGAL MESSAGES/ DESCRIPTION LEGAL
ASASSESSED SESSED TOTAL VALUE VALUE DUE
2021 COUNTRY GARDENS MHP VIN# PL162883 MAKE:SCHULT 1200 S COUNTY ROAD 157 YEAR 1979 Unit 25 STRASBURG CO 80136-9501
3618
342.99
PIN
TAX YEAR
OWNER NAME & SITUS ADDRESS
MESSAGES/ LEGAL DESCRIPTION
ASSESSED TOTAL VALUE DUE
033754565 2021 FOXRIDGE MHP ASSOC LLLP 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 269 AURORA CO 80018-2350
VIN# NEB79A00062 MAKE:BELLAVISTA YEAR 1997 SIZE 16X80
1723
230.40
033778707 2021 WATSON RANDY 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 421 AURORA CO 80018-2366
VIN# 18L00002 MAKE:BADGER YEAR 1996 SIZE 16X80
2238
296.26
033797191 2021 COLE KENNETH J 3650 S FEDERAL BLVD Unit 021 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-3276
VIN# CAVAZLP977005X & U MAKE:CAVCO/CEDAR COURT YEAR 1998
4033
207.54
033797477 2021 MARTINEZ JANETH HARO 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 041 AURORA CO 80018-2300
VIN# 47965906317 MAKE:ATLANTIC/WESTWIND YEAR 1996 SIZE 16X70
1587
202.97
VIN# 47988669123AB MAKE:ATLANTIC/MID YEAR 1998 SIZE 28X60
4111
535.86
327.30
033797515 2021 PELICAN FINANCE LLC 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 188 AURORA CO 80018-2342
VIN# 18L00022XU MAKE:BADGER YEAR 1996 SIZE 28X60
3461
452.73
177.26
033797523 2021 GRANDILLO LUIS F 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 254 AURORA CO 80018-2349
5019
253.48
Prior Lien(s) Due 1995 VIN# NEB79A26598 MAKE:BONNAVILLA YEAR 1997 SIZE 16X80
137.68
033242050 2021 FIGUEROA LUIS 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 362 AURORA CO 80018-2360
VIN# 675480S26665 MAKE:MELODY YEAR 1975 SIZE 14X76
1244
169.11
033246497 2021 PRINGLE JULIE GAYLE 15814 E COLFAX AVE Unit 52 AURORA CO 80011-5846
VIN# ZWK75144636 MAKE:WINDSOR YEAR 1979 SIZE 14X71
887
106.52
033291859 2021 BARRAGAN RAMOS CLAUDIA B 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit B23 AURORA CO 80011-3715
VIN# 272044 MAKE:BONNAVILLA YEAR 1972 SIZE 12X56
72
17.83
033294157 2021 LEYVA FABIAN RUDY 15814 E COLFAX AVE Unit 16 AURORA CO 80011-5845
VIN# 2290664909 MAKE:CHAMPION/TITAN YEAR 1979 SIZE 14X60
72
033298977 2021 CARRUBA TARESSA 351 5TH AVE Unit 06 DEER TRAIL CO 80105-8054
Prior Lien(s) Due VIN# 01590361K MAKE:SKYLINE YEAR 1977
3861
033313534 2021 SCHWAB JOSEPH W 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit E46 AURORA CO 80011-3742
VIN# 2F520372D MAKE:SKYLINE YEAR 1990
1537
033313615 2021 CERVANTES NATALY LUEVANO 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit B19 AURORA CO 80011-3733
VIN# 2F520368D MAKE:SKYLINE YEAR 1991
1788
033316851 2021 SMITH JAMES L 351 5TH AVE Unit 11 DEER TRAIL CO 80105-8055
Prior Lien(s) Due VIN# 2240222460 MAKE:CHAMPION YEAR 1974
1037
95.23
033317700 2021 LUNA NORMA 3150 S PLATTE RIVER DR Unit 16 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-2125
VIN# SK1460C MAKE:SKYLINE YEAR 1969
250
28.04
033359305 2021 HURLEY ELEONOOR V 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit A21 AURORA CO 80011-3713
VIN# 29A20236 3890 MAKE:BONNAVILLA YEAR 1991
433.28
17.83
032288434 2021 MUNOZ ROGELIO C 23900 E ALAMEDA AVE Unit AURORA CO 80018-1507
VIN# 213764 MAKE:NEW MOON YEAR 1964 SIZE 10X55
032289180 2021 OROZCO GABRIEL G 3500 S KING ST Unit 021 DENVER CO 80236-6194
VIN# 14102562 MAKE:REDMAN/ 4304 EATON PARK YEAR 1981 SIZE 24X56
218.09
032289996 2021 HASTINGS AMBER 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 311 AURORA CO 80018-2355
VIN# GN12217 MAKE:GREAT NORTHERN YEAR 1981 SIZE 75X14
319.17
032292067 2021 KLEIN JOAN M 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit H22 AURORA CO 80011-3747
VIN# 28-A11779 1816 MAKE:BONNAVILLA YEAR 1982
207.61
032293977 2021 SHILALA BARBARA 3500 S KING ST Unit 123 DENVER CO 80236-6195
VIN# 02960545A/BR MAKE:SKYLINE/HILLCREST YEAR 1982
4304
238.09
032304570 2021 PATLAN VIKKI 293 2ND AVE Unit DEER TRAIL CO
Prior Year(s) Due Prior Lien(s) Due VIN# ZWK75143063 MAKE:WINDSOR YEAR 1978 SIZE 14X75
3203
273.23
032335181 2021 CLARK MARION A 3500 S KING ST Unit 110 DENVER CO 80236-6195
VIN# 70143150 MAKE:SCHULT YEAR 1982 SIZE 6614
2309
235.36
032363061 2021 MAESTAS JUDY 38 ROYAL M H PARK Unit BYERS CO
VIN# 02590120J MAKE:SKYLINE/HILLCREST YEAR 1976
72
14.99
033445872 2021 PLOUGHMAN HENRY Prior Year(s) Due 1200 S COUNTY ROAD 157 VIN# KSDH05E42C28272 A&B Unit 33 MAKE:REVERE YEAR 1983 STRASBURG CO 80136-9552
3446
327.18
032446200 2021 AVERY HURST CORP Prior Year(s) Due 851 S COUNTY ROAD 149 VIN# 120826 MAKE:SCHULT Unit YEAR 1973 SIZE 14X70 STRASBURG CO 80136-9500
36
13.32
033445899 2021 DORSEY KELLY D VIN# 29A20673 2960 3565 S COUNTY ROAD MAKE:BONNAVILLA YEAR 1992 149 Unit SIZE 16X80 STRASBURG CO 80136-9523
2417
19.20
PIN
204.56
033797850 2021 LOBATO JEFFREY C VIN# CAVAZLP973505 3650 S FEDERAL BLVD MAKE:CAVCO/CEDAR COURT Unit 134 YEAR 1998 SIZE 16X65 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-3202 033797868 2021 TRIMM WAYNE 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 268 AURORA CO 80018-2350
033848110 2021 FERNANDEZ TERESA DE VIN# P166289 MAKE:SCHULT JESUS YEAR 1978 SIZE 14X66 15814 E COLFAX AVE Unit 11 AURORA CO 80011-5845
1230
143.85
272
28.89
033853571 2021 KNOBBE WILLIAM VIN# CAVAZLP977347X&U 3650 S FEDERAL BLVD MAKE:CAVCO/CEDAR COURT Unit 026 YEAR 1998 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-3276
3689
371.28
266.44
033903188 2021 ESQUIVEL JUAN 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 034 AURORA CO 80018-2300
1737
232.20
282.36
033851617 2021 SUTTON DUSTY 55 ROYAL M H PARK Unit BYERS CO
Prior Lien(s) Due VIN# 2294383T1915 MAKE:TITAN YEAR 1994
VIN# NEB89B00974 MAKE:BELAIRE YEAR 1998 SIZE 16X76
032449489 2021 POINDEXTER J R JR 3500 S KING ST Unit 124 DENVER CO 80236-6195
Prior Year(s) Due VIN# 02960382ABR MAKE:SKYLINE/HILLCREST YEAR 1982
4118
411.93
033446631 2021 VARGAS CARRASCO LUISA E 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit A15 AURORA CO 80011-6826
VIN# 2F520658F MAKE:SKYLINE/WESTRIDGE YEAR 1993
2402
239.58
033950437 2021 DOMINGUEZ DIAZ BLANCA J VIN# TXFLW12A81547C013 2503 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit H20 MAKE:FLEETWOOD YEAR 1999 AURORA CO 80011-3730 SIZE 16X56
032449705 2021 WALL DENNIS 85106 E COUNTY ROAD 42 Unit DEER TRAIL CO 80105-8510
Prior Year(s) Due VIN# 760460 MAKE:BENDIX YEAR 1975 SIZE 14X65
36
12.64
033448464 2021 CHAPARRO TAPIA MARINA 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 458 AURORA CO 80018-2369
VIN# 2293166T1795 A&B MAKE:TITAN YEAR 1993 SIZE 28X40
2052
105.29
033984625 2021 EBEL STEVEN L VIN# 30119 MAKE:ASTRA 3141 S SANTA FE DR Unit 24 YEAR 1972 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-2146
032478888 2021 TORRES H LEONARDO VIN# PK9863 MAKE:PONTIAC/ 3141 S SANTA FE DR Unit 27 CHIEF YEAR 1963 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-2146
122
18.79
033485441 2021 ADAMS DARLENE C 3652 S FEDERAL BLVD Unit ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-3213
Prior Lien(s) Due VIN# NEB49A22535 MAKE:BELLAIRE YEAR 1994
2424
247.37
032575042 2021 GLENN WILLIAM T 42 ROYAL M H PARK Unit BYERS CO
279
29.40
033524446 2021 JACOBO EDDIE 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit D19 AURORA CO 80011-3738
VIN# 60X1823K MAKE:HOMETTE YEAR 1965 SIZE 12X56
72
17.83
250
28.04
033574451 2021 GUERRERO MARIA 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 459 AURORA CO 80018-2369
VIN# 2295711T2885A/B MAKE:TITAN YEAR 1995 SIZE 28X44
2574
339.28
14.99
033625030 2021 CONNER BERTRAND JR 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 051 AURORA CO 80018-2300
Prior Lien(s) Due VIN# ML01556 MAKE:MARLETTE YEAR 1972 SIZE 14X70
250
033626192 2021 BALDWIN KAILEY 405 S OWENS ST Unit 08 BYERS CO 80103-9766
VIN# NEB69A24521 MAKE:BONNAVILLA YEAR 1996
930
VIN# 01590496K MAKE:SKYLINE/HILLCREST YEAR 1977
032586770 2021 HERNANDEZ SANCHEZ VIN# 50122AH1118C JAIRO MAKE:ACADEMY YEAR 1969 3141 S SANTA FE DR Unit 05 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-2144 032629339 2021 MAESTAS JUDY 26 ROYAL M H PARK Unit BYERS CO
VIN# 7714645801 MAKE:WAYSIDE YEAR 1971
72
032629347 2021 MAESTAS JUDY 39 ROYAL M H PARK Unit BYERS CO
VIN# S14377 MAKE:FLEETWOOD YEAR 1972
72
032629444 2021 POTTER GEORGE 1215 7TH AVE Unit DEER TRAIL CO 80105-8021
Prior Lien(s) Due VIN# 375311055 MAKE:ROCKET YEAR 1953 SIZE 08X35
72
15.91
033024583 2021 COFFEY CHRIS A 3070 S LIPAN ST Unit 26 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-1400
Prior Year(s) Due VIN# 3652603493 MAKE:MELODY YEAR 1965
629
57.92
VIN# KSDH05D11E43612 A&B 033074891 2021 HANLON KEITH W DECD MAKE:DETROITER YEAR 1984 3575 S COUNTY ROAD SIZE 28X48 149 Unit STRASBURG CO 80136-9523
4126
033093950 2021 RIOS SAENZ SILVIA 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 440 AURORA CO 80018-2367
VIN# 03590274PA/B MAKE:SKYLINE/HOMETTE YEAR 1981 SIZE 24X60
3218
033155742 2021 ALLEN JAMES 2990 S LIPAN ST Unit 50 ENGLEWOOD CO 80110-1485
Prior Year(s) Due VIN# 03590583L MAKE:SKYLINE/HOMETTE YEAR 1978
2224
14.99
367.45
371.84
15.17
034097384 2021 WILLIAMS LORI K 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 282 AURORA CO 80018-2352
Prior Lien(s) Due VIN# GDB01D40937399AB MAKE:GUERDEN/AMERICAN YEAR 1993 SIZE 26X41
2660
350.25
034097511 2021 BROWN DAVID G 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 429 AURORA CO 80018-2366
VIN# MP152270AB MAKE:WINDSOR/MASTER PRICE YEAR 1995 SIZE 28X56
4669
305.08
VIN# NEB99A27591 3711 MAKE:BONNAVILLA YEAR 1999 SIZE 30X60
484.71
42.00
034097562 2021 FOXRIDGE MHP ASSOCS LLLP 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 374 AURORA CO 80018-2361
271.96
74.60
034100890 2021 HANLON DONNA VIN# 14103609 3024 3575 S COUNTY ROAD MAKE:FLEETWOOD YEAR 1984 149 Unit SIZE 14X70 STRASBURG CO 80136-9523 034104241 2021 BLAKE TODD A 1434 IDALIA CT Unit 04 AURORA CO 80011-5800
6499
717.18
034104275 2021 REESE JAMIE C VIN# H0C015F04457 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 422 MAKE:OAKWOOD YEAR 1999 AURORA CO 80018-2366 SIZE 16X66
1516
203.92
034141332 2021 HONEGGER SHATASHA 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit H29 AURORA CO 80011-3731
VIN# 4701A2403158 MAKE:DISCOVERY/SHULTZ YEAR 2001 SIZE 16X70
2567
289.32
034173412 2021 GREEN JANICE 729 S BONNIE LN Unit WATKINS CO 80137-8909
VIN# 6031 MAKE:KROPF YEAR 1969 SIZE 14X62
901
69.50
034212841 2021 VALLES SANTIAGO TORRES VIN# 06L22942 MAKE:LIBERTY/ 1316 26900 E COLFAX AVE WEXFORD YEAR 1991 SIZE 14X66 Unit 258 AURORA CO 80018-2349
178.36
033716370 2021 HERRERA ISIDRO VAZQUEZ VIN# NEB69A25185 26900 E COLFAX AVE MAKE:BELLAIRE YEAR 1996 Unit 068 SIZE 16X70 AURORA CO 80018-2300
1030
033744543 2021 MOREHEAD SHAWN M 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 062 AURORA CO 80018-2300
VIN# SCHO1961156A&B MAKE:SIL YEAR 1996 SIZE 28X56
4612
033745299 2021 MCCOLLUM KAREN BRANTLEY 26900 E COLFAX AVE Unit 249 AURORA CO 80018-2348
VIN# NEB79A00123 MAKE:BELLAVISTA II YEAR 1997 SIZE 28X70
4698
610.98
1981
192.32
033748549 2021 KORB BRITTNIE JOANN VIN# TWIMSCS14713 1200 S COUNTY ROAD 157 MAKE:MANH YEAR 1984 Unit 05 STRASBURG CO 80136-9520
72
141.76
599.96
VIN# NEB10B02679 MAKE:BELLAVISTA YEAR 2000 SIZE 28X80
179.39
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TAX OWNERNAME NAME TAX OWNER YEAR SITUSADDRESS ADDRESS YEAR &&SITUS
0034212922 034212922 2021 2021 PELICAN PELICAN FINANCE FINANCE LLC LLC 26900 26900 EE COLFAX COLFAX AVE AVE Unit Unit 277 277 AURORA AURORA CO CO 80018-2351 80018-2351
MESSAGES/ MESSAGES LEGAL MESSAGES/ DESCRIPTION LEGAL
ASASSESSED TOTAL SESSED DUE PIN VALUE VALUE 250 250
42.00 42.00
034224998 2021 SHAKLEE KIM R VIN# VIN# 427713DF1665 427713DF1665 6 034224998 2021 SHAKLEE KIM R 1191 1191 NN COUNTY COUNTY ROAD ROAD 157 157 MAKE:CHAMPION MAKE:CHAMPION YEAR YEAR 1977 1977 Unit SIZE Unit 12 12 SIZE 14X66 14X66 STRASBURG CO 80136-9404 STRASBURG CO 80136-9404
2717 2717
034324704 2021 2021 ARC ARC HOUSING HOUSING LLC LLC 4034324704 14470 14470 EE 13TH 13TH AVE AVE Unit Unit G31 G31 AURORA AURORA CO CO 80011-3729 80011-3729
VIN# VIN# 42511024F 42511024F MAKE:SKYLINE/SABRE MAKE:SKYLINE/SABRE YEAR YEAR 1992 1992 SIZE SIZE 14X52 14X52
TAX OWNER NAME YEAR & SITUS ADDRESS
MESSAGES/ LEGAL DESCRIPTION
ASSESSED TOTAL VALUE DUE
034650008 2021 GRAJEDA ALBERTO 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit C14 AURORA CO 80011-3735
VIN# 0506A5409112AB MAKE:ENS/REDMOND YEAR 2006
4547
504.76
034650181 2021 CAMACHO MARTINEZ JORGE E 14470 E 13TH AVE Unit B18 AURORA CO 80011-3733
Prior Year(s) Due VIN# 0506A5409111AB MAKE:ENS/REDMOND YEAR 2005
3732
416.09
187.52 187.52
2574 2574
148.75 148.75
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Centennial Legals November 10, 2022 * 3
38 Centennial Citizen
November 10, 2022
Public Notices Legals Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0458-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On August 23, 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) Jennifer Hamilton Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as beneficiary, as nominee for Megastar Financial Corp Current Holder of Evidence of Debt AmeriHome Mortgage Company, LLC Date of Deed of Trust October 16, 2017 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 18, 2017 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D7118247 Book: NA Page: Original Principal Amount $269,527.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $250,234.79 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 194, BLOCK 1, HIGHLAND VIEW II, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 8166 S Fillmore Circle, 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, 12/14/2022, 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: 10/20/2022 Last Publication: 11/17/2022 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: 08/23/2022 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 # 22CO00234-1 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. 0458-2022 First Publication: 10/20/2022 Last Publication: 11/17/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0450-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On August 19, 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) CHRISTOPHER M BOSS AND SHAWN A KELLER Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR ACADEMY MORTGAGE CORPORATION
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Date of Deed of Trust June 17, 2016 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 17, 2016 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D6064231 Original Principal Amount $292,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $282,341.01 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 of the terms thereof THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 2, MESHKO SUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 4910 S. KALAMATH DRIVE, 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, 12/14/2022, 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: 10/20/2022 Last Publication: 11/17/2022 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: 08/19/2022 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:
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 5, BLOCK 3, ORCHARD HILLS FILING NO. FIVE, AMENDED, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 5560 SOUTH CHESTER COURT, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, 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, 12/14/2022, 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: 10/20/2022 Last Publication: 11/17/2022 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: 08/23/2022 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 # 00000009455296 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. 0456-2022 First Publication: 10/20/2022 Last Publication: 11/17/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - RESTART - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-109(2)(b)(II) FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0352-2019
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 # 00000009575341
Republished to restart foreclosure stayed by bankruptcy and reset sale date.
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 August 26, 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.
©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO. 0450-2022 First Publication: 10/20/2022 Last Publication: 11/17/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0456-2022 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On August 23, 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) MAGDA VARKONY Original Beneficiary(ies) WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Bear Stearns ARM Trust 2005-9, MortgageBacked Notes, Series 2005-9, U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee Date of Deed of Trust June 15, 2005 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 17, 2005 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5089631 July 07, 2005 Re-Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5099801 Re-Recording Date of Deed of Trust Original Principal Amount $531,300.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $349,892.97 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 of the terms thereof
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
Original Grantor(s) Demargo Lynette Krupa and Spenser Nicholas Wallace Ladd and John Patrick Dolan Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Elecnonic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as nominee for Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Roundpoint Mortgage Servicing Corporation Date of Deed of Trust December 21, 2018 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust December 26, 2018 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D8125357 Original Principal Amount $412,087.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $412,087.00 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 16, BLOCK 1, RIDGEVIEW HILLS NORTH, SECOND FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 4344 E Peakview Cir., Centennial, CO 80121. 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, 12/14/2022, 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: 10/20/2022 Last Publication: 11/17/2022 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: 08/26/2022 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: Amanda Ferguson #44893 Heather Deere #28597 Toni M. Owan #30580 Halliday, Watkins & Mann, PC 355 Union Blvd., Ste. 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO10673 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. 0352-2019 First Publication: 10/20/2022 Last Publication: 11/17/2022 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
City and County PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, November 7, 2022 the Centennial City Council passed on first reading: ORDINANCE NO. 2022-O-31 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE (LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE) CONCERNING THE URBAN CENTER ZONE DISTRICT AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY 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. 530767-60767 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Centennial, Colorado will conduct a public hearing on Monday, November 27, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. regarding ORDINANCE NO. 2022-O-26 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, ADDING A NEW ARTICLE 2 TO CHAPTER 4 OF THE CENTENNIAL MUNICIPAL CODE, CONDITIONED UPON VOTER APPROVAL, TO ADOPT PROVISIONS IMPOSING AND GOVERNING A LODGING TAX AND IMPOSING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF. The public hearing will be held at the Centennial Civic Center, 13133 E. Arapahoe Road, Council Chambers, Centennial, Colorado 80112. Copies of Ordinance No. 2022-O-26 are available for inspection by the public on the City’s website: www.centennialco.gov. Interested parties may file written comments with the City Clerk, at: councilcomments@centennialco.gov or by mailing them to City Clerk, 13133 E. Arapahoe Rd, Centennial, CO 80112 any time prior to November 27, 2022. Any written comments received will be provided to City Council prior to the Public Hearing and made part of the record. /s/Barbara Setterlind, MMC City Clerk Legal Notice No. 5307678-60768 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Centennial, Colorado will conduct a public hearing on Monday, November 27, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. regarding ORDINANCE NO. 2022-O-27 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, APPROVING A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO AND PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO (“GRANTEE”) TO PROVIDE GAS AND ELECTRICAL SERVICES WITHIN THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL AND AMENDING ARTICLE 5 OF CHAPTER
5 OF THE CENTENNIAL MUNICIPAL CODE. The public hearing will be held at the Centennial Civic Center, 13133 E. Arapahoe Road, Council Chambers, Centennial, Colorado 80112. Copies of Ordinance No. 2022-O-27 are available for inspection by the public on the City’s website: www.centennialco.gov. Interested parties may file written comments with the City Clerk, at: councilcomments@centennialco.gov or by mailing them to City Clerk, 13133 E. Arapahoe Rd, Centennial, CO 80112 any time prior to November 27, 2022. Any written comments received will be provided to City Council prior to the Public Hearing and made part of the record. /s/Barbara Setterlind, MMC City Clerk Legal Notice No. 530762-60762 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, November 7, 2022, the Centennial City Council approved the following ordinance on second and final reading: ORDINANCE NO. 2022-O-25 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, AMENDING ARTICLE 8 OF CHAPTER 11 OF THE CENTENNIAL MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 2022 VERSION OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL ROADWAY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS MANUAL The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk and is also available on the City’s web site, www.centennialcolorado.com. The ordinance may be obtained by contacting the City Clerk, 303-754-3324. by a vote of 7 in favor and 0 against (2 absent) (First published October 6, 2022) By:Barbara Setterlind, MMC City Clerk Legal Notice No. 530761-60761 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, November 7, 2022, the Centennial City Council approved the following ordinance on second and final reading: ORDINANCE NO. 2022-O-28 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, AMENDING SECTION 4-8-20 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE ENTITLED “SPECIAL FUNDS” BY DELETING THE LAND USE FUND AND AMENDING THE LANGUAGE CONCERNING THE OPEN SPACE AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk and is also available on the City’s web site, www.centennialcolorado.com. The ordinance may be obtained by contacting the City Clerk, 303-754-3324. by a vote of 7 in favor and 0 against (2 absent) (First published October 20, 2022) By:Barbara Setterlind, MMC City Clerk Legal Notice No. 530765-60765 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen _____________________________________ PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, November 7, 2022 the Centennial City Council passed on first reading: ORDINANCE NO. 2022-O-30 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, APPROVING AN ANNEXATION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH DOVE VALLEY LAND, LLC FOR THE DOVE VALLEY LAND PROPERTY WITHIN THE DOVE VALLEY REGIONAL PARK/CHERRY CREEK INNOVATION CAMPUS ANNEXATION 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. 530770-60770 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, November 7, 2022 the Centennial City Council passed on first reading:
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Medicare fines for high hospital readmissions drop BY JORDAN RAU KAISER HEALTH NEWS
The federal government has eased its annual punishments for hospitals with higher-than-expected readmission rates in an acknowledgment of the upheaval the COVID-19 pandemic has caused, resulting in the lightest penalties since 2014. The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program has been a mainstay of Medicare’s hospital payment system since it began in 2012. Created by the Affordable Care Act, the program evaluates the frequency with which Medicare patients at most hospitals return within 30 days and lowers future payments to hospitals that had a greater-than-expected rate of return. Hospitals can lose up to 3% of each Medicare payment for a year. The pandemic threw hospitals into turmoil, inundating them with COVID patients while forcing many to postpone elective surgeries for months. When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services evaluated hospitals’ previous three years of readmissions, as it does annually, the government decided to exclude the first half of 2020 because of the chaos caused by the pandemic. CMS also excluded from its calculations Medicare patients who were readmitted with pneumonia across all three years because of the difficulty in distinguishing them from patients with COVID. Akin Demehin, senior director of quality and patient safety policy at the American Hospital Association, said the changes were warranted.
“The COVID pandemic did a lot of really unprecedented things to care patterns of hospitals,” he said. After making those changes, CMS evaluated 2½ years of readmission cases for Medicare patients who’d had heart failure, heart attacks, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coronary artery bypass grafts, and knee and hip replacements. As a result of its analysis, CMS penalized 2,273 hospitals, the fewest since the fiscal year that ended in September 2014, a KHN analysis found. The average payment reduction was 0.43%, also the lowest since 2014. The reductions will be applied to each Medicare payment to the affected hospitals from Oct. 1 through next September and cost them $320 million over that 12-month period. Some hospitals will see their penalties greatly reduced from last year. The penalty on St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens, Georgia, is dropping from 2.54% to 0.06%. Saint Joseph East in Lexington, Kentucky, received the maximum penalty, 3%, last year; it will lose 0.78% as of Oct. 1. In Flemington, New Jersey, the penalty for Hunterdon Medical Center is dropping from 2.29% to 0.12%. To limit penalties, many hospitals in recent years have instituted new strategies to keep former patients from needing a return visit. Dr. Robert Coates, interim chief medical officer at Hunterdon Health, which owns Hunterdon Medical Center, said in a statement that the hospital set up a system to identify patients who visited the emergency room within
30 days of a hospital stay. Instead of readmitting them, Hunterdon helps them set up next-day appointments at a doctor’s office or home monitoring of their health. Hunterdon also calls all discharged patients to ensure they have filled their prescriptions and had a follow-up visit with a clinician within a week of leaving the hospital. Dr. Jessica Satterfield, director of quality and clinical excellence at St. Mary’s Health Care System, which operates St. Mary’s Hospital, said in a statement that the hospital identified patients at risk of readmission when they were first admitted and focused on making sure that their medications were correct and that they had follow-up visits. “We are proud that our efforts are bearing fruit in the form of greatly reduced penalties but, more importantly, as a reflection of the exceptional care our staff and medical staff provide to our patients,” Satterfield said. Saint Joseph East did not respond to emails seeking comment. Despite the changes, 43% of the nation’s 5,236 hospitals were penalized. Of the unpenalized, all but 770 were automatically exempted. The 2,193 exempted hospitals include those that specialize in children, psychiatric patients, or veterans. Rehabilitation and long-term care hospitals are also excluded from the program, as are critical access hospitals, which Medicare pays differently to help them stay open in areas with no other hospitals. The government also exempted Maryland hospitals because that state has a special payment
arrangement with Medicare. Of the hospitals that Medicare assessed, 75% were penalized. For the fiscal year that started this month, Medicare also cited the pandemic in giving hospitals a reprieve from its other major quality-focused effort that assesses penalties: the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program. It slashes Medicare payments by 1% to the quarter of general hospitals with the highest rates of infections and other potentially preventable patient injuries. For the previous fiscal year, CMS punished 764 hospitals under that program. Those penalties — which would have cost hospitals an estimated $350 million this year — will resume next fiscal year, with adjustments that better take covid patients into account. CMS will also refine the readmissions penalty program to distinguish pneumonia patients from covid patients. “COVID has been a tremendously disruptive force for all aspects of health care, most certainly CMS’ quality measurement programs,” Demehin said. “It’s probably going to be a couple of volatile years for readmission penalties.”
(Kaiser Health News) is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues. Together with Policy Analysis and Polling, KHN is one of the three major operating programs at KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation). KFF is an endowed nonprofit organization providing information on health issues to the nation.
Public Notices ORDINANCE NO. 2022-O-26 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, ADDING A NEW ARTICLE 2 TO CHAPTER 4 OF THE CENTENNIAL MUNICIPAL CODE, CONDITIONED UPON VOTER APPROVAL, TO ADOPT PROVISIONS IMPOSING AND GOVERNING A LODGING TAX AND IMPOSING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF 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. 530764-60764 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, November 7, 2022 the Centennial City Council passed on first reading: ORDINANCE NO. 2022-O-27 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, APPROVING A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO AND PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO (“GRANTEE”) TO PROVIDE GAS AND ELECTRICAL SERVICES WITHIN THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL AND AMENDING ARTICLE 5 OF CHAPTER 5 OF THE CENTENNIAL MUNICIPAL CODE 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. 530766-60766 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCEGRANTING A GAS AND ELECTRIC FRANCHISE TO PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
OF COLORADO NOTICE is hereby given that at the regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Centennial, State of Colorado, to be held on November 21, 2022, at the hour of 7:00 P.M. at City Council Chambers, Centennial Civic Center, 13133 E. Arapahoe Road Centennial, CO 80112, Public Service Company will request the City Council adopt a measure to approve an ordinance granting an/a electric/gas/electric and gas franchise to Public Service Company of Colorado, entitled: ORDINANCE NO. 2022-O-27, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, GRANTING A GAS AND ELECTRIC FRANCHISE TO PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO, ITS AFFILIATES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, THE RIGHT TO USE THE STREETS WITHIN THE CITY TO FURNISH, SELL, TRANSMIT AND DISTRIBUTE GAS AND ELECTRICITY TO THE CITY AND TO ALL RESIDENTS OF THE CITY, GRANTING THE RIGHT TO ACQUIRE, CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, LOCATE, MAINTAIN, OPERATE AND EXTEND INTO, WITHIN AND THROUGH THE CITY ALL FACILITIES REASONABLY NECESSARY TO FURNISH, SELL, TRANSMIT AND DISTRIBUTE GAS AND ELECTRICITY WITHIN AND THROUGH THE CITY AND FIXING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF. The franchise to be applied for will be for a term of twenty (20) years. Public Service Company of Colorado shall collect a fee from a surcharge upon City residents who are customers of the Company. The City of Centennial Council will conduct a public hearing at its regular meeting on November 21, 2022 as to the ordinance’s adoption and passage. As provided by law, said Ordinance was introduced and read for the first time at a regular meeting of said Council held on November 7, 2022. The hearing will be open to the public and all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard. /s/Barbara Setterlind, MMC City Clerk Legal Notice No. 530769-60769 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Centennial, Colorado will conduct a public hearing on Monday, December 5, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. regarding ORDINANCE NO. 2022-O-31 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CEN-
TENNIAL, COLORADO AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE (LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE) CONCERNING THE URBAN CENTER ZONE DISTRICT AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. The public hearing will be held at the Centennial Civic Center, 13133 E. Arapahoe Road, Council Chambers, Centennial, Colorado 80112. Copies of Ordinance No. 2022-O-31 are available for inspection by the public on the City’s website: www.centennialco.gov. Interested parties may file written comments with the City Clerk, at: councilcomments@centennialco.gov or by mailing them to City Clerk, 13133 E. Arapahoe Rd, Centennial, CO 80112 any time prior to December 5, 2022. Any written comments received will be provided to City Council prior to the Public Hearing and made part of the record. /s/Barbara Setterlind, MMC City Clerk Legal Notice No. 530771-60771 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Centennial, Colorado will conduct a public hearing on Monday, December 5, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. regarding ORDINANCE NO. 2022-O-30 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, APPROVING AN ANNEXATION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH DOVE VALLEY LAND, LLC FOR THE DOVE VALLEY LAND PROPERTY WITHIN THE DOVE VALLEY REGIONAL PARK/CHERRY CREEK INNOVATION CAMPUS ANNEXATION. The public hearing will be held at the Centennial Civic Center, 13133 E. Arapahoe Road, Council Chambers, Centennial, Colorado 80112. Copies of Ordinance No. 2022-O-30 are available for inspection by the public on the City’s website: www.centennialco. gov. Interested parties may file written comments with the City Clerk, at: councilcomments@centennialco.gov or by mailing them to City Clerk, 13133 E. Arapahoe Rd, Centennial, CO 80112 any time prior to December 5, 2022. Any written comments received will be provided to City Council prior to the Public Hearing and made part of the record. /s/Barbara Setterlind, MMC. City Clerk Legal Notice No. 530763-60763 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen
Metro Districts Budget Hearings Public Notice
ARAPAHOE COUNTY 911 AUTHORITY NOTICE OF 2023 BUDGET ADOPTION
the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim.
The Arapahoe County 911 Authority will consider adoption of the 2023 budget during a public hearing on Thursday, November 17, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. at South Metro Fire Rescue – Administration Board Room, 9195 E. Mineral Ave., Centennial, CO. The proposed budget is available for inspection and copying between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday (except holidays), at the office of the Arapahoe County Finance Department, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado 80120 or is available on the Authority’s website at https://ace911.colorado.gov. Any interested person may file in writing any objection to, or comments regarding, the proposed Budget prior to the hearing date by sending such comments to Cathy Raley at the Arapahoe County Finance Department, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado 80120 or via email at craley@arapahoegov.com. Any interested person may also attend the scheduled hearing and address the Authority. Additional information is available at https://www.colorado.gov/ace911.
2. Any such claim(s) shall be filed with the City Clerk at 13133 East Arapahoe Road, Centennial, CO 80112 prior to the Final Settlement Date.
Legal Notice No. Arap 1125 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 10, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen
Bids and Settlements Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT 2022 PAVEMENT PRESERVATION PROGRAM Project No. 22-04-02 Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Section 38-26107, C.R.S., that the City of Centennial, Colorado (the “City”) will make final payment at the hour of 10:00 a.m. on December 2, 2022 (the “Final Settlement Date”) to the following contractor: A-1 Chipseal Company 2505 E. 74th Avenue Denver, CO 80229 (hereinafter, the “Contractor”) for and on account of all work completed by the Contractor on City Project No. 22-04-02, including for purposes of this Notice of Final Settlement on (the “Project”). 1. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has an unpaid claim against the Project for and on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, or other supplies used or consumed by the Contractor or any subcontractor in or about the performance of said work, may at any time up to and including the Final Settlement Date, file a verified statement of
3. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement or claim prior to the Final Settlement Date will relieve the City from any and all liability for such claim. Legal Notice No. 530776-60776 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT FIRST AMENDMENT TO CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT (CRACK SEAL 2022) Project No. 21-04-02 Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Section 38-26107, C.R.S., that the City of Centennial, Colorado (the “City”) will make final payment at the hour of 10:00 a.m. on December 2, 2022 (the “Final Settlement Date”) to the following contractor: Superior Asphalt LC 2040 S. 7500 W. Magna, Utah 84044 (hereinafter, the “Contractor”) for and on account of all work completed by the Contractor on City Project No. 21-04-02, including for purposes of this Notice of Final Settlement on (the “Project”). 1. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has an unpaid claim against the Project for and on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, or other supplies used or consumed by the Contractor or any subcontractor in or about the performance of said work, may at any time up to and including the Final Settlement Date, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim. 2. Any such claim(s) shall be filed with the City Clerk at 13133 East Arapahoe Road, Centennial, CO 80112 prior to the Final Settlement Date. 3. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement or claim prior to the Final Settlement Date will relieve the City from any and all liability for such claim. Legal Notice No. 530777-60777 First Publication: November 10, 2022 Last Publication: November 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen ###
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Come shop for unique gifts and special items during the annual Colorado Community Media Holiday Craft Show and Mini-Market; With more than 100 exhibitors filling the Douglas County Fairgrounds, this is the best place to find that special, personal gift for friends and family. The show will feature handmade crafts in all areas from metal and leather, to flowers, baskets, ceramics, and so much more.
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