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Fewer metro area property owners are challenging assessments

More could come as market fluctuates

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As home prices in the counties around Denver shot up over the last decade, tens of thousands of residents argued officials incorrectly estimated the values of homes and other properties. They demanded their taxes be reduced.

But that trend, practically a rite in some regions, reversed in recent years. Challenges filed with county assessors declined as homeowners apparently acknowledged the rising cost of real estate.

“People today understand that values have been going up dramatically,” said Scot Kersgaard, the Jefferson County assessor. “Day after day, week after week, it’s been in the newspaper constantly.”

The news is also on websites, like Zillow, Redfin and Trulia, which

Home values have been a source of contention between assessors and citizens for years but decreased recently. However, market fluctuations could increase tensions again. SHUTTERSTOCK IMAGE

Voters sink lodging tax measure in Centennial

City proposed a 3.5% lodging tax

BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The majority of Centennial voters were against the proposed 3.5% lodging tax placed on the 2022 ballot by the Centennial council.

According to the unofficial results, 55.9% of votes turned out against the proposed tax, with 44.1% of

votes in favor.

Currently, the city does not have a lodging tax, but it does have a 2.5% sales tax rate on lodging services. If voters had approved the ballot measure, the combined total would have been 6%.

The lodging tax would have been imposed on the price of a shortterm rental, meaning less than 30 consecutive days, in any hotel, inn, bed and breakfast or Airbnb located in the city.

If approved, the anticipated annual revenue was $1.05 million. The

ballot question stated the tax revenue would be “spent on projects and services addressing visitor impacts in the areas of public safety and any other lawful municipal purpose.”

When Centennial City Council approved the ballot question in a 6-3 vote on Sept. 6, city staff explained “public safety” is a broad definition that can apply to a variety of services and projects.

The tax revenue did not necessarily have to be used for public safety,

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County cements blue hold on board of commissioners

Democrats Summey, Campbell-Swanson elected

BY ELLIS ARNOLD, ROBERT TANN EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM,

RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In the race for two district seats on the Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners, voters cemented the county’s strong blue shift, electing two Democrats in Districts 2 and 4 and handing the party a 4-1 board majority.

Jessica Campbell-Swanson of District 2 and Leslie Summey of District 4 won decisive victories over their Republican opponents after campaigning on progressive messages around public health, housing and the working class. They will now join the leadership board that controls policy decisions and hundreds of millions in spending for the 650,000-person county.

“I think people across demographics, age, gender, race, income, are starting to see some of the old tired ideas aren’t working and they’re ready for something else,” said Campbell-Swanson, a former English teacher, political attorney, campaign consultant and chief of staff for state Rep. Iman Jodeh.

The five commissioners oversee Arapahoe County government and represent different parts of the county. District 2 includes Greenwood Village, parts of west Centennial, and part of the south Aurora and east Centennial area. District 4 covers southwest Aurora, roughly west of Buckley Road.

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Centennial resident tabbed to lead Alzheimer’s Association

The Alzheimer’s Association has elected Sarah Lorance from Centennial, to serve as chair of its board of directors.

According to the news release, Lorance, 48, who was first elected to the Association’s board in 2015, will lead the 30-member, volunteer governing board in steering the strategic direction of the Association as it carries out its mission to lead the way to end Alzheimer’s and all other dementia — by accelerating global research, driving risk reduction and early detection, and maximizing quality care and support.

Lorance will join Alzheimer’s Association current president and newly appointed CEO Joanne Pike, DrPH, in leading the Association’s work, marking the first time both the organization and governing board leadership positions are held by women. Lorance will serve as board chair for two years.

“It is an honor to lead the Alzheimer’s Association board of

ing research while

ties by providing and support to treatments on the advance our vision Alzheimer’s and all

directors,” said Lorance. “When my father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at a very young age, the Alzheimer’s Association was a tremendous source of support and information for my family. I chose then to support the fullmission work the Association is doing to impact the future of this disease by advancing research while working to engage in all communities by providing invaluable care and support to individuals and families affected. With potential new treatments on the horizon, this is an exciting time to advance our vision of a world without Alzheimer’s and all other dementia.”

million Americans

More than 6.5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, according to the Alzheimer’s Association 2022 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report, including 76,000 in Colorado. Alzheimer’s is a leading cause of death in the United States and one in three seniors dies with Alzheimer’s or another dementia.

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as the ballot language stated funds could have been used for “any other lawful municipal purpose.”

Peyton Sargent, a 22-year-old Centennial resident, said one of the ballot questions she was on the fence about was the lodging tax. She was among a long line of people waiting to vote in person at Southglenn Library in Centennial on election night.

“I had to do, kind of, a lot of digging to try and get any information on it, really,” she said.

Sargent said she planned to vote against the proposed lodging tax.

“It kind of seemed like there wasn’t really a reason for it,” she said.

Littleton City Council also asked its voters a lodging tax question on the November ballot, and unofficial election results show a majority of Littleton voters approved a 5% lodging tax. The anticipated annual revenue is $975,000 and will be spent on the city’s arts, culture and tourism programs.

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A long line of people waiting to vote at Southglenn Library in Centennial formed at approximately 5:10 p.m. on Nov. 8, 2022.

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Kaiser wins second term as assessor

Touts record in data, accessibility

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Democratic incumbent PK Kaiser won by a wide margin over Republican Bob Andrews and Libertarian Joshua Lallement in the race to decide who oversees the office that affects property tax collection in Arapahoe County.

Kaiser’s victory falls in line with other races in Arpahoe County, with Democrats winning all open races.

As results rolled in on election night, Kaiser said he feels he provided good service to the public during his first term as assessor.

“We were running on our record. We were telling people what we did,” said Kaiser, who has touted adding a system that allows people to challenge the county’s assessed value of their home online rather than in person.

Andrews said he felt “complete shock” at results rolled in, showing Kaiser woudl win by a large margin.

“It is truly sad that the people that vote straight ticket instead of researching the candidates,” Andrews said.

Democrats won Arapahoe County offices by large leads, reflecting a strong showing for Democrats at the state level.

The party swept the races for Arapahoe sheriff; assessor; treasurer; the official who oversees death investigations, or coroner; the county’s head elections official, or clerk; and the two seats on the county’s elected board of leaders, or commissioners, that were on the ballot this year.

“I want to thank all the people

that supported me financially and emotionally and knocked doors and made calls for me,” said Andrews, who acknowledged his loss on Facebook.

Andrews made his experience in the real estate industry central to his campaign against Kaiser. Kaiser, who holds multiple master’s degrees, says what’s relevant to his job is his knowledge of statistics, economics and finance.

Role of assessor’s o ce

The assessor’s job is to establish accurate values of all properties — residential, commercial, agricultural, vacant land and more — in the county, a process meant to ensure that the amount of taxes property owners pay is fair and equitable.

The county assessor’s office itself does not set any tax rate — rather, different local government bodies set the tax rates, and then the rates are applied to each individuals’ property value to determine how much they owe.

For example, county tax is set by the county commissioners, and school district taxes are set by school boards.

Property taxes partly fund the Arapahoe County government, but the majority of the property taxes are distributed in order to fund school districts, fire and library districts, other local entities, and cities and towns, according to a county document.

Kaiser has served in the Colorado Department of Revenue as a tax examiner. He holds a master’s degree in business administration in finance and another master’s in accounting, plus a master’s in agricultural economics, he said.

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Lopez to focus on security, accessibility in new term

Will continue as county clerk

BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Incumbent Democrat Joan Lopez has been elected to a new term as Arapahoe County clerk and recorder after defeating Republican challenger Caroline Cornell, according to the unofficial election results.

Reacting to the results, Cornell posted a message on Facebook on Nov. 9 saying, in part, that although the election did not go as she hoped, she was proud of the race she ran.

“Joan Lopez, I wish you success. I sincerely hope that you take steps to be more responsive to the public,

treat staff members with greater respect, and strive to be nonpartisan in the administration of your office,” Cornell said in

During the Arapahoe County Democratic Party’s Election Night Party on Nov. 8, as the county’s early election results showed she was in the lead, Lopez said she wants voters to know that they will always have access and the right to vote.

The clerk runs the elections process in Arapahoe County. The clerk’s office also records public documents, such as real estate records, and issues marriage and civil union

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Westerberg focuses on short-, long-term plans as new treasurer

Berzins thanks voters, supporters

BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Democratic candidate Michael Westerberg is Arapahoe County’s new treasurer, according to the unofficial election results. Westerberg defeated Republican candidate Marsha Berzins.

“It’s kind of surreal,” Westerberg said during the Arapahoe County Democratic Party’s Election Night Party on Nov. 8, as the early county election results showed he was in the lead.

Democrats performed well in the Arapahoe County races. Besides Westerberg, incumbent Sheriff Tyler Brown was reelected, Joan Lopez will return as county clerk and Kelly Lear was reelected coroner.

“I’ve been in Colorado for three or four cycles now, and I’ve never seen us have this big of an early lead. It is just bizarre,” he said. “It’s nice to have a team, really — like, that’s how you get stuff done.”

In reaction to the election results, Berzins, who served on the Aurora City Council from 2009 to 2021, posted a statement to Facebook on Nov. 9.

“I think one of the most important things a candidate can do is to listen to and respect the will of the voters,” Berzins said in the post. “This election didn’t quite turn out

how we wanted and there will be time for reflection and understanding.”

In an email, Berzins said, “I’d like to thank my supporters, our volunteers and donors. It was an honor to run for a position to serve the community.”

What does the county treasurer do?

The county treasurer is responsible for collecting, investing and disbursing county funds, according to the county’s website.

The treasurer also collects property taxes and distributes the revenue to the county and other local governments and public entities, such as school districts, the website states.

Westerberg said one of the first things he’ll do when he takes office is assess how to modernize the payment system for property taxes.

He said a few people expressed concerns and said they cannot make payments ahead of time nor schedule payments.

“That’s the biggest thing I want to look at first. That’s first and foremost. That should be low-hanging fruit, if we can modernize that, that would be awesome,” he said.

“I don’t know what state it’s in currently, so I’ll be looking into that.”

Another priority for Westerberg is finding out what needs to be funded and ways to fund them, he said.

Establishing a public bank Westerberg said his long-term

goal of establishing a public bank in Arapahoe County still stands.

“We’re going to look at how to get a public bank going, and that’s — probably will take one or two bills at the state (legislature), so looking at who can run those for me, and we’ll go from there,” he said.

He thinks bills in the state legislature would be necessary given current regulations in the Colo-

rado code.

“Republicans will tell you that a public bank is unconstitutional,” he said. “That is not true. But the reason they think that is because there — the current code does not even consider that a public bank would be a thing. So, the regulations we’ve set up don’t consider it at all.”

Michael Westerberg poses for a portrait during the Arapahoe County Democratic Party’s Election Night Party on Nov. 8.

PHOTO BY TAYLER SHAW

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long collaboration with colleagues and technology staff, the assessor’s office under Kaiser created an online protest option so people wouldn’t have to depend on challenging the county’s assessed value of their home in person, Kaiser said in an earlier interview.

To the county’s knowledge, the assessor’s office did not offer any mechanism of online property protests before Kaiser took office.

Kaiser’s administration also created a map online so people can see how assessed property values have changed near where they live or in other areas.

“They can see their value is fair compared to their neighbors, their city, their county,” Kaiser has said.

He added: “To the best of my knowledge, such transparency tool wasn’t offered before” in the county assessor’s office.

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Because of this, Westerberg said there will be some incongruencies, so there will have to be changes made to some regulations to make a public bank possible.

In a previous interview with Colorado Community Media, Westerberg explained he’d like to follow the model of the Bank of North Dakota, a public bank that was established by the state legislature in 1919, according to the bank’s website.

According to the Bank of North Dakota’s 2021 annual report, the state-owned bank reported a profit of $144.2 million in 2021 and the bank’s total assets at the end of the year were $10 billion.

For TABOR considerations, the bank should probably be a separate public enterprise, Westerberg said, and not be operated through the Arapahoe County government. However, he said it may be beneficial for elected officials in

Arapahoe County to recommend or appoint people to operate the enterprise.

Following the North Dakota model, the bank would be a place where local credit unions and city governments could borrow from, Westerberg said, but it wouldn’t be a place where residents could walk in and deposit money like they do in their local bank.

For example, if a person who is doing business with a local credit union takes out a small business loan, essentially half of the money would be put up by the credit union and the other half would be put up by the bank.

Westerberg said this public bank model would generate more revenue in two main ways.

The first is that a public bank allows for Arapahoe County to generate interest on its funds.

“Anything we’re not literally using right now to pay people is just sitting in a bank account,” he said. “If we are the owners of that bank account, we’re the public bank, we could take that money and invest it. So that way, the in-

terest we get turns around and we can use in Arapahoe County, right, instead of it going to a big bank.”

The second, and bigger, way to generate money is through loans, because the bank would get some of the interest being paid by the borrower, he said.

If the public bank is run correctly, it could generate additional funds to help support county services and programs, Westerberg said.

For example, if the stated purpose of the public enterprise was to generate funds for repairing roads, the Arapahoe County’s general budget wouldn’t have to dedicate as much money towards road repairs, since it’ll be partially covered by the bank.

This helps free up some money in the general fund to be spent elsewhere, Westerberg said.

Brown to keep focus on mental health, alternative policing

Edling says party-line voters an issue

BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In an election cycle mired in debate over a perception of rising crime, Republican candidates hoped to galvanize voters with allegations of mismanaged criminal policy under Democrats.

In the race for Arapahoe County sheriff, Republican candidate Kevin Edling highlighted that narrative in his bid to unseat Democratic incumbent Tyler Brown. But the message didn’t seem to resonate with voters.

“It turns out I’m running in a very blue county in a very blue state,” said Edling, a former command officer for the Denver Police Department. “I knew that we were the underdog going out the gate. I definitely thought voters would take more consideration of qualification and experience than I think showed in this race.”

With more than 55% of the vote, Brown cruised to reelection, which he called a testament to his office’s current practices. Brown campaigned on more resources for mental health and a need to divert some offenders away from incarceration while taking more hard-line policies on issues such as fentanyl.

“I think it says that they like the things that we’ve implemented to

this point,” Brown said. “It’s an endorsement to ‘hey look, we think we’re on the right path, we need to keep going.”

Kristin Mallory Westerberg, chair for the Arapahoe County Democratic Party, said Brown’s message of addressing crime while bringing empathy to policies is a sticking point for voters.

“I think that that resonates because essentially we have two options with crime: we can continue to punish people or we can rehabilitate people,” Westerberg said. “Tyler showed leadership on continuing to rehabilitate people.”

Westerberg said Republicans messaging around crime was “fear mongering” and said, “the other side tried to make things scarier

than they actually are.”

Edling said he expected issues of crime “would’ve had a bigger impact for sure on the election in general” but said Brown’s win has more to do with Democrat voters outnumbering Republicans in the county.

“I think it comes down to party and it comes down to math,” he said.

First elected in 2019, Brown is set to serve four more years as county sheriff, eyeing alternative policing and stronger community resources as a priority.

Under his tenure, Brown implemented co-responder programs to the county sheriff’s office, which pair officers with mental health clinicians when responding to certain calls to deescalate situations and provide nonpunitive responses.

Brown also introduced therapy dogs in schools to accompany safety officers, a move he said strengthens trust between officers and students.

“(Officers) are not just an enforcement arm at the school, we’ve really tried to commit to deterring people from the criminal justice system, especially our youth,” Brown said.

With his reelection, county voters appeared to signal approval for Brown’s approach of more restorative justice. While Edling also voiced support for such practices, he staked much of his campaign on changing the status quo of the sheriff’s office, which he said lacked policies to hold criminals

accountable.

“Why are we seeing such a huge increase in auto theft?” Edling questioned during his campaign. “Today, much of the metro area has a no chase policy for auto theft. The accountability issue is what’s missing … if you do nothing and don’t hold people accountable, you’re going to continue to see it.”

As sheriff, Brown said he has “not always been in lock step” with his party, which saw some lawmakers protest the harsher penalties in the state fentanyl law. Ultimately, he said, he has run as a candidate driven by solutions, not partisanship.

“This really comes down to not a partisan race, it comes down to public safety,” Brown said. “We don’t ask whether you’re Democrat or Republican when you call 911. We’re just going to solve your issue.”

As Brown looks to his next four years, he said an immediate focus for his office will be hiring more officers, particularly deputy sheriffs, across the department. He estimates the sheriff’s office needs to fill between 45 and 50 positions across the roughly 500-person staff of sworn officers. Brown said he will also help oversee the creation of a new mental and behavioral health building at the county jail, which county commissioners approved as part of their 2025 budget and which Brown said should begin with a groundbreaking in the next 6 to 8 months.

Lear to remain county coroner

Emphasis on accreditation

BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Kelly Lear will continue serving Arapahoe County as coroner after the Democratic incumbent beat challenger Ron Bouchard in the 2022 election.

“This is my third election cycle,” Lear said.

search biologist with a background specifically in microscopy, shared a Facebook post reacting to the results on Nov. 10.

“Although the outcome of the election was not what we hoped for, we gave it our all and ran a fair and honest race,” Bouchard said in the post. “By the grace of God, I will continue to pray for our Nation. We have a chasm of disunity that must be healed.”

all about education and

“To me, it was really all about education and talking to the voters.”

Lear said many people don’t know they vote for the coroner, and they don’t know the candidates running for coroner do not have to be doctors. During her campaign, she highlighted that she was the only physician on the ballot.

The coroner is elected to investigate deaths and issue death certificates, and it is the decision of the coroner’s office as to whether an autopsy will be conducted, according to Arapahoe County’s website.

Lear has worked as a forensic pathologist for Arapahoe County since 2004. A forensic pathologist is the medical doctor who performs autopsies to determine the cause and manner of a death.

A coroner, however, is not required to be a physician or forensic pathologist in Colorado.

Bouchard, who said he is a re-

Lear said she’d like to think the majority of voters elected her because of her training and experience.

“A lot of people said there’s really no reason to change when the office is already performing at the highest caliber,” she said.

Lear said Arapahoe County is one of only four offices in Colorado nationally accredited by the National Association of Medical Examiners.

“Maintaining our accreditation is a key priority, and that means recruiting a third forensic pathologist to make sure that we are able to, kind of, keep up with our case volume and make sure that people are getting answers in an appropriate amount of time,” Lear said.

In a previous interview with Colorado Community Media, Lear said part of the accreditation is workload per pathologist, which somewhat dictates how many forensic pathologists the office should have.

Currently, the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office has two forensic

Arapahoe County Sheri Tyler Brown speaking during the Arapahoe County Racial Equity Subcommittee meeting on Sept. 19 at Ready to Work Aurora.

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licenses. It includes the county Divi sion of Motor Vehicles, or DMV.

“Top priority is still: provide ac cess. Access is so important to me,” Lopez said. “You have to have every voice heard, whether or not they have transportation.”

During this election cycle, Lopez said she noticed a few areas that didn’t have enough access, including the area near East Florida Avenue and South Alton Street. She said while there was a ballot drop box close by at the Eloise May Library, there was not a close enough vote center.

Accessibility is especially impor tant to Lopez given her upbringing, as she said she grew up without transportation.

“My mom was legally blind, so she doesn’t drive. She’s a single mom,”

Lopez said, emphasizing the impor tance of making it easier for people to get to the polls.

Addressing accessibility issues was a priority for Lopez when she won the clerk and recorder race four years ago. In a previous interview with Colorado Community Media, Lopez said one of the first actions she took in office was to push for opening a voting center at Martin Luther King Jr. Library in northwest Aurora, which opened in 2019.

This election cycle, Lopez said she didn’t expect a lot of threats.

“I wasn’t expecting people to be so against mail-in voting. I mean, I was shocked,” she said.

In late October, Colorado Com munity Media reported on threats Colorado county clerks were receiv ing, including Lopez, who said she got a threatening, handwritten letter in which the writer claimed to know where she lives.

On election night, Lopez said she had some calls regarding election

safety concerns. In one incident, she was told a person was yelling at someone who was dropping off their parents’ ballots.

There was a report of someone filming a voter and making them re ally nervous, Lopez said.

“I just hope that people aren’t fear ful of voting,” she said. “I mean, this has been a tough couple of years.”

Lopez said on the eve of the presi dential election, someone came to the clerk’s office and filmed voters on each side of the ballot box with open carry to intimidate voters.

“And that’s where the Vote Without Fear Act came, so I testified for that,” she said, referring to the 2022 Colora do House Bill that prohibits a person from openly carrying a firearm inside or within 100 feet of a polling location, central count facility, or bal lot drop box.

Lopez said she is worried safety concerns will get worse next year.

“All we can do is keep passing laws to maybe keep people safe,” she said.

“The county clerks don’t pass laws, but we can also support, we can also come out and testify.”

It’s important for people to voice their opinion, Lopez said, explaining she always tells her daughter change cannot happen if people are quiet.

“The good thing about it is, just, the amount of support — I mean, all over the country,” she said.

She said she was floored to see people throughout the U.S. running advertisements for her.

“People really came out for the county clerks, I think,” she said. “People were excited. They want to make sure that our elections are secure.”

Reflecting on what efforts she would like to see that may help, Lopez said investing more money toward increasing voter access and potentially more security.

“We do have to make sure that ev eryone is not intimidated,” she said.

Ellis Arnold contributed to this story.

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Colorado is second state to legalize ‘magic mushrooms’

Measure passed by thin margin

BY JENNIFER BROWN THE COLORADO SUN

Ten years after legalizing the use and sale of marijuana, Colorado became only the second state in the U.S. to legalize the use of psilocybin mushrooms.

The ballot measure, Proposition 122, squeaked across the finish line as ballots were tallied the day after Election Day, receiving 51% of the vote.

Proponents called it a “truly historic moment.”

“Colorado voters saw the benefit of regulated access to natural medicines, including psilocybin, so people with PTSD, terminal illness, depression, anxiety and other mental health issues can heal,” co-proponents, Kevin Matthews and Veronica Lightening Horse Perez said in emailed statement Wednesday evening.

Natural Medicine Colorado, which got Proposition 122 on the ballot, spent nearly $4.5 million to promote the measure. In contrast, the primary opposition, Protect Colorado’s Kids, raised about $51,000.

The measure will allow people 21 and older to grow and share psychedelic mushrooms, as well as create state-regulated centers where people could make appointments to consume psilocybin, the hallucination-

inducing compound derived from psychedelic mushrooms. It calls for licensed “healing centers” to give clients mushrooms in a supervised setting, but — unlike marijuana — does not include an option for retail

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sales.

Once again, Colorado passed a drug measure that’s illegal under federal law. Psychedelic mushrooms became illegal in the U.S. in 1970 under the Controlled Substances Act. Even with Proposition 122’s passage, psilocybin remains federally classified as a Schedule 1 controlled substance, like heroin, for which there is no current medical use.

Colorado became the first to legalize marijuana a decade ago, and is second only to Oregon in legalizing psilocybin.

Luke Niforatos, chairman of Protect Colorado’s Kids, said he was concerned as a parent and for Colorado’s public health.

“We now need to have a very frank and public conversation about who is in charge of medicine,” he said. “This is now the second time our state has rejected the FDA process.”

Niforatos, who is also executive vice president of the Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions, said Colorado has allowed “billionaires, startups and entrepreneurs” to take control of medicine in this state instead of “scientists, medical doctors and the FDA.”

Niforatos said that if opponents of the measure had been able to raise enough money to educate the public about the dangers of allowing the use of drugs with no regulated dosage amounts or prescriptions, Proposition 122 would have failed.

“We can’t compete with $4 million from out of state,” he said, adding that proponents of the measure and the psilocybin industry will benefit from its passage while his side had no payoff to entice big-money donors.

He’s also concerned that the opening of psychedelic healing centers and advertising of the drugs in cities across Colorado will normalize drug use among young people, leading to more teens using psilocybin. There is no opt-out provision

in Prop 122 for cities and counties that do not want psychedelic healing centers, although cities and counties could enact rules about where the centers could open and their hours of operation.

Proposition 122 also will allow facilities to expand to three plantbased psychedelics in 2026. Those are ibogaine, from the root bark of an iboga tree; mescaline, which is from cacti; and dimethyltryptamine, or DMT, a natural compound found in plants and animals. Mental health centers and substance abuse treatment clinics also could seek licenses to offer psychedelic treatment.

The natural medicines, used to treat anxiety and depression, are obtained now through friends who grow them or from underground “trip guides” who sit with clients during a psychedelic experience, then help them process afterward.

Three years ago, Denver residents voted to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms, making possession a low priority for law enforcement. With the passage of Proposition 122, Gov. Jared Polis has until Jan. 31 to appoint 15 members to the National Medicine Advisory Board, which will report to the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies.

The board’s first recommendations are due by Sept. 30, and regulated access to psilocybin would become available in late 2024. Then by June 2026, the state Department of Regulatory Agencies could expand access to the three other plant-based psychedelics.

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Tackling population growth

While the Nov. 8 election may have been an endorsement of Democrats by voters — with every Democrat running for a countylevel position winning their race — Campbell-Swanson said her victory was built on a broad coali tion of progressive, moderate and conservative-minded residents. More often than not, she said, she could find consensus with voters she spoke to on the campaign trail about a host of pressing issues.

Campbell-Swanson said she was surprised to hear a lack of appetite from voters for hard-line policies like a camping ban aimed at the unhoused, which was passed in Aurora earlier this year. “People are concerned about the growing number of our neighbors who are losing their homes and they want a plan,” said Campbell-Swanson, who previously told Colorado Community Media she would sup port more county funding to help residents at risk of losing their housing.

As a newly elected official, Campbell-Swanson said her top two priorities will be public health — particularly addressing mental health issues — and managing pop ulation growth, which she framed as the nexus for other issues facing the county such as environmental sustainability and cost of living.

Campbell-Swanson had cam paigned on embracing the county’s expected population growth, hav ing said, “I just don’t think there’s any use to try to stop growth or hide it.” By turning growth into an opportunity, Campbell-Swanson said she aims to support more housing diversity — from town homes to denser developments — that can bring down home and rental prices, reduce environmen tal footprints and situate more resi dents near public transit corridors.

A need to ‘debruce’?

As officials tackle the challenges of a growing suburban county, Summey said one way to help bol ster needed services would be to ex empt Arapahoe County from its tax revenue cap requirements mandat ed under the state policy known as the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, or TA BOR. Many counties have already pulled out of TABOR requirements, allowing local officials to retain and spend all revenue generated within the year.

Currently, Arapahoe County must return funds it collects if it exceeds a certain threshold each year (leav ing the TABOR policy is known as “debrucing,” named for TABOR’s author Douglas Bruce). The vast majority of counties in the state — 51 out of 64 — have all debruced since TABOR’s inception in 1992, according to the Bell Policy Center.

“We have conservative counties that have debruced,” Summey said, estimating the county could retain tens of millions of dollars more if it takes that step.

She enjoys receiving her TABOR refund check, but she’s willing “to take my $11 to $20 that I have in my family that I get back every year and put that toward something big ger,” Summey said.

After COVID conflict, eyes on new agency

As the county looks to stand up its own health department after the dissolution of the Tri-County Health Department Dec. 31, Camp bell-Swanson said she wants a bigger focus on mental health for county residents. The controver sies that led to Tri-County’s de mise, namely the retaliation from Douglas County commissioners over masking policies, came amid a national backdrop of politiciza tion of COVID-era public health policies.

Campbell-Swanson’s Republican challenger Mark Gotto told Colo rado Community Media during his campaign he would support ap pointing a board of “not all health experts” for the county’s new department. The board of health, separate from the county commis sioners, is the policy-making body for the new department.

Campbell-Swanson, in response, said she would support “public health experts who will be commit ted to data-driven, science-based, equitable policy” for board posi tions.

The issue is one that may have been central to voters’ appeal to the Democratic commissioner candidates, said Kristin Mallory Westerberg, the Arapahoe County Democratic Party chair.

“What people wanted was for sci ence-driven, data-driven people to make decisions for the next health department,” Westerberg said.

More diversity on board

The victories of Campbell-Swan son as well as Summey, a Black county resident, expand diver sity on the county commissioner board. At 39, Campbell-Swanson said she will bring a younger voice to the county and will be the first openly LGBT commissioner.

Campbell-Swanson is also a renter, believing she can bring a different housing and economic background to the board.

“The more representative per spectives on decision making … means you have a better informed realistic understanding of what’s going on,” Campbell-Swanson said, adding she hopes board diversity will open conversation and tamper polarization.

“People are open to other per spectives and that’s one of the biggest lies that’s come out of the last five years is that people aren’t open-minded,” she said.

Summey feels her “journey in life” enabled her to under stand others who are struggling.

“There’s all those kitchen-table issues that people have to deal with every day, talking about putting food on the table, how do we keep the lights on,” Summey said.

She said the road has not always been smooth for her, her husband and their five kids. On her mind is the county government’s responsi bility in ensuring quality of life in Arapahoe County.

Westerberg said the candidates’ wins represent the continued shifts in a county that has for years trended bluer. “The reality is our district is changing, we are younger, we are more diverse, we are working class,” Westerberg said. “I believe this is the begin ning of a thriving Arapahoe Coun ty where no one is left behind.”

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Children facing early, intense respiratory virus season

Health o cials concerned

BY JENNIFER BROWN THE COLORADO SUN

An alarming number of Colorado children with the respiratory virus called RSV are filling emergency rooms and intensive care beds as the state experiences an “early and intense” start to the flu season, state health officials and Children’s Hospital Colorado warned.

“It’s truly like nothing we’ve ever seen before at Children’s Hospital Colorado,” said Dr. Kevin Carney, a pediatric emergency physician and Children’s associate chief medical officer.

The hospital’s in-patient and ICU beds across the state are operating at or above maximum capacity, and emergency room and urgent care visits for respiratory illness are 30% higher than the busiest days of a normal flu season, which typically runs January through March.

Children’s is now postponing surgeries and other procedures in order to have the staff and space to treat children with RSV, the flu and COVID-19, he said.

Statewide, there’s a shortage of available pediatric intensive care beds, according to state health department officials who joined Children’s Hospital for a news conference. The number of available pediatric beds has hovered between zero and 5 the last several weeks, instead of the typical average of 22 open beds.

Children’s Hospital and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment held the news conference to warn parents and urge vaccinations after watching levels, especially for RSV, spike in recent weeks.

“What’s different this year is how early and severe this reference respiratory season has been for the children in our community,” Carney said. “Our emergency departments are seeing a record volume of patients.”

While RSV, which stands for respiratory syncytial virus, causes mild symptoms in most people, it can cause severe illness or even death in young children and older adults. Of the 554 people who have been hospitalized in the Denver area in the last few weeks, 95% were chil-

dren. Health officials have counted 144 outbreaks statewide at schools and child care centers.

Infants and children under age 2 are most at risk for dangerous cases of RSV, as are people over age 65 or with lung issues. Colorado is seeing “unprecedented levels” of RSV transmission, said state epidemiologist Dr. Rachel Herlihy.

She asked people to get vaccinated, both for the flu and COVID-19, and to stay home if they are sick, even with mild symptoms.

“A mild infection in me or you can translate to a life-threatening infection to a young child or an older adult,” she said.

The flu, COVID and RSV are all different illnesses, but it’s possibly for people to have more than one at the same time. The symptoms of RSV are runny nose, decrease in appetite, coughing, sneezing, fever and wheezing, which can make it difficult for parents to tell the difference between RSV, the flu and COVID.

The COVID-19 pandemic “disrupt-

ed” regular patterns for the respiratory virus season, pushing it back to early fall rather than winter. While the reasons aren’t entirely understood, it’s partly due to the health precautions taken during the pandemic —including isolation and masks — that also suppressed transmission of other respiratory illnesses, Herlihy said.

Health officials are seeing RSV spread during the summer and increase in the fall, and last year, saw an uptick in flu transmission late into the spring — both unusual timelines, she said.

“We really don’t fully understand, but it’s very clear that the pandemic has been disruptive to how these viruses are spread and when they’re spread,” Herlihy said.

Hospitalization numbers for influenza are still lower than typical peak levels, but they are higher at this point in the season than the most severe flu season on record in Colorado, which was in 2017-18, she said. Health officials said they are unsure when the illness might

peak.

The number of doses of influenza vaccine given this year in Colorado are on par with 2021, but lower than 2020 levels, said Scott Bookman, director of public health response for the state health department.

“So we do have an opportunity here to increase our influenza vaccination rates as we head into this flu season,” he said.

Children’s Hospital officials encouraged parents to first check with their pediatrician if they are unsure whether their child needs to go to the emergency room. The state health department, meanwhile, is spreading word about the uptick in RSV and flu to schools, preschools and child care facilities.

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Health o cials expect an early, long season for flus and respiratory viruses for kids.

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Voters approve free school meals program

local taxes and mortgage interest.

BY ERICA BREUNLIN THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado public school students will have access to free school meals after voters approved Proposition FF on Nov. 8, slashing tax breaks for households that earn more than $300,000 in federal adjusted gross income starting in tax year 2023 to help pay for a new school meals program.

The measure passed with more than 55% of voters approving it.

The success of the measure means that all kids in public schools, no matter their family’s income, will be able to eat free school breakfasts and lunches, reflecting the critical role schools play in helping students facing food insecurity. The state’s new school meals program — the Healthy School Meals for All program — will take the place of a federal initiative that provided free meals to all kids through the first two years of the pandemic.

“This is a win for our fight against childhood hunger,” said Ashley Wheeland, director of public policy for Hunger Free Colorado, a nonprofit that helps people struggling with hunger. “Many more children that need food will now have access to it with their learning, and this is something that we’ve needed for a long time.”

The demand for food assistance swelled during the pandemic, with 68,000 more Colorado kids participating in school lunch programs supported by federal funds, said Wheeland, whose organization has supported the ballot measure since it was first referred by Democrats in the Colorado legislature this year through the passage of House Bill 1414. This school year, with the federal initiative no longer in place, school meals are reaching fewer students, she said.

Proposition FF will limit the amount that households earning more than $300,000 can claim in state income tax deductions to cover many of the costs of the new school meals program. It will also require school meal providers to take advantage of federal reimbursements to help ease program costs for the state.

The restriction will impact a taxpayer’s standard deduction or itemized deductions, which include charitable contributions, state and

Taxpayers who make more than $300,000 will be able to deduct no more than $12,000 for single filers and no more than $16,000 for joint filers. Currently, taxpayers who earn more than $400,000 can claim a maximum of $60,000 in state income tax deductions for a joint filer and a maximum of $30,000 for a single filer, caps that were passed under House Bill 1311. Taxpayers whose income is between $300,000 and $400,000 are not limited in how much they can deduct from their state taxable income.

Proposition FF will increase income tax revenue in the state by an estimated $100.7 million during the first full year of the tax change, fiscal year 2023-24, which begins on July 1, 2023.

School meal providers will be reimbursed for providing meals to all kids, and any school meal provider can benefit, whether they serve one or more school districts or charter schools. Currently, 183 school meal providers serve kids throughout the state and cover the costs of providing free and reduced-price lunches with state and federal funds and by charging families whose income exceeds federal poverty levels.

Students might qualify for free or reduced-price meals, depending on their household income, but Colorado students who are eligible for reduced-price meals get free meals instead because the state funds their portion of the meal cost.

Denver resident Noah Hayden, 25,

voted in favor of Proposition FF so that all students have enough to eat while trying to learn.

Hayden, an unaffiliated voter, teaches social studies at a charter school in Broomfield, and while most of his students come from families who can afford meals, he knows not all kids have the same resources.

“I just think it’s better that every kid is always ensured a lunch throughout the day,” Hayden said after voting at ReelWorks Denver Tuesday evening.

Joey Chester, 30, an unaffiliated voter from Westminster, came to the polls with at least one thing in mind: school lunches.

Chester, who grew up in Aurora, voted “yes” on Proposition FF. He said he sees hope in the proposition.

“When I grew up, my mom gave us 40 bucks a month for school lunches, and I got lazy and would just burn it out and then have to make my own lunch finally for the rest of the year. I knew kids that didn’t always get meals, and I know things have gotten worse,” Chester said.

He added: “I hope it’s going to pass and the people that it’s going to tax are not going to be whiny about it.”

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Plan will reduce tax breaks for wealthy

track the value of homes.

But the last word on the value of those homes, as far as the government is concerned, belongs to Kersgaard’s office. His office determines how much homeowners will owe government entities in taxes.

For years, rises in those taxes have led to lines at county offices and stacks of filings as property owners submit protests against assessors’ valuations.

In 2013, Jefferson County saw about 5,700 protests. That number reached about 11,200 in 2017, but fell to 7,200 in 2021.

Acceptance of the realities of rising prices is a theory as to why protests are declining. Kersgaard said local policies to make more information accessible could have played a role.

“In Jeffco, we’ve done things that have been designed frankly to reduce (protests),” Kersgaard said.

But the trend seen in Jefferson County is mirrored in the other counties surrounding Denver, according to annual reports from the state Division of Property Taxation.

In Adams County, there were about 2,600 protests in 2013, 11,200 in 2017 and 6,000 in 2021.

In Arapahoe County, there were about 4,800 protests in 2013, 9,200 in 2019 and 4,700 in 2021.

In Douglas County, there were about 5,200 protests in 2013, 7,200 in 2019 and 4,700 in 2021.

It is unclear exactly what is driving recent declines in protests.

The idea that property owners are more resigned to the realities of the real estate market is a common one.

“The real estate market is on fire,” said Corbin Sakdol, a former Arapahoe County assessor and executive director of the Colorado Assessors’ Association.

‘Agnostic about taxes’

Another factor could be approach. Kersgaard said when he came into office, he told his staff not to be lenient with protests.

“What I tell them is if we get the value right, defend the (protest),” Kersgaard said. “Don’t just give them something so they go away. If we’re wrong, grant it.”

The staff was “delighted that I had their back,”he added.

Kersgaard estimates that around 3%-5% of people file appeals in any given year. If an assessor’s office grants an appeal that isn’t justified, “then you’re punishing the other 95% of people who didn’t file appeals.”

A slightly higher share of the tax burden would fall on those who didn’t get a break in taxes, he added.

Kersgaard is a Democrat, a party that’s often accused by Republicans of being pro-taxation. But he said party politics don’t drive his work.

“I tell people when I’m campaigning, ‘Yes. I’m a Democrat, but when I walk into the office I become a technocrat,’” Kersgaard said.

He said the process is intricate.

Local bodies, such as school districts, are able to establish tax rates, but assessors must determine the fair values of the properties that rates are applied to.

“I’m totally agnostic about taxes,” he said.

Sakdol, the former Arapahoe County assessor, served as a Republican. He thinks Democrats and Republicans tend to handle assessment protests the same way.

“My experience with assessors across the state of Colorado, they’re most interested in making sure the value is correct,” Sakdol said.

Sakdol’s successor, PK Kaiser, a Democrat who took office in 2019, also said politics don’t drive assessments.

“We look at the protest and see what information is provided and reject (or) adjust the values based on the information provided,” said Kaiser, who was on track to win reelection by a large margin as of Nov. 10.

Gary Salter, a 60-year-old homeowner in unincorporated Jefferson County south of Lakewood, bought his home in 1999. He remembers filing six or seven protests since the early 2000s.

“They lowered (the value) every single time,” said Salter, who has noticed no differences across assessors.

New tech may help understanding

During Kersgaard’s term, the Jefferson assessor office updated its website so people can view a map that shows recent property sales in their neighborhoods and see how they compare to their own houses. His office made the upgrade around early 2021.

Kersgaard guessed that type of technology may be a reason why some Denver metro counties have seen protests decline.

“People can look at their house and look at the other houses that are sold in their neighborhood and go, ‘Wow, we’re not actually overvalued,’” Kersgaard said.

Kaiser’s office in Arapahoe also created a map online so people can see how assessed property values have changed near where they live or in other areas.

But given that the decline in protests has occurred in so many counties, “some of it is just driven by the market” and that people today may better understand that home prices have been rising dramatically, Kersgaard said.

Since the start of 2010 — when the median single-family home price in metro Denver was about $200,000 — the median price has roughly tripled, according to a report by the Colorado Association of Realtors based on data as of this August. Statewide, it had tripled as well, according to the association.

Are politics at play?

Some Jefferson County protests arise simply because people are unhappy that their taxes are so high, said Kersgaard, who took office in 2019. (He was also on track to win reelection by a large margin as of Nov. 10.)

The public often doesn’t understand the assessor doesn’t decide tax rates.

The assessor’s job is to establish accurate values of all properties — residential, commercial, agricultural, vacant land and more — in his or her county, a process meant to ensure that the amount of taxes property owners pay is fair and equitable.

Property taxes partly fund county governments, but they also fund school districts, fire and library districts, other local entities, and cities and towns.

Unless residents “go to their fire district meeting and their school board meeting and their county commissioners, they really don’t have any recourse,” Kersgaard said.

Another confusing wrinkle: Assessors’ offices do their work based on the value of properties as of June 30 of the prior year — they don’t report those values until the following May.

So the assessed value a homeowner receives isn’t based on the property’s current value, Sakdol said.

Assessor’s offices look at sale prices of homes in the same area to determine the value for a given property, Sakdol said.

Protests could swing back up

Rising home prices amid the economic disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic could be informing homeowners about market trends, Kersgaard said.

“They’ll see it’s not just the assessor’s office that says their value is going up,” Kersgaard said.

Kersgaard acknowledges the impact of higher assessed values can hit some people hard, like retirees on fixed incomes.

And while home prices might see a slowdown, increases from the assessors office may still be on the upswing. That’s because valuations from assessors are based on data that lags roughly by a year, Sakdol said.

“They’re looking at what was the value of your property as of June 30, 2022,” Sakdol said. “However, they don’t report those values until May 2023.”

That means assessors could be busy next year as homeowners attempt to control those costs through protests.

A sign reads “home for sale” in the south Denver metro area. FILE PHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT

Often the only man in the room

Nurse-midwife student pushes back against stereotypes

BY DANA KNOWLES, LINDSEY FORD ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

According to the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB), of the more than 13,000 AMCBcertified nurse-midwives across the United States, 85% of them are white and only 39 (0.3%) are men.

Alvarez hopes to change that. He said that as the population of pregnant people becomes more diverse, so should those who provide their health care.

“I have had and seen [pregnant] patients who did not identify as women. They are non-binary, or they identify as men,” Alvarez added, saying that nurse-midwives are part of the community, not outsiders telling patients what to do. “Nurse midwives do more than just see you at the time of your visit. They know you outside the hospital and inside the home. They are concerned about your health and, do you have child care? Do you have access to healthy food and transportation? It’s knowing more than just what you are in that moment.”

One of the main reasons Alvarez chose this profession is its history.

“In the antebellum South, many of the enslaved women were the primary caretakers of the women

in their communities. They were the ones delivering the babies, even those of their enslavers. But then the white male physician comes along and says, ‘That Black woman is uneducated, she is dirty and you should not get care from her.’

OBGYNs [obstetrician gynecologists] have been delivering babies for 100 to 200 years; midwives have been doing it for millennia,” he explained.

Alvarez also pointed out that he sees dads getting more involved in caregiving for their newborn babies after watching him help their partners.

“They’re like, ‘Wait, this guy is supporting my wife? Let me go in there and let me do something, or maybe I can change my baby’s diaper too!’” Alvarez said. “They don’t feel the need to be on the opposite side of the curtain while their wife is having a baby.”

Alvarez told Rocky Mountain PBS that sometimes, his patients are so over the moon to have someone who looks or speaks like them.

“I’ve had patients who were so excited because, ‘Oh my god, my nurse is Black! How amazing is that?’ Or when I speak Spanish to my Spanish-speaking patients they are just like, ‘Thank goodness.’”

Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that Black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancyrelated cause than white women.

Alvarez ultimately hopes to change that and care for people, which is at

“At the end of the day, I came into this profession knowing that I want to help women and help my sisters of color,” he said. “I want to do some good and do right by people.”

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the core of his motivations.

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The elections are over. I may have shed a little tear of happiness knowing the ads on television, in print and invading my mailbox will now stop.

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Now, it’s time to overanalyze why the results are what they are. In Douglas County, results are not too big of a shock, but is there starting to be a bit of a blue ripple in Highlands Ranch? After all, as current counts stand, Democrat Bob Marshall looks to be heading to represent District 43 in the state House of Representatives.

Is a Democratic invasion coming? Or, is it just a blip and all order will be restored in 2024?

Thelma Grimes

In Littleton, will housing become a struggle with every new proposal?

Judging by the results, tensions are high, and they may remain so in the near future.

Throughout each county and community, getting new taxes approved surely looks to be a tough sell at every level. Schools do not just get a yes vote anymore. Lodging taxes even failed in Centennial.

In looking at local, metro races, there is one message that is clear — people want open space and will pass whatever you ask them to in order to preserve it.

Now, looking beyond our metro communities, I am fascinated by the impact unaffiliated voters are starting to have on elections in Colorado and nationwide. I look at unaffiliated voters as those who no longer want to be affiliated with either party.

As an unaffiliated voter myself, I am disgusted with both parties and will not align with either one. I originally switched years ago because I am a journalist who started covering politics. However, I am so glad I did change years ago because I love being in the middle.

Looking at Colorado election numbers provided by the Secretary of State’s Office, of the more than 3.8 million registered voters in the state, just over 45% of them are unaffiliated.

According to a Colorado Sun report in July, unaffiliated voters had a big impact on primary election outcomes. According to the article, more than 231,000 unaffiliated voters cast Republican primary ballots this year, about 100,000 more than chose to vote in the GOP primary in 2020 and 130,000 more than voted in the 2018 GOP primary.

The strategy in the primary was obvious – get out the candidates who are over-the-top. Tina Peters is a great example. The primary results paved the way for Pam Anderson, who was sensible and a good candidate to run for the state’s election office.

According to numbers from the general election, 2.4 million Colorado residents cast ballots in the recent election. Of those, 983,477 are unaffiliated, 742,429 are Democrat and 687,433 are Republican.

As future elections come into view, strategists are no longer going to be able to just cater to one side or the other. If Colorado continues to follow the path of 2022, the unaffiliated voter is going to require reason, solutions, and better engagement from candidates.

I hope the trends continue at the national level because at some point the two-party bickering and arguing has to stop. That also means maybe more unaffiliated candidates may have a chance in running for office.

Outnumbered but never out of the game

WINNING

They were a new and small startup consulting company. Having barely opened the doors of the business, they identified an opportunity where their specialized expertise could help find and deliver the solutions that a very large corporate prospect was looking for. Although they were new and small, their reputation in the industry was solid, and they were invited to compete for the business.

Three other organizations were also invited in to vie for the opportunity to possibly provide services to the prospective client. All three were well-established consulting companies and were coming to the table with decades of experience and proven track records of success. There was not much risk in choosing any of these three companies.

As the vetting process went on, the founders of the tiny startup still believed that they could absolutely provide the highest levels of service for the prospective client and were already starting to assemble a bench of potential independent contractors they would need should they be awarded the business. They discussed the competition every week as the process went on, and they knew they were outnumbered and maybe even seen as outmatched because of the strong reputa-

tions of the three competitors.

Outnumbered and maybe outmatched, yet they were never out of the game.

When the prospect had made the announcement that they had narrowed the field down to two, the small startup was not shocked to find themselves in the final two. They truly believed that they could provide the client with exceptional service and work with them to deliver the desired results. Their final competitor was shocked that the prospect had selected the startup, and they became overconfident that they would win. This was a mistake.

In the fi nal discovery, due diligence and sales presentations, the team from the startup showed up better prepared and presented comprehensive performance solutions that included a practical and tactical plan that made sense. The larger, more established, and well-known and respected consulting company came in with overengineered and complicated plans, and plans that included very little in the way of tactical execution.

At the end of the process the prospective client awarded the business to the new and small startup because they felt like they had demonstrated that they had the client’s best interest at heart. Although they were new and small, they trusted them enough to assemble a team that could meet all expecta-

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Choosing benefits — planning for 2023

FINANCIAL STRATEGIES

November is open enrollment season. This could be for your employer, Medicare or the Affordable Care Act Exchange. But it is not just health insurance you need to consider. Employees may also have options for life and disability insurance as well as retirement plan contributions.

There is a lot to consider when planning for the next full year. It helps to have your financial plan in order so you know how to budget for the premium costs, what types of insurance you need and how you are tracking on your retirement goals.

Health insurance is usually the first thing we tackle in signing up for benefits. Your employer may

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tions and deliverables. Outnumbered, perceived to be outmatched, but never out of the game.

When the executive team of this startup shared their reasons from why and how they won, I was so fired up and happy for them. I mean who doesn’t love a great underdog victory story? It had me reflecting on some of the situations where I found myself in the underdog’s seat, and where I may have lost a little bit of confidence myself.

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Traditionally, playing with food has a bad reputation, but the rising popularity of charcuterie boards is changing that by encouraging diners to get creative with endless mix-and-match options.

Part art project, part meal prep, charcuterie is typically a combination of cheeses, meats and crackers or bread, arranged on a shared plate, Chad Halbrook, general manager for Postino Winecafe on Broadway in Denver, said.

However, the growing love for charcuterie has also led to an expanded take on the term, with all sorts of spins offering a variety of finger foods and pairings, he noted.

Halbrook said charcuterie gained a lot of fans during the pandemic when restaurants were reduced to take-out and more people were cooking at home because it’s an option that’s quick, versatile and requires few kitchen skills.

“People wanted to spice up what they were snacking on at home, make it look good and not necessarily spend a lot of time cooking,” Halbrook said.

He said that charcuterie’s popularity also spikes during the holiday season for those same reasons.

“When we dine with friends, it’s a communal experience and there’s something that brings people together in conversation over a charcuterie board as opposed to individual entrees,” he said.

The demand for charcuterie resulted in the option popping up on restaurant menus all over the area, including several at Postino’s, as well as spawning classes on building boards and whole businesses dedicated to selling premade charcuterie for those not inclined to make their own.

Postino Winecafe, which has four locations in Denver and Highlands Ranch, o ers a variety of board appetizers that can be ordered for take out. Chad Halbrook, assistant manager for the Postino on Broadway, said the communal nature of charcuterie makes it a common choice for groups and parties.

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Charcuterie is a popular choice for holiday events because it can be a quick and versatile option for any size group, whether as an appetizer or meal, Melissa Clement said.

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In Castle Rock, one such business is Farmgirl Foods, a market that features local products, including charcuterie, and offers DIY classes.

Owner Melissa Clement said she thinks the charcuterie boards and classes are so popular because it’s a fun and social activity, whether you’re making a spread or just eating it.

“People will get so excited when they learn how to make a prosciutto rose or taste something, whether it’s a combination of flavors or one particular product, that opens up their palate,” she said.

When Clement is putting together her charcuterie, she typically starts with opposing textures and flavors, like a savory creamy brie and candied walnuts. She likes to include a hard cheese, a soft cheese and a crumbly cheese alongside some dried or smoked meats, like salami, prosciutto or chorizo, as well as crackers, bread and toppings.

Toppings can range from fruits, veggies, nuts or chocolate to spreads like honey, jam, hummus or mustard, she said.

“You want all the flavors to play with each other,” Clement said. “I always like to do something smoky or spicy together with something sweet.”

Halbrook also noted that swapping out meat for more cheese or adding more alternative options makes charcuterie easy to alter for a variety of diets and allergies. Similarly, Halbrook suggested making seasonal changes, such as adding in herbs, cranberries and oranges for winter spreads.

“It doesn’t always have to be meat and cheese,” he said. “You can do all sorts of things to please every person attending your holiday event or party. You can do veggie board for your vegan friends, which allows you to really splash more color on the board.”

Both Halbrook and Clement recommend splurging on the cheese, since it’s the star of the spread, but noted charcuterie doesn’t have to be pricey. Clement suggests cutting down on the accouterments or using what’s already on hand.

For proportions, Clement said she plans around two ounces of each cheese and meat per person if serving as an appetizer, or up to 6 ounces

of each food per person if it’s the main meal.

Halbrook added there’s no harm in starting with smaller amounts.

“There’s no shame in refilling or having a backup item,” he said.

As for styling the charcuterie in an Instagram-worthy way, Clement said she will start by laying out the bigger items so that she can design

around them. One of her favorite tips is to top the board by sprinkling dried fruit or edible flowers on top.

Ultimately though, she said there are no set rules, and that’s what makes it fun.

“A lot of times I won’t do a flat board, I’ll do a tiered tray,” Clement said of the possibilities. “The No. 1 thing to remember is you can’t do it

wrong, you really can’t.”

Still, for those that don’t want to spend the time to prep and build charcuterie, there are several businesses in the Denver metro area that offer pre-made charcuterie, including both Farmgirl Foods and Postino, which also has locations in Highlands Ranch, LoHi and at 9th and Colorado.

A one-night-only, magical prelude to the holiday season, this concert juxtaposes nine di erent settings of the Magnificat – the Virgin Mary’s song of praise that heralds a divine birth – with other well-known Advent melodies such as O Come, O Come Emmanuel and Ave Maria. Settings span medieval times to the 21st century, including Bach, Biebl, Schlenker, Praetorius, Ešenvalds, and many others.

Sunday, November 27 3:00 pm

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church

Melissa Clement, owner of Farmgirl Foods, a market in Castle Rock that o ers charcuterie boards and classes, said the finger food has been gaining fans thanks to the mix of creativity and socialization involved in eating or building one. At its basic level, charcuterie is a variety of cheeses, cured meats, bread or crackers and toppings.

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‘It doesn’t always have to be meat and cheese. You can do all sorts of things to please every person attending your holiday event or party. You can do veggie board for your vegan friends, which allows you to really splash more color on the board.’

Chad Halbrook, general manager for Postino Winecafe

‘Spamalot’ parodies King Arthur’s realm

SONYA’S SAMPLER

King Arthur’s court opens with giggles as Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora, unwraps its gift to holiday audiences with “Spamalot.” Performances run through Dec. 11: Friday/Saturday at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Tickets: $20-$38. 303-8567830; vintagetheatre.org. (Lots of free parking available.)

Firehouse Theater

Firehouse Theater will celebrate the holidays with “Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley” by Lauren Gundeson

and Margot Melcon. Director is Littleton’s Linda Suttle. A sequel to Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” set two years after the novel ends. Address: 7653 E. 1st Place, Denver. 303-562-3232, firehousetheatercompany.com.

Holiday Craft Show

Gifts galore: Colorado Community Media Holiday Craft Show and Mini-Market at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, 500 Fairgrounds Road, Castle Rock. Nov. 26, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Nov. 27, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. tgrimes@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Benchmark Theatre

Running at Benchmark Theatre through Dec. 10: “The COVID Wife” by Douglas County’s Suzanne

Nepi, based on her experiences while her husband was ill and how she started helping other affected families. Nepi and Tanis Joaquin Gonzales perform. 1560 Teller St., Lakewood; benchmarktheatre.com.

Andy Marquez

Andy Marquez photographs, including 15 new images, will be available online Nov. 15-17 at andymarquez.com.

CJRO

CJRO — the Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra — with vocalist Marion Powers performs “Songs of the Season Past and Present” at 3 p.m. Dec. 4 at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood. Tickets start at$27. 303987-7845 or lakewood.org. Children 5 and over will enjoy this program.

Hudson Christmas

A Hudson Christmas returns to Hudson Gardens and Event Center, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, on Nov. 25 and 26; and on Dec. 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 15-24, 26-31. Doors open at 5 p.m. Tickets can be redeemed anytime from 5 to 9 p.m. Dated tickets: Adult $15, age 4-12 $12, under4 free. hudsongardens.org.

Stories on Stage

“Making Merry” returns to Stories on Stage, with a visit from actor Jamie Horton. Dec. 17, 2 p.m. Nomad Theater, Boulder; Dec. 18, King Center, Denver. Virtual premiere Dec. 18, 7 p.m. 303-494-0523, storiesonstage.org.

Sensory-friendly `Nutcracker’

Colorado Ballet will add a sensory-friendly performance of “The Nutcracker” on Nov. 27 at 5:30 p.m. Tickets: $20-$40, coloradoballet.org, 303-837-8888, ext. 2.

Curtis Center

Curtis Center for the Arts at 2349 E. Orchard Road, Greenwood Village, continues its “Instructors Showcase” exhibit through Dec. 22. Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. 303-797-1779, greenwoodvillage.com/curtis.

Botanic gardens

“Blossoms of Light” continues nightly through Jan. 7 at Denver Botanic Gardens York Street garden and “Trail of Lights” is open Fridays through Sundays Nov. 25 to Jan. 1 at Chatfield Farms in Littleton. Combine with a visit to Littleton Main Street for extra sparkle. See botanicgardens.org for details.

Michelangelo

Cherry Creek Shopping Center hosts an exhibit of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel artwork through Jan. 15, with an audio tour guide available. Ticketed. shopcherrycreek.com.

Denver Art Museum

Coming to the Denver Art Museum: “Speaking With Light: Contemporary Indigenous Photography,” which focuses on Native voices and perspectives. Ticketed. Opens Feb. 19. denvertartmuseum. org.

College gallery

“Shared Visions” runs through Jan. 19 at Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College. Closed Nov. 21-25 and Dec. 22-Jan. 2. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursdays. Collaboration between Colorado Center for the Blind and ACC Art Students. Free. 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton.

Cole Henson, Mike Martinkus, Markus Warren and Eric Crawford are among performers in “Spamalot” at Aurora’s Vintage Theatre through Dec. 11. COURTESY PHOTO

Thu 11/24

Sun 11/27

18th Annual Turkey ROCK Trot

@ 7:30am / $40

Douglas County Events Center, 500 Fairgrounds Road, Castle Rock. jason@runtochange lives.org, 303-907-5410

Twenty Hands High: Black Friday Blowout

@ 7pm

Pindustry, 7939 E Arapahoe Rd, Centennial

Polo Urias - Los Norteños de Ojinaga - Del Rancho Al Norte @ 9pm / $50

Stampede, 2430 South Havana, Aurora

Sat 11/26

Parker Parks and Recreation

Turkey Day 5K FUN Run/Walk

@ 8am / $30

17301 E Lincoln Ave., Parker

Gobble Wobble Run

@ 8:30am / $30

7306 W Bowles Ave, Littleton

Immersive Monet & The Impressionists - Denver @ 11am

Lighthouse Denver, 3900 Elati Street, Den‐ver

Andrew Callaghan

@ 7pm

Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom, 2637 Welton St, Denver

Fri

11/25

The Black Friday Showcase

Hosted By Sly Tha Deuce - 16 AND UP

@ 7pm / $15

Marquis Theater, 2009 Larimer St, Denver

Chase Bryant @ 8pm / $22

Grizzly Rose, 5450 North Valley Highway, Denver

Santa Clause and the Colorado Community Media Craft Show @ 10am

Nov 26th - Nov 27th

Douglas County Fairgrounds, 500 Fairgrounds Road, Castle Rock. tgrimes@coloradocommunity media.com, 520-909-4882

Collabratory Holiday Qoncert - 16 AND UP

@ 7pm / $15

Marquis Theater, 2009 Larimer St, Denver

Firehouse Theater Company's "Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley"

@ 7:30pm / $12.50

John Hand Theater, 7653 E. 1st Place, Denver

Hype 90s & 2000s Dance Party @ 9pm / $24-$28

Ophelia's Electric Soapbox, 1215 20th St, Denver

The Immersive NutcrackerDenver

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Ryan

Friends of Chamber Music Denver: Friends of Chamber Music presents Junction (JCT) Trio @ 7:30pm Newman Center for the Performing Arts, 2344 E Iliff Ave, Denver

Mon 11/28

The

Paramount Theatre, 1621 Glenarm Place, Denver

Alice 105.9's Alice In Winterland with OneRepublic @ 6:30pm / $59.50-$89.50

Fillmore Auditorium (Denver), 1510 Clark‐son, Denver

OneRepublic @ 6:30pm

Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St, Denver

Trash., Mr. Atomic, Scuffed @ 8pm / $15

The Black Buzzard at Oskar Blues, 1624 Market St, Denver

DFF45 stands as example of film’s wide reach

In many ways, there’s never been a better time to be a cinephile.

The combination of a rainbow of streaming services that cater to practically every interest and the return of in-theater screening means that it is almost scientifically impossible for you to not fi nd something to watch. And in its 45th year, the Denver Film Festival highlighted its unerring ability to offer something for every taste.

From shorts and animation to searing dramas and eye-popping documentaries, the festival provided as diverse a swath of fi lms as ever, all from top-notch facilities like the SIE FilmCenter and Ellie Caulkins Opera House.

“This festival is about bringing the very best in the fi lmmaking world and makers both behind and in front of the camera together,” said Kevin Smith, Denver Film CEO, on the festival’s opening night. “We know how important it is to experience these stories together because these are the stories that stick with us.”

During this year’s festival, I saw 7 fi lms over 12 days — and as usual the festival’s selections all have things to recommend them. They all connect with the viewer, and all refl ect the passions of their makers. Of those movies, here are my favorites:

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Second annual protecting what’s important award: ‘All That Breathes’ Release date: 2023 on HBO

Once again, it is a nature documentary that takes my personal top prize for cinematography at the festival, and that film is “All That Breathes.”

Set in the smog-draped and rubbish-covered streets of New Delhi, the film follows a trio of healers dedicated to saving the kite birds of prey who are suffering mightily as a result of humans’ pollution. You can’t help but be moved by the subjects’ dedication, but the images captured by cinematographers Ben Bernhard, Riju Das and Saumyananda Sahi are absolutely breathtaking.

The way they spotlight how nature adapts amidst humankind’s detritus is stunning and surprisingly affecting. It’s a true treat for the eyes.

Biggest revival of faith in humanity: ‘Butterfly in the Sky’ Release date: TBA

If you see the title “Butterfly in the sky…” and your mind doesn’t finish with, “I can go twice as

high,” then we are not the same.

As someone who has made a life (and at least part of a career) out of reading, there was almost no chance I wouldn’t dig Bradford Thomason and Brett Whitcomb’s love letter of a documentary to the landmark children’s program, “Reading Rainbow.” What I wasn’t expecting was the full depth of emotion I’d feel watching the film.

Much like the show itself, that is largely due to Levar Burton. His thoughtfulness, warmth and passion is impossible to deny. And you can see that same love in everyone who contributed to the show, from the creators and producers to former book reviewers and composers (a scene where original musician Steve Horelick recreates the opening notes of the theme is an all-timer). And special recognition to author Jason Reynolds, who nearly breaks your heart towards the film’s conclusion.

Those who are firm believers in the importance and power of reading or just need something to make them feel good will find so much to love in this film. It’s a true can’t-miss. But don’t take my word for it…

Most provocative film: ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ Release date: TBA

Those who enjoy some substance

with their excitement will find lots to love in the white-knuckle eco-thriller, “How to Blow Up a Pipeline.”

The film artfully blends the elements of classic heist films like “Thief” and “Ocean’s 11” with a searing indictment of the corporations who exploit the planet’s natural resources even though it is actively ruining the environment. A crew of young people gather in the desolate Texas desert to protest the destruction of the natural world by destroying an oil pipeline. The film cannily unspools its secrets and the character’s backstories as it races to its powerful conclusion.

The cast is exceptional and full of talented performers to keep an eye on (Ariela Barer, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Forrest Goodluck, Sasah Lane, Jayme Lawson, Marcus Scribner and Jakey Weary).

After the screening, director Daniel Goldhaber, co-writer Jordan Sjol and producer Isa Mazzei spoke about the film and the importance of telling relevant, subversive stories. We definitely need more of this kind of storytelling and the film is a great example of why.

Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@hotmail.com.

Labyrinth theme inspires interpretations

says “inspiration comes from places where the natural world meets human interference.”

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Littleton Museum’s gallery holds a varied collection of paintings and sculptures now through Dec. 31. It’s the 57th annual Own An Original exhibit, labeled a “thematic fine art competition” by the Littleton Fine Arts Board. It was open to artists working in any medium except photography and the theme chosen by the board was “Labyrinth.”

The exhibit includes 35 paintings and sculptures, selected by juror Molly Casey of Nine Dot Arts, a consultant and curator who advises clients about collecting art. She and her business partner have offices in Denver and elsewhere and contacts with thousands of artists in the U.S. and internationally. She has a painting near the entrance and

The Best of Show award went to Niri Cath for “The Park,” an acrylic painting on a panel depicting a parking structure — “an unhappy replacement for an ancient lake.”

Cath wrote: “in my work, I reflect not only on the impact we have on the fragility of nature, but also on the consequences that our attitudes towards the world around us have on our own psyches.” Coloration is low-key and subtle. No way out of this dilemma, it would seem.

First Place was awarded to Randall Steinke for his colorful “Keyhole,” showing a woman trying to spy on someone else, rendered in bright colors. “I paint in a figurative expressionistic style, using bold, vibrant colors,” he wrote. Bright turquoise, yellows, reds, purples sing out on this and his “Broken.”

Second Place went to Stacy Roberts’ “Hidden Place,” executed in soft pastel. “To me, the labyrinth represented the inner journey with

all the convoluted paths and blind alleys,” she wrote.

Third Place was awarded to John Long for “imaginary time,” painted with acrylic paints on corrugated cardboard. Perhaps a suggestion of tree rings? Oranges, purples, lavender on a mottled blue and green base.

Honorable Mentions included Emily Lamb’s “Enlightenment,’ a classic Greek head, with glistening bits of glass around the open crown and inside, a blown glass orb nestled in an ephemeral bubble “like thoughts contained in a vortex,” Lamb wrote, “representing our inner mind trying to narrow down.” Her technique includes Pate de verre handblown glass. Also winning an Honorable Mention was Elizabeth Morrisette’s “Lean in,” created with multicolored sewn zippers in a form that has collapsed to one side.

This exhibit is fun for a visitor to contemplate as one tries to interpret a given artist’s intentions.

Back in the early Littleton Fine Art Committee days, members

hoped that some items from this exhibit would find their way into local homes as holiday gifts. Readers might hold that thought as they visit the Own an Original show. There are some really special pieces there.

The Littleton Museum at 6028 S. Gallup St. is open Tuesdays through Sundays. 303-795-3950. (And the attractive museum shop holds a lot of smaller treasures ...)

Clarke Reader

Niri Cath’s painting “The Park,” acrylic on panel, won Best of Show in the Littleton Museum’s Own an Original exhibit. The artist’s work can be seen at niricath.com. COURTESY OF NIRI CATH

A look inside yearslong push to change how schools teach reading

BY ANN SCHIMKE CHALKBEAT COLORADO

A roomful of second graders spent a recent fall morning learning about a bossy mother named “Mama E” who follows her kids around reminding them to say their names.

The whimsical story was part of a phonics lesson at Denver’s Bradley International School. The point was that adding an “e” at the end of a word changes the first vowel from short to long — for example, pin becomes pine because the “i” says its name.

Teacher Megan Bobroske challenged the children sitting elbow to elbow on a rainbow striped rug in front of her — could Mama E live at the front of the word instead of the back? A little boy named Peter piped up: “She has to be at the end of the word.” he said. “Imagine if she’s on the front of the line, she’s going to be too busy saying her name.”

Peter and his classmates were learning a rule about the English language that they applied over and over that day — when reading and writing “hope,” “cute,” “tape,” and “slide.” Such lessons reflect both a districtwide and statewide shift in how children are taught to read in Colorado.

Gone by the wayside are reading programs that encourage children to figure out what a jumble of letters says by looking at the picture or using other clues to guess the word — a debunked strategy still used in some popular reading curriculums. Now, there’s a greater emphasis on teaching the relationships between sounds and letters in a direct and carefully sequenced way. It’s part of the science of reading, a large body of knowledge about how children learn to read.

Some teachers are pleased with the new reading curriculums rolling out at their schools, but there are bumps, too — confusing technology, new ways of grouping students, or an overwhelming amount of material, to name a few.

The hope is that better curriculum materials combined with a recent statewide teacher training effort will transform reading instruction — and boost reading achievement — across Colorado.

“Those are definitely the biggies,” said Floyd Cobb, associate commissioner for student learning at the Colorado Department of Education.

But is it enough to propel a statewide reading turnaround? And if so, when?

Cobb said the timeline isn’t clear — in part because curriculum shifts are still underway in some districts and because the most immediate results will show up in routine K-3

districts rather than state tests given at the end of third grade. Scores from those routine assessments aren’t posted publicly in a central location like state test results are.

This year, about 41% of Colorado third graders scored at or above grade level on state literacy tests, which combines reading and writing. While that proportion matches 2019 levels — a piece of good news after pandemic-era declines — it still means that tens of thousands of children are struggling with basic literacy skills.

Krista Spurgin, executive director of Stand for Children Colorado, said she believes the state’s curriculum and teacher training initiatives have changed the mindset about how reading should be taught in Colorado.

“I’m really hopeful that in a couple years, we’ll start to see outcomes for third graders,” she said.

Big districts make the switch

Colorado’s largest school districts, including Denver, Jeffco, Douglas County, Cherry Creek and Aurora, are among those phasing in new reading curriculum. A major state reading law passed in 2019 prompted the shift by requiring schools to use scientifically based reading programs in kindergarten through third grade.

Previously, Colorado schools were allowed to pick any reading program or none at all. Now, there are tighter guardrails in place — though dis-

a dozen core programs. A year ago, state officials began enforcing the stricter curriculum rules, ordering a host of districts to replace unacceptable programs.

The move was unprecedented and some districts initially pushed back, arguing that they layered in state-approved programs with state-rejected ones. State officials didn’t relent.

The second grade teachers at Bradley International knew something needed to change in early 2021, even before state oversight came into play. Their reading program at the time had big holes when it came to phonics. Often, if students got stuck, they were told to “look at picture clues and guess what would make sense or even just skip the word,” Bobroske said.

Lessons didn’t clearly state — and consistently review — how letters and sounds work together. She said, for example, that students might have learned part of the “Mama E’’ rule, without understanding that a consonant sound must occur between the vowel and the “e” at the end of the word. That omission would lead students to misapply the rule and get frustrated when words didn’t make sense.

“Students did not have the tools to actually break down the words and there was a lot of guessing and hoping for the best,” she said.

Bradley’s second grade team began using the phonics portion of a new reading curriculum — Core Knowledge Language Arts — and

ing year, when the school piloted the whole program in some grades, Bobroske’s students made 1½ years worth of reading growth.

“It was crazy,” she said. “In all honesty, I’ve never seen anything like that happen before.”

Besides a stronger focus on phonics, new reading programs in Denver and some other districts include science and social studies-themed units meant to build students’ background knowledge about the world — an approach that helps students understand what they’re reading.

Molly Veliz, a Denver teacher who works with struggling readers at Marie L. Greenwood Early-8 school, said the knowledge-building units of Core Knowledge Language Arts have grabbed students’ attention.

“First graders can tell me every body system and how they work together and [they’re] using appropriate vocabulary,” she said.

Strengths and weaknesses

Ibeth Leon Ariza teaches at a dual language immersion school in western Colorado where all elementary students get both English and Spanish instruction. She said the old reading program included Spanish passages that were inauthentic translations and didn’t capture the meaning conveyed in the English version. Leon Ariza, a native Spanish speaker from Colombia, tried to fix such shortcomings by substitut-

Leila reading about herself in the new children’s book.

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ing more appropriate vocabulary or modifying the stories.

She doesn’t have to do that now. The district’s new state-approved curriculum, Into Reading and its Spanish counterpart ¡Arriba La Lectura!, has better Spanish materials.

About half of all Colorado students identified as far below grade level in reading are also English learners, raising questions about whether schools are detecting weak reading skills or limited English proficiency, and whether students have access to appropriate instruction. A recent state audit of Colorado’s reading efforts flagged both issues and recommended changes.

While Leon Ariza generally likes her district’s new reading program, which rolled out last year, there are weaknesses too. She finds the online platform hard to navigate and said teachers can’t fit everything the lessons suggest into the daily reading block.

“We are still having struggles with time,” she said.

Along with the inevitable learning curve that comes with new curriculum, many Colorado schools continue to face a host of challenges that impact student learning, including staff turnover, residual COVID disruption, and family stress. Rocky Mountain Elementary in the Adams 12 district north of Denver is one of them.

“The historical story of our school is that it had been chronically underperforming for almost

a decade. I’m their fourth principal in 10 years,” said Principal Kate Vogel, who took the reins during the pandemic.

Last spring, nearly 40% of the school’s kindergarten through third grade students were significantly behind in reading. In addition, about half the school students are English learners and nearly 90% qualify for subsidized meals, a measure of poverty.

On a recent morning in Megan Neitzel’s classroom, third graders worked on writing a summary of “The Tale of King Midas,” which was one of the stories in their new curriculum, Benchmark Advance 2022. For some students, it was easy. One girl blazed through her retelling of the Greek myth to a visitor, correctly noting which part was the climax of the story and explaining the king’s bad choice. (He turned his daughter to gold.)

Meanwhile, other children struggled. In a small group gathered at a table around Neitzel, one boy asked “What’s a setting?” He also struggled to spell “castle.”

“Sound it out,” she said. “What do you hear?”

When the boy mumbled a nonresponse, she prompted him through it.

Neitzel likes the new curriculum so far — the way phonics and vocabulary are taught and because her students are excited about reading. Some bring their full-color workbooks home to read passages to younger brothers and sisters, she said.

Vogel believes the new curriculum, along with state-mandated reading training, and recent district

efforts to dig deeply into reading standards have made a difference.

“I just think teachers have a much better understanding now that … we’re focused on the science of reading,” she said.

Checking the to-do list

Some of Colorado’s biggest reading improvement efforts have been underway for just a few years, but evidence from inside and outside the state suggests they could eventually make a difference.

One promising case study comes out of Mississippi, where state officials launched a slew of reading initiatives starting a decade ago, including teacher training on the science of reading.

In 2013, the state was at the back of the pack for fourth grade reading achievement on a test called the National Assessment of Educational Progress. By 2019, Mississippi ranked first in the country for reading gains, with its fourth graders matching the national average for the first time.

Within Colorado, a literacy grant program begun in 2012 produced impressive literacy gains at many participating schools. The threeyear awards were given to schools that agreed to overhaul reading instruction, using the same kinds of levers — strict curriculum rules and guidance for educators — that are now kicking in statewide.

But the gains often faded after the grants ran out, sometimes because of staff or principal turnover.

Program leaders also said some teachers didn’t have the grounding in the science of reading that they needed to sustain the coaching and

other help they received through the grant.

But things are different today.

The vast majority of Colorado’s K-3 teachers have completed statemandated training on reading instruction. Several prominent teacher preparation programs have revamped their reading coursework. And prospective elementary teachers must now pass a separate exam on reading instruction to earn their state licenses.

The state has more on its reading to-do list, including additional reviews of teacher prep program reading coursework and the rollout of a new state-mandated training for elementary principals and teachers who work with struggling readers in fourth through 12th grade.

Spurgin, of Stand for Children, also believes the addition of tuitionfree full-day kindergarten in 2019-20 and the launch of tuition-free preschool for Colorado 4-year-olds next fall will help boost students’ reading skills.

For now, she’s optimistic about changes unfolding in Colorado classrooms.

“We have talked to teachers who are already seeing improvements in their classrooms, which just feels really energizing,” she said.

Ann Schimke is a senior reporter at Chalkbeat, covering early childhood issues and early literacy. Contact Ann at aschimke@chalkbeat.org.

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Eagles beat Rock Canyon 3-0 at Denver Coliseum

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Valor Christian’s girls volleyball team accomplished something that many teams only dream about.

The Eagles defeated Rock Canyon 3-0 to capture the Class 5A state championship on Nov. 12 at the Denver Coliseum and wrap up an 29-0 season.

“The team played amazing,” said coach Jayne McHugh. “I don’t think they even thought about being undefeated. All they wanted to do was play for each other and give it all they had.

“It’s not normal. I kept telling these girls that what they are doing is not normal and to make sure they cherish every moment because it’s fleeting.”

With Erin McNair, Sasha Cohen, Delaney Russell and Chloe Elarton leading the way, Valor notched an easy 25-12 win in the first set, won the second set 25-19 and had to work hard for a 25-23 win in the third set and the sweep.

“Coming in, everybody wanted to beat us but we did better than everybody else,” said senior McNair. “It feels real good. We played really good. We played together.”

Elarton was feeling out of this world after winning the state title.

“We played amazing,” she said. “We relied on one another and leaned on each other the entire time. We really played as a team. There was definitely a lot of pressure but we handled it very well. We forced each other to handle it. It doesn’t feel real.”

McNair had nine kills in the title match, one more than Grace Langer. Skyla Morgan had seven kills. Taylor Bowman and Langer each had three blocks. Russell had 17 digs while Elarton had 29 assists and 10 digs.

Coach Angela Nylund-Hanson’s Rock Canyon team (24-5) defeated rival Chaparral 3-1 and downed Cherry Creek 3-2 to advance to the semifinals where the Jaguars outlasted Grandview, 3-1.

Defending state champion Cherry Creek rallied to beat Cherokee Trail 3-2 in the first round and got past Mountain Vista 3-0 but lost to Rock Canyon 2-3 before being ousted by Rampart 1-3 in the elimination bracket.

Mountain Vista beat Chatfield 3-1 but lost to Cherry Creek and Chaparral 3-1.

Heritage lost its first two matches in the tournament, 0-3 to Chaparral and 2-3 to Rampart.

Valor Christian’s Sasha Cohen goes for the tip in during game action vs. Rampart in the state semifinal on November 12th at the Denver Coliseum.

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Valor Christian players celebrate as they take the State Final match in three sets on November 12th at the Denver Coliseum.

Valor Christian players celebrate as they take the State Final match in three sets on November 12th at the Denver Coliseum.

ThunderRidge runs out clock against Arapahoe

Fisher, Hanchett help put Grizzlies over top

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Will Fisher has been one of the ThunderRidge varsity football team’s defensive leaders all season.

So it wasn’t surprising to see Fisher come up with the big defensive play of the game in ThunderRidge’s 23-17 second-round playoff victory over Arapahoe.

Arapahoe was trailing by six points and mounting a drive that could have resulted in a tying touchdown and possible a go-ahead extra point.

The Warriors were inside the Grizzlies 20-yard line but Fisher recovered an Warriors fumble at the 5-yard line with 1:42 to play in the game.

ThunderRidge, thanks mostly to the running of Cole Hanchett who gained 130 yards in the game, ran out the clock and will advance into the quarterfinals where the 11-1 Grizzlies will have to face three-time defending state champions Cherry Creek (9-2) in the quarterfinals.

Sean Grow forced the fumble and Fisher recovered.

Aiden Olshan led the Grizzlies with 10 total tackles while Fisher had eight.

“That was a big turnover we got,” said ThunderRidge head coach Doug Nisenson. “When our offense started to sputter at the end, our defense stepped up really big. When one side needs help the other side steps up. I’m just proud of these guys.”

Fisher, a 5-foot-10, 195-pound middle linebacker, has 95 tackles this season and he was credited with his second fumble recovery against Arapahoe, which beat the Grizzlies twice last season including a 23-16 loss in the playoffs.

ThunderRidge’s offense was led by freshman quarterback DJ Bordeaux who threw for 193 yards and three touchdown passes and will be one of the players directing the Grizzlies into their 13th week of action. Richard Okono caught all three scoring passes from Bordeaux.

“For this team, they love the tight games,” added Nisenson. “We really believe we can make something hap-

pen as long as we put ourselves in a situation to have a chance at the end.

“We need to figure out how to create a 14th week which will be a heck of a challenge against a good team. I’m just grateful we get to go into a 13th week with this group.”

In other second-round games played on Nov. 4, Cherry Creek whipped Fountain Fort Carson 42-6. Valor Christian (9-2) got past Legend 42-14 and will now face Regis Jesuit,

a team that beat the Eagles in overtime during the first game of the season. Regis whipped Fossil Ridge 63-28 in the second round.

In Class 4A playoff action, Ponderosa (9-2) scored 19 second-half points to down Pueblo West 33-14. Heritage (8-3) got 145 yards rushing and two TDs from Syria Siegler and a score from quarterback Noah Shoen who ran for 99 yards in a 21-10 win over Mesa Ridge.

Lutheran (9-2) clobbered Pueblo East, 49-6, in the Class 3A playoffs after grabbing a 28-6 halftime advantage. The Lions will host Frederick in the next round on Nov. 19 at 1 p.m.

Other games on Nov. 19 have ThunderRidge at Cherry Creek in a 1 p.m. game while Regis plays at Valor Christian. Heritage travels to Broomfield and Erie is on the road against Ponderosa.

Arapahoe quarterback Michael Moynihan (11) scrambles for yardage in the game against ThunderRidge on Nov. 4. ThunderRidge won 23-17.

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Republicans have to wait for 2026 for shot at power

No statewide o ces up for grabs

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Colorado Republicans were shellacked Tuesday night, which means, starting next year, the GOP will no longer have any statewide elected officials. And the party will have to wait until 2026 before they get a chance to change that.

That’s because there are no statewide offices up for reelection in 2024.

Additionally, the GOP was on track Wednesday morning to fall even further into the minority in the Colorado Senate — so far so that they won’t realistically have a shot at taking back the chamber in 2024. A Republican majority in the Colorado House is also largely seen as out of reach for the fore

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pathologists, including Lear.

Funding for a third forensic pathologist is available, but the posi tion has not been filled.

There is a national shortage of forensic pathologists, she said, pre senting a hiring challenge.

At the same time, the workload for forensic pathologists is increasing. For roughly five years, leading up to 2020, there were about 600 deaths per year in Arapahoe County that met criteria for the coroner’s office, she said.

“In 2020, we went from 600 to 750. And then in 2021, we went to 891,” she said. “Those numbers were increased out of proportion to the population.”

There are different factors contributing to the higher rate of deaths in the county, she said,

seeable future.

Democrats have never held this level of sustained power at the state or congressional levels in Colorado.

“It’s just super depressing if you’re a Republican,” said George Brauchler, a conservative talk radio host who ran unsuccess fully for attorney general in 2018. He called his party’s 2022 losses “epic.”

Brauchler spoke to The Sun on Tuesday night at the Colorado GOP’s watch party at the Double Tree Hotel in Greenwood Village, which was perhaps the saddest place in the state. It was not even 10 p.m. when the ballroom had almost fully cleared out, follow ing concession speeches from U.S. Senate candidate Joe O’Dea, secretary of state candidate Pam Anderson, treasurer candidate Lang Sias and John Kellner, who ran for attorney general.

including fentanyl, suicides and natural deaths.

“There was a 20% increase in suicides between 2020 and 2021 in Arapahoe County, and a 50% increase in the number of fentanylrelated deaths,” she said. “So part of my passion is prevention.”

She said she works with a lot of local and statewide committees on prevention efforts, providing infor mation and data with others — work she wants to continue as coroner.

“I would like (voters) to know that I certainly appreciate their vote of confidence,” she said. “I appreciate the fact that they made the right choice — the educated choice — and that they’re putting their trust in me to continue to serve the com munity and care for the deceased of our county.

“And that’s important when we’re dealing with families, is just hav ing that passion for the job and the passion to work with families in the time of their grief.”

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Patricia Dirkson Services and Other 120.51

Penny Vaulton Services and Other 234.81

ROYAL BUYING GROUP INC Community Programs 12,515.73

Rolonda Nix Services and Other 85.78

Rosaura Gasca Services and Other 37.94

Roxann Tademy Services and Other 536.76

SALVATORE L FAZIO JR Services and Other 2,145.00

SAVIO HOUSE Community Programs 50.00

SHILOH HOUSE INC Community Programs 47,225.21

SHILOH HOUSE INC Services and Other 727.58

SHUGGS BBQ LTD Community Programs 1,071.00

STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY MISC. 22,361.35

STORMSOURCE LLC Services and Other 2,428.00

Sadie Hill Services and Other 148.71

Samantha Manning Services and Other 40.75

Sarah Wolf Services and Other 233.12

Shaela Newby Services and Other 159.69

Shanna Sapp Services and Other 87.34

Shawanda Lewis Services and Other 345.15

Stephanie Velazquez Services and Other 186.32

Steven Sardisco Services and Other 88.69

Stevie Rees Services and Other 33.64

THE CENTER FOR RELATIONSHIP Community Programs 3,500.00

THE ETHIOPIAN FOOD TRUCK LLC Community Programs 1,290.00

THOMAS A GRAHAM JR Services and Other 2,860.00

TOM MILLS PSI INC Services and Other 1,700.00

TRANSLATION EXCELLENCE Services and Other 888.75

TRI COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT Community Programs 37,968.34

Tara Brooks Services and Other 167.25

Tiffany Schwenck Services and Other 252.38

VILLAGER NEWSPAPER GROUP Services and Other 128.34

VISION SERVICE PLAN MISC. 4,505.95

WEST PUBLISHING CORPORATION Services and Other 6,511.02

WIZ-QUIZ LAKEWOOD Community Programs 170.00

XCEL ENERGY Community Programs 2,946.72

FUND REPORT - 12 Electronic Filing Technology

COLORADO SECRETARY OF STATE MISC. 16,674.00

FUND REPORT - 14 Law Enforcement Authority District

CDW GOVERNMENT, INC. Services and Other 1,541.40

CELLCO PARTNERSHIP Services and Other 2,491.10

CENTURA HEALTH CORPORATION Services and Other 17.90

COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE MISC. 1,069.29

COLORADO DEPT OF HUMAN SVCS Services and Other 902.00

DIAMOND DRUGS INC Supplies 468.78

FAMILY SUPPORT REGISTRY MISC. 3,120.15

FASTENAL COMPANY Supplies 1,104.59

HYATT LEGAL PLANS INC MISC. 274.32

INSIGHT PUBLIC SECTOR INC Services and Other 9.79

JUDICIARY COURTS STATE OF CO Services and Other 62.00

KAISER PERMANENTE MISC. 63,828.62

LANGUAGE LINE SERVICES Services and Other 676.84

LEXISNEXIS CLAIMS SOLUTIONS INC Services and Other 3,318.95

LEXISNEXIS RISK SOLUTIONS FL INC Services and Other 247.68 LIMU LLC Services and Other 1,414.94

NORTH STAR VETERINARY SPECIALISTS Services and Other 63.72

POWERDETAILS LLC Services

CHERRY CREEK INNOVATION

CAMPUS Community Programs 280.00

CHRISTOPHER ARGALL Community Programs 200.00

CITIZENS BANK N.A. Community Programs 763.39

COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE Community Programs 95.00

COLORADO TRUCKING COLLEGE LLC Community Programs 19,100.00

COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF AURORA Community Programs 36,344.51

CORNELL UNIVERSITY Community Programs 7,920.00

CORTLAND GROWTH AND INCOME OP LP Community Programs 2,064.00

CPI-GREP AA STAPLETON LLC Community Programs 2,474.00

CUBESMART LP Community Programs 2,166.82

CYNTHIA MEEKINS Community Programs 875.00

DENVER SEMINARY Community Programs 6,385.00

DEVIN CARTHARN Community Programs 90.00

DIVAJEA MEZA Community Programs 25.00

DOVENMUEHLE MORTGAGE INC Community Programs 1,932.99

ERIC OSTOWSKI Community Programs 400.00

EXCEL DRIVER SERVICES LLC Community Programs 17,000.00

EZEKIEL JONES Community Programs 1,000.00

FAIRWAYS AT LOWRY AURORA LLC Community Programs 1,355.00

FALCK ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC Community Programs 1,267.50

FAMILY SUPPORT REGISTRY MISC. 1,787.49

FLAGSTAR BANK Community Programs 4,258.00

FRANK LITTLE Community Programs 250.00

FRED R THOMAS Community Programs 250.00

FRONT RANGE FLIGHT

SCHOOL Community Programs 6,000.00

GIORDYN APOLAYA Community Programs 200.00

GLEN PARK AURORA

APARTMENTS, LLC Community Programs 1,628.00

GREENWOOD PARK OWNER LLC Community Programs 2,364.30

HYATT LEGAL PLANS INC MISC. 228.60

INSIGHT PUBLIC SECTOR INC Services and Other 532.24

INTERNATIONAL

ASSOCIATION OF Community Programs 499.00

IRON MOUNTAIN RECORDS Services and Other 90.04

JADA MATTHEWS Community Programs 50.00

JAMES TAYLOR Community Programs 200.00

JARYODD CARTER Community Programs 250.00

JENNIFER HENRY Community Programs 1,700.00

JENNIFER SALGADO Community Programs 200.00

JOSHUA WELLS Community Programs 1,000.00

KAISER PERMANENTE MISC. 69,514.72

KIMBERLY CROUSE Community Programs 250.00

Kara O’Kelly Services and Other 33.75

L S CODING & EDUCATION LLC Community Programs 3,045.00

LUCIAN JOZET KASPEREK Community Programs 25.00

MAK PROPERTY LLC Community Programs 841.00

MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS, INC. Community Programs 1,006.05

MARIA HENRIQUEZ Community Programs 250.00

METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY Community Programs 4,078.90

MIDLAND CREDIT MANAGEMENT LLC MISC. 672.26

MISTIE SMITH Community Programs 600.00

OFFICESCAPES

OF DENVER LLLP Services and Other 259.20

OSMAR I MUNUZ-DOMINGUEZ Community Programs 200.00

PARKER HILLTOP LLC Community Programs 1,558.00

PENN FOSTER INC Community Programs 799.00

PICKENS TECH Community Programs 5,910.00

PREMIER VIRTUAL Services and Other 10,000.00

PROFESSIONAL FINANCE COMPANY MISC. 888.10

PROJECT RESTART INC Community Programs 18,580.00

Pakita Eckford Services and Other 3.75

RITA MARIE DURAN Community Programs 250.00

RKT HOLDINGS LLC Community Programs 3,486.52

ROCK GATE CAPITAL Community Programs 20,350.00

ROCKY MOUNTAIN BOTTLED WATER Services and Other 92.00

ROGER AND CYNTHIA HUMPHREYS LLC Community Programs 5,995.00

SAVANNAH MARIE DUMLER Community Programs 200.00

SELECT PORTFOLIO SERVICING Community Programs 1,882.28

SIDNEY DURON Community Programs 1,000.00

SOUTH DENVER SCHOOL OF NURSING ARTS Community Programs 1,685.00

STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY MISC. 3,965.82

STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES Community Programs 1,398.00

SUNITA SANGRAULA Community Programs 100.00

SYCAMORE HILLS VENTURE LLC Community Programs 1,225.00

Stephanie Mufic Services and Other 188.44

TANIA BERNARDINO HERNANDEZ Community Programs 250.00

TATUM RAMSEY Community Programs 1,000.00

THE FORT COLLINS DIGITAL WORKSHOP Community Programs 7,825.15

THE JOB STORE Community Programs 9,858.99

THE MASTER’S

APPRENTICE Community Programs 17,250.00

THOMAS METZGER Community Programs 1,000.00

THRIVE TUTORING DENVER Community Programs 6,098.75

TURING SCHOOL OF SOFTWARE & DESIGN Community Programs 12,000.00

TY’RICE J SANTIAGO-CATANO Community Programs 600.00

UNITED STATES TRUCK DRIVING Community Programs 10,584.06

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT DENVER Community Programs 5,750.00

VISION SERVICE PLAN MISC. 715.16

VOCATIONAL TRAINING INSTITUTES INC Community Programs 39,321.00

WARREN LLC Community Programs 1,175.00

WESTLAKE SERVICES LLC Community Programs 436.10

WEX BANK Community Programs 10,216.30

WOCHIE & FAMILY LEASING LLC Community Programs 1,300.00

ZOLA SAULSBERRY Community Programs 300.00

FUND REPORT - 16 Road and Bridge

ALSCO Supplies 3,414.01

CALIFORNIA STATE DISBURSEMENT UNIT MISC. 528.92

CELLCO PARTNERSHIP Services and Other 1,694.46

CITY

CITY

CITY

CITY

CITY

CITY

DISTINCTIVE

ENGLEWOOD PROPANE LLC Supplies 67.42

ENNIS-FLINT Supplies 47,841.25

FASTENAL COMPANY Supplies 1,284.95

INTERMOUNTAIN RURAL ELECTRIC ASSOC Services and Other 558.54

JK TRANSPORTS INC Services and Other 140,192.85

KAISER PERMANENTE MISC. 39,894.56

KIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE CO Supplies 221,983.27

LCC ENTERPRISES LLC Supplies 35.96

LOWES COMMERCIAL SERVICES Supplies 1,304.64

MATHESON TRIGAS INC Supplies 209.46

MEYER LABORATORY INC Supplies 5,362.50

NORTHERN IMPORTS Supplies 120.00

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

CENTERS OF SW Services and Other 1,038.00

OWENS EQUIPMENT LLC Supplies 6,999.87

PAVEMENT REPAIR

AND SUPPLIES INC Supplies 2,196.00

RDP BARRICADE CO, LLC DBA Services and Other 49,734.13

ROADSAFE TRAFFIC SYSTEMS Supplies 703.52

ROCKY MOUNTAIN

EXCAVATING INC Services and Other 103,802.08

ROGGEN FARMERS ELEVATOR Supplies 35.20

ROTH SHANNON Services and Other 1,400.00

Robert Dake Supplies 115.00

STANDARD INSURANCE

COMPANY MISC. 1,872.38

SUNSTATE EQUIPMENT Supplies 103.63

TOWN OF BENNETT Services and Other 100.36

TOWN OF BOW MAR Services and Other 327.37

TOWN OF COLUMBINE VALLEY Services and Other 782.67

TOWN OF DEER TRAIL Services and Other 136.25

TOWN OF DEER TRAIL Supplies 791.93

TOWN OF FOXFIELD Services and Other 287.57

TRINITY SCS INC Supplies 117.32

UTILITY NOTIFICATION

CENTER OF Services and Other 124.80

VANCE BROTHERS INC Services and Other 572,587.04

VANCE BROTHERS INC Supplies 584.10

VISION SERVICE PLAN MISC. 421.92

XCEL ENERGY Services and Other 1,973.13

FUND REPORT - 20 Sheriff’s Commissary

ARAMARK CHICAGO

LOCKBOX Services and Other 12,779.13

ARAPAHOE LIBRARY DISTRICT Services and Other 9,752.50

AURORA COMPREHENSIVE

COMMUNITY Services and Other 17,945.21

BAKER & TAYLOR Supplies 173.77

COMCAST Services and Other 744.96

DEBRA RENEE TYGRETT Services and Other 1,037.50

EVEREST COUNSELING LLC Services and Other 1,125.00

FOLLETT SCHOOL SOLUTIONS INC Supplies 452.78

HYATT LEGAL PLANS INC MISC. 15.24

KAISER PERMANENTE MISC. 3,125.44

NANCY LANTZ Services and Other 440.00

STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY MISC. 313.58

THE DENVER POST Services and Other 1,088.00

USA TODAY Services and Other 144.00

VISION SERVICE PLAN MISC. 51.02

FUND REPORT - 21 Community Development

FAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER DENVER IN Services and Other 29,149.33

HYATT LEGAL PLANS INC MISC. 15.24

INTEGRATED FAMILY COMMUNITY Services and Other 25,058.14

KAISER PERMANENTE MISC. 9,905.98

STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY MISC. 398.40

VISION SERVICE PLAN MISC. 101.48

FUND REPORT - 25 Developmental Disability

DEVELOPMENTAL PATHWAYS Services and Other 5,371.76

FUND REPORT - 26 Grants

5470 S JERICHO WAY LLC Community Programs 14,700.00

ALSCO Supplies 645.90

AMANDA KAY WIGGINS Community Programs 3,950.00

AMELIE COMPANY Services and Other 13,212.65

AMLI RESIDENTIAL

PROPERTIES LP Community Programs 20,803.21

ANN WEST Community Programs 9,396.00

ARAMARK CHICAGO LOCKBOX Services and Other 12,943.80

ARAPAHOE INVESTORS LLC Community Programs 7,964.22

ARAPAHOE MENTAL

HEALTH CENTER INC Services and Other 20,718.54

ARBORETA APTS LLC Community Programs 1,899.00

AREL DENVER II LP Community Programs 3,663.00

ATLAS REAL ESTATE LLC Community Programs 20,600.48

AUKUM TERRA VISTA

AURORA COMPREHENSIVE

APARTMENTS LLC Community Programs 15,296.78

COMMUNITY Services and Other 94,876.72

AVANATH AH IV HOLDCO INC Community Programs 4,524.00

Anne Kruger Services and Other 79.38

BENZER CO 1 LLC Community Programs 13,088.11

BRIDGE WF CO ESPRIT Community Programs 16,530.19

Brenda Simons Services and Other 103.79

CAMDEN USA INC Community Programs 1,879.00

CARTER TRUCK DRIVING

ACADEMY LLC Community Programs 19,590.00

CELLCO PARTNERSHIP Services and Other 558.36

CH PARK AT CANYON RIDGE Community Programs 7,134.98

CITY OF AURORA Services and Other 242.14

COLORADO CENTER Community Programs 1,775.00

COLORADO TRUCKING

COLLEGE LLC Community Programs 9,400.00

COLUMBIA INDUSTRIES INC Supplies 882.27

COMCOR

COMMUNITY

COMMUNITY

CORECIVIC

CORECIVIC

DENVER

DOUBLE

EAGLE

Programs 3,518.84

Programs 197,197.44

and Other 22,570.00

Programs 317,758.18

and Other 9,015.00

Supplies 288.36

and Other 1,100.00

and Other 137.25

and Other 38.31

Supplies 327.14

10,821.10

Programs 5,600.00

and Other 276.13

and Other 296.94

and Other 115.44

MISC. 519.21

Programs 3,990.00

Programs 4,152.06

Other 1,142.50

1,416.50

12.00

Programs 1,644.44

Services and Other 291.50

Services and Other 710.25

CARTER TRUCK DRIVING ACADEMY LLC Community Programs 35,124.00

CELLCO PARTNERSHIP Services and Other 954.13

CENLAR FSB Community Programs 3,981.52

GRAINGER Supplies 1,555.67

GREATWOOD LUMBER AND HARDWARE Supplies 796.82

GROUNDS SERVICE COMPANY Services and Other 1,500.00

HYATT LEGAL PLANS INC MISC. 45.72

Programs 5,459.82 GREENTREE

Programs 5,748.40

and Other 8,789.45

7,898.36

MISC. 91.44

Legals

Public Trustees

COMBINED NOTICE - RESTART - PUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-109(2)(b)(II)

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0352-2019

Republished to restart foreclosure stayed by bankruptcy and reset sale date.

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On August 26, 2022, the undersigned Public Trust ee 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) 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) rep resenting 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

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 Trust ee 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

XCEL

INTERVENTION

INVERNESS

INVESTED

Programs 2,010.00

Community Programs 18,474.94

GROUP Community Programs 5,517.50

IVY CROSSING JV LLC Community Programs 51,669.47

JM

COLORADO

COMMUNITY

MANAGEMENT Community Programs 3,668.00

KAISER PERMANENTE MISC. 20,261.34

KFED DOR 85B LLC Community Programs 3,160.00

L-H AVERY PARK ASSOCIATES LLC Community Programs 11,779.14

LAMPERT FAMILY LLLP Community Programs 2,600.00

LARIMER COUNTY Community Programs 319.50

LITTLETON CHURCH OF CHRIST Services and Other 40,000.00

LITTLETON CROSSING APARTMENTS LP Community Programs 1,690.00

LITTLETON MAIN STREET LLC Community Programs 9,249.20

LMC VALLAGIO III HOLDINGS LLC Community Programs 8,521.12

LOWES COMMERCIAL SERVICES MISC. 1,266.89

LOWES COMMERCIAL SERVICES Supplies 2,635.96

Lauren Thomas Services and Other 95.38

MALLORY SAFETY AND SUPPLY LLC Supplies 223.42

MARK J HARRIS Services and Other 2,249.00

MAROOF CHOUDHURY Community Programs 5,130.16

MONTGOMERY INSULATION INC Services and Other 2,552.88

MORTON ASSOCIATES LLC Community Programs 5,242.00

Mary Richards Services and Other 162.76

Molly Steffen Services and Other 136.44

OFFICE OF DISTRICT

ATTORNEY Services and Other 60,472.63

OLYMPUS BORROWER LLC Community Programs 3,737.98

PARKSIDE REALTY AND MANAGEMENT LLC Community Programs 15,399.00

PEACE WITH CHRIST

LUTHERAN CHURCH Services and Other 18,164.00

PPF AMLI DEVCO LLC Community Programs 21,892.18

PRENTICE PLACE R5 WDP LLC Community Programs 2,787.00

PRESIDENTIAL ARMS APARTMENTS LLLP Community Programs 7,266.00

RECOVERY MONITORING SOLUTIONS CORP Services and Other 19,206.00

RED WING BUSINESS

ADVANTAGE ACCOUNT Supplies 127.49

ROCK

INC Services and Other 86,520.51

DELL COMPUTER CORPORATION Services and Other 265.00

DISTINCTIVE THREADS INC Supplies 80.51

DUNBAR SECURITY PRODUCTS INC Supplies 84.62

ECONO CAT CLUB SHOW MISC. 850.00

Elizabeth Mayer Services and Other 69.74

FAIRCLOTH CORPORATION Supplies 25.98

FRONTIER FIRE PROTECTION LLC Services and Other 220.00

GARY MAES Services and Other 750.00

GOODBYE BLUE MONDAY INC Supplies 1,803.37

GRAINGER Supplies 556.32

Gregory Howe Services and Other 261.25

Gunnar Zollinger Services and Other 132.50

HOME DEPOT USA INC Supplies 648.70

HYATT LEGAL PLANS INC MISC. 60.96

INSIGHT PUBLIC SECTOR INC Services and Other 972.48

INTERMOUNTAIN RURAL ELECTRIC ASSOC Services and Other 96.72

INTERNATIONAL

PRODUCTION Services and Other 6,150.00

JOSEPH A BUZZITTA SR Services and Other 1,350.00

Jason Matthews Services and Other 271.25

Jennifer

Other 216.47

ARAPAHOE COUNTY SECURITY Supplies 19.00

ARAPAHOE COUNTY WATER & Services and Other 451.60

BPB HOLDING CORP Supplies 96.84

BRADY INDUSTRIES

OF COLORADO LLC Supplies 2,997.18

CENTURYLINK Services and Other 357.34

CFM SUPPLY COMPANY Services and Other 7,296.77

CHARLES D JONES & CO INC Services and Other 714.25

CHARLES D JONES & CO INC Supplies 861.56

CPS DISTRIBUTORS INC Services and Other 384.43

DG INVESTMENT INTERMEDIATE Services and Other 5,920.00

EAP GLASS SERVICE Services and Other 816.40

ELECTRI TEK LLC Services and Other 1,551.85

ELEVATOR INSPECTION & CERT SERV INC Services and Other 350.00

ENERGYCAP INC Services and Other 10,998.24

ENGLEWOOD LOCK AND SAFE INC Services and Other 75.00

EVEREST MECHANICAL NORTHERN CO LLC Services and Other 1,890.00

FIRE ALARM SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES INC Services and Other 280.00

FRONTIER FIRE PROTECTION LLC Services and Other 420.00

GERALD H PHIPPS INC Services and Other 8,615.00

GLOBAL FIRE & SAFETY INC Services and Other 360.00

GRAINGER Services and Other 107.40

GRAINGER Supplies 875.16

HIGH PLAINS WATERPROOFING LLC Services and Other 2,250.42

HOME DEPOT USA INC Supplies 6,844.22

HORIZON Services and Other 41.50

HYDER CONSTRUCTION INC Services and Other 111,358.78

IMPACT FIRE SERVICES LLC Services and Other 1,190.00

IRON MOUNTAIN RECORDS Services and Other 806.82

JOHN W GASPARINI INC Supplies 2,618.98

KEESEN LANDSCAPE

KEESEN LANDSCAPE

MANAGEMENT INC MISC. 76,296.82

MANAGEMENT INC Services and Other 8,655.92

METRO PAVERS INC Services and Other 66,812.30

PEST PREDATOR LLC Services and Other 1,344.00

RAMPART SUPPLY INC Supplies 844.14

ROCKY MOUNTAIN BOTTLED WATER Supplies 108.73

SHERWIN WILLIAMS Services and Other 331.42

SOLSBURY HILL LLC Services and Other 179.34

STATE OF COLORADO Supplies 30.00

SUMMIT LABORATORIES INC Services and Other 2,374.00

THE DAVEY TREE EXPERT

COMPANY Services and Other 4,330.00

THE SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO Services and Other 742.53

TRANE INC Services and Other 243.27

WAXIES ENTERPRISES INC Supplies 100.00

FUND REPORT - 41 Capital Expenditure

AD

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

1,389.94

236.19

MISC. 59,250.00 FACTORY

MISC. 85.00 FEDEX MISC. 66.59 HILL

102,553.53

JACK’S TIRE & OIL MANAGEMENT CO INC MISC. 9,336.92

MCCANDLESS INTERNATIONAL MISC. 176,835.00

MOTION AND FLOW CONTROL MISC. 699.54

NAPA AUTO PARTS MISC. 742.08

NATIONWIDE AUTO PARTS MISC. 3,628.37

OJ WATSON COMPANY INC MISC. 2,603.00

PITNEY BOWES PRESORT SERVICES INC MISC. 1,242.51

POMP’S TIRE SERVICE MISC. 4,140.73

VISTA FD LLC MISC. 138.70

FUND REPORT - 71 Self-Insurance Liability

EAP GLASS SERVICE Services and Other 3,343.00

OJ WATSON COMPANY INC Services and Other 499.12

OLSON RESTORATION II LLC Services and Other 66,927.91

PROFORCE LAW ENFORCEMENT Services and Other 1,466.11

VISTA FD LLC Services and Other 242.22

FUND REPORT - 73 Self-Insurance Workers Comp

CANNON COCHRAN MANAGEMENT Services and Other 150,395.01

PORTER AUTO BODY Services and Other 15,208.95

FUND REPORT - 74 Self-Insurance Dental ALERUS FINANCIAL NA Services and Other 6,833.16 DELTA DENTAL PLAN OF COLORADO Services and Other 102,943.07

FUND

23,801.88

Public Notices

and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

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) rep resenting 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 # 00000009575341

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 Re vised 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 Trust ee 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

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) rep resenting 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

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Re vised 1/2015

Legal Notice NO. 0456-2022

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. 0479-2022

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On September 9, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and De mand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s)

Jacqueline K. Drinkwine

Original Beneficiary(ies) U.S. Bank National Association ND Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S. Bank National Association Date of Deed of Trust October 13, 2000

County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust November 20, 2000

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B0150921

Original Principal Amount $50,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $48,018.30

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 13, BLOCK 7, COLUMBINE HEIGHTS - FIL ING NO. 2, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 11 GLENVIEW DR, LITTLETON, CO 80123.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 01/11/2023, 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: 11/17/2022

Last Publication: 12/15/2022

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: 09/09/2022

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) rep resenting the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Erin Croke #46557

Steven Bellanti #48306

Holly Shilliday #24423

Ilene Dell'Acqua #31755

McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-22-941248-LL

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) rep resenting 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

City and County

Public Notice

CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL WILL CONSIDER ORDINANCE NO. 2022-O-32, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COL ORADO AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF THE MU NICIPAL CODE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CONCERNING ROOFTOP GREENHOUSES.

The City Council will consider the Ordinance at second reading and public hearing on December 5, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard.

CENTENNIAL WILL CONSIDER ORDINANCE NO. 2022-O-30: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, APPROVING AN ANNEXATION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT

CAMPUS ANNEXATION.

The City Council will consider the Annexation and Development Agreement for the Dove Valley Land Property, more fully described in the attached legal description, at a public hearing on December 5, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard.

The hearing will be held in City Council Chambers, Centennial Civic Center, 13133 E. Arapahoe Road Centennial, CO 80112 at the above noted dates and times.

A copy of the Annexation and Development Agreement is on file with the City Clerk and can be reviewed by visiting the Centennial Civic Center, located at 13133 East Arapahoe Road, Centennial, Colorado for public inspection prior to the Public Hearing.

Description of Dove Valley Land, LLC Property Property located immediately northwest of the in tersection of South Jordan Road and East Broncos Parkway which is more specifically described as: All those Parcels of Land Lying in Sections 31 & 32, Township 5 South, Range 66 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, described as follows:

THOSE PARCELS DESCRIBED AS “PARCEL A”, “PARCEL B”, AND “PARCEL D” IN BARGAIN AND SALE DEED RECORDED 1/10/2001 AT RECEPTION NO. B1004672 IN THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER’S OFFICE, LESS AND EXCEPT THOSE PORTIONS LY ING WITHIN LOT 1, BLOCK 1, DOVE VALLEY III SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, RECORDED 12/13/1999 AT RECEPTION NO. A9194182 IN SAID OFFICE, ALSO LESS AND EXCEPT THAT PORTION OF S. JORDAN ROAD DESCRIBED IN WARRANTY DEED RECORDED 9/3/2002 AT RECEPTION NO. B2162846 IN SAID OFFICE

Legal Notice No. 530785-60785

First Publication: November 17, 2022

Last Publication: November 17, 2022 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen

Public Notice

CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL WILL CONSIDER 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 DEVELOP MENT CODE) CONCERNING THE URBAN CENTER ZONE DISTRICT AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

The City Council will consider the amendments at a public hearing on December 5, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. All interested persons will be given an op portunity to be heard.

The hearing will be held in City Council Chambers, Centennial Civic Center, 13133 E. Arapahoe Road Centennial, CO 80112 at the above noted dates and times.

Copies of the draft regulations and other materials relating to the LDC Amendments to be considered by City Council are available by e-mailing centennialplanning@centennialco.gov, calling the City of Centennial Community Development Department at 303-754-3308, or by visiting the Centennial Civic Center, located at 13133 East Arapahoe Road, Centennial, Colorado for public inspection prior to the Public Hearing.

Legal Notice No. 530784-60784

First Publication: November 17, 2022

Last Publication: November 17, 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

City residents who are customers of the Company. The City of Centennial Council will conduct a public hearing at its regular meeting on Novem ber 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

ARAPAHOE COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 2022-01

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on November 8, 2022, at or about 9:30 a.m., at the Arapahoe County Administration Building, 5334 S. Prince St., Littleton, CO, the Board of County Commis sioners for Arapahoe County adopted Arapahoe County Ordinance No. 2022-01. This Ordinance was initially published on October 27, 2022 after first reading. This Ordinance was not amended after initial publication. This Ordinance shall take effect upon thirty (30) days after publication of this notice. The title of the adopted Ordinance reads as follows:

ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO ORDINANCE NO. 2022-01

AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE OPERATION OF LIMITED COMMERCIAL MARIJUANA STORES WITHIN UNINCORPORATED ARAPAHOE COUNTY

Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board by Joleen Sanchez, Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. Arap 1130 First Publication: November 17, 2022 Last Publication: November 17, 2022 Publisher: Englewood Herald Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice

ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

PROPOSAL: Updates to the Grading, Erosion, and Sediment Control (GESC) Manual

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on December 6, 2022 at 9:30 A.M., or as soon thereafter as the calendar of the Arapahoe County Board of County Commission permits, a public hearing will be held; at which, all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the above-described item. The public hearing will be held at 5334 S Prince St., East Hearing Room, Littleton CO 80120, with the option to participate remotely. The agenda will typically be posted by the Friday afternoon preceding the hearing and can be viewed on our website at https://arapahoe. legistar.com/Calendar. You can also listen to, or speak at, the meeting by calling 1-855-436-3656. To join the speaking queue, press *3 on the telephone keypad.

More information about this proposal is available at the offices of the Arapahoe County Public Works and Development Department, Planning Division, 6924 S Lima St., Centennial CO 80112 (please call ahead to schedule an appointment if you plan to walk-in), by calling 720-874-6650, or by emailing LKnerr@arapahoegov.com during regular busi ness hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday).

Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board

Legal Notice No. Arap 1126

First Publication: November 17, 2022

Last Publication: November 17, 2022

PROPOSAL:

Legal Notice NO. 0479-2022

First Publication: 11/17/2022 Last Publication: 12/15/2022

Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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 Trust ee 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

The hearing will be held in City Council Chambers, Centennial Civic Center, 13133 E. Arapahoe Road Centennial, CO 80112 at the above noted date and time.

Further information concerning the proposed Ordinance may be obtained by e-mailing centenni alplanning@centennialco.gov or calling the City of Centennial Community Development Department at 303-754-3308.

Legal Notice No. 530783-60783

First Publication: November 17, 2022

Last Publication: November 17, 2022

Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen

Public Notice

CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE TO APPROVE AN ANNEXATION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY OF

NOTICE is hereby given that at the regular meet ing 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 grant ing 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 FRAN CHISE 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 DISTRIB UTE 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

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on December 6, 2022 the Arapahoe County Planning Commis sion will hold a Public Hearing at 6:30 P.M., or as soon as possible thereafter at 6954 S Lima St., Arapahoe Room, Centennial, CO 80112; at which, all interested persons will be given an opportu nity to be heard concerning the above-described LE22-002, Five Acre Park Strasburg / Location and Extent Plan Major Amendment. The agenda will typically be posted by the Friday afternoon preceding the hearing and can be viewed on our website at https://arapahoe.legistar.com/Calen dar. You can also listen to or speak at the meeting by calling 1-855-436-3656. To join the speaking queue, press *3 on the telephone keypad.

More information about this proposal is available at the offices of the Arapahoe County Public Works and Development Department, Planning Division, 6924 S Lima St., Centennial CO 80112 (please call ahead to schedule an appointment if you plan to come in), by calling 720-874-6650, or by emailing planning@arapahoegov.com during regular business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday).

Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board

WITH DOVE VALLEY LAND, LLC FOR THE DOVE VALLEY LAND PROPERTY WITHIN THE DOVE VALLEY REGIONAL PARK/ CHERRY CREEK INNOVATION

A band played Elvis Presley’s “Hound Dog” to an audience of mostly reporters busy digesting the GOP’s stunning defeats.

“The outcome is a tough pill to swallow,” O’Dea said in his concession speech to a hushed crowd at about 8:30 p.m., when early returns showed him trailing Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet by 18 percentage points. “But that’s life in the big city.”

O’Dea, a first-time candidate and Denver construction company owner, ran as a moderate in the hopes of winning over voters in a state moving increasingly toward Democrats. It didn’t work — in a big way. (O’Dea was trailing Bennet by 12 percentage points on Wednesday morning.)

Heidi Ganahl, a University of Colorado regent who was the only statewide elected Republican, lost her bid Tuesday to unseat Democratic Gov. Jared Polis. The contest was called by Fox News, playing in the DoubleTree ballroom, minutes after the polls closed. Ganahl was trailing Polis by 18 percentage points on Wednesday morning.

Former state Sen. Greg Brophy, an Eastern Plains Republican, was predicting a good night for Republicans heading into Election Day. On Wednesday morning he was in disbelief.

“I’m blown away,” he said. “In shock.”

Kristi Burton Brown, chairwoman of the Colorado GOP, said Tuesday’s results show where Colorado “really is” politically “and whether or not Colorado has become a state more like Washington or California.”

Republicans, she said, will now have to focus district by district on legislative races and on local elections — school board, mayoral and city council contests, for example — until they get another shot at statewide office. U.S. House races, which are decided every two years, will also be a major focus for the party.

“If it’s district by district,” she said, “we’ll go fight district by district.”

Burton Brown said the GOP’s next big focus will be in Aurora, where they hope to keep a Republican in the mayor’s office in

Mike Coffman and a GOP majority on the City Council. (Aurora’s municipal races are technically nonpartisan.)

And then there’s the 2024 presidential race. But no Republican presidential candidate has won in Colorado since George W. Bush in 2004.

In the Colorado Senate, where Republicans hoped to win a majority and be able to stop Democratic Gov. Jared Polis’ agenda, the GOP needed to win six of seven competitive races this year to secure the gavel. On Wednesday morning they were losing in all seven races. While Republicans were hoping to ultimately win in a few of the seven districts once the vote count is complete, the party was bracing for the reality that they may fail in

Public Notices

Legal Notice No. Arap 1128

First Publication: November 17, 2022

Last Publication: November 17, 2022

Publisher: Englewood Herald Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen

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 Settle ment 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 ac count 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 Settle ment 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

Kristi Burton Brown, chairwoman of the Colorado GOP

all of the races.

If Democrats ultimately prevail in the seven competitive contests, the party’s majority will expand to 23-12 from 21-14. There are only two Democratic seats the party is at a real risk of losing in 2024, which means their future majority doesn’t appear in doubt until at least 2027.

Republicans may have lost seats in the House his year, as well, where they were already outnumbered by Democrats 41-24.

“We as a party have self-imploded in Colorado,” Ben Engen, a Republican political consultant and data analyst, said Nov. 9.

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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 Settle ment 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 ac count 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 Settle ment 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

Public Notice

ARAPAHOE COUNTY

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

To whom it may concern: This notice is given with regard to items in the custody of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office that have been released for public auction. The Sheriff’s Office will release nu merous items including but not limited to, bicycles, jewelry, audio/ visual equipment, automotive parts,

tools, sports equipment (such as camping, rafting, skiing gear, etc.), household goods and other items of personal property to a private auction company identified as Propertyroom.com and/ or Roller Auction. These items will be released for on-line bidding on the last Tuesday of each month for Roller Auction and the last day of the month for Propertyroom.com. Both auctions are open to the public.

If any citizen believes they have property in the possession of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office that can be identified, and for which they can show proof of ownership associated with a written report that has been filed with the Sheriff’s Office prior to this announcement, can contact the evidence section of the Sheriff’s Office.

Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board

Legal Notice No. Arap 1127

First Publication: November 17, 2022

Last Publication: November 17, 2022

Publisher: Englewood Herald

Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen

Republican Jaylen Mosqueira, running to represent House District 38, at the opening the state GOP’s Hispanic Community Center in Thornton Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022.

PHOTO BY HART VAN DENBURG/CPR NEWS

‘If it’s district by district, we’ll go fight district by district.’