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Oil and gas company is reducing greenhouse gases with geothermal energy

Transitional Energy will work next with utility company serving Adams, Weld counties

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Transitional Energy officials report successfully using geothermal energy to generate electricity at an oil and gas field site in Nevada on

May 19.

“It’s exciting to see the success of this pilot project, as it opens up a world of untapped possibility for geothermal energy development in the United States,” said CEO Salina Derichsweiler.

Transitional Energy’s plans for its next pilot program are in Colorado.

They will work with major oil and gas companies and on the utility side with United Power, which serves Weld and Adams counties.

Transitional Energy is a majority women-owned geothermal energy and development company that converts oil and gas waste streams

According to the company, Transitional Energy is the first to raise private funding to provide 100% of the cost to produce geothermal energy on the Nevada oil site.

The Nevada oil field pilot is part of a larger project using Transitional Energy technology with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy Geothermal Technologies’ Office Wells of Opportunity grants.

According to company officials,

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Prairie View grad returns to college after Army stint

New coffee house helps employees with life skills Taza opens in Adams County government building

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Helping young adults learn life lessons so they can help themselves, their families and their communities is the mission at Taza Coffee House in the Adams County government building.

“Our mission is to work with young adults and provide a safe house for them to continue to grow

By Ellis Arnold and to overcome problems, A long line of carstheir outside the city of Brighton’s rapid testing site at Colorado Community Media challenges, obstacles that they go Riverdale Regional Park. The site has had to close early many days in recent through,” said Maria Borrego, weeks duedirector to highof demand.

Adams County’s 14-day test positivity rate As Denver metro counties continue to executive Community inch closer to local stay-at-home orders Uplift Partnership, was 15.9 percent, asor ofCUP, Nov. which 17, according to Tri-County Health Department. operates “We also provide a positivity rates were both higher than under Colorado’s system of coronavirusBrightonTaza. and Commerce City’s test healthy workplace for them.” related restrictions, the state announced 13CUP percent.

Forty-five people in Brighton and 29 in Commerce City have is a nonprofit coffee house a County new level of rules that prohibits indoor diedbegan from COVID-19 related health Tocoff limit the recently spread of COVID-19, that seven years ago as an issues.

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by Taza Executive Director Maria Borrego, Community Uplift Partnership at least 15program countiesin moved to tighter restrictions prohibits indoor and change that Churches, applies to Taza the majority of the City.

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into renewable energy.

Derichsweiler and Ben Burke, chief technology officer, co-founded Transitional Energy.

Derichsweiler was the first Native American to graduate from Aurora Central High School and was valedictorian of the Colorado School of Mines’ chemical engineering and petroleum refining program and received an MBA finance from Pepperdine University. Her grandmother is of Alaskan descent.

In 2018, Derichsweiler, Burke and their executive team, all with experience in the oil refinery business,

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“They put out a bid for a nonprofit to operate the coffee shop and Keely Thompson, the previous founder of CUP, had always dreamed of building a coffee house working with young adults,” Borrego said. “It was her idea.”

CUP then shifted its mission to serving young adults, and in 2018, opened a second coffee house — the Reunion Coffee House.

CUP opened its third coffee house, Taza, on Feb. 1.

Taza is Spanish for cup, and the space is designed to feel like a home.

“We named this coffee house Taza because Adams County has the high-

talked about helping oil and gas companies reduce carbon emissions to get to net carbon zero.

Transitional Energy also developed the technology and innovative processes to generate renewable electricity at an oil site operated

by Grant Canyon Oil and Gas. Its energy powered a section of Grant Canyon’s operations at its oil field and reduced total greenhouse gas emissions.

Transitional Energy also collaborates with ElectraTherm, an Atlanta-based global leader in engineering low-temperature waste heat recovery solutions.

“We are thrilled with the results of this pilot project and happy to see the success of our geothermal equipment,” said Matt Lish, man-

aging director at ElectraTherm.

“We look forward to working with Transitional Energy to bring this technology to the oil and gas industry and further our shared goal of reducing carbon emissions and increasing availability of baseload, renewable energy.”

Transitional Energy develops its geothermal energy in lower temperature zones because traditional geothermal development is barred in hotter climates in the Western United States, according to officials.

Using a lower capital avenue developed in lower temperature climates creates a hybrid energy source with operational and abandoned oil and gas wells. Its renewable energy opportunities are more cost-effective and plentiful than alternative con-

ventional power generations.

According to officials, the United States has 1 million well bores with geothermal facilities. It is Transitional Energy’s goal to provide an affordable and sustainable energy surplus between fossil fuels and renewable energy.

“Just as the world is on a journey to a cleaner energy future, so are we,” Derichweiler said. “Transitional Energy’s initial goal with this pilot was to prove we could produce geothermal energy at an oil and gas site, and we’ve accomplished that.

Next up is to optimize our operations for even greater results and scale them to provide an immediate solution that helps bridge the gap between fossil fuels and intermittent renewable energy.”

est population for Latinos,” Borrego said.

Not only does Taza provide jobs for young adults, but it also teaches them life skills by providing a 12-week paid training course. The class focuses on self-awareness, introspection, leadership and character development, Borrego said.

“When you learn life skills or job skills, you build a relationship,” Borrego said. “It was the idea behind the nonprofit. We used the same mission with families such as women and children.”

When a young adult is not healthy in their household, Borrego said the whole house struggles.

“If we help the young adult, we know we’re helping families,” Borrego said.

Chris Churches is the coffee house director and has been with CUP for

four years. She sets up new coffee houses, runs the day-to-day operations and hires the employees.

She started with CUP first as a donor, then worked as a barista and eventually moved up to shift lead and manager and now director. Churches ran her own nonprofit and a children’s theater company for 20 years.

“Management also takes a two-hour training to have crucial conversations within the workplace, how to identify people skills and build teamwork,” Churches said.

Taza coffee house teaches practical skills such as how to save money to buy a car and rent an apartment but also how to have a crucial conversation and handle relationships with friends, family, parents, roomates and partners.

“We are trying to build lives,” Borrego said.

Aletta Torrez, 21, has been working with Taza since it opened.

“I heard about the program from Chris Churches,” Torrez said. “It’s been a great experience, and I love the classes. I’m learning how to do their social media. It’s amazing.

“It’s the best job I’ve ever worked at, and I used to dread going to work, and I look forward to being at work,” Torrez said.

Jacqulyn Churches has been with CUP for two years.

“I started as just a barista, and now, I do the marketing for all three-coffee houses, videos and signage,” Churches said. “I love working here.”

The Cup also operates the Anythink Coffee shop in the Thornton Anythink Library and is planning to open a fourth location in the Greyhound Park Development in 2023.

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Former Prairie View quarterback Ben Meraz.

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good relationship with me,” Meraz said. “And then academically, I felt like I could take advantage of a lot of good opportunities that wouldn’t be available elsewhere.”

He will be able to play football, too., as he did at Mesa State University before entering the Army. The Kangaroos won one game in nine tries a season ago. Six to seven schools showed an interest.

Meraz wants to study business finance, then pursue a master’s degree in construction management.

The ongoing pandemic didn’t play a part in his recruiting process. But joining the NCAA’s transfer portal, which allows students to place their names in an online data base to indicate a desire to change schools, did.

“I’d say things were dif-

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ferent just because I obviously don’t have any recent film of me playing football,” he said. “So, I’d send them videos of me doing workouts and drills to pair with my high-school stuff.

“Things were different as well because I talked to way more schools this time than when I did in high school,” Meraz explained. “I definitely had to ask a lot more questions about stuff like about living in the town, going to school there, types of questions I didn’t think about in high school.”

Meraz still has four years of eligibility.

“I’m pretty excited and nervous. It’s been a long time since I last played,” Meraz said.“But after a couple practices, I feel like I’ll be like a normal player again.

“I hope people can use situations like mine in that you can always chase a dream of yours,” he added. “Just because it doesn’t work out the first time doesn’t mean it’ll never work out.”

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Eighth-inning run finishes Brighton’s baseball season Bulldogs fall 1-0 to Chaparral in class 5A regional playoffs

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PARKER -- For the second straight season, Brighton High School’s baseball team made it to the championship game of the class 5A regional playoffs.

And for the second straight year, BHS came up short in its bid to enter the state 5A baseball tournament.

Brody Sprinkle’s eighth-inning single gave the Wolverines a 1-0 win over the Bulldogs on May 23 on Chaparral High School’s field. The loss ended Brighton’s season. The Bulldogs finished 18-7.

“I don’t know how many we left on, but it had to be double digits,” said BHS coach Justin Stringer.

“We had to be able to find a hole or a gap, hit by pitch or something?

Man. We made tons of plays. Brok (pitcher Brok Eddy) had control of the game.”

Eddy finished with an eight-hitter and 10 strikeouts.

“We couldn’t find a hit early in the game that would have put us on top,” Stringer said.

Eddy wiggled his way out of a bases-loaded jam in the fifth inning.

That was Chaparral’s most serious threat until the game-winning rally in the eighth inning.

Brighton had 11 base runners, including nine who reached on walks.

Bryce Peterson, who was the winning pitcher in the opener (an 8-5 win over Loveland) had both of Brighton’s hits. Andrew Schmeh and Garrett Chadwick reached on walks in the second inning. Walks to Eddy, Drai Wagner and Schmeh loaded the bases in the sixth inning.

But BHS couldn’t get that key hit to drive anyone home.

“One or two (hits) looked like a million, the way Brok throws,” Stringer said. “If we can figure out how to scratch one across, the game is different. Brok is the best pitcher in the state, and someone opposing teams find it difficult to square up. I don’t think I’ve seen a better pitcher all year. I’m glad he plays for us.”

Brighton’s Brok Eddy offers a check swing at this pitch during the Bulldogs’ win over Loveland High School in the regional playoffs May 23 in Parker. Loveland’s catcher is PHOTO BY STEVE SMITH Carter Leben.

In the Loveland game, Peterson lasted into the seventh inning and struck out seven. Anthony Treto came on in relief to pick up the save. Eddy drove home five runs, including a bases-clearing triple in the second inning.

“At the beginning of the game, my fastball out (outside) was working,” Peterson said. “They were trying to go with that. So I tried to come

back in on their hands, throw curve balls away when I was ahead in the counts. It depends on what kind of swings they are taking.

“This team, they were really focused on trying to hit the ball the other way,” he continued. “So when I saw that, I came back in on their hands. When I was ahead, I would go down with the curve ball or up with the fast ball.”

Fund awards $1M in scholarships to Adams County students

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

More than $1 million in scholarships were awarded to 58 Adams County High School students May 17 through the Adams County Scholarship Fund.

“We are proud to support these worthy students by providing a path to help them further their education,” said Lynn Baca, chair of the Adams County Board of Commissioners. “These scholarships will alleviate some of the worries of paying for college, and we send our best wishes to all the student recipients.”

Adams County commissioners established the scholarship fund in 2016 in partnership with the Colorado Department of Higher Education’s Colorado Opportunities Scholarship Initiative.

The county’s voter-approved 3% tax on retail marijuana sales pays for the scholarships. In addition, the scholarship funds

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High school students who are first-generation and low-income high school seniors are among those who are eligible to apply for one of the scholarships.

The Adams County Education Consortium manages the Adams County Scholarship Fund for the county and works directly with the school districts or district foundations.

The Adams County School districts include Adams 12 Five Star Schools, Adams 14 Education Foundation, School District 27J Education Foundation, Mapleton District 1 Education Foundation, Westminster District 50 Education Foundation, Strasburg School District 31J, and Bennett School District 29J. Adams 12 Five Star Schools The following students received $20,714.28 scholarships:

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Adams County School District 14 The following students earned $15,000 scholarships: Cesar Garcia, Liliya Gokh, Isai Hernandez, Angela Macias, Ajaiye Mitchell, Claudia Murillo, Yuvia Rocha, Diana Soto-Macias, Katherine Teter and Efren Vidana.

Bennett 29J Katelyn Chapman received an $18,000 scholarship.

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Anette De Santiago, Ari Quezada Caro and Alexia Tavarez earned $20,000 scholarships School District 27J The following students received $26,000 scholarships: Nabor Alvarez, Angelo Flores, Salina Le, Madisyn Pinney and Emiliano Salcido.

Strasburg School District 31J Emma Atkinson and Tallin Hall earned $11,500 scholarships.

Westminster Public Schools The following students earned $15,555 scholarships: Makenzie Allen, Victoria Butler, Kaitlyn Dunaway, Michelle Le, Laura Nguyen, Isabella Perez, Valeria Salayandia Adame, Hailey Wong and Yinlai Yang.

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Wildfire smoke and poor air quality are coming Here’s how scientists protect their homes

BY SAM BRASCH COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

Over the last few summers, Colorado residents have grown accustomed to hearing the same set of recommendations when wildfire smoke blankets their community: Avoid outdoor exercise. Head inside. Shut the windows.

But experts say those immediate actions only go so far.

Alex Huffman, an associate professor studying air contaminants at the University of Denver, notes smoke can invade a home through cracks and ventilation systems, so preventative measures are necessary to guard indoor air quality and protect people’s health.

“You can’t completely stop it, but there are things you can do to help the amount you breathe in,” Huffman said.

It’s now clear that in the West, and even in many further afield parts of the country, wildfire smoke will be a chronic side-effect of climate change and decades of poor forest management. As wildfires grow larger and more frequent, a CPR News analysis found Colorado residents now experience between two to four additional smoky weeks every year compared to a decade ago.

The trend worries public health experts because smoke contains tiny particles capable of burrowing themselves deep into the human body. Breathing

that material can trigger shortness of breath, asthma attacks and heart attacks. Long-term risks include weakened immune systems and premature births.

There are proven ways to limit exposure even as particulates sneak indoors. Here’s what Colorado scientists have done in their own homes — and what they’d recommend for yours.

Monitor indoor and outdoor air quality At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Huffman brought home a professional air monitor to assist with his work on germ-carrying droplets.

When wildfire season kicked up, it gave him a surprising view into the effect of outdoor smoke plumes.

Even deep in his basement, the instrument showed unsafe levels of particles in the air.

The EPA moves to declare the Front Range a ‘severe’ air quality violator.

Here’s why that matters.

Huffman now recommends households explore far cheaper methods to monitor outdoor and indoor air quality.

To help manage his asthma, he keeps a careful eye on the EPA’s fire and smoke map, which tracks nationwide smoke plumes and air quality readings.

To monitor indoor air quality, he purchased an egg-shaped monitor from PurpleAir, which now sits on a table inside the front door of his home in Centennial. It glows green, yellow or red depending on the severity of suspended particulates.

Basic senses are an even cheaper alternative. Colorado air forecasters

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recommend assuming air quality is unsafe if you can’t clearly see something less than five miles away. Smells can also serve as evidence of wildfire smoke, but shouldn’t always be trusted.

Christine Wiedinmyer, an air quality scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder, said smoke from far-off fires doesn’t carry an odor but can be dangerous nonetheless.

Buy or make a high-quality indoor air filter Huffman has a portable air purifier in his living room to help remove wildfire smoke. He demonstrated its efficiency by turning on a popcorn popper with a filthy heating element.

Smoke filled the room as his indoor air monitor turned an alarming red.

The purifier then pulled the smoke closer with a gentle hum, bringing particulates back to safe levels in about 30 seconds.

When shopping for an air purifier, Huffman said it should have HEPA filtration to remove particles. He recommends against anything with “plasma” or “ionization,” which doesn’t do much about wildfire smoke and can add other pollutants to the air.

If a $200 machine is out of the question, another option can be fashioned from a box fan taped to one or several furnace filters of a MERV13 grade or higher. The device, called a CorsiRosenthal Box, was born after a mechanical engineer tossed out the idea on Twitter.

Huffman installed a number of these

contraptions around his house and donated others to his kids’ classrooms.

Instructions are available online.

Seal openings and run your air conditioner Wiedinmyer recommends sealing doors and windows to prevent any wildfire smoke from making it into the home. If you have an air conditioner, replace the filter then set it to recirculate air to further cut indoor pollutants.

Not all homes have the luxury of air conditioning. Huffman has a swamp cooler, which he prefers for its energy efficiency. Because those systems rely on circulating cooled external air, they aren’t nearly as well equipped to handle poor outdoor air quality.

“It’s just pushing wildfire smoke into our house pretty efficiently, which is really unfortunate,” Huffman said.

He doesn’t see an easy way around the problem at the moment. On smoky days, he said households that use swamp coolers or open windows will need to decide if welcoming the bad air is worth it.

Wear a high-quality mask When you have to head outside on a smoky day, Huffman recommends wearing a high-quality N95 mask to protect against particulates. Don’t bother with cloth masks, though; their mesh isn’t fine enough to stop the bits of wildfire smoke, he said.

This story is from Colorado Public Radio, a nonprofit news source. Used by permission. For more, and to support CPR News, visit cpr.org.

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‘We cannot become numb to it’: Colorado leaders react to elementary school shooting in Texas

BY KYLE COOKE ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

Familiar feelings of dread set in May 24 after a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. An 18-year-old gunman opened fire in classrooms, killing at least 19 children and two adults.

The attack happened at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, a predominantly Latino town west of San Antonio. Law enforcement officers reportedly killed the shooter.

Nearly 1,000 miles away in Colorado, state leaders reacted to the tragedy with a common message: shootings of this type are hauntingly familiar, and action is needed to prevent similar massacres in the future.

“Another senseless tragedy and another painful reminder that we must act,” Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said in a series of tweets. “Prayers and thoughts mean well. They are indeed comforting. But action is better. We as a society have to act.”

“This morning I visited Mancos Elementary School and saw the joy on the faces of students and teachers in their last week of school as they looked forward to new adventures this summer and next school year,” Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said. “Now fourteen students and a teacher at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas had their joy ended forever from a cold blooded attack and their parents, friends and families won’t ever hold them in their arms again or be able to watch them grow. Colorado’s hearts are heavy for our friends in Texas and join in showing love for the families and community affected.”

Polis released his statement before the full death toll was reported.

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nightmare. We need to protect our future from this senseless violence.”

Democratic U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter of Colorado said, in part, “We cannot lose more children or loved ones. We must find a way to solve our country’s gun violence epidemic & save lives.”

Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, a staunch supporter of gun ownership who once said she would bring a handgun to Congress, encouraged people to “turn to God for comfort and healing,” later adding from her campaign’s Twitter account that “You cannot legislate away evil.”

Craig Nasion, a survivor of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, said, “This is America.

There is no end in sight for the

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The Uvalde shooting happened just 10 days after a racist attack at a Buffalo grocery store that left 10 people dead. And this year alone, there have already been 27 school shootings, according to data from Education Week. Renewed calls for gun control legislation arose following the tragedy in Uvalde.

“This horrific gun violence is uniquely American. We cannot become numb to it,” tweeted Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado. “We need to act and #EndGunViolence now.”

For his part, Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), who was serving as the Governor of Colorado during the Century 16 movie theater shooting in Aurora, said, “As a parent, I weep. Our children deserve so much better than this

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steady cadence of mass gun violence we seem unwilling to ever address. A reality my peers could not have imagined on our worst day in April 1999.”

President Biden delivered a televised address May 24 to talk about the Uvalde shooting.

“Why are we willing to live with this carnage?” the president asked. “Why do we keep letting this happen? Where in God’s name is our backbone to have the courage to deal with it and stand up to the [gun] lobbies? It’s time to turn this pain into action.”

As Biden emphasized in his remarks, most Americans support legislation that would help curtail gun violence. But such bills have been nonstarters in Congress, largely due to the fact that they would require Republican support in order to pass. Less than a day after the shooting in Uvalde, several GOP lawmakers have already made it clear that they would not support gun control legislation.

Some are instead advocating for arming teachers, a policy that is unpopular on a national level.

After the shooting in Uvalde, NPR spoke with Ron Avi Astor, a mass shooting expert and professor at UCLA, who said he is unsure why gun laws have barely changed since the Sandy Hook shooting 10 years ago.

“Maybe it is money. Maybe it is the gun lobby. Maybe it’s become politicized and an ideological thing,” Astor said, “but [gun violence] should be treated as a public health measure.”

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June 2, 2022

Is slamming Denver a winning message for GOP in 2022?

Colorado Republicans rip capital city as they eye November elections

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

“A toilet bowl.” “A city that no one wants to come to.” “There’s nobody out there that says Denver’s great anymore.”

Those were three takes on the Mile High City last month from three different Republican state representatives. The remarks were made during a news conference recapping the 2022 legislative session and they raised eyebrows given the upcoming election.

The Colorado GOP this year, after four years without a majority in either the Colorado House or Senate, is trying to win back some power in November. They will need the support of voters in Denver, a Democratic stronghold, and its surrounding counties, which make up the state’s population center, to do it.

Nineteen of Colorado’s 35 state Senate districts are in or touch Arapahoe, Adams, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties. When it comes to state House districts, 35 of the 65 districts are either in or include one or more of those metro Denver counties.

In other words: the road to power in the legislature runs through Denver, which, according to several House Republicans, isn’t such a great place.

“They have basically let the downtown area become a toilet bowl,” said Rep. Matt Soper, a Delta Republican. “You feel safe in our part of Colorado.”

House Minority Leader Hugh McKean, R-Loveland, said Denver is a “city out of control,” referencing crime.

“I would challenge anybody that’s saying that Denver is not on a downward spiral,” said Rep. Colin Larson, a Ken Caryl Republican and one of the only GOP lawmakers in the Denver suburbs. “I would just have to say that doesn’t pass the

Lawmakers and lobbyists are seen at the Capitol on Jan. 12 in Denver at the start of PHOTO BY OLIVIA SUN/THE COLORADO SUN Colorado’s General Assembly’s 2022 session.

smell test.”

Douglas County, a conservative stronghold, is really the only metro Denver county where Republicans have consistently won in recent election cycles.

The irony is that Republicans often complain when Democrats criticize rural Colorado. Take, for instance, the condemnation leveled at Marlon Reis, Gov. Jared Polis’ husband, in April after a 2021 Facebook comment he posted surfaced.

In the comment, reported on by The Fence Post in a story about controversy surrounding a prairie dog relocation plan, Reis complained about rural Coloradans whining when state and federal money is sent their way. “You’d best learn not to bite the hand that feeds you,” Reis wrote. “Colorado is more than ranchers, and it’s time to adapt rather than complain.”

Kristi Burton Brown, chairwoman of the Colorado GOP, said Reis’ words were “pathetic” and “disgusting.”

Sen. Kerry Donovan, a Vail Democrat who represents rural parts of western Colorado, said Republicans are talking about Denver in the same vein that Democrats have talked about rural areas. Donovan said the GOP, which often complains about the urban-rural divide, FROM

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“It’s a very dangerous political strategy to create division to try to win elections,” she said.

But McKean said it’s not fair to compare Reis’ remarks to those from him and his caucus. He said he wasn’t castigating any group or person, and that what’s happened in Denver, in his opinion, is the result of Democratic policies. That’s where the politics behind criticizing Denver come in.

“What politics truly is, I think, and especially this year, is a study of contrasts,” he said. “You take a look at what Denver was just a few years ago and the cycle that it’s gone through and in the midst of large policy changes.”

McKean spoke broadly about policies on crime and homelessness.

Those are two issues the GOP is promising to tackle if they win in November, along with rising consumer costs.

McKean said the remarks about Denver aren’t part of an election strategy, however. “I think it’s more just a commentary,” he said.

But not every Republican seems to think blasting Denver, whose home prices are soaring as people try to buy into a city with a limited housing supply, is such a good idea.

Sen. Paul Lundeen, a Monument

Republican leading efforts to secure a GOP majority in the Senate, said Thursday night during a Colorado Sun event that he thinks Denver “could do better,” but he’s not sure attacking the capital city is a winning strategy.

“It’s not as safe as it was when I first showed up at the legislature eight years ago,” he said. “Do you build a campaign on that? No. You build a campaign on helping the people of Colorado.”

Even Cole Wist, a former Republican state representative who used to be in the same caucus as McKean, appeared to push back on Twitter.

“Like many metro areas, Denver has some things to work on,” he posted, “but it is definitely a great city.”

Sen. Chris Hansen, a Denver Democrat weighing a mayoral bid next year, rejected the criticism wholecloth. He thinks the remarks will hurt Republicans in November.

“Denver definitely has issues like every other city, but this is a wonderful city,” he said. “That is not going to be a winning strategy, I can say with clarity.”

Polis said he doesn’t think the attacks on Denver are ”good politics.”

“I don’t think it ever works to attack part of the state that you want to represent,” he said. “Denver is the cultural capital of our state. You go to Rockies and Broncos and Nuggets games. No area of the state is perfect, but we all value every part of the state. I love Grand Junction.

I love Colorado Springs. I love Denver. I love Boulder. They’re all great.

I don’t think you hear very many — you certainly don’t hear me — attacking parts of the state that are conservative.”

Democrats hold a 20-15 majority in the Colorado Senate and a 41-24 majority in the House.

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

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Public Notices call 303-566-4123 Legals City and County Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AN-265-22 Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the City Council of Commerce City in a hybrid format, June 6, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter. Persons wishing to testify in person will need to appear at the Council Chambers, Commerce City Civic Center, 7887 E 60th Avenue. Advance registration for inperson testimony is not required. Persons wishing to testify virtually must register in advance. Registration information can be found at https://www.c3gov.com/government/city-council/ virtual-meetings or by phone or email requests submitted to the City Clerk at 303-227-8791 or dgibson@c3gov.com. The hearings will also be broadcast on Channel 8 in Commerce City and livestreamed at https://www.c3gov.com/video The purpose of the public hearing will be to determine whether that property legally described on attached Exhibit “A” meets the applicable requirements of the statutes of the State of Colorado and is eligible for annexation to the City of Commerce City.

Any interested person may appear at the public hearing and be heard regarding the matter under consideration and/or may submit in writing prior to the public hearing any matter relative to the public hearing.

Notice is further given that, prior to final approval of this annexation proceeding, minor amendments may be made to the legal description for the property which is the subject of this annexation proceeding, based upon the evidence presented at the public hearing.

A copy of the petition initiating the annexation proceeding is on file in the office of the city clerk of the City of Commerce City, 7887 East 60th Avenue Commerce City, Colorado, 80022.

Dated this May 5, 2022.

CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO /s/ Dylan Gibson, City Clerk Legal Notice No. CCX605 First Publication: May 12, 2022 Last Publication: June 2, 2022 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express A RESOLUTION FINDING SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE OF THE ANNEXATION PETITION IN CASE AN-265-22 KNOWN AS THE 7001 COLORADO BOULEVARD ANNEXATION AND SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR SUCH ANNEXATION NO. 2022-53 WHEREAS, there was presented to and filed with the City Council of the City of Commerce City, Colorado (“City”), a written petition dated March 22, 2022 by Richdell Properties, LLC in case No. AN-265-22 (“Petition”) seeking annexation to and by the City of contiguous unincorporated territory consisting of approximately 4.209 acres situated, lying and being in the County of Adams, State of Colorado, as described in the Petition and generally located at 7001 Colorado Boulevard, commonly known as the 7001 Colorado Boulevard annexation; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Findings. The Petition in Case No. AN-265-22 is found to be in substantial compliance with the applicable laws of the State of Colorado, pursuant to C.R.S § 31-12-107(1).

SECTION 2. Notice of Hearing. The City Council will hold a public hearing for the purpose of determining if the proposed annexation complies with section 30 of article II of the state constitution, C.R.S. §31-12-104, as amended, and C.R.S. §31-12-105, as amended, or such provisions thereof as may be required to establish eligibility for annexation to the City under the terms of Part 1 of the Municipal Annexation Act of 1965, as amended, at the following time, date and place: 6:00 p.m.

Monday, June 06, 2022 City Council Chambers 7887 East 60th Avenue Commerce City, Colorado 80022 *This hearing may be held partially or entirely electronically; more information is available at https://www.c3gov.com/government/city-council/ virtual-meetings.

Any person may appear at such hearing and present evidence related to the proposed annexation, subject to any applicable registration requirements. Upon completion of the hearing, the City Council of the City of Commerce City shall set forth, by resolution, its findings of fact and its conclusion based thereon for the annexation with reference to the matters required by C.R.S. § 321-110. If the City Council concludes, by resolution, that all statutory requirements have been met and that the proposed annexation is eligible and legal under the laws of the State of Colorado, the City Council shall consider an ordinance making the proposed annexation effective.

RESOLVED AND PASSED THIS 2ND DAY OF

MAY 2022.

CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO _______________________ Benjamin A. Huseman, Mayor ATTEST _____________________ Dylan A. Gibson, City Clerk Exhibit-A Annexation Description LOCATED IN THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 68 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M. CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO ANNEXATION DESCRIPTION A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 68 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEARINGS ARE BASED ON THE EAST LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 68 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., BEARING S 00°14’18” E, A DISTANCE OF 1320.79 FEET, AS SHOWN ON THE COMMERCE CITY CONTROL DIAGRAM AND AS MONUMENTED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SECTION 1 BY A FOUND 3-1/4” ALUMINUM CAP, STAMPED “RLS 24673”, AND AS MONUMENTED AT THE NORTH SIXTEENTH CORNER OF SECTION 1 BY A FOUND 2” ILLEGIBLE ALUMINUM CAP. COMMENCING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER SAID SECTION 1; THENCE ON AN ASSUMED BEARING ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 1, S 89°52’14” W, A DISTANCE OF 30.00 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF COLORADO BOULEVARD; THENCE ALONG SAID WESTERLY RIGHTOF-WAY LINE, S 00°14’18” E, A DISTANCE OF 253.52 FEET; THENCE S 54°20’44” W, A DISTANCE OF 12.27 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WESTERLY LINE OF A 10 FOOT RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATION CONVEYED IN DEED RECORDED APRIL 11, 2000 IN BOOK 6093 AT PAGE 635 OF THE ADAMS COUNTY RECORDS, AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE ALONG SAID WESTERLY RIGHT-OFWAY DEDICATION LINE, S 00°14’18” E, A DISTANCE OF 1060.23 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTH HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 1; THENCE ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE, S 89°29’19” W, A DISTANCE OF 314.64 FEET; THENCE DEPARTING SAID SOUTH LINE, N 69°02’31” E, A DISTANCE OF 122.49 FEET; THENCE N 19°26’54” E, A DISTANCE OF 120.85 FEET; THENCE N 05°30’58” E, A DISTANCE OF 112.51 FEET; THENCE N 05°34’54” W, A DISTANCE OF 72.62 FEET; THENCE N 15°49’27” W, A DISTANCE OF 82.02 FEET; THENCE N 11°10’21” E, A DISTANCE OF 63.82 FEET; THENCE N 23°55’18” W, A DISTANCE OF 175.95 FEET; THENCE N 06°09’15” E, A DISTANCE OF 163.66 FEET; THENCE N 39°01’28” E, A DISTANCE OF 85.08 FEET; THENCE N 29°01’24” E, A DISTANCE OF 119.15 FEET; THENCE N 46°49’51” E, A DISTANCE OF 67.34 FEET; THENCE N 54°20’44’’ E, A DISTANCE OF 67.87 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING AN AREA OF 183,344 SQUARE FEET OR 4.209 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. Public Notice NOTICE OF ELECTION Primary Election

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Beginning June 6, 2022, ballots in signed Official Return Envelopes may be dropped off at any of the following designated drop-off locations.

24-Hour Drop Box Locations Adams County Government Center – 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy., Brighton Adams County Human Services Center – 11860 Pecos St., Westminster Adams County Justice Center – 1100 Judicial Center Dr., Brighton Adams County Western Services Center – 12200 N. Pecos St., Westminster Anythink Library Wright Farms – 5877 E. 120th Ave., Thornton Aurora Motor Vehicle – 3449 N. Chambers Rd., Aurora Aurora Municipal Center* – 15151 E. Alameda Pkwy., Aurora Bennett Motor Vehicle – 355 S. First St., Bennett Brighton City Hall – 500 S. 4th Ave., Brighton Carpenter Skate Park (Margaret Carpenter Rec Center)

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VOTER SERVICE & POLLING CENTERS Services offered include voting, ballot replacement, ballot drop box, ADA accessible ballot marking devices, new voter registration, and voter registration updates available at all locations.

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Adams County Government Center (West Entrance) – 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy., Brighton Adams County Human Services Center – 11860 Pecos St., Westminster Bennett Motor Vehicle Office – 355 S. First St., Bennett Commerce City Motor Vehicle – 7190 Colorado Blvd., Commerce City Martin Luther King, Jr. Library* – 9898 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora (shared Arapahoe County VSPC)* Rocky Mountain Prep Fletcher Charter School – 10455 E. 25th Ave., Aurora Westminster Motor Vehicle – 8452 N. Federal Blvd., Westminster Phase 2 VSPCs Monday, June 27, 2022 – 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Tuesday, June 28, 2022, Election Day – 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

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Sample ballots will be available online at GoVoteColorado.gov by accessing your voter registration record.

For more election information and frequently asked questions, visit the Adams County Elections website at AdamsVotes.com or call the Adams County Elections office at 720.523.6500.

ADAMS COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER Josh Zygielbaum, Clerk and Recorder 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy., Suite E3102 Brighton, CO 80601 Legal Notice No. CCX617 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 2, 2022 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express PUBLIC NOTICE Public notice is hereby given that the following ordinances were introduced on first reading on the 23rd day of May 2022, by the City Council of Commerce City and will be considered on second and final reading on the 20th day of June 2022.

INTRODUCED BY: ALLEN-THOMAS, DAVIS, DOUGLAS, FORD, GRIMES, HURST, HUSEMAN, MADERA, NOBLE Ordinance 2401 – AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2022 BUDGET OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO BY TRANSFERRING $13,677,240 FROM THE UNENCUMBERED FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND PRESERVATION PLAN FUND (CIPP) FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUFFALO RUN GOLF CLUBHOUSE AND MAINTENANCE FACILITY EXPANSION PROJECT TO INCLUDE NEW PAVILION WITH ROOFTOP PATIO AND THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXPENDITURES

THEREOF Ordinance 2398 – AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2022 BUDGET OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO, BY APPROPRIATING PORTIONS OF THE UNENCUMBERED FUND BALANCE OF THE GENERAL FUND AND TRANSFERRING TO DESIGNATED FUNDS PORTIONS OF THE UNENCUMBERED FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND, AND REAFFIRMING CERTAIN PRIOR APPROPRIATIONS, FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $1,687,658 AND AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE THEREOF Copies of said ordinance are on file in the Office of the City Clerk, City of Commerce City at 7887 E. 60th Ave., Commerce City, CO 80022, for public inspection during the hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Monday through Friday. During instances of the city facilities being closed, electronic copies may be requested via email to dgibson@c3gov.com.

BY ORDER OF CITY COUNCIL CITY OF COMMERCE CITY BY: Dylan Gibson, City Clerk Legal Notice No. CCX621 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 2, 2022 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Metropolitan Districts Public Notice

objections shall be deemed to be waived unless submitted in writing to the District at or prior to the meeting or any continuance or postponement thereof in order to be considered.

SETTLER’S CROSSING METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2

By: /s/ PAULA J. WILLIAMS Attorney for the District Legal Notice No. CCX622 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 2, 2022 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel-Express Public Notice NOTICE OF HEARING CONCERNING INCLUSION OF REAL PROPERTY

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there has been filed with the Board of Directors of the Settler’s Crossing Metropolitan District No. 2 (“District”), located in the City of Commerce City, Adams County, Colorado, a petition requesting the Board adopt a resolution approving the inclusion of certain property into the boundaries of such District (“Petition”).

1. The name and address of the Petitioner and a general description of the property that is the subject of such Petition is as follows: Petitioner: 96 Tower Investors, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company

NOTICE OF HEARING CONCERNING INCLUSION OF REAL PROPERTY

Address of Petitioner: 4340 E. Perry Pkwy.

Greenwood Village, CO 80121

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there has been filed with the Board of Directors of the Settler’s Crossing Metropolitan District No. 1 (“District”), located in the City of Commerce City, Adams County, Colorado, a petition requesting the Board adopt a resolution approving the inclusion of certain property into the boundaries of such District (“Petition”).

Description: Approximately 28.516 acres of land, generally located northeast of the intersection of East 96th Avenue and Tower Road, in the City of Commerce City, Adams County, Colorado.

1. The name and address of the Petitioner and a general description of the property that is the subject of such Petition is as follows: Petitioner: 96 Tower Investors, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company Address of Petitioner: 4340 E. Perry Pkwy.

Greenwood Village, CO 80121 Description: Approximately 0.037 acres of land, generally located northeast of the intersection of East 96th Avenue and Tower Road, in the City of Commerce City, Adams County, Colorado.

2. Accordingly, pursuant to Section 32-1-401(1)(b), C.R.S., notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of the District shall hold a public meeting to hear the Petition on Monday, June 6, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. THIS DISTRICT BOARD MEETING WILL BE HELD BY CONFERENCE CALL. TO ATTEND, CALL IN TO THE CONFERENCE BRIDGE AT 1-888-875-1833 AND WHEN PROMPTED, DIAL IN THE PASSCODE OF 619715.

3. Interested persons shall appear (by phone) at such meeting and show cause in writing why such Petition should not be granted. All protests and objections shall be deemed to be waived unless submitted in writing to the District at or prior to the hearing or any continuance or postponement thereof in order to be considered.

SETTLER’S CROSSING METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1 By: /s/ PAULA J. WILLIAMS Attorney for the District Legal Notice No. CCX623 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 2, 2022 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express Public Notice NOTICE OF HEARING CONCERNING EXCLUSION OF REAL PROPERTY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there has been filed with the Board of Directors of the Settler’s Crossing Metropolitan District No. 2 (“District”), located in the City of Commerce City, Adams County, Colorado, a petition requesting the Board adopt a resolution approving the exclusion of certain property from the boundaries of such District (“Petition”).

1. The name and address of the Petitioner and a general description of the Property that is the subject of such Petition are as follows: Petitioner: 96 Tower Investors, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company Address of Petitioner: 4340 E. Perry Pkwy.

Greenwood Village, CO 80121 Description: Approximately 0.037 acres of land, generally located northeast of the intersection of East 96th Avenue and Tower Road, in the City of Commerce City, Adams County, Colorado.

1. Accordingly, pursuant to Section 32-1-501(2), C.R.S., notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of the District shall hold a public meeting to hear the Petition on Monday, June 6, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. THIS DISTRICT BOARD MEETING WILL BE HELD BY CONFERENCE CALL. TO ATTEND, CALL IN TO THE CONFERENCE BRIDGE AT 1-888-875-1833 AND WHEN PROMPTED, DIAL IN THE PASSCODE OF 619715.

2. All interested persons shall appear (by phone) at such meeting and show cause in writing why such Petition should not be granted. All protests and

2. Accordingly, pursuant to Section 32-1-401(1)(b), C.R.S., notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of the District shall hold a public meeting to hear the Petition on Monday, June 6, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. THIS DISTRICT BOARD MEETING WILL BE HELD BY CONFERENCE CALL. TO ATTEND, CALL IN TO THE CONFERENCE BRIDGE AT 1-888-875-1833 AND WHEN PROMPTED, DIAL IN THE PASSCODE OF 619715.

3. Interested persons shall appear (by phone) at such meeting and show cause in writing why such Petition should not be granted. All protests and objections shall be deemed to be waived unless submitted in writing to the District at or prior to the hearing or any continuance or postponement thereof in order to be considered.

SETTLER’S CROSSING METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2

By: /s/ PAULA J. WILLIAMS Attorney for the District Legal Notice No. CCX624 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 2, 2022 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

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T-Mobile proposes the collocation of three (3) antennas at 50-ft AGL on an existing 120-ft electric transmission tower located at 10277 Tower Road, north-northeast of Commerce City, in Adams County, Colorado (Adams County Parcel # 0172300000065).

Please submit any written comments within 30 days of the date of this publication regarding the potential effects that the proposed collocation may have on Historic Properties that are listed or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places to: Tower Engineering Professionals, Inc. (Attn: George Swearingen) 326 Tryon Road, Raleigh, NC 27603 Telephone: (919) 661-6351 Fax: (919) 661-6350 Legal Notice No. CCX619 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 2, 2022 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Notice to Creditors Public NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Norma Deane Hermann Hathaway, a/k/a Norma D. Hathaway, a/k/a Norma Hathaway , Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30376

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before September 26, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Cheryl Ann Manuel , Personal Representative 9708 Compadre Lane NE Albuquerque, NM 87111-1550 Legal Notice No. CCX615 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

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