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Douglas County programs help people stay housed, address homelessness

Hill gives update on health department progress

BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Programs for the Douglas County Health Department have been up and running for over two months and during a March 9 meeting, Executive Director Michael Hill gave an update on the independent health department.  “I think the way this county approached the health department by phasing it in over the last year has really been to our bene t,” said Hill.

As sta are developing relationships and creating partnerships with more organizations, the Douglas County Health Department has been working with the

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

People who end up living on the streets often struggle with mental illness, addiction or other health problems that can stand in the way of getting back on their feet.

In Douglas County, a program that started two years ago has helped dozens of people stay connected with the resources they need, including many people who struggled with housing.

“We’re also hoping to reduce reliance or interaction with our crisis emergency and acute care services as well,” said Leandra Montoya, who works with e Care Compact. at’s the county’s program that works with hospitals, the county jail and organizations in the community to help keep people with

complex needs from falling through the cracks.

One of the program’s main goals: to cut down on situations where people use services like law enforcement or transportation to an emergency room to deal with a crisis, an outcome that can be expensive — or, for rst responders, time consuming.

“So when we see folks who are frequently engaged with these systems, it’s a sign to us that they might

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Ti any Marsitto, a supervisor with Douglas County’s Homeless Engagement, Assistance and Resource Team that responds to homelessness, speaks during a Feb. 9 news conference in Castle Rock alongside county Commissioner Abe Laydon, center, and Sheri Darren Weekly.

‘The Care Compact’ assists those who have health conditions

Home prices see biggest sustained dip in more than a decade

Will pattern hold?

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It’s a statistic that, not long ago, homebuyers could have only dreamed of: e median price of a single-family home in the Denver area dropped by more than $90,000.

e drop from $660,000 in April to $569,800 this January represented the steepest, longest sustained decline in median sales price for single-family homes in the Denver metro area since the start of 2010.

at’s according to the Colorado Association of Realtors, whose data goes back to that year.

Statewide, the decline in the median price of a single-family home from April to January also represented the steepest, longest sustained decline in that same period.

While that warrants some celebration, that downslide only erased 2022’s price increases — the steep hikes of 2020 and 2021 haven’t been wiped away, and housing a ordability remains dismal in the metro area and around Colorado.

Cooper ayer, a young Realtor in Douglas County, knows people his age can struggle to a ord homes even with the right tools on their side.

“Last year, when I graduated college, I make a slightly-above-median income for my age, but I wouldn’t be able to a ord a home in the next ve years without external help,” said ayer, 21, who was born and raised in Castle Rock.

Entry-level housing “just isn’t there” in the Denver metro area, especially in Douglas County, ayer said.

“I think the lesson there is that even with good nancial planning and budgeting and nancial literacy, I’m just constrained by the high housing prices and the lack of inventory on the entry-level segment in Douglas County,” ayer said.

What’s ahead

After Colorado’s already-expensive housing market saw prices increase even more steeply during the eco-

nomic trends of the coronavirus pandemic, the Federal Reserve’s raising of interest rates to battle in ation has pushed prices back down.

e Fed’s raising of rates is a signi cant — if not the primary — factor driving home prices lower, ayer said.

Interest rates are the amount a lender charges a borrower for a loan, and when they change, it can a ect mortgage rates but also car loans and credit card debt, which can dampen people’s ability to a ord housing, ayer noted.

If the Fed lowers interest rates later this year, it’s di cult to say whether home prices will shoot back up, erasing recent gains in a ordability, ayer said.

“Real estate can vary greatly quarter over quarter. I like to think of it more of a year-over-year trend,” ayer said.

For example, if rates were to return to the level seen in December 2021, home prices in Douglas County in spring 2024 could come back to the highs of spring 2022, ayer said.

A caveat, though, is the broader economic conditions that may arrive. If interest rates go down in response to an overall economic downturn, people might not be

spending as much as they did in spring 2022, ayer said.

“But we have such a constrained supply, (including) here in Douglas County,” that prices are also propped up by a lack of available homes, ayer noted.

After a decade, some relief

Although the Denver area and Colorado as a whole have recently seen a big price drop, much of the downslide occurred during the fall and winter, when prices tend to drop each year as homebuying typically slows down after the usual price increases of summer or fall.

Comparing this January to last January, the drop in median price of a single-family home in metro Denver is more modest: a 1.4% decrease. Statewide, the median price was at, a 0% change.

Still, even a slight decrease or attening can come as a relief to Coloradans who have watched prices on a seemingly never-ending climb.

is year saw the rst January-toJanuary, year-over-year decrease in median sales price in the Denver metro area since 2010 to 2011, when price stayed relatively at, according to the Realtor association.

Even amid the recent trends, ayer says a big downward reset in

housing prices isn’t for sure.

“On a scale compared to something like 2008? Probably not, because of the place the Denver metro area is in right now,” Thayer said. “It is certainly one of the most desirable places to live in the country … so the effects of a nationwide or global economic downturn are going to be lessened here because of that inherent supply constraint and that inherent (desire) to be here.”

Some type of downturn is likely imminent because the economy is cyclical, Thayer said. But he doesn’t foresee a drop in prices of 20% or more in the next 10 years in the Denver metro area relative to the rest of the world.

“I think a 10% drop over the next decade would be more feasible,” said Thayer, noting that even that is not necessarily likely.

What’s more, “it wouldn’t be permanent; it would be cyclical,” he noted.

Affordability an issue in Douglas Douglas County’s housing affordability is low even compared to the rest of the region, with median housing prices around $100,000 higher than the average in the rest of the metro area, Thayer said.

“And while we do have higher income, the problem is for those service jobs and all those support roles,” Thayer said. He added:

“There isn’t housing for entry-level jobs or younger people in the service workforce and in those kind of lower- to middle-income careers.”

He sees a “middle ground” in government policy that would incentivize entry-level housing, such as condos, townhomes and duplexes, so local residents can have a place to live where they work. He thinks that will take shape on the city and county level rather than statewide or nationally.

“As a Realtor, we certainly believe in homeownership in the U.S.,” Thayer said, “so providing homeownership opportunity not just to high-income households but also to the low- and medium-income households so they can build wealth.”

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Douglas County School District in dire need of bus drivers

Pay raises, recruiter possible solutions

BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Facing severe understa ng of bus drivers that has resulted in route consolidations and cancellations, the Douglas County School District is working to raise pay and hire a recruiter to ease bussing challenges.

In a March 7 presentation to the board of education, Chief Operations O cer Rich Cosgrove said just 60% of bus driver positions are currently lled, in large part because of a national bus driver shortage, but also because of a lack of competitive pay.

Douglas County School District starts bus drivers at $19.60 per hour, whereas surrounding districts start drivers anywhere from $21.70 in Jefferson County School District up to $24.40 in Denver Public Schools.

“A lack of competitive pay is really, really hurting us,” Superintendent Erin Kane said, calling transportation a “pain point” in the district this year.

Just like with teacher pay, Kane said the district needs a mill levy to close the competitive pay gap.

Cosgrove agreed that raising pay would go a long way to solving the shortage.

Despite being understa ed, Cosgrove said the district has been able to run 98% of its bus routes so far this year. Still, cancellations are extremely frustrating for families,

he said.

“We make every e ort to cover routes,” he said. “On any given day, we are four to ve (employees) short, so what that means is central sta is being a (transportation education assistant) or running that route.”

When route cancellations do happen, special education routes and routes that serve low-income families are prioritized.

“We have students that when we cancel their routes, they don’t go to school, they don’t have another way to get to school, so they stay home and they’re not learning,” Kane said. “ at is a big violation of the equitable access to learning.”

e district has also consolidated routes from 173 during the 2020-21 school year to 120 this year, which

Cosgrove said puts them at capacity.

Cosgrove said the district is negotiating with the Amalgamated Transportation Union of Douglas County to increase pay, as well as requesting more exibility in drivers’ schedules for route changes.

“We have very collaborative and productive negotiations underway with the ATU,” he said.

On top of union negotiations, Cosgrove said the district should invest in a recruiter for transportation sta , improve advertising and marketing, and enhance employee appreciation e orts.

All of the board members agreed that the district needs to invest in its transportation sta ng and thanked the district’s bus drivers for all of their e orts.

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need more support in the community, and so we overall are hoping to improve health and quality of life outcomes for these folks,” Montoya said.

Since the program’s December 2020 launch, e Care Compact has enrolled 68 clients and helped many of them resolve housing challenges.

Montoya’s comments came as part of the March meeting of the committee that leads the Douglas County Homeless Initiative, the county’s e ort to partner with the faith community and nonpro ts to address homelessness. Signs of success from Montoya’s program come as Douglas County has also seen the emergence of two other programs that also work to address homelessness in the county.

at includes Douglas County’s Homeless Engagement, Assistance and Resource Team of “navigators” who respond to homelessness, working with law enforcement when safety is a concern.

Also contributing is AllHealth Network, a mental health-care nonpro t with locations across the south Denver metro area that recently started a street outreach team to approach unhoused people to o er resources.

Serving complex needs

e Care Compact, Montoya’s program, interacts with people in need — often those who have interfaced with the criminal justice system,

health care and other crisis services — and connects them with housing, food sources and other services.

“Our goals are to reduce duplication of services,” Montoya said. She added: “We’re also hoping to improve transitions between levels of care and care types. So, for example, if a client is discharging from the hospital, we’re hoping to improve that transition back to the community by wrapping them around with supports and services.”

“My work is to coordinate (the) partners and bring everyone together to make sure we all are on the same page,” she added.

Of the program’s clients, 71% were homeless or at risk of homelessness — about 47% were homeless, and 24% were at risk.

“ e vast majority of our folks are relying on Social Security disability or Social Security income (to) meet their nancial needs,” Montoya said of the clients with housing needs.

About “21% are unemployed, and I mention that because some folks are trying to get back into employment and need mental health stabilization to get to that point,” she said of the clients with housing needs.

Many of the clients with housing needs were dealing with mental health challenges, substance use disorders, intellectual and developmental disabilities, or reported traumatic brain injuries — or sometimes two or more of those, Montoya said.

People are referred to the program by its partners but also by family members, Montoya said.

About 67% of all the homeless clients secured long-term housing, she

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said. And 40% of the clients at risk of homelessness “sustained” their housing, meaning they were able to connect with services or nancial support to prevent eviction or loss of housing.

“Of the housing connections we’ve been able to make for folks … most frequently it’s assisted living facilities,” Montoya said, because of the clients’ needs. In some cases, that’s a temporary setting, she added.

Hundreds of contacts

AllHealth, the nonpro t, also plays a role in addressing homelessness in the south metro area.

e nonpro t received a federal grant last year for a street outreach team — workers who approach people in need. at program launched last year and is active in Arapahoe and Douglas counties, an AllHealth sta member told the committee at the meeting.

e team collaborates with Douglas County’s Homeless Engagement, Assistance and Resource Team, or HEART, which began in mid-September. ( e county began collecting data on HEART in October.)

From October to February, 602 referrals have been submitted to HEART, according to county spokesperson Wendy Holmes. ose resulted in the following outcomes:

•  In 208 cases, people were contacted and received services.

•  228 cases were “informationonly” referrals.

•  102 cases were listed as “unable to locate.”

•  54 were listed as “not cooperative.”

•  10 were listed as “unoccupied

camps.”

In February, three HEART clients were assisted with housing searches, and six clients received hotel vouchers, Ti any Marsitto, a supervisor with HEART, told the committee during the March 9 meeting.

Population can be di cult to track Douglas County saw a drop in the number of people experiencing homelessness who were counted as part of the Denver metro area’s annual snapshot of the unhoused this year compared to last, according to early data the county presented in early February.

Each year, typically in January, volunteers and sta from sources such as nonpro ts and local governments team up in communities across the Denver metro area, and areas around the nation, to conduct the Point in Time count of their region’s homeless population. is year’s metro Denver count started the evening of Jan. 30 and ran into the next morning.

In Douglas County, o cials quickly presented early data from this year’s count. ey highlighted that the overall number of homeless dropped to 57, down from 78 last year, with the count of unsheltered homeless dropping to 27, down from 50.

In 2020, Douglas County’s overall count — sheltered and unsheltered — was 53. In 2019, that number was 14, and in 2018, it was 34. ( e metro area did not count unsheltered homeless in 2021 due to COVID-19 safety concerns.)

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Because the Point in Time count generally takes place on a single night and can be a ected by weather or other variables, the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative does not recommend looking at data trends year over year, although the count remains an often-cited statistic.

County o cials have heralded the drop in Douglas County’s Point in Time numbers as indicating a decrease in overall homelessness in

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state and other local health departments to develop further relationships in replacement of Tri-County.  e department has participated with the Colorado Association of Local Public Health O cials Policy Committee to keep up to date on proposed state legislation impacting health and working with Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver Health and all the metro region health departments to redesign a future Tuberculosis control program.

Hill also said he participated in the Region 12 Opioid Council, which guides the expenditure of Opioid Settlement dollars in the county over the coming years.

A brief nancial report was provided for the board to discuss the

the county. But large percentage shifts are more likely in Douglas County, where the annual count tends to be in double digits. By contrast, Jefferson and Arapahoe counties’ 2022 tallies each sat at about 500. In Denver, the number was about 4,800. Also complicating the picture: People without homes don’t always stay in the same area. And widening the time period beyond a single night can provide a di erent picture.

Of the people referred to HEART in February, 106 of those were unduplicated, or unique, individuals.

“To let you know, those were not new homeless individuals; they were new to the month of February,” Marsitto said. “It (could be someone) we worked with in the past, we weren’t able to contact them for a month and then they came back.”

Helping a man back on his feet

Marsitto shared a recent HEART success story of a man who was panhandling — he said he had been homeless for more than 40 years. The man said he had some belongings stolen from him, Marsitto said.

The team “was able to help him

apply for food stamps (assistance) and health insurance right where he was,” Marisitto said.

During a follow-up meeting, the man said he had a potential job opportunity out of state.

Greg Matthews, a HEART staffer, reached out to one of the team’s faith-based partners, which purchased a Greyhound bus ticket to get the man to his destination.

“The faith-based partner also put him up in a hotel the night before he departed so he could have a warm place to stay and a shower so he could … start his employment,” Marsitto said.

expenditures and revenues of the department.

According to Hill, the expenditures for the department are reasonably stable. It is at 16% of the scal year and they have expended around 10% of what they are expecting to spend for the year.

“So that means we’re around 6% underspent at this point in the year,” said Hill.

e department has been purchasing items and supplies for new programs since late last year and early this year, however, Hill said the department is on budget for revenues and there are going to be ebbs and ows as the year progresses.

“You will see peaks and valleys in the revenues but the expenditures should be fairly smooth because as with most organizations, it’s primarily sta that are the expenditures and salaries don’t change that

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Castle Rock increases rebates for turf

2022 program a success

BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Castle Rock will be o ering $200,000 in water rebates to residents who use certain water conservation methods, such as ColoradoScaped yards or low- ow toilets.

On March 7, the town council approved increasing water rebates to customers and investing more in the rebate programs in an e ort to encourage conservation. e $200,000 set aside for rebates is a 38% increase in the funding over last year, according to Castle Rock Water Director Mark Marlowe.

Marlowe said water conservation is a crucial element to sustaining the town’s water supply. e goal is for the town to use 100 gallons per capita per day. Currently, Castle Rock uses around 115 gallons per capita per day.

“We want to reduce current and future demand on our water system,” Marlowe said.

e town’s water rebates are rst come, rst serve until the funds are gone.

Town rebates for Coloradoscaping yards will increase from $1.20 per square foot to $1.50 per squarefoot for both residential and non-residential property.

“Some of (the reason for raising rebates) is in response to the economy and the increased costs that

people are seeing and some of it is in response to trying to increase the incentive,” Marlowe said. Similarly, the town will increase

rebates for installing low- ow toilets from $100 to $150, with a maximum rebate of $600, and o er up to a $200 rebate for using a whole

home water monitoring system.

e town also o ers a $5 rebate for rotary nozzles and will discontinue its smart irrigation controller rebate.

In addition to increasing water rebates, the town council also approved the Water Use Management Plan and the Water E ciency Master Plan for 2023.

e Water E ciency Master Plan was last updated in 2015 and the town has since completed multiple goals named in the plan, including banning Kentucky bluegrass in future residential builds, expanding the Coloradoscape rebate program and installing conservation systems on town properties.

“I think we’ve made a huge amount of progress,” Marlowe said.

e 2023 plan updated the goals to re ect the town’s current e orts to increase water sustainability, such as implementing advanced metering infrastructure, hiring a landscaper to help with the Coloradoscape program and increasing greywater use in town. Another possibility is requiring new residential builds to have low- ow toilets.

Marlowe added he will be monitoring the recently approved town policy restricting new builds to Coloradoscaped front yards to see how it impacts water usage.

Marlowe said the town’s water use has plateaued around 115 gallons per capita per day in the past few years and he hopes the new changes will move the needle down again.

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Advocates want to send schools a message: It is not OK to hit kids

Colorado would ban corporal punishment by schools and day care centers, if a bill proposed by two Democratic legislators becomes law.

e state is one of 22 states that allows corporal punishment in education.

It’s not clear how often it’s used — the state doesn’t collect that data and federal student discipline records show no Colorado cases —but advocates for children with disabilities say they hear from parents who see bruises on their children’s arms, legs, and even faces.

e bill to ban it has the support of disability and mental health advocacy groups that want the state to send a clear message that it’s never OK to hit a child.

“Most people are surprised we still allow it,” said state Sen. Rhonda Fields, an Aurora Democrat who is co-sponsoring the bill. “It’s not the right message we want to send to administrators and schools.”

e bill is also sponsored by state Rep. Regina English, a Colorado Springs Democrat.

House Bill 1191 would prohibit an employee or volunteer from using corporal punishment on a child in a public school, a state-licensed child care center, a family child care home, or a specialized group facility. e bill de nes corporal punishment as “the willful in iction of, or willfully causing the in iction of, physical pain on a child.”

e bill would require school districts and the Department of Early Childhood to prohibit the practice.

Colorado doesn’t collect data on corporal punishment, according to the Colorado Department of Education. e federal O ce for Civil Rights didn’t record any complaints from Colorado about corporal punishment of students in 2017-18, the most recent data available.

Nationwide, the O ce for Civil Rights reports boys are about four times as likely as girls are to be punished with corporal punishment. Black students also receive corporal punishment at twice the rate of their peers. e majority of corporal punishment reports come from Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas, according to the federal o ce.

Emily Harvey, Disability Law Center attorney team leader, said students with disabilities are also at

calls from parents about physical pain in icted on their child, she said. ose incidents often aren’t investigated, she said.

e bill makes a statement that physically hurting children, especially students with disabilities, in Colorado is unacceptable, she said.

e bill “is just one extremely small step towards creating more inclusive and welcoming, and therefore safer, schools in Colorado,” Harvey said.

is is at least the second e ort by Colorado lawmakers to ban corporal punishment. In 2017, a bill cleared the House, but stalled in a Republican-controlled Senate. Republicans didn’t explain their vote.

At the time, sponsors and advocates couldn’t point to a single complaint about corporal punishment used in Colorado schools, a sticking point for some Senate Republicans.

Advocates say this year’s bill is backed up by a body of research that physical discipline leads to a greater risk of health risks such as depression, antisocial behavior, and suicide. School corporal punishment also may cause more aggressive behavior or low self-esteem in students.

To address behavior, Colorado schools should strengthen their support for students, said Vincent Atchity, executive director of the advocacy group Mental Health Colorado.

As a good example, he pointed to the I Matter program, which can provide a student six free virtual counseling sessions. He is pushing for the state to provide mental health assessments and referrals for students in sixth and through 12th grade.

Fields said her bill would move Colorado away from violence against students and toward respect, she said.

Allowing school sta to hit students, she said, “is not appropriate when we have a nation and a state that’s dealing with an increase of violence and crime and where kids don’t feel safe in schools.”

Jason Gonzales is a reporter covering higher education and the Colorado legislature. Chalkbeat Colorado partners with Open Campus on higher education coverage. Contact Jason at jgonzales@chalkbeat.org.

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Summer Camps & Programs 2023

COUNTY AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

Arapahoe County Libraries

Locations: Multiple locations in Arapahoe County

Website: arapahoelibraries.org

Details: Each year, Arapahoe libraries hosts a variety of reading events and gatherings to help fill the summer hours.

Arvada summer camps program

Location: 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada

Website: www.arvadacenter.org/ education/summer-camps

Details: This summer, the Arvada center is offering a variety of half day camps and full-day camps — including prescheduled Awesome Art Packs. Awesome Art Packs are combinations of our most popular summer camps that provide full day activities for students. These camp packages are a creative and convenient way to give your child a multi-disciplinary arts experience this summer.

City of Golden

Locations: See website

Website: www.bit.ly/3Sm6Y1X

Details: Summer camp registration opens Feb. 28 for residents and March 2 for nonresidents. Golden addresses are not all within city limits; some are actually part of unincorporated Jefferson County. Check if your Golden address is within city limits at addresslookup.jeffco.us.

City of Northglenn summer programs

Locations: See website

Website: www.northglenn.org/ rec_and_events/childrens_programs.php

Details: Participants will enjoy their time at the Northglenn Recreation Center swimming two times a week, playing games/ activities in the beautiful gym, going on fi eld trips, having in-house experiences, riding pedal boats at Webster Lake, playing daily at E.B Rains Jr. Memorial Park, plus much more.

City of Thornton – 2023 summer camps

Locations: Varies by camp

Website: www.thorntonco.gov/recreation/ Pages/registration-information.aspx

Details: The annual summer program is already underway with registration for residents beginning on Feb. 1. Nonresidents joined on Feb. 2. From physical activities and sports camps to arts and more — the annual program will continue to register participants.

Clear Creek County Library District

Locations: Multiple locations

Website: www.cccld.org/ programs-and-events

Details: Watch the calendar for summer events and programs being hosted by the Clear Creek County Library District.

Clear Creek Recreation Center

Locations: 98 12th Ave., Idaho Springs

Website: www.clearcreekrecreation.com/ summer-camp-1.html

Details: The Clear Creek rec center offers a

variety of camp options this summer. With all of the camp options, parents are able to pick day by day. Children are not required to attend the full week of camp.

Commerce City Parks & Recreation

Locations: Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 E. Parkway Drive, Commerce City

Website: www.recreation.c3gov.com/ classes-programs/camps

Details: Youth Camp Venture is a traditional camp for children ages 6 to 10 and offers arts and crafts, STEM, active play, swimming and field trips. Camp takes place primarily outside at Eagle Pointe Rec Center. Adventure Trek is an outdoor adventure program that provides a new experience every day. Those ages 11 to 15 travel offsite for hiking, survival skills training, water activities and nature-based programming.

Douglas County Libraries

Locations: See website

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Website: www.dcl.org/camp-dcl

Details: Choose from weeklong half-day camps at six DCL locations or full-day camps at select locations from June 5 through Aug. 4. Camps are facilitated by subject matter experts and supported by trained staff and volunteers. Camp themes include science, robotics, creative arts, LEGOs, cooking and baking, with each camp geared to a specific age range.

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Summer Camp

Locations: See website

Website: www.bit.ly/3YRWCcC

Details: The program is a fully licensed day care by the State of Colorado, Department of Human Services for children 5 years old (and completed kindergarten) through 14 years old. There is a registration fee of $10 per child.

Evergreen Park & Recreation District

Locations: Variety of locations

Website: www.evergreenrecreation. com/201/Camps

Details: The annual programs provide options for kids starting at 3 years old.

Foothills Parks & Recreation District

Location: 6612 S. Ward St., Littleton

Website: www.ifoothills.org/ school-care-camps/#camps

Details: Details will be posted online for the 2023 summer program in March.

Highlands Ranch Community Association

Locations: Recreation centers throughout the community

Website: www.hrcaonline.org/ classes-camps-activities/camps

Details: Every year, the Highlands Ranch Community Association works to provide something for everyone in its summer camp program. For children into sports, there are plenty of athletic camps available. For those looking to improve in art, arts and education programs are plentiful.

Jefferson County Library

Locations: Events in Lakewood, Arvada, Golden, Evergreen, Edgewater, Wheat Ridge and more

Website: www.jeffcolibrary.org

Details: With summer coming, the Jefferson County Library system is already holding information sessions and planning events, such as the Cosmic Conversations: Telescope Highlights of the Midnight Sky in June.

Town of Castle Rock Summer Camp

Program

Locations: Vary based on camp

Website: www.crgov.com/3270/

Summer-Camps

Details: From sports camps to jedi training and science and arts — the Town of Castle Rock prevents a full slate of summer camp programs in 2023. Visit the town’s website to learn more about ages, prices and details.

Town of Parker/Parker Fieldhouse

Location: 18700 Plaza Drive, Parker Website:  www.parkerrec.com/2029/

Summer-Day-Camp

Details: Ages 5 to 13 can join this camp for themed games, activities, crafts and a ton of fun at the Parker Fieldhouse. Campers will be separated into age groups 5 to 6 years, 7 to 9 years, and 10 to 13 years. Expect swimming days and field trips too.

Wheat Ridge Parks & Recreation

Location: 4355 Field St., Wheat Ridge Website: www.rootedinfun.com/191

/Sun-Camp

Details: Wheat Ridge Sun Camp is a state-licensed day camp for children ages 6 to 13; offered during Jefferson County Public Schools’ spring, summer and winter breaks.

THE GREAT OUTDOORS

The Giggling Life Care Farm

Location: 14583 Cherry St., Thornton Website: www.thegigglinglife.com/ summer-farm-fun

Details: If your kids love animals you need to check out The Giggling Life Care Farm in Thornton for summer activities. The Giggling Life Care Farm is special for a lot of reasons, but the most important one is Kristi — the owner. She has a BS in psychology and a master’s in education, has studied life coaching for the last eight years, and is certified in Equine Assisted Coaching and Pet Therapy.

Highlands Ranch — Camp Backcountry

Location:  6005 Ron King Trail, Littleton Website: www.hrcaonline.org/ classes-camps-activities/camps/ camp-backcountry

Details: Nestled into 8,200 acres of wildlife conservation property just south of C-470 on Santa Fe Drive, Camp Backcountry is the spot for a build-a-fort, hikejust-to-explore, and don’t-forget-yourbinoculars kind of summer for your kids. The Backcountry believes that children learn, grow, and thrive best when outdoors and immersed in nature. Our week-long, full-day outdoor camps support the needs of children by using a whole-child, experiential learning approach. From minicamps to leaders-in-training programs, the camps are for ages 5-17.

Great Outdoors Summer Camp Location: Miller Activity Complex

1375 W. Plum Creek Pkwy, Castle Rock Website: www.crgov.com/3270/ Summer-Camps

Details: This regional park includes the Miller Activity Complex (MAC), Millhouse, Amphitheater, Challenge Hill, ziplines, Adventure Tower, Sky Trek, and adventure playground area as well as over ten miles of hiking and biking trails.  For ages 10-15.

Chatfield Stables Horse Camps Location: 11500 N. Roxborough Park Road, Littleton Website: www.chatfieldstables.com/ horse-camps.html

Details: Chatfield Stables is the longestrunning horse camp in the area. Every child has their own horse for the entire week. Kids get to lead, feed, water and work with their horses every day. Campers learn horse care, including grooming and bridling. They water and feed their horses, learn to groom them, and take care of

them at the end of the day. We ride daily, whether in the arena or on the trail.

Community Sailing of Colorado

Locations: 4800 S. Dayton St., Greenwood Village

Website: www.communitysailing.org

Details: Community Sailing of Colorado provides premier sailing programs (summer camps, adult classes, adaptive sailing, and community partnership events) at Cherry Creek and Boulder reservoirs. The weeklong summer camps range from beginner through advanced sailing for youth ages 5-17. It’s a perfect fit for any adventurous spirit who loves the outdoors.

YMCA SUMMER PROGRAMS

At the YMCA of Metro Denver, our youth development philosophy is grounded in 150 years of lifting up kids and helping them reach their full potential. It’s a philosophy centered on two critical factors: creating a unique sense of belonging and always incorporating the pure fun and joy of childhood.

Camps include adventure camps, sports programs, art that focuses on ceramics, painting, drawing, digital media and more. To find camps in local communities, visit the website at www.bit.ly/3Kg6GYM.

Summer camp programs are available in the following Denver metro cities:

• Arvada

• Aurora

• Broomfield

• Centennial

• Commerce City

• Denver

• Golden

• Lakewood

• Littleton

• Thornton

• Wheat Ridge

MAD SCIENTISTS

Kookalooz Space Playground: STEM

Summer Camp

Locations:

6805 W. 88th Ave., Westminster

Website: www.kookalooz.com/ westminster-co/summer-camps

Details: 5 different camps from the basics of space to engineering. Each camp is one week long. For ages 5-10.

Colorado Adventure Point

Location: 10455 W. 6th Ave., Suite 150, Lakewood

Website: www.coloradoadventurepoint.org

Details: CAP’s STEM Camp isn’t your typical science camp. Our campers get to experiment with chemistry, physics and engineering through a variety of materials, experiments and challenges to meet their curiosities and skill level in our challenge by choice model. In addition to building engineering models and friendships, the campers get to enjoy our climbing wall, archery range and more — and learn the science behind these fun activities. Camps are available for ages 6-12.

Butterfly Pavilion

Location: 6252 W. 104th Ave., Westminster

Website: www.butterflies.org

Details: Starting June 5 and running through Aug. 11, the Butterfly Pavilion hosts all the creepy crawlies and your children at camp. There are five themes, which repeat once and include spider

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Mad Science

Locations: Multiple locations in the Denver metro area, including the Littleton area, Denver and Broomfield

Website: www.colorado.madscience.org

Details: These camps are designed for ages 6 to 12, though sessions such as Red-Hot Robots and Advanced Robotics camps are more appropriate for ages 8 to 12. Instructors are mostly college students pursuing degrees in education or science and teachers off for the summer. Themes include chemistry, space science, forensics, engineering and more. Each camp is weeklong, though times can vary.

Air & Space Camp

Location: Wings Over the Rockies

7711 E. Academy Blvd., Denver

Website: www.wingsmuseum.org/ education/camp

Details: Ready for an aerospace adventure?

At Wings Over the Rockies that’s exactly what kids ages 8 to 14 can expect in these week-long camps. The fun starts June 5 and goes on until Aug. 11, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.

EMERGING ARTISTS

Center for the Arts: Summer in Color

Location: 31880 Rocky Village Dr., Evergreen

Website: www.evergreenarts.org/ summercamp

Details: Camps explore various media, from clay sculpting and wheel throwing, to pop art and mural painting, to the art of different cultures and the art of the masters. Several of our camps also incorporate outdoor components, including hikes, yoga, and opportunities for photography and eco-art projects. Let kids explore their creative side with imaginative and inspiring camps at CAE this summer. For ages 5-17.

Denver Art Museum

Location: 100 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy., Denver

Website: www.denverartmuseum.org/en/ summer-camps

Details: The camps at the Denver Art Museum get broken into three age groups: 5 to 6, 7 to 8, and 9 to 11. Overall, the themes remain the same — there are camps about art in nature, how to draw, learning about color and sculpture. Each camp runs from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and includes plenty of time in the museum to garner inspiration.

Craftsman & Apprentice

Location: 1335 E 22nd Ave., Denver

Website: www.craftsmanandapprentice.com/ pages/summer-2023

Details: Ages 5 to 11 can spend the summer creating worlds out of cardboard, paint, hot glue, ribbons, corks, buttons and more at this Denver kids’ crafting studio. Themes include toys, crafty critters, fiber arts and more.

ON THE STAGE

The Apollo Center Summer Camps

Location: 2655 Industrial Lane, Broomfield

Website: www.theapollocenter.com/ summercamps

Details: The Apollo Center offers a variety of skill-based camps for kids and adults alike. Aerial Performance Camps for kids ages 5-17 years focus on learning aerial technique and choreography throughout the week which will culminate with a camp performance based on the camp theme.

Front Range Theatre Company Triple Threat Summer Camp

Locations: 15035 Performing Arts School, Parker

Website: www.frontrangetheatre.org/ triple-threat-summer-camp.html

Details: Working with professional instructors with years of experience, your child will learn the three major elements of any stage performer: Voice, Dance and Acting. The camps are designed to challenge performers in the entire range of life in the theatre, including a live performance in a mainstage venue!

Audience of One Youth Theatre Camp

Location: Highlands Ranch

Website: www.AO1Theater.org

Details: Whether a student is looking to try out theater for the first time, polish skills or have fun with friends, the AO1 has one-totwo-week camps can work in the summer schedule. AO1’s summer programming includes kids’ productions for ages 5-12, workshops for ages 8-18, and a two-week intensive program for teenagers.

The Arvada Center

Location: 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Arvada

Website: www.arvadacenter.org

Details: If your kid is 5 to 12 and loves a bit of drama and/or art, the Arvada Center has a slew of full- and half-day camps available. The best and most economic way to sign up for camp is to do it in three- or four-week blocks, and the venue offers combinations of visual art, musical theater, drama and music.

Kent Denver Performing Arts Camps

Location: 4000 E. Quincy Ave., Englewood

Website: www.KentDenver.org

Details: Summer at Kent Denver School offers all children ages 4–18 the opportunity to experience innovative, creative, handson learning in the arts, athletics, our Tiny Farm Day Camp, academics, innovation and technology.

St. Lukes Performing Arts Camps

Location:  8817 S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch

Website: www.StLukesPAA.org

Details: From preschool age to high school students there are a large variety of summer camp shows planned in Highlands Ranch and Castle Rock areas. Registration is now open.

Castle Rock Dance Academy

Locations: 140 S. Wilcox St. Suite A, Castle Rock

Website: www.castlerockdanceacademy. com

self-discipline are taught, and students learn skills they can carry with them through life. The program offers weekly dance classes in five-week sessions for ages 3–18.

LET’S GET PHYSICAL

Details: At Castle Rock Dance Academy (CRDA), best friends are made, etiquette and

Bowlero

Locations: Multiple locations in Cherry Creek, Littleton and Lone Tree Website: www.bowlero.com

Details: Fun for all skill levels, Bowlero’s modern spin on bowling is the perfect way to spend quality time with the kids. Celebrate every strike, spare and yes, even gutter balls, with the most famous lanes in the game and a delicious menu of classic American eats.

Golden Goal Sports Complex

Location: 2650 Alkire St., Golden Website: www.goldengoalsc.com/ summer-soccer-camps

Details: Golden Goal offers spring break camps and summer camps for all ages from under 5 to high school.

Camp Urbie at Urban Air Adventure Park

Location: 15400 E. Briarwood Circle, Aurora

Website: www.bit.ly/3IuCQOO

Details: Let ‘em Fly for a whole week of play, in-park activities, snacks and more. Camp Urbie’s Adventure Camp is the best way to beat the summer heat and play in the best indoor playground in town. The weeklong camp is open to kids 7 years and up.

Gold Medal Athletic Camp

Location: Castle Rock Recreation Center

Website: www.crgov.com/2628/Camps

Details: Athletes will participate in small- and large-group instruction, drills and games or scrimmages. We welcome beginner athletes to learn how to use proper mechanics and fundamentals of the sport and intermediate or advanced athletes who want to continue to grow their motor skills and skill in the sport. For ages 7-12.

Tigar Gymnastics Camps

Location: 4860 Van Gordon St. Unit B, Wheat Ridge

Website: www.tigargymnastics.com

Details: A variety of programs at a variety of ages is available at the gymnastics center, including ninja classes and programs for older ages.

RMF Soccer Camp

Location: Aurora Sports Park 19300 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora

Website: www.rmfsoccercampsusa.com/ soccer-camp-denver

Details: From July 17 to July 21, this prorun soccer camp will come to Colorado. It’s run by experienced Spanish UEFA coaches, and goes from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Kids from 6 to 16 can sign up.

Aerial Cirque Over Denver

Location: 4605 Quebec St., Denver.

Website: www.aerialcirqueoverdenver.com

Details: If your child is thinking of joining the circus, or just wants to bend, twist and soar through the air, this is the camp for them. Dates run from May 29 through August 14, and include morning and afternoon camps (9:30 a.m. to noon and 12:30 to 3 p.m.) for ages 6 to 16.

LET’S GET MUSICAL

Maestro Music Institute

Location: 6478 Ward Road, Arvada

Website: www.maestromusicinstitute. com/2023-instrumental-summer-camp

Details: Instrumental Summer Camp is back this year covering a myriad of ensemble opportunities. We will be offering Rock Band, Orchestra, Choir/Theater, Piano ensemble and composition. Summer campers will have the opportunity to learn new instruments in addition to honing their skills on their primary instrument. Students will work in large and small ensemble groups and perform a variety of music at the end of the week.

Kidzrock Rock Band Camp

Location: 2842 S. Broadway, Englewood

Website: www.musicallifedenver.com/ summercamp

Cost: $319

Details: Rock Band Summer Camp teaches children ages 4 to 7 how to play in a rock band. Campers learn to play drums, electric guitar, keyboard and sing. On the final day, campers perform a short (adorable) concert for parents and family. In addition to rock band time, students get to make music-related arts and crafts, create a fantasy band identity, and play outdoor games at the park next to the school. No prior musical experience is required. No investment in gear is required.

OVERNIGHT CAMPS

Avid 4 Adventure

Locations: Various spots

Website: www.avid4.com/ summer-camps

Details: For two weeks kids get to bask in nature, away from their parent, at either Camp Windy Peak near Bailey, or Camp Blue Sky near Evergreen. The kids sleep in cabins and build their skill sets in nature and with outdoor sport activities.

Cheley Colorado Camps

Location: Cheley Colorado Camps 3960 Fish Creek Road, Estes Park. Website: www.cheley.com

Details: If your kid is 9 to 17, send them off to a 27-day overnight camp in Estes Park. Full term is June 13 to August 6, or chose a half term from June 13 to July 9, or July 11 to Aug. 6. Activities include horseback riding, water sports, art and plenty of outdoor adventure.

Camp Granite Lake

Locations: 11902 Camp Eden Road, Golden

Website: www.campgranitelake.com

Details: Located in the mountains about an hour from Denver, the camp covers 135 acres including a private lake. It’s a co-ed camp for grades second to ninth. Choose from two sessions, either June 19 through July 8, or July 10 through July 29. There are also minicamp options for grades 1st through 4th, covering the week of July 31 or Aug. 7.

Small gestures are big FROM THE EDITOR

Irecently took my children to an event created by a mom and employee of a local school district. I only found out about the monthly gathering hosted in my community by chance at a birthday party.

After reading the agenda for the March invite, I opted to take my two elementary-school sons and check it out. I was impressed because the entire event taught us all, at di erent age levels, the importance of contributions and service to our local communities.

With this month’s focus on service we were all encouraged to bring supplies to build special kits for the homeless community. e kits consisted of warming gloves, toothpaste, toothbrushes, Kleenex, lip balm, socks and more. Our children worked to help build the bags to be donated to Aurora Warms the Night in the future. While the goal was to create about 50 bags, based on the amount of supplies donated, I’m sure the nonpro t organization received a lot more.

In talking to my sons after the gathering, they talked about how they learned that the simple gesture of opening a door for someone is considered good service in our community. My 6-year-old, while enamored by the laminating machine, did get some value from his breakout session. Along with an art project, he also learned the meaning of the Mother Teresa quote, “Give your hands to serve and your hearts to love.”

Parents were also required to participate in a breakout group where we interviewed each other and learned a bit more about virtues. As we listened to answers and got to know some of the community parents we did not know — we realized how good it felt to hear good things from others.

When we talked about what we gained from the exercise, one participating dad summed it up well — he said we often get caught up in judging others, having preconceived notions based on a look or attitude, when in reality hearing from someone else about our own good traits and values made him feel good.

is was one example of good happening quietly in our local communities. I truly saw the value in a day like this where it teaches our kids that the world is not just about how many material things we can take from it, but also how small, kind gestures can make it a better place.

In our own newspapers over recent weeks, I cannot say enough about the good deeds and treasured moments our reporters are capturing. I am like many newspaper readers, while I want to know the controversy and newsy stu , I also love to hear about and know about the good news.

From our local high schools in Douglas and Arapahoe counties raising funds to make children’s wishes come true to the Castle View High School project to raise funds to help save the rainforest — our young people are doing great things to help us today and in the future do better.

In Arapahoe County, we have a story of citizens and deputies at a courthouse coming together to save one woman’s life.

ere is always a place out there to lend a hand. Whether it be through a small gesture to help someone with a door or a handful of groceries or on a bigger scale of making sure 50 or more homeless people get some extra supplies or help — We can make a big di erence through small gestures every day.

elma Grimes is the south metro editor for Colorado Community Media.

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MICHAEL DE YOANNA

Editor-in-Chief

michael@coloradocommunitymedia.com

Courage, discretion and making a choice

Discretion is the better part of valor,” “Caution is preferrable to rash bravery,” and “ e better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have saved my life.” - All attributed to William Shakespeare e father and son were skiing together and had decided to head into a tight tree run. e son being in his late teens, and still somewhat made out of rubber, encouraged his dad, who had just turned 51 into joining him on the run. As they picked their way across the top of the run looking for the best entry point, the son without warning dropped into a powder stash and was quickly on his way down the mountain.

e dad stood there on his skis looking for his own entry point down. e longer he stood there, the more nervous he became, and the more nervous he became, the more his muscles tensed and froze. With no way back out, he remembered something he had heard in his life, “God hates a coward.” He wasn’t sure where he had heard it, but the timing was right as it was all the persuasion he needed as he pointed his tips over the ledge and took o down the mountain after his son.

Happy to report that both father and son

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were reunited safely at the bottom. I share that story as one recently shared with me because not too long ago I happened to be playing golf with a couple of customers. One of the guys in our group kept nding himself in trouble, meaning always hitting out of the woods or over water, playing a bit of rescue golf all day. I was standing next to him as he was trying to line up a shot around a tree. He kept walking around trying to decide to just punch the ball out or go for the risky shot that called for an intentional draw around the tree. He looked over at me and said, “God hates a coward,” and swung away. Happy to report that although his ball did not nd the green, it ended up just a few yards short. It was a magni cent shot.

We have all been faced with moments of decision on when we should choose discretion over rash bravery, and hopefully we have all decided in those most critical decision points of life that indeed discretion was the better part of valor. Making a bad decision could end up in serious injury. Making a bad decision in golf will just usually end up with several lost balls and a very bad score. But decisions when it comes to family, health, nances, careers and other key areas of life require us to use judgment and discernment before rushing into something that could cause us much greater harm than good.

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More ways to enjoy the outdoors coming

It’s felt like a long winter in Castle Rock, but signs of spring are starting to appear. When the weather nally allows our residents to get outside regularly, they’ll nd that the Parks and Recreation Department did not take a winter nap. Several projects wrapping up in 2023 will allow residents to take advantage of new recreational opportunities throughout town.

e rst phase of improvements to the town’s newest open space property, Metzler Family Open Space, is nearing completion. e 60-acre property was donated to the town in 2021 by the estate of Robert F. Metzler. Last year, the town constructed four miles of native-surface, single-track trails on the property and straightened the homestead’s historic silo. Now, work is underway to make it easier for residents to explore the property. A trailhead parking lot is under construction o East Allen

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Give me five

Recently the Colorado Legislature voted down a bill that would require counties with more than 70,000 residents to have ve commissioners. I support that bill. I think counties that large, like Douglas, where I live, should be partitioned into ve sectors and each should get to vote for their own commissioner. As the article in the Douglas County NewsPress pointed out, Douglas County is currently ruled by two commissioners, the majority of a contentious threemember county commission. Douglas County has about 370,000 residents.

e current commissioner majority represents businesses in the county to the exclusion of the majority of residents.

While I understand the state not wanting to interfere with local governance, I believe that the state has an obligation to stand up for citizen’s rights to self-governance. Choosing our county commissioners would be a huge step forward in giving voice to “we the people.”

Terry Cannon, Castle Rock

Expand BoCC

ere is no better argument for expanding the number of requisite seats on large county commissioner boards than the anti-democratic Douglas County BoCC.

It’s one thing for our partisan board

NORTON

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Is it always the case? No, sometimes those quick or rash decisions work out. I have had a few of those over the years where my instincts took over and I went with my gut, meeting with tremendous success. However, I can share with you that I have also made many bad decisions to take an immediate action, being brave or courageous at the absolute wrong time, and well, those turned out as you would expect, some injury, heartache, and metaphorically a lot of lost golf balls and high scores in life.

I love this quote from Matt Damon’s character in “We Bought a Zoo”: “You know, sometimes all you need is 20

Street, and signs to help visitors navigate the property — including trailhead maps and intersection way nders — are in production and will be installed by the completion of the project in May.

Butter eld Crossing Park has been well loved for over 30 years and by summer will be ready to welcome a new generation of visitors to its recently updated facilities. Work on this park kicked o last May and the basketball court and six pickleball courts are already complete, and an accessible, year-round restroom was added. Public feedback identi ed the need for an inclusive playground in our community, and this location is an ideal place for one. e

members to routinely ignore large segments of DougCo residents when they sidle-up to right-wing extremism and let developers have their way with our land.

It’s another thing to watch the three whittle away at the foundations of the commissioners’ duties, the institution itself, purely for political gain. An example of which is whittling Lora’s committee duties; how does that overt power grab bene t any DougCo citizen?

For better or worse, we have the three commissioners we have. We, e People, elected each one with the expectation of honesty and integrity. Plus is our region shown in the best light by childish antics?

It’s time to grow the DougCo Board with two more members to enhance my representation by listening to my neighborhood’s community needs. Representation means representing all, not just the ones you’re beholden to. Do better.

Katie Barrett, Castle Rock

Enough infighting

I’m tired of reading about the endless in ghting between Douglas County Commissioners. And I agree a county this size may bene t from representation by more than three when two can hold a majority vote. Leading is about resolving con ict,

seconds of insane courage. Just literally 20 seconds of just embarrassing bravery. And I promise you, something great will come of it.”

Using Shakespeare’s quotes to temper enthusiasm in the heat of the moment, with the thought that God hates a coward, and all I need is 20 seconds of insane courage, has helped keep my balance. Do you know when and how to choose wisely? I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail. com, and when we nd that balance between discretion and courage, it really will be a better than good life.

Michael Norton is an author, a personal and professional coach, consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator of individuals and businesses, working with organizations and associations across multiple industries.

groundwork has already been laid for the Possibilities Playground, where visitors of all ages and abilities will be able to play, be challenged and have fun together. Community fundraising e orts by the Castle Rock Parks and Trails Foundation have been instrumental in making this fully inclusive playground a reality, and donors have given over $1 million of support. With warmer weather comes the installation of playground features like roller table slides, mini ziplines and a sensory wall. Watch for a grand reopening celebration to be held in June.

e most wide-reaching of our new opportunities will come this fall, with the completion of the Castle Rock portion of the Colorado Front Range Trail, which will connect to locations throughout town and the Front Range. Work began last October in the Terrain neighborhood, and crews have been constructing three new segments. In Cobblestone Ranch

nding middle ground, and acting with discernment. Serving is about removing self and acting in others best interest. I don’t nd these traits in our current group of three elected to lead

and Terrain, McMurdo Gulch Trail is being extended northeast to connect to the Cherry Creek Regional Trail and south to meet Hangman’s Gulch Trail, while in Montaine, work is extending the East Plum Creek Trail south to Lowell Ranch. A $2 million grant awarded by the Great Outdoors Colorado-GOCO Connect Initiative, funded by Colorado Lottery proceeds, will be provided to the town at completion.

e town is proud to work with our community to enhance the quality of life and well-being of our residents by acquiring and developing parks and trails and preserving open space to meet Castle Rock’s needs. Learn more at CRgov.com/ParksAndRec.

David Corliss is the Castle Rock town manager.

(Editor’s Note: is column ran with the incorrect author’s name in the March 9 edition.)

and serve. Maybe starting fresh with a slate of seven would renew a spirit of servant leadership and replace personal agendas with relevant issues.

Doug Reese, Highlands Ranch

October 3, 1926 - February 21, 2023

LeiOma Koestner passed away on Tuesday, February 21, 2023 in Greeley, CO.

LeiOma was born in 1926 in Provo, UT where she received her education and worked as a nurse. Her nursing occupation brought her to Denver where she met and married John Koestner of Long Island, NY. ey settled in the Denver area and raised four children.

LeiOma was a dedicated wife and mother. She supported her children and grandchildren in all their activities.

LeiOma spent many years working in

libraries in Englewood and Parker. She loved to read. She enjoyed the outdoors and activities in the mountains and on the water with family. She loved animals and bird watching.

LeiOma was kind and generous. She was a temple worker and was interested in genealogy and family history, as well as local history.

LeiOma was preceded in death by husband John, daughter Kerry, one brother and two sisters. She is survived by three children, three granddaughters, three greatgrandchildren, and one brother.

KOESTNER LeiOma Koestner

BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Af ter more than 20 years of collecting pinball machines, Dan Nikolich’s basement had run out of space to store them all. So Nikolich opened the Colorado Pinball Pub in Littleton to share his collection.

“Pinball is a unique thing because it doesn’t matter what your background or walk of life is, pinball will draw you in,” he said. “It’s a great equalizer because it only takes one ball.”

While the concept of offering drinks and games at one location is nothing new, the Denver area is host to a number of unique takes on the Dave and Buster’s business model.

Colorado Pinball Pub is one of the newer additions to the barcade scene, having opened in 2020. The pub offers 22 pinball machines, plus a few classic arcade games like PacMan and Centipede, for unlimited play for $15 per hour.

Nikolich’s love for games started young, when he was growing up in Las Vegas and working for the MGM Arcade, so he was happy to see the recent rise in pinball’s popularity.

“Pinball is having a great resurgence right now. The last few years it’s been really hot,” he said. “We have parents who will bring their kids who have never played pinball and, at night, we get a lot of adults and date nights, stuff like that. All people seem to like pinball.”

Like the pub’s patrons, the pinball machines available range in age and theme, with Nikolich’s oldest machine being from 1981. The walls of the pub also pay homage to the history of the game, including its prohibition from 1940s to the 1970s, with pictures and news clippings.

In addition to pinball, the pub features over 150 kinds of whiskey, craft cocktails and Colorado brewed beer.

Nikolich said the goal is to have something for everyone and to make it approachable, whether that’s pinball or whiskey.

“We want you to come and learn about it and not be intimidated to ask if you don’t know something, we want to teach you, so that you can enjoy something new,” he said.

On the opposite side of the metro area, another

one-of-a-kind barcade is Akihabara, which, while located in Westminster, transports visitors to the Tokyo gaming district that gives the business its name.

Owner Brandon Osha said he was blown away when he had the chance to visit Akihabara and take in its blocks of multi-story arcades.

“The first time I went to Akihabara I knew I wanted to bring that here because it’s amazing,” Osha said.

He did just that by opening Akihabara in 2016.

Similar to Nikolich, Osha grew up with a love of gaming and worked at a local arcade and GameStop. Instead of pinball though, Osha’s games of choice came in arcade cabinets, which he began collecting at age 16.

Currently, Akihabara offers 52 arcade cabinets with around 65 games, but Osha has plans to expand his location with 25 new games and additional space, which he said will be complete this summer.

Osha said the game selection, which includes fighting games, rhythm games and nostalgic classics, definitely sets Akihabara apart.

“You never see this many (arcade cabinets) in one

place,” he said. “We have such a different variety of games that you won’t find anywhere else in Colorado.”

One of the stranger and more rare games Akihabara offers is a Japanese table flipping game called Cho Chabudai, but more well-known games include Third Strike, Monkeyball, Typing of the Dead and Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon. All of the games are $1 or less to play.

Osha said a lot of people come in seeking a specific game that’s hard to find anywhere else, but he encourages visitors to try whatever piques their interest, even if they can’t necessarily read the Japanese instructions.

“I think it’s a lot of games that people have never seen, but they might find something that they like,” he said. “Plus, it’s usually only three buttons and a joystick, so they’re not too hard to learn.”

Akihabara’s focus on Japanese culture carries over into the bar offerings, which include Japanese beers and cocktails made with Japanese liquor, as well as a variety of packaged snacks and ramen options.

Overall, Osha said he tries to provide a space that’s both niche and for everyone, describing the Akihabara crowd as a welcoming hodgepodge.

“If you’re looking to find a friend, you’ll find one around here somewhere,” he said.

Denver Art Museum show runs through May 29

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

“Near East to Far West: Fictions of French and American Colonialism” is open in the Hamilton Building at the Denver Art Museum through May 29 and is lled with stories, color and historic interpretations that may be a bit skewed at times.

It includes more than 80 artworks that explore the ways artists were in uenced by the style of French Orientalism as they explored ways to portray the story of the American West, its landscapes and inhabitants ... including indigenous people and those more recently arrived ...

Curated by Jennifer Henneman, director of the Petrie Institute of Western American Art at the Denver Art Museum, the exhibit ranges from works by French artists, who were

Ernest L. Blumenschein’s “Church at Ranchos de Taos,” before 1917, is shown in the “Near East to Far West” exhibit at the Denver Art Museum.

COURTESY OF AMERICAN MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART/THE ANSCHUTZ COLLECTION. PHOTOGRAPH BY WILLIAM J. O’CONNOR

Akihabara owner Brandon Osha plays a fighting game at the barcade on Feb. 23. Located in Westminster, Akihabara o ers Japanese inspired games and drinks, with a unique selection of arcade cabinets.

PHOTOS BY MCKENNA HARFORD

Sheridan Taylor and Austin Brown play Chunithm, a rhythm game, at Akihabara on Feb. 23.

Story collection provides material for show

Denver Noir,” a collection of crime stories by 14 local writers, edited by Cynthia Swanson, provides material for actors Betty Hart, Rodney Lizcano and Anne Penner to read from in the “Stories on Stage” performance at 2 p.m. April 2 at Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Tickets cost $24 and are available at storiesonstage.org or by calling 303494-0523. A virtual performance will be streamed beginning at 7 p.m. on April 6. $24. A link will be provided.

Art at college gallery

e Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College will feature art by current and alumni artists from March 23 to May 5, with an opening reception on March 23 from 5 to 7 p.m. Gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday, Open until 7 p.m. ursday and Saturday, April 8 from noon to 3 p.m. 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton.

Libby Bortz honored

Local activist Libby Bortz was inducted into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame on March 15, after many years of service to her community.

Opera finals

Reminder: e nals in Denver Lyric Opera’s annual competition will be held at 1 p.m. March 18 at Calvary Baptist Church, 6500 E. Girard Ave., Denver. Open to the public with schedules on the Denver Lyric Opera Guild website, denverlyricoperaguild.org. Almost 40 young Colorado singers will compete for $38,000 in awards.

Workshop in Littleton

A Gelli Plate Printmaking workshop will be presented by Alanna Austin from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on March 18 at First Presbyterian Church of Littleton, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. Non-toxic inks. Register at heritage-guild.com/workshops. html. Cost is $50. e gelli plates will be supplied and are included in the registration fee, $50. Bring acrylic paints, 2 brayers, 4”, variety of small paint brushes, variety of art sponges, apron or smock. A variety of textures (lace, leaves, fabric, string).

Student art

e Littleton High Baccalaureate art students exhibit their work at the Depot Art Gallery and Littleton Fine Arts Guild members have work in Town Hall’s Stanton Gallery, where the challenge was to do something with the color red. Both are in downtown Littleton. Next Depot Gallery show will be “ e Great Outdoors,” opening March 21. See depotartgallery.org and townhallartscenter.org.

Thesis exhibit

e Center for Visual Art, 965 Santa Fe Dr., Denver, presents the

BFA esis exhibit for 19 Metro State student artists opening April 7.

Miners Alley

Miners Alley eater, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden, presents “I Hate Hamlet” March 31 to April 23. 303-935-3044, minersalley.com.

Lone Tree

Danu, hailing from County Waterford in Ireland, performs at 8 p.m. on March 18 at Lone Tree Art Center, followed by San Jose Taiko-Japanese Drumming at 8 p.m. March 24. See lonetreeartscenter.org.

Audubon program

Denver Audubon is accepting applications for its next Audubon Master Birder program, which begins in July. (O ered every other year.) e Soaring Soiree, aka Spring Bene t, will be from 6 to 9 p.m. on June 15 at the Baldoria on the Water, 146 Van Gordon St., Lakewood. Tickets, $115. An online auction will run 10 days in advance of the event and culminate at the event. Keynote speaker will be Ti any Kersten, who tallied a lower 48 Big Year of 726 species.

For the kids

e Spring Festival, “Hop and Shop,” will be held at Englewood’s Belleview Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 1. e Egg Hunt starts at 11 a.m. and is for ages 8 and younger. A sensory friendly egg hunt is open to all ages.

Active aging

e Englewood Active Aging Expo will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. on April 27 and there is a call for exhibitors. Malley Recreation Center, 3380 S. Lincoln St., Englewood.

Library needs trustee

ere is an open position on the Arapahoe Libraries’ Board of Trustees, which meets on the third Tuesday of every month at 5:30 p.m. at various libraries. Applications must be received by March 26 at 4 p.m. See arapahoelibraries.org/board-oftrustees or call 303-LIBRARY.

The “Denver Noir” story collection edited by Cynthia Swanson is providing material for a Stories on Stage performance that will be held April 2 and repeated virtually April 6. COURTESY PHOTO

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Fellowship @ 11am / Free Living Way Fellowship, 345 E Wildcat Re‐serve Pkwy, Highlands Ranch. 303-4713000

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Gothic Theatre, 3263 South Broadway, Englewood

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Live Wire: A Tribute to AC/DC @ 6pm Wild Goose Saloon, Parker

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Wide Open Saloon, 5607 US-85, Sedalia

Ninja Robotics and Coding @ 4:30pm / $40

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Adam Ezra Group: Gathering Series Live - Parker, CO - Adam Solo @ 6pm

Twenty Mile House Concerts, 11875 Cattle Lane, Parker

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Spring Valor Wrestling Club @ 4pm / $225

Mar 27th - Jun 2nd

Valor Athletic Building, 3775 Grace Blvd, Highlands Ranch. 303-471-3000

Modern Swing Mondays @ 5pm / $10

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ARTS: Pottery @ Platt Park @ 6pm

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AJ Finney Fan Page: The Comedy Zone: AJ Finney & Mitch Jones @ 6:30pm Parker Arts, Culture & Events Cen‐ter, 20000 Pikes Peak Avenue, Parker

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Tenia Nelson: CJRO Ladies of Jazz @ 6:30pm

The Schoolhouse at Mainstreet, 19650 Mainstreet, Parker

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Bridging The Music Productions: Denver Mega miniFEST @ 11:30am

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Grizzly Gopher @ 1pm Wide Open Saloon, 5607 US-85, Sedalia

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Heartsick Heroine w/ Adelitas Way & Otherwise @ 5pm

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Arvada Center takes audiences back to ‘Our Town’

There are some 20th century plays that are simply synonymous with the theater. And right at the top of that list is ornton Wilder’s immortal story of small-town life and love, “Our Town.”

When a show has such a strong reputation, it can be easy to think of it as rigid and traditional, with no production having anything worthwhile to add. But as any regular of the Arvada Center can attest, the company never does a production without giving it a unique spin.

“Our production, to me, feels like the product of pure artistic collaboration,” wrote Archer Rosenkrantz, who plays Joe Crowell and Wally Webb at the Center, in an email interview. “I feel lucky to work under leadership that values everyone’s voices in the room, and I think that our production is a re ection of that.”

As part of the 2023 Black Box Repertory eater season, “Our Town” runs at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., through Saturday, May 20. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. ursday through Saturday, 1 p.m. on Wednesday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.

e play, directed by Geo rey Kent, is set in the ctional town of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire from 1901 to 1913, and follows the lives of some of the residents as they grapple with major life events and attempt to get a handle on the eeting nature of existence.

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“Geo ’s vision for the show was that it isn’t just a show you see, you as the audience feel like a part of the story, and a part of the process, almost like being let in on a secret,” wrote Claylish Coldiron, who plays Emily Webb, in an email interview.

“We perform in the round in a very intimate theatre, which we have utilized every corner of, so that when the show starts, the audience is being invited to join the world we create for the next two hours.”

One of the decisions that adds a more personal touch to the experience is to allow Rosenkrantz to portray Wally as autistic.

“As an autistic actor, I’m ecstatic that my director was on board with allowing Wally to be autistic as well for this production. Wally has special interests like most autistic kids, and he thrives when he’s able to engage with them,” they wrote.

“Even though Emily and Wally don’t always see eye to eye, Wally loves Emily deeply. He looks up to her, and sometimes envies her ability to succeed in school where he often struggles.”

One of the many things that makes “Our Town” so timeless is how applicable it is to every person, whether on stage or in the audience.

“ is script… brought to light how beautiful and spectacular life really is, and how precious, not in a way that is fragile but in a way that made us all want to hold it a little tighter and do a little more with whatever time and space we have,” Coldiron wrote.

Visit https://arvadacenter.org/ events/our-town for information and tickets.

Take a ride on the ‘Carousel’ at Lakewood Cultural Center e Lakewood Cultural Center and Performance Now eatre Company are teaming up to co-present the classic musical “Carousel,” which runs from Friday, March 17 through Sunday, April 2 at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway. Performances are at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m., Saturday and Sunday.

A traditional favorite from the legendary duo of Rodgers and Hammerstein, the show features standards like “You’ll Never Walk Alone.”

Find detail and tickets at Lakewood.org/LCCPresents.

Wheat Ridge Theatre invokes ‘The Irish Curse’

Sometimes the best way to tackle touchy subjects is to do so with a funny and irreverent approach.

at’s the method author Martin Casella uses in his black comedy, “ e Irish Curse,” which is currently running at Wheat Ridge eatre Company, 5455 W. 38th. Ave., Unit J.

Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, through Sunday, March 26.

Directed by Selena A. Naumo , the show is “about a self-help group for men with a particular physical `shortcoming,’” according to provided information and dives into thorny questions of identity, masculinity, sex and the challenges men deal with on the daily.

Get tickets for the show at https:// wheatridgetheatrecompany.ticketspice.com/the-irish-curse.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — MIKE at Lost Lake Lounge

If you’ve been paying attention to underground rap for the last couple years, you’ve probably come across the Google-proof musician MIKE. He specializes in the kind of insular, atmospheric rap that is made for headphones and evenings spent laying on your oor. He’s released numerous critically acclaimed albums and his latest, “Beware of the Monkey,” ranks as one of his best.

In support of the album, MIKE will be stopping at the Lost Lake Lounge, Address, at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22. Lost Lake is the perfect venue for a rising star MIKE and openers 454 and Anysia Kym. Details and tickets can be found at https://lost-lake.com/.

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

wooden crate, draws from his imagination ...

exposed to life in exotic Algiers and American artists, some of whom were trained in France, re ected.

e market for those American artists was mainly on the East Coast and a number of them lived and painted in Taos, New Mexico, depicting the scenes in and around Taos and neighboring desert landscapes as well as scenes from an artist’s imagination.

A visitor will see images of Taos Pueblo and its residents, and African battles that involve lions. ere are elaborate Oriental interior scenes, with brightlycostumed characters, desert vistas and pueblo architecture that resembles the sunbaked locations in the Arab world.

An amusing pair of drawings by Charles Russell show two views of his studio: the rst, as his mother imagined it: with a neatly dressed artist entertaining a fashionable woman, posing on elaborate furniture. e other, depicts the artist and his Native American buddy seated in a bare-bones mountain cabin as the painter, sitting on a

French Orientalism and Western American art “re ect fears, desires and curiosities about unknown lands during the process of colonization” in the western part of North America and in Africa and the Islamic world. is collection of big, colorful paintings really takes the visitor on a trip ... Oriental scenes may include lions ghting mounted horsemen, as well as exotic women with owers in their hair and pilgrims on camels, bound for Mecca ...

Imagination was alive and well in the mid-19th century on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, even though we read of excessive focus on proper behavior in the cities and small towns.

And the painterly skills were at front and center of these works, with swooshes of brilliant color, exotic costumes and a sense of humor as well.

Admission to “Near East to Far West” is included with general admission and is free for members.

e Denver Art Museum is open daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesday evenings, and is located at 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway in Denver.

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WellSpring readies to remodel old hotel into apartments

Nonprofit named Business of the Month

BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Coming up on the 10-year anniversary of WellSpring opening its Castle Rock facility to support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, the nonpro t organization is working to expand its services through providing a ordable housing.

With a $6.4 million grant from the Douglas County Board of Commissioners, WellSpring purchased the former La Quinta Inn on Park Street and plans to remodel it into 42 income-restricted apartments.

WellSpring’s Development Director Peter Barber said the design phase of the project is almost complete and construction is expected to begin in the next few months. e total project cost is projected to be $9 million.

“We really want this to feel like an intention community, where it’s more than just an apartment building, it’s a place where community is actually happening as well as a place people are living,” he said.

e Castle Rock Chamber of Commerce celebrated the incoming housing, as well as WellSpring’s e orts to provide work and community for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities since 2008, by naming WellSpring the Feb-

ruary Business of the Month.

Chamber and WellSpring o cials and community members toured the La Quinta Inn building and held an award ceremony on March 2.

“Your dedication to the Castle Rock community, the intellectual and development disabilities community is impressive and admirable,” Chamber President Stacy Garmon said. “We are excited to celebrate you, your accomplishments of the past, present and the exciting things for the future.”

Barber said the support from the Castle Rock community has been crucial to WellSpring’s success.

“We know that we would not be able to do what we do without the incredible and generous support from the community, and I don’t just mean financial support, I mean the way Castle Rock has embraced us and our participants is nothing short of breathtaking,” he said. “We’re just so grateful.”

Barber said WellSpring jumped at the chance to purchase and remodel the La Quinta Inn building because of a lack of housing options locally for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, particularly independent living options.

One housing option for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities is host-home providers, but Barber said even that isn’t an option for everyone because of cost and labor constraints.

WellSpring’s housing will include 24/7 on-site sta to o er residents

assistance, though they will not be medical providers, Barber explained.

“ e need for housing far outweighs the solutions that are currently out there and the host-home provider model isn’t something that works for all adults with IDD or families, so that’s where the need came from to come up with something di erent, unique and innovative,” Barber said.

Post-remodel, the apartment building will o er integrated housing, meaning both residents with and without disabilities can rent the units, though WellSpring has not determined how the apartments will be split. e units will not be

exclusive to adults in WellSpring programs.

Barber said integrated living leads to better outcomes for people with disabilities, such as better health and longer lives, and improves the overall community.

“ ere’s a mutual exchange and mutual bene ts when a community is re ective of the actual members of the population,” he said.

Additionally, WellSpring is working with the Douglas County Housing Partnership to determine income-restrictions for the project.

Barber said he anticipates the application process will open up sometime this spring or summer.

O cials from the Castle Rock Chamber and WellSpring, as well as community members, celebrate WellSpring being named Business of the Month by the Chamber on March 2. WellSpring, which started in 2008 and opened its first facility in 2013, is in the process of remodeling the former La Quinta Inn in Castle Rock into an a ordable apartment building.

PHOTO BY NICK LUCEY

Group raises $11,000 for local teen with rare bone cancer

To fulfill bucket list item

BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e Parker and equestrian community has come together to raise over $11,000 in one week for 19-year-old Quincy Rohrbach to ful ll her bucket list after being diagnosed with a rare bone cancer.

“ e equestrian community is just really strong here in Colorado and all over, really, everybody has just been super supportive and wonderful,” said Kristina Matthews, fundraiser director and family friend.

While riding her horse last summer, Rohrbach had a minor fall and hurt her shoulder. When she got an x-ray, the imaging showed a bone tumor in the humerus bone of her upper right arm. A further PET scan and a bone biopsy revealed the mass to be osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer.

Rohrbach was diagnosed with stage 4 osteosarcoma that has metastasized to her lungs.

Matthews set up an AngeLink account to raise money for Rohrbach to travel. Items on her bucket list include going to see the sea of stars in the Maldives.

“ ese funds will go towards her family being able to take her to places that she wants to go to,” said Matthews. “ ese funds are to not only spread awareness, but we’re going to donate some of the portions

to osteosarcoma research.”

Osteosarcoma is one of three types of bone cancer and typically originates around the adolescent, young adult time point and in 70 to 80 year old individuals.

“Bone sarcomas are incredibly rare,” said Dr. Daniel Lerman, medical director of the Institute for Limb Preservation at Presbyterian/ St. Luke’s Medical Center. “Once we get into the world of bone sarcoma, osteosarcoma is the most common pediatric bone cancer.”

According to the American Cancer Society, about 1,000 new cases of osteosarcoma are diagnosed each year in the U.S. and while nearly half

of these cases are in children and teenagers, around 2% of childhood cancers are osteosarcomas.

Osteosarcoma does come with grades or levels of aggressiveness. e disease is staged based on its size, location factors and most signi cantly if the cancer has spread from its initial location.

Rohrbach began intensive chemotherapy in July and underwent surgery to remove the primary tumor. In October, Rohrbach had a complete reverse shoulder replacement and resection of her upper right arm.

Despite the rounds of chemotherapy, another scan revealed the cancer had metastasized to her pelvis and is inoperable. Rohrbach was placed on new chemotherapy drugs to target the cancer cells that were not responding to previous treatment, however, she su ered from a rare reaction in January and spent seven days in the ICU on a ventilator.  is month, Rohrbach will be undergoing surgery once again to remove over 50 nodules in both her lungs.

With a goal of raising $20,000, family and friends are hoping to exceed that amount. Starting in May, there will be nine weeks of horse shows

and the Colorado Horse Park and Littleton Equine Medical Center have teamed up so portions of the proceeds will be donated to the AngeLink.

According to Lerman, any bone cancer typically presents itself as a low level, deep, achy, throbbing pain, similar to a toothache, but one cannot rub the pain away or relieve with anything topical.

“People are usually able to be engaged in physical activity for a long time because pain does not seem to be as limiting of a factor during the day, but then is reproducible and recurrent, particularly in the evenings, awakening someone from sleep in the same area consistently,” said Lerman.

Lerman says it’s important to get imaging of the area and if x-rays are inconclusive, to get more advanced imaging such as an MRI. In addition, there are certain hospitals that specialize in bone cancers and sarcoma care, such as the institute for limb preservation.

“[ e family] wants to create awareness,” said Matthews. “And give her as much support as they can get to help her ful ll her dreams.

Quincy Rohrbach and her horse.

COURTESY KRISTINA MATTHEWS

Quincy Rohrbach in the hospital. COURTESY KRISTINA MATTHEWS

Rocky Mountain Refuge helps unhoused Coloradans find peace in the face of death

BY LINDSEY FORD, DANA KNOWLES ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

As the population of unhoused people continues to grow across the country and Colorado, thousands of people die every year, often while living in the streets, in cars or tents.

Despite this, there are few organizations that o er services to help the unhoused navigate sickness and eventually death.

“ is a respite before I die,” said Daniel, somberly, while talking with Rocky Mountain PBS. He’s 63-yearsold, unhoused and dying from cancer.

“It’s comfortable in here. I don’t want to die on the streets,” he said. “I’d rather be in here and be comfortable until I’m deceased.”

Daniel is staying at Rocky Mountain Refuge, an organization in Denver that provides hospice care for those experiencing homelessness.

Rocky Mountain Refuge has created a space to make unhoused people comfortable.

“ ey do everything they can for you here. is room is also cozy,” Daniel explained, gesturing across the space which ts two hospital beds, a dresser, desk and a nightstand. e few possessions Daniel has, he keeps close. He became unhoused almost three years ago.

Rocky Mountain Refuge o ers end

of life care for those experiencing homelessness regardless of race, age, gender, gender expression, age, nationality, disability or marital status. ere are three beds rented out of a room in the Denver Rescue Mission. Certi ed nursing assistant

Timisha Buskey helps keep everything running.

“ is is personal to me because my mother passed and watching my mother inspired me to want to take care of others who have illnesses that they will eventually die from,”

Buskey explained.

e organization is planning to expand and add more beds. Sta and volunteers o er basic care, help with laundry, and cleaning, while nurses and physicians o er basic medical services. eir mission is to help those who are unhoused nd a comfortable and safe space to spend their last days before the end

At least 20 people a day die without a home to live in across the United States, according to Homeless Death Count, a nonpro t that tracks those numbers. In 2020, nearly 8,000 unhoused people died in the streets.

Rocky Mountain Refuge says it is the only shelter of its kind in Colorado and just one of four in the country that focuses exclusively on people experiencing homelessness. Daniel says he’s grateful for the organization’s services.

“Some people would rather die on the streets, but I’m not one of those people,” Daniel said. “I’d just like to be comfortable until I’m deceased.” is story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonpro t public broadcaster providing community stories across Colorado over the air and online. Used by permission. For more, and to support Rocky Mountain PBS, visit rmpbs.org.

Rocky Mountain Refuge has created a space to make unhoused people comfortable.

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Where to find food assistance programs in Denver metro area

BY ELLLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Low-income households face a tighter budget this month as the program that helps families in Colorado buy food saw its pandemic-era funding boost come to an end.

Coloradans who receive bene ts from the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, had received an extra amount of bene ts every month since March 2020 in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

e extra amount, or “emergency allotments,” were authorized by Congress, but they ended due to recent congressional action. A nal emergency allotment was issued in February, according to the Colorado Department of Human Services.

If you’re struggling with the drop in bene ts, it may help to turn to local programs and organizations.

Here’s a look at the local government departments or food pantries in your area and how to contact them. Make sure to ask, or check their websites, for any requirements.

Adams County

e Adams County Food Bank sits at 7111 E. 56th Ave. in Commerce City, just west of Quebec Street and a bit north of Interstate 270. It’s open 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Wednesday through Friday. Reach it at 720-878-3563 or see adamscountyfoodbank.org.

For a list of other food banks and pantries, see the county’s website at adamscountycovid19.org/foodbanks-and-pantries — but be sure to check that the services are current.

For other assistance, contact Adams County Human Services Department at 720-523-2700 (or 303-375-2980 for the Aurora part of Adams County). Or see adcogov.org/ human-services.

e human services department has locations at 11860 N. Pecos St. in Westminster, a short drive west of Interstate 25 and south of 120th Avenue, and at 3155 N. Chambers

Road, unit C, in Aurora, near Smith Road and south of Interstate 70.

Arapahoe, Douglas and Elbert counties

Integrated Family Community Services, a nonpro t near Englewood, provides food and other low-income support to families across the south metro region.

IFCS has a service area of western Arapahoe and northern Douglas counties, including Englewood, Sheridan, Littleton, Centennial, Highlands Ranch, Glendale, Lone Tree and Greenwood Village. e service area has also included southwest Denver neighborhoods, south of Jewell Avenue and west of Santa Fe Drive.

IFCS sits at 3370 S. Irving St. in the Sheridan area, northwest of Federal Boulevard and Hampden Avenue.

It’s open 8 a.m.–noon and 1–4 p.m. Monday through Friday, reachable at 303-789-0501. Or see ifcs.org.

Farther southeast, SECORCares in Parker serves the residents of Arapahoe, Douglas and Elbert counties with a food pantry open from 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Wednesday and ursday and 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Friday and Saturday. New guests should arrive one hour before closing time for the intake process. Returning guests should arrive 30 minutes before closing.

See secorcares.com or call 720842-5621. SECORCares sits at 17151

Pine Lane in Parker, just east of Jordan Road.

In Elbert County, e Food Bank of Kiowa Creek Community Church operates from 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Mondays, 3–6 p.m. Tuesdays and 10 a.m.–1 p.m. the second Friday of each month.

Call 303-243-6500 or see kiowacreek.org/who-we-are/foodbankof-kiowa-creek-community-church. It’s located at 231 Cheyenne St. in Kiowa, about one block north of the intersection of state Highway 86 and Pawnee Street.

For more resources, see information from the following county human services departments:

• Arapahoe County Human Services — Located at 14980 E. Alameda Drive in Aurora, east of Sable Boulevard and east of Interstate 225. Call 303-636-1130 or see resources at arapahoegov.com/388/HumanServices.

• Douglas County Human Services — Located at 4400 Castleton Court in Castle Rock, accessible via Castleton Drive south of Meadows Parkway, just west of Interstate 25. Call 303-688-4825 or see a list of many resources, including for food, at douglas.co.us/human-services/ resources/community-resources.

• Elbert County Human Services — Located at 75 Ute Ave. in Kiowa, a short drive north of state Highway 86. Call 303-621-3149, or see elbertcounty-co.gov/501/Food-assistanceand-resources.

Je erson County

Community Table food pantry in Arvada sits at 8555 W 57th Ave., a short drive west of Wadsworth Boulevard.

It’s open noon–3:45 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Friday; noon–5:45 p.m. most Wednesdays; and 10 a.m.–3:45 p.m. ursday. e pantry is closed the second Wednesday of every

month. Call 303-424-6685 or see cotable.org.

For other resources, see Je erson County Human Services at je co.us/ human-services or 303-271-1388. It’s located at 900 Je erson County Parkway in south Golden o U.S. Highway 6.

Clear Creek County

Loaves and Fishes, a food pantry in Clear Creek County, sits at 545 Highway 103 in Idaho Springs and is open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. ursday and Friday.

e food pantry in the Health and Wellness Center, located at 1969 Miner St. in Idaho Springs, is open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Read more about the resources in Clear Creek via reporter Olivia Jewell Love on Colorado Community Media’s website at tinyurl.com/ ClearCreekFoodPantry.

Reach Clear Creek County Human Services at 303-679-2300 or at 405 Argentine St. in Georgetown or see co.clear-creek.co.us/113/HumanServices.

Weld County e Fort Lupton Food and Clothing Bank sits at 421 Denver Ave. in Fort Lupton, east of U.S. Highway 85 and state Highway 52. See fcb.org and call 303-857-1096 for hours and more information.

Reach Weld County Human Services at 2950 9th St. in Fort Lupton, 303-857-4052 or weld.gov/Government/Departments/Human-Services.

Denver and remaining parts of the metro area

In the “seven-county” metro area — including around the Denver area but also the Boulder and Broomeld communities — dial 211 for a multilingual and con dential service that can connect you to shelter, food, rent assistance, child care and more resources in your area. Or text your ZIP code to 898-211 or scroll down to “live chat” at unitedwaydenver. org/community-programs/2-1-1.

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Basketball roundup

Local teams hit wall in drive for playo s

BY JIM BENTON SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

e Cherry Creek and Arapahoe girls basketball teams both lost close semi nal games in the Class 6A state basketball tournament on March 10 at the Denver Coliseum.

Mountain Vista’s top-seeded boys teams also lost a Final Four game but it wasn’t close in the second half.

Grandview sank four free throws in the closing seconds to defeat second-seeded Cherry Creek 31-28 in a game between Centennial League rivals.

Arapahoe was forced to make a tough decision with 2.8 seconds remaining before dropping a 5350 decision to Monarch.

Mountain Vista trailed Denver East by only one point at halftime but a big third-quarter surge propelled the Angels to outscore the Golden Eagles 51-33 in the second half en route to a 86-67 victory.

Cherry Creek (22-5) was down by eight points in the third quarter but rallied to grab a 28-27 lead with 1:37 remaining in the game. at’s when Isa Dillehay and Sienna Betts each made two free

throws to provide the winning margin as Creek’s poor shooting continued in the second half of the turnover- lled contest.

Creek went 6:49 without scoring in the third quarter and shot only 15.8% in the second half and 20.9 percent for the game.

Still, the Bruins had a chance and were behind by a point with 12 seconds to play when Addison Beck missed a three-point shot.

“I’m disappointed for the kids,” said Creek coach Clint Evans. “ ey battled so hard defensively to try to limit Sienna but we couldn’t score. We had our best shooter with a wide-open three-pointer to take the lead and sometimes the ball just doesn’t go in. I wanted Addy to shoot that shot.”

Betts, the 6-foot-4 sophomore who is the Colorado Gatorade Player of the Year, had 16 points and 15 rebounds. Tianna Chambers led Creek with 10 points

Arapahoe (20-7) faced an almost no-win situation in its game against Monarch when the team trailed 51-47 with 12.1 seconds left in the game.

Arapahoe senior Sydney White was fouled shooting a three-pointer with 2.8 seconds on the clock. She sank the rst two free throws to pull within two points and the Warriors had to decide whether to intensionally miss the third free throw and try for a rebound.

Smith made the third free throw as Arapahoe closed to within a point and then Monarch’s

Hayley Luther was fouled on the inbounds pass and she made both free throws to account for the three-point margin.

“We discussed that (missing the last free throw) in our timeout,” said Warriors’ coach Jerry Knafelc. “We tried to deny the ball inbounds and we were close to getting a ve-second call and then we would of got the ball back but we didn’t.”

Gianna Smith was the top scorer for Arapahoe with 19 points. White had 16 points and Emerson Stark 10 but the Warriors were outrebonded, 4325, and Knafelc noted that was the di erence in the game.

Mountain Vista (24-3) couldn’t nd a way to slow down Denver East in the second half.

“ ey are the type of team you have to give up something,” said Vista coach Brian Wood. “We were giving threes to some of their guys we would have not rather had shooting but they just kept making them. And it seemed like when they missed them, they went and got the ball.

“It’s hard to win when you give up 86 points. I’m really proud of this team and it is just hard when it ends so abruptly.”

• Denver East nished with ve players scoring in double gures.

• Caden Stevens had 17 points for Vista to which also had ve players in double gures. Brendan Diehl and Celeb Baskind each had 12 points while Radek Homer and Zach Brown contributed 11 points.

Arapahoe’s Shelby Mcinally (11)) and Monarch’s Caroline Walley (15) tangle for a loose rebound. The Coyotes eliminated the Warriors 53-50 in 6A Final Four action on March 10 at the Denver Coliseum. PHOTOS BY PAUL DISALVO

Arapahoe’s Gianna Smith (3) looks for space to get around Monarch defender Arezo Safi (11). Smith led all scorers with 19 points but it was not enough to get her team to the state final as they fell 50-53 to the Coyotes.

Arapahoe’s Sydney White (22) keeps Monarch Defender Caroline Walley (15) at a a distance. White contributed 16 points but her Warriors fell 50-53 to the Coyotes in Final Four action on March 10 at the Denver Coliseum.

Arapahoe Warriors player, Lisunov, earns 109 points in season

Turns in 23 hat tricks

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

ere is a new hat-trick king in town and it’s not any players from the Colorado Avalanche. Instead, it’s Dennis Lisunov from the Arapahoe Warriors 10-and-under hockey program.

As the six-month-long season came to a close in early March with the Colorado Cup Championships Tournament, Lisunov nished with 109 points and 98 goals in the 40game season.

It is nothing for Lisunov to turn in multiple hat track performances. By the end of the 2023 season, the 10-year-old had 23.

Lisunov said about three years ago his father took him to see a Colorado Avalanche game. Lisunov recalled the Avalanche winning 7-3, noting he became hooked on the game.

“Before that, I was only on roller skates, but I knew I wanted to get into hockey,” Lisunov said. “On the ice you just go faster and smoother.” e 2022-23 season is Lisunov’s rst year playing competitive hockey, joining the Arapahoe Warriors Yellow team.

In the start of the season, players are paired with those with similar talent and skill levels.

For spectators, teammates and coaches, it was clear early in the season that Lisunov had natural talent and a drive to succeed.

Besides practicing with the Arapahoe Warriors team, which consists of players from Douglas, Arapahoe and Je erson counties, Lisunov started doing early-morning private lessons multiple days a week.

His progress, along with the Warriors coming together as a team on defense, paid o quickly. Lisunov led his team to the Colorado Cup Championship on March 5 where they defeated Arvada 5-1 in the nal round.

“Dennis’ leadership has ourished from day one,” said Warriors’ Coach Chris Castelli.

It’s di cult to teach leadership to youth hockey players and Dennis was able to naturally evolve into that leadership role. e friendships and

trust with his teammates grew overtime and they started gravitating towards him when their backs were up against the wall. e team fed o his energy and that created momentum for us down the stretch.”

While teammates say Lisunov is a vocal leader on the ice, pushing everyone to perform better and telling them when he’s being covered a lot to shoot more and keep going, he’s quiet o the ice.

“I just want us all to play together well,” Lisunov said. “Whenever another team scores, I always tell our team we can keep going and to always play hard. Even in the early season when we did not do as well, I just told (teammates) to keep their heads up and we can do it.”

When asked about early season goals and how the season turned out, Lisunov had a simple answer, “I just wanted to learn and keep scoring as much as I could.”

As Lisunov started turning in more big games and accumulating hat tricks, he said he understood that other teams were looking at him. Most games had swarms of defenders getting on him. However, private lessons were proving to be successful, as the young player learned to circle behind the Warriors’ net and weave up the ice to rack up more unassisted goals.

As the season continued and Lisunov became a true threat to opposing teams’ defenses, Castelli said

he was often double, triple, or even, quadruple teamed at times.

“His toughness was on display, the grit adn determination were an epitome of his work ethic and dedication to his craft,” Castelli said.

Lisunov said one of the scariest moments in the season came in February during the Mile High Meltdown tournament. In the championship round, the Warriors faced Hyland Hills Black. Early in the game, with a tie score, Lisunov was leveled on a blindside check that sent him ying backwards.

With a neck injury, Lisunov was taken to the locker room to be checked by trainers, and later the doctor. While the player guilty of the hit was not ejected, he was given a 10-minute major penalty.

Lisunov said he wanted to return for his team, knowing his importance to the team. However, after an attempt to play in the game, he knew his injury was too much.

e following week he worked to recover to get back into the competition during the nal Colorado Cup tournament. He said he felt more comfortable and adjusted in the rst round when the Warriors breezed to the second round in a 7-0 vic-

tory, which was another hat trick for Lisunov.

Castelli said as Lisunov pushed upwards towards 100 points and goals, the team coaches continued to be excited by his growing cache of highlight reels.

“It was entertaining for our coaching sta and fans to witness,” Castelli said. “We even had a team mom on the scorer’s table that had said it was more entertaining to see the coaching sta ’s reactions as we were as animated as anyone to see how the next goal was going to materialize.”

Lisunov credited season success to his dad for always taking him to practices and lessons and pushing him to work hard.

While Lisunov was born in the U.S., his parents moved to America nearly 15 years ago from Moldova, a small country between Romania and Ukraine. Lisunov said his mom, with her strong accent, can be heard in the stands yelling and cheering him on. He said his mom has been one of his biggest supporters throughout the season.

Looking to the future, Lisunov said he loves hockey and wants to eventually become a pro player.

Arapahoe Warriors leading scorer Dennis Lisunov proudly holds the first place champion banner after defeating Arvada in the Colorado Cup competition on March 5.

PHOTO BY THELMA GRIMES

Dennis Lisunov stands with teammates in between periods. PHOTO BY THELMA GRIMES

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State warns of avian flu surge amid migration

BY PAOLO ZIALCITA COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

Highly pathogenic avian in uenza, the disease spreading among wild and domestic bird populations nationwide, is expected to have a surge in cases as the migratory season begins in Colorado.

It’s been nearly a year since the rst outbreak in Colorado, and while cases have slowed, Colorado state veterinarian Maggie Baldwin said the risk will go up as more ocks of birds pass through.

“[ ese wild birds] are bringing more virus, they’re shedding more virus in the environment, and we’re likely gonna see more spillover of that virus into our domestic poultry operations on both the commercial and the backyard side,” Baldwin said.

So far, about 6.4 million chickens have either been killed by the virus or put down to prevent outbreaks within a ock. Hundreds of wild birds, mostly geese and ducks, have also been killed by the virus. Death is all but guaranteed for birds that contract it, and symptoms include sudden fatigue, decreased egg production, and nasal discharge.

e avian u has recently been linked to deaths in mammals that consumed infected birds.

e nationwide outbreak has driven up egg prices across the country. According to federal data, a dozen eggs cost an average of $4.83 as of January 2023, up from the average of $1.93 recorded a year prior.

“What we can likely expect is across the nation, we’re going to see another increase in cases this spring, and that’s really what led to consumer impacts was when we had a lot of our commercial egg laying populations impacted around the same time,” Baldwin said.

With the length of the outbreak hitting “unprecedented” levels, Baldwin acknowledges that fatigue may be setting in for commercial and domestic owners. However, she urges owners to keep up their biosecurity measures. When big, commercial farms are impacted, it takes months and millions of dollars to recover from a mass death event.

From avian u to zoning permits, here’s what you need to know about

raising backyard chickens

Baldwin, along with experts from Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Colorado State University, will host a webinar next week to share more information about the avian u and how to keep ocks safe this spring.

Avian u cases among humans are extremely rare, and they usually occur only when people are heavily exposed to infected poultry.

e federal government is discussing the possibility for a large-scale avian u vaccination program for poultry, and e New York Times reports a potential vaccine is already being tested.

“ e USDA is really the rst step in getting that approval process started because, if you vaccinate, there are potential trade implications,” Baldwin said.

In the meantime, agriculture o cials and veterinarians are still searching for other solutions.

ere’s “no clear end in sight” for this avian u outbreak, Baldwin said. With no treatment available and the uncontrollable nature of bird migration coming back into play, it appears this strain of avian u is here to stay.

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

Great horned owls are kept in the hospital area of the Rocky Mountain Raptor Program in Fort Collins. The program rehabilitates around 300 birds a year, 78% being treatable cases that can be returned to the wild.

PHOTO BY OLIVIA SUN; THE COLORADO SUN VIA REPORT FOR AMERICA

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PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0015

To Whom It May Concern: On 1/18/2023 2:10:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: Xiu Lin

Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. As Beneficiary, As Nominee for Elevations Credit Union Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

Elevations Credit Union Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 11/24/2021

Recording Date of DOT: 12/1/2021 Reception No. of DOT: 2021132930

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt:

$488,000.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $482,217.52

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property:

LOT SIXTEEN (16), BLOCK EIGHT (8), STROH RANCH FILING NO. 18B, 7TH AMENDMENT, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Which has the address of:

12785 Horton Court, Parker, CO 80134

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of 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 deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. 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.

First Publication: 3/16/2023

Last Publication: 4/13/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 1/18/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

DEANNE R. STODDEN

Colorado Registration #: 33214 1550 WEWATTA STREET SUITE 710, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: 303.623.1800 Fax #: 303.623.0552 Attorney File #: 8020.0087

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/ Legal Notice No. 2023-0015

Publication: 3/16/2023

Publication: 4/13/2023

Douglas County News Press

ued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of 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 deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. 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.

First Publication: 3/2/2023

Last Publication: 3/30/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 1/6/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

RYAN BOURGEOIS

Colorado Registration #: 51088 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700 , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 350-3711

Fax #:

Attorney File #: 00000009417395

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE

DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

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Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0018

To Whom It May Concern: On 1/20/2023 9:12:00

LOT 176 HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO.

122-H, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO

Which has the address of: 4705 Hunterwood Drive, Highlands Ranch, CO 80130

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of 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 deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. 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.

First Publication: 3/16/2023

Last Publication: 4/13/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 1/20/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

RYAN BOURGEOIS Colorado Registration #: 51088 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700 , DENVER, COLORADO 80204

Phone #: (303) 350-3711

Fax #: Attorney File #: 00000009703596

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE

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.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: Lot 74, Woodmoor Mountain III, County of Douglas, State of Colorado APN #: R0177738 Which has the address of: 13910 Blue Jay Lane, Larkspur, CO 80118

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of 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 deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. 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.

First Publication: 3/2/2023

Last Publication: 3/30/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 1/5/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

Pursuant to C.R.S. §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.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property:

ALL THE REAL PROPERTY TOGETHER WITH IMPROVEMENTS, IF ANY, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LOT 15, BLOCK 3, RAMPART STATION FILING NO. 1, AMENDMENT NO. 2, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Which has the address of: 11614 Wilson Circle, Parker, CO 80134

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is contin-

AM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor:

SYLVESTER JESSE BENNETT

Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/16/2015

Recording Date of DOT: 10/20/2015 Reception No. of DOT: 2015075643

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $335,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $257,459.99

Pursuant to C.R.S. §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.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property:

DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

PETER M. SUSEMIHL Colorado Registration #: 494 660 SOUTHPOINTE COURT SUITE 210, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO 80906

Phone #: (719) 579-6500

Fax #:

Attorney File #: ENTRADWAY

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2023-0005

First Publication: 3/2/2023 Last Publication: 3/30/2023 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0009

To Whom It May Concern: On 1/6/2023 3:17:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay monthly payments of principal and interest

Grantor: Veronica Hernandez and Michael A. Priego Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp, its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2021-SJ1, U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 8/28/2006

Recording Date of DOT: 5/8/2006

Reception No. of DOT: 2006038374

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt:

$75,790.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $61,510.18

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: FAILURE TO MAKE TIMELY PAYMENTS AS REQUIRED UNDER THE EVIDENCE OF DEBT AND DEED OF TRUST.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property:

LOT 7, BLOCK 6, THE MEADOWS FILING NO. 12, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO

Which has the address of:

4498 Applecrest Circle, Castle Rock, CO 80109

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of 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 deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. 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.

First Publication: 3/2/2023

Last Publication: 3/30/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 1/6/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

AMANDA FERGUSON Colorado Registration #: 44893 355 UNION BLVD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228

Phone #: (303) 274-0155

Fax #:

Attorney File #: CO21052

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2023-0009

First Publication: 3/2/2023

Last Publication: 3/30/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE

Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0199

To Whom It May Concern: On 12/29/2022 4:55:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: SEAN STEPHENS AND SAMANTHA ANDOLINO

Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CALIBER

HOME LOANS, INC., TS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

MIDFIRST BANK

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/18/2019

Recording Date of DOT: 3/19/2019

Reception No. of DOT: 2019013899

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt:

$358,388.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date

hereof: $341,172.56

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Borrower's failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 175, COTTONWOOD SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Which has the address of: 8745 Aspen Cir, Parker, CO 80134

OF SALE

provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of 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 deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. 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.

First Publication: 3/2/2023

Last Publication: 3/30/2023 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 12/30/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

DAVID R DOUGHTY Colorado Registration #: 40042

9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112

Phone #: (303) 706-9990

Fax #: (303) 706-9994

Attorney File #:

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

Guild Mortgage Company LLC

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 7/23/2021

Recording Date of DOT: 7/27/2021

Reception No. of DOT: 2021089586

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $565,250.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $556,796.82

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property:

LOT 3, BLOCK 3, CRYSTAL VALLEY RANCH

FILING NO. 12A, AMENDMENT NO . 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Which has the address of: 5918 Plains End Court, Castle Rock, CO 80104

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of 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 deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. 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.

First Publication: 3/16/2023

Last Publication: 4/13/2023

MAY NOT BE A

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 66, BLOCK 5, FIRST REPLAT OF THE MEADOWS FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO

Which has the address of: 4886 N Sungold Ln, Castle Rock, CO 80109 NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 12, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of 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 deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: Lot 272, Highlands Ranch Filing No. 111-B, County of Douglas, State of Colorado. Which has the address of: 2179 Gold Dust Ln, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of 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 deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. 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.

First Publication: 3/16/2023

Last Publication: 4/13/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 1/19/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

AMANDA FERGUSON

Colorado Registration #: 44893 355 UNION BLVD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228

Phone #: (303) 274-0155

Fax #:

Attorney File #: CO21342

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE

DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2023-0017

First Publication: 3/16/2023

Last Publication: 4/13/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0006

To Whom It May Concern: On 1/5/2023 1:28:00

PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: Steve Busheff

Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS") as nominee for M&T Bank, A Corporation, Its Successors and Assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 1/18/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

ILENE DELL'ACQUA

Colorado Registration #: 31755 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230 , CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112

Phone #: (877) 369-6122

Fax #:

Attorney File #: CO-22-946526-LL

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/ PUBLIC NOTICE

Trustee Sale No. 2023-0017 To Whom It May Concern: On 1/18/2023 3:01:00

the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County. Original Grantor: Kim Marie Torrez-Hruska Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems,

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 11/30/2018

Recording Date of DOT: 12/3/2018

Reception No. of DOT: 2018072375

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $304,000.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $290,401.17

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 288, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 122-R, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO

Which has the address of: 10664 Evondale Street, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of 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 deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. 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. First Publication: 3/2/2023

Publication: 3/30/2023

Douglas County News Press

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of

TO MAKE TIMELY PAYMENTS AS REQUIRED UNDER THE EVIDENCE OF DEBT AND DEED OF TRUST.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: A PART OF SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTH 1/4 CORNER OF SAID SECTION 17 AND CONSIDERING THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST 1/4 TO BEARS SOUTH 88 DEGREES 17 MINUTES 11 SECONDS EAST WITH ALL BEARINGS CONTAINED HEREIN RELATIVE THERETO; THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 17 MINUTES 11 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE A DISTANCE OF 780.00 FEET TO A POINT ON THE CENTERLINE OF A 60-FOOT ROADWAY EASEMENT; THENCE NORTH 1 DEGREE 42 MINUTES 49 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID CENTERLINE A DISTANCE OF 867.72 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT AND ALONG SAID CENTERLINE A DISTANCE OF 295.64 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENT, SAID CURVE HAS A RADIUS OF 500.00 FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 38 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 39 SECONDS; THENCE NORTH 35 DEGREES 35 MINUTES 28 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID CENTERLINE A DISTANCE OF 681.43 TO A POINT OF CURVE; THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT AND ALONG SAID CENTERLINE A DISTANCE OF 118.60 FEET, SAID CURVE HAS A RADIUS OF 500.00 FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 13 DEGREES 35 MINUTES 28 SECONDS; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 46 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 1,292.14 FEET TO A POINT OF THE NORTH-SOUTH CENTERLINE OF SAID SECTION 17; THENCE SOUTH 1 DEGREE 55 MINUTES 01 SECOND WEST ALONG SAID CENTERLINE A DISTANCE OF 1,820.32 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; EXCEPT THE SOUTH 30 FEET AND THE EAST 30 FEET FOR ROADWAY, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Which has the address of: 4655 Best Rd, Larkspur, CO 80118

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of 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 deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. 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.

First Publication: 3/16/2023

Last Publication: 4/13/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 1/17/2023 DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

HEATHER DEERE

Colorado Registration #: 28597

355 UNION BLVD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228

Phone #: (303) 274-0155

Fax #:

Attorney File #: CO21320

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE

DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2023-0014

First Publication: 3/16/2023

Last Publication: 4/13/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Lone Tree NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0008

To Whom It May Concern: On 1/6/2023 1:10:00

PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: Aaron C. Mancho HTTA Aaron

T. Mancho and Quinta A. Mancho

Original Beneficiary: KeyBank National Association

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

KeyBank, NA

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/20/2019

Recording Date of DOT: 8/22/2019

Reception No. of DOT: 2019052304

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt:

$193,100.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $184,645.47

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property:

LOT 26, CARRIAGE CLUB ESTATES FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Which has the address of: 10408 Carriage Club Dr, Lone Tree, CO 80124

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of 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 deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. 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.

First Publication: 3/2/2023

Last Publication: 3/30/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 1/6/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

ILENE DELL'ACQUA

Colorado Registration #: 31755 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230 , CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112

Phone #: (877) 369-6122

Fax #:

Attorney File #: CO-22-950723-LL

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE

DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2023-0008

First Publication: 3/2/2023

Last Publication: 3/30/2023

Pursuant to C.R.S. §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/or other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property:

12, FOUNDERS VILLAGE FILING NO. 25, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Which has the address of: 443 Blue Teal Dr, Castle Rock, CO 80104 NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of 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 deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. 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.

Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of 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 deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. 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.

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Borrower's failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 207, HIGHLANDS RANCH, FILING NO. 112-A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO

Which has the address of: 9307 Desert Willow Trail, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129

NOTICE OF SALE

To Whom It May Concern: On 12/21/2022

11:49:00 AM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: MATTHEW J. ROUSE

Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FIRST COMMUNITY MORTGAGE, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 7/31/2018

Recording Date of DOT: 8/3/2018

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FIRST OPTION LENDING, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/25/2013

Recording Date of DOT: 10/28/2013

Reception No. of DOT: 2013086621 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $217,979.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $198,115.35

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Borrower's failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 43, BLOCK 2, IMPERIAL HOMES AT ROXBOROUGH VILLAGE FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 7867 Kyle Way, Littleton, CO 80125

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of 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 deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. 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.

First Publication: 3/9/2023

Last Publication: 4/6/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 1/11/2023

DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Reception No. of DOT: 2018047124

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $201,973.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $173,438.19

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Borrower's failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: CONDOMINIUM UNIT 17D, SUGARMILL CONDOMINIUMS, PHASE 3, IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND SUBJECT TO THE SUBASSOCIATION DECLARATION FOR SUGARMILL CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. OF HIGHLANDS RANCH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC. RECORDED ON AUGUST 1, 1984 IN BOOK 532 AT PAGE 354 AND SUPPLEMENTAL RECORDED JUNE 17, 1985 IN BOOK 579 AT PAGE 642, AND THE CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED ON JUNE 17, 1985 AT RECEPTION NO. 355445, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO

Which has the address of: 908 Summer Dr, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 NOTICE OF SALE

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

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of 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 deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. 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.

First Publication: 3/2/2023

Last Publication: 3/30/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 1/5/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

N. APRIL WINECKI Colorado Registration #: 34861 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112

Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994

Attorney File #: 19-023524

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

DAVID R DOUGHTY Colorado Registration #: 40042 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994

Attorney File #: 22-028513

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 12, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of 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 deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. 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.

Legal Notice No. 2023-0001

First Publication: 3/2/2023

Last Publication: 3/30/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee

Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: Ronnie H Chavez Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. ("MERS") as nominee for DHI Mortgage Company Ltd, Its Successors and Assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/3/2012 Recording Date of DOT: 5/17/2012 Reception No. of DOT: 2012036148 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $237,590.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $185,585.08

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 39 BLOCK 12 FOUNDERS VILLAGE FILING NO. 3 COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO

To

Which has the address of: 5351 East Kensington Avenue, Castle Rock, CO 80104

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of 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 deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. 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.

First Publication: 3/2/2023

Last Publication: 3/30/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 1/4/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

ILENE DELL'ACQUA

Colorado Registration #: 31755

7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230 , CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112

Phone #: (877) 369-6122

Fax #:

Attorney File #: CO-22-950399-LL

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2023-0002

First Publication: 3/2/2023

Last Publication: 3/30/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press City and County

PUBLIC NOTICE

Wellspring Community and Covenant Church Annexation

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Petition for Annexation has been presented to the Town Council of the Town of Castle Rock, Colorado, and found to be in compliance with Colorado law. The Town Council has adopted the attached resolution setting a public hearing to be held on April 18, 2023 at 6:00 pm in the Town Hall, 100 N. Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado to determine if the property described therein is eligible for annexation under Colorado law.

Given this 8th day of March, 2023.

Lisa Anderson, Town Clerk RESOLUTION NO. 2023-025

A RESOLUTION FINDING THAT THE PETITION FOR ANNEXATION SUBMITTED BY MATRIX DESIGN GROUP IS IN SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH ARTICLE II, SECTION 30(1) (B) OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND SECTION 31-12-107(1), C.R.S.; AND SETTING

A DATE, TIME, AND PLACE FOR A HEARING TO DETERMINE IF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION UNDER ARTICLE II, SECTION 30 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND SECTIONS 31-12-104 AND 31-12-105, C.R.S. (Wellspring Community Annexation)

WHEREAS, on February 6, 2023, a petition (the “Petition”) was filed with the Town Clerk by Matrix Design Group (the “Petitioner”) for the annexation of a 2.07-acre parcel of land located at 498 E. Wolfensberger Road as more particularly described on the attached Exhibit A (the “Property”); and

WHEREAS, the Petition requests that the Town of Castle Rock (the “Town”) annex the Property; and

WHEREAS, the Petition states that it is signed by persons: (i) comprising more than fifty percent of the landowners in the area to be annexed and (ii) owning more than fifty percent of the area to be annexed, excluding public streets, and alleys and any land owned by the Town, as required by Article II, Section 30(1)(b) of the Colorado Constitution; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to §31-12-107(1)(f), C.R.S., the Town Council, without undue delay, is required to determine if the Petition is in substantial compliance with the requirements set forth in Article II, Section 30(1)(b) of the Colorado Constitution and §31-12-107(1), C.R.S.; and

WHEREAS, upon such determination, the Town Council is required to set a date, time, and place for a hearing to determine whether the Property is eligible for annexation to the Town in accordance with the requirements of Article II, Section 30 of the Colorado Constitution and §§31-12-104 and 31-12-105, C.R.S.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO AS FOLLOWS:

The Town Council finds and determines:

A. The Petition requests that the Town annex the Property;

B. The Petition is signed by persons: (i) comprising more than fifty percent (50%) of the landowners of the Property, and (ii) owning more than fifty percent (50%) of the Property, excluding public streets and alleys, and any land owned by the Town;

C. The Petition substantially complies with the requirements of Section 30(1)(b) of Article II of the Colorado Constitution and §31-12-107(1), C.R.S;

D. The Petition is accompanied by a map containing the information required by §31-12-107(1)(d), C.R.S.; and

E. No signature on the Petition is dated more than 180 days prior to the date of filing of the Petition with the Town Clerk.

Section 2. Pursuant to §31-12-108, C.R.S., a public hearing is scheduled before the Town Council on April 18, 2023, at 6:00 P.M., at the Castle Rock Town Hall, 100 N. Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, for the purpose of enabling the Town Council to determine whether:

A. The Property is eligible for annexation to the Town in accordance with the requirements of Article II, Section 30 of the Colorado Constitution and §§31-12-104 and 31-12-105, C.R.S.;

B. Whether an election of the landowners and registered electors in the area to be annexed is required under Article II, Section 30(1)(a) of the Colorado Constitution and §31-12-107(2), C.R.S.; and

C. Whether additional terms and conditions are to be imposed upon the proposed annexation.

Section 3. The Town Clerk shall give notice of said hearing in the manner prescribed by §3112-108(2), C.R.S.

Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective on the date and at the time of its adoption.

PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of March, 2023 by the Town Council of the Town of Castle Rock, Colorado, on first and final reading by a vote of 7 for and 0 against.

ATTEST: TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK

Lisa Anderson, Town Clerk

Approved as to form:

Approved as to content: Jason Gray, Mayor

Michael J. Hyman, Town Attorney

Tara Vargish, Director of Development Services

RECEIVED February 6, 2023

PETITION FOR ANNEXATION [WELLSPRING COMMUNITY ANNEXATION FILING NO. 1]

To the Town Council of the Town of Castle Rock

We, the undersigned, constituting and comprising the owners of 100% of the area (territory) (excluding public streets and alleys) described in Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part of the Petition) the "Described Area"), do hereby petition that the Described Area be annexed to and become part of the Town of Castle Rock and do represent and state:

1. It is desirable and necessary that the Described Area be annexed to the Town of Castle Rock. Annexation into the Town of Castle Rock has benefits for both the current residents and the annexed property. Current residents get a say in the new development that could come with that annexation. The new property then has access to (and helps fund) Town services such as roads, utilities, water, parks, trails, recreation and more.

2. The requirements of Sections 31-12-104 and 31-12-105, C.R.S. 1973, as amended, exist or have been met as these sections apply to the annexation of the Described Area. The described area meets the requirements of section 31-12104; by greater than onesixth of the perimeter of the area proposed to be annexed being contiguous with the annexing municipality. More specifically the described area is surrounded by Town of Castle Rock land. The described area meets the requirements of section 13-12-105; no identical ownership applies to the described parcel.

3. That the signers of the petition comprise the landowners of more than 50% of the territory included in the area proposed to be annexed, exclusive of streets and alleys. The signer of the petition comprises the landowner of 100% of the described area to be annexed.

4. That the undersigned request that the Town of Castle Rock approve the annexation of the area proposed to be annexed.

5. That the legal description of the land owned by each Petitioner hereto is attached to and made part of this Petition.

The Petitioner(s) hereto understand and are cognizant of the fact that the Town of Castle Rock ("Town") is not legally required to annex the Described Area, and that if the Town does annex the Described Area, the annexation shall be upon the conditions and agreement of the Petitioner(s) as set forth in the Annexation Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the forgoing statement, and in further consideration of the benefits which will accrue to the Petitioner(s) and the obligations resulting to the Town if the Described Area is annexed to the Town, the Petitioner(s) agree and covenant that if the Described Area is annexed to the Town, the Petitioner(s) will comply with all applicable provisions of the Code of the Town of Castle Rock, as amended, and all applicable ordinances, resolutions, and regulations of the Town now existing or as hereinafter amended.

The covenants and agreements herein above set forth shall run with the land owned by each Petition hereto which is subject to this annexation and shall extend to and be binding upon the heirs, assigns, legal representatives and successors to each Petitioner. Each Petitioner expressly accepts the aforesaid covenants and agreements by proceeding with the Petition for Annexation to the Town of Castle Rock.

Nicole DeVries Executive Director

Community

Park Street Castle Rock, CO 80109

SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO; THENCE N60°50'W, A DISTANCE OF 976 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE S53°10'W, A DISTANCE OF 396 FEET; THENCE N36°50'W A DISTANCE OF 220 FEET; (THIS POINT BEING 24 FEET EAST OF THE 1/16TH LINE); THENCE N53°10'E, A DISTANCE OF 396 FEET; THENCE S36°50E, A DISTANCE OF 220 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.

PARCEL C: (OMITTED, ALREADY ANNEXED)

LEGAL DESCRIPTION AS SURVEYED:

A PARCEL OF LAND IN THE SOUTHEAST

QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER

(SE1/4, SW 1/4) SECTION 3, T3S, R67W OF THE 6th P.M., DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

BEGINNING AT THE MOST EASTERLY CORNER OF TRACT B "CASTLE HIGHLANDS FILING NO. 2" AS RECORDED UNDER RECEPTION NO. 2001019899 IN THE DOUGLAS COUNTY RECORDS.

Legal Notice No. 945106

First Publication: March 16, 2023;

Second Publication: March 23, 2023; Third Publication: March 30, 2023;

Last Publication: April 6, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

A public hearing will be held before the Planning Commission on April 3, 2023, at 6:00 p.m., and before the Board of County Commissioners on April 25, 2023, at 2:30 p.m., in the Commissioners' Hearing Room, 100 Third St., Castle Rock, CO, for approval of a minor development final plat located in Castle Pines Village approximately 700 feet south of the intersection of Country Club Parkway and Country Club Estates Drive. For more information call Douglas County Planning, 303-660-7460.

File #/Name: SB2022-033

/Castle Pines Village Filing 44A, 2nd Amendment

Legal Notice No. 945103

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Public hearings will be held on April 3, 2023, at 6:00 p.m., before the Planning Commission, and on April 25, 2023, at 2:30p.m. before the Board of County Commissioners in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, CO, for approval of a Use by Special Review for a New Cabin at the Swayback Ranch Fishing Club in the Agricultural One zone district, and for an appeal concerning water regulations in the Douglas County Zoning Resolution. The subject land is located approximately 2.9 miles north of County Road 126 and S. County Highway 67. For more information call Douglas County Planning, 303-660-7460

File No./Name: US2022-001/6835

SOUTH COUNTY HIGHWAY 67, SWAYBACK FISHING CLUB

Legal Notice No. 945117

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

ORDINANCE NO. 9.355

A Bill for an Ordinance to Approve the Second Replacement Intergovernmental Agreement By and Between the Town of Parker and the Town of Foxfield for Municipal Court Services

The Town of Parker Council adopted this Ordinance on March 6, 2023.

The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection and acquisition in the office of the Town Clerk, 20120 East Mainstreet, Parker, Colorado.

Chris Vanderpool, CMC, Town Clerk

Legal Notice No. 945101

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Metropolitan Districts

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Carousel Farms Metropolitan District, Douglas County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

DATED: March 2, 2023

/s/ Lisa Jacoby Designated Election Official for the Carousel Farms Metropolitan District

c/o McGeady Becher P.C.

450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254 Phone: 303-592-4380

Legal Notice No. 945115

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL MEADOWS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 4 & 5

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Meadows Metropolitan District Nos. 4 & 5 of Douglas County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the regular election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S.

The following candidates are hereby declared elected:

Bruce Stokes to a 4-year term until May 2027 Vacancy (2023-2027)

MEADOWS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOS. 4 & 5

By: /s/ Robin A. Navant

Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. 945089

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL MEADOWS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 7

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Meadows Metropolitan District No. 7 of Douglas County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the regular election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected:

Bo Teichman to a 4-year term until May 2027

Otis Jones to a 4-year term until May 2027

MEADOWS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 7

By: /s/ Robin A. Navant

Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. 945095

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF ELECTION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS

PARKER AUTOMOTIVE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to § 1-13.5513(6), C.R.S., that, at the close of business on February 28, 2023, there were not more candidates than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates, for Parker Automotive Metropolitan District (the “District”). Therefore, the election for the District to be held on May 2, 2023 is hereby cancelled.

The following candidates for the District are declared elected by acclamation:

Otis Moore III Until May 2027

Paige Langley Until May 2027

The following offices remain vacant:

VACANT Until May 2025

VACANT Until May 2027

/s/ Ashley B. Frisbie

Designated Election Official

Contact Person for District: Jennifer Gruber Tanaka, Esq.

WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON

Attorneys at Law

2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 2000 Centennial, Colorado 80122 (303) 858-1800

Legal Notice No. 945116

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

elected:

Toni Serra: until the second regular election (May 4, 2027)

Vacancy: until the second regular election (May 4, 2027)

Vacancy: until the second regular election (May 4, 2027)

Vacancy: until the next regular election (May 6, 2025)

DATED: February 28, 2023

/s/ Lisa Jacoby

Designated Election Official for the Antelope Heights Metropolitan District c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Phone: 303-592-4380

Legal Notice No. 945114

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS

§1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Castlewood Ranch Metropolitan District, Douglas County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 2, 2023 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected for the following terms of office:

Michael Miller: Next Regular Election, May 2025

Steven G. Peterson: Second Regular Election, May 2027 David Mulay Second Regular Election, May 2027 VACANT Second Regular Election, May 2027

/s/ Steve Beck (Designated Election Official)

Contact Person for the District: David Solin

Telephone Number of the District: 303-987-0835

Address of the District: 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, CO 80228

District Facsimile Number: 303-987-2032

District Email: dsolin@sdmsi.com

Legal Notice No. 945124

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

PINEY LAKE TRAILS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 AND 2

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Piney Lake Trails Metropolitan District Nos. 1 and 2 of Douglas County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the regular election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected:

Bryan Horan to a 4-year term until May 2027 Tom Clark to a 4-year term until May 2027 Vacancy (2023-2025) Vacancy (2023-2025)

PINEY LAKE TRAILS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 AND 2

By: /s/ Becky Johnson

Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. 945093

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL DEVILS HEAD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Devils Head Metropolitan District of Douglas County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the regular election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S.

The following candidates are hereby declared elected:

Bryan Horan to a 4-year term until May 2027 Joshua Brgoch to a 4-year term until May 2027

DEVILS HEAD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ Becky Johnson

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Antelope Heights Metropolitan District, Douglas County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S. The following candidates are declared

Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. 945087

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF ELECTION and

CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS

BELFORD NORTH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to §

1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S., that, at the close of business on February 28, 2023, there were not more candidates than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates, for Belford North Metropolitan District (the “District”). Therefore, the election for the District to be held on May 2, 2023 is hereby cancelled.

The following candidate for the District is declared elected by acclamation:

Jeffrey Jacob Schroeder: Until May 2025

The following offices remain vacant:

VACANT Until May 2027

VACANT Until May 2027

/s/ Ashley B. Frisbie

Designated Election Official

Contact Person for District: Jennifer Gruber Tanaka, Esq.

WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON

Attorneys at Law

2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 2000 Centennial, Colorado 80122 (303) 858-1800

Legal Notice No. 945108

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF REGULAR ELECTION CANCELLATION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Chatfield South Water District, Douglas County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 2, 2023 is hereby cancelled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513 C.R.S.

The following candidates are hereby declared elected:

Donna Fleischer: 4-Year Term, To May 2027

Joseph Rottman: 4-Year Term, To May 2027

VACANY: 4-Year Term, To May 2027

By: /s/ Kurt C. Schlegel

Designated Election Official

Chatfield South Water District

Legal Notice No. 945098

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF ELECTION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS CASTLEVIEW METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to § 1-13.5513(6), C.R.S., that, at the close of business on February 28, 2023, there were not more candidates than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates, for Castleview Metropolitan District No. 1 (the “District”). Therefore, the election for the District to be held on May 2, 2023 is hereby cancelled.

The following candidates for the District are declared elected by acclamation:

Michael Stephen Alpert Until May 2025

Tanya Alpert Until May 2027

Rodney Alpert Until May 2027

/s/ Ashley B. Frisbie

Designated Election Official

Contact Person for District:

Jennifer Gruber Tanaka, Esq.

WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Attorneys at Law

2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 2000 Centennial, Colorado 80122 (303) 858-1800

Legal Notice No. 945111

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION

OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL HILLTOP METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Hilltop Metropolitan District of Douglas County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the regular election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S.

The following candidates are hereby declared elected:

Troy Sweigart to a 4-year term until May 2027

Vacancy (2023-2027)

HILLTOP METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ Becky Johnson

Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. 945090

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL CHAMBERS HIGHPOINT METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 AND 2

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Chambers

Highpoint Metropolitan District Nos. 1 and 2 of Douglas County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the regular election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S.

The following candidates are hereby declared elected:

Frederick Miale to a 4-year term until May 2027 Jeffrey Robinson to a 4-year term until May 2027

Vacancy (2023-2025)

Vacancy (2023-2025)

Vacancy (2023-2027)

CHAMBERS HIGHPOINT METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 AND 2

By: /s/ Becky Johnson

Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. 945086

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE DEBT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following actions by the Sterling Ranch Community Authority Board (“CAB”) are contemplated to occur at a public meeting scheduled for Wednesday, April 19, 2023, commencing with a study session at 12:00 p.m. and a regular business agenda commencing at 1:00 p.m. at The Overlook located at 7853 Piney River Ave, Littleton, Colorado 80125:

Adoption by the CAB of a resolution authorizing the issuance of Limited Tax Supported District Nos. 1-7 Junior Bonds, Series 2023C – 1 (TaxExempt) and Series 2023C-2 (Taxable) pursuant to a Trust Indenture by and between the CAB and UMB Bank, n.a. as Trustee (the “Trustee”) dated December 1, 2019 and a Series 2023C

Supplemental Trust Indenture(“Supplemental Indenture”) between the CAB and the Trustee, in a total aggregate principal amount not to exceed $140,000,000. The address of the office of the CAB where the names and addresses of the CAB Members and their officers, and the address, telephone number, fax number and email address of the CAB/ may be obtained, is: c/o Sterling Ranch Community Authority Board located at 9350 Roxborough Park Road, Littleton, CO 80125.

STERLING RANCH COMMUNITY AUTHORITY BOARD

/s/ Gary Debus

Interim General Manager

Legal Notice No. 945125

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FIELDS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-3

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Fields Metropolitan District Nos. 1-3 of Douglas County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the regular election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S.

The following candidates are hereby declared elected:

Bryan Horan to a 4-year term until May 2027

Tom Clark to a 4-year term until May 2027

Vacancy (2023-2025)

Vacancy (2023-2025)

FIELDS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-3

By: /s/ Becky Johnson

Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. 945088

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF ELECTION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS

BELFORD SOUTH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to § 1-13.5513(6), C.R.S., that, at the close of business on February 28, 2023, there were not more candidates than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates, for Belford South Metropolitan District (the “District”). Therefore, the election for the District to be held on May 2, 2023 is hereby cancelled.

The following candidates for the District are

declared elected by acclamation:

Lawrence P. Jacobson Until May 2027

Jeffrey Jacob Schroeder Until May 2027

Andrew R. Klein Until May 2027

The following offices remain vacant:

VACANT Until May 2025

VACANT Until May 2025

/s/ Ashley B. Frisbie

Designated Election Official

Contact Person for District:

Jennifer Gruber Tanaka, Esq.

WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WAL -

DRON Attorneys at Law

2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 2000 Centennial, Colorado 80122

(303) 858-1800

Legal Notice No. 945109

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF ELECTION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS

CASTLEVIEW METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to § 1-13.5-

513(6), C.R.S., that, at the close of business on February 28, 2023, there were not more candidates than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates, for Castleview Metropolitan District No. 2 (the “District”). Therefore, the election for the District to be held on May 2, 2023 is hereby cancelled.

The following candidates for the District are declared elected by acclamation:

Michael Stephen Alpert Until May 2025

Tanya Alpert Until May 2027

Rodney Alpert Until May 2027

/s/ Ashley B. Frisbie

Designated Election Official

Contact Person for District:

Jennifer Gruber Tanaka, Esq.

WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON

Attorneys at Law 2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 2000 Centennial, Colorado 80122

(303) 858-1800

Legal Notice No. 945112

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF ELECTION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS

THE CANYONS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 7

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to § 1-13.5513(6), C.R.S., that, at the close of business on February 28, 2023, there were not more candidates than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates, for The Canyons Metropolitan District No. 7 (the “District”). Therefore, the election for the District to be held on May 2, 2023 is hereby cancelled.

The following candidates for the District are declared elected by acclamation:

Michele Marie Miller: Until May 2027

Dennett Hutchinson: Until May 2027

Derek Zahler: Until May 2025

/s/ Ashley B. Frisbie Designated Election Official

Contact Person for District: Zachary P. White, Esq.

WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON, Attorneys at Law

2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 2000 Centennial, Colorado 80122

(303) 858-1800

Legal Notice No. 945097

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS §1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the High Prairie Farms Metropolitan District, Douglas County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S.

The following candidates are hereby

Stephen L. Brown

Telephone Number of the District: 303-841-2458

Address of the District: 19590 E. Mainstreet, Suite 107, Parker, CO 80138 District Email: steve@brownandtaylor.com

Legal Notice No. 945096

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL HILLSIDE AT CASTLE ROCK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT §1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Hillside at Castle Rock Metropolitan District, Douglas County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled at the election, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 2, 2023 is hereby cancelled pursuant to §1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates for director are declared elected by acclamation:

Aaron Foy 4-year, Term, Until 2027

Maria Tom 4-year, Term, Until 2027

Doug Erpelding 4-year, Term, Until 2027

By: /s/ Dianne Miller

Designated Election Official Hillside at Castle Rock Metropolitan District

Legal Notice No. 945122

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

TRAILS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Trails Metropolitan District of Douglas County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the regular election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S.

The following candidates are hereby declared elected:

Joshua Brgoch to a 4-year term until May 2027 Bryan Horan to a 4-year term until May 2027 Vacancy (2023-2025)

TRAILS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ Becky Johnson

Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. 945094

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF ELECTION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS COMPARK BUSINESS CAMPUS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to § 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S., that, at the close of business on February 28, 2023, there were not more candidates than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be writein candidates, for Compark Business Campus Metropolitan District (the “District”). Therefore, the election for the District to be held on May 2, 2023 is hereby cancelled.

The following candidate for the District is declared elected by acclamation:

Jeffrey Jacob Schroeder Until May 2027

The following offices remain vacant:

VACANT Until May 2027

VACANT Until May 2025

/s/ Ashley B. Frisbie

Designated Election Official

Contact Person for District: Jennifer Gruber Tanaka, Esq.

WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON

candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the regular election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected:

Dwight Wesley Colburn to a 2-year term until May 2025

Cheryl McDade to a 4-year term until May 2027

Jeffery Huff to a 4-year term until May 2027

Richard Schafer to a 4-year term until May 2027

HIDDEN POINTE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ Melissa M. Oakes

Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. 945099

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF ELECTIONS and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS DAWSON TRAILS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-7

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to § 1-13.5513(6), C.R.S., that, at the close of business on February 28, 2023, there were not more candidates than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates, for each of the Dawson Trails Metropolitan District Nos. 1-7 (collectively, the “Districts”). Therefore, the elections for the Districts to be held on May 2, 2023 are hereby cancelled.

The following candidates for each of the Districts are declared elected by acclamation:

Andrew R. Klein Until May 2027

Lawrence P. Jacobson Until May 2027

Jeffrey Jacob Schroeder Until May 2027

The following offices remain vacant for each

District:

VACANT Until May 2025

VACANT Until May 2025

/s/ Ashley B. Frisbie

Designated Election Official

Contact Person for Districts: Jennifer Gruber Tanaka, Esq, WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON

Attorneys at Law

2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 2000 Centennial, Colorado 80122 (303) 858-1800

Legal Notice No. 945113

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Summons and Sheriff Sale

Public Notice District Court, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2021CV30136, Division/Courtroom # SHERIFF’S SALE NO. 23000220

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY

BC WOLFENSBERGER LLC

Plaintiff: v. ROBERT A. PARKER Defendant(s)

Regarding: Lot 4, Block 8, Valley Park Filing No. Three, County of Douglas, State of Colorado, commonly known as 3028 Valley Park Blvd., Larkspur, Colorado 80118 (the "Property"); also known as: 2974 VALLEY PARK BLVD LARKSPUR, CO 80118 (the “Property”)

Under a Judgement and Decree of Foreclosure entered on June 16, 2022, relating to Transcripts of Judgments recorded in the Douglas County public records the undersigned is ordered to sell certain real property set forth and described above.

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice:

You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Division of the Sheriff's Office of Douglas County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 20th day April 2023, at 4000 Justice Way, Suite 2213, Castle Rock, CO 80109, phone number 303-660-7527. At which sale, the above-described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. All bidders will be required to have in their possession cash or certified funds at least equal to the amount of the judgment creditor’s bid. Please telephone 303-660-7527 prior to the sale to ascertain the amount of this bid. The highest and best bidder will have two hours following the sale to tender the full amount of their bid, or they will be deemed to have withdrawn their bid.

BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE INITIAL BID AT THE TIME OF SALE.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE JUDGMENTS BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Recorded Transcripts of Judgement are in the amount of $775,335.55

All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at 303-660-7527. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is ROBINSON WATERS & O'DORISIO PC 1099 18TH STREET SUITE 2600 DENVER, CO 80202, 303-297-2600.

Dated 2/23/2023, Castle Rock, CO

Darren M. Weekly Sheriff of Douglas County, Colorado Tommy Barrella, Deputy Douglas County, Colorado

Legal Notice No. 944613

First Publication: 2/23/2023

Last Publication: 3/23/2023

Published In: Douglas County News Press Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO 4000 Justice Way, Suite 2009 Castle Rock, CO 80109 720-437-6200

Plaintiff: ACM Dawson Trails VIII JV LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company.

v. Defendants: TechTrack LTD aka Techtrack LTD aka TechTrak Ltd aka TECHTRACK LTD, a Colorado Limited Partnership; Unique Mobility, Inc. aka Unique Mobility aka UNIQUE MOBILITY, INC., a Colorado Corporation; MSP Investment Co. aka MSP Investment Company aka MSP Investment Co., LLP aka MSP Investment Company, Inc. aka MSP INVESTMENT CO., a Colorado Limited Liability Partnership; Bellamah Community Development, aka BELLAMAH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, a New Mexico Limited Partnership; Jefferson Bank & Trust aka JEFFERSON BANK & TRUST, a Colorado Banking Corporation; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as receiver for Jefferson Bank & Trust, aka Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Resolution Trust Corporation as receiver for Sun State Savings and Loan Association, F.S.A., aka RESOLUTION TRUST CORPORATION, Administratively Dissolved, December 17, 1993; Sun State Savings and Loan Association aka SUN STATE SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, an Arizona bank; Dawson Ridge Metropolitan District No. 1 aka DAWSON RIDGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1, a Colorado Quasi-Municipal Corporation; Douglas County Development Corporation, a Colorado Corporation; DCDC II, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; Plateau Natural Gas Company, a Colorado Corporation, Dissolved December 30, 1970; Dawson Trails I LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company; Dawson Ridge LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company; FirstBank of Castle Rock, N.A., a Colorado Corporation; Westside Property Investment Company, Inc., a Colorado Corporation; Sun NLF Limited Partnership aka Sun NLF aka SUN NLF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware Limited Partnership; SBAB, LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company, Dissolved January 1, 2002; Westpac Financial II aka WESTPAC FINANCIAL II, an Arizona Corporation, dissolved January 10, 1996; The Pueblo Bank and Trust Company aka THE PUEBLO BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, a Colorado Corporation; SRKO Family Limited Partnership aka SRKO FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Colorado Limited Partnership, Dissolved January 10, 2022; SWQ LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company; Westfield Metropolitan District No. 1 aka WESTFIELD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1, a Colorado Quasi-Municipal Corporation; M.D.C. Land Corporation, a Colorado Corporation; Richmond Homes, Inc. I, aka RICHMOND HOMES, INC. I, a Delaware Corporation; Plateau Natural Gas Company, a Colorado Corporation; Castle Rock Industrial Bank, a Colorado Corporation; Bryan H. Scott, an individual; Brenda C. Scott, an individual; Dean C. Stange, an individual; Marcus S. Palkowitsh, an individual; Jannie Ho Duk Richardson aka Jannie H D Richardson aka Jannie H Richardson an individual; Emeline W. Haney, an individual; Mae E. Haney, an individual; Mary Alice Haney, an individual; E. Michelle Haney, an individual; Margaret M. Haney, an individual; Franklin L. Haney II, an individual; FRANKLIN L HANEY CO, a Tennessee Corporation; Thomas J. Mancuso, an individual; Colleen K. Huber, an individual; Robert Anderson, Jr., an individual; Victoria Lee Crecelius, an individual; Jonathan K. Anderson, an individual; Margaret S. Palkowitsh, Deceased; Merrill M. Miller, an individual; Robert R. Graft, Deceased; Kathleen T. Sheehan, an individual; Michael J. Boryla, an individual; Lynette

L. Lechman, an individual; Gregory W. Aggeler, an individual; Susan G. Peterson, an individual; Gary K. Duke, an individual; Rex Martin, Deceased; the Town of Castle Rock, a Colorado home rule municipal corporation; Christine M. Duffy as the Public Trustee of Douglas County, Colorado; Sue Sandstrom as the Public Trustee of Arapahoe County, Colorado; and all unknown persons who may have an interest in the subject matter of this action.

Attorneys for ACM Dawson Trails VIII JV LLC

Alan E. Curtis, #34571

Virginia M. Sciabbarrasi, #39753

WHITE & JANKOWSKI LLC

1333 West 120th Avenue, Suite 302 Westminster, CO 80234

Telephone: (303) 595-9441

Fax: (303) 825-5632

alanc@white-jankowski.com virginias@white-jankowski.com

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

Case No. 22CV30920

TO THE FOLLOWING NAMED DEFENDANTS:

a. Plateau Natural Gas Company;

b. Bellamah Community Development;

c. Castle Rock Industrial Bank;

d. Rex Martin; e. Robert R. Graft.

You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the Complaint filed with the Court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this Court an answer or other response.

You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after the service of this summons on you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the Court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to

the Complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.

This is an action to quiet the title of the Plaintiff in and to certain water situate in Douglas County, Colorado, more particularly described on Exhibit B of the Complaint, attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof.

Dated February 28, 2023

WHITE & JANKOWSKI LLC

Alan E. Curtis, #34571

Virginia M. Sciabbarrasi, #39753

Attorneys for Plaintiff ACM Dawson Trails VIII JV LLC

EXHIBIT B TO COMPLAINT TO QUIET TITLE

DESCRIPTION OF WATER RIGHTS

1. Water Rights Decrees. All right, title, and interest to all nontributary and not-nontributary ground water decreed in Case No. W-4765, W-9496-78, 80CW365, and 83CW356, all in Division 1 Water Court, State of Colorado, including but not limited to all rights and obligations arising under those decrees; any amounts of water banked under the terms of the decree and existing statutes, rules, and regulations; and any claims made but not fully disposed of in each case. The Water Rights adjudicated in each decree are generally summarized as follows:

a. W-4765 Water Rights. Nontributary ground water with an appropriation date of June 5, 1959 and a decreed amount of 0.084 cfs to be withdrawn from the Dawson Formation and used for commercial purposes, as confirmed by the April 4, 1977 Decree in Case No. W-4765, Water Division

1.

b. W-9496-78 Water Rights. Nontributary ground water rights confirmed by the May 29, 1980 Decree in Case No W-9496-78, Water Division 1, with appropriation dates of August 21, 1972, which are decreed for municipal, domestic, irrigation, power generation, mining, recreational purposes, including fishery and wildlife, manufacturing, mechanical, fire protection and stock watering uses, and the maintenance of adequate storage systems and reserves and may be withdrawn from the following aquifers in the following amounts:

(a) 300 acre-feet annually from Laramie-Fox Hills Aquifer; and (b) 1,200 acre-feet annually from the Arapahoe Aquifer.

c. 80CW365 Water Rights. Nontributary Denver Formation ground water in the amount of 489 acrefeet per year with an appropriation date of August 21, 1972 to be withdrawn at a maximum pumping a rate of 450 gallons per minute (gpm)/0.999 cfs for municipal, domestic, irrigation, power generation, mining, industrial, commercial, manufacturing, mechanical, stock watering, recreation including fishery and wildlife and fire protection uses, and the maintenance of adequate storage system and reserves, as confirmed by the October 12, 1982 Decree in Case No. 80CW365, Water Division 1.

d. 83CW356 Water Rights. 81 acre-feet per year of nontributary ground water to be withdrawn from the Denver Aquifer Formation to be withdrawn at a maximum pumping rate of 150 gpm for municipal, commercial and industrial purposes, inclusive of but not limited to domestic, irrigation, power generation, mining, recreational purposes including fishery, wildlife, manufacturing, mechanical, fire protection, stock watering, and the maintenance of adequate storage systems and reserves, as confirmed by the December 28, 1988 Decree in Case No. 83CW356, Water Division 1.

2. Well Permit Rights. All rights in Techtrack Well No. 1 (Permit No. 23514-F), Well D-2 (Permit No. 2169-F), and any other permits and water rights associated with so-called “pre-213” wells to the extent they exist on the Water Agreement property; and all rights to all well permits identified in and/or all well permits that may be issued under the terms of the Water Rights Decrees identified above.

3. Water Agreement. All right title and interest in the water and water rights described or conveyed as appurtenances in the Water Agreement dated July 15, 1983 and recorded with the Douglas County Clerk and Recorder on July 18, 1983 at Reception No. 1983308035, Book 483, Page 282 (Water Agreement).

4. Deeded Water. All right title and interest in the water and water rights described in or conveyed or encumbered as appurtenances in the following deeds recorded with the Douglas County Clerk and Recorder and also attached as EXHIBIT C (Deeded Water).

a. Bargain and Sale Deed from Douglas County Development Corporation, DCDC II, Inc., and Emeline W. Haney, Mae E. Haney, Mary Alice Haney, E. Michelle Haney, Margaret M. Haney and Franklin L. Haney II to ACM Dawson Trails, recorded in Douglas County at Reception No. 2022065657 on October 5, 2022.

b. Bargain and Sale Deed from Dawson Trails I LLC to ACM Dawson Trails, recorded in Douglas County at Reception No. 2022065717 on October 6, 2022.

c. Bargain and Sale Deed from Dawson Trails I LLC to ACM Dawson Trails, recorded in Douglas County at Reception No. 2022065714 on October 6, 2022.

5. Unadjudicated Water. All of the right, title and interest in and to the unadjudicated ground water located on, under, or appurtenant to property listed in EXHIBIT A, but specifically excepting therefrom those properties identified in paragraph 85 of the Complaint, to wit, Lots 1, 2, and Part Lot 59 of Twin Oaks Subdivision. Such unadjudicated ground water includes but is not limited to: (a) all nontributary ground water, as defined by C.R.S. § 37-90-103(10.5); (b) all not-nontributary ground water, as defined by C.R.S. § 37-90-103(10.7); (c) all nontributary ground water and not-nontributary ground water, as may exist now or in the future; and (d) the exclusive right to withdraw and use the ground water from all formations including the: (i)

Shannon Sandstone Member of the Pierre Shale,

(ii) Lower Pierre Shale, (iii) Niobrara, (iv) Carlile,

(v) Greenhorn, (vi) Graneros, (vii) Dakota, and (viii) Lyons.

6. All Other Water Rights. In addition to the water rights described above, all of the right, title, and interest in and to all other waters, water rights, and rights to use water or ground water located on, under, or appurtenant to the property in Douglas County, Colorado described in the Water Agreement, Deeded Water, and EXHIBIT A (collectively, the Other Properties) including all right, title, and interest in and to: (a) all tributary ground water; (b) all surface water; (c) all designated ground water; (d) all ditches and ditch rights;

(e) all reservoirs and reservoir rights; (f) all water wells; (g) all monitoring wells; (h) all well permits;

(i) all ponds; (j) all stock ponds; (k) all springs;

(l) all artesian springs; and (m) all water tanks, wells, well casings, pumps, pipelines, sprinklers, irrigation equipment, windmills; and (n) all other appurtenances used in association with these water rights.

7. Any return flows remaining from the Additional Water Rights described above in 1-6 above and the right of disposition of such return flows.

Legal Notice No. 945042

First Publication: March 9, 2023

Last Publication: April 6, 2023

Published in the Colorado Community Media, Douglas County News Press.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Tara M. Young SBA No. 032865

TIFFANY & BOSCO

SEVENTH FLOOR, CAMELBACK ESPLANADE II 2525 EAST CAMELBACK ROAD PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85016-4237 TELEPHONE: (602) 255-6000 FACSIMILE: (602) 255-0103

E-MAIL: tmy@tblaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

MARICOPA COUNTY JUSTICE COURTS, ARIZONA HIGHLAND JUSTICE COURT HIGHLAND JUSTICE COURT

LEAR WEST, INC., an Arizona corporation, Plaintiff, vs. NORTH AMERICAN STEEL BUILDING LTD., a Colorado limited liability company; ABC COMPANIES 1-5; XYZ PARTNERSHIPS 1-5; and WHITE CORPORATIONS 1-5, Defendants.

Case No.: CC2022-202309RC

THE STATE OF ARIZONA TO THE ABOVENAMED DEFENDANT(S):

NORTH AMERICAN STEEL BUILDING LTD

1. YOU ARE SUMMONED to respond to this complaint by filing a written ANSWER with this Court and by paying the required fee. If you cannot afford to pay the required fee, you may request that the Court either waive or defer the fee.

2. If you were served with this summons in the State of Arizona, the Court must receive your answer within twenty (20) calendar days from the date you were served. If you were served outside the State of Arizona, the Court must receive your answer within thirty (30) calendar days from the date you were served. If the last day is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, you will have until the next working day to file your answer. When calculating time do not count the day you were served with the summons.

3. The court is located at (physical address Highland Justice Court 55 E. Civic Center Drive, Ste. 55 Gilbert AZ 85296

4. Your answer must be in writing.

(a) You may obtain an answer form from this Court, or from the Self-Service Center of the Arizona Judicial Branch website at http://www.azcourt .go / under the "Public Services" tab.

(b) You may visit http://www.azturbocourt.gov/ to prepare your answer electronically; this requires payment of an additional fee.

(c) You may also prepare your answer on a plain sheet of paper, but your answer must include the case number, the court location and the names of the parties.

5. You must provide a copy of your answer to the Plaintiff's attorney in accordance with JCRCP Rule 120.5. The name and address of Plaintiff's attorney is:

Tara M. Young, Esq. TIFFANY & BOSCO, P.A. Seventh Floor Camelback Esplanade II 2525 East Camelback Road Phoenix, Arizona 85016-4229

IF YOU FAIL TO FILE A WRITTEN ANSWER WITH THIS COURT WITHIN THE IME INDICATED ABOVE, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU, AS REQUESTED IN THE PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT

Date: NOV 16 2022

Jordan Ray, Justice of the Peace YOU ARE REQUIRED TO KEEP THE COURT ADVISED OF YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER. THE CLERK CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH A NOTICE OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS FORM. REQUESTS FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES MUST BE MADETO THE COURT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE A COURT PROCEEDING Legal Notice No. 945004 First Publication: March 2, 2023

of levy to file your claim of exemption with the District Court of Douglas County, 4000 Justice Way, #2009, Castle Rock, CO 80109-1918 in Case 2018CV030939 entitled: TIDEWATER FINANCE COMPANY, d/b/a TIDEWATER MOTOR CREDIT, d/b/a TIDEWATER CREDIT SERVICES v. STEVEN PAULA, a/k/a STEVEN OFA PAULA, a/k/a STEVEN O. PAULA $974.14 garnished at Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 9000 E. Colfax Ave., Aurora, CO 80010.

Legal Notice No. 945031

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

DISTRICT COURT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO 4000 Justice Way Castle Rock, Colorado 80109 Douglas/Elbert Combined Court Domestic Cases

CONSOLIDATED NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

Notice is hereby given that in the following proceedings filed in the Court during the month of February 13, 2023, under the Uniform Dissolution of Marriage Act, the above Court has found that due diligence has been used to obtain personal service of process within the State of Colorado and that efforts to obtain same would be to no avail, C.R.S. 14-10-107(4) (a) has ordered five publications of a Consolidated Notice of said proceedings:

Case No.: 22DR671

Names of Parties: Mark E. Correll Jr. Jennafer Correll Nature of Action: Dissolution of Marriage

You are further notified that a copy of the Petition and Summons may be obtained from the Clerk of the Court during regular business hours (7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) and that default judgment may be entered against that party upon whom service is made by this notice if he or she fails to appear or file a response within thirty (30) days after the date of publication.

Dated this 21st Day of August, 2019

By: /s/ Magistrate Clerk of the Combined Court 4000 Justice Way Castle, Rock, Colorado 80109

Legal Notice No 944992

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice

TO: ZECHARIAH STANSBURY:

You are notified that you have 10 days after publication for this notice of levy to file your claim of exemption with the District Court of Douglas County, 4000 Justice Way, #2009, Castle Rock, CO 80109 in Case 2021CV30729 entitled: WELLS FARGO BANK N.A. v. ZECHARIAH STANSBURY $2,006.61 garnished at Bellco Credit Union, 7600 E. Orchard Rd., Ste 400, Greenwood Village, CO 80111.

Legal Notice No. 944996

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice District Court County, Colorado 4000 Justice Way, Suite 2009 Castle Rock, Colorado 80109

In re the Marriage of:

Petitioner: Joshua Michael Raynor Turman and Respondent: Julie Anne Turman

Party): Joshua Michael Raynor Turman 2258 S. Platte Road, Sedalia, Colorado 80135 Phone Number: 720-656-6711

E-mail: jmturman@msn.com

Case Number: 2022DR716 Division: 7 DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE

To the Respondent named above, this Summons serves as a notice to appear in this case.

If you were served in the State of Colorado, you must file your Response with the clerk of this Court within 21 days after this Summons is served on you to participate in this action.

If you were served outside of the State of Colorado or you were served by publication, you must file your Response with the clerk of this Court within 35 days after this Summons is served on you to participate in this action.

You may be required to pay a filing fee with your Response. The Response form (JDF 1103) can be found at www.courts.state.co.us by clicking on the “Self Help/Forms” tab.

After 91 days from the date of service or publication, the Court may enter a Decree affecting your marital status, distribution of property and debts, issues involving children such as child support, allocation of parental responsibilities (decisionmaking and parenting time), maintenance (spousal support), attorney fees, and costs to the extent the Court has jurisdiction.

If you fail to file a Response in this case, any or all of the matters above, or any related matters which come before this Court, may be decided without further notice to you.

This is an action to obtain a Decree of: Dissolution of Marriage or Legal Separation as more fully described in the attached Petition, and if you have children, for orders regarding the children of the marriage.

Notice: §14-10-107, C.R.S. provides that upon the filing of a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage or Legal Separation by the Petitioner and CoPetitioner, or upon personal service of the Petition and Summons on the Respondent, or upon waiver and acceptance of service by the Respondent, an automatic temporary injunction shall be in effect against both parties until the Final Decree is

entered, or the Petition is dismissed, or until further Order of the Court. Either party may apply to the Court for further temporary orders, an expanded temporary injunction, or modification or revocation under §14-10-108, C.R.S.

A request for genetic tests shall not prejudice the requesting party in matters concerning allocation of parental responsibilities pursuant to §14-10124(1.5), C.R.S. If genetic tests are not obtained prior to a legal establishment of paternity and submitted into evidence prior to the entry of the final decree of dissolution or legal separation, the genetic tests may not be allowed into evidence at a later date.

Automatic Temporary Injunction – By Order of Colorado Law, You and Your Spouse are:

1. Restrained from transferring, encumbering, concealing or in any way disposing of, without the consent of the other party or an Order of the Court, any marital property, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life. Each party is required to notify the other party of any proposed extraordinary expenditures and to account to the Court for all extraordinary expenditures made after the injunction is in effect;

2. Enjoined from molesting or disturbing the peace of the other party;

3. Restrained from removing the minor children of the parties, if any, from the State without the consent of the other party or an Order of the Court; and

4. Restrained without at least 14 days advance notification and the written consent of the other party or an Order of the Court, from canceling, modifying, terminating, or allowing to lapse for nonpayment of premiums, any policy of health insurance, homeowner’s or renter’s insurance, or automobile insurance that provides coverage to either of the parties or the minor children or any policy of life insurance that names either of the parties or the minor children as a beneficiary.

[x] By checking this box, I am acknowledging I am filling in the blanks and not changing anything else on the form.

Date: December 7 and 8, 2022

/s/ Signature of the Clerk of Court/Deputy

/s/ Signature of the Attorney for the Petitioner (if any)

Legal Notice No. 944619

First Publication: February 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Storage Liens/Vehicle Titles

Public Notice

1) 1993 TOYOTA PICKUP VIN JT4VN13D1P5105302

2) 2012 AUDI S4 VIN WAUBGAFL1CA005537

3) 2002 INTERNATIONAL TRUCK

PROGRESS

frequently in the county,” said Hill. With the goal of not spending more county tax dollars compared to the amount going to Tri-County Health Department, Hill says that this current department has done better. According to Hill, the Douglas County Health Department has more people working on the ground rather than in offices.

Member Douglas Benevento expanded by saying that Douglas County is able to target services to what the residents of the county need and want.

“It’s a dollar issue, but it’s also a service and an efficiency issue,” said Benevento.

Another important update from Hill is the department’s completion of implementing Microsoft SharePoint as a means of storing and securely sharing documents as well as obtaining a portable hard drive from Tri-County where files were put into a SharePoint for appropriate staff to access.

The Community Health Division update shows that clinical services at STRIDE Community Health Center are occuring at the Parker location. The update also includes that since January, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children

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Public Notices

Co-Personal Representative

Ann B. Oglesby, Co-Personal Representative

c/o LYONS GADDIS

P.O. Box 978 Longmont, CO 80502-0978

Legal Notice No. 945118

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Fred Sieders, Deceased

Case Number: 2022 PR 30002

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before July 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Todd E. Mackintosh PO Box 200782 Denver, Colorado 80220

Legal Notice No. 945092

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Steven R. Treptow, Deceased

Case Number 2023 PR 030065

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before July 28, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

James T. Anest #16727

Attorney to the Personal Representative

Arant Law LLC

19751 East Mainstreet #365 Parker, Colorado 80138

Legal Notice No. 944686

First Publication: February 23, 2023

Last Publication: March 9, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Patricia Ann Wall, AKA Patricia A. Wall, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30094

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before July 16, 2023 or the claims may be forever barred.

Helen Elizabeth Reddish

Personal Representative

21983 E. Ridge Trail Circle Aurora, Colorado 80016

Legal Notice No. 945100

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Kirk B. Clark, Deceased

Case Number: 2022PR127

All persons having claims against the abovenamed Estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Douglas County District Court on or before July 31, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kevin John Clark, Personal Representative

Lane

CO 80015

Legal Notice No. 945068

First Publication: March 9, 2023

Last Publication: March 23, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of DOYLE CLIFFORD REYNOLDS, a/k/a CLIFFORD REYNOLDS, a/k/a CLIFF REYNOLDS, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30062

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before July 2, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Janet Reynolds, Person Giving Notice 19761 Glendale Lane Parker, CO 80134

Legal Notice No. 944993

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Dougals County News Press Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Johanna Carlson Santucci, a/k/a Johanna C. Santucci, a/k/a Johanna Santucci, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30068

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before July 16, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Maria S. Carrington, Personal Representative 54 Eastwick Drive Gibbsboro, NJ 08026

Legal Notice No. 945102

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of SHIRLEY M. ARAGON, A/K/A SHIRLEY MAE ARAGON, AND SHIRLEY ARAGON, Deceased Case Number: 23PR30077

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO, on or before July 7, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Pamela C. Spellman Personal Representative 8905 Azalea Court Parker, CO 80134

Legal Notice No. 945032

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of James E. Genasci, a/k/a James Earnest Genasci, a/k/a Jim Genasci, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30099

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before July 16, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Gail Wells, Personal Representative c/o Woodson L. Herring, Esq., Woodson L. Herring, LLC

(WIC) program has been operating at a high volume due to enrollment status.

In other health concerns, Executive Director Hill said COVID cases remain relatively low in the county. Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus rates have also declined since the increase seen in November.

Board of Health member, Kevin Bracken, who also serves on the Castle Rock town council, asked if the department will be tracking and monitoring side effects affiliated with the COVID-19 vaccine. The state is tracking the side effects but there is currently no information for the county, according to Epidemiologist Fallon

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5800 S. Nevada Street, Littleton, CO 80120

Legal Notice No. 945123

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Geraldine J. Wolk, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30046

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Douglas County District Court Probate Division, Colorado on or before July 9, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Theodore A. Wolk, Personal Representative P.O. Box 3 Franktown, CO 80116

Legal Notice No. 945035

First Publication: March 9, 2023

Last Publication: March 23, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of JENNIFER KELLY BLOCH, a/k/a JENNIFER K. BLOCH, a/k/a JENNIFER BLOCH, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30091

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado or on or before July 10, 2023 or the claims may be forever barred.

Clifford A. Bloch, Personal Representative 5791 S. Havana Ct. Englewood, Colorado 80111

Legal Notice No. 945081

First Publication: March 9, 2023

Last Publication: March 23, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of William Joseph Yonan, also known as William J. Yonan, and/or William Yonan, and/or Bill Yonan, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR030049

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before July 2, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Tracie Yonan Miller

Personal Representative c/o Branaugh Law Offices, P.C. 8700 Ralston Road Arvada, CO 8000

Legal Notice No. 944994

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Jo Anne Ibanez Yionoulis, also known as Jo Anne I. Yionoulis, also known as Jo Anne Yionoulis, Deceased Case Number: 23PR30104

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before July 16, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Simmons.

Before the meeting adjourned, the board unanimously passed a proposal for Recreational Water Program Fees. According to Environmental Health Assistant Director Caitlin Gappa, the final proposed fees include the inspection fee to be $160 per filtration system, which is $25 less than TriCounty’s fee.

The fee will apply to all public and semi-public pools in the county. This includes recreation centers, hotels, motels and one HOA pool in the county as it allows people who don’t live in the area to purchase a membership.

The next Board of Health meeting is scheduled for May 11.

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Thomas M. Yionoulis

Personal Representative 9211 Rockport Lane Highlands Ranch, CO 80126

Legal Notice No. 945107

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of SALLY RUTH RHODES, also known as SALLY R. RHODES, also known as SALLY RHODES, also known as SALLY D. RHODES, also known as SALLY DONLIN RHODES, also known as SALLY RUTH DONLIN, also known as SALLY R. DONLIN and SALLY DONLIN, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR030074

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before July 2, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

The original of this document is on file at the law office of Donald Glenn Peterson

/s/ Donald Glenn Peterson

Donald Glenn Peterson – Attorney for Personal Representative 4100 E. Mississippi Avenue, Suite 410 Denver, CO 80246

Telephone: (303) 758-0999

Legal Notice No. 945028

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of John P. Mari, a/k/a John Peter Mari, a/k/a John Mari, Deceased Case Number: 23PR30067

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before June 22, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

John J. Mari, Personal Representative 2553 Greenfield Lane Broomfield, CO 80023

Legal Notice No. 944997

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of LISA REDDING, also known as LISA STARR REDDING, and LISA S. REDDING, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30063

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before July 2, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Traci R. Wingerter Personal Representative 6887 S. Hudson Street Centennial, CO 80122

Legal Notice No. 944691

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of RICHARD A. SCHWARTZ, a/k/a RICHARD ALLEN SCHWARTZ, a/k/a RICHARD SCHWARTZ, a/k/a DICK SCHWARTZ, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30082

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court, Douglas County, Colorado on or before July 16, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Thomas A. Rodriguez, #30377

Attorney to the Personal Representative 675 15th Street, Suite 2650 Denver, Colorado 80202

Legal Notice No. 945091

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Name Changes

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on February 10, 2023, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Dylan Allen Underwood be changed to Dylan Allen Varela Case No.: 23C74

By: Magistrate

Legal Notice No. 944690

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on February 6, 2023, (original date October 21, 2022) that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Vishal Gopi be changed to Prahlad Yashvant Gopi Case No.: 22C600

By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. 944999

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on February 9, 2023, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Minor Child has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Elle Min Yan Bergam be changed to Elle Yan Min Bergam

Case No.: 23C55

By: Magistrate

Legal Notice No. 944689

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press ###

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