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Year in review: Clear Creek County

BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Clear Creek County saw a year of exciting change and heart-wrenching loss. e new I-70 Floyd Hill project o cially got started, and the process of changing the name of Mt. Evans brought hope to community members looking for improvements in the county.

Much of this happiness was undercut by the violence and loss community members spent months mourning and rallying for change.

All aboard the Colorado Co ee Caboose

A unique new co ee drivethru opened in Dumont

BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

If you’re heading west up I-70 and see a train o the tracks in Dumont; don’t worry, that’s just the town’s newest co ee drive-thru.  e Colorado Co ee Caboose, located o I-70 exit 234 in Dumont, had its soft opening just after anksgiving. e train car-turnedco ee shop will have a grand opening in the next few weeks, if all pans out with supply ful llment.  e eye-catching caboose was built, licensed and opened in less than six months. at’s thanks in part to two of the co-owners, Jack Dixon and Ken Crosby, who have experience building tiny homes. Building a tiny co ee shop was a fun dream they brought to life.

“We kinda had this in the back of our minds,” co-owner Neale Gibbons said.

Gibbons has lived in the county for over a decade and has seen what the two could build over the years of knowing them. He owns the shop with Dixon and Crosby and Randy Valcana.

Right now, the shop is still operating under a soft opening, meaning it doesn’t have the full menu the owners hope to o er in the future.

Sally Glass,center, mother of 22-year-old Christian Glass who was shot by police after calling 911 for help, is flanked by his sisters Katie, left, and Anna, right as they attend a candlelight vigil in Idaho Springs on Sept. 20.

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St. Nicholas in traditional garb leads the children’s procession at the Georgetown Christmas Market.

PHOTO BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE

A recap of the big stories of 2022

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e shooting of a 22-year-old by Clear Creek deputies sparked national media attention and outcry, followed months later by a historic use of force settlement with the City of Idaho Springs for a separate act of police violence. e county was further rattled by the sudden death of Undersheri Bruce Snelling, who had held the position for seven years.

2022 ended with the annual Georgetown Christmas Market, a bright spot in any year for the Clear

Creek community. Introducing cheap rides to Loveland Ski Area on the Roundabout bus loop was a December announcement that left many excited for the new year and what’s to come.

Christian Glass

Christian Glass, a 22-year-old from Boulder, was shot in Silver Plume on June 10, 2022. Original reports to the media indicated violence from Glass, but bodycam footage later released by the county revealed a terri ed and confused man who made no moves to harm o cers.  e shooting and bodycam footage caused outrage in the Clear Creek community, which has seen several

instances of police violence in recent years. e community hosted a vigil for Glass on Sept. 20, with participants calling for consequences for law enforcement and remembering other victims in the county.

e Glass case was taken to a grand jury, where the Fifth Judicial District Court indicted former Clear Creek deputies Andrew Buen and Kyle Gould. Buen was charged with 2nd Degree Murder, O cial Misconduct and Reckless Endangerment. Gould was charged with Criminally Negligent Homicide and Reckless Endangerment. e two were red from the Clear Creek Sheri ’s Department upon the news of the indictment.

e two defendants have appeared in court once so far, with their next court date in January.

Building 103

Building 103, the former middle school, is being turned into a renovated elementary school with a focus on outdoor learning, thanks to a bond-funded project voted on by Clear Creek voters. e elementary school will use approximately 70% of the building space, and the district is hoping to use the remaining 30% for a community partnership.  e building will be the new home of Carlson Elementary. Open meetings in 2022 invited members of the community to voice opinions and concerns about the project.

As of the most recent master plans released by Clear Creek Constructs, the district is considering 9 options

for community partners for the unused space in the building and has a decision matrix to help understand the pros and cons of each partner.

Clear Creek undersheri

Clear Creek County Undersheri Bruce Snelling died on Sept. 24, 2022 at his home, with a Je erson County spokesperson calling his death “medical in nature.”

Snelling was Clear Creek’s Undersheri since 2015, and began his career in law enforcement in 1987.  Snelling was succeeded by former Empire Police Chief John W. Stein. Undersheri Stein was tapped by Sheri Rick Albers on Nov. 14 to become the new undersheri , an appointed position.

Stein has spent over 30 years in law enforcement and was previously the undersheri in Grand County.

Floyd Hill groundbreaking

O cials broke ground on the I-70 Floyd Hill Improvement project on Oct. 19. e project will tackle problem areas of I-70.

e fully funded, $700 million project saw $100 million in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill.

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Sheri Rick Albers appoints Undersheri John W. Stein on Nov. 14.

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O cials break ground on Oct. 19 to signify the start of the I-70 improvement project.

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ments, a new frontage road between Central City Parkway and US 6 interchanges, wildlife crossings and fencing, an eastbound I-70 climbing lane for heavy commercial or slowmoving vehicles from the bottom of Floyd Hill to the Homestead exit and more, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.

Some of the rst improvements will be the US 40 and Floyd Hill Roundabouts, with construction slated for fall 2022 to fall 2023, the I-70 and Genesee Wildlife crossing, with construction scheduled for fall 2022 to early 2024, US 40 Empire Wildlife Crossing with construction slated for Summer 2023 to Fall 2024, and the El Rancho West parking lot for electric vehicle charging, park and ride and Bustang/Pegasus stops, with construction scheduled for spring 2024 to fall 2024, according to CDOT.

Michael Clark settlement

e City of Idaho Springs reached a multi-million dollar settlement on Nov. 2 with Michael Clark, an Idaho Springs resident who led a federal lawsuit against the city for a use of force incident that occurred in 2021.

On May 30, 2021, O cer Nicholas Hanning red a TASER weapon at 75-year-old Clark after responding to a call about an altercation. Clark fell and sustained a head injury from the event, and now relies on caretakers and mobility aids to live.  e settlement announced in November 2022 was in the amount

of $7 million, and the settlement dismissed claims against individual members of ISPD and did not represent an admission of liability from the city.

According to Clark’s attorney, Sarah Schielke, this settlement was the largest in state history for a civil rights case not involving wrongful death.

Clark’s family members, although happy the legal nightmare ended, continued to mourn the loss of Clark’s former autonomous life that was impaired by the act of violence.

Mount Evans renaming

e Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board moved to make an o cial recommendation to Governor Polis to change the name of Mount Evans to Mount Blue Sky. e unanimous decision was made at the Nov. 17 meeting, where other names were considered and public comments were heard.  is decision comes after a twoyear-long process of county collaboration with Native American tribes to understand the importance of a name change.

Former Colorado territorial Gov. John Evans enabled the Sand Creek Massacre, a violent event in history that massacred over 230 members of Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes. e mountain bearing his name brings pain to current members of the tribes.

e new name was proposed by members of the Southern Cheyenne and Southern Arapaho tribes. e name is that of a ceremony Cheyenne people perform for all living things.

Learning about the olden days

Elk Creek fifth graders

colonial activities

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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Fifth graders at Elk Creek Elementary recently spent a day experiencing what life was like during colonial times.

Colonial day is part of the fth graders’ unit on the American colonies, and students dressed like the colonists and did crafts for this year’s festivities on Dec. 17.

e day culminated in a feast t for royalty featuring foods available during the mid-1700s.

Fifth grader Cora Gough explained that students were trying to experience what it was like during colonial

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at menu includes gourmet co ee, espresso drinks, teas, sandwiches, burritos, snacks and more. But the group is looking forward to o ering a wide array of crepes in the near future.

“We’re really hoping to become a really strong co ee and crepe hut,” Gibbons said.

e Colorado Co ee Caboose hopes to not only cater to those traveling up and down I-70, but o er

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The Elk Ceek Elementary School fifth grade classes are raising money to pay for a Revolutionary War reenactment. They have raised half of the $3,000 they need for the project. Anyone interested in donating can contact the school o ce at 303-982-2900.

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In Kathy VanMeter’s class, students used stencils and paint to decorate towels. During colonial times, stencils were used to decorate walls, ceilings, furniture, pillow covers, curtains and more.

To help coincide with fth grader’s taste, stencils were available for plants, animals, sports, cars, slogans like “Let it snow” and “Home sweet home” and

a menu that local people in Dumont enjoy. While there is another co ee shop on the same exit, the Colorado Co ee Caboose is the only drive-thru. e owners have adopted a team mentality for their town.

“Not being competition to our neighbors, but collaboration,” Gibbons said.

He hopes people will enjoy the variety and options of having two shops in town.

e shop is currently open from 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily but may extend hours to 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily in a few weeks, according to Gibbons.

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In teacher Megan Morganthaler’s room, students created cornhusk dolls, adding fabric and other props before trying their hands at printing letters in a similar style to what the

colonists used.

Ella Svigel and Paislee Shane made cornhusk dolls, creating a dustpan and an apron for one and braided hair on the other, indicative of the kind of lives girls lived in the colonial days.

“It’s interesting to get to learn what they did in the olden days, compared to what we do now,” Paislee said.

Friends Kaden Schreuder, Gage Phillips and Sage Norris worked hard on their cornhusk dolls, adding details using fabric and other items to create a fur trapper, an action gure and what started out to be a farmer and wound up looking more like a pirate. ey said it was fun to learn about how people lived during colonial times.

“When colonists were young, they didn’t have many resources, but they still had ways to make toys,” Sage explained.

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Fallynn Everton uses stencils and paint to create decorated towels. Stenciling was used often in colonial days.

PHOTO BY DEB HURLEY BROBST

Turning the page

the community.

Kling was involved in the Mountain Area Literary Festival, hosted book clubs and authors in her store, plus was a meet-up spot for young people and families to get frozen yogurt.

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Patrons said goodbye to an old friend recently as they celebrated what HearthFire Books & Treats meant to them over the last 13 years. e store in the Bergen Village Shopping Center closed Dec. 31, and patrons said it was more than a place to get books and frozen yogurt. It was a gathering place, a community space and an asset to Evergreen. All because of owner Kappy Kling. “We’re feeling sadness and deep gratitude,” Connie Ning, a frequent visitor to HearthFire, said at an event to celebrate the store and Kling. “What a community center this has been for all of us. For me, when I heard (the store was closing), it was like a stab to the heart. Kappy is so wonderful and welcoming.”

Speakers told about Kling’s willingness to go the extra mile for customers, always with a friendly smile and a willingness to help. ey said she always advocated for local authors, spotlighting their work for

HearthFire received Evergreen Rotary’s Ethics in Business Award in 2021.

“I marvel at the way you handle this business,” employee Kathryn Althage said. “You could o er a master’s class on how to run a successful business.”

Kling bought the store, formerly called Lovin Books and Music, as her daughter, Katie, was starting kindergarten. Now Katie is graduating from high school, so Kling said it was time to move on.

“My journey is taking me to something di erent,” she told more than 80 people who packed in the store on Dec. 17.

“I have loved almost every minute of my time in the bookstore,” she added, smiling. “I feel good about where the rest of the store is going.”

Kling has sold HearthFire to the Jiron-Baker family, who is moving it into one of the adobe buildings on Evergreen Parkway. e new HearthFire Books should be open by mid-January.

Customers pay tribute to Evergreen’s HearthFire Books as it closes

Sports betting tax haul is expected to double

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado budget analysts expect tax revenue from sports betting to double in the coming year in what would amount to a touchdown, a eld goal and a safety for the Colorado water projects.

e Governor’s O ce of State Planning and Budgeting and the nonpartisan Legislative Council Sta project that sports betting tax revenues will be as high as $24 million in the 2022-23 scal year, which began July 1. Of that money, $22.5 million would go toward the Colorado Water Project, the plan aimed at ensuring Colorado has enough water for its growing population amid climate change-induced drought.

e state collected only about $12.4 million in sports betting taxes in the 2021-22 scal year, which ended June 30, about $11.4 million of which will go toward the water plan. Hence, the touchdown ($6 million), eld goal ($3 million) and safety ($2 million) analogy.

Bryce Cook, chief economist for OSBP, said the reason for the big forecast increase is that the legislature passed a bill this year limiting the number of free bets that sports betting operators can o er starting Jan.1. (Colorado imposes a 10% tax on casinos’ net sports betting pro-

ceeds. A free bet doesn’t generate any proceeds.)

“We’ve also just seen record wagers this year in sports betting,” Cook said.

When voters passed Proposition DD in 2019, allowing sports betting in Colorado, nonpartisan legislative analysts expected Colorado to make about $16 million each year in

sports betting tax revenue. e state is authorized to collect up to $29 million in sports betting tax revenue annually under the Taxpayer’s Bill of e OSPB, in its quarterly economic and tax revenue forecast presented to the legislature’s Joint Budget Committee on Dec. 20, said the agency expects the state to collect $25 million in sports betting tax revenue in the 2023-24 scal year and $27 million in the 2024-25 scal

Legislative Council Sta had similar sports betting tax revenue projections, forecasting $22 million in the current scal year, $26.2 million in the 2023-24 scal year and $28.9 million in the 2024-25 scal year.

October was the second highest month in terms of total sport betting wagers in Colorado since sports betting began in Colorado in May 2020. About $526 million was wagered, a 17% increase over the prior month and a 7.2% year-over-year increase. e October wagers netted the state $2.3 million in tax revenue.

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Happy New Year from your Clear Creek Courant reporter

Hi Clear Creek, reporter Olivia Jewell Love here. It’s been a lovely rst few months as your local newspaper reporter with the Clear Creek Courant.

I want to open the new year with another opportunity for us to meet and share ideas. I hope to hear what you love about your local paper and what you think it needs to better serve your community.

Please join me for co ee on urs-

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day, Jan. 12 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Frothy Cup in Idaho Springs, or for a beer on Jan. 18 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Tommyknocker Brewery in Idaho Springs.

and turned 24! All that is to say I still have a lot to learn, and I would love to listen to your Clear Creek memories, knowledge and advice.

Olivia Jewell Love

In my short time as your local reporter, I hit my one-year anniversary of reporting and living in Colorado

As for my work, I jumped right into covering big stories in the Clear Creek community when I came on in September. I’ve seen the start of the I-70 Floyd Hill project, covered my rst Clear Creek election, stood by the grieving community after violence and saw moments of joy at my rst Georgetown Christmas Market.

Since living in Colorado, I’ve enjoyed skiing and hiking, and have started to dip my toe into bouldering. I love to frequent cozy co ee shops and am always game to try a new cider or sour beer. I hope to continue to get to know members of the Clear Creek community as I work to provide local news.

Olivia can be reached at olove@ coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Red Flag laws work, but they have to be used

When Colorado passed its Red Flag law, called “Extreme Risk Protection Orders,” in 2019, El Paso County Sheri Bill Elder announced his opposition: “I am exploring all legal options and am vigorously challenging the constitutionality of this law.”

He wasn’t alone. Many county sheri s in Colorado said they believed the law didn’t allow enough due process or was unconstitutional.

But since then, some 20 of these so-called “sanctuary” counties have seen the light, implementing this sensible law so that weapons have been taken away from violent people. But it was not used in El Paso County’s Colorado Springs, where a man recently killed ve people and wounded many others at Club Q, an LGBTQ bar.

e shooter, who survived, never had to go to court to defend himself against the Red Flag law — even after law enforcement was called in a year ago to stop him from threatening his family with a bomb.

If anyone needed to be parted from weapons, it was the Club Q shooter. But sadly, in the wake of massacres like this, we frequently learn that no action was taken earlier by either law enforcement or family.

e El Paso County Sheri ’s o ce,

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in a statement to the Colorado Sun, admitted that it has never initiated an extreme risk protection order, the rst step in removing a rearm from someone under Colorado law.

e Red Flag law builds in due process, as only a judge can begin the process of removing someone’s guns. A second court appearance is necessary to extend a temporary protection order beyond two weeks. While a Red Flag law is now used in 19 other states, the Associated Press found that Colorado residents invoke the law less often than residents of other states.

Why not? A major reason is the anti-democratic ideology of county sheri s who choose what laws to enforce. Sheri s have bought into the peculiar notion that a county has ultimate legal authority to uphold the Constitution of the United States.

One result of this old “Posse Comitatus” approach is that local sheri s feel free to ignore state laws they don’t like. All they have to do is label them “unconstitutional.”

is attitude was on full display

in several states when they issued emergency orders to curb the spread of Covid 19. Rural sheri s in Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington and California resisted. ey de ed the orders of their state government and refused to enforce public health measures.

e backbone of this county approach is best represented by the Constitutional Sheri and Peace O cer Association, a group based in Arizona and founded by Richard Mack, described by the AntiDefamation League as an “antigovernment extremist.” Mack is also credited as a founding member of the Oath Keepers, infamous for their involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

In my home state of Oregon, this rhetoric has made inroads. ough a contentious ballot measure restricting magazine capacity and implementing a new rearm permitting system recently passed, several county sheri s have joined lawsuits to prevent the reforms from going into e ect. Many more of Oregon’s 36 county sheri s have stated they will not enforce all or parts of the law.

While not all of these sheri s may view themselves as members of the Constitutional Sheri and Peace Ofcer Association, the in uence of its

ideology is undeniable.

You would think it goes without saying, but the job of a county sheri has never been to interpret laws as they see t. Sheri s are elected ofcials entrusted by their community to apply laws fairly.Allowing sheri s to act as supreme legal arbiters is wrongheaded and dangerous. If the El Paso County sheri or the shooter’s family had implemented the Red Flag law, a massacre might have been prevented.

So called “Constitutional Sheri s” couch their rhetoric and ideology as a ght to preserve liberty and justice. It is almost as if they were living in a ctionalized version of the Wild West, where a lone sheri with a gun upholds civilization.

at is not the world we live in. Guns are not sacrosanct possessions, unstable and dangerous people should not be allowed to stockpile weapons, and activating the Red Flag law can save lives.

If our sheri s won’t uphold the laws, maybe it’s time to vote for someone who will.

Brian Sexton is a contributor to Writers on the Range, writersontherange.org, an independent nonpro t dedicated to spurring conversation about Western issues. He writes about wildlife and hunting in Oregon.

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Colorado’s paid family leave program kicks o

BY ANDREW KENNEY COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

Starting on Jan. 1, private employees across Colorado will see up to 0.45 percent of their paychecks withheld to pay for a statewide program that will eventually provide paid leave for workers.

Up to $4.50 for every $1,000 of wages will be withheld from many worker’s paychecks.

e money will go toward the state’s new Family & Medical Leave Insurance program, which will launch a year later, in 2024. Once active, it will partially replace workers’ wages while they go on leave for childbirth, adoption, serious health conditions and more.

Voters approved the signi cant new public bene t in the 2020 election, and state o cials are now racing to set it up. e beginning of premium payments in 2023 represents one of the rst major milestones.

Every private employer in the state will be required to start making the premium payments in 2023.

“Unless you’re self-employed, this will impact your business in one way or another,” said Tracy Marshall, division director for the new FAMLI program.

Companies will be responsible for withholding the premiums from their workers’ paychecks starting on Jan. 1. State o cials are encouraging employers to explain the changes to employees now to avoid confusion in the new year.

Some employees will see smaller deductions, if their bosses choose to cover some or all of their cost. e withholdings should be noted on paystubs, Marshall said.

Many companies also will be required to contribute additional premiums worth another 0.45 percent of each employee’s wages. Companies also will have to register with the state’s new My FAMLI+ portal for businesses, which they’ll use to pay the money to the state.

e state launched that service just a few weeks ago, but businesses won’t have to register until mid2023, when they actually have to send the money to the state, Marshall said.

“ ey still have some breathing room to get that registration done,” she said.

Only the smallest companies — those with nine or fewer employees — will be exempted from paying the company’s share of the wages. But their employees still will owe the 0.45 percent, which the employer still would collect by withholding.

Companies can o er their own plans instead — but not yet Companies can o er their own paid leave programs as an alternative. If those programs meet the state’s requirements, the company and its employees will be exempted from paying premiums to the FAMLI program.

But, for now, it’s impossible to get that exemption. e state is not yet accepting applications for companies to prove they have a qualifying program.

at means that every employer, whether or not they’re already offering paid leave, will have to start withholding wages on Jan. 1. e state hopes to begin accepting applications for waivers by the end of the rst quarter of 2023.

“Honestly, it was time constraints. ere just wasn’t the time to be able

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to get the platform built and make it robust enough,” Marshall explained, referring to the state’s process for accepting and reviewing companies’ waiver requests.

If the state eventually nds that a private company had an acceptable replacement bene t all along, it will refund the premiums to the company, which would then be responsible for returning the money to employees.

e major deadlines for the program — including collecting

premiums in 2023 and launching bene ts in 2024 — were written into the law that voters approved.

“We can’t move those dates,” Marshall said.

e state has been working for months to prepare employers and employees for the change, Marshall added, but she acknowledged some people may be surprised to see their wages reduced after New Year’s Day.

“We’re certainly trying to reach everyone. ere’s no doubt going to be some folks that the message just never got to them, and this feels like a surprise,” she said. “ ey voted on this a long time ago — they may not have recalled how

they voted on this. But ultimately it was voted in, so it’s our job now to carry that out.”

Who will get paid leave in Colorado?

Once the program launches, every private employee in Colorado will be eligible to have a portion of their wages covered for 12 weeks for the following reasons: e birth, adoption or fostering of a new child

• Medical care for them or their family

• Addressing the impacts of domestic violence

• Military service of a family member

People facing complications in

pregnancy or childbirth will qualify for an additional four weeks. e program will only partially replace people’s wages while they’re on leave.

ere is one group that was exempted from the law. Local governments are allowed to opt out of the program. Many have already done so. A few are o ering their own programs instead. Employees of the other non-participating cities will still be allowed to pay into FAMLI, and use its bene ts, as individuals.

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.

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CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2022-010

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

On October 13, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Clear Creek records.

Original Grantor(s) Cross Creek 3, LLC

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Also Known As: 475 Aspen Drive Evergreen CO 80439

Also known by street and number as: 475 Aspen Drive, Evergreen, CO 80439

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, 02/02/2023, at The Clear Creek County Public Trustee’s Office, 405 Argentine Street, Georgetown, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. Legal Notice No.

regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On October 13, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Clear Creek records.

Original Grantor(s)Steven Lockridge Rejko

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR MIDWEST EQUITY MORTGAGE, LLC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust September 27, 2019

County of Recording Clear Creek

Recording Date of Deed of Trust October 01, 2019

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 293101 Book: 972 Page: 158

Original Principal Amount $407,483.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $395,617.23

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOTS 6 AND 7, BLOCK 151, TOWN OF GEORGETOWN, COUNTY OF CLEAR CREEK, STATE OF COLORADO.

APN#: 195908408001

Purported Common Address: 1418 Rose Street, Georgetown, CO 80444

Also known by street and number as: 1418 Rose Street, Georgetown, CO 80444.

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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, 02/09/2023, at The Clear Creek County Public Trustee’s Office, 405 Argentine Street, Georgetown, Colorado, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

Legal Notice No. CCC486

First Publication12/15/2022

Last Publication1/12/2023

Name of PublicationThe Clear Creek Courant Number of Clips8

NOTICE OF RIGHTS

YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATUTES AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE.

YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF SAID STATUTES, AS SUCH STATUTES ARE PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED, WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS SHALL BE SENT WITH ALL MAILED COPIES OF THIS NOTICE. HOWEVER, YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE DETERMINED BY PREVIOUS STATUTES.

Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444

www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov DATE: 10/13/2022

Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov

Carol Lee, Public Trustee in and for the County of Clear Creek, State of Colorado

Carol Lee

By: Carol Lee, Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: N. April Winecki #34861 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 22-028569

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

City and County

Public Notice

L1229- -TD23-003 & TD23-004

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATIONS FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEEDS

To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to WILLIAM M WAGNER

And Whereas, You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 15 day of NOVEMBER, A.D. 2019 the then County Treasurer of Clear Creek County, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to STEPHEN MULLIN the following described real estates in the County of Clear Creek, State of Colorado, to wit:

TAX LIEN SALE CERTIFICATE OF PURCHASE #2019-01087 Property Schedule R001010 Parcel 170735403006

SUBDIVISION: WINTERLAND LOT: 6 U2 COUNTY OF CLEAR CREEK, STATE OF COLORADO AND

TAX LIEN SALE CERTIFICATE OF PURCHASE #2019-01088 Property Schedule R001011 Parcel 170735403007

SUBDIVISION: WINTERLAND LOT: 7 U2 COUNTY OF CLEAR CREEK, STATE OF COLORADO

And Whereas, Said County Treasurer issued Tax LienSaleCertificatesofPurchase therefore to STEPHEN MULLIN;

And Whereas, The said tax lien sales were made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estates for the year 2018; And Whereas, Those said real estate were taxed in the names of WILLIAM M WAGNER for said year of 2018;

And Whereas, That said STEPHEN MULLIN on the 09 day of DECEMBER, A.D. 2022, the present holder of said certificates, who has made request upon the Treasurer of Clear Creek County for a deed to said real estates;

And Whereas, That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued to the said STEPHEN MULLIN at 11:00 o’clock A.M., on the 09 day of MAY, A.D. 2023, unless the same has been redeemed.

in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to CARLSEN SHAWN C And ISAACSON DALE R

And Whereas, You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 15 day of November, A.D. 2019, the then County Treasurer of Clear Creek County, in the State of Colorado, at the sale so publicly held on the 15 day of November, A.D. 2019 by the Treasurer, no bids were offered or made by any person for the tax lien on said properties, and no person having offered to pay the said taxes, penalty interest and costs upon the said properties for the year 2018, and the Treasurer having become satisfied that no sale of the tax liens on said properties could be had, therefore, the said tax liens on said properties were, by the then Treasurer of Clear Creek County, stricken off to the County, and tax lien certificates of sale was duly issued therefor to THE CLEAR CREEK COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (BOCC) in accordance with the statute in such case made and provided;

TAX LIEN SALE CERTIFICATE OF PURCHASE 2019-01153A

Property Schedule M160100 Parcel 183703401088

SAINT MARYS SUBDIV LOT 547 UNIT 4 LAND ONLY FOR MOBILE HOME SEE M005759

County of Clear Creek, State of Colorado Assessed Owner: CARLSEN SHAWN C AND

TAX LIEN SALE CERTIFICATE OF PURCHASE #2019-01148

Property Schedule M005759 Parcel 183703401026

MBL HOME TITLE: 51E116956 SERIAL: 31G6512CU42N25167 YEAR: 1969 MAKE: GRE SIZE: 12X65 SAINT MARYS SUBDIV Lot: 547 U4 MOBILE ONLY FOR LAND SEE M160100 County of Clear Creek, State of Colorado Assessed Owner: ISAACSON DALE R

And Whereas, That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estates for the year 2018;

And, Whereas, multiple tax lien investors expressed a desire to purchase the above referenced tax liens from Clear Creek County BOCC. It was recommended by the County Attorney that a special tax lien sale auction be conducted by the Treasurer to allow all interested investors an equal opportunity to bid at public auction where Tax Lien Sale Certificate of Purchase 2019-01153 and Tax Sale Lien Sale Certificate of Purchase 201901148 – which were advertised June 16, 2021 and as advertised must be purchased together;

And, Whereas, on the 17 day of AUGUST, A.D. 2021 the said Clear Creek County Board of County Commissioners (CCC BOCC), acting by and through its Treasurer, of Clear Creek County, conducted a special tax lien sale auction for the sale of the tax liens on the above described properties.

AND, Whereas, At the time and place aforesaid, BRUCE BOYNTON of the county of Clear Creek and State of Colorado, bid a combined amount on the tax liens on all of the above described properties the sum Fivehundredfortyfivedollars and sixty seven cents, being the whole amount of taxes, delinquent interest, and costs then due and remaining unpaid upon said properties for that year 2018, and the said BRUCE BOYNTON having offered in said bid to pay the sum of Eight hundred fifty eight dollarsandthirtythree cents, in excess of said delinquent interest, and costs, and the said bid being the largest amount, which any person offered to pay in excess of the said taxes, delinquent interest, and costs so due upon said properties for that year and payment of the said sum having been made by him to the said treasurer, the said tax liens on such properties were assigned to him at that price;

AND, Whereas, The said BRUCE BOYNTON, has paid subsequent taxes on said properties in the total amount of Four hundred nine dollars and three cents;

Misc. Private Legals

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT, CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, COLORADO 405 Argentine St. Georgetown, Colorado 80444

Plaintiff: William W. Holberg v.

Defendants: Lori Lynn Jones; All Unknown Heirs, Successors, and Assigns of Lori Lynn Jones; All Unknown Persons Who Claim Any Interest in the Real Property that is the Subject Matter of this Action

Case Number: 2022CV30020 Division/Courtroom: C

Attorneys for Plaintiff: Robert G. Frie, Atty. Reg. # 1796 Ashlee E. Dunham, Atty. Reg. # 54798 FRIE, ARNDT, DANBORN & THIESSEN P.C. 7400 Wadsworth Blvd., Suite 201 Arvada, Colorado 80003 Phone: 303.420.1234

Fax: 303.431.7644

bobfrie@friearndt.com ashlee@friearndt.com

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, AND ASSIGNS OF LORI LYNN JONES; AND ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY THAT IS THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION

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 upon 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 [petition] 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 [petition] without further notice.

This is an action: to QUIET TITLE TO REAL ESTATE

Dated: December 7, 2022

FRIE, ARNDT, DANBORN & THIESSEN P.C.

By ROBERT G. FRIE (1796)

Attorney for Plaintiff

(This summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(g), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure. This form should not be used where personal service is desired.)

(TO THE CLERK: When this summons is issued by the clerk of the court, the signature block for the clerk or deputy should be provided by stamp, or typewriter, in the space to the left of the attorney’s name.)

*Rule 12(a), C.R.C.P., allows -35 days for answer or response where service of process is by publication. However, under various statutes, a different response time is set forth; e.g., §38-6-104, C.R.S. (eminent domain); §38-36-121, C.R.S. (Torrens registration).

Legal Notice No. CCC507

First Publication: December 15, 2022

Last Publication: January 12, 2023

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Notice to Creditors

DATE: 10/13/2022

Carol Lee, Public Trustee in and for the County of Clear Creek, State of Colorado

Carol Lee By: Carol Lee, Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Robert T Cosgrove #12217 BURNS WALL AND MUELLER PC 303 East Seventeenth Ave, Suite 920, Denver, CO 802031299 (303) 830-7000

Attorney File #

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2022-009

● A NOTICEOFINTENT TO CUREFILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 38-38-104 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED; ● ANOTICEOFINTENT TO REDEEMFILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 38-38-302 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE NO LATER THAN EIGHT (8) BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE SALE;

● IF THESALEDATEISCONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

● IF THEBORROWERBELIEVESTHAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

And Whereas, Said properties may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deeds.

Witness my hand this 13 day of DECEMBER, A.D., 2022. /s/ Carol Lee Carol Lee, Treasurer Clear Creek County L1229- -TD23-003 & TD23-004

Legal Notice No. CCC511

First Publication: December 22, 2022 Last Publication: January 12, 2023 Publisher: Clear Creek Courant Public Notice

L1229 – TD 23-001 & TD 23-002

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED AND TREASURER’S CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP OF MOBILE HOME

To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record

AND, Whereas, More than three years have elapsed since the original date of said sale, and the said properties have not been redeemed there from as provided by law;

And Whereas, That said BRUCE C BOYNTON on the 21 day of November, A.D. 2022, the present holder of said certificates, who has made request upon the Treasurer of Clear Creek County for a TREASURER’S DEED and TREASURER’S CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP OF MOBILE HOME to said real estate;

And Whereas, That a TREASURER’S DEED and TREASURER’S CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP OF MOBILE HOME will be issued to the said BRUCE BOYNTON at 10:00 o’clock A.M., on the 04 day of APRIL, A.D. 2023, unless the same have been redeemed.

And Whereas, Said properties may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said TREASURER’S DEED and TREASURER’S CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP OF MOBILE HOME.

Witness my hand this 01 day of DECEMBER, A.D., 2022.

/s/ Carol Lee

Legal Notice No. CCC515

First Publication: December 22, 2022

Last Publication: January 5, 2023

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

No. CCC512 First

Carol Lee, Treasurer Clear Creek County L1229- -TD23-003 & TD23-004 Legal

December 22, 2022 Last Publication: January 12, 2023

Publisher: Clear Creek Courant