What can a dog teach you about ice shing? Actually, a lot, if that dog is Mayor Parker the Snow Dog, Mayor of Georgetown and member of the Scheels Pro Sta Ice Fishing Team.
Parker the Snow Dog, beloved internet sensation and four-legged philanthropist also happens to be an ice shing ambassador. Not only is he a member of the Scheels Pro
BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
It was business as usual in downtown Morrison the morning of April 1 despite the Hogback Fire that was still burning though under control three miles north.
Patrons stopping into Morrison Joe co ee shop Saturday morning were no longer concerned about the re that on March 31 caused pre-evacuation orders of the entire town and subdivisions on the east side of C-470. e re, which burned 44 acres near Interstate 70 between Highway 93 and C-470, was 70% contained as of 1 p.m. April 2.
According to o cials, the Hogback Fire was caused by a power line downed by exceptionally strong winds on March 31. Pre-evacuation orders for Morrison, Solterra and Red Rocks Ranch were lifted later that night.
Larry Kunz of Morrison said he was happy that the re was contained, especially with the winds that some meteorologists said gusted to 70 mph.
Brent Lewis of Morrison said with
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Now’s a good time to make evacuation plans, mitigate propertyParker examines a fish his dad helped him catch. PHOTOS BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE Parker enjoys his cozy tent fishing.
Mayor Parker loves to ice fish, even though he doesn’t have thumbs
Law enforcement had to “smoothie” over a sticky situation on I-70 the evening of March 29 when a truckload of fruit spilled all over the interstate after a crash.
Idaho Springs Police Department responded to an accident on I-70 that orange-inally involved just one pickup launching oranges and mangos all over the interstate. Oncoming tra c juiced the fruit, and left a few vehicles peel-ing out.
One vehicle in oncoming tra c faced a barrage of fruit, with minor damages. A subsequent crash involved a semi-truck and passenger vehicle, with no injuries reported.
It seems like an event like this was one in a melon, but ISPD o cers were quick to squeeze the opportunity to remind people to drive safely.
According to a press release from ISPD, one of the responding ISPD o cers commented, “Chief, ‘orange’ you glad we didn’t have any injuries with these crashes?” e Chief replied, “Of course I’m relieved no one was injured. I want to ‘a-peel’ to all drivers to slow down and buckle up!”
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Sincerely,
Worried William
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If you have not updated your estate plan to include loved ones who are not provided for in your existing plan, you may be tempted to make deathbed gifts. It may bring you pleasure to make significant gifts to loved ones because of the joy it may bring to them. Many things can go awry with death bed planning such as accidental inheritance, accidental disinheritance, unforeseen consequences in dealing with probate, costly attorney’s fees and court fees, unpaid taxes, and even creditor claims. Other things like failure to establish your Powers of Attorney can put your family in a bind and may necessitate petitioning the court for a Guardianship or Conservatorship – both of which can be avoided by planning ahead of time.
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Week of March 27 and Month of March 2023
Any weather records noted are based on a comparison of the observed value with the historical data set.
A local National Weather Service volunteer observer makes temperature and precipitation observations each day at about 8 a.m. at the Georgetown Weather Station. Wind observations are made at Georgetown Lake. “Max” and “Min” temperatures are from digital displays of a “MMTS” (“Maximum/Minimum Temperature System”); “Mean daily” temperature is the calculated average of the max and min. “Total Precipitation” is inches of rainfall plus melted snow. “Snowfall” is inches of snow that accumulated during the preceding 24 hours. T = Trace of precipitation. NR = Not Reported. “Peak wind gust at Georgetown Lake” is the velocity in miles per hour and the time of the maximum wind gust that occurred during the 24 hours preceding the observation time. Historic data are based on the period of record for which statistical data have been compiled (about 54 years within the period 1893-2022). Any weather records noted are based on a comparison of the observed value with the historical data set.
A truckload of oranges and mangos went flying onto I-70 late on March 29
everything being so dry and the recent winds, he’s worried about outof-towners frequenting the many parks in the area who don’t realize the potential danger one spark can cause.
“ at dead wood just explodes,” he said.
Just this weekend, the Hogback Fire was one of several res in Colorado, including the Bear Fire northwest of Golden that re crews containing to 7.5 acres and authorities believe was human caused.
In addition, re crews continue to battle the 403 Fire that has burned 1,450 acres in Park and Teller counties as of 4 p.m. April 2, and a re broke out in Cimarron Hills east of Colorado Springs on April 2.
“We absolutely have to be vigilant right now,” said Stacee Martin, assistant re chief with Evergreen Fire/Rescue. “ is is that awkward shoulder season where we don’t have green grass, and we have some moisture but not enough. ings are still brown, and that’s what is catching re. is is the time of year we all hold our breath.”
With low humidity and high winds, the danger is even higher.
“If you see a smoke column or active ames, call 911,” she said. “We are happy to check it out.”
Be prepared to leave and create plans for what to take and where to meet your family, and do mitigation now while the weather is getting better and before it’s time to plant, she said.
“ ere is no end to wild re season in Colorado,” Martin said. “It’s yearround. Right now in particular, keep your head on a swivel.”
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As of April 2, Matthews/Winters Park is still closed, though all roads in the area have reopened as re crews continue to ensure no hotspots are up.
e rst calls reporting the re came in around 2:15 p.m. March 31, according to West Metro Fire. Many area re departments sent re ghters and trucks to help including South Metro, Genesee, Foothills,
Evergreen, Inter-Canyon, Indian Hills, North Fork, Fairmount and Elk Creek. Aid came from as far as Castle Rock.
O cials at about 8:15 p.m. March 31 lifted pre-evacuation orders for the Solterra subdivision, Red Rocks Ranch and the town of Morrison, though the March 31 concert at Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre was postponed.
On April 1, Evergreen Fire/Rescue continued to assist West Metro Fire in monitoring the area.
e re started on the west side of the hogback close to the main Matthews/Winters Park trailhead
but spread onto the east side of the hogback. Helicopters were unable to operate in the windy conditions, and thus could not provide water drops, according to West Metro Fire.
As of 6 p.m. March 31, crews on the west side of the hogback were securing the perimeter while their counterparts on the east side were watching for spot res. Eastside crews were also setting up a progressive hose lay to get water up the steep slope to the top of the ridge. ey’re also using saws to cut out vegetation, taking away fuel from the re, West Metro Fire reported.
Sta , but he’s an ambassador for Eskimo Ice Fishing, Stormy Kromer and WSI Sports. How does he do it with no thumbs? With a little help from his dad, Dustin Schaefer. e two got into the sport three years ago.
“We really didn’t know what we were doing or getting ourselves into,” Schaefer said.
Now, Parker is a brand ambassador for multiple outdoors out tters.
“His main purpose is to be an ambassador to the sport of ice shing,” Schaefer said.
If you check out any of his social channels, you’ll see Parker posed in front of ice shing tents, watching augers drill into the ice and helping his dad reel in the day’s big catch. He likes to get cozy on his bed in the tent and watch the action from there, too.
“He loves laying on his cot while I’m ice shing, snuggling with his toys,” Schaefer said.
Some popular lakes for ice shing in Clear Creek are Georgetown Lake, Clear Lake and St. Mary’s. e season in Clear Creek lasts from around January to the end of March,
depending on the weather.
“We’ve been lucky this winter with cool temperatures through March; that’s gonna extend the ice shing season,” Schaefer said.
One of the misconceptions about ice shing, according to Schaefer, is that it’s a “cold sport for grumpy old men.” Since the start of the pandemic, Schaefer has seen the ice shing demographic change, with more families partaking in the sport.
“It’s a great opportunity for a family to spend quality time together,” he said.
is season, Parker and his dad caught their biggest sh so far, a 36” Lake Trout on Lake Granby. at sh quali ed them for the Master Angler Award with the Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
After that, Parker isn’t very impressed with the smaller catches. He saves his excitement for the big ones.
Parker and Schaefer hit the ice whenever they can, be it after work or a planned longer trip. e dynamic duo enjoyed a full season of shing together, and even took some Broncos players on ice- shing trips to share Parker’s love for shing.
“ is season we’ve gotten close to 30 days of ice shing on 10 di erent lakes in Colorado. ere’s nothing better than ice shing with your furry best friend,” Schaefer said.
1. Keep your dog on a leash if other people are fishing nearby. Dogs will love to run to other fishing camps and eat whatever they find. This can be dangerous if there are hooks and lures. Also, it’s just courteous not to have your dog running around their camp peeing on tents and fishing gear. Bring an extra ice fishing anchor so you can tether them outside on nice days.
2. Like I mentioned above: Fishing hooks and lures are very dangerous. Keep these and your bait in a secure spot that your pup won’t get into.
3. Keep your dog occupied. Pack a couple KONGS or some treats and reward them throughout the day.
4. Leave no trace. Bring poop bags and pick up after your pup. If you can take the time to bag the poop, then most likely you can figure a way to pack it out.
5. Be careful where you leave your augers. Augers are sharp and can be very dangerous to doggos. Leave your auger in a safe spot and make sure you have a cover for your blades.
6. Bring food and water. Your dog will get hungry and thirsty on a fishing trip. Bring a couple collapsible bowls, water and food.
7. Bring a little dog bed or cot for your dog to lay on. The ice can get cold, and your pup will thank you later. Ice fishing sleds with a bed or blanket inside make a great home base for your dog.
8. Make sure your pup has a collar with updated ID tags. If fishing at night, make sure your dog has a light on their collar if going outside the tent.
9. If your dog has issues with their paws getting cold or getting ice balls, check out dog booties or mushers wax. Jackets are always another option on cold days. 10. Most importantly, if your dog doesn’t want to go, don’t make them.
e annual Canine on the Creek 5k race is just around the corner, and the Clear Creek Metropolitan Recreation District is helping kids get ready to run.
It’s fair to say that Jenn Jordan from Georgetown is an avid runner. Her 29 marathons and one ultramarathon prove that. For the fourth year in a row, she’s helping local kids get trained to run a 5k, or 3.1 miles.
“ e goal is just to get them to nish it,” Jordan explained.
e class at CCMRD runs until May 18th, right before the Canine on the Creek race on the 20th. It’s targeted to 3rd through 6th graders and runs for eight ursdays from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the rec center.
Some of the things the class will
focus on, according to Jordan, will be pacing, nutrition and learning to encourage each other.
Alesya Marrone is 11 and goes to Georgetown Community School. She attended the rst session on March 30, and had a few goals for herself for the program.
“To get my energy up,” she said.
“Get strong and get fast.”
Marrone enjoys playing soccer, and Jordan told her that working on running will only improve her game.
During the rst session, the runners worked to set benchmarks for themselves in order to track improvements throughout the program.
Jordan brought the participants folders and notebooks with information about the indoor track and May’s race and encouraged them to keep track of their progress through the training.
One of the most important things they’ll learn, Jordan said, is how to have each other’s back.
“Really cheering for one another, encouraging one another,” she said.
BY ERIC GALATAS PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE
As wild re seasons in Colorado and across the American West become longer, less predictable and increasingly destructive, a new report aims to provide an equitable roadmap for protecting communities, watersheds and wildlife.
Rob Addington, Colorado forest program director for e Nature Conservancy, said engagement with tribal nations, who have been successful stewards of lands for thousands of years, will be critical to address the scale of the challenge.
“Developing tribal partnerships and really looking to tribal knowledge, ecological knowledge that many of the tribes hold from their centuries in many cases of working with the land, working with re,” Addington outlined.
Addington pointed out the roadmap represents a paradigm shift in modern forest and wild re management. After decades of re prevention strategies, for example, experts said prescribed burns will be necessary to thin fuel supplies across thousands of acres of dry western lands. e report also called for advanced computer modeling and unmanned drones to improve early detection, help battle res more effectively, and to reseed and restore scarred forests.
e roadmap, created by e Aspen Institute and e Nature Conservancy, compiled input from more than 250 experts in forest and re management, federal, state, local, and Tribal Nation authorities, and the private sector, including the forest products and insurance
industries.
Addington noted many of the report’s recommendations are shovel-ready, due to recent public investments such as the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the In ation Reduction Act.
“But what we need in parallel to complement that funding is this set of policy recommendations,” Addington urged. “To really make best use of that funding, and have it hit the ground in the most e cient and e ective way that we can.”
Addington underscored building successful partnerships will be key for work that needs to happen in metropolitan areas and across tribal, federal, state and privately owned lands. e report also identied some potential roadblocks, and o ered policy solutions requiring action from Congress, the executive branch, and partners like states, Tribal Nations, nonpro ts, and industry.
Tribal partnerships are seen as key to e ort
BY MARKIAN HAWRYLUK KAISER HEALTH NEWS
One in 4 Colorado teens reported they could get access to a loaded gun within 24 hours, according to survey results published late last month. Nearly half of those teens said it would take them less than 10 minutes.
“ at’s a lot of access and those are short periods of time,” said Virginia McCarthy, a doctoral candidate at the Colorado School of Public Health and the lead author of the research letter describing the ndings in the medical journal JAMA Pediatrics.
e results come as Coloradans are reeling from yet another school shooting. On March 22, a 17-yearold student shot and wounded two school administrators at East High School in Denver. Police later found his body in the mountains west of Denver in Park County and con rmed he had died from a selfin icted gunshot wound. Another East High student was fatally shot in February while sitting in his car outside the school.
e time it takes to access a gun matters, McCarthy said, particularly for suicide attempts, which are often impulsive decisions for teens. In research studying people who have attempted suicide, nearly half said the time between ideation and action was less than 10 minutes. Creating barriers to easy access, such as locking up guns and storing them unloaded, extends the time before someone can act on an impulse, and increases the likelihood that they will change their mind or that someone will intervene.
“ e hope is to
in such a way that we can increase that time and keep kids as safe as possible,” McCarthy said.
e data McCarthy used comes from the Healthy Kids Colorado Study, a survey conducted every two years with a random sampling of 41,000 students in middle and high school. e 2021 survey asked, “How long would it take you to get and be ready to re a loaded gun without a parent’s permission?”
American Indian students in Colorado reported the greatest access to a loaded gun, at 39%, including 18% saying they could get one within 10 minutes, compared with 12% of everybody surveyed. American Indian and Native Alaskan youths also have the highest rates of suicide.
Nearly 40% of students in rural areas reported having access to rearms, compared with 29% of city residents.
e ndings were released at a particularly tense moment in youth gun violence in Colorado. Earlier this month, hundreds of students left their classrooms and walked nearly 2 miles to the state Capitol to advocate for gun legislation and safer schools. e students returned to confront lawmakers again last week in the aftermath of the March 22 high school shooting.
e state legislature is considering a handful of bills to prevent gun violence, including raising the minimum age to purchase or possess a gun to 21; establishing a three-day waiting period for gun purchases; limiting legal protections for gun manufacturers and sellers; and expanding the pool of who can le for extreme risk protection orders to have guns removed from people deemed a threat to themselves or others.
According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, rearms became the leading cause of death among those ages 19 or younger in 2020, supplanting motor vehicle deaths. And rearm deaths
among children increased during the pandemic, with an average of seven children a day dying because of a rearm incident in 2021.
Colorado has endured a string of school shootings over the past 25 years, including at Columbine High School in 1999, Platte Canyon High School in 2006, Arapahoe High School in 2013, and the STEM School Highlands Ranch in 2019.
Although school shootings receive more attention, the majority of teen gun deaths are suicides.
“Youth suicide is starting to become a bigger problem than it ever has been,” said Dr. Paul Nestadt, a researcher at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions.
“Part of that has to do with the fact that there’s more and more guns that are accessible to youth.”
While gun ownership poses a higher risk of suicide among all age groups, teens are particularly vulnerable, because their brains typically are still developing impulse control.
“A teen may be bright and know how to properly handle a rearm, but that same teen in a moment of desperation may act impulsively without thinking through the conse-
quences,” said Dr. Shayla Sullivant, a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Children’s Mercy Kansas City. “ e decision-making centers of the brain are not fully online until adulthood.”
Previous research has shown a disconnect between parents and their children about access to guns in their homes. A 2021 study found that 70% of parents who own rearms said their children could not get their hands on the guns kept at home. But 41% of kids from those same families said they could get to those guns within two hours.
“Making the guns inaccessible doesn’t just mean locking them. It means making sure the kid doesn’t know where the keys are or can’t guess the combination,” said Catherine Barber, a senior researcher at the Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Injury Control Research Center, who was not involved in the study. “Parents can forget how easily their kids can guess the combination or watch them input the numbers or notice where the keys are kept.”
If teens have their own guns for hunting or sport, those, too, should be kept under parental control when the guns are not actively being used, she said.
e Colorado researchers now plan to dig further to nd out where teens are accessing guns in hopes of tailoring prevention strategies to di erent groups of students.
“Contextualizing these data a little bit further will help us better understand types of education and prevention that can be done,” McCarthy said.
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understand accessThe iconic “E” outside Denver East High School on March 22 adorns flowers and a “#11” painted on the surface in commemoration of Luis Garcia, who was shot outside the school in late February. Two school sta ers were injured in a shooting at the school on March 22. HART VAN DENBURG/CPR NEWS
BY KAITLIN KIM COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO
Generative Arti cial Intelligence, like Chat GPT, may be able to write an episode of South Park or ace the LSAT, but Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is concerned about what these chatbots might be saying to kids.
is comes after journalists and others, posing as kids and young teens, reported that generative AI programs helped provide information to questions that should have raised red ags.
e examples listed in Bennet’s letter include AI giving tips on how to protect access to social media apps parents wanted kids to delete, how to cover up bruises before a visit from Child Protective Services and advice on setting the mood with “candles or music” for someone who posed as a 13-year-old girl preparing to meet a 31-year-old man.
“Although generative AI has enormous potential, the race to integrate it into everyday applications cannot come at the expense of younger users’ safety and well being,” Bennet writes to the heads of Open AI, Snap, Alphabet, Microsoft and Meta. “Although AI-powered chatbots come with risks for anyone – for example, by providing false information,
perpetuating bias, or manipulating users – children and adolescents are especially vulnerable. Younger users are at an earlier stage of cognitive, emotional, and intellectual development, making them more impressionable, impulsive, and less equipped to distinguish fact from ction.”
Bennet had several questions for the tech leaders as they move to integrate generative AI into their apps, including what existing or planned safety features they will implement for younger users, whether they have assessed or planned to assess potential harms to younger audiences, and what kind of auditing processes they have for the AI models behind chatbots that talk to the public. is push comes as more lawmakers have expressed concerns about how social media is a ecting teens’ mental health and how social media companies use the data they are collecting. Answers to Bennet’s questions could help shape any congressional response, either legislation or future hearings, to these concerns.
Bennet is one of several lawmakers from both sides of the aisle who have expressed concerns about the popular social media app TikTok, in particular. e CEO of TikTok will testify in front of the house Energy and Commerce committee later this week.
In the last Congress, Bennet also introduced a bill to set up a federal commission to provide oversight of
digital platforms “to protect consumers, promote competition, and defend the public interest.”
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My dad is one of the smartest people I know. He attended a technical school and, in the 1980s, turned that into a small business repairing stereos, TVs, VCRs, and, later, computers. If it could be tinkered with, my dad could x it, and his skills were so in need that they provided for our family when I was growing up.
It was my mom and dad’s dream to raise a family in the mountains. ey accomplished this dream. My dad sold his business, we uprooted from our home in Arkansas and moved to a mountain home in Colorado. I was in the fourth grade.
Sometimes it’s hard for me to remember that my dad has Parkinson’s disease.
He was diagnosed about 12 years ago.
In many ways, he is the same Mr. Fixit. But in other ways, he is not. It’s the little things. e day I moved into my new condo, as a rst-time homebuyer this past fall, I thought nothing of it when asking my dad to bring his tools so he could change the front door lock. I thought this would be an easy chore for him while everyone else carried the heavy moving boxes up and down the stairs. at he remembered the tools is a win given his Parkinson’s. But my mom discreetly told me that he wouldn’t be able to change the lock — because of the cognitive skills he has lost over the years to the disease. And, thinking back, it’s possible that she brought the tools for him, though I didn’t ask. Again, it’s the little things that don’t seem to matter at the time, but add up, in retrospect, and show how much my dad has changed.
Parkinson’s disease is a progressive and degenerative brain disorder
EDITORthat a ects a person’s muscle movement. But it is so much more than a movement disorder.
e disease itself is not necessarily fatal, but complications can be serious and it can greatly diminish quality of life. Along with the motor, or movement, symptoms, there are many other symptoms. People with Parkinson’s can develop mood disorders, such as depression, anxiety, apathy and irritability. ere’s also dementia, an issue that a ects not just my dad, but our whole family. ings have become slower year by year in the 12 years since my dad’s diagnosis. at doesn’t mean the decline has been steady or that family life has ground to a halt. I’m thankful that for many years my dad could still do almost everything. Now, it’s just life at a much slower pace and nothing that we, as a family, can’t manage with a little patience.
One example: family celebrations and get-togethers. It takes him longer to unwrap a gift. So, now I am conscious about making sure there’s not too much tape securing the paper or too many ribbons to untie.
Parkinson’s is weird because some changes in my dad happened slowly while others seemed to come about all of a sudden.
For instance, ve years ago, my dad could still take the family out for a day of boating on Chat eld Reservoir. And, just one year ago, he was driving his truck with no problems. Today, my dad cannot do those things. He cannot walk up stairs
alone.
Falling is one of the more serious complications of the disease. Falls can be fatal if they happen at the wrong time in the wrong place, like on a staircase or slipping on ice somewhere on the ve-and-a-half acre property in Bailey where my parents live.
He did experience a couple of falls this winter. Both were serious enough that they required hospitalization and surgery, followed by weeks of rehab in a nursing home.
During one of our visits in the nursing home, in the metro area, my dad said he’s doing OK. en he said, “I want to be closer to the mountains.” I told him he needs to try to remember not to fall so he could be at home in the mountains again.
Now he has a walker, but his Parkinson’s makes him forget that he needs to use it. e dementia seems to be coming faster. So, it’s a cycle: he tries to get up out of his chair and
walk somewhere and somebody, usually my mother, has to stop him or he likely falls again. Falling is now part of my dad’s life – and our family’s.
It is still unknown why or how people develop Parkinson’s. Research on the causes and e orts to lessen the severity are making progress. According to the Parkinson’s Foundation, “scientists believe a combination of genetic and environmental factors” are to blame. Still, there is no cure for Parkinson’s. I like to think that someday there will be one. Science is already going in the right direction, with rst-of-its-kind surgeries already developed and being perfected, and new movement-based therapies that directly target the parts of the brain that help people with Parkinson’s gain control of their movement.
If a big breakthrough on Parkinson’s comes, it probably will not be in time for my dad, maybe not even for me if I ever develop the disease. I hold hope for the possibility for big improvements, or even a cure, in the lifetimes of my nieces or their children.
Awareness months o er us all a time for re ection. ey give people hope and motivate them and, perhaps most importantly, create the opportunity to share knowledge and personal stories, like mine and my dad’s.
April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month. It also happens that it is the month of my dad’s birthday. We’ll all get together, I’m sure. In my mom and dad’s mountain home.
Christy Steadman is the editor of Colorado Community Media’s Life on Capitol Hill, Washington Park Pro le and Denver Herald newspapers.
Last month I talked about Ambiguity, the fourth in my FivePart series on our relationship with time, how we respond to it in the forms it takes in our lives.
is month, let’s look at the nal aspect in this series: what happens when you move successfully from Ambiguity into Novelty.
If Ambiguity is about having no focus or passion with too many options to choose from, Novelty is the state you reach when you choose what you want to focus on, and your passions get ignited to get them going. All of them. At once.
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For example, you just came out of the post-holiday season, weathered the dark of winter, and are seeing the beginnings of spring – you’re pulled into the daytime sunshine and able to feel how warm it can be. It’s a novel feeling to have after the cold and short days.
When novelty thaws us, we are able to focus on our passions again.
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You want to put your winter sweaters away, get the garden prepped for planting, start researching summer vacation spots. You’re touring schools with your college-bound senior, taking on the long-put-o bathroom renovation, cleaning out the garage, starting an exercise program, reducing sugar from the family diet, planning the visit from your relatives, nishing up a huge project at work, hiring new sta … you get the picture.
Instead of your list looking daunting or insurmountable, you’re energized to get them ALL done NOW.
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You feel productive, gain a tremendous sense of accomplishment, and pride as you complete your projects. You power through any exhaustion and that nagging frazzled-feeling because the powerful sense of showing up in the world can be intoxicating.
Are you there? If you’re not sure, listen to how you describe your days—do you say things like, “I’m crazy-busy” or “my life is insane?”
Look for signs that you may be becoming overwhelmed or anxious. Panic-attacks, storm-eating, sleep-
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Students and families in the Pikes
Peak region are gearing up for spring break later this month. Whether it’s a sandy beach or the snowy slopes, there are several skin care tips to keep in mind.
e most important advice a dermatologist can give you is: no matter the season, protect your skin from solar radiation. ere is nothing that will bene t your skin as much, especially if you are thinking long term.
Whether you are going to enjoy the break on the mountains or at the beach, protect your skin from ultraviolet rays by using sun protective clothing, hats, and sunglasses, as well as applying sunscreen to the exposed areas.
For skiers, although most of the skin is covered by gear, it is very easy to forget the face. Don’t make that mistake. At high altitude, you are exposed to signi cantly more intense ultraviolet radiation than at sea level. Apply a generous amount of sunscreen on your entire face and neck before you put on your scarf, face cover, helmet or goggles. Even though you think most of your skin is covered, it is common to have people with intense facial sunburn after a day in the mountains - the classic skier sunburn that only spares the areas around the eyes, which are covered by the goggles. A useful tip is carrying in your pocket a sunscreen in a stick, so you can apply to the face without even taking your gloves o , while waiting in lift lines. It is easy to lose track of time when we are having fun in the slopes, so make sure to reapply every few runs.
After a fun day in the mountains, most people like a hot shower or a hot tub. While this feels lovely, remember that, associated with
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lessness, over-indulging alcohol or recreational drugs and watching TV or being on social media for many hours a day are just a few of the signals you may be too occupied to keep up the pace you’ve set for yourself.
What’s happening is a shift into over-drive where you are captive to the high energy and excitement of all the projects you have going on. And, while your creative surges are lling your tank in some aspects, they are also keeping you from self-calming, and unwinding which leads to anxiety and overwhelm.
Here are a few tools I use with my clients to help them self-regulate and move from Novelty into Stillness—(the point where we began this series).
Recognizeone overwhelm pattern: One example is scrolling on Facebook for hours a day. Set an alarm and put your device down
the dry air of the mountains and of heated spaces, this will dry your skin. Apply thick moisturizing cream to your skin at the end of the day to prevent dry or itchy skin.
If you are going to be at a sunny destination to enjoy the ocean or the pool, more of your skin will be exposed to the sun. Clothes provide a physical barrier to protect your skin, and there are several brands that o er clothes with ultraviolet protection factor (UPF) number, which are made for outdoor activities. ey have cool breathable fabric, and some also can be used for swimming.
Regarding the sunscreen for the beach, look for one that is water resistant (stays e ective for 40 minutes in the water) or very water resistant (stays e ective for 80 minutes in the water). Even if your skin remains dry while using a water-resistant sunscreen, you’ll need to reapply the sunscreen every 2 hours. Also, don’t forget your feet! If you’re wearing sandals, be sure to apply sunscreen to all exposed skin.
Remember that it does not matter if it’s a cloudy day on the mountain or at the beach. Ultra-violet A rays can go through clouds and cause skin damage.
Good skin care should happen all year round, but spring break is a great time to remind us of that, as we prepare to step out of the house and enjoy the beautiful outdoors.
Dr. Renata Prado is a boardcerti ed dermatologist and boardcerti ed Mohs Surgeon at Vanguard Skin Specialists
when it sounds. Stand up, move away from your device and shake your body – dance around – sing –walk outside for ve minutes to break up the energy.
Practicerelaxation techniques that are repetitive: If you don’t have one, one of my favorites is box breathing: breathe in for four counts, hold for four counts, breathe out for four counts and hold for four counts again. Repeat at least three times.
Welcomeyour empty mind: When a thought keeps cycling without a resolution, stop and thank it, then let it know you will give it attention – record a day and time. Notice how your mind clears.
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“Equal opportunity levels the playing eld.”
is is what is stated on the Chance Sports website to capture the new nonpro t’s sense of urgency about raising money so young Denver-area athletes can participate in more club sports, both locally and on the road.
“... and makes it about the talent not the success,” the website continues. “ e reason a kid doesn’t make it shouldn’t be because they don’t have the opportunity.”
State Sen. James Coleman, DDenver, and former state Rep. Colin Larson, R-Je erson County, created Chance Sports in late 2022, with the goal of helping low-income families play on a club basis in basketball, football, volleyball, track and eld, cheer, eld hockey, soccer and more.
ey formed the idea from when the two served together on an education committee at the state legislature.
ey joined up with the Daniels Fund, which gave Chance Sports $300,000 and pledged another $200,000 to encourage matching donations. e late cable pioneer Bill Daniels, a former Golden Gloves boxer, said that his sports participation drove his massive business success in the cable industry.
“It means more opportunities for our youth to compete at a high level because it’s more a ordable,” Coleman said. “ ey’re really great kids, great athletes, and they’re committed and want to play but they can’t a ord it.”
Chance Sports debuted in late March. In the news conference, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said the city would give at least $200,000 to the nonpro t to match the Daniels Fund. e money will come from the $12.5 million the city got from the Broncos sale.
Scholarships range from about $1,000 to about $3,000 per athlete, per year/season.
e new organization gave its rst scholarships this winter to Denver basketball players. Athletes in other sports will receive money later this year.
e average U.S. family pays about $900 each year for one child’s primary sport, taking into account equip-
ment costs, monthly fees, participation fees and travel expenses.
Chance Sports “is designed to help increase participation and to help supplement the costs for travel, fees and equipment,” said Rodney Bates, who has coached the Lady Blackhawks girls’ basketball team for 14 years, and overall has 24 years as a coach.
“It allows young ladies in my program to have the opportunity to showcase their talent at a national level,” Bates said. “In some households, college is not a conversation because of the costs. But because of their skill and being able to demonstrate this at a national level, they have a chance to get a scholarship and follow aspirations beyond sports. In the last 13 years, we’re talking about hundreds of young ladies playing year-round.”
His rst group of players were in the fourth grade when he formed the team. ey graduated from high school in 2020.
“We have about 15 young ladies that went to college,” Bates said. “We want to give them the tools they need to go to college. Competitive basketball is very expensive. If we can break down that cost, more participate and the more we’ll see them do something really positive.”
e bene ts? Larson pointed out that being involved in sports can help boost GPAs, can contribute to better mental and physical health, closer friendships, high rates of volunteerism and voting in later years.
ere’s talk about spreading the program throughout the state and eventually to other states.
“Our vision is to help out the kid that wants a chance to play,” Coleman said. “I know at some point we wanted to scale our organization, but do it right. Take care of home rst.”
To learn more about Chance Sports, visit chancesports.org.
allow for a signi cant recovery in reservoirs and soil moisture.
BY JERD SMITH FRESH WATER NEWS
Colorado is awash in white this spring, with statewide snowpack topping 140% of average this week, well above the reading a year ago, when it stood at just 97% of normal.
“Conditions in the American West are way better than they were last year at this time,” state climatologist Russ Schumacher said at a recent joint meeting of the Water Availability Task Force and the Governor’s Flood Task Force. “In Colorado we went from drought covering most of the state to most of the state being out of drought.”
Like other Western states, mountain snowpacks in Colorado are closely monitored because as they melt in the spring and summer, their runo delivers much of the state’s water.
A drought considered to be the worst in at least 1,200 years has devastated water supplies across the West. While no one is suggesting the dry spell is over, Colorado water o cials said 2023 will likely
e snow is deepest in the southwestern part of the state, where the San Juan/Dolores river basin is seeing a snowpack of 179% of average.
e Yampa Basin, in the northwest corner of Colorado, is also nearing historic highs, with snowpack registering 145% of average, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service Snow Survey.
ere is considerably less white stu east of the Continental Divide in the Arkansas River Basin, where snowpack remains slightly below average and in the South Platte Basin, where snowpack is just above average.
e outlook for the seven-state Colorado River Basin has improved dramatically as well, with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, in its March 15 report, showing that Lake Powell is likely to see some 10.44 million acre-feet of new water supply by the end of September, or in ows at 109% average.
e Colorado River Basin includes seven states, with Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming comprising the Upper Basin and Arizona, California and Nevada
making up the lower basin. And it is in the mountains of the Upper Basin, especially in Colorado, where most of the water for the entire system is generated. at Colorado is seeing such spectacular snow levels this spring, bodes well for everyone. “ is is good news for the Colorado River Basin, no doubt about that,” Schumacher said.
Still the drought-strapped Colorado River system will see little storage recovery this year, according to Reclamation, which is forecasting that Lake Powell will see storage at just 32% of capacity by the end of the year. It had dropped to just 23% of capacity last year, prompting ongoing emergency releases from Utah’s Flaming Gorge Reservoir to help keep the system from crashing.
Within Colorado, statewide reservoir storage this month stands at 80% of average, up slightly from this time last year when it registered 75% of average.
Reservoirs within Colorado are expected to see a signi cant boost in storage levels. Colorado’s largest reservoir, Blue Mesa, was just 36% full earlier this month, but is pro-
jected to receive enough new water this year that it will be 71% full by the end of the year, according to Reclamation.
Flood task force o cials said the deep snows, particularly in the southwestern and northwestern corners of the state, could cause ooding this spring and summer, especially if there is a series of hot, dry, windy days or major rain storms.
“We are blessed in large part because our snowpack tends to run o in a well-behaved manner,” said Kevin Houck, section chief of watershed and ood protection at the Colorado Water Conservation Board. “But I will say that I am watching things more closely this year. It’s not just the presence of snow that creates our problems. It needs to have a trigger as well. e classic trigger is the late spring warmup. And what can cause even more damage is when we get rain on snow as well.”
Fresh Water News is an independent, nonpartisan news initiative of Water Education Colorado. WEco is funded by multiple donors. Its editorial policy and donor list can be viewed at wateredco.org
An tiques might seem like a eld that’s struggling to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic, but the local scene in Elizabeth — and elsewhere in Colorado — suggests a renaissance of sorts might be occurring in the industry.
Randy Wallace owns Randy’s Antiques and Art on Main Street in Elizabeth. e bustling scene in town — featuring e Prickly Pear Antiques, e Carriage Shoppes and 1897 House of Antiques, among others — breeds community, not competition, he said.
“ e more stores in town, the better,” Wallace said. “People love to come antique shopping when there are multiple stores. Each one of our shops has a di erent niche, each one has just a little bit di erent style; I think customers enjoy having a di erent variety when they come to Elizabeth.”
Wallace said that while his shop specializes in antique art and furniture, others cater to di erent interests, like the Prickly Pear’s tearoom.
Over in Littleton, Owner Joe Crawford of Old Crow Antiques had the novel idea to add a root beer bar to his shop, with the eventual goal of making the soda section — which currently carries between 60-90 varieties of vintage soda pop at any given time — the largest root beer bar in the world.
Crawford said Old Crow — which he opened three years ago with his brother — is one of the “new kids on the block” in the local
antiquing scene, but said they’ve been welcomed into the scene with open arms.
“I feel like we’re part of a larger community in the metro area,” Wallace said. “ ere are stores throughout the area, and we’ve gotten to know the people who own and work there — some have been here a long time.”
Nostalgia and good, old-fashioned, quality craftsmanship
Antique shops can often sprawl thousands of square feet — Old Crow’s showroom is over 45,000 square feet — packed with items from all eras and purposes. Shopkeepers say that a sense of longing for a di erent time helps people nd what they’re looking for out of the scores of inventories, in addition to the fact that many antiques have stood the test of time for a reason.
“In antique furniture, it’s already lasted 100 years, and — if you take care of it — it’ll last another 100 years,” Wallace said. “A lot of today’s stu is kind of throwaway.”
Julie McCoy, who runs own Unique Treasures Antiques and Collectibles in Wheat Ridge with her parents, echoed Wallace’s sentiment.
“(Antiques are) made so much better,” McCoy said. “ ey’re around 100 years later for a reason. It’s not like Ikea stu that you put together and throw away. It’s good quality
P13stu that’s built to last. It builds a lot of memories with people.”
People also point to childhood nostalgia or family memories as reasons for antique shops’ sustained popularity.
“(People seek out) childhood memories,” McCoy said. “Stu that’ll last, people come in and say, ‘My mom had this,’ they need to have that again to relive their childhood.”
Crawford said his family got into the antiques business because of a love for history and historic items cultivated from time spent with grandparents as kids.
“We tell people it’s a walk down memory lane,” Crawford said. “You’ll see something that reminds you of another time, maybe a simpler time, or childhood. Something you haven’t thought of in maybe 50, 60 years.
“I’ll be reminded of my grandma, my family and that’s what it is for me, the stories and experiences of everything that’s here,” Crawford continued. “We say, ‘ ere are a lot of ghosts under this roof.’”
depended on getting 940,000 EVs on state roads by 2030. U.S. statistics show about 1.6 million light duty cars registered in Colorado.
to the low emissions future we all want,” Lew said.
BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN
Colorado’s electric vehicle-hungry car buyers are on pace to make EVs 25% of new car sales by 2025, according to a new three-year review by state o cials, but energy leaders must build thousands more charging ports over two years to keep pace.
If Colorado stays on track for 65,000 light-duty EV sales in 2025, governments and utilities need to have installed or at least awarded 1,700 ultrafast DC chargers and 5,800 slower Level 2 public chargers by then, according to the “2023 Electric Vehicle Plan,” the rst since 2020.
Transportation is the leading source of greenhouse gas emissions in Colorado, and one of the largest local sources for ozone-causing emissions that lead to EPA rule violations. Colorado set goals for 26% greenhouse gas reductions from a 2005 baseline by 2025, and 50% by 2030. ose goals have long
Colorado car sales included 10.5% EVs in 2022, up sharply from 6% in 2021. Coloradans buy about 200,000 to 220,000 new light-duty cars a year.
Colorado had 719 DC fast chargers in place by the end of 2022, and 3,750 Level 2 chargers, the report said. Adding thousands of ports with federal and state money in coming years includes targeting both business and tourism corridors. Colorado has $56.5 million to build DC fast chargers along federally designated interstates and other major roads, and also plans to increase the number of “electri ed byways” on state Scenic & Historic Byways to 23 by 2025 from three in 2020 . e e ort for an “electric future,” as the Colorado Department of Transportation describes it, is led by CDOT, the Colorado Energy O ce and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
“We’re awarding grants to help build fast-charging stations across the state and to fund EV repair technician training,” CDOT Executive Director Shoshana Lew said. e 2023 plan looks backward and forward. “ is plan moves us closer to our EV adoption goals and closer
Colorado, federal agencies and utilities are all boosting their tax credits and rebates for buying lightduty EVs, which include passenger cars, SUVs, minivans and most pickups. With the lucrative rebates and a rapidly expanding menus of EVs in varying sizes from popular manufacturers, light-duty sales are on track.
To spread electri cation into all modes of transportation, Colorado should facilitate electric bike rebates for 10,000 low- and moderateincome residents by 2025, the report said. Denver’s city-funded program for e-bike discount vouchers has helped more than 5,000 people buy bikes, city o cials said this month.
A next major challenge is swapping out diesel-burning mediumand heavy-duty trucks for electric or hydrogen fuel cell drive trains. e new plan sets goals of 30% zeroemission truck sales by 2030, with 35,000 on the road by then — from virtually none now. e Air Quality Control Commission in April will hold hearings and vote on adopting California’s existing Advanced Clean Trucks standard for medium- and heavy-duty sales in Colorado, with required levels of new sales that ramp up beginning with the 2027 model year.
Trucking industry o cials say Colorado’s goals will be a steep challenge, as there are few alternativedrive heavy trucks on the market. Colorado’s cold weather and steep terrain will also sap the available life from heavy truck batteries, and battery packages that can weigh 8,000 pounds replace money-making payloads for larger trucks, they say. If electric or hydrogen-drive trucks are not widely available for the next few years, the new EV plan commits Colorado to work on programs or rebates to replace older, highemissions trucks with newer fossil fuel models. e trucking industry says the newest vehicles emit 90% less nitrogen oxide, a key element in Colorado’s ozone violations, than current standards. e state EV plan also sets goals of converting the entire public transit eet to zero-emission vehicles no later than 2050, and retirement of all diesel or gas school buses by 2035. is story is from e Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support e Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. e Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.
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COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS
§38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2023-004
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On January 30, 2023, 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)
Patricia A. Fleming
Original Beneficiary(ies) Chase Bank USA, N.A.
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt
JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association Date of Deed of Trust
August 27, 2007 County of Recording Clear Creek
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
September 11, 2007
Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)
246139 Book: 780 Page: 64
Original Principal Amount $250,000.00
Outstanding Principal Balance $448,903.79
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured the deed of trust and other violations thereof.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
That parcel of land known as Tract No. 7034, described in Quit Claim Deed from the United States of America, acting by and through the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, to Van Eden Corporation, recorded September29,1987, in Book 457 at Page 415, as follows:
All that certain parcel of land in the East OneHalf of Section15, Township4 South, Range 73 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Clear Creek County, Colorado, described as follows:
Beginning at Corner I, a granite stone 6x12x32 inches chiseled 5-17253, said Corner 1 also being Corner5 of the Soda Creek Placer, Mineral Survey 17253; Thence S 63° 11’46” W, 258.62 feet to Corner2, a standard Bureau of Land Management3 1/4 inch brass cap marking the North Center One-Sixteenth Corner of said Section15; Thence S 5° 14’00” W, 1333.42 feet along the North-South Center Line of said Section15 to Corner 3, a standard Bureau of Land Management 3 1/4 inch brass cap the Center Quarter Corner of said Section15; Thence S 5° 15’00” W, 1308.34 feet along the North-South Center Line of said Section15 to Corner 4, a standard Bureau of Land Management 3 1/4 inch brass cap marking the South Center OneSixteenth Corner of said Section15; Thence N 31° 15’40”: E, 1482.79 feet to Corner5, a granite stone 6x12x34 inches chiseled 3- 17253, said Corner 5 also being Corner 3 of the Soda Creek Placer, Mineral Survey 17253; Thence S 89° 55’42” W, 377.10 feet to Corner6, a granite stone 6x16x30 inches chiseled 4- 17253, said Corner 6 also being Corner4 of the Soda Creek Placer, Mineral Survey 17253; Thence N 3° 05’08” E, 1482.45 feet to Corner I, the Point of Beginning.
Also known by street and number as:
3001 Van Eden Rd, Idaho Springs, CO 80452.
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, 06/01/2023, 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. First Publication 4/6/2023
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Marcello Rojas #46396
The Sayer Law Group, P.C. 3600 S. Beeler Street, Suite 330, Denver, CO 80237 (303) 353-2965 Attorney File # CO220112
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. 2023-003
To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:
On January 26, 2023, 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.
Grantor(s) Jason Mercer and Misty Mercer
Deed of Trust
January 26, 2012
County of Recording Clear Creek
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
February 08, 2012
Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)263275
Original Principal Amount
$100,000.00
Outstanding Principal Balance
$35,458.01
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
Lots 6 and 7, Block 22, Blue Valley Acres, Unit 6, County of Clear Creek, State of Colorado also know by street and number as81 Sawmill Lane, Idaho Springs, CO 80452 Also known by street and number as: 81 Sawmill Lane, Idaho Springs, CO 80452.
THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.
NOTICE OF SALE
Evercom Systems Inc Supplies $4,345.91
Evergreen National Bank 02/10 Fica $38,790.04
Evergreen National Bank 02/10 Retire
$21,864.77
Evergreen National Bank 02/24 Fica $39,519.28
Evergreen National Bank 02/24 Retire $22,234.18
Farmer Bros Co Supplies $1,191.11
FBI-LEEDA Inc Services $50.00
First Responder Communications Capital
$570.00
Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
LOT 537, ST. MARY’S SUBDIVISION - UNIT
3, COUNTY OF CLEAR CREEK, STATE OF COLORADO.
Which has the address of: 55 Hillside Rd, Idaho Springs CO 80452 Also known by street and number as: 55 Hillside Rd, Idaho Springs, CO 80452.
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, 05/25/2023, 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.
First Publication3/30/2023
Last Publication4/27/2023
Name of PublicationThe Clear Creek Courant
IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;
DATE: 01/26/2023
Carol Lee, Public Trustee in and for the County of Clear Creek, State of Colorado
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
Scott D. Toebben #19011
Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C.-CO 216 16th Street, Suite 1210, Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710 Attorney File # 22CO00365-1
The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.
COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2023-002
To Whom It May Concern: This
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, 06/01/2023, 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.
First Publication4/6/2023
Last Publication5/4/2023
Name of PublicationThe Clear Creek Courant
IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER
DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;
DATE: 01/31/2023
Carol Lee, Public Trustee in and for the County of Clear Creek, State of Colorado
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Ilene Dell’Acqua #31755 McCarthy & Holthus, LLP 7700 E. Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-22-951096-LLP
The
First Veterinary Supplies $1,828.40
George Douvas DDS Services $114.00
SHR Car Wash Colorado, LLC Services
$1,044.28
Sirchie Finger Print Laborator Supplies $129.35
Springbrook Software LLC Services $11,880.00
St. Anthony Summit Medical Cen Supplies
$300.00
State of Colorado Services $795.93
Steve Coffin Strategies, LLC Services $1,381.25
Stevinson Chevrolet Supplies $3,228.93
Summit Pathology Services $60.05
Suzanne Boccia Supplies $198.79
Symbol Arts Supplies $919.75
tcag Supplies $348.36
Timberline Disposal LLC Services $330.10
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