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Father and son Raphael and Richard Clark steady a pumpkin slingshot ready to launch at Pumpkin Smash in Idaho Springs Nov. 4.

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Weather Observations for Georgetown, Colorado Week of 30 October and Month of October 2023

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 Weather Observations Georgetown, during the preceding 24 hours.

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Idaho Springs voters elect Manifold, Clark and Jones to City Council, Caccavale out Less than 50% of registered voters turned out Nov. 7 to vote in the Idaho Springs City Council election

BY CHRIS KOEBERL CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In a very tight Idaho Springs City Council race, Lisa Manifold and James Clark were the two candidates to secure the two Ward I seats.

As of the morning of Nov. 8, Manifold had gained the most votes in Ward I with 146 votes, incumbent Clark had 133 votes and outgoing Councilmen Art Caccavale was at 123 votes.

In Ward II, Jeremy Jones won an uncontested race for two seats with 142 votes.

Idaho Springs will post a notice in the Clear Creek Courant in the coming weeks soliciting “letters of interest” for the second seat in Ward II. Elected Council members will be sworn in to office on Jan. 9, 2024.

The second seat in Ward II will be determined by the Council after ex-

ploring the letters of interest submitted by residents, according to Deputy City Clerk Wonder Martell.

Meanwhile, in the uncontested result for Idaho Springs Treasurer, long-time city employee Diane Breece has received enough votes to secure the job.

“I’m very excited and very humble,” Manifold said. “We have a lot of challenges facing Idaho Springs I’m very proud to be part of working through those challenges with everyone.”

Business owner and Idaho Springs resident Clark said he’s “looking forward to again serving the community and making constituent-based decisions with the elected board.”

“That’s too bad, we had a lot of work to do in council,” Caccavale said with the majority of the vote in.

“So, very disappointed. We had such a good thing going in the current council. I’m afraid things might go differently now.”

Of 7,590 active voters in Clear Creek County, 3,300 ballots or 43.48% have been returned and counted.

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King, McHugh to be sworn in after winning Clear Creek school board seats

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Marcie King and Kerry Ann McHugh, who were elected to the Clear Creek School District Board of Education on Nov. 7, should be sworn in to their positions within the next few weeks.

The two must be sworn in within 10 days after the county clerk certifies the election results, interim Superintendent Mike Gass said. While the clerk has until Nov. 29 to certify the results, he hopes it will be complete in time for King and McHugh to attend the Colorado Association of School Boards conference in early December.

“Any time you get a new member on a board, it’s a new board,” Gass said. “We want to make sure we take the time to get everyone settled and give the board the opportunity to work together. There’s a lot of work to do, and it’s exciting stuff.”

Incumbent McHugh, who has been involved in public issues and served as Georgetown’s mayor, will represent District E, which is the

west end of Clear Creek County. She has been elected to her first term after being appointed to the board in June 2022.

King, a paralegal, will represent District A, which is the Kerry Ann west end of Idaho Springs and the McHugh north part of the county. She is new to the board.

King has defeated incumbent Sandi Schuessler, and McHugh has defeated Anji Gallanos.

King received 59% of the vote Marcie King compared with Schuessler’s 41%.

McHugh received 58% of the vote compared with Gallanos’ 42%.

Schuessler and Gallanos worked together on their campaign, while

McHugh and King worked together.

School board members serve fouryear terms.

“We are very excited,” McHugh said on Election Night. “This was a

community effort. The community is saying we need change, and I’m so excited to get that happening. We SEE CCSD, P7

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Hundreds of Halloween pumpkins avoid the landfill during Idaho Springs Pumpkin Smash

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Using baseball bats, huge wooden mallets and slingshots, kids and their parents pulverized pumpkins as part of a Clear Creek Metropolitan Recreation Center event Nov. 4.

The stress relief of taking out aggression on a seasonal fruit is only one perk to the annual festival.

“We rescued a ton of pumpkins from local stores and people have brought their pumpkins because they don’t want them to end up in the landfill,” said Director of Special Events for CCMC Samantha Rees.

Instead of landing in a local land-

fill, these pumpkin pieces will be composed and used as organic waste in a soil reclamation project at the Walstrum Quarry in Idaho Springs, Rees said.

Food, drink, face-painting and axe-throwing were also part of the community event where neighbors from around the area got to reunite or meet for the first time.

“We like to be part of community events, it’s like a big family being over here doing fun stuff like this,” Jennifer Muniz said while watching her 10-year-old daughter Judah destroy a decaying pumpkin.

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As for a local community that relishes in taking advantage of unique opportunities to bring people together before Winter sets in, longtime resident Muniz said, “It’s just really a magical place.”

Roasting marshmallows on a flame, in preparation for the chocolate and graham cracker, to come 13-year-old twins Avery and Adley Loeser smiled in anticipation of their s’mores.

November 16, 2023No “We came for the pumpkin smashing, we saw a video from last year of them smashing so we thought it would be fun to smash a pumpkin,” their mother Erin said.

The s’mores were an unanticipated perk.

“I think it’s a good way to bring people to the town,” Erin added.

The day’s take-away for parents and children could be, “that really good hit on a pumpkin” or “did you see how far I flung that pumpkin, Dad?,” to a child’s “Rar!” in cat facepaint.

“It’s like the best memories for the kids,” Rees said.

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Si Sixth grader Nova Cramer shows off fresh face paint with a “Rar!” at Pumpkin PHOTO BY CHRIS KOEBERL Smash in Idaho Springs Nov. 4.

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10-year-old Judah Muniz obliterates pumpkin in Idaho Springs as part of “Pumpkin Smash” Nov. 4.

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know we can do the good work that needs to be done.”

Schuessler said she was proud of the time she served on the school board, especially listening and interacting with the community.

“I’m looking forward to still being involved in my community,” Schuessler said. “The journey has been an adventure. I am still going to be active in the community, and I hope to have a voice at the table.”

McHugh and King said they believe the school board did not act responsibly in working with Idaho Springs as it made the decision to move the bus barn from its present location to the track south of Building 103, which is

being transitioned into a new elementary school. The issue was resolved earlier this month.

Schuessler and Gallanos said the school board made solid decisions and subsequent issues with Idaho Springs have been resolved.

McHugh said in her candidate questionnaire responses that she ran for the board because Clear Creek’s future hung in the balance, and the direction voters chose would shape the educational journey for students. She said the board missed or blocked vital opportunities for improvement, and the election could change the board’s balance, allowing the momentum to implement the changes the community deserves.

King said in her candidate questionnaire responses that she hoped to change the balance of power on the board and improve the trajectory

to benefit children and build a stronger foundation of education in Clear Creek. She said the board had been overspending on bond projects, didn’t explore alternatives to curb the overspending and didn’t listen to community voices.

Schuessler said in her candidate questionnaire that she was running for reelection because students, teachers and schools need strong leadership to continue moving forward. With a new interim superintendent, it is critical to continue the district’s successful momentum.

Gallanos said in her candidate questionnaire responses that she ran for the board because her experience as an educational leader and her interest in ensuring students have what they need to be successful. She said she was dedicated to ensuring quality classroom experiences for all children.

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Historic Characters: Join the community for “A Journey To The Past.” Teacher Lily Redfield and her Georgetown Community School fourth-grade class will present Clear Creek County historic characters at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17, at the Georgetown Community Center. Admission is free.

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enjoy watching “Valley of the Dolls,” a movie based on the novel by Jaqueline Susann. The flick, in my estimation, is a bit campy, but I find the storyline and B-grade acting captivating. One scene in particular in which Neely O’Hara (Patty Duke) and Helen Lawson (Susan Hayward) get into a tussle in a ladies restroom room has stayed with me. After yanking off Helen’s wig, Neely tries to flush it down a commode. Helen is understandably enraged. Her now-visible chopped gray hair is most unbecoming. The attendant informs her that she can sneak out a back door, but Helen will have none of that. She looks into the mirror, pulls her wrap around her shoulders, and declares, “I’ll go out the same way I came in.”

Helen is not an admirable character. She has a high opinion — perhaps rightly — of her talents. She is self-confident and self-assured but also arrogant and demanding, often treating others condescendingly. Helen, though, operates under no illusions. She has a hard-nosed understanding about the demands of the theater and understands that glory and fame are fleeting. Still, she’s not devoid of empathy. She sees Neely for what she is: a talented, up-and-coming performer, albeit

one who lacks the steely, inner toughness necessary to make it big. Nonetheless, she sees Neely as a threat to her stardom. In the avian universe, Helen is an osprey not about to let a titmouse like Neely upstage and shame Columnist her. Shorn of her wig, Helen is, nevertheless, not stripped of her dignity.

She holds her head up confidently as she strides out to her waiting fans.

The root of dignity is dignitas, the Latin word meaning one’s worthiness in the context of their esteem and bearing and of their reputational prestige and merit. Dignity is generally considered an admirable trait. But maintaining one’s dignity is oftentimes not an easy thing to do.

It can require, as the Brits are fond to say, keeping a stiff upper lip. But behind that stiff lip, a sea of fears, anxieties and frustrations could be roiling.

The great Russian writer, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, is purported to have said, “There is only one thing that I dread: not to be worthy of my suffering.”

JERRY FABYANIC

In Dostoyevsky parlance that means the manner in which one bears their suffering is a matter of personal dignity. Thus, when confronted with a challenging situation or times, we each face a choice. One response is to bemoan your plight by projecting a self-pitying, I’m-avictim demeanor. Another is to hold your head up and carry on in a dignified way.

In “Man’s Search for Meaning,” Viktor Frankl, writing in reference to the inordinate suffering and dehumanization prisoners in the concentration camps endured, said that to survive, the prisoners, even though they were shorn of nearly every element of personal dignity, still had to choose. He averred that they needed to stop trying to figure out the meaning of life — thus the reason for their suffering — and instead to think of themselves as being challenged by life every minute of every day. He asserted it was not through talk or meditation — and presumably prayer — that they would find answers but in right action and conduct.

Frankl’s prescription echoes two directives in Buddhism’s Eightfold Path — Right Speech and Right Action — and has meaning for everyone. For me that means how one re-

sponds to crises is the true measure of a person. A person with nobility doesn’t whine but instead faces them with class: with dignitas.

Each of us is an algorithm of our life experiences combined with our natural talents, skills, traits, and choices made, healthy as well as poor ones.

That complex matrix is the sum of our individual humanness.

Frankl cited a line from an unnamed poet who wrote, “What you have experienced, no power on earth can take from you.” Anyone who has endured a difficult situation that could have dragged them to the bottom but didn’t, because they conducted themselves resolutely with personal courage, gets that.

They know how it feels to emerge from an ordeal all the stronger in character.

The most we can ask for is to depart from this plane with dignity and be remembered as having lived as decorous life as possible by having done our best despite our voluminous warts, flaws, and other unseemly aspects. For in the end, that’s the meaning of life.

Jerry Fabyanic is the author of “Sisyphus Wins” and “Food for Thought: Essays on Mind and Spirit.” He lives in Georgetown.

University program helps older adults navigate transitions in work and life

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hen his company restructured him out of a job in his 60s, my dad retired badly.

After a successful 35-year career, his world shrunk, he lost his purpose, and he began to decline — mentally and physically.

When I began nearing the age he was when he retired, I started reading about how much longer my generation is likely to live. Sociologists are defining a whole new life stage – an average of an extra 30 years after the family-raising, career-building years.

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Traditionally, choices at this stage have been full-time work or full-time leisure (of the kind my dad fell into), but many people now want something in between. A new program at the University of Colorado-Denver is designed to address this need.

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campus ready for a change, to use that hard-earned expertise in new ways, for new jobs or meaningful volunteering.

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that part of the power of the program is the collective connections that participants offer each other.

Fellows engage with guest speakers on topics such as change and transition at this life stage, discerning and pursuing purpose in the next chapter, thinking differently about work possibilities, and making an impact in their community. Those who are also auditing academic classes – from modernist art to human-centered design – are inspired by interesting professors and the diversity of thought that comes from learning with a mixed-age group.

The program, which is accepting applications for the spring semester through Dec. 1, is helping the older students spark ideas and new ways of thinking about their next chapter.

Says one, “The consistent messaging that wanting a career change is not a crisis but an opportunity, and that there’s no ‘right answer’ that you have to find in order to correct a course you’ve messed up has been really valuable to me.”

Change Makers is one among a handful of university programs in the country designed explicitly for this life stage, sometimes called the encore years. “Forbes” describes a national (global, even) trend of university programs “designed with change at their core, and a recognition that change at midlife requires the time, space and resources to explore new selves and life options.” In an August 2023 “Atlantic” article titled “The New Old Age,” David Brooks writes, “The human hunger for meaning and fulfillment is strong.

And yet America today is too awash in workism and too short on purpose.

We shouldn’t have to wait until we’re 65 to learn how to transform our lives.

Maybe the people reinventing themselves now in these Encore programs can show the rest of us the way.”

This new life stage is uncharted territory. But one thing we do know: it offers more than the leisure-driven retirement that my dad’s generation experienced. It might offer more work.

But it definitely offers more from work (or from volunteering, or from life): more flexibility, more opportunity, and more chances to make an impact.

Anne Button is the founding director of the CU Denver Change Makers program. Learn more at ucdenver.edu/ change-makers.

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OLDS: This week in the Clear Creek Courant…

50 years of Courant headlines not to be confused with news

BY TEDDY JACOBSEN SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Michael Hillman is Idaho Springs’ next mayor – Nov. 13, 2013

Idaho Springs businessman Michael Hillman soundly defeated incumbent Jack Morgan and challenger Phyllis Adams to become the mayor of Idaho Springs, winning by

22 points. He said he was “ready to jump in and start moving in a positive direction.”

Police chief resigns in Idaho Springs – Nov. 16, 1988

The Idaho Springs City Council accepted Police Chief Roy Finch’s resignation “with deep regret.” They also swiftly made Sgt. Stu Nay the town’s new top cop. Finch planned to move to Arizona to become chief of the larger Cottonwood Police Department.

Rec District VP complains of threat – Nov. 17, 1982

E. Blaine Thomas, vice president of the Clear Creek Metropolitan Recreation District Board of Directors, said his life had been threatened amidst a recall petition to oust him. He said that one participant at a meeting said, “We’re going to kill his ass,” but other members present said that was “outrageous and totally false.”

Georgetown selectman resigns – Nov. 16, 1973

Georgetown Selectman Jim Abbott resigned, plunging the town into its second special election in three months. Abbott said his resignation

was “unconditional and “due to personal reasons.” He volunteered to reimburse the town for the cost of a special election to fill the vacant Ward II seat, which was not a customary procedure.

The Clear Creek Courant was created in August of 1973. These items come from Courant’s historic archives. As it turns out, previous Courant writers had the same idea for the paper’s 25th anniversary. Their section was dubbed, “Olds: Not to be confused with news.” It lives on for an entire year to celebrate the paper’s 50th birthday.

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Metalsmithing and jewelry making Local artists express themselves through forms of metal, precious gems, unique designs

BY ELISABETH SLAY ESLAY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The heat of the torch, the smell of pickling solution, the sound of metal on a mandrel and the look of a completed piece are common aspects silversmiths and jewelers in the Denver metro area enjoy about their craft.

Sara DeAngelo Jewelry: “Southwest, feminine, natural and detailed”

For Englewood business owner and professional jeweler Sara DeAngelo, these aspects of the silversmithing system are elements she loves, but they come secondary in her personal process.

“I am obsessed with stones and the history of how a stone is formed and how it’s literally the only one in the world like it,” DeAngelo said.

She said taking a unique “peace of the Earth” and “turning it into this beautiful treasured something that makes somebody feel more beautiful” is her favorite part of the craft.

Originally from Los Angeles, DeAngelo began her career in 1997 after a terrible encounter with a rude customer. DeAngelo said she quit her job and the very next day began selling her pieces door-todoor at different businesses.

“I walked out the door and then the next morning I went around with my little trays of jewelry to a bunch of stores and I got two retail stores that first morning and that sent me on a totally different path,” DeAngelo said.

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DeAngelo currently has a retail store and studio at 16 E. Girard Ave. in Englewood.

She describes her styles as “Southwest, feminine, natural and detailed.”

“I make mostly sterling silver.

They’re usually hand stamped using Navajo stamps that I buy from the Navajo artists themselves and then (I use) unique gemstones that I literally search the world for,” DeAngelo said.

DeAngelo moved into her current location after outgrowing her last studio and while she wasn’t looking for retail, she’s happy she found it and she loves the connections she forms with people.

DeAngelo is an established artisan in the industry and she said she was featured in the Sundance Catalog. She said that was a dream goal for her and her work is sold in about 50 stores across the country.

She said the jewelry-making community is vast in Colorado because in her experience people seem to appreciate and value homemade items.

DeAngelo makes all sorts of pieces including rings, earrings and necklaces but she loves making earrings the most because they’re her favorite type of jewelry to wear.

DeAngelo said making a delicate piece can be very meticulous and detail-oriented.

“It’s harder than it looks…and it’s very exact,” DeAngelo said.

Velvet Moss Magic: “Edgy, kinky and biker babe”

Fellow silversmith and production assistant of DeAngelo’s, Katie White is also enjoying the process of building her own business and finding a balance between her two worlds.

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Metalsmither Sara DeAngelo works on a piece at her bench in her studio. PHOTO BY ELISABETH SLAY

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Artist and metalsmith Katie White works in her chaotic home studio on her next COURTESY OF KATIE WHITE creation.

Jeweler benches sit in the Denver Jewelry Studio for jewelry makers to utilize.

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White said her specialties in jewelry making are stone setting and intricate stamping work and making things that “excite people and offend them too.”

Originally from New Jersey, White moved to Colorado about seven years ago and is now based in Boulder. White sells her pieces in Denver at markets and in galleries.

White said she was “stone obsessed” as a teenager. “I was collecting raw stones and I actually started wire wrapping and making mainly pendants and rings out of copper and brass,” White said.

During her senior year in high school, White said she was supporting herself, and while she enjoyed making her pieces, she was also selling them as a means of survival.

For White, the best aspect of jewelry making, which she has been doing for about nine years, is that it’s a threedimensional art form.

“I really love that metal feels like a resource that I can time and time again manipulate,” White said. “It feels like it can be recycled and repurposed. It feels like there is always a story to any jewelry pieces and anything metal-related.”

When she makes a piece, White said she notices a correlation between her mental state and the process.

The silversmith said she will start her process off with a “ceremony” whether it’s making a cup of coffee, smoking herbs or cannabis or saying a prayer.

“Jewelry making is like putting a little piece of my soul and body energetics into something that someone’s going to wear forever,” White said.

White describes her jewelry as different, unique and bold.

“I would say my jewelry has a core theme of being alternative,” White said. “I definitely dabble in everything from being edgy punk to almost like biker babe to boho flowy (and) gem-centered.”

White said people enjoy her jewelry which she sells through Instagram, on her website and in five stores in Denver and two in New Jersey.

White joined DeAngelo’s studio about three months ago and enjoys executing DeAngelo’s style of wire wrapping and knotting.

“What’s cool is I feel like I am hon-

ing a lot of my more nitty gritty skills,” White said. “Just making my things look nicer, cleaner, production style and mass quantity.”

In her home studio of organized chaos, however, with her own production assistant and canine companion Dobby, White said she’s a “one-man show.”

“I move all over the place. I change things. I do have a tendency to go in between projects,” White said.

White said she believes she’s “creating magic” in her studio.

“I feel like I am working with my hands and get to view magic by the end. I feel like I am an alchemist. I feel like I am connecting to the Earth,” White said.

Michelene Berkey: “Not for everyone”

Michelene Berkey is a metalsmith who has made jewelry for a large portion of her life and works from her home studio.

Based in Evergreen, Berkey said she designs and makes silver jewelry with high-carat gold accents, gemstones and different kinds of pearls.

Originally from New York, the 73-year-old said she has had an interest in jewelry making since she was child.

“My grandfather would go to the jewelry exchange in New York and bring home things wrapped up in little pieces of tissue paper and rubber bands,” Berkey said. “I remember standing at the table watching him unwrap these things and just being fascinated with jewelry.”

She attended California State of Long Beach, learned her techniques and “never stopped making (jewelry) and designing it.”

When she was in California, Berkey said she worked in various jewelry shops in the late 1970s and then she moved to Colorado. She said she didn’t have any jewelry connections and took a break from the craft profession to own and operate her own wallpaper and paint business.

Berkey said she returned to full time metalsmithing in 2000.

“The jewelry that I make is not traditional jewelry. It’s more what they call art jewelry,” Berkey said. “I know how to make traditional jewelry…

That’s what I was trained to do but the jewelry that I am making now is made from little sections of cottonwood twigs and just natural things that I find.”

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Berkey said the traditional process consists of a metalsmith making a piece out of wax, plastering it and then placing it in a “burnout” kiln where the wax is melted away.

“What’s left is the void of that particular piece that you’re making and then when you’re ready to actually do the casting you melt your metal and you pour it in and it fills in all of those places where the wax had been originally,” Berkey said.

She siad she wants her pieces to have a lot of texture.

“It’s an interesting process. The casting is the same as manufacturers would use to make anybody’s traditional wedding ring,” Berkey said. “In my case I am actually burning away the twigs because they burn away just the same as a wax.”

Berkey said her work is “not for everyone” but those who love it have responded well to her creations.

“The more people have seen it and understood that it’s silver and it’s made from the twigs they’re really fascinated with that,” Berkey said.

Berkey sells her work in galleries and she attends various shows throughout Colorado and other states.

Denver Jewelry Studio: A place to learn

Berkey is always willing to learn, and said she has attended the Denver Jewelry Studio in Littleton and taken classes in different techniques.

The studio has various levels of classes taught by many different instructors and managed carefully by studio owner Judy Brown.

“Our studio we call it a maker space. It’s basically for people who have no experience at all in metal smithing or they’re professionals and they’re looking to learn a new technique,” Brown said.

Located at 8392 South Continental Divide Road, Unit 104 in Littleton, Brown said Denver Jewelry Studio is open daily, except on Wednesday, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

There are four total employees including Brown and 30 contract instructors who travel from all over the country to hold classes.

Brown said she purchased the studio from the previous owners in 2018 after teaching there.

Artist and jewelry maker Sara DeAngelo stamps a piece at her bench in her studio in Englewood.

Pieces made by teacher and jewelry maker Judy Brown, who owns the Denver JewPHOTOS BY ELISABETH SLAY elry Studio.

“I am a retired state auditor for the state of Texas and Colorado and I needed a creative outlet,” Brown said.

Brown loves “the endless learning” of metalsmithing.

Brown said her style of jewelry is more natural, which was what she was interested in exploring.

“For somebody that’s a numbers cruncher I found that I gravitate to the organic because it gave me so much more freedom and a lot of times it mimics nature,” Brown said. “I am always fascinated with not only textures but colors that we find in natural rocks and tree bark.”

Brown said her primary technique to do and teach is cuttlebone casting.

“It’s a very old technique. They use the cuttlefish. I learned that one in 2007 and I just gravitated to it because I love the texture that you find in that,” Brown said.

Brown said she was developing her own style to the technique by making the casting thinner which wasn’t common. This she said is how she also entered the world of teaching.

“I love teaching because I love to see people learning to be creative.

I think being creative feeds our souls,” Brown said. “All of us need that in our lives in whatever form we have whether it’s cooking or painting.”

Brown said for those looking to

venture into metal smithing the studio recommends that they take the 30-hour Metalsmithing course and then go from there. She said information on classes can be found on the studio’s website.

She said people will learn the basics including sawing techniques, filing, hammering and setting stones.

“For us teaching the beginning students all of these techniques they don’t have to buy a lot of equipment to get started at home and they can really express their creativity,” Brown said.

Denver Jewelry Studio also offers Open Studio where artisans can pay a monthly fee to utilize its tools.

New Denver resident and jewelry maker Jenny Foulkes said she recently moved to Colorado and found the studio.

“I needed bench space because my studio is not set up in my home and (Brown) has all the tools, all the solder stations and they’re open all day,” Foulkes said. “I like the warm welcoming atmosphere.”

Miro Jewelers: A family owned business

Maira Miro, marketing and supplies of Miro Jewelers, said her family has been in the jewelry-making business for four generations.

“We’re a custom fine jewelry store. We do retail and manufacturing,” Miro said.

Located at 6750 S. Emporia St. in Centennial, Miro said the family opened their retail space 15 years ago.

Miro said both her father and her brother are jewelers and the family owns a factory in Lebanon, which is where the business began.

The family opened their current location in 2017 and Miro said her father attended college in Colorado and wanted to return.

For Miro, the best aspects of what she does are the custom pieces the business creates and seeing it journey over the last several years.

“It’s just the custom part of it and being able to take something that has been in our family for a long time and evolve it over time,” she said.

Miro explained the business has evolved from bench jewelry to manufacturing and retail.

She said they make everything from wedding bands to engagement rings to necklaces to earrings.

“The nice thing about custom is you can work with any style because you’re creating it all,” she said. “It’s not like you’re a brand that you have specific styles that you’re working around.”

While versatile in design, Miro said she would describe the company’s pieces as classic and trendy.

Miro said she is not a jeweler but she works on the back end of the business in purchasing and finance.

“I like that it’s a family business that we’ve grown over the generations and we will have for future generations too,” she said.

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For second year, domestic violence deaths in Colorado reach all-time high

BY OLIVIA PRENTZEL THE COLORADO SUN

At least 94 people, from 8 months to 61 years old, died in Colorado in 2022 as a result of domestic violence, according to a report released by the Attorney General’s Office.

It was the second time in two years that the number of domestic violence fatalities set an all-time high in Colorado, exceeding the previous record of 91.

At least 39 people were killed last year by their current or former intimate partners and 22 were bystanders, such as family members, coworkers or neighbors who were with the victim or tried to intervene, the report said.

The number of fatalities was nearly 1.5 times higher than the average number of deaths in the state since 2016, when the Colorado Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board be-

gan tracking them.

The number of bystanders killed was “extraordinarily high” compared with years past, showing the threat extends beyond domestic violence victims and into the community, the Attorney General’s Office said.

Among the deaths were six children under the age of 16, including a 5-year-old who was sleeping in an apartment when a fire was set nearby in a domestic dispute. The five other children died from gunshot wounds after separate attacks, the report said.

Two police officers were also shot to death when responding to domestic violence incidents, the report said.

The report is a “sobering reminder” of the work needed to combat domestic violence across the state, Attorney General Phil Weiser said in a news release. “The numbers are alarming and should catalyze action.

This report provides a stark reminder that domestic violence continues to be a serious threat, primarily to women, and all Coloradans must work toward greater gender equality and more robust efforts to prevent domestic violence.”

The board, which was set up to review data and make policy recommendations, suggested a wider use of assessment tools in organizations that work directly with domestic violence survivors to better help adults and children who are affected by domestic violence and understand the safety risks. The board also recommended developing a pilot program through the Colorado Bureau of Investigation that would foster a relationship between prosecutors, law enforcement and the defense bar to help ensure Colorado’s firearm relinquishment statutes are enforced, the report said.

There’s also a need for more col-

laboration between the state’s Maternal Mortality Prevention Program, Child Fatality Review Baord and the Office of Suicide Prevention, the report said, noting the intersection between each entity’s work and the potential to analyze domestic violence fatalities in a more comprehensive way.

Consistent with previous reports, firearms were the leading cause of death among domestic violence fatalities in 2022, accounting for 86% of deaths. Ninety-seven percent of the victims were female and 95% of the perpetrators were male.

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

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Smaller class sizes in Colorado’s latest draft of universal preschool rules

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Colorado officials want to cap preschool class sizes in the state’s new universal preschool program at 20 students next year and require at least one staff member for every 10 children in the room.

These proposed limits represent a notable change from an earlier plan that allowed classes sizes of 24 preschoolers and staff-student ratios of 1 to 12. Both are higher than what leading early childhood groups recommend.

National experts panned the earlier draft of Colorado’s universal preschool quality rules, saying that the state’s proposal set a low bar and could lead to bad outcomes for kids.

The new draft rules are set to be finalized next spring and will take effect in the fall of 2024. A state advisory committee will weigh in, but Lisa Roy, executive director of the Colorado Department of Early Childhood, will make the final decision.

The new draft rules reflect the balance state officials are trying to strike between ensuring the high-quality program they promised and making the requirements attainable to a wide range of providers in a lowwage, high-turnover field. Universal preschool is available in lots of settings: school district classrooms, private child care centers, faith-based preschools, and licensed homebased programs.

State officials launched the $322 million universal preschool program in August without establishing rules on quality in part because they ran out of time. State preschool leaders told providers last spring to “keep doing what you’re doing.” That means wide variations in quality this year for the more than 48,000 children getting tuition-free preschool through the program.

Some children attend preschools with top scores on the state’s child care and preschool rating system, Colorado Shines, while others attend low-rated programs. Research

shows that high-quality preschool produces positive short- and longterm outcomes for children.

Colorado’s rules on preschool quality, which will spell out requirements around curriculum, staff training, and child health screenings, will eventually bring more consistency to the universal preschool program, but it could take till 2026 or after to fully phase in all the requirements.

Aside from the lower class sizes and staff-student ratios, the new draft is largely similar to the first one. As in the original, it generally requires providers to use a curriculum from a resource bank approved by the state. In addition, preschool providers would be subject to onsite evaluations every three years.

It also specifically states that faithbased preschools can’t include religious instruction in hours funded by universal preschool — a rule that is not in place this year, according to a spokesman for the Colorado Department of Early Childhood.

Training requirements for preschool staff are a bit different in the new draft, with employees only required to have completed four hours of training on some topics next year, down from eight in the previous draft rules. The new draft institutes the 8-hour training requirement in either 2025 or 2026 — either the third or fourth year of the program — depending on the training topic.

The new draft also delays requirements for providers to offer or coordinate health and developmental screenings for preschoolers until the 2025-26 school year.

The new draft rules don’t address preschool teacher qualifications. A separate set of rules that will take effect in the fall of 2025 will set those requirements.

The state is collecting feedback on the latest draft of the universal preschool quality rules through at least Nov. 22.

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Sport shooting range returning to Clear Creek County Work is underway for the Dumont facility to open by summer of 2024

BY CHRIS KOEBERL CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Clear Creek and Gilpin Counties are teaming up to open a shooting range at the site of the former Clear Creek County Sportsman’s Club on Stanley Road.

The new facility, which Clear Creek County Special Projects Manager Lisa Leben said is set to open by summer 2024, is designed for 45 outdoor shooting lanes and an operations building with restrooms and a classroom.

Clean up of the previous CCCSC site, which existed for decades with

a lease through the county, is nearly complete. More than 60,000 pounds of lead (bullets) have already been remediated from the site, according to county commissioners.

The nearly $2 million project is funded by a $1.1 million grant from Colorado Parks & Wildlife. Gilpin County will kick in an additional $400,000 toward completion.

An important reason for the range is to entice legal shooting on U.S. land surrounding Clear Creek County, according to Leben.

“We were having problems with recreational shooting in dispersed areas of the National Forest in several counties,” Leben said.

Initial estimates put the cost of renting a shooting lane at $20 an hour. Discounts for Clear Creek and Gilpin County residents are still being discussed, Leben said.

Clear Creek County Special Projects Manager Lisa Leben (left) oversees work Nov. 9 on the new Clear Creek County shooting range expected to open summer 2024.

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Clear Creek County is still searching for qualified applicants to man-

age and operate the public gun range.

Loveland Ski Area open for the ski season Skiers and snowboarders get first powder of the season in Clear Creek County

BY CHRIS KOEBERL CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Loveland Ski Area opened for the season on Nov. 10.

This opening day comes about a week later into the season from last year. Goodell said the mountain has been working with wild temperature changes this season.

“We had some curveballs thrown at us with the warm weather, but we’re ready to turn on the lifts for the 202324 season,” Goodell said.

Early season lift tickets are available at $119 for adults and $40 for children aged 6-14, according to Marketing Manager Dustin Schaefer.

“The special thing (at Loveland) is we’re not a ski resort, we’re a ski area.

When you go to Loveland, you feel

Sun shines on new snow at Loveland Ski Area in Clear Creek County Oct. 30.

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like family, not a number at a regular resort, and we try to keep lift passes financially affordable,” Schaefer said.

Loveland Ski Area will operate seven days a week, continuing through Closing Day in early May. Lifts will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays and from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on weekends and designated holidays.

“After completing the opening day run, our snowmakers will quickly shift their focus to open additional terrain as soon as possible,” Goodell added.

Loveland ski area in Clear Creek County prepares for the season as snow starts to fall on Oct. 30.

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Pay tribute to 10th Mountain Division at History Colorado

here are all kinds of stories that get forgotten in the fog of war, stories that need to be retold to give those who served the respect they deserve.

That’s the ethos behind Winter Warriors, the History Colorado Center’s,1200 Broadway in Denver, latest exhibition, which is a tribute to World War II’s 10th Mountain Division — the first American troops specifically trained for mountain warfare.

“Winter Warriors isn’t just about combat in World War II, it’s also a story of creativity, resilience, ingenuity and the human condition,” said Dr. Chris Juergens, Head of Curatorial Services and Anschutz Curator of Military History at History Colorado, in a provided

statement.

“This ly. The division paid the ultimate price • The bow and arrows used by one of COMING exhibition puts a during its time in the fight — about the division’s archers.

ATTRACTIONS human face on the one-third of its members were wound• The uniforms worn by soldiers in

inhumanity of war, and highlights the price of freedom that US servicemen and women continue to be willing to pay on behalf of their fellow citizens.”

The exhibit opened Clarke Reader on Veterans Day and truly takes an expansive and intimate look at the division, from their training at Camp Hale in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains through their breakthrough against the Nazi German Army in the mountains of Ita-

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ed or killed.

According to provided information, the exhibit relied on resources from the 10th Mountain Division Resource Center — a collection largely donated by veterans of the unit and maintained

by History Colorado and the Denver Public Library — and features some never-before-seen items.

Some of the special items on display include

• A fez taken from Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini’s Italian villa when it was occupied by American troops in 1945.

training and in combat — as well as those worn by the Women’s Army Corps at Camp Hale and Red Cross volunteers in Italy.

• Pieces of art constructed, carved, and etched by soldiers at Camp Hale and on the front lines.

The aim of the exhibit is visitors come away with a greater appreciation of a story they may have never heard before.

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Bishop Dan Edwards, retired Bishop of Nevada and acclaimed Old Testament scholar will share insights into the Old Testament.

Saturday, November 11, 12 noon Serving light snacks, cookies and tea, followed by Dan’s 1:00 presentation.

First half of the Old Testament.

Saturday November 18, 12 noon light snacks and cookies and tea, followed

by Dan’s 1:00 presentation. Second half of the Old Testament.

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tain Division from its origins to its combat service in more detail than ever before seen in an exhibition,” Juergens stated. “Even those familiar with the story of these famed Winter Warriors will be captivated by new details, photographs and objects that bring this history to life.”

Find full details atwww.historycolorado.org/exhibit/winter-warriors.

Celebrate Thanksgiving with The Last Waltz

When we lost The Band singer/songwriter Robbie Robertson in August of this year, we lost one of rock’s great troubadours. And that loss will make the annual Thanksgiving tribute to the music of The Band, The Last Waltz, even more special.

The 19th annual Last Waltz Revisited will be held at the Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St. in Denver, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 22. For those unfamiliar, the concert is a recreation of The Band’s final group performance, which was immortalized by Martin Scorsese in a documentary of the same name. It’s a great communal opportunity to celebrate one of the best rock songbooks.

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It’s been difficult lately to turn on the

news and not hear something about the deteriorating situation in the Middle East. But that kind of exposure often leaves the stories of the people behind.

The City of Northglenn aims to present a different picture of the region with a screening of Rick Ray’s travel film, “The Promised Land, Adventures in the Middle East: Israel, Jordan and Turkey.” The film will be screened at the Parsons Theatre, 1 East Memorial Parkway, at 10 a.m. on Nov. 21. Visit https://northglennarts.org/for more information.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — St. Paul and the Broken Bones at Ellie Caulkins

Soul music is one of the most elastic music genres we have – there is room for all manner of approaches and subgenres. One of the best examples of this is Alabama’s St. Paul and The Broken Bones, a group that started out with a more traditional style and has evolved into a great purveyor of alternative soul. Their debut album is still one of my favorites, but this year’s “Angles in Science Fiction” is a solid and innovative exploration of the group’s sound.

In support of the record, St. Paul and The Broken Bones will be stopping by the Ellie Caulkins Opera House,1400 Curtis St. in Denver, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18. They’ll be joined by alt-singer/songwriter Maggie Rose, so make sure to get tickets at www.ticketmaster.com.

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Governor vows to veto bill authorizing sites where people could use illicit drugs

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

A legislative interim committee has voted against advancing a bill authorizing the opening of a Denver center where people could openly use illicit drugs under the supervision of workers trained in reversing overdoses after Gov. Jared Polis vowed to veto the measure.

“He is opposed to these drug-use sites,” Conor Cahill, a spokesman for the governor, said in a written state-

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Cahill added “there is great uncertainty nationally about the role of the federal government and how they would enforce these sites that are already operating in other states.”

Polis, a Democrat, had previously been vague about his position on the proposal. The governor refused to take a public position on the sites as recently as last month, when he dodged a Colorado Sun question at SunFest about whether he could ever support legislation authorizing

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The news of Polis’ veto promise was announced in late October at an Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Study Committee before the panel voted against advancing a draft measure authorizing the centers to the full legislature for con-

conversations that have happened,” he said.

Proponents of the measure can still introduce the bill in the legislature next year when state lawmakers reconvene from January through early May, but that now appears certain to draw a veto from Polis should the bill pass.

Overriding a veto takes a supermajority of support from members of each the House and Senate, which the proposal almost certainly doesn’t have.

This story via a news sharing agreement with The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver that covers the state.

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port this bill,” said Mullica, who lives in Thornton. “But I really, truly appreciate the conversations.”

Young, who lives in Greeley and represents a swing district, said her vote was in response to how her constituents perceive the bill.

The vote to reject advancing the measure was six against and four in support.

State Rep. Chris deGruy Kennedy, a Lakewood Democrat and chair of the interim committee, said he was “incredibly disappointed” that the draft bill, modeled after a law enacted in Rhode Island, wasn’t going to move forward.

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Two Democrats on the committee, Sen. Kyle Mullica and Rep. Mary Young, joined the four Republicans on the panel in voting against advancing the draft bill to the full legislature. Mullica cast one of the deciding voters earlier this year rejecting a similar measure in the General Assembly.

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Public Notices call 303-566-4123 Legals Public Trustees Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE – PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, COLORADO PUBLIC TRUSTEE SALE NO. 2023-013 This Notice concerns the Deed of Trust (“Trust Deed”) described as follows: Original Grantor(s): Green Sea Enterprises, Inc., a Florida corporation Original Beneficiary: Twin Tunnels Development, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company Current Holder (“Holder”) of Evidence of D e b t (“Debt”) Secured by the Trust Deed: Twin Tunnels Development, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company Trust Deed Date: September 29, 2022 Trust Deed Recording Date: October 3, 2022 Trust Deed Recording Information: Reception No. 307434 County of Recording (“County”): Clear Creek County, Colorado Original Principal Balance of Debt: Five Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars and 00/100 dollars ($540,000.00).

Principal Balance of Debt on Notice of Election and Demand: $569,368.75 is due as of August 15, 2023 (includes interest, late fees, title work, public trustee deposit, and legal fees through August 15, 2023).

Legal Description of Property (“Property”) to be Foreclosed: See Exhibit A Property Address: N/A 0-TBD County Road 341, Idaho Springs, Colorado 80452 YOU ARE NOTIFIED AS FOLLOWS: The Holder of the Debt secured by the Trust Deed has filed written notice of election and demand for sale with the undersigned Public Trustee under the terms of the Trust Deed. The undersigned will on December 14, 2023, at 11:00 o’clock a.m. at the Clear Creek County Public Trustee’s Office located at 405 Argentine St., Georgetown, CO 80444 sell the Property at public auction to the highest bidder who has submitted bid funds to the undersigned as specified by C.R.S. § 38-38106(7) to pay the Debt and certain other sums, all as provided by applicable law, the Trust Deed and this Combined Notice. The covenant(s) violated under the Debt or Trust Deed or both on which the election and demand for foreclosure is based is or are as follows: Pursuant to CRS § 38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the Deed of Trust have been violated and the holder of the evidence of debt elects to accelerate the Debt; declares that the Debt is immediately due and payable in full; elects to foreclose the Property; and demands that the Public Trustee of the County in which the Property is located, give notice of sale, advertise for sale, and sell the Property to pay the Debt and expenses of sale, all as provided by law and the terms of the Deed of Trust.

AND THAT PORTION OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (SW 1/4 SW 1/4) OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 72 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., SHOWN AS PARCEL B ON THE SKLADANOWSKI DIVISION OF LAND CORRECTION PLAT, RECORDED DECEMBER 17, 1999 IN BOOK 591 AT PAGE 606, EXCEPTING THEREFROM ANY PORTION LYING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE LANDS DESCRIBED IN INSTRUMENTS RECORDED: FEBRUARY 17, 1971 IN BOOK 323 AT PAGES 621 AND 621A; DECEMBER 31, 1985 IN BOOK 442 AT PAGE 925; APRIL 23, 1986 IN BOOK 445 AT PAGE 211; DECEMBER 18, 1972 IN BOOK 336 AT PAGE 493; DECEMBER 06, 1971 IN BOOK 329 AT PAGE 326; AND MAY 17, 2021 IN BOOK 1008 AT PAGE 34.

COUNTY OF CLEAR CREEK, STATE OF COLORADO. THE LIEN OF THE TRUST DEED BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED ABOVE IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY PRESENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE TRUST DEED. A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE FILED PURSUANT TO COLORADO REVISED STATUTES § 38-38-104 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE UNDERSIGNED AT LEAST 15 CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED. 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. A NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEEM FILED PURSUANT TO COLORADO REVISED STATUTES § 38-38-302 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE UNDERSIGNED NO LATER THAN 8 BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE SALE. The name, address, business telephone number and Colorado bar registration number of each attorney representing the Holder of the Debt are as follows: Anita L. Marchant, Colorado Bar Reg. No. 43987 COATY MARCHANT WOODS, PC 1202 Bergen Pkwy, Suite 110 Evergreen, CO 80439 (303) 674-0800 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. DATED: August 23, 2023 CLEAR CREEK COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE By: Carol Lee, Public Trustee First Publication Date: 10/26/2023 Last Publication Date: 11/23/2023 Foreclosure Sale Number 2023-013 Exhibit A – Legal Description

Description of property (“Property”) presently encumbered by Deed of Trust:

THAT PORTION OF GOVERNMENT LOT NUMBERED TWO (2) IN SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 4 SOUTH, RANGE 72 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M. AND THAT PORTION OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (SW1/4 SW1/4) OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 72 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., SHOWN AS PARCEL B ON THE SKLADANOWSKI DIVISION OF LAND CORRECTION PLAT, RECORDED DECEMBER 17, 1999 IN BOOK 591 AT PAGE 606,

THAT PORTION OF GOVERNMENT LOT NUMBERED TWO (2) IN SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 4 SOUTH, RANGE 72 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M.

EXCEPTING THEREFROM ANY PORTION LYING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE LANDS DESCRIBED IN INSTRUMENTS RE-

CORDED: FEBRUARY 17, 1971 IN BOOK 323 AT PAGES 621 AND 621A; DECEMBER 31, 1985 IN BOOK 442 AT PAGE 925; APRIL 23, 1986 IN BOOK 445 AT PAGE 211; DECEMBER 18, 1972 IN BOOK 336 AT PAGE 493; DECEMBER 06, 1971 IN BOOK 329 AT PAGE 326; AND MAY 17, 2021 IN BOOK 1008 AT PAGE 34.

COUNTY OF CLEAR CREEK, STATE OF COLORADO. Legal Notice No. CCC689 First Publication: October 26, 2023 Last Publication: November 23, 2023 Publisher: Clear Creek Courant Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2023-014 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On August 29, 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) CHARLES L. NELSON Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for LoanDepot.com, LLC Its Successors and Assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Specialized Loan Servicing LLC Date of Deed of Trust December 17, 2019 County of Recording Clear Creek Recording Date of Deed of Trust January 02, 2020 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 294169 Book: 976 Page: 947 Original Principal Amount $100,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $85,510.12 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: The undersigned, as current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described above, the original principal amount of which was$100,000.00, declares that the covenants of said Deed of Trust have been violated for reasons including, but not limited to, the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

Therefore, the current holder of the Evidence of Debt has elected to accelerate the entire indebtedness. The outstanding principal balance (exclusive of interest and any other charges properly allowable under the document(s) evidencing said debt) due and owing upon the Evidence of Debt secured by the above-described Deed of Trust being foreclosed is$85,510.12.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 18, LOCH LOMOND HIGHLANDS UNIT 2, COUNTY OF CLEAR CREEK, STATE OF COLORADO. ***ASSIGNMENT OF DEED OF TRUST RECORDED ON JANUARY10, 2023 AT RECEPTION NO. 308382 Also known by street and number as: 69 Pooh Cor, Idaho Springs, CO 80452.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY EN-

CUMBERED 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, 12/28/2023, 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 11/2/2023 Last Publication 11/30/2023 Name of PublicationThe Clear Creek Courant

City and County Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that a proposed combined budget has been submitted to the Clear Creek County Board of County Commissioners for the ensuing year of 2024 for all County Funds, Public Trustee, Emergency Services General Improvement District, and the Housing Authority.

The proposed budget is available to view on the Clear Creek County webpage at 2024 Proposed Budget. The proposed combined budget will be considered at a regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners to be held at the Clear Creek County Courthouse, 6th and Argentine Streets, Georgetown, CO on Tuesday, December 5, 2023 after 8:30 a.m.

Any interested person within Clear Creek County may inspect the proposed combined budget and file or register any comments thereto at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget.

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;

November 7, 2023

DATE: 08/29/2023 Carol Lee, Public Trustee in and for the County of Clear Creek, State of Colorado

Legal Notice No. CCC724 First Publication: November 16, 2023 Last Publication: November 16, 2023 Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

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-23-952904-LL 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.

“Trust Us!”

Legal Notice No. CCC705 First Publication: November 2, 2023 Last Publication: November 30, 2023 Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

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Randall Wheelock Board of County Commissoners Clear Creek County, CO

Public Notice L1102-TD 23-038 NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED 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 if, upon diligent inquiry, such person can be found in the same county or if his residence outside the county is known, and upon all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the same if, upon diligent inquiry, the residence of such persons can be determined, not more than 5 months nor less than 3 months before the time of issuance of such deed; and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to : ALTER, THOMAS E And Whereas, You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 13 day of NOVEMBER, A.D. 2020, the then County Treasurer of Clear Creek County, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale the following described real estate in the County of Clear Creek, State of Colorado, to wit: TAX LIEN SALE CERTIFICATE OF PURCHASE 2020-01354 Property Schedule R009779 Parcel 195912200628 MINE: SILVER - 19456 Undivided .50% 6.014 ACRES CAS 12-4-74 530/229 County of Clear Creek, State of Colorado And Whereas, Said County Treasurer issued a Tax Lien Sale Certificate of Purchase therefore to Robert E. York; And Whereas, That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2019; And Whereas, That said real estate was taxed in the name of ALTER, THOMAS E for said year of 2019; And Whereas, That said on the 16 day of

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October, A.D. 2023, Robert E. York the present holder of said certificate, who has made request upon the Treasurer of Clear Creek County for a deed to said real estate; And Whereas, That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued to the said Robert E. York at 11:00 o’clock A.M., on the 05 day of March, A.D. 2024, unless the same has been redeemed.

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

Witness my hand this 24 day of October, A.D., 2023. /s/ Carol Lee Carol Lee, Treasurer Clear Creek County Legal Notice No. CCC714 First Publication: November 2, 2023 Last Publication: November 16, 2023 Publisher: Clear Creek Courant Public Notice City of Idaho Springs Check Register 10/1/23-10/31/23 Check Invoice Issue Date Amount 38391 10/09/2023 38392 10/09/2023 38393 10/09/2023 38394 10/09/2023 38395 10/09/2023 38396 10/09/2023 38397 10/09/2023 38398 10/09/2023 38399 10/09/2023 38400 10/09/2023 38401 10/09/2023 38402 10/09/2023 38403 10/09/2023 38404 10/09/2023 38405 10/09/2023 38406 10/09/2023 38407 10/09/2023 38408 10/09/2023 38409 10/09/2023 38410 10/09/2023 38411 10/09/2023 38412 10/09/2023 38413 10/09/2023 38414 10/09/2023 38415 10/09/2023 38416 10/09/2023 38417 10/09/2023 38418 10/09/2023 38419 10/09/2023 38420 10/09/2023 38421 10/09/2023 38422 10/09/2023 38423 10/23/2023 38424 10/23/2023 38425 10/23/2023 38426 10/23/2023

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Public Notice NOTICE OF OPEN MEETING FOR HEARING ON PETITION FOR INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE EVERGREEN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested persons that a Petition for Inclusion of additional real property has been filed with the Board of Directors of the Evergreen Metropolitan District.

The Board of Directors has fixed Wednesday, the 29th day of November, 2023, at the hour of 9:00 a.m., at 30920 Stagecoach Boulevard, Evergreen, Colorado, as the date, time and place of an open meeting at which such Petition shall be heard.

The name and address of the Petitioner and description of the property to be included are: PROPERTY OWNER’S NAME AND ADDRESS: Joy O. Young Revocable Trust 26752 Hilltop Road Evergreen, Colorado 80439 PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: That part of the NW¼ of the SE¼ of Section 4, Township 5 South, Range 71 West of the 6th P.M., as described in Warranty Deed dated September 12, 1991, and recorded in the records of the Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder on September 20, 1991 at Reception No. 91086566; also known as Jefferson County Parcel No. 51-044-00-008, Schedule No. 300040396, and 3942 South Palo Verde Road, Evergreen, Colorado 80439.

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Public Notice

Legal Notice No. CCC723 First Publication: November 16, 2023 Last Publication: November 16, 2023 Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

DISTRICT COURT, CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, COLORADO Clear Creek County Courthouse 405 Argentine P.O. Box 367 Georgetown, Colorado 80444

Metro Districts Budget Hearings

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Quill Corporation

BY ORDER OF THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS:

Dated:November 8, 2023.

HUTCHINSON BLACK AND COOK, LLC By: /s Keith M. Edwards Keith M. Edwards

Legal Notice No. CCC725 First Publication: November 16, 2023 Last Publication: November 16, 2023 Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Timberline Disposal

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The agenda for any meeting may be obtained at www.mightyargomd.com or by calling (303) 858-1800.

This is an action to quiet the title of the Plaintiff in and to the real property situated in Clear Creek County, Colorado, more particularly described on Exhibit A, attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE EVERGREEN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT.

NOTICE CONCERNING PROPOSED 2024 BUDGET OF EVERGREEN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

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Any interested elector of the Districts may file any objections to the Proposed Budgets and Amended Budgets at any time prior to the final adoption of the Proposed Budgets or the Amended Budgets by the Boards.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the first amended complaint without further notice.

0.006 ACRES OUT OF THE NW 1/4 OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT (28) TOWNSHIP THREE (3) SOUTH RANGE SEVENTY-THREE (73) WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., BEING ALL OF THE LANDS LYING BETWEEN PARCEL 1 AND PARCEL 2 GRANTED TO CLEAR CREEK LAND COMPANY, LLC, A COLORADO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, RECORDED IN SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED IN DEED BOOK 865, PAGE 784 OF CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, COLORADO RECORDS, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

572.87

TK Elevator Corporation

The Proposed Budgets and Amended Budgets are available for inspection by the public at the offices of Marchetti & Weaver, 28 2nd Street, Unit 213, Edwards, CO 81632.

You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the first amended 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 first amended complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

/s/ WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Attorneys at Law

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J Winston Morrison, Marjorie M. Flanagan, Nancy Townsley, Paula M. Montague, Marilyn M. Harris Trust, Paula M. Montague Trust, Michael E. Morrison Trust, Charles R. Morrison III Trust, Ann M. Montalvo Trust, The Morrison Real Estate Trust, Britney Patin, Dana Rudzitis, Jeri Ann Grant, and all unknown persons who claim any interest in the subject matter of this action.

All interested parties may appear at such hearing to show cause in writing why such Petition should not be granted.

Public Notice

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The Boards of Directors (collectively the “Boards”) of the MIGHTY ARGO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-3 (collectively the “Districts”), will hold a public hearing via teleconference on November 28, 2023, at 9:00 A.M., to consider adoption of the Districts’ proposed 2024 budgets (the “Proposed Budgets”), and, if necessary, adoption of an amendment to the 2023 budgets (the “Amended Budgets”). This public hearing may be joined using the following teleconference information:

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE BELOW-NAMED DEFENDANTS(S):

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

3,238.98

VISA

Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED 2024 BUDGETS AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AMENDED 2023 BUDGETS

921 Walnut Street, Suite 200 Boulder, CO 80302 Phone: (303) 442-6514 keith.edwards@hbcboulder.com Attorneys for Plaintiff

MIGHTY ARGO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-3, quasi-municipal corporations and political subdivisions of the State of Colorado

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Xcel Energy

Legal Notice No. CCC722 First Publication: November 16, 2023 Last Publication: November 16, 2023 Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Metropolitan Districts

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Legal Notice No. CCC721 First Publication: November 16, 2023 Last Publication: November 16, 2023 Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

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EVERGREEN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of Evergreen Metropolitan District (“District”) for the ensuing year of 2024; that a copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of the District at 30920 Stagecoach Boulevard, Evergreen, Colorado, where the same is open for public inspection; and that such proposed budget will be considered at a public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District to be held at 30920 Stagecoach Boulevard, Evergreen, Colorado, on December 27, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. Any elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget, inspect the budget and file or register any objections thereto.

Exhibit A – Legal Description

BEGINNING AT A FOUND 5/8 INCH REBAR WITH CAP (#25353) ON THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF COUNTY ROAD NO. 312, SAID POINT BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE N 18°21’59” W A DISTANCE OF 131.36 FEET TO A CALCULATED POINT;

Plaintiff: CAC Real Estate LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company,

THENCE N 30°47’18” E A DISTANCE OF 1.94 FEET TO A CALCULATED POINT;

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THENCE S 18°38’35” E A DISTANCE OF 137.48 FEET TO A CALCULATED POINT ON THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF COUNTY ROAD NO. 312;

Defendants: J. Winston Morrison, Marjorie M. Flannigan, Marilyn M. Harris, Paula M. Montague, Michael E. Morrison, Charles R. Morrison III, Ann M. Montalvo, Nancy Townsley, Marilyn M. Harris Trust, Paula M. Montague Trust, Michael E. Morrison Trust, Charles R. Morrison III Trust, Ann M. Montalvo Trust, The Morrison Real Estate Trust, Larry E. Romine, Laura D. Romine, Dale R. Benson, Karen F. Benson, The Larry E. Romine Trust, Dated November 1, 1989, The Laura D. Romine Trust, Dated November 1, 1989, Highside Adventure Tours, Inc, A Colorado Corporation, and Clear Creek Land Company, LLC, A Colorado Limited Liability Company, and all unknown persons who claim any interest in the subject matter of this action.

Case Number: 22CV30031 Courtroom/Division: C Keith M. Edwards, No. 42666 Hutchinson Black and Cook, LLC

THENCE N 42°03’17” W A DISTANCE OF 5.30 FEET RETURNING TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING 241.05 SQUARE FEET OR 0.006 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. I, C. ED GRAY, PLS #0033187, HEREBY DO CERTIFY THAT THIS DISCRIPTION IS BASED ON A SURVEY THAT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER MY DIRECT SUPERVISION ON OR ABOUT FEBRUARY 28, 2023 AND MEETS OR EXCEEDS THE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR PROPERTY BOUNDARY SURVEYS. BEARINGS ARE BASED UPON THE SOUTHWESTERYLY LINE OF A PLAT RECORDED UNDER RECEPTION NO. 151787, BETWEEN AN ALUMINUM CAP #25737 AND AN ALUMINUM CAP #25737 FOUND ON SAID SOUTHWESTERLY

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Public Notices

LINE AND IS N 69°55’28” W 342.78 FEET. ALL DISTANCES ARE U.S. SURVEY FEET. SURVEYOR: C. ED GRAY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 0033187 STATE OF REGISTRATION: COLORADO CURRENT ADDRESS: 502 E. CENTERTON BLVD, APT 1917 CENTERTON, AR 72719 Legal Notice No. CCC711 First Publication: November 16, 2023 Last Publication: December 14, 2023 Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Water Court Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO OCTOBER 2023 WATER RESUME PUBLICATION TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN WATER APPLICATIONS IN WATER DIV. 1 Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are notified that the following is a resume of all water right applications, and certain amendments filed in the Office of the Water Clerk during the month of OCTOBER 2023 for each County affected.

(This publication can be viewed in its entirety on the state court website at: www.courts.state. co.us) 2023CW3130 (17CW3055) DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION NO. 1, STATE OF COLORADO, Weld County Courthouse, 901 9th Avenue, P.O. Box 2038, Greeley, CO 80632, (970) 475-2507, IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION FOR WATER RIGHTS OF: ST. MARY’S GLACIER WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT, IN CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, COLORADO. APPLICATION TO MAKE ABSOLUTE AND FOR FINDINGS OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE IN CLEAR CREEK COUNTY. 1. Name, Address, Telephone Number, and Email Address of Applicant: St. Mary’s Glacier Water and Sanitation District (the “Applicant”), c/o Colin B. Mielke, Esq., Seter & Vander Wall, P.C., 7400 E. Orchard Road, Suite 3300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, (303) 770-2700, cmielke@svwpc.com Direct All Pleadings to: Bushong & Holleman PC, Attn: Fritz Holleman & Cassidy Woodard, 1525 Spruce Street, Suite 200, Boulder, CO 80302, fholleman@BH-lawyers.com; cwoodard@BHlawyers.com 2. Names of Structures: 2.1. St. Mary’s Well No. 3 (a/k/a St. Mary’s Well No. 5)1 (fn: Colorado Decision Support System identifies this well as St. Mary’s Well 5.) – Permit No. 23293-F; and 2.2. St. Mary’s Well No. 4 – Permit No. 053328-F (expired). Collectively, St. Mary’s Well No. 3 and St. Mary’s Well No. 4 will be referred to herein as the “Structures.” The Structures were originally decreed along with water rights for St. Mary’s Well Nos. 1, 2, and 5. The water rights for St. Mary’s Well Nos. 1 and 2

(Permit Nos. 13050-F and 12482-F, respectively) were originally decreed as absolute. The water right for St. Mary’s Well No. 5 (a/k/a St. Mary’s Well No. 3) – Permit No. 056389-F was subsequently made fully absolute in Case No. 17CW3055, described in Paragraph 3.2 below.

3. Descriptions of Conditional Water Rights: 3.1.

Original Decree: The water rights decreed to the Structures were originally decreed by the District Court in and for Water Division No. 1 (the “Water Court”) in Case No. W-7825-74 on April 8, 1975, 3.2. Subsequent Decrees: Subsequent decrees were entered by the Water Court making portions of the St. Mary’s Well No. 3 water right absolute or finding reasonable diligence on the remaining conditional water rights associated with the Structures in Case Nos. W-7825-79 on December 2, 1981, 83CW69 on October 1, 1984, 87CW53 on December 9, 1988, 94CW235 on October 25, 1995, 01CW195 on December 9, 2002, 08CW288 on March 8, 2011, and 17CW3055 on October 4, 2017, 3.3. Decreed Locations: 3.3.1. St. Mary’s Well No. 3 (a/k/a St. Mary’s Well No. 5) – Permit No. 23293-F: In the NW1/4SE1/4 of Section 35, Township 2 South, Range 74 West of the 6th P.M., Clear Creek County, at a point 1,700 feet north and 2,500 feet west of the SE corner, Section 35.

See Exhibit A., 3.3.2. St. Mary’s Well No. 4 – Permit No. 053328-F (expired): In the SE1/4SW1/4 of Section 35, Township 2 South, Range 74 West of the 6th P.M., Clear Creek County, at a point 130 feet north and 2,250 feet east of the SW corner, Section 35. See Exhibit A., 3.4. Source: Groundwater tributary to Clear Creek, 3.5. Appropriation Date: December 20, 1974, 3.6. Amounts: 3.6.1. St. Mary’s Well No. 3 (a/k/a St. Mary’s Well No. 5) – Permit No. 23293F: 0.145 cfs (66 gpm), absolute, and 0.075 cfs (34 gpm), conditional, 3.6.2. St. Mary’s Well No. 4 – Permit No. 053328-F (expired): 0.22 cfs (100 gpm), conditional, 3.7. Uses: Domestic, commercial, industrial, municipal, and non-consuming recreational together with St. Mary’s Well No. 1-13050-F, St. Mary’s Well No. 2-12482-F, and St. Mary’s WellNo. 5 (a/k/a St. Mary’s Well No. 3) – Permit No. 056389-F, 3.8. Depths: 3.8.1. St. Mary’s Well No. 3 (a/k/a St. Mary’s Well No. 5) – Permit No. 23293-F: approximately 90 feet deep, 3.8.2. St. Mary’s Well No. 4 – Permit No. 053328-F (expired): has not been constructed.

4. Request to Make Absolute: During the diligence period, Applicant pumped St. Mary’s Well No. 3 (a/k/a St. Mary’s Well No. 5) – Permit No. 23293-F at a maximum rate of 85 gpm and placed such water to beneficial use. This pumping rate exceeds the amount previously made absolute for such well by 19 gpm. Therefore, Applicant requests that the water right associated with St. Mary’s Well No. 3 (a/k/a St. Mary’s Well No. 5) – Permit No. 23292-F be made absolute for 85 gpm total. An affidavit regarding Applicant’s pumping records to support such request is attached as Exhibit B. 5. Request for Findings of Reasonable Diligence: For all water rights not made absolute as requested in Paragraph 4 above, Applicant requests findings that it has exercised reasonable diligence in the development of the remaining conditional water rights associated with the Structures, as described in Paragraph 3 above, for all conditional amounts

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and uses and continuing such conditional water rights in full force and effect. 6. Diligence Activities: Applicant is a quasi-municipal water and sanitation district organized pursuant to statute to provide water and sewer services to its inhabitants. Development of its system is keyed to its service plan report, which provides for development of the water rights used to serve its district over a period of years. The water rights associated with the Structures are part of an overall comprehensive plan for development by Applicant. During the diligence period, Applicant has performed the following activities that demonstrate reasonable diligence: 6.1. Applicant added twenty-one new taps to its water system to connect additional homes. As additional homes are constructed within Applicant’s service area, additional pumping capacity will be utilized in accordance with Applicant’s development plan, 6.2. Applicant expended approximately $3.8 million for operation and maintenance repair of its water and wastewater system, including the wastewater treatment plant, water and sewer main lines, and appurtenances. These costs also include necessary tasks for regular operation of the water system, such as: storage building rentals for equipment; chemicals, testing, and water sampling; machinery rentals and repairs; engagement of a certified Operator in Responsible Charge; and employment of a utility technician, 6.3. Applicant undertook work to implement its Phase 2 Water System Project at a total expenditure of approximately $4.1 million, including engineering costs. This Project involves a major rehabilitation and upgrade of Applicant’s public water system, including removing, rehabilitating, and constructing improvements to St. Mary’s Well No. 1, St. Mary’s Well No. 5 (a/k/a St. Mary’s Well No. 3), and St. Mary’s Well No. 3 (a/k/a St. Mary’s Well No. 5). The Phase 2 Water System Project also included construction of a new booster pump station, water storage tank improvements, the installation of 1,234 linear feet of water transmission and distribution mains, and the installation of new pressure relief vaults, 6.4. Applicant expended approximately $1 million in capital expenditures, which included costs to repair certain areas of Applicant’s water system to reduce leaks, increase flows, and increase water service reliability, 6.5. Applicant is in the process of studying and engineering a major overhaul to its sanitary sewer system and wastewater treatment plant, which will better facilitate the collection and treatment of water utilized by Applicant’s customers.

7. Land Ownership: 7.1. St. Mary’s Well No. 3 (a/k/a St. Mary’s Well No. 5) – Permit No. 23293F: Applicant, 7.2. St. Mary’s Well No. 4 – Permit No. 053328-F (expired): Hans P. and Patricia K. Hultgren, 25568 Genesee Trail Road, Golden, CO 80401. WHEREFORE, Applicant respectfully requests that the court enter an order (1) granting Applicant’s request to make an additional 19 gpm absolute for the water right associated with St. Mary’s Well No. 3 (a/k/a St. Mary’s Well No. 5) – Permit No. 23293-F as described in Paragraph 4 above; (2) granting Applicant’s request for findings of reasonable diligence for the remaining conditional water rights associated with the Structures as described in Paragraph 5 above and continuing such conditional water

rights in full force and effect; and (3) granting such other and further relief as deemed appropriate.

(6 pages + Exhibits) THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BY THESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECT IN PRIORITY ANY WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDICATED WITHIN THIS DIVISION AND OWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTS MUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE OR BE FOREVER BARRED. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any party who wishes to oppose an application, or an amended application, may file with the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038, Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statement of Opposition, setting forth facts as to why the application should not be granted, or why it should be granted only in part or on certain conditions. Such Statement of Opposition must be filed by the last day of DECEMBER 2023 (forms available on www.courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’s office), and must be filed as an Original and include $192.00 filing fee. A copy of each Statement of Opposition must also be served upon the Applicant or Applicant’s Attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service of mailing shall be filed with the Water Clerk.

Legal Notice No. CCC720 First Publication: November 16, 2023 Last Publication: November 16, 2023 Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

Notice to Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Richard A. Oertll, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30020 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Clear Creek County, Colorado on or before March 2, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

Mary Cecile Oertli Personal Representative c/o Timothy Canty, Esq. 8427 S. Custer Lane Evergreen, CO 80439 Attorney for Personal Representative Legal Notice No. CCC712 First Publication: November 2, 2023 Last Publication: November 16, 2023 Publisher: Clear Creek Courant

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