Douglas County News Press 101421

October 14, 2021

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Q&As with Castle Pines candidates STAFF REPORT

Castle Rock Mayor Jason Gray says 2021 has been better than 2020 during the annual State of the Town address on Oct. 7.

PHOTO BY THELMA GRIMES

Castle Rock’s State of Town highlights landmark year Mayor Jason Gray says 2021 is better than 2020

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In a different format this year,

the Castle Rock 2021 State of the Town event featured some of Mayor Jason Gray speaking about the town’s accomplishments and a lot of videos promoting what has happened and what is still to come.

In opening the Oct. 7 event at Phillip S. Miller Park, Gray said there were not a lot of good things

happening in 2020, but in 2021, progress was made.

In recognizing the town’s continued accomplishments, Gray said none of it could have happened without having a dedicated town staff.

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County health board OKs school-mask opt-out Action comes amid hotly contested school board election

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Douglas County Health De-

partment will allow people to opt out of local masking requirements in schools under a new health order aimed at curbing COVID-relat-

ed masking mandates for students and staff.

Children’s Hospital Colorado strongly rebuked the move, along with the board’s attempts to link SEE HEALTH, P47

Dream Big Dreams...

INSIDE: VOICES: PAGE 14 | LIFE: PAGE 26 | CALENDAR: PAGE 29 | SPORTS: PAGE 34

Castle Pines residents are voting for mayor and three city council seats in the election that ends Nov. 2.

In the mayor’s race, Tara Radloff is seeking reelection. Challenging Radloff are councilmember Tracy Engerman and Castle Pines North Metro District President David McEntire.

Council seats are also on the ballot in District 1 (the far northwest part of the city), District 2 (northwest and west Castle Pines) and District 3 (south and east areas, including The Canyons east of I-25).

In District 1, Councilmember Chris Eubanks is running unopposed as Melissa Coudeyras opted not to run for re-election. In District 2, incumbent Ben Price faces challenger Chuck Lowen. And in District 3, incumbent councilmember Roger Hudson is challenged by Merri Sheh.

The News-Press sent questionnaires to each candidate to help voters learn more about them. We asked why they’re running, what qualifies them for office and what their priorities would be if elected.

Turn inside for our candidate Q&As. Our Q&As with Douglas County school board candidates appeared in last week’s paper, and they’re online at douglascountynewspress.net.

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Castle Rock tax measures 2A, 2D would fund public safety, roads Revenue streams would come from construction, TABOR pause

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

With ballots hitting local mailboxes for the 2021 election, Castle Rock residents are being asked to consider four separate tax measures as town officials ask for assistance in creating new revenue streams.

While two measures focus on parks and recreation and open space, ballot measures 2A and 2D ask voters to help keep up with the cost of growth. As the population grows, the town is seeing a need for more police, fire, and emergency services. As traffic increases, some of the town’s major roadways are also in need of reconstruction.

The first measure is Ballot question 2A: New housing construction tax for police and fire. If approved by voters, a $7 per square foot tax would be levied on new home construction. The tax would not impact existing

homeowners or construction currently underway.

With approval, the new tax would go into effect for new home permits beginning Jan. 1, 2022.

In the first year of collecting revenues from the added construction tax, town officials anticipate $13.9 million in new revenue. Town Manager David Corliss has stressed the funding would go directly toward police, fire, and emergency services in Castle Rock.

Opponents of 2A, which includes local housing developers, have said a single-family home buyer will pay $15,000 or more in added taxes if the measure is approved.

If the town stopped growing now, Corliss said, emergency services are stable and there is no need for the added revenue. However, reality says growth will continue and it is not unrealistic that Castle Rock will push 100,000, Corliss said.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Castle Rock is one of the fastestgrowing municipalities in the state, with a 41.9% population increase from 2010. According to the data, Castle Rock’s 2020 population was 73,158. In 2010, the

population was 48,251.

Looking at the five-year plan, Castle Rock Police Chief Jack Cauley and Fire Chief Norris Croom have said they need more officers and firefighters to keep up with the town’s high level of standards for public safety.

Without funding to hire more police officers and firefighters in the next five years, Croom and Cawley have warned that services could decrease as the population increases.

Besides new construction taxes, the town is also requesting voters approve a 10-year pause to TABOR (Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights)

to help fund police, fire and the $75 million Crystal Valley Interchange reconstruction that is needed due to increased traffic at Interstate 25. If approved, instead of refunding excess tax revenue to citizens each year, the town would be able to keep the funds for the next 10 years, starting in 2022.

On the ballot, the TABOR question is listed as Ballot question 2D: Use of all excess revenues solely for police, fire, and roads.

On Oct. 1, the Castle Rock Chamber of Commerce endorsed Ballot question 2D. The chamber reiterated

Corliss’ position that 2D is not a tax increase as much as it is allowing the town to keep added revenues to pay for public safety and roads.

In endorsing the measure, the chamber statement said, “We believe it is important to provide necessary funding for road infrastructure and public safety.”

During the Oct. 5 town council meeting, local firefighter Matt Osborn said he was speaking on behalf of 83 firefighters with the Castle Rock Professional Firefighters group. Osborn said the group endorses ballot measure 2A and 2D. While the measures are being left up to the voters, the Castle Rock Town Council unanimously approved a resolution on Oct. 5 voicing support in approving not just tax measure 2A and 2D, but also measures 2B and 2C, which would create revenue to purchase open space and help fund needs with the parks and recreation department.

Castle Rock residents Wayne and Caryn Ann Harlos have spoken out against all four tax measures since the council began discussions in August. The Harloses say the measures are government overreach.

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Gray said Castle Rock continues to receive national recognition as one of the top places to live in America.

Individual staff members have also received national recognition, Gray said. Both Fire Chief Norris Croom and Police Chief Jack Cauley have been named to national boards and received national awards, Gray said.

Gray said the town’s Parks and Recreation Department has also been recognized for excellence at the national level.

Instead of speaking the entire time, Gray showed several videos throughout the night to display the town’s accomplishments in 2021, plans for 2022 and growth as the town celebrates its 140th year.

In presenting some 2021 highlights, Gray, via video, said the town continues to work on road improvements with the roundabout on Wilcox Street, the restoration of Meadows Boulevard and making upgrades to aging water and wastewater systems throughout the town.

Gray said one of the major highlights from 2021 was a “landmark” year in water. For the first time this summer, the town started using reusable water.

Gray said investing in a strong water future continues to be the town’s priority.

In a continued focus on parks and recreation, Gray said construction on Cobblestone Park is underway from land donated from the Metzler estate. The first phase will be com-

Instead of all talk, the town displayed a variety of videos to show the success Castle Rock has enjoyed in 2021.

pleted in 2022.

Gray highlighted the increase in parking options downtown in 2021. With the construction of the parking garage tied to the Encore development, the town got 300 public parking spaces next to Town Hall.

With the added parking, Gray said as pandemic restrictions were lifted, the town had a great event season with concerts in the park, drive-in movies and a variety of community events that were sold out and well attended.

In looking at 2022, Gray said a lot of focus will be on the election

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results on Nov. 2. The town is asking voters to approve four separate tax measures aimed at creating new revenue streams to pay for more police and fire personnel, fund the growing need for the $75 million Crystal Valley interchange reconstruction at Interstate 25, purchase more open space and increase

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resources for the Parks and Recreation Department.

In the 30-minute presentation, Gray said what happens in 2022 will depend a lot on the election results.

Gray said parks will also continue to be a focus in 2022, with plans to make improvements to some of the town’s aging parks.

Castle Rock Town Manager David Corliss and Police Chief Jack Cauley listen to Mayor Jason Gray deliver the State of the Town address.

Fall Festival set for Festival Park Castle Rock event offers range of activities STAFF REPORT

From changing leaves to cooler temperatures, there’s something special about this season in Castle Rock. Join the town on Oct. 16 at Festival Park to celebrate all things pumpkin, spooky and fall at the Fall Festival, which will also feature Creepy Crawlies Around the Rock.

Enjoy the seasonal fun from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Stroll through more than 40 harvest-style vendors, featuring locally made food and craft products put on by the LOCAL Colorado, the organizer of the Sunday Farmers Market at

Festival Park.

Families can also participate in activity stations such as outdoor games, pumpkin decorating, fall crafts and a decorated photo booth.

Plus, don’t miss a chance to purchase a pumpkin from local farmer Miller Farms. Local favorite food trucks — M&M Western Grill and Bloom & Grow Kitchen — will have food available for purchase.

Douglas Land Conservancy will also join the fun with Creepy Crawlies Around the Rock, presented by Nature’s Educators.

This educational, Halloweenthemed animal booth will include some of Castle Rock’s creepiest creatures such as owls, vultures, snakes, frogs and other invertebrates.

Learn more about the event at CRgov.com/FallFestival.

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As Castle Rock residents start working to fill out ballots by the Nov. 2 deadline, they are being asked to consider four separate tax measures, including creating new revenue streams to allow the town to purchase open space and adequately fund the parks and recreation department.

While two tax measures focus on paying for public safety resources, Castle Rock council members say ballot measures 2B and 2C are in line with following what citizens have identified

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The first measure is Ballot question 2B: Parks and Recreation

sales tax on lodging. If approved, the town is looking to increase revenue by $650,000 a year by implementing a 6% sales tax on lodging. According to the ballot wording, the funds would be used solely for parks and recreation purposes.

Ballot question 2C: Open space sales tax would help the town raise revenue to pay for open space. The measure is asking voters to approve a 0.1% sales and use tax increase, which would cost citizens a penny for every $10 spent in taxable purchase.

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With voters deciding the tax measures, the Castle Rock Town Council unanimously approved a resolution on Oct. 5 stating they all support the approval not just questions 2B and 2C, but also questions 2A and 2D, which are focused on increasing revenue to fund police and fire department needs and improve the town’s roads.

Castle Rock resident Caryn Ann Harlos said she is against all four tax measures. Speaking during the Oct. 5 meeting, Harlos said approving tax increases for parks and recreation purposes is government overreach.

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Candidates for Castle Pines mayor Tera Radloff Tracy Engerman Occupation: Self-employed — consultant Years living in Castle Pines: 18 years Campaign website: www. teraforcastlepinesmayor. com Radloff

Why do you want to serve as mayor?

I love this community and am passionate about continuing to serve my neighbors and businesses as mayor of Castle Pines. Many things from my 2017 Tera’s To-Do List have been accomplished: Castle Pines transitioned to a home-rule city and recaptured lost sales tax; we’ve worked cohesively with our partners like the Metro District and Chamber of Commerce; we’ve prioritized repair and maintenance of the roads that are past their lifespan; and we’ve actively guided responsible growth and diverse development.

I have especially enjoyed advocating for our community at a local and regional level through my service in leadership positions in Douglas County and at the Metro Mayors Caucus. It is such an exciting time. We are truly creating the community of Castle Pines and there is still more to achieve.

What would you say are your most important qualifications for the office you’re seeking?

As the sitting mayor, I am currently serving in this role on behalf of the people of Castle Pines with integrity,

honesty, and passion for the place we all call home. I came into this job with an extensive professional background, successfully managing complex infrastructure projects with strict financial constraints and two terms on city council. As mayor, I have certainly grown. I have a better appreciation for the complexity of our community. Success depends on “we” not “me”. I have made so many new friends and have learned to listen carefully to all our residents, including those that are new and those that have been here longer. The relationships I have formed in the last four years will serve me well should I be honored with another term as Mayor.

If elected, what would be your first priority in office?

The city has the strongest financial standing in our history. It is an imperative that we maintain this excellent financial position to ensure a strong and cohesive future for Castle Pines while providing our citizens with recreational, business, and civic amenities that complement and enhance our community’s character.

What in your view is the greatest single issue facing Castle Pines and how would you address it?

Executing our plan for replacing and maintaining our roads in a timely manner with no increased taxes for the citizens of Castle Pines. We are well underway with this effort.

Occupation: Systems analyst and solutions engineer.

Years living in Castle Pines: Over 12 years.

Campaign website: www.Engerman4Mayor.com Why do you want to serve as mayor?

I wish to serve as The City of Castle Pines mayor because we need strong solutions-oriented leaderEngerman ship to move the city’s future from good to world class. I can offer that necessary leadership based on my background in business and raising a family of six with my spouse. I also believe community service and positive community engagement is paramount to the success and unity of a healthy community. I want to instill this belief in my children and future generations by leading by example.

What would you say are your most important qualifications for the office you’re seeking?

Integrity, leadership, collaboration, team building, conflict resolution, emotional intelligence, budgeting, and the curiosity to learn more and ask questions.

If elected, what would be your first priority in office?

Fix the roads What in your view is the greatest single issue facing the city and how would you address it?

Sustainability. With our city’s growth trajectory our needs will outpace our city’s revenues if we do not focus on strategic plans to increase economic vitality. We must strengthen our economy by revitalizing our existing assets, grow and diversify our economic base to create local jobs; respond to residents’ consumer needs keeping the dollar local; and stimulate investment in our commercial, all to boost revenue.

We must maximize every tax dollar, fiscally challenge every budget decision, focus on strategic implementation over speed, and factor every decision’s impact to future budgets and obligations. This to ensure our future remains solvent and sustainable.

David McEntire (Saying they are running as a team, mayoral candidate David McEntire and District 2 council candidate Chuck Lowen submitted the same answers for questions posed).

Occupation: Homebuilder. President of the Castle Pines North Metro District. Family man McEntire Years living in Castle Pines: Purchased my home lot in 2015; our daughter, Brooke, started school at Timber Trail Elementary in 2016; we finished building our home and moved in March 2017.

Campaign website: www.VoteMcEntireAndLowenToFixOurCityStreetsNow.com Why do you want to serve as mayor?

To fix city streets. The reform team of McEntire & Chuck Lowen object to incumbent city leaders’ strategy of waiting for a federal or state government bailout to fix our streets. We’re also running to give the people of Castle Pines the opportunity to vote on becoming in-district residents of South Suburban Parks & Recreation District and thereby enjoy the recreational facilities, amenities, opportunities, and programming that South Suburban offers its residents at less cost. We want to apply a fiscally conservative/responsible discipline to city spending and align city spending with resident priorities.

What would you say are your most important qualifications for the office you’re seeking?

As highly successful entrepreneurs with lifetimes of owning/managing our respective companies (David McEntire as a homebuilder and Chuck Lowen as a commercial property manager), the reform team of

McEntire & Lowen offer decades of direct, private-sector budgeting and finance expertise. That expertise informs and enhances our public decision-making as metro district directors and city leaders.

If elected, what would be your first priority in office?

Priority #1: Implement the plan on our website to fix city streets immediately and without raising taxes.

Priority #2: Give the people of Castle Pines the opportunity to vote next year on becoming in-district residents of South Suburban Parks & Recreation District, and thereby enjoy the recreational facilities, amenities, opportunities, and programming that South Suburban offers its residents at less cost. Priority #3: Apply fiscally conservative/responsible discipline to city spending, while aligning city spending with resident priorities.

Priority #4: Deliver a slightly lower mill levy (property tax rate).

What in your view is the greatest single issue facing Castle Pines and how would you address it?

Responsibly funding the reconstruction/rehabilitation of city streets. Opportunity costs associated with the city’s failure to allow Castle Pines voters to join the South Suburban Parks & Recreation District and enjoy its extraordinary recreational facilities, amenities, and opportunities at less cost. The seven-point McEntire & Lowen plan (on our website) to fix city streets will generate $20 million in street funding next year without raising taxes, and give Castle Pines residents access to the full complement of outstanding recreational facilities, amenities, programming, and opportunities South Suburban offers its in-district residents (at less cost, and lower the mill levy (property tax rates).

CASTLE PINES ELECTION DETAILS Castle Pines residents are voting for mayor and three city council seats in the election that ends Nov. 2. Ballots go out to voters beginning Oct. 8.

In the mayor’s race, Tera Radloff is seeking re-election. Challenging Radloff are current councilmember Tracy Engerman and Castle Pines North Metro District President David McEntire.

Council seats are also on the ballot in District 1 (the far northwest part of the city), District 2 (northwest and west Castle Pines) and District 3 (south and east areas, including The Canyons east of I-25).

In District 1, Councilmember Chris Eubanks is running unopposed as Melissa Coudeyras opted not to run for re-election. In District 2, incumbent Ben Price faces challenger Chuck Lowen. And in District 3, incumbent councilmember Roger Hudson is challenged by Merri Sheh.

The News-Press sent questionnaires to each candidate to help voters learn more about them.

Here are their responses, edited for clarity.

(Saying they are running as a team, mayoral candidate David McEntire and District 2 council candidate Chuck Lowen submitted the same answers for questions posed).

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Candidate for Castle Pines City Council, District 1 Chris Eubanks (The candidate is running unopposed.)

Occupation: Senior workforce business consultant for a major technology organization.

Years living in Castle Eubanks Pines: 8.5 years.

Campaign website: www.facebook.com/chriseubankscastlepines Why do you want to serve on the city council?

As an 8+ year resident of Castle Pines, I’ve seen tremendous change in the community, but I also know there is opportunity for improvement. Rather than sit on the sidelines as a spectator, I’d be

the advocate for, and the voice of, the residents of District 1. What’s important to the residents is important to me. My mission is to listen to the needs and wants of the community and transform those thoughts into actions benefiting not only District 1 but the entire City of Castle Pines.

What would you say are your most important qualifications for the office you’re seeking?

I’ve held various senior leadership roles in my career where decisions are based on fact with desirable outcomes through my own knowledge and expertise as well as guided by the knowledge and influence of subject matter experts from every level. I’ve been

responsible for a $200 million+ labor budget as well as capital and expense budgets that consisted of improvement projects, maintenance, and technology during my career at a multi-billion-dollar organization while staying within the confines of the budget and within the communicated timeline.

If elected, what would be your first priority in office?

My first priority would be to entice business owners to fill the occupancy of our shopping centers with diversified retail stores and restaurants to enhance the dining and shopping experience with a local community feel for the residents of Castle Pines as well as

driving revenue for the city.

What in your view is the greatest single issue facing the city and how would you address it?

The biggest challenge to me is managing the growth of the City of Castle Pines, while at the same time, investing in and improving upon the current infrastructure benefiting the residents as well as visitors making Castle Pines a destination. To address the challenge, I would listen to the voice of the residents to understand what’s important to them and collaborate with fellow city council members to garner their support for new initiatives that can be implemented in a productive and fiscally responsible manner.

Candidates for Castle Pines City Council, District 2 Ben Price Chuck Lowen Occupation: I’m the CEO of the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting, a nonprofit professional certification board.

Years living in Castle Pines: We moved with our three daughters to Castle Pines in 2014.

Campaign website: www.ben4castlepines.com Price

Why do you want to serve on the city council?

Castle Pines is a great place to live, and I’m seeking reelection to continue the work we’ve already started. I feel like we’ve made great strides in Castle Pines in the last four years, while maintaining that great small-town feel we all love so much. But there’s more to be done. In particular, we need to focus on finishing the fixes to our roads, enhancing our restaurant and retail areas, and ensuring basic things like safe, clean water to our homes.

What would you say are your most important qualifications for the office you’re seeking?

I offer experience, and have served with honor, integrity, and commitment to the city we all love. I’ve been running non-profit organizations for decades and have the business savvy it takes to make smart fiscal decisions for a city like Castle Pines, and it has shown in the work I’ve already done in the last four years. I’m in touch with our residents, and love bringing their concerns to the table, finding solutions that work for everyone.

If elected, what would be your first priority in office?

My first priority would be fixing the roads here in Castle Pines. We have a beautiful, quality community, and our residents deserve roads to match.

What in your view is the greatest single issue facing the city and how would you address it?

The most pressing issue is and has been the condition of our roads. I believe the citizens made it clear last year when they voted down a ballot measure to pay for the roads that they want a different solution. I think we can find ways to partner with the county and other stakeholders to achieve our goals in a short period of time, and I’m committed to that. I think we can continue to provide all the services a city needs and still solve this problem if we are good stewards of our resources.

(Saying they are running as a team, mayoral candidate David McEntire and District 2 council candidate Chuck Lowen submitted the same answers for questions posed).

Occupation: Commercial property management, leasing & development. Castle Pines North Metro District director.

Family man.

Years living in Castle Pines: Seven years.

Campaign website: www.VoteMcEntireAndLowenToFixOurCityStreetsNow.com

Lowen

Why do you want to serve as mayor?

To fix city streets. The reform team of McEntire & Chuck Lowen object to incumbent city leaders’ strategy of waiting for a federal or state government bailout to fix our streets. We’re also running to give the people of Castle Pines the opportunity to vote on becoming in-district residents of South Suburban Parks & Recreation District and thereby enjoy the recreational facilities, amenities, opportunities, and programming that South Suburban offers its residents at less cost. We want to apply a fiscally conservative/responsible discipline to city spending and align city spending with resident priorities.

What would you say are your most important qualifications for the office you’re seeking?

As highly successful entrepreneurs with lifetimes of owning/managing our respective companies (David McEntire as a homebuilder and Chuck Lowen as a commercial property manager), the reform team of McEntire & Lowen offer decades of direct, private-sector budget-

ing and finance expertise. That expertise informs and enhances our public decision-making as metro district directors and city leaders.

If elected, what would be your first priority in office?

Priority #1: Implement the plan on our website to fix city streets immediately and without raising taxes. Priority #2: Give the people of Castle Pines the opportunity to vote next year on becoming in-district residents of South Suburban Parks & Recreation District, and thereby enjoy the recreational facilities, amenities, opportunities, and programming that South Suburban offers its residents at less cost. Priority #3: Apply fiscally conservative/responsible discipline to city spending, while aligning city spending with resident priorities. Priority #4: Deliver a slightly lower mill levy (property tax rate).

What in your view is the greatest single issue facing Castle Pines and how would you address it?

Responsibly funding the reconstruction/rehabilitation of city streets.

Opportunity costs associated with the city’s failure to allow Castle Pines voters to join the South Suburban Parks & Recreation District and enjoy its extraordinary recreational facilities, amenities, and opportunities at less cost. The seven-point McEntire & Lowen plan (on our website) to fix city streets will generate $20 million in street funding next year without raising taxes, and give Castle Pines residents access to the full complement of outstanding recreational facilities, amenities, programming, and opportunities South Suburban offers its in-district residents (at less cost, and lower the mill levy (property tax rates).

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Candidates for Castle Pines City Council, District 3 Roger Hudson Merri Sheh Occupation: I am the Director of Programing for several growing nontraditional news channels. I also continue to manage communications for two dozen or so clients.

Hudson Years living in Castle Pines: We made Castle Pines our forever home eight years ago. But honestly, it feels like we have lived in Castle Pines for many happier years.

Campaign website: HudsonForCastlePines.com Why do you want to serve on the city council?

As with my first term, I hope to return to city council so that I might do as much good for as many as possible. I won most of the battles I took on these last four years — but there is so much more we can do to improve the lives of our neighbors: Complete rebuild of our aged-out roads — on time and under budget.

Revitalize Safeway business district — reimagine with multi-use Complete deal to bring top notch family fitness center to our city Create more healthy outdoor options for residents — Pickleball, hiking, paddle board, hockey, etc.

What would you say are your most important qualifications for the office you’re seeking?

While I believe my fellow council members might say, my most useful qualifications would be my 25+ years working as a journalist or as the attorney general’s spokesman. But for me, a successful city councilman can be judged by how he or she re-

solves the day-to-day problems of his district. Can a councilman easily connect a homeowner with the solution that makes their day easier? I seem to have this talent — this qualification.

If elected, what would be your first priority in office?

I’m a little uncomfortable with the premise of only resolving one priority at a time. There is never a moment that I’m not weighing multiple priorities at the same time.

That said, top of my list is of course completing my plan to rebuild the aged-out crumbling roads of Castle Pines — and to establish a funding mechanism for ongoing maintenance and repair.

Additional priorities include: citywide reliable inexpensive highspeed internet, complete deal to bring top notch family fitness center to our city, and revitalize Safeway business district — reimagine with multi-use.

What in your view is the greatest single issue facing Castle Pines and how would you address it?

A poorly thought-out long-term plan for a Castle Pines’ economic future. The city has made no plans, as of yet, to create economic drivers for the next generation of empty nesters. What amenities will Castle Pines residents in 2050 need or want?

And, are will doing all we can now to prepare for the future?

Moving towards a better more productive future, I’m going to push for a Castle Pines effort to reimagine a city-wide highspeed internet utility that is both reliable and inexpensive. We can’t move forward without being competitive and without the necessary tools.

Occupation: Owner/founder, En Masse Coworking Years living in Castle Pines: One year Campaign website: None Why do you want to serve on the city council?

Castle Pines is a city like no other. My family and I moved here to become forever residents. We chose this amazing community for its welcoming atmosphere and Sheh natural beauty. These are exciting times, and with the future visions and growth plans in place, I would like to be part of the governmental body that creates the right balance.

I want to be a part of strengthening this community by preserving what attracted all of us here while integrating the inevitable growth of the city in a way that enhances the charm and quality of life for all of us.

What would you say are your most important qualifications for the office you’re seeking?

Building a strong community takes experience, effort, and teamwork. As a successful business owner, parent, and socially conscious resident, I bring decades of knowledge, strong listening skills, and deep empathy for others. I am a current member of the Castle Pines Community of Excellence team and hold a seat on the Board of Directors for the Douglas County Community Foundation. Both positions provide me with many local and county perspectives that I can utilize as strengths and opportunities in my role as your City Council member.

If elected, what would be your first priority in office?

My number one priority is to be a voice for the residents of District 3 within the city government. I am a proud resident of Castle Pines.

We are a community of diverse perspectives and opinions and as a representative, I will be obligated to listen to concerns or ideas and take all into consideration before casting votes on specific issues.

What in your view is the greatest single issue facing the city of Castle Pines and how would you address it?

Maintaining the premiere quality of life as a family community is of utmost importance and a personal passion of mine. Responsible growth is paramount. Balancing the integration of new with existing commercial, retail, residential and community development will define the future of our city. I plan to work collaboratively with other city officials, local investors, residential/commercial developers, and most importantly — the residents. Effective bridges of communication built by your city council will help foster strong and flourishing relationships within our city.

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Key dates • Oct. 8: Ballots started going into the mail.

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In a recent ceremony, the Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) organization recognized Castle Rock Police Officer Kerry Lewis for Outstanding Individual Dedication to Occupant Protection.

Lewis was honored during the MADD Colorado banquet held at the Denver Aquarium on Sept. 29.

According to MADD, the annual award presented to Lewis is in recognition of a law enforcement officer who understands that the majority of people killed in impaired driving crashes are unrestrained and has shown outstanding commitment to education, awareness, and

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Lewis is currently serving as a school resource officer at Mesa Middle School in Castle Rock. However, MADD said Lewis goes beyond his duties at the school and initiates traffic stops, too. Since he joined the Castle Rock department in 2007, Lewis has worked more than 300 overtime hours doing seatbelt enforcement, sacrificing his personal time off.

Lewis uses his platform in the schools to inform future drivers of the dangers of unrestrained driving.

He talks to students about these dangers as a part of his daily routine, and his dedication to traffic enforcement shows the students that safety is his top priority. He teaches a course at the middle school, and the kids he works with could be safer drivers because of him.

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As part of what is being called the “7-point plan,” Castle Pines City Council candidates David McEntire and Chuck Lowen have come out in favor of the city joining the South Suburban Parks and Recreation District if they are elected.

McEntire, who is running for mayor, said joining South Suburban is a no-brainer and he would have the plan on track by next year if he is successful in his election bid.

McEntire said Castle Pines already relies on regional jurisdictions for services such as water, fire, police, wastewater and libraries.

Becoming part of the South Suburban district would be no different, he said.

“South Suburban offers vastly superior facilities, recreational opportunities and programs far more efficiently and at less cost than the Castle Pines North Metro District or City of Castle Pines can. Any suggestion that the city or (metro district) could come close to replicating the facilities and recreational programs or opportunities South Suburban offers is preposterous.”

Lowen, who is challenging incumbent Councilmember Ben Price in District 2, agrees with McEntire on the plan. Lowen and McEntire have committed to running as a team with the same stance on the issues in the 2021 campaign.

However, other candidates running in the Castle Pines election are saying not so fast on a plan that may sound good but is not as easy to accomplish as it sounds.

Joining South Suburban requires citizens to pass it in a special election. To get to a special election, the South Suburban board would have to agree to accept Castle Pines into the district, and the local, elected boards such as the metro district or Castle Pines City Council would have to approve moving forward with an election in a majority vote.

The Castle Pines City Council has held only an executive session to discuss the option. The council has not held public discussions. The Castle Pines North Metro District, where McEntire serves as board president, has not taken an official stance on the issue.

Becky Grubb, communications manager for South Suburban, said the district has fielded inquiries from both the City of Castle Pines and the North Metro District but there has been no further discussion beyond that.

Mayor Tera Radloff, who is running to keep her job, said she is “skeptical” of the McEntire/Lowen proposal.

“This idea of annexing into (South Suburban) needs to go through a de-

One of three ice hockey rinks at South Suburban Parks and Recreation District’s new sports complex at 4810 E. County Line Road in Highlands Ranch, one of the district’s FILE PHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT many facilities.

tailed months-long negotiation and due diligence process to see if it is even viable,” she said. “The number one hesitation for me with respect to joining (South Suburban) is doing so would substantially raise property taxes for many residents in the City of Castle Pines (Hidden Pointe and all of east side). I believe we need a holistic approach to serving our community with our parks, trails, open spaces, and future recreation amenities, and doesn’t automatically raise our property taxes.”

Councilmember Tracy Engerman, who is also running for mayor this year, said the prospect at this point is “premature” given the amount of open space and park dedications the city will get from ongoing housing developments.

“It is my understanding that South Suburban is not in the business of inclusion with just a district, they would only consider Castle Pines inclusion as a whole city,” Engerman said. “Currently, Mr. McEntire’s plan, to me, is not clear how the entire city would pay for inclusion.”

Engerman said with not just the city, but also the North Metro District and three other major metro districts making up Castle Pines, the situation is more complicated than just joining the South Suburban district after the election.

Engerman said local residents can already use South Suburban amenities for a district fee, without having their taxes raised.

Founded in 1959, South Suburban is a special district, which means it is a political subdivision of the state. South Suburban provides indoor and outdoor recreation to six communities and three counties in the Denver metro area, encompassing 46 square miles.

According to the website, South Suburban funding comes through property taxes, user fees, grants and debt proceeds. According to the

website, citizens voting to become part of the district pay monthly fees.

On average, a resident with a home valued at $300,000 pays $14.95 per month.

Councilmember Ben Price, who is running for reelection and is being challenged by Lowen, said the McEntire/Lowen team seem “a little too keen” on giving away chunks of the city and taxpayer dollars on a “scheme with dubious return to homeowners.”

“I’ve seen no evidence that anyone has had any serious discussion with (South Suburban) about their interest in this scheme,” Price said.

“While it’s feasible South Suburban might be interested in having us give them our land and our money, it’s harder to believe that would translate into real services or building facilities in Castle Pines. The plan proposed by these two candidates relies on too many things just falling into place, things that they can’t possibly control.”

District 3 Councilmember Roger Hudson said going through South Suburban would mean the city would have to give up local control.

“My constituents have made it abundantly clear that Castle Pines should remain a healthy unique city, with its own character and continued emphasis on outdoor actives and nature,” Hudson said.

“For them, the idea of giving up additional control of our open spaces to an outside entity, to manage our city’s most prized assets, never came up in any conversation. Frankly, it has been just the opposite.”

Hudson is being challenged by Merri Sheh in the upcoming election. Sheh did not return the Colorado Community Media request for comment on the issue.

In running unopposed in District 1, Councilmember Chris Eubanks said he did not want to weigh in on the election topic.

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Crystal Valley Ranch site plan approved Castle Rock Council proceeds with grant program

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In a 5-2 vote, the Castle Rock Town Council approved the site development plan for a 142-home residential neighborhood within the Crystal Valley Ranch Planned Development.

During the Oct. 4 regular meeting, Director of Development Services Tara Vargish said the property in question is in the southwest section of Crystal Valley Ranch. The 116-acre property has gone through a lot of changes since the original development plan was approved in 1985, Vargish said.

Gregg Brown, of the Crystal Development Company LLC., said he became involved in updating the planned development in 1998. The process was slowed in 2007 when the recession hit, he said. Plans were picked up again in 2012.

In working to meet town standards, Brown said they listened to neighbor comments and worked to have larger lots sizes. Brown said lot sizes are on average going to be 90 feet by 135 feet, and larger in other parts of the development.

Brown said 29 acres of the property will be designated as open space.

One point of contention throughout the presentation was over the town’s skyline restrictions.

Vargish said the 25 lots in the Ridge at Crystal Valley portion of the planned development sit partially within a designated Moderate Skyline Area. For these 25 lots the applicant requested a Skyline Variance to increase the maximum permitted height of the homes from 25 feet to 35 feet.

To support the variance request, Vargish said a Skyline study was

performed. The study analyzed all 25 lots and whether a 25-foot-high structure, if built upon the lots, would be visible in the skyline from each of the 232 viewing platforms.

The study used proposed finished grades for all 25 lots. The study found that homes 25 feet in height built upon the lots would not be visible in the skyline from a large majority of viewing platforms, requiring a variance.

In voting against the plan, Councilmember Caryn Johnson said the skyline restrictions are in place for a reason and she did not want to set a precedent for other developers.

Councilmember Laura Cavey also voted against the measure.

In other business, the council unanimously voted to move forward with the Downtown Historic Preservation Grant program. Vargish said the program was approved last year, with $50,000 in funding budgeted for 2021.

The Downtown Historic Preservation Grant program provides monetary assistance for rehabilitation and restoration of historic properties within downtown. The grants are available for 50% of the project cost or up to $25,000. Two rounds of applications were conducted in 2021.

One round received no applications, and the second round received one application.

Town council awarded a $25,000 grant to the Douglas Masonic Temple Association building, 300 N. Wilcox St. The owners were asking for assistance with window and door restoration costs. The Douglas Masonic Temple, formerly known as the First National Bank of Douglas County, is on the National Register of Historic Places and is locally landmarked.

Vargish said there is oversight in the program, noting that funds are only paid through reimbursements once the restoration work is complete.

Spooktacular will be held Oct. 23 in Castle Rock Free event is outdoors at Philip S. Miller Park STAFF REPORT

Celebrate all things not-so-spooking at Castle Rock’s annual Spooktacular. Young goblins, princesses, superheroes and more are invited to join the celebration Saturday, Oct. 23, at Philip S. Miller Park.

Enjoy children’s activities at this free event including bounce houses, carnival-style games and candy galore. Take those familyfriendly costumes for a test run and don’t forget to bring a bag to collect treats.

event, families are asked to attend according to the following schedule: • 1-2 p.m. — sensory hour, for kids that need a quieter space to play • 2-3 p.m. — last names starting with letters A-L • 3-4 p.m. — last names starting with letters M-Z For those with allergy concerns, many non-food prizes and treats will be available. A nutritional values binder will also be available for parents. Organizers note that the event is outdoors and urge attendees to dress for the weather.

Volunteers are needed to help run games and activities. Learn more about this family event at CRgov. com/Spooktacular.

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October 14, 2021

Colorado Community Media honored for past women of excellence Colorado Press Women celebrates 80 years

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

With a long history of producing community journalism, several newspapers that are now part of Colorado Community Media have been led by strong women since they started being published.

As part of celebrating its 80th year as an organization, Colorado Press Women (CPW) recently recognized women from four Colorado Community Media (CCM) newspapers who were employed by or owned the publications, dating back to the 1940s. The women were also original members of CPW. CCM honorees include: Co-publisher Katherine Bemis of the Littleton Independent Owner and publisher Vera West Parson for the Golden Transcript Owner and publisher Mary H. Isham and editor Lucille Hastings of the Brighton Blade Co-publisher C.A. of the Fort Lupton Press

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CPW also paid tribute to Daisy Baber, a longtime columnist with the Lyons Recorder.

Accepting the certificates on behalf of CCM during the Oct. 2 hybrid meeting was new publisher Linda Shapley. Like the women being recognized by CPW, Shapley brings decades of newspaper experience to CCM. “I’m honored to continue the news leadership that these remarkable journalists helped begin 80 years ago,” Shapley said.

“As the original founders said, ‘Press women have a weapon to shape the peace or destruction of the world,’ and I aim to use that weapon responsibly to build up the next generation of journalists and create stronger communities across the Front Range.”

Shapley is referring to the early days of CPW in 1941 when it became an affiliate of the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW), which was established in 1938.

In recruiting CPW members, on the eve of the U.S. entry into World War II, NFPW founder Bertha Bless said, “Press women have the opportunity of the century

Katherine Bemis as a co-publisher of the Littleton Independent was one of the first charter members of the Colorado Press Women in the COURTESY PHOTO 1940s.

to create a thinking America that can lead the world out of its present chaos. We must save not only the right of the press but also Americans. Grassroots journalism represented in small town and country newspapers doesn’t know its own power.

Press women have a weapon to shape the peace of de-

struction of the world.”

Today, CPW is a diverse organization of professional communicators, both men and women, who are reporters, editors, broadcasters, public relations practitioners, publishers, advertising and marketing practitioners, college communications educators,

graphic designers, photographers, freelance writers and others.

“Looking back 80 years at the state of Colorado Press Women, what impresses me most is that 13 of our charter members were publishers and/or editors or their small-town newspapers — strong women,” said CPW President Sandy Nance. “It’s no wonder that equality for women has been as basic an expectation of our membership as our support for the First Amendment.”

Early on, CPW focused on establishing rural libraries. Today, Nance said CPW works to help people sort fact from fiction on the Internet.

With the emergence of teleconferencing and Zoom, Nance said CPW will focus on increasing membership throughout all of Colorado and not just newspapers along the Front Range.

Today, Colorado Community Media continues to grow, focusing on the importance of community journalism. The media company currently owns 24 community newspapers in Adams, Arapahoe, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Jefferson and Weld counties.

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elcome back to part three of this five-part series on “The WINNING 5 C’s of Retaining Top WORDS Talent.” In week one we discussed the importance of connecting with our team members, and last week we added a discussion around collaboration. Recognizing that everyone on Michael Norton our team, including our top performers, wants to be part of the creative and strategic thinking that will lead to personal and professional success.

Next up is the role of change and how managing change can make or break us when it comes to attracting, hiring, developing, and retaining top performers.

As I prepared for this series, I had time to spend a few hours on my favorite beach. A beach I knew growing up, and a beach I visited often even after moving to Colorado.

And as I walked along the shoreline, I thought about how much I have

seen the beach change over the years. And although it changes with every storm, wind gust, and tide, it is still the beach.

Superstorm Sandy back in 2012 leveled most of the homes along this stretch of beach. Most of which have been rebuilt, even more beautifully than before. Dredging and relocating sand has also played a role in the protection of the beach from the erosion that comes along with the storms, winds, and tides.

The beach endures the changes that the storms, winds, and tides throw its way. This is similar to our businesses in a way. Businesses today face storms, winds, and tides too. They come in the form of shifts in the economy, an unexpected pandemic, innovation and technology advancements, societal pressures, and a volatile political landscape. As we think about attracting, hiring, developing, and retaining current and future top performers, we must acknowledge that how we manage change, will directly impact how we hire, who we hire, and how long they stay with us as a part of our team.

Join me back on the beach for a moment. As I walked along the

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shoreline, I walked with others combing the beach for pristine shells, sea glass, and other treasures that the new tide had washed ashore. I watched as people would pick up a shell, look at it and determine to keep it or toss it back. That made me think of the top talent that is out there looking to join a winning team and growing company.

Just like the walk along the beach, there are many people trying to find those top performers, those potential new team members that can make such a huge difference for our business.

Our job as leaders and coworkers is to walk the beach as often as we can. To look for not only the best and the brightest, but to also see what is broken, what needs change, or what change needs to be managed differently. Tom Peters and Robert H. Waterman used the phrase, “Management by wandering around,” in their book, “In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best Run Companies.” It means we purposely walk the beaches of our business looking for opportunities to recognize people, make changes, and learn what is most

important about the way we manage change and lead our business.

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The storms, winds, and tides will certainly shape our business, they will cause us to change, and change for the better. Are you ready to manage those changes? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@ tramazing.com, and when we can change with the tide, avoid erosion, and keep our best and brightest, it really will be a better than good year.

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ou trust us 24/7/365 to take care of you in emergency departGUEST ments throughout COLUMN Colorado. We have been treating COVID-19 for more than 20 months, never missing a day of work, except for illness.

We continue to work tirelessly to save lives and ad- Dr. Rebecca vocate for you, our Kornas, Dr. Jasmeet patients, but we and our colleagues Dhaliwal, Dr. Kristen are exhausted and Nordenholz, Dr. our hospitals are Kevin Merrell, Dr. overflowing.

We need your Comilla Sasson help.

COVID-19 vaccines don’t work?

False.

Vaccines protect against infection, hospitalization and, most importantly, death from COVID-19.

Please get vaccinated, ASAP. Unvaccinated patients tell us they chose not to get vaccinated because they didn’t believe they could get sick. However, we are

seeing people every day, including the young and otherwise healthy, become critically ill and even die from COVID-19.

Colorado hospitals report that 81% of currently hospitalized COVID-19 patients are unvaccinated and there are zero Coloradans hospitalized for vaccine side-effects. The hospitalization rate from COVID-19 is about four times higher in unvaccinated vs. vaccinated (726 vs. 168 per 100,000 cases). The death rate from COVID-19 is about six times higher for the unvaccinated vs vaccinated (47 vs. 8.1 per 1 million cases).

If I’m pregnant, should I get the COVID-19 vaccine? Yes. The CDC formally recommended COVID-19 vaccination to women “who are pregnant, recently pregnant (including those who are lactating), who are trying to become pregnant now, or who might become pregnant in the future.” In this group, the benefits of vaccination outweigh known or potential risks.

As of Sept. 27, more than 125,000 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases have been reported in pregnant people, including more than

22,000 hospitalized cases and 161 deaths. Of the pregnant women hospitalized with COVID-19, 97% of them were unvaccinated. Getting vaccinated protects children (unborn, breastfeeding and all under 12), who cannot yet receive the vaccine.

Are vaccines dangerous? No. Vaccines are much safer than COVID-19 infection. There are rare side effects in a very small number of patients. However, getting COVID-19 can make you very sick, and you might even die. Even if you don’t die, you may develop lifelong symptoms.

If I have had COVID-19, should I still get the vaccine? Yes. Unvaccinated individuals are more than twice as likely to be reinfected with COVID-19 than those who were fully vaccinated after initially contracting the virus.

Vaccines also provide longer-lasting immunity. Lastly, the vaccines have been shown to protect people against the currently circulating types of the virus, called variants.

Natural infection may not offer the same protection.

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October 14, 2021

County holds community health assessments Evaluation is part of new health department

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

About 150 people attended online and in-person meetings from Oct. 4-6 to contribute to a community health assessment (CHA) currently being administered by Douglas County.

The meetings took place in Highlands Ranch, Parker, Larkspur, Franktown, Roxborough and Castle Rock.

The assessment is part of the county’s new health department, which was created after commissioners voted to split from TriCounty Health Department Sept.

1. Douglas County will continue to

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Can you get COVID-19 twice? Yes. Your body’s immune system response to COVID-19 is highly variable, so you can get it twice.

That’s also why different people can have such different symptoms from the virus. We do know that getting vaccinated after an infection means you are much less likely to get infected twice.

Do the vaccines protect against long-haul COVID-19? Yes. About a third of COVID-19 cases may have ongoing symptoms that last months, a situation known as “long- haul COVID.” But this is extremely rare in the vaccinated. Research shows that 30-40% of people with long-haul COVID symptoms, such as brain fog, persistent shortness of breath or stomach issues, improve after receiving a COVID vaccine, which may be the vaccine helping the immune system fight u the remaining virus.

Can getting the COVID-19 vaccine

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the hill giving hope to all people!

America is the greatest nation on earth! We need to teach our kids to be patriotic, to appreciate the free-

receive services from Tri-County until at least 2023.

The county contracted with Health Management Associates (HMA) for $144,720 earlier this year to complete the CHA along with a public health improvement plan (PHIP). Both are requirements of a local health department.

This assessment’s goal is to “collect and analyze qualitative and quantitative health-related data” from community members and partners, according to HMA documents.

The team has gathered survey responses, input from the community input meetings and health data gathered by other health agencies to create its report.

Once the full report is finished, it is intended to be used to inform local decision-making related to public health.

The report, which typically takes about a year to complete, is set to be finished by the end of October.

HMA also planned to conduct focus groups with business leaders and Spanish-speaking Douglas County residents before completing the report, according to HMA. Questions about the process can be submitted to the county online at douglas.co.us/citizenconnect.

The survey, which HMA said was not conducted to be statistically valid, asked residents about their biggest health concerns. About 4,632 people completed the survey. The results, presented during the community input meetings, show that the majority of the respondents said the worst health problems in the community are mental health problems, vaccine-preventable hospitalizations or death, and social media.

Most respondents also said that the three “most risky and/or harmful behaviors” in the county are not getting vaccinated against COVID-19, unsafe driving behaviors and not wearing a mask.

Data gathered by HMA and presented at the community meetings show various county rates related to health including chronic disease, birth rates, life expectancy, injuries, behavioral health and communicable diseases.

The meetings also consisted of breakout group sessions where representatives from HMA listened to residents’ thoughts about the data and information presented.

More details on the survey responses, the health data and the CHA and PHIP processes are available at douglas.co.us/communityhealth-assessment.

protect against the emergence of new variants? Yes. This is one of the most important aspects of immunization. Immunization protects against the development of new variants, because the virus is not given the chance to mutate and evolve when it jumps from person to person.

We, your emergency physicians, were among the first in Colorado to be immunized, and many have already had our third vaccinations.

Help us end this pandemic. Help us by protecting yourself, your loved ones and your neighbors by getting vaccinated.

emergency medicine physician in the Denver area.

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.

Dr. Rebecca Kornas, M.D., of Denver, is an emergency physician in the Denver metro area and Louisville.

Dr. Jasmeet Dhaliwal, M.D., of Denver, is an emergency physician in Denver, Fort Collins and Summit County. Dr. Kristen Nordenholz M.D., of Denver, is an emergency physician in Aurora. Dr. Kevin Merrell, M.D., of Denver, is an emergency physician in Denver, Arapahoe and Douglas Counties. Dr. Comilla Sasson, M.D., of Lakewood, is an

doms that so many gave their lives to provide, not to learn hate, guilt, oppression, and victimhood now being promoted.

What do I say to those who believe America is racist and evil? I say love America or leave!

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Jim “Sully” Sullivan

November 19, 1927 – April 14, 2020

Please Join Us In Celebrating the wonderful life of Jim “Sully” Sullivan November 19th 1927 – April 14th 2020 Saturday October 16th 3:00-5:00pm Douglas County Fairgrounds Event Center 500 Fairgrounds Rd. Castle Rock, Colorado.

Please wear something red if desired as Jim loved “the sea of red” from his Alma Mater Univ. of Nebraska.

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Women still behind in breast cancer screenings Doctors warn cases are worse when symptoms are ignored

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Just over two years after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer, Suzi McCumber continues to stress the importance of regular screenings.

If McCumber had not gotten the recommended mammogram and treatment, her doctors said there is no way she would have survived more than a year.

McCumber, a Littleton-area resident, has remained positive throughout her treatment process.

In high spirits, she happily reported that after more than a year of chemotherapy and radiation, she has moved on to the final stages of treatment, which is taking a pill for a few years to keep the cancer from coming back.

“I will continue to take this pill and do whatever the doctors tell me to do,” said the 67-year-old.

“I just can’t stress enough how important it is for women to continue getting those screenings and tests. Sometimes you just do not know a lump is there. Sometimes you cannot feel it. I did not feel anything. The 3D mammogram found a mass all the way back in

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my pectoral muscle.”

Last year, while McCumber was receiving treatment, Dr. Radhika Acharya-Leon, section chief for medical oncology at UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital, said had McCumber not been persistent in finding a place to do the biopsy during a pandemic and move treatment forward, given the aggressive form of breast cancer she had, she would not have survived long.

Since 2020, Acharya-Leon said doctors have become increasingly concerned with how women were putting off mammograms and recommended pap smears due to fear of catching COVID. With the nation coming through the second COVID wave caused by the delta variant, HealthOne Dr. Laura Hafertepen said the medical community’s concerns from last year are carrying over.

Because of the hesitancy to get screenings, Hafertepen said, when women are getting the original

diagnosis the disease has already progressed to stages 2 or 3. With regular screenings, she said, doctors can catch cancer at stage 1 or zero. When breast cancer is caught in an early stage, Hafertepen said the prognosis and the treatment is a lot better.

Hafertepen said women are slowly getting back on track with mammograms and pap smears, but the pandemic has caused a backlog.

“We are still trying to make up for a significant dip from last year,” she said.

Hafertepen said it is not just a problem doctors along the Front Range are seeing — the problem is nationwide.

The Prevent Cancer Foundation, a U.S.-based nonprofit organization, released the results of a survey in August where 2,003 women between the ages of 21 and 60 were surveyed. According to the results, 90% of the women surveyed said

when pandemic restrictions were lifted, they engaged in normal activities, such as visiting family and friends, dining out and shopping.

Only 48% of women visited their doctors’ offices.

Hafertepen said besides the fear of COVID creating a hesitancy to get regular screenings, women traditionally tend to take care of everyone else and ignore their own needs.

Hafertepen said it is not uncommon for a woman to ignore a strange lump or discharge, which are both breast cancer symptoms that should be checked out immediately.

“When they finally come in about a mass or continued discharge, the results are worse,” she said.

“If we had seen them six months ago when they first noticed the symptoms, the prognosis is much better.”

Hafertepen said a lot of women do not realize that they do not even need a doctor’s referral to get a regular screening mammogram every year. The only time a referral is required is if there are symptoms present.

“If you feel something or notice something, go get it checked out.

Call your doctor immediately,” Hafertepen said.

According to the American Cancer Society, women should start getting annual mammograms at age 40. Hafertepen said getting that first baseline reading at 40 is important for doctors to keep track of breast changes each year after.

That first breast exam can cause a lot of stress and anxiety, Hafertepen said.

“The anxiety is understandable, but you can truly get over that anxiety by just getting it done,” she said. “If you do not do it, that anxiety will stay there lingering in the back of your mind.”

Women can call any of the variety of mammogram service providers along the metro area and make appointments. Centers such as Invision Sally Jobe even make getting a mammogram fit schedules for busy women. Appointments can be made on Saturdays and evenings.

Students encouraged to enter radon awareness contests STAFF REPORT

Colorado students are invited to participate in the 2022 National Radon Video and Poster contests.

The contests take place annually through a partnership between the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The contests provide students with an opportunity to creatively raise awareness about the importance of radon testing, and to inform people of the dangers of radon in their homes, states a news release.

Students between the ages of 9

and 14 are eligible to participate in the poster contest, and the video contest is open to students between the ages of 14 and 18. Students must be enrolled in a public, private, territorial, tribal, Department of Defense or home school; or be a member of a sponsoring club such as scouting, art, computer, science or 4-H. Contestants have the option to choose between five radonawareness topics for their poster or video entries. Judging criteria for the poster contest includes content accuracy, visual communication of topic, reproducibility and originality. Video entries must also be original, and created as a 30-second public service announcement/commercial-style video that

encourages residents to test and/ or mitigate their homes for radon.

State winners will receive $300 for first place, $200 for second and $100 for third. Teachers of students with winning entries will each receive $100. The first-place poster and first-place video will represent Colorado in the national contest.

Poster and video entries must be received by Nov. 20.

Only one entry per student is allowed.

Contest submission forms, topics, resources, additional guidelines and contest rules are available on CDPHE’s website: https:// cdphe.colorado.gov/radon. For additional information about the contests, contact Chrystine Kelley at chrys.kelley@state.co.us.

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Denver Art Museum’s Martin Building reopens after $150M project Tickets to the renovated north campus are now available

BY MAGGIE DONAHUE DENVERITE

For more than three years, the north side of the Denver Art Museum campus has been closed for renovation. But soon, just in time for what is now known as the Lanny and Sharon Martin Building’s 50th anniversary, visitors will finally get to see inside the eight-floor structure designed by Gio Ponti, as well as the new Anna and John J. Sie Welcome Center.

The reimagined campus will reopen to the public with a free admission day on Oct. 24. The newly restored Martin Building offers 33,328 square feet of new gallery and public space, educational programming, artist interactions, expanded outdoor spaces, and sweeping views of the city and mountains.

It also features the new Jana & Fred Bartlit Learning and Engagement Center, which offers more than 17,600 square feet of programming space, workshop rooms, community galleries and interactive gathering spaces, including activations by artists Frankie Toan and Moe Gram.

The 50,000-square-foot Welcome Center, which connects the Martin Building to the museum’s Frederic

A view of construction in 2018 of the Anna and John J. Sie Welcome Center at the Denver Art Museum, with the Lanny and Sharon Martin Building in the background.

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C. Hamilton Building to the south, will offer ticketing guest services, programming spaces, an art conservation and technical studies laboratory, and two new dining spaces, including the quick-service Café Gio and the Ponti Restaurant, which features a locally sourced menu by James Beard Award-winning Denver chef Jennifer Jasinski “We are looking forward to being open for creativity, joy and wonder – welcoming our community into new, dynamic spaces this fall, to explore art, world cultures and their own creativity,” museum director Christoph Heinrich said in a press release.

Press materials also say that as part of the Martin Building’s redesign, its galleries have been updated with a commitment to inclusion.

Some of those initiatives include highlighting more contemporary and community artists, as well as including bilingual art labels in both English and Spanish throughout the entire museum campus.

Some of the updated or new collection galleries include the Northwest Coast and Alaska Native galleries, Indigenous Arts of North America galleries, Latin American Art and Art of the Ancient Americas galleries, Asian Art galleries, European Art Before 1800, Textile Art and

Fashion and Photography galleries, and Western American Art galleries.

The first floor of the Martin Building, which once was used primarily as art storage, will operate as the 6,500-square-foot Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Gallery. The space will open with “ReVisión: Art in the Americas,” an exhibition highlighting about 180 works from the DAM’s Latin American and Art of the Ancient Americas collections.

The renovations cost $150 million to build. Denver Art Museum Board Chairman Lanny Martin and his wife Sharon Martin, for whom the Martin Building is named, contributed the first $25 million. Voterapproved Elevate Denver Bonds covered an additional $35.5 million, and the museum helped cover the rest by matching public investment dollars at a three-to-one ratio.

The renovated campus will reopen to the public Oct. 24 with an opening day celebration from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. While it’s free to attend, guests must reserve tickets, which are now available. And if you’re a member and you want to check out the campus early, you can attend a Member Preview on Oct. 21, 22 or 23.

You can find more information on museum admission online at denverartmuseum.org.

This story is from Denverite, a nonprofit Denver news source affiliated with CPR News. Used by permission.

For more, and to support Denverite, visit denverite.com.

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2021 Statewide Ballot Issues The Colorado Constitution (Article V, Section 1(7.3)) requires the Colorado Legislative Council to publish the ballot title and legal text of each statewide ballot measure.

A “YES/FOR” vote on any ballot issue is a vote in favor of changing current law or existing circumstances, and a “NO/AGAINST” vote on any ballot issue is a vote against changing current law or existing circumstances.

Amendment 78 Legislative Authority for Spending State Money The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional staff of the offices of the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the legal staff for the general assembly for ballot purposes only. The ballot title will not appear in the Colorado Constitution or Colorado Revised Statutes. The text of the measure that will appear in the Colorado Constitution and Colorado Revised Statutes below was drafted by the proponents of the initiative. The initiated measure is included on the ballot as a proposed change to current law because the proponents gathered the required amount of petition signatures.

Ballot Title: Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado Constitution and a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning money that the state receives, and, in connection therewith, requiring all money received by the state, including money provided to the state for a particular purpose, known as custodial money, to be subject to appropriation by the general assembly after a public hearing; repealing the authority to disburse money from the state treasury by any other means; requiring all custodial money to be deposited into the newly created custodial funds transparency fund and the earnings on those deposits to be transferred to the general fund; and allowing the state to retain and spend all custodial money and earnings and revenue on that custodial money as a voter-approved revenue change?

Text of Measure: Be it enacted by the People of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. In the constitution of the state of Colorado, section 33 of article V, amend section 33 as follows: No moneys in the state treasury, nor custodial moneys, shall be disbursed therefrom by the treasurer except upon appropriations made by law, or otherwise authorized by law, and any amount disbursed shall be

substantiated by vouchers signed and approved in the manner prescribed by law.

SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-31108, amend (5) as follows: (5) If all or a portion of any money received by the attorney general and paid to the department of the treasury pursuant to subsection (2) of this section is custodial money, the attorney general shall direct the state treasurer in writing to place such custodial money in a separate account. Any custodial money placed in a separate account pursuant to this subsection (5) is not subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly. A copy of the written direction to the state treasurer must be delivered to the joint budget committee. Such written direction must set forth the basis for the attorney general’s determination that the money is custodial money and must specify the manner in which the money will be expended. Such written direction must be given to the state treasurer within thirty days after the date the money is paid to the department of the treasury. Any custodial money placed in a separate account pursuant to this subsection (5) must be expended only for the purposes for which the money has been provided.

The department shall provide with its annual budget request an accounting of how custodial money has been or will be expended. For informational purposes, the expenditure of such money may be indicated in the annual general appropriation act.

SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-75201, add 3(d)(e)(f) and (g) as follows: (3)(d) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, “custodial money” or “custodial funds” means money received by the state: (I) That originated from a source other than the state of Colorado; (II) That is awarded or otherwise provided to the state for a particular purpose; (III) For which the state is acting as a custodian or trustee to carry out the particular purpose for which the money has been provided. (e) Custodial fund transparency fund created.

(I) There is hereby created in the department of treasury a custodial funds transparency fund.

The custodial funds transparency fund shall receive all revenue collected by the state as custodial moneys. Earnings and Revenue from the custodial funds transparency fund shall

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revert to the general fund. All other money remaining in the custodial funds transparency fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not revert to the general fund.

(II) In state fiscal year 2022-2023, and each fiscal year thereafter, the general assembly shall annually appropriate the custodial funds transparency fund for such purposes as specified by law.

(III) moneys from the custodial funds transparency fund shall be appropriated in a public hearing with opportunity for public comment. (f) Revenue collected as custodial funds, as authorized by the voters at the statewide election in the November 2021, together with earnings and revenue, shall be retained and spent by the state as a voter-approved revenue change and shall be exempt from all revenue, spending, and other limitations under section 20 of article X of the state constitution or any other law.

SECTION 4. Effective Date. All provisions of all sections shall take effect on July 1, 2022.

Proposition 119 Learning Enrichment and Academic Progress Program The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional staff of the offices of the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the legal staff for the general assembly for ballot purposes only. The ballot title will not appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes.

The text of the measure that will appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes below was drafted by the proponents of the initiative. The initiated measure is included on the ballot as a proposed change to current law because the proponents gathered the required amount of petition signatures.

Ballot Title: SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $137,600,000 ANNUALLY ON RETAIL MARIJUANA SALES BY A CHANGE TO THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES CONCERNING THE CREATION OF A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE OUT-OF-SCHOOL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLORADO CHILDREN AGED 5 TO 17, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, CREATING AN INDEPENDENT STATE AGENCY TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM FOR OUT-OF-

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2021 Statewide Ballot Issues SCHOOL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES CHOSEN

BY PARENTS; FUNDING THE PROGRAM BY INCREASING THE RETAIL MARIJUANA SALES TAX BY 5% BY 2024 AND REALLOCATING A PORTION OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL LANDS INCOME; AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS AND REVENUE FOR PROGRAM FUNDING AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE; SPECIFYING THAT LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE TUTORING AND EXTRA INSTRUCTION IN SUBJECTS INCLUDING READING, MATH, SCIENCE, WRITING, MUSIC, AND ART, TARGETED SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND LEARNING DISABILITIES, CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TRAINING, AND OTHER ACADEMIC OR ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES; AND PRIORITIZING PROGRAM FINANCIAL AID FOR LOW-INCOME STUDENTS? Text of Measure: Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add article 86.1 to title 22 as follows: ARTICLE 86.1 LEARNING ENRICHMENT AND ACADEMIC PROGRESS (LEAP) PROGRAM 22-86.1-101. Legislative declaration. The voters of the state of Colorado find and declare that: (1) Out-of-school learning opportunities are critical for all Colorado children and youth.

These learning opportunities, during periods and timeframes outside of their regular school schedules, provide essential academic and life skills for children and youth to thrive in school and life. These learning opportunities are critical to maintaining and enhancing academic performance and mental, physical, and emotional health for all children.

(2) The intent of the voters in enacting this article 86.1 is to create a statewide learning program that will provide consistent and reliable access to learning opportunities for all of Colorado’s children and youth outside of their regular school schedules.

It is further intended that such program will allow for: tutoring and supplemental academic instruction in core subject areas, including reading, mathematics, science, and writing; targeted support for children and youth with special needs and learning disabilities; access to mental, physical, and emotional health counseling and services; English language and foreign language acquisition; access to

additional learning supplies and materials, especially for rural students; and other programs that provide academic or enrichment opportunities no longer offered in many schools, including, but not limited to: music, dance, arts, and career and technical education training.

(3) Creating the learning enrichment and academic progress program will ensure that these learning experiences are equally available to all Colorado children and youth and that families will have the authority and responsibility to choose programs, experiences, and activities that they believe to be the best fit for their child or youth.

(4) All children have unique strengths, needs, and learning styles. Encouraging innovation in the creation and provision of new and expanded learning opportunities statewide will benefit Colorado’s children and youth and reinforce the learning that takes place in many school environments.

(5) Implementation of the learning enrichment and academic progress program will provide benefits to Colorado communities by providing: supplemental support to students that will accrue to the benefit of students, their families, and their in-school educators; additional employment opportunities for individual educators and providers; and increased economic stability for students and families.

(6) Providing additional money to the state public school fund ensures that the ongoing financial costs of the learning enrichment and academic progress program has minimal financial impact on the state general fund.

(7) By applying a state sales tax to retail marijuana and transferring a portion of revenues earned on Colorado’s school trust lands to the state public school fund, the state will be able to fund the learning enrichment and academic progress program for Colorado children and youth.

22-86.1-102. Definitions. As used in this article 86.1, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Authority” means the Colorado learning authority created by section 22-86.1-103.

(2) “Board” means the Colorado learning authority board of directors created by section 22-86.1-105.

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(3) “Eligible child or youth” means a child or youth who is five years of age or older in a qualifying year but who is under eighteen years of age and who resides in Colorado and is, or will be, eligible for admission to public school within the state.

(4) “Learning enrichment and academic progress program” or “LEAP program” or “program” means the learning program created in this article 86.1.

(5) “Learning opportunities fund” or “fund” means the learning enrichment and academic progress fund created by section 22-86.1-106.

(6) “Local education provider” means a school district, a board of cooperative services, a district charter school, or an institute charter school.

(7)(a) “Out-of-school learning opportunity” or “Learning opportunity” means a program, service, system, activity, materials, or other pursuit or purchase that provides supplemental educational or developmental support to eligible children or youth outside of normal school operations. (b) “Learning opportunity” includes, but is not limited to: tutoring and supplemental academic instruction in core subject areas, including reading, mathematics, science, and writing; targeted support for children and youth with special needs and learning disabilities; English language and foreign language acquisition; career and technical education training; other programs that provide academic or enrichment opportunities; and reasonable and necessary materials and supplies to complete or participate in a learning opportunity. (c) “Learning opportunity” also includes emotional and physical therapy, mental health services, social emotional learning, mentoring, and other services that support students in their pursuit of a holistic and meaningful education. (d) “Learning opportunity” does not include in-school instruction, services, materials, curricula, or programs provided as part of a normal course of study conducted in accordance with a student’s compulsory attendance requirements under section 22-33-104. “Learning opportunity” does not include credit recovery programs regardless of the time of day or day of the week they

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(8) “Parent” means a parent or legal guardian of an eligible child or youth or an individual who stands in loco parentis of an eligible child or youth.

22-86.1-103. The learning enrichment and academic progress program and authority establishment - purposes - powers. (1) There is hereby established an independent agency within the department of education, the Colorado learning authority. The authority shall exercise its powers and perform its duties and functions as if it were transferred to the department by a type 1 transfer under the provisions of the “Administrative Organization Act of 1968,” article 1 of title 24. In addition to any other statutory powers, duties, and functions of the authority, the authority may perform all budgeting, purchasing, planning, and related management functions independently of the department, the state board of education, and the commissioner of education.

(2) There is hereby created the learning enrichment and academic progress program for the distribution of financial aid on behalf of eligible children or youth in Colorado to be used for learning opportunities.

(3) The authority shall: (a) Seek to increase access to learning opportunities for every eligible child or youth, ensure a broad diversity of learning opportunities and providers, and help parents choose resources for their child or youth. (b) Create and develop criteria for the provision and selection of learning opportunities for distribution of funds, consistent with and in furtherance of the goals and purposes stated in section 22-86.1-101, to be provided within the state of Colorado for eligible children or youth. An allowable use of financial aid includes reasonable expenses for transportation of an eligible child or youth to and from learning opportunities. It is the intent of the people that the financial aid distributed will be new dollars to spend on new services and must not supplant existing public or charitable funding for programs available to eligible children or youth. (c) Create and develop criteria for publication, solicitation, receipt, and evaluation of

applications from potential providers of learning opportunities under the program.

Such criteria must maximize the number and diversity of providers that parents and eligible children or youth can choose, must enable parents to evaluate the provider once services have been received, and must also ensure that small community-based providers are eligible and able to participate in the program. (d) Create and develop criteria to certify providers of learning opportunities under the program. In the interest of facilitating academic interventions for students who are behind their grade level, the authority shall pre-certify local school districts, boards of cooperative services, and other local education providers and create a process to ensure priority approval of educators as qualified providers.

The authority is not eligible for certification as a provider. Minimum requirements to be an eligible provider must include being authorized to do business in Colorado and carrying sufficient liability insurance as determined by the authority. The authority may provide reasonable support to providers to ensure a broad representation of providers can meet the requirements of this subsection (3). Immediate family members are not eligible to be qualified providers in the provision of services to their child or youth. The authority shall determine under what circumstances a qualified provider loses their certification and may ban providers who have engaged in fraud or other specious financial activities, within the scope of this program, from providing services to eligible children or youth. (e) Create and develop criteria to establish procedures to ensure child or youth safety, including the provision of recent background checks provided through the Colorado bureau of investigation or similar federal agency for providers who come in contact with children or youth. (f) Create and develop criteria to establish and manage financial aid on behalf of parents and to compensate approved providers of learning opportunities for eligible uses specifically and independently chosen by parents and provided to an eligible child or youth. The financial aid funds must be provided and administered with the method of distribution to be determined by the authority and subject to the maximum financial aid amount per eligible child or youth as determined by the authority as follows:

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(I) In determining the method of distribution, the authority shall prioritize low-income families with children or youth who could not otherwise afford learning opportunities.

Within the prioritized income category of children and youth, the authority may place an additional priority on those eligible children or youth who are not proficient at grade level in reading, math, or other core academic areas, or who have special educational, physical, or emotional needs or disabilities.

(II) In calendar year 2022, the authority shall, to the maximum extent practicable, distribute financial aid for eligible children or youth.

(III) In calendar year 2023, the authority shall ensure that the total annual financial aid distribution for each prioritized eligible child or youth participating in the program is at least one thousand five hundred dollars, and may provide financial aid awards to non-prioritized eligible children or youth in amounts less than one thousand five hundred dollars as determined by the authority. The authority may choose to have one application and financial aid disbursal period or more than one. For each disbursal period, the authority shall award financial aid as follows: (A) Financial aid must be distributed first to eligible children or youth who reside in households that are at or below one hundred percent of the federal poverty level.

(B) After all eligible children or youth residing in households at or below one hundred percent of the federal poverty level who have chosen to participate in the program have received financial aid, the authority shall distribute financial aid to eligible children or youth who reside in households that are greater than one hundred and less than two hundred percent of the federal poverty level.

(C) After all eligible children or youth residing in households that are greater than one hundred and less than two hundred percent of the federal poverty level who have chosen to participate in the program have received financial aid, the authority shall distribute financial aid to eligible children or youth who reside in households that are at or above two hundred percent of the federal poverty level.

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(V) In determining the manner in which families qualify for the program, the authority should ensure simple and easily understandable application forms and processes. The authority has control over when and how financial aid is distributed to approved providers that the parents choose, subject to administrative rules adopted by the board. Such financial aid must further be provided and administered in a manner that does not discriminate against any eligible child or youth, eligible child or youth’s family, provider, or learning opportunity on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, native language, religious affiliation, national origin, gender, military status, sexual orientation, gender variance, marital status, or physical or mental disability. (g) Create multiple-year financial aid as practicable for low-income eligible children or youth residing in households that are less than two hundred percent of the federal poverty level to ensure those eligible children or youth have the assurance of funding for a minimum of a three-year period regardless of changes to the family’s income level and to provide stability for those children or youth. (h) Create and develop criteria and protocols for rollover of unused funds for each financial aid recipient, for use by the recipient in additional learning opportunities under the program. Any financial aid of a child or youth who no longer qualifies as an eligible child or youth must revert back to the learning enrichment and academic progress fund. Financial aid funds may accumulate for three years, but upon the start of the fourth year of funding, the entirety of the funds, excepting the newly awarded fourth-year funds, revert back to the learning enrichment and academic progress fund. At the time an eligible child or youth reaches the age of eighteen, any remaining financial aid for that child or youth must revert back to the learning enrichment and academic progress fund. (i) Cause to be conducted, and make publicly available, annual independent financial audits of the authority. Such audits must be conducted by certified public accountants and must be filed with the board no later than July 1 of each year for the previous calendar year. As a component of the audits, the auditor shall select a representative sample of providers

and evaluate whether the funds were used for the purposes outlined in this section.

Additionally, the authority may contract with a third-party evaluator to evaluate the efficacy of providers. The authority shall redact all names of taxpayers and social security numbers or tax identification numbers before publicly releasing any audit or other financial report. (j) To the maximum extent practicable, create and implement an evaluation system by January 1, 2024, to measure the impacts of learning opportunities provided to eligible students and to ensure that learning providers are rated by quantitative and qualitative results. This system must also incorporate parent and youth feedback and ratings and must be publicly and easily available for use by eligible children or youth and their families. At a minimum, these metrics and data must be collected, analyzed, and made publicly available annually. In designing the evaluation system, the authority shall prioritize: (I) The development of a range of impact metrics that may encompass qualitative, quantitative, short-term, and longitudinal data; (II) The integration of authority-developed data systems with data systems in school districts or other public entities to assess for short-term academic impact and long-term life outcomes; and (III) The protection of student and family personal identifying information.

(4) In addition to the duties specified in subsection (3) of this section, the Colorado learning authority has the following duties, some or all of which may be delegated by contract: (a) Administer, in accordance with criteria established under subsection (3)(c) of this section, the publication, solicitation, receipt, evaluation, and selection of applications from potential providers of learning opportunities under the program to which parents may direct financial aid; (b) Enter into agreements and contracts as necessary with approved providers of learning opportunities under the program; (c) Develop, establish, and manage a system for receipt, processing, and evaluation of applications from eligible children or youth;

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(d) Assist eligible children or youth, parents, and their families in navigating and selecting among available learning opportunities; (e) Provide technical, programmatic, and capacity building expertise and funding to increase the number and quality of providers; (f) Establish, manage, and distribute financial aid for eligible children or youth funded by the learning opportunities fund to pay approved providers of approved learning opportunities; and (g) Provide technology services, subject to criteria established and determined by the authority, for purposes of monitoring and tracking the use of financial aid by eligible children or youth and approved provider performance and payments.

(5) No more than ten percent of money from the learning enrichment and academic progress fund may be spent on administrative expenses in any fiscal year after the end of fiscal year 2025. The authority shall annually review the percentage of money from the learning enrichment and academic progress fund that can be spent on administrative expenses and reduce the percentage as possible.

(6) The authority is subject to all the applicable requirements of the “Colorado Open Records Act”, part 2 of article 72 of title 24, C.R.S., and the “Colorado Open Meetings Law”, part 4 of article 6 of title 24, C.R.S. (7)(a) The authority shall ensure that the learning program is administered in a manner that: (I) Provides assistance to benefit eligible children or youth on behalf of parents who have specifically and independently chosen a learning opportunity, not any particular qualified provider; (II) Does not discriminate against any eligible child or youth, eligible child or youth’s family, or provider’s religious affiliation; (III) Ensures that the program does not require any courses in religion or theology; and (IV) Does not deny any eligible child or youth the program’s benefits based on the religious character of the provider.

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22-86.1-104. Additional powers of the Colorado learning authority. (1) In addition to any other powers granted to the authority in this article 86.1, the authority has the following powers: (a) To adopt, have, and use a seal and to alter the same at its pleasure; (b) To enter into any contract or agreement not inconsistent with this article 86.1 or the laws of this state and to authorize the executive director to enter into contracts, execute all instruments, and do all things necessary or convenient in the exercise of the powers granted in this article 86.1; (c) To purchase, lease, trade, exchange, or otherwise acquire, maintain, hold, improve, mortgage, lease, sell, and dispose of personal property, whether tangible or intangible, or any interest therein; and to purchase, lease, trade, exchange, or otherwise acquire real property or any interest therein and to maintain, hold, improve, mortgage, lease, or otherwise transfer such real property, so long as such transactions do not interfere with the mission of the authority as specified in section 22-86.1103; (d) To acquire space, equipment, services, supplies, and insurance necessary to carry out the purposes of this article 86.1; (e) To contract for and to accept any gifts, grants, or loans of funds, property, or any other aid in any form from the federal government, the state, any state agency, or any other source, or any combination thereof, and to comply, subject to the provisions of this article 86.1, with the terms and conditions thereof; (f) To fix the time and place or places at which its regular and special meetings are to be held; (g) To adopt and from time to time amend or repeal bylaws and rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this article 86.1; (h) To appoint a treasurer of the board and such other officers as the board of directors may determine and provide for their duties and terms of office;

(i) To appoint an executive director and such agents, employees, and professionaland business advisers as may from time to time be necessary in its judgment to accomplish the purposes of this article 86.1, to fix the compensation of such executive director, employees, agents, and advisers, and to establish the powers and duties of all such agents, employees, and other persons contracting with the authority; (j) To make and execute agreements, contracts, or other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers and functions of the authority under this article 86.1, including but not limited to, contracts with any person, firm, corporation, state agency, local government, or other entity; and (k) To have and exercise all rights and powers necessary or incidental to or implied from the specific powers granted in this article 86.1, which specific powers must not be considered as a limitation upon any power necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes and intent of this article 86.1.

22-86.1-105. Colorado learning authority - board of directors - powers and duties. (1) The authority consists of a board of directors, appointed pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, and any staff or contract employees hired by the authority as authorized by law. Any staff hired by the authority are employees subject to the state personnel system of this state as defined in section 13 of article XII of the state constitution and article 50 of title 24; except that, all positions classified by the authority as professional officers and professional staff of the authority are declared to be educational in nature and exempt from the state personnel system.

(2) The board consists of nine members, no more than five of whom are members of the same political party. Members must be appointed by the governor, with the consent of the senate. (a) Members of the initial board must be appointed by January 15, 2022. In making the appointments, the governor shall seek board members who have significant experience in start-up enterprises and delivering educational services to low-income children, including, for example, expertise in: (I) E-commerce or payment systems; (II) Cybersecurity;

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(VII) Overseeing user-directed accounts; and (VIII) Database creation or management. (b) At least one member of the initial board must be a parent of a child who would qualify as a prioritized eligible child or youth for the program. (c) Members of the initial board shall serve a single term of three years. (d) The term of any member appointed prior to January 1, 2025 expires on December 31, 2024. The governor shall make new appointments to the board for terms beginning on or after January 1, 2025 by selecting new board members from a list of recommended candidates generated by the initial board through a process open to applications from the public. The governor shall appoint all subsequent new board members from a list of recommended candidates generated by the then-existing board through a process open to applications from the public.

Each list must provide a minimum of three recommended candidates for each position to be appointed, or such lesser number as there are applications. After January 1, 2025, the board shall consist of one resident of each congressional district of the state and one or two at-large members, depending on the number of congressional districts in the state at the time of appointment to ensure an odd number of board members. After January 1, 2025, members of the board shall be as follows: (I) At least four members who are a parent or legal guardian of a child who is five years of age or older but who is under seventeen years of age; (II) Two representatives of a nonprofit organization that has a focus on services for low-income families and communities; and (III) At least three members who have experience

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(3) As soon as reasonably practicable, the initial board of directors shall establish a learning opportunities parent advisory council and a learning opportunities provider advisory council to: (a) Provide input to the board concerning the program, eligibility of children and youth, criteria for qualifications of learning providers, financial aid distribution, and all other matters of implementing the learning program; and (b) Provide recommendations to the appointing authority for parent representation on the board.

(4) Members of the ongoing board may not during their terms of service be employed by or contract with persons that provide or offer to provide learning opportunities under the program.

(5) Members of the initial and ongoing boards may receive a per diem of up to two hundred dollars for attendance at regularly scheduled meetings of the board at the discretion of the chair based on financial hardship and are reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred while performing official duties, together with mileage at the rate at which members of the general assembly are reimbursed pursuant to section 2-2-317. A member of the board who is a state officer or employee shall not claim per diem compensation, but must be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred while performing official duties, together with mileage at the rate at which members of the general assembly are reimbursed pursuant to section 2-2-317.

(6)(a) The initial and ongoing boards must also consist of four nonvoting members, three of

whom are appointed by the board chair and one by the executive director of the Colorado commission of Indian affairs. (b) The nonvoting members must: (I) Be fourteen years of age or older but under nineteen years of age; and (II) Be enrolled in and attending a tribal or Colorado junior high, middle, or high school, including an online or charter school or approved facility school as defined in section 22-2-402; be participating in a nonpublic, homebased educational program; be participating in a high school equivalency examination program; or have obtained a high school diploma through successful completion of a high school equivalency examination, as defined in section 22-33-102 (8.5). (c) The initial appointments for nonvoting members of the board of directors must be completed by June 1, 2022. Nonvoting members serve for two-year terms, except that, as determined by the board chair, two nonvoting members initially appointed to the board will serve for one year. Nonvoting members of the board may serve up to two consecutive terms.

Nonvoting members of the board may receive a per diem of up to two hundred dollars for attendance at regularly scheduled meetings of the board at the discretion of the chair based on financial hardship and are reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred while performing official duties, together with mileage at the rate at which members of the general assembly are reimbursed pursuant to section 2-2-317.

(7) The board has the following powers and duties: (a) To hire an executive director; (b) To establish and oversee the program created by this article 86.1, assuring that as much funding as practicable is dedicated to the provision of financial aid and assistance to eligible children or youth and their families in finding and selecting available learning opportunities; (c) To obtain the services of expert consultants as necessary and appropriate for the performance of its duties and responsibilities; (d) To elect one director as chair of the board

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and another director as chairman pro tem of the board; and (e) To perform all such actions as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out the duties and responsibilities specified in this article 86.1.

22-86.1-106. Learning enrichment and academic progress fund - creation - crediting of money to fund - use of fund. (1) The learning enrichment and academic progress fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund is administered by the authority and consists of all money transferred or credited to the fund pursuant to subsections (2), (3), and (4) of this section and section 39-28.8-203(1)(c). All interest and income earned on the deposit and investment of money in the fund must be credited to the fund and must not be transferred to the general fund or any other state fund at the end of any state fiscal year.

(2) The authority may seek, accept, and expend any gifts, grants, donations, loans of funds, property, or any other revenue or aid in any form from the federal government, the state, any state agency, any other public source, any private source, or any combination thereof, and any such monetary receipts must be credited to the fund and any such in-kind receipts must be applied for the benefit of the fund.

(3) At the end of the third and fourth quarters of state fiscal year 2021-22, the state treasurer shall transfer from the general fund to the learning enrichment and academic progress fund the same amount of money transferred to the state public school fund pursuant to section 36-1-116(1)(d). For that state fiscal year, an amount of state general fund revenue equal to the total amount of such transfers shall be exempt from all revenue, spending, and other limitations under section 20 of article X of the state constitution and any other law.

(4) At the end of each state fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2022, the state treasurer shall transfer from the general fund to the learning enrichment and academic progress fund the same amount of money transferred to the state public school fund pursuant to section 36-1-116(1)(d). For each state fiscal year an amount of state general fund revenue equal to the amount of such transfer shall be exempt from all revenue, spending, and other limitations under section 20

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the state public school fund created in section 22-54-114.

(5) The money transferred or credited to the fund, including any income and interest derived from the deposit and investment of such money, is exempt from any restriction on spending, revenue, or appropriations, including the restrictions of section 20 of Article X of the state constitution or any other law.

(II) Beginning with the state fiscal year commencing July 1, 2022, any amounts to be credited or transferred to the permanent school fund pursuant to subsections (1)(a)(II)(A) and (1)(b)(I) of this section in excess of twenty million dollars shall instead be transferred to the state public school fund created in section 22-54-114.

(6) The money in the fund is continuously appropriated to the authority for the direct and indirect costs of carrying out the provisions of this article 86.1.

SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, section 36-1-116, amend (1)(a)(II)(A) and (1)(b)(I); and add (1)(d) as follows: 36-1-116. Disposition of rentals, royalties, and timber sale proceeds. (1)(a)(II)(A) Except as provided in subsections (1)(a)(II)(B), and (1)(a)(II)(C), and (1)(d), for the 2010-11 state fiscal year and each state fiscal year thereafter, the proceeds received by the state for the sale of timber on public school lands, lease payments and rental payments for said lands, rental payments for the use and occupation of the surface of said lands, and rentals or lease payments for sand, gravel, clay, stone, coal, oil, gas, geothermal resources, gold, silver, or other minerals on said lands other than proceeds, rentals, and payments allocated to the state land board trust administration fund pursuant to section 36-1-145(3) or credited to the public school capital construction assistance fund created in section 22-43.7-104(1),C.R.S., pursuant to section 22-43.7-104(2)(b)(I), C.R.S., shall be credited to the permanent school fund and shall become part of the principal of the permanent school fund. (b)(I) Except for royalties and other payments allocated to the state land board trust administration fund pursuant to section 36-1-145(3) or credited to the public school capital construction assistance fund created in section 22-43.7-104(1), C.R.S., pursuant to section 22-43.7-104(2)(b)(I), C.R.S., except as provided in subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (b), and except as provided in paragraph paragraphs (c) and (d) of this subsection (1), royalties and other payments for the depletion or extraction of a natural resource on said lands shall be credited to the permanent school fund. (d) (I) for the third and fourth quarters of state fiscal year 2021-22, any amounts to be credited or transferred to the permanent school fund pursuant to subsections (1)(a)(II)(A) and (1)(b)(I) of this section shall instead be transferred to

SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-28.8202, amend (1)(a)(I) and (1)(b) as follows: 39-28.8-202. Retail marijuana sales tax. (1)(a)(I)(A) In addition to the tax imposed pursuant to part 1 of article 26 of this title 39 and the sales tax imposed by a local government pursuant to title 29, 30, 31, or 32, but except as otherwise set forth in subsections (1) (a)(II) and (1)(a)(III) of this section, there is imposed upon all sales of retail marijuana and retail marijuana products by a retailer a tax at rates specified in this subsection (1)(a)(I).

(B) Beginning January 1, 2014, and through June 30, 2017, there is imposed upon all sales of retail marijuana and retail marijuana products by a retailer a tax at the rate of ten percent of the amount of the sale.

(C) Beginning July 1, 2017, there is imposed upon all sales of retail marijuana and retail marijuana products by a retailer a tax at the rate of fifteen percent of the amount of the sale.

(D) Beginning January 1, 2022, there is imposed upon all sales of retail marijuana and retail marijuana products by a retailer, in addition to the fifteen percent tax imposed by subsection (1)(a)(I)(C) of this section, a tax of three percent of the amount of the sale through December 31, 2022, a tax of four percent of the amount of the sale beginning January 1, 2023 and through December 31, 2023, and a tax of five percent of the amount of the sale beginning January 1, 2024.

(E) The tax imposed by this section is computed in accordance with schedules or forms prescribed by the executive director of the department; except that a retail marijuana store is not allowed to retain any portion of the retail marijuana sales tax collected pursuant to this part 2 to cover the expenses of collecting and remitting the tax. The executive director may promulgate rules to implement this section. (b) The maximum tax rate that may be imposed pursuant to this section is fifteen percent plus the

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applicable tax rate specified in subsection (1)(a) (I)(D) of this section. At any time on or after January 1, 2014 January 1, 2022, the general assembly may, by a bill enacted by the general assembly and that becomes law: (I) Establish a tax rate to be imposed pursuant to this subsection (1) that is lower than fifteen percent of the sale of retail marijuana or retail marijuana products such maximum tax rate; or (II) After establishing a tax rate that is lower than fifteen percent pursuant to subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (b) lowering the tax rate pursuant to subsection (1)(b)(I) of this section, increase the tax rate to be imposed pursuant to this subsection (1); except that, in no event shall the general assembly increase the tax rate above fifteen percent of the sale of retail marijuana or retail marijuana products the maximum tax rate specified in this subsection (1)(b). Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an increase in the tax rate pursuant to this subparagraph (II) shall not require voter approval subsequent to the voter approval required pursuant to part 4 of this article.

SECTION 4. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-28.8203, amend (1)(a)(I) and (1)(b)(I.5) introductory portion and add (1)(c) as follows: 39-28.8-203. Disposition of collections – definitions. (1) The proceeds of all money collected from the retail marijuana sales tax are initially credited to the old age pension fund created in section 1 of article XXIV of the state constitution in accordance with paragraphs (a) and (f) of section 2 of article XXIV of the state constitution and thereafter are transferred to the general fund in accordance with section 7 of article XXIV of the state constitution. For each fiscal year in which a tax is collected pursuant to this part 2, an amount shall be appropriated or distributed from the general fund as follows: (a)(I) Before July 1, 2017, an amount equal to fifteen percent of the gross retail marijuana sales tax revenue collected by the department is apportioned to local governments. On and after July 1, 2017, an amount equal to ten percent of the gross retail marijuana sales tax revenue collected by the department, excluding revenue attributable to the additional tax imposed by section 39-28.8-202(1)(a)(I)(D), is apportioned to local governments. The city or town share is apportioned according to the percentage that retail marijuana sales tax revenue collected by the department within the boundaries of the city or town bear to the total retail marijuana sales tax revenue collected by the department. The county

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SECTION 5. In Colorado Revised Statutes, amend 39-28.8-204 as follows: 39-28.8-204. Revenue and spending limitations. (1) Notwithstanding any limitations on revenue, spending, or appropriations contained in section 20 of article X of the state constitution or any other provision of law, any revenues generated by the retail marijuana sales tax imposed pursuant to this part 2 as approved by the voters at the statewide election in November 2013, may be collected and spent as voter-approved revenue changes and shall not require voter approval subsequent to the voter approval required pursuant to part 4 of this article.

(2) Notwithstanding any limitations on revenue, spending, or appropriations contained in section 20 of article X of the state constitution or any other provision of law, any revenues generated by the additional retail marijuana sales tax imposed by section 39-28.8-202(1)(a)(I) (D), as approved by the voters at the statewide

election in November 2021, may be collected and spent as a voter-approved revenue change.

Proposition 120 Property Tax Assessment Rate Reduction The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional staff of the offices of the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the legal staff for the general assembly for ballot purposes only. The ballot title will not appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes.

The text of the measure that will appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes below was drafted by the proponents of the initiative. The initiated measure is included on the ballot as a proposed change to current law because the proponents gathered the required amount of petition signatures.

Ballot Title: Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning property tax reductions, and, in connection therewith, reducing property tax revenue by an estimated $1.03 billion in 2023 and by comparable amounts thereafter by reducing the residential property tax assessment rate from 7.15% to 6.5% and reducing the property tax assessment rate for all other property, excluding producing mines and lands or leaseholds producing oil or gas, from 29% to 26.4% and allowing the state to annually retain and spend up to $25 million of excess state revenue, if any, for state fiscal years 2022-23 through 2026-27 as a voter-approved revenue change to offset lost revenue resulting from the property tax rate reductions and to reimburse local governments for revenue lost due to the homestead exemptions for qualifying seniors and disabled veterans?

Text of Measure: Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-1-104 amend (1) as follows: (1) Through December 31, 2021 the valuation for assessment of all taxable property in the state shall

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be twenty-nine percent, and beginning on January 1, 2022 the valuation for assessment of all taxable property in the state shall be twenty-six and four-tenths percent of the actual value thereof as determined by the assessor and the administrator in the manner prescribed by law, and such percentage shall be uniformly applied, without exception, to the actual value, so determined, of the various classes and subclasses of real and personal property located within the territorial limits of the authority levying a property tax, and all property taxes shall be levied against the aggregate valuation for assessment resulting from the application of such percentage. This subsection (1) shall not apply to residential real property, producing mines, and lands or leaseholds producing oil or gas.

SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-1104.2 amend (3)(q) as follows: 39-1-104.2. Adjustment of residential legislative declaration - definitions.

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(3) (q) The ratio of valuation for assessment for residential real property is 7.15 percent of actual value for property tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2019 and 6.5 percent of the actual value for property tax commencing January 1, 2022, until the next property tax year that the general assembly adjusts the ratio of valuation for assessment for residential real property.

SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-3-207 add (6) as follows: 39-3-207.

Reporting of exemptions— reimbursement to local governmental entities.

(6) for the purpose of off-setting lost revenue resulting from a reduction in property tax and to fund state reimbursements to local government entities for the application of the homestead exemption, in fiscal year commencing on July 1, 2022 through fiscal year ending July 1, 2027, the state shall be authorized to retain and spend up to 25 million per year in revenue for warrants otherwise authorized under this section.

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October 14, 2021

LIFE Horse culture still kicking in modern West

Growth changes state but love of horses is forever

BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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n 1950, metro Denver’s population hovered right around 500,000. Farms and horse properties could still be found throughout the close-in suburbs.

By the mid-1970s, the population had more than doubled and subdivisions had eaten away at sprawling open spaces. But it was still common to see leisure riders on horses, trotting down trails along Morrison Road, Alameda Avenue or Dry Creek Road.

Today, the metro population is closing in on 3 million fast. Development and an explosion in residents have made things feel more like a big city than the cowtown vibes of yesteryear. But if you look closely, you’ll still find horse culture holds a special place in the heart of folks throughout the metro area.

It’s a warm, late September morning as Joe McClellan makes his way toward his first job of the day.

With an unbelievable view of the Flatirons as his backdrop, McClellan gets down to business. His dual degrees in architectural and civil engineering will be put to good use at the job site, but not to design or build a house. He’s there to shoe some horses.

McClellan is a certified Natural Balance Farrier. More than a decade ago, he traded in his engineering career for a life working with the animals he loves. He said he was always fascinated by horses and a 2009 Natural Balance Hoof Trimming course set him on the path he’d been looking for. Applying engineering principals to every hoof he shoes, McClellan found a way to combine two things he loves into the freedom to work for himself.

Shoeing horses from Fort Collins to Castle Rock and everywhere in between, and owning two horses of his own, McClellan spends his life immersed in local horse culture.

Karen Richard owns the property with the fantastic view. She moved here in 1984 to be able to keep her horses on her own land. She’s owned horses for close to 50 years. She says in those days she would drive more than 100 miles to work and back each day to make her dream a reality. She didn’t come from a horseowning family.

“I was just an anomaly, I guess,” she says.

Richard’s horses, Tilly and Summer, are two of McClellan’s three clients at this stop. The other is a 23-year-old palomino Richard boards, named Sweetie. Sweetie’s owner, Bob, says she’s taught him a lot.

“Like how to be a human,” he says.

Bob leased Sweetie, taking care of her for a few years before her previous owner agreed to let him buy her.

“I don’t refer to myself as her

Joe McClellan, farrier and trainer, works with his horse, Aspen.

owner,” he says. “I refer to myself as her staff.”

Over the years, Richard has done both Western and English riding styles, competing in dressage, a form of horse riding performed in exhibition, with Tilly, a liver-chestnut thoroughbred. Now, Richard is content to just ride on her own property for fun. She says horses have given her more than she can express throughout her life. More than just fulfillment, she says horses have given her the gift of being present in her surroundings. Beyond their beauty, she thinks horses have a special place in this world. McClellan agrees.

“Human beings couldn’t be where they are today without horses supporting us,” he says. “They transported us. They fought battles with us. They farmed with us. They’re amazing animals and we actually don’t deserve them. They deserve for us to treat them better.”

Sixty miles southeast, Heidi Knab is chatting with customers at the Rusty Spur Saddle Shop in Parker.

Her business card lists her position as “Head Cowgirl.” She also happens to be the owner of the tack/gear shop she founded after two decades teaching school.

A lifelong rider, Knab says one day she was driving all over town looking for a new saddle. Her inability to find what she was looking for gave her the idea to start the business.

Now, more than three years later, she says things are good and her business is continuing to grow.

“The timing was right for me to change careers and open the business,” she says. “We started off with 30 saddles and now we sometimes have up to 200.”

She jumped into a three-year lease with no prior business expe-

rience, but says she always knew it was going to work. She also has 1,500 consigners helping her stock merchandise and a deal with Colorado Saddlery to carry their new saddles. The store also has everything a rider could need for English and Western tack, clothing, boots, blankets, trailer supplies, grooming products and more.

According to Knab, Douglas county ranks second in the nation for horse ownership per capita.

“It’s huge, for horses,” she says. “I would have thought it would be Kentucky or something like that, but Douglas county is way up there.”

Despite her parents not being horse people, Knab says she and her sister started doing barrel races at local shows and a ton of trail riding when she was a kid.

“Horses are enchanting animals.

I bought my first horse with babysitting money when I was 11 — of course, I also had to take out a loan from my parents,” she says. “My sister got me into it. She was really horse crazy.”

Now, as she gets ready to enter her fourth year as a business owner, Knab says word of mouth is still her primary form of engaging new customers. She also employs staff members who have different expertise in riding styles, to appeal to Douglas county’s broad customer base.

Guidance from other women in the tack industry was invaluable when she started out. But that didn’t surprise her. She thinks horse people she’s met are some of the most loyal, appreciative, kind individuals around.

And that loyalty goes both ways.

Relationships and customer service are what she says make the whole thing tick.

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Old adages about not mixing business with pleasure notwithstanding, Knab says opening the store actually feeds her passion for riding.

She says she’s learned a ton from customers and hopes she’s paying that knowledge forward as well.

Her repertoire includes showings, clinics, an obstacle challenge series and a lot of horse camping.

Carol Perry is a native Texan who’s called Douglas county home since the ‘80s. She’s been a horse person her whole life. But she’s retiring from the hobby and recently she’s been selling off gear through Knab’s store.

Her stable of horses has gone from eight down to one — a Swedish warmblood grand prix dressage horse that is 26 years old.

Perry says retiring from the horse world has been an incredibly difficult decision. At her age, she says she wants to simplify her life, but the challenges that ever-increasing population and development have created for riders have hastened her departure.

She says resources for horse people are becoming more restrictive each year and the people passing legislation aren’t paying enough attention to the billion-dollar equine industry here. But it’s also increasingly difficult to compete for trail space with mountain bikers — even in places like The Pines and Dawson Butte that were created to include horses.

If you’re a lifelong horse person, or just thinking about maybe getting started, Knab says her shop is a nexus — a place people can come to get information and find their people. She holds community events once per quarter and welcomes everyone with a passion for horses to attend.

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Woodcarvers invite public to annual show

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he Colorado Carvers Club will hold its Annual Woodcarving Show, Competition and Sale on the weekend of Oct. 23-24 at the West Metro Fire Training and Event Center, 3535 SONYA’S S. Kipling St. in Lake- SAMPLER wood, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 23 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 24. coloradocarvers. org.

Sonya Ellingboe Miners Alley “The Crucible” plays at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave. in Golden, through Nov. 7. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. minersalley. com, 303-935-3044. (“Pay-itforward pricing” on tickets, to help people come back to the theatre, per director

Len Matheo.)

at the Center.”

Cherry Creek Theatre “Steel Magnolias” plays through Oct. 24 at the Elaine Wolf Theatre, Mizel Arts and Culture Center, 350 S. Dahlia St., Denver. (Special dinner package at the nearby Nona’s Bistro for $16.50.) cherrycreektheatre.org.

Call for clarinetist The Colorado Wind Ensemble will hold an open audition for one clarinet position: Prepare a video no longer than five minutes, including a lyrical selection and a technical selection.

Email, Dropbox or YouTube to CWE. They rehearse 7-9 p.m. on Tuesdays at the King Center, 855 Lawrence Way, Denver. coloradowindensemble.org.

Jazz orchestra Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra presents “The Music You’ve Been Missing” at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 16 at The Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada.

Tickets: $24-$38, 720-898-7200, arvadacenter.org. A note on the Arvada Center website says: “To protect the health of our visitors and artists, the Arvada Center will require all individuals to show either proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to attend performances in our theatres starting September 28. All visitors ages 2+ must wear a mask when

Central City Opera The 89-year-old company announces that its next season, in the old Opera House in Central City, will include “The Light in the Piazza,” “Fledermaus” and “Two Remain.” The company performed in Littleton’s Hudson Gardens last summer. centralcityopera.org.

MOA “The Fantasy Show” is open at the Museum of Out-

door Arts Indoor Gallery, 1000 Englewood Parkway, as is work by the 2021 Design and Build Emerging Artists and 2021 Artist Fellow Tiffany Matheson, through Dec. 17. Hours: WednesdayFriday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Free. moaonline.org.

Colorado Ballet “Giselle” is performed at the Elle Caulkins Opera House, Denver through Oct. 17. Tickets start at $40- $160, coloradoballet.org. Upcoming: “The Nutcracker” Nov. 27-Dec. 24; “Romeo and Juliet” Feb. 4-13, 2022; “Wizard of Oz” March 11-20, 2022.

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Tesoro The Annual Tesoro Historic Lecture Series, with a series of dinner lectures held at the Fort Restaurant in Morrison, also offers free local afternoon lectures, starting Oct. 16/17. On Oct. 16, Dr. David Wrobel will

speak about remarkable women such as Isabella Pfeiffer, Isabelle Bird and Mary Kingsley, at the Buck Recreation Center, 2004 W. Powers Ave., Littleton at 1:30 p.m. Free, but reservation needed through South Suburban Parks and Recreation website, ssprd.org, or 303347-5999. Repeated Oct. 17 at History Colorado at 2 p.m. and at a dinner lecture at the Fort Restaurant, reservation needed. 303-839-1671, tesoroculturalcenter.org.

Tesoro at Lone Tree “The Santa Fe Trail: Two Hundred Years of Songs and Tales” will be presented

by Mark Gardner and Rex Rideout at 4 p.m. at the Lone Tree Hub, 8827 Lone Tree Parkway. Free, but registration is required: ssprd.org or 303-347-5999.

While the COVID-19 pandemic continues, public events frequently are canceled or rescheduled. Check with organizers before you go.

‘Cross Words’ is new work by local playwright

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The configuration of the smallish Bond Trimble Theatre at Vintage Theatre in Aurora dictates a set, designed by company director Bernie Cardell, that has the audience almost in the living room/dining room with the actors — and it works well! The company is presenting a clever new work by Denver playwright Scott Gibson, “Cross Words.”

The play was the winner of Vintage Theatre Company’s 2019 Mystery Thriller new Play Showcase, and is now in its first production — a milestone for any new play.

Lights go up with a frowning woman, Flora (Molly Turner), seated at the dining table working on a crossword puzzle ... “How’s her highness?” says her sarcastic husband Tim (Luke Rahmsdorff-Terry).

“I hate our life,” she snaps. “One person’s life is another person’s `just

in time,’” he replies.

The mood is set and we learn that the couple has come to live with her elderly Aunt Rosamunde, assuming that they will inherit her considerable fortune when she passes on ... But they’re impatient with the elderly relative’s ongoing vigor — and with the run-down house and leaky roof ... What if she were to fall down those stairs ...? “We still have to decide which of us will ...”

“Dead people keep their plans to themselves ...”

Enter Jan Cleveland, as Aunt Rosamunde’s attorney Clarrisa, who strides into the setting dressed in a spiffy tweed vested suit, obviously suspicious of the couple, as she looks after her client’s interests.

“Aunt Rosamunde called you?”

Tim wonders.

“We planned on tomorrow night,” she replies.

Tim comments about their agreement with Aunt Rosamunde “to

make it worth our while, our future seen to ...” if they were to live with her for a while ... helping with her day-to day needs.

Aunt Rosamunde rings a bell upstairs, calling for assistance ...

Scowling, Flora heads for the stairs, which protrude into the dining room, a constant reminder.

Next scene has Tim practicing CPR on a beach ball ...

Young, somewhat-challenged nephew Emory (Elton Tanega) appears: “Mr. Benson says to drop these buckets off and go right home ... Why were you giving CPR to that beach ball? And why were you calling it Aunt Rosamunde? That ball doesn’t have a heart ...”

Turns out Emory and Flora are to share the inheritance.

“I left my shoe and sock upstairs,” Emory says, returning soon: “The lady upstairs wants to see you ... I helped her get up ... she’s pretty mad ...”

Later, Emory staggers into the house, with a bloodied face. Clarissa runs in soon after — she had collided with Emory’s bike ... “I’ve always ben a careful driver — he was there without warning.”

“I already knew,” he said. The lawyer had called his wife.

Vintage Theatre Company was founded in 2002 by Craig Bond, Debbie Laureta, Chris Goranson, Lindsay Sanders Goranson and David Trimble, with a space on 17th Street, and it was moved into the Dayton Street location in 2012, where they have three performance spaces.

Vintage Theatre is at 1468 Dayton St. in Aurora. “Cross Words” plays Friday/Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. through Nov. 7.

Tickets: 303-856-7830, vintagetheatre. com.

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PACE Center celebrates 10 years Facility offers free, reduced-cost events

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Parker Arts, Culture & Events Center, also known as PACE, is celebrating a decade in the community this month with a series of free and reduced-cost events.

The PACE Center opened its doors on Oct. 28, 2011 after the town council approved the purchase of the land and a $21.7 million construction budget for the project.

Carrie Glassburn, the PACE Center’s cultural director, wrote in a recent letter to the community that the center has welcomed over 1 million patrons to its facilities since opening.

“Thanks to the foresight of several Town leaders and citizens who recognized the importance the arts play in building a strong community, the PACE Center was designed and developed and quickly became the cultural hub for Parker and the surrounding region,” Glassburn’s letter said.

The celebratory events will run daily from Oct. 16 through the 23 and will include concerts, trivia and art shows. The full list of shows is below: Oct. 16 — Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Happy Hour pre-show event, $30 Oct. 17 — Art walk, free

The PACE Center in Parker was given a $21.7 million budget when it was approved by the town council in 2009.

Oct. 18 — Little Free Art Gallery opening, free Oct. 19 — 10th Anniversary Trivia Night, $10 Oct. 20 — Law and Order Murder Mystery Zoom event, $10 Oct. 21 — Bohemian Rhapsody Sing Along, $10 Oct. 22 — Dueling Pianos, $10 Oct. 23 — Artival, $10 The center is now hosting inperson events again and is at full capacity. This year’s full season will consist of comedy shows, films, jazz performances, musicals and holiday events.

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A cut above the rest Meat cutting competition held in Highlands Ranch

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Nearly 30 butchers from Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico gathered in Highlands Ranch for a chance to win $20,000 in the annual Slice on Ice Qualifier Competition, hosted by the Texas Roadhouse steakhouse chain.

The ice rink at the new South Suburban Sports Complex was turned into a makeshift meat locker on Oct. 4, as competitors were given a total of 40 pounds of beef to carve up during a one-hour competition.

Stephanie Keck, a Texas Roadhouse marketing coach, said it is exciting to get back to hosting the competitions in the area, given they were canceled due to the pandemic in 2020.

Keck said the Oct. 4 event in Highlands Ranch was a qualifier competition, which means the winner not only receives $20,000 but also earns to the right to go on and compete in the semi-finals. Winners of the semifinal events go on to compete in the 2021 national competition where the winner is crowned Meat Cutter of the Year.

The semi-finals and national competition will be held in Nashville in February.

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Nearly 30 butchers from Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico competed for the $20,000 prize on Oct. 4.

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County libraries receive historical, valuable donation Collection come from siblings Robert and Rosemary Metzler STAFF REPORT

The Archives & Local History (ALH) department at Douglas County Libraries recently received a historical donation from the estate of siblings Robert and Rosemary Metzler of Castle Rock.

The Metzlers were professional educators and third-generation Coloradans whose family history in Douglas County dates back more than 100 years. Both sets of grandparents were early pioneers who homesteaded in various parts of the county.

The Metzler collection was acquired over a period of several months, between May and September, and includes a variety of materials, including books of Western history, fiction, and art; local and historical cookbooks; teaching and educational materi-

Zuriel Rubio, of Wyoming, competed for the sixth time in the annual Butchers Slice on Ice competition hosted by Texas Roadhouse.

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als; collectible rare books and fine editions; photographs; and paper documents of teaching material, Douglas County School District history, land and property history, and more.

According to Alyssa Carver, head archivist with ALH, the materials donated are representative of the history of the Metzler Ranch in Castle Rock and the personal legacies of the family members.

“The Metzler family donation is a valuable acquisition for ALH because of its large size, broad scope, and historical significance across a number of important subject areas,” Carver said.

Those subject areas include history of schools and education in Douglas County; ranch life and the history of cattle, dairy, and related agricultural industries in the county; the ongoing suburbanization of the area over time; and local artists, authors, and creators.

To learn more about the Metzler collection, visit the website at archives.dcl.org.

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Prop 119 would raise marijuana taxes for out-of-school learning Measure is one of 3 on Colorado’s statewide ballot

BY DANIEL DUCASSI THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado voters will decide in the election ending Nov. 2 whether to raise taxes on recreational marijuana to help fund a new state program aimed at providing Colorado students with out-of-school learning opportunities.

The program — called Learning Enrichment and Academic Progress, or LEAP — would pay service providers, like private tutoring companies or even public school teachers looking for extra work, to provide a wide variety of educational or development support services to K-12 students in the state.

Supporters of the measure, called Proposition 119, say that by giving kids from lower income families a chance to access tutoring and enrichment programs, the program can help those kids catch up academically to their more privileged peers and start to reverse the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on learning.

Public education advocates who oppose the measure, however, paint it as a slippery slope to vouchers and a threat to the state’s public education system, and argue that any new tax revenue for education should go into the existing system rather than

a whole new program. Meanwhile, opponents in Colorado’s cannabis industry say the increased sales tax is regressive and may push consumers back into the black market.

Proposition 119 would create the LEAP program to provide financial support to Colorado students between the ages of 5 and 17 who are eligible to attend public school.

A new state agency, called the Colorado Learning Authority, would run the program independent of oversight by the State Board of Education and the Colorado Department of Education. The governor would appoint a nine-member board to oversee the agency.

The measure would prioritize students from low-income families who otherwise couldn’t afford the supplemental services by giving them the first shot at receiving benefits under the program.

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After 2024, the Colorado Learning Authority would get new flexibility to determine the award amounts as well as how it would distribute the money.

The agency would set criteria for selecting and certifying the service providers. The types of educational or developmental support services providers could offer include tutoring, assistance targeted at students with special needs, language instruction, additional academic support materials, career and technical educational training programs, physical therapy, social emotional learning and mental health services.

However, the measure would block the program from being used for school tuition or for lessons or materials that are part of a student’s regular school day.

Colorado school districts and charter schools would automatically be certified as providers and teachers would get priority for approval.

The program would be paid for by raising retail marijuana taxes by 5 percentage points, to 20% from 15%, phased in over three years. The tax rate would jump 3 percentage points in 2022, and then an additional percentage point in 2023 and 2024.

The new taxes are estimated to raise more than $87 million next fiscal year, which starts July 2022. The new revenue would be exempt from state constitutional spending limits.

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The measure would also annually divert roughly $20 million from the State Land Trust, which supports funding for public schools, to the State Public School Fund, with an equivalent amount going from the general fund to support the new program.

According to an analysis by nonpartisan legislative staff, the changes would mean less investment earnings in the state’s permanent fund by about $48 million over 10 years, including nearly $31 million that would otherwise go toward funding K-12 education. However, supporters point out that $20 million a year from the state land trust would result in a net increase in funding for public schools, above the lost potential revenue.

Proponents of Proposition 119 see the measure as a way to close the achievement gap by giving kids from low income families some of the same opportunities as kids who live in higher income households.

“There has been a longstanding opportunity gap in Colorado, and that was made worse in the pandemic,” said Curtis Hubbard, a Democratic consultant serving as spokesman for the campaign to support Proposition 119. “This is a targeted measure to direct help for out of school learning opportunities to the kids who need them the most.”

Hubbard described the measure as a “targeted solution” to what he called “the opportunity gap,” only SEE PROP 119, P33

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made worse by restrictions on inschool learning that were in place during the pandemic.

“We can’t wait to address the learning loss that occurred in the pandemic,” he said. “And we can make a difference in the lives of hundreds of thousands of kids who didn’t have access to tutors, or test prep, or laptops, or internet service or whose families speak a language other than English in the home who may have already been behind.”

Mike Johnston is a Democratic former state senator and the head of Gary Community Ventures, a public-benefit corporation that has contributed nearly $1.5 million support of the measure. Though Gary does invest in for-profit companies, Johnston said Gary does not have any investments that would be providers for LEAP. Johnston said Coloradans have an obligation to address learning disparities in Colorado.

“The only way to really close that gap long term is to focus on all of the out-of-school and summer school learning opportunities that are driving those gaps in addition to what’s happening in K-12,” Johnston said.

“When you look at the opportunities that a lot of middle class or upper middle class kids have, whether it is for additional tutoring, whether it is for summer camp, whether it is for after school science programming, those are the things that both help kids catch up and keep up.”

Brenda Dickhoner leads conservative education advocacy group Ready Colorado, which has given $325,000 to the campaign supporting Proposition 119.

“We’re really excited about LEAP because this program empowers parents to spend dollars how they see fit for their children,” Dickhoner said. “Giving parents the ability to choose how to spend their dollars, whether it’s for math, tutoring, or piano lessons, or speech therapy is incredibly important to helping those kids thrive.”

The measure enjoys a slate of high-profile supporters on both sides of the aisle, including former governors Bill Ritter (a Democrat) and Bill Owens (a Republican), Democratic former Denver mayor Wellington Webb, Colorado state senators Bob Gardner (a Republican) and Rhonda Fields (a Democrat) and Democratic former U.S. Senator Mark Udall.

What opponents say Judy Solano is a Democratic former state representative and school teacher who is helping lead the opposition. She also serves as chairwoman of the nonprofit group Advocates for Public Education Policy.

Solano sees the program as unnecessary and has concerns about giving public money to private providers, which could include forprofit companies, describing it as “a slippery slope.” She also wondered why the measure created a new agency to administer the program.

“If the people that were backing this really cared about having adequate funds for students, why

would they create a whole new big agency that’s going to have administrative costs that we don’t really know?” she asked.

Perhaps the harshest critics of the program are a group called Taxpayers for Public Education, led by Cindy Barnard.

Barnard framed the measure as “basically a voucher initiative” that “creates another government bureaucracy that basically lacks complete accountability and transparency” and as a threat to public education funding. Like Solano, she thinks the money would be better used inside the public school system.

Barnard also suggested that the measure doesn’t do enough to prohibit discrimination by providers against students and fears religious providers would be able to deny services to LGBTQ youth.

Supporters disagree, pointing to language in the measure that states that the financial aid from the program must “be provided and administered in a manner that does not discriminate against any eligible child or youth, eligible child or youth’s family, provider, or learning opportunity on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, native language, religious affiliation, national origin, gender, military status, sexual orientation, gender variance, marital status, or physical or mental disability.”

The Colorado Parent Teacher Association also opposes the measure.

Similarly, the board of directors of the Colorado Association of School Boards voted to oppose Proposition 119.

The measure has also attracted critics from Colorado’s cannabis industry. Colorado Leads, an association of marijuana companies in the state, opposes proposition 119 because of the increased taxes.

“This initiative imposes a regressive tax on people’s pain, especially veterans, teachers and the elderly who need cannabis for medicine but can’t get a medical card, and while local communities generate this tax, local school boards have no say over the education programs it pays for,” said Chuck Smith, CEO of BellRock Brands and board president of Colorado Leads. “If these ballot measures are so beneficial to all Coloradans, why aren’t other industries asked to pay their fair share of these taxes?”

Others in the industry suggest the increased tax rate could push people back into the black market, an objection Johnston dismissed. The practice of people buying marijuana off the street, he said, is “a bygone era” that people won’t go back to at this point.

The board of the state’s largest teachers union, the Colorado Education Association, couldn’t settle on whether to support or oppose the proposition, resulting in the CEA taking a neutral stance.

Sun reporter Jesse Paul contributed to this story.

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.

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Arapahoe boys take state golf title Warriors last achieved pinnacle 33 years ago

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Arapahoe High School in Centennial has come close many times to winning a state golf championship.

The Warriors were second the past two seasons and third in the previous two campaigns.

Arapahoe’s golfers dominated for most of the regular season, and on Oct. 5 at the Colorado Springs County Club the team wrapped up its first state golf title since 1988.

The Warriors held a one-shot lead after the first day of competition but came in with a 216 during the final round to finish with 438 strokes to outdistance Greenwood Village’s Cherry Creek High School by 17 strokes. Creek finished second at 455. Highlands Ranch was third at 458.

“It feels really special,” said Arapahoe coach Harry Buckner. “This is a special group of kids. They challenged each other all year in all of our practices and competition.

“Thirty-three years ago is the last time we won a state championship.

That’s a long time ago. We’ve been knocking on the door but it’s so hard to open because there are so many good teams.”

Arapahoe senior Will Kates didn’t have to wait 33 years to win his second state individual title championship. Kates, who captured the state championship in 2019, shot a final round of 1-under-par 70 and tied first-day leader Wesley Erling

of Pine Creek for first place with 142 two-round totals.

Kates won a playoff on the second playoff hole with a seven-foot birdie putt to earn his second state championship.

“I kinda made some really good putts today and that kinda of kept me in early,” said Kates. “I built off that and kept going from there.”

And he made the biggest putt on the second extra hole of the playoff, which was the 524-yard, par 5 first hole.

“I had that exact same putt on the first this morning, so I hit it on my line and it went in,” Kates continued. “It’s pretty cool to win. If you told me my freshman year that I would win two state championships I wouldn’t have believed you.

“Winning state is just as cool as the individual, to be honest with you. My base goal this year was to get the team title.”

Kates was the leader but Max Zadvorny had a 1-over-par 72 and wound up in eighth place with a total of 149. Matthew Wilkinson and Grant Juergens each had final rounds of 74. Wilkinson came in tied for sixth at 147 and Juergens was ninth at 150.

Luke Cushman of Castle View High School in Castle Rock had a final-round 72 and came in tied for third place at 147, and Ryan Peragallo of Highlands Ranch tied with Juergens for ninth place.

Cherry Creek’s Jonathan Trigg had a 151 total to lead the Bruins’ charge into second place.

Despite the large margin of victory, Buckner admitted to being SEE GOLF, P35

Arapahoe’s Will Kates won the state Class 5A individual golf title with a putt on the second playoff hole and led the Warriors to their first team championship in 33 years.

PHOTO BY JIM BENTON Here he reacts after sinking the birdie putt to win the playoff.

Legend girls win league softball championship Titans beat Chaparral 3-0 in matchup of teams from Parker area

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Legend’s Kaylynn English sparked the Titans to a 3-0 victory over Chaparral on Oct. 4 in a game to decide the outright Continental League softball title. English had three hits and stole three bases, including home, to set the tone for the victory. PHOTO BY JIM BENTON

Junior shortstop Kaylynn English is a leader on the girls softball team from Parker’s Legend High School.

English was the spark plug for the Titans with three hits, two runs scored and three stolen bases as Legend downed nearby Chaparral, 3-0, on Oct. 4 to win the regular season Continental League softball championship.

“She is a good kid,” said Legend coach Kristen Shirk. “She definitely sets the tone for our team.

She knows that. That puts more pressure on her at times but she was pretty loose (against Chaparral) and set the tone. We do play to win banners for the school. That’s a goal.”

English got three singles in four

at-bats and her base running led to Legend’s first two runs, which staked them to the early lead which they held.

She led off the game with a single, moved to second on a wild pitch, stole third base and scored on another wild pitch.

“Baserunning is my favorite part of the game,” said English. “I love catching people and when I’m on third I look for the pitch in the dirt or up high.”

In the third inning, English led off again with a single, advanced on a wild pitch and stole home to score the second run when the catcher was not sharp throwing the ball back to the pitcher.

“I saw she (catcher) didn’t look at me at all and kind of lobbed it (the ball) back to the pitcher._I looked at my coach and she nodded her head and I knew what that meant.

“The next pitch she didn’t look at me and I just went.”

Chap needed to defeat Legend to gain a share of the league title, but the Titans wound up the regular SEE SOFTBALL, P35

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season with a 19-4 overall record and 9-1 in the league. The Wolverines finished at 17-6 overall with a 7-3 league mark.

The title game matched two of the Continental League’s best pitchers in Legend junior Cameron Ponich and Chap senior left-hander Emma Crosby.

Each pitcher allowed six hits and struck out 12 batters. Ponich lowered her earned run average to 1.57 with 157 strikeouts.

English’s three hits raised her batting average to .536 and the fact that it came in a championship game against a team from a rival school was important.

“I’ve faced her (Crosby) since I was 8,” recalled English. “She’s always been one of the top pitchers.

I was nervous but I had confidence

GOLF FROM PAGE 34

concerned heading into the final round of the two-day tournament.

“Yeah, I was concerned,” he said.

“We had a one-stroke lead after the first day. We were scared. You never know what is going to happen. I

and trusted myself.”

Chap stranded six of the eight runners it left on base in the final four innings.

“We had the tying run on but we have a lot of young kids,” said Chap coach Alan DiGiosio. “Cam’s (Ponich) a pretty dominant pitcher so we were in it in the seventh so I’ll take that.

“I’ll put Crosby up against anybody. She’s had a heck of a year. She was right there with Cam neck to neck. She gave up six hits and three in that leadoff spot and nothing more than singles. We were 3-13 last year and nobody picked us to do anything this year so to be 17-6 is pretty remarkable.”

Both Legend and Chap are expected to host two of the eight regional state qualifying tournaments to be held Oct. 16. Two teams from each regional will advance to the 16-team Class 5A state tournament, which will be held Oct. 22-23 at the Aurora Sports Park.

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thought we would play good, we always play better the second day than we do the first day. All four guys played really well.”

In the Class 3A state tournament that was held at Spring Valley Golf Club in Elizabeth, Lutheran’s Aj Papajohn finished tied for sixth in the individual standings after turning in rounds of 75 and 73 for a 148 total.

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StretchLab moves into Lone Tree Wellness business focuses on benefits of stretching

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Dave Watson was walking with a friend who works as a personal trainer when they stopped him and asked if he’d ever been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

“They knew just by watching me walk,” he said.

Watson went to see a specialist and, sure enough, doctors confirmed his friend’s suspicions, he said.

He lives with most of the disease’s symptoms.

“I have a typical Parkinson’s gait, which means I walk and shuffle my feet. That’s usually because the muscles are bound up,” he said.

Watson prioritizes vigorous exercise and good nutrition in managing Parkinson’s, but he also suffered an ATV accident recently.

A former football coach at Winona State University in Minnesota and a high school coach of more than two decades, Watson said he believes in

StretchLab employees use a variety of stretching techniques during sessions.

PHOTO BY JESSICA GIBBS

the benefits of stretching.

So he started going to StretchLab, which now has a location in Lone Tree, adding deep stretching sessions with a “flexologist” to his recovery regimen.

“The experience has been absolutely fantastic. I’ve seen some pretty serious improvement, especially in my surgical leg,” he said.

“It helps with my cognitive issues.

All the symptoms that come with Parkinson’s are subsiding.”

StretchLab’s site in Lone Tree at 9090 Sky Ridge Avenue held a soft opening on July 17 and a grand opening on Sept. 24. The location is co-owned by Krystle and Bryan Crowe.

The couple has worked in the energy sector but always wanted to own their own business. They discovered

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“We really loved the fact that it was a mobility that’s been around for a really long time, and they have taken it and given it more energy,” Krystle said.

Stretching is often used to improve the body’s range of motion and flexibility, but also to alleviate pain or improve posture.

One stretching technique used by StretchLab is called proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation, or PNF. The form of stretching involves contracting muscles as well as stretching. StretchLab also uses static stretching, or holding a stretch for a set amount of time, and dynamic stretching, which incorporates movement into the stretch.

Krystle said people often think of stretching as a wellness technique for elite athletes or highly active people, but StretchLab aims to work with a variety of clients.

“We have all ranges of age groups, from young athletes, 13-years-old, to elderly clients,” general manager Angie Kraske said. “People who are very active in sports, and people who are very sedentary, desk jobs.”

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OFFICE OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY TREASURER 2021 TAX LIEN SALE PUBLIC NOTICE DAVID GILL, TREASURER

2021 TAX LIEN SALE INTEREST RATE SET AT 9% DATE: November 4, 2021 Internet Tax Sale

To prevent delinquent taxes, interest and penalties from selling at the tax lien sale, payments must be received in the Treasurer’s Office by noon on November 3, 2021.

No payments will be accepted during the sale.

PLEASE VISIT WWW.ZEUSAUCTION.COM FOR ALL TAX LIEN SALE INFORMATION INCLUDING RULES, GUIDELINES, REGISTRATION, AND W9 FORMS. THE DELINQUENT PROPERTY INFORMATION LISTED IN THIS PUBLICATION IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH C.R.S. 39-11-102.

TO FIND INFORMATION ON ADVERTISED DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS PLEASE GO TO WWW.DOUGCODATA.ORG (PROPERTY DATA, TAX SALE LIST) Legal Notice No: 939762 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Second Publication: October 14, 2021

Last Publication: October 21, 2021 Publisher: The Douglas County News Press

DELINQUENT TAXES ACCOUNT LOCATION DESCRIPTION TOTAL R0000342 LOTS 17 THRU 21 BLK 8 KELLEY TOWNSITE 0.359 AM/L $2,580.99 R0006146 LOT 34 BLK 19 PERRY PARK 5 0.898 AM/L $324.68 R0006277 LOT 16 BLK 2 PERRY PARK 4 0.90 AM/L $1,318.86 R0006568 LOT 5 BLK 1 PERRY PARK # 7 0.960 AM/L $1,318.86 R0006701 LOT 16 BLK 1 INDIAN HEAD 1 408-947 2.39 AM/L $324.68 R0007173 LOT 3 BLK 4 INDIAN HEAD 1 0.91 AM/L $324.68 R0007974 LOT 11 BLK 2 INDIAN HEAD 1 277-444 0.97 AM/L $324.68 R0008109 LOT 26 BLK 5 PERRY PARK 6 0.934 AM/L $881.55 R0008475 LOT 3 BLK 5 PERRY PARK # 4 0.90 AM/L $3,754.20 R0010209 LOT 18 BLK 2 INDIAN HEAD 1 1.0 AM/L $324.68 R0012378 LOT 5 BLK 5 PERRY PARK 4 0.908 AM/L $1,512.72 R0012618 LOT 13 BLK 3 PERRY PARK 4 0.889 AM/L $664.37 R0014744 LOT 23 BLK 19 PERRY PARK 5 0.947 AM/L $324.68 R0014980 LOT 1 BLK 22 PERRY PARK 5 0.999 AM/L $324.68 R0016213 LOT 18 BLK 20 PERRY PARK 5 0.823 AM/L $324.68 R0017603 LOT 36 BLK 5 PERRY PARK 6 0.964 AM/L $881.55 R0017929 LOT 8 BLK 18 PERRY PARK 5 1.829 AM/L $324.68 R0019684 LOT 16 BLK 4 PERRY PARK 6 1.596 AM/L $881.55 R0027781 LOT 340 AMENDED ROXBOROUGH DOWNS REPLAT 0.292 AM/L $2,668.65 R0029292 LOT 120 STONEHENGE AT ROXBOROUGH 0.555 AM/L 238-471 $4,629.40 R0039466 E1/2SE1/4SW1/4 21-9-65 20.00 AM/L 287-367 LSP 4987 $1,249.57 R0043641 NW1/4NE1/4SE1/4 2-8-66 10.00 AM/L 332-569 $3,499.08 R0044767 LOT 10 WOODHAVEN 5.26 AM/L 297-620 $4,866.06 R0045330 TR IN S1/2SW1/4 6-8-65 & IN N1/2NW1/4 7-8-65 8.508 AM/L AKA TRACT 21 COMANCHE PINES LSP 2904 & 4106 $7,801.16 R0046308 TR IN E1/2NW1/4 6-8-65 10.394 AM/L $2,590.83 R0048848 LOT 13 BLK 1 THE PINERY 5 AMENDED 0.366 AM/L $2,786.43 R0051650 LOT 19 FLINTWOOD HILLS CP 0053727 2.75 AM/L 263-455 380-797 $920.22 R0052484 TR IN S1/2SW1/4 35-7-66 0.641 AM/L LSP 565 $8,492.40 R0053727 LOT 18 FLINTWOOD HILLS CP 0051650 2.65 AM/L 325-57 $2,128.74 R0054447 PART NE1/4SE1/4 34-7-66 & PART NW1/4SW1/4 35-7-66 0.69 AM/L 112-79 CP 0054463 $1,339.22 R0056160 1/2 MIN INT IN PART W1/2W1/2 27-7-67, MOST E1/2NE1/4, MOST S1/2NW1/4, ALL SW1/4SW1/4, ALL N1/2SW1/4, PART SE1/4 28-7-67, ALL NW1/4 33-7-67 TOTAL = 588.7 AM/L MIN INT = 294.35 AM/L $59.64

ACCOUNT ACCOUNT ACCOUNT ACCOUNT ACCOUNT LOCATION DESCRIPTION LOCATION DESCRIPTION LOCATION DESCRIPTION LOCATION DESCRIPTION LOCATION DESCRIPTION TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL R0060345 TRACT IN NE1/4 18-8-66 6.00 AM/L 279-433, 263-428 $2,694.75 R0063757 LOT 20 BLK 11 PERRY PARK EAST 2 CP 0067053 5.00 AM/L $6,222.97 R0068523 LOT 10 BLK 4 PERRY PARK EAST 1 308-995 5.00 AM/L $2,949.69 R0069892 1/6 MIN INT IN N1/2NW1/4 9-9-66 TOTAL = 80.00 AM/L MIN INT = 13.333 AM/L 110-368 $33.82 R0075299 WEST 45 FT OF LOTS 11 & 12 BLK 22 TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK 0.103 AM/L $14,808.20 R0081752 LOT 29 BLK 3 GLOVER AMENDED 0.315 AM/L $1,208.52 R0088882 3/4 MIN INT IN MOST NW1/4 & PT SW1/4 21-7-67 TOTAL = 135.4 AM/L MIN INT = 101.55 AM/L $50.38 R0092072 TRACT 26 HOMESTEAD HILLS 4 5.0 AM/L 302-61 $2,666.18 R0093251 LOT 4 BLK 24 GRAND VIEW ESTATES 1.60 AM/L 310-912 $3,682.36 R0095185 TR IN NE1/4 8-6-65 5.20 AM/L AKA OUTLOT 37 BLACK FOREST RANCHETTES LSP 2040 $2,775.88 R0104598 LOT 24 VALLEY HI 2.63 AM/L $34.63 R0105671 LOT 9 BLK 16 GRAND VIEW ESTATES 312-484 TOTAL ACREAGE 2 AM/L $1,661.57 R0108708 LOT 13 BLK 7 ROWLEY DOWNS 0.240 AM/L $3,618.55 R0109006 LOT 18 BLK 11 ROWLEY DOWNS 278-840 0.248 AM/L $2,493.27 R0110091 LOT 9 BLK 25 ROWLEY DOWNS 0.238 AM/L $1,798.63 R0116847 LOT 143 THE PINERY #7 AMENDED 0.259 AM/L $1,369.99 R0124741 LOT 10 BLOCK 1 THE PINERY 3B 0.248 AM/L CP 0119790 $531.88 R0126447 LOT 25 BLK 7 THE PINERY #4 0.32 AM/L $3,231.36 R0126711 LOT 2 BLK 1 THE PINERY #4A 0.382 AM/L $3,153.25 R0126906 LOT 101 THE PINERY #6 0.292 AM/L $2,901.39 R0127431 LOT 200 THE PINERY #6 0.383 AM/L $1,526.91 R0130614 LOT 7 STAGECOACH ACRES 10.09 AM/L $3,721.31 R0131609 LOT 97 HIDDEN VILLAGE #4 9.526 AM/L $3,867.62 R0131650 LOT 36 HIDDEN VILLAGE 2 3.1 AM/L CP 0131641 $1,577.10 R0132513 TR SW1/4SE1/4 29-6-65. 15.30 AM/L 289-423 $5,076.06 R0147045 LOT 134 ACRES GREEN # 3 290-184 .194 AM/L $1,352.85 R0148275 LOT 106 INDIAN CREEK RANCH 2 317-871 TOTAL ACREAGE 5.19 AM/L $2,370.03 R0150383 LOT 3 RAINBOW FALLS PARK NORTH CP 0150375 3.0 AM/L $215.01 R0150990 IMPS ON PUBLIC LAND LOT B BELL ROCK AKA LOT 4 BELL ROCK 25-10-70 RLTD LAND #0479408 $195.47 R0151415 S1/2SW1/4NE1/4NE1/4 35-10-70 300-983 TOTAL ACREAGE 5 AM/L $673.61

R0151790 LOTS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 & 8 BLOCK 5 CLARKS ADD TO TOWN OF PEMBERTON 0.545 AM/L $334.78 R0152522 LOT 30 TROUT CREEK RANCH 2 6.02 AM/L 274-319 $68.18 R0152661 TRACT 25 THUNDER BUTTE SUBD 5.5 AM/L $817.40 R0152717 TRACT 33 THUNDER BUTTE SUBD 5.00 AM/L $745.51 R0153242 TRACT 34 THUNDER BUTTE SUBD 3.71 AM/L $558.56 R0153998 LOT 20 RAINBOW FALLS PARK NORTH 1.20 AM/L $296.33 R0154034 LOT 31 RAINBOW FALLS PARK NORTH 1.10 AM/L $409.71 R0154430 TRACT 40 THUNDER BUTTE SUBD 1.19 AM/L $194.57 R0154851 TRACT 24 THUNDER BUTTE SUBD 7.02 AM/L $1,037.60 R0155096 LOT 1 BLK 3 REFILING OF WEST CREEK LAKES FLG 1 0.90 AM/L $380.66 R0155416 LOT 9 BLK 4 REFILING OF WESTCREEK LAKES FLG 2 1.00 AM/L LSP 3627 $2,046.14 R0155838 LOT 6 BLK 5 WESTCREEK LAKES SUB CP 0155820 0.7 AM/L 291-563 $166.96 R0156283 LOT 9 BLK 2 REFILING OF WEST CREEK LAKES FLG 2 260-162 1.08 AM/L $451.52 R0159337 LOTS 1 TO 4 BLK 8 SEDALIA 240782 0.517 AM/L $2,525.59 R0159863 LOT 2 TRUE MOUNTAIN ESTS TOTAL ACREAGE 4.8 AM/L $5,166.17 R0160354 N1/2SE1/4SW1/4SE1/4 32-8-68 5 AM/L $2,741.98 R0160531 TR 22-8-68 43.929 AM/L 268-922 $4,997.03 R0160717 LOT 20 OAK VALLEY 1 TOTAL ACREAGE 5 AM/L $3,069.30 R0161138 LOT 1 BLK 1 SURREY RIDGE 1 TOTAL ACREAGE 1.543 AM/L $4,874.21 R0162405 E1/2NE1/4NE1/4NW1/4. 18-8-68 5 AM/L 260-171 $1,134.05 R0169279 LOT 12 BLK 1 ASSEMBLY ESTS 5.00 AM/L $37.80 R0170085 LOTS 4 & 5 BLK 1 SEDALIA 0.207 AM/L $180.75 R0171627 LOT 13 BLK B SURREY RIDGE 2 1.541 AM/L $3,142.72 R0175425 LOT 57 BLK 1 MERIBEL VILLAGE 1 0.544 AM/L $274.24 R0176090 LOT 30 BLK 3 MERIBEL VILLAGE 1 0.549 AM/L $274.24 R0176735 LOT 8 BLK 5 MERIBEL VILLAGE 1 247-882 0.525 AM/L $274.24 R0177404 LOT 30 WOODMOOR MOUNTAIN 1 2.587 AM/L $492.69 R0178116 LOT 122 WOODMOOR MOUNTAIN 4 3.343 AM/L CP 0178108 $137.80 R0178239 LOT 134 WOODMOOR MOUNTAIN 4 3.144 AM/L $492.69 R0179792 LOT 13 BLK 28 MERIBEL VILLAGE 1 238-98 0.496 AM/L $274.24 R0179995 TR NW1/4NE1/4 4-10-67 5 AM/L $2,306.58 R0180048 LOT 7 BLK 6 MERIBEL VILLAGE 1 0.525 AM/L $274.24 R0180195 LOT 5 BLK 1 MERIBEL VILLAGE 1 0.497 AM/L $274.24

R0180312 LOT 9 BLK 5 MERIBEL VILLAGE 1 255-576 0.501 AM/L $274.24 R0181374 LOT 26 BLK 1 MERIBEL VILLAGE 1 253-849 544-315 556-401 THRU 405 0.503 AM/L $274.24 R0210876 E1/2W1/2 OF LOTS 1 2 & 3 BLK 2 GREENLAND 0.155 AM/L $1,080.21 R0221487 LOT 2 BLK 2 HAPPY CANYON RANCHES 35.334 AM/L $9,825.94 R0222050 LOT 5 HIER REPLAT 0.225 AM/L $2,323.36 R0225314 LOT 38 VIEW RIDGE 1.00 AM/L $3,257.38 R0226106 NW1/4SE1/4 15-9-66 40.00 AM/L $5,933.79 R0229542 ALL MIN INT IN PART NE1/4SW1/4 15-8-66 MIN INT = 32.85 AM/L $36.54 R0232611 LOT 8 PANORAMA AMENDED 4.745 AM/L 376-28 $4,243.24 R0233787 LOT 19B SOUTH RIDGE TOWN HOUSE 2 0.142 AM/L $672.53 R0240709 1/2 MIN INT IN SE1/4, SE1/4SW1/4 29-7-67 TOTAL = 200 AM/L MIN INT = 100 AM/L $44.82 R0246457 ALL MIN INT IN MOST E1/2NW1/4 15-8-66 MIN INT = 75 AM/L $41.99 R0266221 LOT 15 COTTONWOOD SUB # 1 0.103 AM/L $2,093.24 R0267291 LOT 122 COTTONWOOD SUB # 1 0.151 AM/L $2,649.96 R0267397 LOT 132 COTTONWOOD SUB # 1 0.115 AM/L $1,331.30 R0268242 LOT 7 COTTONWOOD SUB # 2 0.135 AM/L $2,359.54 R0269000 LOT 83 COTTONWOOD SUB 2 0.101 AM/L $1,206.44 R0271222 LOT 23 BLOCK 8 LONE TREE # 1 0.161 AM/L $3,340.54 R0275531 LOT 41 COTTONWOOD # 4 .149 AM/L $3,035.72 R0278571 OPEN SPACE 9 BLK 9 CASTLE PINES 1B 1.011 AM/L $64.89 R0289060 LOT 2 BLOCK 2 HIGHLANDS RANCH # 15 .222 AM/L $4,849.88 R0311976 LOT 15 BLK 1 TOWN & COUNTRY VILLAGE 1 0.031 AM/L $1,000.71 R0314691 LOT 4 BLK 1 TOWN & COUNTRY VILLAGE # 2 0.017 AM/L $1,744.98 R0317446 LOT 79 COTTONWOOD # 8 0.108 AM/L $2,648.87 R0321138 TRACT IN E1/2E1/2NW1/4 16-8-69. 23.304 AM/L $2,306.19 R0328362 LOT 2 BLK 9 BALDWIN PARK ESTS # 2 0.140 AM/L $831.01 R0328483 LOT 77 TAOS OF LONE TREE # 2 .065 AM/L $2,528.92 R0328928 LOT 17A CHARTER OAKS AMENDED 2.3033 AM/L $5,544.70 R0328964 LOT 23 BLK 1 HIGHLANDS RANCH # 23 .076 AM/L $2,386.83 R0329199 LOT 21 BLK 5 HIGHLANDS RANCH # 23 .136 AM/L $1,283.80 R0329473 LOT 74 BLK 4 HIGHLANDS RANCH # 17 0.172 AM/L $3,107.28 R0329739 LOT 47 COTTONWOOD # 6A 0.120 AM/L $1,378.23 R0330075 UNIT 7 BLDG 2 THE RIDGE AT CASTLE PINES A CONDOMINIUM SECOND AMEND PHASE I CONDO MAP $5,012.46 R0330214 LOT 14 BLK 10 SAGEWOOD #1 AMENDED .135 AM/L $2,699.76

R0330375 LOT 13 BLK 12 SAGEWOOD #1A .154 AM/L $1,598.53 R0331836 NW1/4 21-10-65. 160 AM/L $2,639.81 R0332167 LOT 10 BLK 1 HIGHLANDS RANCH # 52A AMENDED 0.160 AM/L $3,847.59 R0333401 TRACT B PLUM CREEK COMMERCIAL #1 0.1022 AM/L $41.48 R0333821 LOT 47 BLK 3 VILLAGES AT CASTLE ROCK #2 0.142 AM/L $3,158.60 R0334585 LOT 16 BLK 9 FOUNDERS VILLAGE # 3 0.107 AM/L $2,354.53 R0336300 LOT 16 BLK 4 PULTE HOMES @ ROXBOROUGH VILLAGE #1 0.11 AM/L $1,421.45 R0337032 LOT 4 HIGHLANDS RANCH 18C 1.40 AM/L $66,462.26 R0338673 LOT 38 BLK 2 PULTE HOMES @ ROXBOROUGH VILLAGE #2 .095 AM/L $3,022.19 R0341703 LOT 479 BLK 2 CASTLE PINES #2B .46 AM/L $3,672.27 R0341863 LOT 5 BLK 5 FOUNDERS VILLAGE #12 0.102 AM/L $3,668.22 R0342369 LOT 7 BLK 1 PARCEL I AT ROXBOROUGH VILLAGE # 1 0.115 AM/L $3,424.04 R0342753 LOT 11 BLK 1 HIGHLANDS RANCH # 69A 0.149 AM/L $2,579.34 R0342814 LOT 38 BLK 2 HIGHLANDS RANCH # 69A 0.108 AM/L $1,371.31 R0344163 LOT 1 BLK 2 FIRST REPLAT OF THE MEADOWS #1 0.169 AM/L $3,094.74 R0344360 LOT 37 BLK 5 FIRST REPLAT OF THE MEADOWS #1 0.100 AM/L $1,434.17 R0344403 LOT 68 BLK 5 FIRST REPLAT OF THE MEADOWS #1 0.137 AM/L $1,526.53 R0345631 LOT 7A VILLAGE NORTH # 5 0.474 AM/L 20647 SQ FT $11,828.89 R0347232 LOT 17 BLK 5 THE MEADOWS #5 0.260 AM/L $2,038.61 R0348233 TR IN NW1/4SW1/4 1-10-70 AKA PARCEL C 0.33 AM/L $62.51 R0348822 LOT 47 BLOCK 1 STROH RANCH #4 .215 AM/L $1,555.87 R0348927 LOT 23 BLOCK 2 HIGHLANDS RANCH #82-A .105 AM/L $1,484.85 R0350268 UND 1/2 MINERAL INT S1/2 29-666 320 AM/L 1/2 INT = 160AM/L $53.79 R0350590 LOT 31 HIGHLANDS RANCH #70E .341 AM/L $3,898.20 R0350620 LOT 62 HIGHLANDS RANCH #70E .256 AM/L $4,244.54 R0350695 LOT 47 HIGHLANDS RANCH #83B 10415 SQ. FT. 0.239 AM/L $1,972.46 R0352440 LOT 20 HIGHLANDS RANCH #79C 7440 SQ FT 0.171 AM/L $3,267.05 R0353808 TRACT IN W1/2 OF 22-8-68 5.63 AM/L RLTD 0349778 LSP 5050 $61.27

R0356140 TRACT IN SE1/4 31-8-66 35.00 AM/L $9,785.60 R0358075 LOT 8 BLK 1 HIGHLANDS RANCH #94-B 10350 SQ FT 0.238 AM/L $1,836.80 R0360134 LOT 2 BLK 1 STONEGATE 5A 3RD AMD 0.125 AM/L $1,977.89 R0360192 LOT 37 HIGHLANDS RANCH #88A 1ST AMENDMENT .218 AM/L $4,005.37 R0361554 A VACATED PORTION OF (PINERY PKWY) OR FREMONT PARKWAY IN THE PINERY 8 SUB 1.14 AM/L $57.12 R0362270 LOT 34 HIGHLANDS RANCH #98C 0.125 AM/L $3,586.60 R0364605 LOT 6 HIGHLANDS RANCH #98E 0.136 AM/L $1,560.06 R0364931 LOT 36 HIGHLANDS RANCH #111A .147 AM/L $46.86 R0367832 LOT 1 THE PINERY / HIGH PRAIRIE FARMS # 2 5.77 AM/L $5,092.22 R0368105 PART W1/2NE1/4 & PART E1/2NW1/4 23-7-66 LYING N OF BAYOU GULCH RD 82.021 AM/L $31,636.73 R0369510 LOT 15 HIGHLANDS RANCH #95C 0.198 AM/L $1,820.09 R0369900 LOT 4 HIGHLANDS RANCH 62A 2ND AMEND 0.098 AM/L $3,310.73 R0371503 LOT 2A PARKER INDUSTRIAL PARK 1ST AMENDMENT 0.734 AM/L $11,893.12 R0371772 LOT 19 PARCEL 1 HIGHLANDS RANCH #100F 0.19 AM/L $1,772.41 R0374352 LOT 33 BLOCK 2 STONEGATE 15F TOTAL ACREAGE 0.167 AM/L $2,072.96 R0374714 LOT 25 HIGHLANDS RANCH 107C .23 AM/L $2,226.11 R0375534 LOT 47 HIGHLANDS RANCH #85B 0.295 AM/L $4,382.49 R0375624 LOT 2 HIGHLANDS RANCH 110G .103 AM/L $2,522.78 R0376056 LOT 254 HIGHLANDS RANCH 110G 0.149 AM/L $1,841.71 R0378641 LOT 21 HIGHLANDS RANCH #107D 0.19 AM/L $4,432.11 R0378829 LOT 52 THE FAIRWAYS #1-D .223 AM/L $2,525.95 R0379350 LOT 63 INTRAVEST 320 #1A .275 AM/L $2,791.20 R0379415 TRACT F INTRAVEST 320 #1A .507 AM/L $51.80 R0381890 LOT 88 HIGHLANDS RANCH #117-D 0.149 AM/L $1,892.35 R0382792 LOT 12 BLOCK 21 THE MEADOWS #8 0.17 AM/L $3,174.20 R0383001 TR IN NW1/4 9 & IN NE1/4 8-9-67 35.553 AM/L LSP4860 AKA TRACT 23 DOUGLAS PARK $2,380.96 R0384111 LOT 248 HIGHLANDS RANCH #112-A 0.170 AM/L $1,945.92 R0384306 LOT 2A HIGHLANDS RANCH 55-A 1ST AMEND 0.827 AM/L $36,093.98 R0384518 LOT 45 HIGHLANDS RANCH #100-M 0.123 AM/L $2,795.68 R0385199 LOT 496 HIGHLANDS RANCH #111-B 0.097 AM/L $2,827.43 Continued to the Next Page: Tax Lien

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Public Notices DELINQUENT TAXES

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ACCOUNT ACCOUNT ACCOUNT ACCOUNT ACCOUNT ACCOUNT LOCATION DESCRIPTION LOCATION DESCRIPTION LOCATION DESCRIPTION LOCATION DESCRIPTION LOCATION DESCRIPTION LOCATION DESCRIPTION TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL R0385671 LOT 17 HIGHLANDS RANCH #120-A 0.121 AM/L $2,780.80 R0385784 LOT 399 HIGHLANDS RANCH #120-A 0.173 AM/L $1,990.65 R0385982 LOT 260 HIGHLANDS RANCH #120-A 0.143 AM/L $2,839.35 R0386478 LOT 9 BLOCK 3 FOUNDERS VILLAGE #16 0.182 AM/L $2,258.21 R0387985 LOT 16 HIGHLANDS RANCH #117-E. 0.147 AM/L $3,802.93 R0389194 LOT 6 BLK 1 PLAYERS CROSSING @ PLUM CREEK VILLAGES #1 .381 AM/L $1,945.07 R0391494 LOT 2 PROVINCE CENTER FILING #1E. 0.153 AM/L $3,663.72 R0391555 LOT 57 PROVINCE CENTER FILING 1E. 0.145 AM/L $3,085.54 R0392139 LOT 106 HIGHLANDS RANCH #120C. 0.135 AM/L $3,042.78 R0392724 LOT 17 BLOCK 2 CASTLE PINES NORTH # 12 1ST AMEND 0.19 AM/L $4,119.65 R0393418 TR IN E1/2E1/2 21 & IN SW1/4NW1/4 22-8-67 35.00 AM/L AKA TRACT 11 THE BLUFFS AT CASTLE POINTE $10,182.30 R0393447 TRACT IN NW1/4 23-8-66 & IN SW1/4 14-8-66 AKA TRACT 10 EAST RIM RANCH 35.07 AM/L ALL ACRES SUBJECT TO CONSERVATION EASEMENT 9518501 $3,185.62 R0393745 LOT 29 ROXBOROUGH VILLAGE #12-B. 0.303 AM/L $3,915.17 R0394582 UNIT 103 BUILDING 9 HIGHLANDS RANCH #60A LOT 1 A CONDOMINIUM MAP FOR CANYON RANCH CONDOS. (PHASE 1F). $1,829.12 R0396433 LOT 125 HIGHLANDS RANCH #121-C. 0.126 AM/L $1,555.36 R0396876 LOT 23 SAGE PORT # 5 2.30 AM/L $6,152.05 R0397060 LOT 266 HIGHLANDS RANCH 121B 0.093 AM/L $1,437.17 R0397472 TR IN N1/2N1/2 27-7-66 LYING EAST OF DOUG CO TRAIL 32.170 AM/L RLTD 0390125 $57.40 R0397711 LOT 37 WILLOW RIDGE # 2 0.138 AM/L $2,184.47 R0398063 LOT 16 BLOCK 1 HIDDEN RIVER # 4 0.121 AM/L $2,356.87 R0398824 LOT 8 BLK 1 VILLAGES OF PARKER #4B. 0.160 AM/L $1,467.95 R0400645 MOST OF LOT 12 BLOCK 2 CASTLE OAKS 1 14.36 AM/L RLTD 0400647 $54.11 R0400649 PT OF LOT 13 BLOCK 2 CASTLE OAKS 1 13.008 AM/L $52.82 R0400651 PART OF LOT 13 BLOCK 2 CASTLE OAKS 1 7.7 AM/L $43.71 R0400657 LOT 15 BLOCK 2 CASTLE OAKS 1 15.92 AM/L $56.72 R0400702 LOT 11 BLOCK 3 CASTLE OAKS 1 10.6 AM/L $16,013.34 R0400704 LOT 1 BLOCK 4 CASTLE OAKS 1 7.46 AM/L $11,276.80 R0400707 LOT 4 BLOCK 4 CASTLE OAKS 1 6.42 AM/L $9,707.06 R0400711 LOT 5 BLOCK 4 CASTLE OAKS 1 10.58 AM/L $15,983.43 R0400761 LOT 7 BLOCK 4 CASTLE OAKS 1 10.17 AM/L $15,364.37 R0400763 LOT 8 BLOCK 4 CASTLE OAKS 1 20.05 AM/L $929.77 R0400765 LOT 9 BLOCK 4 CASTLE OAKS 1 17.04 AM/L $793.21 R0400775 LOT 11 BLOCK 5 CASTLE OAKS 1 19.06 AM/L $884.25 R0400783 LOT 10 BLOCK 6 CASTLE OAKS 1 10.42 AM/L $494.11 R0400790 LOT 11 BLOCK 6 CASTLE OAKS 1 11.49 AM/L $542.21 R0400861 LOT 27 STONEGATE #8A. 0.176 AM/L. $3,590.41 R0401287 LOT 48 STONEGATE #8B .189 AM/L $1,973.21 R0402517 LOT 2 PARKGLENN SUBDIVISION 9. 21658 SQ FT OR 0.497 AM/L $4,232.34 R0402518 LOT 3 PARKGLENN SUBDIVISION #9. 21658 SQ FT OR 0.497 AM/L $4,232.34 R0403220 LOT 67 HIGHLANDS RANCH #122A 0.098 AM/L $1,466.66 R0403700 LOT 24 STONEGATE #21D. 0.147 AM/L $2,014.86 R0403838 LOT 55 STONEGATE #21D 0.154 AM/L $1,914.51 R0404203 E1/2 OF VACATED CASTLETON CT IN E1/2NE1/4SE1/4 27-7-67 0.289 AM/L $58.44 R0404484 LOT 18 (AKA 118) BLK 7 PLUM CREEK FAIRWAY 11 #1 2ND AMEND 0.092 AM/L $1,146.53 R0404532 LOT 5 PARK MEADOWS #2 1.500 AM/L $92,203.73 R0405862 LOT 20 BLK 2 VILLAGES OF PARKER FILING # 5B 0.151 AM/L $3,061.57 R0405944 LOT 19 INTRAVEST 320 FILING 1H 0.146 AM/L $4,029.77 R0407099 LOT 5 HERITAGE HILLS #1C .750 AM/L $22,288.43 R0408147 LOT 457 HIGHLANDS RANCH #122G .143 AM/L $3,199.58 R0408157 LOT 76 HIGHLANDS RANCH #122G .102 AM/L $2,825.46 R0408424 LOT 334 HIGHLANDS RANCH 122G 0.116 AM/L $3,070.58 R0408508 LOT 221 HIGHLANDS RANCH 122G 0.103 AM/L $2,867.13 R0409199 TRACT IN S1/2SW1/4 13-7-68 &\ N1/2NW1/4 24-7-68 71.78 AM/L LSP 3507 $165.23 R0410148 LOT 44 CARRIAGE CLUB ESTATES # 1 0.280 AM/L $5,285.79 R0410183 LOT 77 CARRIAGE CLUB ES TATES #1 0.200 AM/L $5,624.31 R0410466 LOT 18 BLK 2 VILLAGES OF PARKER #5C 0.212 AM/L $3,743.85 R0411819 LOT 41 HIGHLANDS RANCH #122J 0.141 AM/L $3,567.74 R0412185 LOT 95 HIGHLANDS RANCH #122F 0.136 AM/L $3,250.19

R0412211 LOT 81 HIGHLANDS RANCH #122H 0.227 AM/L $1,798.45 R0413805 LOT 47 HIGHLANDS RANCH #122-I 0.225 AM/L $5,026.54 R0415651 1/2 MIN INT IN LOT 2 FELLOWSHIP TOTAL = 40.793 AM/L MIN INT = 20.397 AM/L $35.08 R0416092 LOT 11 HIGHLANDS RANCH #105A 1.222 AM/L (53254 SQ FT) $33.01 R0416293 LOT 92 HIGHLANDS RANCH #122K 0.199 AM/L $5,378.83 R0416383 LOT 43AB HIGHLANDS RANCH #121B 3RD AMEND 0.031 AM/L $1,116.68 R0417944 LOT 1 BLK 13 CHALLENGER PARK ESTATES #2 0.215 AM/L $1,515.86 R0419113 MOST TRACT 1 CASTLE PARK RANCH PHASE 1 33.543 AM/L $4,172.12 R0420890 TRACT IN N1/2NE1/4 13-10-66 AKA TRACT 2 ELLIOTT PROPERTY UNRECORDED 35 ACRE DEVELOPMENT TOTAL ACREAGE 36.980 AM/L $4,392.46 R0423535 TRACT B DOUGLAS COUNTY INDUSTRIAL PARK #1 0.120 AM/L $52.01 R0423883 MOST OF LOT 10 BLOCK 4 CASTLE OAKS 1 17.594 AM/L $817.93 R0423885 MOST TRACT A CASTLE OAKS 1 49.691 AM/L $2,270.63 R0423886 MOST OF LOT 6 BLOCK 4 CASTLE OAKS 1 11.052 AM/L $16,694.83 R0426349 LOT 5 HIGHLANDS RANCH #122N 0.165 AM/L $4,056.99 R0426551 LOT 79 HIGHLANDS RANCH #122-O 0.106 AM/L $3,226.37 R0427191 LOT 17 BLK 4 SAGE PORT #1 AMENDED 0.500 AM/L $2,897.90 R0427465 UNIT 5-J BLDG J OAK CREST CONDOMINIUMS PHASE TWELVE. $1,200.50 R0427554 UNIT 12A BUILDING 12 GLENNS $1,355.71 OF COTTONWOOD R0428181 LOT 13 BLK 3 METZLER RANCH # 5 0.970 AM/L $7,622.15 R0428756 LOT 4B BLAKELAND INDUSTRIAL PARK AMENDMENT 3 TOTAL ACREAGE 0.666 AM/L $16,566.80 R0428838 LOT 20 THE PINERY FILING 24A TOTAL ACREAGE 0.495 AM/L $7,166.56 R0429958 LOT 45B HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING 118G AMENDMENT 3 TOTAL ACREAGE 0.04 AM/L $2,710.33 R0430110 LOT 8 BLK 2 BRADBURY RANCH FILING 4B 0.11 AM/L $2,848.47 R0431173 TR NW1/4 7-9-66 35.01 AM/L AKA LSP 1751 STONE CANON RANCH & LSP 2771 TRACT 17W $13,689.43 R0431325 TRACT IN N1/2NW1/4 23 & IN NE1/4NE1/4 22-7-66 25.307 AM/L $13,427.30 R0432382 LOT 42 VILLAGES OF PARKER FILING 18 0.152 AM/L $2,122.79 R0432608 TRACT IN E1/2E1/2 31-8-68 TOTAL ACREAGE 39.70 AM/L $4,955.98 R0432958 LOT 84 BLOCK 1 RED HAWK FILING 1 LOT 1 BLOCK 8 4TH AMENDMENT TOTAL ACREAGE 0.027 AM/L $1,645.81 R0433132 LOT 6 CROWN POINT FILING 1 2ND AMEND 1.874 AM/L $51,538.18 R0433693 LOT 48 VILLAGES OF PARKER FILING 22 0.126 AM/L $1,686.61 R0433856 TRACT B PLUM CREEK FAIRWAY 13 FILING 1 TOTAL ACREAGE 0.545 AM/L $45.85 R0434388 LOT 23 CASTLE PINES VILLAGE 15C 1.460 AM/L $22,278.81 R0434403 UNIT B101 BLDG B STONECREEK PARK B CONDOS $992.79 R0434952 GARAGE UNIT 11 CASTLE VILLAS CONDOS RLTD CONDO UNIT B32 ON PARCEL 0423674 $170.19 R0434974 GARAGE UNIT 32 CASTLE VILLAS FIRST SUPPLEMENT TO CONDOMINIUM MAP RELATED CONDO UNIT B17 ON PARCEL 0423664 $91.98 R0434982 GARAGE UNIT 40 FIRST SUPP CONDO MAP CASTLE VILLAS CONDOS RELATED CONDO UNIT C22 ON PARCEL 0427599 $56.66 R0435038 GARAGE UNIT 81 THIRD SUPP CONDO MAP CASTLE VILLAS CONDOS RELATED CONDO UNIT E24 ON PARCEL 0427727 $91.98 R0435047 GARAGE UNIT 87 CASTLE VILLAS CONDOS THIRD SUPPLEMENT TO CONDO MAP RELATED CONDO UNIT D33 ON PARCEL 0428925 $91.98 R0435403 LOT 13 BLOCK 5 BRADBURY RANCH FILING 10 TOTAL ACREAGE .201 AM/L $1,617.20 R0436649 LOT 31 BELL CROSS RANCH TOTAL ACREAGE 2.747 AM/L $7,345.12 R0436870 LOT 5A1 HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING 137A 1ST AMENDMENT AS MODIFIED PER LLA 01009792 TOTAL ACREAGE 1.471 AM/L $27,846.60 R0437136 TRACT A CHARTER OAKS AMENDMENT 7 0.8572 AM/L $101.78 R0438069 MOST LOT 2A VILLAGE NORTH AMEND 0.497 AM/L $11,118.29 R0438603 LOT 1 BLOCK 5 FOUNDERS VILLAGE FILING 15 0.15 AM/L $4,823.28 R0438740 LOT 21 PINERY WEST FILING 1B 0.651 AM/L $6,652.02 R0439692 LOT 27 HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING 26 2ND AMENDMENT 0.03 AM/L $2,398.73

R0441775 LOT 69 PINERY WEST FLG 1E 0.359 AM/L $3,616.95 R0441822 TRACT IN SE1/4NE1/4 26-8-70 LYING WEST OF COUNTY ROAD 97 & SOUTH OF PIKE NATIONAL FOREST BOUNDARY 0.37 AM/L $48.81 R0442949 PART TRACT A CASTLE OAKS 1 5.00 AM/L $149.72 R0444431 LOT 260 HIGHLANDS RANCH 122V 0.124 AM/L $1,717.84 R0445628 LOT 58 CASTLE PINES VILLAGE 15D 0.6 AM/L $4,307.74 R0447557 LOT 317 HIGHLANDS RANCH 122-Y 0.126 AM/L $3,599.50 R0447948 LOT 16 BLOCK 8 NEWLIN MEADOWS FLG 2 0.160 AM/L $4,300.95 R0448230 LOT 38 PINERY WEST FLG 1H 0.841 AM/L $18,120.52 R0448440 LOT 2 CRYSTAL VALLEY RANCH FLG 2 1ST ADMIN REPLAT 0.30 AM/L $2,121.66 R0448880 MOST OF LOT 14 BLOCK 2 CASTLE OAKS 1 11.478 AM/L $50.21 R0449334 LOT 2 BLOCK 7 THE MEADOWS 15 0.15 AM/L $2,120.04 R0449348 LOT 1 BLOCK 8 THE MEADOWS 15 0.16 AM/L $4,451.84 R0449832 LOT 20 HAZEN / MOORE NO 2 0.209 AM/L $1,119.09 R0449878 LOT 66 HAZEN / MOORE NO 2 0.187 AM/L $1,281.91 R0449989 LOT 14 BLOCK 1 DOUGLAS 234 FLG 1 1ST AMD 0.136 AM/L $1,898.03 R0450726 LOT 113 MEADOWS NO 11 PARCEL 5 0.041 AM/L $1,250.00 R0450743 LOT 130 MEADOWS NO 11 PARCEL 5 0.031 AM/L $2,629.14 R0450874 LOT 43A-1A BLK 4 ROMAR WEST 2ND AMD 0.458 AM/L LLA PER 2004018269 REPLAT LOT 43A-1 TO LOT 43A-1A $8,603.49 R0450889 UNIT 207 BUILDING 5 CREEK SIDE AT PARKER CONDOMINIUMS PHASE 4 $1,736.44 R0451134 LOT 3 & 1/3 UND INT IN TRACT A HEATH COURT MINOR DEVELOPMENT 0.15 AM/L & 0.027 AM/L 0.177 TOTAL AM/L RLTD 0451135 $1,888.96 R0451258 PT W1/2NE1/4 4-10-67 N OF FOX FARM RD 34.36 AM/L $62.60 R0451259 PT W1/2NE1/4 4-10-67 S OF FOX FARM RD 0.66 AM/L $32.96 R0451513 UNIT 101 BLDG 22 IRONSTONE CONDOMINIUMS AT STROH RANCH $745.90 R0451638 LOT 6 BLOCK 1 THE WOODLANDS 10 2ND AMD 0.34 AM/L $5,855.55 R0451950 S1/2N1/2SE1/4SW1/4 17-10-66 10.00 AM/L $1,573.45 R0452508 LOT 2 BLOCK 2 DOUGLAS 234 FLG 5 0.196 AM/L $2,142.00 R0452607 LOT 5 BLOCK 1 CASTLEWOOD RANCH 2 PARCEL 8 0.225 AM/L $1,756.92 R0453068 LOT 222 HIGHLANDS RANCH FLG 122W 1ST AMEND 0.126 AM/L $1,854.01 R0453492 LOT 216 CHATFIELD FARMS FLG 1B 0.16 AM/L $4,403.84 R0454125 LOT 65 PINERY WEST FLG 1I 1.765 AM/L $14,767.82 R0454463 LOT 30 BLOCK 7 MAHER RANCH FLG 2 0.246 AM/L $4,167.61 R0454696 LOTS 1 TO 9 AND MOST LOTS 10-12 BLK 24 CRAIG & GOULD’S ADD TO CASTLE ROCK 0.81 AM/L $2,946.85 R0455021 UNIT 102 BUILDING A5 HIGHLANDS AT STONEGATE NORTH CONDOS 10TH SUPP $3,131.59 R0456606 GARAGE UNIT G9 GARAGE BLDG B IRONSTONE CONDOMINIUMS AT STROH RANCH $64.44 R0456644 GARAGE UNIT G47 GARAGE BLDG C IRONSTONE CONDOMINIUMS AT STROH RANCH $107.69 R0456690 GARAGE UNIT G93 GARAGE BLDG F IRONSTONE CONDOMINIUMS AT STROH RANCH $107.69 R0457641 UNIT 202 BLDG 2 LONE TREE OFFICE CONDO PHASE 1 $7,959.43 R0458965 LOT 1 VILLAGE NORTH 12TH AMD 1.33 AM/L $6,634.58 R0459397 LOT 3-D DOUGLAS COUNTY INDUSTRIAL PARK 1 3RD AMD 0.944 AM/L $50,546.03 R0459510 LOT 8 BLOCK 2 CRYSTAL VALLEY RANCH 3 0.18 AM/L $3,713.16 R0461203 UNIT R-9-305 PRAIRIE WALK ON CHERRY CREEK CONDOS MAP 2 $1,730.64 R0463186 TRACT 2 CHATFIELD RIDGE 3RD AMD 35.01 AM/L $59.51 R0463571 TRACT B PARKER TOWN CENTER 4.988 AM/L $23,298.67 R0463667 UNIT 103 BLDG 7 SHADOW CANYON CONDOS PHASE 7 $2,092.94 R0463750 UNIT 202 COPELAND CANYON CONDOS PHASE 17 $442.88 R0464512 LOT 15A BLOCK 11 THE MEADOWS FLG 16 - PARCELS 1, 2, 3, 4 3RD AMEND 0.090 AM/L $2,806.78 R0464951 UNIT 55D BLDG 55 BROWNSTONES AT TOWN CENTER CONDOS PHASE 15 $2,848.28 R0464964 UNIT 63E BLDG 63 BROWNSTONES AT TOWN CENTER CONDOS PHASE 16 $3,298.81 R0465183 LOT 41 REATA SOUTH 1 1.70 AM/L $12,615.07 R0465218 LOT 101 REATA SOUTH 1 1.45 AM/L $11,724.35

R0465621 UNIT C BUILDING 6 GOLD PEAK AT PALOMINO PARK CONDOS PHASE 2 $30.00 R0466151 LOT 16 BLOCK 2 CRYSTAL VALLEY RANCH 6 0.262 AM/L $2,808.87 R0466181 LOT 4 BROOKWOOD 1 1.16 AM/L $3,326.56 R0466995 LOT 41 TALLMAN GULCH 1 1.72 AM/L $3,745.17 R0467068 LOT 21 TALLMAN GULCH 1 1.58 AM/L $7,690.03 R0469448 LOT 2 BLK 22 CRAIG & GOULDS ADD TO CASTLE ROCK 0.143 AM/L $1,622.48 R0470220 GARAGE UNIT G-8-F PRAIRIE WALK ON CHERRY CREEK CONDOS MAP 9 $116.82 R0470269 GARAGE UNIT G-14-E PRAIRIE WALK ON CHERRY CREEK CONDOS MAP 9 $116.82 R0470443 LOT 133 RIVER CANYON 1B 2ND AMEND 0.766 AM/L $18,542.39 R0470453 LOT 123 RIVER CANYON 1B 0.673 AM/L $21,296.06 R0470680 LOT 2B GARCILASO 2ND AMD 2.41 AM/L $1,701.94 R0470778 PARCEL 1 BEARS DEN RURAL SITE PLAN 10.39 AM/L $43.21 R0471600 LOT 1 PARKER HILLTOP TOWN SQUARE 1ST AMD 0.8467 AM/L $8,953.23 R0471636 LOT 1 BLOCK 1 CASTLE OAKS ESTATES 1 AMEND 3 0.165 AM/L $4,637.21 R0472471 UNIT 201 BUILDING B21 HIGHLANDS AT STONEGATE NORTH CONDOS 25TH SUPP $2,254.38 R0472925 LOT 15 MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CENTER 7A 0.152 AM/L $6,980.27 R0473611 UNIT 10092 BLDG 20 BLUFFMONT ESTATES CONDOS MAP 22 $4,979.82 R0473667 LOT 9 BLOCK 2 RIDGEGATE SECTION 15 FLG 11 1ST AMEND 0.03 AM/L $3,950.74 R0473797 UNIT 155 BLDG A COMPARK COMMERCE CENTER CONDOS $14,420.75 R0473955 MOST LOT 10 BLOCK 2 CASTLE OAKS 1 14.91 AM/L $55.41 R0473961 MOST LOT 11 BLOCK 2 CASTLE OAKS 1 11.59 AM/L $50.21 R0474179 LOT 5 MARK SIX BUSINESS SUB 2ND AMEND 1.955 AM/L $11,718.11 R0474367 UNIT 5F BLDG 5 CUTTERS RIDGE AT SAPPHIRE POINTE CONDOS SUPP 7 $2,236.26 R0474466 UNIT 203 BUILDING 751 OVER LOOK PROFESSIONAL OFFICE CONDOS AMD 2 $3,308.98 R0474467 UNIT 204 BUILDING 751 OVERLOOK PROFESSIONAL OFFICE CONDOS AMD 2 $6,301.51 R0474849 UNIT 101 BUILDING 5 VILLAGE SQUARE OFFICE CONDOS PLAT 2 $8,636.27 R0474850 UNIT 102 BUILDING 5 VILLAGE SQUARE OFFICE CONDOS PLAT 2 $8,636.27 R0474851 UNIT 103 BUILDING 5 VILLAGE SQUARE OFFICE CONDOS PLAT 2 $5,405.92 R0474852 UNIT 104 BUILDING 5 VILLAGE SQUARE OFFICE CONDOS PLAT 2 $5,405.92 R0474863 UNIT D BLDG A2-13 COTTONWOOD SOUTH CONDOS MAP 33 $2,229.88 R0474867 LOT 5136A CASTLE PINES VILLAGE 32J 3RD AMD 0.199 AM/L $3,519.95 R0475064 TRACT IN NE1/4 5-6-68 9.276 AM/L LYING S OF C-470 $38.98 R0475396 UNIT C-5 BLDG C PREMISES WAREHOUSE CENTER HIGHLANDS RANCH PHASE 2 $4,982.72 R0475427 UNIT 112 BUILDING 5 PARK RIDGE OFFICE SUITES CONDOS AMD 9 $11,668.54 R0475436 UNIT 210 BUILDING 5 PARK RIDGE OFFICE SUITES CONDOS AMD 9 $14,294.58 R0475713 UNIT 150 BUILDING 1 MEADOWS PROFESSIONAL PLAZA OFFICE CONDOS $5,347.14 R0475924 LOT 2 CASTLE PINES VILLAGE 36 2.70 AM/L $23,005.00 R0475935 TRACT A DOUGLAS COUNTY INDUSTRIAL PARK 2 0.658 AM/L $102.74 R0476551 UNIT E03 BUILDING E GARAGE TOWN HIGHLANDS RANCH STORAGE CONDOS PHASE 2 $5,885.92 R0476805 UNIT H 3911 NORWOOD INDUSTRIAL CONDOS $6,613.33 R0478356 PT LOT 6 BLOCK 4 CASTLE OAKS 1 0.114 AM/L AKA PART PROPOSED #7 WELL FIELD $37.20 R0478667 PARCEL 4 DEVRIES EXEMPTION 15.213 AM/L $2,688.59 R0479936 LOT 1 CHARTER OAKS 2 1ST AMD 1.423 AM/L $39,779.40 R0480488 LOT 111 HIGHLANDS RANCH 143 2ND AMD 0.140 AM/L $3,839.65 R0480560 LOT 230 HIGHLANDS RANCH 143 2ND AMD 0.088 AM/L $3,748.36 R0480628 TRACT IN NW1/4 & N1/2SW1/4 6-10-6LYING NW OF STATE HWY 83 97.04 AM/L LSP 3709 & 4342 $3,283.72 R0480734 TR IN NE1/4 9-6-66 & NW1/4 10-6-66 LYING E OF LOT 4 WEST CREEK 2 1ST AMD 0.135 AM/L $124.87 R0480842 20/640 MIN INT IN S1/2 20-6-65 & W1/2 28-6-65 TOTAL = 640 AM/L MIN INT = 20 AM/L $34.63

R0480871 1/6 MIN INT IN ALL NE1/4 EAST OF DANIELS PARK RD ROW 8-7-67 W1/2 9-7-67 SE1/4 AND PT NE1/4SW1/4 EAST OF DANIELS PARK RD ROW 5/7/67 W1/2 AND MOST W1/2NE1/4 4-7-67 TOTAL = 1009.605 AM/L MIN INT = 168.268 AM/L $57.94 R0480872 1/6 MIN INT IN NE1/4NE1/4 7-7-67 N1/2NW1/4, PT S1/2NW1/4 & PT NE1/4 LYING WEST OF DANIELS PARK RD ROW 8-7-67 S1/2SW1/4 & PT SE1/4 LYING WEST OF DANIELS PARK RD ROW 5-7-67 TOTAL = 214.068 AM/L MIN INT = 35.678 AM/L $36.32 R0481187 UNIT B2 BLDG 1009 HUMMING BIRD COTTAGE CONDOMINIUMS PHASE 1 1ST SUPP $4,306.77 R0483396 LOT 216 HIGHLANDS RANCH 118-R 0.631 AM/L $8,964.74 R0483982 TRACT IN E1/2NE1/4SE1/4 9-10-66 0.681 AM/L LSP 4856 RLTD 0483981 $32.92 R0484003 ALL MIN INT IN NW1/4SE1/4SW1/4 5-6-65 MIN INT = 10 AM/L $32.88 R0484783 TR IN NW1/4SW1/4 LYING SOUTHWEST OF HWY ROW 6-10-65 0.95 AM/L $33.82 R0484932 LOT 20 BLOCK 1 CASTLE OAKS ESTATES 1 11TH AMD 0.098 AM/L $1,964.02 R0485273 LOT 58 THE MEADOWS 20 PHASE 1 3RD AMD 0.077 AM/L $1,600.85 R0485284 LOT 22 THE MEADOWS 20 PHASE 1 3RD AMD 0.075 AM/L $1,344.00 R0485668 LOT 4 BLOCK 3 COMPARK VILLAGE 6 0.154 AM/L $2,228.59 R0485839 TRACT A-1 PARKER TOWN CENTER FIRST AMENDMENT EXEMPTION 3.055 AM/L $23,782.70 R0486841 LOT 63 MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CENTER 7C 2ND AMD 0.196 AM/L $3,019.80 R0487293 LOT 36 PARKER HOMESTEAD 3A 0.185 AM/L $6,916.01 R0487315 LOT 57 PARKER HOMESTEAD 3A 0.255 AM/L $7,117.00 R0487828 LOT 1 BLOCK 7 SALISBURY HEIGHTS 1 0.186 AM/L $2,387.70 R0488231 TRACT IN S1/2SE1/4 14-7-66 1.369 AM/L MTD 0488232, 0488233 $451.56 R0488232 TRACT IN SE1/4 14-7-66 37.051 AM/L MTD 0488231, 0488233 $34,783.45 R0488233 TRACT IN SE1/4SE1/4 14-7-66 2.00 AM/L MTD 0488231, 0488232 $649.75 R0488234 TR IN W1/2SE1/4 14-7-66 2.6 AM/L MTD 0488235, 0488236 $667.04 R0488235 TRACT IN SE1/4 14-7-66 43.283 AM/L MTD 0488234, 0488236 $12,324.28 R0488236 TRACT IN SE1/4SE1/4 14-7-66 0.777 AM/L MTD 0488234, 0488235 $215.07 R0488241 PT NE1/4NW1/4 & MOST E1/2NW1/4NW1/4 32-10-67 33.536 AM/L MOST PARCEL 2 LSPS 4448 ALL ACRES SUBJECT TO CONSERVATION EASEMENT 2008000660 & 2012014107 MTD 0488733 $4,795.08 R0488384 LOT 28 BLOCK 2 ROCKINGHORSE 4 0.164 AM/L $7,094.31 R0488641 LOT 83 BLOCK 8 PINE BLUFFS 3B AMD 1 0.045 AM/L $3,624.07 R0488733 TR IN W1/2NE1/4 32-10-67 PT HWY 105 ROW 1.464 AM/L MTD 0488241 $65.48 R0488885 LOT 50 (BLOCK 1) CRYSTAL VALLEY RANCH 14 0.093 AM/L $3,896.17 R0489887 LOT 7 BLOCK 5 COTTONWOOD HIGHLANDS 1A AMD 2 0.193 AM/L $6,529.87 R0490129 LOT 37 CRYSTAL VALLEY RANCH 7 PARCEL 2 0.337 AM/L $2,613.60 R0490742 LOT 9-A BLOCK 6 MAHER RANCH 2 AMD 2 1.110 AM/L $9,486.43 R0492139 ALL MIN INT IN PART S1/2N1/2 27-7-66 MIN INT = 102 AM/L $45.61 R0492143 ALL MIN INT IN MOST OF LOT 5A-2 OMNIPARK 1 2ND AMD MIN INT = 13.660 AM/L $34.10 R0492421 LOT B2-A BUSS SUB MINOR AMD 4 3.93 AM/L $1,858.17 R0493048 TRACT B CRYSTAL VALLEY RANCH 12 0.3843 AM/L $48.65 R0493049 TRACT Q CRYSTAL VALLEY RANCH 12 0.1335 AM/L $38.40 R0493094 TRACT I CRYSTAL VALLEY RANCH 12A 2.0904 AM/L $115.43 R0493111 TRACT G CRYSTAL VALLEY RANCH 12A 0.1518 AM/L $38.40 R0493132 TRACT F CRYSTAL VALLEY RANCH 12A 0.0756 AM/L $35.85 R0493217 TRACT D CRYSTAL VALLEY RANCH 12A 2.9232 AM/L $152.56 R0493227 TRACT C CRYSTAL VALLEY RANCH 12A 0.6016 AM/L $48.88 R0493865 LOT 1A INCA RIDGE 2 1ST AMD 1.37 AM/L $2,520.92 R0495423 PART VACATED PUBLIC ROW WITHIN CASTLE OAKS 1 (VALLEY VIEW RD) PER VACATION 2016064131 0.357 AM/L $193.67 R0495425 PART VACATED PUBLIC ROW WITHIN CASTLE OAKS 1 (VALLEY VIEW RD) PER VACATION 2016064131 0.106 AM/L $131.25 R0496114 UNIT B04 BLDG B CASTLE ROCK PERSONAL WAREHOUSE CONDOS $4,152.22

R0496115 UNIT B05 BLDG B CASTLE ROCK PERSONAL WAREHOUSE CONDOS $4,202.51 R0497293 LOT 39A BLOCK 3 MEADOWS 20 PHASE 1 AMD 14 0.046 AM/L $1,436.45 R0497851 TRACT A PLUM CREEK RIDGE AT CASTLE ROCK AMD 1 0.53 AM/L $45.12 R0497852 TRACT B PLUM CREEK RIDGE AT CASTLE ROCK AMD 1 0.57 AM/L $46.57 R0497853 TRACT C PLUM CREEK RIDGE AT CASTLE ROCK AMD 1 0.58 AM/L $46.57 R0497854 TRACT D PLUM CREEK RIDGE AT CASTLE ROCK AMD 1 0.39 AM/L $42.21 R0497855 TRACT E PLUM CREEK RIDGE AT CASTLE ROCK AMD 1 0.36 AM/L $41.48 R0498275 LOT 9A PINERY 27 4TH AMD CORRECTED 0.817 AM/L $6,980.75 R0499347 LOT 95 LINCOLN CREEK VILLAGE 1 10TH AMD 0.097 AM/L $4,879.65 R0600494 LOT 8 BELL MOUNTAIN RANCH 2 2.613 AM/L $5,869.10 R0600723 TRACT S CRYSTAL VALLEY RANCH 15 11.799 AM/L $548.03 R0600853 TRACT D CRYSTAL VALLEY RANCH 15 AMD 1 0.297 AM/L $44.80 R0600954 TRACT J CRYSTAL VALLEY RANCH 15 AMD 1 0.030 AM/L $33.28 R0600981 TRACT E CRYSTAL VALLEY RANCH 15 AMD 1 2.094 AM/L $115.43 R0601790 TRACT IN NW1/4SE1/4 10-9-70 5.39 AM/L RLTD IMPS ONLY R0151562 $133.69 R0601846 LOT 1 CASTLE PINES VILLAGE 42 0.678 AM/L $5,764.39 R0601847 LOT 2 CASTLE PINES VILLAGE 42 0.642 AM/L $5,618.59 R0601851 TRACT B CASTLE PINES VILLAGE 42 0.932 AM/L $61.20 R0602223 TRACT E-1 CRYSTAL VALLEY RANCH 12A AMD 1 2.127 AM/L $116.72 R0602536 LOT 16 BLOCK 1 CRYSTAL VALLEY RANCH 15 AMD 2 0.166 AM/L $1,931.56 R0602856 LOT 232 STERLING RANCH 4A 0.112 AM/L $1,940.55 R0605049 LOT B1-A1-A BUSS SUB MINOR AMD 6 2.01 AM/L $5,519.83 R0605389 LOT 5 STROH RANCH 1 2ND AMD 11.021 AM/L $50,729.98 R0605392 LOT 94-A FOX HILL 1 1ST AMD 41.03 AM/L $7,904.71 R0605414 1/2 MIN INT IN LOT 89 & MOST LOT 90 STONEGATE 22 6TH AMD & ALL MIN INT IN PART LOT 90 STONEGATE 22 6TH AMD AKA PART NE1/4 8-6-66 TOTAL = 17.528 AM/L MIN INT = 8.823 AM/L $33.43 R0605798 LOT 6 PLUM CREEK RIDGE AT CASTLE ROCK AMD 2 0.02 AM/L $196.20 R0605803 TRACT E PLUM CREEK RIDGE AT CASTLE ROCK AMD 2 0.98 AM/L $56.78 R0605874 UNIT R-6-308 BUILDING 6 PRAIRIE WALK ON CHERRY CREEK CONDOS MAP 15 $2,066.36 R0607169 LOT 98 REMUDA RANCH EXEMPTION 1ST AMD 3.667 AM/L $50.12 R0607170 LOT 99 REMUDA RANCH EXEMPTION 1ST AMD 3.667 AM/L $2,554.01 R0609119 LOT 17 PINERY 30-B 0.573 AM/L $3,163.01 R0609406 TRACT IN SW1/4NE1/4 10-9-70 2.55 AM/L LSP 10005243 $112.24 R0609413 ALL MIN INT IN TRACTS A-D COMPARK VILLAGE 4 AKA PART N1/2SE1/4 & PART SW1/4NE1/4 6-6-66 MIN INT = 29.443 AM/L $37.24 R0609536 UNIT R-5-301 BLDG 5 PRAIRIE WALK ON CHERRY CREEK CONDO MAP 16 $887.93 R0610373 TRACT IN PART SE1/4SW1/4 1-9-67 & PART NE1/4NW1/4 12-9-67 11.274 AM/L MTD R0610372 $44.26 R0610679 LOT 1-A CASTLE ROCK INDUSTRIAL PARK AMD 1 PER PLAT CORRECTION 2020069957 1.014 AM/L $4,322.05 R0610989 PT W1/2W1/2 20-8-66 35.03 AM/L LSP 4439 $51.94 R0611209 LOT 4 & PART LOTS 3, 5, 6 BLOCK 3 TOWN OF SEDALIA & PART VACATED ALLEY PER 2020003704 0.284 AM/L $1,304.14 R0611210 LOTS 12, 13, 14 BLOCK 3 TOWN OF SEDALIA & PART VACATED ALLEY PER 2020003704 0.499 AM/L $2,485.14 R0611211 LOTS 9, 10, 11 BLOCK 3 TOWN OF SEDALIA & PART VACATED ALLEY 2020003704 0.499 AM/L $4,122.18 R0611214 LOT 1 BLOCK 17 TOWN OF SEDALIA & PART VACATED VICTOR ST PER 2020079822 0.183 AM/L $1,324.36 R0611822 ROW IN NE1/4NW1/4 19-6-66 0.444 AM/L AKA CO RD 8 AKA PARKER RD $53.38

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Public Notices Legals Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2021-0022 To Whom It May Concern: On 7/28/2021 2:19:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: Ryan Taylor Petty Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for American Financing Corporation, Its Successors and Assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. Bank National Association Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/2/2019 Recording Date of DOT: 2/11/2019 Reception No. of DOT: 2019006712 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $340,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $338,589.72 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 10, BLOCK 3, PULTE HOMES AS ROXBOROUGH VILLAGE FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 9876 Fairwood Street, Littleton, CO 80125 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 17, 2021, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 9/23/2021 Last Publication: 10/21/2021 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 7/28/2021 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: HOLLY SHILLIDAY Colorado Registration #: 24423 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230 , CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (877) 369-6122 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-21-892499-LL *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2021-0022 First Publication: 9/23/2021 Last Publication: 10/21/2021 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2021-0023 To Whom It May Concern: On 8/19/2021 12:45:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: David F. House Original Beneficiary: 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 (DOT): 3/10/2018 Recording Date of DOT: 3/20/2018 Reception No. of DOT: 2018016053 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $308,800.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $304,316.07 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

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

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 24, BLOCK 3, MEAD'S CROSSING AMENDMENT NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 11281 Rodeo Cir, Parker, CO 80138 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 8, 2021, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 10/14/2021 Last Publication: 11/11/2021 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 8/23/2021 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ILENE DELL'ACQUA Colorado Registration #: 31755 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230 , CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (877) 369-6122 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-21-893313-LL *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www.douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2021-0023 First Publication: 10/14/2021 Last Publication: 11/11/2021 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Larkspur NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2021-0021 To Whom It May Concern: On 7/27/2021 2:23:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: PERRY L. ELLIOTT AND COLLETTE MARIE ELLIOTT Original Beneficiary: AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COMPANY Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2017-1, U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/1/2004 Recording Date of DOT: 10/15/2004 Reception No. of DOT: 2004106480 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $274,700.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $190,960.93 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: A TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE SOUTHWEST ¼ OF THE SOUTHWEST ¼ OF SECTION 4, AND IN THE NORTHWEST ¼ OF THE NORTHWEST ¼ OF SECTION 9, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE NORTHWEST ¼ OF THE NORTHWEST ¼ OF SECTION 9; THENCE SOUTH 1 DEGREE 19 MINUTES 34 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID NORTHWEST ¼ OF THE NORTHWEST ¼ A DISTANCE OF 934.97 FEET; THENCE NORTH 87 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 57 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 1281.93 FEET TO A POINT ON THE EAST BOUNDARY OF MESA GRANDE SUBDIVISION; THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG SAID EASTERN BOUNDARY ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT A DISTANCE OF 314.08 FEET, SAID CURVE HAS A RADIUS OF 970.00 FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 18 DEGREES 33 MINUTES 08 SECONDS TO A POINT OF TANGENT; THENCE NORTH 19 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 16 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID EASTERN BOUNDARY AND ALONG SAID TANGENT A DISTANCE OF 359.77 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG SAID EASTERN BOUNDARY ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT A DISTANCE OF 384.91 FEET, SAID CURVE HAS A RADIUS OF 585.16 FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 37 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 16 SECONDS TO A POINT OF TANGENT; THENCE NORTH 18 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID TANGENT A DISTANCE OF 10.53 FEET TO THE SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF COUNTY ROAD NO. 74; THENCE NORTH 72 DEGREES 00 MINUTES

00 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 267.95 FEET; THENCE NORTH 63 DEGREES 19 MINUTES 34 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 981.51 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST ¼ OF THE SOUTHWEST ¼ OF AFORESAID SECTION 4; THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 48 MINUTES 25 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID EAST LINE A DISTANCE OF 678.60 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

under the terms of Colorado Revised Statutes, Title 31, Article 12, Part 1, as amended, known as the Municipal Annexation Act of 1965, and the Constitution of the State of Colorado, Article II, Section 30, as amended.

Which has the address of: 11100 Haskell Creek Rd, Larkspur, CO 80118

TOWN OF PARKER, COLORADO

The Deed of Trust was modified by a document recorded in Douglas County on 5/13/2021, Reception number 2021061896. Reason modified and any other modifications: Legal Description.

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

Section 3. Any person may appear at such hearing and present evidence upon any matter to be determined by the Town Council.

RESOLVED AND PASSED this 4th day of October, 2021.

Jeff Toborg, Mayor ATTEST: Chris Vanderpool, Acting Town Clerk EXHIBIT A Legal Description TRACT H OF PARKER NORTH AS RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 247647, DOUGLAS COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER’S OFFICE, STATE OF COLORADO. CONTAINING AN AREA OF 1.95 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 17, 2021, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

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Dated: 7/28/2021 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ANNA JOHNSTON Colorado Registration #: 51978 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700 , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 350-3711 Fax #: Attorney File #: 00000009169327 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2021-0021 First Publication: 9/23/2021 Last Publication: 10/21/2021 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

City and County Public Notice Notice is hereby given that the Town Council of the Town of Parker, Colorado, has by resolution set a public hearing regarding the Pine Drive Property Annexation on November 15, 2021, at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as this matter can be heard, in the Town of Parker Town Hall, 20120 E. Mainstreet, Parker Colorado 80138. The purpose of the public hearing is to determine if the petition for annexation for the property described in this public notice complies with Article II, Section 30 of the Colorado Constitution and meets the applicable requirements of C.R.S. §§ 31-12-104 and 31-12105. The Town Council Resolution No. 21-042, Series of 2021, reads as follows: RESOLUTION NO. 21-042, Series of 2021 TITLE: A RESOLUTION FINDING SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE OF THE PINE DRIVE PROPERTY’S ANNEXATION PETITION WITH C.R.S. § 31-12-107 AND SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING ON NOVEMBER 15, 2021, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING SAID ANNEXATION WHEREAS, the Petitioner owns certain real property in Douglas County commonly known as the Pine Drive Property, which is described on attached Exhibit A (the “Real Property”); WHEREAS, the Petitioner submitted to the Town a Petition for Annexation (the “Annexation Petition”) concerning the Real Property; WHEREAS, pursuant to C.R.S. § 31-12-107, this Town Council, sitting as the governing body of the Town, shall determine whether the Annexation Petition is in substantial compliance with the requirements of C.R.S. § 31-12-107(1); and WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Parker, Colorado (the “Town”), has satisfied itself concerning the compliance for the Annexation Petition with the requirements of C.R.S. § 3112-107(1) and must now proceed to consider the proposed annexation of the Real Property to and by the Town.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF PARKER, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The Annexation Petition for the proposed annexation of the Real Property into the Town substantially complies with the requirements of C.R.S. § 31-12-107(1).

Section 2. A public hearing on the eligibility of the Real Property to be annexed into the Town will be conducted on November 15, 2021, at the Town of Parker Town Hall, which is located at 20120 East Mainstreet, Parker, Colorado, 80138, to determine if the proposed annexation complies with C.R.S. §§ 31-12-104 and 31-12-105 or such part thereof as may be required to establish eligibility

Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING A public hearing will be held on Oct. 19, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. before the Douglas County Board of County Commissioners in the Commissioners Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, CO. The hearing is for the adoption of the 2020 National Electrical Code, with amendments. For more information call Korby Lintz, Chief Building Official, Douglas County Building Division at 303-660-7497.

Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Town of Parker Town Council shall hold public hearings on the projected budget for 2022 and receive public comment pursuant to Section 9.3 of the Town of Parker Home Rule Charter.

Copies of the projected budget for 2022 are available to the public at the Parker Town Hall, Town Clerk Department, 20120 East Mainstreet, Parker, CO 80138.

The public hearings for Town Council will be held on November 1, 2021, and November 15, 2021 at 7:00 pm, or as soon as possible thereafter. All public hearings will be held in the Council Chambers of the Town of Parker Town Hall, 20120 East Mainstreet, Parker, CO 80138, or at such other time or place in the event this hearing is adjourned.

Further information is available through the Town of Parker Finance Department at 303.841.0353.

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS MAY ATTEND. Legal Notice No. 939844 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

throughout the City that adequately protect the public health, safety, and welfare.

B. The City previously adopted the National Electrical Code, 2017 Edition, as codified at Article VII of Chapter 18 of the Municipal Code.

C. The City Council wishes to update and improve the electrical standards in the City by adopting by reference the National Electrical Code, 2020 Edition, along with amendments reflecting the unique circumstances of the City, and to provide penalties for violations.

ARTICLE 3 – SAFETY CLAUSE The City Council hereby finds, determines, and declares that this Ordinance is promulgated under the general police power of the City, that it is promulgated for the health, safety, and welfare of the public, and that this Ordinance is necessary for the preservation of health and safety and for the protection of public convenience and welfare.

ARTICLE 4 – REPEAL AND RE-ENACTMENT Chapter 18, Article VII, titled Electrical Code, of the Municipal Code, is hereby repealed in its entirety and re-adopted by reference as fully set forth in Exhibit A, attached to and incorporated in this Ordinance.

ARTICLE 5 – PENALTIES The following penalty provision is adopted by this Ordinance, as provided in Exhibit A: K111.8 Violation penalties. Any person who violates a provision of this code or fails to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who erects, installs, constructs, alters or repairs work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the code official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand six hundred fifty dollars ($2,650.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding one (1) year or by both such fine and imprisonment. In addition, such person shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses, including attorney's fees. Each day that a violation continues shall be considered a separate offense.

ARTICLE 6 – CAUSES OF ACTION RETAINED Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding impending in any court, or any rights acquired, or liability incurred, or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing, under any act or ordinance hereby repealed; nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this Ordinance.

ARTICLE 7 – SEVERABILITY If any part or provision of this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, is adjudged to be invalid or unenforceable, the invalidity or unenforceability of such part, provision, or application shall not affect any of the remaining parts, provisions or applications of this Ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision, part or application, and to this end the provisions and parts of this Ordinance are declared to be severable.

ARTICLE 8 - EFFECTIVE DATE This Ordinance shall take effect on January 1, 2022, and in no case earlier than thirty (30) days following publication after the first reading if no changes are made on second reading, or twenty (20) days after publication following second reading if changes are made upon second reading.

INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 5, 2021.

EXHIBIT A ADOPTION BY REFERENCE CHAPTER 18 – BUILDING REGULATIONS ARTICLE VII – ELECTRICAL CODE

Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Town of Parker Town Council shall hold a public hearing on the proposed budget revision for 2021 and receive public comment pursuant to Section 9.3 of the Town of Parker Home Rule Charter.

A copy of the proposed budget revision for 2021 is available for public inspection at the Parker Town Hall, Town Clerk Department, 20120 East Mainstreet, Parker, CO 80138.

The public hearing for Town Council will be held on November 15, 2021, at 7:00 pm, or as soon as possible thereafter. All public hearings will be held in the Council Chambers of the Town of Parker Town Hall, 20120 East Mainstreet, Parker, CO 80138, or at such other time or place in the event this hearing is adjourned. Further information is available through the Town of Parker Finance Department at 303.841.0353.

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS MAY ATTEND. Legal Notice No. 939828 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LONE TREE Series of 2021 Ordinance No. 21-10 AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND RE-ENACTING ARTICLE VII OF CHAPTER 18 OF THE LONE TREE MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, SERIES 2020; ADOPTING SUCH CODE

BY REFERENCE, AS AMENDED; AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LONE TREE, COLORADO: ARTICLE 1 – AUTHORITY The City of Lone Tree (the "City") is a home rule municipality operating under the Lone Tree Home Rule Charter (the “Charter”) adopted on May 5, 1998 and a Municipal Code (the “Municipal Code”), codified and adopted on December 7, 2004. Pursuant to the Charter, the Municipal Code and the authority given home rule cities, the City may adopt and amend ordinances.

ARTICLE 2 – DECLARATIONS OF POLICY A. The City Council recognizes the need for modern, comprehensive electrical standards

CHAPTER 18 Building Regulations Article VII Electrical Code Sec. 18-7-10 Title Sec. 18-7-20 Adoption by reference Sec. 18-7-30 Definition Sec. 18-7-40 Amendments ARTICLE VII Electrical Code Sec. 18-7-10. Title.

This Article shall be known as the Lone Tree Electrical Code.

Sec. 18-7-20. Adoption by reference.

(1) The National Electrical Code, 2020 Edition, as published by the National Fire Protection Association, One Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02169, is hereby adopted by reference and incorporated into this Article as though fully set forth herein as the electrical code of the City. Except as otherwise provided, this code is adopted in its entirety.

Appendices to the code are adopted only to the extent specified.

(2) One (1) copy of the National Electrical Code, 2020 Edition, as amended by this Article, certified to be a true copy by the Mayor and City Clerk, shall be on file in the office of the City Clerk and may be inspected by any interested person between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, holidays excepted.

Sec. 18-7-30. Definition.

Jurisdiction, as used in this code, means the City of Lone Tree and includes all areas within the corporate limits of the City and any area annexed to the City.

Sec. 18-7-40. Amendments.

The National Electrical Code, 2020 Edition, shall be amended as follows: (1) Section 210.23(A), 15- and 20-ampere branch circuits, is amended by adding a new sentence to the end of the paragraph to read as follows: In dwelling units, the general-purpose branch circuits shall be limited to no more than 10 openings on a 15-ampere circuit and no more than 12 openings on a 20-ampere circuit.Branch circuits for lighting only shall not exceed 80% of the branch circuit. The calculated load shall be determined on the maximum allowable wattage of the fixtures.

(2) Section 210.52(B)(3), Kitchen Receptacle Requirements, is amended by deleting and replacing the first sentence to read as follows:

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Public Notices Receptacles installed in a kitchen to serve countertop surfaces shall be supplied by no fewer than two small-appliance branch circuits, these circuits shall have no more than four openings per circuit, either or both of which shall also be permitted to supply receptacle outlets in the same kitchen and in other rooms specified in 210.52(B)(1).

(1) Section 215.2(A)1(b), Informational Note, is amended by deleting and addition of a new subsection: Article 215.2(A)1(b)1 Service Conductors and Feeder Conductors, as defined in Article 100, shall be sized to prevent a voltage drop exceeding 3 percent at the furthest termination and will provide reasonable efficiency of operation (4) The provisions of Appendix K from the 2018 International Building Code (IBC), Administrative Provisions, are hereby adopted. (a) Appendix K is amended by the addition of a new Section K103.3, to read as follows: K103.3 Fees. For buildings, structures, electrical, gas, mechanical, plumbing systems or alterations requiring a permit, a fee for each permit shall be paid as required, in accordance with the City of Lone Tree Administrative Fee Schedule. (b) Appendix K is amended by the addition of a new Section K112, Means of appeal, to read as follows: K112.1 Means of appeal. Appeals shall be heard by the Board of Adjustment and Appeals K112.2 Limitations on authority. An application for appeal shall be based on a claim that the true intent of this code or the rules legally adopted hereunder have been incorrectly interpreted, the provision of this code do not fully apply or an equally good or better form of construction is proposed. The Board of Adjustment and Appeals shall have no authority to waive requirements of this code. (c) Appendix K is amended by the addition of a new Section K111.8, to read as follows: K111.8 Violation penalties. Any person who violates a provision of this code or fails to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who erects, installs, constructs, alters or repairs work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the code official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand six hundred fifty dollars ($2,650.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding one (1) year or by both such fine and imprisonment. In addition, such person shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses, including attorney's fees. Each day that a violation continues shall be considered a separate offense. (d) Appendix K is amended by the addition of a new Section K111.9, to read as follows: K111.9 Unlawful continuance. It shall be a violation of this code for any person to continue any work after having been served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition.

Legal Notice No. 939834 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Metropolitan Districts Public Notice NOTICE OF VACANCY ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CASTLE PINES COMMERCIAL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 & 4 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the Castle Pines Commercial Metropolitan District Nos. 1 & 4 (the “Districts”), Town of Castle Rock, Douglas County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-808, C.R.S., that one or more vacancies currently exist, or will exist, on the Boards of Directors of the Districts. Any qualified, eligible elector of the Districts interested in serving on the Board of Directors for the Districts should file a Letter of Interest with the Boards by 8:00 a.m., on Monday, October 25, 2021.

Letters of Interest should be sent to Castle Pines Commercial Metropolitan District Nos. 1 & 4, c/o CLIFTONLARSONALLEN, LLP, 8390 E CRESCENT PARKWAY, SUITE 300, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO, 80111.

CASTLE PINES COMMERCIAL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 & 4 By:/s/ WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Attorneys at Law Legal Notice No.939832 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET AND AMENDMENT OF 2021 BUDGET CANTERBERRY CROSSING METROPOLITAN DISTRICT II DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Sections 29-1-108 and 109, C.R.S., that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Canterberry Crossing Metropolitan District II (the “District”) for the ensuing year of 2022.

The necessity may also arise for the amendment of the 2021 budget of the District. Copies of the proposed 2022 budget and 2021 amended budget (if appropriate) are on file in the office of the District’s Accountant, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, where same are available for public inspection. Such proposed 2022 budget and 2021 amended budget will be considered at a special meeting to be held on October 21, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. via Teams video/

teleconference. Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2022 budget or the 2021 amended budget, inspect the 2022 budget and the 2021 amended budget and file or register any objections thereto.

ments to inspect the budgets prior to visiting the foregoing office. Any interested elector within the Districts may, at any time prior to final adoption of the 2022 budgets and the amended 2021 budgets, if required, file or register any objections thereto.

DUE TO CONCERNS REGARDING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) AND THE BENEFITS TO THE CONTROL OF THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS BY LIMITING IN-PERSON CONTACT, THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD BY TELEPHONIC MEANS WITHOUT ANY INDIVIDUALS (NEITHER DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES NOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC) ATTENDING IN PERSON.

CHAMBERS HIGHPOINT METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-2 By: /s/ Jeffery Robinson, President

You can attend the meetings in any of the following ways: 1. To attend via Teams Videoconference, e-mail rachel.alles@claconnect.com to obtain a link to the videoconference.

2. To attend via telephone, dial 1-720-547-5281 and enter the following additional information: a. Phone Conference ID: 533 125 94# CANTERBERRY CROSSING METROPOLITAN DISTRICT II CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP (CLA) Manager for the District Legal Notice No. 939746 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF VACANCY ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CRYSTAL VALLEY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the Crystal Valley Metropolitan District No. 2 (the “District/Districts”), Town of Castle Rock, Douglas County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-808, C.R.S., that one or more vacancies currently exist or will exist on the Board of Directors of the District. Any qualified, eligible elector of the District interested in serving on the Board of Directors for the District should file a Letter of Interest with the Board by 5 p.m., on Friday, October 22, 2021.

Letters of Interest and a resume or CV should be sent to Crystal Valley Metropolitan District No. 2, c/o WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 2000, Centennial, CO 80122 or rvallesio@wbapc.com.

CRYSTAL VALLEY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2 By: /s/ WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Attorneys at Law Legal Notice No. 939821 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice Sterling Ranch Minor Development Plat No: SB2021-025 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS A public hearing will be held before the Planning Commission on November 1, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. and before the Board of County Commissioners on November 9, 2021, at 2:30 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, CO, for approval of a Minor Development Final Plat located immediately southeast of the intersection of North Rampart Range Road and Waterton Road.

If public hearings are restricted on these dates, hearings may be held online. See the County website or contact the Planning Department for instructions on how to participate virtually. For more information call Douglas County Planning at 303-660-7460.

File No: SB2021-025 Name: Sterling Ranch Filing No. 3A, 3rd Amendment Legal Notice No. 939825 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Metro Districts Budget Hearings Public Notice NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED 2022 BUDGETS AND 2021 BUDGET AMENDMENTS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budgets for the ensuing year of 2022 have been submitted to the Chambers Highpoint Metropolitan District Nos. 1-2 (collectively, the "Districts"). Such proposed budgets will be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Boards of Directors of the Districts to be held at 9:30 a.m. on November 3, 2021 via telephone and videoconference. To attend and participate by telephone, dial 1-650479-3208 and enter meeting number 2590 833 7017 and passcode gvPyt3u9PA3. Information regarding public participation by videoconference will be available at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and public hearing online at www. chambershighpointmd.com.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an amendment to the 2021 budgets of the Districts may also be considered at the above-referenced meeting and public hearing of the Boards of Directors of the Districts. A copy of the proposed 2022 budgets and the amended 2021 budgets, if required, are available for public inspection at the offices of Simmons & Wheeler, P.C. Please contact Diane Wheeler by email at diane@simmonswheeler.com or by telephone at 303-689-0833 to make arrange-

Legal Notice No. 939812 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED BUDGET NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the public hearing on the proposed 2022 Budget for the Plum Creek Water Reclamation Authority will be held at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 18, 2021, at the Administration Building of the Authority at, 4255 North Highway 85, in Castle Rock, Colorado at which time and place the said Budget will be considered for adoption. Any interested elector of the Town of Castle Rock, Castle Pines Metropolitan District, or Castle Pines North Metropolitan District may inspect the proposed Budget at the above address and may file any objections thereto at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget.

Dated: October 06, 2021

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PLUM CREEK WATER RECLAMATION AUTHORITY By: -s- Jim Worley, President Legal Notice No. 939836 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF 2021 BUDGET DOMINION WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Sections 29-1-108 and 109, C.R.S., that a proposed budget amendment has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Dominion Water & Sanitation (the “District”) for the year of 2021.

Copies of the proposed 2021 budget amendment are on file in the office of the District’s Accountant, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 E. Crescent Pkwy., Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, where same are available for public inspection.

Such proposed 2021 amended budget will be considered at a special meeting to be held at the offices of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 E. Crescent Pkwy., Suite 275, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 at 10:00 a.m. on October 19, 2021.

Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2021 amended budget, inspect the amended 2021 budget and file or register any objections thereto.

This meeting is open to the public.

DOMINION WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT By /s/ Andrea Cole, General Manager Legal Notice No. 939843 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AMENDED 2020 AND 2021 BUDGETS AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Boards of Directors (collectively, the “Boards”) of the TRAILS AT CROWFOOT METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-3 (collectively, the “Districts”), will hold a meeting teleconference on Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 4:00 P.M., for the purpose of conducting such business as may come before the Boards including a public hearing on the 2020 and 2021 amended budgets (the “Amended Budgets”) and 2022 proposed budgets (the “Proposed Budgets”).

This meeting can be joined using the following teleconference information: Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/97076775324?pwd=Q 2NDQW5xZ2Q0SjNzYUtEWlRpZ0czZz09 Meeting ID: 970 7677 5324 Passcode: 387676 Call-In Number: 1-720-707-2699 NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Amended Budgets and Proposed Budgets have been submitted to the Districts. A copy of the Amended Budgets and the Proposed Budgets are on file in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 E Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 where the same are open for public inspection.

Any interested elector of the Districts may file any objections to the Amended Budgets and Proposed Budgets at any time prior to final adoption of the Amended Budgets and Proposed Budgets by the Boards. This meeting is open to the public and the agenda for any meeting may be obtained by calling (303) 858-1800.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS: TRAILS AT CROWFOOT METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-3 /s/ WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Attorneys at Law Legal Notice No. 939830 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Trustees

of the Douglas County Libraries for the year 2022.

A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the administrative offices of the Douglas County Libraries, 100 S. Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, CO where same is open for public inspection. The proposed budget will be considered at the regular meeting of the Douglas County Libraries Board of Trustees to be held on Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. at the Castle Rock Library, 100 S. Wilcox St, Castle Rock, CO. Any interested elector of the Douglas County Libraries may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget.

Dated: October 14, 2021

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DOUGLAS COUNTY LIBRARIES By: /Robert Pasicznyuk/ Robert Pasicznyuk Executive Library Director

tonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado. Due to concerns related to COVID-19 and certain visitor restriction that may be in place, please contact Rachel Alles by email at rachel.alles@claconnect.com or by telephone at 303-265-7952 to make arrangements to inspect the budget(s) prior to visiting the foregoing office.

Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to final adoption of the 2022 budget and the amended 2021 budget, if required, file or register any objections thereto.

HIDDEN POINTE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ Jeffrey T. Huff, President Legal Notice No. 939781 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET AND AMENDMENT OF 2021 BUDGET

Legal Notice No. 939810 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

CANTERBERRY CROSSING METROPOLITAN DISTRICT DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO

Public Notice NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET AND HEARING REMUDA RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the REMUDA RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT for the ensuing year of 2022. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at a hearing at the special meeting of the Remuda Ranch Metropolitan District to be held at 12:00 P.M. on Monday, October 25, 2021.

The meeting will be held via online meeting at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82713162470?pwd =OFQxcGc0S3R3d1A4U095NVNSZ0pMQT09 and via telephone at 1-346-248-7799, Meeting ID: 827 1316 2470, Passcode: 665324. Any interested elector within the Remuda Ranch Metropolitan District may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2022 budget.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: REMUDA RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ ICENOGLE | SEAVER | POGUE A Professional Corporation

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Sections 29-1-108 and 109, C.R.S., that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Canterberry Crossing Metropolitan District (the “District”) for the ensuing year of 2022.

The necessity may also arise for the amendment of the 2021 budget of the District. Copies of the proposed 2022 budget and 2021 amended budget (if appropriate) are on file in the office of the District’s Accountant, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, where same are available for public inspection.

Such proposed 2022 budget and 2021 amended budget will be considered at a special meeting to be held on October 21, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. via Teams video/teleconference. Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2022 budget or the 2021 amended budget, inspect the 2022 budget and the 2021 amended budget and file or register any objections thereto.

DUE TO CONCERNS REGARDING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) AND THE BENEFITS TO THE CONTROL OF THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS BY LIMITING IN-PERSON CONTACT, THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD BY TELEPHONIC MEANS WITHOUT ANY INDIVIDUALS (NEITHER DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES NOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC) ATTENDING IN PERSON. You can attend the meetings in any of the following ways:

Legal Notice No. 939837 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET AND 2021 BUDGET AMENDMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budget for the ensuing year of 2022 has been submitted to the Hess Ranch Metropolitan District Nos. 4-8 (collectively, the "Districts"). Such proposed budgets will be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Boards of Directors of the Districts to be held at 12:00 p.m. on Monday, October 18, 2021 via telephone and videoconference. To attend and participate by telephone, dial 1-650-479-3208 and enter meeting number 2591 298 4575 and passcode rXA2BPQBT25. Information regarding public participation by videoconference will be available at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and public hearing online at https://hessranchmd4-8.colorado.gov.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an amendment to the 2021 budgets of the Districts may also be considered at the above-referenced meeting and public hearing of the Boards of Directors of the Districts. A copy of the proposed 2022 budgets and the amended 2021 budgets, if required, are available for public inspection at the offices of CliftonLarsonAllen. Please contact Alex Fink by email at Alex.fink@claconnect.com or by telephone at 303-779-5710 to make arrangements to inspect the budgets prior to visiting the foregoing office.

Any interested elector within the Districts may, at any time prior to final adoption of the 2022 budgets and the amended 2021 budgets, if required, file or register any objections thereto.

HESS RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 4-8 By: /s/ Matthew Osborn, President Legal Notice No. 939811 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET AND 2021 BUDGET AMENDMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budget for the ensuing year of 2022 has been submitted to the Hidden Pointe Metropolitan District ("District"). Such proposed budget will be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District to be held at 9:00 a.m. on October 19, 2021 via telephone and videoconference. In order to preserve the health, safety, and welfare of the public in light of the imminent threat caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, this meeting and public hearing will be held by telephone and videoconference only.

1. To attend via Teams Videoconference, e-mail rachel.alles@claconnect.com to obtain a link to the videoconference.

2. To attend via telephone, dial 1-720-547-5281 and enter the following additional information: a. Phone Conference ID: 533 125 94# CANTERBERRY CROSSING METROPOLITAN DISTRICT CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP (CLA) Manager for the District Legal Notice No. 939745 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET AND 2021 BUDGET AMENDMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budget for the ensuing year of 2022 has been submitted to the Devils Head Metropolitan District ("District"). Such proposed budget will be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District to be held at 11:00 a.m. on November 23, 2021 via telephone and videoconference. To attend and participate by telephone, dial 1-650-479-3208 and enter meeting number/access code: 2592 252 0995 and password dpFmwSps322. Information regarding public participation by videoconference will be available at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and public hearing by contacting Becky Johnson by email at bjohnson@spencerfane.com or by telephone at 303-839-3885.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an amendment to the 2021 budget of the District may also be considered at the above-referenced meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District. A copy of the proposed 2022 budget and the amended 2021 budget, if required, are available for public inspection at the offices of Simmons & Wheeler P.C. Please contact Diane Wheeler by email at diane@simmonswheeler.com or by telephone at 303-689-0833 to make arrangements to inspect the budget(s) prior to visiting the foregoing office. Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to final adoption of the 2022 budget and the amended 2021 budget, if required, file or register any objections thereto.

DEVILS HEAD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ Thomas Clark, President Legal Notice No. 939813 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Bids and Settlements

To attend and participate by telephone, dial 720547-5281 and enter passcode 247 869 778#.

Information regarding public participation by videoconference will be available at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and public hearing online at www.hiddenpointemd.org.

NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an amendment to the 2021 budget of the District may also be considered at the above-referenced meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District. A copy of the proposed 2022 budget and the amended 2021 budget, if required, are available for public inspection at the offices of Clif-

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on October 30, 2021, final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and Paonia, the Douglas County Fiber Mapping And Expansion Project, Douglas

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Public Notices County Project Number TF-2018-033 in Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said Paonia, Inc. for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said October 30, 2021 file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Board of County Commissioners, c/o Director of Public Works Engineering, with a copy to the Project Engineer Danny Montoya, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104.

Failure on the part of claimant to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve said County of Douglas from all and any liability for such claimant's claim.

The Board of Douglas County Commissioners of the County of Douglas, Colorado, By: Janet Herman, P.E., Director of Public Works Engineering.

Legal Notice No. 939829 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Account Number: 2734 Public Notice INVITATION TO BID The Sterling Ranch Community Authority Board, an authority and separate legal entity formed pursuant to §29-1-203.5, C.R.S. (hereinafter called the “Owner”) will receive sealed Bids for Sterling Ranch – Peak Shaving Facility (collectively the “Project”) via email to wleplatt@redland.com until 11:00 A.M., November 19, 2021. Hard copy Bids shall also be mailed to Redland located at 1500 West Canal Court, Littleton, CO 80120.

Bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud via web meeting. A meeting invitation will be sent to those interested who notify the Owners Representative via email.

A description of the Work to be performed is: Sterling Ranch Peak Shaving Facility located in Douglas County, Colorado. Bidders are required to bid on all of the project scope as further defined in Section 01000-1 in the bid documents. The contract will be awarded in whole in the areas of storm sewer and drainageway construction.

Bidders are required to be prequalified to perform Civil Sewer Open Channel and Pond Improvements per section 3.01 of the CAB Rules for Prequalification of Construction Contractors with the Owner. Bidders who are not yet prequalified must submit applications for prequalification to Owner no later than (2 weeks prior to bid opening).

Owner’s Prequalification Rules and Prequalification Application are available with the bid package or at the following link: https://sterlingranchcab.com/353/ConstructionPrequalification Bid packages will be available for download the day of advertisement on October 14, 2021 at the following link: https://redland.box.com/s/kagf6pb6prt36i0726lk71kv2g9wtmn4 Potential bidders may be asked to sign or click an acknowledgment to the effect that only bidders who obtain bid packages from the foregoing link will be eligible as plan holders to submit bids. Plan holders are required to notify Wade LePlatt at Redland via email and phone that they are plan holders, no later than four (4) days prior to bid submissions, in order to receive notification of bid addenda. Bidders must acknowledge receipt of bid addenda on the designated form with their bid submission or their bid will be automatically disqualified.

A pre-bid conference will not be held.

Bids shall be made on the bid forms furnished by the Owner and shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope and endorsed with the name of the Bidder along with an electronic Excel copy on disk or thumb drive. A Bid Bond in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total Bid amount will be required. The Bid Bond will be retained by Owner as liquidated damages should the Successful Bidder fail to enter into a Contract with the Owner in accordance with the Bid. Bidders must supply a list of Subcontractors.

Attention is called to the fact that Bidders offer to assume the obligations and liabilities imposed by the Contract Documents. The Successful Bidder for the Project will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and a Labor and Materials Payment Bond and a Warranty Bond of the full amount (100%) of the Agreement Price, in conformity with the requirements of the Contract Documents.

The basis of the award shall be the lowest responsible and responsive Bid as determined by Owner. The Owner reserves the right to not award a Contract until sixty (60) days from the date of the opening of the Bids, and Bidders expressly agree to keep their Bids open for the sixty (60) day time period. Owner reserves the right to reject any and all Bids. Owner reserves the right to accept any combination of Bids which in Owner’s sole, and absolute judgment will, under all circumstances, best serve the Owner’s interests. Owner also reserves the right to extend the Bidding period by Addendum if it appears in its best interest to do so.

Any questions concerning this bid shall be directed via email to: Wade LePlatt, P.E. Redland 1500 West Canal Court Littleton, CO 80120 Phone: 720-283-6783 ext. 134 Email: wleplatt@redland.com Legal Notice No. 939842 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS PERRY PARK WATER

AND SANITATION DISTRICT 5676 West Red Rock Drive, Larkspur, CO 80118 Dakota Replacement Well 1R General Notice Perry Park Water and Sanitation District (Owner) is requesting Bids for the construction of the following Project c/o Level Engineering, LLC (Engineer): Dakota Replacement Well 1R Project # 11066 Bids for the construction of the Project will be received at the Perry Park Water and Sanitation District Office located at 5676 West Red Rock Drive, Larkspur, CO 80118, until Thursday, October 21st, 2021 at 10:00 am local time.

At that time the Bids received will be publicly opened and read.

The Project includes the following Work: One Dakota formation groundwater well. Well shall be approximately 750 feet deep, completed with 8-inch-diameter casing and screens with 3.5-hour variable-rate and 72-hour constant-rate pumping tests.

The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is available from Engineer: Level Engineering, LLC, 320 Cleveland Avenue, Loveland, CO 80537 Bidding Documents are available electronically for no cost to prospective bidders and will be available September 30th, 2021. To obtain an electronic copy of the Bidding documents, please email a request for the Bidding Documents to admin@levelengineering.com and Jblackburn@levelengineering.com. Files too large to email will be provided through a Dropbox link. You may also call (720)792-9751 with questions.

A mandatory pre-bid conference for the Project will be held on Thursday, October 14th, 2021 at 10:00 am local time at the Owner’s office located at 5676 West Red Rock Drive, Larkspur, CO 80118. Bids will not be accepted from Bidders that do not attend the mandatory pre-bid conference and are not on the Engineer’s planholders list.

Bidders must be licensed to do business in the State of Colorado. Bid security in the amount of five (5) percent of the total Bid Price must accompany each Bid in the form specified in the Instructions to Bidders. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and material payment bond guaranteeing faithful performance and the payment of all bills and obligations arising from the performance of the Contract. For all further requirements regarding bid submittal, qualifications, procedures, and contract award, refer to the Instructions to Bidders that are included in the Bidding Documents.

This Advertisement is issued by: Owner: Perry Park Water and Sanitation District By:Diana Miller Title: District Manager Date: September 30th, 2021 Legal Notice No. 939748 First Publication: September 30, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT TOWN OF PARKER STATE OF COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, PURSUANT TO SECTION 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on the day of October 28, 2021, final settlement will be made by the Town of Parker, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Town of Parker and Martin Marietta Materials Inc., for the completion of 2021 Townwide Resurfacing Program, and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said 28th day of October, 2021, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Town of Parker Council, c/o Director of Engineering/Public Works, 20120 E. Mainstreet, Parker, Colorado, 80138. Failure on the part of claimant to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve said Town of Parker from all and any liability for such claimant's claim. The Town of Parker Council, By: Tom Williams, Director of Engineering/Public Works.

Legal Notice No. 939817 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Second Publication: October 21, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice District Court, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2021CV30351, Division/ Courtroom # 5 SHERIFF’S SALE NO. 21001354 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY CASTLEWOOD RANCH HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff: v.

TERRI M. BENNETT et al., Defendant(s) Regarding: Lot 1, Block 1, Castlewood Ranch

Subdivision, Filing No. 2, Parcel 1, 2nd Amendment, County of Douglas, State of Colorado also known by street and number as 771 Dutton Ct, Castle Rock, CO 80104 (the "Property).; also known as: 771 Dutton Ct Castle Rock, CO 80104 (the “Property”) Under a Judgement and Decree of Foreclosure entered on September 1, 2021, relating to Transcripts of Judgments recorded in the Douglas County public records the undersigned is ordered to sell certain real property set forth and described above.

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Division of the Sheriff's Office of Douglas County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 2nd day December 2021, at 4000 Justice Way, Suite 2213, Castle Rock, CO 80109, phone number 303-660-7527. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. All bidders will be required to have in their possession cash or certified funds at least equal to the amount of the judgment creditor’s bid. Please telephone 303-660-7527 prior to the sale to ascertain the amount of this bid. The highest and best bidder will have two hours following the sale to tender the full amount of their bid, or they will be deemed to have withdrawn their bid.

BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE INITIAL BID AT THE TIME OF SALE. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE JUDGMENTS BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Recorded Transcripts of Judgement are in the amount of $6,302.65 All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at 303-660-7527. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is ALCOCK LAW GROUP 19751 E MAINSTREET 225 Parker, CO 80138, 303-993-5400 Dated 10/7/2021, Castle Rock, CO Tony Spurlock Sheriff of Douglas County, Colorado Tommy Barrella, Deputy Douglas County, Colorado Legal Notice No. 939808 First Publication: 10/7/2021 Last Publication: 11/4/2021 Published In: Douglas County News Press Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO 4000 Justice Way Castle Rock, CO 80109 (720) 437-6200 Plaintiff: Daniel McGee, an individual. v.

Defendants: MICHAEL MCGEE, in his capacity as Personal Representative for the Estate of Thomas W. McGee Sr.; EDWARD RUSSELL JAKSCH in his capacity as Executor of the Estate of RUSSELL P. BARR; EDWARD RUSSELL JAKSCH, an individual; U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS; DAVE GILL, in his capacity as Treasurer and Public Trustee for Douglas County, Colorado; and all unknown persons who claim any interest in the subject matter of this action Attorneys for Plaintiff: Nathan G. Osborn, #38951 Robin A. Jackson, #48959 MONTGOMERY LITTLE & SORAN, PC 5445 DTC Parkway, Suite 800 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 Phone Number: (303) 773-8100 Fax Number: (303) 220-0412 E-mail: nosborn@montgomerylittle.com rjackson@montgomerylittle.com Case Number: 2021CV30534 Division: 6 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO DEFENDANTS MICHAEL MCGEE, in his capacity as Personal Representative for the Estate of Thomas W. McGee Sr.; EDWARD RUSSELL JAKSCH in his capacity as Executor of the Estate of RUSSELL P. BARR; EDWARD RUSSELL JAKSCH, an individual; U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS; DAVE GILL, in his capacity as Treasurer and Public Trustee for Douglas County, Colorado; and all unknown persons who claim any interest in the subject matter of this action You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response.

You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

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

The subject matter of this action is as follows: A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 68 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

COMMENCING AT THE CENTER QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 17, BEING MONUMENTED WITH 3.25" BRASS CAP ON BRASS PIPE STAMPED BUR. OF LAND MANAGEMENT 1967 WHENCE A LINE TO THE SOUTH QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 17, BEING MONUMENTED WITH A 3.25 ALUMINUM CAP IN RANGE BOX STAMPED CDOT PLS 20140 BEARS S 01°16'32" E A DISTANCE OF 2621.48 FEET PER COLORADO STATE PLANE COORDINATES SAID LINE BEING THE BASIS OF BEARINGS FOR THIS DESCRIPTION; THENCE S 01°16'32" E ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 17, A DISTANCE OF 1310.74 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 17 BEING MONUMENTED WITH A 2" ALUMINUM CAP STAMPED TRUE NORTH SURVEYING AND MAPPING PLS 35585 DATED 2021; THENCE S 89°56'10" W, ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF THE SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 17, A DISTANCE OF 951.06 FEET TO THE INTERSECTION OF SAID SOUTHERLY LINE WITH THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE HIGH LINE CANAL AS RECORDED UNDER BOOK 93 AT PAGE 64 AND AT BOOK 73 AT PAGE 163 OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDERS OFFICE, SAID CORNER BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY LINE S 89°56'10" W, A DISTANCE OF 114.75 FEET TO THE INTERSECTION OF SAID SOUTHERLY LINE WITH THE EASTERLY LINE OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY; THENCE ALONG SAID EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE THE FOLLOWING THREE (3) COURSES: 1) N 22°26'14" W, A DISTANCE OF 217.47 FEET; 2) N 23°43'42" W, A DISTANCE OF 368.88 FEET; 3) ALONG A CURVE TO THE LEFT WITH A RADIUS OF 1962.23 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 05°16'13", AN ARC LENGTH OF 180.49 FEET, WHOSE CHORD BEARS N 26°21'49" W, A DISTANCE OF 180.43 FEET TO THE INTERSECTION OF SAID EASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE WITH THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 17; THENCE N 00°55'16" W, ALONG SAID WESTERLY LINE A DISTANCE OF 55.12 FEET TO THE INTERSECTION OF SAID WESTERLY LINE WITH SAID WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF SAID HIGH LINE CANAL; THENCE ALONG SAID WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF THE HIGH LINE CANAL THE FOLLOWING FOUR (4) COURSES: 1) S 32°55'07" E, A DISTANCE OF 476.86 FEET; 2) ALONG A NON-TANGENT CURVE TO THE RIGHT WITH A RADIUS OF 954.93 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 08°32'24", AN ARC LENGTH OF 142.33 FEET, WHOSE CHORD BEARS S 28°19'45" E, A DISTANCE OF 142.20 FEET; 3) S 23°39'04" E, A DISTANCE OF 203.79 FEET; 4) ALONG A CURVE TO THE RIGHT WITH A RADIUS OF 11459.16 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 00°14'08", AN ARC LENGTH OF 47.13 FEET, WHOSE CHORD BEARS S 23°32'00" E, A DISTANCE OF 47.13 FEET POINT OF BEGINNING. This is an action to quiet the title under C.R.C.P. 105. This case arises due to the existence of mistakes in the chain of title and an effort to resolve technical issues affecting Plaintiff’s property.

Dated: September 20, 2021 MONTGOMERY, LITTLE & SORAN By: s/ Nathan G. Osborn Nathan G. Osborn, #38951 Legal Notice No. 939730 First Publication: September 30, 2021 Last Publication: October 28, 2021 Published in: Douglas County News Press

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice 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, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: GARTHY DENT AKA GARTHY L DENT AKA GARTHY A DENT AKA GARTHY ALFRED DENT - OCCUPANT - JOHN DAGOSTINO - MARGIE CLEMMER - GARTHY DENT AKA GARTHY L DENT AKA GARTHY A DENT AKA GARTHY ALFRED DENT C/O BEATRICE R DENT FAMILY ESTATE TRUST - GARTHY DENT AKA GARTHY L DENT AKA GARTHY A DENT AKA GARTHY ALFRED DENT C/O BEATRICE RUTH DENT & BRET ALLAN DENT - GARTHY DENT AKA GARTHY L DENT AKA GARTHY A DENT AKA GARTHY ALFRED DENT C/O OLENA DENT & DAVID MICHAEL DENT - GARTHY DENT AKA GARTHY L DENT AKA GARTHY A DENT AKA GARTHY ALFRED DENT C/O DEANNE CHRISTINE BROCK - COLORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO - LEE E STUBBLEFIELD AKA LEE EUGENE STUBBLEFIELD AKA LEE EUGENE STUBBLEFIELD JR PRESIDENT COLORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO - KENNETH J WEILER AKA KENNETH WEILER SECRETARY COLORADO WESTERN DEVELOPMENT CO You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 6th day of November 2014 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to MARGIE CLEMMER the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit:

LOT 33 BLK 3 MERIBEL VILLAGE 1 0.512 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to MARGIE CLEMMER. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2013. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of GARTHY L DENT for said year 2013 That said MARGIE CLEMMER on the 8th day of March 2021 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 27th day of January 2022 unless the same has been redeemed. 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 14th day of October 2021 /s/ David Gill County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No. 939819 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 28, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAW OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, Prom Discount Liquor SM & NH Inc. d/b/a Prom Discount Liquor, has requested the Licensing Officials of Douglas County to grant a Liquor License for a Retail liquor license at the location of 2030 E County Line Road in Highlands Ranch, CO 80112. The Public Hearing on this application is to be held by the Douglas County Local Liquor Licensing Authority at 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80104 on Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at 1:30 p.m.

Date of Application: September 27, 2021 Officers: Sara Mesfin – Director/President, Tewelde G Kidane – Director/ Secretary Legal Notice No. 939824 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice 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, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: BCP-MIDTOWN INVESTMENTS I LLC - OCCUPANT - COMIAN XI TAX LIEN FUND LLC - REGISTERED AGENT DONALD J MARCOTTE BCP-MIDTOWN INVESTMENTS I LLC - THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF PARKER - JEFF TOBORG MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF PARKER FORMERLY DAVID CASIANO MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF PARKER - CHRIS VANDERPOOL ACTING TOWN CLERK OF THE TOWN OF PARKER FORMERLY CAROL BAUMGARTNER TOWN CLERK OF THE TOWN OF PARKER - PARKER WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT - FRANK JAEGER DISTRICT MANAGER PARKER WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT - BRIAN W BAIR MANAGER BCPMIDTOWN INVESTMENT I LLC You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 12th day of November 2013 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to COMIAN XI TAX LIEN FUND LLC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: TR IN NE1/4 9-6-66 & NW1/4 10-6-66 LYING E OF LOT 4 WESTCREEK 2 1ST AMD 0.135 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to COMIAN XI TAX LIEN FUND LLC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2012. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of BCP-MIDTOWN INVESTMENTS I LLC for said year 2012 That said COMIAN XI TAX LIEN FUND LLC on the 28th day of July 2021 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 27th day of January 2022 unless the same has been redeemed. 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 14th day of October 2021 /s/ David Gill County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No. 939818 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 28, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Telecommunications Public Notice Notice of Initiation of the Section 106 Process: Public Participation T-Mobile proposes the upgrade of a guyed style telecommunications tower and associated ground level equipment approximately 0.24 miles northwest of Serena Dr & Arco Iris Ln, Castle Pines, Douglas County, CO. Members of the public interested in submitting comments on the possible effects on historic properties included in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places may send their comments to Andrew Smith, RESCOM Environmental Corp., PO Box 361 Petoskey, MI 49770 or call 260-385-6999.

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Public Notices Legal Notice No. 939820 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Storage Liens/Vehicle Titles Public Notice 1) 2011 FORD TAURUS SE BLUE VIN 1FAHP2DW5BG160383 2) 2000 GMC 3500 PICKUP WHITE VIN 1GDJC34R8YF410538 3) 2001 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SILVER VIN 3VWSK69M91M186791 4) 2007 HONDA FIT BLUE VIN JHMGD38477S041461 5) 2005 HONDA CRV BLUE VIN JHLRD78545C009023 6) 2014 DELT TRAILER WHITE VIN 4MWGU2423EN033698 7) 1968 GMC SUBURBAN GRAY VIN CE20LZB18106 Redline Recovery Inc 6966 W Mississippi Ave Lakewood, CO 80226 720-546-8397 Legal Notice No.: 939840 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Notice to Creditors

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before January 31, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Johanna K. Snyder Personal Representative 7175 South Logan Street Centennial, Colorado 80122 Legal Notice No. 939731 First publication: September 30, 2021 Last publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Marilyn Vissenberg, Deceased Case Number 2021PR30450 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before February 14, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Person Giving Notice: Cyndi L. Lyden, 18th Judicial District Deputy Public Administrator Estate of Marilyn Vissenberg 1777 South Harrison Street, Ste. 1250 Denver, CO 80210 Legal Notice No. 939823 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 28, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Thomas Burns Mackey, aka Thomas B. Mackey, aka Thomas Mackey, aka Tom Burns Mackey, aka Tom B. Mackey, aka Tom Mackey, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR030386

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Annette M. Decker, a/k/a Annette Mae Decker, a/k/a Annette Decker, a/k/a Annette Mae Janke, and Annette Janke, Deceased.

Case Number: 2021 PR 30454

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before February 7, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

David B. Mackey, Personal Representative c/o The McKenzie Law Firm, 7955 E Arapahoe Ct #2525 Centennial, Colorado 80112 Legal Notice No. 939757 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 21, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Barbara Nadine Davis, aka Barbara N. Davis, aka Barbara Davis, aka Barbara Nadine Gueck, aka Barbara N. Gueck, aka Barbara Gueck, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR030458 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before February 7, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jenifer Tadra, Personal Representative c/o The McKenzie Law Firm 7955 E Arapahoe Ct #2525 Centennial, Colorado 80112 Legal Notice No. 939771 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 21, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Justin Dane Vanderpool, a/k/a Justin D. Vanderpool, a/k/a Justin Vanderpool, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30447 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas, County, Colorado on or before February 7, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Janice L. Vanderpool, Personal Representative 4158 Enchantra Circle Castle Rock, CO 80104 Legal Notice No. 939758 First Publication: September 30, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Margaret C. Avila, aka Margaret Avila, aka Peggy Avila, Deceased Case Number: 21 PR 30445 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before February 7, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Richard Matthew Ostberg Personal Representative c/o Gubbels Law Office, P.C. 402 N. Wilcox Street, Suite 100 Castle Rock, Colorado 0104 Legal Notice No. 939796 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 21, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Peggy Ann Jensen, deceased Case Number: 2021PR110

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Douglas, County, Colorado on or before February 14, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Diane L. Anderson, Personal Representative 22964 E. Piccolo Drive Aurora, Colorado 80016 Legal Notice No. 939822 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 28, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Michaelina Ann Xanders, also known as Michaelina A. Xanders, aka Michaelina Xanders, aka Mikki Ann Xanders, aka Mikki A. Xanders, and Mikki Xanders, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30467 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before February 7, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Carole Jean Zeigler, Personal Representative 1133 14th St. Suite 3420 Denver, CO 80202 Legal Notice No. 939769 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 21, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jane Louise Potter, aka Jane L. Potter, aka Jane Potter, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30444 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before January 31, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Betina L. Jones, Personal Representative 22205 E. Euclid Place Aurora, CO 80016 Legal Notice No. 939739 First Publication: September 30, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Thomas Lynn Thomasson, aka Thomas L. Thomasson, aka Thomas Thomasson, aka Tom Lynn Thomasson, aka Tom L. Thomason, aka Tom Thomasson, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30377 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before February 3, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Karen Thomasson, Personal Representative c/o Otis & Bedingfield, LLC 2725 Rocky Mountain Avenue, Suite 320 Loveland, Colorado 80538 Legal Notice No. 939754 First Publication: September 30, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Sarah Sanford Porter, Deceased

Case Number: 2021 PR 30469 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before February 7, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Wendy Hartzler, Personal Representative c/o Law Office of Jennifer S. Gormley, PC 6060 Greenwood Plaza Blvd., Suite 300 Greewood Village, Colorado 80111 Legal Notice No. 939795 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 21, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Thomas James Loveday, Deceased Case Number: 21 PR 134 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before February 14, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

June A. Loveday, Personal Representative 16789 Trail Sky Circle Parker, Colorado 80134 Legal Notice No. 939833 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 28, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Rachel Marie Lundeen, aka Rachel M. Lundeen, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 030456 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before February 14, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Janis B. Winters, Personal Representative 1906 Stonegate Court Baton Rouge, LA 70815 Legal Notice No. 939826 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 28, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ray Stuart Trautman, deceased Case Number: 2021PR124 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of undefined County, Colorado on or before January, 30 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Todd Raymond Trautman Personal Representative 12409 Shale Dr. Ft Worth, TX 76244 Legal Notice No. 939729 First publication: September 30, 2021 Last publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Michael Wayne Cramer, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30460 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before February 7, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Robert S. Sutton, Esq. Attorney to the Personal Representative 14143 Denver West Blvd., Suite 100 Golden, CO 80401 Legal Notice No. 939797 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 21, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jason M. Evans, aka Jason Michael Evans, aka Jason Evans, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30426 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before February 7, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jeffrey S. Evans, Personal Representative c/o Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C. 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1100 Denver, CO 80203 Legal Notice No. 939805 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 21, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Bethel O’Neal Glover, aka Bethel Glover, aka Neal Glover, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30440 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before January 31, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Rhonda Gail Long, Personal Representative 871 W. Autumn Hills Blvd.

Lehi, UT 84043 Legal Notice No. 939727

First Publication: September 30, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Carol Jean Innes Kamas, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 030392 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before February 1, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

S. Blake Harris, Esq. #45942 Attorney to the Personal Representative 1660 17th Street, Suite 120 Denver, Colorado 80202 Legal Notice No. 939736 First Publication: September 30, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Legal Notice No. 939767 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 21, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on September 20, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Nathaniel Joshua Schulte be changed to Nathaniel Joshua Chenette Case No.: 21 C 33724 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 939802 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 21, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Sharon M. Collins, aka Sharon Collins, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30448

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before February 14, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

NATHAN COLLINS, Personal Representative 19038 Elk Creek Drive, Parker, CO 80134 Legal Notice No. 939831 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 28, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public notice is given on September 24, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Jonathan Edward Angulo be changed to Jonathan Robert Cole Case No.: 21 C 465 By: Magistrate Legal Notice No. 939803 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 21, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press ______________________________________ PUBLIC NOTICE

Name Changes

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public notice is given on September 1, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on September 9, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Courtney Christina Weller be changed to Coco Effendi Case No.: 21 C 441

The Petition requests that the name of Kathleen Elizabeth Matz be changed to Kasey Clark Case No.: 21 C 424 Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. 939726 First Publication: September 30, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Legal Notice No. 939761 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 21, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on September 22, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Heaven-Leigh Tesarla Baird be changed to Vivienne Rose Baird Case No.: 21 C 457 By: Magistrate Legal Notice No. 939809 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 28, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public notice is given on September 9, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Zain Hussain Effendi be changed to Zain Effendi Case No.: 21 C 440 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 939760 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 21, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public Notice is given on September 14, 2021 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Brie Madisen be changed to Ensley Wren Bardot.

Case No.: 2021C445

Public notice is given on September 15, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Rachid Dilanyan be changed to Alex Rachid Dilanyan Case No.: 21 C 448 By: K.A.P. Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 939801 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 21, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

By: Magistrate Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 939728 First publication: September 30, 2021 Last publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on September 16, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Dayde Tobey Frankenfield be changed to Dayde Tobey McLemore Case No.: 21 C 451 By: S. Harbour, Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 939768 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 21, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public notice is given on August 17, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Alexandra Marie Myers be changed to Alexandra Marie Ortiz-Jimenez Case No.: 21 C 386 By: NLM Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 939733 First Publication: September 30, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Children Services

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on September 16, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Myken Tobey Hudlicky be changed to Myken Karys McLemore Case No.: 21 C 452

By S. Harbour,

(Adoption/Guardian/Other) Public Notice District Court Douglas County, Colorado Court Address: 4000 Justice Way, Ste. 2009 Castle Rock, CO 80109 (720) 437-6200

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masking with mental illness in children. The Douglas County School District requires universal masking in its schools. An Oct. 10 statement released by the district said “DCSD procedures for masking in schools remain in place with the exception of a new avenue for families to exempt their children from maskwearing, if desired.”

Families may submit written exemptions to the masking mandate directly to their schools, the statement said. Face coverings will still be required by everyone on school buses because of a federal mandate.

Douglas County leaders have charted a new course on COVID safety, steering away from the policies of the Tri-County Health Department, which has overseen public health in the county for decades.

Douglas County is now standing up its own public health agency, although it has agreed to draw on TriCounty for public health services at least through 2022.

The order comes as county voters receive their ballots in a hotly contested school board election in which mask policy is a key issue.

Douglas County Board of Health President Doug Benevento said during the Oct. 8 special board meeting that he would not hand down any masking mandates for children without what he called “clear and convincing evidence of the benefits of masking.”

“This board isn’t considering ideological viewpoints,” he said.

The health order takes effect Oct. 9 and declares a student may be exempt from any masking mandate in the county if their parent or guardian provides a written declaration saying a mask negatively affects their mental or physical health.

Adults may also opt out of masking mandates, something board members said would allow teachers to opt out.

The health order also states that no Douglas County children or adults without symptoms can be required to quarantine because of an exposure to COVID-19, including if they were exposed to a confirmed case, unless that exposure “is associated with a known outbreak.”

People who are placed in quarantine can be released after a minimum of seven days, if they test negative five days after their exposure, and if that negative result is obtained “no later than 48 hours before the end of the quarantine,” the order says. It also says that quarantines can’t last longer than two weeks from an exposure.

But state or federal mandates supersede the local order and could

Since this newspaper went to press, Colorado Community Media reporters have been following fast-moving developments in the ongoing debate over school COVID-safety mask-wearing policies. For the latest news, visit ColoradoCommunityMedia.com.

A boy listens to his headphones as Douglas County Board of Health members debate allowing students and teachers to opt out of masking mandates in schools PHOTO BY JESSICA GIBBS at an Oct. 8 meeting.

enforce mask mandates or different COVID-19 mitigation measures in the county, and the order is not enforceable at private businesses, Benevento said.

The Douglas County Health Board’s order points to Children’s Hospital Colorado declaring a state of emergency for youth mental health in May 2021. Board member Lora Thomas -- also a Douglas County commissioner -- said youth mental health was a key driver behind her vote on the health order.

Heidi Baskfield, the vice president of population health and advocacy at Children’s Hospital Colorado, called into the meeting chastising the board for linking anxiety and mental illness in children to masks.

“There is currently no scientific evidence to support this concern,” she said. “Masks are not harmful to children’s health.”

Children are experiencing challenges with their mental health for a variety of reasons, she said. The hospital system is also seeing a rise in COVID-19 diagnoses and hospitalization among children.

At this time, “wearing masks is the very best way” to ensure children can stay in school, Baskfield said.

Numerous residents at the meeting praised the board, saying they hope it ends masking mandates in schools. People who opposed masking mandates said they interfere with learning, increase mental illness in children, are ineffective at containing COVID-19 or are not necessary because children are at less risk for severe illness.

“I just want us to have the freedom to choose,” Katie Webb said.

Others pleaded with the health board to let masking mandates continue without an opt-out option.

James Poplawski of Parker said the health order and “being antimask” scares him as a parent. The pandemic has taken people’s loved ones — parents, grandparents and people at high risk of COVID-19 — and they will continue to be vul-

nerable if masking mandates are removed, he said.

“Very few kids wore masks to school,” he said of the 2021-22 school year’s start. “And what did it do to cases? They spiked.”

Debating masks The health order is largely an argument against masking mandates in schools.

“There is insufficient data to suggest that schools and childcare facilities — including those that do not require students to be masked — are significant drivers of community transmission of COVID-19,” the order states The order says “studies are inconclusive” about the benefits of masking, and points to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study conducted in Georgia, which it says found masking offers some benefit to adults, although not a statistically significant difference in COVID-19’s spread among schools that masked and those that did not.

The health order cites strong vaccination rates in the county paired with what it calls low “severity metrics,” such as deaths and hospitalizations among people 17 and younger.

Children remain at low risk for severe illness from COVID-19, while older people or individuals vulnerable to the virus have had ample opportunity to become vaccinated, the order states.

A Tri-County Health spokeswoman said staff were not available when asked for comment about the Douglas County Health Board order and its statements about masking research.

Douglas County still qualifies as an area of “high community transmission” under Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance, with a seven-day cumulative incidence rate of nearly 185 per 100,000 people, as of press time.

Incidence rates in the Douglas County School District were cut nearly in half in recent weeks.

On Sept. 26, they stood at 358 for 5 to 11-year-olds and 213 for 12 to 17-year-olds. By Oct. 3, those rates were 158 and 97 respectively.

That was down from August, when incidence rates in the district gradually increased until they peaked at 474 on Aug. 29 for 5- to 11-year-olds and 322 for 12- to

17-year-olds.

The seven-day moving daily incidence rate has generally declined among 12- to 17-year-olds in Douglas County since Sept. 5, a few days after a mask mandate went into effect for all people 2 and older inside schools and childcare centers.

Rates also improved among 6- to 11-year-olds between Sept. 5 and Sept. 17, when they began creeping back up, from roughly 27 cases per 100,000 people on Sept. 17 to 35 as of Sept. 24. More recent data is incomplete.

The school district’s stance The order passed Oct. 8 also appeared to take aim at the Douglas County School District’s stance on masking. The school district’s policy is to manage common communicable diseases in accordance with Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and Tri-County Health Department guidance.

In recent weeks, the district has been steadfast in its policy requiring masks for all people 2 years and older, regardless of vaccination status.

The district implemented that policy when Tri-County Health issued a universal masking mandate that took effect Sept. 1. The Douglas County Board of Health let that mandate dissolve when it took over jurisdiction of public health in the county.

The Douglas County Board of Health’s order says, “state and Tri-County guidelines encouraging masks be required are not to be interpreted as compelling any school district, individual school, or daycare in Douglas County to mandate mask wearing on their premises.”

Those entities could choose to mandate masks, the order says, but that mandate is “subject to the exemption provided in this order.”

Schools Superintendent Corey Wise said in a letter to the community on Oct. 1 that removing masking mandates in schools would lead to more quarantines that can disrupt children’s learning.

A district spokesman said Wise was not available for an interview regarding the Douglas County Board of Health’s Oct. 8 vote and that district leadership was not immediately available to answer questions emailed for the district. A spokeswoman later provided letters the district sent to the community on Oct. 9 and 10.

Wise’s Oct. 1 letter emphasized Tri-County Health still has power to order a school to close, order isolations and quarantines, and require mitigation measure to reduce the spread of illness in outbreak and other high-risk situations.

“Our students and staff need routine and consistency,” Wise wrote.

Public Notices In the Interest of: Santiago ZERTUCHE OLMOS Respondent/Minor Attorney for Petitioners: Kathleen M. Glynn Grob & Eirich, LLC 12596 W. Bayaud Ave., Ste. 390 Lakewood, CO 80228 Phone Number: 303-679-8266

E-mail: katie@grobeirich.com FAX Number: 303-679-8960 Atty. Reg. #: 39115 Case Number: 2021PR30471 Division: C NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S. To: Jorge Alberto Zertuche Cabello Last Known Address, if any: Avenida Naciones Unidas #5759, Casa 3, Coto York, Recidencian

Parque Regency, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, CP 45117 A hearing on the Petition for Appointment of CoGuardians for Minor, asking that the Court appoint temporary Co-Guardians for above-captioned Minor, will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: November 22, 2021

Time: 10:30 a.m. Division: C Address: 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, CO 80109

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PLEASE NOTE: This hearing will be held via the Webex videoconferencing platform: To connect via video from your computer or smart phone: https://judicial.webex.com/meet/judge.hurst To connect via telephone, call 1-720-650-7664, then enter code 923 572 721, then press # and

The hearing will take approximately 30 minutes.

Legal Notice No. 939814 First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 28, 2021 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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October 14, 2021

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