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VOLUME 120 | ISSUE 18

DCSD superintendent finalists undergo first public interviews School safety, arming teachers, vouchers discussed

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The two finalists to be Douglas County Schools’ next superintendent have held their first public interviews covering a range of topics, including hotly debated issues such as school vouchers, arming teach-

ers and political polarization in the community.

The school board named charter school Executive Director Erin Kane from American Academy and a district Executive Director of Schools Danny Winsor as its two finalists for superintendent on March 2.

Directors held public interviews with both finalists on March 3, allotting each about one hour to answer and ask questions with the board.

And as the community got its first candid look at each finalist’s pitch to SEE FINALIST, P6

Danny Winsor

Erin Kane

Douglas County, Lone Tree recording more public meetings

Engerman looks to push Castle Pines into adulthood

Several entities expanded public access during shutdowns

Issues continue around water and infrastructure

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Douglas County and Lone Tree residents who can’t attend certain public meetings in person will now be able to listen anytime after both entities expanded their public access following questions from Colorado Community Media on their practices.

Douglas County commissioners began recording work sessions, and the City of Lone Tree now records its regular meetings. In these meetings, city councils and county commissioners often make decisions about the use of tax dollars, policies and resolutions.

During pandemic shutdowns, several government entities in the county expanded access to their public meetings, making them avail-

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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able to join and comment virtually.

Most continued doing so even after restrictions were lifted, and some said the changes resulted in more engagement from the public.

Jeff Roberts, executive director of

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the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition, said the more access government provides to the public, the better.

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In terms of growth and development, Castle Pines is in the toddler stages, working to move from its bedroom community status to being a stand-alone city thriving in Douglas County.

Taking the lead to push Castle Pines into adulthood is newly elected Mayor Tracy Engerman.

In a close election in November, Engerman edged out incumbent Tera Radloff and challenger David McEntire, who is currently the president of the Castle Pines North Metro District.

Now, Engerman agrees there is a lot of work to be done and a lot SEE ENGERMAN, P8

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Dougco mask exemption health order temporarily paused by judge

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Judge says plaintiffs have ‘much that can be lost’ by its enforcement

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Douglas County’s public health order requiring all entities to allow exemptions to mask mandates has been temporarily paused by a judge, according to a March 4 order.

District Court Judge Jeffrey Holmes granted the motion for a preliminary injunction, writing that plaintiffs in the case — a local Montessori school and a hair salon — proved all the necessary criteria to do so.

“The DCHD purported to issue its order creating exemptions from mask wearing requirements on October 8, 2021, which was well before the DCHD arguably had the authority to issue such an order,” according to Holmes’ order.

That temporary pause on the public health order will remain in place until a full trial can take place.

The Douglas County Health Department declined an interview on the judge’s order, saying the case is still under litigation.

“The public health order does not prohibit local businesses – nor anyone else – from mandating masks and consistent with good public health practices, the Public Health Order requires businesses to allow individual exemptions for health reasons,” according to an emailed statement attributed to board president Doug Benevento.

Holmes also found there was “danger of real, immediate and irreparable injury” if the public health order continues to be enforced and the plaintiffs have no legal remedy.

“If the plaintiffs were compelled to close their businesses because of unwillingness to risk the dangers of unmasked patrons, they face a potential loss of business that would be difficult to quantify and employees would lose their employment,” according to the order. “If plaintiffs comply with the order, they face compromising their health, that of their families, their employees and their customers.”

The school and hair salon also face criminal charges and possible jail time for failing to comply with exemption requirements of the public health order, Holmes wrote.

“Plaintiffs have much that can be lost by the enforcement of this order,” Holmes wrote. “On the other side of the balance, there is no indication that harm would result from allowing

the plaintiffs to enforce their mask mandates.”

The original complaint filed by Igor Raykin on behalf of the Parker Montessori school and Curl Up N Dye hair salon in Castle Pines also argued the entire health department was formed unlawfully.

They allege that the Douglas County Health Department “was not lawfully constituted” because the county did not “provide the statutorily required one-year written notice” before withdrawing from the Tri-County Health Department.

The county has argued that the oneyear notice they sent to Tri-County in July 2020 but rescinded soon after was revived when the health agency went back on their agreed terms.

In response to this argument, Holmes wrote it is “unnecessary for the court to resolve” that issue at this time.

Background After months of disagreements with Tri-County Health Department, Douglas County in July 2020 gave the required one-year notice that it would form its own health department but later walked that decision back after Tri-County agreed to allow counties to opt out of public health orders.

In August 2021, Tri-County voted to stop those opt-outs and enacted a school mask mandate. As a result, the Douglas County commissioners immediately split from the health agency and formed their own, claiming the original one-year notice from July 2020 was revived because Tri-County had gone back on the earlier agreement.

When the new Douglas County Health Department first approved its exemption order in October, the board of health told Colorado Community Media that it would only be enforced in schools, even though its language could technically apply anywhere in the county.

On Oct. 26, a judge ordered the Douglas County Health Department to temporarily stop enforcing the exemption order in schools after the school district sued the department, arguing the rule violated the civil rights of students with disabilities.

After a school board election changed the district’s board to be mostly made up of anti-mask-mandate members, the board of health voted Nov. 12 to amend their exemption order so it would no longer apply to schools.

“Our current public health order requires places of public accommodation that are requiring masks to provide exemptions to individuals for health reasons,” according to a statement on the Douglas County website dated Nov. 24.

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Advocates seek free school meals for all Colorado lawmakers want to make plan a reality

BY JASON GONZALES CHALKBEAT COLORADO

Amid a host of hardships, the pandemic brought a silver lining to Colorado schools: All students could eat lunch for free, with no stigma and no paperwork.

A broad coalition of nutritionists and farmers, parents and teachers wants to see Colorado continue this benefit into the future.

“This is an incredible opportunity for our kids to continue to get access to meals and not have to worry about whether or not their families can afford it or whether or not their families have applied for assistance,” said Taylor Hubbard, an elementary parent from Bellvue in northern Colorado. “It’s just one less worry.”

But Colorado lawmakers of both parties have concerns about the cost of the proposal — an estimated $118 million a year — when the state has many other unmet education needs.

After more than two hours of testimony March 2, the Senate Education Committee delayed a vote on Senate Bill 87 so the sponsors can look for ways to lower the cost.

Bill sponsor state Sen. Brittany Pettersen, a Lakewood Democrat, said

A Centennial Elementary School staff member wheels lunches through the cafeteria on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, at the Harrison School District 2 school in Colorado Springs.

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she’s confident Colorado lawmakers can prioritize the money to feed many more children than it did before the pandemic. But she and fellow bill sponsors plan to introduce amendments that would lower the cost, possibly excluding some districts with a greater number of higher-income families.

The bill is also sponsored by state Sen. Rhonda Fields of Aurora and state Reps. Serena Gonzalez-Guitierrez of Denver and Dafna Michaelson Jenet of Commerce City. All of the prime sponsors are Democrats.

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March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month Douglas County celebrates the diverse contributions, capacity and value of our residents with developmental disabilities. Thank you for what you bring to our community. This month, the Board of County Commissioners is formally recognizing these residents’ contributions and commending the community organizations, agencies and programs that support them throughout the year. For more information visit douglas.co.us and search for Developmental Disabilities.

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Castle View High School graduate appears on ‘American Idol’ Abigail Lehrer talks about the process, inspiration and the future

BY BELLA TERHARK SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Abigail Lehrer —who is called Abby by friends and family — grew up in Castle Rock with an everlasting love for music. Her passion and drive recently landed her a spot on “American Idol.”

Her debut on the show started on Feb. 27.

“My support system is vast,” Lehrer said. “I have parents that are 100% behind me and invested in what I am doing. They make sure I know that they want me to achieve everything I set my heart on. I have siblings that grew up enjoying and playing music with me, so they are my biggest fan club and love to see that I am making what I dreamed of in my youth a reality. My high school choir teacher, Mrs. Walter, is another amazing support system. She is an integral part of why I decided to really pursue the arts and use my voice to inspire others. I can say that I am truly confident in my ability because of her words and her encouragement in high school.”

Lehrer’s most influential memories of her childhood came

Castle View High School graduate Abigail Lehrer first appeared on American Idol Feb. PHOTO FROM FACEBOOK 27.

from music — whether it was just playing around with instruments without any real meaning or singing below stage lights.

“I have been singing ever since I could talk. My parents sang me to sleep every night and my siblings and I always had fun creating bands in the basement,” Lehrer said. “I went to music

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school and was always very involved in theatre and playing instruments. Music is one of the most important parts of my life.

It helps me express myself in ways talking never will. Some of my most memorable moments in life came underneath the bright lights of a stage.”

With her talents and love for music, Lehrer obtained a shot to perform on “American Idol.” To many, this may be very intimidating and scary, although Lehrer took it with ease and used excitement to her advantage.

“I could have chosen between two mindsets when it came to my time on “Idol.” I could have been afraid and timid and doubt the gift I’ve been given, or I could have been 100% confident that these kinds of opportunities only come once in a blue moon and the fact that I had been given the opportunity meant that I had to leave everything out there in the audition room,” Lehrer said.

“I can say that I was certainly nervous because of the multitude of people the show reaches, but I didn’t want to let that get

in the way of me putting myself out there as authentically as possible. I was so excited to finally show the world who I really am and to let them see what my goals and dreams are.”

Before Lehrer could achieve such a great mindset she had to diligently prepare and make decisions based on her inspirations, the capabilities of her voice, and more.

“It took me a month to prepare!

I had so many songs I wanted to sing and was inspired by so many artists that it made the choosing process very difficult.

I was especially inspired by Barbra Streisand and wanted to make sure that my preparation included bits and pieces of how I have emulated her as my voice has grown. I watched videos and interviews of my favorite performers and made sure that I was preparing a story that was as authentic to myself and my journey as it could be,” Lehrer said.

Behind every successful person there may be a strong support system and inspiration to lead them even further. For Lehrer this couldn’t be more true.

“I have been inspired by so many people, from peers, to parents, to teachers,” Lehrer said. “Their stories of fighting through hardship and pursuing a career in performing to tell stories that will inspire generations are stories that one day I would like to tell. I love how they have gotten to where they are in life by fighting and crying and pushing through tough situations, and I would love to be able to inspire those around me the way they inspired me.”

It may take some many decades to accomplish some of their greatest dreams in life. At only 21 years old, Lehrer is living in New York City and performing on “American Idol.” With great passion and love for music, her success may inspire others around her.

(Editor’s Note: Bella Terhark is a Castle View High School senior serving as an intern for Colorado Community Media.)

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Building an empire ‘one shower door at a time’ employees that can handle just about anything the business requires.

Petersen Custom Glass built through hard work

BY RACHEL LORENZ SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

At the heart of Petersen Custom Glass is a prodigious partnership.

“The foundation of the business started with our super strong, amazing marriage,” says Valerie Petersen, who co-owns the company with Kris Petersen, her husband. The pair have been married since 1997.

For close to a decade, their Parkerbased business has designed and installed glass showers for residences from Wheat Ridge to Castle Rock. It also handles custom glass work such as enclosures for home offices and wine rooms.

And the business has more than doubled its income every year, Valerie Petersen says.

Her spouse attributes that growth to working hard to make sure clients are happy. It’s a priority for him. Kris Petersen was in the glass industry 14 years before going into business for himself. He noticed that customer service is an area in which some companies are lacking.

Kris Petersen also credits the company’s success to the way his wife’s skills complement his own.

Petersen Custom Glass began in the couple’s Cottonwood home in 2014.

After a year and a half, the Petersens moved it out of their garage and into Parker’s light industrial district

The team at Petersen Custom Glass is led by Valerie and Kris Petersen, right.

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southeast of Lincoln Avenue and Parker Road. Two years later, needing more room, they moved one door over and settled in at 10226 Progress Lane, where they have a workshop and a small showroom.

In the beginning, Valerie lent her executive skills to the fledgling business on nights and weekends. She worked as a paralegal in Denver during the day. Then in 2019, she joined the company full-time, which her husband says made all the difference. “(She) filled in the gaps where I was weak and really helped blow the top off of it,” Kris says.

In addition to the Petersens, the company has three other employees.

The newest member of the team is Eric Glasgow. He was hired as a general manager at the beginning of the year. Although the Petersens had to cut their own salary to bring him on, it allows them to have a better work-

life balance, the couple says.

In fact, the Petersens will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary this summer with a long-awaited, muchanticipated trip away. It will be the first time the pair has left the business for more than just a long weekend without bringing some work with them, Kris Petersen says.

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‘Worth every penny’ But finding skilled laborers is difficult, the Petersens say. So is finding an affordable location for an expanding small business.

For the third time in its eight-year history, Petersen Custom Glass has outgrown its space. Valerie and Kris Petersen are on the hunt for a place about twice the size of their current 1,500 square feet.

“Right now, we’re busy enough where it’s going to be really hard to take on more work if we don’t have a little more space,” Kris Petersen says.

So they’ve got their eyes and ears open for a larger location and for some extra help, he says. Their immediate goal is to double their square footage and double the number of people they employ.

“And from there, building our empire,” Valerie Petersen says, while her husband chuckles. “One shower door at a time.”

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become DCSD’s next leader, controversy about the search was also on display.

Former Superintendent Corey Wise was terminated without cause in a 4-3 vote on Feb. 4 after 26 years with the district. Kane’s name was thrust into the spotlight as rumors swirled that the newly elected conservative board majority had predetermined her as Wise’s replacement.

Board President Mike Peterson has acknowledged he contacted Kane before Wise was fired to see if she had interest in the superintendency, should it become vacant, while directors Becky Myers and Kaylee Winegar said they did not have one person in mind for the position. Director Christy Williams previously said she hoped Kane would apply.

Kane has applied to be superintendent before and is a former interim superintendent, helming DCSD from 2016 to 2018. She has told Colorado Community Media she could not have predicted how Wise’s removal would unfold.

After Peterson contacted her, she thought Wise might be planning to leave DCSD because the board flipped, she said.

Winsor has been with the district for 13 years and recently helped shepherd the district’s acquisition of a former college campus to use for career and technical education. He oversees DCSD’s choice programming department, and is a former principal, counselor and teacher.

Kane addresses controversial topics Kane was to a degree on the defense in her interview, addressing head on recent speculation about her stance on arming teachers and school voucher programs.

“I want to be so clear, I am not in favor of arming teachers in Douglas County. I certainly do not do that in any of my schools,” she said.

Kane said arming staff might be right for other systems. For some districts and schools, police are far away, unable to respond for up to 20 minutes, she said. That’s not the case in Douglas County, Kane said, calling arming teachers in DCSD “entirely unnecessary” because of

the proximity of local law enforcement.

Kane made similar remarks to Colorado Community Media in 2019 when a DCSD charter school was planning to leave the district so it could operate an armed-staff program. At that time, Kane said she respected the autonomy of charter schools to make the decision for themselves.

During her March 3 interview, Kane discussed her response to the 2019 shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch.

Kane said she held both a community forum for families and a forum among American Academy staff. Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock attended the community forum and together they talked about security concerns with hundreds of emotional parents, she said.

American Academy has also implemented a watchdog program in which parents and sometimes grandparents are present on campus to ensure doors are locked, check in with students and work with the school resource officer.

Asked about how she would navigate a polarized community, and for her thoughts on a superintendent’s association with groups that could trigger more polarization, Kane said everyone has political positions.

It’s well known she is a registered Republican, she said, but added “I don’t see a role for that in leading a school district.” Kane also said she considers herself “to be extremely centered.”

She would not approach being a superintendent through a political lens, she said, and is willing to change her mind on issues. Kane said she has “a history of sitting down with everybody and learning and understanding where they are coming from.”

Kane also said she wanted “to be crystal clear” that she is not in favor of vouchers or school choice programs, in which students can access public funds to attend private schools.

The district should not be paying people to attend non-district schools, she said. Kane emphasized her belief that DCSD is a great system but said she would strive to create an environment where no one would want to seek vouchers.

In her opening remarks, Kane pointed to her work as interim superintendent and leaned on her

experience having run the district before. The district improved its academic state report card and was nearly accredited with distinction, she said.

When she took over, 15 schools were on improvement plans, she said, and 14 had progressed to performance plans by the time she left.

Turnover was at a dire level when she assumed the interim role, she said, noting teacher turnover stood at 20% and staff turnover at 25%. Both reduced by 7 percentage points throughout her time as the interim superintendent, she said.

Kane said she also reduced central administration spending by $20 million and reallocated those dollars to schools.

In her closing remarks, Kane said she has a measurable track record leading the district between 2016 and 2018, focuses on instilling high expectations for the system, prioritizes academic achievement, and said she wants “to return our district to sanity and stability.”

“Douglas County and this school district means the world to me,” she said.

Winsor stresses student, community support Winsor, asked to address the same questions as Kane, also shed light on his perspectives about school safety, a polarized community and steering DCSD through turbulent waters.

“Safety is something that I think about constantly,” he said.

The issue is about both physical safety and mental health, he said.

Students need to feel a sense of belonging in school and a connection to safe adults, he said.

The district should empower students to tell an adult if they are concerned about another person, and the district must prepare students with the emotional and social language to articulate their feelings, he said.

Winsor said he advocated heavily during the 2018 mill levy override and bond election to fund better student-to-counselor ratios, or about 1 counselor for every 250 students.

Winsor added that partnership with local law enforcement is crucial and worth investing in. He discussed creating “true responsebased practices,” such as reunification drills on top of regular school drills.

“Our students need to know what to do,” he said.

When it comes to working in a divided community, Winsor said first and foremost families should feel like they have a voice. But the district should also make a greater effort to understand the problems it is facing and clearly identify what people are concerned about, he said.

Gathering perspective from “both sides” in the community and people in the center is equally important, he said. Winsor said at its heart, the community wants what is best for students, and is getting bogged down by disagreements on how to accomplish district goals.

“Affiliations, all those other things, it distracts us from what we are trying to focus on,” he said.

Winsor also spoke about his passion for career and technical education and concurrent enrollment programs in the district. The district should create a talent pipeline for industries facing shortages and local businesses to recruit from, while also giving students the chance to choose from multiple paths after graduation. That might be college, the military or entering the workforce, he said.

Winsor said to foster relationships with staff, students and families he would make himself accessible as superintendent, and not only in times of trouble but proactively.

He said it is difficult to establish trust when people feel there is a moving target, and he wants to refocus and simplify the district’s goals, saying DCSD is trying to work on too many different things.

He would revisit the district’s strategic plan and get new feedback, he said.

The community “is in a different place” than it was when the strategic plan was created two years ago, he said. Winsor vowed to look at creating more systems to gather community feedback and develop systems to implement the district’s goals.

“You can have great ideas, but you can fail miserably when it comes to implementation,” he said.

Winsor said he’s been asked why he would want the superintendency. He isn’t intimidated by a career challenge, he said, and says that’s “the intrigue” of the job.

“It’s not a challenge, it’s the opportunity of what we will become,” he said.

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Q&A: Lone Tree Councilmember Jay Carpenter The District 1 councilmember is not seeking reelection

Although he’s not seeking another term, Carpenter said he plans to stay involved.

“My intention really is to be fully engaged in the city. I’m not going anywhere,” he said. “I won’t be on the dais, but I’ll be around and visible.”

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After his six years on city council, the seat held by Lone Tree’s District 1 Councilmember Jay Carpenter is again up for grabs.

Carpenter is not seeking reelection and has endorsed the candidate who filed to succeed him, Marissa Harmon.

Ahead of the May election, Carpenter spoke to Colorado Community Media about his time on council and his next steps.

“It was a tough decision,” he said.

On leaving council Carpenter said part of his reasons for not seeking another term are his desire to spend more time with his children before they leave for college. A father of four, with three of his children in high school and at pivotal ages, he said.

Carpenter said he plans to refocus some on his career as a financial adviser as well.

“That takes up some time as well, especially lately with the market,” he said.

Carpenter said he is also cognizant of the number of engaged residents in Lone Tree who might

Jay Carpenter

have interest in being on council.

He respects that, he said, and has “really good confidence in any potential replacement for me.”

“We have a very deep bench here in Lone Tree,” he said.

On joining council Carpenter recalled being appointed to city council six years ago to fill the vacancy created when then councilmember Jackie Millet was elected mayor. His interest in serving on council sparked in 2010 after he joined the citizen advisory committee. That gave him a better understanding of how city staff and council operate, he said.

Proudest accomplishments Carpenter said that amid a polarized national climate, he is proud of how the council approached city business during his time in office, saying “that’s refreshing.”

“It’s been a very non-partisan process,” he said, adding that “all of the interested parties really have the best interest of the city in mind.”

Carpenter also said the city has grown dramatically in the past six years but that he thinks council has managed the growth responsibly.

“I think we’ve laid some good groundwork in the past six years,

in terms of smart growth,” he said.

Next steps Carpenter said people might see him run for office down the road, but right now he is taking time to think about next steps. He is passionate about youth issues, he said, and chairs the Douglas County Youth Initiative. He’s assessing what other youth organizations and charities he might contribute to, he said.

“I’m feeling pulled toward helping youth,” he said. “When you look around our region, there is a lot of need right now, especially in terms of mental health for kids.”

Serving on Lone Tree City Council has been humbling and a significant responsibility, he said. He’s learned much, sought to be a good steward of city funds and hopes to build on that work in the future.

“I’m kind of enjoy my time right now,” he said. “Looking at what is going to be the next big splash.”

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of important decisions are pending for the growing community.

In a sit-down interview with Colorado Community Media, Engerman said she understands the challenges that lie ahead for the city, while noting that is why she decided to run for mayor.

“I would not say there is anything wrong with how the city was being managed (by Radloff),” she said. “I thought we could just be more effective.”

Prior to running for mayor, Engerman had comfortable support serving as a District 1 councilmember — a place she agrees she could have stayed.

“I originally ran for council in the first place because no one was running,” Engerman said.

“I didn’t want someone living outside of our district making decisions for us.”

Newest city in the state Castle Pines officially became an incorporated city about 13 years ago, Engerman said, making it the youngest in the state.

Before that, Engerman said, it was a bedroom community watching Castle Rock, Parker and Highlands Ranch grow around it.

Now, Engerman said, the goal is for Castle Pines to be a respected player in Douglas County, with a council focused on bringing in more commercial development, solving ongoing water problems and finally getting a zip code that will ensure sales tax dollars go to the right place.

While incorporated, boundaries and leadership of Castle Pines are not so simple. Besides the City of Castle Pines, the area is made up of four separate metro districts, including the North Metro District, which leads citizens on the west side of Interstate 25.

Having to work with four metro districts, the city is continually answering questions about stormwater issues, parks and recreation, wastewater and roads, Engerman said.

Tracy Engerman was officially sworn in as the Castle Pines mayor in a Jan. 13 ceremony.

“We (the incorporated city) are only one piece of the puzzle,” Engerman said. “I would love to get us all under one umbrella and give residents some clarity. Now, they are never sure who to call for what services.”

Water and wastewater Engerman explained that the water situation in Castle Pines is about as clear as mud, with citizens being split between two entities. On the east side of I-25, residents receive water and wastewater services from the Parker Water District.

On the west side, water and wastewater services are controlled by the North Metro District, which draws from wells fed by the Denver aquifer. Serving 12,000 residents, the metro district has been working to find a solution to improve water services.

After a special election last year, voters approved a plan to be included in the Parker Water District, which would have added about 3,500 customer accounts to the water district.

However, after the metro district could not meet all the requirements of the inclusion plan, it was dissolved by a vote of the Parker Water District Board of Directors in February. The inclu-

sion was supposed to be done by Jan. 3 of this year.

Engerman said the incorporated part of Castle Pines has no jurisdiction in what is happening with the metro district, noting that it is tough to stand on the sidelines of such an important issue.

“We want to help where we can, but we have to stay in our lane,” she said. “If this inclusion can happen, we would not be pulling as much water from wells, which would go a long way towards helping the aquifer in the entire region.”

Wanting to help the metro district find the solution, Engerman along with other Castle Pines councilmembers and City Manager Michael Penny attended a work session with the Douglas County commissioners on Feb. 28.

During the work session, Engerman brought up the possibility of the county giving up to $6 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to help resolve the outstanding issues to bring the inclusion plan with Parker Water back on track.

Engerman said the city is also engaging with the metro district to possibly develop as intergovernmental agreement. In the end, Engerman said, the ball is in the metro district’s court.

COURTESY OF THE CITY OF CASTLE PINES

Roadwork continues In 2020 and 2021, the Castle Pines council put an emphasis on rebuilding and reconstructing aging roadways. With the county’s $2 million assistance, the city developed a five-year plan and started work in 2021 that is extending in 2022.

In June, the city started a more than $3 million reconstruction project of Castle Pines Parkway between Yorkshire Drive and Monarch Boulevard.

Moving forward, Engerman said councilmembers will continue to assess aging roads and build feasible plans to keep moving in the right direction.

Commercial growth Engerman said something Castle Pines has going for it is commercial availability. Commercial prospects in Castle Pines are larger than Park Meadows in Lone Tree, Engerman said.

Growing existing businesses already in Castle Pines and working to recruit new development is a council goal in 2022 and beyond, Engerman said.

To help existing businesses, Engerman said the town has partnered with the Castle Pines Chamber of Commerce, which became a true asset during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Just a few days after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that his military would begin an invasion of Ukraine, residents of the Town of Parker gathered to take each other’s hands and pray.

Dozens of residents from several different faiths came out for the 30-minute prayer service, which was held at O’Brien Park March 1 at 7 p.m.

Jersey Orozco said the reason she started planning the service the day before it happened was because she hadn’t yet heard of ways to donate to help the people of Ukraine.

word of mouth. By Tuesday evening at 7 p.m., she wasn’t sure how many people would show.

At first, only a few people arrived at the pavilion in the park. Then a few minutes after 7, “a whole bunch of people came,” she said.

“All we did was pray,” she said. “I played a little worship music and we prayed.”

The best part, Orozco said, was that people from all different churches participated.

“I can’t even paint a more beautiful picture,” she said.

Together, those who attended prayed for peace, love and kindness for the people of Ukraine, Orozco said.

Orozco hopes to gather those interested in praying for Ukraine again and is in the process of planning another service, she said.

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“The more information people have about what their government is doing, it’s better for our democracy,” he said. “People can participate, they can vote intelligently in elections if they know what’s going on and how decisions are made and something is being discussed that might be happening in their backyard.”

Changes from the commissioners The three-person Douglas County commissioner board, which is the decision-making body for the county’s more than $500 million budget, meets in regular session twice a month. Many times a week though, the board meets for work sessions where it discuss issues in depth, votes on policies and debates issues.

Under Colorado’s Open Meetings law, there is not a legal difference between work sessions and regular meetings. Some government entities choose not to make policy decisions in work sessions.

In previous work sessions, commissioners have made decisions such as forming their own health department, removing Commissioner Lora Thomas from her position as chair of the board and selecting new board of health members.

While there are minutes taken at these meetings, the minutes are often brief or vague and do not always show the full extent of the conversations and decisions that occurred. In August 2021, minutes from a commissioner work session excluded information about which candidates had been selected by each commissioner for the Public Health Advisory Committee. When CCM asked for that information, which had been discussed in the public meeting, it was denied.

During the height of the pandemic, the county made work sessions available for the public to join virtually, but residents could only listen to the meetings live. Video recordings of the meetings weren’t available.

While most city councils meet at night, the county commissioners typically hold their work sessions and regular meetings during the day when many residents are at work.

The county first recorded one of the commissioners’ work ses-

Meetings held by Douglas County commissioners will not only continue to be held in FILE PHOTO BY JESSICA GIBBS person but also virtually.

sions Sept. 1, when commissioners decided to immediately leave the Tri-County Health Department and form their own.

In late 2021, when Colorado Community Media learned the state’s Sunshine Laws require governmental bodies that begin electronically recording their meetings to continue doing so, a reporter asked Douglas County about its practice in reference to this law. County spokesperson Wendy Holmes responded that because of the question, the county decided in January to begin recording all commissioners’ work sessions.

“This became one more tool in our toolbox to help people engage in the process of governance if they are interested in doing so,” Holmes said.

Now, recordings of those work sessions are available to the public upon request within the calendar year of the meeting. Those interested in receiving a recording from a meeting can call 303-660-7401 or email bocc@douglas.co.us.

The county will also produce transcriptions of their work sessions, Holmes said.

Roberts said recordings of meetings are another way to bring government closer to more people.

“County commissioners and city councils are making important decisions that affect people really close to their homes or even in their homes, so those are things people ought to know about,” Roberts said, “And if you make the meetings more accessible to people, more people will get involved.”

Lone Tree’s access After pandemic restrictions began, the City of Lone Tree began streaming its regular meetings and

study sessions on YouTube, making them available to anyone at any time. But in May 2021, city officials announced they would no longer host virtual meetings or record the sessions for later viewing. For the rest of the year, the only way to know what happened in the meetings was to attend in person.

In November 2021, a CCM reporter asked the city about the Sunshine Law requiring governmental bodies to continue recording meetings electronically, and in January, Lone Tree resumed the practice for regular town meetings, said Assistant City Manager Austin Good.

“As part of regular reevaluation of our administrative practices, the city began recording audio this January,” he said.

The city does not record study sessions, Good said. Residents can request the audio files from regular meetings any time through a public records request.

Lone Tree, unlike most other governmental entities in the county, does not have any options for viewing or participating in meetings virtually.

When asked why, Good said the town’s “current focus has been on returning to pre-pandemic practices.”

Roberts said ideally, government entities should also have video recordings of meetings.

Bringing government to the people In all other government entities in the county other than Lone Tree, boards and councils have continued to allow residents to remotely comment on public issues during meetings.

“A hybrid approach creates the greatest flexibility for the public

to participate in their city council meetings,” said Michael Penny, Castle Pines city manager.

Representatives from Parker, Castle Pines and the Highlands Ranch Community Association all said they noticed an uptick in attendance once they added more virtual options for viewing and commenting.

“A lot of people prefer Zoom because it takes less time and it’s easier for them to get on,” said Jamie Noebel, spokesperson for the Highlands Ranch Community Association.

During the latest wave of COVID-19 cases caused by the omicron variant, the HRCA began hearing from residents who said they again felt uncomfortable attending inperson meetings.

“I think the simplicity and access of Zoom has given more people the opportunity to watch and dig in and just engage and educate themselves on what’s going on where they may have never had access to that information before,” Noebel said. “Now that we’ve opened that door, it’s hard to put that back in the barn.

And I don’t think people want it to be put away.”

Roberts said livestreaming meetings makes the government more accessible to everybody.

“You could be making dinner and watching what your government is doing at the same time,” he said.

The Highlands Ranch Metro District, which added virtual options for its regular meetings and work sessions during the pandemic, has budgeted to expand access further in 2022 with recordings, General Manager Mike Renshaw said.

“In an effort to enhance transparency and provide a more convenient way for residents to stay informed, the metro district is planning to add a video recording of its board of directors meetings this year,” he said.

Those recordings will be posted to the metro district’s website within a day or two of the meeting, he said.

About 30% of respondents in a Town of Parker citizens survey said they virtually watched a town council or planning commission meeting in 2021 compared to 18% who said they attended a meeting in person.

“It just brings government a lot closer to the people when you have meetings put online in real time that you can also watch or listen to after the fact at your convenience,” Roberts said.

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n getting out and about these days, one thing I am loving is how full restaurants are again. I love walking into some of my favorite places to eat and seeing a ton of people inside.

This is not some dig at COVID at all. This is coming from the heart. I love FROM THE food. I love food of all kinds. I love going out to eat. However, EDITOR I know that the last two years could not have been easy on local restaurants and small businesses just trying to survive.

Growing up, one thing I remember fondly is how often we came together as a family to eat. Food was our bond. Because we lived in a small town, it was a treat on a Friday or Saturday Thelma Grimes night to drive 45 minutes away to have a steak dinner.

For family celebrations and get-togethers, we had some of the best BBQs. Growing up, we had a large, close family that taught me so much and all of it was centered around food.

Today, family is not as close as I would like.

My brothers live much farther away, and the big family get-togethers are rare, but I definitely took something from them as I raise my family and try to mimic traditions and instill similar values.

Dinners, whether dining out or staying in, are truly where a family comes together, bonds, talks about what was good and discusses the bad from our days. Our dinnertime conversations can be tense at times, but most of the time they are filled with laughter and fun.

We only have dinner separately on a rare occasion. At dinner, one of my main rules is to eat together.

Last week, we went to one of our favorite Mexican restaurants, Casa de Mariachi, in Parker. We had a great time and we loved seeing that there was not an empty table in the house. It was also one of the first times my entire family of five returned there as a group.

Same was true for a PHO restaurant I tried in Castle Pines recently. The tables were full and things seem to be feeling good again.

With the husband, date nights, while still not regular, are getting back on track. Earlier this year we went to a show at the Paramount, again full, and enjoyed dinner at the Appaloosa Grill downtown.

We have been happy to learn some local establishments that serve brunch are back on track.

Buffets disappeared for more than 18 months.

Now, they are back with a ton of awesome food choices and drinks.

For me, food is family. In the Denver metro area from Jefferson County to Douglas and Arapahoe counties, we have great, locally-owned restaurants that deserve our support as they work to get back dollars lost, rebuild staff and once again return to being the places we go for a night out, a celebration or a family get-together.

In short, support a restaurant, enjoy your family, and always take advantage of the great food.

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Energizing our engagement

ope fuels purpose, purpose drives passion, passion engages performance, and performance delivered equals results.

It begins with hope and ends in results.

What is this “it” that begins with hope and ends in results? The answer is, it is anything that you want “it” to be.

When we consider anything that we endeavor to do or are currently trying to do, when we add hope to it, we set off a series of other triggers that energizes our engagement. And we can energize our engagement, the execution or performance will surely follow.

We all have hope for something, we have dreams, and we have goals. We have hopes, dreams, and goals for our business and for our personal lives. If we are not where we think we should be, what we might be experiencing in both our personal and professional lives is disengagement. We have the ideas, we have written out our plans, we have started to move towards executing against our plans, and then for some reason we stop. Our interest or engagement in the project or whatever we were doing has weakened.

This week I was having this discussion with a friend of mine. She shared with me that she just seems to have lost interest in so many things. She shared that these past two years have been very hard on her mentally, physically, emotionally and even spiritually. The pandemic, society, politics and now the war have left her feeling numb and confused. She is struggling with getting excited about her work and has lost interest in the things that used to bring her joy and happiness in her personal life too.

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We talked for a long time, and after a while I asked her what she was hoping for in life. At first, she said that she had lost hope, and she was feeling hopeless and helpless. We talked some more about that, and then I said that I was sure that she must have hope for something, we all do. She thought about it and still shrugged. So, I reminded her of the eight things Michael Norton Zig Ziglar used to say that we all have hope for: happiness, good health, prosperity, security, friendship, peace of mind, good family relationships and a brighter future. And I asked her if any of these might be something that she also had hope for in her own life.

As we dug in a little deeper on each one the eight things mentioned above, her demeanor changed. Her body language shifted from disinterested to engaged. She even started taking notes and writing reminders for herself of things she wanted to follow up on. And by the time we parted ways that day, I could literally see the hope in her eyes. My goal was not to try and resolve her issues, all I did was to give her something to think about, hope.

Look around at your family members, circle of friends, teammates and employees. Do you see hope in their eyes, does it manifest itself in their work ethic, attitude, and overall engagement? If you are seeing or experiencing disengagement at home or at work, I encour-

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Grandparents as co-pilots

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hat is more heartwarming than a grandchild’s laughter or joyful embrace? As grandparents, we enjoy our grandchildren and the happiness they bring us and we are saddened when they are struggling. Although we may not anticipate having difficult conversations with our grandchildren, there are times when events occur that we may not feel adequately prepared to respond.

The world we live in has become more anxiety-provoking and complicated, including for today’s grandchildren. Being mindful that how we as grandparents experience life on a daily basis is not necessarily how our grandchildren may be experiencing their daily lives; their world is different than our world.

A parent’s divorce, death of a loved one, feelings of depression and anxiety, these are a few situations that may make for difficult conversations with a grandchild. Cyber bullying, social media, the threat of school shootings, the COVID pandemic- our grandchildren have become part of an adult world while still children.

At these times, it may be difficult knowing what to say and what to do. When a grandchild confides in a grandparent, he/she must feel safe and

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secure in the relationship, and confident that a grandparent can help them sort through their feelings. Even if a grandparent may not feel confident, and may not have all the answers, using a few guiding principles will help to be better prepared to provide comfort in their grandchild’s time of

need.

These challenges present opportunities for growth, where grandchildren can learn confidence in facing problems and experience a sense of competency, essential to the development of their self-esteem. How can that happen? With a grandparent as a co-pilot alongside their grandchild to help them navigate turbulent times together.

The relationship between parent and child, and grandparent and grandchild, is different, in a good way. Grandchildren can feel freer to share their innermost feelings with a grandparent without feeling the pressure they are disappointing or worrying their parents. Grandparents are a valuable resource in a supportive role as their

grandchildren are learning how to deal with their feelings, developing problemsolving skills and coping strategies, and learning about perspective.

Grandparents may think they are unable to relate to the challenges our grandchildren face, however, feelings of anxiety, sadness, fear and being overwhelmed are universal; the settings may be different, but the feelings are the same. Grandparents can share their experience with a similar situation to their grandchildren and how they handled their emotions. Leading by example, a grandparent can share how they also cope with worry or sadness and what they do to feel better.

Reassurance goes a long way in helping a child to cope with feelings.

Creating an atmosphere that encourages communication early in the grandparenting relationship is important. Providing a non-judgmental setting for conversation and questions, where grandparents are good listeners, are interested in the smallest details of their grandchildren’s lives, and where grandchildren are encouraged to express feelings about anything, establishes a safe place for them to vent. With unconditional love, grandchildren are more apt to open up and talk about their intimate feelings, their secrets, and what is troubling them the

most, while seeking acceptance and approval to validate their feelings.

Key points to remember: Tailor responses to the age and level of the grandchild. Be present in the conversation, listen attentively and without judgment, lead with empathy, be accepting (even if you don’t understand the situation), give reassurance, be genuine, allow for silence. Try different settings, taking a walk, playing a game or engage in an activity while having a conversation.

The good news is that grandchildren have grandparents as co-pilots!

Linda L. Van Meter, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist in private practice, retired Director of Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) and OASIS (Office of Disability Services), The Office of Accessible Services Individualized for Students East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR CSP seeks help in reducing fatalities Over the last few months, I have asked the motoring public to join the Colorado State Patrol in driving down the number of fatalities on our state’s roadways. While I firmly believe this effort can only be realized through a majority of our drivers consciously participating through safe driving behavior, I also want to share how your Colorado State Patrol members are taking action.

Law enforcement agencies across the nation are experiencing the same strain on their workforce that most industries are facing, so the Patrol is working strategically to do more with less. We have leaned into what our agency’s crash investigation data is telling us, so we can focus our enforcement on the most predictable behaviors that cause serious crashes in Colorado.

In addition, we are advancing our use of data to pinpoint where and when crashes are most prevalent. In late 2021, the Colorado State Patrol initiated surge operations in predictable, high crash areas and these efforts yielded the best possible result - no fatalities in those areas.

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age you to start a conversation around hope. A team without hope of winning the next game will probably not practice. A student who has no hope of passing a test will more than likely not study. A salesperson with no hope of making the sale may never pick up the telephone. A spouse with no hope for the relationship will soon stop trying. Give those who matter the most the best gift you can ever give them, give them the gift of hope.

Troopers continue to couple what we learn from our data with their knowledge of local traffic patterns and problem areas. This complete approach allows our members to build a more impactful enforcement plan and remain visible. Yet, we will always need your partnership.

As we continually improve what we can gain from our data, implement intermittent surge operations and steadily grow back our number of troopers, we also have to accept that the quality of our lives greatly depends on individuals.

Drivers collectively decide how safe or how dangerous our roadways will be each time the ignition turns over. Whether there are 100 Colorado State Troopers or 10,000, there will never be a law enforcement officer at every mile marker to catch every bad action.

Your Colorado State Patrol will commit to working smarter with every resource at our disposal. Now this is where you come in. Join us in making Colorado a safe place to drive again.

Col. Matthew C. Packard Chief of the Colorado State Patrol

Hope is the trigger to purpose, passion, performance, and results.

Hope is not a strategy; hope is the secret ingredient to engaging in our goals and dreams. Could you or anyone you know use a little hope right now? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@xinnix.com, and when we can energize our engagement with hope, it really will be a better than good year.

Michael Norton is the grateful president of XINNIX, a personal and professional coach, and a consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator to businesses of all sizes.

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Champagne brunches and services return after COVID

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If you look at the actual definition of brunch online, Wikipedia has one of the best descriptions, calling it a meal that is generally served between 10:20 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and is “usually accompanied by some form of alcoholic beverage.”

The definition also covers the most important part, stressing that brunch is a blend of the words lunch and breakfast.

However, this special meal, traditionally celebrated on Sundays, is so much more than that.

When COVID-19 hit the world in 2020, one of the many valued traditions taken away was the Champagne brunch buffet hosted at hotels and restaurants throughout the Denver metro area.

As pandemic restrictions ease, brunch is returning at several locations. While buffet-style dining is still not completely back to normal, some of the area’s favorite Indian restaurants are among those bringing brunch back.

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These meals are special. For those choosing the lunch side of brunch, the wall of seafood is a favorite. For breakfast, traditions bring diners the usual omelet station, eggs, bacon and sausage and the usual waffles and French toast.

In November, Hilton Denver Inverness in Englewood reopened brunch services at the Garden Terrace and Fireside Bar & Grill.

When it comes to the seafood, the Hilton spares no expense.

Crab legs, shucked oysters and shrimp are plentiful, but the standout dish is one of the smallest cups on display to the side, which is full of ceviche.

Unless someone is living in Peru, excellent ceviche is hard to find. But this Hilton brunch does it well with the right amount of shrimp, plenty of fresh, crunchy vegetables that add the precise amount of crunch to offer texture in every bite. And don’t forget the most ‘ important part of this delicious combination — the liquid. This soupy dish is perfect with the right amount of tomato and

‘We look forward to serving our guests again and providing them with an exceptional experience complete with myriad dishes featuring locally-sourced ingredients.’ plenty of spice coupled with the perfect amount of citrus and lime to provide that extra kick as each bite brings a variety of layered flavors.

On the lunch side, the Hilton Champagne brunch explores a vari ety of cultures from American staples to Asian. One small tasting dish had beef cooked with a taste of sweet potato noodles.

Since it’s an all-you-can-eat brunch, a second helping of this dish is worth it.

Staff at the Hilton, who have served Sunday brunch for decades, said diners have started filling the dining room more often since January.

“We are elated to have Fireside Bar & Grill back to full capacity as we also celebrate the return of Champagne Sunday Brunch, which is such an iconic Denver dining experience that many guests have grown to cherish,” said Ruth Kilzer, Hilton Inverness director of sales and marketing. “We look forward to serving our guests again and providing them with an exceptional experience complete with myriad dishes featuring locallysourced ingredients.”

While tasting a variety of lunch and breakfast options and indulging in a wall of dessert

Ruth Kilzer, Hilton Inverness director of sales and marketing

options, Hilton diners are also treated to live music.

Abbey Odgen, a public information official for Hilton Denver Inverness, said Sunday brunch features more than 100 offerings, including domestic artisan cheeses, antipasto plates, shucked oysters, smoked fish and assorted sushi.

The Hilton Denver Inverness serves brunch from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sundays.

YaYa’s Euro Bristro in Greenwood Village offers brunch with dishes changing weekly with some of the regular favorites coming back. YaYa’s serves an excellent cut of prime rib with creamy horseradish sauce.

On the regular menu, YaYa’s serves made-to-order eggs benedict. Taking this approach to serving quality benedict is important because whenever this dish is served buffet style, the English muffin tends to get tough and can take away from the flavor.

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of the tradition, with YaYa’s serving a bottomless mimosa and Bloody Mary bar.

The mimosas offer a good balance of orange juice and Champagne that leave anyone all smiles as they sit in the passenger seat on the way home.

YaYa’s serves brunch from 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Sundays.

At Table Mountain Grill & Cantina, located inside the Table Mountain Inn in Golden, diners might forget they are sitting at a restaurant in Jefferson County as the menu samplings and décor takes people on a trip to Santa Fe. One dish puts a different spin on biscuits and gravy. The Santa Fe Hot Chicken and Biscuits features crispy breaded chicken that has a kick of ghost chili on a jalapeño cheddar biscuit smothered in green chili.

“With vibrant Santa Fe decor and fresh ingredients, the renowned Southwestern restaurant encourages guests to explore rich flavors with a festive atmosphere,” said General Manager John Payne.

Payne said besides the hot chicken and biscuits, diners also enjoy the chorizo benedict, which includes chorizo patties, fresh-smashed guacamole and grilled asparagus.

Keeping with the theme of the restaurant, diners can get into the alcohol side of brunch by drinking a specially-made Mesa Bloody Mary.

Table Mountain serves brunch from 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sundays.

Besides lunch and breakfast, brunch can also provide an assortment of delightful desPHOTO BY THELMA GRIMES serts.

One tradition of Sunday brunch includes seafood. At Denver Hilton Inverness, kitchen staff works to arrange shrimp, crab legs and shucked oysters.

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Live music helps create a relaxing atmosphere for brunch at Denver Hilton Inverness.

Most Sunday brunches feature hand-cut meat selections. A Denver Hilton Inverness staff PHOTOS BY THELMA GRIMES member works to serve prime rib and stuffed salmon.

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Douglas County Libraries Douglas County Libraries will present popular Western author C.J. Box with his new book in the Joe Pickett series: “Shadows Reel,” at Lone Tree Arts Center on March 10 at 7 p.m. Make reservation at your library. And a Storybook Holiday with “That Hungry Little Bug” Eric Carle’s “Very Hungry Caterpillar,” at Parker Library, 20105 Mainstreet, Parker. Tickets: $15/$20. Arts and crafts activities and a brunch buffet in this special event.

Lone Tree Arts Center Also at Lone Tree Arts Center: Mary Louise Lee with a tribute to Gladys Knight and the Pips at 8 p.m. on March 12. Tickets: $31, $38, $45. Box office: 720509-1000, lonetreeartscenter.org.

Englewood Arts Presents Englewood Arts Presents at 2 p.m.

March 19: Jason Shafer, clarinet; Yi Zhao, viola; and Bill David, piano with Katchaturian: “Suite”; Bruch: “Eight Pieces for Clarinet”; Brahms: “Sonata in E-Flat.” Tickets: $30/$25/$10. englewoodarts.org, 303-806 8196.

Depot Art Gallery “Carry Me Away,” a new exhibit at the Depot Art Gallery in Littleton, opens March 15 to May 1, with a reception on March 18 from 5 to 7 p.m. Well-known Denver artist Sandra Kaplan will be juror.depotartgallery.org,2069W.Powers

Odelia Elgarat of Highlands Ranch, author of “You Are Allowed,” will take part in the COURTESY PHOTO Douglas County Libraries Author Showcase on March 12 in Castle Rock.

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Kirkland Museum Kirkland Museum, 1200 Bannock St., Denver, has a new exhibit of materials from the collection about Frank Lloyd Wright. Ticketed. Kirklandmuseum.org, 303-832-8576.

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The musical “1776” will play March 18 to April 3 at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 Allison Parkway, Lakewood. Tickets start at $20. 303-987-7845, lakewood.org.

Aurora Fox The Aurora Fox Theatre, 9900 E. Colfax, Aurora, presents the Colorado premiere of “Hurricane Diane,” with Janae Burris as Diane, from March 18 to April 10. aurorafoxartscenter.org, 303-739-1970.

Arvada Center “Animal Farm,” based on George Orwell’s novel, plays through April in rotation with other repertory theatre selections, “The Liar” and ““Stick Fly” at the Arvada Center. 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., 720-898-1000, arvadacenter.org.

Some music to anticipate at area venues Performances scheduled through spring around south metro area

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The beautiful “Butterfly Lovers’ Concerto” presented recently by the Littleton Symphony signaled the happy return of lots of music scheduled by our local arts organizations in the south area. A limited look is included here today, but we’ll keep listing ...

Musicians seeking to audition should check individual orchestras’ websites, as procedures vary.

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Windjammer Jazz Orchestra is under the umbrella of the Littleton Community Music COURTESY PHOTO Association, as is the Castle Rock Orchestra.

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here are many reasons ancient Egypt looms so large in human imagination - the way they approached and shaped the world around them was monumental in all senses of the word. The impact they made on humanity is still echoing down to modern times and people can get a closer look at how they did all that at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.

“This new exhibit features about 350 priceless artifacts from ancient Egypt, covering thousands of years from that remarkable country,” said Stephen E. Nash, the museum’s senior curator of archaeology. “It’s different for us in America to imagine the continuity of aesthetics there. They had everything — turmoil, joy, treaties, love… everything.”

The traveling exhibit Egypt: The Time of Pharaohs runs at DMNS, 2001 Colorado Blvd. in Denver, through Sept.

5. The exhibition is as a joint venture between Lokschuppen Rosenheim, the University of Aberdeen Museums, the Roemer-und-Pelizaeus Museums Hildesheim and MuseumsPartner Austria, and is presented at the museum

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Visitors will be whisked back more than 5,000 years ago to when Egypt became a state that unified numerous villages along the Nile River. Over the ensuing centuries, pharaohs and ordinary people created enormous edifices, delicate works of art and impressive feats of engineering.

According to provided information, the exhibition covers about 3,000 years of Egyptian culture by breaking things up into themes, including: Religion and God, which details the role religion plays in everyday life, the power of the gods and their Clarke Reader relationships to each other and the people.

Private Space, where visitors can walk into the living quarters of ancient Egyptians from different social strata and get a sense of how people of different ranks lived and worked together.

Personal Adornment, which highlights the makeup vessels, jewelry and other items that residents used to make themselves clean and beautiful and signal their station in society.

“In order to understand humanity, you need to get a handle on Egypt, because Egypt is in a league of its own,” Nash said. “There are still a lot of people tremendously interested in ancient Egypt. What they accomplished is really one of the things that makes it great to be human.”

As is always the case, the museum adds what Nash calls the “DMNS treatment,” where curators and volunteers add some touches that can only be seen in Denver. That includes the mummifi-

cation cart, which teaches visitors about how Egyptians prepared for death.

“I hope people come out of it with a better understanding of the breadth and depth of the human experience,” Nash said. “The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences and that’s truer than ever today.”

For more information, or to purchase a timed ticket, visit dmns.org/egypt.

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Next concert will be a rendition of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony on March 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the PACE Center.

Lone Tree Symphony, conducted by Jacinda Bouton, performs Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony on March 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Lone Tee Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree. lonetreeartscenter.org.

Englewood Arts Presents; April 16, 2 p.m. — Silver Ainomae, cellist; Dohanyi: “Serenade for String Trio.”

Englewood Civic Center Hampden Hall. Tickets: $30/$25. englewoodarts. org, 303-806-8196. Also on May 7: 2 p.m.

— Yi Zhao, violin; Dmitri Pogorelov, violin; Sofia Basile, viola; Chloe Hong, cello; Hsiao-Ling Lin, Piano: Mel Bonis: Piano Quartet No. 1 and Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat.

The Castle Rock Orchestra, part of the Littleton Community Music Association, rehearses and performs at the First United Methodist Church of Castle Rock, 1200 South St. on Sundays from 2 to 4:15 p.m. and performs 20thcentury music, including Impressionism, Americana, pops and film music.

(The Littleton Community Music Association is also the umbrella for Windjammers Jazz Orchestra and the Rootin’ Tootin’ Dixieland Band, as well as a festival band that has performed during Western Welcome Week. It is a resource for hiring a guitarist, a band and has information about instructors as well. 303-797-6995.)

Farther afield, Red Rocks concert venue is beginning to announce national acts as booking begins again after a lean couple of years — watch for

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Next on Littleton Symphony’s calendar: April 6 and 8: 7:30 p.m. at Littleton United Methodist Church; Music of Bruch and Popper with cellist Gai Faganel and guest conductor Scott O’Neil and finally, May 20, pianist David Korevar plays Saint-Saens with conductor Bill Hill. The orchestra is seeking a permanent director following the December retirement of Jurgen de Lemos. Tickets: $5 to $25.

Parker Symphony, directed by Rene Knetsch, is auditioning for a number of positions through the spring, PACE Center, 20000 E. Pikes Peak Ave., Parker.

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ArtLab’s latest demands to be heard PlatteForum, an award-winning urban art and activism laboratory, opened the ArtLab’s “Listen to Our Cries” exhibit at the Savoy at Curtis Park, 2700 Arapahoe St., Unit 102 in Denver. The exhibit runs through Friday, March 18.

The show is from the ArtLab’s interns, “a collective of young artists across multiple mediums and identities,” according to provided information. Participating artists agreed on social justice topics to address in their works, ranging from climate change to identity and gun control.

To see these challenging and affecting works, visit https://platteforum.org/ events/listen-to-our-cries-artlab-exhibition for details.

Celebrate the restaurants that make Denver special Denver Restaurant Week is back to celebrate some of the best eateries the Mile High City has to offer. The annual event runs from Friday, March 11 through Sunday, March 20.

There are three price options for either dining out or taking the food to go: $25, $35 and $45. There are numerous wine pairings offered as part of the event, plus you can recognize your favorite server, bartender, sous chef and more.

Check out the menus of the more than 100 participating restaurants and other fun ways to participate at https://www. denver.org/denver-restaurant-week/.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Dua Lipa at the Ball Arena England’s Dua Lipa only makes bangers. She’s only made two full-length albums, but both are fantastically modern takes on disco, electronic and pop music. Between some great remixes, really fun videos and a slew of awards on both sides of the pond, Lipa is one of the most vibrant presences in pop music.

Understandably, Lipa only goes on tour with musicians who also make bangers. In that spirit, she’s bringing the Future Nostalgia tour to the Ball Arena, 1000 Chopper Circle in Denver, at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15. Coming along for the ride are Megan Thee Stallion and Caroline Polachek, both creators of inescapable hits themselves.

I think it’s safe to say this will be one of the year’s best shows. Get tickets now at www.ticketmaster.com.

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announcements.

Among its performances will be a concert by the Colorado Symphony, which is playing an indoor season this year as well at Boettcher Concert Hall.

The Arapahoe Philharmonic will perform its wonderful annual concert for kids on April 1 and we’ll hope for announcements of additional programming soon: “Music Around the World” will be an in-person concert at 11 a.m. at Denver First Church of the Nazarene, 3800 E. Hampden Ave., Cherry Hills Village. Tickets: $15/$5. Livestream access tickets also available. Arapahoe-phil. org.

Baroque Chamber Orchestra will perform the “Coffee Cantata,” Bach’s Comic Opera, on March 20 at Wildcat Mountain Auditorium, 4899 McArthur Road, Highlands Ranch. 303-889-1012.

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Colorado lawmakers introduce bill declaring Juneteenth a state holiday

BY MATT BLOOM COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

Colorado lawmakers have kickstarted the process of making Juneteenth an official state holiday, joining the federal government and many businesses that already observe it.

On March 2, members of the Black Democratic Legislative Caucus gathered with supporters outside the state Capitol to promote SB22-139. The bill would add Juneteenth to the calendar of state holidays starting this year.

“I think Juneteenth is largely seen as an African American thing, but it should be seen as something for the general population,” said Sen. Janet Buckner, one of the bill’s sponsors. “It should be something to be educated about and never forgotten.”

The holiday commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas and freed the country’s last remaining enslaved people more than two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth has been recognized by many Black communities, including Denver’s, for decades.

President Joe Biden designated it as the 11th federal holiday in

2021, making it the first addition to the federal list since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983. State holidays specifically impact the operations of government offices and public schools.

Colorado’s effort to officially recognize Juneteenth stems from negotiations with the state workers’ union, which signed its first contract last November. The union, Colorado Workers for Innovative and New Solutions Local 1876 (WINS), negotiated the addition of the paid holiday as a part of their 3-year deal, which also includes a new $15 minimum wage and paid family leave.

Supporters say the recognition of Juneteenth is also a symbolic nod toward improving diversity and equity in state government.

Juneteenth is now a paid holiday for Aurora city employees During the March 2 press conference, Skip Miller, president of WINS, said that he never celebrated the holiday while growing up. It wasn’t until he moved to Colorado in the 80’s that he started attending annual Juneteenth celebrations in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood.

“This is something that we have all fought for,” Miller said.

“We’re gonna ensure that all people who call this state home

can celebrate such a critical holiday.”

The bill still needs to make its way through both chambers and receive the governor’s signature before it becomes official. Gov. Jared Polis said Wednesday that he supported the change.

“By adopting Juneteenth as a state holiday, we’re paying tribute to the millions of Black Americans who endured indescribable suffering under the horrors of slavery,” Polis said.

“But just as important, we elevate the celebration because at its heart, this is a joyous holiday.”

If successful, the addition of Juneteenth would be Colorado’s second change to its list of official holidays in recent years. The state replaced Columbus Day

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Chaparral and ThunderRidge hoops teams head to Final Four Douglas County High School eliminated in Great Eight play

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Chaparral stormed back for a stunning comeback victory in a boys Class 5A state Great Eight matchup on March 5 at the Denver Coliseum.

Meanwhile, Continental League opponent ThunderRidge advanced to the Final Four with an easy win over Rock Canyon.

In the Grand Eight contest, Chap rallied to edge Eaglecrest, 65-60. ThunderRidge easily defeated Rock Canyon, 78-51.

In the other games, Denver East pulled away from Douglas County in the fourth quarter to notch a 68-57 win. Fossil Ridge connected on 53.2% of its field goals in a 80-53 romp over Legacy.

The top four seeded teams in the Grand Eight now move on to the Final Four, slated for a March 11 tip off at the Coliseum.

Top-seeded and defending state champion ThunderRidge (24-2) will challenge No. 4 Denver East (24-2) in a 7 p.m. contest.

Third-seeded Chap will play No. 2 Fossil Ridge at 8:30 p.m. in the other Final Four matchup.

The two winners from the Final Four will head to the state championships on March 12 at the Coliseum.

In Great Eight play, it did not look like Chap would advance to the semi-finals, but the Wolverines rallied and will be making their first Final Four appearance since 2019.

Eaglecrest shot 61.9% from the floor in the first half and continued its hot accuracy at the start of the third quarter, building a 16-point lead at 49-33 with 4:51 left in the stanza.

Luke Williams and Bennett Pegues led a Wolverine comeback, which led Chap on a 20-4 run in the fourth.

Eaglecrest’s shooting cooled and the Centennial League champions unofficially went 2-for-12 in the last eight minutes.

“When you notice their shooters are cooling off, that’s when you have to go,” said Pegues. “We feed off that. I had no doubt we would come back.

We knew we wanted to win.

All we could see was a win. We couldn’t see a loss.”

Williams was also confident that Chap would rally.

“At the beginning of the season, we were in that situation many times and we just try not

to overreact,” he said. “I was just trying to do what I could do. Everybody was starting to heat up. Everybody woke up and I hit my shots and got my share of buckets.”

Williams had a game-high 32 points with 12 coming in the fourth quarter. Pegues scored eight of his 11 points in the final eight minutes of regulation.

Joel Speckman also had 11 points for Chap.

“I’m happy I get to coach this team for another week,” said Wolverines Coach Nate Rohnert. “They never stopped believing against Eaglecrest.

I did nothing. Those guys just kept playing. When you do that and have quality guys, anything can happen.”

Chap will be facing Fossil Ridge for the second time this season after losing 67-63 game in December.

“It’s going to be a tough game,” said Williams. “We will watch film and know what we have to do to go out and win.”

Hot-shooting ThunderRidge, which hit at a 61.9 clip from the field, didn’t have much trouble against Continental League rival Rock Canyon and advanced to the Final Four for the 12th time.

The Grizzlies had four players score double figures.

Zach Keller, a 6-foot-9 senior and Wake Forest commit, had a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Jackson Brennan also had 17 points.

Andrew Crawford sunk 15 points and Joey Billelo hit 10.

Rock Canyon’s Gavin Hershberger took game scoring honors with 20 points. Chris Schlesinger added 12 points to the Jaguars’ attack.

“We played great,” said ThunderRidge Coach Joe Ortiz, whose team attempted 17 free throws in the final 5:34 of regulation. “We had good energy and good focus. Our resolve and resilience was better. Our best player (Keller) really played well and that really sparked us. I thought we handled their pressure really well.”

Keller is looking forward to the Grizzlies game against Denver East.

“They do process to offense really well and that is something we have to work on,” he said.

Douglas County closed to within a point of the Angels in the third quarter of the Great Eight competition on March 5, but Denver East started the fourth period with a 14-2 run, holding on in the last 2:19 for the win.

Ty Nettles had 17 points for the Huskies and Jaeton Hackley, who fouled out in the fourth quarter, added 14 markers.

Chaparral’s Luke Williams, 20, gets an unblocked tip-in for two points. Williams later led a big comeback for the Wolverines who were down by 13 points in the 3rd period to come back to win 65-60 in the PHOTOS BY PAUL DISALVO Great Eight round on March 5 at the Denver Coliseum.

The ThunderRidge boys basketball team celebrate their Great Eight victory over Rock Canyon 78-51, on March 5 at the Denver Coliseum.

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To win a girl’s state basketball championship, a team must take a preliminary step and advance into the final four.

On March 4 at the Denver Coliseum, defending state champion and top-seeded Valor Christian, secondseeded Highlands Ranch, third-seeded Grandview and fifth seeded Arapahoe won in the Great Eight, punching a ticket to the Class 5A Final Four.

On March 10, Valor Christian (21-4) will play Arapahoe (18-7) and Highlands Ranch (21-4) will challenge Grandview (18-9) at the Coliseum.

The winners from the Final Four contest will advance to the 5A state championships on March 12 at the Coliseum.

While Arapahoe is new to the semifinals round, Valor Christian, Highlands Ranch and Grandview are familiar with this round of competition.

“We’ve got to the Sweet 16 I don’t know how many times,” said Arapahoe Coach Jerry Knafelc. “Getting to this level and getting beyond it is tough. It is great for our program.

We’ve been on the edge before and any win we get at this point belongs to everybody in the last 12 years that has played in the program.

“We’re on the shoulders of giants.

Those are the giants that had to keep climbing the ladder. I’m not taking anything away from my girls. This is a special group of young ladies. We’re pretty battle tested and had a tough schedule. That pays off when you get into games like this.”

Valor is making its third consecutive 5A Final Four appearance and sixth overall in the state semifinals, “It is familiar,” said Valor Coach Jessika Caldwell. “It’s a beautiful familiarity. It doesn’t happen all the time. It’s something in our program that we always strive for excellence.”

Arapahoe will provide a familiar opponent for Valor, although the teams have not played each other this season. Last season, after Valor’s gymnasium was flooded, the Warriors offered assistance.

“We were out of a gym,” explained

The Highlands Ranch Girls basketball team celebrate their Great 8 victory over Doherty 54-39, on March 4th at the Denver ColiPHOTO BY PAUL DISALVO seum.

Caldwell. “They helped us in a gymless situation and that has brought us close together. I’m excited to be able to match up with them and just go at it and have some fun.”

This will be the seventh straight season that Grandview has made the Final Four and Highlands Ranch, under coach Caryn Jarocki, will be making its 16th appearance.

“Knowing that the Final Four is kind of a slot for us each year, we just know we kind of have to work hard for it,” said Alex Pirog, the team’s senior power forward. “It is really special to get there each year and we want to push past that this year. We have a tough game, but we’ll put in the work and be ready to go.”

Grandview is led by 6-foot-7 senior Lauren Betts.

“We have four days to prepare which is helpful,” said Jarocki. “But their bigs are a huge concern. We’ll have to play really well.”

Great Eight play In the Great Eight games, Arapahoe toppled Fossil Ridge, 53-46, and Grandview crushed district and Centennial League rival Cherry Creek, 70-38.

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Clutch free throw shooting by freshman Gianna Smith helped the Warriors hold off Fossil Ridge.

The Sabercats pulled to within 48-46 with 1:29 left, but Smith sank two free throws to push the Warriors ahead by four points with 63 seconds remaining. Smith hit all six of her free throws and finished with 15 points.

Sydney White had 12 points for Arapahoe, which held a 42-23 rebounding edge over the Sabercats, who hit only 28.3 percent from the field.

Senior guard Marya Hudgins scored 21 points while Betts had a double-double of 16 points and 16 rebounds in Grandview’s easy win over cold-shooting Cherry Creek.

Creek made only 25.5% of its field goal attempts and was led by freshman A’Neya Chambers with 13 points.

“Grandview played really well,” said Bruins Coach Clint Evans. “We knew we had to shoot the ball well against them. They went into a zone and we didn’t shoot well.”

Highlands Ranch capitalized on an 18-6 run to open the fourth quarter and started to rebound better in its win over Doherty.

Pirog had 17 points to go along with

11 rebounds for the Falcons. Emily Hovasse had 16 points while Katie Johanning and Ezra Simonich drained three-point shots which helped Highlands Ranch shoot 59.1 percent in the second half after a 15.4 percent performance in the first two quarters.

Johanning had nine points and Simonich eighth.

Coach Tony Speights’ Chaparral team gave Valor all it could handle but the Eagles pulled away late in the game for the victory.

Raegan Beers, Valor’s 6-foot-3 senior McDonald’s All-American, had a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Senior Macey Huard had 15 points with 13 coming in the second half.

Sophomore forward Reagan Lentell paced Chap with 16 points while Payton Bang added 11 points.

In the Class 3A girls state playoffs, Lutheran won a regional first round game over Manitou Springs, 64-28. St. Mary’s downed SkyView Academy, 77-68. In a Sweet 16 contest, St. Mary’s ousted Lutheran, 63-53 (Editor’s Note: Results of the March 10 Final Four contest were not available at press time. Please visit www. coloradocommunitymedia.com for updated results.)

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CU pulls investments from Russian companies Governor urges state colleges, universities to divest BYERICABREUNLIN THECOLORADOSUN

The University of Colorado is severing ties with publicly traded Russian companies, pulling money invested by the university’s foundation and treasury pool as an act of support for Ukraine following Russia’s invasion.

The value of the investments are “negligible overall,” according to a media release from the university.

“We are looking for ways to show our support for the people of Ukraine and believe that cutting our investments is the right thing to do,” CU President Todd Saliman said in a statement. Saliman was previously the university’s chief financial officer.

The university’s move to divest from Russian companies comes as Gov. Jared Polis urges the state’s higher education institutions to break away from Russian state-owned assets.

On Tuesday, Polis sent a letter to colleges and universities asking them to “completely divest your endowment of any Russian-owned assets,” “terminate all contracts with the Russian-government,” and “terminate all grants in which the Russian-government or Russian institutions of higher education are the primary beneficiary.”

Recommended Colorado’s former governor resigns from board of Russian bank Polis wrote that he hopes those sanctions can be “short-lived” and will put more pressure on Russia to end the war it started with Ukraine.

“We will stand on the side of freedom and proudly support a democratic and independent Ukraine,” Polis wrote. “War, violence, and chaos threaten the very foundations of the global economy and our national security. Colorado will not turn its head.

We will take affirmative actions to support Ukranians and hold Russia accountable.”

Fund managers for the CU Foundation are working to sell investments. Holdings in publicly traded Russian companies repre-

sent less than 0.1% of the foundation’s $2.6 billion long-term investment pool, or less than $2.6 million, according to the media release from the university.

Additionally, the university is invested in mutual funds that have equity holdings in Russia. The amount invested totals about $3.5 million as of the most recent valuation, which equals less than 0.25% of the university’s assets.

“The university has requested that the mutual funds exit these holdings as early as allowable,” the release stated.

Jack Kroll, chairman of CU’s Board of Regents, called the measures “small but important steps.”

The Colorado Department of Higher Education is not aware of any other state colleges or universities holding investments in Russian state-owned assets. Executive Director Angie Paccione reached out to presidents and CEOs of public institutions Thursday to ask if they had any financial connections to Russian entities.

“There’s nothing active that we know of at this time,” said CDHE spokesperson Megan McDermott, adding that CDHE also asked institutions if they are conducting any research projects with Russia and were informed that there are none.

The state’s pension system, the Public Employees’ Retirement Association, has also divested $7.2 million from a Russian bank that was sanctioned by the U.S. government last week. Polis is pushing the PERA Trust Fund to completely divest from all Russian state-owned institutions, according to a media release from the governor’s office. PERA’s portfolio is valued at about $61 billion.

That divestment falls as former Colorado Gov. Bill Owens recently resigned from the supervisory board of one of Russia’s largest banks, the Credit Bank of Moscow.

“Ukraine is a free and independent nation which was brutally attacked in an unprovoked way by Russia,” Owens told The Colorado Sun last week. “I believe the U.S. and our allies should stand for Ukraine, as they stand for us all.”

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

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0001 To Whom It May Concern: On 1/12/2022 2:09:00 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 D. THOMAS AND PAULA D. THOMAS Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR RYLAND MORTGAGE COMPANY Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCF 2 ACQUISITION TRUST C/O U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 8/25/2003 Recording Date of DOT: 9/4/2003 Reception No. of DOT: 2003132993 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $322,700.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $409,830.75 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: LOT 25A, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING 122-R, FIRST AMENDMENT, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 10830 Hickory Ridge Street, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 4, 2022, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 3/10/2022 Last Publication: 4/7/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 1/13/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ANNA JOHNSTON Colorado Registration #: 51978 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700 , DENVER, COLORADO 80204 Phone #: (303) 350-3711 Fax #: Attorney File #: 00000009280918 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0001 First Publication: 3/10/2022 Last Publication: 4/7/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2021-0046 To Whom It May Concern: On 12/28/2021 1:11:00 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: CORY H HATCH AND LORI A HATCH Original Beneficiary: WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, d/b/a Christiana Trust, not individually but as trustee for Pretium Mortgage Acquisition Trust Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 4/13/2007 Recording Date of DOT: 4/24/2007 Reception No. of DOT: 2007032602 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $321,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $262,500.21 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Borrower's failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

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

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 11, HIGHLANDS RANCH NO. 75-C COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO.

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ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LONE TREE Series of 2022 | Ordinance No. 22-02

ARTICLE 5 – ADOPTION OF PENALTY PROVISIONS The penalties provided in Chapter 16 of the Lone Tree Municipal Code are hereby adopted as follows:

AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REENACTING BY REFERENCE CHAPTER 16 OF THE CITY OF LONE TREE MUNICIPAL CODE, TITLED ZONING, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF

Sec. 16-1-240. – Violations. (a) No land in the City shall be used, nor any building or structure erected, constructed, enlarged, altered, maintained, moved or used in violation of or inconsistent with:

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LONE TREE, COLORADO:

1. This Chapter, as may be amended; 2. The terms and conditions of any applicable permit, plan, approval, or other form of authorization required to engage in such activity; and/or 3. The terms and conditions or limitations placed by the City within any development agreement, site improvement plan improvement agreement, or other similar agreement.

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 “Code”), codified and adopted on December 7, 2004. Pursuant to its constitutional home rule authority and Article 23, Title 31 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the City has authority to regulate the development of land within the City for the purposes of promoting public health, safety, convenience, and the general welfare of the community.

ARTICLE 2 – DECLARATIONS OF POLICY AND FINDINGS A. The City has adopted zoning regulations codified in Chapter 16 of the Municipal Code, as amended by subsequent ordinances (“Zoning Regulations”).

NOTICE OF SALE

B. Through the adoption of the City’s 2019 Comprehensive Plan and various subarea plans, design guidelines and standards, the City has created a vision of its future development and redevelopment (“Planning Documents”).

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.

C. The City is desirous of implementing its vision, as reflected in the Planning Documents, through the development and adoption of updated Zoning Regulations to be accomplished in phases.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 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.

D. The first phase of the Zoning Regulations update (“Zoning Code Update”), as reflected in this Ordinance, is to target specific amendments including but not limited to: site improvement plans, administrative matters, family childcare homes, land use application and review requirements.

Which has the address of: 9235 Ashburn Court, Littleton, CO 80130

First Publication: 2/24/2022 Last Publication: 3/24/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 12/28/2021 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ALISON L. BERRY Colorado Registration #: 34531 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 21-025990 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2021-0046 First Publication: 2/24/2022 Last Publication: 3/24/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

City and County PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on March 22, 2022 beginning at 2:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible, in the Commissioner’s Hearing Room, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Douglas will conduct a public hearing concerning the proposed adoption of a resolution amending the 2022 adopted budget.

Any interested elector of Douglas County may file an objection to the proposed amendment to the budget at any time prior to it’s final adoption by the Board of County Commissioners. A copy of said resolution may be obtained for inspection at the offices of the County Commissioners at the above address in Castle Rock, Colorado, or viewed on-line at www.douglas.co.us.

Legal Notice No. 941625 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE This Ordinance and any changes thereto shall be considered at a public hearing and second reading for final adoption by the Lone Tree City Council. The hearing will be located at 8527 Lone

E. The subsequent phase(s) will involve the City’s retention of a consultant to assist in developing and drafting comprehensive revisions to the Zoning Regulations and associated amendments to the Zoning Map, as needed.

F. The Zoning Code Update has been published on the City’s website for public comment in advance of the scheduled public hearings before Planning Commission and City Council.

G. The Planning Commission and the City Council conducted duly noticed public hearings on the Zoning Code Update in accordance with Section 16-1-100 of the Municipal Code.

H. In accordance with Section 3 of Article V of the Home Rule Charter, Chapter 16 of the Lone Tree Municipal Code is adopted by reference, with copies and amendments, if any, available for public inspection at the office of the City Clerk.

I. The Zoning Code Update includes adoption by reference of: (1) the City of Lone Tree Design Guidelines and Standards for Architecture and Site Planning; and (2) the City of Lone Tree Design Guidelines and Standards for Landscaping.

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 OF CHAPER 16 BY REFERENCE INCLUDING DESIGN GUIDELINES (a) The City Council hereby repeals Chapter 16, titled Zoning, of the Lone Tree Municipal Code, in full and re-enacts Chapter 16 by reference, as published by the City of Lone Tree on the City’s website on March 1, 2022, at www.cityoflonetree. com, consisting of Articles I through XXXVI in their entirety and all secondary codes referenced therein. (b) The Design Guidelines and Standards for Architecture and Site Planning and The Design Guidelines and Standards for Landscaping, inclusive of all appendices, are adopted by reference (collectively, “2022 Design Guidelines and Standards”) and incorporated in Chapter 16 of the Municipal Code. Except as provided in Article 6 of this Ordinance, the 2022 Design Guidelines and Standards may be amended by resolution of City Council, following review by Planning Commission, and thereafter published on the City’s website. (c) The Lone Tree Design Guidelines, adopted

by Resolution No. 97-03, as amended on April 3, 2001 by Resolution No. 01-11, and as amended on November 19, 2013 by Resolution No. 13-18, is repealed effective as of the effective date of this Ordinance. (d) The Lone Tree Landscape Design Guidelines and Standards for Areas in and Along Public Rights-of-Way, adopted by City Council on September 15, 2020 by Resolution No. 20-21, is repealed effective as of the effective date of this Ordinance.

(b) No structure shall be altered, built, or moved, and no structure or land shall be used or occupied, which does not conform to all applicable provisions of this Chapter in which the structure or land is located. (c) No structure shall be erected, placed upon or extended over any easement unless approved in writing by the agency or agencies having jurisdiction over such easement. A copy of such approval shall be submitted to the Community Development Department prior to building permit issuance and may be required prior to approval of a development application, such as a Site Improvement Plan.

Sec. 16-1-250 Inspections and notice of violation.

(1) The Director shall respond to zoning complaints and make regular inspections of properties in the City.

(2) The Director shall consult with the City Attorney and Chief Building Official and other applicable City offices concerned with, but not limited to, the lawful erection, construction, alteration, occupation or use of any building, structure, or land in the incorporated area of the City.

(3) The Council authorizes the Director, in accordance with law, to enter and inspect any building, structure or tract of land within the boundaries of the City to determine compliance with this Chapter, and to perform other such duties as may be necessary and appropriate to permit such agents to detect zoning violations, to give alleged violators statutory notice and to enforce compliance with this Chapter.

(4) When the Director has knowledge of any violation of this Chapter on a particular property, the Director, or designee, is authorized to issue a written Notice of Violation for work on any land, improvement to land, building or any structure which is not in compliance with the provisions of this Chapter, which notice shall describe the nature of the violation and shall provide notice that an Order to Stop Work may be issued if the violation is not corrected within the time frame stipulated in the notice, as reasonably determined by the Director. The Director may request in writing, from the property owner, agreement to the remedy of any such violation.

Sec. 16-1-260. Remedies. (a) The Director is authorized to issue an Order to Stop Work on any land, improvement to land, building, or any structure which remains in violation of the provisions of this Chapter after the time frame as stipulated in the Notice of Violation. The order shall require anyone performing such work or owning the property on which such work is being performed, to cease and desist, and shall describe the nature of the violations and the enforcement action which the City intends to undertake. (b) The decision of the Director to issue an Order to Stop Work may be appealed to the Council. The party seeking to appeal said order shall submit the appeal in writing, accompanied by a copy of the Notice of Violation and the Order to Stop Work to the Council within ten (10) days of receipt of the Order to Stop Work. The Council shall render a decision upon said appeal within twenty (20) days of receipt of said appeal and shall communicate its decision in writing to the Director and to the appellant. (c) Upon issuance of said order to any person performing such work and upon presentation of a copy of such order to the City's law enforcement personnel, such law enforcement personnel shall be empowered to serve legal process by summons on, or arrest of, any person who continues to perform work in violation of the terms of such order. (d) Each day during which work continues in violation of the terms of an Order to Stop Work shall be deemed a separate violation subject to the penalties set forth in Section 16-1-280. The Council, through the City Attorney, may also initiate legal proceedings in accordance with applicable statutes, regulations, civil and criminal procedures to enjoin, abate or remove such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, maintenance or use and may also pursue any other remedies provided by law. (e) The City may deny or withhold all permits, certificates, licenses, or other forms of authorization to use or develop any land, structure or improvements thereon including issuance or renewal of a liquor license until the alleged violation related to such property, use, or development is corrected. (f) The City may revoke any development approval, permit or other authorization, after notice

and a public hearing before the decision-maker that originally granted the final approval, permit or other authorization, when it is determined that: 1. There is a material departure from the approved plans, specifications, or conditions of approval; 2. There is a violation of any provision of this Code; 3. The development approval was obtained by false representation; and/or 4. The development approval, permit, or other authorization was issued in error.

Sec. 16-1-270. – Enforcement.

This Chapter shall be enforced by the Director, the Police Department and other authorized representatives as set forth by resolution, intergovernmental agreement, other Council action or as otherwise set forth herein, on all matters involving this Chapter, and in accordance with Sections 16-1-250 and 16-1-260.

(1) This Chapter may also be enforced by injunction, or other civil actions, and the City shall be entitled to an award of its costs, including attorney's fees.

(2) If the alleged violation has not been corrected within thirty (30) days, or the applicable time period specified in the notice, the City, through the City Attorney, may initiate legal action in municipal court or other court of appropriate jurisdiction to abate, stop, enjoin, or prevent such violation.

The cost of abatement shall be at the expense of the violator and shall be supported by competent evidence and reduced to judgment in the same action in a hearing before the Court.

(3) Any police officer of the Police Department is authorized to issue a summons and complaint to any person reasonably believed to have committed a violation of this Chapter in the officer's presence.

Sec. 16-1-280. Penalties. (a) Violations of any of the provisions of this Chapter, including violations of conditions of approval, shall constitute a municipal offense subject to the penalties set forth in Section 1-4-20 of this Code. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the City from taking such other lawful action as is necessary to prevent or remedy any violation. (b) Any person, whether as principal, agent, employee or otherwise, who violates any of the provisions of this Chapter or any landowner who allows the use of his or her land by another in violation of this Chapter, shall be fined subject to the penalties set forth in Section 1-4-20 of this Code. Each day during which any such illegal erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, maintenance, or use continues shall be deemed a separate offense.

ARTICLE 6- AMENDMENTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTIONS AUTHORIZED Following adoption of this Ordinance, the City’s Community Development Director is authorized to make or cause to be made minor typographical, technical or formatting corrections to Chapter 16, inclusive of the 2022 Design Guidelines and Standards, as may be necessary to incorporate the provisions of this Ordinance within the Lone Tree Municipal Code.

The Community Development Director is further authorized to make changes to the Appendices of the 2022 Design Guidelines and Standards based on new information or changes in best practices.

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 – CAUSES OF ACTION RETAINED Nothing in this Ordinance hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding pending 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 9 - EFFECTIVE DATE This Ordinance shall take effect 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 MARCH 1, 2022.

Legal Notice No. 941627 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF INTENT TO ACQUIRE LAND OF THE STERLING RANCH COMMUNITY AUTHORITY BOARD DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Board of Directors of the Sterling Ranch Community Authority Board (the “CAB”) has determined, pursuant to

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Public Notices Section 32-1-1001(1)(f), it is necessary to acquire certain real property interests located along the West side of Moore Road for public purposes of expanding the Moore Road right-of-way. The proposed acquisition of real property will be considered for final reading and determination at a regular meeting of the CAB to be held at 1:00 p.m. on April 20, 2022 at The Overlook, 7853 Piney River Ave, Littleton, CO 80125. These meetings are open to the public.

The address of the office of the CAB where the names and addresses of the CAB Members and its officers and the address, telephone number, fax number and email address of the CAB may be obtained is: 8155 Piney River Avenue, Suite 150, Littleton, CO 80125.

STERLING RANCH COMMUNITY AUTHORITY BOARD /s/ Denise Hogenes, General Manager Legal Notice No. 941612 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Published in: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAW OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, FAJITA PETE’S Smith Restaurant Group, LLC d/b/a Fajita Pete’s has requested the Licensing Officials of Douglas County to grant a Liquor License for a Beer & Wine liquor license at the location of 9385 S Colorado Blvd., Suite 109 in Highlands Ranch, CO 80126.

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, April 5, 2022 at 1:30 p.m.

Date of Application: February 14, 2022 Officers: Smith Restaurant Group, LLC Manager – Hugh B. Guill II Legal Notice No. 941624 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Metropolitan Districts Public Notice CLERK AND RECORDER, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING IN RE THE ORGANIZATION OF PINEY LAKE TRAILS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 & 2, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there was filed with Douglas County, Colorado, a service plan and related documents (the “Service Plan”) for the proposed Piney Lake Trails Metropolitan District Nos. 1 & 2 (collectively, the “Districts”).

The Service Plan is now on file in the Office of the Clerk and Recorder of Douglas County, and is available for public inspection.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that by Resolution of Douglas County, Colorado, and pursuant to Section 32-1-204, C.R.S., a public hearing on said Service Plan and related matters will be held before the Board of County Commissioners at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at the Commissioner’s Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado.

The purpose of the public hearing shall be to consider the adequacy of the Service Plan to form a basis for adopting a Resolution approving, conditionally approving, or disapproving the Service Plan.

The Districts will consist of approximately 335.187 acres and will be generally located east of N. Piney Lake Road and south of County Line Road, Douglas County, Colorado.

The Districts shall be metropolitan districts and have the power and authority to provide the public improvements as described in the Service Plan as such power and authority is described in the Special District Act and other applicable statutes, common law and the Constitution, subject to the limitations set forth in the Service Plan and any intergovernmental agreement(s) between the proposed Districts and Douglas County, as any or all of the same may be amended from time to time. A Maximum Total Mill Levy of 70 mills within each District is proposed to support debt service and operations and maintenance of the Districts.

A maximum mill levy within each District of 50 mills is proposed to support the debt service of the Districts, subject to the limitation of the Maximum Total Mill Levy. A maximum mill levy of 20 mills within each District is proposed to support the operations and maintenance of the Districts’ services and public improvements, subject to the limitation of the Maximum Total Mill Levy.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to Section 32-1-203(3.5), C.R.S., as amended, no later than ten days prior to the public hearing on the Service Plan, any owner of real property within the proposed Piney Lake Trails Metropolitan District Nos. 1 & 2 may file a petition with the Douglas County Board of County Commissioners (the “BOCC”) requesting that such real property be excluded from the Districts. The BOCC shall not be limited in its action with respect to the exclusion of property based upon such request. Any request for exclusion shall be acted upon before final action of the BOCC concerning approval of the Service Plan.

By: /s/ Merlin Klotz By: Merlin Klotz, Clerk and Recorder Douglas County, Colorado Legal Notice No. 941615 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Overlook Metropolitan District, Town of Parker, Douglas County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S. The following candidates are declared elected: Vicky L. Tucci: until the second regular election (May 6, 2025) VACANCY: until the second regular election (May 6, 2025) VACANCY: until the second regular election (May 6, 2025) VACANCY: until the next regular election (May 2, 2023) VACANCY: until the next regular election (May 2, 2023) DATED: March 1, 2022 /s/ LISA JACOBY Designated Election Official for the Overlook Metropolitan District c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, CO 80203-1254 Phone: 303-592-4380 Legal Notice No. 941623 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PETITION FOR INCLUSION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there has been filed with the Board of Directors of Roxborough Water and Sanitation District (the “District”), Counties of Douglas and Jefferson, State of Colorado, a petition praying for the Inclusion of certain lands into the District. Notice is hereby given to all interested persons that they shall appear at a public meeting of the Roxborough Water and Sanitation District, on March 16, 2022 at 8:00 a.m., at 6222 North Roxborough Park Road, Littleton, Colorado, and show cause in writing why approval of the stated inclusion should not be granted. All protests and objections must be submitted in writing to the District’s Board of Directors at or prior to the public hearing (to spacheco@isp-law.com or Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C., 4725 S. Monaco Street, Ste. 360, Denver, CO 80237) in order to be considered, or shall thereafter be waived. The meeting may also be attended virtually via Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87459818759?pwd=c kUxUDJUUzZ1R0ltSEJvSERtc0RJdz09 Meeting ID: 874 5981 8759 Passcode: 694389.

The name and address of the petitioners and a legal description of the property to be included into the District is as follows: PETITIONER: Dominion Water & Sanitation District 9250 E Costilla Avenue, Ste. 210 Greenwood Village, CO 80112 LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 2A, RIVER CANYON FILING NO. 2, 1ST AMENDMENT RECORDED JANUARY 4, 2016, AT RECEPTION NO. 2016000108, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. ALSO KNOWN AS: ROXBOROUGH WASTEWATER PLANT, LITTLETON, CO 780125

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ROXBOROUGH WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT By: ICENOGLE SEAVER POGUE A Professional Corporation Legal Notice No. 941630 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE UTE PASS REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICE DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by Ute Pass Regional Health Service District, Teller County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election or thereafter there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby cancelled.

The following candidates are declared elected: Joseph Watson: 3 Year Term Chris Erickson: 1 Year Term Joy Buckley: 3 Year Term UTE PASS REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICE DISTRICT By:Teresa Weiss Designated Election Official Legal Notice No. 941607 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION

BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL TIMBERS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Timbers Metropolitan District of Douglas County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the regular election to be

held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Matthew Maher to a 3-year term until May 2025 Vacancy (2022-2025) TIMBERS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ Courtney Linney Designated Election Official Published On: March 10, 2022 Published In: Douglas County News Press Legal Notice No. 941620 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice CLERK AND RECORDER, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING IN RE THE ORGANIZATION OF RANGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 - 3, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there was filed with Douglas County, Colorado, a service plan and related documents (the “Service Plan”) for the proposed Range Metropolitan District Nos. 1 - 3 (collectively, the “Districts”). The Service Plan is now on file in the Office of the Clerk and Recorder of Douglas County, and is available for public inspection.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that by Resolution of Douglas County, Colorado, and pursuant to Section 32-1-204, C.R.S., a public hearing on said Service Plan and related matters will be held before the Board of County Commissioners at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at the Commissioner’s Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado.

The purpose of the public hearing shall be to consider the adequacy of the Service Plan to form a basis for adopting a Resolution approving, conditionally approving, or disapproving the Service Plan.

The Districts will consist of approximately 400 acres and will be generally located east of Highway 85 and west of N. Daniels Park Road, Douglas County, Colorado.

The Districts shall be metropolitan districts and have the power and authority to provide the public improvements as described in the Service Plan as such power and authority is described in the Special District Act and other applicable statutes, common law and the Constitution, subject to the limitations set forth in the Service Plan and any intergovernmental agreement(s) between the proposed Districts and Douglas County, as any or all of the same may be amended from time to time. A Maximum Total Mill Levy of 70 mills within each District is proposed to support debt service and operations and maintenance of the Districts.

A maximum mill levy within each District of 50 mills is proposed to support the debt service of the Districts, subject to the limitation of the Maximum Total Mill Levy. A maximum mill levy of 20 mills within each District is proposed to support the operations and maintenance of the Districts’ services and public improvements, subject to the limitation of the Maximum Total Mill Levy.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to Section 32-1-203(3.5), C.R.S., as amended, no later than ten days prior to the public hearing on the Service Plan, any owner of real property within the proposed Range Metropolitan District Nos. 1 - 3 may file a petition with the Douglas County Board of County Commissioners (the “BOCC”) requesting that such real property be excluded from the Districts. The BOCC shall not be limited in its action with respect to the exclusion of property based upon such request. Any request for exclusion shall be acted upon before final action of the BOCC concerning approval of the Service Plan.

By:/s/ Merlin Klotz By: Merlin Klotz, Clerk and Recorder Douglas County, Colorado Legal Notice No. 941616 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

adopted Code of Rules to address the collection of unpaid water and sewer charges, and quarterly service rates fees and charges including modifying certain fees, rates, tolls, penalties or charges related to unpaid accounts and services provided by CAB. The CAB’s Board of Directors shall consider adopting these changes at a regular meeting of the CAB to be held on April 20, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. at The Overlook, 7853 Piney River Ave, Littleton, CO 80125. This meeting is open to the public.

The address of the office of the CAB where the names and addresses of the CAB Members and its officers and the address, telephone number, fax number and email address of the CAB may be obtained is: 8155 Piney River Avenue, Suite 150, Littleton, CO 80125. These meetings are open to the public.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: STERLING RANCH COMMUNITY AUTHORITY BOARD /s/ Denise Hogenes, General Manager

Public Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING IN RE THE ORGANIZATION OF FIELDS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 - 3, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there was filed with Douglas County, Colorado, a service plan and related documents (the “Service Plan”) for the proposed Fields Metropolitan District Nos. 1-3 (collectively, the “Districts”). The Service Plan is now on file in the Office of the Clerk and Recorder of Douglas County, and is available for public inspection.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that by Resolution of Douglas County, Colorado, and pursuant to Section 32-1-204, C.R.S., a public hearing on said Service Plan and related matters will be held before the Board of County Commissioners at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at the Commissioner’s Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado.

The purpose of the public hearing shall be to consider the adequacy of the Service Plan to form a basis for adopting a Resolution approving, conditionally approving, or disapproving the Service Plan.

The Districts will consist of approximately 258.358 acres and will be generally located to the west of Flintwood Road and to the north of Singing Hills Road, Douglas County, Colorado.

The Districts shall be metropolitan districts and have the power and authority to provide the public improvements as described in the Service Plan as such power and authority is described in the Special District Act and other applicable statutes, common law and the Constitution, subject to the limitations set forth in the Service Plan and any intergovernmental agreement(s) between the proposed Districts and Douglas County, as any or all of the same may be amended from time to time. A Maximum Total Mill Levy of 70 mills within each District is proposed to support debt service and operations and maintenance of the Districts.

A maximum mill levy within each District of 50 mills is proposed to support the debt service of the Districts, subject to the limitation of the Maximum Total Mill Levy. A maximum mill levy of 20 mills within each District is proposed to support the operations and maintenance of the Districts’ services and public improvements, subject to the limitation of the Maximum Total Mill Levy.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to Section 32-1-203(3.5), C.R.S., as amended, no later than ten days prior to the public hearing on the Service Plan, any owner of real property within the proposed Fields Metropolitan District Nos. 1 - 3 may file a petition with the Douglas County Board of County Commissioners (the “BOCC”) requesting that such real property be excluded from the Districts. The BOCC shall not be limited in its action with respect to the exclusion of property based upon such request. Any request for exclusion shall be acted upon before final action of the BOCC concerning approval of the Service Plan.

By: /s/ Merlin Klotz

Who: The McArthur Ranch Recreation District 1200 Valley Rd. 80124 Douglas County Colorado

Legal Notice No. 941614 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: for 2 Board members to each serve 4 year terms on the McArthur Ranch Recreation District.

Property owners within the boundaries of the McArthur Ranch Recreation district may serve on the McArthur Ranch Board or may nominate someone to stand for election. Nomination forms can be obtained by contacting Kitty Migaki the DOE at 10711 Flatiron Rd. Lone Tree , CO 80124, or 303-790-1599. The office of the DEO is open by appointment. The deadline to submit self nomination forms is 5:00 p.m. March 11, 2022, for the May 3, 2022 election.

Legal Notice No. 941604 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press ____________________________________

Public Notice NOTICE OF CHANGES TO CODE OF RULES OF THE STERLING RANCH COMMUNITY AUTHORITY BOARD NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to C.R.S. §§ 32-1-1001(1)(j)(I) and 32-1-1001(1)(f), as may be amended, that the Board of Directors of the STERLING RANCH COMMUNITY AUTHORITY BOARD (the “CAB”) is considering changes to its

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the High Prairie Farms Metropolitan District, Douglas County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected:

HIGH PRAIRIE FARMS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Evan Ela: 3-Year Term, Until May 2025 Thomas Mansfield: 3-Year Term, Until May 2025 By: /s/ Kurt C. Schlegel Designated Election Official Chatfield South Water District Legal Notice No. 941606 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Metro Districts Budget Hearings Public Notice NOTICE AS TO ADOPTION OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF THE 2021 BUDGET OF THE STERLING RANCH COMMUNITY AUTHORITY BOARD DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Sections 29-1-108 and 109, C.R.S., that an amendment of the 2021 Budget of the Sterling Ranch Community Authority Board (“CAB”) has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the CAB. Copies of the proposed 2021 amended budget are on file in the office of the CAB Accounting Department, 8155 Piney River Avenue, Suite 150, Littleton, CO 80125, where same are available for public inspection. Such proposed 2021 amended budget will be considered for final reading and public hearing at a regular meeting of the CAB to be held at 1:00 p.m. on April 20, 2022 at The Overlook, 7853 Piney River Ave, Littleton, CO 80125. These meetings are open to the public.

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

The address of the office of the CAB where the names and addresses of the CAB Members and its officers and the address, telephone number, fax number and email address of the CAB may be obtained is: 8155 Piney River Avenue, Suite 150, Littleton, CO 80125.

STERLING RANCH COMMUNITY AUTHORITY BOARD /s/ Denise Hogenes, General Manager Legal Notice No. 941613 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Published in: Douglas County News Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS §1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S.

until May, 2025 (3 year term) Rolla Stephen Van Meter: May 3, 2022 until May, 2025 (3 year term) Ines E. D’Ambrosio: May 3, 2022 until May, 2023 (1 year term) Richard R. Nelsen: May 3, 2022 until May, 2023 (1 year term)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Chatfield South Water District, Douglas County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby cancelled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513 C.R.S.

Bids and Settlements

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Roger K. Christensen: May 3, 2022 until May, 2025 (3 year term) Ashleigh Farrell: May 3, 2022

Legal Notice No. 941629 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press _____________________________________

NOTICE OF REGULAR ELECTION CANCELLATION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS

CLERK AND RECORDER, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO

By: Merlin Klotz, Clerk and Recorder Douglas County, Colorado

Contact Person for the District: Stephen L. Brown (Designated Election Official) Telephone Number of the District: 303-841-2458 Address of the District: 19590 E. Mainstreet, Suite 107, Parker, CO 80138 District Facsimile Number: 720-367-5447 District Email: steve@brownandtaylor.com

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Legal Notice No. 941611 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Published in: Douglas County News Press

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Dated: March 1, 2022 (Signature of the Designated Election Official) /s/ Stephen L. Brown

INVITATION TO SPRING VALLEY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT 1 RIVER HIGHLANDS DRIVE & CALUSA PINES ROAD The Spring Valley Metropolitan District No. 1 (District) will receive bids until 2:00 P.M (MDT), March 30, 2022. Promptly thereafter, all bids that have been duly received will be opened and reviewed by the District. All interested parties are invited to bid. The District reserves the right to reject any bidder as not qualified, reject any and all bids, waive irregularity in the bidding, or accept responsive and responsible bids, as the best interests of the District may be served, said determination to be made in the sole discretion of the District. Bids received after the specified bid time will not be accepted.

The Project Site is located near the intersection of County Road 17-21 & 174 intersection, Elbert County, Colorado. The Work to be bid generally includes the following construction activities: • Water & Storm Sewer installation • Curb, Gutter & Sidewalk • Paving • Signage & Striping • Final Stabilization of Disturbed Areas Bids shall be submitted only by Prime Contractors on the basis of the District’s Bid Form. The District will review bids based upon all Bid Schedules and Construction Completion Schedules and select a bid based upon criteria deemed to be in the

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The Bid Documents, which include the District’s Bid Form, Construction Plans and Contract Documents for use in preparing bids, can be obtained from the District’s project consultant, Tahoe Land Services, by contacting CJ Kirst at [cjkirst@ tahoelandservices.net].

A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held on March 15, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. (MDT) at 2NCivil – 6 Inverness Court East, Suite 125, Englewood, CO 80112. In order to attend the PreBid Conference, bidders must submit a Bidder’s Pre-qualification Statement at the Pre-Bid Conference or before the Pre-Bid Conference to cjkirst@ tahoelandservices.net. Qualified Contractors will be confirmed within 48 hours. Bidders must attend the Pre-Bid Conference and be determined to be Qualified Contractors to submit bids.

All bids shall be emailed to cjkirst@tahoelandservices.net no later than 2:00 p.m. (MDT) March 30, 2022. A Bid Bond in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) 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. The bidder to whom a Contract is awarded will be required to furnish a 100% Performance Bond and 100% Material and Labor Payment Bond guaranteeing Contractor’s full and faithful performance. Proof of Workman’s Compensation and Liability Insurance will also be required. Retainage will be withheld.

All insurance policies shall name the District as an additional insured.

No bids may be withdrawn within a period of sixty (60) days after the date the bids are submitted.

Legal Notice No. 941599 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice Notice of Partial Final Payment/Final Settlement – Partial Release of Retainage Sterling Ranch Community Authority Board Notice is hereby given that at 9:00 a.m. on March 28, 2022, the STERLING RANCH COMMUNITY AUTHORITY BOARD, having found that satisfactory and substantial reasons exist, shall make a partial final payment and settlement to the following contractors in connection with all services rendered, materials furnished and for all labor performed in and for the referenced project: 1. Iron Woman Construction and Environmental Services, LLC in the amount of $170,776.06 pursuant to the contract dated December 3, 2019, for work performed in Sterling Ranch Filing No. 3A for Paving and Utilities work.

Any person, individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust estate, trust, limited liability company, partnership, association or other legal entity that has furnished labor, materials, sustenance, or other supplies used or consumed by a contractor or his or her subcontractor in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplies laborers, rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work whose claim therefor has not been paid by the contractor or the subcontractor may, at any lime and up to and including the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of the claim.

All such claims shall be filed with the Sterling Ranch Community Authority Board, Attn: Accounting, 8155 Piney River Ave., Suite 150, Littleton, CO 80125 on or before the above-mentioned dale and time of final settlement.

Legal Notice No. 941622 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 17, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO BIDDERS Separate sealed bids for the Town Hall Hot Water Plant (CIP 22-021-CI) as described in the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, will be received by electronic bid through Rocky Mountain EPurchasing System: www.bidnetdirect.com//town-of-parker until 1:00 p.m. local time, March 22, 2022 and then publicly opened and read aloud via an online Zoom conference. The Zoom conference information will be added to BidNet via a Communication prior to the bid date.

Electronic construction plans, specifications and forms for preparing bids may be obtained on Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System: www.bidnetdirect.com//town-of-parker on March 1, 2022.

All bids must be accompanied by a Bid Bond in an amount of at least five percent (5%) of the Bid. The vendors can upload their bid bond when responding online. The bond will be retained by the Town as liquidated damages if the successful bidder refuses or fails to enter into a Contract and Performance, Payment and Maintenance bond in accordance with his bid when notified of the award.

The Town shall issue a written addendum if substantial changes which impact the technical submission of Bids are required. Addenda will be posted on the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System: www.bidnetdirect.com//town-of-parker.

Plan Holders are responsible for either revisiting website prior to the due date to ensure that they have any addenda which may have been issued after the initial download.

The Plan Holder shall certify its acknowledgment of the addendum by signing the addendum and returning it with its Bid. In the event of conflict with the original contract documents, addenda shall govern all other contract documents to the extent specified. Subsequent addenda shall govern over prior addenda only to the extent specified.

MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING: March 15, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. – Pikes Peak Conference Room at Parker Town Hall, 20120 E. Mainstreet, Parker, CO 80138 The extent of the work is approximately as follows: Removal and replacement of the Hot Water Plant (2 boilers and 2 pumps) at Parker Town Hall, located at 20120 East Mainstreet in Parker.

Bids may not be withdrawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after the time fixed for closing them. The Owner reserves the right to waive irregularities, to waive technical defects accordingly as the best interest of the Town may be served, may reject any and all bids, and shall award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder as determined by the Owner.

All bidders’ questions and inquires shall be directed to the Town of Parker’s Project Manager, Adrian Orzescu at 303-805-3252/ aorzescu@ parkeronline.org. Question deadline - March 17, 2022 by 4:00 p.m.

Tom Williams, PE, Engineering/Public Works Director This Notice to Bidders is not valid without the above signature.

BY ORDER OF THE STERLING RANCH COMMUNITY AUTHORITY BOARD

NOTICE TO NONRESIDENT BIDDERS The purpose of this notice is to comply with C.R.S. § 8-19-104(3). If a nonresident bidder is from a state that provides a bidding preference to bidders from that state, then a comparable percentage disadvantage will be applied to the bid of that nonresident bidder. Nonresident bidders may obtain additional information from the Web site for the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.

Legal Notice No. 941610 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 17, 2022 Published in: Douglas County News Press

Legal Notice No. 941603 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Failure on the part at a claimant to timely file a verified statement of the amount due shall relieve the Sterling Ranch Community Authority Board from any and all liability for making payment to the claimant.

Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Roxborough Water and Sanitation District of Douglas and Jefferson County, Colorado, will make final payment at the offices of Roxborough Water and Sanitation District, 6222 N. Roxborough Road, Littleton, CO 80125, on or after 12:00 p.m., Thursday, March 24, 2022, to Redline Pipeline for all work done by said Contractor on the Water Treatment Plant Backwash Pond Phase 1, all of said construction being within the Roxborough Water and Sanitation District Water Treatment Plant site boundaries, approximately 1.5 miles south of Titan Road on North Roxborough Park Road in Douglas County, State of Colorado.

Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, provisions, or other supplies used or consumed by such Contractor or his subcontractors in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done and whose claim therefore has not been paid by the Contractor or his Subcontractor, at any time up to and including the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done, is required to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim to the Roxborough Water and Sanitation District, 6222 N. Roxborough Road, Littleton, CO 80125, at or before the time and date herein above shown. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement will release said Roxborough Water and Sanitation District, its Board of Directors, officers, agents, and employees, of and from any and all liability for such claim.

ROXBOROUGH WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT By: Barbara J. Biggs, General Manager

Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice District Court, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2021CV30680, Division/ Courtroom # 6 SHERIFF’S SALE NO. 22000267 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY HIGHLANDS RANCH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Plaintiff: v.

MOHAMMAD R FALLAHI et al.

Defendant(s) Regarding: Lot 44, Highlands Ranch Filing No. 67-B, County of Douglas, State of Colorado.

Also known as: 6634 Laguna Circle, Highlands Ranch, CO 80130; also known as: 6634 Laguna Cir Highlands Ranch, CO 80130 (the “Property”) Under a Judgement and Decree of Foreclosure entered on January 11, 2022, relating to Transcripts of Judgments recorded in the Douglas County public records the undersigned is ordered to sell certain real property set forth and described above.

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be

conducted by the Civil Division of the Sheriff's Office of Douglas County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 5th day May 2022, 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 $11,042.00 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 Wendy E. Weigler #28419 with WINZENBURG LEFF PURVIS & PAYNE LLP 8020 SHAFFER PKWY SUITE 300 LITTLETON, CO 80127, (303) 863-1870 Dated 3/10/2022, Castle Rock, CO Tony Spurlock Sheriff of Douglas County, Colorado Tommy Barrella, Deputy Douglas County, Colorado Legal Notice No. 941592 First Publication: 3/10/2022 Last Publication: 4/7/2022 Published In: Douglas County News Press Public Notice District Court, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2020CV030859 SHERIFF’S SALE NO. 22000095 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY HIGHLANDS RANCH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff: v.

SUSAN ECKERT, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF DORIS H. VIEREGG et al.

Defendant(s) Regarding: Lot 30, Block 3, Highlands Ranch Filing No. 14, County of Douglas, State of Colorado Also known as: 1175 Cherry Blossom Court, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126; also known as: 1175 Cherry Blossom Court Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 (the “Property”) Under a Judgement and Decree of Foreclosure entered on October 18, 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 31st day March 2022, 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.

Plaintiff(s): THE TOWN HOMES AT RED HAWK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. Defendant(s): RENEE BROOKS; NATIONS LENDING CORPORATION; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS A NOMINEE FOR NATIONS LENDING CORPORATION; COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY; CHRISTINE DUFFY, DOUGLAS COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE; AND OCCUPANT(S)

SUMMONS THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO DEFENDANT(S) NAMED ABOVE: You are summoned and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the attached Complaint within twenty-one (21) days after this summons is served on you in the State of Colorado, or within thirty-five (35) days after this summons is served on you outside the State of Colorado, or within sixty-three (63) days after this summons is served upon the United States or one of its agencies.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within the applicable time period, judgment by default may be entered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint, without any further notice to you.

The following documents are also served with this Summons: Complaint in Foreclosure, and District Civil Case Cover Sheet DATE: January ___, 2022 TOBEY & JOHNSTON, P.C. By: /s/* Richard W. Johnston *Original signature on file at the office of Tobey & Johnston, P.C. This summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4, C.R.C.P., as amended.

A copy of the Complaint must be served with this Summons.

This form should not be used where service by publication is desired.

WARNING: A VALID SUMMONS MAY BE ISSUED BY A LAWYER AND IT NEED NOT CONTAIN A COURT CASE NUMBER, THE SIGNATURE OF A COURT OFFICER, OR A COURT SEAL. THE PLAINTIFF HAS 14 DAYS FROM THE DATE THIS SUMMONS WAS SERVED ON YOU TO FILE THE CASE WITH THE COURT. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTACTING THE COURT TO FIND OUT WHETHER THE CASE HAS BEEN FILED AND OBTAIN THE CASE NUMBER. IF THE PLAINTIFF FILES THE CASE WITHIN THIS TIME, THEN YOU MUST RESPOND AS EXPLAINED IN THIS SUMMONS. IF THE PLAINTIFF FILES MORE THAN 14 DAYS AFTER THE DATE THE SUMMONS WAS SERVED ON YOU, THE CASE MAY BE DISMISSED UPON MOTION AND YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO SEEK ATTORNEY’S FEES FROM THE PLAINITFF. Amended and Adopted by the Court, En Banc, October 10, 2013, effective immediately Legal Notice No. 941597 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO 4000 Justice Way, Suite 2009 Castle Rock, CO 80109

Tommy Barrella, Deputy Douglas County, Colorado Legal Notice No. 941560 First Publication: 3/10/2022 Last Publication: 4/7/2022 Published In: Douglas County News Press

Misc. Private Legals PUBLIC NOTICE DISTRICT COURT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO 4000 Justice Way Castle Rock, Colorado 80109 Douglas/Elbert Combined Court Domestic Cases CONSOLIDATED NOTICE OF PUBLICATION Notice is hereby given that in the following proceedings filed in the Court during the month of September, 2021 under the Uniform Dissolution of Marriage Act, the above Court has found that due diligence has been used to obtain personal service of process within the State of Colorado and that efforts to obtain same would be to no avail, C.R.S. 14-10-107(4) (a) has ordered five publications of a Consolidated Notice of said proceedings: Case No.: 2021 DR1 Names of Parties: Estela L Melgar Versus: Juan Antonio Nature of Action: Dissolution of Marriage You are further notified that a copy of the Petition and Summons may be obtained from the Clerk of the Court during regular business hours (7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) and that default judgment may be entered against that party upon whom service is made by this notice if he or she fails to appear or file a response within thirty (30) days after the date of publication.

Dated this 14th Day of September, 2021 By: /s/ Cheryl A. Layne Clerk of the Combined Court 4000 Justice Way Castle, Rock, Colorado 80109 Legal Notice No. 941596 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

Public Notice District Court, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2021CV30348, Division/ Courtroom # 6 SHERIFF’S SALE NO. 22000247 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY HIGHLANDS RANCH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff: v.

JESSE A. TARIN et al., Defendant(s) Regarding: Lot 246, Highlands Ranch Filing No. 111-B, County of Douglas, State of Colorado

Under a Judgement and Decree of Foreclosure entered on January 13, 2022, relating to Transcripts of Judgments recorded in the Douglas County public records the undersigned is ordered to sell certain real property set forth and described above.

Legal Notice No. 941356 First Publication: 2/10/2022 Last Publication: 3/10/2022 Published In: Douglas County News Press

Tony Spurlock Sheriff of Douglas County, Colorado

Storage Liens/Vehicle Titles

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 Wendy E. Weigler #28419 with WINZENBURG LEFF PURVIS & PAYNE LLP 8020 SHAFFER PKWY SUITE 300 LITTLETON, CO 80127 (303)863-1870

Tommy Barrella, Deputy Douglas County, Colorado

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 $10,795.48

Dated 3/10/2022, Castle Rock, CO

Also known as: 2288 Gold Dust Trail, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129;

Tony Spurlock Sheriff of Douglas County, Colorado

BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE INITIAL BID AT THE TIME OF SALE.

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 Wendy E. Weigler WINZENBURG LEFF PURVIS & PAYNE LLP 8020 SHAFFER PKWY SUITE 300 LITTLETON, CO 80127, 3038631870

Attorney for Plaintiff(s): Name: Richard W. Johnston, Esq. Address: Tobey & Johnston, P.C. 56 Inverness Drive East, Suite 103 Englewood, CO 80112 Phone Number: (303) 799-8600 Fax Number: (303) 799-6977 E-mail: rjohnston@tobeyjohnston.com Atty. Reg. #: 19823 Case No. 22CV30029

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 $40,154.41

Dated 2/10/2022, Castle Rock, CO

full amount of their bid, or they will be deemed to have withdrawn their bid.

also known as: 2288 Gold Dust Tr Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 (the “Property”)

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 5th day May 2022, 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

Westside Towing, 1040 Atchinson Ct Castle Rock 80109 has the following for sale: 1) 2002 Volvo S60 2) 1969 40ft Trailer 3) 1986 Mercury Gr, 4) 1979 Lincoln Cont 5) 2001 Jeep Gr. Cher.

6) 2000 International 7) 1993 GMC Tractor 8) 2004 Ford Exp. 9) 2018 Ford Exped 10) 1983 Ford Mustang 11) 2010 Ford F-150 12) 2001 Ford F-350 13) 2000 Cadi Eldorado

Vin 22175154 Vin M691047C Vin GX676940 Vin 9S741114 Vin 1C668179 Vin YH329738 Vin PN654786 Vin 4ZB02417 Vin JEA10971 Vin DF189244 Vin AFB90811 Vin 1ED87868 Vin YU176624

Legal Notice No. 941595 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice 1) 1986 Honda Prelude Red Vin# JHMBB5234GC021562 2) 2006 Audi A6 Silver Vin# WAUDF78E26A082872 3) 1947 CHEVROLET PICKUP 3800 VIN 5GSD2745 4) 1951 FORD F1 PICKUP VIN F1R1KC15041 Gotcha Recovery Services LLC P.O. Box 623, Parker, CO 80134 303-524-5419 Legal Notice No. 941618 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice 1) 2005 PORSCHE BOXTER CONVERTIBLE VIN WP0CA29865U713127 2) 2018 TAO TAO PONY SCOOTER VIN L9NTCBAE1J1010026 3) 2007 DODGE RAM VIN 1D7HU18267S192323 4) 2014 DODGE DART VIN 1C3CDFBB3ED667894

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Public Notices 5) 1998 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX VIN 1G2WP5218WF304566 6) 1992 TOYOTA PREVIA VIN JT3AC21S1N1006239 7) 2015 SCION TC VIN JTKJF5C70F3090551 Villalobos Towing LLC 5161 York Street, Denver, CO 80216 720-299-3456 Legal Notice No. 941621 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Notice to Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of NANCY ANN COX, a/k/a NANCY A. COX, a/k/a NANCY COX, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30050 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before July 10, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred.

Robert J. Cox, Jr., Personal Representative 10394 Ravenswood Lane Highlands Ranch, CO 80130 Legal Notice No. 941593 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of William Charles Himmelmann, a/k/a William C. Himmelmann, and Bill Himmelmann, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30107 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before July 3, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

John W. Himmelmann, Personal Representative c/o Woodson L. Herring, Esq. Woodson L. Herring, LLC 5800 S. Nevada Street, Littleton, CO 80120 Legal Notice No. 941589 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 17, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Elfriede Elizabeth Kaihara, A/K/A Ellen Elizabeth Kaihara, A/K/A Elfriede E. Kaihara, A/K/A Elfriede Kaihara, A/K/A Ellen Kaihara, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30072 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before July 5, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Danley J. Kaihara Co-Personal Representative 5273 N. Mesa Drive Castle Rock, CO 80108 AND Donley T. Kaihara Co-Personal Representative 7125 E. Inspiration Drive Parker, CO 80138 Legal Notice No. 941566 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 17, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Frank N. Horejsi, aka Frank Neal Horejsi, aka Frank Horejsi, aka Neal Horejsi, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30023 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 June 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C., Personal Representative 1120 Lincoln St., #1100 Denver, CO 80203 Legal Notice No. 941548 First Publication: February 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jacqueline M. Prebish, Deceased Case Number: 22PR6 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before July 5, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jillene Rondinelli Personal Representative 3721 New Haven Circle Castle Rock, Colorado 80109 Legal Notice No. 941563 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 17, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of LARRY CLARK GIULIANI, a/k/a LARRY C. GIULIANI, a/k/a LARRY GIULIANI, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30094 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before July 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Joel Christopher Giuliani, c/o Opfer Campbell Beck P.C. Personal Representative 19751 East Mainstreet, Suite 215 Parker, CO 80138 Legal Notice No. 941600 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of KATHRYN EMILIA DAVIS, aka KATHRYN E. DAVIS, aka KATHRYN DAVIS, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30074 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 June 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Nadya Vecchiet-Lambert, Esq. on behalf of Thomas E. Davis, Personal Representative 6855 S. Havana St. #370, Centennial CO 80112 Legal Notice No. 941538 First Publication: February 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James Turner Gifford Jr., a/k/a James T. Gifford Jr., a/k/a James Gifford Jr., a/k/a James Turner Gifford, a/k/a James T. Gifford, a/k/a James Gifford, a/k/a Jim Turner Gifford Jr., a/k/a Jim T. Gifford Jr., a/k/a Jim Gifford Jr., a/k/a Jim Turner Gifford, a/k/a Jim T. Gifford a/k/a Jim Gifford, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30090 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas, Colorado on or before June 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 941526 First Publication: February 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Dedra Marie King, a/k/a Dedra M. King, a/k/a Dedra King, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30020 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before July 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

William R. King, Personal Representative 4024 122nd Pl. SE Everette, WA 98208 Legal Notice No. 941591 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of TERRANCE DELANO MONAHAN, aka TERRANCE D. MONAHAN, aka TERRANCE MONAHAN, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30066 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 June 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Sharon M. Roberson, Personal Representative c/o Meurer Law Offices, P.C. 3801 E. Florida Ave., Ste. 906 Denver, CO 80210 Legal Notice No. 941528 First Publication: February 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of ESTHER B. ETHEM, a/k/a Esther Bernice Ethem a/k/a Esther Bernice Boxberger Ethem, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30067 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 June 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

BOK Financial, Person Giving Notice 1600 Broadway Denver, CO 80202

Thomas A. Rodriguez Attorney to the Personal Representative 1515 Wynkoop Street, Suite 600 Denver, Colorado 80202

Legal Notice No. 941540 First Publication: February 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Legal Notice No. 941551 First Publication: February 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Muralda Anne Rice, also known as Muralda A. Rice, also known as Muralda Rice, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR030120

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Thomas Tubbs, Deceased Case Number: 21 PR 187

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before July 5, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

James A. Jeffery, Personal Representative 8442 E. Via De Viva Scottsdale, AZ 85258 Legal Notice No. 941587 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 17, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of KIMBERLY N. COFIELD, (aka Kimberly Nicole Cofield, aka Kimberly Cofield, and Kim Cofield), Deceased Case Number: 22PR30058 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 June 24, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred.

Damian C. Cofield, Personal Representative C/O Gubbels Law Office, P.C. 402 N. Wilcox Street, Suite 100 Castle Rock, CO 80104 Legal Notice No. 941527 First Publication: February 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Herbert Dean Hoskins, aka Herbert D. Hoskins, aka Herbert Hoskins, aka Herb Hoskins aka Herb D. Hoskins, aka Herb Dean Hoskins, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30071 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before July 31, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jocelyn R. Kanoff Attorney for Personal Representative 2975 Valmont Road, Suite 240 Boulder, Colorado 80301

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before July 5, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Gloria Vargo, Personal Representative 9606 Cherryvale Drive Highlands Ranch Legal Notice No. 941561 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 17, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Melva D. Burgess, Deceased Case Number: 22PR24 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before July 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ray W. Burgess, Jr. Personal Representative 5826 Criner Road Huntsville AL 35802 Legal Notice No. 941617 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DONALD G. KRUEGER, (aka Donald Gene Krueger), Deceased Case Number. 22PR30059 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before July 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michele A. Swisher (nee Michele A. Krueger) Personal Representative C/O Gubbels Law Office, P.C. 402 N. Wilcox Street, Suite 100 Castle Rock, CO 80104 Legal Notice No. 941608 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice

a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Donald L. Stone, a/k/a Donald Lamar Stone, a/k/a Donald Stone, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30430 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before July 5, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Miriam H. Stone, Personal Representative 620 Jump Mountain Road Rockbridge Baths, Virginia 24473

The Petition requests that the name of Carlos Mauricio Lopez Lopez, aka Lopez-Lopez be changed to Carlos Mauricio Lopez CASE NUMBER: 2022C30568 By: Bridgett Clerk of Court/Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 941588 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 17, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE

Legal Notice No. 941570 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 17, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 16, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Brenda Kaye Hill, Deceased Case Number: 22PR13 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before July 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Dawn M. Cassidy, Personal Representative 931 Coral Court Castle Rock, Colorado 80104

The Petition requests that the name of Jeremy Joseph Lieber be changed to Jeremy James Lieber Case No.: 21 C 262 By: Magistrate Legal Notice No. 941529 First Publication: February 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Legal Notice No. 941605 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice is given on February 15, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

Public Notice

The Petition requests that the name of Angelina Lynn McDonald be changed to Angelina Lynn Constant.

Case No.: 2022C66

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of IHN KIM MATSUNAGA, also known as KIM MATSUNAGA, and IHN MATSUNAGA, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30106 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before July 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

By: Douglas County Court Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 941562 First publication: March 03, 2022 Last publication: March 17, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE

Kimberly S. Ammons, Personal Representative 3247 E. Fremont Drive

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public Notice is given on February 16, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Minor Child has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

Centennial,. CO 80122 Legal Notice No. 941598 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

The Petition requests that the name of Gunner Ray Heebner be changed to Gunner Scott Wilson Case No.: 2022C67

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Joan F. Pencak, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30478 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 06/24/2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Cyndi L. Lyden, Personal Representative Rumler Tarbox Lyden, Law Corporation, P.C. 1777 S. Harrison Street, Suite 1250 Denver, CO 80210 Legal Notice No. 941533 First Publication: February 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

By: Andi Truett Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 941585 First publication: March 03, 2022 Last publication: March 17, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public Notice is given on January 28, 2022, 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 Tiffany Dawn Kassab be changed to Zenaida Lazaro Kassab.

Case No.: 22C35

Public Notice

By: Clerk of Combined Courts Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Randall Tadashi Hirata, a/k/a Randall T. Hirata, a/k/a Randall Hirata, a/k/a Randy Hirata, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30099

Legal Notice No. 941552 First publication: February 24, 2022 Last publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before July 13, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

PUBLIC NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME

Brandon K. Hirata, Personal Representative 9053 Cortina Cir. Roseville, CA 95678

Public Notice is given on February 28, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

Legal Notice No. 941568 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 17, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

The Petition requests that the name of Anna Carolina Marquez be changed to Anna Carolina Tongquez CASE NUMBER: 2022C30602

PUBLIC NOTICE

By: Bridgett Clerk of Court/Deputy Clerk

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Louise Helen Dudeck, deceased Case Number: 22PR30060 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before July 03, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Brian Scott Dudeck Personal Representative P.O. Box 97 Sedalia, Colorado 80136

Legal Notice No. 941619 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 3, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Seven Hwyl be changed to Valerie Hwyl Case No.: 22 C 41

Legal Notice No. 941572 First publication: March 03, 2022 Last publication: March 17, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

By: Magistrate Legal Notice No. 941537 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 17, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Name Changes Public Notice

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public Notice is given on February 23, 2022 that

Public notice is given on February 14, 2022, that

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State’s missing workers may just be disengaged Colorado has recovered 95.3% of jobs lost in COVID pandemic BYTAMARACHUANG THECOLORADOSUN

Scratch that old 2021 stat that Colorado has recovered 89% of jobs lost in the early days of COVID. The state did even better, according to new revisions that were just announced. We’re at 95.3% recovered. More on that below.

But first, is the answer to the nation’s worker shortage to have more babies, process immigration visas faster and figure out how to engage workers again?

Economists over at EMSI, a research firm that analyzes labor data, presented those data points in “The Demographic Drought” and discussed the findings this week. The question on everyone’s mind was how employers and the community can figure out what happened to the missing workers.

“It’s the great enigma right now. Everybody is trying to figure out the answer to this,” said Hannah Grieser, an EMSI senior labor market analyst during an online presentation Thursday. “Really what we need to talk about is how multifaceted the solutions are going to have to be because we’ve got people on the sidelines for a whole variety of reasons.”

While the U.S. birth rate is at record lows and 4 million immigration visas are stuck in processing, those aren’t going to be fast solutions, according to the report.

It’s not just parents who dropped out because of child care issues either because that’s only about 5% of the labor force, she said. And it’s not just about people who are collecting unemployment.

“It really is about addressing those un-

engaged people rather than just the unemployed because we have fewer people unemployed than we have job openings,” she said. “We’d need 4 million additional people to fill that job openings gap.”

There were 2 million people receiving unemployment benefits in the U.S. as of Feb. 5, and 11 million job openings, according to EMSI. The missing workers show up in the nation’s labor force, which has shrunk by nearly 800,000 people since Jan. 2020.

Colorado is doing better than the nation. The state reached its highest labor force level in December, with 3.2 million people, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. But compared to before the pandemic, fewer working-age adults are now “participating” in the labor force by working or looking for work. The state’s labor force participation rate was 68.3% in December, compared to 68.9% in Dec. 2019.

Some suggested solutions Down-credentialing job postings: Be realistic about what the job entails. Does it really need someone with eight years of experience and a bachelor’s degree?

Grieser said some employers are realizing that some requirements are really “just nice to have.”

Be flexible on hours and location: Remote jobs exploded during the pandemic so workers who prefer that will look for those opportunities. Hybrid work weeks have become popular with both workers and employers.

Go after people. “Stop putting signs in your windows,” said Ron Hetrick, EMSI’s senior labor economist. “I’m not dissing job boards but you have to have a way of driving people to (the job). We keep talking about recycling the same workers (who apply to online jobs). That’s not working … We have to do something to get to those people who are disengaged.”

Why Colorado’s job recovery is at 95.3% Every month, new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics provides a sense of how many jobs have come — or gone. Last month, its survey of business establishments showed that Colorado had added back 335,589 jobs since March and April 2020 when business closures went into effect to limit the spread of COVID-19.

Then this week, as it happens every month, the data is changed. More bits of information had come in. Revisions were made. Numbers were adjusted.

The revision found that more jobs had returned from July to September than previously counted. Industries with higher numbers included professional and business services (up 10,300), construction (up 4,800), education and health services (up 3,800) and a few others.

But just as some went up, others went down, including trade, transportation and utilities (down 3,200), and government (down 2,100). The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment suspects that mining and logging jobs may be lowered in future revisions.

Ryan Gedney, CDLE’s senior economist, had a hunch this would happen.

The revisions bumped up the state’s pandemic job recovery rate to 95.3%, from 89.3%.

“Our expected revision estimates have been fairly consistent throughout the year, where it appeared that (BLS’ Current Employment Statistics) was underestimating monthly total nonfarm employment levels by approximately 20,000, on average,” Gedney said.

And, as he always does, he said the data could be revised again. But these numbers are more on target with his own estimates.

“The December 2021 recovery rate will differ once benchmarking is completed and that data released, but should be

fairly close to the figure calculated with the expected revisions,” he said.

Unemployed must still use IDme The Internal Revenue Service said it will stop using the controversial IDme identity verification service on taxpayers, but the state Department of Labor has no plans to follow suit. At least not yet.

“As of today, there are no changes planned to the identity verification process used for unemployment claimants,” according to the emailed reply from CDLE. The IRS dropped facial-recognition service IDme due to privacy concerns.

All states were forced to set up an identity verification system last year in order to receive federal money to distribute pandemic unemployment and prevent fraud.

Colorado picked IDme, which relies on personal data, like credit reports, and a video camera to verify that a person is who they claim to be.

But it was a mess as a backlog of unemployed workers rushed to get their identities verified, though not all successfully. According to the state’s Daily Dashboard, only 15.4% of unemployment applicants who were told to use IDme did get verified, or 404,829 identities out of 2,631,696 claimants who tried, as of Feb. 25.

The state felt IDme did its job to block fraudsters from making a false claim using someone else’s identity. Colorado now requires all unemployment applicants to pass IDme verification.

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

Public Notices a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Dylan Russell Dean be changed to Dylan Russell Sinclair Case No.: 22 C 58 By: Magistrate Legal Notice No. 941580 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 17, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE

Public notice is given on February 14, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Judith Olivia Jay Dean be changed to Judith Olivia Jay Sinclair Case No.: 22 C 56 By: Magistrate Legal Notice No. 941582 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 17, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Children Services (Adoption/Guardian/Other) Public Notice District Court, County of Douglas, State of Colorado Court Address: 4000 Justice Way Ste. 2009 Castle Rock, CO 80109

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public notice is given on February 24, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Minor Child has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: JOSEPH PAUL CEARLEY FOR THE ADOPTION OF A CHILD Case Number: 21JA119 Div. 8

Public notice is given on February 23, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Minor Child has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

NOTICE OF HEARING To: UNKNOWN ANONYMOUS DONOR, Respondent

The Petition requests that the name of Jonathon Dayl White be changed to Jonathon David White Case No.: 22 CV11 By: Robert R. Lung District Court Judge Legal Notice No. 941628 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE

The Petition requests that the name of River Paul Rann be changed to River Paul Rann-Anderson Case No.: 2022 C 73 By: K.A.P., Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 941594 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 16, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of JANA MARIE HARLEY be changed to JANA MARIE VARLEY. Case No.: 2022C30511 By: Magistrate Legal Notice No. 941549 First Publication: February 24, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on February 14, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

Pursuant to 19-5-208, C.R.S., you are hereby notified that the above-named Petitioner has filed in this Court a verified Petition seeking to adopt a child.

An Affidavit of Abandonment has been filed alleging that you have abandoned the child for a period of one year or more and/or have failed without cause to provide reasonable support for the child for one year or more.

If you wish to respond to the Petition, you must file your Response with the clerk of this Court within 35 days after the date of this publication.

You may be required to pay a filing fee with your Response. The Response form (JDF 1315) can be found at www.courts.state.co.us by clicking on the “Self Help/Forms” tab.

By: Magistrate

Your failure to file a Response, or to appear, within 35 days after publication, and, in the case of an alleged father, your failure to file a claim of paternity under Article 4 of Title 19, C.R.S., within 35 days after publication, if a claim has not previously been filed, may likely result in the termination of your parental rights and the granting of the adoption by the Petitioner.

Legal Notice No. 941581 First Publication: March 3, 2022 Last Publication: March 17, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Legal Notice No. 941601 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

The Petition requests that the name of Lucas Anthony Dean be changed to Lucas Anthony Sinclair Case No.: 22 C 57

Public Notice District Court, Douglas County, Colorado 4000 Justice Way Castle Rock, CO 80109 In the Interest of: Aubrey Gorman, Minor Co-Petitioners: Tammy Barbieri and Michael Barbieri The Law Offices of Mark Reider Mark Reider, Atty. Reg. # 40738 Counsel for Tammy and Michael Barbieri 831 Royal Gorge Blvd. #310 Canon City, CO 81212 Telephone: 970-310-6977 E-mail: allenreider@yahoo.com Case Number: 2021PR30601 Division: C NOTICE OF HEARING TO INTERESTED PERSONS To all interested persons: A hearing on the Petition identified below will be held at the following date, time, and location.

Legal Notice No. 941626 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 24, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice District Court, County of Douglas, State of Colorado Court Address: 4000 Justice Way Ste. 2009 Castle Rock, CO 80109 IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: JOSEPH PAUL CEARLEY FOR THE ADOPTION OF A CHILD Case Number: 21JA120 Div. 8 NOTICE OF HEARING To: UNKNOWN ANONYMOUS DONOR, Respondent Pursuant to 19-5-208, C.R.S., you are hereby notified that the above-named Petitioner has filed in this Court a verified Petition seeking to adopt a child.

[x] Petition for Appointment of Guardian (minor)

An Affidavit of Abandonment has been filed alleging that you have abandoned the child for a period of one year or more and/or have failed without cause to provide reasonable support for the child for one year or more.

The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away the respondent’s right to make decisions about the respondent’s personal affairs or financial affairs or both. The respondent must appear in person unless excused by the court.

The petitioner is required to make reasonable efforts to help the respondent attend the hearing.

If you wish to respond to the Petition, you must file your Response with the clerk of this Court within 35 days after the date of this publication.

You may be required to pay a filing fee with your Response. The Response form (JDF 1315) can be found at www.courts.state.co.us by clicking on the “Self Help/Forms” tab.

The respondent has the right to be represented by an attorney of the respondent’s choice at the respondent’s expense. If the respondent cannot afford an attorney, one may be appointed for the respondent at state expense. The respondent may request a professional evaluation. The respondent has the right to present evidence and subpoena witnesses and documents; examine witnesses, including any court-appointed physician, psychologist, or other qualified individual providing evaluations, and the Court Visitor; and otherwise participate in the hearing. The respondent may ask that the hearing be held in a manner that reasonably accommodates the respondent. The respondent has the right to request that the hearing be closed, but the hearing may not be closed if the respondent objects.

Your failure to file a Response, or to appear, within 35 days after publication, and, in the case of an alleged father, your failure to file a claim of paternity under Article 4 of Title 19, C.R.S., within 35 days after publication, if a claim has not previously been filed, may likely result in the termination of your parental rights and the granting of the adoption by the Petitioner.

Date: Friday, April 15, 2022 Time: 1:30 p.m. Division: C Via Webex

Legal Notice No. 941602 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: March 10, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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