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Lawsuit looms over cost of Tri-County Health breakup Court case for $50 million highlights a Douglas County agreement BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Out of all the political controversy the coronavirus has caused in Colorado, the pullout of Douglas County from the Tri-County Health Department — and the domino effect it had
on Adams and Arapahoe counties — may be the action that ends up having the biggest consequences on some metro Denver governments. The costs of Arapahoe and Adams counties pulling away from TriCounty Health could be in the millions. And the situation could get a whole lot more expensive — possibly for all three counties — depending on what a court has to say about an alleged $50 million fee Tri-County Health and the counties may owe to another government body if counties continue to pull out.
At issue is a payment that the health agency may eventually owe to the Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association, or PERA, which provides retirement and other benefits to employees of government agencies and public entities in Colorado. Members of PERA include public school teachers, many university and college employees, judges, state troopers, and other types of public employees. If Tri-County Health is “allowed to withdraw from PERA without
Kane steps into new role under spotlight DCSD superintendent brings both background and baggage BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Erin Kane sat down at her desk on her last day of work at American Academy and looked around the room. Dozens of photos from her career, framed diplomas on the wall, a stack of books about state education law, all sat untouched. The packing hadn’t begun yet. It was March 30 and Kane was poised to sign a contract that day to become Douglas County Schools’ next superintendent. The deal included a three-year term, $250,000 annual salary and a proposed start date of March 31. Morning bled into the afternoon, and despite being happy with the school board’s final offer, Kane had not signed yet. Her day was instead filled with goodbyes and mentally preparing to box up her things to leave the charter school she helped found more than 15 years ago. Most formative for Kane dur-
paying the withdrawal liability, all PERA members and employers will be negatively impacted,” a complaint in a lawsuit filed by the retirement association said. PERA filed the complaint in the lawsuit on Feb. 1 against Tri-County Health and Adams, Arapahoe, and Douglas counties. Adams and Arapahoe are still members of Tri-County Health, but Douglas County has already formally exited Tri-County and formed its SEE LAWSUIT, P10
Douglas County to see millions in road construction this year Biggest project is widening of stretch of Highway 85 BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Erin Kane helped found Douglas County charter school American Academy in 2005 PHOTO BY JESSICA GIBBS and has been its executive director for nearly 14 years.
ing her time running the DCSD charter school, comprising three campuses and serving nearly 3,000 preschool through eighth-grade students, she said, was the chance to lead both American Academy and the district as an interim superintendent.
“I have seen through the lens of a charter leader, and I have also seen through the lens of a school district,” she said. “I sort of have this 360-degree view.” SEE KANE, P12
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Briefly In Douglas County
Weeds and wildfires What do weeds have to do with wildfires? Answer that question and more at the free Noxious Weed and Wildfire Prevention Workshop Saturday, April 16 from 8 a.m. to noon. Details to attend in-person or online: https://bit.ly/3vdK16j Wildfire preparedness If the worst happened – do you have a plan? In the three months since the devastating Marshall Fire, our state has seen several more fires force evacuations. DougWarning from the Castle Rock Police Department In a March 25 social media post, the Castle Rock Police Department said there is no telling how far thieves will go to gain access to personal information. Recently, the Castle Rock Police Department has taken a couple of new reports where people have been
Castle Rock Youth Police Academy Last week, the Castle Rock Police Department announced the return of the youth police academy. The two sessions offered this summer are: June 20-24, 2022 (8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily) July 18-22, 2022 (8 a.m. to 4
las County is working to make sure everyone is prepared. Here’s a list of what citizens can do: -Make an emergency evacuation plan for your family members and pets -Prepare a to-go kit with essential paperwork/supplies -Register every phone line in your household for CodeRED notifications to ensure you get emergency notifications Visit our website for more important information: douglas.co.us/wildfire-information/. scammed. From the recent gift card scam in the area to homeowner frauds, criminals have plenty of tricks they are using to gain access to private information. To stay informed of current scams and trends in the area, visit this website for more information — crgov.com/3382/Spot-a-Scam.
p.m. daily) Visit crgov.com/3321/YouthPolice-Academy to register for this free event or to learn more about the academy content and eligibility requirements. Space is limited and registrations will be taken on a firstcome, first-served basis.
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Free Noxious Weed and Wildfire Prevention Workshop Did you know noxious weeds on your property can damage native flora and increase the risk of a wildfire spreading to your home? Learn to ID and eradicate them. Join land, vegetation and wildfire experts for a workshop from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 16, in-person or online. Visit douglas.co.us and search Noxious Weed Education.
Your voice will help us protect your home and our community Egg scramble in Castle Pines Celebrate the beginning of spring with a festive egg hunt for children ages zero to 11 on April 16. Enjoy hot cocoa, coffee, and photos with a special big-eared Library under construction Douglas County Libraries is starting construction on a new library facility in Castle Rock. Prompted by growth in the Castle Rock community, DCL’s new library will offer added space and features to serve its Castle Rock customers well into the future. It will also equip the library’s districtwide services teams with the necessary spaces for their work, according to the press release. The new facility will be built in front of the existing library at 100 S. Wilcox Street. The community is invited to a celebratory groundbreaking ceremony on Monday, May 2, at 10 a.m., which will include a light breakfast, coffee and juice, local dignitaries, photo ops, fun activities, and more. The existing library will remain open to customers throughout the building process. Construction fences will go up in the west parking lot on Monday, April 25, and customer parking will be relocated to the south lot, in front of the adjacent retail center. The library’s front door and book drop will be accessible as usual. The new 62,000-square-foot building will feature about 42,000 square feet of dedicated library space; approximately 220 parking spaces; drive-through book return; interactive children’s play space; study, meeting and event spaces; and more. The library will continue to house DCL’s Archives & Local History and its collections. Visit DCL.org/build to learn more about the building project. The wild side of Castle Rock – An educational series Learn about Castle Rock’s wild side at upcoming educational programs How can you protect small pets from coyotes? Are there really rattlesnakes on the trails? What do you do if you see a bear in
guest. The event will be held at the Ridge Golf Course, located at 1414 Castle Pines Pkwy. The event is free to the public The egg hunt begins promptly at 10:00 a.m. – rain, snow, or shine. your neighborhood? Get the answers to these questions and more at one of the upcoming wildlife educational classes. The Town’s natural resource specialist is hosting several programs this spring to help residents learn about wildlife – Wild in Our Town and introductory birdwatching classes. See and touch real wildlife displays and learn about local wild animals at Wild in Our Town from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 27, at Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St. Registration is not required. Also, learn about birds native to Castle Rock at three birdwatching classes. Basics of Bird Watching is for beginners and takes place from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, at the Philip S. Miller Library. If you’re new to birdwatching, this class is for you. During the indoor program, you’ll learn about bird identification, choosing and using binoculars and field guides, and where to find the best birding spots. The second class, Guided Birdwatching Walk, is an easy twohour walk from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday, May 14, along the East Plum Creek Trail (meet at the Central Service Center parking lot at 1400 Caprice Drive). Participants will walk along the paved trail in search of migratory songbirds and birds of prey. The third class, Guided Birdwatching Hike, is scheduled from 8 to 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 18, at Gateway Mesa Open Space. This 2.3-mile guided hike will be on both the easy Chuck’s Loop Trail in search of grassland birds and bluebirds and the more difficult Legacy Trail as it travels through a mature forest on the shaded north slope of the mesa. The Wild in Our Town and birdwatching wildlife educational programs are free. Learn more at CRgov.com/EnvironmentalEd.
Douglas County is updating its Community Wildfire Protection Plan – a document that defines how we can proactively protect life and property. The first step in updating this plan is your input, by completing a short survey. Visit douglas.co.us/cwpp-survey to complete the survey by April 26.
E-recycling: Saturday, April 9 Douglas County residents may dispose of unwanted electronics free of charge at Techno Rescue, 3251 Lewiston St. in Aurora, weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and occasional Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Proof of residency is required. For a list of acceptable items, Saturday drop-off dates and more visit douglas.co.us/community-recycling
SCFD Free Days Want to learn more about history, spend time appreciating abstract or contemporary art or get in touch with nature? SCFD organizations have your entrance fee and cultural passions covered. For more information, including specific dates and locations, visit scfd.org
What’s happening with your County government? Our commitment to open and transparent government includes online posting of information about public meetings at which the business of government is conducted. To view various public meeting agendas and to participate in-person or remotely visit douglas. co.us and search for Meetings and Agendas.
What would you do if you suspected child abuse or neglect? Call 303-663-6270 or 1-844-4CO-KIDS. Visit douglas.co.us and search Child Abuse FAQs for additional information.
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When will Trader Joe’s open in Parker? Store officials are simply saying ‘soon’ BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
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After months of Colorado Community Media questions, investigations and clandestine drive bys, Trader Joe’s has provided a pivotal update in the case of their Parker location opening: “soon.” The saga to learn when the doors will open has been a long one, filled with badgering questions from CCM and vague responses from the company. When the store first received its beer license from the town in February 2021, the regional vice president of the company said the soonest the store would open was a year away. In January, a reporter asked for any updates on the store, which had shown serious progress in construction. A public relations manager replied simply: “I do not have any updates to share regarding a Parker store. You are welcome to reach out again in the future.” Repeated, desperate follow-up questions from a reporter went unanswered. Silence ensued. The meaning of life was questioned. Then, breaking through the chill of a mid-February day, there was a break in the case: the developer
Trader Joe’s announced March 30 that their Parker location will be “opening soon.” PHOTO BY THELMA GRIMES
for the project, Transmark Company posted to LinkedIn that the store would be opening in May 2022. When asked for confirmation, Trader Joe’s dodged again: “I cannot confirm” was the only response. Soon after, the LinkedIn post was removed. Questions and rumors about the storied grocery opening abounded on social media as Parkerites have grown increasingly hungry for cookie butter, cauliflower pizza crust and bags of frozen orange chicken. Now, there is seemingly an update, though it doesn’t offer much in the way of concrete detail. “Although I do not yet have a timeline, I am happy to confirm that today we announced our Parker store will be opening soon,” said public relations manager Nakia Rodhe in a March 30 email. A reporter responded with the questions the hungry Parkerites would surely ask: “Is there any window you can provide for ‘soon’? Does that mean within 1, 3 or 6 months for instance?” But alas, no further detail was provided beyond “opening soon.” However, there is some hope on the building, as banners are calling for new employees and saying the store will open “soon.” A press release will be sent when the store is within two weeks of opening, Rodhe said.
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Council of Governments is contributing $26.2 million and the Colorado Department of Transportation is paying $7.6 million. Construction has been delayed by the need to relocate a City of Englewood water line. Douglas County Project Manager Art Griffith said Englewood officials are negotiating a permit with the Army Corps of Engineers for moving the water line. “It is essentially the last thing that prevents us from bidding the project,” Griffith said, adding he still hopes to bid the project in May. Another project that will consist of multiple phases and upgrades is the work identified on Lincoln Avenue from Park Meadows Drive to Oswego Street, known as Advancing Lincoln Avenue in Lone Tree. Griffith said project staff are currently evaluating six different options for the Havana Street intersection and 12 alternatives for the Interstate 25 interchange. “There are 72 options on the table, so we’re going through the screenings and once we (finish screening), we’ll do detailed traffic analysis on the top four and move forward with one preferred alternative,” Griffith said. Pre-construction work for Advancing Lincoln Avenue is slated to be finished this December in preparation for final designs, which are planned for 2023 or 2024. Nearby in Lone Tree, the city and county are also partnering on a future Lone Tree mobility hub off I-25 near Sky Ridge. Griffith said the project
Concrete is poured on Colorado Highway 85 between Louviers and Sedalia in March for a project to widen the highway from C-470 to Meadows Parkway. Douglas County is gearing up to start widening the portion of the highway from c470 to Highlands Ranch COURTESY COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Parkway.
aims to improve existing Bustang operations in the area. Similar to the Lincoln Avenue work, project managers are in the process of choosing the best of three location options for the mobility hub, which will need bus stations on both sides of I-25. For the $20 million hub, CDOT is putting up half of the funds, while the county and city hope to contribute $1 million each, with plans for the remaining money to come from the Denver Regional Council of Governments. “There’s a similar mobility hub concept at US 36 and McCaslin,” Griffith said. “So essentially you have parking and direct connections to the buses.” In Parker, the town and county are working on extending Dransfeldt Road from the Twenty Mile Road intersection to connect with Motsenbocker Road, north of Salisbury Park. Final designs for the $18 million construction are expected this month
with construction following next year. “It helps provide a more resilient
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transportation network with less reliance on (Colorado Highway 83),” Griffith said. Highway 83 will see its own updates this summer, with just under $700,000 to be spent improving signage, striping and traffic signal modifications. Another $50 million in intersection improvements have been identified, but not all of the funding has been dedicated. A roundabout is also in progress at the intersection of Highway 83 and Palmer Divide Road. Douglas Forum Transportation plans to recommend that these projects, as well as the Crystal Valley Interchange, further widening on Highway 85 and a study of a portion of Colorado Highway 86, take priority in future CDOT planning at a meeting on April 6.
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April 7, 2022
Autopsies released in Franktown-area double murder case Results show victims had used drugs, sustained other injuries
‘We’re getting the same information from witnesses and people interviewed that this kind of behavior would be out of character for the suspects.’
BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The autopsy results, recently released by the Douglas County Coroner’s office, show the victims in the double homicide in the Franktown area had bruising, shallow injuries and were shot by two different firearms. The report shows both victims also had meth, alcohol and marijuana in their systems. Jessica Mitchell, 32, and her boyfriend Bryan Gray, 34, were found dead in an unattached garage at their home on Russellville Road Feb. 8. Casey Devol, Mitchell’s brother, was arrested Feb. 9 and charged with two counts of first-degree murder. Devol is still awaiting more legal proceedings that are scheduled for May 24. As of Feb. 11, Sheriff Tony Spurlock said his office did not yet have a clear understanding of the motive in the case. Gray had six gunshot wounds and Mitchell had three, according to the autopsy reports. Both had also been shot once with a shotgun, according to the report. Both Gray and Mitchell also
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It’s noted in Mitchell’s autopsy report that the abrasions on her arms show a pattern consistent with her being in a shielding position at the time. An arrest affidavit for Devol revealed that Gray had been found with a plate of food on top of him. Mitchell had a pry bar on top of her. Mitchell was found with a “digital recorder device,” according to her autopsy report. The manner of death for both cases is marked on the autopsies as homicide, which Romann said means the deaths were not PRESENTS: caused by self-inflicted wounds � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �and � don’t � � appear � � �to have � � been accidental. In addition to the toxicology reports, notes were made in both Thursday, April 21, 2022 autopsies that each had a history 6:30p.m.– 10:30p.m. of methamphetamine use. Devol was also charged with Location: felony animal cruelty. AuthoriCielo at Castle Pines, ties said a dog named Cleo was A NIGHT IN 485 W. Happy Canyon Rd, found dead at the scene. Castle Rock, Co. 80108 Devol’s affidavit said that responding deputies found the had bruises on them and “abrasions” on their faces and bodies. Douglas County Coroner Jill Romann explained that an abrasion is considered a scratching of the surface of the skin. A skinned knee, for example, would be considered an abrasion. Romann added that these abrasions likely occurred in the immediate period before Gray and Mitchell died.
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Distribution issues wipe out Denver’s supply of overdose-reversing drugs BY KYLE COOKE ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS
In mid-February, the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment (DDPHE) announced that Denver residents could order fentanyl testing strips and the opioid overdosereversing drug naloxone directly from the city, free of charge. More than one month later, DDPHE has received nearly 4,500 requests for naloxone — often referred to as Narcan, a name-brand version of the drug — and fentanyl testing strips. Distribution issues, coupled with high demand, have resulted in just a few people receiving their orders. In an email to Rocky Mountain PBS, DDPHE officials said the department does not have any naloxone in house. “We have placed an order for more than 4,000 kits from the distributor, but they have not been shipped which tells us they likely do not have them in stock,” said Courtney Meihls, a marketing and communications specialist with DDPHE. Meihls said the free naloxone distribution program started in September 2021 but was more publicized in mid-February of this year, including by DDPHE. From September to mid-February, DDPHE received just 380 orders for naloxone. The department was able to fill those orders, but has become overwhelmed by the number of requests since mid-February.
“So the increase, while amazing because of the number of people who want to help their neighbors, is quite dramatic and depleted our supply in-house,” Meihls said. She could not provide an estimated date for when the city’s order would be filled. The limited supply is a continuation of a problem that Rocky Mountain PBS reported on in November: individuals and organizations are struggling to obtain drugs like naloxone while the state’s opioid overdose crisis worsens. From 2000 to 2020, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CPDHE) recorded 15,999 overdoses deaths in the state. Nearly one in five of those deaths occurred in Denver. Drug overdose deaths in Colorado, per year, from 2000 to 2020. (Credit: CDPHE) The crisis has only gotten worse: CDPHE recorded 1,757 total drug overdose deaths among Colorado residents in 2021, a record high. Two-thirds of those deaths involved opioids. In Denver, the surge in opioid deaths has been driven by fentanyl, a synthetic painkiller that is “similar to morphine but about 100 times more potent,” according to the Drug Enforcement Agency. In 2021, 49.8% of drug-related deaths in Denver involved fentanyl. In 2019, for comparison, that figure was 24.9%. Demand for the overdose-reversing drugs in Denver rose after five people died of suspected fentanyl overdoses
in a Commerce City apartment in February. Colorado has seen one of the sharpest rises in fentanyl-related deaths in the country in recent years. In the last two years, fentanyl-related deaths have increased five-fold in Colorado, according to a recent report by the nonprofit advocacy group Families Against Fentanyl. Between 2015 and 2021, fentanyl deaths increased more than 1,000% in Colorado, the report found. “We are in the worst overdose crisis we’ve ever seen in the United States, Colorado, and in Denver,” said Lisa Raville, executive director of Denver’s Harm Reduction Action Center, in an interview with Rocky Mountain PBS last year. “There is a lot of grief happening among people who use drugs among service providers, because people we know, love, and serve are dying of preventable overdoses and it doesn’t have to be so.” Meihls told Rocky Mountain PBS
that while DDPHE’s naloxone supply is backordered, there are other options. For immediate assistance, she recommended people visit Denver’s “Wellness Winnie,” an RV that provides Narcan/naloxone, as well as syringe or needle disposal, behavioral health screenings, clothes and more. You can find the Wellness Winnie location and schedule https://bit. ly/3DuxMFO. People can also buy naloxone at several pharmacies across Denver. The Harm Reduction Action Center has a map of pharmacies with naloxone available http://stoptheclockcolorado. org/map/. This story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonprofit public broadcaster providing community stories across Colorado over the air and online. Used by permission. For more, and to support Rocky Mountain PBS, visit rmpbs.org.
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April 7, 2022
Climate bills have drawn most lobbying in legislature Spending continues to rise, with Xcel Energy topping the list BY SANDRA FISH THE COLORADO SUN
Efforts to address climate change are among the most lobbied measures at the Capitol this year as a host of businesses and nonprofits seek to pass, block or amend them. Five of the top 10 lobbied bills this year at the General Assembly address greenhouse gas emissions, according to a Colorado Sun analysis of lobbying disclosures. Others on the top 10 list include measures seeking to prohibit employers from punishing employees who use cannabis when they aren’t working, which was rejected last week, and to ban flavored nicotine and tobacco products. Nearly 600 individual lobbyists and lobbying firms are representing more than 1,100 clients before the legislature and state agencies this year. And spending by those clients to influence government continues to rise as the legislature enters the home stretch of its 2022 lawmaking term. Spending from July 2021 through the end of February totaled $29.4 million. That’s up from $26.2 million during the same period of the 2020-21 fiscal year and $24.5 million in 2019-20. Most-lobbied bills not always most publicized It’s not always the case that the most-lobbied bills at the Capitol are the ones that garner the most public attention. Take the measure to affirm abortion access in Colorado and prevent local governments from hindering access to abortion or birth control. It drew late-night public hearings and a 24-hour House floor debate, yet only 53 lobbyists registered to represent 31 clients on the legislation, House Bill 1279. (It’s now awaiting Gov. Jared Polis’ signature.) Senate Bill 153, which seeks to block insider threats to Colo-
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rado’s election system, prompted plenty of emails and phone calls from opponents who believe false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. But the measure has drawn only 36 lobbyists representing 17 clients. None of those clients opposed the bill. That’s considerably fewer than the 116 clients trying to influence the top two bills in The Sun’s lobbying analysis: Senate Bill 138, which sought to limit the sale of of gas-powered lawn equipment, and House Bill 1152, which would have prevented employers
from taking action against workers who use cannabis products on their own time. (The former was amended, and the latter was voted down last week by a House committee.) And 141 lobbyists are representing 87 clients on House Bill 1064, a measure aimed at keeping flavored nicotine products away from young people. Some of the most lobbied bills this year didn’t make it very far in the legislative process. In fact, three of the top 10 lobbied measures never made it past their
first committee. House Bill 1138 would have given employers an income-tax credit to encourage employees to use alternative transportation to and from work but failed 9-1 in the House Finance Committee. Senate Bill 131 sought to restrict the use of pesticides in certain places in an effort to “protect pollinators,” but it failed 6-1 in the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. And March 24, a House committee rejected the measure allowing employees to use marijuana on their own time. All but one of the other top 10 bills are still going through the legislative process. A measure to protect whistleblowers in public health emergencies awaits action on the Senate floor. Top spenders often lobbying on top bills Xcel Energy is signed up to lobby on seven of the 10 mostlobbied bills at the Capitol this year. The company is also the top spender on lobbying in the first eight months of the fiscal year, which began on July 1. Spending nearly $286,000, Xcel pays eight lobbyists, three of whom are employees and the rest contractors. The American Association of Retired Persons, or AARP, was second in lobbying spending, paying two employees nearly $144,000 to lobby on more than 70 bills, including two in the top 10. The Colorado Association of Home Builders lobbied on eight of the top 10 measures, while paying four individual lobbyists a total of $132,000. The Colorado Contractors Association and Colorado Retail Council each lobbied on six of the top 10 bills. The contractors came in third in spending, paying David Foster $133,000, while the retail council came in eighth in spending, paying The Howes Group nearly $128,000. COPIC, the state’s primary medical malpractice insurer, didn’t lobby on any of the top 10 bills. It paid Nexus Policy Group $131,000 to lobby on six other measures. SEE BILLS, P9
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lobbied by lobbyists and their clients from the Secretary of State’s Office. It analyzed the data using Python programming, making best efforts to standardize client names, and removing income paid by lobbying firms to lobbyists, which can result in double counting. In Excel, additional records are removed that report income from clients instead of the lobbying firms paying the lobbyists. In identifying the most-lobbied measures, we identified the top measures lobbied by clients and lobbyists. Then data on individual bills was downloaded, cleaned and analyzed.
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Several groups spending to influence public on issues Reaching out to lawmakers or regulators isn’t the only way lobbyists or their clients try to influence public policy. Some also report spending to get the public to lobby lawmakers on issues. Advance Colorado Action lobbyist Michael Fields, for example, reported spending $300,000 on lobbying so far this year. Of that, $200,000 went to digital ads on fentanyl penalties, several of which target Democratic lawmakers running in competitive state Senate contests this year. Another $100,000 went to digital ads and direct mail opposing a measure to allow government employees to bargain for pay raises. Advance Colorado Action is a nonprofit that doesn’t report its donors and changed its name earlier this year after operating as Unite for Colorado. Jesse Mallory, executive director of Americans for Prosperity’s Colorado branch, reported spending nearly $89,000 on digital ads, door hangers and canvassing to encourage lawmakers to enact tax refunds. Some of the spending also encouraged opposition to Senate Bill 138 on lawnmowers and other measures. And Liz Welch, a lobbyist for the national American Civil Liberties Union, reported spend-
Lawmakers and lobbyists are seen at the Capitol on Jan. 12 in Denver at the start of PHOTO BY OLIVIA SUN/THE COLORADO SUN Colorado’s General Assembly’s 2022 session.
ing nearly $51,000 on polling and lobbying research. But those amounts pale compared to the million-dollar ad campaigns of recent years by the Partnership for America’s Health Care Future, last year’s top lobbying spender. That group opposed a measure aimed at reducing health care costs through a dramatic increase in insurance regulations. That group paid a lobbyist $20,000 in August, and ended its Colorado lobbying activities after that. How we did this analysis
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own health department. Douglas County’s leaders have long clashed with Tri-County Health during the coronavirus pandemic, announcing plans in July 2020 to begin the process of withdrawing from the health agency after its decision to require mask wearing in public. Some of Adams County’s leaders had felt frustration with Tri-County’s policymaking, too, but Adams’ message wasn’t against mask orders. Arapahoe has appeared reluctant to cut ties with the health agency, with officials in that county maintaining they had no choice but to move toward going solo after Douglas withdrew and after Adams announced it would also pull out. Although Douglas County formally broke away from Tri-County — opting to form its own board of health in charge of matters such as countywide public health orders — the county decided to continue to receive health services from TriCounty through 2022, approving an agreement on Sept. 28. The other two counties are set to withdraw from Tri-County Health by the end of 2022, although the health agency appears not to regard that as a certainty, according to a document the health agency filed in the legal case. “TCHD has not ceased operations and the finality of the county withdrawals remains in question,” Tri-County Health wrote, arguing the events that would trigger the health agency’s and the counties’ obligations to pay PERA’s withdrawal payment have not occurred. PERA is a substitute for Social Security for most of its public employees, according to PERA’s website. Benefits are pre-funded, which means while a member is working, he or she is required to contribute a fixed percentage of their salary to the retirement trust funds. Employers also contribute a percentage of pay to the trust fund, the website says. Under legislation enacted in 2018, parts of the PERA program — such as the employer contribution rates and member contribution rates — are adjusted automatically in certain circumstances, according to PERA’s complaint in the lawsuit. That’s a situation Tri-County’s
exit could trigger, PERA argued. “Because of this automatic adjustment provision that now exists in the PERA statute, all employers and members in all divisions will potentially face increased contributions and reduced retirement benefits to pay for the funding shortfall caused by TCHD’s illegal withdrawal,” the retirement association’s complaint said. Douglas agreement spotlighted Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties argued in a March 14 court filing that they aren’t responsible for covering any money TriCounty Health may owe. But PERA’s complaint points to an agreement Douglas County made that could call that argument into question. According to the complaint, the following events led up to Douglas County’s agreement: • In January 2021, Tri-County Health inquired with PERA concerning the effect of Douglas County’s planned withdrawal from Tri-County Health and the potential dissolution of the health agency. • Some time later, PERA informed Tri-County that the “cost of the reserves requirement” would be determined by PERA’s actuary. An actuary is a person who analyzes statistics and uses them to calculate insurance risks and premiums. • On Sept. 2, a Tri-County official contacted PERA asking who they could “engage ASAP to determine an estimate of the [cost] reserves requirement if Tri-County Health Department ceases to exist.” The Tri-County official stressed the actuarial report was needed as soon as possible because it was a factor for the counties’ commissioners to determine “if they will stay with TCHD or start their public health department.” • PERA then arranged for its actuary, The Segal Company, to prepare an actuarial report estimating the Tri-County disaffiliation costs. • On Sept. 7, Douglas County’s elected leaders, the board of commissioners, formalized their withdrawal from Tri-County. • On Sept. 14, Douglas County appointed its public health agency board and formally established the Douglas County Health Department. • On Sept. 24, PERA provided Tri-County with Segal’s actuarial report. The actuarial report calcu-
lated Tri-County’s initial withdrawal liability as $50,235,215, subject to final determination at the date of disaffiliation. • On Sept. 28, the Douglas County commissioners and Tri-County entered into what’s called an intergovernmental agreement, or the IGA. The IGA provided that Douglas County agreed to “pay for the services and costs associated with its withdrawal,” the complaint cited. It added: “Most importantly, Douglas County agreed that if TCHD is dissolved in 2022 or 2023, paying for its proportional share of any expenses incurred as a result of the dissolution ... Such costs may include … the payment of any debt or penalties imposed by Colorado PERA.’” The complaint also argued that Adams and Arapahoe counties are “third-party beneficiaries of the IGA and thus similarly acknowledge the existence and enforceability of PERA’s termination provisions.” The three counties, in their filing, pointed to “Article XI, Section I of the Colorado Constitution, which prohibits a county from being responsible for the debt of any ‘person, company or corporation, public or private,’” they argued. The case was filed in Adams County District Court. Murky path forward Asked whether Tri-County Health would have to cut some funding to public health services that the health agency would otherwise be providing in 2022 if a court decides Tri-County owes PERA the $50 million, Tri-County declined to comment, citing the pending litigation. The health agency also declined to comment on whether it has enough in savings to spare for the payment or whether Arapahoe, Adams and Douglas counties would be obligated to pay some portion of the $50 million from their own budgets. For context, the total spending in Tri-County’s 2021 budget was roughly $55 million, according to the health agency’s budget document. The health agency has argued in the legal case that there is uncertainty regarding counties’ decisions to pull out of Tri-County. “On July 10, 2020, Douglas County gave written notice of its intent
to withdraw from TCHD ... The (PERA) complaint omits the fact that Douglas County rescinded that notice on November 10, 2020, and stated that it would remain with TCHD through at least December 31, 2022,” the health agency wrote in a March 11 court filing. “On September 1, 2021, Douglas County stated an intent to rely on its rescinded July 10, 2020, notice of withdrawal, but that TCHD could continue to provide public health services in the future.” The health agency continued: “The complaint also omits the fact that Arapahoe County filed a lawsuit challenging Douglas County’s withdrawal from TCHD due to Douglas County’s (alleged) failure to comply with the statutory requirement for one-year’s written notice.” Tri-County calls into question whether the withdrawals from TriCounty by both Adams and Douglas counties are legally effective. On Oct. 26, the Adams County Board of Commissioners adopted a resolution providing that Adams County would withdraw from Tri-County effective Dec. 31, 2022, Tri-County’s court filing cited. “The resolution further provides that ‘staff shall give statutory notice of the withdrawal to the TriCounty Health Department …’” the health agency wrote. “The complaint does not allege, nor could it, that the statutory notice [one-year’s notice] was provided by Adams County to TCHD, because such notice has not in fact been given.” The counties’ court filing appeared to touch on that topic, saying: “While each of the county defendants have given notice of their statutory one-year notice of intent to leave TCHD, the withdrawal of all of the county defendants has not occurred yet and TCHD currently remains operational and an affiliate member of PERA.” Tri-County’s filing notes that Arapahoe County pointed to the possibility of Tri-County continuing to exist in a different form. “On December 20, 2021, Arapahoe County gave TCHD a one-year notice of withdrawal, which notice also provides that ‘Arapahoe County is planning to work with TCHD and the other counties to explore the option of continuing TCHD as a public health service provider, but as a different form of legal entity, after December 31, 2022,’” the filing said.
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Lone Tree received a $3,000 grant from the Colorado Tree Coalition to support the city’s Arbor Day plans of planting 22 trees at various locations. Eight trees will be planted at the municipal building, four at the Lone Tree Arts Center and 10 near the pedestrian bridge at Lincoln Avenue. Additionally, in partnership with Lone Tree Elementary and South Suburban Parks and Recreation, trees provided by SSPRD will be planted in the elementary’s biodiversity garden. “When you go to plant a tree, you’re thinking about right place, right tree,” said Lone Tree’s Forester Sam Waggener. This year also marks Lone Tree’s 20th anniversary as a Tree City USA, which, among other things, means the city has invested in the urban canopy. Waggener said Lone Tree budgeted around $15 per person for tree maintenance this year. The new tree species include bur oak, shumard oak, hot wing maple, Cleveland pear and English oak. All of the species have been identified by the Colorado
State University Extension as recommended for the Front Range environment. Waggener explained it’s important to vary species to protect the canopy from being destroyed by any one threat. Per a 2018 study, the city has more than 45,000 trees. “When it comes to the urban canopy, you need a diversity of species because if one were to get a disease or infection, you don’t want it wiping out everything all at once,” he said. One major threat to trees that the city is working to mitigate against is the emerald ash borer beetle, which has not yet been found in Lone Tree but is known to be in Larimer County, Broomfield and near Westminster. Waggener said 12% of the city’s trees are ash trees and susceptible to the beetle. Informing residents about the beetle and general tree care will be the city’s main priority this Arbor Day on April 29. “The event itself will be focused on education around the (emerald ash beetle), as well as planting tips and tricks,” Waggener said. “Eventually the effects (of the emerald ash borer beetle) will take place down this way, so right now it’s better to plant early and plant often.”
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would continue to polarize the community. Ray, who passionately opposed the manner of Wise’s firing and the superintendent search process, boycotted Kane’s hiring by refusing to attend the special meeting in which directors approved her contract. But the embattled superintendent argues her track record tells a different story. “I don’t think people calling me divisive makes me divisive,” Kane said.
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A new leader The next morning, Kane made her first official statement as superintendent of Colorado’s third largest school district, serving nearly 90 schools, 64,000 students and employing 8,600 people. In a letter to the community, Kane promised to unveil her 100-day plan this month, capping a tense superintendent search process for the district. Her predecessor Corey Wise was controversially fired without cause in a split 4-3 board vote on Feb. 4. The decision was complicated by allegations from the board minority that majority directors violated open meetings by privately planning Wise’s removal, and asking him to step down in a closeddoor meeting before holding a public vote. Speculation started almost immediately that the majority had predetermined Kane, a well-known school leader in the district, as Wise’s replacement. It was fueled further when board President Mike Peterson confirmed he asked Kane if she had interest in the superintendency before Wise was terminated. As the board narrowed its search from two finalists to naming Kane as its sole finalist, again in a split decision, calls ramped up for Kane and the majority to disclose more detail about a retreat the newly elected directors held after winning office in November. Kane attended. Her opponents wanted to know why. Asked if she took part in any conversations regarding Wise’s employment with the district, Kane’s voice raised.
The new superintendent of Douglas County Schools, Erin Kane, officially started the job on March 31. PHOTO BY JESSICA GIBBS
“Absolutely not. Absolutely not,” she said. She attended the retreat to present about school financials and push for funding, she said. Kane said people alleging she colluded for the job “are creating a narrative that isn’t true.” “I don’t know what else to say,” she said. Community reaction to Kane was strong, met with both fierce and passionate support for her to become DCSD’s leader, and staunch opposition from those leery of her path to secure the job. School Board Director David Ray said the other finalist, Danny Winsor, was a unifying choice. He considered Kane to be the opposite. She is a successful leader, he said, but a divisive name that
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Skeptics remain Twice now, a board president has asked Kane to consider helming the district amid a season of chaos. The most recent instance was earlier this school year when Peterson approached her. The second was back in 2016, when the then superintendent left for another job and the district needed an interim leader. Kane felt apprehensive, she said. She spent two months thinking of every reason why applying to be interim superintendent was “a terrible idea,” she said. No education degree. A charter school leader? And after a board of reform-minded board had made contentious changes in the district, such as pursuing a voucher program and changing the way teachers were paid, tensions ran high in DCSD. “The district was just a mess at the time,” Kane said. Kane said she expected her time as interim superintendent to be brief. Six months, at most. Instead two years went by, although not without pushback. Two directors at the time, Ray and former board Director Anne-Marie Lemieux, gave Kane negative evaluations of her interim performance and voted against extending her contract in 2017. Lemieux has remained a vocal critic of Kane’s fitness for the job throughout the 2022 search. She said Kane lacked transparency with the board as interim superintendent, citing an example in which Kane informed school principals she was making budget cuts before talking with directors about her plan. Lemieux said Kane is taking credit for a boost to employee morale between 2016 and 2018 when she shouldn’t be. A superintendent left. New board members were elected. Those were significant factors, Lemieux said. Lemieux worried Kane will open the door for more charter schools in
the district. Of DCSD’s 89 schools, 18 are charter. Increasing the number of charter schools “takes funding out of the Douglas County School District pot,” she said. “Her track record is an outspoken proponent of the charter school model, and she is now leading a district that needs its neighborhood schools to be taken care of. And that’s not in her wheelhouse,” Lemieux said. Lemieux questioned if Kane would instruct employees against best practices “because she doesn’t understand pedagogy.” “It’s alarming because she’s not qualified for the position,” Lemieux said. “This is the third largest district in the state and a deep understanding of the diverse educational needs of the students has to be a No. 1 consideration. And someone with no educational background doesn’t have the qualifications. I’m not being mean, I’m being honest.”
Where it all started Kane went to college at the University of Colorado in Boulder, earning a degree in applied math and computer science. Her sophomore year, Kane said, she was hired as the university’s only undergraduate teaching assistant. “I’m a math girl, and so I started teaching math classes at the university for arts and science students who didn’t like math,” she said. She was 19 and getting her first go at helping run a classroom. Kane recalled the feeling of students have a lightbulb moment, clicking with a subject that did not come easily for them. “It really, I think, lit an early fire in me for caring about getting that lightbulb to come on,” she said. Her first group of students gifted her a card and teddy bear at the end of their course, which Kane has kept to this day. She landed her first job out of college at the technology company IBM, working on positioning global satellites, or GPS. It was 1994 and the technology had yet to make its way into cellphones. People still bought separate GPS devices, Kane said. “I used to program telemetry,” she said. From IBM, Kane moved to the private sector and worked for a business intelligence company in D.C., specializing in data science. She and her husband returned to Colorado in 2000, settling in Castle Pines North to start their family SEE KANE, P13
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after the birth of their first daughter. There, Kane raised her three children. She worked a few more years in high technology before spending a brief stint as a stay-at-home mother. In that time, she also tutored district students in precalc and trigonometry. “Nerdy. I’m very nerdy,” she said Also during that period, Kane formed the idea of starting a charter school. The district had great schools, Kane said, but she envisioned an education model that prioritized science, technology, engineering and math. “STEM was literally not even an acronym in 2004,”she said. Kane helped found American Academy in 2005. Opening with 391 students, the school launched at a strip mall in Lone Tree. Parents and staff painted the 20,000 square feet of warehouse space, carpeted the floors, and watched as a waitlist began to form. “Concrete playground and all,” Kane said. The county and district was undergoing a phase of growth, she said, and American Academy helped absord that. As enrollment climbed, the charter school moved to Castle Pines North, opening its first building in 2009. That same year, the school’s director left. American Academy’s board asked Kane to step in “for just five minutes,” she said, while it sought new leadership. A board member at the time, and still dabbling in the engineering field, Kane recalled feeling reluctant. She knew she did not have experience as a principal, she said, but she agreed.
“I stepped in for five minutes, and that was 14 years ago,” she said. An emulated leader Mark Middlebrooks, the specials department director for American Academy, oversees art, music, technology and physical education for the school. He’s one of the charter school’s employees to have joined its staff in 2005, and never leave. He recalled a culture of camaraderie, and a vision for the school that drew people in despite the “less than desirable” facility it opened in. People joined because “of what we sensed was a really great thing happening.” “It wasn’t perhaps the most glamorous of roles in which to get started,” he said, “but there was such a sense of purpose about it.” In interviewing for the job, Middlebrooks said he wanted to try new, emerging strategies in music education such as music workstations for each child, and found receptive leaders at American Academy willing to let him innovate. He met Kane while she was still an American Academy board member and not yet its director. Roughly 17 years later, he holds her up as someone innately skilled at building a covetable work culture. “I would characterize her leadership style as one that I strive to emulate,” he said. She fosters innovation, and lets staff takes risks to do so, he said. “One of her tenets of leadership is building a culture where individuals feel comfortable to take risks and to try new things, and to sometimes make mistakes,” he said. Kane has said her approach to manag-
ing COVID-19, such as allowing optional masking in times when district-run schools were not doing so, did not make everyone in her school community happy. Kane did her best to support starkly polarized views on the pandemic, she has said. Supporters pointed to her prowess for data as crucial in managing pandemic response. The board’s conservative majority praised her as someone who has pushed back against policies the four found too progressive. To Middlebrooks, Kane has “this uncanny ability to zoom out” on an issue and look at the big picture, he said. Her dedication to the district and teachers has been evident in her advocacy for the 2018 bond and mill levy override, he said. Kane helped pave the way for the ballot measure’s passage, he said, and she “was true to her word” at American Academy regarding how she would distribute the funds if the initiative was successful at the polls. “They were distributed directly into staff salaries,” he said. “It was just a huge boon to staff morale, and it was an obvious and outright indication of the value that is placed on staff members and teachers by Erin.” Middlebrooks described feeling ambivalent about Kane’s departure as American Academy’s director, because while “I simply love working with her,” he said, he’s also celebrating for the district. “Point blank my reaction was that, and I follow the district fairly closely I think, and knowing some of the challenges in our school district, I don’t know that I could imagine anyone better positioned and better equipped,” he said.
Looking ahead Today Kane holds a master’s degree in public administration and points to her time as interim for evidence she is the right leader for DCSD. In those two years, turnover decreased significantly, grades improved and an annual spending deficit was eliminated, according to the district. Kane said she worked fervently to bring the community together between 2016 and 2018. She vowed to do the same now. She described herself as a listener, and reasonable. Someone who puts “kids at the front, all the time.” Political rhetoric doesn’t have “any place in a school district,” she said. When it comes to the district’s hotly debated equity policy — which sparked accusations of critical race theory in schools but hope among its supporters for a greater focus on equity in DCSD — Kane said she wants to conduct more community outreach. She’ll seek to understand in detail how people want the policy to be implemented, she said. “If we can provide clarity around that for people, I think that we will see a lot less rhetoric,” she said. Kane said one cause of division in the community — the COVID-19 pandemic — is fading into the rearview mirror, leaving her optimistic toward a more unified future for DCSD. She repeated a mantra of hers throughout the selection process, emphasizing her belief the community has more in common that it may realize. The district community “can’t let the 5% fringe define us,” she said. “I think I can bring people together,” she said. “Our kids need people who are willing to step up and walk into the fray.”
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ast week, an important issue came out thanks to Hollywood. No. I am not talking about Will Smith ridiculously slapping Chris Rock. Instead, I am talking about the news that Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with aphasia. This hit home for me because just a few months ago I would have had the same reaction that many others did to this news. I would have wondered what the heck is FROM THE aphasia. EDITOR When his family made the announcement that Willis has now quit acting, I knew why because my dad was diagnosed with aphasia several months ago. While the VA doctors are not completely sure what the cause is, they know my dad’s recent issues in communicating are due to this condition. Aphasia is an inability to comprehend or formulate language because Thelma Grimes of damage to specific brain regions. The major causes are stroke and head trauma. Aphasia can also be the result of brain tumors, brain infections, or neurodegenerative diseases. In looking at my dad’s brain scans, doctors showed me a dark area in his brain where speech is impacted. There is no fix for this, which means family and friends must be more patient and understanding. Getting past all the scans, and Webster’s definition of aphasia, there is a person this condition impacts and it must be incredibly frustrating. After my dad’s diagnosis I researched it and became a lot more sensitive to the struggles he is going through. The inability to express a thought even though he is thinking it. The struggles to understand conversations happening around him. It must be incredibly tough to go through day-to-day activities with an important part of your brain not functioning correctly. Another person who has publicly talked about the impacts of aphasia has been former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. In my early days as a journalist in Arizona, I got to know Giffords well. She survived being shot in the head, but not without some lasting effects. One of those conditions is aphasia. Through social media, Giffords often describes what aphasia does to a person. She is open about how the idea is there, but she can’t get the words out to express it. Giffords will always be someone I admire, and seeing her still speak in public engagements and work as hard as she does to make a difference in the world is impressive. I also love that she continues to bring more awareness to this condition that can impact a range of reading, writing and speaking. With my dad, we continue to learn patience. We have worked to slow down when we are speaking. We are understanding when he says something that may not make a lot of sense to us, but he is trying. For those who may encounter someone dealing with aphasia, understand it is more frustrating for the person living with it than it is for us. It is important to practice patience and understanding for this condition just like we would with any other medical condition a person is working through. Thelma Grimes is the south metro editor for Colorado Community Media
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young man stood by the side of the road waiting for a bus. The rain was pouring down and he was doing his best to stay dry. He was dressed for success, a nice suit and tie, and carried an expensive laptop bag in the hand that was not holding the umbrella. A car came racing by and drove very close to the curb where the young man was standing. The splash from the car drenched him. No visible sign of anger, no words came from his mouth, he just did what he could to minimize the damage. As an observer to this event, I was beyond curious. I approached him and offered the roll of paper towels that I had in my truck. The man smiled at me, accepted the paper towels, and began cleaning himself off. I shared with him that I admired his response to what happened, even sharing that I might not have been so forgiving. Again, he smiled, and he said, “Mister, I have done so many bad things and have wronged so many people, it is only right that I forgave them.” He continued, and said, “I have been given grace and forgiven so many times, I now know that I have to give grace and forgive others too.” He was speaking my language.
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I asked him where he was headed, and he shared that he was catching the bus to downtown Denver. I let him know that I was on my way to Denver and offered him a ride. He gratefully accepted and we began our journey. As we drove, I learned that he was going downtown to interview for a job. And he was laughing because now Michael Norton he was going to show up soaking wet. As I asked him what kind of job he was looking for and the company that he was interviewing with, it turned out that I had many connections within the company and knew the woman who he was meeting for the interview. I didn’t tell him that. And as I dropped him off, I sent a text message to the woman, my friend, and let her know how he handled the day and his approach to giving and receiving grace. I advised her that even if his resume or experience didn’t qualify him as a great candidate, his character certainly would. He got the job.
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Saddened by ‘Liberty Girls’ I was saddened by the front page article about Fed-up Women Conservatives. Instead of “Liberty Girls” their name should be “We only care about ourselves.” Since when does liberty mean you do want you want at the expense of others? Fortunately now our county
and the country are at a very low COVID transmission rate. But at the height of this pandemic I am sure that at least one of their childrens schools had a cancer and /or immunocompromised student or teacher. What a great teaching moment for our children to tell them we are wearing a mask to make a fellow student safe, or show compassion for a sick teacher. Do we really want a group of children to grow up without empathy for others? It’s disheartening enough that
so many adults are this self centered. Rather than wine and cheese in their living rooms these ladies should volunteer at their local hospitals to see firsthand the consequences of their nomask, no vaccine agenda. How ill-informed can they be to not have known when COVID numbers were rising and our hospitals were at a tipping point? This is no way of putting your community first. Kathleen McCollough Parker
and the errors of our ways, I am sure that we can also remember the people who gave us grace, and who demonstrated love and forgiveness, no matter how big or small our mistake may have been. Perhaps, as we look upon our family, friends, community, and workplace, there are circumstances where we have a chance to offer such forgiveness and grace. Each time we receive grace from others should be seen as a deposit in our own bank account of love, forgive-
ness and grace. We just need to be reminded that we must make withdrawals from time to time and give that same grace to others. There is enough division and conflict going on in our world today, we don’t need to add any more or pile on. Instead, we should look at the events, the statements, and the actions that were obviously a mistake or that could have been handled better, as an opportunity to love and forgive. Unconditional love and for-
giveness sound idealistic, yet we know when we live with and apply this philosophy that the outcome is decisively better. I would love to hear your story of grace at mnorton@xinnix.com. And when we can learn to give and receive grace, it really will be a better than good year.
Reckless spending by school board How can our conservative school board justify spending another quarter million dollars adding to close to half million taxpayers are paying out for superintendents’ salaries? Could this reckless spending be better spent on our students? Then these conservative elected officials who out of one side of their mouths have a platform of no new taxes and conservative spending going to ask taxpayers in November for bond/MLO funds? It appears Republicans
only say what one wants to hear and do whatever fits their agenda. Good luck in November! Dave Usechek Parker
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Look, we all fall short, we all fail from time to time. There are things we wish we could have done better, there are words we wish we could take back, and there are certainly moments in time where our actions were inappropriate as we either overreacted or underreacted under times of stress. And when we think about our own misgivings
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Norma Lee (Rusch) Kent, age 57, of Castle Rock, passed away on March 26, 2022. Norma was born in Brush Colorado on June 2, 1964, to Ed and Ila Rusch. She was a loving mother and grandmother. Norma was preceded in death by her husband Jimmy Kent and sister Leisha
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From the foothills of Douglas County to the cliffs of Battle Mountain, history abounds in Colorado’s uninhabited towns A present-day photo of Gilman, Colorad; a ghost town in Eagle County that became uninhabited in 1985.
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There’s nothing abandoned in Colorado,” proclaims Melanie Roth from a set of wooden steps outside a cabin in St. Elmo — a ghost town in Chaffee County. Roth’s assertion is a bold one considering the setting — a dead-silent main street consisting of 150-yearold buildings that haven’t been inhabited since the 1950s gives way to the towering foothills of Mount Princeton and the Collegiate Peaks. Here, over a hundred miles from the bustling cityscape of metro Denver, it’s easy to feel isolated — yet not entirely alone. St. Elmo is perhaps the most well preserved of Colorado’s many ghost towns — remnants of a bygone era when mining, agriculture and railroad routes largely governed where people lived. While many of these settlements have been decimated by years of weathering — and in some cases, vandalism — a small group of dedicated historians have worked to preserve them as markers of Colorado’s history. “Two things make Colorado ghost towns different than any other state,” said Lee Dahl, a member of the Ghost Town Club of Colorado. “First of all, the setting; a lot of them are up in the mountains, that kind of makes them a little remote, off the beaten path, not a lot of people knew about it for a long time. “The other thing is that a lot of those ghost towns had a huge infrastructure where you’d have a mine shaft, and a milling building, some rather large structures that were built rather stoutly for the industry. That made them interesting, also made them sturdy, so they’d withstand time,” Dahl continued. At a 1958 meeting of Colorado historians in Golden, a man named John Farr stood up after a presentation on ghost towns and said, ‘We ought to start a club.’ The Ghost Town Club of Colorado was formed shortly thereafter and remains active in educating and preserving Colorado’s towns of yesteryear. Ethan Knightchilde, a documentary filmmaker and member of the Ghost Town Club, said that many of Colorado’s ghost towns followed a
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A building in Dearfield, Weld County, slated for historic preservation. COURTESY OF COLORADO’S MOST ENDANGERED PLACES
The St. Elmo General Store, which still operates during the summer months. PHOTO BY RYLEE DUNN
similar trajectory; a discovery was made, followed by a boom, then a bust — then, the town went “ghost.” “When a town no longer had a reason to exist, it ceased to exist, in short. And so, a lot of the mining towns were built around a single commodity, whatever ore was in the ground. It’s a limited resource; when it ran out, the people left,” Knightchilde said. Joan Fields, a member of the Ghost Town Club since 1979, explained the difference between the two main types of ghost towns commonly found in Colorado. “It depends on where the ghost towns are. Because there are ghost towns out on the Eastern Plains, and a lot of those were based upon agriculture. The mountain towns, of
course, if the minerals ran out or it wasn’t a particularly prosperous mine, oftentimes the towns would disappear,” Fields said. In the roughshod days of the American West, settlers moved like locusts across the country, building up towns around a single commodity with little regard for maintaining anything for the next generation, according to Knightchilde. Most of the settlers were men looking for work in mines or on farms, which begat a largely nomadic population, according to Fields. “A lot of communities didn’t have families. A lot of women didn’t move out west until they knew SEE GHOST TOWN, P17
A store and post office in St. Elmo that doubled as the home of Annabelle and Tony Stark, the town’s last original PHOTO BY RYLEE DUNN residents.
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things were going to be settled, or there weren’t children involved. So, you’d pack your frying pan and your mule, you’d pack your things, and you’d just go,” Fields said. Sometimes, according to Knightchilde, the difficulty of moving an entire household’s worth of possessions down a treacherous mountain pass made the task insurmountable, and settlers would simply move to the next town and start over. Sometimes, the towns would become something else entirely. “They’d become what we call ‘ghosts of their former selves,’” Dahl said. Ghosts you see, ghosts you don’t “Technically, towns like Georgetown and Silverton are ghosts,” Knightchilde said. “You’d never want to say that to a resident — they will take offense. But they are shadows of their former selves in terms of size, and their continued existence is because they no longer make a living off of what started them.” In a way, Knightchilde has a point — Georgetown today largely subsists as a tourist destination, far from its roots as a silver mining camp. When faced with the prospect of going ghost or reinventing themselves, towns of their ilk have been forced to find new ways to get by. Other historic settlements haven’t been as lucky as the roadside mountain towns. “In the old days, you’re traveling by horse and wagon, to travel 10 miles a day was a good trip,” said Ed Bathke, a member of the Ghost Town Club since 1961. “So, there were a lot of little towns that were about 10 miles apart. “Today, you can go much greater distances in an auto pretty quickly, so therefore a lot of these little towns that were really supply points, business centers for their surrounding community, are now essentially ghost towns because people don’t need a supply point that close,” Bathke said. “What would happen to Georgetown if I-70 wasn’t there, or had not gone through? Or before that, (Route) 40?” Knightchild wonders. Towns that can’t reinvent themselves run the risk of falling by the wayside entirely. Cotopaxi was a community established along the Arkansas river by primarily Russian-Jewish settlers in the 1880s. When the colony failed, most of its residents scattered to other parts of the country, leaving little of the original settlement in place, according to Bathke. Uravan was a uranium mining town in Montrose County that went bust in the 1980s as the United States began sourcing uranium elsewhere. Due to radioactive contamination, the town’s buildings were burned, and everything else was thrown in a pit and buried there, according to Fields and Dahl. Nevertheless, the town’s history isn’t entirely forgotten. “The people of that area have an annual reunion — they still get together, the people who worked there, especially the descendants of those
Main Street in St. Elmo, a well-preserved ghost town in Chaffee County.
people,” Bathke said. Some places don’t receive the same treatment. Dakan, a shortlived mining camp in Douglas County, is largely invisible to the naked eye. “If you go out there today and look, you’ll see a pasture. There is no sign of it whatsoever,” said Larry Schlupp, president of the Larkspur Historical Society. “There were numerous mines out there at one time — it was a gold town. “ Despite the many challenges surrounding the task, efforts to preserve ghost towns have gained steam in recent years. Dearfield, a historically Black settlement in Weld County, was in danger of seeing its few remaining buildings disintegrate before Colorado’s Most Endangered Places — an initiative of Colorado Preservation, Inc. — stepped in and listed the site on its “priority saves” list in an effort to raise funds and organize preservation efforts. In doing so, one of the state’s earliest markers of Black independence will live on for future generations to learn from and experience. “(Dearfield) was a colony founded by pioneering Black settlers who understood that having some independence and owning land and maybe farming and building a town was a greater way to achieve independence — freedom — in society,” said Kim Grant, director of Colorado’s Most Endangered Places. “They actually prospered there for 20 years, and then the Dust Bowl came, and climatic factors intervened that nobody really foresaw and it just ruined the farm economy for nearly everybody. And the town just died away,” Grant continued. While the town largely died off with its founder, Oliver Toussaint Jackson, in 1948, a few buildings — including a gas station, a diner and Jackson’s homestead — remain in rough shape. Now, with the help of Colorado’s Most Endangered Places, the buildings will be restored as tangible historical artifacts. A modern-day ghost Unique even among the colorful history of Colorado ghost towns is Gilman, a modern-day ghost that
couldn’t survive its own reinvention. Early settlers arrived in Gilman around 1879, as overcrowding in Leadville forced miners to try their luck elsewhere. The town was formally settled in 1886 amid the Colorado silver boom. Gilman was initially named “Clinton” after John Clinton, a judge and speculator from nearby Red Cliff, but was later renamed in honor of Henry Gilman, a foreman of the Iron Mask Mine. Like many towns on Battle Mountain, life in Gilman revolved around mining. By 1890, the town had a growing population and a newspaper, the Gilman Enterprise. Then, the silver crash hit. “With the silver crash of 1893, a lot of the town was abandoned,” said Matthew Mickelson, the local history librarian for Eagle County. “It went from a population of well over 1,000 down to 400 at that point. Soon after that was when they started mining for zinc.” Faced with similar prospects of other boomtowns of the era — reinvention or abandonment — Gilman chose the latter and became a profitable zinc mining outfit that was purchased by the New Jersey Zinc Company in 1912 with designs of turning the settlement into a company town. “It was considered a model company town — a good one,” said Kathy Heicher, president of the Eagle County Historical Society and local history author. Heicher added that during this time, Gilman had a hospital, a store and even a bowling alley. New Jersey Zinc had a reputation for taking care of their workers, and wages and accommodations in Gilman were good throughout much of the 20th century. The population of Gilman hovered between 300-500 residents, with booms occurring around both world wars as demand for zinc increased. By the 1980s, however, natural resources in the mines were becoming depleted, and the town was growing less profitable. On April 11, 1985, residents of Gilman received a letter from the Battle Mountain Corporation — the name of the company that owned
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and operated the town at the time — stating that they would need to vacate the premises by June 30. The terms of the departure notice were severe. “We would like to offer rent-free living until your departure from the premises. In addition, we would like to offer Joe Trujillo’s assistance with packing your belongings, if necessary,” stated the letter from Battle Mountain Corporation. In an instant, Gilman — a mountain town that had prospered for almost a century — was gone. However, its story as a ghost town was just beginning. When the Battle Mountain Corporation abandoned the town, the property was completely abandoned, and the water pumps were shut off. Battle Mountain — which Heicher describes as a catacomb of mines — soon felt the impact of Gilman’s abandonment. “They shut off the electricity that had been pumping the wastewater out of the mines, and the mines started filling up with water and it got decades of toxic waste in there,” Heicher said. “The water started flowing out into the Eagle River. The Eagle River was flowing orange. You wouldn’t, in the 1980s, eat a fish that you caught in the Eagle River.” In 1986, the mine was declared an Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site and work began on quelling the contamination from the runoff. Cleanup work on the site was declared completed in 2001, but spikes in pollutants occur to this day, making the decontamination process ongoing. The pollution at the site has put a damper on plans to revive the area. Various proposals to make Gilman into a ski resort or additional housing for Vail workers have stalled because of the contamination. The town was annexed into nearby Minturn in 2008 with the hopes of bringing a ski resort plan to fruition, but the developer backed out shortly thereafter in 2009. Today, Crave Real Estate Ventures owns the townsite, which has become victimized by vandalism SEE GHOST TOWN, P18
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Magnificent birds make stopover at Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
What could be more beautiful than an excursion to the San Luis Valley to see thousands of big, graceful sandhill cranes, as they make a rest stop en route from their winter home to the northwestern U.S. and Canada, where they nest. The sky was blue and endless, the surrounding mountains were capped with a skiff of fresh snow, fields were greening and the sun was shining. That valley is a protective spot for cranes and those who love to watch them. They winter in the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, near Albuquerque, New Mexico and start arriving in the San Luis Valley in February to feast on barley in the fields at the valley’s Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge and nearby San Luis Lakes State Wildlife Area. It’s located 15 miles west of the Great Sand Dunes National Park, so one can spend a splendid few days with nature at its finest. It’s a beautiful drive from our south area on Highway 285, which goes through Bailey, Fairplay, Buena Vista ... (We like to make a brunch/lunch stop at one of the latter two.) Turn west in Monte Vista to the refuge. Overnight stays are available at the Movie Manor Motel in Monte Vista (kids love the two big screens they can watch from the window). Or, we
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in recent years. Trespassers on the property are frequently cited. Nevertheless, remnants of Gilman’s heyday can still be found at the site. “They left in such a hurry, the people who have snuck into town say they went into the doctor’s office and there were X-rays lying around. One woman, whose dad had worked at the mine, was able to find his old paystub in the mine offices. That’s why people are really intrigued by it,” Heicher said. Heicher added that the “boom or bust” nature of Gilman’s history is representative of larger trends in Colorado history. “It was once a thriving, kind of utopian community, and people liked living there. Colorado is a boom and bust place. Whether it’s oil or whatever, it’s like a classic example of boom and bust,” Heicher said. ‘Take only photos, leave only footprints’ According to Knightchilde, the biggest threat to ghost towns isn’t time, or weather, or even pollutants — it’s people. “A century and a half of weathering can bring a building down, but people have had a disastrous effect on what remains of these towns,” Knightchilde said.
Sandhill cranes fill the sky at Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge in Colorado’s San COURTESY PHOTO BY KATE MIYAMOTO / U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE Luis Valley.
had a pleasant B&B this trip. The Monte Vista Wildlife Refuge has lakes, fields, a wetland area and a number of large parking places set aside at the edges of the refuge, so that families can get out of the cars with binoculars and cameras to watch and wonder at these large, long-legged birds with a six-foot wingspan. Cranes mate for life, but in the spring, they repeat a courtship ritual that includes dancing and bowing — and communicating with a sound I’ll never forget ... some pairs will have last year’s chick, now a teenager, with them in the field as it learns how to be
a grownup ... Hope to see flocks in the air mornings and evenings as well as watching them in the fields. They spend the night in the wetlands, which is closed Feb. 15 to July 15 for nesting season. Our information says there are 250 species of birds found in the Great Sand Dunes Park and Preserve, which is right next to this refuge, so pack in a bird identification book or two along with those binocs. We spent about four hours en route, including a brunch stop, and it’s scenic all the way from Red Rocks Park to the valley.
Knightchilde and his Ghost Town Club compatriots rattle off examples of this problem — Lamartine was robbed of its wood, the Lee Mansion in Capitol City was dismantled for its bricks, Carson has nary a plank of wood without someone’s initials echoed into it, Caribou’s buildings have been tagged heavily with graffiti. Human interference is not a new phenomenon — as Colorado’s even best-preserved ghost town can attest. By 1957, St. Elmo’s population had dwindled to just two residents — siblings Tony and Annabelle Stark. Urban legends detailing the Starks’ descent into madness became fodder for campfire circles, but their true fate was far more insidious. “They weren’t (mentally incompetent) at all — they weren’t,” Roth said on the cabin steps. “They might have been up here by themselves and they had a neighbor telling everybody they were loony tunes, and so they were declared mentally incompetent and removed. “Before the ambulance reached Nathrop, all of their valuable possessions were stolen by the person who promoted their insanity and commitment,” Roth continued. The town eventually was bequeathed to Marie Skogsberg, a family friend of the Starks, who passed down the legacy of preserving St. Elmo to her granddaughter — and Annabelle Stark’s
goddaughter — Melanie Roth. Roth’s efforts have preserved St. Elmo as a snapshot of Colorado’s history, replete with sturdy buildings, historical exhibits and a general store that operates in the summertime. Organizations like the Ghost Town Club and Colorado’s Most Endangered Places have worked to preserve similar sites throughout the state. “We formed a preservation committee; we raise funds throughout the year and then at the end of each year we will present grants to deserving historical organizations in the state,” Bathke said of the Ghost Town Club. “Typically, they have to be 501(c)(3), so we avoid giving to an individual and we avoid any tax problems.” Knightchilde said that preservation efforts have galvanized recently, spurred in part by damage incurred by urban development in the late 20th century. “Preservation efforts have strengthened over the years. It’s not just ghost towns. During America’s love affair with urban renewal during the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, we lost a lot. And that probably was galvanizing for preservation movements of all kinds,” Kightchilde said. “You have beautiful historic theatres that were bulldozed for parking lots. And you have people that love those types of buildings SEE GHOST TOWN, P22
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Miners Alley Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden, offers a regional Sonya Ellingboe premiere of “Blue Ridge” by Abby Rosebrock, directed by Len Matheo, from April 15 to June 5. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 7:30 p.m; Sunday, 2:30 p.m. 303-935-3044, minersalley.com. Cherry Creek Theatre “Ann,” the story of legendary Texas Gov. Ann Richards, will be presented by Cherry Creek Theatre Company at Jewish Community Center, 350 Dahlia St., Denver, April 22 to May 15. Tickets: $2/$38/$26. 303-800-6578, cherrycreektheatre.org. Colorado Symphony The Colorado Symphony announces the return of “Beethoven and Brews” on April 20 at the Breckenridge Brewery’s Farm House, 2990 Brewery Lane, Littleton. Starting at 5 p.m., with games available prior to the concert at 6:30. coloradosymphony.org or 303-6237876. Tickets: $40, VIP $65.
Linda Williams, Jan Cleveland and Andy Anderson appear in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” COURTESY OF RDGPHOTOGRAPHY through May 8 at Aurora’s Vintage Theatre.
many people that come into our mountain towns on their ATVs and all they want to do is run up and down the road as fast as they can,” Fields said. Knightchilde said that traffic at ghost towns has been on the rise. “The signs are there that they are increasingly being visited. If you are that interested, you will do some research, the way I did, the way everyone I’ve spoken to who has a love for these places did. And in doing so, you’ll gain respect for them. My hope is that once you’ve done that, you’re jazzed to go see the place in person, you know something about its history, and you have a respect for it. You’re not going to run roughshod over it,” Knightchilde
said. The allure of ghost towns varies from person to person. Some are drawn to the sites because they represent a beacon of a bygone era. Some, like Knightchilde, feel an intrinsic pull to their history. “There is that haunting feeling that the building is looking back at you. It’s almost like it’s beckoning you to know its history. People came under unbelievable odds to get to this place and they brought their hopes, their dreams, their fears. They lived and died in these places. There’s this weight of history surrounding you,” Knightchilde said. “It’s part of our history. Many of us like to preserve our history,” Bathke added. “They say,
‘If you ignore your history, you’re only going to repeat the mistakes that were made in the past.’ There’s always that longing to go back to our roots, and that’s all part of it.” Members of the Ghost Town Club understandably bristled at the mention of vandalism. “Vandalism makes my blood boil because that just shows someone that’s completely lacking in any kind of sensitivity,” Kngihtchilde said. “You need tangible things to remind you of where you’ve been, who you’ve been, as a society,” Kngihtchilde continued. For Coloradans of nearly all backgrounds, ghost towns are exactly that.
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that can only see so much of that before they band together to do something about it,” Kightchilde continued. Members of the Ghost Town Club said that part of their mission is to educate people on the history of ghost towns, which they hope will in turn instill respect among visitors for the historic sites they go to. Fields said that one of the taglines of the Ghost Town Club is “Take only photos, leave only footprints.” “One of our challenges is getting the word out. We get so
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elationships forged under high stress situations are some of the strongest people can create. There’s a reason soldiers who serve in combat bond so deeply. Abby Rosebrock’s “Blue Ridge,” is set in another location where people are going through some of the toughest things imaginable and bond over it a halfway house. “Everybody knows someone with addiction problems or has gone through it themselves,” said Len Matheo, director and Miners Alley Playhouse executive and artistic director. “This show is cuttingly funny, laugh-out-loud funny, and also jaw-droppingly dramatic and serious. It’s about big issues.” The regional premiere of “Blue Ridge” runs at Miners Alley, 1224 Washington Ave. in Golden, from Friday, April 15 through Sunday, June 5. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. The show focuses on Alison (Jessica Robblee), a progressive high school teacher with a rage problem. After she gets back at her boss, she is sentenced to six months at a churchsponsored halfway house. But she doesn’t appear to be very focused on her own recovery. “I love this character. She’s a really interesting person, honest and well written,” Robblee said. “It’s a privilege to be in the room with characters like this. The setting feels like a place where people can be really brutally honest, and it’s still filled
to the brim with solidarity and a real volatility.” Not only does the show tackle the challenges of addiction, but the stereotypes and misconceptions that accompany life in the religious South. People make plenty of assumpClarke Reader tions based on where a person was raised and what they believe in, and Matheo and the cast wanted to ensure audiences are treated to a more nuanced picture of human beings. “A real complex script takes audiences on a journey from beginning to end,” he said. “I want everyone to have an experience in the theater where you’re living and observing some other person’s life and you have a cathartic moment. Theater can be a catalyst for that.” The human connection is really the driving point of “Blue Ridge,” which Robblee said highlights just how powerful relationships can be in shaping a person’s life. “What if there was someone in your life you could be more honest with?” she said. “I hope it inspires people to be a little more fearless to have real conversations instead of just scratching the surface. You can get somewhere new by having conversations like that.” Get tickets at https://minersalley.
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com/. Fly to the Arvada Center’s last Black Box show The final entry in the Arvada Center’s 2022 Black Box Repertory Season is Lydia R. Diamond’s “Stick Fly,” which runs at the center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., through Thursday, May 19. Directed by Jada Suzanne Dixon, the cast includes Lavour Addison, Ryan George, Abner Genece, Constance Swain, Kristina Fountaine, and Noelia Antweiler, and uses family drama and comedy elements that people are so familiar with. According to provided information, the film focuses on “an upper-class Black family… that effortlessly blends conversations of the interconnectedness of race and class with everyday dialogue that reflects the values of any American family.” For tickets and information, visit https://arvadacenter.org/events/ stick-fly. Get wild at Walker Fine Art’s spring exhibition As we get into spring and summer, many people will be spending more time out in nature. Which makes it the perfect time for Wild Narratives, the newest exhibit at Walker Fine Art, 300 W. 11th Ave., No. A in Denver. The show runs through Saturday, May 7 and the gallery’s hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday.
Featuring the work of six artists — Angela Beloian, Gavin Benjamin, Kevin Hoth, Sammy Lee, Don Quade and Meagen Svendsen — in a range of mediums, including sculpture, photography, oil and mixed media, the show allows for exploration of the themes of home, heart and solace. Find more information about the show at www.walkerfineart.com/ wild-narratives-online-viewing-room.
Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Chelsea Cutler at the Boulder and Ogden Theatre You can’t go wrong with the opportunity to see an up-and-coming performer that has all the potential to be a really special talent. With that in mind, you shouldn’t miss Westport, Connecticut’s Chelsea Cutler as she makes two stops in the Denver area — one at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 9 at the Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St. in Boulder and the other at 8 p.m. on Sunday, April 10, at the Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave. in Denver. Cutler made her debut in 2017 with the single “Your Shirt,” which has earned about 50 million streams on Spotify. Her most recent album, “When I Close My Eyes,” is a fantastically replayable pop album. Get tickets for either show at www. ticketmaster.com. Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@hotmail. com.
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Sleep expert calls permanent daylight saving time a dumb idea Extra-dark winter mornings could mess with circadian rhythms BY JOHN INGOLD THE COLORADO SUN
On the darkest morning of winter, the sun rises across Colorado — depending on where you are — sometime between about 7:05 a.m. and 7:40 a.m. You roll out of bed, get dressed, make coffee or eat some breakfast. If you are like the average person in Denver, the sun is probably rising along with you as you do these things. Now imagine that your morning routine stays the same, but the sun stays in bed an hour later. You would head off to work in the dark. School for many children would begin in the dark. This is the situation Colorado would be facing during the darkest days of winter if the nation switched to permanent daylightsaving time, and it’s why University of Colorado sleep science professor Kenneth Wright thinks the idea is so horrible. “Every morning, sunlight helps us to reset ourselves,” said Wright, who teaches integrative physiology and the head of the university’s Sleep and Chronobiology Lab. “And that way we are in sync with the 24-
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hour light-dark cycle of Earth.” Standard time — what Wright believes the country should be on full-time — roughly tracks the sun in each time zone, with the sun at its highest point in the sky around noon. Colorado and most other states observe standard time during the winter months. Daylight time, meanwhile, pushes the clock ahead an hour during the spring, summer and fall, meaning people will see later sunsets — something advocates for changing to permanent daylight time tout as a benefit that will allow people to be more active after work or school. The idea of switching Colorado to permanent daylight-saving time is an old one, with efforts in the state legislature stretching back more
than a decade. On Monday, a Colorado state House committee gave approval to the latest effort — a bill that would make daylight time permanent in Colorado but only if either the federal government authorizes it or if four other states in the Mountain time zone do the same. But the idea of going to daylight saving time full-time really gained new momentum earlier this month when the U.S. Senate passed a measure to make daylight saving time permanent across the country. Wright said there is no debate about the idea among sleep experts globally. At the same time the Senate voted to make daylight saving permanent, Wright was in Rome, attending World Sleep 2022, an an-
nual conference that is so big that the World Sleep Society dubs it a “congress.” The reaction among attendees at the meeting? It’s a really bad idea. “There is expert consensus here that, if we have to choose one of these, permanent standard time is the healthier choice,” Wright said. Ending the spring forward Wright wants to be clear: He is not in favor of clock-switching, the most loathsome feature of the nation’s annual change from standard time to daylight time and back again. A robust body of research shows that the annual springing forward, when we shift clocks an hour ahead at the start of daylight-saving time, causes a surge in fatal car accidents, heart attacks and strokes. “No question, we need to stop the change, going back and forth,” Wright said. Changing to permanent daylightsaving time will compound the problems by interrupting our bodies’ natural circadian rhythms, Wright said. As he explains it, light in the morning is different to our bodies than light at night. The morning light signals to our circadian clocks that it’s time to get moving. The ebbing of evening light tells our clocks it’s time to slow down. So, stealing light from the morning to give to the evening, especially in SEE DAYLIGHT, P25
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winter, pushes that clock rhythm back. This would likely lead to later bedtimes in the winter, especially when coupled with the impact of artificial light at night on sleep. (A CU study published earlier this year found that even minor exposure to light in the hour prior to bedtime can disrupt the sleep of preschoolers.) This might not be such a big deal if our schedules were fungible, and we could just plan to wake up later in the morning. But they’re not. School start times are fixed, as are most people’s work start times. Both could be changed, of course, but it would require a big cultural movement to do so. That means, when alarm clocks start going off during those dark morning hours, our circadian rhythms would likely rather we still be fast asleep. The resulting sleep deprivation could lead to greater risk for a litany of health problems, from weight gain, heart attacks and cancer to poor mental health and substance abuse. “This change,” Wright said of a move to permanent daylight-saving time, “is likely going to make these types of problems worse.” Be glad we’re not Idaho Colorado, though, wouldn’t get the worst of it if the nation moved to full-time daylight time. That’s because the state sits on the eastern side of the Mountain time zone. The latest the sun will rise in Denver this year is 7:32 a.m., which will happen in early November right before the clocks fall back to standard time. Things stay darker a little longer as you go farther west and north. But, even in Grand Junction, the latest the sun will rise this year is 7:45 a.m. If daylight saving time were made permanent, those latest-sunrise times would change to 8:19 a.m. and 8:31 a.m., respectively, and they would fall right around the first of the year. Wright said switching to daylight time year-round would mean about two months out of the year when the sun wouldn’t rise before 8 a.m. in the state. (It wouldn’t
change the latest sunset times because those occur in summer when the state is already on daylight time, but it would push the earliest sunset times back an hour — to about 5:36 p.m. at the earliest in Denver, occurring in early December.) This year, with both standard and daylight time in place, Denver will see 107 days without a sunrise before 7 a.m. If daylight saving were made permanent, that number would rise to 166 days without a sunrise before 7 a.m. The number of days with late sunset times in Denver — those after 7 p.m. — would remain virtually unchanged under permanent daylight time, rising to 198 this year instead of the 193 we will see under the status quo. There would be a greater increase in the number of days with sunset times after 6 p.m. — 291 under permanent daylight time, instead of 238 with the status quo. This is nothing, though, compared to what people in Boise, Idaho, on the western edge of the Mountain time zone, would experience. There, residents would endure roughly two months out of the year without a sunrise before 9 a.m. But, to Wright, this just underscores the problem with permanent daylight-saving time. Some places will see greater impacts than others, but all places will see more darkness on winter mornings. “It’s not that we won’t be impacted, we certainly will be impacted,” he said. “And others further west they will be impacted more by this. That doesn’t mean that because we’re less impacted is the right thing to do.” It appears that Congress might be starting to come around to that thinking. At last report, the Sunshine Protection Act — the bill passed in the Senate to make daylight saving permanent — is facing a much, ahem, dimmer outlook in the U.S. House. 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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Vista beats Arapahoe with big fifth innning Defending state champions remain undefeated BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Arapahoe starting pitcher Easton Marks allowed four hits in four inning and had seven strikes. He also hit a solo home run but the Warriors suffered a 12-1 loss to Mountain Vista on the chilly afternoon of PHOTOS BY JIM BENTON March 30.
Arapahoe’s Louis Levy dives back into first base and Mountain Vista’s Tyler Mejia awaits the throw in a pickoff attempt in the March 30 game. Mountain Vista won 12-1.
Mountain Vista’s baseball team warmed up in the fifth inning of a chilly March 30 contsest against Arapahoe on the Warriors’ diamond. Vista, ranked second in the March 28 CHSAANow. com Class 5A state rankings and the defending state champions, scored nine runs in the fifth inning in a 12-1 route over Arapahoe. Mountain Vista remains undefeated at 7-0. In the big inning, the Golden Eagles had four hits, coupled with three walks, a wild pitch and a Warriors’ error. “Our bats came alive and we capitalized on a few mistakes,” said Golden Eagles Coach Ron Quintana. “It’s still early and we have a lot to work on and we still have some first-year varsity guys. It’s a good group of guys and they play hard for each other.” Mountain Vista collected eight hits in the five-inning affair and junior Zeke Borel went 3-for-4, scored twice, had three runs batted in and stole a base.
“I just wanted to come out and help my team,” said Borel. “They had a starter who threw hard and I just wanted to help my team out as much as possible.” Senior Tyler Mejia, the Golden Eagles’ leading hitter, went 2-for-3, with three runs and had an RBI. Senior Anthoney Urbani was Vista’s starting pitcher and was on the mound all five innings. He gave up three hits, one run and fanned 10 batters. “We are really starting to get it going and we starting to get it together,” said Borel. “We are starting to feel each other. I saw that feeling in thelast couple innings in our dugout, once we get rolling, we get going. “It takes energy. We have to make sure we’re playing like it’s the state championship in every game.” With the loss, Arapahoe fell to 1-3 for the season. Easton Marks was the ringleader for the Warriors. The senior went 2-for-2 and clubbed a solo home run to lead off the second inning. Marks was also the starting Arapahoe pitcher and in four innings of work, he allowed four hits, three runs and struck out seven batters. “Easton is a great player who commanded the zone well and is an offensive threat,” said Arapahoe coach James Dollaghan.
Mountain Vista batter Tyler Mejia watchs a pitch go wide as Arapahoe catcher Ayden Montemayor reaches for the ball. Vista scored nine runs in the fifth inning and defeated the Warriors, 12-1, in a March 30 game. Mejia had two hits and scored three times in the game.
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Jaguars squeak by Ponderosa Manning scores game-winning goal BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Rock Canyon girls soccer coach Mat Henbest was pleased despite the close score. The Jaguars, ranked second in the March 28 CHSAANow.com state 5A soccer poll, beat Ponderosa, 2-1, in a March 31 Continental League game at Halftime Help Stadium. “In the end it would have been fantastic to score four or five goals but facing a little bit of adversity is also a good challenge,” said Henbest. “Every game you are working different parts of the mental game. I’m pleased with the win but the close games are good. Hopefully that kind of experience willbe good for us down the road.” Sophomore Grace Rossner scored for Rock Canyon 15 minutes into the contest but Ponderosa’s Fallon Anderson scored
on a 48-yard shot to tie the game five minutes later. Senior Josie Manning got the game-winning goal for Rock Canyon with 15:53 left in the first half. “I was really happy with the way we played,” said Henbest. “The other team stayed really compact and tried to make it difficult for us to break it down. We still have some great opportunities but their keeper played well. Henbest said Rock Canyon had some players that were in newer positions. Ava Todd, who was played mid, did a nice job, Henbest said, adding that the entire back line was especially good. Abby Schecter came out of the back line and the girls that scored certainly came through, Henbest saied. Henbest said Josie just came off the bench and, “stepped up right away.” The win improved Rock Canyon’s record to 3-0. “We hope we can be there near the end,” said Henbest. “This is a good group and a good team.
Rock Canyon’s Ava Todd (9) tries to get around Ponderosa’s Julia Francis (4) during the March 31 game. PHOTOS BY JIM BENTON
We hope to have good luck continue to go our way and be in the conversation at the end.” Ponderosa dropped to 1-3 for the season but coach Jim Engels is encouraged.
“We played really well against Rock Canyon,” he said. “I have six seniors, one junior, six sophomores, and eight freshman on varsity. I am really proud of my team. The
fact my team competes with these much bigger 5A Continental League teams is pretty impressive. Our game plan was to defend and win 1-0 on a set piece. It almost worked.”
Parker teen heads to world competition in skydiving Sydney Kennett to compete in Belgium on April 5 BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
As Sydney Kennett steps into the wind tunnel, she adjusts her helmet, reaches her arms out and begins to tip forward. As the wind reaches 50, 60, then 70 mph, she leans in further until finally, it lifts her off the ground. Before long, the wind is at 120 mph and Sydney is flying through the air, flipping upside down and twisting as she adjusts to the space. Sydney, a 15-year-old professional indoor skydiver from Parker, is training
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for the world cup in her sport, which will take place April 5 through the 10 in Belgium. It’s only the fourth ever world competition for the relatively new sport, and already, it’s Sydney’s second time attending as a junior. “It’s kind of like gymnastics in the air,” Sydney said from the iFly indoor skydiving facility in Lone Tree March 21. During her routines, Sydney does flips, splits, twists, stationary poses and more inside tunnels that usually span about 12 feet wide and 45 feet high. “Some people have called her a hummingbird,” said Michelle Kennett, Sydney’s mom. “Because of how finely detailed she is and how she can fly so close to the wall but not hit it.”
While the sport includes multiple disciplines, Sydney mostly competes in the freestyle division, where she’s required to complete both free routines, where she decides on her own tricks, and compulsory routines, where she’s required to incorporate certain moves. The free routines last about a minute and 30 seconds and the compulsory routines are about 45 seconds. She gets two scores for her routine: one based on the difficulty and the other on how well she executes the moves. Points for each trick are not yet standardized, so judges choose subjective scores. “Sydney usually has one of the SEE SKYDIVING, P28
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hardest difficulty routines,” Michelle said. Leading up to a competition, Sydney practices about four hours per week inside the tunnel. The work isn’t finished when she’s out of the wind however, she also works on flexibility and weight training. In the past, she’s also taken contortion classes to improve her routines. Her mom and dad are her coaches and the three of them choreograph her routines together. “Usually we will just like sit down at the dinner table and talk about it,” she said “We gather my moves together and then talk about how they could flow together.” When Sydney was 4-years-old, her dad — a longtime skydiver — wanted her and her sister to try it out. With age restrictions on skydiving stopping them from actually jumping out of a plane, they ended up at the iFly in Lone Tree. Four years later, she joined the kids club there and started prac-
ticing. About a year after that, she went to her first competition in Chicago. “It kind of just took off from there,” she said. At first, it was a cardio workout, but before long it became more of a mental exercise as she focused on the isolated movements required for her tricks. Now, Sydney is sponsored by iFly; Cookie, which makes skydiving helmets; and Deem, a skydiving suit manufacturer. A sophomore at Ponderosa High School, Sydney also recently started pole vaulting for the school’s track team. In some ways, it’s similar to indoor skydiving, she said. Through social media, Sydney works to introduce more people to the sport of indoor skydiving. “That’s basically my main goal is just to show people it’s actually a sport and not just an amusement ride,” she said. At the last world competition in 2019, Sydney competed as the youngest person there as a 12-year-old and received third place. This year she has a different goal. “I’m hoping to bring back the gold this time,” she said. “That would be really exciting.”
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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 Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0005 To Whom It May Concern: On 1/27/2022 12:26:00 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: Lisa Dewberry and Richard Dewberry Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for Cardinal Financial Company L.P., its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/6/2015 Recording Date of DOT: 5/13/2015 Reception No. of DOT: 2015030782 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $290,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $265,379.00 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 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 85, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO, 113A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 101 Sylvestor Pl, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 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 18, 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: 3/24/2022 Last Publication: 4/21/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 2/1/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: AMANDA FERGUSON Colorado Registration #: 44893 355 UNION BLVD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO11132
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property is not the principal residence of any surviving Borrower, resulting in the loan being due and payable. 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 5, BLOCK 2, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 11, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 8834 S Blue Mountain Pl, 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 25, 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: 3/31/2022 Last Publication: 4/28/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 2/8/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: 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 #: 22-026229 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0013 First Publication: 3/31/2022 Last Publication: 4/28/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0004 To Whom It May Concern: On 1/27/2022 12:23:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.
Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0013
Original Grantor: Roy Barry Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Home Point Financial Corporation, Its Successors and Assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Home Point Financial Corporation Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 7/22/2021 Recording Date of DOT: 8/16/2021 Reception No. of DOT: 2021096603 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $363,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $362,960.25
To Whom It May Concern: On 2/4/2022 2:16:00 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.
Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.
Original Grantor: MICHAEL P. HEFFERNAN Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN ADVISORS GROUP, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/11/2020 Recording Date of DOT: 5/18/2020 Reception No. of DOT: 2020041320 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $675,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $133,304.81
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0005 First Publication: 3/24/2022 Last Publication: 4/21/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE
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: This is a Home Equity Conversion Deed of Trust or other Reverse Mortgage. Borrower has died and the
The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 6, BLOCK 53, THE MEADOWS FILING NO. 16 - PARCELS 1, 2, 3 & 4, 2ND AMENDMENT, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 1611 Morningview Ln, Castle Rock, CO 80109 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 18, 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: 3/24/2022 Last Publication: 4/21/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press
*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0006 First Publication: 3/31/2022 Last Publication: 4/28/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press
Castle Pines NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0007
The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ILENE DELL'ACQUA Colorado Registration #: 31755 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230 , CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (877) 369-6122 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-22-897858-LL *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0004 First Publication: 3/24/2022 Last Publication: 4/21/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0006 To Whom It May Concern: On 2/4/2022 11:25:00 AM 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: Adrian Rocha Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for Summit Funding, Inc., its successors and assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. Bank National Association Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 7/13/2020 Recording Date of DOT: 7/17/2020 Reception No. of DOT: 2020063613 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $398,646.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $391,724.11 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 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 2, BLOCK 5, MEAD'S CROSSING AMENDMENT NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 19915 Latigo Ln, Parker, CO 80138 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 25, 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.
Dated: 2/8/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee
AMANDA FERGUSON Colorado Registration #: 44893 355 UNION BLVD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO11277
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Dated: 2/1/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee
First Publication: 3/31/2022 Last Publication: 4/28/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press
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To Whom It May Concern: On 2/4/2022 11:26:00 AM 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: Jeffrey D. Price AND Tonya R. Price Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. As Beneficiary, As Nominee for United Wholesale Mortgage Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: BMO Harris Bank, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/15/2018 Recording Date of DOT: 12/21/2018 Reception No. of DOT: 2018076295 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $725,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $712,746.86 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust. Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 44A-1, BLOCK 4, ROMAR WEST, 2ND AMENDMENT, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 12543 Daniels Gate Drive, Castle Pines, CO 80108 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 25, 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: 3/31/2022 Last Publication: 4/28/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 2/8/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: DEANNE R. STODDEN Colorado Registration #: 33214 1430 WYNKOOP STREET SUITE 300, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (303) 623-1800 Fax #: Attorney File #: 10058.0052 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0007 First Publication: 3/31/2022 Last Publication: 4/28/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE
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Public Notices Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0002 To Whom It May Concern: On 1/27/2022 12:00:00 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: STEPHEN C. LEBLANC AND LAURAL A. LEBLANC Original Beneficiary: WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK NA, AS TRUSTEE, FOR THE WAMU MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-S3 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 4/9/2004 Recording Date of DOT: 4/22/2004 Reception No. of DOT: 2004040505 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $960,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $654,052.99 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 15, STERLING TREE FARM, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 4292 Palmer Ridge Drive, Parker, CO 80134 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 18, 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: 3/24/2022 Last Publication: 4/21/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 2/1/2022 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 #: 00000008848731 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0002 First Publication: 3/24/2022 Last Publication: 4/21/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0009 To Whom It May Concern: On 2/4/2022 12:08:00 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: CYNTHIA WIEST Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR R M K FINANCIAL CORP. D/B/A MAJESTIC HOME LOAN, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THE MONEY SOURCE INC. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/23/2014 Recording Date of DOT: 8/4/2014 Reception No. of DOT: 2014043599 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $332,352.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $296,856.85 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 3, PARCEL 2, HIGHLANDS RANCH - FILING NO. 109-D, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of:
8618 Canongate Lane, Highlands Ranch, CO 80130 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 25, 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: 3/31/2022 Last Publication: 4/28/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 2/8/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: DAVID R DOUGHTY Colorado Registration #: 40042 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 22-026260 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0009 First Publication: 3/31/2022 Last Publication: 4/28/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press
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 #: 22-026271 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0012 First Publication: 3/31/2022 Last Publication: 4/28/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0011 To Whom It May Concern: On 2/4/2022 1:31:00 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: GYSBERTHA A. VANDEGRAAF AND DONALD R. VANDEGRAAF Original Beneficiary: MOUNTAIN PACIFIC MORTGAGE COMPANY Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 1/25/2007 Recording Date of DOT: 1/31/2007 Reception No. of DOT: 2007009181 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $462,555.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $227,516.09 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: This is a Home Equity Conversion Deed of Trust or other Reverse Mortgage. Borrower has died and the property is not the principal residence of any surviving Borrower, resulting in the loan being due and payable.
PUBLIC NOTICE
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0012
The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.
To Whom It May Concern: On 2/4/2022 1:56:00 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.
Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 47, HIGHLANDS RANCH - FILING NO. 118-A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 10072 Sage Sparrow Court, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
Original Grantor: RANDAL B PARSLEY AND MARTHA L PARSLEY Original Beneficiary: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/21/2010 Recording Date of DOT: 12/30/2010 Reception No. of DOT: 2010093377 DOT Recorded in Douglas County. Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $635,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $495,469.99 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 366, BLOCK 8 CASTLE PINES FILING NO. 1-B, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 366 Morning Star Way, Castle Rock, CO 80108 The Deed of Trust was modified by a document recorded in Douglas County on 2/2/2022, Reception number 2022007997. Reason modified and any other modifications: Legal Description. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 25, 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: 3/31/2022 Last Publication: 4/28/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 2/8/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
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 25, 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: 3/31/2022 Last Publication: 4/28/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 2/8/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: 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 #: 22-026248 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0011 First Publication: 3/31/2022 Last Publication: 4/28/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press
City and County PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant to the laws of the State of Colorado: DUB-L-N CORP d/b/a PRESS WAFFLE CO. has requested the Liquor Licensing Authority of the Town of Castle Rock, Colorado to grant a BEER & WINE License, as provided by law, at the premises located at: 4991 FACTOR SHOPS BLVD #A-110, Castle Rock, Colorado 80108 A Public Hearing on this application will be held before the Liquor Licensing Authority at the hour of 10 AM or as soon thereafter as possible, on APRIL 26, 2022 either at the Town of Castle Rock Offices, 100 Wilcox St., Castle Rock, Colorado, or if circumstances require, via Webex by accessing
the agenda with instructions at castlerock-co.legistar.com/Calendar. At said time and place, any interested persons may appear and be heard for or against the granting of said license. The completed application and supporting documentation was received, and reviewed for filing, on MARCH 12, 2022. DUB-L-N CORP has listed the following officers: BRIAN GASSMANN AND JODI GASSMANN. Legal Notice No. 941821 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Hours and location the polls will be open on ELECTION DAY: Location: 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360, Denver, Colorado 80237
Public Notice NOTICE OF REGULAR ELECTION TO BE CONDUCTED BY POLLING PLACE HIGHLANDS RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN and particularly to the electors of Highlands Ranch Metropolitan District of the County of Douglas, Colorado. NOTICE IS HEREBY given that a regular election of the Highlands Ranch Metropolitan District shall be held on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. The election is being conducted as a polling place election. The polling location on Election Day is located at Highlands Ranch Metropolitan District, 62 Plaza Drive, Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80129 The following ballot drop off location will be open 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., April 11 through May 2, 2022 and from 7:00 a.m. through 7:00 p.m. on Election Day: Highlands Ranch Metropolitan District, 62 Plaza Drive, Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80129 A 24-hour ballot drop box located at the Highlands Ranch Sheriff Substation, 9250 Zotos Drive, Highlands Ranch, Colorado will be open from April 8th until 7:00 p.m. on May 3, 2022 (Election Day). At said election, the electors of the District shall vote for four (4) Directors to serve a threeyear term. The names of persons nominated for Director are: Eric T. Rysner, Northwest Region Scott A. Densmore, Northwest Region David S. Simonson, Southeast Region Carolyn Schierholz, South Central Region Robert Mainger, South Central Region Curtis Robert Hanock, West Central Region Mark Dickerson, West Central Region NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee voter ballots can be filed with the Designated Election Official at elections@crsofcolorado.com, Community Resource Services of Colorado, 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, Monday through Friday, during normal business hours, until the close of business on the Tuesday prior to the election (Tuesday April 26, 2022). Absentee voter ballots must be returned to the Designated Election Official or an Election Judge, at the addresses noted above, Monday through Friday, during normal business hours, and from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Election Day, May 3, 2022. HIGHLANDS RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ Sue Blair, Designated Election Official Legal Notice No. 941846 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS Cherokee Ridge Estates Metropolitan District Douglas County, Colorado NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Cherokee Ridge Estates Metropolitan District, of Douglas County, State of Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for the office of board of director than the 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 to the Board of Directors of the Cherokee Ridge Estates Metropolitan District: Name: Sandy Ward: Elected to Serve a Term of: 3 years Until: May, 2025 Name: Garrett Silva; Elected to Serve a Term of: 3 years Until: May, 2025 Name: Bernd Sokolowski: Elected to Serve a Term of: 3 years Until: May, 2025 Name: Eduardo San: Elected to Serve a Term of: 1 year Until: May, 2023
Catherine T. Bright Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Jeffrey E. Erb, Esq. Address of the District: 7400 East Orchard Road, Suite 3300 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Telephone Number of District: (303) 770-2700 Email of the District: jerb@svwpc.com Legal Notice No. 941819 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the electors of the Remuda Ranch Metropolitan District, County of Douglas, State of Colorado. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an independent election by mail ballot will be held Tuesday, May 3, 2022.
Metropolitan Districts
By: Designated Election Official
NOTICE OF ELECTION REMUDA RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT INDEPENDENT MAIL BALLOT ELECTION MAY 3, 2022 § 1-13.5-502(2), C.R.S. § 1-13.5-1105(2), C.R.S.
Hours: 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. Mail ballots will be mailed between April 11, 2022 and April 18, 2022. Addresses of the mail-ballot drop off location and hours during which the mail ballot dropoff location for the delivery of mail ballots and receipt of replacement ballots will be open: Location: 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360, Denver, Colorado 80237 Hours: 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. on weekdays until May 2, 2022 and; 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. on May 3, 2022. Mail ballots shall be available at the abovelisted location from April 11, 2022 to 7:00 P.M. on Election Day. Address of the location for application and the return of absentee voter’s ballots and the hours during which the office will be open: Location: 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360, Denver, Colorado 80237 Applications for Absentee Voter’s Ballots: This office is open from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. on weekdays. The application must be received at this office no later than 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 to be issued. Absentee Voter’s Ballots: Absentee voter’s ballots will be accepted at this location on weekdays until May 2, 2022 from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., and on May 3, 2022 from 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. The purpose of the election is to elect directors and to submit a question authorizing the provision of high speed internet services, cable television services and telecommunication services. The Ballot questions are as follows: Directors of Remuda Ranch Metropolitan District and Advanced Services, Cable Television Services and Telecommunication Services. The candidates whose have submitted an Affidavit of Intent to be a Write-In Candidate for the position of director of Remuda Ranch Metropolitan District are as follows: Lauren Wiens Bocci Joseph Anthony Bocci III NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an eligible elector of said District for the purpose of said election is a person registered to vote pursuant to the “Uniform Election Code of 1992”; articles 1 to 13 of title 1, C.R.S., and (i) is a resident of the area to be included in the District, or (ii) who, or whose spouse or civil union partner, owns taxable real or personal property within the area to be included in the District, whether said person resides within the area to be included in the District or not. A person who is obligated to pay taxes under a contract to purchase taxable property within the area to be included within the District shall be considered an owner of taxable property for the purpose of qualifying as an eligible elector. REMUDA RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT BY: /s/Megan M. Liesmaki, Designated Election Official Legal Notice No. 941813 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF REGULAR ELECTION TO BE CONDUCTED BY MAIL BALLOT HERITAGE HILLS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN and particularly to the electors of the Heritage Hills Metropolitan District of the County of Douglas, Colorado: NOTICE IS HEREBY given that a regular election of the Heritage Hills Metropolitan District shall be held on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. The election is being conducted as a mail ballot election. Mail ballots are required to be mailed to eligible electors between April 11, 2022 and April 18, 2022. At said election, the electors of the District shall vote for three (3) Directors to serve a three-year term. The names of the persons nominated as Director are: Brian Cleveringa Shaun Seales Carlton Hargett Todd Griffin Christine Biernat John Raycraft Bradley Dodds Eligible electors may apply for new or replacement mail ballots and return voted mail ballots to the offices of the Designated Election Official, which is also the ballot drop-off/walk-in voting location, c/o Community Resource Services of Colorado, 7995 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, CO 80111. The offices of Community Resource Services of Colorado are open Monday through Friday during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from April 11, 2022, through May 2, 2022, and from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on May 3,
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Public Notices 2022 (Election Day).
office on the Board of Directors of the District:
AND SANITATION DISTRICT
HERITAGE HILLS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
The names of persons nominated as Director for a THREE-Year Term are:
By:/s/ Sue Blair Designated Election Official
By:/s/ Sue Blair Designated Election Official
Jason Blanckaert David Scott Brennan Tera Radloff
Legal Notice No. 941833 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Legal Notice No. 941839 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF VACANCY ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE STERLING RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 5 DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of The Sterling Ranch Metropolitan District No. 5 (the "District"), City of Littleton, Douglas County, Colorado. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-808, C.R.S., that one or more vacancies currently exist on the Board of Directors of the District. Any qualified, eligible elector of the District interested in serving on the Board of Directors for the District should file a Letter of Interest with the Board by 5:00 p.m., on Monday, April 18, 2022. Letters of Interest should be sent to Sterling Ranch Metropolitan District No. 5, c/o STERLING RANCH COMMUNITY AUTHORITY BOARD AT 8155 PINEY RIVER AVENUE, SUITE 150, LITTLETON, CO 80125 OR TO CABDISTRICTADMINISTRATOR@STERLINGRANCHCAB.COM. STERLING RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 5 DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO By:/s/ Denise Hogenes General Manager Sterling Ranch Community Authority Board On behalf of: Sterling Ranch Colorado Metropolitan District No. 5 Board of Directors Legal Notice No. 941851 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 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 April 20, 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=ckUxUDJUUzZ1 R0ltSEJvSERtc0RJdz09 Meeting ID: 874 5981 8759 Passcode: 694389. The name and address of the petitioner and a legal description of the property to be included into the District is as follows: PETITIONER: Roxborough Water and Sanitation District 6222 North Roxborough Park Road Littleton, Colorado 80125 GENERAL DESCRIPTION: THE ROXBOROUGH WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT WATER TREATMENT PLANT PROPERTY AS DESCRIBED AT RECEPTION NO. 103765, DATED AUGUST 23, 1958 AND AT BOOK 349 AT PAGE 936 DATED DECEMBER 18, 1978 AND ON THE LAND SURVEY PLAT DEPOSITED AT 10003092 DATED FEBRUARY 04, 2002 ALL IN THE DOUGLAS COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER OFFICE, BEING THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 68 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. ALSO KNOWN AS: ROXBOROUGH WATER TREATMENT PLANT, 8678 ROXBOROUGH PARK RD, LITTLETON, CO 80125 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ROXBOROUGH WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT By: ICENOGLE SEAVER POGUE A Professional Corporation Legal Notice No. 941832 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF INDEPENDENT MAIL BALLOT ELECTION TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN and particularly to the electors of the Castle Pines North Metropolitan District of Douglas County, State of Colorado: NOTICE IS HEREBY given that a regular election of the Castle Pines North Metropolitan District shall be held on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. The election is being conducted as an independent mail ballot election. Mail ballots are required to be mailed to eligible electors between 22 and 15 days prior to the election date. At said election, the electors of the District shall vote for Directors to serve the following terms of
The address of the locations for return of mail ballots and the hours which the offices will be open: Seter & Vander Wall, P.C. 7400 East Orchard Rd., Suite 3300 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 (303) 770-2700 Monday-Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Castle Pines North Community Center 7404 Yorkshire Drive Castle Pines, Colorado 80108 (303) 688-8550 Monday-Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The address of the location for mail ballot applications and the hours which the office will be open: Seter & Vander Wall, P.C. 7400 E. Orchard Rd., Suite 3300 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 (303) 770-2700 Monday-Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The offices are open Monday through Friday, beginning at least 22 days prior to Election Day (April 11th), and from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Election Day (May 3th). Castle Pines North Metropolitan District Michele Barrasso Designated Election Official Phone Number: 303-770-2700 Legal Notice No. 941778 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF REGULAR ELECTION TO BE CONDUCTED BY MAIL BALLOT HERITAGE HILLS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN and particularly to the electors of the Heritage Hills Metropolitan District of the County of Douglas, Colorado: NOTICE IS HEREBY given that a regular election of the Heritage Hills Metropolitan District shall be held on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. The election is being conducted as a mail ballot election. Mail ballots are required to be mailed to eligible electors between April 11, 2022 and April 18, 2022. At said election, the electors of the District shall vote for three (3) Directors to serve a three-year term. The names of the persons nominated as Director are: Brian Cleveringa Shaun Seales Carlton Hargett Todd Griffin Christine Biernat John Raycraft Bradley Dodds Eligible electors may apply for new or replacement mail ballots and return voted mail ballots to the offices of the Designated Election Official, which is also the ballot drop-off/walk-in voting location, c/o Community Resource Services of Colorado, 7995 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, CO 80111. The offices of Community Resource Services of Colorado are open Monday through Friday during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from April 11, 2022, through May 2, 2022, and from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on May 3, 2022 (Election Day). HERITAGE HILLS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By:/s/ Sue Blair Designated Election Official Legal Notice No. 941834 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF REGULAR ELECTION TO BE CONDUCTED BY MAIL BALLOT DENVER SE SUBURBAN WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN and particularly to the electors of the Denver SE Suburban Water and Sanitation District of the County of Douglas, Colorado: NOTICE IS HEREBY given that a regular election of the Denver SE Suburban Water and Sanitation District shall be held on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. The election is being conducted as a mail ballot election. Mail ballots are required to be mailed to eligible electors between April 11, 2022 and April 18, 2022. At said election, the electors of the District shall vote for three (3) Directors to serve a three year term: Lisa M. Neal-Graves Dennis M. Volz Joshua Conners James McGannon Eligible electors may apply for new or replacement mail ballots and return voted mail ballots to the offices of the Designated Election Official, which is also the ballot drop-off/walk-in voting location, c/o Community Resource Services of Colorado, 7995 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, CO 80111. The offices of Community Resource Services of Colorado are open Monday through Friday during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from April 11, 2022, through May 2, 2022, and from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on May 3, 2022 (Election Day). DENVER SE SUBURBAN WATER
Public Notice NOTICE OF REGULAR ELECTION TO BE CONDUCTED BY MAIL BALLOT ROXBOROUGH VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN and particularly to the electors of the Roxborough Village Metropolitan District of the County of Douglas, Colorado: NOTICE IS HEREBY given that a regular election of the Roxborough Village Metro District shall be held on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. The election is being conducted as a mail ballot election. Mail ballots are required to be mailed to eligible electors between April 11, 2022 and April 18, 2022. At said election, the electors of the District shall vote for three (3) Directors to serve a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the District. The names of persons nominated as Director are: Garry Cook Cheryl Lorenz Travis C. Jensen Melissa Di Donato Mathew Hart Mark Rubic Timothy M. Moore Debra Prysby Eligible electors may apply for new or replacement mail ballots and return voted mail ballots to the offices of the Designated Election Official, which is also the ballot drop-off/walk-in voting location, c/o Community Resource Services of Colorado, 7995 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, CO 80111. The offices of Community Resource Services of Colorado are open Monday through Friday during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from April 11, 2022, through May 2, 2022, and from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on May 3, 2022 (Election Day). ROXBOROUGH VILLAGE METRO DISTRICT By:/s/ Sue Blair Designated Election Official Legal Notice No. 941840 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF INDEPENDENT MAIL BALLOT ELECTION §§ 1-13.5-1105(2)(d), 1-13.5-502, C.R.S.
Water and Sanitation District, Douglas County, Colorado, that as of March 3, 2022, 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.
Kayla Ryon: 3 year term, until May, 2025 Deborah Lynn Emerick: 3 year term until May, 2025 Ronald Goss: 3 year term, until May, 2025
Legal Notice No. 941850 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
Signed by: s/Larry Brown Printed Name: Larry Brown Designated Election Official, Silver Heights Water and Sanitation District
NOTICE OF VACANCY ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE STERLING RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 4 DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO
Contact Person for the District: Designated Election Official Larry Brown 1027 E. Harvey Street Castle Rock, CO 80108 303-550-3785 Telephone Number of the District: 303-688-5597 Address of the District: 1027 E. Harvey Street Castle Rock, CO 80108
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of The Sterling Ranch Metropolitan District No. 4 (the "District"), City of Littleton, Douglas County, Colorado.
Legal Notice No. 941814 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF VACANCY ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE STERLING RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1 DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of The Sterling Ranch Metropolitan District No. 1 (the "District"), City of Littleton, Douglas County, Colorado. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-808, C.R.S., that one or more vacancies currently exist on the Board of Directors of the District. Any qualified, eligible elector of the District interested in serving on the Board of Directors for the District should file a Letter of Interest with the Board by 5:00 p.m., on Monday, April 18, 2022. Letters of Interest should be sent to Sterling Ranch Metropolitan District No. 1, c/o STERLING RANCH COMMUNITY AUTHORITY BOARD AT 8155 PINEY RIVER AVENUE, SUITE 150, LITTLETON, CO 80125 OR TO CABDISTRICTADMINISTRATOR@STERLINGRANCHCAB.COM. STERLING RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1 DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO
General Manager
Legal Notice No. 941830 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Location No. 2: Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C. 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, Colorado 80237 Hours: 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. on weekdays through May 2, 2022 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. on May 3, 2022 At said election, the electors of the District shall vote for Directors to serve on the Board of Directors of the District. The names of the candidates whose nominations have been certified by the Designated Election Official for the position of Director, to act, if elected, until the regular special district election in May 2025: Kelly Buszkiewic John Kim Canda Rozier Miles R. Grant Nancy Carroll-Hoag Antonio Mendez Stephen Throneberry Christine Thomas Keith Lehmann ROXBOROUGH WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT By: /s/Stacie L. Pacheco, Designated Election Official Legal Notice No. 941825 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: 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. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Silver Heights
Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY THE Founders Village Metropolitan District and Villages at Castle Rock Metropolitan District No. 4, 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 §1-13.5-513(1), C.R.S. The following candidates are declared elected: Jeremy Groves: 3 Year Term Mike Meachum: 3 Year Term Matthew D. Hilinsk: 1 Year Term Mary Cates: 1 Year Term
STERLING RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 4 DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO By: /s/ Denise Hogenes General Manager Sterling Ranch Community Authority Board On behalf of: Sterling Ranch Colorado Metropolitan District No. 4 Board of Directors Legal Notice No. 941853 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF VACANCY ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE STERLING RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 7 DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-808, C.R.S., that one or more vacancies currently exist on the Board of Directors of the District. Any qualified, eligible elector of the District interested in serving on the Board of Directors for the District should file a Letter of Interest with the Board by 5:00 p.m., on Monday, April 18, 2022. Letters of Interest should be sent to Sterling Ranch Metropolitan District No. 7, c/o STERLING RANCH COMMUNITY AUTHORITY BOARD AT 8155 PINEY RIVER AVENUE, SUITE 150, LITTLETON, CO 80125 OR TO CABDISTRICTADMINISTRATOR@STERLINGRANCHCAB.COM. STERLING RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 7 DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO By: /s/ Denise Hogenes General Manager Sterling Ranch Community Authority Board On behalf of: Sterling Ranch Colorado Metropolitan District No. 7 Board of Directors Legal Notice No. 941852 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
By order of the Board of Directors of Founders Village Metropolitan District and Villages at Castle Rock Metropolitan District No. 4. /s/ Kammy K. Tinney Designated Election Official
MARCH 1, 2022: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: The Members of the Homeowners Association of Players Club Villas Townhomes, Inc. have, following due Notice to all Members, at a meeting held on December 16, 2021 approved the following: THIRD AMENDED AND FIRST RESTATED DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OF PLAYERS CLUB VILLAS TOWNHOMES, INC.
Legal Notice No. 941820 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF VACANCY ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE STERLING RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 6 DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of The Sterling Ranch Metropolitan District No. 6 (the "District"), City of Littleton, Douglas County, Colorado. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-808, C.R.S., that one or more vacancies currently exist on the Board of Directors of the District. Any qualified, eligible elector of the District interested in serving on the Board of Directors for the District should file a Letter of Interest with the Board by 5:00 p.m., on Monday, April 18, 2022. Letters of Interest should be sent to Sterling Ranch Metropolitan District No. 6, c/o STERLING RANCH COMMUNITY AUTHORITY BOARD AT 8155 PINEY RIVER AVENUE, SUITE 150, LITTLETON, CO 80125 OR TO CABDISTRICTADMINISTRATOR@STERLINGRANCHCAB.COM. STERLING RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 6
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-808, C.R.S., that one or more vacancies currently exist on the Board of Directors of the District. Any qualified, eligible elector of the District interested in serving on the Board of Directors for the District should file a Letter of Interest with the Board by 5:00 p.m., on Monday, April 18, 2022. Letters of Interest should be sent to Sterling Ranch Metropolitan District No. 4, c/o STERLING RANCH COMMUNITY AUTHORITY BOARD AT 8155 PINEY RIVER AVENUE, SUITE 150, LITTLETON, CO 80125 OR TO CABDISTRICTADMINISTRATOR@STERLINGRANCHCAB.COM.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of The Sterling Ranch Metropolitan District No. 7 (the "District"), City of Littleton, Douglas County, Colorado.
By: /s/ Denise Hogenes
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular election will be held by Roxborough Water and Sanitation District (the “District”) on the 3rd day of May, 2022, between 7:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M. The election is being conducted as an independent mail ballot election. Mail ballots will be mailed to eligible electors between April 11, 2022 and April 18, 2022.
Hours: 7:30 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. on weekdays through May 2, 2022 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. on May 3, 2022
General Manager Sterling Ranch Community Authority Board On behalf of: Sterling Ranch Colorado Metropolitan District No. 6 Board of Directors
Sterling Ranch Community Authority Board On behalf of: Sterling Ranch Colorado Metropolitan District No. 1 Board of Directors
Location No. 1: Roxborough Water and Sanitation District 6222 N. Roxborough Park Rd. Littleton, Colorado 80125
By: /s/ Denise Hogenes
The following candidates are hereby declared elected:
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the eligible electors of the Roxborough Water and Sanitation District in Douglas and Jefferson Counties, Colorado.
The drop-off locations and the hours during which the drop-off locations will be open for delivery of mail ballots:
DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO
AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS AMENDED POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND RULES AND REGULATIONS (collectively the Association’s “Governing Documents”) The Association governs this common interest community as is described in the recorded Plat Maps and the following Reception Numbers: 305818-1983; 305819-1983; 318160-1983; 317035-1983; 317036-1983; 341581-1984; 360422-1985; 9466309-1994; and 9466310-1994 More specifically described at Exhibit “A” of the above-referenced Third Amended Declaration. At least sixty-seven percent (67%) of the Owners of Lots or of the Association listed above have approved by vote taken at the December 16, 2021 meeting to the adoption, filing and recording of the above listed amended Governing Documents. To obtain a copy of these Governing Documents,
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Public Notices please contact: Howard J. Beck or Jennifer Urdiales; Beck, Payne, Frank & Piper, P.C.; 3025 S. Parker Road, Suite 200; Aurora, CO 80014; Telephone: (303) 750-1567; Facsimile: (303) 7507530; Email: mail@beckpayne.com. Legal Notice No. 941816 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF ELECTIONS and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS MIRABELLE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1, 3 & 4 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to § 1-13.5513(6), C.R.S., that, at the close of business on February 28, 2022, there were not more candidates than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates, for each of the Mirabelle Metropolitan District Nos. 1, 3 & 4 (collectively, the “Districts”). Therefore, the elections for the Districts to be held on May 3, 2022 are hereby cancelled. The following candidates for each of the Districts are declared elected by acclamation: Jennifer E. Fulton-Miller: Until May 2025 Thomas John Schriefer: Until May 2025 /s/ Ashley B. Frisbie Designated Election Official Contact Person for Districts: Trisha K. Harris, Esq. WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Attorneys at Law 2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 2000 Centennial, Colorado 80122 (303) 858-1800 Legal Notice No. 941843 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF IMPOSITION OF FEES WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA OF CHATFIELD SOUTH WATER DISTRICT WHEREAS, Chatfield South Water District (the “District”) is a political subdivision of the State of Colorado, duly organized and existing as a metropolitan district pursuant to §§ 32-1-101, et seq, C.R.S., as amended; and WHEREAS, The District is authorized to provide water facilities and services within its Service Area in Douglas County, Colorado; and WHERAS, the District acts as a utility provider to the service area and, as such, is empowered to impose fees and charges for services and facilities provided for within the service area; and WHERAS, pursuant to §§ 32-1-1001(1)(j) and (k), C.R.S., as amended, the District is authorized to impose and, from time to time, to increase or decrease fees, rates, tolls, penalties or charges for services, programs or facilities furnished by the District; and WHEREAS, § 32-1-1001(j), C.R.S., as amended, also provides that until paid, all such fees, rates, tolls, penalties or charges shall constitute a perpetual lien on and against the property served, which may be foreclosed in the same manner as provided by the laws of the State of Colorado for the foreclosure of mechanic’s liens; and WHEREAS, pursuant to § 32-1-1001(2)(a), C.R.S., as amended, the governing body of any special district furnishing domestic water or sanitary sewer services directly to residents and property owners within or outside the district may fix or increase fees, rates, tolls, penalties, or charges for domestic water or sanitary sewer services only after consideration of the action at a public meeting held at least thirty days after providing notice stating that the action is being considered and stating the date, time, and place of the meeting at which the action is being considered; and WHEREAS, § 32-1-1101(1)(e), C.R.S., as amended, provides that a special district may elect, by resolution, at a public meeting held after receipt of notice by the affected parties, including the property owner, to have certain delinquent fees, rates, tolls, penalties, charges, or assessments made or levied solely for water, sewer, or water and sewer services, certified to the treasurer of the county to be collected and paid over pursuant to § 39-10-107, C.R.S., as amended. NOW, THEREFORE: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the District will consider and may increase fees for residential potable water rates and related services to be provided by the District within the Service Area at a Public Hearing to be held on May 11, 2022 at 6:00 p.m., at the Chatfield State Park – MultiPurpose Room, 11500 N. Roxborough Park Road, Littleton, CO 80125 and virtually via Zoom https://us06web.zoom.us/j/5988306396 or by telephone at 720-707-2699, Meeting ID: 598 830 6396 Inquiries regarding the status or existence of the fees described herein should be directed to the management offices of the District at the address below: Chatfield South Water District c/o Special District Solutions, Inc. 2370 Antelope Ridge Trail Parker, CO 80138 CHATFIELD SOUTH WATER DISTRICT Legal Notice No. 941806 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELATION OF ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Park Meadows 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 1-13.5-501, C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Gary W. Godden: 3 Year Term Until May 2025 Michelle Murphy: 3 Year Term Until May 2025 Martha K. Sippe: 3 Year Term Until May 2025 /s/ Sue Blair Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Sue Blair, Designated Election Official Community Resource Services 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E Greenwood Village, CO 80111 303.381.4960 (voice) 303. 381.4961 (fax) sblair@crsofcolorado.com Legal Notice No. 941824 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press and Lone Tree Voice Public Notice NOTICE OF REGULAR ELECTION TO BE CONDUCTED BY POLLING PLACE CENTENNIAL WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN and particularly to the electors of Centennial Water and Sanitation District of the County of Douglas, Colorado. NOTICE IS HEREBY given that a regular election of the Centennial Water and Sanitation District shall be held on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. The election is being conducted as a polling place election. The polling location on Election Day is located at 62 Plaza Drive, Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80129. The following ballot drop off location will be open 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., April 11 through May 2, 2022 and from 7:00 a.m. through 7:00 p.m. on Election Day: Highlands Ranch Metropolitan District, 62 Plaza Drive, Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80129 A 24-hour ballot drop box located at the Highlands Ranch Sheriff Substation, 9250 Zotos Drive, Highlands Ranch, Colorado will be open from April 8th until 7:00 p.m. on May 3, 2022 (Election Day). At said election, the electors of the District shall vote for two (2) Directors to serve a threeyear term. The names of persons nominated for Director are: Tammy Essmeier Allen A. Dreher Frank J. Johns Neil L. Arney Frank McNulty NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee voter ballots can be filed with the Designated Election Official at elections@crsofcolorado.com, Community Resource Services of Colorado, 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, Monday through Friday, during normal business hours, until the close of business on the Tuesday prior to the election (Tuesday April 26, 2022). Absentee voter ballots must be returned to the Designated Election Official or an Election Judge, at the addresses noted above, Monday through Friday, during normal business hours, and from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Election Day, May 3, 2022. CENTENNIAL WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT By: /s/ Sue Blair, Designated Election Official Legal Notice No. 941847 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF ELECTION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS MIRABELLE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to § 1-13.5513(6), C.R.S., that, at the close of business on February 28, 2022, there were not more candidates than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates, for the Mirabelle Metropolitan District No. 2 (the “District”). Therefore, the election for the District to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby cancelled. The following candidates for the District are declared elected by acclamation: Kristen Beshany: Until May 2025 Jennifer E. Fulton-Miller: Until May 2025 /s/ Ashley B. Frisbie Designated Election Official Contact Person for the District: Trisha K. Harris, Esq. WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Attorneys at Law 2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 2000 Centennial, Colorado 80122
(303) 858-1800 Legal Notice No. 941844 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Metro Districts Budget Hearings Public Notice NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED 2021 BUDGET AMENDMENTS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budget amendments for 2021 have been submitted to the Hess Ranch Metropolitan District Nos. 4-8 (collectively, the "Districts"). Such proposed budget amendments will be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Boards of Directors of the Districts to be held at 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 via telephone and videoconference. To attend and participate by telephone, dial 1-650-479-3208 and enter meeting number 145 711 2442 and passcode rXA2BPQBT25. Information regarding public participation by videoconference will be available at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and public hearing online at https://hessranchmd4-8. colorado.gov. A copy of the proposed amended 2021 budgets are available for public inspection at the offices of CliftonLarsonAllen. Please contact Alex Fink by email at Alex.fink@claconnect.com or by telephone at 303-779-5710 to make arrangements to inspect the budgets prior to visiting the foregoing office. Any interested elector within the Districts may, at any time prior to final adoption of the amended 2021 budgets file or register any objections thereto. HESS RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 4-8 By: /s/ Matthew Osborn, President Legal Notice No. 941804 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Bids and Settlements Public Notice INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) #008-22 SURREY RIDGE HORSE ARENA PROJECT The Douglas County Department of Open Space and Natural Resources, hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests bids from responsible and qualified vendors/contractors for the provision of the purchase and/or installation/ construction of a horse arena near Surrey Ridge. The successful bidder shall provide all materials, machinery, and labor necessary to complete this project. The Surrey Ridge Horse Arena doesn’t have a specifically designated address; however, the adjacent lot address is: 9980 Heather Drive, Castle Rock, Colorado 80108. The IFB documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com. IFB documents are not available for purchase from Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the above-mentioned website. While the IFB documents are available electronically, Douglas County cannot accept electronic bid responses. Bid responses shall be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked “IFB No. 008-22, Surrey Ridge Horse Arena Project” and mailed or hand-carried to the address shown below prior to the due date and time. Electronic and/or faxed bid responses will not be accepted. Bids will be received until 3:00pm on Friday, April 22, 2022 by the Douglas County Finance Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. Bids will not be considered which are received after the time stated, and any bids so received will be returned unopened. Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a said bid and furthermore, to award a contract for items herein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the County to do so. Additionally, we reserve the right to negotiate optional items/services with the successful bidder. Please direct any questions concerning this IFB to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Supervisor, 303-6607434, criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Legal Notice No. 941842 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice INVITATION TO BID Sealed bids for the Reservoir 8B Project (“Bids”) will be received by the Denver Southeast Suburban Water and Sanitation District (the “Owner”) until 2:00 PM local time May 10, 2022 (the “Bid Opening”) at 5242 Old Schoolhouse Road, Parker, Colorado 80134. At said time and place, all Bids that have been timely received in compliance with the requirements of this Invitation to Bid and the applicable contract documents (the “Contract Documents”), will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids may be submitted in person to Richard Krulish, Engineering Project Manager at 5242 Old Schoolhouse Road, Parker, Colorado 80134. WORK INCLUDED: The Project generally consists of construction of a 650,000 gallon, AWWA D-115 Tendon-Prestressed Concrete Water Tank, along with appurtenant pipeline installations, earthwork, tank mixing, electrical, instrumentation, erosion control, seeding, and restoration. The site (the “Site”) on which all work (the
“Work”) on the Project shall occur is located near Parker, Colorado, which is within the boundaries of the Owner and located in Douglas County, Colorado. The Work will be performed under a single lump sum contract and shall include furnishing and installation of all materials, labor and equipment as indicated in the Contract Documents and as otherwise required to provide a complete working system for the purpose intended. DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE: The Contract Documents will be available to prospective bidders on April 14, 2022 and may be obtained directly from the Owner via email request to RKrulish@pinerywater.com. Contract Documents shall not be redistributed to preserve integrity of Owner’s list for updates and changes. INTERPRETATION: Bidders may request interpretations or clarifications of the Contract Documents from the Owner by electronic mail. The Owner will not be bound or responsible for any explanations or interpretations other than those given in writing by the Owner. No oral interpretations shall be binding on the Owner. Bidders may request interpretations or clarifications from the Owner through the following contact: Richard Krulish Pinery Water and Wastewater District 5242 Old Schoolhouse Road, Parker, Colorado 80134 Phone: 720-751-2635 email: RKrulish@pinerywater.com. The deadline for requesting interpretations or clarifications from the Owner is 3:00 pm on April 29, 2022. PRE-BID MEETING: A Pre-Bid meeting will be held on April 21, 2022 at 1:00 PM at the Owner’s offices located at 5242 Old Schoolhouse Road, Parker, Colorado 80134 (Phone: 303-841-2797). A visit to the site will follow the Pre-Bid meeting. Attendance at the Pre-Bid meeting and site visit is encouraged but not mandatory. BONDS AND SECURITY: The successful Bidder will be required to furnish the Performance Bond, Payment Bond and Maintenance Bond, as security for the faithful performance and the payment of all of the successful Bidder’s obligations under the Contract Documents. The requirement that the successful Bidder furnish a Performance Bond, Payment Bond and Maintenance Bond can be also satisfied by furnishing a combined Performance, Payment and Maintenance Bond. All required bonds shall be in a form satisfactory to the Owner. INSURANCE: The successful Bidder will be required to submit a Certificate of Insurance demonstrating that the Bidder carries insurance coverage with limits of not less than those set forth in the Contract Documents, Worker’s Compensation Insurance, Employer’s Liability Insurance, Commercial General Liability Insurance, Automobile Liability Insurance, Umbrella Liability Insurance, and Builder’s Risk Property Insurance. SPECIAL CONTRACT PROVISIONS: The Contract Documents contain provisions concerning the employment of or contracting with illegal aliens. WITHDRAWAL OF BIDS: No Bids may be withdrawn for a period of fifty (50) days after the Bid Opening. SCHEDULE: The Notice of Award will be issued on or about May 19, 2022. Substantial and Final Completion dates, as well as liquidated damages provided for failure to meet the Substantial and Final Completion dates, will be included within the Contract Documents available to potential bidders. OWNER’S RIGHTS RESERVED: The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, may choose to award all, none, or any combination of the project schedules, the right to waive any informality or technicality contained in any Bid and the right to waive any formality or technicality in the bidding procedures. By: Heather Beasley, District Manager Denver Southeast Suburban Water & Sanitation District Legal Notice No. 941837 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Prospective Bidders are required to be listed on the plan holders list to be eligible to bid. The Bidding Documents will be available for download at no cost in PDF format. Bidding Documents download information must be requested by email from Kelli Kavinsky, KKavinsky@TSTInfrastructure.com. Upon TST’s receipt of email requesting Bidding Documents, the Prospective Bidder will be added to the plan holders list and emailed instructions to download Bidding Documents. Partial sets of Bidding Documents will not be available from the Issuing Office. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of Bidding Documents, including addenda, if any, obtained from sources other than the Issuing Office. A mandatory pre-bid conference for the Project will be held on Thursday, April 21st, 2022 at 10:00 am local time at the Roxborough Lift Station, 11290 Caretaker Road, Littleton, CO 80125. Bids will not be accepted from Bidders that do not attend the mandatory pre-bid conference. Bid security in the amount of five (5) percent of the total Bid Price must accompany each Bid and shall be furnished in accordance with the Instruction to Bidders. Bidders must be licensed to do business in the State of Colorado. Bids received from Bidders who are not recorded by the Issuing Office as having received the Bidding Documents will not be opened. The Owner reserves the right to award the contract by sections, or reject any or all Bids, and to waive any informalities and irregularities therein. For all further requirements regarding bid submittal, qualifications, procedures, and contract award, refer to the Instructions to Bidders that are included in the Bidding Documents. Owner: Roxborough Water and Sanitation District By: Barbara J. Biggs Title: General Manager Date: April 7, 2022 Legal Notice No. 941836 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Summons and Sheriff Sale PUBLIC NOTICE DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Case No. 2022CV30138 Plaintiff: Lincoln, LTD Defendants: Estate of Kathy J. Heisler; and all unknown persons who claim any interest in the subject matter of this action To the Defendants named above: You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after the service of this Summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court. If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the complaint without further notice. This is an action to quiet title regarding the real property located in Douglas County, Colorado, legally described as follows: Lot 18, Block 4, Westcreek Lakes Subdivision, County of Douglas, State of Colorado (the “Property”). For information purposes only: 15845 Spruce Drive, Woodland Park, CO 80863. You may receive copies of pleadings filed in the above-referenced matter from the Clerk of the Douglas County, Colorado, District Court or from Plaintiff’s counsel: Troy A. Sandberg, Sandberg Law LLC, 17011 Lincoln Ave., #348, Parker, Colorado 80134, (720) 940-5058.
Public Notice SECTION 000111 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Legal Notice No. 941783 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
ROXBOROUGH WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO ROXBOROUGH LIFT STATION PUMP P-201 REPLACEMENT
Public Notice
Sealed Bids for the construction of the Project will be received at the offices of TST Infrastructure, LLC, located at 5655 S Yosemite St, Suite 101, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, until Thursday, May 5th, 2022 at 11:00 am local time. At that time the Bids received will be publicly opened and read. The work generally consists of moving a 150 HP dry-pit wastewater pump from position 1 to position 3 and the installation of an Owner supplied 200 HP dry-pit configuration, centrifugal wastewater pump in position 1. The work includes associated demolition and replacement of pump base, interior process piping within the lift station; installation of a new Owner supplied harmonic filter, and miscellaneous electrical and controls for the pump. Bids will be received for a single prime Contract. Bids shall be on a lump sum basis, as indicated in the Bid Form. The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is: TST Infrastructure, LLC 5655 S. Yosemite St., Suite 101 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Phone: (303) 799-5197 Bidding Documents will be available on Thursday, April 7th, 2022 and may be obtained from the Issuing Office on Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm.
District Court, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2020CV030131, Division/ Courtroom # 5 SHERIFF’S SALE NO. 22000292 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY JORDAN CROSSING HOMEOWNER’S ASSOCIATION, INC. Plaintiff: v. LYLE M. TATE; CAROLINE E. HERZL, et al. Defendant(s) Regarding: LOT 11, BLOCK 3, JORDAN CROSSING FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 17021 White Alba Lane, Parker, CO 80134 ("Property").; also known as: 17021 White Alba Ln Parker, CO 80134 (the “Property”) Under a Judgement and Decree of Foreclosure entered on May 26, 2020, 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.
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Public Notices TO THE ABOVE - NAMED DEFENDANTS Please take notice:
Amended and Adopted by the Court, En Banc, October 10, 2013, effective immediately
also known as: 2288 Gold Dust Tr Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 (the “Property”)
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 12th 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.
Legal Notice No. 941597 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
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.
SUMMONS TO RESPOND PURSUANT TO §19-5-105(5), C.R.S.
TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice:
BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE INITIAL BID AT THE TIME OF SALE.
A hearing on the adoption and termination of parental rights shall be set no earlier than 35 days from the date of this Notification. Your failure to file a Response, or to appear, within 35 days after service, may likely result in termination of your parental rights to the minor child.
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 $7,460.55 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 Kathryn Willard #50236 with VIALFOTHERINGHAM LAWYERS 12600 W Colfax Ave C200 Lakewood, CO 80215, 720-943-8811 Dated 3/24/2022, Castle Rock, CO Tony Spurlock Sheriff of Douglas County, Colorado Tommy Barrella, Deputy Douglas County, Colorado Legal Notice No. 941609 First Publication: 3/24/2022 Last Publication: 4/21/2022 Published In: Douglas County News Press Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO 4000 Justice Way, Suite 2009 Castle Rock, CO 80109 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) 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 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
To Respondent Father, Adam Del Fair: You are hereby notified that a Petition for Stepparent Adoption and a Petition to Terminate Parental Rights has been filed by Richard Andrew Dunham concerning the minor child, Brielle Marie Olson, in Douglas County case 2021JA54. If you wish to respond to the Petition, you must file your Response with the clerk of that Court within 35 days after this Notice is served on you.
Legal Notice No. 941747 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 21, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE INITIAL BID AT THE TIME OF SALE.
District Court, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2021CV30680, Division/ Courtroom # 6 SHERIFF’S SALE NO. 22000267
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
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY
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
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
*Original signature on file at the office of Tobey & Johnston, P.C.
Tommy Barrella, Deputy Douglas County, Colorado
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.
Legal Notice No. 941592 First Publication: 3/10/2022 Last Publication: 4/7/2022 Published In: Douglas County News Press
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.
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.
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 Also known as: 2288 Gold Dust Trail, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129;
Dated 3/10/2022, Castle Rock, CO Tony Spurlock Sheriff of Douglas County, Colorado 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 Ste. 2009 Castle Rock, CO 80109 In the Interest of: Thomas Andrew Schell Attorney: Gary P. Johnson P.O. Box 101434, Denver, CO 80250 Phone Number: 303-757-6960 E-mail:gary@garypjohnson FAX Number: 303-757-6989 Atty. Reg. #.:11339 Case Number: 22PR30183 NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S. To: Dana Schell Ibarra Last Known Address, if any: A hearing on Petition for Appointment of Guardian (title of pleading) for (brief description of relief requested) Appointment of Guardian over Thomas Schell due to disability will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: May 6, 2022 Time: 1:00 pm Division: C Address: Hearing to be held by WEBEX The hearing will take approximately 1 hour. Legal Notice No. 941809 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press 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. 941831 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Legal Notice No. 941596 First Publication: March 10, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Notice to Creditors Public Notice
Telecommunications
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Virginia M. Sundahl, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30110
Public Notice Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to build a 30 foot pole communications tower at the approx. vicinity of 1656 Red Hawk Drive, Castle Rock, Douglas County, CO 80109. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Lauren, l.lanoux@ trileaf.com, 1515 Des Peres Road, Suite 200, St. Louis, MO 63131, 314-997-6111 ext. 817. Legal Notice No. 941845 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Storage Liens/Vehicle Titles
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 or on or before July 25, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. David Sundahl, Co-Personal Representative 3059 Cherokee Lane Provo, UT 84604 Donald Eric Sundahl Co-Personal Representative 3118 Glenwood Drive Rapid City, SD 57702 Legal Notice No. 941718 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Daniel James Feeney, a/k/a Daniel J. Feeney, a/k/a Daniel Feeney, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30176
Public Notice 1) 2010 AUDI A5 VIN WAULFAFH1AN010763 2) 2015 HONDA CIVIC VIN 2HGFG3B83FH510018
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 August 1, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.
REDLINE RECOVERY INC 6966 W. MISSISSIPPI AVE LAKEWOOD, CO 80226 720-546-8397
James L. Feeney, Personal Representative c/o Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C. 1120 Lincoln St., Suite 1100 Denver, CO 80203
Legal Notice No. 941835 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice 1) 1990 BMW 750I Gold Vin # WBAGC8318LDC77484 2) 2008 Honda Civic White Vin # 2HGFG1164BH577718 3) 2008 Toyota Yaris Black Vin # JTDBT923281211475 4) 2011 Kia Forte White Vin # KNAFU4A26B5888620 5) 2008 Nissan Sentra Green Vin # 3N1AB61E18L692847 6) 1997 Featherlite Livestock Trailer Gray Vin # 4FGL20204VA529872 Gotcha Recovery Services LLC P.O. Box 623, Parker, CO 80134 303-524-5419
Legal Notice No. 941787 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Bobby G. Markham, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR030165 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 August 7, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Justin M. Plaskov, Personal Representative 1999 Broadway, Ste. 3225 Denver, CO 80202
Legal Notice No. 941815 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Legal Notice No. 941841 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 21, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE
The mini storage facility, according to Provisions of Section I, Title 38 of the Colorado Revised Statues 1973, hereby gives NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE. PARK STREET STORAGE will conduct a public sale of the contents of the storage space(s) named below, with the contents being sold to the highest bidder, for lawful money of the United States of America (cash). Owner reserves the right to bid. The sale is being held to satisfy a landlord’s lien and will be held online at storagetreasures.com on, Friday April 22, 2022, at 10:00 AM
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Robert Stephen Slavin, deceased Case Number: 22PR28
This auction will be held online. A general description of the property being sold, along with the identity of the Occupant renting the space is as follows: *Space No. 15-43 Occupant: Derek Alumbaugh Address: 1334 N Tabor Dr Castle Rock, CO 80104 Property Description: Misc. Household Items *Space No. 4-47 Occupant: Jason Thomson Address: 300 E Miller Ct #652 Castle Rock, CO 80104 Property Description: Misc. Household Items *Space No. 5-29 Occupant: Joseph Torres Address: 7 Cantrill St Castle Rock, CO 80109 Property Description: Misc. Household Items *Space No. 3-34 Occupant: Victoria Calderon Address: 410 Black Feather Loop #9 Castle Rock, CO 80104 Property Description: Misc. Household Items *Space No. 3-25 Occupant: Destinie Pitts Address: 907 Fontmore Rd Apt 2 Colorado Springs, CO 80904 Property Description: Misc. Household Items
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 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Sandra Slavin, Personal Representative 5505 Samuel Peak Highlands Ranch, CO 80130 Legal Notice No.941709 First publication: March 24, 2022 Last publication: April 07, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John Glenn Miles, a/k/a John G. Miles, aka John Miles, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR176 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 25, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred. Carolyn Moller Duncan, Atty. No. 33766 Attorney for Personal Representative Duncan Legal, PC 6436 S. Racine Circle, Suite 227 Centennial, Colorado 80111 Phone No: 303-394-2358 Legal Notice No. 941741 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
*Space No. 14-16 Occupant: Bill Montour Address: PO Box 822 Castle Rock, CO 80104 Property Description: Misc. Household Items
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of KENNETH WALTER, SR., a.k.a. KENNETH WALTER, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30103 Division C
*Space No. 14-24 Occupant: Jana Medina Address: 1020 Park St #216 Castle Rock, CO 80109 Property Description: Misc. Household Items
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Douglas County District Court, Castle Rock, Colorado, on or before August 11, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.
*Space No. 11-03 Occupant: Nicole Jensen Address: 155 Rushmore St Elizabeth, CO 80107 Property Description: Misc. Household Items
KENNETH WALTER, JR. and KATHLEEN WALTER WAGNER Co-Personal Representatives 3301 S. Washington, #105
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Public Notices Englewood, Colorado 80113 Telephone: 303-349-8901 Legal Notice No. 941770 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Larry D. Pomarico, a/k/a Larry David Pomarico, a/k/a Larry Pomarico, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30153 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 31, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Comerica Bank & Trust NA Personal Representative 999 18th Street, Suite 2001 Denver, CO 80202 Legal Notice No. 941778 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James Gregory Guinan, aka J. Gregory Guinan, aka Greg Guinan, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR030100 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 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Julie A. Guinan, Personal Representative 3630 Morning Mist Court Suwanee, GA 30024 Legal Notice No. 941755 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jerome Arthur Anderson, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30095 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 August 8, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Sharon L. Weikel, Esq. Attorney to the Personal Representative 1901 W. Littleton Blvd., Suite 208 Littleton, Colorado 80120 Cheryle A. Roach Personal Representative 1593 Arrowhead Road Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80126 Legal Notice No. 941812 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 21, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jamie Sullivan, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30182 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 on or before August 28, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Michael J. Madziarek Personal Representative 1257 Dry Creek Bend Mesquite, NV 89034 Legal Notice No. 941818 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 21, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JAMES WILLIAM HENRY, a/k/a J. WILLIAM HENRY, a/k/a BILL HENRY, Deceased Case Number: 2022-PR-30144 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 25, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Michael W. Reagor, Attorney for Personal Representative 8400 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 1040 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No. 941736 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Cheryl Linn Flohr, aka Cheryl L. Flohr, and Cheryl Flohr, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30135 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. Cory James Flohr, Personal Representative 4749 Desperado Way Parker, Colorado 80134 Legal Notice No. 941782
First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Marlene A. Ainsworth, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30156 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 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Kristin M. Radosevich Attorney for the Estate P.O. Box 2708, Elizabeth, Colorado 80107 Legal Notice No. 941738 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mary Lou H. Flater, a/k/a Mary Lou Flater, a/k/a Mary Louise Flater, a/k/a Mary Flater, a/k/a Louise Hackett and Louise Hackett Flater, Deceased Case Number 2022PR30160, Div. C 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 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Jacqueline A. Wood Personal Representative 9056 Mandus Olson Road Bainbridge Island, WA 99110 Legal Notice No. 941760 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Michelle Flores, aka Michelle Cunningham, deceased Case Number: 22PR30174 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 31, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Paulette Salazar, Personal Representative 23500 E. Maple Hills Ave. Parker, CO 80138 Legal Notice No. 941805 First publication: March 31, 2022 Last publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Patricia Ann Wilson, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30143 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 25, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred. Michael Williams, Personal Representative C/O Gubbels Law Office, P.C. 402 N. Wilcox Street, Suite 100 Castle Rock, CO 80104 Legal Notice No. 941744 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Neil Edward Davis, aka Neil E. Davis, aka Neil Davis, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30043 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 25, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred. Elizabeth Davis, Personal Representative C/O Gubbels Law Office, P.C. 402 N. Wilcox Street, Suite 100 Castle Rock, CO 80104 Legal Notice No. 941743 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Kenneth John Schader, deceased Case Number: 22PR37 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 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Loretta Marie Malpocker Personal Representative 6868 Hillridge Place Parker, Colorado 80134 Legal Notice No. 941717 First publication: March 24, 2022 Last publication: April 07, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press
Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Notice
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Patricia Anne Morrison, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30171
Public notice is given on January 25, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Minor Child has been filed with the Douglas County Court.
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 August 1, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Richard B. Vincent #13843 Attorney to the Personal Representative 1120 W. South Boulder Rd., Suite 101-A Lafayette, CO 80026 Legal Notice No. 941788 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Betty J. Goetzinger, aka Betty Goetzinger and Betty Jane Goetzinger, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30145 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 25, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred. William S. Scott (aka William Stanley Scott) and Jay S. Goetzinger, Co-Personal Representatives C/O Gubbels Law Office, P.C. 402 N. Wilcox Street, Suite 100 Castle Rock, CO 80104 Legal Notice No. 941735 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of NORMA JEAN ROBINSON, also known as NORMA J. ROBINSON, also NORMA ROBINSON and JEAN ROBINSON, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30137 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 August 1, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Pamela Jean Bishop Personal Representative 4135 Greens Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80922 Legal Notice No. 941810 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice
The Petition requests that the name of Avery Marie Braum be changed to Avery Marie Sharp Case No.: 22C086 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 941752 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 18, 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 Debbie Lee Christensen be changed to Debbie Lee Bonnett Case No.: 22C122 By: Blake Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 941848 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 21, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public Notice is given on December 21, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court. The Petition requests that the name of Ashley Steven Hill be changed to Steven Aidan Hill. Case No.: 21 C 34855 By: Andi Truett Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 941767 First publication: March 31, 2022 Last publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 3, 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 Aiden Jaxson Critchlow be changed to Aiden Jaxson Bolno-Critchlow Case No.: 22CV14 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
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Legal Notice No. 941826 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 21, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 21, 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 Carrie Kay Holland be changed to Carrie Kay Christensen Case No.: 22C125
Public notice is given on March 1, 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 Ashleigh Jenae Vanni be changed to Ashleigh Jenae Kerrigan Case No.: 22C92 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 941719 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 941849 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 21, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 8, 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 Karen Lynn Welch be changed to Karen Lynn Hoffman Case No.: 22 C 96
Public notice is given on February 25, 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 Malachi Marion Braum be changed to Malachi Marion Sharp Case No.: 22C085 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 941753 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Andi Truett, Clerk of Court By: Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 941817 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 21, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Children Services
PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public Notice is given on March 24, 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 Lucas Emile Maugrion be changed to Lucas Maugrion Blair. Case No.: 2022C131
(Adoption/Guardian/Other) Public Notice Regarding the Petition of JongNam Choi for the Guardianship of a Child: Enoch Choi a (DOB:01-01-2013), birth Mother: Gloria GoEun Choi (Deceased) and birth Father: Bryan Rea. To: Bryan Rea
By: Douglas Country Court Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk
You are hereby notified that the above-named Petitioner filed a Petition seeking Guardianship of the child named above in Douglas County Court, Case No. 22PR30151.
Legal Notice No. 941822 First publication: April 07, 2022 Last publication: April 21, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public Notice is given on March 24, 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 Ethan Alexandre Charles Maugrion be changed to Ethan Maugrion Blair. Case No.: 22C130
You are notified this matter is set for a Guardianship hearing on May 10, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. at the Douglas County Court via WebEx. Phone Number: (720) 650-7664; Access Code: 923 572 721 # WebEx Link: https://judicial.webex.com/meet/judge. hurst You are notified that if you fail to appear for said hearing, the Court may appoint Petitioner as the Guardian of the Minor Child. Legal Notice No. 941764 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
By: Douglas County Court Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk
Public Notice
Legal Notice No. 941823 First publication: April 07, 2022 Last publication: April 21, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press
DISTRICT COURT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO 4000 Justice Way, Suite 2009 Castle Rock, Colorado 80109 Telephone No.: (720) 437-6200
PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 17, 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 India Noel Keaton be changed to Nevaeh Noel Keaton Case No.: 22CV19 By: Magistrate Legal Notice No. 941808 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
In the Interest of: MONIQUE A. BIESEMEYER Protected Person Attorney for Special Conservator: Kathryn T. James, #38780 Folkestad Fazekas Barrick & Patoile, P.C. 18 South Wilcox Street, Suite 200 Castle Rock, Colorado 80104 Telephone No.: (303) 688-3045 Case Number: 2022PR30113 Division C/B NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S.
PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public Notice is given on March 17, 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 Renee Marie James be changed to Raniah Maryam bint James Abdurrahman-Ali. Case No.: 2022C118
To: Such adults nearest in kinship to Monique A. Biesemeyer, of Douglas County, Colorado. Last Known Address, if any: n/a A Petition for Conservator for Adult, based upon the Petition for Appointment of Conservator and Special Conservator for Adult will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: May 6, 2022 Div.: B
Time: 3:00 p.m.
This hearing will be held electronically via WebEx and may be accessed as follows:
By: Merlin Klotz Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk
+1-720-650-7664 Access code: 927 598 250 then press #, # (no attendee ID is needed)
Legal Notice No. 941798 First publication: March 31, 2022 Last publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press
The hearing will take approximately 30 minutes. Legal Notice No. 941838 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 21, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on March 15, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.
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The Petition requests that the name of Helen Shapiro March be changed to Helen Sarah March Case No.: 22C109 (2022C109) By: A Magistrate Legal Notice No. 941777 First Publication: March 24, 2022 Last Publication: April 7, 2022
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