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County government experiencing ‘staffing crisis’ amid low pay Managers, human resources director asking for raises

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Douglas County government is struggling to find employees and seeing “historically high” turnover rates as the board of commissioners has delayed approving raises.

In April, human resources director Laura Leary asked commissioners to approve a 3% across-the-board raise for the county’s 1,350 employees.

“Some directors would say, they would describe it as a staffing crisis right now,” Leary said.

Leary recommended that a raise be enacted for June 30 paychecks, saying the latest the board could vote to meet that timeline was in May.

Commissioner Lora Thomas supported the raise increase while commissioners Abe Laydon and George Teal were not ready to move forward.

While the board agreed to revisit the subject in May, no meeting was ever scheduled. A spokesperson said it will be discussed sometime in June.

Last year’s turnover rate at the county was about 18% and this year is on par to be about the same. As of

More money. Less food. Greater demand: Inflation hits metro-area food banks

BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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County homelessness initiative to discuss temporary housing solution

Distributors continue to feed thousands in face of uncertainty Before he’s left the food bank’s parking lot, Zachary Mullins sits in partial shade and eats a handful of fresh strawberries and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich from his brown cardboard box.

He’s been getting food from Integrated Family Community Services, one of the largest food banks in the Denver metro area, once a week for the past two years.

“I rely on this food bank,” said Mullins, who lost his job and home in the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now he lives homeless in Englewood, near where IFCS is based.

But the nonprofit is facing a difficult reality as it contends with 40-year-high inflation rates and a

June 3, there were 139 vacancies in the organization.

“In jobs we used to get say 20 to 30 applicants pretty regularly, we are seeing things like two applicants, three applicants,” Leary said.

County Clerk and Recorder Merlin Klotz has also been asking commissioners to pay his staff higher wages in several emails obtained

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Todd McPherson, IFCS’s director of development, prepares food boxes for a morning PHOTO BY ROBERT TANN rush Thursday, June 2.

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Douglas County’s Homelessness Initiative will be discussing a potential short-term housing solution in the form of a Pallet center at its June 9 meeting. The goal is to provide more local resources to unsheltered people.

The committee will be evaluating possible locations for a Pallet center, which would include shelter space, bathrooms and an office for reintegration and human services.

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Briefly In Douglas County New brush trucks added to Castle Rock Fire On June 6, the Castle Rock Fire & Rescue introduce the newest brush trucks recently added to the fleet. These twins are now in service at Stations 152 and 153 and are nearly identical to the brush truck at Station 154. These trucks are custom made for CRFD by Boise Mobile and feature 400 gallons of water, mobile fire attack capabilities, and are set up in a way that allows our firefighters to quickly get to work on any wildland incident. They are also able to be deployed both regionally and nationally, so they have been designed to support crews in the event they are called to help elsewhere.

Tickets on sale for the annual Castle Rock Wine Festival Tickets are on sale now for the Castle Rock Chamber of Commerce’s annual wine festival. This outdoor wine event offers unlimited tastings from more than two dozen wineries with over 180 varietals of the finest Colorado wines.

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weekend in July, this festival draws wine aficionados for the enormous variety of Colorado wines, fabulous food trucks, artisan vendors, and live music.

The event will be held Saturday, July 16 at the Bison Park in the Meadows. For information, visit the website at castlerock.org/castle-rockwinefest/.

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Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office participates in torch run On June 3, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office put in work with Special Olympics Colorado at the Capitol in Downtown Denver for the 2022

Law Enforcement Torch Run. According to the Facebook post, the department was awarded Agency of the Year of the year honors and Deputy Brian McKnight received the Guardian of the Flame award.

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Arapahoe, Douglas counties team up for 24-hour voting access Local election officials have announced the installation of

a 24-hour ballot drop box near the border between Arapahoe SEE BRIEFS, P3

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Douglas County deputy accused of bringing contraband into jail VOTE EARLY. NEAR YOU. Ballot drop box locations countywide.

Find yours at DouglasVotes.com Visit DouglasVotes.com or call 303-660-7444 for the most up-to-date Primary Election information.

Clean up and reduce wildfire risk Now is the time to clean up tree limbs, shrubs and brush from your property and reduce your wildfire risk. Dispose of them at the County’s slash-mulch site, 1400 Caprice Drive in Castle Rock. Open Saturdays-only from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. through October. For more information visit douglas.co.us and search for Slash.

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BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A Douglas County sheriff’s deputy has been arrested for allegedly bringing contraband into a jail.

Deputy Carley Jackson, 25, was charged with bribery, attempt to influence a public servant, first degree official misconduct, conspira-

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and Douglas counties to serve voters from both areas. The partnership means voters from either county can use the box with confidence that their ballots will reach the proper counting facility.

Located outside the South Suburban Recreation Center in Highlands Ranch, the cobranded ballot box represents the first such partnership between Arapahoe and Douglas counties.

Bipartisan ballot security teams from Douglas County will retrieve ballots from the locked, videomonitored box each day during election periods. Election officials will then separate the ballots at a secure facility and deliver Arapahoe County ballots to that county’s bipartisan ballot security team.

Ballots for the June 28 Primary Election begin mailing on June 6 in Arapahoe and Douglas counties. All 24-hour ballot boxes in both counties will be available beginning the same day through 7

cy and introducing contraband in the second degree.

Jackson, who was fired from the sheriff’s office, posted a $10,000 bond and was set to appear in court today. Her next hearing is set for June 30.

The allegations were brought to the sheriff’s office on May 25 and the arrest was made May 31. p.m. on Election Day. Find all 24-hour ballot drop and voter service and polling center locations for both counties, as well as information on voter registration, ballot content, important dates and more at the links below: Arapahoe County: www. arapahoevotes.gov Douglas County: www. douglasvotes.com Scholarships for local graduates Ever year, the Future Hope organization chooses five high school seniors to award $2,000 scholarship. Giving out a total of $10,000 per year, the scholarships aim to recognize students who have faced diversity in the Douglas County School District. The five students recently awarded the scholarships continue the 12-year tradition.

This year’s winners include Madi Shaffner of Douglas County High School, Faith Rollins of Highlands Ranch High School, Tegan Thompson of Mountain View High School, Taylor Bostelman of Ponderosa High School and Alexander Kolody of Thunderridge High School.

Skip the trip - motor vehicle services just a click away. Renew your driver license or motor vehicle registration and more from the convenience of your smartphone, tablet, desktop or laptop. You can also renew vehicle registrations at MVExpress kiosks. Find information at DouglasDrives.com

Questions about road projects in your area?

Roads are a necessity and they have to be maintained.

Here’s where you’ll find everything you need to know about them all. Visit DouglasRoadWork.com to find out what’s going on in your neighborhood.

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 public meeting agendas, participate in-person or remotely, or watch select meetings via live stream visit douglas.co.us and search for Meetings and Agendas.

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Teacher evaluations to change Standardized test scores will have smaller role

system in Senate Bill 70, signed last week, Colorado joins a growing list of states moving away from practices the Obama administration hoped would improve schools.

The previous law, known as Senate Bill 191, called for teachers’ job performance to be measured half by student academic growth and half by classroom observation of professional practices such as showing a strong understanding of the content and delivering effective instruction.

Districts could use various academic data to show student growth, but at least 1% of every teacher’s evaluation had to be linked to standardized test scores. Often it was much higher than that. Teachers particularly resented the use of collective measures, in which an art teacher might be rated based on how students at her school or in her district did on reading and math tests.

BY ERICA MELTZE CHALKBEAT

Teacher evaluation is getting an update in Colorado, more than a decade after the state last overhauled its system.

Starting with the 2023-24 school year, students’ standardized test scores will play a smaller role in teachers’ ratings, rubrics will be more specialized to reflect different jobs, and teachers with consistently high scores will face less scrutiny.

If it works as supporters hope, the system will focus more on helping teachers grow and improve. That contrasts with the current system, which many educators perceive as punitive, and which hasn’t improved student achievement much — at least as measured by test scores.

With the updated evaluation

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“Failure to create a system that addresses this issue in real time

Jorge Cabral, who teaches sixth through eighth grade social studies at Vikan Middle School in Brighton, started teaching full time in January 2022.

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will simply create chaos, retention/retrain costs and a larger monster to address as we kick the problem down the road,” Klotz wrote in a Jan. 12 email.

In other emails, Klotz said in 2021, his office brought in nearly 20% more revenue compared to

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“My fear is that at some point the current unacceptable attrition rate will become a mad rush to the door,” he wrote April 12.

Commissioners have met with Klotz, Coroner Jill Romann, Trea-

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat Colorado. More at chalkbeat.org. surer Dave Gill and Assessor Lisa Frizell regarding compensation complaints, Commissioner Abe Laydon said.

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the topic from someone who identified themself a Douglas County employee. The author, who declined to speak with Colorado Community Media on the record out of fear of retribution, described difficulties coming from the low wages.

“We appreciate our new Douglas County open space. Unfortunately, we can’t afford to drive there or pay for food to enjoy on a picnic,” they wrote.

Douglas County, one of the wealthiest counties in the country, announced this year that its budget is balanced and is virtually debt-free. In the April 18 staff presentation, finance director Martha Marshall said raises would cost about $2.25 million this year.

“All funds can handle that without a problem,” she said.

In the meeting, Laydon said he was hesitant to enact the raise because he didn’t want “to be accused of pulling a stunt before the primary election.” Laydon is running for reelection this year and is uncontested in the June primary.

In a June 3 interview, Laydon said the commissioners are “taking a very hard look” at raises this month and that he anticipates a significant cost of living adjustment.

“I think as a commissioner

our citizens rely on the board to be good fiscal stewards and not to be reactionary to momentary financial pressures,” he said. ”If there’s a significant market correction and we’ve made a significant commitment on a significant financial commitment that we can’t adjust in the future, or it would be hard to adjust in the future, we’re putting the county in jeopardy.”

Commissioner George Teal also didn’t support the measure in April, saying he wanted to wait to see how the ongoing war in Ukraine and interest rate changes will impact the economy.

“Not everybody is getting it in the private sector,” he said.”They’re getting the inflation but they’re not getting the inflation to their paychecks.”

Commissioner Lora Thomas said she would be in favor of the 3% raise.

“They’re not going to get rich off this but it’s going to help them pay for their gas and put food on the table for their kids,” Thomas said. “So I would like to encourage us to help our employees who help our residents.”

Thomas said she requested another meeting on the topic be scheduled for June 3 but it didn’t occur. She added she’s concerned that employees may feel the need to turn to collective bargaining if a raise is not provided.

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Serving up smoked goodness in Lone Tree Stuboy’s BBQ celebrates a year

BY RACHEL LORENZ SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Missy and Stu Robinson want to cultivate an appetite for their barbecue and for the homey, intimate place they serve it from.

“Hopefully we are giving you that craveable experience where you want to come back time and time again,” Missy Robinson said.

The couple opened Stuboy’s BBQ & Catering in Lone Tree last year after serving their smoked goodness at catered events for nearly a decade.

With an abundance of great restaurants in the area, Robinson said it can be hard to stand out. Stuboy’s strives to provide a memorable experience by focusing on fabulous flavor in a fun space.

“It always goes back to the food.

Just offering a really great product on a very consistent basis. Stu, he’s been making sure everything tastes great,” Robinson said of her husband, the pit boss and manager of all things back-of-the-house.

In addition to beef brisket and pork shoulder that’s been smoked for 12 hours, Stuboy’s offers chicken, ribs, fried catfish, collard greens and more. A rather unique item on the menu is the smoked bologna sandwich, Robinson said.

Not thin, not fried, not the sand-

Stuboy’s BBQ & Catering in Lone Tree is owned and operated by the Robinson family.

wich your mother might have put in your lunchbox — this sandwich is made from a thick slice of the bologna logs that are smoked whole at Stuboy’s. Served on Texas toast, it can be ordered “Boss Style” which means adorned with cheese, slaw, jalapenos, pickles, onions and barbecue sauce.

“It gets a lot of big eyes when people see it come out,” Robinson said.

Stu Robinson grew up with Sunday fried chicken dinners and wanted to bring back that sense of a special, once-a-week family meal, his wife said. So on Sundays and Sundays only, Stuboy’s serves fried chicken and red beans and rice.

“We have gotten quite the following for those two items,” she said.

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In addition to beef brisket and pork shoulder, Stuboy’s smokes chicken and ribs.

C-470 and South Quebec, Stuboy’s shares space in a building with Madlom Real Estate. The restaurant’s small footprint and the conviviality of its “awesome” team leads to a warm, affable atmosphere, Robinson said. Regulars get to know the staff which includes a handful of student athletes and the Robinsons own teenage children.

“Our loyal customers come in and they’ll ask, ‘How was the football game?’ or ‘How was your daughter’s volleyball game?” Robinson said.

“They are kind of involved. We’ve gotten to know so many of them, where they just come in and we pick up like a friends’ conversation at their house. It’s kind of nice.”

Cooking for friends and neighbors is something her husband has always done, even back in his college days at Regis University, Robinson said. He’s been perfecting his reci-

pes and flavor profile for years. In 2013, the couple’s neighbors asked if Stu would prepare the food for their wedding, and he’s catered parties and functions ever since.

When the family was ready to make barbecue their full-time livelihood, they looked into getting a food truck but ultimately decided on a brick-and-mortar place because it would give them access to customers on a daily basis, Robinson said.

“This was kind of the next step into having a constant flow of guests coming in the door and being able to enjoy some great barbecue.”

IF YOU GO Stuboy’s BBQ & Catering is at 7431 Park Meadow Drive in Lone Tree. It’s open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.

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bottle-necked supply chain. It means paying more money for less food even as demand rises.

A growing need According to Todd McPherson, IFCS’s director of development, the nonprofit distributed over 364,000 pounds of food between January and May of last year. This year, totals are estimated around 406,000 pounds between those same months.

But McPherson said the center needs about 172,000 more pounds to meet current demand. And it is unlikely to get that soon.

“What we saw in the past has drastically changed,” McPherson said. “I think there’s this perception on the outside that we’re back to normal and we’re not.”

Food insecurity is once again on the rise in Arapahoe County and other parts of the metro area.

Between January and May of this year, the food bank is expected to have served more than 27,000 people, with some living as far out as Douglas County and Bailey, according to McPherson. That’s a 111% increase from the same time last year when IFCS served about 24,300 people.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — or SNAP — users in Arapahoe County have also increased, according to Luc Hatlestad, county spokesperson, who said the county issued 27,218 SNAP benefits in March, up from 25,032 in 2021.

SNAP was formerly known as food stamps.

While a surge in federal aid during the first two years of the pandemic helped IFCS meet the needs of thousands coming to its doors, that money is now drying up. McPherson said the nonprofit is seeing smaller government grants that leave it with less buying power in the face of inflation.

One of the biggest suppliers of IFCS’s food is wholesale restaurant distributors, such as Sysco, which can provide bulk amounts of a variety of products. The food bank also pays for food from Food Bank of the Rockies, a Feeding America affiliate, as well as from regional farmers.

Spending more for less Aditi Desai, vice president of marketing and communications for Food Bank of the Rockies, which works with hundreds of distribution partners in Colorado and Wyoming, said the organization spent $1.3 million each month in March and April for food, triple what it spent in 2019 before the pandemic began.

But “just because price is up doesn’t mean we’re not going to purchase it,” Desai said, adding communities need the organization to “keep showing up” for them. The price hikes still trickle down to smaller partners, like IFCS. For example, the cost for a case of 15 dozen eggs, once $15, has more than tripled to $50, according to McPherson, who purchases the product through Food Bank of the Rockies.

This, coupled with IFCS having to compete for food with other entities — including restaurants and schools — when it orders products means it doesn’t always get what it needs.

“We just play the lottery to see if we actually receive it,” McPherson said.

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It’s frustrating, McPherson said, since IFCS has built a regional reputation as a place to find high-quality, balanced food.

“A typical food bank is always thought of as cans and boxes,” McPherson said, adding that while the nonprofit is in no shortage of shelf items, fresher foods like produce and meats are becoming more limited.

“You’re maybe getting 25% less fresh food than you did in the past.”

But even shelf items, such as pasta and sauces, are becoming more expensive, said Ashlie Cogburn, who works as a case manager at Arapahoe Community College — which has campuses in Littleton and Castle Rock — and helps oversee the college’s food pantry.

While the college pantry’s supply comes mostly from donations, Cogburn said she was awarded a $4,200 grant in early March to purchase more food and expand the pantry’s locations.

Cogburn said she hoped to use the money on more than just one food order, but inflation had already raised prices between March and late May, when she ordered the food.

“I did not anticipate that it was going to hit so close,” said Cogburn, who had no money left over after her first purchase. “It’s absolutely insane for some things. So our students are definitely feeling it.”

Supply may hamper healthy eating Joel McClurg, policy and communication manager for Hunger Free Colorado, a food advocacy group, said nutrition security is a vital component of food banks’ work that is threatened when organizations have less food variety.

“Just because somebody’s going to the food bank doesn’t mean they should be getting cheesecake and soda pop,” McClurg said.

Mullins, who frequents IFCS once a week, said having fresher produce is “night and day” when it comes to his health and said “when I eat healthy, you can feel it.”

Mullins receives federal food aid through SNAP. Under the Biden administration, average benefits were boosted by 25% to $157 per month for an individual, up from $121 before the pandemic.

But as inflation continues to worsen, the extra dollars haven’t been enough to cover everything Mullins would

usually buy at a grocery store, such as meat.

Brenda Hallman, who lives in Denver and frequents IFCS every other week, said she has had to cut down on her grocery shopping as food and gas prices eat away at her limited income.

“I don’t buy meat at the grocery store. I just get the essentials, bread, milk, eggs, stuff like that,” said Hallman, who, along with her husband, lives on a fixed income, bringing in about $24,000 between both of them.

Solutions look large and small Cogburn, the ACC case manager, said the college is looking at boosting the maximum allotment for King Soopers gift cards it distributes to eligible students.

Over the past two years, the college has pumped out more than $7,500 to students in gift cards, with the maximum on a card per semester being $80.

But that is far from what is needed to cover basic grocery costs, said Cogburn, who said she spent nearly $200 on just three bags of groceries during a recent shop.

“The conversations are happening, but with inflation the way it is they’ll never happen fast enough,” Cogburn said of the college’s efforts to increase its aid.

It’s a palpable concern for many, according to McClurg.

“I think that community members are really worried right now,” he said.

“You can just feel the tension and anxiety when a grocery trip that used to cost $40 or $50 now costs $80.”

With SNAP benefits being stretched thin to cover basic food costs, McClurg said he wants the federal government to authorize a temporary boost to accommodate for inflation. But relief will also come at the local level, McClurg said, with communities needing to continue to support food banks.

“Hunger is not a one-size-fits-all,” McClurg said. “It’s really a web, and we have to take this multi-faceted approach.”

Donations, McPherson said, are crucial for IFCS’ ability to weather the current economic upheaval.

“People have the power to grow and donate,” McPherson said.

People can donate to IFCS by going to ifcs.org/donate or by texting BetterTogether to 801801. The nonprofit also accepts donations for non-food items, which can be critical for people needing toiletries and other supplies not covered by SNAP.

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Laydon said it was a “housing plus approach,” where case management services are provided to help residents move to permanent housing.

“Instead of a traditional shelter, Douglas County is exploring an initiative center, which are clean, aesthetic, camouflaged, case managed and they are not a forever home,” he said. “There would be sobriety and wellness checks and job-seeking requirements in order to remain in the program.”

Currently, there is not a homeless shelter in Douglas County.

Laydon said the committee is planning to use the American Rescue Plan Act funds from the federal government to address the need for emergency housing.

Recently, the county received funds to participate in a homelessness initiative in Arapahoe County called the GOALS facility, but that facility is exclusive to families.

“We’re looking at other locations in Douglas County for individuals that don’t qualify for GOALS,” Laydon said.

Additionally, the homelessness initiative has approved three Homeless Assistance and Resource Teams, which partners a social worker with a law enforcement officer to respond to people experiencing homelessness. Laydon said the teams could roll out later this year, but are being held up by a lack of temporary housing.

A Colorado court ruled last year

Pallet shelters at Aurora Safe Outdoor Space help provide temporary housing and resources to homeless people. Douglas County is considering a similar model and plans to discuss possible locations at the June 9 homelessness initiative meeting.

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that a camping ban in Fort Collins couldn’t be enforced against a homeless man who was sleeping in his car because he had no shelter options for an overnight stay.

“Providing emergency shelter within a community is legally necessary to maintain public safety and enforce relevant codes,” Laydon said.

Douglas County’s proposal is modeled after a similar Pallet center in Aurora, which Laydon and others toured recently. Laydon said the Aurora location shows the housing option challenges many of the stereotypes of a traditional homeless shelter.

“We realized that this model is readily available in terms of sup-

ply chain … and it made us aware that they can be clean, safe, beautifully organized and really secure,” Laydon said.

A potential location that Laydon said will be discussed on June 9 is next to the county Justice Center, where it could possibly work in tandem with reintegration efforts happening at the county and the Justice Center.

Laydon said the county recently approved a full-time reintegration position at the Justice Center to help provide transportation and connections to resources.

However, the proposal has already received pushback from Castle Rock councilmembers who oppose a shelter in the area.

At the May 17 Castle Rock council meeting, Mayor Jason Gray and a majority of the council were vehemently against the idea and directed staff to draft a letter expressing the town’s opposition to send to the county.

“We need to have a caring, empathetic and sympathetic voice for our homeless and at the same time, I don’t think there’s a place in Castle Rock to have a shelter, I think that there are other places in Douglas County that lend itself to a shelter better than us,” Gray said.

Only Castle Rock Councilman Tim Dietz, who sits on the county homelessness initiative committee, spoke up in favor of the idea because it would support the code enforcement efforts.

“It would be in unincorporated Douglas County in a well-secured, monitored place with temporary housing … where people can come and transition out of town,” Dietz said. “By having these temporary beds, we could eventually have a no camping ban in Castle Rock.”

On top of the conversations about HART and a Pallet center, the homelessness initiative committee continues to work on signage with contact information for HART, information on donating to the Douglas County Community Foundation and a safety reminder not to hand money out of car windows.

Laydon said the signs will be placed around the county, such as at busy intersections, to direct residents, both housed and not, to existing resources and promote public safety.

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WEEK 3- NEED TO SUCCEED In the third week of the ongoing series, Need to Succeed, South Metro Editor Thelma Grimes breaks

down how the rising cost of college is impacting students health and well being before and during college. Intern

Bell Terhark, a recently-graduated senior at Castle View High School, breaks down how social media takes its toll

on students.

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For many students attending college or preparing to start that educational journey, the cost weighs heavy.

Teenagers and young adults suffer from anxiety and struggle with mental health more than ever before and a lot of it has to do with how they can meet expectations set by society to go to college, graduate and become successful adults.

The problem, however, is that the cost of college continues to increase. When comparing today’s costs to generations before, the amount of debt students take on to complete a degree is impacting their lives for decades.

Throughout her internship with Colorado Community Media, Bella Terhark, a recently graduated senior at Castle View High School, regularly stressed about the cost of college. She said doing extra-

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After graduating, Terhark said she will be attending a college in Wyoming and majoring in journalism.

The stress felt by students is a concern, said Arapahoe Community College Dean of Students Javon Brame. The mental health crisis teenagers and young adults are facing is like another pandemic, Brame said.

The cost to get an education is a large part of that stress, Brame said. The 10-year dean said that on campus, it is not unusual to have struggling students transported to a mental health facility for help.

“The cost of college is higher than ever,” Brame said. “And the financial assistance available to students and work is not enough to cover it all anymore. Society has to figure out this burden we are putting on students and its not the college, it’s society.”

Brame described a society where students are struggling to have fair access to higher education, calling it “academic capitalism.”

“You enter the system, and it decides how you are sorted out in society,” he said. “Class is the sorting ground.”

In the 1970s, Audrey Brooks — a member of the Baby Boom generation — paid for her first few years of college with grants and working. By her senior year, she said, she needed a loan to finish, which she estimated at about $2,000.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, a fulltime student at a public, four-year institution is looking at paying more than $22,000 per year in Colorado. The statistics, drawn from the 2019-2020 school year, show the breakdown for tuition, required fees, room and board.

Colorado is average compared to other states. While most college degrees cost about $20,000, in New

Jersey and Vermont students are paying closer to $30,000. On the lower end, a four-year degree in Florida is around $15,000.

In Wyoming where Terhark will begin college this fall, NCES out-of-state tuition estimates are lower than the national average at around $14,800.

According to a report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, between 1980 and 2019, the average price for college increased 169%.

Author Sandy Baum, a national expert on college tuition, financial aid and college affordability, said the price of a degree has gone up dramatically over the last three decades while income levels have been more stagnant.

With more and more people being told by society to go to college, enrollment rates are going up along with tuition rates, Baum said.

Besides parents and societal pressures to get a degree, moving up in class is also part of the equation.

“It is hard to get a good, middleclass job without an education,” Baum said. “Now, it’s getting harder to afford it. College is must more expensive, and states need to put more into fixing the issues.”

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, education does pay. According to a 2020 report, U.S. workers with bachelor’s degrees had a median weekly income of $1,305. A worker with a high school diploma has a median income of $781.

According to the Georgetown University report, Recovery, in 2020 65% of all U.S. jobs required postsecondary education and training beyond high school.

Besides the cost of paying for a degree, Baum said it’s becoming harder to students to live. With rent increases, inflation rates hitting grocery bills and gasoline costs at a record high, students are struggling to support themselves.

Blame said besides investing more in counseling services to address mental health concerns in students, colleges are also opening more food pantries to make sure they are eating.

Children’s Hospital Colorado Mental Health-in-Chief Dr. Ron-Li Liaw said besides students working excessively to look good on paper, a lot of their mental-health issues are directly related to paying for college.

“Really, you have to ask how can anyone afford it. The price tag for college is really unattainable. You cannot budget for it like an electricity bill or rent or mortgage.”

With the current younger generations, Liaw said they are way ahead more than any other in terms of education, and yet due to costs and mental health, “they are still so far behind.”

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Castle View student reflects on effect of social media 90% of teens between 13-17 are online, says group monitoring mental health

BY BELLA TERHARK SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

An increasing trend over the last 20 years is the number of youth and students using social media.

However, the drawback for many young people is that it has become a burden in creating higher levels of selfdoubt, anxiety and stress.

According to the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, social media plays a big role in teen culture, with an estimated 90% of teens between the ages of 13 and 17 using social media. More than two-thirds of teens have their own mobile devices with internet capabilities.

According to Macy Key, who just finished her junior year at Castle View High School in Castle Rock, one of her main reasons for anxiety and changes in her decisions comes from the impact social media has on her and her peers.

“I think all of my social anxiety has actually come from social media,” she said. “I’ve always been thinking about trying something new like track or basketball but it always ended with me being convinced I’d be made fun of. Everyone is always recording. Everyone is always taking unflattering photos.

It’s easier to avoid it entirely than risk

it.”

Junior year in high school is when the college search becomes more real for students. According to Key, her dream has been to go to the University of Texas. Seeing social media posts, Key said, has created feelings of uncertainty and stress. It causes her to think far into the future to achieve this goal.

“Whenever I see posts from UT Austin. I want to go there so, so bad for college but my GPA right now is not going to help my chances,” she said.

“Whenever I think about it I get really nervous and stressed because I feel like I need to be perfect for the next year so I at least have a fighting chance.”

For Key, social media has played into both the thoughts of failure and the need to do more.

“It has gone both ways for me,” she said. “I feel like I’m more encouraged to do well when I see that I’m ahead of other people. When I’m seeing my friends looking at MIT or Brown, it gets really hard to stay motivated because I know I don’t have those opportunities.”

Key’s feelings are not uncommon for teenagers and young adults. Dr. Ron-Li Liaw, the mental health-in-chief for Children’s Hospital Colorado, said the competition factor plays a big role in how unhealthy social media use has become for teens and society.

“We are social beings and we learn by watching each other,” Liaw said.

Key, like other students, said she sometimes avoids saying anything online altogether because she might not look as good as other students her age.

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“I feel like I always need to have something to brag about, which is really hard,” she said. “Academically, I’m not anything to brag about. Athletically, I’m certainly not anything to brag about. So online, I try to stay away from

D1 athlete commits and Ivy League scholarships because I know those things aren’t in the cards for me.”

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Women photographers take center stage Denver Art Museum exhibit runs through summer ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

Perhaps the most iconic photograph of the Great Depression wouldn’t have been produced if it weren’t for a gut instinct that Dorothea Lange turns back to a pea-pickers camp in Nipomo, California in 1936.

The image — a black and white close-up of a gaunt-looking woman holding a sleeping baby flanked by two more small children — “exists in more formats, prints, and places than (arguably) any other photograph in the world,” Museum of Modern Art curator Sarah Hermanson Meister wrote in a 2018 book about the 20th century photographer.

On display this summer at the Denver Art Museum in “Modern Women/ Modern Vision,” Lange’s photo is remarkably more powerful in person, hanging among the work of other impactful women photographers who also followed their intuition to capture images vital to journalism, history and photography as an artform.

“Women embraced the medium early on, in part because photography had fewer barriers for female participation, compared with more traditional art forms such as painting and sculpture,” said Christoph Heinrich, the Frederick and Jan Mayer Director of the Denver Art Museum.

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The Photo League and Group f/64 — which welcomed women during eras where opportunities in the art world were hard to come by — that some of the world’s most iconic images exist.

The DAM exhibit is divided into six parts, spanning from “modernist innovators” such as documentary photographer Margaret BourkeWhite who went on to be the first woman to serve as a U.S. war correspondent to contemporary creatives, which includes Carrie Mae Weems and her iconic fictional Kitchen Table Series, where she turned the camera on herself.

“Women working in photography today owe much to the generations who paved the way during the 20th century,” said Eric Paddock, the exhibit’s local curator. “The diverse styles, subject matter, techniques and intentions exemplified by the artists in ‘Modern Women/Modern Vision’ demonstrate the determination and inventiveness with which women pursued their craft.”

For some, it was urban street photography. Helen Levitt, New York’s unofficial “visual poet laureate” who was an early pioneer of modern street photography, captured gritty working-class neighborhoods over the space of several decades with a discreet shooting style that spawned images that were both theatrical and realistic.

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boundaries of what the medium can do. “Revenge of the Goldfish” — a staged photograph — by Sandy Skoglund is an easy measure of how many possibilities a tool meant to capture the real can have in a madeup space.

“The origins of my interest in mixing natural and artificial arise from my being a spectator of myself as I behave in the world. I see myself naturally attracted to some very artificial things, almost as if my life depended on it…,” she said in a 2008 interview about her art. “To me, a world without artificial enhancement is unimaginable, and harshly limited to raw nature by itself without hu-

man intervention… the mixing of the natural and the artificial is what I do every day of my life, and I hope that I am not alone in this process.”

In all, “Modern Women/Modern Vision” features more than 100 images and a series of programming designed around the exhibition. A full schedule can be found at www. denverartmuseum.org.

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Something I love about our suburban communities across Arapahoe and Douglas counties is the effort our local towns put into presenting FROM THE summer activities and fun.

Castle Rock, minus the pandemic EDITOR years, has really built an events program to be proud of with weekly farmers markets, community concerts and community gatherings.

It’s like the feeling of Friday night lights, when you can celebrate your community by coming together, enjoying food, celebrating local vendors and loving the fact that your Thelma Grimes town officials care enough to bring events catered to all ages.

Centennial has a slew of activities coming up this summer, and recently celebrated the park’s 10th anniversary with a special celebration.

I have grown quite fond of Englewood as a community. The community’s small-town feel comes alive with weekend neighborhood parties and gatherings.

Besides being home to the Pirates Cover Water Park, Englewood also gets hyper-local through the Neighborhood Nights programs. On June 23, the celebration will be held at Bates-Logan Park.

Lone Tree is also getting in on the action with sunset swims at Cool Creek Park. At Sweetwater Park, the Backyard Beats series is already underway and going to be a blast for the community to enjoy.

In Littleton, the Littleton Fine Arts Guild is presenting its 60th anniversary show in June. Saturdays in town are going to be filled with plenty of options, including the Littleton Jam free concert on June 25.

Then, we have Highlands Ranch. On any given week, logging on to the community association’s Facebook page is an adventure of what’s coming next. Festivals, adult pool parties and so much more In Parker, I am becoming increasingly impressed with how much effort is going into building the events programs. There have been quite a few concerts over the last few months with popular country bands and more.

Parker will also have its annual festival, and let’s not forget the H2O’Brien Water Park that has opened.

While the Denver metro area is huge, I love that each community has its own identity and true commitment to providing residents and visitors a wide assortment of summer fun that feels like we live in a small town where everybody enjoys the day out together.

On a separate note, I am also impressed with how much our communities and school districts do each summer to provide entertainment, care and camps for our younger generations.

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Fear and scarcity or hope and abundance: choice is ours

nterest rates going up, inflation on the rise, and empty shelves where baby formula used to sit. Wars raging in Ukraine and other parts of the world. A resurgence of COVID, although mostly mild symptoms, is still making its rounds, with some becoming severely ill. Gasoline prices out of control.

Employees hard to find. Midterm elections, a leaked opinion about a possible overturning of Roe v. Wade, battles over school curriculums, make this is the perfect time to choose fear and scarcity over hope and abundance.

Or does it?

You see, it’s not only asking if the glass is half full or half empty, but also more like asking if the ocean is half full or half empty. Any one of the events mentioned above is enough to push us over the edge. Imagine trying to understand and cope with all of them at the same time, while also dealing with all of life’s other challenges and difficult seasons of life, sickness, divorce, losing a loved one, loss of a job, and other things that happen to us that are mostly out of our control. If ever we were going to buy into fear and scarcity, the time is now.

Or is it?

I was told a long time ago that hope and fear are the same thing, either word is a belief that something will happen in the future. Some will choose to pick fear, stressing and worrying about that bad thing that is coming next. Oth-

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ers will choose hope, believing that whatever is headed our way will be a good thing, maybe even a great thing.

Those who choose fear will think with a scarcity mindset, but those of us with hope will still see the opportunity for abundance. And when I speak of abundance I am not speaking of money, profits or things. No, I am speaking of an Michael Norton abundance of faith, hope and love. I am speaking about an abundance of people being kind, good, gentle and compassionate.

When we live with the fear and scarcity mindset it is easy to let go of the goodness and kindness, and the other traits mentioned above that we can still find in abundance if we look for them. And when we live with in fear and scarcity it starts us down a slope that leads to selfishness, resentment, anger, isolation, envy and dread.

The reality is that there are some very serious and frightening things happening in our world. If you are like me and have children and grandchildren, you may be thinking about this through the lens of a parent or grandparent with your thoughts centered on their future,

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Widening your world: low vision resources

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hanges in vision are more common as we age, and many people feel like their world gets smaller. This shrinking feeling can be joined by anxiety, frustration, worry and even embarrassment.

Instead of leaning on family and friends, many pull away and withdraw — which adds to the sensation of a shrinking world. This can lead to loneliness, isolation, even a loss of agency.

But, vision loss is not the end. It’s a transition. With support and training the world can grow again — even if the underlying cause of the vision issue cannot be reversed.

The idea of “treatment” might sound so formal — maybe even disconnected and clinical. But support can offer chances to connect with another human who is living the same experiences. It can offer chances to talk to an expert who can help offer ways to keep doing the things that make life exciting. Support can come from a service that reconnects people with the world around them, with a

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licensed professional, or with a group that gets together to talk about common concerns and frustrations. Knowing you are not alone can be the key to moving forward.

There are many organizations offering help:

Audio Information Network of Colorado (aincolorado.org) AINC offers on-demand podcasts and broadcasts for the blind. That is, AINC offers a 24/7 streaming service that can be listened to, plus shows that can be listened to on demand. Content includes local newspapers, podcasts about life with vision loss, Reader’s Digest, and many, many others.

AINC services empower individuals to be self-sufficient, connected to community, and continuously learning. Content also includes podcasts

that amplify the voices of people with print barriers.

Ensight Skills Center (ensightskills.org) Ensight Skills Center and Curtis Strong Center are low vision specialists providing accredited, professional low-vision services to enhance the lives of people struggling with vision loss. They provide what is needed to live independently with low vision.

Ensight offers: • Assessment of remaining vision • Occupational therapy and skills training • Education and support • Orientation and mobility instruction Beyond Sight Inc. (beyondsite.com) Beyond Sight is a technology-oriented retail store providing individual low vision consultations. For Beyond Sight, the goal is to provide tools and techniques to allow individuals living with macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy,

and other eye conditions to continue to stay independent. From simple handheld magnifiers to text-to-speech video magnifiers, and everything in between, Beyond Sight has the experience to match the tool to each individual’s goals and abilities. 303795-6455, scott@beyondsight.com Kim Wardlow is the executive director at Audio Information Network of Colorado. To learn more, contact 303786-7777 or visit ainc@aincolorado.org.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Enough is enough I am a great-grandfather and I don’t want to be standing out in front of a school shooting hoping that my great-grandchildren are safe inside from the gunfire I hear.

Let the teachers and professors have a gun stored in a welded down to the floor gun lock box, if they want one to protect their students. Let them bring it to school and lock it up, later take it out when they go home.

Posted outside the school should be a sign stating that “Beware, our educators are armed and loaded!”

We need all elected officials in office to do something with the gun laws to help stop these mass killings. Remember, you were elected by the people for the people (not by the NRA for the NRA) and we want new gun control laws now.

I am an unaffiliated voter and according to the Colorado Secretary of State website, there are 1,068,827 Democrats, 856,904 Republicans and 1,699,405 unaffiliated voters in Colorado as of June 1. Don’t bother with one of those empty election statements like “And when I’m elected, I will ...” You are already elected, so get the bills passed and signed before the next election. If you don’t, then I would like all of the unaffiliated voters to not vote for the deadbeat officials and get them out of office.

Everyone reading this could be standing outside a school next time saying how could this happen again and why. Everyday citizens do not need an assault weapon. It only takes one bullet to kill a deer and not a burst of 20 rounds.

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address with his campaign manager present. Mr. Buck never served in the military.

At Littleton’s ceremony, the only people recognized were those who died in wartime service or their family members. Littleton’s mayor and David Ortiz (Littleton’s state House rep who suffered a catastrophic crash as an Army helicopter pilot) were both present. And perhaps some other politicians were too. But no one would have known because the only “guest(s) of honor” were the fallen in the cemetery. For the program, several musical renditions with bagpipes and statements were made along with a 21-gun salute. “Flanders Field” was read along with a moving poem written

by Pat Hannon, a Marine KIA and the first Littleton casualty of the Vietnam War and for whom our post is named.

HR’s ceremony may have been more “slick.” But it seemed in poor taste to not make the war dead the sole guests of honor at the event like was done in Littleton. And instead had Buck come with his campaign manager to give the keynote address. His words regarding sacrifice felt quite hollow given the circumstances of his use of the ceremony as a campaign event for self-promotion.

Robert C. Marshall Retired Marine Corps LtCol VFW (Lifetime Member - Post 4666) DAV (Lifetime Member) Highlands Ranch (Editor’s Note: Robert Marshall is running for office in the House District 43 race, which covers Highlands Ranch and parts of Douglas County.)

Buck’s words felt hollow I attended the Memorial Day remembrance in Littleton. I also attended the ceremony in Highlands Ranch. At Littleton’s event, the only speakers were veterans and a deceased veteran’s spouse. At HR’s event, they made a point to recognize multiple politicians who were there. And then Ken Buck, CD4’s congressperson, gave the keynote

Sheriff explains Weekly support Primary ballots are in the mail, and I’ve received over a hundred texts, emails, and phone calls from people asking me “who should I vote for in the primary for sheriff.”

My answer is resoundingly vote for DCSO Capt. Darren Weekly. Captain Weekly’s 28 years of outstanding service with DCSO is just the start of why he is the best candidate for

sheriff.

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Wildfire art creates beauty out of tragedy

BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Robert Nesladek carves wood. He works in a sawdustfilled studio behind his house in Arvada, which he has owned for 47 years.

He uses two wood lathes to carve out bowls, vases and other works of art from wood charred by wildfires. One of those lathes was handed down from his grandfather to his dad, then to his uncle and now to him.

He started working with wood after he quit drinking.

“I had to find something to keep my hands busy,” he said.

Out of a devastating event, wildfire art aims to create something beautiful — a vase, a painting or a poem.

Nesladek transforms the wood burned by wildfires into beautiful shapes. He said burned wood takes on different characteristics because of the intense heat that dries out the log.

“It puts a lot of that charcoal gray color into the wood, and it just kind of runs through it,” he said. “It just is really nice to work with.”

Starting out, the wood is filthy.

“As soon as you touch it, you think ‘I’m not going to even mess with that stuff. It’s just nasty,’” he said. “But as soon as you get the bark off, it’s clean inside, and it’s dry.”

Nesladek turns the wood on the lathe quickly and shapes it with different chisels and blades. Once the burned charcoal coating the wood is removed, he starts to mold the center of the wood that endured intense heat but

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wasn’t directly touched the fire. After he reaches the shape he wants, he applies a clear stain.

“It amazes me how something so nasty, so devastating, can turn into something so beautiful,” Nesladak said.

Painting from within Creating art from wildfires can also help begin the healing process after such a tragedy.

For Alissa Davies, of Boulder, that involves intuitively painting emotions onto canvas.

After the Marshall Fire, Davies said she and her community felt an extreme sense of loss and fear.

“We’ve had these wildfires in our community, and every time the wind blows, we all feel this kind of collective trauma,” she said. “What’s going to happen to this place?”

Davies describes herself as an intuitive artist — stepping up to a canvas with no idea of what the end result will be. She looks inward to get in touch with her feelings and then paints.

After the Marshall Fire, she returned to her studio to begin addressing her emotions and out came Firescape 1, 2 and 3.

“We all are very affected by external events that happen around us,” she said. “(Painting) is just a highly therapeutic process for me.”

She said fires come with an immense, intense energy that she channeled into the paintings. She said she experienced those feelings even though she didn’t lose a house to the fire, but instead, she channeled the hardships of those who did.

She champions art therapy programs in Boulder and surrounding communities where people can learn to get in SEE FIRE, P17

Radha Marcum

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Robert Nesladek with three vases he created out of the leftover wood from a PHOTO BY LUKE ZARZECKI wildfire.

Alissa Davies posing in front of her series “Firescape.”

A closeup of a vase made of wood PHOTO BY LUKE ZARZECKI torched by a wildfire.

PHOTO BY LUKE ZARZECKI

The wood lathe Nesladek uses to PHOTO BY LUKE ZARZECKI carve his wood.

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Call for spring. Conjure winter’s end. Bandage Firescape 1, 2 and 3 by Alissa Davies.

PHOTOS BY LUKE ZARZECKI

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touch with their emotions and put them onto paper.

Those programs give people space to freely create art. She touches on her semester in college at the Art Institute of Chicago where it wasn’t so free.

Her painting classes created an intense environment with critiques and competition from professors and students.

The art therapy classes were different, she said, in that they created a more encouraging environment.

“There’s that level of acceptance,” Davies said. “Instead of thinking art is for the precious few, it gives people the view that we all really know what to do with paint. It might not be pretty, and it might not look like what’s in our head, but that’s OK, and it’s better that way.”

For those affected by the Marshall Fire, art therapy can begin those conversations, both verbal and not.

“It’s always important to talk it out, but I think those nonverbal ways of expressing are equally as powerful and helpful,” Davies said.

Sometimes, it just takes a few breaths and a blank canvas.

To get in touch with her emotions before she paints, Davies mediates. While painting, she turns off her mind and moves very quickly.

“I’m constantly turning my canvas,” she said. “You can click over into that flow state, you know that feeling of when time kind of gets weird, it’s suspended. It’s bliss.”

Burning wood Radha Marcum of Boulder started writing at age 7 on her mother’s typewriter. Fast forward to today, and she’s a poet creating poems rooted in ecological, social and personal

landscapes of the American West.

“I grew up in the West, so wildfire has always really been in my awareness,” she said.

In 2019, she began writing more about wildfires. The burning of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris triggered her new topic.

She visited the cathedral with her husband within weeks of the roof burning.

Replacing the ceilings, made of oak beams from Europe’s ancient forests, remains almost impossible because those forests are long gone, she said.

“At the same time that we were losing this magnificent human-made structure, we were also losing nature’s cathedral,” she said. “I think of the old growth forests in North America.”

It reminded Marcum of visiting the Redwood forests in Northern California.

“Thinking about the history of people who have been in these places, whether it’s a cathedral or a forest, there’s a sense of continuity, and so when you lose a forest or you lose a cathedral, you’re losing that sense of continuity with ancestors and which people would come before you,” she said.

Hence, she started writing about wildfire, and the Marshall Fire made the topic even more personal for her.

“When it happens in your backyard, and when you’re watching the effects in real time, that I think is profound,” she said. “I think in art, and in poetry, in our writing, we have the opportunity to meditate on what is happening right here, right in front of us.”

For her, that can mean looking at specific changes in her surroundings. One example she points to is a poem about a plum tree in her backyard that she moved inside due to the drought.

Another poem looks at smoke drifts and ashes falling in her backyard. Those ashes, she said, are forests, people’s homes or wildlife. Some float in from other places.

“There’s a connection between different

limbs cracked or stunted by wind or worry. Pray for bees, for pollen bodies.

Pray the plum blossoms become oval ovums ripening— clusters green then red-green, then fruits covered in dusk.

Do not doubt that doubt will ripen in you. Pull indigo lobes from limbs, bent.

Gather fruit in your shirt.

Snag windfalls in the grass, split gladly for sparrow and mouse. Observe how doubts shine before the knife. Sterilize jars.

Boil the fruits for jam.

Note the tiny toothmarks made by ones who recognize abundance when it is offered.

By: Radha Marcum

parts of the country, between you and the landscape, between the ecology, the trees, the wildlife,” she said. “We’re all affected by these events, whether or not they’re burning our structures, or they’re burning the forest.”

Marcum sees her poems as an invitation to readers to recognize the events happening around them. “(It’s about) connecting with what’s really going on, rather than being sort of numb and overwhelmed by the news or by statistics,” she said.

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Families come in many shapes, sizes Highlands Ranch author bases story in part on her own experience

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A letter from Highlands Ranch author Eleanor Brown is enclosed in the review copy of her latest novel, “Any Other Family.”

The book will be on sale in early July and is partly based on her own experience. It will be a good one to tuck in a suitcase if travel is scheduled “Four years ago, my OB/GYN called late at night. `I had a patient in for her annual exam,’ she said, `but it turns out she’s six months pregnant. She’s making a plan for adoption, and you were the first people I thought of. Do you want a baby?’”

They did indeed, went for subsequent prenatal appointments and were present when he was born. It was an open adoption, where the birth family and the adoptive family stay in touch. Brown realized how little people know about open adoption and that led her to do what she knows how to do: write a book about it-- including a really unusual family formed by three couples and a single mother who adopted siblings born to a

particular couple who would be together for a while, then drift apart — placing four resulting children for adoption over the course of the book. The families stay in touch with the birth mother and she visits with them at times. (Extensive sociological analysis about why these birth parents behave as they do is left for another book.)

In Brown’s story, these adoptive parents hope to keep the children connected as they grow up, planning frequent contacts between them, which of course means frequent contact among the parental characters — and expected difficult interactions at times. The three couples and the single mom bring a variety of personalities into the story and as the children begin to walk, talk and attend school, likenesses and differences among them appear. This book spells out a different way to manage adoptions than the traditional situations where there is no contact nor information for a child as he grows and begins to wonder.

Brown is skilled at creating characters and expressing a wide range of reactions and feelings as her story progresses.

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Strong summer starts for Denver

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he Denver metro area really shines during the summer months. There are all kinds of outdoor options for dining, live music and activities, while classic concert spots and cultural hubs are still doing their thing. With such a bevy of options, you really can’t go wrong. But just in case, I’ve collected five options to help start the season off proper.

Let the night shine bright at Earth Illuminated As Ray Charles once sang “nighttime is the right time,” and the grand re-opening and debut of Dark Mode at Earth Illuminated celebrates this very important truth.

Presented by the award-winning production team at Blazen Illuminations, the exhibit reopened at the Denver Pavilions, 500 16th Street Mall, Suite 280, with a new look and feel. According to provided information, Dark Mode wants guests to come away awed by the beauty of nature during nighttime. Each scene visitors explore makes use of theatrical lighting and immersive sound design, projection, special effects and more. There are more than 40 scenes spanning a 13,000 square foot space, with interactive props and more.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit EarthIlluminated.com.

Thor lands at Red Rocks Red Rocks Amphitheatre is back in the movie business with the full-time return of in-amphitheater film screenings as part of its Film on the Rocks series.

Gates open at 6:30 Clarke Reader p.m. for every show, with musical guests taking the stage at 7 p.m., followed by the film presentation at 8:30 p.m. And the season is starting with a blast of Marvel fun in the stellar “Thor: Ragnarok.”

The screening will be on June 13 at Red Rocks, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway in Morrison. For those who haven’t seen the film, it’s the third in the Thor trilogy and director Taika Waititi lets the story and cast cut loose, resulting in one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s best entries.

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Harrold will be performing as part of Dazzle’s 2022 Keeping It Cool summer concert series, which features two Grammy awardwinning artists, a Colorado Hall of Famer and more. He’ll go live at 7 p.m. June 10 at Dazzle Jazz, 1512 Curtis St. in Denver.

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Clarke’s Concert of the Week — The Hold Steady at the Bluebird Theater We could all use a positive jam or two these days and that’s what Minneapolis’ The Hold Steady specialize in. Over the group’s eight albums and almost 20 years of touring they’ve built up a rabid fanbase thanks to Craig Finn’s incisive character sketches and the group’s bar-band soundscapes.

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The event will be held from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. June 18 at Fitzmorris Recreation Center, 6340 Independence St. The party includes three hours of swimming at the Fitzmorris outdoor pool, three bounce houses, Apex on Ice `ice’ skating, a yoga session, face painting, sports demonstrations, Ninja course, Imagination Playground, food and drink, carnival and yard games.

In other words, practically all the summer fun a person could want.

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Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@hotmail. com.

New Colorado teachers eligible for loan forgiveness

BY ERICA MELTZER CHALKBEAT

Colorado student teachers will have access to up to $22,000 in stipends, and teachers who started their careers during the pandemic and have stuck with it can qualify for up to $5,000 in loan forgiveness, under a bill signed into law this week.

Removing Barriers to Educator Preparation dedicates $52 million from federal relief money

to getting new teachers into the classroom and keeping them there during a time when schools across the state are grappling with shortages. Fewer teachers were entering the profession before the pandemic, and shortages have only worsened.

“A lot of teachers, people who want to be teachers, actually drop out of educator prep programs because they can’t afford it,” said state Rep. Cathy Kipp, a Fort Collins Democrat. “They can’t afford

to work for free and pay tuition and not be able to hold down a second or third job.”

Kipp sponsored the bill with fellow Democrats state Rep. Barbara McLachlan of Durango and state Sen. Rachel Zenzinger of Arvada, as well as Republican state Sen. Don Coram of Montrose.

The new law also covers the costs of test fees for eligible educators and creates alternative ways of getting a license for teacher candidates who struggle

to pass Praxis exams.

Gov. Jared Polis signed the bill to applause at a ceremony Thursday in which he also signed a slew of other education bills, including a major funding increase that lawmakers hope will lead to higher teacher pay and make staying in the classroom more attractive.

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Arapahoe Phil reminder “Stars and Stripes Forever” will be celebrated by Arapahoe Philharmonic on July 3 at 8 p.m. in the Farmhouse Beer Garden at Breckenridge Brewery. Picnic tables on a first come, first serve basis, food from brewery. Outside food and beverages not allowed. Bring blankets to sit on the ground.

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Henry Awards The annual Henry Awards, given annually for outstanding theatre by the Colorado Theatre Guild, will be held July 25 at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., according to CTG Director Batty Hart. Tickets available at Arvada Center box office. 720-898-7200, arvadacenter.org.

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Despite progress, Colorado’s equity gap remains Chasing Progress is a Colorado News Collaborative-led multi-newsroom reporting project examining the social, economic and health equity of Black and Latino

Coloradans over the last decade. The project builds off 2013’s “Losing Ground,” an I-News/RMPBS series that tracked similar measures from 1960-2010. We welcome

stories of your experiences last decade as well as suggestions for future Chasing Progress stories at chasingprogress@ colabnews.co

BY TINA GRIEGO AND BURT HUBBARD COLORADO NEWS COLLABORATIVE

Maria Bocanegra Tejeda awakens as the rising sun lights her room.

Her room. In the house her family owns. That fact is still capable of surprising her, so far removed it is from her cousins’ crowded trailer in the crowded mobile home park where she spent nearly half of her 22 years.

The night before, she draped her navy graduation robe over the chair near the bed. Her cap lay nearby, its mortarboard top emblazoned with the words: “Cultura es orgullo.

Orgullo es exito.” Culture is pride.

Pride is success. The rallying call of her University of Northern Colorado sorority.

She can hear her parents in the kitchen. Her dad would be running on a few hours of sleep after his shift at the beef processing plant and the hour-long midnight bus ride home from Fort Morgan to Greeley. What he feels about his daughter’s graduation, he later will say, is beyond his capacity to put into words. He walks around the house two hours before the ceremony wearing a black cowboy hat and white jeans that puddle over his boots. He tries to keep his tears at bay. Maria’s mother does not even try.

Years ago, when her dad was driving past UNC, Maria pointed to the campus and told him, “One day, I’m gonna come here.” He, with three years of formal education, a laborer his whole life, told her the university was for rich people. She reminded him of this recently. Not to shame him, she says, but to acknowledge how far they had come

Maria Bocanegra Tejeda’s decorated graduation cap for the 2022 University of Northern Colorado graduation ceremony photographed at her home in Greeley on May 7. The Spanish words translate to “Culture is Pride, Pride is Success.”

Maria Bocanegra Tejeda, 22, puts on her graduation gown and cap for the 2022 University of Northern Colorado graduation ceremony at her home in Greeley on May 7.

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since settling in Greeley in 2010.

In the decade that followed in this, one of the fastest-growing communities in one of the nation’s fastest-growing states, the Bocanegra Tejedas worked their way from renters to homeowners, from a oneearner household on the poverty line to two earners with a monthly cushion big enough to ensure their mortgage did not devour them. Maria, the eldest of four, became the family’s first high school graduate, its first to enroll in college.

“It’s going to take a while to settle in,” Maria says as she curls her hair on graduation morning. “So much changed. In 2010, I didn’t know if college was a possibility

and the optimism wasn’t there. But now, it’s not just dreams. Now, we have a foundation we can build on.”

Inching forward on shaky ground The Bocanegra Tejeda family symbolizes the most hopeful version of the story of Colorado’s Black and Latino residents from 2010 to 2020. In several key measures of socioeconomic progress, each group moved a little closer to white Coloradans, who also saw many gains.

A Colorado News Collaborative (COLab) analysis of U.S. Census and other data found that over the course of the last decade, poverty rates among the state’s Black and

Latino residents fell to historic or near-historic lows, high school graduation rates, particularly for Latinos, shot up, Black and Latino median household income climbed at rates that outpaced inflation, and Latino homeownership cracked the 50% mark for the first time since the Great Recession.

Nowhere else in the nation saw a greater narrowing of the gaps in poverty levels between Latinos and whites than Colorado. Our state was also among the top 10 that experienced narrowing gaps in median household income between Latino and white, and Black and white households.

Progress toward parity is progress toward equity, which, as Colorado Health Foundation President and CEO Karen McNeil-Miller SEE EQUITY, P23

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puts it, “is essentially the American promise that people will have what they need in order to thrive economically,socially,spiritually,physically, emotionally.”

That thriving is the engine of Colorado’s future. Population projections show growth will be led by younger Latinos and African Americans, and more Coloradans of color will enter the workforce as aging white workers retire.

But if the upward trends tell one story, the underlying gaps tell another.

Progress was tempered by the reality that in the last decade a Black or Latino Coloradan was still twice as likely to live in poverty as their white neighbors, and Black median household income was two-thirds that of white. Even with the slight upward tick, the rate of homeownership — the main path to generational wealth — among Latinos here remained lower than it was in 1970, while the rate among Blacks hasn’t cracked the 50% mark since at least 1960.

Four-year college graduation rates among Latino residents 25 years and older inched upward during the decade, but still remained in the teens, 10 percentage points lower than Black Coloradans, and 31 points lower than white. The state’s long and acknowledged history of importing college-educated whites while failing to homegrow the potential of its youth of color created the nation’s largest Latinowhite higher education gap and the second-largest Black-white gap. Expand the definition of higher education to include two-year degrees and career-technical certifications, and Black and Latino Coloradans attainment rates still remained a fraction of their white peers.

When three of every four students who made up the growth in the state’s high school population over the last decade were Latino, the consequences of the failure to ensure more can achieve a higher education are obvious.

“If we don’t (close the gaps), we will continue, decades on, the way we have decades past where we have this blaring equity gap, and we have unfulfilled, unactivated potential,” says Colorado Department of Higher Education Executive Director Angie Paccione, who in

The family of Maria Bocanegra Tejeda, 22, not pictured, gets ready to leave the family’s house for Maria’s 2022 University of Northern Colorado graduation ceremony in Greeley, Colorado on May 7. Pictured are Maria’s parents Guadalupe Bocanegra, 59, top, and PHOTO BY HYOUNG CHANG/THE DENVER POST Raquel Tejeda, 49, front, and Maria’s sister Rosalinda Bocanegra Tejeda, 15.

2020 launched the agency’s Office of Educational Equity. “And how sad is that? How bad — not just sad — how bad for this state?”

Education affects employment.

It affects wages. It affects who gets hired first and fired last, and in Colorado, as elsewhere, Black and Hispanic unemployment rates pegged higher than whites in the hard days of 2010 and the humming days of 2019.

Progress was also tempered by the nature of the decade itself. The economy rose from the trough of the Great Recession and its lopsided decimation of Black and Latino income and wealth to settle into a historically long, slow expansion that brought low unemployment, gradual wage increases and huge gains in home equity. Then the pandemic struck.

COVID-19’s disproportionately deadly path through Black and Latino communities and its hammerblow upon the lower-paying industries in which they are overrepresented reframe the view of narrowing equity gaps as something temporary, a side-effect of economic recovery. In a matter of months, the pandemic revealed truths about the hard-wired nature of inequity that the years before may have blurred, says state Rep. Jennifer Bacon (D-

Denver), who calls the Census data a representation of a “dream unrealized.” ”We have not been intentional in undoing the intentional harm of the past,” she says. “For centuries, we denied people access not just to homes and jobs, but to knowledge because of their skin color and place of birth. And unless we are intentional, a sustained intentionality, we are going to see these gaps persist.”

The most skeptical view, shared by Pastor Del Phillips, chairman of the Colorado Black Leadership Coalition, sees any uncritical celebration of the data as the most dangerous kind of placation, “a trademark of the oppressor to always make you think you are better off than you are.” Accepting a narrowing gap at face value, he says, creates an escape hatch that allows the wielders of power to dodge responsibility for past harm and future repair.

“If the gap represents me on one side of the Grand Canyon and whites on the other side of the Grand Canyon, and they’re saying, ‘Just jump. The gap is not as large as it was before,‘ well, I’m still going to fall to the bottom,“ Phillips says.

“And that’s the way I look at this. It doesn’t matter that (the gap) is less.

The challenge is that it’s there.”

Connecting the dots COLab and its partners, including The Colorado Sun, Chalkbeat, Kaiser Health News, The Denver Post, KGNU, the Boulder Reporting Lab, and the Denver Voice, are working together to examine the last decade’s trends. Long-term changes are often imperceptible in real time.

By analyzing a decade of data in hindsight and pairing that data with Coloradans’ experiences we can begin to take stock of what has changed, how, why, and what’s next.

In coming weeks, news outlets around the state will be reporting on homeownership, high school graduation rates and Black infant mortality. Future stories will cover higher education and poverty, among other issues.

Because our state’s Indigenous and Asian American and Pacific Islander populations are so small, the Census data is unreliable for similar analysis of those communities.

But state data, particularly about educational attainment and health inequities, show our state’s Native population faces among the greatest barriers to well-being.

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The Bocanegra Tejeda family poses in front of a sign announcing the site of their future Habitat for Humanity home in Greeley at an April, 2, 2019, groundbreaking ceremony.

From left, Guadalupe, Jose, Raquel, Rosalinda, Maria and Herminia.

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no different. COLab started with the Census’ five-year American Community Survey (ACS), a daily rolling poll conducted over 60 months. The every-five-year statistical snapshots can be good for measuring changes over time, but are terrible for pinpointing the events of a single year. For that reason and the Census Bureau’s challenges surveying communities of color, particularly during the pandemic, this data cannot size up the socioeconomic impacts of 2020’s hardships.

But we can see from state data that the single last year of the decade upended previous years’ positive trends in, among other things, high school graduation, college enrollment and unemployment rates. Life expectancy reversed across all groups, with Black life expectancy plummeting from 78 years old to 74, what it was in 2000.

White life expectancy, in comparison, fell by a little more than a year to just over 80 years old.

What numbers don’t reveal about the decade, day-to-day experiences do. Data shows a greater percentage of people have moved above what the federal government defines as poverty. This is not the same thing as being self-sufficient, stable, flourishing.

“Sure, families might be financially doing better on paper,” says Nita Gonzales, a longtime community leader in Denver. “But that may mean that you’ve got both parents working or one parent working two jobs, and they’re transporting all over the place because they have to look for housing out of the city farther away from the metro area, and that reduces time with their kids. “ ...I’m seeing that we made gains, I am not discounting that. But it’s not enough. And I don’t know how permanent it is. That’s my concern. It’s no time to sit back.”

The kids took turns doing homework at the small kitchen table.

The family’s best hope for homeownership lay in the Greeley-Weld Habitat for Humanity with its $500 down payments, lower-than-conventional interest rates, and mission to serve families like theirs. The organization wants its homeowners to stay homeowners and build generational wealth, so it requires that no more than 30% of before-taxes monthly income go to the mortgage. For the Bocanegra Tejedas, the line between enough and not enough was too thin for comfort.

In late 2018, Raquel took a cleaning job at McDonald’s. The timing was good. Weld County was booming. The state was in the second year of an escalating minimum wage hike that would take it from $8.31 an hour in 2016 to $12 an hour in 2020.

Their $257,000 house was the last of 14 built on a block just off Highway 34 in south Greeley. As Habitat families do, the Bocanegra Tejedas helped build their neighbors’ homes. They helped build their own. The living room with a picture window looking out upon the front porch and the front lawn.

The two bathrooms. A bedroom for mom and dad. A bedroom for Maria. A bedroom for Herminia. A bedroom for Rosalinda. A bedroom for Jose. And a kitchen big enough for a table where all the kids could sit together and do their homework.

They moved in in February 2020, a month before the pandemic hit.

Among the challenges of interpreting the decade’s narrowing gaps in Colorado is teasing out the complex interplay of larger economic or demographic forces with state or local policies and programs. How much was the tide? How much was the boat?

When it comes to poverty, income and homeownership, the overwhelming response to those questions was that the tide was everything.

Almost.

The Bocanegra Tejedas would not have become homeowners last decade without a targeted local affordablehousing program like Habitat. They, like hundreds of thousands of Coloradans, also benefited from the state’s push to expand access to health care before and after its 2013 Medicaid expansion. For the Bocanegra Tejedas, Medicaid offered secondary insurance to help cover the costs of treating Guadalupe’s diabetes and other chronic medical conditions. Health insurance doesn’t show up in Census household income or poverty data, which mostly counts wages, but being able to afford seeing a doctor has ripple effects in well-being that stretch into classrooms, workplaces and pocketbooks as well as into the economy. And the state’s 2016 voter-approved gradual increase of the minimum wage helped Black and Latino workers like Raquel who are disproportionately concentrated in lower-wage jobs.

The decade was also bookended by two emergency booster shots: The Federal Reserve’s Great-Recession policies to goose the economy and the housing market with low long-term interest rates and Congress’ pandemic aid.

The straight-to-bank-account stimulus payments in addition to expanded unemployment assistance and child tax credits kept some of the gaps from worsening, says Christian Weller, a Center for American Progress senior fellow and public policy professor at the University of Massachusetts-Boston.

Thanks to the housing boom, wealth gaps actually shrunk marginally in the

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The tide’s ebb and flow Maria, along with her mother, Raquel, and her three siblings, moved to Greeley from Mexico in 2010, during the aftershocks of the Great Recession.

Her father, Guadalupe, was already working a union job at the Cargill meatpacking plant, where he was bloodletting cow after cow suspended before him. He remembers the recession meant reduced working hours. Maria remembers him coming home smelling of blood.

The family of six and two nephews lived in the aging three-bedroom mobile home. The plumbing backed up.

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first two years of the pandemic because Black and Latino households hold more of their wealth in homes, says Weller, who studies the Black-white wealth gap nationally.

But the headwinds of this current decade are strong. Both inflation and the raising of interest rates to combat it exact a greater toll on Blacks and Latinos, he says, “and those are the groups less able to sustain an economic shock … because they have less wealth, less money in the bank.”

The Colorado Health Foundation’s recently released annual Pulse poll of nearly 3,000 state residents found the rising cost of living and housing a top concern across race and ethnicity. (The Foundation is a COLab funder.)

Among those surveyed, a greater percentage of people of color reported they had to work multiple jobs to afford housing in the last year and are worried they may lose their homes in the next.

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“The myth is that people are a product of their individual choices,” The Colorado Health Foundation’s McNeil-Miller says. “So, ‘people are poor because they make poor decisions.

People are behind in education because they didn’t study hard enough. People don’t own houses because they didn’t work hard enough.’”

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they can’t move forward because there are policies and practices and programs that disadvantage them.”

Ask Rosemarie Allen, founder, president and CEO of the Aurora-based Center for Equity & Excellence, about her family’s home-buying experiences, about having 800-plus credit scores and good incomes and money in the bank for downpayments, only to be turned down by lenders or offered subprime or higher-interest loans. Ask Allen, who is Black, about the family’s decision to circumvent possible racial bias in appraisals during her son’s 2018 refinance. The pipes in his home burst. The house was freezing. The toilets weren’t working.

“We thought, ‘Oh, my goodness, the appraiser is coming, and it’s going to be too low’. So we had our white friend go.

I didn’t ask him to lie. I just said ‘Can you be there? They’re going to assume you’re the owner. If they ask, you can say no.’ “ Allen says. “They gave us the most amazing appraisal ever. In that condition. I never would have believed it ever because we’ve had appraisals come in very low.”

Here, as elsewhere, the murder of George Floyd in May 2020 and the demands for justice that followed accelerated state government’s ongoing shift away from individual departments working in isolation to close gaps toward a collaborative approach.

The state unleashed a blizzard of new or updated executive orders, strategic plans and equity toolkits.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), which created an office targeting

disparities in the late 2000s, declared racism a public health crisis in July 2020. The department explicitly named systemic racism in explaining why people of color in Colorado get sick and/or die at disproportionate rates.

Black, Latino and Indigenous Coloradans have higher rates of asthma, cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, among other conditions. According to a Kaiser Health News data analysis, if Black and Hispanic infants had the same infant mortality rate as non-Hispanic white infants in the state, about 200 babies would have been spared from 2018 to 2020 alone.

One of CDPHE’s presentations on COVID-19’s higher toll in communities of color traces biased policies affecting where people could live, where they could send their children to school, where they work, how much they earn, whose neighborhoods got trees and whose got highways and industry and pollution.

Ryan Ross, CEO of the Urban Leadership Foundation has been part of the state’s efforts to close gaps as co-chair of the Colorado Equity Champions Coalition. In December 2020, the coalition released what it touted as the state’s first equity report for higher education.

Still, Ross says he has trouble believing the efforts will endure.

“You’re seeing work being done, or at least conversations happening to move things forward. But you are also seeing more actions that speak against that work in a louder way,” he says, pointing to the firing earlier this year of Aurora’s Police Chief Vanessa Wilson, who had strong support from Black and Latino community members.

Still, Ross says, he is noticing “a greater sense of accountability and empathy and humanity around the

treatment of Black and Brown folks, which I hope becomes the catalyst or catapult to real meaningful change.”

Building new doors Maria understands her bachelor’s degree makes her an exception among Latinos. She gives credit to high school programs that support first-generation and lower-income students like the Greeley Dream Team and Gear Up, to counselors and advisers who helped broaden her vision, to the Pell grants and scholarships that ensured she would graduate debt-free. She says she found connection and guidance at UNC’s Center for Human Enrichment, which supports first-generation students. In her last year, she received additional support from the statewide College Opportunity Scholarship Initiative, whose students, most of them lower-income and students of color, outperform students with similar backgrounds with scholarships and mentoring.

Even with support, Maria says she was plagued by imposter syndrome.

Did she belong? Maybe a business administration degree was a mistake.

But the big picture never left her. The Bocanegra Tejedas are immigrants and

citizens. Even in their struggle, she says she never forgot she had choices her family in Guanajuato did not. You have to imagine your future, she remembers telling her siblings during shared homework sessions.

“I’m doing it for my siblings, and then eventually for generations to come,” she says. “This is a huge change, not only for my family, but I think for our community.”

To Maria, “equity is the American Dream.” It does not only open wider the doors of opportunity, It demands new doorways. New builders. Like her. Like her brother and sisters.

Two weeks after Maria graduated from college, Herminia graduated from Northridge High School. She was second in her class, and one of 50 students statewide to win the prestigious fullride Boettcher Scholarship, which aims to keep the brightest Colorado minds in Colorado. Herminia starts her engineering classes this fall at the Colorado School of Mines.

Kaiser Health News reporter Rae Ellen Bichell contributed to this story.

Email Tina Griego: tina@colabews. co. To learn more about COLab, visit colabnews.co.

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Ponderosa’s Carson Conrad lashed a three-run double in the Mustangs’ seven-run fourth inning in the 11-1 win over Cheyenne Mountain on June 4.

Ponderosa won its second straight Class 4A state baseball championship on June 4 at Vibes Field in Colorado Springs. The Mustangs were unbeaten in the double elimination tournament and defeated Cheyenne Mountain, PHOTOS BY JIM BENTON 11-1, in the championship game.

Ponderosa’s Parker Dennis dives back into first base on a pickoff attempt as Cheyenne Mountain first baseman Connor Frickey reaches for a high throw. The Mustangs wrapped up their second straight Class 4A state baseball championship with an 11-1 win over the Red-tailed Hawks on June 4.

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It was a start that led to long discussions but the Ponderosa baseball team finished strong.

The Mustangs defeated Cheyenne Mountain, 11-1, on June 4 at the Vibes stadium in Colorado Springs to capture their second

consecutive Class 4A state baseball championship.

Pondorosa, which will move up to Class 5A next season, was undefeated in the double elimination format, finishing the season 23-7, battling back from a 1-3 start to the season.

“We trusted our kids,” said Coach Bob Maloney.

‘We came out of Arizona 1-3 and we got beat up pretty good. The kids stepped up. They just got better each day and you could see it this week. We

swung it, we threw it and played good defense. The kids were awesome.”

Maloney said he was in awe when the team one state last year, giving credit to the athletes and their families in creating a winning atmosphere.

Ponderosa’s starting pitcher Gabe Jacobs, who just finished his junior year, struggled at times to express his feelings for winning another state title but he did recall the start of the season.

“We sat in a room for three hours with our whole team just talking about what we needed to do mentally the rest of the year,” he said.“It obviously paid off. We went into this (title) game and wanted to dominate. We practiced hard all week.”

Jacobs gave up two hits to the first two batters he faced then shut down the Red-tailed Hawks the rest of the game, which was reduced to five innings due to the mercy rule.

Jacobs retired 14 of the next 16 batters he faced after the yielding the two opening singles and unearned run. The only runners that reached base came on a batter hit with a pitch and a walk.

Jacobs struck out three and walked one in raising his season record to 11-2 “Gabe Jacobs has been awesome,” Maloney said.

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Higgins leads Valor to Class 5A title Senior golfer returns from injury to lead team

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Elle Higgins believed that Valor Christian could be a contender for the state title at the Class 5A girls state golf championships early in the season.

Her thoughts turned out to be right as Valor won the state title on the final day of the two-day championships on June 1 at The Olde Course in Loveland.

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Valor Christian players and coaches show off the hardware after the Eagles won the Class 5A girls golf championship which was played May PHOTO BY JIM BENTON 31 and June 1 at The Olde Course in Loveland. Valor had 505 points to outdistance defending state champion Loveland.

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county to raise kids; also, it’s a thriving county for business prosperity. As your sheriff, it isn’t just my personal or professional opinion that Douglas County citizens prioritize public safety, the Board of County Commissioners’ annual survey results prove it. For the past 16-plus years, Douglas County citizens have consistently rated Douglas County Sheriff’s Office at a 95% or greater approval rating.

Douglas County residents and businesses have developed respect and trust for law enforcement based on quality-driven, positive experiences. These factors are exceptionally important when you vote for your next sheriff, and the reason voters should elect Darren Weekly.

Captain Weekly’s three opponents in the sheriff’s race include: two candidates that previously, but unsuccessfully, attempted to become sheriff, John Anderson and Lora Thomas. Ms. Thomas has not been employed in law enforcement for almost 20 years. Mr. Anderson has not been employed in law enforcement in approximately seven years. These are significant issues for voters to consider. The third

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and what happens if we can’t solve some of these things now or in the relatively near future.

For every situation, conflict, or problem mentioned above, there are thought leaders working on resolutions. We may not appreciate what they are doing, or who is leading the charge, or which side of the aisle they may be on, but I firmly believe there are enough good people with great intentions trying to do their very best to restore things to order so that solutions and agreements can be made and that there will be a better tomorrow for everyone, regardless of which side we are on.

How can we move from fear and scarcity to hope and abundance? I think that will be different for all of

candidate Holly Nicholson-Kluth was terminated for cause from DCSO. As a result of her behavior a credibility disclosure notification was sent by the Eighteenth Judicial District Attorney and a Notification of Findings of Untruthfulness was sent to the Colorado Department of Law — Police Officer Standards and Training (POST).

Douglas County deserves a sheriff like Darren Weekly that has 28 years of uninterrupted and unquestioned ethics in law enforcement.

As your Douglas County sheriff, and with 42 years of law enforcement experience, I wholeheartedly encourage you to vote for Darren Weekly as the only candidate that is qualified, serves with impeccable honor, and has earned the endorsement from five sheriffs in Colorado and our local Fraternal Order of Police.

God bless Douglas County.

If you would like additional information regarding my endorsement for WeeklyforSheriff, you may email me at SheriffTSpurlock33@ gmail.com Tony Spurlock Douglas County sheriff Lone Tree (Editor’s Note: Sheriff Tony Spurlock is not up for re-election this year. He has termed out of office when his current term expires.)

us. I can only share what I believe to be true and where my family and friends draw their encouragement when it comes to living with hope and abundance. We use words of love, hope, and encouragement with one another. We text or call each day with a message of love. We go to church, we read our Bible, and we pray. Zig Ziglar used to say this, “Each day I read the newspaper and my Bible, this way I know what both sides are up to.”

Which is it for you, fear and scarcity or hope and abundance? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@ xinnix.com, and when we can go out in the spirit of hope and abundance, it really will be a better than good year.

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

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Public Trustees PUBLIC NOTICE Larkspur NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0047 To Whom It May Concern: On 4/5/2022 9:03:00 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: CHRISTINA M LEVESQUE Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR GATEWAY MORTGAGE GROUP, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/27/2017 Recording Date of DOT: 6/27/2017 Reception No. of DOT: 2017043454 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $216,015.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $198,767.56 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: A TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, TOWN OF LARKSPUR, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEASTERLY CORNER OF LOT 12, LARKSPUR AND CONSIDERING THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 12 TO BEAR SOUTH 23 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST WITH ALL BEARINGS CONTAINED HEREIN RELATIVE THERETO; THENCE SOUTH 23 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF FRINK STREET (ALSO THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE DENVER AND RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAD), A DISTANCE OF 37.75 FEET; THENCE NORTH 64 DEGREES 53 MINUTES 57 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 105.88 FEET; THENCE NORTH 25 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 05 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF 29.95 FEET; THENCE NORTH 25 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 59 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 17.56 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 65 DEGREES 27 MINUTES 33 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 127.98 FEET OT THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Which has the address of: 9079 Frink Road, Larkspur, CO 80118 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, July 27, 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: 6/2/2022 Last Publication: 6/30/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 4/5/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: LYNN M. JANEWAY Colorado Registration #: 15592 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 22-027172 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE

DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0047 First Publication: 6/2/2022 Last Publication: 6/30/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0039 To Whom It May Concern: On 3/29/2022 10:46:00 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: IAN EVANS AND KRISTIN SMITH Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR HOME MORTGAGE ALLIANCE, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/13/2017 Recording Date of DOT: 6/14/2017 Reception No. of DOT: 2017039963 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $347,096.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $240,156.75 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: 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 8, BLOCK 5, ANTELOPE HEIGHTS FILING II, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 16429 E Hollow Horn Ave, 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, July 20, 2022, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 5/26/2022 Last Publication: 6/23/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 3/29/2022 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 #: 22-026890 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0039 First Publication: 5/26/2022 Last Publication: 6/23/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0033 To Whom It May Concern: On 3/22/2022 9:28:00 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: AMY L GILPIN Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR BNC MORTGAGE, INC.,

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ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee for BNC Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-1 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/13/2006 Recording Date of DOT: 12/18/2006 Reception No. of DOT: 2006108070 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $429,267.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $280,014.89

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 2, BLOCK 3, CASTLE PINES NORTH FILING NO. 22, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

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.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 6, 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.

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 9, BLOCK 1, REATA NORTH FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 12164 S Hidden Trail Ct, 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, July 13, 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: 5/19/2022 Last Publication: 6/16/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 3/22/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: LYNN M. JANEWAY Colorado Registration #: 15592 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 19-023454 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Public Notice No. 2022-0033 First Publication: 5/19/2022 Last Publication: 6/16/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0031 To Whom It May Concern: On 3/16/2022 10:33:00 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: Randy L. Fuselier and Sheila K. Fuselier Original Beneficiary: U.S. Bank National Association, ND Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. Bank National Association Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/27/2003 Recording Date of DOT: 3/26/2003 Reception No. of DOT: 2003039569 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $250,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $74,367.87 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.

Which has the address of: 7096 Cerney Cir, Castle Rock, 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.

First Publication: 5/12/2022 Last Publication: 6/9/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

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: 5/12/2022 Last Publication: 6/9/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 3/14/2022 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 #: 15-008779 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

Dated: 3/16/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ILENE DELL'ACQUA Colorado Registration #: 31755 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230 , CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (877) 369-6122 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-22-911083-LL

Legal Notice No. 2022-0030 First Publication: 5/12/2022 Last Publication: 6/9/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Franktown NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0036

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0031 First Publication: 5/12/2022 Last Publication: 6/9/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0030 To Whom It May Concern: On 3/14/2022 11:40:00 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: LARA M. NARDELL AND KEVIN L. NARDELL Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CHERRY CREEK MORTGAGE CO., INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, f/k/a The Bank of New York, successor in interest to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc., Bear Stearns ALT-A Trust, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-5 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/17/2005 Recording Date of DOT: 3/22/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005024601 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $280,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $293,360.19 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 37, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 84-A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 2105 E Weatherstone Circle, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126

To Whom It May Concern: On 3/25/2022 3:09:00 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: T M Grace Builders, Inc Original Beneficiary: PFG Fund II, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: PFG Fund II, LLC Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 5/27/2020 Recording Date of DOT: 6/2/2020 Reception No. of DOT: 2020047016 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $826,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $826,000.00 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 payments as required by the terms of the Commercial Promissory Note 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 34, FOX HILL FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 2740 Morning Run Ct., Franktown, CO 80116 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, July 13, 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: 5/19/2022 Last Publication: 6/16/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 3/28/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

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, July 6, 2022, at

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JOSEPH A. MURR Colorado Registration #: 14427 1999 BROADWAY, SUITE 3100 , DENVER, COLORADO 80202-4402

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Public Notices Phone #: 303.534.2277 X 17 Fax #: 303.534.1313 Attorney File #: 2670.045 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0036 First Publication: 5/19/2022 Last Publication: 6/16/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0048 To Whom It May Concern: On 4/6/2022 1:38:00 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: ROCKY C MYERS Original Beneficiary: BOKF NA DBA COLORADO STATE BANK AND TRUST Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: BOKF, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/15/2018 Recording Date of DOT: 3/16/2018 Reception No. of DOT: 2018015436 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $422,112.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $396,043.70 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 11, BLOCK 3, CASTLEWOOD RANCH SUBDIVISION-FILING NO. 1 PARCEL 6, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 1271 Kittery Street, Castle Rock, CO 80104 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, July 27, 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: 6/2/2022 Last Publication: 6/30/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 4/6/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: JENNIFER C. ROGERS Colorado Registration #: 34682 4100 E. MISSISSIPPI AVE., STE. 420 , DENVER, COLORADO 80246 Phone #: 877-353-2146 Fax #: Attorney File #: 48032973 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0048 First Publication: 6/2/2022 Last Publication: 6/30/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0050 To Whom It May Concern: On 4/13/2022 11:39:00 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: Allura M. Jones Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Liberty Home Equity Solutions, Inc., Its Successors and Assigns Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: PHH Mortgage Corporation Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/12/2014 Recording Date of DOT: 3/12/2014 Reception No. of DOT: 2014012307 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $442,500.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $277,411.78 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 tax and insurance payments 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 78, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 28, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 4 Canongate Ln, Highlands Ranch, CO 80130-3907 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, August 3, 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: 6/9/2022 Last Publication: 7/7/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 4/13/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: ILENE DELL'ACQUA Colorado Registration #: 31755 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230 , CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (877) 369-6122 Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-22-910712-LL *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0050 First Publication: 6/9/2022 Last Publication: 7/7/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0049 To Whom It May Concern: On 4/13/2022 11:40:00 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: JULIE E. BAUMAN AND RICHARD B. BAUMAN Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR TAYLOR, BEAN & WHITAKER MORTGAGE CORP., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee for Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-AR1 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 8/26/2005 Recording Date of DOT: 9/27/2005 Reception No. of DOT: 2005092177 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $440,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $345,591.69 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 5, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 118-L, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 796 Ridgemont Circle, 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, August 3, 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: 6/9/2022 Last Publication: 7/7/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 4/13/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: LYNN M. JANEWAY Colorado Registration #: 15592 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 22-027307 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0049 First Publication: 6/9/2022 Last Publication: 7/7/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0035 To Whom It May Concern: On 3/25/2022 2:56:00 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.

Original Grantor: DON M. ROOT Original Beneficiary: Athas Capital Group, Inc., a California Corporation Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee for Verus Securitization Trust 2020-2 Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 11/19/2019 Recording Date of DOT: 12/4/2019 Reception No. of DOT: 2019082796 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $377,500.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $369,658.88 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 261, STERLING RANCH FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO Which has the address of: 8181 Saint Vrain Avenue, Littleton, CO 80125 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 13, 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: 5/19/2022 Last Publication: 6/16/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 3/28/2022 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 #: CO11455 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0035 First Publication: 5/19/2022 Last Publication: 6/16/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0037 To Whom It May Concern: On 3/29/2022 10:06:00 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: CHRIS JON HAMMERBERG Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FAIRWAY INDEPENDENT MORTGAGE CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 6/1/2018 Recording Date of DOT: 6/5/2018 Reception No. of DOT: 2018033623 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $314,204.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $298,172.49 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 100, COTTONWOOD SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 17605 Ponderosa Ave, 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, July 20, 2022, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 5/26/2022 Last Publication: 6/23/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 3/29/2022 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 #: 20-024128 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

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, July 20, 2022, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 5/26/2022 Last Publication: 6/23/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 3/29/2022 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 #: 22-026873 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0038 First Publication: 5/26/2022 Last Publication: 6/23/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0043 To Whom It May Concern: On 3/31/2022 10:52:00 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: ERIN L KEANEY Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR BROKER SOLUTIONS, INC. DBA NEW AMERICAN FUNDING, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/20/2019 Recording Date of DOT: 12/23/2019 Reception No. of DOT: 2019087979 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $421,720.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $413,395.80 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 Notice No. 2022-0037 First Publication: 5/26/2022 Last Publication: 6/23/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 5, BLOCK 2, THE MEADOWS FILING NO. 11, PARCEL 3, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0038 To Whom It May Concern: On 3/29/2022 10:12:00 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: CURTIS G ANDERSON Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/16/2017 Recording Date of DOT: 10/18/2017 Reception No. of DOT: 2017070838 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $309,195.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $289,340.10 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.

Which has the address of: 4221 Timber Hollow Loop, 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, July 20, 2022, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

First Publication: 5/26/2022 Last Publication: 6/23/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

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

Dated: 3/31/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 22, BLOCK 2, VILLAGES AT CASTLE ROCK, FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. ACCOUNT NUMBER: R0333654.

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Which has the address of: 619 North Bentley Street, Castle Rock, CO 80104 NOTICE OF SALE

LYNN M. JANEWAY Colorado Registration #: 15592 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 22-026530

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Public Notices *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0043 First Publication: 5/26/2022 Last Publication: 6/23/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Larkspur NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0041 To Whom It May Concern: On 3/31/2022 2:15:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

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

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

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

Legal Description of Real Property: A TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE SOUTHWEST ¼ OF THE SOUTHWEST ¼ OF SECTION 4, AND IN THE NORTHWEST ¼ OF THE NORTHWEST ¼ OF SECTION 9, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE NORTHWEST ¼ OF THE NORTHWEST ¼ OF SECTION 9; THENCE SOUTH 1 DEGREE 19 MINUTES 34 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID NORTHWEST ¼ OF THE NORTHWEST ¼ A DISTANCE OF 934.97 FEET; THENCE NORTH 87 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 57 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 1281.93 FEET TO A POINT ON THE EAST BOUNDARY OF MESA GRANDE SUBDIVISION; THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG SAID EASTERN BOUNDARY ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT A DISTANCE OF 314.08 FEET, SAID CURVE HAS A RADIUS OF 970.00 FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 18 DEGREES 33 MINUTES 08 SECONDS TO A POINT OF TANGENT; THENCE NORTH 19 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 16 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID EASTERN BOUNDARY AND ALONG SAID TANGENT A DISTANCE OF 359.77 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG SAID EASTERN BOUNDARY ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT A DISTANCE OF 384.91 FEET, SAID CURVE HAS A RADIUS OF 585.16 FEET AND A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 37 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 16 SECONDS TO A POINT OF TANGENT; THENCE NORTH 18 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID TANGENT A DISTANCE OF 10.53 FEET TO THE SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF COUNTY ROAD NO. 74; THENCE NORTH 72 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 267.95 FEET; THENCE NORTH 63 DEGREES 19 MINUTES 34 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 981.51 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST ¼ OF THE SOUTHWEST ¼ OF AFORESAID SECTION 4; THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 48 MINUTES 25 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID EAST LINE A DISTANCE OF 678.60 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 11100 Haskell Creek Rd, Larkspur, CO 80118 The Deed of Trust was modified by a document recorded in Douglas County on 5/13/2021, Reception number 2021061896. Reason modified and any other modifications: Legal Description.

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

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 5/26/2022 Last Publication: 6/23/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 3/31/2022 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 #: 00000009442807 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0041 First Publication: 5/26/2022 Last Publication: 6/23/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0045 To Whom It May Concern: On 4/4/2022 8:24:00 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: JENNIFER A BARKENHAGEN AND ANDREW N BARKENHAGEN Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/1/2015 Recording Date of DOT: 12/2/2015 Reception No. of DOT: 2015085974 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $338,751.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $245,136.30 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 9, BLOCK 2, YOUNG AMERICAN P.U.D. SOUTH RIDGE TOWNHOUSE SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 5B 1ST AMENDMENT, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 2500 Hover Dr, Castle Rock, CO 80104 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, July 27, 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: 6/2/2022 Last Publication: 6/30/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 4/4/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: N. APRIL NORTON Colorado Registration #: 34861 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 20-024427 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/

ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 4/30/2020 Recording Date of DOT: 5/6/2020 Reception No. of DOT: 2020037096 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $316,167.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $308,693.28 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.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

First Publication: 5/26/2022 Last Publication: 6/23/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

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

Dated: 3/31/2022 DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 50, BLOCK 1, RED HAWK FILING NO. 1, LOT 1, BLOCK 8 - 4TH AMENDMENT, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 1493 Ophir Rd, Castle Rock, CO 80109

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, July 20, 2022, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 5/26/2022 Last Publication: 6/23/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Dated: 3/31/2022 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 #: 22-027003 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0042 First Publication: 5/26/2022 Last Publication: 6/23/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0044 To Whom It May Concern: On 3/31/2022 10:54:00 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: EVAN P BUCK Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR KBHS HOME LOANS, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 8/25/2020 Recording Date of DOT: 8/31/2020 Reception No. of DOT: 2020081661 DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $430,711.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $422,817.00 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: Borrower's failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

LYNN M. JANEWAY Colorado Registration #: 15592 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990 Fax #: (303) 706-9994 Attorney File #: 22-026497 *YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: http://www. douglas.co.us/publictrustee/ Legal Notice No. 2022-0044 First Publication: 5/26/2022 Last Publication: 6/23/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

City and County PUBLIC NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAWS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, Crispy Story LLC d/b/a BB.Q Chicken has requested the City Council of the City of Lone Tree, acting as the Local Licensing Authority, grant a Hotel and Restaurant Liquor License at 9234 Park Meadows Drive, Suite #100, Lone Tree, CO 80124, to dispense Malt, Vinous and Spirituous liquors by the drink for consumption on the premises. The Public Hearing on the application will be held at the Lone Tree Civic Center, Council Chambers, 8527 Lone Tree Parkway, Lone Tree, CO 80124, on Monday, June 20, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.

Owner & President: Soo Lee, 8330 Stonybridge Circle, Highlands Ranch, CO, 80126 Date of Application: May 15, 2022 Legal Notice No. 942215 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT RE-1 LEGAL NOTICE OF PROPOSED SCHOOL BUDGET Notice is hereby given that, at a properly noticed public meeting on May 24, 2022, a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Education of Douglas County School District RE-1, Douglas and Elbert Counties, Colorado, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and has been filed in the principal administrative offices of the School District, 620 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80104, and online at the Douglas County School District website at www.dcsdk12.org, where it is available for public inspection.

Formal adoption of the proposed budget will be considered at the regular meeting of the Board of Education, at the Wilcox Administration Building, Castle Rock, Colorado on June 21, 2022, beginning at 5:00 p.m.

Any person paying school taxes in said district may either at such June 21, 2022 meeting, or at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget, file or register his/her objections thereto.

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Sandy Maresh Board of Education Assistant Secretary Legal Notice No. 942155 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE

Owner & Managing Member: Wenhua Cao, 6223 Lions Pt, Littleton, CO 80124

Original Grantor: RENEE BROOKS Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR NATIONS LENDING CORPORATION,

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.

NOTICE OF SALE

Date of Application: May 19, 2022 Legal Notice No. 942214 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Any eligible elector of the District may submit a letter of interest to the offices of the District’s legal counsel, Miller & Associates Law Offices, LLC, 1641 California Street, Suite 300, Denver CO 80202. Letters of interest meeting the requirements of § 32-1-808, C.R.S., must be returned within ten (10) days of publication of this notice, which return date is Sunday, June 20, 2022.

TALLMAN GULCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ Miller & Associates Law Offices, LLC

Public Notice NOTICE OF INTENT TO UNDERTAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS STERLING RANCH COLORADO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 7 DOUGLAS COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Sterling Ranch Colorado Metropolitan District No. 7, Douglas County, State of Colorado (the “District”), has published its intent to undertake and consider approval of certain actions pertaining to the modification of taxing boundaries and creation of one or more subdistricts. This notice pursuant to Section 32-1-207(3)(b), Colorado Revised Statutes (“C.R.S.”) was originally published on May 10, 2022 in The Denver Post.

Pursuant to § 32-1-1101(1)(f)(I), C.R.S., the District intends to create one or more subdistricts within its boundaries for the purpose of realigning the projected development of property within the District consistent with the services, programs and facilities to be provided therein. The District intends to create an additional subdistrict containing property intended to be developed for industrial or mixed residential / retail commercial use.

By: Cameron J. Richards, Esq., Attorney for the District Legal Notice No. 942217 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE AS TO PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A PETITION TO INCLUDE REAL PROPERTY INTO THE BOUNDARIES OF THE STERLING RANCH COLORADO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3 (PULTE LOTS 6-22) DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-401, C.R.S., that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Sterling Ranch Colorado Metropolitan District No. 3 (the “District”) has received a petition for the inclusion of real property into the District’s boundaries. The property owner and general location information of the properties proposed to be included is as follows: Owner: Pulte Home Company, LLC 7601 Jefferson St. NE, Suite 320 Albuquerque, NM 87109

The Board will hear the petition and consider adopting a resolution including the defined parcels into the District’s boundaries at a special meeting of the Board to be held at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, June 13, 2022 via teleconference and can be joined with the meeting details below:

Which has the address of: 2976 Distant Rock Ave, Castle Rock, CO 80109

Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2022-0042

NOTICE IS GIVEN that a vacancy has occurred on the Board of Directors of the District (the “Board”) and the Board may appoint a director to serve until the next regular election of the District in May 2023.

Location: Lots 6 through 22, inclusive, Sterling Ranch Filing No. 5B, recorded at Reception No. 2021069521 with the Clerk and Recorder, County of Douglas, State of Colorado in the Sterling Ranch planned development.

Dated: May 24, 2022

To Whom It May Concern: On 3/31/2022 10:50:00 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.

PUBLIC NOTICE

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

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly, to the electors of Tallman Gulch Metropolitan District, Town of Parker, Douglas County, Colorado (the “District”)

Notice of the Intent to Undertake Certain Activities was originally on May 10, 2022. Pursuant to § 32-1-207(3)(b), C.R.S. any action to enjoin the above-described activities as a material departure from the Service Plan must be brought within 45 days from the original publication date of notice or by June 24, 2022.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS STERLING RANCH COLORADO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 7

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 1, BLOCK 5, OF THE MEADOWS FILING NO. 20, PHASE 2, AMENDMENT NO. 6, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS STATE OF COLORADO.

Legal Notice No. 2022-0045 First Publication: 6/2/2022 Last Publication: 6/30/2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Pres

Public Notice NOTICE OF VACANCY

Legal Notice No. 942233 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAWS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, Jiu Hong Canyin Yule, Inc. d/b/a NBX Cuisine has requested the City Council of the City of Lone Tree, acting as the Local Licensing Authority, grant a Beer and Wine Liquor License at 9064 Forsstrom Drive, B-15, Lone Tree, CO 80124, to dispense Malt and Vinous liquors by the drink for consumption on the premises. The Public Hearing on the application will be held at the Lone Tree Civic Center, Council Chambers, 8527 Lone Tree Parkway, Lone Tree, CO 80124, on Monday, June 20, 2022 at 7:00 p.m.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Metropolitan Districts

Meeting Link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetupjoin/19%3ameeting_ZmFlNDkxYjgtOWQ1NC00 NTA2LWFkMzktMmEwZGI2MzEwM2Ex%40thr ead.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%229c4 9348f-726d-4af4-9b1b-db710183b6d9%22%2c %22Oid%22%3a%22f2bfe141-b412-434d-80304db317ff394b%22%7d Call In Number: 1-872-888-7894 Phone Conference ID: 253 525 361# This meeting is open to the public.

All persons interested shall appear at the designated time and place and show cause in writing why the petition should not be granted.

STERLING RANCH COLORADO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3 /s/ Denise Hogenes, General Manager Sterling Ranch Community Authority Board On behalf of: Sterling Ranch Colorado Metropolitan District No. 3, Board of Directors

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Public Notices Legal Notice No. 942226 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE AS TO PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A PETITION TO INCLUDE REAL PROPERTY INTO THE BOUNDARIES OF THE STERLING RANCH COLORADO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3 (SR LLC – 1.772 ACRES) DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-401, C.R.S., that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Sterling Ranch Colorado Metropolitan District No. 3 (the “District”) has received a petition for the inclusion of real property into the District’s boundaries. The property owner and general location information of the properties proposed to be included is as follows: Owner: Sterling Ranch, LLC 8155 Piney River Avenue, Suite 200 Littleton, CO 80125 Location: A parcel of land being a part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 29 and the Northwest Quarter of Section 32, Township 6 South, Range 68 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, County of Douglas, State of Colorado in the Sterling Ranch planned development.

The Board will hear the petition and consider adopting a resolution including the defined parcels into the District’s boundaries at a special meeting of the Board to be held at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, June 13, 2022 via teleconference and can be joined with the meeting details below: Meeting Link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetupjoin/19%3ameeting_ZmFlNDkxYjgtOWQ1NC00 NTA2LWFkMzktMmEwZGI2MzEwM2Ex%40thr ead.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%229c4 9348f-726d-4af4-9b1b-db710183b6d9%22%2c %22Oid%22%3a%22f2bfe141-b412-434d-80304db317ff394b%22%7d Call In Number: 1-872-888-7894 Phone Conference ID: 253 525 361# This meeting is open to the public.

All persons interested shall appear at the designated time and place and show cause in writing why the petition should not be granted.

STERLING RANCH COLORADO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3 /s/ Denise Hogenes, General Manager Sterling Ranch Community Authority Board On behalf of: Sterling Ranch Colorado Metropolitan District No. 3, Board of Directors Legal Notice No. 942225 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE AS TO PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A PETITION TO EXCLUDE REAL PROPERTY INTO THE BOUNDARIES OF THE STERLING RANCH COLORADO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3 (SR LLC PARCEL – 7.290 ACRES) DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-501, C.R.S., that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Sterling Ranch Colorado Metropolitan District No. 3 (the “District”) has received a petition for the exclusion of real property from the District’s boundaries. The property owner and general location information of the properties proposed to be excluded is as follows: Owner: Sterling Ranch, LLC 8155 Piney River Avenue, Suite 200 Littleton, CO 80125 Location: A parcel of land being a part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 29 and the Northwest Quarter of Section 32, Township 6 South, Range 68 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, County of Douglas, State of Colorado in the Sterling Ranch planned development.

The Board will hear the petition and consider adopting a resolution excluding the defined parcels into the District’s boundaries at a special meeting of the Board to be held at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, June 13, 2022 via teleconference and can be joined with the meeting details below: Meeting Link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetupjoin/19%3ameeting_ZmFlNDkxYjgtOWQ1NC00 NTA2LWFkMzktMmEwZGI2MzEwM2Ex%40thr ead.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%229c4 9348f-726d-4af4-9b1b-db710183b6d9%22%2c %22Oid%22%3a%22f2bfe141-b412-434d-80304db317ff394b%22%7d Call In Number: 1-872-888-7894 Phone Conference ID: 253 525 361# This meeting is open to the public.

All persons interested shall appear at the designated time and place and show cause in writing why the petition should not be granted.

STERLING RANCH COLORADO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3 /s/ Denise Hogenes, General Manager Sterling Ranch Community Authority Board On behalf of: Sterling Ranch Colorado Metropolitan District No. 3, Board of Directors Legal Notice No. 942224 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE AS TO PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A PETITION TO INCLUDE REAL PROPERTY INTO THE BOUNDARIES OF THE STERLING RANCH

COLORADO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 7 AND STERLING RANCH COLORADO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 7, SUBDISTRICT B (SR LLC – WEST PARCEL: 7.290 ACRES AND EAST PARCEL: 24.356 ACRES) DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-401, C.R.S., that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Sterling Ranch Colorado Metropolitan District No. 7 (the “District”) has received a petition for the inclusion of real property into the District’s boundaries. The property owner and general location information of the properties proposed to be included is as follows: Owner: Sterling Ranch, LLC 8155 Piney River Avenue, Suite 200 Littleton, CO 80125 Location: A parcel of land being a part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 29 and the Northwest Quarter of Section 32, Township 6 South, Range 68 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, County of Douglas, State of Colorado in the Sterling Ranch planned development.

The Board will hear the petition and consider adopting a resolution including the defined parcels into the District’s boundaries at a special meeting of the Board to be held at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 8, 2022 via teleconference at: Link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetupjoin/19%3ameeting_MzMyODc0ZjEtMzRkNy0 0YjBjLTkzOGItY2Q2MjQyMTM3MGQw%40thr ead.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%229c 49348f-726d-4af4-9b1b-db710183b6d9%22% 2c%22Oid%22%3a%22f2bfe141-b412-434d8030-4db317ff394b%22%7d Call-In Number: 1-872-888-7894 Phone Conference ID: 453 771 368# This meeting is open to the public.

All persons interested shall appear at the designated time and place and show cause in writing why the petition should not be granted.

STERLING RANCH COLORADO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 7 /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. 942230 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice May 5, 2022 Thunderbird Water a Title 32 Water District, providing water to Indian Creek Ranch west of Sedalia Colorado is planning a Drinking Water project to re-drill our Well #1. To comply with the Federal public participation requirement a meeting will be held July 14, 2022 to discuss and answer any and all questions concerning estimated costs, project alternatives, the preferred alternative, any projected rate increases and construction related and/or environmental impacts of the project. The meeting will be held at the Indian Creek Ranch Club House, 7149 W. Cherokee Dr. Sedalia Colorado, 80135, beginning at 7PM. Legal Notice No. 942103 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE AS TO PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A PETITION TO INCLUDE REAL PROPERTY INTO THE BOUNDARIES OF THE STERLING RANCH COLORADO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 7 AND STERLING RANCH COLORADO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 7, SUBDISTRICT B (SR FORE PARCEL – 0.436 ACRES) DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-401, C.R.S., that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Sterling Ranch Colorado Metropolitan District No. 7 (the “District”) has received a petition for the inclusion of real property into the District’s boundaries. The property owner and general location information of the properties proposed to be included is as follows: Owner: Sterling Ranch FORE, LLC 8155 Piney River Avenue, Suite 200 Littleton, CO 80125 Location: A parcel of land being a part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 29 and the Northwest Quarter of Section 32, Township 6 South, Range 68 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, County of Douglas, State of Colorado in the Sterling Ranch planned development.

The Board will hear the petition and consider adopting a resolution including the defined parcels into the District’s boundaries at a special meeting of the Board to be held at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, June 13, 2022 via teleconference at: Link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetupjoin/19%3ameeting_MzMyODc0ZjEtMzRkNy0 0YjBjLTkzOGItY2Q2MjQyMTM3MGQw%40thr ead.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%229c 49348f-726d-4af4-9b1b-db710183b6d9%22% 2c%22Oid%22%3a%22f2bfe141-b412-434d8030-4db317ff394b%22%7d Call-In Number: 1-872-888-7894 Phone Conference ID: 453 771 368# This meeting is open to the public.

All persons interested shall appear at the designated time and place and show cause in writing why the petition should not be granted.

STERLING RANCH COLORADO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 7 /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. 942231 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE AS TO PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A PETITION TO EXCLUDE REAL PROPERTY INTO THE BOUNDARIES OF THE STERLING RANCH COLORADO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3 (SR FORE PARCEL – 0.436 ACRES) DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-501, C.R.S., that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Sterling Ranch Colorado Metropolitan District No. 3 (the “District”) has received a petition for the exclusion of real property from the District’s boundaries. The property owner and general location information of the properties proposed to be excluded is as follows: Owner: Sterling Ranch FORE, LLC 8155 Piney River Avenue, Suite 200 Littleton, CO 80125 Location: A parcel of land being a part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 29 and the Northwest Quarter of Section 32, Township 6 South, Range 68 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, County of Douglas, State of Colorado in the Sterling Ranch planned development.

The Board will hear the petition and consider adopting a resolution excluding the defined parcels into the District’s boundaries at a special meeting of the Board to be held at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, June 13, 2022 via teleconference and can be joined with the meeting details below: Meeting Link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetupjoin/19%3ameeting_ZmFlNDkxYjgtOWQ1NC00 NTA2LWFkMzktMmEwZGI2MzEwM2Ex%40thr ead.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%229c4 9348f-726d-4af4-9b1b-db710183b6d9%22%2c %22Oid%22%3a%22f2bfe141-b412-434d-80304db317ff394b%22%7d Call In Number: 1-872-888-7894 Phone Conference ID: 253 525 361#

subdistricts to be created include four subdistricts intended to align with construction phasing and the specific and changing service needs of the various subdistricts during construction of public infrastructure and operations upon buildout.

Notice of the Intent to Undertake Certain Activities was originally on May 10, 2022. Pursuant to § 32-1-207(3)(b), C.R.S. any action to enjoin the above-described activities as a material departure from the Service Plan must be brought within 45 days from the original publication date of notice or by June 24, 2022.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS STERLING RANCH COLORADO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 4 By: Cameron J. Richards, Esq., Attorney for the District Legal Notice No. 942216 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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

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

This meeting is open to the public.

All persons interested shall appear at the designated time and place and show cause in writing why the petition should not be granted.

STERLING RANCH COMMUNITY AUTHORITY BOARD

STERLING RANCH COLORADO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3

Legal Notice No. 942220 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

/s/ Denise Hogenes, General Manager, Sterling Ranch Community Authority Board On behalf of: Sterling Ranch Colorado Metropolitan District No. 3, Board of Directors Legal Notice No. 942223 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF VACANCY ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF MEADOWLARK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the Meadowlark Metropolitan District of Douglas County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-808, C.R.S., that a vacancy currently exists on the board of directors of the Meadowlark Metropolitan District (“District”). Any qualified, eligible elector of the District interested in filling such vacancy and serving on the board of directors should file a Letter of Interest with the board of directors of the District on or before June 19, 2022, at the office of the District’s General Counsel.

Forms of Letters of Interest are available and can be obtained from the Meadowlark Metropolitan District, c/o McGeady Becher P.C., 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 592 4380.

MEADOWLARK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By:/s/ Paula Williams Attorney for the District Legal Notice No. 942232 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Pres Public Notice NOTICE OF INTENT TO UNDERTAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS STERLING RANCH COLORADO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 4 DOUGLAS COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Sterling Ranch Colorado Metropolitan District No. 4, Douglas County, State of Colorado (the “District”), has published its intent to undertake and consider approval of certain actions pertaining to the modification of taxing boundaries and creation of one or more subdistricts. This notice pursuant to Section 32-1-207(3)(b), Colorado Revised Statutes (“C.R.S.”) was originally published on May 10, 2022 in The Denver Post.

Pursuant to § 32-1-1101(1)(f)(I), C.R.S., the District intends to create one or more subdistricts within its boundaries for the purpose of realigning the projected development of property within the District consistent with the services, programs and facilities to be provided therein. The initial

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The Project includes the following major items and approximate quantities: • • • • •

811 cubic yards of aggregate base course (Class 6) 302 square yards of hot mix asphalt (patching) (asphalt) 402 tons of hot mix asphalt (grading S) (75 (PG 76-28) 134 tons of hot mix asphalt (grading SX) (75) (PG76-28) 200 cubic yards of concrete slope and ditch paving

Prior to submitting a Bid Proposal, Bidders shall have received prequalification status (active status) with the Colorado Department of Transportation to bid on individual projects of the size and kind of work as set forth herein.

Any questions on the bidding process shall be directed to Brolin Bundy, Project Manager at 303.660.7490.

Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an amendment to the 2021 budget of the Miller’s Landing Business Improvement District ("District") may be considered at a special meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District to be held via teleconference at 2:30 p.m. on June 21, 2022. Members of the public may participate by phone using the following information: Call 650-479-3208 and enter passcode 145 959 0296.

A copy of the proposed amended 2021 budget is available for public inspection at the offices of Spencer Fane LLP, 1700 Lincoln Street, Ste. 2000, Denver, CO 80203. Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to final adoption of the amended 2021 budget, file or register any objections thereto.

MILLER’S LANDING BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT By: /s/ Shawn Temple, Board President Legal Notice No. 942209 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED 2021 BUDGET AMENDMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an amendment to the 2021 budget of the Stonegate Village Metropolitan District may be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District to be held at the Stonegate Village Community Center, 10326 Stonegate Parkway, Parker, Colorado, at 3:00 p.m. on June 15, 2022. A copy of the proposed amended 2021 budget is available for public inspection at the offices of the District, 10252 Stonegate Parkway, Parker, CO 80134.

Due to concerns related to COVID-19 and certain visitor restrictions that may be in place, please contact Heidi Plummer by email at heidi@svmd. org or by telephone at 303-858-9909 to make arrangements to inspect the budget prior to visiting the foregoing office. Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to final adoption of the amended 2021 budget, file or register any objections thereto.

Legal Notice No. 942208 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

A PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at the Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104. All questions are due to Brolin Bundy, Project Manager by 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. The Bid Opening will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, at the same address.

Legal Notice No. 942227 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Second Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Account Number: 2734

NOTICE CONCERNING 2021 BUDGET AMENDMENT

By: /s/ Heidi Plummer, District Manager

The Contract Documents will be available after 10:00 a.m. on Monday June 13, 2022, through Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website (www.rockymountainbidsystem.com) or they may be obtained at the above address. Electronic versions of the Plans obtained by any other means than as described above may not be complete or accurate, and it is the Bidder’s responsibility to obtain a complete set of the Project Plans and Specifications. Douglas County will not be held responsible for misinformation received from private plan rooms.

Plan holder information can be found on the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website.

/s/ Denise Hogenes, General Manager

STONEGATE VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

PUBLIC INVITATION TO BID Separate sealed bids for TITAN/ US 85 NB ON-RAMP, DOUGLAS COUNTY PROJECT NUMBER CI 2021-044, will be received by the Owner, Douglas County Government, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104, until Wednesday, July 6, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. This project entails restriping of Titan Parkway over US-85 to create two left turn lanes onto the northbound on ramp. Accordingly, the northbound on ramp is being widened to include another lane to accept the left turn movements.

As part of the widening, there will be guardrail, concrete ditch paving, and soil retention mat.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., that at the close of business (4:00 p.m.) on the 27th day of June, 2022, final settlement will be made by Denver Southeast Suburban Water and Sanitation District, a quasimunicipal corporation and political subdivision of the State of Colorado, (the “District”), with Insituform Technologies, LLC (the “Contractor”), for and on account of the contract for the construction of the 2022 Collection System Lining Project (the “Work”), subject to prior satisfactory final inspection and acceptance of said Work by the District.

ANY PERSON, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 2-4-401(8), C.R.S., THAT HAS FURNISHED LABOR, MATERIALS, SUSTENANCE, OR OTHER SUPPLIES USED OR CONSUMED BY A CONTRACTOR OR HIS OR HER SUBCONTRACTOR IN OR ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE WORK CONTRACTED TO BE DONE OR THAT SUPPLIED LABORERS, RENTAL MACHINERY, TOOLS, OR EQUIPMENT TO THE EXTENT USED IN THE PROSECUTION OF THE WORK WHOSE CLAIM THEREFOR HAS NOT BEEN PAID BY THE CONTRACTOR OR THE SUBCONTRACTOR MAY, AT ANY TIME UP TO AND INCLUDING THE TIME OF FINAL SETTLEMENT FOR THE WORK CONTRACTED TO BE DONE, FILE WITH THE DISTRICT’S BOARD A VERIFIED STATEMENT OF THE AMOUNT DUE AND UNPAID ON ACCOUNT OF THE CLAIM. All verified statements shall be filed: (i) by handdelivery to the District Manager at 5242 Old Schoolhouse Road, Parker, Colorado 80134, or (ii) mailed to Denver Southeast Suburban Water and Sanitation District, Attn.: District Manager, 5242 Old Schoolhouse Road, Parker, Colorado 80134. Such verified statements must be received by the District prior to the time of final settlement.

Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement within the time frame provided for herein will release Denver Southeast Suburban Water and Sanitation District, its officers, directors, managers, agents and employees, of and from any and all liability for such claim and for making payment to the Contractor or any of its subcontractors.

DENVER SOUTHEAST SUBURBAN WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT, D/B/A PINERY WATER AND WASTEWATER DISTRICT By: /s/ Walter E. Partridge Walter Partridge, President Legal Notice No. 942221 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 16, 2022 Published in: Douglas County News Press

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Public Notices NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Town of Castle Rock, Colorado Date: May 31, 2022

LAW GROUP 19751 E MAINSTREET 225 Parker, CO 80138, 303-993-5400 Dated 6/9/2022, Castle Rock, CO

Project Title: Village North Drainage & Infrastructure Improvements

Tony Spurlock Sheriff of Douglas County, Colorado

Contractor: T. Lowell Construction, Inc. 3211 South I-25 Castle Rock, CO 80109

Tommy Barrella, Deputy Douglas County, Colorado

Notice is hereby given that the Town of Castle Rock intends to start processing the Final Payment to the above-named contractor on June 20, 2022, provided no claims are received.

Any person or firm having debts against the Contractor must file a proper written notice with Erik Dam, Project Manager, Town of Castle Rock, 175 Kellogg Court, Castle Rock, CO 80109, on or before June 16, 2022.

TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK By: Erik Dam, P.E. Stormwater Project Manager Legal Notice No. 942174 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT TOWN OF PARKER STATE OF COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, PURSUANT TO SECTION 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on the day of June 23, 2022, final settlement will be made by the Town of Parker, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Town of Parker and Rumler Rebar, for the completion of Hess Road Bridge Rail Rehabilitation (CIP 21-012), and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said Rumler Rebar for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said 23rd day of June, 2022, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Town of Parker Council, c/o Director of Engineering/Public Works, 20120 E. Mainstreet, Parker, Colorado, 80138. Failure on the part of claimant to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve said Town of Parker from all and any liability for such claimant's claim. The Town of Parker Council, By: Tom Williams, Director of Engineering/Public Works.

Legal Notice No. 942222 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Second Publication: June 16, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice Family Court, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO CIVIL ACTION NO. 2022CV30056, Division/ Courtroom # 6 SHERIFF’S SALE NO. 22000695 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY CASTLEWOOD RANCH HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff: v.

TRAVIS BRADLEY et al., Defendant(s) Regarding: Lot 27, Block 2, Castlewood Ranch Subdivision, Filing No. 1, Parcel 5, County of Douglas, State of Colorado also known by street and number as 6206 Brantly Ct, Castle Rock, CO 80104 (the "Property).; also known as: 6206 Brantly Ct Castle Rock, CO 80104 (the “Property”) Under a Judgement and Decree of Foreclosure entered on May 2, 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 4th day August, 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 $6,989.50 All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at 303-660-7527. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is ALCOCK

Legal Notice NO. 942178 First Publication: 6/9/2022 Last Publication: 7/7/2022 Published In: Douglas County News Press

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: MERRION FAMILY PARTNERSHIP AKA MERRION FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP - MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC - FIG CO19 LLC - OCCUPANT - MERRION FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AKA MERRION FAMILY PARTNERSHIP - REGISTERED AGENT J GREGORY MERRION MERRION FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP - GENERAL PARTNER MICHAEL K MERRION MERRION FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP - GENERAL PARTNER RITA V MERRION MERRION FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP - GENERAL PARTNER T GREGORY MERRION AKA THOMAS GREGORY MERRION MERRION FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 1st day of November 2018 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: TR IN NE1/4 14 & IN SE1/4 11-7-66 2.87 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2017. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of MERRION FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP for said year 2017 That said MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC on the 26th day of December 2022 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 8th day of September 2022 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 26th day of May 2022 /s/ David Gill County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No. 942159 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice District Court Douglas County, Colorado Court 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock CO 80701 Plaintiff(s) Petitioner(s): JASMINE NATOSHA MCGARVEY v. Defendant(s) /Respondent(s): GREG FOWLER: JASMINE MCGARVEY Address: 16351 Parkside Dr Parker, CO 80134.

Phone Number: (505) 238-5090 Email jmcgarvey33@gmail.com ; Case Number: 2022DR30222 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT(S): 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: Allocation of Parental Responsibilities Dated: March 28th, 2022 Jasmine Natosha McGarvey Plaintiff(s) *Rule 12(a), C.R.C.P., allows -35 days for answer or response where service of process is by publication. However, under various statutes, a different response time is set forth; e.g., 38-6-104, C.R.S. (eminent domain); 38-36-121, C.R.S. (Torrens registration).

Legal Notice No. 942089 First Publication: May 12, 2022 May 19, 2022; May 26, 2022; June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE

OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to: BRUCE T KAJI, SETSUO ITO, STAN ROLLINS, STANFORD ROLLINS & MARGUERITE KYLE - OCCUPANT - MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC COTA RESOURCES INC - BRUCE T KAJI AKA BRUCE T KAJI SETSUO - SETSUO ITO AKA SETSUO D ITO AKA SETSUO N ITO AKA SETSUO T ITO AKA ITO SETSUO - STAN ROLLINS AKA STANFORD ROLLINS - MARGUERITE KYLE - JOHN E CAVEY JR AKA JOHN EDWARD CAVEY AKA JOHN EDWARD CAVEY JR You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 1st day of November 2018 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit: 1/2 MIN INT IN S1/2S1/2 17-6-66 TOTAL = 160 AM/L MIN INT = 80 AM/L and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2017. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of BRUCE T KAJI, SETSUO ITO, STAN ROLLINS, STANFORD ROLLINS & MARGUERITE KYLE for said year 2017 That said MCCULLISS OIL & GAS INC on the 26th day of December 2021 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 8th day of September 2022 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 26th day of May 2022 /s/ David Gill County Treasurer of Douglas County Legal Notice No. 942160 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice 1) 2002 Lexus RX 350 Silver JTJGF10UX20130406 2) 1966 Chevy Truck Blue C2546J147110 3) 2014 Buick Verano Silver 1G4PR5SK4E4116815 4) 1988 Ford Truck Blue 1FTEF14H6JPA97501 5) 2007 Audi A4 White WAUDF78EX7A204881 6) 2006 Chevy Cobalt Gold 1G1AK55F667882213 7) 1997 Ford Ranger Red 1FTCR15X2VPA53845 8) 2014VW Passat Red 1VWAT7A3XEC08557 9) 1986 Chevy Elcamino Silver 3GCCW80H9GS911169 10) 2002 Nissan Xterra Yellow 5N1ED28Y42C520456 11) 2015 Ford Focus 1FADP3K29DL298071 Gotcha Recovery Services LLC P.O. Box 623, Parker, CO 80134 303-524-5419 Legal Notice No. 942210 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Telecommunications Public Notice Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to build a 43-foot telecommunications structure at the approx. vicinity of 935 Evalena Road, Castle Rock, Douglas County, CO 80108. 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, Abigail Ritter,a.ritter@ trileaf.com, 1515 Des Peres Road, Suite 200, St. Louis, MO 63131, 314-997-6111.

Legal Notice No. 942207 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Notice to Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of BARBARA J. McKINZIE, also known as BARBARA JEAN McKINZIE, BARBARA McKINZIE, and BARBARA J. RIEKER, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30148 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 October 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Mark D. Ahrenholtz, Personal Representative 91 S. Main Street Veyo, UT 84782 Legal Notice No. 942239 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022

Estate of Renee Levy, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30297

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice

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 October 3, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of MARY REGINA GRISBY, aka Mary R. Grisby, aka Mary Grisby, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR000067 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 October 3, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kathleen Grisby, Personal Representative 1001 E 52nd Avenue, Apt. 165 Denver, CO 80216

Public Notice

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 September 26, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Keri Morton-Feil, Personal Representative 10032 Royal Eagle Lane Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 Legal Notice No. 942158 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE

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 September 26, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Richard W. Bryans, Jr. Personal Representative 1675 S. Birch St. #1104 Denver, CO 80209

Castle Rock, CO 80104 Legal Notice No. 942197 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 16, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Cecilio Valdivieso Martinez, also known as Cecil V. Martinez and Cecil Martinez, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30275 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 September 26, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Patsy J. Autry and Gary L. Autry Co-Personal Representatives c/o Kokish & Goldmanis, P.C. 316 Wilcox St. Castle Rock, CO 80104 Legal Notice No. 942156 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Legal Notice No. 942177 First publication: May 26, 2022 Last publication: June 09, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John Kennedy Ford, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30475

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Duane Harlan Gentz, aka Duane H. Gentz, aka Duane Gentz, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30305 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 October 3, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Karl Haubenchild, Personal Representative 7510 Little Tee Lane Brooksville, FL 34613 Legal Notice No. 942190 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 16, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before October 09, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Mary Kay Ford, Personal Representative 19400 Indian Summer Lane Monument, CO 80132 Legal Notice No. 942238 First publication: June 09, 2022 Last publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Trina Marie Everhart, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30278

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS MICHAEL S. JENNINGS is the Successor Trustee of The John F. Jennings Trust, dated March 10, 2008 and totally amended and restated February 23, 2022 (the “Trust”) and the nominated Personal Representative of Decedent John F. Jennings’s Last Will and Testament, dated December 12, 2017 (the “Estate”), whose address is P.O. Box 683508, Park City, UT 84060. John F. Jennings, Settlor of the Trust, died on March 22, 2022.

All persons having written claims against the Estate or Trust are required to present them to the Trustee or Personal Representative or his attorney, Stephen J. Mayfield, York Howell & Guymon 10610 S. Jordan Gateway, Ste. 200, South Jordan, UT 84095, on or before four months after the date of first publication of this notice or be forever barred.

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 September 26, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Hunter Matthew Long, Personal Representative c/o Opfer Campbell Beck P.C. 19751 East Mainstreet, Suite 215 Parker, CO 80138 Legal Notice No. 942164 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mary Elizabeth Equi, Deceased Case Number: 22PR16

Date of first publication: May 26, 2022 /s/ Stephen J. Mayfield Legal Notice No. 942165 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Harjit Singh Sandhu, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30302 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 October 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

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Patricia S. Caldwell Personal Representative 3181 Masters Point

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Pauline Nancy Bryans, deceased Case Number: 2022PR30192

Public Notice

Public Notice

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 October 17, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JOHN DOUGLAS MORTON, a/k/a JOHN D. MORTON, a/k/a JOHN MORTON, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30268

Legal Notice No. 942218 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Legal Notice No. 942189 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 16, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Dorothy M. Weaver, a/k/a Dorothy Marie Weaver, a/k/a Dorothy Weaver, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30294

Legal Notice No. 942198 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 16, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Jacqueline Sandhu Personal Representative 11939 Ramble Lane Parker, CO 80138

Edward A. Levy, Personal Representative 11840 E. Sand Hills Road Scottsdale, AZ 85255

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 October 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Sandra Quinby, Personal Representative 65535 Kentucky Road Bend, Oregon 97730 Legal Notice No. 942211 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Stephen Edward Giefer, a/k/a Stephen E. Giefer, a/k/a Stephen Giefer, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30267 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, located at 4000 Justice

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Invasive mussels haven’t been found in Colorado’s lakes and reservoirs Wildlife officials are battling to keep it that way

BY TATIANA FLOWERS THE COLORADO SUN

Zebra and quagga mussels do not yet exist in Colorado’s lakes and reservoirs, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife leaders are working hard to keep it that way.

They’re stepping up enforcement efforts through a statewide decontamination program. Each year, the department runs the Aquatic Nuisance Species Program, where inspectors at 73 locations decontaminate boats before they enter and exit Colorado’s waterways. Since the program’s inception in 2008, almost 500,000 boats have been inspected annually. The inspections help detect species like zebra and quagga mussels that attach to boats. If knocked off, the mussels can drop into, and infect, Colorado waters.

“Each year, the number of boats we are intercepting here in Colorado is increasing significantly,” said Robert Walters, invasive species program manager.

“In 2017, we intercepted 26 boats coming into the state that had mussels on them. In 2021 alone, we intercepted 181.”

Colorado is not free of all invasive aquatic nuisance species.

Some bodies of water in Colorado contain Eurasian watermilfoil, for example, which grows quickly

and blocks sunlight, and can kill off native aquatic plants that fish and other underwater species rely on for food and shelter.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife leaders remain concerned about the possibility of zebra and quagga mussels possibly popping up across the state. The department is conducting an awareness campaign this month ahead of Memorial Day, which is when the boating season generally kicks off in Colorado.

A single mussel can produce up to 1 million babies in a single year.

The aquatic nuisances can attach to solid or semi-solid surfaces and clog up boat engines or distribution pipes at water treatment facilities. In those cases, the mussels can disrupt recreation and cause millions of dollars in damage to infrastructure.

Once mussels are introduced into a region’s waterway, they are impossible to remove.

The greatest risk comes from boats traveling out of state, particularly to Lake Powell, on the Utah-Arizona border. The popular destination for Colorado boaters is infested with quagga mussels. Any time boaters travel outside of the state, it’s even more important that they ensure their boats are cleaned, drained and dry before launching back into Colorado, Walters said.

“Our program has been effective for almost 15 years at stopping these species from becoming established in Colorado waters,” he said. “But many other states

don’t have the same level of protection, so every year mussels spread into new waters in our surrounding states, which increases our level of risk here in Colorado.”

For some, the inspection process could take less than 1 minute, said Luke Stucker, a senior ranger managing the aquatic nuisance program, at Cherry Creek State Park. If the boat has just returned from an area containing many invasive species, such as Lake Powell, the decontamination process will likely take longer, he said.

Every state park has a decontamination station, where boats sit on a trailer, away from bodies of water. Inspectors move through the vessel, checking the rear, outside and interior compartments of the boat. Then, 140-degree water is used to decontaminate the boat, killing any invasive species present. All the water is then drained into an open field or retention pond, Stucker said.

Most boaters are already aware of their responsibility to have their boats inspected before launching it into local water. But the pandemic added a new layer of complexity for state leaders trying to keep local lakes and reservoirs safe. Many people became first-time boaters during the pandemic and aren’t educated about the inspection process and the need for it, Stucker said.

Mussels can live outside of water for 27 days under the right conditions. The filter feeders can pass almost an entire liter of

water through their shells each day, consuming nutrients needed by other fish and plants in the ecosystem.

Their high levels of filter feeding can alter food sources in lakes and reservoirs. And when mussels defecate or dry out on shorelines, they can cause a rancid smell, making it less desirable to recreate in these areas, Walters said.

“There’s a whole slew of potential recreational impacts,” he added. “In Eastern Europe, they had a role in filtering water and were a food source for native species that kept them in check.

Here in Colorado, they would not serve much of a purpose, and would mostly cause problems.”

Inspectors are among those with the most important jobs in the state, which is to protect Colorado’s waterways, Stucker said. As an avid boater, he works to ensure that his kids can grow up with the same opportunities he had as a child while recreating on Colorado’s lakes and rivers.

“If I can prevent that mussel boat from launching, or if my inspectors can prevent that mussel boat from launching, then it’s a win in my book,” he said.

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

Public Notices Way, Suite 2009, Castle Rock, Colorado 80109, on or before October 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Autumn Roxanne Giefer, Personal Representative c/o Kathryn T. James, Esq. Folkestad Fazekas Barrick & Patoile, P.C. 18 South Wilcox Street, Suite 200 Castle Rock, Colorado 80104 Legal Notice No. 942213 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Erica Lynn Starich, AKA Erica L. Starich, Erica Starich, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR030303 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 October 9, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Raymond L. Hardin, Personal Representative 3641 Park Drive Rapid City, SD 57702 Legal Notice No. 942212 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Linda L. Tollefson, deceased Case Number: 2022PR30248 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 September 26, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kristina McKenna & Tami Hodges Personal Representative 2 Inverness Drive East, Suite 102 Englewood, Colorado 80112 Legal Notice No. 942166 First publication: May 26, 2022 Last publication: June 09, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Bruce Charles Coryell a/k/a Bruce C. Coryell a/k/a Bruce Coryell, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30211 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 September 19, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred.

Deanna Lee Coryell Personal Representative 22036 Hill Gail Way Parker CO 80138 Legal Notice No: 942134 First Publication: May 19, 2022 Last Publication: June 2, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public Notice is given on May 05 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 Micah Israel Karamo be changed to Micah Karamo Israel.

Case No.: 2022CO31539 By: Andi Truett Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 942162 First publication: May 26, 2022 Last publication: June 09, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public Notice is given on May 13, 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 Celia Colleen Averill be changed to Celia Calleen Averill.

Case No.: 2022C31672 By: Andi Truett Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 942206 First publication: June 09, 2022 Last publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on May 20, 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 Nathan Ford Luckenbill be changed to Nathan Luckenbill Ford Case No.: 22 C 238 By: Blake Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 942201 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 16, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public Notice is given on May 05 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 Shemayah Sade Karamo be changed to Shemayah Sade Karamo Israel.

Case No.: 2022C031540 By: Andi Truett Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 942163 First publication: May 26, 2022 Last publication: June 09, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on May 12, 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 Micyla Lynn Talafuse be changed to Micyla Lynn Sharp Case No.: 22 C 182

The Petition requests that the name of Tanjha Denise VanHoosier-Larson be changed to Tanjha Denise VanHoosier Case No.: 22 C 226

By: Magistrate

By: Blake M., Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. 942167 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Legal Notice No. 942184 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 16, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Children Services

Public notice is given on May 4, 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 Ishan Reddy Divyaravindra be changed to Ishan Reddy Kalluri Case No.: 2022 C 211 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

(Adoption/Guardian/Other) Public Notice Douglas County Combined Courts 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, CO 80109

Legal Notice No. 942150 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION CASE #: 2021JA135 Petitioner: Andrew Malachi Thompson Respondent: Shane Michael Murphy

PUBLIC NOTICE

By: Andi K. Truett Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk

This court has entered an order directing Publication of the proceedings filed in the above listed case for the adoption of a child pursuant to C.R.S. 19-5-101 et. seq. after finding that due diligence has been used to obtain personal service but to no avail. The foregoing proceedings have been filed and are served by this publication. If your name appears above, you may obtain a copy of the Petition for Step-Parent Adoption, the Petition for Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship, and the Notice of Adoption Proceeding and Summons to Respond from this court. If you fail to respond within thirty-five (35) days, your parental rights may be terminated.

Legal Notice No. 942179 First publication: June 02, 2022 Last publication: June 16, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Legal Notice No. 942102 First Publication: May 12, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public Notice is given on May 06, 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 Braydon Michael Leist be changed to Braydon Michael King.

Case No.: 2022CV-000039

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

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