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It’s the year of the rabbit

Denver to celebrate Chinese New Year

BY CHANCY J. GATLIN-ANDERSON SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Colorado State University doctoral student Xinyi “Katya” Zhou grew up celebrating Lunar New Year in her hometown of Beijing, China. Each year to celebrate, Zhou’s family would prepare an elaborate dinner on the eve of the Lunar New Year, full of potstickers, chilled braised beef, many prepared vegetables, chocolates, nuts and wine.

Potstickers, the most important part of Zhou’s family celebration, were made with yellow chives, eggs and napa cabbage with homemade Sichuan peppercorn oil to add avor.

“Years ago, when my grandparents were healthier, we’d make potstickers together. My mom would mix the llings and my grandpa — the chief in the family — was the quality control and would tell Mom if the potstickers need more salt or any adjustments,” said Zhou. “Grandma, my mom, and sometimes my aunt, would actually make the potstickers. I would help as well, especially as I got older. My uncle either helped with the potsticker making or would make the dough and roll it into thin pieces.”

Guests would come and go from Zhou’s house throughout the several days of the Lunar New Year celebrations, sometimes bringing gifts along with them such as food and potted plants. Guests were greeted by a decorated front door, adorned with the Chinese character that means luck.

Zhou’s family will be celebrating the Lunar New Year in Beijing, but because it falls in the middle of the spring semester, Zhou will be staying in Colorado and expects to spend

There are two job openings for every available worker

BY JENNY BRUNDIN COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

Colorado is launching a full-frontal assault on its 38% job gap – that’s the di erence between job openings and actual hires. e state is changing its approach to ll its high-demand, often better-paying jobs, targeting millions of dollars in grant opportunities for businesses to train or upskill workers.  e gargantuan task means enticing many people already in the workforce into further training or education and targeting historically untapped groups with more training and education.

“We need to be doing more to help connect Coloradans, our home-grown talent with skills that lead to goodpaying jobs and careers,” said Gov. Jared Polis.

How bad is the gap? is summer there were 208,000 job openings compared to 129,000 hires, according to the ninth annual Talent Pipeline Report, which analyzes and explains labor market information, shifts in job demand, top jobs and the state strategy to ll those jobs. e report is produced by the state agency the Colorado Workforce Development Council in partnership with a number of other state agencies.

Colorado is just one of 14 states with more jobs than before the pandemicinduced recession. But it also ranks 11th in the country for the number of people voluntarily quitting their jobs.

It’s not just the 3.6% unemployment rate Historically Colorado has relied on importing highly educated people to

Dragon Dancers will entertain the crowd at the Nathan Yip Foundation Chinese New Year Celebration.

COURTESY OF THE NATHAN YIP FOUNDATION

Colorado to shut down all state-run COVID-19 testing sites

BY MATT BLOOM COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

Anyone looking for a free COVID-19 test in Colorado will have a few less options starting on Jan. 15.

e Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment says it plans to shutter its 20 remaining community testing sites on that date due to a shift in demand among residents to at-home tests. e drive-thru and walk-in sites at parks and schools – once overwhelmed at the height of the pandemic – have been operating at less than 6 percent capacity since November.

e move comes in the middle of peak respiratory illness season. But o cials involved in the announcement stressed that COVID tests would remain widely available through other means.

“Coloradans have transitioned away from relying on large community testing sites and toward testing at home,” said Scott Bookman, the state’s COVID-19 incident commander, in a news release. “With this transition, the state is focusing e orts on the testing distribution methods Coloradans currently use most and providing testing resources to those who need them most.”

e closures will a ect testing clinics in Denver, Boulder, Grand Junction, Colorado Springs and

other large cities across the state.

e list includes the following:  Alamosa - Adams State University, Conour Hall

• Aurora - Aurora Center for Active Adults - Del Mar

• Castle Rock - Justice Center

• Centennial - Centennial Hospital

• Commerce City - Dicks Sporting Goods Park

• Denver - All City Stadium South, George Washington High School, Ascension Catholic Church

• Lakewood - Lakewood at South Kipling

• Westminster - WestminsterFront Range Community College

Coloradans can search on CDPHE’s website, covid19.colorado. gov/testing, to nd a distribution site for free at-home tests near them. CDPHE’s free school testing program will stay in place through the end of this school year at least. Many pharmacies and private doctor’s o ces have large supplies of tests available for free. You can also still order free tests through a federal program online.

is story is from CPR News, a nonpro t news source. Used by permission. For more, and to support Colorado Public Radio, visit cpr. org.

Salvador D. Aceves is Regis University’s first Latino president

STAFF REPORT

Salvador D. Aceves has assumed the role of president for Regis University, making him the school’s rst layperson and rst Latino to be in the role.

Aceves, who has a doctorate in education, brings 37 years of experience in higher education as both an administrator and faculty member. He has served at other Jesuit universities, including Fordham University in New York City and the University of San Francisco, and has been involved with Regis since 2014, serving as chief nancial o cer and senior vice president.

Aceves’ selection follows an eightmonth national search conducted by a 16-member search committee comprised of the Regis University Board of Trustees, faculty, sta , alumni and students.

“I am extremely excited to welcome Dr. Aceves as our next president,” said Derek Scarth, chair of the Board of Trustees and Regis alumnus, in a news release. “Dr. Aceves understands and is committed to the importance of a Jesuit-Catholic education and the servant responsibility that comes with his new role to our entire community. Because of the commitment and discernment of (the search committee), the path for Regis and our next phase of greatness is in good hands.”

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ll jobs. at won’t work anymore. In-state migration is slowing, a high school population is expected to plateau and then drop due to declining birth rates, and the workforce is aging. e lack of a ordable childcare has led to a drop in women’s participation in the labor force.

at means the state needs to change its approach to getting people into top jobs through alternative pathways at any stage of life: folks in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s, many of whom are already in the workforce.

“We know that a four-year degree isn’t the right path for every person and every job for many,” Polis said at the report’s release. “It’s apprenticeships, on-the-job learning, technical or community college education, dual and concurrent enrollment in high school and many other pathways.”

Colorado currently has 250,000 adults without a high school diploma, 600,000 people with some college and no degree, 45,000 students who left K-12 over the past three years, and hundreds of thousands who already have a diploma, credential or a degree but need a chance to upskill in this new labor market, the report said.

e current retraining cycle is often too slow and skilled talent is needed more quickly than education and training programs can produce. Further, the cost of traditional college and training programs are unaf-

fordable for many.

First, what are Colorado’s top jobs?

“Top Jobs” are in high demand and they provide a living wage. ere are 178 occupations in top jobs, including computers, business and nance, engineering, farming, installation and repair, legal, transportation and moving and health care, among others.

Many of the occupations that fell o the “Top Jobs” list this year because the wages didn’t keep pace with in ation are in critical elds such as direct care (nursing homes), health care, and education.

e most job postings in Colorado last year were heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers, followed by registered nurses and software developers.

e vast majority of top jobs require some type of post-secondary education and increasing numbers are linked to apprenticeships.

What’s the strategy to close labor market gaps?

Over the past two years, Colorado has invested nearly $650 million into higher education and workforce development. at includes money to help students earn a postsecondary credential in high school, free adult training, apprenticeships and industry-focused training in key areas like health care, mental health, education and energy.

But now the state is also focusing intensively on giving learners the chance to earn credentials and degrees at any stage of life. It also means connecting historically under-tapped groups, such as newcomers to the

country, aging workers and those with disabilities to rapidly growing industries.

Research from the U.S. Department of Labor shows people with disabilities can o er companies a competitive edge, reduce turnover, boost productivity, and improve company culture.

On the education side, the state is placing more e ort into boosting work-related learning like apprenticeships at all levels of education and giving credit for prior learning. Over the next two years, it will develop more ‘stackable credential’ programs in high-demand industries. ose are sequential post-secondary degrees or certi cates that allow workers to progress in a career. One state law includes $25 million for reskilling and upskilling workers to earn a shortterm credential.

Another higher education goal is to have 100 percent of the state’s degree programs have some early workbased learning experiences.

“We have students who get three years into a discipline and then de-

cide, ‘Wait! Why am I doing nance? I don’t even like numbers!’” said Angie Paccione, director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education. “We want to make sure they get some early career experience so they can make better-informed choices.”

Other laws would grant an associate’s degree to people who have earned at least 70 credit hours in college.

“ is program has a potential to serve more than 700,000 Coloradans who have attained some college, but no degree,” said McKennie.

At the high school level, one goal is to create a system where students graduate with a diploma but also a two-year degree or industry credential that can lead to a good job.

Finally, the state will focus on the quality of work, educating employers in retention and productivity strategies.

is story is from CPR News, a nonpro t news source. Used by permission. For more, and to support Colorado Public Radio, visit cpr.org.

Polis urges incentives for electric cars, mowers, e-bikes

BY SAM BRASCH COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

Gov. Jared Polis is pushing lawmakers to make it even cheaper for Colorado residents to buy an electric car, electric bike or electric lawnmower.  e governor announced the plan as an amendment to his 2023-2024 budget proposal on Jan. 3. Ahead of the upcoming legislative session, he now wants legislators to approve $120 million in new tax credits to nudge the public to buy products that combat climate change and air pollution.

“ is is for Colorado to get a head start to help more people a ord electric vehicles earlier and reduce the cost in Colorado,” Polis said at a press event at the governor’s mansion.

Polis’ request comes as lawmakers prepare to manage a tricky budget in the upcoming legislative session. State economists have warned about the possibility of a recession, which could throw o Colorado’s already complicated plans for spending and taxpayer refunds. During his press conference, Polis appeared to try to dispel any concerns about further depleting state co ers with a new set of rebates.

“ is is not the general fund. is is tax credits,” Polis said. e proposed incentive package

is the latest example of Polis’ carrotheavy approach to climate policy. Will Toor, the executive director of the Colorado Energy O ce and a chief architect of the state’s climate e orts, said the proposed budget amendments would expand the state tax credit for electric vehicles from $2,000 to $5,000.

Under the proposal, anyone who buys an e-bike would also be eligible for a $500 rebate, while low-income residents could receive a $1,000 discount. Toor said the new tax credits would also cover 30 percent of the cost of new electric lawn and garden equipment.

“ is package is an important complement to existing policy and federal incentives that would help supercharge climate action and progress on clean air in Colorado,” Toor said. “I would anticipate it’s going to be pretty attractive to many members of the legislature.”

Toor said the plan is a direct response to the In ation Reduction Act, which Congress approved last year with an estimated $370 billion in spending for new climate programs.

e new law renewed a $7,500 federal EV tax credit but added a long list of restrictions. Starting around March, a buyer can get half the full credit if a vehicle has a battery with at least 40 percent of minerals from the United States or its trade partners.

e other half is only available if 50 percent of the battery components are made in North America.

ose rules could exclude many

EV models. To account for the new policies, many automakers have announced plans to shift supply chains and build new factories in the U.S., but it could take years for their vehicles to qualify for the federal discounts.

By expanding the state tax credit, Toor said the state could avoid a slowdown in Colorado’s electric car market. Almost 70,000 EVs are already on the road, according to a Colorado Energy O ce dashboard. Polis has set a goal to have 940,000 EVs on Colorado roads by 2030.

To reach those targets, Colorado has split from electric vehicle strategies in California. Last year, the state’s Air Resources Board approved new vehicle regulations, which included a ban on the sale of new gas-powered vehicles starting in 2035. Other deep-blue states are in the process of adopting the same rules.

Meanwhile, the Polis administration has proposed a modi ed version of the same regulations. While it includes many of California’s aggressive electric vehicle sales targets, it drops the 2035 ban.

Other pieces of the proposed Colorado tax rebate package would incentive the use of clean hydrogen, community geothermal heating projects and sustainable aviation fuel.

It follows a bill Polis signed last year allocating more than $110 million for programs to improve local air quality. at included a two-year e-bike incentive program, which the state plans to launch later this year.

Toor said the new proposal aims to make sure Colorado continues to o er e-bike discounts even after the program expires. He said that’s especially important following the success of Denver’s e-bike rebate program, which helped more than 4,000 residents buy a new twowheeled electric vehicle in less than a year.

“People love them and there’s demand for them. And so we will be proposing an ongoing e-bike tax credit as a part of the clean transportation package,” Toor said.

is story is from CPR News, a nonpro t news source. Used by permission. For more, and to support Colorado Public Radio, visit cpr.org.

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Governor wants tax credits to make purchases cheaper

Prepare for some new costs of being employed

BY TAMARA CHUANG THE COLORADO SUN

As another year begins, so do some new state laws. And 2023 has a major one that will hit many workers’ paychecks almost immediately.

Paid family leave, which Colorado voters approved in 2020, will cost roughly $4.33 per week for a worker who makes $50,000 a year. In return, that worker will be eligible for up to 12 weeks (or 16 weeks for complicated births) starting in 2024. is isn’t a vacation fund, but kind of an emergency fund that will provide workers paid time o to have a baby or take care of sick loved ones or themselves.

“Starting in 2024, this is going to cover pretty much all employers in Colorado with a very small number of carve outs that were in the statute. All employees would be eligible for up to 12 weeks per year,” said Tracy Marshall, division director of the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program, or FAMLI. “ is is an annual bene t. It’s not a once-in-a lifetime bene t.”

Keep in mind, companies and workers are paying into the program this year so that there will be money to support family or medical leave next year. e expectation? e FAMLI fund will have $1.3 billion in contributions by the end of 2023.

What’s Working covered the details of the how the law will impact companies in an earlier column, but here’s a quick recap:

For employees: For a worker who

earns $50,000 a year, here’s what the contribution is, according to the state Department of Labor and Employment:

• $4.33 — Employee’s weekly payroll deduction, or $225.16 a year.

• $4.33/$225.16 — Employer’s payment for the employee, though companies can be generous and cover the employee’s portion, too.

For companies: For a company with 10 employees (smaller companies aren’t required to participate) who all earn $50,000 a year, that comes out to:

• $4,503.20 — is is the employer’s annual contribution. Half of this can be deducted from workers’ paychecks.

• Companies with existing plans can opt out but their paid-leave plans must be approved.

e bene ts: Starting in 2024, here’s what that same $50,000-wage worker will get paid if they take leave:

• $750.88 — Weekly bene t for the worker. at’s about 80% of the worker’s regular pay. Bene ts are based on wages. e maximum is $1,100 a week. e bene t is paid by the state, not through the employer, so workers must apply through the state portal.

It’s also not just for new parents. Paid leave will provide a temporary bene t for Coloradans who need to take care of their sick loved ones or even themselves. It’s a bene t that an estimated 2.7 million workers could be eligible for. Roughly 216,000 employers need to register with the state’s program and the rst payments are due April 30.

On average, wages in Colorado have increased 8.5% in one year. But that’s

the average hourly wage. For minimum wage earners, that’s going up too — by 9%, or the rate of in ation for the rst half of the year, which is what the state uses to calculate the annual cost of living change.

In Colorado, minimum wage is moving to $13.65 an hour on Jan. 1 from $12.56. In Denver, it jumps to $17.29 an hour from $15.87.

For comparison, here is how Colorado’s average hourly earnings have grown by month, according to

data from the state Department of Labor: Tipped workers are getting an 11% increase to $14.27 an hour in Denver.

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

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most of the time dedicated to her studies — writing and working on her dissertation, she said.

“I do want to nd some time to make potstickers with my boyfriend and friends from the CSU anthropology department, if I have time,” Zhou added.

Lunar New Year celebrated in many places

China is a large, diverse country with varying cultural traditions. e majority of the population celebrates Lunar New Year and it is traditionally associated with the reunion of families, homemade food and time o work. Many people hold parties with food and dancing, and towns usually set o reworks. In many areas of China, people receive seven days o of work, as preparations for the holiday start well in advance.

Lunar New Year is also celebrated outside of China in other East Asian countries such as Taiwan and Korea; in India in South Asia; in Singapore, Vietnam and Malaysia in Southeast Asia; and in parts of the Middle East and North America.

e 2023 Chinese Lunar New Year marks the year of the rabbit. Each year’s animal classi cation is a part of the Chinese zodiac and is based on the lunar calendar. e Chinese zodiac repeats on a 12-year cycle. For 2023, the rabbit symbolizes compassion, creativity, con ict avoidance, friendship and family

bonding. Many Chinese people use the zodiac symbolism to help de ne the coming year.

Parties for the incoming year of the rabbit and Lunar New Year celebration will be held across the world, including one in Denver hosted by the Nathan Yip Foundation.

e Nathan Yip Chinese New Year Celebration is Denver’s largest and, according to the foundation, the most authentic Lunar New Year Party. It will take place on Feb. 4.

“ e event is going to be amazing,” said Nathan Yip Foundation Executive Director Jill Shenkel Henwood.

is year’s event will have a Chino-Latino theme, and the Colorado Mambo Orchestra will provide musical entertainment.

“We have a large Hispanic population, so it’s tting to re ect the diversity of the city and the rest of the state,” Henwood said. “We really want to celebrate the mixing of cultures with this event.”

In addition to the musical entertainment, the event will include a silent and live auction, a cocktail hour, lion dancers, a main presentation, family style dining and a post-dinner night market.

e dinner will include a traditional Chinese “prosperity” salad toss called yusheng. e tradition involves the mixing of traditional Chinese ingredients — all of which symbolize positive things such as money, luck, long life and prosperity in business. Ingredients are added to the salad one at a time and are accompanied by recited greetings of good luck.

e Nathan Yip Foundation has a rich history of improving education quality and access in remote areas of China. Now, they’ve turned their attention to Colorado, supporting teachers and students in rural school districts.

e Lunar New Year Celebration is the foundation’s biggest fundraising event of the year, and proceeds from the event will help support its

The Nathan Yip Chinese New Year Celebration takes place from 5-10:30 p.m. Feb. 4 at the Grand Hyatt Denver. Tickets cost $295 general and $195 for young professionals. Proceeds benefit the Nathan Yip Foundation. To learn more, visit nathanyipfoundation.org.

There are many other family friendly Lunar New Year events taking place throughout the Denver area. Here are a couple suggestions: 19th annual Colorado Chinese New Year Celebration

Where: George Washington High School, 655 S. Monaco Parkway, Denver. When: 10:30-3:30 p.m. Jan 21 For: Everyone

mission.

“After spending years working to help schools in rural China, the Nathan Yip Foundation Board decided to look at the struggles in our own backyard and those of students in rural Colorado,” said Henwood.

“We’re working to address the equity and opportunity gap that exists between education in the city compared to rural Colorado schools.”

Cost: $25 (40% discount code: DCS40) tinyurl.com/FECLNY

Far East Center Lunar New Year 2023

Where: Far East Center, 333 S. Federal Blvd., Denver.

When: Multiple weekends beginning Jan. 14.

For: Everyone

Cost: Free entry with shopping and dining available tinyurl.com/yck23h7n

The Denver Public Library is o ering a variety of free and family-friendly Lunar New Year events. Visit the library’s website to find out about Lunar New Year events at your local branch: denverlibrary.org/events/upcoming.

Katya Zhou, now a doctoral student at Colorado State University, has fond memories of celebrating the Lunar New Year growing up in Beijing, China. PHOTOS COURTESY OF KATYA ZHOU

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By now most of us have heard what happened to the Bu alo Bills safety, Damar Hamlin, during a Monday Night Football game on Jan. 2. Hamlin su ered cardiac arrest after making a tackle against a Cincinnati Bengals player, collapsing on the eld after the tackle. In the days following his cardiac arrest Damar Hamlin was listed in critical condition.

Kudos to the league and the people responsible for suspending the game. I am a huge fan of football, but a bigger fan of life and respecting life. And a huge applause to the players and coaches from both teams who joined together in an on- eld prayer. As there is an everincreasing scrutiny and e ort to cancel prayer or public displays of prayer, it was obviously more important to those on the eld who witnessed what happened rsthand to come together in prayer for Damar Hamlin.

Over recent years, coaches, players, and teams from youth leagues to high school and from college to the pros have been taken to task for praying in public — some even losing their jobs and being

Saying it and praying it

forced to bring lawsuits to try and keep their position. So, making what we witnessed happen during that Monday night game relative to the prayer was both promising and truly inspiring.

en there was the next unbelievable moment, an amazing event took place on ESPN as Dan Orlovsky took the time to pray out loud for Damar Hamlin. I lled up with tears as I watched his prayer, listening to the intensity, compassion and sincerity with which he prayed. Hats o to ESPN for not shutting this down, and a tremendous shout out to you Dan Orlovsky for your courage, bravery and conviction to your faith.

Being a part of several prayer groups myself, prayers for Damar Hamlin were surfacing each day for his recovery, for strength in recovery, for complete healing, for his family and for his teammates.

Nothing less was expected, because that’s what we do for each other in our prayer groups, we pray with each other and for each other and for all those that may need prayer. We pray with people and for people from all over the world and from every walk of life.

We all know what happens sometimes. Someone we know will share a story about something or someone in their life where there is a problem, a challenge, an injury, or an illness. And with the best of intention we say, “I’ll be praying for you,” or “I’ll say a prayer for them.” And then we go about our day, and we never actually stop for minute and say the prayer. Did we mean it when we said we would pray? Or did it just feel like the right thing to say in the moment?

A few years ago, in a co ee shop in Denver, I was approached by a man who recognized me from this column. He told me he appreciated the motivational columns but was turned o when I would mention my faith or anything to do with prayer. We talked for a few more minutes and I shared my faith

journey with him, but he still said that he was not a believer. en he said that even though he didn’t believe in God or prayer, his family really needed some prayer and could I please pray for them. e irony was real, and I prayed for his family.

at is why what the players did on the eld matters. It’s why what ESPN and Dan Orlovsky did matters. e power of prayer is an incredible gift we have been given. So, if we say we are going to pray for someone, we need to pause and pray, we never know the impact we may have. I would love to hear your thoughts on prayer at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can come together in prayer for those who need a little bit of prayer or a lot of prayer, it really will be a better than good life.

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‘An honor to represent the people of Denver’

2022 was a busy year for me at the Denver City Council. I served on multiple committees, including the Business, Arts, Workforce & Aviation Committee; Finance & Governance; and Budget & Policy. I also serve on the Opioid Abatement Council and the Crime Prevention and Control Commission.

Denver City Council tackled gun violence early in the year with passage of an ordinance banning “ghost guns.” ere are privately made rearms with no serial number or markings. We also banned concealed-carry weapons in our city parks and leased buildings.

Several measures were adopted throughout the year to address housing a ordability and to provide shelter and services to our unhoused population. e city funded numerous projects that will provide housing for people at a variety of income levels. We also adopted the Expanding Housing A ordability (EHA) ordinance requiring developers of rental properties

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to include a ordable units in their developments.

To increase safety in the community, I supported expanding the pilot Support Team Assisted Response (STAR) program to a citywide program. e goal is to help people in crisis related to mental health and homelessness by providing appropriate intervention and connecting them with resources such as water, food, clothing and basic living support. In turn, this frees up police and emergency medical providers to respond to 9-1-1 calls where their expertise is needed. 9-1-1 can now dispatch a team that includes behavioral health clinicians and emergency medical technicians to appropriate calls

instead of police o cers. Shifting to a non-criminal justice system response resulted in no arrests, no injuries and no need for police response while serving 1,396 people during the rst year of the program.

Looking forward, there is still much work to be done.

is is my last term as city council at-large due to term limits. I have two major policy goals to accomplish before leaving o ce. Councilwoman Robin Kniech and I are currently working on a construction careers ordinance that establishes hiring and apprenticeship goals on city construction projects. is will provide Denver residents with a career path to good paying jobs.

I will also work for passage of an ordinance I introduced this year on railroad safety. e ordinance provides Community Planning and Development and other agencies the authority to mitigate risks from operations on railways. e goal is to require

developers to consider safety issues for residents and properties as development and redevelopment occurs near freight corridors.

Signi cant progress has been made in addressing potential impacts caused by the transport of hazardous material across the freight corridors in our city. is year I contributed funding for a study and risk analysis of these corridors. e report will be presented in January. e ndings and the recommendations will be incorporated into the ordinance.

Overall, I am proud of our 2022 achievements and all we have accomplished as a city during my time serving as a councilmember at-large and as the District 9 councilperson.

It truly has been an honor to represent the people of Denver.

Deborah “Debbie” Ortega is an atlarge member of Denver City Council. She can be reached at ortegaatlarge@ denvergov.org or 720-337-7713.

After years of profits, Colorado hospitals face downturn

BY JOHN INGOLD THE COLORADO SUN

After years of churning out pro ts, many Colorado hospitals are now

facing a downturn, according to recently led nancial disclosures.

UCHealth, for instance, reported a $157.5 million loss in the quarter ending Sept. 30, 2022. e loss was

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scal year. But the system spent more than $100 million more on wages than it did the previous year and $45 million more on supplies, signs of how in ation is impacting the hospital industry.

e trends are similar at other hospital systems in Colorado.

Vail Health reported a $47 million loss through July 31, compared with a $60 million gain for the same period of 2021. Operating revenue was at, while supply costs increased by $10 million and the wage bill rose by $7 million.

Children’s Hospital Colorado reported an $82 million loss for the rst nine months of 2022, driven by a $180 million investment loss. Pro t from its operations — i.e., patient care — was $70 million, up nearly $13 million from a year prior.

Denver Health is seeing higher supply, labor and pharmaceutical costs compared with what it had budgeted for. It is also seeing fewer patients than expected who are covered by private insurance — a more lucrative revenue source for a hospital that often treats people covered by government programs. Denver Health also reported providing higher-thanexpected levels of charity care, for which it does not get paid.

rough September 2022, Denver Health had seen a nearly $40 million loss on operating revenue for the year. It had about three months cash on hand, roughly one month less than it did at the same time in 2021.

Tom Rennell, the Colorado Hospital Association’s senior vice president for nancial policy and data analytics, has said hospitals are facing a “double whammy” of higher expenses and at revenues, and they are also being hammered in the stock market.

“I expect negative margins this year for many, many, many hospitals, potentially the entire industry,” Rennell said in late 2022.

Placing the downturn in context Allan Baumgarten, an independent health care analyst who has produced reports for years on the Colorado hospital market, cautioned that the current downturn should be placed in context.

In Baumgarten’s most recent report on Colorado hospitals, looking at nancial performance in 2020, he found that Denver-area hospitals posted nearly $1.4 billion in pro ts for the year. And that was a slightly down year. In 2018, Baumgarten found that Denver-area hospitals saw a record $2.1 billion in pro ts.

“I think it’s necessary to look not just at the current year of results but to put into context how they have been doing for the last ve years,” he said. “Is this a temporary blip?”

Many hospitals have faced criti-

cism for the size of their investment portfolios and the growing amount of money they’ve made from them.

UCHealth, for instance, reported more than $1.2 billion in investment income for the 2021 scal year.

Baumgarten said those prior investment gains should give many hospitals the ability to absorb higher costs now.

“I would think that a lot of them would have a lot of money in the bank that if necessary they can fall back on,” he said.

Operating with a reduced cushion Hospital systems such as UCHealth, though, argue that they’ve already tapped some of that reserve — to help cover the unexpected expenses brought on by the pandemic.

“We used some of that money during the pandemic when we had to spend tens of millions of dollars on lab testing equipment and PPE and other things that were not planned for,” said Dan Weaver, a spokesman for UCHealth.

So, to hospitals, the current investment losses are particularly ill-timed because it means they can’t use investment revenue to cover their higher expenses. Rennell said the rising costs of doing business for hospitals will likely lead eventually to higher prices for services and, ultimately, higher health insurance prices.

“ e hospitals are having a hard time o setting these costs,” he said. “I will just say that it is a big challenge.” e entrance to the University of Colorado Hospital on the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora. e hospital is the agship of the UCHealth system. (John Ingold, e Colorado Sun)

UCHealth provides an example of how runaway costs are gobbling up hospital budgets. e system has 13 hospitals in Colorado, as well as four a liated hospitals in Wyoming and western Nebraska. It employs roughly 28,500 people.

Weaver said the health system budgeted for salary increases for sta

last scal year. But the tight labor market for health care workers ended up pushing sta compensation even higher — $214 million more than was budgeted.

Weaver said UCHealth has increased sta compensation by 21.4% over the past four years.

“UCHealth is fortunate to have stable nances, but our margin has also decreased signi cantly over the past two years,” Weaver wrote in an email.

e most worrisome nancial situation in Colorado is in Leadville, where community-owned St. Vincent Health recently came within 24 hours of not being able to make payroll, according to a report by Colorado Public Radio. Lake County Commissioners approved a nearly half-million-dollar bailout for the hospital, according to the Leadville Herald Democrat.

e Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, which administers Medicaid in the state, agreed to advance the hospital money, agency spokesman Marc Williams said.

“ e nancial loss in 2022 will delay some investment.”

At Denver Health, the rough nancial waters have caused the health system to pull back on some longterm projects.

“Denver Health remains committed to the critical expenditures that ensure quality care,” spokeswoman April Valdez Villa wrote in an email to e Sun. “However, the nancial loss in 2022 will delay some investment needed for long-term growth while we prioritize the present needs of our patients and sta .”

One example of that postponed investment is the system’s Sam Sandos Westside Family Health Center, a community clinic in Denver’s Sun Valley neighborhood that serves a disproportionately low-income population. Denver Health had been planning to replace the existing, aging facility. With the downturn, though, Valdez Villa said the health

system has put those plans on hold and will make due with the current facility for at least a little longer.

“ at’s one of the biggest pieces, and of course, we’ll continue to reprioritize as safety nets always do to make sure quality patient care is upheld no matter the challenges we face,” she wrote.

Echoing national trends

Overall, the struggle of hospitals in Colorado echoes what is happening nationally.

A recent report by the consulting rm Kaufman Hall estimated that hospitals’ operating margins are expected even in the most optimistic scenario to be down 37% for 2022 compared to pre-pandemic levels — making 2022 the worst year nancially for hospitals since the start of the pandemic. A more pessimistic projection for 2022 put margins as much as 133% below pre-pandemic levels. Nationally, overall hospital expenses for 2022, including for labor and supplies, are expected to be $135 billion more than for 2021.

“ ese realities translate into access to services being put in jeopardy,” Rick Pollack, the president and CEO of the American Hospital Association, said in a statement. “ is deserves the immediate attention of policymakers at every level of government.”

But the nancial results are more mixed when looking at multistate health systems that operate hospitals in Colorado.

CommonSpirit Health, the Chicago-based nonpro t system that co-owns the Centura Health system, reported an operating loss of $227 million for the rst quarter of its 2023 scal year (which began in July). Centura operates 19 hospitals in Colorado and western Kansas, including St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood and Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs.

But Utah-based Intermountain Health, which last year merged with SCL Health, reported pro ts of more than $2 billion through the rst nine months of 2022, despite su ering big investment losses. Intermountain owns 33 hospitals across the Western U.S., including St. Joseph Hospital in Denver.

e for-pro t HCA Healthcare, which owns HealthONE hospitals in Colorado, reported more than $3.5 billion in net income through the rst nine months of 2022. HCA is the largest for-pro t hospital system in the country, with seven acute-care hospitals in Colorado including Presbyterian-St Luke’s Medical Center in Denver.

Arizona-based Banner Health reported more than $800 million in losses through the rst nine months of 2022, made up mostly of investment losses but including $113 million in operating losses. Banner operates ve hospitals in Colorado,

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When two friends joined forces to donate socks to homeless shelters in January 2012, they had no idea it would lead them on a path to creating a nonpro t that has collected nearly one million pairs of socks for people in need throughout the U.S.

e Sock It To ‘Em Sock Campaign, co-founded by Sue Lee and Phillis Shimamoto, collects and distributes new pairs of socks for people experiencing homelessness and those in need, such as low-income families, Marshall Fire victims and migrants who arrived in Denver in late 2022.

Although it was more than a decade ago, Lee remembers nearly every detail of how the nonpro t originated. She was in the soup aisle at King Soopers, shopping for anksgiving dinner on a Tuesday night in 2011.

“As I was literally grabbing a can of cream of mushroom soup, written in my head were yellow block letters with a red outline, and it went like a marquee and went across my head, inside my head, and it said, ‘Sock It To ‘Em Sock Campaign, socks for the homeless.’ And it kept rotating,” Lee said. It made her stop in her tracks.

“Literally, it was written — so it wasn’t like a thought I had conjured up,” she said. “If the message were from God, I looked up and down the aisle to make sure nobody was around, and I said, ‘Seriously? You think I have nothing else to do?’”

e message kept repeating as she nished shopping. She walked to her car and, out loud, said, “OK, I’ll do it.”

“I got in the car and I called Phillis. And I said, ‘Phillis, you won’t believe what just happened. I might have gotten a divine message, I don’t know,’” Lee said.

Lee suggested they ask their friends to gather new pairs of socks through the end of December, and then take them to some homeless shelters in January.

“I was like, ‘Well, let’s do it,’” Shimamoto said.

During the rst week in January 2012, in 7-degree weather, Lee and Shimamoto took 575 pairs of socks to three locations.

“And at every location, they were saying, this is the number one clothing need,” Lee said.

Shimamoto said after they found out socks were “the most requested item and the least donated,” they decided to continue collecting socks.

“We said, well, let’s do what we can. Let’s try to make it as big as we can,”

Shimamoto said. “And who knew that after all this time, we would be on our way to a million socks.”

The value of socks

Educating people about the value of socks, especially to people experiencing homelessness, is part of the nonpro t’s work, Lee said.

ere are an estimated 10,857 people experiencing homelessness on a given night in Colorado, according to the National Alliance to End Homelessness.

e research article, “Foot Conditions among Homeless Persons: A Systematic Review,” cited a study that found people experiencing homelessness walked a median of ve miles each day.

In another study, it was reported “that only 61% of homeless participants changed to a clean pair of socks daily.”

With walking being their primary mode of transportation, many people experiencing homelessness go through their socks fairly quickly, Lee explained.

“A pair of socks on a homeless person might last two to three days,” she said. “It’s really important to be — have those constant socks out there at shelter services and agencies for them.”

Lee said people sometimes only picture men as experiencing homelessness. However, a November 2014 report by the American Institutes for Research stated approximately 2.5 million children are homeless each year in the U.S.

“We had to educate people that … we need socks for men, women and children,” she said.

Something else Lee informs people of is the danger of foot ailments for people experiencing homelessness.

“One of the main reasons a person who’s homeless goes into the emergency room is a foot ailment, and they can die from that,” Lee said. “One way to stop that from happening is for them to have clean, dry socks to wear on a regular basis.”

“Every time someone gives socks, they should realize this might save a person’s life,” she said.

Eric Hill, an emergency medicine physician and the EMS medical director for the Medical Center of Aurora, said cold weather injuries and foot problems are high on the list of reasons people experiencing homelessness go to the emergency room.

“Especially around the wintertime, when you get really cold spikes, we tend to see more of it, especially in the days afterwards when they already have the frostbite,” Hill said. “ ey’re at a much higher risk just given their exposure levels and lack of appropriate clothing for that kind of environment.”

He noted people experiencing homelessness come to the emergency room for other, variable reasons, such as issues related to mental health and substance abuse.

“ ey may come in with (an) alcohol-related issue or drug-related issue, but when you’re actually evaluating them, you see that they actually have signi cant feet problems with that,” he said.

e toes are very susceptible to frostbite, he explained, saying having regular access to dry, clean socks is a big part of preventing foot ailments.

“Access to good footwear, waterproof, recurrent socks, is a great thing,” Hill said.

Becoming a nonprofit

After continuing their work of collecting socks in 2013, by 2014, Lee and Shimamoto realized they needed to o cially establish themselves as a nonpro t, which they did in 2015.

In the beginning, Lee and Shimamoto were counting, sorting, bagging and storing the socks themselves.

Now, members of the National Charity League do almost all of the counting, sorting and bagging for them, Lee said, and then the socks are stored in a storage unit until they’re ready for pickup from an organization that needs them.

e nonpro t collects and distributes socks in a variety of ways, and it has had in uence in least 47 states in the country, Lee said.

One of the methods for collecting socks is through sock ambassadors, which Lee said is any person, business, place of worship, or organization that collects new socks for the nonpro t.

“And then they get them to us, we count, sort and bag them, and we get them out to shelters, services and agencies,” Lee said.

Over the years, the nonpro t has given socks to more than 200 shelter services and agencies, Lee said. ey also give socks to individual people who may be assembling “blessing bags” and want to include socks in them for people experiencing homelessness, she added.

Among the extensive list of sock recipients is Cardenas Ministries, a family operated nonpro t based in Henderson, in Adams County, that hosts a range of events and initiatives aimed at giving back to the community.

“We just enjoy doing stu in the community, whether it’s for kids who are underprivileged or whether it’s for the women’s shelters, homeless,” said Valerie Soto, one of the family members.

“We were buying socks and we never had enough socks to give out,” Soto

said.

During one of their events, roughly four years ago, they connected with someone who introduced them to Lee and the Sock It To ‘Em nonpro t.

“Sue has just been a big blessing. We’ve been able to help so many people because of Sock It To ‘Em,” Soto said.

She said they’ve received thousands of socks from the nonpro t, which are distributed through e orts such as their holiday events, gift bags they assemble for people experiencing homelessness, and their school supplies donations to southern Colorado communities.

Recently, Cardenas Ministries’ had about 1,000 pairs of socks from Sock It To ‘Em to hand out during its December “Spirit of Giving Parade of Toys” event, in which they gave out hats, gloves, socks and toys to families at di erent housing developments in Brighton and Commerce City.

“ ey’re angels on earth,” said Gloria Estrada, the mother of Soto, about Sock It To ‘Em. “ e need is there.”

Soto said she can speak from experience, as when she was growing up, both of her parents were in college and there were “ ve of us kids.”

“We didn’t have enough clothes. We were very, very poor at that time,” Soto said. “And we would have to share socks.”

When children come up at the events and pick the pair of socks they want, it creates a good feeling, Soto said.

“Sock It To ‘Em, I’m telling you, they are just so amazing,” Soto said.

Cathy Law — the project manager for the Volunteers of America Colorado AmeriCorps Seniors Retired Senior Volunteer Program in Denver, Douglas and western Arapahoe counties — also praised Sock It To ‘Em for its partnership with Volunteers of America.

“It’s an amazing partnership,” Law said, explaining they rst connected in 2016. “Sue and Phillis give me a bunch (of socks), and then I can distribute them in the community because we have partnerships with these other agencies.”

Law said she’s taken socks to many di erent places, such as to the Volunteers of America veterans’ service center and to food banks Volunteers of America works with.

“I really feel like it’s a heartbeat in the community, where they’re connecting people,” Law said about Sock It To ‘Em.

“ ey’re showing you that an act of kindness can go so far,” she added. “And that if you believe in something, you can make it happen.” e nonpro t’s impact is also

growing outside of Colorado, as Lee said the nonpro t gets submission forms from across the country of people wanting to do sock drives.

ere are also people called “sock sherpas” who o er to transport socks to areas outside of Colorado.

In some states, smaller networks of people working together to collect and donate socks are forming, Shimamoto said.

“ at’s always been our goal, is to be able to have pods of people in di erent states who can connect with one another and kind of build a small community,” Shimamoto said. “Hopefully, it just gets bigger and bigger.”

Support from Colorado cities, towns

Even before earning its o cial nonpro t status, Sock It To ‘Em began making a name for itself in Colorado cities and towns.

On the Friday before anksgiving in 2014, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock proclaimed the second Wednesday in December a “Sock It To ‘Em Work Day,” Lee said.

Following the proclamation, Lee emailed seven mayors the next Monday asking for their support as well.

e next night, she went shopping for anksgiving in the same King Soopers at the same time as she had in 2011.

“I’m in the soup aisle and literally, I’m grabbing a can of cream of mushroom soup, and my phone goes o in my pocket,” she said.

It was Catherine Marinelli, the executive director of the Metro Mayors Caucus, a voluntary, regional association of 38 mayors. She told Lee two mayors had forwarded the email Lee sent to the caucus.

“And she goes, ‘We love this idea,’” Lee said.

Marinelli invited members of Sock It To ‘Em to attend the caucus’ legislative holiday party, which was the same day as the proclaimed work day, and said the mayors would be bringing socks to donate.

“And that got some other mayors interested in us,” Lee said.

One of those mayors was Clint Folsom, who was the mayor of Superior from 2014 to 2022. e town began collecting and distributing socks to people experiencing homelessness, Lee said.

When the 2021 Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes in Boulder County, displacing residents, Shimamoto reached out to Folsom to donate socks.

In total, they donated about 16,000 pairs of socks, Lee said.

“It was really cool to be able to give back to them after all that they had given to the community all of those years,” Shimamoto said. “It really warmed our hearts to be able to see that come full circle.”

A lot of the 16,000 pairs that went to Superior came from other cities who held Sock It To ‘Em sock drives, Lee said.

“It was really emotional,” she said. e cities of Centennial, Greenwood Village and Englewood hosted sock drives again in late 2022, collecting new pairs of socks of all types and sizes through mid-January.

Schools have also joined in on the sock drives, such as High Five Preschool in Castle Rock, Bradford Primary School in Littleton, and

Timberline Elementary School in Centennial.

Some schools, on the other hand, are the recipients of socks through the nonpro t’s sock drawer program.

ese drawers are typically implemented in Title I schools, which are schools receiving federal resources due to having a lower-income student population.

“Many of those kids go to school and they don’t have socks, and so we decided to do sock drawers,” Lee said. “And so we get them into schools and then we try to replenish them as we can.”

Some volunteers in the Retired Senior Volunteer Program gave back to Sock It To ‘Em by putting together sock drawers, Law said.

Since the 2022-23 school year began, the nonpro t established approximately 22 sock drawers in schools across the Denver metro area, Lee said.

Law re ected on how many people are involved in the collection and distribution of socks to people in need.

“By the time that individual gets that pair of socks, it’s not just a pair of socks. It’s those hands of love that say we’re thinking of you — and sometimes that’s more important, is just people knowing that someone’s thinking of them,” Law said.

Looking ahead

Sock It To ‘Em plans to celebrate collecting one million pairs of socks on Feb. 16, re ecting on how the nonpro t has grown over the past decade and how it can continue to do so.

Expanding the sock drawer program, as well as the sock ambassador program, across the country are on the list of goals Lee has for the nonpro t’s future.

Another goal is raising funds.

“It would be signi cant to raise a quarter of a million dollars — that would allow us to really expand to the degree that we know we can,” Lee said, adding she would like to establish a facility for the nonpro t to operate in.

On top of its constant need for sock donations, the nonpro t also needs more volunteers, Lee said. Volunteer duties may include calling schools to see if they want a sock drawer, overseeing sock ambassadors, or transporting socks.

Lee encouraged those interested in learning more about the nonpro t and participating in it to ll out the submission form on their website: sockittoemsockcampaign.org.

Looking back at how the nonpro t has evolved over the years, Lee and Shimamoto encouraged people to pursue their ideas.

“If you have an idea, do it — and don’t be afraid that you won’t know how to do it, because there will be enough people in your sphere of in uence that will know how to help you,” Lee said, encouraging people to ask themselves: “what if, what else and why not” when they have an idea.

e two friends expressed gratitude for all the ways people have supported their vision and nonpro t.

“We wouldn’t be able to be able to do what we do if it wasn’t for them,” Lee said. “It’s thousands of people who have really participated in where we are today.”

“Everybody’s contribution has meant something to someone,” Shimamoto added. “And everybody who has contributed one pair of socks has contributed to this large amount that just keeps growing every year.”

Tammie Limoges, the chief development and operations o cer of the nonprofit, smiles alongside Sue Lee, showing o the sock drawers in the nonprofit’s storage.

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Sue Lee, left, and Phillis Shimamoto pose next to their Sock It To ‘Em sign in 2015.

Sue Lee, left, and Phillis Shimamoto are the co-founders of the nonprofit, Sock It To ‘Em Sock Campaign.

Sue Lee, left, and Phillis Shimamoto carrying socks in 2012.

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including North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley.

“It doesn’t mean we’re changing the focus.”

Kim Bimestefer, the executive director of the state Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, said she recognizes many hospitals are struggling.

Bimestefer and her agency have for years criticized hospitals for their nancial excesses. A report from the agency earlier this year found that Colorado hospitals overall in 2020 had the nation’s sixth-highest prices per patient and seventh-highest pro t per patient, as well as the nation’s sixth-highest total pro t. Costs per patient, a measure of e ciency that looks at hospitals’ underlying costs to provide care, was the 10th highest.

Based on those numbers, Bimestefer has argued that hospitals in Colorado need to slim down — more e cient operations, lower prices, tighter margins. e current downturn hasn’t changed her mind. She sees some of the issues, such as the investment losses, as being shortterm things.

“Just like your 401(k) or an investment portfolio that anyone has, including hospitals, that too shall turn around,” Bimestefer said.

Hospitals often complain that Bimestefer’s agency is at least partly to blame for their woes. Weaver, the UCHealth spokesman, said Medicaid reimbursement rates have increased 4.5% over the past four years, while in ation has gone up nearly four times as much.

“ is trend is unsustainable,” he wrote in an email.

But Bimestefer is undeterred and said her agency will continue to push hospitals to work with the state to provide higher-quality, moree cient and more-a ordable care to Colorado patients.

“ is has been a little bit of a hard chapter for them,” she said. “It’s an unusual chapter all around. It doesn’t mean we’re changing the direction, and it doesn’t mean we’re changing the focus.”

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

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Public Notice

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL)

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AV/SO AL DEMANDADO): RIVIERA BEVERAGES, LLC,

YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA. DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE):

ALL BETTER CBD, LLC; Nu Wave Enterprises, LLC; and Jerry Krecick, dba HSW WHOLESALE,

NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the Information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral servlce. lf you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the Callfornia Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifomia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta par escrito en esta carte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una liamada telefonica no Ia protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formate legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en Ia corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de Califomia (www.sucorte. ca.gov), en Ia bibioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas Cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuote de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corta que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso par incumplimiento y Ia corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomandable que LLame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede LLamar a un servicio de reision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con las requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de Califomia, (www.sucorta.ca.gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales, AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los gastos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es):

Orange County Superior Court 700 W Civic Center Dr. Santa Ana, CA 92701

CASE Number: 30-2021-01220598-CU-BC-CJC

Judge Nancy E Zeltzer

The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiffs attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Gary Kurtz, Law Office of Gary Kurtz, Inc., 30101 Agoura Ct, Ste 118, Agoura Hills, CA 91301 818-884-8400

DATE (Fecha) : 09/13/2021

DAVID H. YAMASAKI, Clerk of the Court Clerk by H. McMaster Hailey Mc Master, Deputy ADDITIONAL PARTIES ATTACHMENT Attachment to Summons

ECCE GLOBAL: ECCE, LLC; ICONIC MEDICAL GROUP, LLC; DANIELLE JOHNSON; GINA PSAREAS: and DOES 1 to 100, inclusive

Legal Notice No. 82010

First Publication: January 12, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

DENVER COUNTY DISTRICT COURT, COLORADO 1437 Bannock Street, Room 281 Denver, Colorado 80202

In re: Parental Responsibilities concerning: Kyra Music Kitts

Petitioner: Anthony Kitts and Respondent: Robyn Kitts, n/k/a Robyn Doehring

Counsel for Petitioner Cory M. Curtis #40549 David Volk, #52112 Curtis Law Firm, LLC 5353 W Dartmouth Ave., Suite 504 Denver, CO 8027 720-263-4600 dvolk@cmcurtislaw.com Case Number: 2022DR31147 Division: 303 Courtroom: 303

SUMMONS FOR REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN DECREE

To the Respondent named above:

This Summons serves as a notice to appear or respond in this case.

If you were served in the State of Colorado and if you wish to respond to the Petition, you must file your Response with the clerk of this Court within 21 days after this Summons is served on you.

If you were served outside of the State of Colorado and if you wish to respond to the Petition, you must file your Response with the clerk of this Court within 35 days after this Summons is served on you.

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

The Petition requests that the Court have jurisdiction over the subject matter and of the person in like manner as if the original suit or action had been commenced in Colorado.

Once the orders, judgments and decrees are entered by this Court, either party may use the jurisdiction of this Court to modify, enforce, or to request new orders.

If you fail to file a Response in this case, the above matter may be decided without further notice to you.

CURTIS LAW FIRM, LLC

Date: 11/28/2022

By: /s/ David Volk David Volk, #52112

Legal Notice No. 81994

First Publication: December 22, 2022

Last Publication: January 19, 2023

bate proceeding for Paula Victoria Rollins (DOB: 12/28/1937) and has nominated herself to act as personal representative of Ms. Rollins’ estate, will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued:

Date: January 26, 2023 Time: 8:00

Courtroom or Division: Probate Address: 1437 Bannock Street, Room 230, Denver, Colorado 80202

***** IMPORTANT NOTICE*****

Any interested person wishing to object to the requested action set forth in the attached motion/ petition and proposed order must file a written objection with the court on or before the hearing and must furnish a copy of the objection to the person requesting the court order. JDF 722 (Objection form) is available on the Colorado Judicial Branch website (www.courts.state.co.us). If no objection is filed, the court may take action on the motion/petition without further notice or hearing. If any objection is filed, the objecting party must, within 14 days after filing the objection, contact the court to set the objection for an appearance hearing. Failure to timely set the objection for an appearance hearing as required will result in further action as the court deems appropriate.

Legal Notice No. 82006

First Publication: December 29, 2022 Last Publication: January 12, 2023 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Jessie J. Torres, deceased Case Number: 2022PR031487

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before April 29, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Laura I. Sheeder

Personal Representative 2 Inverness Drive East, Suite 102 Englewood, Colorado 80112

Legal Notice No. 82005 First publication: December 29, 2022 Last publication: January 12, 2023 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Earl Leroy Buckingham, aka Earl L Buckingham, aka Earl Buckingham, aka E Leroy Buckingham, aka Earl Buckingham, aka Earl Leroy Buckingham, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR031582

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before 5/12/2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Shanti Brown, Personal Representative 3576 S Depew St #102, Denver CO 80235

Legal Notice No. 82016

First Publication: January 12, 2023 Last Publication: January 26, 2023 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Jeffrey Scott Roberts, a/k/a Jeffrey S. Roberts, and Jeffrey Roberts, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 31667

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative, or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado, on or before May 12, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

John Roberts, Personal Representative c/o Poskus, Caton & Klein, P.C. 303 East 17th Avenue, Suite 900 Denver, Colorado 80203

Legal Notice No. 82022

First Publication: January 12, 2023

Last Publication: January 26, 2023 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Donald Edgar Giseburt, aka Donald E. Giseburt, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR031702

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before 5/12/2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael Anderson, Personal Representative 711 S Public Rd Lafayette, CO 80026

Legal Notice No. 82019

First Publication: January 12, 2023

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of ALAN EARL MORAST, aka ALAN MORAST, Deceased Case Number: 22PR31663

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before May 5, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Pamela S. Lindsay Personal Representative c/o 6060 Greenwood Plaza Blvd #200 Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Legal Notice No. 82011

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: January 19, 2023 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Michael Lawrence Covillo, a/k/a Michael L. Covillo, a/k/a Michael Covillo, a/k/a Mike Covillo, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31562

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before May 12, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Brady McFarland & Lord LLC Attorney to the Personal Representative 6870 W. 52nd Ave, Suite 103 Arvada, CO 80003

Legal Notice No. 82023 First Publication: January 12, 2023 Last Publication: January 26, 2023 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Eileen M. Eller, aka Eileen Eller, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 31634

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before May 12, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Lisa Eller Davis, Personal Representative c/o Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C. 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1100 Denver, Colorado 80203

Legal Notice No. 82017 First Publication: January 12, 2023 Last Publication: January 26, 2023 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Anthony James DiManna, A/K/A Anthony J. DiManna, A/K/A Anthony DiManna, A/K/A Tony DiManna Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31617

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before May 12, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

David Charles Staves

Personal Representative 4904 Wagontrail Court Parker, CO 80134

Legal Notice No. 82020

First Publication: January 12, 2023 Last Publication: January 26, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

Probate Court, Denver County, Colorado 1437 Bannock St, Room 230 Denver, CO 80202

In the Matter of the Estate of:

Vera Mae Jenkins, a/k/a Vera M Jenkins, a/k/a Vera Jenkins, Deceased Tony C. Rossi #45051 Rossi Law, LLC 6215 Corporate Dr, Ste 101 Colorado Springs, CO 80919 Phone: (303) 859-4173 Email: Tony@RossiLawLLC.com Case Number: 2022PR031682

NOTICE OF NON-APPEARANCE HEARING BY PUBLICATION

A hearing on the PETITION FOR ADJUDICATION OF INTESTACY AND FORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued:

Date: February 13, 2023. Time: 8:00 a.m. Address: 1437 Bannock St, Room 230, Denver, CO 80202

Legal Notice No. 82009

First Publication: December 29, 2022

Last Publication: January 12, 2022

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

Probate Court, Denver County, Colorado 1437 Bannock St, Room 230 Denver, CO 80202

In the Matter of the Estate of: Joanna Ward a/k/a Jo Anna Ward, Deceased

Tony C. Rossi #45051

Rossi Law, LLC 6215 Corporate Dr, Ste 101 Colorado Springs, CO 80919 Phone: (303) 859-4173

Email: Tony@RossiLawLLC.com Case Number: 2022PR031681

NOTICE OF NON-APPEARANCE HEARING BY PUBLICATION

A hearing on the PETITION FOR ADJUDICATION OF INTESTACY AND FORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued:

Date: February 13, 2023 Time: 8:00 a.m.

Address: 1437 Bannock St, Room 230, Denver, CO 80202

Legal Notice No. 82008

First Publication: December 29, 2022 Last Publication: January 12, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of MEGAN LEE KINSMAN, A/K/A MEGAN L. KINSMAN, AND MEGAN KINSMAN, Deceased Case Number: 22 PR 31535

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the PROBATE COURT OF CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, COLORADO, on or before May 5, 2023 or the claims may be forever barred.

Jon Christopher Kinsman, a/k/a Chris Kinsman Personal Representative 1550 17th Street, Suite 500 Denver, CO 80202

Legal Notice No. 82012 First Publication: January 5, 2023 Last Publication: January 19, 2023 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

Probate Court, Denver County, Colorado Court Address: 1437 Bannock St, Room 230 Denver, CO 80202

In the Matter of the Estate of: Carmen O Freyta, a/k/a Carmen Freyta, Deceased Tony C. Rossi #45051 Rossi Law, LLC

6215 Corporate Dr, Ste 101 Colorado Springs, CO 80919 Phone: (303) 859-4173 Email: Tony@RossiLawLLC.com Case Number: 2022PR031683

NOTICE OF NON-APPEARANCE HEARING BY PUBLICATION

A hearing on the PETITION FOR ADJUDICATION OF INTESTACY AND FORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued:

Date: February 13, 2023.

Time: 8:00 a.m.

Address: 1437 Bannock St, Room 230, Denver, CO 80202

Legal Notice No. 82007

First Publication: December 29, 2022 Last Publication: January 12, 2022

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch ### Public

Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of JAMES E. SIMMONS, aka JAMES EDWARD SIMMONS, aka JAMES SIMMONS, Deceased Case No. 2022PR31630

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before May 19, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Melissa Baer, Personal Representative 9555 W. Wagon Trail Dr. Littleton, CO 80123

Legal Notice No. 82025

Representative for: Jerie Rollins is seeking to open a formal intestate pro-

Last Publication: January 26, 2023 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

First Publication: January 12, 2023 Last Publication: January 26, 2023 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch