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Gun buyers would have to wait 3 days to access weapons Waiting

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER AND JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

A Highlands Ranch mother purchased a 9mm Glock handgun, picked up her 5-year-old son from kindergarten and killed him, his 3-year-old brother and herself in the loading dock of a shuttered Sports Authority store.

e tragedy unfolded over the span of just a few hours on a day in November 2016.

Colorado lawmakers want to prevent a similar series of events from happening with such haste and ease ever again, and so this week Democrats will introduce a bill that would enact a three-day waiting period between when someone purchases a gun and when they can access the weapon, mirroring policies that have been adopted in other states.

“It’s giving people the opportunity to take a breath,” said Sen. Tom Sullivan, a Centennial Democrat whose son, Alex, was murdered in the 2012 Aurora theater shooting and who will be a lead sponsor of the legislation. “We know that when people decide to kill themselves with a rearm, sometimes they spend less than 20 minutes making that decision.

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Bringing Music to Life returns for 13th year

Instrument drive benefits local schools

BY CLARKE READER SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Anyone who has seen a child fall in love with music knows the lasting impact the art can have on a life. But if children never have access to those instruments, all the love of music in the world won’t do any good.

For the last 13 years, Steve Blatt, executive director of the Bringing Music to Life Instrument Drive, has been working to ensure that students all over the state have instruments to play. And his passion for the cause is just as strong as ever.

“In some ways, we’re just trying to do a better job of what we’ve always

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done — reach more schools and get more instruments out,” he said. “ is is the kind of thing that takes the help of a lot of people to make happen and we’ve always had very generous partners all over the state.”

And while this year’s drive will be Blatt’s last year as the nonpro t’s executive director, he’s remaining on the board. e newly appointed assistant executive director, Christine Andresen, will be taking over and can match Blatt’s dedication to providing the lifelong gift of music.

“ ere are so many children struggling and people may not know what to do or how to help,” Blatt said. “What’s great about this is it’s a concrete way to have a positive impact on a child’s life.”

Since the drives began, more than 7,500 instruments have been awarded and the organization estimates that more than 18,000 students have

bene ted from the years of donations.

e 2023 Bringing Music to Life Instrument Drive is running from March 6 through March 19. Participants who have gently-used band and orchestra instruments they no longer play can be taken to any one of 16 donation locations across the state.

All types of band and orchestra instruments are welcome, but tubas, baritones, tenor saxophones, string basses, cellos and violas are all especially needed.

e organization understands that donating what was once an important part of a life can be di cult.

“It can take a bit of time for people to get ready to give up an instrument,” Blatt said. “You remember all the pieces played and the concerts

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one’s plan can save a life, Sullivan said. “Although rearms are used less than 10% of the time in suicides, they have a success ratio of over 90%,” he said.

e waiting-period bill, expected to be formally unveiled this week in the House, is part of a package of gun control measures Democrats are planning to introduce at the Capitol this year. Other legislation will seek to raise the age to purchase ri es and shotguns to 21 to match the policy for handguns, regulate homemade rearms that lack serial numbers — also known as “ghost guns” — and make it easier to sue gun manufacturers and sellers. Additionally, there will be a measure introduced that would expand who can petition a judge to order the temporary seizure of someone’s guns under the state’s so-called red ag law.

Several Democrats are also mulling whether to introduce a bill banning the sale and transfer of so-called assault weapons, which draft legislation de nes as semiautomatic ri es and pistols with certain features. “If we do get the language right, you’ll see it. If we’re not able to get the language and the content right, you won’t see it,” Sen. Rhonda Fields, an Aurora Democrat and one of the lead sponsors of the prospective legislation, said at an event earlier this month.

Democrat and another lead sponsor of the waiting-period bill, said Democrats will continue pursuing gun regulations “until we don’t need to do it anymore.”

“ ere are about 10, 12 things you can do to reduce gun violence, and we’ve done a couple of them. We’re gonna do a couple more,” said Froelich, who is part of a new gun violence prevention caucus at the legislature. “We’re going to go about it in a kind of methodical way. e ultimate goal is to recognize that this is a public health crisis and to just, at the end of the day, save lives.”

Proponents of waiting periods, also known as “cooling-o periods,” say they can prevent impulsive homicides and suicides. Nine states

and the District of Columbia already have waiting periods for gun purchases, according to Gi ords, a group that pushes for tougher rearm regulations, though the policies di er from state to state.

Hawaii has the longest waiting period, at 14 days, followed by California and Washington, D.C., at 10 days.

In Rhode Island, people must wait seven days after purchasing a rearm to gain access to it. Florida requires three days between when someone purchases a gun and can access it. In Illinois, gun purchasers wait 72 hours.

Minnesota has a seven-day waiting period for handguns and so-called assault weapons, while Washington had a 10-day waiting period for semi-automatic ri es. Maryland and New Jersey each require a seven-day waiting period for handgun purchases.

e forthcoming Colorado bill would apply to all rearms. If a background check takes longer than the three-day waiting period, purchasers would have to continue waiting to access their weapon until the check is complete.

e prospective measure is slated to o er an exception for domestic violence victims with a restraining order against their abuser who can prove that the order is in e ect. ose victims would still, however, have to pass a background check. ( e carve-out for domestic violence victims may be added as an amendment after the bill is introduced.)

Antique and relic rearms would be exempt from the waiting period.

Gun sellers who violate the policy would be subject to a $500 ne that could increase to between $500 and $5,000 for a second and subsequent o ense. e penalty would be civil, not criminal.

e bill’s lead sponsors say they settled on three days after looking at other states’ policies and taking into consideration that if they aren’t instant, as designed, most background checks in Colorado are completed within two to ve days.

e waiting period would begin when a seller initiates a background check.

e bill’s sponsors say they have the backing of Gov. Jared Polis and Democratic leadership in the legislature. “We feel we have the support across the board of the executive branch and leadership in both chambers,” Froelich said.

Conor Cahill, a spokesman for Polis, didn’t directly respond to a question about how the governor feels about the concept of waiting periods.

“ e governor is committed to making Colorado one of the top 10 safest states and appreciates commonsense e orts to help accomplish this goal, including support for law enforcement, tougher penalties on auto theft and improving gun safety,” Cahill said.

Sullivan considered bringing a waiting-period bill in 2021, but Democrats opted to focus that year on other gun control measures instead. “We would have loved to have seen it either of the past two sessions, but it just didn’t nd its way to daylight,” he said Tuesday evening.

Republicans are likely to oppose the measure, but they are in the minority in the Colorado House and Senate and have few options to try to stop the bill from passing. Gun rights groups will also ght the proposal.

Rep. Judy Amabile, D-Boulder, another lead sponsor of the bill, says she was inspired to work on the measure in part by her son’s unsuccessful attempt to kill himself with a gun.

Years ago, Amabile’s son was in crisis and attempted to purchase a gun, but his required background check was not immediately completed. Instead, Amabile and her husband were able to intervene.

“Had his background check come back instantly, he would have been sold the gun and, I believe, he would be dead,” she told e Sun. “But instead he continued to spiral and ended up in hospital and is still with us. And doing better.”

( e fourth lead sponsor of the waiting-period bill will be Sen. Chris Hansen, D-Denver.)

ere are several cases in Colorado in which someone purchased a gun and shortly thereafter harmed themselves or others.

e man who killed 10 people, including a police o cer, at a Boulder King Soopers in 2021 purchased the gun he used in the attack six days prior.

In 2019, Sol Pais, an 18-year-old Florida woman obsessed with the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, traveled to Colorado days before the 20th anniversary of the deadly attack, prompting schools across the state to close as a precaution. Pais drove straight to a gun store from the airport and purchased a shotgun and ammunition. She then killed herself near Mount Evans.

In the case of the Highlands Ranch mother, Jennifer Laber, her husband later revealed that she had battled depression for years. But he said he never thought she would harm their children.

“ ere was no sign that she intended to hurt herself or the boys at all,” he told Denver7.

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.

Rep. Meg Froelich, an Englewood

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Denver inflation falls to 6.4%, which is still high

Gas prices back to $4

BY TAMARA CHUANG THE COLORADO SUN

Price relief at home? Not quite yet, according to the latest Consumer Price Index for the Denver area. e one-year change in CPI, aka in ation, slowed its pace to 6.4% in January, which happened to be the same as the U.S. at’s lower than the 6.9% in November for Denver and 7.1% in the U.S. But that 6.4% means consumer prices are not only still growing, in ation is still at a 40-year high.

Nearly everything that contributes to the index was more expensive in January than it was a year earlier in Denver. Nonalcoholic beverages?

Up 16.7%. Breakfast cereal? Up 14%. Fruits and vegetables? Up 12.9%. Household energy? Up 13.4%.

Add in the in ation from the prior year and the double-digit increases likely match what consumers have been feeling for the past couple of years — or at least some consumers. While government relief helped many people and businesses get through the pandemic, the severe disruptions resulted in job losses, aggravated supply chain issues and changed consumer demand. e higher prices are being felt unequally, especially if someone is a homeowner or a renter, works remotely or in person, or hasn’t seen their paycheck increase at the

same rate.

“Earnings are going up about 5% roughly in the United States. But that means we’ve lost ground. We basically have had negative income for the last couple of years. And that’s hard,” said Stephan Weiler, an economics professor and co-director of the Regional Economic Development Institute at Colorado State University.

“I mean people get excited about a 3% raise or 5% raise. Unfortunately, it’s not even keeping up with in ation. And that doesn’t go away. ese prices stay higher. It’s fairly rare that prices come down.”

One item did drop in the past year: Used car prices, down 10.6% from a year earlier. But if you recall, a shortage of vehicles pushed used car prices up 43.4% by January 2022. e auto industry is still recovering. Here’s how in ation a ected di erent types of purchases for the past two years.

As a reminder, the Bureau of Labor Statistics doesn’t track in ation by state. It doesn’t have the resources, we’ve been told. e change in CPI is recorded nationwide and in nine Census divisions and certain metro areas, including Denver.

Rising the fastest since November was the cost of apparel and recreation, which were so much higher than other categories that the BLS pointed them out.

Apparel costs had ratcheted up by double-digit increases for several months in 2021 as people headed back to work at the o ce or just got dressed to go out in public. However, the 8.5% higher cost for apparel in January was actually slower than the rate a year ago.

As for why Coloradans are spending more on recreation, that’s likely seasonal, said Julie Percival, a BLS regional economist. ere are above-

normal levels of snow in the mountains and this is, afterall, Colorado “with a lot of people taking advantage of going out to recreation facilities at this point in time,” she said. Recreation costs increased 4.7% since November and 7.7% in the past year. And then there are gas prices. e cost of gasoline is typically less in Colorado than in other states, thanks to lower fuel taxes. And until late 2022, the Front Range bene ted from an oil re nery in Denver’s backyard that produced 98,000 barrels of gasoline and petroleum products a day. Since Suncor’s re nery in Commerce City temporarily closed in December after a re damaged equipment, gas prices have shot up. Without the extra supply, Denver-area gas prices reached $4.08 this week, up nearly $1 a gallon since before Christmas, according to AAA Colorado. Nationwide, a gallon of regular averaged $3.42.

It’s still about housing costs

But higher gas prices have less impact on CPI than you’d think, Weiler said. at’s because it’s just a small part of the overall basket of goods that the BLS calculates the change in prices. Gas is about 3%, according to its o cial “weight.” ose higher egg prices? One-sixteenth of a percent. It’s the larger items, like rent or a mortgage, where small increases can make or break a consumer’s budget. Housing, for example, is one-third of a household’s monthly budget.

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you performed. It’s more than just a piece of wood or metal — it’s a meaningful instrument to them.”

Those who want to support the organization but don’t have an instrument can contribute by donating to the repair fund. All this money goes to the expensive process of repairing and refurbishing donated instruments so they’ll be ready to go for the students who will use them. Bringing Music to Life works with Rocky Mountain Music Repair, Luther Strings, Denver Percussion and Monkton Guitars for repairs.

The 2022 drive provided 684 donated instruments to 45 music programs across the state and there are stories connected with so many of the instruments - stories that can be seen on the cases the instruments are donated in. There are stickers from travels around the country and some people include notes for the new musician that the organization ensures to pass along.

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“Shelter is a big deal. It’s a full-third of what the index is composed of,” Weiler said. “It’s just in a nick of time that housing prices are beginning to mellow. Otherwise, with that 33% weight, shelter could have us ahead of the United States in ation rate pretty quickly.”

Home sales have slowed as interest rates added hundreds of dollars to a monthly mortgage payment.

at priced many renters out of the market and home prices in Colorado have attened, with the state’s median sales price unchanged from a year ago at $520,000. Median prices in the Denver metro were down 1.4% from a year-ago in January.

But Denver’s cost of housing still went up 10% in January overall.

at’s because CPI takes into account the new cost of homeownership and buying a house at interest rates that are double what they were a year ago. For existing homeowners, housing

“I am not a musician, but I have experienced the fun, pride in accomplishment and sense of belonging to a creative community which their notes describe,” Andresen said, quoted on the Bringing Music to Life website. “There is not a downside to participating in this.”

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

For donations: Visit bringingmusictolife.org. There is a map with all the statewide locations, with the Denver locations being:

• Kolacny Music, 1900 S. Broadway (Platt Park/Overland)

• Twist & Shout Records, 2508 E. Colfax Ave. (Congress Park/City Park)

• Luther Strings, 2018 S. Pontiac Way (Virginia Village)

The website also has information on how to donate to the repair fund. For Schools: Schools that have a majority of students receiving free or reduced cost lunches should apply for instruments through March 31 using the online application form. The organization will match qualifying schools with donated instruments.

costs probably didn’t budge much in the past year. Between the two groups, home owners saw a 9.2% increase in costs.

Meanwhile, renters paid even more, or approximately 12.7% compared to a year-ago January. at increase is roughly a third more than what homeowners experienced. In other words, if new homeowners are saddled with a mortgage that is $100 higher than what it would have been a year ago, renters are paying $133 more.

“Rent is pushing up faster than what they call the ‘owners’ equivalent of rent,’” Weiler said. “So, yes, people who don’t own are experiencing faster in ation than people who own homes. And that’s a pretty big di erence — a 33% greater cost basically.”

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.

Students play the donated instruments they received through a previous Bringing Music to Life Instrument Drive.

Front Range oil and gas emissions are the targets of legislation

Democrats push issue

BY SAM BRASCH COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

Colorado lawmakers are set to propose new legislation to better understand and regulate the oil and gas industry’s contribution to ozone pollution along the Front Range. e announcement came during a Feb. 21 event at the state Capitol arranged by the Colorado Public Interest Research Group and Colorado Mountain Mamas to call for new policies to address the persistent pollution problem. e groups timed the event to take place 100 days before the start of the next ozone season.

At the press conference, state Rep. Jennifer Bacon, a Democrat from Denver, said one potential solution is to give air regulators more oversight over new oil and gas drilling.

Together with fellow Democratic state Rep. Jenny Willford of Northglenn, she plans to introduce a bill in the coming weeks that would require the state to estimate the impact of every proposed drilling plan — and only approve projects that won’t exacerbate local air pollution problems.

“We have to be sure that before they operate, we understand what kind of impact they’re going to have on our air quality,” Bacon said. e upcoming proposal would be the latest attempt to tackle one of the region’s toughest air quality issues.

Ground-level ozone is a wellstudied lung irritant associated with heart attacks, childhood asthma and premature death. It blankets the Front Range each summer when two categories of pollutants — nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons — react in the atmosphere amid heat and sunlight.

While a majority of the pollution blows in from outside Colorado’s borders, state data suggests local emissions sources push concentra-

tions above permissible levels set by the federal government. e World Health Organization has recommended even lower health standards for ground-level ozone.

New data suggests oil and gas operations play the largest role of any local emissions source along the Front Range. Last year, Colorado air regulators revealed an error had led them to vastly underestimate the impact of drilling and hydraulic fracturing. eir revised modeling showed those two activities alone will likely add more critical ozonecausing pollutants than every car and truck along the Front Range.

Oil and gas groups dispute the new estimates, saying they’re based on a awed analysis of industry data.

What isn’t up for debate are ozone readings at local monitors. e results have drawn increased scrutiny

from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which reclassi ed the Front Range as a “severe” ozone violator last year. e American Lung Association also ranks Metro Denver as the seventh worst U.S. city for ground-level ozone pollution.

e upcoming legislation will likely meet erce resistance from the oil and gas industry.

A version of a similar bill never managed to reach the oor of the state House or Senate last year. e Denver Business Journal reported former Democratic state Rep. Tracey Bernett dropped her e orts after oil and gas representatives claimed the plan could devastate an industry already facing strict regulations.

Oil and gas representatives appear ready to sound the alarm again this year. Lynn Granger, the midwest and mountain west director of the American Petroleum Institute, said the bill sponsors had yet to share a draft of the legislation, but they oated key concepts at a meeting on Monday.

“As described, the bill would functionally end new permitting for natural gas and oil development in Colorado’s highest-producing basin by 2024,” Granger said. “ e proposal should be a non-starter for Coloradans who have spent the last year su ering from high energy prices at home and at the pump.”

ose warnings echo a bitter ght over oil and gas regulations in 2019. During the legislative session that year, Colorado Democrats proposed SB-181, which gave local governments far larger role in the permitting process and redirected state oil and gas regulators to protect health and safety.

Gov. Polis signed the bill despite the opposition campaign.

Under the current system, a

company planning to drill new wells must obtain a construction permit from the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.

e panel approved 4,663 new well permits between 2019 and 2022, which means the state has continued to greenlight drilling under the process reformed by SB-181.

A company works on a parallel track to obtain an air quality permit from the Colorado Air Pollution Control Division. Federal law requires those regulators to run computer models to determine the potential impact on local air quality.

Colorado has landed in hot water for failing to complete those modeling e orts in the past. In a report last year, the EPA con rmed claims from whistleblowers who said the division had issued permits without a proper evaluation.

Rep. Bacon said her legislation would clarify that the state must complete those estimates. In addition, it would consolidate the process to attain a drilling permit and an air quality permit. By forcing more coordination between regulators, she added, many companies could nd new “e ciencies.”

Bacon nevertheless said the state must also nd a way to account for smaller sources of air pollution, which combine to create “cumulative impacts” that put the health of Colorado residents at risk.

“We will have to put our foot down and say what is contributing to our poor air quality,” Bacon said. “It is our lack of accounting from what’s happening from these minor sources.”

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.

Cars drive down Littleton’s Main Street.

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Cities could allow “overdose prevention centers” under bill

Democrats push measure

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado cities could let “overdose prevention centers,” where people would be allowed to openly use illicit drugs under the supervision of health care workers or other trained sta , operate within their boundaries under a bill introduced in the state legislature by four Democrats.

House Bill 1202 is part of a yearslong debate around the centers, also sometimes called safe-use or supervised-injection sites. e centers would be designed to o er sterile drug-consumption paraphernalia and fentanyl test strips, as well as referrals to counseling.

e driving idea behind the measure is to provide a place where people could ingest drugs purchased illegally and be quickly revived if necessary with naloxone, a drug used to reverse opioid overdose.

e measure does not mandate that cities open the centers; it simply gives them the option to open them.

ere is no funding attached to the bill. Denver’s City Council in 2018 voted to allow a pilot safe-use site near the state Capitol, but without backing from the legislature the proposal zzled.

e lead sponsors of the bill are Reps. Elisabeth Epps of Denver and Jenny Willford of Northglenn, as well as Sens. Kevin Priola of Henderson

and Julie Gonzales of Denver.

“Preventable drug overdoses are a public health crisis that impact every Colorado community and are a matter of both local and state concern,” says the bill’s preamble, which is much longer than the policy itself.

“For far too long, Colorado has disproportionately favored a criminal justice approach to substance use disorders instead of prioritizing public health. … It is in the public interest and would serve Colorado’s goal of saving lives and preventing overdose deaths to a rm that overdose prevention centers are permissible under Colorado law.”

Epps, the top House sponsor of the measure, refuses to speak with e Colorado Sun. Priola is the No. 1 sponsor of the bill in the Senate.

“It will save lives,” Priola said of House Bill 1202. He said the measure will give municipalities a local-control option to decide for themselves whether they want to allow the centers.

In 2019, Priola worked on similar draft legislation with then-Sen. Brittany Pettersen, a Lakewood Democrat, but there was erce pushback from Republicans at the Capitol and the bill was never introduced.

Priola was a Republican in 2019. He switched his party a liation to Democrat last year. Pettersen is now a U.S. representative.

Gov. Jared Polis has expressed skepticism about safe-use sites and may veto the measure should it arrive on his desk. It’s unclear if there is even enough political support at

the Capitol to pass House Bill 1202.

e measure already has 26 cosponsors in the House and ve cosponsors in the Senate, all of them Democrats. However the list of cosponsors doesn’t include House Speaker Julie McCluskie, D-Dillon, nor Senate President Steve Fenberg, D-Boulder.

ere are 65 representatives in the House and 35 members of the Senate. Republicans, whose numbers are limited at the Capitol, are certain to ght the measure.

Priola said the large number of cosponsors and a better understanding about drug use means the measure is “highly likely” to pass. e bill was assigned to the House Public and Behavioral Health and Human Services Committee, but hasn’t been scheduled for its rst hearing.

ere are safe-use sites in New York City and e orts are underway to open similar centers in other parts of the U.S. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, vetoed a measure that would have allowed a trial run of safe-use sites in some of that state’s biggest cities.

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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Where to turn for help when temps drop

Cold winter continues

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Life-threatening temperatures rolled into the Denver metro area again in late February, prompting local authorities and community organizations to open their doors for people without homes.

Programs for overnight shelter during cold weather vary across the Denver area, and some have di erent criteria for when they open.

At least 263 unhoused individuals died in the Denver metro area from Nov. 1, 2021, to Oct. 31, 2022, according to a report by the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. Some died of “environmental exposure,” and many of the deaths occurred outdoors.

Here’s a look at the shelter programs in Denver and nearby counties. Many of these resources are ongoing.

For shelter elsewhere in Colorado, contact your local city or county human services department and ask about any available shelter and other resources in your area.

Je erson and west Arapahoe counties

Lakewood has opened its own emergency over ow shelter for the unhoused needing a warm place — a program the city says is new. Whitlock Recreation Center was to be open overnight two days, Feb. 22 and Feb. 23. It’s located at 1555 N. Dover St., just north of Colfax Avenue and several blocks west of Wadsworth Boulevard.

Also serving Je erson County — and the Englewood-Littleton area — is the Severe Weather Shelter Network, which requires registration. See swshelternetwork.com/get-help or contact 720-515-9313 or connect@ swshelternetwork.com.

e network operates Oct. 1-April 30 when it is 20 degrees or below and dry — or 32 degrees and below when rain or snowfall is predicted during overnight hours.

Giving Heart Englewood, a homeless-resource center, o ers a warm environment for people to wait for transportation to the overnight

shelter in life-threatening weather. It operates as a “warming site” on severe weather nights at 6 p.m.

Giving Heart also o ers computer use; clothing and hygiene items; help with getting IDs, driver licenses, and birth or death certi cates; and help with Medicaid health care. You can also use its address to receive mail, applications or bene ts.

For non-severe-weather services, Giving Heart is open 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesdays and ursdays.

It sits at 4358 S. Broadway, about eight blocks south of Hampden Avenue and just south of Quincy Avenue. Call 720-460-0953, see givingheartenglewood.com or email givingheartenglewood@gmail.com for more info.

Evergreen

In the Evergreen area of Je co, the EChO overnight emergency shelter operates from 6 p.m.-6 a.m. October to May. For more information and to register, call 303-670-1796.

Individuals needing shelter when EChO is closed should call the sheri non-emergency line at 303-277-0211 or call the shelter hotline at 720-5982653 and leave a message, according to Evergreen Christian Outreach’s website. A shelter representative will call you back, according to the site. See more info at tinyurl.com/Ever-

greenShelter.

Adams County

e Adams County Severe Weather Activation Program takes e ect when the temperature drops lower than 33 degrees with rain or snow — or 21 degrees and dry, according to the county’s website.

e program’s assessment process may include referral to shelter, a hotel or motel stay, or severe weather supplies.

When the program is active, people seeking services should visit Crossroads Community Center at 10451 N. Huron St. in Northglenn — at 104th Avenue a few blocks west of Interstate 25 — from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., or visit almosthomeonline.org/swap, contact SWAP@almosthomeonline.org or call 720-409-8988.

Douglas County

Hotel vouchers are provided to people experiencing homelessness in Douglas County through nonpro t partners throughout the year, according to county spokesperson Wendy Holmes.

For Douglas County women and children speci cally, the Winter Shelter Network of churches provides shelter after registration, every night during winter months regardless of weather conditions. See wintershelternetwork.org/get-assistance for more information.

Douglas County’s homelessness response team refers people to those partners for assistance. Call the county’s Homeless Engagement, Assistance and Resource Team, or HEART, at 303-660-7301 if you need assistance.

Aurora

e Aurora Day Resource Center is a 24/7 shelter during certain times of winter. “No one will be turned away,” the website says.

e center activates overnight shelter when it’s below 20 degrees, generally with some kind of precipitation, according to a worker who identi ed as a “care navigator.”

e location was o ering overnight shelter Feb. 23, the navigator conrmed.

e center sits at 13387 E. 19th Place, a few blocks north of Colfax and a couple blocks west of Interstate 225 — north of Children’s Hospital. Call 303-343-7808, text WARMUP to

313131 or see comitiscrisiscenter.org/ aurora-day-resource-center for more info.

An organization called Aurora Warms the Night also provides coldweather shelter for people experiencing homelessness, its website says. Contact 303-343-0537 or info@ awtnco.org, or see aurorawarmsthenight.org for more info.

e organization has “o ce hours” 6-9 p.m. Mondays and ursdays and 2-6 p.m. Sundays, according to its website. Its address is 9360 E. Colfax Ave., several blocks east of Yosemite Street, in Aurora.

Denver

e City of Denver opened Rude Recreation Center — at 2855 W. Holden Place, just east of Federal Boulevard and a bit south of Colfax — for overnight shelter Feb. 22 and Feb. 23.

People who need shelter can also visit what the city calls “front door” facilities, which o er walk-up access and can refer — and sometimes transport — people to other shelters. What the city calls “walk up only” centers do not refer people to other facilities.

For individual men, one front door location is Lawrence Street Community Center at Lawrence Street and Park Avenue West in the downtown area. It’s open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily, but the city suggests arriving before 6 p.m. for transportation to other locations. Call 303-294-0157 for more info.

For individual women, a front door location is Samaritan House at 2301 Lawrence St., near that same intersection, open from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. daily. e city suggests arriving between 4 and 4:30 p.m. for shelter or transportation to other locations. Call 303-294-0241 for more info.

For resources for others — youth ages 15-20, families with minor children, people experiencing domestic violence, or transgender individuals — see the city’s webpage for more info at tinyurl.com/DenverShelterList.

Denver had opened other emergency shelter earlier this winter, including the McNichols Civic Center Building at 144 W. Colfax Ave., near North Broadway, which operated as a “24/7 warming shelter” for a period in January.

On Feb. 22 and Feb. 23, all currently operating Denver recreation centers and Denver public libraries were to be available during regular operating hours for anyone who needed a place to stay warm during the day.

Other options

In the “seven-county” metro area — including around the Denver area but also the Boulder and Broomeld communities — dial 211 for a multilingual and con dential service that can connect you to shelter, food, rent assistance, child care and more resources in your area. Or text your ZIP code to 898-211 or scroll down to “live chat” at unitedwaydenver.org/ community-programs/2-1-1.

In general, if you’re in extreme cold and can’t nd shelter through the above resources, call 911. (Or, in Denver speci cally, the police nonemergency number is 720-913-2000.)

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Legislation targeting trans athletes defeated

Rep. Marshall applauds result

BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A number of trans and non-binary athletes rallied to defeat legislation that would have required athletes to participate in sports based on sex assigned at birth.

On Feb. 13, the State, Civic, Veterans and Military A airs Committee killed HB23-1098, or the Women’s Rights in Athletics bill, in an 8-3 vote. e bill would have required Colorado sports organizations to o er male, female and coeducational teams, restricting athletes to the team that matches their sex assigned at birth.

Speaking against the bill, Brayden Parsons, a Douglas County student, said he felt it would hurt athletes of all identities by introducing unnecessary obstacles.

“I’ve learned that a team is a place for everyone to come together, a place for people to push each other and a place where everybody makes themselves both a better athlete and a better person,” Parsons said. “I can tell you from experience that a team is not a place for barriers and it is not a place for hate. A team is not a place for discrimination, homophobia or transphobia.”

Sponsored by Douglas County Representatives Brandi Bradley and Lisa Frizell, the Women’s Rights in Ath-

letics bill claimed to protect female students’ rights in athletics.

Frizell and Bradley said the intent is to support Title IX and insisted the bill wasn’t discriminatory.

“ is is a bill about fairness and women being able to compete in sports on a level playing eld safely and successfully,” Frizell said. “I worry that in many sports the physical and physiological di erences of post-puberty trans women give them an unfair advantage over biologicallyborn women.”

Bradley said she brought the bill forward because of biological di er-

ences between sexes, asserting that “sex determines win-share.”

If approved, the bill would have prohibited a governmental entity from investigating or taking action on complaints of discrimination against trans or nonbinary athletes. It would also allow athletes to sue organizations that allow trans and nonbinary athletes to compete on gendered teams.

A handful of people spoke in support of the bill, including Riley Gaines, an NCAA swimmer who competed and tied against Lia omas, a trans athlete, in the 200-meter race last year.

“Although the NCAA claims it acted in the name of inclusion, its policies in fact excluded female athletes,” Gaines said.

After two hours of testimony, a majority of legislators opposed the bill. Rep. Kyle Brown, D-Boulder, said it would further stigmatize and discriminate against trans and non-binary athletes.

A recent survey done by the Trevor Project found that 85% of trans and non-binary youth say legislation targeting their rights has negatively impacted mental health.

In a public statement, Douglas County’s only Democratic representative, Rep. Bob Marshall, D-Highlands Ranch, said the bill was misnamed as it had no legitimate purpose and it addressed no real issue or problem regarding women’s rights in athletics.

He said that the primary sponsors could not provide a case where the bill would apply in Colorado, calling it a solution searching for a problem.

“It’s disappointing that the entire Douglas County GOP State House delegation sponsored a messaging bill meant to attack transgender kids’ right to exist,” Marshall said in a press release.

Marshall added that the bill was a distraction from the necessary work that needs to be done such as increasing teacher compensation, improving water quality and ensuring equal treatment for disabled veterans.

Reporter Haley Lena contributed to this article.

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Birds on wing hint at spring

Spring news from the Audubon Center: A ock of Bohemian waxwings was seen en route towards its warm-weather quarters to the north — a happy sign that spring may actually “spring” one of these days ... ese handsome crested birds travel north in ocks, showing splashes of white, yellow and a wee bit of red on wings, among the mostly gray feathers. Watch in yards and parks for other migrating birds. Keep the binoculars and eld guide at hand so a movement in that shrub can be checked!

Town Hall Arts Center

e musical comedy “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change,” on stage through March 19 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St. in Littleton, pokes fun at the trials of dating, parenting and more. Next in line: “La Cage Aux Folles” by Harvey Fierstein and Jerry Herman plays April 7-30. townhallartscenter.org.

Opera competition

e Denver Lyric Opera Guild’s Annual Competition for singers o ers several events for opera lovers at Calvary Baptist Church, 6500 E. Girard Ave. in Denver. Free. Matthew Plenk, artistic director of the Lamont Opera eatre and associate professor of voice at the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music, o ered a master class on Feb. 18. Preliminaries are on March 4 and singers will

compete for 15 nalist positions by performing operatic arias for a panel of three professional judges. Final competition will be on March 18 from 1 to 5 p.m. (Open to the public, free.) Opera lovers can access these events from home by going to the Denver Lyric Opera Guild website and clicking on the YouTube link: denverlyricoperaguild.org/2023-competition. e Guild has supported young singers via grants that total more than $850,000. Grants are given to programs at Colorado State University, University of Denver, Metro State University, University of Northern Colorado, University of Colorado and young artist apprentices at Central City Opera, Opera Colorado, Opera Fort Collins and Opera eatre of the Rockies in Colorado Springs.

High Line Canal

e Canal Collaborative consists of 13 partners who provide leadership and planning and funding for the High Line Canal Plan, reimagining it into a 71-mile park. e partners are: Arapahoe County Open Spaces, City of Aurora, City of Cherry Hills Village, City and County of Denver, Denver Water, Douglas County, City

of Greenwood Village, Highlands Ranch Metro District, High Line Canal Conservancy, City of Littleton, Mile High Flood District, Southeast Metro Stormwater Authority and South Suburban Parks and Recreation District.

Paul Taylor Dance e University of Denver’s Newman Center presents the Paul Taylor Dance Company at 7:30 p.m. on March 27 at Gates Auditorium. Tick-

ets: newmancenterpresents.com. 303-871-7720.

Art at ACC Cherry Creek School District High School Excellence in Art Showcase is at the Colorado Gallery of the Arts, Arapahoe Community College, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday- ursday through March 9; and Saturday, March 4, noon to 3 p.m.

Curtis takes part in Month of Photography

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Several years ago, someone decided a Month of Photography — all at once — would be a healthy idea for Denver area galleries to pursue, instead of sporadic camera-related events hither and yon though the year — and it took hold and has grown!

Look it up online before sallying forth in search of ne camera work — you may want to ne-tune your search a bit. ere are numerous options.

Curtis Center for the Arts, 2349 E. Orchard Road, Greenwood Village, will host the exhibit that includes Ron Cooper’s “Varanasi” image showing a joyous character that one might want to meet for a co ee or a beer.

e exhibit is called “Inside and Out”

and will run April 8 to May 6 at Curtis. e exhibit also includes works by Dr. Jaime Belkind-Gerson and the artists will speak at Koelbel Library, 5955 S. Holly St., on March 30, from 6-8 p.m. e doctor creates his work with objects that surround him daily: X-rays, CT scans, MRIs ... Look at Month of Photography listings online at denvermop.org before you head out — the selection is dazzling and could ll up several weekends or more.

e Colorado Photographic Arts Center at 1070 N. Bannock St. in Denver (where this all began some years ago) hosts “World of Inkjet Printing,” while the nearby Denver Art Museum o ers “a special MOP lecture” at 6-7 p.m. on March 21 by Renluka Maharaj.

EDGE Gallery, 6501 E. Colfax, will o er Peer Critiques from 7-9 p.m. on March 16. History Colorado Center, 1200 N. Broadway, Denver, o ers an artist’s talk by Todd Pierson: “Return of the Corn Mothers,” from 11 a.m. to noon on March 18.

e Curtis Hotel, 1405 Curtis St., will

o er a full day of reviewing photographic portfolios on March 17 and to the south, Parker’s PACE Center will o er “Photography by Alternate Means” on March 24.

Michael Warren Contemporary Gallery, 760 N. Santa Fe Drive, Denver, will host “Sun to Earth,” with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. March 16, with works by Brenda Biondo and Angela Faris Belt. Belt was with Arapahoe Community College’s art department in the past and now teaches at Art Institute of Colorado.

Lone Tree Arts Center hosts a Commissioners’ Choice Photography Show.

Look at the Month of Photography website and make a few selections that interest you, paying close attention to what’s where ... when!

It can be a stimulating month ahead.

And, discovering new galleries will give a reader additional options during the year ahead, as each o ers other new and di erent artwork.

Here’s hoping the weather will cooperate so readers can visit galleries across the metro area ...

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The gift of island time and mountain time

The circular bar was busy but not too busy. ere were two bartenders working the bar. Our view was of the beautiful snow-covered mountains as the restaurant was at the top of a ski resort. As the bartenders chatted us all up, we all took in the amazing view of the slopes, the mountain range backdrop and a gorgeous blue-sky day.

No rush, service was casual without being too slow. As we enjoyed our break we noticed a man had walked in and stood at the bar looking for a beverage himself. His accent gave him away as being from New York and his body language betrayed his not so good mood. As the bartender approached the man and asked what he would like to drink, the man blurted out, “Two bloody Marys.”

As the bartender started making the drinks, the man started assertively tapping his credit card on the counter, shaking his head and clearly losing his patience as the bartender worked on his drinks. I would have to say, the bartender makes an awesome bloody Mary, and he takes

WINNING

the time to make sure it’s perfect. As the man’s impatience grew, the bartender picked up on the vibe, and without speeding up, he quickly and brilliantly defused the situation, asking the man one question, “I’ll bet it’s nice for you to be on vacation, away from the hustle and bustle of city life, and to be up here taking in the snow, the sun and this incredible view.”

e man’s demeanor immediately changed. He knew what the bartender had just done, and smiling he said, “ ank you for that, and it’s wonderful to be up here and on mountain time.” I watched as the man took the two drinks back to his table and wife, and as he sat down, taking in a deep breath and gazing out at the magnicence and majesty of his surroundings.

If you have ever spent any time in the islands or in the mountains, you can immediately connect with the

headline and message of this column. When we can spend time on a beautiful tropical island or in the majesty of the mountains, sometimes things just move a little slower. And that’s a good thing.

It amazes me that some people miss the opportunity to slow down, to ease the pace of the race when they are on vacation. We work so hard to save our money so that we can take a break, get away from the rush and crush of life, and bring ourselves and our family to a tropical paradise or winter wonderland, only to lose our patience, getting upset because the shuttle was ve minutes behind, or the line at the co ee shop wasn’t moving as quickly as we would like. And instead of letting go of the stress we left behind, we bring it with us and get worked up over the silliest and slightest delays. is is not about making the excuse for poor or extremely slow service, as that is never acceptable. is is just a gentle nudge and reminder to stop and see the mountains or the vastness of a blue ocean. Not just look at them, but really see

them. And maybe as we stop long enough we might just realize that we are actually seeing them for the very rst time.

Getting on island time or mountain time, or wherever else we go to relax and take a break, helps us to unwind and let the stressors of life go. If we are lucky enough to live in such an area full time, we understand what island time and mountain time means, and recognize it’s one of the reasons we chose to live there.

Is it time to leave the anxiety, stress, and impatience behind? Can we get ourselves comfortable with a slightly slower pace? I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@ gmail.com, and when we can embrace island time and mountain time for the gift that they truly are, it really will be a better than good life.

Michael Norton is an author, a personal and professional coach, consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator of individuals and businesses, working with organizations and associations across multiple industries.

Osteopathic benefits explained

Th e healthcare needs of older adults are unique. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 85% of older adults have at least one chronic health condition. While medical advances have made a huge di erence in the treatment and management of chronic diseases, prevention is a critical piece of healthy aging. A healthy lifestyle with regular exercise and a nutritious diet, along with regular preventive screenings and visits, can help mature adults increase the number of years lived in good health.

For some people, a trip to the doctor’s o ce equates to a quick physical examination, a discussion of medical history and the symptoms of a current condition, and a prescription for some type of medication. While medications certainly help when it comes to things that require antibiotics or treatments for speci c viruses, other types of prescription medications may cover the symptoms rather than healing the underlying condition.

Two types of treatments that are bene cial to the overall health of

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older adults will be the focus of the April 6 presentation at the Seniors’ Council of Douglas County meeting. e presenters are specialists at Rocky Vista Health Center in Parker, Colorado. e meeting is free and open to the public from 10-11:30 am at Canvas Credit Union, 9990 Park Meadows Drive, Lone Tree. Osteopathic Manipulative (OMM) is a great complement to traditional medical techniques, including drug therapy and surgery. OMM takes a holistic approach to the diagnosis and treatment of medical issues throughout the body. It is a therapeutic application of careful, manual pressure or force on an a ected area of the body. If a patient is experiencing issues with a certain organ, a trained OMM physician may examine for structural problems in the spinal column since these problems can radiate outward and cause dysfunction in various organs. e treatment may include manipulation of bones and joints which may be the root cause of illness,

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injury, or pain. Trained physicians may use several osteopathic manipulative techniques to treat their patients. ese techniques will be discussed and demonstrated by JP Krueger, M.D., who is specialty trained in OMM, during the April 6 presentation.

e feet are one of the most important parts of the human body. ey are constantly helping us stand, walk, run, or perform other movements we do throughout the day. Additionally, they help maintain balance, allowing us to walk upright. A podiatrist is a doctor who specializes in caring for the foot and ankle, including the bones, muscles, ligaments, and other parts of the lower extremities. Podiatrists also treat symptoms of peripheral vascular disease and neuropathies which can cause numbness and pain in the feet.

Zach Weis DPM is an experienced podiatrist, who will present on treatment of the feet, with emphasis on signs and symptoms of peripheral vascular disease.

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Could Colorado override local zoning codes to allow more density?

Conversation continues

BY ANDREW KENNEY AND NATHANIEL MINOR COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

As the year began, Gov. Jared Polis put Colorado on notice: He wants to implement sweeping changes to how the state handles growth and development.

In his marquee State of the State speech, Polis repeated the word “housing” nearly 40 times, building on an earlier interview where he said that the state needs to encourage denser development by loosening local rules.

More than a month later, anticipation about those changes is mounting, with land-use policy — and who has the power to set it — expected to be a dominant issue in the remaining months of the legislative session.  e governor has given little hint of his speci c plans, but details are ltering out. Senate Majority Leader Dominick Moreno con rmed on ursday that he’s among the tight circle working on the bill.

“Right now, it’s me and folks from the governor’s team,” Moreno said, referring to the work on the details of the bill itself.

But in the coming weeks, he hopes to share a more detailed plan with city leaders and others. It could include a broad range of possibilities, Moreno con rmed, such as: Requiring cities to create plans for addressing the housing shortage, and holding them accountable for those plans Making it easier to build accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and duplexes in certain areas across the state Making it easier to build higher-density housing around highfrequency transit stations Limiting the ability of cities to put caps on their growth rate

“We know that’s an issue at the local level, where people are concerned about further density. I’m not concerned about further density,” Moreno said. “I think the reality is (density) is the path forward out of this conundrum that we nd ourselves in.”

Still, what that path might actually look like remains unsettled.

Incentives or mandates?

Perhaps the most controversial question is whether Colorado’s government will override local zoning codes and open the door to denser development statewide, as states including California, Oregon and Maine have done.

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“ e reality is that when you leave those decisions exclusively up to local jurisdictions, some local jurisdictions choose to take a pass. ey decide that they don’t want further development in their community,” Moreno said. “And I think the legislature is interested in having a conversation around shared responsibility … to get out of this critical housing shortage.”

When it comes to things like duplexes and ADUs, for example, lawmakers could take a couple routes. ey could o er incentives by giving grant money to cities that voluntarily cut red tape for these higher-density buildings. “If we provide funding for development, for housing, for infrastructure, we kind of expect a return on our investment,” said Moreno, a former city council member in Commerce City.

But the state also could take a more aggressive approach — saying, for example, that developers may build a duplex “by right” in zones where only single-family construction is allowed currently. Doing so would override local governments’ authority.

“I think the ‘by right’ conversation is an interesting one. I think it’s part of the conversation mix for sure,” Moreno said, adding that he’s still willing to discuss it with local leaders.

In a statement, Polis said that his team had been working with “more than 100” leaders in business, housing, local governments and environmental elds. “Although we don’t

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Many local o cials have taken a hard line against state intervention e lines of debate are forming already, especially on the question of state in uence in local development policies.

“Respectfully, get o our lawn,” said Kevin Bommer, executive director of the Colorado Municipal League, as he addressed a ballroom full of local leaders on ursday. He argued that cities have led the way on a ordable housing and that the state should help them rather than overrule them.

“What we want to do is work with the state in a positive way, work with the governor and the legislature in a positive way to achieve those goals that we have in common,” Bommer said in an interview.

Local o cials defended their turf throughout the Municipal League event on ursday, including Denver Mayor Michael Hancock.

“While we may share the same values around land use and a ordable housing, we will never, ever surrender local control to anyone,” Hancock said to applause.

In an email, a spokesman for Hancock said he wasn’t referencing a speci c proposal.

“Local control is Denver’s longstanding position generally,” Hancock spokesman Mike Strott wrote. “As there’s no proposal from the Governor yet, the Mayor doesn’t have a position yet.”

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A mix of advocates are hard at work on the bill

On the other side, a coalition of groups, including advocates for a ordable housing, sustainable transportation, and the environment, have been working behind the scenes to draft principles that could feed into the coming legislation.

“We’ve been developing policy concepts around smart growth housing and zoning reform for the 2023 legislative session and shared that input with the governor’s policy team,” said Matt Frommer, senior transportation associate with the Southwest Energy E ciency Project.

Another newly formed nonpro t advocacy group, Colorado Builds Better, launched this week specically to support land use reform and touted a new poll that purports to show public support for it. Group spokesman Ray Rivera declined to say who is funding the group, promising he’d share more information in the future.

“We’re going to work with people from the business community, to environmental groups, to housing advocates,” Rivera said.

Many are anxious just to see ‘Schrodinger’s zoning bill’

Meanwhile, with more than a quarter of the legislative session already over, lawmakers and others are anxious to see the details. One state representative, Javier Mabrey, joked that it was “Schrodinger’s zoning bill” — a proposal that either exists or doesn’t, depending how you look at it.

e bill could lead to some interesting politics. Sometimes, development reforms attract bipartisan support: Housing prices are a statewide issue, and loosening regulations is a conservative priority.

But they also can attract bipartisan opposition, especially in a state that has long embraced local control.

“I can tell you that on my side of the aisle, we’re really opposed to this idea,” Republican Assistant Senate Minority Leader Bob Gardner told local leaders at the CML event on ursday.

Moreno hopes to have a bill drafted and ready for introduction by the end of March — adding another big issue for the legislature’s often chaotic nal weeks.

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The view of Lone Tree homes from Blu s Regional Park and Trail on Oct. 21, 2022.

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Speed dating events in metro Denver o er alternatives to swiping

BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

On a ursday night in late January, dozens of people walked past displays of tarot cards and crystals towards a dim room at the back of Full Moon Books in Lakewood. A man at the room’s entrance asked them each to remove their shoes. e smell of burnt sage lled the air.

For a while, people mingled. e event was not to start until 7 p.m., and stragglers arrived until moments before the doors closed. When it was time, a woman wearing a pink velvet robe asked everyone to sit in a circle.

“For all the new people, this is where we’re all going to get naked,” the woman joked. Everyone laughed, and she continued, “ ere will be none of that. is is just a really fun, safe event.”

Danny Neifert, a facilitator of an event called Tantra Speed Date, was playing with the stereotypical understanding of the word “tantra.” For many people, the term brings sex to mind. Although tantra is a spiritual practice that includes sexuality, Neifert said it has more to do with connection.

“Tonight, for the sake of simplicity, we’re just going to swap out the word ‘tantra’ with ‘connection,’” she said to the group. “It’s about connecting to yourself, connecting to the person that’s standing in front of you, connecting to the room, connecting to the building, the soil, the snow, the stars — you ll in the blank in a way that makes sense to you.”

For the next several hours, the attendees took turns rotating from person to person, doing mindful activities with a new partner at each station. At one, a partner mirrored the others’ physical actions. Next, strangers gave each other back massages. Some stations involved speaking — about gratitude, letting go or joy — and at others, people danced.

is event is one of several forms of speed dating in the metro Denver area, where singles are stepping out of their comfort zones to nd hope,

chemistry — and maybe even love — beyond the screens and swiping of modern dating.

Paying attention

Guy Shahar is a founder of e Tantra Institute, a New York-based company that aims to help people become “better lovers” through sacred sexuality. e company teaches courses about sexuality, tantra and relationship skills, in addition to hosting events like Tantra Speed Date.

Since 2017, Tantra Speed Date has hosted over 550 events in 40 cities for attendees of all ages.

“Most of the stations are really just about (giving) people instructions that show them how to put their attention on each other,” Shahar said about the speed dating event.

In his eyes, lack of attention is the number one challenge people face in modern dating, partly because of technology and partly because of the number of potential partners.

“A hundred years ago, who could you date? e people from your neighborhood, the people around you,” he said. “Now you can date anybody in the world… You open up any of those dating apps and you could be swiping on a di erent person in less than a second.”

His speed dating event, he said, is designed to put people in situations where they must focus on each other.

“Like a mirroring exercise, right?” he said. “I’m watching you, and I’m responding to what you’re doing… My attention is on you… Getting people to bring their attentions to each other is a really beautiful way to fool them into connection and intimacy.”

Once people surrender to paying full attention, Shahar said it’s easier to tell if there is chemistry between them.

After the initial connection, Shahar said other things become important as a relationship continues.

“ at connection isn’t necessarily compatibility,” he said. “You might have an amazing connection, or let’s say amazing chemistry… but their habits might be totally not compatible with yours. If you want a sustaining relationship, then you need to nd some points of compatibility or you need to be able to work with habits.”

at being said, Shahar thinks having the opportunity to initially sense a

connection is a powerful way to see if there’s any potential with a person.

“(To) just start your relationship o with that kind of intimacy and connection just seems like a really great, really beautiful way to get yourself o on the right foot,” he said.

Is a few minutes enough?

For speed dating skeptics, it may seem improbable that a person could have any sense of real connection after an encounter that lasts only a matter of minutes.

Dr. Randi Smith, a practicing psychologist and psychology professor at Metro State University Denver, said a few minutes might not be enough to tell a lot about a potential partner –but it can show some things.

“ ere’s some really recent research that suggests that we’re able to pick up on somebody’s relationship anxiety, their attachment anxiety, in a very brief interaction,” she said. “So can we predict whether this relationship will have legs, whether it will have a future? Probably not, but we might be able to weed out some people whose anxiety might prevent them from

having a good relationship with us.”

In addition, Smith said quick interactions can give people a sense of physical attraction and even immediate emotional attraction based on how it feels to talk to a potential partner.

On a deeper psychological level, she said people at speed dating events are probably thinking about reciprocity of liking. is idea is that people tend to like those who like them.

“Speed dating is very strategic, right?” she said. “You have little time, you’ve got to gure out how to make these choices, and so our brains are going into high strategic, albeit

Full Moon Books is Lakewood is one of the Tantra Speed Date venues in Colorado.

PHOTO BY NINA JOSS

SPEED DATING

unconscious, responses. And it doesn’t make a lot of sense for a person to invest energy and interest into somebody who’s not going to reciprocate that energy and interest.”

Alex Zaborenko, who attended the January Tantra Speed Date event, said reciprocity is important to him in terms of relationship goals as well, not only attraction. As someone who is looking for non-monogamous relationships, he said online dating pro les and open communication help him nd people who have the same goals in mind.

“I don’t want or need just one magic person to connect with me on every level that I might connect with a partner,” he said. “Once I reached the conclusion, then it just felt much better that I can communicate what I’m looking for honestly and they can choose what they want to do with that information.”

Are you worth my (client’s) time?

For Abby Rosenblum, investing time and energy in the right people is part of her business model.

Rosenblum is the founder and head matchmaker at e Social: Modern Matchmaking, a Colorado-based service that also hosts speed dating events.

Rosenblum’s services focus not only on helping her clients nd potential partners, but also on building their con dence and making dating enjoyable.

“ e sad part is I think we’re almost taught that dating should be di cult, should be frustrating and should be some kind of just negative thing in your life,” she said. “So a lot of the work I do is trying to teach people that dating can actually be fun, which is a crazy concept to almost everyone.”

When setting up dates, Rosenblum looks for people with values and physical appearances that t with what her clients are looking for.

“And then the other thing I look for too (is) like, is this person ready to date?” she said. “Are they in a good place? … Because you can meet the greatest person ever tomorrow, but if they’re like, ‘I just got red from my job and I hate everything,’ you might not connect with them in as good of a way.”

Rosenblum works mainly with singles in stable careers who are looking for serious, committed and monogamous relationships. As a matchmaker, she helps lter out potential partners who do not align with her clients’ stages of life so she can ensure they are investing their time and energy in relationships that could have a future.

Rosenblum, who works mainly with heterosexual clients, often collaborates with the head matchmaker at Denver’s Cupid, a matchmaking service that works with LGBTQ+ singles.

Like Smith, she doesn’t think speed dating events are a silver bullet for knowing if a relationship will work, but she said they can still be bene cial. Her company hosts speed dating at its events, including a single mingle that happened the rst week of February in Englewood.

In Rosenblum’s speed dating games, participants receive conversation prompts to help people learn something about their partners, from travel dreams to relationship goals.

“It’s like, ‘OK, am I curious to get to know them more?’ she said. “ at’s really the only thing you need to know after that ve minutes, because it’s hard to know anything else… What’s the harm in meeting again?”

A new hope for dating

Andrea Cunningham has been dating on and o for the past 10 years. She decided to attend the January Tantra Speed Date event when her housemate invited her because she thought it would introduce her to spiritually open minded people.

“He actually said, ‘Do you want to go to a woo-woo speed dating event?’ and my thought was ‘Oh, yeah, that might be my kind of people,’ because I’m not nding a lot of woo-woo folks on OkCupid,” she said.

At 58 years old, Cunningham is looking for someone who is compassionate, exible and open to “more heart-centered ideas,” she said.

Going into the speed dating event, Cunningham was feeling skeptical, she said. Mainly, she thought speed dating would be intimidating, but it wasn’t.

“I think maybe my whole idea about speed dating was wrong,” she said. “Maybe you’re not just awkwardly trying to talk with people 10 times in a row for ve minutes. Maybe there’s more to it than that… at was welldesigned.”

After her experience (and several dates that arose from the event), she said speed dating might be giving her new hope after taking a pause from dating for a while.

“I was trying to do a little online, I wasn’t getting anywhere, I stopped,” she said. “ en this came up — it may kick me into gear again.”

Renewing excitement about dating and personal connection is a goal of many speed dating events, especially in a world where fewer and fewer people feel connected to each other.

In Shahar’s speed dating events, re-connecting is the greatest bene t and goal.

“If you are tired of feeling disconnected from the world, and you want to have a moment of connection, this is a really great way to step into that,” he said. “Is it for everyone? No, I don’t think it’s for everyone. But it is for people that are like, ‘Hey, I want to create something magical within my relationship life and my dating life.’”

Abby Rosenblum’s company co-hosted a speed dating event at Brewability Lab in Englewood on Feb. 2.

PHOTO BY HAN LOYD; HEPCAT PHOTOGRAPHY

Danny Neifert and her demonstration partner show an activity where partners mirror each others’ actions at Tantra Speed Date.

PHOTO BY NINA JOSS

Attendees chat at the Single Mingle event, co-hosted by The Social: Modern Matchmaking at Brewability Lab in Englewood on Feb. 2.

PHOTO BY HAN LOYD; HEPCAT PHOTOGRAPHY

Hunting groups quit CPW’s Colorado Outdoor Partnership

To shape outdoor, recreation policy

BY JASON BLEVINS THE COLORADO SUN

ree hunting groups resigned from the Colorado Outdoor Partnership last week, citing “serious concerns” about the group’s direction and the ability of Colorado Parks and Wildlife to lead the collaboration.

“Concerns surrounding wildlife and habitat have been increasingly underrepresented, not responded to, and often ignored,” reads the resignation letter sent this week by leaders of the Colorado Out tters Association, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and the Coloradans for Responsible Wildlife Management. “And our e orts to revitalize the conversations have not been taken seriously.”

e Colorado Outdoor Partnership was formed in 2016 by CPW and then overhauled in 2020 by Gov. Jared Polis as a vehicle to “meet conservation and recreation challenges head-on through thoughtful planning, strategic investment and engagement with regional and state-level partnerships.”

e partnership includes more than 30 organizations representing outdoor recreation, conservation, hunters and anglers, environmental education, ranching and government.

e group works to blend recreation and conservation in a sustainable way that supports economies and quality of life while protecting natural resources.

e resignation of hunting and angling groups from the partnership reveals a growing schism in Colorado’s wildlife community as recreation access takes a more prominent role in resource management discussions.

“If it’s not recreation, it’s DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion.) And if it’s not DEI, it’s wolves. And there is nothing else,” said Dan Gates, a founding member of the partnership and long-time volunteer in Colorado’s wildlife community representing the Coloradans for Responsible Wildlife Management and Colorado Trapper and Predator Hunters Association. “ ere’s no room for any conversations around wildlife and habitat management. Nothing can be done for wildlife and habitat because there are all these other distractions on this landscape. It’s so frustrating for the sportsmen community.”

e letter, sent by Gates, Jenny Burbey with the Colorado Out tters Association, Luke Wiedel from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, explained that volunteers “are no longer comfortable serving” after the Colorado Department of Natural

Resources last year investigated allegations that Gates displayed racist behavior. e investigation yielded no evidence supporting the claims.

“Our e orts to get information and support from DNR continue to remain unanswered after several requests for transparency,” reads the letter.

Luke Wiedel has served several years as a statewide volunteer for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, representing hunters in various matters with CPW. He feels his group’s involvement in the Colorado Outdoor Partnership was to “check o a bunch of boxes … so they can say we had wildlife groups approve our statewide recreational plan.”

“If we are really going to have meaningful and impactful conversations and action revolving around recreation and conservation we need to take a step back and ask ourselves some serious philosophical questions about wildlife and habitat and capacity and impacts,” Wiedel said. “We need to all come to the realization that we all have an impact — hunters and all recreational users — and then we need to decide what we are going to do about that impact.”

e three members of the partnership tried to raise their concerns with Colorado Parks and Wildlife directors and commissioners. “We got no traction,” Gates said. “I’ve never seen so much dysfunction in an agency. We feel this is just a manipulative process.”

e agency is very busy. After two years of work, CPW is nalizing a controversial plan to introduce wolves to western Colorado by next year. ree of the agency’s commissioners’ terms end in June with three new commissioners taking their place.

CPW’s director resigned in November following an o ensive utterance at an awards gala last year and the agency is searching for a new leader.

CPW also is working to promote the new Keep Colorado Wild pass as a way to fund state parks and recently asked legislators for $2.2 million in supplemental funding to support its rollout.

e three groups that resigned said volunteer support, wildlife conservation and habitat protection are falling to the wayside as CPW navigates its complicated year.

“We sincerely hope that the conversation surrounding conservation and recreation becomes one of action and impact, perhaps in ways that none of us can imagine,” the resignation letter reads. “Colorado and our wildlife need it more urgently than most people realize. And, simply put, our natural resources deserve better.”

A statement from the Department of Natural Resources and CPW noted

graphic and cultural diversity of the Colorado Outdoor Partnership “and its collaborative, consensus-based work.”

“While we are always sorry to see volunteer members leave, this is an opportunity to bring new voices and energy to the CO-OP,” reads the statement. “Critical work remains in Colorado to address expanding recreation and the in uence on wildlife and our land, water, ecosystems, and communities. e only way to tackle these issues is collectively with honest and open dialogue and respect, even when the conversations are di cult, uncomfortable, or require compromise on an area of interest.”

After that resignation letter landed in the inboxes of CPW o cials on Monday, the Colorado Outdoor Partnership held an online meeting the next day to welcome four new regional partners to the group.

At that meeting, Dan Gibbs, the director of the Department of Natural Resources, reiterated his inability to discuss the investigations into Prenzlow and Gates, citing personnel issues and state regulations. Gibbs also said “CPW is really in a transitional change right now,” according to a transcript of the meeting.

Gibbs disagreed with the suggestion that CPW is not focused on wildlife.

“We are working so hard on this,

addressing wildlife issues … this is the opportunity where you step up and say hey … really this is the dialogue, this is the opportunity that we can talk about those issues,” Gibbs said.

Western Slope rancher Janie Van Winkle, who is a member of the Colorado Outdoor Partnership, asked Gibbs if CPW was going to make any e ort to reengage the three groups that resigned.

Gibbs suggested the departure of the groups could provide opportunities for others to “ ll a really important role, just like the three of them did.”

“I’m sure there is a long list of folks that would love to be sitting around the table with you all discussing these really important issues of the nexus between wildlife and conservation and recreation and working collaboratively together,” Gibbs said. “I don’t have any ill will (towards) any of them at all, so I will keep the door open. But I think there are opportunities for new folks too.”

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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Meet the ‘hope dealers’ behind the Denver Dream Center

BY DANA KNOWLES, WILL PETERSON ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

For the Denver Dream Center, hope is a commodity that can’t be sold. It’s routinely given away, at no charge.

“I’m a hope dealer,” explained Donny Andrews, who works at the organization. “We go out and rescue people and restore lives and dreams.”

e Denver Dream Center mainly works with formerly incarcerated people who leave prison and end up without a place to live after their release, something Andrews understands personally.

“I was released on May 11th of last year and was connected with the Dream Center and they helped me put my life back together,” explained Andrews, adding that he needed to learn basic life skills.

“It’s rough getting out prison after 33 years of incarceration, and not knowing how to use a phone, and not knowing how to go grocery shopping.”

According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, formerly incarcerated people are almost 10 times more likely to experience homelessness than the general population.

After spending time in and out of prison for several years, then experiencing homelessness, Tyrone ompkins told Rocky Mountain PBS how excited he is to nally move into his own home soon.

“I’ll be moving into an apartment on the rst of March, the day of my birthday!” he said excitedly, crediting the Denver Dream Center for making it happen.

Now ompkins works for the organization as a part of the street team that does direct outreach with the unhoused in Denver, many of whom were formerly incarcerated

like ompkins.

“It’s time for me to go back out into the community that I was destroying and help,” he said. “It has changed my life and I’m truly blessed.”

Bryan Sederwall moved to Denver 16 years ago and immediately saw the necessity to connect those experiencing homelessness with not only resources, but also hope and

“We say ‘See a need, then meet the need.’ We do everything from helping men and women transition from incarceration, or get out of gangs, and get back to community and reestablish their families,” said

These days, Sederwall is affectionately known as Pastor B.

“People ask me, as a pastor, where’s my church? I tell them to look at the city and that’s our church; it’s the people,” he said.

“It’s not just on Sundays, but we hyper focus on Monday through Saturday by building a commu-

The organization provides continuous support for the unhoused to also address issues including hunger, addiction, and abuse. And according to Pastor B, the best way to do that is by finding people where they are and just starting a simple conversation.

“Someone [will] be embarrassed about their story, or their background, and they’ll share that and someone else will be like ‘yeah me too!’ So, it’s no longer baggage, but it becomes a platform for them to move forward and be successful.”

This story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonprofit public broadcaster providing community stories across Colorado over the air and online. Used by permission. For more, and to support Rocky Mountain PBS, visit rmpbs.org.

Members of the Denver Dream Center.

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Some Colorado colleges enroll more first-generation students

Should they get funding?

BY JASON GONZALES CHALKBEAT COLORADO

Colorado colleges and universities would get a special designation if they enroll a high number of students who are the rst in their families to go to college, under a bill at the Capitol this year.

e largely symbolic measure has fed a bigger debate about how Colorado funds its public colleges. It also spurred a conversation about what rst-generation students need to be successful.

e rst generation-serving label that House Bill 1114 would create would attach to schools that enroll those students at a higher rate than the state average. It would also require Colorado’s higher education department to track how well students do at those schools.

e bill would not require schools to create additional programs to help those students get to and through college. Nor would it o er colleges more money to provide such support.

Money and support make a di erence for students, said Diane Schorr, director of advocacy and initiatives

at the Center for First-generation Student Success. She questioned why the state wouldn’t ensure colleges with the new designation get either.

“What I would have liked to have seen is what’s being required of the institution?” Schorr said.

Supporters of the bill — including Metropolitan State University and Colorado Mesa University — would like to prod the state to better fund schools that serve a large share of first-generation students. These schools often have lower graduation rates, something that works against them in Colorado’s funding formula. It also costs a lot of money to run the programs that help first-generation students.

Opponents of the bill, including Colorado State University, say that who enrolls the most first-generation students shouldn’t matter. Instead, they say that state funding should follow those students wherever they enroll. With limited state funding for higher education, more money for certain institutions can mean less for others.

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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announces the availability of the Final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the proposed expansion of the Fort Logan National Cemetery (FLNC), located at 4400 West Kenyon Avenue, Denver, Colorado.

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First Publication: February 23, 2023

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District Court, City & County of Denver, Colorado 1437 Bannock Street, Room 256 Denver, CO 80202

Plaintiff(s)/Petitioner(s): Kenny A. Tadolini

v. Defendant(s)/Respondent(s): ROSALYNE E. MCDONALD; and all unknown persons who claim any interest in the subject matter of this action.

Address: R. Scott Fitzke, #35293

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First Publication: February 16, 2023

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First Publication: February 23, 2023

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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 July 2, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Brady McFarland & Lord, LLC

Attorneys to the Personal Representative 6870 W. 52nd Ave, Suite 103 Arvada, CO 80002 Legal Notice No. 82107

March 2, 2023

March 16, 2023

Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Talia Braude, Deceased Case Number 2023 PR 030086

All persons having claims against the abovenamed 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 July 10, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

James T. Anest #16727 Arant Law LLC

Attorney to the Personal Representive 19751 E Mainstreet Suite 365 Parker, CO 80138

Legal Notice No. 82094

First Publication: February 23, 2023

Last Publication: March 9, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

Denver, CO 80120

Legal Notice No. 82079

First Publication: February 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 2, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

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

In the Matter of the Estate of: Thomas Robert Snee, aka Bob Snee, aka Thomas Snee, Deceased

Case Number: 2021PR30296 Division: 3

Attorney for Virginia McRoberts, Petitioner Nicholas Klimas, Esq., #48658 Gendelman Klimas, Ltd. 517 E. 16th Avenue Denver, CO 80203 720-213-0687 Nick@GendelmanKlimas.com

NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S.

To: Attorney General and Interested Persons

Last Known Address, if any:

A non-appearance hearing on Petition for Formal Probate of Will 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: March 24, 2023 Time: 8:00 am

Courtroom or Division: 3

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

The hearing will take approximately 1 hour. Attendance at this hearing is not required or expected.

Legal Notice No. 82093

First Publication: February 23, 2023

Last Publication: March 9, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of MIRIAM KNIGHT FARRINGTON, a/k/a Miriam Farrington, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30061

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 June 16, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Christine Farrington Fullerton, Personal Representative 375 Lafayette Denver, CO 80218

Legal Notice No. 82074

First Publication: February 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 2, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of JEAN DORIS WOLFE, aka JEAN D. WOLFE, aka JEAN WOLFE, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30098

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 July 2, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Karen Herrmann, Personal Representative c/o 3i Law, LLC 2000 S. Colorado Blvd. Tower 1, Suite 10000 Denver, CO 80222

Legal Notice No. 82108

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Jack Parker Watson, also known as Jack P. Watson, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR031583

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Audrone C. Tischner , a/k/a Audra Tischner, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30067

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 June 23, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Erik Tischner, Personal Representative c/o Keith L. Davis, Esq. Davis Schilken, PC 7887 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 820 Denver, CO 80111

Legal Notice No. 82084

First Publication: February 23, 2023

Last Publication: March 9, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Ralph Charles Eggen, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR031661

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 June 16, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Gary Eggen, Co-Personal Representative 1309 Dixon Dr. Jefferson City, MO 65101

Susan Danaher, Co-Personal Representative 628 N. Maplewood Hills Rd. Nixa, MO 65714

Legal Notice No. 82078

First Publication: February 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 2, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of RICHARD P. HOLME, also known as Richard Phillips Holme, Deceased Case Number 2023PR030143

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 June 23, 2023 or the claims may be forever barred.

Barbara F. Holme, Personal Representative 3944 S. Depew Way Denver, CO 80235

Legal Notice No. 82082

First Publication: February 23, 2023

Last Publication: March 9, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of John R. McClain, a/k/a John Robert McClain, a/k/a John McClain, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30073

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 June 23, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Joyce L. McClain, Personal Representative 4016 S Magnolia Way Denver, CO 80237

Legal Notice No. 82083

First Publication: February 23, 2023

Last Publication: March 9, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Joseph Francis Munson, AKA Joseph F. Munson, AKA Joseph Munson, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30202

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 July 3, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

DIVISION OF INSURANCE CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY TO WHOM

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Linda E. Canaday, a/k/a Linda Ellen Canaday, a/k/a Linda Canaday, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31593

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 06/16/2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Richard Canaday, Personal Representative c/o Carleton H. Hutchins 1999 Broadway, Suite 1400

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 July 2, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Estate of Jack Parker Watson Dorene G. Watson, Personal Representative c/o Branaugh Law Offices, P.C. 8700 Ralston Road Arvada, CO 80002

Legal Notice No. 82098

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

Kimberly Raemdonck, Esq. Attorney for Co-Personal Representatives, JoAnne Centineo Hann and Robert Carl Munson, 2485 W Main Street, Suite 200, Littleton, CO 80120

Legal Notice No. 82101

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Corrine Louise Loseke, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 64

All persons having claims against the abovenamed 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 July 2, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jessica H. Catlin, Attorney for Personal Rep. Hurth, Sisk & Blakemore, LLP

4860 Riverbend Road 301 Boulder, CO 80301

Legal Notice No. 82100

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of: JOHN C. HOFFMANN, Deceased

Case Number 2023PR30079

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 July 10, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

James O. Simpson Attorney for Personal Representative

P.O. Box 27014 Lakewood, Colorado 80227

Legal Notice No. 82102

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of ERIN PATRICIA STARK, a/k/a ERIN P. STARK, a/k/a ERIN STARK, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30026

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 June 16, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Susan Weinstein - Personal Representative

2024 Vine St. Denver, CO 80205

Legal Notice No. 82065

First Publication: February 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 2, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Francis Dennis Burns, a/k/a Francis Dennis Burns, Jr., a/k/a Francis D. Burns, a/k/a Francis Burns, a/k/a Frank Burns, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30028

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 June 16, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Pamela Pei-Ling Liu

Personal Representative

Patrick R. Thiessen (40185) FRIE, ARNDT, DANBORN & THIESSEN P.C. 7400 Wadsworth Blvd, Ste. 201 Arvada, CO 80003

Phone Number: 303-420-1234

Attorney for Pamela Pei-Ling Liu

Personal Representative

Legal Notice No. 82077

First Publication: February 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 2, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Ramona Juanita Valdez, a/k/a Ramona J. Valdez, and Ramona Valdez, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30049

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to: Denver Probate Court City and County of Denver, Colorado

1437 Bannock St., #230 Denver, CO 80202 on or before June 16, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jose Reynaldo Valdez, Personal Representative c/o Law Office of Byron K. Hammond, LLC 500 Cherry Creek Drive South, Suite 960 Denver, CO 80246

Legal Notice No. 82072

First Publication: February 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 2, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Melver L. Anderson, Jr., Deceased Case Number 2023PR30052

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 June 16, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Stephennie E. Anderson

Avenue Denver, Colorado 80238

Legal Notice No. 82073

First Publication: February 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 2, 2023 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Deo C. Fredrickson, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR030120

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 June 16th, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Leslie Emery, Personal Representative 4772 S. Johnson St. Littleton, CO 80123 Legal Notice No. 82080

Publication: February 16, 2023

Publication: March 2, 2023

Denver Herald-Dispatch

Notice

TO CREDITORS Estate of Freda Mae Oliver, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31693

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the": Denver Probate Court Denver City and County Building 1437 Bannock Street, Room 230 Denver, Colorado 80202 on or before June 16, 2023 or the claims may be forever barred.

Attorney for Personal Representatives The Hickey Law Firm, LLC 1075 South Yukon Street, Suite 260 Lakewood, Colorado 80226

Legal Notice No. 82070

First Publication: February 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 2, 2023 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Merrill Howe Leavitt, a/k/a Merrill H. Leavitt, a/k/a Merrill Leavitt, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR030119

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 June 23, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Catherine A. Short Personal Representative c/o Janine A. Guillen, Esq. Guillen DeGeorge, LLP 9222 Teddy Lane Lone Tree, CO 80124

Legal Notice No. 82091

First Publication: February 23, 2023

Last Publication: March 9, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of SAILA E. CONSALVI, ALSO KNOWN AS SAILA ELINA CONSALVI, AKA SAILA CONSALVI, AKA SAILA ELINA HANNINEN CONSALVI, AND SAILA HANNINEN, Deceased Case Number 23 PR 30066

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 July 4, 2023 or the claims may be forever barred.

James V. Consalvi, Personal Representative 1126 S. Gaylord Street Denver, CO 80210

Legal Notice No. 82103

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Court, Colorado, on or before June 16, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Christine Ramirez, Personal Representative

c/o Law Office of Jennifer S. Gormley, PC 6060 Greenwood Plaza Blvd., Suite 300 Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Legal Notice No. 82071

First Publication: February 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 2, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Gayla Holland Scheid, deceased Case Number: 2023PR30019

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 June 23, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Vicki Peterson, Personal Representative 832 Lakeside Drive Carbondale, Colorado 81632

Legal Notice No. 82089

First publication: February 23, 2023

Last publication: March 09, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Debra K. Patterson, aka Debra Kim Patterson, and Debra Patterson, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31641

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 July 2, 2023 , or the claims may be forever barred.

Sharon E. Brown, Personal Representative

c/o Pearman Law Firm 4195 Wadsworth Blvd Wheat Ridge, CO 80033

Legal Notice No. 82110

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Deirdre Hills, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31665

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 June 16, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Martin Wilson, Personal Representative 432-2300 Mansfield Drive Courtnay, BC VN9 3S3 CANADA

Legal Notice No. 82075

First Publication: February 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 2, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Kathryn Louise Barker, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR523

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 July 2, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Mary Barker Sarlo

Personal Representative

c/o Rocky Mountain Elder Law 651 Garrison Street, Suite 240 Lakewood, CO 80215

Legal Notice No. 82104

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Fernando Anthony Apodaca, Deceased Case Number 2023PR30046

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before June 16, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred. Samantha

Allen R. Cook, Personal Representative

c/o Janine A. Guillen, Esq. 9222 Teddy Lane Lone Tree, CO 80124

Legal Notice No. 82090 First Publication: February 23, 2023

Last Publication: March 9, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

of Ainslie R. O’Neil, Deceased Case Number 2023PR30054

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 June 23, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

David F. Steinhoff, Esq., #9980

o/b/o Estate of Ainslie R. O’Neil 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 505 Englewood, CO 80110

Legal Notice No. 82088

First Publication: February 23, 2023

Last Publication: March 9, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Donald Beltz, AKA Donald T Beltz, AKA Donald Thomas Beltz, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30085

All persons having claims against the abovenamed 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 June 23, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kimberly Raemdonck, Attorney for the Personal Representative of the Estate Donald Beltz AKA Donald T Beltz AKA Donald Thomas Beltz, Wesley Jay Beltz 2485 W Main Street, Suite 200 Littleton, CO 80120

Legal Notice No. 82085

First Publication: February 23, 2023

Last Publication: March 9, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Richard James Morroni, a/k/a Richard J. Morroni, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30051

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 June 16, 2023 or the claims may be forever barred.

Person Giving Notice: Craig J. Morroni, Personal Representative

Estate of Richard James Morroni 3282 S. Magnolia Street Denver, CO 80224

Legal Notice No. 82076

First Publication: February 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 2, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of David Kay Reynolds, A/K/A David K Reynolds, A/K/A David Reynolds, A/K/A Dave Kay Reynolds, A/K/A Dave K Reynolds, A/K/A Dave Reynolds Deceased Case Number: 2023PR55

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 August 31, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Renee K. Gray, Personal Representative 8341 Patterson AVE SE Caledonia, Michigan 49316

Legal Notice No. 82106

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 16, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

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 June 23, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Anthony J. Apodaca

Personal Representative 5909 Boston St. Denver, CO 80238

Legal Notice No. 82092

First Publication: February 23, 2023

Last Publication: March 9, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Kathy Plato, aka Kathy Cook Plato, aka Kathy Plato Cook, aka Kathy Cook, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR030065

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 June 23, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Doris Lee Kelley, also known as Doris L. Kelley, also known as Doris Kelley, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30187

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 July 2, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kathleen M. Howell, Personal Representative 7400 South Carr Court Littleton, Colorado 80128 Legal Notice No.

TO: DAKESE (LAST NAME UNKNOWN) AND ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN BIRTH FATHERS YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED, PURSUANT TO C.R.S. § 19-5-103.7, AS FOLLOWS:

1. You have been identified by Katie Esperanza Vigil as the possible birth father of her child, Tiyah Simone Fox, who was born on January 11, 2023 in Colorado.

2. Ms. Vigil plans to relinquish her parental rights to the child on an expedited basis in the Douglas County District Court, State of Colorado, where the adoption agency has an office, pursuant to C.R.S. § 19-5-103.5 in order to make the child available for adoption.

Placing a child for adoption requires termination of the birth mother and alleged birth father(s) parentchild legal relationships. Termination of parental rights means that pursuant to a court order, all rights powers, privileges, immunities, duties and obligations existing between a parent and a child are permanently severed, except for inheritance rights, which will be severed at the time of the final decree of adoption. Upon termination of parental rights, a parent shall: (a) no longer have the right to custody of, or parenting time with the child; (b) no longer have the right to any information concerning the whereabouts, activities, health, or well-being of the child; and (c) have no say in any further decisions concerning said child.

3. A birth parent of a child has the right to contest the termination of parental rights.

4. Failure to declare intent to contest the termination of parental rights may likely result in a termination of parental rights to the child. In order to contest the termination of the parent-child legal relationship, YOU MUST:

Request and then return a “Reply Form to Notice of Anticipated Expedited Relinquishment” to Hope’s Promise at the above addresses or to Grob & Eirich, LLC, 12596 W. Bayaud Ave., Suite 390, Lakewood, CO 80228 by Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested, no later than twenty-one (21) days after the date of this notice or before the birth mother’s relinquishment petition is filed with the court, whichever occurs later. The date of notice shall be considered the date of the first day of publication in the newspaper.

OR • Request and return a “Reply Form to Notice of Anticipated Expedited Relinquishment” in person to Hope’s Promise, at the address indicated above, no later than twenty-one (21) days after the date of this notice or before the birth mother’s relinquishment petition is filed with the court, whichever occurs later. The date of notice shall be considered the date of the first day of publication in the newspaper. You should bring photo identification with you for in-person submission.

YOU MUST ALSO:

• File a claim of paternity pursuant to Article 4 of Title 19, Colorado Revised Statutes and notify Hope’s Promise pursuant to C.R.S. § 19-4-105.5. This claim of paternity must be filed no later than twenty-one (21) days after the date of this notice or before the birth mother’s relinquishment petition is filed with the court, whichever occurs later. The date of notice shall be considered the date of the first day of publication in the newspaper.

5. You may also waive your right to contest the termination of parental rights and doing so will likely result in a termination of any parental rights you may have to the child. If you do not believe that you are the father of this child, please check the appropriate box on the reply form which will be provided to you by the agency upon request.

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED THAT IF YOU FAIL TO PROPERLY REPLY TO THIS NOTICE IN A MANNER DESCRIBED ABOVE, YOU ALSO WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO ANY FURTHER NOTICE RELATED TO THE ANTICIPATED EXPEDITED RELINQUISHMENT PROCEEDINGS AND YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS, IF ANY, WILL LIKELY BE TERMINATED BY THE COURT. Thank you for your cooperation.

Sincerely, Seth Grob Attorney for Hope’s Promise

Legal Notice No. 82099

First Publication: March 2, 2023

Last Publication: March 2, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch ***