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‘You, too, are indeed a scientist’

Plan leads to fight over electric vehicle chargers

Private sector says it can’t compete with utilities

BY JUDITH KOHLER THE DENVER POST

Supporters of speeding up the move to electric vehicles see investment by utilities as essential, but business groups say it will be hard for them to compete with utilities on providing charging stations for the public.

Denver Museum of Nature & Science’s mobile Curiosity Cruiser brings education to all

BY CLARKE READER SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

When the Denver Museum of Nature & Science was looking for di erent ways to engage with the community, sta kept receiving a similar request through its community outreach.

Feedback included statements such as: “We love going to the museum, but we will love it more if it comes to us” and “Can you imag-

ine the museum showing up in our neighborhood like an ice cream truck, but with science?”

“ ese comments inspired us to explore ways to bring the museum experience directly to the neighborhoods, making it more accessible and convenient,” said Daniel Ville, the museum’s manager for community engagement.

e newly launched Curiosity Cruiser is the museum’s response to these requests. It is a kind of museum on wheels — one that brings activities and education to the inquisitive of all ages.

“ ere was a massive amalgamation of ideas, prototyping, design, redesign and collaboration, with not just our internal sta and partners,”

said Zack Garvin, community event specialist. “We did our homework with the community as well. So, the Curiosity Cruiser was designed for multigenerational groups involving adults and families.”

Currently the Cruiser has three di erent exhibits to o er visitors: Wonder-osity, Flavorology and Spicy: Revealed. Experts travel with the vehicle to connect with visitors and run the exhibits.

Wonder-osity provides participants with the opportunity to solve a mystery centered on missing hikers, and encourages critical thinking and the power of keeping an open mind.

Flavorology immerses participants

In its second plan on electric vehicles led with regulators, Xcel Energy proposes spending $145 million to build a public charging network over the next three years in addition to o ering rebates and other programs. Charge Ahead Partnership, a national coalition that includes retailers that want to build EV charging stations, opposes proposals by Xcel and other utilities to install and operate chargers.

Coalition spokesman Ryan McKinnon said regulated utilities like Xcel Energy would have an unfair advantage in the emerging market because they can use ratepayers’ money to invest in the infrastructure and they get a certain rate of return on their investments.

“We’re advocating for policies that will make it more of a level playing

A group of people participate in an activity inside the Denver Museum of Nature & Science’s Curiosity Cruiser last year.

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eld for private business retailers, basically just letting the free market come in and be able to provide this service without having to compete with a monopoly,” McKinnon said.

e coalition also objects to utilities owning and operating chargers because the money will come from ratepayers, including low-income customers and people who don’t have EVs.

Will Toor, executive director of the Colorado Energy O ce, said there’s plenty of room for investors who want to build the thousands of charging stations that will be needed to meet the state’s goals for electrifying transportation.

“I’m more concerned that between state, federal, utility and private sector investment, can we get enough investment to meet that need,” Toor said.

An updated EV plan released earlier this year by the Polis administration calls for 2.1 million cars and SUVs on Colorado roads by 2035 and 1,700 fast chargers and 5,800 slower public chargers.

An analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation said that nearly $1 billion will have to be spent on charging infrastructure through this decade if Colorado wants to meet its goals.

e analysis suggested that Colorado will need nearly 5,000 fast-charging EV ports by the end of 2030, said Christian Williss, managing director for transportation at the energy o ce.

“Right now we’re at a little over 800,” Williss said. “It kind of takes an all-hands-on-deck approach.”

Not the right vehicle?

Ray Hu doesn’t think Xcel Energy and other investor-owned, regulated utilities are the right vehicles to build EV-charging networks. Hu is president of HJB Convenience Corp, a Lakewood-based convenience store operator. He said private businesses nationwide want to take advantage of state and federal incentives to start installing chargers but worry about competing with utilities.

“ ey want to charge me as a ratepayer for their buildout of the network and then get their 10% or 9%c return on the money that they took from us,” Hu said. “I can’t do that as a private business person, why can they? Well, it’s because they have a monopoly.”

Public utilities are regulated but essentially operate as monopolies, providing service in certain geographical areas. In return, they get to recover the costs of building power plants, transmission lines and other expenses while making a certain amount of pro t.

Both Xcel Energy and Black Hills

Energy have submitted plans to the PUC for supporting the use of electric vehicles. Business and trade groups that object to utilities getting into the EV charging business have focused on Xcel Energy, Colorado’s largest electric utility.

Xcel has proposed building and operating up to 460 public fast chargers in its service territory from 2024-2026. at number is less than 10% of the more than 6,000 additional chargers needed to support the state’s goal of having 940,000 EVs on the road by 2030, Jack Ihle, Xcel’s regional vice president for regulatory policy, said in testimony to the PUC.

Ihle said that leaves more than 90% of the additional charging needed to be met by others. Xcel’s plan includes o ering rebates for installing home EV chargers; rebates for vehicles; support for the electrication of commercial eets; rates that encourage charging when demand on the grid is low; and public outreach.

“Transportation is the largest source of carbon emissions in the United States and our EV vision complements our net-zero carbon emissions goal for 2050,” Xcel spokeswoman Michelle Aguayo said in an email.

e goal is to provide everyone in communities served by Xcel “the bene ts of electric transportation, whether they own an EV, use public transit or bene t from improved air quality,” Aguayo added.

Xcel Energy recovers its costs of electri cation through a rider on customers’ bills. Aguayo said the new plan will increase the average residential electric bill by 77 cents a month.

However, Xcel’s large commercial and industrial customers will see average monthly increases of $15.

In the long run, Xcel customers will bene t from more electric vehicles tapping into the grid, said Travis Madsen, transportation program director for the Southwest Energy E ciency Project. People charging at home usually plug in their cars at night or when demand is low and there’s excess capacity on the system.

“In e ect, we’re using our electric system more e ciently. We’ve already invested in these power plants, the wires and the transformers and whatnot,” Madsen said.

Electric vehicle drivers are putting more money into the electric system, which will help lower everyone’s rates, Madsen said.

A study by Synapse Energy Economics said customers with EVs in three of the utility service areas with the most electric vehicles in the U.S. contributed more than $1.7 billion in net revenue between 2012 and 2021. e result has been “downward pressure” on electric rates, the study said.

Fueling competition or not?

Bill Levis, an AARP Colorado volunteer, has a di erent viewpoint. He testi ed against a 2019 law in

part because it allowed utilities to cover the costs of building chargers by increasing the rate base, the basic rate customers pay. e law cleared the way for electric utilities to supply public charging stations and, with approval of the PUC, recover their costs.

Levis, the former head of what is now the Colorado O ce of the Utility Consumer Advocate, said AARP Colorado remains opposed to utilities adding the expense to the rate base.

“Putting it in the rate base means that those on xed incomes and lower income people who can’t a ord EVs would end up paying for subsidized charging stations,” Levis said in an email.

In addition, because regulators authorize set rates of return for the investments that utilities make, it gives them an unfair advantage in the marketplace, Levis said.

“If Xcel is looking to get ratepayers to subsidize their own investment, it will distort markets to such a degree that retailers who today are strongly considering installing EV charger stations would abandon that e ort,” said David Fialkov with the National Association of Truck Stop Operators. e association has weighed in on utilities proposing to build and run EV chargers in other states. One of those states is Minnesota, where Xcel Energy is based and where it recently withdrew a transportation electri cation plan.

Xcel withdrew a clean transportation plan in early June after it got a lower rate increase than it sought from the Minnesota Public Utility Commission. e Star Tribune in Minneapolis reported that Xcel had proposed building and owning 730 EV fast chargers in the state.

Xcel Energy spokeswoman Aguayo said the company is evaluating its next steps and will submit another transportation plan to Minnesota regulators in November.

e Minnesota Department of Commerce said in a document to the utilities commission that it’s encouraging Xcel to review how it can help develop the state’s EV infrastructure. e department said Xcel “has not shown that it can build, operate, and maintain even the limited number” of the fast-charging stations it has been approved to build.

Fialkov said his organization and businesses don’t oppose Xcel Energy and utilities building EV chargers “on their own dime” or in areas where private businesses might not be willing to build.

“A lot of companies are looking at applying for federal grants to install EV chargers and if Xcel continues down the path it’s intending to go on, those plans will be abandoned and Colorado will be left behind,” Fialkov said.

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in the world of the ve tastes — bitter, spicy, umami, sweet and sour — to teach about the di erences between taste and avor. And Spicy: Revealed delves into the science behind spicy foods and avors.

“ ere are so many basic things that people do all day, everyday with fascinating scienti c explanations,” Garvin said. “Our three themes explore how you interact with the world around you and understanding it through the scienti c method.”

Designed to be highly mobile and adaptable, the cruiser has already appeared at events such as Adams County Pride, the Juneteenth Music Festival and Denver PrideFest. In addition to large community events like these, it can also be brought to smaller-scale happenings like block parties and breweries.

“ e activities o ered on the Curiosity Cruiser are carefully crafted to ensure they appeal to a wide range of interests and abilities,” Ville said. “From fun personality quizzes to handson experiments, the experiences provided are designed to spark curiosity, foster learning and encourage active participation.”

Not only does the cruiser meet residents where they are, it also provides a critical service by demystifying scienti c concepts and o ering informal ways to learn about complicated concepts.

“Providing everyone with the understanding

that you, too, are indeed a scientist — by very de nition — can help inspire and foster creativity,” Garvin said. “Everyone deserves to know just how brilliant they are. If we can come bring that to your neighborhood, all the better.”

It isn’t often that an institution like the DMNS can respond directly to community feedback and meet people exactly where they are, but the Curiosity Cruiser allows the museum to do both.

“ e Curiosity Cruiser’s content has been thoughtfully created to address community voices and provide welcoming spaces,” Ville said. “ e goal is to leave people with smiles on their faces, fostering a love for learning, and nurturing their curiosity for the world around them.”

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Repeat o enders face harsher penalties

BY MEGAN VERLEE COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

Colorado is changing how it punishes people for car theft, and will focus on the behavior of the o ender instead of the value of the vehicle.

A new state law that took e ect July 1 will bring harsher penalties for people who repeatedly steal cars, or use them to commit other crimes.

For repeat o enders — those who have been convicted of car theft at least twice before — prosecutors can now charge them with a Class 3 felony, punishable by between four and 12 years in prison. People who steal a car and damage it, take it out of state or use it to commit another crime, will face between two to six years in prison.

e law does allow for a lower penalty for joyriders, people who steal cars brie y and commit no other crimes with them.

“We heard a lot of concerns of: What if it’s less than 24 hours? What if it’s returned undamaged?” said GOP state Rep. Matt Soper, explaining why they kept the ability for prosecutors to treat some car thefts as a misdemeanor.

e bipartisan law was a response to criticism that Colorado’s previous approach to car theft was ine ectual and unfair.

Under the prior law, the severity of the crime was based on the value of the vehicle. Stealing a car worth less than $2,000 was generally only a misdemeanor. Democratic state Sen. Rachel Zenzinger said it was clear that approach ignored the actual impact on victims.

“A crime is a crime,” said Zenzinger. “It doesn’t matter if you’re a moderate income person, a low income person — if your car has been stolen, it’s going to impact your life, and sometimes pretty dramatically.”

Colorado has earned a place of infamy for car thefts in recent years.

e business-oriented think tank Common Sense Institute found that Colorado led the nation in car thefts in 2021 and averaged around 4,000 thefts a month for the rst half of 2022. Car thefts have declined since then, according to Colorado State Patrol, which trumpeted the new law as a help to future enforcement.

Zenzinger and other lawmakers said they got involved in the issue after hearing from numerous constituents across the state about their own experiences with auto thefts and asking for stricter penalties.

“I was receiving emails about this almost daily,” she said. “Even my own vehicle, while it was not stolen, it was broken into. And I think when you become a victim of a crime like that, it really sends it home. When you realize, ‘it can happen to anybody. And it is happening!’”

e bill was supported unanimously in the state Senate but opposed by a handful of House Democrats, concerned that strengthening penalties could lead to more people with felonies on their criminal records without meaningfully reducing car thefts. ey argued addressing the root causes of crime would have more impact.

“It’s a false set of options to suggest folks are asking for more criminalization, when we’re not giving them other options,” said Rep. Elisabeth Epps during a committee hearing on the bill. “ is is a step in the wrong direction, and it’s a step that we’re going to be paying for for years to come.”

e new law was developed by the state’s Criminal and Juvenile Justice Coalition and supported by a number of local governments and law enforcement organizations. It was opposed by the ACLU and criminal defense lawyers.

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Wet weather brings uptick in ticks

BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e wet weather this season means nature lovers should be on the lookout for ticks as they enjoy Colorado’s mountains, woods, parks and trails.

“ ere does seem to be a lot more ticks this year,” said Chris Roundy, a medical entomologist at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. “ ey do like wet weather, so our wet spring has certainly created ideal environments for them.”

Types of ticks and diseases

e two most common ticks in Colorado are the Rocky Mountain wood tick and the American dog tick, which can both carry diseases, Roundy said.

e likeliness of getting a disease from a tick bite in Colorado, however, is relatively low.

“ ough we are seeing an increase in ticks, that doesn’t necessarily mean an increase in tick-borne diseases,” Roundy said. “If you are bitten by a tick, there’s still a very slim chance that they will transmit anything.”

Luckily, ticks in Colorado do not carry Lyme disease, a sometimes serious and long-lasting disease carried by ticks in other parts of the

country, according to the Colorado State University Extension o ce. ey can instead carry Colorado tick fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever or tularemia, depending on the type of tick.

e seriousness of these diseases can range from having u-like symptoms to life-threatening conditions, Roundy said, but the latter is very rare.

If a person is bitten by a tick in Colorado, Roundy said they should watch for a headache, fever or rash and seek medical attention if they develop any of these symptoms.

Several of the diseases can be treated with antibiotics, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Prevention and tick collection

To prevent ticks, Roundy said people should wear long pants tucked into socks, use insect repellent with DEET and consider treating their clothes with an insecticide called Permethrin if they will be outside for days at a time.

“If you’ve been spending signicant time outside — always a good idea to check for ticks,” he added.

“ ey like to hang out in areas where they’ve got something helping them hold on. is might be in our armpits, waistband, back of the knee, in your hair.”

If someone nds a tick on themselves, a pet or outside, they can double-bag it and send it to the state health department to contribute to the Colorado Citizen Science Tick Surveillance Program.

In this program, Roundy determines the species of all submitted ticks and uses the data to better understand what types of ticks are found in Colorado and where they live.

“I have received upwards of 250 ticks so far this season in our surveillance program, which is great,” he said. “ e more submissions we get, the better understanding we have of the ticks in Colorado.”

Tick submissions have roughly mulitiplied by ve since last year, but Roundy said it’s di cult to accurately compare these numbers of because of the state health department’s increased messaging about the program this year. Roundy contributes the increase in tick submissions to both the expanded awareness of the program and the wet weather.

If a person nds a tick outside, Roundy said he does not recommend trying to capture it if it will put the person at risk of being bitten. e Centers for Disease Control also warns people not to squeeze or remove a tick with their ngers.

Instead, the CDC o ers the following tips:

1. Use clean, ne-tipped tweezers to grasp the tick as close to the skin’s surface as possible.

2. Pull upward with steady, even pressure. ...

3. After removing the tick, thoroughly clean the bite area and your hands with rubbing alcohol or soap and water.

4. Never crush a tick with your ngers.

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Colorado fourteeners see record decline in visitors, new report shows

BY PARKER YAMASAKI THE COLORADO SUN

Foot tra c on Colorado’s highest peaks tumbled 33% in 2022 from the record 415,000 hiker days logged in 2020.

e annual Hiking Use Estimates report by the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative recorded an estimated 279,000 hiker use days during the 2022 season. at’s about 24,000 fewer hikers than in 2021, which saw 303,000 hiker days, and a dramatic drop from 2020’s record of 415,000 hiker days.

ough some ebbs and ows are expected in hiker data due to drought or snowpack, Lloyd Athearn, executive director of the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative, worries that the last year’s decrease is in part an overreaction to the high-tra c pandemic year.

For instance, in 2021, Clear Creek County posted “No Parking” signs along the road that people traditionally parked along to access Grays and Torreys peaks. And in 2022 a reservation system was in e ect for the full season on Quandary, the fourteener that has consistently topped the hiker use charts since recording began.

“It’s sort of curious to me. Just as we’re getting close to having almost

every fourteener with some kind of intentional route on it — something we’ve been working on for decades, and that the state has spent millions of dollars on — now the communities are saying, ‘we don’t want people here,’” Athearn said. “It’s like we built an interstate highway and all of a sudden the towns start saying they’d rather people run out the county

roads.”

ough almost all of the fourteeners experienced a decline in tra c, the numbers and impact are not evenly dispersed. Overall, the state experienced an 8% decrease in tra c. is, in itself, is not particularly alarming.

e pandemic year, when people got bored of fearing for their lives inside, created a high watermark of tra c.

Even the double-digit decrease from 2020 to 2021 was something to be expected.

e Mosquito Range and the Elk Mountains are the only groups that did not see decreases. e Elks near Aspen — which consist of Castle Peak, Maroon Peak, North Maroon, Capitol Peak, Snowmass Mountain, Conundrum Peak, and Pyramid Peak — showed roughly the same number of hikers as last year, at 7,000. e Mosquito Range, just east of Leadville, actually increased its hiker count to almost double — to 32,000 in 2022 from 17,000 in 2021 — because of a two-month closure of Mount Lincoln, Mount Democrat and Mount Bross in 2021.

e most drastic decrease was on Quandary Peak, just south of Breckenridge, which saw roughly 13,000 fewer hiker days in 2022 than in 2021. Athearn speculated that a season-long reservation system and the introduction of a shuttle fee in 2022 drove down that number. e next steepest losses came from the Sawatch Range, west of Buena Vista, which hosted 11,500 fewer hiker days, followed by the San Juans at 10,000 fewer hiker

Hikers and members from non-profit groups cross paths on the DeCaliBron loop accessed from Kite Lake Trailhead in July 2022, near Alma.

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days. e Front Range peaks, including some of the most accessible fourteeners like Grays and Torreys, Mount Evans, and Mount Bierstadt, lost about 3,000 hiker days, while the Sangre de Cristos rounded out the losses with 1,500 fewer hiker days.

Athearn isn’t unsympathetic to the concerns of local communities.

In rural mountain towns, residents face the consequences of high visitor numbers— acutely felt in labor and housing prices — and a loss of the serenity that many moved there for in the rst place. Last month, a report by Montana’s Headwaters Economics outlined the paradoxical challenges of living in a mountain town so plentiful with natural features that its allure brings in crushing numbers of visitors and second-home owners, thereby degrading the quality of life for locals.

e report called this type of town an “amenity trap.”

ose fears carry over to natural spaces. e dialogue about “overloved” natural resources is wellfounded in Colorado, and many heavily tra cked areas have implemented strict permit systems to try to do some damage control.

What Athearn is wary of is the kneejerk reaction by local communities who see more people and immediately want to regulate rather than invest in better infrastructure.

“Some people think we need to permit everything, but you have to think, who are the people that really bene t? People who have exible schedules, who can book a trip six months in advance,” Athearn said. “What about someone who works a retail shift and might not know they can get out until the day before? Who are the people that will get access to public lands, versus those who will feel locked out or that the system is too Byzantine to navigate?”

With so much focus on diversifying public lands, and on reducing barriers to entry like cost, Athearn nds it strange that communities also want to start charging people for something that was traditionally free.

“We’re at this crosscurrent,” he said about the future of the fourteeners. “What do people actually want?” is year, the heavy and late-staying snowpack is going to have an impact on the hiking season. at much CFI is expecting. Overlaid on those natural conditions are an increase in parking and reservation fees, and an increase of private land closures — more than 10% of the fourteener’s summits are on private land — due to liability issues. e way that those three forces will impact hiker numbers this year concerns Athearn.

“I worry that we’re going in this negative direction where people are just saying ‘there’s too much. Too many people, too many dogs, too much whatever, and so let’s just stop,’” Athearn said during a recent fourteener safety panel. “Is

this a canary in the coalmine for our recreation-based economy?”

Another driver of what Athearn called the knee-jerk, “shut o the tap” reaction, is the fallacy that more people means more damage.

In 2015, CFI’s trail condition report card, an assessment that they conduct every four years, gave the Quandary Peak trail a C+. at year the trail hosted 18,000 people, according to the hiker use report. CFI used that information to prioritize the Quandary trail’s improvements. In 2018, the next iteration of the report card, the trail received an A-. It hosted 38,000 people that year.

“ ere were more than twice the amount of people on it, but the trail was better,” Athearn said. He emphasized that high numbers don’t necessarily mean high impact. “If you have a good trail, people are going to follow it like cattle. Nose to tail,” he said. “And that’s a good thing, right? at means they’re not going to be going o trail, picking owers, damaging the ecosystem.”

Higher concentrations of visitors on popular peaks is also a boon for local search and rescue crews. “From a rescue standpoint, to go back up the same trail again to rescue someone with a broken ankle, it gets a little monotonous,” Je Sparhawk, executive director of Colorado Search and Rescue, said. “But, if we had to go search for people all over the place, searches take a long time. And that’s volunteer time. at’s time away from work or time away from family.”

Sparhawk added that locals go wherever they want to go. ey understand tra c patterns, and know where they can nd solitude.

e majority of rescues that COSAR conducts are for out-of-state visitors. Sparhawk hesitated to say it aloud, but added that keeping those travelers on a few consolidated peaks makes COSAR’s job easier.

Athearn recently had the opportunity to talk with climbers on Grays while a helicopter ew logs to the summit. While he was holding the foot tra c back, he asked where all of the climbers were from. “I recall only about ve people from Colorado,” he said. “ ere was an extended family from St. Louis, a woman from Maryland, a man from Wisconsin, some people from Los Angeles, Texas, Kentucky, Tennessee.”

Ultimately, Athearn encouraged Coloradans to think more broadly. “ e thing that’s always hard for communities to understand is that these are our national forests and our national parks,” he said. “ ey may be located largely in the West, they may be in our backyards, but they’re really owned by all the people in the USA.”

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Suncor’s ‘forever chemicals’ pouring into metro Denver rivers spike again

BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

Discharges of water tainted with PFAS “forever chemicals” from the Suncor re nery spiked again in May, an environmental watchdog group said, following high readings in November and January.

Suncor, which has used re ghting foam containing PFAS chemicals for years on the sprawling Commerce City property, reported May discharges into Sand Creek at 218 parts per trillion of variants of the chemicals known as PFOS, PFOA and PFNA, according to Earthjustice attorneys. e group monitors Suncor’s required reporting to state water quality regulators.

Immediately after leaving Suncor, the discharged water is carried by Sand Creek into the South Platte River as it ows through Adams County.

e May discharge peaks were more than three times the PFAS limits proposed in a 2022 draft renewal permit written by state regulators to cover Suncor’s water discharges.

e report shows Suncor’s “continuing inability to reliably treat their PFAS to meet even the division’s

proposed 70 parts per trillion limit, and that limit is still way too high and based on outdated information,”

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said. “Suncor’s continued failure negatively impacts Sand Creek and the South Platte River.”

Neither Suncor nor state regulators responded to new questions about the high discharge readings from May.

e thousands of variations of PFAS chemicals are used in countless consumer and industrial products for water and stain resistance, among other functions. ey were used for decades in everything from carpet to re ghting products to clothing and fast-food packaging, though manufacturers are trying to phase them out of many products and states like Colorado are banning them. States’ attorney general ofces, including Colorado, are suing manufacturers like 3M and DuPont to recover water ltration and ground cleanup costs.

PFAS chemicals do not easily break down in the environment, thus the “forever” moniker, and have been found in sh, wildlife and in the bloodstream of most humans tested.

Until March, the EPA’s drinking water guideline — not a mandate to water agencies, but health guidance — had been limiting PFAS to 70 parts per trillion. en the EPA issued sharply lower levels that are now drinking water mandates that cities must achieve, setting them as low as 0.02 parts per trillion for the variant PFOS, and 0.004 ppt for PFOA.

Earthjustice had previously agged Suncor re nery releases of PFAS. One out ow measured at Suncor found November readings at 1,100 parts per trillion of PFOS in discharges, or 55,000 times the down-

ward-revised EPA requirements. Discharges of 54 parts per trillion of PFOA that month were 13,500 times the new EPA limits on that chemical, Earthjustice said.

e high discharges remained in January, though not as elevated. e February report showed lower levels.

e elevated discharges came as state clean water o cials worked to complete revisions to Suncor’s water out ow pollution permits that were rst opened to public comments nearly 18 months ago. Colorado o cials noted at the time they had included PFAS limits for the rst time in a draft of the revised permit. Suncor had major December res that prompted air pollution notices and a long shutdown of re ning operations, and environmental groups monitoring pollution there speculate the re ghting foam commonly used in industrial res could have contributed to more PFAS runo . e re nery recently announced $100 million in repairs to reduce its air emissions.

e state’s proposed draft permit revision for Suncor rst revealed in 2022 set PFAS discharge limits at the same 70 parts per trillion that had been the EPA drinking water guideline until this year. In response to the high Suncor discharges in 2022 and early 2023, and the EPA’s March 2023 revisions, state regulators said they were reconsidering the draft permit. ey have not o ered a timetable on when those revisions will be put out for another public comment period.  After Earthjustice called out their November and January PFAS releases, Suncor said the company’s testing away from the re nery outow did not show any higher than normal contamination downstream on Sand Creek or in the South Platte River nearby.

Suncor’s statement said a sampling study by an independent rm in May 2022 said “Suncor’s PFAS contributions are not impacting the South Platte River in any meaningful way.”

Earthjustice disputes that conclusion, saying a report from Westwater Hydrology at the “Outfall 20” in question “accounted for between 16-47% of total PFAS found in Sand Creek, and 3-18% of PFAS found in the South Platte River downstream of the facility.”

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The Suncor refinery in Commerce City is pictured on Sand Creek from along the Sand Creek Regional Greenway on May 26, 2021.

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Hospital volunteer, 97, hits 20,000 hours

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Polly Coleman donned a huge smile as she walked into Saint Joseph Hospital to begin her volunteer shift.

Coleman celebrated her 97th birthday the day before. But as she entered the hospital on June 20, about 30 sta and volunteers gathered to celebrate her for a different milestone — Coleman had completed 20,000 hours of volunteer work at the hospital over the course of 32 years.

“Volunteers are a big part of what we do here at the hospital,” said Yusuf Hassan, director of volunteers and guest services for the hospital. “She believes in our mission (and) she loves giving back.”

Coleman, of Broom eld, started volunteering at the hospital in Denver’s City Park West neighborhood because she knew she wanted to stay active and involved after retirement. Also, her dad had a friend that was chief of surgery at the time.

So, she began in 1991. Since then, Coleman has volunteered in the surgery waiting room, as a board member, as an event co-chair, as a mentor and trainer, and much more.

Hassan recalled that Coleman loves serving at the hospital so much that during the COVID-19 shutdowns — when nobody but patients and sta were allowed in hospitals — Coleman was one who called every day asking when she’d be able to come back.

Currently, Coleman spends two days a week in the hospital’s gift shop.

“It’s because of love,” Coleman said. “I love what I do.”

Supporting Saint Joseph Hospital has become somewhat of a tradition for Coleman’s family, as there are three generations who dedicate time. Coleman’s granddaughter, Sarah Owen, started volunteering at the hospital when she was 12, sim-

ply to be able to hang out with her grandmother. Today, Owen serves as the hospital’s director of service excellence.

“She’s always had a heart for giving,” Owen said of her grandmother. “Hospitals can be stressful, (but) she’s like a little ray of sunshine.”

Coleman’s daughter, Dianne Montanari, has been volunteering at the hospital for about ve years. Her service began after she retired from a career as a sixth-grade aide with the Je erson County School District.

“You get more from life if you give back,” Montanari said.

Coleman has an active life, Owen said. She is part of a bridge club, she’s involved with a variety of committees, church and a close-knit family.

“But the two days a week she comes to the hospital gives her an additional sense of purpose,” Owen said. “She’s there (in the gift shop) with a smile, getting to know everyone.”

e hospital hosts a variety of volunteers — people who dedicate their time to do everything from communion to pet therapy. e hospital has about 162 active volunteers who, combined, provide an average of 1,500 hours per month. is equals the work of nine-and-a-half full-time employees and pay value equivalent to $50,000, Hassan said.

e gift shop is run completely by volunteers, and since 2012, it has invested $1.33 million into the hospital, Hassan said.

He added that while Coleman’s 32 years is the longest out of all the volunteers, there are about 10 who have been volunteering at Saint Joseph Hospital for more than 20 years, and several more who have been volunteering at the hospital for more than 10 years. Nine volunteers are former employees.

e volunteers are “extremely valuable,” Hassan said. “And not only the dollar value. Just their presence alone makes such a di erence.”

Polly Coleman, 97, wears her celebratory tiara as she organizes the stu ed animals in the gift shop at Saint Joseph Hospital, where she currently volunteers. Hospital sta threw Coleman a surprise celebration on June 20 to commemorate her 20,000 hours and 32 years of volunteering at Saint Joseph Hospital.

A crowd of Saint Joseph Hospital’s volunteers, sta and caregivers surround Polly Coleman outside of the gift shop on June 20 to celebrate Coleman’s 20,000 hours of volunteering at the hospital.

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Navigating summer vacation with kids: survive or thrive?

Su mmer break is upon us. For parents, this means a much-needed break from cramming activities and school into a day that simply doesn’t contain enough hours, and a break from the school emails that add even more to your to-do list.

For kiddos, a break from homework and early wake-up times. However, the prospect of keeping kids entertained and maintaining some semblance of order can be overwhelming. Add in trying to navigate camp registration mayhem that rivals getting tickets to Taylor Swift, only to then have to put all of those moving pieces into one streamlined and efficient calendar — well, it’s a lot, and frankly doesn’t always feel like that much of a break. Ensure your family thrives this summer (not just survives) with the helpful tips below.

The power of routines

During the school year, kids thrive on the structure provided by their daily routines. Summer vacation disrupts this structure, potentially leading to restlessness and boredom — and I think it’s safe to say that hearing “I’m bored” from your kids can be triggering.

Start and end each day with a consistent wake-up time and bedtime. Keep hygiene routines the same. The more these routines stay somewhat similar to the school year, the less adjustment

and struggles you’ll have getting back into the swing of things in the fall.

Divide the day into structured time blocks for various activities. is can include dedicated time for learning, outdoor play, creative activities, quiet time and family time. Setting aside speci c times for di erent activities provides a sense of consistency as well as regular scenery changes. Having these blocks doesn’t mean you have to have activities to ll every minute. Give kids some ownership of how to ll the time via a weekly family meeting to plan the upcoming week. Less mental load for parents and more engagement from kids equals a win-win.

Maintaining regular meal times is also a huge help in creating a summer routine. Meal planning can be a lot, even when parents aren’t having to plan three meals a day plus snacks, but giving your kids an opportunity to contribute to the meal plan is a great way to lighten the load. Tired of hearing, “I don’t like that?” Have everyone put their favorite meals in a jar so you can just grab and plug them in, depersonalizing the choice and minimizing disagreements.

Engaging activities for summer

Make the most of the warm weather by engaging in outdoor activities. Like recess, but different. Plan family hikes, picnics or visits to local parks. Encouraging kids to explore nature, go for bike rides, take ownership of daily dog walks, play in the water — anything to get outside and enjoy some Vitamin D. If there are struggles to decide what to do, using the same meal option trick works well as the element of surprise overcomes complaints — hopefully.

Summer vacation doesn’t mean learning should take a backseat. Make a bucket list of local museums, libraries or science centers to visit. Game nights for some quality non-screen time also keeps minds sharp. You’ve heard of chore charts, but reading charts in the summer are a great option, too. A throwback to Pizza Hut Book-It, anyone? I’m an especially huge fan of journaling to capture the day, and highly suggest making a point to capture some gratitude as well.

Set up a designated art area at home where kids can paint, draw or engage in crafts. We say the mess is worth it — mostly, unless slime is involved!

When it’s too much

We live in a world of doing it all at all costs, and the reality is we need to shift that narrative. Asking for help is OK. Taking a break is

OK. Not doing everything on your list is OK. Need a quick self-care moment or run errands sans kids? Form a baby-sitting co-op. Babysitters are saviors, but they also come at a cost and can be hard to find. One solution is to form a coop with friends or neighbors.

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Survive or thrive?

There will be days, even hours, when it feels like you’re both surviving and thriving in equal, and sometimes less-than-equal parts, and that’s OK. Navigating summer vacation with kids can be a joyful and rewarding experience when approached with the right mindset, but it’s totally normal to feel overwhelmed, too. Give yourself a break, give your kids a break. Giving grace, leaning into flexibility and shooting for a bit of balance will serve everyone well and make for a summer of fun and memories.

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When the topic of a school district keeping parents out of the loop about their children rst started coming up two years ago – I didn’t give it much thought. I believed if the school is going to send a note home or call when they administer a small dose of Tylenol, then they surely would notify me of other, more serious issues.

Recently, the Douglas County School District took up the issue of pronouns and parent involvement. While I disagree with ignoring a student’s preferred pronouns – I am OK with the idea of communicating with parents.

A lot of the debate has come as more students are going by di erent pronouns or considering a gender transition. In 2022, a New York Times article said, “Educators are facing wrenching new tensions over whether they should tell parents when students socially transition at school.”

In the article, a parent told a story about her female student identifying as a male student only at school — writing a di erent name on home-

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work assignments, having teachers use he/him pronouns.

e mother in this instance asked the school how they could be doing this without at least letting her know.

According to the article, the school counselor said because the student did not want his parents to know, the district and state policies instructed the school to respect his wishes.

For students, it can be a confusing time and they can be struggling with their identities. Being able to turn to someone at school such as a counselor is important. However, gender identity is a serious topic and if a student is considering it, there should be a well-rounded supportive circle, which means keeping parents in the loop.

I cannot see how it is healthy to encourage a student to be one person at school and another at home. at would be both mentally and

physically exhausting for a teenager already questioning their identity.

Should a school counselor be encouraging a student to move forward with changing their gender? What if that student is 12? Should they decide parents are not to be part of such a major life change?

As a parent, I have my concerns. School counselors are important for our students to turn to. However, at some point, the student has to go home. e student will leave or move on from that school. Should the parent have the tools needed to help the student with life’s transitions with a full picture of what their children are thinking and feeling?

I am becoming more concerned with the power school administrators, boards and counselors think they have over our children. at goes both ways. I think some districts are getting too extreme on both sides of the debate. e school district trying to take away student rights such as the use of preferred pronouns is not OK. However, encouraging the student to be deceitful while honoring a secret life at school knowing they

are living another at home is not healthy for the student or family.

I have three children — ages 17, 9, and 6. If one of my children is having an identity crisis, struggling, or questioning who they are — I am ne with them turning to a school counselor. What I am not ne with is that counselor agreeing to secrecy.

If my child were to go to the counselor rst due to not quite knowing how to tell me something — I still need to know. e school counselor spends a total of a few hours with my children. I live with them. I know them, and their father and I are the ones who need to help guide them in making choices that t their needs currently and in the future. Keeping adults in their lives in the dark is a trend I will never sign o on.  I know some parents may not have what society views as the “right” reaction to some of these tough topics, but they cannot be disregarded.

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Managing what appears to be unmanageable

When I relocated from New Jersey to Colorado, I had made the drive ahead of the moving truck. Crossing through Kansas and into the eastern plains of Colorado on Highway 70, I still couldn’t quite make out the mountains in the distance. However, the further into Colorado I drove, the purple mountains’ majesties began to appear in the distance. And even though it was July, I could still make out the snow-capped peaks standing tall against the sunset.

At the time I wasn’t familiar with Longs Peak, Mount Evans or Pikes Peak, just a few of the 14ers in the beautiful state of Colorful Colorado, but I still could see these massive mountain structures in the distance. ey were awe-inspiring for sure, but from a distance seemed much too di cult to think about trying to hike or climb them. And as my family and I settled into the foothills, the views of the mountains in the distance at both sunrise and sunset amazed us, as coming from New Jersey we were familiar with the oceans and hills of the east coast, but nothing compared to the

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As newbies to Colorado at the time, we were anxious and nervous yet so excited to get into the mountains and do some exploring. Driving west on 70 those mountaintops didn’t disappoint — there are times along the road where their beauty is only exceeded by their ominous features. I remember my family thinking that maybe we should turn back. And we are all glad we did not turn back, we kept going and nally stopped in Beaver Creek. After leaving the exit, and making our way toward the mountain, we could still not quite see the top, and again from far away it looked like that day’s hike might be more di cult than we had anticipated.

Beaver Creek isn’t even a 14er (a mountain that is at least 14,000 feet in elevation), yet it seemed gigantic to us, almost unmanageable for rookies to the area. But as we got closer, we real-

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ized we could no longer see the top, as a matter of fact the closer we got to that mountain, the smaller it became. And when we looked at the trail map and out at the winding trail ahead of us, we realized that what was right in front of us was more than manageable for sure, so we readied ourselves and took o up the mountain.

What mountain are you looking at right now? Does it look ominous and frightening from where you are currently standing? Maybe it’s a new cancer diagnosis, a personal battle with addiction, or a family member or friend ghting addiction. Perhaps it’s a relationship challenge at home. You may be facing a nancial burden that seems to be getting bigger by the day. Your mountain could be a problem with your business or your team. If you are in sales and you are now halfway through the year and your numbers are way o , the chasm between your quota and where you currently are regarding your year-to-date sales seem like a much higher climb than you can conceivably make up in the next six months.

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er to it. Stop looking at it from miles away. Find a guide, a coach, a family member, or a friend who you trust to help you build your trail map. Get to the base of the mountain, identify the trailhead and execute your plan. e mountain isn’t going to climb itself, nor is it going to fall into the ocean and go away. You have more courage than you think, there is grit deep inside of you that needs to be surfaced to start the climb, and never underestimate your endurance to see it all through. Is it time for you to get closer to the base of the mountain instead of imaging how di cult the climb might be from afar? I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can realize that what seems completely unmanageable from a distance can seem completely manageable the closer we get, it really will be a better than good life.

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How to take up running, from starting out to marathons

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Roxane Geisler started running in high school as a new challenge — somebody told her she should run cross country.

“I didn’t even know how to run a mile,” said Geisler, who is now president of the Highlands Ranch Running Club.

Getting into running “just gradually happened for me,” said Geisler, who is 54. “Suddenly, I was like, ‘Oh, I really do enjoy it, and I love getting out and seeing the views.’”

For people who are inexperienced at running but want to improve, it’s key not to be intimidated, Geisler said.

“A lot of people think, ‘Oh, I can’t join the running club because I’m not a real runner.’ And that’s totally silly,” Geisler said. “If you run, you’re a runner.”

Ryan Marker, an assistant professor who teaches exercise physiology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, said it’s important for beginners to start slow. “Setting appropriate expectations, I think, is really important,” Geisler said. “So if someone’s never run before, you’re not going to get o the couch and do a marathon.”

But with the right plan, even beginners can work their way up to a marathon within months. (Here’s a tip: You don’t have to run the whole thing.)

Here’s some advice on how to start running or take your training to the next level.

Part of the group

One thing that can help you get into running: nding a group of runners to keep you moving.

When Geisler moved to Highlands Ranch in 2003, she noted how many people were out running by themselves.

She learned about the Highlands Ranch Race Series, and part of the idea behind starting her running club was to get some runners to train together.

“It makes running so much easier, training so much easier, when you have people to train with,” Geisler said.

And the people she’s met through her club “were a tremendous in uence on me — just people who really push themselves and try to get the best out of themselves,” said Geisler, who has run marathons.

e club provides a communal atmosphere:

Ryan Marker, who lives in Centennial, finishes a marathon last fall.

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Runners don’t just work out but also make connections in her group. “De nitely lots of friendships have formed, and even a few people have met their spouses,” Geisler said.

Starting out

For beginners who are getting over the initial hump of starting to run, it’s important not to bite o more than you can chew, said Marker, who works in the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus.

“If you’re just starting, even running for a mile, say — or even less than that — is meaningful,” Marker said.

Another strategy, he said, is to remember you don’t have to run consistently for a whole workout. “Run for ve minutes and walk for two,” Marker said as an example of setting planned walk intervals. at method “can help people build up their initial capacity.”

For runners ages 35 and up, Geisler said starting slow can help, like working toward a goal of “I’m going to run this whole mile without walking,” she said. “And then go from there.”

Also important: making sure you have the right running shoes for you. Geisler recommends getting a shoe tting at a specialty running store like Runners Roost.

“You can really get injuries if you don’t have the right footwear,” Geisler said.

Mental game

“Running is a mental sport” is a cliché for a reason — getting your mind used to running is a big part of the battle.

Di erent strategies can help you tackle the mental aspect of running, according to Marker.

“One very accessible one is goal setting … maybe you’re someone that really thrives on, you know, competition, getting a personal best,” Marker said. For those people, always having an appropriate race that you’re training for can help.

For others, distraction works well, so nd a good music playlist or podcast or audiobooks, Marker suggested.

Or opt for using running as a headclearing experience.

“I can almost do a mindfulness type of thing in running,” Marker said, adding: “Especially if you’re trail running, it can make you stop thinking of other things.”

Gearing up for a marathon

For those who aim to run a marathon — about 26 miles or 42 kilometers — it’s a good idea to schedule an initial training plan of at least six months, Marker said.

For inexperienced runners, there’s “not a small chance that you may get injured in that time, so you want to incorporate some bu er room,” Marker said. at’s partly so if you do develop an injury, you can adjust your training instead of trying to push through the pain and making it worse.

Expecting a long training period can help you eld interruptions that

may pop up.

“Life happens,” Marker said, adding that if you have a busy week at work, for instance, and are not able to stick with your training plan, there’s no need to feel that you’ve failed and have to stop.

In terms of distance, “you want to get in at least one longer run a week,” Marker said.

Expect to run three to four days per week at minimum and six days per week at most.

at’s because runners need to incorporate rest periods to avoid overtraining problems, Marker said, adding that it’s important to give your body time to adapt.

It may surprise you to hear that you shouldn’t be about to keel over throughout your run when training for a marathon.

“It’s not a bad idea to keep most of your training at moderate intensity,” said Marker, who referenced “the talk test.”

at’s “the idea that you’re doing moderate intensity exercise if you’re able to relatively easily carry on a conversation (while) you do that exercise,” Marker said.

If it gets so hard to breathe that you can’t say more than a few words without pausing for breath, that would be higher-than-moderate intensity.

In “the marathon, you’re going to be going at a relatively steady pace for a long period of time,” Marker said, adding it’s a good idea for your training to re ect that pace.

Yes, runners walk

You could call it running or “com-

pleting” a marathon.

“ ere’s no shame if you incorporate walking into a marathon,” Marker said.

“When you get to the elites, they’re running the entire time, and they’re running a pace that people, even me, couldn’t keep up even a 10th of the distance,” said Marker, who has done a couple marathons and one ultramarathon. (An ultramarathon is anything longer than a marathon, he said. e one he did was 50 miles.)

For walking, the biggest tip is making sure it’s planned, Marker said.

“ e moment you start walking because you’re tired,” that can be “game over,” he said.

He added: “You want to have more ‘on’ than ‘o ’ — not ending up with a 50/50 split” of time spent running and walking.

Fuel on the way

Something else you might not know: People training for marathons eat while on the run. at could be energy gels or bars, Marker said.

“I’d say if your long runs are starting to get longer than an hour, that might be a good time to gauge how you’re feeling,” Marker said, adding it could help to start bringing food with you.

Hit the gym

Strength training — not just running — can be key to pushing your running further, as it can help with injury prevention.

“If someone has the time and they’re able to incorporate strength training into their routine,” Marker said, “it can de nitely help them.”

Highlands Ranch Running Club volunteers stand at the Backcountry Wilderness Half Marathon in November.

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How the Supreme Court ruling on race-based admissions could a ect Colorado students

BY JASON GONZALES CHALKBEAT COLORADO

Colorado’s colleges and universities will no longer be allowed to consider race when admitting students, after the nation’s high court recently ruled that admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina are unconstitutional.

Only a few Colorado schools factor race into their admissions decisions, including the University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado College and the University of Denver.

e Supreme Court decision to halt 45 years of colleges’ use of raceconscious admissions could reshape campuses here and nationwide.

e decision means the state’s most selective schools won’t be able to consider racial diversity as a factor in enrollment, which could limit the tools they use to balance their student bodies to be more re ective of states and the nation. It also could discourage students from applying to college and deter university o cials from addressing racial inequities on campus, according to experts.

Native American, Black and Hispanic students enroll in college at lower rates than their White and Asian peers.

Ben Ralston, Sachs Foundation president, said race-based admissions were created to rectify systemic inequities that had erected barriers to Black students and students of color. e Colorado Springs-based foundation supports Colorado’s Black communities, including by offering college scholarships.

“ e fact that the federal government is saying that historic inequity is something that they no longer want to address is just a clear signal to the students that we serve that those inequities are going to continue to persist throughout the course of their education and probably the rest of their lives,” Ralston said.

President Joe Biden said the ruling should not deter colleges from seeking to improve diversity. University administrators in Colorado said that they are working to understand how the ruling will a ect their admissions processes and that they’ll keep working to admit students from a range of backgrounds. at includes putting more weight on students’

personal experiences and removing barriers in the application process.

“Excellence is not de ned by a test score, so this will force us to de ne excellence even better,” said Shanta Zimmer, senior associate dean for education at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

e majority of Colorado’s public universities and community colleges do not consider race in their admissions decisions. Students of color go to those schools at higher rates than more selective schools but typically have fewer resources. at contributes to lower overall graduation rates.

Selective colleges typically have more nancial and student support resources that help students of color graduate at higher rates.

In admissions, selective colleges in Colorado largely consider the rigor of classes taken in high school, grade point average, application essays, recommendations, and geographic location. Colorado’s public schools do not consider scores from standardized tests like the ACT and SAT, but some private colleges do.

CU Boulder, Colorado College, the University of Denver and the U.S.

Air Force Academy treat academic performance and rigor as the most important factors in deciding whether to accept a student, but they do consider race as well.

e high court’s decision exempted military academies, on the premise that they are not party to the case and have “potentially distinct interests” that were not considered in the court cases. In her dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor called that distinction essentially arbitrary and said it shows that even the majority doesn’t believe the 14th Amendment prohibits all use of race in admissions.

CU Boulder, the state’s agship institution, is the only Colorado state university that considers race in admissions. Public universities in the state have tried to be more representative of the state’s residents — and, in turn, taxpayers who help pay for their operations.

CU Boulder is 65% White, 13% Hispanic and 2% Black, according to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. In contrast, Colorado’s K-12 population is just 51% White,

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35% Hispanic, and 4.6% Black. e school has become slightly more demographically diverse in the last decade. e student population also has grown, and the school is admitting and serving more students who are Black and Hispanic.

In a statement, University of Colorado President Todd Saliman and Philip DiStefano, chancellor of CU Boulder, said the university would continue to use admissions processes that consider “the whole student,” including demographic characteristics and life experiences.

“As we move forward, the University of Colorado will continue to advance our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion,” they said. “We are steadfast in our belief that a vibrant and inclusive community leads to a richer educational experience for all, contributes to a positive society, and prepares our graduates to excel in an increasingly interconnected and diverse world.”

Jennifer McDu e, CU’s associate vice chancellor of enrollment management, said the university plans an audit of all its admissions practices and sta trainings to gure out what needs to change in response to the ruling. At the same time, CU is looking at what barriers it can reduce in admissions, which may mean expanding

nancial aid or removing extra essays from its application process. e university also wants to ensure students from diverse backgrounds feel wanted and welcome, McDu e said.

University of Denver Chancellor Jeremy Haefner said in a statement that his institution would continue to work to build a more diverse study body, for example by prioritizing diverse high schools in its recruitment e orts and working to create a more welcoming campus environment.

“Without question, there is much to learn about how this decision will impact admission processes at the undergraduate and graduate level,” he said. “Legal professionals will apply their expertise to interpreting the decision over the coming days and weeks, and we will make the best choices for DU’s commitment to diversity and our students while complying with the legal landscape.”

e Supreme Court decision stems from two cases that were brought by Students for Fair Admissions, an organization headed by Edward Blum, who has spent years ghting admissions policies that consider race.

e group alleged that the race-conscious admissions policies of Harvard and the University of North Carolina are unfair and discriminate against Asian American applicants, among other allegations.

e universities said they needed to take race into account to build a diverse student body, which brings bene ts to the schools and students.

In a 6-3 opinion written by Chief

Justice John Roberts, the court ruled that argument relied on stereotypes about how people of di erent races and ethnicities think and behave. e majority opinion argues that using race as a factor in admissions inevitably harms groups that aren’t favored by the policy.

“College admissions are zero-sum, and a bene t provided to some applicants but not to others necessarily advantages the former at the expense of the latter,” Roberts wrote.

Opponents of the use of race-based admissions had argued that Asian American applicants are harmed by the practice.

But the decision also will have an impact on the Asian American community, said Jennifer Ho, a University of Colorado Boulder professor. While Asian Americans are highlighted in the case, they have a mixed view on a rmative action and using race in admissions, according to a Pew Research Center study.

While some Asian American communities are highly educated, many struggle to get to college, such as Hmong, Laotian and Cambodian students, and those from Myanmar, Ho said.

“Asian American students who are from Southeast Asian groups are vastly underrepresented in colleges and universities and have some of the lowest graduation rates from high school by percentage,” said Ho, a professor of Asian American studies.

Many Asian Americans have also bene ted from race-based admissions

policies, Ho said, including herself.

“My guess is that some of the parents who are driving the narrative that a rmative action is harming their children have actually been the bene ciary of a rmative action policies,” she said.

e last time the Supreme Court took up a rmative action was in 2016, when it upheld that colleges and universities can use race in admissions. e makeup of the court has since shifted to a more conservative majority.

Data from states that previously banned the use of race in admissions provide a look at what may happen nationwide.

After California and Michigan banned the use of race in admissions, the share of Black, Latino and Indigenous students at several of the most selective universities fell sharply. ose gures tended to tick back up with time, but never fully rebounded — and they still fail to represent the racial diversity of high school graduates in those states, the Boston Globe reported.

When colleges become less racially diverse, students of color often feel the schools are less welcoming — which could discourage Black and Latino students from applying or staying in college. at matters because Black and Latino students are more likely to bene t from the social capital that comes from attending a top college. Ralston said more of his students

ADMISSIONS

have chosen to go to historically Black colleges and universities because some schools have felt like less of a place for them. He expects that portion to increase as students feel less inclined to consider a school that’s less diverse.

Experts nationwide say it’s hard to boost admissions of Black, Hispanic and other underrepresented students without considering race. Some people worry the ruling will discourage universities from even trying, for fear of running afoul of the ruling.

Kelly Slay, an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University, said states could consider sending more resources to colleges that serve higher numbers of students of color. CU Boulder’s Ho said that schools could also try to diversify their student bodies by considering the economic background of students or whether they’re the rst in their family in the United States to attend college.

Advocate Satra Taylor said she hopes foundations will step up scholarship o ers to get students of color to college.

“No matter what, we’re going to have to be proactive,” said Taylor, higher education director of Young Invincibles, which works on promoting student voice in policy debates, “and we’re going to have to ensure that we’re creating equitable access pathways for students from marginalized backgrounds.”

Administrators at the University of Colorado said they are committed to just that. McDu e pointed to recent initiatives such as a partnership with the Southern Ute Indian Tribe that provides free tuition to some tribe members and a program that pays for travel and lodging for students and families from Colorado’s rural San Luis Valley to visit campus.

CU is doubling the number of students eligible for its CU Promise Program, which waives tuition for students whose families earn less than $65,000 a year. e extra nancial aid will be paid for in part by admitting more out-of-state students. CU also plans to reduce extra essays not already required by the CommonApp, continue diversifying its recruiters, and do more outreach in communities that historically don’t send a lot of students to the university, McDu e said.

Zimmer said she believes the court ruling relies on a mistaken idea about merit. With more than 10,000 applicants for just 184 spots, the school has always looked at test scores to ensure students are academically prepared. But simply ranking applicants by their MCAT scores wouldn’t produce the best medical school class — or the best doctors, she said.

In the future, the medical school likely will give more weight to essays and responses to questions about past experiences, advocacy work, and personal attributes, Zimmer said.

Relevant information could include whether applicants speak another language, whether they’ve had to seek primary care in an emergency room or been pulled over by the police without cause, whether they are the rst in their family to go to college, or whether they have worked with community groups to improve health outcomes for marginalized communities.

Given the correlation between diverse health care providers and patient health outcomes, admitting diverse medical students is “not just about what the class looks like,” Zimmer said. “It’s about how patients get healthy and how they survive, literally.”

Kayln Belsha and Erica Meltzer contributed reporting to this article.  Chalkbeat is a nonpro t news site covering educational change in public schools.

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088

Legals City and County

Public Notice

Brinshore Development will submit an application to the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA). The purpose of this application is to request an estimated $1,100,000 in annual State Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) for an estimated total State LIHTC of $6,600,000. The present value of these credits is estimated to be $4,200,000.

Brinshore Development will also submit an application to the Colorado Division of Housing (DOH) to request $5,000,000.

This funding will be used to develop 104 rental units at 1080 N Ames St, Denver, CO 80214

The total cost of this development is estimated to be $48,253,016.

The request of funding is to benefit persons with low and moderate incomes by increasing the availability of affordable housing in Denver. It is not the intent to cause displacement from any existing housing; however, if persons are displaced from their existing residences reasonable housing alternatives shall be offered.

All interested persons are encouraged to contact the applicant for further information. Written comments should be sent to kbole@brinshore.com and will be forwarded to CHFA for consideration during the application process.

Members of the public are invited to attend an online public hearing scheduled for Monday, July 24, 2023 at 4:00 PM (MDT). Please join via the link https://tinyurl.com/4wm5bv25 or by phone at 719-359-4580; Meeting ID: 861 8656 2086 Passcode: 1080. The online public hearing shall be recorded and a copy of the recording can be requested by emailing kbole@brinshore.com.

Legal Notice No. 82327

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Last Publication: July 13, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

Delwest Development Corp. will submit an application to the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA). The purpose of this application is to request an estimated $1,100,000 in annual State Affordable Housing Tax Credits (AHTC) for an estimated total State AHTC allocation of $6,600,000. The result would be an estimated equity investment of $4,620,000 that equals a present value of $4,361,451.

Delwest Development Corp. will also submit an application to the Colorado Division of Housing (CDOH) to request $7,000,000.

This funding will be used to develop 169 rental units at Albion Street and Iliff Avenue in Denver, CO. The total cost of this development is estimated to be $88,126,208.

The request of funding is to benefit persons with low and moderate incomes by increasing the availability of affordable housing in Denver. It is not the intent to cause displacement from any existing housing; however, if persons are displaced from their existing residences reasonable housing alternatives shall be offered.

All interested persons are encouraged to contact the applicant for further information. Written comments should be sent to dylan@delwest. com and will be forwarded to CHFA and DOH for consideration during the application process.

Members of the public are invited to attend an online public hearing scheduled for July 19 at 4pm MT. Please join via the link https://us02web. zoom.us/j/84030851867?pwd=cmdWdXBhUmd 6S3FEbGdTR1BCb2RiZz09 or dial in (646) 9313860 and use the Meeting ID 84030851867#.

Legal Notice No. 82329

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Last Publication: July 13, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Summons

Denver, CO 80202

Plaintiff: SHAFIQULLAH YOUSIFZAI.

v.

Defendants:

1. OAKWOOD HOMES, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company;

2. MARY MITCHELL;

3. FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION;

4. ANNIE LE, f/k/a ANNIE KONG;

5. THANH CONG LE;

6. ASHLEY M. USECHE, f/k/a ASHLEY M. REYNOLDS;

7. ADOLFO X. USECHE;

8. HOME POINT FINANCIAL CORPORATION; a New Jersey corporation;

9. JOHN DAVIES, the Public Trustee for the City and County of Denver; and,

10. ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION.

Attorney: Robert W. Smith, attorney for Plaintiff

1777 South Harrison Street, Suite 1250

Denver, Colorado 80210

Telephone: (720) 506-9218

Telefax: (303) 355-6036

Email: BobSmith@rwsmithlaw.com

Atty. Reg. #: 9513

Case Number: 2023CV31438 Division 414

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT(S):

All unknown persons who claim any interest in the subject matter of this action.

You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response.

You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the complaint without further notice.

This is an action to correct the legal description in a series of deeds and a deed of trust which contain incorrect lot and block numbers for the property located at 4425 Andes Court, Denver, Colorado 80249, and to quiet title to that property in Plaintiff’s name.

Dated: June 21, 2023.

/s/ Robert W. Smith Attorney for Plaintiff

(This summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(g), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure. This form should not be used where personal service is desired.)

(TO THE CLERK: When this summons is issued by the clerk of the court, the signature block for the clerk or deputy should be provided by stamp, or typewriter, in the space to the left of the attorney's name.)

*Rule 12(a), C.R.C.P., allows 35 days for answer or response where service of process is by publication. However, under various statutes, a different response time is set forth; e.g., §38-6-104, C.R.S. (eminent domain); §38-36-121, C.R.S. (Torrens registration).

Legal Notice No. 82299

First Publication: June 29, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Storage Liens/Vehicle Titles

Public Notice

Broncos Towing, 303-722-3555 (office) will be applying for title to the following vehicles, abandoned.

1 ) 1978 Holiday Rambler cream Tr 221866

2 ) 1990 JeepCherokee White 230333

3 ) 1997 camp trailer white 8S4799

4 ) 2003 Jeep LBY green654313

Legal Notice No. 82322

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Last Publication: August 3, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

Notice to obtain title- The following vehicle(s) were towed and abandoned:

1) VIN 1FDAW56F72EC65320

2002 F-550 Super Duty,

2) VIN 1FDXW46F92EC97223

2002 F-450 Super Duty, M1 Towing lot address 2810 W. 62nd Ave, Denver, CO 80221, 720-364-1160 is applying for title.

Legal Notice No.82321

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Last Publication: July 13, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Notice to Creditors

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Carl David Clark, aka Carl D. Clark, aka Carl Clark, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30744

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 October 30, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Carla C. Peters, Personal Representative 3349 S. Dale Ct. Englewood, CO 80110

Legal Notice No.82296

First Publication: June 29, 2023

Last Publication: July 13, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Michael A. Johnson, also known as Michael Adrian Johnson and Michael A. Johnson, Sr., Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 030700

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 November 13, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

/s/ Nadya Vecchiet-Lambert

Nadya Lambert, Attorney at Law, LLC 6855 S. Havana Street, Suite 370 Centennial, CO 80112

Legal Notice No. 82323

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Richard Canaday, a/k/a Richard M. Canaday, a/k/a Richard Michael Canaday, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30733

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 10/29/2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Aaron Alpert, Personal Representative c/o Carleton H. Hutchins 1999 Broadway, Suite 1400 Denver, CO 80120

Legal Notice No. 82298

First Publication: June 29, 2023

Last Publication: July 13, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Shawna Lynn McCowan, also known as Shawna L. McCowan, and Shawna McCowan, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR030711

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 October 30, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Lazslo Riley, Personal Representative 19354 E 40th Place Denver, CO 80249

Legal Notice No. 82292

First Publication: June 29, 2023

Last Publication: July 13, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Steven Wayne Quinn, a/k/a Steve Wayne Quinn, a/k/a Steven W. Quinn, a/k/a Steve W. Quinn, a/k/a Steven Quinn, a/k/a Steve Quinn, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30710

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 November 6, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kevin G. Quinn, Personal Representative Davis Schilken, PC 7887 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 820 Denver, CO 80111

Legal Notice No. 82306

First Publication: July 6, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Serena Colleen Neu, Deceased Case Number 23-PR-30605

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 October 30, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Robert J. Neu, Personal Representative 1000 Gregory Street Hutchinson, Kansas 67501

Legal Notice No. 82302

First Publication: June 29, 2023

Last Publication: July 13, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of RUTH MARY POE, aka Ruth M. Poe, aka Ruth Mary Allmer, aka Ruth M. Allmer, Deceased Case Number 2023PR30687

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

Counsel for Robert Alan Poe, Melissa Dalla Hammond, P.C. 15016 Elizabeth St., Thornton, CO 80602 on or before November 13, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 82320

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of: Shawn Michael Flink, aka Shawn M. Flink, aka Shawn Flink, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30510

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 November 6, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Rose Mary Zapor, Esq.

Person Giving Notice 7475 W. 5th Ave Ste 202 Lakewood, CO 80226

Legal Notice No. 82315

First Publication: July 6, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

Estate of Philip Michael Sherengos, aka Philip Sherengos, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30273

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 November 13, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jamie Hughes, Personal Represenative 2424 W 82nd Pl. Unit D Westminster, CO 80031

Legal Notice No. 82326

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Thomas John Salturelli, a/k/a Tom Salturelli, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30606

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 November 6, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Alicia Trela, Personal Representative 2600 W. 98th Drive Denver, CO 80260

Legal Notice No. 82308

First Publication: July 6, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of FRANK TRUJILLO, SR., A/K/A, FRANK TRUJILLO, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30709

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 November 6, 2023 (date)*, or the claims may be forever barred.

Frances Simpson, Personal Representative c/o Donald F. Slavin, P.C., 4704 Harlan St., Ste. 685 Denver, CO 80212-7493

Legal Notice No. 82309

First Publication: July 6, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice District Court, 2nd Judicial District, County of Denver, Colorado 1437 Bannock Street Denver, Colorado 80204

In the Matter of the Estate of VICENTE MENDOZA RAMIREZ, MARIA DELALUZ DURON, MATEO DURON, Deceased.

Attorney: Ronald W. Servis; Atty. Reg. #: 9177 Patricia D. Sachse ; Atty. Reg. #: 40633 11616 Shaffer Place, Unit S-102 Littleton, Colorado 80127

Phone Number: 303.237.5020 E-mail: RonServis@aol.com

FAX Number: 303.232.7809

Case Number: 2019 PR 340 2019 PR 341 2021 PR 30022

NOTICE FOR DETERMINATION OF HEIRS OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY

Estate of VICENTE MENDOZA RAMIREZ, Deceased

Case Number: 2019 PR 340

Estate of MARIA DELALUZ DURON, Deceased

Case Number: 2019 PR 341

Estate of MATEO DURON, Deceased

Case Number: 2021 PR 30022

Property located at 3345 – 47 E 45th Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80216

Lots 17 and 18, Block 30 TOWN OF SWANSEA City and County of Denver, State of Colorado

Title is vested in Hipolita Duron and Maria Duron and Mateo Duron and Vicente Mendoza Ramirez.

Public Notices

Notice is being given regarding Ownership of Property – Determination of Heirs.

All persons having Ownership rights to the Property located at 3345-47 E 45th Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80216 are hereby given Notice that the property is to be sold. Heirs of the above-named estates are required to notify the respectful personal representatives. on or before August 31, 2023, or disclaim rights to said property forever.

/s/ Ronald W. Servis, Attorney for Antonio Duran, Personal Representative for the Estate of Maria Delaluz Duron and Estate of Mateo Duron

11616 Shaffer Place, Unit S-102 Littleton, Colorado 80127 303-237-5020

/s/ Hipolita Mendoza, Personal Representative for the Estate of Vicente Mendoza Ramirez c/o Knute O. Broady III, Reg # 43986 6795 E. Tennessee Avenue, Suite 424 Denver, Colorado 80224 720-341-4111

Legal Notice No. 82293

First Publication: June 29, 2023

Last Publication: July 13, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Matter of the Estate of:

ISAAC CORREA, Deceased

Case Number: 2023-PR-30519

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court, Denver County, Colorado on or before October 30, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Dated this 19th day of June, 2023.

ANNETTE CORREA

Personal Representative to the Estate 860 Utica Street Denver, CO 80204

Phone: (720) 334-9305

Legal Notice No. 82294

First Publication: June 29, 2023

Last Publication: July 13, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

DENVER PROBATE COURT

NOTICE TO CREDITORS BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT

TO § 15-12-801, C.R.S.

Case no. 23023PR30653

DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF DENVER, STATE OF COLORADO

In the Matter of the Estate of EDWARD ARCHIE DENOLF, a/k/a EDWARD A. DENOLF. AND EDWARD DENOLF, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30653

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Denver, Colorado on or before November 6, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

ELAINA A. DENOLF

Personal Representative

c/o Kurtz & Peckham, PC

Jude Ramirez, Atty. Reg. #38066 8101 Harlan Street, Suite 300 Westminster, CO 80031 (303) 893-3045

Legal Notice No. 82312

First Publication: July 6, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of GERALD PAUL FULLER, AKA GERALD P. FULLER, AKA GERALD FULLER, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR030577

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 November 13, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Name of Person Giving Notice: Dennis Fuller, Personal Representative

c/o Katherine K. Fontenot, Esq., Attorney for Personal Representative Robinson & Henry, P.C. 7555 E. Hampden Ave. Suite 600 Denver, CO 80231

Legal Notice No. 82328

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Evaglynn R. Larsen, a/k/a Evaglynn Larsen, a/k/a Eva Larsen, and Eva Glynn Reed Larsen, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30533

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 November 6, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

/s/ signature on original in office

Attorney for Person Giving Notice

P.R.: Joseph H. Lusk

c/o: BOATRIGHT, RIPP & LUSK, LLC 4315 Wadsworth Blvd. Wheat Ridge, CO 80033

Ph: 303-423-7134

Legal Notice No. 82316

First Publication: July 6, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of MARTIN J. BAKER, a/k/a MARTIN BAKER, a/k/a MARTIN JOEL BAKER, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30584

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 October 29, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Helga Fitzgerald, Personal Representative c/o Steven R. Hutchins, Esq. Hutchins & Associates LLC 1999 Broadway, Suite 1400 Denver, Colorado 80202

Legal Notice No. 82300

First Publication: June 29, 2023

Last Publication: July 13, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice Denver Probate Court Denver County, Colorado Court Address: 1437 Bannock St., #230 Denver, CO 80202

In the Matter of the Estate of: Carol Drew, aka Carol D. Drew, Deceased

Attorney for Deborah Hoyt, Kimberly Gagnon, Shannon McClurg, Matthew Hoyt, Sherri Hoyt, and Brandi Hoyt: Justin W. Blow, Esq. #41085

M. Brandon Maggiore, Esq. #47551 Colorado Estate Matters 3000 Youngfield St., Suite 100 Wheat Ridge, CO 80215

Phone: (303)-713-9147

E-mail: justin@coestatematters.com brandon@coestatematters.com

Case Number: 2022PR31511

NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION

PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S.

****** Attendance at this hearing is not required or expected. *******

To: Unknown or Unascertained Heirs of Carol Drew, aka Carol D. Drew, deceased.

A hearing without appearance on the Petition for Determination of Heirship and on the Petition for Formal Appointment of Successor Personal Representative, for a determination by the court that the petitioners are heirs of Carol Drew’s estate and that the Personal Representative shall be replaced with a successor Personal Representative, will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued:

Date: August 11, 2023

Time: 8:00 a.m.

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

Legal Notice No.82317

First Publication: July 6, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of BRIAN GREGORY TUTUNJIAN, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30684

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 November 6, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Roy Tutunjian, Personal Representative

16 Ella’s Lane

Centerville, Massachusetts 02632

Legal Notice No. 82305

First Publication: July 6, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of : Jose Rodriguez Guerrero, aka Jose R. Guerrero, aka Jose Rodriguez, aka Jose Guerrero, or Jose Guerrero Rodriguez , Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30633

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 November 6, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Achieve Law Group, LLC

Attorney to the Personal Representative

146 W 11th Ave. Denver, CO 80204

Legal Notice No. 82311

First Publication: July 6, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

Notice to Creditors

Estate of Gayle Irene Carroll, aka Gayle I. Carroll, aka Gayle Carroll, Deceased, Case Number : 2023PR30612

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Denver County, Colorado on or before November 13, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Burnham Law

Ari Malman, #50015

Attorneys for Personal Representative

12737 East Euclid Drive Centennial, CO 80111

Legal Notice No. 82330

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Gertrude Yvonne Oliver, a/k/a Yvonne Oliver, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30719

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 November 6, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Tony Oliver, Personal Representative

5577 E. Mansfield Ave. Denver, CO 80237

Legal Notice No. 82307

First Publication: July 6, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Matter of the Estate of: REMZIJA CURIC, Deceased

Case Number: 2023-PR-30006

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court, Denver County, Colorado on or before October 30, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Dated this 19th day of June, 2023.

ZIJADA CURIC Personal Representative to the Estate 280 E. Highline Circle, Apt. #205 Centennial, CO 80122 Phone: (303) 359-2165

Legal Notice No. 82295

First Publication: June 29, 2023

Last Publication: July 13, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Matter of the Estate of HERBERT W. WILSON, a/k/a HERB WILSON, a/k/a HERBERT WILSON, a/k/a HERBERT WAYNE WILSON, a/k/a HERB WAYNE WILSON, a/k/a HERB W. WILSON, a/k/a HERB WAYNE, a/k/a HERBERT WAYNE, Deceased Case Number: 23 PR 283

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 November 6, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kellie Adam of CS AdvoCare Inc.

Person Giving Notice 7500 E. Arapahoe Road Suite 101 Centennial CO 80112

Legal Notice No. 82314

First Publication: July 6, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Jeanne Marie Habib, AKA Jeanne Habib, AKA Jeanne M. Habib, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30721

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 October 29, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Marianne Arling c/o Little Law Office Personal Representative 15530 E. Broncos Parkway, Ste. 300 Centennial, CO 80112

Legal Notice No. 82301

First Publication: June 29, 2023

Last Publication: July 13, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Stephen Blake Newsom,

aka Stephen Newsom, aka Steve Newsom, aka Steve Blake Newsom, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR066

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 October 30, 2023 or the claims may be forever barred.

John Kevin Tyler, Personal Representative 9284 US Highway 285 Morrison, CO 80465

Legal Notice No.82297

First Publication: June 29, 2023

Last Publication: July 13, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Robert Anthony Montoya, aka Bobby Anthony Montoya, Deceased Case Number 2023PR030590

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 November 6, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Mia Montoya, c/o Law One 1434 Blake Street, Ste. 200 Denver, Colorado 80202

Legal Notice No. 82313

First Publication: July 6, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Bennie Lucille Williams, a/k/a Bennie L. Williams, a/k/a Bennie Williams, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30618

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 December 1, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

/s/ Charles E. Longtine Attorney to the Personal Representative 9035 Wadsworth Pkwy, Suite 2500 Westminster, Colorado 80021

Legal Notice No. 82324

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

By: A. Degreta Clerk of Court, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 82331

First Publication: July 13, 2023 Last Publication: July 27, 2023 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch