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Why blind historian Peggy Chong tells the stories of the blind

‘Let’s get to work’

Johnston, Denver’s

BY KYLE HARRIS DENVERITE

Mike Johnston struggled to get into the City and County Building when he showed up to work on his rst day, he told a group of reporters. He had to call Councilmember Paul Kashmann for help.

When he came into his new o ce, Mayor Michael Hancock had cleared out his belongings. Johnston’s o ce looked like an “empty dorm room,” he said. He knows he has to start moving his own things in, even as people are clamoring for a meeting inside to try to put their problems on the top of his list.

Shortly after, on July 17, donors, concerned residents, club owners, the city’s past mayors, the governor and the city’s business and political elite packed the Ellie Caulkins Opera House for the swearing-in of Johnston, the 13 members of City Council, the auditor and the clerk and recorder.

BY TEDDY JACOBSEN TJACOBSEN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It only takes an introduction and a few minutes of talking with historian Peggy Chong to learn something new.

Chong, also known as e Blind History Lady, can easily rattle o countless names and stories of blind people throughout history. For instance, you may know Stevie Wonder but you probably don’t know Gov. Elias Ammons. Chong has

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researched the stories of the blind for over three decades. She excitedly shares their biographies with anyone willing to listen, primarily through a monthly email list.

All these o cials inherit a city struggling its way out of the pandemic. Many have made grand promises about xing things. To do so, they have a lot to learn about how the city functions and plenty of work to do.

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Peggy Chong with the Jacob Bolotin Award at the annual convention of the National Federation of the Blind in Houston, Texas earlier this month.

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first new mayor in 12 years, is o cially in charge

Feeling the benefits of exercise

YMCA patrons find strength, community during workouts

BY BRUCE GOLDBERG SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Jenny Wood was on a healthy workout schedule. She walked almost daily and occasionally hit the gym.

“But in the last several years, I had orthopedic issues,” said Wood, 63, a retired pediatrician who lives in Denver. “It seemed I was chronically doing rehab and physical therapy.”

Wood has had several surgeries since 2019, including two hip replacements and for injuries caused by breaking a kneecap and a wrist.

She realized she needed to become stronger. Almost-daily walks and occasional visits to the gym weren’t going to be enough anymore.

So she began working out at the University Hills-Schlessman YMCA at 3901 E. Yale Ave. in Denver, and found Amy Ventura, a senior manager for community well-being who’s also been a personal trainer for three years.

“I went to Amy at my husband’s suggestion because he had started (working with) her,” Wood said. “He found Amy to be encouraging and she has a nice way of progressing through di erent exercises that didn’t get really boring.”

Ventura put together a tness program for Wood, who soon felt the bene ts: She was stronger, more energetic and just happier overall. It also helped that Wood felt support, and returned it to more and more YMCA members, fostering a sense of community.

Ventura has seen this dynamic numerous times: Frequent workouts helped members make acquaintances and gain encouragement.

“You can witness a change in people, often from the start of a session to the end of it. People often report they feel better, or their mood feels better, from when they started a session,” said Ventura, 43. “My colleagues also report that when you work with someone over time, you often see them build con dence, and they’re proud of doing what they’re doing, proud of what they’re accomplishing.”

She notes that science is also involved.

“When we move our bodies, we release chemicals such as sero-

tonin and endorphins that help improve our mood and ward o depression,” Ventura said.

Disease prevention is another bene t.

“We have clients who have prevented cardiovascular disease,” Ventura said. “We have patients who are preventing (other) chronic diseases, such as diabetes and heart disease, through exercise.”

e sense of community also helps because “some people want to be to be active with their grandchildren and children,” Ventura said.

Wood and her husband, Vern Berry, are training for a bicycle tour along the Danube River between Germany and Austria.

All the sweat and pushing of weights, and seeing familiar faces on each visit, help build a community mood. People returning to their gyms now following the pandemic has also contributed to the community factor.

e YMCA has many tness

programs, such as a free personal wellness plan, access to tness equipment, tness classes, yoga classes, tness workshops, yoga, TRX, Women on Weights, Pilates and more.

ere’s also the Power Your Potential program, which is a 12week group training experience for people who want the social support to stay motivated and accountable in attaining their tness goals.

“I certainly have better respect for my body and what it can do,” Wood said. “I’ve de nitely gotten stronger and I see the improvements that I need to see in my body.”

“On a smaller scale, I see myself as part of Jenny’s community, part of her support network. I think we all need to take care of ourselves in the best way possible,” Ventura said. And “it does seem that people are consciously making the connection (of exercise and solving depression) more.”

Jenny Wood works out at the University Hills-Schlessman YMCA in Denver.

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Jenny Wood works out at the University Hills-Schlessman YMCA in Denver. Wood’s personal trainer put together a fitness program for her, and now Wood and her husband are training for a bicycle tour along the Danube River.

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South Denver Cardiology celebrates 50 years of service

BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In the early 1970s, Dr. Arthur Levene and Dr. John Hutcherson started a medical practice. In 1973, they joined forces with another doctor, Hugh Weily, and decided to solely focus on heart health. us, South Denver Cardiology was born.

Fifty years later, the Littleton-based practice is celebrating half a century of caring for the hearts of south Denver. rough advanced technology and a dedicated team of doctors, the practice has helped generations of patients over the years.

“I think we do rst-rate cardiology,” Levene said. “We have great people, we’ve added on really good doctors … We’ve served the community and I think we’ve had a great reputation.”

Levene said he’s particularly proud of the culture at South Denver Cardiology, where 27 doctors work collaboratively. Unlike some other cardiology practices, compensation at South Denver is not based on the number of pacemakers or stents a doctor puts in. is structure inspires a team-oriented mindset and better service to the community, Levene said.

“We’ve always had a sharing type of philosophy,” he said. “You’re not competing. You’re not saying ‘Oh, I want to keep this for myself or do a little more here.’ I mean, you’re doing it because you’re doing it for the practice and for the community -- you’re not doing it for your own individual compensation.”

Levene also said he was proud of the way his practice has kept up with evolving medical technology over the past ve decades.

“When I started practice 50 years ago, if you had a heart attack, you were in the hospital for a month,” he said. “Now, you have a heart attack, you go home the next day.”

“ e advances in cardiology have been enormous over the past 50 years,” he continued. “I mean, the things we’re doing now (that) we never did before are freaking amazing. I mean, they’re even mind-boggling to me.”

For example, doctors can now replace the main heart valve without surgery, by going through the

leg, Levene said.

Another big advance in cardiology is an area called electrophysiology, which is a specialization in the electrical problems of the heart.

“To give an example, one of the common problems right now, you see it all on television, is atrial brillation - your heart goes out of rhythm a lot,” he said, adding that this problem can cause a stroke. “Our electrophysiologists are doing procedures that cure it and get people out of brillation forever, which is amazing.”

Levene also said he’s proud of South Denver Cardiology’s transitional heart failure clinic.

“Once people get out of the hospital, we see them usually within a week … and get them into specialized clinic,” he said. “It prevents readmission for heart failure. And that’s one of the biggest problems in the country, nancially. People go home with heart failure and are frequently readmitted within 30 days because of recurrences, and we’re preventing that.”

Levene encouraged people to consider South Denver Cardiology for their heart health needs, saying the practice is available, innovative and up-to-date.

After 50 years of cardiology at South Denver, Levene said he will be retiring in a year and a half, but he will miss his practice and the sta dearly.

“I’m crazy, I’m still working after 50 years – but I love it,” he said.

With three new doctors coming on board in the next few months, South Denver hopes to continue to meeting the community’s needs with innovative technology, modern solutions and personalized care.

South Denver Cardiology celebrated its 50th anniversary with a party in June. COURTESY OF SOUTH DENVER CARDIOLOGY

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“People often find the stories hard to believe, that there’s something special about these blind people,” Chong said. “If you read on, you do find that there was something special about them because they just never quit.”

Chong, who lives in Aurora, was born blind into a family that understood her struggles. Three of her four sisters and her mother were also born blind. Chong said the szupport and connection she received from her family is rare for the majority of blind people.

“Everything you do feels like you’re reinventing the wheel,” Chong said. “And you may not have a community around you to help you not feel that way.”

Almost 8% of the U.S. population are visually impaired in some way, according to Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute.

Just over 4 million Americans aged 16 to 64 have a visual disability and another 3 million people 65-years-old and older have one, according to the National Federation of the Blind.

Chong said most people go blind later in life due to health issues or injuries. She said it is easy for people to lose faith in their abilities because of a stigma about what blind people can do.

“Too often we’re told that a blind person can’t do that, but blind people throughout the years have accomplished so much in

their work,” Chong said.

The main stories she tells involve the jobs and work that blind people have had over the years.

Over 70% of potentially employable adults with a visual disability in the United States do not have full-time jobs, according to Cornell University’s U.S. Disability Statistics.

Chong said sharing stories of blind people inspires people today to work the jobs that they want to do, in spite of the adversary.

For example, Chong said most Coloradans don’t know the state had a blind governor. Elias Ammons was the 19th governor of the state, serving from 1913 to 1915. Although he had some vision, Chong said, it was not enough to read or recognize people across the room.

“The irony of some of the discrimination is unbelievable when you find out what these blind people accomplished later in their lives,” she said.

Chong moved to the state five years ago, where she almost immediately started searching through records in the Colorado Center for the Blind basement. She said she discovered records dating back more than 100 years.

She led the effort to digitize and transcribe the pages for blind people to read through optical character recognition, which is a system that scans printed text so it can be spoken in synthetic speech or saved to a computer file.

The project started four years ago, and Chong said she is almost done putting the files on the Colorado Virtual Library website.

President of the National Federation of the Blind of Colorado Jessica Beecham said

Chong’s work is vital for showing other blind people their rich history is out there and worth sharing.

“As a blind person, I never knew our history,” Beecham said in a press release. “I thought we as blind people were always the first to do or try anything. That is so lonely. But, through her research, I, and thousands more are learning that we have broad shoulders of our blind ancestors to stand on, inspiring us to climb higher and reach farther.”

Chong won the Jacob Bolotin Award at the annual convention of the National Federation of the Blind in Houston, Texas earlier this month. The award comes with $5,000 to help her advance her research into the history of the blind of the United States.

The Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards honor individuals and organizations that are a positive force in the lives of blind people. The namesake of the award, Bolotin (1888-1924), is hailed as the world’s first physician who was blind from birth.

Each year the National Federation of the blind presents the awards at its annual convention. This is the second time she received this award for her work, the first coming in 2018.

Her new project will take her to the Library of Congress archives in Washington D.C. where she will research and tell the history of an awards program through the Harmon Foundation from 1928-1932.

“This award means a lot to me,” Chong stated. “It represents the validation by my peers that my work to uncover the lost history of our blind ancestors is important.”

To join Chong’s monthly email list, send an email to theblindhistorylady@gmail.com.

Immigrant rights groups allege increased, arbitrary use of solitary confinement at ICE detention center in Aurora

BY TATIANA FLOWERS THE COLORADO SUN

ree immigrant rights organizations have led a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security demanding an investigation into what they say is the increased and arbitrary use of solitary con nement at the Denver Contract Detention Facility in Aurora.

e American Immigration Council, the National Immigration Project and the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network led the complaint on behalf of people who are currently in the detention center or were recently housed there.

e facility, owned and operated by GEO Group Inc., is where the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency holds people who have pending or recently concluded immigration cases. Most of the people held there are seeking asylum or protection from torture in their home countries and are typically awaiting hearings in immigration court, said Laura Lunn, director of advocacy and litigation at Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network.

e complaint states people with disabilities are disproportionately impacted by the overuse of solitary con nement at the facility. It alleges a pattern of placing people at risk of self-harm in isolation to in ict punishment and gain control rather than providing a safe environment and adequate medical and mental health care.

e complaint also alleges that GEO Group has failed to ensure professional conduct by its sta and that ICE and GEO Group have jeopardized the health and safety of

all people detained there including those who have survived assault and fear violence.

e complaint, which includes interviews with eight people identied by pseudonyms, calls on the Department of Homeland Security to end a contract between ICE and GEO Group, release the people detained there and permanently close the facility.

At a minimum, the complainants said, they are asking DHS to promptly investigate the use of solitary con nement and the incidents reported in the complaint, and probe whether the facility is complying with ICE policies before recommending corrective actions for sta .

“Under no circumstances is assignment in a special management

unit used in a retaliatory manner or without careful adherence to the performance-based national detention standards and the ICE noti cation procedures,” a GEO spokesman wrote in an email. “As a service provider to a federal agency, GEO is required to meet DHS policies and standards and plays no role in creating them.”

To ensure that violations described in the complaint don’t occur at other detention centers, the immigration groups are also asking ICE to end the use of solitary in all the facilities it contracts with and implement stricter measures of accountability for the locations that violate these obligations.

“ICE is responsible for the safety of detained individuals, which it has repeatedly demonstrated it cannot provide,” said Rebekah Wolf, senior policy counsel at the American Immigration Council.

“ e egregious use of solitary connement is detrimental to detained individuals’ mental and physical well-being,” she said. “ e misuse and overuse of solitary con nement leaves people in detention fearful to report safety concerns for fear of its punitive use, and without recourse to protect themselves.”

Steve Kotecki, a spokesman for the agency’s Denver eld o ce, said he would not comment on speci c allegations detailed in the complaint. ICE takes allegations of misconduct seriously and sta are required to abide by company policies that outline professional and ethical behavior, he said.

When a complaint is received, it is investigated, he said. ICE encourages ling complaints about detention facilities by calling 888-351-4024, he added. ICE is committed to ensuring

people in its custody live in safe and humane environments under appropriate conditions of con nement, Kotecki added.

However, growing research shows solitary con nement is ine ective, dangerous and inhumane and leads to new or worsening mental health conditions. In the worst cases, prolonged isolation also leads to selfharm and suicide.

“When Biden ran for o ce he pledged to end the use of solitary con nement in the criminal setting and he issued an executive order in May 2022, on this issue,” said Ann Garcia, a sta attorney at the National Immigration Project. “From our perspective, his urgency to end the use and overuse of solitary con nement in the criminal setting certainly should extend to civil immigration settings.”

e complaint in July follows a different one that was led in April 2022, which alleged racial discrimination, excessive force and retaliation against two Black immigrants housed at the ICE detention center in Aurora.

“We haven’t seen any response about any of the group complaints that we have led out of Aurora,” Lunn said.

Numerous complaints about medical and neglect and inadequate care for people held at GEO have been led with DHS, according to the complaint. Since 2012, three people detained have died at the Aurora facility. e deaths were avoidable and stemmed from poor medical care provided by GEO Group, the contractor providing health services, according to the complaint.

Immigrant rights organizations have filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security alleging increased and arbitrary use of solitary confinement at the Denver Contract Detention Facility in Aurora.

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After Evalin-Ali Mandza died in 2012, an ICE contractor review found medical sta were unfamiliar with the organization’s chest pain protocol, that appropriate cardiac medicine was not given to Mandza while he was having a heart attack and that the long length of time it took to get him to a hospital all may have contributed to his death, according to the complaint.

e ICE O ce of Professional Responsibility’s review of Kamyar Samimi’s death at the detention center in 2017 found medical sta did not fully comply with several of its standards, such as maintaining an adequate number of medical sta and providing an on-call doctor with whom nurses could consult. Sta also failed to seek emergency care for Samimi after the only full-time physician followed GEO policy and ordered that Samimi be cut o from the methadone he had been legally taking for 20 years. He was held in solitary con nement in the medical unit for the last 16 days of his life, according to the complaint.

On June 4, 2018, immigration organizations led a complaint about the Aurora facility’s failure to provide adequate medical and mental health care. And on June 11, 2019, the organizations led a supplement to the former complaint highlighting the experiences of ve additional people.

Melvin Calero Mendoza died at the Aurora facility on Oct. 13, 2022, from a pulmonary embolism that likely stemmed from a toe injury he sustained while playing soccer, which was left untreated for months.

Recent interviews with people who have been detained there con rm that the agency continues to fall short of meeting ICE detention standards, the complaint states.

“It is important to highlight that this is happening in the state of Colorado, a place that works diligently to provide a welcoming and hospitable refuge to immigrants, migrants, and refugees,” Lunn said. “ is complaint underscores that our local and state governments cannot prevent this type of harmful treatment as long as ICE operates in our communities.”

e complaint alleges ICE is violating its 2011 Performance-Based National Detention Standards, which provides guidance on how to create a safe environment, including for survivors of assault or violence.

e policy states people in ICE custody should be placed in disciplinary segregation only after a disciplinary hearing panel nds the person is guilty of a severe or moderate rule violation; that people should only be placed in solitary if other alternatives don’t regulate their behavior; and that people with serious mental illness must not be placed in isolation because of their illness. However, sta are overusing solitary con nement, according to the complaint.

For example, a sta member threatened to send “Daniel,” a man whose story is included in the complaint, to solitary con nement if he did not agree to move to the top bunk in his dorm. “I usually sleep in the lower bunk bed because I don’t have the strength to climb to the top,” he told the interviewer.

After he moved to the top bunk, he could not get down without help. He stayed there on the top bunk for a day, missing most of the meals offered that Sunday, until dorm mates helped him come down.

On his rst day at the facility, “Felix” was in solitary con nement for eating too slowly. A sta member took his food tray away, and when he protested, told him he was being “noncompliant” and put him in solitary con nement for three days.

He was placed in solitary con nement about 10 more times during his detention there before ICE transferred him to another facility where he’s receiving better care for his deteriorating mental health, according to the complaint.

“If I spoke too loudly, solitary. If I climbed on top of a table to get a guard’s attention, solitary. If I had suicidal thoughts, solitary. When the guards would tease me about being deported back to my home country and make airplane sounds at me and gesture like a plane was taking me away, I would become upset and then get solitary for being upset,” he says in the complaint.

“Felix” attempted suicide, the second time of three times, while he was detained at the facility by jumping from a second-story landing.

“Even when I was in the hospital from my suicide attempt, ICE would not tell my attorneys where I was being kept or allow them to speak to me,” he said.

He was returned to GEO in Aurora after several days in the hospital, where he was treated for fractured vertebrae in his neck and muscle injuries, and placed back in solitary for 15 days.

“I laid on my back with no pillow to support my neck, in agony, with only some ibuprofen to try and numb the pain,” he said. “ ey told me solitary kept me safe and helped me, but it was only ever a punishment.”

e 2011 standards state sta will e ectively respond to or mitigate any safety, medical or mental health concerns of detained people; that facility leaders will move a person to a di erent housing unit if they are concerned about their safety; and that detention center sta must give special consideration to people who are vulnerable when placing them in solitary con nement including victims of any crime or people with mental or physical disabilities.

But sta routinely discount safety concerns of people in ICE custody until an incident occurs, and then they separate individuals who are demonstrating disruptive behavior for a short period and fail to address

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What can Coloradans do to save water at home?

Experts share tips, insight into water-saving strategies

BY SHANNON MULLANE THE COLORADO SUN

OK, Coloradans, let’s clear the shampoo out of our eyes: Your shower water is likely connected to the Colorado River water supply crisis. But can you really help by conserving water at home?

In recent years, two decades of drought and prolonged overuse have brought the Colorado River Basin’s largest storage reservoirs to the brink of collapse. e crisis is reaching Coloradans’ lives in the form of summer lawn watering restrictions, higher utility bills and even a shortage of Sriracha. Some cities have bought agricultural water rights for more municipal water, and people with junior water rights often have their water supply cut in dry years.

Water experts say Colorado residents can help with the crisis, and they have plenty of tips to help the conservation-minded Coloradan start saving water at home. One drawback: In many cases, there’s no guarantee that in-home savings help re ll the system’s struggling reservoirs.

“It’s like, OK great, our city is now saving 10% of what it was using,” said Gregor MacGregor, a water law expert at the University of Colorado. “ e question is, what is your city going to do with that 10%? Are they going to leave it in the Colorado River Basin? Are they going to leave it in a reservoir for drought conditions? Or are they simply going to divide that savings out to build more and then use that savings on new development?”

e average American family uses more than 300 gallons of water per day at home, and about 70% of that use is indoors. In the arid West, states have some of the highest per capita

residential water use because of landscape irrigation, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

In Colorado, water users run through 5.43 million acre-feet of water per year. One acre-foot supports two families of four to ve people for one year.

Of that, 90%, or about 4.8 million acre-feet, is used by the agriculture industry. About 380,000 acre-feet is used in cities and towns, and of that, only about 46% goes to indoor water uses like toilets, faucets, laundry machines and showers.

at means that the impact of inhome water conservation is going to be limited in the grand scheme of water use in the Colorado River Basin, where the amount of water stored in reservoirs like Lake Powell and Lake Mead has declined dramatically.

“While the bulk of that water to help prevent Lake Powell from collapsing will come from agriculture, cities need to do their part,” said John Berggren,

senior regional water policy analyst for Western Resource Advocates. “Municipalities’ water use matters. It’s small … but it matters.”

Home water use falls primarily into two categories: indoor and outdoor.

In Colorado, residents tend to use more water outdoors watering their lawns and gardens. at’s led to the rise of water-wise landscaping e orts, like those currently being showcased at the Denver Botanic Gardens.

Indoors, Colorado residents use about 60 gallons per capita each day.

at leaves them with plenty of opportunities for conservation — and accidental waste.

In 2016, toilets were the main culprits of water use in homes nationwide, using 24% of household water, followed by showers, 20%; faucets, 19%; and washing machines, 17%, according to the EPA.

Americans use more than 1 trillion gallons of water each year just for showering. e average shower is eight minutes, which means it uses more than 16 gallons of water at 2.1 gallons per minute.

Letting your faucet run for ve minutes while washing dishes can waste 10 gallons of water. Each year, household leaks waste nearly 900 billion gallons of water nationwide, which is enough to supply water to 11 million homes. And about 50% of the water used outside is lost because of wind, evaporation and runo from inecient irrigation systems, according to

the EPA.

“We’re now in a world where feet matter in Lake Powell. Drops of water matter because we’re on a knife’s edge. When you’re in that tight of a spot, every single water use matters. No matter how small,” Berggren said. ere are a few simple ways to cut back on water use at home, including some Colorado-speci c programs.

Yes, taking shorter showers can decrease water use and cut back on your water bill. e EPA says that, if all 300 million people in the U.S. reduced their shower time by one minute each time, the country could save 170 billion gallons each year.

Turning o the tap while brushing your teeth can save 8 gallons of water per day, and only running the dishwasher when it’s full can save the average family about 320 gallons of water per year, according to the EPA.

But Berggren says rather than changing habits — which we all know can have a hit-or-miss success rate — he’d start with making purchases, like a more e cient shower xture.

e EPA says households can boost their water e ciency by 20% when residents switch to products with WaterSense labels. And a shower that lasts for ve minutes using a low- ow showerhead uses 12 gallons of water, according to a 2014 Colorado State University water use fact sheet.

Similar savings are possible with toilets: ose made before 1993 use 3.5 to 8 gallons per ush, while high e ciency toilets made after 1993 use 1.6 gallons per ush or less. at means a family of four can save 14,000 to 25,000 gallons per year by switching to more e cient toilets. ( e date of manufacture of most toilets is on the underside of the tank lid.)

Updating your washing machine can also make a big di erence. Conventional, top-loading washing machines use 35 to 50 gallons per load. Newer front-loading machines use 18 to 20 gallons per load, according to CSU.

For those who have updated their appliances and are careful about water use around the house, there’s a way to take at-home e ciency a step further: grey water reuse.

When it comes to water e ciency at home, the temperature, duration and appliances in a shower can all impact water savings.

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the safety or mental health needs of those involved, according to the complaint.

For example, after “Bianca” asked guards to transfer her to another room because she was receiving threats from another woman at the facility, sta told her the women should ght each other, according to the com-

WATER

ese systems capture grey water — the runo from showers, bathroom sinks and laundry machines — and then use it for other purposes, like watering ornamental plants outside or ushing toilets, at the same location. is water can contain dirt, oil, greases, lint and possibly human pathogens, so don’t use it to drink or water your vegetables, experts say.

Laundry-to-landscape systems installed by homeowners, which capture washing machine water for outdoor irrigation, can cost as little as $350, said Jon Novick, the environmental administrator for the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment.

Whole house systems pipe water from showers and bathroom sinks through a treatment process and then send it to toilets to provide water for ushing. e system alone can cost $6,000 to $8,000, not including installation costs, so they’re more feasible for new houses or developments with multiple units, Novick said. ey’re often cost prohibitive for existing homes.

ese systems also come with a catch: Local governments need water rights that allow for reuse, which limits the adoption of grey water programs, and new installations are only legal if the local government has o cially approved grey water reuse. People with pre-existing systems should check with their local programs to see if their system can be grandfathered in.

As of July, six local governments have approved grey water reuse, including the city and county of Denver, Pitkin County, Fort Collins, Grand Junction and Golden.

ose who draw water from wells will need to check their permits. Exempt well permits, for example, do not allow reuse of indoor water for

plaint.

“Bianca” later learned from a GEO sta member that the woman, who likely needed access to mental health treatment, had threatened to harm herself and sta members.

Instead of providing mental health treatment to the woman making the threats, sta became concerned for themselves and said they were not interested in risking their lives, according to the complaint.

After her attorney reached out to the facility, “Bianca” was moved to a dif-

outdoor irrigation.

If a grey water system saves 25 gallons per day and is installed in 500,000 homes, it could save 14,000 acre-feet per year. at’s enough water to supply 28,000 homes, Novick said.

But the counties that have approved grey water ordinances have seen little uptake. As of June, Denver had approved 30 systems; Castle Rock, 29 systems; and Pitkin County, zero, according to each county’s program manager.

Whether water e ciency measures translate into conservation in the Colorado River Basin depends on factors ranging from where a resident lives to local water management decisions.

Water pulled from the Colorado River Basin on the Western Slope never returns to the basin. Front Range residents could use less water in the hope that more water could stay on the Western Slope, but there are no incentives for Front Range water providers to give up such a valuable resource because of water savings, said MacGregor, the water law expert at CU.

“Anyone who pockets (water) savings can make a ton of money by selling those savings to another water user,” he said. “ e question is, what is the mechanism for leaving water on the Western Slope through conservation?”

Even if a water e ciency program is enormously successful, cities and towns can still choose to use their water savings toward building new developments, rather than leaving them in reservoirs.

“ is is the really frustrating part of what’s happened in a lot of areas. It’s like, you look at it, and e ciency has increased per capita, use has decreased over time, but we’re still susceptible to drought,” MacGregor said. “It’s because we’re not actually banking those savings.”

If at-home water e ciency measures are adopted widely, and the

ferent dorm.

A man, “Mateo,” said he spent 15 days in solitary con nement after he defended himself when he was attacked in his dorm by another detained person.

Sta removed him from the dorm for a short time to conduct a proceeding where he was found guilty of engaging in the ght. He asked GEO sta to check video cameras to con rm that he did not cause the ght. But in the complaint, he said he doesn’t know if they ever did.

unused water is conserved for the future, those savings can help storage at local reservoirs and even help meet environmental and ecological needs by keeping more water in streams. It could even be used by downstream water rights holders who might have their supply cut o earlier in a dry year.

But there’s no guarantee that the water will reach the Colorado River’s main storage reservoirs, like Lake Powell on the Utah-Arizona border.

at would require complicated, interstate legal and administrative procedures — an option being explored by Colorado.

Experts are adamant: Residents should still try to use water e ciently at home.

If Colorado residents are more ecient in their water use, then cities and towns could pull less water from rivers and streams on the front end, which leaves water in the stream for others.

“ICE and GEO didn’t do anything to protect me,” he said in the complaint. “ ere were cameras recording the incident but no one … ever talked with me about what happened.”

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Landscapes could be better able to withstand wet and dry years with the addition of native plants. Treatment plants spend less money on treating water before releasing it, which could help with water bills, experts say.

“ is isn’t a situation that there’s going to be one thing that’s going to solve the problem. It’s more of a case of incremental change, so every little bit helps,” Novick said. “If you’re saving a gallon of water by taking a shorter shower, or two gallons of water — if everyone were to do that … all of that would add up. We have to think of this more holistically.”

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On the stage, under the lights, the room was joyful — optimistic City Council President Jamie Torres hosted the inauguration ceremony, listing some of the incoming City Council’s notable milestones. This will be the first Council with six Latinas and the first two out Black LGBTQ councilmembers. Women will make up a supermajority on Council, holding nine of the 13 seats.

“This, coincidentally, is the number needed to override a mayoral veto,” Torres said.

“Everyone on this stage is here today because as community members we felt compelled to serve, to solve problems and to find solidarity for improvement somewhere in the city,” Torres said. “And I know we can, because we have, and because it’s the only way that we have moved forward on some of the most dire issues and for our often overlooked and underserved communities.”

The new Council includes Amanda Sandoval of District 1, Kevin Flynn of District 2, Jamie Torres of District 3, Diana Romero Campbell of District 4, Amanda Sawyer of District 5, Kashmann of District 6, Flor Alvidrez of Dis -

trict 7, Shontel Lewis of District 8, Darrell Watson of District 9, Chris Hinds of District 10, Stacie Gilmore of District 11 and at-large councilmembers Sarah Parady and Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez.

Paul Lopez has returned as Clerk and Recorder, and Tim O’Brien is still the auditor.

Environmental activist and former mayoral candidate Ean Thomas Tafoya read a statement acknowledging Denver was built on the traditional territory of the Ute, Cheyenne and Arapaho people.

“We’ve made progress in recent memory: the removal of the statutes to educate the people of the horrors of the Doctrine of Discovery and manifest destiny,” Tafoya said. “We’re renaming spaces and places and sharing our bison herd to heal the land and our relationships. It is through indigenous knowledge that we have the best opportunity to mitigate and prepare for climate change. We acknowledge there is more to do, and we reaffirm our efforts here today.”

Rick Williams, who is Lakota and Cheyenne, offered a prayer and reminded the audience that his great, great grandfathers spent many winters camped along Cherry Creek.

“Our new leader has a difficult road ahead,” Williams prayed.

“Please help him.”

Hancock — who opened his remarks by asking, “Are we done yet?” — celebrated the peaceful and orderly transfer of power. He told Johnston, “Go out there and do great things.”

After all the candidates were sworn in, Poet Laureate Bobby LeFebre read a poem grilling Johnston.

“Are you comfortable unlearning? Are you willing to unravel indoctrination? Can we dissolve the status quo? What do you know of collectivism? Do you believe in more than yourself?” LeFebre asked. “Can you commit to common cause? Can you be unbound by what is? The master’s tools still will not dismantle the master’s house. We need new tools. To analyze is to take things apart. To imagine is to put them together. What if? Why not open the door to possibility, leave no one behind, let us build the best city in the world. One fist, one idea, one person, one action, one need, one day at a time.”

Then Johnston addressed the crowd, describing the city’s struggles, his dreams for Denver and the work ahead

“Our dream of Denver is when you land at your lowest, without a job or a place to stay, shackled by addiction or struggling with

mental illness, we will not judge you or abandon you, and we will not give up on you,” Johnston said. “We will get you a home. We will get you help. We will get you healed.”

Johnston said he’s dedicated to “two essential American ideas: Every problem we face is solvable, and we are the ones to solve them.”

He also pushed the people of Denver to get involved.

“Those of us on this stage swore an oath today, but for us to succeed, every Denverite must take their own oath, an oath to dream, serve, and deliver,” he said. “To dream a Denver bold enough to include all of us, to serve our city above ourselves, to march on, shoulder to shoulder, undeterred by failure, until we deliver results. That is our oath.”

He concluded the speech with an instruction: “Now, lets get to work!”

So what’s next?

In the immediate sense, City Councilmembers had to prepare for a scheduled meeting, and Johnston had to meet with city workers and eventually get ready for Denver Vibes Festival, the official inauguration party at Union Station.

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Sure — insurance will pay

As the rainy season appears to be nally ending this year, the stories of home damage and insurance battles are becoming more frequent in my conversations.

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I am a mother, which means I spend some mornings at the pool where my kids practice. I spend multiple days per week at South Suburban facilities while my son takes the ice. Why does this fact matter? Well, mothers talk, and they talk a lot.

In my conversations lately, a lot of them either start or end with what is happening with insurance companies. One mom told a story of $40,000 in damage due to their basement ooding. Well, while the insurance company agreed to take care of the hail damage – they refused to pay for the basement. After all, they did not speci cally get ood insurance.

Another family in Parker are truly going through hell this year. Children sleeping on the oor, basement and walls destroyed. ey had ood insurance, but the company let them know they did not have seepage insurance. Really? Would you like to explain to me how the oods did not cause the seepage?

Another case with a car — insurance will pay for the damage on the top of the car but not the windshield. Really? at makes me feel safer being on the road with her now. While the top of the car is great — the cracks in

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her windshield might pose some safety problems for, you know, seeing.

I understand insurance is a business, but should it constantly feel like a scam? We pay month after month, year after year. Should we constantly be told no when we nally need to turn to the system that is supposed to be there to protect us?

Laws protect insurance companies — yet, we as citizens, are required by law to pay them.

en, something unexpected happens and we nd out we did not actually get the right policy. Well, how was I supposed to know I needed seepage and ood insurance?

When we get our policies, most of us are people who, with good faith, think we are being told exactly what we need to have and our agents are protecting us. We do not have college degrees in knowing the loopholes, lingo and rules. We just get what we are told is best and hope that if something happens — they pay.

It took actual legal action for us to get our roof xed last year. Really? Our roof where the leaking stains were obvious did not meet criteria for insurance?

Citizens are tired and angry for a variety of reasons. We feel like we are cheated when we buy groceries and wonder how we spent $100 of stu that didn’t ll two bags. We feel cheated in paying taxes and we feel cheated when we actually need to use our insurance and are told no.

Feeling cheated regularly creates a lot of distrust and tired citizens.

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Handling the turbulence of life

With over 2 million miles own, I have experienced a lot of turbulence during those ights. Last month my wife and I were on a ight and for the most part it was a fairly smooth ight. However, during our descent the plane was violently rocked and had we not had our seatbelts on, we would have been tossed from our seats. In all my years of ying that was de nitely the toughest turbulence that I had ever experienced.

Over the years I have had the opportunity to sit next to many captains and pilots. As we would y through the turbulence, they would provide calming assurances that the planes are built to handle the turbulence and the pilots are trained to y us through

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safely. at has given me such great comfort over the years, a comfort that I tried passing along to some of the nervous yers I have had sitting next to me.

On one such ight as we were ying from Denver to Albuquerque, the turbulence was bad the entire ight as the pilot couldn’t nd an altitude where the air was smooth. e woman sitting next to me literally squeezed my forearm the entire ight, and I had never met her before. I didn’t mind and tried to assure her of the safety by sharing the stories pilots have shared with me, but she still held on for dear life.

Just last week I was ying on a Dreamliner, a massive airplane and super comfortable. e ight was full, and as we went through our ascent, the plane hit a pocket of turbulence and gave us a fairly good bounce up and down. ere were a few quick screams and gasps, but there was another sound I heard, children

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A wet spring is springing up mushrooms

It has been a wet, wet, wet spring here in Denver. I moved here in 2017 and I have not experienced such a verdant spring since arriving. As such, I’ve already been getting more than my fair share of mushroom inquiries. Recently, I’ve answered questions from a concerned dog owner who passed along pictures of a Stropharia mushroom, and some primordial birds nest fungi, growing in the wet mulch of a local dog run. Apart from telling him to pick and toss the mushrooms and enjoy the birds nest fungi, there’s not much else that can be done other than monitor what your four-legged furry child sticks in its mouth.

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But this got me thinking, what have people been seeing in this wet, wet, wet spring? To nd out, I decided to jump onto iNaturalist and see what others around Denver have put on the app since June 1. In the rst 12 days of June in Denver County, there was a total of 103 mushroom observations on iNaturalist, representing 42 species. Several observations of the beautiful — but potentially poisonous — Chlorophyllum were made.

ere’s also the beautiful Lepiota lilacia that has been surfacing in mulch and yards. en there’s the fun, but adult rated, Phallus hadriani. ese are fun because they often start o as rubbery eggs. I get a kick from the startled gardeners believing aliens have laid o spring in their mulch beds. When they come out of their shells, these impudent alien forms de nitely don’t conform to polite societal standards.

What sort of surprises me are the lack of Agaricus barnardii observations on iNaturalist. It’s surprising because they’re so abundant in Denver’s parks that they’re almost a weed. However, they’re easy to identify because they look like a fat

mushrooms like this that return stumps back to the soil.

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laughing. e plane went through a little more bumpiness before nding smoother air and with each bump and drop of the plane, the children continued to squeal as if they were on an amusement park ride. I believe their laughter and relaxed attitude served to calm the nerves of others who didn’t nd the turbulence so amusing.

Life is full of turbulence, isn’t it?

It just seems that every single day we are at odds with one another over something. e turbulence of politics, of cancel culture, of

societal pressures, and just overall discontent and disagreements brewing everywhere. Sometimes the turbulence is frightening as it escalates and becomes erce. And sometimes the turbulence is slight, but still enough to cause us some fear, worry, and doubt.

It has been said that our character isn’t de ned by what happens to us, it is de ned by how we handle what happens to us. e turbulence happening in the world doesn’t de ne who we are, how we respond to the turbulence is a much better barometer of who we are. Sometimes we have to just buckle up, fastening our seatbelts and riding out the turbulence as it will eventually smooth out. Other times we

may need to hold onto one another, supporting and encouraging each other as we ght our way through the turbulence. And then maybe we can look at the silliest things that feel like turbulence and like the children on the airplane, laugh our way through it.

ere are plenty of real-world problems that we face as a society, and we should pay attention to those and become as informed as possible, focusing on the facts instead of opinions and rants of others. It just seems like there is much more noise and turbulence around the silliest and smallest things that get us so worked up. For me, in these situations, my go-to response is laughter, as it really keeps

me focused on the more important things in life.

How do you handle the turbulence? Do you buckle up and ride it out? Do you hold on to others? Or do you decide that the best response is to smile and laugh it o ?

I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can decide to respond instead of react to all that the world has to throw at us, it really will be a better than good life.

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

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Chlorophyllum molybdites often comes up in well-watered lawns in Denver. It’s most notorious as the mushroom responsible for poisonings. Its telltale feature is the olive-green spore print it produces when the mushroom is mature.

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They proudly call themselves the B.O.B. from the 303, bringing the Big Easy up to high altitudes with their soul-gripping blend of music stylings with New Orleans jazz.

Known for its vibrant nightlife and colorful buildings is the French Quarter. e French Quarter is the heart of New Orleans, and jazz is its heartbeat.

Breathing life into Bourbon Street are the sounds of brass instruments and drums continuously owing out of numerous jazz clubs. With just a trumpet, clarinet, berry sax, alto sax, trombone, snare, bass drum and tuba, the Brothers of Brass are bringing that one and only soulful heartbeat to Colorado.

“It’s a cultural tradition that most of the country doesn’t have,” said Armando Lopez, a member of the Brothers of Brass.

e group’s repertoire is a simmering mix of slow and angsty tunes and fast-paced tempos with a kick of familiar melodies. e Brothers of Brass blend of other genres like R&B, hip hop and psychedelic jam rock into each set.

A day after a tornado hit Highlands Ranch in late June, the Brothers of Brass dished out a much-needed evening of fun for the community. Soon, everyone went from clapping

to full-out dancing, allowing concertgoers a chance to relax.

“It was nice to see so many kids, like, actually getting up out of their seats and the older people getting up and dancing and enjoying the music,” said Khalil Simon, who is originally from New Orleans. “It’s not so often that we get to play like New Orleans brass music for a crowd like this and appreciate it, that’s pretty unique.”

Not only did the band members interact with one another on stage throughout the night, they got the crowd involved by singing along and repeating after them. Although it was an outdoor concert, there was no excuse for the crowd not being loud enough.

Among some crowd favorites were “Just the Two of Us” by Grover Washington Jr., and “Lovely Day” by Bill Withers. And of course, they couldn’t call themselves a brass band without playing the beloved spiritual hymn “When the Saints Go Marching In.”

In true New Orleans fashion, each band member was called out to do a solo, each one emoting a di erent feeling.

As the music continued and the sun began to set, the crowd let the good times roll as more children and adults came to the front of the stage, dancing as if it were Mardi Gras.

Just when the sun went behind the buildings, the Brothers of Brass were kind enough to strap on their instruments for an encore, playing “Survivor” by Destiny’s Child.

e strong, powerful notes of brass instruments and the beautiful harmo-

The Brothers of Brass playing at Civic Green Park in Highlands Ranch.

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nizing of the members’ voices encapsulated the feeling of the Crescent City.

“ ey say a lot with very little,” said Lopez. “When you play the horn, there’s a lot of emotional information in your tone quality — you can literally play one note and instantly captivate somebody and that is not always taught.”

When two street performers collide

Just like their voices, the members of the Brother of Brass is a blended group.

On the streets of Atlanta, Georgia in 2014, Simon and a couple of his friends were busking — playing music on a public street for voluntary donations.

When the groups of friends rst started playing, they were sharing horns until they had saved up enough money to get horns for each member. ey called themselves the Brothers of Brass.

e group quickly learned that busking at event egresses was a better way of making money, so they began playing with baseball egresses but expanded to playing outside of concerts and events that drew large crowds.

When baseball season came to a close, the group decided to travel across the country in search of other venues to perform.

Lopez continued to share his love for music after moving to Denver from Los Angeles. Having received a music education in jazz, Lopez brought that in uence into street music.

Once in Denver, Lopez played the saxophone on 16th Street Mall and, in 2013, Jake Herman joined in on drums and a small funk and jazz band ensemble was formed called Nimbus.

e group busked on 16th Street Mall, Boulder’s Pearl St. Mall and at e Denver Arts District’s rst Friday Art Walk, often including a rotating lineup of local musicians to play with them.

On a random day in April 2015, Lopez heard the deep bass of a tuba while playing on 16th Street Mall. He followed the sound to nd Simon playing the tuba. e two groups ended up playing together at the nearby Denver Center for the Performing Arts.

“ ey showed us a new way of playing,” said Lopez.

Until Simon moved to Denver in 2016, the two groups continued to collaborate whenever the Brothers of Brass were in Denver, eventually transforming into a full sized

brass-band and bringing the New Orleans culture to Colorado.

“You don’t really see a lot of actual brassbands outside of only there (New Orleans),” said Simon. “So I gured I’d bring it here and to see people receiving it so well, it feels so good.”

Social justice through music

With aspirations to become a nonpro t organization, the Brothers of Brass began the Black Brass Initiative a few years ago, calling it a “de facto” cultural exchange program between the deep south and the Denver metro area.

e inspiration of the initiative goes back to when Simon began to travel while busking the streets. e initiative is responsible for the housing, transportation and food of black musicians from Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana.

“It’s nice to spread that culture here in Colorado, it’s kind of why I moved here, cause eventually places like New Orleans are not gonna exist anymore due to climate change and that’s where all this stu [music] came from and it’s mostly only there right now,” said Simon.

e band has been using the wealth generated by performing to reinvest in the black

communities in the south, where these musical traditions originated.

As stated on their website: “ e hope is that bringing gems of this culture to e Colorado Front Range will create a pipeline for cultural and educational enrichment for both the people of Colorado and the lineage of these musicians.”

Looking toward the future

From performing at a Mardi Gras party at Meow Wolf to playing the Red Rocks Amphitheater, the Brothers of Brass have no intention of slowing down.

For the rest of the summer, the Brothers of Brass will be playing at various locations throughout the metro area, including Cly ord Still Museum’s Lawn Concert, History Colorado Museum and the Bluebird eater.  ey can also be heard on the streets of Denver as they liven up the crowds.

e band will be releasing an upcoming album and can be followed on social media.

“By making this music, I’ve gotten farther and seen more of the world and people than doing anything else,” Simon said.

Armando Lopez, in the middle, playing two instruments.

The B.O.B. from the 303 bucket to collect voluntary donations. PHOTOS BY HALEY LENA

Khalil Simon playing the tuba in the middle while other members sing.

Littleton to host SpaceX rocket booster exhibit

City teams up with DISH and Colorado-based foundation Telluray

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In an e ort to boost tourism, Littleton will this fall display a 146-foot-tall SpaceX Falcon 9 rststage rocket booster. e free attraction, which would be the third of its kind in the country, can be seen on the DISH Network corporate o ce campus on Bowles and Santa Fe.

Cantey Ergen, co-founder of DISH, said that the company aims to “bring aerospace technology to the community.”

Littleton’s city council recently heard about the plan during a presentation at a July 18 council meeting. e booster is expected to be delivered by SpaceX — the well-known spacecraft manufacturer founded by business mogul Elon Musk — in September.

Littleton Public Works and Utilities Director Keith Reester told members of the city council about the roles and responsibilities shared between the city, DISH, and the Telluray Foundation, which is funding the project.

e DISH location has a “great deal of regulatory interaction,” with approval required from seven separate entities which all own, maintain, or manage part of the land being used for the project, Reester said.

Littleton resident Pam Chadbourne raised concern about the project during public comment, questioning SpaceX’s relevance in the community and asking the council why the project is only

now being brought to the public’s attention.

Reester told the council that a high volume of regulatory requirements were “why the project has taken a little while,” and that the city wanted to get approval from all involved parties before moving forward. DISH rst approached the city with the idea in 2021.

All seven agencies — Littleton, DISH, the State of Colorado, the Mile High Flood District, the Army Corps of Engineers, South Suburban Parks and Recreation District, and the Federal

Emergency Management Administration — have completed regulatory review and approval, according to the presentation.

e proximity to the South Platte River and nearby drainage ways implicates more agencies than might be required at a di erent location.

“ e timing on this project has shifted a number of times,” said City Manager Jim Becklenberg.

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Councilors Patrick Driscoll, Kelly Milliman, Stephen Barr and Jerry Valdes raised concerns regarding the location, particularly the impact it would have on foot and bike tra c on the Mary Carter Greenway.

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In the coming days and weeks, Johnston will have to make use of the resident feedback and information collected by his 28 transition committees to help him pick the heads of city departments.

Did all the feedback from the 500-plus committee members and hundreds of other residents lead to any changes in policy? Not yet.

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Reester and Ergen assured councilors that the placement of the rocket will not signi cantly hinder foot tra c, as there will be a plot of concrete set aside from the path where people can stand and view. ey also said it will have no impact on the South Platte oodplain, and will have minimal impact on the Littles Creek oodplain.

Despite concerns, the plan received general support from councilors.

Milliman said that, aside from the economic and tourism bene ts, the educational advantages will serve the community well.

“To get these kids interested in engineering, I am truly so excited about all of this,” Milliman said during the discussion period following the presentation.

Reester also sees the exhibition as an opportunity to boost use of public transportation, as it may be di cult to nd parking near the DISH campus.

so they’re on my stack of things to read today and tomorrow,” Johnston said. “I think most of the things that we’ve heard resonated with things that we’ve heard before. I think we found them in di erent power than maybe we anticipated. e voices got clearer and louder when people came to hearings. And it turns out, pickleball is still a very big issue.”

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Plaintiff:

Denver, CO 80204

Plaintiff: MICHAEL NORDIKE

Defendant: HADLEIGH ORRICK SWARTS

Case Number: 23CV31934 Courtroom: 280

SHOW CAUSE ORDER

THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Plaintiff’s Verified Complaint in Replevin.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

The Defendant shall show cause, if any, why the personal property described in the Verified Complaint should not be taken from the Defendant and delivered into the possession of Plaintiff.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a hearing on this matter shall be held on September 13, 2023, at 1:30 pm in Courtroom 280 of the Denver County District Court.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT PENDING

HEARING ON THIS MATTER, the Defendant shall not sell, use or dispose of the property described in the Complaint, except to return the property to Plaintiff.

Defendant is hereby advised that:

1) You may file an Affidavit on your behalf with the Court and may appear and present testimony on your behalf at the time of hearing.

2) You may at or prior to the hearing file with the Court a written response to stay the delivery of the personal property described in the Complaint.

(719) 247-3028

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.

Legal Notice No. 82349

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: August 24, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch District Court

CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA

CASE NO.: A-23-871873-C DEPT NO.: 11 RESORTS WORLD LAS VEGAS LLC dba RESORTS WORLD LAS VEGAS, Plaintiff, vs. DAVID MUWANGA, Defendant.

SUMMONS

NOTICE! YOU HAVE BEEN SUED, THE COURT MAY DECIDE AGAINST YOU WITHOUT YOUR BEING HEARD UNLESS YOU RESPOND WITHIN 21 DAYS. READ THE INFORMATION BELOW.

TO THE DEFENDANT: DAVID MUWANGA

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 [petition] may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint [petition] 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 [petition] without further notice.

This is an action: This is an action to quiet the title of the Plaintiffs in and to the real property situated in City and County of Denver, Colorado.

Dated: July 11, 2023

/s/ David A. Cook David A. Cook, #17763 Attorney for Plaintiff

Legal Notice No. 82333

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: August 17, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

Village, CO 80111.

Legal Notice No. 82325

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: August 17, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE

CORPORATE STRUCTURE

REORGANIZATION OF INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH, SCL HEALTH, SCL HEALTH – FRONT RANGE, INC., AND INTEGRITY HEALTH

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

Public Notice

District Court, Denver County, State of Colorado

Court Address: 520 West Colfax Ave.,

3) If you fail to appear at the hearing or fail to file a written response, the Plaintiff may apply to the Court for an Order requiring the Sheriff to take immediate possession of the personal property described in the Complaint and deliver such property to Plaintiff

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT a copy of this Order together with a copy of the Summons shall be served via publication pursuant to the Court’s Order Authorizing Service by Publication.

Done this 5th day of July 2023.

BY

THE COURT:

DAVID H GOLDBERG

District Court Judge

Legal Notice No. 82348

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: August 24, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT, DENVER COUNTY, COLORADO 520 West Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80204,

Plaintiff: MICHAEL NORDIKE

Defendant: HADLEIGH ORRICK SWARTS

Attorneys for Plaintiff: Bradley T. Bufkin, # 33794 Bufkin & Schneider Law, LLC Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Tel.: (719) 247-3028

E-mail: brad@bbmslaw.com

Case Number: 23CV31934 Division: 280

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: Hadleigh Orrick Swarts

You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the Verified Complaint in Replevin 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 Verified Complaint in Replevin may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Verified Complaint in Replevin 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 Verified Complaint in Replevin without further notice.

This is an action in which Plaintiff is seeking recovery of the 2017 Audi automobile (VIN: WA1JCCFS3HR016619)

Dated this 30th day of June, 2023.

BUFKIN & SCHNEIDER LAW, LLC

/s/ Bradley T. Bufkin, # 33794

A civil Complaint has been filed by the Plaintiff against you for the relief set forth in the Complaint. Object of Action: Defendant is being sued for collection of an account relating to an event contract. 1. If you intend to defend this lawsuit, within 21 days after this Summons is served on you exclusive of the day of service, you must do the following: a. File with the Clerk of this Court, whose address is shown below, a formal written response to the Complaint in accordance with the rules of the Court, with the appropriate filing fee. b. Serve a copy of your response upon the attorney whose name and address is shown below. 2. Unless you respond, your default will be entered upon application of the plaintiff and this Court may enter a judgment against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint, which could result in the taking of money or property or other relief requested in the Complaint. 3. If you intend to seek the advice of an attorney in this matter, you should do so promptly so that your response may be filed on time. 4. The State of Nevada, its political subdivisions, agencies, officers, employees, board members, commission members and legislators, each have 45 days after service of this summons within which to file an answer to the complaint.

CLERK OF COURT,

BY: Steven D. Grierson, Deputy Clerk, Date, JUNE 7, 2023, County Courthouse, 200 Lewis Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada 89155, Issued at the direction of:

SKLAR WILLIAMS PLLC,

By: Anthony R. Ager, Esq., Nevada Bar No. 007969, 410 S. Rampart Blvd., #350, Las Vegas, NV 89145, Tel: (702) 360-6000, Fax: (702) 360-0000, Attorney for Plaintiff

Legal Notice No. 82351

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last/ Fourth Publication: August 17, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT OF THE 2ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT, DENVER COUNTY, COLORADO 1437 Bannock Street Denver, CO 80202 (303) 606-2300

Plaintiff(s): MARY C SARLO, Plaintiff, v.

Defendant(s): HEIRS AND ASSIGNS OF KATHRYN LOUISE BARKER a/k/a KATHRYN L BARKER, JAMES LOMBARDO, JAMES BART PATTERSON, HEIRS AND ASSIGNS OF IRVIN B PATTERSON, and any and all unknown persons who claim any interest in the subject matter of this action, 2974 South Bellaire Street, City and County of Denver, State of Colorado.

Attorney: David A. Cook, P.C.

Attorney for Plaintiff 7035 Campus Drive, Ste. 703 Colorado Springs, CO 80920

Phone Number: 719-634-6736

E-mail: Lawbydave@gmail.com

Atty. Reg. #: 17763

Case Number: 2023CV31930 Division 209

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT(S):

You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint [petition] 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

Small Claims Publication Summons And Notice Case No. . 2023SC012173 STATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT COURT, MILWAUKEE COUNTY

Plaintiff(s): Short Term Financial, L.L.C dba Americash Loans 2400 E. Devon Ave, Suite 300 Des Plaines IL 60018 -vs-

Defendant(s): Rochell Tucker 1535 N High St Denver CO 80218

TO THE PERSON(S) NAMED ABOVE AS DEFENDANT(S):

You are being sued by the person(s) named above as Plaintiff(s). A copy of the claim has been sent to you at your address as stated in the caption above. The lawsuit will be heard in the following Small Claims court: Milwaukee County Courthouse

Telephone Number of Clerk of Court: 414985-5757 Courtroom/Room Number: Room 400

Address: 901 N 9th Street , Milwaukee, WI 53233 on the following date and time:

Time: 8:30 a.m.

Date: 8/18/2023

If you do not attend the hearing, the court may enter a judgment against you in favor of the person(s) suing you. A copy of the claim has been sent to you at your address as stated in the caption above. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law.

A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

You may have the option to Answer without appearing in court on the court date by filing a written Answer with the clerk of court before the court date. You must send a copy of your Answer to the Plaintiff(s) named above at their address. You may contact the clerk of court at the telephone number above to determine if there are other methods to answer a Small Claims complaint in that county.

Electronically Signed by Jillian E. Caggiano

Attorney's State Bar Number 1101032

Date 7/17/2023

Dobberstein Law Firm, LLC 225 S. Executive Dr. Suite 201 Brookfield, WI. 53005

Plaintiff's/Attorney's Telephone Number 262.641.3715

Intermountain Health hereby gives public notice of its proposed corporate structure reorganization of Intermountain Health, SCL Health, SCL HealthFront Range, Inc., and Integrity Health, which aims to align the Intermountain Health system further to better provide high-quality, accessible, and affordable healthcare to more patients and communities. As part of the reorganization, SCL Health’s longstanding affiliate Integrity Health, which includes Platte Valley Medical Center, would be integrated as a secular division of the Intermountain Health system. Additionally, SCL Health - Front Range, Inc., which includes Lutheran Medical Center and Good Samaritan Medical Center, would be reorganized under the same secular division of the Intermountain Health system alongside Platte Valley Medical Center. The reorganization is intended to further the Intermountain Health system’s commitment to helping people live the healthiest lives possible and exceed their expectations for health. The parties further believe the reorganization will only enhance their ability to deliver clinical excellence, provide value-based care that improves lives, and continue to support and improve health in all communities, including rural and underserved ones, through value-based care, effective clinical integration, and innovative approaches.

Legal Notice No. 82352

First Publication: July 27, 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

Notice to Creditors

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Allen Reynolds, Jr., Deceased Case Number: 2023PR030778

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 27, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Anna L. Burr, Esq.

Attorney to the Personal Representative 2851 South Parker Road, Suite 972 Aurora, Colorado 80014

Legal Notice No. 823356

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: August 10, 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

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 Lucinda Kennedy Woodard, aka Lucinda Kathryn Kennedy Woodard, aka Lucinda K. Woodard, aka Lucinda Woodard, and Luci Woodard, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30770

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 27, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

F. Scott Woodard, Personal Representative

714 S. Fillmore Street Denver, Colorado 80209

Legal Notice No. 82346

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: August 10, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of David F. Lantzy, a/k/a David Lantzy, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 263

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 27, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Alison Lantzy

Personal Representative

4131 Vrain St. Denver, CO 80212

Legal Notice No. DHD1302

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: August 10, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of MARK EDWARD SHONK, a/k/a MARK SHONK, a/k/a MARK E. SHONK, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30345

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 27, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Francis Elizabeth Shonk, Personal Representative

c/o Lester Law

2255 Sheridan Blvd, Unit C-#291

Edgewater, CO 80214

Legal Notice No. 82347

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: August 10, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Dan Eldon Miller, also known as Dan E. Miller, Deceased

Case Number 2023 PR 30800

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 28, 2023 or the claims may be forever barred.

Mark J. Fischer, Esq., Attorney for:

Glenda Miller, Personal Representative 1475 Pine Grove Road, Ste. 207

PO Box 882808

Steamboat Springs, CO 80477

Legal Notice No. 82350

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: August 10, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

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 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 Sharon Joy Thompson, a/k/a Sharon J. Thompson a/k/a Sharon Thompson, Deceased, Case Number: 2023PR30736

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 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

/s/ Farid Seyyedi Farid Seyyedi, #57191 The Burnham Law Firm, P.C.

Attorneys for Personal Representative 12737 E. Euclid Drive Centennial, CO 80111

Legal Notice No. 82336

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: August 3, 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 Virginia R. Wilson, a/k/a Virginia Ruth Wilson, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30757

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 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Wendy L. Wilson, Personal Representative 1200 Madrid Road Santa Fe NM 80122

Legal Notice No. 82343

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: August 3, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JOHN LESTER LARSON, JR. , a/k/a JOHN L. LARSON, JR. , a/k/a JOHN LARSON, JR., a/k/a JOHN LESTER LARSON, a/k/a JOHN L. LARSON, a/k/a JOHN LARSON, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30069

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 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

David O. Larson

Co-Personal Representative

350 Ivy Street Denver, CO 80220

Paige W. Jackson

Co-Personal Representative

7108 E. Lowry Blvd, Apt 4147 Denver, CO 80230

Legal Notice No. 82339

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: August 3, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Shirlee Olinda Finney, also known as Shirlee O. Finney, and Shirlee Finney, Deceased Case Number 2023PR030834

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 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael Jack Finney

Personal Representative

32 La Questa Drive, Durango, CO 81301

Legal Notice No. 82342

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: August 3, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Kent Allen Wilson, Deceased Case Number: 23PR16

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 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Nancy C. Ruth, Personal Representative 665 Boulder Summit Drive Henderson, NV 89012

Legal Notice No. 82334

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: August 3, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Cora May Faltermeier, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 296

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 27, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Nancy G. Rullo

Personal Representative 1625 South Columbine St Denver, CO 80210

Legal Notice No. DHD1300

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: August 10, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Grace M. Sena, aka Grace Marie Sena, or Grace Sena, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30682

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 27, 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. 82345

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: August 103, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Isido Harris Cranon Jr.,

a.k.a Isido Harris Cranon, a.k.a Isido H Cranon, Jr., a.k.a Isido H Cranon, Isido Cranon, Jr and Isido Cranon, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30795

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Probate Court of Denver County, Colorado on or before November 30, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Mulvihill & Fruhwirth, P. C. Cheryl Mulvihill

Attorney for the Personal Representative

19751 East Mainstreet #330 Parker, CO 80138

Phone Number: 303-841-2752

Legal Notice No. 82353

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: August 10, 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

Name Changes

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on July 7, 2023, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Denver County Court

The Petition requests that the name of Celia Palomares be changed to Celia Paloma

Case No.: 23C00642

District: Civil Courtroom: 100

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 ###

Public Notice

Denver Probate Court

City and County of Denver County, Colorado

1437 Bannock Street, Room 230 Denver, Colorado 80202

In the Matter of the Estate of:

JULIE M. REARDON, also known as Julie Marie Reardon, Deceased

Attorney for Petitioner: Stephen M. Brainerd, Esq. Atty. Reg. # 15914 Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP 1550 17th Street, Suite 500 Denver, Colorado 80202

Phone No: 303-892-9400

Fax No: 303-893-1379

E-mail: steve.brainerd@dgslaw.com

Case Number: 2023PR30788

NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION

PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S.

To: All potential heirs to the Estate of Julie M. Reardon, also known as Julie Marie Reardon.

A hearing without appearance on the Petition for Formal Probate of Will, Formal Appointment of Personal Representative, and Reformation of the Will of Julie M. Reardon Dated October 10, 2018 and the proposed order thereon, seeking admission of a photocopy of the decedent’s will to probate, the appointment of co-personal representatives, and a modification of the decedent’s will to correctly refer to the decedent’s existing revocable trust as the residuary beneficiary is set at the following date, time, and location:

Date: August 24, 2023

Time: 8:00 a.m.

Address: 1437 Bannock Street, Room 230, Denver, Colorado 80202

Information regarding the content of the Petition may be obtained by contacting Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP, 1550 17th Street, Suite 500, Denver, CO 80202, 303-892-7389

Legal Notice No. 83355

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: August 10, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch