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Three decades of community art markets

Colorado poll sees concern about cost of living

Housing a ordability also worries state’s residents

BY PARKER YAMASAKI THE COLORADO SUN

Cost of living and housing affordability are the top concerns of Coloradans this year, according to a poll released by the Colorado Health Foundation.

In an open-ended question asking participants what they thought the most important issue facing Colorado is right now, 16% answered cost of living and 15% answered housing a ordability. Other issues in the top ve were government and politics, public safety and crime, and homelessness.

Art Students League of Denver’s Summer Art Market returns for 30th year

BY BRUCE GOLDBERG SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

It took two decades for Jill Campbell to decide to start working with clay again.

Campbell, who is now 44, earned an arts degree in college, but for 14

years, she made a living working in the restaurant industry and “didn’t do anything with art,” she said, admitting to a battle with alcoholism at the time.

She moved to Denver in fall 2015 “in hopes of rejoining the real world,” she said. In July 2017, Campbell chose to get sober for good.

Campbell got involved with the Art Students League of Denver, and eventually received a $10,000 grant from Studio Potter Magazine. So she quit her job at Trader Joe’s to

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focus on ceramics.

“Coming back to clay for me has been a direct result of my sobriety — and coming back to myself and getting back to what does inspire me and excite me,” Campbell said.

Today, Campbell is in the midst of a year-long ceramics apprenticeship under the supervision of John Hamilton, who runs ASLD’s ceramics department. e two will share a booth at this year’s Summer Art Market, which is

About 10% of respondents said that homelessness was their top concern for Colorado, with 79% calling the problem “extremely serious” or “very serious.” e results from the 4th annual survey arrived as Denver’s new mayor, Mike Johnston, declared a state of emergency around homelessness, during his rst full day in o ce.

Polling is conducted over one month through phone, email and text invitations, in English

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Artist Behnaz Ahmadian at the Art Student League of Denver’s Summer Art Market last year. Ahmadian will also have a booth at this year’s market, which takes place Aug. 26-27.

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hosted annually by the ASLD.

e 30th Summer Art Market — also known as SAM — takes place Aug. 26-27. e works of about 150 artists will be on display at this year’s event. It’s far beyond drawing and painting — the SAM showcases all the mediums that people can take a course on at the ASLD. In addition to drawing and painting, these include ceramics, digital art, mixed media, photography, printmaking, ber art, jewelry, sculpture and more. ere also will be free educational opportunities at SAM, such as artist demonstrations; a KidArt area with activities; and food and drink vendors.

Another great attraction to the annual SAM is that it’s community-focused — all the artists have a tie to ASLD, whether they are a student, volunteer, member, serve on the board, instructor or other sta er. Some local teens will also gain exposure and show o their creations by sharing booth space with an ASLD faculty member.

Cristian Mora teaches two classes weekly at ASLD, titled Intro to Still Life and Intro to Figure Painting.

“I love it,” he said. “I get to test myself and my knowledge and I

get to pass that on to other people. e students love the classes. Some completely change the way

they paint. You see a light go on over their heads.”

is will be the second time Mora will have work on display at SAM.

“I like to paint what I see … but create a di erent work from what I’m seeing,” Mora said. “ e other thing I like to do is create from my imagination. at’s a little darker, a little weirder.”

Along with providing the opportunity for local, community artists to showcase and sell their work, the SAM is an annual fundraiser for ASLD. Proceeds go toward funding the ASLD’s classes, scholarships, free or low-cost community engagement programs and general operations.

e ASLD was founded in 1987, and it’s been a long road since its founding, starting out with only two studios for artists. Today, the nonpro t arts organization connects with 55,000 people in the community each year. Membership is about 3,000.

“We hear many people saying Denver is changing these days,” said Tessa Crisman, director of communication and development at ASLD.

Crisman added that as the city grows and changes, so does the ASLD.

“It’s adapting to the way Denver is changing, and (knowing) our role in a changing city,” Crisman said. “I don’t think people thought of Denver as an arts hub, and we’re really growing into that as the city grows. We’re becoming an arts center.”

The Art Student League of Denver’s 30th Summer Art Market takes place Aug. 26-27 in the Washington Park West neighborhood. It will feature about 150 artists showcasing a variety of mediums.

The Art Student League of Denver’s 30th Summer Art Market takes place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 26-27 in the Washington Park West neighborhood. The event will be bordered by East First Avenue, Sherman Street, East Fourth Avenue and Logan Street.

Tickets cost $5 per person and are free for children age 12 and younger. Tickets can be purchased in advance on the ASLD website or the day of at any entrance to the event. Cash purchases are encouraged. Learn more at asld.org.

Shoppers enjoy browsing original artwork at last year’s Summer Art Market, hosted by the Art Student League of Denver. PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF DENVER

Colorado hands out grants aimed at college opportunities, workforce training for in-demand jobs

BY SARA MARTIN CHALKBEAT COLORADO

Colorado is investing a chunk of its federal relief money in the future of students to boost the job economy.

e Polis administration announced in June that the state would award $27 million to 46 groups across the state in a rst round of funding to support workforce training in local urban, suburban and rural economies via the Opportunity Now Colorado grant program. Grants range from $50,000 to $7 million.

e grants aim to make college more accessible for high school students, open educational opportunities for older adults who never attended or nished college, and “are intended to help connect more Coloradans with in-demand, highwage occupations,” according to the governor’s o ce. It also will fund healthcare education programs in order to address the healthcare worker shortage that has been a persistent problem throughout the pandemic.

“ is is designed to help ll the

workforce gap and get people the skills they need for positions that are available and ready to start today and tomorrow — it will help power economy and help Colorado shine in

terms of workforce readiness,” said Gov. Jared Polis in an interview with Chalkbeat Colorado.

Eve Lieberman, the executive director of the O ce of Economic Development and International Trade, said, “Increasingly we were hearing from businesses that they want to be partnering with educational institutions and creating these innovative models. at’s exactly what we’re doing here is forming grant opportunities to allow for that innovation, those partnerships, and to have industry help co-create that talent.”

In 2021, Colorado lawmakers passed legislation that created the Student Success and Workforce Revitalization Task Force Report to determine how to spend federal pandemic relief money.

e task force’s main suggestion was to create a statewide grant program for innovative ideas that connect community groups, colleges, and employers. e state is now using $85 million of the one-time federal money on the grants.

St. Vrain Valley Schools is using its $7 million grant to partner with multiple organizations and school districts, including Estes Park R-3, Weld RE-3J, and Adams 12 Five Star Schools, to further develop its early childhood/K-12 education, technology, and advanced manufacturing workforce pathway programs.

St. Vrain currently partners with CU Denver in a program for high school juniors and seniors to take dual education enrollment courses that can transfer to CU Denver after graduation. With the new funds, CU Denver will develop classes for adult working professionals and high school students to access college coursework and earn additional credits. e credits will be free to students and district professionals.

“Being able to remove so many nancial barriers, it gives students a real strong feeling of success and our

older working professionals, where many of them haven’t been in school for a number of years, the same feeling,” said Diane Lauer, St. Vrain Valley School District’s chief academic o cer.

Students will be able to earn certi cates in the technology or advanced manufacturing elds in welding, metal fabrication, pipe tting, electronics, and machinery operation.

Colorado State University of Pueblo was awarded over $1.39 million to help address the healthcare crisis, especially for Coloradoans who are Hispanic, rural, and low-income. e money will help address the state nursing shortage with new nurses and instructors in the graduate program.

“One of the reasons that nursing shortages exist is because there’s a shortage of nursing instructors. is is due to retirements in the healthcare workforce, and could be a university or college-level nursing program not being able to admit the number of students that are applying because there are not enough quali ed faculty with the credentials to instruct,” said Alexandra Hansen, CSU Pueblo’s regional development o cer.

Hansen said that the university wants to listen to its community and encourage those in the southern Colorado region to join an in-demand, high-paying occupation. People who have experienced limited access to healthcare may nd the nursing eld a ful lling career, Hansen said.

Limited access could be due to sta ng shortages or “because they’re a Spanish-speaking family who have experienced going to a clinic where there are no Spanishspeaking providers,” she said.

e grant will support graduate students in becoming nurse managers, educators, and practitioners at the master’s and doctoral levels. It aims to enhance health equity in 15 counties in southern Colorado.

Tepeyac Community Health Center in Denver received over $1 million from the grant program. Tepeyac’s program will initially focus on increasing equitable access to clinic positions, training, and licensing. Tepeyac historically has served the Latino communities in the Globeville and Elyria-Swansea neighborhoods since the early 1990s.

Two additional rounds of grant funding with the remaining $58 million will be available through Opportunity Now Colorado, with the next application period opening in August. e last of the grants will be announced by December 2024.

Chalkbeat is a nonpro t news site covering educational change in public schools.

St. Vrain Valley Schools currently host summer STEM camps where students can engage hands-on in robotics, cybersecurity, coding, and AI technology at the district’s Innovation Center. The Opportunity Now Colorado Grants will help create and further expand opportunities for students to participate in.

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and Spanish. is year’s data includes 2,639 respondents across all ages, races and income brackets, with oversamples of Black/African American, Native American/Indigenous, Asian American and Pueblo County residents.

One of the cornerstones of CHF is to serve folks with historically less power or privilege, according to Austin Montoya, senior o cer for policy advocacy communications, which is why the foundation takes larger samples of speci c populations. Montoya said that by sampling larger numbers of smaller populations, they are able to more accurately re ect the experiences of those populations. e data is later weighted to re ect Colorado’s population.

Since the poll’s inception in 2020, the biggest drop in respondents’ top concern was, unsurprisingly, COVID-19, which was top of mind for 26% of Coloradans in 2020, compared with 0% in 2023.

e second- and third-largest decreases in concern were political division, down 6 percentage points, and jobs and the economy,

down 5. In the past year, Colorado’s job openings and unemployment reached something near equilibrium, so it tracks that anxiety over jobs has fallen since the 2020 polling, when uncertainty was rampant.

Homelessness had the largest increase as a top concern since last year, up 3 percentage points, while crime had the largest increase as a top concern over the past four years, up 8 percentage points. Both issues were a major focus for Denver’s mayoral election this year.  While most concerns associated with costs — such as rising costs of living, cost of housing and jobs — tended to decline in importance as income levels rose, the percentage of respondents most concerned by homelessness was consistent across income levels. e di erence between the lowest and highest income earners concerned with homelessness was only 3 percentage points.

Having a home is one major concern; staying in it is another. At the time of polling, renters were signicantly more worried about not being able to make rent payments than homeowners were worried about their mortgages — at a rate of 49% compared with 19% of respondents. However, that number may ip as property owners come to terms with

their new, exponentially high valuations, which were issued after the Pulse poll was conducted.

Respondents who identi ed as Native American/Indigenous showed the most concern over losing their homes, with 49% answering that they were worried in this year’s poll, while the Black/African American respondents had the largest increase in those worried, up 16 percentage points, to 47% from 31% last year.

Almost every household with an income below $150,000 was worried about their children being able to a ord a home in Colorado.

Montoya wants the information gleaned from these polls to help inform policymakers’ priorities. He said the foundation’s primary audience is local lawmakers and legislators.

When presented with a number of policy solutions, respondents thought that the most e ective ways to mitigate housing cost challenges are to reduce property taxes for homeowners with low or xed incomes, and to ensure that landlords cannot raise rents on tenants too quickly.

e biggest divisions around e ective policy solutions were between Republicans and Democrats in the state, with Independents falling squarely between the parties for

every proposed solution. e largest di erences between what the parties viewed as e ective solutions were requiring developers to build low-income housing — 86% of Democrats thought this would be an e ective solution, while only 49% of Republicans agreed — and increasing government investments in programs that prevent people from becoming homeless — 87% of Democrats believed in its e ectiveness, while 46% of Republicans agreed.

e takeaway from this year’s data, Montoya said, was that it hasn’t changed much since last year. Montoya believes that Coloradans’ major concerns “skyrocketed” around COVID, and have continued to stay high ever since.

“ e majority of these worries have increased since 2020, but there hasn’t been much of a decline in any of them. ere is really just a plateau,” he said. “And a majority of folks are feeling concerned.”

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

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Denver Disruptors bicycle racers to roll through Commerce City

BY JOHN RENFROW JRENFROW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Can’t get enough professional sports teams in Colorado? Good.

e National Cycling League has you covered. It’s bringing an exciting, free professional bicycle race to the Front Range.

e NCL Cup, a series, is in its rst year, and composed of 10 cycling teams composed of men and women — including the league-leading Denver Disruptors. ey compete in three races across the country for one NCL Cup champion to be crowned this fall. e rst event in Miami in April

rallied nearly 20,000 spectators. e league is hopeful for similar numbers as cyclists race a course around the Colorado Rapids’ soccer stadium at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City on Aug 13.

“It’s the world’s rst majorityminority and female-owned sports league,” said Reed McCalvin, the vice president of teams and operations for the NCL. “ e four founders, and then myself, a founder with a very little ‘f,’ basically wanted to help change the face of sports and equality in sports.”

e founders include successful executives, tech company veterans, NFL agents, lawyers, and more, with high-pro le investors in professional sports, such as the NBA’s Bradley Beal and the NFL’s Jalen Ramsey and Derwin James.

ey all have the same goal: to bring cycling to the next level on a

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new, even playing eld. e races are not multi-day, grueling races with mountain passes somewhere along the way like the Tour de France and ones closer to home from years past, including the Colorado Classic and USA Pro Challenge.

e NCL is criterium-style racing, meaning they’re fast-paced as cyclists ride on a set race course, doing laps to gain points along the way. e women and men compete in different competition groups for the same team, so each side brings equal weight to the scoreboard.

A new, even playing field

And, the NCL is set up in a way that allows men and women on the teams chances to contribute to the score. Some teams, such as the Denver Disruptors, have a full team of both men and women. Other teams that do not have both women’s and men’s

divisions may merge with another women’s/men’s team for the purposes of competing in the NCL Cup Series.

For example, the Goldman Sachs ETFS Racing women’s team and Texas Roadhouse Cycling Team men’s team combined, and they’re currently sitting in third place.

“ e National Cycling League is setting a new standard for inclusivity in professional sports by championing diversity. I was drawn to the opportunity to impact and transform communities through our mission,” said CEO Andrea Pagnanelli. “With more than 50 million cyclists in the U.S., we have an opportunity to grow the passion and excitement for the sport of cycling among the next generation of fans.”

But perhaps the experience and

The Denver Disruptors are made up of men and women professional cyclists. The team is currently in first place in points. The team will compete at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on Aug. 13 in Commerce City. COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL CYCLING LEAGUE

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cohesion of the Disrupters is what has them so ahead of the pack. Currently the team is in rst place with a score of 139. e Miami Nights are in second sitting at 95.

“Everybody has a mother, daughter, girlfriend, cousin, niece, what have you, that wants to see them equally represented and paid well. Sport is the great equalizer. One of our underlying taglines is ‘Make bike racing look like America looks,’” McCalvin said.

ere are nearly 30 di erent nations represented in the participating teams, and several of the riders are former Olympic and world-renowned athletes.

Why Denver?

After a year of diligent research, which included meeting advisors from a plethora of other professional sports leagues and studying cycling in America, Denver emerged as a prime candidate for an NCL hub not only to host a local team but to hold events in the future.

“Colorado is just a cycling state,” McCalvin said. “Denver makes it consistently in the top 10 cities. We had a 49-row wide Excel spreadsheet of di erent reasons, including socioeconomics, number of people that bike, what the city spends on infrastructure around bikes, all that stu . Denver was in the top 10 in nearly every category.”

Noah Granigan is one of the Denver Disruptors, as has been a part of the Colorado cycling community since he attended CU Boulder in 2014, where he was a member of the college’s cycling team.

As a fourth-generation international-level cyclist, Granigan has cycling in his blood. He now lives in Superior and said Colorado is the perfect place for cyclists.

“Colorado is such a great place to be a cyclist in terms of training roads, weather, and the massive cycling community so I ended up just staying in the area after I graduated,” Grani-

gan said. “Colorado has become my new home so it’s pretty cool to now be on a Denver-based team.

“Denver is such a strong cycling community because it’s simply a great place to be a cyclist,” Granigan added. “ at’s why there are so many professional cyclists that come from or move to Colorado. e road cycling is world-class, and then you have such incredible mountain biking, gravel, bike parks, and bike friendly cities like Denver on top of that.”

The ‘Ford vs. Ferrari’ model

Just because Denver is a great hub for cycling doesn’t mean the team was guaranteed success. In fact, McCalvin said there was some experimenting in bringing together the NCL, and he followed a popular movie’s method for nding and creating the best teams.

“One of the things I came up with was this ‘Ford vs. Ferrari’ concept,” McCalvin said. “It started with a blank slate. So we have a Miami team that I made more ‘Ferrari’, where it was a bunch of existing criterium racers in America and some track racers. And with Denver, we went with more long endurance road racers and former Tour de France riders and some track racers as well. is was like our beta test for our rst year. We’re just trying to see what works.”

So far, Ford is crushing Ferrari, and endurance-based riding is dominating.

“It didn’t take long for our team to really start to understand, read, and communicate with each other midrace,” Granigan said. “With riders from all over the world, all with their own strengths and styles, we were quick to take all of that and create a really strong unit, which we demonstrated in the Miami Beach cup in the rst race of the year.”

Development of the future e experimentation is still ongoing, McCalvin said. e three events this year are all in di erent formats.

e Miami event was held on Ocean Drive. e Denver event is held at a professional sports facility. e Atlanta event will be more private and VIP-based.

“We’re trying to gure out what the model is in relation to keeping it community-based and getting the local families and community involved. I want your aunt to go and have a good time. Not just you because you enjoy cycling,” McCalvin said.

But McCalvin knows the future of all sports is in broadcasting. e NCL events are all broadcast on the GCN+, the Global Cycling Network streaming service. It’s all about expanding the league’s reach and getting new fans invested and interested in the sport.

“We’re very excited about being at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park,” McCalvin said. “A big part of what we’re doing is development of the future. It’s one of our pillars. It’s the best thing in the community.”

At the Aug. 13 event, there will be free junior racing, free mountain bike crit racing for kids, and a community

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People with hypoxia brave high elevations

twice the elevation of Denver, a space so devoid of O2 that most at-landers have trouble sleeping.

BY DAN ENGLAND THE COLORADO SUN

Chantelle Shoaee will have a question for you if you decide to visit her: “What kind of car do you drive?”

Unless you’re one of her buds, perhaps one of her Hypoxic Hikers, the reason she’s asking may shock you. Rough mountain roads, the kind that ummox those who don’t drive Subarus — and yes, there are a few — lead to the little base camp where she lives and runs Always Choose Adventures.

Shoaee lives at 10,000 feet in a rural spot above Idaho Springs. She also has hypoxia, a condition de ned by low levels of oxygen in the body.

Doctors tell hypoxic patients to move out of Colorado. At Denver’s elevation, around 5,280 feet, there’s 20% less oxygen than at sea level. Whenever she’s walking around, Shoaee receives oxygen through a tube in her nose, called a cannula. She punctuates her sentences with pu s from her tank that sound like a gasp.

Oxygen is as much of a treasure to her as the gold from the long-closed mine on her land. And yet, she lives at

It seems like a mismatch, like a penguin wobbling through a desert. And yet, Shoaee climbs 14ers at speeds that would smoke a weekend peakbagger.

She wears a backpack comfortably and even helped design a pack being developed by Osprey, a Cortez-based gear company that specializes in hydration bladder vests and packs for bikers, hikers and ultrarunners.

Shoaee’s pack ts oxygen tanks. e innovation could be a boon for hikers tethered to a cannula: Most of them are anchored to heavy oxygen tanks or concentrators.

Shoaee loves the mountains, elevation be damned, and her strong body, balanced by a pair of powerful thighs, shakes with good-natured laughter when someone asks why the hell she lives so high.

“Look around,” she answers.

She doesn’t care that she lives in a small trailer, or that the property needs a lot of work, or that the roads that lead to it could overturn a Jeep. She’s immensely proud of where she lives, even though she knows, one day, she will have to leave.

Until then, Shoaee wants to run her organization, Always Choose Adventures, which helps people of all ages, backgrounds and, most importantly,

physical abilities, experience the outdoors. She and her Hypoxic Homies, a group of hikers like her, all acknowledge their limitations the condition puts on them, but they don’t want to be limited by any kind of assumptions about their ability, or medical insurance, or misdiagnoses.

ere are more than you might think: Shoaee puts severe limits on the money she makes so she can stay on Medicaid, which pays for her portable oxygen. Her place was a ordable because it was in poor condition, and because she sold her townhome, buoyed by the skyrocketing market. Quite frankly, it looks like a bargain, even if the land around it looks priceless.

“I live in poverty,” she says, “so I can breathe.”

On doctor’s orders, Shoaee’s parents kept her inside when she was a kid. She was born with tracheoesophageal stula, an abnormal connection between the esophagus and the trachea, and low-functioning lungs.

She felt a void that wasn’t lled

until she founded Always Choose Adventures and sought treatment with National Jewish Hospital, where doctors told her her birth defects were never addressed properly: Her trachea collapses up to 90% of the time. ey put her on oxygen to use while adventuring and it’s made all the di erence.

She’s still hypoxic, but she believes many other Coloradans are, too, and don’t realize it. We all need oxygen, and without enough of it, we get confused, restless and anxious, and have bluish skin, a rapid heart rate and di culty breathing.

Breathing problems can cause hypoxia, but it isn’t limited to them. Shoaee tells story after story of visitors who come from sea level and don’t feel right. Colorado’s thin air isn’t kind to those who are accustomed to drawing in gluttonous gulps of oxygen with every breath. Just the other day, she checked the oxygen levels of a visitor by using a nger sensor.

Chantelle Shoaee, director of Always Choose Adventures, right, walks with fellow hypoxic hikers Audra Lilly, center, of Littleton, and Mike Goldblatt, of Evergreen, June 29, 2023, outside Idaho Springs. The hikers are hypoxic requiring supplemental oxygen every day due to medical issues.

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“She was hypoxic as f---,” Shoaee said, using one of her favorite phrases.

Many others with asthma struggle here, Shoaee said, and even those seemingly in good health may wonder why they’re anxious all the time and don’t sleep well. ey’re probably hypoxic, Shoaee said. Colorado is a hard place to live.

e condition is more common now after the pandemic. One of Shoaee’s best friends, one of her Hypoxic Homies, is Audra Lilly, who works as a pediatric nurse practitioner. She was diagnosed with lupus in 2015 when she was living in Dallas. Exercise helped lube her joints: e more she did it, the better she felt. She moved to Littleton to be in a place where she could do outdoor activities all the time. She took up trail running and felt better than she had in years.

“I needed a place where I could be outdoors all the time and live a healthy lifestyle,” Lilly said. “Dallas wasn’t that.”

But her job left her susceptible to the pandemic, and sure enough, she got COVID-19 in November 2020. It ravaged her body, forcing her into the hospital for weeks. At one point, doctors asked her if life support was OK. She refused, preferring to battle it on her own, as she did with lupus. Lupus can be as mean as COVID: Her joints sti ened in her hospital bed, so she dragged her huge oxygen tank behind her and walked around her room.

She now uses oxygen to hike and run, though not as much as she used to. She met Shoaee in a hypoxia support group on Facebook.

“When I asked for advice on hiking and running, people would tell me not to do it, especially doctors,” Lilly, 41, said, “but Chantelle was like, ‘I’ll go with you!’”

Yes, Lilly sees the irony in moving to a state because of health problems and now may need to leave it one day because of health problems. But she is determined to stay as long as she can.

“Honestly, when I put my oxygen in, it goes away,” Lilly said. “I’m getting back to where I was before this happened.”

Doctors at rst diagnosed Lilly with anxiety. It’s a common misdiagnosis among those with hypoxia, and an understandable one, given that the two are connected: Not being able to breathe causes anxiety. Anxiety can also cause breathing problems such as hyperventilation.

at’s a problem because doctors have to write a prescription for oxygen, said Mike Goldblatt, 67, of Evergreen. Goldblatt is hypoxic and doctors don’t know why. He was an arborist and guided y- shing trips and hikes. He also coaches and chases around his grandkids and plays golf and music in a band. Evergreen is at 7,400 feet and Goldblatt has no desire to move. Oxygen, which he uses when he’s active, makes his life far more normal than it would be otherwise.

“It feels a lot better,” Goldblatt said.  But it irks him that oxygen is only available with a prescription. Patients also generally must choose between the portable tanks they use to hike and the large tanks that anchor many patients to their homes, Goldblatt said.

“We are staying active,” Goldblatt said, referring to the hypoxic hiking group, “but 90% or more pulling oxygen aren’t. ey don’t realize they can get out.”

Insurance, he said, tends to restrict patients from portable tanks or limit them to a few per month, unless they ght. Medicaid doesn’t do this, at least for Shoaee, which is why she restricts her lifestyle to stay on it.

“Safety is what they call it,” Goldblatt said, “but it comes down to money.”

ese are things that won’t be

solved soon. But there are issues Shoaee believes she can address now. Carrying oxygen is a problem. A couple years ago she began talking to Osprey about designing a backpack speci cally for oxygen carriers.

“ e kinking is the most annoying part,” Lilly said. “Chantelle, can you x my tube? I’ve already been kinked up twice today.”

Kinking, of course, restricts oxygen ow, and the tubes get tangled. Lilly has a story about her tubes getting tangled while on a ski lift. She eventually had to be carried down by ski patrol because she needed the oxygen boost at the high elevation.

“I was so embarrassed,” she said. Tanks are heavy, with the mobile tanks weighing up to 15 pounds. e tanks alone make a daypack weigh more than if it were stu ed with overnight gear.

e Osprey backpack, Shoaee said, solves both issues. ere are holes in the pack where hypoxic hikers can thread, and therefore secure, their tubes, and the bottom of the pack has more padding as well as straps to hold the tank in place and distribute the weight evenly. e nal version should be out by the end of the year. e pack is an a rmation that people are paying attention.

“It will be life-changing for people on oxygen,” Shoaee said. “We aren’t saying you have to hike a 14er. You can walk around the block now. is makes it possible. ere’s so much annoying stu about this illness. A backpack shouldn’t be one of them.”

Shoaee founded Always Choose Adventures because of her experiences, but the organization tries to break down barriers for all kinds of marginalized groups in the outdoors, not just the hypoxic. Gerry Roach, the mountain master and author of many guide books, including iconic versions for the 14ers, the Centennials, Rocky Mountain National Park and the Indian Peaks, is the board president.

But she hopes to use her talents to raise awareness about hypoxia and maybe one day solve some of the other issues oxygen carriers must face when they venture outdoors.

“Could we do a hypoxic 14ers day?” she asks her group.

First, though, she wants to go on a little hike to a lake near her property. e path is steep — at one point she protests to her friends when they leave some distance between them and her — but eventually they do reach the top. She puts her hands on her knees.

It’s hard to live so high up, but the views are spectacular, and the air is fresh.

She straightens up and breathes it in.

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

Local author publishes “I Can Be Anything: A Book About Careers”

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Local author Leslie Tucker, who is also a preschool teacher, has published an appealing new book for small family members: “I Can Be Anything: A Book About Careers,” with illustrations by Courtney Sarro.

It should o er subjects for numerous family conversations with kids, parents and grandparents.

And perhaps some inducements for family eld trips to see who is doing what out there ...

Tucker’s friend found Sarro’s name and art on Facebook, she said — and the illustrations ow well with the story.

e kindergarten types are an ethnic mix and show varied interests, ranging from mechanics and medicine to concert musicians and astronauts ... all in a Pre-K style.

Although Tucker was an art major in college, she didn’t choose to illustrate this one herself. But it ts into her idea of how the book should look, she said. With a girl in the Army and the boy, a nurse, for

example.

Tucker said she is also working on several other books presently and has more ideas in mind for topics appropriate for children and adults.

Tucker, who works as a substitute teacher at local preschools, said the book is available through Amazon and she hopes it can be added to story times at area schools.

Tucker’s imagination is working overtime shaping possible storylines and interactions ... She said she designed the book’s cover and conveyed her idea to the illustrator. She is happy with the result, which introduces the kids who live within the covers. She was able to express her thoughts to the illustrator is a social worker who enjoys “working with children to help them understand their feelings and learn to advocate for themselves.”

e author’s next book will perhaps be about a homeless child. She is in the formative stages and will probably soon hit the computer keys...

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Vintage & Vibrant 2023 is specically designed to entertain, inform and intrigue an older adult audience. Our program will include two engaging keynote speakers, multiple informative breakout sessions, three interactive activities, numerous

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It may be a good time to rethink what swear words or curse words really qualify as such anymore. I mean we hear them with such frequency that they are almost indiscernible from the other regular words we seem to use so often. I almost feel like when someone tells me to go “F” myself, they are really just saying, “Hello, how are you?” Not only are we hearing them all the time, but we are also hearing them from almost everyone and from people of all ages including very young children. Not being a prude, I get it, I just think it may be time to change it up a bit. I was walking past four children playing on a beach. ey appeared to be playing a game called running the bases, and they could not have been more than 10 years old. One of the boys and one of the girls got into an argument about whether they were safe on base or not. e torrent of “F” bombs and other awful expletives were screamed at one another. It wasn’t just the words that caught my attention, it was the intensity of their words and body language at such a young age.

Where did they learn that from? Maybe it’s watching news reels and

videos of passengers losing their minds and yelling at each other, threatening to `F” word kill each other or beat the “S” word out of each other. Maybe it’s from older siblings or cousins, parents or grandparents, or next-door neighbors. It is still happening in the corporate world too. For some, maybe it seems like it helps them to underscore a point more e ectively or seem stronger in a heated debate.

Like I said, it’s everywhere with unabashed frequency and malicious intent. I wish we could ignore them and come up with new ones, but the truth is that nasty and troubling words have been around forever, so we will never change those. But maybe we can change our own use of them and our own cadence, tone and frequency of how we use them. We all lose our cool from time to time, I get it. It really just sounds, feels and seems like we are allowing our foul language threshold to slip lower and

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“But the human tongue is a beast that few can master. It strains constantly to break out of its cage, and if it is not tamed, it will run wild and cause you grief.” — Unknown

Words we use should be a construction zone, building others up along the way. Building people up with words of hope and encouragement. Beautiful and wonderful words of life that separate us from those who would rather operate through a demolition zone, using words to tear others down, and worse, doing it intentionally.

So, let’s use the rest of this column to focus on what those beautiful and wonderful words of life are, and how we can use them to foster an environment of love, grace, unity and compassion.

I am not sure about you, but this has been a very deliberate and intentional movement or change in my own life. I was de nitely a little looser in my language and word choices in the past — anyone reading this knows who I was and also knows who I have become, can validate that. I intentionally keep a word bank, a word bank that is top of mind and heart. A

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It’s been said that you can’t trust people who don’t curse. Or, that people who curse are smarter than those who don’t. I am fairly sure both of those were created by someone who loved to curse. How about you, do you feel smarter, funnier, stronger when you use swear words? Or are you a little ashamed or embarrassed at times? I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can use the beautiful and wonderful words of life instead, it really will be a better than good life.

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Spending time with your pooch during Denver’s dog days of summer

The dog days of summer are here and there’s a lot of fun to be had in Denver, especially if you have a dog.

But before we get to the fun, it’s important to remind ourselves just how hot it is outside. is time of year is typically the hottest in the city and already we’ve had a few scorchers. So, we must ensure that our furry friends are safe so that they have as much fun as we humans do.

Play in one of Denver’s beautiful parks

Denver has some lovely parks, and both humans and dogs love visiting them. Remember to keep your dog on a leash at all times, as those who fail to do so are subject to a ne. It’s also a good idea to bring extra water and a bowl for your pet. And don’t forget your poop bags (although many parks have them available if you forget).

mercial indoor pools specifically for dogs. Canine Fitness & Fun Center, which is located on Evans Avenue bordering Denver’s Virginia Village and Goldsmith neighborhoods, offers a 4-foot-deep pool with an on-duty lifeguard and a viewing area for the dog parent. It costs $18 for one group swim and $32 for one private swim, with packages for multiple swims available.

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Too much time in the hot sun can lead to heat stroke for dogs, which can be life-threatening. is goes for being in a hot car as well. So even a quick errand while your dog is left in the car is unsafe because temperatures inside a vehicle can rise to dangerous levels in minutes. Additionally, if you leave a pet inside a hot car you may be subject to a summons for animal cruelty, which carries a ne of up to $999 and/or 300 days in jail, according to Denver Animal Protection.

Bottom line is that it is best to leave your pooch at home if at any point you would subject them to an unattended stay in a hot vehicle. Now for the fun adventures you can both have this summer.

ere are also many dog-speci c parks where dogs can run about without a leash. Denver Parks & Recreation operates 12 o -leash parks throughout the city. Find a nearby dog park online at tinyurl.com/DogParksDenver.

Take your dog swimming

Just outside of Denver, two nearby state parks boast o -leash areas where dogs can also play in water. South of the city, Chat eld State Park’s dog o -leash area o ers 69 acres of fenced open space and two ponds. East of Denver, Cherry Creek State Park’s dog o -leash area o ers 107 acres of fenced open space with the creek owing through it. Remember that these o -leash areas require a pass for entrance in addition to the per-vehicle entrance fee or regular annual state parks pass. Learn more about the state parks or buy passes at cpw.state.co.us.

And, there are other places dogs can swim. Some rec centers o er a doggie swim day at the end of the season, but there are some com-

Although many shops do not allow pets inside the store, window shopping and strolling along 16th Street Mall, Cherry Creek North and/or South Pearl Street can make for a fun outing. Something to keep in mind, though, is that hot pavement can burn your dog’s paws. Denver Animal Protection suggests doing a test with your bare hands: “If you can’t hold your bare hand on (the) pavement for 10 seconds, then it’s too hot for your dog to walk on.” Denver is a dog-friendly city, so many restaurants, breweries and other similar venues all across the city allow leashed, well-behaved dogs on their patios. Some even have doggie treats and dog bowls for water to keep your pet happy while you dine. If you’re unsure if the place you want to go allows dogs on their patio, call the location ahead of time to check.  Have fun in Denver on these dog days summer with your pooch.

Denver Public Library extends hours at some locations

Re-opens Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library

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e Denver Public Library has announced that it will be open for additional hours at several of its locations, and the reopening of the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library.

e following locations will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday, and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays: Green Valley Ranch Branch Library, Sam Gary Branch Library, Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales Branch Library, Hadley Branch Library and Hampden Branch Library.

Each of those libraries will also have one day each week during which it will be open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. To nd out which weekday each of the locations will be open until 8 p.m., visit denverlibrary.org/ locations.

Plans are in the works to add hours at other locations as well.

e extended hours are thanks to the Strong Library, Strong Denver supported by the Denver Public Library Fund, which voters passed in November 2022. Learn more at denlib.org/stronglibrary.

e Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library, 2401 Welton St. in the Five Points neighborhood, reopened on Aug. 7, following its May 2022 closure for renovations.

It is now open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and ursdays; 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays; and from 10 a.m. to 5

p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

e renovations are part of the Elevate Denver Bond that voters passed in 2017. Renovations include a redesigned rst oor, a new teen space, new study rooms, refreshed community meetings rooms and cosmetic improvements on the second and third oors.

e Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library is a fullservice branch library and is one of ve African American research libraries part of a public library system in the United States. It houses collection archives and has a museum dedicated to Denver’s African American community.

Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, the community is invited to a reopening ribbon cutting ceremony from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Aug. 12. e event will include refreshments, entertainment and

programming.

To learn more about BlairCaldwell African American Research Library, visit history.denverlibrary.org/about-blair.

Transportation o cials get stricter about express lane penalties

BY CHRIS KOEBERL CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Colorado Department of Transportation is getting serious about enforcing penalties for Interstate 70 mountain express lanes, and Idaho Springs is the early focus.

Enforcement will focus on the interstate’s Mountain Express Lanes between Idaho Springs and U.S. 40. Soon, though, serious penalties will be a reality everywhere, according to state o cials.

“Starting Friday, July 21, motorists who drive unsafely in the Express Lanes on the I-70 Mountain

Corridor will be issued nes known as civil assessment penalties,” a press release stated.

For the past month, drivers have received mailed warnings for violations such as using the Express Lanes when they’re closed, weaving across the solid yellow lines and driving in lanes with oversized

vehicles.

As of July 21, the warnings will cease, and drivers will be mailed nes starting at $75 and increasing to $150 if not paid within 20 days of issuance, the statement said.

More than 5,000 warnings have already been issued to drivers, according to CDOT.

selection. ese moments never fail to make her smile.

“It brings me just a ton of joy to see people enjoying it and enjoying the space,” Monson said. “I think it’s also enriched my kids’ love and appreciation for literature because they get so excited about nishing a book and passing it on.”

Monson built her library in 2017 and registered it with Little Free Library, a Minnesota-based nonpro t that aims to increase access to literature by providing blueprints and guides to build community libraries, as well as mapping registered libraries across the country.

Hundreds of little free libraries have popped up across the Denver metro area as their popularity proliferates. Monson said she was inspired to build her library after visiting others with her 11-year-old twins Tommy and Luci, who are avid readers.

“I really believe in the importance of building community and connection for wellness, so I thought it was a great way to build community shortly after we moved to Golden,” she said. “So it was their love of reading and my want to build community that made it happen.”

Since the library is on a bike and walking path, it’s not accessible by car, so Monson took advantage of the unique environment by adding a bench, a slide and fairy gardens around the library to make it an inviting spot for visitors.

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One of the more recent little free libraries in the metro area is the one at Castle View High School, which was built as a memorial to student Brooke Adams, who died in April. Adams loved to read, so her school book club worked with others to build the library in her honor.

Golden resident Sam Monson poses with her little free library on the Tucker Gulch Trail. Monson said the library has brought joy to her and those who visit.

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“We wanted to create a space for people to pause and enjoy the green belt that we’re on and the bike path is on,” she said. “Especially through covid, it was a way that I felt like we could put wellness out in the world with something as healthy as reading that creates a mindful, peaceful experience, but also gets them outside and active.”

Monson said the library quickly became self-sustaining once it opened and has since become a xture in the community.

“People often comment to thank us or leave notes,” she said. “It’s like an identity of our family, which we love.”

On top of being a way to build community, little free libraries improve access to literature. Unite for Literacy, a publishing company that tracks book deserts, estimates only a third of Colorado homes have more than 100 books.

Amber DeBerry, Director of Community Engagement for Douglas County Libraries, said improving access to reading materials, whether that’s books, magazines, journals or comics, is important because reading bene ts everyone.

“If you have access to books prior to the age of ve, your success rates in school drastically increase,” DeBerry said. “For people who don’t have the opportunity or ability to purchase books, libraries are an incredible community asset.”

In Dianne Shantz’s neighborhood in Adams County, she noticed there weren’t nearly as many little free libraries as more a uent areas of Denver, so Shantz built one in 2021.

Shantz used a thrifted co ee table and an old kitchen counter with a repurposed replace door to create a weatherproof library and food pantry near her community’s shared mailbox, which provides steady foot tra c.

“I’m proud to say (the library) is self-sustaining because it shows that there was a need there, and that’s true of the pantry too,” she said.

Shantz said she enjoys having opportunities to share her love of reading and tries to stock the library with books she knows her visitors will read.

“Being new to the neighborhood, it’s given me a chance to meet my neighbors,” she said. “A lot of Hispanic people live in the area, so I try to include Spanish books. One lady likes Danielle Steel, so I put those in when I can.”

For Kate Garland, a graduate of Castle View High School in Castle Rock, building a little free library was a way to memorialize her friend and fellow student Brooke Adams, who died in April.

Garland met Adams through the school book club she started and they bonded over reading.

“Brooke and I both loved the ‘ e Summer I Turned Pretty’ series by Jenny Han and somebody donated the entire set so we made sure that those were in there,” Garland said. “Some of Brooke’s other friends also picked booked they thought she would like.”

When Adams died, Garland worked with Adams’ family, school o cials, the school’s Technology Students Association and book club members to build the library and host a book drive to ll it. Materials for the library were donated by the local Ace Hardware and community members donated more than 1,000 books during the drive.

“ e community support around it and the continuing book donations have been really rewarding for me and the book club and the TSA members who helped,” she said.

As Garland heads to Arapahoe Community College, the stewardship of the library will pass on to other students in the book club.

“We wanted to make sure it would keep going, even after I’m gone,” she said.

To nd these little free libraries and more, go to littlefreelibrary.org.

At Dianne Schantz’s library in Adams County, she added a free pantry to help serve her community’s needs. Schantz said both the library and pantry are self-sustaining. COURTESY DIANNE SCHANTZ

Air regulators o er legal help to neighborhood groups

BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

Did you hear the one about the state government o ering the public free lawyers to harass … the state?

It’s no joke. In one of the rst tangible impacts of environmental justice policies and rules that are working their way into multiple battlegrounds overseen by state and federal regulators, Colorado’s public health department now links community groups with pro bono lawyers who can help the groups become o cial “parties” in complex environmental rulemaking, giving them a voice ampli ed by legal muscle.

e rst such e ort will play out later this year as the Air Quality Control Commission writes new rules requiring some of the largest industrial polluters in Colorado to cut their greenhouse gas emissions by set percentages. e community group Climate Equity Community Advisory Council wants to ensure the state requires 18 targeted industrial polluters to make real cuts using the best technology, not just the cheapest. And they want an accounting of the results down the road.

e air commission and many other state agencies have always taken public comments, said Rachael Lehman, a member of the advisory council, and a

Community College of Denver faculty member who volunteers to work on environmental issues.

But too often, Lehman said, “the result is ‘We got your comments, now shut up.’ I’ve seen it in multiple situations, where they say, ‘Yes, we had so many community meetings.’ OK. But did they actually listen and incorporate what the community said?”

Regulators from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment put the community council in touch with volunteer Wyatt Sassman of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law’s Environmental Law Clinic. ey are now a party to the industrial pollution rulemaking, sitting shoulder to shoulder with the likes of Anheuser-Busch, Cargill, Molson Coors and environmental giants like the Sierra Club.

“It’s important for us to just have that ability to be able to keep an eye on things, and make sure that the rule is being written in a way that is understandable,” Lehman said. She worries that the big companies targeted by the industrial rules “have the big, big pockets, and you can sort of buy your way out of this.” Sassman, she said, is helping the community group understand the rule drafts word by word, and “what’s even in the realm of possibility.”

State o cials said they have worked

hard to create meaningful community engagement.

A series of state and federal policies made into law in recent years require agencies to consider how past pollution has disproportionately impacted communities with lower incomes and higher minority populations. By default or conscious zoning, Colorado industries are concentrated in communities like north Denver, Adams and Pueblo counties, and in other locations with measurable impacts on the physical health of lower income residents.

“We just are looking at our process from beginning to end, thinking about how we can interact with all stakeholders and open the door to include voices we aren’t hearing, which was quite a few,” said Lauren McDonell, climate change outreach planner for the Air Pollution Control Division. e division sta s the air quality commission and carries out day-to-day air regulation.

e commission’s rulemaking sessions debate how to carry out directives from the legislature. As part of Colorado’s overall e ort to reduce all greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030, the legislature added details in 2021 requiring the largest industrial polluters to cut emissions 20% by that year, from a 2015 base year. Any industrial company emitting over 25,000

metric tons of greenhouse gases a year would need to start limits in 2024.

After rounds and rounds of lings by the parties, public comments and state responses, the commission will take up the industrial rules, called GEMM Phase 2, in September. e list of 18 Colorado companies ranges from American Gypsum to Molson Coors and Cargill Meat Solutions, to Sterling Ethanol and Suncor Energy’s Commerce City re nery.

Public comments are great, McDonell said, but if a community group is granted “party” status, “they’re actually around the table with other entities, who actually can get into the details of the rule language, they can propose di erent language, alternate proposals.”

Becoming an o cial “party” has more involvement and in uence, “but it’s also more time, and it comes with deadlines and things that are related to a legal process. ey don’t require an attorney, but it’s a heck of a lot easier if you have one,” McDonell said.  e APCD’s Clay Clarke reached out to the Colorado Bar Association environment committee and wound up with a list of pro bono attorneys willing to dig in on behalf of community groups.

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PUBLIC NOTICES

Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088

Legals

Summons and Sheriff Sale

Public Notice

District Court, Denver County, State of Colorado

Court Address: 520 West Colfax Ave., 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.

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 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 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

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 Attorney for Plaintiff 2 N. Nevada Ave., Suite 1140 Colorado Springs, CO 80903 (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

plaint. 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

Misc. Private Legals

Public Notice Denver Probate Court Denver County, Colorado 1437 Bannock Street Denver, CO 80202

In the Interest of: DIEGO PEREZ ALVARADO; a.k.a., DIEGO ALVARADO

Attorney: Christopher Brock, Atty. Reg. No. 47703 1385 S. Colorado Blvd. #610-A Denver, CO 80222

E-mail: cbrock@ccdconline.org

Phone Number: 937-248-5016

FAX Number: 303-568-7419

Case Number: 23PR30617

NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION

PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S.

To: Teresa Jesus Alvarado Espino

Last Known Address, if any: n/a

A hearing on Petition for Appointment of Guardian for Adult (title of pleading) for (brief description of relief requested)

Appointment of permanent guardian for Mr. Diego Perez Alvarado, an adult, after notice and hearing will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued:

Date: September 5, 2023

Time: 3:30 PM Division: 224

Address: 1437 Bannock Street Denver, CO 80202

The hearing will take approximately 30 minutes

Legal Notice No. 82361

First Publication: August 3, 2023

Last Publication: August 17, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

TO: OSCAR SANTANA:

You are notified that you have 10 days after publication for this notice of levy to file your claim of exemption with the District Court of Denver County, 1437 Bannock, Room 256, Denver, CO 80202 in Case 2021CV33096 entitled: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. v. ELIZABETH B. WAHLBORGS $14,003.90 garnished at Bellco Credit Union, 7600 E. Orchard Rd., Ste 400, Greenwood Village, CO 80111.

Legal Notice No. 82325

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: August 17, 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Denver Probate Court City and County of Denver, 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

REGULATORS

general counsel and expensive private attorneys, and the established environmental nonpro ts have their sta and contract attorneys, Sassman said. Community members who may live right next to the industrial plants, meanwhile, are facing “complex and jargony” issues, in their spare time.  “ at’s where somebody like us could come in and help,” Sassman said.

State o cials say they are prepared to handle the results from their e orts at balance, and know full well they are handing the community a list of

RACERS

FROM PAGE 7

ride for fans of all ages.

In fact, everything involving the event is free: the parking, the tick-

lawyers who could make regulators’ lives miserable.

“No one’s ever too happy with us” anyway, McDonell said. “But in all seriousness, I think the priority here is to get the voices to the table to have a normal conversation because historically, again, it’s those well-funded groups that have been part of the conversation. We don’t have any control or expectation about them being supportive of us or the proposal. We know they’re going to challenge us and we want that, we welcome that.”

Lehman and the advisory council already have some buzzwords in the rule drafts for which they are seeking more legal explanations.

Carbon capture, for example, bothers Lehman to no end. She fears state

ets, the community-based activities involved, and watching the pro race.

e only thing interested fans will need to purchase is food and souvenirs, unless they want VIP tickets, which can be purchased on www. nclracing.com.

“Now we’re the cycling team in

regulators may allow the industrial polluters to keep spewing damaging air into neighborhoods but then o set it through buying carbon credits or stu ng the carbon underground in long-term storage, an ethically controversial tradeo .

Community groups also want tough enforcement language written into the rules, Lehman said. If she gets too many speeding tickets, her driver’s license is taken away, she said. But companies like Suncor have years of multiple air violations and never lose their permits.

“It is a dual system of justice,” Lehman said. “Big polluters continue to do what they want, and our government doesn’t have the courage to just say we are in the business of protect-

Denver and Colorado, and that’s important to us,” McCalvin said. “I remember when the Mammoth rst started, and I remember when the Rapids rst started. It didn’t quite happen all at once. It started semi-small-ish, and it’s grown into a [signi cant] fanbase and community

ing our citizens and you have to shut down. How is that so hard?”

e air pollution division knows the lawyers on their pro bono list will bring those arguments, and more, to the industrial pollution rules, and other upcoming policy battles.

“We absolutely have a deep commitment to environmental justice,” McDonell said. “But we can only say that so many times.”

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

staple.”

For more information on the NCL and the Denver Disruptors, visit the team’s website at www.nclracing. com/teams/0/denver-disruptors.

“Paint your faces, bring your ags, and come out and support!” McCalvin said.

Public Notices

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

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 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. 82356

First Publication: July 27, 2023

Last Publication: August 10, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of BARBARA A. TINSMAN, also known as BARBARA TINSMAN, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR030808

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

Ann E. Rab, Personal Representative c/o M. Lisa Clore, Esq. Lisa Clore, LLC

5500 Greenwood Plaza Blvd., Suite 130 Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Legal Notice No. 82362

First Publication: August 3, 2023

Last Publication: August 3, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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 Geraldine Lee Hart, A/K/A Jere Lee Hart, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR030620

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

Erin Griffin, Personal Representative

19321 East Clear Creek Drive Parker, Colorado 80134

Legal Notice No. 823359

First Publication: August 3, 2023

Last Publication: August 17, 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 SHARON CHRISTINE HENKEL, aka SHARON C. HENKEL, aka SHARON HENKEL, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30654

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

Hans Pudim, Personal Representative c/o Klein Law Firm, PC 7535 E. Hampden Ave., Suite 400 Denver, CO 80231

Legal Notice No. 823358

First Publication: August 3, 2023

Last Publication: August 17, 2023 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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 JOHN LESTER LARSON, JR. , a/k/a JOHN L. LARSON, JR. , a/k/a JOHN LARSON,

All persons having claims against the above