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Helping to fill a need for preschool Denver Preschool Program adds services BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Elisa Kim Lee and her husband, Chanyang, are happy to see that because of a preschool education, their young children are learning to write their names and use English, and they get to do enriching, hands-on activities every day. “But the best is that they are learning to integrate in a society where they can learn diversity and inclusion,” Elisa Kim Lee said. The Lees wanted to send their children to preschool. All of their family members live abroad, so they could not depend on family for childcare. But they could not afford preschool on their own, so the Lees had no choice but to have one parent stay home and provide full-time childcare. “I wanted to give my kids the best, but at home, we faced a lot of limitations as parents,” Elisa Kim Lee said. She added that at home, there were challenges with being able to provide education and discipline. Now, however, the Lees’ two
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Place. One tower will rise 400 feet — the max, dictated by zoning — and include 38 stories; the other will rise around 350 feet and include 32 stories. The towers will boast ground-floor retail and both belowand above-ground parking. The building will also include a swimming pool deck and other amenities
The state Water Quality Control Commission has reversed itself and agreed to consider tougher protections for urban streams, another sign of activists deploying recent environmental justice laws in safeguarding local water, land and air. The commission on Dec. 13 unanimously accepted demands in a petition from a coalition of conservation and advocacy groups that they revisit staff recommendations rejected in 2020 that would have upgraded protections for the South Platte River and Clear Creek. The upgrades rejected at a June 2020 commission meeting would have made it harder for industries and other water polluters to get effluent permits in stretches of heavily impacted urban waters that nevertheless show some signs of fish and wildlife recovery. That 2020 decision, and a commissioner’s statement that higher protections were reserved for “pristine mountain waters,” infuriated a coalition of dozens of conservation groups and local governments, from Colorado GreenLatinos to Trout Unlimited to Denver City Council members.
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Anna Lee, 3, works on a project during class time at her preschool. The Denver Preschool Program helped the Lee family of Denver send both Anna and her sister, COURTESY OF ELISA KIM LEE Elizabeth, 4, to preschool.
children — Elizabeth, 4, and Anna, 3 — attend the Primrose School at Colorado Station in Denver’s University Hills neighborhood. “Without the Denver Preschool
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Denver’s largest condo project in years on the way 461 units coming to old Shelby’s Bar site BY KYLE HARRIS DENVERITE
Canadian developer Amacon is ready to build two massive towers in Denver’s Central Business District on the edge of Uptown.
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The land is purchased. Permits are complete. The site is fenced off. Next step: construction. Unlike most new Denver projects, the Amacon Towers will offer market-rate condos to buy — not rent. The buildings, designed by Davis Partnership Architects, will take over a long vacant parking lot and the former site of Shelby’s Bar & Grill, at 18th Street and Glenarm
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Swedish unveils plans for cancer center $25M project seeks to centralize services by end of 2022 BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Swedish Medical Center, a 408-bed acute care hospital in Englewood, announced plans to build a new cancer treatment center intended to open by the end of 2022. The hospital has been doing pre-construction work since April, according to hospital spokesperson Alyssa Parker, with construction expected to begin in January. “This effort brings together all of the components we have already built in our fight against cancer into a singular, dedicated space,” said Ryan Tobin, president and chief executive officer of Swedish Medical Center, in a news release. The new facility, dubbed a “cancer pavilion,” is set to centralize the various oncology services of the hospital’s Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute by connecting two of its East Hampden Avenue medical office buildings. The project is estimated to cost $25 million, with the hospital securing funding from various partners including HCA Healthcare and Sarah Cannon as well as from its facility operating budget, according to Parker. The new space will house oncology physician offices and comprehensive patient support services as well as a new grand entryway, redesigned landscaping and outdoor spaces for patients. “In addition to making care more convenient, we want to make our space healing,” Tobin said in his
The buildings of 701 and 799 off East Hampden Avenue will be connected with a grand entryway as part of Swedish COURTESY OF SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER Medical’s new cancer pavillion.
statement. “We understand that cancer treatment can be stressful and frightening. We are taking every possible measure to create a peaceful, serene environment for our patients.” The hospital serves about 2,000 cancer patients each year, according to Parker, with Sarah Cannon providing services since 2012. Parker, in an email to Colorado Community Media, said the new space could allow the hospital to care for even more patients. “While some of the project involves reconfiguring existing services, we expect the streamlined approach to enrich the patient experience, enhance provider satisfaction, and ultimately expand the number of patients for which we can provide care,” she said.
Along with space for services and treatment, the new center will offer redesigned landscaping and outdoor spaces.
Council can’t reverse veto of flavored-tobacco ban Override effort fell 1 vote short of blocking mayor’s action BY ESTEBAN L. HERNANDEZ DENVERITE
Store shelves across Denver will continue to carry flavored tobacco products after city lawmakers on Dec. 13 were unable to overturn Mayor Michael Hancock’s veto of a bill banning their sale. Council members voted 8-4 to overturn Hancock’s veto after some brief comments. Council needed at least nine votes to overturn the mayor’s veto. The bill was passed by city lawmakers last week by an 8-3 vote following months of tweaking and public hearings. Council members Debbie Ortega and Amanda Sawyer proposed the law primarily to curb teen
The cigarette and vaping display at a convenience store in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood in 2019. PHOTO BY ERIC LUBBERS/THE COLORADO SUN
smoking in the city. The city lawmakers who opposed the bill felt the law wouldn’t accomplish its goal and instead punish adults who wanted to use the products and potentially put some local shops selling them out of business. On Dec. 10, Hancock vetoed the bill, saying in a statement he preferred a statewide ban rather
than one specific to the city. He noted the potential hit local businesses would take as another reason why he vetoed the bill. It marked only the second time Hancock, who has served as mayor since 2011, vetoed a bill passed by the Denver City Council. Council members Candi CdeBaca, Chris Hinds, Paul Kashmann, Robin Kniech, Ortega, Amanda Sandoval, Sawyer and Jamie Torres voted to overturn the veto. Council members Kendra Black, Jolon Clark, Kevin Flynn and Chris Herndon voted against the veto override. Kashmann voted to override the veto after voting “no” on the bill, while Clark, who supported the bill last week, sided with the veto on Dec. 13. The bill would have outlawed the sale of things like flavored cigarettes, including menthol cigarettes, chewing tobacco and vape liquids. This story is from Denverite, a nonprofit Denver news source affiliated with CPR News. Used by permission. For more, and to support Denverite, visit denverite.com.
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They wrote to Gov. Jared Polis ahead of the Dec. 13 meeting arguing that the statewide commission was “prioritizing industrial profits over the safety and well being of residents who have been historically disproportionately affected by pollution.” Commission staff told the advocacy groups it was the first time in their knowledge of the commission’s history that petitioners had successfully forced such a reversal. The commission staff
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will now set a schedule for formal reconsideration of the decision in 2022. “This is a first for impacted environmental communities,” Colorado GreenLatinos director Ean Tafoya said. He called it “a huge step forward for our community,” and encouragement to community groups to “use every tool available in our collective pursuit for environmental liberation.” Conservation Colorado water advocate Josh Kuhn said the decision confirms that “no river is beyond repair, and state policy should support that fact. “Revisiting a bad decision that allowed industry to pollute our
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rivers is the right choice for our waterways and our communities — especially in North Denver where residents have been harmed by pollution for too long,” Kuhn said. “We urge the commission to listen to their own experts and improve protections for Clear Creek and the South Platte River.” Colorado’s director of environmental health and protection, Shaun McGrath, invoked the justice directives of House Bill 1266 passed earlier this year when recommending the commissioners accept the petition and revisit their 2020 decision. “The department has really learned a lot about how to more properly engage environmental justice issues and to ensure that disproportionately impacted communities are considered when we’re proposing or considering rules and policies,” McGrath said. Commissioner Jennifer Bock said it was important for the group to consider the “strong reaction” from community groups and conservationists over the past year and a half. “It is probably not fun to go back and look at these issues again, but I think it’s our responsibility,” she said. The reversal is the latest in a series of moves by advocacy groups to cite recent state legislation mandating environmental justice considerations when seeking specific change. And regulators respond that they have studied and feel compelled by the same legislation. In November, a coalition of advocacy groups pushed the Air Quality Control Commission to toughen their update of an EPArequired regional haze plan that can force cuts to industrial emissions for cleaner air in national parks and other wilderness sites. State staff had recommended the commission stay on a pre-set schedule of pollution cuts without adding a new layer of haze regulations. But the conservation groups pointed to justice legislation in demanding more cuts for the Suncor refinery in Commerce City, which neighbors in north Denver say has long subjected their communities to health problems. The air commissioners agreed, and put more restrictions on Suncor.
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Justice and cultural concerns are also coming into play for Xcel Energy’s plans to criss-cross portions of Colorado with muchneeded new transmission lines. Many advocacy groups want the transmission lines in order to link together clean energy farms and provide reliable energy, but the planned routes may also interfere with valuable cultural sites and other environmentally sensitive areas. In the urban water decisions, the water quality commission made two choices in 2020 that launched an 18-month effort at reversal by the environmental and advocacy coalition. The division staff and many outside government agencies and neighborhood groups wanted stronger protections for the muchmaligned streams of Clear Creek, passing the Molson Coors beverage plant, and the South Platte River as it flows out of north Denver and through Commerce City. Advocates for the rivers said plant life and wildlife could make a comeback, and any industrial discharges into the water should face stiffer review. Industrial users filed briefs arguing that the streams had little environmental value remaining and that they shouldn’t suffer regulation that would restrict their business. Some commissioners on Monday said a debate over reversing their 2020 decisions on Clear Creek and the South Platte should be part of a larger discussion on the so-called “anti-degradation” rules affecting many stream segments. In the end, though, the commissioners decided unanimously to take on the petition’s demands as soon as possible in 2022. “Communities have expressed their concern and desire to revisit these issues, and I think that they are ripe for discussion,” Bock said. This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.
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grateful for this program that gave our children (an opportunity) to receive a proper education for their age,” Elisa Kim Lee said. “I (am) also grateful to the teachers who showed kind compassion and understanding to my children’s transition of adapting to a new environment — without mom and dad.” Denver Preschool Program’s mission is to get children ready for kindergarten by providing resources and funding assistance so that all Denver families are able to send their children to preschool. It got its start in 2006 and is funded by a sales tax ballot initiative that Denver voters approved two years prior. Every 10 years, it goes back to voters for re-approval, said Elsa Holguin, president and CEO of Denver Preschool Program. There was a need for DPP before the pandemic, Holguin said, mentioning that sending one child to a quality preschool can cost $1,300 a month, or more, which can equal approximately the same amount as a family’s housing costs.
But in 2020, DPP went into “crisis response,” Holguin said. “We were super concerned about the children, but also for the providers being able to stay in business.” DPP got to work providing both emergency and innovative funding through several new projects and pilot programs. In addition to expanding its scholarship program to more families — scholarship recipients get 100% of their preschool tuition covered — new pilot programs include expanding the DPP program to 3-year-olds, and Bonus Preschool Year funding for 5-yearolds. Serving 3-year-olds has always been a need, Holguin said. She added that when families can send their children to preschool a year earlier — at age 3 versus 4 — it gives parents the opportunity to go to work. The Bonus Preschool Year is for families who decided their child was not quite ready for kindergarten, Holguin said. This has been especially helpful for children who were attending preschool at age 4 last year, during the COVID-19 shutdowns and remote learning of 2020, Holguin added. “The Denver Preschool Program is proud to have been available
and responsive in serving our children, families and providers more deeply during the ongoing pandemic,” Holguin said. DPP has also provided Strengthening Grants to preschools, Holguin said. These include stipends, and retention and recruitment bonuses for teachers. Compared to 40% nationally, only six of the 250 preschool providers that DPP works with closed in 2019/2020, Holguin said. But, a few opened since then, and DPP now has 262 quality preschools it works with. While that is a positive report, DPP still has concerns about the workforce. “We want to make sure to have some very real conversations,” Holguin said. These conversations will entail teacher pay, and stating a clear goal of ensuring that that the preschool workforce is sustainable and is paid fairly, Holguin said. This goes along with DPP preparing for Universal PreK in Colorado. DPP is working with the state on a universal application to help streamline the process for parents. DPP also plans to expand its services. Currently, universal preschool for the 2023-2024 school year will be 10 hours a week, Hol-
guin said. “We will still need to supplement,” she said, “and meet families where the need is.” This could be full-time preschool hours and/or extended day preschool options for families who need childcare before 8 a.m. and after 3 p.m. Having started 14 years ago, DPP’s first-year preschoolers are now, or will be soon, preparing for college, Holguin said. So as DPP is working with the state on how to implement universal preschool across Colorado, DPP is also waiting to hear what will happen concerning universal preschool nationwide. Because of its local success, DPP is confident that it can serve as a national model, Holguin said. Elisa Kim Lee said that DPP never left any of her questions unanswered and served as “kind guidance from the other side of the phone.” “Every child has potential,” Lee said. “This program is an investment that makes potential bloom and be successful. That child — and every child — can make, and will make, a difference and impact in their community in the future.” To learn more about the Denver Preschool Program, visit dpp.org.
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for residents. The residences will be a mix of studios, one-, two- and threebedroom units and a handful of penthouses — 461 properties in total. At 400 feet, the building will be taller than most downtown, but not in the top 10 highest. To compare: Republic Plaza, Denver’s tallest building, rises 56 stories and 714 feet. This will be the largest condo project in Denver in over a decade and signals that the longstanding freeze on new condo construction might finally be thawing. In recent years, “I think the condo market in Denver has largely been a void, at least the high density condo projects” said Mark Sheldon, a lifelong Denverite and Amacon’s area manager. He blames construction defect laws that “made it very, very easy for HOAs to file class action lawsuits and you had general contractors who were no longer able to even build things from an insurance perspective.” That hesitancy on the part of contractors has led to what he described as a “decade-long gap of any dense condo development.” Instead, he said, developers have focused on building eight-to12-story “big-box apartments” for rent. Alongside the Coloradan and McGregor Square, the Amacon Towers will be one of the few
December 23, 2021 recent developments to include dense condos and the largest since 2009, when the Spire brought 493 units to 891 14th St., as the Denver Business Journal reported. Though Sheldon is not ready to speculate just how much the units will cost, his hope is that they are more attainable for middle-class homebuyers than those at other newer buildings. His wants the project to help more Denverites have the chance to get in on the dream of home ownership — something that some in the middle class say has become out of reach. Don’t expect the new towers to meet the city’s criteria for affordable housing. Instead of building a mixedincome project, Amacon contributed, per city policy, to Denver’s affordable housing program and also plans to look for opportunities to collaborate on future affordable developments. The towers are similar to other projects Amacon has built over 50 years in Vancouver, where it has specialized in developing skyscrapers with condos around public transit stops. The Denver project will be the company’s first new building developed under its own name in the United States and will likely be one of several the developer hopes to build in the city, which Sheldon still sees as a market full of possibility. “We’re happy to bring some of this kind of West Coast architecture to our otherwise brown, blasé, high-rise community here
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henever I am together with a group of family and friends and I notice people preoccupied with their phones, I ask them, “Are you texting me?” Or, if I happen to have everyone’s cell phone number, I will send them all a group text, “Are you texting me?” Both usually get a chuckle and now, if I happen to get caught doing something on my phone, someone invariably sends me that same text or just asks me if I am texting them. Maybe a little truth in humor? My example is a simple scenario and one that is unfortunately played out in more homes and at work than any of us cares to admit. Did the pandemic make it worse as we became bored and went in search of ways to entertain ourselves? And now that we are back to work or in some kind of hybrid work environment, is our preoccupation more of a habit that gets under the skin of those around us? Or are others too preoccupied as well, lost in whatever is happening on their own devices? Maybe a little truth in reality? Our kids will basically give us
an “Oh dad” or “C’mon mom.” Our friends might just say, “Dude, I am just checking the score” or “You gotta see this TikTok.” Although, whenever someone invites me to look at a TikTok, I really have no Michael Norton idea what that’s all about and I am not that interested in finding out either. I am sure next year there will be something that replaces it and will be so much cooler, something cool enough for a supercool guy like me to want to check out. Maybe a little truth in lack of generational awareness? During a recent dinner out with our associates I couldn’t help but notice at the table next to us was a couple. They appeared to be married and I would guess somewhere in their 40s. They sat across from one another looking at their phones. No conversation. I thought that they might just be looking at the online menu. But after the server came and took their order, they remained glued
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to their phones. Perhaps their favorite mode of communication is texting one another, and that was what they could have been doing. As dinner came out, they placed their phones on the table next to their dishes and continued to scroll as they ate. Maybe a little truth in my preoccupation with others being preoccupied? Here we are, at the end of the year. The holiday season provides us with incredible opportunities to connect, really connect with our family and friends. Thanksgiving set the table for our attitude of gratitude, for the sharing of love and appreciation, and for remembering those who are so very important to us. And as we roll into December, with its celebrations of Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve, it has given us even more time and opportunities to remember the true reason for this season, share family stories, exaggerate the myths and legends of friendship experiences that only get better with time, and just “be” with one another. We can talk about life and our future goals and dreams. We can remember loved ones who
are no longer with us but whose memories fill the room with laughter and joy. Maybe we can all become a little more occupied with not being so preoccupied? What if we were intentional about being present in the present? What if we tried only using our phone to take pictures and wait until later to post them on social media? What if we used our phones and devices to only make calls and virtually see our family and friends who we could not be with us this holiday season? What if we took baby steps and just called for an hour of being technology-free this holiday season? I would love to hear your preoccupation story at mnorton@ tramazing.com, and when we can focus on those who are right in front of us with greater intentionality, it really will be a better than good year. Michael Norton is the grateful CEO of Tramazing.com, a personal and professional coach, and a consultant, trainer, encourager, and motivator to businesses of all sizes.
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Colo. flu season mild so far, but that could change Flu vaccinations are running behind last year BY JOHN INGOLD THE COLORADO SUN
Last year, Colorado’s flu season was virtually nonexistent. Only 34 people were hospitalized for the flu during the entire 8-month season in 2020 and 2021. There were zero reported flu deaths among kids. This year, the flu season is, well, existent. There have been at least 36 flu hospitalizations as of Dec. 14, a number that started the month at around half that sum then doubled in a single week. “It’s not a huge number but the fact that it doubled over the last week is concerning,” said Heather Roth, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Immunization Branch chief. Flu vaccination rates are down compared to last year, as well. So Roth is remaining vigilant. It would not be unprecedented for a flu season that starts out calm to roar to life after the New Year. But there are also reasons for optimism. No kids had died from the flu as of mid-December. During the most recent pre-pandemic flu season, the 2019-20 season, nearly 200 people had already been hospitalized with the flu by this time — five times as many people as we’ve seen this year. Though vaccination rates are behind last year’s record highs, they are in line with previous years’ numbers. And Roth said vaccinations also appear to be picking up. As of the week of Dec. 6, the state had administered about 1.6 million doses of flu vaccine. In the previous year, it had already administered 1.8 million doses by this time. But the number of flu vaccinations administered weekly has begun to outpace last year’s weekly trends. “It could be people are just waiting a little bit longer and all-told we’ll measure up pretty well to last year,” Roth said. Last flu season, amid waves of stay-at-home orders and other social-distancing measures meant to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the U.S. saw one of the weakest flu seasons on record. Months went by with relatively few people showing up in hospitals or doctors’ offices with cases of the flu. This year is worse — but still not exactly bad. About 3% of people currently seeking treatment at Kaiser Permanente offices have influenzalike illness, well below the baseline of 5%. It’s worth noting that the flu season officially begins in October each year and typically peaks in January or February. But, in some years, it doesn’t peak until March. That’s why the calm start to this season could be a good sign — or it could be deceptive. The 2015-16 season also started out slow. Then it took off around the end of February. To Roth, this shows that, despite the good start this year, it’s not time for Colorado to get cocky. Getting vaccinated against the flu is still
Dylan Scully of Lakewood receives a kids’ influenza vaccination from Kaiser Permanente registered nurse Amy Roscoe, right, while visiting a Kaiser Permanente outdoor flu vaccination center in Ken Caryl with his mother, Jennifer Scully, left, on Sept. 18, 2020. PHOTO BY ANDY COLWELL
important, as is practicing good hand-washing and staying home when sick. “I think there’s definitely the potential for things to get bad,” she said. RSV a worry for kids Kids and older adults typically bear the brunt of the flu season. That’s true this year, too. Among the small number of hospitalizations so far, those 65 and older and those 5 and younger have the highest rates. But flu isn’t the most significant respiratory virus stalking children right now in Colorado — nor is it the second-most significant. Estimates of hospitalization rates for RSV — respiratory syncytial virus — were 82 times higher than those for flu in November. Pediatric hospitalization rates for COVID-19 were also significantly higher. There really is no comparison between the flu and COVID. Hospitalization rates for the coronavirus have far exceeded flu hospitalization rates for all recent years. In November, the hospitalization rate among all age groups for COVID was 188 times higher than the hospitalization rate for flu. But, Roth said, this is all the more reason to take the flu seriously. Even though the risk of hospitalization is lower, now is not a good time to take that gamble. Hospitals remain crowded places. Even though COVID hospitalizations have fallen in recent weeks, more than 1,300 people are currently hospitalized with the coronavirus in Colorado. The state’s hospital intensive-care units are 95% full and, according to federal data, nearly 38% of people in the ICU in Colorado are there with COVID. Getting vaccinated against both the flu and COVID will help reduce the strain on hospitals and also reduce the likelihood that you will end up in the hospital with either, Roth said. A flu vaccine can also limit the risk of passing the virus to someone who is vulnerable. The COVID and flu vaccines can be administered at the same time —
just in different arms or, at least, 1 inch apart from one another in the same arm. About 56% of Coloradans 65 and older have gotten a flu vaccine this year, Roth said. But only about 18% of those ages 20 to 39 have. “I think sometimes people think they may have missed the window on flu vaccination because we start hammering them pretty hard in October,” Roth said. “There’s this
belief that you need it before Halloween, and that’s not true. You really should be getting your vaccine as long as the virus is circulating.” This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.
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The New York Broadway costume shop ParsonsMeares, Ltd. paid special attention to the details in the new Colorado Ballet “Nutcracker” costumes they made, like these compass buttons that are sewn on the vest of the Drosselmeyer character. PHOTO BY KATHRYN SCOTT
Colorado Ballet wardrobe manager Shirin Lankarani hangs part of a brand new costume at the Colorado Ballet Academy building in Denver on Nov. 16, where work was underway on the wardrobe for the 2021 production of “The PHOTOS BY KATHRYN SCOTT Nutcracker.”
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A new military hat rests on storage bins that contain elements of “Nutcracker” costumes in the costume department at the Colorado Ballet Academy building in Denver on Nov. 16.
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When Holly Hynes, the internationally renowned costume designer, sat in the Ellie Caulkins Opera House watching the Colorado Ballet’s “Nutcracker,” she thought that it looked “pretty gorgeous.” Then she got a closer look at the wardrobe backstage. The 33-year-old costumes — hand-me-downs from the San Francisco Ballet — were definitely showing their age. “They were worn … patched,” Hynes said. “The capes were so heavy.” It was time for new “Nutcracker” duds and Hynes, who has created tutus and tights for the New York City Ballet, the Bolshoi Ballet, London’s Royal Ballet and La Scala in Milan, was commissioned to design them. It was part of a $1.5 million revamp of the company’s production with all new sets and 177 new costumes. But not long after Hynes saw “The Nutcracker” in Denver, the plans were almost upended, as were so many things, by the pandemic. As theaters closed and new productions were postponed, all the shops that depend on supporting plays and dance saw their work evaporate. “I had 17 projects that came to a screeching
A member of the wardrobe staff, Kathy Scoggins, places finishing touches on one of the new “Nutcracker” costumes inside the costume department at the Colorado Ballet Academy building in Denver on Nov. 16.
halt,” Hynes said. “It was great that the Colorado Ballet decided to go ahead. It made a huge difference to 18 shops in this project. Many of
them would have folded if they hadn’t had the Colorado Ballet.” In effect, the Colorado Ballet created its own stimulus package for costume designers and makers in the depths of the pandemic. “We started talking to the shops in New York and here in Colorado and they were very anxious to do the work, because they had none,” Gil Boggs, the Colorado Ballet’s artistic director, said. “We got some benefit on price and we weren’t rushed.” And the shops poured more effort into the project, Hynes said. “The work that came out of them was three times what we would have gotten if they had other projects.” One of the workshops that was thrown a lifeline was Parson-Meares, in Long Island City, New York. In its four decades, the shop has made the costumes for a legion of Broadway shows, including “Phantom of the Opera,” “The Lion King,” “Cats” and “Hamilton.” But in early 2020 it had no work and its 58 employees were furloughed. Then the Colorado Ballet came knocking. “The Colorado Ballet gave us work at a time when we would have had none,” said Sally Ann SEE NUTCRACKER, P13
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Parsons, owner of the workshop. The contract enabled Parsons to bring back 35 employees, split up into three shifts so there would never be too many people in the studio. Among the costumes ParsonsMeares was asked to make were the tutu for the Sugar Plum Fairy, the mice – very important in the “Nutcracker,” for those not versed in it – the toy soldiers and the jester-like polichinelles, who spill from under Mother Ginger’s huge skirt. Then the difficult part of crafting and fitting the costumes began. Normally the designer is very hands-on with the workshops and the ballet company and the costumes are fit to the dancers who will wear them. But now everyone was isolated. Hynes’ assistant drove into New York City and came back with loads of swatches and trim and over five days she selected the fabrics while sitting on her back porch. “There was a sense of urgency because we were worried whether we’d be able to get everything, whether there would be supply-chain issues,” she said. Designs and cloth were distributed to the workshops and they began sewing. But the dancers who would be wearing them were back in Colorado. Measurements for each dancer had been sent along. “We did fittings on dancers we knew, or Holly knew” that were about the same size, Parsons said. Hynes borrowed neighborhood kids for the children’s costumes. Her assistant had a camera so she could view the fittings remotely. “Holly didn’t see costumes close up until last spring,” Parsons said. And while the new costumes may not last another three decades, they were built to stand up to time. “The costumes in a ballet like ‘Nutcracker’ are used for years and years, so you need to think about how you can make them adjustable,” Parsons said. There is
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extra material in the side seams and extra material in the bodices. “Stretch is our friend so we want to incorporate it into jackets, bodices,” Hynes said. “The good thing about ‘The Nutcracker’ is that it fills the seats. The bad thing is it always needs to be continually upgraded and refurbished. It is never-ending.” Boggs wanted to keep the ballet in its Victorian setting, as it was in the original production – no modern adaptation, he said. “I am a little anxious to see the audience’s reaction to changing something that was working well.” For Hynes the costumes are, in the spirit of ballet, an exercise of theme and variation. “The first act is a period piece and in the second act you can let your imagination go wild,” she said. “We try to carry something from the party scene that has stuck in Clara’s brain that carries over to the Land of Sweets,” Hynes said. One of those is her mother’s plum-colored dress transformed into the Sugar Plum Fairy’s tutu. Another is a fabric print on a couch in the party scene that becomes the massive tent-like dress of Mother Ginger in the second act. “I don’t know if the audience will catch it, but it is fun for us,” Hynes said. One ballet tradition is that the dancer who first dances in a costume has his or her name sewn into it. When the Colorado Ballet would rent costumes from a big company, like American Ballet Theater, Ramos said he’d sometimes find the names of great dancers, like Mikhail Baryshnikov or Angel Corella, in his costume. “It is very rare to have a costume made on you,” Ramos said. “It is so special to have your name in a costume. We are the first.” This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.
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Once again, Denver Botanic Gardens’ Chatfield Farms site is aglow with holiday color in a rustic setting with the return of Trail of Lights. Wandering paths take you under illuminated trees and around vintage farm buildings. Hot beverages, nuts and kettle corn are sold at the entrance, and there are a fire pit and warming hut to help you ward off the chill. The kids will enjoy singing trees and a dancing gingerbread man. Chatfield Farms is adjacent to the Jefferson County part of Littleton. It’s located on Deer Creek Canyon Road west of South Wadsworth Boulevard, just south of C-470. For your map
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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, DENVER COUNTY, COLORADO 1437 Bannock St., Denver, CO 80202 720/865-8301 Plaintiff: BMW FINANCIAL SERVICES NA, LLC vs. Defendant: BRUCE H. LEE Stokes & Wolf, P.C. James R. Wolf #30582 Attorney for Plaintiff 1776 South Jackson Street, Suite #900 Denver, CO 80210-3808 Telephone: 303-753-0100 Fax: 303-753-0310 E-Mail: JimWolf@coloradocollectionlawyer.com; C a s e No.: 2021CV032931 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO To the Defendant named above: You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint on 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 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 on replevin Date: September 16, 2021 /S/James R.Wolf Attorney for Plaintiff WARNING: A valid summons may be issued by a lawyer and it need not contain a court case number, the signature of a court officer, or a court seal. The plaintiff has 14 days from the date this summons was served on you to file the case with the court. You are responsible for contacting the court to find out whether the case has been filed and obtain the case number. If the plaintiff files the case within this time, then you must respond as explained in this summons. If the plaintiff files more than 14 days after the date the summons was served on you, the case may be dismissed upon motion and you may be entitled to seek attorney’s fees from the plaintiff. This summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(g), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure *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., §38-6104, C.R.S. (eminent domain); §38-36-121, C.R.S. (Torrens registration). Legal Notice No. 81332 First Publication: December 16, 2021 Last Publication: January 13, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, DENVER, STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: Denver County District Court 1437 Bannock St Denver, CO 80202 Case No.: 2021CV033450 Division: 203 Plaintiff: THE BARCLAY TOWERS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v. Defendants: JAKE RYAN BERDAN; UNITED WHOLESALE MORTGAGE, LLC; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; MV REALTY OF COLORADO, LLC; DENVER COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE Attorneys for Plaintiff: Orten Cavanagh Holmes & Hunt, LLC Hal R. Kyles, #23891 1445 Market Street, Suite 350 Denver, CO 80202 Phone Number: (720) 221-9780 Matter ID #1271.0085 SUMMONS [BY PUBLICATION] THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: 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 of foreclosure pursuant to Rule 105, C.R.C.P. to the real property situate in Denver, Colorado more particularly described as CONDOMINIUM UNIT 1107, BARCLAY TOWERS CONDOMINIUM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND SUBJECT TO THE FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM FOR BARCLAY TOWERS CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED ON MARCH 31, 1987, UNDER RECEPTION NO. 00111357, CITY AND THE MAP RECORDED OCTOBER 7, 1986 UNDER RECEPTION NO. 0031511, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, COLORADO, AND THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO THE USE OF PARKING SPACE 264 SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF SAID DECLARATIONS, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, STATE OF COLORADO. Dated: December 13, 2021. ORTEN CAVANAGH HOLMES & HUNT, LLC By:/s/Hal R. Kyles Hal R. Kyles, #23891
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at the top of the preceding page, or from the Clerk of Superior Court's Customer Service Center at: • 601 West Jackson, Phoenix, Arizona 85003 • 18380 North 40th Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85032 • 222 East Javelina Avenue, Mesa, Arizona 85210 • 14264 West Tierra Buena Lane, Surprise, Arizona 85374. 5. If this is an action for dissolution (divorce), legal separation or annulment, either or both spousesmay file a Petition for Conciliation for the purpose of determining whether there is any mutual interest in preserving the marriage or for Mediation to attempt to settle disputes concerning legal decision-making (legal custody) and parenting time issues regarding minor children. 6. Requests for reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities must be made to the division assigned to the case by the party needing accommodation or his/her counsel at least three (3) judicial days in advance of a scheduled proceeding. 7. Requests for an interpreter for persons with limited English proficiency must be made to the division assigned to the case by the party needing the interpreter and/or translator or his/her counsel at least ten (10) judicial days in advance of a scheduled court proceeding.
This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(g), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure.
SIGNED AND SEALED this date: March 24, 2021 CLERK of SUPERIOR COURT A. Hatch, Deputy Clerk
Legal Notice No. 81339 First Publication: December 23, 2021 Last Publication: January 20, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Legal Notice No. 81312 First Publication: December 2, 2021 Last Publication: December 23, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
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Person Filing: Trudy Nabahe Address: 3418 N 12th Place, # 102 Phoenix, AZ 85014 Telephone: (480) 843-3631 Email Address: tnabahe@gmatl.com Representing Self, without a Lawyer
Denver Probate Court City and County of Denver, Colorado 1437 Bannock Street, Room 230 Denver, CO 80202
SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA IN MARICOPA COUNTY Case No.: FN2021 - 001179 TRUDY NABAHE Name of Petitioner / Party A And FRANCO ALLEN Name of Respondent I Party B SUMMONS If you would like legal Advice from a lawyer, Contact the Lawyer Referral Service at 602-267-4434 or www.maricopabar.org Sponsored by the Maricopa Count Bar Association WARNING: This is an official document from the court that affects your rights. Read this carefully. If you do not understand it, contact a lawyer for help. FROM THE STATE OF ARIZONA TO: Franco -Allen Name of Opposing Party 1. A lawsuit has been filed against you. A copy of the lawsuit and other court papers are served on you with this "Summons." 2. If you do not want a judgment or order entered against you without your input, you must file a written "Answer" or a "Response" with the court, and pay the filing fee. Also, the other party may be granted their request by the Court if you do not file an "Answer'' or "Response", or show up in court. To file your "Answer'' or "Response"take, or send, it to the: • Office of the Clerk of Superior Court, 201 West Jefferson Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85003-2205 OR • Office of the Clerk of Superior Court, 18380 North 40th Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85032 OR • Office of the Clerk of Superior Court, 222 East Javelina Avenue, Mesa, Arizona 85210-6201 OR • Office of the Clerk of Superior Court, 14264 West Tierra Buena Lane, Surprise, Arizona 85374. After filing, mail a copy of your "Response" or "Answer'' to the other party at their current address. 3. If this "Summons" and the other court papers were served on you by a registered process server or the Sheriff within the State of Arizona, your "Response" or "Answer' must be filed within TWENTY (20) CALENDAR DAYS from the date you were served, not counting the day you wereserved. If you were served by "Acceptance of Service" within the State of Arizona, your "Response" or "Answer" must be filed within TWENTY (20) CALENDAR DAYS from the date that the "Acceptance of Service was filed with the Clerk of Superior Court. If this ''Summons" and the other papers were served on you by a registered process server or the Sheriff outside the State of Arizona, your Response must be filed within THIRTY (30) CALENDAR DAYS from the date you were served, not counting the day you were served. If you were served by "Acceptance of Service" outside the State of Arizona, your "Response" or "Answer" must be filed within THIRTY (30) CALENDAR DAYS from the date that the "Acceptance of Service was filed with the Clerk of Superior Court. Service by a registered process server or the Sheriff is complete when made. Service by Publication is complete thirty (30) days after the date of the first publication. 4. You can get a copy of the court papers filed in this case from the Petitioner at the address listed
In the Matter of the Estate of: JEAN-MICHEL ELIE HASSAN, aka JOHN-MICHEL HASSAN, aka ELIE HASSAN, aka JEAN-MICHEL ELI HASSAN, aka JEAN MICHEL ELIE, aka JEAN MICHEL SPAR HASSAN, aka JEAN-MICHEL ELIE-HASSAN, aka JEAN HASSAN, aka JEAN-MICHEL SPAR-HASSAN Deceased Plaintiff: SASKIA SARAH AEVUM, as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Jean-Michel Elie Hassan v. Defendants: S U S A N S PA R ; B E N E D I C T KIKOMEKO; EAST SEVENTH TOWNHOUSE ASSOCIATION, a Colorado corporation; and ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO MAY CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION Attorneys for Petitioner and Plaintiff Saskia Sarah Aevum: Brian R. Reynolds, #29493brian@trialcolorado. com Patrick Gillette, #42848 patrick@trialcolorado. com REYNOLDS GILLETTE LLC 1735 N. Lafayette Street Denver, CO 80218 (720) 442-8100 Case Number: 2020PR30201 Division: 3 SUMMONS THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT, BENEDICT KIKOMEKO: 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 service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the last day of 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 quiet title to and partition the following two real properties: 1. Lot 8, together with an undivided 1/10th interest in Lot 11, EAST SEVENTH TOWNHOUSES, a Subdivision of Lots 20, 21, 22 and 23, Block 181, Fletcher’s Capitol Hill Addition, City and County of Denver, State of Colorado APN: 05023-26056-000 Also known as: 805 East Seventh Avenue #8, Denver, Colorado 80218 2. Lot 3 in FOX HOLLOW SUBDIVISION NO. 1, as amended by Surveyor’s Statement recorded October 28, 1983 in Book 3797 at Page 768 and November 5, 1984 in Book 3936 at Page 49, County of El Paso, State of Colorado APN: 7436222035
Also known as: 50 1st Street, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80906 Dated this 27th day of August, 2021.
on or before April 16, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.
s/Patrick Gillette . Patrick Gillette, No. 42848 REYNOLDS GILLETTE LLC Attorney for Plaintiff Saskia Sarah Aevum Legal Notice No. 81333 First Publication: December 16, 2021 Last Publication: January 13, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Dana R. Woolfolk, Personal Representative 8680 E Duke Place Denver CO 80231 Legal Notice No. 81337 First Publication: December 16, 2021 Last Publication: December 30, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice
Misc. Private Legals Public Notice December 23, 2021 NOTICE TO MORTGAGEES IN THE ICON 120 CONDOMINIUMS COMMUNITY Notice is hereby given to all mortgagees within the ICON 120 Condominiums community in the City and County of Denver, Colorado, that the ICON 120 Homeowner's Association, Inc. is seeking mortgagee approval of a proposed Amendment to the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for ICON 120 Condominiums (the “Proposed Amendment”). The Proposed Amendment can be obtained at the following address: Altitude Community Law P.C., 555 Zang St., Ste. 100, Lakewood, CO 80228. Failure of any mortgagee to deliver a negative response to ICON 120 Homeowner's Association, Inc., c/o Altitude Community Law P.C., 555 Zang St., Ste. 100, Lakewood, CO 80228, within 60 days shall be deemed consent on behalf of the mortgagee.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of PEGGY DARE SHARP, a/k/a PEGGY SHARP, a/k/a P. MARLENE SHARP, a/k/a PEGGY DARE, a/k/a PEGGY MARLENE DARE, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31398 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 April 16, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Gregory D. Dare, co-Personal Representative John M. Dare, co-Personal Representative c/o Timothy J. Parks, Esq. Hutchins & Associates LLC 1999 Broadway, Suite 1400 Denver, Colorado 80202 Legal Notice No. 81334 First Publication: December 16, 2021 Last Publication: December 30, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice
Legal Notice No. 81338 First Publication: December 23, 2021 Last Publication: December 23, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of HOLLICE BERNICE STANDER, aka HOLLICE B. STANDER, aka HOLLICE STANDER, aka HOLLY STANDER, Deceased Case Number: 21PR31517
Notice to Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of GERARDO MARCO ANTONIO ALVA SANCHEZ, a.k.a. GERARDO ALVA SANCHEZ, a.k.a. GERARDO M. ALVA SANCHEZ, a.k.a. JERRY SANCHEZ, a.k.a. GERARDO SANCHEZ, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31568 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 April 16, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Daniel R. Klein Attorney to the Personal Representative 7535 E. Hampden Avenue, Suite 400
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 April 16, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Barbara Borkan, Personal Representative c/o 3801 E. Florida Ave., Ste. 906 Denver, CO 80210 Legal Notice No. 81335 First Publication: December 16, 2021 Last Publication: December 30, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice Probate Court, Denver County, Colorado 1437 Bannock St, Room 230 Denver, CO 80202 In the Matter of the Estate of: David Allen Hammond a/k/a David A. Hammond a/k/a David Hammond a/k/a Dave Hammond, Deceased
Denver, CO 80231 Legal Notice No. 81329 First Publication: December 16, 2021 Last Publication: December 30, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice Probate Court, Denver County, Colorado 1437 Bannock St, Room 230 Denver, CO 80202 In the Matter of the Estate of: Theresa Charlene Lynn, a/k/a Theresa C. Lynn, a/k/a Theresa Lynn, a/k/a Teresa C Lynn, Deceased Tony C. Rossi #45051 Rossi Law, LLC 6215 Corporate Dr, Ste 101 Colorado Springs, CO 80919 Phone: (303) 859-4173 Email: Tony@RossiLawLLC.com Case Number: 2021PR031661 AMENDED NOTICE OF NON-APPEARANCE HEARING BY PUBLICATION A hearing on the PETITION FOR ADJUDICATION OF INTESTACY AND FORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Proof of publication will be filed upon completion. Date: January 27, 2022 Time: 8:00 a.m. Address: 1437 Bannock St, Room 230, Denver, CO 80202 Legal Notice No. 81315 First Publication: December 9, 2021 Last Publication: December 23, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jessie M. Woolfolk, aka Jessie Mae Woolfolk, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31493 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
Tony C. Rossi #45051 Rossi Law, LLC 6215 Corporate Dr, Ste 101 Colorado Springs, CO 80919 Phone: (303) 859-4173 Email: Tony@RossiLawLLC.com Case Number: 2021PR031672 NOTICE OF NON-APPEARANCE HEARING BY PUBLICATION A hearing on the PETITION FOR ADJUDICATION OF INTESTACY AND FORMAL APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: February 1, 2022 Time: 8:00 a.m. Address: 1437 Bannock St, Room 230, Denver, CO 80202 Legal Notice No. 81320 First Publication: December 9, 2021 Last Publication: December 23, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of FLORENCE M. ZIMMERMAN, a/k/a Florence May Zimmerman, a/k/a Flossie Zimmerman, a/k/a Florence May Stent Gourley Zimmerman, Deceased Case Number 2021PR31366 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado or before April 9, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Samuel J. Owen, P.C. Attorney for Personal Representative 350 Indiana Street, Suite 150 Golden, CO 80401 Legal Notice No. 81321 First Publication: December 9, 2021
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Public Notices Last Publication: December 23, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Katherine Marie Pivoda, aka Katherine M. Pivoda, aka Katherine Pivoda, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31456 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 April 9, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Kevin Koalenz, Personal Representative c/o Katz, Look & Onorato 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1100 Denver, CO 80203 Legal Notice No. 81316 First Publication: December 9, 2021 Last Publication: December 23, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Carolyn Faller, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31515 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 April 11, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Christopher M. Henry Personal Representative 3940 Niagara Street Denver, CO 80207 Legal Notice No. 81318 First Publication: December 9, 2021 Last Publication: December 23, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John Warren Siple, A/K/A John W. Siple, A/K/A John Siple, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31662 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before April 23, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Carol B. Siple, Personal Representative 2001 Lincoln Street, Unit 2311 Denver, CO 80202 Legal Notice No. 81340 First Publication: December 23, 2021 Last Publication: January 6, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice Denver Probate Court City and County of Denver, Colorado Denver Probate Court 1437 Bannock St., Room 230 Denver, CO 80202 In the Matter of the Estate of: HANNELORE MARIA CRENSHAW, also known as HANNELORE M. CRENSHAW, and HANNELORE CRENSHAW, Deceased David W. Osterman, Esq., #12457 Lewis A. Osterman, Esq., #51398 Osterman Law Firm P.C. 4155 E. Jewell Avenue, Suite 500 Denver, Colorado 80222 Phone Number: 303-759-3199 E-mail: dosterman@ostermanlaw.com FAX Number: 720-677-5955 E-mail: lewis@ostermanlaw.com Case Number: 2021PR31611 NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S. To: Any unknown or missing heirs of Hannelore Maria Crenshaw, also known as Hannelore M. Crenshaw and also known as Hannelore Crenshaw Last Known Address, if any: Addresses are unknown. Notice given to the Attorney General for the State of Colorado, and through publication. A hearing on Application for Informal Probate of Will and Informal Appointment of Personal Representative for Appointment of Lotus Fiduciary Services, Inc. through Shaylee Holland, President and/or Lisa Dunn, Agent as Personal
Representative will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: January 3, 2022 Time: 8:00 a.m. Address: Denver Probate Court, 1437 Bannock Street, Room 230, Denver, CO 80202 The hearing will take approximately 30 minutes. Legal Notice No. 81314 First Publication: December 9, 2021 Last Publication: December 23, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John M. Hurley, aka Johnny Hurley, aka John Hurley, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 31485 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 April 9, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Kendra M. Oyen LLC Attorney to the Personal Representative 503 N. Main Street, Suite 202 Pueblo, Colorado 81003 (719) 545-4490 Legal Notice No. 81322 First Publication: December 2, 2021 Last Publication: December 23, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of GERALD W. MOORE, a/k/a GERALD MOORE, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR031502 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado, on or before April 16, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Richard R. Thomas, Personal Representative 350 Fairfax Street Denver, Colorado 80220 Legal Notice No. 81336 First Publication: December 16, 2021 Last Publication: December 30, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Sharon Lee Robinson, a/k/a Sharon L. Robinson, Sharon Robinson, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31570 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 April 9, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Heather Dawn Prue, Personal Representative 20777 East Caley Place Aurora, CO 80016 Legal Notice No. 81319 First Publication: December 9, 2021 Last Publication: December 23, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James Alan Croy, aka James A. Croy, aka James Croy, deceased Case Number: 21PR031352 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before April 23, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Paul Croy Personal Representative 3650 S YOSEMITE STREET SUITE 214 Denver, CO 80237 Legal Notice No. 81342 First publication: December 23, 2021 Last publication: January 06, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of GENEVIEVE ROSE WHITE, A/K/A GENEVIEVE R. WHITE, A/K/A GENEVIEVE WHITE, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR031578 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the co-personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City & County of Denver, State of Colorado on or before April 11, 2022*, or the claims may be forever barred.
of Personal Representative is set at the following date, time, and location:
Children Services
Date: January 14th, 2022 Time: 8:00 a.m. Address: 1437 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80202
(Adoption/Guardian/Other)
Jeremy P. Cohen, Esq., Atty. Reg. #:15942 Attorney for Co-Personal Representatives Burns, Figa & Will, P.C. 6400 S. Fiddlers Green Circle, Ste. 1000 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Phone Number: (303) 796-2626 FAX Number: (303) 796-2777 E-mail: jcohen@bfwlaw.com
***** IMPORTANT NOTICE***** Any interested person wishing to object to the requested action set forth in the attached motion/ petition and proposed order must file a written objection with the court on or before the hearing and must furnish a copy of the objection to the person requesting the court order. JDF 722 (Objection form) is available on the Colorado Judicial Branch website (www.courts.state.co.us). If no objection is filed, the court may take action on the motion/petition without further notice or hearing. If any objection is filed, the objecting party must, within 14 days after filing the objection, contact the court to set the objection for an appearance hearing. Failure to timely set the objection for an appearance hearing as required will result in further action as the court deems appropriate.
Legal Notice No. 81324 First Publication: December 9, 2021 Last Publication: December 23, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Legal Notice No. 81328 First Publication: December 16, 2021 Last Publication: December 30, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Vincent F. White, Co-Personal Representative of the Estate of Genevieve R. White 15715 NW Overton Dr. Beaverton, OR 97006
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Annie Mae Merriweather, a/k/a Annie M. Merriweather, and Annie Merriweather, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 31687
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Thomas R. Stephens, a/k/a Thomas Ray Stephens, a/k/a Thomas Stephens, a/k/a Tom Stephens, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR031444
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 April 25, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Vickie Merriweather Personal Representative c/o Poskus, Caton & Klein, P.C. 303 East 17th Avenue, Suite 900 Denver, Colorado 80203 Legal Notice No. 81341 First Publication: December 23, 2021 Last Publication: January 6, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Gayle E. Wegener, (aka Gayle Wegener, and Gayle Edith Wegener), Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31589 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 April 9, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. NADYA VECCHIET-LAMBERT, Attorney for Julie A. Gardner, Personal Representative 6855 S. Havana Street, Suite 370 Centennial, CO 80112 Legal Notice No. 81317 First Publication: December 9, 2021 Last Publication: December 23, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice Denver Probate Court Denver County, Colorado Court Address: 1437 Bannock Street Denver, CO 80202 In the Matter of the Estate of: HENRY RAY GOODSON, a.k.a. HENRY R. GOODSON, a.k.a. HENRY GOODSON, Attorney: S. Blake Harris Blake Harris Law 1660 17th Street, Suite 120 Denver, CO 80202 Phone Number: 720-924-6171 FAX Number: 720-330-3261 E-mail: blake@blakeharrislaw.com Atty. Reg. #: 45942 Case Number: 2021PR031486 NOTICE OF HEARING WITHOUT APPEARANCE PURSUANT TO C.R.P.P. 24
Public Notice DENVER PROBATE COURT Denver County, State of Colorado 1437 Bannock Street, Room 230 Denver, CO 80202 In the Interest of: Gage Tristan Shivers, Ward/Minor Attorneys for Petitioners: Seth A. Grob, Esq., Atty Reg. 20828 Grob & Eirich, LLC 12596 W. Bayaud Ave., Suite 390 Lakewood, CO 80228 Phone: (303)679-8266 Fax: (303)679-8960 seth@grobeirich.com Case Number: 2021PR31654 Courtroom: 224 NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 15-10-401, C.R.S. TO: ALEXIS ANN SHIVERS
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before April 12, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Todd H. Enders, Personal Representative c/o Timothy J. Parks Hutchins & Associates LLC 1999 Broadway, Suite 1400 Denver, CO 80202 Legal Notice No. 81325 First Publication: December 9, 2021 Last Publication: December 23, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
You are hereby notified that the Denver Probate Court will hold a hearing on the Amended Petition for Appointment of Guardian for Minor filed by Petitioners, Erin Michelle Winterrowd and Richard Louis Neal, and involving the child, Gage Tristan Shivers born on September 14, 2021in Colorado. The Court will hold the hearing on the Amended Petition for Guardianship on the following date, time, and location. Date: January 27, 2022 Time: 9:00 a.m. Division: 224 Address: DENVER PROBATE COURT, Courtroom 224, 1437 Bannock Street, Room 230, Denver, CO 80202 **The hearing will be conducted remotely via Webex. To join the Virtual Courtroom from Webex, go to https://judicial .webex.com/join/Courtroom 224.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of William D. Boden, aka William David Boden, aka William Boden, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR031532 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 April 16, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Dana S. Boden, Personal Representative c/o Schafer Thomas Maez PC, 4 Garden Center #200 Broomfield, Colorado 80020
The Petition requests that the Court enter an Order granting Petitioners permanent legal guardianship of the child. If you fail to file a Response or appear in this case, any or all of the matters, or any related matters, which come before this Court, will be decided without further notice to you. Seth Grob, Attorney for Petitioners Legal Notice No. 81330 First Publication: December 16, 2021 Last Publication: December 30, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice
Legal Notice No. 81331 First Publication: December 16, 2021 Last Publication: December 30, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Denver Juvenile Court, 520 W. Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80204 (303) 606-2307
Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on December 3, 2021, 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 Robert Fabela Carrasco aka Roberto Fabela Carrasco be changed to Robert Carrasco Fabela Case No.: 21 C 01000 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 81326 First Publication: December 9, 2021 Last Publication: December 23, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch
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IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF Jaime Villagomez Zavala. For the Adoption of a Child Case No: 21JA86 and 21JA87 Division: 2H. NOTICE OF HEARING TO: Emmanuel Santiago Santiago Pursuant to §19-5-208, C.R.S., you are hereby notified that the above-named Petitioner has filed in this Court a verified Petition seeking to adopt a child. An Affidavit of Abandonment has been filed alleging that you have abandoned the child for a period of one year or more and/or have failed without cause to provide reasonable support for the child for one year or more. You are further notified that an Adoption hearing is set on December 29th, 2021 in the court location identified above, at 9am. You are further notified that if you fail to appear for said hearing, the Court may terminate your parental rights and grant the adoption as sought by the Petitioner. Legal Notice No. 81343 First Publication: December 23, 2021 Last Publication: December 23, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
To all interested persons: A hearing without appearance on Petition for Formal Probate of Will and Formal Appointment
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