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House is memento of memorable Denverite

BY KIRSTEN DAHL COLLINS SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

It’s still dark outside at 6 a.m., when Denver Park Ranger Jessica Johnson arrives at her office in the Eugene Field House in Washington Park. She often looks around the Victorian cottage, with its flocked, rose-colored wallpaper, hoping she’ll meet a ghost.

The ghost of former occupant Eugene Field, to be exact.

“No luck, so far,” the park ranger said of her ambition to encounter the journalist and poet who lived from 1850 to 1895.

The Eugene Field House is a house with a storied past.

In the late 19th century, Field was somewhat of a literary rock star, known for his lively wit. His classic children’s poem, “Wynken, Blynken, and Nod,” was set to music and became a popular lullaby.

His naughty boy’s confession, “Jest

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development broke ground in 1971 and officially launched in 1973.

Nearly 50 years later, the Tri-State/ Denver Buddhist Temple is ready to back the redevelopment of the block again and build a new temple — if it can get permission from the City of Denver.

“As the aging structural and mechanical systems of Sakura Square and the Temple will soon reach the end of their economic lives and require replacement, the goal of the redevelopment is to reposition Sakura Square and the Temple for

Economists are more optimistic about Colorado’s tax revenue future than they were three months ago, even though labor and inflation strains continue and amid uncertainty caused by COVID-19.

The headwinds have so far not been “strong enough to slow the impressive growth,” said Meredith Moon, the deputy director of the Governor’s Office of State Planning and Budgeting.

OSPB and nonpartisan legislative staff presented separate, but equally rosy budget forecasts to the legislature’s Joint Budget Committee on Friday. Economists for both agreed that state tax revenue will end up higher than previously expected.

The nonpartisan Legislative Council Staff estimated there will be nearly $800 million more in revenue for the state’s general fund this fiscal year, which began in July and ends June 30, than they predicted in September, and more than $500 million in additional revenue for the next fiscal year than their previous forecast showed.

That compares with slightly lower estimates from OSPB economists who say there will be about $700 million more in revenue for the state’s general fund this fiscal year than in their last forecast, and about $420 million more for the next fiscal year than they previously thought.

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Denver park ranger Jessica Johnson enjoys working out of the Eugene Field House in Washington Park. The only thing her office lacks, she says, is a visit from Field’s ghost.

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The big Buddhist temple downtown might be torn down (if it doesn’t become a Denver landmark first) The public has until Jan. 3 to weigh in

BY KYLE HARRIS DENVERITE

The Tri-State/Denver Buddhist Temple is looking to tear down its longstanding building at 1947 Lawrence St. as part of its latest redevelopment of Sakura Square.

The temple was built in 1949 for the Denver Buddhist Church, which was founded 1919 to serve the city’s small Japanese immigrant community.

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Before building the temple, the group had moved around town for thirty years, according to a document from Denver Community Planning and Development. The temple also served as the headquarters for 36 Buddhist churches in Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado.

In the 1960s, the Tri-State Buddhist Church set out to redevelop the block the building was on, as part of the Denver Urban Development Authority’s redevelopment of downtown.

The congregation called the block Sakura Square, and set out to build a combination of residential, commercial and community spaces. The

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State allows emissions leeway for oil-gas industry Not everyone is happy about latitude board gave operators

BY MARK JAFFE COLORADO SUN

Colorado air regulators have adopted a sweeping set of rules to slash methane emissions from oil and gas operations, including a controversial, first-in-the nation program giving industry a freer hand in determining how to cut pollution.

The “intensity program,” under which operators will have to reduce emissions by set percentages based on the amount of oil and gas they produce, was strongly supported by the industry and opposed by environmental groups concerned it would be ineffective.

The environmental and community groups pressed for regulations to increase inspections and curb emissions from specific operations such as unloading liquids and cleaning pipelines.

The regulations were adopted on Dec. 17 by the state’s Air Quality Control Commission to help meet statutory requirements for Colorado to cut its greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels by 26% by 2025, 50% by 2030 and 90% by 2050.

“This definitely gets us closer to where we want to be but more needs to be done,” said Joro Walker, an attorney with the environmental group Western Resource Advocates.

Industry officials hailed the adoption of the intensity program and lamented some of the other provisions adopted by the AQCC. “The commission’s adoption of an emissions intensity program, the centerpiece of this rulemaking, is the first of its kind at the state level and allows operators the flexibility to reduce emissions proactively and innovatively, rather than via topdown mandates,” said Lynn Granger, executive director of API Colorado, an industry trade group.

The mandated programs, such as inspections and performance testing, will be costly, Dan Haley, CEO of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, a trade group, said in a statement.

The Air Pollution Control Division, which drafted the rules, estimated

Fracking site walls and equipment are pictured in this aerial image of oil and gas activity on the Mae J, Papa Jo and Yellowhammer pads in the Colliers Hill neighborhood of Erie, Colorado, on March 3, 2021. New state rules intended to reduce methane emissions COURTESY PHOTO will change the frequency at which wells like this are inspected.

the package of eight new regulations – which will be phased in with some going into effect next February and others not until 2023 – will cost the industry a total of $59 million to $142 million.

“Colorado cannot solve global climate change alone and certainly not by squeezing a single industry into arbitrary reduction goals for resources that Coloradans will rely on for decades to come,” Haley said.

Since 2014, the oil and gas industry has been the subject of eight rounds of AQCC rulemaking aimed at cutting emissions from pollution sources such as tanks, gas lines and control devices.

The goal of the rulemaking, commissioner Elise Jones said, “is to reduce methane emissions not vilify the oil and gas industry.”

The oil and gas industry is the third largest source of greenhouse gases in Colorado after transportation and electricity generation.

The main greenhouse gas emitted by oil and gas operations is methane, which is 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide, the prime greenhouse gas, but shorter lived in the atmosphere. The oil and gas sector is the source of 60% of all the methane emitted in the state, according to the state air pollution regulators.

Under the state’s Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap, the oil and gas sector has to cut its emissions by 30% from 2005 levels by 2025 and 60% by 2030. The industry is already on track to meet its 2025 target.

To meet the 2030 goal, the APCD calculated that the industry must cut methane emissions by 140,000 metric tons a year.

The biggest share – 64,000 metric tons or 46% – would come from the heightened inspection and repair program.

Under the new rules, wells producing more than 20 tons of oil equivalent a year (a measure of oil and gas) will be inspected monthly, as will sites near disproportionately impacted communities, such as low-income neighborhoods and operations within 1,000 feet of occupied areas.

Many other well sites will be inspected on schedules ranging from bimonthly to quarterly, but every well site in the state will be inspected at least once a year.

“There are increased protections for disproportionately impacted communities and people living near oil and gas activity and now 12,000 smaller but leak-prone wells will get inspected,” said Matt Garrington, state campaign manager for the Environmental Defense Fund, which pushed for more frequent inspections.

Reduction targets set based on production The next largest tranche of reductions – 55,000 tons or 39% – would come from the intensity program which sets an emission limit per 1,000 barrels of oil equivalent (defined as oil plus natural gas) produced. There would be a target for large operators and a less restrictive one for small operators.

The APCD added even tighter standards for emissions from wells than the large operator standard for new wells and wells operating in disproportionately impacted communities – those where at least 40% of the households are low-income, people of color, burdened by housing

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“The intensity program will really push the industry to show what they can do,” commissioner Martha Rudolph said.

Environmental and community groups, along with some local officials voiced concern that the intensity program could be manipulated and that verifying the emission inventories for each operation and the emission reductions would be difficult to do.

“It all comes down to verification and the inventories and if there is one thing, we are squirrely about, this is it,” Jones said. “This thing will succeed or fail based on how we measure it.”

Oil and gas companies are supposed to file their intensity plans in 2022, but it will be at least another year before the standard for evaluating those plans are in place.

The Air Pollution Control Division will spend the next year working through aerial surveys of emissions it conducted this summer and working with stakeholder groups to develop the best data for showing the emission reductions are being met, Robyn Wille, the division’s chief strategy officer, said in an interview.

The division is scheduled to submit a reporting and verification rule proposal to the AQCC in 2023. “We are aiming for transparency and accuracy,” Wille said.

The third largest reduction is slated to come from rules to limit emissions from pigging and blowdown operations, techniques for cleaning and maintaining pipelines. The reductions are estimated to equal 9,600 metric tons a year or 7% of the total required decrease in emissions for the sector.

The rules apply statewide. “In the past the West Slope was treated differently than the Front Range and we pushed hard to get the regulations to be uniform across the state and we got that,” said Rodger Steen, chairman of the Western Colorado Alliance’s oil and gas committee. “Citizens got a big win with these regulations.”

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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Great food, fine wine, good company Cook Street School of Culinary Arts is a Denver foodie hub

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Tracy Bruns has taken a few cooking classes at the Cook Street School of Culinary Arts.

A resident of the Golden Triangle, Bruns is able to walk to the school, but she enjoys the classes and events because they’re fun, she said.

Bruns signed up to attend the sold-out Holiday Cookies class in December. It happened to fall on the same day that she would be attending a family gathering, so she was excited to be able to bring a tray of fresh-made cookies for her family to enjoy.

“They (were) much fancier than anything I would be able to make on my own,” Bruns said.

Cook Street School of Culinary Arts, 43 W. Ninth Ave., provides both professional and recreational experiences for the entire community.

Its three main facets are its Professional Culinary Program, which is an intensive certificate program; recreational cooking classes; and private events.

This upcoming spring, the school is expecting to launch its restaurant management program, which will also offer its students a certification.

Cook Street is unique in its offerings, said Carol Chamberlain, the school’s wine instructor.

“It’s a great place to come if you love food and want to learn,” Chamberlain said.

Particularly for the recreational cooking classes and private events, the main goal is to have fun, said Lindsey Reese, Cook Street’s owner/operator.

Second, she said, is the opportunity to eat great food, and the third is to learn something new.

“It’s an experience,” Reese said, adding, “we’re here to teach people.”

Cook Street’s recreational classes are interactive and run the gamut from dim sum to foods of the

Liz France of Denver, left, talks with Carol Chamberlain, wine instructor for Cook Street School of Culinary Arts about the Louis Moreau Chablis wine, which was paired with a salmon mousseline al’americaine, during a Cook Street Wine Tour Class on Nov. 17.

Mediterranean, and sushi to pasta 101, as well as offering programming themed for most major holidays. The school also offers classes on knife skills and classic techniques.

Its Wine Tour Classes, also known as Cook Street’s wine dinners, are less hands-on with the cooking skills, but attendees gain just as much knowledge. The idea is to explore the world through wine, Chamberlain said.

“Every bottle has its own story,” she said.

The Wine Tours — referred to as such because each one focuses on a specific wine region — are offered every third Wednesday of the month. The dinners feature a multi-course meal accompanied with a wine pairing for each course.

The chefs prepare and introduce the food, and Chamberlain provides attendees with food-andwine pairing knowledge.

“The culture of wine is wine and food together,” Chamberlain said. “You get hooked when you’ve had that one wine that provides the ah-ha moment.”

Getting their start about a year-and-a-half ago, not one Wine Tour has been repeated, Chamberlain said. People can attend one Wine Tour dinner, or

Cook Street School of Culinary Arts chefs, from left, Sam Friedman, Mary Fabrikant and Jared Kendall, prepare the warm puy lentil salad with walnut vinaigrette before serving it to attendees of Cook Street’s Nov. 17 Wine Tour Class that featured wines of Burgundy, PHOTO BY CHRISTY STEADMAN France.

purchase a passport to attend many of them, and they will always learn something new, Chamberlain said.

Cook Street first opened its doors in 1999 at, appropriately, 123 Cook St. in Denver. It was there only about a year before moving to LoDo, Reese said, where it operated until 2019. That year, the school moved to its current location in the Golden Triangle.

Liz France of southeast Denver is a foodie and took her first class at Cook Street sometime when it was in its former LoDo location. She enjoys learning about wine and has a particular interest in continuing to educate herself on how food and wine pair together.

Cook Street provides a great venue for that, France said.

“I love that you get good food and wine, education and good company,” France said, “at a reasonable price.”

To learn more about Cook Street School of Culinary Arts, or to register for any of its classes, visit cookstreet.com.

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Journalist and poet Eugene Field spent only two years working in Denver, but he left a strong imprint. Buildings named for him include the Eugene Field House at Washington Park, the Eugene Field Branch Library on University Boulevard and the art deco-style Eugene Field apartment building on Poet’s Row in PHOTO BY TIM COLLINS Capitol Hill.

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’Fore Christmas,” ushers in the holidays with a large helping of comedy.

Although Johnson is eager for a chat with Field’s spirit, she doesn’t have much time for ghost-hunting.

As one of 25 park rangers responsible for patrolling Denver’s 314 parks, she has plenty to do — teaching busloads of elementary school kids how to fish in nearby Smith Lake, settling arguments over picnic sites and cleaning up formidable amounts of trash.

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A vintage print depicts the original location of the Eugene Field House, built in 1875 on a woodsy dirt road known as Colfax Avenue. It now serves Denver Park Rangers at Washington Park.

The ebullient park ranger, who said she’s too much of a “people person” to have continued in her former career as a paleontologist, clearly loves her job. She especially enjoys working out of the Field House, once a Denver Public Library branch. In the foyer, bookshelves lined with aged volumes keep company with a fleet of mountain bikes the rangers use to patrol the park.

House with a past The Field House, 715 S. Franklin St., serves as one of seven park ranger offices throughout the city. Before that, it spent 40 years as Wash Park’s neighborhood library. Johnson said

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people often stop by out of nostalgia for the library years.

“People come by and say, ‘I used to come here when I was a kid. My mom’s signature is in the book,’” Johnson said, pointing out a leatherbound library registry dating back to 1971.

The fact that the little cottage survived is a minor miracle. So is its current location, over four miles from where it was originally built in 1875. Back then, the house occupied a lot on a woodsy dirt road known as Colfax Avenue, across from what is now the Denver Mint. Field and his wife, Julia, lived there from 1881-1883, while he served as managing editor of the Denver Tribune.

So why is their former home now in Washington Park?

According to an online account from History Colorado, the cottage “fell into disrepair” after the Fields moved out. By the 1920s, it was slated for demolition. To save the writer’s house, a group of female journalists, The National League of American Pen Women, turned to someone experienced at rescues — Titanic survivor Margaret “Molly” Brown. They chose well. The redoubtable Mrs. Brown had performed Field’s poems onstage in her youth and revered him as one of America’s greatest poets.

In 1927, Brown purchased the cottage and presented it to the city of Denver. She also helped pay to move it to its current site, on the east side of Washington Park at Exposition Boulevard. At the time, the house reputedly sported two bullet holes —acquired during the robbery of the Denver Mint in 1922.

When the Eugene Field branch library opened in 1930, Washington Park was already home to an imposing memorial inspired by the poem, “Wynken, Blyken, and Nod.” Near the center of the park, a sculpture surrounded by a large fountain depicted three sleepy children in a wooden shoe sailing across a circular pool. Sculptor Mabel Landrum Torrey created the statue in 1918, at the behest of Denver Mayor Robert W. Speer.

Torrey’s sculpture was moved closer to the newly-arrived Eugene Field House — but unfortunately the pool didn’t make the trip. In its current spot, the magical wooden shoe looks a bit stranded, sitting on a water-stained concrete base that was meant to be submerged.

Over the decades, Wash Park’s small but popular library outgrew its space. In 1970, the city dedicated a newly-constructed Eugene Field Branch Library at 810 S. University Blvd., capable of housing over 30,000 volumes.

The old cottage wasn’t empty for long. That same year, The Park People, a volunteer group that plants thousands of trees and helps maintain park buildings, moved in and renovated the house, restoring its period decor. They also planted the Hazel Woodruff Gates Tribute Garden, which surrounds the house on two sides.

In the early 2000s, the volunteers moved out and the park rangers moved in. The Park People now operate from quarters in Platt Park, although they continue to install commemorative brick pavers in the tribute garden at the Field House.

“We still have a special relationship with that space,” said Kim YifanFarrell, executive director of The Park People.

The old cottage is hardly the only building honoring Eugene Field. For a writer who is rarely read nowadays, Field has his name on a lot of Denver real estate, including an apartment building on Poet’s Row in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood.

The honors don’t stop with Denver.

Across the Midwest, Field’s name is emblazoned on many elementary schools and other civic buildings.

In St. Louis, his boyhood home is now a museum displaying original manuscripts and childhood toys that inspired his poems.

A poet, prankster and newspaperman A born prankster, Field was a bad student who terrorized three colleges with his practical jokes. He found his calling when he went to work as a newspaperman in 1875.

For the next 20 years, he worked for papers in St. Louis, Kansas City, Denver and Chicago. At the same time, he began publishing light verse, much of it for children, earning him the sobriquet, “The Poet of Childhood.” Since he and his wife had eight offspring, he definitely knew his subject.

Field’s poems for kids still make great bedtime reading. A good selection can be found in Helen Ferris’ classic children’s anthology, “Favorite Poems Old and New.” The book includes Field’s “The Sugar-Plum Tree,” a ballad that whisks kids away to a magical kingdom where candy grows on trees. In Field’s poem “The Duel,” two stuffed animals engage in a ferocious midnight battle.

More soothing verses can be found in “Wynken, Blynken, and Nod,” written in 1889. The statue next to the Field House takes on a whole new meaning once you read this lyrical poem. It tells the story of three little children who set out on a nighttime voyage in a wooden shoe, to fish for stars with “nets of silver and gold.”

The words have a rocking motion.

You can almost feel the breeze that “ruffles the waves of dew.”

There’s no telling if Ranger Johnson will encounter Field’s ghost this December, but if he does appear, chances are he’ll recite something that harkens back to his prankster past.

“Jest ’Fore Christmas” fits the bill.

In this poem, a rascally boy shares his strategy for fooling his parents during the holidays. It has the ring of autobiographical truth.

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Recovery campus planned to fight homelessness Battle over location is likely on horizon

BY JENNIFER BROWN COLORADO SUN

Eight years ago, Colorado repurposed an old Army fort surrounded by farm fields into a homeless recovery center, a peaceful campus on the plains, far from the gritty streets where its residents previously slept.

More than 1,700 people have lived at Fort Lyon, about three hours from Denver in Las Animas, and about half of them left with housing.

Now, as Denver and its suburbs are dotted with tents and parks have been shut down to clean up trash, plans are in the works for two more recovery campuses – both much closer to the epicenter of Colorado’s homelessness crisis. Gov. Jared Polis has tagged $45 million in his budget request to turn a former, now-empty youth corrections facility in the mostly vacant fields not far from Denver International Airport into a site that could house up to 350 people.

The second recovery campus is planned for a to-be-determined location in the Denver area — whether that’s in the city proper or one of the suburbs is unknown. And judging by the “not-in-my-backyard” fights over Denver’s sanctioned tent camps during the last year, the metro area will at some point in the near future begin arguing over which neighborhood or suburb should host the project.

For now, though, talks are in the works about what the recovery campus should include and a wish list is beginning to take shape: an all-encompassing residential center where people could receive medical detox, addiction treatment, job training and peer mentorship from folks who’ve experienced addiction and homelessness. Ideally, residents could stay as many months as they needed – up to two years even – and walk out with enough stability to work and pay rent.

The governor has asked for $50 million for the Denver-area project, which, like the AdamsArapahoe county campus, would be funded from one-time federal coronavirus aid in the American Rescue Plan. The plan is to have Denver’s Department of Housing Stability collaborate with various other city and county agencies and nonprofits.

“This is exactly what our community is crying out for us to address,” said Britta Fisher, who heads the city’s Department of Housing Stability.

The key to getting people off the streets and into treatment is having space ready at the moment they’re ready to accept it – not two weeks later, or after telling them they need to visit multiple government offices to obtain a valid ID, she said.

“If you’ve come to that decision,

Officer Ricky Stegmaier with the Lone Tree Police Department shines his flashlight over an urban encampment used by people experiencing homelessness. Items left behind at the site -- located behind a trash compactor at a local store — included cooking supplies PHOTO BY ELLIOTT WENZLER and tent components.

in that golden hour where you’ve decided ‘I need to do something about my addiction or about my mental health,’ and then you face a daunting gantlet to get services, … it’s very easy to see that one more barrier can set somebody back to say, ‘Ugh, I can’t do this right now,’” she said.

Fisher points to the opioid crisis and the skyrocketing deaths from counterfeit opioid pills laced with fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that has caused 624 deaths in Colorado so far this year. While about 1% of Denver residents are homeless, 17% of overdoses last year were among people who are homeless.

In 2020, 370 people in Denver died of drug overdoses and this year’s deaths are on track to climb even higher.

The Denver area lacks enough medical detox options, as well as residential programs for people who need treatment and lack insurance or are on Medicaid.

Right now, those who can get beds typically are allowed to stay for about 14 days, which is not nearly enough time to stabilize after potentially years of living on the streets, Fisher said. And outpatient programs that send people back to their tent or a shelter at night do not work, she said.

“You can’t go home to the street and think that is going to be a great environment to support sobriety,” Fisher said.

The homelessness and drug crisis is so huge that Fisher suspects Colorado would have no trouble filling up two new recovery campuses in addition to Fort Lyon.

“At this point, we are in such a crisis that I think we need a lot of beds,” she said. “We need more beds, more infrastructure, more

staffing to help with what we are facing as a community.”

As for where this new center would go, Fisher said she’s still focused on the model and not the location. It’s possible, she said, that instead of one large campus, the recovery center ends up split among two or three locations – one with medical detox, another with job training, etc. She wants to hear ideas from the suburbs.

“There are lots of regional partners here and they may have opportunities that they may want to bring forward and say, ‘We think this place could make sense for this and here’s how and where,’” Fisher said. “I don’t think this is a Denver-only or even a Denverled. I think this is really about the region coming together. It’s not anything any one city can necessarily pull off on their own. There are folks in every community that need these types of services.”

“Each county needs to contribute” Jefferson County, which has no homeless shelter, is working to stand up two “housing navigation” centers that would include shelter beds as well as permanent housing. Kelli Barker, who coordinates services for the homeless in JeffCo, is already facing a host of questions about where those navigation centers will go – and trying to balance the NIMBY sentiment with selecting neighborhoods that would qualify the projects for tax SEE HOMELESS, P15

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“Colorado’s economy is coming back strong,” Gov. Jared Polis said in a written statement.

“This forecast shows a robust recovery.”

The improved outlook ultimately means little for how much state lawmakers will have to spend in next year’s budget. Tax dollars in the next three fiscal years were already expected to exceed limits on state revenue in the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, meaning the Friday forecasts predicting even more tax dollars flowing into state coffers simply means that more money will have to be refunded to taxpayers.

Nonpartisan legislative staff now anticipate about $2 billion of annual TABOR surplus revenue in each of the next three fiscal years, well above the $550 million to $900 million in excess predicted in September, when they last presented to the JBC. OSPB’s forecast was a bit less optimistic, predicting $2 billion in excess revenue in the current fiscal year, and $1.7 billion in excess revenue in the 2022-23 and 2023-24 fiscal years. That’s still well above the $697 million to $1.1 billion in excess revenues they forecast in September.

If the revenue projections hold, taxpayers will see an income tax rate reduction and sales tax refund checks in the mail for each of the next three fiscal years.

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Democrats could try to ask voters to let the legislature keep the excess revenue. They have also been mulling policy mechanisms that don’t require voter approval that would let the lawmakers keep some of the surplus money, including by moving money around to make it exempt from the TABOR cap and expanding existing tax

credits, like the child tax credit and the earnedincome tax credit.

The TABOR cap was exceeded by about $454 million in the 2020-21 fiscal year, which ended June 30, prompting an income-tax rate reduction to 4.5% from 4.55%, and an additional sales tax refund payment, on average, of about $70. Joint filers will receive $166 on average.

Inflation, labor issues persist Even though Colorado’s tax revenues are expected to be strong, there are still problem areas in the state’s economy.

Inflation in the Denver metro area was 6.5% overall in November, or 5.2% excluding the energy and transportation sectors, which tend to be more volatile and are experiencing much larger rates of inflation at the moment: 36.6% and 20.5% respectively.

“Energy and transportation are really the driving forces behind inflation,” said Jeff Stupak, an economist with Legislative Council Staff.

The Kittredge General Store and its gas pumps are pictured May 18, 2021, in Kittredge. (Andy Colwell, Special to The Colorado Sun) Stupak said that ongoing supply chain issues paired with healthy demand also put positive pressure on inflation, but that he hopes by 2022 some of those pressures will wane.

The most obvious example is in the automobile market. As supply chain shortages have constrained the supply of new cars, the price of used cars has ballooned.

Additionally, Bryce Cooke, chief economist for OSPB, said he expects that inflation tied to housing prices will pick up around the same time other supply chain issues are resolved. That could put more pressure on Colorado’s alreadystrained housing market.

Colorado’s labor market, meanwhile, has been on the rebound, with 86% of jobs lost during the pandemic recovered. About 10,000 jobs are being regained each month.

By June, nonpartisan legislative staff expect all jobs lost during COVID to have been recovered.

But the job market is not recovering at the same pace for all sectors of income earners and in all

While inflation goes up, the Colorado economy continues on a steady pace to recovery. PHOTO BY ANDY COLWELL

areas of Colorado.

For instance, there are still about 16,000 prepandemic food service jobs that haven’t been filled, and job recovery for people making less than $27,000 a year has been far worse compared to workers earning $60,000 a year or more.

The good news for workers is that “wages and salaries are on the rise,” according to Cooke. And OSPB doesn’t expect the trend to change.

In fact, much of the revenue increases forecast Friday are being driven by personal income taxes.

Stupak cautioned that the pandemic “remains in the driver’s seat” and the new omicron variant continues to fuel uncertainty.

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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ere we are in one of those years where Christmas and the New Year are bookending a full week.

And it seems like whenever this happens, many treat it as just another work week, while others take full advantage of an extra week between the holidays where it may not be quite as busy at work. And there are many companies who have moved to giving the entire week off as an extra benefit to their teams.

Why do some feel like it’s the best week of the year? Since I am one of those people, I thought I would ask around and see why others might feel the same way.

Many affirmed my thinking. It’s a great week to decompress after a long year. And many of the folks I spoke with lumped 2020 into this year as well because of the pandemic and overall craziness of that year they didn’t have time to sort it all about last year. This year they shared that they were really looking forward to taking a breather, even if it’s just an extra day or two and not the whole week.

Some families booked a vacation, others just planned local activities. There were several people who shared that they usually start taking down their decorations immediately after Christmas, but this year, they thought they might leave them up just a bit longer.

The full week is giving a lot of people a chance to complete projects at work or at home. And a few shared that they felt like they could get more done because there are fewer distractions.

For me, I always loved the week between Christmas and the New Year because it gave me time to reflect on everything that happened during the year. And although I have already planned out my 2022, I take this week to review my plan in greater detail, adjust if I need to, and wrap my head around what the new year will bring, trying to do as my good friend Tom Ziglar suggests, “Expect the best, prepare for the worst, and capitalize on what comes.”

We know that change happens. Change is constant. Change shows no prejudice.

As predictable as change is, the actual changes that come our way are so unpredictable. This means we must ready ourselves for the changes as best we can. And for me, this week is the perfect time to connect my head and my heart as I expect the best, prepare for the worst, and position myself to capitalize on whatever comes.

This week between the holidays, looking at my plan, I want to make sure that I examine every aspect of life, the spiritual, mental and physical, and through the lens of reality. The reason I call out “reality” is because my nature is to be positive. And sometimes this is an overde-

veloped strength that could create blind spots for me. I find that being as optimistic as possible is my best approach, only if I am willing to scrutinize my planning and set my expectations having carefully thought through the realities of life.

As I challenge my optimism with a dose of reality, it forces me to become even more creative, to think through contingency plans, and to still try and come up with a way to achieve my goals and dreams no matter what life throws my way. Do I eliminate some of what I had been planning? Absolutely. Do I add more than what I had initially planned for the year? For sure. And the bottom line is that by taking this extra time to focus before the year begins, I go into the new year with greater confidence.

Is this the best week of the year for you? Do you take time to recharge before the new year begins? Or are you racing to complete everything you can before the year runs out? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@tramazing.com, and when we balance our optimistic planning through the lens of reality, it really will be a better than good year.

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Why some people take ‘digital detoxes’ and what mental health experts have to say

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or weeks, Jordan Novinger debated breaking up with Twitter.

In the span of a couple months, the Castle Rock resident had gained a following of several thousand. She spent hours talking with people online. Although she made new friends in the process, the 21-year-old also felt pressured to stay engaged.

At work, Novinger tried to resist a persistent temptation to check her accounts. Physically, Novinger was present, she said. Mentally, she was not. Her iPhone’s screen time report showed on some days Novinger spent up to four hours on Twitter.

In early December, Novinger cut the cord. She deleted Twitter. She took a break from Instagram too, which she steps away from periodically.

Since then, Novinger works more. She feels more productive. She is more inclined to pick up the phone and have a conversation with someone. She can’t leave Instagram permanently because she uses the site for work, but she hopes she’s made “a clean break” from Twitter.

“It was such an addiction,” she said.

Taking the plunge Several people in the Denver metro area who have taken short-term “digital detoxes” or left a platform forever all described social media with the same word: Toxic.

They offered up a laundry list of reasons why.

Screen addiction. Never feeling present. Rampant misinformation. Political fights. Hateful comment sections. The comparison game. Misleading highlight reels. The pressure to curate one’s life instead of simply live it.

Eventually, they all hit a breaking point.

The concept of undergoing a “digital detox” is increasing in popularity, according to a 2020 study published in the Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science that looked at the practice’s impact on well-being.

And while a whopping share of the population still uses social media — about 72% of all Americans do, according to the Pew Research Center — growth on numerous sites is slowing or stagnant.

The number of people on social media has remained relatively stable over the past five years, Pew’s Social Media Use in 2021 report says. Growth on platforms including Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat has remained statistically unchanged since 2019.

“This represents a broader trend that extends

beyond the past two years in which the rapid adoption of most of these sites and apps seen in the last decade has slowed,” Pew’s report states.

Reddit and YouTube are exceptions. Pew surveys found YouTube is the nation’s most-used social media platform and has shown a marked increase in growth since 2019. Facebook and Instagram are the next most popular sites.

Pew’s study acknowledges “a string of controversies” facing social media sites — like their management of misinformation or privacy concerns — and “the public’s relatively negative sentiments” about some parts of social media.

Pew surveying found 64% of American believe social media has “a mostly negative effect on the way things are going in the country today.”

At least one mental health expert said while much other public scrutiny rightfully focuses on social media’s effects for young people, she’d like to see more research and attention on its ramifications across age demographics.

“It’s not just about kids,” Diane Thompson said, a psychiatrist with Centura Health.

The individuals who spoke to Colorado Community Media about departing social media ranged in age from 21 to 37. All said they were glad they left. Each emphatically encouraged others to give it a try.

“I would love for people to get off of social media. I think it’s just draining, and it can be so negative and toxic,” Novinger said. “While it can be good, I think most of the it’s not used for good.”

Taking the plunge Evergreen couple Jace and Taylor Jackson, both 30, recently completed a six-week detox from Instagram and have significantly scaled back their use of other platforms.

“I am shocked by how I have really broken the addictive, gotta click the button and check it,” Taylor said.

Social media became a routine part of their lives after their introduction to Myspace as high school and college students. In time, they joined several platforms. Jace said he’s known for a while that social media had become “a toxic presence in my life.”

“I want to rule social media. I don’t want it to rule me, and I think as soon as it crosses that line, I need to take matters into my own hands,” Jace said.

A book called The Comfort Crisis about inspired him to reconnect with the real world. Jace and Taylor, avid outdoors explorers, also noticed they felt better after backpacking trips during which they rarely checked their phones.

So the duo made a plan to stay off Instagram for a month. Then they enjoyed leaving so much they extended the break another two weeks.

During that time, the couple crushed books, Jace said. They bought “an old-fashioned alarm clock” and charged their phones in the kitchen instead of their bedroom, avoiding the urge to scroll at night. The Jacksons slept better, they found. By day, Taylor stopped filling every free moment with a screen.

Another habit they broke by detoxing — incessantly taking photos. The couple recently got dressed up and attended a holiday party without taking a single picture, they said. Taylor’s main goal during her detox was to be more present.

She also doesn’t like the comparison game

people can get trapped in on social media, particularly when feeds are often carefully curated highlight reels of someone’s life, she said.

“I think creating your own reel can steal the joy of what you’re trying to capture,” Taylor said. “You’re constantly trying to frame your life in a certain way.”

She’s not alone in that thinking. Comparing her life to virtual realities drove Alex Williams, 23, to leave Instagram as well, although she SEE BREAK UP, P10

Jordan Novinger left Twitter after noticing the platform contributed to screen addiction, she said.

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Jace and Taylor Jackson live in Evergreen and recently completed a six-week digital detox from Instagram.

Jace and Taylor Jackson are avid outdoor explorers and found they felt better after backpacking trips during which they rarely used their phones.

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hopes it’s a permanent move for her.

Williams deleted the app after graduating from high school. She went from checking it daily, then weekly, to about once a month before ditching the site altogether. Williams needed to protect her wellbeing, she said.

“The hardest thing for my mental health was all of the diet culture that’s pushed, especially on Instagram,” she said. “It just painted such a fake version of reality that I figured out, first of all, I could never achieve, and second of all, never wanted to.”

After leaving the platform, the negative feelings she experienced when using Instagram completely evaporated, she said.

She checks Reddit every so often and finds dog videos on TikTok amusing. Most of her social media consumption has shifted to YouTube.

She listens to podcasts or watches cooking videos. Williams prefers that content because recipes are something she can recreate in her other free time, and cooking makes her happy.

She considers returning to Instagram every few months. Williams could try setting up healthy boundaries for herself, she said, but she hasn’t caved yet.

“I don’t see myself doing it,” she said.

Jeremy Myles said he too is done with one site forever. Myles set up his Facebook profile in 2009. Ten years later, he was done.

The 37-year-old got rid of Facebook partly out of concerns with data privacy, but also because of “the toxicity” and “how much hate was being spewed online.” Time after time, he said, he became frustrated seeing Facebook friends share misinformation, or watching loved ones get into online political squabbles.

If he joined the spats, Myles never felt better.

“Every one of those arguments was with somebody who I loved or respected,” he said. “I didn’t want to contribute to it anymore.”

Myles said he also noticed some of his friends and family, many in the Boomer generation, routinely got sucked into comment sections. Over time they seemed to grow generally angrier and more frustrated people.

“It’s sad to watch,” he said.

He encourages his parents to avoid the comments, where “people can be so hateful and angry,” he said. If he wants to hold a serious conversation with someone in his life, he tries to do that in-person, rather than from behind a keyboard.

He keeps ups with news on Twitter and is more inclined to engage on that platform but aims to do so sparingly, he said. In the future, Myles might consider using Facebook for business purposes.

“I am absolutely from a personal perspective not going to return to Facebook,” he said.

Expert insight Mental health and media professionals said there is limited research available about psychological benefits of leaving social media.

The study that examined digital detoxes’ effect on wellness said while commentators have advocated for social media breaks, “little work has examined the effectiveness of taking time off of social media.”

The study did not find a measurable positive effect on wellbeing from digital detoxing, it said, but acknowledged limitations around its data.

The experiment comprised three field groups — 248 people in the U.K., 199 in the U.S. and 203 in the Hong Kong. Some spent one day abstaining from social media while a subgroup participated for two days, comparing a social-media free day to a day of normal use.

They then rated their satisfaction with their day, the feeling of social connectedness, and its positive and negative effects on them. People reported feeling less connection or relatedness while staying off social media, the study said, and no difference in their well-being by abstaining from their socials.

The study recruited a smaller number of participants than it wanted and could not say confidently people were truthful about whether they stayed off platforms. About half of people said it was difficult to give up social media for the day. That was in fact one reason for the shortness of the study.

“The time scope of these experiments was necessarily narrow as we were concerned about participant compliance and retention. The shortterm effects observed in our studies might not generalize to longer periods of social media abstinence,” the

study states.

Despite the slowdown, social media use did climb some during the pandemic, Lynn Schofield Clark said. Clark chairs the University of Denver’s department of media, film and journalism studies.

That was likely for pragmatic reasons, she said, like work-related tasks and the need to stay connected.

“I think that the urge to take time away from social media has to be understood in relation to the generalized feeling of exhaustion we all have due to heightened stress,” Clark said.

People use social media to keep up with those who matter to them, “and connection is protective against mental stress and mental illness,” Clark said.

In addition to pointing to the study published in the Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science, Clark added that some people are leaving social media — namely Facebook and Instagram — for reasons other than wellness. That might be their desire for heightened regulations or concerns with privacy violations.

“It’s too early to see whether or not this is a trend that will have an effect on these and other companies, but Jack Dorsey’s departure from Twitter is interesting in this regard,” Clark said.

Thompson, the Centura Health psychiatrist, said social media isn’t all bad if people can master limiting their exposure to toxic content or people and maximize how it makes them feel connected.

“There are times where social media can be a great way to connect,” Thompson said.

She’s still an advocate for breaking away from social media when needed.

Thompson has said her clients sometimes come in overwhelmed by comments they receive or see on social media.

Occasionally, she has written a prescription for her client to stay off whatever platform is bothering them.

She says it works.

“There is a discernable difference between the last time I saw them and how they were feeling,” she said.

Social media addictions or too much screen time can be taxing on mental health — the content people absorb might be depressing, or spur anxiety and irritability — but it also impacts physical health, Thompson said.

Hours spent on a person’s phone could be spent talking a walk, exercis-

ing or being physically active.

She suspects people are turning to social media to destress while weathering the tumultuous climate of 2020 and 2021. She urged people to have compassion for themselves while they cope, but to also take a hard look at whether the content they consume on social media is actually helping them unwind or further fostering anxiety.

Kendra Miguez founded a therapy center for women focused on helping them build self-esteem and improve their mental health. Their five locations include Denver and Broomfield.

“We deal with issues all the time with social media, and a lot of some of the unhealthier aspects of it and how it affects mental health and selfesteem,” she said. “Particularly with the millennial generation and the generation in the teens coming up.”

The average person spends two hours a day on social media, she said, and that’s not counting other time spent on the internet. Taking a detox or slowing down social media use makes room for “healthier, more productive activities.”

The platforms can perpetuate unattainable body images or glamorous lifestyles “that can make people feel as if their lives are less worthy.”

“Another con is that it’s very addictive. It definitely can light up the same parts of the brain that get lighted with an addictive substance,” she said. “There’s an intense stimulation for the reward system.”

It doesn’t always matter whether a person’s engagement on social media is positive or negative, she said. Addiction can creep in either way.

“We start to chase the dopamine and you’ll get the dopamine rush when you get a like, and there’s even more when you get a comment,” she said.

Miguez echoed Thompson — social media does have its benefits. The platforms can be integral to people’s professional lives and help them stay connected with distant friends, like old high school classmates.

Miguez’s advice is to develop selfawareness. She encourages people to be mindful of how social media makes them feel. That includes taking note of how whether relationships or interactions with people online are genuine or superficial.

“We’re not really getting our needs met, even though it might feel that way. It’s an illusion. We’re running from our loneliness,” she said.

Research about social media and wellness

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A study in the Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science called “Does taking a short break from social media have a positive effect on well-being?” did not find a measurable impact from digital detoxing, it said, but it acknowledged limitations around its data.

The experiment comprised three field groups — 248 people in the U.K., 199 in the U.S. and 203 in Hong Kong. People were asked to spend one day abstaining, comparing a social-media-free day to a day of normal use.

They then rated their satisfaction with their day, the feeling of social connectedness, and its positive and

negative effects on them. People reported feeling less connection or relatedness while staying off social media, the study said, and no difference in their well-being by abstaining from their socials.

The study recruited a smaller number of participants than it wanted and could not say confidently that people were truthful about whether they stayed off platforms.

About half of people said it was difficult to give up social media for the day. That was in fact one reason for the shortness of the study.

“The time scope of these experiments was necessarily narrow as we were concerned about participant compliance and retention.

The short-term effects observed in our studies might not generalize

to longer periods of social media abstinence,” the study states.

A 2015 study in Denmark called “The Facebook Experiment” found evidence that using Facebook affects well-being negatively, after a one-week experiment among more than 1,000 participants. Life satisfaction and positive emotions increased in people who gave the platform up for a week. This was particularly true for heavy Facebook users and people who “tend to envy others on Facebook.”

A 2020 report called “Social Media and Mental Health: Benefits, Risks, and Opportunities for Research and Practice” also available in the Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science delved into research available to date and nuances of

social media’s impact on people with mental illness.

Potential benefits range from facilitating social interactions, providing access to a peer support network and wider access to mental health resources and information. Social media allows people to express themselves but can also increase exposures to harm or issues such as bullying.

Social media can be a means to help people with mental illness find treatment and support.

But digital researchers should work closely with clinicians and people affected by mental illness, the report said, “to ensure that possible benefits of using social media are carefully weighed against anticipated risks.”

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for current and future generations,” Sakura Square LLC, the company that owns the majority of the block, posted online. “The key component of the redevelopment is the construction of a new Temple and Community Center facility to be located on the block. The overall project will consist of a variety of uses which may include residential, retail, commercial, parking venues, along with community uses which will highlight our Japanese American heritage and culture. In addition, an open plaza area will be located onsite for enhanced cultural and community programming. Sakura Square will continue to remain a hub for organizations to participate in Japanese and Japanese American cultural and community programming.”

On Nov. 10, the church filed an application for a certificate of demolition eligibility.

“The Tri-State/Denver Buddhist Temple facility is 70+ years old and past its useful life,” said the temple’s board chair Chad Nitta. “For historical reasons, it is important to us that the Temple remain at Sakura Square.

Our CDE application is just one step as we explore our options for building a new facility for our community and future generations.”

Landmark Preservation reviewed the structure and determined it had potential to be a Denver landmark.

The agency wrote up the building’s history, arguing it could be preserved for the following reasons: its association with the redevelopment of downtown, how it serves as a source of pride for the Japanese-American community, and its association with the Tri-State/Denver Buddhist Temple itself.

Yet the Temple itself is ready to say goodbye.

People have until Jan. 3 to let the city know they intend to file for landmark designation. To do so, either the head of Community Planning and Development, a member of city council or three Denver residents need to be on board. If they do file, they have another 60 days to file a designation application. Assuming nobody files, the temple would be eligible for demolition starting Jan. 4.

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Denver Arts Notes Newman Center German/Moroccan paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim will talk about his search for clues to prehistoric life in the deserts of North Africa, which was a large river system in the Cretaceous Period. He will speak at the Newman Center, University of Denver at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 9. See NewmanCenterPresents.com or call the box office: 303-871-7720. Tickets cost $34 plus service fee.

Buntport/Stories on Stage “High School Confidential” is the result of this year’s cooperative program by Stories on Stage and Buntport Theater Company, which will be performed in-person on Jan. 16 at Su Teatro, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver at 7 p.m. It will be available online afterwards and a link will be provided for virtual performance

ticket holders. Single tickets cost $22. storiesonstage.org, 303-494-0523.

Curious “The Sound Inside” by Adam Rapp plays Jan. 15 to Feb. 12 at Curious Theatre, 1080 Acoma St., Denver. It was nominated for six Tony Awards in 2020. Tickets: curioustheatre.org, 303-623-0524.

O’Keeffe photographs The Denver Art Museum announces a collection of nearly 100 photographs by painter Georgia O’Keeffe will be exhibited after three years of research by Lisa Volpe, associate curator of photography at Museum of Fine Art Houston. The exhibit will run from July 3 through Nov. 6, 2022.

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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; Case 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 This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(g), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure.

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Also known as: 50 1st Street, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80906 Dated this 27th day of August, 2021. 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

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, DENVER COUNTY, COLORADO 1437 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80202 In Re Marriage of: Petitioner: ANNIE TECSON and Respondent: THOMAS J. HARRISON Attorney for Petitioner Jennifer L. Lewis, # 37187 Lewis & Matthews, P.C. 1325 S. Colorado Blvd., Suite 5403 Denver, CO 80222 Phone: 303-329-3802 Fax: 303-325-2302 Email: jlewis@matthewslaw.com Case Number: 21DR30922 Courtroom: 331 SUMMONS FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE WITH CHILDREN

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To the Respondent named above, this Summons serves as a notice to appear in this case.

Denver Probate Court City and County of Denver, Colorado 1437 Bannock Street, Room 230 Denver, CO 80202

If you were served in the State of Colorado, you must file your Response with the clerk of this Court within 21 days after this Summons is served on you to participate in this action.

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

If you were served outside of the State of Colorado or you were served by publication, you must file your Response with the clerk of this Court within 35 days after this Summons is served on you to participate in this action.

You may be required to pay a filing fee with your Response. The Response form (JDF 1103) can be found at www.courts.state.co.us by clicking on the “Self Help/Forms” tab.

After 91 days from the date of service or publication, the Court may enter a Decree affecting your marital status, distribution of property and debts, issues involving children such as child support, allocation of parental responsibilities (decisionmaking and parenting time), maintenance (spousal support), attorney fees, and costs to the extent the Court has jurisdiction.

If you fail to file a Response in this case, any or all of the matters above, or any related matters which come before this Court, may be decided without further notice to you.

This is an action to obtain a Decree of: Dissolution of Marriage or Legal Separation as more fully described in the attached Petition, and if you have children, for orders regarding the children of the marriage.

Notice: §14-10-107, C.R.S. provides that upon the filing of a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage or Legal Separation by the Petitioner and CoPetitioner, or upon personal service of the Petition and Summons on the Respondent, or upon waiver and acceptance of service by the Respondent, an automatic temporary injunction shall be in effect against both parties until the Final Decree is entered, or the Petition is dismissed, or until further Order of the Court. Either party may apply to the Court for further temporary orders, an expanded temporary injunction, or modification or revocation under §14-10-108, C.R.S. A request for genetic tests shall not prejudice the requesting party in matters concerning allocation of parental responsibilities pursuant to §14-10124(1.5), C.R.S. If genetic tests are not obtained prior to a legal establishment of paternity and submitted into evidence prior to the entry of the final decree of dissolution or legal separation, the genetic tests may not be allowed into evidence at a later date.

Automatic Temporary Injunction – By Order of Colorado Law, You and Your Spouse are: 1. Restrained from transferring, encumbering, concealing or in any way disposing of, without the consent of the other party or an Order of the Court, any marital property, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life. Each party is required to notify the other party of any proposed extraordinary expenditures and to account to the Court for all extraordinary expenditures made after the injunction is in effect; 2. Enjoined from molesting or disturbing the peace of the other party; 3. Restrained from removing the minor children of the parties, if any, from the State without the consent of the other party or an Order of the Court; and 4. Restrained without at least 14 days advance notification and the written consent of the other party or an Order of the Court, from canceling, modifying, terminating, or allowing to lapse for nonpayment of premiums, any policy of health insurance, homeowner’s or renter’s insurance, or automobile insurance that provides coverage to

either of the parties or the minor children or any policy of life insurance that names either of the parties or the minor children as a beneficiary. [x] By checking this box, I am acknowledging that I have made a change to the original content of this form.

Date: November 8, 2021 Signature of the Clerk of Court/Deputy

further action as the court deems appropriate.

Legal Notice No. 81328 First Publication: December 16, 2021 Last Publication: December 30, 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

/s/ Jennifer L. Lewis Signature of the Attorney for the Petitioner Legal Notice No. 81341 First Publication: December 30, 2021 Last Publication: January 27, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice December 30, 2021 SECOND NOTICE TO MORTGAGEES IN THE ICON 120 CONDOMINIUMS COMMUNITY Second 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.

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 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.

Legal Notice No. 81339 First Publication: December 30, 2021 Last Publication: December 30, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Notice to Creditors

Daniel R. Klein Attorney to the Personal Representative 7535 E. Hampden Avenue, Suite 400

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Vivian Jean Brettell, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR000489 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 30, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Evans Legal Group, P.C. Attorney to the Personal Representative 1479 S Pine Drive Parker, CO 80134 Legal Notice No. 81342 First Publication: December 30, 2021 Last Publication: January 13, 2022 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,

Denver, CO 80231 Legal Notice No. 81329 First Publication: December 16, 2021 Last Publication: December 30, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice 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 Legal Notice No. 81331 First Publication: December 16, 2021 Last Publication: December 30, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

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 TO CREDITORS Estate of Jessie M. Woolfolk, aka Jessie Mae Woolfolk, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31493

NOTICE OF HEARING WITHOUT APPEARANCE PURSUANT TO C.R.P.P. 24 ****** Attendance at this hearing is not required or expected. ******* To all interested persons: A hearing without appearance on Petition for Formal Probate of Will and Formal Appointment of Personal Representative is set at the following date, time, and location:

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.

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

Date: January 14th, 2022 Time: 8:00 a.m.

Address: 1437 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80202 ***** 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

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

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“I have no easy solution,” she said. “Community engagement is really important for any site. It’s an urgent public need and ultimately it has to go somewhere.”

Barker wholeheartedly supports a homeless recovery campus for Denver and its suburbs.

“This would be so huge for the metro area,” she said. “Each county needs to contribute to the solution.”

Wherever it’s located, the recovery campus needs an array of services so “people can chart their own pathway” to recovery, Barker said. Some might need medical detoxification to begin. Others will need medication-assisted treatment, such as methadone or suboxone.

Later, they will want community college courses and training in auto mechanics or culinary arts. Most of all, people will need the space and time to recover, she said.

Living on the street or in shelters, people are in a constant state of crisis. “We know from the way our brains work that when you are in survival mode, wondering, ‘Where am I going to sleep tonight, where am I going to use the restroom,’ you are living minute to minute,” she said. “You can’t address any long-term goals. People use (drugs) to survive on the streets, to numb the pain of being in survival mode.”

But when people who are homeless move into housing, with support from peers and therapists, their “nervous system relaxes” and they can start to “address the underlying trauma,” Barker said.

The governor’s office said “all possibilities to bring this to fruition are still being considered,” and emphasized the need for a collaborative effort among various cities and counties.

“In the wake of this pandemic, we have seen a rise in homelessness in many cities that need bigger, bolder solutions in partnership with local governments who ultimately must deliver results for their communities,” Polis’ spokesman Conor Cahill said in an email. “We look forward to discussing details in the coming months.”

Fort Lyon has 49% success in permanent housing Fort Lyon sits on 552 acres in the Lower Arkansas Valley, where a grassy oval is surrounded by dorm-style living as well as homes that once housed Army officers. Last fiscal year, 390 people lived at Fort Lyon, before the pandemic caused the recovery campus – run by the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless – to take a break from admitting people from March-June 2020.

Most of those 390 people came from Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo, and most returned to the Denver area, though some got jobs and housing in the community around Las Animas, according to an annual report from the Coalition for the Homeless.

Of the 390, 49% left with permanent housing. The average stay lasted 11 months.

A statewide referral network – including mental health centers, detox and substance abuse treatment clinics, the criminal justice system and the Coalition for the Homeless medical clinic – invites people to move to Fort Lyon.

James Ginsburg, who ran Fort Lyon for its first 5½ years and now runs a nonprofit for the homeless in Lakewood, hopes to help develop plans for a Denver-area recovery campus. He has no doubt it would fill up – about 30 people each morning come to his nonprofit, called RecoveryWorks, for hot showers and food. The center, which also has 10 beds for people who are homeless and need acute medical care, spends each afternoon helping people apply for housing.

The region is in major need of long-term, residential care to help people break the cycles of homelessness and addiction, he said.

“People spend 40 years getting ill and it’s going to take longer than 30 days to get well,” Ginsburg said. “At the end of the day, people don’t want to self-destruct. But it’s the only life they’ve known.”

Ginsburg said he is hopeful that, especially after the way the pandemic exposed the depth of the homelessness crisis, that the public will support the homeless recovery campuses.

He wants people to see that having a recovery center in the neighborhood is better than having people without homes sleeping in doorways and setting up tents along sidewalks.

“Everybody says they want it, just not in their neighborhood,” he said. “We have to continue to articulate the truth. Ignoring it is not going to make it go away.”

To serve the city and the suburbs, a new Denver-area recovery center is likely to sit closer to homes and businesses than the campuses of Fort Lyon and the potential AdamsArapahoe site, which is the former Ridge View Youth Services Center.

Ridge View, most recently a privately run program for teenage boys, is a 560-acre campus with seven living areas. The vast property has an industrial kitchen, an auto mechanic workshop, a football field and gymnasium.

Funding for the two new recovery campuses is part of a $200 million package proposed by Polis that also includes a competitive grant program for local communities to build shelters and housing.

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.

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Public Notices Legal Notice No. 81334 First Publication: December 16, 2021 Last Publication: December 30, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Annie Mae Merriweather, a/k/a Annie M. Merriweather, and Annie Merriweather, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 31687 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 HOLLICE BERNICE STANDER, aka HOLLICE B. STANDER, aka HOLLICE STANDER, aka HOLLY STANDER, Deceased Case Number: 21PR31517 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 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 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Geraldine A. Beer, also known as Geraldine Beer and Geri Beer, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31686 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 30, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Dawana Swanson, Personal Representative 24088 Agate Trail Deer Trail, Colorado 80105 Legal Notice No. 81345 First Publication: December 30, 2021 Last Publication: January 13, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mary Elizabeth Villard Hoar, Deceased Case Number 2021PR30784 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 April 30, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred.

Evans Legal Group, P.C. Attorney to the Personal Representative 11479 S. Pine Drive Parker, CO 80134 Legal Notice No. 81343 First Publication: December 30, 2021 Last Publication: January 13, 2022 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.

of the child; and (c) have no say in any further decisions concerning said child.

Richard R. Thomas, Personal Representative 350 Fairfax Street Denver, Colorado 80220

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

Legal Notice No. 81336 First Publication: December 16, 2021 Last Publication: December 30, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Children Services (Adoption/Guardian/Other) Public Notice Adoption Options 1355 S. Colorado Blvd., Suite 501 Denver, CO 80222 (303) 695-1601 Seth A. Grob | Kathryn A. Stafford Attorneys for Adoption Options Grob & Eirich, LLC 12596 W. Bayaud Ave., Suite 390 Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 679-8266 NOTICE OF ANTICIPATED EXPEDITED RELINQUISHMENT OF THE PARENT-CHILD LEGAL RELATIONSHIP TO: JW Rock and Any and All Unknown Fathers, Respondents YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED, PURSUANT TO C.R.S. § 19-5-103.7, AS FOLLOWS: 1. You have been identified by Josephine Elise Medina as a possible birth father of her child, Baby Boy Medina, who was born on December 13, 2021 in Colorado.

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

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

4. Failure to declare intent to contest the termination of parental rights may likely result in a termination of parental rights to the child. In order to contest the termination of the parent-child legal relationship, YOU MUST: • Request and then return a “Reply Form to Notice of Anticipated Expedited Relinquishment” to Adoption Options at the above address or to Grob & Eirich, LLC, 12596 W. Bayaud Ave., Suite 390 Lakewood, CO 80228 by Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested, no later than twenty-one (21) days after the date of this notice or before the birth mother’s relinquishment petition is filed with the court, whichever occurs later. The date of notice shall be considered the date of the first day of publication in the newspaper.

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

YOU MUST ALSO: • File a claim of paternity pursuant to Article 4 of Title 19, Colorado Revised Statutes and notify Adoption Options pursuant to C.R.S. § 19-4-105.5.

This claim of paternity must be filed no later than twenty-one (21) days after the date of this notice or before the birth mother’s relinquishment petition is filed with the court, whichever occurs later. The date of notice shall be considered the date of the first day of publication in the newspaper.

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

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED THAT IF YOU FAIL TO PROPERLY REPLY TO THIS NOTICE IN A MANNER DESCRIBED ABOVE, YOU ALSO WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO ANY FURTHER NOTICE RELATED TO THE ANTICIPATED EXPEDITED RELINQUISHMENT PROCEEDINGS AND YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS, IF ANY, WILL LIKELY BE TERMINATED BY THE COURT. Legal Notice No. 81340 First Publication: December 30, 2021 Last Publication: December 30, 2021 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch 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 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.

Alternatively, to join the courtroom, call 720-650-7664 and enter the access code 922879992.

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

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