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Colorado school board races are big-money affairs A new bill seeks to rein in donors through campaign finance limits

BY ERICA MELTZER, CHALKBEAT AND SANDRA FISH THE COLORADO SUN

In the aftermath of hotly contested, big money school board elections around the state, Colorado lawmakers are seeking to cap for the first time how much money donors can give to candidates in those races.

But legislation that passed a House committee on Jan. 31 won’t affect spending by independent committees that play a significant role in some contests.

House Bill 1060 would limit individual donations in school board races to $2,500 and donations by small donor committees to $25,000 per candidate. School board candidates are among the few elected offices in Colorado without limits on campaign contributions, and the caps proposed in the bill are higher than those for many other offices.

“Our electoral system should provide a level playing field so that every candidate has a shot, not just those with wealthy connections,” bill sponsor state Rep. Emily Sirota, a Denver Democrat, told the House State Affairs Committee.

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Ricardo Martinez remembered as ‘a warrior’ for justice in Denver schools

BY MELANIE ASMAR CHALKBEAT

For three decades, Ricardo Martinez, co-founder of the advocacy group Padres & Jóvenes Unidos, helped parents and students fight racism in Denver Public Schools.

In late January, Denver lost the humble and fierce organizer. He died of a stroke and its complications, according to a written remembrance shared by his family.

“At his core, he was a warrior,” said his wife, Pam Martinez, the organization’s co-founder. “At his core, he unquestionably believed in the basic democratic rights of all people.”

The organization helped parents and students take on issues ranging from discipline reform to biased school principals. Martinez was also active on the state and national levels on education and fighting for immigrant rights.

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Ricardo Martinez, co-founder of Padres & Jóvenes Unidos, speaks about immigrant DENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY WESTERN HISTORY COLLECTION rights in 2006. Martinez died in January.

Colorado’s cookie season is now underway Girl Scouts to offer new cookie called Adventurefuls

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

February is cookie time, and the Girl Scouts will be offering a new cookie this year.

Called Adventurefuls, it represents “all the adventures that cookie sales fund for Girl Scouts,”

said Denver Girl Scout Bianca Morris, 12, who has been a Girl Scout for five years. “I think they’re going to be a hit.”

Adventurefuls is a brownie-inspired cookie with a combination of chocolate and caramel flavors, and smooth and crispy textures. It joins the cookie lineup of favorites such as Thin Mints and Tagalongs, and the gluten-free Toffee-tastic.

Cookie sales begin this year on Feb. 6 and will end on March 13.

People can purchase cookies in a number of ways, both online and in-person.

People love Girl Scout cookies, but cookie season is not just the time of year that people get to indulge in these sweet treats. Girl Scout cookie sales is when girls are able to apply and practice lifelong skills, said Robin Morris, Bianca’s mom, such as goal-setting, decision-making, money management, people skills and business ethics.

“It starts with the girls,” said Robin Morris. And “the skills build upon each other as they (the girls) grow.”

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Denver Jewish Film Festival returns on Feb. 14 34 films and shorts from 14 countries to be featured

BY BRUCE GOLDBERG SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Yes, Richard Cowden does have some favorites among the 34 films that will be shown at the 26th annual Denver Jewish Film Festival, to be held from Feb. 14 to March 1.

“When I first started at the job, I appointed myself to the film selection committee. I’m so glad that I did. I ended up watching over 75 films,” said Cowden, 51, the new general manager of the StaenbergLoup Jewish Community Center’s Mizel Arts and Culture Center, which runs arts, culture and community programming. “So I’ve seen every minute of every film. The thing that strikes me is the entire lineup is extraordinarily strong, especially on the narrative feature side.”

One such film, based on a true story and the opening-night choice, is titled “Persian Lessons.”

“It’s a really remarkable, funny, profoundly heartbreaking film about a young Belgian Jew who gets taken captive by the SS and avoids being executed by convincing them he is Persian because he has a book that was written in Persian One,” Cowden said.

There’s one catch: The pro-

tagonist didn’t speak Persian and couldn’t read the book, so he invented a nonsense language, taught it to the commandment, and thus saved his life and others.

Cowden, who was hired in August, also sought some family films and found them in “The Crossing,” which is about children trying to reach Denmark’s border to get away from the occupation; and “When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit,” which is about a family on the run because the father was a journalist and a critic of the Nazis and Hitler.

“Both movies are great for families because they’re historical, they move very fast and focus on the kids,” Cowden said.

“Mighty Ira” also caught Cowden’s attention. It’s about Ira Glassman, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union for many years.

“It looks at his life through the lens of baseball,” Cowden said. “He was a Dodger fan and it shows him kicking around in Brooklyn where Ebbets Field used to be.”

Another unique film is “A Father’s Kaddish,” which is about pottery-maker Steven Branfman paying homage to his son, who died from brain cancer at age 23. Branfman, 69, used his pottery to help him work through his grief. Each day, for one year, he said a Kaddish prayer for his son and also created a Japanese tea bowl called a chawn.

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personal tribute, my personal Kaddish,” Branfman said. “They were the only pots I made for a year (and) each piece is unique.”

Branfman’s pottery will be on display at the Plinth Gallery, 3520 Brighton Blvd. in Denver, starting Feb. 4. Plinth Gallery will host a special opening from 7-9 p.m. Feb. 19, leading up to the film being screened at the JCC’s Elaine Wolf Theatre at 1 p.m. Feb. 20. Branfman

will attend the screening and conduct a question-and-answer session.

He will also have a selection of the remaining Kaddish tea bowls for sale. Proceeds will benefit organizations that fight cancer.

“Each piece reflected how I felt that day, what the weather was, how I was feeling physically,” Branfman said. “It gave me something I knew I was committed to do each day, no matter where I was.”

IF YOU GO What: 26th annual Denver Jewish Film Festival, featuring 34 films and shorts from 14 countries.

Where: The Mizel Arts and Culture Center at the Staenberg-Loup Jewish Community Center, 350 S. Dahlia St., in Denver.

When: Feb. 14-22, both virtual and in-person; and Feb. 23 to March 1, virtual only. From Feb. 14-22, virtual films will be available through Eventive the day after the in-person screening for seven days. Films to be shown only virtually will be available from Feb. 23 to March 1.

Virtual films can be seen through Chro-

mecasting on your television, or with the Eventive Smart TV apps for Roku or Apple TV. Tickets: Visit www.jccdenver.org/ film. Tickets can also be purchased both online and in-person at the Mizel Arts and Culture Center Box Office, from noon-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and one hour before all in-person screenings.

Cost: Individual tickets cost $15 for adults and $13 for students and seniors.

Virtual films cost $20 per household per film. A variety of film festival all-access passes are also available at different price points.

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A part of Five Points’ legacy Welton Street Café seeks community’s help with move

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

When someone walks into Welton Street Café, they’re not just customers.

“Welton Street Café means family,” said Fathima Dickerson, one of the restaurant’s co-owners. “We are here for family. We are here for community.

We are here to serve. We serve our community, and our community is our family.”

Welton Street Café, which is family owned and operated, got its start serving Denver’s Five Points community in 1986, eventually making itself known for being the place where one could get a pate — an island-style fried pastry stuffed with various fillings — and a Coke for $1.

People “got hooked,” said Chereka Dickerson, Welton Street Café’s communications manager, “and (the restaurant) became a staple.”

It opened a permanent location at 2736 Welton St. in July 1999. The space has served Welton Street Café well, however, it was known well before the pandemic hit that the establishment had outgrown the space, Dickerson said.

“The kitchen is so small,” Dickerson said. And “so many things need updated, it doesn’t make sense to stay.”

While the restaurant is surviving the pandemic, thanks to “the strength of our customers,” Dickerson said, a number of other issues have recently come about — namely, problems with the HVAC system in the old building, which Dickerson guesses was probably built sometime in the 1980s.

Welton Street Café’s current lease is up in March, and the restaurant is looking to move into a new, larger space about a block and a half away at 2883 Welton St., which it found in May 2021.

While the new location is secured, funding is an issue. Efforts to receive funding from sources such as government grants and loans, business

To learn more about Welton Street Cafe, visit weltonstreetcafe.com. The website includes a link to the restaurant’s Go Fund Me campaign to help with its move. loans and corporate grants have been unsuccessful, Dickerson said.

“So we are reaching out to our community for support,” states the message on Welton Street Café’s Go Fund Me page. “If we have our village behind us, then we can continue to serve.”

The Go Fund Me was launched on Jan. 13 with a $250,000 goal. This will be enough to help the restaurant build out before opening, meaning the money will be used to purchase equipment, furnishings, fixtures and other supplies.

“We’re trying to secure (enough) to give us a running start,” Dickerson said.

Welton Street Café hopes to not be out of operation for too long, even if it temporarily operates out of a ghost kitchen, or does only catering or popup events during the time before it can reopen in its new space, Dickerson said. Knowing also that the new space will need to go through the city’s permitting and inspections, the hope is to have Welton Street Café reopened in the new space by mid-2022.

Within the first week of launching the Go Fund Me, Welton Street Café’ had reached about 25% of its goal. By Jan. 21, a little more than $79,000 had been raised.

“It’s so heartwarming that we’re receiving this amount of support,” Dickerson said. “People in Denver like to see these mom-and-pop shops survive.”

Welton Street Café is a beloved part of the community, and especially among Denver’s Black population.

Historically, Five Points is known as the Harlem of the West, Dickerson said.

“There’s a lot of Black history centered in Five Points. This is where Black folks lived, and frequented the businesses,” Dickerson said.

Welton Street Café is part of that legacy, she added.

“We know people’s names when they come in,” Dickerson said. “It means a lot to people.”

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and parents’ rights fueled unprecedented interest in Colorado school board elections last year. More than $2.8 million flowed into 213 school board campaigns, and independent expenditure committees spent an additional $2.1 million on school board races, according to campaign finance reports.

The measure would have had the biggest impact on individual giving last year. Of those giving more than $2,500 to a candidate, 29 people donated more than $622,000 to 34 candidates. That’s more than a fifth of all individual contributions in school board races. Nearly half that cash went to four conservative Douglas County candidates who won their contests.

Lone Tree real estate developer Eric Garrett donated $30,000 each to four Douglas County school board candidates — Mike Peterson, Christy Williams, Becky Myers and Kaylee Winegar. Mike Slattery, who co-owns The Emporium in Castle Rock with his wife, Andrea, gave $20,000 each to the same candidates, while Andrea Slattery gave $10,000 each.

R. Stanton Dodge, who lives in Castle Pines and is the chief legal counsel for DraftKings, gave $12,500 to each of those four Douglas County candidates.

Stephen Keen, a Fort Collins lawyer, donated $40,000 to Jefferson County school board candidate Paula Reed and $10,000 each to Mary Parker and Danielle Varda in the

same district. The candidates, who also received financial support from the teachers union, won their election.

And in the Cherry Creek School District, Terrance Bates gave $41,400 to candidate Kelly Bates, who won a three-way race against two more conservative challengers.

Small donor committees contributed more than $524,000 to 80 candidates. But in only six instances did those donations exceed $25,000 per candidate. Each of those donations went to four candidates for the Denver Public Schools board and were from two committees representing teachers unions: the Public Education Committee, funded by Colorado Education Association members, and the DCTA Fund, funded by Denver Classroom Teachers Association.

The District Twelve Educators Political Action Committee spent nearly $122,000 on Jackson Dreiling’s unsuccessful campaign in the Adams County school district. The bill would treat political committees like individuals limiting them to $2,500 per candidate.

The law already limits donations from political committees to other types of candidates. For example, they can’t donate more than $2,000 to county commissioners or more than $400 to state Senate candidates.

A series of school board candidates, some successful, some not, told legislators that the need to raise so much money deterred many people from running for office and took control of school board elections away from the community.

They also said it made school board races more politicized.

“There is an idea that if you’re funded by the union you’re left and if you’re funded by something outside the union you’re right, and I was funded by neither,” said Beth Niznik, who said she took pride in winning a three-way race for Boulder Valley school board despite raising the least money. “That is the public perception. These are nonpartisan races.”

The bill is supported by Common Cause and Clean Slate Now, groups that advocate for transparency and campaign finance reform, as well as

by Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, the League of Women Voters, Education Reform Advocacy Now and the Colorado Association of School Boards.

Candidates who benefited from large donations in the most recent election didn’t testify.

The bill wouldn’t limit spending by independent expenditure committees, which are protected by the U.S. Supreme Court decision Citizens United. Independent expenditure committees may take unlimited donations and spend unlimited amounts, but they can’t give directly to candidates and aren’t supposed to coordinate with candidate campaigns.

Such committees don’t participate in most school board races, but in Denver Public Schools, independent expenditure committees accounted for about 67% of the $1.8 million spent last fall. Groups more supportive of education reform outspent groups affiliated with the teachers union, but failed to persuade voters.

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Though much of his work was focused on the Chicano and Mexican communities, his wife said he applied that same gentleness, commitment, and passion “for all oppressed peoples.”

Ricardo Martinez, 69, retired in 2019 from Padres & Jóvenes Unidos, which recently changed its name to Movimiento Poder, but retains a similar mission.

“He didn’t just fight for Latino students,” said Denver City Clerk Paul López, who first met Martinez in his youth. “He fought for every student,

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Nor would the bill limit how much candidates could spend on their own campaigns. Denver school board member Scott Baldermann spent more than $300,000 of his own money to get elected in 2019.

“I think the bill is going to have the opposite effect with more dark money (coming into elections),” said state Rep. Patrick Neville, a Castle Rock Republican who voted no. “I think we should be free to donate directly to the candidate and the candidate is responsible for the literature that is put out, rather than an independent expenditure committee.”

Democrats on the committee said they shared those concerns, but didn’t see that as a reason to have no limits on individual contributions. The bill passed 6 to 4 with Democrats in favor and Republicans against. It still needs to pass the full House and Senate before going to the governor’s desk.

Sirota acknowledged the bill won’t take money out of politics, but she said the change still feels valuable.

“Anyone who follows these school board races, it’s hard to imagine it getting any nastier,” Sirota said.

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said. The Martinezes met on a picket line and moved to Denver in 1982 as young parents. About a decade later, when Ricardo Martinez was working as a labor union organizer, they got a call from parents at Denver’s Valverde Elementary about a principal who was punishing students for speaking Spanish.

The Martinezes helped the parents successfully push for changes at the school. At a celebration of the parents’ victory, Pam Martinez recalled, one Valverde father suggested they keep the organization going — and what was then called Padres Unidos was born.

Over the next 30 years, the organization pressed Denver Public Schools on important issues from preserving bilingual education and improving the quality of school lunches to reducing suspensions and expulsions, which disproportionately affect Black and Latino students.

Padres & Jóvenes Unidos was instrumental in opening a bilingual Montessori elementary school in northwest Denver, Academia Ana Marie Sandoval, and in bringing about reforms at other city schools, including North High School and the former Cole Middle School.

A 2008 overhaul of Denver Public Schools’ discipline policy to reduce suspensions, expulsions, and police referrals was largely the result of years of organizing by Padres & Jóvenes Unidos, which worked with the district to shape the reforms.

“They were bulldogs, and they

were not going to let that go,” said Theresa Peña, who was president of the school board at the time. “Where there was compromise, they got 85% of what they brought to the table because they were right.”

Alex Sánchez worked for Denver Public Schools and now runs an advocacy organization, Voces Unidas de las Montañas, in Glenwood Springs. He remembers Martinez as a tireless advocate who was “one of the best in terms of movement building.”

“I have a vivid memory of being at a table with Ricardo when he was challenging the school district when a principal suspended several students because they were wearing a Mexican flag,” Sánchez said.

“Ricardo, parents, and youth came to the table and demanded accountability, as they should have, of that principal and the school system.”

Although the Martinezes led the organization, it was always their approach to empower parents and students to speak for themselves, observers said.

“A true organizer isn’t in the front chasing cameras or headlines,” López said. “A true organizer gets behind and pushes. … And he did that.”

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, superintendent of Denver Public Schools from 2005 to 2008, said Martinez forever changed the way the city serves its children of color by always making sure students and families were at the forefront of the movement.

“They organized, rallied, and took to the podium to demand justice and academic opportunity,” Bennet said in a statement. “They forged lasting changes in Denver’s neighborhoods

Ricardo Martinez, left, with former Denver Mayor Federico Peña at a march for COURTESY OF PAUL LÓPEZ immigrant rights in Denver in May 2006.

and schools. And through their many accomplishments, Ricardo’s legacy will endure.”

Pam Martinez said it was his love for justice and empowering others that drove his work.

“He loved watching people get their consciousness,” she said. “He loved people overcoming fear and turning it into strength and power.

He loved seeing the whole community become alive.”

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Portraits of strangers showcase humanity, love Finding purpose through the American Quilt Project

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On an unseasonably warm, 60 degrees Fahrenheit January day, Andy Lurie heads from his south Denver apartment to Red Rocks Amphitheater, cell phone in hand.

When he arrives, he immediately starts scouting the area, looking for faces to photograph.

“I’m really drawn to hats, beards, big smiles,” Lurie says, looking around.

He’s here to take portraits for The American Quilt Project.

“The American Quilt Project is basically a metaphorical quilt of humanity,” Lurie explains. “It’s essentially a lot of portrait photographs of all kinds of people who I’ve come across…and it’s all

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Lurie began the project five or six years ago, after a second suicide attempt. He woke up in the hospital days later, thankful to be alive.

“I decided I needed something to do, I needed a purpose,” says Lurie.

“I wanted to do something that showed love and connection.”

Lurie originally took landscape photographs, but soon found he was more drawn to people. He started approaching people at a festival in Morrison, asking them if he could take their picture.

Back at his apartment, Lurie’s picture wall features dozens of portraits including ones from the early days of the project. He points to one young man, sporting a huge grin across his face.

“He was one of my very first pictures, and I remember pointing my camera and having him beam this huge smile at m,” Lurie remembers fondly. “I think that’s all it took, I was hooked at that point.”

Now, he frequents places like Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Denver’s 16th Street Mall, farmers’ markets, festivals — anywhere that people gather. Since starting this project in 2017, Lurie has amassed over five thousand portraits, all displayed on his Instagram page.

“It would take you all day to go from the top to the bottom of my Instagram page,” Lurie laughs.

While he’s not quite sure what the end goal of his project looks like, Lurie does know he wants to make a difference, no matter how small.

“I want people to feel uplifted, like they belong to this human race as well,” Lurie says. “I hope the pictures emanate a kind of a love, and that people feel connected to that.”

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ast week a good friend of mine and former neighbor, Steve, posted something on his Facebook page. It was a story of road trips he would take with his family and all the sights, sounds and feelings that were shared along the way. And more importantly his message was about the memories that were created and how looking back on them now, they held even deeper meaning.

Having grown up with grandparents who liked to take long road trips too, his story inspired me to reflect on some of those trips. And it also gave me a reason to ask my own children what they remembered and enjoyed the most about our own cross-country trips each year. I wondered and hoped that one day that they would also look back on our many journeys with happy memories. Memories that perhaps shaped their lives today.

And it’s more than road trips, isn’t it? Doesn’t it just feel incredible when we can reflect on life’s experiences that we enjoyed with our family and friends? Isn’t it wonderful when a sound, sight, or even smell brings us back to a place and time that fills

us with joy? Or an old photograph we find while cleaning out our desk, basement, office, or attic.

This happened to me recently as I was reorganizing my office. I would pause as I found photos of friends and family and explore the picMichael Norton ture and the scenery and remember exactly what was happening when the picture was taken.

Recently I was spending time with a friend who was grieving the loss of a loved one. Their family member had lived a full and good life. As we talked, cried and laughed, I asked them what they remembered most about the family member who had passed away.

My friend reflected for a moment and then started rattling off all the best and funniest memories that they had had together. Tears welled up in their eyes when they remembered the sweetest moments, and even the most difficult seasons of life.

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Do you remember the times that you have experienced with your family and friends? Do you allow yourself the time to revisit and reflect on your good and happy memories? I share this with you because at a time where many are feeling the stresses of the past two years, we need to remember that even during these trying times, we have plenty of opportunities to create new, happy and lasting memories. And one day, we will all look back on this season of life and ask the person sitting with us, “Do you remember the time when during the pandemic we…?”

The choices we make today will be the events we remember tomorrow and in the years that follow. The life and the trips and the stories we write today will be told amongst our family and friends in the future. And one day when we are all sitting around the table or in the car on a road trip, we will be asking that same question, “Do you remember the time when we…?”

What would you like those conversations to feel like and sound like? What do you hope your family members and friends will remember most about

your time together? I love this quote

by Maya Angelou that underscores this point, “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” How do you want people to feel when they remember their time spent with you?

Road trips, vacations, conferences, Sunday family dinner, game night, movie night, church, dinner out with friends, birthday parties, weddings, anniversary celebrations, funerals and memorial services, and just life in general give us so many opportunities to create and capture so many beautiful and wonderful memories.

What are your favorite memories? I would love to hear all about them at mnorton@tramazing.com, and when we take the time to focus on those beautiful memories, it really will be a better than good year.

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If you enjoy being outdoors, there is no shortage of activities in and around Denver to make the most of this winter. From a simple enjoyable walk in a neighborhood park to mountain biking on local trails and ice skating, there are many activities to choose from that will suite all kinds of preferences for outdoor adventures.

Even though the weather is cold and you might prefer to watch your latest favorite Netflix series, here are some ways to stay active and make the most of being outside this winter:

Ice skating Is there a better winter tradition than ice skating? This season visit a rink in Denver to give skating a whirl. The Downtown Denver Rink at Skyline Park opened on Nov. 24 and provides free skating through Feb. 20. During the season, skating is free, with skate rentals available for $7 for kids 12 and under, and $9 for people ages 13 and over. Bring your MY Denver Card to enjoy free skate rentals at the Downtown Denver Rink and check online for more information including hours of

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Sledding, snowboarding and skiing After a major snow fall, venture Happy Haynes to the corner of West Florida Avenue and South Platte River Drive, where you’ll find 80-acre Ruby Hill Park and a seasonal Rail Yard and terrain park for skiers and snowboarders. Bring a sled to experience the hills that the park has to offer and enjoy a classic pastime. In the winter months, Denver Parks and Recreation and Winter Park host the free Ruby Hill Rail Yard in Denver, which includes a terrain park for snowboarders and skiers.

If you are feeling extra adventurous and want to venture outside of Denver, there are a plethora of winter programs through Denver Parks and Recreation where youth can learn to snowboard or ski, and adults can try their hand at cross country skiing, snowshoeing and other winter adventures.

Walking in a city park You don’t need snow to enjoy walking in the many great parks Denver has to offer, or on the more than 80 miles of off-street, multi-use trails within the city limits. Especially when it’s cold and dark, getting outside is invigorating and provides positive mental and physical health benefits. Plus, you never know what you might run into along the way - a playground, a trail, a great view of the mountains or a friendly neighbor - that will make your walk even more worthwhile. And if there is some snow on the ground, consider letting your inner child out, pick up some snow and toss a snowball or build a snowman.

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Weather permitting, visit Ruby Hill Bike Park to test your riding skills on a variety of terrain and features that are designed to improve balance and other biking skills. The park features a slopestyle course, dirt jumps, pump tracks and a skills course. Varying lines of difficulty from beginner to advanced offer options for all skill levels, with a special expert slopestyle line to challenge and entertain professional riders. There is also a 1.7-mile multiuse natural surface loop trail around the perimeter of Ruby Hill Park that is suitable for mountain biking.

Please be aware that the bike park closes when conditions are muddy to preserve the integrity of its features.

What outdoor fall and winter activities are you interested in that you’d like to see in Denver’s future open spaces? Visit our website at tinyurl. com/OutdoorAdventuresPlan to learn more about efforts to improve the future of outdoor adventure in Denver. After all, we don’t have many snow closure days in our Denver outdoor spaces, so get outside and play!

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Pandemic, popular Netflix series stir interest, ire

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hile waiting out the coronavirus, it appears the world got ‘board.’

Who knew all it would take to reignite global interest in chess was a raging pandemic and unsupervised access to the internet?

No, seriously.

As public health orders canceled concerts and closed theaters and restaurants, we looked inward—and online—for ways to occupy time and connect with others.

We made masks.

We howled at the moon.

We binge-watched.

And “The Queen’s Gambit” was one of our favorites.

The Netflix miniseries, set in the 1950s and ‘60s, is a coming-ofage story of a fictional teenage chess prodigy based on the 1983 Walter Tevis novel of the same name.

It follows the life of orphan Elizabeth Harmon and her substance abuse struggle as she rises through the ranks to become a world chess champion.

It was a story we liked—a lot.

Within the first three weeks of its October 2020 debut, the sevenepisode drama had toy stores scrambling to keep chess sets on the shelves and online buyers coming up with empty carts and backorders.

Market research firm NPD Group reported unit sales of chess sets jumped 87% in the U.S., and chess book sales rose by an astronomical 603%.

“The idea that a streaming television series can have an impact on product sales is not a new one, but we are finally able to view it through the data,” said NPD toy industry advisor Juli Lennett in a November 2020 statement. “The sales of chess books and chess sets, which had previously been flat or declining for years, turned sharply up-

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ward as the popular new series gained viewers.”

Online gaming platforms also saw dramatic increases in memberships and active users.

Chess.com Director of Technology at Saad Abdali said traffic to the online chess site tripled after the pandemic hit.

He published a July 20, 2021 tech blog discussing how the site handled the dramatic user surge and said that in March 2020 alone, the number of daily active users rose from 280,000 to more than 1 million.

The Queen’s Gambit accepted Tucked away in a south Denver hotel ballroom, the Denver Chess Club MLK Memorial Chess Tournament gets underway.

The room’s atmosphere is ripe with heavy sighs and a constant hum from the ventilation system.

The two-day, five-round Swiss tournament held Jan. 15-16

attracted more than 90 local players.

While 23-year-old tournament director Andrew Starr admits he is ”a little on the young side for a tournament director,” he says the turnout for the in-person event was exceptional.

Starr circles the room, observing the players—and spectators that gather to view the more exciting games.

He admits a great deal of the director’s job is reminding folks of the tournament’s strict silence policy. ”It’s expected (that spectators are) to be silent at all times,” he said. “As a tournament director, that’s my big sticking point.”

The CU grad student and Grandview High School alum said he’s pleased with the wildly popular Netflix series.

“The top thing I liked about it is that better than any other pop culture piece, it accurately SEE CHESS, P10

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represents the chess world without making it inaccessible to general audiences,” Starr said.

And that’s important.

As Starr points out, there are many elements of chess culture that the public tends to get wrong. ”I think one of the biggest misconceptions about chess players is that they’re these bizarre, quiet recluses,” he said. “I think it’s because Bobby Fischer is the most famous American chess player, and that’s how he was.”

Lauded for his stunning 1972 World Championship win against Soviet defending champion Boris Spassky, Grand Master Robert James Fischer was also known for his eccentric and often exaggerated paranoid behavior.

Fischer made numerous antiSemitic outbursts throughout his career, and in 1992 was indicted for ignoring an executive order from President George H.W. Bush.

The order, which imposed restrictions on relations with Yugoslavia, made Fischer’s famous rematch with is Spassky illegal, based on its location in Belgrade.

In front of the world press, Fischer spat on the presidential order and said, “This is my reply.”

Colorado Chess Hall of Famer Richard “Buck” Buchanan has been a staple in the Colorado chess community for more than 40 years. He’s organized and directed countless chess tournaments and says everybody’s a little different when it comes to chess culture. ”Basically, chess players have varied personalities as would any other group that you want to meet,” Buchanan explained.

“I don’t want to generalize about the culture because that’s one of the rich things about chess. It’s part of the human experience.

It’s an art form. It’s a competition. It’s fun, and it’s got room in it for all kinds of creativity, discovery and excitement.”

No longer just ‘old white guys’ In the U.S., the 1950s and ‘60s were periods of drastic contrast, so say many historians—the ‘50s being the post-World War II decade of prosperity and conformity. In comparison, the ‘60s brought about change and rebellion.

The ongoing Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union played heavily into the miniseries storyline.

It was a period when men dominated the chess scene, and only a handful of female players got the opportunity to compete professionally.

“The show framed the main character as one young girl against a bunch of old Russian men,” said Starr. ”And that’s just how it was in Fischer’s day. But now, things are a little different.”

Chess is no longer just about “old white guys,” he said, adding

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that the game and the players are more diverse, vibrant and respectful now.

In his opinion, the game is also becoming much younger.

And he might be right.

Last year, Tanitoluwa “Tani” Adewumi, a 10-year-old Nigerian refugee living in New York, became America’s newest chess master at the tender age of 10, according to the U.S. Chess Federation, making him the 28th youngest person to achieve the status.

And at just 15, Cherry Creek High School students Neil Bhavikatti and Vedanth Sampath are among the highest-ranked players in Colorado.

“No discussion of chess culture would be complete without talking about women in chess,” Starr said. “I think that both evolving social norms and the impetus of ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ have propelled more girls into playing, which personally, I think is excellent, but there are some contentious issues regarding female chess players that may be worth talking about.”

One of those is the concept of women-only tournaments.

Starr supports the idea.

He says all-female tournaments may help break the ice and encourage more girls and women to give the game a try.

Another point of contention, Starr says, is the concept of separate titles for men and women.

“I know that as a man, I can’t speak for the opinions of all women, but I do join a sizable number of female chess players in saying that women’s titles are a little demeaning. Among other requirements, a grandmaster (GM) title requires a rating of 2500, whereas a woman grandmaster (WGM) only needs to obtain a rating of 2300. which, to me, carries the implication of women being weaker chess players,” he said. “While men have obviously had far more success

in the chess world than women, I chalk this up to young boys being steered into chess and young girls being steered elsewhere.”

It’s complicated, Starr said, but the trend is women are starting to see more mainstream success in chess.

The Queen’s Gambit declined Born in the Soviet Union in 1941, Nona Gaprindashvili would become the first woman to be awarded the grandmaster title by the World Chess Federation.

During her career and reign as Women’s World Chess Champion, which spanned 1962-1978, she successfully competed against some of the strongest male players in the world.

Many of them are Russian.

Mentioned by name in “The Queen’s Gambit,” Gaprindashvili was not pleased with the series or how it portraited her.

In fact, she was pretty hot.

In September 2021, she filed a $5 million lawsuit against Netflix, citing false light invasion of privacy and defamation per se.

The 80-year-old, now living in Tbilisi, Georgia, is seeking a trial by jury.

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of California, centers around allegations that “Netflix brazenly and deliberately lied about Gaprindashvili’s achievements for the cheap and cynical purpose of ‘heightening the drama’ by making it appear that its fictional hero had managed to do what no other woman, including Gaprindashvili, had done.”

And that was face men at the highest levels of chess competition.

The internet as a game-changer The game of chess dates back more than 1,500 years.

Often referred to as the game of kings, chess sets have taken many forms, from rudimentary carvings to elegant and ornate masterpieces crafted from gold and silver.

Now, chess, like most everything else, can be found online.

For some players, the number of resources available makes online chess attractive.

But not to everyone.

Vedanth Sampath, who participated in the Denver Chess Club’s recent in-person tour-

nament, said he’s not a fan of online chess, primarily because of cheating or what some players call “computer doping.”

Doping is essentially using a computer program or an application to obtain an unfair advantage during play.

Not just limited to lower-rated players, grandmasters have also been snared.

Some players have even mastered monetizing chess by livestreaming their games on platforms like Twitch.

A February 2020 article by CNBC News reports 25-year old chess master Alexandra Botez “brings in over $100,000 a year as a professional chess streamer.”

Neil Bhavikatti says popular streamers help bring new players to the board, and Twitch has positively affected the game.

“The game going online brings in such an enormous amount of people to the game,” Starr said. ”It makes it a lot easier to get good very quickly.”

So will chess over-the-board become a relic of bygone days?

It’s hard to say.

When asked what chess needs to stay relevant in the future, Buchanan said, “It just needs to be played—and it seems to be doing a pretty good job.”

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, COLORADO 1437 Bannock Street Denver, CO 80202 Plaintiff: CITYWIDE INVESTMENTS, LLC, a Colorado Corporation v.

Defendants: 2822 JACKSON STREET LAND TRUST; BOYKIN VENTURES, INC.; DP ASSETS, LLC; FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION; FOXY INVESTMENTS, INC.; ANTONIO D. GIRULE; TRACY D. HICKS; JAGUAR ASSOCIATED GROUP LLC; JAGUAR FUNDING, LLC; CRAIG KHOLOS; KTR MANAGEMENT, INC; PC FINANCIAL, LLC; PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF THE COUNTY OF DENVER, COLORADO; MARK MILLER; TERESA TALARICO; WESTERN REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT LLC; JONATHAN WYSOCKI; AND ALL OTHER PERSONS WHOSE NAMES ARE UNKNOWN WHO MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION. Attorneys for Plaintiff: David M. “Merc” Pittinos (#35732) Allison M. Hester (#51383) Moye White LLP 16 Market Square, 6th Floor 1400 16th Street Denver, Colorado 80202 Telephone No.: (303) 292-2900 Fax No.: (303) 292-4510 Emails: merc.pittinos@moyewhite.om allison.hester@moyewhite.com Case No. 2021CV034081 Division: 280 SUMMONS FOR SERVICE

BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO: JAGUAR ASSOCIATED GROUP LLC JAGUAR FUNDING, LLC ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION: You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims in the Complaint filed by the Plaintiff with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication.

A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

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

This is an action to quiet title to real property situated in Denver County, Colorado described as: A parcel of land being a portion of Lot 20, Block 1, Buell’s Addition, City and county of Denver, State of Colorado, described as follows: Beginning at a point on the East line of said Lot 20, from which the Southeast corner of said Lot 20 lays Southerly 19.5 feet, thence Westerly at right angles, 18.7 feet to the true point of beginning on the East face of a residential four-plex building structure existing on the 10th day of February, 2000; thence along the centerline of the common walls of said building structure, the following six courses; continuing Westerly along the previous course, 1.4 feet, thence Southerly at right angles, 2.4 feet; thence Westerly at right angles 4.9 feet; thence Northerly at right angles, 2.4 feet; thence Westerly at right angles 7.7 feet; thence Southerly at right angles 9.6 feet to a point on the Southerly face of said building structure; thence Easterly at right angles, 14.0 feet to the Southeast corner of said building structure; thence Northerly at right angles and along the Easterly face of said building structure, 9.6 to the true point of beginning, City and County of Denver, State of Colorado.

Also known by: 2818 North Jackson Street, Rear 1, Denver, CO 80205.

Schedule No. 0225425034000 Dated: January 4, 2022 Respectfully submitted, **Original Signature on File at the Offices of Moye White LLP By: /s/ David M. “Merc” Pittinos David M. “Merc” Pittinos (#35732) Allison M. Hester (#51383) Attorneys for Plaintiff Citywide Investments, LLC Legal Notice No. 81375 First Publication: January 13, 2022 Last Publication: February 10, 2022 Published in the Denver Herald Dispatch Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF DENVER,

STATE OF COLORADO Court Address: 1437 Bannock Street Denver, CO 80202 Telephone: 303-606-2300 Plaintiff: CHASE MORTGAGE HOLDINGS, INC., successor by merger to JPMC Specialty Mortgage LLC, v.

Defendant(s): ELEANOR J. OLIVER; THE PARKFIELD MASTER OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation; VONETTA BUSH-WILLIAMS; M2 LENDING SOLUTIONS, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., acting solely as a nominee for M2 Lending Solutions, LLC, and its successors and assigns; and PAUL D. LOPEZ, solely in his capacity as the Denver County Public Trustee, Attorneys for Plaintiff: Holly R. Shilliday, Attorney Reg. No. 24423 McCarthy & Holthus, LLP 7700 E. Arapahoe Road, Suite 230 Centennial, CO 80112 Telephone: 303-952-6905 Facsimile: 866-894-7369 Email: hshilliday@mccarthyholthus.com Case Number: 2021CV033247 Division: 209 SUMMONS THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE BELOW NAMED DEFENDANT: Eleanor J. Oliver 3326 Cherry Street, Denver, CO 80207 Vonetta Bush-Williams 15760 E. 48th Place, Denver, CO 80207 You are hereby summoned and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the attached Complaint (“Complaint”).

If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you within the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within twenty-one (21) days after such service upon you. If service of the Complaint was made upon you outside of the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within thirty-five (35) days after such service upon you.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within the applicable time period, judgment by default may be entered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice to you.

Dated this 29th day of December 2021.

McCarthy & Holthus, LLP By: /s/ Holly R. Shilliday Holly R. Shilliday Attorney Reg No. 24423 7700 E. Arapahoe Road, Suite 230 Centennial, CO 80112 Telephone: (877) 369-6122 Attorney for Plaintiff Legal Notice No. 81376 First Publication: January 13, 2022 Last Publication: February 10, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Notice to Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mary Jane Grant, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31674 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 May 27, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jason A. Grant, Personal Representative PO Box 4091 Bullfrog, UT 84533 Legal Notice No. 81400 First Publication: January 27, 2022 Last Publication: February 10, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of: MARY S. THOMPSON, AKA MARY SUSIE THOMPSON, AKA MARY THOMPSON, AKA SUSIE THOMPSON, Deceased Case Number: 2021-PR-31659 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Denver County,Colorado on or before June 3, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Dated this 3rd day of February, 2022.

LINDA MARIE HOUSLEY Personal Representative to the Estate c/o Hubert T. Morrow, Esq. 1800 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, CO 80120

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Phone: (720) 940-1314 Legal Notice No. 81418 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 17, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Paul Thomas Burns Jr., a/k/a Paul T. Burns, a/k/a Paul Burns, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30009 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 June 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Suzette Riddick, Personal Representative 2220 N. Downing Street Denver, CO 80205 Legal Notice No. 81422 First Publication: February 10, 2022 Last Publication: February 24, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JODI KAY REINHARD, a/k/a JODI K. REINHARD, a/k/a JODI REINHARD, a/k/a J.K. REINHARD, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31703 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 May 27, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Richard Allen Reinhard Personal Representative 1333 Sequoia Avenue Craig, CO 81625 Legal Notice No. 81401 First Publication: January 27, 2022 Last Publication: February 10, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Joan M. Baldwin, aka Joan Baldwin, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31766 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 June 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. /s/ Fred Cantafio, Personal Representative 3969 E 170 N Rigby, ID 83442 Legal Notice No. 81424 First Publication: February 10, 2022 Last Publication: February 24, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of CHARLES P. SCHNEIDER, a/k/a CHARLES SCHNEIDER, a/k/a CHARLES PHILIP SCHNEIDER, a/k/a CHARLIE SCHNEIDER, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR031797 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 May 27, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Tracey M. Gold, Personal Representative c/o Carl H. Hutchins, Esq. Hutchins & Associates LLC 1999 Broadway, Suite 1400 Denver, Colorado 80202 Legal Notice No. 81398 First Publication: January 27, 2022 Last Publication: February 10, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Eufrasia Diana Fernandez, Deceased Case Number 2022PR30034 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court in and for the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before June 3, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Attorney for Personal Representative The Hickey Law Firm, LLC 1075 South Yukon Street, Suite 260 Lakewood, Colorado 80226 Legal Notice No. 81415 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 17, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

PUBLIC NOTICE

Case Number 2021 PR 31802

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Dorothy Evelyn Carroll Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 566

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 June 3, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

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 or before June 3, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred.

Walter F. Carroll Personal Representative 344 S. Oneida Way Denver, CO 80224

Legal Notice No. 81408 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 17, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

Legal Notice No: 81413 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 17, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Gwen Lynn Wilson, aka Gwen L. Wilson, aka Lynn Wilson, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31810

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Marie Celia Martinez, Deceased Case Number: 21PR31551 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 June 3, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Tracy Nolan Attorney to the Personal Representative The Rutherford Law Center, LLC 8795 Ralston Rd, Ste 113 Arvada, CO 80002

Public Notice

Public Notice

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 June 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

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 June 3, or the claims may be forever barred.

David R. DiGiacomo Attorney for Personal Representative 400 Ward Road, Building 3, # 200 Arvada, CO 80002 Phone: 303 931 2554

Legal Notice No. 81420 First Publication: February 10, 2022 Last Publication: February 24, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

PUBLIC NOTICE

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 June 15, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Henry Ray Goodson, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 031486 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 May 27, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

S. Blake Harris, Esq. #45942 Attorney to the Personal Representative 1660 17th Street, Suite 120 Denver, Colorado 80202

Michelle M. Starr, Personal Representative c/o 6060 Greenwood Plaza Blvd #200 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No. 81423 First Publication: February 10, 2022 Last Publication: February 24, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Marlit Lisbeth Jernberg, aka Marlit L. Jernberg, aka Marlit Jernberg, Deceased Case Number: 22PR3

Legal Notice No. 81395 First Publication: January 27, 2022 Last Publication: February 10, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

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 June 3, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Francis Joseph Bastedo, aka Francis J. Bastedo, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30111 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 June 3, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of ROBERT GIBBS MARTIN, a/k/a ROBERT G. MARTIN, a/k/a R G MARTIN, a/k/a ROBERT MARTIN, Deceased

Neal K. Dunning Attorney to the Personal Representative Brown Dunning Walker Fein PC 2000 S. Colorado Blvd, 2-700 Denver, CO 80222

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of LEE ROY STARR, aka LEE R. STARR, Deceased Case Number 22PR30142

Legal Notice No. 81416 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 17, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

Kenneth Street Wilson Personal Representative 328 S Fairfield St. Denver, CO 80222

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of THOMAS LEE SITTLER, also known as TOM SITTLER, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR030072

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Craig Bradberg Williamson, aka Craig Williamson, aka Craig B. Williamson, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31580

Legal Notice No. 81410 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 17, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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 June 3, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 81412 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 17, 2022 Publisher:Denver Herald-Dispatch

Legal Notice No.81417 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 17, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Deborah M. Matthews Personal Representative c/o 6060 Greenwood Plaza Blvd #200 Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Sharon Heinzerling Personal Representative 1801 E. Girard Pl., Apt. 125 Englewood, CO 80113

Marianne Amberg, Personal Representative 6071 Pierson Court Arvada, Colorado 80004 Legal Notice No. 81409 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 17, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of William Ronald Evers, a/ka/ William R. Evers, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR0592 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Probate Court of Denver County, Colorado on or before June 3, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

By: Renee Vejvoda Renee Renee Vejvoda

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February 10, 2022

COOKIES

HOW TO GET GIRL SCOUT COOKIES Girl Scout cookie season in Colorado this year is Feb. 6-March 13.

Adventurefuls, Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs, Trefoils, Dos-Si-Dos and Lemon-Ups cost $5/package.

S’mores and gluten-free Toffee-tastic cost $6/package.

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Bianca Morris’ troop, which serves central Denver, works toward what they call the Three S’s — Spend, Share and Save — with their cookie sales.

Spend is the money the troop can use to buy things they need, such as supplies. Share is the money that they give back to the community.

Save is the money the troop will put toward an adventure or trip, which, currently, the plan is to go to Hawaii once it is safe to do so, concerning COVID. Bianca Morris has a goal to sell between 500-700 boxes of cookies this year. Considering reasonable time management, this is a smaller goal than last year — 1,000 boxes, which she met — because she has more going on this year with school and coursework.

Plus, Bianca Morris added, “I can always get more boxes if needed.”

Bianca Morris is looking forward to selling cookies at school and booth sales because she enjoys connecting with the community, she said.

“People know about Girl Scouts and know it helps girls out. It makes people happy knowing

1. Booth sales: Some Girl Scouts will still be doing booth sales this year, and some will be offering drivethru booths. There is a mobile app to help find the booths, or text COOKIES to 59618. To use the Cookie Finder online, visit girlscoutsofcolorado.org, and select Find Cookies. Enter your zip code in the Cookie Finder, and a new window will provide you with a list of dates, times and locations of a local Girl Scout cookie sales booth.

Denver Girl Scout Bianca Morris is looking forward to selling the new cookie, Adventurefuls, which represents all the adventures that cookie sales fund for Girl Scouts.

HELEN L. MONTOYA

Girl Scout cookies are the same and that they can still get them,” Bianca Morris said. “But I also like getting to eat the cookies myself.

That’s always a great part of cookie season.”

2. Digital Cookie: If you know a Girl Scout, this might be the most direct way to get your cookies. Your Girl Scout might send you an invite to purchase cookies from her Digital Cookie site, but you can also ask her for her Digital Cookie link. Through Digital Cookie, you pay online and cookies can be shipped. If you are local to the Girl Scout you are ordering from, inquire about delivery — some troops are offering in-person and contactless delivery.

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Public Notices Personal Representative 3798 S Jasmine Street Denver CO 80237 Legal Notice No. 81414 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 17, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jac A. Oxley, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31806 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 May 27, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

JAMES A. DIERKER Attorney to the Personal Representative 7752 E. 4th Ave., 3A DENVER, CO 80230 Legal Notice No. 81403 First Publication: January 27, 2022 Last Publication: February 10, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Edward John Bohn, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31767 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 May 27, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Connie S. Bohn, Personal Representative 12 Mountain Willow Drive Littleton, CO 80127 Legal Notice No. 81399 First Publication: January 27, 2022 Last Publication: February 10, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Thomas Stephen Ahmann, a/k/a Thomas S. Ahmann, a/k/a Thomas Ahmann, a/k/a Tom Ahmann, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30040 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 June 3, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

YOSSEF BERSANO, Personal Representative 450 Golden Isles Drive #2F, Hallandale Beach, FL 33009 Legal Notice No. 81411 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 17, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Joan Massey, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31769 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 May 27, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ms. Arnette D. Schouten Personal Representative 1680 South Clarkson Street Denver, Colorado 80210 Legal Notice No. 81396 First Publication: January 27, 2022 Last Publication: February 10, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice Notice of Interest This notice is out of necessity for the establishment of a perfected interest in the Estate identified herein. The JENNIFER MEGAN MCCAW, Estate, hereinafter “DEBTOR” Bond registration Colorado Vital Statistics file number 1051962019843, Federal Reserve, federal insurance, and Treasury account number ending in xxxx0646, is a commercial transmitting utility for transmitting life energy into a valuable form cognizable in commerce. The grantor, beneficiary, heir and General Executrix McCaw, Jennifer Megan a woman, hereinafter “Creditor” has a priority secured interest in the Debtor’s property by private agreement in the amount of thirty-three billion dollars ($33,000,000,000.00). As of the date of this publishing, no person, natural or artificial, has presented a superior claim of interest in the DEBTOR’s Estate incl. but not limited to personal and real property, chattels and entitlement rights of the Estate assets and securities to Creditor. The last known residence address of the DEBTOR Estate as certified on the certificate of title is the State of Colorado Department of Vital Statistics, 4300 Cherry Creek Drive, Denver, Colorado, 80246. All DEBTOR’s labor/energy, and every product created therefrom, whether past, present, or future are indentured by private agreement.

All products of DEBTOR’s labor including but not limited to property acquired by gift, agreement, wage and/or sale in DEBTOR’s NAME. All means “everything” real and personal which DEBTOR has both in possession and not in possession as an

equitable interest.

Personal Tangible and Intangible Property All: Bank accounts, credit accounts, deposit accounts, securities accounts, investment accounts, derivatives, derivative accounts, government accounts, government subdivision accounts, government municipality accounts, public organization accounts, non-profit organization accounts, religious organization accounts, private organization accounts, internet company accounts, information accounts, social media accounts, goods and services company accounts, medical accounts, retirement accounts, insurance accounts, securities, financial assets, commercial paper, mortgages, bank notes, deeds of trust, bonds, stocks, interest certificates, registration certificates, jewelry, automobiles, aircraft, boats, hunting and fishing accessories, clothes, tools, electronics, furniture, appliances, household goods, commodities and all intangible future creations through lifeforce energy, i.e. labor.

Real Property All land, including fixtures, timber, livestock, vegetation, animals, minerals, air, and water contained within the land zone that is, have been or will be held and/or possessed in DEBTOR’s NAME. Notice of Adverse Claim Any real or artificial person and/or municipal corporation with an adverse claim to any of the DEBTOR’s property shall send their claim certified under oath (notary jurat), or unsworn declaration pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746(1), sent certified or registered mail within three (3) days of the final publishing of this notice or any time thereafter to: McCaw, Jennifer Megan occupant of the office of General Executrix of the JENNIFER MEGAN MCCAW, Estate, c/o 4321 Kingwood Drive, #165, Kingwood, Texas [77339-9998]. Creditor reserves all rights incl. the right to assign interest in DEBTOR’s property to any natural or artificial person incl. but not limited to trusts. All claims of debt and interest under the color of any law after thirty (30) days of the final publishing of this notice are null and void by operation of law.

Legal Notice No. 81405 First Publication: January 27, 2022 Last Publication: February 10, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice Notice to Creditors Michael Harris Pratt, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR031629 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 May 27, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kathleen Pratt Personal Representative 455 SW Eagles Parkway, #4105 Grain Valley, MO 64029

of Name of a minor child was filed with the Denver District Court on August 6, 2021

Legal Notice No. 81404 First Publication: January 27, 2022 Last Publication: February 10, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch

The Petition requests that the name of Donavan Jeremiah Breaux be changed to Donavan Jeremiah Drinker Case No.: 21CV352

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Constance B. Crocker, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR031707

Genevieve Rotella, Clerk of Court By: Deputy Clerk

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 June 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 81355 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 17, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Bank of America, NA, c/o Chris Meninno PO Box 653071, Mail Code TATG2 Dallas, TX 75265

Public notice is given that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child was filed with the Denver District Court on August 6, 2021

Katherine C. Brengle 12 East 97th Street, Apt 9H New York, NY 10029

The Petition requests that the name of Derick Nehemiah Breaux be changed to Derick Nehemiah Drinker Case No.: 21CV351

Legal Notice No. 81421 First Publication: February 10, 2022 Last Publication: February 24, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Genevieve Rotella, Clerk of Court By: Deputy Clerk

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of HANNELORE MARIA CRENSHAW, also known as HANNELORE M. CRENSHAW, aka HANNELORE CRENSHAW, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31611 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 June 20, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Lotus Fiduciary Services, Inc.,

by Shaylee Holland, President and/or Lisa Dunn, Agent, Personal Representative PO Box 101775 Denver, CO 80250

Legal Notice No. 81356 First Publication: February 3, 2022 Last Publication: February 17, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch

### Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of PAUL C. YOUNG, JR., A/K/A PAUL CAMPBELL YOUNG, JR., A/K/A PAUL YOUNG, JR., A/K/A PAUL C. YOUNG, A/K/A PAUL CAMPBELL YOUNG, AND PAUL YOUNG, Deceased.

Case Number: 2021PR31803 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 June 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 301294 First Publication: February 10, 2022 Last Publication: February 24, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

A. Keller Young, Personal Representative 6009 Boston Street Denver, CO 80238

Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Legal Notice No. 81426 First Publication: February 10, 2022 Last Publication: February 24, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public notice is given that a Petition for a Change

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