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VOLUME 95 | ISSUE 21

Parkinson’s is a ‘disease of everyone’ New law bans

openly carrying firearms near voting locations No Republican legislators supported bill meant to prevent intimidation

Team Camp-Young-Cone Cyclers gather for a photo during a past year’s Parkinson’s Revolution event. The event, which benefits the Parkinson’s Foundation, takes place across the U.S. on June 11. Denver is one of 35 cities hosting an in-person Parkinson’s Revolution, COURTESY PHOTO which will take place at the Sloan’s Lake High Ride Cycle.

Fundraiser set for June 11 will include Denver

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Every nine minutes, someone in the United States is diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

It is the fastest-growing neurologi-

cal disease, but there is much less known about it when compared to other diseases, said Lisa Cone, an advocate for the Parkinson’s Foundation who also serves as vice chair of the organization’s People with Parkinson’s Council.

“It’s such a different disease to live with because it affects everything,” Cone said. “Every body system is connected to Parkinson’s symptoms.”

Parkinson’s disease is a progressive and degenerative brain disorder that affects a person’s muscle movement. While the disease itself is not fatal, its complications can be serious and greatly diminish quality of life. The most obvious motor, or movement, symptoms include tremors, slowing and stiffening movements.

SEE PARKINSON’S, P4

Giving back to Mother Earth this April River clean-up, litter removal, tree celebration on deck for Denver

BY ELICIA HESSELGRAVE SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Denver residents have proven a vested interest in environmental wellness.

In 2020, Ballot Measure 2A was voted in by Denver residents, creating the Climate Protection Fund, which provides up to $40 million annually to advance climate action goals.

As a result, the city and county of Denver’s Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency was approved to increase its office staff from a handful of employees to now more than 35 staff.

“This investment in our future is

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a testament to how much Denverites truly care about the environment,” said Winna MacLaren, manager of communications and engagement for the Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency.

“We’ve seen active participation for Earth Day around the city for many years.”

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BY BENTE BIRKELAND COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill into law on March 30 that bans anyone in Colorado from openly carrying a firearm within 100 feet of a voting location, unless their property falls within that buffer.

The Vote Without Fear Act was a priority election bill for Democrats in charge of the state legislature. Supporters say the law is needed to prevent the harassment of voters and poll workers, arguing that the current intimidation law can be difficult to enforce.

It passed with no support from Republicans, who argued it infringed on Second Amendment rights.

Supporters say the bill will help prevent voter intimidation Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder Joan Lopez attended the bill signing ceremony at the state capitol and recalled an incident that occurred on the eve of the 2020 presidential election. Two men came to the county’s administrative office in Littleton.

“Came in with cameras, filming SEE FIREARMS, P7

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Democrats plan to reduce paid family leave fees for 6 months Polis state party face election-year pressure

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

One of the most expensive proposals from Gov. Jared Polis and Democrats in the Colorado legislature this year aimed at driving down the cost of living involves the state’s new paid family leave program. But the business community, which would benefit from the effort, says the amount of relief is so small and so short-lived that it won’t have a measurable effect.

House Bill 1305 would, for six months, reduce the fee split between employers and employees that the state will charge starting next year as part of Colorado’s new, voter-approved paid family and parental leave program.

The reduction would drop the fee rate to 0.81% of an employees’ wages from 0.9%, a decrease of 0.09 percentage points. For a worker making $4,000 a month, that would drop the fee to $32.40 from $36 a month. Employers pay half the fee; employees pay the other half.

Business groups say the change won’t really make a difference for them or their employees — “It’s really a pittance,” said Tony Gagliardi, who leads the Colorado branch of the National Federation of Independent Businesses — though nonpartisan fiscal analysts say the reduction would cost the state $57.5 million to backfill the lost revenue.

Polis and Democrats, who are facing election-year pressure over the rising cost of living, have set aside $157 million in the fiscal year 2022-23 budget, which begins July 1, for government fee relief.

The money will also go toward delaying the start of a new 2-centper-gallon gas fee and reducing medical licensure and certification fees.

Polis and House Speaker Alec Garnett, D-Denver, celebrated the fee-reduction efforts in their speeches kicking off the 2022 lawmaking session. Both said that

Gov. Jared Polis addresses the crowd at the Feb. 16 meet-and-greet in Arvada.

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cutting costs for Coloradans is a priority for them this year.

“The governor wants to provide the maximum support possible under state law to benefit small businesses and hardworking Coloradans,” spokesman Conor Cahill said in a written statement.

But Republicans have criticized the efforts as being too small to make a difference. (The $157 million, divided among the state’s 5.8 million residents, comes out to about $27 per person.) The GOP has also pointed out that Democrats are offering relief from fees they implemented.

“I’ve lost track of the number of fee increases the majority Democrats have passed,” said Rep. Kevin Van Winkle, a Highlands Ranch Republican. “And now they come here today and say that they’re offering fee relief? It’s absurd.”

Democrats acknowledge that the fee relief package is not a silver bullet. Senate President Steve Fenberg, D-Boulder, said affordability issues and inflation are “much

larger than just what the state legislature can solve.”

“We’re thinking about what is within our control as a legislature and where do we have the ability to provide some relief,” he said.

“We’re not going to be able to change everything for every family, but there are things that are within our control. It’s not going to be life-changing for people, but people need relief wherever they can (get) it, and we think these are the areas where the state can afford to bear that burden.”

The governor’s office said the paid family and parental leave fee relief was limited in scope as to not run afoul of a state law requiring that no more than 10% of an enterprise’s funds may come from the general fund. The paid leave program is set up as an enterprise.

The legislature is also set to allocate at least $600 million to buy down the $1 billion debt owed to the federal government through Colorado’s unemployment in-

surance trust fund, which was drained during the pandemic.

Businesses and employers would otherwise be responsible for covering the deficit through a paycheck surcharge.

A bill allocating money to buy down the unemployment trust fund debt has yet to be introduced.

The legislature’s Joint Budget Committee also set aside $200 million for a forthcoming property tax relief effort. Lawmakers aren’t sure what that will look like yet — or whether it will happen.

Conversations around property tax relief are heating up after the full legislature began debating the budget last week.

Critics of the scope of the relief package say if lawmakers really wanted to help businesses and Coloradans contend with rising costs they would delay the implementation of the new paid family and parental leave program and the new transportation fees.

“There are inherent problems that come with adopting government-run programs that are responsive to mandates rather than economic realities, we are beginning to see these problems surface,” said Mike Kopp, president and CEO of Colorado Concern, an alliance of business leaders.

But Democrats argue that isn’t unfeasible.

“We can’t miss our climate goals,” said Sen. Faith Winter, a Westminster Democrat who championed the policies implementing new transportation and paid family and parental leave fees. “We can’t delay that. We can’t delay paid family leave because that means another year of people making a decision between a paycheck and taking care of themselves when they’re facing cancer.”

Budget debate at the Capitol continued last week.

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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Parkinson’s also includes a wide range of non-movement, or non-motor, symptoms that can include fatigue, cognitive changes such as problems with attention, and mood disorders such as depression, anxiety and apathy. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, an estimated 50% to 80% of those with Parkinson’s eventually experience Parkinson’s disease dementia as their disease progresses.

Additionally, because there is no standard diagnostic test for Parkinson’s, misdiagnosis can happen.

“Some people suffer for years” before knowing they have Parkinson’s, Cone said.

The Parkinson’s Foundation reports that more than 10 million people worldwide are living with Parkinson’s disease, and nearly a million of them live in the United States. Within the foundation’s Rocky Mountain chapter, which consists of Colorado, Wyoming and Utah, 17,980 people are living with Parkinson’s.

According to the Parkinson’s Foundation, incidence of Parkinson’s increases with age, but an estimated 4% of people with Parkinson’s were diagnosed younger than age 50. Men are 1.5 times more likely than women to have Parkinson’s disease.

But Cone wants people to know that Parkinson’s disease is a “disease of everyone,” she said, not just men older than 65.

“It can happen to any demographic no matter age, gender or ethnicity,” Cone said.

April 14, 2022 Cone is a Lakewood resident who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2008 when she was 45. A former executive in the health care sector, she was the first to notice her symptoms of Parkinson’s, which consisted of cognitive decline rather than a decline in motor skills. She has been an active advocate since 2012 when she had to go on long-term disability.

The economic impact of Parkinson’s should also be considered, Cone said.

“It is underfunded compared to other diseases, but the economic burden does matter,” she said.

Cone is referring to the many health care costs associated with Parkinson’s.

“Treatment, Social Security payments and lost income is estimated to be nearly $52 billion per year in the United States,” states the Parkinson’s Foundation. Medications alone, for one person, can cost an average of $2,500 a year, and therapies, including physical therapy, can be even more costly.

“And (Parkinson’s) patients can’t work,” Cone added.

Some Parkinson’s patients must take 20 to 30 pills a day to mitigate their Parkinson’s symptoms, said Dr. David VanSickle, a Denver-area neurosurgeon, in a previous interview.

VanSickle specializes in a surgery called deep brain stimulation, commonly referred to as DBS, which helps patients with Parkinson’s and other movement disorders. The operation can help most motor symptoms of Parkinson’s, but people with Parkinson’s must still take medication for the non-motor symptoms.

Others also find relief with a regular exercise regime that focuses on neuroprotection, which helps protect neu-

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rons in the brain from degeneration, and neuroplasticity, which helps with getting different areas of the brain to do the work.

Aside from DBS and exercise that may alleviate symptoms, there is limited direct treatment, and there currently is no cure for Parkinson’s disease.

Research is being conducted to determine whether genetic or environmental factors could cause Parkinson’s, but no definitive cause is known as of today.

“Not having that hampers finding a cure,” Cone said.

One such study is the Parkinson’s Foundation’s PD GENEration: Mapping the Future of Parkinson’s Disease. Through this study, the foundation offers genetic testing for clinically relevant Parkinson’s-related genes and genetic counseling at no cost for people with Parkinson’s disease.

“A cure would be fabulous, but for today, education and care teams are important resources,” Cone said.

And “awareness is super important,” she said.

April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month. The theme for this year is #FutureOfPD with a goal to “raise awareness about Parkinson’s disease, the Parkinson’s Foundation and encourage people to take action to impact the Future of PD,” states the foundation’s website.

The Parkinson’s Foundation is a national nonprofit that has regional chapters to serve people nationwide.

Its mission is to provide a better quality of life for people with Parkinson’s disease by improving care and advancing research toward a cure.

“I love that the foundation is there for everyone’s journey,” said Alexis Rodriguez, the Parkinson’s Foundation’s west regional director. “People need resources today, while we work for the future of a world without PD.” The Parkinson’s Foundation offers a variety of free resource-focused and educational virtual events and webinars. These include Live Fitness Fridays, the Home Social Engagement Series and Parkinson’s 101: What You and Your Family Should Know and Expert Briefings.

An upcoming fundraising event is the foundation’s Parkinson’s Revolution. This is a cycling event “that combines passion, determination and community to generate awareness and advance our mission toward a cure,”

said Francesca Villa, national director of fundraising events for the Parkinson’s Foundation.

Parkinson’s Revolution takes place nationwide June 11, with Denver being one of 35 cities hosting an inperson Parkinson’s Revolution.

So “Denver is a key part,” Villa said, adding that the goal is to have 2,000 participants nationwide, with about 50 to 60 of them in the Denver area.

Locally, people can participate in-person on stationary bikes at the Sloan’s Lake High Ride Cycle, 1711 Sheridan Blvd. A, in Edgewater. Participants who prefer an outdoor ride can participate virtually, anywhere they’d like. Villa said some people have expressed interest in meeting up with a group and biking around Sloan’s Lake, which is right across the street from the studio.

Riders of all abilities are welcome, and in-studio participants have the option between two rides. The first will be Parkinson’s-friendly and the second will be high-intensity.

It is free to register, and there is no fundraising minimum or requirements, but participants are encouraged to fundraise. Funds raised directly support the Parkinson’s Foundation’s mission, its Centers of Excellence that provide comprehensive care to people living with Parkinson’s disease and its various programs such as the PD GENEration. Funds also allow the Parkinson’s Foundation to award grants to local community organizations such as the Parkinson’s Association of the Rockies in Denver, Parkinson’s Pointe in Centennial and the Parkinson’s Community Center in Aurora.

Last year, Parkinson’s Revolution took place in 29 cities and 1,100 participants raised more than $450,000 for the Parkinson’s Foundation, said Alicia Chapdelaine, coordinator for the Parkinson’s Revolution.

Cone’s team represents three families that all have a loved one with — or lost a loved one to — Parkinson’s disease.

“There are so many things you can do that would help a person with Parkinson’s,” Cone said. “It takes an army To learn more about the Parkinson’s Foundation, visit parkinson.org. To register for the foundation’s Parkinson’s Revolution event, visit PDRevolutionCO.org.

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Sam Clark will host “The Tight Five: Original Standup Comedy Show,” an event that will benefit the Wolf Theatre PHOTO BY RYAN BENDER Academy Scholarship Fund.

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The Staenberg-Loup Jewish Community Center’s (JCC Denver) Mizel Arts and Culture Center is hosting a comedy event to benefit the Wolf Theatre Academy Scholarship Fund.

“The Tight Five: Original Standup Comedy Show” takes place at 7 p.m. April 21 at the Mizel Arts and Culture Center’s Elaine Wolf Theatre, 350 S. Dahlia St., in Denver.

The show will be hosted by Denver native Sam Clark, a rising star comedian, writer and filmmaker. He is a Wolf Theatre Academy alumnus.

During the show, a dozen never-before-seen comedians will debut their tight five - which is five

minutes of original material that was developed during an eight-week comedy writing session at the JCC Denver.

Tickets cost $10 for general admission. All proceeds will go directly to the scholarship fund for Wolf Theatre Academy to provide equitable access to a professional theatre experience for young artists.

The show is recommended for guests 16 years and older.

To purchase tickets and learn more about the Wolf Theatre Academy, visit jccdenver.org.

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Watt Pictures, an independent production company based in New York, is casting in the Denver area for the first season of a new TV series on home renovation.

The show will aim to “resolve conflict between homeowners and contractors who have found themselves living a construction nightmare. We will help resolve any conflicts, deescalate the situation and help pay to rescue their renovation, as well as providing labor, services and materials to ensure families get the dream homes they always wanted,” states a news release.

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tween June-September with the show expected to air next year.

Applicants must own their home or have written permission from the homeowners to participate in the series.

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Growing concern for the environment Earth Day and Arbor Day both fall in April and are recognized to raise awareness for the environment. Arbor Day specifically celebrates trees and often includes a tradition of tree planting. While this may be a component of Earth Day, it has a wider spectrum of traditions involving activities that lower carbon footprint, for example, and highlighting humankind’s negligence toward the environment.

The concept of Earth Day began in the 1960s from the mind of the late Sen. Gaylord Nelson, who hoped to instill public involvement and concern for the environment. The first official Earth Day took place on April 22, 1970, and consisted of rallies in big cities across the U.S. It drew more than 20 million people nationwide. This event was a catalyst for change. In the following years, public concern about the environment increased. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, “when polled in May 1971, 25% of the U.S. public declared protecting the environment to be an important goal, a 2,500% increase over 1969.”

Earth Day is still observed on April 22 each year. Now recognized globally, and with an estimated 1 billion participants, it is deemed the largest secular event worldwide.

Arbor Day preceded Earth Day by nearly 100 years. It was established in Nebraska by J. Sterling Morton, a journalist who was involved with the Nebraska Board of Agriculture. Morton shared his love and appreciation for trees with his community and noticed

Alicia Greer stands with a cartful of trash and litter that she collected from the Bear Creek Trail in Jefferson County.

Greer is an ambassador with Keep Nature Wild, and will be picking up litter in a local wild space again this year to COURTESY PHOTO celebrate Earth Day.

the lack of forestation in the area. It is estimated 1 million trees were planted on the first Arbor Day, which was April 10, 1874.

The Arbor Day holiday is now celebrated globally. In the U.S., it is always recognized on the last Friday of April, falling on April 29 this year.

There are many events, learning opportunities and a variety of activities that Denver residents can participate in this April to celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day. Here are a few examples.

Sustainable Neighborhoods Program Residents can make a difference for the local environment year-round through Denver’s Sustainable Neighborhoods Program. This program invites residents to participate in sustainability projects with other community members, such as workshops, projects and events.

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The Greenway Foundation For more than 10 years, The Greenway Foundation has been hosting two big volunteer events each year as part of its mission to keep the river clean and connect residents with nature.

Ryan Aids, deputy director of The Greenway Foundation, said he hopes attendees of the river clean ups become environmental stewards with a sense of connectivity and ownership for the local environment.

“It is important to keep the river clean,” Aids said, “but it’s just as important for volunteers to have an opportunity to engage with local waterways.”

The Greenway Foundation is again offering its family-friendly Earth Day this year. Called the Family Spring South Platte Stewardship Day, the event takes place from 9-11 a.m. on April 23 at the Downtown Children’s Playground, which is located along the Cherry Creek Trail near Wewatta Street in Denver.

The Greenway Foundation’s South Platte River Environmental Education (SPREE) team will be catering to its youth volunteers by engaging them with arts and crafts and environmentally-focused activities, in addition to the trash pick-up.

The event is free but space is limited and advance registration is required.

Nearly 100 people attended last year’s Family Spring South Platte Stewardship Day, and more are expected to attend this year.

To learn more about The Greenway Foundation or to register for the Family Spring South Platte Stewardship Day, visit thegreenwayfoundation.org.

LoDo Cares LoDo Cares, an organization under the LoDo District, Inc. umbrella, is hosting its 2022 Earth Day Cleanup and Celebration from 9 a.m. to noon April 23 at the Rothman Children’s Playground, 1404 Wynkoop St., in Denver.

This event provides an opportunity to beautify the waterway, community playground and public gardens, and environmental agencies will provide interactive and eco-friendly activities.

LoDo Cares has been hosting clean ups for the past 15 or 20 years, said John Wetenkamp, executive director of LoDo District Inc. He added that last year’s 90 volunteers collected about 45 bags of trash from the area, and he expects this year’s Earth Day event to be the biggest one yet.

The importance of the Earth Day event is to bring the community together and show the residents and businesses that they have a place to gather

and give back, Wetenkamp said. He also hopes participants will take away a sense of responsibility and belonging.

“How we take care of each other — the people, the land and even the buildings — it’s all-encompassing and all tied into how we feel as an ecosystem,” Wetenkamp said.

Registration for LoDo Cares’ 2022 Earth Day Cleanup and Celebration can be done on Eventbrite.

Youth Sustainability Board (YSB) Rakhi Kataria is a high school senior at Silver Creek High School in Longmont and serves as co-president of the Youth Sustainability Board (YSB), a student-run nonprofit that got its start

by Denver youth a few years ago.

YSB is dedicated to mobilizing Colorado students to get involved in sustainability efforts.

This year, YSB is celebrating Earth Month and is hosting an Earth Day Scavenger Hunt, which runs for one month, beginning the week prior to Earth Day. The event will consist of a variety of challenges that have different point values. Some examples include DIY upcycling projects, interacting with nature, promoting sustainability, attending events and volunteering to pick up trash.

YSB had 80 participants last year and Kataria hopes that everyone who can participate this year, will.

“I wish every day was Earth Day,” Kataria said. “It is a really important day for people to get involved in the community.”

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Downtown Denver Partnership As part of the Urban Forest Initiative, the Downtown Denver Partnership (DDP) is hosting its second annual Arbor Day event from 1-4 p.m. on April 29 at a popup park, The Outer Space, at Welton Street on the 16th Street Mall.

This year’s celebration of trees will feature a DJ, games, giveaways and beer.

Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with guests from a variety of environmental organizations.

The Urban Forest Initiative program supports the care and promotion of trees downtown for the growth of an urban canopy.

According to Amanda Miller, senior specialist for the downtown environment with the DDP, downtown Denver has one of the lowest tree canopies in the city. But several organizations are working to change this statistic, she SEE EARTH DAY, P7

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voters, open carrying, and just trying to intimidate voters. And then they moved to the front of the building where every voter had to pass them to get to the voting center,” she said.

Lopez said people complained and the election judges were really “shook up.”

“Even though the police were called and our attorneys were involved, there was nothing we could do at that point because they weren’t violating any laws. Now it’s going to be law and they won’t be able to do this ever again,” Lopez said.

Democratic state Rep. Jennifer Bacon is one of the main sponsors of House Bill 1086. She said voter intimidation has a long legacy in the U.S, especially against communities of color. She said it’s part of her own family’s history when they lived in Jackson Mississippi.

“I want to thank the NAACP. We have

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added.

Attendees of the Arbor Day event will learn more about these initiatives, as well as the importance of trees — specifically, their ability to cool the city, boost the economy and combat climate change. Through increasing awareness, DDP hopes to create stewards of the environment and generate an interest from the community for more trees

Linda Renford works at the curbside ballot dropoff outside Arapahoe County Elections PHOTO BY HART VAN DENBURG/CPR Division in Littleton on Election Day, Nov. 2, 2021.

been fighting for this for a century in this country to be able to vote without fear,” she said.

Opponents argued that since Colorado is an open-carry state (with a few exceptions), the bill infringes on Second Amendment rights, and could make people who openly carry a firearm feel less secure.

The new law is among several election security measures Democrats are putting forward this session.

House Bill 1273 would make it a misdemeanor to threaten or intimidate state and local election workers for doing their jobs. It’s still awaiting its first committee hearing. It also would make it illegal to publish the personal

downtown.

DPP is preparing for more than 300 guests at the event, and encourages anyone interested in attending to register.

To register, visit tinyurl.com/DDPArborDay.

“It is a celebration,” Greer, of Lakewood, said. Earth Day is “an opportunity for us to share how we can make a difference in caring for Mother Earth.”

Greer is a Wild Keeper — which is a volunteer ambassador — with Keep Nature Wild. To celebrate Earth Day this year, Greer will be picking up litter from wild spaces.

Keep Nature Wild is a national organization that sells outdoor apparel and accessories and commits to picking up one pound of trash for every product sold. The trash is collected by ambassadors, like Greer, across the globe.

Keep Nature Wild As a conservationist, Alicia Greer shares her passion for the environment year-round. She teaches others about animal natural history, biodiversity, ocean acidification, climate change, plastic pollution and more.

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information of election workers — a practice known as doxing — and allow those workers and their immediate family members to remove their private information from open records requests. And it would increase the penalties for threats and intimidation.

Senate Bill 153 is in response to the security breach in Mesa County. Republican Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters and her Deputy Clerk Belinda Knisley are facing multiple indictments for election tampering and misconduct. A federal investigation is ongoing.

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These ambassadors have collectively removed 575,000 pounds of trash from the outdoors.

“It is so important that we learn what our impact is on the natural environment as human beings. Earth Day is an opportunity for us to share how we can make a difference in caring for Mother Earth,” Greer said. “Seeing the collective of people who always come together to bring awareness to a variety of topics is so encouraging to me.”

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State steps up to help launch careers in early childhood fields Joyful Rothe worked in a nursing home kitchen for 18 years before taking an entry-level job as an aide at a child care center. Shelby Wilson also wants a career working with young children, but for now handles the paperwork for her husband’s log-hauling business.

The two women spend an hour every Monday evening in a second-floor classroom at Front Range Community College in Fort Collins, cars whizzing by outside as they learn how to talk to children about feelings, plan learning activities, and handle meltdowns.

They are among hundreds of students across Colorado taking advantage of a new state program that pays for two introductory early childhood courses — a stepping stone to teaching in the field.

The initiative, funded with $4 million in federal COVID aid, is part of a state effort to mint more early childhood teachers before the state’s universal preschool launch in 2023, and help the industry recover from staff shortages exacerbated by the pandemic.

In addition to the free college classes, the state is funding apprenticeships,

scholarships, training opportunities, mentoring programs, and translation and other support for people from underrepresented groups seeking early childhood careers.

The need for new preschool and child care teachers in Colorado is formidable. State officials estimate that more than 2,000 people — 10% of the workforce — left the field during the last two years. They hope to add back more than 1,000 workers by June.

Melanie Gilbertson, who teaches the Monday night class, believes the free coursework has been instrumental in

helping students earn qualifications they might not otherwise have been able to afford.

“You don’t make a lot of money in this field,” she said. “And so to ask somebody to go spend $6,000 on a couple of college courses just doesn’t seem right when they’re going to turn around and only make $15 an hour.”

This story is from Chalkbeat Colorado, a nonprofit news site covering educational change in public schools. Used by permission. For more, and to support Chalkbeat, visit co.chalkbeat.org.

Young opera singers take home awards Denver Lyric Opera Guild holds annual vocal competition BYSONYAELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Denver Lyric Opera Guild members gathered for the monthly Opera on Tuesday meeting, April 5, at Columbine Country Club to hear 10 top finalists in the organization’s annual Competition for Colorado Singers.

DLOG’s mission is to elevate and support the power and beauty of the human voice, and the organization was founded in 1965 to support the local Lyric Theatre, which later became the Denver Lyric Opera Company.

When the opera company was forced

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Over the years, the organization has not only supported young singers who are starting careers, but given grants to Colorado’s colleges and universities to fund scholarships. The guild has been able to award $815,400 to competition winners over the years, growing from $5,150 the first year to $38,000 in 2022.

Preliminary competition this year included 30 young singers and was adjudicated by Jonathan Hayes, Eapen Leubner and Marcia Ragonetti, who gave personal feedback to each one. Fifteen finalists competed for judges Sam Mungo, Leenya Rideout and Wei Wu. Many DLOG members contributed time and support to run the competitions and Kathy Van Arsdale, competition VP, served as emcee at the luncheon.

Soprano Lauren Bumgarner, 25, who is working on her master’s of music in vocal performance at Colorado State University, won first place, $10,000, the Galen and Ada Belle Spencer Foundation Award. She earned her bachelor’s of music in vocal performance at University of California-Santa Cruz.

Her proud mother was at her side for the concert and luncheon at Columbine.

Second place, $5,000, the Kenneth King Foundation Award, went to mezzo Kelly Riordan, 25, who is working on her master’s in vocal performance and pedagogy at University of Colorado, Boulder. She was recently awarded a Fulbright Grant to study in Vienna, Austria for the next academic year.

Third place, $4,500, the Myrle F. Hoff-

man Memorial Award, went to soprano Tessa McQueen, 24. A graduate of Oklahoma City University, she will sing with Central City Opera this summer and said she will attend Rice University in the fall.

Gabrielle Razafinjatovo, mezzo, 27, who placed fourth with the $4,000 Shirley and Marlis Smith Award, is a graduate student in voice and pedagogy at University of Colorado, Boulder. She graduated from Minot State University and performed with the Minot Symphony Orchestra.

The fifth place Gary and Gayle Landis Award, $3500, presented by Gayle Landis, went to mezzo Danielle Lombardi, 30, an Oberlin Conservatory graduate who has a master’s degree from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music and has performed with Opera Colorado and elsewhere.

Christina Hazen, 27-year-old mezzo who took sixth place, the $3,000 Carole Johnson in Memory of Mary Wise Award, holds a bachelor of music from University of Northern Colorado, is an alumna of Houston Grand Opera’s Young Artists Vocal Academy and has an Artist Diploma from Cincinati College-Conservatory of Music. She will join Minnesota Opera as a Resident Artist for the 2022-2023 season.

Tenor Paul Wolf, 31, won the Beverly Ann Landis Memorial Award, $2500. He is working on a DMA at CU Boulder and has performed across the country.

Certificates of merit, $1,000, went to sopranos Courtney Caston, 26, Alice Del Simone, 29, and Catherine Swindle, 30.

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n important issue came out recently, thanks to Hollywood. No. I am not talking about Will Smith ridiculously slapping Chris Rock.

Instead, I am talking about the news that Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with aphasia. This hit home for me because just a few months ago I would have had the same reaction that many others did to this news. I would have wonFROM THE dered what the heck is aphasia.

EDITOR When his family made the announcement that Willis has now quit acting, I knew why because my dad was diagnosed with aphasia several months ago. While the VA doctors are not completely sure what the cause is, they know my dad’s recent issues in communicating are due to this condition.

Aphasia is an inability to comprehend or formulate language because Thelma Grimes of damage to specific brain regions.

The major causes are stroke and head trauma.

Aphasia can also be the result of brain tumors, brain infections, or neurodegenerative diseases.

In looking at my dad’s brain scans, doctors showed me a dark area in his brain where speech is impacted. There is no fix for this, which means family and friends must be more patient and understanding.

Getting past all the scans, and Webster’s definition of aphasia, there is a person this condition impacts and it must be incredibly frustrating.

After my dad’s diagnosis I researched it and became a lot more sensitive to the struggles he is going through. The inability to express a thought even though he is thinking it. The struggles to understand conversations happening around him. It must be incredibly tough to go through day-to-day activities with an important part of your brain not functioning correctly.

Another person who has publicly talked about the impacts of aphasia has been former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. In my early days as a journalist in Arizona, I got to know Giffords well. She survived being shot in the head, but not without some lasting effects.

One of those conditions is aphasia. Through social media, Giffords often describes what aphasia does to a person. She is open about how the idea is there, but she can’t get the words out to express it.

Giffords will always be someone I admire, and seeing her still speak in public engagements and work as hard as she does to make a difference in the world is impressive. I also love that she continues to bring more awareness to this condition that can impact a range of reading, writing and speaking.

With my dad, we continue to learn patience. We have worked to slow down when we are speaking. We are understanding when he says something that may not make a lot of sense to us, but he is trying.

For those who may encounter someone dealing with aphasia, understand it is more frustrating for the person living with it than it is for us. It is important to practice patience and understanding for this condition just like we would with any other medical condition a person is working through.

Spring garden clean-up

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This is mostly due to our high elevation, which increases our chance of snow and freezing nighttime temperatures well into April and early May. However, that doesn’t mean we don’t have plenty to do to prepare our gardens on those warm April days ahead. The month of April is a great time to get started. As a matter of fact, April 14 is National Gardening Day and the whole month of April is designated as National Gardening Month. With that in mind, here are some great tips on preparing your garden for planting.

The first thing to do to get your garden ready is to remove debris that may have ended up in your garden over the winter. This might include fallen branches, leaves, unwanted rocks, old labels and litter. Then, it’s time to pull those weeds. Whether they are leftover weeds from fall, or newly sprouted, they must go. It’s good to remove them before they get established and go to seed.

Next, inspect your shrubs and trees for damage they might have incurred during the winter.

Prune any broken, dead or storm-damaged branches. Also snip the brown tips off any evergreens that have suffered dieback from the winter’s cold.

Now it’s time to check your perennials. Some people deadhead and cut back their perennials and grasses in the fall, but I’m one of those who waits to do it in the spring. I like having them for

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While you’re concentrating on your perennials, you may notice that some need to be divided. Before new growth begins is the perfect time to dig up and divide. Replant and water the divided clumps ASAP. If you have any leftovers, give them to your friends.

Finally, turn to your annual beds. You can improve the soil by adding organic material such as good quality compost. The result is rich soil that holds moisture but drains well. Also, good garden soil is loose and filled with air that plant roots need, and it contains minerals essential for plant growth. It is alive with living organisms such as earthworms and good bacteria. If you haven’t already done so, rake any debris from the beds to clear the area for preparation. On a day when the soil is moist but not wet, spread a minimum of three inches of compost onto your soil.

Then turn or till the soil as deeply as possible, at least eight to 10 inches. Deep tilling aerates and loosens soil which lets roots grow deeper. Now, rake the beds level and when it’s finally warm enough in mid-to-late May, your beds are ready to plant with beautiful annuals. Happy gardening!

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Diana DeGette and other lawmakers grill oil executives

BY CAITLYN KIM COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

In Washington, it was a contentious time on Capitol Hill April 6, as six oil and gas executives faced questions from lawmakers about the high cost of gasoline.

Democrats focused on the fact companies are making record profits, while Republicans took aim at President Joe Biden’s energy policies.

Colorado Congresswoman Diana DeGette chairs the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s oversight panel, which held the hearing. She said high gas prices are constraining “constituents’ budgets and their patience.”

As she spoke, DeGette displayed a chart behind her showing the price of crude oil going up and down, even as the price of gas has risen and stayed high, despite crude prices starting to drop.

“If the price of gas is driven by the global market, why is the price of oil coming down but the price at the pump is still near record highs? If it’s an issue of supply and demand, wouldn’t that be reflected in the global price of oil as well?” DeGette asked.

“Something doesn’t add up.”

Oil executives and Democrats, including DeGette, spar over the reason why prices are so high The oil executives argued it’s not as simple as comparing global prices on any given day to gas station prices.

“Oil that’s entering a refinery could have been purchased at a higher price, and therefore that price then flows through all the way to the station. It’s not necessarily an instantaneous market,” explained David Lawler, head of BP America.

Chevron CEO Michael Wirth added, “these things do correlate over the long term but in the short term, they don’t always go up and down.”

But many Democrats questioned whether companies are giving the full picture about the ongoing high prices.

“While I understand that you simply cannot flip the switch or turn on the spigot, you must be honest about the main reason that some companies are choosing to ramp up production slowly,” said Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell. “A survey of oil company executives by the Dallas Federal Reserve found that nearly 60 percent of oil companies are restraining growth because of investor pressure.”

The oil executives did acknowledge that their companies earned billions last year, after losing billions in 2020 when the pandemic tanked demand. And many of the CEOs said they would not stop paying stock dividends or pursuing buybacks this year.

They also pushed back on the accusation of price gouging, noting many of the companies did not own the gas stations.

“I want to be absolutely clear: We do not control the market price of crude oil or natural gas,

A gas pump at a station in Littleton. Gasoline prices have spiked in 2022. PHOTO BY ROBERT TANN

nor of refined products like gasoline and diesel fuel, and we have no tolerance for price gouging,” Wirth said during his opening remarks.

Meanwhile, Republicans try to take advantage of what they see as midterm elections talking point Republicans dismissed this line of questioning from Democrats.

Ranking member Rep. Morgan Griffith used part of his time to ask if oil companies were taking advantage of the situation in Ukraine to keep prices artificially high. The oil executives all said no.

Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Cathy McMorris Rodgers described the hearing as “a distraction.”

“Today is purely political.

President Biden needs cover for his war on American energy,” she said in her opening statement.

Republicans also see a political advantage in energy prices, believing it’s an issue that could hurt Democrats entering the midterm elections. They used their time to talk about the Biden Administration’s moratorium on new drilling leases on federal lands and regulations they claim impede production.

“Does this whole mountain of red tape by President [Biden] make it harder for you to produce more energy in America?” Rep. Steve Scalise asked.

Most of the oil executives said yes.

Republicans also criticized Democrats’ focus on expanding America’s supply of green energy, arguing it has resulted in less investment in fossil fuel production.

DeGette said this debate around more drilling and more lease sales indicates to her that the country needs a long-term energy plan.

“The things that Republicans were suggesting — more permitting, more pipelines, “drill, baby drill” — the executives told me when I talked to them before the hearing today, there is no switch to flip. It’s not like any of those

things would help us get more supply today,” she said.

She said the people who could were the executives testifying and they “refused to say what they would do.”

Executives maintain that gas prices are complex, but DeGette argues they could take a cut in profits to reduce prices If there was a theme that the oil executives tried to emphasize — when they got a chance to answer more than a yes or no during the

questioning — it was that gas pricing is complex.

“Demand has recovered and is now surpassing pre-pandemic levels for many transportation fuels,” Chevron President Gretchen Watkins noted in her written testimony. “But refinery throughput has not yet caught up with the post-pandemic surge in demand.

The loss of Russian supply from the global market has only added pressure on an already strained refining industry that has yet to fully catch up with increasing demand.”

There have been a number of proposals on both sides of the aisle floated to help reduce the price of oil, from a windfall tax for these producers to a gas tax holiday to easing the regulatory burden.

DeGette asked the executives to go back to their boards and see what they could do to reduce prices at the pumps now, even if it meant a smaller profit for them.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said last week that her caucus wanted to wait and hear what the oil executives had to say before moving forward on any legislation.

This story is from Colorado Public Radio, a nonprofit news source.

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ETHICS IN BUSINESS AWARDS LUNCHEON

The Rotary Club of Golden, the Golden Chamber of Commerce, the Jeffco Economic Development Corporation, and the Golden Civic Foundation cordially invite you to join us for the 17th annual Ethics in Business Awards Luncheon.

Friday, May 6, 2022, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Sheraton Denver West Hotel 360 Union Blvd., Lakewood Two organizations will be honored, one for-profit and one non-profit, for leading the way in business ethics, integrity, and civic and social responsibility.

The keynote speaker will be Hanna Skandera, the President and CEO of the Daniels Fund, a $1.8 billion private charitable foundation. The Daniels Fund transforms communities through grantmaking and college scholarships in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. She has served as Secretary of Education for the State of New Mexico, as Undersecretary for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and as Deputy Commissioner for Governor Jeb Bush.

The master of ceremonies will be the always-popular Ed Greene, now going into his 44th year in Denver television.

Luncheon tickets are $60 per person; prepaid reservations are required. Seating is limited, so make your reservation early at ethics.goldenrotary.org. For more information, contact Tom Hughes at 303 278 2823.

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From the foothills of Douglas County to the cliffs of Battle Mountain, history abounds in Colorado’s uninhabited towns BYRYLEEDUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

“There’s nothing abandoned in Colorado,” proclaims Melanie Roth from a set of wooden steps outside a cabin in St. Elmo — a ghost town in Chaffee County.

Roth’s assertion is a bold one considering the setting — a dead-silent main street consisting of 150-year-old buildings that haven’t been inhabited since the 1950s gives way to the towering foothills of Mount Princeton and the Collegiate Peaks.

Here, over a hundred miles from the bustling cityscape of metro Denver, it’s easy to feel isolated — yet not entirely alone.

St. Elmo is perhaps the most well preserved of Colorado’s many ghost towns — remnants of a bygone era when mining, agriculture and railroad routes largely governed where people lived.

While many of these settlements have been decimated by years of weathering — and in some cases, vandalism — a small group of dedicated historians have worked to preserve them as markers of Colorado’s history.

“Two things make Colorado ghost towns different than any other state,” said Lee Dahl, a member of the Ghost Town Club of Colorado. “First of all, the setting; a lot of them are up in the mountains, that kind of makes them a little remote, off the beaten path, not a lot of people knew about it for a long time.

“The other thing is that a lot of those ghost towns had a huge infrastructure where you’d have a mine shaft, and a milling building, some rather large structures that were built rather stoutly for the industry. That made them interesting, also made them sturdy, so they’d withstand time,” Dahl continued.

At a 1958 meeting of Colorado historians in Golden, a man named John Farr stood up after a presentation on ghost towns and said, ‘We ought to start a club.’ The Ghost Town Club of Colorado was formed shortly thereafter and remains active in educating and preserving Colorado’s towns of yesteryear.

Ethan Knightchilde, a documentary filmmaker and member of the Ghost Town Club, said that many of Colorado’s ghost towns followed a similar trajectory; a discovery was made, followed by a boom, then a bust — then, the town went “ghost.”

“When a town no longer had a

A building in Dearfield, Weld County, slated for historic preservation.

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reason to exist, it ceased to exist, in short. And so, a lot of the mining towns were built around a single commodity, whatever ore was in the ground. It’s a limited resource; when it ran out, the people left,” Knightchilde said.

Joan Fields, a member of the Ghost Town Club since 1979, explained the difference between the two main types of ghost towns commonly found in Colorado.

“It depends on where the ghost towns are. Because there are ghost towns out on the Eastern Plains, and a lot of those were based upon agriculture. The mountain towns, of course, if the minerals ran out or it wasn’t a particularly prosperous mine, oftentimes the towns would disappear,” Fields said.

Ghosts you see, ghosts you don’t “Technically, towns like Georgetown and Silverton are ghosts,” Knightchilde said. “You’d never want to say that to a resident — they will take offense. But they are shadows of their former selves in terms of size, and their continued existence is because they no longer make a living off of what started them.”

In a way, Knightchilde has a point — Georgetown today largely subsists as a tourist destination, far from its roots as a silver mining camp. When faced with the prospect of going ghost or reinventing themselves, towns of their ilk have been forced to find new ways to get by.

Other historic settlements haven’t been as lucky as the roadside mountain towns.

“In the old days, you’re traveling by horse and wagon, to travel 10 miles a day was a good trip,” said Ed Bathke, a member of the Ghost Town Club since 1961. “So, there were a lot of little towns that were about 10 miles apart.

“Today, you can go much greater distances in an auto pretty quickly, so therefore a lot of these little towns that were really supply points, business centers for their surrounding community, are now essentially ghost towns because people don’t need a supply point that close,” Bathke said.

Dakan, a short-lived mining camp in Douglas County, is largely invisible to the naked eye.

“If you go out there today and look, you’ll see a pasture. There is no sign

A store and post office in St. Elmo that doubled as the home of Annabelle and Tony Stark, the town’s last original PHOTO BY RYLEE DUNN residents.

of it whatsoever,” said Larry Schlupp, president of the Larkspur Historical Society. “There were numerous mines out there at one time — it was a gold town. “ Despite the many challenges surrounding the task, efforts to preserve ghost towns have gained steam in recent years.

Dearfield, a historically Black settlement in Weld County, was in danger of seeing its few remaining buildings disintegrate before Colorado’s Most Endangered Places — an initiative of Colorado Preservation, Inc. — stepped in and listed the site on its “priority saves” list in an effort to raise funds and organize preservation efforts.

In doing so, one of the state’s earliest markers of Black independence will live on for future generations to learn from and experience.

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Pediatrician leads efforts in children’s health and development Local mom, doctor says there is much to be done

this year’s third-grade students. A workshop was held with nearly 10 families on March 18.

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

For Dr. Sophia Meharena, the glass is always half full, which is meant to say there is still plenty to do in serving young patients, volunteering at her children’s school to promote social and emotional development and being an active leader in the region.

Meharena, a Centennial resident, recently participated in a leadership panel hosted by Arapahoe Community College. In wrapping up Women’s History Month, the college hosted an event featuring Meharena and two other female leaders on March 30.

Meharena said she enjoyed participating in the college event, adding that all the women were impressive and she enjoyed seeing a diverse crowd filled with female students and faculty.

Meharena was nominated to participate on the panel by Susan Hill, a volunteer at Cherry Creek’s Indian Ridge Elementary School in Centennial.

Hill said the theme for this year’s Women in History Month was “Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.”

Hill said the college event, sponsored by the Inclusive Excellence Council and the Student Life Office, was held to highlight the women in the region who continue to make a positive impact on the community.

“I nominated Sophia to be one of the three honorees and a panelist because she is a perfect example of providing healing and promoting hope,” Hill said. “Her profession as a doctor and associate director of the pediatric resident program at (University of Colorado Hospital) provides healing to children and families.”

Community Learning Program In 2017, Meharena started the Indian Ridge Learning Community program at Indian Ridge. The program’s focus is to promote social emotional learning experiences for parents and children and, in collaboration with the school administration and staff.

Meharena started the program when her oldest child was in third grade. While her oldest is now in sixth grade, she has continued the program through classes with her younger children.

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“She has helped our students build necessary life skills and promote academic success. I am so grateful for her commitment and support of social and emotional growth for our community.”

Hill said through two years of volunteering with the learning program, she has seen Meharena’s commitment to building relationships within the school community and that she recognizes the importance of helping students develop social and emotional learning starting at a young age.

“Her leadership has provided opportunities for parents, grandparents and staff to work together to identify areas in which we can learn and grow as individuals, as families and as a community,” Hill said.

For Meharena, she goes back to the glass is half full, knowing that there still is more to do.

Maherena said her goal in starting the program in 2017 was to bring people together to promote healthy emotional development and to do it at a community level where parents and administrators are right there learning with the students.

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Various workshops with themes have been held at the school over the last few years. Up until 2020, Maherena said they were able to host inperson workshops with parents and students several times a year.

When the pandemic shut schools down, Meharena said the program was halted but not forgotten. Meharena’s work is back on track with

A passionate professional When she is not doing work to directly impact the community where she lives, Meharena is a pediatrician with Every Child Pediatrics, a chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She is also the director of clinical outcomes.

At the medical practice in Aurora, Meharena sees her share of young patients who are either underinsured or not insured at all. Meharena started treating patients in Aurora in 2011, noting that it’s her sole job to date after graduating college in 2008.

In pediatrics, Meharena said, you cannot treat a child without taking care of the family too. In her office, it is not uncommon to treat families where English is not the primary language. To be able to do that effectively, Meharena speaks Spanish, English and Amharic.

“For me, this is so much bigger than medicine,” she said. “As a pediatrician, you are helping a family.

Whatever is going on with those kids is directly tied to the pressure and stress parents are living under as well.”

Equity matters everywhere Meharena speaks about equity, and not just regarding race. Meharena said she is a proponent of equity in health care, food security and living a happy, healthy life.

With her patients, Meharena said, when both parents must work jobs that may be at night, children are left to cook dinners and fend for themselves out of necessity. In some cases, she sees issues with obesity because they may not be making healthy meals.

To help those families, in the past, Meharena has taken families on grocery shopping trips. Knowing their budgets, Meharena has spent time to educate families on what they can afford and what they can do with that food to make healthier meals.

Meharena said she has not been able to keep doing that as often as she likes, but said she constantly advocates to help families have access to everything they deserve.

That’s the role in which Meharena works on various boards, pushing to make sure those being impacted are represented at the table.

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“(Dearfield) was a colony founded by pioneering Black settlers who understood that having some independence and owning land and maybe farming and building a town was a greater way to achieve independence — freedom — in society,” said Kim Grant, director of Colorado’s Most Endangered Places.

“They actually prospered there for 20 years, and then the Dust Bowl came, and climatic factors intervened that nobody really foresaw and it just ruined the farm economy for nearly everybody.

And the town just died away,” Grant continued.

While the town largely died off with its founder, Oliver Toussaint Jackson, in 1948, a few buildings — including a gas station, a diner and Jackson’s homestead — remain in rough shape.

Now, with the help of Colorado’s Most Endangered Places, the buildings will be restored as tangible historical artifacts.

A modern-day ghost Unique even among the colorful

history of Colorado ghost towns is Gilman, a modern-day ghost that couldn’t survive its own reinvention.

Early settlers arrived in Gilman around 1879, as overcrowding in Leadville forced miners to try their luck elsewhere. The town was formally settled in 1886 amid the Colorado silver boom.

Gilman was initially named “Clinton” after John Clinton, a judge and speculator from nearby Red Cliff, but was later renamed in honor of Henry Gilman, a foreman of the Iron Mask Mine.

Like many towns on Battle Mountain, life in Gilman revolved around mining. By 1890, the town had a growing population and a newspaper, the Gilman Enterprise. Then, the silver crash hit.

“With the silver crash of 1893, a lot of the town was abandoned,” said Matthew Mickelson, the local history librarian for Eagle County. “It went from a population of well over 1,000 down to 400 at that point. Soon after that was when they started mining for zinc.”

Faced with similar prospects of other boomtowns of the era — reinvention or abandonment — Gilman chose the latter and became a profitable zinc mining outfit that was purchased by the New Jersey Zinc Company in 1912 with

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“It was considered a model company town — a good one,” said Kathy Heicher, president of the Eagle County Historical Society and local history author.

Heicher added that during this time, Gilman had a hospital, a store and even a bowling alley. New Jersey Zinc had a reputation for taking care of their workers, and wages and accommodations in Gilman were good throughout much of the 20th century.

The population of Gilman hovered between 300-500 residents, with booms occurring around both world wars as demand for zinc increased. By the 1980s, however, natural resources in the mines were becoming depleted, and the town was growing less profitable.

On April 11, 1985, residents of Gilman received a letter from the Battle Mountain Corporation — the name of the company that owned and operated the town at the time — stating that they would need to vacate the premises by June 30.

The terms of the departure notice were severe.

“We would like to offer rent-free living until your departure from the premises. In addition, we would like to offer Joe Trujillo’s assistance with packing your belongings, if necessary,” stated the letter from Battle Mountain Corporation.

In an instant, Gilman — a mountain town that had prospered for almost a century — was gone. However, its story as a ghost town was just beginning.

When the Battle Mountain Corporation abandoned the town, the property was completely abandoned, and the water pumps were shut off. Battle Mountain — which Heicher describes

as a catacomb of mines — soon felt the impact of Gilman’s abandonment.

“They shut off the electricity that had been pumping the wastewater out of the mines, and the mines started filling up with water and it got decades of toxic waste in there,” Heicher said.

“The water started flowing out into the Eagle River. The Eagle River was flowing orange. You wouldn’t, in the 1980s, eat a fish that you caught in the Eagle River.”

In 1986, the mine was declared an Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site and work began on quelling the contamination from the runoff. Cleanup work on the site was declared completed in 2001, but spikes in pollutants occur to this day, making the decontamination process ongoing.

The pollution at the site has put a damper on plans to revive the area.

Various proposals to make Gilman into a ski resort or additional housing for Vail workers have stalled because of the contamination.

The town was annexed into nearby Minturn in 2008 with the hopes of bringing a ski resort plan to fruition, but the developer backed out shortly thereafter in 2009.

Today, Crave Real Estate Ventures owns the townsite, which has become victimized by vandalism in recent years. Trespassers on the property are frequently cited.

Nevertheless, remnants of Gilman’s heyday can still be found at the site.

“They left in such a hurry, the people who have snuck into town say they went into the doctor’s office and there were X-rays lying around. One woman, whose dad had worked at the mine, was able to find his old paystub in the mine offices. That’s why people are really intrigued by it,” Heicher said.

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As Denver Beer Co. celebrated the one-year anniversary of opening its third taproom — which is located at 2425 South Downing St. in Denver’s Rosedale neighborhood — the brewery made a mid-March announcement that it would be opening a fourth location in Lowry.

“The Rosedale neighborhood is an underappreciated gem of a community in Denver,” said the brewery’s cofounder Charlie Berger. “We love our neighbors, our beer garden and our team. It’s been incredibly rewarding to see how we have been welcomed in this part of town.”

Berger and Patrick Crawford opened their first Denver Beer Co. brewery and taproom in Denver’s Highland neighborhood in 2007. That was followed with Denver Beer Co.’s production brewery called Canworks in Sunnyside, then Olde Town Arvada’s Denver Beer Co. in 2017.

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The recently announced fourth taproom will be located at 7070 E. Lowry Blvd. within the Exchange at Boulevard One development in Denver’s Lowry neighborhood. It will include a brewery, taproom, an outdoor patio and garden and an in-house restaurant concept.

“This fourth taproom will be really special due to its location on the park within the Exchange at Boulevard One,” Crawford said in a news release. “Ever since traveling to Germany, I’ve always dreamt of having a taproom adjacent to open space where you can sip beers in between yard games.”

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Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of KAYLEEN GREY HERZOG, a/k/a Kayleen G. Herzog, and Kayleen Herzog, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30437 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 August 15, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kris Edward Grey, Personal Representative c/o Charles A. Miller 1660 Lincoln Street, Suite 1420 Denver, CO 80264 Legal Notice No. 81569 First Publication: April 14, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Robert Joseph Mullin, a/k/a Robert J. Mullin, a/k/a Robert Mullin, a/k/a Bob Mullin, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30138 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 July 31, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jerome V. Porter Personal Representative Patrick R. Thiessen (40185) FRIE, ARNDT, DANBORN & THIESSEN P.C. 7400 Wadsworth Blvd, Ste. 201 Arvada, CO 80003 Phone Number: 303-420-1234 Attorney for Jerome V. Porter Personal Representative Legal Notice No. 81540 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Arley David Hudson, Deceased Case Number: 2020PR30188 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 August 1, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Lyndal Buchanan Personal Representative 17123 Cradle Cove Court Houston, TX 77095 Legal Notice No. 81536 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Donna Jean Butler, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30223 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver County Probate Court, 1437 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80202 on or before Sunday, August 14, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

JAMES E. FREEMYER P.C. Duly authorized signature of James E. Freemyer is currently on file at the offices of James E. office of James E. Freemyer, P.C. By: /s/ James E. Freemyer James E. Freemyer, #11839 Attorney for Personal Representative 1575 Race Street Denver, Colorado 80206 Telephone: (303)861-0868 Legal Notice No. 81559 First Publication: April 14, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of: GERALD KENT MORITZKY, aka JERRY MORITZKY, aka GERALD MORITZKY, aka GERALD K. MORITZKY, Deceased Case Number: 2022-PR-30384

Maria Zalessky Attorney to the Personal Representative 5990 Greenwood Plaza Boulevard, Bldg. 2, Suite 110 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

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 August 8, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 81548 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 21, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Dated this 30th day of March, 2022.

HUBERT T. MORROW Personal Representative to the Estate

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Hubert T. Morrow, Esq. 1800 W. Littleton Blvd.

Littleton, CO 80120 Phone: (303) 794-4510 Legal Notice No. 81553 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 21, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Velma M. Sims, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 31557 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 August 8, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Norvell Ballard, Personal Representative 9300 E. Center Avenue, No. 8-D Denver, Colorado 80247 Legal Notice No. 81549 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 21, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of WILLIAM L. DOTY, SR., Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30471 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 August 22, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Tami S. Busch, Personal Representative P.O. Box 57421 North Pole, AK 99705 Legal Notice No. 81567 First Publication: April 14, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James Edward Maes, aka James E. Maes, aka James Maes, aka Jimmy Edward Maes, aka Jimmy E. Maes, aka Jimmy Maes, aka Jim Edward Maes, aka Jim E. Maes, aka Jim Maes, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30169 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 August 7, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred.

Regina Sandoval, Personal Representative 1807 Lavender Lane Chula Vista, CA 91913 Legal Notice No. 81537 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 21, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Barbara J. Spalding, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30361 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Probate Court for the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 1, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Donald R. Spalding Personal Representative 11280 W. Center Avenue Lakewood, Colorado 80226 Legal Notice No. 81533 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Dennis Michael Mahoney, a/k/a Dennis M. Mahoney, a/k/a Dennis Mahoney, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30109 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 August 8, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Lavonne B. Mahoney Personal Representative 5465 W. Princeton Drive Denver, Colorado 80235 Legal Notice No. 81554 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 21, 2022

a/k/a Janice F. Bahr, Deceased Case Number 2022PR030195

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Christian Charles Andersen, aka Christian C. Andersen, aka Christian Andersen, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30422 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 August 8, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Cristie Riffee, Personal Representative 121 Dysart Rd. Woodstock, VA 22664

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 August 1, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred.

David W. Baker, Personal Representative 4975 E. 117th Ave. Thornton, CO 80233 Legal Notice No. 81543 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Grant E. Seavall, also known as Grant Earl Seavall, also known as Grant Seavall, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31458

Legal Notice No. 81547 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 21, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch 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 August 8, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Claude M. Maer, Jr., aka Claude McCabe Maer, Jr., aka Claude M. Maer and as Claude Maer, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31796 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 August 14, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Cynthia M. Crockett Personal Representative c/o Holland & Hart LLP 555 17th Street, Suite 3200 Denver, CO 80202

Frederick K. Trask, IV Personal Representative 638 E. Hinsdale Avenue Littleton, CO 80122 Legal Notice No. 81546 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 21, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Erik Holck, Deceased Case Number 21PR31781

Legal Notice No. 81564 First Publication: April 14, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Donna Jean Brennan, a/k/a Donna Jackson Brennan, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30029 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 August 14, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

James J. Brennan, Personal Representative P.O. Box 9296, Avon, CO 81620

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 August 8, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Baysore & Christian Fiduciary Services – Special Administrator By: Molly Elder – Designated Representative 7000 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 150 Greenwood Village, CO 80525 Legal Notice No. 81550 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 21, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Linda J. Siener, aka Linda Jane Siener, and Linda Siener, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30441

Legal Notice No. 81566 First Publication: April 14, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 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 August 14, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Michael John Berlin, a/k/a Mike John Berlin, a/k/a Mike Berlin, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30443 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 August 14, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

George J. Siener Personal Representative c/o Thomas G. Hodel, Esq. Anderson & Jahde, P.C. 5800 S. Nevada Street Littleton, Colorado 80120

Person Giving Notice: Personal Representative: Elizabeth Berlin 3007 S. Upham Street Denver, CO 80227 Phone: (303) 888-4475 Email: fyre_lite@msn.com

Legal Notice No. 81570 First Publication: April 14, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

In the Matter of the Estate of: Rosann Lee Barentson

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Patricia Louise Pitt, aka Patricia L. Pitt, aka Patricia Pitt, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30399

Party Without Attorney: Dayna Sorensen 101 Tilbury Street, Castle Rock, CO 80104 Phone Number: 303-995-2097 E-mail: dayna.sorensen516@gmail.com Case Number: 22PR148 Courtroom: 230

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 August 1, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Robert W. Pitt, Personal Representative c/o Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C. 120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1100 Denver, Colorado 80203 Legal Notice No. 81539 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Janice Florella Bahr,

PUBLIC NOTICE District Court, Denver County, Colorado Court Address: 1437 Bannock Street, Denver, Colorado

Legal Notice No. 81565 First Publication: April 14, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S. To: All Interested Parties Last Known Address, if any: Denver, Colorado A hearing on Petition PR Will will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: May 11, 2022 Time: 8:00 a.m.

Courtroom or Division: 230 Address: 1437 Bannock Street Denver, Colorado 80202 The hearing will take approximately 30 minutes.

Legal Notice No. 81555 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 21, 2022

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other status — deserve the chance to live a healthy life, and a pediatric provider who cares enough to help them try to achieve it. That is why I work at Every Child Pediatrics.”

While she serves on boards and participates in important community memberships, Meharena said she is unlikely to enter the political arena because at the end of the day, seeing her patients and helping families is right where she needs to be.

Cassie Littler, vice president of the Colorado Chapater of the American Academy of Petriatrics, said Meharena is at the forefront in leading her colleagues to improve the health and wellbeing of the state’s infants, children, adolescents and young adults.

“Dr. Sophie, as her patients call her, has long been an advocate in and out of the exam room,” said Littler. “The impact of her work is not only felt by the families whom she serves but by children all across Colorado. Sophia never rests as she constantly works to find solutions to the challenges and needs of all youth.”

Mental health matters As a leader in the community,

Sophia Meharena, along with parents, teachers and administrators, takes part in an Indian Ridge Elementary workshop focused on social and emotional development.

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last November Meharena participated in a special roundtable discussion hosted by Children’s Hospital Colorado. In the discussion, Meharena said the health care system is getting overwhelmed, noting that an alarming number of her own patients were having suicidal thoughts.

Meharena said parents are overwhelmed in not knowing what to do and the industry is overwhelmed because it does not have the facilities, resources or workforce to address the continually growing number of patients in need of mental health intervention.

“Without coordinated and consistent resources and access for all, we cannot have a sustainable system,” Meharena said. “Getting the mechanics right is key to a sustainable system to address the needs in Colorado. Investing in children’s mental health is investing in this country’s future.”

Meharena and regional experts agree the mental health crisis was already at an alarming level before the pandemic. When COVID-19 took hold of the world, the crisis boiled over and could no longer be ignored.

Meharena said it is becoming too common to get a report about one of her patients being admitted to a local hospital for mental health concerns. Her worries, Meharena said, is that her patients are not getting the right care or level of care because they keep being readmitted.

When asked if it’s too late, with wide eyes and the enthusiasm she shows in all her passions, Meharena said, “NO!” “We are never too late in pediatrics,” she said. “With the right resources and help, kids are resilient. Kids can grow to be successful with the support and resources around them that they need.”

Meharena said she is hopeful that hospitals and state agencies are going to continue to work together to address mental health for everyone who needs it.

Public Notices Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jay Blane Adams, aka Jay B. Adams, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR85 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 August 15, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Nancy L. Hoffman, Personal Representative 620 W. 4th Street Hardin, MT 59034 Legal Notice No. 81568 First Publication: April 14, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jordan T. Jenkins, Deceased Case Number: 22PR30144 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 July 31, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Marisa C. Ala, Esq. Attorney to the Personal Representative The Ala Firm 12402 N. Division Street, No. 203 Spokane, WA 99218 Legal Notice No. 81538 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of David Landis Stump, aka David L. Stump, Deceased Case Number: 22PR125 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 August 1, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Douglas A. Stump Personal Representative 5554 Xapary Way Denver, Colorado 80239 Legal Notice No. 81535 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Donald Lee Roberts, aka Donald L. Roberts, aka Donald Roberts, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 000023 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 August 2, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Elliott Roberts, Personal Representative 4601 Pendleton Ave. Evans, CO 80634 Elliott.roberts@calibercollision.com Legal Notice No. 81542 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

also known as Theodore A. Ulrich, aka Theodore Ulrich, and Ted Ulrich, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30459 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 August 14, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Nancy Allison Ulrich, Personal Representative 4300 E. 6th Avenue Denver, CO 80220 Legal Notice No. 81572 First Publication: April 14, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DANIEL G. CRONIN, aka DANIEL CRONIN, Deceased Case No.: 2022PR030285

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Allison St. Claire, also known as Alice Cornelia Hegedus, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30433

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 August 1, 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 August 14, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Edward Cronin, Personal Representative 13753 E. Marina Dr., Unit A Aurora, CO 80014

Jason Coote, Personal Representative c/o Josh Krieg Hutchins & Associates LLC 1999 Broadway, Suite 1400 Denver, CO 80202

Legal Notice No. 81534 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Kymberli Sophia Bennett, aka Kymberli S. Bennett, aka Kymberli Bennett, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR030320 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 July 31, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. c/o Erica Gajda, Robinson and Henry Attorney to the Person Representative 11080 Circle Point Road, Suite 140 Westminster, CO 80231 Legal Notice No. 81541 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Theodore Albert Ulrich,

Legal Notice No. 81571 First Publication: April 14, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Estate of Edna M. Truesdale, aka Edna Margaret Truesdale, aka Edna Truesdale, aka Peggy Truesdale, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30341

Thomas W. Truesdale-Evans Personal Representative Hutchins & Associates LLC 1999 Broadway, Suite 1400 Denver, Colorado 80202

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The Petition requests that the name of Elizabeth Kim Neel be changed to Elizabeth Lucy Michaels Case No.: 2021CV562

Legal Notice No. 81560 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 21, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch

Public Notice

Children Services

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 August 8, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Adoption/Guardian/Other)

Kenneth B. Siegel, Personal Representative c/o Sherman & Howard L.L.C. 675 Fifteenth Street, Suite 2300 Denver, Colorado 80202 Legal Notice No. 81551 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 21, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of ALBERTO D. LOMBARDI, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30416

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice is given that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Minor Child was filed with the DENVER DISTRICT Court on December 10th, 2021.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Janet Mordecai, a/k/a Janet R. Mordecai, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR030465

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JUDITH P. SIGLER, a/k/a JUDITH PAULA SIGLER, a/k/a JUDITH P. SPRUNGER, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30243

Legal Notice No. 81544 First Publication: March 31, 2022 Last Publication: April 14, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

GENEVIEVE ROTELLA, Clerk of Court By: Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. 81556 First Publication: April 7, 2022 Last Publication: April 21, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

David B. Sprunger Personal Representative 480 S. Marion Way, #603A Denver, CO 80209

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 August 7, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Public Notice

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 August 1, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Name Changes

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

Giovanni Lombardi Personal Representative 3961 Stonegrass Point Broomfield, CO 80023 Legal Notice No. 81558 First Publication: April 14, 2022 Last Publication: April 28, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA WAKE COUNTY In the District Court 21 SP 1372 – Bradley Edward Redmond, father of the adoptee, Lily Grace Hardy, a female child born 12/30/2012 to Jenna Leigh Hardy (Hopp): Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled Special Proceeding. The nature of the relief being sought is an Adoption of Minor Child by Stepparent. You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than forty (40) days from April 14, 2022, and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for termination of any parental rights you may have to the child.

This notice is given pursuant to N.C.G.S. 1A-1.

Cameron V. Reed Associate Attorney Spence & Berkau P.A. 212 South Second Street PO Box 1335, Smithfield, NC 27577 Tel. (919) 934-1149 Fax (919) 934-3635 cameron@sst-law.com Legal Notice No. 81561 First Publication: April 14, 2022 Second Publication: April 21, 2022 Third Publication: April 28, 2022 Last/Fourth Publication: May 5, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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