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Denver PrideFest organizers ready for return of in-person festival

Coloradans need somewhere to safely dump old electronics A Denver service is trying to help

BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

Creating a more inclusive festival This year’s PrideFest will feature its

Craig McNeal wrestles the Toshiba wall-mounted TV — once futuristic, now problematic — onto the recycling warehouse’s scale. While still wrangling it into position, he guesses: 60 pounds?

The impassive scale reveals just how big is the challenge ahead: 64 pounds, to be precise, of obsolete plastic, metal and microchips that must be taken apart and reused responsibly.

McNeal glances around the warehouse on Decatur Street in Denver’s Sun Valley, neat but crammed with the detritus of home entertainment culture: Computer monitors. Barrels of batteries pulled from kids’ toys. Keyboards that used to anchor garage bands and now just anchor garages.

“I’m a huge nerd,” McNeal shrugs, as a dedicated recycler and a nostalgic. “I love seeing all the old game consoles. Nintendo. Game Cubes.

Our record for one day was a little over 3,000 pounds.”

The unwieldy Toshiba flat screen and the rest of the day’s haul came at the beckon of a new home electronics recycling service called Retrievr. Citing a major gap in

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The 2022 Denver PrideFest takes place June 25 and 26. The Denver Pride Parade will take place beginning at 9:30 a.m. June 26. It SHUTTERSTOCK will span 14 blocks on Colfax Avenue from Cheesman Park to Civic Center Park.

Event to include first-ever sober section, ‘over the top’ entertainment

BY JESSICA GIBBS SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

This year marks the first fully in-person Denver PrideFest since 2019, and organizers are cooking up a “truly over the top” celebration to mark the occasion.

The festival went virtual in 2020 and became a hybrid event in 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The last fully in-person PrideFest, which is produced by The Center on Colfax, had an estimated attendance of more than 525,000 people.

Denver PrideFest will take over Civic Center Park on June 25 and 26.

The lineup boasts pop singer Betty Who, the headliner on Sunday, as well as stars from RuPaul’s Drag Race — Kylie Sonique Love, Yvie Oddly and Silky Nutmeg Ganache.

The Center’s CEO Rex Fuller said it’s difficult to predict turnout, but Pride events elsewhere are indicating this year could be big. Parade entries are also sold out for Denver’s festival, just surpassing 250, and vendor slots are nearly filled.

“People really want to get out and they really want to be with each other and be in-person,” Fuller said.

‘Over the top’ DeMarcio Slaughter, the festival’s emcee of two decades, said he and the main stage team have three years of pent-up ideas and acts ready to dazzle the crowds. For Slaughter emceeing will include 16 custom costumes from his longtime design partner Darlene C. Ritz, and onstage costume changes.

He is particularly excited for the “jukebox” sing-along he leads with the crowd, which will raise thousands of voices into belting everything from pop anthems to rock classics.

“It’s an incredible, incredible thing,” Slaughter said.

The sing-along used to be on Sunday only, but this year Slaughter will lead

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it both days of the festival. Slaughter is also working up a version of the singalong for Saturday that will acknowledge hardships people experienced during the pandemic and lives lost.

But it will also take a tongue and cheek approach by including singalong songs that make light of some COVID-19 experiences, like running out of toilet paper.

“Let’s not pretend that craziness did not happen, but let’s also acknowledge that we’re here today and ready to move forward,” Slaughter said.

With a front-row view of the thousands who attend, Slaughter said he knows the Denver audience to turn out for a celebration of individual diversity and having “pride of who you are within.”

“I expect to see good positive energy, smiling faces, dancing. I expect to see gladness,” Slaughter said. “I think the mood is going to be over the top.”

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first-ever sober section. Debbie Scheer has been involved with the festival for almost seven years. She has previously co-emceed the main stage and the parade, but this year is excited to both co-emcee the parade and help run the sober section.

People might choose sobriety because they are overcoming addiction or because it’s a health-driven decision that a makes them feel better, Scheer said. Scheer, who chose to become sober roughly four years ago, said navigating Pride as a sober person “can be a little bit tricky.”

She’s excited to see society becoming more embracing of sober lifestyles and that this year’s PrideFest will offer “a safe space” for people who do not want to drink.

“Hopefully our community is ready to embrace and support this kind of a space at PrideFest,” Scheer said.

The section is located down the festival’s main aisle and will have a clear view of the main stage. Scheer said the section is very visible, and that’s important to her.

“I think it sends a message that says, ‘you are an important part of our community and we’re going to create a space that sends a message of that,’” she said.

A sober section expands who is able to participate, Fuller said. While some people come to PrideFest and enjoy a beer, “that can be very difficult for people who are in recovery.”

“One of the points that we have put in our strategic plan for The Center is addressing issues of addiction and substance use in the LGBTQ community,” Fuller said. “It’s something we’ve had calls for before.”

suddenly realize that their friends and neighbors are affected by this legislation,” Fuller said.

The festivals started in the 1970s to protest police harassment. Focus shifted in the 1980s toward addressing the AIDS crisis and calls for LGBTQ civil rights ramped up in the 1990s and 2000s, Fuller said.

“Throughout the history of Pride events, there have always been some sort of pressure on people,” Fuller said.

Slaughter said grassroots advocates will be able to highlight legislative accomplishments, particularly within the festival’s messaging as the weekend draws closer.

“Because in addition to having years of built-up energy and songs, there’s a message to the community,” he said.

The festival will celebrate a return to a new normal, and areas where there have been gains in support for transgender communities, young people and women, Slaughter said.

“As we take back to the stage, we are celebrating not only this return to in-person, but the education that the world has allowed itself to go through,” Slaughter said. “There’s a new-found awareness and accountability.”

The national climate Fuller said a dramatic uptick in antiLGBT legislation across the country and the controversy regarding overturning Roe v. Wade could influence this year’s events, “because of how that may indicate a rollback of LGBT rights to follow.”

“There is a lot of importance of being out and being visible in the community, just because many people who are not part of the community

A growing event A version of Denver’s Pride festival has been running for 46 years. The Center on Colfax started producing the festival in 1990, and it remains the organization’s biggest fundraiser of the year.

Proceeds help The Center function year-round, run adult programming, youth programming and providing mental health support for the LGBTQ community.

“I feel blessed to have watched the LGBTQ movement” evolve into what it is today, Slaughter said, adding that what started as an event lasting a few hours on a Sunday is now a two-day extravaganza in Denver.

“Twenty years ago, when I started it was one of those things where I covertly asked for time off work to work for this,” he said.

Now Slaughter’s office jokes about not bothering him the entire week, because employees know how important the week of PrideFest is to him.

“It just makes my heart smile,” Slaughter said.

The 2022 Denver PrideFest takes place June 25 and 26 with a variety of entertainment at Civic Center Park, 101 W. 14th Ave., in Denver.

Other main events include the Pride 5K on June 25, and the Denver Pride Parade will take place

beginning at 9:30 a.m. June 26. It will span 14 blocks on Colfax Avenue from Cheesman Park to Civic Center Park. For more information on this year’s Denver PrideFest, including bios of this year’s headliners, visit denverpride.org.

In addition to the events taking place during the 2022 Denver PrideFest put on by The Center on Colfax, there are many additional ways to celebrate pride throughout the month of June.

Here are some suggestions: Black Pride Colorado Black Pride Colorado has a number of events taking place throughout June. The events range in variety from a gala event at the Denver Botanic Gardens to the family-friendly Queer Cookout. To learn more about the events or to purchase tickets/RSVP to any of them, visit blackpridedenver. com and select the events tab.

Denver Arts & Venues Cultural Runway Series: Pride The Denver Arts & Venues Cultural Runway Series: Pride takes place at 7 p.m. June 11 at the McNichols Civic Center Building, 144 W. Colfax Ave. in Denver. DeMarcio Slaughter will emcee a runway show that will include glamorous drag fashions by DCR studios. Guest performances include RuPaul Drag Race All Stars contestants.

The event also includes a mixed media installation titled “In Sickness and In Health,” which explores the intersection of disability and queer. Tickets range in price from $10 for standing room to $50 for VIP. Tickets should be purchased in advance as they will go up in price on the day of the event.

Tickets are available through AXS. com, or by visiting tinyurl.com/CulturalRunwaySeriesPride.

Eye to Eye: Portraits of Pride, Strength, Beauty A photography exhibit titled “Eye to Eye: Portraits of Pride, Strength, Beauty” physically located at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is available for free online viewing. This exhibit by Carey Candrian, an associate professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, is a collection of portraits of about three dozen LGBTQ women aged 59-85 years old accompanied by their powerful quotes. The exhibit is not available for in-person viewing for the general public, but everyone is welcome to view it online for free: tinyurl. com/Eye-to-EyePortraits.

Golden Triangle Public Art Tour: Drag Queen Edition Denver drag queen Shirley Delta Blow will lead attendees on a walking tour that explores a broad array of

contemporary and historical public artwork in Denver’s Civic Center Park and near the Denver Museum and the Denver Public Library, and includes a short visit to two LGTBQIA+ exhibits at the McNichols Civic Center Building. The tour is being offered at 5:30 p.m. on both June 21 and June 22. Cost is $5 per person and children aged 10 and younger are free.

All youth younger than the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult. It is recommended to purchase tickets in advance. Attendees are encouraged to dress up. To learn more or to purchase tickets, visit tinyurl.com/DenverArtTour-DragQueen.

House of Flora’s Nintendo KiKi Ball House of Flora’s Nintendo KiKi Ball takes place at 9 p.m. June 11 at The Perplexiplex, which is the event venue located within Meow Wolf’s Convergence Station, 1338 First Street in Denver. This show is for ages 18 and older.

Tickets begin at $25 per person and do not include admission to the Convergence Station exhibit. Tickets to the exhibit must be purchased separately and are based on availability. To learn more about Convergence Station or House of Flora, or to purchase tickets to Nintendo KiKi Ball, visit tickets. meowwolf.com/events/Denver.

Melodies of Pride The Mile High Freedom Bands is presenting its Melodies of Pride concert at 7 p.m. June 21 at the City Park Pavilion, 2001 Steele St. The concert is free to attend and no registration or RSVP is needed. This is a familyfriendly event and attendees are welcome to bring picnic dinners. To learn more about the Mile High Freedom Bands or the Melodies of Pride concert, visit mhfb.org.

Pride with JCC Denver The Staenberg-Loup Jewish Community Center (JCC Denver) is celebrating Pride month with a few events in June. The Two Remain Education Panel and LGBTQIA+ Song Recital takes place from 2-3 p.m. June 12. This event features the Central City Opera, which will perform an opera centered on Holocaust survivors visited by ghosts of their past and a love story of two gay German Jewish men. Librettist, Gene Scheer, LGBTQIA+ Holocaust survivors and Judaic studies experts will be a part of the education SEE CELEBRATE, P15

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Families come in many shapes, sizes Highlands Ranch author bases story in part on her own experience

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A letter from Highlands Ranch author Eleanor Brown is enclosed in the review copy of her latest novel, “Any Other Family.” The book will be on sale in early July and is partly based on her own experience.

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U.S. recycling that leaves millions of pounds of outdated, potentially valuable materials wasted instead of reused every year, Retrievr makes appointment house calls to Denver homes to snag old computers, cords and consoles off the porch.

For now, the service is free because it is subsidized by major technology firms ranging from Apple to Dell to Google, which are under pressure to help increase recycling of electronics in ways that don’t leave toxic metals and plastics on garbage barges headed to less-developed countries. For at least the next few weeks, Retrievr will waive its usual $20 home pickup fee for everything except big TVs and large computer monitors.

TV pickups were initially free at Retrievr’s spring Denver launch as well, and wildly popular. The startup collected more than 100,000 pounds of electronics in the first few weeks.

Now, pickups for big TVs start at about $30, and volume has decreased, though recyclers are convinced there are plenty more customers looking to clean out family rooms and basements.

Retrievr contracts in Denver with McNeal’s employer, Blue Star Recyclers, for the pickups and sorting.

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metric tons of consumer electronics are responsibly recycled and documented each year, according to a recent international report, leaving 44.3 million tons unaccounted for. The brands backing Retrievr have identified barriers to recycling including: no at-home pickup by municipal recyclers; no knowledge of one-time dropoff programs; desire for complex technology to be reused by someone rather than thrown away; and worries that private data are left on storage devices and will be abused.

“So we’re working to address each of those barriers,” Retrievr CEO Kabira Stokes said.

• The Retrievr website and other materials offer information on how to wipe data. If consumers can’t do it themselves, Retrievr certifies that its recycling handlers use standard wiping protocols.

• The partners, who are also experimenting with a pilot in Philadelphia, are trying all forms of media to get word out, from TikTok to tables at farmer’s markets to listings in city recycling directories.

• Used computers that look like they still have life in them are wiped of data and then offered to nonprofits and other potential re-users.

• Final processing of recyclable materials is not done in Denver, but items are sent to others who take out the metals and other useful or toxic parts in a “certified chain of custody

through the end-life of the material.”

“We’re just trying to build out the ecosystem of options for people,” Stokes said. “We’re just trying to move these recycling rates.”

The new service joins Colorado and local governments that are already on a forceful recycling push. Denver wants to boost the percentage of material residents keep out of the waste stream from 15% closer to the national average of 34%, with the city council likely to vote this month on a plan that would, for the first time, charge for the volume of garbage while expanding recycling frequency and free composting.

Colorado legislators passed a bill setting up a statewide “producer responsibility” program, where makers of consumer packaging will pay fees into a pool that will help cities and counties expand their recycling programs and create local markets for recyclable materials.

Other specialty recycling programs are starting up privately,

with Ridwell as one example.

Ridwell is a subscription service that brings a box to the consumer’s doorstep that can be filled with hard-to-recycle items like batteries, plastic film, light bulbs and more. Ridwell’s basic service is $16 a month for a three-month agreement. The company does not take large electronics.

All the new programs are examples of how consumers want “that link between residents and responsible processors. People are so relieved to get these things out of their house and have something to do with it,” Stokes said.

“We’ve also learned,” she added, “that people have a lot of televisions.”

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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Teacher evaluations to change Standardized test scores will have smaller role

BY ERICA MELTZE CHALKBEAT

Teacher evaluation is getting an update in Colorado, more than a decade after the state last overhauled its system.

Starting with the 2023-24 school year, students’ standardized test scores will play a smaller role in teachers’ ratings, rubrics will be more specialized to reflect different jobs, and teachers with consistently high scores will face less scrutiny.

If it works as supporters hope, the system will focus more on helping teachers grow and improve. That contrasts with the current system,

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which many educators perceive as punitive, and which hasn’t improved student achievement much — at least as measured by test scores.

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system in Senate Bill 70, signed last week, Colorado joins a growing list of states moving away from practices the Obama administration hoped would improve schools.

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ate Bill 191, called for teachers’ job performance to be measured half by student academic growth and half by classroom observation of professional practices such as showing a strong understanding of the content and delivering effective instruction.

Districts could use various academic data to show student growth, but at least 1% of every teacher’s evaluation had to be linked to standardized test scores. Often it was much higher than that. Teachers particularly resented the use of collective measures, in which an art teacher might be rated based on how students at her school or in her district did on reading and math tests.

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New Colorado teachers eligible for loan forgiveness, student teaching stipends

BY ERICA MELTZER CHALKBEAT

Colorado student teachers will have access to up to $22,000 in stipends, and teachers who started their careers during the pandemic and have stuck with it can qualify for up to $5,000 in loan forgiveness, under a bill signed into law this week.

Removing Barriers to Educator Preparation dedicates $52 million

from federal relief money to getting new teachers into the classroom and keeping them there during a time when schools across the state are grappling with shortages. Fewer teachers were entering the profession before the pandemic, and shortages have only worsened.

“A lot of teachers, people who want to be teachers, actually drop out of educator prep programs because they can’t afford it,” said state Rep. Cathy Kipp, a Fort Collins Democrat.

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“They can’t afford to work for free and pay tuition and not be able to hold down a second or third job.”

Kipp sponsored the bill with fellow Democrats state Rep. Barbara McLachlan of Durango and state Sen. Rachel Zenzinger of Arvada, as well as Republican state Sen. Don Coram of Montrose.

The new law also covers the costs of test fees for eligible educators and creates alternative ways of getting a license for teacher candidates who

struggle to pass Praxis exams.

Gov. Jared Polis signed the bill to applause at a ceremony Thursday in which he also signed a slew of other education bills, including a major funding increase that lawmakers hope will lead to higher teacher pay and make staying in the classroom more attractive.

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Invasive mussels haven’t been found in Colorado’s lakes and reservoirs Wildlife officials are battling to keep it that way

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Zebra and quagga mussels do not yet exist in Colorado’s lakes and reservoirs, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife leaders are working hard to keep it that way.

They’re stepping up enforcement efforts through a statewide decontamination program. Each year, the department runs the Aquatic Nuisance Species Program, where inspectors at 73 locations decontaminate boats before they enter and exit Colorado’s waterways. Since the program’s inception in 2008, almost 500,000 boats have been inspected annually. The inspections help detect species like zebra and quagga mussels that attach to boats.

If knocked off, the muscles can drop into, and infect, Colorado waters.

“Each year, the number of boats we are intercepting here in Colorado is increasing significantly,” said Robert Walters, invasive species program manager. “In 2017, we intercepted 26 boats coming into the state that had mussels on them. In 2021 alone, we intercepted 181.”

Colorado is not free of all invasive aquatic nuisance species. Some bodies of water in Colorado contain Eur-

A heavily infested propeller and lower unit of a boat is pictured by Colorado Parks and Wildlife inspectors. The organization has since 2008 run an aquatic nuisance program that intercepts and decontaminated more boats each year in hopes of keeping invasive COURTESY OF ROBERT WALTERS/COLORADO PARKS AND WILDLIFE species out of Colorado’s waterways.

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Colorado Parks and Wildlife leaders remain concerned about the possibility of zebra and quagga mussels possibly popping up across the state. The department is conducting an awareness campaign this month ahead of Memorial Day, which is when the boating season generally kicks off in Colorado.

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Honoring the Class of 2022 The graduating class of 2022 worked hard to persevere and achieve success. Here are some stories that the grads shared of their high school experience.

Bicky Campos Morales High School: DSST: Cole High School Future plans: Attend the University of Denver and major in biochemistry and minor in public law.

Quote: “What makes the class of 2022 special is the perseverance and grit each and every student has. We had to go practically a whole year of virtual learning that challenged us to adapt to new learning strategies and connect even more with our teachers when we needed help. In the end, we came out even stronger, and now all have bright futures. What I learned most from high school was to be more attentive to my mental health. While completing the work is important, there are also moments when you need to take a step back and just rest your mind a bit in order to produce the best work you possibly can.”

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Quote: “The class of 2022 is special due to its versatility; we were able to adapt to online learning and then make the quick transition back into school successfully.

One thing I learned during my high school experience that I will take with me is that if you don’t step outside of

your comfort zone, you will never know what you are capable of. Risks work out in the end.”

Daniela Carolina Ibarra-Hernandez High school: Denver South High School Future plans: Major in business management at the University of Colorado-Denver where she will attend as a Denver Scholarship Foundation Scholar.

Quote: “Coming back from the pandemic, our class of 2022 is privileged to have received a final in person year before heading out to the higher education and career world.”

Christine Strayer High school: Denver South High School Future plans: Study neuroscience at the University of Colorado-Boulder.

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ver the last few months I had the pleasure of working with some graduating seniors at Castle View High School. In working with interns, I have never believed in the concept that they will learn by watching me work.

Instead, I pushed forth an idea I had but never brought to fruition as a journalist. That idea being how much pressure is put on high school and college students today. The answer is a lot.

I worked with these young ladies FROM THE to produce the “Need to Succeed” EDITOR series. They wrote personal essays about their own battles and I am going to use this space this week for me.

They are classified as Generation Z. I am Generation X with Millennials sitting between us. That group of Millennials between us is a huge change.

When I was in high school, my Thelma Grimes parents were adamant that I would get a diploma. They did not necessarily push the need to go to college. In fact, they were supportive but not overly excited.

My high school days were stressful in that I wanted to get good grades, be active in my school and work for the local newspaper to write sports.

I can’t say I was overwhelmed. I had a blast in high school. To this day, I still treasure my time at my small-town high school. I formed lifelong friendships with teachers, my friends and the community.

Fast forward to the present, with me being a parent of a teenager and two young boys while doing this project on the stress placed on kids to succeed today.

What I learned is that I do need to change. Interviewing therapists and experts in child behavior, I realized I rarely show my children that I make mistakes and have failed in life. In put strict guidelines on behavior and grades. I even want them to be successful at everything they try.

In the end, what I learned in doing this project with these interns is that my children need to be happy and well adjusted. They need to gravitate towards their passions and if it is not necessarily what I had in mind for them — that is OK. I do not want to have my children crying in dark corners, hosting a slew of anxiety that they cannot get rid of.

Do I want them to go to college? Well, society says I have to be that parent. After all, how can my children be successful adults if they do not go to college?

Well, the bottom line is if they join the military — I will support it. If they choose to try out a trade school — I will support it. If they go to community college — I will clap and say “so did I.” I have to thank Dr. Ron-Li Liaw of Children’s Hospital Colorado for the frank way in which she explained how parents and society are hurting our children’s mental health. Her exact quote that got my attention was, “Childhood is a gift, and we are spoiling it with expectations.”

Over the last few months, because of her and the students I worked with, I have started changing some of my parenting styles. While I still have standards, I truly work now to make sure my children enjoy their childhood.

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nterest rates going up, inflation on the rise, and empty shelves where baby formula used to sit.

Wars raging in Ukraine and other parts of the world. A resurgence of COVID, although mostly mild symptoms, is still making its rounds, with some becoming severely ill. Gasoline prices out of control. Employees hard to find. Midterm elections, a leaked opinion about a possible overturning of Roe v. Wade, battles over school curriculums, make this is the perfect time to choose fear and scarcity over hope and abundance.

Or does it?

You see, it’s not only asking if the glass is half full or half empty, but also more like asking if the ocean is half full or half empty. Any one of the events mentioned above is enough to push us over the edge. Imagine trying to understand and cope with all of them at the same time, while also dealing with all of life’s other challenges and difficult seasons of life, sickness, divorce, losing a loved one, loss of a job, and other things that happen to us that are mostly out of our control. If ever we were going to buy into fear and scarcity, the time is now.

Or is it?

I was told a long time ago that hope and fear are the same thing, either word is a belief that something will happen in the future. Some will choose to pick fear, stressing and worrying about that bad thing that is coming next. Others will choose hope, believing that whatever is headed our way will be a good thing, maybe even a great thing. Those who choose fear will think with a scarcity mindset, but those of us with hope will still see the opportunity for abundance. And when I speak of abundance I am not speaking of money, profits or things. No, I am speaking of an abundance of faith, hope and love. I am speaking about an abundance of people being kind, good, gentle and compassionate.

When we live with the fear and scarcity mindset it is easy to let go of the goodness and kindness, and the other traits mentioned above that we can still find in abundance if we look for them. And when we live with in fear and scarcity it starts us down a slope that leads to selfishness, resentment, anger, isolation, envy and dread.

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The reality is that there are some very serious and frightening things happening in our world. If you are like me and have children and grandchildren, you may be thinking about this through the lens of a parent or grandparent with your thoughts centered on their future, and what happens if we can’t solve some of these things now or in the relatively near Michael Norton future.

For every situation, conflict, or problem mentioned above, there are thought leaders working on resolutions. We may not appreciate what they are doing, or who is leading the charge, or which side of the aisle they may be on, but I firmly believe there are enough good people with great intentions trying to do their very best to restore things to order so that solutions and agreements can be made and that there will be a better tomorrow for everyone, regardless of which side we are on.

How can we move from fear and scarcity to hope and abundance? I think that will be different for all of us. I can only share what I believe to be true and where my family and friends draw their encouragement when it comes to living with hope and abundance. We use words of love, hope, and encouragement with one another. We text or call each day with a message of love. We go to church, we read our Bible, and we pray. Zig Ziglar used to say this, “Each day I read the newspaper and my Bible, this way I know what both sides are up to.”

Which is it for you, fear and scarcity or hope and abundance? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@xinnix.com, and when we can go out in the spirit of hope and abundance, it really will be a better than good year.

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Opinion: I’ve lived in a country with gun control. It works.

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ollowing the recent racist mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, Americans are reeling from yet another preventable tragedy.

The lives of 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school did not have to end in such hateful bloodshed. As devastated as this country is, we cannot allow our grief to stall our action. There is an answer to ending this cycle of brutality.

I’ve lived in a country with gun control. I know it works.

The United Kingdom, which encompasses England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, has some of the strictest gun laws of any developed country. During my time living there, the thought of being in a mass shooting event never crossed my mind. Because it didn’t happen.

From 2012 to 2016, when I lived in a suburb outside London, there were zero mass shootings in the U.K. Data from the Gun Violence Archive, which began in 2013, shows there were 990 mass shootings in the U.S. between 2013 and 2016.

GVA defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people are shot and/or killed in a single event at the same general time and location, not including the shooter.

Those numbers don’t include the infamous Aurora theater shooting and the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting in 2012, events I heard about

while living near London.

As I saw the news of those tragedies, I felt so incredibly grateful that I was living in a country where gun restrictions were keeping me safe.

As a teenager at the time, I didn’t Robert Tann worry about being killed while sitting inside my classroom or when going to a movie theater with friends. I wasn’t planning my escape every time I entered a public space, fervently scanning for the closest door or window.

But now, living in the U.S, I always am. It’s a fear that is palpable across our country, felt every time a parent drops their child off for school or when a person just needs to run to the grocery store before dinner.

In the U.K., it took just one mass shooting to prompt a major gun control law. After a shooter killed 16 people in a rural town 60 miles outside London in 1987, the government outlawed semi-automatic weapons the following year.

Other U.K. laws have created extensive universal background checks, require private gun licenses to be renewed every five years and allow for that license to be revoked should a gun owner be deemed a public safety

threat. In the U.S., we have none of that, at least not federally.

I’m not naive to think these laws will eradicate gun violence and mass shootings entirely. The U.K. has seen four mass shootings since the government’s 1988 act banning assault weapons, with the most recent happening in Plymouth, England, in 2021. A collective 51 people died from those attacks.

But compare that to the thousands of shootings and deaths the U.S. has seen in that same span of time, the answer to the problem becomes clear: it’s the guns.

As of 2017, the rate of firearm ownership per 100 people was 4.9 in the U.K. For the U.S., it was 120.5, and there is a correlation between gun ownership and gun violence.

The U.S. is nearly off the chart when its gun violence rate is compared to other developed countries with much lower gun ownership rates. Data for 2022 shows there are 12 gun-related deaths per 100,000 people in the U.S. Many other developed nations, such as Canada, France, Germany and South Korea, have rates between 0 and 3 per 100,000.

There are simply too many guns in this country, many of which are semi-automatic assault weapons that are commercially illegal in other western countries.

We’ve heard other arguments for the culprit of the U.S.’s gun violence

epidemic with some laying the blame on mental health or a gun-loving culture that simply can not be changed.

It’s true that we’re a country in mental distress. It’s true we have a long history, dating back to the nation’s inception, of gun violence.

These are certainly root causes of much of our collective suffering and will take years, generations even, to address and heal from.

But to focus so heavily on these socio-cultural factors is to distract from the immediate solutions in front of us.

We’ve seen the results of countries willing to implement bold gun restrictions from the U.K. to Canada to Australia to New Zealand. In countries like these shootings are rarer and overall suffering from gun violence is lower.

What do we have to show in the U.S. for decades of inaction? A year where we’ve had more mass shootings than days on the calendar.

Enough.

We know what we need to do as a country, we have the solutions in front of us. It rests solely on the shoulders of our elected officials to act.

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checking the rear, outside and interior compartments of the boat. Then, 140-degree water is used to decontaminate the boat, killing any invasive species present. All the water is then drained into an open field or retention pond, Stucker said.

Most boaters are already aware of their responsibility to have their boats inspected before launching it into local water. But the pandemic added a new layer of complexity for state leaders trying to keep local lakes and reservoirs safe. Many people became firsttime boaters during the pandemic and aren’t educated about the inspection process and the need for it, Stucker said.

Mussels can live outside of water for 27 days under the right conditions. The

filter feeders can pass almost an entire liter of water through their shells each day, consuming nutrients needed by other fish and plants in the ecosystem.

Their high levels of filter feeding can alter food sources in lakes and reservoirs. And when mussels defecate or dry out on shorelines, they can cause a rancid smell, making it less desirable to recreate in these areas, Walters said.

“There’s a whole slew of potential recreational impacts,” he added. “In Eastern Europe, they had a role in filtering water and were a food source for native species that kept them in check.

Here in Colorado, they would not serve much of a purpose, and would mostly cause problems.”

Inspectors are among those with the most important jobs in the state,

which is to protect Colorado’s waterways, Stucker said. As an avid boater, he works to ensure that his kids can grow up with the same opportunities he had as a child while recreating on Colorado’s lakes and rivers.

“If I can prevent that mussel boat from launching, or if my inspectors can prevent that mussel boat from launching, then it’s a win in my book,” he said.

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rounding states, which increases our level of risk here in Colorado.”

For some, the inspection process could take less than 1 minute, said Luke Stucker, a senior ranger managing the aquatic nuisance program, at Cherry Creek State Park. If the boat has just returned from an area containing many invasive species, such as Lake Powell, the decontamination process will likely take longer, he said.

Every state park has a decontamination station, where boats sit on a trailer, away from bodies of water.

Inspectors move through the vessel,

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Space dinosaurs. Project 626.

Murder by the Campfire.

This is not a list of the internet’s latest conspiracy theories,

but rather the creations of Black Box Bakery, a space-themed wholesale and online retail bakery located in the RiNo district of Denver. And the baked goods look just as outlandish as they sound. Scroll through the bakery’s Instagram feed, and you will find rainbow pastries, croissants that are apparently stranded on Mars, and alien-decorated cookies reading “You’re Out of this World” — all of which are as drool worthy as they are bizarre.

And the Earthly masterminds behind these edible creations?

Twenty-seven-year-old Arielle Israel and 24-year-old Megan Read.

Israel stands at 5’3” but carries herself with a certain defiant confidence and clarity of vision.

Her reputation for croissants has earned her the nickname “The Laminator.”

She sometimes spends up to 12 hours a day on the laborious work of folding butter sheets into dough, folding it, running it

through the sheeter to flatten it and repeating.

Working with dough lets Israel be aggressive, whereas Read handles the more precise aspects of production. Read’s perfection of cakes and pastries gives her the moniker “Cake Queen.”

Her energetic, can-do attitude matches the bright auburn of her hair.

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From top: A space-themed, culinary creative force, Black Box Bakery features culinary delights that are “out of this world.”

Murder by the Campfire: double red croissant, toasted marshmallow, dark chocolate ganache, graham cracker.

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‘I can see this getting, not out of hand, but ... out of hand.’

Megan Read

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days go something like this: 2:30 p.m. to 12 a.m., pastry and croissant production; 12 - 1 a.m., packing; 1 to 3 a.m., deliveries; 3 to 11 a.m., sleep; and 11 a.m., wake up and start thinking about creating all over again.

Business takes off Israel and Read’s creations come to life in the windowless basement of the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Denver, itself a story with intriguing origins. Just a few months after starting Black Box, Israel and Read received an email on behalf of the CEO of a large hotel conglomerate, asking them to meet in a specified location to “discuss certain opportunities.”

The exchange had all the veiled secrecy of an interaction with the mafia, Read said. But low and behold, the mystery executive was a huge fan of their croissants and wanted to help launch the business to even higher places. The exchange eventually helped Israel and Read land their current workspace in the unused banquet kitchen of the hotel.

Israel and Read’s kitchen now gives them enough space to work alongside four other employees, including Israel’s husband and partner in Black Box, Ty Webb. The team goes to work aerating butter, cutting dough into circles and bathing their pastries in egg washes, which gives the final product that delectable golden-brown hue. Sometimes the crew listens to podcasts to stay entertained.

Some of their favorites include “Serial,” “Stuff You Should Know” and “Behind the Bastards.”

On occasion, Israel might share her other hobby with Read — watching surgeries online. As it turns out, you can witness surgeons remove a blockage of the heart on Instagram and learn to spot the difference between a ruptured spleen and an intact one. Macabre? Maybe a little. But Israel thinks the interest stems from a desire to understand how things work.

In baking, for instance, Israel must understand how each ingredient will change her final product. It was in culinary school that she first realized “the egg has this function; the sugar does this,” and so forth.

Read does not share the same affinity for watching medical operations, but the two clearly have a long history of knowing each other’s quirks.

Dynamic duo The pair go back to 2015, when they began their associate’s degrees at the Culinary Institute of America in New York. Israel was 20, having just completed her mandatory two years in the Israeli army, and Read was only 18. The two partnered up for a class and it immediately became clear they made a great team.

“She does all the things that I’m not good at or don’t like, and I’m the same for her,” Read said.

For the next few years, Israel and Read worked together in classes and at restaurants on the weekends. Their connection became almost telepathic, each knowing what the other would work on without having to communicate it.

After graduating from culinary school, Israel took a job as a pastry chef in Denver. Meanwhile, Read had just completed her manager’s training at a restaurant in New York. But Israel saw the opportunities on the horizon and knew, “I need my partner.” She sent a formal job offer over to Read, and within a month, the dynamic duo was reunited.

Soon after, Israel and Read decided it was time to branch out on their own. A colleague in the industry introduced them to the concept of wholesale production: making baked goods to be bought by other cafes and restaurants. It was just what Israel and Read needed — a way to get their foot in the door without the high startup costs of running their own storefront.

Thus, Black Box Bakery was born. Their specialty? Laminated pastries: anything made through rolling and folding layers of dough and butter. If it sounds decadent and delicious, that’s because it is.

Exploring the creative possibilities But Israel and Read had no desire to create “just another bakery.” Instead, they wanted to explore the unknown and embark on a journey of discovering what’s possible in the culinary sphere.

“It allows us to say, ‘you know, we’ve never seen a blue croissant before. We’re gonna do that,’” Israel said.

And indeed, the bakery abounds with creativity and variety. Croissant varieties include strawberry, almond, Oreo, pistachio and cruffin — a cross between a cinnamon roll and a croissant.

As for the bakery’s out-ofthis-world theme, Israel loves all things alien and conspiracy theory. She sees a metaphorical connection between her crois-

sants and space, both whimsical, mysterious entities in her mind.

“People at home don’t know how croissants are made,” Israel said.

And that same principle could apply to much of space, too.

Once, after a long night of deliveries for the bakery, Read even had a firsthand experience with a UFO. In the dark, early hours of the morning, Read was driving home and spotted something in the sky that looked like a planet but was crazy bright.

She immediately called Israel to describe what she was seeing.

“All of a sudden it zoomed across the sky,” said Read emphatically, using her hands to mimic the quick trajectory of the unidentified object. She told Israel, “Bro, I think I just saw a UFO.” Paranormal or not, Israel and Read seem to draw inspiration from particular formative memories.

Like the first time Read tried a croissant in France. She entered a random bakery, stopped to pick up a croissant, and was walking to the subway when she took her first bite. It literally stopped her in her tracks.

The sweet, grassy taste of the butter was like nothing she had ever tried before. Read wants this to be the visceral experience all people have when they taste Black Box’s goods.

Much of Israel’s inspiration is rooted in personal experiences too. Growing up, she would spend summers with her grandparents in France. Each day, Israel would stand in line for fresh baguettes and croissants — even if they still had leftover baked goods at home from the day before.

And at her childhood home in Israel, Friday nights were dedicated to food too. Israel would make challah bread, always met with constructive criticism

driving her to be better.

“Too dense, could be better,” her family members would coach her.

Those memories stick with her. And now, Israel and Read long to produce baked goods that transport people to cherished memories of their own.

Storefront on the horizon Back in the kitchen, the clock has struck 2:30 p.m., which means production has begun.

Occasionally, Israel and Read chatter with the team as they work. Other times they seem overcome by a quiet, determined focus, despite performing the same repetitive tasks they do day in day out.

It is clear the two take great pride in their work.

“They have a standard and will have that standard met no matter what. And if it isn’t met it doesn’t go on the plate,” said Blake Ritenour, close friend and former employee.

That standard is producing results. Due to their success, Israel and Read look forward to opening their first storefront bakery in late summer or fall of this year. It’s a space in the Edgewater Public Market, a hip food hall in west-central Denver.

“It’s a dream,” Israel said.

“Everyone wants to see their products and get that feedback” from their customers.

Despite their impressive accomplishments at a young age, Israel and Read are not pumping the brakes anytime soon. They are already dreaming about owning a restaurant, a hospitality group, a desert bar and a diner. They excitedly blurt out ideas, feeding off one another’s infectious enthusiasm.

On reflection, “I can see this getting, not out of hand, but... out of hand,” Read said, laughing.

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Colorado is putting $150 million into a new housing program that is expected to support the creation of thousands of new houses, apartments and condos.

Under a bill signed by the governor, the money will be loaned out at low-interest rates to local governments, nonprofits and developers. They’ll combine it with other sources of money to build housing at a manageable price point for people working in the area. They’ll then repay the debt into the “revolving” fund, allowing it to be loaned out once again.

“This is a key issue going forward: Colorado’s a great place to live, but we need to reduce housing costs,” Polis said in an interview.

“A combination of property tax relief, new tax credits, transformational investments in housing that are then leveraged with private sector investments will substantially increase the inventory and supply of houses in Colorado and help reduce prices.”

State analysts expect the program could support 16,000 new units over a decade, said Democratic state Sen. Rachel Zenzinger, a sponsor. And it represents just a smaller part of nearly $650 million in housing spending authorized by the legislature this year, plus changes that could bring in more money in the future.

Polis signed the bill at the edge of a vacant lot in Arvada. The parcel, not far from busy 80th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard, is the future site of an affordable housing project.

The project is a collaboration of the city of Arvada and the nonprofit BeyondHome.

House Minority Leader Hugh McKean, a Republican, said he supported the bill because it opens the door for more private development

As the population grows, housing inventory has decreased and home prices are selling well above asking prices, making affordable housing a concern for lawmakers.

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“If you can incentivize private capital, then you get what you want and you benefit a company to come and invest in our state. That’s the best possible solution,” he said.

The new money comes from the state’s general fund. It’s possible in large part because the state’s budget is flush from rising tax revenue and Colorado has received billions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief.

But the new spending can’t close the vast gap in Colorado’s housing needs, estimated at 325,000 new homes over the next few years. Some housing advocates want lawmakers to go beyond simply funding new programs to make big policy changes; they’d like to see the state loosen local development restrictions to encourage more building.

State lawmakers have been hesitant to override local leaders, who have historically set the rules for development. But they have tiptoed into the question of land use by offering financial incentives for cities that embrace denser construction.

Gov. Polis also signaled his support for a failed proposal that would have banned cities from enacting growth limits.

Asked at the bill signing if he

was interested in exerting more influence over local zoning codes, perhaps by using incentives, Polis responded with a single word: “Yes.” More housing and homelessness legislation Other significant housing bills passed in 2022 include: • HB22-1304 to provide $178 million in grants to governments and nonprofits to help build affordable housing and infrastructure. Local governments that use “sustainable land use best practices,” including by encouraging density, will get dibs on some of the money.

• HB22-1366 to provide $105 million in grants for local governments and nonprofits to provide services and housing for people experiencing homelessness.

• HB22-1378 to provide $50 million of federal funds for the creation of a regional campus for homelessness services in the Denver metro. It may eventually include emergency shelter, housing, medical and other care and more.

• SB22-211 to provide $45 million to repurpose the Ridge View Campus in Watkins, a former residential facility for troubled youth shut down by the state, to provide temporary

housing and other homelessness services.

• HB22-1282 to provide $40 million in grants and loans for businesses that develop “new types of innovative housing,” including prefabricated housing factories.

• SB22-160 to provide $35 million in loans and grants to help mobilehome owners purchase the parks where they live.

• SB22-146 to provide $25 million to expand the state’s existing program to support construction of middle-income housing.

• SB22-231 to provide $5.6 million for supportive housing services for people with mental or behavioral health issues.

• SB22-232 to create a $1 million pilot program for a new authority to help build middle-income housing.

The legislature also approved changes to tax credits to help housing projects, an approach that is more popular with the legislature’s Republicans.

House Minority Leader Hugh McKean voted against several of the grant packages above, but he supported two new laws creating housing tax credits worth hundreds of millions. Tax credits offer tax discounts for those who give money to housing efforts.

“If you can incentivize private capital, then you get what you want and you benefit a company to come and invest in our state. That’s the best possible solution,” he said.

Bills involving tax credits included: • HB22-1083 expands an existing income tax credit for people who donate to homeless housing programs.

It’s estimated to generate up to $25 million per year in contributions.

• HB22-1051 extends the state’s affordable housing tax credit, which was set to expire in 2024, for seven more years. It’s estimated to allow at least $420 million in credits to fund housing projects through 2031.

This story is from Colorado Public Radio, a nonprofit news source. Used by permission. For more, and to support CPR News, visit cpr.org.

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To learn more or to RSVP, visit tinyurl. com/PrideWithJCCDenver Rainbows & Revolutions The “Rainbows & Revolutions” exhibition opened on June 4 at the History Colorado Center, 1200 Broadway in Denver. This museum exhibit takes a “dive deep into the struggles and successes of LGBTQ+ Coloradans and their allies who changed the cultural, business and political landscape of our state,” states a news release. Through oral histories, photos and historical artifacts from Colorado’s LGBTQ+ community, attendees will have an opportunity to learn about the earliest record of LGBTQ+ Coloradans, as well as contemporary artists, activists, entrepreneurs and allies pushing the

Unbreakable: The Untold Story of our Community Celebrating Pride and its 40th anniversary, the Denver Gay Men’s Chorus is presenting “Unbreakable: The Untold Story of our Community.”

These performances are the Colorado premiere of a new musical from renowned Broadway composer Andrew Lippa. A press release posted on The Center on Colfax’s website states that “the stunning choral work for chorus, guest artists and a chamber orchestra takes audiences through a chronological musical journey of the gay experience in America, from 1900 through today.” In Denver, “Unbreakable” performances are offered on June 10 and 11 at the King Center on Auraria Campus, 855 Lawrence Way, in Denver.

Showtimes are offered at 7:30 p.m. on June 10, and 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on June 11. Tickets cost $28 for general admission with discounts available for students, military and seniors. The 7:30 p.m. June 11 show will be available for live stream for $20. To learn more or to purchase tickets, visit denverchoruses. org.

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Legal Notice No. 81673 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 16 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, COLORADO 1437 Bannock Street Denver, Colorado 80202 PLAINTIFF: Kathy L. Clark, an individual v.

DEFENDANTS: Randy R. Wafford, an individual; JPMorgan Chase & Co., a Delaware corporation, d/b/a JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.; Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., a national association, d/b/a Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc.; and Paul D. Lopez as the Public Trustee of the City and County of Denver Nathan S. Silver #28836 The Silver Law Firm, LLC 1616 17th Street, Suite 478 Denver, Colorado 80202 Phone Number: (720) 341-0950 Email: nathan@silverlawdenver.com Case Number: 2022CV030351 Div.: 424 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO: TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT, RANDY R. WAFFORD: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of the 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 last day of publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

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Notice to Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of William S. Falkenberg, also known as William Falkenberg, and as Bill Falkenberg, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30702 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 October 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

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Attorney for Personal Representative 1801 California Street, Suite 2400 Denver, CO 80202 Legal Notice No. 81662 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 16, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of MARILYN JEANE TROILO, aka MARILYN J TROILO, aka MARILYN TROILO, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30314 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 September 26, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Person Giving Notice: Personal Representative, Lori Troilo 21150 E Lehigh Avenue Aurora, CO 80013 Phone: (720) 291-9276 Email: Lori.Troilo@gmail.com Legal Notice No. 81655 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Shannon A. Driskell, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30597 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 October 9, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Rory Driskell: Personal Representative c/o Davis Schilken, PC 7887 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 820 Denver, CO 80111 Legal Notice No. 81668 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jane R. Temple, deceased Case Number: 2022PR30531 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 September 26, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Barbara L. Lorenz Personal Representative 2 Inverness Drive East, Suite 102 Englewood, Colorado 80112 Legal Notice No. 81646 First publication: May 26, 2022 Last publication: June 09, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Donald E. Fuller, a/k/a Donald Earnest Fuller, a/k/a Donald Fuller, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30608 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 October 3, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

PREGENZER BAYSINGER WIDEMAN & SALE, PC

Deryck E. A. Fuller, Personal Representative c/o Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C. 1120 Lincoln St., #1100 Denver, CO 80203

By: Daniel J. Monte 460 St. Michael’s Drive, Suite 101 Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 872-0505 dmonte@pbwslaw.com Attorneys for Personal Representative

Legal Notice No. 81656 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 16, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Legal Notice No. 81650 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DUANE V. NARON (a.k.a. DUANE NARON), Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30560

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Alan Campbell, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 185 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 October 10, 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 (TAMBREY TURNER NARON) or to DENVER PROBATE COURT (1437 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80202) on or before OCTOBER 3, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Baysore & Christian Fiduciary Services, LLC by and through its designated representatives Roby Scott Christian and/or Stephanie Lambert, either of whom may act independently

/s/_Leona Hauschild LEONA HAUSCHILD, Esq.

Legal Notice No. 81676 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022

7000 E. Belleview Ave., STE150 Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DEREK JOST, a/k/a DEREK W. JOST AND DEREK WERNER JOST, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR137 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 September 26 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Travis J. Jost, Personal Representative 4612 34th Street Minneapolis, MN 55406

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Hubert John Jones, Deceased Case Number 2022PR30487 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 October 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

James Kaferly, III, Personal Representative c/o Colton D. Craft, JD Davis Schilken, PC 7887 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 820 Denver, CO 80111 Legal Notice No. 81675 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Legal Notice No. 81647 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Judy S. Kawa, a/k/a Judy S. Kava, a/k/a Judy S. Tova, a/k/a Judy S. Kawa Tova, a/k/a Judy S. Kava Tova, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30685 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 October 3rd, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Sara Zucker, Co-Personal Representative Penny Lustigman, Co-Personal Representative c/o Rumler Tarbox Lyden Law Corp PC 1777 S. Harrison Street, Suite 1250 Denver, CO 80210

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Alfonso Augustine Ruybal, a/k/a Alfonso A. Ruybal, a/k/a Alfonso Ruybal Case Number: 22PR030135 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 October 9, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jerome A. DeHerrera Attorney to the Personal Representative 146 W. 11th Avenue Denver, CO 80204 Legal Notice No. 81669 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice Denver Probate Court Denver County, Colorado 1437 Bannock St., #230 Denver, CO 80202

Legal Notice No. 81661 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 16, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

In the Matter of the Estate of: James Anderson, aka James E. Anderson, aka James Eskil Anderson, Deceased

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Laurie Ann Lucero, a/k/a Laurie A. Lucero, a/k/a Laurie Lucero, deceased Case Number: 2022PR30118 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 October 4, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jerome A. DeHerrera Attorney to the Personal Representative 146 W. 11th Avenue Denver, CO 80204

Attorney for Cindy Davison, Scott Lewis, Mitchell Christiansen, Nolan Lewis, and Jazz Hilmer: Justin W. Blow, Esq. #41085 Colorado Estate Matters 3000 Youngfield St., Suite 100 Wheat Ridge, CO 80215 Phone: (303)-713-9147 E-mail: justin@coestatematters.com Case Number: 2021PR31434 NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S.

Legal Notice No. 81663 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 16, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

****** Attendance at this hearing is not required or expected. ******* To: Unknown or Unascertained Heirs of James Anderson, aka James E. Anderson, aka James Eskil Anderson, deceased.

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Larry Lackey, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30679 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 October 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Monty Lee Lackey Personal Representative 1438 Great Shoals Circle Lawrenceville, Georgia 30045

A hearing without appearance on the Petition for Determination of Heir Status and Request for Removal of Personal Representative and on the Petition for Formal Appointment of Successor Personal Representative, for a determination by the court that the petitioners are heirs of James Eskil Anderson’s estate and that the Personal Representative shall be removed and replaced with a successor Personal Representative, will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: June 24, 2022

Time: 8:00 a.m.

Address: 1437 Bannock St., #230, Denver, CO 80202

Legal Notice No. 81672 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Legal Notice No. 81645 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Stephen A. Banas, Jr., aka Stephen A. Banas, aka, Steve Banas, aka Steven Banas, aka Steven A. Banas, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30232

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of LESLIE DIANE SIMMONS, aka LESLIE D. SIMMONS, aka LESLIE SIMMONS, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30716

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 October 9, 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 October 9, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kimberly Langston Personal Representative c/o Timothy J. Parks, Esq. 1999 Broadway, Suite 1400 Denver, CO 80202

Domenica Lam, Personal Representative c/o 3i Law LLC 2000 S. Colorado Blvd.

Tower 1, Suite 10000 Denver, CO 80222

Legal Notice No. 81679 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Legal Notice No. 81667 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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Public Notices 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 September 26, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Karyl Verdon, Personal Representative 4408 Sandpiper Circle Boulder, Colorado 80301 Legal Notice No. 81652 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Thomas W. Jackson, a/k/a Thomas William Jackson, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30735 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 October 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Joan R. Jackson and Thomas M. Jackson Co-Personal Representatives c/o Keith L. Davis, JD Davis Schilken, PC 7887 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 820 Denver, CO 80111 Legal Notice No. 81682 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of C. Frank Hegner, aka Casper Frank Hegner II, aka Frank Hegner, aka Casper F. Hegner, and C.F. Hegner, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR030645 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 September 26, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Sharon Anne Hegner, Personal Representative c/o Woodson L. Herring, Esq. Woodson L. Herring, LLC 5800 S. Nevada Street, Littleton, CO 80120 Legal Notice No. 81653 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Irene R. Banas, aka Irene Rosemarie Banas, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30231

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of RUSSELL CARL PREHN, aka RUSSELL C. PREHN, aka RUSSELL PHREN, aka RUSS PREHN, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR030751

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 October 9, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kimberly Langston Personal Representative c/o Timothy J. Parks, Esq. 1999 Broadway, Suite 1400 Denver, CO 80202 Legal Notice No. 81678 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of CHARLES LOUIS SHOM, a/k/a CHARLES L. SHOM, a/k/a CHARLES SHOM, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30598 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 October 9, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Susan Shom, Personal Representative Sandelsgatan 30 11534 Stockholm, Sweden Legal Notice No. 81674 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JERRI LEIGH ISRAEL, aka JERRI L. ISRAEL, aka JERRI ISRAEL, aka JERI LEE ISRAEL Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30627 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 October 2, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Perry Israel, Personal Representative c/o 3i Law 2000 S. Colorado Blvd.

Tower 1, Suite 10000 Denver, CO 80222 Legal Notice No. 81657 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 16, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of HARRY M. STERLING, a/k/a HARRY MICHAEL STERLING, Deceased

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of GERTIE FECHT ABKES, a/k/a GERTIE F. ABKES, a/k/a GERTIE ABKES, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR030722

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

Personal Representative: Victoria F. Sterling 1551 Larimer Street, Unit 2304 Denver, Colorado 80202 Legal Notice No. 81664 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 16, 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 October 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

THOMAS N. SCHEFFEL & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorney to the Personal Representative 8301 E. Florida Ave, Suite 600 Denver, Colorado 80210 Legal Notice No. 81681 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate Bernard John Hazuka, a/k/a Bernard J. Hazuka, a/ka/ Bernard Hazuka, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30570

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Dorothy J. Harvey, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30543

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 September 26, 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 October 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Mark B. Hazuka, Personal Representative 319 North Tejon Street, #204 Colorado Springs, CO 80903

Richard B. Harvey, Personal Representative 2479 S. Clermont St., #456 Denver, CO 80222

Legal Notice No. 81644 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Legal Notice No. 81666 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ruth E. Ruybal, a/k/a Ruth Eufelia Ruybal, a/k/a Ruth Ruybal Case Number: 2022PR21

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of EDWARD MARK LIGHTNER, a/k/a EDWARD M. LIGHTNER, and EDWARD LIGHTNER, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR030651

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 October 9, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jerome A. DeHerrera Attorney to the Personal Representative 146 W. 11th Avenue Denver, CO 80204 Legal Notice No. 81670

First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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 September 26, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Patricia C. Lightner, Personal Representative 349 S. Holly Street Denver, Colorado 80246 Legal Notice No. 81642

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 October 11, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Neal K. Dunning, Attorney to the Personal Representative Brown Dunning Walker Fein PC 2000 S. Colorado Blvd., Tower Two, Suite 700 Denver, CO 80222 Legal Notice No. 81677 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Glenn Tucker, Deceased Case Number: 22PR208 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the special administrator or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before October 3, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Baysore & Christian Fiduciary Services – Personal Representative By: Bridget Rodriguez – Designated Representative 7000 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 150 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No. 81660 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 16, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Emma Marin, Case Number: 2022PR30236 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 October 9, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jerome A. DeHerrera Attorney to the Personal Representative 146 W. 11th Avenue Denver, CO 80204 Legal Notice No. 81671 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Juliana May Hand, a/k/a Juliana M. Hand, a/k/a Juliana Hand, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30507 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 October 10, 2022 , or the claims may be forever barred.

Scott R. Hand, Personal Representative C/O Jennifer R. Bailey, Esq ROBINSON BAILEY PC 7100 E. Belleview Avenue, Suite 101 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No. 81683 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of MARGARET M. STEFFEN, a/k/a MARGARET STEFFEN, a/k/a MARGARET MARY STEFFEN, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30493 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 September 26, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Peter J. Ampe, Personal Representative c/o Timothy J. Parks, Esq. Hutchins & Associates LLC 1999 Broadway, Suite 1400 Denver, Colorado 80202 Legal Notice No. 81649 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Sylvia Weller, Deceased Case Number 2022 PR 147 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 September 26, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Baysore & Christian Fiduciary Services, LLC

By Stephanie Lambert

7000 E Belleview Ave., STE 150 Greenwood Village, CO 80111

does not exhaustively set forth a person’s legal obligations under the Indiana adoption statutes.

A person being served with this notice should consult the Indiana adoption statutes.

Legal Notice No. 81643 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Kathy Kreag Williams CLERK, HAMILTON SUPERIOR COURT ROOM NO. 1

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JOE LEWIS HAYES, AKA JOE L. HAYES, AKA JOE HAYES, deceased Case Number: 2022PR30224 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 October 02, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Steven M. Kirsh KIRSH & KIRSH, P.C. 2930 East 96th Street Indianapolis, IN 46240 (317) 575-5555 Attorney No. 5223-49 Attorney for Petitioners Legal Notice No. 81637 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch Public Notice

Tammy Hayes Personal Representative 3650 S YOSEMITE STREET SUITE 214 Denver, CO 80237

Denver Probate Court Denver County, Colorado 1437 Bannock Street Denver, Colorado 80202 In the Interest of: Lolo Adnan

Legal Notice No. 81659 First publication: June 02, 2022 Last publication: June 16, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of: Morgan Alexander Lee, also known as Morgan A. Lee, also known as Morgan Lee Case #: 2022 PR 30663 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 October 1, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Olivia Lee, Personal Representative 2205 Bigelow Ave N #10 Seattle, WA 98109

Attorney: Christopher Brock, Atty. Reg. No. 47703 Hanna De Salvo, Atty. Reg. No. 56434 1385 S. Colorado Blvd. #610-A Denver, CO 80222 E-mail: cdbrock@ccdconline.org; hdsalvo@ccdconline.org Phone Number: 937-248-5016 FAX Number: 303-568-7419 Case Number: 22PR30588 Division 1 Courtroom 224 NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S. To: Fadi Adna Last Known Address, if any: Baghdad, Iraq A hearing on Petition to Appoint Guardian for Adult for Appointment of Ebtisam Altameemi as guardian for Lolo Adnan, an adult, after notice and hearing

Legal Notice No. 81651 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued:

PUBLIC NOTICE

Date: June 29, 2022 Time: 2:30 PM Courtroom or Division: 224 via WebEx Address: Courtroom 224, Meeting Number 922 879 992: https://judicial.webex.com/join/Courtroom224

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of GARY W. RICHTER, aka GARY WAYNE RICHTER, aka GARY RICHTER, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30620 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 September 27, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred.

Theresa J. Richter Personal Representative 2281 S. Wolff St. Denver, CO 80219 Legal Notice No: 81639 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch

Children Services (Adoption/Guardian/Other) Public Notice IN THE HAMILTON SUPERIOR COURT ROOM NO. 1 CAUSE NO. 29D01-2205-AD-675 STATE OF INDIANA ) SS: COUNTY OF HAMILTON IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF BRENDAN TEITSORT, a minor child NOTICE OF ADOPTION Casey Horn and Daniel Teitsort are notified that a petition for adoption of a child, named Brendan Teitsort, born on July 27, 2020 (the “Child”), was filed in the office of the Clerk of the Hamilton Superior Court, Room No. 1, One Hamilton County Square, Noblesville, Indiana. The petition for adoption alleges that the consents to adoption of Casey Horn and Daniel Teitsort are not required pursuant to Indiana Code § 31-19-9-8(a) (2), because Casey Horn and Daniel Teitsort have failed, without justifiable cause, to communicate significantly with the Child when able to do so for a period of one year or more; has knowingly failed to provide for the care and support of the Child when able to do so as required by law or judicial decree for a period of one year or more; and the consents of Casey Horn and Daniel Teitsort are not required pursuant to the provisions of Indiana Code § 31-19-9-8 (a)(11) because they are unfit to be parents, and the best interests of the child sought to be adopted would be served if the court dispensed with their consents.

If Casey Horn or Daniel Teitsort, or both, seeks to contest the adoption of the child, the contesting person must file a motion to contest the adoption in accordance with IC 31-19-10-1 in the above named court not later than thirty (30) days after the date of service of this notice.

If Casey Horn or Daniel Teitsort does not file a motion to contest the adoption within thirty (30) days after service of this notice the above named court will hear and determine the petition for adoption. The consents to adoption of Casey Horn and Daniel Teitsort will be irrevocably implied and Casey Horn and Daniel Teitsort will lose the right to contest either the adoption or the validity of their implied consents to the adoption.

No statement made to Casey Horn or Daniel Teitsort relieves Casey Horn or Daniel Teitsort of their obligations under this notice.

The hearing will take approximately 20 minutes.

Legal Notice No. 81640 First Publication: May 26, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of KARIN A. VERDON, aka KAREN ANN VERDON, aka KARIN VERDON, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30565

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Imagining and facilitating youth art exploration PlatteForum hosts ‘Imitation Simulation’ exhibit in its new annex

BY BRUCE GOLDBERG SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

If it sounds like you’re about to get run over by an RTD bus or some other vehicle when you go see “Imitation Simulation,” fear not.

Capturing bits of an artist’s life — whether sounds from nature, noisy traffic or other sources — is part of what’s behind “Imitation Simulation,” an exhibit that Annette Isham, a resident artist with Denver’s PlatteForum, worked on with about 20 student artists.

PlatteForum describes the exhibit as: “What is home and how do we belong to our environment.”

“As an artist, we kind of get caught up in our world,” Isham said.

“Ask yourself: Who’s looking at this work and how does it affect them?

People will get things about it, such as how do people relate to their home, and the soundscape, made up of everyday sounds from our area. A lot of my work has to do with identity and learning about geography … whether it’s being able to look at the mountains or the landscape.”

“Imitation Simulation” is part of a larger story, as it is the first exhibition held in PlatteForum’s Annex

Michael Gadlin is the executive director of PlatteForum.

Gallery, 3575 Ringsby Court #103, in Denver.

“We are able to give our artists more flexibility in creating and imagining and facilitating their art exploration,” Michael Gadlin, executive director of PlatteForum, said of the new space and the organization’s big picture.

Gadlin has been involved with PlatteForum since 2009 when he joined its board of directors.

“It gives us the ability to control, and have, without pause, artists that come in and practice,” said Gadlin, a painter whose work has been shown in galleries. “We now have dedicated studio space. We also have the ability to have a full working gal-

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lery to exhibit their work.”

PlatteForum, known for its innovative arts, is a youth-development and artist-in-residence program that was founded in 2002 in Denver. The nonprofit organization teams disadvantaged youth with professional artists for long-term learning. The youths work with resident artists to plan, produce and exhibit work.

PlatteForum also recently announced it garnered a two-year grant totaling $274,000 from the Caring for Denver Foundation, making it PlatteForum’s largest donation ever.

To help put that in perspective, Gadlin said PlatteForum’s annual operating budget used to be around $260,000. Today, it’s approaching $800,000 and he expects to hit $1 million soon. Income sources include corporate gifts, local and federal grants and more.

ArtLab is the organization’s arts-education internship program for high schoolers and boasts a 12-year, 95% on-time graduation rate. Youth workshops, exhibitions, performances and events remain free to all.

“A lot of kids are looking for a community they can be a part of,” Gadlin said. “It gives a chance for young adults to see creatives really thriving and succeeding and giving them a platform, see how art plays a role in how to grow as a human being — how art plays a role in how to grow as a human being.”

IF YOU GO “Imitation Simulation” is on view until June 12 in the Flight at Taxi space in PlatteForum’s Annex Gallery, 3575 Ringsby Court #103, in Denver. Open hours are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays

and Saturdays, or by appointment. An appointment can be made by emailing sstrand@platteforum.org. To learn more about PlatteForum, visit platteforum.org.

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