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‘Music is a connector’ Juneteenth Music Festival in Five Points takes place June 18-19

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Growing up in Denver, Charles Luis Cox II remembers celebrating Juneteenth every year with family. They would pack a picnic and go to the park.

Or, they would go to Lincoln Hills — historically a vacation resort for African Americans in Gilpin County — as his grandparents owned a cabin there.

With his dad serving in the military, Cox also recalled celebrating the holiday in Germany.

Cox, 69, a retired Air Force Veteran, like his dad, is currently the owner of Charlie’s Smoked Meats and Fine Catering. He will be one of the many vendors offering his food to this year’s attendees of the Juneteenth Music Festival, which takes place June 18 and June 19 in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood.

He is looking forward to connecting with friends and relatives again this year, Cox said.

“And getting out to enjoy and celebrate the occasion,” he added.

According to the Juneteenth Music Festival website, “Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the

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A DJ performs at last year’s Juneteenth Music Festival. This year’s event, which takes place June 18 and 19, features block parties with DJs between 25th and 29th streets in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood.

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Fearing the end of Roe v. Wade, one woman decides to share her story

BY DANA KNOWLES ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

A sign hangs in the entrance of Compass Fitness studio in Denver that reads, “You’re in

for a time. Good or bad. You decide.” Those words could be co-owner Heather Lorince Harrington’s motto for life.

Over the last few years, Harrington beat stage three

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breast cancer and faced one of the most traumatic and difficult decisions ever for a mother.

The Walton family has won the bidding to purchase the Denver Broncos in the most expensive deal for a sports franchise anywhere in the world.

The Broncos announced June 7 they had entered into a sale agreement with the WaltonPenner ownership group led by Walmart heir Rob Walton, his daughter, Carrie Walton Penner, and her husband, Greg Penner.

Mellody Hobson, CEO of Ariel Investments, and chair of the board of Starbucks Corporation, is also a part of what will be the team’s ownership group.

Hobson is Black. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has made minority ownership a point of emphasis in the league.

“Having lived and worked in Colorado, we’ve always admired the Broncos,” Rob Walton, who was the chairman of Walmart from 1992 to 2015, said in a written statement.

“When the necessary approval procedures are met, our family is excited to share more with Broncos fans, the organization and the community.”

The purchase price was expected to be about $4.5 billion, which would be the most expensive deal in sports history. It would surpass the $3.1 billion sale last month of Chelsea F.C., one of European soccer’s blueribbon teams, to an American-led consortium fronted by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly.

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The story behind the Ukrainian artwork about to be sold in Denver Selling the work, Ukrainians say, will help refocus attention on Russia’s war in Ukraine

BY TATIANA FLOWERS THE COLORADO SUN

Maria Manuilenko was carrying lots of cash — and 10 suitcases filled with expensive artwork — when she got stranded at the Ukraine-Poland border.

She had spent weeks collecting paintings made by Ukrainian artists, and had plans to bring them back to the United States, where they would be sold to support the artists and people fighting on the frontlines.

But a customs enforcement officer was skeptical of Manuilenko, and would not allow her across the border, before he sent her back to Lviv to have her paperwork reviewed. When she arrived at 2 a.m., past curfew, the area was vacant. Luckily, a man driving by saw Manuilenko standing alone at a train station and offered to take her to another checkpoint where a different customs officer let her through.

“It was just some random guy that she had never seen before,” said Maria Oleynikova, Manuilenko’s friend of 25 years. “There were two options: Option 1, she would get through the border with the paintings and be fine. Option 2, she might not come back … This brave woman got in this van wit the paintings and made it through the border.”

Manuilenko landed in the United States on June 4, with the art, ready to display the work at an exhibit Saturday from 4 to 9 p.m. at the Four Seasons Hotel in Denver.

All of the works were rescued by the Ukrainian artists who created them and other volunteers who retrieved them from cities where heavy shelling has continued since the war began more than 100 days ago. Many of those volunteers, including Manuilenko, put themselves in harm’s way to keep the artwork from being destroyed.

Showing the work, the exhibit

organizers say, will help refocus attention on Russia’s war on Ukraine at a time when many people are becoming desensitized to the death and destruction occurring there.

Money raised by the exhibit will help to keep attention on the war, increase empathy for those affected and raise funds for people still stuck on the frontlines, they said.

“The level of indifference is growing,” said Taras Overchuk, a Ukrainian man living in Highlands Ranch who is the president of Ukraine Aid Fund. The new nonprofit is working to find continuous streams of funding and other support for those stuck in Ukraine.

“One of the problems is people are getting used to war,” he said.

“For us, it’s a little bit scary. I think the enemy of Ukraine is trying to use time, specifically, so that help and support will be decreased over time.”

Most of the art was created by people from Kharkiv. The second largest city in the country has borne the brunt of intense shelling since the war began.

Though some of the art work has been sold online, many pieces will be available to purchase at the gala Saturday. The artists will receive a share of the proceeds, and the remaining money will be sent back to Ukraine to help pay for items needed by local people such as medical equipment, drones, protective goggles, tactical gloves, clothing and other costly supplies.

Tickets cost $65 for admission and the art range in price, from $400 to just over $5,000.

“We need as many U.S. people locally here, not just the Ukrainian community, to come and experience this,” said Oleynikova, a co-organizer of the event. “At the event, it’s not just going to be the art. I’m having a film presentation. There’s going to be drinks and hors d’oeuvres. It’s going to be a really awesome fun event for people to come to – but also for an awesome cause.”

Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts is one of the oldest art institutions in Ukraine and one of the top design schools in the country. Most of the artists whose works will be featured at the exhibition, have graduated from that institution, are well-known

Iryna Kalyuzhna is one of several Ukrainian artists whose work will be featured and hopefully sold during a fundraising event on Saturday, June 11, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Denver. Kalyuzhna’s sister Daria is pictured here holding up a sample of COURTESY OF MARIYA OLEYNIKOVA Kalyuzhna’s artwork.

across Europe and have galleries in Los Angeles, New York and Amsterdam, for example. Many of the artists are now refugees, spread out across Europe and neighboring countries, Manuilenko said.

Many artists were forced to flee from their homes during the war, and left most of their art work behind, but some of the paintings have been saved, and are often cut off from the subframes and exported out of Ukraine by twisted rolls.

Cherry Creek Framing in Denver has offered to professionally stretch all of the paintings for free, so that they can be neatly framed, at the exhibit on Saturday. About 40 paintings will be featured, alongside statues and masks.

Some of the artists whose work is in the show have saved money and are now living in other parts of Europe. Some are so distraught they’re not able to paint at all, while others are creating art but have refused to sell their work because it documents a historical event: everyday life during the war.

Artist Kostyantyn Lyzogub, has

joined the Ukrainian armed forces.

He splits his time between creating artwork for a few days, followed by a few more days fighting in the war. He created a painting that is currently featured on marketing flyers for the event. That painting will be sold at a silent auction at the event.

Painter Polina Kuznetsova could not sleep the first night of the war, and began walking around familiar streets in Kharkiv, taking photographs on empty streets.

“Somehow, I was internally saying goodbye to my city,” she said in a short film that will be screened during the event.

The effort to help people under threat in Ukraine will not stop after the art exhibit, Overchuk said. Ukraine Aid Fund and other informal groups of Ukrainians in Colorado will continue sending money and items that are requested by people in the war zone.

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United States. Juneteenth today, celebrates African American freedom and achievement while encouraging continuous self-development and respect for all cultures.”

A Juneteenth celebration in some form has been a staple in Five in Points for decades, said Norman Harris, executive director of JMF Corporation, the nonprofit that organizes the annual festival.

“Five Points is unique in that it was one of the few commercially zoned areas in the country that had Black land-and-business ownership,” Harris said. “Five Points was a mecca for jazz and African American businesses. It was a place of opportunity for African Americans in the West.”

Five Points started to see community Juneteenth celebratory gatherings in the mid-1950s, Harris said.

By the 1980s and `90s, crowds of hundreds of thousands were coming together in Five Points to celebrate.

Festivities experienced a decline in the 2000s, Harris said, adding that in 2011, only about 1,000 people gathered in Five Points. But in 2012, which is when JMF Corporation branded the event as the Juneteenth Music Festival, between 20,000 and 30,000 people attended.

People always enjoy the food and artisan vendors at the festival, and the children’s activities are always a fun attraction, Cox said.

“And then, of course, there’s the music,” he added. “That’s a very big part of it. It’s part of our culture.”

A group of people dance at the 2021 Juneteenth Music Festival. The event this year PHOTO COURTESY OF JENSEN SUTTA takes place June 18 and 19 in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood.

This year’s music lineup is exciting, boasting both national and local headliners, said Erica Wright, one of the Juneteenth Music Festival’s organizers.

The music festival this year will have a main stage at 27th and Welton, a secondary stage at 29th and Welton and block parties with DJs between 25th and 29th streets.

Rapper Dave East will be taking the main stage on June 18, and the main stage will feature Twista on June 19. Other highlighted performances included Kayla Rae, who is from Denver but now lives in L.A., said Wright; and Colorado’s own Conjunto Colores.

With about 15 headliners plus all the other performances throughout the two days, the entire festival will entail not-to-miss performances, Wright said.

“We’re calling it a weekend festival,” she said, adding each day boasts a different musical lineup.

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Another highlight of the event is the annual Juneteenth Parade, which represents the “historic walk through the streets of the last freed slaves,” states a news release.

The parade will feature community and government organizations, social clubs, dance troupes and more. Jim “Dr. Daddio” Walker, known as the Father of Black Radio, will be the 2022 parade’s Grand Marshall.

The parade kicks off the festivities at 11 a.m. June 18 with the route running along East 26th Avenue.

Additional attractions include appearances by Denver’s pro sports mascots, the Denver Broncos Cheerleaders, surprise guests from Meow Wolf and a Youth Zone with inflatable bounce houses, arts and crafts and other activities for children.

Harris was raised in a family of Five Points business owners. Like Cox, he and his family celebrated Juneteenth each year. While the festival has grown through the years, organizers still take the same approach, Harris said, which is “looking at including all of our communities, starting with: why is it important that we celebrate Juneteenth.”

“We as a country need to acknowledge the impacts of the institution of slavery,” Harris said. “It’s an important step to give all Americans an understanding of our history.”

Now that Juneteenth is a holiday recognized locally, at the state level and federally, there are opportunities to invite “the entire community to come together and figure out ways to move forward,” Harris said.

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The 2022 Juneteenth Music Festival takes place June 18 and 19 in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood.

The annual Juneteenth Parade kicks off the festivities at 11 a.m. June 18 with the route running along East 26th Avenue.

The music festival’s main stage will be located at 27th and Welton, and a secondary stage will be located at 29th and Welton.

The Juneteenth Music Festival is free for general admission, with VIP packages available for purchase. It is a family-friendly event and will offer many activities for children to enjoy.

On June 16, all Cheba Hut locations in Colorado will participate in Juneteenth Eats Day, during which a portion of Cheba Hut’s proceeds will be donated to the Juneteenth Music Festival and JMF Corporation’s yearround community and social justice programming.

To learn more about the Juneteenth Music Festival, visit juneteenthmusicfestival.com or follow it on social media: @JuneteenthMusicFestival.

LEARN MORE The JMF Corporation is a local nonprofit with a mission “to celebrate freedom through community engagement by focusing on the historical significance of Juneteenth,” states its website. It uses its annual Juneteenth Music Festival as a platform to “promote inclusivity, educational and economic empowerment and support of the humanities,” states the website.

In addition to the Juneteenth Music Festival, the JMF Corporation honors “individuals who have set high standards for achievement in business, education, arts and service” states its website, with its Dream Big Awards.

To learn more about the JMF Corporation’s Dream Big Awards, visit juneteenthmusicfestival.com/dreambig-awards.

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The Juneteenth Music Festival is a “culturally-based celebration,” Harris said. And “music is a connector.

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will need to approve the sale, likely in July, of the team that’s been in the Bowlen family for nearly four decades. The NFL’s approval is considered a formality.

The Pat Bowlen Trust has run the franchise for several years and last year put the club up for sale after Hall of Famer Pat Bowlen’s children couldn’t concur on a successor to their father.

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“I needed to make the kindest decision in my heart for him and me, because I don’t think there would be a minute of any day that I would not feel him. Because he was moving around, but knowing that he wouldn’t be there much longer,” she explained. “I don’t think I could stand seeing his sweet little face being born.”

Harrington and her husband Paige found out they were pregnant with their second child in 2019.

Initially, everything seemed normal until Harrington went in for a routine ultrasound at 13 weeks.

“I thought it was a new ultrasound tech because she kept taking all of these pictures and I kept thinking, I don’t need all of these pictures because I’m not a brand-

Bowlen died in 2019 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s, a month shy of his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Joe Ellis, the Broncos president and CEO, said the purchase agreements “marks a significant step on the path to an exciting new chapter in Broncos’ history.”

The Waltons are already active in Colorado’s civic sphere.

First-year coach Nathaniel Hackett demurred when asked Monday during offseason workouts if he’s kept up with the sale process.

“My job is to get the team ready

and teach systems and teach them to come together as a team and get them better at football,” Hackett said. “I know that’s obviously a huge, huge deal. But for us it’s about winning no matter who is going to own the team, so I’m excited.”

After a first round of bids, five finalists were invited to tour the team’s facilities and take a deeper dive into the franchise’s finances.

Hackett said he met with most of the billionaire bidders.

“After talking with everybody, I think they all have an amazing passion and want to be part of this

new mom,” Harrington recalled.

After several more tests, Harrington found out that her son had a rare condition called trisomy 18, also known as Edwards Syndrome, which is caused by an extra copy of chromosome 18. Babies with this condition have severe developmental delays and birth defects, and only 10 to 12 percent of children born with trisomy 18 survive beyond the first year of life.

Harrington said her specialist made the situation clear.

“She said she’s never seen [a baby with trisomy 18] actually born and that told me I had a very little shot of things going right,” Harrington said. “Most likely he will die inside of me. Boys are often stillborn. It’s really rough. Those who do live have a very short lifespan, like they wouldn’t live outside of the hospital ever. So, I decided to have a D&C.” D&C stands for dilation and curet-

tage, a procedure in which a doctor removes tissue from the uterus.

The procedure ended Harrington’s pregnancy.

After Politico published a leaked draft opinion from the United States Supreme Court showing the court’s conservative justices are prepared to overturn Roe v. Wade, Harrington decided it was time to tell her story.

“For me, it’s super important that you make the right choice for your body and your family — whatever is going on it has to be your choice,” she said.

These days, Harrington finds different ways to practice self-care to help heal emotionally after the loss of her child, including open and honest conversations with her daughter, Quinn.

“We named [my son] Grayson. I talk to my six-year-old about him.

She was four at the time,” Harrington said. “So, self-care for me

league, and they want to be part of a team — and I think that’s something that’s really beautiful,” Hackett said.

“They want to come to win, and they want to do something great here. And so, wherever it is, I think we’re going to be very grateful.”

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.

is talking about it and loving on my six-year-old excessively.”

Harrington also regularly teaches classes at her fitness studio and is never afraid of sharing her difficult experiences with clients.

“I have so many women who come to my classes. It makes me feel good and it makes me feel like that’s why I’m here is to talk about the hard things as women that we go through,” she said. “Having gone through breast cancer and having gone through some terrible things, I’m just, like, I’ll speak up and if it makes a difference in someone’s world great. If it annoys someone — great.”

This story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonprofit public broadcaster providing community stories across Colorado over the air and online.

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Statewide recycling bill makes big promises But Denver isn’t waiting on lengthy timeline to propose local initiatives

BY ELICIA HESSELGRAVE SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

When a city experiences low recycling participation, the results end up being higher greenhouse gas emissions and pollution, and an increase in wasted materials.

Although the city of Denver’s 26% landfill diversion rate — which includes composting — is currently below the national average of 32%, there are still challenges pertaining to recycling in Denver.

These challenges include Englishonly messaging and a general lack of understanding how and what to recycle. Moreover, some Denver residents either do not have easy access to recycling or cannot afford to participate in recycling.

Still, Denver’s Sustainable Resource Management plan has set a 50% diversion rate goal for 2027, with an even loftier 70% goal set for 2032.

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For example, in areas where a free trash bin is already provided, a recycling bin will also be provided to include free pick up. In multi-family homes where a shared dumpster is used, a recycling dumpster will join alongside, and in rural areas where residents must drive their trash to a landfill, a recycling dumpster will be also available.

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Whoever is paying won’t have to pay anymore.”

Supporters of HB 22-1355 believe this bill could result in a new system of drop-offs or collection methods, potentially with entrepreneurs offering more reliable waste streams.

While recycling equity is important, some Denver residents believe change must happen from the top to truly make an impact.

“Mitigating climate change and helping the environment should fall on the shoulders of the manufacturers rather than the consumers,”

said Abby Peterson, a recycling advocate who has lived in Denver for eight years. She added it’s important to keep pushing the boundaries of how things are manufactured in the first place. “Why not stop making products that require recycling? I think a greater emphasis on manufacturers to create compostable products, along with providing more resources to the consumer about how to compost, would be beneficial.”

Solving statewide recycling equity The bill’s sponsors — Rep. Lisa Cutter, D-Jefferson County; Sen. Kevin Priola, R-Adams County; and Sen. Julie Gonzales, D-Denver — and advocates believe the end result will be a win for everybody.

“Recycling is a statewide equity access issue,” said Ean Tafoya, a Denver resident who serves as the state director for GreenLatinos, in a news release. “This is the first step in ensuring that we acknowledge the responsibility we have as a state to make sure that we are recycling and that our community is at the root of implementation.”

It is thought that Colorado residents will benefit from the bill by having free and easy access to recycling, manufacturers will benefit from lower cost of materials and product reliability, and the environment will benefit from less pollution and lower emissions.

The bill suggests that recycling will be easier for all Colorado residents. One provision of the bill is that recycling will become uniform across the state. Regardless of where one lives in Colorado, the same types of materials will be ac-

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cepted for recycling. This will take out the current guesswork of what can and cannot be recycled depending upon the zip code.

The dues paid by the manufacturers can be used to provide more recycling bins in communities, generating higher recycling rates.

Ideally, fewer recyclable materials will end up in landfills and there will be a reduction of plastic and trash pollution.

When recyclable materials end up in a landfill, it is essentially money being thrown away.

“Millions of dollars of valuable material goes into the landfills every year,” Cutter said, adding that this leads to the production of raw materials, resulting in increased carbon emissions.

With the PRO, Colorado manufacturers will have the option to buy back materials that are recycled, creating a closed-loop system. This will not only reduce cost for the manufacturers, but also ensure product reliability and protect businesses from supply chain vulnerability.

“Take glass, for example,” Smith said. “Getting high-quality glass is really difficult. If we can find a way to improve and strengthen the (recycling) infrastructure, one result is greater recovery of glass, and businesses can access that and get it cheaper than from out of state.”

The closed-loop benefits the environment as well. As transport from out of state decreases, so will carbon emissions. Supporters of the bill also believe the PRO could shift the way manufacturers package their products.

“Right now, if I’m producing this particular product and I’d like to reduce my liability and replace that product with something more sustainable, we might change what producers are selling in our state,” Cutter said. “If we change that behavior, that could have a big impact on us meeting our goals in Denver and across the state.”

Denver does more The timeline of HB 1355’s recycling plans are lengthy. It could be years before every Denver resident has free bins in their garage or are within walking distance of one.

The City of Denver, however, isn’t going to wait — there are other proposals on the table that might push Denver further and faster with increasing its recycling participation. For example, the Pay As You Throw changes to trash pick up services will be voted on in June.

In this waste management model, compost and recycling pick up are free, while trash pick up involves a fee. It is meant to encourage greater composting and recycling participation. Another Denver initiative is called Waste No More, which targets commercial waste. This will be on the November 2022 ballot.

Thanks to these efforts that can make headway alongside HB 22-1355, recycling in Denver will eventually be easier and more convenient for everyone — even if it takes a while to get there.

“I know that Denver residents want to recycle, but it is confusing, inconvenient and costly,” Cutter said. “This bill is removing all those barriers so Denver residents can participate in creating a green city.”

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when markets are in a slump.

Many retirees like to keep their distribution rate below 3% in order to keep from tapping into principal during a low interest rate environment. When the stock market is down and interest rates are low, it is difficult to get a sustainable income stream off of a declining balance. The longer you withdraw while markets are down, the more years of income you shave off of your long-term retirement plan.

Let’s take a typical 65-year-old couple, Jack and Jill, looking at retirement scenarios this year.

They need $2,500 per month to supplement their Social Security and pension income. Thirty thousand each year is 3% of a $1 million portfolio. According to their retirement plan with 3% inflation, their assets should last until age 95 under

normal market conditions. They do not start dipping into principal until age 89.

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You may also want to consider the current Misery Index which follows metrics like inflation, unemployment, GDP (Gross Domestic Product) and growth of the S&P 500. According to Forbes contributor Peter Cohan, the current Misery Index shifted from a happy state of -13.4 to an all-time high of 29.2 in the last 18 months. This alone could cause some to delay retirement in favor of

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Some people don’t have a choice about when they retire which makes planning even more crucial.

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Michael Norton

A day to celebrate children W hen it comes to celebrating Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, I always get the sense that we have it backwards.

Instead of the parents receiving gifts, breakfast in bed, a round of golf, flowers, or anything else from their children, as parents we should be celebrating our children on that day.

Some will say that our children receive gifts, clothes, vacations, and other things throughout the year already, and this day is to celebrate and recognize the parents. My experience tells me that we buy our children what they need, give them a bit more or extra at the holidays and birthdays, but we do that because they grow and need new clothes and shoes or some other necessity. For some it goes beyond necessity, and they just simply enjoy splurging on their kids.

When I think of the upcoming Father’s Day and all that it will bring, I am reminded of what an incredible gift and blessing I was given in my children. They are all grown and older now and some with children of their own. And they are all scattered around the country raising their families and building a life. And they will send me cards, gift cards, or gifts, and we will speak by phone or FaceTime. But for me, I am recognizing and celebrating them, and thanking God that he trusted me enough to raise and take care of my

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Each of these challenges could reasonably merit directing the entirety of our city’s annual budget in their direction, but the need to address our collective impact on climate change outpaces them all. As science continues to sound alarms with ever increasing frequency and urgency — alerting us to the accelerating pace of climate shifts around the globe — reducing our civic carbon footprint requires a primary focus. We must do what we can to reverse the trends our collective lack of attention has created. We have increased energy efficiency requirements on new and existing commercial buildings. We are considering options to increase Denver’s residential and commercial recycling and composting stream to reduce the greenhouse gas-emitting waste we send to the landfill. Creating a more robust mass transit system to reduce single-occupant auto trips has become ever-more urgent as Denver fails far more often than is

children.

My biological father died when I was only five years old. I had father figures in my uncles and other adult men and coaches. And I had a grandfather who was an incredible example of a loving father and grandfather, a devoted husband, and a strong Christian. And I can remember him celebrating myself, my siblings, and my cousins. He was always encouraging, always teaching, always willing to play. We were his gift, and he made it abundantly clear just how important we were to him.

There are so many amazing moms out there who are celebrated on Mother’s Day. There are many who are single moms and serve as both mom and dad at times. Sometimes on Father’s Day, the children do not remember to celebrate their mom on that day too. The single mom steps up and many times goes beyond just being the father figure or role model for her kids, she does everything she can to guide her family to the best of her ability. And I have met and heard from so many over the years that they understand just how precious life is, and how they too feel blessed that God trusted them with their children.

This Sunday we will once again celebrate Father’s Day. Having written this column for the past 14 years, and having heard from so many in the community, I know that many of you have reached out and have sent me emails about your

acceptable to meet federal clean air guidelines.

On Sunday, June 26, from noon to 4 p.m., I will host a free climate-action event in the southern end of the main meadow in Washington Park. Called Earth Day Remastered: A Celebration of Our Commitment to A Healthy Planet, we will be joined by some 20 exhibitors presenting products and services to help you reduce your carbon footprint and live a more sustainable lifestyle. We’ll have live music from the Denver Municipal Band and blues maven Erika Brown with Dan Treanor. You’ll hear from great speakers including David Sirota, Oscar-nominated co-author of the movie, “Don’t Look Up;” former state representative and environmental activist Joe Salazar; and Linda Appel Lipcius, head of Denver Urban Gardens. And we’ll have food trucks to help keep your hunger and thirst at bay for the afternoon. The event is co-sponsored by the University of Denver, Denver Parks & Recreation and Love My Air, Denver.

Please come and join us and recommit to doing what you can do to combat climate change.

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children and how much you love them and try to do your very best to guide them through this world. And many of you send me emails with the awards, trophies, or recognition your children have received. Please don’t stop, I love receiving those.

What I wanted to pass along this week as we and all of our families prepare for the weekend, is to think about it slightly differently. Think about the challenges, heartburn, headaches, and angst our children give us sometimes, and then, stop and reflect on the joy, pride, love, and just how thankful and grateful we are that they are the reason we get to celebrate Mother’s Day and Father’s Day in the first place.

How about you? Are your making room in your sock drawer for some new socks? Cleaning out your golf bag for those new golf balls you will receive?

Or are you taking a moment to celebrate your children, grandchildren, and any child who looks up to you as a mother or father figure? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@xinnix. com and when we let our children know just how much we love them, it really will be a better than good life.

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Wildfire art creates beauty out of tragedy

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Robert Nesladek carves wood. He works in a sawdustfilled studio behind his house in Arvada, which he has owned for 47 years.

He uses two wood lathes to carve out bowls, vases and other works of art from wood charred by wildfires. One of those lathes was handed down from his grandfather to his dad, then to his uncle and now to him.

He started working with wood after he quit drinking.

“I had to find something to keep my hands busy,” he said.

Out of a devastating event, wildfire art aims to create something beautiful — a vase, a painting or a poem.

Nesladek transforms the wood burned by wildfires into beautiful shapes. He said burned wood takes on different characteristics because of the intense heat that dries out the log.

“It puts a lot of that charcoal gray color into the wood, and it just kind of runs through it,” he said. “It just is really nice to work with.”

Starting out, the wood is filthy.

“As soon as you touch it, you think ‘I’m not going to even mess with that stuff. It’s just nasty,’” he said. “But as soon as you get the bark off, it’s clean inside, and it’s dry.”

Nesladek turns the wood on the lathe quickly and shapes it with different chisels and blades. Once the burned charcoal coating the wood is removed, he starts to mold the center of the wood that endured intense heat but

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wasn’t directly touched the fire. After he reaches the shape he wants, he applies a clear stain.

“It amazes me how something so nasty, so devastating, can turn into something so beautiful,” Nesladak said.

Painting from within Creating art from wildfires can also help begin the healing process after such a tragedy.

For Alissa Davies, of Boulder, that involves intuitively painting emotions onto canvas.

After the Marshall Fire, Davies said she and her community felt an extreme sense of loss and fear.

“We’ve had these wildfires in our community, and every time the wind blows, we all feel this kind of collective trauma,” she said. “What’s going to happen to this place?”

Davies describes herself as an intuitive artist — stepping up to a canvas with no idea of what the end result will be. She looks inward to get in touch with her feelings and then paints.

After the Marshall Fire, she returned to her studio to begin addressing her emotions and out came Firescape 1, 2 and 3.

“We all are very affected by external events that happen around us,” she said. “(Painting) is just a highly therapeutic process for me.”

She said fires come with an immense, intense energy that she channeled into the paintings. She said she experienced those feelings even though she didn’t lose a house to the fire, but instead, she channeled the hardships of those who did.

She champions art therapy programs in Boulder and surrounding communities where people can learn to get in SEE FIRE, P13

Radha Marcum

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Robert Nesladek with three vases he created out of the leftover wood from a PHOTO BY LUKE ZARZECKI wildfire.

Alissa Davies posing in front of her series “Firescape.”

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The wood lathe Nesladek uses to carve his wood.

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Call for spring. Conjure winter’s end. Bandage limbs cracked or stunted by wind or worry. Pray for bees, for pollen bodies.

Pray the plum blossoms become oval ovums ripening— clusters green then red-green, then fruits covered in dusk.

Do not doubt that doubt will ripen in you. Pull indigo lobes from limbs, bent.

Firescape 1, 2 and 3 by Alissa Davies.

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touch with their emotions and put them onto paper.

Those programs give people space to freely create art. She touches on her semester in college at the Art Institute of Chicago where it wasn’t so free.

Her painting classes created an intense environment with critiques and competition from professors and students.

The art therapy classes were different, she said, in that they created a more encouraging environment.

“There’s that level of acceptance,” Davies said. “Instead of thinking art is for the precious few, it gives people the view that we all really know what to do with paint.

It might not be pretty, and it might not look like what’s in our head, but that’s OK, and it’s better that way.”

For those affected by the Marshall Fire, art therapy can begin those conversations, both verbal and not.

“It’s always important to talk it out, but I think those nonverbal ways of expressing are equally as powerful and helpful,” Davies said.

Sometimes, it just takes a few breaths and a blank canvas.

To get in touch with her emotions

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before she paints, Davies mediates.

While painting, she turns off her mind and moves very quickly.

“I’m constantly turning my canvas,” she said. “You can click over into that flow state, you know that feeling of when time kind of gets weird, it’s suspended. It’s bliss.”

Burning wood Radha Marcum of Boulder started writing at age 7 on her mother’s typewriter. Fast forward to today, and she’s a poet creating poems rooted in ecological, social and personal landscapes of the American West.

“I grew up in the West, so wildfire has always really been in my awareness,” she said.

In 2019, she began writing more about wildfires. The burning of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris triggered her new topic.

She visited the cathedral with her husband within weeks of the roof burning. Replacing the ceilings, made of oak beams from Europe’s ancient forests, remains almost impossible because those forests are long gone, she said.

“At the same time that we were losing this magnificent humanmade structure, we were also losing nature’s cathedral,” she said. “I think of the old growth forests in North America.”

Gather fruit in your shirt.

It reminded Marcum of Snag windfalls in the grass, visiting the Redwood forests in Northern California. split gladly for sparrow “Thinking about the history and mouse. Observe of people who have been in these places, whether it’s a how doubts shine before cathedral or a forest, there’s the knife. Sterilize jars. a sense of continuity, and so when you lose a forest or you Boil the fruits for jam. lose a cathedral, you’re losing Note the tiny toothmarks that sense of continuity with ancestors and which people made by ones who recognize would come before you,” she abundance when it is offered. said.

Hence, she started writing By: Radha Marcum about wildfire, and the Marshall Fire made the topic even more personal for her.

“When it happens in your Some float in from other places. backyard, and when you’re watch“There’s a connection between ing the effects in real time, that different parts of the country, I think is profound,” she said. “I between you and the landscape, think in art, and in poetry, in our between the ecology, the trees, the writing, we have the opportunity wildlife,” she said. “We’re all afto meditate on what is happening fected by these events, whether or right here, right in front of us.”

For her, that can mean looking at not they’re burning our structures, specific changes in her surroundor they’re burning the forest.” ings. One example she points to is Marcum sees her poems as an ina poem about a plum tree in her vitation to readers to recognize the backyard that she moved inside due events happening around them. to the drought. “(It’s about) connecting with Another poem looks at smoke what’s really going on, rather than drifts and ashes falling in her backbeing sort of numb and overyard. Those ashes, she said, are whelmed by the news or by statisforests, people’s homes or wildlife. tics,” she said.

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‘Celebrations’ exhibit lives up to festive name Guild members fill gallery during run of stage production

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“Celebrations” would seem to be a particularly apt title for the art exhibit that accompanies Town Hall’s joyous new production of “The Wedding Singer.”

With the exhibit’s festive name and entries, the Littleton Fine Arts Guild, whose members fill the gallery with an ongoing selection of artwork, celebrates its long-term existence in the city as well its home in the historic Depot Art Gallery.

Juror Cheryl St. John, a well-known Denver area plein air painter, was unable to attend the opening reception, but forwarded comments about winning works. “It was difficult to choose the winners, with so many strong pieces,” she said.

“Thanks for letting me do the judging. It was a pleasure.”

• Best of Theme — Bobbi Shupe’s “Kaleidoscope,” a non-objective artwork with a rainbow of colors, angular shapes and dark lines that guide one into the swirling work. St. John said: “Nice use of mixed media. Good variety of paper, cloth, painting and jewels with a clear intention to celebrate.”

• Best of Show — “Spring Yucca,” a photograph

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• Second Place — “Emergence” by Merrie Wicks.

“Beautiful execution of abstract shape, line, color and brushwork. Strong composition. Shows lots of thought and creativity.”

• Third Place — “It Was a Great Party” by Joana Morrell. “Strong use of color and design to make a strong statement. Creative substrate and construction. Unique in composition and strong intent.”

Honorable mentions went to: “Dreamy Meadow”

by Birgette Runnals; “Party Animal” by Talia Johns; “Sweet Baby Love” by Janet Malone; “Somebody’s Smiling,” by Carl Paulson; “A Pleas‘Emergence’ by Merrie Wicks

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Manuilenko, now a refugee, said she wants to help other Ukrainians in any way possible, because she understands what it means to flee her home.

“Every day I read the news and I can’t live normal because I know that my people are in Ukraine.

It’s a very difficult situation,” she said, as she began to cry during an interview earlier this week.

Manuilenko has tried to keep her mind off the war by staying focused on planning for Saturday’s event.

She’s hoping to return to Ukraine with her 10 suitcases

filled with medical supplies, such as blood stopping medical gauze, tourniquets and defibrillators. She and event organizers are asking medical organizations and other members of the public to donate medical items ahead of her return on June 20.

Those interested in donating can contact organizers through the Ukraine Aid Fund website or email contact@ukraineaidfund.org.

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Dunbar shared with us the plans for the new season, what audiences will gain from the experience and more: Tell me a little about the history of the event.

Since 2009, Infinity Park has been hosting Monday Movie Madness.

It started as a community event to give back to local residents and those in the area. Over the years, Monday Movie Madness’ reputation grew and we have hosted more than a thousand people at some of our movie events. Along with local sponsors, and food trucks on hand, the event has become a metro-wide family favorite.

What is exciting about this year’s roster?

We knew that we wanted to pull away from a full roster of animated movies. And, since we were incorporating bands, we decided it would be fun to choose movies that could have a matching or themed music component. With our lineup, we were able to find bands that would approach the music with the movie in mind. For example, our first movie is “Happy Gilmore” and The Dumm Friends League band will play plenty of fun 70’s music before the movie. “Cruella” will showcase Super Magick playing current pop music; for “Sing 2,” we booked Cass Clayton Band and they will play U2

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ant Stream” by Brian Serff; and “Windows in Savannah” by Peggy Dietz.

“Celebrations” is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday, in keeping with Town Hall Box Office hours and during productions.

The Depot Art Gallery at 2069 W. Powers Ave. in Littleton is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Most art is for sale, but must stay for the duration

In your opinion, what makes this event special?

Infinity Park looks forward to sharing our stadium with patrons every summer. It’s not every day that you can stretch out on a professional sports team’s field and enjoy the view from a jumbo movie screen. It’s a little bit like a drivein theater without the car. I like to think that it is similar to Red Rocks but with free parking and no hike.

We allow patrons to bring their own food to this event, and we also allow adult beverages as long as they aren’t in glass containers. If you don’t feel like packing a picnic, we provide food trucks that provide a variety of food options, and we always have a giveaway of some sort with fun sponsors that hand out giveaway items as well. It’s a great way to enjoy a summer evening with that special someone or with your family.

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What kind of experience do you hope attendees come away with?

We are very excited to help people kick off their weekends with these fun outdoor events. If you bring your children, there is plenty of room for them to run around and play. We hope that everyone enjoys being outside, especially after a couple of years of limited activity. (Gaining) familiarity with our stadium and location, we hope will encourage fans to come back and watch a rugby match or two later in the summer. of the exhibit.

Juror Cheryl St. John, who paints mostly en plein air, is a fourthgeneration Colorado native who studied at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design and the Colorado Institute of Art. She was introduced early to the beauty of the Rocky Mountain landscape, has exhibited widely across the United States and has studied with a number of master artists. She is an award-winning painter and a Signature member of the American Impressionist Society, Oil Painters of America and Plein Air Painters of Colorado.

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OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO By: Mimi C. Larsen, Commission Secretary Dated: May 24, 2022 H&A Mineral Holdings, LLC South Weld Holdings, LLC c/o Steven Louis-Prescott Morgan L. Simpson Hamre, Rodriguez, Ostrander, & Dingess, P.C. 3600 S. Yosemite Street, Suite 500 Denver, CO 80211 303-779-0200 sprescott@hrodlaw.com msimpson@hrodlaw.com Legal Notice No. 81693 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: July 14, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Notice to Creditors Public Notice 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 October 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Richard B. Harvey, Personal Representative 2479 S. Clermont St., #456 Denver, CO 80222 Legal Notice No. 81666 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Sharon Coleman, also known as Sharon K. Coleman, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30760 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to 00Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before October 16, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kristi Radosevich, Attorney for Personal Representative PO Box 2708, Elizabeth, CO 80107 Legal Notice No. 81694 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 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 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

Legal Notice No. 81670 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

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

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

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.

Baysore & Christian Fiduciary Services, LLC by and through its designated representatives Roby Scott Christian and/or Stephanie Lambert, either of whom may act independently 7000 E. Belleview Ave., STE150 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No. 81676 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to 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 Hubert John Jones, Deceased Case Number 2022PR30487

Public Notice 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 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

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 Public Notice

Legal Notice No. 81681 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of CHARLES LOUIS SHOM, a/k/a CHARLES L. SHOM, a/k/a CHARLES SHOM, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30598

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

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

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 Samuel George Stoxen, also known as Samuel G. Stoxen, also known as Sam George Stoxen, also known as Sam Stoxen, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30448 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 17, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Holly Ann Cook, Personal Representative 3350 Depew St. Wheat Ridge, Colorado 80212 Legal Notice No. 81698 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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 Glenn Tucker, Deceased Case Number: 22PR208

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

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

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Public Notices 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.

Tammy Hayes Personal Representative 3650 S YOSEMITE STREET SUITE 214 Denver, CO 80237 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 Delores Moore, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR030728 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 November 20, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Anastasia Fainberg Attorney to the Personal Representative 3600 S Yosemite St Suite 670 Denver, CO 80237 Legal Notice No. 81696 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice 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 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. 81679 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice Denver Probate Court Denver County, Colorado Court Address: 1437 Bannock St., #230 Denver, CO 80202 In the Matter of the Estate of: Charles Edward Ensler, aka Charles E. Ensler, aka Charles Ensler, Deceased Attorney for Paul Peregrine: 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: 2022PR30804 NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S. ****** Attendance at this hearing is not required or expected. ******* To: Unknown or Unascertained Heirs of Charles Edward Ensler, aka Charles E. Ensler, aka Charles Ensler, deceased.

A hearing without appearance on the Petition for Formal Probate of will and Formal Appointment of Personal Representative, for a probate of the Last Will and Testament of the Charles Edward Ensler and appointment of Personal Representative, will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: July 22, 2022 Time: 8:00 a.m.

Address: 1437 Bannock St., #230, Denver, CO 80202 ***** IMPORTANT NOTICE***** Any interested person wishing to object to the above Petition must file a written Objection (Objection form JDF722) with the court on or before the hearing. If no objection is filed, the court may take action on the Petition.

Legal Notice No. 81699 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice 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.

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

Tower 1, Suite 10000 Denver, CO 80222 Legal Notice No. 81667 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch 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.

Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before October 16, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael Emerson Personal Representative c/o James E. Fogg, Esq. OGBORN MIHM, LLP 1700 Lincoln Street, Ste. 2700 Denver, CO 80203 (303) 592-5900 Legal Notice No. 81686 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Laurie Ann Lucero, a/k/a Laurie A. Lucero, a/k/a Laurie Lucero, deceased Case Number: 2022PR30118

Ruth E. Falkenberg Personal Representative 3463 Blake Street, Suite 100 Denver, Colorado 80205

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.

Legal Notice No. 81680 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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

Public Notice 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.

Legal Notice No. 81663 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 16, 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

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

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.

Legal Notice No. 81669 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 23, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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

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 MICHAEL A. GONZALES, aka MICHAEL ANTHONY GONZALES, aka MICHAEL GONZALES, Deceased Case No. 2022PR30752 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 21, 2022 , or the claims may be forever barred.

Tiffany Rose Gonzales Personal Representative 2245 W. 46th Ave. Denver, CO 80211 Legal Notice No. 81690 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Irene R. Banas, aka Irene Rosemarie Banas, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30231 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 Dillon Emerson, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30386 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the

Legal Notice No. 81656 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 16, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of LANORA LUCILLE BILLAPANDO, a.k.a Lucille Billapando, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR030671 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 16, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

a/k/a Catherine Donaldson Hickey, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30591 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 16, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Attorney for William Curran Hickey and Edward Christian Hickey: K. Michelle AmRhein, Esq. Coan, Payton & Payne, LLC 103 W. Mountain Ave., Ste. 200 Ft. Collins, CO 80524 Legal Notice No. 81685 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Diane Mathahs, Personal Representative 3270 S. Oneida Way Denver, CO 80224

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.

Legal Notice No. 81657 First Publication: June 2, 2022 Last Publication: June 16, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Legal Notice No. 81697 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of HARRY M. STERLING, a/k/a HARRY MICHAEL STERLING, Deceased 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 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Catherine D. Hickey,

(Adoption/Guardian/Other)

TO: BENACIO MATTHEWS, JR. Putative father

Public Notice Estate of MARY KATHRYN MALLOY, aka MARY K. MALLOY, aka KATIE MALLOY, aka KATHRYN MALLOY, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30704 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 16, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Regis Paul Malloy, Jr. Personal Representative 3175 E. Jewell Ave. Denver, CO 80210

On July 28, 2020, a child was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania to Susan Garnder. On January 26th, 2022, said child was adjudicated a dependent child and placed in the care custody and control of Mercer County Children and Youth Services. Please be aware that there is a Permanency Review Hearing scheduled in the interest of this child on July 18th, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. in Courtroom #4 of the Mercer County Courthouse, Mercer, Pennsylvania.

Please contact Mercer County Children and Youth Services if you are the natural father or know the identity or whereabouts of the unknown father.

Mercer County Children and Youth Services 8425 Sharon-Mercer Road Mercer, PA 16137 (724) 662-2703

Legal Notice No. 81688 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

You have a right to be represented at the hearing by a lawyer. An attorney has been appointed by the Court to represent you. Your attorney’s contact information is as follows:

PUBLIC NOTICE

John Alfredo, Esquire P.O. Box 246 Sharpsville, PA 16150 724-962-2980

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Scott Henry Craig, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30496

Andrea Lauren Clayton Personal Representative 2601 N. Clayton Street Denver, Colorado 80205

Amy Vaught Earls, Personal Representative c/o Timothy J. Parks, Esq. Hutchins & Associates LLC 1999 Broadway, Suite 1400 Denver, Colorado 80202

Children Services

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF MERCER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA JUVENILE DIVISION IN RE: MARLEY MATTHEWS -- 3 DP 2022 DOB: July 28, 2020

Legal Notice No. 81695 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 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 October 16, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 81687 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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

Tower 1, Suite 10000 Denver, CO 80222

Tammy Conover, Conover Law, LLC Attorney to the Personal Representative 6161 S. Syracuse Way, Ste. 270 Greenwood Village, CO 80111

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of GEORGE G. VAUGHT, JR., a/k/a GEORGE GRAYSON VAUGHT, JR., a/k/a GEORGE VAUGHT, a/k/a GEORGE G. VAUGHT, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30688

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Maureen J. Coufal, a/k/a Maureen Josephine Coufal, Deceased Case #: 2022PR030548 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Probate Court of the City & County of Denver, Colorado or on or before October 17, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before October 17, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Public Notice

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

Legal Notice No. 81689 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 30, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DUANE V. NARON (a.k.a. DUANE NARON), Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30560 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. /s/_Leona Hauschild LEONA HAUSCHILD, Esq. 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 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

Legal Notice No. 81692 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: June 16, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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