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State offered $28 million for free transit in August

Denver’s Madison Manning participates in Distinguished Young Women national competition

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

There’s not many people who can say they’ve met someone from each of the 50 states.

But that is something that Denver’s own Madison Manning will be able to tell people once she lands in New York this fall as she begins in her college career.

Manning, 18, was Colorado’s representative in the 65th Distinguished Young Women National Finals, which took place June 23-25 in Mobile, Alabama. There, she met teens representing all 50 states.

“It was really great to represent Colorado,” Manning said. “It was one of the best experiences of my life.”

Manning arrived in Alabama mid-June, and during the time leading up to the competition, she and the other 49 competitors made new friendships with each other, participated in team building activities, completed community service projects and interacted with the community through various events.

Manning, a resident of the Green Valley Ranch neighborhood, is a Colorado native and has lived in Denver her whole life. She is a 2022 graduate of the Cherry Creek School District’s Overland High School.

The Distinguished Young Women program is a national scholarship program during which participants have a chance to win college scholarships while learning life

BY OLIVIA PRENTZEL AND MARVIS GUTIERREZ THE COLORADO SUN

Madison Manning, the 2022 Distinguished Young Woman of Colorado, performs “Colored Woman” from the musical “Memphis” at the 65th Distinguished Young Women National Finals, which took place June 23-25 in Mobile, Alabama.

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More than $2 million in state money allocated to make public transit free this month — in a push to boost ridership and ease pollution — will go unused as some regional transportation agencies say they don’t have enough drivers to handle a ridership surge.

Statewide, 14 transportation agencies, including the Regional Transportation District in the Denver metro area, will waive fares on buses and trains during one of the hottest and smoggiest months of the year.

But two of the largest agencies didn’t seek grant funds for free transit rides.

The Roaring Fork Transportation Authority, serving communities from Rifle to Aspen, and Grand Valley Transit in Grand Junction didn’t apply because they feared they wouldn’t be able to provide reliable service to a possible influx of passengers lured by free rides, said Ann Rajewski, executive director of Colorado Association of Transit Agencies, a public transportation advocacy group.

“Everyone I know has an employee shortage, but you can’t fake a driver. You might be able to have longer lines at a restaurant, but it looks like canceling routes if you don’t have enough drivers,” Rajewski said. “So it really shows up and has really big impacts on the rider.”

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skills — such as public speaking and building self-confidence — that will remain with them through college and beyond.

It teaches young women to “be your best self,” Manning said, and prioritizes and supports women going to college.

The Distinguished Young Women program validates confidence in women, according to Greeley resident Alison Reed, who is the 2021 Distinguished Young Woman of Colorado and represented the state in last year’s national finals.

“By doing the program, I learned that everyone can be distinguished,” Reed said, adding that the program “offers a wellrounded approach to teaching young women life skills.”

For the national competition, participants compete in the following categories: scholastics, which makes up 25% of the score; interview, also 25%; talent, which is 20% of the score; fitness; and self-expression, which are each 15% of the score.

The competition is a “meritbased pageant,” Manning said, but added that it’s worth it for any female high-schooler to do because “just for participating, you get scholarships.”

Additionally, while it is a competition, it is not as cutthroat as most pageants are, Manning said.

Manning named a number of girls from states as far away as

Three years of Distinguished Young Women of Colorado stand together for a photo.

Pictured is Madison Manning, center, 2022; Alison Reed, left, 2021; and Korttney Potter, PHOTO BY ELIANA CHAYE PHOTOGRAPHY right, 2020.

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Preparing for the national competition was a two-year process for Manning, which began during her junior year. Her mom, Nicole Manning, who was Colorado’s representative in 1990, told her of the Distinguished Young Women program. Manning decided to participate in the local competition, then went on to represent Denver in the state competition, which took place in July 2021.

As soon as she was named 2022’s Distinguished Young Woman of Colorado from the state competition, Manning started preparing for the national competition.

At the national competition, Manning was a trailblazer as Colorado’s representative. She became the first Colorado representative to place within the top eight of the overall competition, and in addition, Manning was the first African American to represent Colorado.

“I’m so proud to have had her represent Colorado,” Reed said.

“It was a great moment to have everyone cheer on Colorado.”

By placing within the top eight — a competition finalist — Manning won a $5,000 scholarship. She placed within the top five in both the fitness and the self-expression categories.

The self-expression category was “kind of like public speaking,” Manning said, with its core goal being able to share an opinion on a topic.

“They can’t judge you on your opinion, they judge you on how you present it,” Manning said.

Manning’s questions were: “What is the best thing about your

state,” for which Manning responded by discussing how Denver is becoming such a vibrant performing arts hub; and “What would you change about your state,” which Manning answered by saying Colorado needs a better response to gun violence, using Columbine and the Aurora movie theater shootings to back up her response.

The scholastics category was academic-based, and Manning admitted that because she’s not a good test-taker, she had to work even harder on the other categories. For her talent, she sang “Colored Woman” from the musical “Memphis.”

“The first time I heard her sing, I think my jaw just about hit the ground,” said Reed, who met Manning in July 2021 when Manning was competing in the state competition. “There’s a power and passion in her voice that’s so impressive.”

Manning’s dream job after college is to work on Broadway and/ or with traveling theater groups.

She realizes this is quite an ambitious goal, so she’s also thinking about pursuing a PhD and becoming a professor of theater.

“I decided that if I wanted to do what I love, then theater is it,” Manning said.

She added that “it’s a very white field, so it’s important to spread equity through it and tell stories of Black trauma and the Black experience, whether (storytelling) fact or fiction.”

Manning will be majoring in musical theater at Syracuse University. She leaves this August, and though she’s nervous about the move across the country, she is proud of what she has accomplished here in Colorado. Manning has a long list of accolades, ranging from coaching gymnastics and being part of the National Honor Society to placing second in the 2021 Denver Shakespeare Competition and performing the National Anthem in 2020 to open the city of Aurora’s annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration.

Participating in the Distinguished Young Women National Finals also taught Manning a valuable life lesson — to adapt.

Though it was a fun and exciting experience, Manning said the competition itself was physically and mentally exhausting. Add a few COVID scares among the other participants and judges to the demands of the competition, it taught Manning and the rest of the competitors the importance of being flexible.

“This was way harder than going (out-of-state) for college,” Manning said. “If I can do Distinguished Young Women, I can go to New York.”

Reed agreed, adding that it’s Manning’s determination that sets her apart.

“I’ve been inspired by her from day one,” Reed said. “I’m excited for her to expand and grow who she is in New York. I have no doubt that she’ll be successful.”

To learn more about the Distinguished Young Women program, visit distinguishedyw.org.

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A city-wide overhaul of Denver’s sidewalks will be on November ballot NATHANIEL MINOR DENVERITE

Denver voters will decide this fall whether to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to build and repair sidewalks across the city.

The Denver Elections Division on Aug. 2 announced that the Denver Deserves Sidewalks campaign submitted enough valid signatures to make the November ballot.

“We’ve been waiting very patiently to see if the mayor or city council would take action,” said Jill Locantore, executive director of the Denver Streets Partnership, which sponsored the initiative. “But now the community has taken it into their own hands, gotten it on the ballot, and we’ll get to decide once and for all if sidewalks are truly a priority for our city.”

Locantore and other mobility advocates have grown frustrated with the city’s slow progress on its efforts to repair crumbling sidewalks and fill in gaps where sidewalks are nonexistent. Forty percent of the city’s streets have either missing or substandard sidewalks, the city reported in 2019. That fact, Locantore said, helped generate support for the initiative.

Jonathan Pira in his West Colfax neighborhood on May 31 as he goes door to door collecting signatures for a ballot measure that would raise fees to fund the construction PHOTO BY HART VAN DENBURG/CPR NEWS and repair of sidewalks across the city.

“Not only are people supportive, but they’re really passionate and excited about this as an opportunity for our city,” she said.

If passed, the measure would make the building and maintaining of sidewalks — currently a

responsibility of private property owners — the city’s problem.

It would also impose new fees on property owners that would raise about $40 million a year — enough to repair and build new sidewalks across the entire city

in just nine years, Locantore said.

Those annual fees, based on how much property faces a street, would be about $110 for the owner of a typical 50-foot-wide lot. But for some property owners on large lots in more suburban areas, the fees could exceed $1,000.

That’s generated some opposition from City Councilman Kevin Flynn, who represents southwest Denver.

“I get the frustration of folks who think that the city is moving too slow with its program. And we are. I get that,” Flynn told Denverite in June. “This, I think, may be the opposite end of that spectrum. [It] may be moving too fast and collapse of its own weight.”

Locantore said that such property owners currently face a potentially huge financial liability under the existing system, as they are responsible for repairs.

“The vast majority of property owners are going to be paying a very modest fee,” she said.

This story is from Denverite, a nonprofit Denver news source affiliated with CPR News. Used by permission. For more, and to support Denverite, visit denverite. com.

Coming back downtown for fun

BY SARAH MULHOLLAND DENVERITE

Crowds are coming back to Downtown Denver to have fun, but the scene for office workers is a different story.

Overall, downtown visitation is at 89% of pre-pandemic levels, according to a report from the Downtown Denver Partnership. But people aren’t as eager to come back to the office.

Office attendance peaked at 47% of pre-pandemic levels in May, the report found.

There’s more than 8 million square feet of vacant office space downtown due to the increasing prevalence of hybrid and remote work, with three of four major employers surveyed by the DDP offering hybrid work options.

“Downtown office markets across the country suffered significantly over the past year and Denver was no exception,” the report’s authors wrote.

A similar trend is playing out when it comes to tourism. Denver welcomed 31.7 million visitors last year, about 15% more than in 2020 and just shy of the 31.9 million visitors from 2019. For overnight visitors, 14.8 million were traveling for leisure, while just 1.8 million were in Denver for business.

Retail sales are gaining steam following the pandemic lull, with tax collections in the area up 57% in 2021 compared to 2020, according to the report. But it’s not all good news on that front, either, as there are a lot of

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empty stores. On the 16th Street Mall, one-third of ground floor space is “inactive,” according to data collected by the DDP in December.

Despite the challenges, roughly $2 billion in construction projects are underway in Denver. Major public works include the makeover of the 16th Street Mall and an expansion of the Colorado Convention Center.

During the past four years, 41 projects were finished downtown, adding more than 6,000 residential units, over 1,400 hotel rooms and 2.8 million square-feet of office space.

This story is from Denverite, a nonprofit Denver news source affiliated with CPR News. Used by permission.

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Latin American roots on display at DAM Millennial artists exhibit works in Denver until March

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Raphael Fonseca, associate curator at the Denver Art Museum in a new position underwritten

by John and Sandy Fox, opened a new exhibit: “Who Tells a Tale Adds A Tail,” a collection of modern and contemporary art from Latin America, on July 31.

Nineteen millennial generation artists (born 1981-1996) from around the world who identify as having Latin American roots were commissioned to create new works for the special exhibition, which runs through March 5, 2023.

These works were “to be in dialogue with the unique architecture of the Denver Art Museum, with technology to ideas surrounding identity, to broader social and political issues.” Contributing artists were originally from Ecuador, Mexico, Bolivia, Guatemala, Peru, Argentina, Santo Domingo, Venezuela, Haiti and the U.S. Created in both two- and three-dimensional techniques, they are a far cry from the wellknown portrait if Cortez one may think of as Latin American art.

The somewhat sinister “Vigi-

lante Extended” by Vitoria Cribb, which has been used for a promotional image for the exhibit, is a still from a video that a visitor is inclined to watch more than once — fascinating storytelling in big, bright images. Who is this person???

“U.S.A. (a spaceship)” is a large black sculptural work by Andres Pereira Paz, who lives and works between Mexico City and Berlin. The image is said to refer to decolonization, which is of high interest in Bolivia, where it is “a daily practice,” according to the artist. Almost two thirds of the population identify as indigenous and segregation is deep. Contradictions abound — the root of Cruz’s work.

Eddie Rodolfo Aparacio focuses on migrant communities in Los Angeles, where he now lives and works in the Salvadoran diaspora.

His “La Telena (Olympic Blvd and Burlington Ave.)” and “Ruta de las Flores” are large textile creations, suspended from the ceiling.

There are several spidery images, including “Fist Spider,” from the series “Pajama Spiders,”

by Brazilian artist Yuli Yamagata and her “Rushy Spider.” They are large and a bit threatening to a wandering viewer!

Alan Sierra is a Mexican artist/writer who lives and works in Basel, Switzerland and his neon images seem to be in their own little world as they glow on a gal-

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Celebrating 35 years of Colorado artists

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Growing up in Denver, Griffin Callahan enjoyed going to the Art Students League of Denver’s annual Summer Art Market.

At the Summer Art Market, “you get to see the whole ASLD community on display in such a large way,” Callahan said. “I’m looking forward to seeing what everyone has been working so hard on through the year.”

Callahan graduated from Denver East High School in 2014, then headed to Illinois to attend college at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

He then came back to Denver and in 2021, started working at the ASLD. Today, he wears three hats at the ASLD — he works with registration in the administration department, he is the ceramics studio technician and he teaches wheel throwing.

“My passion for teaching has grown more than expected,” Callahan said, adding he enjoys seeing students get excited about something new they’re learning. “I love seeing people get that creative engine going.”

Though Callahan has been involved with the Summer Art Market in various ways in the past, this will be the first year he’ll be an artist vendor. He and John Hamilton, the ceramics studio manager, will be sharing a booth this year. Both are looking forward to engaging with the community on topics such as technique and process.

The Summer Art Market — known affectionately as SAM among attendees and participants — takes place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 27 and 28 in the blocks surrounding the ASLD building at Second Avenue and Grant Street in Denver’s Speer neighborhood.

This year is the 29th Summer Art Market, and there will be about 125 vendor artists there. All mediums will

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Senate Bill 180 allocated $28 million to let public transportation agencies offer free train and bus trips in August 2022 and 2023. The Colorado Energy Office set aside $11 million for RTD for this year and next, and $3 million each year for CASTA, which provides grants to smaller agencies.

CASTA distributed $886,811, or less than one-third of the money available this year, to the 13 agencies that submitted project proposals, ranging from $300 for free rides in rural Bent County to $674,109 for Colorado Springs’ Mountain Metropolitan Transit.

“We were able to give everyone everything they asked for,” Rajewski

Griffin Callahan, left, and John Hamilton will be sharing a booth at this year’s Summer Art Market, which is put on by the Art Students League of Denver and takes place Aug. PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF DENVER 27 and 28.

be represented, and one of the best things about the Summer Art Market is that it showcases all the mediums that people can a take a course on at the ASLD, said Tessa Crisman, the communications manager for ASLD. These mediums include ceramics, fiber arts, mixed media/book art, painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, jewelry and sculpture.

ASLD faculty instructors will be giving two artist demos each day — one in the morning, and one in the afternoon.

Summer Art Market offers such a friendly vibe, Crisman said. There will be artists who have been selling their work at Summer Art Market for many years, and others who are, for the first time, testing the waters of selling their art, Crisman said.

Because there will be a wide variety of artists and mediums, there will be a wide variety of price points.

“There will be something in every-

body’s price range,” Crisman said.

Another great attraction to Summer Art Market is that all the artists have a tie to ASLD — whether they are a student, volunteer, member, serve on the board, instructor or other staffer, Crisman said.

“It’s community-focused,” Crisman said. “And oriented toward local artists and what this state has to offer.”

The Summer Art Market is a fun event on its own, but this year, there is even more reason to come out.

The ASLD, which is a nonprofit arts organization, is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. In August 1987, it was incorporated as a nonprofit. Its humble beginnings started with about five courses, 100 students and a handful of instructors.

Today, there are about 130 faculty instructors, 125 course offerings per month and the organization annually serves about 14,000 students of all

said. “That’s partly because some of those bigger agencies weren’t able to participate this time around.”

She hopes Roaring Fork Valley Transportation Authority and Grand Valley Transit will participate next year.

For now, how the remaining $2,106,096 will be spent is unclear.

The Roaring Fork Transportation Authority, which recorded 3,188,831 one-way trips in 2021, had already cut its summer schedule by 10% due to a driver shortage, largely caused by COVID-induced stressors, RFTA CEO Dan Blankenship said in an interview Monday.

He worried a boost in riders, lured by free rides, would result in unreliable service for the transit agency that’s already strapped for drivers. At the start of the summer season, RFTA

had about 145 bus drivers, about 40 drivers fewer than what was needed to run a full schedule, Blankenship said.

“When people are encouraged to use this service as it’s free, but then the bus is full and standing-room only and you have to leave people at the bus stop, well, that’s not putting our best foot forward,” he said. The agency has about 160 drivers now, but needs 200, ideally, for the winter season.

Providing affordable housing for employees has posed a challenge.

While RFTA offers a starting wage of $23.98 for year-round drivers during their first year on the job, studio and loft apartments in the area are typically listed at $1,800 to $2,000 a month, he said.

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abilities and ages through its various community engagement programs, fine arts classes, workshops, teen studios and summer camps.

It is located in the historic Sherman School. Built in 1893, the Sherman School is one of only a few of architect Henry Dozier’s structures still in existence, states the ASLD’s website.

“It’s such a fun and creative environment to be in. People absolutely love this place,” Callahan said. And “our community is crucial to our existence.”

Being a nonprofit, the Summer Art Market is an annual fundraiser for ASLD. Proceeds go toward the ASLD’s community engagement programs, scholarships, classes and general operations.

But it’s also a time to celebrate Colorado’s local art scene, Crisman said.

Summer Art Market “is a celebration of our community, and even more so this year,” Crisman said. “We’re so excited to be celebrating our roots with our anniversary this year.”

IF YOU GO The Art Students League of Denver’s 2021 Summer Art Market takes place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 27 and 28.

The outdoor event will take place in the blocks near the ASLD, which is located at 200 Grant St. in Denver.

Tickets cost $5 per person and children age 12 and younger are free. Every ticket purchase goes toward supporting the ASLD and its programming.

Tickets can be purchased upon arrival, but the ASLD encourages people to purchase their tickets in advance through the ASLD website for a smooth entrance experience.

A list of participating artists and their media is also available on the website.

To learn more about ASLD or the Summer Art Market, visit asld.org.

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He had hoped that waiving fares for the month would help attract new riders and bring back previous customers who may have stopped riding the bus due to the pandemic. Across all of the agency’s routes, ridership through June is down 25% since 2019, data from the agency shows.

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risking poor service, especially along routes that serve a high number of vulnerable people, including those with disabilities, Gingerich said. “We are already digging into our driver resources pretty deeply.”

About 1,400 people a day use Grand Valley Transit to get between Grand Junction, Fruita, Palisade and parts of unincorporated Mesa County within the metro area, according to 2021 ridership data.

Gingerich applauded the state program, calling it a “really good opportunity for agencies across the state,” and hopes Grand Valley Transit can apply for next year.

He’s hopeful the wage boost for drivers to $17 per hour, from $15.50, will attract more drivers to make that possible.

To help offset carbon emissions in a way that is manageable with its drivers, the transit agency is offering free rides on Fridays and Saturdays through the month, Gingerich said.

“We’re participating as much as we can,” he said.

The Colorado Department of Transportation isn’t pleased that Grand Valley Transit opted out and encouraged the agency to look at how other larger transit systems in the program overcame their concerns regarding ridership surges, according to a July 29 memo from the Colorado Department of Transportation and Energy Office to the director of Mesa County’s regional transportation planning office.

“CEO and CDOT stand ready to assist however we can to bring Grand Valley Transit into this beneficial program for congestion and air quality,” the memo said. “Getting more people into public transit is vitally important to our state goals and it is critically important that Coloradans across the state have the opportunity to benefit from this important program.”

The idea behind the state’s program was to get Coloradans to try transit in the hopes that they will form a habit.

Sen. Nick Hinrichsen, a Pueblo Democrat and a prime sponsor of Senate Bill 180, said he had expected every transit agency in the state to apply, but wasn’t completely surprised to hear that driver shortages got in the way of participation.

“We’ve sort of identified that one of the best things that we can do for sustainable planning is to reinvest in transit. We’re going through some systematic stressors, so I think we’re seeing that in play here,” he said.

“I’d love to see all agencies use it in Colorado, but I think one of the things you have there is a good baseline because with them not using it, we’ll be able to see what their ridership levels did.”

But lack of participation by some

‘We do hope that customers will be patient’ RTD received the majority of the funding, totaling $8.68 million for use the entire month of August. RTD’s “Zero Fare for Better Air Initiative” aims to reduce ground-level ozone that worsens air quality in the Front Range counties now out of compliance with EPA standards.

In its application to the Colorado Energy Office, RTD budgeted $250,000 to market the program and said it expects lost revenue in August to exceed the $8.68 million grant by $587,964.

“It takes 21 days to form or break a habit,” RTD interim assistant general manager Marta Sipeki said. “We’re giving customers 31 days to hop on the RTD system. And we’re hoping that by hopping on, they can form a new travel habit and continue using RTD after August.”

RTD ridership, however, is still recovering from the pandemic. The transit agency is still struggling to hire drivers: There is a 21% vacancy rate of bus operators, 17% vacancy rate among light rail operators, and a 25% vacancy rate among N-Line commuter rail engineers.

RTD has proposed a five-year plan to cut more than 20 bus routes based on changes in ridership and the driver shortage. But in August, service will be unchanged.

“We do not have the capacity to either expand our services during the month of August, or increase our frequency. So, service is going to be our current service level,” Sipeki said.

“Because just like all industries, we do have a people-power shortage.

“We do hope that customers will be patient, because obviously there are going to be a lot more people riding RTD.” CASTA is encouraging riders who use the bus and train this month to log their trips in the Zero Fare for Better Air trip tracker, which will show how many miles each rider has traveled, and how much carbon dioxide and gas money was saved.

Each transit agency is also required to submit ridership reports later this year for officials to track the success of the program.

Rajewski said it’s her hope that agencies can offer free rides June through August next year. “My goal as a transit advocate is: we would love to see all that money out on the street making it happen, making more transit available to folks.”

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RTD buses at a stop in the northwest Denver metro area in February. RTD’s buses and PHOTO BY ELLIS ARNOLD rail lines run near many notable destinations in the Denver suburbs.

agencies echoed the concerns of critics who said the transit initiative wouldn’t encourage more riders to become regular riders.

Sen. Paul Lundeen, a Monument Republican, called the program “misconceptualized.”

“There’s not a capacity to use it,” said Lundeen, who voted against the bill. “That’s one of the many philosophical problems I have with so many Democrat concepts is ‘We’ll throw taxpayer money at it and it’ll magically solve a big problem we all care about.’ It just doesn’t always work that way and I think this is a really good example of that.”

Colorado is about to spend $28 million to fund free summer bus and train trips. It remains unclear if riders will flock.

Agencies that are participating in ‘Zero Fare for Better Air’ Money granted to 13 transit agencies, through CASTA, will fund a range of projects aimed at lowering ground-level ozone, from offering free rides on existing train and bus lines to expanding service for riders.

More than two dozen transit companies that already offer free rides year-round were ineligible for funding.

Some transit systems are using the grant money to fund pilot programs for new routes.

Pueblo Transit will offer free service from the city’s largest food distribution site, Care and Share Food Bank, to the Transit Center, according to CASTA. In Prowers County, on the ColoradoKansas border, service will be expanded this month connecting the communities of Holly, Granada, Hartman, Bristol and Wiley to resources in Lamar. The route will start in Granada and run five days a week, Rajewski said. She hopes the expanded service helps residents familiarize themselves with public transportation in rural areas.

“Sometimes they know there’s a bus that picks up maybe their greatgrandmother or their grandmother and takes her to the food site or a doctor’s appointment. But what they don’t maybe realize is that that’s public transit,” Rajewski said. “It’s not known that we have, depending on what community or region you’re in, some really nice public transit service

in rural parts of our state.”

The Archuleta County Mountain Express is one of those rural transit services that now offers free rides. The bus service runs in Pagosa Springs, Arboles and Durango, with a ridership base of hikers as well as older adults.

“We have a high elderly population in this area. A lot of retirees, and they’re on a fixed income,” transportation coordinator Laura Vanoni said.

“As we see the gas prices going up, we’re seeing more and more riders struggling to come up with the fares.”

The Mountain Express averaged 500 rides a month for its fixed routes, with its paratransit and dial-a-ride services averaging at 150 rides a month in 2022.

Mountain Express was awarded $560 from the Ozone Season Transit Grant program. They anticipate a bump in ridership.

“We’ll have an increase, I think, in dial-a-ride or paratransit services.

Because once people start realizing it’s free, they’re going to be trying to use it a lot more frequently,” Vanoni said. “I can see that increase, but our typical bus routes will not deviate.”

The Greeley-Evans Transit (GET) serves a wider range of riders across Greeley, Evans and Garden City, and also transports people on the Poudre Express to Fort Collins and Windsor.

The service was awarded a total of $30,000 from the grant program.

They also anticipate an increase in ridership, despite initial driver shortage concerns.

“It’s been a big concern since COVID. We were down quite a few drivers. But over the years, we’ve been able to recruit and train new drivers on the road and right now we’re only down three drivers,” transit manager Michelle Johnson said. “I am a little concerned that we will have a large ridership, but we don’t anticipate cutting services or cutting routes.”

Prior to COVID, GET made 840,000 yearly fixed-route trips. The system’s numbers are slowly coming back, along with its drivers, with 398,665 fixed-route trips and 17,345 paratransit riders recorded in 2021.

And just like the many other transit services that CASTA funded through the grant, Greeley officials are optimistic the free rides will bring in more people.

“I’m hoping that they’ll get familiar

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‘Friendship is the most important thing’ Highlands Ranch resident going strong at 100

BY MADDIE BROWNING SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Yvette Gunther, Highlands Ranch resident, said her best friend is her dog, Toby.

Tiaras line the shelves of a display case near a small white couch.

A great grandchild’s painting of a bouquet of flowers is displayed proudly in the hallway. Photo albums containing snippets of a woman’s life lay scattered across the coffee table.

No matter how many years pass, she always has a smile on her face.

After 100 years of life, two husbands, five children, and many roles including Spanish teacher, dancer, AARP volunteer and decorated pageant queen, Highlands Ranch resident Yvette Gunther hasn’t let any time go to waste.

Gunther turned 100 years old on July 30, celebrating with 80 friends and family members at Mount Vernon Canyon Club west of Golden.

“I have a lot of friends. You know, you accumulate them over the years,” said Gunther.

Before the party, Gunther described how she planned to dance with her performing group, Cream of the Crop, which started when she lived in Littleton. Three of the original members are still involved and would be dancing with her. Gunther also takes Chinese ribbon dancing lessons from

Yvette Gunther, Highlands Ranch resident, said her best friend is her dog, Toby.

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instructor Christina Ye and planned to perform her own dance.

Before her time in Colorado, Gunther grew up in British Columbia and attended an all-girls boarding schools from age 6 to 12. “I graduated number one in my class, and guess what I won? Four years of another girls school in California, and I wouldn’t

take it,” said Gunther. She decided to attend the University of Washington instead for general studies.

Gunther spent the summer after her senior year working in Seattle while living at her sorority house.

That’s when she met her first husband, Carl Gunther, who was a navy officer at the time, on a blind date.

She followed Carl to Colorado to meet his family, and he proposed to her in the mountains. “Then we came back here and raised our family in Littleton. It was a very nice place to live. And finally, we moved to Highlands Ranch,” she said.

After 59 years of marriage, Carl died, and Gunther joined a widows’ club where she met her second husband, Calvin Wilson.

“This fellow came up to me and asked if I’d go out with him and I said, ‘No, I don’t know you.’ So, he waited a few months and asked me if I’d go out with him, and I did,” said Gunther.

She was married to Wilson for nine and a half years before he died. Gunther said both of her husbands loved her very much and she was lucky to have two wonderful people take care of her.

Gunther has been very involved in the community over the years, founding chapters of Toastmasters in Highlands Ranch, Castle Rock and Parker.

“It’s a great organization where you learn to speak,” said Gunther. “I was made president of three clubs at one time, and I thought, ‘Oh my goodness, I need to have some experience talking in front of people,’ so I started Toastmasters.”

She taught kindergartners in Denver for a few years, including one year of Spanish. “The next year they said, ‘You have to take the test now to see if you can pass,’ and I said, ‘I SEE FRIENDSHIP, P9

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Rents continue to rise along Front Range Westminster, Broomfield areas have highest costs for one-bedroom units

BY KYLE HARRIS DENVERITE

Westminster was once seen as an affordable-ish landing spot for young people who could no longer pay Denver and Boulder rents. Those days may be over.

Now, the Denver suburb, which has seen a mural festival, a revitalized downtown, an Alamo Drafthouse, a new Tattered Cover, and plenty of wacky events programming (ballerina dodgeball, anybody?), has the highest one-bedroom rents in the metro area. The price: $1,860, according to data pulled from active listings on the online rental site Zumper.

Coming in second place: Broomfield at $1,850.

Both of those cities are near Boulder County and the site of the late 2021 Marshall fires, which destroyed more than 1,100 homes and commercial properties and left many families renting as construction lagged.

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don’t think I can pass the test,’ so I dropped out quick,” said Gunther.

From Westminster to other metro communities, rent prices continue to climb.

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Centennial and Denver tied for third priciest median rent at $1,760.

If you’re looking for a deal, Greeley is still significantly lower than Denver at $1,070 and Fort Collins comes in at $1,200. (But yikes, that’s still expensive. Throw in commutes to the Mile High City, and renters will be suffering.)

But when it comes to two-bedroom rents, Denver’s still the priciest city, with a median rent of $2,340, followed by Broomfield, at $2,240, and Westminster, at $2,170.

Plenty of other suburbs that have

long been considered affordable have seen massive hikes in median rent.

Take Englewood-area zip codes, where median one-bedroom rent now runs $1,290, according to Zumper’s data. That’s a 33% jump from this time last year.

Nearby, the Littleton area has seen a 24.5% rise to $1,370.

Longmont, near the Marshall Fire site, saw a 23.3% increase, year over year.

Statewide, median one-bedroom rent is $1,450.

Data from the online Apartment

Gunther volunteered for AARP for many years, founding two chapters in Colorado.

She also competed as a senior pageant queen, winning Miss Senior Colorado in 1998 among others.

Now, Gunther attends an aerobics

class every Monday and Thursday with her friends and walks her dog and best friend, Toby, every day.

She said maintaining good friendships is the most important part of life.

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List, which uses a different methodology than Zumper that leads to a different set of numbers, shows similar trends in rent-price growth in the region.

National median rent has grown 12% over the past year, according to data from the online rental site Apartment List.

With inflation higher than it has been in the past 40 years, higher mortgage rates and still sky-high housing prices for buyers, many people are ditching their hopes of home ownership and continuing to rent. That creates more competition for already too few rental units.

On a national level, the Denver area rental market has the 71st fastest rising prices in the country’s 100 largest cities, from this time last year.

Cold comfort: The trend of rising prices is hardly a local phenomenon, and nationwide, landlords are also charging more than many renters can afford.

This story is from Denverite, a nonprofit Denver news source affiliated with CPR News. Used by permission.

For more, and to support Denverite, visit denverite.com. you have to be a good friend,” said Gunther. “I try to be a good friend. I remember everybody’s birthday and do things like that and remember to call them every once in a while.

Friendship is the most important thing right now.”

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Colorado heat deaths may be undercounted Official number is low, but reality is more complicated

BY JOHN INGOLD THE COLORADO SUN

Missy Anderson stepped out of the shade and into the worsening heat of another day in one of Denver’s hottest summers on record.

Anderson is an injury prevention coordinator at Denver Health, meaning she works to deter the kinds of accidents and events that often land people in the hospital.

On this July day, that involved giving a demonstration on the health dangers that summer heat can pose. She had parked her SUV in the driveway in front of the hospital and stuck a thermometer inside. Next to the car was a sign displaying the result.

It was about 95 degrees outside.

Inside, the temperature after just a few minutes had already climbed above 150 — hot enough to kill. In a few minutes more, it would hit 165.

“We don’t think a lot about heat in Colorado,” she said. “We usually think about cold weather because that’s what we’re known for.”

Just going by the official numbers, the health impacts of high heat are not something we need to think a lot about in Colorado.

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In 2020, there were six heat-related deaths in the state. Kirk Bol, the manager of CDPHE’s vital statistics program, wrote in an email to The Sun that the numbers from both years are a statistically significant increase over the 20-year average of 2.7 deaths per year.

Compared to the hundreds of heat-related deaths that are documented annually in places like Phoenix and Las Vegas, though, the numbers make it appear as if Colorado has little to worry about, even as summertime temps creep higher.

In 2020, the second-hottest summer on record for Denver and the one with the most 90-degree days, only about 300 people visited the emergency room in Colorado for heat-related illnesses and only about 40 people were hospitalized, according to CDPHE. Until recently, even official heat warnings have been rare in the state, due to Colorado’s traditionally low humidity and cool overnight temperatures.

But experts in public health and prevention, such as Denver Health’s Anderson, say those official numbers are missing the bigger picture.

All the different ways that heat harms The problem with tracking heat-related deaths is that its most pernicious impacts typically leave no trace.

“I would consider heat to be a threat-multiplier, meaning it often puts other coexisting medical conditions in crisis,” said Dr. Jay Lemery, an emergency medicine specialist and the co-founder of the Program on Climate and Health at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

The result is that when, say, a patient with cardiovascular disease shows up at the hospital during a heat wave, doctors typically see

and address the medical issue.

They don’t recognize the impact of heat that may have pushed the patient’s condition into crisis.

The same goes for patients with chronic diabetes. Or kidney disease. Or the elderly. Lemery calls these patients “physiologically vulnerable.”

“That little push off the cliff gets people in trouble and they’ll have exacerbations of their disease,” Lemery said.

Dr. Ryan Lawless, a trauma surgeon at Denver Health, gave an example of how this works. On a recent night, a patient came into the hospital who had been found lying on the floor at home. The patient had underlying medical conditions, which is what caused the hospitalization and what doctors focused on for treatment.

But how the patient ended up on the floor and what role a recent run of scorching temperatures had played in worsening the patient’s condition were not part of the diagnosis. Heat may have been the triggering factor, but it didn’t make the official statistics.

Accidents caused by dizziness from dehydration, asthma brought on by poor air quality during heat waves, falls caused by touching a hot hand railing and pulling back — none of those get filed as being heat-related.

“A lot of times, we think ‘medical problem,’” said Denver Health’s Anderson, a former emergency department nurse, “when in fact it may have been the heat.”

Preparing for even hotter summers That heat-related health problems — both obvious and less so — will continue to get worse as the Earth’s climate warms due to human-caused greenhouse gas emissions is taken as a given by experts.

Colorado’s summers are getting hotter sooner and staying hotter longer, Anderson said. That means the window of time for heat-related health concerns is also expanding.

Dr. Jonathan Samet, the dean of the Colorado School of Public Health, said “epidemic heat” — the waves of extreme heat that draw most of the attention — could cause higher numbers of officially documented heat-related deaths in Colorado. That’s what happened on a 100-degree day this summer when a mountain biker died on a trail near Palisade called the Palisade Plunge after running out of water, a death the local coroner has classified as heat-related.

But long-term exposure to high heat will impact health in other ways. Samet mentioned research

by Colorado doctors on agricultural workers in Guatemala with unusually high rates of kidney disease. Chronic dehydration caused by working in extreme temperatures is a prime suspect, he said, and climate change could expand how many workers are at risk across the globe.

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n a recent cross-county trip to see my brother, I saw and experienced several acts of kindness that I am hoping are signs of good things changing in the country.

Over the last few years, I feel like political division, a pandemic and the economy have created some bitter, angry citizens. This means seeing more fighting, angry groups and less kindness in public.

In flying recently, I was brought to tears a few times. Or, maybe, close to tears is a better way to describe it.

I was traveling with my children who are now 6, 8 and 17. No husband on this trip. I was a parent flying solo and that is tough any time.

Due to a lengthy drive from my brother’s home and to save on some costs on my rental car — I had to go to the airport extremely early, meaning my 6 a.m. flight from Newark to Denver meant almost all night in the airport.

I had no idea how much Newark worked to prevent sleeping in the airport. Chairs are screwed down, big metal bars prevent you from stretching out on other chairs. The floor does not have carpet. There may as well have been signs say, “Do not try to rest here.”

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Anyway, it was what it was. My kids and I were going to tough it out. However, after about an hour of us trying to find ways to get comfortable — just picture a 17-year trying to sit cross-legged, backwards in a chair against the wall — it was not going well.

Then, a man who worked at the airport came through. He did not speak English but shook his head as he walked by me.

The pessimistic side of me figured I was being judged as a not-so-good mom having my kids there.

Instead, he pulled out a key, went into a storage room and came out carrying four cots. He gave each of my kids a cot, a blanket and a pillow. He got one for me and encouraged me with his hand gestures to get some rest as well.

When my kids seemed overwhelmed with his gesture and thanked him with their tired voices — I was brought to tears.

I am a true believer that most people are good. I just love having that belief reaffirmed in a strange place.

Once on the plane, I saw another act of kindness that was not aimed at me but still mattered.

An older woman who also did not speak English took her seat next to my

son and myself. Come to find out, she was not in the right seat. However, my Spanish has gone way downhill since living in Arizona and the flight attendant struggled.

Before long, a man in a nearby seat came over and helped translate, easing the woman’s stress and alleviating a tough situation.

On the news, I have heard reports of families being separated from their children on flights. This happened to me as well. My son and daughter were put in a different row, and I sat with my 6-yearold separately.

I trusted my 17-year-old to manage my 8-year-old (praying they would not argue over some nonsense). I wasn’t happy but did not raise a stink with the airline.

After the flight, my daughter told me a nice woman sitting near them opened her arms and allowed my son to sleep against her, telling my daughter his comfort mattered to her.

I hope this is a sign that we are getting better. I hope these instances can become regular again as we travel or go about our daily lives.

Thelma Grimes is the south metro editor for Colorado Community Media.

There’s just nothing like Red Rocks

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I enjoy watching movies, but I don’t consider myself a film buff by any means. I don’t keep up with Hollywood or most entertainment news. More often than not, I have no idea who an actor or actress is until someone tells me what movie they starred in — and that’s considering that I’d seen the movie.

My boyfriend, however, is somewhat of a film enthusiast. He has a collection of probably a couple hundred movies — on DVD and the “collectables” from the ‘80s and ‘90s on VHS. Still, we’re run-of-the-mill moviegoers. We enjoy dinner and a movie at home, and will go to the theaters when a new release that particularly excites us is announced.

But there is one movie-going experience that is not like any other in the world. That’s Denver Film’s Film on the Rocks.

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Film Festival and the Film on the Rocks series.

There are a few reasons that make the Film on the Rocks experience so remarkable. First, it’s Red Rocks. Anyone who is familiar with the venue knows there is nothing more that needs to be said about that. Second, it feels like home to me — I’ve been to Red Rocks so many times for live music events that it would be impossible for me to guesstimate the number. Thirdly, the crowd.

It is just so much fun when everyone around you cheers during the climax of a movie, or yells out the movie’s famous one-liners and quotes. Lastly, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that Film on the Rocks is affordable. A movie ticket only costs about $20 — including fees — the parking is free and you can bring your own movie snacks (in sealed packaging or clear plastic containers/ baggies).

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to a Film on the Rocks, and even though he’s a Colorado native, my boyfriend had never been to Red Rocks at all before. (To his defense, he’s not from the metro area.) Since he’s a musician, I wanted to make sure that we arrived in time to see some of the band perform — that night was the School of Rock, and they did great.

I’ll be honest and admit that even the hike up to the amphitheater isn’t so bad because it’s scenic. The worst part about the hike, in my opinion, is the building anticipation of the amazing event you’re about to experience.

Everywhere in the world has unique places that provide its community with bragging rights. Red Rocks is just one of Colorado’s many, and I’m proud to say that it is in our backyard.

To learn more about Film on the Rocks, visit denverfilm.org/programs/ film-on-the-rocks.

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Finding smoother air through the turbulence

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ll of us who have flown have experienced turbulence.

Some of us experience anxiety and fear as we drive our fingernails into the armrest or the arms of the person sitting next to us. Many regular flyers have come to know and trust in the pilots and aircraft and are confident that we are okay. While some even treat the turbulence like a thrill ride or roller coaster.

On a flight from Denver to Phoenix several years ago, our plane went through incredibly intense turbulence. My seatmate was not a frequent flyer and was already anxious about the trip, and the choppy air had her holding onto the armrests with a white-knuckled death grip.

And when the plane took a tremendous jump, her fingernails left the armrest, and she immediately dug them into my forearm.

Is there turbulence in the world?

Absolutely. This is not a shock to anyone. When pilots experience turbulence, they attempt to find smoother air, and most times, they seek higher altitudes to see if they can get us to less bumpy airspace so

we can feel better and have a more enjoyable remainder of our flight.

I have noticed throughout my life that when faced with turbulent or difficult times, situations, or people, looking for a higher altitude means takMichael Norton ing the high road.

And I would have to say that by finding a higher altitude in almost every turbulent and trying situation, taking the high road has made all the difference in finding that smooth air so we can move on with a more enjoyable and safer flight through life.

Trying, challenging, and difficult times know no prejudice. We all eventually go through seasons of life that are incredibly hard, causing us great pain physically, mentally, and spiritually. And for so many of us, we react hastily and maybe even angrily instead of taking a moment, responding favorably as we look for the onramp to the high road. And

by the way, I can share with you that when taking the high road, we never run into a traffic jam as many people would prefer to stay in the fight or keep perpetuating an argument, failing to find smoother air and peaceful resolutions.

There are undoubtedly turbulent global situations that we cannot influence at all. Yet we can still find a higher ground or a higher altitude to try and maintain order and find peace. The events, arguments, and divisiveness going on right now are causing a tidal wave of differences of opinions and creating a breeding ground for violent responses, chaos, and confusion. My encouragement is that when we find ourselves right in the middle of it, we can stop, pause, and remember to find a higher altitude and smoother air by taking the high road.

There is a classic and great song

by Buffalo Springfield titled “For What It’s Worth.” And some lyrics should remind us of what’s happening around us and that we can find our way to being less combative, more cooperative, less angry, and more agreeable, even if it is agree-

ing that we can disagree. The lyrics go like this, “There’s battle lines being drawn, nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong.”

Instead of rushing to judgment where we feel others are wrong, we should try to navigate through the turbulence by finding a higher altitude. Stephen Covey and others have encouraged us to “Seek first to understand and then to be understood.” Many have forgotten this effective technique and only look to push their agenda, beliefs, and opinions.

How about you? Have you experienced a smoother ride through the turbulence by taking the high road?

Or could you use a little reminder to help you find higher altitude and smoother air? Either way, I would love to hear your story at mnorton@ xinnix.com, and when we can navigate through the turbulence, it will be a better than good year.

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experience impacts of climate change, the specific concerns aren’t evenly distributed.

To understand how climate change’s consequences will play out across the state, the Colorado Health Institute has launched an initiative called Acclimate Colorado. The idea is to map which concerns will be most prevalent in which places, and then help local officials understand how best to respond in their areas.

Some parts of the state are at risk for extreme heat — think the Eastern Plains and areas around Grand Junction.

Other areas, especially those in the mountains, are particularly vulnerable to major wildfires.

And then there are underlying social and health circumstances that place some communities more at risk than others. Communities with higher rates of poverty, higher rates of non-

English-speaking residents and higher rates of non-white residents may be at greater risk of suffering more due to climate change. The same goes for communities with higher rates of chronic illness.

Karam Ahmad, a senior policy analyst at CHI who is working on the Acclimate Colorado project, said his organization hopes to create a Colorado “where communities are prepared to meet the emerging health challenges caused by a warming climate.”

(You can dive deeper into CHI’s climate change impact maps here.)

One of the things that makes the CHI initiative unique is that it is not focused on trying to stop climate change from happening or to mitigate its effects.

Instead, the organization made a conscious decision to think of climate change as a present-

tense risk to health in Colorado, something that should be dealt with just like any other ongoing health crisis.

Lemery agreed that the medical and public health communities need to become better prepared for handling climate impacts like extreme heat and all the consequences they bring.

“Every year, I see this, and I get more and more scared,” he said.

“It’s a palpable sense of something’s changing, something’s different and it’s not going to get better.”

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where a lack of air conditioning and sparse shade cover from trees are the norm are especially at risk. So, too, are people who are homeless. On days when temperatures have soared to near 100, Denver this summer has opened recreation centers as cooling stations for anyone needing a break from the heat, something Samet said will need to become part of a normal, health-focused response to hot weather.

“Public health needs to be prepared both to alert the public and we need to be prepared to provide access to cool spaces for those who need them,” he said.

Mapping Colorado’s climate risk zones While all of Colorado will

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BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then taking a walk through most metro area communities can be a delightful treat for the eyes.

Many communities have outdoor sculptures placed either in sculpture gardens or throughout the cities to provide beauty, create community, revitalize metropolitan areas and make people think. For those in charge of acquiring the sculptures, it’s vital work.

“I think there are a lot of reasons why public sculpture is important,” City of Northglenn Arts, Culture and Community Manager Michael Stricker said. “Not only does it help beautify parks and public areas, but it builds a sense of identity and community. Our community has really embraced all of the public art as their own.”

While public art also includes outdoor murals and other displays, sculptures come in all shapes and sizes, created out of every sort of material and in various genres from traditional to modern. And the best part is that viewing public sculptures is free.

“Outdoor sculptures are like a museum without walls in a way,” explained Tim Vacca with the Greenwood Village-based Museum of Outdoor Arts. “Our mission is to make art part of everyday life where people are walking in public areas, and it might bring a pleasant surprise to them. We want it to be accessible to all.”

Tricia Rosenthal, president of Sculpture Evergreen, a nonprofit that has placed 42 permanent sculptures throughout Evergreen, called it an artistic imperative to place sculptures in the downtown area and in area parks.

“They speak to people,” Rosenthal said. “It is fun for me to see that, and it’s pretty exciting. I’ve been to numerous places where many communi-

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ties have decided this is something they want to do as part their community cultural enhancement, and people relate to the sculptures. There is something for everyone — especially with the pieces that change.”

Some communities have sculptures that are displayed on a rotating basis along with their permanent collections.

For Golden, which has extensive public sculptures throughout the city, the Public Art Committee believes sculptures contribute to community identity, civic pride and economic development, and allows the community to feel engaged with the city, according to Robin Fleischmann, Golden’s economic development manager.

Sculptor Shohini Ghosh of Highlands Ranch agrees that public sculptures are a great and important way to introduce art into people’s lives. The sculptor, originally from India, has work displayed as close as Evergreen, Hudson Gardens and the Denver Art Museum, and as far away as Topeka, Kansas; Edina, Minnesota; and even China.

“Sculpture is a mode of expression,” she explained of her art. “The whole concept of expressing a whole idea in one form excites me. It’s not a canvas where you have a story visually developing.

Sculpture is one idea, one moment, one emotion that you want to catch and make it permanent.

Each sculpture has its own rapport with the public. That’s how it is supposed to be.”

Different styles Public-sculpture selection and tastes vary wherever you go. In Evergreen, for example, a committee selects the sculptures that are part of the rotating Sculpture Walk.

Since

“Snow Queen” by Stephen Landis in downtown Evergreen.

Evergreen is not incorporated, the nonprofit Sculpture Evergreen needs to look for sites by working with private property owners and other entities that own area parks. Evergreen’s Sculpture Walk was started 28 years ago.

“For us, it’s a grassroots thing,” Rosenthal explained. “Other than money from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District and Colorado Creative Industries, everything is funded by donors. Also, in many ways, Evergreen is unique because of the environment we have.”

The rural area makes selecting sites that enhance the sculptures more challenging, she added.

In Northglenn, a committee of 50 people selects six sculptures for its rotating Art on Parade and invites the public to vote for their favorite, which is purchased by the city to add to its

permanent collection of about 30.

Northglenn started its collection in 2000.

Stricker said Northglenn is committed to public art and putting it throughout the city, with Art on Parade located at Eleanor M. Wyatt Centennial Park to create a destination feel. The permanent collection is throughout the city and continues to grow.

Golden’s sculpture collection is on temporary hold as the Public Art Committee evaluates its current collection and determines what sculptures should be added. Many of the 34 sculptures are along Clear Creek and Washington Avenue. Golden also has what it calls the Itty Bitty Art Project, which includes 14 tiny sculptures.

The commission wants to begin diversifying its sculpture collection since a large number of the sculptures are traditional bronze donated to the city by other entities, Fleischmann said.

The Museum of Outdoor Arts’ permanent sculpture garden is at Marjorie Park just outside Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre in Greenwood Village, with 40 sculptures, plus more than 30 throughout Englewood. The Museum of Outdoor Arts was started in 1981.

Making sculpture relevant Ghosh is excited that public sculptures have caught on in many cities in the United States and abroad in part to help rejuvenate municipalities. Historically, a sculpture was put in town squares to help identify the town, and public sculpture is continuing that mission, she added.

“I love that this art form is used as a tool to help cities as they go through the revival process of bringing a city back to life,” Ghosh said.

She wants to see sculptures generate discussion among those who see them.

“I’ve seen people stop and contemplate sculptures,” she explained.

“Even in their hurried day, most people don’t just walk by. They give (the sculpture) a moment of thought. Art is a very strong form of communication other than writing or talking. (Sculptors) express directly from our souls — unadulterated, honest expression.”

For those who help bring public art to their communities, its importance is without measure. “(Sculptures) really reach into people’s hearts,” Rosenthal said. “That’s something worth preserving.”

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“Brother and Sister at the Rodeo”

by Mario Pahua in Golden.

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In Greenwood Village, Harry Marinsky’s “The Mad Tea Party” from the “Alice in Wonderland” series is displayed by the Museum of Outdoor Arts in Marjorie Park.

Shohini Ghosh’s “Man” sculpture being installed in EverPHOTO BY DEB HURLEY BROBST “Joy of Music” by George Lundeen in Golden. green’s Bergen Park.

To learn more about public sculptures in the Denver metro area: Evergreen: sculptureevergreen.org Golden: www.cityofgolden.net/play/ recreation-attractions/public-art/ Lakewood: www.lakewood.org/Government/Departments/CommunityResources/Arts-and-Culture/Exhibitions-

and-Public-Art/Public-Art Wheat Ridge: www.ci.wheatridge. co.us/482/Public-Art Arvada: arvada.org/explore/culture-andcommunity/public-art Westminster: www.cityofwestminster.us/ ParksRecreation/ArtsCulture/PublicArt Northglenn: northglennarts.org/public-

art/ Brighton: www.brightonco.gov/1677/ Outdoor-Art Commerce City: www.c3gov.com/explore/public-art Lone Tree: artencounters.douglas.co.us/ lone-tree/ Parker: parkerarts.org/art-gallery-exhib-

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its/public-art/ Douglas County: artencounters.douglas. co.us Highlands Ranch: hrcaonline.org/aboutus/hrca-nonprofits/cultural-affairsassociation/public-art Littleton: www.littletongov.org/mylittleton/parks-trails/public-art

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Initiative seeks diversity in mental health workforce Partners join forces with Colorado Access to nurture providers from varied backgrounds

alone. While Colorado’s overall population is projected to increase by 2023, among racial and ethnic minorities it is projected to grow nearly twice as much.

That’s why Colorado Access and its partners like Maria Droste Counseling Center and Metro State University are working to make sure more of our mental health providers will reflect our communities.

BY AMANDA HORVATH AND ALEXIS KIKOEN ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

Karina Muro has known loneliness throughout her life.

“I am a first-generation, Mexican-American lesbian, raised by a single mother,” she said.

Describing her youth in rural Wisconsin, Muro explained that her family went through several barriers just trying to receive health care due to “lack of insurance, income, or the stigma of receiving help from public welfare programs.”

On top of those barriers, Muro didn’t see a lot of people who looked like her or had a similar background to her when she was growing up.

“Being of Latinx descent and first generation, it was just jarring knowing that I couldn’t really talk to a lot of people because they were white. They had … a set of parents and I kind of felt like an outsider,” said Muro. On top of those challenges during her youth, she knew she wanted to talk to someone about her identity but admitted she didn’t have the language to talk about what she was feeling. And once she came out in 1997, she wasn’t always met with open arms.

“Derogatory names were thrown at me because I was secretly seeing somebody. So it was difficult to articulate — I like this woman and I think it’s fine, but I know you don’t think it’s fine,” Muro explained. “It was a really lonely experience.”

“I think it’s a metaphor that I live in Colorado because I can’t tell you how many mountains I’ve summited and it’s not easy,” said Muro.

Now living in the Denver metro area with her daughter and wife, Mindy, Muro is chasing a goal to make the next Karina Muro feel

Graduate student Karina Muro credits one of her professors with helping her through COURTESY OF OCKY MOUNTAIN PBS her work to earn a master’s degree in social work.

less lonely.

“I want to be that person, if I’m just one individual helping another individual, who’s coming out to their family, who’s Latinx at 30, at 35 … be their supporter, be their cheerleader — however I can be there to help them,” said Muro.

And for her, that means pursuing a master’s degree in social work at Metro State University.

Students like Muro are part of a pipeline or network of organizations in Colorado that are working together to tackle this larger issue — lack of diversity among the workforce for mental and behavioral health.

Demographics don’t align “In the behavioral health profession, about 80% of providers represent our majority population and maybe 15% represent our Latino and African American populations, and when it comes to the

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needs of our members … it’s kind of flipped,” said David Aragon, who is a Senior consultant for diversity, equity and inclusion with Colorado Access. Colorado Access is a local, nonprofit health care company that is one of the players working to establish a pipeline to create a more diverse workforce.

Zippia, a career development company, collected data from millions of profiles to publish a report this year breaking down demographics of those working in mental health professions. The report found nearly 81% of the workforce identified as white, followed by Hispanic or Latino at about 9% and Black or African American at 6.7%. These numbers are only marginally better compared to a 2013 study published by American Psychological Association Center for Workforce Studies which showed nearly 84% of mental health professionals were white.

While this study shows the work to diversify the workforce has been a conversation ongoing for years, it became more acutely pointed out in public discourse since the pandemic began.

“The pandemic has revealed the disparities and how they exist, particularly in under-resourced communities, particularly amongst our African American and our Latino and Hispanic communities,” said Aragon.

Colorado as a whole has struggled to care for those with mental illness. A Colorado News Collaborative investigation last year found the state’s mental health safety net was failing Coloradans. It found that 17 state-funded community mental health centers often failed Coloradans. Colorado Children’s Hospital and other youth providers also declared a youth mental health emergency last year.

According to recent data, nearly 70% of Colorado’s roughly 5.7 million residents identify as white

Challenges to creating a more diverse workforce “Whether it’s mental, behavioral or physical health services, when there’s nobody in my community who looks like me, who understands me, right? Who understands my needs? Who understands that if I go get mental health services, I might be judged by my family or my friends or my siblings, because there’s a stigma about getting help, right? So what do we do about that?” asked Dawn Matara Bassett.

Matara Bassett is a professor at MSU Denver with a Ph.D. and master’s in social work. She mostly teaches in the graduate school of social work and is part of the work to create a pipeline for a more diverse workforce. As a first generation college graduate she understands there are barriers for many in our communities to get to college and earn a degree.

“So I know for myself — and I’m a white chick — but when I went to go get a degree, I didn’t understand the language. I didn’t understand forms and procedures and access.

And now you add computers on top of it, right?” explained Matara Bassett. “What about if my family doesn’t have a computer?”

She went on to explain there are sometimes language barriers and lack of system support that can add to challenges of reaching college. For example, a lack of adequately funded schools with enough counselors to help students understand their options. There are also cultural barriers to consider, as Matara Bassett explained some families or communities don’t discuss the possibility of college.

“Am I being coached in my school, in my elementary school or high school that I can actually pursue college, right? I was told you just need to go to beauty school and you know, learn how to do hair,” said Matara Bassett. “There was no sense of, this is how you go to college. This is how you pursue your degree.”

There are also barriers of generational wealth. Without family money to help pay for college, students can take on a lot of debt earning a degree that doesn’t always offer high-paying jobs after graduating. For example the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the median salary for social workers in 2021 was $50,390 per year.

“And then in social work, you’re gonna work in a field where you’re not going to make a lot of money, then you’re gonna pay an ongoing tax on your student loans,” said Matara Bassett. “So we’re really SEE WORKFORCE, P18

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Colorado firms land weather forecasting contracts Two aerospace companies will work on satellites

BY DENNIS HUSPENI DENVER GAZETTE

NASA recently awarded two aerospace companies with a large Colorado presence work on weather satellites that “will ultimately help save lives by enabling even more accurate weather forecasting,” according news releases.

Broomfield-based Ball Aerospace will complete two 20-month studies on new instruments for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s “Geostationary Extended Observations” (GeoXO) program.

One instrument will measure atmospheric composition; the other

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dinging them and we’re making it really financially difficult on top of all those cultural and academic barriers as well.”

Overcoming the challenges For Karina Muro, entering into her second and final year of earning her master’s degree in social work didn’t come in the straightest of lines. She is in her 40s, pursuing a degree among others in their 20s.

However, through the tough times, she has found support and encouragement, starting in high school with her biology teacher.

“He was the first one in my sophomore year who told me, ‘You could go to college. You have ... the bandwidth, you are intelligent.’

And that’s when he entered the idea into my head, and I went for it,” said Muro.

This is where Colorado Access and Maria Droste Counseling Center are beginning their work to create that pipeline while kids are still in school.

“So right now our goal is also

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The GeoXO is being dubbed “NOAA’s next-generation constellation of geostationary weather satellites to address critical operational environmental prediction requirements” — i.e. weather forecasting and the environmental impacts of global warming conditions.

Lockheed Martin, which has a large campus in Waterton Canyon that houses about 8,000 of the company’s 11,000 Colorado employees, was awarded a $5 million contract to work on GeoXO’s lightning mapper and another $5 million contract for “spacecraft bus” design.

The lightning mapper tracks 1 million strikes per day globally.

“We’re thrilled at this opportunity to take all we’ve learned — through developing remote imaging capabilities for NOAA’s current lightning mapper and the

agency’s GOES-R satellite series — and infuse new technology to build a powerful, weather-monitoring platform of the future,” Adrián Cuadra, Lockheed Martin’s weather programs director, said in the release. “We’ve continued to advance this technology, which will help provide more timely forecasts and snapshots of our environment to enable decision-making that makes our world a better place for upcoming generations.”

For Ball, the 20-month studies “will be based on Ball Operational Weather Instrument Evolution (BOWIE), a series of innovative environmental sensing systems to meet next generation spacebased observation needs identified by customers,” according to the release.

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first steps in NOAA’s efforts to improve the nation’s ability to monitor, forecast and understand the conditions impacting weather, climate and health; from air and water quality to coastline health,” Makenzie Lystrup, vice president and general manager of Civil Space for Ball Aerospace, said in the release. “As weather events become increasingly unpredictable and extreme, we need to keep building better monitoring and forecasting tools. The instruments we are helping to define and design will be critical in NOAA’s commitment to building a weather-ready nation.”

starting with youth based organizations, letting high school kids, and maybe even a little bit earlier, know that careers and mental health are potential careers and mental health are potential and possibilities for them,” said Ed Bautista, the director of development at Maria Droste.

The Maria Droste Counseling Center aims to provide mental health services, regardless of wealth, with about 20 to 30 on staff clinicians and between 20 to 40 new interns and fellows that come in every year. And with those interns and fellows, Maria Droste works closely with colleges and universities to help support students pursuing this type of work to understand how important it is to get more clinicians who represent the different Colorado communities.

“Well, a big part of our diversifying the workforce initiative has been about finding providers that actually come from these communities, right? That have that shared, lived experience, that understand exactly where people are coming from the traumas, the stresses, the grief that they’ve experienced in their lives,” said Bautista.

For Muro, when she decided to pursue the path of college, she applied for grants and scholarships to pay for it. She was able to attend a big university, but that is when she came out as a lesbian and experienced a lot of loneliness.

“So for a few years there was nobody, there was absolutely nobody there for me,” said Muro. She didn’t end up finishing her degree at that time, but eventually found some life-long friends and met her wife, building that support system again. Her wife was one of the biggest reasons she thought she could go back to school and finish her degrees and pursue the next one.

“Wholeheartedly, absolutely, 100%. My wife is my biggest supporter,” Muro told Rocky Mountain PBS with tears in her eyes. “She has wanted to see me finish my undergraduate degree and finish my master’s. So she has been an instrumental piece of helping me get back.”

Once back in school pursuing this degree, Muro admitted there were times the work was hard and a bit overwhelming. She said writing was a particular struggle for her.

“I didn’t do well on a paper and it was devastating to me. I pride myself in being a straight ‘A’ student and I didn’t do well,” said Muro.

She said she reached out to her faculty adviser and Matara Bassett who gave her constant support and checked-in throughout the semester. Still Muro said she reached a moment last fall where she didn’t know if she would continue in her degree program.

“The students … in my cohorts, they were predominantly white.

I didn’t feel comfortable talking to somebody that might not know what I’m going through. And there is an age difference. I’m 43 and we have young 21 to 25 year olds in our program… And so I found it reminiscent again, of being lonely, of not having access to services that would be able to help me grow,” said Muro.

She had reached a moment that Matara Bassett affectionately calls getting “crispy.” A reference to burnout that many people, especially in this field of work, experi-

ence.

“So to be aware of that, and then be on teams where they allow you to be vulnerable and they allow you to say, ‘Okay, what do we need to do? What do we do?’” said Matara Bassett about dealing with burnout. “We wanna shift things up in our field, in the helping professions. You’ll see a lot of people who will stay in the field for a long time, but do different types of jobs … and that allows you to build resilience. So you’ll see that quite a bit as well.”

So after reaching that moment, Muro took some time to reevaluate and really think about what she wanted and needed in her life. Ultimately, she decided to keep with her pursuit of a master’s degree in social work after having a conversation with her wife, Mindy.

“She reminded me if you decide to quit — who is going to help somebody like you, who wants to quit? And as right as she is — that was my answer,” said Muro.

With another year to go, Muro still has time to decide what exactly she wants to do for work after graduating. She likes the idea of being a clinician but also helping with policy work to make significant change like HB 22-1267 which was signed by Colorado Governor Jared Polis this summer.

It establishes funding and a system to provide culturally relevant training for health care providers, including those providing mental health services.

For Matara Bassett, she is now more confident about Colorado’s future knowing Muro will be a big part of that.

“She wants to make change happen,” said Matara Bassett. “I look forward to the time when I’m sitting in my retirement chair relaxing and seeing her doing this work and carrying it forward and really mentoring others as they move through their own degrees.”

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Citing economic uncertainty, Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU) announced Aug. 2 it is freezing its tuition rate for both current and incoming students.

“Our students are facing tremendous financial challenges right now,” said Janine Davidson, the university’s president. “Many are working multiple jobs just to keep up with rising costs for rent, groceries, gas and other necessities, while also persevering to earn their college degrees.”

The news from MSU comes as fears of a recession rise due to concerning economic reports and the worst inflation outbreak in four decades. President Joe Biden, meanwhile, has downplayed recession fears and pointed to near-record-low unemployment as a sign of a strong economy.

Davidson said rising costs have been challenging for MSU students, and that is part of the reason why the university implemented the tuition freeze.

“We want [students] to know that their tuition is one cost that

won’t be rising,” Davidson said in a statement.

Starting in the fall 2022 semester, tuition for first-time undergraduate students will be locked for four years. For current students, tuition will not change for three years. Transfer students will have their rate locked for two years.

The tuition freeze does not include mandatory fees, which increase annually. You can explore the mandatory fees here.

In-state undergraduate tuition at MSU is $3,378 per semester, and that does not include financial aid. For out-of-state students, the tuition is $10,510 (nearly 96% of the undergraduate student body is from Colorado).

Earlier this year, MSU announced tuition would be free for students who are enrolled in any of the 574 Indigenous nations recognized by the federal government.

The university also provides free tuition to descendants of people who were displaced by the construction of the Auraria Campus, where MSU, the University of Colorado Denver and Community College of Denver are located.

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Summons and Sheriff Sale PUBLIC NOTICE District Court, City & County of Denver Colorado, 1437 Bannock St. Plaintiffs: ANN CECCHINE-WILLIAMS AND TROY WILLIAMS v.

Defendants: DOE INDIVIDUALS AND ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO MAY CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION Attorneys for Plaintiffs: Mark T. Barnes, CHIPMAN GLASSER, LLC 2000 S. Colorado Boulevard Tower One Suite 7500 Denver, CO 80222 Phone: (303) 578-5780 mbarnes@chipmanglasser.com Case No. 2022CV32057 Division: 409 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION The People of the State of Colorado to the abovenamed defendants: You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response.

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This is an action to quiet title of an 8-foot strip of land north of 2109 W. 28th Avenue, Denver, CO 80211, more fully described as: The rear 8 feet of the West 36 feet of the East 72 feet of Lots 16 to 20 inclusive, Block 8, Casement Addition, City and County of Denver, Colorado. /s/ Mark T. Barnes, #23091, Attorneys for Plaintiffs Legal Notice No.: 81774 First Publication: August 4, 2022 Last Publication: September 1, 2022 Published in Denver Herald Dispatch

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice Summons Case No. FC2022-090131 In the Superior Court of the State of Arizona In and for the County of Maricopa Josephine Owusuaa, Petitioner v. Abraham Amoah, Respondent From the State of Arizona to Abraham Amoah: WARNING: This is an official document from the court that affects your rights. Read this carefully. If you do not understand it, contact a lawyer for help.

1. A lawsuit has been filed against you. A copy of the lawsuit and other court papers are served on you with this "Summons."

2 . If you do not want a judgment or order entered against you without your input, you must file a written "Answer" or a "Response" with the court, and pay the filing fee. Also, the other party may be granted their request by the Court if you do not file an "Answer" or "Response", or show up in court.

To file your "Answer" or "Response" take, or send it to the: Office of the Clerk of Superior Court, 201 West Jefferson Street, Phoenix, Arizona 850032205 OR Office of the Clerk of Superior Court, 18380 North 40th Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85032 OR Office of the Clerk of Superior Court, 222 East Javelina Avenue, Mesa, Arizona 85210-6201 OR Office of the Clerk of Superior Court, 14264 West Tierra Buena Lane, Surprise, Arizona 85374. After filing, mail a copy of your "Response" or " Answer” to the other party at their current address.

3. If this "Summons" and the other court papers were served on you by a registered process server or the Sheriff within the State of Arizona, your "Response" or " Answer" must be filed within TWENTY (20) CALENDAR DAYS from the date you were served, not counting the day you were served. If you were served by " Acceptance of Service” within the State of Arizona, your "Response" or "Answer" must be filed within TWENTY (20) CALENDAR DAYS from the date that the "Acceptance of Service” was filed with the Clerk of Superior Court. If this "Summons" and the other papers were served on you by a registered process server or the Sheriff outside the State of Arizona, your Response must be filed within THIRTY ( 30 ) CALENDAR DAYS from the date you were served, not counting the day you were served. If you were served by “Acceptance of Service" outside the State of Arizona, your "Response" or "Answer” must be filed within THIRTY (30) CALENDAR DAYS from the date that the "Acceptance of Service” was filed with the Clerk of Superior Court. Service by a registered process server or the Sheriff is complete when made. Service by Publication is complete thirty (30) days after the date of the first publication.

4. You can get a copy of the court papers filed in this case from the Petitioner at the address listed at the top of the preceding page, or from the Clerk of Superior Court's Customer Service Center at: 601 West Jackson, Phoenix, Arizona 85003, 18380 North 40th Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85032, 222 East Javelina Avenue, Mesa, Arizona 85210, 14264 West Tierra Buena Lane, Surprise, Arizona 85374.

5. If this is an action for dissolution (divorce), legal separation or annulment, either or both spouses may file a Petition for Conciliation for the purpose of determining whether there is any mutual interest in preserving the marriage or for Mediation to attempt to settle disputes concerning legal decision-making (legal custody) and parenting time issues regarding minor children.

6. Requests for reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities must be made to the division assigned to the case by the party needing accommodation or his/her counsel at least three (3) judicial days in advance of a scheduled proceeding.

7. Requests for an interpreter for persons with limited English proficiency must be made to the division assigned to the case by the party needing the interpreter and/ or translator or his /her counsel at least ten (10) judicial days in advance of a scheduled court proceeding.

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Notice to Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Fenneke G. Joslin, a/k/a Fenneke Ge Joslin, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31026 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 December 12, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of WALTER GOTHAN, AKA WALTER ARLIE GOTHAN, AKA WALTER A GOTHAN, deceased Case Number: 22PR30941 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 December 04, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

BRIAN LEE GOTHAN AKA BRIAN L GOTHAN Personal Representative 3650 S YOSEMITE ST STE 214 DENVER, CO 80237 Legal Notice No. 81773 First publication: August 04, 2022 Last publication: August 18, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John Charles Mercill, aka John C. Mercill, aka John Mercill, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30840 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 December 4, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

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Personal Representative: Michael Taylor 2735 Milwaukee St. Denver, CO 80205 Legal Notice No. 81771 First Publication: August 4, 2022 Last Publication: August 18, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Artie Roberts, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30981 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 December 4, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

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Rose M Rivera, Personal Representative 8971 W Stanford Avenue Littleton, CO 80123 Legal Notice No. 81761 First Publication: July 28, 2022 Last Publication: August 11, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Thomas Owen Frost,

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Edmund C. Frost, Personal Representative C/O Michelle Glover, Attorney for the Personal Representative Artisanal Law 301 E. Boardwalk Drive, PO BOX 271126 Fort Collins, CO 80527 Legal Notice No. 81788 First Publication: August 11, 2022 Last Publication: August 25, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

6215 Corporate Dr, Ste 101 Colorado Springs, CO 80919 Phone: (303) 859-4173 Email: Tony@RossiLawLLC.com Case Number: 2022PR30031 NOTICE OF HEARING WITHOUT APPEARANCE BY PUBLICATION To all interested persons: A hearing without appearance on the Petition for Final Settlement is set at the following date, time, and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued.

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Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Marilynn S. Nirk, a/k/a Marilynn Sally Nirk, a/k/a Marilynn Nirk, a/k/a Lynn Nirk, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30861 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 December 5, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Richard W. Nirk, Personal Representative 9878 E. Maplewood Circle Englewood, CO 80111 Legal Notice No. 81717 First Publication: August 4, 2022 Last Publication: August 18, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of THERESE MARIE MEGGITT, AKA THERESE M. MEGGITT; Deceased Case No.: 2022PR30998 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court on or before December 4, 2022.

Legal Notice No. 81758 First Publication: July 28, 2022 Last Publication: August 11, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Alta Madean Suppi Mochol, a/k/a Jackie Suppi Mochol, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR030940 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 December 5, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred.

Jackie E. Ikenouye Personal Representative 3543 Brunner Blvd.

Johnstown, CO 80534 Legal Notice No. 81719 First Publication: August 4, 2022 Last Publication: August 18, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Robert Van Doubek, a/k/a Robert V. Doubek, a/k/a Robert Doubeck, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30972

David A. Meggitt, Personal Representative c/o CHAYET & DANZO, LLC 650 S. Cherry St., #710 Denver, CO 80246 (303) 355-8500

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

Legal Notice No. 81715 First Publication: August 4, 2022 Last Publication: August 18, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Carol Ann Lewis Personal Representative 904 Greenridge Lane Castle Pines, CO 80108

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of George J. Gaudiello, also known as George Joseph Gaudiello, and George Gaudiello, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30976 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 December 5, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Mrs. Kathryn F. Gaudiello Personal Representative 751 Saint Paul Street Denver, Colorado 80206

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Charles Edward Ensler, aka Charles E. Ensler, aka Charles Ensler, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30804 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 December 12, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred.

Paul Peregrine, Personal Representative 9445 Princeton Circle Highlands Ranch, CO 80130

Legal Notice No. 81770 First Publication: August 4, 2022 Last Publication: August 18, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Joseph Richard, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR030562 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 November 28, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael Filkoski, Personal Representative 1510 East 10th Avenue, Unit 3E Denver, CO 80218 Legal Notice No. 81757 First Publication: July 28, 2022 Last Publication: August 11, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice Probate Court, Denver County, Colorado 1437 Bannock St, Room 230 Denver, CO 80202 In the Matter of the Estate of: Harry Phillip Denger, a/k/a Harry P. Denger a/k/a Harry Denger, Deceased Personal Representative Tony C. Rossi #45051 Rossi Law, LLC

Legal Notice No. 81791 First Publication: August 11, 2022 Last Publication: August 25, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Legal Notice No. 81785 First Publication: August 11, 2022 Last Publication: August 25, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Carla Jean Andre, a/k/a Carla J. Andre, a/k/a Carla Andre, and f/k/a Carla Jean McDonald, Deceased Case Number 2022PR30695 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 December 18, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael R. Meaux Attorney to the Personal Representative P.O. Box 22451, Denver, CO 80222 Legal Notice No. 81790 First Publication: August 11, 2022 Last Publication: August 25, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John Edward Haney, Deceased Case Number: 22PR346

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Christopher Haney, Personal Representative 11650 Jackson Street, Thornton, CO 80233 Legal Notice No. 81780 First Publication: August 11, 2022 Last Publication: August 25, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Theresa Garcia, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31018 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 December 12, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Melinda M. Gilmore Co-Personal Representative 2000 Alkire St. Golden, CO 80401 Christina L. Vasquez Co-Personal Representative 601 Golden Eagle Circle, Golden, CO 80401 Legal Notice No. 81782 First Publication: August 11, 2022 Last Publication: August 25, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Bryce Loy Flood, aka Bryce L. Flood, and as Bryce Flood, Deceased Case Number: 22 PR 146 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 December 1, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Bryan Weatherill, Personal Representative 415 Delmar Street Sterling, CO 80751 Legal Notice No. 81766 First Publication: July 28, 2022 Last Publication: August 11, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Karolyn B. Pribula, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30590 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 November 28, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Respectfully submitted: YOUNG LAW FIRM, L.L.C.: Original signature on file per C.R.C.P. Rule 121 § 1-26 /S/ James E. Young James E. Young 7200 E. Dry Creek Road, Unit F-203 Centennial, Colorado 80112 Legal Notice No. 81763 First Publication: July 28, 2022 Last Publication: August 11, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mitchell L. Carlson, a/k/a Mitchell Lans Carlson, a/k/a Mitchell Carlson, a/k/a Mitch Carlson, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30909 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 November 28, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Personal Representative 322 S. Magnolia Street Denver, CO 80224

Martha S. Carlson, Personal Representative 1571 Leyden Street Denver, CO 80220

Legal Notice No. 81755 First Publication: July 28, 2022 Last Publication: August 11, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Legal Notice No. 81760 First Publication: July 28, 2022 Last Publication: August 11, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Scott Thomas Huston, a/k/a Scott T. Huston, a/k/a Scott Huston, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30923 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 28, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Morgan Huston, Personal Representative 2870 S. Broadway Englewood, CO 80113 Legal Notice No. 81754 First Publication: July 28, 2022 Last Publication: August 11, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of AMALIA ELIZABETH RHOADES, a/k/a AMALIA E. RHOADES Deceased Case Number 2022PR030650 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 December 15, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Robert V. Aghazarian Attorney to the Personal Representative 501 S. Cherry Street, Suite 1100 Denver CO, 80246 Legal Notice No. 81793 First Publication: August 11, 2022 Last Publication: August 25, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of William Samuel Webber, a/k/a William S. Webber, a/k/a William Webber, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30721 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 December 12, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Shirley May Webber and William Earl Webber Co-Personal Representatives c/o LAW OFFICES OF KIMBER Z. SMITH, P.C. Kimber Z. Smith, #8479 P. O. Box 1105 Arvada, CO 80001 Legal Notice No. 81786 First Publication: August 11, 2022 Last Publication: August 25, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Bernice Isabelle Bown, A/K/A Bernice Bown, A/K/A Bernie Bown, A/K/A Bernice I. Bown, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30961

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Harold Peter Scheck, aka Harold P. Scheck, aka Harold Scheck, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30849 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 28, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Case No.: 2022PR30799 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court on or before December 4, 2022.

Tambra Padilla, Personal Representative c/o CHAYET & DANZO, LLC 650 S. Cherry St., #710 Denver, CO 80246 (303) 355-8500 Legal Notice No. 81716 First Publication: August 4, 2022 Last Publication: August 18, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice Denver Probate Court Denver County, Colorado 1437 Bannock Street #230 Denver, CO 80202

Sara A. Murphree, Personal Representative 7421 E. Easter Way Centennial, CO 80112 Legal Notice No. 81756 First Publication: July 28, 2022 Last Publication: August 11, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James Robert Stanaway, a/k/a James R. Stanaway, a/k/a James Stanaway, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR31009 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 December 12, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael A. Smith, Personal Representative 1150 S. Saint Paul Street Denver, Colorado 80210 Legal Notice No. 81783 First Publication: August 11, 2022 Last Publication: August 25, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald Dispatch Public Notice District Court Denver Probate Court Denver County, Colorado City and County Building 1437 Bannock Street, Room 230 Denver, CO 80202 In the Matter of the Estate of: FRANCES ANNE HINSON

In the Matter of the Estate of: BEVERLY VERNER, aka BEVERLE A. VERNER, aka BEVERLY H. VERNER, aka BEVERLE VERNER, Deceased Attorney: 3i Law, LLC Colby S. Weber, Esq. #34881 Chuong M. Le, Esq. #37949 2000 S. Colorado Blvd.

Tower 1, Suite 10000 Denver, CO 80222 Phone Number: 303-245-2100 E-mail: cweber@3ilawfirm.com FAX Number: 303-245-2108 cle@3ilawfirm.com Case Number: 2022PR31063

NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO§ 15-10-401, C.R.S. To: Judy Wallace Last Known Address, if any: unknown A hearing on Petition for Formal Probate of Will and Formal Appointment of Personal Representative for: The hearing is for the purpose of appointing a personal representative for the estate of Frances Anne Hinson.

The hearing will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: September 12, 2022 Time: 8:00 A.M. Courtroom or Division: 230

/s/ signature on original in office Signature of Attorney for Person Giving Notice Personal Representative: Joseph H. Lusk c/o: BOATRIGHT, RIPP & LUSK, LLC 4315 Wadsworth Blvd.

Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 Ph: 303-423-7134 Legal Notice No. 81781 First Publication: August 11, 2022 Last Publication: August 25, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John William Allison, a/k/a John W. Allison, a/k/a Bill Allison, a/k/a JW Allison, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30992 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 December 5, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Person Giving Notice: Michael S. Allison, Personal Representative 4100 E. Mississippi Avenue, Suite 802 Denver, Colorado 80246

NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S. To: Todd Verner Last Known Address, if any: 7056 S. Ammons Street, Littleton, CO 80128 A hearing on the Petition for Adjudication of Intestacy and Formal Appointment of Personal Representative for Seeking appointment of Michael Verner as Personal Representative of the Estate of Beverly Verner will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued: Date: September 16, 2022 Time: 8:00am : Division 3 Address: 1437 Bannock Street #230, Denver, CO 80202 Legal Notice No. 81787 First Publication: August 11, 2022 Last Publication: August 25, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Attorney: Kathryn J. Goff Attorney for Personal Representative 3015 47th Street, Suite E-1 Boulder, CO 80301 Phone Number: 303-415-9688 Case Number: 2022PR30776

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 December 12, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Legal Notice No. 81772 First Publication: August 4, 2022 Last Publication: August 18, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of ALAN STANLEY MARKS, also known as Alan S. Marks, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30966 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 and County of Denver, Colorado or on or before November 28, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jonathan Marks, Personal Representative 7599 Storm Mountain Littleton, CO 80127 Legal Notice No. 81764 First Publication: July 28, 2022 Last Publication: August 11, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

Children Services

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JOHN D. SPANGLER, a/k/a JOHN DAVID SPANGLER, a/k/a JOHN SPANGLER, and JACK SPANGLER, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30696

(Adoption/Guardian/Other)

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the co-personal representatives or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before November 28, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

TO THE RESPONDENT, ROMAN ANDREW WILLIAMS AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES:

Anne Elizabeth Spangler Co-Personal Representative 1135 Beacon Street #7 Brookline, MA 02446 Susan Rebecca Spangler Bergmann Co-Personal Representative 1104 Orange Avenue East St. Paul, MN 55106

Public Notice

You are hereby notified that the above-named Petitioner has filed in Denver Juvenile Court a verified Petition seeking to adopt a child. The petition alleges that you have abandoned the child for a period of one year or more and/or have failed without cause to provide reasonable support for the child for one year or more. An adoption hearing has been scheduled for October 24, 2022 at 3:30 pm in Division 2E of the Denver Juvenile Court.

You may appear in person at the hearing, or you may appear virtually by using this link: https://judicial.webex.com/meet/courtroom2e.

Failure to appear at the hearing may result in the court terminating your parental rights and the court granting the petition for adoption.

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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 November 28, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Barbara Bown Wyatt,

he hearing will take approximately 15 minutes.

Legal Notice No. 81718 First Publication: August 4, 2022 Last Publication: August 18, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Legal Notice No. 81753 First Publication: July 28, 2022 Last Publication: August 11, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of BRITTANY METZ, aka BRITTANY ANNE METZ, aka BRITTANY PADILLA METZ Deceased

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Myrtle M. Swanson, a/k/a Myrtle Marie Swanson, a/k/a Myrtle Swanson, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30901

Legal Notice No. 81792 First Publication: August 11, 2022 Last Publication: August 11, 2022 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

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