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From the Hogwarts Express to a giant pirate ship and dinosaurs roaming the lands, residents kicked o the spooky season at the opening night of the Magic of the Jack O’Lanterns. Hosted by 13th Floor Entertainment Group, the event was held on Sept. 22 at Hudson Gardens in Littleton.
United Power CEO Mark Gabriel has a countdown clock on his desk ticking o the time until his electric cooperative leaves the Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association on May 1, 2024.
Brighton-based United Power, however, isn’t the only Colorado coop counting days.
Seven other rural electrical cooperatives have left, are looking to leave, or renegotiate contracts with their traditional power suppliers — TriState and Xcel Energy — enabling them to venture into a wholesale market lled with merchant power suppliers and brokers.
“ e energy transition is now providing lower-cost, local and cleaner power solutions that o er a number of advantages to co-ops,” said Seth Feaster, an analyst with the nonpro t Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. “It allows co-ops to forge their own energy independence.”
Traditionally, rural cooperatives bought their electricity from generation and transmission associations, created to serve the co-ops, or an investor-owned utility, like Xcel Energy. ose purchases account for 60% to 70% of the cooperatives’ budgets.
e annual event features various displays including beloved Disney characters and favorite celebrities all entirely made out of carved pumpkins.
“Magic of the Jack O’ Lanterns is an all ages event that takes place during the Halloween season where guests walk down a trail surrounded by thousands of beautifully carved pumpkins, high tech lighting displays, music and just a fall
atmosphere surrounds them,” Amy Hollaman, regional manager, said. Hollaman said there are over 5,000 real and foam pumpkins that have been hand carved for the event.
Hollaman said the sta comes up with the various themes throughout the show.
“You have your typical Halloween theme with bats and witches and
“I think that the old world is just fading away,” Gabriel said, undermined by cheap wind and solar electricity and technological innovations, such as battery storage. “ ose companies that don’t march with time, end up just relics on the side of the road.”
United Power is striking deals with multiple suppliers for power and storage. “It’s important to recognize we really will have a much more balanced portfolio than our current power supplier o ers us,” Gabriel said.
While there are some similarities, the co-ops leaving Tri-State and those exiting Xcel Energy each have their own particular reasons.
For the cooperatives departing Xcel Energy — the CORE Electric Cooperative, Grand Valley Power and the Yampa Valley Electric Association — the focus is on the volatility of the Xcel’s wholesale prices and questions of management.
CORE, formerly known as the Intermountain Rural Electric Association, is the largest cooperative in Colorado with 175,000 members — customers actually own the co-op — across 11 Front Range counties.
e cooperative has had a longstanding relationship with Xcel Energy, including owning a quarter of the Comanche 3 power plant.
e Sedalia-based cooperative is suing Xcel Energy for breach of contract over the troubled, 750-megawatt, coal- red power plant in Pueblo, which has su ered more than 700 days of breakdowns since it went on line in 2010.
“Taking a share of Comanche 3 was probably the biggest mistake CORE ever made,” said Steve Figueroa, the co-op’s commercial operations director. e lawsuit is slated to go to trial in Denver District Court in October.
While CORE and Xcel Energy battle it out in court, the cooperative is moving to replace its power supply. “Largely it is the transition from capital intensive resources, like coal plants, to more modular resources,” Figueroa said. “It’s the promise you don’t have to live with the historical mistakes anymore.”
In January, CORE signed a 20-year
contract with Invergy, a multinational power project developer, to provide electricity, including 400 megawatts of new solar and wind energy and 100 megawatts of battery storage, backed up by 300 MW of existing natural gas resources starting in 2026.
e cooperative also signed a contract for some extra natural gas- red generation with Onward Energy and is negotiating for additional renewable energy capacity, Figueroa said. CORE is also exploring adding more battery storage.
“When the terms of our deal (with Xcel Energy) are over we don’t want to stay with this old business model,” Figueroa said.
e other issue the co-ops had with Xcel Energy was the explosive increase in rates due to natural gas prices — rst as a result of the 2021 Winter Storm Uri, which shutdown Texas gas wells tripling spot market prices, and then last winter’s high prices.
Especially hard hit were Xcel Energy’s smaller cooperatives, such as Grand Junction-based Grand Valley Power and the Steamboat Springs-based Yampa Valley Electric Association.
Grand Valley has 19,000 members and Yampa Valley 27,000 members and under their Xcel Energy contracts the price of natural gas was passed directly to their members — as is to the utility’s own residential and commercial customers.
“ e philosophical issue for me and the smaller co-ops is that it is managed exclusively by Xcel and we have zero input, but our Grand Valley consumers have to pay for it,” said Tom Walch, Grand Valley’s CEO.
e high natural gas prices added about 10% to Grand Valley member bills. “It certainly motivated us to look at other options,” Walch said.
Yampa Valley saw a 14% increase in its rates in 2023, according to a letter to members from co-op CEO Steve Johnson announcing the plan to leave Xcel Energy. e cooperatives will leave after a ve-year transition.
So frustrated were four cooperatives served by Xcel Energy — CORE, Grand Valley, Yampa Valley and Glenwood Springs-based Holy Cross — that they led a complaint with federal regulators in January contending the utility had mismanaged its Storm Uri gas supplies.
e four were seeking a refund of $6.9 million in fuel charges, but the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejected their request.
“We thought we had a good case, but we were dealing with a situation where it was David versus Goliath,” Walch said. “It was Xcel’s home court.”
“It was the big kid pushing the little kid around,” Walch said. “I am not saying Xcel is a bully, it just feels that way sometimes. But if a bully is taking your lunch money, maybe you nd a di erent route to school.
at’s what we are doing, taking a di erent route to school.”
“We were disappointed that they chose to go elsewhere but understood the decision that they were making,” said Robert Kenney, CEO of Xcel Energy’s Colorado subsidiary. “We never want to lose the customer.”
While United Power and CORE have the resources to manage their own power portfolios, Grand Valley needed to nd a single provider to replace Xcel Energy, Walch said. e co-op settled on Denver-based Guzman Energy, a wholesale power provider, and signed a 15-year contract with xed power prices. “What It provides for us is certainty of what our power costs will be and that’s something we never had with Xcel,” Walch said.
Yampa Valley also chose Guzman and the power wholesaler has already been instrumental in the departure of two co-ops from Tri-State, which serves 42 cooperatives in four western states.
In 2016, the Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, in Taos, New Mexico, was the rst to pay an exit fee and leave Tri-State. Guzman nanced the $37.5 million fee and included it as part of a long-term power contract.
Four years later Colorado’s DeltaMontrose Electric Association paid a $136.5 million exit fee to Tri-State, also nanced through a 12.5-year power contract with Guzman.
“It has gone extremely well,” said Jack Johnston, DMEA’s chief executive. “Our last rate increase was right before switching to Guzman at the end of 2019 and we announced at our annual meeting that we won’t have a rate increase in 2024.”
Compared to Tri-State wholesale prices, DMEA customers will save tens of millions of dollars over the course of the Guzman contract, Johnston said.
Tri-State managed to hold its rates stable for seven years through 2023 before increasing them about 6.3% for 2024 to $77.91 a delivered megawatt-hour of electricity.
Still, United’s Gabriel said comparable wholesale prices on the open market for a delivered megawatthour are $60 to $65.
e main complaints that co-ops have voice about Tri-State are that the association’s rates are high, its 50-year contracts are too long and require the co-ops to buy 95% of their electricity from the association, thwarting e orts to develop local projects.
Some cooperatives have also been dissatis ed with Tri-State’s reliance on fossil fuels, which accounted for more than half its power in 2022, with coal- red plants making up about 36% of the electricity.
Guzman contracts o er shorter terms, usually 15 years, xed prices, and emphasis on clean energy and carve outs for local projects.
e company now has 13 clients — cooperatives, municipalities and tribes — in Colorado and New Mexico. e smallest is the Acoma Pueblo, west of Albuquerque, with 110,000 members.
By guaranteeing the price of power, the company takes on some of the risk for its clients.
“Twenty-four-seven, we have a manned desk that is charged with making sure that our customers get that 24/7 reliable power,” said Robin Lunt, Guzman’s chief commercial o cer. “We have pretty robust risk policies to make sure that we’re properly using all the tools in our toolkit to access a variety of markets.”
skeletons and then there’s all di erent kinds of characters from gangsters to cartoons to a nautical seascape to a carnival as well as a pirate ship,” she said.
13th Floor Entertainment Groups hosts the event and rst opened it in Colorado three years ago.
Hollaman said people always love walking through the Magic of the Jack O’Lanterns.
“It’s actually a pretty
magical moment both for the guests and the sta . (People) know they’re going to see pumpkins but they don’t realize they’re stepping into a whole magical world,” she said.
Hallaman said the company loves creating the event at Hudson Gardens as it has great landscaping and it’s a great venue.
e Magic of the Jack O’Lanterns is open to the public from now until Halloween.
For more information on tickets and the experience visit https://magicofthejackolanterns.com.
After Colorado lawmakers last year rejected a proposal to ban mountain lion hunting, animal rights advocates are planning to ask voters to end wildcat hunting.
A proposed ballot measure for the November 2024 ballot would prohibit hunting, trapping, using dogs or electronic devices to hunt mountain lions, bobcats or Canadian lynx.
e proposal asks voters to declare that hunting wildcats “serves no socially acceptable or ecologically bene cial purpose and fails to further public safety.”
Julie Marshall, the communications coordinator at the Center for a Humane Economy, said the ballot initiative proposal is “Coloradocentered” but has support from about 50 state and national animal advocacy groups.
Marshall said most bobcat trapping in Colorado and the West is for pelts that are sent to Russia and China. California has prevented mountain lion hunting since 1972 and since 1990 the state protects the wildcats as a nongame species. In 2015, California banned trapping of bobcats. In 2020, the state banned bobcat hunting. ( e ballot measure includes protections for Canadian lynx, which are endan-
gered. Colorado Parks and Wildlife reintroduced lynx in the late 1990s but advocates suspect they are occasionally injured or killed by hunters or trappers thinking they are bobcats, Marshall said.)
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commerce and that’s exactly what’s being done in Colorado. It’s giving all ethical and fair chase hunting a black eye,” Marshall said. e coalition soon will begin training people to help gather more than 124,000 signatures from Colorado residents to get the proposed ban on the 2024 ballot.
Marshall said the signature gathering will include an educational campaign with information about wildcat hunting. Colorado Parks and Wildlife estimates there are between 3,000 and 7,000 mountain lions in Colorado.
In an email, Marshall forwarded links to online videos posted by hunters using dogs to tree large cats and then shooting them.
“We feel that a large majority of Coloradans have not been able to learn about what is happening to our wildcats and our woodlands,” she said.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife commissioners in January 2021 approved rules allowing hunters
in about nine hunting units to use electronic calling devices to lure mountain lions with the sounds of dying critters. Since 2007, the agency requires that cat hunters take an education course and test to make sure they can identify a lion’s gender in an attempt to reduce the number of females killed. Harvesting too many females can have long-term impacts on an area’s lion population. All hunters must harvest the meat from mountain lions they kill.
In January 2022, animal rights groups worked with four Front Range lawmakers to propose a law — Senate Bill 31 — that banned hunting of wildcats. e bill riled hunters and opponents ooded lawmakers with emails. ree of the bill’s top sponsors pulled their support before the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources rejected the legislation in February 2022.
In 2020, the Colorado Humane Society conducted two surveys of 3,300 state voters showing strong opposition to mountain lion hunting. e group’s July 2020 survey of 1,800 voters found 69% opposed hunting mountain lions and 23% supported. A December 2022 survey showed similar responses by voters who were asked about killing wildcats to prevent con icts with people and livestock.
In 2005, Colorado Parks and Wildlife surveyed 1,300 residents and found 47% supporting legal and regulated hunting of mountain lions and 41% opposed. About 46% of respondents to that survey disagreed that hunting mountain lions should be banned while 34% supported a ban.
A 2022 survey of 462 Colorado residents by Colorado State University researchers for the mountain lion advocacy group e Summerlee Foundation showed 67% strongly agreeing with the idea that mountain lions should not be harmed by humans without cause. at survey also showed an even
split — 40.6% — between residents who approve and disapprove of mountain lion hunting, with 19% saying they did not have any opinion. but a large majority said they did not like the idea of using dogs or electronic devices to hunt wildcats.
In 1980, Colorado hunters killed 81 mountain lions. In 2021-22, 2,493 hunters spent 1,826 days hunting mountain lions and killed 486 animals, down from a 10-year high of 515 in 2020-21. e agency adjusts caps for mountain lion harvests every year, with the 202324 hunting season capped at 674
animals.
Bryan Jones with the 1,800-member of the Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers said his group is working with the Colorado Wildlife Conservation Project on a response to the proposed ballot initiative.
e 30,000-member Backcountry Hunters and Anglers does not support any wildlife management policy through legislation or voter initiatives. e North American Model of Wildlife Conservation that has guided the country’s wildlife management for more than a century with partnerships between states and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is based on “the best science available.” e model considers wildlife as natural resources that should be managed
by scientists and prevents commercial hunting. is is not the rst time advocates have pushed wildlife management issues to voters.
In 2020 Colorado voters narrowly approved a plan to require Colorado Parks and Wildlife to reintroduce wolves in Western Colorado by 2024. In 1996 voters approved a ban on lethal “leghold traps, instant-kill body-gripping design traps, poisons or snares” by animal trappers. In 1992, voters overwhelmingly approved a law that prevented hunting black bears with dogs or bait or between March 1 and September 1.
In early 2022, as Colorado lawmakers considered legislation that banned mountain lion and bobcat hunting and trapping, Backcountry
Hunters and Anglers led a campaign that directed an estimated 20,000 emails to legislators blasting the proposed change in hunting regulations.
“We support hunting and shing and trapping as e cient wildlife management models in Colorado,” Jones said. “We advance sound stewardship that is guided by science, not politics or emotion or any other conjecture.”
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“Our near-term focus is to win the West,” Lunt said. “And when we say win the West we mean, Colorado and New Mexico.”
Still, while Tri-State and Xcel nances are overseen by state and federal regulators, many of the operators in the wholesale market are privately-held, and nanced by private investors. Guzman, for example, has raised $130 million from ZOMA Capital and Vision Ridge Partners. “ ere appears to be little transparency with some other options in the marketplace, including public information on wholesale rates, generation resources, resource adequacy, emissions pro les and other important areas, even the nancial position of the supplier,” Lee Boughey, a Tri-State spokesman, said in an email.
Under new Colorado laws, Lunt said, Guzman is ling resource adequacy plans and clean heat plans for some of its cooperatives with state energy and public health ofcials and its rate information is led with the FERC.
Grand Valley’s Walch said his coop understands the risk of swapping an established power generator for
Guzman. “We are committing to some risk and so are they,” he said.
United Power, with its larger portfolio, is hedging its risk in multiple ways. It has taken contracts or made agreements with several power supplies, including Xcel Energy. Guzman’s contract with United is for a third of the co-op’s power needs. e co-op is also requiring its contractors to post bonds and it has hired the Energy Authority, a nonpro t company that manages and aggregates electricity loads for public power providers.
“You have to understand, it’s a different world where you move from a single power supplier who assumes the risk for you,” Gabriel said. “You have to be willing to assume that risk yourself.”
Tri-State has responded by embarking on a $23-billion resource plan that will close coal- red plants, shift the association to 70% renewable generation by 2030, cutting its greenhouse gas emissions by 80%.
“Tri-State is in the middle of a meaningful transformation of our cooperatives, and our not-for-pro t model,” Boughey said
It has also proposed partialrequirement contacts. e La Plata Electric Association, in Durango, and the Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association, in Fort Collins, are hoping to obtain partial-requirement
contracts, enabling them to get half their electricity on the wholesale market.
“We are trying to support Tri-State in developing a partial option,” said Jessica Matlock, La Plata’s CEO. “In the meantime, we are not going to wait. …We’re going out and seeing what’s available, what is being built and what is in the pipeline.”
When United Power leaves next May, so will another Tri-State member, the Northwest Rural Public Power District in Hay Springs, Nebraska. Mountain Parks Electric, in Granby, won’t be far behind, looking to leave in 2025.
“Mountain Parks was part of the group looking for a partial requirement contract,” said Virginia Harman, the co-op’s CEO. “At this point we feel that a full withdrawal is our best path.”
Harman said the cooperative is close to completing negotiations for an alternative power supplier.
e biggest hurdle and point of contention for the departing co-ops has been the exit fees demanded by Tri-State.
Since its creation in 1952, the association has taken on the debt to build a network of 10 generating stations, including six coal- red plants, with 5,800 miles of transmission lines to serve its 42 member cooperatives and their 1.2 million consumers across 200,000 square miles of Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico.
e 50-year contracts are needed to amortize that big system, Tri-State o cials said. e association has maintained that any co-op leaving must assume its share of the debt or pay the revenues it would have paid over the life of its contract.
at formula yielded a $1.6 billion exit fee for United Power. e gure became the subject of a case before the FERC, which regulates Tri-State.
Rene Terry, a FERC administrative law judge, called the lost revenue argument “unpersuasive” and the commission sta recommended a fee in the range of $250 million. A nal decision by the commission is pending.
Mountain Parks has given notice it will leave without knowing its exit fee. “While we don’t have complete certainty of the contract termination,” Harman said. “We have an assessment.”
e defections and partial-requirements contract could lead to Tri-State losing more than 25% of its electricity sales. On Sept. 5, facing the imminent loss of United Power, Northwest Rural Public Power and Mountain Parks, the association offered to sell its excess power on the wholesale market.
“In a tightening regional power market, Tri-State has the opportunity to reduce cost pressures on our remaining members by selling power to other parties,” CEO Duane Highley said in a statement.
Still, the pressure on Tri-State and other generation and transmission associations will only increase, said Feaster, the energy institute analyst.“ e generation and transmission/co-op model is being fundamentally altered by the new economics,” Feaster said. “Now that there are real and proven alternatives in place, and there is greater clarity around the cost and regulatory paths to get there, more are likely to switch.”
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e 13th Floor Haunted House, 3400 E. 52nd Ave. in Denver, has opened for the season on select nights through Nov. 11. is year’s haunted house features three attractions: Fairytale Nightmare, Repossessed and e Deadlands. In addition to the haunted house, 13 th Floor features many additional onsite attractions and add-on experiences. ere is no minimum age requirement for the 13th Floor, though the event is graphic and meant to be scary. It is not recommended for children age 12 and younger. A Monster-Free Hour is o ered on Sundays in October. Ticket prices begin at $19.99 per person, with Fast Pass, Skip the Line, Behind-the-Scenes tours and VIP ticketing options available. 13th oorhauntedhouse.com.
Broadway Halloween Parade
An annual favorite, the Broadway Halloween Parade takes place at 6 p.m. Oct. 21 on Broadway between Fifth and Alameda avenues. Put on by the Broadway Merchants Association and City Council District 7, it features Halloween-themed oats, bands and marchers. Attendees are encouraged to dress in costume. Free to attend. facebook.com/ BroadwayHalloweenParade.
Firehouse eater Company, 7653 E. First Place in Denver, is presenting “Dracula” on select dates from Sept. 30 to Oct. 28. is adaptation by Steven Dietz and directed by Julie Kaye Wolf brings the original suspense and seduction of Bram Stoker’s classic novel to the stage with both horror and humor. Tickets cost $27 with group discounts available. rehousetheatercompany. com.
Ghost Walk with Phil Goodstein
Local author and Denver native Phil Goodstein is o ering his Denver Ghost Walk tours from 7-9 p.m. on Oct. 20, 21, 27 and 28; and from 6-8 p.m. on Oct.31. Attendees should meet in front of the statue of the Indian on the east
lawn of the Colorado State Capitol Building in Denver, which is along Grant Street between 14th and Colfax avenues. Cost is $25. For more information or to make a reservation, contact Goodstein at philgoodstein@gmail.com.
Ghosts in the Gardens is event allows visitors to stroll through the Denver Botanic Gardens’ paths after dark as storytellers share real sta encounters, security guard accounts and the intriguing history of the place that was formerly known as “ e Boneyard.” Guests can also go inside the Waring House for an exclusive visit of the Beaux-Arts style mansion. Families with children age 12 and older are welcome — this event is not recommended for
younger children. Halloween masks and costumes are not permitted at this event. Timed tickets must be purchased in advance. Ghosts in the Gardens is o ered from 5:30-10:30 p.m. Oct. 13-15 and 26-29. Cost is $34 or $29 for members. is event takes place at the York Street Location, 1007 York St., in Denver. botanicgardens.org.
Pumpkin Harvest Festival at Four Mile Historic Park is fall festival includes a pumpkin patch, a marketplace, live music and performances, seasonal food, face painting, a Western-themed scavenger hunt, gold panning, prairie games and more. A buildyour-own scarecrow activity is o ered as an add-on experience for $25. e festival takes place from 9
is included with a regular ticket to the zoo. On select evenings in October, the zoo will be opening up for its Trick-or-Treat Trail. A separate ticket is required. It costs $20 and includes a reusable bag for trick-ortreating at various candy stations, a silent disco party, photo ops with festive characters and other seasonal surprises to discover throughout the zoo’s 84 acres. To learn more or purchase tickets to either event, visit denverzoo.org.
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Ap ositive mental attitude will not allow us to do anything. But a positive mental attitude will allow us to do everything 100% better than a negative attitude will.” — Zig
ZiglarOne day as she was conducting a 1:1 meeting with an individual on her team, she met with one of her salespeople. e salesman started o the meeting by saying that he was just having a down day, wasn’t feeling terribly motivated, and thought that they should move the meeting to the following week. After considering the request, she agreed to reschedule the meeting to the following Monday.
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Michael Norton is an author, a personal and professional coach, consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator of individuals and businesses, working with organizations and associations across multiple industries.
In our country, there are three branches of government. We pretend they’re coequal, but in recent years we have relied on the judicial branch to decide most everything. It seems surprising that this branch has taken the lead in our democracy despite the fact that court members are not elected by the people. Instead, they are appointed by whatever party is in power. Once appointed, the members of the Supreme Court serve lifetime terms. Interestingly, no other country has such terms. It’s uncanny how a few unelected people wield such power.
Over the years, there have been unpopular justices and unpopular courts, but generally, public opinion of the Supreme Court has been high. In the last 20 years, according to Gallup, the approval of the court has been over 50% often 60%. Since 2012 the approval of the court has dropped into the 40s and it is currently at just 40% with 58% of citizens saying they disapprove of how the court is handling its job. You would be correct to point out that citizens also have low approval ratings for presidents and Congress. While that is true, the drop in esteem for the court is more recent, occurring in the last 10 to 12 years.
JIM ROHRER Columnist
Many citizens are angry that the court changed America in 2022 as it overturned Roe v Wade, a ruling in place for over 50 years. Some even see the trends of the court as threatening to other personal rights. Others are angry as they saw the court lessen the curbs on guns even as mass shootings become weekly occurrences. On the other hand, conservative supporters of the court’s new super majority cheer the change. Perhaps both sides, if they stopped to think about it, might see that whether it’s the Warren court of the 50s, or the current one, stacking the court with like-minded partisan judges is too much of a culture shock for the country. Now add the new revelations of Judge omas’s questionable nancial arrangement with a wealthy business in uencer. As other shady details come out, it’s shocking to nd out that no ethics standards exist for the high court. Supreme Court justices are exempt from the ethics rules of federal
judges. e Supreme Court, it seems, is above the law. e process by which Justices are appointed has become ludicrous, as names are hatched not from lists of outstanding jurists, but from lists of judges with predictable political leanings. Even the rules around when a judge is appointed are subject to the whim of the Senate leader in charge at that moment. It is hard to watch Senators in the advise and consent process, self-aggrandizing as they torment potential jurors to gain favor with their political base.
ey are not honestly considering a proposed judge. If the judge was proposed by a president of that Senator’s party, the vote is yes and vice versa.
When asked how a court who has lost public support can recover, Justice Keegan said, “ e way the court retains legitimacy and fosters public con dence is by acting like a court by doing the kinds of things that do not seem political or partisan. By not behaving as though we are just people with individual political, policy or social preferences that we are making everyone live with. But instead we are acting like a court doing something that is recognizably law-abiding. at is where we gain our legitimacy. Not
because we have better opinions than anybody else. ere is no reason why the nine of us should be able to make the rules for democracy.”
I am not taking a position on any court ruling or issue. Honest people can disagree on important issues. I am speaking out against courts, either conservative or liberal, who undertake to change America with court activism. Four changes could help the courts regain public respect. Establish ethics standards for the Supreme Court and enforce them. Establish 18-year justice terms in which each president makes one appointment every two years eliminating the life terms. Congress should legislate against egregious court decisions like Citizens United not allowing the court to have the last word on errant rulings. Follow Justice Keegan’s advice.
Jim Rohrer of Evergreen is a business consultant and author of the books “Improve Your Bottom Line … Develop MVPs Today” and “Never Lose Your Job … Become a More Valuable Player.” Jim’s belief is that common sense is becoming less common. Contact Jim at jim. rohrer2@gmail.com.
In a growing backlash since the nation was rocked by the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, ve states have now passed anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion laws targeting colleges and universities - Florida, North Carolina, North Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas.
Rosalie Rodriguez - associate vice president of institutional equity and belonging at Colorado College - said for the next two academic
years, students from these states can transfer and nd a safe haven on their Colorado Springs campus.
“None of us learns well in an environment where we are feeling unsafe, where we are feeling harm, we’re feeling oppressed, we’re feeling scared,” said Rodriguez. “We do not perform at our best when we are under threat.”
Republican lawmakers have introduced 40 bills since 2022 in an e ort to end practices - including diversity, equity, and inclusion trainings; and classes that deal with systemic racism, sexism, oppres-
sion, and privilege.
e bills’ proponents say these concepts distort historical events and promote identity politics. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has said DEI should stand for “discrimination, exclusion and indoctrination.”
Many worry the new laws could lead to a climate of uncertainty,
fear, and even violence.
Rodriguez said the HAVEN initiative is a response to an immediate need for those in harm’s way. She added that the program removes many barriers transfer students typically face.
Whether it’s putting a personalized spin on a classic character or creating brand-new monsters and ghouls, artists in the horror genre nd endless possibilities when it comes to their artwork and how they choose to express themselves.
“ e genre of horror is the most expansive,” said Xander Smith, a concept artist in the entertainment industry. “You can do anything with it… you can go to the deepest depths of the human psyche.”
Among his many titles, Smith is also a digital sculptor and 3D modeler, where he has worked on shows like “American Horror Story” and “Scream Queens” as well as blockbuster movies like “Godzilla vs. Kong.”
Smith was one of dozens of artists state and nationwide who joined local artists at the Colorado Festival of Horrors in Lone Tree from Sept. 15 to 17 to share their love for art and horror.
Many of these artists were inspired by a memory of their childhood that they had with a family member either watching horror and sci- movies, reading comic books or looking at magazines.
Creator and artist Barry McClain said he was drawn into horror because of his mom, and he
couldn’t be more grateful.
While growing up, McClain’s mom used to tell him about the makeup in horror movies, like when an actor would bite on a blood bag to make blood come out their mouth. She also read Fangoria Magazine on a regular basis.
”I used to look through this Fangoria Magazine all the time and I was just enamored with all the blood and guts,” McClain said.
Along with reading various horror comics and watching “Tales from the Crypt,” McClain started to draw monsters.
As an adult, McClain now draws horror posters and works for Troma Entertainment.
Part of his drawing process includes watching horror movies and using the references as accuracy to inspire his own work, McClain starts by drawing with pencil and ink before scanning it onto the computer, where he then colors it in on Photoshop.
Although he does artwork for the sci- and action-adventure genres, McClain said that the horror genre is his favorite because it’s more fun and also, the subject matter, storytelling and messaging is so broad.
It may be hard to believe, but there are always positive messages in horror movies, he added.
ese types of movies tend to involve some kind of comeuppance and stories often teach moral values, which is what gravitates McClain to the genre.
McClain has re ected that in his own comic book, “Billy the Kit.” It’s a horror Western story about faith and how the main character’s world is bigger than what his “bubble of faith” is, which he learns as he gains his power.
Additionally, McClain likes to teach other artists how to market themselves. He said it’s not about marketing sexuality or race, it’s about entertainment.
“I want to be seen as an artist, not a Black artist,” McClain said.
For Joe Oliver, an artist in Littleton, creating horror-themed pieces is cathodic to express and speaks to primal instincts.
“I think it’s the most honest expression of emotions that connects with people,” Oliver said. “Everything can be horror and I think a lot of the time because we’ve experienced sadness and horror, it allows us to appreciate the good as well.”
In addition to doing artwork for comic books, Oliver has also worked for Fangoria Magazine, Alamo Drafthouse and Macaulay Culkin.
He said the easiest way to create something unique is to create stu you want to see. Using pencil, pen and digital, Oliver creates everything from cartoon to graphic images and uses di erent e ects to express those pieces.
“I love di erent techniques and I try to do di erent styles based on what I’m feeling and how best to express that idea,” Oliver said.
Dee Nurmi of DC Custom Creations LLC uses glow-in-the-dark paint to add a playful yet haunting e ect to her paintings.
Painting characters from “ e Nightmare Before Christmas” and “Courage the Cowardly Dog,” Numri said she is a cartoonist at heart and has always had her own weird style.
“I’m able to kind of translate that into my pictures and warp some things to make them look a little bit di erent, or more dynamic, interesting or scary,” she said.
Although she didn’t start showing her art until last year, Numri said she has found the most sup-
portive and amazing friends in the horror community.
Di erent forms of art
From scriptwriting to video editing, from costume design to building a prop, art is in every aspect of the horror genre.
Daniel Crosier, mixed media artist and co-founder of Colorado Festival of Horrors said whether it’s traditional sketching or digital art, there will be people who love it and people who are put o by it.
After using 3D programming to create costumes and props with the costume department for “American Horror Story,” Xander Smith is currently working with Arti cial Intelligence.
“Even though the market is ooded with machine-made imagery, humans tend to value it less,” Smith said.
As a professional artist with experience in Hollywood, Smith said that he is seeing a lot of support for traditional artists, however, only time will tell.
While thinking about what to draw in front of a room full of people, Smith was inspired by the fashion design as it is often di cult to combine creepy and elegant.
Smith was not the only artist who likes to dabble with fashion, Colleen Cole uses her artistic talent to create costumes and clothing items, speci cally hand-sewn skirts with pockets.
She combines her love for horror and sewing by making made-toorder skirts with designs found online, including a glow-in-the-dark fang design.
Cole is also the owner of Commanding Cosplay LLC, a cosplayer, designer and model. She makes her own costumes and does makeup herself and creates amazing images.
“I’ve always enjoyed Halloween,” said Cole. “Making costumes as characters that I either love the aesthetic or the character itself, is a lot of fun for me.”
BY KIT GEARY SUMMIT DAILY NEWS
In a matter of minutes, Chris Shively Layne went from being a lifelong athlete with a long list of hikes to tackle to thinking she would never hike again.
Layne was ecstatic when her 17-year-old son invited her on his birthday hike. It’s not every day that a teenager invites his mom to hang out with him and his friends. Yet, that sunny day in October 2016 started off like a dream and ended like a nightmare.
Seven steps into her hike, Layne lost her footing in Clear Creek Canyon. She fell 80 feet. On his birthday, her son had to assume the role of first responder.
“My son ran down to get me. He said that when he got there he checked my pulse and could not find one, and I was not breathing,” Layne said.
She eventually regained consciousness and realized she had raised her right arm during the fall, protecting her head from what would have been an extreme impact with a boulder. Layne looked around and realized that she had landed on the only pile of leaves in the area, cushioning her fall.
“I began to move my body … and immediately realized I could not move my legs. It was at that moment I realized I was paralyzed,” Layne said.
From that day on, Layne would spend the rest of her life paralyzed from the chest down.
Fast forward years later, Layne eventually found her way back to
recreation. On Sep. 10, she summited the highest peak in Colorado, Mount Elbert.
With the assistance of 51 volunteers and a trail rider, a mobility
device that uses a single wheel to help navigate narrow trails, Layne made it to the top of the 14,438foot peak. Having been paralyzed for nearly seven years now, Shivley said she would have never imagined that she could climb another 14er.
“I thought I’d never hike again — never mind summit the high-
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“So, all of the students who are applying through the HAVEN initiative will get their full nancial need met in their tuition package,” said Rodriguez. “We are also making sure that all of their credits transfer. We also will guarantee housing.”
Rodriguezz also challenged other colleges and institutions interested in holistically educating students to push back against repressive laws that are in opposition to their values.
est peak in Colorado,” Layne said.
“There’s no way I would have achieved this goal without the help of The Lockwood Foundation and these volunteers.”
Layne’s path back to recreation began when she heard about The Lockwood Foundation through two of her friends that had also summited Mt. Elbert with the organization. One had cerebral palsy, and the other had Lou Gehrig’s disease, a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. The organization’s goal is to get a person living with a different disability to summit Mt. Elbert
The Lockwood Foundation and Layne got in touch and set a goal to get a person in a wheelchair due to a spinal cord injury to summit the highest peak in Colorado.
The team with the Lockwood Foundation set up camp at 11,700 feet to prepare for the summit bid. With a 5:45 a.m. start time, the team was back by the afternoon.
The adventure also included camping, an activity that Layne had not had the opportunity to do
“It was my first 14er and my first time camping in 9 years, and it was the day of the first snow, making things more magical,” Layne
“I got to be on top of the world again,” Layne added.
Layne remains on a mission to shed light on accessible recreation to prove people with mobility issues have opportunities to recreate. These days she said her motto is “get up and get rolling.”
She pointed to a salient statement by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
“Because we all know that silence is the voice of complicity,” said Rodriguez. “And I think there are many of us who do not want to be complicit in regressing some of the rights that we have worked so hard for over these many years.”
Support for this reporting was provided by Lumina Foundation. is Public News Service story via e Associated Press’ Storyshare, of which Colorado Community Media is a member.
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with the applicable filing fee.
If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within the applicable time period, the Court may enter judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.
Denver, CO 80202 720/865-7840
Case No.:2012C58235
Div.:186
LEGAL COLLECTION CO
Plaintiff
In the Interests of:
MAXTON METZ, Minor Respondent.
Case Number: 2023PR31014
Related Case: 2022PR30799
DISTRICT COURT, CITY AND COUNTY OFDENVER, COLORADO
1437 Bannock St. Denver, CO 80202
Plaintiffs and Judgment Creditors: HARBOR CENTER, L.L.C., a Colorado limited liability company, LEROY INDUSTRIAL LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, HMS FAMILY LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, SIMCORE PROPERTIES LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, SIMHA INVESTMENT CORP., a Colorado corporation, SIMHA ASSET MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC., a Colorado corporation, and HAMID SIMANTOB, an individual v.
Defendant and Judgment Debtor: KEALY ROBERTS, aka SHAUN KEALY ROBERTS, an individual, PAUL D, LOPEZ, in his capacity as the Public Trustee for the City and County of Denver, AMERICA’S MORTGAGE, LLC, an administratively dissolved Colorado limited liability company, and TRUIST BANK, a North Carolina Corporation.
Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Judgment
Creditors:
Phillip A. Parrott, #11828
Margaret R. Pflueger, #39780
Lara Gabrys, # 51269
Campbell, Killin, Brittan & Ray, LLC 270 St. Paul Street, Suite 300 Denver, Colorado 80206 Phone: 303-322-3400 pparrott@ckbrlaw.com mpflueger@ckbrlaw.com lgabrys@ckbrlaw.com
CASE NUMBER: 2023CV32364
DISTRICT COURT CIVIL SUMMONS
To the Above-Named Defendant: KEALY ROBERTS, aka SHAUN KEALY ROBERTS
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to file with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response to the attached Complaint. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you within the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within 21 days after such service upon you. If service of the Summons and Complaint was made upon you outside of the State of Colorado, you are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after such service upon you. Your answer or counterclaim must be accompanied
Dated this 15th day of August, 2023.
CAMPBELL, KILLIN, BRITTAN & RAY, LLC
s/ Phillip A. Parrott
Phillip Parrott
Margaret R. Pflueger
Attorneys for Plaintiffs Harbor Center, L.L.C, Leroy Industrial LLC, HMS Family LLC, Simha Investment Corp., Simha Asset Management Services, Inc., Simcore Properties LLC and Hamid Simantob
Legal Notice No. 82430
First Publication: September 14, 2023
Last Publication: October 12, 2023
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Misc. Private Legals
Public Notice
October 12, 2023
NOTICE TO MORTGAGEES IN THE PEARL ESTATES CONDOMINIUMS COMMUNITY
Notice is hereby given to all mortgagees within the Pearl Estates Condominiums community in the City and County of Denver, State of Colorado, that the Pearl Estates Condominium Association is seeking mortgagee approval of a proposed Amended and Restated Condominium
Declaration for Pearl Estates Condominiums (the “Proposed Amendment”). The Proposed Amendment can be obtained at the following address: Altitude Community Law P.C., 555 Zang St., Ste. 100, Lakewood, CO 80228. Failure of any mortgagee to deliver a negative response to the Pearl Estates Condominium Association, c/o Altitude Community Law P.C., 555 Zang St., Ste. 100, Lakewood, CO 80228, within 60 days shall be deemed consent on behalf of the mortgagee.
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First Publication: October 12, 2023
Last Publication: October 12, 2023
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
COUNTY COURT, DENVER COUNTY, COLORADO
Court Address: 1437 Bannock Street,
Vs. Saubia Thomas Defendant
REVIVER BY PUBLICATION NOTICE TO DEFENDANT/JUDGMENT DEBTOR
THIS MATTER coming on before the Court upon the motion of the Plaintiff styled “Motion for Revivor of Judgment,” and the Court having read said motion and now being duly apprised in the premises, NOW THEREFORE
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED the Clerk of this Court shall, and is ordered and directed to, issue to Defendant, Saubia Thomas, the “Notice to Show Cause Pursuant to CRCP 354(h)” requiring said Defendant to show cause within 14 (fourteen) days from the service of such Notice, pursuant to CRCP 354(h), if any he/she has, why the Judgment heretofore entered in this matter on May 14, 2012 shall not be revived with like force and effect.
WHEREAS, Plaintiff has moved this Court pursuant to CRCP 354(h) to revive the Judgment entered in the instant matter on, May 14, 2012 NOW THEREFORE
IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED, that Plaintiff, LEGAL COLLECTION CO, shall have and take of defendant, Saubia Thomas Judgment in the instant matter on this date with like force and effect as on the date the Judgment was entered heretofore on May 14, 2012, revived January 5, 2018.
Defendant shall show cause within fourteen (14) days from the service of this “Notice to Show Cause Pursuant to CRCP 354(h)”, if any the Defendant has, why the Judgment heretofore entered should not be revived with like force and effect.
Attorney for Plaintiff
Legal Notice No. DHD115
First Publication: October 5, 2023
Last Publication: November 2, 2023
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
Denver Probate Court, City & County of Denver, Colorado
Court Address: 1437 Bannock Street, Room 230, Denver, Colorado 80202
Attorneys for Tambra Padilla, APR, nominee Conservator CHAYET & DANZO, LLC
Marco D. Chayet, #29815
Jennifer E. Shaler, #37936 650 S. Cherry Street, Suite 710 Denver, CO 80246
Phone Number: (303) 355-8500
Fax Number: (303) 355-8501
E-mail: Marco@coloradoelderlaw.com Shaler@coloradoelderlaw.com
NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S.
To: Jonathon Metz
Last Known Address, if any: 811 Colorado Boulevard, Idaho Springs, CO 80452
A hearing on Petition for Appointment of Conservator for Minor will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued:
Date: October 30, 2023
Time: 2:00PM
Courtroom or Division:300 via WebEx
Address: 1437 Bannock St., Rm 230, Denver, CO 80202
This hearing will be conducted via WebEx. WebEx.com; join meeting; Courtroom 300 Meeting Number: 920 159 400 (https://judicial.webex.com/ join/courtroom300)
The hearing will take approximately One (1) Hour.
/s/ Original Signature of Jennifer E. Shaler on File
Marco D. Chayet, #29815
Jennifer E. Shaler, #37936 Chayet & Danzo, LLC
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First Publication: September 28, 2023
Last Publication: October 12, 2023
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE
WHEREAS, on December 16, 2003, a certain Deed of Trust was executed by Phillip Johnson and Hilda M. Johnson, as Grantors, in favor of Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corporation, a Subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Bank, FSB, and
the Public Trustee of Denver County, Colorado as Trustee, and was recorded on January 7, 2004, at Reception Number 2004005142, in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Denver, Colorado; and
WHEREAS, the Deed of Trust was insured by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the Secretary) pursuant to the National Housing Act for the purpose of providing single family housing; and
WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of the Deed of Trust is now owned by the Secretary, pursuant to an assignment recorded on November 16, 2017 at Reception Number 2017150045 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Denver Colorado.
WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Deed of Trust in that Paragraph 9 (a) (i) has been violated; and
WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent is $226,867.99 as of August 22, 2023; and
WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust to be immediately due and payable;
NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to the powers vested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, 12 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR part 27, subpart B, and by the Secretary’s designation of me as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on July 19, 2017 at Reception No. 2017094067 in the records of the Denver County Clerk and Recorder, notice is hereby given that on October 26, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. local time, all real and personal property at or used in connection with the following described premises (“Property”) will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder:
THE WEST 25 FEET OF THE EAST 100 FEET OF LOTS 16 TO 19, BLOCK 36, SCHINNER’S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF DENVER, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, STATE OF COLORADO. APN NO: 680335232010000
Commonly known as: 1525 East 22nd Avenue, Denver, CO 80205
The sale will be held on the east facing front steps of the City and County Building located at 1437 Bannock St., Denver, CO 80202.
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid the lesser amount of the loan balance, or the appraised value obtained by the Secretary prior to sale. There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his prorated share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale.
When making their bids, all bidders except the Secretary must submit a deposit total-
ing 10% of the Secretary’s bid in the form of a certified check or cashier’s check made out to the Secretary of HUD. A deposit need not accompany each oral bid. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of 10% of the Secretary’s bid must be presented before the bidding is closed. The deposit is nonrefundable. The remainder of the purchase price must be delivered within 30 days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of a certified or cashier’s check. If the Secretary is the highest bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveying fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery date of the remainder of the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title. At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them.
The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extensions will be for 15-day increments for a fee of $500.00, paid in advance. The extension fee shall be in the form of certified or cashier’s check made payable to the Secretary of HUD. If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due.
If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder may be required to forfeit the cash deposit, or at the election of the foreclosure commissioner after consultation with the HUD representative, will be liable to HUD for any costs incurred as a result of such failure. The Commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD representative, offer the property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder.
There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein, HUD does not guarantee that the property will be vacant.
The scheduled foreclosure sale shall be cancelled or adjourned if it is established, by documented written application of the mortgagor to the Foreclosure Commissioner no less than three (3) days before the date of sale, or otherwise, that the default or defaults upon which the foreclosure is based did not exist at the time of service of this notice of default and foreclosure sale, or all amounts due under the mortgage agreement are tendered to the Foreclosure Commissioner, in the form of a certified cashier’s check payable to the Secretary of HUD, before the public auction of the property is completed.
The amount that must be paid if the
mortgage is to be reinstated prior to the scheduled sale is $226,867.99 as of August 22, 2023, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the deed of trust had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary out of pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement.
Tender of payment by certified or cashier’s check or application for cancellation of the foreclosure sale shall be submitted to the address of the Foreclosure Commissioner provided below.
Foreclosure Commissioner
Deanne R. Stodden
1550 Wewatta Street, Suite 710 Denver, CO 80202
Telephone: (303) 623-4806 Email: foreclosure@messner.com
Legal Notice No. DHD109
First Publication: September 28, 2023
Last Publication: October 12, 2023
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Storage Liens/Vehicle Titles
Public Notice
Notice to obtain title - The following vehicle was towed and abandoned:
VIN 5TFAW5F1XEX332901
2014 Toyota Tundra,
M1 Towing lot address 2810 W 62nd Ave, Denver, CO 80221, 720-364-1160 is applying for title.
Legal Notice No. DHD123
First Publication: October 12, 2023
Last Publication: October 12, 2023
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Notice to Creditors
Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Susan Carole Minkin, a/k/a Susan C. Minkin, a/k/a Susan Minkin, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 31033
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 January 28, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.
Robert Minkin
Personal Representative
3872 S. Sebring Court Denver, CO 80237
Legal Notice No. DHD106
First Publication: September 28, 2023
Last Publication: October 12, 2023
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Bonnie J. Emrick, Deceased
Case Number: 2023 PR 30946
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 February 12, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.
Rhonda Pawlicki
Personal Representative 2843 Clinton Way Denver, CO 80238
Legal Notice No. DHD121
First Publication: October 12, 2023
Last Publication: October 26, 2023
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Joe Eddie Welch, aka Joe E. Welch, Deceased
Case Number: 2023 PR 31003
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 February 5, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.
Leslie D. Richardson
Personal Representative
C/O Richard H. Pierce Attorney for Personal Representative Butler, Landrum and Pierce, P.C. 720 Kipling St., Ste 201 Lakewood, CO 80215
Legal Notice No. DHD116
First Publication: October 5, 2023
Last Publication: October 19, 2023
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of William J. Tilzey, Deceased
Case Number: 2023 PR 488
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 February 12, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.
Tammy Tilzey
Personal Representative
849 S Tejon St Denver, CO 80223
Legal Notice No. DHD120
First Publication: October 12, 2023
Last Publication: October 26, 2023
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of DAVID J. WRIGHT a/k/a DAVID JOHN WRIGHT a/k/a DAVID WRIGHT a/k/a DAVE WRIGHT, Deceased
Case Number: 2023 PR 31071
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 January 29, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.
Laurie A. Montgomery
Personal Representative 966 Cinnamon Hills Drive Provo, UT 84606
Legal Notice No. DHD107
First Publication: September 28, 2023
Last Publication: October 12, 2023
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of BILLY JAMES JACKSON, SR., aka BILLY J. JACKSON, SR., aka BILLY JACKSON, SR., aka BILLY JACKSON, aka BILL JACKSON, Deceased
Case Number: 2023 PR 31088
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 January 28, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.
Felicia Faye Allen
Personal Representative c/o 3i Law, LLC 2000 S. Colorado Blvd. Tower 1, Suite 10000 Denver, CO 80222
Legal Notice No. DHD110
First Publication: September 28, 2023
Last Publication: October 12, 2023
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of JAMES GERALD ROTH, A/K/A, JAMES G. ROTH, A/K/A, JAMES ROTH, A/K/A, JAMIE ROTH, Deceased
Case Number: 2023 PR 31105
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 February 9, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.
Matthew T. Daly
Personal Representative
c/o Donald F. Slavin, P.C.
4704 Harlan St., Ste. 685 Denver, CO, 80212-7493
Legal Notice No. DHD118
First Publication: October 5, 2023
Last Publication: October 19, 2023
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Matthew Samuel Sherman
a/k/a Matthew S. Sherman
a/k/a Matthew Sherman
a/k/a Matt Sherman, Deceased
Case Number: 2023 PR 31025
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 February 12, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.
Attorney for Margit Sereny, Personal Representative:
K. Michelle AmRhein, Esq. Coan, Payton & Payne, LLC
103 W. Mountain Ave., Ste. 200 Ft. Collins, CO 80524
Legal Notice No. DHD119
First Publication: October 12, 2023
Last Publication: October 26, 2023
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Yoshi K. Flynn
a/k/a Yoshie Kawata Flynn
a/k/a Yoshie Flynn
a/k/a Yoshie Kawata, Deceased
Case Number: 2023 PR 31093
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 February 5, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.
Brian Flynn Personal Representative
3118 Vine Street Denver, CO 80205
Legal Notice No. DHD117
First Publication: October 5, 2023
Last Publication: October 19, 2023
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Ernford Harris, Deceased
Case Number: 2023 PR 30852
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 February 12, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.
Kimberly Ann Moore Personal Representative
282 S. Nome St. Aurora, CO 80012
Legal Notice No. DHD122
First Publication: October 12, 2023
Last Publication: October 26, 2023
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of WILLIAM EMMETT KELL, a/k/a WILLIAM KELL Deceased Case Number: 2023PR030878
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 January 28, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.
William J. Bourke
Attorney to the Personal Representative 1099 18th Street, Suite 2600 Denver, CO 80202
Legal Notice No. DHD108
First Publication: September 28, 2023
Last Publication: October 12, 2023
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Timothy Paul Winkelmann, a/k/a Tim Winkelmann, and a/k/a Timothy Winkelmann, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 31098
All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to pres ent them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before January 29, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.
Colette Winkelmann
Personal Representative
17838 E 64th Avenue Denver CO 80249
Legal Notice No. DHD112
First Publication: September 28, 2023
Last Publication: October 12, 2023
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Patricia E. Doran, a.k.a. Patricia Doran, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 31079
All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to pres ent them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before February 12, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.
Truist Bank
Personal Representative
Attn: Ashley Ford
235 Magrath Darby Blvd. Ste 300 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
Legal Notice No. DHD124
First Publication: October 12, 2023
Last Publication: October 26, 2023
Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch
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