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candidates who embraced election conspiracies gubernatorial campaign. And indicted Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters fared so poorly that she was slated to come in third in the Republican secretary of state’s primary to an Australian immigrant who lives in Yuma County and was making his first foray into politics.

Peters, who claimed Tuesday night without evidence that she was the victim of election fraud, was even set to lose in her home county.

“I think the Republican party returned to sanity

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Fort Lupton Republicans, Democrats and unaffiliated voters cast their votes at the Fort Lupton Recreation Center in person, by mail-in, and drop off ballot boxes for the primary election. Sue Junker PHOTO BY BELEN WARD and Neena Hagans election workers were there on June 28 to help with the process.

Weld County halts victim advocate services Fort Lupton, other cities start finding other arrangements

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The new year will bring more than a flip of the calendar for Weld County crime victims.

Weld County will not provide victim advocate services to law enforcement in the county, save for areas the sheriff’s office patrols.

It takes effect Jan. 1.

“Basically, everyone is on their own, so we’re looking at alternatives to get that accomplished,” Police Chief John Fryar told Fort Lupton City Council during a town hall June 28. “We’re going to have to do it ourselves at our expense.”

Victim advocates work with police and District Attornies in several Colorado jurisdictions, providing information about how the court system works and the current status a current case.

“We’ve never had a dedicated SVU,” said Weld

County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Joe Moylan.

“Our contract with some south county towns to have our victim advocates respond to calls is due to sunset at the end of the year.”

One option is to join other cities and towns in the area and share the cost.

Fryar said he’d been in meetings with the Brighton Police Department about how to share services and training. Brighton and Commerce City share a victim advocate program.

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Republican primary voters in Colorado had a choice on June 28: Elevate a slate of candidates who believe the unfounded claim that President Donald Trump was the true winner of the 2020 election or pick candidates who want the GOP to move on.

For the most part, with some notable exceptions, voters selected the latter.

State Rep. Ron Hanks lost his bid for U.S. Senate.

Former Parker Mayor Greg Lopez fell short in his second

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BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Weld health officials announced that they would make COVID-19 vaccines available for children as young as six months old.

The COVID-19 vaccines are available at the Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment. The department is scheduling ap-

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als,” she said. “It would afford districts’ ability to provide a livable wage for staff to live in the communities they teach and where they serve.

This year, the Legislature increased the district’s per-pupil funding 3.5 percent. The rate of inflation is closer to 8 percent.

“The long bill (the bill that funds Colorado school districts) is broken,” Kaylor said earlier this spring.

“We’ve been falling behind, and we are falling further behind.”

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Marijuana growers The next marijuana-related issue for Fort Lupton could be growing operations. Council approved the last of four medical/retail-medical marijuana licenses early in June.

The item came up for discussion during the last stages of a council

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Fryar said the two agencies share an office for the program, which helps mitigate costs.

“They are six minutes away,” Fryar said. “Those are things we are going to have to make a decision on. Even though the service runs out Dec. 31, we can’t end it Dec. 31 and start it Jan. 1. We have to train people. If it’s an MOU (memorandum of understanding), we’ll have to transfer cases over.”

The extra cost could range between $4,500 and $5,000. Fryar said if the decision came earlier, he could have applied for a grant that would have taken effect July 1. He estimated Fort

tion … because of the Legislature’s decision to balance its budgets using funding intended for schools.”

“This initiative would come with no expected tax rate increase,” she said.

“These funds are already being collected and simply need to be directed specifically to education.”

Asmus also said the measure could bring people into the teaching profession.

“It would support education’s ability to hire and retain teachers and other student support profession-

town hall meeting on June 28. The council couldn’t make a decision because of the meeting’s format.

“I get the sense that the growers want to pay the additional tax,” Mayor Zo Stieber-Hubbard said. “They are more than willing to help us. But they are aware that we are reluctant to say ‘Go ahead, growers’ until they pay more.”

Council has to decide by the end of July whether to put a grow tax question on the November ballot.

“If we decide to put “grow tax” on the ballot, we have to know in time to get the proper wording done,” Stieber-Hubbard said. “The city voters approved retail tax, but we failed to include grow tax in the measure in 2020.”

Lupton asked for help for between 200 and 250 cases per year, though he said that figure “was an under-count.”

“We’ll have to carry this for the last half of 2022 and, probably, the first six months of next year before anyone can supplement,” he told the council. “There are political pieces, too. There’s a little more money to the west and a little less money east and south. We’re going to put the best ideas together and bring them back to you.”

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A state ballot initiative that would shave off some of the annual Taxpayers Bill of Rights refund and redirect that money to local schools could help fill some gaps, local education leaders said.

Supporters of the plan, Ballot Initiative 63, need to collect 124,632 signatures from registered voters by Aug. 8 to get the matter on the November ballot.

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“I don’t know. I don’t have an opinion about this,” Weld Re-8 Superintendent Alan Kaylor told his bosses, the Re-8 board of education, late last month. “We haven’t had a lot of big players behind it. It’s another mechanism for the state to look at to put more money into K-12 education.”

The 27J School system supports the proposal.

Spokeswoman Janelle Asmus said the proposal “...can take an important step in filling the loss of funding of all Colorado public educa-

see an extra $750 in their checking accounts this year, thanks to an overcollection of state taxes in 2022. The state’s Taxpayers Bill of Rights requires that money be reimbursed.

If the so-called Initiative 63 makes the ballot and passes in November, some of that money won’t get into checking accounts. It would require the Legislature to allocate one-third of 1 percent of taxable income (individuals, corporations, estates and trusts) to school funding.

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services in Fort Collins until last spring, when the city brought in a different et bike and e-scooter program called Spin. f “We are excited to offer a new, ecoG friendly form of transportation to the e Brighton community,” said Public Worksr Director Michael Woodruff. “It’s another a step in our commitment to embracing new modes of transit and innovation in q o the world of transportation.”

The Bird app is available in the Apple Store or Google Play. The app locates the B nearest Bird scooter and a QR code acti- l vates it. A total of 200 Bird e-scooters will t be distributed within the city. The price e to unlock the scooter is $1.39 per minute b S while in transit.

“I’m thrilled- it’s a good thing for the s city. It adds a little bit of excitement to our downtown and a different method w p of transportation- which is needed, “ said Michael Martinez, Brighton City P Manager. t t Rules and zones c According to Bird’s Brighton rules, s riders must be at least 18 years of age to ride a Bird scooter and helmets are encouraged. Only one rider is allowed a per scooter, and riders must obey all traf- h fic rules, including street signs and stop T signs. The scooters cannot be ridden on sidewalks but are allowed in bike lanes, sharrows or on trails that are at least 8-feet wide The city has established nine no-ride zones in the city along five streets: Baseline Road, Bridge Street, Bromley Lane, Sable Boulevard and South 50th Avenue. C The scooters will not operate on several m a sections of those streets.

Public Works Engineer Noe Martinez F said the lack of trails, shared roads and potential conflicts with high-speed, heavy traffic helped the city determine where the scooters would be allowed.

They will also be banned along Highways 76 and 85, he said.

The city has also created two slow zones where the scooters will automatically drop their maximum speed from 15 miles per hour to 10. One area is the downtown area north of Bridge Street between North Main Street and North Cabbage Avenue. The second is Brighton Pavillions.

Martinez said the city can change areas or add new no-ride or slow zones based on complaints or other issues that arise.

Residents can report concerns about the scooters by emailing hello@bird. co or calling 866-205-2442. For questions, contact Martinez at namartinez@brightonco.gov or 303-655-2259.

SLOW, NO RIDE ZONES Slow zones - The triangle formed by N. Main Street and N. Cabbage Avenue north of W Bridge Street.

- Brighton Pavilions, from E. Egbert Street south of Skeel Street, west of S. Main Street.

No ride zones - Baseline Road from Highway 85 east to N. 11th Avenue and from N. 20th Avenue east to Tower Road.

- Bridge Street from N. 4th Avenue to the Fulton Ditch (just east of N. 20th Avenue); from Sierra St. east to Mt. Bierstadt Street and from Golden Eagle Parkway east to the city limits.

- E. Bromley Lane from Fulton Avenue to Sable Boulevard and from Chambers Road east to S. 27th Avenue.

- Sable Boulevard from the Palizzi Marketplace south to S. Adams County Parkway.

- S. 50th Avenue from Southern Street south to the Interstate 76 Frontage Road.

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tonight,” said Dick Wadhams, a former chairman of the Colorado GOP who warned Republicans that embracing election conspiracy theorists would sentence their party to another election cycle of defeat.

Some GOP candidates who have questioned the 2020 results did win on Tuesday.

For instance, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Garfield County Republican who was part of the effort to challenge the 2020 presidential election results in Congress, easily beat her primary challenger, state Sen. Don Coram, in the 3rd Congressional District.

But in races where the outcome was a tossup election deniers fared poorly.

Former Jefferson County Clerk Pam Anderson, who beat Peters in the Republican primary for secretary of state, has forcefully rejected claims that the 2020 election was stolen.

“I believe that this was the safest and most secure election we’ve ever had in our country,” Anderson told The Colorado Sun on the day she

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announced her candidacy.

Denver construction company owner Joe O’Dea, who beat Hanks, has also rejected election conspiracies.

Both Hanks and Peters claim that Donald Trump was the true winner in 2020, though there isn’t evidence to back up that claim.

And in Colorado’s new, highly competitive 8th Congressional District, state Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer, who said that Joe Biden legitimately won in 2020, won a four-way primary that included a candidate, Weld County Commissioner Lori Saine, who has cast doubt on the results.

A poll of 800 Colorado registered voters conducted Oct.19-24 by Global Strategy Group, a Democratic firm, in partnership with ProgressNow Colorado, a liberal political advocacy nonprofit, asked participants if they agree or disagree that Biden legitimately won the 2020 presidential election.

Sixty-seven percent said they agree while 29% said they disagree.

Four percent said they didn’t know or refused to answer.

Among Republicans, just 38% said they agreed that Biden legitimately won the 2020 presidential election, while 57% said they disagreed.

Among unaffiliated voters, who

make up 45% of Colorado’s electorate, 69% said Biden legitimately won the 2020 election, while 27% said they disagreed.

But the poll didn’t answer whether GOP voters felt strongly enough about the outcome of the 2020 presidential election to vote for or against candidates based on their beliefs. And it appeared Tuesday that election denialism wasn’t a motivating issue for most GOP voters in Colorado.

Also possibly at play: Tens of thousands of unaffiliated voters cast ballots this year in Colorado’s Republican primaries — far more than did in 2018 — where there were more contested races.

Other candidates who have cast doubt on the 2020 results who won Tuesday include Army veteran Erik Aadland. He won a three-way GOP primary in the 7th Congressional District and said on conservative talk radio in April that he “has a sense” that fraud in the 2020 election influenced the outcome.

“Can I say definitively? No,” Aadland said on George Brauchler’s show.

Democrats wasted no time in attacking Aadland for his statements on the 2020 election, with the Democratic Congressional Campaign

Committee calling him too extreme for Colorado.

Republican U.S. Reps. Ken Buck, of Windsor, and Doug Lamborn, of Colorado Springs also won on Tuesday. They signed onto a 2020 lawsuit before the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to overturn Trump’s loss in several battleground states.

(Buck has said he has confidence in Colorado’s election processes.)

But Buck and Lamborn were also facing primary opponents who were more strident and vocal in their belief that the 2020 election was stolen. Buck’s challenger, for instance, criticized the congressman for not being more forceful in his rejection of the 2020 outcome.

University of Colorado Regent Heidi Ganahl won her primary in the governor’s race after spending months on the campaign trail refusing to directly answer whether she thinks the 2020 election was stolen from Trump. She told The Colorado Sun and CBS4 in an interview earlier this month that she doesn’t “believe there was enough fraud that would have flipped the election.”

“Yes, there were issues,” she said.

“Mark Zuckerberg put hundreds of millions of dollars into the election to push voter turnout in certain cities.”

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ach morning I participate in a daily devotional with a friend of mine who has become more like family as he and I have been friends for the past 27 years.

He is very much my brother. And I have been blessed to count many other friends who over a lifetime have also become more like brothers to me as well. This past week the devotional that we participated in examined this phenomenon, where friends become like family, and family members turn out to also become our best friends.

Our friends who have become part of our family have stayed with us through the good times and the bad times, they have mourned our losses and celebrated our victories. They have stood by our side when others walked away, and with expectation or question, we always have their back too. There is a bond forged by going through years, sometimes decades of doing life together.

I consider myself fortunate to have both men and women who have been friends for many years, people who I love and respect and who I would do anything for when needed or asked. Friends who I consider

sisters, and friends I consider brothers. In some cases, we talk, meet, or call regularly, if not daily. And in other cases, weeks or months could go by, but when we reconnect, it is like we have never missed a beat, we Michael Norton pick up right from where we left off.

And when we do, it feels so good to get caught up.

My siblings and I are now at that age where we have endured much, laughed plenty, fought miserably, loved unconditionally, mourned our losses, and celebrated new life. I love when we do get together, and when we do, take that special picture of the four of us.

I am sharing this with you because having participated in the devotional I mentioned earlier and reaching out to others to see what they thought, I heard something that made me a little sad. Some people shared that they too enjoyed friendships that were certainly like

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family, and family who were best friends. However, some shared that the younger generations were not as loyal to friendship as the past generations. One comment I received was rather disturbing as they noted that their children saw their friendships as disposable, here today and gone tomorrow. And there was no worry, as they would just find other people to “hang out with.”

Hanging out with people could mean friendship, or it could just mean companionship. Whether that companion will be around in a few years is yet to be determined, let alone for many years or decades.

When I did some more digging, asking other friends and neighbors what they were seeing, they echoed a similar feeling of “temporary friendships.” For me the question became, “Why?” So, I am going to do further research and have more discussions around this to better understand the difference between generations when it comes to longlasting and loving friendships vs. temporary or disposable relationships.

My hope is that those of us who have been blessed with such rela-

tionships will share the many benefits of having friends who are like family and family who have become our best friends. There is so much I am learning from the younger generations each and every day as I am given plenty of opportunity to work with people across multiple generations. And now it could be our turn to teach and share the meaning of having such powerful relationships.

It doesn’t matter if it is even one friend who is like family or many friends, the point is you are there for each other, available and unconditionally.

How about you? Are you someone who has enjoyed having your friends become like brothers and sisters? Have your family members become like best friends? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@ xinnix.com, and when we can build long-lasting and loving relationships with friends and family, it really will be a better than good life.

Michael Norton is the grateful president of XINNIX, a personal and professional coach, and a consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator to businesses of all sizes.

Early summer best time to be outdoors

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e it habit or family history, as fall approaches, we are reminded to not miss an opportunity to tour, hike, ski, camp, (or in some mode), to venture into the midst of our Rocky Mountain’s, so conveniently close.

In Colorado, with the backdrop of the state’s Front Range Rockies that suggestion is promoted typically, following a busy season of mid- year summer: A period when warming weather fluctuations produce blooming and growth One cannot argue the quiet and continual evolution of summer change amid nature both in plant and animal. One’s timing cannot be wrong if that adventure moment surfaces during the greening month of July, or the golden cover spread out in September.

But let me suggest we too often ignore the early spring in our plans for that first high-country venture into the midst of nature. There are powerful and differing forces at work in nature’s spring seasons. It is in both the warming of the earth and completion of reproduction

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cycles when many of the most amazing new cycles of life materialize and freshness dominate what we see, hear, and feel outdoors in nature’s incubators.

I have the good fortune and opportunity to visit and enjoy the Rocky Ron Hellbusch Mountain National Park on frequent occasions. As a result, I witness frequent and timely change in that natural environment, both good and bad. And equally important, the role natural forces play in the repair and rehabilitation of damaged forests and its inhabitants.

Some observations identified in this column have been witnessed over the almost two years since the damaging East Troublesome Creek fire swept through and over these beautiful high altitude mountain ranges and lush green valleys.

Let us examine some of nature’s new and fresh products of a spring

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season with products you will not see, feel or hear in the fall. * Warming temperatures that slowly replace the cold air of winter and trigger so many other changes. Temperatures influence wildlife movement as well as plant growth. * Out of bank tributary stream flows not visible later in the year.

The quiet water flows carry fresh melting snow replacing the accumulation of deep wind drifts that fill valleys, lakes and reservoirs.

The once shallow and near dry tributaries of the Colorado River basin and its multitude of beaver ponds and marshlands becomes a wide mass of slow-moving clear water. Early spring is a time for camera, not fly rod. * Small colorful buds emerge almost unnoticed from plants and trees that will develop leaves, seeds and cones for next spring’s new growth. * The new birth and presence of a variety of small ground mammals and larger elk, mule deer and moose calves emerging from cover,

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adding new population. Wildlife sightings are common as newborn emerge with adults and offer camera ready visitors new nature opportunities. * The presence of small birds spread musical conversation as they construct nests after long migration travels from southern winter homes and lastly, * A tremendously welcomed natural repair and rehabilitation process surfaces following numerous forests fires the past few years.

In RMNP the October 2020 fire damaged thousands of acres of forests. Nature’s repair this spring presented the most optimistic scene with fresh sprouting meadow grass covering the black ash of burnt timber and bush.

These “Spring” scenes are very evident, just anxious for new eyes and cameras. The adventure is close. The mountain scenes will display views one has not seen before.

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BRIEFS Free breakfast and lunch With school out for the summer, Weld Re-8 district will be serving free breakfast and lunch through July 29.

Kids and under 18 can receive a free meal at the Fort Lupton Middle School, 201 S. McKinley Ave., weekdays. Breakfast is available from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., and lunch is available from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For more information contact Mary Carmen, food services director, at 303-857-3200.

Movie in the park Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church is sponsoring a free, movie in the park at 8:30 p.m. Friday, July 8. It’s at Koshio Park, state Highway 52 and McKinley Avenue.

The movie is “I Can Only Imagine.” Free water, candy and popcorn will be available. Guests are asked to bring canned goods and monetary donations for the Fort Lupton Food Bank.

Call 303-857-6827.

Barr Lake Appreciation Day Barr Lake Appreciation Day is set to run from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 9.

Morning activities include volunteer projects, such as shoreline cleanup and tree planting. Afternoon activities include free canoe instruction, face painting and a climbing wall.

Register at www.signupgenius. com/go/70a0a4faeaa2ca7fe3-lake4.

at the one-room Independence School for students through the eighth grade.

The second of two sessions runs from July 11-13. Camps run each week on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. till 3 p.m.

The program costs $60 per week, but tuition help is available.

Eligible students must have completed first through eighth grade.

The school house is at 2001 Historic Parkway, Fort Lupton.

Go to www,spvhs.org and click on Annual Events, Independence School for flyer and registration form or contact LaVon 720-273-3609

Summer camp with Platte Valley Historical Society Platte Valley Historical Society will be offering historical camps

National Night Out Fort Lupton’s observance of National Night Out will be at 4 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 2, at Koshio Park,

Movie night The Fort Lupton Recreation Center will be the scene for a pool party at 7 p.m. Friday, July 15.

There will be a DJ by the pool, followed by a movie night featuring “Finding Nemo” on the pool patio starting at dusk. It’s free. Kids under 6 cannot swim without an adult in the pool.

Photography class Take a “Get to Know your Camera” class Saturday, July 16, and Saturday, July 23, from noon to 2:45 p.m. The instructor Andrew Moline, and the cost is $89. Classes are at the Fort Lupton campus of Aims College, 260 College Ave., Room 111.

The cost is $89.

Call 970-667-4611.

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131 McKinley Ave. It’s a chance to meet police officers in an informal setting. It’s also an opportunity to enjoy hot dogs and hamburgers hot from the grill. There will be bounce houses, games and a tug-o-war.

Summer supply drive The Fort Lupton Recreation Center, 203 S. Harrison Ave., is hosting a summer supply drive throughTuesday, Aug. 30.

Donations of canned foods (beans, pasta, tomatoessauces/fruit), beverages (boxed milk, juices, protesin drinks), meals (chunky soups and mac and cheese), dry foods (cereal, crackers, pasta, rice) and snacks (chips, fruit snacks, granola) are welcome.

Donate three or more items and get a free goodie bag from the recreation center. Bring donations to the center. Call 303-857-4200 w/questions.

Gummball 5K The fifth annual Gummball Rally will be Saturday, Oct. 1, at Adams County Regional Park, 9755 Henderson Road, Brighton. The 5K walk/ run is in honor of former Adams County sheriff’s deputy Heath Gumm, who died in the line of duty in 2018.

The cost is $30 for racers 13 and older and $10 for 12 and younger.

Those 12 and younger get in free.

Each includes a shirt/swag bag guaranteed with entry by Sept. 14.

Packets will be available for pickup at 4201 E. 72nd Ave. from 3 to 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30. Proceeds benefit a nonprofit that supports law enforcement and first responders.

For more information, email tracykilgore71@gmail.com.

ONGOING Hours change at historical park The South Platte Valley Historical Park will be open for public visitation the first weekend of the month from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

Individual tours outside of the first weekend of the month are available by contacting the society at lancaster.lupton@spvhs.org or calling 303-857-9360 and leaving a message.

Splash pad The city of Fort Lupton is searching for comments about and sponsorships for a new splash pad.

Sponsor funds will be used for the splash park and amenities. Call 303857-6694

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Donation time The Fort Lupton Food & Clothing Bank is asking for donations of canned fruits and nuts, varieties of dry pasta and pasta dinners, peanut butter and canned meat such as tuna (including the pouches).

Other potential donations could include chicken, Vienna sausages, spam and salmon. The bank also needs personal items, such as toiletries and baby needs.

Drop off donations at the food and clothing bank’s back door, 421 Denver Ave., weekdays between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Call 303-857-1096.

Teen hangout Teens can stop by the Fort Lupton Pubic & School Library Wednesdays to play crafts, video games and hang

out with friends after school.

Walk with a doc Platte Valley Medical Center’s cardiac rehab team and Walk With A Doc will host monthly walks with Dr. Christopher Cannon, an interventional cardiologist at Brighton Heart and Vascular Institute.

This is a walking program for everyone interested in taking steps for a healthier lifestyle. After a few minutes to learn about a current health topic from the doctor, spend the rest of the hour enjoying a healthy walk and a fun conversation. It’s a great way to get out, get active and enjoy all the benefits that come from walking.

Blessings in a Bag Fort Lupton’s Backpack Program helps school children in need with a backpack of healthy food. It’s an all-volunteer program and is in need of volunteers. If interested in volunteering or donating, call 303718-4440. Mail donations to Blessings in a Bag, 306 Park Ave., Fort Lupton 80621.

Drop-in child care The Fort Lupton Recreation Center offers drop-in child care from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays or Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Call 303-857-4200.

Committee openings Fort Lupton has openings for several of its citizen advisory committees. Visit https://www.fortluptonco. gov/966/I-Want-To-Apply-for-aCommittee.

Boards/committees’ openings The city of Fort Lupton is looking for volunteers for its historic preservation board, the Fort Lupton Urban Renewal Authority, FLURA business representative (a five-year term), FLURA alternate member (term expires March 5, 2023) and library board trustee (term expires December 2024).

Call Alyssa Knutson at 720-4666128.

Fort Lupton senior lunches Senior lunches are available at noon Mondays at the Fort Lupton Recreation Center, 203 S. Harrison Ave. Sign up by noon the previous Thursday. Call 303-857-4200, ext. 6166.

Coffee group Fort Lupton’s weekly coffee group sessions are at 8 a.m. Wednesdays.

Call 303-857-4200.

Silver Sneakers Silver Sneaker Yoga is available Fridays from 9 to 9:45 a.m. and from 10 to 10:45 a.m. at the Fort Lupton recreation Center, 203 S. Harrison Ave. Water aerobics The city’s water aerobics class meets from 6 to 6:45 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at thke Fort Lupton Recreation Center, 203 S. Harrison Ave. Call 303-857-4200.

Pen pals Fort Lupton’s senior pen pal program through Twombly Elementary School is looking for participants.

Learn more at: https://www.fortluptonco.gov/950/Senior-Pen-PalProgram

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Fort Lupton police, others looking for armed burglars Suspects sought for four robberies at car dealerships STAFF REPORT

Law enforcement agencies in Weld County, including the Fort Lupton Police Department and the Weld County Sheriff’s Office, are asking for help in identifying four people who have committed

several burglaries in Longmont, Fort Lupton and unincorporated Weld County.

Weld County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Joe Moylan said authorities think the suspects are involved in four burglaries. The ones in Weld County and in Fort Lupton occurred June 22. All four burglaries happened between 11:30 p.m. and 2 a.m. at car dealerships.

Moylan said the four, who are armed with baseball bats and at

least one long gun — perhaps an AR-style rifle — wore masks during the burglaries. The four used a dark-colored Jeep Grand Cherokee, perhaps an SRT 8 model.

“The suspects are considered armed and dangerous,” Moylan said. “They are particularly dangerous to car dealership employees, security personnel and law enforcement officers who might respond to late-night alarms.”

Call 911 if you see the four

individuals. Anyone with information about the suspects should contact Detective Stupka with the Weld County Sheriff’s Office at bstupka@weldgov.com and reference case numbers 22W023405 and 22W023403, Detective Williams with the Longmont Police Department at rs.williams@longmontcolorado.gov, or Fort Lupton Police Department Investigations at police@fortluptonco.gov and reference case 22FP05892.

Fort Lupton Police Blotter Here are the police reports for June 18 to June 24 to the Fort Lupton Police Department. Not every call made to the police is not listed on this report.

a summons for causing a careless driving accident at U.S. Highway 85 & Mile Marker 243.

A Thornton man, 35, was issued a summons for causing a traffic accident, DUI, open container and other traffic offenses at U.S. Highway 85 & Weld County Road 20.

Police issued a summons to a Fort Lupton man for causing an accident by following too closely at Denver Avenue and First Street.

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June 19 Police issued a summons to a Fort Lupton man, 27, charging a DUI and careless driving in the 300 block of Clubhouse Drive.

June 21 Police issued a summons to a Fort Lupton man, 27, for a cruelty to animals complaint in the 1100 block of Mountainview.

A Fort Lupton man called police to report his 1998 Jeep Cherokee Jeep stolen in the 1200 block of Denver Avenue. The case was under investigation Police received a call from a Fort Lupton man who reported vandalism on his property in the 1100 block of Mountain View Avenue.

June 20 Police issued a summons to a Hudson woman, 65, charging that she

June 22 A Fort Lupton man reported a firearm stolen from his home in the

June 18 Police issued a summons to a Greeley woman, 35, charging a DUI and causing a careless driving accident at U.S. Highway & Mile Marker 242.

A La Salle woman, 19, was issued

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Two Frederick basketball players help out off the floor .. and on

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A year ago, Frederick High School basketball player Harry Singh had some help adjusting to life on the varsity squad – and high school in general – from former teammate Izayah Elize.

Elize is playing collegiately in Wyoming, but Singh, who will be a senior next school year, took some of what he learned and is passing it along to a new teammate, soon-to-be freshman Jovan Aldana.

“He’s one of our younger players,” Singh said. “He’s a better player than a lot of kids his age.

“And he listens a lot.”

Aldana transferred from Mead High School last year.

“If I make a mistake, Harry shows me how to be better,” Aldana said. “He tells me to keep my head up and how to become a better player. He’s always helpful. He motivates me.”

They are good friends off the floor, too.

“If I make a mistake, he helps me.

And he helps me talk about other things besides basketball,” Singh said.

“When I was a younger player, there was no one else to talk to when I got annoyed about my lack of playing time.”

“He kept me going,” Aldana said.

“When I’m struggling, he comes and talks to me about it. He’s kept my head on straight when I’m slumping or hav-

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ing rough patches.”

They also have made the other person a better person.

“He taught me to listen, to make me understand,” Aldana said. “I was in my own head. Harry is an older, more experienced player. He’s like a coach who coaches you up.”

Singh returned the compliment.

“He helped me become a better young man,” Singh said. “I’ve become more responsible, a better leader. You think you’re going to play forever. But this is the last year of high school. He’s going to help people who are younger get ready.”

Both would like to coach basketball someday.

“I know what I’ve been given,” Aldana said. “And it makes you wonder if you’d want to be a coach. I think I’d be decent.”

“It’d be fun to have my own team,” Singh said.

Both are on their way to California for a five-day stay and some tournament-level basketball this week.

“It’s good to have somebody to look up to,” Aldana said. “Everyone needs that friend to talk to outside of basketball. It helps create chemistry with the team, Harry really helps me. I see him in the hall, and he asks how my year is going.”

“In the next few years, he’ll do it for someone else,” Singh said. “He’ll just keep passing down the leadership role.”

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ummer is here. July is upon us.

And perhaps nothing defines the season as well as a cold, creamy scoop or two on a cone — or in a bowl, if you prefer. What else appeals so effortlessly to all ages, putting summertime smiles on kids and kids-at-heart?

In fact, Americans consume about 23 gallons of ice cream annually, according to the International Dairy Foods Association. And in case you didn’t know, July has been celebrated as National Ice Cream Month since Ronald Reagan signed the proclamation way back in ‘80s. July is also, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, tied with August for the two most popular months to eat ice cream — a statistic that surely surprises no one.

Ask a few people who has the best ice cream in the Denver metro area, and then sit back and be amazed at the number of answers you get.

In the old days, it was easy. There was Baskin Robbins and DQ, and for a special occasion, you might get a counter seat at Dolly Madison.

Then there was Farrell’s, and later, Swensen’s, but these were both chains that came here from other places. Nothing about them was particularly connected to Colorado. And in more recent history, the opening of Magill’s in Lakewood and Bonnie Brae in south Denver signaled that a new era was at hand.

These days, the continuing trend of boutique ice cream joints using premium ingredients has ushered in what is undoubtedly the golden era of cold and creamy goodness in the metro area. When you make a list, it’s easy to see there are several formidable contenders cranking out delicious frozen delights. So, making a list is what we have done.

To be clear, this is no contest. The order of the list is not scientific or any type of ranking at all, but merely the order in which they popped into the author’s head. You may use it as a type of map, as it were, to the coolest mini road trip in the metro. Pun intended.

• Bonnie Brae Ice Cream opened in 1986 and has been cranking out the cold stuff ever since.

• Little Man Ice Cream Company started in 2008 in the Lower Highlands neighborhood and has grown to six distinct locations across the Front Range including — aside from the flagship store — The Little Man Ice Cream Factory, DANG Soft Serve, Old Town Churn, The Constellation and Sweet Cooies.

• Sweet Cow now has six locations plus a truck, the MooMobile. Their ice cream is made in small batches and crafted at each location.

• Liks Ice Cream has been a staple in Capitol Hill forever. They’re family-owned and now have a second location in Conifer.

• Nuggs, the brainchild of Chris and Nick O’Sullivan of Brother’s BBQ, has been serving cool, creamy treats to folks in Park Hill and Mayfair since 2014.

• Magill’s on the west side of Denver has had

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you covered for the last four decades. This unassuming Lakewood strip-mall shop has them lined up most evenings, no matter the weather.

The huckleberry is to die for. Plus, it’s just fun to say huckleberry.

• Sweet Action opened on Broadway in 2009 and now has four locations serving flavors as fun as you’ll find anywhere, with plenty of vegan options in the mix. You can also find them in Washington Park, Uptown and Jefferson Park.

• High Point Creamery’s Erika Thomas and Chad Stutz have been serving ice cream with elevated flavor profiles in Hilltop, RINO and Berkeley. They also have a food truck they call “Big Pinky” — it’s pink — to cater to every ice cream need.

• Em’s Ice Cream in Park Hill is getting ready to launch a second location in Wheat Ridge at 26th and Kipling.

• Scrumptious can be discovered a bit further north in Olde Town Arvada. According to its website, the business makes all of their ice cream in-house.

• Inside Scoop in Littleton, with another location on Platte Street, serves 20 flavors that are homemade daily and go perfectly with a handcrafted waffle cone, which they also make fresh.

If your favorite didn’t make the list, don’t fret. But feel free to drop us a line about what makes it great, and we’ll update the web version of this story to keep the metro area’s ice cream addicts up to date on all of the news they need to know.

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Why settle for a cone when you can get your ice cream sandwiched between delicious chocolate cookies?

A triple chocolate and delicious vanilla ice cream sammie from Sweet Cow Ice Cream in the Lower Highlands.

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A strawberry and banana soft serve swirl rolled in Fruit Loops is one of many fancy ice cream creations at DANG Soft Serve.

A chocolate and vanilla swirl is the perfect way to beat the heat.

Prost Brewery pouring into Northglenn Marketplace Craft brewer moving headquarters, brewery and biergarten to Northglenn

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Prost in English means cheers.

Prost for Northglenn means 200 jobs coming to the city.

Prost Craft Brewery is setting up shop in Northglenn with plans to construct a 53,000-square-foot brewery and a 6,000-square-foot biergarten in the Northglenn Marketplace. The project will break ground in December with a planned opening in July 2023.

“This will be a game-changer in the revitalization of the Marketplace,” said Northglenn Economic Development Manager Debbie Tuttle.

There, Prost will have its corporate headquarters, regional production facility, distribution center and the company’s largest beer garden. David Deline, president of Prost Brewing Company, said it will attract about 300,000 visitors each year, making it a destination location for residents across the Denver metro area.

Deline said it’s expected that 90% of sales will come from people living within a 15-minute drive of the new site. Currently, Prost has locations in Denver, Fort Collins and Highlands Ranch.

It will be a $25.6 million investment and create about 200 jobs at full production in 2030, Deline said.

Initially, the company expecst over $7 million in stabilized sales and $1.5 million in annual payroll across 23 full-time employees at the brewery.

The average salary will be about $70,000.

Deline said the company expects $5 million in total sales at the Biergarten, $1 million in annual payroll and $20 to $35 hourly wages for all employees, with the general manager at about $120,000.

With the expansion, they hope to send beers further than their current market, which includes Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri. They look to distribute to Arizona, Idaho, Texas and across the Midwest.

The Biergarten will have communal tables, weekly events, a large outdoor patio with ample seating, fire pits and games.

Advanced technology With the new location, Prost will receive national recognition as one of the most sustainable and technologically advanced breweries in the country. They are the fifth largest craft brewery in the state.

The company will use European technology and equipment that’s not standard at breweries in the United States.

Some of that equipment includes a six-vessel Kaspar Shultz Brewhouse equipped with a dedicated decoction vessel, a six-roller grain mill capable of endosperm mashing, CO2 recapture and more. While some breweries in the country have some of this equipment, Deline said none have

Renderings of Prost Brewery’s new headquarters to be built in Northglenn.

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them all under one roof.

With that technology comes sustainability, he said. The brewery will capture 100% of the CO2 produced and reuse it in the finished product and will rely on solar panels to power the endeavor and have enough to sell back to power grid.

Compared to a regular brewery, Prost’s facility will use less total water and energy in production and use a special vacuum technology that will use only one-third of energy of a typical brewery.

Council approves the cash In support of the project, Northglenn City Council unanimously approved $1.7 million in funding and incentives from the city as well as two $25,000 grants from the Northglenn Urban Renewal Authority.

Northglenn will receive 4% in taxes

from the estimated $52 million in sales over the next 10 years.

City Councilor Richard Kondo asked if staff had accounted for the amount of water the brewery will need. Tamara Moon, environmental manager, said the city is confident there will be enough water.

Mayor Pro-Tem Jenny Willford said she’s excited for the development and for the well-paying jobs coming to the city.

“I feel very strongly that having Prost brewery here is going to help (put Northglenn on the map),” she said.

Prost was founded in 2012 to brew German beers.

“German beer was created around the sense of community, bringing people together,” Deline said. “This is what we worked towards from the very beginning.”

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FLHS students earn spots on second-semester honor roll Kameron Hembury, Ariana Hernandez, Brandi Horton, Evangline Horton, Ulises Jacobo-Mata, David Jimenez Meraz, Carmen Jones, Jeffrey Kappelmann, Trinity Kirschenman, Juan Lagunas, Yasmin Landa Carbajal, Angelez Lara, Marisol Lazalde, Christian Lechleitner, Hannah Lechleitner, Apolonia Lechnir, Melody Lee, Serayna Lefforge and Emilio Lezama.

Also, Jared Lira, Emely Lopez, Jennifer Lucero, Janae Lujan, Aldo Luna, Ravyn Maggart, Savannah Mallory, Alexander Marquez, Alayna Martin, Anthony Martinez, Diego Medina, Jaylynn Medina, Areli Mercado Licea, Reagan Mewbourn, Alan Millan, Sadi Molina-Solis, Moa Mollendor, Diana Moncada, Elianna Morales, Kassandra Morales, Natalia Moreno, Rylan Nash, Ashley Nunez Montes, Vianney Ocampo Zapien, Alondra Olivas, Lorely Olivas Garfio and Aaron Ortega Alvarez.

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Here’s a list of the Fort Lupton High School students that made the honor roll for the second semester.

A Honor roll (grade-point averages of 3.5 and higher) Sierra Acuna, Danny Alvarez, Yaletzy Arevalo Padilla, Omar Barron, Sarai Benitez, Stephanie Botello, Yenesis Botello, Gracie Brucato, Marcus Bucher, Conor Calzia, Valencia Camacho-Barron, Kimberley Campbell, Robert Campbell, Alejandro Campos-Cuenca, Diana Cano Villela, Yoselin Carbajal, Joanne Cardenas, Miguel Carrillo Pineda, Melody Castillo Fuentes, Meredith Castillo Fuentes, Myshelle Chavez Duarte, Gabriel Chavez, Eleno De La Torre-Luna, Amber Deiterman, Jaedyn DeLeon, Kayden Derbigny, Jose Diaz, Ashley Diaz Tellez, Isabel Diaz Tellez, Sarai Dimas Ramirez and Taylor Fells.

Also, Maricheli Figueroa, Ana Flores Sanchez, Katelyn Garcia, Reygan Garcia, Paige Gibbs, Lashya Gonzales, Jesus Gonzalez Zavala, Royce Guerrero, Enecia Gurule, Giuliana Gutierrez Chavez, Trisha Hammen,

B Honor roll (3.0 to 3.49 grade point averages) Diego Aguirre-Ortiz, William Alvarado, Bella Amaya, Bryce Andrews, Xzavier, Aragon, Lillyanna Austin, Rylee Jo Balcazar, Ashley Barrera Perez, Daniel Becerra, Oscar Becerra Ortega, Maya Bryant, Deborah Bueno-Martinez, Hugo Campos, Eddie Castillo Cordova, Alexa Caudillo, Perla Chico Heredia, Alissa Clark, Casey Cross, Jessica Davila Cortez, Vincent Delmore and Omar Derma Quezada.

Also, Jessica Farfan-Padilla, Payton Faulhaber, Judas Ferral Loreto, Naydelin Flores-Romero, Jonathan

Garcia Sarmiento, Jonathan GarzaZavala, Misael Garfio Rodarte, Nayeli Gasca Torres, Neveah Gonzales, Noah Greenemeier, Alondra Guadarrama Silva, Angela Guerra Diosdado, Ibeth Guerra Perez, Brandon Henke, Janet Hernandez, Isabelle Hernandez-Garcia, Anthony Herrera Perez, Aaliyah Hidalgo, Mandy Hussion, Di’onna Jacobo, Mario Jimenez, Caitlyn Kissler, Victor Lara, Emilio Leon Olivares and Victor Leyva Gamez.

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Also, Jennifer Silva Garcia, Giselle Sixtos Quiroz, Zarion Swaney, Jasmine Tapia, Gregory Terry, Kira Thomas, Skye Thyfault, Giselle Trujillo Corchado, Anayah Urbina, Valeria Varela, Alonso Velasquez, Dafne Veloz-Contreras, Axel Venzor Anguiano, Isabella Villarini Landry and Isaiah Villela.

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Public Notices call 303-566-4123 Legals City and County Legal Notice Notice of Public Meeting for the City of Fort Lupton Fort Lupton, Colorado Date: August 8, 2022 Time: 6:30 p.m.

Location: Fort Lupton Recreation Center Address: 203 S Harrison Avenue Fort Lupton, Colorado 80621 Topic:City of Fort Lupton Wastewater Treatment Facility A public meeting will be conducted informing citizens and soliciting public input, written or oral, regarding the City of Fort Lupton Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) Conversion to Lift Station Preliminary Design Report (PDR) and Environmental Assessment (EA). The PDR is a detailed engineering analysis to convert the 28-year-old WWTP to a lift station and force main connection to the METRO WWTP. The EA is a draft report identifying environmental issues with the proposed project. The reports are being submitted to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) to qualify the City for a State Revolving Fund Loan.

The PDR presents Basic Engineering Design Data and details for the new lift station to be installed at the City’s WWTP and the force main to be constructed from the City’s WWTP to the METRO WWTP in Brighton, CO. Currently, the WWTP is at 1.6 million gallons per day (mgd) with a rated capacity of 2.75 mgd.

The City evaluated the cost of required upgrade improvements to the WWTP and long term regulatory improvements. It has been determined that regionalizing our wastewater treatment with the METRO District is in the City’s long term interest. It is estimated that the capital costs for the transition to a lift station and force main will require continuation of the Reg 85 additional fee to monthly wastewater bills (currently $20 per month per Single Family Equivalent (SFE)).

Copies of the Engineering Report and Environmental Assessment are available for public review prior to the Public Meeting at each of the following locations: City Hall, 130 S McKinley Avenue, Fort Lupton CO The point of contact for the City of Fort Lupton is Roy Vestal, Public Works Director (303) 857-6694 Legal Notice No. FLP655 First Publication: July 7, 2022 Last Publication: July 7, 2022 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press

Metropolitan Districts Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THEORGANIZATION OF SPECIAL DISTRICT IN RE THE PROPOSED COTTONWOOD TOWNHOMES METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, CITY OF FORT LUPTON, COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to § 32-1-204(1), C.R.S., a service plan (the “Service Plan”) for the proposed Cottonwood Townhomes Metropolitan District (the “District”) has been filed with the City of Fort Lupton, Colorado (the “City”). The Service Plan is available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Fort Lupton City Council (the “City Council”) will hold a public hearing at 6:00 p.m. or soon thereafter, on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, 2022 at the City Hall located at 130 South McKinley Avenue to review the proposed Service Plan, and to form a basis for a resolution approving, disapproving, or conditionally approving such Service Plan.

This meeting will be conducted both remotely and in-person. Members of the public are invited to attend and may join in person or remotely by registering at: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/851983253.

The City Council may, in its own discretion, continue the hearing to a subsequent meeting.

The District is located entirely within the City limits of Fort Lupton, and includes property generally described as a parcel containing approximately 14.1 acres located at the northeast corner of 9th Street and College Avenue.

The District is proposed to be organized as a metropolitan district to undertake the planning, design, acquisition, construction, installation, relocation, redevelopment, financing, and limited operations and maintenance of the public improvements needed for the Cottonwood Townhomes development and will have the authority to impose mill levies for repayment of debt and for limited administrative, operation and maintenance purposes. For debt service, the maximum mill levy that may be imposed by the District upon taxable property within the District’s boundaries shall not

exceed 55.277 mills; however, this maximum shall not apply when the total amount of debt is equal to or less than fifty percent (50%) of a District’s assessed valuation if end users (as defined in the Service Plan) cast the majority of votes taken by the Board of Directors to impose a higher mill levy for the payment of debt. The maximum operation and maintenance mill levy that may be imposed by the District upon taxable property within the District’s boundaries shall not exceed 55.277 mills provided, however, that the combined mill levy for both debt service and operations and maintenance shall not exceed 70.000 mills. If the method of calculating assessed valuation is changed by law, the maximum mill levies may be increased or decreased to reflect such changes.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that any protests or objections to the proposed Service Plan must be submitted in writing to the City Council at or prior to the hearing, or any continuance or postponement thereof, in order to be considered.

All protests and objections to the Service Plan shall be deemed waived unless presented in writing at the time and manner specified above. Any person owning property in the proposed District may request that such property be excluded from the District prior to approval of the Service Plan and shall submit such request, in writing, to the City Manager no later than ten days prior to the public hearing.

BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT LUPTON. Legal Notice No. FLP656 First Publication: July 7, 2022 Last Publication: July 7, 2022 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE ORGANIZATION OF A SPECIAL DISTRICT IN RE THE PROPOSED VISTA MEADOWS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, CITY OF FORT LUPTON, COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to § 32-1-204(1), C.R.S., a service plan (the “Service Plan”) for the proposed Vista Meadows Metropolitan District (the “District”) has been filed with the City of Fort Lupton, Colorado (the “City”).

The Service Plan is available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Fort Lupton City Council (the “City Council”) will hold a public hearing at 6:00 p.m. or soon thereafter, on Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at the City Hall located at 130 South McKinley Avenue to review the proposed Service Plan, and to form a basis for a resolution approving, disapproving or conditionally approving such Service Plan. This meeting will be conducted both remotely and in-person.

Members of the public are invited to attend and may join in person or remotely by registering at: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/851983253.

The City Council may, in its own discretion, continue the hearing to a subsequent meeting.

The District is located entirely within the City limits of Fort Lupton, and includes property generally described as a parcel containing approximately 153 acres located at the southeast corner of Weld County Road 12 and Weld County Road 29.

The District is proposed to be organized as a metropolitan district to undertake the planning, design, acquisition, construction, installation, relocation, redevelopment, financing, and limited operations and maintenance of the public improvements needed for the Vista Meadows development and will have the authority to impose mill levies for repayment of debt and for limited administrative, operation and maintenance purposes. For debt service, the maximum mill levy that may be imposed by the District upon taxable property within the District’s boundaries shall not exceed 55.277 mills; however, this maximum shall not apply when the total amount of debt is equal to or less than fifty percent (50%) of a District’s assessed valuation if end users (as defined in the Service Plan) cast the majority of votes taken by the Board of Directors to impose a higher mill levy for the payment of debt. The maximum operation and maintenance mill levy that may be imposed by the District upon taxable property within the District’s boundaries shall not exceed 55.277 mills provided, however, that the combined mill levy for both debt service and operations and maintenance shall not exceed 70.000 mills. If the method of calculating assessed valuation is changed by law, the maximum mill levies may be increased or decreased to reflect such changes.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that any protests or objections to the proposed Service Plan must be submitted in writing to the City Council at or prior to the hearing, or any continuance or postponement thereof, in order to be considered.

All protests and objections to the Service Plan shall be deemed waived unless presented in writing at the time and manner specified above. Any person owning property in the proposed District may request that such property be excluded from the District prior to approval of the Service Plan and shall submit such request, in writing, to the City Manager no later than ten days prior to the public hearing.

BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT LUPTON. Legal Notice No. FLP653 First Publication: July 7, 2022

Last Publication: July 7, 2022 Publish in: Fort Lupton Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE ORGANIZATION OF SPECIAL DISTRICT IN RE THE PROPOSED COTTONWOOD CONNER METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, CITY OF FORT LUPTON, COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to § 32-1-204(1), C.R.S., a service plan (the “Service Plan”) for the proposed Cottonwood Conner Metropolitan District (the “District”) has been filed with the City of Fort Lupton, Colorado (the “City”). The Service Plan is available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Fort Lupton City Council (the “City Council”) will hold a public hearing at 6:00 p.m. or soon thereafter, on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, at the City Hall located at 130 South McKinley Avenue to review the proposed Service Plan, and to form a basis for a resolution approving, disapproving or conditionally approving such Service Plan. This meeting will be conducted both remotely and in-person.

Members of the public are invited to attend and may join in person or remotely by registering at: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/851983253.

The City Council may, in its own discretion, continue the hearing to a subsequent meeting.

The District is located entirely within the City limits of Fort Lupton, and includes property generally described as a parcel containing approximately 35.3 acres located at the northwest corner of Weld County Road 31 and 9th Street.

The District is proposed to be organized as a metropolitan district to undertake the planning, design, acquisition, construction, installation, relocation, redevelopment, financing, and limited operations and maintenance of the public improvements needed for the Cottonwood Conner development and will have the authority to impose mill levies for repayment of debt and for limited administrative, operation and maintenance purposes. For debt service, the maximum mill levy that may be imposed by the District upon taxable property within the District’s boundaries shall not exceed 55.277 mills; however, this maximum shall not apply when the total amount of debt is equal to or less than fifty percent (50%) of a District’s assessed valuation if end users (as defined in the Service Plan) cast the majority of votes taken by the Board of Directors to impose a higher mill levy for the payment of debt. The maximum operation and maintenance mill levy that may be imposed by the District upon taxable property within the District’s boundaries shall not exceed 55.277 mills provided, however, that the combined mill levy for both debt service and operations and maintenance shall not exceed 70.000 mills. If the method of calculating assessed valuation is changed by law, the maximum mill levies may be increased or decreased to reflect such changes.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that any protests or objections to the proposed Service Plan must be submitted in writing to the City Council at or prior to the hearing, or any continuance or postponement thereof, in order to be considered.

All protests and objections to the Service Plan shall be deemed waived unless presented in writing at the time and manner specified above. Any person owning property in the proposed District may request that such property be excluded from the District prior to approval of the Service Plan and shall submit such request, in writing, to the City Manager no later than ten days prior to the public hearing.

BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT LUPTON. Legal Notice No. FLP652 First Publication: Thursday, July 7, 2022 Last Publication: Thursday, July 7, 2022 Publish in: Fort Lupton Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE ORGANIZATION OF A SPECIAL DISTRICT IN RE THE PROPOSED VISTA MEADOWS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, CITY OF FORT LUPTON, COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to § 32-1-204(1), C.R.S., a service plan (the “Service Plan”) for the proposed Vista Meadows Metropolitan District (the “District”) has been filed with the City of Fort Lupton, Colorado (the “City”).

The Service Plan is available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Fort Lupton City Council (the “City Council”) will hold a public hearing at 6:00 p.m. or soon thereafter, on Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at the City Hall located at 130 South McKinley Avenue to review the proposed Service Plan, and to form a basis for a resolution approving, disapproving or conditionally approving such Service Plan. This meeting will be conducted both remotely and in-person.

Members of the public are invited to attend and may join in person or remotely by registering at: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/851983253.

The City Council may, in its own discretion, continue the hearing to a subsequent meeting.

The District is located entirely within the City limits of Fort Lupton, and includes property generally described as a parcel containing approximately 153 acres located at the southeast corner of Weld County Road 12 and Weld County Road 29.

The District is proposed to be organized as a metropolitan district to undertake the planning, design, acquisition, construction, installation, relocation, redevelopment, financing, and limited operations and maintenance of the public improvements needed for the Vista Meadows development and will have the authority to impose mill levies for repayment of debt and for limited administrative, operation and maintenance purposes. For debt service, the maximum mill levy that may be imposed by the District upon taxable property within the District’s boundaries shall not exceed 55.277 mills; however, this maximum shall not apply when the total amount of debt is equal to or less than fifty percent (50%) of a District’s assessed valuation if end users (as defined in the Service Plan) cast the majority of votes taken by the Board of Directors to impose a higher mill levy for the payment of debt. The maximum operation and maintenance mill levy that may be imposed by the District upon taxable property within the District’s boundaries shall not exceed 55.277 mills provided, however, that the combined mill levy for both debt service and operations and maintenance shall not exceed 70.000 mills. If the method of calculating assessed valuation is changed by law, the maximum mill levies may be increased or decreased to reflect such changes.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that any protests or objections to the proposed Service Plan must be submitted in writing to the City Council at or prior to the hearing, or any continuance or postponement thereof, in order to be considered.

All protests and objections to the Service Plan shall be deemed waived unless presented in writing at the time and manner specified above. Any person owning property in the proposed District may request that such property be excluded from the District prior to approval of the Service Plan and shall submit such request, in writing, to the City Manager no later than ten days prior to the public hearing.

BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT LUPTON. Legal Notice No. FLP654 First Publication: July 7, 2022 Last Publication: July 7, 2022 Publish in: Fort Lupton Press

This is an action to quiet title to the following described real property:

A parcel of land located in the Northeast ¼ of Section 33, Township 1 North, Range 68 West of the 6th P.M., County of Weld, State of Colorado, described as follows:

Considering the West line of the North ½ of the Northeast ¼ of said Section 33 to bear South 00°30’26” East, being monumented on the North end by a 2 ½” pipe with 3 ¼” aluminum cap, PLS 4846, and on the South end by a ¾” rebar with 2 ½” aluminum cap, PLS 37971, and with all bearings contained herein relative thereto;

Beginning at the North ¼ corner of said Section 33; thence South 00°30’26” East, coincident with the West line of the North ½ of the Northeast ¼ of said section 33, a distance of 1303.10 feet to the Northwest corner of that parcel of land described in Quiet Title order recorded July 7, 2009 as Reception No. 7421046 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder for Weld County, Colorado; thence North 89°36’34” East, coincident with the North line of said parcel, a distance of 122.63 feet to the Northeast corner of said parcel; thence North 01°14’34” West, a distance of 1304.23 feet to the North line of the Northeast ¼ of said Section 33; thence South 89°04’29” West, coincident with said North line, a distance of 105.89 feet to the True Point of Beginning. County of Weld, State of Colorado.

Karsh Gabler Call PC /s/ Ivan M. Call Ivan M. Call, 30178

Attorney for Plaintiff Legal Notice No. FLP651 First Publication: June 30, 2022 Last Publication: July 28, 2022 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 901 9th Avenue Greeley, CO 80631

IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN OPERATIONS FOR THE NIOBRARA FORMATION, WATTENBERG FIELD, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO CAUSE NO. 1 DOCKET NO. 220500095 TYPE: GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE NOTICE OF HEARING

Case No.: 2021CV30645 Plaintiff: PATRICK M. GROOM and KENT A. NAUGHTON as Successor Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Anna Mae Sieg, Deceased v.

Defendants: JOHN R. LEFEBVRE, Jr., solely in his official capacity as WELD COUNTY TREASURER; BRENDA DONES, solely in her official capacity as WELD COUNTY ASSESSOR; BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO; UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY; PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO; COMMUNITY DITCH AND RESERVOIR COMPANY; UNITED POWER, INC. f/k/a UNION RURAL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC.; WESTERN SLOPE GAS COMPANY; COORS ENERGY COMPANY; FRONT RANGE LANDFILL, INC. f/k/a SANIFILL OF COLORADO, INC.; and ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO MAY CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION Attorney for Plaintiff Karsh Gabler Call PC Ivan M. Call, #30178 Fred Gabler, #8978 1658 Cole Blvd, Bldg. 6, Suite G10 Lakewood, CO 80401 Phone: 303.759.9669 E-mail: icall@karshgabler.com fgabler@karshgabler.com

H&A Mineral Holdings, LLC (“H&A”) and South Weld Holdings, LLC (“South Weld”) (“Applicants”) filed an Application with the Commission pursuant to Rule 503.g.(10) for an order to deny nine Form 2, Applications for Permit to Drill (Form 2) for nine horizontal wells, filed by Verdad Resources LLC (Operator No. 10651) (“Verdad”), to be drilled from an existing location in a drilling and spacing unit established by Order No. 407-2473, on lands identified below. This Notice was sent to you because the Applicant believes you may own oil or gas (“mineral”) interests within the unit.

APPLICATION LANDS Township 1 North, Range 65 West, 6th P.M. Section 29: S½ Section 32: All

DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION OF HEARING (Subject to change) The assigned Hearing Officer will hold a hearing only on the above referenced docket number at the following date, time, and location:

Date: August 3, 2022 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Place: Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission The Chancery Building 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 801 Denver, CO 80203 PETITIONS DEADLINE FOR PETITIONS BY AFFECTED PERSONS: July 5, 2022

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: COMMUNITY DITCH AND RESERVOIR COMPANY 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. You are required to file your answer or other response within thirty-five (35) days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication.

A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within thirty-five (35) days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the complaint without further notice.

Any interested party who wishes to participateA formally must file a written petition with the Com-a mission no later than the deadline provided above.d Please see Commission Rule 507 at https://c cogcc.state.co.us, under “Regulation,” then selectp “Rules.” Please note that, under Commission Rule 510.l, the deadline for petitions may only be continued for good cause, even if the hearing isF continued beyond the date that is stated above.p Pursuant to Commission Rule 507, if you do notY file a proper petition, the Hearing Officer will notn know that you wish to formally participate in this matter and the date and time of the hearing mayI change without additional notice to you. PartiesA wishing to file a petition must register online at t https://oitco.hylandcloud.com/DNRCOGExterna-p lAccess/Account/Login.aspx and select “RequestH Access to Site.” Please refer to our “eFiling Usersa Guidebook” at http://cogcc/documents/reg/Hearings/External_O Efiling_System_Handbook_December_2021_Fi-C nal.pdf for more information. Under CommissionS Rule 508, if no petition is filed, the Application may be approved administratively without aB formal hearing.

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Dated: May 24, 2022 H&A Mineral Holdings, LLC South Weld Holdings, LLC c/o Steven Louis-Prescott Morgan L. Simpson Hamre, Rodriguez, Ostrander, & Dingess, P.C. 3600 S. Yosemite Street, Suite 500 Denver, CO 80211 303-779-0200 sprescott@hrodlaw.com msimpson@hrodlaw.com

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Legal Notice No. FLP645 First Publication: June 16, 2022 Last Publication: July 14, 2022 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

Coors Energy Company (PO Box 4030, Golden, CO 80402) has filed an application for a Phase I bond release work completed at the Keenesburg Mine with the Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety (DRMS, permit C-1981-028,

By: Mimi C. Larsen, Commission Secretary

PUBLIC NOTICE

approved November 3, 1981). The Phase I bond release application requests release of bond and liability for successfully completing backfilling and grading in Areas 35 through 38 and 42 through 45 within the mine site. Backfilling and grading in these areas took place in 2019 – 2020 and has been shown to meet the approved post-mining topography for the site. Phase I bond release is sought for approximately 102 acres at the site. The current bond is a corporate surety of $1,201,563.00 prior to the proposed release and the amount requested for release is $574,531.00.

The areas proposed are located within Section 25, Township 3 North, Range 64 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Weld County, CO. Coors Energy Company is the surface owner of the property for which bond release in being requested. The permit area is located 7 miles north of Keenesburg, CO and is accessed by Weld County Road 59. A copy of the bond release application is available for public review at the Weld County Clerk and Recorder’s Office (1402 N 17th Ave, Greeley, CO 80631), the Keenesburg Town Hall, and at the DRMS (1313 Sherman St, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203). In accordance with Rule 3.03.2(3) any

person with a valid legal interest which might be adversely affected by release of the bond, or any federal, state, or local governmental agency with jurisdiction over regulated activities at the mine shall have the right to file written objections to or comments upon the requested release and/or file a request for an informal conference with the DRMS within thirty (30) days of the last publication of this notice, or within thirty (30) days of the completed bond release inspection to be conducted by the DRMS whichever is later. All comments, objections, and requests must be submitted in writing to the DRMS at 1001 E 62nd Ave, Room 215, Denver, CO 80216.

Legal Notice No. FLP647 First Publication: June 23, 2022 Last Publication: July 14, 2022 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Clifford James Haffner, a/k/a Clifford J. Haffner, a/k/a Clifford Haffner, Deceased Case Number: 2022PR30319 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Weld County, Colorado on or before November 7, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ellen Toomey-Hale Attorney for Bryan Haffner, Personal Representative Hale Law Office, LLC PO Box 1008 Platteville, CO 80651 303-907-7598 Legal Notice No. FLP657 First Publication: July 7, 2022 Last Publication: July 21, 2022 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press

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