A new residential development of 190 condo units and 80 townhome units will be coming to the City of Lone Tree, despite some concerns about its proximity to Centennial Airport and the Federal Aviation Administration’s opposition.
e development will be located east of Interstate 25 near the southeast corner of the intersection of RidgeGate Parkway and Lyric Street.
Construction is already happening in the area as part of the RidgeGate East development, which is south of Lincoln Avenue and east of I-25. Planned development includes a city center, commercial districts, a regional park and three residential villages.
One of the residential villages is the Southwest Village, which is also referred to as Lyric. e condominium and townhome units will be within this area, according to a city sta report.
e currently undeveloped land will consist of 19 condo buildings, with 10 units in each building, as well as 20 townhome buildings with four units in each.
e developer of the combined 270 dwelling units is Lokal Homes. According to the developer’s website, building will begin around the summer of 2024, with the goal of the townhomes and condos being ready for residents to move in starting in early 2025.
FAA strongly opposed development
e townhomes and condos will be located southwest of Centennial Airport, prompting concerns from both the airport and the Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, about potential impacts for future residents.
In a letter sent April 24, the FAA said it “strongly opposes” the development because of its close proximity to Centennial Airport.
e FAA said the northern boundary of the development is less than 2.5 miles from the end of one of the airport’s runways.
“ is means residents of the proposed development will be subject to ongoing aircraft noise and over ights of aircraft at low altitudes as aircraft approach and depart the airport, including training tra c using Runway 17R/35L,” the FAA said.
e FAA noted that the City of Lone Tree is a member of the Centennial Airport Community Noise Roundtable.
For months, residents have been attending the noise roundtable meetings to raise concerns about increased aircraft tra c, noise and lead pollution impacting the community, speci cally those living north of Arapahoe Road. A group of residents even created an organization to pursue legal action.
“To prevent further con ict, it would seem in the city’s best interest to protect the welfare of its citizens by restricting residential development in Centennial Airport’s approach and departure areas,” the FAA said.
e development is in-line with the ight path established by the FAA-owned “instrument landing system” for one of Centennial Airport’s runways, the FAA said.
An instrument landing system is a ground-based instrument approach system that helps a pilot approach and land safely on a runway during times of poor visibility. e FAA said many pilots use this approach, resulting in it being “one of the more popular and busy ight paths” into the airport.
In an April 26 letter, Centennial
Airport also said it has concerns about having a high-density residential development directly under the instrument landing system approach.
e airport warned that this approach will see over ights at all hours of the day regardless of weather conditions.
Centennial Airport said the development is within the bu er zone of the “airport in uence area,” and that no new residential or noisesensitive developments are recommended in the bu er zone.
“We feel that it is imperative that future homeowners be made aware of this prior to the purchase of a home through both the avigation easement … license and over ight disclosures,” the airport said.
In response to the concerns, a Lone Tree city sta report said there will be numerous notices to future residents of the potential impacts of purchasing property near the airport.
For example, the report said a note has been added to the development’s site improvement plan putting future owners and occupants on notice that the property is subject to a recorded “avigation notice.”
e avigation notice is a document recorded against the property, so it will be included in any future title work associated with any trans-
In an e ort to increase a ordable housing, the Lone Tree City Council unanimously agreed to opt-in to Proposition 123 with the intention of working collaboratively with Douglas County partners.
Proposition 123, a ballot measure Colorado voters approved in November 2022, authorizes the state to retain money from existing state tax revenue to support a ordable housing investment, according to the Colorado A ordable Housing Financing Fund.
e 2023 funding total is estimated to be $135 million, according to a Lone Tree sta report.
During an August city council meeting, Kelly First, Lone Tree’s
community development director, said the projects and activities that can be eligible to receive funding include land banking, a ordable homeownership and homelessness
support.
To be eligible to access these funds, local governments have to opt-in and commit to increasing their a ordable housing stock by 3% each year for a total of 9% over three years, per a city sta presentation.
ey also have to create a “fasttrack” development process.
As reported by e Colorado Sun, some municipalities have expressed apprehension about opting in because of the annual 3% increase requirement, saying the baseline number is too high.
e City of Lone Tree, however, is taking a regional approach to achieve this requirement by working collaboratively with the Douglas County Housing Partnership and partner jurisdictions.
e housing partnership is a
multi-jurisdictional housing authority that was formed in 2003, according to its website. It has gotten nancial support from Lone Tree, Castle Rock, Parker, Castle Pines and Douglas County.
With this regional approach, Lone Tree can work with partner jurisdictions to achieve the threeyear commitment using countywide unit counts, according to the sta report.
“ is is advantageous because the ‘baseline’ from which to calculate the increase in units would be spread out over the entire county,” the report said.
Using this regional approach, Douglas County would be expected to have a total baseline of 11,334
Douglas County students scored higher on the Colorado Measures of Academic Success tests last year than most others in the state and earned higher scores than before the pandemic.
The 2023 CMAS scores show 61.6% of Douglas County School District students met or exceeded expectations in English language arts, and 50.7% of students met or exceeded expectations in math.
Douglas County’s scores are well above the state average of 43.7% of students meeting or exceeding expectations in English language arts and 32.9% doing so in math. e district also did better than surrounding districts, including Cherry Creek School District, Denver Public Schools and Je Co School District.
Superintendent Erin Kane said the district is incredibly proud of the students and sta for achieving these results.
“Our educators in our district absolutely killed it,” Kane said. “We are so proud of our kids, who worked really hard.”
Compared to other school districts, Douglas County students had the fth highest English language arts performance and the sixth highest math performance in the state.
e district’s Learning Services
O cer Matt Reynolds said it’s exciting to see the prioritization of improving literacy pay o in the scores.
“Our academic growth, based on
academic peers, is continuing to grow” Reynolds said.
At a district level, scores showed some gaps exist. Students who qualify for free or reduced lunch had lower performance levels than other students, with 33% meeting or exceeding expectations in English and 21% doing so in math.
Similarly, 20% of students in special education met or exceeded expectations in English and 16% did so in math.
White, Asian and mixed race students received higher scores in English and math than students who are Native, Hispanic, Black or Paci c Islander.
Overall test scores this year were higher than previous years, which Reynolds said shows students have recovered learning loss experienced during the pandemic.
“It’s an anomaly that we have kept that progress from pre-2020 to post2020, which is a huge celebration,” he said.
School board directors said they were delighted with the results of this year’s testing and grateful for the work that has gone into maintaining high scores.
“Congratulations to our entire system, this really is amazing news,” board member Susan Meek said.
School board President Mike Peterson and member David Ray also tied the results to the district’s ask for a $66 million mill levy override, which would go to increasing sta pay.
“Sustaining this amount of incredible success will be near impossible if we can’t attract and retain the sta that we have that made this possible,” Peterson said.
Douglas County offices will be closed Monday, Sept. 4, in observance of Labor Day.
Many services are available at DoItOnlineDouglas.com
Funds are available to provide emergency assistance to Veterans struggling with housing, transportation, employment, health care or other immediate needs. The Douglas County Veterans Service Office is ready to help. Visit DouglasVeterans.org to learn more.
Douglas County Master Gardeners provide useful information to help your gardening efforts all year long via the “Virtual Helpdesk.” Questions are answered by email seven days a week. Email your gardening questions today to dcmgardenr@gmail.com
Whether you have branches, pine needles or grass clippings, there’s a place to dispose of them for free in Douglas County. Douglas County’s Slash-Mulch and Green Yard Waste site is open to residents every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 1400 Caprice Drive in Castle Rock. Visit douglas.co.us and search Slash for more information.
Douglas County Libraries Board of Trustees rejected a request to remove four LGBTQ+ books from library shelves.
Highlands Ranch resident Aaron Wood, founder of conservative Christian group Freedom Fathers, appealed to the library to remove or add a warning label to the books
“All Boys Aren’t Blue,” “ is Book is Gay,” “Jack of Hearts,” and “ e Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish.”
Wood’s appeal says the books promote the “destructive homosexual lifestyle” and are obscene and un t for children or young adult readers.
At the Aug. 23 board meeting, trustees unanimously voted that the library had followed its appeals process and would not be removing the books or adding labels to them.
e decision follows many months of contentious meetings where commenters would debate book bans, obscenity and the impact of representation for the LGBTQ+ community.
On Aug. 23, an overwhelming majority of commenters opposed removing books from the library catalogue and after the vote, many stood and cheered. Jessica Fredrickson, a former Douglas County librarian and
Highlands Ranch resident Aaron Wood, founder of conservative Christian group Freedom Fathers, asks Douglas County Libraries to remove or add a warning label to four LGBTQ+ books at the Aug. 23 meeting at the Parker Library. Wood claimed the books are obscene and promote a “destructive homosexual lifestyle.”
member of Douglas County Freadom Defenders, brought a petition to support keeping the books on the shelves with over 1,400 signatures.
“I’m pleased that the board upheld the library directors’ decision,” Fredrickson said after the vote. “We saw people of all political a iations tonight say this isn’t a left or right issue, this is an American issue and we don’t ban books in America.”
Wood told Colorado Commu-
nity Media that he thinks the board followed their policies and made a “principled and just” decision, but he takes issue with the policies currently in place. Wood said the library policies should address how and why material is purchased, as well as develop standards.
“ e library board did not address the material in question as to whether or not it was appropriate for children or for the library to have purchased,” Wood said. “I do plan on reviewing and potentially appealing more material, but a study of library policy and procedures must happen in tandem with this.”
Around a dozen commenters supported removing the books or restricting them to patrons over 18, calling them pornographic or offensive.
“We call upon the library administration to exercise due diligence when curating the collection, ensuring the materials for our grandchildren are age-appropriate and in alignment with values we hold dear,” said Linda White, a Douglas County resident and founder of Grandparents for Kids. “We cannot overlook that explicit and obscene content can have a detrimental impact on our kids’ development.”
Douglas County Libraries Executive Director Bob Pasicznyuk said library policy requires material to be selected impartially and prohibits discrimination in material selections based on race, faith, sexuality or gender.
Pasicznyuk, who reviewed Wood’s appeals and rejected them, said removing them based on their LGBTQ+ content would be illegal and against policy. He also rejected the suggestion to label the books because the content is “self-explanatory.”
“Our library doesn’t endorse or
advocate for positions, messages or moral choices for any of these books, customers and families make those decisions about what is right for them,” he said.
Douglas County Libraries o ers a restricted children’s library card that allows parents to limit the books their children can check out to the library’s youth collection. Pasicznyuk said 30 families have signed up for the restricted card.
Relocating the books was not an option because Pasicznyuk said the books are already in the proper sections. “All Boys Aren’t Blue” and “ is Book is Gay” are young adult non- ction and are shelved in the non- ction section, which contains both adult and young adult nonction. “Jack of Hearts” is an ebook and “ e Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish” is in the children’s section with other singalong books.
Pasicznyuk said that the books under appeal are all extremely popular and demand is the highest priority for selecting material.
“I couldn’t get my hands on them because they’re all on hold,” he said. e popularity of the books was reiterated in public comment, with several people sharing their positive experiences reading them.
Danny McCorkle, a Parker resident, said reading “All Boys Aren’t Blue” and “ is Book is Gay,” among other LGBTQ+ literature, helped him feel represented and not alone.
“If these books aren’t open to the community like your books are, we are not seen and we are not heard,” McCorkle said, tearing up. “Do not tell me that I can’t read what I’d like to.”
ough the board rejected the appeals, some trustees expressed a desire to review the policy for selecting materials in the future.
Cherry Hills Christian School is implementing more security practices for their student’s protection this school year by including their rst School Resource O cer, Deputy Dan Coyle.
Deputy Coyle has been with the Douglas County Sheri ’s O ce since 2007 and has spent most of his career as a school resource o cer, previously at Valor Christian High School and is also one of the Explorer Post Advisors.
With over 800 students from preschool to 8th grade, Cherry Hills Christian is a large school.
In addition to the school’s security o cer, the school wanted to include a school resource o cer knowing that they could bring extra security, mentorship and education to students and sta .
“ e sta at this school is wonderful and have welcomed me with open arms,” said Coyle. “I could not be any happier than to be a member of their CHS Lions School Community.”
Kati Melton, the head of school at Cherry Hills Christian, said he is willing to jump in and do whatever is needed.
“We have a multi-layered approach to safety and security,” said Melton. “And this is just one more added layer to that.”
By having a school resource o cer, Melton said they are partnering with the sheri ’s o ce to ensure quick responses, help with threat assessments and stay proactive.
Deputy Coyle also serves as a resource for parents. ey will be starting a program called Lions Watch where they will invite family members to the campus and Coyle will be able to train them on the school’s standard response protocols.
“We’re so grateful to have Deputy Dan on our team,” said Melton.
More about school resource o cers
All of the school resource o cers are members of the National Association of School Resource O cers and Colorado Association of School Resource O cers.
Lt. Robert Rotherham, who supervises the sheri ’s o ces’ school
resource o cers and Juvenile Unit, said this school year, there are 23 school resource o cer practitioners, who are the trainers and mentors for the sheri ’s o ce due to their knowledge and experience.
Among di ering topics, all resource o cers are certi ed to teach the Y.E.S.S. Program in their schools. e Y.E.S.S. program, which stands for Youth Education and Safety in Schools, is a collaborative e ort between schools and law enforcement
to educate students on digital safety, relationships and substance abuse.
e Douglas County Sheri ’s Ofce has implemented a Youth Crisis Response Team for the schools, which pairs a deputy with a clinician to respond to welfare checks, mental health calls, non-criminal substance abuse calls and suicidal subjects in all schools.
e School Resource O cer Unit in Douglas County maintains several pro cient eld training o cers who train any new resource o cers. “ ey work in partnership with the school district administration completing threat assessments and developing safety plans for students in their schools,” said Rotherham. e resource o cers also work with school security and sta to conduct bi-annual SRP lockdown drills in the schools utilizing the “I Love You Guys Foundation” model and include the school’s security personnel in annual active shooter training with the o cers. is past school year, the resource o cers handled over 2.000 calls for service in the schools, said Rotherman.
A shield of rainbow umbrellas will greet attendees at the Douglas County PrideFest that was held on Aug. 26 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds in an e ort to create a barrier between the event and expected protestors.
Parasol Patrol, a group of volunteers who attend LGBTQ+ events to act as a bu er, is partnering with Castle Rock Pride, the nonpro t which puts on PrideFest, to o er a safe welcome to the event. ere will be a designated area at the fairgrounds for protesting.
ough Parasol Patrol is not security, co-founder Pasha Ripley said volunteers help distract attendees from protestors, o ering conversation and noise canceling headphones, and providing a “wall of love.”
“Our highest compliment is when parents come back later and say ‘our kids didn’t even know there were protestors,’” Ripley said. “We don’t try to be louder than the protestors, we just try to engage with the kids.”
e Douglas County PrideFest has faced months of attacks in public comments at county commissioners and town council meetings, with some trying to cancel the event, deny its liquor license and add an
more vitriolic this year and have grown in number.
Organizers have increased security to host a safe event for all attendees.
Castle Rock Pride will have its own security and is partnering with the Douglas County Sheri ’s O ce to patrol the event.
Pride’s chief of security Michael Clarkson said the focus will be on encouraging a secure and fun event.
Clarkson added that though protes-
ing to be de-escalation.”
Attendees will be asked to follow a code of conduct, which includes being kind to one another, not using hateful or violent language and not allowing nudity or partial nudity.
Clarkson said anyone who doesn’t follow the code of conduct will be asked to leave or go to the protest area.
show up to protest go to the protest may be against our cause, as long as they maintain peaceful interaction, they’re welcome,” he said. “ is is an event about love.”
Clarkson said he wants all attendees to embrace and feel the theme of the event, which is “You Belong Here.”
e event was held after press deadline. For updated coverage, visit www.douglascountynewspress.net.
Public commenters at Douglas County School Board meetings will be limited to one comment per meeting going forward.
On Aug. 22, school board members unanimously approved a change to the public comment policy that restricts commenters to one comment per meeting because of concerns that some would stack comment periods by speaking on behalf others and extending their time.
e change will be in e ect at the next meeting.
“We would get this daisy chaining of comments, which I thought was not a ording everyone the equal opportunity to speak based on the number of speakers there,” Board President Mike Peterson said of last year’s meetings.
ough the board discussed eliminating anonymous public comments as well, they ultimately decided not to and will continue to allow anonymous comments and comments on behalf of other named individuals.
Not all members supported restricting comments to named
people and public commenters asked the board to continue allowing them.
“Many sta members recall a time in this district when speaking out against the board put a target on their back,” Patty Anderson, a Douglas County parent, said. “While I have not heard of any incidents recently, in order to provide you with the most honest feedback, it is imperative we allow anonymous comments to be read.”
Peterson and Christy Williams, who initially suggested getting rid of anonymous comments, were amenable to keeping them, stating their concerns centered on people stringing comments to get a longer speaking time.
“If someone wants to deliver a comment for someone else, feel free to do so, but you’re not going to deliver a comment for you and someone else and deliver a comment for a group, just to prevent the chaining,” Peterson said.
e board also removed language from the policy that said public commenters had to state their city or town of residence because they hadn’t been requiring speakers to do so and didn’t feel it was necessary.
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In a tumultuous meeting, two of Douglas County’s elected leaders voted to censure — or formally disapprove of — their colleague in response to what one of the leaders has called public shaming of county volunteers with inaccurate information.
James Smith, the chair of a volunteer board that advises the county on how arts and culture funding should be spent, spoke at an Aug. 22 meeting in favor of censuring Commissioner Lora omas.
“Numerous stakeholders, including six of our eight councilmembers, have reached out to me personally to convey their disappointment and express their fear of retaliation from our elected o cials,” Smith, the chair of the Douglas County Cultural Council, said during the county commissioners meeting.
omas in her email newsletter had criticized the council’s actions, pushing the group to support spending a part of its funding in Douglas County.
Laydon said it’s not a problem for commissioners to ask questions about public funds but that it can be done respectfully, saying omas has spread misinformation.
Commissioner George Teal and Laydon’s move to censure omas comes as the latest in a long string of two-to-one con icts among the three Douglas County leaders.
Laydon and Teal had voiced support for censuring omas in April 2021 but decided not to formally vote in favor of censure at the time. “ ey have taken every possible opportunity to marginalize me, the senior commissioner, for two and a half years,” omas said, calling her colleagues “bullies.”
After listening through the criticism, omas said she had a presentation she wanted to play.
Teal and Laydon did not allow that, with Laydon telling the meeting room to remain in order after omas’ husband had apparently shouted out in objection to the discussion. omas played some type of audio, apparently from her phone, and Laydon asked her to turn it o .
Following the meeting, omas
released the video on X, formerly known as Twitter, where clips of Laydon and Teal calling her names such as “cancer” and “tumor” were heard from prior meetings. Clips also showed the two majority commissioners questioning her ethics and integrity on multiple occasions, which omas said is disrespectful to her.
When she was not allowed to play the video, omas read a statement instead.
“I have always looked you in the eye and directly shared with you the unvarnished truth,” omas said. She added that the censure “does not a ect my status, my salary, my ability to vote on matters of importance to (people in) Douglas County.”
omas’ husband still spoke further during later comments from Laydon. Laydon banged a gavel and threatened to have him ejected from the room.
Teal oated the censure of omas at an Aug. 15 meeting of county o cials, and Laydon supported it.
Teal at the Aug. 22 meeting said the censure is already in place based on that earlier decision.
“ e question is what will be preserved in the record,” Teal said. Based on omas’ criticism of the cultural council in “a tone meant to negatively represent the cultural council’s work,” Laydon and Teal voted to censure omas for
“behavior contrary to the Douglas County commissioner code of conduct” and “conduct detrimental to Douglas County,” according to Teal’s reading of the censure resolution.
Laydon said omas is “incredibly
capable.”
“She’s punctual, she’s very smart, she’s committed to the community,” Laydon said. “But this behavior of shaming volunteers with misinformation cannot stand, and so I will be supporting this censure.”
Eye on cultural council e dispute about the cultural council — a body that works with the Denver-area arts funding district — is among a few points of contention for the county commissioners in recent weeks.
e Scienti c and Cultural Facilities District is a government body that includes seven counties in the Denver metro area. One penny on every $10 in sales and use tax collected goes to the district to fund organizations that provide arts or science programs, the district’s website says.
e metro area’s largest cultural organizations — such as the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and the Denver Zoo — receive speci c
amounts of funding.
But counties also make decisions about how the tax revenue is spent. Each county receives a share of the tax collected, and county cultural councils review applications from organizations and make recommendations on their county’s funding priorities, the district’s website says.
ose recommendations are then reviewed and approved by the county commissioners or city council and the SCFD board of directors, the website says.
omas’ email newsletter took issue with the actions of the Douglas County Cultural Council.
“ is year there was more funding available for distribution than there were requests, but (Douglas County) commissioners did not learn about this windfall until after the council had made recommendations,” omas wrote in an Aug. 6 newsletter.
Organizations outside of Douglas County that can prove that they provide services to county residents are eligible for funding, according to omas’ newsletter.
But “I felt strongly that after all of the requests for funding had been ful lled, that the Cultural Council should disperse the additional (money) only to organizations located in Douglas County,” omas wrote. omas’ newsletter initially stated there was an additional $500,000 in
funding. Another newsletter later put the number at $85,000. e correct number is $88,000, according to county sta .
“Laydon agreed with me, and the commissioners sent an email to the cultural council requesting that it meet to reconsider its recommendations and only provide the windfall funds to Douglas County-based organizations,” omas continued.
e cultural council recently met, and the request to keep the dollars in Douglas County failed on a 5-2 vote, according to omas’ newsletter.
omas’ newsletter criticized the decision and said: “I would like to give credit and applaud the courage of Cultural Council members Ann Speer and Sid Simonson who voted in the minority to respect Douglas County taxpayers and organizations.”
e newsletter then included a link that read: “Click here for a roster of the cultural council members.” It led to a page on the county’s website that describes the cultural council and lists its members.
“I call it doxing,” Laydon said at the Aug. 8 meeting of commissioners and other county o cials.
e Merriam-Webster website de nes “doxing” as “to publicly identify or publish private information about (someone) especially as a form of punishment or revenge.”
But whatever a person calls it, “I don’t think that’s productive, and I don’t think that’s respectful,” Laydon said.
omas responded that she shared the names of two individuals who voted on the cultural council for the distributions to be “done the way you and I had requested.” She added that the link to all the board members’ names is public information on the county’s website.
omas at the Aug. 22 meeting said: “I did not post anybody’s picture or name in a public place.”
But one of omas’ newsletters included what appears to be a screenshot of a videoconferencing meeting that includes video-feed images of members of the cultural council and their names.
omas argued that when people get involved in government and have input on public spending, the public has the right to information.
‘Stand behind decision’
Smith, the recent Douglas County Cultural Council chair, wrote in a document sent to the county that the cultural council’s funding
should focus on impact to residents.
“ e Scienti c and Cultural Facilities District’s primary goal is to ‘bring arts, culture, and scienti c experiences within reach for every resident,’” the document said. “ e residents of Douglas County are our primary stakeholders, and decisions should re ect their interests, not the interests of a handful of organizations that have a home o ce in Douglas County.”
Actions including “public shaming” by omas have “diminished the council’s morale,” Smith wrote in a letter o ering to step down after omas had criticized the group. Ultimately, Laydon expressed satisfaction with the council’s process.
“My concern was ensuring that Douglas County citizens were served, and they made it clear that they included that in their rubric,” Laydon said during the Aug. 15 meeting. “It’s just like our rodeo; we have out-of-state performers that come to our rodeo, and they are athletes that are nationally ranked, (but) they are serving Douglas County citizens.”
In the end, the county commissioners voted 3-0 to certify the funding as recommended by the cultural council, according to county sta . Other members of the cultural council defended their actions at the Aug. 22 meeting, with one saying: “We stand behind our decision as one that was thoughtfully considered and we believe that is the best interest for Douglas County.”
Laydon also took issue with what he described as omas “trying to shame” members of the Douglas County Community Foundation, a nonpro t that is building up a “relief fund” that can help take care of people during natural disasters or other emergencies.
“ e Douglas County Community Foundation will be asking the commissioners for $200 Grand-that’s right!! $200,000...to be used as matching funds for its annual September fundraising gala. Boy, $400 GRAND--that sounds like SOME KINDA ‘EVENT!’” a July newsletter from omas said.
Laydon said omas misrepresented the information.
“Zero of the funds that the county is providing to the community foundation is being used for the gala but, rather, they’re doubling the money that’s being invested by the county
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Each year, especially as I age, fall has continually been my favorite season. I know some would argue spring is the best with new blooms and colors popping up. It’s especially true in a state like Colorado where the mountains and elds are better than a painting. However, fall is also about starting new. I love the prospects and traditions that come with the fall season.
football. It’s still the purest form of the sport and it’s one that truly can bring a community together in support of the local team going for state. In our own south metro area, there’s some talk that Cherry Creek has the goods. We will have to wait and see.
Besides high school football — I also love Sundays in the fall. I will watch the NFL all day. I am a Dallas fan who watched the Cowboys build a dynasty in my high school days. As an adult, after two decades, I am clear that that team is who it is, and it is not about winning.
Anyone who knows me will not be shocked to know that one of my favorite parts of fall is Friday night lights. Some know my journalism career started in a high school classroom when the instructor asked the room if anyone understood how football worked. I raised my hand.
at moment of raising my hand led to what can only be described as shaping who I am today. I had always liked writing, but it was on those elds every Friday night that I realized my true love for writing.
I started covering as much football as I could in high school, in college, and at the start of my professional career. To this day, I am still in contact with, or keep up with, some of the players I covered in those days.
e relationships I formed in those years covering the gridiron are some of the most treasured in my life and hold a special place in my heart forever.
As I grew as a journalist, I eventually began covering politics, investigative news and corruption. While similar to sports — not always as treasured. Eventually, I moved into management, which meant very little sports coverage.
Today, I still love high school
Cowboys aside — I love the game of football. e strategy, the competition and, again, the fact that it is a tradition in this country — a tradition that brings so many together at stadiums, at family dinners, and spurring so many of the traditions in my family that I love.
Fall is also the start of the new school year. My three children recently started their journeys into new grades. My daughter is now a senior. Wrapping my head around the fact that she is a senior and has turned 18 is still tough.
When my fth-grade son came in the rst week of school saying he had the “most amazing day,” it was a special moment that we only get at the start of the new school year.
I wish I could say my stubborn second-grader had the same approach — but he’s a bit more de ant and has made it clear he’s smart enough and is only going to school because I make him. Still, a good memory to have at the start of a new school year.
From new football seasons for teams across the county to the new school year and adventures for families — fall is when it all happens.
elma Grimes is the south metro editor for Colorado Community Media.
DeSantis ... yuck
ank you, elma Grimes, for your great editorial to Trump supporters about the upcoming 2024 presidential election. Although I have seldom ever been a Republican, I wanted to make sure that Ron DeSantis was accurately portrayed in this newspaper, given that he is frequently mentioned as a Trump alternative. Few people recognize how dangerous DeSantis is:
I go to Florida every few months to see an elderly stepmother. I have been watching DeSantis for some time now. I recently returned from Florida with a daily newspaper full of Ron DeSantis and his dirty tricks: 1 — He had recently red a compassionate DA who had worked on a program to decrease recidivism for youth o enders. Because of that, and despite the fact that Ms. Worrell was elected by her constituents, DeSantis red her and appointed one of his fanatic friends as DA. is is the
second time he has arbitrarily overridden citizens’ votes for o ce holders. 2 — Disney World, long subjected to bullying by DeSantis because they chose to support their gay workers, nally led suit for all of the dirty tricks DeSantis had pulled on them. 3 — DeSantis has wiped out real African American history taught in Florida and replaced it with one that teaches that “slaves were taught skills that bene tted their lives in slavery,” etc. 4 — e Florida school libraries have been wiped out due to what DeSantis feels are “sexual books for children.” (Oh, wait! Some want to do that here!) 5 — School boards have been lled with fanatic people who want religion to run their politics, (Oh, wait! at happened here!) 6 — Florida real estate moguls have had backing from DeSantis to push up real estate values to the point that ordinary citizens cannot nd hous-
ing — and on, and on, and on... It’s a huge mess there in Florida, thanks to their “Ron.” He is just as, if not more, incapable of running a country as Trump was.
In the same newspaper, I see that a local Mr. Wood wants to bully all parents to not decide what their child can and cannot do by pulling books from Douglas County library shelves. Be careful, people! It’s beginning again, and the few will eventually bully the rest of us.
Financial follies
I’m not a nancial genius, but I do have a family member who believes he is.
After all, this relative proudly displays a framed, oversized college diploma showing he earned a nance degree. Yet now in his xed-income years, he regularly runs out of funds each month. As I learned to say with a sarcastic twinge in the South, “Bless his heart …”
I’d like to say the same to Papa Joe, who has announced repeatedly for a few months the nancial claim that he is the rst president in the history of the country to reduce the debt by $1.7 trillion. Sure, if you count the COVID relief funds expiring. But someone needs to explain to Joe that annual budget de cits are not the same as national debt. Since his tenure in o ce, well over $4 trillion has been added to the federal de cit.
I feel like Joe is pulling the same sleight-of-hand as I tell my husband when I go buy discounted fabric for all the quilts I will never nish before I die. Did I save money? Technically, yes. But did I need to spend the money? No.
My brain seizes up when I hear claims from Joe “watching the bridge collapse” or his burgeoning family falsehoods. Like many politicians, Joe lies. But he’s not even being subtle about it anymore. e whole claim about “Bidenomics working” is disingenuous when wages are not growing faster than in ation. e dollar is weakening, and we just keep spending.
Until politicians on both sides of the aisle start cutting government waste and their pet pork projects, I’m not believing a word from any rich men north of Richmond.
And Joe … your nancial health card should be an “F.” You’re just plagiarizing talking points in a vain attempt for support.
On July 25, Douglas County Commissioners Abe Laydon and Lora omas voted to award a “Suicide Prevention” grant to Castle Rock Pride, the LGBTQ group that produces PrideFest at the Douglas County taxpayer-funded Fairgrounds. Citizens have been shocked by videos of last summer’s drag show with bearded men in stripper spangles dancing provocatively and baring their butt cheeks and their fake prosthetic but very realistic breasts/nipples with children just a few feet away.
If Laydon had done the right thing and recused himself as an avowed “member of the LGBTQ community,” the vote would have failed. CR Pride has no experience whatsoever in suicide prevention. It’s essentially a social club for LGBTQ children and adults. eir grant application said they’d use the funds to expand their events for kids age eight and up — hikes, “GA(Y)ME nights,” beach parties, ice cream socials etc. (see their Facebook page) — to Parker and Highlands Ranch, and to hire a “therapist” to help youth with their mental health and gender confusion.
ey hired Dr. Corinne Votaw Freer, (real name Corrine Joye Votaw, formerly Jeremy Craig Votaw according to Douglas County records) whose website identi es “her” as transgender/intersex and a “Malcontent Humanist & Enemy of Christian Nationalism.” Also: “I am a social psychologist, researcher and advocate” focusing on “the loneliness pandemic, the gender spectrum, and bolstering opposition to Christian Nationalism.”
e radical left woke political and gender views of this “advocate” have now been unleashed on the 14-year-old children of Douglas County at a recurring “Youth Community Group” according to its Facebook page.
Here is an angry, grievance-obsessed Christianity-and-Republican-hating transgender adult in uencing lonely, gender-confused kids who are at their most vulnerable as they su er the typical emotional/ mental upheavals of adolescence. Looking for love and acceptance, they are in turmoil; one day they adore their parents, the next day they’re planning to run away from
The story of Our Mindful Kingdom Teen Summit begins with a Black teacher in the Denver Public Schools system.
“I taught for ve years in over 50 schools in the Denver metro area,” said Warren Stokes, co-coordinator of the summit.
Over his time as a substitute teacher, Stokes said that he became vocal about something that he heard regularly in every school.
“ e kids were saying the n-word,” he said.
According to Stokes, those students were corrected on the use of a word that is a slur if used outside of the Black community.
Stokes said that the majority of the speakers were not Black students. In fact, in Denver Public Schools alone, only 13.5% of students are Black.
Stokes actually took to the news about the problem in 2021, to no avail.
“I ended up blackballed from teaching in DPS because I went to the news,” Stokes said. en, toward the end of the 2023 school year, Stokes’ son, Brandon, came home hurt because a white student had called him the n-word.
“I was ready to ght,” Warren said. “But I had to do something else.”
at’s where the summit comes in.
Warren partnered with Tosha Anders, founder of Our Mindful Kingdom, a nonpro t group dedicated to programming that helps Black teens and families with mental health topics.
Anders and Warren came together with the help of a grant from the Colorado Health Foundation to create a space for Black teens in the Denver metro area to have their voices heard. e 2023 African American Teen Summit was Aug. 11 at Denver’s Central Park.
Warren said that he hopes to make it an annual event, as Black students need somewhere to let out the thoughts and feelings that have been pent up.
He said that this realization came from seeing the emotions Brandon went through after being called the n-word by a White student, who had a history of bullying Brandon. Warren said that his son was angry, sad and then frustrated about the incident.
At the Our Mindful Kingdom Teen Summit, Brandon spoke about the incident and how he felt. He was not alone. e one-day event included Anders’ children and others who came to speak about their experiences at various Denver metro area schools.
And they had a lot to say.
During a breakout session, the teens discussed their frustrations with school. In many cases, the students were one of a handful or the only Black student in their classes.
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Warren’s son Markus Stokes alsoshared that his appearance made his non-Black peers in school react negatively before they got to know him.
“You always have to prove yourself,” Markus said.
Other teens explained how they felt invisible in school, only seen when they are feared, belittled or reprimanded.
According to summit participant Jayden Anders, the situation is compounded for him, because he is also a disabled student.
Anders added that the teachers were unprepared to meet his needs as a Black student.
“If the school doesn’t teach us, we have to nd someone else to do it or learn on our own,” Anders said.
e summit was more than just a space to talk about those experiences.
Warren not only guided the students through exercises to
help them get in touch with their feelings and experiences, but he also helped them channel that into actionable community-building steps.
is was the second half of the summit, which came after a break for dancing, pizza and communing amongst the teens present. Warren said that he intended for the summit to be fun.
e community-building portion began with the students discussing their fears, recognizing threats (mental health and peer-related, not just the violence) and turning those into positive moves. ey also spoke about their strengths and weaknesses.
Warren explained that these exercises were designed to help the students get to know themselves.
“You are doing things today that grown people, adults, cannot do,” he said and congratulated the teens on facing some deep parts of themselves.
Malya Anders was another student who shared that her con dence was something that she needed to work on. Howev-
er, she revealed that speaking at the summit was actually helping her with con dence already.
Her brother Jaylen said they need to talk more about “purpose and how to be a positive change.”
“We can’t just talk about it,” Lashayla Sloan said. She urged the group to consider action to go with their words.
Warren added that words are not a reason to react negatively.
“All of you have been called names and disrespected. But unless they put hands on you, it doesn’t matter,” he said. Instead, he urged the students to use some of the tools they learned that day.
Warren ended the summit
with a re ection on not just the space they occupied, but the state they all live in.
“Denver is a special place, a unique place,” he said.
He described the natural activities, open spaces and winter sports. He added that Denver was a progressive place.
“But there’s still racism,” he said.
He told the students that they could no longer sit and su er in silence. ey needed to form a community and use that collective voice to speak their truth to adults at school, at home and to the government.
You can nd more information on Our Mindful Kingdom at www.OurMindfulKingdom.org.
Littleton Fine Arts Guild members were challenged to choose another artist and create a related work to exhibit in the “Side by Side” show that will run Sept. 12 to Oct. 29 at the Depot Art Center, 2069 W. Powers in Downtown Littleton. Guild members may choose an artist (alive or dead) whose work they wish to imitate. is involves stepping out of an artist’s comfort zone, according to publicist Peggy Dietz. Depot hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. For instance, guild member Kathy Triplett created “Starry Night at Sea” in
relation to Vincent Van Gogh’s “ e Starry Night.” See depotartgallery. org.
This is Colorado exhibit
Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College opened the is is Colorado exhibit, hosted by the Heritage Fine Arts Guild, on August 29, with an awards reception on Aug.
31. It Includes paintings, drawings and mixed media works by Colorado artists and runs through Sept. 21. Gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday; ursday until 7 p.m. Next: e Greek Eye, Sept. 25-Oct. 27, photography and art created by Workforce and Community Travel Program students who visited Greece in June 2023. See arapahoe.edu.
Curious Theatre
admission. Opening Oct. 1. See denverartmuseum.org.
Craft fair spaces
Some spaces remain in the Friends of the Library/Museum
Craft Fair, scheduled for Oct. 7, at Ketring Park on Gallup Street in Littleton. lisa@littletoncraftfair.org.
Vintage Theatre
Vintage eatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora, will present “Cabaret,” Sept. 15 to Oct. 22. with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, book by Joe Masterho . Directed by Bernie Cardell, music director Tanner Kelly, choreography by Adrienne Hampton. Tickets: $20-$38. 303856-7830, vintagetheatre.org.
Stories on Stage
Stories on Stage opens “Random Acts of Kindness” on Sept. 17, 2 p.m., at Su Teatro, 721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Stories read by actors. Tickets, $26, storiesonstage.org or 303-494-0523.
Botanic Gardens
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Smooth Jazz means cool jazz that feels good and gets you in the groove. Hear the music of many of your favorite artists including Bob James, Grover Washington Jr. and Pat Metheny, and others.
Known for his smooth-as-silk voice, Colorado favorite and long-time Denver resident Robert Johnson continues to display his talents not only as a vocalist, but as a songwriter, instrumentalist, and producer.
Curious eatre at 1080 Acoma St., Denver, presents its 26th season with a regional premiere performance of “ e Minutes” by Tracy Letts, opening Sept. 9. Jada Susanne Dixon is now artistic director at Curious and many of the previous artistic company will appear in this much-honored new work. Curious also introduces a new bar, e Confessional, located in the Curious Orchestra. Christy Montour Larson directs “ e Minutes,” which features 15 Curious Artistic Company members. Regarding parking: the lot across the street is closed due to construction. Street parking is free. ere is a free lot on the south side of the theater and there are paid lots at 1056 Acoma St. and 1055 Lincoln St. and the Acoma Street Parking Garage. 303-623-0524, curioustheatre.org.
Denver Art Museum
Denver Art Museum will present “ e Russells in Denver,” with 18 works by Charles M. Russell, recreating his solo show at the Brown Palace Hotel in 1921, organized by his wife, Nancy. Included in general
Denver Botanic Gardens York Street programs for fall: Sept. 9 — Family workshop with Museo de las Americas about Chicana artist and author Carmen Lomas Garza, known for family stories told by illustrations of family traditions and community. Workshop designed for families with children age 6 and up. Fall Plant and Bulb Sale on Sept. 2223, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission, reservations required. 1007 York St., 720-865-3500, botanicgardens.org.
Ballet Ariel
Ballet Ariel opens its 25th season with “Aurora’s Wedding” from “Sleeping Beauty.” Oct. 7, 3 p.m.: Cleo Parker Robinson eatre, 119 Park Ave. West, Denver; Oct. 15, 3 p.m.: Elaine Wolf eatre, at the JCC Mizel Arts and Culture Center, 350 S. Dahlia St., Denver. Tickets: $25, $23, $20 include performance and tea party. See balletariel.org or 303945-4388.
“Into the Woods” opens Sept. 15 at Ovation West eatre’s fall season at Center Stage in Evergreen, 27608 Fireweed Drive. See ovationwest.org.
(Family Features) Eating healthy is a priority for many Americans but knowing where to start and with what foods may be a little trickier. One way to level up the nutritional value of your meals is to better understand whole grains and why they are important for a heart-healthy diet.
As a key feature of heart-healthy diets, whole grains like sorghum, oatmeal and brown rice are rich sources of dietary ber, may improve blood cholesterol levels and provide nutrients that help the body form new cells, regulate the thyroid and maintain a healthy immune system.
However, according to a survey by e Harris Poll on behalf of the American Heart Association, U.S. adults are least knowledgeable about re ned vs. whole grains compared to other foods like fruits, vegetables and proteins. Also, when asked to identify whole grains and re ned grains, most adults incorrectly believe multi-grain bread is a whole grain and only 17% believe sorghum is an example of a whole grain when it is, in fact, a nutritious whole-grain option.
If you’re looking to try more whole grains, sorghum is a primary ingredient in these heart-healthy Pancakes with Blueberry Vanilla Sauce. is avorful dish can be part of an overall healthy diet as recommended by the American Heart Association’s Healthy for Good initiative, supported by the Sorghum Checko . Find more heart-healthy meal ideas at Heart.org/ healthyforgood.
Recipe courtesy of the American Heart Association and Sorghum Checkoff
Servings: 4 (2 pancakes, 1/4 cup sauce and 2 tablespoons yogurt per serving)
Sauce:
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1/3 cup water
1 cup blueberries
1 tablespoon sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Pancakes:
1/2 cup quick-cooking rolled oats
1/2 cup whole grain sorghum flour
1 1/2 tablespoons firmly packed
light brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup fat-free milk
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 large egg
1 tablespoon canola or corn oil
Topping:
1/2 cup fat-free plain Greek yogurt
To make sauce: Put cornstarch in medium saucepan. Add water, stirring to dissolve. Stir in blueberries and sugar. Bring to boil over medium-high heat. Boil 1-2 minutes, or until sauce thickens slightly. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla. Cover to keep warm. Set aside.
To make pancakes: In medium bowl, stir oats, sorghum flour,
brown sugar, baking powder and cinnamon.
In small bowl, whisk milk, applesauce, egg and oil. Stir into flour mixture until batter is just moistened and no flour is visible without overmixing.
Heat nonstick griddle over medium heat. Test temperature by sprinkling drops of water on griddle. Griddle is ready when water evaporates quickly. Pour 1/4 cup batter for each pancake on griddle. Cook 2-3 minutes, or until tiny bubbles appear on surface and bottoms are golden brown. Flip pancakes. Cook 1-2 minutes, or until cooked through and golden brown on bottoms. The USDA recommends cooking egg dishes to 160 F. Transfer pancakes to plates. Spoon sauce over pancakes. Top each serving with 2 tablespoons yogurt.
(Family Features) While aging is inevitable, it doesn’t mean you can’t do so with grace and style. For many seniors hoping to look and feel their best, there are plenty of options, from the clothing they wear to products they use every day. Choosing more ‘stylish’ safety accessories is one way to go.
To improve quality of life and inspire confidence, Medline, a leading provider of consumer medical products, teamed up
e right mobility aid can help you navigate your home. One option, the Adjustable Rolling Walker, combines a chic, sporty checked pattern with renowned functional features to help you easily stand and walk safely and independently. Its smooth-rolling, all-terrain wheels make it easy to get around in or outside of your home while push-down, locking brakes are ready for a rest stop at any time. Plus, it easily folds for travel and storage, and features under-seat storage and adjustable easy-grip handles for a custom t and fashionable function.
with Martha Stewart to introduce the Martha Stewart Home Comfort Care Collection. The line of design-inspired safety and mobility products combines sophisticated design and dependability to help those who use them look and feel their best.
“We are excited to enter into this unique partnership,” said Dawn Freitag, Medline senior marketing manager. “Martha Stewart’s signature style has always set the standard
e most essential purpose of bathroom safety aids is to prevent falls on wet, slippery surfaces. Beyond securely-attached bath mats and grab bars, the Martha Stewart Euro-Style Shower Chair allows you to sit while showering for extra peace of mind. With built-in handgrips and a backrest for comfort, the rust-resistant chair also features adjustable, push-button height settings to improve stability and built-in Microban protection to resist mold and mildew.
for better, more enjoyable living and this line of mobility and bath safety products is no exception. We believe these fashionable, modern designs along with our top-rated quality and value pricing will help seniors live their happiest, healthiest lives with exceptional safety, security and style.”
Consider these supportive care products to maximize style and safety, and find the full collection by visiting athome.medline.com.
ere are numerous products designed to maximize rest, relaxation and safety in and around your bed. To help you get in and out of bed, an Adjustable Bed Assist Bar slides around the side of the mattress – without oor legs that may pose a tripping hazard – to o er support. With a stylish faux woodgrain bag design and neutral color, the bar seamlessly blends in with bedding and linens to provide both function and air.
(Family Features) e same risk factors that contribute to making heart disease the leading cause of death worldwide also impact the rising global prevalence of brain disease, including stroke, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
e global death rate from Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias is increasing even more than the rate of heart disease death, according to the American Heart Association’s Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2022 Update.
Globally, more than 54 million people had Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias in 2020, a 37% increase since 2010 and 144% increase over the past 30 years (1990-2020). Additionally, more than 1.89 million deaths were attributed to Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias worldwide in 2020, compared to nearly 9 million deaths from heart disease.
risk factors can make a real di erence in helping people live longer, healthier lives, free of heart disease and brain disease.”
cognitive function.
Optimal brain health includes the ability to perform tasks like movement, perception, learning and memory, communication, problem solving, judgment, decision making and emotion. Cognitive decline and dementia are often seen following stroke or cerebrovascular disease and indicate a decline in brain health.
Consider these steps to live a healthier lifestyle and protect your heart and brain health:
Don’t smoke; avoid secondhand smoke. Reach and maintain a healthy weight. Be mindful of your eating habits; eat foods low in saturated fat, trans fat, sodium and added sugars.
“ e global rate of brain disease is quickly outpacing heart disease,” said Mitchell S.V. Elkind, M.D. M.S., FAHA, the past president of the American Heart Association (2020-21), a professor of neurology and epidemiology at Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and attending neurologist at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. “We are learning more about how some types of dementia are related to aging, and how some types are due to poor vascular health. It’s becoming more evident that reducing vascular disease
According to the statistics update, people with midlife hypertension were ve times more likely to experience impairment on global cognition and about twice as likely to experience reduced executive function, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. e risk for dementia associated with heart failure was nearly two-fold.
Experts recommend maintaining a healthy weight, managing your blood pressure and following other heart-healthy lifestyle behaviors that can also support good brain health while studies show maintaining good vascular health is associated with healthy aging and retained
Be physically active. Start slowly and build up to at least 150 minutes of moderate physical activity (such as brisk walking) each week. As an alternative, you can do 75 minutes of vigorous physical activity, or a combination of the two, to improve overall cardiovascular health.
Get your blood pressure checked regularly and work with your health care team to manage it if it’s high.
Have regular medical checkups and take your medicine as directed.
Decrease your stress level and seek emotional support when needed.
Learn more about the relationship between heart health and brain health at heart.org.
With her husband and ve children, the family would adventure on many road trips across the country and up to Canada.
With beautiful clear blue water, Gunther said the South Paci c was her favorite destination. She and her husband went there on their 50th anniversary.
To celebrate her 101st birthday, many of her closest friends came together at Northridge Park in Highlands Ranch.
“She means a lot to us,” said close friend Sue Jude. “She always has the sweetest, warmest greeting.”
ere was a lot of food to go around at the celebration as Gunther had a large birthday cake and guests brought other treats for a large potluck.
Wearing a purple happy birthday tiara, Gunther was joined by two of her daughters, Barbara and Susan, and her friends from her aerobics class.
Gunther goes to aerobics class three times a week where the other participants say they have to keep up with her.
“She’s very energetic,” said Barbara.
Since she can remember, Gunther has always been physically active. While attending an all girls board-
ing school in Vancouver, Canada as a child, Gunther said there was not much to do, so she and some friends decided to stay active. In addition to walking and running around the school, she also played soccer.
One of her fondest childhood memories is the First of July events in Vancouver where there were fun activities all day long. Some of her favorites were running in races and swimming.
“I’ve always been athletic,” said Gunther. “Since I’m older now, I still try to keep some of it.”
To stay active, Gunther plays with her grandkids when they come to visit and takes her dog, Toby, on a walk everyday.
Gunther also cherished Christmas at her grandmother’s house. And now, Gunther gets to continue to experience that love every holiday and birthday with her own growing family.
“I loved every minute of it,” said Susan, Gunther’s eldest child.
Gunther met her husband Carlwho was a Navy O cer - on a blind date
“I would tell him I fell in love with his white uniform,” said Gunther.
Having lived in Seattle, Washington, the two had traveled to Colorado where he proposed to her in the mountains, followed by 59 years of marriage before Carl passed.
When they rst moved to Highlands Ranch, there were only a few houses on their street with an open view to watch the sunset every night.
Every year, the couple would go on an international trip, going all around the globe to places like Japan to see Mount Fujiyama as well as Portugal and England.
Gunther said the only places she hasn’t gone are Russia, India and South America.
While in China, she fell in love with the art of traditional Chinese ribbon and fan dancing.
“ at’s where I saw this Chinese dancing,” said Gunther. “I saw those fans and those beautiful ribbons.”
Gunther knew she had to learn that style of dance.
She performed the style of dance for the talent portion of beauty pageants - where she tied for for Ms. Senior Colorado one year- and performed at her 100th birthday party.
Gunther’s life so far has been lled with loving people and amazing memories from around the world and she does not want to stop.
No matter what it is, Gunther encourages others to never stop moving.
“I o er everybody the choice to do something all the time,” said Gunther. “Don’t just sit around, look at TV, you want to live life.”
ome say she’s amazing, others say she’s a wonder woman, but one thing for certain is Yvette Gunther is an energetic and caring mother, grandmother and friend.Highlands Ranch resident Yvette Gunther celebrates her 101st birthday with friends and family at Northridge Park. Always full of energy, Gunther wears her purple happy birthday tiara as she enjoys the potluck. PHOTO BY HALEY LENA
Rox Arts Gallery, operated by the Roxborough Arts Council at Aspen Grove Shopping Center, 7301 S. Santa Fe Drive in Littleton, has recently moved around the corner into Space 222, close to Tattered Cover and See’s Candy. e artist’s cooperative, which has about 40 members, o ers a good-looking, well-lighted place for members to exhibit paintings, pottery, sculpture, jewelry — and space at the back for an ongoing selection of classes, open to the public..
And it is certainly also a spot for shoppers to nd a varied selection of original art when they need a gift, or the right item to ll an empty tabletop or wall space at home ...
As I skimmed through a summer class o ering that ran to ve pages, I was intrigued by Brian Hubbell’s o er of a “Let’s Finish it Up Session” last June. Members had apparently complained about an accumulation of partly-painted works, a familiar
situation for those of us who enjoy brushing paints of various sorts onto some sort of surface ... and perhaps not nishing the project!
e Arts Council includes about 40 local artists, and a few people are waitlisted, looking ahead to when a membership opening occurs.
Classes are open to all. Register online or in person and note contact information for the instructor. A pleasant classroom space is located at the rear of the gallery
e listing I picked up last week includes September classes and I’m certain there will soon be a new listing nishing up the year. Many are
one-time presentations, including several on how to copy an acknowledged masterpiece, which is how one can understand the process used by those famous impressionists and others. (Painting has been taught this way for a very long time.)
On the second Friday evening of each month, the gallery holds a reception and there are refreshments! Usually, at least 10 artist/members are present to talk with visitors ...
Changes di er for each artist — there is no stated theme of the month — each member manages their own rotations and pays for wall space. “It’s like herding cats,” joked member Art Weeast, who was one of two artists onsite when we called with questions. ere are always two members in the gallery when it’s open.
And on the second Friday evening of each month, there is a reception held, open to the public. Artists, such as Christa MacFarland, will be at the gallery to greet visitors. She recently sold a series of paintings to a medical clinic, she said. She wrote of growing up in Kansas, developing a love of nature that translates into her paintings of owers, a connection she feels today, walk-
ing with her husband and boys and spying botanical subjects to paint ... Sometimes, dandelions pop up in her work, she said.
Weeast also mentioned a “Love Letter Project” o ered to encourage art in the community — and it’s free to the community. Especially before Valentine’s Day, a blank card and some markers are placed in a zip lock bag and given to people who will hopefully decorate the card and mail it. More than 2,000 went out with Meals on Wheels deliveries, for example. e original recipient decorates the card and sends it to someone they know.
e program is announced in early January. Groups are encouraged to make cards at a meeting and send them ...
e Roxborough Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) organization with annual membership dues.
e group encourages children ages 5-15 to create art to be exhibited on ags in the Aspen Grove Shopping Center. Look for them when you visit there.
e phone number for ROX Arts Gallery is 720-724-5730 and the website is roxartsgallery.com.
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Earlier this month, Deputy Nicholas Pacheco from the Arapahoe County Sheri ’s O ce saved the life of a one-month old infant.
As a father himself, the incident made Pacheco re ect on the importance of knowing infant choking rst aid and CPR — especially for parents.
Typically, Pacheco said, people expect to use these techniques on adults, if ever.
“But when the call came out that it was a one-month-old infant, your heart immediately started pumping,” he said. “ e only thing I could think about was ‘Dear God, let me be able to use this training and save this baby’s life.’”
At about 7:22 a.m. on Aug. 13, the sheri ’s o ce received a call from a home in Centennial. During the call, a mother told dispatchers that her baby was not breathing and was turning purple. She said she thought he was choking.
Pacheco, who was on patrol in the area, showed up at the home within ve minutes, police spokesperson Ginger Delgado said. He was met by the baby’s father at the door and they ran upstairs.
“I immediately grabbed the baby,” Pacheco said. “(He) was completely limp … his limbs were blue in color, his mouth and his face (were) blue in color. You could tell he was not conscious and not breathing.”
Pacheco began giving the baby chest compressions and back thrusts, which he and his fellow of-
cers learn in their annual training for pediatric choking rst aid and CPR.
Within a minute of Pacheco’s arrival, the baby coughed out a thick white substance, Pacheco said. Color returned to the baby’s face and he started breathing and crying. e moment brought Pacheco a “huge sigh of relief,” he said.
Shortly thereafter, medical professionals from South Metro Fire Res-
cue arrived on scene and transported the baby to Children’s Hospital Colorado, where he was evaluated and cleared to return home later that day, according to the sheri ’s o ce.
In re ecting on the experience, Pacheco said it made him think about his own children, who are 9 and 11 years old.
“My daughters are my everything,” he said. “Knowing that I have two
daughters that I adore, it meant everything to me that I was able to save a life of a newborn one-monthold infant.”
Pacheco knows choking rst aid and CPR for infants because of his job — but he thinks these are crucial skills that would be bene cial for more parents to know.
“ ere’s so many times in a parent’s life where you think about, ‘What happens if my child was to choke on this — I’d have to call 911 because I wouldn’t know what to do,’” he said. “You hope you never have ever have to use the skill, but if ever happens, it gives your child a lot more likelihood of survival.”
e American Red Cross o ers online and in-person classes on pediatric rst aid and CPR in locations across the metro Denver area. More information on their schedules and prices are available at https://www. redcross.org/take-a-class/.
Other organizations in the metro area o er pediatric rst aid and CPR education, including Denver Health, which o ers free classes for patients receiving prenatal care at Denver Health. Other organizations include Colorado Cardiac CPR and CPR Choice Denver. Potential students should check when registering for a class to ensure the curriculum includes pediatric techniques.
A week after saving the baby’s life, Pacheco returned to see the family.
“I’m so glad he’s healthy and he’s breathing,” Pacheco told the parents in a video of the visit. “ ank you guys for letting me come back and see him.”
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home. Glued to TikTok and You Tube where LGBTQ and transitioners are celebrated with entertaining videos, they are questioning their budding sexuality and encouraged to experiment with identities.
What happens when an unhappy, insecure 8-year-old child comes into the loving orbit of LGBTQ adults who surround this innocent soul with unicorns, rainbows and ice cream? When does counseling become grooming and advocating so-called “gendera rming care” leading to “changing” into another gender as the solution to all their insecurities and growing-up angst?
Glittery drag shows and bearded men with fake breasts aren’t the only dangers facing Douglas County children.
Joy Overbeck, ParkerDear Fellow Coloradans, Colorado has great views, but horrible air. Growing up in Parker, Colorado, I grew up thinking Ozone Action Days were just a usual part of life. I remember family trips heading to the Denver Zoo or Denver Museum of Nature and Science, seeing this gray smog over the city and thinking it was normal. Now that I have grown, gone to school, and started dedicating my career to the environment, I
have realized that we do not have to breathe dirty air.
Colorado summers are usually known for the best things — shing, hiking, rafting, etc. — but we often rank for the worst air quality in the country. Due to ground level ozone, Coloradans su er from cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. You may have felt allergic lately, maybe congested and experiencing dry eyes? Me too, and the cause is likely ozone pollution irritants.
One of the greatest reasons for our dirty air is tailpipe emissions from cars and vehicles on our roads. Ozone does not come directly from cars, it is formed when vehicle emissions interact with heat and sunlight, and turn into hazardous pollutants.
e Colorado Clean Cars Initiative is a regulation that would direct vehicle manufacturers to make and sell more electric vehicles. is will be vital to reducing transportation emissions and helping to ensure that Colorado will have cleaner air.
One of the best things you can do to advocate for cleaner air, is call Governor Polis at 303-866-2885 to tell him why you want clean air for Colorado and that you encourage him to advocate for this regulation.
Coloradans deserve to have healthy air so we can enjoy our lives with fewer Ozone Alerts. Call Governor Polis today, ride your bike and wear your helmet, and let’s help Colorado breathe easier.
Michelle Diller, CoPIRG ParkerDoing billionaires’ bidding
“Say no to even higher taxes,” the epistle penned by Michael Fields, reminds us that libertarian no-tax rhetoric is often cloaked by purposeful misdirection. at is, what the words say isn’t what they really mean.
While Fields may be a “senior advisor” to the dark-monied PAC Advance Colorado Action, his frontline vocation is president, Advance Colorado, the latest think tank to join the longstanding livery of Koch/Coors/Anschutz think tanks here in Colorado.
Field’s professional career has spanned employment by multiple think tanks, like the Colorado chapter of Americans for Prosperity. AfP has long been a key in the outside policy interference, in uence and dark money in Douglas County School District politics. at same interference has impacted many other school districts, here in Colorado and across the country.
Why do billionaires and their think tank leaders feel the need to hide their support of think tanks with layers of empty nonpro ts that tear down public education, use fake moral panic (e.g. critical race theory) to change school culture, and drag kids and their families into divisiveness?
If it was simply the usual rich person no-tax play, I suppose “more power to them.”
Truth is, the big-money, outside interference is a lot more complex, comprehensive and resourced. It’s the think tanks and their billionaire
benefactors’ way of growing their staggering pieces of the American pie. e best way to ensure production of poorly educated, low-wage workers is to drive their schools down.
Whether it’s Americans for Prosperity going after DougCo teachers and their unions, or advocating exclusive charter schools that fail to serve all kinds of students, or underwriting the Independence Institute’s training of our DCSD board majority.
Or the Anschutz media empire fronting local think tanks and antiLGBTQ organizations like Colorado Parents Advocacy Network when they invite the DCSD board majority to a gala kicko that features speakers slamming minorities.
It’s always “On-the-QT” with thinktanks and their billionaires’ money. Really, we should thank Michael Fields for bringing renewed focus on the billionaire funded think tanks that work hard to keep us divided by reshaping institutions, education, culture and politics, across Douglas County, Colorado and national. And we should ask this paramount question … will there be a time, soon, when will Douglas County residents and taxpayers call an end to the think tanks’ agendas … the misdirection … the shade?
Our DCSD schools, teachers and students need adequate funding to survive and prosper.
And yes, we need board members who aren’t riding the billionaires’ think-tank horses.
Lloyd Guthrie, Roxborough ParkIt came down to one play and Mountain Vista’s defensive back Jakhai Mack stepped up.
Mack knocked down a pass on a two-point conversion attempt with 40 seconds left, which gave Vista a 35-34 victory over Heritage on Aug. 25 at Littleton Public Schools Stadium.
Heritage, one of the state’s top Class 4A teams, pulled to within a point in the closing minute on a 12yard TD pass from quarterback Kurt Rossner to Luca Pesola and almost everybody knew the Eagles would try to win the game with a two-point conversion.
at’s when Mack, a 5-foot-9 junior, de ected a Rossner pass on the two-point attempt to let Vista escape with a win.
“I just wanted to make sure the team was on their A game and not worried about how they got that big score and just get in our regular
spots,” said Mack who had six tackles, an interception, a pass de ection and caught two touchdowns passes in an all-around e ort. “I stepped up and did my job and got us the win in the game.
“I didn’t see a pass coming at rst. I was a little lost because I didn’t know what play they were going to run. I saw him (Rossner) rolling out and made a play on it (the pass),” Mack continued.
Vista head coach Garrett Looney praised Mack’s defense that helped the Golden Eagles even their record at 1-1 after a Zero Week loss to Ralston Valley.
“It was a great play, huge play,” said Looney. “We had so many chances to just put that game away and we didn’t do it. I give all the credit in the world to Heritage, that’s a really good team.
“We just did enough to win the game and I knew they were going to go for two and it came down to one play and we just found a way to
make it. It was a tough, wild game. ey deserved to win just a much as we did.
“ ey came to win, they played to win at the end. It was just unfortunate for them at the end that our guy made a play. We needed to get back on the winning track.”
Heritage head coach Tyler Knoblock did not hesitate when calling for the two-point conversion in the Eagles’ season-opening game.
“We would have liked to make that last play go our way but our kids fought and battled,” he said. “It came down to that one play. Had it been a 17-16 game, maybe I’m not going for two. With the potential of Vista’s o ense, they are going to be hanging 50 or 60 on a whole bunch of people. ey are dangerous across the board.
“It was a great game, Friday night fun. As a football coach, I’m never going to use the word happy with a loss in the same sentence. Am I proud of my guys? Absolutely.”
e game featured plenty of offense.
Mountain Vista junior Austyn Modrzewski, one of Colorado’s top Class 5A quarterbacks this season, completed 17 of 29 passes for 283 yards and four touchdowns.
Junior Jack Blais caught two of Modrzewski’s scoring receptions and also rushed for a TD. Mack caught two TD passes to add to his late-game heroics. Mack had four catches for 49 yards.
Wyatt Seeman led the Vista defense with 17 tackles.
Heritage senior quarterback Rossner, making his rst varsity start, completed 21 of 34 passes for 376 yards and ve touchdowns.
Junior Tanner Terch had 12 catches for 263 yards and three Heritage touchdowns. Senior Luca Pesola and sophomore Cameron Jensen caught the other scoring passes. Senior Rex Guthrie’s nine tackles was the tops for the Eagles defensive unit.
A suspect has been arrested in connection with the fatal hitand-run that took place Aug. 21 at Parker Road and Lincoln Avenue.
With the assistance of the Aurora SWAT team, the Parker Police Department took Tony Conyers, 44 years old, into custody as a suspect for the fatal accident.
In a statement, the Parker Police Department thanked the community for their tips and assistance as well as the Aurora Police Department for their e orts in apprehending Cony-
and using that for emergency relief,” Laydon has said.
omas wrote in an email newsletter sent on Aug. 15 that she had asked county sta to obtain from the foundation “the budget for how these dollars were to be spent, a list of the DCCF board members who voted to support this request from the county and what chances the county had of getting any of these funds back if unused?”
“Sta told me that DCCF President Brock Smethills would provide me the information. Even though I made a second request for the DCCF info from sta , I never received any response to
ers.
On the evening of Aug. 21, an ofcer with the Parker Police Department attempted to pull over a Chevy Monte Carlo on Parker Road near Plaza Drive .
Shortly after the attempt to stop the vehicle, Parker dispatch received calls of an accident at Parker and Lincoln.
It was determined the same suspect related to the shoplifting incident had struck the victim who was crossing Parker Road in a designated walkway.
O cers gave the victim CPR before he was transported to a local hospital, where he passed away.
my questions,” she wrote in the newsletter.
In listing his complaints about omas, Laydon at the Aug. 22 meeting said she had attacked rst responders by sharing an anonymous letter.
On the other hand, omas said an investigation was “exonerating” of her.
Teal and Laydon had initiated an investigation after accusing omas of circulating an anonymous letter that criticized speci c employees in the Douglas County Sheri ’s O ce, allegedly creating a hostile work environment. ey also accused her of emailing county legal representation with a request not authorized by the full board.
e investigation into omas by
outside legal counsel found that while omas had distributed the letter, doing so did not create a hostile work environment. It also found she did direct legal representation to provide her with information the board had determined to keep secret.
omas appeared in a CBS Colorado news story in July 2022 discussing the con dential report that showed the results of the investigation, prompting the Douglas County government’s attorney to nd that omas could have broken the law by doing so.
omas had asserted multiple times in meetings and in her newsletter to constituents that she believes the privileged nature of the document had already been broken by Laydon discussing parts of it publicly.
A second investigation — this
time conducted by the Arapahoe County Sheri ’s O ce — did not nd probable cause to believe that omas committed the crime of rst-degree o cial misconduct. “ e Colorado criminal code does not speci cally prohibit a waiver of privileged and condential information by a privilege holder. In this case, as a member of the Board of County Commissioners, Lora omas is a privilege holder,” Arapahoe County Sheri ’s O ce Sgt. Bruce Peterson wrote in a memorandum.
Laydon has argued Arapahoe County “got it wrong” in evaluating omas’ actions, saying “the privileged holder of a con dential document is the board” and not just one member of the board. He based his point on the understanding of the law of Chris Pratt, then interim Douglas County attorney.
a ordable rental and for-sale units within the county. e three-year commitment would be to increase that by roughly 1,023 units, according to the sta report.
e development forecasts from the Douglas County Housing Part-
nership indicate that there are 799 a ordable units currently in the pipeline to be constructed throughout the county.
Given the collaborative approach and number of a ordable units already in the pipeline, Kelly First, Lone Tree’s community development director, said that she feels con dent that they will be able to hit the target numbers.
e next steps will be for jurisdic-
tions who chose to commit to certify their baselines individually and indicate they will cooperate in the development credit, according to a city sta presentation.
“Most, if not all, of our partner jurisdictions are currently also in the process of opting into Prop 123,” First said.
Prior to the end of the three-year period, participating jurisdictions will execute an agreement that
documents the development credit distribution method and designates Douglas County Housing Partnership as the responsible tracking and reporting agency for the cooperative, per the presentation.
“ is is, you know, a very new program,” Lone Tree Mayor Jackie Millet said. “I think it’s really good we’re engaging (and) at the table, and nding what works and doesn’t work with the program.”
fer of property ownership, per the report.
e report said, in part, that this “will ensure future buyers and residents are provided record notice of the potential impacts of living in the vicinity of the airport.”
ese impacts may include aircraft noise, vibration, fumes, fuel particles, exhaust, and the operation and passage of aircraft above or near the property, per the report.
During the city council public hearing for the development, held in August, the city sta presentation noted that there is an avigation notice recorded “over (the) entire RidgeGate property east of I-25.”
e city’s municipal code also requires for aircraft over ight disclosure notices on the plats and the site improvement plans, according
to the presentation.
“ e applicant has provided determinations of no hazard to air navigation for the site,” said Chuck Darnell, a city planner.
Lokal Homes also responded to the FAA’s comments in a letter, providing an engineer’s certi cation and attestation that the development has followed the FAA’s notice and development review processes.
At the public hearing, Tommy Pucciano, a Lokal Homes employee, described how the development team plans to address sound concerns, such as by having a sound engineer consultant and using certain insulation materials.
“We don’t feel like the sound issue is going to be a problem at all,” Pucciano said. “We’ve built in other areas that actually have some more stringent conditions.”
Lokal Homes will complete noise testing after construction to verify that the interior noise attenuation is at or below 45 decibels, according to
the city sta report.
Pucciano said there will also be language in the sales contracts that discusses the development’s proximity to the airport.
e city’s planning commission unanimously recommended the city council approve the development application.
Following the public hearing, the Lone Tree City Council unanimously approved the site improvement plans for the townhomes and condos.
As previously reported by Colorado Community Media, with the dominance of single-family homes, many communities in Colorado face a “missing middle,” meaning there are not a lot of diverse housing options such as townhomes and condos.
Lone Tree Mayor Jackie Millet said that, to her recollection, Lone Tree
had not seen a condo development in roughly 15 years.
“We are so, so excited about this opportunity coming to our city,” Millet said.
e condominium development will be built on 11.83 acres and include ve stand-alone garage buildings, according to the city sta report. In total, there are 428 planned parking spaces — including residential and guest parking — for the 190 condo units. ere will be two di erent types of condominium buildings, with a maximum height of about 41.5 feet for one type and 42.5 feet for the other.
e townhomes will be built on 3.71 acres and parking will be provided primarily in the garage spaces attached to and within each townhome unit, according to the sta report. ere are 190 parking spaces planned for the 80 townhome units.
Similar to the condos, there are two di erent types of townhome buildings. e maximum heights of the buildings will be about 40 feet.
Pucciano said there will be two homeowners associations, also referred to as HOAs. One of them — most likely the condominium HOA — will serve as the master association, and the townhome HOA will pay a cost-sharing portion into that, he said.
Millet raised some concerns about snow storage and plowing in the development.
e snow storage for the condos was proposed to be located in smaller areas throughout the site, primarily at the end of drive aisles and surface parking lots, according
to the sta report.
For the townhomes, snow storage was proposed to be located at the southern end of the north-south drive aisles throughout the site, per the sta report.
Millet said she would like for the HOA covenants to address snow storage by ensuring that snow from the property is not placed on city rights-of-way, such as city roads.
When the city council voted to approve the development, the council members added the condition that language be added to the site improvement plan and HOA documents stating that snow from the private roads will not be placed in the city rights-of-way.
ose interested in learning more about the development can visit cityo onetree.com/projects/ lokal-homes-lyric-condominiumstownhomes/.
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PUBLIC NOTICE
Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0126
To Whom It May Concern: On 7/5/2023 10:24:00
AM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.
Original Grantor: TIMOTHY S EMERY
Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR MIDWEST LOAN SOLUTIONS, INC.
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not individually or personally but solely in its capacity as Trustee on behalf of the ICW MAT Trust
Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 1/29/2020
Recording Date of DOT: 1/30/2020
Reception No. of DOT: 2020006683
DOT Recorded in Douglas County.
Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $422,211.00
Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $363,374.37
Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.
Legal Description of Real Property:
LOT 189, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 122-R, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.
Which has the address of: 10672 Braselton St, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126
NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 25, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.
First Publication: 8/31/2023
Last Publication: 9/28/2023
Publisher: Douglas County News Press
Dated: 7/5/2023
DAVID GILL
DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee
The name, address and telephone numbers of
the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
DAVID W. DRAKE
Colorado Registration #: 43315 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, DENVER, COLORADO 80204
Phone #: (303) 350-3711
Fax #: Attorney File #: 00000009663444
*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE
DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/
Legal Notice No. 2023-0126
First Publication: 8/31/2023
Last Publication: 9/28/2023
Publisher: Douglas County News Press
PUBLIC NOTICE
Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0127
To Whom It May Concern: On 7/5/2023 11:47:00
AM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.
Original Grantor: SHARON T. MCNALLY
Original Beneficiary: WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/20/2004
Recording Date of DOT: 11/5/2004 Reception No. of DOT: 2004113964
DOT Recorded in Douglas County.
Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $247,000.00
Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $246,869.14
Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Borrower’s failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.
Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 37, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 88A, 1ST AMENDMENT, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.
Which has the address of: 6694 Dutch Creek St, Highlands Ranch, CO 80130
NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 25, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.
First Publication: 8/31/2023
Last Publication: 9/28/2023
Dated: 7/5/2023
DAVID GILL
DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee
The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
ALISON L. BERRY
Colorado Registration #: 34531 9540 MAROON CIRCLE SUITE 320, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112
Phone #: (303) 706-9990
Fax #: (303) 706-9994
Attorney File #: 23-029688
*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE
DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/
Legal Notice No. 2023-0127
First Publication: 8/31/2023
Last Publication: 9/28/2023
Publisher: Douglas County News Press
PUBLIC NOTICE
Littleton
NOTICE OF SALE
Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0117
To Whom It May Concern: On 6/20/2023 12:22:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.
Original Grantor: Daniel Lee Moffett Jr. and Wendi Renee Moffett
Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS") as nominee for American Financing Corporation, Its Successors and Assigns
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: NewRez LLC, F/K/A New Penn Financial, LLC, D/B/A Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing
Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 1/19/2017
Recording Date of DOT: 1/26/2017
Reception No. of DOT: 2017006173
DOT Recorded in Douglas County.
Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $169,200.00
Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $158,406.13
Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.
Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 16, BLOCK 3, PULTE HOMES AT ROXBOROUGH VILLAGE FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.
Which has the address of:
9828 Fairwood Street, Littleton, CO 80125
NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 11, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the
purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.
First Publication: 8/17/2023
Last Publication: 9/14/2023
Publisher: Douglas County News Press
Dated: 6/20/2023
DAVID GILL
DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee
The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
HOLLY SHILLIDAY
Colorado Registration #: 24423
7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230 , CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112
Phone #: (877) 369-6122
Fax #: Attorney File #: CO-23-957025-LL
*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE
DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/
Legal Notice No. 2023-0117
First Publication: 8/17/2023
Last Publication: 9/14/2023
Publisher: Douglas County News Press
PUBLIC NOTICE
Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0124
To Whom It May Concern: On 6/30/2023 9:35:00
AM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.
Original Grantor: David Siu
Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for Ideal Home Loans LLC, its successors and assigns
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Citizens Bank, N.A.
Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 1/20/2022
Recording Date of DOT: 1/25/2022
Reception No. of DOT: 2022005598
DOT Recorded in Douglas County.
Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $515,262.00
Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $503,511.16
Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: FAILURE TO MAKE TIMELY PAYMENTS AS REQUIRED UNDER THE EVIDENCE OF DEBT AND DEED OF TRUST.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.
Legal Description of Real Property:
LOT 111, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 122-S, 1ST AMENDMENT, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.
Which has the address of: 3158 Woodbriar Dr, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126
NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 25, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.
First Publication: 8/31/2023
Last Publication: 9/28/2023
Publisher: Douglas County News Press
Dated: 6/30/2023
DAVID GILL
DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee
The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
HEATHER DEERE
Colorado Registration #: 28597 355 UNION BLVD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228 Phone #: (303) 274-0155
Fax #: Attorney File #: CO21977
*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/
Legal Notice No. 2023-0124
First Publication: 8/31/2023
Last Publication: 9/28/2023
Publisher: Douglas County News Press
PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0106
To Whom It May Concern: On 6/2/2023 9:30:00 AM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.
Original Grantor: CARL D. GRANT AND SHERIANNE V. GRANT
Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC.
Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2005-4, NOVASTAR HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-4
Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/26/2005
Recording Date of DOT: 11/2/2005
Reception No. of DOT: 2005105932
DOT Recorded in Douglas County.
Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $311,920.00
Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $325,960.93
Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.
THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
The property described herein is all of the
property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.
Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 333, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 110-J, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.
Which has the address of: 10125 Spring Water Court, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
NOTICE OF SALE
The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 27, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.
First Publication: 8/3/2023
Last Publication: 8/31/2023
Publisher: Douglas County News Press
Dated: 6/2/2023
DAVID GILL
DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee
The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
RANDALL CHIN
Colorado Registration #: 31149 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, DENVER, COLORADO 80204
Phone #: (303) 350-3711
Fax #:
Attorney File #: 00000009686460
*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/
Legal Notice No. 2023-0106
First Publication: 8/3/2023
Last Publication: 8/31/2023
Publisher: Douglas County News Press
City and County
Public Notice
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE DOUGLAS COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
A public hearing will be held before the Board of County Commissioners to consider the approval of a lease agreement between Sean Dodd as lessee, and the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Douglas, Colorado, as lessor, regarding the real property located at 6516 South Interstate 25 (aka Iron Horse Open Space).
The public hearing will be held on Tuesday, September 12th, 2023 at 2:30 p.m. in the Commissioners Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado. For more information please contact the Douglas County office of Open Space and Natural Resources at (303) 660-7495, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104.
Legal Notice No. 945925
First Publication: August 31, 2023
Last Publication: August 31, 2023
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on September 24, 2023, final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and Kiewit Infrastructure Co. for the Perry Park Road Traffic Safety Improvements, Douglas County Project Number CI 2020-024 in Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said Kiewit Infrastructure Co. for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said 9/24/2023, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Board of County Commissioners, c/o Director of Public Works Engineering, with a copy to the Project Engineer, Daniel R. Roberts, P.E., Department of Public Works Engineering Division, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104.
Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement before such final settlement will relieve said County of Douglas from all and any liability for such claimant's claim.
The Board of Douglas County Commissioners of the County of Douglas, Colorado,
By: Janet Herman, P.E., Director of Public Works.Legal Notice No. 945869
First Publication: August 24, 2023
Second Publication: August 31, 2023
Publisher: Douglas County News Press
Account Number: 2734
Public Notice
The Department of Public Works of Douglas County Government hereinafter referred to as the County, respectfully requests a Proposal from responsible and qualified providers of Consultant Services to assist Douglas County with: Integrated Transit and Multimodal Study, Douglas County Project Number CI TF 2023021. Proposals will be received by the Owner, Douglas County Government, Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104, until Friday, September 15, 2023, at 4:00 p.m. This project consists of a study to expand on previous planning efforts to:
Identify gaps in the transit and multi-modal transportation network
• Recommend physical and operational improvements
•Identify pilot projects to implement
• Provide a framework to enhance, sustain, and expand transit and multimodal transportation in the County.
The study area encompasses the urban and suburban areas of Douglas County including the City of Castle Pines, the City of Castle Rock, Highlands Ranch, the City of Lone Tree, and the Town of Parker.
The RFP (Request for Proposals) will be available after 10:00 a.m. on Monday, August 28, 2023, through Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website (www.rockymountainbidsystem. com) or may be obtained at the above address. Douglas County will not be held responsible for misinformation received from private plan rooms.
A PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 31, 2023, at the Department of Public Works Engineering, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104. All questions are due to Zeke Lynch, Project Engineer by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, September 1, 2023. The Proposal deadline will be at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, September 15, 2023, at the same address.
Base Fee Proposal and Pricing will be submitted to the County once a consultant has been selected. DO NOT include this information with your proposal or it will be considered non-responsive.
Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any RFPs to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a said RFP’s and to award a contract for items herein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the best interest
of the County to do so. Additionally, we reserve the right to negotiate optional items/services with the successful vendor.
Any questions on the submittal process shall be directed to Zeke Lynch at 303.660.7490.
Plan holder information, can be found on the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System
Website
Legal Notice No. 945937
First Publication: August 31, 2023
Second Publication: August 31, 2023
Publisher: Douglas County News Press
Account Number: 2734
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on September 30, 2023, final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and Chato’s Concrete, LLC for the Business Center Drive Reconstruction Project, Douglas County Project Number CI 2020-032 in Douglas County; and that any person, copartnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said Chato’s Concrete, LLC for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said 09/30/2023, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Board of County Commissioners, c/o Director of Public Works Engineering, with a copy to the Project Engineer, Daniel R. Roberts, P.E., Department of Public Works Engineering Division, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104.
Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement before such final settlement will relieve said County of Douglas from all and any liability for such claimant's claim.
The Board of Douglas County Commissioners of the County of Douglas, Colorado, By: Janet Herman, P.E., Director of Public Works.
Legal Notice No. 945926
First Publication: August 31, 2023
Second Publication: September 7, 2023
Publisher: Douglas County News Press Account Number: 2734
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on September 24, 2023, final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and TechCon Infrastructure LLC for the Traffic Signal Installation Project at Fairview Parkway and Grace Boulevard, Douglas County Project Number CI 2021-029, in Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said TechCon Infrastructure LLC for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said 09/24/2023, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Board of County Commissioners, c/o Director of Public Works Engineering, with a copy to the Project Manager, Karl Lucero, Department of Public Works Engineering Division, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104.
Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement before such final settlement will relieve
said County of Douglas from all and any liability for such claimant's claim.
The Board of Douglas County Commissioners of the County of Douglas, Colorado, By: Janet Herman, P.E., Director of Public Works.
Legal Notice No. 945870
First Publication: August 24, 2023
Second Publication: August 31, 2023
Publisher: Douglas County News Press
Account Number: 2734
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT
COUNTY OF DOUGLAS
STATE OF COLORADO
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on September 24, 2023, final settlement will be made by the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Douglas County and RME Ltd., LLC d/b/a Elite Surface Infrastructure for the Sageport 2018 Local Improvement District (LID) & Bannock 2019 Local Improvement District (LID) Douglas County Project Numbers CI 2018-012 & 2019022, in Douglas County; and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said RME Ltd., LLC d/b/a Elite Surface Infrastructure for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said 9/24/2023, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Board of County Commissioners, c/o Director of Public Works Engineering, with a copy to the Project Engineer, Daniel R. Roberts, P.E., Department of Public Works Engineering Division, Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third Street, Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104.
Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement before such final settlement will relieve said County of Douglas from all and any liability for such claimant's claim.
The Board of Douglas County Commissioners of the County of Douglas, Colorado, By: Janet Herman, P.E., Director of Public Works.
Legal Notice No. 945884
First Publication: August 24, 2023
Second Publication: August 31, 2023
Publisher: Douglas County News Press Account Number: 2734
Public Notice NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED
To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the Same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to:
OCCUPANT - HIGHLAND MEADOWS
PROPERTIES LLC - ALLEN H HEDRICK & WALTER A KOWALSKI - HIGHLAND
MEADOWS PROPERTIES LLC - HIGHLAND
MEADOW PROPERTIES LLC, WALTER A KOWALSKI, KARREN E KOWALSKI - WALTER A KOWALSKI PRESIDENT HIGHLAND
MEADOW PROPERTIES LLC - TRUSTEE
NATIONAL COVENANT DISBURSEMENT
MULLER III - LINDA S VELASQUEZ AKA LINDA SUE VELASQUEZ - LINDA S VELASQUEZ
You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 20th day of October 2011 the then County Treasurer of the County of Douglas, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to BRAD L. AVERILL the following described real estate situate in the County of Douglas, State of Colorado, to wit:
LOT 12 BLK 28 MERIBEL VILLAGE 1 445-135 0.512 AM/L
and said County Treasurer issued a certificate of purchase therefore to BRAD L. AVERILL. That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent* taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2010. That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of HIGHLAND MEADOWS PROPERTIES LLC for said year 2010
That said BRAD L. AVERILL on the 8th day of September 2022 the present holder of said certificate, has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said at 1:00 o’clock P.M., on the 30th day of November 2023 unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 17th day of August 2023
/s/ David Gill County Treasurer of Douglas County
Legal Notice No. 945848
First Publication: August 17, 2023
Last Publication: August 31, 2023
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press
Public Notice
DISTRICT COURT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO CONSOLIDATED NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT IN THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS FILED IN THIS COURT UNDER THE “UNIFORM DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE” AND “UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION” ACTS, due diligence has been used to obtain personal service within the State of Colorado and further efforts would be to no avail: therefore, publication has been ordered:
NUMBER: NAME: TYPE OF ACTION
2023DR000112
Cristi D. Long v Michael Robert Long Dissolution of Marriage
A copy of the Petition and Summons may be obtained from the Clerk of the above Court during regular business hours (7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) and that failure to respond to this service by publication within thirty-five (35) days of the publication date may result in a default judgment against the non-appearing party.
Andrea K. Truett CLERK OFTHE COURT
4000 JUSTICE WAY CASTLE ROCK, CO 80109
by Margaret Corbetta, Deputy ClerkLegal Notice No. 945929
First Publication: August 31, 2023
Last Publication: August 31, 2023
Publisher: Douglas County News-Press ###
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