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SOUNDS LIKE SUMMER
Littleton district plans near-normal schooling Classes are set to resume Aug. 12 BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
license showing approval of a “safe storage plan,” which mandates all firearms must be stored in a locked safe, gun cabinet or secured safe room after business hours. The law also requires licensees to utilize a burglar alarm that sends reports directly to Littleton Police rather than a store owner or manager. The license must be renewed annually. Littleton’s two pawn shops,
Living through a pandemic has been stressful on students. Robert Reichardt, president of the Littleton Public Schools board, points out that students’ mental and physical health — as well as their learning — have been affected. Therefore, LPS is looking forward to welcoming students back this month in a setting that is as normal as possible. “It’s important to acknowledge that this is a stressful time for everybody,” Reichardt said. “The pandemic has been a constant learning exercise around what works and what doesn’t.” On July 28, Superintendent Brian Ewert sent a letter outlining the district’s COVID-19 health and safety protocols for the 2021-2022 school year, which starts Aug. 12. The school district, which educates about 15,000 students, is planning to start the 2021-2022 school year without a mask requirement, and at the capacity it had prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools will, however, practice physical distancing as much as is possible without disrupting the learning environment. “COVID-19 vaccines for employees and eligible students will continue to be an individual decision and will not be required,” states Ewert’s letter.
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Gary Sloan plays upright bass as David Lawrence and the Spoonful entertain a crowd on July 28 on the Littleton Museum lawn, PHOTO BY SCOTT GILBERT part of the Summer Concert Series provided by Friends of the Library and Museum. More photos, Page 2.
Gun dealers get delay on storage rule Two of 4 comply with city law; others cite delays in construction, materials BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Two of Littleton’s four firearm retailers will miss the deadline to comply with a first-in-thestate safe-storage law intended to prevent burglaries, citing contrac-
tor delays and supply shortages, though Littleton Police say they feel confident the retailers are on the path to compliance. Littleton City Council passed an ordinance in February requiring gun dealers to lock up weapons in safes or hardened rooms after hours, citing frustration after years of gun store burglaries resulting in the collective theft of dozens of firearms. The law, which took effect Aug. 1, requires all gun retailers within city limits to obtain a city-issued
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MUSIC AT THE MUSEUM Concert series continues on the lawn at Littleton Museum BY SCOTT GILBERT SGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
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Guitarist and singer David Lawrence, foreground, and bassist Gary Sloan perform July 28 in the David Lawrence and the Spoonful concert on PHOTO BY SCOTT GILBERT the lawn of the Littleton Museum.
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A vintage lunchbox depicting David Bowie’s “Aladdin Sane” album cover sits at the edge of the stage during the July 28 performance by David Lawrence and the Spoonful.
avid Lawrence and the Spoonful entertained July 28 on the front lawn of the Littleton Museum as part of the 2021 Summer Concert Series presented by the museum and the Friends of the Library and Museum. Bandleader and guitarist David Lawrence was joined by Gary Sloan on upright bass and drummer Ed Breazeale for a 90-minute show. The band’s name is an homage to blues musician and songwriter Willie Dixon’s song “Spoonful,” which the band performed duiring its set. (The song was later recorded by ‘60s British rock legends Cream.) The six-week series, presented on consecutive Wednesdays outside the museum at 6028 S. Gallup St. in Littleton, wraps up with Dakota Blonde on Aug. 11 and Buckstein on Aug. 18. The concert series is free with open seating on a first come, first serve basis. Organizers ask in a statement that “families gather with caution and we encourage wearing a mask and social distancing, especially for those who are not vaccinated. We will not be offering any food or beverage service via food trucks this year. Guests are welcome to bring their own snacks, provided they dispose of remaining items and trash properly.”
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Gary Sloan plays upright bass and Ed Breazeale plays drums as David Lawrence and the Spoonful entertain a crowd July 28.
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Polis extends eviction protections for some renters after moratorium expired Thousands of Coloradans are still waiting for promised rent assistance BY TAMARA CHUANG THE COLORADO SUN
A day before the national eviction moratorium ended, Gov. Jared Polis gave struggling Colorado renters more time. On July 30, Polis extended a prior order to give renters more time if they’ve applied for help and are still waiting for the state’s emergency rent assistance program to make payments. The national moratorium, set by the enters for Disease Control and Prevention, ended July 31. “The demand for this state and federal aid has been immense, and these programs need time to provide aid to tenants. This directive provides assistance to Colorado residential tenants at risk for eviction while state and federal funds are distributed,” reads Polis’ order. The state’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program offers struggling renters up to 15 months in past-due and future rent payments. But the
program experienced delays since it launched in February. Part of the reason was the January influx of applicants after the state’s own moratorium ended, a rush that overwhelmed the housing division. But new rules to implement the federal funds also meant the state had to update its rent aid program, causing additional delays. But tenants who applied later in the spring and learned they were approved for funding found themselves waiting for weeks and months, with limited communication from the state Department of Local Affairs’ division of housing. Jana Happel, a staff attorney at the nonprofit Colorado Legal Services helping tenants stay housed, said that some of her clients had waited more than two months after getting approved. “The problem is that with all these people who’ve been approved, they can get evicted when the moratorium expires (even though) they’ve been waiting for the check to come,” Happel said in an earlier interview. Congress allocated $690 million to Colorado just for the rent assistance program through two relief acts passed in December and March. To SEE EVICTIONS, P30
ARAPAHOE COUNTY Draft Transportation Master Plan Available for Public Comment Arapahoe County is seeking input from the public as the county continues its efforts to map out its transportation needs and goals for the next 20 years. Input on the draft recommendations and investment priorities will be collected through Aug. 11. Visit arapahoegov.com/ transportationplan
Open house and Pancake Breakfast Ever wanted to take a peek inside the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office and Coroner's Facility? Try on some S.W.A.T. gear? Sit in a helicopter? You'll have your chance at our Annual Open House-with a side of pancakes! The Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office and Coroner's Facility will host the event Saturday, August 14, 2021 from 8 a.m. to Noon at it's headquarters, 13101 E. Broncos Parkway in Centennial. Visit arapahoesheriff.org for details
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Arapahoe Philharmonic ready for new season ‘Galactic Melodies and Myths’ begins in mid-September BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
“Our outdoor summer concert oversold at Breckenridge Brewery in Littleton,” said Arapahoe Philharmonic Executive Director Corinne Denny, optimistic about the start of a new season, which begins Sept. 17 at 7:30 with “Galactic Melodies and Myths” at Denver First Church of the Nazarene, 3800 E. Hampden Ave., Cherry Hills Village. This will be the site for most of the season’s concerts. In November, the orchestra will perform at Lone Tree Arts Center. Concerts will include “Scotch on the Strings,” Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m.; “Holidays at the Movies,” Dec. 10, 7:30 p.m.; “Music Around the World: Children’s Discovery Concert” on Feb. 22, 2022, 11 a.m.; “Maestros of the Classroom,” April 29, 7:30 p.m. and “Stars and Stripes Forever,” 8 p.m. July 3 or 4, 2022. Location TBA. “Our board has been really proactive,” Denny said. It’s chaired by Maria Del Rio and faced hard choices in the past year, when no performances were possible. “It’s been a very strange year,” she said. “I feel the orchestra will come out stronger, more diverse.” The physical office was closed — a big change, Denny said, and some programming was replaced. A new ticketing system is in place and concerts will be offered in person and online. SEE CONCERTS, P21
The Arapahoe Philharmonic will open its 2021-2022 season on Sept. 17 with “Galactic Melodies and Myths” at Denver First COURTESY PHOTO Church of the Nazarene, 3800 E. Hampden Ave., Cherry Hills Village.
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Veteran Colo. journalist Linda Shapley named publisher She’ll lead Colo. Community Media newspapers and websites, including this one
‘Anyone who knows me knows I am an ardent supporter of local news, and my main goal is to tirelessly work at building a team that strengthens the bond a community has with its newspaper.’
BY MARK HARDEN MHARDEN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The new owners of Colorado Community Media have named Linda Shapley the news company’s publisher. Shapley, a lifelong Coloradan, has been a senior news executive at The Denver Post and Colorado Politics magazine in a career in print and digital news and communication spanning more than 30 years. She will lead CCM’s two-dozen Colorado newspapers and websites, including this one, as well as other publications as the company’s first publisher since the May announcement of its sale by Jerry and Ann Healey to The Colorado News Conservancy, a partnership of The Colorado Sun and the National Trust for Local News dedicated to fostering community journalism. CCM newspapers servce Adams, Arapahoe, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Jefferson and Weld counties. “I am excited and honored to be assuming this role, especially during such a critical time in our industry,” Shapley said. “Anyone who knows me knows I am an ardent supporter of local news, and my main goal is to tirelessly work at building a team that strengthens the bond a community has with its newspaper.” Shapley has been managing editor of Colorado Politics, affiliated with the Colorado Springs Gazette and Denver Gazette, since October 2019. Before that she was customer experience director at communications company Deke Digital and managing editor of The Denver
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Post, overseeing news operations and coverage. Larry Ryckman, co-founder and editor of The Colorado Sun, said he was excited to be able to work with his former Post colleague again. Ryckman noted that Shapley “worked in many different roles and departments during her time at The Post and oversaw print production for news events large and small. She also led The Post’s community engagement initiative along with other operational duties.” Prior to The Post, Shapley worked at The Kansas City Star, the Greeley Tribune and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. She is a Colorado State University graduate and a former vice president of the Denver Press Club. Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro, CEO of the National Trust for Local News and a Colorado News Conservancy board member, said CCM’s owners “conducted an extensive, thorough search, and a number of highly qualified applicants expressed interest in the position. In Linda we found an experienced leader with a
combination of strong newsroom chops, organizational skills and budgeting acumen. She’s a great listener, has boundless energy and is passionate about community news. On top of all that, she is a lifelong Coloradan with deep roots in Weld County.” Shapley joins CCM on Aug. 23. CCM publications include the Arvada Press, Brighton Standard Blade, Canyon Courier, Castle Pines News-Press, Castle Rock NewsPress, Centennial Citizen, Clear Creek Courant, Commerce City Sentinel Express, Denver Herald-Dispatch, Douglas County News-Press, Elbert County News, Englewood Herald, Evergreen Lifestyles, Fort Lupton Press, Golden Transcript, Highlands Ranch Herald, Jeffco Transcript, Life on Capitol Hill, Littleton Independent, Lone Tree Voice, Northglenn/ Thornton Sentinel, Parker Chronicle, South Platte Independent, Washington Park Profile and Westminster Window, plus two shoppers, AdCo Advertiser and 285 Hustler.
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Seems like old times at Renaissance Festival
Larkspur event is back after year lost to pandemic BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
After a year off due to the pandemic, King Henry and the Colorado Renaissance Festival have returned to Douglas County for the 2021 season. Opening in early July, the festival, in its 44th year, continues over eight weekends through Aug. 22. As in years past, visitors can experience a magical tour through time and legend. The village streets and pathways are filled with master revelers, artisans working hard to SEE FESTIVAL, P7
It was all good vibes as the 44th Renaissance Festival is back this year after being canceled last year.
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not forget the food and beverages. The entertainment brings the show alive with live music, plus shows displaying a variety of talents from Cydeshow Cy swallowing real swords, to an angelic performer serves as a “live fountain.” Food is also a popular draw. From the King’s Pantry, visitors can enjoy some steak on a stick, or the pork tails and turkey legs from Canterbury Kitchens. Throughout the entire village, there is an abundance of beer options. Part of the magic of the annual festival, held in Larkspur, is the abundance of visitors coming in full costume, engaging fully in the spirt of the past. For tickets and information for the 2021 festival, visit the website at coloradorenaissance.com.
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There was plenty of entertainment throughout the Renaissance village, including CydeShow Cy who wowed the crowd by swallowing swords.
Music from various bands and artists can be heard throughout the village.
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Lone Tree couple runs all over the world Marathons have allowed Sorensens to jump from continent to continent BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Carol and Steve Sorensen on what they call the “hill from hell,” the steepest road in the Southern Hemisphere at around 40 degrees. COURTESY PHOTO
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When Steve Sorensen set a goal to run a marathon before turning 60, he and his wife, Carol, had no idea it would lead to them running in major races across multiple continents. Since 2013, the Lone Tree couple has run all over the world. The couple ran with wildebeests, rhinos and zebras in South Africa, watched nearby penguins as they ran in Antarctica and saw many of the Seven Wonders of the World as their trek to run in every continent has continued. Carol said when her husband first started talking about wanting to run a marathon as a 60th-birthday milestone, she had no interest in participating since she had already run in a marathon. However, when Steve reached his first goal, he started researching and learning more about races held all over the world, Carol said she was not about to miss out on the opportunity to travel and see amazing things even if it meant more running. “When we started looking at running in every continent, I had no idea where you would run in places like Africa or Asia,” Carol said.
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The couple agreed that one of the most amazing and hard runs was the Big 5 race in South Africa. Calling it the “hill from hell,” to reach the finish line, the couple had to run up one of the steepest roads in the Southern Hemisphere. Besides getting up the steep hill, Steve said it was fascinating to look around and see a herd of wildebeests running. The couple said there was some anxiety as local officials kept watch over lions nearby. In Paris, the race started at the Arc de Triomphe, running down the entirety of the Champs-Élysées, past the Louvre, Norte Dame, the Bastille, into the Bois de Vincennes. They continued back on the Rive Gauche, passing Shakespeare and Co. bookstore, Les Invalides and into the Bois de Boulogne. In the shadows, the Eiffel Tower could be seen throughout the entire marathon. “For us, it has really become all about the experience and seeing the world,” said Carol, 55. “You find that there is a true community around running once you get into it. We have truly met some of the most amazing people.” To date, the couple has reached their goal, racing in North America, South America, Australia, Asia, Europe, Antarctica and Africa. With each continent, Carol said they had to the rely on the training they were able to do in Colorado, finding a few surprises along the way.
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ANCIENT MYSTERIES AND MODERN DISCOVERIES
Learn the truth behind the legend at Stonehenge: Ancient Mysteries and Modern Discoveries, open now at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.
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COUPLE FROM PAGE 8
Besides the tough hill climb in Africa, the couple said they were surprised at the climate in Antarctica, expecting it to be colder. “You think you are going to be freezing the entire time and it is really not,” Carol said. “You do have to run on river rock and unstable areas. You do all this in moments where the sun is shining one moment and then snow is falling the next.” Steve and Carol said they have gained so much in learning about the food and culture in every location. In one marathon, Carol and Steve ran around Buddhist temples where they saw the locals plowing fields with oxen. “Just understanding the
splendor of running among these 2,000 Buddhist temples was amazing,” Steve said. “The people here have a love and care for everything.” Steve said the children in the area saw Carol and ran up to her, giving her handfuls of wildflowers. Steve joked that one child gave him one flower. “There is a true human connection with the people you run with and the people you connect with in every place,” Carol said. “It really gets you out of your comfort zone to open your mind and see the world through a totally different lens.” Carol and Steve, both retirees from the corporate world, said they will continue to participate in as many races in other countries and here in the U.S. as they can. Along the way, Steve started a photography business to sell images and document the journey.
Carol and Steve Sorensen take a moment to enjoy the Victoria Falls Bridge that spans the Zambezi River between Zimbabwe and Zambia. COURTESY PHOTO
HAVE A SAY IN LITTLETON’S FUNDING FIX The City of Littleton is faced with an annual $6.5 million revenue shortage in its Capital Projects Fund. Without intervention, this Fund is set to be depleted four years from now.
City council is considering four proposed revenue options to help alleviate this shortfall and provide long-term stability in the Capital Projects Fund. In late August, council may vote to move forward with one or more of the following options, all of which would require voter approval in November. INCREASING THE RETAIL MARIJUANA TAX
INSTITUTING A NEW LODGING TAX
This tax is too new to determine how much it would generate, but it would likely be insignificant compared to the shortfall
Charging hotel and conference patrons and short-term rental guests a new tax would generate up to $1 million per year
INCREASING THE SALES TAX RATE BY 0.5%
INCREASING THE SALES TAX RATE BY 0.75%
A half-percent increase would generate an average of $6.5 million per year and cost an additional $0.50 on a $100 purchase
A three-quarters percent increase would generate an average of $10 million per year and cost an additional $0.75 on a $100 purchase
Citizens are invited to learn more about this issue and provide input. There are numerous opportunities. Visit www.LittletonFundingFix.org where you’ll be able to: Review a fact sheet and read answers to frequently asked questions
Take a two-question survey
Submit questions for the website FAQ
SPECIAL MEETING: The Littleton City Council is convening a special meeting and public hearing on Thursday, August 26 at 6:30 at the Littleton City Center, 2255 W. Berry Ave., to give the public an opportunity to weigh in on the proposed solutions.
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After 35 years, 28-mile Douglas County trail completed The East/West Regional Trail spans Parker and Highlands Ranch BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
It was negative 10 degrees on the December evening in 1986 when Cheryl Matthews and her fellow equestrians stood up and demanded a trail be built through Highlands Ranch. Matthews, now the open space director for Douglas County, had learned that Mission Viejo, the company that owned Highlands Ranch at the time, had once promised a trail but hadn’t yet followed through on it. So one night, when Mission Viejo was set to make a request of the county’s planning commission, Matthews and her friends filled the room and spoke at the podium about their request for a trail. The commission responded by telling the company they wouldn’t approve any more land use applications until they had worked with the residents on the trail, Matthews said. “It was really pretty exciting to be a part of getting it in the plan,” Matthews said. “What got completed after that was a lot more than Highlands Ranch.” As of July 24, that trail, which ended up being the 28-mile East/ West Regional Trail, has finally been
The Douglas County commissioners speak at the grand opening of the East/West Regional Trail July 24. From left, Commissioners PHOTO COURTESY OF DOUGLAS COUNTY Lora Thomas, Abe Laydon and George Teal attended the event.
completed. “It’s pretty amazing when you think about the scope of it,” Matthews said. “It was just kind of a dream back then.” The trail, which runs from Cherry Creek Trail in Parker through Redstone Park in Highlands Ranch, has been constructed in segments. The final section is a four-mile segment that runs from Schweiger Ranch near RidgeGate Parkway and Interstate 25 to the underpass at South Chamber Road in Parker. “It’s just so gratifying to actu-
ally see a vision come to life and it makes you feel so good,” Matthews said. “You had so many people involved in making it happen and now thousands and thousands of people can go out and enjoy it.” Cyclists, equestrians, dogs, walkers and runners are all allowed on the soft-surface trail, which passes through grasslands, oak bluffs and the Highlands Ranch Backcountry. From the trail, one can often see Pikes Peak along with much of the front range. Wildlife like pronghorns, elk, deer, coyotes, bear and
birds are also possible sightings in the area. There are restrooms and picnic shelters at Grigss Road Trailhead near Daniels Park and the Bluffs Regional Park in Lone Tree. Trail users can also connect to several other trails including the Highline Canal, Willow Creek Trail, Reuter-Hess Reservoir and Bluffs Park. The 35-year project has been funded by a variety of methods SEE TRAIL, P23
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ave you noticed those new, red, octagonal signs they’ve been putting up around town? I’m not sure what their purpose is. Maybe you do. If so, please let me QUIET in on it. DESPERATION Each of the signs has four white letters on it. “S,” “T,” “O” and “P.” I figure it must be some kind of acronym. But what? Maybe “Sleep Tonight On Pillows.” Craig Marshall It seems like a Smith lot of money was spent on something that no one pays any attention to. There’s another thing that bothers me. They put them at most of the intersections, right there on the corners. They distract drivers who slow down to read what they say and cause accidents or near-accidents.
Living near a high school, I see teenagers do it all the time. Instead of sailing through an intersection, they hesitate. I think it’s because they’re curious about the signs. “Sick Texans Often Puke.” Teenaged drivers shouldn’t have to try to figure out what the meaning of a sign is while they’re on the way to something important. As I said, all of the signs are red. That makes them stand out. It’s one more strike against them because, as we know, red is an aggressive color. It stands out. A friend of mine who believes we have “visitors” is convinced the signs are intended for them and it’s an acronym for “Sluve Tupalulu Ornidoo Peppitone.” He says that’s, “Don’t forget, Martians: Your second cup of coffee is free at all Roswell restaurants.” The signs add visual “clutter” just where we don’t need it: at busy intersections. It’s tough
enough there already. Since I love ciphers, I tried a couple of simple letter substitutes with my decoder ring, but what I came up with didn’t make sense. “Lucky Strike means fine tobacco” was one of them. And “Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire.” I must have done something wrong. There’s another one of these intersection signs I don’t understand. There are fewer of them, and that’s nice, but the meaning of the letters on them is lost to me and everyone else. “Y,” “I,” “E,” “L” and “D.” My friend thinks it’s just another attempt to communicate with our friends from outer space. “What do the letters mean?” I asked. He told me it was an intergalactic marketing plea. “Well, what is it?” “`Buy your muffler from us, not the Chinese.’” I am all for trying to boost the
U.S. economy, but why can’t it be done somewhere else? Everyone knows that intersections are lively and at times entertaining areas where a lot of things can go wrong. If I’m going through an intersection and texting, I can’t be bothered by a sign that’s designed to appeal to little green men. I tried to get an answer from our traffic engineers, but they just laughed and said, “You’ve got to be kidding.” You and I know that things go on behind our backs all the time. There are subliminal messages everywhere. When someone in the government says, “A wet bird does not fly at night” it doesn’t mean “A wet bird does not fly at night.” I dare you to put that in your decoder ring. Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.
Unexpected advice: Shrug it off
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friend of mine has spent most of his life in a gym. He has gone from body building to power lifting and then back to body building. He is now in maintenance mode WINNING like many his age. WORDS But even now, his shoulders are still very broad and sculpted. When I asked him what he has done over all these years to get that kind of definition and maintain it, he shared this, Michael Norton “I shrug it off.” At first, I looked at him a bit puzzled. When I asked him to share more about shrugging it off, and what that meant, I found his answer and philosophy interesting and worth sharing. Since we were talking about shoulders and working out, I had assumed he meant that he did an exercise known as shoulder shrugs. This is an exercise where we pick up a barbell or dumbbells and raise our shoulders using only our shoulder muscles and
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not our arms. The move is basically exactly how it is stated — we shrug our shoulders. He shared that he has always done a lot of shoulder shrugs over the years, and he was very committed to working through several exercises that developed his neck, shoulders and back. But then he shared something that he believed was necessary to provide his muscles the room to grow and become more defined, and that was equal to, if not more important than, working out. He created the “space” in his body by removing the tension and stress that was holding him back. He shrugged them off. It took time to realize that he was holding on to too much pain, baggage, anger. And although he came to recognize a few of those emotions were justified, when he learned how not to sweat the small stuff, and shrug off the nonsense, his body responded more favorably, his mind was at ease, and his soul found peace. And then he connected the dots for me. “When I was carrying all that extra pain, baggage, and anger, and then tried to lift weights,
I was trying to lift twice as much because I piled on all those extra burdens on top of the weights. My muscles were too constricted and not developing the way I needed or wanted them to grow. But when I removed the tensions and stressors, my muscles found the freedom they needed to grow. And you know what, that helped me grow as a person on the inside and on the outside.” - Dan S. How many of us could benefit from shrugging it off more often? Not necessarily in the gym and doing shoulder shrugs, but in life by shrugging off the three N’s; nonsense, negativity, and noise. What if we could not worry about what others say or think about us, and instead, just shrug it off? Robin Sharma says it this way, “Other people’s opinions of you are none of your business.” He is absolutely right, sometimes hard to do, but once we get there, it gives us so much freedom. Robert Elliott, in his book “It’s Not Worth Dying For,” said, “Don’t sweat the small stuff, because it’s all small stuff anyway.” This is what my friend Dan was talking about, not letting the
“stuff” pile up on our shoulders, so much so that we have no room to grow. Some of us have an easier time shrugging everything off. Like water off a duck’s back, comments and criticisms are quickly forgotten, stress and tensions released, and waiting to worry is a standard practice in life. Others of us need a little more encouragement, or some sage advice like I received from my buddy Dan. Where do you find yourself shaking out on this one? Is it easy to shrug it off? Or are you carrying around too many extra and unnecessary cares and burdens with you? Either way, I would love to hear your story at mnorton@ tramazing.com, and when we can free ourselves up so that we can grow personally, professionally, and spiritually, it really will be a better than good year. Michael Norton is the grateful CEO of Tramazing.com, a personal and professional coach, and a consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator to businesses of all sizes.
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SouthGlenn redevelopment plan submitted Proposal faces votes by city council, planning and zoning commission BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A crowd of more than 100 came to the empty former Sears at Centennial’s flagship shopping center in a March 2019 meeting that placed redevelopment plans in the public eye — and in August 2020, one of the developers announced he expected to formally submit plans to the city in the coming weeks. Fast-forward nearly a year later, and the plans that could reshape The Streets at SouthGlenn complex have finally been submitted to city officials. Area residents in 2019 primarily voiced concerns about the potential for more traffic around the outdoor mall in Centennial, which sits at East Arapahoe Road and South University Boulevard, a major intersection in the south metro area. They also objected to the possibility of apartment buildings sitting across the street from the less-dense neighborhood nearby. Roughly 400 people filled the seats at a November 2019 meeting at Powell Middle School in a second community meeting about the plans, an unruly gathering that underscored the continued frustration some residents feel toward the project. Developers want to revitalize the mall, which has fought recent vacancies and is facing the expectation that its Macy’s store could close in coming years. Because the developers want to change the mix of types of properties allowed, their plans need the city’s approval. The mall is a top source of tax revenue for Centennial, but it’s pulling in a smaller proportion of funds than it used to. With the redevelopment plans now formalized, the public can review the developers’ proposal and give feedback. Ultimately, the plans must undergo scrutiny from the Centennial Planning and Zoning Commission, a body of citizens who make development recommendations to city council. Then it faces a city council vote, an event that could be months away. Here’s a look at what may change and what a study says about SouthGlenn traffic concerns. History of changes SouthGlenn was originally the large, indoor Southglenn Mall built in the 1970s, and Sears and Macy’s were components of that mall. SouthGlenn’s outdoor shopping center layout replaced the former mall in 2009. The Sears closed near the end of 2018. The Macy’s isn’t likely to close in the immediate future, but developers expect it to shutter in the next few years. The Macy’s building was constructed in 1981, according to Arapahoe County assessor’s records. Macy’s West Stores Inc. sold it to Alberta Development Partners in February 2018 for $10 million, records show.
What could change in coming years The former Sears property is owned by Northwood Investors, which wants to add apartments there. Alberta Development Partners — which controls nearly all of SouthGlenn — wants to put in apartments and office space, and retail and entertainment establishments, where Macy’s stands. The two developers want to make the following changes: • Increase the allowed number of residential units from 350 to a total of 1,125 units. Currently, there are 214 residential units in the existing Portola at SouthGlenn apartment building. New units would likely be high-end like at the Portola. (Previous information on the proposal indicated that developers wanted to increase the allowed number of residential units to a total of 1,273 units. The formal submittal proposes an overall lower number of new apartments than earlier versions of the plan.) • Modify the allowed building height on the former Sears land and the Macy’s land from 50 feet to 75 feet. The current allowable building heights in The Streets at SouthGlenn vary across the site. No building is allowed to exceed 100 feet. For context, the current tallest building is the office building north of the existing Sears property at 85 feet, according to the city’s website. • The core of the Macy’s redevelopment is expected to include five-story mixed-use buildings, according to details from the proposal’s traffic study. The Sears redevelopment would consist of a smaller retail building and three new five-story residential buildings. • Provide an open-space area along the north side of Easter Avenue to serve residential development at the former Sears land. The redevelopment would be required to include a minimum of 25,000 square feet of public open space, green space, “passive recreation” or common public space to serve that development, according to the city website. • Decrease the required amount of retail space from 909,815 square feet to 621,000 square feet. Currently, there is 948,853 square feet of leasable retail area, including the former Sears and Macy’s buildings, which are approximately 307,000 square feet combined. Alberta Development Partners and Northwood Investors submitted their plans to the city on June 22. The application was deemed complete on July 20, and the plans are now under the city’s review process, according to the city’s website. Traffic recommendations The proposal came with a companion study on the impact the redevelopment would have on traffic. Along Arapahoe Road, Race Street, University Boulevard and Easter Avenue — which form SouthGlenn’s perimeter — most of the changes in the morning and afternoon would be less than a 10% increase and “do not represent significant changes to traffic flow,” according to the study by Felsburg, Holt and Ullevig, an engineering and planning firm. The study notes that residential SEE SOUTHGLENN, P24
In a 2020 file photo, diners are seen through water falling from The Streets at SouthPHOTO BY ELLIS ARNOLD Glenn’s fountain.
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4/24/1947 - 7/19/2021 Robert Alan Shepka passed away July 19th, motion by helping folks that are struggling 2021, in Littleton, Colorado. He was born so they can stay in school. All Bob asked in April 24th, 1947, in Ware, MA to Thaddeus return was to pay a kindness forward. Stanley Kszepka and Charlotte Piszczek Ksepka. Bob learned early the meaning of Bob delt with his ALS the same way he lived hard work but was able to have many great his life. He planned, prepared, and met it adventures in his 74 years. head on. Bob put up a valiant fight. He never complained or ask, “why me” just commented over Bob was diagnosed with ALS in 2014. With the and over again, “I have had a wonderful life and every diagnosis he began wondering what kind of a legacy day is blessing”. he could leave. Bob remembers back to the early days when his children were very young, and money was tight. He was in a community college and working full time to provide for his family. He was smart and scholarships were not as difficult to come by as was the money to buy milk, gas, and other life needs. With these experiences burned into his memory and part of his history, he decided to try to help others who might be experiencing the same struggles that he did when he was young. Bob quietly put together a foundation to help make a difference in a few lives that need it. His foundation is simply called “Help for Your Future”. Its purpose is to financially help struggling students with nontuition costs. Bob’s foundation has already been able to help change many people’s lives. His dream was put into
Bob had 2 children. Those children gave him the gift of 6 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. He adored them all! Bob loved mechanics, working with his hands and his great passion was mentoring and teaching. He will be remembered for his love of life, attention to detail, world travels, his motorcycles, classic cars, auto racing and the kindness and love he had for his family and friends. Bob is survived by his life partner – Shannon Johnson, two children – Robert Allen Schattgen (wife Robin), Dawna Lynn Wemette (husband Jason), six grandchildren, Stefan Schattgen , Erica Milles, Trevor Schattgen , Michael Rouette, Mikayla Rouette, Macauley Rouette – 5 great grandchildren, 4 brothers – Peter, Richard, Jim and Teddy. A celebration of life will be scheduled later.
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John W. Ake John W. Ake celebrated his 90th birthday with four generations of family and dearest friends one month before his passing on July 20, 2021. Ake spent nearly 40 years in Casper, WY where he made a home with his wife Alice Dunlap Ake who preceded him in death. He is survived by his children, J. David Ake (Kelly) and Kathy Ake (John.) Grandfather to Serena (Kelli) and Gabrielle. He was devoted to Alice’s children, Charles, Scott (Bev) Carla (Chet) and grandchildren, Holly, Amanda, Angela, Willy, and Jeff. Beloved greatgrandfather and uncle. He was previously married to Mary W. Ake. Ake was an electrical engineer at Behrent Engineering in Denver, CO and later an independent
consulting electrical engineer. His passion for rock hounding and faceting gemstones was an interest that went on for decades. He was a founding member of Littleton Gem and Mineral Club in 1960. His talent for craftsmanship extended to fine woodworking. Ake was an officer in the US Army Signal Corps and graduate of Carnegie Institute of Technology. His parents Walter and Ester and older sister Richardine preceded him in death. He was born in Portland, Oregon in 1931. Services will be held at Newcomer Funeral Home located at 710 East Second Street, Casper, Wyoming on August 14, 2021 at 1:00 PM.
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New entertainment complexes take shape around metro area BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
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or many Front Range residents, this summer has been about one thing: getting out. Out to see family, out to see friends, out to play, out to enjoy a cold brew that just doesn’t taste the same on the couch, out to do anything at all. Lucky for us, this summer of friends and freedom has coincided with the opening of several new major entertainment venues and districts that seem almost tailormade to sate our hunger for a heaping helping of fun as pandemic restrictions have eased. And while some of these new spots are in central Denver, others have popped up in the suburbs, meaning that enjoying some of the area’s latest and greatest entertainment options don’t require a commute followed by a lengthy hunt for a parking spot. Developer Bob Koontz began planning Pindustry — a 54,500-square-foot “eatertainment” facility that combines bowling lanes, an arcade, a massive rooftop patio and several other activities and spaces — years before anyone had ever heard of COVID-19. But he says this summer has proven to be a great time to open such a venture, which has benefited not only from activity-hungry crowds but also people looking for ways to escape this year’s intense heat. “We’re really above what we had projected for our opening,” said Koontz. “It seems like the public has really liked what we are offering and so we are getting some pretty good crowds.” But while Koontz is plenty happy about Pindustry’s timing, he’s also confident that his team has created something that will continue to draw crowds and fill a niche even after the novelty of being able to go out follwing pandemic restrictions starts to wear off. Located in an old automobile garage set amid a sprawling collection of strip malls southeast of the intersection of Arapahoe Road and I-25, Pindustry’s suburban location doesn’t exactly scream “Denver’s next hip night out destination.” After all, Pindustry isn’t even in Denver. But for Koontz, that’s exactly the point. “We’re targeting it more to the more hip, adult kind of crowd that works in this Denver Tech Center corridor,” said Koontz. “It’s a big workforce here and it seemed like if you could put the right place together than they’d enjoy having a place where they didn’t necessarily have to go downtown after work. I think we’ve hit that chord.”
Bowling lanes at Pindustry in Greenwood Village. Pindustry offers both traditional bowling and duckpin bowling. PHOTO COURTESY OF LUCY BEAUGARD
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The new Hopdoddy restaurant at the 9+Co development in Denver.
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The inside of the new Milepost Zero food hall at McGregor Square.
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Walkable new destination in suburbia But while Pindustry’s lanes (there are not one but two kinds of bowling), games and lineup of local musical acts could keep that crowd entertained for quite some time, Pindustry is just the first of a much broader range of fun-oriented businesses setting up shop in the area as part of the newly established Arapahoe Road Entertainment District. “This is going to be the most walk-
able area in the whole south suburbs, which tend to be pretty car driven,” Koontz said. Next month, Pindustry will be joined by Grange Hall, a new food hall (a first for a large swath of suburbs stretching from south Denver to Highlands Ranch and Parker) from popular Denver chef Troy Guard that will feature nine food stalls and a brewery inside a former CB Potts located across the parking lot.
The area is also already home to Cinebarre, a Regal movie theater where filmgoers can order food and drinks from an in-house restaurant and bar to enjoy during their movie, which opened in 2019. There are also plans for a new location of the popular New York burger chain Shake Shack and other fast-casual restaurants. SEE COMPLEXES, P17
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Immersive installation is major moth mania
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ore than 20,000 ink and paper moths cover the walls of the Denver Botanic Gardens’ Freyer Gallery in the exhibit “Cross-Pol- SONYA’S lination: The Moth SAMPLER Migration Project,” an immersive installation by artist Hilary Lorenz, who started the project in 2017. This exhibit of moths, created over a number of years, celebrates Sonya Ellingboe moths as important pollinators, but also speaks of the cross-pollination of ideas through global human relationships. Artists from 27 countries contributed images. Through April 2022. 1007 York St., Denver. Ticketed. See botanicgardens.org.
Lone Tree “Bowregard” bluegrass band will appear at Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., at 8 p.m. on Aug. 6. Tickets: $45 reserved seating; $40 lawn seating. 720-509-1000, lonetreeartscenter.org.
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sports bars and nightclubs located nearby on Blake, Market and Larimer streets. “As close as it may sit only one block away, it feels fresh, new, inviting and safe,” he said. “Particularly if you don’t really like or fit into the LoDo scene.”
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Something different for downtown As the Arapahoe Road Entertainment District continues to take shape, it could start to look a lot like McGregor Square. That’s the 659,000-square-foot development across the street from Coors Field that opened last spring and includes several restaurants and bars, a large outdoor plaza with space for cornhole and other games, and even its own food hall and a new Tattered Cover store. On a recent weekday afternoon, Genesee resident Alex Flournoy went with a group of about 20 people to check out the new development after going to the Rockies game. They drank at Tom’s Watch Bar, the complex’s spiffed-up sports bar that features massive TV screens divided into sections to show multiple games as well as a virtual golf simulator. Flournoy said he liked what he was seeing from McGregor Square, which he felt was bringing a “new trendiness factor” and welcoming “community feel” to LoDo. For him, that new vibe is a nice alternative to the more sophomoric one he finds dominates the more traditional
Mark your calendar “One Book One Littleton” will be featured from 5:30 to 9 p.m. on Sept. 16 at Arapahoe Community College Waring Theatre. Bemis Library, in partnership with the Littleton Friends of the Library/Museum and community sponsors, has invited Charles Vogl to present an interactive keynote program based on his book, “The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging.” Attendees will engage with problems Littleton is facing and opportunities for strengthening ties with each other. Bemis has a number of copies and a group discussion guide. 303-795-3961.
New neighborhoods taking shape Meanwhile, those looking to experience a new kind of night out in Denver in a spot that isn’t as intensely urban as McGregor Square can head to 9+CO, a new development rising on the site of the old University of Colorado Medical Center. Sprawling over several blocks, the 26-acre district has more room to stretch than McGregor Square and includes green spaces, stores, outposts of Postino, Hopdoddy Burger Bar and other restaurants that have previously left their mark on the city, plus a gelato shop. However, the crown jewel of the complex is the new 10-screen AMC cinema, with such amenities as plush recliners and an upscale bar with cocktails on the menu, “With a wide variety of restaurants and retailers now open, 9+CO is really becoming the vibrant community we always envisioned it would be,” said Frank Cannon, development director for developer
Storywalk at Aspen Grove Follow numbered signs in windows to follow a story. Titles change monthly ... Aspen Grove shopping center is at 7301 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Bemis: Immigrants “Immigrants: Building Denver from Bottomlands Up” will be presented by Denver History Tours at 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 10 at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Call for information: 303-795-3961. Rosemary Clooney Cherry Creek Theatre’s production of “Tenderly: the Rosemary Clooney Musical” will start with an Aug. 6 reception celebrating Maxine and Mark Rossman, who founded this busy theatre company. Directed by Kelly Von Oosbree with musical direction by David Nehls. Runs to Aug. 29 at the Elaine Wolf Theatre, Mizel Arts and Culture Center, 350
S. Dahlia St., Denver. Tickets: $26-42; senior $37. 303-800-6578, cherrycreektheatre.org. Museum of Outdoor Arts Unwine Wednesdays at Marjorie Park, on the north side of Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre, 6331 Fiddler’s Green Circle, Greenwood Village. $20, 5 to 7 p.m., moaonline.org/ events. Concerts in the Park — 7 p.m. on Aug. 19. Local food trucks or bring your own picnic (no alcohol can be brought in-will be for sale in park). Under 12 free with adult. Tickets: moaonline.org/events.
Improv Acting Camps Aug. 16 and 17 are dates for South Suburban Parks and Recreation’s Summer Acting Camps at Goodson Recreation Center, 6315 S. University Blvd. 1:15-3:45 p.m. (#411208). Limited number of participants, $84/ residents; $90/non-residents. 303-7982476, ssprd.org.
The outdoor plaza at the center of McGregor Square. PHOTO COURTESY OF LUCY BEAUGARD
Continuum Partners in a statement issued last year. “As you walk around the community, you see people who live and work here, but you also see patrons from surrounding neighborhoods who are enjoying 9+CO as a destination for dining, services and gathering spaces.” Development in that vein has also spread to the north suburbs. While Downtown Westminster, which is located on the site of the old Westminster Mall, was taking shape before the pandemic, it has started to come into its own in the last several months with the opening of several new restaurants, plus a coffee shop and a hotel. The Alamo Drafthouse theater that first opened in 2019 has also reopened and a new Tattered
Cover is slated to open in the next few weeks. While the primary audience of suburban destinations such as Downtown Westminster and the Arapahoe Road Entertainment Complex is people who live nearby and are looking for a day or night out, Koontz said such areas – and particularly places like Pindustry within them — will also serve another audience: those looking to host corporate events. “There aren’t that many options for large company events,” he said. “You can go to a hotel ballroom or places like Topgolf that have had success with company events. But you can only go to Topgolf so many times and so I think we’re offering a nice option.”
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Cherry Creek North eateries eager to reconnect Neighborhood’s Food & Wine event returns Aug. 11-14 BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Wyatt Johnson, an oyster shucker and a pre-med student in New York who is staying in Colorado for the summer, shucks oysters at Blue Island Oyster Bar & Seafood. Shucking is the act of opening an oyster, and attendees of either of Blue Island’s oyster shucking events part of the Cherry Creek North Food & Wine will get to try their hand PHOTOS BY CHRISTY STEADMAN at the skill.
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After about a year of providing the restaurant experience primarily through takeout, restaurateurs and chefs in Cherry Creek North are looking forward to reconnecting with their guests and local foodies again. Providing the perfect opportunity to do so is the annual Cherry Creek North Food & Wine event, which has been expanded this year to include four days of festivities — all centered around the unique and diverse dining experiences that Cherry Creek North has to offer. Attendees “will be able to choose their own experience,” said Jeannie McFarland Johnson, director of marketing and communications for Cherry Creek North. Because, she added, “there is a lot of diversity with the experiences.” This year’s event takes place Aug. 11-14 at various locations throughout the Cherry Creek North neighborhood, which is roughly from First to Third avenues and University Boulevard to Steele Street. The lineup of events range from intimate dining experiences and small bites to seminars and demos. Attendees may choose to attend one or two events, or make an entire weekend of it.
“Food & Wine offers some neat experiences not offered on any normal day,” McFarland Johnson said. One such event is the Dinner on the Plaza, which takes place Aug. 13. This event includes a multi-course dinner with wine pairing, live music and dancing, and a cocktail hour during which attendees can mingle and meet new friends. The Dinner on the Plaza will be a “beautiful celebration of the community,” McFarland Johnson said. Something else new to this year’s Food & Wine is this is the first year for the event to have a beneficiary. This year, a portion of the proceeds of every ticket sold to Food & Wine events will go to Food for Thought Denver, which is a local nonprofit that provides food to students across the city to guarantee that no child goes hungry during the weekend. Another not-to-miss Food & Wine event is the Grand Tasting, which is offered twice on Aug. 14. Attendees will get to try small plates and bites from more than 20 restaurants, and sip more than 50 wines curated by experts at The Vineyard Wine Shop. The Grand Tasting also offers the unique opportunity to meet-and-greet with restaurant owners and chefs. Sean Huggard, owner of Blue Island Oyster Bar & Seafood in Cherry Creek North, is looking forward to hosting the Chef and Shucking at Blue Island events. “It’s our favorite event because it puts us front and center with our SEE FOOD & WINE, P30
Oscar Padilla, the executive chef at Toro Latin Kitchen & Lounge, pours achiote ponzu sauce over the restaurant’s salmon dish. Toro, a Richard Sandoval restaurant, is hosting a couple of events during Cherry Creek North Food & Wine, including the Latin Wine Dinner on Aug. 11. During this special event, Padilla and Sandoval will cook side-by-side for the events dinner guests.
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Tri-County Health urges masks in schools, indoor settings Health agency’s announcement follows new CDC guidance BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Stopping short of requiring masks in schools and other indoor places, the local public health agency for Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties released a recommendation for wearing masks in those settings as the Delta variant continues “surging across the metro Denver area,” the agency said in a news release. The Tri-County Health Department now recommends that “all persons wear masks in school settings regardless of vaccination status and, as long as we have rising rates of community transmission, that everyone including fully vaccinated persons wear a mask in public indoor settings,” the agency said in the July 30 release. The decision to recommend — but not require — masks in schools leaves the question of whether to require masks up to individual school districts in TriCounty’s area. The Delta coronavirus variant spreads about twice as easily from one person to another as previous strains of the virus, according to Tri-County.
The recommendation from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for universal mask-wearing in school settings “is consistent with recent recommendations by the American Academy of Pediatrics and is based on the goal of keeping schools as safe as possible while maximizing in-person learning,” Tri-County’s news release said. Tri-County continued: “Wearing masks in indoor settings is an evidence-based, safe and effective way to prevent the spread of COVID-19, and mask-wearing in schools is particularly important because there are so many interactions in schools between vaccinated and unvaccinated people, and because children under 12 are not yet eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines.” In light of new data on the Delta coronavirus variant, the CDC in late July updated its guidance for fully vaccinated people. The CDC now recommends “universal indoor masking for all teachers, staff, students, and visitors to K-12 schools, regardless of vaccination status,” according to its website. The new CDC guidance applies to schools everywhere — and to other indoor settings in counties with “substantial transmission” of the virus, according to John Douglas, executive director of Tri-County Health. SEE MASKS, P23
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School Age Child Care, which is the district’s in-house, before-andafter-school childcare, will operate with the same protocols as elementary schools. Ewert’s letter describes the district’s health and safety protocols for COVID-19 as “layered and overlapping.” LPS believes these measures — which include frequent hand washing, cleaning, disinfecting, physical distancing and improved ventilation — have been effective. The letter states that about 700 students in preschool through 12th grade attended LPS summer school programs throughout June, and only two COVID-19 positive cases were reported during that time, according to the letter. “We believe that is due to our layered approach,” Ewert wrote. Amanda Crosby, president of the Littleton Education Association teachers union, agrees that the
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layered and overlapping measures work, but feels schools should be held to those standards of cleanliness all the time. “Schools need to be clean. When teachers ask for cleaning supplies,” Crosby said, “they should get them. That should be happening whether there’s a pandemic or not.” School bus transportation for the 2021-2022 year will resume at pre-COVID-19 capacity, and all students and staff will be required to wear a mask while on a school bus, regardless of vaccination status. This is a federal law, Ewert’s letter states. LPS receives federal funding to provide all students with breakfasts and lunches, so that will continue this upcoming school year. Parents, volunteers and other visitors will again be welcome inside the schools; and school clubs, enrichment activities, school assemblies and field trips will resume. LPS is glad to be able to resume these experiences because they are “hugely important” to a student’s social and academic well-being,
Reichardt said, as well as being beneficial to the greater community. Reichardt said he realizes that not everybody is going to agree with the district’s decisions on COVID-19 health and safety protocols for the upcoming school year. He added that it’s a “tough balance.” However, according to Ewert’s letter, LPS’ plans are “consistent with the plans of all metro-area school districts.” But, “it’s important to remember that plans could change if public health orders become more restrictive or if our community and/or our schools experience a concerning increase in COVID-19 cases,” Ewert wrote. “We ask for your continued patience and flexibility as we do our very best to balance a return to a more normal schedule with keeping our students and employees healthy.” The district is committed to communication and will update families regularly to help keep them informed on any changes, should they need to occur, Reichardt said. Additionally, the district
principal positions, plus others in the orchestra. “We have started an annual audition program and can give members feedback each year. There are brass and strings openings ...” The membership is presently at about 50, Denny said. Pre-pandemic, it was about 70. “We are working with a
will continue to provide information vaccine availability, including sites located on-and-off LPS properties. However, LPS will rely on parents to make the best decision for their children, and on staff members to make the best decision for themselves — particularly concerning COVID-19 vaccinations and mask-wearing, Ewert’s letter states. LPS is asking for students who show symptoms of COVID-19 or other illnesses to stay home from school and activities. The district will not notify school communities about positive and/or symptomatic cases, but “LPS will follow the public health orders for quarantine of (students), family members of students and staff who test positive for COVID-19,” states the letter. “Schools are an integral part of their community,” Crosby said. She added that LPS will do whatever it takes to keep its schools safe and healthy. “We’ve learned it takes all of us to come together, during a pandemic, to keep all of us safe.”
virtual and online education program,” Denny said. Instrumental instruction will be sent to schools. A virtual Master Class will be sent to Arapahoe High School. The last full season for the Arapahoe Philharmonic was 2018-2019. “Some personnel are really nervous about resuming a schedule, while others are
eager to start. The November, Scottish Concert will be at Lone Tree Arts Center and others will be at Denver First Church,” Denny said. “We are getting requests for season ticket packages. “The first full rehearsal in July was awesome!” See arapahoe-phil.org for more information in future weeks.
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Hospitals to require COVID vaccines for employees UCHealth, Denver Health operate across metro Denver and beyond BY JOHN INGOLD THE COLORADO SUN
Two more major health systems in Colorado announced July 28 that they will require their employees to be vaccinated against coronavirus by the fall. UCHealth, which operates the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, UC Health Highlands Ranch Hospital and 10 others, will require staff to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 1. Denver Health will require its employees to be vaccinated by Nov. 1. UCHealth has about 24,000 employees. In addition to hospitals, UCHealth has clinics, stand-alone emergency rooms, offices and other operations in Arvada, Centennial, Commerce City, Denver, the Inverness area, Greenwood Village, Highlands Ranch, Lone Tree, Parker, Thornton and other locations, according to its website. “After fighting COVID-19 for more than a year, and as the dangerous Delta variant has become the dominant strain in Colorado and elsewhere, it is clear that vaccination against this disease is essential to protect our employees, along with our patients and visitors,” Elizabeth Concordia, president and CEO of UCHealth, said in a statement. “We
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Local cases on the rise The CDC’s change in guidance was based on surges in infection due to the Delta variant in many parts of the United States, as well as evolving understanding of vaccinated persons’ ability to transmit Delta infection and slowing rates of vaccination, according to the TriCounty news release. As of late July, similar to the rest of the metro area, all three TriCounty Health counties are in the CDC’s “substantial” zone of transmission, with seven-day incidence
rates — rates of new COVID-19 cases — above 50 cases per 100,000 people, according to Tri-County. That means the new CDC guidance recommending that all people, vaccinated or not, wear masks in indoor settings applies in Tri-County’s area. Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas have seen the signs of an upswing in COVID-19 case rates, according to Tri-County’s news release. As of July 29, for Adams County, the seven-day incidence rate per 100,000 people for COVID-19 cases was 76 per 100,000. That represents an increase of 172% since June 26, according to the news release. Arapahoe has seen an incidence rate of 70 per 100,000, an increase
of 142%, and Douglas had an incidence rate of 71 per 100,000, which is an increase of 163%, respectively, over the same period. School districts must choose Schools may return with little to no social distancing or mask requirements in August. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment released new P-12 school COVID-19 guidelines on July 20, but the new guidance “does not constitute statewide requirements,” a state news release said. Instead, the guidance outlines “best practices” for local governments and school districts. Local health agencies, such as Tri-County, can decide for them-
selves whether to be stricter than the state and require precautions. But with Tri-County declining to require masks, the choice of whether to mandate masks falls to school districts. Tri-County Health “has been working with our school districts to achieve optimal in-person learning and prevent transmission of COVID-19 and will continue to do so to help them understand how best to apply … new guidance,” the agency said in the news release. “Like much of the guidance released by the CDC, CDPHE and TCHD, for the 2021-22 school year, at this point, universal masking should be understood not as a requirement but as a strong science-based recommendation.”
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Season tickets are on sale now for the Lakewood Cultural Center’s new season. The center is bringing what they describe as “an exciting mix of music and theater” to Lakewood beginning in September. The new season picks up where the LCC Presents series left off, with performances that had to be postponed due to the pandemic. LCC administrator Rita Sommers said she was overjoyed to welcome audiences back to the theater in September. “The Lakewood Cultural Center is all about people — what we create and what we experience together,” she said. “We are so grateful for the loyal support of our patrons over the past year and eager to see old friends and make new acquaintances.” The LCC Presents 2021-2022 season “The Drowsy Chaperone” copresented with Performance Now Theatre Company 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays; Sept. 10-26 When a die-hard musical theater fan puts on a recording of his favorite Jazz Age musical comedy, an extrava-
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Shortage of cans hobbles craft brewers Supply crunch causes problems for one of Colo.’s signature industries BY SHANNON NAJMABADI THE COLORADO SUN
Talbott’s Cider Company used to package its hard cider mimosas in colorful cans purchased for 12 cents each from a Westminster supplier. But a monthslong supply crunch has forced the Palisade cidery to get creative: Now, the cans come blank from Korea and are wrapped by hand in a waterproof label — more than doubling the cost. It’s a struggle going on all over Colorado as breweries and cideries have scrambled to find new suppliers of aluminum cans and related materials due to soaring demand and an international dearth of the lightweight metal containers. The scarcity has increased costs that in some cases are passed on to consumers. Manufacturers say the pandemic dovetailed with a growing preference for infinitely recyclable aluminum over plastic bottles, and a booming enthusiasm for canned hard seltzers. Breweries and cideries, meanwhile, abruptly shifted to cans — over kegs — for survival when the coronavirus shuttered bars and restaurants, prompting people to drink more at home. Steve Findley, executive director
of the Colorado Beer Distributors Association, said brewers have felt the pinch. “My members carry all the major brands — Miller, (Molson Coors), Anheuser-Busch imports and also crafts — and we are seeing a lot of out-of-stocks lately,” Findley said. Molson Coors Beverage Co. operates the Coors brewery in Golden. Anheuser-Busch owns Littletonbased Breckenridge Brewery. Packaged alcohol sales have slowed since their pandemic highs last summer, but some breweries still can’t get the price, quantity or container they want as they go through peak selling season for canned beer, said Bart Watson, chief economist at the Brewers Association, a national trade group based in Boulder. Colorado may be more affected than other states due to its concentration of craft breweries using cans, he said. The can shortage first hit Talbott’s Cider Company in the summer of 2020. Operations manager Charles Talbott said he received an email saying it would be about a year before the cidery could get cans from its usual supplier, Westminsterbased Ball Corp., one of a few giant can producers in the U.S. The company struggled to find replacements. Talbott had to store cider in chilled tanks as he tried to find cans to package it in. He ultimately turned to cans imported from Korea (17 cents each) which an employee feeds by hand into a machine to wrap it in a
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high-quality waterproof label (9 to 13 cents each). They have to order a minimum of 16 pallets at a time — each with more than 7,000 cans — and have partnered with a local brewery, Palisade Brewing Company, to get a bulk-order price. “Your bigger producers, your large domestic breweries got first right on a lot of (the cans), and unless you were ordering a sufficient amount from Ball, you kind of got put at the back of the list,” said Talbott, who now doesn’t expect to get preprinted cans from Ball until 2022. “Anytime you let something sit for that long, you … can have issues,” he added, of the cider stored in the tank. Pandemic slammed breweries The shortages come as more than 30 breweries in Colorado have shut down during the pandemic, the greatest number of closures since Prohibition, said Shawnee Adelson, executive director of the Colorado Brewers Guild. Cideries and breweries of all sizes have been affected by the lack of cans, which industry experts forecast will continue through the next year as can-production facilities build the capacity to meet demand. Other beverages sold in cans, like soda, have been similarly affected. Scott McCarty, a spokesman for Ball, one of the largest can producers in the world, said the company is adding new production lines and building three new plants that are expected to add at least “6 billion units of can capacity.” Because consumers are seeking a more sustainable alternative to single-use plastics, he doesn’t see the demand for cans declining. Hard seltzers have had explosive growth, and soft drinks and sparkling water are also now shifting to be packaged more in cans. Hard seltzers accounted for more than $4.6 billion in retail sales in the last 12 months, up from $910 million in the 12 months that ended in July 2019, according to NielsenIQ data provided to the Colorado Sun. Demand for cans was unprecedented in 2020 and hasn’t slowed in 2021, McCarty said. In the meantime, some brewers have turned to bottles, which are heavier than cans and can be more difficult to ship. Others are slapping new labels on empty cans stamped with beer varieties they no longer sell. Some breweries that didn’t package beer onsite before the
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Colorado operations, said Watson, the Brewers Association economist. Those larger companies would likely be first in line to get cans as supply becomes available. Most craft brewers, defined as producing no more than 6 million barrels of beer a year, go through intermediary brokers, and are fairly new to using cans — 10 years ago, “it would almost all be in the other bottles or kegs,” he said. Brokers and suppliers have imported cans, but Canada and Europe have had similar supply problems, Watson said. Some buyers looked to China but there were concerns about tariffs, quality and “stretching your supply chain that far.” Watson saw cans made in Hawaii — distinguishable for their unique ridged top — in Colorado markets, a sign of the strained supply chain, he said. While government funding and a big uptick in to-go sales helped breweries financially weather the pandemic, he said more might have increased their package sales had they been able to get cans. “Not being able to get enough cans meant a lot of them couldn’t sell as much as there was actually demand out there,” he said. In-brewery sales have held up better than draft sales at bars and restaurants, he said. The shortages extend beyond cans for beer and cider. Findley, with the beer distributors association, said his members are
Head Brewer Danny Wilson labels blank cans with Dirty Hippie stickers at Palisade Brewing Company on July 28. Because of an international shortage of aluminum containers, Palisade Brewing has been unable to purchase printed cans. PHOTO BY BARTON GLASSER PHOTOGRAPHY
starting to see a shortage of bottles and are battling a lack of warehouse workers and truck drivers to deliver products to restaurants, liquor stores and grocers. Talia Haykin, who owns Haykin Family Cider, a small-batch cider company, says the cost to ship corks, bottles and apples has shot up recently. The Aurora-based company bottles its cider due to its high carbonation level, she said. Haykin orders German-made bottles from a company in Canada that recently warned in an email that increased freight costs would be passed on — in the form of a $175 surcharge per pallet. The corks, imported from Portugal and supplied by a California company, were out of stock for a period and then their shipping costs abruptly increased
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Broadway Jewelry & Pawn and Pawn Bank, have met the criteria of the new law, city attorney Reid Betzing told the council in a July 27 city council study session, but Old Steel Historical Firearms and Triple J Armory have not. “They haven’t been able to complete the construction or infrastructure hardening in certain areas to comply with safe storage requirements,” Betzing told the council. Though the law went into effect Aug. 1, neither business will face penalties as they work toward compliance, Betzing said. Neither Triple J Armory or Old Steel Historical Firearms responded to requests for comment from Colorado Community Media. “After meeting with the businesses, we do feel like they’re trying to comply in good faith,” Littleton Police Division Chief Gene Enley told the council. “With the changes that they are making, it appears they are moving in direction we want them to move in.” Both retailers have complied with a stipulation in the ordinance requiring burglar alarms to be programmed to notify
Littleton Police immediately upon being triggered instead of being routed to a manager or owner, Enley said. Littleton Police will conduct further check-ups in coming weeks, Betzing said, and if they come to believe the retailers are not acting in good faith, the retailers will eventually face citations and fines. “Right now I’ll defer to wisdom of police department,” Betzing said. “If they feel comfortable that these retailers are taking steps to come into compliance my recommendation is let’s give them some time to do that.” The law appears to be the first in the state to require firearms be secured afterhours, and one of very few in the country. Betzing told Colorado Community Media in February that the law was spurred by community concerns after a 2020 burglary at Triple J Armory that resulted in the theft of 50 firearms, including two fully automatic machine guns. Of the 144 guns taken from Littleton gun stores since the beginning of 2016, 92 of them — nearly two-thirds of the total — were taken from Triple J over the course of three smash-and-grab burglaries. The law prompted a back-
Triple J Armory’s showroom shortly before burglars made off with 50 guns on June 30, 2020, as shown at a September 2020 Littleton City Council study session. A new Littleton law, spurred in part by the COURTESY PHOTO burglary, requires gun stores to lock up their inventory at night.
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them,” he said. Valdes said Triple J told him they already planned to implement stronger security measures, but hadn’t yet done so when the law was passed. “We weren’t putting additional requirements necessarily on that particular business, because they said they were going to do it anyway,” Valdes said. “If you’re going to sell guns, you need to secure them properly. It didn’t seem as
though all the measures were being taken to secure property.” Betzing said the city doesn’t view the law as an infringement on the Second Amendment. “We’re not trying to limit an individual’s right to possess firearms,” Betzing said. “What we’re trying to do is make sure is that our firearms retailers are being safe and smart about how they’re storing their wares.”
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New football coach focuses on stability Highlands Ranch program has lacked long-term leadership BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
New Highlands Ranch football coach Jason Shumaker wants to bring stability back and push the program forward. Shumaker, who has been part of the football programs at Louisiana Tech, Utah State, Saint Mary’s, Midland, Doane, Eastern New Mexico and Idaho, is the sixth head coach at Highlands Ranch since the 2016 season. “Absolutely, stability is important,” said Shumaker. “That’s why the program has a little downturn with participation numbers and things like that over the last few years. That’s why I came out of the college ranks to coach high school. “I wanted to find a place for my family. We bought a house in Highlands Ranch and we plan on being here for a while and build a really strong program that is going to compete at the state level. My wife (Kate) is from Littleton. She has family there so it’s all about family.”
Shumaker takes over a football program than has compiled a 26-26 record over the past five years despite the revolving door for head coaches. “There were a lot of opportunities that came up but I didn’t feel were great for us,” he explained. `When Highlands Ranch popped open, I did a lot of research. If we get in there and do it the right way we have a real good chance to be successful. “I’ll be in the (school) building. I will be teaching as well. My defensive coordinator will be in the building as well. So we’re going to build a strong base in the building and we look it as hey, `they’ve been good.’ It’s been a successful program and by us being a little more stable and bringing some new ideas we can help push it up.” Official practice can start Aug. 9 so Shumaker still hasn’t had chance to see much of his players except for a team camp. “Things are good,” said Shumaker. “It’s my first season here but hopefully things will be somewhat normal and we can have a season and not have constant changes. “It’s always funny when I ask somebody what they did
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last year and they say, `last year we had to do this and before that we did this.’” Highlands Ranch begins the season Aug. 27 at Fruita Monument. The Falcons have non-league games against Regis Jesuit, Heritage, Columbine and
Fountain Fort Carson before jumping into 5A Douglas County League action. “We’re underway and making a lot of different changes,” said Shumaker. “We really feel that we’re going to be able to build a strong program. We’ve put
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NBA standout comes home to Parker Spurs’ Derrick White holds hoops academy at old stomping grounds BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Derrick White returned to the Parker Fieldhouse, but it was much different than it was years ago. White, a 2012 Legend High School graduate, was back in his hometown, where the San Antonio Spurs’ NBA standout held his Derrick White Basketball Academy July 26-29 at the Fieldhouse near downtown Parker. “I was here all the time, working out and playing,” White said of his former Parker venue. “I did a lot of things here. I was in (the Chauncey Billups Summer Basketball Academy) one year and coached it a couple years.” White’s own academy, under the director of former University of Denver coach Marcus Mason, attracted 160 partici-
pants and was for players ages 6-17. He had plenty to tell the players at his academy because it was his hard work, perseverance and a growth spurt which helped him become the 29th overall selection in the 2017 NBA draft. His message to the campers was simple. “Just keep working, believe in yourself and find a way,” he said. “I love basketball so I just kept playing it. Find something your passionate about, keep going, have fun and enjoy it. It is cool because you can meet new friends, new people and people from different backgrounds. That’s a special thing about basketball.” As a youngster, White was in the Ponderosa attendance area but instead went to Legend, which was coached by Kevin Boley. He was 5-foot-6 as a freshman but grew to 6-foot-2 as a member of the Titans’ first graduating class and is now 6-foot-4 as a guard for the Spurs. White was overlooked as a high school senior and had to walk on at Division II University of Colorado-Colorado
Springs, where he played for three seasons and was an AllAmerican. He played his last season of college basketball at CU where he was an All-PAC 12 first team selection and was named to the five-man PAC 12 All-Defensive team. White took time to offer advice to all young players. “Just stay with it, one day at a time, try to get better each time, stick with it and believe in yourself,” he said. He played most of the 2017-18 season in the G League but saw action in 17 NBA games. He averaged 9.9 points a game the next season and scored at an 11.3 clip during the 2019-20 season, when he had a careerhigh 36 points against the Nuggets on April 18, 2019. He averaged 15.4 points, 3.5 assists and 0.7 steals a game last season White was the MVP of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Celebrity softball game held July 11 at Coors Field in Denver. He still has a fondness for Parker. “My parents (Colleen and Richard) still live here,” he said. “It changes every time I come back. It’s growing a lot.”
San Antonio Spurs guard Derrick White, a Legend High School graduate, was at the Parker Fieldhouse on July 26-29 for the Derrick White Basketball Academy, which attracted 160 players between 6-17 years old. White recalled when he PHOTO BY JIME BENTON used to practice and play at the Fieldhouse.
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Study focuses on bald eagle boom BY KYLE COOKE AND CLARISSA GUY ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS
It’s no secret that the human population on Colorado’s Front Range is expanding. State officials predict that in the 10-year range from 2019 to 2029, Colorado will grow by more than 800,000 people, with about 87% of them settling in the Front Range. More perplexing, however, is that another population is growing in that same densely populated urban corridor: bald eagles. According to Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), the whole state of Colorado had just three known bald eagle nests by the end of the 1970s. Today, the state is home to more than 200 nests — some in “unconventional” locations, like the Front Range. This could explain why people who frequent Denver’s City Park have become accustomed to seeing bald eagles in the area. “We know that our population of eagles has increased in this area,” said Reesa Conrey, an avian researcher with CPW. “And we know that our population of humans is also increasingly very rapidly.” CPW is embarking on a four-year
study to learn why these eagles — the national bird of the United States — are settling in urban areas that are often disrupted by construction and other human activity. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies also are participating in the study, which will be the “most comprehensive bald eagle monitoring project ever done by CPW,” according to a news release. According to CPW officials, Colorado’s eagle population declined in the mid-20th century due to human disturbance, loss of habitat, and DDT, a pesticide that poisoned the birds and made their egg shells extra thin. The egg shells “often broke during incubation or otherwise failed to hatch,” according to the USFWS. DDT was banned in 1972, and the eagle population nationwide rebounded as a result to the point that in 2007, the iconic birds were removed from the endangered species list. (Eagles are still protected under both the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.) Despite all the development on the Front Range since the 1970s,
the state has also made it an easier place to settle with the construction of reservoirs. The first bald eagle nest in the Front Range was established in Barr Lake State Park in Adams County in 1986, Conrey said. Storms destroyed that nest and six others over the course of many years, including a nest in 2021. The eagles are currently rebuilding their nests at Barr Lake. For this research project, CPW is using GPS transmitters to track the eagles in the northern Front Range. According to CPW, “results from the monitoring effort will be used to model the bald eagle population trajectory and expected impacts of predicted future land use change. Biologists will then make data-driven recommendations on minimizing and mitigating disturbances of the bald eagle’s environment essential to its survival.” Researchers hope the data will help them identify ways to preserve and develop ideal eagle habitat in urban areas as well as better understand the birds’ tolerance to human activity. Conrey said she also hopes the results will help the state give “bet-
A bald eagle flies over the Denver Museum of Nature & Science in City Park. PHOTO BY KEVIN J. BEATY / DENVERITE
ter recommendations to developers, consultants [and] the general public to make sure that eagles are being managed properly and will continue to be successful here.” This story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonprofit public broadcaster providing community stories across Colorado over the air and online. Used by permission. For more, and to support Rocky Mountain PBS, visit rmpbs.org.
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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0025-2021 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On May 7, 2021, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s) Matthew T. Machetta Original Beneficiary(ies) Credit Union of Denver Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Michael P. Spahn Date of Deed of Trust August 08, 2014 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust August 18, 2014 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D4075573 Original Principal Amount $17,500.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $24,575.98 Pursuant to CRS §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 thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 14 AND THE NORTH 1/2 OF LOT 15, BLOCK 8, PREMIER ADDITION TO ENGLEWOOD, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 3450 S. GRANT ST., ENGLEWOOD, CO 80113. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 09/08/2021, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the 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 issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 7/15/2021 Last Publication: 8/12/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 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;
NOTICE CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, August 2, 2021, the Centennial City Council approved the following ordinance on second and final reading: ORDINANCE NO. 2021-O-12 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO REZONING CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED SOUTH OF EAST ARAPAHOE ROAD, WEST OF SOUTH BLACKHAWK STREET, AND NORTH OF EAST BRIARWOOD AVENUE FROM GENERAL COMMERCIAL (CG) TO BUSINESS PARK (BP75) UNDER THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, AND AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk and is also available on the City’s web site, www.centennialcolorado.com. The ordinance may be obtained by contacting the City Clerk, 303-754-3324. by a vote of 6 in favor and 0 against. (First published June 24 2021) By: Barbara Setterlind, MMC, City Clerk Legal Notice No. 526437-61104 First Publication: August 5, 2021 Last Publication: August 5, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice A CALL FOR NOMINATIONS (NOTICE BY PUBLICATION OF) C.R.S. § 22-31-107 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the electors of the Cherry Creek School District No. 5 of Arapahoe County, Colorado. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will be held on the 2nd day of November, 2021 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, two (2) directors will be elected to serve 4-year terms in Director Districts D and E for Cherry Creek School District No. 5. Eligible electors of Cherry Creek School District No. 5 who have resided in these Districts for at least 12 months and who are interested in serving on the school board may obtain a Board Candidate Packet including a Nomination Petition from the District Designated Election Official (DEO) from August 4 through August 27: Sonja S. McKenzie (Designated Election Official) 4700 S. Yosemite Street, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 720-554-4373 The Office of the DEO is open on the following days: Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. State law requires 50 signatures from eligible electors on a Nomination Petition. The deadline to submit a School Board Candidate Petition is 4:00 p.m. on Friday, August 27, 2021 (not less than 67 days before the election). Earlier submittal is encouraged. Affidavit of Intent to be a Write-InCandidate forms must be submitted to the office of the designated election official by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, August 27, 2021. Cherry Creek School District No. 5 District Name /s/ Sonja S. McKenzie Designated Election Official Signature Legal Notice No. 526433-61103 First Publication: August 5, 2021 Last Publication: August 5, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen
DATE: 05/07/2021 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee
NOTICE CITY OF CENTENNIAL
The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, August 2, 2021 the Centennial City Council passed on first reading:
Earl Staelin #30283 Earl H. Staelin, Attorney at Law 1801 E. Girard Pl., No. 211, Englewood, CO 80113 (303) 229-2834 Attorney File # 3450 S GRANT ST
ORDINANCE NO. 2021-O-10 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO APPROVING THE PEAKVIEW HEIGHTS MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN, FIRST AMENDMENT (PUD-21-00002)
The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO. 0025-2021 First Publication: 7/15/2021 Last Publication: 8/12/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent
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The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk. The ordinance may be obtained by contacting the City Clerk, 303-754-3324. The full text of the ordinance is also available on the City’s web site, www.centennialcolorado.com. By: Barbara Setterlind, MMC, City Clerk Legal Notice No. 526438-61105 First Publication: August 5, 2021 Last Publication: August 5, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice
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Call for Nominations for School Directors Littleton Public Schools (Arapahoe County School District Number Six) Arapahoe County, Colorado
Rocky Mountain Bid System on the Greenwood Village website at www.greenwoodvillage.com/bids. Bids must be submitted by 4:00 p.m., August 19th, 2021 for: 2021 Crack Seal Project
The Board of Education of Littleton Schools in the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, calls for nomination of candidates for school directors to be placed on the ballot for the regular biennial school election to be held on Tuesday, November 2, 2021.
The plans and specifications for the 2021 Crack Seal Project are available electronically via the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System on the City of Greenwood Village website, www.greenwoodvillage.com/bids.
At this election, three directors will be elected for one 4-year term each. To be qualified, a candidate must have been a registered elector and a resident of the school district for at least twelve consecutive months before the election. A person is ineligible to run for school director if he or she has been convicted of committing a sexual offense against a child.
The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids, and to make final determination in the event of duplications. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for opening thereof.
A person who desires to be a candidate for school director shall file with the school district a written notice of intention to be a candidate and a nomination petition in accordance with Colorado Revised Statute. Nomination petitions may be obtained at the Littleton Public Schools’ Finance Office, 5776 South Crocker Street, Littleton, CO, starting on August 4, 2021. Office hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Completed petitions should be submitted with 50 eligible signatures to the Littleton Public Schools’ Finance Office by 4:30 p.m. on August 27, 2021. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Board of Education designated election official, Jonathan Levesque of Littleton Public School District 6, in the County of Arapahoe and the State of Colorado, has caused this call for nominations to be given this August 4, 2021. Legal Notice No. 526420 First Publication: August 5, 2021 Last Publication: August 12, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent
Bids and Settlements Public Notice BID INFORMATION ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Notice is hereby given that the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado (the "City") will receive bids by electronic submission through BidNet® on the Rocky Mountain Bid System on the Greenwood Village website at www.greenwoodvillage.com/bids. Bids must be submitted by 4:00 p.m., August 19th 2021 for: 2021 Noise Wall Structural Repairs Project The plans and specifications for the 2021 Noise Wall Structural Repairs Project are available electronically via the Rocky Mountain EPurchasing System on the City of Greenwood Village website, www.greenwoodvillage.com/bids. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids, and to make final determination in the event of duplications. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the date set for opening thereof. Preference is hereby given to materials, supplies, and provisions produced, manufactured, or grown in Colorado, quality being equal to articles offered by competitors outside of the State. Colorado labor shall be employed to perform the work for which bids are requested herein to the extent of not less than eighty percent (80%) of each type or class of labor in the several classifications of skilled and common labor employed on such work, pursuant to C.R.S. § 8-17-101. The City requires a certified or cashier's check, or a corporate surety bond in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total bid amount before the City can accept or consider any bid for any bids greater than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). The bid and the deposit shall be filed with the Public Works Department, securely sealed and endorsed on the outside with a brief statement as to the nature of the item or work for which the bid is provided. Upon a bid award, such bond shall be returned to the unsuccessful bidder(s). In the case of the successful bidder, the bid bond will be returned upon receipt of the required payment and performance bonds, each in the full amount of the contract price. Such bonds will be retained by the City until the two year (2) warranty period has expired. An electronic bid opening will occur at 4:01 p.m., August 19th 2021. Any questions regarding the project should be directed to Bill Behre at (720) 749-8155 or bbehre@ greenwoodvillage.com. /s/ Jeremy Hanak Director of Public Works Legal Notice No. 526443 FIRST PUBLICATION: August 5th, 2021 SECOND PUBLICATION: August 12th, 2021 PUBLISHED IN: Littleton Independent Public Notice BID INFORMATION ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Notice is hereby given that the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado (the "City") will receive bids by electronic submission through BidNet® on the
Preference is hereby given to materials, supplies, and provisions produced, manufactured, or grown in Colorado, quality being equal to articles offered by competitors outside of the State. Colorado labor shall be employed to perform the work for which bids are requested herein to the extent of not less than eighty percent (80%) of each type or class of labor in the several classifications of skilled and common labor employed on such work, pursuant to C.R.S. § 8-17-101. The City requires a certified or cashier's check, or a corporate surety bond in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total bid amount before the City can accept or consider any bid greater than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). The bid and the deposit shall be filed with the Public Works Department, securely sealed and endorsed on the outside with a brief statement as to the nature of the item or work for which the bid is provided. Upon a bid award, such bond shall be returned to the unsuccessful bidder(s). In the case of the successful bidder, the bid bond will be returned upon receipt of the required payment and performance bonds, each in the full amount of the contract price. Such bonds will be retained by the City until the two year (2) warranty period has expired. An electronic bid opening will occur at 4:01 p.m., August 19th, 2021. Any questions regarding the project should be directed to Ed Haun via email at ehaun@greenwoodvillage.com. /s/ Jeremy Hanak Director of Public Works Legal Notice No. 526442 FIRST PUBLICATION: August 5th, 2021 SECOND PUBLICATION: August 12th, 2021 PUBLISHED IN: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT BID PACKAGE #14 District Wide Paving/Concrete Notice is hereby given that Littleton Public Schools in the county of Arapahoe will on or about August 17, 2021 pay retainage and make final settlement with RME Ltd., LLC dba Elite Surface Infrastructure for BID PACKAGE #14 District Wide Paving/ Concrete. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, material, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by the contractor identified above or any subcontractor thereof in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that has supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work whose claim therefore has not been paid, by the contractor or subcontractor, must file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim, which statement must be filed on or before August 17, 2021. Claims must be submitted to the Board of Education to Littleton Public Schools at the school district’s Property Management Department, 5776 S. Crocker Street, Littleton, CO. 80120 on or before August 17, 2021. Final Settlement will be made and verified claims must be timely filed with Littleton Public Schools. Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement prior to or on the established date will relieve the School District from any and all liability for such claim, Dated: July 15, 2021. Legal Notice No. 526365 First Publication: July 15, 2021 and Last Publication: July August 5, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Not consecutive publications Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT BID PACKAGE #12 Secured Vestibules Projects Abatement Services Notice is hereby given that Littleton Public Schools in the county of Arapahoe will on or about August 17, 2021 pay retainage and make final settlement with All Star Environmental Services, Inc. for BID PACKAGE #12 Secured Vestibules Projects Abatement Services at Centennial, Field Elementary School and Options at Whitman. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, material, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by the contractor identified above or any subcontractor thereof in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that has supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work whose claim
therefore has not been paid, by the contractor or subcontractor, must file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim, which statement must be filed on or before August 17, 2021. Claims must be submitted to the Board of Education to Littleton Public Schools at the school district’s Property Management Department, 5776 S. Crocker Street, Littleton, CO. 80120 on or before August 17, 2021. Final Settlement will be made and verified claims must be timely filed with Littleton Public Schools. Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement prior to or on the established date will relieve the School District from any and all liability for such claim, Dated: July 15, 2021. Legal Notice No. 526364 First Publication: July 15, 2021 and Last Publication: July August 5, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Not consecutive publications Public Notice INVITATION TO BID The Inverness Metropolitan Improvement District (The District) requests formal bids for the Inverness Lane West Asphalt Rehabilitation – Yr.2021. The District will not be hosting an inperson Bid Opening. All mailed bids need to be postmarked no later than the 9th day of September 2021 at 11:00 a.m. local. Likewise, bids delivered by hand need to be delivered to the District’s Office before the scheduled Bid Opening date and time. The District will also accept bids electronically in PDF format until the date and time referenced above. The District will open Bids via ZOOM (Plan Holders Only – A ZOOM link will be emailed to the Plan Holders one week before the Bid Opening) and distribute the Bid Breakdown by email to contractors listed on the Plan Holder List shortly after the Bid Opening. The site is located at the intersection of Inverness Drive West and Inverness Lane West in Englewood, CO. The scope of work entails mill & overlay to a depth of 3-inches of approximately 2,626 square yards of asphalt pavement. Bid Documents may be obtained from the District upon payment of $20.00 for an e-file transmittal. To request a set of the Bid Documents, please contact Kelly Conover and Ellen Buffy at Kelly@ mulhernmre.com; Ellen@mulhernmre.com. Hard copies can be made available upon request for a fee of $100 per set. These documents will be available beginning August 5th, 2021. Fees for the Bid Documents are non-refundable. Payment for plans will be received via check ONLY and must be mailed/delivered to the District at the following address: Inverness Metropolitan Improvement District 188 Inverness Drive West Suite 150, Englewood, CO 80112 Each Proposal must be submitted on the prescribed form and accompanied by a certified check or bid bond executed on the prescribed form, payable to the District, in an amount not less than 5 percent of the amount bid. The successful bidder will be required to furnish the necessary additional bond(s) for the faithful performance of the contract, as prescribed in the Contract Documents. Bidders shall submit all questions in writing to the District’s Engineer no later than 3:00 pm, September 1st, 2021. Questions received after this time will be addressed at the discretion of the District. The District will periodically compile a list of Bidders’ questions and respond in writing to all Bidders registered on the District’s “Plan Holder List”. The District’s preferred method of written communication is via electronic mail. If any major clarifications are needed, an addendum will be sent to all bidders. In order to perform public work, the successful Bidder shall hold or obtain such contractor's and business licenses, as may be required by applicable law. Before a Contract will be awarded for the work contemplated herein, the District will conduct such investigation as is necessary to determine the performance record and ability of the apparent low Bidder to perform the size and type of work specified under this Contract. Upon request, the Bidder shall submit such information as deemed necessary by the District to evaluate the Bidder's qualifications. The successful bidder shall be selected based on the bidder’s ability to successfully complete the project in a timely manner as well as the bidder’s total amount of bid. The District reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waive any and all informalities and to negotiate contract terms with the Successful Bidder, and the right to disregard all non-conforming, non-responsive or conditional Bids, and to postpone the award of the Contract for a period of time which, however, shall not extend beyond 60 days from the bid opening date unless a different period is set forth in the Contract Documents. Dated this day 5th day of August, 2021 INVERNESS METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT By Juancarlo Quezada, District Representative Legal Notice No. 526426 First Publication: August 5, 2021 Last Publication: August 5, 2021
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Public Notices Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Batch Signal Construction Phase 2 Project No. 20-06-01 Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Section 38-26107, C.R.S., that the City of Centennial, Colorado (the “City”) will make final payment at the hour of 10:00 a.m. on August 27, 2021 (the “Final Settlement Date”) to the following contractor: Sturgeon Electric Company, Inc. 12150 E. 112th Avenue Henderson, CO 80640 (hereinafter, the “Contractor”) for and on account of all work completed by the Contractor on City Project No. 20-06-01, including for purposes of this Notice of Final Settlement on (the “Project”). 1. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has an unpaid claim against the Project for and on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, or other supplies used or consumed by the Contractor or any subcontractor in or about the performance of said work, may at any time up to and including the Final Settlement Date, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim. 2. Any such claim(s) shall be filed with the City Clerk at 13133 East Arapahoe Road, Centennial, CO 80112 prior to the Final Settlement Date. 3. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement or claim prior to the Final Settlement Date will relieve the City from any and all liability for such claim. Legal Notice No. 526439-61106 First Publication: August 5, 2021 Last Publication: August 5, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen
Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112 Plaintiff: THE KNOLLS TOWNHOUSE ASSOCIATION, a Colorado non-profit corporation, Defendants: CASEY SNYDER; LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC; THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; SUE SANDSTROM AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE AND TREASURER FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION.
Attorneys for Plaintiff: WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP Wendy E. Weigler, #28419 Address: 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 Phone Number: (303) 863-1870 Case Number: 2021CV030470 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: CASEY SNYDER You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the court in this action, by complaint filed with the filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer within 35 days after the service of this Summons upon you. Service of the summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court. If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the complaint without relief demanded in the further notice. This is an action for judicial foreclosure of an assessment lien in and to the real property situated in Arapahoe County, Colorado, more particularly described on Exhibit A, attached hereto and by this hereof. reference made a part Dated: May 10, 2021. WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, L.L.P. /s/: Wendy E. Weigler By: Wendy E. Weigler, #28419 This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(h), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure Exhibit A Lots 180A and 180B, The Knolls West - Filing No. 1, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. Also known as: 7100 S. Knolls Way, Centennial, CO 80122. Legal Notice No. 525360 First Publication: July 8, 2021 Last Publication: August 5, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Case No.: 2020CV032300 Division: 15 Ctrm: COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Plaintiff: ANTELOPE HILLS HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION, a Colorado nonprofit corporation v.
Defendants: DALE S GOODMAN; BIPIN PATEL; This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to an Order Granting Motion for Decree for Judicial Foreclosure dated April 27, 2021, and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq., by Antelope Hills Homeowners' Association, the current holder of a lien recorded on August 8, 2019 at Rec. No. D9080093, in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Amended and Restated Declaration of Protective Covenants and Restrictions of Antelope Hills Subdivision Bennett, Colorado recorded on July, 25, 2000 at Reception No. B0090632 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The Declaration and notices, as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of Antelope Hills Homeowners' Association, WHICH LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS – against the property legally described as follows: Regarding: Lot 154 Antelope Hills 1st Flg Ex M/R's TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Unit of Sheriff's Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M., on the 2nd day of September 2021, at 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy, Centennial, CO 80112; phone number 720874-3845. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT TIME OF SALE. ** PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. DATED in Colorado this 8th day of June, 2021. Tyler S. Brown Sheriff of Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa Deputy Sheriff ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF: ORTEN CAVANAGH HOLMES & HUNT, LLC 1445 Market Street, Suite 350 Denver, CO 80202 720-221-9780 Legal Notice No. 525304 First Publication: July 8, 2021 Last Publication: August 5, 2021 Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO 7325 S. Potomac Street, #100 Centennial, CO 80112 Plaintiff: AURORA HIGHLANDS SUBDIVISION HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation d/b/a AURORA HIGHLANDS VISTA HOA; Defendants: KYLE T. MORGAN; DARCY A. MORGAN; PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC; PROFESSIONAL FINANCE COMPANY, INC.; SOLAR MOSAIC, INC.; ARAPAHOE COUNTY TREASURER; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION. Attorneys for Plaintiff: THE DUPONT LAW FIRM, LLC Stephane R. Dupont, #39425 Address: PO Box 1073, Castle Rock, CO 80104 Phone Number: (720) 644-6115 Case Number: 2021CV30899 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: Darcy A. Morgan You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the Complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an Answer or other response. You are required to file your Answer within 35 days after the service of this Summons upon you. Service of the Summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court. If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice. This is an action for judicial foreclosure of an association assessment lien pursuant to C.R.S. 38-33.3-316, in and to real property situated in Arapahoe County, Colorado, more particularly described on Exhibit A, attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof. Dated: July 20, 2021 THE DUPONT LAW FIRM, LLC By: *s/ Stephane R. Dupont Stephane R. Dupont This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(h), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure Exhibit A Lot 15, Block 1, Aurora Highlands Subdivision Filing No. 10, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. Also known as: 1546 S. Richfield Way, Aurora, CO 80017
Legal Notice No. 525408 First Publication: July 29, 2021 Last Publication: August 26, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case No.: 2020CV032453 Div/Ctrm: 21 Plaintiff: BALTERRA CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v. Defendants: LUCAS ALLEN; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY; COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY; and PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE
clerk of this court an Answer or other response. You are required to file your Answer within 35 days after the service of this Summons upon you. Service of the Summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court. If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice. This is an action for judicial foreclosure of an association assessment lien pursuant to C.R.S. 38-33.3-316, in and to real property situated in Arapahoe County, Colorado, more particularly described on Exhibit A, attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof. Dated: July 12, 2021 THE DUPONT LAW FIRM, LLC By: *s/ Stephane R. Dupont Stephane R. Dupont
This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to an Order for Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure dated April 24, 2021, and C.R.S. §§ 38-38-101 to 401, by the Balterra Condominium Association, Inc., the current holder of a lien recorded with the County of Arapahoe Clerk and Recorder on March 13, 2020, at Reception No. E0031875. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Balterra Condominiums recorded with the County of Arapahoe Clerk and Recorder on September 29, 2005, in Reception No. B5146725 (“Declaration”). The Declaration and notices as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of the Balterra Condominium Association, Inc. - THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS – against the property legally described as follows:
This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(h), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure
Regarding: UNIT BALTERRA 301, VILLAGE CONDOMINIUM CONDOMINIUMS BUILDING 7, RECORDED BALTERRA ON DECEMBER CONDOMINIUMS, 23, 2005, ACCORDINAT G TO RECEPTION THE NO. CONDOMINIUM B5192566, MAP IN FOR THERECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, COLORADO, AND AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR BALTERRA CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2005, AT RECEPTION NO. B5146725 IN SAID RECORDS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.
Legal Notice No. 526389 First Publication: July 22, 2021 Last Publication: August 19, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent
Also known by street and number as 2672 South Cathay Way, Unit 301, Aurora, CO 80013-6028. The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 10:00 a.m. on September 23, 2021, at 13101 E. Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, telephone 720-874-3845. At the sale, the Sheriff will sell the real property described above, and the improvements thereon, to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT TIME OF SALE. All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at 720-874-3845. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above-described lien is: Gail R. Gudder, #17820, Moeller Graf, P.C., 385 Inverness Parkway, Englewood, CO 80112, telephone (720) 279-2568.
Exhibit A Lot 157, Block 1, Hallcraft’s Village East Apartment Homes Filing No. 1, according to the official plat thereof, filed for record with the Clerk and Recorder of Arapahoe County, Colorado on June 26, 1972 in Plat Book 22 at Page 56 of the records of said Clerk and recorder; together with appurtenant easements designated as Easement No. 3 of Hallcraft’s Village East Apartment Homes Filing No. 1 Easement Location Map, filed for record with the Clerk and recorder of Arapahoe County, Colorado on April 19, 1973 in Book 24 at Page 30 of the records of the said Clerk and recorder, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. Also known as: 13181 East Louisiana Avenue, Aurora, CO 80012
Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112 Plaintiff: APPLETREE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, a Colorado non-profit corporation,
Plaintiff: FIRST VILLAGE EAST APARTMENT HOMES ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation; Defendants: JOSE PERFECTO MORALES HERNANDEZ; SECURITYNATIONAL MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC.; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; WASTE MANAGEMENT OF COLORADO, INC.; PINNACOL ASSURANCE, INC.; ALPINE CREDIT, INC.; ONEMAIN FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC; ARAPAHOE COUNTY TREASURER; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION. Attorneys for Plaintiff: THE DUPONT LAW FIRM, LLC Stephane R. Dupont, #39425 Address: PO Box 1073, Castle Rock, CO 80104 Phone Number: (720) 644-6115 Case Number: 2021CV030844 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: Jose Perfecto Morales Hernandez You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the Complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the
Lot 8, Block 1, The Timbers Filing 2, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado also known as 3760 S Fairplay Way, Aurora, CO 80014. The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 10:00 a.m. on the 9th day of September, 2021 at 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy., Centennial, CO 80112. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR MINIMUM BID AT TIME OF SALE. ** All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at 720-874-3845. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is: Tammy M. Alcock, Esq. Alcock Law Group, PC 19751 E Mainstreet, Suite 225 Parker, CO 80138
Legal Notice No. 525306 First Publication: July 15, 2021 Last Publication: August 12, 2021 Published In: Littleton Independent, 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225, Englewood, Colorado 80110
Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: SIGNE K. OSTRENG
If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the complaint without further notice.
DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO 7325 S. Potomac Street, #100 Centennial, CO 80112
This is to advise you that a Sheriff’s sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to the Order On Verified Motion for Default Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure issued by the Arapahoe County District Court case number 2021CV30233 captioned THE TIMBERS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION I, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation v. DARREN X THOMPSON, LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING LLC; SUE SANDSTROM, TREASURER named as the Arapahoe County Public Trustee, dated April 27, 2021, and §38-38-101 et seq., C.R.S., by the Timbers Homeowners Association I, Inc., the current holder and owner of a statutory lien against the real property located in the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The foreclosure is based on the Amended and Restated Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Timbers recorded on April 15, 2015 at Reception #D5036758 which establishes a lien for the benefit of The Timbers Homeowners Association I, Inc. (“Declaration”) WHICH LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS legally described as follows, to wit:
Attorneys for Plaintiff: WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP Wendy E. Weigler, #28419 Address: 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 Phone Number: (303) 863-1870 Case Number: 2021CV030480
Legal Notice No. 525357 First Publication: July 29, 2021 Last Publication: August 26, 2021 Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225, Englewood, Colorado 80110 Public Notice
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: RE: Sheriff’s Sale of Real Property pursuant to Order On Verified Motion for Default Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure
Dated: June 8, 2021
By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff
Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado
Defendant: DARREN X THOMPSON, LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING LLC; SUE SANDSTROM, TREASURER named as the Arapahoe County Public Trustee
Defendants: SIGNE K. OSTRENG; JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.; RECOVERY ACE, INC.; SUE SANDSTROM AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE AND TREASURER FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION.
You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer within 35 days after the service of this Summons upon you. Service of the summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.
Dated: June 29, 2021
ASSOCIATION I, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation
This is an action for judicial foreclosure of an assessment lien in and to the real property situated in Arapahoe County, Colorado, more particularly described on Exhibit A, attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof. Dated: May 6, 2021. WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, L.L.P. /s/: Wendy E. Weigler By: Wendy E. Weigler, #28419 This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(h), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure Exhibit A Condominium Unit 12 in Condominium Building F, The Appletree Condominiums, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. Also known as: 9887 E. Peakview Avenue, #F12, Englewood, CO 80111. Legal Notice No. 526384 First Publication: July 22, 2021 Last Publication: August 19, 2021 Published in: Littleton Independent Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case No.: 2021CV30233, Division: 15 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Plaintiff: THE TIMBERS HOMEOWNERS
Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Case No.: 2020CV032029 Div: 21 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY PLAINTIFF: SUNFLOWER CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., v. DEFENDANTS: PAUL FREDERICK KUMMER TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Sheriff's Office of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado at 10 O’clock .A.M., on the 30th day of September 2021, at 13101 East Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, phone number 720-874-3845. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale. BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT THE TIME OF SALE. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $22,806.27. This is to advise you that a Sheriff’s sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to Order for Default Judgment in Rem and Order and Decree for Judicial Foreclosure dated May 17, 2021, and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq. by SUNFLOWER CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., the holder and current owner of a lien recorded on July 15, 2019 at D9069427 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The foreclosure is based on a default under the Amended and Restated Condominium Declaration of Sunflower Condominiums recorded on May 27, 2020 at Reception #E0061952 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. The Declaration establishes a lien for the benefit of Sunflower Condominium Association, Inc. against real property legally described as follows: Condominium Unit No. 204, Building No. 3, Sunflower Condominiums, in accordance with the Declaration recorded May 18, 1981 in Book 3415
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Public Notices at Page 572, and First Amendment recorded June 12, 1981 in Book 3430 at Page 288, and Condominium Map recorded on May 18, 1981 in Book 50 at Page 71 of the Arapahoe County Colorado Records, Together with the exclusive right to use the following Limited Common Elements: Parking Space No. 79 and/or Garage No. 20 and 21, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. Also known as: 3462 S. Eagle Street, Unit 204, Aurora, CO 80014. All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at 720-874-3845. The attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is: Kate M. Leason, Reg. No. 41025, Altitude Community Law P.C., 555 Zang Street, Suite 100, Lakewood, Colorado 80228-1011, 303.432.9999. DATE: June 29, 2021 Tyler S. Brown Arapahoe County Sheriff By: Deputy Kevin Koch, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 525355 First Publication: August 5, 2021 Last Publication: September 2, 2021 Published in: Littleton Independent 750 W Hampden Ave, Suite 225 Englewood, CO 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO 7325 S Potomac St #100 Centennial, CO 80112 IN RE THE INTERESTS OF: ZANIYAH G NUNEZ, Minor Child. Upon the Petition of: ESTELLA CONTRERAS, Petitioner, and OLGA NUNEZ and JOHN DOE, Respondents. MODERN FAMILY LAW Alexandria Vandenberg, Esq. #55334 4500 Cherry Creek Drive South, Suite 700 Denver, CO 80246 Telephone: (303) 394-3030 Facsimile: (720) 636-8595 E-mail: ali.vandenberg@modernfamilylaw.com Case Number: 2021DR031025 SUMMONS TO RESPOND TO VERIFIED PETITION FOR ALLOCATION OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE RESPONDENT NAMED ABOVE THIS SUMMONS SERVES AS A NOTICE TO APPEAR IN THIS CASE. If you were served in the State of Colorado, you must file your Response with the clerk of this Court within 21 days after this Summons is served on you to participate in this action. If you were served outside of the State of Colorado or you were served by publication, you must file your Response with the clerk of this Court within 35 days after this Summons is served on you to participate in this action. Your response must be accompanied with the applicable filing fee of $116.00. The Petition requests that the Court enter an Order addressing issues involving children such as child support, allocation of parental responsibilities (decision-making and parenting time), and attorney fees and costs to the extent the Court has jurisdiction. If you fail to file a Response in this case, any or all of the matters above, or any related matters which come before this Court, may be decided without further notice to you. This is an action to obtain an Order of Allocation of Parental Responsibilities, as more fully described in the attached Petition. DATED this June 30, 2021. Modern Family Law By: Alexandria Vandenberg, #55334 ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER Legal Notice No. 526445 First Publication: August 5, 2021 Last Publication: September 2, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent
Misc. Private Legals Public Notice IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF MARION PHILLIP AND KAILA CROWLEY, Plaintiff, vs. H & M RELOCATION SERVICES, Defendant. No. 21CV13004 PUBLICATION SUMMONS TO HUSEYN NEMAT-ZODA IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON, you are hereby required to appear and answer the Complaint filed against you in the above entitled court on or before the expiration of four (4) weeks from the date of the first publication of this Summons; if you fail to so appear and respond, Plaintiffs, for want thereof, will apply to the above-entitled court for the relief requested in their Complaint, to wit: If you fail to appear within four (4) weeks of the first date of publication, the Court will enter the requested judgment without your consent. NOTICE TO RESPONDENT: READ THESE PAPERS CAREFULLY! You must “appear” in this case or the other side will win automatically. To “appear,” you must file with the court a legal paper called a “Motion” or “Answer.” The “Motion” or “Answer” must be given
to the court clerk or administrator within thirty (30) days of the date of first service along with the required filing fee. It must be in proper form and have proof of service on Petitioners’ attorney or, if the Petitioners do not have an attorney, proof of service on the Petitioners. If you have questions, you should see an attorney immediately. If you need help in finding an attorney, you may contact the Oregon State Bar’s Lawyer Referral Service online at www. oregonstatebar.org or by calling (503) 684-3763 or toll-free at (800) 452-7636 This Summons is published by order of Marion County Circuit Court Judge made and entered on , 2021, directing publication of this Summons once each week for four (4) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in Arapahoe County, Colorado. Legal Notice No. 526409 First Publication: July 29, 2021 Last Publication: August 19, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent
Notice to Creditors
Last Publication: August 5, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Marjorie Marie Ingram, a/k/a Marjorie M. Ingram, a/k/a Marjorie Ingram, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 30797 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Arapahoe County District Court, 7325 South Potomac Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112 on or before December 6, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred. Ronald W. Servis, Personal Representative 11616 West Shaffer Place, Unit S-102 Littleton, Colorado 80127 303.237.5020 Legal Notice No. 526434 First Publication: August 5, 2021 Last Publication: August 19, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John Edward Gudgel, Jr., Deceased Case Number: 21PR30574
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Amy Kasahara Armington, A/K/A Amy K. Armington, A/K/A Amy Armington, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30749
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before December 15, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred. Gladys Sue H. Gudgel Personal Representative 5297 East Davies Drive Centennial, Colorado 80122 Legal Notice No. 525402 First Publication: July 29, 2021 Last Publication: August 12, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of VICKI LYNN MILLER, Deceased, Case No. 2021PR30774 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative of the MICHELLE BAUM, District Court of the County of Arapahoe before November 22, 2021 or the claims may be forever barred. Personal Representative: Michelle Baum 8051 W. Grand Avenue Denver, CO 80123 Legal Notice No. 525397 First Publication: July 22, 2021 Last Publication: August 5, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before November 29, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred. Sandra Kasahara, Personal Representative 2665 South Vine St. Denver, CO 80210 Legal Notice No. 526410 First Publication: July 29, 2021 Last Publication: August 12, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Terrance William Brennan, aka Terrance W. Brennan, aka Terrance Brennan, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30798 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before November 29, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred. Karen M. Brennan, Personal Representative 22352 Summer Holly Ave. Moreno Valley, CA 92553 Legal Notice No. 525403 First Publication: July 29, 2021 Last Publication: August 12, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent
Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Thomas Raymond Imfeld, aka Thomas R. Imfeld, aka Thomas Imfeld, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR030814 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado or on or before December 3, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred. Sharon Lee Imfeld, Personal Representative Robert G. Frie (1796) Frie, Arndt, Danborn & Thiessen P.C. 7400 Wadsworth Blvd., #201 Arvada, Colorado 80003 303/420-1234 Attorney for Personal Representative Legal Notice No. 526419 First Publication: July 29, 2021 Last Publication: August 12, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice District Court, Arapahoe County, Colorado 7325 S Potomac St #100 Centennial, CO 80112 In the Matter of the Estate of: John Ayers, a/k/a John L. Ayers, Deceased. Attorney: Joseph N. Harrell Thomas N. Scheffel & Associates, P.C. 3801 East Florida Ave., Suite 600 Denver, CO 80210 Phone Number: 303-759-5937 E-mail: jharrell@tnslaw.com FAX Number: 303-759-9726 Atty. Reg. #: 52695 Case Number: 2021PR30796 Division 12 NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO 15-10-401, C.R.S. AND C.R.P.P. 24 To: Siblings of John W. Ayers Last Known Address, if any: 3604 S. Olathe St., Aurora, CO 80013 A hearing without appearance on the Petition for Adjudication of Intestacy and Formal Appointment of Personal Representative for the Estate of John L. Ayers (deceased) is set at the following date, time, and location: Date: Friday, August 20th Time: 8:00am Address: 7325 S Potomac St #100, Centennial, CO 80112 The hearing will be a non-appearance hearing. Legal Notice No. 526371 First Publication: July 22, 2021
PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Helen Ann Gribbons, Deceased Case Number: 21PR304 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before November 29, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred. Douglas Paul Gribbons Personal Representative 2673 S Howell Street Lakewood, Colorado 80228 Legal Notice No. 526417 First publication: July 29, 2021 Last publication: August 12, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of CHERYL L. ROTKOVICH, a/k/a CHERYL ROTKOVICH, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30587 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before November 22, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred. Glenn Rotkovich, Personal Representative 92098 East Highway 36 Deer Trail, Colorado 80105 Legal Notice No.525396 First Publication: July 22, 2021 Last Publication: August 5, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Gary B. Martin, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30708
Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DAVID E. ADAIR, aka David Edward Adair, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30805 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before December 5, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred. Karen Adair, Personal Representative c/o Pearman Law Firm 4195 Wadsworth Blvd. Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 Legal Notice No. 526431 First Publication: August 5, 2021 Last Publication: August 19, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent
/s/ Cecilia T. Reed By: Division 21 Clerk Legal Notice No. 526422 First Publication: August 5, 2021 Last Publication: August 19, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on July 7, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court. The Petition requests that the name of Brian David Moore be changed to Brian David Muir Case No.: 21 C 100402
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Edward L. Roy, a/k/a Edward Leonard Roy, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30812
Legal Notice No. 526385 First Publication: July 22, 2021 Last Publication: July 22, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before December 6, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred. Janice Savage, Personal Representative 212 Leeds Street Slidell, LA 70461 Legal Notice No. 526424 First Publication: August 5, 2021 Last Publication: August 19, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent
Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on July 7, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court. The petition requests that the name of Samule Keno Tesfaye be changed to Samuel Keno Tesfaye Case No.: 2021 C 100396 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 525395 First Publication: July 22, 2021 Last Publication: August 5, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on July 22, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court. The petition requests that the name of Kimberlee Ann Lynch be changed to Kimberlee Ann McKenna Case No.: 21 C 100439 By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 526432 First Publication: August 5, 2021 Last Publication: August 19, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on July 7, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court. The Petition requests that the name of Shelby Marie Herrmann be changed to Shelby Marie Muir Case No.: 21 C 100404 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 526386 First Publication: July 22, 2021 Last Publication: July 22, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
PUBLIC NOTICE
Public notice is given on July 12, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
The petition requests that the name of Marcella Hoffman Roth be changed to Marcella Aveline Yant Case No.: 21 C 100408 By: Matthew B. Hansen, Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 525401 First Publication: July 29, 2021 Last Publication: August 12, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent
PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Notice is given on May 25, 2021 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court. The Petition requests that the name of Katherine Ann Truby be changed to Katherine Ann Blackford. Case No.: 2021C 100378 By: Anne Marie Ollada Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 526382 First publication: July 22, 2021 Last publication: August 05, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on July 19, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court. The petition requests that the name of JoAnn Ruiz be changed to JoAnn Martinez Case No.: 2021 C 100385 By: Magistrate Kathleen Jaushi Legal Notice No. 526425 First Publication: August 5, 2021 Last Publication: August 19, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent
PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on July 7, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court. The petition requests that the name of Jessica Mignon Mouton be changed to Jessica Mignon Davis Case No.: 21 C 100384 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Legal Notice No. 525400 First Publication: July 29, 2021 Last Publication: August 12, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent
Public notice is given on July 13, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.
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The petition requests that the name of Andrew Dante Garcia be changed to Andrew Dante Valor Case No.: 2021 C 39028
Public Notice is given on July 19, 2021 that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.
By: ANNE MARIE OLLADA County Court Judge
The Petition requests that the name of Kara Lynn Gallas be changed to Kara Gallas Shinn. Case No.:2021C 100436
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before 11/29/2021, or the claims may be forever barred.
Legal Notice No. 526388 First Publication: July 22, 2021 Last Publication: August 5, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent
Cyndi L. Lyden, 18th Judicial District Deputy Public Administrator Estate of Gary B. Martin 1777 S. Harrison Street, Suite 1250 Denver, CO 80210
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Legal Notice No. 526412 First Publication: July 29, 2021 Last Publication: August 12, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent
Case No.: 2021 CV 168
PUBLIC NOTICE
Public notice is given on July 29, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court. The petition requests that the name of Aidan Lotus Smith be changed to Aidan Lotus Mader
By: Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 526428 First publication: August 05, 2021 Last publication: August 19, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on July 2, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.
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Public notice is given on July 12, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.
The petition requests that the name of Charles George Nietsch be changed to Karl Hermann Nietsch, Jr. Case No.: 21 C 100388
The petition requests that the name of Alexander John Bilozub be changed to Alexander John Rosenthal Case No.: 2021 C 100418
By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 525383 First Publication: July 22, 2021 Last Publication: August 5, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Capitalthat Projects Fund The petition requests the name of Summary Renee Nicole Rivera be changed to Renee Nicole Owens 2021 Previously Case No.: 21 C 100383
By: Clerk of the Court/Deputy Clerk
Adopted By: Magistrate KathleenBudget Jaushi
Legal Notice No. 526416 First Publication: July 29, 2021 Revenue: Last Publication: August 12, 2021
Taxes & Assessments Intergovernmental
$
Investment Earnings Total Revenue
Public Notice A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE ORDINANCE NO. 12 SERIES OF 2021
RADO, FOR THE 2021 FISCAL YEAR
INTRODUCED BY: MAYOR PRO TEM KERBER AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A SECOND AMENDED BUDGET AND PROVIDING FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF MONEY FOR THE VARIOUS FUNDS, DEPARTMENTS, OFFICES AND AGENCIES OF THE CITY OF GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLO-
Total Expenditures
WHEREAS, on December 7, 2020 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 15, Series of 2020, which adopted a budget and appropriated money to the various funds, departments, offices, and agencies for the 2021 fiscal year; and WHEREAS, section 11.09 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council by Ordinance to make additional appropriations for unanticipated expenditures required of the City; and
General Fund Summary
Revenue: Taxes & Assessments Intergovernmental
$
1,252,000 2,753,055 2,135,000 200,000 42,800 45,581,478
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Expenditures: Personnel Purchased Services Supplies/Non-Capital Equipment Capital Outlay Debt Service Miscellaneous Expenditures Total Expenditures
26,228,475 7,938,643 2,952,167 1,468,200 22,356 958,256 39,568,097
44,804 77,088 609,900 731,792
396,981 2,000 398,981
Excess/(Deficiency) of Revenues Over Expenditures
6,013,381
(731,792)
1,580,513
-
-
(731,792)
1,580,513
848,721
Other Financing Sources/(Uses): Transfers In/(Out) Sale of Capital Assets Total Other Financing Sources/(Uses)
$
2021 Amended Budget
Proposed Amendments 1,977,494 2,000 1,979,494
Licenses & Permits Charges & Fees Fines & Forfeitures Investment Earnings Miscellaneous Revenue Total Revenue
38,237,000 961,623
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(6,088,381) 75,000 (6,013,381)
Net Change In Fund Balance:
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$
$ 1. 3.
38,237,000 2,941,117
2.
26,625,456 7,983,447 3,031,255 2,078,100 22,356 958,256 40,698,870
3.
6,862,102
(6,088,381) 75,000 (6,013,381)
36,146,416 36,146,416
(731,792)
1,580,513
36,146,416 36,995,137
Less Restrictions, Commitments, & Assignments: 3% TABOR Emergency Restriction Arts/Humanities Council Restriction Scientific & Cultural Facilities District Federal/State Forfeiture Restriction 25% Operating Reserve Assignment Traffic Safety (PRL) Assignment Unassigned Fund Balance
1,548,203 63,305 48,157 158,296 9,892,024 2,265,712 22,170,719
21,201 182,948 (935,941)
71,985 99,745 1,408,783
1,641,389 63,305 48,157 158,296 10,174,717 2,265,712 22,643,561
$
$
$
Exhibit A Capital Projects Fund Summary 2021 Adopted Budget Revenue: Taxes & Assessments Intergovernmental Investment Earnings Total Revenue
$
3,691,275 2,259,000
Previously Adopted Amendments $
2021 Amended Budget
Proposed Amendments
706,703
$
220,000 200,000 420,000
$ 4. 5.
3,691,275 3,385,703
75,000 6,025,275
706,703
600 10,764,500
4,446,300
10,765,100
4,446,300
Excess/(Deficiency) of Revenues Over Expenditures
(4,739,825)
(3,739,597)
-
(8,479,422)
Other Financing Sources/(Uses): Transfers In/(Out) Total Other Financing Sources/(Uses)
6,088,381 6,088,381
-
-
6,088,381 6,088,381
Net Change In Fund Balance:
1,348,556
(3,739,597)
-
(2,391,041)
Expenditures: Purchased Services Capital Outlay Total Expenditures
Cumulative Fund Balance Beginning Fund Balance
220,000 200,000 420,000
706,703
600 10,764,500
4,446,300
220,000 200,000 420,000
$
3,691,275 3,385,703
4. 5.
75,000 7,151,978
(3,739,597)
-
(2,391,041)
Cumulative Fund Balance Beginning Fund Balance Ending Fund Balance
14,893,850 16,242,406
(3,739,597)
-
14,893,850 12,502,809
Less Restrictions, Commitments, & Assignments: Open Space Tax Restriction Lottery Proceeds Restriction Capital Project Commitment Open Space Acquisition Assignment Unassigned Fund Balance
1,269,326 349,379 12,932,367 1,691,334 -
(427,944) (50,000) (3,261,653) -
-
841,382 299,379 9,670,714 1,691,334 -
75,000 7,151,978
4. 5.
600 15,630,800 15,631,400
$
14,893,850
$
$
$
Exhibit A Capital Improvement Program 2021 Adopted Budget Building Projects: City Hall Interior Remodel City Hall Front Entry Plaza Total Building Projects Streets and Transportation Projects: Belleview Corridor Improvements EA Belleview Corridor Improvements EA (SPIMD) Cherry Creek Campus Area Transportation Study Orchard & Greenwood Plaza Intersection Yosemite Overpass Bridge Rail Replacement (PRL) Belleview/Quebec Eastbound Right Turn Lane (PRL) Pavement Rehabilitation Program Trail Rehabilitation Program Concrete Replacement Program Pavement Preservation Program Total Streets and Transportation Projects Drainage Projects: Bridgwater Ponds Improvement Belleview/Clarkson Drainage Improvements Goldsmith Gulch - Orchard at Silo Park Goldsmith Gulch - Orchard at Silo Park (UDFCD) Total Drainage Projects Recreation Projects: Dayton Well Improvements Dayton Well Improvements (ACOS) High Line Trail Crossing (ACOS) High Line Trail Crossing (ACOS Grant) Goldsmith Gulch Restoration Goldsmith Gulch - Huntington High Line Canal Trailhead - Belleview (CTF) High Line Canal Stormwater Demonstration Belleview Avenue Median Improvements Greenwood Gulch Trail Undercrossing Greenwood Gulch Trail Undercrossing (ACOS) Greenwood Gulch Trail Undercrossing (ACOS Grant) Huntington Caley Master Plan Final Implementation High Line Canal Trail Signage High Line Canal Trail Signage (ACOS Grant) Westlands Park Pickleball Courts Westlands Park Pickleball Courts (ACOS Grant) Orchard Hills Stable Master Plan Chenango Park Trail Reconstruction Orchard Road Streetscape - Colorado/Holly Peakview Avenue Median Improvements Village Greens North Park Phase V (ACOS) Village Greens North Park Phase V (CTF) Orchard Drive - Holly to Orchard Road Trail Carson Park Pedestrian Bridge Replacement High Line Canal Tree Planting Total Recreation Projects Miscellaneous Projects: Noise Wall Rehabilitation Project Total Miscellaneous Projects $
14,893,850
75,000 6,025,275
$
1,348,556
1,252,000 2,753,055 2,135,000 200,000 42,800 47,560,972
Cumulative Fund Balance Beginning Fund Balance Ending Fund Balance
$
706,703
made public record in the office of the City Clerk WHEREAS, the additional expenditures are un- ORDAINS: anticipated and are essential and necessary for and is to be open for public inspection during public purposes; and Section 1. The monies described in the amend- regular business hours. Sufficient copies of this Excess/(Deficiency) of Revenues ed budget for the City of Greenwood ordinance shall be available for use by the City Over Expenditures (4,739,825) Village, Col(3,739,597) (8,479,422) WHEREAS, the additional appropriations for said orado, for the 2021 fiscal year, a copy of which is Council and the public. operating expenditures do not exceed the amount attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and incorporated by which actual and anticipated revenues for the herein by this reference, are hereby adopted and INTRODUCED AND APPROVED ON FIRST 2021 fiscal year will exceedOther revenues as Sources/(Uses): estimat- appropriated for the funds and for the specific pur- READING ON THE 2nd DAY OF AUGUST, 2021, Financing ed in the budget. poses set forth in said budget. AND IN THE LITTLETransfers In/(Out) 6,088,381 - ORDERED PUBLISHED 6,088,381 TON INDEPENDENT. Total Other Financing 6,088,381 6,088,381 Section 2. The amended budget and appropriaNOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THESources/(Uses)
Exhibit A
Previously Adopted Amendments
$
2021 Amended Budget
Proposed Amendments
600 220,000 4. 15,630,800 200,000 5. CITY OF GREENWOOD VILLAGE, tions, as hereby accepted and adopted, are to be 10,765,100COLORADO 4,446,300 420,000 15,631,400
Net Change In Fund Balance:
2021 Adopted Budget
Adopted Amendments
3,691,275 2,259,000
City of Greenwood Village Expenditures: Purchased Services Capital Outlay
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Public notice is given on July 19, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of Exhibit an adult has A been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.
The Petition requests that the name of Monique Courtney Ware be changed to Georgia Kate Webb Case Number: 18PR30973
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PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Notice is given on July 21, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Minor Child has been filed with the Arapahoe County District Court.
By: Anne Marie Ollada County Court Judge
PUBLIC NOTICE
Publisher: Littleton Independent
OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME
Legal Notice No.: 526444 First Publication: August 5, 2021
Previously Adopted Amendments
2021 Amended Budget
Proposed Amendments
235,000 175,000 410,000
104,046 25,000 129,046
-
339,046 200,000 539,046
250,000 250,000 50,000 75,000 3,000,000 212,000 750,000 1,030,000 5,617,000
69,816 69,816 75,000 49,563 625,378 50,197 85,092 1,024,862
-
319,816 319,816 75,000 49,563 50,000 75,000 3,625,378 262,197 750,000 1,115,092 6,641,862
500,000 500,000
36,164 223,327 998,747 200,000 1,458,238
-
36,164 223,327 998,747 700,000 1,958,238
2,500,000 400,000 450,000 100,000 50,000 50,000 150,000 37,500 3,737,500
218,742 344,448 60,081 37,461 26,940 102,234 50,000 150,000 160,275 80,000 23,415 210,728 103,861 35,970 35,970 11,429 35,360 25,000 50,000 30,000 42,240 1,834,154
220,000 200,000 420,000
218,742 344,448 60,081 37,461 26,940 102,234 50,000 150,000 160,275 80,000 23,415 210,728 2,603,861 35,970 35,970 11,429 35,360 25,000 670,000 480,000 42,240 100,000 50,000 250,000 150,000 37,500 5,991,654
500,000 500,000
-
-
500,000 500,000
10,764,500
$
4,446,300
$
420,000
$
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