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Sales tax plan takes center stage in candidate forum Council candidates see more city funds as crucial In a June 2016 file photo, Eleazar Rios is seen showing off his naturalization certificate to Deb Schaffer, citizenship program coordinator at the Littleton Immigrant Resources Center at Bemis Public Library. Rios attended classes at the center to prepare him for his naturalization interview with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officers.

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Driscoll, Carol Fey, Pam Grove, Mark Runicki and Mayor Jerry Valdes all supported defunding.

Mayor Pro Tem Scott Melin, who sided with Councilmember Kelly Milliman in support of funding the center, said he is disappointed with the council’s decision.

“This is a program that’s in place right now to make our community more diverse and more inclusive.

Candidates vying for a seat on Littleton City Council in the upcoming citywide election made their case to voters Sept. 18 during a candidate forum. But while council hopefuls were eager to pitch their visions for the city, much of their time was focused on emphasizing a critical concern: Littleton needs more money.

Tucked in a small backroom of the Wilmore Nursery Garden Center, nine candidates, some seeking reelection, spoke to dozens of community members on issues ranging from housing affordability to homelessness. Though candidates

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Immigrant resources center faces fund cutoff Community members voice concern over council decision

BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

For years, the future of Littleton’s only affordable resource center for immigrants seeking

citizenship has been uncertain.

But following a recent city council budget meeting, members appear poised to pull funding from the center by fall of next year.

On Sept. 11, the city council came to a 5-2 decision to move ahead with cutting the Littleton Immigrant Resources Center’s roughly $150,000 in annual funding. Councilmembers will formally vote on the move in October.

Councilmembers Patrick

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Farewell, Littleton After four years, reporter David Gilbert moves on

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After the four best years of my life, I am leaving my job as the reporter for the Littleton Independent. Robert Tann, an intelligent and thoughtful journalist, will take my place at this nearly 140-year-old newspaper.

I have accepted a position as a statewide reporter for this newspaper’s co-owner, The Colorado Sun — a dream job. I adore Colorado, and I am thrilled at the opportunity to tell the stories of our beautiful state and the challenges it faces.

But I am also leaving something of a dream job. Being a local reporter means you get to learn the soul of a community with a richness and depth few others experience.

My job has been to dig deeper, to find out more about the people and decisions that impact this community.

In search of those answers, I have spent time in many places: City council chambers. Small businesses.

Festivals. Food banks. Crime scenes.

Homeless camps. Courtrooms.

Classrooms. Hospital rooms. Living rooms.

I wish everyone could have the experiences I have had, though I have done my best to convey them to you: Meeting families raising

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children in motel rooms. Recording the memories of veterans who lost brothers and sisters on battlefields or to suicide. Grilling people in power on why and how they reached their decisions.

Littleton is at its best when we lift up our neighbors. I think of the drivers at Nourish Meals on Wheels, who deliver good food and the joy of connection to lonely seniors. I think of the cooks and servers of Break Bread or GraceFull Cafe, inviting the weary and forgotten to sit down for a meal in dignity and comfort. I think of the volunteers at the Little-

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ton Immigrant Resources Center who teach civics and English to those striving for citizenship. I think of the organizers of Western Welcome Week or the Fire Muster, who work all year to renew the bonds of community.

Littleton is at its worst, however, when we allow the politics of cruelty and division to drive wedges between neighbors. When we assume our neighbors are driven by malice or stupidity, or that they don’t deserve to be here.

But I assure you, the good far outweighs the bad. Littleton is a generous, friendly community. The vast majority of your neighbors are doing the best they can every day.

We live in a time when we are encouraged by cynical grifters to see each other as good or evil, to assume the worst about others, to see nefarious conspiracies in our midst.

Many people around you are struggling. You do not know who is going through a painful divorce, who just lost their job, who is enduring mental illness, or who is grieving the death of a loved one. The pandemic has pushed many people to their limits, though they do their best to put on a brave face and soldier on.

Too many of us seldom interact with our neighbors except from behind a keyboard or steering wheel, where we feel enabled to vent our frustrations about our lives and our world on each other from a position of anonymity.

I beg you, give each other some

grace.

Writing a decent news story is a bit like writing a lab report: You start with a question, form a hypothesis, gather data, reach a conclusion, and present your findings for peer review. Like a lab report, you must begin without preconceived notions.

You must be open to whatever the answers to your questions may be.

I hope that in getting to know this community, the community has also gotten to know me. I hope people see that as a journalist, I am not trying to manipulate anyone. I am not trying to peddle fear or stir up unnecessary outrage. I care about this community as much as you do.

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SAY HELLO TO ROBERT TANN The Littleton Independent’s new community editor is Robert Tann, who succeeds David Gilbert.

Robert is a journalism graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder who has written for The Colorado Sun, co-owner of this newspaper; for Colorado Politics; and for Carnegie-Knight News21, a national initiative headquartered at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University.

Got a news tip for Robert? Email rtann@ coloradocommunitymedia.com.

As for David, you may still see some of his reporting in the paper from time to time.

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Video shows sheriff grabbing man’s throat Altercation at Pindustry entertainment venue does not lead to charges

BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A recent video posted to social media by local news channels shows Arapahoe County Sheriff Tyler Brown grabbing a man by the throat during an altercation at a restaurant in Greenwood Village last month.

Before the video surfaced to the public, the Denver District Attorney’s Office announced on Sept. 9 that it would not pursue criminal charges against Brown for the incident, which took place on Aug. 21 at Pindustry, a restaurant and entertainment venue on East Arapahoe Road.

In her statement, District Attorney Beth McCann said those involved, including Brown, had been drinking and so did not have reliable testimonies to offer. She also said those who could be considered victims of Brown did not wish to proceed with criminal charges.

Brown claims he was defending

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like me. They endure low pay, long hours, and — too often — derision and scorn because they care about doing their jobs well.

Did I cover every issue I wanted to? Not even close. There are so many stories I didn’t get to. Emails I overlooked. Phone calls I neglected

his wife after a man asked for her number. Shortly after grabbing the man’s throat, another man can be seen running towards Brown and punching him in the head. The altercation ended with a man lying on the floor.

“Having concluded that criminal charges are not warranted, I want to make it clear that the behavior of Sheriff Brown in this situation was irresponsible and unprofessional for an elected sheriff,” McCann said in a statement.

In response to McCann’s decision, Brown thanked the district attorney for an unbiased review.

“This was an unfortunate event that put the sheriff in the unwelcome position of having to protect and defend his wife. Sheriff Brown trusts the legal process and is looking forward to putting these events behind him,” the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement to Colorado Community Media.

As sheriff, Brown oversees a staff of 700 throughout Arapahoe County.

His department provides police services to Centennial as well as unincorporated Arapahoe County.

He was elected to the position in November 2018 and has served since January 2019. to return. There’s enough news in Littleton for a half-dozen reporters.

Like me, Robert will do his best to triage the many stories that deserve attention and scrutiny.

That means the rest is up to you.

Talk to each other. Ask questions and be open to the answers. Realize that your assumptions, or the rumors you read on Nextdoor or Facebook, may not be the whole story.

Take care of yourselves and each other. And thanks for everything.

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From David Gilbert’s camera STAFF REPORT

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avid Gilbert is stepping aside as the Independent’s community editor. In addition to reporting on Littleton these past few years, he has hauled out his camera and captured life in the city and nearby communities. Here are some examples of his recent work.

“One-man band” James Hurtado plays at The Alley on Main Street in downtown Littleton on June 11.

George Rodriguez kneels before the grave of his wife, Katherine, on Memorial Day at Fort Logan National Cemetery. “I was the one who went away to war, but she was a Navy wife,” George said. “She endured. Now she rests among those who died for this country. It’s a great PHOTOS BY DAVID GILBERT honor, and one day I’ll join her here.”

Frank Francone, center, marches with son Stuart Francone, left, Air Force veteran Mike Simbre, right, and several friends in Littleton on April 9. An army veteran, Francone set out to commemorate the Bataan Death March of 1942.

The photographer’s son Russell riding shotgun in Littleton’s Fire Muster parade.

Beth Hanson of South Platte Park, left, shows a turtle shell to Nathan Noonan, 4, and his grandmother Christine Geiger at Littleton’s Meet Greet & Eat event at Sterne Park on June 30.

A cottonwood tree lies across three parked cars at Sterne Park on June 8.

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differed in their solutions, all were unified by the need for a sales tax increase to fund city infrastructure in the coming years.

“We are poised for excellent opportunity, if the tax initiative passes this fall,” said Candice Ferguson, candidate for District 1, which encompasses downtown Littleton. “We are mission-critical on that issue.”

Voters will have the choice in the November election to approve a 0.75% sales tax increase that is projected to raise about $9 million annually for Littleton’s capital gains fund. Without the tax, city officials say, the fund will completely run out of money by 2025, leaving the city unable to pay for vital infrastructure work.

Pat Driscoll, a current councilmember for District 1 who is running for reelection, championed the proposed tax increased, known as 3A, and said he pushed hard to get the measure on the ballot.

“What that really means to you in dollars and cents: Today you pay $3 on 100 bucks, and we’re going to ask for $3.75,” Driscoll said.

Driscoll pledged that should the measure pass the city would establish an accountability board made up of community members that city officials would report to about how the money is being spent.

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mayor and who also hosted the forum, said the tax increase is “in the hands of the voters.”

“One thing I have to say about that is I could fix things a lot faster if there’s more money,” Fey said to a crowd that met her with mild laughter.

Though the issue of 3A united candidates, other topics prompted differing approaches.

How ambitious the city should be in development while grappling with preservation were key issues for the two District 3 candidates, Stephen Barr and Paul Bingham.

District 3 encompasses much of south Littleton.

Barr said financial investments need to extend far beyond just roads.

“It also means investing in those families and those schools, giving folks a place to live,” he said, adding that investment in affordable housing, education and the environment will set up the next generation for success.

Bingham pitched a more restrained approach to investments.

Calling himself “middle of the road,” Bingham said he would support “reasonable development” as long as it is in the right places.

Krista Kafer, who is running for an at-large seat, called Littleton a city where “you could live your whole life and never leave,” citing an abundance of events and local shopping.

“I’m going to preserve those

things that we love about our city,” she said before adding that Littleton has opportunity to grow, such as with housing.

Kafer also touched on homelessness, framing the issue as a threat to safety and security.

“I don’t want children to have to step over needles when they’re in our parks,” she said. “Those folks that really need help, that find themselves in a homeless situation, (let’s) get them help.

But for those who want to live in that situation that don’t need help, they need to move on. This is not a community for folks who want to do urban camping.”

Along with ideas around city investments, candidates also spoke of the need to secure state and federal funds as well.

Gretchen Rydin, who is also running for an at-large seat, said Littleton needs to ensure it receives a slice of Colorado’s $400 million that was part of a $26 billion multistate settlement with drug companies for their role in the opioid epidemic.

“Almost everybody knows someone (who is struggling with substance abuse) and we need to be sure we’re supporting them,” Rydin said.

Following candidates’ presentations, attendees were given the chance to mingle and speak with candidates one-on-one.

Bebe Kleinman, CEO of Doctors Care, which provides affordable healthcare to low-income populations in the south-metro area, said she is excited about certain candidates’ ability to look to the fture.

“What I want to see is what can

we do as a city to make it attractive to younger people, the next generation,” she said. “And that does speak to affordable housing, good infrastructure … I think the focuses on mental health concerns for the population are really important.”

The upcoming election will also be the first in which voters directly choose their mayor, as opposed to the position being filled by a council vote.

Kyle Schlachter, candidate for mayor, highlighted his experience as chair of the Littleton Invests for Tomorrow board and said he would bring respect to the council as mayor.

Jon Buck, also a mayoral candidate, said it is a “critical time” for Littleton and highlighted further infrastructure funding as a vital need.

Still, while candidates were able to touch on their own hopes for the city, the need to secure more taxpayer funds lingered over candidates’ ambitions.

Sean Walsh, a political consultant who lives in Littleton and is leading the charge for the Yes on 3A campaign, said if the tax increase fails to pass, councilmembers will have no choice but to make some “devastating cuts.”

Littleton has not raised its sales tax in almost 50 years, according to Walsh.

“If the situation weren’t urgent, they wouldn’t be doing it,” he said in reference to council members’ open support for the measure.

“Every city’s lifeblood is sales tax.”

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Firefighter’s death highlights cancer risk first responders face Anthony Palato was diagnosed with an ‘occupational cancerous tumor’

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The death of a South Metro Fire Rescue firefighter-paramedic highlights the cancer risks that first responders face across the country.

Centennial-based South Metro, which serves parts of Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson counties, on Sept. 15 announced the “line of duty death” of Anthony Palato, known to his coworkers and friends as Tony.

Four years ago, Palato was diagnosed with an “occupational cancerous tumor,” the department tweeted.

Palato had gone into remission, but the cancer returned. He medically retired on March 1.

“As a paramedic for 21 years, there is no doubt that Tony touched many lives and will be remembered as a kind, caring and compassionate person with a true servant’s heart, he will be greatly missed,” department officials tweeted.

Palato began his career as a first responder with the Sheridan Fire Department. In 2000, he joined the Cunningham Fire Protection District, which was unified with South Metro in 2018. He leaves behind a wife and their two daughters.

At press time, a funeral service was to be held Sept. 21 at Denver First Church, 3800 E. Hampden Ave., Cherry Hills Village.

In July 2018, then-President Donald Trump signed legislation requiring the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to set up a registry of firefighters to track the connections between occupational exposures and cancer. Results from that registry aren’t expected to be public until 2024 or later.

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It’s an important symbol,” he said in an interview with Colorado Community Media.

Federal grant was already lost The center has for years helped hundreds of legal green-card holders take the final step toward U.S. citizenship through offering low-cost civics and English lessons, test preparation and help filling out forms.

The center has won a slew of awards and garnered national praise. In 2010 it was recognized

by Harvard’s Bright Ideas, which spotlights innovative government programs. Sen. Michael Bennet, after visiting the center in 2013, cited it as a model for immigrant assistance provisions in a bipartisan immigration reform bill.

Though it offered limited assistance in the years since its inception in 2005, a $250,000 biennal grant awarded to the center in 2012 from U.S. Citizenship and Immigra-

tion Services helped it to expand.

But in 2018, under the Trump administration, the center lost the federal grant following low attendance for follow-up tests after citizenship classes.

Since then, the City of Littleton pledged to cover the cost, albeit temporarily. Valdes has repeatedly expressed that funding for the center was never intended to be permanent.

“If people want this kind of thing, it should be up to private donations,” Valdes told CCM in a May 2020 interview, adding that it isn’t the city’s responsibility to fund nonprofits.

Still, with roughly $40 million in its general fund, Melin believes the city could put up the money needed to keep the center afloat, especially with city plans to offset certain expenditures with funding from federal COVID-19 relief packages.

“I appreciate the point that Littleton shouldn’t be funding this all by itself. We need to continue looking for community partnership money,” Melin said. “But this program is too important, too important to the lives of the people it is touch-

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Since January, the center has served 91 immigrants, more than it did during all of 2020, when it served 86.

Nancy Trimm, director for Bemis Library where the center is housed, said LIRC staff has been aware for years that the city wanted it to secure another source of funding, but has been unsuccessful in doing so.

She said the center intends to finish its services for current immigrants but has stopped accepting new clients. It is currently preparing documents with resources for other similar services in the Denver-metro area that it will provide for would-be clients.

Community members speak out The decision has rocked some Littleton community members who have urged the council to reconsider.

A letter to the council signed by 12 former Littleton mayors and councilmembers praised the center for its efforts and said continued funding would not only strengthen Littleton’s commitment to inclusivity but also serve as an economic investment.

“Newcomers from around the world are entrepreneurs and have brought a richness of businesses to Littleton, and (the center) has helped make this a more just and equitable community,” the letter reads.

Susan Thornton, a former Littleton mayor who helped found the center, called the defunding decision a “major mistake.”

“It’s one of those things that makes Littleton special, that sets us

apart,” she told CCM. With only a handful of certified resource centers for immigrants in the Denver metro area, Thornton said the Littleton center’s continued future is vital.

“This is not the time to cut back on services, this is the time to increase them,” she said.

Joe Rice, a former state representative, said the decision to defund the center comes at a crucial time when the city will need to support incoming refugees from Afghanistan. The Denver metro area is planning to welcome about 1,500 refugees in the coming months.

“The City of Littleton, through its council, is turning its back on refugees and, by extension, U.S. military veterans. In situations like what is happening with Afghan refugees, we should all look to what we can control,” Rice wrote in a letter to councilmembers.

Rice, a veteran of the Iraq war, said he has sponsored Iraqi refugee families who have used the center and continue to live in Littleton. He said the center’s help proved crucial in their ability to become selfsufficient after settling in the city.

Valdes, Littleton’s mayor, defended council’s decision to cease funding and said the center is not a high priority for the city budget. Much of the reason is because the majority of people the center serves live outside Littleton, according to Valdes.

“We don’t have funds to continue doing the programs that do not directly affect our citizens,” he said. “We need to have a sustainable budget and that means making cuts. It’s a tough decision.”

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Colo. Republicans decide to stick with 2022 primaries

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado Republicans on Sept. 18 rejected a contentious push to opt out of next year’s primaries, which would have blocked the state’s 1.7 million unaffiliated voters from helping to select the GOP’s 2022 general election candidates.

The vote, taken at a meeting in Pueblo of the party’s central committee members, was 241 opposed to opting out and 172 in favor, far less than the 75% support — or 380 votes — needed to pass.

The opt-out question received the support of just 34% of the Colorado GOP central committee. Backers of the initiative knew it was likely they would come up short of the 75% threshold, but were hoping to break 50% and send a clear message and

potentially prompt a lawsuit challenging Colorado’s law allowing unaffiliated voters to participate in partisan primaries.

The central committee ultimately did vote to authorize the state party to file a legal challenge to the law, but it’s not clear if the lawsuit could proceed fast enough to effect the 2022 election.

The decision ends weeks of fractious debate over the question by the Colorado GOP, whose leaders are trying to preach unity ahead of next year’s elections.

Supporters of opting out in favor of the caucus and assembly process argued their route was a way to ensure party purity and stop potential voter fraud.

“The argument for me is clear,” Randy Corporon, a conservative talk radio host and Republican national committeeman from Colorado, said

as he argued in favor of opting out.

“Should Republicans and only Republicans be choosing our general election candidates? Or do we continue the steady decline?”

Opponents warned that opting out would continue to relegate Republicans to minority-party status in Colorado. The Colorado Springs Gazette’s conservative editorial board recently said the call to opt out was “nothing short of a plan for political suicide.”

Kay Rendleman, a member of the Colorado Republican Party’s central committee and a former chair of the El Paso County GOP, on Sept. 18 voted against opting out because she wants to ensure all of her party’s 1 million voters can participate in selecting general election candidates.

She loves the caucus and assembly process, but said that it can limit participation since it requires people

to show up to voice their opinion at a specific place and time.

“I think it’s just critical, critical that we empower as many of our Republicans to be involved in the selection of our nominees,” Rendleman said.

“Having the primary, even though it allows unaffiliateds to vote — the voice of the Republicans needs to be heard.”

Unaffiliated voters made up 43% of registered voters in Colorado at the end of July, compared with Republicans at 26% and Democrats at 29%.

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Sheridan police officer charged with assault

BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Sheridan police officer Shawn Ralph has been charged with second-degree assault after allegedly choking a woman accused of shoplifting while he was on duty.

According to a statement from Sheridan Police Chief Jeffrey Martinez, officers detained the woman at a 7-Eleven store in the 3400 block of South Federal Boulevard north of West Hampden Avenue on Sept. 3 around 1:30 a.m.

An affidavit obtained by local news outlets said Ralph and another officer believed the woman was acting suspiciously. The store owner indicated to the officers that

the woman had taken items without paying and, according to the affidavit, officers handcuffed the woman after some resistance.

Officers sat the woman outside on a curb, but she eventually got up and walked toward the store owner, prompting the officers to intervene, the affidavit said. It said the woman spat and saliva landed on Ralph’s face.

Ralph then grabbed the woman by the throat, choking her, and forced her to the ground, the affidavit said.

His hand was around her neck for about five seconds, according to the affidavit.

The woman was taken to a hospital but was found not to have been injured.

“Other officers who were present, including a supervisor, took immediate physical action to intervene in the incident and deescalated the situation,” Martinez, the police chief, said in a statement.

According to department spokesperson Amy Woodward, officers immediately reported the incident to higher-ups while on scene.

Ralph was placed on administrative leave on Sept. 3 and a department investigation was opened that day. On Sept. 8, the case was brought to the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office and Ralph was arrested Sept. 14, Woodward said.

At press time, Ralph was free on bond, police said. He is slated to appear in court Sept. 28.

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On Nov. 17, Brown Palace Hotel historian Debra Faulkner will share stories of the “Ladies of the Brown Palace.”

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“This program should be fascinating for anyone just looking for a good story — including both the general public and women’s history buffs,” said Susie Appleby, the mansion’s historic programs and volunteer coordinator.

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When asked if Ralph had ever been involved in other instances of excessive force, Woodward said the department is unable to release that information “since it pertains to personnel matters.”

Body cameras were in use during the incident. Woodward said the department is currently in talks with the city attorney and will release the footage when legally required to do so.

According to Colorado state Senate Bill 20-217, the sweeping police reform act that was signed into law in June 2020, if a complaint of officer misconduct is filed, the department must release to the public all unedited dash camera or body camera footage within 21 days.

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aimed at attracting unaffiliated voters and highlighting party priorities like school choice and tackling crime.

Colorado voters passed Proposition 108 in 2016 giving unaffiliated voters the ability to vote in partisan primaries.

There is only one Republican — University of Colorado Regent Heidi Ganahl — who holds statewide elected office. She was elected in 2016 and is now running

to unseat Democratic Gov. Jared Polis in 2022.

No Republican running for statewide office has secured more than 45% of the vote in the past two election cycles.

The GOP is also in the minority in the state Senate and House.

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Adding experience to life’s greatest teachers

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his column is dedicated to all the wonderful and committed teachers in our communities. Before the pandemic began, they already had my deepest respect. So, a big shoutout to each teacher in my life who helped me in some WINNING way along life’s journey, I appreciWORDS ate you all so much.

Teachers have a special gift and calling. And yet teachers are also grossly overworked and underpaid, and in many cases, overly criticized and underappreciated. All Michael Norton of this has become amplified over the past 19 months as our already stretched education

system is caught in the collateral damage of the pandemic and other societal pressure points.

Masks, vaccinations, social distancing, hybrid learning, conflicting curriculums, forced curriculum change mandates, belief systems and constrained budgets all coming to a boil of disruption at the same time. My admiration for the teaching community only increases as they continue to pour into their students while giving tirelessly of themselves.

By the way, I am including the entire teaching community. Educators at every level, coaches, mentors, trainers, corporate learning teams.

Each person who has a platform to develop their students, learners, and those they coach must deal with the very same things as someone who is teaching in a classroom, teaching

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Glad for mask requirement Masks are a reasonable, minor hindrance to keep our kids and broader community safe. I know that some parents have expressed their strong opposition to them. But for my family and the health of my loved ones around me, wearing a mask at school for my kids is not negotiable.

I have three incredible children and two are still enrolled in Jeffco Public Schools. They have a loving father who adores them, and he also has type 1 diabetes. His immune system is compromised and his body does not respond to the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine like everyone else. Catching the now dominant delta variant could be severe and deadly.

Additionally, my mother has end stage cancer. A seemingly harmless cold could take her from us early.

My children deserve to enjoy their grandmother and experience her as much as possible toward the end of her life. Wearing a mask while at school is one way they know they can keep themselves and their grandmother safe.

Each day I send my kids off to school, I am reminded of the very real risks “living a normal life” pose for my household and my family.

After a very hard year of remote learning, I believe every child deserves to be in school and learning amongst their peers. I am extremely grateful that the mask requirement is in place to help keep everyone, including my husband and mother, safe while also sending our kids back to the classroom.

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What can we talk about? What can’t we say? Where are the boundaries? Are there any boundaries?

How do we stay healthy? How can we keep our students safe? Is what we taught yesterday still relevant, let alone accepted today? Are there new skills, thoughts and theories that need to be explored? These are just a few of the variables and curveballs being thrown at those responsible for our education and personal and professional development.

Here is the upside. Never in history has the learning community been in such a position to acquire knowledge through academic, coaching, and training best practices coupled with access to information. And never has there been a time where

we have had the opportunity to experience life with all its conflicts, contrasts, and challenges that we are living through today. Teaching theory, providing structure and concepts for problem-solving are important. And when we add the potency of real-world experiential learning to the solid fundamentals and advanced applications of teaching we have an enormous opportunity for growth.

Some believe that experience is life’s greatest teacher. This is only true if we learn from those experiences. The important thing is that when we fail, and we will, that we learn from that failure. Equally as important is that when we succeed, we learn from our successes. If we will let it, life has so much to teach SEE NORTON, P15

Can we really prevent suicide? Maybe

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t’s no secret that Colorado has one of the highest suicide rates in the nation. But what remains elusive is why and what we can do about GUEST it to truly make a significant differCOLUMN ence.

As the former state legislator who led the establishment of the Colorado Suicide Prevention Commission, and a commissioner serving on it now, Linda Newell my commitment to finding the answer is fierce.

But as a suicide-loss survivor, my drive for this quest is even stronger.

By now, almost everyone probably knows that it is Suicide Prevention Month across the country.

I could go on and on with a whole bunch of statistics alarming you of the too-often occurrence of someone killing themselves in Colorado, but instead, let’s focus on what we can do to potentially prevent it.

It is not only up to therapists, hospitals, and the government to take action. Yes, we can continue to focus on it and build an infrastructure of systems and resources that people in need can use. And in Colorado, we’re doing a good job of that, considering the lean state budgets we have.

But what can you and I do to stop anyone from harming themselves? Well, if we’re too late in the process, we can sometimes do nothing, honestly. And in those circumstances, we will hopefully not allow ourselves to feel guilt or ask ourselves, “What could I have done?”

Sometimes, we are completely unaware of what’s going on inside another person, and there’s nothing we can do about it.

However, there are some proactive things we can do to “set the infrastructure” in our families and relationships that can make a big difference, and even save a life.

Let’s talk about our children, for instance.

We may not want to admit it, but the statistics show that in Colorado, some children are considering ending their own lives as early as 6 years old. Why? What drives a child to think about that or even think of suicide as an option? And what can we do to prevent that?

Research tells us that one of the most effective protective factors against youth suicide is the child having a relationship with at least one trusted adult.

As an example, this one supportive relationship can be a parent, family member, teacher, minister, or therapist. Having someone who can listen, give loving advice, or just intentionally sit with them occasionally can be profound in them feeling heard and being ac-

cepted just as they are. That then can lead to feeling cared about and a sense of hope in the surrounding community.

As minor as this may sound, this one act can make a big difference in a child’s mental well-being. So, prioritizing our time with our kiddos and using empathy and listening skills can serve as a protective shield against them having thoughts of hopelessness or selfharm that can lead to suicide.

If we all took the time to act proactively by creating more loving and supportive relationships with each other, that one act could eventually be saving a life. Don’t wait till it’s too far down the line and they’re cutting themselves, abusing drugs or alcohol, or showing signs of actual suicidal thoughts. Let’s do what we can preventively in our own families and community before it’s too late.

If you or a loved one is having thoughts of self-harm or suicide, please reach out to your therapist or call 800-273-8255 or 911.

Former Colorado state senator, now with a master’s in Social Justice and Ethics from Iliff School of Theology, Linda Newell is a writer, speaker, facilitator, and conflict/ DEI consultant. Senlindanewell@ gmail.com, www.lindanewell.org, www.senlindanewell.com, @sennewell on Twitter, Senator Linda Newell or @TheLastBill on Facebook.

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Historic Denver highlights 50 places worth celebrating Residents encouraged to visit sites, in-person or virtually

BY CLARKE READER SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Most people in the metro area are at least a little familiar with historic sites like the Molly Brown House in Denver’s Capitol Hill and the Brown Palace hotel in downtown Denver.

But there’s undoubtedly some who will not recognize the Rosedale House or the Wellshire Inn. The Wellshire Inn — located in the Wellshire neighborhood — was built in the 1920s as a golf club house. The Tudor building has since become an event center.

“The size and architectural style are uncommon in Denver. The building is distinctive and a landmark, sitting up high above the golf course,” said Kendra Black, Denver councilmember for District 4. “The story should be told and the building and course should be preserved.”

Historic Denver wants people to know more stories like these, and that’s the aim of the new 50 Actions d for 50 Places campaign. The project was launched to mark the 50th anniversary of the organization. s “We wanted to try to recapture the original grassroots spirit that led us to preserve places that are important,” said Annie Levinsky, Historic Denver’s executive director.

“At the time, we had one of the largest memberships in the country and we want to get back to that. People often think preservation is something older people do, but it really is multi-generational.”

The list of 50 places was gathered d through a months-long campaign that solicited the Denver community for places and spaces that deserve to have their story told and memorialized in the coming years.

Historic Denver received more than 100 nominations and selected options that recognize the full diversity of the . city. The resulting list includes arts and entertainment sites, civic assets, cultural landmarks and homes.

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us when it comes to understanding what works and what doesn’t work in the real-world. Life teaches us how to live, communicate, and optimize our performance at home and at work.

As we think about the future generations and the future leaders in our communities, government and in the workplace, we should be thinking about how we could impact their growth and the future of society. Are we encouraging our teachers, educators, coaches and students at every level through dialogue or are we talking at them? When we provide life experiences and we are actively and openly talking about what is happening locally and globally today, we will have the greatest impact on where out students are

One such home is located at 780 Steele St. in the Congress Park neighborhood, which was the residence of Judge Raymond Jones, who was the first African American appellate judge in Colorado. According to information provided by Travis Leiker, president and executive director of Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods, Jones attended Harvard, was a judge for 32 years and is a member of the Colorado Black Hall of Fame.

“All too often, the stories of historically marginalized populations go untold and unrecognized. We discovered the same was true for Judge Raymond Jones,” Leiker said. “This property, and the story of Judge Jones, represent one’s perseverance, defiance against all odds, and should be a fixture in our community today and for our posterity.”

Some of the places readily welcome visitors, while others are great for walking by to appreciate the design and its history, like the Rosedale House, 2199 S. Bannock St. The Rosedale House is one of the few remaining homes that were part of the town of Rosedale, which is now part of the Overland neighborhood — not to be confused with the neighboring Rosedale neighborhood, which is just east of Overland. The modest Queen Anne home was part of the first development built by George Timerman in 1887.

People need to know that street names and cities change over the course of 100 years, said Karen Jackson, owner of the home and nominator.

“The original Rosedale is now Overland and was probably beautiful for decades. Over the years, many homes fell in disrepair, but I always knew it was a diamond in the rough,” Jackson said. “I feel like the home picked me and I’m the caretaker chosen to save the home and its history.”

The actions that will be embarked upon are as varied as the sites themselves, Levinsky said. Some will require research about their history; others, technical assistance; and some, recognition through state or national programs.

“We’ll be working with the property owners and community members who nominated the sites to develop a going tomorrow.

“The best teachers are those who show you were to look but don’t tell you what to see.” - Alexandra K. Trenfor. We have a lot of people telling us where to look and what to see and hear right now. As students, and we are all students, we should consistently be challenging ourselves to look at life through the lens of concepts, theories, and experience.

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plan,” Levinsky said. “We’ve raised $50,000 for the campaign, and residents can get involved by donating to our organization or a specific project.”

Even if you’re not comfortable going out and about to see the sites in person, Historic Denver has you covered — on its website, you can virtually visit all the locations and learn something about them.

“Preservation has a reputation for being reactive, but we want to get ahead of things and support these places and the people who take care of them,” Levinsky said. “Seeing these places is a great way to get to know the city.”

Bringing these spaces and places more attention is what the campaign is really about, and if people can become more appreciative of what is around them, so much the better.

“The home of Dr. Charles Blackwood, the first Black graduate of the University of Colorado School of Medicine, was recently demolished,” Leiker said. The home was located in Denver’s Whittier neighborhood.

“This is a reminder that unless we focus our efforts on preserving the buildings and the stories that go with

The Rosedale House, 2199 S. Bannock St., is one of the sites included in Historic Denver’s 50 Actions for 50 Places campaign. The Rosedale House is one of the few remaining homes that were part of the town of Rosedale, which is now part of the Overland neighborhood.

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them, our city will lose out on its unique heritage.”

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Local teen finished seventh in Tokyo Olympics

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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hen Colin Duffy first laid eyes on an indoor climbing wall, he was only 3 years old.

The colorful holds drew his attention and he begged his parents to let him give the sport a try. By 7, he was climbing in full-sized gyms. And now, at 17, Duffy was the youngest competitor in the first-ever Olympic sport climbing event.

“I think I just love how unique of a physical challenge it is,” he said about the sport. “Not only do you have to be strong enough to solve the climbs and problems but you also have to use your brain, figuring out body position and what the best strategy is going to be for each route.”

Duffy, a Broomfield resident and a student of Stargate Charter School in the Adams 12 district, grew up climbing in the area. He frequents local rock climbing gyms like G1 Climbing + Fitness, and his favorite local spot to climb outdoors is Rocky Mountain National Park.

Duffy qualified for this year’s Olympic Games in 2020 when he won the International Federation of Sport Climbing’s Pan American Championship in Los Angeles.

“I was kind of just awestruck after qualifying,” he said. “It didn’t really feel real.”

Then, the Olympic Games were delayed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Leading up to the Tokyo Olympics, Duffy, like many Olympic athletes, had to face a variety of new training methods due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For several months, gyms were closed and Duffy had to practice his climbing on an at-home wall in his basement.

When gyms opened, he adjusted to training while wearing a mask. Then, two weeks before the climbing competitions started, he traveled with the rest of the four-person U.S. team to Tokyo in early August.

Once in Japan, Duffy and his colleagues began to work on acclimating to the humid, hot weather they’d be competing in.

“I think the most noticeable difference for me was the heat,” Duffy said. “I’ve always been used to dry heat and a lack of humid-

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CLIMBER REACHES FOR DREAM

Duffy was one of eight climbers who made it into the Olympic finals out of 20 male athletes. In the finals, he finished seventh overall.

In the speed competition he ranked fifth, with 6.35 as his fastest time. In the bouldering event he finished in fourth place, and in the lead competition he ranked third.

Nathaniel Coleman, the other male climber from the U.S., took silver in the competition. Brooke Raboutou — from Boulder, Colorado — placed fifth in the women’s competition.

“I had a lot of fun,” Duffy said. “I think a lot of people probably look at it as the most intense event possible, but I think outside of the competition days, being around the village and being surrounded by so many incredible athletes, everyone is always smiling and just happy to be there with their teammates.”

Colin Duffy, who placed seventh in the first-ever sport climbing competition in the Tokyo Olympics, competes in a PHOTOS BY DANIEL GAJDA lead climbing event in Innsbruck, Austria.

ity, so being in such an intense climate and having to compete outdoors in that was really kind of hard to adjust to.”

Sport details At this year’s Olympics, the sport climbing event displayed three disciplines of indoor climbing: bouldering, lead climbing and speed climbing.

In the bouldering event, athletes attempt to scale short, challenging pre-set routes, also known as problems, which are made up of plastic imitation rocks of various shapes and sizes.

The walls in this event are about 15 feet high and surrounded by large pads.

Climbers don’t use any

rope for this event.

During lead climbing, the athletes are tied into a rope as they see how high they can get on a wall more than 50 feet high. As they climb, the competitors attach their rope into clips placed along the wall. On the ground, a belayer attached to the same rope is ready to catch the climber if they fall or finish the route.

While each route and problem in the lead climbing and bouldering disciplines is unique and neverbefore-seen by the athletes, the speed climbing event is different in that it presents the same route in every competition. Athletes dart up this standard route to see how quickly they can

press a touchpad at the top.

The fastest speed at the finals of the Olympics was 6.02 seconds.

In this year’s Olympics, climbers were required to participate in all three events, with their score being determined by how they ranked in each one.

Some in the sport criticized this format because of the inherent differences between speed climbing and the other two disciplines.

Duffy’s favorite climbing events are bouldering and lead climbing, he said. In the next Olympic games, there will be one competition for speed climbing and one combining bouldering and lead.

Enjoying the games As the youngest climber there, Duffy felt like he was able to relax and not put too much pressure on himself, he said.

“I think it allowed me to climb pretty loosely, especially in the qualifiers, I felt like I had nothing to lose being the youngest one there,” he said. “I know I’ll have other opportunities in the future, and being so young, there’s really no pressure or expectations on me, so my main goal was just to have fun.”

Due to the pandemic, Duffy’s family was not able to attend the games in person and instead had to wake up each night of the event about 2 a.m. to watch the competition in real time. But Nancy Duffy, Colin’s mom, said it wasn’t difficult to stay alert.

“When your kid is going, you’re nervous,” she said.

“So it’s easy to stay awake at that point.”

Duffy hopes to compete again in the next Summer Olympics in Paris in 2024, he said.

“I just hope in the future that climbing continues to gain recognition. I think it’s a sport that … people are really fascinated by,” he said. “It’s much different than the traditional sports you’ll see. Hopefully people that watch the Olympics really enjoy it and it starts to gain more traction.”

For those curious about the sport, Duffy has one main piece of advice: “Search for a local gym around you,” he said.

“Everyone should try climbing. It’s a very fun sport,” he said. “And probably very different than most people are used to.”

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‘Steel Magnolias’ coming to Elaine Wolf Theatre

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teel Magnolias” will be presented Oct. 1 to 24 by Cherry Creek Theatre Company at the Elaine Wolf Theatre, Jewish CommuSONYA’S nity Center, 350 SAMPLER S. Dahlia St., Denver, 303-8006578. (Suzanne Nepi of Highlands Ranch is a cast member.) cherrycreektheatre.org.

Aurora Fox Arts “Hundred Days” runs through Oct. 10 at the Aurora Fox Arts Center, 9900 E. Colfax Ave, Aurora. Directed by Nick Sugar, with David Nehls as music director. 303-739-1970, aurorafox.org.

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Cherry Creek Theatre Company will present “Steel Magnolias” Oct. 1-24 at the Elaine Wolf Theatre in Denver. From top left, Shannon Altner, Devon James, Erika Mori, Suzanne Nepi, COURTESY PHOTO Martha Harmon Pardee, and Tracy Shaffer.

Littleton Town Hall “The Fantasticks” plays through Oct. 17 at Littleton Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., downtown Littleton. townhallartscenter.org, 303794-2787, ext. 5. Masks recommended for all patrons.

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Littleton Fine Arts Guild LFAG has two shows opening: Eight new members at the Depot Art Gallery, 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton and “Fantastik Fall” at Town Hall’s SEE SAMPLER, P34

Kirkland Museum is Denver treasure Collection of about 30,000 objects remains in rotation

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

On the northwest corner of Bannock Street and 12th Avenue in Denver, bright yellow ceramic tiles beckon to anyone who can see them. They mark the entrance to the Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Art, where the visitor will find more than 30,000 works by more than 1,500 artists who worked from 1845 to the present.

Three main collections include Kirkland’s collection of decorative arts, Kirkland’s own works and works by recent Colorado artists. Colorado artist Vance Kirkland (1904-1981) had a studio and art school at 13th and Curtis Streets in Denver, which became a focus for many area artists to learn — and also to hang out with like-minded souls. Kirkland was also head of the Art Department at the University of Denver and instrumental in the development of contemporary arts in Denver.

In November 2016, Kirkland’s Pearl Street studio was raised and loaded on a steel framework with wheels and on a Sunday, when traffic was at its calmest,

slowly moved across Denver to the present Bannock Street location, where funding by the Merle Chambers Fund settled it at a new location, attaching the studio to a long, low building where the collection could expand into special exhibitions in the center of Denver’s Golden Triangle Arts District.

The original studio is oriented as it was originally, with studio windows facing north and a large flat table holding paintings. Suspended above the table is a series of leather straps, on which Kirkland lay flat to paint, so he could reach across his large canvases. He used special mixes of paints and alcohol, pouring, dripping and painting with assorted sizes of wooden dowels in addition to brushes.

Many of Kirkland’s paintings seem to refer to constellations and include vibrant pigments.

Funding for the move was provided by the Merle Chambers Fund, the charity operated by one of Denver’s important philanthropists, who was especially supportive of the arts, as well as her commitment to community and social justice.

Museum director Hugh Grant, a close friend of Kirkland’s, was willed the majority of Kirkland’s estate after the artist died SEE KIRKLAND, P34

The distinctive Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Art stands at the corner of 12th Avenue and Bannock Street near the Denver Art Museum.

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STEM shooter’s sentence meant to send message Killer given life in prison without parole, 1,282 years

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

For a full report on victim-impact testimony at the Sept. 17 sentencing hearing for Devon Erickson in the STEM School attack, visit tinyurl.com/ STEMSchoolSentencing tors’ calculation — 1,282.5 additional years.

At the hearing, numerous victims said that they received a life sentence the day of the attack. Years of physical trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, and for scores of people, survivor guilt.

Sprague castigated the adult STEM School gunman for shattering lives. She grew up in an area plagued by violence, and she sent her son to STEM School because she “wanted a different life for my child.”

“I pray that you acknowledge what you have done,” she said. “I pray God has mercy on your soul.”

The sentence’s weight The sentencing hearing served as a milestone in a case that took nearly 2 1/2 years to reach that point — convicting and sentencing both gunmen.

In a news conference following the hearing, Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock and 18th Judicial District Attorney John Kellner commended people impacted by the attack for standing up in court and speaking about their experiences.

In a June 15, 2021, file photo, John Castillo speaks with reporters after a jury found Devon Erickson, the person who fatally shot Castillo’s son Kendrick, guilty of firstdegree murder. Behind him are investigators and prosecutors from the district attorPHOTO BY ELLIOTT WENZLER ney’s office.

“Here they are today still carrying that day with them, but being strong enough to say ‘We want to tell you how we feel, we want to have justice,’” Spurlock said.

The sentence itself was noteworthy, prosecutors and law enforcement said, and came down in stark contrast to Erickson’s co-defendant, Alec McKinney.

The younger convicted shooter was 16 at the time of the attack — his codefendant, Erickson, was 18 — and was sentenced in July 2020

by District Judge Jeffrey K. Holmes to life in prison plus 38 years, with

the possibility of parole after 40 years. Former 18th Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler, who led the prosecution of Erickson, has lambasted a juvenile offender program for which McKinney could qualify, possibly securing his release in 25 years.

Erickson’s sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus 1,282.5 years, was the maximum sentence possible for each charge connected to a victim, Brauchler said.

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Breathless, Syketha Sprague tried to describe for a Douglas County judge the lifelong impact of a school shooting.

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For more than two years, Sprague has struggled to look John and Maria Castillo in the eyes, she said.

Sprague’s only son survived the May 7, 2019, shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch, which left senior Kendrick Castillo dead and eight other students injured.

Every birthday, every holiday since, reminded her the Castillos lost their only son that day while she still held hers.

As Sprague spoke, John put his arm around Maria, who wept into her mask. Just like every past hearing, the couple sat in the front row of the Castle Rock courtroom.

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Based on the charges in Erickson’s conviction, state statute required he receive life in prison without the possibility of parole, but Slade had some discretion over how many years she tacked on.

Prosecutors said in court they believed the range to be an additional 400 years on the low end and 1,276 on the higher end, although the sentence ultimately exceeded their estimate.

People who gave impact statements pleaded for the maximum sentence allowed by law.

Erickson’s defense attorney, David Kaplan, spoke at length to the judge and courtroom, telling Slade that the individual he and his colleague know is capable of rehabilitation and got swept up in the tragedy amid personal crisis. The number of years she added would not make a real difference in achieving accountability, he said, and risked glorifying the crime.

The shooter’s parents, grandfather and girlfriend told the room he showed remorse in private moments, despite a stoic persona in court.

As Erickson’s loved ones spoke about his life before the shooting — trips with his father, bonding with his grandfather, his mother’s health struggles — the convicted shooter at last broke down, quietly sobbing as he hunched over in his seat.

Shooting survivors in the galley reacted with a mix of shock, dismay, or disbelief to comments made in defense of Erickson’s character.

Parents buried their faces in their hands or motioned for defense attorneys to hurry up. Former STEM students raised their eyebrows or quietly shook their heads.

Judge Slade didn’t buy it either.

Erickson’s reactions appeared “manipulative at best,” she said. He failed to offer a reason behind the attack, something she heard victims cry for in victim impact statements, she said.

Slade also told the defendant he had not taken accountability. A nearly 600-page presentence investigation included a one-page statement purportedly written by him,

but it included nothing substantive, she said.

“It was a shell,” she said.

She noted that he listened unflinchingly to survivor testimony until his family spoke about what he is losing, such as freedom to pursue his interests or family time.

“Today is the first time I have seen you show any type of emotion,” she said.

Slade said the sentence she handed down was aimed at punishment and deterrence, “to make sure that this never happens again.”

John Castillo, Kendrick’s father, called the defendant’s emotional displays narcissistic. Apologies from the gunman’s parents felt canned, he said. He walked out of court as they testified.

Spurlock, the county sheriff, said people who gave victim impact statements calling the defendant unremorseful and a coward got the message across to Slade.

“That we do want to deter, we want to let everyone know that this is not acceptable at any level, and that the State of Colorado is going to punish people that put harm on our children and our schools,” he said.

DA Kellner vowed to always uphold Kendrick’s memory.

“Today’s sentence from the judge honored that memory and the sacrifice of Kendrick Castillo, and today’s sentence from the judge recognized the profound horror, the terror that was inflicted by this defendant on our community,” he said.

A drawn-out case Brauchler estimated that COVID-19 delayed the trial and sentencing hearing for Erickson’s case by 15 months at least. Brauchler oversaw procedings before he left office in January of this year, and stayed on as a special deputy district attorney at Kellner’s invitation.

The pandemic caused a painful drawing-out of the older suspect’s case after multiple rescheduled trials, Brauchler said. He called that another testament to the community’s resiliency.

“We did this during COVID. We did this with social distancing and masks,” he said. “We got this thing done.”

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“This is it,” Brauchler said.

“This will be my last official act as a prosecutor for the 18th Judicial District.”

As is always the case, John Castillo said, the possibility of appeals loom. Defense attorney Julia Stancil said she did not have any comment

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He watched as the gunman’s lawyers and family took notes during the sentencing hearing, he said, wondering if that was a precursor to more legal battles. Whatever comes, he and Maria will attend any future hearings as they did throughout the court cases, he said.

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September 23, 2021

Worries grow about county’s possible Tri-County exit Some lament perception that politics weighs on decision

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Some local leaders in Arapahoe County worry that a decision of whether to break away from TriCounty Health Department on the heels of neighboring Douglas County’s moves to exit the agency would be seen as being influenced by the “politicization of public health.”

“There was this question about what is the message to our residents about the politicization of public health and the trust and responsibility in government if there’s a perception that this decision is being made because of politics around COVID? What are we saying to our residents?” said Lisa VanRaemdonck, a consultant who is gathering opinions to guide Arapahoe County’s decision of whether to form its own health department after Douglas County exits Tri-County Health.

Douglas County had long been contemplating leaving Tri-County Health amid a rift over the health agency’s coronavirus safety orders.

Douglas County commissioners formalized the decision to leave TriCounty in a meeting Sept. 7, opting to form its own health department.

In early September, Arapahoe County confirmed that Arapahoe

and Adams counties had also been contemplating splitting away from Tri-County Health, among other options, driven by Douglas County’s intention to leave. A county spokesman at the time said a separation wouldn’t be driven by any policy disagreement with the agency, but rather by potential financial or budgetary problems for the other two counties cauased by Dougco’s exit.

Tri-County is the local public health agency that serves Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties.

Arapahoe has been a part of the agency since its founding in 1948.

VanRaemdonck spoke to Arapahoe County’s elected commissioners during a Sept. 14 meeting, relaying what she heard in interviews with various local leaders about their concerns and preferences about public health services as Arapahoe weighs the decision of whether to preserve a partnership with Adams County or to form its own health department like Douglas.

The Arapahoe County leaders who provided opinions included: • The five county commissioners • Three members who represent Arapahoe County on the Tri-County Board of Health • 12 department directors • Nine city councilmembers and town trustees from five cities and towns • Four mayors • Four city managers • 12 “business community partners” • Two superintendent representa-

tives from two school districts The names of those who provided opinions — and the jurisdictions they serve — were not listed during the Sept. 14 presentation, which occurred during an Arapahoe commissioners’ study-session meeting.

The meeting provided a portion of information that consultants had gathered, and more was set to be included in a full report.

The commissioners were scheduled to hear more details around mid-October, according to VanRaemdonck.

Considering impacts A majority of the local elected officials, city managers and town administrators, and superintendents’ representatives in Arapahoe who were interviewed were in favor of “staying together and making improvements” through Tri-County Health Department, according to the presentation.

The members of superintendents’ teams “were very specific about it’s helpful to have an independent health authority when we have to close a school building or when we need to say we can’t drink out of the drinking fountains today because there was a water main break,” VanRaemdonck said. “They felt like it was useful to have this external voice that felt like a less-embeddedin-county-government voice in their work.”

Another concern heard, she said, was about what could be seen as more bureaucracy: moving from having one health department to one in Adams and one in Arapahoe, along with the impending one in Douglas.

“So especially folks that appreciate less government in their lives sort of had this (thought) like, ‘Isn’t this just more government?’” VanRaemdonck said.

Meanwhile, the “jurisdiction size and complexity” was a concern that came up in discussions about keeping the district — or combined — structure of Tri-County, according to the presentation.

Some people who interact with Tri-County on a business basis and “sort of feel like it’s a one-stop shop” because they do business both in Adams and Arapahoe would have to adjust if there were two health agencies, she added.

An owner who has a restaurant in

both counties would need to interact with both health departments for restaurant inspections, for example, VanRaemdonck said.

Some were curious about the impact on existing staff at Tri-County.

“You heard respect and a belief that they’re a high-quality group of folks, so what does this mean for them, and for ourselves? (Some interviewees also asked) does this mean we lose access to staff expertise and potentially lose economies of scale?” VanRaemdonck said, using a term for financial efficiency.

The consultant team also talked with Tri-County’s department directors, the kind of staff who have conversations with their funders, including grant sources and other government funders.

“There’s a sense there that TriCounty Health Department is more competitive because you can say we’re the largest health department in state of Colorado — we serve (a large portion) of the population,” VanRaemdonck said. “Those kinds of things, they were feeling like, make them more influential and more competitive for grants and federal funds.”

The team also heard “deep concern” about the clients they serve and any potential impacts on the residents of Arapahoe County, VanRaemdonck said.

That topic included thoughts such as, “We just got that WIC mom to start coming in and seeing us again, and what will happen with that relationship and that person?”

VanRaemdonck said, appearing to use an acronym for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, a federal grant program.

‘Unelected people’ Arapahoe County Commissioner Nancy Sharpe expressed surprise that there wasn’t more discussion from the community and community leaders about Tri-County’s governance.

“That’s a lot of what we’ve heard over more than a year is … about the governance and who’s making decisions and, quote-unquote, unelected people,” said Sharpe, who appeared to favor “more diversity” on the Tri-County Board of Health.

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Mask rules drive parents’ demand for doctor notes Colorado pediatricians are being bombarded with requests

BY OLIVIA PRENTZEL THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado parents are seeking an end-run around mask requirements at their children’s schools: Doctor’s notes exempting them for dubious medical reasons.

And in mask-averse Douglas County, where elected leaders already opted to create their own health department to sidestep unpopular COVID-19 public health orders, some parents aren’t taking “no” for an answer.

Hundreds of parents have called Pediatrics at the Meadows in Castle Rock to request doctor’s notes — some who turned angry when their requests were denied and promised “physical, financial and political revenge.”

“We understand and empathize with families who are looking for ways to help their children avoid the burden of mask-wearing. Trust me, I get it,” Dr. Michael Milobsky said in a Facebook post about the flood of calls that left staff members feeling “under attack.”

But Milobsky said the clinic would continue to side with American Academy of Pediatrics’ recommendations regarding mask-wearing for children — that, with rare excep-

tions, they can be “safely worn” by children 2 and older.

“If I issue a mask exemption for your child, and they infect a child who is undergoing chemotherapy, a newborn, or a pregnant teacher, who, as a result of being infected (die), I AM RESPONSIBLE.” Demand for notes jumps Demand for doctor’s notes is spiking as mask policies remain contested across the state, sparking heated public health meetings and leading to increased police presence at some schools as children returned to classes this fall.

The school year got underway just as the highly transmissible coronavirus delta variant drove a wave of new infections across Colorado. As of Sept. 13, the state Department of Public Health and Environment reported 80 ongoing outbreaks of the coronavirus at K-12 schools across the state.

In recent says, Dr. Hector de Leon in Fort Collins said he has received at least a dozen requests for doctor’s notes exempting children, and that his colleagues based in Denver have received several requests a day.

Explaining to parents who insist their children not wear a mask has been a challenge at times.

“More often than not we are not able to write these letters,” said de Leon, a pediatrician with Kaiser Permanente. “We give families other tips and tools to get the masks going.

I understand that it is a tough thing that parents are faced with. But our

Firstgraders are seen on their second day of school on Aug. 12 at Second Creek Elementary School in Commerce City.

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job is to try to keep as many kids as possible safe and from getting sick with COVID.” Many pediatricians, like de Leon and Milobsky, stand by the American Academy of Pediatrics’ recommendation for universal mask wearing in schools given that the majority of the student population is ineligible for vaccines. Wearing masks is proven to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 and protect those who are not vaccinated.

Even so, some parents are frustrated and others become upset when de Leon refuses to write the notes, he said.

“It’s important to start by framing for families why we are doing this and why we are asking for masks, still. The fact is, with children, kids under 12 especially, we don’t have a vaccine for them. So we’re trying to get them back in school in a safe way,” de Leon said.

Jeffco reviews requests As of Sept. 7, Jeffco Public Schools had received 208 mask exemption requests, 59 of which were denied because the application did not meet the requirements outlined by Jeffco Public Health, school district spokeswoman Cameron Bell said.

While the school district does not set the criteria for mask exemptions, it is reviewing requests to ensure they meet the requirements of the public health order issued by the county’s public health department in late August, Bell said.

The Jeffco district also received 281 religious exemption requests, which were all denied as they do not meet the criteria of the public health order, she said.

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Latest congressional map keeps House members apart

BY SANDRA FISH AND THY VO THE COLORADO SUN

The latest draft of Colorado’s congressional map avoids putting the state’s current U.S. House members into the same district, while creating a sweeping district across most of the Western Slope and southern Colorado.

The most heavily populated parts of north Douglas County would stay where they are in the 4th Congressional District. And the biggest cities in Arapahoe County — including Aurora, Centennial, Littleton, Englewood, Greenwood Village and Sheridan — would be in the 6th District, along with the Columbine and Ken Caryl areas of Jefferson County.

The new 8th Congressional District in the north Denver metro region would be nearly 39% Hispanic. It would encompass Northglenn, Thornton, Brighton, Commerce City and Fort Lupton.

And the proposed 7th District, now centered in the north and west metro area, would include much of Jefferson County and stretch to South Park in the central Rocky Mountains.

The new map, released Sept. 15, groups most of the Western Slope and southern Colorado into a single, L-shaped 3rd Congressional District.

Northwest high-country counties including Routt, Jackson, Eagle, Summit and Grand are grouped with Larimer and Boulder into a proposed 2nd Congressional District. And the new districts would no longer pit Garfield County Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren

Boebert against Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse of Lafayette.

The map is the second to be drawn by nonpartisan staff based on 2020 census data, and incorporates input from the public about previous drafts.

Commissioners voted earlier in September to base the latest map on one drawn by Commissioner Martha Coleman, a Democrat from Fort Collins who is a geographer.

The latest map would create three safe Democratic districts, three safe Republican districts and competitive 7th and 8th Congressional Districts, according to a report by nonpartisan legislative staff.

In three districts, the Hispanic population would make up more than a quarter of the total district.

The latest map is markedly different from two previous proposals. Here’s a look at how the districts shape up: The 1st District centered in Denver remains safe for Democratic U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, with a 57% Democratic advantage The 2nd District still includes Boulder and Fort Collins, but stretches west to Routt County and includes Summit and most of Eagle County.

It also includes Neguse’s home in Lafayette, and would give Democrats a nearly 34% advantage.

The 3rd District stretches from Moffat County in the northwest, south through Mesa and Pitkin counties to Cortez and La Plata counties, then east to Pueblo and Las Animas County. Unlike a map released earlier this month, Boebert’s Silt home remains in the 3rd District, and she’d have a

Proposed redistricting map issued Sept. 15 shows which congressional districts would include parts of Douglas, Arapahoe, Jefferson and Denver counties.

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candidate. nearly 10% GOP advantage.

There’s disagreement about what The 4th District still includes constitutes a “competitive district.” much of the Eastern Plains, as well While the Independent Legislative as Windsor and much of Douglas Redistricting Commission views an County. Incumbent U.S. Rep. Ken advantage of 8.5% or lower as a comBuck of Windsor would have a nearly petitive district, the congressional 27% advantage. commission hasn’t defined a range.

The 5th District includes most of El Morgan Carroll, chair of the ColoPaso County, except for some eastern areas that end up in the 4th District. It rado Democratic Party, disputed the would remain safe for incumbent U.S. congressional commission’s formula for determining the political competiRep. Doug Lamborn with a 20% GOP tiveness of a district. advantage.

“Measuring competitiveness by The 6th District includes most of Aurora and Arapahoe County, a safe focusing on strong years for one party seat for incumbent Rep. Jason Crow, and ignoring 2014 — which was a of Centennial, with a 15% Democratic strong year for the other party — is advantage. simply wrong,” Carroll said in a The 7th District now includes most statement. “As a result, this could of Jefferson County, but also small very likely end up a 4-4 map after the portions of Adams, Boulder, Broommidterms, which is in no way reflecfield, Douglas and El Paso counties tive of Colorado voters.” as well as all of seven mountain Currently, four of Colorado’s seven counties. Incumbent Democratic U.S. U.S. House members are Democrats.

Rep. Ed Perlmutter, of Arvada, would Members of Congress don’t need to find himself in a potentially competilive in the district they represent. tive district with a 6% Democratic A third congressional map drawn advantage. by staff may be released Sept. 23, if The new 8th District includes the commission doesn’t adopt a plan much of Adams and Weld counties, before then. The commission must including Greeley, Thornton, Comadopt a map by Sept. 28 to submit to merce City and much of Westminthe Colorado Supreme Court by Oct. ster. Democratic state Rep. Yadira 1.

Carveo, of Thornton, recently announced plans to run in the district, Mark Harden of Colorado Community which has a Democratic advantage Media contributed. of about 4%.

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Biden touts need for bolder response to climate change President visited NREL lab in north Jeffco on Sept. 14

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

s “Folks, we’ve got to pick up the

pace.”

That was President Joe Biden’s message as he spoke Sept. 14 about his plans to address climate change while creating new jobs during a Evisit to the National Renewable Energy Lab’s Flatirons campus, located north of the Rocky Flats Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County.

During his roughly 15-minute speech, Biden touted the need for the federal government to establish more ambitious goals for reducing emissions and addressing climate change than were set even by the Obama administration, in which he served as vice president.

“When those (goals) were set, we had more time,” said Biden. “We don’t have that time now. The goals are different because the necessity is there … We don’t have much more than 10 years, for real.”

Among the new goals set by Biden is for the nation to reach 100% carbon-free power by 2035. Biden said he also recently announced a new target for the country to reduce its carbon emissions by between 50 and 52% by 2030.

Biden said the need to take bolder, more aggressive steps to address climate change has become starkly

apparent recently, with nearly one in three American communities being struck by weather disasters in the past few months.

Biden said within the two weeks before his Colorado stop, he had made visits to California, New Jersey and Louisiana, where he surveyed damage from the Caldor Fire and Hurricane Ida. Coloradans, he said, are also becoming increasingly familiar with the effects of disasters driven by climate change.

“Even if it’s not in your backyard, you feel the effects when you turn on the local weather and in addition to the temperature and precipitation you want to know what the local forecast is going to be…” he said. “You saw the vicious cycle this summer when heavy rains combined with the burn scar of the 2020 Grizzly Creek fire resulted in mudslides that washed out an entire section of Interstate 70.”

“The bottom line is it’s everywhere,” he later said.

However, Biden also touted the benefits that an increased focus on addressing climate change would bring, including the creation of well-paid, union-backed jobs.

“When I think of climate change, I think jobs,” Biden said.

He said those possibilities are already apparent in Biden’s infrastructure bill, which he said would put 800,000 people to work, including a large portion in work related to addressing the climate crisis.

Biden was introduced by Julian

President Joe Biden speaks Sept. 14 at the National Renewable Energy Lab’s Flatirons campus in Jefferson County. PHOTO BY THE WHITE HOUSE VIA FACEBOOK

Aguilar, a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 68 union of Xcel Energy workers in Colorado.

“Being here at NREL shows the future of our industry, renewable and sustainable energy…” he said.

“When you see all these new technologies you might think the future doesn’t look much like the past, but one thing the past and the future will have in common is that they be built by unions.”

Xcel Energy is the first utility in the nation to set a goal of being carbon-free, Biden said.

Gov. Jared Polis also spoke at the event at NREL. He thanked Biden for visiting the facility, which he said is “powering the renewable

energy revolution,” and said the state will continue to partner with the Federal government as it works to meet its own goal of using 100% renewable energy by 2030.

“President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda directly helps support the work we are doing here in Colorado, one of the leading states on the clean energy revolution,” Polis said.

Biden, who completed a tour of the NREL foothills facility prior to his speech, praised NREL and said the Build Back Better plan also includes more funding for the lab and similar organizations.

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input from the business community or an elected official, she said.

The Board of Health is the policymaking body for Tri-County Health, composed of nine members — three each from Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas.

Amid some of the public health orders during the pandemic, many of the “good things” that Tri-County does on a regular basis haven’t gotten as much attention in the public eye, Sharpe said. Tri-County does “great work,” she added.

Aside from issuing public health orders amid the pandemic, TriCounty responds to outbreaks of all kinds, keeps track of infectious diseases, provides parenting and child health services, and gives training and services regarding drug use and abuse, according to an Arapahoe County spokesperson.

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said Toby Melster, superintendent of Centennial School District R-1.

“I’ve seen some of the stories about the contentious board meetings where they are going to be discussing either wearing a mask or not wearing a mask,” Melster said. “But so far, our community has been really good. We haven’t had a lot of pushback, to be honest with you.”

The Arapahoe County Administration Building on South Prince Street in Littleton.

At least three of the schools in the San Luis Valley that do not require its students to wear masks have had to quarantine classrooms due to COVID-19 infections, but the Centennial School District, which is based in the town of San Luis and requires masks, has not had to require any of its classes to quarantine thus far, Melster said.

List of reasons is short Despite the large number of requests for notes, the list of medicalbased reasons to not wear a mask is short, said Dr. Sara Saporta-Keat-

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“Ultimately, what it comes down to is a person’s ability to take a mask off if there is a problem,” Saporta-Keating said.

Children younger than 2 are exempt, as are children who physically are unable to take off their mask or unable to communicate that they need the mask off in an emergency situation, she said.

“Really what we try to do is weigh the risk and benefits of wearing the mask versus potentially getting COVID,” she said.

While some parents feel wearing a mask could be difficult for children with asthma, it can actually provide them with more protection and potentially shield them from other respiratory diseases that could trigger an attack, Saporta-Keating said.

She said she received an email from her 4-year-old son’s pediatrician earlier this year — before parents could start requesting notes — stating that the practice would be advising children 2 years and older to wear a mask, in line with AAP’s guidance.

“They were proactive about it,” she said.

Her son and his classmates are

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doing very well with their masks inside the classroom, she said.

“So I certainly think it is not only parents’ peace of mind, but I think the school and teachers’ peace of mind as well, understanding that when there is good mask-wearing, it really decreases the chance of a COVID outbreak occurring within a school,” she said.

Fewer outbreaks in schools also means that children will have more access to their support systems in schools, rather than being isolated at home, Saporta-Keating said.

“We know there are a lot of challenges with mental health, particularly right now,” she said, “but one thing we know is that the return to normalcy and the return to the support systems that children have in their schools is incredibly important and can actually benefit them from a mental health standpoint.”

This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun. com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

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Brothers help power Englewood over Littleton Pirates win 19-14 at home in football contest against Lions

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Englewood’s football team used support from Johnson & Johnson as a cure for an inexperienced offensive line during a 19-14 win over Littleton in a penalty-filled game played Sept.

16 at Randy Penn Stadium, the Englewood Pirates’ home field.

When we say Johnson & Johnson, we’re not writing about the company that develops medical devices and pharmaceuticals, but instead about senior brothers Gunner and Hunter Johnson.

Hunter Johnson is a safety, kick returner and wide receiver.

Gunner Johnson is the Pirates’ quarterback.

Against the Littleton Lions, Hunter returned the opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown to give the Pirates a quick lead.

Then with 2:33 left in the game, he caught a 13-yard scoring pass from Gunner Hunter to provide the winning margin after Littleton had grabbed a 14-13 advantage earlier in the final quarter.

“They are so competitive with one another, let alone with the other team,” Englewood coach Mike Campbell said about the Johnson brothers. “They are like energizing bunnies, man, they just play. We’d love to play Gunner on defense some but he hits so hard I’m worried he would be hurt. He doesn’t know how to be a Deion Sanders and usher you out of bounds.”

Campbell then explained the important of having players like

the Johnsons.

“We’re struggling up front right now. We started two freshmen, two sophomores,” he said.

“And we had a starting center get hurt in practice and we had a center that hadn’t played in a varsity game. We have a lot of learning going on up front.”

It took Hunter Johnson just 14 seconds to push the Pirates into the lead with the opening kickoff return.

“It is always good to get off to a good start, especially our team,” said Hunter. “It’s good to get that quick boost, get everybody pumped up and get the momentum on our side.”

Gunner Johnson, a 6-foot-1, 165-pounder just like his brother, was sacked by the Lions’ Peter Braun on the Pirates’ game-deciding drive, which pushed the ball back to the 13-yard line.

But he connected with his brother on the next play for the winning TD. “I look for him all the time,” said Gunner. “He’s going to be open and I throw him the football. It was a big win for us.

We were down, only dressed 17 players.”

Littleton, which snapped a 29-game losing streak with a win over Denver Lincoln in this season’s opener, was down coaches because of COVID protocols and defensive coordinator Ryan Wesley was the acting head coach.

“We were facing such an uphill battle,” said Wesley. “I’m actually the fill-in head coach.

We have seven coaches on staff, four of which weren’t able to be here. They got sick and were not able to be here.

“This was just last minute on Monday so we were rolling with just two coaches all the way up SEE FOOTBALL, P29

Englewood’s Hunter Johnson (3) scored twice on a kickoff return and the game-winning pass from his brother Gunner during the Sept. 16 game against Littleton. The Pirates won, 19-14. PHOTO BY JIM BENTON

Top-ranked soccer team can’t vanquish rival Castle View boys have to settle for tie against Regis Jesuit

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Jack Pucciano of Castle View looks to take a loose ball and make a play during a 1-1 tie against Regis Jesuit in a Sept. 14 match.

PHOTO BY JIM BENTON

Castle View, the topranked boys soccer team in the CHSAANow.com Class 5A poll, ran into a stubborn opponent on Sept. 14 in its Continental League opener against Regis Jesuit.

The Sabercats of Castle Rock were coming off a 3-2 overtime victory over second-ranked Boulder and had chances to escape with another OT win but had to settle for a 1-1 tie against the Raiders in a match played at Lou Kellogg Sta-

dium in Aurora.

“It wasn’t one of our best games but a lot of that had something to do with Regis going real hard,” said Castle View coach Mark Burfeind. “We just tried to weather the storm and made too many mistakes.”

Aurora-based Regis grabbed a 1-0 lead after Sabercats keeper Ryen Royce came 20 yards out from the goal in an attempt to deflect a high shot only to see the ball wind up at the feet of Regis’ Joseph Bennett, who scored at the 16-minute mark of the first half.

“He (Royce) came out of the box and tried to hit it with his chest and it kind of rolled off his arm and right to them,” said Burfeind.

Senior Bailey Voit, off an assist by Antonino Piscitel-

la, tied up the match for Castle View in the second half in the 56th minute, but then the Sabercats were bottled up for most of the rest of regulation time as the Raiders applied offensive pressure.

“Like I said, they came out on fire and we never matched what they were doing and we struggled the whole game,” added Burfeind.

Castle View had at least two good chances to win during the two 10-minute overtime sessions.

Senior Jack Pucciano, who had 16 points in Castle View’s first five games, got free on a breakaway with 1:35 still to play in the first OT, but his shot was hanSEE SOCCER, P29

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to the game and we got our third coach back. This was my first time having to call a varsity game. The guys came out and left it on the field.

They fought hard.”

Junior Brycen Mhlanga set up both Littleton TDs with runs of 29 and 87 yards before being stopped at the one-yard line both times. Quarterback Timmy Higgins scored on quarterback sneaks both times and gave Littleton a 14-13 lead with 10:51

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dled by the Regis goalie.

“Probably our overall best player got the ball on a breakaway and the keeper made a good save,” said Burfeind.

Then in the second OT, Chardel Moussata came in alone on the Regis goal but his shot sailed wide of the net.

“We moved one of our outside mids who is really fast up top and he got a breakaway and just hit it off the side of his foot,” explained Burfeind. “He had the whole goal open. Yeah, we had a few chances.”

Castle View has a 6-1 overall

remaining in the game.

“What really hurt us was that opening kickoff,” said Wesley. “That’s the extra points on that scoreboard.

Their offense put up 12 so that one kind of is what it is.

“We come in to fight and we’re trying to turn the program around.

It’s been a losing program for so long.

If we have to go down, we go down swinging.”

Littleton, which is 2-44 over the past five seasons and hasn’t had a winning record since 2009-10, had the ball briefly twice after the Johnsonto-Johnson scoring pass but couldn’t generate an offensive push.

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record after a 3-2 overtime win over Chaparral on Sept. 16 when Chardel Moussata scored the winning goal. Regis was 2-2-1 following a 1-0 win over Legend on Sept. 16.

“As bad as we played, a tie isn’t all bad in this game,” explained Burfeind. “It doesn’t hurt us. We had a pretty hard non-conference schedule and we got through that and so a tie isn’t all bad. We would have liked to have a win, but a tie is better than a loss. You look at the grand scheme of things, it is not a killer.

“I expected better but it was still one of those games when we didn’t play well. I told the boys it is minor, don’t let the highs be too high or the lows be too low and come back and be ready to go.”

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the previously announced Fiber Sale planned at Malley Senior Recreation Center in Englewood.

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A thank-you Jim Delutes reports that the Affordable Arts Festival, held recently at Arapahoe Community College, was the best yet, raising over $37,000 for the ACC Foundation scholarship funds.

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Call for artists “This is Colorado” Annual Art Show invited entries Oct. 18-223. The show will be at Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College Nov. 29 to Dec. 21. heritage-guild.com. For

Cancellation The Rocky Mountain Weavers Guild has canceled

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in 1981 and became executor of the estate. He and Merle Chambers were married from 1989 to 2017.

Grant was concerned that no other local museum was exhibiting Colorado’s decorative art in depth and feared those artists, including Edgar Britton (who lived and worked in Littleton) and Otto Bach, would be forgotten. More recently, works by other area artists, including rita derjue and Craig Marshall

Baroque Chamber Orchestra The Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado announces “A Joyful Reunion,”

Smith, have been added to the collection, which has over 7,000 works by 700 artists — a truly unique resource for Denver.

Grant set up a Vance Kirkland Foundation and toured Kirkland’s collection to nine European countries while construction began on the addition to the studio building, which would hold display space for the unique collection.

Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Art opened on April 2, 2003, offering a unique addition to the already busy Golden Triangle District in Denver, just west of the Denver Art Museum.

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The Kirkland Museum opened on March 10, 2018 and has 4,400 works on view at any given time, rotating the collection, which is constantly increasing. (Estimated at over 30,000 objects.) Works are displayed in vignettes that may include a chair, table, lamp, glass bowl and silverware.

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Photos include a bentwood armchair by Gerald Summers (189019676); a Dutch end table by Gerrat Rietveld (1888-1964); a Bauhaus Telefon; Japanese butterfly stool by Sori Yanagi (1915-2011); a Finnish laminated platter by Tapio Wirkkala (1915-1985).

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0038-2021 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On July 20, 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) THI NUENG BORISAT LLC A/K/A THI NUEGN BORISAT LLC Original Beneficiary(ies) INDEPENDENT BANK Current Holder of Evidence of Debt INDEPENDENT BANK (dba Independent Financial), a Texas state banking association Date of Deed of Trust February 14, 2019 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust February 15, 2019 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D9013624 Original Principal Amount $1,465,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $1,461,752.71 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. Lots 27 and 28, Block 1, Enwood Addition to Englewood, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 34833487 South Broadway Avenue, 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, 11/17/2021, 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: 9/23/2021 Last Publication: 10/21/2021 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; DATE: 07/20/2021 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Richard D. Beller #33791 Ringenberg & Beller, P.C. 1000 Centre Avenue, Suite 150, Fort Collins, CO 80526 (970) 482-1056 Attorney File # 3483 S BROADWAY AVE 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. 0038-2021 First Publication: 9/23/2021 Last Publication: 10/21/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0039-2021 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On July 20, 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) VLADIMIR N KOSTICH Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, 1NC, AS NOMINEE FOR COLDWELL BANKER MORTGAGE Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Successor Trustee to Citibank, N.A, as trustee for Bear Stearns Second Lien Trust 2007-SV1, MortgageBacked Certificates, Series 2007-SV1 Date of Deed of Trust September 19, 2005 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust September 28, 2005 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5146010 Original Principal Amount $25,560.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $18,426.05 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. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION Also known by street and number as: 2848 WEST CENTENIAL DRIVE #K, LITTLETON, CO 80123.

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, 11/17/2021, 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: 9/23/2021 Last Publication: 10/21/2021 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; DATE: 07/20/2021 Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Anna Johnston #51978 Ryan Bourgeois #51088 Joseph D. DeGiorgio #45557 Randall Chin #31149 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000009272485 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 0039-2021 LEGAL DESCRIPTION CONDOMINIUM UNIT K, THE STEEPLECHASE III CONDOMINIUMS TOGETHER WITH GARAGE NO. K, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP THEREOF, RECORDED ON AUGUST 26, 1998 AT RECEPTION NO. A8135483 IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, COLORADO, AND AS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION FOR THE STEEPLECHASE III CONDOMINIUMS, RECORDED ON MAY 28, 1997 AT RECEPTION NO. A7062094, IN SAID RECORDS, FIRST AMENDMENT RECORDED JUNE 10, 1997 AT RECEPTION NO. A7068621, SECOND AMENDMENT RECORDED AUGUST 26, 1997 AT RECEPTION NO. A7106125, THIRD AMENDMENT RECORDED SEPTEMBER 25, 1997 AT RECEPTION NO. A7133751, FIFTH AMENDMENT RECORDED NOVEMBER 14, 1997 AT RECEPTION NO. A7144586 AND APRIL 15, 1998 AT RECEPTION NO. A8054388, SIXTH

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AMENDMENT RECORDED APRIL 28, 1998 AT RECEPTION NO. AA8062276, SEVENTH AMENDMENT RECORDED APRIL 29, 1998 AT RECEPTION NO. A8062278, EIGHTH AMENDMENT RECORDED JUNE 11, 1998 AT RECEPTION NO. A8112705 AND TENTH AMENDMENT RECORDED AUGUST 26, 1998 AT RECEPTION NO. A8135482. COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Legal Notice NO. 0039-2021 First Publication: 9/23/2021 Last Publication: 10/21/2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

City and County Public Notice LITTLETON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Pursuant to the liquor laws of the State of Colorado, SOCIAL BAR & LOUNGE #2, LLC., d/b/a Social Bar & Lounge, 240 Village Park Dr. Unit C, Littleton, CO, has requested the licensing officials of the City of Littleton, Colorado, to grant a Tavern liquor license. Applicant(s): Steve Cominsky, Littleton, CO The public hearing on the application will be held on Wednesday, October 13, 2021, at 6:30 p.m.

Before considering issuance of this license, the Littleton Licensing Authority must determine if it is the desire of the adult inhabitants of the neighborhood* that this license be issued. If you would like to voice either support or opposition of issuance of this license, please email COLCityClerk@littletongov.org. Please include your name and, address when responding. *The neighborhood is defined by the city boundaries of Littleton. You must reside within the city limits of Littleton, Colorado to participate.

By order of the Licensing Authority of the City of Littleton, Colorado. /s/ Wendy J. Shea-Tamag Deputy City Clerk Legal Notice No. 529557 First Publication: September 23, 2021 Last Publication: October 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, September 20, 2021, the Centennial City Council approved the following ordinance on second and final reading: ORDINANCE NO. 2021-O-15 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, AMENDING SECTION 4-1-210 OF THE CENTENNIAL MUNICIPAL CODE GOVERNING THE EXISTING SALES TAX ON SALES OF SOFTWARE PROGRAMS 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 9 in favor and 0 against.

(First published September 9, 2021) By:Barbara Setterlind, MMC City Clerk Legal Notice No. 529550-61129 First Publication: September 23, 2021 Last Publication: September 23, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday September 20, 2021, the Centennial City Council approved the following ordinance on second and final reading: ORDINANCE NO. 2021-O-14 ORDINANCE 2021-O-14 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, ADDING ARTICLE 9 TO CHAPTER 6 OF THE CENTENNIAL MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING SHORT TERM RENTAL LICENSES 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 9 in favor and 0 against.

(First published September, 2021) By:Barbara Setterlind, MMC City Clerk Legal Notice No. 529549-61128 First Publication: September 23, 2021

Last Publication: September 23, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen _____________________________________

No. B3160646 in the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder’s Office, except that portion conveyed in Warranty Deed recorded April 19, 2005 under Reception No. B5054959, In Said Office; Together with that parcel of land described as “Channel W1 And Downstream of Pond W-4”, in Deed recorded at Reception No. D1077983 in Said Office.

Public Notice GREENWOOD VILLAGE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAWS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

/s/ Barb Setterlind, MMC City Clerk

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT Chook on Orchard, LLC D/B/A Chook Chicken by application dated August 12, 2021 has requested the Local Liquor Licensing Authority of the City of Greenwood Village to grant a Hotel & Restaurant Liquor License at 2500 E Orchard Road Unit C, Greenwood Village, CO 80121 to sell malt, vinous, and spirituous liquor for on-premises consumption.

A Public Hearing to consider the application has been scheduled to be held before the City Council of the City of Greenwood Village acting as the Local Licensing Authority on October 4, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, Greenwood Village City Hall, 6060 South Quebec Street, Greenwood Village, CO 80111. Any party of interest shall be allowed to present evidence and to cross examine witnesses at the Public Hearing.

Names of officers/stockholders with 10% or more interest: Adam Schlegel, 500 Clermont Street, Denver, CO 80220 – 43.27% ownership Alex Seidel, 2108 S Nile Street, Lakewood, CO 80228 – 43.27% Ownership Information as to the application, procedures, petitions or remonstrances may be obtained from the City Clerk at Greenwood Village City Hall.

BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GREENWOOD VILLAGE JACKIE EWDARDS LICENSING SPECIALIST Legal Notice No. 529554 First Publication: September 23, 2021 Last Publication: September 23, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No. 529551-61130 First Publication: September 23, 2021 Last Publication: September 23, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice CITY OF GREENWOOD VILLAGE PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Greenwood Village City Council will hold a public hearing on the proposed 2022 City of Greenwood Village Budget/Capital Improvement Program at 7:00 P.M. on Monday, October 4, 2021, at the City Hall, 6060 South Quebec Street, Greenwood Village, Colorado for the purpose of receiving written and oral comments from the public concerning the proposed annual budget for the fiscal year 2022 including the proposed use of the City’s allocation of highway users tax fund money and county road and bridge fund money.

All interested parties are encouraged to attend the hearing and to submit comments. Copies of the proposed budget are available for inspection in the office of the City Clerk. For further information, please call (303) 486-5752.

BY ORDER OF THE GREENWOOD VILLAGE CITY COUNCIL SUSAN M. ORTIZ, MMC, CITY CLERK Legal Notice No. 529553 First Publication: September 23, 2021 Last Publication: September 23, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on August 10, 2021, the Board of County Commissioners for Arapahoe County adopted Arapahoe County Resolution Number 21-263 which contains an open spaces sales and use tax reauthorization proposal and ballot measure. The entirety of the resolution, which includes the sales and use tax proposal and ballot measure, is set forth in the following:

PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF INITIAL ZONING FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE DOVE VALLEY V ANNEXATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning and Zoning Commission (the “Commission”) will conduct a public hearing on Wednesday, October 13, 2021, at 6:00 p.m. regarding the proposed establishment of initial zoning for property consisting of approximately 21.886 acres and known as the Dove Valley V Annexation (the “Subject Property”).

The Subject Property is currently subject to zoning as determined by Arapahoe County. Pursuant to a separate but related application concerning the Subject Property, the Subject Property is proposed for annexation into the corporate boundaries of the City of Centennial and, following the effective date of the annexation, if the annexation is approved, the Subject Property is proposed for an initial zoning designation established by the City of Centennial. This is a City-initiated rezoning under Section 12-14-904 of the Land Development Code (“LDC”) which is being processed in conjunction with the proposed annexation of the Subject Property to the City. The Commission will be conducting a public hearing at the above time and date prior to making a formal recommendation to City Council regarding the proposed initial zoning of the Subject Property. City Staff is currently recommending that the Subject Property be rezoned to three separate zone districts: The Activity Center (AC) zone district, the AC zone district with certain modifications, and Public Open Space and Recreation (OSR).

NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that the City Council will conduct a public hearing on Monday, November 1, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. to consider the establishment of the initial zoning of the Subject Property. The purpose of the public hearing on the matter of the initial zoning of the Subject Property will be to determine whether the AC zone district, the AC zone district with certain modifications, and OSR are the appropriate initial zone districts for the Subject Property. City Staff will provide additional detail regarding the proposed initial zoning of the Subject Property at the public hearings to be held by both the Commission and City Council.

All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard at the public hearings referenced above. The hearings will be held in City Council Chambers, Centennial Civic Center, 13133 E. Arapahoe Road Centennial, CO 80112 at the above noted times and dates.

Further information concerning the proposed establishment of initial zoning may be obtained by calling the City of Centennial Community Development Department at 303-754-3357.

Legal Description of Subject Property: All those Parcels of Land Located in The Northwest Quarter of Section 31, Township 5 South, Range 66 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, described as follows: Lots 4 Through 6, Block 3, and Lots 1 Through 7, Block 4, Dove Valley V, as recorded at Reception

ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO RESOLUTION NO. 21-263 A RESOLUTION REAUTHORIZING ARAPAHOE COUNTY’S SALES AND USE TAX DEDICATED TO OPEN SPACES AND REFERRING A BALLOT MEASURE TO VOTERS TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM RESOLUTION NO. 21-263 It was moved by Commissioner Sharpe and duly seconded by Commissioner Jackson to adopt the following Resolution: WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners, on June 17, 2003, adopted Resolution Number 030381, which authorized the submission of a ballot issue to the eligible electors of Arapahoe County, proposing the imposition of a one quarter of one percent (0.25%) sales and use tax for open space and trails purposes; and WHEREAS, on November 4, 2003, a majority of the eligible Arapahoe County electors approved the ballot issue authorizing the sales and use tax as specified in Resolution Number 030381; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners, adopted Resolution Number 110637 on August 30, 2011, which authorized the submission of a ballot issue to the eligible electors of Arapahoe County, to extend the existing one quarter of one percent (0.25%) sales and use tax for open space and trails purposes; and WHEREAS, on November 1, 2011, a majority of the eligible Arapahoe County electors approved the ballot issue extending the sales and use tax and making amendments as described in further detail in Resolution Number 110637; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution Number 110637, the sales and use tax is set to expire on December 31, 2023; and WHEREAS, since establishing the open spaces program, Arapahoe County has built or improved 70 miles of trails, supported 168 park, trailhead, and heritage-area projects, conserved 31,000 acres of open space, and invested nearly $360 million in open spaces, parks, trails and heritage areas, with nearly 71% of funding provided directly to the County’s cities and special districts for local needs; and WHEREAS, Arapahoe County recently updated its open spaces master plan, which serves as a blueprint for the program’s future, identifying opportunities for: conserving and enhancing natural lands, wildlife habitats and water resources, closing the gaps in the County’s outdoor recreation network, and setting County priorities for educational programming and the stewardship of existing resources; and WHEREAS, Arapahoe County sought and received substantial input from residents, business-

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Public Notices es, municipalities, nonprofits, and special districts about the future of open spaces, parks, and trails within Arapahoe County as well as whether it is in the best interests of County residents to extend the sales and use tax past December 31, 2023; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners established a reauthorization committee to evaluate options regarding a potential sales tax extension, engaging the public and the Open Spaces Citizen Advisory Board to make recommendations to the Board for consideration; and WHEREAS, public feedback received demonstrated overwhelming support for extending the sales and use tax; and WHEREAS, based upon input received, the Board of County Commissioners has determined that it is in the best interests of the residents of the County that the county-wide sales and use tax at the rate of one quarter of one percent (0.25%) be extended, the receipts from which will continue to be used for open space and trails purposes in the manner set forth in this resolution, which incorporates the provisions of both Resolution Numbers 030381 and 110637, as well as modifications to such provisions that extend the tax beyond its current expiration date of December 31, 2023, until repealed, increase the amount of funds available to municipalities and the County for maintenance, reduce funds available for acquisition, allow the County to allocate funds to active open space and park uses, allow for the re-distribution of unspent funds to other open space, park and trail uses, and makes some other revisions and clarifications to the County's open space tax program, as set forth in further detail below; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Colorado Constitution Article X, Section 20, an extension of an expiring tax requires voter approval; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section IX. A. of Resolution Number 030381, some of the proposed amendments are permitted only if approved by a vote of the registered electors of Arapahoe County; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has determined that a ballot issue regarding the extension of the sales and use tax and modifications to the program, should be submitted by the Board of County Commissioners to the eligible electors of the County at the November 2, 2021, election; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 1-5-203(3) C.R.S., the Board of County Commissioners through the adoption of this resolution certifies the ballot issue to the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder for said November 2, 2021, election.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, as follows: 1. The ballot issue title and issue contained in Exhibit A, attached and incorporated herein, shall be presented in substantially such form to the registered electors of Arapahoe County at the coordinated election to be held on Tuesday, November 2, 2021, in accordance with all applicable laws. The Board of County Commissioners hereby directs that a copy of this Resolution be certified and filed in the Office of the Clerk and Recorder immediately and authorizes and directs the Clerk and Recorder to certify the ballot issue and ballot content as provided by law.

2. The name of the designated election official who will be responsible for conducting the election pursuant to the Uniform Election Code is Joan Lopez, Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder.

3. Pursuant to C.R.S. § 1-11-203.5, any election contest arising out of a ballot issue or ballot question election concerning the order of the ballot or the form or content of the ballot title shall be commenced by petition filed with the proper court within five days after the title of the ballot issue or ballot question is set.

4. The officials and employees of Arapahoe County are hereby authorized and directed to take all actions necessary or appropriate to effectuate the provisions of this resolution.

5. The Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder shall publish the text of the ballot title and question four separate times, a week apart, in the official newspaper of Arapahoe county and each incorporated municipality within Arapahoe County.

6. Subject to approval of the above-referenced ballot issue by a majority of the registered Arapahoe County electors voting at the November 2, 2021, election, the open space sales and use tax, as originally specified in Arapahoe County Resolution Number 030381, and as subsequently extended and amended as specified in Arapahoe County Resolution Number 10637, shall be further extended, amended and restated as specified below.

7. General Provisions. (a) Purpose. The purpose of this Resolution is, upon the approval of a majority of registered electors voting on such proposal, to extend continuously beyond its current expiration date of December 31, 2023, until repealed, an existing sales tax of one quarter of one percent (0.25%) upon the sale at retail of tangible personal property and the furnishing of certain services in the County, and to extend continuously beyond its current expiration date of December 31, 2023, until repealed, an existing use tax of one quarter of one percent (0.25%) for the privilege of use or consuming in the County any construction and building materials purchased at retail, and for the privilege of storing, using or consuming in the County any motor and other vehicles, purchased at retail on which registration is required, all in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of Title 29, C.R.S., which provisions are incorporated herein by this reference, and to modify the provisions of the sales and use tax program as set forth herein. (b) Statutory Definitions Incorporated. For purposes of this Resolution, the definitions of the words contained herein shall be as defined in Sections 39- 26-102 and 39-26-201, C.R.S., which definitions are incorporated herein by this reference. (c) Effective Date: The provisions of this Resolution shall become effective immediately

upon approval by a majority of registered electors voting upon such proposal, and once effective, shall supersede Arapahoe County Resolution Numbers 030381 and 10637.

8. Sales Tax. The imposition and collection of a one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) sales tax on all sales of tangible personal property at retail or the furnishing of services in Arapahoe County, as provided in Section 29-2-105(1)(d), C.R.S., effective throughout the incorporated and unincorporated portions of Arapahoe County, such tax having been originally imposed by Arapahoe County Resolution Number 030381, shall hereby continue to and beyond its current expiration date of December 31, 2023, until repealed, subject to the following terms and conditions: (a) Transactions Subject to the Sales Tax. i. The tangible personal property and services taxable hereunder shall be the same as the tangible personal property and services taxable pursuant to Section 39-26-104, C.R.S., subject to the same exemptions as those specified in part 7 of article 26 of title 39, C.R.S. and Section 29-2-105, C.R.S. expressly including the exemption allowed by section 39-26-709 (1), C.R.S., for purchases of machinery or machine tools; the exemption for sales of electricity, coal, wood, gas, fuel oil, or coke specified in section 39-26715 (1)(a)(II), C.R.S.; the exemption for sales of food specified in section 39-26-707 (1)(e), C.R.S.; the exemption for vending machine sales of food set forth in section 39-26-714 (2), C.R.S.; the exemption for occasional sales by a charitable organization set forth in section 39-26-718 (1)(b), C.R.S.; the exemption for sales and purchases of farm equipment and farm equipment under lease or contract specified in section 39-26-716 (2)(b) and (2)(c), C.R.S., excepting from the definition of “farm equipment” the sales and purchases of parts used in the repair or maintenance of farm equipment, all shipping pallets or aids paid for by a farm operation, any visual, electronic identification, or matched pair ear tags and electronic identification readers used to scan ear tags that are used by farm operators to identify or track food animals including animals used for food or in the production of food as specified in section 39-26-716 (1)(d), all sales and purchases of dairy equipment, and aircraft designed or adapted to undertake agricultural applications; and the exemption for sales of low-emitting motor vehicles, power sources, or parts used for converting such power sources as specified in section 39-26-719 (1), C.R.S.; the exemption for sales of machinery or machine tools specified in section 39-26-709 (1), C.R.S., used in the processing of recovered materials by a business listed in the inventory prepared by the department of public health and environment pursuant to section 30-20-122 (1)(a) (V), C.R.S.; the exemption for sales of wood from salvaged trees killed or infested in Colorado by mountain pine beetles or spruce beetles as specified in section 39-26-723, C.R.S.; the exemption for sales that benefit a Colorado school specified in section 39-26-725, C.R.S.; the exemption for sales by an association or organization of parents and teachers of public school students that is a charitable organization as specified in section 39-26-718 (1)(c), C.R.S.; the exemption for sales of property for use in space flight specified in section 39-26-728, C.R.S.; and the exemption for manufactured homes set forth in section 39-26721 (3). ii. All sales of personal property on which a specific ownership tax has been paid or is payable shall be - exempt from the sales tax imposed by Arapahoe County when such sales meet both of the following conditions: (1) the purchaser is a non-resident of or has his principal place of business outside of Arapahoe County, and (2) such personal property is registered or required to be registered outside the limits of Arapahoe County under the laws of the State of Colorado. iii. Such sales tax will not be imposed upon the sale of tangible personal property at retail or the furnishing of services if the transaction was previously subjected to a sales or use tax lawfully imposed on the purchaser or user by another statutory or home rule county equal to or in excess of that sought to be imposed hereunder by Arapahoe County. A credit shall be granted against the sales tax imposed hereunder by Arapahoe County with respect to such transaction equal in amount to the lawfully imposed local sales or use tax previously paid by the purchaser or user to the previous statutory or home rule county. The amount of the credit shall not exceed the sales tax imposed hereunder by Arapahoe County. (b) Determination of Place at Which Sales are Consummated. For the purposes of this Resolution, all retail sales are sourced as specified in section 39-26-104 (3), C.R.S. The amount subject to the sales tax imposed hereunder shall not include any Colorado state sales or use tax imposed by Article 26 of Title 39, C.R.S. (c) Collection, Administration, and Enforcement. The sales tax imposed hereunder shall be collected, administered and enforced by the Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Revenue ("Executive Director") in the same manner as the collection, administration and enforcement of the Colorado state sales tax. The provisions of Article 26 of Title 39, C.R.S., and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Executive Director shall govern the collection, administration, and enforcement of the sales tax imposed hereunder. Distribution of all sales tax collected by the Executive Director, pursuant to this Resolution, shall be to Arapahoe County. (d) Vendor's Fee. The vendor shall be entitled as collection agent for the County to withhold an amount equal to one-half of one percent (.50%) of the total amount to be remitted by the vendor to the Executive Director each month to cover the vendor’s expense in the collection and remittance of the Sales Tax. If any vendor is delinquent in remitting the Sales Tax, other than in unusual circumstances shown to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, the vendor shall not be allowed to retain any amounts to cover his or her expense in collecting and remitting said Sales Tax, and an amount equivalent to the full amount of the Sales Tax imposed by this Resolution shall be remitted to the Executive Director by any such delinquent vendor.

9. Use Tax. The imposition and collection of a one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) use tax in accordance with the provisions of Article 2, Title 29, C.R.S., for the privilege of using or consuming

in Arapahoe County any construction and building materials purchased at retail and for the privilege of storing, using, or consuming in Arapahoe County any motor and other vehicles, purchased at retail on which registration is required, effective throughout the incorporated and unincorporated portions of Arapahoe County, such tax having been originally imposed by Arapahoe County Resolution Number 030381, shall hereby continue to and beyond its current expiration date of December 31, 2023, until repealed, subject to the following terms and conditions: (a) Exemptions from the Use Tax. i. Storage, use, or consumption of any tangible personal property the sale of which is subject to a retail sales tax imposed by Arapahoe County. ii. Storage, use or consumption of any tangible personal property purchased for resale in Arapahoe County either in its original form or as an ingredient of a manufactured or compounded product, in the regular course of a business. iii. Storage, use or consumption of tangible personal property brought into Arapahoe County by a nonresident thereof for his own storage, use, or consumption while temporarily within the County; however, this exemption does not apply to the storage, use, or consumption of tangible personal property brought into this State by a nonresident to be used in the conduct of a business in this State. iv. Storage, use, or consumption of tangible personal property by the United States government, or the State of Colorado, or its institutions, or its political subdivisions in their governmental capacities only or by religious or charitable corporations in the conduct of their regular religious or charitable functions. v. Storage, use, or consumption of tangible personal property by a person engaged in the business of manufacturing or compounding for profit, or the use of any article, substance, or commodity, which tangible personal property enters into the processing of or becomes an ingredient or component part of the product or service which is manufactured, compounded, or furnished and the container, label, or the furnished shipping case thereof. vi. Storage, use, or consumption of any article of tangible personal property, the sale or use of which has already been subjected to a legally imposed sale or use tax of another statutory or home rule county equal to or in excess of that imposed by Arapahoe County. A credit shall be granted against the use tax imposed by Arapahoe County with respect to a person's storage, use, or consumption in Arapahoe County of tangible personal property purchased in another statutory or home rule county. The amount of the credit shall be equal to the tax paid by the person by reason of the imposition of a sales or use tax of the other statutory or home rule county on the purchase or use of the property. The amount of the credit shall not exceed the tax imposed by this proposal. vii. Storage, use, or consumption of tangible personal property and household effects acquired outside of Arapahoe County and brought into it by a non-resident acquiring residency. viii.Storage or use of a motor vehicle if the owner is or was, at the time of purchase, a non-resident of Arapahoe County and he purchased the vehicle outside of Arapahoe County for use outside of Arapahoe County and actually so used it for a substantial and primary purpose for which it was acquired and he registered, titled, and licensed said motor vehicle outside of Arapahoe County. ix. Storage, use, or consumption of any construction and building materials and motor and other vehicles on which registration is required if a written contract for the purchase thereof was entered into prior to the effective date of this use tax resolution. x. Storage, use, or consumption of any construction and building materials required or made necessary in the performance of any construction contract bid, let, or entered into any time prior to the effective date of the use tax imposed hereunder (b) The use tax imposed hereunder shall be applicable to every motor vehicle for which registration is required by the laws of the State of Colorado, and no registration shall be made of any motor or other vehicle for which registration is required, and no certificate of title shall be issued for such vehicle by the Department of Revenue or its authorized agents until any tax due upon the use, storage, or consumption thereof pursuant to this Resolution has been paid. (c) Collection, Administration, and Enforcement Except as provided by Section 39-26-209, C.R.S., the use tax imposed hereunder shall be collected, enforced and administered by Arapahoe County, consistent with Arapahoe County's guidelines, policies and procedures, which exist or may hereafter be promulgated not inconsistent with this Resolution. The use tax on construction and building materials shall be collected by the County's Public Works and Development Department, by each municipality or, as may be otherwise provided by intergovernmental agreement, based upon an estimate of building and construction materials costs submitted by the owner or contractor at the time a building permit application is made. All use tax collected on construction and building materials pursuant to this Resolution shall be distributed to Arapahoe County. All use tax collected on motor or other vehicles pursuant to this Resolution shall be distributed to Arapahoe County.

10. Arapahoe County Open Space Fund. A separate fund, known as the "Arapahoe County Open Space Fund” (the "Fund"), shall continue to be maintained, and 100% of the revenue derived from the sales and use tax imposed on the incorporated and unincorporated areas of Arapahoe County shall continue to be deposited thereto to be used solely for the purposes stated herein and as further described more fully below. (a) For purposes of Colo. Const., Art. X, Section 20, the receipt and expenditure of revenues of the sales tax and use tax shall be accounted for, budgeted and appropriated separately from other revenues and expenditures of Arapahoe County and outside of the fiscal year spending of the County as calculated under Art. X, Section 20,

and nothing in Art. X, Section 20, shall limit the receipt and expenditure in each fiscal year of the full amount of such revenues of the sales tax and use tax, nor shall receipt and expenditure of such revenues affect or limit the receipt or expenditure of any and all other revenues of Arapahoe County for any fiscal year. (b) Interest from Revenues and Income Generated from Acquired Lands. Interest generated from the revenues of the sales and use taxes imposed herein shall be used for the purposes stated herein. Income generated from the use or lease of preserved lands, natural areas, wildlife habitats, and parks acquired with the sales and use taxes imposed herein shall be used for the purposes stated herein.

11. Open Space and Trails Advisory Board. The Open Space and Trails Advisory Board ("OSTAB") shall continue to operate and advise the Board of County Commissioners on Open Space fund uses. (a) OSTAB shall consist of seven members. (b) Each County Commissioner shall appoint one resident of his/her commissioner district to serve as an OSTAB member. (c) The Board of County Commissioners shall appoint two Arapahoe County residents as at-large members. (d) OSTAB members shall serve three-year terms of office. Members may be re-appointed to no more than two successive terms. (e) OSTAB members shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of County Commissioners. (f) Members shall not be compensated for their services. (g) Members shall act in accordance with law, including Colorado conflict of interest laws applicable to public bodies. No member shall vote or participate in the application process regarding an acquisition or expenditure in which he or she has a financial or ownership interest, or where he or she has an ownership interest in an adjacent property. (h) OSTAB shall continue to meet as provided in its bylaws to review proposed projects and perform other duties in accordance with this Resolution. (i) OSTAB shall make recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners regarding the distribution of revenue collected from the Open Space Sales and Use Tax, in accordance with the guidelines set forth in this Resolution.

12. Distribution of Sales and Use Tax Revenue.

The revenue collected from the Open Space Sales and Use Tax shall be distributed and administered in the following manner and subject to the definitions and conditions as set forth in this Resolution: (a) The annual revenue from the Open Space Sales and Use Tax shall be distributed according to the percentages as set forth below. Expenditure of said revenue is governed by the provisions set forth in Section 12.

Shareback to all incorporated municipalities or portions thereof based on the population of the incorporated municipality or portions thereof in Arapahoe County versus total population of incorporated areas in Arapahoe County 50% County Open Space Program funds to be used as follows: County Administrative Costs

4%

Available as grants to incorporated municipalities and special districts within Arapahoe County 12% Designated Arapahoe County Heritage Areas

4.1%

Maintenance of County Open Space

9.9%

Acquisition of open space and/or interests in open space to include for the development of multi-use trails 20% 50% Total distribution by percentages of Open Space Fund created by Open Space Sales and Use Tax 100% (b) County Administrative Costs are those costs necessary for the County to administer the distribution of funds, to include distribution of Shareback Funds; development, creation, oversight and monitoring of and compliance with Intergovernmental Agreements ("IGAs"); grant review and distribution of grant funds; site reviews for grants and review of certified Annual Municipal Reports, as well as to administer the County's own Open Space Program, excluding maintenance, as set forth more fully below. (c) Shareback Funds are those monies distributed to the incorporated municipalities wholly and/or partially in Arapahoe County for open space uses as more fully set forth below. i. These funds will be distributed to each incorporated municipality within or partially within Arapahoe County based on the population within said jurisdiction in Arapahoe County and the total incorporated population of Arapahoe County. ii. The population figures will be updated annually based on the official figures provided by the Demography Section of the Colorado Department of Local Affairs or any state agency which takes over the duties and responsibilities of said Demography Section. iii. The Shareback Funds will be distributed on an annual basis to each incorporated municipality, wholly or partially within Arapahoe County, provided that: a. The incorporated municipality has entered into an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the Board of County Commissioners. b. Such required IGA reflects the terms, conditions, intent and purpose of this Resolution consistent with the guidelines as set forth in Section

12(c) and (e) below. c. Shareback Funds may be used for the open space uses as set forth in Section 12(e) below. d. Further, an incorporated municipality may use up to the percentage of its Shareback Funds designated in the IGA with the Board of County Commissioners, which designated percentage shall be at least 20% of the annual allocation, to maintain existing or new open space properties, trails, neighborhood and regional parks, and sports fields. e. Incorporated municipalities may bank Shareback Funds from year to year, as long as such funds are expended in accordance with the purposes set forth in this Resolution, and such is noted in the Annual Municipal Expenditure Report as set forth in Section 12 (iii) (g). f. Every December 31st, each incorporated municipality which received Shareback Funds, must certify and submit in writing, to the Board of County Commissioners, that the funds were used in conformance with this Resolution and must detail the expenditures of its Shareback Funds. Such submission shall be called the Annual Municipal Expenditure Report. g. If Shareback Funds are not used in accordance with the provisions and guidelines set forth in this Resolution and/or are used in violation of the terms and conditions of the IGA, the offending incorporated municipality will be ineligible for future Shareback Funds, unless and until a compliance plan is submitted by the offending municipality to and approved by the Board of County Commissioners. h. If the offending municipality fails to submit a compliance plan approved by the Board of County Commissioners or fails to meet the requirements of the Board of County Commissioners' approved compliance plan, then the Share of the non-complying entity will be distributed, based on annual population figures, among the other participating incorporated municipalities. (d) The County Open Space Program shall have the following components: i. Grant Program. The County shall have funds, as specified above in Section 12 (a), available for distribution in the form of grants to incorporated municipalities; special districts, which provide recreational services or amenities; and recreation districts.

Said grants shall be used for the purposes specified in Section 12 (c) (iii) (d) or 12 (e) (i), and in accordance with the guidelines set forth in this Resolution. a. Those entities having proposals consistent with the guidelines as set forth in this Resolution may submit their grant applications to OSTAB. b. OSTAB and County staff shall review the grant applications and make recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners regarding the approval, conditional approval or denial of each application. c. The Board of County Commissioners then shall approve, conditionally approve, or deny the grant application. d. If the County distributes less than 12% of the Open Space Sales and Use Tax as designated for grants, the remaining portion shall be retained by the County to be used for purposes set forth in Section 12 (d) (v) below. ii. Designated Heritage Areas. The Board of County Commissioners shall authorize expenditure of funds for Designated Arapahoe County Heritage Areas ("Designated Heritage Areas") located in unincorporated Arapahoe County. a. A Designated Heritage Area is defined as lands or structures which have a cultural or historical significance to Arapahoe County, such as a historic property or the fairgrounds. b. The Board of County Commissioners shall consider designating land or a structure as a Designated Heritage Area after OSTAB and County staff have reviewed and made recommendations on a proposal for such an area. c. Before it designates a Designated Heritage Area, the Board of County Commissioners shall conduct a public hearing on the proposal. d. Funds allocated to Designated Heritage Areas may be used for maintenance of structures and grounds, as well as for future improvements and operations. Funds may not be used for construction of new buildings. e. If the County uses less than the allocated funds for Designated Heritage Areas, the remaining portion shall be retained by the County as set forth in Section 12 (d) (5) below. iii. Open Space Maintenance. The County may use funds, as specified in Section 12 (a), for maintenance of County Open Space, to include trails. a. Open Space maintenance funds may not be used for maintenance of Designated Heritage Areas if said area’s maintenance is funded under the Designated Heritage Areas portion of the County's program. b. If the County uses less than the allocated amount in the Fund for maintenance, the remaining portion shall be retained by the County as set forth in Section 12 (d) (v) below. iv. Acquisition of Open Space and Trail Development. The County shall use the percentage of the Fund, as specified in Section 12(a) above, to acquire open space or interests in open space, to restore, improve and protect open space, to acquire and develop trails, and for such other uses set forth in Section 12 (e) (i) and subject to any other applicable restrictions on the use of the funds set forth herein. v. If the allocated funds for the County administrative costs, grants, Designated Heritage Areas, County open space maintenance and/or acquisition of open space or interests in open space or trail development are not expended by December

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Public Notices 3lst of each year, the County shall bank such funds, and such funds may be expended in a future year for such uses. Alternatively, the Board of County Commissioners may reallocate unspent funds to other uses allowed by this Resolution based on recommendations from OSTAB. vi. On an annual basis, the County will hire an independent auditor to audit the County's expenditures of the Fund. (e) Additional Guidelines for Use of Funds: i. Revenues collected from the Open Space Sales and Use Tax may be used in the following manner: a. To acquire fee title interest in real property for the purposes provided herein; b. To acquire less than fee interests in real property for the purposes provided herein; such as easements (including conservation and agricultural), future interests, covenants, development rights, subsurface rights and contractual rights, either on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis; c. To acquire water rights for use in connection with the purposes provided herein; d. To acquire lands that preserve urban and rural open space; natural areas; agricultural and ranch lands; water quality; lakes; rivers; streams; corridors of rivers and streams; views; vistas; ridgelines; wildlife habitat and movement corridors; trail corridors; flood plains and wetlands; e. To acquire lands that are buffers maintaining community identity; f. To acquire and/or improve lands for neighborhood and regional parks, sports fields, dog parks, and other active and passive outdoor recreation purposes; g. To acquire lands with other important values such as historic sites that contribute to the County's and County municipalities' natural and cultural heritage; h. To acquire rights-of-way and easements for trails and access to public lands, and to build and improve such trails and access ways;

i. To allow expenditure of funds, consistent with the guidelines set forth in this Resolution, for joint projects between counties and municipalities, special districts which have a recreational component, recreation districts, or other governmental entities in the County; j. To improve, restore and/or protect open space lands as provided herein; k. To manage, patrol and maintain those lands as provided herein; l. To pay for related acquisition, construction, equipment, and/or improvements; m. To allow for the funding of environmental education programs in a manner consistent with the purposes of this Resolution; n. To implement and effectuate the purposes of the Open Space Program. ii. No land or interests acquired with the revenues of the Open Space Sales and Use Tax may be sold, leased, traded, or otherwise conveyed, nor may an exclusive license or permit on such land or interests be given, without such approval by the governing body of the entity having received any portion of the Fund, after conducting a public hearing. iii. If the Board of County Commissioners sells land or interests as specified in paragraph 2 above, the proceeds shall be deposited with the Open Space Fund. iv. If any incorporated municipality; special district, which provides recreational services or amenities; or recreation district, sells land or transfers interests as specified in Paragraph 2 above, the proceeds shall be deposited in a fund to be used for purposes consistent with this Resolution.

13. Repeal and Amendment (a) If this Resolution is approved by a majority of the registered electors of Arapahoe County at the election to be held on November 2, 2021, its provisions relating to the amount of tax imposed, specifically the one-quarter of one percent (0.25%)

Greenwood Village Public Notice

City of Greenwood Village

Notice of Proposed Disposition of Unclaimed Property NOTICE IS HERERBY GIVEN that pursuant to Chapter 4-10-120 of the City of Greenwood Village Code, the City has had in its possession the following property for more than 30 days without claim having been: PROPERTY DESCRIPTION Owner Estimated Value ANDRIKO, PHONY $0-100 ARANIBAR, CLARA $0-100 BLAKE, ZACHARY $0-100 BRESSETTE, SEAN $1271.15 BROOKS, DAVID WAYNE $0-100 BURKETT, ANDREW $0-100 $0-100 CANO, ELI $0-100 CARVAJAL, EMANUEL $0-100 CERVANTES, JOHN $0-100 CLYMER, TONY $0-100 COLE, ANNA $0-100 CUYPERS, BRIAN $0-100 $0-100 $0-100 $0-100 DAVIS, CHARLES $0-100 $0-100 FELDMAN, DYLAN $0-100 FLOYD, MICHAEL .25 cents $0-100 GESSINGER, LESLEY $0-100 GONZALES, ROSALIO $0-100 $0-100 HALL, SHAUN $0-100 LANCASTER, KATIE ANN $0-100 LEONARD, TARA $0-100 LEONARD, TROY $0-100 LEOPOLD, DON $0-100 LINEBERGER, EDWARD $0-100 MARTINEZ, FRANCISCO $0-100 MARTINEZ, SEAN $0-100 $0-100 MCDONALD, TERRANCE $0-100 $14.90 $5.49 $0-100 $0-100 $0-100 $0-100 $0-100 $0-100 MCREYNOLDS, GREGG $0-100 MONSON, JOSHUA $0-100 MOSS, VANESSA $0-100 OLGUIN, FELIX $0-100 ONOFRE CORRAL, VICTOR $0-100 PERRY, DANIELLE $0-100 PICKERING, KENYA $0-100 PILAAR, THOMAS $0-100 REDFERN, ALLAN $0-100 ROBBINS, NATALIE $0-100 ROBINSON, THOMAS $0-100 $0-100 RODRIGUEZ, STEPHEN $0-100 $0-100 $0-100 RODRIGUEZ, STEVEN $0-100 ROMERO, KIMBERLY $0-100 RUSSELL, KRISTEN $0-100 SORTIO, JOSE $0-100 STAGGS, ALAN $0-100 TAYLOR, TERRANCE $0-100 WILLIAMS, TAMIKA $0-100

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PropertyType / Description Documents Personal Items Miscellaneous Tools U.S. Currency Shotgun Backpack Bicycle Personal Card(s) Knife Drivers License Backpack Bicycle Colorado ID Debit Card EBT Card Debit Card Backpack Miscellaneous Tools Colorado ID U.S. Currency Knife Personal Documents Cell Phone Lighter License Plate Bank Card Rifle Rifle Documents Documents License Plate Mountain Bicycle Bakckpacks/Bicycle Trailer Backpack Book of Coins U.S. Currency Wallet Collector Coin Various Coins De Costa Rica Coins 3 Peso Coins Watch Face/Jewelry Revolver Pistol License Plate Backpacks Colorado ID Debit Card Documents Cell Phone Documents Firearm US Department ID Card Bank Card Duffel Bags/Pellet Gun Backpack Cell Phone Headphones Documents Knife Pistol Miscellaneous Tools

If anyone asserts to be the owner of any of the above-mentioned item, inquiry for claim should be made in writing to Joe Bradley, City of Greenwood Village, 6060 South Quebec Street, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111-4591, and should contain information identifying the item by a SERIAL NUMBER, COLOR, and/or CERTAIN CHARACTERISTIC MARKINGS OF THE ITEM. If the owner fails to provide Joe Bradley with a written claim for the property within thirty (30) days of the publication of this notice, the items shall become the sole property of the City of Greenwood Village and any claim by the owner to such property shall be deemed forfeited.

Susan M. Ortiz, MMC, City Clerk Legal Notice No. 529555 | First Publication: September 23, 2021 Last Publication: September 23, 2021 | Publisher: Littleton Independent

sales tax specified in Section 8 and one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) use tax specified in Section 9, the provisions relating to the deposit and expenditure of revenue as set forth in Section 10, and the provisions of Sections 11 and 12, shall not be repealed or amended except by a vote of the registered electors of the County. (b) Except as provided in subsection A hereof, or as otherwise provided in Article 2 of Title 29, C.R.S., the provisions of this Resolution may be repealed or amended, subsequent to its adoption of the sales and use tax by a majority of the voters of Arapahoe County, by a majority vote of the Board of County Commissioners, and such repeal or amendment need not be submitted to the registered electors of the County for their approval.

14. If any section, paragraph, clause or provision of this Resolution is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or lack of enforceability shall not affect any of the remaining sections, paragraphs, clauses or provisions of this resolution.

The vote was: Commissioner Baker, Yes; Commissioner Holen, Yes; Commissioner Jackson, Yes; Commissioner Sharpe, Yes; Commissioner Warren-Gully, Yes. The Chair declared the motion carried and so ordered.

EXHIBIT A CONTINUE EXISTING FUNDING FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY’S OPEN SPACES, TRAILS, AND PARKS WITHOUT INCREASING THE TAX RATE, SHALL ARAPAHOE COUNTY BE AUTHORIZED TO EXTEND ITS EXISTING ONE-QUARTER OF ONE PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX, OR 25 CENTS FOR EVERY 100 DOLLARS, WHICH WILL NOT BE COLLECTED ON SALES OF FOOD OR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, WITH THE PROCEEDS TO BE USED FOR THE SAME PURPOSES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: CONSERVING LANDS THAT PROTECT WATER QUALITY IN RIVERS, LAKES AND STREAMS; PROTECTING AND MAINTAINING NATURAL AREAS, WILDLIFE HABITAT, AND OPEN SPACE; PROVIDING, MAINTAINING, AND IMPROVING REGIONAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS AND TRAILS; PROVIDING MORE ACTIVE RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, ADULTS AND OLDER ADULTS; PRESERVING WORKING FARMS AND RANCHES TO ENSURE LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION; AND MAINTAINING AND PRESERVING HISTORIC SITES; WITH THE CONTINUED REQUIREMENT THAT THE COUNTY’S PROGRAM EXPENDITURES FOR PROJECTS AND GRANTS BE FIRST SUBMITTED TO A CITIZEN ADVISORY BOARD FOR A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS; AND THAT THE PROGRAM BE SUBJECT TO AN ANNUAL INDEPENDENT AUDIT PUBLISHED ON THE COUNTY’S WEBSITE, AND SUBJECT TO SUCH OTHER RESTATED, UPDATED AND AMENDED REQUIREMENTS AS ARE SET FORTH IN ARAPAHOE COUNTY RESOLUTION NUMBER 21-263, AND EXTENDING THE TAX CONTINUOUSLY BEYOND ITS CURRENT EXPIRATION DATE, UNTIL REPEALED, AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND EXCEPTION TO LIMITS WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE APPLY UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW, THE ABOVE CONSTITUTING NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS, EXCEPT TO: INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING AVAILABLE TO MUNICIPALITIES AND THE COUNTY FOR MAINTENANCE OF OPEN SPACE, PARKS AND TRAILS, REDUCE THE ALLOCATION AVAILABLE FOR ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF OPEN SPACE AND TRAILS, ALLOW COUNTY EXPENDITURES TO BE ALLOCATED TO ACTIVE OPEN SPACE AND PARK USES BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITIZEN ADVISORY BOARD, AND TO ALLOW UNSPENT COUNTY OPEN SPACE FUNDS TO BE RE-ALLOCATED FOR OTHER OPEN SPACE, PARK AND TRAIL PURPOSES? Legal Notice No. 529519-61122 First Publication: September 9, 2021 Last Publication: September 30, 2021 Publisher: Englewood Herald Littleton Independent Centennial Citizen

Bids and Settlements Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT City of Centennial University Boulevard (SH-177) Sidewalk Infill Project No. 20-04-03 CDOC Project No. FSA 177A-101 Construction Code No. 20056 Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Section 3826-107(1), C.R.S., that the City of Centennial, Colorado (the “City”) will make final payment at the hour of 10:00 a.m. on 10/08/2021 (the “Final Settlement Date”) to the following contractor: GoodLand Construction Inc. (hereinafter, the “Contractor”), for and on account of all work completed by the Contractor on City Project No. 20-04-03 – University Boulevard (SH177) Sidewalk Infill (the “Project”).

The Project was completed within the boundaries of the City, in Arapahoe County, Colorado at 13133 E. Arapahoe Road, Centennial, Colorado 80112.

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 the Project, 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 E. Arapahoe Road, Centennial, Colorado 80112 prior to the Final Settlement Date.

3. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement of claim prior to the Final Settlement Date shall relieve the City from any and all liability for such claim(s).

Legal Notice No. 529534-61125 First Publication: September 16, 2021 Last Publication: September 23, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT – BID PACKAGE #33 – Littleton Public Schools Arapahoe High School Forum Carpet Installation Notice is hereby given that Littleton Public Schools in the county of Arapahoe will on or about October 5, 2021 pay retainage and make final settlement with Colorado Carpet Center for BID PACKAGE #33 Littleton Public Schools Arapahoe High School Forum Carpet Installation. 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 October 5, 2021. Claims must be submitted to the Board of Education of Littleton Public Schools at the school district’s Property Management Department, 5776 S. Crocker Street, Littleton, CO. 80120 on or before October 5, 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: September 9, 2021.

Legal Notice No.529524 First Publication: September 9, 2021 Last Publication: September 23, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Not Consecutive Publications Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT BID PACKAGE #01 Newton Middle School Gerald H. Phipps, Inc. DBA: GH Phipps Construction CM/GC Services for Interior Building Completion Notice is hereby given that Littleton Public Schools in the county of Arapahoe will on or about October 5, 2021 pay retainage and make final settlement with Gerald H. Phipps, Inc. DBA: GH Phipps Construction for BID PACKAGE #01 Newton Middle School CM/GC Services for Interior Building Completion. 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 October 5, 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 October 5, 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: September 9, 2021.

Legal Notice No. 529525 First Publication: September 9, 2021 Last Publication: September 23, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Not consecutive publications

Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case No.: 2021CV30539, Division: 204 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Plaintiff: THE TIMBERS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION I, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation Defendant: ADDISON JAMES HUDZIK; EVERETT FINANCIAL, INC. dba SUPREME LENDING; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; SUE SANDSTROM, TREASURER, named as the ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE 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 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 2021CV30539 captioned The Timbers Homeowners Association I, Inc., a Colorado nonprofit corporation v. ADDI-

SON JAMES HUDZIK; EVERETT FINANCIAL, INC. dba SUPREME LENDING; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; SUE SANDSTROM, TREASURER, named as the ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE, dated June 15, 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: Lot 19, Block 2, The Timbers Filing No. 8, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado also known as 3865 S Fraser St, Aurora CO 80014.

The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 10:00 a.m. on 4th day of November, 2021 at the Sheriff’s Office, 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy., Centennial, CO 80112, phone number 720-874-3845. **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: Tammy M. Alcock, Esq. Alcock Law Group, PC 19751 E Mainstreet, Suite 225 Parker, CO 80138 Dated: August 3, 2021 Tyler Brown, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 526453 First Publication: September 9, 2021 Last Publication: October 7, 2021 Published In: Littleton Independent, 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225, Englewood, Colorado 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case No.: 2021CV30526 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Plaintiff: BANYAN HOLLOW OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation Defendant: JAMES D. AGNEW; SUZANNE R. AGNEW; JPMORGAN CHASE & CO successor by merger to BANK ONE, N.A.; SUE SANDSTROM, TREASURER, named as the Arapahoe County Public Trustee 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 and §38-38-101 et seq., C.R.S. 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 2021CV30526 captioned BANYAN HOLLOW OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation v. JAMES D. AGNEW; SUZANNE R. AGNEW; JPMORGAN CHASE & CO successor by merger to BANK ONE, N.A.; SUE SANDSTROM, TREASURER, named as the Arapahoe County Public Trustee, dated June 7, 2021, and §38-38-101 et seq., C.R.S.,

by BANYAN HOLLOW OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation, 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 Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Matthews Banyan Hollow Condominiums recorded on 12/5/83 at Reception #2353109 which establishes a lien for the benefit of BANYAN HOLLOW OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC. (“Declaration”) WHICH LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS legally described as follows, to wit: Condominium Unit 1, Building A, Matthews Banyan Hollow Condominiums Filing No. 1, According to and Subject to the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions For Matthews Banyan Hollow Condominiums Recorded December 5, 1983 in Book 4033 at Page 471 and First Amendment Thereto Recorded May 16, 1984 in Book 4161 at Page 296 and According to the Map of Matthews Banyan Hollow Condominiums Filing No. 1 Recorded May 16, 1984 in Map Book 75 at Pages 1 to 5, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado also known as 2277 S Buckley Rd #202, Aurora CO 80013.

The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 10:00 a.m. on October 28, 2021 at 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy., Centennial, CO 80112. **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. 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:

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Public Notices amount of $24,469.53.

Tammy M. Alcock, Esq. Alcock Law Group, PC 19751 E Mainstreet, Suite 225 Parker, CO 80138

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 for Default Judgment and Order and Decree for Judicial Foreclosure dated June 18, 2021 and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq. by Chesapeake Homeowners Association, Inc. the holder and current owner of a lien recorded on November 8, 2018 at Reception No. D8110281 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 Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions of Chesapeake Townhomes recorded on 02/15/1980 at 1941631 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 Chesapeake Homeowners Association, Inc. against real property legal described as follows:

Dated: August 3, 2021 Tyler S Brown, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 526452 First Publication: September 2, 2021 Last Publication: September 30, 2021 Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225, Englewood, Colorado 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO Case No.: 2021CV030203 Div: 204 COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY PLAINTIFF: CHESAPEAKE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. V. DEFENDANTS: ALBERT G. TINSLEY, JR.; ABN AMRO MORTGAGE GROUP, INC.; and SUE SANDSTROM AS ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE. 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 the Sheriff's Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado at 10:00 O’clock A.M., on the 21st day of October, 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

Lot 27, Block 3, Olde Towne Subdivision Filing No. 1, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado; Also known as: 11670 E. Cedar Avenue, Aurora, CO 80012.

COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE Under an Order on Motion for Default Judgment of Foreclosure and Order and Decree of Foreclosure issued on June 1, 2021 in the above- captioned action, I am ordered to sell certain real property as follows: Original Lienee(s): Matthew Poset Original Lienor: Sunburst Homeowners Association, Inc. Current Holder of the evidence of debt: Sunburst Homeowners Association, Inc. Date of Lien being foreclosed: January 28, 2021 Date of Recording of Lien being foreclosed : January 28, 2021 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Information: E1015446 Original Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness: $6,215.15 Outstanding Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness as of the date hereof : $11,397.24 Amount of Default Judgment: $10,212.24 Description of property to be foreclosed:

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 802281011, 303.432.9999.

Lot 6, Block 1, Sunburst Subdivision, Filing No. 2, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

DATED: July 20, 2021.

Tyler S. Brown, Arapahoe County Sheriff

THE PROPERTY TO BE FORECLOSED AND DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN.

By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 525406 First Publication: August 26, 2021 Last Publication: September 23, 2021 Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case Number: 2021CV30183 Plaintiff: SUNBURST HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation; Defendants: MATTHEW POSET; GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC.; ARAPAHOE COUNTY TREASURER; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION.

Also known as: 16150 East Radcliff Place, Aurora, CO 80015

The covenants of Plaintiff have been violated as follows: failure to make payments on said indebtedness when the same were due and owing.

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 21st day of October 2021, at 13101 E. Broncos Pkwy, 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 TIME OF SALE.** THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE

A FIRST LIEN.

(hereinafter referred to as the “Declaration”). The Declaration and notices, as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of Peachwood II Homeowners Association, Inc., WHICH LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS, legally described as follows, to wit:

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: July 20, 2021 Tyler S. Brown, Arapahoe County Sheriff

Lot 114, Block 1, Peachwood Subdivision Filing NO. 2, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

By: Deputy Troy Waller, Deputy Sheriff

Also known as: 11804 E. Kepner Dr., Aurora, CO 80012.

The name, address and telephone number of each of the attorneys representing the holder of the evidence of the debt is as follows:

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS or JUDGMENT DEBTORS, please take notice:

Stephane R. Dupont The Dupont Law Firm, LLC PO Box 1073 Castle Rock, CO 80104 (720) 644-6115

Public 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 County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado at 10:00 am, on the 21st day of October, 2021 at the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office Civil Unit located 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.

DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Case Number: 2021CV030004

**BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT TIME OF SALE. **

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

Legal Notice No. 525405 First Publication : August 26, 2021 Last Publication : September 23, 2021 Published In : Littleton Independent 750 W Hampden Ave, Suite 224 Englewood, CO 80110

Plaintiff: Peachwood II Homeowners Association, Inc., v.

Defendants: Kristi J. Kampmann and Sue Sandstrom, as Arapahoe County’s Acting Public Trustee

Judgment is in the amount of $26,351.77.

Attorney for Peachwood II Homeowners Association, Inc. WesternLaw Group LLC Angela Hopkins, #48868 9351 Grant Street #120 Thornton, CO 80229 Angela@westernlawgroup.com

This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to Order and Decree for Judicial Foreclosure dated March 25, 2021, and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq. by Peachwood II Homeowners Association, Inc., a Colorado nonprofit corporation, the holder and current owner of a lien recorded on August 14, 2019 at Reception No. D9082692 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 Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions of Peachwood II recorded on September 28, 1994 at Reception No. 00134552 of the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorders office, and all supplements and amendments thereto

DATED this 30th day of July 2021.

Tyler S. Brown Sheriff of Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 526441 First Publication: August 26, 2021 Last Publication: September 23, 2021 Littleton Independent

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Public Notices Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case Number: 2020CV032400 AMENDED COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE Plaintiff: AURORA HIGHLANDS SUBDIVISION HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation d/b/a AURORA HIGHLANDS VISTA HOA; Defendants: SCOTT D. MARTIN; SIMONE A. MARTIN; QUICKEN LOANS, INC.; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; ARAPAHOE COUNTY TREASURER; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION. 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 the Sheriff's Office of Arapahoe County, Colorado at 10:00 A.M, on the 4th day of November, 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 $3,765.28.

This is to advise you that a Sheriff’s sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to an Order on Motion for Default Judgment of Foreclosure and Order and Decree of Foreclosure dated March 31, 2021 and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq. by Aurora Highlands Subdivision Homeowners Association, the holder and current owner of a lien recorded on November 19, 2019 at Reception No. D9126603 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 Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions recorded on August 12, 1992 at Office Records Book 6573 at Page 168 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 Aurora Highlands Subdivision Homeowners Association against real property: Regarding: Lot 5, Block 3, The Vista at Aurora Highlands Subdivision Filing No. 3, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Also known as: 17195 E. Florida Place, Aurora, CO 80017 The attorney representing the legal owner of the above described lien is: Stephane R. Dupont, Reg. No. 39425, The Dupont Law Firm, LLC, PO Box 1073, Castle Rock, CO 80104, (720) 644-6115.

Dated: September 14, 2021 Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 529529 First Publication: September 16, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Andrew W. Bida, aka Andrew Bida, aka Andrew Walter Bida, aka Andy Bida, Deceased Case Number: 21PR220 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before January 31, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Personal Representative: Thomas A. Bida 505 W Philomena Drive Flagstaff, AZ. 86001 Legal Notice No. 529526 First Publication: September 16, 2021 Last Publication: September 30, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Connie Kathleen Clarida, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30925 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado on or before January 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Larry G. Mangus, Personal Representative 19445 County Road 52 Burlington, Colorado 80807 Legal Notice No. 529547 First Publication: September 23, 2021 Last Publication: October 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Joan Kay Melgosa, aka Joan K. Melgosa, aka Joan Melgosa, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30961 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 January 16, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred. /s/ Maria Zalessky Maria Zalessky, #52405 Burnham Law Attorneys for Personal Representative 5990 Greenwood Plaza Blvd.

Bldg. 2 Suite 110 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No. 529531 First Publication: September 16, 2021 Last Publication: September 30, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Robert Birely Greene, aka Robert B. Greene, Deceased Case Number: 21PR350 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before January 12, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Robert E. Greene Personal Representative 5409 E. Weaver Avenue Centennial, Colorado 80121 Legal Notice No. 529518 First Publication: September 9, 2021 Last Publication: September 23, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Marian Eleanor Petersen, aka Marian E. Petersen, aka Marian Petersen, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30575

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Ronald P. Ruchas, aka Ronald Paul Ruchas, aka Ronald Ruchas, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR030902

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before January 18, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Notice to Creditors

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before January 18, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Cynthia A. Church, Personal Representative 6213 S. Jackson Street Centennial, Colorado 80121 Legal Notice No. 529536 First Publication: September 16, 2021 Last Publication: September 30, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independen PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Jeffrey Lee Nations, aka Jeffrey L. Nations, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30986 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before January 17, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Joshua K. Nations, Personal Representative 13375 W. 60th Place Arvada, Colorado 80004 Legal Notice No. 529521 First Publication: September 16, 2021 Last Publication: September 30, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Jeffrey Tichota, Personal Representative 3018 East Nichols Circle Centennial, Colorado 80122 Legal Notice No. 529528 First Publication: September 16, 2021 Last Publication: September 30, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Sandra Ann Adams, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30956 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 January 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Karie Ann Adams, Personal Representative 3456 W. Powers Place Littleton, Colorado 80123 Legal Notice No. 529511 First Publication: September 9, 2021 Last Publication: September 23, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mariann J. Scheetz, AKA Mariann R. Scheetz, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 31034 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the

personal representative or to Arapahoe County District Court on or before January 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Debra M. Scheetz, Personal Representative c/o Chayet & Danzo LLC 650 South Cherry St., Suite 710 Denver, CO 80246 Legal Notice No. 529556 First Publication: September 23, 2021 Last Publication: October 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Katie Haejin Gojara be changed to Katheryn Haejin Choe Case No.: 2021 C 100320

The petition requests that the name of Sandra De La Mora be changed to Sandra De La Mora Torres Case No.: 21 C 100539

By: Magistrate

By: Michael J. Roche County Court Judge

Legal Notice No. 529523 First Publication: September 9, 2021 Last Publication: September 23, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No. 529533 First Publication: September 16, 2021 Last Publication: September 30, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James M. Woodard Jr., a/k/a James M. Woodard, Case Number: 2021 PR 30360

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

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Public notice is given on August 24, 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

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representatives or to the Arapahoe County, Colorado, 7325 S. Potomac St., Centennial, CO 80112, on or before January 24, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Mary Patricia Woodard Personal Representative c/o AEGIS Law, LLC 6870 W. 52nd Avenue #203, Arvada, CO 80002 Legal Notice No. 529544 First Publication: September 23, 2021 Last Publication: October 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Raymond Edward Williams, aka Raymond E. Williams, aka Raymond Williams, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30873 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 January 16, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred. /s/ Maria Zalessky Maria Zalessky, #52405 Burnham Law Attorneys for Personal Representative 5990 Greenwood Plaza Blvd.

Bldg. 2 Suite 110 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No. 529532 First Publication: September 16, 2021 Last Publication: September 30, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Lynnie Ruth Swenson, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30862 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative Darcell Gates or the District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before January 9, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. c/o Stephen Prager, Attorney to the Personal Representative Robinson and Henry 11080 Circle Point Road, Suite 140 Westminster, CO 80012 Legal Notice No. 529510 First Publication: September 9, 2021 Last Publication: September 23, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Claire Allen Arnell, a/k/a Claire A. Arnell, a/k/a Claire L. Arnell, a/k/a Claire Arnell, a/k/a Claire Laverne Arnell, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30992 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 January 23, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Douglas A. Arnell, Personal Representative 3124 East Hinsdale Place Centennial, Colorado 80122 Legal Notice No. 529552 First Publication: September 23, 2021 Last Publication: October 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Victor Raul Gonzales, aka Victor R. Gonzales, aka Victor Gonzales, Deceased Case Number: 21PR31007 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Arapahoe County District Court, Colorado on or before January 16, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. /s/ Georgia E. Monge Reinoza Personal Representative 3703 S Yakima Way Aurora, CO 80015 Legal Notice No. 529537 First Publication: September 16, 2021 Last Publication: September 30, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE

The petition requests that the name of Katya Guadalope Monleon be changed to Katya Vandergard Case No.: 21 C 100498 By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 529512 First Publication: September 9, 2021 Last Publication: September 23, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

Public notice is given on September 8, 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 Michael Malachi Magee be changed to Malachi Michael Magee Wigglesworth Case No.: 21 C 100551 By: Benjamin S. Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 529546 First Publication: September 23, 2021 Last Publication: October 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on August 23, 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 Angela Lucille Orgill be changed to Angela Lucille Malan Case No.: 21C100492 By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 529515 First Publication: September 9, 2021 Last Publication: September 23, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on September 2, 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 April Kathleen Gustafson Phillips be changed to April Kathleen Phillips Case No.: 21 C 100547 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 529543 First Publication: September 23, 2021 Last Publication: October 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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Public notice is given on September 9, 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 Yasmin Nyishma Wasalaam aka Yasmin Nyishma Turnage aka Yasmin Nyishma Murphy be changed to Yasmin Nyishma Harris Case No.: 21 C41423 By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 529541 First Publication: September 16, 2021 Last Publication: September 30, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on August 30, 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 Brennan Patrick Heffenger be changed to Brennan Patrick Lewis Case No.: 07 DR 22 By: Judge Legal Notice No. 529527 First Publication: September 16, 2021 Last Publication: September 30, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on September 1, 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 Sara Lee Sheridan-Moore be changed to Sara Sheridan Moore Case No.: 21 C 41238 By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 529520 First Publication: September 9, 2021 Last Publication: September 23, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on August 30, 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 Julia Simon Long be changed to Julia Parker Cook Case No.: 21 C 100536 By: Kim Boswell Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 529520 First Publication: September 16, 2021 Last Publication: September 30, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on August 20, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has

Public notice is given on September 1, 2021, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Arapahoe County Court.

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