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Free community college proposal excites students, educators Legislation faces obstacles, but brings hope for accessible education

BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After graduating from high school, Jake Smith didn’t think he’d make it in college. He struggled academically and he didn’t have the money to afford more education until he joined the Army.

For nine years Smith served as an active member, seeing military subsidies as his only path to affording tuition. At the age of 28, Smith finally enrolled at Arapahoe Community College (ACC) and used the GI Bill to cover the cost. But he wished there SEE COLLEGE, P26

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Littleton council candidates talk growth, development at forum Candidates straddle line between change and preservation as city grows

BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As Littleton faces a growing population and increased tourism, and as it prepares to vote on what would be its first sales tax hike in nearly 50 years, candidates for city council in SEE COUNCIL, P2

Election 2021: Candidates answer questions

Candidates for Littleton City Council discuss economic growth and development during PHOTO BY ROBERT TANN a Sept. 29 forum hosted by the Littleton Business Chamber.

INSIDE: VOICES: PAGE 14 | LIFE: PAGE 16 | CALENDAR: PAGE 19 | SPORTS: PAGE 28

In the election that ends Nov. 2, Littleton voters will select a mayor and council members and fill seats on the school board.

Ballots go into the mail starting Oct. 8.

For the first time, voters will directly choose their mayor, a position previously filled by council vote. Three candidates are in the race. There are also contests to fill three other council posts.

And voters will choose three members of the Littleton school board from among five candidates on the ballot. The top three vote-getters will win the election.

The Littleton Independent sent questions to each candidate to help voters learn more about them. We asked why they’re running, what qualifies them for office, and what their priorities would be if elected.

Turn to Pages 6-9 for our candidate Q&As. And for more coverage of candidates and issues in Election 2021 here and in neighboring communities, visit littletonindependent.net.

Litteton voters also will decide Ballot Issue 3A, a city tax increase proposal. Watch for more coverage in coming weeks.

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the upcoming fall election toed the line between development and preservation during an evening forum.

Hosted by the Littleton Business Chamber, eight of the nine candidates appeared before a crowd of dozens of voters Sept. 29 to talk about their vision for the city’s economic future.

“Four years ago, I ran on probusiness and pro-development,” said Patrick Driscoll, who is seeking reelection for his northwest Littleton seat in District 1. Candice Ferguson, his challenger, was the only candidate not in attendance.

Driscoll, along with other candidates, pitched building more residential homes, as well as mixed-use development for residences and businesses and revitalizing current underused spaces, such as the Aspen Grove shopping center.

Stephen Barr, candidate for southeast Littleton’s District 3, said he wants to create versions of downtown’s walkability and accessibility throughout the city as a way to further connect neighborhoods.

Though he said some preservation is needed to keep the personality of Littleton intact, he also championed more economic growth in the form of more business presence.

“I love the small business community here,” Barr said. “We do need large businesses, too.”

Still, as candidates envisioned a growing Littleton, some also spoke of the need for conservation and warned that too much growth too

A crowd listens to candidates during a Sept. 29 forum hosted by the Littleton Business Chamber.

fast could be detrimental.

“The increased interest in downtown is causing increased interest in expanding some of the buildings downtown, like building up, and I’m not sure that’s especially good,” said Paul Bingham, running against Barr in District 3. “And the increase in boutiques have caused some essential services to leave historic downtown, like stationery, hardware, clothing, et cetera.”

Gretchen Rydin, candidate for councilmember at-large, said she will champion businesses’ choices to do what’s best for themselves.

“I’ve heard from several business leaders who have expressed their frustration with the many demands the city requires for changes to building structures and it’s not enforced equally, and I don’t think

that’s fair,” said Rydin, whose father owned several small businesses when she was a child.

Her opponent, Krista Kafer, said she also knows the ins and outs of small businesses, having run her own since she was a teenager, and wants to see more emphasis on areas outside of just downtown.

She, like all candidates, also said she supported more mixed development.

“I think let’s build, not build indiscriminately, but let’s build within our means and have a city that’s even more exciting than it is today,” she said.

But as candidates eye expansion, they also doubled down on the need for increased tax revenue to pay for vital infrastructure projects. With the city’s capital projects fund expected to be completely dry by 2025, council members approved a 0.75% sales tax increase to be added to the November ballot in order to raise the much-needed revenue.

The Littleton Business Chamber had advocated for a 0.5% sales tax increase and asked candidates whether they would support dropping the sales tax to that number after its infrastructure needs have been met.

Carol Fey, candidate for mayor and

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a current councilmember, said while “nobody likes taxes,” the city has for too long deferred vital investments into its physical infrastructure and supports the 0.75% sales tax, dubbed 3A. But she didn’t shut the door on a possible drop in sales tax should those services be met.

“Sure, it’s fair to consider a sunset,” she said.

Mayoral candidate Jon Buck said an eventual drop from 0.75 to 0.5% could encourage the city to be more fiscally responsible with its budgeting and expenses in the future.

“City leadership has opportunities to take an honest look at the realities of the path Littleton is on,” he said. “Which is a path currently that will lead to decreases in mobility, safety and hometown enjoyment in the very near future if no drastic changes are made.”

Kyle Schlachter, who is also running for mayor against Buck and Fey, said if 3A doesn’t pass the city will be “in a world of hurt.” But he also said he was not opposed to dropping the sales tax in the future.

“It’s something I am open to,” he said. “I don’t know enough about it right now to determine how those revenues look, how the expenses come out and if or when they will be met.”

Gretchen Rydin, candidate for councilmember at-large, speaks to the crowd during a Sept. 29 forum hosted by the Littleton Business Chamber.

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

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COVID cases rise among Colorado school-age kids That’s despite an overall downward trend statewide

BY OLIVIA PRENTZEL THE COLORADO SUN

Cases of COVID-19 among children ages 6 to 11 are on the rise and remain the highest among any age group as the state’s overall case rate is decreasing, public health officials said Oct. 1.

While coronavirus infections are gradually declining among most other age groups, Dr. Rachel Herlihy, the state’s epidemiologist, said the state will continue to monitor the new trend among those school-age children who are still ineligible for vaccines.

Kids under the age of 12 remain the only group still ineligible for vaccination because no vaccine has yet been approved for them. But attention on the group will intensify in the coming weeks, as the drug maker Pfizer goes through the final processes of getting its COVID-19 vaccine authorized kids ages 5 to 11.

Pfizer last month released data showing that its vaccine — at a much lower dose — is safe and effective in children ages 5 to 11. The company has submitted that data to regulators at the federal Food and Drug Administration, which has scheduled public meetings for later this month to discuss approval

of the vaccine for kids in that age group.

A decision to grant emergency authorization for the vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11 could come as early as Halloween.

Despite the downward trend of cases among the general population, hospitalizations remain high.

As of Oct. 1, 829 people were hospitalized in Colorado with COVID, 78% of whom were unvaccinated, data show. Nearly 89% of the state’s ICU beds were in use, though not all of them were filled by people being treated for COVID-19.

“We are at an incredibly high rate of hospitalizations compared to where we want to be,” said Scott Bookman, the state’s COVID incident commander. “So while we are beginning a downward trend here, we really need to see these hospitalizations go down significantly before we’re going to feel comfortable with the capacity that we have as we start going into the colder weather period and people start moving indoors.”

“This continues to be a pandemic of the unvaccinated,” Bookman said.

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.

Littleton hosting annual harvest festival Oct. 9 Pumpkin picking, hayrides, other games to be featured

BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The leaves are ripe with orange and yellow hues and the air is crisp and cool, a sure sign that autumn is here and with it the return of Littleton’s annual harvest festival.

From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 9, the

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by Nov. 2 at 7 p.m.

Littleton Museum will host a slew of autumnal festivities, including pumpkin picking, hayrides and games with prizes.

There is no cost of entry for the festival, which will take place mainly outside throughout the museum’s 1860s homestead farm.

However, some items and activities such as pumpkins and refreshments will require tickets, which can be purchased the day of the event.

The museum is located at 6028 S. Gallup St.

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Redistricting panel sends congressional map forward Commission approves plan by 11-1 vote on deadline

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The 12 members of Colorado’s Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission agreed on an overhaul of the state’s U.S. House districts Sept. 28 in a vote taken minutes before a self-imposed deadline.

The map would create three safe seats for Democrats, three safe seats for Republicans and two seats that could go either way.

Under the plan, the Adams County cities of Northglenn, Thornton, Commerce City and Brighton would be part of the brand-new 8th Congressional District, as would most of Westminster and the Weld County city of Fort Lupton.

The plan would leave virtually all of Douglas and Elbert counties where they are now, in the 4th Congressional District.

The populated western sections of Arapahoe County, including Littleton, Englewood and Centennial, would be in the 6th District along with adjacent areas of Jefferson County, like Ken Caryl and Columbine.

Most of Jefferson County would be in the 7th Congressional District, while Clear Creek County would be assigned to the 2nd District.

The proposal was approved by an 11-1 vote just before midnight after seven rounds of voting and hours of contentious debate. The map was sent to the Colorado Supreme Court, which could adopt the plan by Nov. 1 or send it back to the commission for revisions.

Legal challenges are expected.

The map being sent to the court is an amended version of a staff plan released earlier in September. It received votes from three Democrats, four Republicans and four unaffiliated commissioners on the 12-member panel.

Democratic Commissioner Simon Tafoya, a Denver Democrat, was the lone vote against sending the proposal to the Supreme Court.

Eight votes, including from two unaffiliated commissioners, were required for the map to be approved.

“Despite the proverbial bumps in the road, … together we have changed the course of congressional redistricting in Colorado, and provide an example for the rest of the country,” said a tearful Commissioner Lori Schell, an unaffiliated voter from Durango.

The map, should it be approved by the court, will be used in the 2022 congressional elections in Colorado, the outcomes of which could determine partisan control of the U.S. House. Democrats currently control four of Colorado’s seven congressional seats.

The most competitive district under the new map would be the new, heavily Hispanic 8th District based in the north Denver metro area and stretching into Greeley.

Democrats would have a 1.3 percentage point advantage in the district, based on the results t of eight statewide races between 2016 and 2020. i Colorado’s seven incumbent o U.S. House members would still B live in their respective districts a under the proposal, though in o some instances those districts Y would be vastly different. a Meanwhile, some announced s and potential 2022 congressional candidates in Colorado will find their homes drawn into the districts they were planning to run to represent, while others won’t.

Here’s a look at the eight districts in the new map: The 1st District would continue to be Denver-centric and a safe Democratic district for Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette.

The 2nd District would cover the northwest Colorado counties of Routt, Jackson, Larimer, Grand, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Jackson and Summit, and also include most of Boulder and Eagle counties. It would also include parts of Weld County and more than 1,800 people from Jefferson County. It would be a safe Democratic district for incumbent U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, a Lafayette Democrat.

The 3rd District would include most of the Western Slope and southern Colorado, including Pueblo. U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Garfield County Republican who represents the district, would have a solid 9.3 percentage point advantage, per historic results. Democratic state Sen. Kerry Donovan of Vail, who is running to unseat Boebert, would live in the 2nd District.

The 4th District would be compromised of Douglas County, including Castle Rock, as well as Loveland and other parts of Larimer County. The Eastern Plains, including Weld County and eastern Adams and Arapahoe counties, would also be in the district, which would remain a safe district for Republican Rep. Ken Buck, of Windsor.

The 5th District would be centered in Colorado Springs, including military bases in El Paso County, and would remain a safe Republican seat for U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn.

The 6th District would remain anchored in Aurora and include much of Arapahoe County, as well as parts of Adams, Jefferson and Douglas counties. It would remain a safe Democratic district for U.S. Rep. Jason Crow, of Centennial.

The 7th District would be a reconfigured, competitive district including much of Jefferson County but also Lake, Park, Teller, Chaffee, Custer and Fremont counties in the central mountains. Democratic U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, of Arvada, currently represents the district. A potential Republican challenger, state Rep. Colin Larson, of Ken Caryl, would be just across the border in the 6th District, though members of Congress don’t have to live in SEE MAP, P5

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the district they represent.

The new 8th District would include the north Denver suburbs of Thornton, Commerce City, Brighton and Northglenn, as well as most of Westminster and all of Greeley. Democratic state Rep. Yadira Caraveo, of Thornton, has already announced her bid for the seat, but the competitive nature

of the seat is sure to entice Republican challengers.

Mark Harden of Colorado Community Media contributed to this story.

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Candidates for Littleton school board

Angela Christensen Occupation: Board of Education director for Littleton Public Schools Campaign website/conChristensen tact information: angelaforlps.com Why do you want to serve on the school board?

I want to continue my service on the LPS Board of Education because of my passion and belief in the power of public education and the impact it has on our entire community. I believe that a board of education is entrusted with the legacy of all boards that came before them while stepping boldly into the future of public education. We must be committed to providing a path for

Dale Elliott

all students to find success while continuing to support our teachers, staff and administrators. I want to provide the vision, support and opportunities to make this a reality.

What would you say are your most important qualifications for the office you’re seeking?

Over the past decade, I have volunteered over 8,500 hours in LPS. I have a depth of knowledge at both the school and district level. My experience includes serving as a current school board director, co-chairperson of the Citizens for LPS Yes on 4C campaign last fall, president of the PTO President’s Council, chairperson of the JPTO Scholarship Committee, Financial AccountabilSEE CHRISTENSEN, P7

Andrew Graham

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Occupation: President of E-Corp construction Campaign website/contact information: DALE.ECORP@ MAIL.COM

Why do you want to serve on the school board?

There are no other candidates that I see who opposed Critical Race Theory as I do.

This is a crossroads in American education and I believe the voters must decide which way to go.

What would you say are your most important qualifications for the office you’re seeking?

I enjoy many years of perspective, both in the Air Force and in running my own business. My most

Jon Lisec

Occupation: President and CEO of Clinic Service Campaign website/contact information: AndrewG4Colorado.com

Occupation: Senior solutions architect at a software firm Campaign website/contact information: jonforlps.com

Why do you want to serve on the school board?

To: Champion innovative new Graham educational programs and opportunities. Let’s go to outer space! Actively support increased mental health support services and programs. Integrate LPS with our business community, community leaders, government agencies and others and create partnerships for career exploration, sponsorship and supporting the desired learning outcomes. Utilize the principles of improvisation and collaboration to brainstorm, develop and champion cool learning opportunities. Ensure the safety and security of all LPS communities. Maintain fiscal responsibility. Facilitate current and long-term future prosperity pathways for all LPS students. Oversee the implementation of the LPS strategic plan.

Why do you want to serve on the school board?

I am proud of LPS and its consistent Lisec reputation as a high-performing district. A strong school district is an important part of the community. It brings in families and teachers to live and raise children, increases property values and provides well-educated citizens.

I would like to contribute and give something back to the district that provided me many opportunities during and my time there, as well as for my children currently enrolled and for future generations as well.

What would you say are your most important qualifications for the office you’re seeking?

Listening skills. The Board is the voice of our community. We partner with teachers, administrators and students to implement the mission, vision and goals of the Littleton School District. One of my skill sets is to listen to many disparate voices and distill areas of commonality, consensus and direction. We have been LPS parents for 19 years.

We certainly had many great school days and some not-so-great. My family has experienced a lot in that time, including the trauma and terror that impacts our students. It’s a little bit of everything that brings me to this opportunity.

If elected, what would be your first priority in office?

In my first 100 days, I will be paying particular attention to the 2021-22 year and how we are progressing, learning of and attending the myriad number of events and activities in the district, understanding the budget planning process and meeting many of the key people who make LPS thrive. I will also work with other board members to ensure we can SEE GRAHAM, P7

What would you say are your most important qualifications for the office you’re seeking?

Important traits are my ability to listen, consider multiple viewpoints and work towards consensus.

With a five-member school board, I believe my ability to work within a team environment and contribute to the development of highly effective teams is valuable. I see many similarities between the skills developed in my career, such as striving to be a lifelong learner and the ability to quickly come up to speed on complex topics and challenges.

I have volunteered time as a PTO board member, an accountability committee facilitator and formed relationships that give me a start on understanding the district.

If elected, what would be your first priority in office?

It has been a challenging year for everyone, especially for educators. Specifically, in the near term, I would want to understand and ensure the board is providing support for the morale and mental health of all employees. In general, the priority would be developing relationships with the other board members, gaining a better understanding of the issues and challenges facing the district and contributing to policies to help address them.

What in your view is the greatest single issue facing Littleton Public Schools and how would you address it?

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important qualification is that I have a clear memory of what an idyllic time the later 1950s were, in which we did not have the contention or turmoil that we do now. I would wish any child could have that time to learn and grow as I did.

If elected, what would be your first priority in office?

I wish to determine if any, or how much of the Critical Race Theory curriculum has penetrated Littleton Public Schools. Until one is elected, a single person has little chance to penetrate the education establishment. A parent in Manhattan tried to do that and the teachers’ union got her fired by her employer.

Voters in the Littleton Public Schools district, which includes parts of Englewood, will select three Board of Education directors from among five candidates in the election that ends Nov. 2. The top three vote-getters will win the election. The candidates are Angela Christensen, Dale Elliott, Andrew Graham, Jon Lisec and Joan Ripepi-Anderssen.

The Littleton Independent sent questionnaires to each candidate to help voters learn more about them. Here are their responses, edited for clarity.

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Joan RipepiAnderssen

Occupation: Economics and Finance faculty at Arapahoe Community College Campaign website/contact information: joan4lps.com Why do you want to serve on the school board?

RipepiLPS is a great school district. I want Anderssen to help build on the district’s success.

I’m dedicated to using our resources well and enhancing and promoting early childhood education, career tech and concurrent enrollment. With my background in education and advanced classroom technology, I have the right skills to help contribute and I want to be involved.

What would you say are your most important qualifications for the office you’re seeking?

I have 25 years of teaching experience and have been recognized as distinguished faculty. As a financial specialist, I understand school finances and budgets. I’m also a recognized leader (I have won several awards) in classroom technologies for instruction and for remote learning. I believe that we need to use all the tools available to provide an exceptional education, and I have the right experience to help the district make more use of those tools.

If elected, what would be your first priority in office?

Keeping the schools open safely is my top priority. I want to make sure kids are safely back in the classroom to the greatest extent possible. After that, I would like to help build a funding formula that focuses on student success. I also will work hard at building concurrent enrollment with Arapahoe Community College and build strong liaisons with the community for the Career Tech Center.

What in your view is the greatest single issue facing Littleton Public Schools and how would you address it?

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ity Committee, LPS Foundation Board of Directors and PTO and School Accountability Committees at every level. This experience and my understanding of the uniqueness of LPS will be key as I continue my role as a school board director.

If elected, what would be your first priority in office?

This will be the first time in eight years that the LPS Board of Education will have three seats up for election. My first priority in office will be to work with current and new board members to build a new, cohesive board that can work together for the collective good of

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What in your view is the greatest single issue facing Littleton Public Schools and how would you address it?

I think the Critical Race Theory which is surging across our country today, is the single issue. Do we,

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collaborate well together.

What in your view is the greatest single issue facing Littleton Public Schools and how would you address it?

Keeping a good balance between school enrollments and the availability of high-quality programs across the district is an ongoing challenge.

The board’s role is to ensure all LPS students find pathways for success in their life. Some of our students will

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One of my top concerns is to ensure we are able to continue to attract and retain the high-quality educators and administrators LPS has and is known for. Colorado ranks near the top with the level of workforce education but ranks near the bottom for teacher wage competitiveness and per-pupil funding, which frustrates me. Longerterm it would be beneficial to address the teacher shortage issue, examine

all students, teachers, staff and administrators, as well as the greater community. A strong team working together can ensure our students the opportunity to receive the highquality education that all previous students have received and we as a community have come to expect.

What in your view is the greatest single issue facing Littleton Public Schools and how would you address it?

With declining enrollment and a poor funding model from the state, we have had to operate within very small confines. Our local community has continually supported us through mill levy overrides but that is not the ultimate solution. The state funding model needs to change. I commit to continuing my work with organizations such as the Colorado Association of School Boards as parents, want to instruct our children with the hopeless drivel that is contained in this theory?

In fact, it is many theories, not a coherent theory at all. This is a catch-all for grievances and hatred against one another. It is a horror movie that should not be shown in our primary or secondary schools.

As things stand now, should students be required to wear masks in class, or attend college, others serve in our armed forces, some will get jobs and others will march to their own drum.

All of these possibilities offer a great and creative opportunity to champion and support more innovation in LPS. Having served on the Planning Team, I am an active champion for The Career Exploration Center, scheduled to open in 2023.

As things stand now, should students be required to wear masks in class, or should mask-wearing be voluntary?

As I write this is an ever-changing situation. I watch the local stats nearly daily and they appear well managed.

how to make education careers more attractive and more effective management of the growing teacher workloads.

As things stand now, should students be required to wear masks in class, or should mask-wearing be voluntary?

The past year has shown me, as a parent, as well as a community member, that students learn most effectively while in the classroom. While LPS went above and beyond to support multiple modes of learning (inperson, hybrid and 100% online) the

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I believe the greatest issue facing LPS is safety, both physical and mental. Children should be in the classroom as much as possible, and whether in the classroom or remote they should not feel isolated. I believe firmly in the first of LPS’s core beliefs: education prepares all students to succeed

and the Colorado School Finance Project, in addition to advocating to our state legislature to help find permanent solutions to the ongoing funding crisis that is public education in Colorado.

As things stand now, should students be required to wear masks in class, or should mask-wearing be voluntary?

I would love for our schools to be back to the greatest sense of normalcy possible. With that in mind, LPS must operate within the rules and regulations defined by other agencies designed to protect the health and safety of our students and employees. Students need to be in school. The social and emotional benefits of in-person learning can’t be overemphasized. Ultimately, I would like to see our parents have the option of masking their students. Until the public health order

is lifted, I would support masking if we can avoid going back to remote or hybrid learning.

What are your views on the district’s current policies regarding the teaching of racial issues in American society?

While concepts such as critical race theory and the 1619 project are not currently part of the adopted curriculum for any Colorado K-12 school, I understand that this has become a divisive issue in our nation. Our current approach to teaching U.S. history is factual and age-appropriate while not making any child feel guilty for their race or background. My hope is that each student leaves LPS with a deeper understanding of our country, skills to listen to understand (even if they disagree) the views of others and that they will be respectful of all people.

should mask-wearing be voluntary?

“Masks or not?” is an unsolvable problem. Many want masks to defend their children at all costs. Some want the independence and freedom to decide for themselves. The science of vaccination is accepted, and should be the starting point to guide our decisions. One solution would be to simply isolate the two different groups of children — a bad solu-

tion, but it would work.

The politics around this are numbing. If wearing masks in school is what keeps schools open and my kids with their buddies, then I will support masks. Feedback from the kids is (that) they largely don’t mind. I don’t like masks or living in fear of cooties.

That said, I am for taking personal responsibility for my health and the well-being of those around me. I am for my kids being in school with their friends.

skills and frameworks to view these past and current realities through lenses that consider political, social, environmental, legal, technological, cultural and many other impacts of those events. We should have an open discussion, analysis and critical thinking of local, national and world events. Any theory should be reviewed against others objectively. When our kids become LPS alumni, we want them all to have eyes wide open, brains in their heads, character in their core, kindness in their spirit, collaboration in their hearts and contagious optimism that serves others and leads our future

What are your views on the district’s current policies regarding the teaching of racial issues in American society?

LPS schools help students to develop

consensus is that kids prefer being in school. Therefore, I support measures to protect in-person learning, as well as allowing interaction with friends, other students, teachers and administrators. It is my understanding public schools are legally obligated to follow public health orders for the county they reside in.

What are your views on the district’s current policies regarding the teaching of racial issues in American society?

It is my understanding the Colorado Department of Education is

in a global society.

As things stand now, should students be required to wear masks in class, or should mask-wearing be voluntary?

Littleton Public Schools is bound by the TriCounty Health authority and must follow its mandates. Since isolation is a leading cause of mental health problems, I want all students to come to school in a safe environment. If masks are deemed

What are your views on the district’s current policies regarding the teaching of racial issues in American society?

I am opposed to teaching racial issues other than history. I am specifically opposed to any teaching of Critical Race Theory in primary or secondary schools. In college, one is free to study what he wishes.

the primary provider of guidelines for the content and curricula for the districts across the state. One of the roles as a board member would be to advocate or provide feedback to the state legislature to potentially change those guidelines. That being said, I believe one aspect of a wellrounded, high-quality education is the presentation and discussion of a wide variety of viewpoints and perspectives. Topics to promote discussion and encourage critical thinking are one facet of a quality education, aren’t they?

by Tri-County Health to keep students safe, they should be kept safe.

What are your views on the district’s current policies regarding the teaching of racial issues in American society?

Teaching history is an important part of education, and it is important that we teach the facts of our history. I believe in the skills and dedication of our students and know they can handle the truth of our past.

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Candidates for Littleton mayor

Kyle Schlachter

Carol Fey

Jon Buck

Occupation: City councilmember

Occupation: CEO of HopeCycle, a nonprofit that gives bikes to kids in need Campaign website/contact information: JonBuckForMayor.com Why do you want to serve on city council?

I care deeply for the health, vibrancy and future of Littleton. I have been invested in our city for over a decade and since this is such a critical time for Littleton — with unified land code implementation, major budgeting decisions in front of us that must consider the cultural and economic health of our city for generations to come, desperately-needed infrastructure investments and maintenance, among other critical issues — I decided to step up for consideration by our citizens to bring the skillset and expertise I’ve gained in my work in a time that I believe they are needed most.

Buck

What would you say are your most important qualifications for the office you’re seeking?

My personal investment and care for the city where my family fellowships, shops and calls home. Founding, leading and

Occupation: Marketing coordinator for the Colorado Wine Industry Development Board, Colorado Department of Agriculture

Campaign website/contact information: carolfey4mayor.com Why do you want to serve on city council?

I love getting things done and Fey making people happy while doing it. One of my favorite events is when a citizen comes to me, mad as heck because there’s a pothole. I say, “Tell me where it is, and I bet it can be fixed by tomorrow.” Because of our great city staff, the hole is filled fast, and the citizen doesn’t need to be mad anymore What would you say are your most important qualifications for the office you’re seeking?

My dad was an extreme liberal, even serving in World War II as a conscientious objector draining swamps in New Guinea.

My mom was quite conservative. She believed that the kids killed at Kent State “got what they deserved.” My job was to keep the peace so that the household ran smoothly — and it did. I easily translate between sets of values so that work gets done.

If elected, what would be your first priority

Campaign website/contact information: Kyle4Littleton.com Schlachter

Why do you want to serve on city council?

As a father of two young kids, I care deeply about our community’s future.

Littleton deserves leadership that listens to the residents as well as the small business owners, understands our community’s values and has the vision to maintain the history of our city while adapting to the modern, metropolitan and inclusive society in which we live. It’s important to me that Littleton not simply remain a great place, but gets even better. That’s why I am running for mayor. Serving my community as mayor is a task that requires a commitment to the past, present and future of Littleton.

What would you say are your most important qualifications for the office you’re seeking?

I’ve served on the city council, I’ve been the chairperson of a city board and I have

SEE FEY, P9

SEE BUCK, P9

SEE SCHLACHTER, P9

ELECTION DETAILS Littleton voters will decide who should lead the city council as mayor in the election that ends Nov. 2.

This is the first election in which voters will directly choose their mayor, as opposed to the position being appointed by councilmembers, as it has in the past.

City voters will also fill three other council seats in District 1, District 3 and an at-large position. All seats are four-year terms. District 1 covers northwest Littleton and includes downtown.

District 3 covers southeast Littleton.

The Littleton Independent sent questionnaires to each candidate to help voters learn more about them. Here are their responses, edited for clarity.

Candidates for Littleton City Council, District 1

Patrick Driscoll Occupation: Councilmember and account executive for Paramount Residential Mortgage Group Driscoll

Campaign website/ contact information:

303-668-7877 or pdriscoll5@ comcast.net Why do you want to serve on city council?

Back in 2017 a business leader approached me and asked if I would consider

running because he stated “the current council was not pro-business or development.

The City is stagnant and we need to get moving.” I’ve been on council for four years and I’ve had the honor of servicing District 1. I’ve really enjoyed working with city staff and my fellow council members. We don’t always see eye-to-eye but SEE DRISCOLL, P10

Candice Ferguson Occupation: Former marketing communications executive

Ferguson

Campaign website/contact information: candiceforlittleton.com and Candicec ForCityCouncil@gmail.com t Candice Ferguson did not respond toi multiple requests to answer questions.t t c

Candidates for Littleton City Council, District3

Paul Bingham

Stephen Barr Occupation: Councilmember and account executive for Paramount Residential Mortgage Group

Barr

Campaign website/contact information: 303668-7877 or pdriscoll5@ comcast.net

Why do you want to serve on city council?

Back in 2017 a business leader approached me and asked if I would consider running because he stated “the current council was not pro-business or development. The City is stagnant and we need to get moving.” I’ve been on council for four years and I’ve had the honor of servicing District 1. I’ve really

enjoyed working with city staff and my fellow council members. We don’t always see eye-to-eye but in the end, we all see what’s best for Littleton. My job is to listen, and take that information back to staff and get it resolved.

What would you say are your most important qualifications for the office you’re seeking?

The fact that I’ve served on council for four years. I consider myself a leader, and when faced with a challenge I get my hands dirty and get results. I am a good listener, and quick to respond to emails, texts or phone calls. I value the hard work staff puts in every day to make SEE BARR, P10

Occupation: Retired engineer Campaign website/contact information: Paul4Council.com Why do you want to serve on city council?

I’ve been involved with the city council a long time, going to all of their meetings for 15 years. I lived here long enough and learned enough about the city that I feel like I want to and have the knowledge to make a contribution to the leadership of Littleton.

Bingham

What would you say are your most important qualifications for the office you’re seeking?

Being an engineer is a good start.

Being in the Army also helps. The i time I’ve spent observing the city government in operation, learning m how it works, being involved with d it as a resident for long years has allowed me to climb the ‘learning curve’ such that I’m ready to be productive on city council, in my first meeting.

If elected, what would be your first priority in office?

There are four developments likely to come forward on south Santa Fe Drive; from north to south Aspen Glen, the Mineral and south Santa Fe intersection improvement, and the two proposed developments SEE BINGHAM, P10

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Candidates for Littleton City Council, at-large seat

Krista Kafer Occupation: Teaches communications, political science and enrichment classes at Regis University Campaign website/contact information: kristakafer.org/ Kafer

Why do you want to serve on city council?

I’m running for Littleton City Council because I love this city. I’m committed to keeping Littleton the best place to live, work, raise a family, start a business and retire. Livability, Opportunity and Security are my top priorities. With the right policies, we can preserve Littleton’s special small city character while expanding opportunities for homeownership, entrepreneurship, the arts, recreation and education. With 25 years of public policy experience, I know I can make a difference.

What would you say are your most important qualifications for the office you’re seeking?

While public policy experience is important for an elected leader, the ability to listen and to follow-through are the most essential qualities. People tell me how much they value good roads, beautiful parks, wonderful places like our unique museum, main street and library, our neighborhoods and shopping districts, and city events. They are concerned about how traffic and urban camping are impacting our city.

BUCK FROM PAGE 8

championing collaborative initiatives that have brought lasting positive impacts has taught me what is needed .to bring widely opposing views to the table to find solutions that benefit our community through intentional and informed decisions. Being a founding member of Littleton’s Transportation Board, I know firsthand the needs we

I’m listening and I’m committed to finding solutions.

If elected, what would be your first priority in office?

Council, staff and members of the public worked hard to create the Envision Littleton Comprehensive Plan and associated plans for making needed improvements. I’m committed to seeing it through. Additionally, Littleton is considering how to address urban camping and homelessness.

It is essential that people who want services get them. Those who want to camp in our parks, leave trash and engage in panhandling need to move on.

Littleton needs to be a safe, walkable, family-friendly city.

What in your view is the greatest single issue facing Littleton and how would you address it?

Like all Front Range communities, Littleton is experiencing growth. If managed well, growth can make a city even better. When I was a teenager, Littleton was not flourishing the way it is today. Our neighborhoods and shopping districts have experienced renewal as people have moved in, refurbished aging homes and patronized businesses. Growth, however, can strain city resources, and we need to ensure our roads, housing stock and city services keep up. We need to preserve what’s wonderful about Littleton while welcoming new people to our community. have for our city in this area. Finally, leading a nonprofit, I know the strategic decisions needed for success and am well-versed in facilitating through Robert’s Rules of Order.

If elected, what would be your first priority in office?

To ensure — and in some cases, create the necessary platforms — that the varying perspectives surrounding each of the major decisions that our city is facing currently is intentionally heard, understood and docu-

FEY FROM PAGE 8

Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) on plans and funding to fix the intersection of Mineral and Santa Fe.

in office?

Celebrate the city’s recent monumental accomplishments such as updating zoning and working with the

What in your view is the greatest single issue facing Littleton and how would you address it?

We need to collect data before

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manager so that staff can manage the administration of those policies.

a proven track record of working well with the other council members, city staff and county and state officials. I have shown I respect others’ ideas and will listen to all opinions. I know how to run public meetings and will ensure that city council members work productively to provide clear direction to the city

If elected, what would be your first priority in office?

Keeping Littleton a great place to live is my top priority. This also means making sure the city has the financial resources to provide the services — Littleton Museum, Bemis Library, and the many community events — that we expect. This is why I support ballot initiative 3A and am

FROM PAGE 8

Gretchen Rydin Occupation: Licensed clinical social worker and licensed addictions counselor

Rydin

Campaign website/ contact information: gretchen4littleton.com

Why do you want to serve on city council?

In recent months, I’ve felt the events of an imploding world.

Fires. Riots and protests. COVID deaths and full ICU beds. These colossal problems feel insurmountable. Yet, serving on city council is something I can do to make a positive change in my tiny corner of the world. On city council, I can work to improve the quality of life for all people in Littleton. Here we have the opportunity to fix roads, support our small businesses and enhance our main street, parks, trails, museum and library. Here we can address inequity, foster inclusion and work toward environmental sustainability.

What would you say are your most important qualifications for the office you’re seeking?

I am an exceptionally good listener. I will use my training as a licensed therapist to listen to citizens as means to good governance. Every voice should

be heard and every voice should count. I am a strong collaborator. As a social worker — and in a previous life as a project manager — I know how to build and maintain relationships and work with multiple systems to get results. These skills are key to working with other council members and with our important regional partners, such as Littleton Public Schools, South Suburban Parks and Recreation and Arapahoe and Jefferson County.

If elected, what would be your first priority in office?

I will address two human issues: (One is) homelessness.

We must find real solutions to this issue, not just declare that “those people” don’t belong here. Homelessness is a problem for Littleton businesses and is especially damaging for schoolchildren; I will work with LPS to support its homeless families.

I will also focus on housing options so that younger families can afford to move into Littleton.

(The other is) Afghan refugees.

I will support funding for the Littleton Immigrant Resource Center at Bemis Library so that our community will be prepared to support those who have given so much for us.

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What in your view is the greatest single issue facing Littleton and how would you address it?

Our single greatest issue is the reality that unless we make intentional decisions to wisely and faithfully address our current financial and

infrastructure situation as soon as possible, the Littleton that we all love and enjoy is on an unsustainable path.

Our citizens’ unencumbered mobility, safety and hometown enjoyment will be noticeably diminished in the very near future without drastic change. If elected, I will champion that necessary change through the reduction of bloated expenses and increasing revenue through means that do not place the burden on our citizens’ shoulders but plan wisely and hopefully for the future.

jumping into problem-solving. An example is the Tri-Cities Homelessness Policy Group. An assumption might have been that we first needed money. Instead, we gathered data and were surprised to find that many individuals are veterans and grew up in Littleton. Families have kids in Littleton schools. Services such as the

Veterans Administration and federal food programs don’t cost the cities but are often hard to connect with. So we created a center to connect people with existing services. This data-planaction process can get us through our complex issues such as traffic management, development and budget management.

hopeful a majority of the voters will also support it. Ensuring the financial sustainability of the city will also require thoughtful and innovative land-use decisions to ensure entrepreneurs will want to bring their businesses — and sales tax revenue — to Littleton.

Comprehensive Plan when I was on city council, but there is more work to be done. Had long-term planning been a priority 15 to 20 years ago, we may not have (these) current financial troubles. The future definitely holds more traffic issues, so it is important to start planning how to meet those traffic needs along Santa Fe and Broadway in particular. I look forward to working with CDOT and RTD to develop plans to address future transportation needs starting now.

mented. We as leaders cannot make informed decisions on critical issues that affect the city we all call home without first taking the time needed to consider every side to the issue and consider the available solutions.

What in your view is the greatest single issue facing Littleton and how would you address it?

Better planning. We took a big step in the right direction by updating the

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DRISCOLL FROM PAGE 8

in the end, we all see what’s best for Littleton. My job is to listen, and take that information back to staff and get it resolved.

What would you say are your most important qualifications for the office you’re seeking?

The fact that I’ve served on council for four years. I consider myself a

BARR FROM PAGE 8

Littleton the best city in Colorado.

If re-elected, what would be your first priority in office?

Continue the work of the Unified Land Use Code. This is a

RYDIN FROM PAGE 9

What in your view is the greatest single issue facing Littleton and how would you address it?

Littleton’s roads and many of its city-owned buildings are crumbling due to years of deferred maintenance.

Traffic has grown increasingly worse (90,000 cars per day at Mineral and Santa Fe,

leader, and when faced with a challenge I get my hands dirty and get results. I am a good listener, and quick to respond to emails, texts or phone calls. I value the hard work staff puts in every day to make Littleton the best city in Colorado.

developers can rely on. We also need to tighten up the rules around short term rentals and accessory dwelling units. I will also push for conversation around Geneva Village, so our neighbors and residents understand where the city and council stand.

If re-elected, what would be your first priority in office?

Continue the work of the Unified Land Use Code. This is a living breathing document. We know it’s not perfect, but we have a great document that homeowners, builders and

What in your view is the greatest single issue facing Littleton and how would you address it?

For the city, it’s the Capital Fund Project. If the citizens expect more from the city then we need to pass 3A. It will be the biggest game-changer

since Elway did a helicopter against Green Bay in the Super Bowl. For District 1, I am eager to have our roads and medians repaired. When you enter the city along the four main corridors I want Littleton to be noticeably different than our neighbors with beautiful medians and smooth roads. It’s great for the neighbors, but also for businesses looking at Littleton as a possible location for their company. The question we all should be asking is how do we rebuild downtown that addresses parking, traffic and walkability.

living breathing document. We know it’s not perfect, but we have a great document that homeowners, builders and developers can rely on. We also need to tighten up the rules around short term rentals and accessory dwelling units. I will also push for conversation around Geneva Village, so our neighbors and residents understand where the city and council stand.

What in your view is the greatest single issue facing Littleton and how would you address it?

For the city, it’s the Capital Fund Project. If the citizens expect more from the city then we need to pass 3A. It will be the biggest game-changer since Elway did a helicopter against Green Bay in the Super Bowl.

For District 1, I am eager to have our roads and medians repaired.

When you enter the city along the four main corridors I want Littleton to be noticeably different than our neighbors with beautiful medians and smooth roads.

It’s great for the neighbors, but also for businesses looking at Littleton as a possible location for their company. The question we all should be asking is how do we rebuild downtown that addresses parking, traffic and walkability.

which was built for 20,000 per day), while Littleton’s roads rank in the bottom 25 percent of all towns in Colorado, posing a severe safety risk for motorists, pedestrians, and bicyclists alike.

City employees and citizens also deserve to have safe public buildings. I will ensure that the city can access federal grant dollars to rebuild Littleton’s roads and fortify its buildings with ADA- and eco-friendly standards.

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on the Ensor property. Along with these are the Colorado Department of Transportation’s study on south Santa Fe. I would encourage a great amount of cooperation between stakeholders to get a large comprehensive plan together that covers all these elements of this large area. If done well this could become a great area of Littleton.

What in your view is the greatest single issue

facing Littleton and how would you address it?

The current greatest issue is sales tax.

How would I fix it? I’m on a citizens committee to get ballot issue 3A passed. The greatest single issue is traffic. How would I address it? This is part of my first priority issue, the intersection of south Santa Fe and Mineral. Littleton has an intermediate plan costing about $9 million, and an expensive plan to cure the problem costing $90 million. I would encourage Littleton to proceed with the intermediate plan along with a large amount of coordination with the stakeholders of the other developments I’ve mentioned.

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Man shares story of fight against atrial fibrillation Fatigue, rapid heart rate can be symptoms of a serious condition

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Zach Ward, of Castle Pines, was diagnosed with AFib three years ago. Since then, he has had surgery and taken steps to keep his heart beating at a normal rate.

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For many years, Zach Ward thought his racing heartbeat was because he had too much coffee, exercised too much or got up too fast. In reality, he was suffering from a condition many Americans have without ever knowing — atrial fibrillation, or AFib. It was not until three years ago when Ward stood up, passed out and hit his head on a dresser that he was officially diagnosed. Had he not been taken to the hospital to look at his head injury, Ward said, he does not know if he would have ever found out about the heart condition.

The ER doctor sent Ward to the hospital, who then sent him to a cardiologist for treatment of a condition 47-year-old Ward is suspected have having for more than 20 years.

“I remember standing up and just could not get enough oxygen,” said Ward, a Castle Pines resident.

“I just fell over and completely passed out. Until that day, I had no idea how common AFib really is and how often it never gets treated.”

Atrial fibrillation is an irregular and often rapid heart rate that can increase a person’s risk of strokes, heart failure and other heart-related complications. During atrial fibrillation, the heart’s two upper chambers beat chaotically and irregularly.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in the U.S. there are more than 454,000 hospitalizations a year with AFib being the primary diagnosis.

AFib is the contributing factor to more than 158,000 deaths per year.

Because AFib symptoms can be subtle, or rationalized as Ward did, they are often ignored. Symptoms of AFib include irregular heartbeat, heart palpitations (rapid, fluttering, or pounding), lightheadedness, extreme fatigue, shortness of breath and chest pain.

HealthOne physician Dr. Charles Fuenzalida, a cardiac electrophysiologist with The Medical Center of Aurora, said that, like Ward, many people just do not realize the variety of symptoms they are experiencing is due to a serious heart condition.

With September being AFib Awareness Month, Ward said it is important for people to realize how something that seems like a minor symptom that can be blamed on coffee or fatigue can be something serious.

“I would get out of breath walking up a flight of stairs and think it was because I was out of shape,” Ward said. “Had I not hit that dresser, I would have never bothered to go to a doctor about it.”

In treating Ward, Fuenzalida said it has taken several steps over three years to get his heart in a place

AFIB RISK FACTORS The risk for AFib increases with age.

High blood pressure, the risk for which also increases with advancing age, accounts for about 1 in 5 cases of AFib. Risk factors for AFib include: Advancing age High blood pressure Obesity European ancestry Diabetes Heart failure Ischemic heart disease Hyperthyroidism Chronic kidney disease Moderate to heavy alcohol use Smoking Enlargement of the chambers on the left side of the heart Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention where he can return to biking and regular exercise.

At first, Ward started taking blood pressure medications and blood thinners. On two occasions, Ward went through a cardioversion procedure.

Cardioversion is a procedure used to return an abnormal heartbeat to a normal rhythm.

The problem, Ward said, was that the procedure costs $10,000 every time it must be done, and it is not permanent. Ward went through cardioversion twice.

In treating patients with AFib, Fuenzalida said, one of the biggest concerns is stroke. When a person has AFib, blood can pool in the heart’s upper chambers and form blood clots that can break off and travel to the brain.

When medicine and the cardioversion treatments were not working to stabilize his heart, Fuenzalida recommended Ward go through a different procedure called ablation.

Ablation uses small burns or freezes to cause some scarring on the inside of the heart to help break up the electrical signals that cause irregular heartbeats. This procedure allows the heart to return to a normal rhythm.

After having a friend die from AFib, Ward agreed to have the surgery done in the spring of this year. With about a dozen doctors and nurses in the room, Ward said, he was impressed with the technology used to conduct the procedure, with the doctor going through a vein, starting in the thigh, through the lungs and into the heart. The procedure took about six hours altogether.

Now, Ward said he is feeling the difference, and has gotten back to regular exercise and biking without being as worried.

Technology is also helping Ward stay vigilant. Some of the most popular smartwatches on the market can monitor a person’s heart rate. Ward said he can constantly monitor his heart rate.

Fuenzalida said he believes smartwatch technology is a gamechanger in identifying and diagnosing AFib. Fuenzalida said each year more patients are being referred to heart specialists based on smartwatch data.

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Collaboration is key to your most valuable players

s part two of the series on “Retaining Top Talent,” and following up on last week’s column on connection, today we will visit the role that collaboration plays in keeping top talent. Some of the most productive meetings WINNING I have ever been a part of included WORDS collaboration.

Whether it was just two of us or several people in the room, harnessing the power of collaboration always yielded the greatest results.

Think of the world we live in for Michael Norton a moment. We are social beings communicating and sharing information through social media. Although there are those of us who prefer to work alone, the lone wolf mentality has slowly become a thing of the past. We now recognize and understand the value in collaborating with those around us, especially those who are a bit smarter and have additional insights to offer.

One of the key challenges that has plagued organizations of all

sizes is that of operating in silos, where departments, and individuals work independently with minimal communication. This is a clear recipe for disaster and yet it is still happening today. The frustrating thing for most companies is that this doesn’t need to happen. Even in the age of the remote workforce, managing and motivating the remote worker, and communicating remotely, it has never been easier to collaborate.

Shared information inspires shared thinking. And shared thinking is the foundation of productive collaboration. As one of my colleagues reminded me recently, we may not always agree, but if there is an understanding that there are no bad ideas, only better ones, we can increase our chances of coming up with new and better solutions or approaches to solving problems.

Collaboration goes a long way to ending the blame game. Instead, we lock arms as we collectively determine the best path forward.

Everyone today is looking for an advantage. No one wants to start a new job and feel like they have a huge learning curve, enduring weeks and months of feeling inadequate until they learn the products, processes,

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Warning about woke ideology The “awokening” of America should be a stark warning to all who care about this country and its future. Much of today’s woke ideology has roots emanating from universities where Marx’s professors are prolific. Woke teaching is only meant to self-satisfy a small percentage of the diverse people who live in this country. The ones who see color and racism in everything including themselves and want to force their beliefs onto everyone else; or cancel them.

Your children are not being taught life skills anymore but are being exposed to more and more racism and self and American hatred. CRT is divisive and racist at its core. It divides people into groups based on skin color, which is the definition of racism.

Unfortunately CRT is only one of the radical progressive topics being spewed into our population.

Gender bending, the 1619 Project and many more unhealthy and misleading topics are becoming more common and need to be shut down by the moral majority before it is too late.

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and systems of their new company.

Job seekers are looking for organizations and teammates who will help expedite their learning and accelerate their success.

Think of it the same way that we see the Most Valuable Player awards given out in professional sports. Whoever receives that award will first recognize their teammates and their coaching staff and typically never take any of the credit themselves. They understand what NFL Hall of Famer Peyton Manning meant when he said, “The most valuable player is the player that makes the most players valuable.” Just imagine how awesome our companies, teams, and newly hired teammates could be if we all aspired to help one another to achieve the goals and objectives of the organization while helping to meet and exceed our personal aspirations.

Recently we hosted a leadership focus group. It was a very strong group of business owners and top executives. It was a 90-minute discussion on the current thinking around leadership training and the gaps in leadership development for today’s leader and the future leaders of tomorrow. We also invited

some students to participate. One student was bold enough to share his thoughts and insights. And as I watched the people in the Zoom meeting, many were taking notes as this young man spoke.

Sometimes it becomes so easy to think we have all the answers, and we don’t need anyone else’s input.

It’s also easy to make the wrong assumption that others have all the answers and they do not need insights or input from us. We hope that they will figure it out, leaving them on an island. Our research tells us that the lack of collaboration and support is one of the reasons people leave their position, team, or employer.

Does collaboration happen naturally in your business or on your team? Is there room for improvement when it comes to connecting and collaborating? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@ tramazing.com, and when we can work together to create more valuable players, it really will be a better than good year.

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

We can fight isolation

he COVID pandemic has greatly impacted older Coloradans on many levels, and one area that has been greatly exposed is the social isolation of older adults in communities across Colorado.

Many older LIVING & adults, prior to the pandemic, suffered AGING WELL from social isolation. However, government recommendations to isolate as the pandemic was ramping up compounded the fear of leaving home, and increased the effects of isolation on so Jodi Waterhouse many people.

Isolation makes us sick! Research has proven that prolonged periods of social isolation contribute to the risk in stroke and heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, poor sleep quality and common colds, plus so much more. Isolation also impacts our thinking, function and mood.

This can result in impaired cognitive function, decline in motor function and gait speed, increased depression and increased risk of suicidal thoughts and suicide.

Isolation also increases the risk for early death by nearly 30% and prolonged isolation has been associated with the health risks equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes per day.

Why are older adults at higher risk for social isolation? Some risk factors older adults are more likely to face include living alone, retirement, loss of family/friends, agerelated health problems, mobility and/or hearing impairment or lack of transportation.

How can social isolation be reduced? There are several options that can help address social isolation in older adults.

Many programs are available through universities, high schools and nonprofit organizations that pair older adults, volunteers or students to become phone partners and regularly schedule social conversations to help make new friends and create connections outside of one’s

normal network. Colorado is very fortunate to have many of these types of programs available.

Other options to help combat social isolation include working to change mindset and thinking more positively about isolation. Engaging in lifelong learning opportunities, participating in exercise classes and possibly learning more about the use of mindfulness to help with relaxation techniques are just a few strategies to consider.

Older adults will need to determine which of these suggestions is the best fit and provide the most joy in their daily lives.

With the new delta variant and uncertainty of the direction the pandemic will take, it is important to take care of one’s physical health to help positively impact emotional and mental health during these uncertain times.

Humans thrive when socially connected, and an understanding of how to take care of your physical and mental well-being by becom-

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New mural brings dose of color to Dinosaur Ridge Life-sized ‘geometric sculpture’ also planned

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Morrison’s Dinosaur Ridge has long provided a unique chance to see the footprints left by dinosaurs.

But now, visitors will also get a - fresh perspective of what it might have been like to see dinosaurs walk across the area’s prehistoric landscape.

That perspective will come via a new mural covering two sides of the facility’s ticket booth at its visitor center, which depicts three dinosaurs walking across the mudflats that once characterized the area.

The dinosaurs depicted include a large stegosaurus, the first skeleton of which was discovered at Dinosaur Ridge, and two long-necked apatosaurus. Artist Julia Williams said she was also planning to draw several tracks in the mud flat to reflect the fossilized footprints that can be seen at the site.

Painting the mural has been “a perfect opportunity” for Williams, who goes by the artist name “The Designosaur” and has painted several murals around the Denver area, including a few depicting dinosaurs.

“I’ve always loved dinosaurs since I was a little kid,” said Williams. “I feel quite a connection to them.”

Kristen Kidd, the marketing and communications director for Dinosaur Ridge, said that affinity for dinosaurs made Williams a natural to design a mural for the visitor’s center, which already has several painted stegosaurus figures spread around its exterior.

“Naturally when we learned about her, we were curious about what she might do here,” said Kidd in an

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Going down these social rabbit holes will destroy all the work done for women’s rights and by Martin Luther King and others who fought and died for just causes, not self-feel good causes. We all just witnessed a perfect real world example of what happens when CRT is used to

email. “And her design knocked our socks off.”

Williams, who lives in Superior, said the opportunity was also particularly exciting because she frequently visited Dinosaur Ridge while growing up in Arvada.

“I couldn’t believe it when they called me,” she said.

One of Kidd’s trademarks is super bright colors. The Dinosaur Ridge mural, which has a color scheme consisting of bright purple, red, orange and yellow, is no exception.

“I think it’s super warm and inviting and fun,” she said. “I wanted to bring some sort of color to this area.”

The mural isn’t the only new piece of artwork coming to Dinosaur Ridge.

In a press release announcing the new mural, Williams explained that Golden-based artists Pat Madison and Jim Dickson will also soon be partnering on a new piece for the facility called “Eolambia.”

The release describes that piece as a life-sized geometric sculpture of a plant-eating dinosaur called an eolambia that “will resemble a Rubik’s Cube with its multi-colored design.”

The project will be visible to passing traffic along I-70, with its location and installation date to be announced soon.

Madison created a a small herd of colorful geometric triceratops (done in a similar style to “Eolambria”) last year. It can be seen at the intersection of 56th Avenue and Highway 93, just north of Golden.

Williams said the Friends of Dinosaur Ridge paid for both projects out of its budget, “We love that there are local artists who feature dinosaurs in their work — it just feels like a great fit with our vision of providing a place that not only educates visitors but sparks wonder and imagination,” Williams said.

Dinosaur Ridge is also hoping to on Nov. 4, when Waterhouse will present about the variety of programs and updates available to Coloradans through the MCoA, to include older adults and students teaming up to reduce social isolation through the COAST-IT program and a glimpse of campus activity directed toward ensuring that older Coloradans age well. For additional information about the CU Anschutz Multidisciplinary Center on Aging please visit: medschool.cuanschutz.edu/center-onaging.

For more information, please visit www.MyDougCoSeniorLife.com, email DCSeniorLife@douglas.co.us or call 303-663-7681. fog everyone’s mind. Perhaps Gen. Milley should have been studying “The Art of War” or tactical ground situations instead of worrying about his “whiteness.” Now people are dead. What’s scary is not Mrs. Kafer’s truths, but that we are allowing this warped self-loathing ideology to be taught to our children. Wake up America from your woke stupor.

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Julia Williams paints scales onto a stegosaurus as she continues work on her mural at the Dinosaur Ridge ticket booth on Sept. 8. The stegosaurus is the Colorado state PHOTO BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO dinosaur.

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But the urban route could take a decade to complete

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he final stretch of the walk from Denver Union Station to the Buell Public Media Center on 21st and Arapahoe has become a lot shadier ... in a good way.

More than 30 Shumard oak trees line the sidewalk on 21st Street from Lawrence to Larimer. And although they are currently in above-ground tree boxes (i.e., not there permanently ... yet), they are a small part of what city leaders believe will be an enduring, “transformational” addition to Denver: The 5280 Trail.

A project of the Downtown Denver Partnership (DDP), the 5280 Trail is a 5.280-mile trail that, once complete, will encircle downtown Denver, connecting neighborhoods and landmarks.

When the design process for the trail began in 2019, it drew comparisons to New York City’s High Line.

In an interview with Rocky Mountain PBS, officials with the DDP said the project that most inspired them was the Cultural Trail in Indianapolis.

The 5280 Trail is designed to connect high-traffic neighborhoods like La Alma/Lincoln Park, Capitol Hill and LoDo, to name a few, while also making stops at popular destinations like Union Station, Coors Field and the Colorado state Capitol.

“We’re in desperate need of open space and park space in our city and near our neighborhoods, and this is really meant to provide that space,” said Andrew Iltis, the director of economic development at DDP. “We began to look around the country to see some really great examples of how these types of trails were being integrated into urban environments,” said Tami Door, DDP’s president and CEO (Door is leaving her post in November).

Door cited four goals that implementing the 5280 Trail would meet: “Creating a mosaic of districts, increasing bike mobility, connecting neighborhoods, (and) creating an outdoor downtown.”

“This is a very big vision,” Door added. “This is the type of infrastructure project that will transform our city and the way our neighborhoods and people connect with each other.”

In terms of the size of the project and how it would change the city’s urban landscape, the 5280 Trail, Door said, is “on par” with the 16th Street Mall.

Projects of this size come with a big price tag and a long timeline.

Though the tree boxes on 21st are emblazoned with “Coming Soon!,” Door told Rocky Mountain PBS the goal is to have the trail totally completed in 10 years, adding that certain sections, including the one on 21st Street, will be entirely built out before then.

The proposed path of the 5280 Trail around downtown Denver.

One of the many new oak trees that line the sidewalks on 21st Street near the Buell Public Media Center in downtown PHOTO BY KYLE COOKE Denver.

As for funding, DDP officials said the 5280 Trail will come to fruition through a combination of public and private dollars. Door said that “hundreds of thousands of dollars” from the private sector have already been put forward for early planning and exploratory trips to other cities like Indianapolis.

When it comes to public funds, the DDP is banking on $7 million earmarked for the 5280 Trail in the City of Denver’s $450 million General Obligation bond package.

The package, which also includes about $37 million for purchasing and improving homeless shelters, as well as plans for a new arena at the National Western Center, goes before Denver voters in November.

The 5280 Trail funding is included in Denver’s Question 2C: “Constructing a segment of an urban trail and pedestrian walkway in downtown Denver”.

If passed, that $7 million will go toward building out the 5280 Trail on Acoma Street from 10th Avenue to 12th Avenue. The city has already committed $850,000 to the planning (but not the construction) of the 21st Street segment — which will extend from Benedict Fountain Park to Coors Field — and that will be the first

part of the trail to be developed.

“Here’s the power of that: Once the public starts to see what something really looks like, the private dollars start to come faster and faster,” Door said. “Especially people who have investments in different neighborhoods and they’re excited to bring the trail to their neighborhood.”

Presently, no money has been identified for the actual construction of the 21st Street segment. Denver City Councilman Chris Hinds, who represents District 10, said the segment on 21st is estimated to cost $30 million to complete. If the voters approve the Acoma Street segment’s funding as part of the GO bond package, “the segment will be 100% realized,” Hinds told Rocky Mountain PBS. Door said she isn’t worried about funding.

“We have 100% no concerns that we will get the money,” she said.

“This vision is very powerful. It’s transformational. It supports so many varied aspects of our community: visitors, employees, residents.”

People who live and work on this particular section of 21st are used to these types of transformations: For two months in the summer of 2017, 21st between Larimer and Lawrence closed to traffic and became “The Square on 21st,” another one of DDP’s projects. The Square on 21st was designed to show the potential of the 5280 Trail.

Since then, the same section of 21st was closed to traffic in order to create a pop-up park during the MLB All-Star Game in 2021, and it also hosted this year’s Oktoberfest.

What the 21st Street section of the 5280 Trail will look like is still to be determined. There are currently two options for the trail’s 21st Street segment. The first option is a “trail” design, which would close the street to motorists (excluding emergency

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vehicles) and create a shared trail for cyclists and pedestrians. The second option is called a “shared street” in which cars would be allowed.

Brett Boncore is a senior engineer with the city’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure and the project manager of the 5280 Trail on 21st Street. He told Rocky Mountain PBS that reintroducing a tree canopy to downtown Denver will be a “huge piece” of the 5280 Trail.

And, Boncore added, the 21st Street segment of the 5280 Trail will help inform the design of the remaining parts of the trail.

“Whatever is designed on 21st, we can learn from and apply to the rest of the 5280 Trail,” Boncore said.

But that doesn’t mean the design for the 21st Street section of the trail will extend for all 5.28 miles. Some sections could have the shared street design, while others could have carfree trails, Boncore explained.

“It won’t look the same along the entire route,” added Iltis. “It will definitely relate to the place and that’s really important. That’s important to make it interesting as you move around the trail, but it’s also important to make sure that the community feels that value.”

In La Alma Lincoln Park, for example, the hope is to commission new artwork that fits in with the culture and history of the neighborhood.

“Every place should feel special and have its own distinct identity,” Door said, “but yet still be threaded together with a commonality of what it means to be Denver.”

This story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonprofit public broadcaster providing community stories across Colorado over the air and online.

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Musical Journey to Japan” is scheduled at 2 p.m. on Oct. 14 at Bemis Library, 6014 S. Datura St. in Littleton. Classically trained musician Yoko Hiraoka will perform on SONYA’S the koto (a Japanese SAMPLER 13-stringed zither) and will also share poems and stories.

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Hudson Gardens Sonya Ellingboe “Magic of the Jack O’ Lanterns” will be open Thursdays through Sundays in October at Hudson Gardens, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Designed by Thirteenth Floor, a Denverbased entertainment group, it is planned for all ages to walk through and enjoy.

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Call for clarinetist Colorado Wind Ensemble is holding an open audition for one clarinetist. To be conducted by video, received no later than Nov. 1. Prepare a video no longer than five minutes, with lyrical and technical selections. Share by email, Dropbox or YouTube. The CWE rehearses on Tuesday evenings, 7-9:30 p.m. at the King Center, 855 Lawrence Way, Denver. Parking vouchers are provided.

The CWE season is five regular concerts and one chamber concert. Musicians are paid honoraria at the end of the season. See coloradowindensemble.org/ get-involved/auditions.

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Newman Center Presents Newman Center Presents 2021-22 season tickets are on sale at newmancenterpresents.com or by phone at 303-871-7720. A varied program includes Jazz at Lincoln Center, Kronos Quartet, dance, “Potted Potter,” and more. See newmancenterpresents.com.

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Watercolor workshop Heritage Fine Arts Guild presents a workshop by popular area artist Robert Gray, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 16, at First Presbyterian Church of Littleton, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. Limited to 12 students. Cost: $35, HFAG members; $50, nonmembers. (Membership costs $40). Sign-up forms at heritage-guild.com/membership. Information: Mary kay Jacobus at mkstudios@ comcast.com.

Town Hall “The Winter Wonderettes” and “Plaid Tidings” will play in repertory over the holiday season at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton, where “The Fantasticks” is running through Oct. 17. 303-794ARTS, ext 5; townhallartscenter.org.

New curator Hyonjeong Kim Han is the Denver Art Museum’s new Joseph de Heer Curator of Asian Art, coming from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

She is a specialist in East Asian art history. She will highlight objects from the DAM’s collection, as well as bring in special exhibitions.

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‘Print Renaissance’ opens at Littleton Museum Selection of 18 works includes works from masters of medium

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“Print Renaissance: Mid-century Masters of American Printmaking” opened at the Littleton Museum on Sept. 23 with a low-key “pARTy,” presented by the Friends of the Littleton Library/Museum.

Dan Jacobs, from the University of Denver, led gallery tours to talk about printmaking and this particular group of 18 prints, loaned by the Polly and Mark Addison Collection at the University of Colorado Art Museum in Boulder.

Jacobs reminded visitors about the collaborative nature of printmaking: four people involved, including a

master printer perhaps. Or more — on one Robert Rauschenberg work, there were as many as nine people involved, with six colors, aluminum and a lithograph stone.

There is “excruciating detail,” Jacobs said.

Regarding: How do you know when you are finished? Jacobs offered a Rauschenberg quote: “It’s not what we started out to do, but it’s a good piece.”

Area art lovers had a chance to get acquainted with Rauschenberg’s work at the Museum of Outdoor Arts gallery in Englewood in recent years.

Louise Nevelson’s piece includes foil with a wrinkled surface, while Red Grooms’ whimsical “Ruckus Taxi” is a three-dimensional work, a casting with printed paper surface. Not all prints are framed wall pieces!

Fritz Scholder’s “Hopi Dancers” is a moody work from an edition of

75. His artworks are included in the Denver Art Museum’s collection and appear there frequently. As an indigenous artist, he brings some varied elements to his works.

Viewers may be more accustomed to seeing smaller traditional prints, such as etchings, where the printmaker used a sharp tool to cut an image into a copper plate, which is then inked and run through a press.

Early books were sometimes illustrated with etchings, engravings or woodcuts, but these techniques are not shown in this contemporary collection.

Andy Warhol’s prints in the exhibition are made from photographic portraits — still another approach.

His “Untitled” is an image of a transvestite, Jacobs noted.

There are two works with similar content by Frank Stella — a “Black Stack” and another of the same image in delicate multiple colors, which Jacobs said “blew him away.”

Be sure to take an extra look — “It is said to have 41 colors — a very exacting process,” he added.

Other artists with works included in this most interesting exhibit, displayed in the Littleton Museum’s fresh, light gallery, include major contemporary names: Richard Diebenkorn, Josef Albers, Louise Nevelson, Herbert Bayer, Ronald B. Kitaj, Claes Oldenburg, Jean Charlot, Helen Frankenthaler, Jim Dine and Sam Francis.

This is really a don’t-miss opportunity for area art lovers to experience something different with works by major artists.

The exhibit run through Oct. 16 at the Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton, 303-795-3950, littletongov.org/city-services/citydepartments/museum.

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October 7, 2021

Backcountry Wilderness Area thrives Conservation efforts, community programs make land a benefit

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The more than 8,200 acres of open land known as the Backcountry Wilderness Area (BWA) in Douglas County is a special resource that is being preserved as open, natural space.

In the 1980s, before housing construction reshaped Highlands Ranch, early visionaries wanted to make sure wildlife and grasslands were kept in place. As Mission Viejo worked out a land agreement with Shea Homes, part of the deal was to conserve 13 square miles of land between Castle Pines and Highlands Ranch.

As part of the original agreement, once Shea Homes reached 90% buildout, the land was officially donated to the Highlands Ranch Community Association in 2010.

Mark Giebel, director of the BWA, said the amount of thought that went into protecting this land is “incredible.” As modern-day Highlands Ranch celebrates its 40year anniversary, Geibel said this land is a big piece to celebrate.

“It’s super important to have this kind of land agreement in place, especially as development continues,” Giebel said. “It is going to be clear how important this land deal was in the next few decades.

This property is a gem because of where it is located and its size.”

Sitting on top of one of the many dirt trails in the BWA, grasslands can be seen for miles, serving as a home for animals such as elk, mule deer, bears, mountain lions, eagles, coyotes, porcupines and birds to roam freely without the threat of human-caused destruction.

“This is land that can never be developed,” said Lindsey McKissick, outreach coordinator for the BWA. “It is taken so seriously that on occasion, new levels of protection are even added to the management plan.”

For many years, and to some degree today, McKissick said the BWA feels like a well-kept secret.

Many residents still have no idea about the trail system throughout the property, or that through special planning, the land will continue to thrive thanks to the efforts of a small but dedicated staff. The BWA has seven full-time staff and some dedicated volunteers.

“To this day, so many homeowners have no idea this exists in their big back yard,” McKissick said. “It is really tough to appreciate something you can’t really see or touch.”

To help the community become more educated about BWA, McKissick said a carefully planned effort continues to bring the public into the area to learn about native grasslands, the importance of open space and wildlife in the region.

In 2017, the BWA started host-

Lindsey McKissick, outreach coordinator for the Backcountry Wilderness Area, points to the land covering more than 8,000 acres between Highlands Ranch and Castle PHOTOS BY THELMA GRIMES Pines that is protected from development.

ing summer camps to educate area youths on the importance of the conservation project. In the first year, McKisskick said about 30 kids attended. This year, more than 1,300 kids participated in the camps where they travel the dirt trails, learn in outdoor classrooms and build forts.

BWA also allows hiking, horseback riding and hunting opportunities. For those just wanting to learn more about the land, BWA offers educational tours.

McKissick said through more community outreach, BWA hopes to raise awareness and encourage residents to continue supporting the conservation efforts.

“If every household donated $20 each year, we would have so much extra to go toward fire mitigation and conservation efforts.” McKissick said.

Because the land must be kept as open space, a lot of work goes into protecting it each year. McKissick said fire mitigation is a top priority as the BWA works closely with the South Metro Fire District to prevent a major wildfire.

On a regular basis, South Metro Fire Rescue trains on the trails of the BWA, making sure firefighters know where each trail is located, giving them an advantage if a call comes in reporting smoke.

“This high level of knowledge helps firefighters get to where they need to go without having them just out here running around in the woods,” McKissick said. “They know the trails, the roads and the spots where they need to be through extensive training.”

Einar Jensen, the risk reduction specialist for South Metro Fire, said the BWA has a great program and has done a great job coordinating with fire crews to protect the important piece of land.

Jensen said South Metro Fire works with BWA staff to create an evacuation plan in case the public

At base camp, visitors enjoy time with a variety of animals, including goats that enjoy the attention.

is onsite during a fire.

Fire crews also work with BWA to conduct tree and weed mitigation, along with removing trees surrounding power lines, Jensen said.

For further fire mitigation, McKissick said, BWA has an agreement with a local rancher to allow cattle to graze, keeping weeds and grass cut short.

McKissick said the job of protecting wildlife is taken seriously.

During tours, extra efforts are made to avoid disturbing animals, especially in the spring when mother elk are having baby calves.

To really gain a sense of what kind of wildlife is in the area, BWA has posted water stations throughout the property. There is no natural running water in the area, McKissick said, making these water stations pivotal for the animals.

Over the years, McKissick said, the water stations have provided valuable information about local wildlife, and on occasion, great social-media entertainment such as a video of a baby bear cub that went viral.

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Denver Hospice provides ‘a group hug’ Chaplain Keith Swingle is celebrated for 25 years of service

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Denver Hospice Chaplain Keith Swingle said he attended seminary school because he knew he wanted to serve in ministry in some capacity.

He had a friend who did an internship with hospice care, but Swingle didn’t figure that end-oflife care was for him.

But upon finishing seminary school, Swingle realized he was cut out to be a hospice chaplain.

“It is everything I wanted, in terms of one-on-one — meeting with families on their own turf during a vulnerable and helpful time,” Swingle said, adding it gives him “a chance to make a real difference.”

And more than a quarter of a century later, Swingle is still making a difference in peoples’ lives when they need it the most.

Keith Swingle has been serving the community as a chaplain for The Denver Hospice for PHOTO BY CHRISTY STEADMAN 25 years.

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25 years with Denver Hospice Swingle has been serving people and families as a hospice chaplain for 28 years this October. Twenty-five of those years have been spent with The Denver Hospice.

“His commitment to patients and families goes above and beyond, with how he supports, listens and cares for our patients and their families,” said Melinda Egging, president of the nonprofit provider of hospice and palliative care. “Keith can be counted on for his smile and his sense of humor - yes, sense of humor during hospice care. Finding grace and humor is important as we walk this journey.”

Egging added that Swingle was the chaplain for her family when her mother-in-law was in hospice.

“He was so gracious and kind.

He connected with our family and was a great support,” Egging said. “I know first-hand the important role chaplains like Keith contribute during this important time.”

Swingle, 54, was born and raised in Ohio. He spent 2-1/2 years serving as a hospice chaplain in Ohio before moving to Colorado. He had friends moving to Colorado, and found the job with The Denver Hospice before making the move.

Swingle now lives on Lookout Mountain near Golden. He is

married and raising a 14-year-old. w With The Denver Hospice, Swingle serves the north metro g area out of The Denver Hospice’s f f Westminster location.

The Denver Hospice was estab- h lished in 1978. As a nonprofit, nobody who needs hospice care ‘ will be turned away, Swingle said. s The agency serves the entire i metro area, with its Inpatient i Care Center located at 8299 E. Lowry Blvd. in Denver’s Lowry D c Field neighborhood. f A minister without a church o A chaplain is a “minister without a church,” someone who C e doesn’t represent a specific denomination or particular church, H c Swingle said.

What chaplains do is help people cope with losses, Swingle t said. In addition to the loss of a t w loved one, losses can include a person’s independence, control h and role — or, purpose and mean- s ing of life, Swingle said. b “Sometimes, the immediate family can’t, or doesn’t know how c to, talk about it with their loved i one,” Swingle said. c That’s where a chaplain can t help.

Swingle’s visits to patients run T f the gamut, but the underlying role is to provide a comforting presence. Sometimes, visits are t n a friendly check-in just to see i how the patient doing. Other times, it’s to pray with them. Or, m if needed, Swingle will also help t with arranging memorial services or connecting a person or their loved ones to a rabbi or Catholic priest.

No matter the reason for Swingle’s visit to a particular patient, it’s always a meaningful visit, he said. His goal: to ensure that all hospice patients “feel wellsupported, cared for and that we always have time for them.”

When people are at end-of-life, they need to feel that they have someone to talk to, said LeRoy Baker, administrator of Broomfield Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.

“When people are transitioning, spiritual needs are just as important as physical needs,” Baker added.

Hospice care is a team effort, Swingle said. He works in a team setting with Registered Nurse (RN) case workers, Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA), social workers and others.

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Swingle happened to be there that day, so he geared up in full personal protective equipment to help Abeyta assemble the bed, and they were able to get it put together for the patient.

“He does way more than expected,” Abeyta said.

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with The Denver Hospice. “He’s genuine and caring. That’s comforting for the families, but also for us. It’s very calming to have him here.”

‘He does way more than expected’ During the COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns, Villagio Senior Living — a memory care community in Broomfield — worked with The Denver Hospice to have a dedicated team provide hospice care for its patients.

“They acted as if they were our own in-house staff,” said Carisa Brown, the community’s executive director. “The Denver Hospice has been vital to our success.”

In addition to tending to patients’ needs, Swingle was sometimes called on to support staff who were struggling or otherwise having a hard time coping, Brown said.

But he also helped in ways well beyond the typical roles of a chaplain.

A while back, a patient who was in clinical isolation at Villagio received a new bed. It was a hospital bed, with all the gadgets, said Tia Abeyta, the wellness director for Villagio.

“This was during the period of time (of the pandemic) when only nurses and CNAs were allowed in,” Abeyta said. “So the equipment company couldn’t come in to assemble it.”

‘Our dog approved’ David and Alissa Newman of Lakewood had a large Husky dog named Dazbog when David, who was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in August 2017, started hospice care.

While friendly, the dog was never into cuddling. But, on Swingle’s first home visit with the couple, Dazbog went right up to Swingle and greeted him.

And the next thing you knew, David said, Swingle had a 70-pound dog sitting on his lap.

“That’s how we knew we liked Keith,” Alissa said. “Our dog approved.”

David Newman is a 34-year-old Army veteran. He enlisted in October 2005, and did two tours in Afghanistan. He grew up in the Lakewood area, and upon return from the Army, he decided to study engineering at Colorado State University in Fort Collins.

He and Alissa met at a CrossFit gym while she was also attending CSU. David’s original prognosis was 14 months, “so we’ve had much more time,” Alissa said, adding they take every day one at a time.

David emphasized how fortunate he feels to have Alissa as his wife.

Alissa cared for her husband at home until the recent COVID-19

The Denver Hospice Chaplain Keith Swingle, right, holds the phone up for David Newman, a 34-year-old Army veteran with terminal brain cancer, during a video-chat call PHOTO BY CHRISTY STEADMAN in September with Newman’s wife, Alissa.

restrictions on visitations to care facilities eased.

“It’s been different than getting to see him every day,” she said.

But the two video-chat frequently, and Alissa visits in-person as often as she can, between work and her graduate studies. “Dave and I are fortunate to have support groups.”

However, while grateful for it, with all that support comes something that has been particularly challenging for Alissa — the

management of everyone who has offered to help, she said.

The Denver Hospice treats people like people, not patients, Alissa said. David’s care team relieves her from what she calls the “mental gymnastics” of managing all of her husband’s needs.

“It’s such a resource to have someone to talk with about spiritual stuff, (and) a hospice team taking care of him,” Alissa said.

“It’s like a group hug. I felt, and continue to feel, so supported.”

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Castle Rock teen gets within 25 feet of $1M Kaden Lebsack treasures experience on ‘American Ninja Warrior’

BY THELMA GRIMES TGRIMES@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In a record-breaking season, Castle Rock teen Kaden Lebsack came up just short of earning the $1 million grand prize as he was the last one standing in the 13th season of “American Ninja Warrior.”

Lebsack did win $100,000 for strength and agility.

In the Sept. 13 finale, Lebsack continued to shock viewers as he zoomed through Stages 2 and 3 in his quest to have a shot at Stage 4. Lebsack broke the record of not only being the youngest ever to complete Stage 3 but was also the first rookie to do so.

“Being the only rookie to ever complete Stage 3, I know I wouldn’t be here today if it wasn’t for my coach, John Maul,” Lebsack said. “He has trained me since I was 10 years old. He has put a lot of time and dedication into my training.”

After the Stage 3 competition, Lebsack was the only ninja left standing, earning his opportunity to proceed to Stage 4, where the only thing standing between him and $1 million was a 75-foot rope climb, which he had to do in 30 seconds or less.

With the country watching, Lebsack started the climb quickly, hitting the 30-foot mark, then 40, and then he ran out of steam.

Getting near the 50-foot mark, Lebsack ran out of time, missing becoming a teenage millionaire by just over 25 feet.

After the show, Lebsack said, “I am super happy to complete Stage 3, but I will not be content until I conquer Stage 4. The rope climb was harder than I thought it was going to be.

I really didn’t have a good technique. It will be something I will be working on now.”

In the 13th season of “American Ninja Warrior,” Lebsack, at 15, was the first teenage ninja to ever compete on the final stage.

This was the first season teenagers were allowed to compete alongside adults.

Lebsack outlasted 17 other teenage competitors.

Lebsack breezed through

Kaden Lebsack zoomed through Stages 2 and 3 on his way to the final Stage 4.

the season with ease, showing that the discipline is not about age, but about training. On the finale, Lebsack’s parents Ryan and Brandi said he started wanting to become a ninja when he was 8.

The couple opened a training facility in Castle Rock to allow Lebsack to train full time. Ryan said

his son has remained dedicated to the dream of becoming a Ninja Warrior, training “like an Olympian.”

Lebsack said competing will always be a memorable experience because he was able to compete alongside veteran ninjas whom he has respected for years.

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“It was amazing to get their support and have them cheering me on,” he said.

In looking at the future, Lebsack said he and Stage 4 still have unfinished business, and if the show asks him back, he will return.

“I want to compete in Ninja as long as my body allows,” he said.

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Denver Art Museum’s Martin Building reopens after $150M project Tickets to the renovated north campus are available now

BY MAGGIE DONAHUE DENVERITE

For more than three years, the north side of the Denver Art Museum campus has been closed for renovation.

But soon, just in time for what is now known as the Lanny and Sharon Martin Building’s 50th anniversary, visitors will finally get to see inside the eight-floor structure designed by Gio Ponti, as well as the new Anna and John J. Sie Welcome Center.

The reimagined campus will reopen to the public with a free admission day on Oct. 24. The newly restored Martin Building offers 33,328 square feet of new gallery and public space, educational programming, artist interactions, expanded outdoor spaces, and sweeping views of the city and mountains.

It also features the new Jana & Fred Bartlit Learning and Engagement Center, which offers more than 17,600 square feet of pro-

gramming space, workshop rooms, community galleries and interactive gathering spaces, including activations by artists Frankie Toan and Moe Gram.

The 50,000-square-foot Welcome Center, which connects the Martin Building to the museum’s Frederic C. Hamilton Building to the south, will offer ticketing guest services, programming spaces, an art conservation and technical studies laboratory, and two new dining spaces, including the quick-service Café Gio and the Ponti Restaurant, which features a locally sourced menu by James Beard Award-winning Denver chef Jennifer Jasinski “We are looking forward to being open for creativity, joy and wonder – welcoming our community into new, dynamic spaces this fall, to explore art, world cultures and their own creativity,” museum director Christoph Heinrich said in a press release.

Press materials also say that as part of the Martin Building’s redesign, its galleries have been updated with a commitment to inclusion. Some of those initiatives include highlighting more contemporary and community artists, as well as including bilingual art

A view of construction in 2018 of the Anna and John J. Sie Welcome Center at the Denver Art Museum, with the Lanny and Sharon Martin PHOTO BY MARK HARDEN Building in the background.

labels in both English and Spanish throughout the entire museum campus.

Some of the updated or new collection galleries include the Northwest Coast and Alaska Native galleries, Indigenous Arts of North America galleries, Latin American Art and Art of the Ancient Americas galleries, Asian Art galleries, European Art Before 1800, Textile Art and Fashion and

Photography galleries, and Western American Art galleries.

The first floor of the Martin Building, which once was used primarily as art storage, will operate as the 6,500-square-foot Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Gallery. The space will open with “ReVisión: Art in the Americas,” an exhibition highlighting about 180 works from the DAM’s Latin

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The renovations cost $150 million to build. Denver Art Museum Board Chairman Lanny Martin and his wife Sharon Martin, for whom the Martin Building is named, contributed the first $25 million. Voter-approved Elevate Denver Bonds covered an additional $35.5 million, and the museum helped cover the rest by matching public investment dollars at a three-to-one ratio.

The renovated campus will reopen to the public Oct. 24 with an opening day celebration from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. While it’s free to attend, guests must reserve tickets, which will be available starting Sept. 17. And if you’re a member and you want to check out the campus early, you can attend a Member Preview on Oct. 21, 22 or 23.

You can find more information on museum admission online at denverartmuseum.org.

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Lending library honors victims of Aurora theater shooting Former Columbine High student worked on tribute at 7/20 Memorial

BY BRIAN WILLIE AND KYLE COOKE ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

For more than two decades, Brandon Kellogg has tried to process the trauma caused by gun violence he experienced as a teenager.

In 1999, Kellogg was a freshman at Columbine High School when 12 of his schoolmates and a teacher were shot and killed. Though he survived the shooting, the healing process is ongoing.

Part of that healing has been Kellogg’s work with the 7/20 Memorial Foundation, a nonprofit established after another mass shooting that rocked Colorado and the country as a whole: the Aurora theater shooting on July 20, 2012.

Nine years after the Aurora tragedy, Rocky Mountain PBS spoke with Heather Dearman, the 7/20 Memorial Foundation’s CEO. Dearman’s cousin, Ashley Moser, was wounded in the shooting, and Moser’s daughter was killed.

Dearman’s nonprofit established the 7/20 Memorial, located on East Alameda Parkway adjacent to the Aurora Municipal Center. When we spoke with her in July, she highlighted the memorial’s newest addition: a paper crane little lend-

ing library.

“I come in here feeling really accomplished that we’re paying the love forward that we were meant to pay forward,” she told us.

Dearman worked with Kellogg to build the little library. It houses not only free books for people to take, but also paper cranes that people can fold and leave messages on.

In July, the library wasn’t a permanent part of the memorial.

That changed in September.

Kellogg cemented the lending library into the ground, and the cement carries a special significance.

In the days following the shooting nine years ago, a makeshift memorial was set up across the street from the Century Aurora 16 theater where the shooting occurred. Hundreds of cards, photos, flowers, stuffed animals and other memorial items quickly piled up.

The items were archived by the Aurora History Museum. Eventually the museum needed to clear space from its warehouse (and many of the items began to deteriorate), so they called Dearman to ask for an idea of what to do with all these personal, emotional pieces of history.

“They didn’t want to just throw that stuff in the garbage because it meant so much to people,” Dearman said. She had an idea, though: cremate it.

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of ash, which have been in Dearman’s possession “for years,” she said. She didn’t know what to do with them until Kellogg told her they would have to cement the lending library into the ground.

“I asked him, ‘Is there a way you could put them in the cement so that it could be part of the foundation of this special piece of art?’

And he said yes,” Dearman said.

She continued: “They put that stuff there because they wanted us to feel stronger and they wanted us to feel hope and comfort and love. And it’s just so perfectly fitting that that’s exactly what it is still doing today: it is keeping this post over here strong.”

Rocky Mountain PBS was at the memorial as Dearman and Kellogg mixed the ashes into the cement.

“Now we can tell everybody, ‘Come and visit the garden and your stuff is there,’” Dearman said.

For Kellogg, the project was a way to “reflect on years of pain, and turn it around into love and healing.”

“This was an opportunity to find

Items left at a makeshift memorial near the Aurora theater shooting site in 2012.

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my way,” he added, “to use my voice and use my skills to bring awareness to the reality of the pain that gun violence and the scars that it leaves upon a community.”

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With an independent career spanning decades and playing with some of music’s top performers such as Anita Baker, Whitney Houston and The Temptations, it is no surprise that Gerald Albright was recently recognized with a President’s Lifetime Achievement Award signed by President Biden.

The jazz icon recieved the award for volunteering 30 years of his time to bring the world music.

Albright, a Castle Pines resident, said he is humbled and honored to be recognized with the award from Biden. Albright said he had heard is name was offered up for a Lifetime Achievement Award, but he did not expect it.

“It just surprised me completely,” he said. “I was happy to just make that recommendation list. When I first got word that I had been selected, I was a little hesitant. There are a lot of scams out there. I just felt like maybe it was too good to be true.”

When he got confirmation that it was not a scam, the 64-year-old Albright said: “It was the ultimate for me. I am not in this vocation for awards though. I have always worked to produce the best music I can for the world. Music keeps me young, balanced and it is always therapeutic.”

Albright’s love of music started at the young age of 8. At the beginning, his parents enrolled him in piano classes. Albright said it was clear from the start that piano would not be his path to a musical career.

“After several lessons where I was not prepared and had not practiced,” Albright said, “the teacher talked to my parents about maybe trying something different.”

By the age of 9, Albright found his musical calling through playing the

saxophone.

“From there, I started putting the time in and truly learning my craft,” he said.

Before going to college to major in music, Albright said he played in garage bands and ensembles while working continuously to get better.

After enrolling in the University of Redlands in California, Albright was already a talented saxophone player. However, after seeing Louis Johnson play in concert, he switched to the bass.

A few months after graduating from college, Albright joined jazz pianist/R&B singer Patrice Rushen, who was in the process of forming her own band. Later, when her bassist left in the middle of a tour, Albright replaced him and finished the tour on bass guitar.

As he continued to tour with Rushen, Albright’s reputation grew and his name started circling the industry. Playing both sax and bass, Albright started working in the 1980s with big names such as Anita Baker, Ray Parker Jr., Atlantic Starr, The Temptations, Maurice White and Whitney Houston.

In the late 1980s, Albright launched his solo career in the infancy of what became the smooth jazz format, with “Just Between Us” in 1987. In the 1990s he also fronted a big band for and toured with pop star Phil Collins and did a dual recording with vocal great Will Downing.

Through his own record label and solo career, Albright has seen success, being nominated for eight Grammys over the last 20 years in producing 22 CDs. While proud of his continued success in the industry, Albright said he is particularly proud of his most recent work, “GStream.”

The 2021 work, Albright said, was for his audience to find something positive in a tough time in the world.

“My audience and people around the world during COVID did not have a lot to lean on,” he said. “We put out the ‘G-Stream’ project to put out a message of positivity and a message of hope. It is about bringing therapy through music.”

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them to see some talents they may not have seen. We have one big musical family here.”

In the future, Albright said he will seek partnerships in other communities, including Castle Rock and throughout the rest of Douglas County.

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could have been a different way.

“To ask people to go through some of the things that I had to go through just to get a GI Bill, I don’t think that’s fair,” Smith said.

“We were in bad situations and we needed to do something to get out of those situations.”

But beginning in 2023, millions of Americans may for the first time ever have the choice to attend a community college for free, no strings attached.

Democrats in Congress are currently hashing out the details of an ambitious multi-trillion-dollar budget bill, dubbed the Build Back Better Act, which at press time included a provision for universal tuition-free community college for every American, a cornerstone of President Joe Biden’s economic agenda.

“I’m completely for it,” Smith said of the proposal. “If we’re going to require people who live here in America to contribute to society but they have to go to college to do so, I don’t think that we should be making people pay.”

that allowed her to attend college when she was an undergraduate.

“I often tell my students that was the difference between me sitting in the chair that I sit in today and perhaps being elsewhere in the world,” she said.

Fuglei said Congress’ proposal would be a massive step toward removing the economic barriers of higher education.

Even at a college like ACC, which offers lower-cost annual tuition students can still struggle financially. ACC’s tuition for residents this year was $3,680, but after piling on books, room and board and other expenses, the price for a degree can jump to more than $23,000. For non-residents, it can be up to $31,606. Fuglei said she has known numerous students who have had to drop out, often because they could no longer afford the cost.

“Those are really tough days,” she said. “I have had students for whom the cost of college became too big … and that’s always very heartbreaking for me.”

But the prospects waiting for students on the other side of their two-year degree could mean a world of difference, said Fuglei.

Along with the ability to pay for just two years of education for a bachelor’s degree, as opposed to four, those with an associate degree are often met with more jobs and greater financial stability. “(Students) often leave our school and go straight into industry jobs in the area,” Fuglei said.

“That’s a big impact on an institution, and the idea of expanding that to me is really exciting.”

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Removing barriers At ACC — based in Littleton, with campuses in Parker and Castle Rock — the idea of free community college is exciting for some faculty members.

“I’m a huge fan of the idea,” said Monica Fuglei, chair of the English department at ACC. For Fuglei, it was a scholarship

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Smith, the ACC student, said his time in college is setting him on a path for success.

“I love ACC … I feel like I’m getting a valid, solid education,” he said, adding that free community college could help further remove the stigma that he feels still surrounds two-year education.

“When I was growing up, the focus was on people going to the four-years, CU, CSU or even out of state,” Smith said. “But (community college) can really help steer you where to go and you aren’t in an incredible amount of debt.”

But the road toward free community college remains murky.

‘Devil’s in the details’ Congressional Democrats at press time remained at odds over the final price tag of the Build Back Better Act, which is expected to receive no Republican support.

This means the bill will have to pass through a special process known as reconciliation, which requires nearly all Democrats to vote in favor of it.

A date for when the bill will be brought to a vote has yet to be solidified, although lawmakers are aiming for one within weeks.

Because of this, the final details of the proposal are likely to change, including those regarding free community college.

For Stephanie Fujii, president of ACC, there are many questions

about the proposal that still need answers.

“The challenge, like everything, is the devil’s in the details,” she said. “Just because community college is free doesn’t mean there isn’t a cost that’s incurred. How we’re going to be able to manage that as a state in Colorado is going to be something I look forward to.”

About 61% of ACC’s funding comes from tuition, according to Fujii, who said “that’s a significant portion to be able to come up with.”

The U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, as part of its role in crafting the legislation of the budget bill, has already approved $111 billion to fund free community college beginning in the fiscal year 2023 and lasting for five years until 2028.

But that money alone will not be enough to fully fund colleges.

States will have to make up the difference in order to provide their students with no-cost tuition. In a state like Colorado, that poses some difficulty.

According to Joe Garcia, chancellor for the Colorado Community College System, the federal law currently being drafted is based off national tuition averages, but Colorado’s tuition costs slightly exceed the national average. This means for schools like ACC, ColoSEE COLLEGE, P27

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rado would need to spend more money to subsidize tuition under the current proposal.

Garcia said he and other education leaders from around the country have been in talks with the federal government to find ways to address state budgetary constraints and ensure that the legislation, should it pass, works for everybody.

Despite the hurdles, Garcia said he is committed to championing free community college for all Coloradans.

“We need to change our expectations for what a minimum education should be, and we should be prepared as a society to pay for it,” Garcia said.

Students see opportunity For Littleton high school students debating their future, free community college could open doors.

“It would be great,” said 17-yearold Elmer Julian “EJ” Herra, a senior at Littleton High School.

Herra said he has thought about attending ACC and then transferring to a university to complete a bachelor’s degree. But he fears the full cost of four-year education is too high and is now mulling trade school.

But if ACC should become free as part of Biden and Democrats’ budget proposal, Herra said he would be able to fulfill his ambitions of gaining a bachelor’s degree.

Nate Coine, an 18-year-old senior at Options Secondary Program, said free community college could mean the difference between how much he is burdened by student loan debt.

“I want to have an education, have a career and not be tied down monetarily by debt,” said Coine, who is also planning to transfer after two years at ACC to attain a bachelor’s.

“If (free community college) is a possibility, that would be phenomenal,” he said.

Still, despite wide public support for the proposal, free community college for the coming years is far from a done deal. Acknowledging that they will receive no support from Republican lawmakers, Senate and House Democrats are ral-

Students discuss literary censorship during an English class at Arapahoe Community College on Sept. 27.

lying their own members to vote in favor of the Build Back Better Act. But more conservative Democrats in both chambers have said they will not support it unless the bill’s price tag is heavily reduced, meaning certain provisions, like free community college, could be cut.

Herra, the Littleton High School senior, said if that happens, it would dim students’ educational futures.

“The fact that they gave them hope and now they’re taking the hope away from them is just kind of sad,” he said.

Smith, the ACC student, is hopeful the legislation will pass and that it will support more students like him to pursue degrees, regardless of their situation.

“Everybody should have the same access to education,” he said.

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Lauren DosSantos (4) who plays for the Mountain Vista co-op field hockey team gestures during the Sept. 27 game against Arapahoe. DosSantos attends Rock Canyon PHOTOS BY JIM BENTON high school.

There are changes taking place this season in Colorado girls field hockey.

This has very little to do with the COVID pandemic that curtailed activities last year. The perennial powers like Regis Jesuit in Aurora, Colorado Academy in Lakewood and Cherry Creek in Greenwood Village are still good but other teams are improving, and the balance in the Colorado Field Hockey League is starting to grow.

Teams like Palmer Ridge in Monument, Kent Denver in Cherry Hills Village, Arapahoe in Centennial and Mountain Vista in Highlands Ranch are improving and showing a competitive edge.

“There are other programs starting to step up and it’s just good to see,” said Arapahoe coach Paul Lewis. “We’ve grown leaps and bounds this year. We’ve come up from last year. It’s the coaching level starting to step up and it’s good to see with good competition.”

Arapahoe, the No. 5 ranked team in the CHSAANow.com poll, downed No. 7 co-op Mountain Vista 3-0 in a Sept. 27 game at Shea Stadium in Highlands Ranch.

“A lot of things have gotten a whole lot better during the season,” said Mountain Vista coach Cindy Staab, including “really feeding

Mountain Vista’s Lauren DosSantos (4) tries to get around an Arapahoe player during the Sept. 27 field hockey game at Shea Stadium. Arapahoe won, 3-0.

our attackers, feeding the ball and pushing up. We’ve really struggled defensively to get marked up man on man.

“I believe now you see eight solid teams. We’re all getting there. Colorado Academy and Regis are a lot younger with their programs. They have field hockey in their younger grades. I mean I have 20 new freshmen this year and none of them have played the sport before. We pull from all over with girls learning to work with each other. It’s just not as good in the middle school programs in Douglas County.”

Arapahoe notched its fifth straight series win for over Mountain Vista and the Warriors have not allowed a goal to the Golden Eagles in five games.

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Soccer player is fast on his feet Rock Canyon athlete scores both goals in game against Highlands Ranch

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Rock Canyon senior Flyn Brown (15) scored both goals in the Jaguars’ 2-0 boys soccer PHOTO BY JIM BENTON shutout over Highlands Ranch on Sept. 28 at Shea Stadium.

Flyn Brown is a senior boys soccer player at Rock Canyon High School in Highlands Ranch with quickness and speed.

He used his natural abilities to score both goals and helped the Jaguars defeat Highlands Ranch, 2-0, in a Continental League match on Sept. 28 at Shea Stadium.

“I’m pretty quick and active and that’s an advantage, and speed is a very crucial thing to have in soccer,” said Brown.

Brown’s first goal came 28 minutes into the first half and then he scored again at the 57th-minute mark to seal the win.

“It was a beautiful goal, a nice cross and a bang bang bang,” added Jaguars’ coach Aaron Carpenter when asked about the game’s first

goal. “He’s (Brown) got speed and he came come out with a volley and just buried it.”

Brown picked up his seventh and eighth goals on the season and now has 17 points.

“Our goal is to get a least two goals in the first half,” said Brown. “We got one and that was a very important goal to kind of show we had control of the game. The second goal cut them off. That second goal is always critical.”

Sophomore Aiden Bowman and junior Tatsuya Peralta were each credited with assists on Brown’s goals. Senior goalie Jorge Baca only faced two shots on goal but saved them both to notch the shutout.

“The guys are working hard and we got the 10th win and we’re the first team in the state to get 10 wins,” said Carpenter. “We know there are things we can do better and we are going to continue to work in our development and get better.”

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Aaron Barnes (25) of Highlands Ranch and Rock Canyon’s Owen Barrett (22) battle for a 50-50 ball during action in the Sept. 28 Continental League soccer match at PHOTO BY JIM BENTON Shea Stadium.

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from Sept. 27, improved to 6-0 in the league and 10-1 overall with the win over the Falcons. The Jaguars played Chaparral on Sept. 30.

Highlands Ranch saw its record dip to 4-4-1. The Falcons have not had a record above .500 since the 2013-14 season when the team went 10-5-1, but coach Steven Carels is

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Brynn Dzengelewski, Bella Cote and Rachel Kennedy had goals for the Warriors while Ella Rakowski had three assists. Logan Frey made three saves in the shutout victory.

“Mountain Vista did a great job and their program is growing,” said Lewis. “I lucked out. I came in this year and got to work with some pretty good athletes and was able to

change the mindset of our program.

We brought in a little different culture.

“We tried to change to instill the ability for the players to make changes for themselves. We have changes for all sort of drills and game type plays and the players have to talk through and develop a strategy on how to get themselves better.”

Arapahoe, which faced a challenge against Colorado Academy on Sept. 30, improved to 7-1-2 overall for the season while Mountain Vista slipped to 5-5-1.

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“Rock Canyon is a very good team and we’re young,” said Carels. “We only have four seniors. We’ve had some really good games this season and we’ve beaten some really really top-level quality teams like Fruita Monument, Smoky Hill and Grandview.

“We’re competing in every game.

In this league each game we get challenged and the boys are stepping up. The boys are coming along and having some success.”

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Oil & gas firm slapped with Colo.’s 2nd-largest state fine ever The five members of the commission unanimously agreed, boosting the fine Sept. 21.

“There was persistent disregard for the commission’s authority on multiple occasions,” Commissioner Priya Nanjappa said. “There was a pattern of violations.”

Commissioner John Messner said he “found many of the facts around this hearing to be very disturbing … there were systematic deficiencies.”

KPK operates low-producing oil and gas wells on the Front Range, wells mainly acquired from other companies.

According to DrillingEdge, KPK has 1,250 wells in Weld County, 125 in Adams County, 53 in Arapahoe County and seven in Elbert County, among others. It has a field office in Fort Lupton.

The majority of the wells produce the equivalent of less than a barrel of oil a day, and only five of the company’s wells produce more than 10 barrels a day, according to an analysis by the League of Oil and Gas Impacted Coloradans, or LOGIC, a nonprofit community group.

Some of the violations centered on flow lines, which carry oil, gas and

BY MARK JAFFE THE COLORADO SUN

After concluding that oil and gas operator KP Kauffman Co. had engaged in “a pattern of violations,” fines for the company were boosted to $2 million, the second-largest penalty ever issued by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.

In August, the commission levied a $1.8 million fine on the Denverbased company, known as KPK, for 22 violations at seven sites, but at a recent hearing the COGCC staff argued that the company’s failures were not isolated incidents and that an “aggravating” multiplier should be applied.

The largest fine, $18.25 million, was issued in 2020 to Occidental Petroleum Corp., the state’s largest operator, for a 2017 house explosion in Firestone that killed two people.

Jeremy Ferrin, the commission’s enforcement supervisor, said KPK was “a poster child” for the use of additional enforcement tools such as the multiplier or suspension of operating certificates. “This is a situation where we need to do something.”

water to collection tanks and have been a source of leaks and spills, according to COGCC inspections.

One of the violations was for trucking contaminated soil away from a well site and spreading it on a field behind a company office without a permit.

The notice of alleged violations, referred to in testimony as NOAVs, for the seven sites followed an order in April to shut 87 wells and clean up 29 sites for violations that included fouling farm fields and covering a road with oily waste. Those earlier infractions were not part of the case before the commission this week.

In commission testimony over Zoom, Kevin P. Kauffman, 65, KPK’s founder and CEO, said that the collapse of oil prices and the pandemic had hobbled the company’s ability to operate and deal with compliance issues.

“We have not performed as well as we might have under these difficult situations,” Kaufman said. He also conceded that relations between KPK and the commission staff have deteriorated. “I am truly sorry.”

“We are committed to improving,” Kauffman said. “I hope you will give

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Over the course of the hearing Kauffman and other KPK staff gave a litany of reasons for problems at their sites, including historic contamination that was there when they took over the properties, other oil and gas operators damaging their flowlines, COGCC not getting back to company requests in a timely manner, and landowners not letting the company onto to their property to correct violations.

“It seems that a lot of these situations were somebody else’s problem,” Messner said. “Are you trying to insinuate that the majority of the NOAVs, the spills, these situations are not KPK’s responsibility?”

“Without breaking it down,” Kauffman replied, “it is difficult to answer your question.”

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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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City and County Public Notice A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE ORDINANCE NO. 14 SERIES OF 2021 INTRODUCED BY: MAYOR PRO TEM KERBER AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A BUDGET AND PROVIDING FOR THE APPROPRIATION OF MONEY FOR THE VARIOUS FUNDS, DEPARTMENTS, OFFICES, AND AGENCIES OF THE CITY OF GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO, FOR THE 2022 FISCAL YEAR WHEREAS, pursuant to Article XI of the Charter of the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado, a budget for the various funds, departments, offices, and agencies of the City for the 2022 fiscal year was presented to the City Council; and WHEREAS, Section 11.07 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado, requires that the City Council annually adopt an appropriations ordinance for the ensuing fiscal year; and WHEREAS, a public hearing on said budget was held by the City Council on the 4th day of October, 2021, pursuant to notice in the manner provided for in said Charter; and WHEREAS, after said public hearing, the City Council took said budget under advisement.

NOW THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO, ORDAINS: Section 1. The monies described in the proposed budget for the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado, for the 2022 fiscal year, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, are hereby adopted and appropriated for the funds and for the specific purposes set forth in said budget.

Section 2. That said budget and appropriations, as hereby accepted and adopted, are to be made public record in the office of the City Clerk and is to be open for public inspection during regular business hours. Sufficient copies of this ordinance shall be available for use by the City Council and the public.

INTRODUCED AND APPROVED ON FIRST READING ON THE 4th DAY OF OCTOBER, 2021, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED IN THE LITTLETON INDEPENDENT. /s/ George E. Lantz, Mayor ATTEST: /s/ Susan M. Ortiz, MMC, City Clerk Legal Notice No. 529601 FIRST PUBLICATION: October 7, 2021 LAST PUBLICATION: October 7, 2021 PUBLISH IN: The Littleton Independent Public Notice CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN PROPERTY FOR ANNEXATION KNOWN AS THE DOVE VALLEY V ANNEXATION

CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO RESOLUTION NO. 2021-R-44

ATTEST: Approved as to Form: By: City Clerk or Deputy City Clerk

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO ACCEPTING ANNEXATION PETITIONS, MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS OF FACT, FINDING SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE FOR SUCH PETITIONS, AND SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE DOVE VALLEY V ANNEXATION

By: For City Attorney’s Office

WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Centennial, Colorado has received and examined the filings and Petitions for Annexation requesting the annexation of certain real estate more fully described in said petitions and in Exhibit 1 (“Dove Valley V Annexation”) which exhibit is attached to this Resolution and is incorporated herein by reference (collectively, the “Property”); and

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:

WHEREAS, the Property includes certain properties owned by Avoric Denver Real Estate 2, LLC and the Southeast Metro Stormwater Authority (SEMSWA) and as more particularly described in the Petitions for Annexation; and WHEREAS, said Petitions for Annexation (“Petitions”) have been filed of record with the City Clerk of the City of Centennial, State of Colorado, and WHEREAS, the City Council finds as follows: 1. That the Petitions contains the following: (a) An allegation that the requirements of C.R.S. §§ 31-12-104 and 31-12-105 exist or are met. (b) An allegation that the signers of the Petition, together with owner(s) submitting other valid petitions for annexation to the City, comprise more than fifty percent (50%) of the landowners of the area proposed to be annexed and own more than fifty percent (50%) of the area proposed to be annexed, exclusive of public streets and alleys and any land owned by the City of Centennial. (c) A request that the City of Centennial approve the annexation of the Property. (d) The signature of the landowners that executed the petition. (e) The mailing address of the landowners. (f) The legal description of the Property and a legal description of the specific real property owned by the landowners that executed the petition. (g) The date that the landowners executed the petition. (h) The affidavit of petition circulator(s); stating that the signature of each landowner therein is the signature of the person whose name it purports to be.

2. That four (4) copies of the annexation maps corresponding to the Property have been submitted to the City with the Petitions, and that the annexation maps contain the following information: (a) A written legal description of the boundaries of the Property proposed to be annexed. (b) A map showing the boundary of the Property proposed to be annexed. (c) Within the map, the boundaries and the plat numbers of plots or of lots and blocks. (d) Next to the boundary of the Property proposed to be annexed is drawn the contiguous boundary of the City of Centennial.

3. That no signature on the Petitions is dated more than one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the date of filing of the Petitions for Annexation with the City Clerk of the City of Centennial, State of Colorado.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Centennial, Colorado that: Section 1. That the foregoing recitals and findings are incorporated herein as findings and conclusions of the City Council.

Section 2. That the Petitions for Annexation to the City of Centennial of the Property commonly referred to as the “Dove Valley V Annexation,” which Petitions were officially filed of record with the City Clerk of the City of Centennial on or prior to September 8, 2021, substantially comply with the requirements of C.R.S. § 31-12-107(1).

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to C.R.S. § 31-12-108(2), that the City Council of the City of Centennial will hold a public hearing on Monday, the 1st day of November 2021 at 7:00 PM (or as soon thereafter as the meeting agenda permits) to consider whether the property generally known as the “Dove Valley V Annexation,” and more particularly described in Resolution No. 2021R-44 dated September 20, 2021 (the “Substantial Compliance Resolution”), which property consists of a total of approximately 21.886 acres as more particularly described in a petition for annexation (the “Subject Property”), meets the applicable requirements of Section 30 of Article II of the Colorado Constitution and C.R.S. § 31-12-104 and C.R.S. § 31-12-105, and is eligible for annexation to the City of Centennial. Copies of the Petitions for Annexation concerning the Subject Property and the corresponding annexation map are on file at the City of Centennial City Clerk’s office, 13313 E. Arapahoe Road, Centennial, CO 80112.

Section 3. No election is required under C.R.S. § 31-12-107(2).

All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard. The hearing will be held in the Centennial Civic Center, 13313 E. Arapahoe Road, Centennial, CO 80112 at the above date and time. Further information concerning this matter may be obtained by calling the City of Centennial Community Development Department at 303754-3378. A copy of the Substantial Compliance Resolution is published in full below.

Section 6. Any person may appear at such hearing and present evidence pertaining to the eligibility of the proposed annexation of the Property to the City of Centennial.

/s/ Barbara Setterlind, MMC, City Clerk

Section 4. No additional terms and conditions are to be imposed except as provided in the Petitions for Annexation and in any annexation agreements which may be entered into by and between the City of Centennial and the petitioners, which are not to be considered additional terms and conditions within the meaning of §31-12-112, C.R.S. Section 5. That a public hearing shall be held on Monday, the 1 day of November, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. at the City Council Chambers, 13133 East Arapahoe Road, Centennial, Colorado for the purpose of determining and finding whether the proposed annexation (Dove Valley V Annexation) complies with Section 30 of Article II of the Colorado Constitution and the applicable provisions of C.R.S. §§ 31-12-104 and 31-12-105.

Section 7. This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon adoption.

Adopted by a vote of ___ in favor and ___ against this 20th day of September, 2021.

EXHIBIT 1 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF BOUNDARIES OF AREA TO BE ANNEXED Dove Valley V Annexation Map – Annexation Parcel Description:

Lots 4 Through 6, Block 3, and Lots 1 Through 7, Block 4, Dove Valley V, as recorded at Reception 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.

Legal Notice No. 529575-61132 First Publication: September 30, 2021 Second Publication: October 7, 2021 Third Publication: October 14, 2021 Fourth Publication: October 21, 2021 Fifth Publication: October 28, 2021 Published:Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT for Greenwood Village Notice is hereby given that the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado will make final payment at the City Hall, 6060 South Quebec Street, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111-4591 on the 29th day of October, 2021 to KECI Colorado, Inc. for all work done by said contractor for the project called the Carson Park Pedestrian Bridge Replacement Project, said construction being within the boundaries of the City of Greenwood Village, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, subject to prior satisfactory final inspection and acceptance of said work by the City of Greenwood Village.

Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company, or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, provisions, or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or subcontractors in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done and whose claim therefore has not been paid by the contractor or subcontractors, at any time up to and including time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done, is required to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim to the City Manager, City of Greenwood Village, 6060 South Quebec Street, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111-4591, at or before the time and date hereinabove shown. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement or claim at any time up to and including the time of final settlement will release said City of Greenwood Village, Colorado, its Council, officers, agents and employees of and from any and all liability for such claim.

ATTEST: /s/ Susan Ortiz, City Clerk___

BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO /s/ George E. Lantz, Mayor Legal Notice No. 529598 FIRST PUBLICATION: October 7, 2021 SECOND PUBLICATION: October 14, 2021 PUBLISH IN: The Littleton Independent Public Notice A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE ORDINANCE NO. 15 SERIES OF 2021 INTRODUCED BY: MAYOR PRO TEM KERBER AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE MILL LEVIES OF THE CITY OF GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO FOR THE PURPOSE OF AD VALOREM TAXES IN THE 2021 FISCAL YEAR WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted an ordinance which adopt budgets and provide annual appropriations for the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado, for the 2022 fiscal year; WHEREAS, Section 11.08 of the Home Rule Charter requires that the City Council annually fix the amount of tax levy which shall be assessed upon each dollar of assessed valuation of all taxable property within the corporate limits of the City and that said amount be certified to Arapahoe County; WHEREAS, the following mill levies are required to raise the revenue as specified in said budgets: City of Greenwood Village General Fund Mill Levy 2.932 mills NOW THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO, ORDAINS: Section 1. The mill levy for the ad valorem taxes for the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado for the year 2021 is as follows: General Fund 2.932 mills Section 2. The General Fund mill levy is entirely for general operations of the City.

By: Stephanie Piko, Mayor

Littleton Legals 10.7.21 * 1

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Public Notices Section 3. The City Clerk is directed to certify the mill levies specified in Sections 1 hereof to the Board of County Commissioners of Arapahoe County, Colorado.

Section 4. The City Clerk is directed to prepare a certified copy of this Ordinance and to cause the same to be filed with the Division of Local Government of the State of Colorado.

INTRODUCED AND APPROVED ON FIRST READING ON THE 4th DAY OF OCTOBER, 2021, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED IN THE LITTLETON INDEPENDENT. /s/ George E. Lantz, Mayor ATTEST: /s/ Susan M. Ortiz, MMC, City Clerk

First Publication: September 23, 2021 Last Publication: October 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Metropolitan Districts Public Notice NOTICE OF INDEPENDENT MAIL BALLOT ELECTION SANTA FE PARK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2021 NOTICE is hereby given that an independent mail ballot election will be held by Santa Fe Park Metropolitan District No. 1, in the City of Littleton, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado (the “District”) on Tuesday, November 2, 2021.

Legal Notice No. 529603 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice GREENWOOD VILLAGE NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE On the 4th day of October, 2021, the City Council of the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado, adopted on second reading the following ordinance: A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE ORDINANCE NO. 13 SERIES OF 2021 INTRODUCED BY: COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSTON AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT AND AMEND THE 2020 MODEL TRAFFIC CODE FOR COLORADO MUNICIPALITIES Copies of the aforesaid ordinance are available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk, 6060 South Quebec Street, City of Greenwood Village, Colorado or online at www.greenwoodvillage.com.

Legal Notice No. 529599 FIRST PUBLICATION: October 7, 2021 LAST PUBLICATION: October 7, 2021 PUBLISH IN: The Littleton Independent

This election will be conducted as an independent mail ballot election only. Mail ballots will be mailed to eligible electors between October 11, 2021 and October 18, 2021.

The purpose of the election is to submit to the eligible electors of the District the questions of organizing the District, electing directors, and voting upon certain ballot issues and ballot questions.

DROP-OFF LOCATION AND HOURS: WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Office of the Designated Election Official 2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 2000 Centennial, Colorado 80122 Monday through Friday, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., October 11, 2021 through November 1, 2021, and Tuesday, November 2, 2021 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

The names of persons nominated as Director to serve until May 2022 (two seats to be voted upon): Timothy Lee Westbrook Nathaniel Benjamin Both

Public Notice GREENWOOD VILLAGE NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE On the 4th day of October, 2021, the City Council of the City of Greenwood Village, Colorado, adopted on second reading the following ordinance: A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE ORDINANCE NO. 16 SERIES OF 2021 INTRODUCED BY: COUNCILMEMBER HILTON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 11-5-70 OF THE GREENWOOD VILLAGE MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH A SPEED LIMIT ON TRAILS, PATHS AND SIDEWALKS Copies of the aforesaid ordinance are available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk, 6060 South Quebec Street, City of Greenwood Village, Colorado or online at www.greenwoodvillage.com.

Legal Notice No. 529600 FIRST PUBLICATION: October 7, 2021 LAST PUBLICATION: October 7, 2021 PUBLISH IN: The Littleton Independent 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 names of persons nominated as Director to serve until May 2023 (three seats to be voted upon): Wendy T. Cogdal Lillian S. Cogdal Dillon R. Cogdal Ballot Issues to be voted upon: Ballot Issue A (Operations, Administration and Maintenance Mill Levy – Ad Valorem Taxes) Ballot Issue B (Capital Costs – Ad Valorem Taxes) Ballot Issue C (Operations, Administration and Maintenance – Fees) Ballot Issue D (Capital Costs – Fees) Ballot Issue E (Multiple Fiscal Year Intergovernmental Agreement Mill Levy Question) Ballot Issue F (Regional Improvements) Ballot Issue G (Multiple Fiscal Year Private Agreement Mill Levy Question) Ballot Issue H (De-TABOR) Ballot Issue I (In-District Special Assessment Debt) Ballot Issue J(Street Improvements) Ballot Issue K (Parks and Recreation) Ballot Issue L (Water) Ballot Issue M (Sanitation/Storm Sewer) Ballot Issue N (Transportation) Ballot Issue O (Mosquito Control) Ballot Issue P (Safety Protection) Ballot Issue Q (Fire Protection) Ballot Issue R (Television Relay and Translation) Ballot Issue S (Security) Ballot Issue T (Operations and Maintenance Debt) Ballot Issue U (Refunding Debt) Ballot Issue V (District Intergovernmenta Agreements as Debt) Ballot Issue W (District Private Agreements as Debt) Ballot Issue X (Mortgage) Ballot Issue Y (Multiple Fiscal Year Intergovernmental Agreement) Ballot Issue Z (Multiple Fiscal Year Private Agreement) Ballot Questions to be voted upon:

*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.

The estimated operating mill levy for the first year following organization is 42.000 mills.

/s/ Wendy J. Shea-Tamag Deputy City Clerk

The estimated debt service mill levy for the first year following organization is 48.000 mills.

Legal Notice No. 529557

The estimated fiscal year spending for the first

Greenwood Village Public Notice

City of Greenwood Village Notice of Unclaimed Funds

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 4-10-120 of the Greenwood Village Municipal Code, the following funds have remained unclaimed.

AMOUNT $30.50 $500.00 $500.00 $500.00

CHECK DATE 01/28/2021 02/04/2021 02/11/2021 02/11/2021

The boundaries of the proposed District are approximately 36 acres of vacant land generally located west of South Santa Fe Drive, north of C-470, south of West Mineral Avenue and east of South Platte Canyon Road.

By:/s/ Ashley B. Frisbie Designated Election Official Legal Notice No.529585 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF INDEPENDENT MAIL BALLOT ELECTION SANTA FE PARK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2021 NOTICE is hereby given that an independent mail ballot election will be held by Santa Fe Park Metropolitan District No. 3, in the City of Littleton, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado (the “District”) on Tuesday, November 2, 2021.

This election will be conducted as an independent mail ballot election only. Mail ballots will be mailed to eligible electors between October 11, 2021 and October 18, 2021.

The purpose of the election is to submit to the eligible electors of the District the questions of organizing the District, electing directors, and voting upon certain ballot issues and ballot questions.

DROP-OFF LOCATION AND HOURS: WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Office of the Designated Election Official 2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 2000 Centennial, Colorado 80122 Monday through Friday, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., October 11, 2021 through November 1, 2021, and Tuesday, November 2, 2021 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

The names of persons nominated as Director to serve until May 2022 (two seats to be voted upon): Timothy Lee Westbrook Nathaniel Benjamin Both

Ballot Question AA (Organize District) Ballot Question BB (Term Limit Elimination) Ballot Question CC (Transportation Authorization)

NAME Cohan, Hank or Rose, Liesl Goldman, Natalie or Stephen Goldman, Natalie or Stephen Piro, Daniel or Pamela

year following organization is $41,000,000.

REASON Rec Reimbursement Rec Reimbursement Rec Reimbursement Rec Reimbursement

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN pursuant to the above Government Code Sections that said funds will become the property of the City of Greenwood Village within thirty (30) days of the publication of this notice, or November 5, 2021.

All written claims may be directed to: City of Greenwood Village, Attn: Kathy Wells, Accountant 6060 S. Quebec St., Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Legal Notice No. 529602 \ First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 7, 2021 \ Publisher: Littleton Independent

The names of persons nominated as Director to serve until May 2023 (three seats to be voted upon): Lillian S. Cogdal Wendy T. Cogdal Dillon R. Cogdal Ballot Issues to be voted upon: Ballot Issue A (Operations, Administration and Maintenance Mill Levy – Ad Valorem Taxes) Ballot Issue B (Capital Costs – Ad Valorem Taxes) Ballot Issue C (Operations, Administration and Maintenance – Fees) Ballot Issue D (Capital Costs – Fees) Ballot Issue E (Multiple Fiscal Year Intergovernmental Agreement Mill Levy Question) Ballot Issue F (Regional Improvements) Ballot Issue G (Multiple Fiscal Year Private Agreement Mill Levy Question) Ballot Issue H (De-TABOR) Ballot Issue I (In-District Special Assessment Debt) Ballot Issue J(Street Improvements) Ballot Issue K (Parks and Recreation) Ballot Issue L (Water) Ballot Issue M (Sanitation/Storm Sewer) Ballot Issue N (Transportation) Ballot Issue O (Mosquito Control) Ballot Issue P (Safety Protection) Ballot Issue Q (Fire Protection) Ballot Issue R (Television Relay and Translation) Ballot Issue S (Security) Ballot Issue T (Operations and Maintenance Debt) Ballot Issue U (Refunding Debt) Ballot Issue V (District Intergovernmental Agreements as Debt) Ballot Issue W (District Private Agreements as Debt) Ballot Issue X (Mortgage) Ballot Issue Y (Multiple Fiscal Year Intergovernmental Agreement) Ballot Issue Z (Multiple Fiscal Year Private Agreement) Ballot Questions to be voted upon: Ballot Question AA (Organize District) Ballot Question BB (Term Limit Elimination) Ballot Question CC (Transportation Authorization)

NO. 4 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2021

proposed District.

NOTICE is hereby given that an independent mail ballot election will be held by Santa Fe Park Metropolitan District No. 4, in the City of Littleton, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado (the “District”) on Tuesday, November 2, 2021.

This election will be conducted as an independent mail ballot election only. Mail ballots will be mailed to eligible electors between October 11, 2021 and October 18, 2021.

The purpose of the election is to submit to the eligible electors of the District the questions of organizing the District, electing directors, and voting upon certain ballot issues and ballot questions.

DROP-OFF LOCATION AND HOURS:

At said election, the eligible electors of the District shall vote for Directors to serve the following terms of office on the Board of Directors of the District.

The names of the persons nominated for Director to serve until the next regular election following organization are: Kevin Kelley James Pollock The names of the persons nominated for Director to serve until the second regular election following organization are: Arthur R. L. Belz Joanna Bartnik Megan Turner At said election, the electors of the District shall vote for the following Ballot Issues and Ballot Questions certified by the proposed District:

WHITE BEAR ANKELETANAKA & WALDRON Office of the Designated Election Official 2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 2000 Centennial, Colorado 80122 Monday through Friday, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., October 11, 2021 through November 1, 2021, and Tuesday, November 2, 2021 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

The names of persons nominated as Director to serve until May 2022 (two seats to be voted upon): Nathaniel Benjamin Both Timothy Lee Westbrook The names of persons nominated as Director to serve until May 2023 (three seats to be voted upon): Wendy T. Cogdal Lillian S. Cogdal Dillon R. Cogdal Ballot Issues to be voted upon: Ballot Issue A (Operations, Administration and Maintenance Mill Levy – Ad Valorem Taxes) Ballot Issue B (Capital Costs – Ad Valorem Taxes) Ballot Issue C (Operations, Administration and Maintenance – Fees) Ballot Issue D (Capital Costs – Fees) Ballot Issue E (Multiple Fiscal Year Intergovernmental Agreement Mill Levy Question) Ballot Issue F (Regional Improvements) Ballot Issue G (Multiple Fiscal Year Private Agreement Mill Levy Question) Ballot Issue H (De-TABOR) Ballot Issue I (In-District Special Assessment Debt) Ballot Issue J(Street Improvements) Ballot Issue K (Parks and Recreation) Ballot Issue L (Water) Ballot Issue M (Sanitation/Storm Sewer) Ballot Issue N (Transportation) Ballot Issue O (Mosquito Control) Ballot Issue P (Safety Protection) Ballot Issue Q (Fire Protection) Ballot Issue R (Television Relay and Translation) Ballot Issue S (Security) Ballot Issue T (Operations and Maintenance Debt) Ballot Issue U (Refunding Debt) Ballot Issue V (District Intergovernmental Agreements as Debt) Ballot Issue W (District Private Agreements as Debt) Ballot Issue X (Mortgage) Ballot Issue Y (Multiple Fiscal Year Intergovernmental Agreement) Ballot Issue Z (Multiple Fiscal Year Private Agreement) Ballot Questions to be voted upon: Ballot Question AA (Organize District) Ballot Question BB (Term Limit Elimination) Ballot Question CC (Transportation Authorization) The estimated operating mill levy for the first year following organization is 42.000 mills.

The estimated debt service mill levy for the first year following organization is 48.000 mills.

The estimated fiscal year spending for the first year following organization is $41,000,000.

The boundaries of the proposed District are approximately 51 acres of vacant land generally located west of South Santa Fe Drive, north of C-470, south of West Mineral Avenue and east of South Platte Canyon Road.

BALLOT ISSUE A (Operations Tax Increase) BALLOT ISSUE B (Operations and Maintenance– Fees) BALLOT ISSUE C (Capital Costs – Ad Valorem Taxes) BALLOT ISSUE D (Regional Tax Levy) BALLOT ISSUE E (Revenue Debt) BALLOT ISSUE F (Special Assessment Debt) BALLOT ISSUE G (Water) BALLOT ISSUE H (Sanitation) BALLOT ISSUE I (Streets) BALLOT ISSUE J (Traffic and Safety) BALLOT ISSUE K (Parks and Recreation) BALLOT ISSUE L (Transportation) BALLOT ISSUE M (Television Relay and Translation) BALLOT ISSUE N (Mosquito Control) BALLOT ISSUE O (Security) BALLOT ISSUE P (Business Recruitment Debt) BALLOT ISSUE Q (Fire Protection) BALLOT ISSUE R (Operations and Maintenance Debt) BALLOT ISSUE S (Refunding) BALLOT ISSUE T (Reimbursement Agreements as Debt) BALLOT ISSUE U (De-TABOR) BALLOT ISSUE V (TABOR Exemption – Non Ad Valorem Taxes) BALLOT ISSUE W (Mortgage) BALLOT ISSUE X (IGA Authorization) BALLOT ISSUE Y (Multi-Fiscal Year IGA) BALLOT ISSUE Z (Regional IGA Authorization) BALLOT ISSUE AA (Master IGA and Private Parties) BALLOT QUESTION BB (Organize District) BALLOT QUESTION CC (Term limits) BALLOT QUESTION DD (Transportation authorization) BALLOT QUESTION EE (Cable Television Service Authorization) Eligible electors may apply for new or replacement mail ballots and return voted mail ballots to the office of the Designated Election Official which is also the ballot drop-off/walk-in voting location: at Spencer Fane LLP, 1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 2000, Denver, Colorado 80203.

The office of the Designated Election Official is open Monday through Friday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. from October 11, 2021 through November 1, 2021 and from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on November 2, 2021 (Election Day).

However, due to the imminent threat caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and to comply with applicable local, state and federal directives and restrictions, as well as any facility- or officespecific protocols that may be in effect, please contact the office of the Designated Election Official at (303) 839-3800 to coordinate a walk in or drop off of ballots.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the estimated operating and debt service mill levies for the first year following the organization of the District is a total of 50.000 mills. The estimated fiscal year spending for the first year following the organization of the District is $75,000 for the District. The proposed District consists of approximately 43 acres of land generally located at the southeast corner of E. Easter Avenue and S. Lima Street, City of Centennial, Arapahoe County, Colorado.

By: /s/ Wendi McLaughlin, Designated Election Official Legal Notice No. 529595-61134 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent and the Centennial Citizen Public Notice NOTICE OF INDEPENDENT MAIL BALLOT ELECTION SANTA FE PARK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2021

By:/s/ Ashley B. Frisbie Designated Election Official Legal Notice No.529584 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

NOTICE is hereby given that an independent mail ballot election will be held by Santa Fe Park Metropolitan District No. 2, in the City of Littleton, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado (the “District”) on Tuesday, November 2, 2021.

The estimated debt service mill levy for the first year following organization is 48.000 mills.

NOTICE OF ORGANIZATIONAL ELECTION (PROPOSED) INOVA AERO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT November 2, 2021

This election will be conducted as an independent mail ballot election only. Mail ballots will be mailed to eligible electors between October 11, 2021 and October 18, 2021.

The estimated fiscal year spending for the first year following organization is $41,000,000.

§1-13.5-510(2), 1-13.5-1105(2)(d), 1-13.5-502 C.R.S.

The boundaries of the proposed District are approximately 26 acres of vacant land generally located west of South Santa Fe Drive, north of C-470, south of West Mineral Avenue and east of South Platte Canyon Road.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the eligible electors of the (proposed) INOVA Aero Metropolitan District of the City Centennial, Arapahoe County, Colorado.

The purpose of the election is to submit to the eligible electors of the District the questions of organizing the District, electing directors, and voting upon certain ballot issues and ballot questions.

The estimated operating mill levy for the first year following organization is 42.000 mills.

By:/s/ Ashley B. Frisbie Designated Election Official Legal Notice No.529586 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF INDEPENDENT MAIL BALLOT ELECTION SANTA FE PARK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an organizational election is to be held on Tuesday, the 2nd day of November, 2021, and that said election shall be conducted by mail ballot. Accordingly, ballots will be distributed by U.S. Mail not earlier than October 11, 2021, and not later than October 18, 2021, to eligible electors of the District entitled to vote in the election. The purpose of the election is to submit to the eligible electors of the proposed District referenced above, the question of organization of the proposed District, election of the initial members of the Board of Directors and the voting upon certain ballot issues and ballot questions concerning taxes, debt, revenue, and spending summarized below, as applied to the

DROP-OFF LOCATION AND HOURS: WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Office of the Designated Election Official 2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 2000 Centennial, Colorado 80122 Monday through Friday, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., October 11, 2021 through November 1, 2021, and Tuesday, November 2, 2021 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

The names of persons nominated as Director to serve until May 2022 (two seats to be voted upon): Timothy Lee Westbrook Nathaniel Benjamin Both

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Public Notices The names of persons nominated as Director to serve until May 2023 (three seats to be voted upon):

The boundaries of the proposed District are approximately 16 acres of vacant land generally located west of South Santa Fe Drive, north of C-470, south of West Mineral Avenue and east of South Platte Canyon Road.

Lillian S. Cogdal Dillon R. Cogdal Wendy T. Cogdal

By:/s/ Ashley B. Frisbie Designated Election Official

Ballot Issues to be voted upon:

Legal Notice No.529587 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Ballot Issue A (Operations, Administration and Maintenance Mill Levy – Ad Valorem Taxes) Ballot Issue B (Capital Costs – Ad Valorem Taxes) Ballot Issue C (Operations, Administration and Maintenance – Fees) Ballot Issue D (Capital Costs – Fees) Ballot Issue E (Multiple Fiscal Year Intergovernmental Agreement Mill Levy Question) Ballot Issue F (Regional Improvements) Ballot Issue G (Multiple Fiscal Year Private Agreement Mill Levy Question) Ballot Issue H (De-TABOR) Ballot Issue I (In-District Special Assessment Debt) Ballot Issue J(Street Improvements) Ballot Issue K (Parks and Recreation) Ballot Issue L (Water) Ballot Issue M (Sanitation/Storm Sewer) Ballot Issue N (Transportation) Ballot Issue O (Mosquito Control) Ballot Issue P (Safety Protection) Ballot Issue Q (Fire Protection) Ballot Issue R (Television Relay and Translation) Ballot Issue S (Security) Ballot Issue T (Operations and Maintenance Debt) Ballot Issue U (Refunding Debt) Ballot Issue V (District Intergovernmental Agreements as Debt) Ballot Issue W (District Private Agreements as Debt) Ballot Issue X (Mortgage) Ballot Issue Y (Multiple Fiscal Year Intergovernmental Agreement) Ballot Issue Z (Multiple Fiscal Year Private Agreement)

Metro Districts Budget Hearings Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the LITTLETON VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3 (the “District”), will hold a meeting on Tuesday, October 12, 2021 at 5:30 P.M., for the purpose of conducting such business as may come before the Board including a public hearing on the 2022 proposed budget (the “Proposed Budget”). This meeting will be held via teleconferencing and can be joined through the directions below: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetupjoin/19%3ameeting_YTVjMDA5M2QtMTY4MS0 0YzE4LWJkNTYtNjVhZTA0NzMzMTU5%40thre ad.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%224aa a468e-93ba-4ee3-ab9f-6a247aa3ade0%22%2c %22Oid%22%3a%2216b1c71c-d483-4feb-89292d72ea1cdf59%22%7d Meeting ID: 262 289 581# Call-in #: 1(720)547-5281 NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a Proposed Budget has been submitted to the District. A copy of the Proposed Budget is on file in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 E. Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111, Colorado, where the same is open for public inspection.

Ballot Questions to be voted upon:

Any interested elector of the District may file any objections to the Proposed Budget at any time prior to final adoption of the Proposed Budget by the Board. This meeting is open to the public and the agenda for any meeting may be obtained by calling (303) 858-1800.

Ballot Question AA (Organize District) Ballot Question BB (Term Limit Elimination) Ballot Question CC (Transportation Authorization) The estimated operating mill levy for the first year following organization is 42.000 mills.

The estimated debt service mill levy for the first year following organization is 48.000 mills.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: LITTLETON VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3 /s/

The estimated fiscal year spending for the first year following organization is $41,000,000.

Legal Notice No. 529565 First Publication: October 7, 2021

District-Wide AV Projects

Last Publication: October 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AMENDED 2021 BUDGET AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the LITTLETON VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1 (the “District”), will hold an electronic meeting on Tuesday, October 12, 2021 at 5:30 P.M., for the purpose of conducting such business as may come before the Board including a public hearing on the 2021 amended budget (the “Amended Budget”) and 2022 proposed budget (the “Proposed Budget”).

This meeting will be held via teleconference and may be joined using the following link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetupjoin/19%3ameeting_YTVjMDA5M2QtMTY4MS0 0YzE4LWJkNTYtNjVhZTA0NzMzMTU5%40thre ad.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%224aa a468e-93ba-4ee3-ab9f-6a247aa3ade0%22%2c %22Oid%22%3a%2216b1c71c-d483-4feb-89292d72ea1cdf59%22%7d Meeting ID: 262 289 581# Call-in #: 1(720)547-5281 NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Amended Budget and Proposed Budget have been submitted to the District. A copy of the Amended Budget and the Proposed Budget are on file in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 E. Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111, Colorado, where the same are open for public inspection.

Any interested elector of the District may file any objections to the Amended Budget and Proposed Budget at any time prior to final adoption of the Amended Budget and Proposed Budget by the Board. This meeting is open to the public and the agenda for any meeting may be obtained by calling (303) 858-1800.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: LITTLETON VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1 /s/ Legal Notice No. 529564 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Bids and Settlements Public Notice OTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT BID PACKAGE #13 Littleton Public Schools Phase I

Notice is hereby given that Littleton Public Schools in the county of Arapahoe will on or about November 2, 2021 pay retainage and make final settlement with MW Golden Constructors for BID PACKAGE #13 Littleton Public Schools Phase I District-Wide AV Projects. 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 November 2, 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 November 2, 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: October 7, 2021.

Legal Notice No. 529583 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 21, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Not consecutive publications

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 16, 2021.

Legal Notice No. 529530 First Publication: September 16, 2021 Last Publication: October 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Summons and Sheriff Sale Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Case No.: 2016CV031864 Division/Ctrm.: 21 Plaintiff(s): SEVILLE TOWNHOME ASSOCIATION, a Colorado nonprofit corporation v.

Defendant(s): JOSEPH BEDENBOUGH; SANDRA BEDENBOUGH; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. as successor in interest to AMERICAN BROKERS CONDUIT; and CYNTHIA D. MARES as the Arapahoe County Public Trustee COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

Public Notice Notice is hereby given that Littleton Public Schools in the county of Arapahoe will on October 19, 2021 pay retainage and make final settlement with Heidrick Concrete Construction for BID PACKAGE #33 CONCRETE AND ASPHALT REPAIRS AT Arapahoe HS, Field ES, Twain ES, Littleton Stadium, Euclid MS, Acoma, Runyon ES and East ES. 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 19, 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 19, 2021. Final Settlement will be made and verified

This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to an Order for Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure dated September 30, 2020, and C.R.S. §§ 38-38-101 to 401, by the Seville Townhome Association, a Colorado nonprofit corporation, the current holder of a lien recorded with the County of Arapahoe Clerk and Recorder on May 29, 2014, at Reception No. D4045432. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Amended and Restated Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Seville Townhome Association, a Colorado nonprofit corporation recorded with the County of Arapahoe Clerk and Recorder on April 6, 2006, in Reception No. B6053473 (“Declaration”). The Declaration and notices as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of the Seville Townhome Association, a Colorado nonprofit corporation - THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS – against the property legally described as follows: Lot 156, Block 1, Mission Viego, Filing No. 1, Resub of Tract G, Block 7, County Of Arapahoe, State Of Colorado Also known by street and number as 16086 East Ithaca Place, Unit D, Aurora, CO 80013.

Littleton Warrants Public Notice

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY OF LITTLETON CHARTER, SECTION 83(J), THE FOLLOWING IS A LISTING OF DISBURSEMENTS OVER $500.00 FOR THE MONTH AUGUST 2021 VENDOR NAME

AMOUNT DESCRIPTION

4IMPRINT 746.74 ADLER CONSULTING, LLC 581.25 ADOBE INC 599.88 ADVANCED NETWORK MANAGEMENT, INC. 6,935.00 AIRS INC 850.00 ALARMSPECIALISTS INC. 10,213.00 ALERUS FINANCIAL NA 1,134.80 ALFRED BENESCH & COMPANY 23,118.83 ALLGOOD, KYLE 1,500.00 ALSCO 944.71 AMAZON.COM 7,189.32 ANKMAR/PACE DOOR SERVICES 1,014.28 ARAPAHOE COUNTY FINANCE DEPARTMENT 47,419.83 ARAPAHOE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE 5,450.00 ASHTON ENGINEERING GROUP LLC 2,502.50 ASSOS GRILL 1,074.25 AV-TECH ELECTRONICS INC 8,668.80 BACKUPIFY 637.50 BAILEY TREE LLC 18,375.00 BAKER & TAYLOR -BOOKS 1,065.30 BANISTER, KYLE 1,400.00 BEST BUY 867.98 BEVEL GARDNER ASSOCIATES 1,050.00 BEVERLY HILLS GLASS 3,150.00 BIG AIR JUMPERS 1,023.00 BIG DADDYS PIZZA 621.25 BISHOP, JACLYN 9,652.50 BLASTER BOUNCER 579.00 BRANDON DODGE 891.48 BUCKEYE INTERNATIONAL, INC 603.62 BUDGET.COM 553.72 BULLSEYE TELECOM INC 2,639.45 CANNON COCHRAN MANAGEMENT SERVICES 1,407.66 CANON FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC 7,791.82 CAREHERE LLC 18,030.95 CARTEGRAPH SYSTEMS INC 6,150.00 CDW GOVERNMENT LLC 25,485.60 CHAIR RENTAL 1,480.00 CIGNA HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 275,464.60 CIRSA 703.59 CITY OF ENGLEWOOD 2,276,628.00 CLEARWATER DIRECT MARKETING SOLUTIONS 18,406.28 CLIFTON LARSON ALLEN 16,041.75 COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF LIBRARIES 1,364.00 COLORADO INTERACTIVE LLC 28,659.86 COLORADO TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION 534.60 CONSERVE-A-WATT LIGHTING INC 3,430.71 CONSOR ENGINEERS, LLC 17,800.25 CPS DISTRIBUTORS 964.57 DELTA DENTAL PLAN OF COLORADO 23,154.41 DENVER INDUSTRIAL SALES & SERVICE 1,348.00 DENVER WATER 42,993.64 DENVER ZOO 1,155.00 DJCA LLC 3,500.00 DLT SOLUTIONS 1,425.00 DORFMAN MUSEUM FIGURES INC 590.00 DOUGLAS COUNTY 800.00 DUKE’S ROOT CONTROL INC 1,540.00 EFFECTV EAST 3,905.00 EMPLOYMENT MATTERS LLC 1,850.00 EVENT PROMOTION SUPPLY 5,511.60 FACILITIES CONTRACTING INC 12,813.46

SUPPLIES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE CAPITAL PROJECTS LEARNING & EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CAPITAL PROJECTS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES UNIFORMS VIDEO EQUIPMENT/SUPPLIES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OPEN SPACE USE TAX COLLECTION PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CATERING CAPITAL PROJECTS SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE LIBRARY COLLECTION MATERIALS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SUPPLIES LEARNING & EDUCATION REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE RENTALS CATERING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RENTALS PARTS & SUPPLIES SUPPLIES LEARNING & EDUCATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES COPIER LEASE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE RENTALS EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PROPERTY & LIABILITY INSURANCE BI-CITY JOINT PLANT ADMIN UNIFORMS AUDIT LEARNING & EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LEARNING & EDUCATION PARTS & SUPPLIES TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROGRAM PARTS & SUPPLIES EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ASPHALT & PAVING MATERIALS UTILITIES SUBSCRIPTIONS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LEARNING & EDUCATION MUSEUM EXHIBIT SUPPLIES LEARNING & EDUCATION SEWER MAINTENANCE & REPAIR ADVERTISING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RENTALS CAPITAL PROJECTS

FAIRE FASTSIGNS FINANCIAL CONSULTING SOLUTIONS GROUP INC. FLATYZ FOX, SAMMA FRANCISCO I. ALDERETE G4S SECURE SOLUTIONS (USA) INC GARRIDO, SARA GOODYEAR COMMERCIAL TIRE & SERVICE CENTER GOURMET FOR GOOD CORPORATION GOVCONNECTION GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION GRANICUS, INC. GRANITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLC GREEN, LATOYA GREENCO LLC GREENLEY ENTERPRISES CORP. GRUVER, MATTHEW L HAALA INDUSTRIES HARRIS SYSTEMS USA INC HAYCO OF COLORADO HENSLEY BATTERY HEWLETT PACKARD HILL PETROLEUM HISTORY COLORADO HOUCHEN BINDERY LTD HUFFINE, LORETTA HYATT HOTELS IMLA INFOR, INC INGRAM LIBRARY SERVICES INTERGROUP ARCHITECTS JAY DEE CLEANING & RESTORATION INC JOHN ELWAY CHEVROLET KENDIG KEAST COLLABORATIVE KENZ & LESLIE DISTRIBUTING KIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE CO LAMB, MICHELLE LANDMARK LINCOLN LEWAN TECHNOLOGY LEXISNEXIS LIBDATA LIGHTING, ACCESSORY & WARNING SYSTEMS LLC LOU’S GLOVES, INC LOWES MANNERINGS, CHRIS MARRIOTT HOTEL MCCI, LLC MCKESSON MEDICAL SURGICAL MEDIA SALAD, INC. MICHAEL BAKER INTERNATIONAL, INC MICHOW COX & MCASKIN LLP MINUTEMAN PRESS MURPHY COMPANY NAPA NETWORK FLEET. INC. NEW PIG CORPORATION NORTONLIFELOCK INC. OCLC OFFICE DEPOT OFFICESCAPES OSHER, KATHLEEN OXFORD RECYCLING INC

691.95 SUPPLIES 2,357.64 MUSEUM EXHIBIT SUPPLIES 6,210.00 924.00 648.50 1,015.00 3,928.20 1,980.00

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SUPPLIES LEARNING & EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

1,974.08 TIRES 533.62 CATERING 140,340.80 SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE 610.00 9,477.51 3,114.88 1,737.95 16,445.79 4,568.93 9,750.00 1,251.50 51,681.41 4,536.00 1,165.41 5,218.20 28,650.93 1,130.00 689.05 2,673.44 7,265.28 715.00 786.52 6,498.10 14,402.83 4,300.00 1,450.69 30,133.68 4,178.10 89,987.72 3,000.00 883.16 2,879.80 1,769.83 1,700.00

DUES & MEMBERSHIPS SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES STORM DRAINAGE MAINTENANCE & REPAIR SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE ANIMAL FEED PARTS & SUPPLIES HARDWARE MAINTENANCE UNLEADED GAS MUSEUM COLLECTIONS SUPPLIES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SPECIAL EVENTS DUES & MEMBERSHIPS SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE LIBRARY COLLECTION MATERIALS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PARTS & SUPPLIES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PARTS & SUPPLIES ASPHALT & PAVING MATERIALS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PARTS & SUPPLIES PRINTER SUPPLIES SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE SOFTWARE MAINTENACE

1,607.00 1,314.00 1,239.88 900.00 2,204.97 20,295.00 2,175.54 2,500.00 33,131.98 7,155.00 891.95 1,698.25 706.62 744.74 1,008.96 2,404.62 1,964.73 1,668.63 9,593.96 732.44 600.00

EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES PARTS & SUPPLIES EQUIPMENT LEARNING & EDUCATION SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CAPITAL PROJECTS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE PARTS & SUPPLIES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SUPPLIES EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SUPPLIES CAPITAL PROJECTS LEARNING & EDUCATION ASPHALT & PAVING MATERIALS

PACIFIC OFFICE AUTOMATION INC. 1,914.57 PARTY LIFE RENTS 946.99 PINNACLE CONSULTING GROUP INC 2,636.25 PITNEY BOWES 1,399.92 PRO CHEM, INC. 1,845.57 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY, LLC 1,995.00 PROSEC INTEGRATION, LLC 5,019.50 RADISSON HOTELS 900.00 REED, MICHAEL 8,800.00 REVENUE RECOVERY GROUP, INC 12,875.00 RG AND ASSOCIATES, LLC. 3,323.50 RIDGECREST PRODUCTS 1,455.00 ROCKY MOUNTAIN BOTTLED WATER 504.23 RYDERS PUBLIC SAFETY 11,851.95 SAUNDERS CONSTRUCTION, INC 51,962.67 SCHAUBS, MICHAEL P 637.50 SFA, LLC 3,332.00 SHAW CONTRACT FLOORING SERVICES 6,832.42 SHUNNESON LAW LLC 4,775.00 SILVA CONSTRUCTION INC 850,893.10 SILVER CROWN LANDSCAPE MATERIALS 904.75 SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOUCE MANAGEMENT 1,494.00 SOUTHWEST AIRLINES 658.90 STANTEC CONSULTING CORPORATION 2,643.25 STATE CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS 1,593.38 SUPERION, LLC (A CENTRALSQUARE COMPANY) 3,825.00 SWARCO AMERICA, INC 7,454.16 SYMMETRY ENERGY SOLUTIONS LLC 4,060.14 TEAM HARDY 1,500.00 TECHRADIUM, INC. 1,460.00 TEXAS JACK INC 687.89 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 1,150.00 THE HOME DEPOT 4,240.98 THE TRANE COMPANY 631.45 THOMSON WEST 538.69 THYSSENKRUPP ELEVATOR 606.90 TOOLE DESIGN GROUP, LLC 901.13 TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROLS INC 3,949.68 U S POSTAL SERVICE 8,500.00 ULINE 817.53 UNITED SITE SERVICES OF COLORADO, INC. 719.35 US BANK 1,735.00 UTILITY NOTIFICATION CENTER OF COLORADO 535.92 VERIZON 8,928.01 VERMEER SALES & SERVICE OF COLORADO 66,790.00 VIA MOBILITY SERVICES 21,260.80 VORTEX COLORADO 1,306.37 WAGNER EQUIPMENT CO 2,206.66 WALSH, SEAN 75,421.75 WARNING LITES INC OF COLORADO 7,841.60 WASTE MANAGEMENT 3,133.99 WAXIE SANITARY SUPPLY 1,232.17 WEEDEN, ANGELA 600.00 WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL LEASING, INC 2,313.71 WESTERN INTERIOR SUPPLY 8,712.00 WOLTERS KLUWER 625.46 WYNDHAM HOTELS 3,293.00 XCEL ENERGY 145,850.40

PRINTER SUPPLIES RENTALS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES POSTAGE & FREIGHT PARTS & SUPPLIES LEARNING & EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LEARNING & EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SEWER MAINTENANCE & REPAIR UNIFORMS SUPPLIES UNIFORMS CAPITAL PROJECTS MUSEUM EXHIBIT SUPPLIES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CAPITAL PROJECTS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CAPITAL PROJECTS SUPPLIES LEARNING & EDUCATION LEARNING & EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SUPPLIES SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES UTILITIES LEARNING & EDUCATION SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES MUSEUM EXHIBIT SUPPLIES TRAFFIC SIGNAL MAINTENANCE PARTS & SUPPLIES SUBSCRIPTIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TRAFFIC SIGNAL MAINTENANCE POSTAGE & FREIGHT SUPPLIES RENTALS COPIER LEASE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TELECOMMUNICATIONS VEHICLES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE RENTALS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RENTALS UTILITIES SUPPLIES MUSEUM EXHIBIT SUPPLIES COPIER LEASE CAPITAL PROJECTS LIBRARY COLLECTION MATERIALS SPECIAL EVENTS UTILITIES

Legal Notice No.: 529593 First Publication: October 7, 2021 * Last Publication: October 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Littleton Legals 10.7.21 * 3

38 The Independent

October 7, 2021

Public Notices The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 10:00 a.m. on December 2, 2021, at 13101 E. Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, telephone 720-874-3845. At the sale, the Sheriff will sell the real property described above, and the improvements thereon, to the highest bidder.

Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.

BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT TIME OF SALE. All telephone inquiries for information should be directed to the office of the undersigned Sheriff at 720-874-3845. The name, address and telephone number of the attorney representing the legal owner of the above-described lien is: Gail R. Gudder, #17820, Moeller Graf, P.C., 385 Inverness Parkway, Englewood, CO 80112, telephone (720) 279-2568.

Date: August 31, 2021 Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Sgt. Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 529514 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: November 4, 2021 Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110 Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO 7325 S. Potomac St. Centennial, CO 80112 Plaintiff: RUNT & BRO, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, v.

Defendants: JTA7 REAL PROPERTIES, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company and SLAWOMIR GOLABEK, an individual.

Consolidated into: Plaintiff: SLAWOMIR GOLABEK IN A DERIVATIVE CAPACITY FOR GT CONSTRUCTION, LLC, v.

Defendants: JTA REAL PROPERTIES, LLC; JTA7 REAL PROPERTIES, LLC; JAREK TADLA; GT APARTMENTS, LLC; and all unknown persons who claim an interest in the subject matter of this action.

Case 2021CV30589 Case 2021CV30431 Division: 15 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF/DEFENDANT SLAWOMIR GOLABEK: Howard O. Bernstein, Atty. No. 24476 Julie A. Lang, Atty. No. 53835 HOWARD O. BERNSTEIN, P.C. 1111 Pearl Street, Suite 203 Boulder, CO 80302 Tel: (303) 494-3321 Fax: (303) 544-5955 e-mail: Howard@bernsteinattorney.com Julie@bernsteinattorney.com SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT(S): ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO CLAIM AN INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint [petition] filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint [petition] may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

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

This is an action for quiet title.

Dated: 09/24/2021 /s/ Howard O. Bernstein, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff(s)/Petitioner(s) (This summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(g), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure. This form should not be used where personal service is desired.) *Rule 12(a), C.R.C.P., allows -35 days for answer or response where service of process is by publication.

Legal Notice No. 529580 First Publication: October 7, 2021.

Last Publication: November 4, 2021 Published in the Littleton Independent Public Notice COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND RIGHT TO CURE AND REDEEM DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case Number: 21CV30535 Plaintiff(s): LEGACY PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC. Defendant(s): LINDA FRISINA; AMERICAN FINANCING CORPORATION; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS A NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN FINANCING CORPORATION; SUE SANDSTROM, ARAPHAOE COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE; AND OCCUPANT(S) On July 12, 2021, the Arapahoe County District Court issued a FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, ORDER OF DECREE OF FORECLOSURE. Original Grantor(s): Linda Frisina

Original Beneficiary: Legacy Park Community Association, Inc. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Legacy Park Community Association, Inc. Date of Lien: May 13, 2020 County of Recording: Arapahoe Recording Date of Lien: May 18, 2020 Recording Reception Number: E0058673 Original Amount: $560.33 Outstanding Amount: $7,854.67 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the provisions of the Legacy Park Community Association, Inc.’s Declaration (“Declaration”) have been violated as follows: Failure to pay common expense assessments as that term is defined in 38-33.3-316 C.R.S., together with all other payments provided for in the Declaration or by Colorado Statute secured by the Assessment Lien.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN: Lot 4, Block 4, PARK VIEW GREENS SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 1 County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado Also known by street and number as: 21473 E. Crestline Dr., Centennial, CO 80015 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Lien described herein, has filed the Court’s FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, ORDER OF DECREE OF FORECLOSURE as provided by law. The lien being foreclosed may not be a first lien.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will, at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on November 18, 2021, at the Offices of the Arapahoe County Sheriff, sell to the highest bidder, 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 Assessment Lien, plus attorney 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. **BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO BRING CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE MINIMUM BID AT TIME OF SALE** The name, bar registration number, address, and telephone number of the attorney is: Richard W. Johnston, Reg. No. 19823, Tobey & Johnston, P.C., 56 Inverness Drive East, Suite 103, Englewood, CO 80112, and telephone number (303) 799-8600.

Date: August 17, 2021 Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 526485 First Publication: September 30, 2021 Last Publication: October 28, 2021 Published in: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110

Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case Number: 2020CV032400 AMENDED COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE

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 DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Court Address: 7325 S Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112 Plaintiff: CHERRY CREEK VISTA FILING NO. 15, BLOCKS 7, 8 AND 9, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. DBA CHERRY CREEK POINTE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, a Colorado non-profit corporation, Defendants: RICHARD A. BERLINGER; JILL A. BERLINGER; JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.; HOLLINS SCHECHTER APC; SUE SANDSTROM AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE AND TREASURER FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION. Attorneys for Plaintiff: WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP Wendy E. Weigler, #28419 Address: 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 Phone Number: (303) 863-1870 Case Number: 2021CV031224 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: RICHARD A. BERLINGER AND JILL A. BERLINGER You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer within 35 days after the service of this Summons upon you. Service of the summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

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

This is an action for judicial foreclosure of an assessment lien in and to the real property situated in Arapahoe County, Colorado, more particularly described on Exhibit A, attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof.

Dated: August 27, 2021.

Plaintiff: AURORA HIGHLANDS SUBDIVISION HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado non-profit corporation d/b/a AURORA HIGHLANDS VISTA HOA;

WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, L.L.P.

Defendants: SCOTT D. MARTIN; SIMONE A. MARTIN; QUICKEN LOANS, INC.; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; ARAPAHOE COUNTY TREASURER; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION.

This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(h), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice:

/s/: Wendy E. Weigler By: Wendy E. Weigler, #28419

Exhibit A Lot 14, Block 9, Cherry Creek Vista Filing No. 15, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Also known as: 5833 S. Paris Court, Englewood, CO 80111.

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.

Legal Notice No. 529571 First Publication: September 30, 2021 Last Publication: October 28, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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

Plaintiff: Crown Point Owners Association, Inc. v.

Defendants: Thomas A. Keller; Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation; PNC Bank, N.A.; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc; and Sue Sandstrom, as Arapahoe County’s Public Trustee

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:

Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Case Number: 20CV032358 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE

Condominium Unit No. 199, Building 33, Crown Point Condominiums, according to the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions recorded November 11, 1983 in Book 4022 at Page 215 and any and all supplements and amendments thereto and the Condominium Map recorded November 23, 1983 in Book 70 at Page 49 in the Office of the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder and any and all supplements and amendments thereto, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado.

Also Known As: 4623 S. Crystal Way, #C, Aurora, CO 80015 TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS or JUDGMENT DEBTORS, please take notice: You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff's Sale of the referenced property is to be

conducted by the Sheriff's Office of County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado at 10:00 am, on the 2nd day of December, 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. **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. Judgment is in the amount of $11,934.25.

Attorney for Crown Point Owners Association, Inc. WesternLaw Group LLC Gabriel Stefu, #34616 9351 Grant Street #120, Thornton, CO 80229 gstefu@westernlawgroup.com DATED in Colorado this 24th day of August, 2021.

Tyler S. Brown Sheriff of Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 529500 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: November 4, 2021 Published In: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110

MORTGAGE CO.; and SUE SANDSTROM COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to the Arapahoe County District Court’s Order for Default Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure dated July 2, 2021, and C.R.S. §38-38-101 et seq., by Hunter’s Run Condominium Association, Inc. (“Association”), the current holder of a statutory lien. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Hunter’s Run Condominium Association, Inc. Condominium Declaration recorded on July 3, 1984, at Reception number 2426225 (“Declaration”). The Declaration, as recorded, establishes a lien for the benefit of Hunter’s Run Condominium Association, Inc., WHICH LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS legally described as follows: CONDOMINIUM UNIT 201, CONDOMINIUM BUILDING I, HUNTER’S RUN CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP THEREOF RECORDED APRIL 18, 1986 IN BOOK 89 AT PAGE 4, 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 HUNTER’S RUN CONDOMINIUM RECORDED ON JULY 5, 1984 IN BOOK 4201 AT PAGE 472 IN SAID RECORDS AND SECOND ANNEXATION RECORDED JUNE 6, 1985 IN BOOK 4457 AT PAGE 97, AND RE-RECORDED JUNE 27, 1985 IN BOOK 4475 AT PAGE 620, AND FOURTH ANNEXATION RECORDED APRIL 18, 1986 IN BOOK 4728 AT PAGE 395, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Also known by street and number as: 2575 South Syracuse Way #I-201, Denver, CO 80231.

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. ADDISON 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

The Sheriff’s sale has been scheduled to occur at 10:00 A.M., on the 18th day of November, 2021, at the Sheriff's Office, located at 13101 East Broncos Parkway in Centennial, CO 80112, telephone number 720-874-3845. At the sale, the Sheriff will sell the above described real property and improvements thereon to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in or 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. The name, address, and telephone number of the attorney representing the Plaintiff is: Kathryn Willard, #50236, Vial Fotheringham LLP, 12600 W. Colfax Ave. Ste. C200, Lakewood, CO 80215; telephone: 720-943-8811.

DATED at Arapahoe County, Colorado, this 17th day of August, 2021.

Tyler S. Brown Sheriff of Arapahoe County, Colorado By: Sgt. Trent Steffa, Deputy Sheriff Legal Notice No. 526486 First Publication: September 30, 2021 Last Publication: October 28, 2021 Published in: Littleton Independent 750 W. Hampden Ave., Suite 225 Englewood, Colorado, 80110

Misc. Private Legals PUBLIC NOTICE The Vander Ark Foundation has filed its annual report, form 990 PF, for its fiscal year ended June 30, 2021. The annual report is available for viewing by interested parties during regular business hours until January 31, 2022 at the offices of SL Biggs, A Division of SingerLewak LLP (“SL Biggs”), 2000 So. Colorado Blvd., Tower 2, Suite 200, Denver, CO, 80222, phone (303) 226 5471.

Legal Notice No. 529596 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Notice to Creditors Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Christopher Michael Zambelli, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30950 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 February 7, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred.

Robert S. Sutton, Esq. Attorney to the Personal Representative 14143 Denver West Pkwy., Suite 100 Golden, CO 80401

Dated: August 3, 2021 Tyler Brown, Sheriff Arapahoe County, Colorado

Legal Notice No. 529591 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 21, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

By: Sgt. Trent Steffa Deputy Sheriff

Public Notice

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

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mariann J. Scheetz, AKA Mariann R. Scheetz, Deceased Case Number: 2021 PR 31034

Public Notice

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.

DISTRICT COURT, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Case No.: 2020CV32361 Division: 202 Plaintiff: HUNTER’S RUN CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. vs.

Defendants: DANNE SEARLE; BELLCO CREDIT UNION; NATIONAL CITY

Debra M. Scheetz, Personal Representative c/o Chayet & Danzo LLC 650 South Cherry St., Suite 710 Denver, CO 80246

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Public Notices Legal Notice No. 529556 First Publication: September 23, 2021 Last Publication: October 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Debra Ann Sehon, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR285 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.

Thomas Alexander Sehon Personal Representative 347 W. Rafferty Gardens Ave. Littleton, Colorado 80120 Legal Notice No. 529574 First Publication: September 30, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John Ayers, a/k/a John L. Ayers, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30796 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before Monday, January 31st, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Steven Jorgensen, Personal Representative 3623 S. Olathe St. Aurora, CO 80013

aka Kathleen Callahan, aka Kathleen Anne Otto, aka Kathleen Anne Otto Callahan aka Katheleen Ann Otto, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR031039 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 February 7, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

David Callahan Attorney to the Personal Representative c/o The McKenzie Law Firm, 7955 E Arapahoe Ct #2525 Centennial, Colorado 80112 Legal Notice No. 529578 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 21, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Calvin Lon Timpe, AKA Calvin L. Timpe, AKA C. Lon Timpe, AKA C.L. Timpe, Deceased Case Number: 21PR30938 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.

Ruth Klein, Personal Representative 11780 Truitt St. Sterling, CO 80751

and David L. Flannery, Deceased Case Number 21PR31033 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 30, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public notice is given on September 15, 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

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Donald Eugene Hayden, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30666 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.

John R. Washsmann, Attorney to the Personal Representative 6053 S. Quebec St. No. 103 Englewood, Colorado 80111 Legal Notice No. 529561 First Publication: September 30, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Connie Kathleen Clarida, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR30925

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.

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.

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.

Larry G. Mangus, Personal Representative 19445 County Road 52 Burlington, Colorado 80807

Kathryn Ann Williams, Personal Representative 500 Oneida Street Denver, Colorado 80220

Legal Notice No. 529547 First Publication: September 23, 2021 Last Publication: October 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James M. Woodard Jr., a/k/a James M. Woodard, Case Number: 2021 PR 30360 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

Legal Notice No. 529568 First Publication: September 30, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Scott Wayne Schaetzle, aka Scott W. Schaetzle, aka Scott Schaetzle, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR31059 All persons having claims against the abovenamed Estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Arapahoe County District Court on or before February 10, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jeasse S. Schaetzle, Personal Representative 14553 Holstein Drive Mead, CO 80542

By: Benjamin S. Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. 529577 First Publication: September 30, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice

By: Benamin S. Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 529573 First Publication: September 30, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Joyce Wilkins Coulter, aka Joyce W. Coulter, aka Joyce Coulter, Deceased Case Number: 21PR31002

Legal Notice No. 529560 First Publication: September 30, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

The petition requests that the name of Michael Malachi Magee be changed to Malachi Michael Magee Wigglesworth Case No.: 21 C 100551

Nadya Vecchiet-Lambert, Esq. on behalf of Alison Flannery, Personal Representative 6855 S. Havana St., Ste. 370, Centennial, CO 80112

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

Legal Notice No. 529572 First Publication: September 30, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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 Vena Jean Langoni be changed to Vena Rose Langoni Case No.: 21 C 100555

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 Daniel E. Williams, a/k/a Daniel Williams, a/k/a Daniel Ernest Williams, a/k/a Dan Williams, Deceased Case Number: 2021PR030975 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before Monday February 7, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred.

Joshua S. Williams, Personal Representative 3009 Macona Ln Billings, MT 59102 Legal Notice No. 529590 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 21, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Name Changes

Legal Notice No. 529582 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 21, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE

Legal Notice No. 529546 First Publication: September 23, 2021 Last Publication: October 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE

The petition requests that the name of Laurie Ellen Mindnich be changed to Laurie Ellen Davey Case No.: 21 C 100579

Public notice is given on September 13, 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 Elizabeth Marie Lopez be changed to Elizabeth Elaine Mahoney Case No.: 21 C 100567

By: Judge MRL Legal Notice No. 529605 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 21, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Benjamin S. By: Clerk of Court /Deputy Clerk

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on September 14, 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 Kerstin Marie Segervall be changed to Kerstin Coombs Meyer Case No.: 21 C 100572

Legal Notice No. 529581 First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 21, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public Notice is given on September 14, 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 Stephanie Yosselin Karr Chavez be changed to Stephanie Joselynn Karr.

Case No.: 2021C100576

By: Kim Boswell, Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 529569 First Publication: September 30, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

By: Shana Kloek Clerk of the Court / Deputy Clerk

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Legal Notice No. 529594 First publication: October 07, 2021 Last publication: October 21, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

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.

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

PUBLIC NOTICE

The petition requests that the name of Eleni Teka Abera be changed to Eleni Worku Abebe Case No.: 21 C 100546

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public notice is given on September 14, 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 Deborah Eve Termath be changed to Deborah Eve Warner Case No.: 21 CV 187

By: Kim Boswell, Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk Legal Notice No. 529559 First Publication: September 30, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

By: Judge

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on September 14, 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 Cecily Rose Dantam be changed to Cecily Rae Stone Case No.: 2021 C 100573

Legal Notice No. 529562 First Publication: September 30, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent 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: Benjamin S. Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. 529570 First Publication: September 30, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Legal Notice No. 529543 First Publication: September 23, 2021 Last Publication: October 7, 2021 Publisher: Littleton Independent

Public Notice

Public Notice

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Kathleen Ann Callahan, aka Kathleen A. Callahan,

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of David Lee Flannery, aka David Flannery,

Public notice is given on September 13, 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 Public notice is given on September 8, 2021,

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